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And to our family.
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- If and when.
- If and when.
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- Since 9:47 p.m.,
we've had a complete blackout.
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Anyone trying to get in
falls instantly unconscious.
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Sir, London's sent someone.
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- I have a daughter.
She's home on her own.
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She has health issues.
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Mum, where are you?
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I need you.
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Canter on.
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Nice.
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Whoa. Hey.
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Keep the knees in.
Tell him you're there.
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- I'm trying!
- You alright, Ellie?
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- Whoa!
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Help!
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- Ellie!
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I love you.
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Yeah, it's me.
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I'm on my way there now.
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Arrange a meeting
for tomorrow at 2:00 p.m.
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Let London know.
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- It was a freak event that
took the nation by surprise,
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but as the weeks pass,
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the small Buckinghamshire town
of Midwich
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finds itself, at last,
able to return
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to some semblance of normality.
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The huge power surge...
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- I love you.
I love you.
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Jodie.
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What are you doing here?
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It's a police matter.
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- Is it about that Twix
I stole from Smiths?
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It was 20 years ago,
and I've eaten it.
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- Right.
It's not about the Twix.
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You better come in, then.
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Look, how long
is this gonna take?
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Because Steve's coming 'round
and I need to tidy up and cook.
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Steve?
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- Yeah, we're giving it
another go.
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Do you want tea?
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- Why are you giving it
another go?
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None of your business.
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You were a real bastard to me
after the funeral.
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I was in grief, too.
Maybe you didn't notice.
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- Something's happened,
to do with May the 6th.
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- I'm done talking
about that night.
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Fucking police interviews,
journalists everywhere.
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I just want to live my life.
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Why are you back with Steve?
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Any particular reason?
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What are you talking about?
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- You know
what I'm talking about.
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- How the fuck do you know
about that?
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- Jodie,
I need you to call Steve.
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You need to cancel tonight,
and we need to talk
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because this is not
what you think it is.
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You ready yet?
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Coming!
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Sorry, just had to send the edit
on Laura's novel.
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- Thanks for doing this.
- Are you kidding?
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I wouldn't miss this
for the world.
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Take a seat.
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- We have an appointment
at 2:00 p.m.,
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about our pregnancy.
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Yes, of course.
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Um, go through to D-Wing,
Ward 300.
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Oh, ignore the signs
about rebuilding.
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Are you sure this is right?
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It's what she said.
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Come on, we're late.
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You okay?
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Mr. Clyde, listen
to your girlfriend.
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This is not the same
as it was in London.
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I can feel life growing
inside me.
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Yeah.
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Oh, name, please.
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- Zoe Moran.
We have an appointment
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with Obstetrics at 2:00 p.m.
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- And this is your partner?
- Yeah, yeah.
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We are in the right place,
aren't we?
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Oh, yes, just go on through.
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What is this?
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Please come in and take a seat.
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Good afternoon, everyone.
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My name is Dr. Colin McAfferty,
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and I am a senior advisor
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to the government's
Medical Response Council.
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The reason
that you're here today is
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that DCI Haynes and I need
to talk to you
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about what happened on the night
of Friday, May the 6th.
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We asked you here today
along with a partner
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and someone that you trust
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because, as you will recall,
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our medical teams
took extensive tests
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from every victim
of the Midwich blackout.
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Our intention was to check
that there were
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no ongoing health concerns
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and I'm happy to say
that there weren't.
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But, what the tests did show
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is that something occurred
that night.
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It appears
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that every woman
of childbearing age
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who was in the zone...
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...it seems that you've
all fallen pregnant.
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- We see no sign, as yet,
that your fetus
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is anything other than normal,
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but how this happened, we --
we do not yet know.
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- What do you mean,
you don't know?
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- So you're saying it's --
What are you saying?
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- If I could just finish.
- Hold on a second.
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Um, are you implying
we're all pregnant
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for the same reason?
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- Um, we can't say anything
with any medical certainty
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at this time.
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- We will be conducting...
- What do you mean?
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- ...more tests
after the meeting.
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But you are saying something.
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You're...making assumptions
about my body.
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- Is this -- Is this a joke?
- It's not a joke.
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- Do you want me to go in?
- No.
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- Every woman here is at the...
- The local touch is better.
