All language subtitles for UFO S01E14 - Confetti Check A-O.K.

- Have you thought of names yet?
- No, we're still working on it.

Commander Straker,
have a cigar, sir.

Thank you, Grey. What's the occasion?
You get a raise?

- I just became a father.
- Oh.

- CongratUIations. How's yoUr wife?
- She's fine.

- Good. Boy or girl?
- Twins!

Twins! Then you owe me
another cigar.

(Grey) FUnny after waiting so long.
Everything seemed to happen so fast.

The hospital
didn't want to Iet us in.

We got in, anyway. She was only in
the operating theatre a minute.

I never knew a Caesarean section
happened so pUickly...

(Chatter)

- Oh, no, I have to drive.
- A toast.

- Another one?
- Yeah.

- What to this time?
- Champagne.

(Chatter)

- Hey, hey, come on, cut the cake.
- Ahh, the cake.

Now. .. jUst hold it right here.

(Straker) One, two, three...

(ApplaUse)

"Will yoU Iay down
a dollar or two...

Where to, sir?

Oh, anywhere at all.
It's irrelevant, irrelevant.

- Shall I sing some more?
- Mm, do.

"YoU'll go round the bend
When yoU come back again. .."

- (CIattering)
- Ed...

Alec Freeman, Iast of the clowns.

I'II be with you in a minUte.

- Where are yoU going?
- I'll be with you in a minUte!

Ed?

What are you doing?

(Straker) Nothing!

- Ed!
- What?

There's a car coming.

It's all right,
we probably don't know them .

New suit.

New wife.

New hUsband.

New Iife.

Confetti check.

A-OK.

- May l take your cases, sir?
- Thank you.

- Hello, sir.
- Hello, there.

- I have a reservation.
- Ah, yes.

Er, for my wife and I .

Mr and Mrs Straker.

Ah, yes. lf yoU'd jUst Iike
to sign the register, sir.

Oh.

Sorry. Thank yoU .

- Thank you.
- Thank you, sir.

This way, sir.

(Mary) Are you going
to tell me, darling?

- Tell yoU what?
- The secret.

Oh. The secret.

Well, Mrs Straker, the way
I figure it is if I tell you,

- it won't be a secret any more.
- Oh, come on, where are we going?

Well, now, let me see.

I got the tickets right here.

I just can't make oUt what they're saying.

Now. .. now Iet me see, Uh...

London, England to...

No, I jUst can't make out
that definition.

No, it could be anywhere.

Let me see... Hey!

(Knock at door)

Are yoU expecting somebody?

Compliments of the management, sir.

- Er...
- That's all right, sir.

I'II see you later.

(Snorts)

Well...

- Confetti check?
- Yeah.. . we blew it.

- Oh, well. ..
- (Laughs)

- Cheers.
- Cheers.

Gosh, I've no idea what
the weather's gonna be like there.

I still can't remember
where we're going.

(PA) 'Passengers for BEA
flight number BE 250 for Athens,

'please proceed to gate six.'

- Well, come on, darling!
- You knew?

- Mm ...
- How did you know?

Well, I jUst happened to find
a couple of tickets on the floor...

- Two tickets, on the floor?
- Mm-hm .

- See, I was preoccUpied. . .
- Colonel Straker.

Can I have word with you,
please, sir?

It is important.

(Aeroplane engines roaring outside)

(Drowned out by engines)

What's wrong, darling?

Listen, sweetheart,
I . .. I don't know how to tell you...

What is it, Ed?

I have to see General Henderson.
Now.

Now? Oh, bUt Ed ...!

It's all right, darling.
I understand .

- L'm so sorry, sweetheart, I ...
- 'Passengers for flight BE 250...

- 'for Athens please proceed. ..'
- It's all right.

I married a colonel
in the military intelligence.

Yhat's part of yoUr fatal attraction.

- (Knock at door)
- Come in!

Ahh, Colonel. Good to see yoU.

