1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:04,080 [birds chirping] 2 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:06,560 [knocking on door] 3 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:17,640 [loud knocking] 4 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:22,160 -[Niall] Hello? -[Connell] Hello. 5 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:28,240 -Hi. -[Niall] You all right? 6 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:30,600 Yeah, no, I'm, uh... just here about the room. 7 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:34,120 Oh, fuck. Aye, he said you'd be around this morning. 8 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:35,520 -I'll come down. -Sound. 9 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:38,400 [door opens] 10 00:00:38,480 --> 00:00:39,960 -[Niall] Hiya. -Hi. How's things? 11 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:41,080 [Niall] Not too bad, thanks. 12 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:44,160 -Cheers. -Ah, we're just upstairs. 13 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:45,560 Great. 14 00:00:47,480 --> 00:00:49,480 [stairs creaking] 15 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:51,080 [Niall] This is it. 16 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:56,240 Great. 17 00:00:57,240 --> 00:00:59,360 It's usually a bit tidier than this. 18 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:00,520 [Connell] It's fine. 19 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:03,360 So, um, do-- Do I give you the deposit now, or-- 20 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:05,920 [chuckles] You must really need somewhere to live. 21 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,320 Yeah, well, uh, supposed to be starting college on Monday, 22 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:10,280 -so-- -Oh. I'm back Monday, myself. 23 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:11,760 -Trinity? -Mmm-hmm. 24 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:14,280 -There you go. Niall. -Connell. 25 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:17,240 I suppose I'll move my shit off your bed, man. 26 00:01:17,320 --> 00:01:18,520 That'll be great. 27 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:25,480 [♪ soft instrumental music playing] 28 00:02:28,640 --> 00:02:30,280 [indistinct chatter] 29 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:33,680 [lecturer] Depending on your module, you can access lecture notes online, 30 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:36,040 assignments and other activities through Blackboard. 31 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:39,480 Reading lists are available in the early weeks. 32 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:41,240 I cannot over-stress this. 33 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:45,520 Start reading early. Read early, and read often. 34 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:47,520 And while I have you all here, 35 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:49,320 I should make you aware of the dual be... 36 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:51,520 [indistinct chatter] 37 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:24,480 [sizzling] 38 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:28,560 [housemate chattering in foreign language] 39 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:32,680 [speaking in foreign language] 40 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:34,000 [door closes] 41 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:48,280 [student 1] Just how much empathy Defoe writes her with, 42 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:50,920 I feel like that's kind of radical when you read his contemporaries. 43 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,960 Also, how many examples of the picaresque novel are there 44 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:57,040 that center a woman so boldly and without condemning her? 45 00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:59,120 [student 1] Yeah, but also in terms of her class. 46 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:00,560 [Gareth] That's exactly what struck me. 47 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:03,400 You get this, this really, really complex character, 48 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:07,640 and I, I think Defoe writes with incredible subtlety, 49 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:09,440 and, and attention to detail. 50 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:10,880 It's sort of amazing. 51 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:13,560 [teaching assistant] What about anyone else? 52 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:15,560 Connell. 53 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:17,880 [clears throat] 54 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:21,120 I, uh, thought it was v-very moving. 55 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:23,760 Yeah, and, uh... 56 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:27,120 I, uh... 57 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:31,400 I just agree with everyone-- everyone was saying, so... 58 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:32,840 Yeah. 59 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:35,080 Okay. Thanks. 60 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:02,880 [car door opens] 61 00:05:06,280 --> 00:05:07,520 [door slams] 62 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:10,800 [lock clattering] 63 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:20,600 Mam? 64 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:34,920 [keys jangling] 65 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:38,440 [footsteps approaching] 66 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:44,000 -[knocking] -Mmm-hmm? 67 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:47,720 -Hey. -Hiya. 68 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:49,000 Welcome home. 69 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:50,960 Where have you been? 70 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:53,000 Just... out. 71 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:54,680 With a friend, you know? 72 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:56,800 Oh, yeah. That's fair enough. 