Original subtitles

[ambient music]

[deep sombre music]

[sighs] Did you find anything?

Nothing conclusive there.

So, can I keep it now?

Of course, it is your property.

You just need to sign,

- here. - Oh.

Thank you.

Looks like she's gonna get away with it.

I know it was her.

- [slow sombre music] - [birds chirping]

? Do you remember the first time ?

? That my eyes set on you

? Your smile came from nowhere ?

? For sometime never or sometime soon ?

? The road is a long one

? I was only passing through

? I was only passing through ?

*THE MADAME BLANC MYSTERIES* >Season 01 Episode 06

>November 20, 2021.

[Jean] Well, thank you for the lift.

You're welcome. [clears throat]

Hey, hey, you still cooking me dinner tonight?

Ooh. Suppose I can rustle me something up.

Whoa.

You promised me pudding and chips.

Do you realize how hard it is to get mushy peas

in Sainte Victoire?

Yeah, I bet you didn't have any problem

getting ahold of a hair net though, did ya?

Hair net? I thought you were joking.

No, no, honestly, my gram used to soak her mushy peas

in a hair net.

You got used to the aftertaste of hair spray, really.

I think that's how they prepare 'em in The Ivy.

See? It's the only way.

[Jean chuckles]

See you at seven?

Proper looking forward to it. See you later.

See ya.

[light mysterious music]

[FaceTime ringing]

Jean. Look at us, eh, going all high tech.

Hi, David. How are you?

Have you um, have you lost a bit of weight?

Oh, I doubt it.

There's this cheese shop. It's like an addiction.

[laughs] Well, there are worse things

you could be shoving down your gulp, girl.

[Jean laughs]

How's your Tom?

Oh, don't, he's gotten on my bloody nerves.

That rash is back again, isn't it?

And he won't go and see the doctor.

Do you know what he's doing?

He's slathering aloe vera all over his face,

and then he's waving a rose quartz crystal over them.

I said to him, "Tom, that rash would've been cleared up

weeks ago if you'd have put a bit of antibiotic cream on,

so don't come crying to me when we're in Majorca

and you can't wear your khaki shorts 'cause they chaff."

[Jean laughs]

Oh, you're going back to Majorca again?

Well, our Sharon's bought a flat out there, mm.

She calls it the apartment,

but you couldn't swing a cat in it.

Are you staying with her?

Are you out of your mind? With her kids?

That little one's evil, pure evil.

I bet it's got 6-6-6 tattooed on its scabby little head

if you cared to look.

No, no, we're staying in a very nice hotel.

Anyway, what can I do for you, my love?

Did you get the photos on the email I sent ya?

I did.

What'd you think?

Well, it's hard to tell unless I see it in the flesh.

Well, the saturation's vivid enough.

Have you measured the carats?

- [Jean] I have. - [David] And?

It's 12 millimetres by 14.

Eight carats? Eight, are you sure?

No, no, I'm not. That's why I need your expertise.

Well, well, the crimson flame, that was 15 carats,

and sold for $1.2 million per carat.

Well, it really glows in the sunshine, almost fluorescent.

That's what made me think Burmese,

and it's got a slight purple hue, I mean.

It's the chromium content, you know,

that gives it that fluorescence.

Mm, oh, it's impossible to tell with the naked eye, Jean.

And if it were pigeon's blood?

Wildest dreams, millions.

Not so wildest dreams, hundreds of thousands.

Even the cheaper version is worth thousands. [Laughs]

Jean, listen to me, I don't wanna scare ya,

but that is an extremely valuable piece of jewellery,

even if it isn't as real as we've guessed.

You keep a tight hold of her.

[laughs] I will.

[objects clatter]

Are you all right?

- David, can I call you back? - Yeah, sure.

[computer beeps]

[slow sombre music]

[mysterious music]

Come on, let's put your lead on.

- [Douglas barks] - Douglas, no, no!

- [Douglas barking] - Come back.

Douglas, come here!

Oh, no.

Come back, Douglas.

[upbeat adventurous music]

No.

Oh, no.

It's a bit blue.

[upbeat adventurous music]

[Gloria breathing heavily]

[upbeat adventurous music]

What do you mean, Douglas has gone missing?

Thing is, I'm just getting ready to...

