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It just feels weird, y'know? Like, being single again. It's weird, that's what it is.

Like the whole world's looking at me, saying things to themselves. You got that going on with you?No.

No?No.No, well, I mean...I was always more sensitive than you.

Sensitive when it comes to other people.

I can read them like a book.

So you're not feeling weird, then? No.

So what ARE you feeling? Relieved.

Relieved?Yeah. Like going to the loo "relieved",

or that house that's burning down ain't mine "relieved"?C'mon, Kenny.

I feel a bit slippery today. I can't help it.

You are crap at self-pity. Well, I'm practising.

One day, if I work hard enough at it,

maybe I'll be as good as you. That wasn't very nice.

I'm a bit low on nice today. But divorce does that to you, cos someone wins and someone loses,

so there's bound to be resentment, ain't there?We PRETENDED to be married, so how can we be divorced?

Most people DO pretend to be married. That's why they GET divorced.

You really are hurting, aren't you?

Does it seem like it, does it?

Yeah. That's bloody good news, actually,

because I read somewhere that if you're in pain, you create better stuff, sort of more acute.

Hard to believe you could be cuter. Takes imagination, doesn't it?

How WAS sex with Jackie?

It was better than sex with myself.

I spoke to Hamish.

He says congratulations to you.

It will be good to see him.

If it's a fine day, you could put the flowers outside the church door.

We don't need to do that. How many times do you get married?

..OK, not the right question, but you want it to be a day you remember all your life.

Aye, that's true. Like when you married Rebecca.

That was a lovely wedding. I remember it like it was yesterday.

It's funny the things you remember. Aye. Och, it was a glorious day. Gordon, do you not have a ferry run?

No, there's no hurry. No, there wasn't a thing wrong about that day. There was.

No, there wasn't.Aye, there WAS. Och, sorry. I know your meaning.

The best man speech. Ronny Fraser let you down there. ..No offence to you, Mary.

I should be getting back. Need to speak to Carolyn.

Not your doing that your late husband had a skinful. What a day it was!

Suppose it was one of those friendships where you're close for a short time, then drift apart.

I've got the invitations to write. I must go.I'll walk you back.

I'm headed that way. I'll join you.

It wasn't a long, deep friendship, was it? Not like ours. See, that's what you need in a best man.

Don't you think, Douglas? I think better when there's quiet.

Hi, Kenny. You all right? Yeah.

I've just been musing about my potential as a human being.

A single human being in a sea of many.

Searching. Alone.

Aye, right. Is Abby around?

Yeah, yeah. Come in.

Abs!

Morning, Alistair.Abby. You well? Yeah. Very well, thanks.

I'm on my way to check my pots. I wondered if you'd like any lobster.

No, not today. No guests and we're broke.D'you realise that?

Well, the three of us, standing here - all single.

Unfettered and alive.

Kenny, why don't you help Alfie with his homework?Now?

Yeah.

Yeah. Sure.

- Alistair, do you want to come and help me help Alfie? - No, thanks. Um...

I have to check the lobster pots. Oh, yeah, yeah. You said.

Well, I'll go do the father thing. Look after the kids...

be part of their lives... Try and keep them emotionally stable.

Stuff like that.

Has he lost his mind?

Yeah. And he's searched everywhere for it.

I...better head off while I've got the weather.

You, er...

Do you want to come?

I'd love to.

Will you be needing a hotel?

Yes. Of course.

Will you be needing a hotel?

No, thank you.

That's a single ticket. Only good to get you to the island. Not to get you back.

But if you stay at the island's best hotel - the Raeburn - you get your return fare free. Special offer.

Today only.

No...thank you.

I did that shelf this morning. You wouldn't know from looking.

I just can't imagine my mother in love with someone other than my dad.

Och, Carolyn...

Your dad wouldn't mind.

He's passed on. He'd want to see your mother happy.

With Douglas? He didn't LIKE Douglas.

Your mother does. And that's what's important, isn't it?

He's my uncle, for God's sake. I'll be my own niece.

Carolyn? Do you have a moment?

Douglas and I are making the final arrangements and... I'd be very grateful...

delighted, really, if you would be my maid of honour.

Can I think about it?

Of course.

Last ferry is at five today. Sorry?

To get back to Skye - last ferry is at five. But it will cost you 50p more cos you didn't buy a return.

You're not expecting any friends, are you? Ethnic friends?No.

