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(MALE VO, QUIETLY)
'Aeons' is about...
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..first love.
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But it's also a meditation on...
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..queer culture, it's about Ireland,
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it's about our past and our present.
It's about...
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(FRUSTRATED SIGH)
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(WHISPERING)
Fuck off, that's fucking shit.
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(QUIETLY) I wanted
to write about first love.
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I wanted to... write about
something that young readers
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could connect with
in a way that was familiar
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and raw and heartfelt that would...
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..validate their feel-ings.
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(WHISPERING)
That's awful. Don't do that. Um...
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It's about-- The book is about...
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I think the book is about...
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(LUNCH LADY #1 ON MOBILE PHONE)We hope you're keeping well, Alma.
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We're gettin' all these
sausage rolls ready for this lot.
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It takes us a bit longer
without you here crackin' the whip.
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(LUNCH LADY #2)
The lads are always askin' after you,
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"And where is Alma's bolognese?"
That's all we hear every day.
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(LUNCH LADY #1) Murders there
has been here some of the days.
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(LUNCH LADY #2) I lit a candle
for you last week up in St. Anthony's.
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...power and...
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..social structure and...
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- (BELL RINGING)
- (SHOUTING) I'm coming!
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(QUIETLY) ..social structure,
and within the subtext of the story
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we're also exploring issues
of post-colonial conflict in Ireland...
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- (BELL RINGING)
- ..the legacy of the Catholic Church
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and the growth of a queer culture
within a regressive society.
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- (SHOUTING) Okay, okay!
- (PERSISTENT BELL RINGING)
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Alright, alright!
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Oh Jesus Christ,
I'm gonna throw that bell away!
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- (ORGAN MUSIC INTRO)
- I heard you the first time.
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Good morning.
(CHUCKLING) What?
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Oh my God, the face.
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- Okay.
- (UPBEAT MUSIC)
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(SOUTHERN ACCENT)
I dunno, we got a lovely lilac number,
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some peachy peach or the most gorgeous hue
of aquamarine you ever have seen.
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If this is not to your satisfaction
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we could, I dunno, go Miss Scarlet
and take a sewing machine to this curtain?
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The blue. Of course, it's the blue.
Yeah. Boring.
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(SOFTLY) Alright, here we go.
Ready? One, two, three.
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Just give it a minute.
Patience, patience. Okay.
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(ALMA HUFFS)
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(SOFTLY) That's much better.
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(UPBEAT MUSIC CONTINUES)
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- (ALMA, VOICE ASSIST) Good morning Edward.
- Oh my God. She speaks.
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Finally!
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- Welcome to the Land of the living.
- (MUSIC ENDS)
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(AMERICAN RADIO ADS PLAYING)
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(AMERICAN RADIO PRODUCER)Thirty seconds Edward.
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(RADIO ADS CONTINUE)
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(ALMA) Be confident.
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Mam.
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(SIGHS UNEASILY)
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Mam, stop looking at me.
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(AMERICAN RADIO HOST) Our next guest
is the Irish novelist, Edward Brady,
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- whose debut novel 'Aeons'...
- What?
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- ..explores a complex friendship...
- Toilet.
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..and gay relationship
between two young men.
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Sorry.
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Edward, thanks for being here.
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(GASPS) Thanks for having me.
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Great. So, your novel was first published
in 2018 in Ireland and the UK, I believe,
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but it's only now
being picked up internationally.
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- (DOOR OPENING)
- And all because of a sudden surge
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in young readers
who discovered the novel through TikTok.
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Yeah, I know it's crazy,
but that's how it happened.
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It's a beautiful read, Edward,
I have to say.
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- (KNOCKING)
- Now, tell us about Cian
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and where we find him
at the start of the story.
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(CLEARS THROAT)
Um, he's sort of an awkward
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unformed teenager when we meet him.
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He's trapped in a small Irish town
struggling with his identity.
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And then he meets
a sorta mercurial English boy
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and we follow the relationship
over the next 10 years.
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So it's a love story
about these two young gay men.
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But it's also an out-of-love story.
Then there's things thematically, uh...
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(ALMA) Slow down, Edward.
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Hello?
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(ALMA) They will not
be able to understand. You talk fast.
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(UPBEAT MUSIC FADES IN)
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(ALMA) Please try and be slower.
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They are American
and your accent will confuse them.
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Edward, are you still with us?
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(MUSIC BUILDS)
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(ALMA) Edward, if you were going
any slower, we would go back in time.
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(EDWARD) Please don't start.
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Mam! Why do you keep pointing
at every turn?
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I know where we're going, okay?
I've been driving you there for a year.
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What? We're not going to be late.
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(UPBEAT MUSIC CONTINUES)
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(SERMON DRONING ON)
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(MUSIC FADES GRADUALLY)
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The physio says if she doesn't
start gettin' some exercise,
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she'll be in a chair in six months.
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She won't fuckin' listen.
Talkin' to the wall you do be.
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All she wants to do
is smoke fags and watch telly.
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- She has me flat destroyed.
- (SACRISTY BELLS CHIME)
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I had the guards over with me on Tuesday.
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Why?
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'Cause my mum keeps turning up
at wakes for people she doesn't even know.
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One of the families
reported her to the guards.
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They thought she was
in robbing the dead man's watch.
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What was she doing?
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Trying to put fuckin'
rosary beads into the casket.
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- (CHUCKLING) Why?
- I dunno!
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She thinks she's doin'
the Lord's work, I suppose.
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- (SACRISTY BELLS CHIME)
- (WHISPERING A PRAYER)
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Ohmygod, there's Simon.
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I thought his Ma passed.
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She did. I think it got rough at the end.
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Jesus Christ, he looks wrecked.
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(SOFTLY) Hi!
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I can't end up looking like tha'.
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Certainly not with all
that's been spent on Botox.
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Don't be tellin' people me business.
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Uh, chicken, he's not blind.
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- Gorge.
- Is it?
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Years younger.
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- Thanks, Edward.
- I still think you're a lip filler away
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from ending up like
Mickey Rourke in 'The Wrestler'.
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Will you stop being
such a cunty fuck, please?
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- I'm not!
- You are! What's wrong with ya?
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Uh, this?!
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I can't take it anymore.
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(MOBILE PHONE PINGS)
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(SIGHS) It's the guys in Maspalomas.
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(ON PHONE) Hola, chicas!
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Just sending you a message to say,
"Hi" to you and les madres.
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Say hi to the boys!
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(ALL) Hi! We miss you!
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We wish you were here
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and we'll see you all really, really soon.
Sláinte!
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(GENTLE MUSIC)
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That used to be us.
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(SERMON DRONING ON)
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- You ready, two wheels?
- (ALMA CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
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(EDWARD SQUEALS, TIRE-LIKE)
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(GENTLE MUSIC CONTINUES)
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That okay?
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(MUSIC ENDS)
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The publishers are talking
about doing this...
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..big release for the book in America.
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I know, they think the reviews
are gonna be good
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and that it has a shot.
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They've asked me to go
over there for a book tour.
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Are you going to do it?
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(SIGHS)
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- What?! How can I?
- Okay...
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What-- Who am I supposed
to leave Mam with for two weeks?
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I mean, I can think of a number of people.
And two weeks is nothing!
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It's not nothing for an 81-year-old woman
recovering from a stroke.
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- I can't just dump her with anyone--
- Well, you could--
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And don't say residential care!
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Fine. I'm not going to argue
with you about that again.
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- Good.
- Look Edward, I know how difficult it is
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to be in a co-dependent relationship
with a demanding woman.
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When I think about my situation
with Audrey and--
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Oh my God. Oh my God. Are you actually
going to try and segueway into that again?
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It's not the same thing.
I came out when I was 17.
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I am simply trying to draw a parallel
between you,
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avoiding your destiny as an artist,
and me,
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avoiding my destiny as an out gay man.
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Oh, God.
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(SHARP EXHALE)
Alright! No need to be so dramatic.
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Can we just focus on me today?
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- Of course.
- Thank you.
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It's unprofessional.
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Even though you haven't paid me
in five years.
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(WOMAN #1 ON RADIO) I'm also interested
at the moment in writing about, um,
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Ireland's Generation X
and the Generation X Imaginary.
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(WOMAN #2 ON RADIO)And also, this around the time, I suppose,
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of Bad Day at Blackrock being written...
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(SOFT MUSIC)
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(DOG BARKING)
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(RADIO CHEF TALKING, INDISTINCT)
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(SOFT MUSIC CONTINUES)
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(COLM ON ZOOM) I don't know.
Like a ringin' in me ears.
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(BILLY ON ZOOM) It's probably stress
headaches. Edward gets them, don't ya?
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- (BILLY) Hello?
- (COLM) He's not listening to you.
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(BILLY) Too busy staring at Raf
for the last 20 minutes.
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(COLM) Here, I need
Netflix recommendations for Jean.
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(BILLY) Um, has she seen 'Unorthodox'?
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She only likes stuff
with LOADS of killin' in it.
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- Uh, 'Dexter'?
- She's seen it.
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- 'Love/Hate'?
- Seen it.
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- Has she seen 'Kin'?
- Yeah.
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- (BILLY) 'Gangs of London'?
- (COLM) Jesus! Sorry I asked.
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- What the fuck's wrong with you?
- I'm just overwhelmed like... sorry.
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You need to start standing up
for yourself. Doesn't he?
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It gets easier.
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(BOTH) When?
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(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
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Okay. I'm ending this conversation now.
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(BILLY) See ya.
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(COLM) Wait, I didn't get to tell yous
about me Grindr chat--
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(ZOOM ENDING TONE)
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(EDWARD SIGHS)
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(TALK RADIO CHATTERS FAINTLY)
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(SNORING SOFTLY)
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(GENTLY) Wake up.
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(RAF) She's ready for bed.
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(EDWARD) Thanks.
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When are the reviews coming?
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Dunno. Dunno, tomorrow maybe.
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- Exciting.
- (GROANS SOFTLY)
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You'll be grand.
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- So, how's things with you?
- Good.
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We found an apartment in Oberkampf,
that we can afford.
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- Wow. That's great.
- I know.
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How's Richard, is he excited?
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Ridiculously excited.
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Sometimes he's
so exhausting, you know.
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Always wants to be doing things.
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Hiking, walking...
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(SOFTLY) Oh, I hate that.
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I'm like, chicken,
I just got in from work.
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All I want to do is
go to bed and watch Netflix.
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(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
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Oh my God, was I always like this?
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Like what?
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Quiet. Dull.
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Well, you certainly weren't quiet
when I first met you.
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You were pretty insufferable,
if memory serves.
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- Was I?
- Edward!
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You fucking loved
the sound of your own voice.
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Hmm...
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See you later.
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Bye.
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(DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)
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(STACEY ON PHONE)Oh my God, you're driving me crazy.
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Edward, it's my job
to know how to handle these things.
236
00:12:41,916 --> 00:12:43,208
I mean, they're disappointed.
237
00:12:43,333 --> 00:12:45,291
You're the writer
and they want you out there,
238
00:12:45,416 --> 00:12:47,291
but they understand
your situation with Alma.
239
00:12:48,416 --> 00:12:50,291
Did they say what any
of the events were?
240
00:12:50,416 --> 00:12:52,583
Are you sure you want to know?
241
00:12:52,708 --> 00:12:54,333
Go on, I know you're dying to tell me.
242
00:12:54,458 --> 00:12:56,583
Okay, well I can't remember all of them,
243
00:12:56,708 --> 00:13:00,166
but I know there was talk of John Green
244
00:13:00,291 --> 00:13:03,666
hosting a Q&A with you
at Powell's in Portland.
245
00:13:03,791 --> 00:13:06,666
- (SOFTLY) Fuck off.
- Um-hmm. You asked.
246
00:13:06,791 --> 00:13:09,916
Okay, I'm going to forward the Times
review to you as soon as it lands.
247
00:13:10,041 --> 00:13:12,041
Just remember whichever way it goes,
248
00:13:12,166 --> 00:13:15,208
it is a hit with the people
that you wrote it for.
249
00:13:15,333 --> 00:13:16,916
Alright. Night-night.
250
00:13:17,958 --> 00:13:19,208
Night.
251
00:13:22,666 --> 00:13:24,708
(GENTLE MUSIC)
252
00:13:24,833 --> 00:13:26,208
(BIRDSONG)
253
00:13:27,333 --> 00:13:29,583
(EDWARD) Now look at that!
That's an improvement.
254
00:13:30,708 --> 00:13:32,458
I think we found my vocation.
255
00:13:33,333 --> 00:13:34,958
Look at these skills.
256
00:13:42,416 --> 00:13:44,583
You know, I was thinkin' that...
