Notes On A Scandal

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00:01:04 People have always trusted
00:01:08 But who do I trust with mine?
00:01:12 You. Only you.
00:01:47 The first day of a new term.
00:01:52 Here come the local
00:01:56 the future plumbers
00:01:59 and doubtless the odd terrorist too.
00:02:05 In the old days, we confiscated
00:02:09 Now it's knives and crack cocaine.
00:02:15 And they call it progress.
00:02:18 Roger!
00:02:21 - Piss off!
00:02:24 Mrs. Hart, art department.
00:02:27 1517, Martin Luther
00:02:30 to a church door
00:02:40 Poison granny.
00:02:47 Piss off, you prick.
00:02:50 Before we begin, for those of you
00:02:54 please lob them
00:02:57 Thank you, Bill.
00:02:59 Thank you, John.
00:03:02 Ah. Has everyone met our new
00:03:06 - Hello.
00:03:09 As you all know,
00:03:12 as absolutely essential to our policy
00:03:15 Thank you, Chris.
00:03:17 Very good. Very good.
00:03:19 I say, that's a big one, isn't it?
00:03:22 I'll be up till the crack of dawn.
00:03:24 I'll be up till the crack of dawn.
00:03:25 Anyone else not handed in
00:03:28 And, uh, thank you.
00:03:31 Lovely. Thank you.
00:03:35 Barbara?
00:03:44 This is your report?
00:03:47 On its entire workings?
00:03:50 And your general thoughts
00:03:53 You'll find it's quite
00:03:58 "The history department functions
00:04:01 "for a school of this
00:04:03 "Examination results have been
00:04:07 "below the national average
00:04:11 Recommendation:
00:04:19 Took me most of the summer
00:04:23 Hard to read the wispy novice.
00:04:27 Piss off, you prick.
00:04:29 Is she a sphinx or simply stupid?
00:04:32 All right. Off the phone, please.
00:04:35 Artfully disheveled today.
00:04:38 The tweedy tramp coat
00:04:42 It seems to say,
00:04:45 But clearly she's not.
00:04:48 - A fey person, I suspect.
00:04:51 Fey.
00:04:53 Oi, oi. Pass it. Yes.
00:04:56 Yeah!
00:05:03 - Put your shirt on.
00:05:07 Glory be! Shirt!
00:05:11 She has certainly
00:05:16 They flock to her.
00:05:19 Even limp little Brian had a go.
00:05:22 Oh, the horror.
00:05:24 - Hiya.
00:05:27 - That's a lovely blouse.
00:05:29 And "Fatty"Hodge has pounced on her.
00:05:33 A dubious double act.
00:05:35 The blonde and the pig in knickers.
00:05:39 I just went past the art studio.
00:05:43 - Have they gone for her? - They've torn her
00:05:46 They're chanting,
00:05:49 - Girls too. It's carnage.
00:05:52 Completely lost it. "Stop it! Stop
00:05:56 - You should have stepped in.
00:05:59 She'll be all right.
00:06:02 - Oh, Christ! Will you shut up!
00:06:06 Char, anyone?
00:06:08 - Babs?
00:06:12 - Sweet enough?
00:06:15 Didn't her father invent inflation?
00:06:17 - You what?
00:06:22 Economics bloke.
00:06:25 Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah.
00:06:27 I think you'll find that Mrs. Hart's father
00:06:31 He didn't invent "inflation. "
00:06:34 He devised a theory
00:06:36 between inflation
00:06:45 Please get offhim! Stop it!
00:06:48 You're an arsehole!
00:06:50 Stop it!
00:06:53 Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
00:06:57 Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
00:07:05 You're going to hurt one another.
00:07:09 Enough! Outside!
00:07:13 Now!
00:07:22 You're a wanker.
00:07:25 - Fuck off!
00:07:34 Why were they fighting, Mrs. Hart?
00:07:36 Their motive was unclear.
00:07:38 Davis I know. You're a little thug.
00:07:42 - Steven Connolly, miss.
00:07:44 - Steven Connolly, miss.
00:07:46 Year 10, miss.
00:07:48 You're the naked footballer.
00:07:52 - It's a perfectly simple question.
00:07:55 You don't know. One minute
00:07:58 the next you're trying
00:08:01 Nothing occurred
00:08:03 - No, miss.
00:08:06 Yes. Brain. Mouth. Speak.
00:08:11 He was saying stuff about miss.
00:08:16 - What did you say?
00:08:20 "I didn't say anything. "
00:08:23 He said she's a tart.
00:08:25 He said he gave her one up the arse.
00:08:28 Did you, indeed?
00:08:30 - Apologize at once.
00:08:34 Deputy head in the morning.
00:08:44 Little towers of testosterone.
00:08:48 Thank you so much.
00:08:51 I better- Oh, I'm sorry.
00:08:54 - I'm Sheba Hart.
00:09:00 Her voice is pure...
00:09:02 as ifher mouth
00:09:05 as if she'd never had a filling.
00:09:08 The complexion of a white peach.
00:09:12 One can almost see her veins.
00:09:14 Her trendy politics
00:09:18 We serve them best
00:09:22 They don't need to know
00:09:24 - Barbara's very keen on the basics.
00:09:27 I mean, didn't you want to
00:09:30 to help them overcome the poverty
00:09:34 Oh, yes, of course.
00:09:36 But one soon learns that
00:09:39 Come here!
00:09:42 We're a branch
00:09:45 Put that back, you!
