13x08 - Episode 8

[bunniefuu]

I was the one who stole all that stuff,
not Preston. Will I go to prison?

It's likely it'll be a conditional
caution. And what about Schuey?

I'll be dealing with him separately,
but he has left the premises.

Dad's not going to be happy.

You should go.

But I didn't push her.
She's my little girl.

You can't ask me to choose.

I've got cancer.

I'm not asking you
to be brave for me.

I'm asking you to live
with me in the uncertainty.

Donte?

Mika.

I'm here to see my niece.

I'm going to get off. I think I
might be late tonight, though.

I...

Uh, what are you doing?

This is the last day before the
school is brought into the trust.

I intend to be there for it.

OK, what part of rest and
recuperate are you not getting?

Chemo is going well.
I'm on a good week.

I'm no use to anyone sat at
home watching TV. Watching TV.

What do you think Serena
Michelle's job is?

She is ACTING CEO, and I
don't want her to forget it.

Right, OK. So, you don't
think that I can handle her.

It's not your job to handle her.

I'd just feel happier
if I was across it.

Have you seen my phone?

I don't know what's going on
with your hair, either of you.

I take it you're not
going back to Dubai, then.

Her and Simon have broken up.

Maybe if you called once in a
while, you'd actually know that.

His loss.

If he wants to be a stranger
to his son, that's up to him.

Me and Babba are in Leeds now.

Just as well, with this one
on the phone in a state.

What do you mean, in a state?

She's not very happy
with you, is she?

And I can't say I blame her.

Right, OK. You two need to go.

Five minutes since she lost her
mum, and her house isn't her own.

I am here, you know?

Oh, I know. And I know
what you're here for, too.

You what? Mika, what
are you talking about?

You think she doesn't know
you two are seeing each other?

You and him?! DONTE SIGHS

Mum, that is hanging.

Ugh!

You got a lot in
common, to be fair.

Both got saggy
bits, for a start.

Hey! Hey!

That's not funny.
That's not even funny.

Grim.

NICKY: Cheers for that.

They seem nice.
What do you expect?

And, look, if you're in
that much of a state,

why don't you tell me
how you're feeling?

SCOFFING: What would
YOU have done about it?

I would have explained that
it just happened and...

She's come in here, and just
dumped all her problems on us,

and you can't even see it!

Tommy's forgotten!
I'm forgotten!

And my mum's forgotten!

Tommy, come on. Izzy...

Tommy... Look, no-one's
forgotten about.

Don't give me that.

Don't give me that. You
weren't even at Chlo's funeral.

I was eight months pregnant.

I had to watch online,

including the part where you
didn't even do the speech yourself.

I was a mess, all
right? I still am!

Then you should understand
how your daughter feels.

I know what it's like to lose
a mum young. It's devastating.

Yeah, and what's that got
to do with me and Nicky?

You've got her living
with you, and her kids.

Her son's got mental health problems
and her daughter's on the rob.

I've heard all about it.

Nicky is a good person!

Yeah, she's got problems with
her kids, but who hasn't?

Oh, and who cares how
it affects your own two?

You don't get it.

Izzy wants them out, and
you need to listen to her.

I would not have come to
school for the last day of term

after what you've been through.

Attendance rewards after
school. Free pizza.

I am not missing out on that just
cos it was Miss Walker's fault

I was off. You're dead
brave. I'd be traumatised.

I must have blanked some of it
out. I think I lost consciousness.

I didn't realise my arm
was all bent out of shape.

It's not right, that.
Wait, backwards, like...

Eh?

And she's still in school?

She should be in jail.

You should be in jail!

CHANTING: Jail, jail, jail!

STACE LAUGHS

The CCTV angle isn't clear,

and if anybody saw the fall,
they're not admitting to it.

So, it's my word against hers?

Yes. And given your...

..mostly good record...

Mostly?

We're giving you the
benefit of the doubt.

And what about the
false accusation?

Surely there's a
case for exclusion.

I don't want her in my class.

I know that. Understood.

And I'll make sure
that doesn't happen.

So, what, she's going
to the behavioural unit?

Given the rumours and the rubbish
that the pupils are coming out with,

we think it's best that you be
taken out of mainstream for a while.

CORAL LAUGHS WRYLY

So, I'M going to the
behavioural unit?

There will be a teacher
to help supervise,

just in case you run
into any problems.

Oh, I get a baby-sitter, too.

Why am I the one being punished?

I have done nothing wrong.

Andrew, I wasn't
expecting to see you.

Thought I'd lend
a hand. Great.

Although, I'm not
sure what you can do.

I'm just meeting
department heads.

But while I have you both,
I've made some headway

on potential alternative
sites within the trust.

I thought that was on pause.

Well, it was, but then when I
saw the state of the building,

I pushed a little harder.

That's excellent progress.

That's wonderful
news. Thank you.

Well, we're still in review.

What would really help our case,
though, is if we have a look

at the general intake. Is it
structured in a way that allows us

to fully utilise a new building?

What's your take?

Well, let's look at attendance.

We have worked really hard to
increase attendance this year.