Ah, come on, Dad, it's Douglas. You know what she's like.

Well, all right, I'll be there as soon as.

Whereabouts are you?

Okay, see you in a minute.

Should we go with this one then? Oh, oh, she's gone.

Hi, Jean, listen, Douglas has gone missing,

so I'm just giving Glo a hand to find him

and then I'll be right there.

[upbeat adventurous music]

How did he get away?

I was about to put his lead back on and he just ran off.

All right, calm down. We'll find him.

- Yeah, of course we will. - What if he's been stolen?

[dog barking]

[upbeat adventurous music]

Mum?

[Douglas panting]

[knocking at door]

? So in the spirit now

- [Jean] Gloria? - Hiya, can I come in?

Oh, um, it, it, it, it's just that, uh,

well, did you find Douglas?

Yeah, he's at home.

Oh, great.

Jean...

Gloria, um, it's just uh, I'm,

I'm actually expecting someone.

I know, Dom. I'm really sorry.

Sorry?

His wife's back.

His wife?

I thought she was dead.

Georgina? No, very absent, but very much alive.

Does she um, do this a lot then? Just, just show up?

Well, it's been awhile.

She does have a habit of coming back

just as they're getting used to her being away.

I think the youth call it ghosted.

Claudette must be pleased.

It's her mum.

So um, [sighs]

what happened between you two then?

I, I thought you were best mates?

We were.

Getting ready for a night out with her once, years ago,

she called to say she'd be late,

and I didn't see her for five years.

Blimey. Did, did she explain?

Nope.

So um, why did she go away this time then?

Apparently her tour kept getting extended.

- Tour? - She's an actress.

Oh. Huh.

? With lots of nights of empty spaces till now ?

Oh, well, he must really love her to put up with that.

He does.

[phone alerts]

Oh, great. Another viewing.

Oh, brilliant.

Oh, I can't wait to go home and see all my mates.

Oh, thanks.

You know what I mean. We'll keep in touch.

Course we will.

Right. Better get back to Houdini.

I hope he's not escaped that kitchen. [Laughs]

- See you, love. - See ya.

[gentle music]

[insects buzzing]

[phone alerts]

[Jean sighs]

[deep sombre music]

[Jean sighs]

[deep suspenseful music]

[door clicks shut]

[deep suspenseful music]

[statue clatters]

[tense suspenseful music]

[door rattles]

[tense suspenseful music]

[door lock clicks]

[Jean sighs]

[deep sombre music]

[Jean sighs]

[deep sombre music]

[door clicks open]

Morning.

Oh, oh, you don't mind, do you?

As usual, I don't seem to get a choice.

[Georgina chuckles]

Oh, thank you.

[Georgina sighs]

So, where have you been this time, Mum?

Oh, darling, I've missed you so much,

but they just kept extending the tour.

For two years?

Well, I didn't want to bother you.

You're a grown woman. You have your own life.

Mum, this is the most contactable age

and all I got from you was a few postcards.

Oh, darling, you know what I'm like with technology.

- Okay. - No, Dad, sit down.

[Dom sighs]

Right, we need to sort this.

This is the cushion of truth.

- [Dom groans lightly] - Whoever holds the cushion

needs to tell their version of the truth.

She reads one book on mindfulness.

And not interrupt the holder of the cushion, Dad.

All right, Mum, you go first.

Oh, okay.

Well, [clears throat], well the job was just so consuming.

I didn't mean to be away for so long.

Claudie, I have to tell you the truth.

Georgina, don't.

Dad, you can't speak unless you have the cushion.

Claudie.

I met someone else, that's why I was away for so long.

Well that, that makes sense.

Oh, darling, I knew you'd understand.

[Claudette] Are you still with him?

No.

Look, I'm not expecting much,

but we're a family and we should look after each other.

Um, do I get to speak now?

Yeah. Of course, Dad.

So, you're back then, are ya?

How long for this time?

Oh, come on.

Sorry, Claudette, but I have heard all this before.

If we're gonna move on as a family,

then we need to listen to each other.

How can we move on as a family

after everything that's happened in the past?

Why are you so obsessed with what has happened?

The only thing we have complete control over

is here and now.

I [sighs]...

[Dom exhales deeply]

Right, I'm gonna leave you two to talk.