00:09:50 Console yourself with the gems.
00:09:54 Then you can make a real difference.
00:09:56 The rest is just
00:09:59 I can see why others are beguiled by her.
00:10:04 Oh, hello.
00:10:06 But I wonder if she possesses
00:10:09 - Do you fancy a coffee?
00:10:12 Sheba!
00:10:15 - Sorry. L-
00:10:18 - Sue, do you want to join us? Just going for a quick coffee.
00:10:20 Um-
00:10:23 You're leaving St. George's?
00:10:26 - No.
00:10:33 That's fantastic.
00:10:35 Oh, congratulations.
00:10:39 - June the 7th.
00:10:42 I can't believe that nobody's noticed.
00:10:45 - Oh.
00:10:47 Didn't like to say.
00:10:50 - Homerton. It's really nice there.
00:10:53 Lovely, friendly nurses.
00:10:56 I'm going to find out
00:11:01 Do you want to come
00:11:04 - Where?
00:11:09 - Won't you be with your family?
00:11:13 Oh, it's no big deal.
00:11:17 I adore lasagna.
00:11:20 Bliss. A merry flag...
00:11:23 on the arctic wilderness
00:11:27 One must make an effort
00:11:34 The art of it is seeming not to.
00:11:42 Lasagna tends
00:11:46 I'll ask for a small portion.
00:12:16 - Oh, I think I've got the wrong house.
00:12:18 - I'm Richard. Come in.
00:12:21 I'm sorry. I thought-
00:12:23 - That I'd be 20 years younger
00:12:26 - Bash!
00:12:28 Sorry if you were out there long.
00:12:31 - Hi, Barbara.
00:12:36 Oh, what a splendid room.
00:12:39 What can I get you? We're, uh-
00:12:42 I would like a dry sherry, please.
00:12:45 Ah. Uh, I think we might have
00:12:49 - Uh, dry white wine.
00:12:54 Where's the, uh, wine?
00:12:57 Well, scrape it. Do you want to-
00:13:01 You must be Polly.
00:13:04 Hi, Barbara.
00:13:09 Are you going somewhere?
00:13:13 - Excuse me?
00:13:15 Oh. Uh, I have an appointment.
00:13:18 Uh, later. In town.
00:13:26 - Have you always lived here?
00:13:30 - It's her littlejoke.
00:13:36 - Did Pete go?
00:13:38 He was welcome to stay.
00:13:40 He's not really into lunch.
00:13:42 Cheers.
00:13:46 Mmm. Are you interested in wine?
00:13:49 Only the drinking part.
00:13:52 - You? - Well, I spent a portion
00:13:56 Here's trouble.
00:13:57 Oh, no, no, no, no.
00:14:01 Easy, easy, wheezy.
00:14:03 I'd anticipated a suave young lawyer-
00:14:06 - Barbara?
00:14:09 - Not so.
00:14:11 She's married some
00:14:14 - He's nearly as old as me.
00:14:16 And then there's the daughter,
00:14:20 And, finally, a somewhat
00:14:24 Ah, lovely. Thank you.
00:14:27 I'm going to be a wizard.
00:14:30 Oh. Is that when you're grown up?
00:14:33 No. He's just been cast
00:14:36 - I'm gonna wear a cape.
00:14:38 - I'm the one with the car.
00:14:42 I greatly look forward
00:14:44 in the key role of the wizard.
00:14:47 And, indeed, I find myself
00:14:50 A rogue image swam through me:
00:14:52 Hubby's pruney old mouth
00:15:03 After lunch, a rather
00:15:07 They do things differently
00:15:21 Oh. Thank you.
00:15:30 Come on. Come on.
00:15:32 No.
00:15:55 Ooh!
00:15:59 - You ready?
00:16:01 - Yes!
00:16:03 Took me away for our
00:16:06 When we came back, it was here.
00:16:08 As if by magic.
00:16:10 Oh.
00:16:13 Was supposed to be my studio.
00:16:18 It's more of a refuge, really.
00:16:21 A room of one's own.
00:16:23 Is this you?
00:16:27 Mmm.
00:16:30 It was.
00:16:33 Oh, I love these.
00:16:38 Take one. Take two.
00:16:41 - I couldn't possibly.
00:16:44 Oh, I'll treasure them.
00:16:48 Must be exhausting-
00:16:52 Oh, I can't wait for term to end.
00:16:55 Roll on, Christmas,
00:17:03 I shouldn't have kidded
00:17:07 It's just that I- I've spent
00:17:11 and I'm so desperate
00:17:15 And finally we get him into this great
00:17:20 You're gonna be a terrific teacher.
00:17:23 Thanks.
00:17:25 But I'm bloody hopeless,
00:17:29 Children are feral.
00:17:32 Don't let them sense your anxiety.
00:17:37 - How do you cope?
00:17:40 I'm not popular,
00:17:44 Well, you're popular with me.
00:17:47 It's strange. I feel
00:17:50 She spoke ofher vile mother...
00:17:53 her grief over the death
00:17:56 the glory days when Richard
00:18:00 and then jettisoned
00:18:02 for what she called
00:18:07 It's a peculiar trait
00:18:10 Immediate, incautious intimacy.
00:18:13 But Sheba went well beyond
00:18:18 She was utterly candid.
00:18:22 A novice confessing
00:18:26 You know, marriage and kids-
00:18:31 But it doesn't give you meaning.