Well, I asked Wendy to pull some
stats, and there is a year 11

that hasn't shown
his face for a week.

Schumacher Weever, yeah.

I don't need to tell you how that
would impact the school's progress

and attainment scores.

So, what would you do,
then? Off-roll him?

Obviously, that's ill*gal.

I'm saying he might benefit from
alternative off-site provision,

and so might some of
the other students.

OK, Schuey has his problems -
I'm not going to deny that -

but I've had an insight
into his home life,

and the one thing he
doesn't need is isolation.

What is the point in
investing in a new site

if you're going to waste resources
on underachieving pupils?

Hmm?

You have to take
a pragmatic view.

It's an interesting
position. Thank you.

Right, I have a meeting
with Miss Chambers.

So, can we get back
to this later on?

Uh, yeah. Great. Thank you.

Thank you.

An interesting position?

Who's had my mug?

It quite clearly says
"Mr Guthrie's mug" on it.

What...

Oh, erm...

Listen, whatever has happened, we
still need to work together, so...

What happened is your
daughter fell down the stairs.

Yeah, well, I don't
know what to believe.

So, you're merely
considering the possibility

that I would as*ault a child.

I just don't believe that
she would lie to my face.

Not about this. So, I'm
lying to cover my backside?

Well, you have got form.

Here, I found it.

What?

You said yourself you were
open to a new approach.

That's why you're
becoming an academy.

At the cost of a kid's future?

It's about a safe space.

Some of these kids don't
have anywhere else,

and I think that
Schuey's one of those.

What happened to you
handling Serena Michelle?

She's only saying what
I would in her position.

We've given these kids
every opportunity,

but at a certain point, they
have to help themselves, too.

I'm going to call Pete Weever,

tell him that Schuey
is on his last chance.

Great.

But you have to be
realistic, as well as...

KNOCK ON DOOR Uh...

Problem. Supply cover
for Coral didn't show,

and the agency can't get us
replacement at short notice.

OK, uh...

You're going to have
to combine classes.

Unless there's a... experienced
English teacher in the school,

twiddling his thumbs.

I'm actually here on
trust business, so...

Well, you seem quite happy with
the way that Serena Michelle

is conducting trust business.

Yeah, but...

Teach? I mean...

..actually teach?

Well, it seems better than
sitting at home, watching TV.

Good. Thanks, Joe.

No problem.

Oh, what fun.

DOOR SHUTS

BELL RINGS

Come on, man. I just
want to borrow it.

As if I'm going to give
you my pizza voucher.

All right. Well, I only
want to see it then.

You could have seen it if
you'd come to school more.

I've got ailments, me.

Things between my toes and
that, it's a bit... Ugh. Fine.

Look. Right.

I'll give you back. No,
no! I'll give it you back!

You're out of order
- do you know that?!

Me? First off, keeping
it to yourself.

Second off, getting
your auntie onto us

like she's Childline or summat.

Maybe that's cos she doesn't want to
watch my dad get taken advantage of!

Advantage?!

The only one taking
advantage is your dad.

No wonder he was so
keen to offer a room.

No, Izzy, stop. Guys, stop!

Uh, you two!

Oh, looks expensive. Both
of you... That isn't mine.

Nope. You're coming with me.

Just so I know...

..how big of an arc are
you in, like, one to ten?

Like, 20 billion.

And I don't blame you.

I wish I'd never
met Libby Guthrie.

Dean, I'm trying to do my work.

It weren't even that good.

I were kissing her and realised
she really looks like her dad.

DEAN LAUGHS

I'm not laughing. I'm not.

It was her that came after me.

I only went along with
it cos I were mashed.

Is that true?

Yeah, I regretted it right away.

Look, I know it were bad, Kells,

but surely it's not worth
throwing away what we've got.

Cos what we've got is...

DEAN HISSES

What's that?

Sizzling, innit?

Sounds more like
a lilo deflating.

Sizzling like you, babes.

Mm, I'll have to think.

All right.

Well, will you have thought
about it by the end of school?

Cos we're all going to go and
gate-crash the attendance party.

I'll have to think.

That is your reward for
being such a good boy

and coming to school
every single day.

Free pizza at the
van after school.

It almost makes up for Mr
King's joke of the day.

Almost.

THEY LAUGH

I don't think it does, though!

Kai!

Congratulations.

You got the
scholarship. Really?

You nailed your application!

Well, I mean, if anyone is going to
write a good "about me" section...

Oh, shut up.

..it would be him! Yeah.

You've just got to
accept the offer online,

and then there's a couple of things
for your parents to fill out, but...

Oh! Berlin, baby!

What's this?

Erm... There's quite a lot to talk
about, so come and find me later

and I'll fill you in, yeah?

Berlin?

Yeah, I've been meaning to tell
you, but you've just had so much

going on at home and I didn't
want to stress you out.

In case I relapse, yeah?

You could have
just told me, Kai.

I've never seen it before!

Oh, so 50 quid's worth of
make-up just jumped into your bag

by itself, did it?

Can you just admit it now
so we can get out of here?

You know what she called
you, don't you? Oh...!

