All language subtitles for Watching s04e08 Proposing

It was boredom at first sight.

You could hardly call it right.

There's no one Mr.

Right. So what do I say now?

But then I'm not so ideal.

I'm not gentle or genteel. So the
question should be what does it...

Yes, I do know. I like her. And she'll
come round.

She's not unconscious.

Your mother.

She's not too partial to Brenda, is she?

Ah, but don't worry. People change.

Especially when there's little ones
running around.

Little what?

Toddlers.

You know, Marjorie must wonder if she's
ever going to be a granny.

Hold on, hold on. Me and Brenda are just
friends.

Well, a bit more than that.

But we're not, um...

And we're not planning to.

At least it's not been mentioned by
either.

I'm not saying it's never actually
crossed my mind that I might at some

You see, we never actually discussed
together what might possibly happen

in the future.

Oh, very wise.

Oh, there's no knowing it.

I mean, tomorrow.

this bit of Wirral might snap off and go
floating out to the Irish Sea.

I wonder how long it'll be before
anybody notices.

What I'm trying to say is, what is this?

Coffee. Just coffee.

I'm afraid so, but if you'd like a drop
of vodka in it, we could call it your

flight. You get me a little bit.

Right. As long as you don't do the same
for Brenda.

Stop that.

Probably me and Brenda don't intend
to...

So don't you go say anything that might
embarrass her, us, me, or upset me

mother. Oh, Malcolm, what a thing to
say. Now, one guy, can you think of just

one instance where I've ever embarrassed
you?

No, not one. I think of hundreds.

What if the choirmistress throws

him out?

Pardon? Burn it.

Just say he goes home, I will peg him
out.

You ring here, they'll spend the next
two hours apologising. At least that's

what happened last time.

Oh, what do you mean? There's nothing
running off like that.

I mean, at his age, you'd think he'd be
happy with an ogler page three and a cup

of hot cocoa.

Men, they're the same at any age.

Peggy's taken it OK, though, hasn't she?

I mean, if any fella did that to me, I'd
separate him from his breath.

Yes, well...

They had what was then called an open
marriage. Now she's paying the price.

Those magazines were on the landing.

I was tidying my room out. Not before
time.

Oh, I'll just sit here a moment.

Get me breath.

Right.

Oh, shit.

Well, haven't you forgotten something?

No, she's in the kitchen.

Cheshire life.

Forgot. Hey,

did you get that wine?

Yeah, it's in the fridge. £2 .50 and a
smashing pitcher on the label. You'd

better get ready.

Right.

Well, you said better get ready.

We've got to go to our parents to
babysit. She's going to a wedding.

It'll be eating there?

Yeah. Oh, you didn't tell me. I've a
lovely meal planned here.

Sorry. Oh, sorry.

That pink stuff in the fridge.

Oh, it was only the starters.

A savoury shrimp.

Go easy, Marge. You're not at all
yourself.

Of course, we did consider going for an
upright, but then David said there are

certain advantages in having a chair.

Well, it's somewhere to keep your lungs,
isn't it?

It's a storage space, you see, so you
can put in large items.

Well, you'll never guess what we got for
it yesterday.

Half a pig.

What's yours?

A friend in the wholesale meat trade.

Yeah, well, you see, couldn't make
enough.

Are you going to be going? Yeah, about
ten minutes.

Oh, come upstairs, Bren. I want to show
you my new bedroom curtains.

They're a liberty print, got the peachy
beige with just a hint of... It's the

wreath to compliment the carpet.

Oh, no, not the carpet.

I did think of going for a wreath one,
but they had them in a six -inch pencil,

so you can leave, you know, really rough
pencil.

Well, you did always have a weakness for
the name.

Receptions at the Royal Cheshire.

Oh, very smart.

Oh, you know it?

Yeah.

Went there for dinner once. Her
birthday.

Brenda? Yeah.

Good heavens.

Sounds very posh, do. Oh, it is. The
works, coaching pair, morning suits.

That's the women, isn't it?

It's only morning since, no.

No, I mean, they like a good show.

I mean, I'd prefer something quieter,
more like yours at a registry office.