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- ...exact same stage
of pregnancy.
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- This was always going to be
the tricky bit.
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- We are, therefore, drawn
to date conception
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to the night of the blackout.
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There must be some mistake.
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- There's no mistake.
- Excuse me.
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This is nothing to do with us.
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Please sit down.
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You can't tell us what to do.
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I'm afraid I can.
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I know that this is a shock,
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but it is vitally important
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that what has happened to you
does not go
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outside of this room.
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For this reason,
we brought you here together
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and, before anything
else happens,
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everyone here must sign
the Official Secrets Act.
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- Oh, what?!
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What is he talking about?
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- The blackout event
has been classified
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a national red level threat.
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A red level threat means
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that we're dealing with
an unexplained phenomenon
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that could be the result
of a hostile attack
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from a foreign
or a domestic agent.
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Do you mean terrorism?
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I'm pregnant.
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- How can that be a hostile act?
- Yeah.
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- Some external force,
as yet unidentified,
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caused a major power cut
that night
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and may have also caused you
all to conceive.
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What about the power surge?
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There was a lightning strike.
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- You lied to us.
- Let's just stay calm.
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- Was there a lightning
strike or not?
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- Well, was there?
- Sam, we're leaving.
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- Please. Please sit down.
- You -- I went to my GP,
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and he told me
my baby was normal.
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Is that a camera?
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I asked you a question.
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- Is that a camera?
- Yeah.
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Who's watching us?
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Answer the question.
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- The police have been assigned
temporary extrajudicial powers
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by the Home Secretary.
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- They're filming us.
- Can they do that?
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- No, they fucking can't.
- Calm down, Curtis.
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- Oi, look,
don't tell me what to do!
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- Can you let us
out that door now, please?
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- I can't do that.
- With me.
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What are you talking about?
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Curtis.
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I'm calling a lawyer.
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My phone's not working.
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Nor mine.
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- Have you blocked our phones?
- What is going on?
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- They've blocked our phones.
- They've what?
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- Check -- check your phone.
There's no signal.
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- You can't do that.
Get your things. We're going.
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Sam, we're going, too.
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- I'm sorry, but nobody leaves
until this is done.
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- Where did they come from?
- Sit down.
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- Jesus Christ, what is this?
Just let us out of here.
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Curtis, sit down.
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Could you ask the soldiers
to get away from the door?
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I have a feeling
they're not very helpful.
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- I don't even know
who the hell you are.
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I'm Susannah Zellaby.
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I know Rachel.
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It's true.
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Sit down.
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- I'm a family therapist here
in the town.
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I'm also the mother
of Cassie, here,
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who was in the zone that night.
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Five days ago, Cassie found out
that she was pregnant.
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She swore to me she had no idea
how it had happened.
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And I didn't believe her.
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Since then, a few women
have come to me
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with similar concerns
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and it was then
I started to wonder
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if something
strange had happened.
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I'll tell you what's happened.
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My partner and I made love
that night in my new home,
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and, as a result,
we have a baby coming.
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And this is nothing
to do with it.
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- Zoe, yes?
- Yeah.
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- Zoe, I would dearly love that
to be the case.
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But if every woman
in this room is pregnant,
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regardless of their
sexual orientation,
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her sexual experience,
then that --
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- That's not my problem.
Sam, let's go.
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I think most of you know me.
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I'm hard to miss.
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But for those that don't,
I-I'm Mary-Ann.
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I work at Case & Wilson estate
agents on the High Street.
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I asked my friend Sarah
to come with me today
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because I was scared
to come on my own.
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I'm pregnant.
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And I haven't had sex
with a man for years.
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That can't be true.
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Trust me.
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- What about artificial --
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No.
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I don't believe you.
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- That's not helpful.
- It's alright, Sarah.
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You know, it may not make sense,
Zoe, but it is the truth.
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- Yeah, well, maybe you got drunk
and forgot.
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- Given the sexual desert
of my last couple of years,
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Curtis, I think that is
something I would remember.
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What about you, Sarah?
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Are you pregnant?
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- I was out of town that night
with Charlotte.
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Otherwise I think I might be.
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The, uh, same is true for me.
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They're here.
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- Bring them in.
- Bring them in please.
