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- I have informed the LEA you are not

capable of running the school alone.

Helen, look, if you really want to make a go of things,

you've got to stop surrounding yourself in all this drama.

- You're nothing but a bunch of thugs yourselves!

- Why did you apply for the job if you didn't want to come here?

- Because until now I thought teaching was a worthwhile profession.

- It feels like he's trying to take the school from me.

Anyway, where would we be without these things to try us?

- Welcome to Waterloo Road. Here's a leaflet, have a nice day.

- Welcome to Waterloo Road. Here's a leaflet.

- Welcome to Waterloo Road, ladies and gentlemen.

It might not be John Fosters to look at but I can assure you,

I'm applying the same high standards on the inside.

Good morning.

Now then, ladies, no misbehaving today, remember?

You can show your parents how successful the merger is. Got it?

- Take a leaflet. Have a nice day.

- Welcome to Waterloo Road.

Morning, Stephanie. - Morning, Jo.

- Are you all ready for the open day? - Mais oui, absolutement!

- There you go. - What's this? - The next training course.

You got so much out of it, I thought I'd make it a regular event. - Great!

Look forward to it. - Bye!

I thought you enjoyed that course.

- Yes, as a one-off. It doesn't mean I want to do more.

- Didn't look like she was giving you too much choice.

- Then I shall have to persuade her otherwise, Grantly.

A certain, um, time-honoured technique

that I used to employ when a certain Jack Rimmer wanted me to do extra work.

- You can't seriously think you can flirt your way out of this one.

- Why not? She likes women same as

you lot. - Yeah, but... - Tom, there is absolutely no reason

why Jo Lipsett will be any less susceptible to my womanly charms

than the rest of you.

- Morning, girls. - Morning.

- Careful! - What have you got in here? - Well, it's an open day for Max.

I'm not going to give them corn beef sandwiches.

- Yeah, but I didn't think a school's catering budget extended to caviar.

- It didn't, we did. - What?

- Oh, I put it on the credit card. - Ruby! - I think you can afford it.

- It would've be nice to have been asked.

- Money you earn, I don't even need to be here. Excuse me, young man.

You and your little girlfriend take this inside, you know where it goes.

Chop, chop!

Look, I've got some free publicity for the company. Look, lovely.

Right, lads, help with that. ..I'll see you later, love.

Don't be late for work.

Come on, don't just stand there. - Ruby. - Get outside and fetch a box.

- Good morning, Joyce.

Hey. - Hey.

- New outfit?

- Just something I like to save for special occasions, yeah.

Why, do you not like it? - You don't think it might be a bit revealing?

No, no, sorry, stupid.

I like it, honestly, I do.

Kim, you look great in that thing.

- Sorry, I forgot my file.

- It's all right. It's your office too.

- We're supposed to be in the staffroom.

- Right. Good morning, everybody. As you know, today's open day

is a golden opportunity to

demonstrate to governors and parents

just how successful this merger has been.

Now, I can't stress how important it is we use today to work together.

United.

HODs, you should have your subject displays ready in the main hall.

Throughout the day there'll be class tours, so make sure your lessons are running as smoothly as possible.

These itineraries will let you know what time you can expect us.

Rachel, Chris, Kim, myself,

will be doing the co-ordinating.

Any trouble, any questions, don't hesitate to ask.

Have a very good day.

- The quicker we get this over and done with,

the quicker we can stop pretending to like each other and get back to normal.

- Max? - Yep? - When can I expect the tour round my class?

I've got the year sevens working

on a scene from Skellig, I thought we could do a little performance.

- Do you think that's a good idea, Helen?

We both know what your classroom

management skills are like.

- No, I'm getting better. - Better's fine but I need first class today.

- So help me get there like you used to.

- Perhaps you should concentrate on helping Tom with his display,

rather than worrying about unnecessary performances, OK?

- Ooh, is that for the buffet?

- I'd prefer to call it a selection of high-quality hors d'oeuvres. - Really?

Sounds expensive. - Well, it was.

I bought them myself.

I thought I'd bring a little bit

of class into school.

It's the least I can do, seeing as I'm not condemned

to spend the rest of my life here like the rest of you.

- The governors we're not expecting till lunch, so we can concentrate on taking the parents round until then.

