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[ Indistinct conversations ]

Sit down. Sit down.

[ Conversations stop ]

Good morning, Year 11.

Today, we are gonna talk about exams.

[ Students groan ]

"La-la, la-la-la. I'm not listening."

They don't want to talk about exams,

but we need to get them to buckle down and start revising.

-Now. -How are we gonna do that?

As from this week, your school day

will no longer end at 3:00.

You will now go to Period 7,

-study skills, until 4:00. -[ Indistinct grumbling ]

Good luck with that.

They'll just go home as usual.

Not if Mr. Simpson does his job properly.

Gate patrol.

[ Laughter ]

Oh, and I've canceled the prom.

-TOGETHER: What?! -I know, I know.

I know it's a disappointment, but you have to understand

that, sometimes, in order to succeed in life,

you have to make sacrifices.

It's not fair.

I've already bought my prom dress.

And Grandpa said he'll babysit.

I'm sorry, Candice. It's out of my hands.

I'm not sure that went at all well.

It went exactly as I expected.

LORRAINE: Mayday! Assistance required.

This is not a drill.

He just wandered in, and you should see the state of him.

I'll break the door down.

You're in the N.U.T., not the S.A.S., Mr. Shah.

-Lorraine? -I was a Girl Guide.

Always prepared.

[ Slurred ] Get off me! I'm not one of your sort!

-Gays! Hey! -That's enough! That's enough.

I'll deal with this.

-Are you sure? -Yes.

I'll deal with it.

Well, look who it is.

All right, Dad?

All right, Nathan?

Morning, Ray.

[ Locks engage ]

Home, sweet home.

He's, uh [Whispering] in the toilet.

Um...

how are you?

Yeah, I'm fine.

And Steve?

Let's not do this, Mum.

We said all that needed to be said last time.

When he sobers up, tell him if he ever comes

to my school again, I'm calling the police.

He hadn't had a drink in months.

He's got dementia.

This is him on a good day.

He's getting worse.

He wanders.

He don't realize where he is, what he's saying.

He makes people so angry.

-And he gets -- -[ Toilet flushes ]

And he gets so angry.

That's not dementia, Mum.

That's just Dad.

You're still making excuses for him.

I-I need a -- I need a break.

To sort things out.

-Two weeks. That's all. -[ Scoffs ]

Mandy, if you don't help me, I sw--

I offered to help you five years ago, Mum.

You made your choice then.

He stopped looking after the pigeons.

I got a call from Jonny at the allotments.

-He hadn't been paying his subs. -[ Pigeons cooing ]

-Mandy? -[ Door opens, closes ]

[ Sighs ]

[ Pigeons cooing ]

Racist alert.

What?

Oh, she totally still fancies you.

Yeah, well, that's her problem, not mine.

CANDICE: Yeah, sign this.

-Save the prom. -Oh, okay.

I weren't even sure I were going.

I mean, it all seems a bit babyish, to be honest.

Now that me and Aaron are cohabiting.

-Oh, give it here. -Oh, okay.

You're supposed to be getting some vitamin D.

What's going on under there?

Nothing, Miss.

Razia.

I used some skin bleach, and it went wrong.

EMMA: Ohh.

[ As Michael Jackson ] Hee-hee! Shamone!

-[ Laughter ] -EMMA: Razia!

I know. Isolation. I'm going.

She got the skin bleach off the market.

I did tell her.

Are you all right?

Look, Raz, you might not be my mate anymore.

But I'll always be yours.

TEACHER: Shh.

[ Whispering indistinctly ]

[ Whispering ] Why did you do it?

[ Whispering ] Riz.

He didn't want a brown girlfriend, did he?

MANDY: There's a sandwich in the fridge for your lunch,

and the remote's just there.

I've left my numb--

I've left my number by the phone in case you need me, so...

I should be back just before 6:00.

So, um...

...have a nice day, I suppose.

Right.

[ Cellphone rings ]

Hi.

[ Ringing continues ]

So?

[ Sighs ]

What is it? I'm at wor-- I'm at work.

What is it?

Whatever it is you need --

I can't h--

Can you get rid of that for me, Lorraine?

She's not been coping since Steve left.

Not at all.

I thought shechucked himout.