I said you're only with
my dad for one reason,

and that's definitely not
cos you care about him.

Izzy! Hey!

I know this is hard for you, but you
don't get to bad mouth me like that.

Yeah, all right,
I'll deal with this.

Izzy, out.

You're on litter duty for
the rest of the day, OK?

But Dad... Don't
"Dad" me. Out now.

Oh, my...

Tonya, we are trying to help you
here, but you've got to be honest.

Come on, where did it
come from? I don't know.

Did somebody make you steal it?

If you are covering
for him again...

I've not seen Schuey.

I've not spoke to Schuey.

Phone.

Phone!

Oh.

Well, funny he's made it
into your call history,

considering you
haven't spoken to him.

It was just to tell him that
it was all his own fault.

He didn't take any of my calls,
anyway. It's just voicemail.

Give your head a wobble, Tonya.

So, you'll have to speak to
Sergeant Rutherford, again,

then you'll have another
interview down at the station.

The allegation will be added to
your report, and it may influence

their decision to
caution or charge you.

In regards to school, seeing as
though this is a second offence,

then that does give us cause to put
Tonya into the behavioural unit.

No. No way!

The alternative is exclusion.

I haven't done anything!

I haven't, Mum!

I'll tell you what the
real problem is, shall I?

That Schuey Weever was allowed in
this school in the first place.

How come he's allowed
anywhere near my daughter?

I will deal with
Schuey appropriately.

Oh, don't worry. I'll
deal with it myself.

Nicky!

Tonya, wait here.

Nicky! What are you doing?
I'm going round there.

I'm going to make that little
rat stay away from her.

Mum!

Shall I just put the kettle on?

Don't start that, Wendy!

I'm going to speak
to Schuey's dad.

I'm going to make him sign
a new behavioural contract.

Listen, there's only one language
people like that understand,

and it's not
behaviour contracts.

I will deal with Schuey. I'll
go and speak to him today.

Oh, right. And then
he's out, is he?

I will deal with him. All right?

Yeah, and we all know what
that means, don't we, eh?

More talk, more
understanding. Zero action.

Right, uh, I will be
about half an hour.

OK. Yeah, yeah.

Yeah. Right, come on.

Get your stuff. I'll
show you around the BU.

Right, well, what is
this thing, anyways?

Erm...

Underprivileged students.

Uh, broaden your horizons.

Improve your prospects.
Yada, yada, yada.

Right, so it's a
great opportunity.

Yeah.

Well, you have to go, obviously.

I don't have to do anything.

We'll still talk.
We can Facetime.

Mm, not the same.

I'll be all right.

KAI SIGHS

I don't want to go.

You have to.

It's not my kind
of thing, anyway.

A bunch of pretentious, beautiful
people. It's just too much.

Kai, that is SO you.

I only applied cos I didn't want
people to think I was boring.

So I went for it.

I didn't even think
I would get it.

Of course you got it.

BELL RINGS

Your heart's mint.

I don't want to go.

You can't not go cos of me.

Huh? KAI LAUGHS

Can your ego get any bigger?

What?

There are other reasons
to stay, you know.

The chicken shop in town?

You don't get that in Berlin.

Though I actually think
you can get that in Berlin.

Can't get you in Berlin.

Oi! Get out here now!

Nicky! Come on!

Either of you! Come on!

What are you doing here?

What am I doing? I'm making
sure something gets done.

I'm going to tell him exactly
what I'm going to do to him

if I see him at school. OK.
Right, yeah, you need to go.

Come on! You need to go! You are that far
away from a formal warning, do you unders...

Wait, wait, wait.
Wait. MUFFLED KNOCKING

What's that?

Somebody's in there!

What? Hello?

All right, just...
just, uh, stay calm.

I'm going to get some help.

Fire Service, please.

Schuey!

What the hell?

You know, all this could have
been avoided if you just told me

how you were feeling. It
should have been obvious.

Nicky's not replacing your mum.

No-one could, Iz.

She just makes me happy.

SARCASTICALLY: Aw. Good for you.

OK.

You got some apologising to do.

Me? What about Tonya?

Tonya is in the BU.

How long for?

Why are you so bothered?

Cos why do you want someone
in the house like that?

Because she needs
a place to live.

Why does it have to be us?

She's obviously still hanging out
with Schuey, and you don't mind?

What if he starts coming
around to the house?

What about Tommy?

Dad, she's obviously
not going to change.

You need to get them out now.

Listen, I don't NEED
to do anything. Dad...

Look, it's my house, and
I decide who lives there.

Well, you know what?
It's them or me.

What you talking about?

I will go live with Auntie Mika.

I will go to Leeds.

That is not happening.
No, it will.

And you know why? Cos that's
what my mum would have wanted,

and you don't got a say on that.

Here, that's all I've got.

I need to get you
to the hospital.

No, no... No.

How do you even get in there?

Just my mate having a laugh.

Right, OK, so that is what I'm
going to say to the police, is it?

I'm going to tell them that
your mate put you there?

Right. Well, it
weren't my mate, then.

So, who was it?

