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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,320 This programme contains some strong language. 2 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:31,920 When I was wee, 3 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:35,120 and we'd be out in the car and we'd pass a wedding, 4 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:40,040 a church or outside a registry office, my mum would, without fail, 5 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:45,400 slow down, roll down her window and shout out, "Don't do it, you mad fools!" 6 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:50,760 In retrospect, I think she was still processing her feelings about 7 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:53,440 the divorce, but we just thought it was funny. 8 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:55,840 Every time! Really funny. 9 00:00:58,440 --> 00:00:59,720 Though not if you were a... 10 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:03,280 ..reluctant bride with acute hearing. 11 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:08,240 Such incidents bred in me a suspicion, 12 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:12,040 a certain uncertainty towards marriage. 13 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:14,640 Towards men. 14 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:19,200 Towards making promises amid pomp and circumstance. 15 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:22,560 Towards institutions and the done thing. 16 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:25,080 What one ought and what one not. 17 00:01:26,320 --> 00:01:30,040 Oh, my scepticism is a rich inheritance. 18 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:32,080 The family fortune from my mother's side. 19 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:37,720 But here I am... 20 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:41,200 ..which is why I have to get this right. 21 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:46,800 Which starts with getting THIS right. 22 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:51,640 All those Jaffa Cakes inhaled for inspiration can't have died in vain. 23 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:52,680 HE CLEARS THROAT 24 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:57,720 Once upon a time, a plucky young man 25 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:00,200 went on an adventure miles from home. 26 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:04,240 In a magical kingdom in a far-away land, 27 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:08,960 he met a handsome prince who spent all his days bringing joy to 28 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:11,360 the lives of others. 29 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:16,400 One night, at a ball where all the beautiful people in the kingdom had gathered, 30 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:20,120 the handsome prince spoke to the man who was minding his own business 31 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:24,120 while desperately trying to get served at a bar where, yet again, 32 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:26,640 he had forgotten to take off his cloak of invisibility. 33 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:33,080 So kind was the prince that he bought the plucky young man a drink. 34 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:37,080 And so gracious was the man that he asked the prince to dance. 35 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:44,040 And the dance was so entrancing that everyone else in the room vanished. 36 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:48,200 The world stopped spinning and it was just the man and the prince in 37 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:50,400 each other's arms on top of the world... 38 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:54,440 ..with only Lady Gaga for company. 39 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:55,640 Now THERE'S a threesome! 40 00:02:55,640 --> 00:02:56,680 HE CACKLES 41 00:02:57,920 --> 00:03:00,520 Pause for applause, wild applause, possibly some cheering. 42 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:06,760 Obviously, if I fill in a few details, 43 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:08,600 the magic of the story may pale, 44 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:13,480 as magic often does when you see its mechanics. 45 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:16,480 The adventure was a fortnight in Florida. 46 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:20,000 The ball was a club playing Bad Romance. 47 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:21,800 The plucky young man was... 48 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:25,320 ..youngish. 49 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:28,840 And the prince wasn't a prince at all, 50 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:32,360 but another plucky young man on an adventure of his own. 51 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:36,840 That his adventure was working on a roller-coaster in a theme park gets 52 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:38,440 bonus OMG points in my mind, 53 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:41,040 but then I've always loved roller-coasters. 54 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:42,280 Real and emotional. 55 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:46,160 Lest you hadn't noticed. 56 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:53,720 Of course, this story isn't like the fairy tales I was raised on. 57 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:57,960 No horse-drawn pumpkins, way too many homosexuals. 58 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:02,920 I do have a story about three bears, but NSFAJ. 59 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:04,360 Not Suitable For Auntie Janice. 60 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:07,280 Nor anybody else, mind you. 61 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:13,720 No, people like me didn't feature in the stories I was told growing up. 62 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:17,200 Felt as if I didn't exist. 63 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:18,800 Even if there were characters like me, 64 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,920 they were Hall of Mirrors distortions that made me feel like 65 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:23,520 I didn't want to exist. 66 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:29,120 I had a go at ending my existence back then. 67 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:35,400 But I was as good at suicide as I was at physics, 68 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:37,080 so I lived and learnt. 69 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:43,080 It's painful to be invisible in other people's stories, but there is 70 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:44,920 a sliver of liberation. 71 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:47,400 You can tell your own story. 72 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:50,480 You can author your own life. 73 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:51,960 There's no script to stick to... 74 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:58,040 ..which is fucking terrifying. 75 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:02,720 And quite exciting. 76 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:09,400 And fucking terrifying. 