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Dr. Mcrae?

That's right.

I got here early. I thought i'd take a look.

I'm really grateful you could come.

You caught me at glasgow airport.

I was off to peru,

But i'm a sucker for a sick tree.

- And is it? - Only tests will tell.

You see there's a million fungi

Whose only ambition is to settle down somewhere nice—

Maybe get pan fried in butter with a bit of ayrshire bacon—

( chuckles ) and there's the bad guys.

Well, how bad can they be?

Let's not get ahead of ourselves, mr. Macdonald.

I've plenty of tests to do.

Well, i'll get these labeled up and then i need to find a bed for the night.

It's paul and... You must stay with us.

Thanks.

Amy?

Bad dream, dear?

It was the week before the college interview and i hadn't done any work for it.

I had to do a still-Life, a landscape and an abstract. I didn't know where to start.

There, there, it's just a bad dream.

No, it is a week till the interview and i haven't done anything.

And i have to do a still-Life and a landscape

And an abstract and i don't know where to start.

Forgive me, but how is it worth it

Flying you all the way around the world just to look at a tree?

Most of my work is in developing countries.

One sick tree can wipe out all their woods.

Local economy collapses, kids go hungry.

I've seen it happen.

Makes our problem seem a bit paltry.

Not at all.

Your woodland's really important round here, always has been.

You've looked us up, haven't you?

Yeah, i did a job nearby two years ago.

- I was here for a couple of months. - A couple of months?

It must have been something dramatic to keep you off an airplane that long.

Yeah, it was... Didn't work out though.

It goes with the territory.

Come in.

I brought your book back.

You didn't need to do that.

Well, i did.

- You have everything unpacked? - Nearly.

I'm really grateful for your help

And for lending me the furniture.

I burned everything you owned to a crisp. It's the least i could do.

Paul, i need one or two odds and ends. Is there a shop in the village?

Oh, sorry, i didn't—

No, malcolm, hi, uh... Dr. Mcrae,

This is iona maclean, one of my tenants.

Iona.

Dr. Mcrae and i have met.

"dr. Mcrae," is it?

Well, it's been a while.

- Two years. - Hmm.

Dr. Mcrae is just checking out some of our trees...

En route for peru.

Hmm, still on the move then?

You look great.

Wha-What kind of shop, malcolm?

I'm gonna leave you to it.

Will i see you?

Well, it's a small place.

Bye, paul.

Bye, iona.

It was iona who kept you off planes that long?

We had a few weeks of something very close to bliss.

And a month in ecuador,

A couple of weeks in congo,

New zealand, i think... Bit of a blur.

- Do you mind? - No.

Sounds like quite a holiday.

I was working—

Business with pleasure, except brazil.

That was just the pleasure.

There's this hotel, you see,

Way up in the canopy of the rain forrest.

I say "hotel,"

But it's more like a collection of tiny treehouses

Set amongst some of the wildest nature on the planet.

But... With every comfort you can imagine.

I mean the bed, paul...

Oh...

It was like lying naked on a cloud

Surrounded by all the birds of paradise, oh...

Iona enjoy it, did she?

We'd gone there to get married.

They do a ceremony there which is recognized here, up in the trees.

It's a vast green cathedral—

Sunlight shafting through, oh...

What went wrong?

Me.

Me— cold feet.

Absolutely at the last possible minute.

Completely inexcusable.

I'm a bit of a shark, you see, paul.

Not the killing bit, you know...

But when a shark stops moving, it dies.

It must've been terrible... For both of you.

This do you?

Have you never seen a still life?

"dish," you said,

That's a dish.

Amy.

I'm danny.

I'm all yours for the week.

Who's this guy?

Can i help you, mate?

Hang on— who are you?

( panting ) oh, good, you found each other.

Danny's agreed to spend a few days, one-To-One with you

To help you prepare for your college interview.

Are you a painter?

The best the glen has ever produced.