257
00:13:46,458 --> 00:13:49,958
..might be quite nice to go and see Andrew
and the girls in London, wouldn't it?
258
00:13:50,791 --> 00:13:52,291
I mean, you haven't seen them for ages.
259
00:13:52,416 --> 00:13:54,458
The girls are getting big.
They'd love to see you.
260
00:13:54,791 --> 00:13:58,083
So, I was thinking
that I could take you over there...
261
00:13:59,083 --> 00:14:01,083
..and you could stay
with them for a few weeks.
262
00:14:06,416 --> 00:14:08,083
(ALMA) It's too hard.
263
00:14:08,208 --> 00:14:10,208
It's not too hard, Mam.
Andrew can manage.
264
00:14:11,208 --> 00:14:13,416
Okay, I'll show him exactly
how you like everything done
265
00:14:13,541 --> 00:14:15,708
and we can go through everything
with him before we get--
266
00:14:15,833 --> 00:14:17,708
Too much for him with the new baby.
267
00:14:32,083 --> 00:14:33,833
Why don't you come and stay, too?
268
00:14:33,958 --> 00:14:35,958
We could have a nice holiday there.
269
00:14:36,083 --> 00:14:38,541
Well it's not really a holiday
for me, is it?
270
00:14:40,083 --> 00:14:41,458
Why?
271
00:14:41,583 --> 00:14:44,666
Because-- Well okay, because
what if I want to go and meet a nice man?
272
00:14:44,791 --> 00:14:46,916
Hmm? Can't do that
with all yous around, can I?
273
00:14:47,041 --> 00:14:49,083
Fuckin'... destined to be single forever.
274
00:14:51,833 --> 00:14:54,208
You can meet a nice man
on your phone anytime.
275
00:14:54,333 --> 00:14:56,833
Oh, I can meet a nice man
on my phone anytime...
276
00:14:56,958 --> 00:14:58,833
Right. And where would I bring him?
277
00:15:00,666 --> 00:15:04,041
Will I bring him here?
What, to meet you? Okay.
278
00:15:04,416 --> 00:15:06,041
Well, that's not gonna work.
279
00:15:06,166 --> 00:15:08,833
You'd probably scare him away
with your beady eyes.
280
00:15:09,833 --> 00:15:11,041
(EDWARD) Okay...
281
00:15:12,333 --> 00:15:13,583
One, two, three.
282
00:15:13,708 --> 00:15:17,708
(VACUUM HUMMING, THUDDING WALLS)
283
00:15:25,083 --> 00:15:28,541
(TV CHEF RAMBLING FAINTLY)
284
00:15:29,666 --> 00:15:32,166
(INCOMING MESSAGE PINGS)
285
00:15:35,458 --> 00:15:38,083
(DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE)
286
00:15:40,208 --> 00:15:42,208
(QUIET AMBIENT MUSIC)
287
00:15:53,833 --> 00:15:56,041
(INNER VOICE, READING)We begin with a vivid description
288
00:15:56,166 --> 00:15:58,416
of a 17-year-old Cian's
debilitating social anxiety...
289
00:15:58,541 --> 00:16:01,166
His prose are beautifully
old-fashioned and acerbic...
290
00:16:01,291 --> 00:16:03,458
He manages to evoke
the spirit of Faulkner...
291
00:16:03,583 --> 00:16:05,583
With 'Aeons', Mr. Brady
is speaking to young people
292
00:16:05,708 --> 00:16:07,791
about something deeply personal and real
293
00:16:07,916 --> 00:16:10,791
and I can see why young readers
are devoted to it.
294
00:16:15,041 --> 00:16:17,041
(QUIET AMBIENT MUSIC)
295
00:16:28,083 --> 00:16:30,708
(ON TELLY)...They'll call you and say,
296
00:16:30,833 --> 00:16:34,333
"Oh, Joan, are they yours down below there
with black and white stripes..."
297
00:16:34,458 --> 00:16:35,666
(DOOR OPENING)
298
00:16:35,791 --> 00:16:38,208
(KATIE) Edward? Hi, Katie.
299
00:16:38,958 --> 00:16:40,333
You wanna follow me?
300
00:16:40,458 --> 00:16:42,458
You wanna talk about your mum, Alma?
301
00:16:42,583 --> 00:16:45,291
Yeah, so it'd only be
for a really short-term stay.
302
00:16:45,416 --> 00:16:47,333
It'd be like two weeks, at most.
303
00:16:47,458 --> 00:16:49,333
- Of course, of course.
- Um...
304
00:16:49,458 --> 00:16:53,583
I'm sure you wanna be at home with her
yourself but you have to live, too.
305
00:16:53,916 --> 00:16:55,958
Look, why don't you
start a conversation with Mum,
306
00:16:56,083 --> 00:16:58,708
and we'll see where we go from there?
307
00:16:58,833 --> 00:17:00,708
(FOOTSTEPS ECHO DOWN THE CORRIDOR)
308
00:17:02,208 --> 00:17:03,833
(KATIE) Are you okay?
309
00:17:08,041 --> 00:17:09,708
Edward?
310
00:17:10,958 --> 00:17:12,666
Yeah, um...
311
00:17:13,708 --> 00:17:15,458
So, if I were to-- I'm so sorry.
312
00:17:15,583 --> 00:17:17,708
I just feel like
I can't breathe or something.
313
00:17:17,833 --> 00:17:19,708
Okay, well just take it nice and easy.
314
00:17:19,833 --> 00:17:22,208
- I feel a bit dizzy or something.
- Maybe have a seat?
315
00:17:22,333 --> 00:17:24,458
- Yes, if I could have a seat.
- Can I get some assistance
316
00:17:24,583 --> 00:17:26,958
in the long corridor, please?
Maybe a glass of water, as well?
317
00:17:27,083 --> 00:17:30,208
I actually feel kinda faint and sitting
is bad, feels like... (EXHALES UNEASILY)
318
00:17:30,333 --> 00:17:32,416
Maybe... Edward, maybe?
319
00:17:32,541 --> 00:17:34,166
(HISTORY PROGRAM ON RADIO)
320
00:17:34,291 --> 00:17:36,333
(PHONE RINGS)
321
00:17:36,458 --> 00:17:40,958
Hmm. I have to get this.
Hey, Siri, STOP. Edward!
322
00:17:41,083 --> 00:17:42,958
I told the publishers
I'd do the book tour.
323
00:17:43,083 --> 00:17:44,791
Now I'm parked
outside Hamilton Lodge
324
00:17:44,916 --> 00:17:47,583
and I just had a full-on panic
attack in front of the manager.
325
00:17:47,708 --> 00:17:48,958
I don't think I can do this.
326
00:17:49,083 --> 00:17:51,416
Just stay on course.
327
00:17:51,541 --> 00:17:52,791
Well, you should see this place!
328
00:17:52,916 --> 00:17:54,958
- It's cold, it's sterile...
- Your cholesterol!
329
00:17:55,083 --> 00:17:57,333
..everything smells of bleach.
It's hideous!
330
00:17:57,458 --> 00:18:00,458
You've been looking
after other people for five years.
331
00:18:00,583 --> 00:18:03,041
First your father, and now Alma.
332
00:18:03,166 --> 00:18:05,333
Repeat after me: I'm going to stop
333
00:18:05,458 --> 00:18:07,416
taking care of other people,
334
00:18:07,541 --> 00:18:10,208
and start taking care of myself.
335
00:18:10,833 --> 00:18:13,958
I'm gonna stop taking care of other
people, and start taking care of myself.
336
00:18:14,083 --> 00:18:16,708
Good! Now, go home
and have the talk with Alma.
337
00:18:16,833 --> 00:18:18,083
Goodbye!
338
00:18:19,333 --> 00:18:21,916
What is wrong with you?!
339
00:18:23,208 --> 00:18:25,041
(PLAYFUL MUSIC)
340
00:18:29,208 --> 00:18:30,708
(INNER VOICE) Mam, please.
341
00:18:30,833 --> 00:18:32,791
It's only a short-term stay
for a couple of weeks.
342
00:18:32,958 --> 00:18:35,666
I promise when it's finished,
we'll go on a long holiday together.
343
00:18:37,708 --> 00:18:40,583
Maybe we can visit Andrew
and the kids in London,
344
00:18:40,708 --> 00:18:42,791
or hire a car and go driving
down the south of France.
345
00:18:43,333 --> 00:18:45,541
You're always saying
you wanted to do that.
346
00:18:45,666 --> 00:18:47,291
Well, now we can!
347
00:18:47,416 --> 00:18:48,833
Open top. Wind in our hair.
348
00:18:48,958 --> 00:18:50,333
Just me and you.
349
00:18:53,916 --> 00:18:55,416
(EDWARD) Hey, Mam.
350
00:18:55,541 --> 00:18:58,791
I got the sourdough.
And I got the Brie that you like, and...
351
00:18:59,666 --> 00:19:01,333
I got some really exciting news.
352
00:19:01,458 --> 00:19:03,708
Listen, there's a couple of things
we have to talk about first
353
00:19:03,833 --> 00:19:05,416
but I don't want you to freak out--
354
00:19:05,541 --> 00:19:07,958
(WOMEN'S TALK SHOW PLAYING FAINTLY)
355
00:19:14,208 --> 00:19:16,333
(CLOCK TICKING)
356
00:19:17,333 --> 00:19:18,708
Hello.
357
00:19:26,166 --> 00:19:27,708
(PHONE PINGS)
358
00:19:32,708 --> 00:19:35,541
(AIRPLANE TAKING OFF)
359
00:19:35,666 --> 00:19:36,958
(SOFT MUSIC)
360
00:19:37,083 --> 00:19:38,833
(VOICE MESSAGE)Hi, Edward. It's Colm.
361
00:19:38,958 --> 00:19:40,458
And Billy.
362
00:19:40,583 --> 00:19:42,208
(COLM) We've hit rock bottom, pal.
363
00:19:42,958 --> 00:19:45,458
There's no easy way to say this,
so we're just gonna say it.
364
00:19:46,583 --> 00:19:49,208
We've decided to run away
to Maspaloma's Pride for three days
365
00:19:49,333 --> 00:19:50,583
and leave our mams with you.
366
00:19:51,083 --> 00:19:53,166
We know what we're doin' is abominable.
367
00:19:53,291 --> 00:19:55,083
But we just can't cope anymore.
368
00:19:56,166 --> 00:19:59,041
Sure, on the outside,
we always look like we have it together.
369
00:19:59,166 --> 00:20:01,458
But on the inside, we're a mess.
370
00:20:03,458 --> 00:20:05,083
It's the monotony, Edward.
371
00:20:06,583 --> 00:20:08,291
If we don't get away, honestly?
372
00:20:08,708 --> 00:20:09,958
We might die.
373
00:20:11,666 --> 00:20:13,583
All we're asking for is three nights.
374
00:20:14,458 --> 00:20:16,333
Just get them a bed
and keep them fed and watered.
375
00:20:16,458 --> 00:20:17,583
That's it.
376
00:20:18,958 --> 00:20:20,708
We know we're the worst.
377
00:20:22,666 --> 00:20:24,083
We hope you can forgive us.
378
00:20:24,208 --> 00:20:25,458
(WHISPERING) Sorry.
379
00:20:27,166 --> 00:20:28,958
(EDWARD) This is the universe
taking a shit on me
380
00:20:29,083 --> 00:20:31,541
because I was about
to do something really selfish.
381
00:20:31,666 --> 00:20:34,666
This is your friends taking a shit
on you because you're an obligor.
382
00:20:36,416 --> 00:20:39,833
Huh...
Just put your foot down and say no.
383
00:20:39,958 --> 00:20:42,708
They're already on a plane
to Gran Canaria! I mean, who does that?!
384
00:20:42,833 --> 00:20:46,083
Who abandons their mothers to go to
fucking Maspaloma's Pride, of all things?
385
00:20:46,666 --> 00:20:48,916
You know, it's my old fault
for staying friends with them.
386
00:20:49,041 --> 00:20:51,333
They let me down all the time
and I just keep letting it go,
387
00:20:51,458 --> 00:20:53,083
and thinking it's a one-off.
388
00:20:53,208 --> 00:20:56,458
I don't know why I seem to want to keep
making the same mistake with people
389
00:20:56,583 --> 00:20:58,333
and expecting a different outcome.
390
00:20:58,458 --> 00:21:00,208
It's the fucking definition of madness...
391
00:21:00,333 --> 00:21:02,708
(ON COMPUTER) From all
over the world, we travel to be one...
392
00:21:03,083 --> 00:21:04,166
Hello?
393
00:21:04,541 --> 00:21:06,583
Uh... nothing's changed, Edward.
