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[door opens]
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[tense music playing]
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- [officer] Can I help you?
- Uh, yeah. Um...
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I would like to report something.
How does it work?
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What would you like to report?
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I don't know how to tell you this,
but I'm, like, I'm getting stalked.
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- By a man or a woman?
- A woman.
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Have you had a sexual relationship
with this woman?
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No, I... I haven't.
She's a bit older than me.
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Age is generally not a factor we consider.
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No, of course. I can assure you, though,
I... I absolutely haven't.
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Okay. You say this woman's stalking you?
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Yeah. She comes to my work.
She comes to my house.
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She sends me emails, like...
like all the time.
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Are any threatening towards ya?
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Oh, I'm sure. I mean... I mean,
let me just open up a random one. Here.
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I wouldn't say
that's particularly threatening.
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[sighs] They're...
they're in here somewhere.
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I just need to sift
through all of the... [sighs]
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Look, I'm... I'm really worried here.
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I think she needs help.
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How long has it been going on?
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I don't know, like...
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six months, maybe.
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Six months?!
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Why'd it take you so long to report it?
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[indistinct voices]
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[man 1] I felt sorry for her.
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[door opens]
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That's the first feeling I felt.
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[intriguing music plays]
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It's a patronizing, arrogant feeling,
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feeling sorry for someone
you've only just laid eyes on,
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but I did.
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I felt sorry for her.
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- [man 2] Serve, you twat.
- Yep. Sorry.
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Fiver, please, mate.
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- Cheers, mate. Thank you.
- Thanks.
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[woman whimpers]
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{\an8}- Can I get you something?
- No, thanks.
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{\an8}Are you sure?
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{\an8}- Cup of tea?
- No, thanks.
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{\an8}- You have to buy something.
- Can't afford something.
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{\an8}- Right. Not even a cup of tea?
- No.
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Right, well...
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How about I give you
a cup of tea on the house?
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[intriguing music plays]
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All right.
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[intriguing music continues]
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[music stops]
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- So, what do you do?
- I'm a lawyer.
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[chuckles]
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How'd you get into that, then?
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[woman] I trained in criminal law,
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moved to England, retrained,
opened up my own practice,
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won several awards,
now a leading advisor to the government.
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- You own a law firm?
- Amongst other things.
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A flat in Pimlico
overlooking a private garden,
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one in Bexleyheath, two in Belsize Park.
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God doesn't like a bragger,
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but when you're the go-to
for the biggest political minds,
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you've earned a brag or two.
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No, no, I'm not gonna say who,
so don't even go there.
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Fine!
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David Cameron, Nick Clegg, Alex Salmond.
But you didn't hear that from me.
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Wow. You must have amazing dinner parties.
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[laughs raucously]
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[man 1] She had this incredible laugh.
This giddy, slightly disconcerting laugh.
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- Her name was...
- Martha.
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[man 1] But all I could think was,
if all of this is true,
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then why can't you afford a cup of tea?
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♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
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♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
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♪ Love is the drug ♪
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[man 1] I'd moved to London to fulfil
my lifelong dream of becoming a comedian,
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but for whatever reason found myself
late twenties, working a dead-end job
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and living rent-free
with my ex-girlfriend's mother
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in a massive house miles out of town.
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I had arrived
with such grand plans to be someone,
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as though my brand
of wacky, bullshit comedy
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was exactly what this world-leading city
was missing.
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So I went vegan recently.
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Had to make some sacrifices.
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It's a mink hat.
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But instead of actual mink,
it's a mink stapled to a hat.
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[audience member] You're shite!
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[man 1 sighs] Fucking hell.
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[man 1] But that's the thing with London.
It red-carpets for no one.
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It's like waking up one day
to find yourself a background artist
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in a cast of millions.
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So when someone sees you
through the mire of it all,
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sees you as the person
you came here to be,
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you notice them.
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You notice them noticing you.
