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[Jerome] You are being charged.

One count of rape, Rebecca.

Three counts of sexual assault of a minor, Christina.

[Rebecca] It's not about punishing him…

I just feel like if I don't get this straight, in my head now,

I'll never, ever be happy.

[Jerome] Her claims that he assaulted her in his car over three nights,

all those claims are false.

We're going to say I slept with her.

-Slept with who? -[Paul] Rebecca Thornton.

I know how I feel. It's not much, but it's all I've got.

[Marie] Who knocked on your door that day?

They were interrupting you for me, who knocked on your door?

It wasn't a runner.

[Paul] You could make money, you know?

-You could make money out of me. -[Georgina] I won't.

Because I don't want the attention.

[Dee] Can I come home, Dad?

You're my daughter, and I don't love anyone as much as I love you.

Are you sure you didn't hurt her?

I wouldn't, you know that.

[Marie] I'm not sure I know anything any more.

[rain splattering]

[Dee] A police mate told me once that the only way to divide

the innocent from the guilty was that the guilty could sleep in their cells

but the innocent never could.

Got friends in the police force?

What were you looking at?

Out of the window? You had this really intense look on your face.

Go back to bed.

[sighs]

It's a habit going back to my druggie days.

If anyone else was up, and I was conscious,

I generally was up, too.

It'll soon be over, Mum.

You shouldn't have come home.

-[reporters chattering] -[cameras clicking]

[judge] Members of the jury, you must try this case

only on the evidence you will hear in this courtroom.

Now, this trial will feature evidence about alleged rape and sexual assault,

a highly emotive topic, and you may well have heard of the defendant,

he's a very well-known individual.

Therefore it is essential…

-Nice make-up. -What?

The jury.

Majority women. A bit ethnic.

It's great.

Is that right?

Yeah, you don't want white men.

Why not?

They convict.

[Hamish] Was there a place you'd always stop the car?

[Christina] No. It would be different places.

Uh, car parks for DIY stores,

or the back of parks, deserted places.

[Hamish] And what would happen then?

Well…

He liked me to hold my hands behind my back.

He liked to undress me slowly. Which, in a car, wasn't easy.

Then as soon as he was turned on, it was over pretty quickly.

-[Hamish] So he'd start by touching you? -Yes, that's right.

[Hamish] Touching…

I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to be specific,

touching your breasts, your vagina?

And my anus.

He touched my anus quite a lot. Always liked it.

Called it, "My rosebud."

[Hamish] And again, apologies for asking this question,

but, as a 15-year-old girl, how developed were you?

[chuckles] Well, my body didn't look like it does now.

-[people chattering] -Sorry. [clears throat]

[Hamish] Uh, exhibit one as procured by the prosecution,

this is a photograph of you at the time that you were babysitting

for Mr and Mrs Finchley, is that right?

I'm sorry, yes.

[Hamish] Did he ever comment on that? How your body looked?

Not that I remember.

But he was sexually excited by it, by your body?

-Yes. -[Hamish] Your breasts?

-Yes. -[Hamish] Your vagina?

-Yes. -[Hamish] Your anus?

Yes.

I can still remember exactly how he breathed.

This…

intense snuffle.

His nose used to whistle sometimes. He sounded like a horse.

Do you rent or own? Your home, I mean.

Rent.

[Zoe] Expensive, renting in London right now.

Yes.

But you get support for your two children?

One gets supported. The other, his father is less reliable.

[Zoe] So money is hard?

What's this got to do with anything?

How much money are you being paid for your story Christina?

Sorry?

[Zoe] You're being paid for your exclusive story after this trial is over.

How much?

Do I have to answer?

[Judge] Yes.

Thirty grand.

[Zoe] Life-changing money. A deposit on a house.

[Christina] I didn't see how it could do any damage.

Coming out to court, being here, telling the police, has changed your life.

He did this to me.

-The money's not the reason I am… -[Zoe] The trouble is,

that coupled with the fact you haven't remembered key details,

none of this could have happened in the Chevy.

-I don't understand. -[Zoe] It simply wasn't there.

I know that.

-But-- -[Zoe] You saw his picture in the paper,

you saw the other alleged unfounded allegations against him,

you saw an opportunity.

You constructed a story and you looked to profit from it.

[Christina] I am telling the truth.

I am.

[Zoe] No further questions.

-[reporters chattering] -[cameras clicking]

-[Jerome] You a cricket fan, Marie? -No.