We may have a problem.Oh, what?

Illegal immigrant,

sneaking into Britain. They get here, claim asylum,

call their friends back home, then they flood the place.Gordon, think.

You're asking a lot. This is serious!

Did she come from Skye?Of course. So she was already in Britain.

Oh, she's running from the law, then? Looking for a place to hide. Is that what you think?

She's probably come to visit someone.Oh! You don't really believe that, do you?

Hello.

Er, Malcolm Campbell.Ida. Pleased to meet you.

Good God!

Hey...she didn't mean to hurt you. I know that.

Carolyn's a good girl. She'll realise. She'll come round.

I didn't mean to hurt her, Douglas.

It's not you.

You and I...

we don't need to be married to love each other, do we?

What are you saying?I love you.

Now. As we are.

I don't need to be married to you to prove that to you or myself, do I?

No.

You don't.

We've not sent the invitations yet.

Malcolm? I saw you took the car.

Where were you off to, all dressed up?I went down to the village.

What for?

This is Ida. She's come to help us.

Hello, Mr Campbell.

Get on your way. You're not needed here.

She's not going anywhere, Dad.

I don't need anyone's help.You do.

We both do. I won't have you sitting in this room all day long, waiting.

We can't expect our friends to give us all the help we need. Shame on you, Malcolm, to do this.

Shame on you!We need someone to look after Mum. Ida can do that. We've got the harvest.

We've got the winter to prepare for.

I won't have someone like that looking after my wife.Like what?

You know my meaning!

Could you go outside for a moment, Ida? Please?

Like what?

Foreign!

I won't have those...brown hands on my wife.

It won't happen.

This is my farm.

My house. My wife.

You will not tell ME what to do.

He'll be fine. Come...I'll show you your room.

The last ferry is at five.

Please.

He's not a bad man.

He's looking at things he's never seen before.

He's scared of them, scared of what's happening to him.

I won't let you be badly treated.

I need your help.

Please.

Was that a seal?Could have been.

Sorry. It's a little strange for me, that's all.

What's strange?

Thinking of you in a different way.

I'm no different than I was before.

You may be no different, but the rules are.

The rules?

You know what I'm saying.

Are you cold?

Come on.

It's one of those moments, innit? Where you want to be by yourself

and then some pillock comes along kicking a football and ruins your train of thought.Aye.

But then you're thinking, it would be nice to chat to someone,

so I won't leave, I'll just see where it takes me.

What are you doing here? Oh, just thinking. Kicking a ball.

Sometimes I think better when I kick a ball.

I think better when it's quiet.

I think it's better not to think too much...which is quite useful advice when I'm thinking about myself.

Why did you choose not to think too much down here?Jealousy.

That's my topic for today.

It's quite a big subject, so it might even stretch till tomorrow. See how it goes.

Have you seen Abby lately?No.

I feel really happy for you, Douglas. Both you and Mary.

I mean, a lot of people let life's knocks and curves

stop them from finding where they belong. But not you. I mean...

people like you, they're my heroes, really.Huh!

I'm no hero. If that's what you think, you'll be disappointed.

You've loved her forever, haven't you?

It's in your eyes...

and in Mary's.

I'm in pain, so I'm very acute.

..Yeah, I know. "It's hard to imagine me any cuter."

You don't know what you're talking about.And everything. Every rule, every twisted piece of bad luck,

every bit of shit that's fallen on you has conspired to stop you two being together.

But you never gave up. And now, this is your moment.

You're talking shite.

I know, Douglas. That's what I do.

Well, I'd love to stay, but I've got loads of other things to worry about.

But you deserve your moment.

You got to grab it.

Don't let it slip away, mate.

ALISTAIR: 'It's a mystery to me.'

Like some kind of secret language

that we're all supposed to learn as we grow up.

Too complicated.You're all right.

Kenny and I could talk rubbish and know exactly what we meant about the most important things.

Never mention what was bothering us. And know.You're very fond of him.

I love him. He can do precisely what you expect him to do,

but surprise you at the same time. Tries to be so hard...fails.

When I was Charley's age,

I went to the circus, in a tent in the park,

and I watched all the clowns and the animals, but there was one girl...

I'd imagine I was her.

Climb the rope.

Fearless. Up to the sky.

Then grab the bar...

and soar through the air.