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- There are some younger women
coming up with their parents.
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They were also in the zone
that night,
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some of them at
a house party on Lichfield Road.
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They're in the same situation
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but given that they were
under 18 when it happened,
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we thought it important to speak
to them individually first.
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Come on in, it's okay.
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Everyone knows what's going on.
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Please.
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I really need them to sign this.
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Listen, everyone.
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DCI Haynes wants us to sign
this piece of paper
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for our security
and our protection.
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You don't have to do this.
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No one here can make you
sign anything against your will.
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You are free to leave...
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and go home.
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But one thing we must
all accept...
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May 6th happened.
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And whether we like it or not,
we are all in this together now.
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So I will be signing...
260
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if you wish to join me.
261
00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:03,720
Just sign here please.
262
00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:38,960
- Nora, isn't it?
- Yeah.
263
00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:40,920
- Mary-Ann.
264
00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:43,560
Bet that was one party
you wish you hadn't gone to.
265
00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:55,440
- What is this for?
- It's an NIPT.
266
00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:58,680
We're looking to isolate
the fetal DNA from your own.
267
00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:00,560
Why?
268
00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:03,120
- At just over seven weeks,
the mother's blood
269
00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:05,160
contains small levels
of the baby's DNA,
270
00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:06,800
which is excreted
through the placenta.
271
00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:08,560
But why are you doing this?
272
00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:10,920
- We do it for a variety
of reasons.
273
00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:15,120
But one thing we do want to do
is test for paternal DNA.
274
00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:17,560
Paternal DNA.
275
00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:20,840
- We're looking to isolate
the fetal DNA from your own.
276
00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:22,400
It's an NIPT.
277
00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:25,640
- We're looking to isolate
the fetal DNA from your own.
278
00:17:40,120 --> 00:17:42,960
Dr. Zellaby?
279
00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:46,680
Sorry, it's a bad habit.
280
00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:49,080
I had given up, but, uh...
281
00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:51,240
- Free country,
last time I looked.
282
00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:54,800
- Well, that's a matter
of opinion.
283
00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:56,640
Have you got a moment?
284
00:17:56,720 --> 00:17:59,280
Yeah.
285
00:17:59,360 --> 00:18:01,160
I wanted to say...
286
00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:04,320
I'm so sorry for your loss.
287
00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:06,840
If there's anything I can do...
288
00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:09,440
Just, just through here.
289
00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:11,520
Thanks.
290
00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:16,960
Dr. Zellaby.
291
00:18:17,040 --> 00:18:18,240
Bernard Westcott.
Home Office.
292
00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:20,880
- How do you do?
- How do you do?
293
00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:22,040
Shall we use my office?
294
00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:41,360
We're still locating
all of the women affected.
295
00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:44,400
We expect mostly terminations,
296
00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:46,520
but we are anticipating
a small percentage
297
00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:48,640
may choose to keep the child.
298
00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:51,560
Those women may need
psychological support.
299
00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:54,760
- Well, I hope
you're not asking me
300
00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:57,600
to report back
on personal consultations.
301
00:18:57,680 --> 00:18:59,000
That would be unethical.
302
00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:02,320
- We just want you to help
the mothers on their journey.
303
00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:04,200
Like you did today.
304
00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:06,280
- And we're willing to pay you
to do so.
305
00:19:06,360 --> 00:19:08,920
- One of those mothers
is my daughter.
306
00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,560
Surely that's a positive.
307
00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:14,600
Well, you'll have an insight
none of us could possibly share.
308
00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:20,280
Let me be frank, Dr. Zellaby.
309
00:19:20,360 --> 00:19:24,360
An entirely unexplained
phenomenon has occurred.
310
00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:27,080
We have a responsibility
to protect
311
00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:30,200
not just the women concerned
but all of us.
312
00:19:32,360 --> 00:19:35,760
We should use every tool
at our disposal.
313
00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:37,840
Wouldn't you agree?
314
00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:44,520
Susannah...
315
00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:46,600
before you go...
316
00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:55,320
...there is one thing that came
up on your background checks.
317
00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:58,760
May 1999.
Your daughter Cassie.
318
00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:01,560
What about it?
319
00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:03,120
- I just wanted to ask you
a few questions
320
00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:05,200
about that time,
if that's all right?
