All language subtitles for The.Durrells.In.Corfu.S04E01.WEBRip.x264-ION10

[Leslie humming]

♪

Here,
let me give you a hand.

[speaking Greek]

[both grunting]

LESLIE:
There we go.

[squawking]

Gerry!

Stop that pelican squawking,

or I'll throw a typewriter
on its head!

GERRY:
Mother,

stop Larry squawking.

♪

LOUISA:
Go! Shoo!

♪

MARGO:
So I said to him,
"You're very sweet,

but you look about 14
and only come up to my chest."

Someone bang
the exciting new gong.

Quick, put this on.

MARGO:
You must be joking.

It's the big moment!

[gong clangs]

[sighs,
gong continues clanging]

[typewriter keys clacking]

[gong clanging]

[goat bleats]

[grumbling in Greek]

What's she saying?

"Too many bloody foreigners
in the house."

We're not foreign, Lugaretzia.

You are foreign.

I'm certainly not foreign.

Cometh the cocktail hour,
cometh the man.

You gonged
the exciting new gong?

LOUISA:
Yes, I did,

because the builders
have finally left,

and the penthouse floor
is ready.

So now we're up
and running

as a high-grade guesthouse,

I will have to charge

all my lodgers

the full weekly rent
of 80 drachma.

Larry,

can we be
your girlfriends

and move into your room?

[clears throat]:
Oh, all right.

[giggling]

Well, I think it's thrilling--

guests,
a venture to be proud of,

and a chance to heal
the sadnesses of the past.

[chuckles]:
Oh.

Will you please
stop growing?

[chuckles]

[breathes deeply]

♪

♪

Bacon, known locally
as numboulo.

Eggs and vegetables
from the garden,

and orange juice.

Enlivened with kumquat.Thank you.

Now that I'm paying
the full ticket,

a chaser of porridge
would slide down very nicely.

But of course.

You will explode.

It's a risk I'm happy to take.

[birds chirping,
insects buzzing]

♪

Good morning, Spiros.

Mrs. Durrells.

[package rustling]

The postman asked me to take
this to you,

because he couldn't be bothered.

[inhales]

Thank you.

It's either
Margo's fashion magazines

or Leslie's gun ones.

Pretty or dead
seems to be the choice.

It's strange not seeing you,
since...

Yes.

How are your children?

Oh... noisy.

[chuckles]:
And your wife?

Pleased to be back, I think.

[window shutters opening]

Ah, wonderful to see you,
Spiros.

SPIROS:
Oh.

Congratulations.

Thank you, yes,

it's going very well.

I hear you are running
a bawdy house.

A boarding house.

Yes, well, starting.

We only have
one paying guest.

Basil.

If you hear of any lodgers,

especially rich or barmy,

do send them our way.That won't be necessary.

So... goodbye.

Goodbye.

♪

[rifle fires]

You need to be friends
with Spiros again.

I can't.

Look where that got me.

Months of sniveling.

I know,
but apart from missing him,

we're all really tired
of having to walk everywhere.

I am working hard, and
I'm not thinking about Spiros.

Don't mention him again.[rifle fires]

LOUISA:
Les and I both have
emotional scars.

He's obviously healing his

by reverting
to his more basic self.

[rifle fires]

I saw Daphne in town,
with her baby.

[sighs]:
Poor Les.

[rifle fires]

Yes!

You effing beauty!

Not that he was ready
to be a father.

♪

Gerry.

Here.

It's all right,

I'll go in and polish
the exciting new gong.

Here.

[sighs]

Now, he followed me.

Followed you home,
yes, yes.

♪

Oh, he's gorgeous.

[chuckles]:
Ooh.

He's a barn owl.

Roger can't get over the fact

that he can swivel his head
all the way around.

Stop talking, please--
I need to write.

Well, do it in your room.Impossible.

The girls are up there, snoring.

And farting.

It's a dancer thing.

They love to express themselves
with their bodies.

You won't let him get in the way
of any of the guests, will you?

GERRY:
The guest.

England's worst solicitor.

So bad that he's been sent
on holiday.

There'll be more.

Well, they better be
animal lovers,

because I'm going ahead with
my plan for a proper zoo here.

A complete
animal experience,

with a breeding program,
wildlife in airy enclosures,

and now a mascot.

Ulysses the owl,

who embodies the wisdom
of the animal kingdom.