[door bangs shut]

[gentle music]

Have we finished?

I'm not interested. I've got nothing left to say.

Well, then you can sit and listen.

I tried to make it work with Jack,

but the truth is, Dom, he could never be you.

No, of course he could never be me,

'cause he was 24 years old.

I meant, well, he didn't have your empathy.

Your laughter.

This is not gonna work anymore, Georgina.

And he never watched "Star Wars."

[sombre music]

Hello?

Hello?

Hello?

I'm not on my own, you know?

[Barbara] Oh who've you got with you?

[sighs] Oh, Barbara.

Oh, I'm sorry, Jean. Did I startle you?

Oh, Barbara, thank god it's you.

- Are you all right, Jean? - Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm fine.

You're looking a bit peaky.

I didn't sleep very well last night.

- So who you got with you? - Sorry?

You said you weren't on your own.

Oh no, I, I just said that in case you were a murderer.

Oh [laughs].

Well, I did try to call,

but I couldn't get hold of you.

I just came in to do some measuring up.

Measuring up?

The cash buyer is very, very interested.

Really?

He's ready to move as quickly as possible.

Oh, that is brilliant news. Thank you, Barbara.

- Oh. - Oh.

[both laugh]

Oh, that's lovely.

- Yeah, yeah, isn't it? - Worth a bit?

Well, that's just it. I don't know yet.

One of the reasons I need to get home to find out.

Well, as I said, the cash buyer is ready to move

as quickly as possible.

Oh. Oh, Barbara.

Um, is there any way that we could sell this furnished?

Yeah.

Oh, great.

I wanted you to have these before I leave.

I'm flying home tomorrow.

That's a bit quick.

I'm getting the last flight to Manchester.

Now, they are not original, but they are lovely copies.

Georgian firing glasses.

They're flange-footed,

and modelled on similar, circa 18th century.

Did you just say, "flange?"

[Jean laughs]

Now they're called firing glasses

because when you take a drink and then slam it on the table,

they make a gunshot sound.

Watch.

[glass thuds]

[all laugh]

Oh, thanks, Jean. How are you feeling?

Um, well, I think it's time to go home, to be honest.

I say. Are they what I think they are?

Uh, no, they're reproductions, actually.

Uh, Masonic, right?

Oh, right.

[woman laughs loudly]

[Georgina] It's so funny. [Laughing]

[Judith] Dominic, darling.

Oh Georgina, you look wonderful.

Hello, Judith.

Hey.

Hey.

Oh, uh, uh, this is my mate, Jean.

[Georgina] Oh, hello.

Hello.

[Claudette] Should we grab a table?

Yeah.

Don't run off with it. [chuckles]

Well, I think it's only right

we fill these empty glasses up with something friendly.

- Absinthe all around. - Uh, uh, not for me.

I've got a bit more packing to do, actually.

I'll see you all later.

You okay, love?

Yeah, great.

I'm gonna miss her.

She's going back to Manchester tomorrow.

Back, to the north of England?

Well, why would anyone do that?

We should throw her a little party tomorrow, huh?

- Say goodbye. - That's a good idea.

Uh, we could all bring a contribution.

Hey Dom, we just heard Jean's going back

to Manchester tomorrow.

So, we're gonna throw a little party beforehand. You in?

Yeah, yes. That's a great idea, yeah.

Ready? Tchin, tchin.

[glasses thud]

[curious music]

You were five, and me and your dad had just got married,

and we were buying furniture for our first home.

And he got so excited because he bought a sideboard

for 99p on eBay.

And it wasn't just any old sideboard.

It was a mid-century design classic.

It was pretty leather.

And he arranged for his friend to come and help

take it off the truck.

But there was no need, because when it arrived,

- it was this size. - [Georgina and Claudette laugh]

He'd ordered a piece of doll's house furniture.

[Georgina and Claudette laugh]

Now that, that's nothing to be ashamed of.

Loads of people have done that.

Bloke I know did it with some teacups.

They were that small.

They can only be used by The Borrowers.

[Georgina and Claudette laugh]

God, we were skint back then, weren't we?

Then when we tried to sell all our wedding presents on eBay.

Yeah, all except that awful paperweight

from your Auntie Flo.

- Nobody wanted that. - Yeah, yeah, hey.

You're wrong about that paperweight, actually.