Well, it's a very small glen.

That's a dish.

A leading west end gallery is interested in danny's work.

Ah, mrs. Macd has got the wood on the owner.

Well, he may be a crook, but he's a good judge of modern art.

Ah, you're very good to me, mrs. Macd.

Now... Amy,

Let's go draw.

So do you remember what i did?

I tied the thread onto the eye section,

A whip finish and cast off.

And then your father's one wee secret.

Just a blob...

Of nail varnish.

There.

You remember all that, my lad...

And you will earn yourself many a fine trout.

The fence up at dunnoch is sorted.

Thanks, lass.

The bracing on the bridge is all rotten.

I'm gonna have to fit new and cut some fresh poles for the handrails.

Okay.

So, loads of grouse chicks coming back.

The burning off went brilliantly.

It's gonna be a fantastic season.

- Yeah? - Yeah.

Pheasant, too.

That new winter feed mix has upped the numbers amazingly.

Did you hear that, cameron?

Hmm? You hear that?

It's all in good hands until you're ready to take over.

Yes, it is.

Yes, it is.

One day you'll be doing this,

And you'll be doing it a lot better than me.

- ( door closes ) - Hmm?

Try and concentrate on the spaces around things.

They're just as important as the objects themselves.

Yours is so full of life, mine's all flat and boring.

( chuckles ) it's not just looking, amy, it's seeing.

Tea up, rembrandt.

I'd soon as not bother right now.

Ah, no trouble, the kettle was on.

Well...

There's my tatty dishcloth.

I had no idea it was artistic.

You live and learn, eh?

So, milk?

I'll take it with lemon, thanks.

No bother.

Ewan!

What do you take me for?

Oh no, it's molly's stuff.

No!

( chuckles ) more tea?

Of all the tree health specialists in all the world...

Yeah, it was a great surprise.

The bloke who walks out on your wedding day in the brazilian jungle

Turns up, and it's quite a surprise?

What does it take to shock you?

Well, i see that you two made progress.

Whereas you never thought to mention it.

Paul, please don't take that tone with me.

- What tone? - Your military voice, i don't like it.

Sorry, i don't want to make a big deal out of it.

I'm just— just interested.

Well, it was...

Just something between us and it was quite a while ago,

So... Can we just drop it?

Yeah, of course. I'm sorry. Look, it's none of my business.

Malcolm is a part of my life that i've moved on from.

Understood.

So there's nothing to stop us having dinner together then?

- The three of us? - Why not?

No reason.

Great.

I'll see you later.

The army, that's a fairly nomadic lifestyle, isn't it?

I got around, yeah.

How much of a wrench was it giving it all up?

Not much.

We didn't do so much lying about naked on clouds,

It was more like getting soaking wet under a bivouac in bosnia.

- So you don't miss it? - No, not at all.

But we're all different now, aren't we?

As you say, some of us have to keep moving to stay alive.

Hmm, it's just a bit sad, though—

Traveling the world caring for trees.

They can't put their arms around you and care back.

No, i guess not.

But here i am with a second chance.

At what?

When you phoned in the airport,

And i realized who you were, where you were—

I don't believe in signs, paul, but if you had made that call one minute later,

I'd have been through those barriers and gone.

I think this will turn out to have been a life-Changing moment.

- To you. - Don't mention it.

Here she is.

Good evening.

I hope you'll like this—

Pecharmant.

Personally, i think bordeaux's unbeatable.

So do i, of course this is a bergerac.

What's a few miles between friends, eh?

I like bergerac.

Hmm, this one is delicious.

It goes with the territory, i suppose.

Oh, life wasn't always like this.

No, i wasn't born with a silver spoon, far from it.

Well, my father was out of work throughout most of my childhood.

I never knew mine.

I had to be the man of the house from about five years old.

When i say, "father..."

But these things make you stronger, eh?

They do.

- When i was in bosnia— - When i was in borneo—

- Go on. - No, no, please.