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♪ When I said I needed... ♪
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[man 1] Every day now,
Martha would come in,
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each time with new makeup, new hairstyles,
like a kid playing dress-up.
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She always opened the conversation
by saying...
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I've gotta go.
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...but then would stick around
for the entire shift.
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I always thought it was strange
that she painted herself as a busy person,
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as though she could trick me
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into thinking she's not spending
all of her time hanging around.
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Got a busy day today.
AGMs, shareholder meets.
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Then I'm getting my hair buffed,
so can't chat long.
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[man 1] She always ordered
the same drink every time. A...
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Diet Coke. Plenty ice.
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[man 1] I always gave it to her
on the house.
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- She never drank her drink.
- I'm representing big clients...
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[man 1] Instead, she would
sit there on autopilot,
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monologuing breathlessly
about people in her life
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without ever explaining who they were.
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I was talking to Steve earlier.
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I was chatting to Joan.
Alan was on the phone.
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[man 1] Like I knew them already.
Like I was already a part of her life.
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And when she wasn't speaking about them
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or her law firm
or all the famous people she knew,
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she would sit there talking about me.
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You've got really manly hands,
haven't you?
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- Oh yeah?
- Big, deep voice. Chiseled jawline.
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Should be illegal
to have your bone structure too.
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They should tax you for it.
Man tax. [laughs]
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[man 1] Everything about her intrigued me.
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Her endless confidence,
her weird turn of phrase,
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the surprising poetry that slipped through
the cracks of her madness.
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Shall we run away together?
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My birthday's coming up.
Want to do something spesh.
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Who says I wanna run away?
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You're already doing it. Some people
run away by packing their bags.
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Others run away by standing
in the same place for too long.
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Sorry.
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Woke up a little gravy this morning.
Not sure what's come over me.
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[man 1] Then I would look at her
in her most vulnerable moments,
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and I would start to reimagine her past.
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The school balls that no one took her to.
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The time she tried on
wedding dresses for fun.
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Nights lost on social media
perusing the lives of the rich and famous.
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So I don't know what it was in me,
but I started paying her compliments.
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Your birthday's coming up.
Your 21st, is it?
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I'm 42!
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You're 42? Well, you'd better
give Peter Pan his moisturizer back.
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[laughs] My oh my!
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You've got a silver tongue on you,
you do, devil boy.
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Wouldn't mind teaching you
where to put it. [laughs]
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What do you say to picnic fun times
this weekend to celebrate?
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The sun's out. Pollen count's low.
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You can get a tan
without getting the sniffles.
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Sure, I'll come picnic with you.
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Oh my! [laughs]
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Picnic fun times
with my favorite reindeer. [laughs]
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Give me your number. We can arrange.
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Tell you what,
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name the time and the place,
and I'll get you there.
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I'll be the one
next to the gorgeous brunette.
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Who's that, then?
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[chuckles]
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Oh! You mean me? [laughs]
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[man 1] I began to love her laugh,
obsess with it,
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do everything I could
to eke it out of her.
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It was casual. It was harmless.
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It was becoming a joke around the bar.
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Oi, Donny. Aren't you gonna introduce us
to your girlfriend?
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So is this the one
you've been telling us about?
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- The supermodel?
- You said that? Really?
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Yeah, so come on, Donny. Out with it.
When are you two gonna shag?
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Ah, don't believe in sex before marriage.
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[men] Aw.
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What you waiting for?
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Ask her.
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Yeah. Ask her!
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[men] Ask her! Ask her!
Ask her! Ask her! Ask her!
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[men groan]
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What, you not asking?
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I'm marriage material.
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Half of everything makes you rich.
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Just bought a penthouse. Furnished.
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All I need now
is for someone to hang my curtains.
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[Donny] "Hang her curtains."
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Something about it sounded vaguely sexual.
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I hated lowering myself to their level,
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but I needed a way out
of that painfully awkward situation.
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I'll hang your curtains!