73 00:05:58,840 --> 00:06:00,320 [both chuckle softly] 74 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:01,760 Come here, then. 75 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:11,400 -So good to see you. -[Connell chuckles softly] 76 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:15,680 Here. Thanks very much. See you later. Bye-bye. 77 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:32,640 That's you. No bother. All right. 78 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:36,880 How are ya? 79 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:48,080 -[Rob] Oh, I heard about that. -[Connell] Fifty drinks. 80 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:50,680 -[both chuckle] -So, how many girls have you shifted? 81 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:51,920 Aah. 82 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:54,720 Come on, you must be the only lad doing English. 83 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:57,000 -I'd say you're drowning in it. -No. 84 00:06:57,080 --> 00:06:58,520 [both chuckling] 85 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:01,320 -No, I'm only messing. -Mmm. 86 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:04,240 Are you enjoying it? 87 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:05,760 Yeah, it's all right. 88 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:10,280 [chuckles] It's a lot of loafers and chinos 89 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:11,720 -and whatnot. Yeah. -[Rob laughs] 90 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:14,800 Can't be all like that, though? It's Dublin. It's exciting. 91 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:15,960 Yeah. 92 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:19,560 -Least you fucked off outta here. -Well, there's nothing wrong with here. 93 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:21,600 Don't know about that. 94 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:25,080 -Not enjoying the job? -Ah, it's all right. 95 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:28,320 Decent to have a bit of money, I suppose, you know? 96 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:30,040 -Yeah. -Bit quiet. 97 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:31,800 Maybe you made the right call, there. 98 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:33,200 -Yeah? -Yeah. 99 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:35,280 Not sure college is all that great, to be honest. 100 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:37,400 -Oh, fuck off, would ya? -Ha. 101 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:39,600 You don't need to... 102 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:41,520 Right call. [scoffs] 103 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:44,000 Didn't have your fucking brains, did I? 104 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:45,360 [both laughing] 105 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:47,720 Yeah, that's true enough, all right. 106 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:50,720 Mmm. 107 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:52,760 Well, just don't waste it. 108 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:56,200 -Have a good time. -Mmm. Yeah. 109 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:00,240 -We go again? -Ah, no. 110 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:02,600 -No? -I'm all right. I should be getting back. 111 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:05,760 No worries. No worries. 112 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:08,720 [sniffs] 113 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:11,080 -It's good to see you anyway. -Yeah. You, too. 114 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:21,800 [rustling] 115 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:38,640 [indistinct chatter] 116 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:41,040 [♪ music playing over speakers] 117 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:45,120 [door slams] 118 00:08:45,680 --> 00:08:47,600 [Elaine] Yeah, drink! [laughs] 119 00:08:47,680 --> 00:08:48,880 [Matt chuckles] 120 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:50,320 [Niall] All right, man? 121 00:08:51,560 --> 00:08:52,880 [Matt] Is this the new roommate? 122 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:55,240 [Niall] Yeah, this is Connell. He's from Sligo. 123 00:08:57,480 --> 00:08:59,400 -Hey. -Does he talk? 124 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:03,640 -If he has to. Have a good one. -[Matt] Thanks, man. 125 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:06,800 [indistinct chattering] 126 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:18,480 [knocking] 127 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:20,880 Sorry, man. Do you fancy a beer? 128 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:23,360 Uh, yeah. Sound. 129 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:25,840 -[Niall] Sweet, see you in a minute. -See you a minute. 130 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:34,240 [laughing] 131 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:37,520 -[Niall] Get out. Out. -[Elaine] Stop talking. Leave now. 132 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:40,240 -[Niall] Thanks for ruining the night. -[all laughing] 133 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:41,760 I play lots of football, 134 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:44,360 but like, yeah, what would happen if you got thick like? 135 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:45,800 -Yeah. -[Elaine] Get thick. 136 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:47,720 [Matt] Would you jump in for a few scraps yourself, 137 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:49,880 -just for the craic? -No. I'm a lover, not a fighter. 138 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:51,480 -[laughing] -[Elaine] Oh, yeah. 139 00:09:51,560 --> 00:09:53,800 I don't believe you for a second. 140 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:55,560 -No. -[cans popping open] 141 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:58,240 -[Niall] Cheers, lads. -Cheers. 