[Jerome] In five day test matches, at the close of play the experts

will pronounce who won the day.

Well, this is my expertise, and today we won the day.

[breathing heavily]

Haven't brushed my teeth, but you can kiss me if you like.

[both laughing]

[inhaling]

[Marie] I didn't know you were…

[breathing heavily] Recent thing.

Late-onset asthma.

[coughs] I'm regressing to teenagehood.

My chest gets tight after exercise.

How are you feeling?

Okay.

"Okay."

-That's your response, "okay". -[both laughing]

Is that really how you… Or was that just for me?

You're disappointed?

No.

No, it's just you were so polite.

Polite?

I think that's probably the worst review I've ever been given.

But gentle.

Why, would you have rather that I'd been more…

Animalistic?

No.

No.

Forty fucking years. [laughs]

I've waited for that for forty fucking years.

Not worth the wait, I'm guessing?

It was worth it.

[inhales] Karl…

I need to ask you something.

Well, if you want me to do that again, I'm not sure I have the politeness in me.

Jerome says that Rebecca remembers her and Paul being interrupted,

and they think it was an on-set runner.

But I actually think it was you.

You were fetching him for me, because Dee was in hospital and I sent you to get him.

Or you might have volunteered.

Did you hear anything that day?

Because if you did, Karl, you have to tell them.

When you give your evidence, you have to tell them.

It was such a long time ago.

You remember something. You were there, I know you were.

[Paul] Fifteen-two, fifteen-four, two for a pair and one for his nob.

Oh, save me, Mum, Dad's trying to teach me cribbage.

Jerome's idea, he said we needed to try something unusual every morning

to take our minds off the impending.

[Dee] So tomorrow I'm going to try and persuade Dad to go rollerblading.

[Paul] Hmm, we could re-enact some tampon adverts together.

[Dee] Hmm.

[Paul] Where you been sweetie?

I could make eggs. As a treat.

-[Paul] I think I'll stick to the cereal. -[Dee] No thanks, Mum.

Okay.

I ever told you mornings suit you?

Each day as it comes, that's all.

[Rebecca] I met him in a restaurant in Bedford.

Um, I got to serve him,

and then we decided to try and track him down later.

[Hamish] And who's "we"?

Me and my friend Grace.

[Hamish] Who's now passed away?

Cancer.

[Hamish] Where did you find him?

Um, in a pub in Bedford.

Um, sorry, he…

She, Grace asked…

if we could join him, and, um…

He said yes, and then we sat down and then he bought us drinks.

[Hamish] He bought you drinks?

Yeah, actually we were going to offer to buy his drinks, but he insisted.

And he kind of made a joke about it,

and he said that if he paid by cheque, then the bar staff just keep his cheque

for the autograph and the secret was not to sign too many cheques.

-And what time was this? -Four o'clock.

[Hamish] And then he asked you to come to set with him?

He asked if I wanted to see the set.

They were doing, um, some other stuff with the supporting cast

and, um, then they were going to do another shot

when the sun went in, on him and Karl.

And he asked if I wanted to come and watch.

[Hamish] Grace didn't come to set with you?

[Rebecca] She wasn't really a fan of his like I was.

I told him I had a boyfriend.

I thought I'd made it clear that that mattered to me.

[Hamish] Were there any other celebrities

at the time that you were interested in, other than the defendant?

No, I'm not…

I wasn't, um. one of those, like a, a fan type girls.

I'm not… I wasn't one of those at all.

[Hamish] It was just Paul Finchley?

Yes, it was only ever him.

Exhibit Three, as procured by the defence.

Do you recognise the handwriting?

-Yes. -[Zoe] It's your handwriting, isn't it?

-Where did you find this? -[Zoe] Read through the letter.

It's quite a fan letter, isn't it?

In it, you apologise for missing him at one of his fan events.

You even tell him you'll not miss another one.

I was a fan, I've never denied being a fan.

You wrote this letter, didn't you?

It's your handwriting, and the paper is the same.

I recognise the paper…

[Zoe] And that's even your address at the top, isn't it?

In case he wanted to write back?

I, I always put the address on my letters.

[Zoe] I just want to be very clear, Rebecca.

This is your letter?

I don't remember writing it. But I think so, yes.

[Zoe] Exhibit Four, also procured by the defence.

Do you recognise the handwriting on the envelope?

-Yes. -[Zoe] It's your handwriting, isn't it?