Schuey, was it your dad? No.

No.

How long were you in there?

Schuey, how long?

Only a bit.

Well, you look like you
were in there all night.

Listen, you shouldn't
even be here.

All right? Your family grassed.

Police came to our door.

And that's on you.

Is that why your dad put you in
there, because the police came?

My dad did nothing.

All right.

OK, no hospital, but you have got
to come to the school with me.

I am not leaving you here.

Fine.

Let's get going. Come on.

All right. Well, I've got
someone waiting for me.

You start work on the gate, yeah,
and I'll be out there in five.

Yeah? All right.

You got that, Rolf?

Hey.

Thought I'd come and see what
sort of school trusts YOU

to keep it up and running.

Yeah, funny.

Look, I've got a gate
that needs fixing.

And before you start, it's
not my fault, all right?

It's his.

And he has a tea break every
time he takes a screw out.

MIKA LAUGHS

Look, I...

..might have gone off the handle
a bit at you this morning.

I was just so wound up
about what Izzy said. Yeah.

Well, thanks for telling
everyone my business.

Izzy already knew, so
don't blame me. Whatever.

You know, Izzy's threatening
to come and live with you now.

How serious is it
with this Nicky?

DONTE SIGHS

It was fun.

You know, it was
actually fun, Mika.

Until you stuck your oar in it.

What do you think
Chlo would say?

I don't know.

I'd like to think that
she'd be happy for us.

MIKA PUFFS

Fine, she'd probably claw her eyes
out if she had half the chance.

But Chlo's not here, is she?

No-one is saying you're
not allowed to move on.

But you've got her living with
you, her two kids, as well.

You're expecting Tommy and
Izzy to put up with that?

They just need time to get used
to one another, that's all.

Well, according to this text from
Izzy, the youngest one just picked

a fight with her, and then got
caught with a load of stolen goods.

Is that the sort of thing you're
expecting them to get used to?

Yeah, all right.

I'm sure you like Nicky.

I'm sure she's got
her... good qualities.

But can't you put the brakes on?

You might be ready for a whole
new family - but are the kids?

DONTE EXHALES

I'll come back at the
end of the day, see Izzy.

Maybe, by then, you can
decide what's most important.

So, looking again at
our writing techniques.

Miss, I shouldn't
even be in here.

CLASS LAUGHS

Doesn't that make you special?

Let's focus, please.

I know it's the
last day of term.

And, believe me, I don't
want to be here either.

Alliteration - what is it?

Tonya.

She shoved some
student downstairs.

CLASS LAUGHS

That's sibilance, actually.

Libby, I don't suppose
you've got an essay for me?

Uh, she's been through a trauma.

True that, miss.

If I were starting my essay now,

I'd argue that Miss Walker should
lose her job and be arrested.

CLASS LAUGHS

Do you think she did it, miss?

What I think doesn't matter.

Come on, miss.

But do you, though?

Libby, essay.

Why We Should All Slow
Down On Fast Fashion.

This is very good.

I worked really hard on
it, like, really hard.

Well done.

Right...

Hey, Rolf, this gate ain't going
to fix itself you know, mate.

Nick.

Whoa.

Hey.

What is it? NICKY SNIFFLES

I just can't believe the way
some people treat their own kids.

What's happened?

If I ever see his dad,
I'll lock him in the boot

and I'll throw the key away.

Nicky, what are
you talking about?

Don't get me wrong, right,
the way he carries on,

there is no excuse for that.

But reasons...

There's always a reason.

You just... sometimes
don't want to see it.

Yeah, well, there's always going
to be kids growing up like that.

Why do you think he
acts the way he does?

If it's not for attention.

And why does Tonya?

Cos she's not getting any attention,
is she, cos of me and you?

And don't tell me you
haven't thought the same.

Because look at the
way Izzy's behaving.

Yeah. Yeah, I know.

And I'm really grateful
for you letting us stay.

But...

I know.

BELL RINGS

No Kai?

Uh, he had to finish some art
thing before the end of term.

I heard about his scholarship.

Amazing.

He's not going.

Why not?

Well, he just thinks
it's not really for him.

Oh, come on.

I've not seen one of them
looks since we were dating.

Mm.

There's only one thing that
would stop Kai from doing

something outrageous -
and I'm looking at him.

Well, I told him he should go.

But did you say it so
that he'd believe it?

I promise, there is a time where
I thought me and you were forever.

And there were a time
where I thought...

..me and Danny were.

Sometimes life will
get in the way.

But do you want him to remember
you as his first great love,

or the ex that stopped him
from living his best life?

Hmm?

PRESTON SIGHS

Well, I don't think he could
go even if I told him to.

So, you need to say
whatever you have to.

You got this.

I'll be one minute. OK?

Right, I've called social
services, Jamilah's on her way.

How are you doing? Well, he
can't go home, obviously.

My worry is that he
knows what to say.

He knows exactly
how to say it and...

MUFFLED: social services might
decide they need more evidence.

..that he got in there
of his own accord.

And a verbal disclosure, Kim,
isn't everything, but without...