00:18:34 It gives you an imperative,
00:18:37 My father always used to say-
00:18:43 - Uh-
00:18:46 It's just the distance
00:18:51 dream it and...
00:18:55 life as it is.
00:19:01 I know exactly what you mean.
00:19:11 A gold star day.
00:19:13 I always knew we'd be friends.
00:19:17 Our mutual reserve inhibited us...
00:19:20 but now it is manifest-
00:19:26 At the end of this year,
00:19:29 "S"and I share the ability...
00:19:32 to see through the quotidian
00:19:39 In a different, better age,
00:19:43 lunching together,
00:19:48 putting the world to rights.
00:19:50 We would be companions.
00:20:13 It's taken. I'm saving it for Sheba.
00:20:17 Sorry.
00:21:31 Very good! Well done!
00:22:41 Ben, put it in the car, would you, please?
00:22:45 Ben, pop it in the car, sweetheart. Hello?
00:22:47 I need to speak to you
00:22:50 Who?
00:22:53 Let's not, shall we?
00:22:55 Doubtless you're aware you've
00:22:59 I'll be with you at 5:00.
00:23:06 Let's go to the pub, okay?
00:23:09 - No, Boxing Day-
00:23:13 I need to know the circumstances.
00:23:16 You must inform me of everything.
00:23:22 Actually, you were there
00:23:25 - I think you gave him a telling-off.
00:23:28 I gave him a slight ticking off.
00:23:31 He dedicated his goal to me.
00:23:34 It amused me.
00:23:40 A few days later, he came to see me.
00:23:43 Miss, would you have a look
00:23:46 I'll look at them in class.
00:23:50 I'm not allowed.
00:23:52 I gotta do extra reading instead.
00:23:55 Did you do these at home?
00:24:06 These are good.
00:24:14 If we pull strings for one child...
00:24:16 the whole system will unravel.
00:24:18 But he's talented. He's actually
00:24:21 Well, they're all talented.
00:24:23 You found your gem,
00:24:27 I said that I would teach him after school,
00:24:32 It's our job, isn't it?
00:24:34 Within specified hours
00:24:36 Barbara, he came
00:24:40 Yes, I was flattered,
00:24:44 I was excited to find someone
00:24:48 And he imagined a sort
00:24:53 Does your brain in.
00:24:55 But surely you must have
00:24:58 I sensed he had
00:25:01 But so what?
00:25:05 That's so much better.
00:25:08 Nailed it.
00:25:11 Do that again, miss.
00:25:13 Don't be silly.
00:25:17 What are you having for tea, miss?
00:25:19 I don't know.
00:25:22 - Are you a good cook?
00:25:24 You suck?
00:25:29 Go home, Steven.
00:25:43 Well, that's when
00:25:45 I did. I told him I wouldn't
00:25:49 He refused to accept it.
00:25:54 Miss!
00:25:57 It began to feel like our secret...
00:26:00 It began to feel like our secret...
00:26:01 and secrets can be...
00:26:16 - Do you want to come for a walk?
00:26:20 I'm going home to my family,
00:26:23 Miss.
00:26:28 My dad's got the sack.
00:26:33 His father had been hitting him.
00:26:36 - He didn't want to tell his mum because she was ill.
00:26:39 Kidney disease.
00:26:41 It's taken months for an operation.
00:26:43 He was so vulnerable.
00:26:45 Well, if he does it again,
00:26:48 Thanks, miss.
00:26:52 You're beautiful, miss.
00:26:54 You don't know
00:27:03 I hadn't been pursued like this for years.
00:27:07 I knew it was wrong and immoral
00:27:12 but I don't know.
00:27:15 I just allowed it to happen.
00:27:18 The boy is 15!
00:27:22 But he's quite mature for his age.
00:27:24 "But" is not a helpful word here.
00:27:27 This is gonna sound sick.
00:27:31 But something in me
00:27:35 You know, I've been
00:27:38 I've been a decent wife,
00:27:42 This voice inside me kept saying...
00:27:45 "Why shouldn't you be bad?
00:27:49 You've earned the right. "
00:27:52 I said get out, Denzel. The rest of you
00:27:55 Hurry up.
00:27:59 Still, I wouldn't mind being wingman.
00:28:01 That's a shame. 'Cause
00:28:04 and you're never
00:28:27 Sue phoned.
00:28:31 Sure. I'll put bug-a-lugs to bed.
00:28:48 Evening, miss.
00:29:22 Make yourself comfortable.
00:29:24 It's incredibly important
00:29:31 Does anyone know you're here?
00:29:33 No.
00:29:37 Miss. Miss.
00:29:41 I'm no genius,
00:29:44 I won't tell no one.
00:29:48 You can trust me.
00:29:52 We'd both get into terrible trouble.
00:30:19 It was easy.
00:30:21 Like having another drink
00:30:29 Can I smoke, miss?
00:30:31 You can do what you want,
00:30:46 Were you a model once?
00:30:50 Well, you should have been.
00:30:53 Gosh, but don't I know it.
00:30:56 You're into the Streets?
00:30:58 Oh, well, my daughter is.
00:31:02 She the same age as me?
00:31:05 None of your beeswax.
00:31:12 Well, anyway,
00:31:18 - Well, so are you.
00:31:22 My sister thinks I look
00:31:27 You've done my brain in.
00:32:00 You want to do it again?
00:32:05 What?
00:32:09 Yes.
00:32:17 I want to do it again.
00:32:21 The day we met,
00:32:27 Yes.