142 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:00,240 [Niall] Apparently, by the end of the year, 143 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:02,440 I have to like, do these medical role play things 144 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:04,200 when they, like, come in and I have to 145 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:06,680 pretend to actually be a doctor already. 146 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:08,880 -[Matt] Squeezing in. -[Niall] All right, man? 147 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:11,640 [indistinct chattering] 148 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:33,160 Uh... yeah, I, um... 149 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:38,440 Uh, I, I think the fact that she gives us a new chapter, 150 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:41,760 suddenly, out of nowhere from the perspective of Knightley, 151 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:43,920 having been with Emma throughout, felt... 152 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:47,680 f-- really remarkable to me. And... 153 00:10:48,560 --> 00:10:53,520 ...a moment of balance and care, and, uh... 154 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:56,440 Uh, s-something psychological 155 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:59,200 which hadn't really been attempted before, and... 156 00:10:59,680 --> 00:11:01,920 There's also a refusal of any kind of... 157 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:05,960 moralistic judgment granted to everybody, and I... 158 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:09,320 Well, I, I, I found that sort of extraordinary, so... 159 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:11,720 So, yeah. 160 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:13,320 Great. That's really great. 161 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:18,560 Okay. That's it for today, but essays in for next week, okay? 162 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:24,760 Sorry. 163 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:29,280 Sorry, I think you-- That's yours. 164 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:30,840 Oh. Thanks. 165 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:34,240 -It's Connell, right? -Yeah. 166 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:35,920 -I'm Gareth. -I know, yeah. 167 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:37,720 -[Gareth] How are ya? -Not too bad. How are you? 168 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:39,480 [Gareth] Good, yeah. I was gonna grab coffee 169 00:11:39,560 --> 00:11:41,520 -in the Debate Soc if you wanna join. -[Connell] Sure. 170 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:44,720 [student] Your student fees are being used to pay for a neo-Nazi 171 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:46,600 -to spread racist propaganda. -Thank you. 172 00:11:46,680 --> 00:11:47,920 [Gareth] Just through here. 173 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:50,480 [student] Your student fees are being used 174 00:11:50,560 --> 00:11:52,120 to pay for a neo-Nazi to spread racist... 175 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:53,560 [Gareth] It's so boring. 176 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:57,040 It's such an uncomplicated response. He's coming here to debate. 177 00:11:57,120 --> 00:12:00,320 -This is literally the debating society. -Hmm. 178 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:02,200 Do we not trust people to form their own opinions? 179 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:04,440 Yeah. Do you need to debate a Nazi, though? 180 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:06,960 Like, is there value in giving a Nazi a platform? 181 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:09,960 It's not like history hasn't heard a fair bit from his kind already. 182 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:12,000 -Like, the debate's been had. -He's not a Nazi, though. 183 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:14,920 No, look, I just think we need to be really careful with that word. 184 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,240 I feel like people use that word way too flippantly these days. 185 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:18,640 Yeah, he's a fascist, though, right? 186 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:20,160 He doesn't define himself as a fascist. 187 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:22,120 Fair enough. Other people do, so... 188 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:23,520 And free speech. 189 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:26,360 [chuckles] Well, yeah, sure. 190 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:28,520 Should protect it, but, uh... 191 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:30,920 not really sure that's what the issue is, here. 192 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,440 It's like, by that reasoning you'd have to invite 193 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:36,800 everyone everywhere to debate about everything, or else their, like... 194 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:39,040 freedom of speech is impinged. Like, that's just ridiculous. 195 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:40,560 [chuckling] 196 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:43,320 -You should join the debating society. -[Connell] Oh, I... 197 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:44,560 really shouldn't. 198 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:46,040 -No, you actually should. -You should. 199 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:47,480 All right, well, look. 200 00:12:47,560 --> 00:12:49,520 We're having a little party at my house tomorrow night. 201 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:52,880 It's, uh, house 24, just in the Rubrics over there. 202 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:55,560 Mmm, yeah. Maybe. Thanks. 203 00:12:55,640 --> 00:12:57,880 Come to the party. [laughs] 204 00:12:57,960 --> 00:12:59,760 -[Connell] All right. -You definitely should. 205 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:01,320 All right. I will. 206 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:04,400 [Lorraine on phone] How are you gonna get to know people if you don't go meet them? 207 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:05,880 [Connell] Not really my type of people. 