77 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:13,720 Not that scripts can't be quite useful. 78 00:05:16,840 --> 00:05:18,320 For me and my people... 79 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:21,080 Oh, my God! My people? 80 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:28,200 For me and other gay people, we now have the opportunity, the right, 81 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:31,680 to have the fairy tale wedding that others have always had. 82 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:33,040 Even just for a day, 83 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:38,760 we can be handsome princes and/or/and beautiful princesses. 84 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:40,120 Though inevitably, 85 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:43,600 some of us will end up more Princess Margaret than Kate Middleton. 86 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:51,000 We, the gays, can now tell, out loud and proud, our stories. 87 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,560 And everyone - yes, even you, 88 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:57,560 Auntie Becky, who told me I was making my life difficult with my "choice" 89 00:05:57,560 --> 00:05:58,600 to be gay... 90 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:02,000 ..has a better life because of it. 91 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:05,840 Me having the right to get married doesn't take anything away from 92 00:06:05,840 --> 00:06:08,680 anyone else. Rights aren't like cake. 93 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:12,520 Me having some doesn't mean you get less. 94 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:16,400 And speaking of cake... 95 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:21,840 Too wordy? Too wordy? 96 00:06:21,840 --> 00:06:23,520 Too twee? Too angry? Am I angry? 97 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:26,600 Maybe I should start a fight. 98 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:27,960 Set fire to something. 99 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:31,240 Uncle Frank, perhaps. 100 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:36,440 Bloody straights! 101 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:40,920 Not only do they go around shoving their lifestyle down everyone's throats, 102 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:43,880 but they've also exhausted every aspect of getting married, 103 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:46,760 made every possible choice, and to a cliche! 104 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:51,400 And only now, when it's on its last legs, do they wheel in the gays for 105 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:54,160 a vital refresh after all this time. 106 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:57,760 Hardly any time at all. 107 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:03,120 Not just a big day, but monumental. 108 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:08,680 Part of me wants the formality and frivolity over and done with 109 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:10,520 so life can get back to "normal". 110 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:16,400 Another part of me wants to live in perpetual anticipation... 111 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:21,120 ..in the thrall of the imminent thrill. 112 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:27,240 And another part of me wonders if it's a good idea at all. 113 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:31,320 Even in victory, you lose something. 114 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:34,160 The feeling of... 115 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:36,600 ..being the rebel... 116 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:40,280 ..the subversive, the outlaw. 117 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:46,640 I know! Never happy with what I've got. 118 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:50,880 Until him. 119 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:57,080 I personally have no reservations, no nerves, no niggles, 120 00:07:57,080 --> 00:07:59,480 no last-minute jitters, 121 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:03,240 no brief or lengthy reconsiders for the love before this one, 122 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:05,880 or for my first, or for the one that got away, 123 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:07,560 or the one that required an escape. 124 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:12,320 Not even for my great unrequited who might have... 125 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:15,760 ..if I'd asked. 126 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:17,640 Nope. 127 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:22,960 The answer to the proverbial question when popped was never going to be no. 128 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:25,760 It's at moments like this you realise, despite your best efforts, 129 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:29,000 you've still been indoctrinated with old-fashioned, romantic, 130 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,920 sentimental ideas of what love is and how it plays out. 131 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:34,400 I read it described once in a book 132 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:37,840 as having fairy tales stuck in your innards. 133 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,080 Love is a sentimental tapeworm. 134 00:08:46,680 --> 00:08:49,360 Sometimes, I still can't believe I'm having a wedding. 135 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:52,040 Getting married's one thing, but a wedding? Ha-ha! 136 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:53,680 And a wedding of this size! 137 00:08:53,680 --> 00:08:57,080 A wedding we technically cannot afford. 138 00:08:57,080 --> 00:09:01,040 A wedding at which I'm already having an issue with the table decorations. 139 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:06,440 From Auntie Sheila. She normally buys them half-price in the January sales 140 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:08,360 for the following Christmas. Only, this year, 141 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:11,320 she decided my getting married was a special enough occasion 142 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:14,920 to get them out six months early. A special enough occasion! 143 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:20,040 And the fact that she's not sure she'll be around come Christmas, 144 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:21,080 her bowels... 145 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:23,320 ..being what they are. 146 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,640 All I care about is they don't pull focus today. 147 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:29,240 The bowels, not the crackers. 148 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:30,920 These crackers were only from Asda. 149 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:35,600 But let's not get entangled in Auntie Sheila's innards. 150 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:43,680 Marriage - an institution for the insane to which you commit yourself voluntarily. 151 00:09:43,680 --> 00:09:46,480 For those that won't commit or submit, those that can't, 152 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:47,640 won't or don't fit... 153 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:51,040 ..there are other institutions. 