What does a girl have to do to get a drink around here?

I'm sorry, iona, you should have said.

My fault, monopolizing our host.

No, no, my fault entirely.

Sirloin's delicious, paul.

As a matter of fact, it's rib eye.

Iona, i think we should just sit down and talk about this.

I don't want to sit down and talk about it.

Oh, i'm glad to see you haven't lost your flair for prefect timing.

Brilliant! Do you have any idea how much you're hurt me?

I'm a different guy now.

Well, i'm different too, i've moved on.

( sighs ) aye— and i can guess who with.

Oh, not staying up for one?

No thanks, i've a heavy day tomorrow.

- Iona? - ( door closes )

Iona?

Careful, jess, you'll hurt yourself.

What brings you up here, robert?

I've just left your dad.

I'm drumming up entries for the ghillie's challenge.

And they sent you up here?

Told me where i'd find you.

Dad's not entering this year?

Time for the younger generation to come to the fore, eh?

It's a great contest, jess.

The battle for the cuach na cuiraidh.

It's not just the winning,

It's the respect of your fellow ghillies.

The chance to be a leader in your calling.

Yeah, it's a great opportunity.

Aye, it's a mighty challenge.

I'm really pleased you want me to be involved.

It'd be a great honor for you, jess. It'll make me really happy.

Make you happy?

- Why wouldn't it? - Because i might win.

- Win? - The ghillie's challenge.

You? Enter the challenge?

( laughs ) aye, good one, jess, good one.

No, no, i just need a date for the winners' party.

A what?

So this...

However you pronounce it, could have infected more trees by now?

Not could, will. You need to deal with it.

Can't we wait to see if it's spread?

By the time trees show symptoms, they're already infecting others.

So what do i have to do?

This particular strain is windborne, right? According to this,

You've had fairly consistent southeasterlies this month.

- Meaning? - Meaning, hopefully,

Only the trees in the northwest quadrant will have to come down.

- How many? - To the edge of the wood.

( laughs ) you can't be serious.

We're talking about acres of woodland that'll take years to replace.

Then with any luck, the rest of your forestry will test clear.

- But there must be something you can do. - Sorry.

- I want a second opinion. - Do what you like.

Delay and you'll lose more woodland.

Look, i can recommend a contractor who'll do it at a reasonable price,

But it still won't be cheap.

Wh-What about the timber? Is it sellable?

Get it done now, yeah.

Any delay, no. No one will touch it.

Jess, how are you feeling?

Robbie rintoul stopped by today.

You've heard of the cuach na cuiraidh?

"the cup of the strong man."

Your father won three times in a row, still holds the record, i believe.

Aye, that's the one. The cup of the strong man.

- Guess what he wanted. - Who, dear?

The rintoul creature.

Me, the glenbogle ghillie, to take part in the challenge?

"oh, don't be silly, jess,"

He wanted a date for the party afterwards.

Oh, what're you going to wear?

- Molly— - Sorry, it just slipped out.

I can't believe the man!

He knows i'm competent, i'm better than that.

I'm as good as any ghillie on any estate around here and he knows it.

He's spoken to your father, i suppose.

- He's busy, obviously. - Obviously.

Jess, if you want to do it, don't wait to be asked.

I'm sure your father will support you.

No, i'm not asking dad.

Excuse me.

Then i'll help.

No, thanks anyway. Far too much to do.

Another day, another masterpiece, eh?

I don't know how you do it. I can barely handle a toothbrush.

Danny says it's state of mind.

Daring to be different, embracing new ideas.

Embracing, eh? Aye, that figures.

Hey, come on, i've got a surprise.

I've got to finish this before danny comes.

Listen, listen, art is like cooking.

The trick is to know when it's done. Come on.

What is it they say about all work and no play?

- Oop! - ( both laughing )

Come here.

Danny!

- Danny: comfortable? - Ewan: very, thanks.