But I suppose if you hadn't had to rush
things, Pamela would have preferred

something better. Yeah, probably.

I mean, if she hadn't been... Yes, all
right.

Because she was pregnant, wasn't she?
Yes, all right.

What about Brenda?

Brenda? No, she's not.

Does she want a big do?

Oh, no.

Well, I don't know.

Well, I've never thought. Well, perhaps
you should.

Yeah. No.

Maybe. Well, that just about covers all
the options.

Can you keep a secret?

Yeah, sure.

No one said I'd never thought.

Not true.

You have thought?

Yeah. But you haven't done anything?

No. But you're going to?

Yeah. Soon? Yeah.

What, tonight?

Yeah.

Good luck.

Thanks.

Uh, David.

How do you?

I don't mean, how do you? Oh, no, no. I
mean, how do you get to it? To ask him?

To say him?

I mean, you're sort of an expert, having
been through it twice, or more even.

Twice.

Yeah, and you scored both. Been
accepted.

Well, it helps with the right
atmosphere.

Sweet lights, soft music.

Soft music.

Then you just go for it.

What, just like that?

Yeah. Well, try it now.

Now? Yeah, say it.

All right.

Will you marry me?

Not in the strength of that, no.

It's down to corny. You're just under
-rehearsed. Yeah, you're right. I'll

it and practise a bit. No, no, no.
You'll be OK with the right atmosphere.

And with any luck, she'll say no.

Let's have some music. I don't want to
deceive the founder's brain.

Hold on, why not?

Brenda? What?

Can we talk?

Well, I can. You just think of the words
and open your mouth and say it.

For breakfast.

Best meal of the day, I always think.

Do you know, Mark, as a DJ, you make a
really good window cleaner.

Let's be serious.

Do you want to borrow some money?

No, I just want to... What, now?

Yeah. What about?

Us.

What, me and you?

Yeah.

OK.

Well?

Nice beer, isn't it?

What?

so feral here on this air. What?

What's nice?

Well, we're together, both of us.

Well, couldn't we just one of us, could
we? No.

You wanted a talk?

Do you want another glass of wine?

No.

Mark? Yeah? Is that it?

What? Can we have the telly on again?

Brenda, listen.

What I want to say is, well, I've been
thinking and other people have been

saying or assuming that...

Well, by now, with us having been off
and on for quite a while now, well,

on lately, sometime shortly, soon, in
the future, well, perhaps we might.

I mean, if you feel willing and ready
and want to.

Well, perhaps we could... We should... I
don't mind about the size. That's

entirely up to you.

What is...? Whether you want a big one
or not.

No, but if you're going to go, you'd
better hurry up because that pizza place

closes at nine.

Oh, it's late.

Hiya, friend. Has she been awake?

Just for a bit. She's gone off again
now.

How was the date? Oh, lovely.

She looked gorgeous.

And her mother cried.

A better dad will, too, when he sees the
bill.

All right.

What's the time?

The time we left.

You two had a good time, then?

Incredible. Sorry about Sarah. Did she
interrupt things?

What things?

Things. Everything OK, then, Malcolm?

OK. Was it all right on the night?

What? Oh, come on! Do I...

Big feet. Sorry?

Oh, sorry.

Nerve give out, did it?

What's going on?

I think I'd better make the coffee.

Take no notes of him. He's had too much
to drink. He always does when it's my

turn to drive.

Anyone ring?

He knew, didn't he? He knew before I
did.

So what?

Oh, come on, Brenda, get huffy.

And she did.

I only mentioned it to David.

Oh, yeah?

Well, I'm surprised you didn't have a
chat with a few other people.

Like Harold and Cedric from The Grapes
or maybe your Auntie Peggy?

He did, did you?

Well, what does it matter? You should be
celebrating.

Celebrating's right.

Oh, right, so let's celebrate.

She said no.

Oh, well done.

Lunch will be for another ten minutes.

Right.

I wish somebody had closed the zip on
that one's

mouth.

Shall I switch it off? What?

Oh, all right.

I think he's feeling a little... You OK?

Fine. You sure?

Yes. You've had a row, haven't you?