Most will be John Fosters, so I'll do the introductions.

- I'm sure I could have handled that.

- Of course.

I just think they might need to see a familiar face.

Look, these are high-achieving kids with demanding parents.

We need to show we can be trusted with their education.

- I understand that, Max. I just don't think we should rule out our other pupils in the process.

- Fine. But we need to prove this merger's been a success,

otherwise it's not just my reputation on the line - it's the entire school's.

Now, I promised the LEA I could turn this place around.

If they hear anything different after today,

they're going to look to hold someone accountable, OK?

- Look, Rach, he's a good guy deep down.

He wants the best for this school. - You care an awful lot about him.

- Look, I wanted to talk to you, about earlier.

- It's all right, Kim. I know.

I saw you and Max together, last week, after school.

- Oh, God. Look, I did mean to tell you, I just...

- You didn't. Look, your private life is none of my business anyway.

- No but I didn't want you to think

that I was going behind your back.

Max is such a private person.

- Ladies and gentlemen, a very warm welcome to our open day.

If I could make the introductions.

Most of you will probably know me from John Fosters, Max Tyler.

I'm here to oversee the redevelopment of Waterloo Road as executive head.

Christopher Mead, you may also remember, now acting as deputy here.

Kim Campbell, head of pastoral care.

And last but not least, Rachel Mason, head teacher. - Hello.

- I'm going to split you into groups and give you a couple of pupils to take you on a tour.

Ms Campbell has very kindly put on a magnificent display of our best art work down the corridor.

Our food tech group will be preparing your lunch

and all our heads of department will be back here during break

to talk to you in person.

So, if I could take the first few couples, Mr and Mrs Porter,

Mr and Mrs Mealey, if you'd like to follow me.

- And I'll have Lister, please, Jewitt and Dodds.

- Um, Power, Johnson, Bower..

- Donaghy, Greenham and Wallis, thank you.

- Remember, smooth, equal slices, everyone.

- This way. Good morning, welcome.

This is our new food technology block, which we've invested in.

Hopefully a chance to train the next generation of Jamie Olivers.

- Just about to make a start on the crudites, actually. - What?

- It's French for raw vegetable.

Tu imbecile! - Some of you may

recognise Mrs Fry from John Fosters.

One of our most accomplished teachers working wonders here too.

- You're obviously on top of things as usual, Mrs Fry. - Oh, thank you.

Some of them are a bit rougher than we're used to but you just work harder at smoothing the edges.

No, no, no, no, no, no!

You wouldn't expect to be served that at Claridge's! - She wouldn't know.

- Miss, we're not in Claridges. - Presentation should be just as high.

It's as much about how something looks as it is about how it tastes.

Michaela.

- Right, if you'd like to move along perhaps.

- Michaela.

Right. Let's go and have a

little chat in my office, shall we?

Carry on.

Zero tolerance today, Michaela. Do you want to get thrown out?

- Why should I care about impressing your John Fosters lot?

- Because we're all Waterloo Road now, whether you like it or not.

If we don't work together, the reputation that will suffer is your school's.

- Well, it doesn't matter. You'll still think you're better than us.

- Mmm, yeah, well.

That's cos we are. If you act like a chav, I'll treat you like a chav.

Do me a favour and stand up straight.

Take your hands out of your pockets.

Go on.

Right.

Neck straight, chin up.

Pull your tummy in.

Go on.

You look about three inches taller.

Good posture. That feels better already, doesn't it?

You know, it's not just how you present your.

It's how you present yourself.

- Why do you care how I present myself?

You're not in your fancy private school now.

- Yes, yes, I have had a drop in circumstance. It doesn't mean I've dropped my standards.

You know, you come from a deprived, working-class school.

You don't have to enforce the lazy, belligerent, stereotype.

It doesn't matter what you've got, or where you come from.

There's no reason you shouldn't demand the same high standards

from life as the rest of us.

You just have to work a little bit harder for them.

- Same as you, you mean? - Right.

You can stay in here and sulk

and confirm to that John Fosters lot you're not good enough for them.

Or you can get get out there and prove that you are.

- Allez. - Allez. - Apprendre. - Apprendre. - Avoir. - Avoir.