394
00:21:06,708 --> 00:21:10,791
Just stay focused on talking to Alma
and preparing for the book tour.
395
00:21:10,916 --> 00:21:12,666
I dunno, I think the book tour's
a bad idea now.
396
00:21:12,791 --> 00:21:14,208
Stop. Focus.
397
00:21:14,333 --> 00:21:17,208
This is your future! Bye.
398
00:21:20,583 --> 00:21:22,708
(ON COMPUTER)To find adventure.
399
00:21:24,041 --> 00:21:26,083
To find... pride.
400
00:21:26,208 --> 00:21:27,333
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
401
00:21:27,833 --> 00:21:30,333
Come and join the adventure.
402
00:21:31,791 --> 00:21:34,166
(PLAYFUL MUSIC)
403
00:21:35,083 --> 00:21:37,166
This could only happen to you.
404
00:21:37,291 --> 00:21:39,041
Thanks.
405
00:21:39,166 --> 00:21:41,708
Look, I can be here all day tomorrow.
406
00:21:41,833 --> 00:21:44,541
C'mon, it's your day off.
What about Richard?
407
00:21:44,666 --> 00:21:47,291
He won't mind.
You can pay me double.
408
00:21:49,208 --> 00:21:51,833
Okay... I'm outta here.
409
00:21:51,958 --> 00:21:53,583
And call me if you need anything.
410
00:21:53,708 --> 00:21:55,416
- Okay, okay, bye!
- (DOOR OPENS)
411
00:21:55,541 --> 00:21:57,083
(QUIETLY) Talk to you tomorrow.
412
00:21:57,208 --> 00:21:58,416
(DOOR CLOSES)
413
00:21:58,541 --> 00:22:00,583
(TELLY TALK SHOW)So, the trick is, as well...
414
00:22:00,708 --> 00:22:04,541
(MOTORISED RECLINER BUZZING)
415
00:22:06,583 --> 00:22:10,333
...if you have a shorter frame,
go for less fabric and a more fitted...
416
00:22:14,083 --> 00:22:17,083
Hi, ladies. (CLEARS THROAT)
So, I got you...
417
00:22:18,583 --> 00:22:21,333
- (TELLY GOES SILENT)
- So, I'm Edward.
418
00:22:22,541 --> 00:22:24,916
And this is my mum, Alma,
that you know from mass.
419
00:22:25,041 --> 00:22:28,583
Here. It's only small.
420
00:22:28,708 --> 00:22:32,041
My son rushed me out of the shop
before I could find anything.
421
00:22:32,166 --> 00:22:34,291
Oh, it's a lasagne.
That's very kind.
422
00:22:34,416 --> 00:22:36,166
There's a cheesecake in there, as well.
423
00:22:36,291 --> 00:22:38,166
Maybe we could have
cheesecake with our tea.
424
00:22:38,291 --> 00:22:40,583
- I fast on a Wednesday.
- Oh.
425
00:22:40,708 --> 00:22:42,708
(ALMA, VOICE ASSIST)
It's too much. They have to go.
426
00:22:42,833 --> 00:22:45,083
No... We're just gonna have some tea
427
00:22:45,208 --> 00:22:46,958
- and then we can all just--
- (KNOCKING)
428
00:22:48,083 --> 00:22:49,291
Hey!
429
00:22:50,458 --> 00:22:53,333
(DERMOT) Look how cozy,
everyone just sitting about. Hi!
430
00:22:53,458 --> 00:22:54,833
(WOMAN) Where are we?
431
00:22:54,958 --> 00:22:58,208
- (TALK SHOW DRONES ON)
- (RECLINER BUZZING)
432
00:22:58,333 --> 00:23:00,583
(EDWARD QUIETLY)
There's nothing wrong with your mother.
433
00:23:00,708 --> 00:23:02,583
(DERMOT) There's nothing wrong
with them either!
434
00:23:02,708 --> 00:23:05,458
(EDWARD) One has mobility problems,
the other suffers with her nerves.
435
00:23:05,583 --> 00:23:07,458
- (DERMOT) Rosey suffers with her nerves!
- No.
436
00:23:07,583 --> 00:23:10,666
Please, Edward! You've already got three,
one more's not going to make a diff--
437
00:23:10,791 --> 00:23:13,083
Shh, shh! They're listening to us.
438
00:23:13,208 --> 00:23:15,833
They're listening to us.
Let's just go into the kitchen.
439
00:23:16,458 --> 00:23:18,541
Ten minutes ago,
you were calling me an obligor!
440
00:23:18,666 --> 00:23:20,083
- I know.
- I'm saying no, sorry.
441
00:23:20,208 --> 00:23:21,833
- (WHISPERING) Please, Edward.
- No!
442
00:23:21,958 --> 00:23:25,416
I'm a 53-year-old gay man with an ex-wife
and a family who despise me.
443
00:23:25,541 --> 00:23:26,958
I'm living with my mother!
444
00:23:27,083 --> 00:23:28,541
The only time I get messages on Grindr
445
00:23:28,666 --> 00:23:31,708
is if I use a naked picture
of my torso with the username Daddy
446
00:23:31,833 --> 00:23:33,666
spelled D-A-D-D-I.
447
00:23:33,791 --> 00:23:35,541
You're looking in all the wrong places.
448
00:23:35,666 --> 00:23:38,666
If I go on a date, I spend the whole
time looking over my shoulder
449
00:23:38,791 --> 00:23:42,458
terrified that somebody
from my old life is going to see me.
450
00:23:42,583 --> 00:23:44,666
This is a chance for me
to meet other men like me.
451
00:23:44,791 --> 00:23:47,666
Dermot, you are not going to meet men
like you at Maspaloma's Pride.
452
00:23:47,791 --> 00:23:50,166
- Trust me.
- Please, Edward!
453
00:23:50,791 --> 00:23:52,833
I need this.
454
00:23:57,208 --> 00:23:59,958
- (LIGHT MUSIC)
- Don't worry, it pops right open.
455
00:24:00,083 --> 00:24:01,916
All her clothes are in this rollaway.
456
00:24:02,041 --> 00:24:04,583
I put her iPad in there too,
'cause she's never off the bloody thing.
457
00:24:04,708 --> 00:24:09,291
All her meals are in the Tupperware.
No dairy, no gluten, no red meat.
458
00:24:09,416 --> 00:24:11,333
(TO ROSEY) Excuse me.
Can I get that back please?
459
00:24:11,458 --> 00:24:14,166
All the medication's written down.
It's pretty straightforward.
460
00:24:14,291 --> 00:24:15,708
And that's just about everything.
461
00:24:15,833 --> 00:24:18,208
Oh, she might fight you on the food,
but if she does, hold firm.
462
00:24:18,333 --> 00:24:19,916
And, you know, don't worry.
463
00:24:20,041 --> 00:24:22,458
She's an absolute dote.
You're gonna love her!
464
00:24:24,166 --> 00:24:26,208
(SLAMS DOOR) Okay. Go, go, go!
465
00:24:29,458 --> 00:24:31,333
(CAR ZOOMS AWAY)
466
00:24:31,458 --> 00:24:33,458
(LIGHT MUSIC ENDS)
467
00:24:35,458 --> 00:24:36,916
(DOG BARKING)
468
00:24:39,708 --> 00:24:42,208
- (ALMA, VOICE ASSIST) Edward.
- (SIGHS)
469
00:24:42,333 --> 00:24:44,458
- (WHIMSICAL MUSIC)
- (ALMA) Edward.
470
00:24:44,583 --> 00:24:47,083
- (BELL RINGING)
- (ALMA) Edward.
471
00:24:48,708 --> 00:24:50,958
- (BELL RINGING)
- (ALMA) Edward.
472
00:24:52,208 --> 00:24:54,583
- (DOORS OPENING AND CLOSING)
- (FOOTSTEPS IN HALLWAY)
473
00:24:55,916 --> 00:24:57,541
(ALMA) Edward, I need you please.
474
00:24:57,666 --> 00:24:59,458
(EDWARD) Okay. Blankets, blankets.
475
00:24:59,583 --> 00:25:00,833
- Thank you.
- Now...
476
00:25:01,791 --> 00:25:04,083
(BANGING THE PHONE)
477
00:25:04,208 --> 00:25:06,041
(WHISPERING)
Mam, you have got to stop!
478
00:25:06,708 --> 00:25:08,166
I want my pillows.
479
00:25:08,291 --> 00:25:10,416
Well, they need pillows, too.
480
00:25:10,541 --> 00:25:13,583
Mam, we take those off your bed
every night and stack them on that chair.
481
00:25:13,708 --> 00:25:15,833
Is the man putting sheets on my bed?
482
00:25:15,958 --> 00:25:17,791
Just give me one second, Maude.
Okay?
483
00:25:17,916 --> 00:25:21,041
My son has abandoned me with strangers.
484
00:25:22,833 --> 00:25:24,458
Everything okay in here, Jean?
485
00:25:24,583 --> 00:25:26,291
That mattress is very hard.
486
00:25:26,416 --> 00:25:29,708
I can swap you with Maude - the mattress
is much softer in the spare room.
487
00:25:30,166 --> 00:25:32,041
...apparently, I need minding now.
488
00:25:33,416 --> 00:25:35,916
He says he's worried about my vertigo--
489
00:25:36,041 --> 00:25:39,458
- (MALE VOICE CHATTERING ON iPAD)
- (ROSEY) Well, I don't know...
490
00:25:40,583 --> 00:25:41,791
Is it clean?
491
00:25:43,208 --> 00:25:45,458
It-- Yes. Yes, it's clean.
492
00:25:45,916 --> 00:25:48,708
Hmm. You're alright.
I'll stay where I am.
493
00:25:48,833 --> 00:25:50,333
...I have no idea who they are.
494
00:25:50,458 --> 00:25:53,458
All I know is we're crammed
into his little house like sardines...
495
00:25:57,583 --> 00:25:59,583
(ALMA) Edward, you are being a doormat.
496
00:25:59,708 --> 00:26:01,458
- You've no wife, Edward?
- Uh, no.
497
00:26:01,583 --> 00:26:03,458
Sure, I play for the same team
as your Billy.
498
00:26:04,166 --> 00:26:05,541
(QUIETLY) Oh...
499
00:26:08,541 --> 00:26:10,791
Can I get a sup of water in that?
500
00:26:10,916 --> 00:26:12,958
- (EDWARD) Yeah, of course.
- (ALMA) Edward Brady.
501
00:26:13,083 --> 00:26:14,958
Just give me one minute, Mam.
Please.
502
00:26:17,083 --> 00:26:19,166
Oh, yeah, water, water. Um...
503
00:26:20,708 --> 00:26:22,083
(ROSEY YELPS)
504
00:26:22,208 --> 00:26:24,083
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
505
00:26:24,208 --> 00:26:25,583
(BELL RINGS LOUDER)
506
00:26:25,708 --> 00:26:29,333
Can I get you your water in a couple
of minutes? Do you need blankets, or...
507
00:26:29,458 --> 00:26:31,416
- (ALMA) Edward, I need you please.
- Your poor mam.
508
00:26:31,958 --> 00:26:33,416
Yeah...
509
00:26:33,541 --> 00:26:36,458
- Actually, can I take that pillow back?
- No.
510
00:26:36,583 --> 00:26:39,208
Excuse me. Say hello to Amir.
511
00:26:39,333 --> 00:26:42,083
- Hi, Edward.
- Hello. Hello, Amir.
512
00:26:42,208 --> 00:26:44,208
- (ALMA) Edward!
- That's it. I'm going now, my love.
513
00:26:45,291 --> 00:26:47,833
My son told me you're a novelist.
514
00:26:47,958 --> 00:26:51,208
I downloaded your next book
onto my Kindle - I'm about to start it.
515
00:26:51,333 --> 00:26:53,208
- Oh, I hope you like it.
- (ALMA) Edward!
516
00:26:53,333 --> 00:26:56,291
Hey, Siri!
Play 'Aeons' by Edward Brady.
517
00:26:56,833 --> 00:26:58,666
(ALMA) Edward!
518
00:26:58,791 --> 00:27:01,833
(SIRI) Playing 'Aeons' by Edward Brady.
519
00:27:01,958 --> 00:27:04,458
(EDWARD ON iPAD, READING)Cian castigated himself silently.
520
00:27:04,583 --> 00:27:07,833
He took giant slugs of the poisonous
blue alcopop he held onto for dear life.
521
00:27:08,583 --> 00:27:10,833
You were never cool.
Not like these kids, not really...
522
00:27:10,958 --> 00:27:12,333
(BELL RINGING FURIOUSLY)
523
00:27:12,458 --> 00:27:13,958
(ALMA) I want my pillows.
