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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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