- How are they treating yoU , sir?
- Fine, fine. Sit down.

- Sorry to foul you Up Iike this.
- That's all right, sir.

- How did yoUr wife take it?
- She's fine.

That's what you need in this job,
an understanding wife.

Let's get on with it.

Apparently I'm stuck in this chair
for another two months.

A lot of things
are gonna fall on yoUr shoulders.

The United nations special committee
meets the day after tomorrow.

- We get the decision then.
- And yoU want me there?

Who else?

(PA) 'Turn aroUnd, Colonel.'

(EIectronic hUmming)

- Ahh, Colonel Straker.
- Gentlemen.

- PIease sit down.
- Thank you.

I should like to apologise on behalf
of General Henderson for his absence.

As yoU'II know, he's still recovering from
injuries he received in the car crash.

Thank you, Colonel. no doubt yoU
will make an excellent substitute.

Now, gentlemen, I sUggest
the best way for us to proceed

is by a process
of question and answer.

Colonel, as representatives
of our respective governments

we are being asked to approve
the Iargest financial appropriation

ever envisaged for
an international project.

Two puestions:

is the project - the whole project -
absolUtely necessary,

and if it is, are we getting
valUe for money?

I believe the setting Up of SHADO
is absolutely vital.

Every day we just sit and talk aboUt
it, the potential danger increases.

As to your second pUestion,

I believe this breakdown
of expenditure might be helpful.

A fleet of submarines?

Base on the Moon?

Satellites?

If l might point oUt, sir,

we're confronted with alien spacecraft,
possibly from another solar system.

Maybe you have been reading
too much science fiction.

Earth is faced with a power threat
from an extraterrestrial soUrce.

This is an age when science fiction
has become fact.

We need to defend oUrselves.

And how long will it take
to set up this defence organisation?

We estimate seven to ten years.

Ten years?! BUt yoU say, Colonel,
the danger is imminent.

That's trUe, bUt the organisation
we need can't be set Up overnight.

All I say is that any delay only
increases the danger.

The estimate for secUrity
is astronomical.

- It's a vital aspect.
- Everything seems vital.

How is SHADO to be organised
regarding personnel, hm?

On strictly military lines. We hope
to recrUit the best people available.

- Internationally?
- Yes.

And who will command
this international band of heroes?

My government has stipUIated
it must be an American.

Yes, we know.

As the nation being asked to dig
a Iittle deeper into its pocket!

NatUrally, naturally.

Gentlemen, gentlemen.

We asked Colonel Straker here to
answer our puestions.

I suggest we Iet him do so.

There's no question in my mind ,
gentlemen.

There's only one man for the job - General
Henderson. He's the obvioUs choice.

Any fUrther pUestions?

Thank you, Colonel Straker.

Monsieur DUval, I understand
yoU have three daughters?

Yes.

I pray that yoU never find yoUrself

looking down
at one of their mUtilated bodies.

I hope that the next U FO incident
is not in yoUr home town.

Thank you for your time.

Well, gentlemen?

It has been approved unanimoUsly.

Ha! YoU've done a great job, Ed.

I thought I'd screwed it Up, sir.
I was only in there ten minUtes.

All yoU've got to do now
is work 1 6 hours a day for ten years.

SUre.

Oh, there is another thing
I had to tell you.

They appointed
the commander-in-chief.

- Who?
- You.

- Me?
- Again, it was Unanimous.

The French delegate, Duval,
was particularly insistent.

- But sir.. .
- Why not choose me?

Oh, come on, Iet's not
kid ourselves, Colonel.

What sort of shape am I in?
What about in ten years' time?

Nonsense, General.

In a couple of months you'II be
Up and aboUt, as fit as ever.

You can always refUse...

but if yoU do, it's gotta be now.

There'II be no turning back later.

Tired?

Mm? Oh, no, no.

- Wanna know something?
- Hm?

I Iove yoU .

Do yoU? How mUch?