Have you spoke to him?

What did he say?

-[ Alarm beeping ] -Oh, for God's sake, Dad!

What you playing at?!

You could burn the house down.

I told you. I left you a sandwich in the fridge.

Aw! I were watching that.

-[ Beeping continues ] -I said, "I were watching that."

Yeah, I heard you the first time.

RAY: Don't you turn your back on me.

I'm not, Dad. I'm just trying --

Always have to have the last word, don't you, eh?!

How many times do I have to tell you?

About that mouth of yours?

When you're under my roof, you do as I say, all right?

All right?

Back into school. Your day is not over.

It's Period 7. Oi!

-Get back here! -YOUNG MAN: See you later, mate.

YOUNG MAN #2: See you later.

[ Sighs ]

-What? -[ Laughs ]

Did you, uh -- Did you always want to be a traffic cone

when you grew up, sir?

You think you're funny?

Let's still see if you're laughing in detention.

I can't.

It's comedy night at the community center.

I'm on first. I need to get ready.

Oh, so you dothink you're funny?

Come on. Please, sir.

WILL: Go on.

EMMA: [ Laughs ]

At least have the decency to laugh behind my back

like everyone else.

Not everyone.

I'm sorry.

What can I do to cheer you up?

Nowt.

Well, we could go to his comedy night and heckle.

Yeah, all right.

I'll meet you there.

Yeah, cool, then. I'll catch you.

-Yeah. -[ Chuckles ]

Whoa, mate. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Nice try.

It's only for another week. It's fine.

No, it's not.

You're camped out in your car. You're struggling at work.

And I've been here 20 minutes.

You've not gone near a corkscrew.

It's a screw top.

I'm not saying you can't cope. I just...

I just think with everything else...

Where's yours?

I'm not in the mood.

Since when?

[ Man speaking indistinctly on TV]

MAN: ...but got to see how they're getting on

with the new training schedule.

[ Sighs ] Congratulations?

MANDY: It couldn't have come at a worse time.

This is not for discussion in the staff room.

Or anywhere in Lorraine's earshot, right?

EMMA: 'Course not.

How are you feeling?

[ Sighs ] Tired, mainly.

Get used to that.

[ Ray blows nose, coughs ]

Having him here won't help.

Oh, damn. I'm gonna be late.

Mmm.

Do you mind if I take that bottle?

-[ Chuckles ] -You're not gonna drink it.

No.

-See ya. -See ya.

[ Door opens, closes ]

[ Applause ]

Uh [Clears throat]

-Good evening. Um... -[ Feedback whines ]

MAN: Come on! Get on with it!

Uh, I'm Naveed.

I'm still at school.

You know, it's not a rough school or owt,

but, yesterday, our English teacher

asked us what comes after a sentence.

And this one kid stuck up his hand and said, "The appeal."

[ Laughter ]

And, uh -- And the bell went off.

Only, it wasn't the bell, were it?

-It were his tag. -[ Laughter ]

But, you know, it's not just our school, is it?

It's the whole town.

Ever wondered why birds fly upside down 'round here?

There's nowt worth crapping on.

-Is there? -[ Laughter ]

I mean, let's face it. The best thing to come out of Ackley...

is the A58, innit?

-[ Laughter ] -Straight out of here.

-WOMAN: Yay! -[ Applause ]

[ Clears throat ] Yeah.

-So, what do you think? -Pretty good.

Funnier than some of the stuff on telly.

-[ Chuckles ] -So, what's next?

Another gig? A world tour?

I've got me A-levels first, sir.

Right answer.

Although there is a course in Liverpool I've been looking at.

Performing Arts.

-Are you gonna go for it? -[ Sighs ]

Mum and Dad want me to do biochemistry.

But do they know you're doing this?

God, no. They'd go spare.

-But you don't know that. -[ Scoffs ] Yeah.

I do.

HOST: Now, ladies and gents,

it's time for our next act.

You're brilliant, you, aren't you?

[ Young woman gasps ]

[ Laughter ]

Right, what have you done?

It's the latest thing. What do you think?

Uh, I think you're daft in the head.

Well, I think you're a racist.

Oh, for God's sake!

What now?

How can it be racist?

I'm showing everyone that brown is beautiful.