00:32:29 Deputy head in the morning.
00:32:32 Noble sentiment, Connolly.
00:32:36 Get inside, both of you.
00:32:38 And you had further relations that day?
00:32:43 We went to the art room.
00:32:45 Well, I'm glad I was such an aphrodisiac.
00:32:49 Well, you did.
00:32:53 You've been such a good friend.
00:32:56 Not reciprocated, it seems.
00:33:02 I desperately wanted
00:33:06 But how could I?
00:33:08 Barbara?
00:33:10 It would have put you
00:33:16 I so wish I had.
00:33:19 You would have made me see sense.
00:33:23 And then I realized my fury had blinded me.
00:33:27 There was a magnificent
00:33:31 Can we go inside?
00:33:37 With stealth,
00:33:40 long-term, forever in my debt.
00:33:45 I could gain everything...
00:33:50 by doing nothing.
00:33:53 Look, Bar...
00:33:56 I know you have to tell them.
00:33:59 You know, the head, the, uh, school.
00:34:02 All I ask is that
00:34:06 Please. I'm begging you.
00:34:08 Please let me have this
00:34:12 Oh, you poor thing.
00:34:15 You've got yourself into a state.
00:34:19 I'm not going to report you.
00:34:24 to support you through this.
00:34:31 You're not- not going to tell?
00:34:35 You won't tell anyone?
00:34:38 Who would it benefit?
00:34:41 Certainly not the school.
00:34:45 We must keep it so.
00:34:50 Yes.
00:34:56 Maybe I should resign.
00:34:58 Oh, no. No, that
00:35:01 No, you must stay at the school,
00:35:07 Your solemn promise.
00:35:11 I can't help you
00:35:15 I promise.
00:35:19 So you'll tell him
00:35:23 - It's all for the best.
00:35:25 Thank you so much.
00:35:29 And you'll tell me when it's done?
00:35:37 Oh, you never said.
00:35:40 Standard issue for spinsters.
00:35:43 Actually, she's been off her food recently.
00:35:46 There's a terrific vet up the road.
00:35:50 Got many people coming tomorrow?
00:35:52 Mmm. My lot. Richard's lot,
00:35:56 Oh. And your mother?
00:35:58 - Oh, yes.
00:36:02 Yeah, you too.
00:36:06 Courage, mon brave.
00:36:08 And bon voyage to her little leprechaun.
00:36:15 Sheba and I share
00:36:21 No one can violate
00:36:26 No, no, no!
00:36:29 Stop.
00:36:31 You've been gone ages.
00:36:34 Oh, Barbara was a lit-
00:36:38 - How's his nibs?
00:36:41 He's madly excited.
00:36:44 And Polly?
00:36:47 Depressed.
00:36:49 - Oh.
00:36:52 They had a row,
00:36:56 Do you think he's bad news?
00:36:59 Well, these older men
00:37:19 Did Daddy tell you?
00:37:25 He's gonna bin me.
00:37:29 You're very lovely, darling.
00:37:33 I'm fat as fuck, Mum.
00:37:39 He'll be back.
00:37:41 I can't live without him.
00:37:44 Oh.
00:37:48 Her fetish for the boy
00:37:52 He's working-class,
00:37:55 As ifhe were a monkey
00:37:58 and asked for a gin and tonic.
00:38:05 Have you heard from that
00:38:10 Bar? Wakey-wakey.
00:38:14 Lorraine was asking if you'd heard
00:38:17 - Who?
00:38:21 Oh. She left the school.
00:38:25 She's teaching
00:38:28 There's a chap, apparently.
00:38:37 But it's true.
00:38:40 It's the most ridiculous
00:38:42 Well, that's what I said.
00:38:45 He should give me a ring.
00:38:48 - There you are, darling. - Well, I am
00:38:52 I'm none of the kind.
00:38:55 Darling? Can we have gravy, darling?
00:38:57 Darling, there's no gravy.
00:39:18 It's taking half an hour
00:39:30 Ever since Ronald died,
00:39:35 You see, her father
00:39:38 Exceptional.
00:39:40 Bathsheba's a loner, I'm afraid.
00:39:43 She's beautiful, thank God,
00:39:46 - but it's not quite the same as
00:39:58 Happy Christmas.
00:40:00 What are you doing here?
00:40:03 Aren't you gonna open it?
00:40:05 Oh.
00:40:10 It's- It's made of real fake gold.
00:40:17 Thank you.
00:40:19 What's up?
00:40:26 I can't see you anymore.
00:40:29 I'm sorry. L-
00:40:32 I just can't.
00:40:34 Why?
00:40:36 Bash? Bash?
00:40:40 She's not here.
00:40:45 Was that your dad?
00:40:51 No. It was an uncle.
00:40:57 Do you wanna end it?
00:40:59 Please don't look at me like that.
00:41:02 - Have you gone off me?
00:41:05 You should go.
00:41:10 Just go.
00:41:32 She gave you what?
00:41:34 - What color are they?
00:41:38 White?
00:42:02 I long to phone "S,"but it's late.
00:42:07 Poor girl. All alone
00:42:13 Our lives are acutely similar
00:42:19 Sis?
00:42:22 Oh. Writing the old diary?
00:42:26 I can't imagine how you keep at it.
00:42:28 I'd have nothing to say.
00:42:32 Oh.
00:42:36 Hello.
00:42:38 You know, you're welcome
00:42:41 Not just once a year.