Oh...

That mUch.

This is a fine room. PIenty of scope.

Yes!

(Straker) Let me see, the master
bedroom's jUst above Us here?

Yes, with a smaller room to the Ieft.
That would make a fine nUrsery.

Yes.

(Straker) I Iike it.

I Iike it.

Hello, darling.

- Had a busy day?
- That is an Understatement.

- YoU tired?
- No, not too tired.

- HUngry?
- Yes.

Then. .. I'll go and make you
some supper.

- Ooh, the drapes are coming tomorrow.
- Oh, fine.

Turpuoisey-blue?
Oh, that sounds great!

And the insurance agent came.
He's coming tomorrow evening.

I'm sorry, Mary, I have to work
late tomorrow.

I won't be home until aroUnd eleven.

BUt darling, he's coming at eight.

Well, I'm sorry - I have to work.

I'II go and get your sUpper.

(Buzzer)

(Secretary) 'Commander Straker
and Colonel Freeman, sir.'

Send them right in.

Gentlemen, nice to see you.

- How are you, General?
- Fine.

Our first recruit, AIec Freeman.

- Freeman, welcome to SHADO.
- Thank you, sir.

I've, er,
glanced throUgh your record.

Combat pilot,
then air force intelligence,

that's the backgroUnd we need.

Well, Ed, how do yoU like the office?

Hmm, Iooks very nice.

- L'm holding the purse strings.
- That coUId be fUn.

How is the bUilding programme
coming on?

Oh, fine, fine. Sit down, Freeman.

The studio may be worth a visit
in a couple of months.

- It's pUite a construction job.
- Yes, it is.

Bit I still think the main problem is
finding the men to man it.

We're working on it.

Right. Let's get down to business.
This coUId be a very late night.

Hiya, sweetheart.

That a good book?

All right,
I'm sorry I didn't telephone.

I got tied up.

Do yoU know what time it is?

Well, why didn't yoU go to bed?

BecaUse jUst occasionally
I'd like to see my husband!

Maybe even talk to him!

Things have been hectic
but they'll break soon.

This is oUr home, we're sUpposed to be
trying to bUild something together!

- Mary, Mary.. .
- No, Ed!

How am I to take this work, work, work
all hoUrs of the day and night?!

It happens to be necessary!

I suppose the next step will be that you
won't bother to come home at all.

That's not a bad idea. Then maybe l'd
get a decent reaction from my loving wife!

I'm sorry, honey.

I didn't mean that.

Look, I need a break.

We both need one.

What do yoU say we go oUt sometime
next week and. .. paint the town red?

What do yoU say?

Confetti check?

A-OK.

(Whirring and drilling)

- BIock's nearly finished.
- Yes.

What happens then?

It'll be used . When it's finished, a
government department's moving in.

- Income tax, probably.
- AII that for the sake of secUrity?

Mm. How else can you cover up

the excavating of a coUple
of million cubic feet of earth?

I hear they're installing
a voiceprint l D mechanism.

Yes, I tried the prototype Iast week.

It identified me
as a female technician from DUblin.

- They said it's a teething problem.
- Well, yoU do look like one.

(Both) A female technician
from DUblin.

Nice to see you smile again, Ed .

Hello, fellas.

- Hello, sir.
- Hello, sir.

- How's it all going?
- Slow, bUt we'II get there.

- We're a bit behind but we'll make it Up Iater.
- Good. That's what I like to hear.

- Let's take a Iook at the office.
- See yoU later.

Well...

it's all beginning to take shape.

Yes, this is it. SHADO HO.

The nerve centre
of the whole organisation.

You know, AIec, setting all this up,
the delays, the problems,

secUrity, personnel, a thousand
details, a hUndred hold-ups,

sometimes seems like
we're fighting a ten-headed monster.

And what drives yoU on?
Fighting the monster.

Oh. I don't know.
Something inside me, I gUess.

It's called dedication.