Are you, though? Are you really?

EMMA: All right, all right.

JAVID: Out of the way.

Oh, Hayley.

Miss, it's not what you think.

She was just trying to be a good mate. That's all.

Ms. Carter's office. Now!

[ Laughter ]

Hang on. Isn't Razia a racist an' all?

No. She's an idiot.

She's just trying to live up to Western standards of beauty.

In many ways, that makes her a victim of racism.

Okay, okay. So it's one rule for you and one rule for us?

Who even asked you?

-Leave it. -EMMA: Shh! All right!

Razia, come with me.

Everyone else straight to registration.

Now!

Come on. Wait in there.

I know what it looks like,

but she's not got a racist bone in her body.

It's her face that I'm worried about.

Well, just be aware -- She's had a rough trot this year,

so tread lightly, yeah?

-I were making a point. -That brown is beautiful.

-Which, indeed, it is. -[ Knock on window ]

So I don't see what the problem is.

Well, it's not so much the sentiment, Hayley.

It's more how you've chosen

-to express it. -[ Cellphone buzzing ]

I think maybe we should call your mum.

No, you can't!

She's -- She's not at home.

Why's this the first I've heard about that?

It's okay. You can call Aaron.

-He lives with us now. -JAVID: Look.

Why don't I deal with this?

Take your call. Come on.

-You have a visitor. -Well, tell them to wait.

-It's your mum. -[ Buzzing continues ]

Oh.

Oh.

Yeah.

Year 7.

We asked them to paint a picture of what they'd most like to see

outside their bedroom windows.

We're trying to get them to think beyond Ackley Bridge.

I know which one you would have painted at that age.

You used to love that week in Filey.

Come a long way since then.

Good job, lovely fella.

Why are you here, Mum?

I...

I can't do it.

I can't have him back in the house.

He's gonna have to stay at yours.

Come through.

Two weeks.

That's all you said you needed.

I know, and I'm sorry, but when I think about him coming back...

-You've seen what he's like. -I always knew what he was like.

It's you that's been pretending he was somebody different.

I didn't realize how hard everything had got.

I thought it were all my fault for being stupid and useless

and always making him angry.

You're right.

You're right. I should have come with you.

I should have packed my bag and got in your car.

But you didn't, Mum.

You chose him.

It wasn't like that.

Five years. Five years without a word.

And you only turn up, what, now you want something?

You'd got out.

If you'd have had me to think about,

you wouldn't have all this.

School. House.

Husband.

Yeah, well, this school is failing,

um, the house is mortgaged to the hilt,

and I chucked Steve out two weeks ago.

And I'm pregnant, too. So, yeah.

I don't know if I want to keep it.

So I'm doing really well.

[ Sighs ]

Excuse me. Hiya.

Um, I'm here about Hayley Booth.

They said there was an emergency or something,

but they wouldn't tell me what it was about. Is she okay?

Keep your hair on. She's fine.

LORRAINE: Excuse me! You need to sign in.

So, why am I getting calls from your school?

All you have to do is tell Mr. Shah

-that Hayley's not a racist. -What?!

Just say that she's learned a valuable lesson

and you'll make sure she never does it again.

That way, we don't have the social workers sniffing around.

-[ Sighs ] This... -This isn't my first rodeo.

It's just life with the Booth sisters, innit?

Mr. Turner?

Hiya.

Thanks a lot.

Look, she's not a racist.

That's ridiculous. I mean, her best friend is a...

Well, I mean, I am.

Kind -- Well, I'm not. I'm half. But...

[ Clears throat ] There you go.

JAVID: Why hasn't she washed her face yet?

Well, you know, it's just daft kids' stuff, innit?

And if you can't handle that, then --

I don't know -- maybe you're in the wrong job.

This is why I would have preferred to speak

to Hayley's mother, not her sister's boyfriend.

Yeah, well, that's not an option, mate, is it?

Looks like you're stuck with me.

Look, let's just say that she's learned a valuable lesson

and she won't do it again.

[ Breathes deeply ] Yeah? Cool.

-Are we done? -[ Sighs ]

[ Door opens ]

Sorted. [ Chuckles ]

See? Just a misunderstanding.

I'm not sure I agree.