Oh really?

Yeah, a friend of mine, she's a bit of an expert,

she said it's worth a good few thousand Euro.

Good few thousand Euro?

Well, you must've sold it by now, then.

No. No, I haven't, actually.

Keeping it for a rainy day.

Who would pay thousands of Euro for a lizard

being suffocated in a ball of crystal?

Well, well that's the thing.

She says that's what shows how exquisite the lampworking is,

because it looks so real.

- Oh. Excuse me. - Mm?

I'm a little lizard.

It's, it's a salamander.

[Georgina and Claudette laugh]

I'm a little salamander.

[Georgina and Claudette laugh]

Okay.

Uh, Claudie, listen, before I forget,

uh, can you sort those invoices out in the morning?

Uh, me and Mum are gonna do a bit of shopping tomorrow.

Ah, okay. Well, when you get a minute.

Right, I've got an airport run, so uh, I'll see you later.

- Bye. - See you later.

Glass of wine?

Lovely. [Laughs]

[car engine revving]

[gentle ambient music]

[Claudette] Have you lost something?

Hm? Oh, uh, my phone.

Dad's drank the last bottle of red,

so I'm just gonna pop out and get some more.

[Georgina] Oh okay, well, don't take too long.

[Claudette] I won't.

[gentle ambient music]

Hello, darling?

I think I've found a way to get us out of trouble,

so hold tight. I love you.

[knocking at door]

[birds chirping]

- Hello. - Hello.

Celine says you're uh, you're off home tomorrow.

Yeah, I've got a buyer for the house.

Great.

Your wife is back. Georgina, isn't it?

Uh, yep, yep, yeah.

That was uh, quite the shock.

Must be nice for Claudette though.

We know how much she missed her mom.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. She's, she's over the moon.

Oh uh, I brought, I brought your record back.

Oh. So, did you listen to it?

I did.

Do you still think it's a girl's album?

I do. Yes, yes, very much so.

But, well, it's a very good one.

So, favourite track? Three, two, one.

[Both] "All I Want."

- Yes. Good choice. - [Jean laughs]

Least favourite track?

"Case of You."

Oh, rubbish.

- Shocking. - Shocking.

- Shocking. - Yeah.

Um, Celine rung earlier, actually.

Um, her and Niall are throwing a little leaving party

for me tomorrow.

- Can you make it? - No, I know about it.

Yeah, I will, I will be there.

[sighs] Well, I uh, I hope it all works out.

Yeah, yeah. So do I.

I mean, like you said, you know,

she is so happy to have her mum back, you know.

I mean, for you and Georgina.

Yes. Yeah, yeah, so did I, yeah. Mm-hmm.

- Well... - Right.

- Um. - Yeah.

- Oh. - Oh.

[both chuckle awkwardly]

Well, bye then, Dom.

Bye, Jean.

[melancholic music]

I didn't even know there were that many clothes shops

in St. Victoire.

Oh, no. What is wrong with you?

I'm going to have to sharpen your shopping skills,

young lady.

Well, you didn't do badly.

You made me buy three dresses I can't afford.

Oh, don't be such a grump.

Go and try them on.

- What, all three? - Yes, go on.

[Claudette sighs]

You look almost as good as I did at your age.

Apart from your dad's legs.

Oh, I can't be bothered, Mum.

Oh darling, you've changed.

You used to love dressing up.

Yes, I've changed. I'm 24.

Hold on to your youth and beauty.

Believe me, they don't last forever.

Oh, my princess.

I used to be so proud to show you off.

I used to get so embarrassed when you made me sing

at parties.

It was good for you. Gave you confidence.

Do you remember at my holy communion,

when you made me stand on a chair and sing "Amazing Grace?"

- The shame. - You were brilliant.

Do you remember the Rapunzel wig I bought you

when you were little?

Came all the way down to your ankles.

And it glowed in the dark.

You wouldn't take it off.

Oh, that's Dad's favourite photo of me, you know.

Me as Rapunzel.

- He keeps it on his desk. - Oh, right.

Next to the suffocating lizard paperweight.

Oh [laughs], does he?

[Claudette chuckles]

Right, go on then.

I'll try one of the dresses on.

Good.

[phone alerts]

[slow sombre music]

Ta-da!

I made them myself. Something typically British.

