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There's a psychological equation.

It says that attraction plus an obstacle

equals excitement.

But what happens if the attraction is too strong?

If the obstacles are too great.

What van?

Do you threaten everything?

Hiya.

Beth,

can you move your car,

please?

Oh God,

Neil,

I'll be off in 2 minutes.

Can you leave it on the road?

I need to get my tools out.

Hurry up cause there's a pint with my name on it.

Mum,

could you give me and Jess a lift to her house?

Holly,

you remember where I'm going today,

don't you?

Oh

yeah,

it's like a Minawi way.

Fine.

Thanks,

Mum.

Jess,

we're going.

Have you done your homework?

Does it look like my homework?

No,

I was being annoying.

Get that crunched on by the time I'm back.

Hope it goes right.

Thanks,

sweetheart.

I'm coming.

me

Wow.

How many times?

It's just easy if I'm going out after.

Why,

where are you going?

I'm going to see Ali.

I've got to meet Dave.

Oh yeah,

yeah,

sorry.

Just make sure Frankie does her French homework before you go to the pub,

yeah.

See,

senora.

That's Spanish.

Iride.

There you are.

You're right.

Thanks,

Elizabeth.

No problem.

What's in the bag?

Pretty boots.

We might be going to the common to meet the others.

Beth has only mentioned about Mum's birthday party.

Oh yeah,

sorry,

um,

I'll chat to Neil.

It's been a bit of a

funny time.

It's Saturday,

isn't it?

Yeah,

it's at our place.

No big deal,

but Mum and Dad would love to meet you.

Well,

I'll definitely try and come,

even if it's just for one or two.

Yeah.

Thanks,

Mom.

Thanks,

Beth.

Hope it goes OK,

Mom.

Thanks,

son.

Oh yeah,

Mum,

I've,

I've left my footy boots in the car.

You need to come back.

Hey,

can you just swing back?

Fine.

Oh God,

I am so sorry.

What the fuck are you doing?

I just didn't see you.

Are you OK?

No,

my wrist.

Oh,

I think that's broken.

Well,

it could not be.

It could just be bruising.

I'm a doctor.

Right,

well,

it probably is then.

OK,

I can take you to the hospital.

Um,

right,

this might fit in the back,

actually,

no,

I,

I don't think it will.

Um,

shall I drive you home?

No,

my wife won't be home yet.

I need to go to A&E.

Can you take me?

Right,

yeah,

of course.

Oh,

just

hang on a sec.

Yeah,

Ollie,

I've had an accident.

I've knocked a man off his bike just up the road.

Yeah,

I've got to take him to hospital.

Can you and Jess come and pick up his bike?

Yeah,

OK,

my son and his girlfriend are gonna pick up your bike.

Only in jest.

Yeah,

Willie Brooks,

yeah.

Are you his mother?

Yeah.

I'm Tom,

Jessie's dad.

Oh

Right.

Yeah,

I knocked off Jess's dad.

Oh God,

I feel so bad.

Are

you going to be able to work?

Yeah,

mostly.

I'm a GP.

Oh,

good job.

You're not a heart surgeon.

The hazards of being a cyclist,

you'd be surprised how many

appalling drivers there are.

It was Ollie's fault.

He left his trainers in the back and then he

calls me,

asks me to take them,

and I swing round and

there you are.

I am.

Well,

these

are not the circumstances I would have chosen,

but

Hello.

Hello.

Look,

I'm,

I'm really sorry,

but when we

collided,

I was on my way to meet someone.

Do you mind if I just make a quick call and tell them I'm,

of course,

of course,

Beth,

if you need to go somewhere or do something,

no,

I am taking you to the hospital and I'm gonna

wait with you and then I'll drive you home.

Shall I do that,

you road?

What's,

well,

who is it?

It's

dickhead Dave.

Dickhead Dave,

yeah,

OK,

well,

there's cockhead Colin.

Bit worried about giving you my phone number.

No,

you'd just be

Tom

Jess's dad,

would I?

There he is,

good old dickhead Dave.

This is Dave.

Time is money,

so keep it brief.

At the tone,

please.

I see why you gave him that nickname.

OK.

Thank you.

What they're saying,

yeah,

it's going to be hours for the X-ray,

but

shit,

sorry,

I'll get him in triage in a minute to get some drugs for the pain.