This kind of behavior isn't on.

And in the absence of your mother,

I've no choice but to speak to social services.

-No, but, sir... -Hayley, you'll be spending

the rest of the day in isolation.

Off you go!

-Nice one. -[ Door closes ]

-What did you say? -What you told me to.

Well, you must have got it wrong.

Well, then maybe you shouldn't have dropped me in it.

This is not what boyfriends do. All right?

And I'll take him home tonight.

No, Mum, you can't.

I'll manage. I...

-Thank you. -Thank you.

Yeah.

You need to get back to your own life.

No, Mum, I'm not gonna let him carry on ruining your life.

-Not now you've finally... -Finally come to me senses?

Oh.

It's too late, Mandy.

I've made me bed.

No.

Neither of us have to put up with him.

We'll put him in a home.

[ Sighs ] I looked into it. I don't have that kind of money.

Well, what sort of money?

You just told me that you were in debt.

Everyone's in debt, Mum.

Your dad doesn't deserve a penny from you.

I wouldn't be doing it for him.

Oh.

It was always my big plan.

Ever since I was in school.

Just go to uni, get a good job,

and then go rescue me mum from me crappy dad.

When the big day came, I waited outside in the car

till me dad had gone to the pub.

And I just walked into me mum's flat

and told her to pack her bags.

EMMA: How did that go down?

She was too scared.

I mean, I get that now.

But you didn't back then?

No. No, I was so angry.

I mean, 20-odd years he'd knocked her around,

called her every name under the sun.

And I was offering her a way out, so...

...I gave her a choice.

I told her I couldn't be around him anymore,

which was true,

and that as long as she wanted to be with him,

I didn't want to see or hear from her.

And then I just walked out.

She made the right choice in the end.

It just took five years for her to get there.

Yeah.

Right, Dad, I'm off, and that's...

-[ Keys clatter ] -Dad!

Dad!

[ Sighs ]

Dad, I've got to go to work.

You can't stay in here.

Mm. You're my little beauty, aren't you?

Mm. [ Smooches ] Mm.

The care worker's coming again this afternoon.

Do you remember?

Oh.

Mm. [ Smooches ]

Bye-bye. Bye-bye.

-MANDY: [ Sighs ] -Oh.

Oh, don't be frightened. Bye-bye. Bye-bye.

See you later. Daddy see you later.

Put some trousers on.

Don't you get too comfortable.

Your days are numbered an' all.

Oh. Good shot.

Neil Sykes and Clint Northwood.

I'll see you in me office.

Oh, excuse me.

I need to know who was playing on table five yesterday.

Stop.

Go back.

Stop.

Oi! Hey! What you doing?!

WOMAN: [ Speaking indistinctly ]

What the hell's going on?

It's your home help.

-Jordan. -I aren't doing owt wrong.

Yes, you are. You are taking advantage

of a vulnerable old man!

Ray? Whatever. I aren't taking advantage of anyone.

So, you just took it upon yourself to become a home help,

and you're getting nothing in return, yeah?

They give me change for when I've been to the shops.

Then sometimes let me sleep on their couch a few nights.

Home helps don't stay for breakfast, Jordan.

Look, I don't ask for any of it.

I'm all right with a cup of tea and biscuits.

Right, so, they take jammy dodgers

down the snooker hall these days, do they?

He wanted to go out somewhere.

He's just tired of being stuck in front of TV all day.

And he told you that, did he?

Yeah, he did.

He's quite chatty once he gets going.

Tell him I said ta-ra.

He's been faking it, Mum.

You said he'd been like this for months.

It were hard to tell the difference at first,

but he got worse.

Well, did you take him to the doctor's?

-Get him checked out? -He hates doctors.

If I even suggest...

Oh, no!

It never even crossed my mind that he were taking the mick.

I mean, why would he do this?

'Cause it's what he does, isn't it?

Make people's lives a misery.

You must think I'm so stupid.

If you're stupid, then I'm an idiot.

DIANNE: What are you going to do?

I should go to the police.

You're right.

And I'll own up to my part in it all.

[ Sighs ] Mum, you've done nothing wrong.

Haven't I?

I were the one that took him to the school

and talked you into taking him in.

I deserve everything that's coming to me.