- Boire. - Boire.

- Yes, Sam? - Miss, can you just help me with this verb here? - Yes, if I can.

- As you can see, we've started to do team teaching in some classes,

where we feel it's appropriate.

We find that it helps weaker pupils and also some members of staff.

If you could make your way back to the hall and we can continue with the tour.

- Um, listen, can you all just carry on with your work?

Keep the noise down. I'll be two minutes, OK?

Jo.

I think we make quite a good team.

Must be the chemistry.

I feel like a changed person since I've been on that course.

- Well, you'll be looking forward to the next one then.

- Well, that's actually what I wanted to talk to you about.

No, no, no, no. I just think

that I would benefit from some one-to-one sessions with you.

Well, come on, it seems mad to send me on some daft course when I can learn from the very best right here.

- Right. - We could keep things informal,

have a few drinks,

maybe go to one of those bars.

- What exactly is one of those bars, Steph?

- One of those bars where there's no men, so I won't be distracted.

- Ah.

- Well, do me good to have a change now and again.

- Oh, that's better, that's much better.

Hey, class. We have a natural here.

Oh, I don't believe this. - Is there a problem, Miss?

- No, everything's fine.

I won't be a sec.

Helen, Helen, you couldn't do me a favour?

I've forgotten dips for crudites. I'm going to have to pop home and get them. Could you cover for me?

- No, Max said... - Thanks. I won't be long, 20 minutes. Thank you.

- BELL RINGS

Well, admittedly, our A to C grades aren't amazing but they are up on what they were last year.

- Still not a patch on John Fosters. - No, but we are trying to improve them.

- Gonna have to work harder, aren't you? Hi.

Well, you didn't expect me to miss our son's open day, did you?

- No, of course not. ..Jordan, if you could show our parents to the assembly hall.

Nice to meet you.

Good to see you again. How are you getting on, all right?

- Great, yeah. I've just seen Josh's latest art project.

He's top of the class. - Right. Excellent. Well done, mate.

- So, how's he getting on with his English? - Oh, fine.

- It's always been his worst subject. I was hoping you'd give him help.

- Well, you'd have to ask Mr Budgen. He usually takes his classes.

- All right, OK. Will do.

Well, better get on, so...

See you for lunch later, maybe?

- Yeah.

- John?

John?

Hello. - Ruby. What are you doing home?

- Well, I could ask you that! You're

supposed to be in work, aren't you?

- DOORBELL RINGS

Look, don't get that.

- Why?

- Please, just stay here. Let me deal with it, please.

- Why, who are you trying to hide from?

- DOORBELL RINGS AGAIN

- John?

Oh, my God, I don't believe this. You're having an affair, aren't you?

- No. It's not an affair. - You are, aren't you?

You're having an affair and you've invited her back here!

- Ruby, it's not what you think.

- Mr Fry?

- It's through there to the left. I'll be with you in a minute. - John?

Excuse me! ..What the hell's going on?

- I wanted to tell you.

- Tell me? What the hell's going on?

- The company's gone under. Went into receivership two weeks ago. We're bankrupt. I'm sorry. - Bankrupt?

- We had all our money invested in new developments,

we couldn't shift them and then when the market collapsed it...

- We're having a conversation. Can you stop, please? - Ruby! Ruby.

- They can't do this! You can't let them do this! - Ruby, we're in debt. Big time.

We need to pay it back.

- How much debt?

- About half a million.

- And the mortgage?

- I've had to default the last four months.

I used everything to re-start the business. - Oh, not the house.

You can't let them take the house.

- I tried to fix it. - But you didn't!

- RUBY SOBS

Have you two noticed anything strange about Steph lately?

Oh, c'mon, guys. Look, if there's something going on I want to know.

Look, if there's one thing you should have learnt about Steph, Jo,

she'll do anything to get out of a bit of hard graft.

- Including giving your side of the fence a shot to get out of going on another of your training courses.

- No! - Um-hm.

- You can't seriously be telling me that she'd rather try it on with me than go on another course.

Well, um, there's only one way to find out.

I thought Mrs Fry was taking this class? - She'll be back any minute.

- What are we meant to do? We're supposed to have lunch ready in an hour.