-Yes. -[Zoe] And the envelope matches the paper.

-They're the same shade of purple? -Yes.

[Zoe] Can you see the postmark in the corner?

What does the postmark say?

The 5th of November, 1994.

A year, a whole year after you allege my client raped you.

You wrote to him extremely eager to see him again.

Not personally, even, at a fan event.

I don't understand.

[Zoe] Well, give it some thought.

See if you can explain it.

We're not in any hurry.

I can't explain it.

[Zoe] This is the letter, is it not,

of someone still in love with Paul Finchley,

not someone reacting to rape?

[breathes heavily]

[Zoe] Why did you come forward when you did?

You were the first to accuse Paul Finchley.

Why did you come forward?

[whispers] My friend died.

[Judge] If you could lean forward so the microphone

could pick you up, Mrs Thornton.

My friend died.

Grace died, and…

she was the only person who knew,

and she'd always said that I should report it to the police.

And so when she died, I did.

[Zoe] You never told your husband about it?

[Rebecca] No.

[Zoe] That must have been something of a shock for him.

[Rebecca] I was very confused for a really long time, and…

I mean, I don't know why I wrote this letter to him, but I do know what he did.

[Zoe] What you say he did.

I just… [shuddering]

I think…

I must have been looking for something from him, or some…

[Zoe] We have other letters you wrote,

none of them ask for anything, they simply express devotion.

[voice shaking] I was obsessed with him. [sniffles]

[sobs] I think you can be abused by someone and still stay obsessed with them.

[Zoe] I'm not here to attack you Rebecca, you haven't sold your story to the paper,

but I suggest that this case is a result of years of confusion for you.

Paul Finchley has accepted that he had sex with you.

[Rebecca] He didn't have sex with me, he raped me.

[Zoe] Coupled to which you had a boyfriend,

and you felt a little ashamed of yourself after…

[Rebecca sobbing] No, I did not feel ashamed of myself!

I felt destroyed by him because he's raped me.

[Zoe] Then you went home, and ideas, they festered in your brain,

these ideas that you tried to fight against

by maintaining contact with my client,

but these ideas they, they eventually, they overwhelmed you.

[Rebecca] No, they didn't overwhelm me because I know what happened.

[sobbing] I'm not lying.

No further questions.

[breathes heavily]

[indistinct chattering]

[car approaching]

-Hi. -Hi.

Are you coming in, or are you just loitering suspiciously,

because I've been watching you, Uncle Karl,

and I've got to tell you, I'd rather you didn't come in.

-[Karl] Oh? -Yeah, they're talking, Mum and Dad.

And I think they probably really need to.

Right. I'll come back another time.

Or you could have a fag with me.

[Karl] I don't actually smoke any more. Doctor's orders.

Remind me never to get old.

Oh, don't worry, the way you live, there's very little chance of that.

[both laughing]

-You're in the witness box tomorrow? -For my sins.

Called by the prosecution against his own partner.

Just to verify the dates they claim are important.

They're still arguing about whether Dad's going to say his bit.

-Are they? -Yeah, Dad wants to say it, but…

He thinks he needs to, but there's some discussion.

Don't want him hoist by his own petard.

I was always jealous of you as a kid.

-Were you? -Yeah, you got all his time.

I really didn't.

People thought of him and they thought of you, not me.

You were and'd to him. Karl and Paul.

And…

I never could be.

And that's still true.

I suppose.

Yes.

When he's thought of, I am too, and the other way around.

For richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health.

For better, for worse.

[Karl] Forty years, we worked together, off and on, for forty years.

Not for the last five or so, but for the thirty-five years prior.

[Hamish] Why have you not worked together in the last five years,

some sort of falling out?

Simply a lack of attractive offers.

I think we knew we were toast when Milton Keynes wanted us

to give our ugly sisters.

[laughter]

How would you categorise your relationship in that time?

Fruitful, I don't know, we work well together.

[Hamish] And you liked each other?

Some days more than others.

[Hamish] These filming days, they can be pretty intense, am I right?

Budgets have always been tight on the work we've done.

And when you weren't on camera, you'd have your own trailers?

[Karl] Once we were established, yes.

How much time would you spend in each other's trailer?

Generally quite a bit, uh, we worked on scripts,

did private rehearsals, that sort of thing.

[Hamish] And you'd be aware if each other had visitors?

Yes, but privacy was possible, we weren't in each other's pockets.