MANDY: Calm down.

Mum, I don't even know what they'd charge him with, anyway.

We'll deal with this ourselves, yeah?

We'll do it together.

Thanks, love.

Thank you.

Right, so, thank you, everyone, for joining me this afternoon.

I won't take up a lot of your time.

But I do have one or two things that I would like to raise

before you go off and do your marking.

So I'll be brief.

And --

I thought we could get some feedback

about how the extra study-skills sessions are working.

-[ Teachers murmuring ] -Uh, right.

Um [Clears throat]

Well, look, I know it's been a bit of a slow start, hasn't it?

Mandy, I know I'm always banging on

about smaller class sizes,

but it's getting ridiculous, even with Will

-on the school gates. -I'm trying my best.

RASHID: It is quite dispiriting teaching the kids

who can't outwit

-a physical-education teacher. -None taken.

I think you're on the right track.

Extra teaching hours is the way to go, but focused teaching.

You know, targeting kids who need it.

Now, I could come up with an alternative plan

for the Year 11s.

Then, if we all agree, we --

Hang on a minute. Hang on.

I'm a big fan of democracy, but that's not what this school is.

I am still the head teacher. I set the educational policy.

Yeah, but if you're not around to see that policy in action?

Now, I appreciate that things at home are difficult.

[ Teacher gasps, teachers murmuring ]

Absences can't always be avoided.

I look forward to hearing your thoughts.

No boy is worth this.

Same with the yo-yo diets

and the silly shoes that hurt the feet

that you read in your magazines.

That's just one idea of beautiful.

Huh?

-[ Door opens, closes ] -Good.

Missy's got a right face on.

Apparently I've messed everything up

'cause I'm a racist.

-I wasn't even being racist. -Oh. Come here. Sit down.

I don't even know what I've done!

You're too young to remember,

but people used to be funny buggers about us on the TV.

Painting their face. Wobbly head.

-I never even... -KANEEZ: I know, I know.

And it's not on the TV anymore.

And that's good.

But it doesn't mean people are not funny buggers still.

They're just sneaky about it now.

We don't want to be the joke anymore, beta.

I'm sorry.

KANEEZ: You say that to Mr. Shah.

It'll all be okay.

[ Ringing ]

AARON: Aaron's phone. Leave a message.

-[ Beep] -Missed you last night, babe.

Uh, did you stay at your mate's?

Anyway, uh, I don't want to be a nag,

but we've got that meeting with the social worker tomorrow.

They'll take Hayley away

if we don't have an adult in the house.

We need you.

[ Indistinct conversations ]

I might have done something daft.

Like what?

I invited Naveed's dad.

[ Cheers and applause ]

Good evening, good evening, good evening.

Well, you seem like a nice crowd.

You know, you never know. I've, um...

I've had a few rough gigs recently.

I'm not gonna...

Um...

Did a funeral last week.

Doesn't get much tougher than that.

People actually heckled.

"Get away from Granddad's coffin."

"We've called police."

-"So disrespectful." -[ Laughter ]

Miserable bunch, I'll tell ya.

Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Simpson.

That's one of me teachers there.

Well, he's a -- He's a P.E. teacher.

-[ Laughter ] -No.

Teaching P.E. is for those who want to be a teacher,

but don't actually want to do any of the boring reading.

-[ Laughter ] -Isn't that right, sir?

Isn't that right?

Hey, don't worry. Your secret's safe with us.

Secret's safe with us...

and everyone else who's ever been to school before.

[ Laughter ]

Not sure, but his dad is coming over.

Oh. [ Clears throat ]

What did you think?

I think the joke's on me.

I'm not sure I understand.

Naveed told his mother and me

that he was in the library studying tonight.

I said I was sorry about that.

If it wasn't for your teacher, I'd never have known.

-Thank you, Mr. Simpson. -Yeah, thanks.

Well, I wasn't trying to get Naveed in trouble.

I really think he's got talent.

And I thought it'd be a good chance

for you to come and see him for yourself.

You think I don't know my son is funny?

At home, we laugh all the time.

Then maybe Naveed should pursue his talent professionally.

[ Gasps ] Oh!

Interesting idea.

And maybe I could help him.