Let me just tell you that. Breakfast.
You didn't even look at each other.

Oh, there's one too many living here,
ain't there?

Probably.

Maybe I should go into a home.

Don't be soft. You're not the one who's
too many.

Well, it's not right you sleeping down
here anyway.

Of course, if you was wed, there'd be no
problem.

We're not getting married.

No, no. Well, there's a lot feels that
way these days, aren't there?

And anyway, why should you just to
satisfy the likes of old Niffy in there?

I asked her and she said no. Oh, well,
I'm not surprised.

She's one of them, isn't she?

Who's one of what?

Your mother. Them has claimed to be the
silent majority.

Only the truth is there's not so many
and they're damn noisy.

I asked Brenda.

Oh, she's a red.

Yeah. I thought I was joking. But I
don't do as you should know that.

No. No, that's true, Malcolm.

Joking is not something you'll be
remembered for.

Well, then she got annoyed because I
spoke to David first.

Oh, well, it'll blow over. Take her out
tonight.

She's working.

You two can go to the table now.

Oh, but she's off this afternoon, is
she? Yeah.

Oh, perhaps she'll take me out.

Hey, now, don't you say anything to her.
Of course not.

Come along.

Oh, all right.

Oh, I wonder what exotic delicacy Mrs.

Beaton's tempting us with this
lunchtime.

Boiled paddock.

Oh, that'll not do much for your love
life. Shush.

Cheesecake, that's what you want.

What are you mithering about? I was
talking to Malcolm.

Blackcurrant cheesecake.

My husband reckoned he found it in
Aphrodisiac.

Your husband found tap water in
Aphrodisiac?

Can we talk about something else? Of
course.

So, Brenda's working this morning and
this evening, then?

Yeah, a sort of a split duty.

Oh.

Oh, that reminds me of you, Marge. Do
you remember when you were a lass and

did the split?

No, even when she was young, Marge never
had much sense of humour.

And then she got married and moved down
to live in Plough. That finished it off

altogether.

And you reckon he's like her, do you?

Oh, a bit.

Not too much.

Or I'd not be trying to mend the pair of
you.

Well, maybe I shouldn't have laughed.

But, well, I don't want to. Get word.

It just seems so final, doesn't it?

Aye. Well, you're still only a lass.

Mind, you must love him.

Must I? Oh, yes, I should not foot up
with him.

If you say so.

But as men go, you could do a lot worse.

It's best to have one that you can
mould, you see.

I slipped up there. I took up with a
fellow who was just like me, and it's

tutored us to have the marriage bonds
made of elastic.

Trouble is now, my end's perished, and
he's still twanging away.

I don't know. What was he like, really,
though?

Oh, well, just like the rest of my
spores.

Vain, selfish, randy, childish, just a
man.

Well, he'd been house -trained. Right.

So... So?

So what are you going to do?

Well, I'm going to push you back.

Oh, when we go back, do you think we can
go to the top road? I want to buy a

packet of mints.

OK. Well, they do say that a rolled -up
newspaper and a stern voice is all

that's necessary to house -train them.

It can wait till Monday. Now.

Don't know who's the blooming boss round
here.

Hiya. Hi.

Busy? Not since we closed.

I mean this evening.

Yeah, it's been non -stop.

Do you want a cup of rum house before we
go?

OK.

Where is he?

He's in the back. I've persuaded him to
change the chip flat.

Really? It's done well for the last two
years.

Bit like us.

Thought we might have to walk.

Walk? Oh, tonight? Well, it's only a
couple of... Why did you pay that?

Breakfast.

I suppose we were a bit edgy.

Yeah.

My fault.

No, look.

I shouldn't have told David before I
asked you.

It was just seeing them on their own got
me to thinking that, well, maybe that

could be us.

But I know now what I should have done.
I had a long think on the way here.

Well, that's just what frightens me.

What, me thinking?

No.

Seeing them with a triple sink, leaded
lights in the cocktail cabinet and half

pig in the freezer.

I wonder what happened to the other
half.

I'm waiting for them.

Well, anyway, I know now what was wrong.

You do?

Soft lights and sweet music.