[Hamish] To be clear, I'm, I'm asking if Paul had women in his trailer

you would generally know about it?

Generally.

Did he have many women in his trailer?

He was a philanderer. I think that's been established by now.

[Hamish] Did his philandering ever cause issue for you?

Yes. I liked his wife. Like his wife.

[Hamish] So were you privy to many moments of his relations with women?

[Karl] How close do you think we were, sir?

[laughter]

[Hamish] If you could answer the question.

If you're talking sexual acts,

I never saw him do anything with any women.

[Hamish] Never heard anything you shouldn't?

No.

[Hamish] How many women would you say you saw him with?

I wouldn't like to estimate.

[Hamish] And you never saw a woman leave his room in a state of distress, or…

[Karl] No.

-[Hamish] You seem unsure? -[Karl] No. I'm not unsure.

But can I say I never saw any action from Paul or anyone else

that would suggest him capable of rape.

[papers rustling]

-[Hamish] Let me take you back to Bedford. -Ah, I can't remember Bedford.

-Can I just ask… -[Karl] I'm an old man.

Had a busy life.

Can't remember anything of that day.

Believe me, I've tried.

[Dee] I remember this.

I don't remember much, but I remember this.

Watching me shave?

Shaving always seemed like a very peculiar type of savagery to me.

Cutting things off yourself using metal strips.

And it's weird.

It is weird.

[both chuckling]

It feels good. To be here.

It's nice that you're here.

[water splashes]

You need to calm down. You don't need adrenaline for this one.

Look, shall I send Gerry out for a camomile tea?

I could procure you a stronger relaxant if you prefer. Some Xanax, weed?

I'll be fine.

Do you think I could talk to my husband alone, please, Jerome?

Okay.

Two things.

One: Hamish is a persistent motherfucker. He'll set traps. Don't fall into them.

Do my best.

Two: be ready for the curve ball. Don't curve one back at them.

I'm still pissed off you went to the police

about Rebecca without talking to me first.

[Paul] Understood.

Legally procured weed, that'd be something, wouldn't it?

He's very competitive.

Yeah, we chose well. Simon chose well.

We paid handsomely for your innocence.

[Paul] Well, for a good defence, yes.

They destroyed those women up there.

I don't think we've won it yet.

There are layers of you, aren't there?

[Paul] Are there?

[scoffs]

You don't lie, I, I don't think you lie, I…

I think you believe everything.

But, you exist on one layer quite purely.

Good husband layer, good man layer.

And then there's another layer.

And on that, you're less good.

But you, you treat them both separately.

And then there's the third layer.

And on that,

you are capable of anything.

Now is not the time for this conversation.

[Marie] I think you did it.

I do.

I'm about to go and take the stand, do you really think this…

[Marie] Be brave, Paul.

Try and remember the man you are. Try not to lie.

Look through the layers.

You've never loved me the way you thought you did.

[Hamish] You changed your account

-in relation to Rebecca Thornton. -[Paul] I did.

[Hamish] In your interview, you made it quite clear you didn't remember her.

What jogged your memory?

[Paul] It just suddenly returned to me. I, I can't explain it.

My, my memory's just like that, I'm afraid.

[Hamish] You've had sex with a lot of women.

[Paul] Yes.

[Hamish] When is it clear for you

that a woman has consented to have sex with you?

If someone says "no" then I stop. Always have. Always will.

[Hamish] That's a woman not consenting.

I'm asking how you know a woman is consenting.

-You just know. -[Hamish] Do you?

What signals does she give?

I can't describe it. It's a body language thing, I think.

-[Hamish] Body language? -Yes.

[Hamish] Do you recall what body language suggested to you Rebecca Thornton

wanted to have sex with you?

I may have misspoken,

but you know when you kiss someone whether they're kissing you back.

[Hamish] Okay. And how do you decide whether someone wants to be kissed?

You're trying to trip me up.

[Hamish] Hmm, I'm trying to understand.

You sense it, when someone wants you to kiss them, you sense it.

[Hamish] So the sex with Rebecca Thornton started with you,

sensing, that she was consenting to you kissing her?

Yes.

[Hamish] And after the kissing, there was foreplay?

Yes.

[Hamish] Because when you kissed her, she kissed you back?

Yes.

[Hamish] Do you remember what the foreplay consisted of?

As I recall, I touched her, then stripped her.

No, I stripped her, then touched her. Then she stripped me.