I could find a nice cardboard box

for him to sleep in on the streets

because he doesn't have a proper job.

See? I'm funny, too.

Right. Time to go.

You must have had an idea it was probably gonna go like that.

I knew it was a long shot.

Then why'd you bother?

'Cause I wanna be a good teacher.

More than just a traffic cone in trainers.

At least you got a good laugh out of it, though,

so it wasn't a complete waste of time.

See you tomorrow.

Have you had your tea yet?

I'm just gonna get some chips on the way home.

Unless you wanna get pizza or...

Yeah. Pizza's good.

Yeah? Great.

-Yeah. -Great.

RAY: Mmm. Mmm. Mmm. Mmm.

Do you think he wants some more?

Um, I don't know.

Yeah.

He won't get food like this when he's in the home.

DIANNE: Won't he?

I don't know what they were cooking

when I went to look 'round,

but it smelled like bleached cabbage.

And even that didn't cover up the other smell.

I think some of them had been left to sit in their own...

you know.

Still... get what you pay for, don't you?

It was the cheapest one I could find.

I mean, there's no point in wasting money on someone

who doesn't even know what planet he's on, is there?

Oh, and I worked out what to do with the pigeons.

Did you, love?

Taste great, don't they?

[ Spits ] You little cow!

[ Screams ] Me pigeons!

-Oh, he's going to be so angry. -It's all right, Mum.

I won't let him hurt you.

RAY: What have you done?!

Oh.

You scheming little bitch!

How long did you think you could keep it up for, Dad?

-RAY: Long enough. -Really?

And what were you hoping to achieve from all of this?

I wanted her to realize that we're better off without you.

Yeah, every birthday, every Christmas...

having to look at her with her face like a slapped backside

[Mockingly] 'cause we haven't got a card from you.

[ Normal voice ] Well, I'd had enough, eh?

I knew she'd call you if I gave her an excuse.

Then it were only a matter of time

before you'd turn her against me.

I knew you'd end up getting her to stick me in a home.

Now do you understand?!

-I-I do. -RAY: Yeah.

So, thanks for everything. We'll be on our way.

-Say your goodbyes. -No.

Don't make me have to tell you again.

You'll never have to tell me anything again, Raymond.

You think you've shown our Mandy up?

You'rethe only one that's been shown up.

I can see you.

Finally.

You heard her.

Is that the best you can do?

[ Voice breaking ] Oh, God, what have I done?

MANDY: It's all right, Mum. He's going. He's going.

I've got nowhere to live. The flat's in his name.

We'll find you somewhere else.

How will I pay the rent?

Everything goes into his account.

We'll get you your own account, yeah?

With the money I was gonna spend on putting him in a home.

That's yours now.

-No, love. -Yes. Yes, Mum.

That money was always for you.

So you could have your own life and your own home.

Maybe now it could be somewhere a bit closer?

Oh, love.

[ Crying ]

It's all right.

It's all right.

Your extra classes are a disaster, Mandy.

And unless we do summat,

the Year 11 exam results are gonna be a disaster.

We aredoing something. We're doing everything we can.

Cracking down on uniform violations?

Pulling kids out of non-core?

They're just gestures.

The time for those has passed.

We need extreme measures.

I'm not sure "extreme" is a helpful phrase.

I've drawn up a list of all the pupils

I think would benefit most from focused resources.

Those kids did okay in their mocks.

At least five good passes.

And, perhaps, with a bit more attention,

they could be doing even better.

I thought we were here to discuss the kids

-that are failing. -Wh-- [ Chuckles ]

You mean the pupils that have been failing

their entire school careers?

We can't turn that around in a few weeks.

So we just give up on them?

Sorry. Maybe I misunderstood.

But didn't you bring me in here

to improve results and admissions?

Not to make the same old excuses.

My pupils will not experience indifference from me

or any other member of my staff.

I don't care if it's their first or their last day here.

We never give up.

And that's a great Facebook status,

but it's no way to run a school.

Look, there is no point in teaching lost causes.

We haven't got any.

JAVID: Hayley Booth.

You have no idea what she's been through.

Junkie mum? Yeah, I've read the file.

So I also know about her attendance problems,

lack of discipline,

and how she's lagging behind in every subject.