♪

[sighs]

[sighs]

Theo, where do you stand
on nipped-in-waist dresses?

It's a massive issue.

I need to read up about it
before I comment.

Life's moving on.

I feel I need a new challenge.

[door opens]

♪

[sighs]

[breathing audibly]

Be very careful what you say.

Who did your dreadful hair?

THEO:
Oh, I like its boldness.

I didn't want bold,
I wanted soft and attractive.

Who did it?

Mrs. Lekkas.

I think she was trained
by clowns.

The others are even worse.[laughs]

♪

That's a worrying face.

Can I have a few days off?

[insects buzzing]

[breathing heavily]

♪

Herete.

[speaking Greek]:

Customer?

Welcome.

I hope you don't mind stairs.

Now, this is newly appointed
and rather swish.

I like to be by the sea.

How long are you thinking
of residing?

Perhaps a week.

I will pay you now.Oh!

You're not going to haggle?

Are you sure
you're Greek?

In return,
I am writing a book,

so need to be left
in peace, please.

Oh, of course.

My son Lawrence is a novelist.

Ah.Don't read his books.

He's become very smutty.

Rather awkward.

And yet you are very proud.

Yes, yes, I am.

Nobody wants a child
who is like them.

That is like giving more bread
to the baker.

[exhales]

I think we're going to get on.

[Larry laughs,
woman shrieks, giggles]

Ignore that giggling.

That's him
with one of his girlfriends.

And ignore any animal noises.

Or gunfire.

[door closes]

♪

LARRY:
How blessed you are--

two writers in the house.

Three, if you count
Animal Boy's scribblings.

Mr. Vangelatos is rather
more modest than you about it.

Yeah, and I bet
he doesn't claim

that each of his so-called books
reinvents the wheel.

If you think
all wheels are the same,

I'm going to make you a car

out of a bike, a tractor,
a go-cart, and a Ferris wheel.

Perfect, and I'll drive it
over your face.

LOUISA:
Thank you.

You could both do

with some of Mr. Vang's
generosity of heart.

[chuckles]

Why are you home early?

I've found my vocation.

I'm setting up
a hair and beauty salon.

LARRY:
Oh, please stick to something
that exercises your mind.

Most men already think
of women as brain-dead.

Let me set you right

about female emancipation,
Larry.

I'm off.

It's about the right to choose,

not the right to stick
at a boring job

her brother thinks
she should do.

♪

[seagulls squawking]

♪

Finally.Lunch is served

[knock on door, door opens]

LARRY:
Hello.

Don't let me interrupt
your writing

if it's flowing.

No, it's not a writing day.Yes.

People don't realize
we authors aren't typists,

we're... penseurs.

I think you're more
of a penseur than me.

[chuckles, inhales]

So just to fill you in
on us Durrells,

Father died when we were young,

so Mother has wells
of resource,

but she's always relied
on us--

me--

to shore her up.

Families are monstrous,
of course.

No doubt Brueghel was inspired
by Christmas with his relatives.

[chuckles]

Do you write about your family?

No.

I should, really.

But they don't deserve it.

Maybe Gerry will--
he's kinder than me.

What do you write
about?

[swallows]

Uh... people.

Right.

What people?

Um...

I don't want to talk
about writing.

Huh.

♪

Ah.

What do you think?

My beauty boudoir.

I'm prepared to give you
free introductory fashion advice

or a haircut.Oh, Mother does my hair.

Yes, and look at it.

I take my lead
from the animal kingdom.

Clearly.

All right,

fashion.

I can make you a nice bow tie

by cannibalizing
some old knickers.

♪

Les.

No, don't trust you.

♪

So do you own this house?

Yes, of course we do.

Gosh.

Oh, no, I mean this house.

Oh, yes.

And a castle, in Tuscany.

[chuckles]:
No.

We usually have to pawn
something to pay the rent.

So hide your cuff links.

BASIL:
Am I not to be joined

by my co-tenant?

No, he likes to eat
in his room,

simply and without fuss.

Portions befitting
a single human being,

rather than
a barbershop quartet.

Now, do you see the mistake
you've made there?

I did mention
that I gag on tomatoes.

[sets dish down]

Someone offer to help!

Squeeze three oranges
and a kumquat into a glass,

put it on the tray
in the kitchen,

and then take it upstairs
to Mr. Vangelatos.