- Check this. - Just...get on with what she set you before break.

- We were doing this taste testing, innit? - Oh, they're well expensive.

- I doubt you were, so can you put those back, please? Bolton. - Ugh, that's minging! - Bolton!

- We've got to try it before we serve it.

- Look, can you just put it back,

please? Bolton, just give me it.

Give me it, Bolton! Bolton!

- Ruby!

- What are you doing?

- We need to talk, get this sorted. - No, you need to get it sorted and I need to get back to work.

- Please, you don't have to be like this.

- How do you expect me to be, John? Hurrah, you've thrown it all away!

- Ruby, wait.

LOUD MUSIC PLAYS

HUBBUB

- Sit down, right now! All of you!

Not you, Miss Hopewell.

- I trusted you to keep us safe and you failed.

- I tried but it's not as... - You didn't! You've lost us everything.

- I took a risk, that's how we got all our stuff in the first place.

- Take another one. Get it back. - I've tried. Can you not see that?

- Do you know, all I see is you lying to me the last couple of months telling me everything's fine.

How could you let me find out like that, John?

- Cos I knew you'd act like this when you did, caring more about your precious lifestyle than about me.

- You what?! - Have you asked me how I feel about this yet?

- It's you who got us into this mess!

- Yeah, and it's me who's killed himself getting us out of it.

Whilst you spend any money we've got left on expensive, pointless CRAP

just to show off what you've got!

- Our house is about to be repossessed and we've lost everything!

And you want to blame it on me spending some money on a few ingredients.

- And designer clothes, boxes full of jewellery

and top-of-the-range everything else you just had to have.

- Sit down. - It's not my wardrobe that's bankrupt the flaming company!

- No, but it didn't exactly help.

It's all you seem to care about, Ruby.

Would you have preferred it if I had been having an affair?

- At least we could've got through that and got back to normal.

Because now I've got no choice whether I work in this dump or not!

I'm trapped here, like the rest of them.

- RUBY SOBS

- Ruby.

Shall we have a little chat?

In private.

- Yeah, OK.

- Do you mind telling me what the hell's going on?

- I'm... We're having a few issues. - Yes, I heard.

So did most of the flaming school. - I did tell John that..

- Ruby, things might be tough but today is important and I can do

without a key member of my staff

having a screaming match while I'm trying to show parents around.

- I'm sorry. It won't happen again.

- I need every one of my John Fosters team on top form right now, particularly you.

Can you handle that?

- KNOCK AT DOOR

- Yep? - Is there a problem? - No.

We're done now, aren't we, Ruby?

- Yes. - Good.

- The LEA rep's arrived. - They're early.

- It's all right, I can speak with her.

- No, it's fine, I'll do the introductions myself.

- Max, this is Jennifer Headley from the LEA. Have you met before?

- Of course.

Good to see you again.

- I've just been telling Jennifer about the tours and things. Do you want me to show her round?

- Do you know what, I'll take Jennifer round myself, one to one.

Gives us a chance to catch up.

What's going on? Why are you here? - Oh, nice! Pleased to see you too.

- I thought we were expecting your deputy.

- Margaret's sick so I stepped in. You should be pleased to see me.

- I am, it's just... - It's OK, Max,

I'll keep our secret.

I don't want our relationship in the way any more than you do.

- Did you see how crazy she went?

- Divorce. - Divorce.

- Everything all right? - Yes, it's fine, thank you, Helen.

I'll just...

Right, let's pick up where we left off before break, shall we?

- Miss, are you OK?

- Yes, I'm fine, thank you.

Let's carry on where we left off

before the break, shall we, like I just said?

- Miss, we can't. Half your stuff's missing.

- Where's it gone?

This is £150 a pot.

It's not Pot Noodle.

- Well, I hope you kept the receipt cos you might need your money back.

- Do you think this is funny?

- Just saying. Sounds like you need to make some cutbacks. - Michaela!

- No, I think she's right, actually.

Oh, I suppose my life is one big joke to you all now, isn't it?

Ha!

Ha. Ha. HA! HA!

- What you doing? - Ha!

- Miss, miss, miss!

- So how are things going today?

- A lot easier if certain members of staff would let me get on with my job. - Rachel?