524
00:27:14,083 --> 00:27:15,583
I'm just gonna take that pillow back.
525
00:27:15,708 --> 00:27:17,708
I'll be back in two seconds, okay?
Thank you, Maude.
526
00:27:17,833 --> 00:27:20,208
Mam, that is absolutely outrageous.
527
00:27:20,833 --> 00:27:23,833
(SIGHS) Look, we're gonna
have to make this work, okay?
528
00:27:26,166 --> 00:27:28,291
Mam. Mam!
529
00:27:28,416 --> 00:27:30,208
Can I get my water, please?
530
00:27:30,583 --> 00:27:32,083
(EXASPERATED SIGH)
531
00:27:32,583 --> 00:27:34,458
I'm gonna have to bring
a sleeping bag in here.
532
00:27:35,416 --> 00:27:36,833
Is that okay?
533
00:27:37,791 --> 00:27:39,208
Well, where am I gonna sleep?
534
00:27:39,333 --> 00:27:41,208
(THUNDER CRASHING)
535
00:27:41,333 --> 00:27:42,833
(RAIN PELTING)
536
00:27:42,958 --> 00:27:44,833
(DOG BARKING)
537
00:27:49,083 --> 00:27:51,083
(RADIO PRODUCER ON PHONE)Uh, standing by Edward...
538
00:27:51,208 --> 00:27:53,458
(RADIO HOST)Joining me all the way from Ireland
539
00:27:53,583 --> 00:27:57,291
is YA novelist, Edward Brady,
here to talk about his new book, 'Aeons',
540
00:27:57,416 --> 00:27:59,458
releasing here in the States,
already out in Ireland.
541
00:27:59,583 --> 00:28:01,583
Thank you so much for joining us.
How're you doin'?
542
00:28:01,708 --> 00:28:03,333
Oh, thanks for having me.
543
00:28:03,458 --> 00:28:05,708
Um, I'm in a car. I'm sorry, I'm in a car!
544
00:28:05,833 --> 00:28:07,458
It's a-- It's a long story.
545
00:28:07,583 --> 00:28:09,583
(AWKWARD CHUCKLE)You know what? That's all good.
546
00:28:09,708 --> 00:28:11,166
So let's talk about 'Aeons'.
547
00:28:11,291 --> 00:28:14,208
It's a love story about two young men--
548
00:28:14,333 --> 00:28:17,583
Yeah, that's right and it charts
their relationship over the next 10 years.
549
00:28:17,708 --> 00:28:20,208
You know, the sort
of highs and lows, and um...
550
00:28:21,208 --> 00:28:24,166
(STAMMERING) It's, you know...
551
00:28:24,291 --> 00:28:27,083
It is a love story,
but it's also not a love story.
552
00:28:27,208 --> 00:28:29,583
It's an out-of-love story.
(NERVOUS LAUGH)
553
00:28:29,708 --> 00:28:31,708
I don't know if that makes sense,
but it's--
554
00:28:31,833 --> 00:28:34,416
- Because so much of the story--
- I think the characters, they...
555
00:28:34,541 --> 00:28:36,916
- Sorry?
- No, go ahead, go ahead.
556
00:28:37,041 --> 00:28:38,208
Uh...
557
00:28:39,208 --> 00:28:40,458
Yeah, they got--
558
00:28:40,583 --> 00:28:42,708
I think, you know,
it's more than a love story.
559
00:28:42,833 --> 00:28:44,208
It's about social structure.
560
00:28:44,958 --> 00:28:47,708
And identity and, you know,
just what it must be like
561
00:28:47,833 --> 00:28:50,833
to be trapped inside a...
562
00:28:52,083 --> 00:28:55,208
..depressed country, you know,
that was once colonised.
563
00:28:56,541 --> 00:28:58,541
(UNCONVINCED)Okay, well, that's great.
564
00:28:58,666 --> 00:29:00,958
Edward Brady, thanks so much
for joining us on the show.
565
00:29:01,083 --> 00:29:03,208
Listen, thank you so much
for having me. Thank--
566
00:29:03,333 --> 00:29:05,083
Stay tuned for a quick word
from our sponsor...
567
00:29:05,208 --> 00:29:06,708
- Bye-bye.
- (PHONE BLEEPS OFF)
568
00:29:06,833 --> 00:29:09,208
(WIND HOWLS)
569
00:29:09,333 --> 00:29:11,416
(NOISY ROAD CONSTRUCTION)
570
00:29:13,541 --> 00:29:16,041
(PHONE RINGING)
571
00:29:16,166 --> 00:29:18,416
(WOMAN ON PHONE)Good morning, St. Paul's Orthopaedic.
572
00:29:18,541 --> 00:29:22,083
(EDWARD) Hi, can I speak
to Rafael Dumont, please? He's our physio.
573
00:29:22,208 --> 00:29:24,416
Raf, hey!
Help, you've gotta help me.
574
00:29:24,541 --> 00:29:27,958
They've all got appointments this morning
and I've got no way to travel them there.
575
00:29:29,041 --> 00:29:30,958
I can't! There's five of us.
576
00:29:31,083 --> 00:29:33,333
We won't all fit into our car,
with the wheelchair.
577
00:29:34,208 --> 00:29:36,041
(EDWARD) How, wha-- We can't walk, please!
578
00:29:36,166 --> 00:29:37,916
Raf, just see if you can get the bus.
579
00:29:39,458 --> 00:29:43,041
(TALK SHOW, FAINTLY)
580
00:29:43,208 --> 00:29:44,458
(WHISPERING) It's fine.
581
00:29:44,583 --> 00:29:46,708
Ladies, may I present to you
582
00:29:46,833 --> 00:29:49,666
Lady Alma von Brady.
(CHUCKLES)
583
00:29:52,583 --> 00:29:54,833
Mam wants to put on her Sunday best for...
584
00:29:56,708 --> 00:29:58,583
..this. Okay!
585
00:29:59,208 --> 00:30:00,833
- Who's hungry?
- Me!
586
00:30:00,958 --> 00:30:02,708
Good. Do you wanna join us, Jean?
587
00:30:03,791 --> 00:30:05,583
(JEAN) No.
588
00:30:11,791 --> 00:30:14,541
(QUIETLY) I just thought
it might be nice if we all ate together.
589
00:30:14,666 --> 00:30:17,833
(JEAN) Is it the N or the O
that's confusing you?
590
00:30:19,083 --> 00:30:21,458
Will your son make us breakfast?
591
00:30:24,041 --> 00:30:26,083
(ALMA) Will not have time.
592
00:30:27,833 --> 00:30:29,958
(TAPPING)
593
00:30:30,083 --> 00:30:31,958
He has a lot of work today.
594
00:30:32,083 --> 00:30:33,333
He is a writer.
595
00:30:36,083 --> 00:30:37,541
What does your son do?
596
00:30:37,666 --> 00:30:39,208
He's a psychotherapist.
597
00:30:39,333 --> 00:30:40,416
Oh!
598
00:30:40,541 --> 00:30:42,541
Her son is one of his clients.
599
00:30:44,583 --> 00:30:46,708
Why does your son need therapy?
600
00:30:49,166 --> 00:30:50,833
(JEAN) Fuck sakes.
601
00:30:52,708 --> 00:30:54,333
Do you need a hand? Or... okay.
602
00:31:01,208 --> 00:31:04,708
Okay, breakfast. How does omelet
with spinach and feta cheese sound?
603
00:31:06,791 --> 00:31:07,833
No?
604
00:31:07,958 --> 00:31:10,041
Cornflakes will do me.
605
00:31:10,166 --> 00:31:11,541
I don't think we have those.
606
00:31:11,666 --> 00:31:13,083
What sorta house doesn't have cereal?
607
00:31:13,208 --> 00:31:14,833
Could you go to the shops?
608
00:31:14,958 --> 00:31:16,333
Um-- Okay, sure.
609
00:31:16,458 --> 00:31:17,791
(ALMA) Too far.
610
00:31:17,916 --> 00:31:20,458
No, no, Mam. It's 60 seconds away.
Does anyone else need anything?
611
00:31:20,583 --> 00:31:22,708
- I'd like sausages.
- (EDWARD) Okay.
612
00:31:22,833 --> 00:31:23,916
A scone, please.
613
00:31:24,041 --> 00:31:25,958
- Okay, sausages, scone--
- (ALMA) Give him money.
614
00:31:26,083 --> 00:31:28,708
Mam, Mam! No, I can manage.
615
00:31:32,333 --> 00:31:34,833
It's, I can-- Okay, two minutes.
616
00:31:34,958 --> 00:31:36,708
('JUMPIN' JIVE' BIG BAND MUSIC)
617
00:31:36,833 --> 00:31:38,791
It's only two minutes away,
don't worry about it.
618
00:31:38,916 --> 00:31:40,583
Just two minutes away!
619
00:31:40,708 --> 00:31:42,541
(PANTING)
620
00:31:42,666 --> 00:31:44,458
(MUSIC BUILDS)
621
00:31:48,333 --> 00:31:50,083
(MUSIC STOPS ABRUPTLY)
622
00:31:50,208 --> 00:31:53,041
(TALK SHOW RAMBLING FAINTLY)
623
00:32:06,583 --> 00:32:08,083
(ROSEY SIGHS QUIETLY)
624
00:32:12,708 --> 00:32:14,583
('JUMPIN' JIVE' BIG BAND MUSIC)
625
00:32:16,458 --> 00:32:17,916
(PHONE PINGS)
626
00:32:18,041 --> 00:32:19,208
(PANTING)
627
00:32:20,708 --> 00:32:23,041
(PHONE MESSAGE FROM STACEY)Hey, give me a call.
628
00:32:23,166 --> 00:32:25,333
Meeting is set up for 12, I sent a link.
629
00:32:25,458 --> 00:32:27,083
Also, have you spoken to Alma yet?
630
00:32:27,208 --> 00:32:28,708
- Because we--
- (HANGS UP)
631
00:32:36,791 --> 00:32:40,333
(SIGHS, OUT OF BREATH)
Okay, let's get this breakfast goin'!
632
00:32:42,333 --> 00:32:43,833
And then maybe after breakfast,
633
00:32:43,958 --> 00:32:45,916
you and I could talk about,
you know, something--
634
00:32:46,041 --> 00:32:48,541
- (ALMA) I am hungry.
- Something that might be happening
635
00:32:48,666 --> 00:32:50,958
- that's really exciting with my work.
- (ALMA) I am hungry.
636
00:32:51,083 --> 00:32:52,833
So, if we could get a chance
to talk about it--
637
00:32:52,958 --> 00:32:55,083
- (ALMA) I am hungry.
- Okay, okay. Jesus Christ.
638
00:32:57,708 --> 00:33:00,083
(LIGHT MUSIC)
639
00:33:06,541 --> 00:33:09,333
I need to talk to you about this thing
that might happen. And it's...
640
00:33:10,708 --> 00:33:12,333
..only an idea now, so don't freak out.
641
00:33:12,708 --> 00:33:14,208
Why you in therapy?
642
00:33:14,833 --> 00:33:16,291
What?
643
00:33:19,458 --> 00:33:21,583
Who told you I was in therapy?
644
00:33:22,083 --> 00:33:24,458
I dunno Mam, okay?
I'm a writer. I'm neurotic.
645
00:33:24,583 --> 00:33:26,041
(TAPPING)
646
00:33:27,333 --> 00:33:28,666
Were you abused?
647
00:33:28,791 --> 00:33:30,333
(INCREDULOUS) No!
648
00:33:31,083 --> 00:33:33,458
No, I wasn't abused.
649
00:33:33,583 --> 00:33:34,833
Jesus!
650
00:33:35,708 --> 00:33:36,958
(TAPPING)
651
00:33:37,083 --> 00:33:38,416
Are you depressed?
652
00:33:38,541 --> 00:33:39,791
No, I'm not depressed.
653
00:33:41,208 --> 00:33:44,791
(ROSEY) Hello?
Is the man bringing me to mass?
654
00:33:44,916 --> 00:33:46,541
(ANNOYED SIGH)
655
00:33:46,666 --> 00:33:48,041
(TAPPING)
656
00:33:49,333 --> 00:33:51,958
I am sick of them,
I want to go to bed.
657
00:33:52,083 --> 00:33:53,708
What're you talking about?
You just got up.
658
00:33:53,833 --> 00:33:55,458
(CLOCK TICKING)
659
00:34:00,416 --> 00:34:02,708
You're right, they are a nightmare.
660
00:34:04,958 --> 00:34:06,583
So greedy... and rude.
661
00:34:06,708 --> 00:34:09,458
- (ALMA) Hmm!
- Maybe we should tell them to go home.
662
00:34:10,916 --> 00:34:13,083
Just let them fend for themselves.