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[laughter]
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[operatic music plays]
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[Donny] I wanted her to laugh.
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I wanted her to share in the joke,
but she just didn't.
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I knew then, in that moment,
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that she'd taken it seriously.
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[operatic music continues]
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[Donny] Then came her emails,
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around 80 a day,
continuing long into the night.
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Her address, a random series
of numbers and letters, like spam,
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but the writing, exactly like she spoke.
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{\an8}Unhesitating, unfiltered.
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{\an8}Unapologetically raw.
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{\an8}There were spelling errors
on words much simpler to spell
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than other words she spelled perfectly.
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The fact she has an iPhone,
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even though she didn't
when I saw her texting at the bar.
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[operatic music crescendos]
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Look what I got, reindeer,
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ahead of picnic fun times.
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Ta-da! A wee-willie hamper.
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[laughs] It's got jam and marmalade,
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croutons,
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and champagne, too, if that's your tipple.
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I don't drink myself,
but you're absolutely welcome
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to pour it on my chest
and lick it from me.
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[Martha giggles]
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What's the matter?
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No, nothing. It's just you've...
you've spent quite a lot here.
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Well, it's a special birthday this year.
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My 43rd, no less.
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And I get to spend it with you.
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[exhales]
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{\an8}Martha, I think maybe
this isn't such a great idea.
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What? No picnic fun times?
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No, I... I don't think so.
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Really? Why?
I've just gone and bought a quilt too.
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It's extra soft
so you don't get pimples from the grass.
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{\an8}[sighs] Well, picnics, that's...
that's kind of what lovers do, you know?
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Oh.
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Well, what do friends do?
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{\an8}[sighs] I don't know.
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{\an8}- A coffee or something.
- Coffee's good.
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[typing]
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[Martha giggles]
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- Do you know what you're having?
- Well, I want the Scotch broth.
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Trying to figure out
if it's on the menu or not.
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Um, I don't see it on the m--
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Oh. Very good.
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[chuckles]
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Well? Is it on the menu?
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Uh, no, I'm afraid not.
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You'll find it in the specials though.
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[Martha laughing]
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The specials. [high-pitched laughter]
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Wow, that is some laugh.
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Yeah, I get that all the time.
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Chuckles Buckles, my dad used to call me.
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With his big hands. [chuckles]
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Well, do you have a volume dial?
Can I turn you down a bit?
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You'd have to turn me on first.
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[chuckles]
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So, are you serious about me?
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I can take it. Just be honest.
247
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I mean, I've overseen
some of the biggest cases in the world.
248
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Hollywood. You name it.
249
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I can handle anything.
250
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Be a shame though, obviously,
what with the... with the curtains,
251
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getting my hopes up.
252
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But I'd work through it.
253
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I'd work through it.
254
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Uh... [exhales]
255
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Yes, I'm... I'm... I'm serious about you.
256
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[exhales]
257
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- [Martha squeals]
- No, don't! Oh my God.
258
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Wait. As a friend, okay? As a friend.
259
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Friends
260
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with benefits.
261
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Just friends.
262
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- Can I get you guys anything?
- Uh, yeah.
263
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- I'll have an Americano, please.
- Yep.
264
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- I'll just have a tap water.
- [waitress] Sure.
265
00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:48,680
- Uh, you're not having anything?
- I can't afford it.
266
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I'll get it. Just...
267
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Oh. Okay.
268
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Uh, can I have a croissant, a flapjack,
269
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and a chocolate brownie and a coffee?
270
00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:57,680
Sure. What kind of coffee?
271
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Decaf. Perfect.
I'll grab those for you now. Thanks.
272
00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:11,800
So, um,
273
00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:13,960
how did you get my email?
274
00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:15,440
Oh. Off your website.
275
00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:18,720
You shouldn't have it on there.
Any so-and-so could get it.
276
00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:22,040
- Yeah, I'm starting to realize that.
- So you're a comedian?
277
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[exhales] Sort of.
