04x01 - The Rivers Sisters

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[TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS]

Last call for Malory Towers!

Wait! Wait! Please!

Goodness!
So sorry!

Felicity Rivers!

Yes!

How did you know?

I taught your sister.

And you, young lady,
are a chip off the old block!

Thank you.
I do hope so...

...Mr. Parker?

I thought you left?

Indeed I did.

But I missed this rotten bunch,
so I'm back.

Now, in!

Darling!

Enjoy your first term!

You'll get such a lot out of
Malory Towers.

Make sure you put a lot back.

I remember Daddy saying that
to Darrell!

I wish she was travelling with me,
rather than starting earlier today.

She'll be waiting there to
welcome you!

Send our love and don't forget
to write!

Come on!

[TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS]

Here, let me help you.

Thank you!

June Johns, by the way.

Johns?
As in Alicia Johns?

Exactly.
She's my cousin.

But she's in the same class
as my sister, Darrell!

Oh, my goodness.
I've heard all about Darrell Rivers!

She's one of Alicia's best friends.

Oh, look!
Mother!

Goodbye!
Goodbye!

Bye! Be good!

I say, wouldn't it be funny if we
turned out to be best friends, too?

Do you know what?
I have a feeling we might.

Yes.

This is Felicity's dorm now!

And June's.
We'll have to visit!

Well, we should do something to
welcome them.

Come on, everyone.
Take a bed each!

This is a classic.

Alicia?

What are you doing?

June will be hoping for a prank!
I promised her one.

Alicia, don't be so childish.

We're role-models now.

And I for one intend to set a
good example.

So do I!

But they won't truly know boarding
school humour

till they can play a prank

or take one!

Come on, apple-pie beds all round!

What's an apple-pie bed?!

It sounds squelchy.

It's not.
It's hilarious.

Come on, I'll show you.

You fold the sheet in half so your
feet get stuck.

Right, let's help the little ones
off to a flying start!

Don't just stand there, Gwen!

[THEY SQUEAL]

Find a seat, everyone!

Oh, hello!

Hello!

This is Felicity.

This is Suzy and Clare.

Clarissa.

That's what I said.

My name's actually Susan.

Everyone has pet names in
boarding school.

Girls, rest if you can,
it's a long journey.

That's you too, mini-Rivers
and pocket-Johns!

There's our nicknames!
I like them.

I hope they stick!

What's Alicia's nickname?

We call her The Joker because she's
always got a trick up her sleeve.

What's Darrell's?

Daddy used to call her
'Miss Volcano'

because you never know when she's
going to erupt!

Hurry, hurry!

Make sure you tuck it in right!

Girls!
This is not your room!

We haven't been allocated ours.

Well, as your form mistress,
this is why I'm here.

Allez.

We will draw lots for rooms after
an inspection.

Very smart.

Irene, ton bouton.

Oh, whoops.

And these are for little girls.

Here.

Why is she picking on Irene?

Ah, oui.

Beaucoup prestigieuse.

Now, to choose rooms.

Mam'zelle,
could I share with Mary-Lou?

There's three rooms of three.

And the first girl for the first
room is you, Gwendolyn.

Now, you may pick up the second.

Oh, dear!

Can I pick again?

Mais non, Gwendolyn.
C'est pas gentil.

How will the girl you picked first
feel, huh?

Relieved, I imagine.

We're not exactly soulmates,
are we, Darrell Rivers?

Well, we can still be
good roommates.

Very nicely said!

Ton tour, Darrell.

Alicia, we're all together.

Mam'zelle, can we really not
choose again?!

Thanks, Gwen!

Absolument pas.

Alors, for the second room.

[TRAIN SLOWS TO A STOP]

[TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS]

Susan?

Wake up!

Susan's already off!

Why didn't she rouse us?!

We can't miss the stop!
We can't!

Hurry, quick!

Come on!

That was close!

Where is everyone?

Are you sure this is the right stop?

Felicity! June! Clarissa!
Do not leave the station!

Oh, no!
I'm so sorry!

Now what?

Oh, my!
It's glorious!

Heavenly.

Oh, and a desk for prep, just what
we need for the School Cert!

Well, it's a little pokey,
but it'll do.

Welcome back, ladies!

Up, Gwendolyn, there's work to
be done!

I'm just feeling a little
fatigued, Matron.

You are top of the lower school now,

and there's more expected of you
than ever before.

So, hurry along, Miss Grayling is
waiting for you all.

Look, you can see down to
the cliffs!

Darrell!
Alicia!

Let's start as we mean to go on, shall we?

Isn't this topping?
I can't wait to show Felicity and June.

The coach should be here any sec!

Good, I'm glad somebody is excited.

One Rivers and one Johns is quite
enough for me!

Is that a new blue dress, Matron?

It's really lovely.