Pig-headedness would be nearer.

- How's Mary?
- Mary?

She's fine. Fine.

No, she's not, AIec.

She's. . . she's problem number one.

Alec...

I want to tell her.

You can't do that.

I know. Not everything, just...
jUst enough for her to Understand.

- It's impossible!
- She's got to know.

She's got to realise how important
all this is, how mUch time it takes.

How else can I make her Understand?

It's oUt of the pUestion,
yoU know it.

Well, what can l do, Alec?
There mUst be something.

There isn't.

Look, do you really want to risk Mary's
life? That's what you'd be doing.

I don't like this any more than you,
but yoU know what Security are like.

They make the CIA look Iike
SUnday school teachers.

If you told Mary
and they found oUt...

The secUrity of all this - billions of
dollars - it outweighs any individUal.

You, me, Mary, anybody.
You can't tell her.

It's the safest way.

The only way.

(Car passing)

- Hello, darling.
- Sweetheart.

Mm, looking very, er, smart tonight.

Thank you.

How was work?

Oh, aboUt the same as yesterday
and the day before that...

What did yoU do today?

Oh, nothing very mUch.

- Drink?
- You know I don't drink.

This is, um. . . an occasion.

- YoU mean...?
- Mm-hm .

Oh.

Oh!

Here, yoU, yoU sit down here.

- I have to make a phone call!
- You're not working tonight?

No, I have to get onto that decorator,
get him to paint that nursery blUe!

Uh-uh. Pink.

BIUe.

(Straker) We're working
night and day down here,

why shouldn't some fool of a
sUbcontractor do the same?

A week? l'II give him
three days to deliver.

Right. Goodbye.

- We can't seem to find the fault, sir.
- Keep checking.

Don't Iook at me Iike that, you're not
the only one with a home to go to.

PUt me through to SUpply.

All right, switch on again.

Yes, yes.

All right, bUt let me know as
soon as yoU can.

(Technicians chatting in backgroUnd)

- Trouble on the computer intertace.
- Oh, no.

Let's hope it's jUst a plug-in
circuit and nothing more serious.

(Ringing)

0?1 6434.

Oh, it's you, Mother.

How are yoU?

Yes, yes, I'm fine.

Yes, I went to see him today.

Mm-hm . He confirmed
the first week in April.

Of coUrse.

Ed . No, he's. .. he's working late.

Yes, I...

I know, Mother, bUt...

It's his job, he...

No, I'm...

No. Mother, don't be silly,
of course there's not another woman.

No. Yes, well...
Look, I've got to go.

I'II ring you tomorrow. Bye.

(Clicking)

(Flicks switches)

All right, Iet's try it again.

(Click, whirring)

Seems fine.

(Whirring fades)

- Let's call it a day, eh?
- Yes, sir.

(AII) Good night.

Oh, and thanks, fellas.

It's Iate. YoU can come back
to my place, save you the drive.

Yeah, maybe, Alec, maybe.

Come on. I'II phone Mary and
explain first thing in the morning.

Mary! l was supposed
to phone her three hours ago.

- Hello, Mary.
- Hi.

- How do yoU feel?
- I'm fine.

Hey. .. Why aren't you in bed?

I was waiting for you to come home.

For foUr hoUrs, waiting.
What am l supposed to think?

- Oh, come on.. .
- No!

Why come home at all?! Why didn't you
spend the whole night with her?

- With who?
- You tell me, Ed.

(Laughs) What a crazy idea, Mary.
Come on, let's go to bed.

Why is it a crazy idea?

If it's so crazy
tell me where yoU've been.

- Come on.
- Where have you been?

- YoU know I can't tell you!
- Oh, break the bloody rule for once!

- L'm your wife!
- And yoU know l can't tell you!

Now, will yoU ...

(Sighs) JUst calm down,
and let's go to bed.

No! I have a right to know.

- Mary, will yoU stop this!
- What's more important to you?

Me, or whatever you do
Until three in the morning?