00:42:44 It's just that I'm
00:42:47 Your racy London life.
00:42:51 Well, I'm glad it's so full.
00:42:57 I'm sorry aboutJennifer.
00:43:03 Is there anyone else?
00:43:08 I don't know what you mean.
00:43:11 I didn't- I didn't mean to pry.
00:43:34 Belated Christmas present.
00:43:36 Oh, thank you.
00:43:40 Oh, my word! Asprey.
00:43:57 How is she?
00:44:04 You are the most wonderful friend.
00:44:23 Any good?
00:44:27 It's a masterpiece.
00:44:30 Don't they teach you anything?
00:44:47 We used to worship her.
00:44:58 - Take it off.
00:45:01 Just take it off, please.
00:45:04 Yeah, but why?
00:45:07 It-It's for my son.
00:45:10 - But he's 12, isn't he?
00:45:18 You never said.
00:45:22 Right.
00:45:26 Sorry.
00:45:39 Oh!
00:45:43 Oh!
00:45:45 I'm sure she's had a very happy life.
00:45:47 Oh, yes. She has.
00:45:52 We could make her feel more comfortable
00:45:55 but it will be weeks
00:45:59 You've had a terrible shock.
00:46:04 Where's Richard?
00:46:07 It's fine.
00:46:14 Can they treat her?
00:46:16 He says it's just a matter of weeks.
00:46:20 She's only a pet.
00:46:23 Oh, no! I cried for weeks
00:46:27 One does get so attached.
00:46:40 I should leave you in peace.
00:46:43 Yeah.
00:46:57 I like that top.
00:46:59 Oh, thanks.
00:00:04 if one of us had had some
00:00:09 we used to stroke each other.
00:00:11 You know, someone would do one arm
00:00:19 It's a wonderful sensation.
00:00:24 No.
00:00:26 It's incredibly relaxing.
00:00:30 For the giver and the receiver.
00:00:39 - Close your eyes. No, no, really.
00:00:42 It doesn't work if you don't.
00:01:23 - There's a good girl.
00:01:26 - No. Close your eyes.
00:01:38 There's someone in your garden!
00:01:41 Oh, it's probablyjust
00:01:45 No, he's going into the summerhouse.
00:01:48 It's just a kid from next
00:01:58 Where are you? I've been dreaming
00:02:03 Hello?
00:02:06 Hello?
00:02:08 Richard's on his way home.
00:02:12 Barbara! Barbara,
00:02:16 Oh, I'm so sorry.
00:02:19 I tried to end it, honestly.
00:02:22 I risked everything for you!
00:02:25 No, I didn't mean to upset you, Bar. Please.
00:02:29 - Please don't go like this.
00:02:33 - Because I-
00:02:35 And the child? Do you imagine
00:02:39 Oh, I daresay he's fascinated
00:02:43 of a middle-class lady
00:02:45 - Bar- - There's nothing
00:02:48 I know them. Once he's had his fill,
00:02:52 You're not young!
00:02:55 I say this to help you.
00:03:00 - Yeah. I'm thinking.
00:03:03 Do, do, do, do!
00:03:04 Or shall I just sit here doing my nails
00:03:08 - No, no. Please. Please. I'll do it.
00:03:33 Mr. Connolly.
00:03:37 From St. George's.
00:03:40 I just need to talk to him
00:03:43 - Oh, yeah. Come in. Come in.
00:03:46 It's just upstairs there.
00:03:51 It's very good of you
00:03:54 It's the first door on the left.
00:04:05 So that's your vicious father?
00:04:08 You wanted a sob story.
00:04:10 - Made you feel like Bob Geldof.
00:04:13 Ooh, sorry, miss. What?
00:04:16 - And your mother?
00:04:20 What do you want?
00:04:25 They're gonna expel me now!
00:04:29 No, they won't.
00:04:32 As if she won't.
00:04:35 She likes me.
00:04:37 Likes you how? Like that?
00:04:40 Why are you being so cruel?
00:04:47 I really like you.
00:04:50 And you've been cool,
00:04:53 But it was supposed to be fun,
00:04:59 Whatever shit
00:05:01 you know, your husband,
00:05:06 I don't know.
00:05:56 Oh.
00:06:02 As my mother would have said,
00:06:10 She has nowhere to turn
00:06:21 She mopes and mourns
00:06:28 but she knows my interventions
00:06:34 And she is sweetly grateful.
00:06:38 Her betrayal hurt me
00:06:41 But I will forgive her
00:06:46 She's worth it, this one.
00:06:50 She's the one I've waited for.
00:06:56 She's beginning to understand
00:07:00 was a consequence
00:07:03 It's a sham, fueled only
00:07:08 I mean, the wonderful
00:07:11 Whereas we are
00:07:14 forging our friendship
00:07:20 In fact, we are now entering...
00:07:24 a delicate new phase.
00:07:27 We are silently and stealthily...
00:07:31 negotiating the terms
00:07:37 Now more than ever...
00:07:39 we are bound
00:07:45 I'm invited to drop in
00:07:48 at their house in the Dordogne.
00:07:53 I mightjust do that.
00:08:02 I once sat here
00:08:06 - God. Who with?
00:08:09 Jennifer.
00:08:16 We were quite chummy
00:08:20 poor thing,
00:08:23 - Oh.
00:08:28 She became alarmingly deluded.
00:08:31 Did she go to hospital?
00:08:34 No. No, she got a job in Stoke.