[Hamish] You touched her genitals before she took your clothes off?

As I recall.

[Hamish] She was completely naked,

you were clothed, and digitally penetrating her.

-As I recall. -[Hamish] Was she reacting pleasurably?

Yes.

-[Hamish] And she then stripped you? -Yes.

Do you like it when the woman strips you?

I like not to strip at all.

That's why I remember it, because she insisted.

[Hamish] You don't like to strip at all?

I don't like my body.

[Hamish] Is that just the weight, or are there other issues?

Just the fat.

[Hamish] So she stripped you naked.

-Did she touch you? -[Paul] Yes.

-[Hamish] Touch your penis? -[Paul] Yes.

-[Hamish] Put it in her mouth? -[Paul] Not that I recall.

[Hamish] Do you recall whether she orgasmed?

[Paul] Think so.

[Hamish] Do you recall whether she seemed

scared or disorientated afterwards?

[Paul] No.

No, we laughed afterwards, together, that's why this makes no sense.

And then somebody banged at the door of the trailer,

and told me about Dee, and then I had to leave.

What particularly excites you about sex, Mr Finchley?

[Paul] I couldn't specify.

[Hamish] Does violence as part of sex ever excite you?

[Paul] No.

[Hamish] Not even consensual violence? Slapping, hair pulling?

[Paul] No.

[Hamish] Do you like sex with prostitutes?

[Hamish] Do you have sex with prostitutes, Mr Finchley?

[Zoe] I'm sorry, I don't know where my learned friend is going with this.

Yes, I do have sex with prostitutes.

Your Honour, the defence has an objection to this prosecution line of questioning.

I'm comfortable answering his questions.

I think the jury need to hear the truth.

I think they need to understand the man I am.

[Hamish] Do you ever engage in role play or sex games with prostitutes?

-[Paul] Yes. -[Hamish] What sort of games?

BDSM? Am I right?

On occasion you like to spank, you like to tie people up.

Yes. BDSM. Yes.

Sex with women who aren't prostitutes never gets violent,

but sex with prostitutes sometimes can?

They consent to everything that happens.

You pay them to consent, but with other women, no violence?

-No. -No, you have a code.

If I'm paying for it, I can do whatever I like,

but with other women, I will not do whatever I like.

Yes.

That must involve restraint on your part.

I mean, clearly you like violence as part of sex.

Otherwise, why would you pay for it?

I don't engage in BDSM with women who are not prostitutes.

-You hate women, don't you? -No, I do not.

-You want to exert power over them. -No, I do not.

Maybe you feel powerless in the rest of your life

and you want to reassert yourself when it comes to sex?

No.

I'm not proud, I am…

ashamed.

I'm ashamed of how I've behaved.

[Hamish] It's a recurring theme, your shame.

I wonder, has it ever occurred to you, to maybe, instead of feeling shame,

to challenge yourself to behave better?

You haven't understood me at all. I have challenged myself to behave better.

-[Hamish] You're getting angry with me. -No. Frustrated.

-Frustrated? -Yes.

You're trying to paint me as a guilty man and I am not one.

And yes, that frustrates me.

But I'm also frustrated with myself,

and ashamed of myself at the way I have behaved.

[Hamish] Did you know any time you talk of shame or damage

it's your wife you look at?

-[Paul] Is that right? -[Hamish] Why do you think that is?

Strength.

My wife's a strong woman.

She knows everything I've been. I've kept nothing from her.

[Hamish] So she knows the man you are?

[Paul] Yes.

And I think sometimes, that's not been very nice for her.

Which is why I'm asking for her forgiveness.

[Hamish] She knows about the prostitutes, the other women?

She knows everything that's important.

[Hamish] The attacks, the women.

She doesn't know about them. Because they didn't happen.

It must be very complicated being married to you.

You know, for a long time I thought all this being brought upon me

was some sort of cruelty.

I now realise it's not.

I'm not a good man.

I've been careless with people.

I've been a serial adulterer, I've had sex with women I shouldn't have.

This whole case exists because of my carelessness.

And when I look at my wife,

I realise, of all the people in this room,

that I've affected her worst of all.

And for that I'm deeply sorry.

I will do better.

[Hamish] Mr Finchley, you are a serial rapist.

-An opportunist. -[Paul] You're mistaken.

You have done damage to those you work with,

your close family, and women you barely know,

all because you couldn't control your anger towards women.

I am not perfect,

but I did not do this.

[young Dee] One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

Five.