154 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:52,920 Asylums and prisons, say. 155 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:57,160 In the end, we all find our place, 156 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:03,040 or are put in it. The kitchen, the bedroom, the attic, the cellar, 157 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:04,080 the cemetery. 158 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:09,680 I read The Handmaid's Tale at school. It was very illuminating. 159 00:10:09,680 --> 00:10:10,960 I loved school! 160 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:14,080 Well, I loved learning. 161 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:16,320 Could have done without the relentless bullying, 162 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:18,880 having the shit kicked out of me on a weekly basis. 163 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:22,200 And kids I didn't even know shouting across the playground at me, 164 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:23,960 "Die of Aids, you fucking poofter!" 165 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:27,560 Children - so adorable. 166 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:31,440 You can't really blame them. 167 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:34,680 Little pitchers. What gets poured in gets poured out. 168 00:10:34,680 --> 00:10:39,680 And what got poured in then was Section 28, Tory family values, 169 00:10:39,680 --> 00:10:44,040 the gay plague and EastBenders on the front of The Sun 170 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:46,480 because I was the danger, me! 171 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:48,040 I never felt that, of course. 172 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:50,000 I wish I'd felt dangerous. 173 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:51,160 What I felt was anxious. 174 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:56,480 Fearful, most of the time, forever poised for fight or flight. 175 00:10:56,480 --> 00:11:00,080 Needing to read every room in an instant to assess the potential threats, 176 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:04,840 who the alphas were, who to avoid and who to make an ally. 177 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:10,240 From that, 178 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:13,560 the last one left standing, unpicked at PE, 179 00:11:13,560 --> 00:11:16,680 the saddo sitting out the school disco slow dances because he 180 00:11:16,680 --> 00:11:19,000 couldn't wrap his arms round the one he wanted, 181 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,200 the teenager looking for love 182 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:24,720 in pissy public toilets and parks after dark... 183 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:27,520 ..to this. 184 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:30,280 Respectability. 185 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:33,080 Propriety. 186 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:36,080 Decorum. 187 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:41,160 Perhaps everyone has their price... 188 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:47,840 ..and maybe mine is measured in crockery and cookware on a John Lewis gift list. 189 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:57,240 Or maybe it's measured in love and loving, 190 00:11:57,240 --> 00:12:00,880 from spoonfuls to right big buckets. 191 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:04,480 And what I learnt about love, first and foremost, I learnt from Liza. 192 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:07,840 Oh, my lovely mum, not Ms Minnelli. 193 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:10,120 Although...terrific! 194 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:17,000 There was this one time when I got really badly beaten up by Grant Smiley 195 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:21,040 at the swings and Mum went round to his house like a pocket tornado. 196 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:24,080 She ripped strips off Grant's mum and scared the bejesus out of him. 197 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:26,120 He steered well clear after that. 198 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:29,320 Smiley's not so smiley then. 199 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:35,200 Knights in shining armour come in all shapes and sizes. 200 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:37,880 Mine was five foot nothing in her stocking soles. 201 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:43,960 I remember Mum having to decide whether to buy a pint of milk or a loaf of bread 202 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:45,600 because we couldn't afford both... 203 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:50,480 ..but I never remember having to choose between love and laughter. 204 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:54,400 We had both in abundance. 205 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:58,080 Some shouting, too, admittedly. 206 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:01,120 OK, a lot of shouting. 207 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:03,720 Some screaming even, maybe, occasionally. 208 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:05,840 But mostly... 209 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:11,320 ..overwhelmingly, love. 210 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:16,920 When I told her that I'd met a man on holiday 211 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:19,800 and he worked in a theme park, she didn't bat an eyelid. 212 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:24,360 When I brought him home, she welcomed him with open arms and asked if, being an American, 213 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:26,320 he liked the Dixie Chicks. 214 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:31,160 And then she said it was typical Steven to win a man at a funfair 215 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:33,240 when most people make do with a goldfish. 216 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:37,760 But she's always been the witty one in our family. 217 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:42,320 Oh, which reminds me. Obviously, there's going to be an Oscar Wilde quote. 218 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:45,840 You can't have a gay wedding without an Oscar Wilde quote. 219 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:47,800 When I worked in a care home when I was at college, 220 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:50,800 there was an old blind man I read to sometimes. 221 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:52,600 He loved Oscar Wilde. 222 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:55,280 He even said he'd seen him once. 223 00:13:56,840 --> 00:13:58,480 And that's how I know this quote. 224 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:03,840 "All women become like their mothers. 225 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:06,440 "That is their tragedy. 226 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:07,720 "No man does. 227 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:10,120 "That's his." 228 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:14,000 That's not my tragedy. 229 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:15,800 For better or for worse, mostly better, 230 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:18,320 I am totally turning into my mother. 