They reminded me of Jean.

Bravo, darling.

[laughs] Thank you, darling.

Why don't you have a drink at the bar, on the house.

[chuckles] Well that's very kind of you.

- [Judith] Lovely. - Darling.

[gentle guitar music]

So, what do you think?

[Dom] Gorgeous.

Like mother, like daughter, eh?

[Georgina] Oh.

Yes, you look, you look very nice too.

So do you.

Right, well, I'll see you both at the party.

I'm off to meet Xav first.

Oh uh, do you need to lift?

Um, no it's okay.

Xav's new boy's taking us, so, bye.

Bye.

Xav's new boy?

Yeah, yeah, he came out the other week.

Right.

You look great, Dom.

- Don't start, Georgina. - I'm not starting anything.

I'm just saying that you look great.

No, no. You're um, you're doing the eyes.

I don't know what you mean.

George, I've known you long enough to know

when you're doing the eyes.

We did all right with her, didn't we?

Yes.

Although, you might have been

a little bit more hands-on than me.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Well, we'd better be off, hadn't we?

[gentle music]

Large Sav Blanc and a small dry sherry, please.

So, what lodge are you with then, eh?

- Ah! - [Judith laughs]

- Oh, what am I like? - Oh, Niall.

That's all right, brother. I understand.

Me too, bro.

[curious music]

Here you go, darling.

Hi, Mum.

I'm on the late flight. Will you be in?

It looks like I'm not gonna have to stay longer than a few days.

I've got a meeting about a flat over the weekend.

Oh. Well can you leave the key under the mat?

Thanks, Mum. I'll see you later.

[Jean sighs]

[gentle music]

[rhythmic knocking at door]

Oh, hello. Is everything all right with the sale?

Oh yeah. I just thought you might need this for the trip.

Oh.

Thank you, that is so kind.

Are those my glasses?

Oh, you inspired me.

We have the same taste, in houses and glasses at least.

Well, thank you, Barbara.

You're very welcome. [Laughs]

So, what are you up to next then?

Uh well, um, back to Manchester.

I'm thinking of buying my shop back.

That's going to cost quite a lot.

My husband left me a present,

which um, hopefully should cover it.

Maybe he wasn't all bad.

How sweet.

[Jean chuckles]

- [patrons chattering] - [gentle vocal music]

- Hello. - Hello.

[Xavier] Hello.

Mum, this is Xav's her boyfriend, Sammy.

Hello, Sammy.

- [gentle vocal music] - [people chattering]

Actually um, I was just off to the pub.

Some friends wanna say goodbye.

What, would you like to come?

Well, how lovely.

I know. I was really touched, if I'm honest.

Now you can create your own story, your own happy ending.

Well, all the problems I've had since I've been over here,

I've dealt with so, quite proud of myself, actually.

- Maybe you're the problem. - What?

Well, if all you've had are problems around you,

- then you must be the problem. - Right.

Oh, Jean, I'm only joking. You're great.

You just need to stop taking everything I say so seriously.

- [Jean chuckles tentatively] - I know what you're thinking.

- Do ya? - You're thinking...

that I'm like your fairy godmother. [Laughs]

Uh, I guess I am, yes.

Some people are just destined to meet aren't they?

Yeah.

See, if you knew how to listen properly,

then maybe none of this would have happened to you.

I'm sorry, Barbara, but you're just not making much sense.

That's because you're not listening.

Sometimes what you're looking for

can be right in front of your face.

[Jean gasps]

- You, you're the one that... - Oh contraire.

I am Mrs. Rory White.

You're not as fat as he used to say you were.

It's locked.

You bought him this for Christmas, didn't you?

Do you remember?

The one where he couldn't get back because of the snow.

Ah, we had such a lovely time.

He loved your present so much.

I treated him to some of the highest quality bullets.

They're called radically invasive projectiles,

each one designed to explode on entry

into eight razor sharp fingers.

R-I-P, for short.

[Jean shudders]

He was quite the lover, wasn't he?

Although I suspect you were always on receipt

of my leftovers.

Could you smell me on him sometimes, when

Or maybe you could taste me.

[deep tense music]

Glo, Glo. Is Jean on her way over?

Yeah.

[upbeat music]

Oh, I've gone and forgotten Jean's present.

