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Female Narrator: Previously on 'Forgive Me':

Here's the moral dilemma; I don't want the job.

I could raise 120, 160 000 dollars easily.

It's all lined up and I could put on a big campaign.

Sure.

Or I could put on a very humble campaign.

Throw the election?

And keep the money.

Well, I-I would get to spend it then on things that I want.

On yourself?

Yeah. I'm going to call that a sin.

Hello?

Sister?

♪ 'Ave Maria' by Christopher Frances Mitchell ♪

Father Gene: Never mind twenty or thirty years ago!

What matters is how we deal with the situation now.

What message we send, to the O'Leary's and to the parish!

Prelate [angrily]: You're seriously suggesting that my behaviour

is the problem here?

The O'Leary's are after blood... yours!

Father Gene: Yes, but you're the one in charge here now!

The survival of the parish depends upon what you do

and how you handle the bishop!

Prelate [furiously]: I don't control the bishop!

Father Gene [mockingly]: No, but you're just gonna roll over

and let him decimate the parish!

Hey.

Oomph! You okay?

Oh, I just caught a heel.

Well, you're not the first.

No.

How are ya?

Good. Good. Better. Y'know.

Up and down. Mostly down.

I uh, I saw some signs up?

I declared my candidacy but it's too early for official signs,

those are unofficial.

Enthusiastic supporters.

Well, people want change.

Ohhhhh... Forgive me Father I have sinned.

How long has it been since--?

Uh, it's been--

I, I dunno, how long has it been?

You were there.

About a month?

A month. Wow, wow.

Time flies.

I was thinking longer.

So, been a month, at least.

Yes, my child.

I had sex.

Well. I mean it had been a while and I just sorta seized the day.

You're seeing someone.

No? No, no.

Yeah, okay, well I saw him. It was brief.

Ah, okay.

I, uh, I drove under the influence.

Does that mean you drove drunk?

Yeah, that's what that means.

That's what that used to mean.

Did you get caught? You didn't hurt anybody, did you?

No.

Where were ya coming from?

Um. Home.

Alright, well where were you going?

Here.

When?

Now.

Now.

You drove drunk on the way here.

Are you drunk right now?

I'm sorry, I confess.

You're making a drunk confession.

Well, I was a little bit tipsy last time I was here.

Yeah, I noticed.

Well, I didn't hit anyone.

I almost hit someone, on a scooter but he cut me off!

So sera!

So, this is the second time that you've been drunk in here.

You need to go to rehab, you need treatment.

Those are not, those are not my people.

You need to go or you'll die.

It's not that level of a problem Father.

Well it never is until it is.

I'm not denying that I have a problem,

I'm saying this is something that I manage.

It's-- just, there's always a drink around.

Right? Just part of our culture.

I mean, you go to a dinner or a reception.

You... cut a ribbon and there's champagne.

You go-- well, your backroom dealings are all done in a bar.

You go to a Gay Pride or Saint Paddy's Day parade

and it ends in a beer tent.

But all that is a far cry from driving drunk to church.

All right!

Did you look into anything, did you check any programs?

You know, my career is precarious, now.

I don't get to go to rehab.

Cause that would be, it would be it.

I'd be a punch line.

Well maybe you gotta take your lumps,

and I don't think it's really that important

what other people have to say.

I'm in the business, 'of what people say'

and for somebody who has spent a career capitalizing

on other people's mistakes and skeletons and secrets,

I go to rehab, all the wolves will circle.

Nobody's gonna be discreet for me.

I've burned too many bridges, I have made, too many enemies,

on all sides.

Oh, talk about sin.

Yeah?

Well, you do what you have to do.

I mean, there's a lot of competition for the token spot

on any opinion panel.

Yeah, God forbid there be two women with an opinion.

I've talked some trash about women, other women.

Subterfuge against the woman most likely to get my job.

Not that they all knew, but oh, these are some committed,

sworn enemies, just waiting for something to use on me!

Rehab!

Well, what about privately?

In your own home, sober companion.

I don't have that kind of money.