And don't roll your eyes
at me.

[quietly]:
Mr. Vangelatos isn't
a writer, you know.

What? You sure?

He's lying, and...
he's jumpy.

Nonsense.

BASIL:
Speaking as
a solicitor emeritus,

one has seen
these types before.

Vagabond thieves moving

from house to house...[Louisa shushing]

LARRY:
And his name,

Lazaros Vangelatos.

Reeks of contrivance.

LESLIE:
Well, I'm a trained policeman,

so, uh, I'll cunningly get
the truth out of him.

[Leslie sighs]

[sighs wearily]

In terms of me,

I'm rather saddened

by my laundry.

Could it be crisper?

Excuse me,

quick visit to the lav.

One meal in, one out.

[people speaking Greek]

THEO:
Herete.

♪

Herete.

Hm.

♪

[insects chirping]

[knocking on door, door opens]

Kalispera.

Supper for one?

Thank you.

♪

[chuckles]

So...

What's your game?

What are you up to, really,
staying here?

Hm?

I am just trying to make my way
in this unjust world.

As you are.

Well... yes, I am.

I'm sorry if I seem awkward.

You have the gift of confidence.

[chuckles]

Thanks.

But actually, no,

not really.

[exhales]:
I'm horribly misunderstood
by my family.

Well, that's very sad.

I'm like my father was,

man of action.

But now
you're considered stupid

if you like simple, honest
things, like physical work.

And guns.

I nearly became a father.

With Daphne.

She's so beautiful.

She carried
what I thought was my baby

for six months.

But it was another chap's.

[sighs, breathes deeply]

Oh, um...

Are you all right?

The question is: are you?

Embrace change.

It is painful, but necessary.

The future is yours.

You are such a good listener.

[chuckles]

♪

SPIROS [speaking Greek]:

Leslie!Spiros.

Thank you for recommending
the Durrell Guesthouse

to Mr. Vangelatos.

He hid his face a bit
under his hat.

I hope he's not peculiar.

No, we love him.[man speaking Greek]

Is he talking to us?

He's being rude about you
because you are not Greek.

SPIROS [loudly]:

I wasn't shouting, was I?

Sorry, Spiros.

♪

[exhales]

♪

Hello.

Hello.

Do you always carry
a hatstand now?

No.

I just bought it for the house.

Nice.

[people talking in background]

I haven't seen you
in a while.

No, I was in Athens
with my grandmother,

getting help with the baby.

Ah, yes.

I hear it's quite a shock,
no matter how prepared you are.

Yes.

I left my father with her
for ten minutes.

He is white with fear.

It, it is no fun.

You are the lucky one.

[chuckles sadly]:
Yes, aren't I?

I, uh...

I built my family
a new lavatory.

Well done.

I have dreams it's our baby,

and we're together
in a little house.

♪

[exhales softly]

♪

[scissors clipping]

Any plans
for the weekend?

VANGELATOS:
Yes.

Um, sitting in my room.

Oh, that's boring.

Join us downstairs.

[chuckles]

Beards are very démodé.

Why don't I shave yours off?No, no!

I am sorry, no, I need it...They're all

desperately wondering
what you're doing here,

but as a beauty professional,
I pass no judgments.

[birds chirping]

I...

[voice breaking]:
Made a mistake.

[crying]

Well, let it all out.

What kind of mistake?

A big one.

[gasps]

[crying softly]

I'm sure it's not
as bad as all that.

No, it is bad.

But maybe I will do it
again.

Differently.

Or not-- hard to say.

Well,

it's always important
to forgive oneself.

Would you like a manicure?

You have done ghastly things
to my hair, haven't you?

Yeah.

[people calling in Greek]

♪

[men speaking Greek]

Louisa Durrell!

Ah, Superintendent.

And is it a super to see me?[laughs]

We agreed to have a drink,
remember?

No, I, I don't think
that was me.

Yes, it was,

when your son Leslie was
in the police force.

Ah.

Well, sadly, I'm too busy now,

running our guesthouse.

If you have a hotel,

I must visit to make sure
everything is in order.

It is.

But do send
one of your men over

if you don't trust me.I will.

And I will come myself.

Yes, you do that.

I hear you do not see your
crooked taxi driver anymore.

[pen scratching]

LARRY:
Top that one up.

VERONICA:
There you are.

LARRY:
Veronica,

a bit more hot water.Sure.