Look, kids like her don't need to be told

that they can overcome the odds and go to university

on the back of a unicorn.

What they need is a reality check.

I will not teach our kids to lower their expectations.

Then you have to accept that you might be doing

more harm than good.

Find out when he's meeting Hayley's social worker.

-I want you there, too. -Yeah.

See you tomorrow.

And I thought she was joking

when she said about the old ladies.

Gonna grass me up to police, then?

No, but this has got to stop, Jordan.

You make it sound like I've got a choice.

CORY: You have.

Just listen.

I've spoken to social services, and they've finally agreed

to place you in emergency foster care.

I'd rather just look after myself.

MANDY: I don't believe you.

I don't believe you are happy on your own

out here without your friends, without your brother.

I think you're bored and scared and miserable.

And I think if you don't get in this bloody car now,

you're gonna kick yourself.

And if he doesn't, I will.

I'm getting in the front.

[ Door closes ]

MANDY: Mum?

Are you ready to go?

Mum?

We're gonna be late.

Let me guess.

-Next stop, sunny Filey? -Where else?

Never did understand why you dragged us there every year

so we could pretend to be a happy family.

Ungrateful little cow.

My dad never took me anywhere.

I scrimped and saved to take you on holiday.

No, you didn't! Mumdid.

You never put your hand in your pocket.

Where is she, Dad?

If you've hurt her...

Well, she paid for this little beauty.

Didn't you, my love?

What, so all that stuff about wanting

to get away from him, wanting to be my mum?

Maybe if you'd acted more like a daughter

over the last few years.

Even before that, you were always trying

-to come between us. -Aye.

As if her marriage was anything to write home about.

Yeah! Never wondered why you drive everyone away, Mandy?

So, you did all of this for money?

I don't think a bit of comfort in our old age

-were too much to ask. -But you didn't ask!

-Did you?! -I didn't have to!

You loved it, playing the martyr.

Couldn't wait to hand over the money

so that you could feel better than us.

Well, you are what we made you.

Maybe we deserve something to say thank you for that.

And this is what you think you deserve, is it, Mum?

A crapped-out camper van

and spending the rest of your life with him?

Well, I hope it makes you happy, Mum. I really do.

Come on.

I don't remember asking you to join us, Ms. Keane.

The girls need someone in their corner.

I'm not sure that's entirely appropriate.

I'm not sure I care.

[ Door closes, footsteps approaching ]

Sorry I'm late.

Shall we do this?

-You okay? -Yeah.

I got your text.

What's so important?

I'm pregnant.

And I'm keeping it.

[ Laughs ]

-What? I thought... -Yeah.

No, I mean, that doesn't mean, obviously, you and me.

No, no, Mandy.

Listen, I know things have got really screwed up,

but we've been here before, haven't we?

MANDY: But isn't that the problem?

Yeah, but I'm trying to say we can sort it out.

Well, and what? And then what?

What, we just do it all again? I mean...

[ Sighs ]

No.

Steve, I've seen what it's like for people

who are trapped in a crappy marriages

and how much they hurt each other,

and then they hurt everyone else around them.

And I-I don't...

Let's just not do it anymore.

I, um...

I want to be part of my child's life.

Yeah. That's why I wanted to see you.

'Cause I want you to be, as well.

And so we will talk about that.

[ Voice breaking ] We will sort it out like adults.

I promise we will.

Right.

[ Sighs ]

[ Sniffles, sobs ]

Is that one better?

You see this face?

I love this face.

You hear me? Hmm?

-[ Knock on window ] -[ Gasps ]

-[ Squeals ] -KANEEZ: Yes!

-He was brilliant. -Oh, thank you.

EMMA: Hey!

MISSY: Thank you.

-Ready? -Yeah.

CANDICE: Is this 'cause of my petition?

-It is, innit? -Well, you've made me see

that the prom is quite important to some of you.

It's the most important night of the year.

Prove it. 'Cause the only way to get a ticket to this prom

is with 100% attendance in Period 7.

-Deal? -TOGETHER: Deal.

MANDY: Carrot, stick.

I know these kids, Javid.

I know what works.

EMMA: Year 11s, back in, please.

Two by two. Thank you very much.

Back into the school, Year 11s.