- Find it? - Is it finished?

It's— isn't it?

What?

Look— what do you want?

To be comfortable or to make good art?

Cause if you stay here in your big house with your comfortable life,

Then this is as good as you'll ever get.

Don't listen to him, amy, it's good.

The artists in my studio live and breathe their work.

I mean, they can barely scratch a living...

But you should see what they paint.

So, amy... What do you really want?

To make good art?

We suffer here too, you know.

Call it off. We can't start felling yet.

I've just booked the contractors for tomorrow.

No sawmill. Sold up, shut down, kit to the scrappers.

The only one? You can't delay.

I've got nowhere to process this stuff— not a single tree comes down until i have.

Not good enough.

Excuse me. This is my timber.

No one tells me when i can and can't fell it.

- You haven't time. - I need this timber sawn and sold

Or the contractor's bill will finish us off.

The highlands is in the middle of a massive re-Planting program.

Every day you delay, you put at risk years of work

And tens of thousands of young trees.

And if i go ahead, i put at risk this estate, the community and everyone in it.

- Don't lay this at my door. - Would the two of you—

- If you're wrong— - If i'm wrong, you can sue me.

I won't have anything left to sue you with.

Paul, if the trees were sick

Before malcolm got here, don't shoot the messenger.

Oh, sorry, sorry, i thought i was trying to save my estate.

Look, i'm just... Trying to be fair.

Really?

I thought i might give it a go.

Good, cause i've already started work on your training regime.

( chuckles ) molly...

"health and fitness, the girl guide way."

Hector never threw a thing away—

Hung on to a single ice skate for 40 years

In case the other one turned up, or he lost a leg.

I don't know, molly...

They're big, strapping blokes, these guys...

And i've been in better shape.

Then we've got our work cut out.

We're a man short still.

You all know we need six.

Come on, someone make up the numbers.

As well as the cuach na cuiraidh here,

There's a cask of our very own lagganmore.

Now you're talking. Glenbogle will be represented and by its ghillie.

I've already spoke to him and he said no.

- I'm the ghillie at glenbogle. - ( all laugh )

Nobody's disputing that, jess.

So, accept my entry.

Look, jess, i'll have a word with the lads and we'll...

Look at instituting a women's challenge this time next year.

- ( men mumble ) - What do you say, lads?

The ladies have a point.

- We don't want to look as if we're out of date. - ( men chuckle )

There you are, jess, it's all decided.

So, you know...

The offer still stands.

Oh, a date? Aye.

I'm gonna have to turn you down, robbie.

I was only asking out of pity.

I didn't want you to feel left out.

Oh, i won't feel left out, robbie, cause i'm entering.

- Och, but listen— - No buts, robbie.

There's nothing against it in the rules.

Okay.

Jess, your skean-Dhu—

In the cask, if you please.

I don't have one on me, funnily enough.

Och, dear...

Well, it's in the rules—

"no skean-Dhu, no entry."

I knew i had one somewhere.

And i want that back.

Did you find a sawmill?

No.

You're doing the right thing.

I don't have much choice. The man who destroyed glenbogle

Or the man who destroyed the highlands.

I'm sorry it's worked out like this.

Make sure i get a bill before you go.

I haven't finished yet. I need more samples,

I've more tests to do to finish my report.

That tree that you're at, from there on the right hand side

All the way down to the river.

( molly yelling ) smooth and steady, jess, it's not a race—

Just keeping the blood pumping, building those muscles.

How are you feeling, dear?

- Deaf. - Sorry?

Sorry, dear.

- So far so good. - More results?

Yeah, from the woods as far as the northern and western edges.

And?

So far, it looks like the infection's contained within this wood.

- "so far"? - It's a positive sign, paul.

- I thought you should know. - I could use one.

I'll leave you to it.

Oh, no, don't, stay, there's plenty.

No, it's okay.

Smoked salmon and cream cheese, you remembered.