663
00:34:15,833 --> 00:34:17,208
(ALMA) Oh...
664
00:34:19,708 --> 00:34:21,458
- We can do it together.
- Uh-hmm.
665
00:34:22,416 --> 00:34:23,666
Okay, okay.
666
00:34:23,791 --> 00:34:25,416
Well, if that's what you think.
667
00:34:27,916 --> 00:34:29,458
(QUIETLY) Hi Edward.
668
00:34:29,583 --> 00:34:32,166
(GIGGLES) I hope Rose is behaving herself.
669
00:34:32,291 --> 00:34:33,916
Guess what?
670
00:34:36,083 --> 00:34:38,083
(WHISPERING) It's the hot guy
from the airplane.
671
00:34:38,208 --> 00:34:39,916
You'd be very proud of me.
672
00:34:40,041 --> 00:34:41,541
Call you later.
673
00:34:41,666 --> 00:34:43,708
('BE MY LOVER' - LA BOUCHE)
674
00:34:49,833 --> 00:34:52,458
- Look at this!
- Hi!
675
00:34:52,583 --> 00:34:55,166
Look at this. Hola, mama!
676
00:34:55,291 --> 00:34:57,958
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
677
00:34:58,083 --> 00:35:00,333
Okay, we drop Maude off
at the funeral first
678
00:35:00,458 --> 00:35:02,208
and then me and Jean
go to the hospital,
679
00:35:02,333 --> 00:35:04,458
then we drop Rosey off
at her book club,
680
00:35:04,583 --> 00:35:06,083
Raf brings Mam to her hair appointment,
681
00:35:06,208 --> 00:35:08,083
and I can get back in time
for my work call.
682
00:35:08,208 --> 00:35:09,458
Okay, sound good to everyone?
683
00:35:11,166 --> 00:35:12,958
Well, Raf can bring you, okay?
684
00:35:13,083 --> 00:35:15,583
I can't drive the bus
and someone's gotta go with Jean, so...
685
00:35:15,708 --> 00:35:17,958
Okay, fine!
We drop Maude off at the funeral first,
686
00:35:18,083 --> 00:35:20,208
then we ALL go wait with Jean
at the hospital,
687
00:35:20,333 --> 00:35:23,083
and then I can bring Mom
to her hair appointment.
688
00:35:23,208 --> 00:35:26,083
(FRUSTRATED) Happy?
Okay. That's what we'll do.
689
00:35:26,208 --> 00:35:29,333
Okay, change of plan.
That can just go away!
690
00:35:29,458 --> 00:35:32,791
Hi Edward. Pride time!
691
00:35:32,916 --> 00:35:34,708
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
692
00:35:34,833 --> 00:35:36,583
Edward, I need to talk to you
about something
693
00:35:36,708 --> 00:35:38,291
that's coming up with the publishers.
694
00:35:38,416 --> 00:35:40,083
They have listened back
to radio interviews
695
00:35:40,208 --> 00:35:42,333
and they're concerned
with how you're coming across.
696
00:35:42,458 --> 00:35:46,041
You need to stop talking
about social structures and colonisation
697
00:35:46,166 --> 00:35:49,708
because no teenager is gonna
buy this book based on subtext.
698
00:35:49,958 --> 00:35:51,708
Edward, don't laugh.
699
00:35:53,708 --> 00:35:57,208
See, I met these really nice guys
from Ghent, these bears!
700
00:35:57,333 --> 00:35:58,916
You know, like hairy gay men.
701
00:35:59,583 --> 00:36:02,166
They're super nice and they
invited me to go clubbing tonight.
702
00:36:02,291 --> 00:36:03,666
They gave me this to wear, but...
703
00:36:03,791 --> 00:36:05,541
..I mean, do you think this
is appropriate?
704
00:36:06,083 --> 00:36:07,708
I feel stupid. I feel...
705
00:36:08,791 --> 00:36:10,208
I feel sexy?!
706
00:36:10,958 --> 00:36:12,333
(EDWARD) Okay, mind the step.
707
00:36:12,458 --> 00:36:14,458
(CHURCH BELLS RINGING)
708
00:36:15,583 --> 00:36:17,333
('BE MY LOVER' - LA BOUCHE)♪ I must confess ♪
709
00:36:17,458 --> 00:36:19,458
♪ Girl, yes, I wanna be your lover ♪
710
00:36:19,583 --> 00:36:21,166
♪ Take a chance, my love's like no other ♪
711
00:36:21,291 --> 00:36:22,708
♪ Loving you not like your brother ♪
712
00:36:22,833 --> 00:36:25,833
♪ Oh yeah, wanna be your lover,
lover, lover ♪
713
00:36:27,208 --> 00:36:31,208
Fuck's sake. I dunno what yous all
had to come in with me for.
714
00:36:31,333 --> 00:36:32,916
I'm not an invalid.
715
00:36:33,041 --> 00:36:34,833
- (iPAD RINGING)
- How do I stop it?
716
00:36:34,958 --> 00:36:36,208
Just...
717
00:36:37,958 --> 00:36:39,916
- There you go.
- Thank you.
718
00:36:40,041 --> 00:36:41,791
It's my boyfriend, Amir.
719
00:36:42,916 --> 00:36:45,083
He'll think I've run off
with someone else now.
720
00:36:45,708 --> 00:36:47,791
- (ROSEY) He's the jealous type.
- (RAF) Nice.
721
00:36:47,916 --> 00:36:50,541
Found it impossible to have
a relationship with an Irishman.
722
00:36:50,666 --> 00:36:52,041
Yup, me too.
723
00:36:52,166 --> 00:36:54,541
Irishmen are so frustrating.
724
00:36:54,666 --> 00:36:57,208
In one minute they're all over you
and the next they're...
725
00:36:57,333 --> 00:36:58,791
Well, they've gone.
726
00:36:58,916 --> 00:37:00,791
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY) I've been there.
727
00:37:01,291 --> 00:37:03,083
(ROSEY) Do you have a significant other?
728
00:37:03,958 --> 00:37:05,833
I have a boyfriend, Richard.
729
00:37:05,958 --> 00:37:07,708
- Richard.
- He's Dutch.
730
00:37:09,708 --> 00:37:11,208
(ROSEY) I've lots of gay friends.
731
00:37:11,333 --> 00:37:14,833
Two of my best friends, Tim and Ian,
they have an antiques business.
732
00:37:15,208 --> 00:37:17,833
I remember walking
into their shop in Harold's Cross
733
00:37:17,958 --> 00:37:21,833
twenty years ago and saying,
"Do you know where I could find a poof?"
734
00:37:21,958 --> 00:37:24,708
(CHUCKLES) And Tim opened
his arms wide and said,
735
00:37:24,958 --> 00:37:26,958
"Darling, will this poof do?"
736
00:37:27,208 --> 00:37:29,041
Sweet Jesus.
737
00:37:30,541 --> 00:37:31,833
Jean?
738
00:37:49,208 --> 00:37:50,583
Why, why?
739
00:37:52,791 --> 00:37:56,208
(SIGHS) Jean? Jean.
740
00:37:57,166 --> 00:37:59,083
Jean, I want you to stand,
741
00:37:59,208 --> 00:38:00,958
not holding onto the bar
for two minutes.
742
00:38:01,833 --> 00:38:04,541
It's only two minutes
and the bar is right there if you need it.
743
00:38:04,666 --> 00:38:05,833
Okay?
744
00:38:08,583 --> 00:38:10,083
Okay.
745
00:38:10,208 --> 00:38:11,583
(TIMER BLEEPS)
746
00:38:15,791 --> 00:38:17,416
(STRAINED BREATHING)
747
00:38:24,458 --> 00:38:26,041
(DOCTOR WHISPERS) Good.
748
00:38:30,708 --> 00:38:32,583
And relax, okay?
749
00:38:35,583 --> 00:38:37,416
Jean, we both know what's needed here.
750
00:38:38,041 --> 00:38:40,833
Think about the amount of freedom
a walker would give you.
751
00:38:41,708 --> 00:38:43,541
Not having to rely on other people.
752
00:38:49,708 --> 00:38:51,083
(DOCTOR) Jean.
753
00:38:52,458 --> 00:38:54,083
(SOFT MUSIC)
754
00:38:58,291 --> 00:39:04,208
- (RAF) Do you need a hand, Jean?
- No.
755
00:39:04,333 --> 00:39:06,458
Just excuse me one moment, thank you.
756
00:39:06,583 --> 00:39:08,958
I'll just take these empties with me.
757
00:39:09,083 --> 00:39:10,833
Take the empties with me.
758
00:39:10,958 --> 00:39:12,833
Get some more sandwiches.
759
00:39:16,166 --> 00:39:17,958
Are you okay for everything, Carl?
760
00:39:18,083 --> 00:39:20,083
Thank you very much.
I'm good, thanks.
761
00:39:24,083 --> 00:39:26,458
Are you okay, Nadine?
Is there anything I can do for you?
762
00:39:26,583 --> 00:39:27,958
Oh, I'm okay.
763
00:39:30,208 --> 00:39:31,416
(QUIETLY) Hey.
764
00:39:31,541 --> 00:39:33,916
Hey, Maude. You ready to go?
765
00:39:34,041 --> 00:39:36,208
Oh, dry these for me.
766
00:39:36,333 --> 00:39:37,541
What, I can't--
767
00:39:37,666 --> 00:39:39,833
No, Maude, just wait a minute.
768
00:39:42,333 --> 00:39:43,583
Sorry...
769
00:39:43,708 --> 00:39:45,416
Who is that woman?
770
00:39:45,541 --> 00:39:46,833
Um...
771
00:39:46,958 --> 00:39:48,541
Maude? Do--
772
00:39:50,041 --> 00:39:51,708
Was she a friend of my granddad's?
773
00:39:53,833 --> 00:39:55,083
Uh...
774
00:39:56,833 --> 00:39:58,083
Excuse me.
775
00:39:58,208 --> 00:40:00,208
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners
776
00:40:00,333 --> 00:40:02,166
now and at the hour of death.
Amen.
777
00:40:02,291 --> 00:40:04,791
Glory be to the Father
and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost.
778
00:40:04,916 --> 00:40:06,458
As it was in the beginning it is now
779
00:40:06,583 --> 00:40:09,333
and ever shall be: world without end.
Amen.
780
00:40:09,458 --> 00:40:11,916
- And God bless you.
- You've been very good.
781
00:40:12,041 --> 00:40:13,958
- Maude, we have to go.
- This is Edward.
782
00:40:14,083 --> 00:40:15,541
Hello, hi.
783
00:40:15,666 --> 00:40:16,666
Betty Byrne.
784
00:40:16,791 --> 00:40:17,958
Oh, I'm so sorry.
785
00:40:19,208 --> 00:40:21,333
(SOBBING QUIETLY)
786
00:40:21,458 --> 00:40:22,708
I know.
787
00:40:22,833 --> 00:40:25,416
(PHONE RINGING)
788
00:40:25,541 --> 00:40:27,208
I'm sorry, I have to go. I'm sorry.
789
00:40:27,333 --> 00:40:29,416
So sorry, my publishers are calling me
so I have to...
790
00:40:30,083 --> 00:40:32,541
(WHISPERING)
Maude, we have to go.
791
00:40:33,291 --> 00:40:35,833
Stacey I really can't talk now,
I'm in the middle of something.
792
00:40:35,958 --> 00:40:37,666
(STACEY ON PHONE)Okay, don't freak out.
793
00:40:37,791 --> 00:40:40,666
The meeting's being pushed
and we've got a bit of a problem.
794
00:40:42,458 --> 00:40:45,333
(STACEY ON PHONE) They sent me a list
of things they want you to consider,
795
00:40:45,458 --> 00:40:47,083
so brace yourself.
796
00:40:47,208 --> 00:40:50,166
Number one, they think
your synopsis is way too long...
797
00:40:50,291 --> 00:40:52,416
Two, your voice is getting lost...
798
00:40:52,541 --> 00:40:54,083
Three, speak with more authority...
799
00:40:54,208 --> 00:40:55,666
Four, you're promoting a gay novel
800
00:40:55,791 --> 00:40:58,291
at a time when they're burning
LGBT books in this country.
801
00:40:58,416 --> 00:41:00,583
Five, remember your readers
are sophisticated...
802
00:41:00,708 --> 00:41:02,083
(ALMA) Edward, you can't cope.
803
00:41:02,208 --> 00:41:04,333
Mam, please! Please stop, please.
804
00:41:04,458 --> 00:41:06,083
Sorry to cause you trouble.
805
00:41:06,208 --> 00:41:08,541
No, you didn't, Maude.
It's fine, it's totally fine.