208 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:07,720 [Lorraine] And what type of people are they? 209 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:09,760 [Connell] You know, like Trinity students. 210 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:11,560 [Lorraine] Sweetheart, you're a Trinity student. 211 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:13,120 [Connell] Ah, yeah, but not like that. 212 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:15,240 [Lorraine] Listen, if you don't like it, you can leave. 213 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:17,800 Mmm. Sounds a bit pathetic, doesn't it? 214 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:19,040 [Lorraine] Yeah, you're right. 215 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:21,640 It would be much cooler to stay at home all night on your own. 216 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:23,200 Harsh words, Lorraine. 217 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:25,280 [Lorraine] Go, and I'll give you a call tomorrow. 218 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:28,040 You can tell me all about it and I can live vicariously through you. 219 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:29,520 Well, if you're gonna live vicariously, 220 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:31,160 I'd pick someone a little bit more exciting. 221 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:34,480 [Lorraine] I don't know. College party sounds pretty good to me. 222 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:36,480 -All right. -[Lorraine] Go. 223 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:38,560 -Love you. -[Lorraine] I love you. 224 00:13:39,560 --> 00:13:40,880 [Lorraine ends call] 225 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:47,320 [♪ soft music playing] 226 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:55,360 [indistinct chatter] 227 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:09,800 [Connell] Sorry, it's Gareth's party upstairs, is it? 228 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:11,920 Right. Thanks. 229 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:15,760 [people chattering] 230 00:14:16,680 --> 00:14:18,640 [♪ muffled bass playing] 231 00:14:23,160 --> 00:14:25,440 [indistinct chatter continues] 232 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:36,040 [♪ music playing over speakers] 233 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:42,040 -[Gareth] Connell, good to see you, man. -[Connell] Uh... 234 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:43,560 -Good to see you. -Yeah, how's things? 235 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:45,440 -Yeah, how's it going? -Not too bad. How are you? 236 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:47,080 Good. Nice backpack. Very '90s. 237 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:48,840 -Ah-ha, thanks. -You know Jenny, right? 238 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:51,600 Uh, yeah, I think we were in a seminar together. 239 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:54,400 -Oh. [laughs] -Well, let me get you a drink. 240 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:56,040 -After you. -Thank you. 241 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:59,440 What have we got here? Uh, is beer okay for you? 242 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:00,800 [Connell] Yeah. Cheers. Thanks. 243 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:02,720 -So you're not from Dublin? -[Connell] Sorry? 244 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:04,880 -You're not from Dublin. -Uh, no, I... Sligo. 245 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:06,400 -Yeah. -[Jenny] Uh, I can see that. 246 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:07,840 My girlfriend's from Sligo, actually. 247 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:10,160 Oh, right. Well, uh, there you go. 248 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:11,520 [laughs softly] 249 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:15,920 -Yeah, you live here, do you? -[Gareth] Mmm. 250 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:17,760 Yeah, it's not bad for campus accommodation. 251 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:19,000 [Connell] Ah, it's lovely, yeah? 252 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:21,200 -Do you have your own room and that? -Yeah. God, yeah. 253 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:23,960 -You're not sharing, are you? -Oh, I am, yeah. 254 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:25,880 -Ah. -Oh, that's, uh, brutal, man. 255 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:27,080 -[Connell chuckles] -Jesus. 256 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:28,920 What do you do if you want to have a girl over? 257 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:30,000 Or a guy? 258 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:31,200 -Yeah. -[both chuckle] 259 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:32,920 Hasn't really been an issue so far, so... 260 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:34,960 [all laughing] 261 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:36,880 Yeah. 262 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:38,840 Hey, listen, there's some people I want you to meet. 263 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:40,440 -Yeah, thanks. -Come on. Do you wanna... 264 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:41,600 -See you later. -See ya later. 265 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:45,680 [Gareth] Sorry, man. 266 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:49,520 Down here, somewhere. 267 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:52,000 -Great party, right? -Yeah. 268 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:55,200 Marianne. 269 00:15:56,720 --> 00:15:58,440 Marianne, there's someone I want you to meet. 270 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:00,240 This is Connell. 271 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:02,520 Oh. Right. 272 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:04,200 Hi. 273 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:10,160 Connell Waldron. 274 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:12,000 From beyond the grave. 