I don't-- well, unless I sin to get it.

You have a government pension.

It's famously generous.

That pension almost covers the debts

that I built up trying to get it.

Squandered your money.

What do you know about money, you took a vow of poverty? God.

Let me tell ya, in the real world you got expenses

and political influence ain't cheap, baby.

You've got favours and flights, bribes.

Ah, who are you kidding?

Please, how many houses do you have?

Had. I had three and now none.

I didn't have any equity in the places

because I kept moving around

and I kept acquiring and selling and buying and sell--

Why don't you believe me, when I tell you I don't have any money?

I believe you. I believe you.

Thank you!

What about the money you're defrauding out of developers

for your fake election campaign?

Oh--

Hmm?

--oh yeah, well, there's a catch 22 there.

Ah, let's see.

Campaign funds for rehab?

Mm, that's illegal.

Though I could caucus the drunks.

The other drunks.

I really wanna help you, but--

Give me my penance.

You can't run for office like this,

it's Canada, you might win.

I have to run.

I have to run long enough that I can bow out

with campaign funds in my pocket.

You don't need that right now.

THIS IS ALL THAT I HAVE!

What else is there for me now, what else?!

You're a baby.

You have no idea what it is like

to be at the end of the road with no options.

Brain tumor.

Oh shit.

Yeah. So I get it.

I get what it's like to be at the end of a road

and have to let go and put your faith into God and other people.

Well, it's--

I can't beat that.

But I might live, right?

You might survive giving up politics.

Not without a fight.

There's time.

You have time before the election.

Get sober.

If you were sober you might wanna win.

Municipal politics.

Change can do you good.

Is that my penance?

Being on city council?

No, your penance is to get sober.

Amen.

Let me help you.

Okay? I know a place where you can go.

I can't, go! I told you, I can't go anywhere!

I'm sor-- I wish I could.

Just--

It's not a rehab.

Nobody is ever going to think to look for you.

No one will find you.

Well, we're not equipped to detox someone,

she-she should go to a hospital or a facility.

She won't.

She needs somewhere anonymous.

That's in the name of the twelve-step program.

I need somewhere more private.

She's on television.

Well then.

Is she in 'trouble'?

No, it's not "Sister Act" she just,

she thinks that going to rehab will ruin her career.

I'm sure that she's right, c'mon,

you love to care for the sick, sister.

I prefer to care for the lame, Father.

We can't keep her if she doesn't want to stay.

If she gets sick we'll just send her

to the hospital anyway. I understand.

I think this is the best we can do for her right now.

And ah, about your other little problem--

Which one?

We have a school, you know, very small, a boarding school.

We could take in a young girl without the whole convent

being curious about her history.

Where she comes from.

Thank you.

I didn't know that that could be an option.

Well, it wasn't before but I've moved up in rank.

Oh.

I could quash any curiosity about her background.

It's fine, I would prefer that my daughter

be raised with her family.

Well it's not that much farther away.

No, but I don't go there.

We could give you reasons to go there.

I'll think about it.

Who's really raising her now?

Not you.

No.

Thank you.

For everything, alright? Thank you.

Look, she's not always like this, alright?

When she gets to be uh, I dunno,

a little bit more like herself,

I think you'd actually kinda like her.

Next time on 'Forgive Me':

I figured out a way I, I can redeploy,

y'know, fulfill my duty.

But do it, live within the doctrines of my faith this time.

This time I'll be better prepared

for the types of decisions-- Mm.

that I have to face.

I've thought about what Christ would do

for every one of those situations.

What would Christ do?

He'd turn the other cheek, spread the gospel.

If the enemy shoots at you,

you're gonna turn the other cheek?

Yeah. That's what I'm gonna do.

Iggy, what you're planning is crazy.

You can't go to war and turn the other cheek at the same time.

You'll be killed!

Right? Like, Christ wouldn't have lasted a day

in Operation Desert Storm,

Christ would have got his head blown off.

Just, come in here for a second.

Who's this?

This is...

my daughter, Noelle.

Your what?