- She thinks she has an answer for everything.

- Sounds like someone else! - Isn't there a clause to get rid of her?

- I'm not here to make an assessment, Max.

The governors can make up their own mind. - And our relationship

stands for nothing, does it?

- No, this is business, remember?

- When you see what I've done with her kids, just remember it's my initiatives that have done it.

- PUPILS CHANT: Go Fry, Go Fry, Go Fry!

- QUIET!

- It wasn't us, it was her. - RUBY!

Right, everyone out, now!

Michaela, you stay and clean this mess up. - What?!

- Do it!

Ruby, what's got into you?

- Jen, long time no see. How are you?

- Good, thanks, you? - Same as always, keeping Max in check.

- You need to keep a closer eye. - Why?

- Chris, could you close this corridor off? I don't want parents coming down here.

- Sure. Is Ruby OK? - Yes, she'll be fine.

- Is there anything I can do?

- Maybe you could wait in the hall

while I've got this sorted out?

- Oh, we should have you round

to dinner soon, it's been too long. - Sounds great.

- Chris, I could do with people not knowing I'm married, OK?

Especially not Kim.

- What's going on?

You and Kim?

- I could really do with your help today, Chris. - Oh, for God's sake!

- Just help me sort this out and keep an eye on Jennifer, OK?

Please?

- Is this a boys-only chat, is it?

- No, just got a bit of a situation in there. - Right.

Do you want to have a word? - Yeah. I'll leave this with you, yeah?

- Yeah.

- I don't know why you look so upset,

I'm the one who's got to clean up your mess.

Miss?

Miss?

Hello?

Hello?

So go left, please. - If you could carry on to the next class, please.

I'm afraid we've had a bit of a spillage up here.

- Oh, I'll come and catch up with you. ..What's going on?

- There's been a bit of an incident with Ruby.

- Not serious, is it? - I'm not sure.

You'd have to ask Max. - OK.

Oh, Chris, you know this woman we've got in from the LEA, do you know anything about her?

- She's just the usual local authority trouble-shooter, I think.

- Right, this way, please. - Max.

- Er, Nicole, could you show them the way?

- I've just come from Ruby's. What happened?

- It's a long story. I need to keep the parents and governors busy

and I need you to have a word with Candice and Rose and sort lunch. - They're not here. It's a day off.

- Well, call them back. I need this sorted, Rachel.

- What about Ruby? What about her?

- She's better off out of the way.

I've got a tough enough job selling this school as it is.

- Max, I can explain about earlier.

- I'm not interested, I've got more important things to worry about.

- Like your wife being in school?

I thought you liked to keep your private and your professional life separate, Max, what happened?

- Another lapse in judgement.

- Well, maybe I'll go have a little chat with her whilst she's here,

see if I can help in any way.

- The only chat you'll be having is with the job centre, tomorrow,

if you're not careful. If I was you, I'd stay well out of her way.

- Jennifer, are you OK?

Max was looking for you. - He was busy, I thought I'd show myself around.

Maybe we could have a chat instead.

I could do with a different perspective.

- Have you and Max met before, then? - You could say that. - Jennifer?

Max has asked me to talk to you about some of the things we're doing in science.

Is now a good time? - Yeah.

Looks like we'll have to do this

later then. - Yep, enjoy.

- Bonjour, monsieur, et voila.

Madame,

et madame, bienvenue.

Hey, we've got much more interest than the other departments.

- It'll be down to that chemistry you mentioned earlier.

Regular Thelma and Louise, you and me.

- Well, you bring the Cadillac, I'll bring the gun.

- Call me crazy, Steph, but I... No forget it, it's ridiculous.

- No, no, no, go on.

- Well, I can't help but feel there's been a bit of a different vibe between us lately.

- C'est possible.

- I mean more than just a work colleagues thing, right?

Only, it's just that I'm starting to see you in a different light.

And, you know, I can make sure that you never, ever,

have to go to another training course again

if you and I become a tight unit.

Je ne suis pas ne hier!

Je te vois venir.

- Mais oui.

- Meet me in my room in five minutes, talk about this in private.

- Look! Waddya know?

Someone must have dropped them down there.

I don't know what the big deal is, they don't even taste nice.