MUFFLED CONVERSATION

BELL RINGS

Notice Neptune, though, taming
a seahorse, thought a rarity,

which Claus of Innsbruck
cast in bronze for me.

CLASS CHATTER

Well, year 11, it's been a
while since I read to a class,

but I don't remember
them being this rapt.

Yes?

Do we have a thought over here?

Erm... Erm...

Right. Are you, like, Miss
Campbell's boyfriend or what?

CLASS LAUGH

I was hoping for something on
Browning's use of monologue.

And are you the one who's
got, like, cancer, sir?

We're talking about poetry.

Yeah, but it's, like, the
last day or term, innit? So...

Yes. I am the one
who's got cancer.

Are you going to
be all right, sir?

I'm OK at the moment, thank you.

So, like, what you
doing here, then?

Cos, like, if I didn't
know how long I had left...

Kells.

Mm-mm.

Sorry. No, it's fine.

Uh, I hope I've got
a long time left.

Yeah, I know.

But, like, don't you want to do
something that, like, you enjoy?

I enjoy work.

It gives me a sense of purpose.

Like, makes you feel important?

ANDREW LAUGHS

Well, erm...

I think if I didn't do it,
important things might not happen.

Well, they'd just
get someone else in.

CLASS LAUGHS

They might struggle to, to
find someone with my skill set

and experience.

But you're just
supply. CLASS LAUGHS

Kells. What?

He is.

Sir, I lost someone really close
to me, and if he were here,

then there's, like, a million
things I would want for him,

but none of them
to do with work.

What about your books or your
poetry? You must love them.

Very much.

Or, like, erm...

Like, creating a really
sick castle on Minecraft.

Not so much.

Or like, dancing.

Or learning Mandarin.

LAUGHING: Or, like, burping
the whole of Mr Brightside.

Watch this! THEY ALL LAUGH

Don't you dare! Kells,
I'm telling you.

Sir, get her away
from me, please.

KNOCK AT DOOR

Uh, if this is about
the biscuit kitty,

I put in three months last time.

No, actually. I came
to show you this.

It's Libby's essay.

It's extremely good.

Oh, nice to be able to be
getting a bit of praise for once.

Yeah, it's
plagiarised, obviously.

You can always
tell. You know that.

And I've checked. It's, like, the
second model essay that comes up.

Right.

I will speak to her.

No, see, my point is, she
stood there telling me

how hard she's had worked on
it, lying through her teeth.

Seems to come as easily to her
as, say, falling down the stairs.

Why can't you see what everyone else
can? She's walking all over you.

OK.

Thank you for
bringing this to me.

You're losing all respect.

You've already lost a
roommate AND a girlfriend.

And I get it, yeah, you're
terrified of upsetting her

in case she jumps on the next
flight back to New Zealand.

But she has got you exactly
where she wants you.

I do not need you telling me how
to raise my daughter, thank you.

Maybe you do.

Maybe you really do.

She's bouncing herself all
over the place, from one side

of the globe to the other, trying
to get somebody to parent her.

Stop trying to be this
dad that she wants,

and be the dad that she needs.

Well, for me, it's like, travel.

I kind of feel like I sort
of owe it to Danny to travel

and see as many places as I
can before I die cos, well,

Danny never saw past the chippy
on Bolton Road, bless him.

CLASS LAUGHS

I want to, erm...

I want to stop thinking about the
things I don't like about myself,

and think about the things that I do
like. Cos, like, getting past that,

that, like, gives me a
sense of purpose thing.

Well, here's one for the
positive list, Kelly-Jo.

I've very much enjoyed your
insights during today's lesson.

And you somehow managed to talk your
way out of discussing any poetry.

CLASS LAUGHS

Yeah, you know what? I take
it all back. I'm banging, me.

What about you, though, sir?

Oh, I thought we'd
got off that subject.

Oh, come on. We've given you
loads, and all we've got out of you

is coming into work.

Yeah, and I don't
get that, still.

There must be something. What
gets you up in the morning?

OK. Since it's the
last few minutes,

and with any luck I'll never have
to teach any of you ever again.

CLASS LAUGHS

What gets me up in the
morning? OK, erm...

The top of a hill I
haven't climbed yet.

Chilli so hot I
can barely eat it.

My friends.

Dickens.

Ravel's violin sonatas.

Madonna's Like a Prayer.

Beaches.

Sunshine.

Miss Campbell's smile.

Aw! Aw!

Sir, I'm so happy you
said that last bit,

cos the beginning was boring.

THEY ALL LAUGH

So, when are you
going to get married?

Yeah, I think the bell
is about to go, so...

Why not, sir?
What's stopping you?

She's probably got more sense.

Or you just haven't
asked her yet.

Well, perhaps the time has
never been quite right.

Sir, I'm not being funny, but...

..you have got cancer.

Like, when's the time ever
going to be more right?

I don't know. Just
something to think about.

BELL RINGS

PUPILS CHATTER

All right, it's 50p a voucher.

It's a slice of pizza for
50p. You can't go wrong.

Is that...?

Is that my pizza
voucher photocopied?

Here, have it back.