275 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:13,240 [chuckles] 276 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:15,760 When did you take up smoking? 277 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:18,160 -We were at school together. -[Gareth] No way! 278 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:20,480 -[man] Gareth! -[man 2] Yeah, here's here now. He's here. 279 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:22,120 -[Gareth] What is it? -[man] Come here, man. 280 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:24,160 -You're gonna wanna hear this. -Back in a sec. 281 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:25,520 [Gareth] Okay. Hello? 282 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:28,160 Well? 283 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:30,160 How are you? 284 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:32,760 Yeah. I'm all right. 285 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:34,600 Good. 286 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:37,720 Would you like a drink? 287 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:39,800 Uh, Gareth gave me this, so... 288 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:41,680 We can do better than that. 289 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:55,240 [lid pops] 290 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:58,120 Nice. 291 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:02,960 So how do you know Gareth? 292 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:04,920 [Connell] Oh, classes together. 293 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:06,400 You two are going out? 294 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:08,760 Everyone seems to know him. 295 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:11,440 Yeah. He's one of these campus celebrities. 296 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:13,000 [laughs] He loves that. 297 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:15,160 I believe he's very active on multiple college committees. 298 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:16,760 [both laugh] 299 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:20,400 -I've missed you. -Yeah. 300 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:22,760 Yeah, you, too. 301 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:27,680 I was, uh... I was a bit worried when you left school and that... 302 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:30,720 -I was pretty down about it. -Well. 303 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:33,320 Never hung out much during school hours. 304 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:35,480 Oh, yeah. [clears throat] 305 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:39,000 What about Rachel? You still together? 306 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:42,240 How'd you hear about that? Through your brother? 307 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:45,280 -Saw photos on Facebook. -Aah. Um... 308 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:48,880 No, um, we broke up, actually. 309 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:50,040 Oh. 310 00:17:50,120 --> 00:17:51,120 Sorry. 311 00:17:53,120 --> 00:17:54,840 I don't think we were that compatible, really. 312 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:55,920 Mmm. 313 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:57,920 -What? -No, I just, uh... 314 00:17:58,000 --> 00:17:59,840 I reckon I could have told you that. 315 00:17:59,920 --> 00:18:02,360 Maybe you should have. Would have helped, actually. 316 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:04,640 You weren't really replying to my texts at the time, so... 317 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:06,360 Felt somewhat abandoned, Connell. 318 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:08,440 Yeah, I felt a bit abandoned, myself, didn't I? 319 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:10,120 You disappeared. 320 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:12,880 The Rachel thing, uh... 321 00:18:14,120 --> 00:18:16,160 wasn't serious, or anything. 322 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:18,400 -It's not really why I left school. -Right. 323 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:21,320 -More of a last straw sort of thing. -Yeah. 324 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:23,600 I wondered if that was what it was. 325 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:26,360 -Really? -Mmm. Yeah. 326 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:29,840 -Mmm. Maybe you're telepathic. -Hmm. 327 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:33,840 You know, I, I did used to think that I could read your mind at times. 328 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:37,080 -In bed, you mean? -Yeah. 329 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:40,000 And afterwards, but... 330 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:43,080 I don't know. Maybe that's normal. 331 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:46,880 It's not. 332 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:55,160 You look really well. 333 00:18:56,640 --> 00:18:59,000 I know. It's classic me. 334 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:01,960 -Came to college and got pretty. -No, you were always pretty. 335 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:03,200 Very pretty. 336 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:06,320 You know, um, you're... you're beautiful. 337 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:08,560 Oh? 338 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:09,800 Well. 339 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:11,880 Haven't heard that one in a while. 340 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:13,720 Does Gareth not tell you you're beautiful, no? 341 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:15,840 [laughs] Oh, he's a... 342 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:19,120 He's probably very busy doing amateur drama or something. 343 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:21,440 Debating. And you're being cruel. 344 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:22,760 Ah, yeah, I clocked that. 345 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:24,720 See, I thought I was bad going out with Rachel Moore, 346 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:26,280 and your boyfriend's a Holocaust denier. 