278
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It's not going well.
279
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Is that a question?
280
00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:31,560
No. I can tell these things.
It's not going well.
281
00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:33,240
That's not true, actually, so--
282
00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:35,920
I saw some of your comedy videos online.
I thought they were shite.
283
00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:38,400
- Well, I've moved on a bit now.
- Offensive too.
284
00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:40,080
- It's satire.
- Thin satire.
285
00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:41,200
Sorry, are you a critic?
286
00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:46,640
- [server] Here you are.
- Oh. Thank you.
287
00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:49,720
Listen, Martha.
288
00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:53,120
Can you promise me
you won't tell anyone at the pub
289
00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:54,640
about those online videos?
290
00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:58,280
Stop it! You should be proud.
291
00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:00,680
You're chasing your dreams.
292
00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:03,960
Yeah, no, I get that. It's just...
293
00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:05,760
What is it?
294
00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:10,160
I spent my life
dreaming of becoming a comedian. I just...
295
00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:14,600
[sighs] I didn't realize
it was gonna be so fucking hard.
296
00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:16,640
Hardness can be good though, too, no?
297
00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:18,480
Yeah, I know. It's just...
298
00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:19,840
[Donny sighs]
299
00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:24,840
I, like... I used to think my dreams
would lead to happiness, but...
300
00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:29,760
now it almost feels
like this choice between the two.
301
00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:40,640
Somebody hurt you, didn't they?
302
00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:43,920
I can tell.
303
00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:46,840
You're like a warrior
304
00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:49,320
with a chink in the armor.
305
00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:52,480
Like a wounding of some kind.
306
00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:55,240
Was it a woman?
307
00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:56,880
[tense music plays]
308
00:15:57,840 --> 00:15:58,880
A heartbreak?
309
00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:01,000
[exhales] No, I'm fine.
310
00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:03,680
That's what a warrior would say.
311
00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:08,120
But I can see you're bleeding.
312
00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:10,480
[tense music continues]
313
00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:11,640
[Martha] Deep wounds.
314
00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:14,640
Who was it?
315
00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:18,120
Martha, can you
let go of my hand now, please?
316
00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:19,760
- I want names.
- [Donny] Martha, please.
317
00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:20,720
Names.
318
00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:22,080
- Martha, please.
- [Martha] Names.
319
00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:25,680
- [Donny] Martha, please, let go!
- Don't! Don't you dare!
320
00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:27,600
[crockery rattles]
321
00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:31,280
[exhales]
322
00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:36,960
Is everything all right here?
323
00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:37,880
Um,
324
00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:39,480
yeah, we're fine.
325
00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:41,600
We're... we're fine. Honest.
326
00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:43,640
Can I get you guys anything else, or...
327
00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:46,280
Just the bill.
328
00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:54,440
- What way are you walking?
- Uh, this way.
329
00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:55,960
I'm this way.
330
00:16:57,240 --> 00:16:58,400
Thanks for the brownie.
331
00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:02,240
[uneasy music playing]
332
00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:13,520
[Donny] I knew
she wasn't a millionaire lawyer,
333
00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:17,360
but seeing her madness play out like that
left me with this sense of unease.
334
00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:19,560
[music fades]
335
00:17:20,320 --> 00:17:23,480
[Donny] Who was this woman,
and what did she see in me?
336
00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:25,560
[uneasy music playing]
337
00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:43,200
[cell phone chimes]
338
00:18:44,120 --> 00:18:45,200
Fuck! Shit!
339
00:18:57,360 --> 00:18:59,360
[gentle music playing]
340
00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:11,920
[Donny] I sometimes question what would
have happened had I not followed her,
341
00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:13,320
just turned around and went home.
342
00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:15,600
Whether that is where
this whole ordeal might have ended.
343
00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:19,280
Maybe some part of me
wanted to get caught.
344
00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:22,760
Maybe some part of me wanted to see
where it all might take me.