Come on, aren't you gonna thank me, you can get money back off them.

- £9.50.

It's caviar substitute.

They're £4.75 a jar. You didn't think I'd trust you lot with the real thing, did you?

- Well, you got 'em back now.

At least you got something to smile about.

- Do you have any idea what I'm having to deal with right now?

- Yeah, we heard you out there.

Didn't catch me freaking out like that when Bolton broke up with me.

- Do you honestly think this is anywhere near the same?

Michaela, this is not some teenage break-up. It's serious.

- Yeah, me and Bolton were serious.

- It's not even in the same league.

I've lost everything...everything.

- This morning you told me it didn't matter what you had or where you came from.

You not mean that, then?

- I think I might have gone and done it this time.

Been a bit too friendly with Jo.

I mean, I can't blame her, but I didn't think she'd be this keen.

- Given your experience with men,

I'd have thought you'd be only too happy

to give the other side a chance.

- Give over! The nearest I've ever

had to a gay experience

is using the wrong towel in the ladies' changing room.

All right, there was that once on the French Exchange trip,

but that was 32 years ago after a bottle of eggnog!

I wouldn't know what to do with a woman.

- Remove reason and logic, you're halfway there.

- I'm being serious, Grantly.

- What's the worst that could happen, eh?

Give her a quick peck on the lips and save a lifetime of grief?

- Yes, but what if she wants more?

- Well, you could turn her down, safe in the knowledge that you are irresistible to either sex.

Afternoon. - All right.

- Or, you find yourself on a nice cushty pay rise next term

and realise what you've been missing your entire life.

I mean, you've got to like the sound of those odds.

- If you're going to do a job, can you just do it properly?

- You know what?

Do it yourself! You made the mess.

- Mr Tyler asked you to do it. - Yeah, Mr Tyler asked you to do lunch.

- Yeah, well, not going to be able to rescue any of that lot, am I?

- Fine, give up! Prove you're no better than the rest of us.

Gonna have to get used to doing without all that fancy crap anyway,

like us chavs. - Ruby, are you OK?

I heard there was a problem.

- Um, no, I'm fine, thank you. - What's happened?

- Um...

..I had a little wobble earlier.

- OK, well, Rose and Candice are on their way in now. - Oh, right.

Great, because they can give us a little hand getting lunch together.

Rachel, do you think they might have some leftovers in their fridge?

- I'm sure they have, yeah, I'll get some kids to help out.

- OK.

- It's great you're getting the kids so involved with the sciences.

- Well, my teacher always made it so exciting.

If I can enthuse them half as much as he did me...

- Hi, Christopher looking after you? - Yes, he's been very attentive.

- I need to have a word with him. If

you go to the hall, we'll join you.

- I think I can move around a hall unaided, Max.

- All OK? - I'm really not happy about being dragged into all this.

- I know. I appreciate it. - How long are you going to keep it up?

And Kim, you going to tell her you're married?

- Look, Jen and I have been on the rocks for a long time.

Whatever you think, I'm serious about Kim.

- Just not serious enough to be honest with her.

- What's happening with lunch? Some are starting to get hungry.

- They'll have to wait. If you'd follow me,

we'll see Mr Clarkson and the football match before lunch, OK?

- Come on, you can do it.

- I thought you were never coming. - Oh, yes, just freshening up.

- You don't know how long I've waited for this, Steph.

- Does that mean you won't be breathing down my neck with

any more self-improvement courses?

- Well, I can't vouch for the breathing part but whatever you want.

STEPH CLEARS HER THROAT

As long as you give me what I want.

You see, I knew it the first time I ever laid eyes on you, that you were one of us.

- Did you? - Course I did.

All the signals were there.

Just not sure that you knew yourself yet, right?

- Nope.

- I mean, this is what you want,

isn't it, Steph?

Cos if it is, I can make your life so much easier for you.

You can drop the act, Steph.

I know exactly what you're playing at.

And if you seriously think that you can flirt your way out of

being in trouble with me, you're even more naive than I thought you were.

- It was worth a try.

- No, it wasn't.

- I don't see our names on your little menu.

- Well, I can fix that, I can get some more done.

- And have us sponsored by a bankrupt company, too?