347 00:19:26,360 --> 00:19:28,840 [scoffs] He's just into free speech. 348 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:33,160 Okay, so we both failed on ideological purity. 349 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:34,320 Yeah. [laughs] 350 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:38,720 Are you dating anyone problematic at the moment? 351 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:40,960 No. Not even anyone good. 352 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:43,840 Finding it hard to meet people here? 353 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:46,560 Mmm-hmm. It's, uh... 354 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:49,680 It's a bit different from home, I suppose. 355 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:52,000 Mmm. Probably why I'm good at it. 356 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:57,160 I have some girlfriends I could introduce you to. 357 00:19:57,240 --> 00:19:58,640 -Oh, yeah? -Yeah. 358 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:01,120 -I have those now. -[Connell chuckles] 359 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,040 Ah, not sure I'd be their type. 360 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:04,720 What do you mean? 361 00:20:05,360 --> 00:20:07,360 Ah, I don't know. 362 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:11,440 What's not to like about you? 363 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:14,120 That's a good question. 364 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:18,160 I don't know. 365 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:21,440 [♪ "Dogwood Blossom" by Fionn Regan playing] 366 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:26,280 ♪ Loneliness keeps you constantly awake ♪ 367 00:20:28,120 --> 00:20:32,120 ♪ What happens when the passage of time appears ♪ 368 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:37,720 ♪ You see yourself as a child and it bring you to tears ♪ 369 00:20:40,120 --> 00:20:43,200 ♪ You say that you're troubled and you always have been ♪ 370 00:20:45,120 --> 00:20:49,040 ♪ Uncomfortable in your own skin ♪ 371 00:20:50,120 --> 00:20:53,920 ♪ So you contemplate the riverbed ♪ 372 00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:59,880 ♪ Turn off the dark thoughts in your head ♪ 373 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:01,840 [birds chirping] 374 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:10,640 [footsteps approaching] 375 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:20,720 -[Gareth] Coffee? -In the pot. 376 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:27,280 [Gareth sighs] 377 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:32,200 [coffee pouring] 378 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:34,840 [clattering] 379 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:40,960 [gulps, sighs] 380 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:46,200 Morning. 381 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:48,120 [exhales] 382 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:54,960 [birds chirping] 383 00:22:07,120 --> 00:22:08,160 [door squeaks open] 384 00:22:12,120 --> 00:22:13,200 [slams] 385 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:26,400 [Peggy] I'd literally kill for a place like this. 386 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:28,720 -I'm so fucking jealous. -[Joanna laughs] 387 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:30,800 Must be tough living in your parents' massive house 388 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:32,920 in Black Rock, Peggy. God knows how you cope. 389 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:34,840 You try living with my mother, then. 390 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:37,200 That woman is a nervous breakdown waiting to happen. 391 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:38,560 Does she not work? 392 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:40,640 She's a consultant oncologist. 393 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:43,280 -Wow. -That must be incredibly stressful. 394 00:22:43,360 --> 00:22:45,000 Money is fucking great, though. 395 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:47,520 What does your mum do, Marianne? 396 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:48,960 She's a solicitor. 397 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:52,000 Also good money. Do you get on? 398 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:53,800 Me and my mum? 399 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:57,040 Uh, we're not close or anything. 400 00:22:57,560 --> 00:22:58,840 She's quite conservative. 401 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:02,040 Are you with yours? 402 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:04,760 Yeah. My mum's great. Sorry. 403 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:07,040 Sounds lovely. [exhales] 404 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:09,840 -[Joanna] Where's Gareth tonight? -[Marianne] I'm not sure. 405 00:23:10,360 --> 00:23:11,800 Some society thing. 406 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:14,080 [Peggy] Isn't it so much better when he's not here, though? 407 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:15,800 -Stop it. -Come off it. 408 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:17,680 We both know he's not worthy. 409 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:19,400 [Joanna] No, but then, who is? 410 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:22,480 [indistinct chattering] 411 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:25,040 [♪ "Drop" by Hope Sandoval playing] 412 00:23:25,120 --> 00:23:28,760 ♪ The way you drop ♪ 413 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:30,080 [Philip] Hey, guys. 414 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:31,560 [Marianne laughing] 415 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:33,360 -How are you doing? -I'm good. 416 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:35,080 Um, pretty good. 417 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:37,480 [Peggy] Where were you now? Why were you not in our lecture? 