Present?

Yeah, Claudette chose it today. A little bon voyage gift.

Oh, that's very kind of you.

Oh.

Back in five.

I think you need to say thank you.

I'm going to let you be together, forever.

[phone alerts]

[women grunting]

[Jeremy] Tchin.

[women grunting]

[glasses thud]

[deep sombre piano music]

? I want to drop everything and to let go ?

? I don't have faith in me

? My life is mine alone

Caron, please come and help.

I think I've killed her. [Cries]

Caron, Caron, I had no choice, she had a gun at me

and it was me or her.

I had no choice.

- I had no choice. - Please.

She came at me with a gun, it was me or her. No choice.

Please, Jean, just calm down now.

The ambulance is on its way.

She, she came at me with a gun and,

I, it was, it was, the other woman, Rory,

it was her, it was her.

Come with me, and we'll sort this out.

[tense music]

It can't, can't be.

I shot her. There, there was blood.

You've got to believe me.

Did you see where she was shot?

Um, there.

Uh, forgive me, I mean where she was shot on her person.

[sighs] It all happened so fast.

She fell face down.

There was blood.

Maybe the shot was not as fatal as you thought.

Sometimes in heightened situation,

our mind's eye can exaggerate the images our naked eye sees.

I know what I saw.

Jean, why don't we go down to the station

and make a statement.

Then everything that you think you saw happen is on record.

A statement about what? There's nothing there.

Okay.

I'm frightened.

I want to go home.

Your friends are waiting for you at La Couronne.

Shall I take you there to say goodbye?

No. No.

I want to go home, alone.

Could you give me a lift to the airport, please?

Whatever you wish, Madame White.

Thank you.

[Caron] I can deal with this later.

[gentle sombre music]

Whee!

Hey, hey.

[Jean] Have you come as Lady Diana?

I'm Simon Le Bon.

Oh gorgeous.

Now, I really will miss the quality of the red.

Anything else you'll miss?

[gentle sombre music]

Jean?

Ah.

[gentle sombre music]

Thank you.

Madame White, I'm so sorry it all had to end like this.

I'm sure there will be some explanation.

Thank you, Caron. You're a good man.

[gentle music]

[man speaking muffled over PA system]

[gentle sombre music]

- [phone alerts] - [patrons chatting and laughing]

Darling Jack, please don't go, I have the money.

Great. So you will be there to meet me?

Oh, I love you.

[Woman Over PA system] Ladies and gentlemen,

apologies for the delay.

We're waiting for the arrival of the final passenger.

We'll be taking off shortly.

[woman speaking French over PA system]

- [people chattering] - [light background music]

Oh, [laughs] bravo.

[crowd clapping]

Bravo! Bravo!

You made it.

Looks like it.

- I'm glad. - Are ya?

Where, where's Georgina?

She texted. She's uh, off on her travels again.

Oh. Well, I'm sorry.

How does Claudette feel about that?

She doesn't know yet.

Every time I tell her,

it gets a little bit harder, you know?

Oh, I'm, I'm, I'm so sorry, Dom.

Don't be. It's, it's good in a way.

- Do you want a drink? - Oh yeah, yeah.

A, a, a large glass of white wine, please.

Coming up.

Oh, and a Pastis chaser. I'm, I'm playing catch-up.

- Okay. - [Gloria] Over here, love.

[cell phone rings]

[Jean] Where are you?

Darling Jean, that didn't quite go to plan.

I wasn't the one who was supposed to be shot.

This is not over, Jean.

This will never be over.

I will be watching you.

I don't know how you did it, Barbara.

But I'm not scared of you.

Not anymore.

Are you here, Barbara?

Are you watching me?

I hope you can see Rory's ruby glow purple in the light.

It looks so beautiful on his wife's hand.

Goodbye, Barbara.

? We're petrified to leave

? Simple life, where everything's for free ?

[engine revving]

- Oh! - Oh!

[Jean breathes heavily]

Go on inside.

Judith's made a cake. You want to see the state of it.

[Jean chuckles]

? Whenever you feel lonely, just let it go ?

? And let the better feelings show ?

? 'Cause in our hearts, we're petrified to leave ?

? Simple life, where everything's for free ?

? And if you want the world to come to you ?

? You know, believe is all you ever need to do ?

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