00:08:39 - When was this?
00:08:42 Though I feel
00:08:44 I'm sure she knows
00:08:47 - Such a sensitive person.
00:08:57 People languish for years with partners
00:09:01 Mmm.
00:09:04 We want so much to believe
00:09:09 Takes courage to recognize the real
00:09:16 When I was young,
00:09:22 I dreamt I'd be someone to be reckoned with,
00:09:28 But one learns one's scale.
00:09:34 - Mmm.
00:09:38 Yes. L-We all do.
00:09:41 But recently I've allowed myself
00:09:49 Am I wrong?
00:09:56 No. No. No.
00:10:11 Do you want to stay?
00:10:14 Sometimes people find it
00:10:19 Would you like to come back
00:10:32 Have you got your seat belt on, darling?
00:10:34 - Oh, no. What the fuck?
00:10:37 - For goodness' sake, shut up.
00:10:41 Is it Portia? Oh, no.
00:10:46 I've got to go back
00:10:49 - Oh.
00:10:52 Of course I would.
00:10:55 - Ben's doing his play at his school.
00:10:57 - We're all going. We're a bit late actually.
00:11:00 - Someone has died!
00:11:03 - Mum!
00:11:06 - You owe me this.
00:11:07 Ben, can't you make her vanish?
00:11:11 He's doing a show
00:11:13 That's your choice, is it?
00:11:15 Mum!
00:11:18 Why don't you come?
00:11:20 I thought you understood
00:11:22 He's my child. He's my son.
00:11:25 - He's just a little boy.
00:11:29 Excuse me. Could one of you
00:11:31 - Is this some kind of coven?
00:11:34 No. It's just that Barbara's had
00:11:38 My condolences. Poor, poor pussy.
00:11:40 - I don't like your tone.
00:11:43 What kind of fucking spell
00:11:46 - Ben is getting really stressed.
00:11:49 Oh, for God's sake.
00:11:51 Give me a minute, will you?
00:11:54 Oh, I'm to be handled, am I?
00:11:56 You see me on sufferance.
00:12:01 No. Of course not.
00:12:03 I love our time together.
00:12:05 Then stay with me.
00:12:07 I would if I could.
00:12:10 - but you can see I have to go.
00:12:14 - Be aware of the consequences.
00:12:18 Stay with me.
00:12:20 - I don't know what I'll do.
00:12:23 - Look, I'll call you. I promise.
00:12:31 They always let you down in the end.
00:12:34 Jennifer said I was too intense.
00:12:38 Meaning what exactly?
00:12:43 That I will go to the ends of the earth
00:12:46 Shazam!
00:12:49 Whoo!
00:13:14 Not disturbing you, am I?
00:13:19 It's just, uh...
00:13:21 I need to talk to you
00:13:26 - Sheba.
00:13:29 It's a bit delicate.
00:13:46 - Tea?
00:13:53 You haven't got a biscuit?
00:14:02 Cheers.
00:14:06 Would you like me to take your hat?
00:14:08 Ah. Been up the Lane.
00:14:10 White Hart Lane.
00:14:13 - Were you victorious?
00:14:15 Jermain Defoe.
00:14:19 My father was a supporter
00:14:24 Never seemed to give him
00:14:26 Where's the moggy?
00:14:28 She's dead.
00:14:33 Oh, dear.
00:14:35 Oh, my condolences.
00:14:37 Aw.
00:14:41 Oh, is this not a good time?
00:14:43 It's a very good time.
00:14:57 Mrs. Hart.
00:15:00 Yeah.
00:15:02 Um, it's just-
00:15:04 Anything you tell me
00:15:08 Well, the thing is...
00:15:10 I was wondering if she's, um...
00:15:15 ever mentioned me?
00:15:17 Does she ever mention me?
00:15:22 Let me think.
00:15:24 No, never.
00:15:28 She mentioned you'd invested in a new shirt.
00:15:32 Lashed out at Nicole Farhi.
00:15:36 The thing is,
00:15:39 ever since I met her
00:15:41 Brian, are you in love?
00:15:46 I've been a bit
00:15:48 You've been utterly clandestine.
00:15:52 So she mentioned the shirt then?
00:15:54 - You do know she's married?
00:15:57 and you never know
00:15:59 - Indeed you don't.
00:16:03 I wouldn't want to make a move
00:16:07 What with staff politics
00:16:10 - you have to be really careful these days.
00:16:13 So, would-
00:16:16 I mean...
00:16:18 do you think you could
00:16:20 and just suss the lie of the land?
00:16:26 You'd like me to ask Mrs. Hart...
00:16:29 if she's inclined
00:16:35 I don't want you to suffer
00:16:38 No one should.
00:16:40 I couldn't possibly
00:16:43 instinct tells me...
00:16:46 you might not be her type.
00:16:49 She's got a type then?
00:16:53 Oh, it's no reflection
00:16:57 But my impression is
00:17:06 Surprisingly young.
00:17:09 Boys, I'm told.
00:17:12 Naturally, she doesn't
00:17:15 But I've been hearing some rather
00:17:21 Playground gossip,
00:17:27 You might know the boy in question.
00:17:31 Um...
00:17:33 Steven Connolly.
00:17:35 Year 10?
00:17:40 I think the kettle's boiled.
00:17:44 You say the words, and it's done.
00:17:47 - Easy.
00:17:53 Judas had the grace to hang himself.
00:17:56 But only according to Matthew...