806
00:41:08,666 --> 00:41:10,958
Who was your meeting supposed to be with?
807
00:41:11,083 --> 00:41:14,958
Um, my publicist.
It's about promoting my book in America.
808
00:41:15,083 --> 00:41:19,208
(ALMA) He is very important writer,
but gets so nervous before his meetings.
809
00:41:19,333 --> 00:41:20,708
(JEAN) Why do you get nervous?
810
00:41:20,833 --> 00:41:22,208
I don't, I don't get nervous.
811
00:41:22,333 --> 00:41:25,333
You should get Dermot to prescribe
some anti-anxiety medication.
812
00:41:25,458 --> 00:41:26,833
(JEAN) Who's Dermot?
813
00:41:26,958 --> 00:41:28,416
- His therapist.
- My son.
814
00:41:28,541 --> 00:41:30,791
I don't need anti-anxiety medication.
815
00:41:30,916 --> 00:41:34,083
Well, I take half a cheeky
if I'm flying anywhere
816
00:41:34,208 --> 00:41:35,958
and there's not a bother on me then.
817
00:41:36,083 --> 00:41:38,208
I mean, I get that because
if you don't like flying,
818
00:41:38,333 --> 00:41:40,333
but I don't need anti-anxiety medication.
819
00:41:40,458 --> 00:41:43,708
It's just I don't like having meetings,
which is completely... normal.
820
00:41:43,833 --> 00:41:45,041
Why?
821
00:41:45,166 --> 00:41:47,458
Because I don't like talking to people.
822
00:41:47,583 --> 00:41:48,958
I like being on my own.
823
00:41:49,083 --> 00:41:52,416
- (ALMA) Weird.
- It's not-- It's not weird, Mam.
824
00:41:52,541 --> 00:41:54,958
- What was his father like?
- (ALMA) Weird.
825
00:41:55,083 --> 00:41:56,333
Mam!
826
00:41:57,583 --> 00:41:59,083
(ALMA) You are just like your dad.
827
00:41:59,208 --> 00:42:02,458
(SHOUTING) Do not, do not compare me
to dad right now, please!
828
00:42:03,208 --> 00:42:04,916
(ALMA) The very same.
829
00:42:07,208 --> 00:42:08,666
(EXASPERATED) I can't...
830
00:42:09,208 --> 00:42:11,791
(JEAN) Jaysus, his fucking therapy
mustn't be goin' too well.
831
00:42:15,583 --> 00:42:17,583
(EXHALES UNEASILY)
832
00:42:17,708 --> 00:42:21,458
(ALMA) Now you have all made him mad
and I didn't get my hair done.
833
00:42:21,583 --> 00:42:24,291
None of us asked to be here
in the first place, you know.
834
00:42:28,583 --> 00:42:30,416
(GENTLE GUITAR MUSIC)
835
00:42:40,166 --> 00:42:41,333
Thank you.
836
00:42:46,833 --> 00:42:48,833
(GENTLE MUSIC CONTINUES)
837
00:42:53,458 --> 00:42:55,416
That's the food
that Dermot gave me for you.
838
00:42:57,333 --> 00:42:59,416
- (ROSEY SIGHS DISAPPOINTEDLY)
- Okay.
839
00:43:04,833 --> 00:43:08,083
...nationalism. This free state
is not the state they wanted.
840
00:43:08,208 --> 00:43:10,333
This is not the state
that they had fought for.
841
00:43:10,458 --> 00:43:12,708
In many ways,
the state that came into being...
842
00:43:16,958 --> 00:43:19,583
(RAF) See how your hand is square
with long fingers?
843
00:43:21,166 --> 00:43:23,708
In palmistry, this is
what we call an air hand.
844
00:43:24,833 --> 00:43:28,958
Air people were known
for being very thoughtful and considerate.
845
00:43:29,458 --> 00:43:31,458
Very generous with other people.
846
00:43:32,083 --> 00:43:33,291
Very sociable.
847
00:43:35,166 --> 00:43:38,083
Always making others
feel welcome and at ease.
848
00:43:40,208 --> 00:43:43,083
Should we see if anyone else
wants a hand massage?
849
00:43:51,583 --> 00:43:53,458
(SOFT MUSIC)
850
00:43:56,416 --> 00:44:00,583
(RAF) Well, the round palm is usually
an indication of a creative person.
851
00:44:01,208 --> 00:44:04,041
(ROSEY) Well, I've always been
a very creative person.
852
00:44:04,166 --> 00:44:05,708
I love making art.
853
00:44:05,833 --> 00:44:07,458
(RAF) Yeah, what kind of art?
854
00:44:07,583 --> 00:44:09,833
All sorts.
I did a course recently in...
855
00:44:11,833 --> 00:44:13,708
Um, what's it called?
856
00:44:14,333 --> 00:44:16,166
- Paintin'?
- (ROSEY) No.
857
00:44:16,666 --> 00:44:18,291
- (MAUDE) Drawing?
- No.
858
00:44:19,833 --> 00:44:21,333
It'll come back to me.
859
00:44:21,458 --> 00:44:22,708
Do me.
860
00:44:22,833 --> 00:44:24,041
(RAF) Okay.
861
00:44:24,958 --> 00:44:28,958
I'd a fall last year and I ended up
with a torn rotator cuff.
862
00:44:29,083 --> 00:44:30,958
(RAF) Oh no, you poor thing.
863
00:44:31,083 --> 00:44:33,083
(JEAN) What does the shape
of her hand say?
864
00:44:33,791 --> 00:44:35,666
(RAF) Okay, let's see.
865
00:44:37,333 --> 00:44:40,958
Oh, this tells us
that she's a woman of great faith.
866
00:44:41,833 --> 00:44:44,041
(RAF) See all of these
little small lines here?
867
00:44:44,166 --> 00:44:46,166
These are all of your guardian angels.
868
00:44:46,291 --> 00:44:48,083
See how many of them you have?
869
00:44:49,458 --> 00:44:51,458
- I can feel them with me.
- Hmm.
870
00:44:51,791 --> 00:44:53,333
Ceramics!
871
00:44:53,458 --> 00:44:55,541
Ceramics, that's what it was.
872
00:44:56,166 --> 00:44:57,666
Nothin' bad now, d'you hear me?
873
00:45:00,833 --> 00:45:03,541
This is usually a sign
of a joyous life right here.
874
00:45:03,666 --> 00:45:05,583
Pfft! That's fuckin' wrong anyway.
875
00:45:05,708 --> 00:45:07,583
(AWKWARD CHUCKLING)
876
00:45:07,708 --> 00:45:09,541
Do you fight with people, Jean?
877
00:45:11,333 --> 00:45:12,916
I fight with everyone.
878
00:45:13,041 --> 00:45:15,291
I fight with meself
if there's no one else around.
879
00:45:17,416 --> 00:45:19,416
Things would've been easier
when Larry was around.
880
00:45:19,541 --> 00:45:20,958
He was good at...
881
00:45:22,083 --> 00:45:23,583
..making me see sense.
882
00:45:23,708 --> 00:45:26,041
(ALMA TAPPING SCREEN)
How old?
883
00:45:27,166 --> 00:45:28,583
(JEAN) How old am I?
884
00:45:29,416 --> 00:45:31,208
(JEAN) How old was Larry?
885
00:45:31,333 --> 00:45:33,958
Sixty-nine, he was only a pup.
886
00:45:36,291 --> 00:45:38,291
When did your husband die, Alma?
887
00:45:39,958 --> 00:45:41,958
(TAPS SCREEN) Two years.
888
00:45:47,291 --> 00:45:48,833
That's Larry there.
889
00:45:48,958 --> 00:45:50,291
(RAF) He's gorgeous, Jean.
890
00:45:50,416 --> 00:45:51,833
(ROSEY) Ah, lovely.
891
00:45:53,833 --> 00:45:55,333
That's Nigel.
892
00:46:00,583 --> 00:46:02,291
(ALMA) Michael.
893
00:46:02,416 --> 00:46:04,208
(GENTLE MURMURS)
894
00:46:04,333 --> 00:46:06,416
(ALMA TAPPING SCREEN)
895
00:46:06,541 --> 00:46:09,333
(ALMA) You would love
to see them walking through the door,
896
00:46:09,458 --> 00:46:11,208
asking for their dinner.
897
00:46:13,708 --> 00:46:15,333
Yous had them spoiled.
898
00:46:15,458 --> 00:46:18,083
(JEAN) Ah, no.
They did their part, they did.
899
00:46:18,208 --> 00:46:20,041
(EDWARD) They still got away with murder.
900
00:46:20,166 --> 00:46:21,791
At the least the one in this house did.
901
00:46:21,916 --> 00:46:23,833
My mam waited on him
hand and foot for 40 years.
902
00:46:23,958 --> 00:46:28,083
Yeah, but they worked very hard
and it was different times.
903
00:46:28,208 --> 00:46:29,833
Yous worked hard too!
904
00:46:29,958 --> 00:46:31,333
Well, that's true.
905
00:46:31,458 --> 00:46:34,083
Why should yous not have been given
the same opportunities they were?
906
00:46:34,208 --> 00:46:36,291
Well, I never married.
907
00:46:36,416 --> 00:46:38,416
Never had to cook a meal
for a man in my life.
908
00:46:38,541 --> 00:46:40,291
See? And you still managed
to make a good life
909
00:46:40,416 --> 00:46:41,666
for you and Dermot on your own.
910
00:46:42,083 --> 00:46:43,666
Well, it wasn't a good life, Edward.
911
00:46:43,958 --> 00:46:44,958
Right.
912
00:46:45,083 --> 00:46:46,333
(ALMA) She needed a man.
913
00:46:46,458 --> 00:46:48,458
She didn't need a man, Mam.
914
00:46:48,583 --> 00:46:51,291
Maybe I did. I was very lonely.
915
00:46:51,416 --> 00:46:53,333
Well now look, you've got Amir.
916
00:46:53,916 --> 00:46:55,791
Yeah, that's true.
917
00:46:55,916 --> 00:46:57,416
Of course we've never met.
918
00:46:57,541 --> 00:46:58,833
How does that work?
919
00:46:58,958 --> 00:47:00,583
Well, we talk on the computer every day.
920
00:47:00,708 --> 00:47:01,958
Sure, what's the point of that?
921
00:47:02,083 --> 00:47:03,708
It's company, I suppose.
922
00:47:04,083 --> 00:47:07,041
He wants to come over
and pay a visit, but I don't know.
923
00:47:07,166 --> 00:47:08,958
Why complicate things with sex?
924
00:47:10,333 --> 00:47:13,458
Jesus, I'd complicate things
with sex given half a chance.
925
00:47:13,583 --> 00:47:15,333
(EVERYONE GIGGLES)
926
00:47:24,333 --> 00:47:27,083
(STACEY ON PHONE) I honestly don't
think it's that big a deal, Edward.
927
00:47:27,208 --> 00:47:29,083
Writers do this type of thing
all the time.
928
00:47:29,208 --> 00:47:32,208
So, just be yourself and charm them,
and we'll get on absolutely...
929
00:47:32,333 --> 00:47:33,708
(RAF) Hey.
930
00:47:34,708 --> 00:47:36,333
Are you okay?
931
00:47:36,458 --> 00:47:37,958
(EDWARD CLEARS HIS THROAT)
932
00:47:39,208 --> 00:47:42,708
They want me to sit in front
of a marketing team tomorrow
933
00:47:42,833 --> 00:47:44,708
and do a mock Q&A on Zoom.
934
00:47:44,833 --> 00:47:45,958
Why?
935
00:47:46,083 --> 00:47:49,083
Because apparently my voice needs
to be more persuasive in interviews.
936
00:47:49,708 --> 00:47:52,583
It's not funny! My stomach's
in knots just thinking about it.
937
00:47:52,958 --> 00:47:54,333
I'm-- I'm not up for it.
938
00:47:54,458 --> 00:47:55,833
You're such a drama queen.
939
00:47:55,958 --> 00:47:57,333
Uh, fuck you, fuck you!
940
00:47:57,458 --> 00:47:59,208
These American pricks hate my voice.
941
00:47:59,333 --> 00:48:00,708
C'mon, you'll be fine.
942
00:48:07,291 --> 00:48:08,541
(RAF) I should go.
943
00:48:08,666 --> 00:48:10,208
Okay.
944
00:48:14,083 --> 00:48:15,541
You okay?
945
00:48:40,666 --> 00:48:41,791
(SIGHS)
946
00:48:41,916 --> 00:48:43,416
(EDWARD) Sorry.
947
00:48:44,666 --> 00:48:45,833
I mean...
948
00:48:55,208 --> 00:48:56,833
I know, I know.