And then she'd let go...

and there was nothing...

and suddenly this man would appear and grab her wrists...

and stop her from falling.

And that's Kenny.

He'd never let me fall.

And it was Christmas time, yeah?

And they had no money. They were skint. Worse than skint.

But they loved each other and together they knelt down

and prayed that they might find a way

to get each other a present, you see.

And he looked at her. She was beautiful - like, major crumpet.

Long, beautiful blonde hair.

She'd grown it forever. I mean, that was who she was, with the hair and everything.

And she looked at him...

and he was a proud man.

Skint, but proud.

And his prize possession -

the one thing he loved more than anything in the world, besides her,

was his watch. It was like a pocket watch, not a wristwatch.

But he didn't have a chain for it cos they couldn't afford it.

So, anyway, it's Christmas Eve and they both go out shopping.

Not together. Sort of, on their own.

And he finds a clip for her beautiful hair.

And she finds a chain...

for his watch. So they get back home,

they wrap 'em up and give each other the presents.

Clip for her. Chain for him.

But she cut off her hair

and sold it to pay for the chain.

And he flogged his watch to pay for the clip.

They were useless, then, the clip and the chain.Completely useless. Worth bugger all.

The clip and the chain weren't the presents.I don't get it.Nor do I.

What's the moral of this one? I ain't got a clue. Night-night. Night.Night.

What WERE the presents then, Mum?

The love they had for each other.

Good night.IS there a moral?

Yeah.

You give your love without expecting anything in return...

if you can. Good night.

Now, er...put your arm out there...

Just hold it there.

Can I help?

Oh, no, Lizzie, no, no. Put your arm out there. Hand in like that,

and there you are.

That's it now.

Let's get you to bed.

So I went with Alistair to check for lobsters.

Yeah?Yeah.

Did he give you one?

No, lobster.

Feeling a bit peckish.

Sorry.

No.

It's a shame, that, cos I quite liked the idea of killing something.

Never mind. Another time, I suppose.

I was telling him about how you and I can talk about anything.

Yeah. Talking's one of our best things, innit?

I'd love it if you met somebody.

Look out there, eh?

I love that about living here. You can see a storm coming from miles

and there's nothing you can do about it. Just got to let it come.

Thanks.

Yeah.

No worries.

Filipino, I think. I read about it.

You pick one from a photograph, and they send her to you.Gordon, you're away with the fairies again.

Has Carolyn been in?No.

Where does he buy his seed from? A catalogue. Where does he get his feed from? A catalogue.

It's not quite the same. Maybe not to you. But he's desperate.

Carolyn said anything to you, Helen? No.

There's weddings in the air. What do you think, Douglas?About what?

Malcolm's Filipino bride. A marriage like that - it's not quite the same.

Not like your one, Douglas. No nice ceremony. No best man.

Aye.Aye.

A sad, pathetic way to fill a need.

I don't know... Poor Malcolm - no best man.

So, she's said nothing at all?

I've got things to do.

Helen...

here's your invitation.

Been slow on getting them out.

Alistair...

This could be the moment you look to someone to help you, Douglas.

Someone you've had a long, deep friendship with.

Murdo and Elizabeth.

Sshh, it's OK, Elizabeth. We're all here.

You're safe. Hold me tight.

You're safe.

Mr Campbell, please, could you help? She needs you.

If there is anything I can get for you, Mr Campbell, anything Mrs Campbell needs...

please let me know.

Where were you going, eh? There's nothing to be frightened of.

I'm here.

I'm here.

Come on now, girl. Let's get you back to bed.

Good morning, Mr Campbell.

Tea for you?

Milk. One sugar.

Please, sit down. I'll get it for you.I can get it myself.

Good morning, Malcolm.Smells good.

Be ready in a few minutes. Tea? Please.

Already trying to take her place. What?Pretending to be the woman of the house.

Making breakfast, trying to cosy up to me.Don't turn her good intentions into something evil.

I can't help it if you don't see it. She's only doing her job.

She set the table for three! As though she was part of the family!

(Dad, put it back!)

Here you are, Mrs Campbell - next to Mr Campbell.

Come, sit, Mr Campbell.

I'll do that. Sorry. I must have forgotten to lay them out.

Good morning.

Morning, Mum.

Helen... You've got post. Looks like your husband.

Morning, Mary.Morning.Bye, Mum. See you, bye.Bye, Mum.