345
00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:25,800
Okay, guys, it's been
a fantastic competition so far.
346
00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:28,400
Loads of acts vying for a place
in the semifinals.
347
00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:29,320
[audience cheering]
348
00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:32,560
[compère] Keep that energy up,
and please welcome to the stage,
349
00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:34,960
your next act, Donny Dunn!
350
00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:38,480
Okay! Good. All right,
let me just quickly chuck this down.
351
00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:40,320
Ooh. Set up the gig.
352
00:19:41,360 --> 00:19:43,640
Just unzip the old bagarooney.
353
00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:44,800
Okay, good. Woo!
354
00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:46,200
All right. Ooh. [chuckles]
355
00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:48,800
Bang! Yes. All right. Cool.
356
00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:51,680
That's...
357
00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:54,680
Now, I know what you're thinking.
358
00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:56,920
Venus Williams has let herself go.
359
00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:00,040
[scattered chuckling]
360
00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:06,680
Oh, sorry. God, no. I said the wrong name.
Sorry, it's new material.
361
00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:08,720
I'll just grab my notebook out, and I'll...
362
00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:11,640
I'll do it again.
Okay, let's just... Here it is. Ha.
363
00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:13,280
So I know what you're thinking.
364
00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:15,880
Serena Williams has let herself go.
365
00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:17,000
[chuckles awkwardly]
366
00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:23,840
Okay, cool. That didn't work.
Let's move on.
367
00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:25,520
- Um...
- [woman laughs]
368
00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:29,080
[woman laughs]
369
00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:37,560
Uh, one laugh. If you could
move around the room, that'd be great.
370
00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:38,760
[light laughter]
371
00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:40,240
[Martha continues laughing]
372
00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:41,800
Jesus, can't take my mum anywhere, eh?
373
00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:43,680
[Martha laughing]
374
00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:51,480
[chuckles nervously] Um...
375
00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:53,400
What's your name?
376
00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:56,040
Martha.
377
00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:58,920
Hello, Martha.
Is your spaceship parked outside?
378
00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:00,840
[laughter]
379
00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:03,360
Yeah, outside.
380
00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:06,480
Want to go for a ride
back to my home planet?
381
00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:09,720
Your home planet?
A planet where people find me funnier?
382
00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:10,640
I'm sold!
383
00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:12,920
[laughter]
384
00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:14,520
And where is your home planet?
385
00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:16,440
Belsize Park.
386
00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:18,120
[laughter]
387
00:21:18,120 --> 00:21:22,640
[chuckles] Um, and so, out of interest,
when you say your spaceship, you mean...
388
00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:24,880
A Fiat Punto.
389
00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:26,640
[laughter]
390
00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:30,280
Brilliant. Ladies and gentlemen,
it ain't gonna get much better than that.
391
00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:31,600
Jesus, Jesus.
392
00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:34,560
Come on. All right, so, you know--
393
00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:35,600
I can sing, you know?
394
00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:38,240
Oh, well, people haven't come here
for singing, so...
395
00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:39,960
[woman] Aw, let her sing!
396
00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:41,840
- [man] Go on! Let her sing!
- [Donny] No.
397
00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:44,360
[man] Come on, let her sing! Let her sing!
398
00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:47,120
Okay, fine, sod it. Go on, then.
399
00:21:47,120 --> 00:21:48,440
- [man] Wahey!
- [woman] Whoo!
400
00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:53,040
[Martha clears throat]
401
00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:56,920
♪ I know I stand in line
Until you think you have the time ♪
402
00:21:56,920 --> 00:21:59,280
♪ To spend an evening with me... ♪
403
00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:01,520
Nancy Sinatra,
what the hell are you doing here?
404
00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:04,960
♪ And if we go someplace to dance
I know that there's a chance ♪
405
00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:06,840
♪ You won't be leaving with me ♪
406
00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:08,400
Do you know any Slipknot?