There you go, mate. Okay.

-Okay. Have a good evening. -Cheers. Thank you.

Cheers.

Six.

[judge] You, the jury, have to decide

whether you are sure that the complainants are telling the truth.

Now, if they've forgotten or misremembered some details,

this does not necessarily mean that

they've misremembered other crucial details.

Now, all that matters is the central question

that you're considering,

which is whether the prosecution have made you sure

that Paul Finchley is guilty of the crimes of which he's been charged.

So…

This is where the magic happens.

Wow.

Well, I say that.

Unclean underwear, plenty of it. Magic? A little less.

You're so funny.

So we'll have to make our own magic, won't we?

-"Just like that." -Yeah.

[stammering] M-milk's sour, but then again I'm, I'm not surprised,

them c-c-cows are a moody bunch.

[laughs] Genius.

[Paul gagging]

I've got a boyfriend.

I've got ten boyfriends.

Let's keep the boyfriends out of it, shall we?

I really wouldn't want to…

No, thank you, I'm, I'm a fan.

Well, I'm a fan of you, dearie.

Can you feel it?

"Just like that!"

[court clerk] Would the foreman please stand.

Will you answer my first question with either a yes or a no.

Has the jury reached a verdict upon each count of the indictment

upon which you are all agreed?

[jury] Yes, we have.

[Marie] Karl!

Karl!

I need to find Paul!

-He's in his trailer. I'll, I'll get him. -But…

[Karl] He's with the director, I think. I'll extract him. I'll, I'll run.

-[Rebecca crying] Stop… -[Paul moaning]

[court clerk] On count one of the indictment.

Do you find the defendant guilty, or not guilty?

[jury] Not guilty.

[people applauding]

[court clerk] On count two of the indictment,

do you find the defendant guilty, or not guilty?

-[jury] Not guilty. -No!

[people cheering]

[court clerk] Mr Finchley…

You have been found not guilty on all counts.

You're free to leave the court.

-[shuddering] -[applauding]

[cheering]

I've normally got a good nose for these things.

My nose is off, I'm telling you, off.

Off with his nose.

Our witnesses were clearly better than the other side's.

It couldn't mean nothing.

All we did. All we'd done.

And it would have, if he'd been guilty.

And for you, and particularly for Dee,

you'd never have been able to live it down.

So, it's probably for the best.

So what do we do now?

I've spoken to the channel already.

Now obviously, they're aware they've little choice in the matter

because we'd sue their arses off.

But good news.

-They actually want you back. -Hmm.

Have you seen Marie?

Oh, and we need to talk about a book.

I've already got some guys looking into it with me.

Yeah, I must, I must find Marie.

Lee! Hey, good to see you.

Ah, I wouldn't miss it. Sorry I didn't make the trial dates.

I wanted to have a word with the world about what they were saying about you.

[Jerome] Look at you. A free man.

Thank you. I know I keep saying it.

You're a surprisingly tricky man to deal with.

I thought you'd be easier, but you've got attitude.

[Gerry] He's got class. That's what it is, class.

I really have to find Marie.

I haven't talked to her properly since the verdict.

[Dan] Great party! Freedom party!

They may take our land, but they'll never take our freedom!

Is that how it goes?

[Karl] Pretty good show I'd say, all told.

You're t-t-t-taking my lines.

[laughs] You were very impressive up there.

-You sound surprised? -Oh, I think I'd have voted not guilty.

-Have you seen Marie? -No.

Happy for you, mate.

Happy for both of us.

Marie!

Marie?

Marie?

Well done, Dad.

Hey.

I'm proud of you.

For which bit?

All of it.

[Dee] Bit more celebtastic this party, isn't it?

Oh, yes.

[Dee] Who invited them all?

Simon, I think.

-I'm looking for your Mum… -[Dee] Jerome asked me out.

-What? -[Dee laughs] Yeah.

[Dee] Yeah, I was shocked too. I said no.

Got too much to sort out in my head.

Good idea.

The thing is, Dad, I understand shame.

[Paul] I know you do, darling.

But I'm not sure it's shame I see from you.

Oh, come on, let's not do family therapy on my big day.

Your support meant the world to me.

I'm truly grateful.

But don't go backwards, Dee.

Always look forwards. That's the way.

Kitchen, she's in the kitchen.

[people chattering]

Marie.

Marie!

Marie.

Marie!

Marie!

Marie!

Marie!

Marie!