No, it's the same dress
I've had for 20 years.

Thank you.

Sorry.

Darrell Rivers!

Coming!

Let's take a look.

You see, it's not very far.

Are you saying you want us to
walk it?

There must be another train!

Do you want to wait for hours or
have an adventure?

Clarissa?

Come on.

Welcome back to school, girls,

and the exciting challenges of the
fourth form.

School Certificate?
Exciting?

I wish I were a brain box like Ellen
and could have sat it last year!

You will have to study hard.

But you can also enjoy
new privileges

and new responsibilities.

After much thought, the staff and I

have made a decision on who shall be
Head of Lower School.

A position of great responsibility.

What kind of qualities do you think
it requires?

Experience?
Someone who's been head of form before?

Not necessarily.

Shouldn't they be a proven leader?

Our choice has proven her leadership
skills - on the lacrosse pitch.

She has a fine sense of justice.

She is determined and ambitious
for herself,

and always prepared to fight for
her friends.

Darrell Rivers, we would like you to
be Head of Lower School.

[APPLAUSE]

Me?! Really?

Yes.

We believe in you.

Do you doubt yourself?

No. It's just such a great privilege.

It will be a challenge.

One we believe you can rise to,

if you put your heart into it.

Thank you for trusting me.

I'll look forward to working with
you this year, Darrell.

I can't wait to tell Felicity.
She'll be so excited!

Miss Grayling.

Mr. Parker?
You're back!

What's the matter?

I'm afraid it's rather urgent.

What is it?

June, Felicity and Clarissa all got
off a stop too soon.

What?! We drove back to the station,
but they'd gone!

Have you alerted the police?

Not yet.

[MAM'ZELLE CONTINUES IN FRENCH]

June, are you sure you know the way?

School can't be that far from
the train station!

Shouldn't we just go back
and sit tight?

They're bound to come looking for us.

Honestly!
Where's your gumption?

Are you all right?

Just a little dizzy.

I'll be all right.

Alicia and Darrell would never
shrink from an adventure!

Let's follow in their footsteps.

It's probably best we all
stick together.

Darrell, wait!

What was she thinking?
I have to go and find her.

This will be June's doing!

Trouble follows her everywhere
she goes!

Oh, my goodness! Oh, my goodness!
Oh, my goodness! Oh, my goodness!

What?
What is it?

There! I almost trod on something
and it was moving!

Put it down!
It might be poisonous.

This beauty's a harmless snake!

I'm keeping him as a pet!

It's cruel to take creatures from
the wild.

She's right.

Ron?

Fred.
Ron's brother.

You should put it back.

Spoilsport.

What are Malory Towers girls doing
all the way out here?

Are we really still miles away?

Head to the brow of this hill.

It's plain as a pikestaff
from there.

Thanks ever so.

By the way, I'm Felicity, nice to
meet you.

Ron's working on our uncle's fishing
boat now,

so I'm helping at the school.

We'll see each other again.

There you go.

Ta-ra for now, Felicity.

[FRED HUMS]

You two!
This way!

Come on.

We've got to keep going.

Malory Towers!
There it is!

Isn't it glorious?

Thank goodness!

Come on!

What if something terrible
has happened?

Darrell!
Darrell!

Oh, Felicity!

Felicity!
You had me so worried!

Thank heavens you're safe!

Oh, and there was me having kittens!

Girls!
What were you thinking?

We're really sorry!

It was an accident!

I'll take it from here, Mr. Parker.

We're so sorry to have wasted
your time.

Well, welcome, girls.

Thank goodness you are safe
and sound.

You three pipsqueaks have caused us
a deal of worry.

Darrell, bring them directly to
my study.

Come along.

Well, girls.

It seems you've got off to a bit of
a bumpy start.

Why don't you explain what happened?

You got off the train at the
wrong station.

I'm so sorry!

It was my mistake.

Everyone makes mistakes.

It's what we learn from them
that matters.

What have you learned from this?

Not to get off at the wrong station?

That was an accident.

But setting off alone made
everything worse.

Anything could have happened.

But it didn't!
We were fine.

You were lucky this time.

Why on earth didn't you stay put?

We should have waited for help.

We just, we thought it was better to
all stick together.

So, one of you decided to walk...

...and the others felt they had to
go along?

It was just a bit of an adventure.

Adventure?!

Well...

...let's put this behind us

and start the term afresh.

You three, off to the dormitory.

I need to have a private word with
my Head of Lower School.

Head of Lower School?
Really?!

Oh, Darrell, I'm so happy for you!

It's just a title.

I have to live up to it.

Felicity is your sister.

How do you feel about being in
a position of authority over her?

Well, I'm used to it.

I'm her big sister.

Hmm, this is different.

Head of Lower School
must discipline.

You may need to hand out order
marks, detention, punishments.