407
00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:10,240
[laughter]
408
00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:11,200
[chuckles]
409
00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:14,400
I would let you sing more,
but can't handle you upstaging me.
410
00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:17,200
A round of applause
for Martha, everyone. Yes!
411
00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:19,480
- [audience cheers]
- [Donny] Ha-ha! Brilliant.
412
00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:21,320
Absolutely brilliant. Cool.
413
00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:24,800
Um, I've always thought that song
was really weird, actually.
414
00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:26,880
They could have said
something really stupid like,
415
00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:29,680
"Then I go and spoil it all
by saying something stupid like,
416
00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:31,080
'Hitler was misunderstood.'"
417
00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:34,160
[laughter]
418
00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:37,600
So I went vegan recently.
419
00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:40,240
Had to make some sacrifices.
420
00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:42,560
[laughter]
421
00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:54,520
Met a new girlfriend.
She's a real spring chicken. Come on!
422
00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:59,240
Yep, gives great head.
Oh no, no, no, no, no.
423
00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:01,160
Good. We're rocking and rolling.
Good, good.
424
00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:03,240
[quiet music playing]
425
00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:09,480
[laughter in distance]
426
00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:18,880
Fucking hell.
427
00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:20,120
How'd you do that?
428
00:23:20,120 --> 00:23:21,280
- What?
- Just appear.
429
00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:23,280
You're like... Ninja Cat.
430
00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:24,480
[Martha laughs]
431
00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:27,920
[Martha] That was fun stuff tonight.
You deserved your win.
432
00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:30,000
Better than that shit online.
433
00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:31,840
Thanks, I think.
434
00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:34,000
All the props and the gadgets and stuff.
435
00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,160
So funny, reindeer. [laughs]
436
00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:37,080
[Martha exhales]
437
00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:42,040
You have it in your bones,
this comedy lark, don't you?
438
00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:44,520
Thank you.
439
00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:45,760
Oh, don't thank me.
440
00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:47,560
Thank yourself.
441
00:23:48,120 --> 00:23:49,120
Thank your bones.
442
00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:50,560
[Donny chuckles]
443
00:23:52,360 --> 00:23:53,560
[sighs] Look.
444
00:23:55,360 --> 00:23:58,440
[exhales] About yesterday,
when I was outside.
445
00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:00,000
I shouldn't have followed you. I was--
446
00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:01,600
Oh, no, don't be silly.
447
00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:04,000
I don't begrudge you a peep.
448
00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:07,040
Just come in for a plate next time.
449
00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:09,320
I'll cook you my special dish.
450
00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:12,880
What's your special dish?
451
00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:15,120
Beef curtains.
452
00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:19,760
[both laugh]
453
00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:22,560
[Donny] Fucking hell.
454
00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:26,800
You're utterly mad, aren't you?
455
00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:30,760
[Donny] Oh! [chuckles]
456
00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:32,840
Uh...
457
00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:41,640
If you had a superpower, what would it be?
458
00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:44,400
Uh...
459
00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:48,480
I'd wanna know what people were thinking,
460
00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:51,640
rather than just guessing all the time.
461
00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:55,960
What? Are you worried
people think bad of you or something?
462
00:24:56,600 --> 00:24:59,400
No. I'm worried
they don't think about me at all.
463
00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:02,600
[Donny sighs]
464
00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:06,000
- Mine's weird.
- I expect nothing less.
465
00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:07,120
[Martha chuckles]
466
00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:08,640
Do you ever, like,
467
00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:11,280
want to unzip people
468
00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:13,880
and climb inside them?
469
00:25:15,360 --> 00:25:16,200
[Donny] Hmm.
470
00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:19,280
Can't say it's an impulse
I've had very often, no.
471
00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:22,520
I wish humans had a chin zip.
472
00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:25,840
One that would open
all the way to their bellies.
473
00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:29,880
{\an8}I'd just unzip them and tuck myself away.
474
00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:34,560
Is this you asking me for my skin suit?