Oh, we got your invitation. Be delighted to come.Invitation?To your wedding.You got an invitation?

Yeah. I'm sorry. Wasn't I invited? Of course. Of course you were.

Och, I didn't realise Douglas had delivered them all. Sorry...

I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed... I can imagine.

You must have a lot on your mind.

I don't like being an old man, son.

I don't enjoy it.You're not old, Dad. You're as fit as any of us.

I am old, and I know it.

And I'll tell you why I know.

Because I'm no longer certain what's best for my family.

That's why I know it.

Nice to have breakfast as a family this morning.

You sent the invitations?Aye.

I thought we agreed.

This is our moment, Mary. We can't let it slip away. We must grab it.

How could you send them out?How many more chances will there be?

Have you no respect for me? Are you trying to embarrass me in front of everyone?

I thought WE were more important than what others thought of us.

I will not be coerced into doing something I don't want to do!

That's what I'm hoping.Carolyn... I'm getting married in a week. How Carolyn feels is her business,

but I'll not let it stop me.And who will you be marrying?The woman of my dreams. I hope she'll be there.

Hi.

He's coming back.

Be here in time for Douglas and Mary's wedding.

That's good news, isn't it? Why doesn't it feel like it? I've enjoyed my time alone.

But wee Jerry is dying to see him. He's over the moon.

You're shaking.

What's coming? What's coming back?

I thought you loved him.I did...

I do.

But I love not being scared.

Time for your mother's medication. Aye.

You're right. He couldn't be to raise a son like you.

Abby.Malcolm?Hello.Hi.

Are you well?Yes, thank you.Lovely day.Yes, it is at the minute.

Threatens to stay fine today.

I hope so.

Could change. Anything I can do for you, Malcolm?

I was hoping you could help.

I will if I can.

There's a woman...

I'm thinking of courting...Right.

An incomer.

If a man were going to court an incomer,

how would you expect him to go about it?Er, right, um...

I haven't thought about that. How well do you know her?

Not very well yet. But what I've seen of her I like.

Maybe you ought to get to know her better. That would be a good start.

What makes you think she's interested in you?Just a feeling. And she's not said otherwise.

I'd get to know her better.

Would you expect a man to come right out

and declare his intentions? Er, too bold isn't always best.

Flowers?

Flowers are good.

Would you want a private courtship or one done in public?Private.

Then she might think you're embarrassed of courting her.

But if she's not interested, then you wouldn't want that to be public.

If you're afraid of that then you shouldn't be courting.

Look, Malcolm, I'm not very good at this. I don't know what to say

or how to put it.Hello, Malcolm. Kenny.

Well, thank you for speaking with me, Abby. You've been a great help. Good day to you both.

What did he want?

I think he wanted to know how a man would go about courting me.Oh, no!

What? And I missed it?!

I'd love to know the answer to that. I don't want to hurt his feelings.

I hope I didn't leave him with the wrong impression.I'll sort him out.

Do you want me to give Alistair the old heave-ho while I'm at it? Just couldn't resist, could you?

Malcolm!Gordon. Haven't seen much of you.

Been busy.Imagine you have.

Good on ya. Keeping her all to yourself, are you?What?

Your guest. Old friend of the family, is she?

I'll not be subject to your gossip, Gordon.

Just trying to be friendly. No, you're not.

You're trying to stir. You're trying to prove to yourself

that your small-minded speculation about my behaviour is right,

so you can tell others and make yourself feel more important.

I won't have it. Good day to you.

Have you had time to think?

I can't, Mum. I'm sorry.

I love you, Carolyn. You're my daughter.

I'll always love you.

Don't forget that.

Malcolm!

Er, Abby sent me... to have a quick word.

She thought I might be able to help, you know, man to man, like.

Abby helped me fine.Yeah.

Yeah, she's a little bit worried that you might have got the wrong end of things, like.

I think I understood her.

Well...she wasn't sure

that she'd, sort of, given you sound advice.

I mean, what sort of advice DID she give you?

Flowers.

What did she say?

They're good.Flowers are good.

What else?

Court in private.Really?

So she says. I didn't agree - thought public was better. But maybe she's right - too many gossips.

Did she...say anything else?

Not too bold.

Well, that's rubbish, innit?Aye.

Because you might lose her to someone else if you're not bold.

Yeah.

Yeah, spot on, Malcolm. You can spend your whole life not being bold.