Actually, actually, take three.

They're meant to be
an attendance award.

Hey, how is that fair?

It's not your fault
if you get sick.

They should be done on effort.

Saying that, probably wouldn't
get one of them either!

There's 30p for you.

Hey.

Hey, uh...

There's a couple for
you, free of charge.

Have you thought about it yet?

Kells?

What was that about?

Nothing.

What? Nothing? Right.

I saw you talking to him.

Yeah, and?

I mean, if it wasn't me,
it could have been anyone.

How can you trust someone
that does that to you?

You deserve so much better.

Thank you. I'll take a note.

And, I mean, if he
really loved you,

he wouldn't have
looked at me, would he?

Libby, with me.

I've got geography.
Not now you haven't.

Bye, Libby.

Is this going to be
long, cos... Sit down.

I told you, I've got geography.

Is that meant to be funny?

Well, people are
certainly laughing at me.

Now, why don't you tell me again
- what happened on the stairs?

Has Miss Walker talked to you?

Cos you will believe
anything she tells you.

She's got you wrapped
round her little finger.

And I'm not staying to hear
this cos I've... Sit down!

You've lied to me.
I know you've lied.

You can't say that.

You walked out on Mum cos
she wouldn't stand for any

of your nonsense, and I've
put up with it way too long.

I've stood by while you try
to wreck Miss Splatt's career.

Now Miss Walker's.

Probably mine, too.

And I just let that go, because I
wanted to be a proper dad to you.

I wanted to be your friend.

And now I realise, those two
things just don't go together.

Fine. You hate me that much,
I'll go back to New Zealand.

I've already looked into it.

Tomorrow, there's a flight
at 2pm. Shall I book it now?

Dad, please.

I can't go back.

Please.

I'll do anything.

If you want to stay here...

..things are going to change.

You're going to toe the line.

You're going to do
what you're told.

And you're going to take
responsibility for your actions.

Now, one more time.

The truth.

NICKY SNIFFLES

SHE WEEPS

Nicky, are you there?

It's about the attendance party.

SHE EXHALES

Schuey, if you don't want
to talk to me, that's OK.

It just makes it hard for
me to help you if you don't.

Look, I tell you what.

Let's forget about the boot.

Let's talk about home.

What about your
sister? How is she?

Sorry. Mr Weever
is on his way in.

What? All right.

Can you excuse me?
Schuey! You called my dad?

Schuey! Schuey...
Come on, sit down...

Don't worry, Rolf.
I fixed it, yeah?

Yeah. Just get a cup of
tea. Put your feet up.

Oh, thanks very much. All
right? Yeah. Thank you.

Schuey! Schuey! Wait!

Schuey!

Hey, hey, hey! Schuey!
Hey, it's all right.

Oi! Oi! Calm down.

Hey, hey, hey. Where you going?
Hey, hey. It's all right.

It's all right. Calm down. I
need you to come back inside.

I just want to go home. No,
I know. I know, but I can't.

I can't allow that.
OK? Thank you.

You all right? Yeah,
yeah. Good, good.

I can't allow it.

OK?

You know what?

You remind me of
another student.

He had a difficult time at home.

Violent.

And do you know what I wish?

I wish that the first time he
had tried to leave this school,

I had stopped him, and I
had said, "I can help you."

Told him that he could trust me.

SCHUEY BREATHES UNEVENLY

Where is he now?

He isn't... He
isn't anywhere now.

I can help you.

Trust me.

Trust... Yeah.

Come on.

Just ignore him.

You go inside, and I will deal
with this. You can trust me.

OK? Schuey!

Schuey! Move, now!

WALKIE-TALKIE BEEPS

Mike. Mike can I get you
to the playground, please?

You don't need to bolt off like
that. It's going to be all right.

Come on, Schuey.
We'll get you inside.

Schuey!

That's my son! You can't
keep me away from him!

Oi! Where do you think you're
going? Hey, don't you touch me!

Oi, get back behind the
gate, then I won't have to!

Hey, I know who you
are. Your brat son.

You brought police to my door.

You what? You want to learn
how to control your kids.

Yeah? I know what you did
to your kid, you scum bag.

Now back off.

Dad! No, no...!

Come on, get up, you little
rat! Schuey, come on!

You're dead. Locking
your kid in the boot?

Yeah, you better run.

Are you OK? I'm fine.

It's all right.

It's OK.

TYRES SKID

ENGINE REVS

Dad!

Donte!

TYRES SCREECH

Nicky!

No...

No, no, no... No, no. Izzy!

Izzy, Izzy! No.

No.

Hey, hey.

Nicky, no, no. Don't try and
move, all right? Stay there.

That's it.

We need an ambulance
to the playground.

What were you
thinking? Thank you.

Wendy, Wendy. Lockdown.

THEY GRUNT

You're OK, OK? It's all right.

Peter Weever, I am arresting on you
on suspicion of attempted m*rder.

You do not have
to say anything...

SIREN WAILS

Something's going down.

That pizza man
better be unharmed.

Did you get the
vouchers off Caz?

I think you should go.

To Berlin. You should go. Oh...