475
00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:38,320
[laughs] Yes, I'd wear you like a onesie.
476
00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:42,640
[laughs] Oh my God.
Snuggle away inside you all winter.
477
00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:44,840
Ah, that'd be nice.
478
00:25:46,360 --> 00:25:47,680
I'd miss biscuits though.
479
00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:52,080
Well, um, I tell you what,
480
00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:55,240
give me a list of the ones you like,
481
00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:58,080
and every now and again,
when nobody's looking,
482
00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:01,200
I'll unzip my chin
and pop some biscuits inside for you.
483
00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:03,000
- How does that sound?
- [laughs]
484
00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:05,880
Best of both worlds! Oh my God.
485
00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:08,600
[sighs happily] Oh my God.
486
00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:11,000
The tongue on you.
487
00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:20,680
♪ And afterwards we drop
Into a quiet little place ♪
488
00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:23,280
♪ And have a drink or two... ♪
489
00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:30,280
Uh...
490
00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:39,520
♪ And then I go and spoil it all
By saying something stupid like ♪
491
00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:41,560
-"Hitler was misunderstood."
- ♪ I love you ♪
492
00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:46,680
I love you.
493
00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:52,080
Oh... Um...
494
00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:53,000
[Martha] Oh no.
495
00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:56,120
- As a friend. Like you said.
- Yeah. No.
496
00:26:56,120 --> 00:26:58,440
- Sorry.
- I've said too much, haven't I?
497
00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:02,760
Oh my God. Stupid.
Stupid fucking moron gob!
498
00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:04,560
No, no, don't do that, okay?
Don't do that.
499
00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:07,880
It's fine, all right? It's fine.
Don't do that, okay? Please, just...
500
00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:18,840
I have a sneaky feeling
you might be the death of me.
501
00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:29,560
Z-z-z-z-zip.
502
00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:35,000
Boop. [laughs]
503
00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:39,560
[unsettling music playing]
504
00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:29,680
[unsettling music continues]
505
00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:31,320
[unsettling music building]
506
00:28:37,360 --> 00:28:38,520
[music fades]
507
00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:41,560
["Happy Together" playing]
508
00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:45,960
[Donny] I sat there for hours
taking it all in.
509
00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:47,720
Piecing together her whole timeline.
510
00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:51,240
Her graduate job. How she got fired
for inappropriate behavior with the boss.
511
00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:53,840
{\an8}How she started hanging around
outside his house,
512
00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:57,800
{\an8}then falsely reporting him to the police
for abusing his disabled child.
513
00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:00,120
{\an8}This other time
she attacked his mother in the street.
514
00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:02,320
Her four-and-a-half-year prison sentence.
515
00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:03,240
{\an8}[music stops]
516
00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:16,480
[Donny] I had a convicted stalker
stalking me.
517
00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:19,440
I had a convicted stalker stalking me.
518
00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:23,560
I had a convicted stalker stalking me.
519
00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:28,720
♪ And you for me
So happy together ♪
520
00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:32,920
♪ So happy together ♪
521
00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:37,040
♪ How is the weather? ♪
522
00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:51,080
♪ So happy together ♪
523
00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:57,440
♪ I can't see me lovin' nobody but you ♪
524
00:29:57,440 --> 00:30:00,480
♪ For all my life ♪
525
00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:05,000
♪ When you're with me
Baby, the skies will be blue ♪
526
00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:08,560
♪ For all my life ♪
527
00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:11,200
♪ Me and you, and you and me ♪
528
00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:15,520
♪ No matter how they tossed the dice
It had to be ♪
529
00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:19,440
♪ The only one for me is you
And you for me ♪
530
00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:27,760
♪ So happy together ♪
531
00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:31,320
♪ And how is the weather? ♪
532
00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:39,880
♪ So happy together ♪
533
00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:43,640
♪ Happy together ♪
534
00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:49,520
♪ So happy together ♪