00:17:59 the most sentimental
00:18:03 Is this the last night
00:18:09 I wonder how long
00:18:14 Thank you.
00:18:18 People like Sheba think they know
00:18:21 But of the drip, drip...
00:18:23 oflong-haul,
00:18:28 they know nothing.
00:18:31 What it's like to construct an entire
00:18:36 or to be so chronically untouched...
00:18:40 that the accidental brush
00:18:43 sends a jolt oflonging...
00:18:46 straight to your groin.
00:18:49 Of this...
00:18:51 Sheba and her like...
00:18:53 have no clue.
00:19:01 Bar, I'm so sorry about today.
00:19:06 It was an impossible situation.
00:19:09 Richard's really sorry too.
00:19:12 Poor you.
00:19:14 But- Look, why don't you
00:19:16 Actually, I write quite quickly.
00:19:20 It's the thinking
00:19:23 Well, you're never satisfied.
00:19:25 When you're lecturing,
00:19:28 and when you've got it,
00:19:36 - More coffee, anyone?
00:19:39 Barbara?
00:19:43 Uh, no, thank you.
00:20:04 Yes?
00:20:06 - Are you her husband?
00:20:08 - Don't you dick with me, mister.
00:20:10 - Don't dick me around. Where is she?
00:20:12 Tell her Steven Connolly's mother
00:20:14 - Excuse me! -
00:20:17 - Slut!
00:20:20 Whore! Whore! How could you?
00:20:22 - Maggie! Maggie!
00:20:25 A sweet boy!
00:20:27 - What the hell is going on?
00:20:30 - Ask her! You perverted... bitch! Bitch!
00:20:35 - Come on. Leave it. Come on.
00:20:38 - Leave them alone.
00:20:40 - Leave them alone, Maggie.
00:20:45 Leave them alone, eh?
00:20:47 There's nothing for us here.
00:21:07 It happened.
00:21:10 Things don't-
00:21:13 Do you think you're the only one
00:21:16 Everyone sometime- Everyone thinks ab-
00:21:21 By the time I took my seat in the gods...
00:21:24 the opera was well into
00:21:27 - You're his teacher!
00:21:29 - Oh!
00:21:31 - I'm not trying to justify it!
00:21:34 - I am just saying-
00:21:37 - You were 20!
00:21:39 - He's not some innocent.
00:21:43 He's fucking 15!
00:21:45 Are you insane?
00:21:48 If you- If you meant to destroy us,
00:21:51 That's the convention.
00:21:54 It wasn't about us. It-
00:21:55 - W-W-Why?
00:21:59 Why?
00:22:01 - I don't know!
00:22:24 - Sheba?
00:22:25 - And- No.
00:22:34 My guilt is tempered with relief.
00:22:37 She assumes the boy cracked
00:22:42 Who am I to disabuse her?
00:22:45 Oh, Brian. Brian.
00:22:48 Brian. Brian,
00:22:51 Today St. George's School
00:22:54 A source close to the school has
00:22:57 may have known of the relationship.
00:23:00 This, however, is categorically denied
00:23:04 I've told you, Headmaster, had I known
00:23:09 My only loyalty is to the school.
00:23:11 - Brian thinks you've known for months.
00:23:13 - And then there is Sue Hodge.
00:23:17 If you knew and turned a blind eye,
00:23:21 I didn't, so I haven't.
00:23:23 You're due for retirement next year.
00:23:25 if you take it early,
00:23:28 So it's a witch hunt.
00:23:30 The stress of the job, you know. Uh, radical
00:23:34 Well, I've got a radical idea. Your
00:23:38 Because I am not
00:23:43 Now, tell me about
00:23:46 I think you'll find that a close friendship
00:23:50 even under your regime.
00:23:52 My record here is beyond reproach.
00:23:54 The majority of the staff
00:23:57 I've just spoken to
00:23:59 Another of your close friends.
00:24:03 Jennifer Dodd.
00:24:08 As you are aware,
00:24:11 That's why she had to
00:24:13 - Jennifer threatened you with a restraining order, didn't she?
00:24:19 A fax from her solicitor. She didn't
00:24:24 by law!
00:24:26 You call that a friendship?
00:24:27 She told me that
00:24:35 Now, we wouldn't want all this
00:24:39 A lifetime of-
00:24:41 ending in shame and humiliation?
00:24:46 It's your choice, Barbara.
00:25:56 He knows it was me. Does she know too?
00:26:00 More than I can bear.
00:26:03 Is that why she's
00:26:21 Miss Covett!
00:26:23 - Barbara, have you
00:26:28 When's she coming out?
00:26:31 Barbara, tell us why you're friends with-
00:26:33 Miss Covett, did you teach the boy at all?
00:26:37 Barbara, how is Sheba's
00:26:40 Barbarians.
00:26:45 Sorry about your job.
00:26:48 You see, the headmaster
00:26:51 - Did you?
00:26:53 - When's she coming out?
00:26:56 Where is she?
00:26:58 In her lair.
00:27:05 Your boyfriend is younger than mine!
00:27:07 - He's not my boyfriend.
00:27:14 Oh, Jesus wept!
00:27:16 The specter at the feast!
00:27:18 - You watch your tongue, madam.
00:27:25 Oh. There, there.
00:27:31 Thanks for coming.
00:27:34 I'm so sorry about school.
00:27:39 Was he-Thank you.
00:27:49 Listen. You could say no-
00:27:53 but Richard-
00:27:57 He needs some time alone.