949
00:49:06,458 --> 00:49:08,166
I'm here for Alma.
950
00:49:15,833 --> 00:49:17,458
I'll just go.
951
00:49:20,791 --> 00:49:22,291
(THUNDER CRASHING)
952
00:49:22,416 --> 00:49:24,333
(RADIO HOST)Hello and welcome to The Galley,
953
00:49:24,458 --> 00:49:26,083
the podcast from Vulture.
954
00:49:26,208 --> 00:49:28,791
Tonight we'll be talking
to Irish novelist Edward Brady
955
00:49:28,916 --> 00:49:31,333
about his debut novel, 'Aeons'.
956
00:49:31,458 --> 00:49:32,833
Edward, thanks for being with us.
957
00:49:32,958 --> 00:49:35,333
(ALMA'S ASSISTED VOICE)
Oh, thanks for having me.
958
00:49:35,458 --> 00:49:36,583
Edward?
959
00:49:36,708 --> 00:49:38,666
(ALMA'S VOICE)
Oh my God. Oh my God.
960
00:49:38,791 --> 00:49:41,041
(CAR ENGINE PURRING)
961
00:49:41,166 --> 00:49:42,958
(FOOTSTEPS)
962
00:49:49,708 --> 00:49:51,166
(EDWARD) Jean?
963
00:49:51,833 --> 00:49:55,083
(YELLING) Jean! Jean!
964
00:49:59,958 --> 00:50:01,791
(TALK SHOW ON CAR RADIO)
965
00:50:04,583 --> 00:50:06,916
(MUFFLED YELLING) Jean! Jean!
966
00:50:07,041 --> 00:50:09,166
(CAR RADIO DRONES ON)
967
00:50:10,458 --> 00:50:12,291
(OUT OF BREATH) Jean!
968
00:50:12,416 --> 00:50:14,208
(TAXI FADES INTO THE DISTANCE)
969
00:50:17,208 --> 00:50:18,791
(SIGHS FEEBLY)
970
00:50:18,916 --> 00:50:21,666
('WONDERFUL LIFE' - BLACK)
971
00:50:21,791 --> 00:50:23,583
What the fuck is going on?!
972
00:50:28,791 --> 00:50:30,708
(EDWARD) Can you tell me
where you dropped her off?
973
00:50:30,833 --> 00:50:33,083
(TAXI DISPATCH ON PHONE) The driver
said he dropped her at Mulligan's.
974
00:50:33,208 --> 00:50:35,333
A small red-brick place
over by St. Garvey's.
975
00:50:35,458 --> 00:50:37,583
- (EDWARD) Cabra Road, okay.
- Yeah, no problem, buddy.
976
00:50:37,958 --> 00:50:39,291
Thank you.
977
00:50:46,083 --> 00:50:48,083
('WONDERFUL LIFE' CONTINUES)
978
00:50:48,208 --> 00:50:50,083
(JEAN SINGING FLATLY) ♪ Here I go ♪
979
00:50:50,958 --> 00:50:52,958
♪ Out to sea again ♪
980
00:50:53,708 --> 00:50:56,791
♪ The sunshine fills the air ♪
981
00:50:59,333 --> 00:51:01,458
♪ There's music everywhere ♪
982
00:51:06,416 --> 00:51:08,583
♪ Gold's in the sky ♪
983
00:51:09,333 --> 00:51:11,291
♪ And in my blue eyes ♪
984
00:51:12,208 --> 00:51:15,333
♪ You know it feels unfair ♪
985
00:51:17,333 --> 00:51:19,708
♪ There's magic everywhere ♪
986
00:51:25,208 --> 00:51:28,208
♪ Look at me standing ♪
987
00:51:29,666 --> 00:51:32,083
♪ Here on my own again ♪
988
00:51:33,958 --> 00:51:38,458
♪ Up straight in the sunshine ♪
989
00:51:38,583 --> 00:51:40,166
(MUSIC FADING GRADUALLY)
990
00:51:40,291 --> 00:51:42,833
(FAINTLY) ♪ No need to... ♪
991
00:51:43,958 --> 00:51:45,958
(SOFT AMBIENT MUSIC)
992
00:51:55,333 --> 00:51:56,916
(GENTLY) Jean.
993
00:51:57,041 --> 00:51:59,083
Me leg is stuck.
994
00:52:09,833 --> 00:52:12,083
(EDWARD WHISPERING)
Watch your step there.
995
00:52:12,208 --> 00:52:13,541
(FAINT CLATTERING)
996
00:52:13,666 --> 00:52:15,333
(EDWARD) Okay, quiet.
997
00:52:15,458 --> 00:52:16,833
(JEAN) Will I close this door?
998
00:52:16,958 --> 00:52:18,958
(EDWARD) Yeah close it, but quietly.
999
00:52:19,083 --> 00:52:21,041
Quietly, Jean.
1000
00:52:21,166 --> 00:52:23,458
- (DOOR SLAMS)
- (EDWARD) Oh Jean! That's not quiet.
1001
00:52:23,583 --> 00:52:25,083
(JEAN) Huh? Sure...
1002
00:52:26,208 --> 00:52:27,833
(JEAN) Oh, here we are.
1003
00:52:29,166 --> 00:52:30,541
(EDWARD) Jean, no wait.
1004
00:52:30,666 --> 00:52:32,166
(JEAN) It's grand, I'm grand.
1005
00:52:33,166 --> 00:52:35,333
(JEAN) I'll only be a second now...
1006
00:52:35,458 --> 00:52:37,666
- (JEAN LAUGHING) Ooh!
- (EDWARD) See?
1007
00:52:39,583 --> 00:52:41,333
Okay, good night.
1008
00:52:42,458 --> 00:52:46,083
(SLURRING) You says if I came home,
I wouldn't have to drink on me own.
1009
00:52:46,208 --> 00:52:47,958
- So sit down.
- (EDWARD) It's late, Jean. -
1010
00:52:48,083 --> 00:52:49,958
Who cares, sit down.
1011
00:52:56,958 --> 00:52:58,083
Drink.
1012
00:53:06,291 --> 00:53:10,208
S'ppose I made an eejit of meself
in that place, did I?
1013
00:53:11,041 --> 00:53:12,833
No, I don't think so.
1014
00:53:12,958 --> 00:53:15,208
- Sure, there was no one there anyway.
- Hmm...
1015
00:53:16,083 --> 00:53:18,666
I wasn't even goin' there to begin with.
1016
00:53:19,583 --> 00:53:21,083
Where were you going?
1017
00:53:21,958 --> 00:53:26,208
I was goin' into town
to fuck that walker in the Liffey.
1018
00:53:26,333 --> 00:53:29,708
You just need to give it a chance,
it takes some time to get used to.
1019
00:53:30,833 --> 00:53:32,041
Does it?
1020
00:53:32,583 --> 00:53:35,833
In all your experience of usin' a walker,
1021
00:53:35,958 --> 00:53:38,916
takes a bit of time
to get used to, does it?
1022
00:53:41,166 --> 00:53:42,333
Sorry.
1023
00:53:42,458 --> 00:53:45,166
Well, he warned me.
1024
00:53:46,041 --> 00:53:48,583
He said if I didn't start moving,
I'd be like this forever.
1025
00:53:50,958 --> 00:53:53,833
Well, I didn't listen.
1026
00:53:56,333 --> 00:53:58,208
So! Here we are.
1027
00:54:00,666 --> 00:54:03,416
Your Ma misses him
somethin' shockin', doesn't she?
1028
00:54:03,541 --> 00:54:04,833
I suppose.
1029
00:54:04,958 --> 00:54:06,708
Hmm, she does.
1030
00:54:08,208 --> 00:54:09,958
Yeah well, I don't know why.
1031
00:54:10,083 --> 00:54:11,416
They used to kill each other.
1032
00:54:11,541 --> 00:54:13,083
She always seems to forget that part.
1033
00:54:13,916 --> 00:54:15,708
Sure, I used to bollock
the head off Larry.
1034
00:54:15,833 --> 00:54:18,708
You'd hear me bawling him out of it
all over the estate.
1035
00:54:18,833 --> 00:54:20,833
That's just the way it was in them days.
1036
00:54:21,958 --> 00:54:23,833
If there was a few cross words,
1037
00:54:24,333 --> 00:54:25,541
so wha'?
1038
00:54:26,583 --> 00:54:29,041
Didn't do yous any harm, did it?
1039
00:54:29,708 --> 00:54:31,166
- Hmm...
- Wha'?
1040
00:54:31,291 --> 00:54:33,916
Well, I wouldn't say
we escaped unscathed, Jean.
1041
00:54:34,833 --> 00:54:36,958
I mean, you know, we're all in therapy.
1042
00:54:37,958 --> 00:54:41,041
We're fuckin' broke, confused, homeless.
1043
00:54:43,583 --> 00:54:45,916
Crippled with anxiety
and incapable of sustaining
1044
00:54:46,041 --> 00:54:49,208
any kind of meaningful relationship
with another person, so...
1045
00:54:49,333 --> 00:54:51,583
And how the fuck was
all that our fault?
1046
00:54:59,333 --> 00:55:01,958
I'm just saying, it can be distressing,
especially if you're a kid,
1047
00:55:02,083 --> 00:55:03,791
and your parents
are fighting all the time.
1048
00:55:04,458 --> 00:55:07,541
Then if one parent keeps telling you
all the details of the fight
1049
00:55:07,666 --> 00:55:10,666
when you're 10, because they don't have
anyone else to talk to about it.
1050
00:55:10,791 --> 00:55:13,083
And then add to all of that all of the...
1051
00:55:14,083 --> 00:55:18,166
..crazy, regressive, religious bullshit
that you keep throwing at us.
1052
00:55:18,291 --> 00:55:21,083
And it's like, you know,
maybe we're grand in our 20s,
1053
00:55:21,208 --> 00:55:26,583
but then one day you're in your 30s
and you wake up and you are...
1054
00:55:30,583 --> 00:55:33,333
..scared, you know. It's...
1055
00:55:35,583 --> 00:55:37,083
You don't know why.
1056
00:55:49,041 --> 00:55:51,333
(JEAN SNORES SOFTLY)
1057
00:55:53,083 --> 00:55:54,583
- Jean, Jean.
- (STARTLED) Huh?
1058
00:55:55,416 --> 00:55:59,458
Jaysus, I thought someone
had stuck a coin in ya there.
1059
00:55:59,583 --> 00:56:01,666
(CHUCKLES) Come on. Come lie down.
1060
00:56:01,791 --> 00:56:03,208
(JEAN LAUGHS)
1061
00:56:04,458 --> 00:56:06,458
(JEAN GROANS SOFTLY)
1062
00:56:06,583 --> 00:56:08,041
Watch that.
1063
00:56:08,166 --> 00:56:11,208
(MUMBLING INCOHERENTLY)
Ah, ladieees!
1064
00:56:11,333 --> 00:56:13,333
Get up outta that!
1065
00:56:13,458 --> 00:56:15,333
We'll have an aul' song...
1066
00:56:15,458 --> 00:56:16,833
Good night, Jean.
1067
00:56:19,041 --> 00:56:21,333
(RECORDED VOICE) Where're you
going with that camera now?
1068
00:56:21,458 --> 00:56:22,791
(ALMA CHUCKLES IN RECORDING)
1069
00:56:22,916 --> 00:56:25,208
- Alma, I'm trying to listen to the news.
- (ALMA) Ah, go on!
1070
00:56:25,333 --> 00:56:26,833
Hello, Chloe and Layla.
1071
00:56:26,958 --> 00:56:30,166
I hope you've been very good
for your mother and father. Now go on.
1072
00:56:30,291 --> 00:56:33,916
(ALMA CHUCKLES) Granddad
is just full of chat this morning, girls.
1073
00:56:34,041 --> 00:56:36,083
(SOFT AMBIENT MUSIC)
1074
00:56:39,041 --> 00:56:41,833
(CHILDREN CHATTERING
AND LAUGHING IN THE DISTANCE)
1075
00:56:47,791 --> 00:56:49,583
(SOFT MUSIC CONTINUES)
1076
00:57:06,958 --> 00:57:09,083
(SNORING SOFTLY)
1077
00:57:09,208 --> 00:57:10,583
(BIRDSONG)
1078
00:57:16,333 --> 00:57:18,416
(MAURA THE MEDIUM)
I will ask Spirit for a name.
1079
00:57:18,833 --> 00:57:22,416
Spirit will tell me who they are
and how they passed.
1080
00:57:22,541 --> 00:57:26,958
And all I ask of you
is that if you recognise that name,
1081
00:57:27,083 --> 00:57:28,958
you validate what I'm saying. Alright?
1082
00:57:29,083 --> 00:57:31,083
(JEAN) She's very good, isn't she?