Pres, not this again.

I want you to go.

Ouch.

Make a boy feel
wanted, why don't you?

I'm not going to be someone that
you resent when you think back.

Think back?

Nothing's going to make
me leave you behind.

But I don't want that.

What's that supposed to mean?

I-I mean...

Maybe it's for the best.

PRESTON STAMMERS

Maybe it... it's
not really working.

I just think all this has
made me realise something

that I already knew, that...

I need a boyfriend, Kai.

Not someone that... that's
worrying about me all the time,

not a counsellor,
or a nurse, or...

That's what I am to you?

It's more about
what I am to you.

Preston... Don't
make me spell it out.

Maybe I couldn't see
the real you, after all.

PRESTON BREATHES UNEVENLY

SIRENS WAIL

Keep taking breaths. I thought
my dad... my dad was...

I know. Rest.

Like Mum all over again...!

And that it was going
to be my fault...!

How could it be?

Cos I put the make-up
in Tonya's bag...!

What are you talking about?

It was the stuff you got
me for my birthday...!

Oh, Iz.

I thought if she got caught one
more time, that would have been it.

Dad would have had enough, got rid
of Nicky and the lot of them...!

You really want
them out that bad?

It's not that I hate her.

I hate that she's not Mum.

I want Mum...!

I know, Iz.

But you've got me,
you've always got me.

IZZY SOBS

I can't tell you nothing.

Not without ruining
my sister's life.

Your dad's been
arrested, Schuey.

Look, you and your sister,
you're going to go into care.

And I know that
might seem scary,

but it's the right thing to do
if it means that she's safe.

You, too.

But I can't keep you safe
if you don't talk to me.

It's me who gets
my dad like that.

It's never her.

Like what, Schuey?

SCHUEY INHALES

Well, that's not straight.

For goodness' sake...

DOOR OPENS

NEIL CLEARS THROAT

Uh, sorry to
interrupt, Miss Walker.

Can Libby have a word?

Well?

Libby.

I'm sorry I said you pushed me.

I beg your pardon?

You didn't push me.

What was that?

You didn't push me.

And why did you
accuse me, Libby?

Cos I was scared you
were going to tell people

that I'd taken
the charity money.

So, you lied?

Even though it meant
ruining my career?

I... I thought that people
would feel sorry for me.

I appreciate your apology.

Unfortunately, it won't
change what people think.

Thanks to you, my
reputation is in shreds.

Sorry.

SIREN WAILS

Perfect end to a
perfect day, this.

"Oh, yeah, your
mum's been ran over."

She'll be all right.

What's happened?

They're still not
letting us see her.

Is she going to be all right?

Yeah.

Yeah, she's going
to be fine. OK?

Hey, don't worry.

MIKA: Do you mind?

No, yeah. Of course.
Oh, it's just...

It's just all coming back to me.

Come here.

I know. I know it is.

It's hard enough going to the
same school where it happened.

I have to see that
place every day.

Hey...

I know, and I'm sorry.

I'm sorry for saying
those things about Nicky.

If it wasn't for
her... No, no, no.

Look, you've got nothing
to be sorry for, OK?

It's going to be all right.
No, it's not, though.

Just having her in the same house
reminds me that my mum's not there,

and I just can't do it any
more. Dad, I can't do it.

OK. We'll find a way
to make it work, yeah?

I've already spoken
to Nicky, and...

I can't stop you and Tommy
from being happy, Dad.

It's not fair.

Then I don't know
what we can do.

No. No, it's not happening.

Auntie Mika said I can
stay with her for a bit.

No. No, no. Look, I can't
let you do that, all right?

Just for a little while.

Just while she gets
her head together.

Izzy, come on.

Your mum, she wouldn't
want me and you...

She'd want us to be happy, Dad.

Is the dinner lady OK?

We're just waiting on the
hospital to give us news.

I'm sorry you've had
to deal with that.

But you can take comfort in the fact
that the boy's on the right path -

even though he's
still at this school.

Yeah, but that's the point.

I am not prepared to sacrifice an
individual pupil's need for stats.

If I hadn't have got
Schuey back into school,

none of this would
have come to light.

Its not something
we can bend on.

Yeah, but now we know what
the conditions of his life

at home are like. I'm sorry.

But it changes nothing.

PHONE RINGS

Yeah.

Mm-hm. God...

If kids like Schuey Weever
aren't what we're here for,

then what are we here
for? What's the point?

Yoo-hoo. Reminder.

You said you'd show your face at
the attendance rewards evening.

It's happening now. Great.

Yeah, we can go and celebrate all the kids
that Serena Michelle wants to kick out.

Do you know, I blamed myself.

But it's just like Danny. It...

It doesn't matter what I do.

There's always someone higher
up who's just there ready,

ready to pull the rug out
from underneath me. It's...

It's like I just
can't get headway.

It's like I'm banging my
head against the wall.

And do you know who
suffers? It's the pupils!

It's the pupils that suffer!

You're right.

If you were left to make your own
decisions, we might see real change.

You don't need me, or anyone
else, holding you back.

Thank you.