Felicity won't need disciplining,
this was a mistake.

She's so keen to be a success.

I see that.

She does need to be careful about
being too easily influenced

by others.

Is anything worrying you, Darrell?

No.

No, I just really want her to be
happy

and make good, supportive friends.

I'm sure she will.

Just remember,

every girl's experience of
Malory Towers is different.

Your job as Head of Lower School is
to help each one of them

achieve her full potential.

I'm always here if you need to talk.

Leadership has its rewards...

...but it can be lonely, too.

Two threes.
And two fours.

Okay, so...

Two tens.

Lie.

Take that back.

Good evening, first formers!

ALL: Evening, Matron!

When I come in in the evening,

I would like you all standing at
the ends of your beds, please.

[SHOUTS]
Now!

Leave that.

Well...

I knew another pair of Rivers
and Johns would be trouble.

But even I didn't guess it would
come so soon!

I'm so sorry, Matron.

We didn't mean it to happen.

Hmm.

Yes.

Last health certificates,
all, please!

June Johns.

Felicity Rivers.

Susan Heather.

Matron, may I ask...

Well, spit it out, girl.

Why are those beds empty?

We have two girls still travelling.

Constance and Ruth.

Now, young lady.

Health certificate, please?

Clarissa Carter.

Right.

Lights-out in five minutes.

ALL: Yes, Matron.

Hop to it!
Pick those up.

I can't.

I don't understand.

Here, let me.

What?

It's not just Clarissa's,
mine isn't right either.

Oh, for goodness sakes.

It can't be that hard to get in.

[TEARING SOUND]

June!

Did you just rip your sheet?!

I didn't mean to,
the sheets have been folded!

Oh, that's torn it!

Wait.
Apple-pie beds!

I've heard of that!

It's a trick, that's what it is!

Alicia promised me one!

Oh, she'll pay for this!

What are you doing?

Come with me.

Here it is.

You be lookout.
I won't be a tick.

You can't go in.
They'll wake.

What did you do?!

You wait and see.

If you think apple-pie beds
are funny,

this is an excellent trick.

June?
June?

June!

You're up early.

It's a gorgeous morning!

Come swimming with me!

We could wake Darrell
and Alicia, too.

I don't really fancy being around
when the fourth form wake up.

What did you do?
What did you do?

It's a surprise!

Tell me!
Tell me!

Thank you!

[DRAWERS BANG]

Sssshhhh!

Come on, lazybones!

You can't miss the first morning
swim of the term!

Stop!

Wild horses couldn't drag me!

Stop.

Stop tickling me.

We're not.

[SHE SCREAMS]

Don't hurt it!
It's just a harmless snake!

Don't be scared!
It's a lot more frightened of you!

Oh! How did that get in here?

Oh, I think I know all right...

June?
Where's June?

She and Felicity went swimming.

What? But I was going to take
Felicity for her first swim!

Well, that's hardly important,

Darrell, because I have just been
attacked by a snake!

But June said she'd put the
snake back.

I knew it!

So, it was June.

June!

June Johns!
Come here right now!

Just a tick!
We're about to...

I am your Head of Lower School,

and what you did with that snake
was cruel and unfair!

You put the snake in their room?

Were you a part of this, Felicity?

Steady on, Miss Volcano!

Don't blow your top!

What did you just say?

Watch out, everyone, the famous
Rivers Volcano is going to erupt!

Did you tell her my nickname?!

I didn't mean to.

Temper, temper.

June, putting a snake in someone's
bed is really not all right.

It got into someone's bed?!

That is way better than I ever
could've hoped.

It was cruel, and you're in
big trouble.

You started it with the
apple-pie prank!

Right, that's it.
No more swimming for you this week.

Try and stop me.
Come on, Felicity.

June, no!

Don't you dare! I am talking to you!
Come back, June!

No.
Darrell!

June!
June!

Do not walk away!

Quick! Let's go before the volcano
really erupts.

Darrell, calm down.

Here, dry off.

I handled that so badly.

It's June.

It's no surprise her last few
schools couldn't stick her!

She's impossible.

We need to apologise to Darrell.

No chance.

That was as much her fault as it
was mine!

And there's no way she'll report
the trick now.

It was down to her that I fell in!

But she's my sister
and she's Head of Lower School.

And I'm your friend!
Aren't I?

Well, of course.
But...

Good!

Darrell!

Darrell, I'm so sorry.

How could you tell her my nickname?

That's between us.

My tongue ran away with me.

June's asked me to apologise
for her.

We really didn't mean to hurt
the snake.

The snake's fine.

We set it free.

Please don't report us.

Well, I can't now.

It was my fault, too.

Cheer up, please!

You promised me a first
swim together.

Come on.

Let's start again.

We'll be brilliant this term!

ALL: Three, two, one!

Woooooo!