[knock on door]

Ah, the clever one.

[all greeting Theo]Hello!

Margo, I've come for my haircut.

Ooh.[Leslie chuckling]

Is that not a good idea?

MARGO:
What?

Yes!

You have no experience!

And how else
will I ever get any?

I don't mind a few rough edges.

MARGO:
You made it downstairs!

LARRY:
Oh, God.

Did Margo do your hair?

Yes.

Margo, I'm canceling.

[sighs]

LARRY:
Oh...

[women gasp]

[owl shrieks]

BASIL:
Oh, it's the ruddy owl.

[shrieks]

[hacks]

[all groaning]

Regurgitated mouse anyone?

And owls are supposed
to be clever?

Animal wisdom is profounder

than humans'.

But if it's cheap tricks
you're after,

I can arrange that.

Come on.[shrieks]

Come on.

[shrieking continues]

[speaking Greek]:

[door closes]THEO:

Many gentlemen...

one mule.

Did Margo do that to your hair?

Yes.

Well, let that be a lesson
to us all.

Before you attempt to flee,

do you want to tell them
or shall I?

LESLIE:
Theo,

you're being peculiar.

[quietly]:
You'll get a sympathetic hearing
here.

What's going on?

He's on a wanted poster
in the police station.

Attempted murder.

VANGELATOS:
I didn't try
to kill anyone!

But it's true, I...
I wanted to hurt him badly.

THEO:
I hate violence of any kind,

but I asked my friends in Athens
who know, and they say

it was a political act,

targeting a brutal fascist.

He put friends in prison.

I meant to shoot him
in the leg

to show anger,

but he bent down to tie
his shoelace,

and by mistake I...
I shot him in the...

This part.

It's the loins.

Private parts.

Testes.

We hate Greece's drift
towards fascism.

The Nazis are polluting
Europe

country by country!

And Greece is next!

Radical solutions

are required.

We must join together!

Oh, spare me the waterworks.

You shot a man,

and now you descend on us

with some jumped-up
idealism

and endanger my family.

Well, how dare you!

Now, hang on a minute...No!

No, I have slaved away
to get this place on its feet,

and now we'll be shut down
and hated

for harboring a murderer.

LARRY:
It wasn't murder,

and he won't get a fair trial.

I don't care.

I want you to leave.

By tomorrow.

♪

[crickets chirping]

[cutlery scraping]

Look, I like him, too,

but we shouldn't be hiding
ruthless revolutionaries.

You're such a copper.

And you're such an arsehole!

If he's found,
he'll be incarcerated.

Ugh, that's horrible.

Are you thinking of "castrated"?

Sorry, yes.[chuckles]

Imprisoned for life,
or worse.

As a family, we support
the underdog.

LESLIE:
You wouldn't be saying that

if he'd shot Mahatma Gandhi
in the bollocks.

What's your problem?

I think you know what it is.

[chair slides]

[chair creaks,
shorts crinkle like paper]

[laughing]

[inhales]

Well, you wanted them crisp.

I shall be making a deduction
from next week's rent,

for client mockery.

LOUISA:
It was an accident.

I got the starch wrong.

I tried the shirt on.

I looked like a Cubist painting.[Larry laughs]

GERRY:
Moving on to something

less contentious.

Oh, good vocabulary.Thank you.

I've been drawing up some plans
for the new zoo, and, uh...

[turkey gobbling loudly]

[Leslie laughs softly]

LESLIE:
Nice Barnet!

What have you done to him?

Improved his look.

No, you haven't!

She has.She has, actually.

[gasps]

Well, I'm inspired

by Mr. Vangelatos.

[sniffs]

He pursued his passion,
and so am I.

I agree.

We should all
be revolutionaries.

[gobbling]

LOUISA:
Revolutionaries.

I'll settle for a home
without stupid animals.

Shoo![gobbling]

[sighs]

I know this seems harsh, but...

No, I understand.

So where will you go?

I must find a boat
and escape abroad.

I'm sorry.

But to be honest,
I'm fighting battles,

and I couldn't face
another one.

And I will be honest,
only to you.

You're right.

I am a terrible revolutionary.

I did it all for love.

Oh...

I fell in love

with a communist.

I wanted to win her over
by shooting the man

who put her father in prison.

Oh, that's so romantic.

Sort of.No.