How are you doing pain wise?

Yes,

great,

thanks.

No,

it's,

it's um it's pretty bad.

But I'm firming it,

as the kids say,

is that what they say?

Yeah,

that's what they say.

Yeah,

firming it.

Go,

Beth,

honestly,

I don't know how long it's going to be.

But I feel responsible.

Well,

you are.

They're cute together,

aren't they,

Ollie and Jess?

They've been bending your ear about this Blackpool trip.

Blackpool.

Oh,

I guess not.

No,

go on,

Blackpool.

What?

No,

I'm saying I'm just tell me what it is now.

You can't do that face and not tell me,

tell me.

Hannah will know about it.

I'll be the last to find out,

you know.

Can I get you a drink?

Mm.

Uh,

well,

I guess I should.

Mm.

Oh shit

Sorry.

Medicine.

Do you think that they've um.

What?

You mean,

uh,

yeah,

of course.

What do you think?

Yes.

We're going to be grandma and granddad.

No,

but we are.

Stop it.

Thomas Kirkman.

Oh yes,

thank you.

You go.

It's going to be ages.

Well,

I'll come back and pick you up.

I'll get your number from Jess.

I am really sorry.

I know.

It's OK,

you can leave us.

I'll be in the office if you need me.

I need to get out of here.

David.

I've been inside of her.

I've been inside of her body.

And

now she's just.

lay there.

She's sending me to a bad place.

I can't do it.

Sorry about Dave.

He's still a dickhead.

I'm sorry you wasted your life with him.

I really miss you.

Sorry about that.

Look,

I know this is a bit awkward.

You're the executor of a will.

I just want to say that I don't want

anything.

Just the house.

The house?

Beth,

I practically gave her that house in the separation,

which was fine when she was alive,

but

she's fired.

The mortgage isn't even paid off.

What are you gonna do with it?

I think she wanted me to have it.

Sure,

that's why she went to the trouble of changing her

will because she was still so fond of you.

Don't you think I don't feel the blame?

I leave her after 15 years of marriage and then a few months later she drops dead.

People are going to look at me and go like he did that to her.

Fuck off,

Dave.

Hi Mum.

Hi,

uh,

are you still with Jess?

Yeah,

but that's fine.

Right,

I,

I have to go and pick him up.

I need his number.

Nah,

there's no need.

Jess's mum's gone.

She'll be already there.

Oh right,

OK,

well,

never mind.

Mad you're not over her dad.

Yeah,

isn't it?

Did you like him?

Yeah,

yeah,

I did.

I really liked him.

Oh,

Tom.

That bike.

It scares the life out of me.

3 accidents in 12 years.

Statistically,

that is very safe.

Well,

I will quote that stat at your funeral.

Hey,

what was Holly's mum like?

Yeah,

she's not.

Nice.

What was she loud or quiet?

Was she funny,

serious?

I have no idea.

You have an opinion on everyone,

Tom.

I have an opinion on her driving.

She attractive?

Yeah.

I

mean,

in that obvious kind of way.

You know,

they still haven't said if they're coming to my birthday party.

Does it matter?

Well,

it's courtesy,

isn't it?

I mean,

Ollie is a lovely lad,

but

I get the impression they're pretty chaotic.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Oh,

was it?

Crematorium.

Chapel of rest,

that's what they call it.

Basically just a

black room with some

candles and a picture of Jesus in it.

Looked like it should have had a

kettle and some brooms.

She didn't look like herself.

But then I suppose she wouldn't,

would she?

She had all these

Plans,

you know.

Not been the best time for us,

has it?

Yes.

And all my shit.

We'll get through here.

we

Tall?

Yeah.

Are you listening to music?

No,

it's,

yeah,

I mean,

no,

it's it's it's silly er.

Cecily,

WhatsApp thing from I?

OK,

um.

I'm gonna go to bed.

Yeah,

yeah,

I'll be in a sec.

Don't belong.

Good morning.

I mean boys,

walk,

please do not run.

Morning,

Bernard.

It's uh,

sorry,

Bernard.

If ours could kill.

So it's the big day.

Oh,

terrible.

But honestly,

Beth,

he was sending me all these filthy messages online,

and then when we finally meet up,

he's wearing a tank top and robes.