- Right, look, there's been, there's been a change of plan,

and I really, really need your help.

Please.

- Right, I'll have a look and see what I've got in the fridges.

- But you'll be hard pressed to get anything from what we've got left.

Stock delivery doesn't come till tomorrow.

- Well, we'll just have to make do with what we've got, won't we?

Come on.

- Come on, Josh, put your back into it.

Don't be scared.

- The facilities will all be upgraded in time.

Mr Clarkson here, he's had to re-work the line-up since

John Fosters joined, isn't that right?

- Yeah. They get on great when they've got a mutual enemy to work against.

- I see that Josh is getting stuck in there.

- Yeah, must get that from his dad, then.

Sorry, have I said something?

- No, it's fine, I just hadn't got round to telling anyone yet.

- Right.

- Telling us what? - Josh is my son.

- Right, well, congratulations.

We should be just about getting to lunch.

- Ruby, for you.

- Right, gloves please, Michaela. One each.

Lovely.

- Rachel, what's happened about this lunch?

- Ruby's handling it.

- I thought I told you to keep her out of it.

Are you deliberately trying to undermine everything I do?

Ladies and gentlemen, if I could just have your attention.

I'm afraid we've had a slight technical hitch with your lunch.

- Don't speak too soon.

- But, it now seems that we're ready for you.

Um, apologies for the delay.

- Chris, I don't think I can take much more of this. - What?

- He's been bad-mouthing Waterloo Road all day, hanging his own staff out

to dry and is acting like everything's OK when it just isn't.

And I think someone should let Jennifer know the truth. - Rachel... - What?

- There's something you should know about her and Max before you say anything.

Come on.

- You know Josh hates football. - He

told me he was starting to like it.

- That's because he wants you to like him.

You've obviously got a lot to learn about each other.

- Well, not exactly been given much time, have we?

- Yeah I know, I did a stupid thing.

I'm sorry.

He needs you in his life, Tom.

I just wish I hadn't taken that long to realise it.

- Look, I wouldn't have been ready then, to be honest.

What's done is done,

there's no point worrying about it.

If we're gonna be any sort of a family to him then

we've got to get over it, start getting on for his sake.

I need to start paying more attention to what's going on in his life.

There's still time to teach him he likes football.

- Josh!

- They're married?

- Yeah, he's full of surprises.

- Oh, you don't know the half of it.

- You know about Kim, then?

- Chris, I can't keep pretending to myself that I stand a chance here

any more.

Max clearly wants me out, his wife's in charge of the borough.

- If he wanted to use his wife to get rid of you,

he'd have done it ages ago.

Look, trust me, he's got far more to worry about in this than you have.

Look, if people start thinking that he only got the job because of her,

he'd be finished, believe me.

- Ruby, you've really done wonders with this lunch.

- Corn beef?

- Well done, Ruby.

Makes a refreshing change to have some good honest

fare instead of the usual poncey nonsense.

- Lucky to get anything at all after this afternoon's performance.

- Look, I am sorry about what happened earlier and I know that I didn't

handle it very well.

- I wouldn't dwell on it, Ruby, really.

We've all allowed our personal lives to affect our work at some point, haven't we?

We try to support our staff whenever we can, don't we, Max?

Yes, Max.

Why don't you show your support to your team for once instead of trying to take all the credit for yourself?

Excuse me everyone, if I could have your attention, please?

- Er, I'd just like to say a very big, a very big thank you

and congratulations to all our staff,

old and new, who have been working behind the scenes today to make sure

that this merger and Open Day has been such a great success.

I'm sure that all our visitors will agree with me when I say that

we couldn't have found a better school to join than Waterloo Road.

- Kim, I'm so sorry we didn't get a chance to speak earlier today.

- No, no.

- Jennifer, I think that we'd better get you going,

your taxi will be waiting. - Right.

- It was nice to meet you though, maybe next time. - Yes, bye-bye.

- Voila, fully registered. Start the course next week.

- It's all right. You've made it clear that you didn't want to go.

- No, I do, I do and I've got to stop avoiding responsibility.

- And start working with me? - Mm-hm.

- Honestly? - Mm-hm.

- There's someone else who could do with an apology. - Hey, why?

I didn't make her smash the classroom up.