418 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:39,800 -I deviated. -[Peggy] Did you deviate, now? 419 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:42,320 [indistinct conversations] 420 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:50,800 ♪ But you've just been thrown ♪ 421 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:57,520 ♪ Till kingdom comes ♪ 422 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:05,160 ♪ And through bitten tongues ♪ 423 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:11,800 ♪ These eyes get stung ♪ 424 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:18,040 ♪ With every curse sung ♪ 425 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:23,400 ♪ These twisted times... ♪ 426 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:24,840 [Gareth] I got a noise complaint. 427 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:27,320 -No way. -Yeah. First of three, apparently. 428 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:28,480 It was fun, though. 429 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:31,120 Who was that guy you were talking to in the kitchen for ages? 430 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:32,280 Connell. 431 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:34,680 Uh, we were at school together. 432 00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:37,000 He's in my English class. He's a really good guy. 433 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:40,640 [Peggy] Why? Do you like him, Teresa? 434 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:44,080 -Uh, I mean, what's not to like? -Why don't you give her his number? 435 00:24:46,120 --> 00:24:48,480 -Would you like it? -Yeah, why not? 436 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:51,560 Sure. 'Course. 437 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:00,720 Wouldn't life be great if you could paint like that? 438 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:02,200 Would it? 439 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:05,000 Yeah. I mean, I know they say it's hard to be a genius, but... 440 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:08,200 I reckon it must give your life some kind of sense of purpose. 441 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:10,360 You'd never have a normal life, though. 442 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:11,960 Yeah, but who wants a normal life? 443 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:13,760 -I do. -No, you don't. 444 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:15,480 Maybe. 445 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:18,720 [scoffs] I don't know. Don't know what I want. 446 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:21,600 -Yeah, that's all right. -Is it? 447 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:25,040 I mean, you already know what you want to do, Joanna. 448 00:25:25,120 --> 00:25:26,800 You already know what you're gonna do 449 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:28,360 your dissertation on. You're all set. 450 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:30,720 Yeah, but that is not normal, and shouldn't be copied. 451 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:34,040 I think most people don't have any idea what they want 452 00:25:34,120 --> 00:25:35,600 or what they want to do with their lives. 453 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:37,000 You're just being nice to me. 454 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:38,640 No, I reckon half your friends from school 455 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:40,400 probably have no idea what they want to do. 456 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:45,800 I didn't really have any friends in school, as such. 457 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:48,400 I was a loner. 458 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:49,960 -Really? -Mmm-hmm. 459 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:53,920 Oh. 460 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:56,040 What about that guy from the other night? 461 00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:57,720 Connell? 462 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:00,160 Uh, he, he wasn't like... 463 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:02,600 a friend, exactly. 464 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:07,040 Mmm. 465 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:09,920 [Eoin] It's disclaimed there's no such thing as the truth. 466 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:11,800 I just find that very destructive. 467 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:13,560 I'm sorry, I don't think that's a fair reading. 468 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:15,240 Something is either a fact, or it's not. 469 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:17,080 It's either true, or it's not. 470 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:18,880 -How do you put that aside? -I don't. 471 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:23,600 But understanding how we decide which facts are disseminated, 472 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:25,480 how we assess different planes-- 473 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:27,600 So basically gravity is a social construct-- 474 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:30,240 [teaching assistant] Sorry, excuse me, but Marianne was still speaking. 475 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:31,360 Carry on, Marianne. 476 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:36,040 This isn't about negating the existence of fact. 477 00:26:36,120 --> 00:26:38,880 Like, obviously, gravity is real. 478 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:42,320 But it's still valuable for historians to study 479 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:44,920 the development of discourses around gravity, 480 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:47,480 so we can learn how knowledge is produced, 481 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:49,960 and, and by whom, and within what structures. 