It's not really you, is it? Not Brenda?

Isn't it?

No. Well, you're not into all that.

Somewhere like this would have been more
appropriate, more suitable.

Oh, you mean somewhere more seedy?

Right, you see, when I really started to
think about it... No, let me finish,

you see. I shouldn't have asked you
there. I should have asked you in the

or on the back seat of a bus or... Stop.

Pardon? Stop. Stop what? Stop thinking.

Why? Well, if you go on much longer, you
won't be able to drive me home or even

walk me to the door because, you see,
you'll have two broken legs.

Yes, but that's what I went to tell you,
you see, because, I mean, when I went

for this walk to do this thinking, I got
sort of carried away.

You'll need to be. And then I looked at
me watching it. Listen, it wasn't

because of where you'd asked me.

You could have asked me on the back seat
of a bin lorry.

Do they have back seats in bin lorries?
Oh, shut up.

It's just that I don't want to.

Oh?

I'm sorry.

Yeah, but that's got nothing to do with
it.

I thought you and me... I thought we...
Well, I know I do, and I thought you did

as well.

I do, I think.

You think?

I mean, I think I do, if what we're
talking about is what I think we're

about. It is.

Right.

You see, Malc, it's nothing to do with
you.

It's me.

I'm just not ready for it.

And seeing our Pam swanning around a
fitted kitchen with a long -handled walk

and a non -stick mushroom slicer just
makes me want to go.

See?

So you don't want to go? No.

Come on, let's go.

Yeah, but this is what I've been trying
to tell you, see, cos, well, when I went

for this walk this evening to do this
thinking, I lost track of the time and I

sort of realised that I was just sort of
round the corner.

So where's the bike source of?

At home.

Nice night, though. I'm knackered.

Bus? That one's gone.

It's only a couple of miles.

Taxi? You have to wear ages this time of
night.

Right.

Where are you going with that?

I'll bring it back on Monday.

You'd better leave a deposit.

Oh, all right, then.

You can't possibly be comfortable like
this.

Get a tip.

All right.

I can walk the rest.

Oh,

do you remember them dancers at
Burtonwood?

Oh. Eh, those two Americans.

What were they called?

Dwight and Bud.

That's right.

Anyway, mine was the tallest.

From Long Beach or Long Island. Well,
Long something.

What's the difference?

About 3 ,000 miles.

Oh, I know you two.

What have you been up to?

Not the same. We've been reminiscing.
Have a crisp.

Did you know that your mother was a
jitterbug queen? Oh, get off. She was.

She was the best jitterbugger in
Charlotte.

Have you left it, Eddie? We've just had
one glass of cream sherry each.

That's all?

And a few glasses of that new look of
Zade.

New look of Zade? Oh, yes, yes, your
mother noticed that it's got a slightly

different taste these days.

Has it now?

Yes, well, try some.

No, thanks.

I will.

Hey, Brenda.

Yes? Oh, nothing.

Oh, we've been on the stage, you know,
the pair of us.

Oh, she was great.

What? Give her another foot, she'd have
been a bluebell girl.

They all had three legs.

You haven't told me about all this. Did
she exaggerate? I do not.

She could do six backflips on a roll.

Could she?

Yeah. There was not much call for it in
Gilbert and Sullivan.

Hey, Bud, what about that record you
were going to dig out?

Oh, should I? Yes, go on.

On top of the wardrobe, I think.

Would you give us a hand?

Is everything

all right?

Yes, fine.

What's in this?

Well, look at this.

And? And a drop of something beginning
with V.

Oh,

can you picture us?

You can't say time.

I remember it.

Dress materials were still in short
supply.

And we ended up in them silver things
made out of barrage balloons. I

always remember you saying, Marge, they
went up at night just as

easy.

I never did. That was you.

Yes, well, I think that's enough now.
I'll make some supper.

Do you want a handle?

No, love. You've been working all day.

This bit's lovely. Do you remember the
big finish? Oh, go on, have a go,

Marjorie.

Very nice, really.

On to your race.

Better not.

This hadn't casualty to avoid any sudden
jolts.

What about Bright and Dud would say if
they could see us now?