Oh,

this is Brooks.

Can I have a word?

Sure,

it's Oliver.

I need you to speak to him.

He keeps calling me Bernard.

Right,

you see,

I let it go at first,

but now others have started doing it.

I was in the co op the other day,

and two year 10s said it.

Do your tie up,

please.

Right,

well,

that,

we don't have names,

Mrs.

Brooks.

We are Sir or Miss,

and that is right and proper.

It's the way it is.

I'll have a word with him.

Thank you.

Oh,

and um

Oh,

I see.

Funny,

is it?

No,

not funny at all.

You'd think you'd want your son

on the straight and narrow with your husband facing jail.

You heard.

How do you know that?

Remove your hand,

Mrs.

Brooks.

Don't you dare mention that in this school.

I said remove your hand.

Keep your nose out of my business.

If Oliver uses my name again,

then I will be going to the head about his suspension.

OK,

thank you.

Mr.

Brooks?

Yes.

I've had a look online

and

ABH doesn't always get a prison sentence,

does it?

So

it doesn't,

but it can do.

And much of what determines that is down to intention.

Now there are several defences available,

but the most compelling is the use of reasonable force to defend yourself.

The

problem for us is making the case that

what you did.

was reasonable.

Yeah,

hold on a second,

please.

No,

no,

it,

it,

it's not your patient,

it's,

it's Beth.

Oh hello.

Oh yeah,

um.

Uh

You left this in my car.

I was on lunch,

so I just thought I'd um.

I drop it round

Oh,

you didn't have to do that.

You could have just given it to Ollie to drop back.

Oh,

well,

I was just still feeling so bad,

you know,

so.

How,

how is your hand?

Oh,

but yeah,

it's better than I thought.

It's a hairline fracture.

Told you it weren't broken.

He did.

Thank you.

That's sweet of you to come and check on me.

Future grandparents need to stick together.

Oh,

unfortunately,

I'd

love you to stay,

but,

uh,

I'm pretty sure you don't want to see what Mr.

Galbraith has to show me.

No,

I,

I definitely don't.

You definitely don't.

I'm fucked.

I have

fucked myself.

This is karma,

this is food.

Who is she?

Her name's Alicia.

She's a PA

at work.

Who's PA?

No

Oh,

sake.

How old?

29.

I know

you don't say it.

To what?

This is next level,

Tom.

This is life ruined.

How many weeks?

Pregnant,

is she?

10 weeks?

If I,

if I tell Lian,

that

marriage,

kids,

the house.

Yeah.

I better call my man.

I've become our father.

Fucking devastation,

Leena.

Going snooker.

Hello.

I'm home.

I,

I

What are you watching?

Cats slipping on ice.

You need to stop calling Mr.

Wainwright Bernard.

What?

He's come squealing to you?

He's talking suspension.

Do you won't do that?

Oh,

I know him better than you.

Trust me,

he would.

I'm not going to bed yet.

Do you remember when we used to talk?

What?

When you were little,

you'd ask me all these

questions like,

Why do camels have humps in?

What are rainbows for?

And I'd try and answer,

and you'd say,

but why,

mummy?

Why?

Don't,

please.

Please don't.

Then I get home

and we,

we cuddle up on the couch and chat and we'd be all silly together.

Oh,

you know,

I was little then.

But you're little now.

I just

I worry that.

You and Frankie?

With your head in them things all day.

We don't talk anymore.

We do.

We talk about how much we use our phones.

Look,

I know,

I know that things have been.

A bit heavy recently

for me and your dad,

but I want you to know that.

I don't want you to worry,

OK?

We're fine.

And if you are worried,

you or Frankie.

Please just talk to us yet.

Yeah

Love you.

Come

on,

no,

no.

And we'll go to that party,

yeah,

for Jess's mum.

Be fun.

Let her hair down.

Guys.

You'll tell her,

will you?

Dad,

why do I have to come?

Because

my gorgeous girl,

if I'm suffering,

you're suffering.

Finally,

Are you wearing that?

No,

I'm just trying it on for a future occasion.

What's wrong with it?

You

know,

I garden party with the Bollinger brigade.

It's too much.

I knew it.

Oh no,

no,

no,

you look good.

Let's just,

just go.

Just grab a bottle of wine and all that cheap stuff.