She said it was an example
of bourgeois sentimentality.

[voice breaking]:
I'm sorry, I...

I cry easily
when I think of who I love

and can never have.

Me, too.

Till I learnt to stop.

[chuckles]

Look at you.

You won't get to the bottom
of the garden, let alone abroad.

No, really,
I'm as cunning as a fox.

[sighs]

BASIL:
Good luck, son.

Viva la revolution!

Don't try anything
in Dorset.
He's staying.

Oh.

Fine.

LARRY:
Until we can engineer
an escape.

You are so kind.

LESLIE:
You can lie low with us

for a while.

None of us
will blow your cover.

[cutlery scraping]

What've you done?

[exhales]

[inhales]:
I told the police superintendent
that we were taking in guests.

He's insisting on searching
the premises

with his men.

When?Anytime.

[groans]

We need a plan.

We must get you away.

MARGO:
Mmm.

♪

LESLIE:
Eremitis Cove is secluded.

That's the best place
to drop a boat

and pick up Mr. Vangelatos.

No, what's his real name?

LOUISA:
Oh, the less we know
the better.

Isn't that the kind of thing
one says?

GERRY [yelling]:
I'm bored!

Could somebody else watch out
for the police now?

Oh! Oh!

Oh, well done, very discreet--
I'll get you a megaphone

so even the deaf people
in the neighborhood

can hear you.

Why don't we get him
off the island on the ferry

disguised as a monk?

Too risky.

The police know he's in Corfu,

and what he looks like.

Washerwoman?

I'm not good at this,
am I?

LESLIE:
We need a boat.

Coffee in the
northern gazebo.

Oh, make your own!

I've got better things
to do

than flap around
after you.

[quietly]:
There's a fugitive upstairs.

Um...

We wouldn't've needed
to take in guests--

fugitive or... normal--

if you hadn't buggered up
Auntie's legacy

like the great idle walrus
you are!

[sighs]

I may be a walrus,
but I am a paying walrus.

♪

[people calling in background]

LESLIE:
Spiros.

I have a favor to ask.

Come into my office.

♪

I need a good boat,
with a motor.

Why?

To take a friend of ours
away from Greece.

Basil?
You want to drown him?

No!

Well, yes, but no,
a Greek friend.

What's his name?

I can't say it.

How do you spell it?

No, I can pronounce it--

I don't want to say it.

It's a so-called
communist fugitive.

He's staying with us.

[loudly]:
Your Mr. Vangelatos?
Shh!

SPIROS [quietly]:
The wanted guy?

LESLIE:
Yes.

And he's a good man.

He needs to get to the nearest
safe country.

Okay.

[exhales]

I'm so sorry--
about you and Mother.

Not as sorry as I am.

But she's safe, well,
and...

Wonderful?

Yes, she is.

♪

Herete--
omorfia, kourema.

Hello!

Beauty, haircutting.

[people talking in background]

Hi, hi.

Very cheap.

I have my own scissors.

And I trim pets' hair
rather well.

Well, have a think,

and come back here tomorrow
to book an appointment.

[women speaking Greek]

[man speaking Greek]

MAN:

SUPERINTENDENT:

♪

[bird chirping softly]

[goats bleating]

[bangs gong, grunts]

Ah, super!

Mr. Durrell.

What brings you to our house?

We like to visit
the new guesthouse,

to make sure everything
is in order.

LARRY [shouting]:
Everyone, the superintendent

and two nice policemen

are going to check
that everything's in order!

♪

Lots of people
are snoozing.

[stammers]:
Superintendent!

Leslie.

Can I ask you one thing?

Um, out here.

Because it's personal.

What?

Can I have my old job back?

SUPERINTENDENT:
No.

LESLIE:
But I'm a natural policeman--
I hate injustice.

Love a uniform.

[sighs]

Ah, Superintendent!

What a joy.

You must sit and have
tea and cake.

♪

All of you.

I know how much you bobbies
love your pastries.

Only me.

My men will examine the house.

Go.

♪

I'm excited to be
in your quarters.

I need to see
your search warrant.

[officers laugh]

You can't come up.

My girlfriend's naked.

She's ferocious--
Australian--

and will scream,
so I'd, I'd give her a moment.

♪

[door creaks softly]

♪

[panting]

LARRY [breathlessly]:
We can do this.

♪

[whispering]:
Make sure it's tight.