321
00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:40,080
Maybe this was a bad idea.
322
00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:43,280
No, I need to face it.
323
00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:48,040
- Come on.
Let me show you the room.
324
00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:06,960
Paul.
325
00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:09,040
You should know
I'm gonna keep the baby.
326
00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:13,840
I think I have to.
327
00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:17,040
Can you understand that?
328
00:21:17,120 --> 00:21:18,360
Well, it is your choice.
329
00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:20,320
I know it's my choice.
330
00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:22,520
I'm asking if you understand.
331
00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:28,000
Are you okay?
332
00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:35,120
- Honestly, I don't know how
to answer that question.
333
00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:47,080
Brought you a tea.
334
00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:53,160
- How you feeling?
- Is this my free session?
335
00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:54,360
Paid for by the government.
336
00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:57,600
- I'm just asking you
how you are.
337
00:22:57,680 --> 00:23:01,120
It's...disturbing.
338
00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:04,160
But it's okay to say so.
339
00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:07,680
- Actually it all...
kind of makes sense.
340
00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:12,560
I mean...
341
00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:15,680
I knew that night
had to be for something.
342
00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:18,840
The way that I felt,
right after,
343
00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:20,800
I couldn't put it into words.
344
00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:24,120
But now I...
345
00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:29,080
It -- it felt like
I was visited.
346
00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:37,040
Have you read the pamphlet?
347
00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,000
Yeah, I've read it.
348
00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:49,960
- Cassie, this --
349
00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:52,640
this isn't
an ordinary situation.
350
00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:56,760
And you have to ask yourself
if you're ready for this.
351
00:23:56,840 --> 00:24:01,920
I'm here, of course, always,
but is that what you want?
352
00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:03,280
To be reliant on me?
353
00:24:03,360 --> 00:24:05,680
- Just say it.
You want me to get rid of it.
354
00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:08,480
- You don't think that I can cope.
- No, that's not what I said.
355
00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:11,360
- No, but that's what you meant,
though, isn't it?
356
00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:13,880
You don't think that
I'm mother material.
357
00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:14,920
Cassie, don't.
358
00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:17,120
I get one thing.
359
00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:20,440
One thing of my own.
360
00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:37,040
I understand.
361
00:24:37,120 --> 00:24:38,200
And you'll send a letter?
362
00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:43,880
Thank you.
363
00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:46,320
Who was that?
364
00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:48,560
- The hospital.
They've got the test results.
365
00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:53,080
And?
366
00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:58,280
- The baby has my DNA
but not yours.
367
00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:03,240
Apparently there's no evidence
of paternal DNA of any kind.
368
00:25:08,120 --> 00:25:10,680
The woman said as you're not
the father,
369
00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:13,360
you don't have
the same legal rights,
370
00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:17,480
so we have to sign something
to ascribe those rights to you,
371
00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:19,560
if you want to.
372
00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:24,800
This is bullshit.
373
00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:26,640
I'm with you.
374
00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:27,840
It's okay.
375
00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:33,280
I'm getting rid of it.
376
00:25:33,360 --> 00:25:34,760
- Where's that letter?
- No.
377
00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:36,200
It's not what we wanted.
378
00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:37,800
We wanted our child.
379
00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:39,160
Zoe, listen to me.
380
00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:41,640
That doctor gave us a less
than 1% chance.
381
00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:44,280
- That's why we came here.
Change of environment.
382
00:25:44,360 --> 00:25:47,640
- Yeah. And it worked.
It worked!
383
00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:49,960
- Not -- not how I wanted!
384
00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:53,160
- But it might be
the best chance we get.
385
00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:55,960
So please don't get rid of it.
386
00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:57,120
Please.
387
00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:23,000
- For me, it's a matter
of my religion.
388
00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:27,960
I'm as disturbed by this
as anyone,
389
00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:30,320
but I won't interrupt
God's work.
390
00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:35,720
I don't expect everyone
to agree,
391
00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:37,280
but for me,
it's an article of faith.
392
00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:46,960
No, Sam is being amazing.
393
00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:50,480
He's feeding me huge suppers.
394
00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:53,160
The baby's good.
Scan was normal.
395
00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:56,480
No need for amnio
or anything like that.