482 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:51,960 That's all. 483 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:54,200 So he's bullshitting about how gravity isn't even real, 484 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:56,400 and Marianne absolutely annihilated him. 485 00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:59,880 -It's like a cat playing with food. -I bet it was. 486 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:02,440 I mean, no, it wasn't. 487 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:06,880 The tutor had to step in so I could make my not-very-groundbreaking point. 488 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:08,200 There was zero annihilation. 489 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:09,800 You emasculated him, Marianne. 490 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:12,640 -He's gonna be your enemy for life. -[Marianne] That's not what happened. 491 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:13,880 She'll have the white. 492 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:16,880 Uh, can she not decide for herself? 493 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:18,720 I don't know. Can she? 494 00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:20,840 Yeah. She definitely can. 495 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:23,320 White, please. 496 00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:25,400 It's this fucking game they play. 497 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:27,720 -I hate making decisions. -[Gareth] Really? 498 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:29,200 And I'm good at knowing what she wants. 499 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:30,640 And what she wants is a glass of white. 500 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:33,040 And when she's finished, she's gonna have another glass of white. 501 00:27:33,120 --> 00:27:34,800 -And then she's gonna have a cigarette. -Maybe. 502 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:38,000 Anyway, that guy sounds like an idiot. 503 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:39,720 -He is. -He's not an idiot. 504 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:41,360 Well, I am constantly amazed at how many 505 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:43,120 people in college just aren't that smart. 506 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:44,880 -Come on, mate. -[Jamie] No, I'm serious. 507 00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:48,400 [Gareth] I mean, I think that might just be your experience on your course, 508 00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:49,960 'cause it's certainly not my experience. 509 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:51,560 [Jamie] Yeah, because you're doing English, 510 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:54,360 and it's not that hard to waft an opinion out of your arse about a book. 511 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:56,640 -[Gareth] Nice. Nice. -[Joanna] Whoa. Let's leave it. 512 00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:59,280 -I'm just gonna go and check on the rice. -[Jamie] No, we can have a-- 513 00:27:59,360 --> 00:28:01,880 We can talk about it. Why can't we talk about it? All I'm-- All I'm s-- 514 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:03,840 [steaming on stove] 515 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:18,320 Sure you don't want some? 516 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:19,800 I'm all right. Thanks. 517 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:21,880 [Peggy] I won't tell Joanna. 518 00:28:23,120 --> 00:28:24,200 I'm still all right. 519 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:27,560 I'm gonna go meet Christian. The one with the girlfriend. 520 00:28:30,120 --> 00:28:32,680 What are you gonna do when you're the sensible girlfriend, 521 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:35,160 and your boyfriend's off fucking and taking drugs with students? 522 00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:37,080 When am I gonna be the sensible girlfriend? 523 00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:41,040 -That's a fair point, Peggy. -[snorting] 524 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:43,200 [silverware scraping] 525 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:45,200 [dishes clattering] 526 00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:48,040 -[Joanna] Sure you don't wanna come? -I'm gonna stay. 527 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:49,880 I'm exhausted. 528 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:52,560 Okay. Thanks so much, again. I'll see you tomorrow. 529 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:53,840 [Marianne] See ya. 530 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:57,000 I'll stay with you. Help you clear up. 531 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:59,200 No, honestly, it's fine. You go. 532 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:01,200 Right. Come on. Pubs are closing. 533 00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:04,360 Okay. 534 00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:08,280 -See you later. -See ya. [chuckles] 535 00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:10,800 Bye, Marianne. 536 00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:12,040 [door opens] 537 00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:15,520 [door closes] 538 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:22,800 [spits] 539 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:52,880 [clicking on phone] 540 00:29:57,360 --> 00:29:58,880 [phone buzzes] 541 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:13,600 [♪ soft piano music playing] 542 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:19,400 [♪ "Undertow" by Lisa Hannigan playing] 543 00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:25,920 ♪ I wanna swim in your current ♪ 544 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:30,360 ♪ Carry me out, up and away ♪ 545 00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:36,080 ♪ I wanna float ♪ 546 00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:39,640 ♪ On every word you say ♪ 547 00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:45,680 ♪ Want to be underneath your weather ♪ 548 00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:50,680 ♪ Every cloud and ray of sun ♪ 549 00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:55,440 ♪ I wanna float ♪ 550 00:30:56,160 --> 00:31:00,000 ♪ In between everyone ♪ 551 00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:02,400 ♪ In between ev... ♪