[whispering]:
Yes, yes...
Okay, come on.

[Larry speaking softly]

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah.

[speaking
breathlessly]

[grunting]

[ladder bangs]

LARRY:
Bugger!
[exhales]

[both sigh]

You are a pretty lady.

[chuckles]I'm a handsome man.

We should be lovely together.

[chuckling]:
Oh, yes.

You sleep alone.

That is a waste.

Well, not really-- you see,
I thrash about in bed.

I thought so.

Oh, no!

Not in that way.

[stammering]:
No, I'll, I'll just
get you some...

[officers speaking Greek]

Hello, uh, the police.

Let me show you
my owl.

Ulysses.
Isn't he magnificent?

Take your time,

give him a, a stroke.

[hacking]

[groan softly]

SUPERINTENDENT:

The wise owl has gobbled
the pretty mouse.

If I wanted to be gobbled,
it wouldn't be by you.

And Spiros is not crooked,

he is... painfully honorable.

I will inspect the house.

We have information you are
hiding a communist desperado.

[Louisa exhales]

♪

LARRY:
Grab the rope!

[Larry grunts]

[men shouting]

[animals squeaking,
wings flapping]

[grunts]

♪

[groans]

♪

I'm not going up.

Mum, what do we do now?

Hi.
You're not allowed
up here!

[superintendent
shouting in Greek]

DOROTHY:
Excuse me!

[women and Gerry shouting]

GERRY:
You can't go up there! Stop it!

[shouting]

GERRY:
You have no warrant!

[Dorothy and officers shouting]

♪

[breathing heavily]

[speaking Greek]

[speaking Greek]

[breathing heavily]

LESLIE:
Oh, my God!

♪

LARRY [quietly]:
No! Wait!

[slams cabinet]

[Vangelatos grunting]

♪

We meet again, Superintendent.

LESLIE:
No, no, no.

We need to get something
to help him.

[Gerry strumming guitar]

[strumming]

LESLIE [softly]:
Be careful.

[speaking Greek][yelps]

[grunting]

[yelps]

♪

[groaning]

LESLIE:
Be careful-- that's it!

♪

[groaning]

[grunting]

♪

LOUISA:
Hold tight, Leslie.

LESLIE:
That's it.

Nearly there.

[whimpering]

LARRY:
Ah, can't watch.

I've got it, I've got it--
I've got it.

I know what's happened.

I heard you shouting
about a communist desperado.

Guilty, that'll be me!

GERRY:
Yup.

Who'd've thought?
[chuckles]

[ladder creaking]

BASIL:
Like a lot of posh Brits,

I toyed with Marxism,

before realizing it was tosh.

LESLIE [quietly]:
That's it!

[Vangelatos gasping in distance]

[strumming]

♪

So proud.Well done.

[strumming]

Move.

LARRY:
Quick!

♪

[laughing softly]

[sighs]

♪

[all exhale]

[insects chirping]

[seagull squawking]

♪

[seagull squawks]

[breathing heavily]

So, we'll wait here

and hope that Spiros
has found a boat.

♪

[waves lapping]

Emilia went back
to her old lover.

He's a better revolutionary
than me.

Oh.And I shot a man.

That is so bad.

[sighs]

Love makes us do crazy things.

The sweet madness.

So this man Spiros
is your lover?

No.

His wife
would have to die first.

Do you want me to do
anything about it?

[laughs]

Don't joke.

Anyway, you'd only miss.

You know, I... used to confide
in Spiros

in a way I can't
even with Larry.

Or anyone.

So I feel adrift.

The guesthouse was supposed
to give me purpose.

And we all need purpose,

don't we?

Keep your family

safe and well.

Overthrow a government.

Change the world with a novel.

Love animals.

You're a terribly good listener.

[chuckling]:
Oh, yes, I've been told.

[voice breaking]:
Spiros is such a lovely man.

But we can't be together.

Why?

I know he wants to be with me.

He should be rescuing me,
as well as you.

♪

[chuckles]:
Thank you.

You must talk to him again,

for your own sanity.

And then, who knows?

Be kinder to yourself.

It's the classic cleft stick:

How do you fight
the authoritarian state?

Brutally,
then you're playing their game.

I hope they haven't
fallen off the cliff.

Passively,

well, then, you're a de facto
supporter and an apologist.

Too many words.

The more I think about it,

the closer Vangelatos and I are.