396
00:26:57,360 --> 00:26:59,800
Yes, I am sleeping fine.
397
00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:01,880
It's all fine.
398
00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:03,400
I can't explain it.
399
00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:06,560
It's like this weird
fucking miracle.
400
00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:07,880
Hello, sweetheart.
401
00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:10,400
Go on.
402
00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:13,120
Oh, my God.
You're the Virgin Mary.
403
00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:15,120
Definitely not a virgin.
404
00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:24,520
Who's messaging you?
405
00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:27,600
- Uh, it's just someone
from the council.
406
00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:34,000
- Can we play?
- Sure.
407
00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:44,000
- Excuse me.
Can I help?
408
00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:46,080
- No, I know where I'm going,
thanks.
409
00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:53,920
- Miss Stone?
We got your call.
410
00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,280
- Is anyone with you?
- No.
411
00:27:56,360 --> 00:27:57,560
Anyone coming to pick you up?
412
00:27:57,640 --> 00:28:00,440
- Um, listen, I've, uh,
done this before.
413
00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:03,400
- So let's just get it done.
- Of course.
414
00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:05,800
If you sit down and wait
for your name to be called...
415
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,680
You not with anyone?
416
00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:24,280
My mum can't cope.
417
00:28:24,360 --> 00:28:26,320
It's too weird for her.
418
00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:28,520
- It's too weird for all of us.
419
00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:30,600
Hmm.
420
00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:37,160
My mate Sadie tried posting
about the whole thing
421
00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:38,320
on Facebook.
422
00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:39,800
It got taken down.
423
00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:41,520
The police came 'round.
424
00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:43,360
Yeah.
425
00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:44,600
We're being watched
all the time.
426
00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:47,560
- I don't want anything
to do with it.
427
00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:49,680
- Just have a seat
through here...
428
00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:50,800
Okay.
429
00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:52,600
- ...and wait for your name
to be called.
430
00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:54,680
Thank you.
431
00:28:57,840 --> 00:28:59,840
- Hi.
- Hi.
432
00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:05,360
- I didn't know anyone else
would be here.
433
00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:08,040
I guess it's more efficient.
434
00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:10,840
Cassandra Stone?
435
00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:28,600
So, Cassie...
436
00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:30,920
you've thought about keeping
the baby but decided against,
437
00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:33,080
- is that correct?
- Yeah.
438
00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:34,880
- And you've made that
decision yourself?
439
00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:37,360
Yeah.
440
00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:39,920
- Okay, so you'll be taking
two pills.
441
00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:42,560
The first will abrupt
the main pregnancy hormone
442
00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:46,360
and the second will induce
the breakdown of the pregnancy.
443
00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:48,480
Due to the unusual nature
of the pregnancy,
444
00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:50,040
we'll administer the pills here
445
00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:53,280
and monitor you
during the process.
446
00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:01,520
If you'll just sign
this consent form
447
00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:03,600
and we'll get everything ready.
448
00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:08,960
- You've thought about
keeping the baby
449
00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:10,320
and have decided against,
is that correct?
450
00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:11,960
Yes, that's right.
451
00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:13,960
- Have you made that
decision yourself?
452
00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:17,240
- Yes.
In consultation with my husband.
453
00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:21,680
- Now just wait through here,
Mrs. Saunders.
454
00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:25,000
Sign this consent form
and we'll get everything ready.
455
00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:27,080
Thanks.
456
00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:34,560
- Sign this consent form,
and we'll get everything ready.
457
00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:36,640
Right. Thank you.
458
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:49,520
Okay, Miss Stone.
459
00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:55,960
It's happened again.
460
00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:13,320
- As you can see,
with Kilmorey Avenue,
461
00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:15,360
you get more gardens,
a little less living space.
462
00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:16,960
It's all a matter of taste,
463
00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:20,040
but I personally think
it's a peach.
464
00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:21,560
Come anytime.
465
00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:25,800
Even in winter, it's always
a trip worth making.
466
00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:28,760
- Your brother is going
to love you so much.
467
00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:30,760
No. Don't be silly.
468
00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:35,920
I've still got another
two months to go,
469
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:38,600
although you wouldn't
think it to look at me.
470
00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:43,160
Ma'am.