It was just what i had in the fridge.

97...

98,

99,

- One hundred. - ( jess grunts )

I tell you what, son,

That sister of yours,

She's a hard act to follow.

Molly, i swear, i swear, molly, please.

It's good for your muscles, come on, quick, quick.

- Go on, push it, down, down. - ( yelping )

Right under, right under.

Maybe i should've gone into sheep rather than timber.

Well, it's not all "little bo peep," you know? There's a bit more to it.

Apart from anything else,

Your ex wouldn't have turned up.

I actually came to apologize about the spat yesterday.

I'm sure that malcolm won't hold it against you.

It's very generous of him.

It wasn't his fault, paul,

He was only doing his job, he didn't wring your roots.

Yeah, i know. It won't happen again, i promise.

So...

You're trying to figure it all out then?

I just wanted to have some time by myself.

Yeah... He's made it really difficult for you

- Turning up like this, i do understand. - Do you?

Yeah, he comes across

As a really decent fellow when you first meet him, but...

- But then you find out what happened in the congo. - It was brazil.

Shocking.

Paul, don't. Stop it.

Regardless of what you think of him, i loved the guy.

We went through a lot together.

He's... Part of my past, part of what's made me me.

You know, and so what if it ended badly?

It doesn't mean that it automatically all means nothing

And that i'm just gonna throw it away and forget about it.

No, i— i didn't mean that.

I'm just— just trying to help.

Oh, well, you're not.

I've got work to do.

( calling ) amy?

Danny?

You've got to be really, really careful

Who you hang out with, amy.

You know, you need sensitive people around you. Friends who really care—

The painting!

I'll fix it, no bother.

You see, amy,

This is why you're not up to the mark.

You'll get nowhere if you waste time

With people who grovel around at your feet.

- I says, "i can fix it." - Right, i want you out.

- I'll bet you do. - I can't work with this idiot hanging about.

- He called— who're you calling an idiot? - You, obviously.

Hold on, you're the teacher and according to you she's getting nowhere.

So who's the idiot?

I've done my best. I can't teach in a kindergarten.

Hey, you can't just walk out on her now.

You've wrecked it for her, not me.

That's mad. You said she's not up to the mark.

Yeah, the mark being a top london college.

She's gifted, you moron.

I see you're looking on the bright side.

You may not have a timber business anymore,

But we won't go short of firewood.

There was a time when every estate had its own sawmill.

Work for the locals, timber for them to build with,

Kindling for their fires,

And leaf mold for their gardens.

We seem to have forgotten the simple things, don't we?

Molly!

Molly?

When every estate had it own sawmill,

Where was ours?

Now jess, stay focused.

I'll say one thing for you, jess.

You certainly improved the crowd. ( chuckles )

Announcer on pa: all contestants to the line, please,

All contestants to the line.

Come on—

On your marks...

Set...

Go!

Steady breathing, keep going!

Molly remembered where it was.

You could walk past it and never know.

I had just completely forgotten about it.

Do you think the gear's still under that?

My friend, there is only one way to find out.

Come on, jess, keep going, keep going!

Come on, come on!

My lad, don't cry.

I feel bad she beat me.

Hey— let's go for a drive.

How long have you been there?

- There's somewhere we need to go. - I need to tidy up this.

Just do me this one favor.

Okay.

Good news, golly— "made in sheffield."

Come on, jess! You've done it!

I finished the test, paul. The rest of your woodlands are clear.

That's great news.

- Is that what i think it is? - Aye.

- I'll give you a hand. - I think we're okay, thanks.

On every scheme we do, we put in one of these things.

Most of 'em start off as scrap like this.

Honestly, we're fine, nearly done.

"sheffield"?

All right, guys?

Yes.

- ( crowd clapping ) - Well done.

( jess muttering ) cast off...

Then what, dad?

What was it—?

Nail varnish.

Nail varnish?

( cheering, clapping ) yes! Yes!