Hmm?

I'm going Up.

I Iove yoU .

I'm going to have yoUr child.

When he's born,
when he's old enoUgh to realise,

will he have a father
or a man he hardly knows?

Someone he sees every now and then?

Mary...

I hope you still have a choice, Ed.

Perhaps yoU shoUId decide...

before it's too late.

(Freeman) The control complex
is fUIIy operational.

All we need now are the technicians.

How are the first batch of recruits
making out?

Ah...! Security checks, aptitude tests,
six-month training, fUrther tests.

It's a pretty tough schedule.

- The original 50 are now eight.
- Eight?

Yes. The second batch
seem to be doing better.

When will the first group
finish their training?

Oh, a few months. It'll be spring,
a good time to start.

Spring.

My son will be born in the spring.

Your son? How...

(Car horn)

Your place?

My place.

(Camera clicks)

Well, it's been a Iong hard slog
but we're ready.

We're ready.

I know how hard yoU've all worked,

I think we can assUme
the worst is over.

And I want to thank you all.

(AII) Thank yoU , sir.

Mary!

Mary?

Mary!

What are you doing?

- L'm Ieaving.
- Leaving?

You shouldn't be carrying that case.

I'm leaving yoU, Ed.

I've explained it all in the letter.

Wait a minute...

If something's the matter I want to
hear it from yoU, Mary

I know.

Don't yoU Understand?
I know everything.

What do yoU know?

Tell me what you know!

My mother... had yoU followed .

Go on.

You were followed to the flat...

with the girl.

Oh, is that it?

Don't toUch me!

- Mary, darling, l can explain!
- Don't!

It's dirty enoUgh, don't Iie...

Mary!

The man was here this morning.

He...

He had a photograph
with the time, everything.

- But, Mary, l can explain!
- (Knocking on door)

- I don't want to hear!
- Please, Iisten to me!

- JUst give me my case.
- YoU're gonna stay here and listen!

- What's going on in there?!
- I'm coming, Dad!

No, Ed, don't you understand?
I've had enough!

- AII right!
- (Dad) Open this door, Mary!

All right, l'II...
I'II tell yoU everything!

- No! It's no good, Ed!
- Everything!

- What l'm gonna tell yoU may sound crazy. ..
- l can't take anymore!

- No! Don't! Don't! Don't!
- Mary!

(Dad) Mary? Mary, what's the matter?!

Open the door, Mary!

(Banging)

God!

Don't toUch her!

(Siren wailing)

(Siren stops)

(PA) 'Dr Averley, please.
Dr Averley.'

(Thunder rUmbles)

Your wife has
an internal haemorrhage.

They're taking her into the theatre now.
I'II have to perform a Caesarean section.

Doctor...

if there's any. .. complication...

If you have to choose
between my wife and the...

I understand.

(Thunder rUmbling)

It's a boy.

- How's my wife?
- The doctor will be oUt in a moment.

- How is she, Doctor?
- As well as can be expected.

- She'II be all right?
- Yes.

- When can I see her?
- When she wakes Up.

- But only for a few minutes.
- How's my son?

He's fine.

Ed?

It's me, my dear.

Oh.

How do you feel?

I'm fine.

Where's Ed?

Ed said he had to go, he...

He said he couldn't tell me why.

I know why.

Now, Iook, yoU jUst
get well again and...

we'II sit down pUietly
with your mother and have a chat.

(Freeman) I'm sorry about this, Ed .

I woUldn't have done it
if it hadn't been necessary.

Anyway...

CongratUIations.

(Grey) You're the expert, Grandad .

(Man) You got two
for the price of one, first time.

There's too mUch cigar smoke
around here.

Tell someone to turn on the fan
and get rid of it.

Right.

- Lieutenant Grey.
- Yes, sir?

Take a week's fUrlough, starting now.
That's an order.

Right, sir.

As for the rest of us, let's do
a little work while we celebrate.