Oh,

God.

All hummus in the price of skiing holidays.

They start playing jazz,

I'm out of there.

Oh.

Hi

Ollie.

You came

Yeah.

I'm

Neil.

This is Frankie.

Oh hi Frankie Frankie,

and this is Tom,

obviously

already met.

Yeah,

I'm so sorry for breaking your husband.

Wanking hand as well,

nightmare.

I want strapped my thumb between two flags,

doubled in size in 6 weeks I had to lay the left hand.

Can

you stop talking?

What?

You don't mind,

do you?

How is it we're just meeting when these two are inseparable?

Oh,

Beth,

while you're here,

maybe we could talk to Mum about going to Blackpool.

Jess,

come on,

you know my feelings about this.

Yeah,

but

Beth and Neil are fine with it.

Yeah,

but it has to be OK with your mum and dad.

Yeah,

we'd rather not.

It's a long way and

anything can happen.

You can't go.

Shut it,

it,

you two,

stop it,

Daisy,

guys,

stop showing us off.

Daisy,

this is Frankie.

I'm sure you two must have seen each other at school.

Why don't you show Frankie the games room and the den?

Why don't you all go on

go on

cocktails.

We've hired a master mixologist,

so

I'm all right with this unless you've got another fridge.

Do you want to choose.

So,

uh,

Jess says you're at the school.

Oh

yeah,

uh,

only temporarily and I used to have my own business,

you know,

as a

personal trainer,

but.

Cost of living.

Yeah,

right.

What I could do with you.

I used to be fit as a fiddle.

I had a few health problems.

You look amazing.

Oh thanks.

I wasn't digging,

I promise.

Well,

I still do my Zumba class.

It's on a Wednesday night,

if you fancy.

Where's that?

It's just at the church hall.

Ollie says you're a fundraiser?

That's right.

Yes,

it's a children's charity.

I mean it's,

it's just part time,

but.

Feels good to make a difference,

you know.

OK,

uh,

menu.

Marco's specialty is a

bisco sour,

so.

It is.

I didn't even know you were at our practise.

Not that gold watch and I had my prostate checked last year.

How about you,

eh?

You don't remember?

I'm hurt.

This is too boring.

Mhm.

Holy.

Can't be off my face in front of my parents' friends.

Just you two.

They're not strong.

Fine.

He's been great for Jessica.

She was having some trouble last year,

you know,

with the girls,

you know how it can be.

Yeah,

no,

since she's been with Oliver,

her

confidence has skyrocketed,

hasn't it,

Tom?

I was just saying about

Jess and Ollie and her confidence.

Oh yeah,

yeah,

definitely.

Yeah,

well,

he's not short of confidence.

So Ollie was saying you'd do up buy to lets.

What do you

flip them?

Oh,

I wish,

I'm just a hired hand.

Her sister's got the cash.

She's a ball breaker.

We need it though,

so you know,

oh,

there's Leah.

Sorry,

I should just go and say hi to Paul and Leah.

Delighted you could both make it here,

um,

mingle,

um,

grab anything from the fridge,

yeah.

I'm going to say hello to my brother and his wife.

What the fuck are you doing?

What?

Being vulgar,

being common.

It's like you want to prove you are whatever they think you are.

Beth,

you dragged me here and now you're bollocking me for having a laugh.

And we'll get another drink.

Yeah,

your 3rd already.

Who's counting?

It's OK.

It's OK,

it's OK.

It's OK.

having a

Having a good time.

What's

You're fine.

I'm assuming that shirt is reverse psychology.

No man with your amount of problems would dress like Magnum PI,

would they?

You made a decision.

I'm not going to tell her.

I'll be responsible financially to Alicia.

But I'm not up to it in my lifetime.

I'm not doing it.

Don't even fuck off with that face.

It's alright for you,

isn't it?

You've never put a

step wrong in your life.

Haven't I?

No,

you haven't.

I'm just

Glad mummy and daddy's expensive education work for one of us,

yeah.

Forget I ever said anything

Yes

Hello.

Hi

Download now,

but

Our children are back there going at it.

Oi,

get a room.

Just having a chat,

yeah,

yeah,

I look like.

Mum,

check out the den,

it is mega,

so cheeky,

but I love him.

Do you wanna actually,

do you wanna look at the den?