( paul laughing ) hey, hey!

There's a lot more to holding the cuach than winning a few games.

There's the respect of your fellow ghillies for one.

You'll that a lot harder to win

Than a tin cup and a round of applause.

Well done.

Thanks.

Hi.

Hi.

You think we could rewind and start again?

Honestly, i'm fine with it.

- Really? - Yeah, i misjudged him.

He's a good bloke.

- I can see why you're keeping hold— - No.

I'm not gonna come between you.

I'm not completely insensitive to other people's feelings.

Yeah, but what i feel for malcolm—

Is complicated, i know. I understand.

You've both been given a second chance.

And you need time.

I get it.

You do. ( chuckles )

Paul? Come and have a look at this.

Clean and true.

Glenbogle has its own sawmill again.

So, job done.

Where next?

I'm not going anywhere, paul,

Not this time.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, i wish i had seen that.

( sighs ) yeah...

Look, i know why you did this.

Do you?

To prove that you're as good as anybody.

- You think that's it? - Well, you succeeded,

You can even say, "i told you so."

It's got nothing to do with that.

- What then? - It doesn't matter.

- What? Tell me. - Fine! I wanted you to notice me.

How stupid is that for a grown woman?

- Amy: what's this? - This is where danny paints.

I'm not going in there.

Look, the reason he's so hard on you is because you're gifted.

( snorts ) oh yeah, that's likely.

He told me.

I didn't say anything,

Because i didn't want you to go.

I still don't.

Ewan, he never said i was any use.

And i nearly messed it up for you.

Danny.

Go on in. Meet some people.

Go, paint.

Be great.

No wisecracks then?

Listen, she's got a bright future,

If that's any consolation.

( sighs ) some.

I've got completely the wrong end of the stick with jess, molly.

In what way?

I thought she was trying to prove something—

How tough she was...

It's quite the opposite.

- So— - Molly.

You know i don't find it easy to say what i feel.

No, i know.

Anyway, thanks for looking out for her.

No one finds it easy, golly.

But it's a cold world if no one tries.

Aye.

How're you doing?

Well, lass, you got what you wanted.

( sighs ) i don't know what to say.

Except...

Where you got that... Stubborn streak from, i just do not know.

I couldn't be more proud.

But you're not finished yet,

Not by a long chalk.

Really?

- Here we go. - Go, jess.

Go.

- Colin: there you are. - ( jess chuckles )

To us.

Get it down you, jess.

To the best job in the world!

( all screaming ) yeah!

Which one of you is man enough

To share the cuach with my daughter?

I'll take a cup with you, jess.

( yells ) yeah!

It's the same thing about trees, all right?

It's absolutely, mate—

Go up to any one of those trees and you look out...

The most beautiful trees in the forest.

Absolutely brilliant. You should try it, honestly,

Give up to become an arboriculturer.

- You found danny's studio? - Aye.

It's not like him to leave a job halfway through.

Maybe that was my fault. I acted the fool a bit.

Perhaps it's time to stop playing that part.

- Hey. - Hey.

- How did it go? - It was fantastic, thanks

- You gave me the chance. - Eventually.

You gave me it, that's what matters.

Absolutely beautiful. Honestly, go and climb.

It's great.

Hi.

Hi.

- The trees are all healthy and happy. - That's great news.

Yeah, the first of the timber

From the glenbogle sawmill is loaded on the trucks.

Paul, did you really mean what you said earlier about malcolm?

See, it's just because...

When he first arrived,

You seemed to take it a bit badly.

Yeah, sorry, i—

I often react in ways that don't make any sense.

What can i say? I'm complicated.

Sometimes that's excusable, if...

If there's a lot a stake, see?

What do you mean?

Malcolm's asked me to marry him.

Really?

Rain forest again, is it?

Or somewhere different this time?

He's serious, paul.

What did you tell him?

Iona?

Come and dance with me.

Paul—

I know, none of my business.