- No, but you've not exactly been supportive since she's been here.

- Look, if you've come to gloat, let's get it over and done with.

- Well, I haven't actually.

Me and Jo are thinking of going out for a drink, and we wondered if you fancied it?

- Thank you.

But I should be getting home, really, see if I've still got one.

- Well, let me give you a lift, then.

- Look, it's really sweet of you...

- Ruby listen, we don't have to be best friends but you're stuck with us now so we might as well get on.

And anyway, it's the least I can do.

Give something back.

- Great, that means the gossip vine'll be twice as powerful.

- I wouldn't worry, I'd give it a week before they're back at each other's throats.

- You all right to give us a lift home?

- Yeah, course I can, come in a minute.

Er, everyone...

this is Josh.

My son.

- Rachel.

- Oh, Jennifer, I thought you'd gone.

- I want to say, thanks, for today.

I think you've done a really great job here.

- Oh, it wasn't all my doing. It was a team effort, you know.

- Of course. But I wanted to congratulate you personally.

I know Max can be tough and I'm glad to see you're up to the job. - Thank you, that's good to know.

- His bark's worse than his bite, trust me.

Look, if you ever need my help, just give me a call.

I know a trick or two to keep him in line.

- Thank you, Jennifer. - OK, bye. - See you.

- Max, can I have a word?

- Can it wait until tomorrow? - Not really.

- I'll wait...

- What is it now? What's this?

- Just a little video reminder of what we got up to last year on the school trip.

Something I'm sure you'd hate to get into the wrong hands.

- What are you trying to say, Helen? - I'm saying that...

I'm saying you'd just better be careful how you treat me in future.

- Just you listen here... - No, you listen to me, Max! I'm sick of being pushed aside all the time.

Pretending nothing ever happened. So unless you start treating me with a bit more respect...

then there's plenty more copies where this came from.

- Go home, Helen.

- What was all that about? - Nothing.

- CAR RADIO BLARES

- Wow, is that it?

No wonder you're gutted, anywhere's gonna seem pokey after that! - Steph.

- Well, look on the bright side though, Ruby, at least you'll

save on your heating bills.

- Are you all right, Ruby? - Yeah, yeah.

- What?

- The bailiffs had to take anything of value but I managed to save some of your things.

I wasn't sure what you wanted to do with them.

- Sell them.

I don't need them, John.

I need you.

I'm so sorry, I've said some stupid things today.

- We used to be about more than what we had.

- And we still are, that doesn't have to change.

I'm sorry. - I should have

told you about it all sooner.

I was just scared of losing you as well.

- Oh, I can do without any of that

other...crap.

We should be able to get by on my salary.

You know, we can manage until you get yourself back on your feet.

- I thought you hated that school?

- Um, well maybe it's not as bad as it seems.

I might have actually made some progress today.

- Well, the money from the house and the rest of our stuff should pay off

most of the debt.

Rest of it I can write off

but it means I'm going to be on credit black-lists.

And it might be a while before I can find another job.

- We'll manage, OK.

- I spoke to my parents today,

there's a spare room at theirs for as long as we need it.

- Right.

- MUSIC: "Something Kinda Ooooh" by Girls Aloud

- There's not many men in here.

- Well, I thought you wanted something a bit different.

- Well, here's to something a bit different.

Ey up.

What's she saying? - She wants a dance.

- Oi, legs.

Do one... She's all mine.

Hey, I could get used to this, being the man in the relationship.

- Looks like we make a good couple.

So tell me, Steph, because I'm dying to know.

Would you have let me kiss you if I'd have gone for it this afternoon?

- That's for me to know.

Come on.

Let's dance.

- SHE MOUTHS

- You won't believe the morning I've had.

- I'm afraid it's not about to get any better.

- Where do you think you're going?

- I didn't have you down as a perv, is this what you lot do?

- That friend of mine, she did me a favour, and maybe,

maybe I can do the same for you.

- Get away from me, paedo.

- What did you just say? - Don't even try to deny it.

- Lindsay, get back here, come on! I need to talk to her.

- I said, I said leave it. - I know what I'm doing, Max.

- It's all my fault. - It is not your

fault, don't you ever think that.

- It is.

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