It's the easiest thing in the world not to be bold.

Aye.Right.

Well, cheers, mate. See you later, yeah?

If you need something, I'm sure Ida could get it for you.

Woman's been working all day.

Ahem... I made you some tea.

Trying to think what to wear for the wedding.That flowery jacket's nice.

What are YOU wearing? Cos I wouldn't want us to clash. That'd be bad form.

Um...Alistair's asked me if I'd go with him.

Has he?

What have you got behind your back?

These...

these are for you.

They're for you.

I'm sorry.

This is all going to plan, innit(?)

I don't know how to do this.

I don't think that was a good idea.

That's why I love you. You've got that cool understatement. Just blow all the bullshit away.

I was too bold!

Why did I listen?

Look at me! I've kissed you, I've said "I love you" all in 15 seconds. I'm on fire.

Thank you.

I'm flattered.

I wish you hadn't.

No.

Gordon?

I didn't see him, Helen.

If he calls, I'll make a special trip to collect him.

We're all looking forward to him being back.Thanks.

He wasn't on that one. Gordon says he'll make a special trip if he calls.He called.What did he say?

I'll run and tell Gordon.He isn't coming. Signed on for another month.

You didn't want him to come back, did you?I did. Of course I did.

Said to send you his love.

We'll save it, yeah?

Morning.Morning.

Has your mother or Douglas mentioned anything to you about the best man?

No, Gordon. I don't think they would.

No? Nothing about me? Perhaps mentioning they're angry with me?

Don't be silly. I said a few things about your father, may he rest in peace,

that they may have taken the wrong way.What?

I said he was drunk when he was best man at Douglas's wedding to Rebecca. My father was Douglas's best man?

I never knew that. I thought my father hated Douglas.Aye, he did.

I mean, they couldn't really be friends - not with Douglas loving Mary and Mary loving Douglas.

Douglas loved Mary and Mary loved Douglas?

Aye. Anyway, that's not important.

Since I made these harmless comments which were really just to illustrate

the importance of choosing the right best man, Douglas has not said who his best man will be.

I'm wondering if I ruined my chances.

It sounds like you might have.Aye.

That's what I'm thinking.

Lizzie...

you look grand!Almost ready.

Ida...

would you...? I'd be...

I'd be honoured if you'd come to the wedding with me, as my guest.

Oh, no, I couldn't possibly...

Good God, woman, get dressed! We're going to be late.

Come here, mate. Let me fix your tie.My tie's fine.

If it were fine, I wouldn't need to fix it, would I?

You'll never guess what, mate.What?

I've just seen an angel.

Where?

Oh, no, my mistake. It was Charley.

Yeah, right.

Right, you touch that tie, I'll have to break your fingers.

Morning, Kenny. Yeah. Come on in.

Abby! Alistair's here.

Alfie...Charley. BOTH: Hello.

Alfie, your tie's crooked. I'll straighten it for you...

Leave it, Alistair. ..Wonky-tie look's in, innit?

Hi.

You look lovely.Thank you.

Right, come on, then.

I want to go with Kenny. So do I.No, you go with your mum.

Oh, please, we want to come with you!I'll see you there.

Go on.

See you there.

Yeah.

I'll plug it in. Wedding March is all ready to go.

Just have to press the button.

Ah, that's grand, Gordon.

Thanks.

I could understand if he chose someone else over me to be best man,

but to choose no-one else...

You're not supposed to see the bride before the service!I know. But I can't believe my eyes.

I'll see you inside? Don't sound so doubtful!

INAUDIBLE

Friends of the bride to the right, friends of the groom to the left... or it could be the other way round.

Och, we're all friends - sit where you like.Gordon.

This is Ida. She's my guest.Hello.

Hello.

Abby...this is Ida. She's my guest.

Hello.

Alistair...this is Ida. She's my guest.

Did you tell Carolyn that Mary and I had loved each other forever?

Aye. Och, Douglas, I'm sorry. I don't know when to keep my mouth shut.

I know it's last minute, but would you be my best man?

If you're twisting my arm.

We'd better go inside.Aye.

Don't worry about the speech. I'll think of something.

When we got here and I saw the space, the sky...

I felt, maybe...just maybe...

Expectations people have of each other - they get to be bars on the window...

trapping you in.

If you love me, Kenny...

if you really love me...

Don't.

Just look at that sky, eh?

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