It's cool.

Cool.

That can't be right.

Good

All right.

After you.

Jess was obsessed with Stars of Space when she was little.

Sheila should be like me.

Lie on the trampoline in the garden almost every night.

She dragged me out there and we'd lie there for hours

at the sky in the hope we'd see a shooting star,

so I thought I'd buy her a secondhand telescope one birthday.

Build this place.

Can I.

It's quite clear,

so you should call me.

You should be able to see some of these.

Yeah,

that one,

and then it should be pointing in the right direction,

yeah,

yeah.

God,

it makes you feel so small,

doesn't it?

Insignificant.

I'm sorry about your friend.

Ali,

Polly have only mentioned it.

What was she like?

Awful losing a friend.

It's like losing a sibling,

but no one treats it like that.

You know,

Allowed the same grief.

I don't think I

realised

how much I've come to depend on her.

It was like she

She felt something.

And after she split up with Dave.

Decade

It's like she got her old self back.

And

she was the fun ley and the.

Carefree,

Ali.

She had this lightness again.

I really envied her.

God,

it's cruel,

isn't it?

You get all that back and then

you just drop down dead.

Oh shit.

Where's he gone?

Sorry,

Running all the way.

Um,

hello,

firstly,

uh,

thank you all very,

very,

very much for coming.

It means an awful lot to Hannah and me that you've made such an effort,

especially for the ones who came so far,

Sheila and Mark,

thank you so much,

and the university crew.

As you all know,

Hannah's had a particularly hard couple of years,

and so,

This isn't just a birthday celebration,

this is a celebration of love and life and and and friendship.

So I'd like you all to raise a glass

for my

beautiful,

wonderful,

gorgeous wife.

Hannah.

Thank

you everyone.

Come and have a dance.

Should we do it?

Just bloody leave me there.

And you said I was embarrassing.

Her mum and dad,

searching the house,

looking everywhere for you.

You've made us look like right dick.

Jess said that Beth wasn't feeling well.

That's why she left early,

didn't want to make a fuss.

Ask for our numbers apparently,

wants to apologise.

Makes sense.

What did you think of them say that they're fine.

I really don't think we're gonna be joint holidaying anytime soon.

Do you?

I be going on holiday with them.

I thought you were great today.

Everyone kept telling me how well he looks.

Like you were you again?

Not quite,

but.

Thank you for a perfect day.

Thank you.

Sorry.

Do you ever worry that our

best days are behind us?

Like the chaos that we

had with our mate,

or even.

When the kids were young.

Not going out,

but.

We had them,

so

that was enough.

Would it help if I hired a cocktail waiter?

Are you?

You're not yourself.

Just get through the funeral and

You'll be all right after that.

We met at college.

And became friends,

almost on site.

She used to have this

amazing hair.

Often with streaks of blue in it.

She was just different from

everyone else.

On top of that,

she was studying psychology.

And she used to quote these

psychological theories at me.

She had a crush on our lecturer.

And when I said how ridiculous that was.

She said,

Beth.

Attraction plus obstacle equals excitement.

I was the more

cautious of us back then.

And so I asked

What happens if the obstacles too big?

She just smiled and

said,

That makes the excitement even greater.

I really hope wherever she is now.

That she's having a wild old adventure.

Trained in 3 minutes.

Did you call the school?

Yeah.

Jess isn't feeling very well.

Well,

I pretended I was my dad.

I said I was going to the funeral.

Ali wouldn't mind.

Go to Bakon.

Come on

What.

Yeah,

have you finished that?

Do you want another one?

Yeah,

I'll be right back.

Listen,

um,

I don't want to leave you,

but

there's been a balls up on site,

and they need me before the end of play.

I can come back.

No,

it's,

it's OK if there's a problem.

You sure?

Yeah,

well,

I know plenty of people here,

so.

Sorry,

I wouldn't,

but they're in the shit over there.

We'll see you back home,

yeah.

Thanks for not mentioning me.

Well,

that's what she would have wanted.

You're a piece of work,

aren't you,

Beth?

Looking down your nose at me.

She told me things.

Over the years.

About the real

you.

live.

You think I'm crazy coming here

like this.

Maybe I am,

but I.

You know,

this is perfect.

I don't want things to ever change.

They won't.