471
00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:34,320
...for the 0956 service
472
00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:37,160
to London Marylebone
calling at...
473
00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:53,760
...56 service
to London Marylebone...
474
00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:48,360
Sorry about this.
475
00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:51,600
- No, not, not at all.
I'm -- I'm glad you called.
476
00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:53,320
Cassie has got a friend here,
but they're upstairs,
477
00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:56,400
so we can talk in my study.
478
00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:57,760
Would you like a cup of tea?
479
00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:08,200
There it is again.
480
00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:12,280
God.
481
00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:15,960
What are you gonna call her?
482
00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:18,440
I was thinking about Eve.
483
00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:23,000
First woman.
484
00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:27,920
What?
485
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:29,080
It's too mystical for me.
486
00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:43,800
Hey, stranger.
487
00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:46,360
Hey. How are you?
488
00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:48,040
Haven't seen you around.
489
00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:50,160
- Uh, well, I went to Croydon
for a bit,
490
00:36:50,240 --> 00:36:51,960
but it just didn't feel right,
you know?
491
00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:53,480
So where are you staying?
492
00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:56,280
- I'm just with Paul for now.
- Okay.
493
00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:58,520
It's only temporary.
494
00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:00,880
I'm gonna look
for my own place soon.
495
00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:02,320
Well, you know where to come.
496
00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:03,840
I've got a lovely 2-bed
in Drakesford Avenue.
497
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:05,160
£600 a month.
498
00:37:05,240 --> 00:37:07,640
- Oh.
Yeah, that sounds great.
499
00:37:09,360 --> 00:37:12,280
How can we be so bloody heavy?
500
00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:14,360
We've still got six weeks to go.
501
00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:17,680
- It shouldn't be this big,
Mum says it's weird.
502
00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:19,760
- Your Mum thinks
everything's weird.
503
00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:23,080
- That is so true.
504
00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:24,480
Oh.
505
00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:25,960
Later, babe.
506
00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:27,160
Come tomorrow.
507
00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:44,360
I was at the station.
508
00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:47,480
And I just couldn't get
on the train.
509
00:37:47,560 --> 00:37:51,000
- Well, a-a pregnant body
can behave like that.
510
00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:52,880
The chemical changes
are extreme.
511
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:54,880
No.
512
00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:56,960
This is different.
513
00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:00,760
It controlled my body,
Susannah.
514
00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:05,000
It?
515
00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:07,640
Yes.
516
00:38:07,720 --> 00:38:09,320
It doesn't want me
to go to work.
517
00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:10,840
It just wants me to be here.
518
00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:16,120
It's like it has
a will of its own.
519
00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:24,080
You got chicken.
520
00:38:24,160 --> 00:38:25,440
- Yeah, it's an old
family classic.
521
00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:26,960
I can't find any
of the spices, though,
522
00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:28,680
so I'm having to improvise.
523
00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:31,000
Oh!
524
00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:32,360
You okay?
525
00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:34,800
Oh. Yeah.
526
00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:37,640
- Okay. Stay calm.
- Have you got that number?
527
00:38:37,720 --> 00:38:40,240
- Yeah, it's on my phone.
- Oh, it's so early, though.
528
00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:42,360
- They said it might come early,
remember?
529
00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:43,800
Let's just tell them
you're on your way in,
530
00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:46,040
and then we'll call Paul
and he can come and pick you up.
531
00:38:46,120 --> 00:38:47,800
We'll call outside.
Walk with me.
532
00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:51,440
Okay.
533
00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:53,880
Oh!
534
00:38:53,960 --> 00:38:56,120
No way.
535
00:38:56,200 --> 00:38:59,560
- Okay.
- Okay.
536
00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:03,560
- Okay?
- Yeah.
537
00:39:03,640 --> 00:39:05,760
- Mum.
- Yeah. I've just seen --
538
00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:08,280
- Seen what?
- It's the Midwich chat group.
539
00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:09,560
A couple of the mothers have --
540
00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:13,400
Ah. [ Groans
541
00:39:16,840 --> 00:39:19,760
Oh!
542
00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:26,440
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
543
00:40:58,240 --> 00:40:59,840
Uhhhhhhhhh!
544
00:40:59,920 --> 00:41:02,640
Aaaaahhhh!