231 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:20,800 And I'm fine with that. 232 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:25,000 Though I suspect she'll always be the better line dancer. 233 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:29,480 I could say, I suppose, that... 234 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:33,200 ..today isn't about me, it's about her... 235 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:36,960 ..about seeing my lovely mum so happy. 236 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:41,280 And that wouldn't entirely be a lie, but come on! 237 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:42,600 Let's face it! 238 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:43,920 Today's all about me. 239 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:46,640 Me and him. 240 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:49,680 But mostly me. 241 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:52,560 And him. 242 00:14:56,920 --> 00:14:57,960 Him! 243 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:03,640 The man who, when we first met, smelled of candyfloss, 244 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:06,320 soap and everything will be all right. 245 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:09,240 Quite a heady combination. 246 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:12,880 My someone to dance round the kitchen with, 247 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:15,520 my someone to take photographs of, 248 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:19,280 someone to talk to all day and spoon with all night. 249 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:20,400 He loves my singing. 250 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:22,720 OK, totally hates my singing. 251 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:26,280 And he even likes my cooking. 252 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:28,520 He laughs at my jokes and he lets me cry. 253 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:31,360 He encourages me to be kind. 254 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:34,560 He makes me want to be a better man. 255 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:41,560 And the best view ever isn't Uluru, or Iguazu, the Taj Mahal, 256 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:44,640 the Grand Canyon, or even Edinburgh as seen from Arthur's Seat on 257 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:48,000 a clear autumn day with the Forth shimmering in the distance. 258 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:53,280 It's the nape of his neck when he's lying asleep in my arms. 259 00:15:57,200 --> 00:15:59,640 I know we don't get happily ever afters in real life. 260 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:01,920 I'm a hopeless romantic, not a total fucking idiot. 261 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:05,720 As my friend, Russell, said to me once, 262 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:08,480 "Even with the happiest couples, one of you dies first." 263 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:10,960 But first... 264 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:13,960 ..there is such... 265 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:17,360 ..unalloyed joy. 266 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:23,320 We went to the supermarket yesterday and we were wandering around and, 267 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:26,200 at one point, he took my hand, because that's the kind of thing he does. 268 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:27,840 And instantly, I got flustered. 269 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:30,320 Residual anxiety. 270 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:33,360 Remembrance of past battery. 271 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:36,080 Enduring scars. 272 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:40,160 Even though I know I'm hardly likely to get my head kicked in by the salad bar, 273 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:41,760 PDAs can still make me nervous. 274 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:45,000 And then he said, 275 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:47,720 gentle as anything, and I'm not going to do the accent... 276 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:51,600 "If there's a gay kid in here with his folks, 277 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:53,360 "frightened that he's a freak, 278 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:56,120 "don't you think that it might give him hope, 279 00:16:56,120 --> 00:16:58,320 "seeing two guys wandering around, 280 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:02,000 "being themselves, getting their groceries, like everyone else?" 281 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:07,000 If happiness is a place... 282 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:11,760 ..it's the biscuit aisle in Sainsbury's. 283 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:16,160 And anywhere else I am with him. 284 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:21,880 And when we met, 285 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:24,200 I'll never forget what he said when I introduced myself. 286 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:27,800 "Pleased to meet you, Steve. I'm Adam." And then, "And if that's the case, 287 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:32,680 "we should probably get married. Adam and Steve has a certain ring about it, don't you think?" 288 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:35,280 Oh, and now it has got a certain ring about it. 289 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:39,480 He liked it and he put a ring... Ooh, don't spoil it, Steven. 290 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:46,080 HE SIGHS 291 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:52,520 This is the beginning of a new chapter in my story... 292 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:56,240 ..our story, that continues tomorrow 293 00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:59,040 when we go back to where our tale began, 294 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:03,840 and I get to meet Adam's extended Orlando family which, funnily enough, 295 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:05,800 does include a giant and a couple of dwarves. 296 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:13,600 We may even stop off for a dance at the ball where the beautiful people are. 297 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:17,000 Sadly, they don't do glass slippers in my size, but then, 298 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:18,880 when did I ever leave a club before midnight? 299 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:23,520 Ladies and gentlemen... 300 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:26,640 ..please raise your glasses to my... 301 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:33,840 ..husband, the love of my life, Adam. 302 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:39,760 To our always and forever, till death do us part... 303 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:43,920 ..as hopefully happily ever after as it gets. 304 00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:53,360 I think it's better off the cuff. 305 00:18:53,360 --> 00:18:58,760 From the heart. Oh, you can really overthink these things, can't you? 23429

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