00:27:59 He's asked me to leave.
00:28:01 Can I come stay with you
00:28:08 You're welcome
00:28:21 When's she coming out?
00:28:26 Are you the chauffeur, Barbara?
00:28:29 - When's she coming out?
00:28:32 Barbara, don't be shy, love!
00:28:36 Does he know what's happening?
00:28:38 It's really none of your business.
00:28:43 What about the kids?
00:28:45 How's her husband?
00:28:47 Is he going to divorce her?
00:28:50 Come on, Sheba! Make my day!
00:28:55 There she is!
00:28:57 How's the family coping, Barbara?
00:29:01 Is he going to divorce her?
00:29:03 - What about the kids?
00:29:05 - I've got a mortgage to pay!
00:29:11 You were young. L
00:29:16 When is she coming out?
00:29:19 You're a good mother, but at times
00:29:24 Why didn't you come to me?
00:29:26 You could have told me
00:29:29 You never trusted me to help you.
00:29:32 I'm not saying
00:29:35 but I was here.
00:29:37 Come on out, Sheba.
00:29:41 Sheba?
00:29:49 There she is! There she is!
00:29:55 This last month
00:30:04 Of course,
00:30:07 The pressure is intense
00:30:13 But, oh, what marvelous
00:30:22 Look! It's the crone!
00:30:24 Barbara.
00:30:26 Barbara! Barbara! Is it
00:30:29 Barbara, is Sheba coming out?
00:30:35 Circumstances are not always ideal.
00:30:39 The swinish press.
00:30:42 The stringent bail terms.
00:30:46 Meetings with lawyers and so on.
00:30:48 But all things considered,
00:30:53 In fact, gold stars abundant.
00:30:59 The cuckold...
00:31:01 permits her to see their
00:31:05 There are usually tears...
00:31:07 and fits of teenage tantrums too.
00:31:11 In time, she'll recognize she's
00:31:17 And then Barbara will be there
00:31:20 Nurse, beloved friend
00:32:50 The crone returneth!
00:32:52 Barbara, were you pushed, or did you jump?
00:32:54 And if you jumped, was it into a dike?
00:32:56 Is Sheba still alive?
00:32:58 How's the family coping, Barbara?
00:33:01 Barbara! Barbara!
00:33:07 Sheba?
00:33:20 What you say about me...
00:33:24 about... Richard-
00:33:29 You're not fit to shine his shoes.
00:33:33 And Ben and...
00:33:36 Polly.
00:33:38 That I'd be happier without them?
00:33:45 Why did you do it?
00:33:47 Because I didn't help you collect your cat?
00:33:51 - Oh!
00:33:53 No! Look!
00:33:56 I gave you exactly what you wanted.
00:34:00 - You'd still be stuck in that marriage without me.
00:34:03 - You can't accept it yet, but-
00:34:07 - You need me. I'm your friend.
00:34:10 - I could get two years.
00:34:13 I'll visit you every week.
00:34:17 You think this is a love affair?
00:34:21 What? Sticky gold stars and a-
00:34:25 - No.
00:34:28 It's a flat in the Archway Road...
00:34:31 and you think you're
00:34:33 And where did you get my hair?
00:34:36 with some special fucking tweezers?
00:34:38 - Don't you know it's rude to read a person's diary? It's private!
00:34:41 We're not friends.
00:34:43 That's not true. I only have
00:34:46 No! No!
00:34:48 You're barking fucking mad.
00:34:51 You've never your whole life.
00:34:53 Me. Jennifer Dodd.
00:34:55 You're nothing but waste
00:34:58 You bitter old virgin!
00:35:01 You're lonely for a reason.
00:35:06 I was the idiot who bothered. But only because
00:35:10 So what is it, Bar? You want to
00:35:13 You want to fuck me, Barbara?
00:35:15 - Please don't diminish our-
00:35:18 - What?
00:35:20 L- I know you.
00:35:22 Selfish and vain.
00:35:24 - You don't belong in the world.
00:35:32 Here I am!
00:35:37 Here I am!
00:36:00 Okay. Get back.
00:36:04 Go back.
00:36:22 We never invited you
00:36:28 I'm sorry, but you specifically said if I
00:36:32 We didn't mean it.
00:36:36 Well, fine.
00:36:40 I won't come then.
00:36:43 I asked you to lunch
00:36:47 I would've been your friend.
00:36:58 I need more than a friend.
00:39:18 I knew her.
00:39:20 Sorry?
00:39:23 I knew her.
00:39:25 - Really?
00:39:27 We taught at the same school.
00:39:29 God. What was she like?
00:39:34 A bit...
00:39:36 chilly.
00:39:39 A touch furtive.
00:39:43 A sort of absent person.
00:39:48 Oh, but I didn't
00:39:50 Mm-hmm.
00:39:58 - Do you still teach?
00:40:02 Retired.
00:40:05 Thank goodness.
00:40:08 - You've-
00:40:12 Here.
00:40:14 Thanks.
00:40:21 - I love it here.
00:40:24 It's spectacular at dusk.
00:40:33 I'm Barbara.
00:40:40 Annabel.
00:40:47 I wonder, Annabel.
00:40:51 - Do you like music?
00:40:53 Uh, it's just that
00:40:55 for Handel's Water Music
00:40:57 - Oh.
00:40:59 You could bring a friend
00:41:02 Oh, no. Oh, no.
00:41:05 Well, there we are.