So...

I've decided to
step back from work.

Permanently.

Today has been...

..illuminating.

I might even go back
into the classroom.

What?

Which, of course, creates a
job vacancy for trust CEO.

Oh, Serena Michelle. Brilliant.

No.

BELL RINGS

I know this is a lot to ask.

But, erm...

If you want to listen to me talk
about how much of a fool I am,

at great length...

..well, maybe we could, uh...

..grab a garden centre
coffee over the holidays?

I don't know, Neil.

I've got vouchers
on my loyalty card.

Seem a shame to waste them.

Oh.

Spoiling me.

We'll see.

Libby.

You're not careful, next
time I'll do it for real.

SHE SIGHS CONTENTEDLY

Mum?

Are you OK? Are you all right?

Oh, you should see
the other fella.

Ow! All right.

What were you thinking?

You're daft, you, you know that?

Lucky for you, I am daft.

Otherwise you'd have been
roadkill, wouldn't you?

NICKY WINCES

Come on in. The
more, the merrier.

Kid, are you all right?

We'd have brought flowers,
but they won't let you.

Sod the flowers.
Where's the booze at?

Izzy.

Tonya, I'm sorry...

..for putting
make-up in your bag.

You did what?

Easy.

Is she going in the
BU now, or what?

She can't go in the BU.

Cos...

Because...

Well, she needs to go
away for a little while.

We might not have your mum...

..but we have the next
best thing, don't we?

No, Donte. We...

We can't kick Izzy
out of her own home.

No, it's OK. Yeah.

Yeah, it's going to be fine.

Cos Leeds isn't too
far away, is it?

Yeah, and we'll see
you every weekend.

You just need a little
break, don't you?

Yeah.

Come here.

DONTE SNIFFLES

It's going to be all right.

I don't know what the
future looks like...

..but I want you in it.

All of you.

Wait, wait.

Oi, oi! You're not
meant to have a voucher.

I've got one, though.
It's fake. Fake!

Give...! Give me that!

Can we all form an
orderly queue, please?!

Fake!

Miss Chambers! Val!

This is not working for me.

Definitely not meant
to have a badge.

Hey. Go on, give us a sec.

So? So?

What you thinking?

You know what Libby did?

Yeah? She made out like
she did me a favour.

She what?

Mm-hm. Like, I can't trust you.

You mustn't love me. All this.

She's off her head, man.

Yeah.

She probably just did it
to spite me, right? Yeah.

What a cow.

Oh, well she is right, though.

Oh?

I don't care what she did.

You could have
just said no, yeah?

Yeah, I've told you already. I
thought I'd explained it all.

Yeah, and you'll do it
again and again and again.

I won't. And I deserve
so much better.

I won't.

I guess that's that.
Kells, please...

Hey, mate.

Still got me, yeah?

Yeah.

Hey, do you want to see me
kick myself in the head again?

Yeah. Go on.

Right, you ready?

Ah!

I thought this was for
those with 90% attendance.

I'm turning a blind eye.

They're in school, and
school's finished, right?

That is a win. Yeah.

I'm going back in. Wish me luck.

Just, hey, go easy on
the pizza, you, right?

Save some for everybody else.

Honestly.

Slices are going down
like a homesick mole.

THEY LAUGH

You might need to
polish up your CV.

Looks like there might be an
opening for new head teacher here.

Hey...

You can't leave. Kim.

Who said anything
about me leaving?

It's fine. Hey, miss.

We had your boyfriend today.

Do you mean Mr Treneman? Yeah.

Yeah. How was he?

Yeah, awesome. We
did, like, no work.

Right. Well, straight back to
teacher training for him, then, hey?

Yeah, well, where is he, though?
Cos he said he'd be here, miss.

Andrew?

PHONE BUZZES

Hey, Tommy.

We'll see you soon.

Andrew.

You're OK. Of course.

I thought you'd never get here.

What you doing?

Your year 11s and I had a chat
about what's important in life.

Right. It's usually which
Man United player they fancy.

I think I worked it out.

That road trip that we
always said we'd do.

Let's do it.

Start on the east
coast, head south,

back up, and then head west.

I've got it all planned out.

You've done all this?

Well, I had a little help.

GIRLS CHEER

Ah-ha!

I didn't quite finish Vegas.

What's so special about Vegas?

Well, that's where I'm hoping
that Elvis will marry us.

I'm doing it. I'm
doing it. I'm doing it.

No. I'm doing it.
No. I'm doing it.

I mean, I-I don't mean no.

KIM LAUGHS

Well?

Yes.

GIRLS CHEER

Get a room!

Oi, guess what?

They're getting married!
They're getting married!

No. Yeah! Oh, my God!

Congratulations!

They're getting married!

Yo! One between two.

One between two.

♪ There's tables
that needs turning

♪ And I just wanna
be the best I can

♪ But I'm not sure if
I'm the man you sold

♪ Oh no

♪ But I

♪ I would run for you

♪ Even if I broke in two

♪ Yeah I

♪ I would die for you

♪ Just to try and carry you home

♪ Just to try and
carry you home. ♪