My novels are bullets,

bringing down the forces
of literary oppression.

That's balls.Are they really?

[bellows]:
But books are actually
important!

[slams table]Right, so, I've recce'd,

and I don't think
we're being watched.

Larry, find Spiros,

see what's happening
with that boat.

[grunts]
BASIL:
So I said,

I may be a solicitor,
but if you prick us...

[Larry grunts loudly]Do we not bleed?

LESLIE:
Basil, Lugaretzia, dancers,

if the police arrive,
tell them

we've gone on a picnic,
you don't know where.

And what shall I do?

Put the owl down.[Ulysses squawks]

Oh, no, don't do that.

No, put the owl down.

Right, with, with you.

And we'll go to the cove,
in case something's gone wrong.

LUGARETZIA:
Leslie's like

handsome general.

I've not been included again,
have I?

Do you ever feel like
you've outgrown your family?

♪

[seagull squawking]

GERRY:
Here they are.

We brought food and water.

LESLIE:
Here, you'll need these

for your journey.No, not now.

♪

Look!

LESLIE:
Where?

LOUISA:
I can't see it.

Kestrel,
just above the headland.

But there is something.

♪

Come on.

♪

[gasps]

LARRY:
Ah, just in time to say goodbye.

[grunting][exhales]

Spiros, what can I say?

Nothing, till he's
on his way to Malta.

VANGELATOS:
Spiros...

Sell it,
you'll need money to survive.

The owner owes me a favor.

Goodbye.

This is a sad moment.

You bloody liar.

[chuckles]

♪

I brought you a fascinating book
to read on your journey.

It's about
even-toed ungulates.

VANGELATOS [laughs]:
Thank you.

What a treat.

Don't get them muddled up
with the odd-toed ungulates.

Shut up, Gerry-- my turn.

Now, it's very old,
but you might need it.

No, I am a pacifist now.

That's a bit
of an over-reaction.

LARRY:
If there is war,

we'll have to get used
to these sorts of ordeals,

crisscrossing the Mediterranean
to search for safety.

[softly]:
Please come to the house
in an hour.

[engine starting]

♪

[Spiros shouting in Greek]

LESLIE:
Bye!

♪

It's too sad
being strangers.

I know-- can we stop?

Yes, please.

LESLIE:
Bye!

[calls out]

LOUISA:
Goodbye!

♪

How did it go?

LESLIE:
Beautifully.

Mr. Vangelatos is on his way
to safety.

As sole guest, you have
my full attention, Basil.

GERRY:
Hi.

Well, in fact, I realize
I've been a goon and a swine,

so I-- we-- wanted to thank you
for putting up with us.

[hum fanfare]

Ta-da.

Oh, well, I'm touched.

[gasps]
BASIL:
Not you.

Just your Mummy.

GERRY:
Now, I know some of you
have your doubts

about Ulysses's intelligence
and suitability

as mascot of my zoo,

given his history
of vomiting.

But prepare to be disabused.

Ooh, good vocabulary.

Thank you.

Come on, boy-- yes...

[squawking]

[squawking continues]

Ulysses, come on!

Hup!

♪

Ulysses.

Hup.

Ta-da!

[chuckles politely]

Margo, where were you?

Don't worry about me.[squawking]

I've been planning
my life.

Did Vang make it?

LESLIE [eating]:
Mm, yes.

He's headed for Malta.

MARGO:
Ah, thank God.

As I wasn't there
to wish him well,

I did this for him.

Come on, sweetheart.

[gasps]

[laughing, sheep bleating]

BASIL:
Good Lord.

I made the hair dye myself.

Red for revolution,
white for peace.

LESLIE:
Never mind
that revolution crap,

those are the colors
of good old St. George.

Don't gang up.

We love Margo.

Sorry, darling-- have a bun.

You can't fob me off this time.

I'm opening a salon
in Corfu town.

My life's about to begin.

No, Margo, you can't make
big announcements.

[places luggage down]Why not?

Because I am--
I'm moving out.

Spiros is going to drive me
up to Kalami.

What? No!

Why? Where?

It's up the coast--
it's paradise.

Nothing to do but write.

Despite what you may think,
I take my art seriously.

Sorry.

Sorry.

LARRY:
I'll write letters.

Brilliant letters.

♪

LARRY:
Oh, look, Spiros,

back the way it used to be.