1083
00:57:31,208 --> 00:57:32,708
(ALL MUMBLE IN AGREEMENT)
1084
00:57:32,833 --> 00:57:36,416
Spirit, do you have a name for us today?
1085
00:57:36,541 --> 00:57:37,958
(WHISPERING) Oh my God.
1086
00:57:38,083 --> 00:57:40,583
(PHONE MESSAGE FROM STACEY)Edward, they are asking me to confirm
1087
00:57:40,708 --> 00:57:42,458
- your flight and itinerary--
- (HANGS UP)
1088
00:57:42,583 --> 00:57:44,083
(INHALES UNEASILY)
1089
00:57:45,083 --> 00:57:46,333
Okay.
1090
00:57:48,208 --> 00:57:50,333
Hey.
(CLEARS THROAT)
1091
00:57:50,458 --> 00:57:52,833
I need to talk to you
in private for a minute.
1092
00:57:52,958 --> 00:57:54,583
Want to go to Galway.
1093
00:57:56,458 --> 00:57:57,458
What?
1094
00:57:58,541 --> 00:58:00,291
Want to see Maura the Medium.
1095
00:58:00,708 --> 00:58:02,916
Mam, what are you talking about?
1096
00:58:03,041 --> 00:58:04,541
Galway.
1097
00:58:07,041 --> 00:58:09,333
- (ALMA) Medium.
- (FRUSTRATED SIGH)
1098
00:58:09,458 --> 00:58:11,916
(JEAN) Your mammy was showing us
these videos of Maura the Medium
1099
00:58:12,041 --> 00:58:15,458
and Rosey was saying we should find out
1100
00:58:15,583 --> 00:58:18,166
if she did in-person mediation.
1101
00:58:18,291 --> 00:58:20,166
Anyway, we sent
her a message on Facebook.
1102
00:58:20,291 --> 00:58:21,916
And to cut a long story short,
1103
00:58:22,041 --> 00:58:25,708
she's booked us in for a session
at four o'clock today.
1104
00:58:27,458 --> 00:58:29,958
We just want to know
that they're at peace.
1105
00:58:30,083 --> 00:58:31,541
- Who?!
- (ALMA) Your daddy.
1106
00:58:31,666 --> 00:58:33,166
- And Nigel.
- And Larry.
1107
00:58:33,291 --> 00:58:35,833
I just fancy the idea of a road trip.
1108
00:58:42,083 --> 00:58:46,416
(MUFFLED SHRIEKING
AT THE TOP OF HIS LUNGS)
1109
00:58:48,791 --> 00:58:50,083
(SIGHS CALMLY)
1110
00:58:50,208 --> 00:58:53,208
We are absolutely not going
on a six hour round trip to Galway, okay?
1111
00:58:53,333 --> 00:58:55,583
I have a really important call
with my publishers at five--
1112
00:58:55,708 --> 00:58:57,041
(ALMA) Bring your computer.
1113
00:58:57,166 --> 00:58:59,666
(COOL AS ICE) Bring my computer.
Are you for real?
1114
00:58:59,791 --> 00:59:02,041
I have to be here.
What if there's no WiFi?
1115
00:59:02,166 --> 00:59:03,416
(ALMA) Be fine.
1116
00:59:03,541 --> 00:59:06,458
Oh, "Be fine, be fine"!
Okay, you've certainly changed your tune.
1117
00:59:06,583 --> 00:59:08,041
We're not going to Galway. Sorry.
1118
00:59:08,166 --> 00:59:10,708
(VOICE CRACKING) And I have to speak
to you about something urgent.
1119
00:59:13,791 --> 00:59:15,208
Mam.
1120
00:59:19,791 --> 00:59:21,833
('BOY' - BOOK OF LOVE)
1121
00:59:43,041 --> 00:59:45,958
♪ I wanna be where the boys are ♪
1122
00:59:46,958 --> 00:59:49,291
♪ But I'm not allowed ♪
1123
00:59:50,708 --> 00:59:53,958
♪ I wait outside of the boys' bar ♪
1124
00:59:54,083 --> 00:59:57,458
♪ I wait for them to all come out ♪
1125
00:59:57,583 --> 00:59:59,666
- (ALMA) Toilet.
- (BRAKES SQUEALING)
1126
00:59:59,791 --> 01:00:01,583
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
1127
01:00:03,666 --> 01:00:05,458
♪ Boy ♪
1128
01:00:11,333 --> 01:00:13,291
(JEAN) I found your book
on Amazon, Edward.
1129
01:00:14,208 --> 01:00:16,208
Oh, look there's reviews here,
will I read 'em out?
1130
01:00:16,333 --> 01:00:17,666
(EDWARD) No thank you.
1131
01:00:17,791 --> 01:00:19,208
This fella gave it five stars.
1132
01:00:19,333 --> 01:00:23,458
Says, "It's a wonderful novel.
The characters are very human."
1133
01:00:23,583 --> 01:00:25,833
Oh, hang on. There's a bad one.
1134
01:00:25,958 --> 01:00:29,291
"Can't see what all the fuss is about."
What does he know!
1135
01:00:29,416 --> 01:00:32,458
"Not one to be handed out
unless it's to the charity shop."
1136
01:00:32,583 --> 01:00:33,833
(EDWARD) You can stop now.
1137
01:00:33,958 --> 01:00:37,291
"Starts well but goes nowhere.
I put it down after 50 pages."
1138
01:00:37,416 --> 01:00:39,416
How the fuck does he know
it goes nowhere then!
1139
01:00:39,541 --> 01:00:41,166
Please stop, Jean.
1140
01:00:41,291 --> 01:00:45,208
You're my agent,
you should buy me some more time...
1141
01:00:45,333 --> 01:00:46,833
(MAUDE) What's Edward's book about?
1142
01:00:46,958 --> 01:00:48,708
I've been trying to tell her
for two days now!
1143
01:00:48,833 --> 01:00:52,083
(ROSEY) It's about a relationship
between two young gay men.
1144
01:00:52,208 --> 01:00:54,083
One is a teenager from Leitrim.
1145
01:00:54,208 --> 01:00:57,041
The other is a 22-year-old
posh boy from London.
1146
01:00:57,166 --> 01:00:58,666
That sounds good, doesn't it?
1147
01:00:58,791 --> 01:01:00,541
Like Maeve Binchy but with gays.
1148
01:01:00,666 --> 01:01:03,458
I'm just at the bit where
the main character takes his mother
1149
01:01:03,583 --> 01:01:06,958
to the Gresham Hotel for tea
so he can tell her he's gay.
1150
01:01:07,416 --> 01:01:09,041
Is that what Edward did
with you, Alma?
1151
01:01:10,583 --> 01:01:12,458
Edward's coming out was very funny.
1152
01:01:12,708 --> 01:01:14,208
Why? What happened?
1153
01:01:14,333 --> 01:01:16,416
When Edward was 17?
1154
01:01:17,291 --> 01:01:22,958
He snuck out to a gay bar
and got off with this air steward--
1155
01:01:23,083 --> 01:01:24,458
(ALMA) Sven.
1156
01:01:24,583 --> 01:01:26,083
Sven! Sven from Sweden.
1157
01:01:26,208 --> 01:01:28,083
(ALMA) He was much older.
1158
01:01:28,208 --> 01:01:30,166
He wasn't that much older, Alma.
1159
01:01:30,291 --> 01:01:31,791
Um, whatever.
1160
01:01:31,916 --> 01:01:35,458
So, one weekend Edward lied
and told Alma
1161
01:01:35,583 --> 01:01:37,416
he was staying with a friend.
1162
01:01:37,541 --> 01:01:39,583
But actually he flew
to Sweden to stay with Sven--
1163
01:01:39,708 --> 01:01:40,958
When he was just 17?
1164
01:01:41,083 --> 01:01:43,208
I know! He was such a badass
back then, right?
1165
01:01:43,333 --> 01:01:47,041
So you can just imagine 17-year-old Edward
1166
01:01:47,166 --> 01:01:50,666
hanging out in Sven's fancy apartment
1167
01:01:50,791 --> 01:01:55,541
when all of a sudden the phone rings
and somebody's on the line.
1168
01:01:55,833 --> 01:01:57,958
(ALMA) I said is my son there?
1169
01:01:58,083 --> 01:01:59,583
How did you know where he was?
1170
01:01:59,708 --> 01:02:01,416
(ALMA) Traced the number.
1171
01:02:01,541 --> 01:02:03,166
She traced the number!
1172
01:02:05,333 --> 01:02:08,333
Colm would have been about 22, I'd say.
1173
01:02:09,333 --> 01:02:11,208
He would have been very moody at that age.
1174
01:02:11,333 --> 01:02:12,958
Always on his own.
1175
01:02:13,083 --> 01:02:16,083
And then suddenly
he had this "friend," Adrian.
1176
01:02:16,208 --> 01:02:18,958
And he used to drive up
to the house in a red Beamer,
1177
01:02:19,083 --> 01:02:20,958
and he'd bring Colm off to the pictures.
1178
01:02:21,083 --> 01:02:23,583
one day they were driving off
and I says to Larry,
1179
01:02:23,833 --> 01:02:26,416
"I think your man
is a bit more than a friend."
1180
01:02:26,541 --> 01:02:27,958
Well, the laugh!
1181
01:02:31,708 --> 01:02:34,291
My youngest Nicola kept saying,
1182
01:02:34,416 --> 01:02:36,333
(WHISPERING)
"He's gay, Mammy, he's gay."
1183
01:02:37,458 --> 01:02:40,833
I says, "I don't want to know,
I really don't want to know."
1184
01:02:41,333 --> 01:02:43,583
Then it all came to a head one night
1185
01:02:43,708 --> 01:02:48,083
'cause a chap Nicola was working with
saw Billy dancing in a bar.
1186
01:02:48,208 --> 01:02:51,083
So he was sent home and confronted on it.
1187
01:02:51,208 --> 01:02:53,916
No, not by me - I couldn't hack it.
1188
01:02:54,041 --> 01:02:57,333
I ran upstairs and locked meself
in the bathroom and wouldn't come out.
1189
01:02:58,416 --> 01:02:59,708
What'd you do that for?
1190
01:03:00,708 --> 01:03:02,333
I just found it very hard.
1191
01:03:03,333 --> 01:03:05,041
Still do.
1192
01:03:05,166 --> 01:03:07,083
(ROSEY) Would you prefer
he kept it a secret
1193
01:03:07,208 --> 01:03:09,958
until he was 53 and married with kids?
1194
01:03:10,083 --> 01:03:11,708
(RAF) Exactly.
1195
01:03:12,416 --> 01:03:13,791
(ROSEY SIGHS)
1196
01:03:16,083 --> 01:03:17,708
(PHONE RINGING)
1197
01:03:17,833 --> 01:03:19,583
(JEAN) Edward, your phone.
Will I answer it?
1198
01:03:19,708 --> 01:03:21,833
- (EDWARD) Yes, please.
- (SPEAKER PHONE) Hi, Edward.
1199
01:03:21,958 --> 01:03:25,583
It's Katie here
from Hamilton Lodge Residential Care--
1200
01:03:25,708 --> 01:03:28,541
I'm actually driving at the minute,
so can I call you back?
1201
01:03:31,208 --> 01:03:33,833
Yeah, okay. Alright.
Thank you, bye-bye.
1202
01:03:37,833 --> 01:03:40,958
Did that go in there?
(RUSTLING WITH SEATBELT)
1203
01:03:51,791 --> 01:03:53,708
(EXHALES TENSELY)
1204
01:03:57,958 --> 01:03:59,958
(QUIET PIANO MUSIC)
1205
01:04:09,666 --> 01:04:10,833
Okay.
1206
01:04:11,833 --> 01:04:13,083
Everyone ready?
1207
01:04:16,458 --> 01:04:18,208
(DOORBELL RINGS SHRILLY)
1208
01:04:19,208 --> 01:04:21,666
Well, hello!
You're most welcome.
1209
01:04:21,791 --> 01:04:23,041
Hello.
1210
01:04:23,166 --> 01:04:26,208
Come in. You can hang your jackets
up in there in the hall if you like.
1211
01:04:26,333 --> 01:04:27,708
(MAUDE) Oh, thank you.
1212
01:04:29,833 --> 01:04:31,583
(SOFT AMBIENT MUSIC)
1213
01:04:34,458 --> 01:04:36,666
(DEEP EXHALE)
1214
01:04:40,041 --> 01:04:41,083
(SIGHS)
1215
01:04:43,666 --> 01:04:46,458
(BIRDS FLUTTERING AND COOING)
1216
01:04:52,583 --> 01:04:54,916
Jesus.
(ROARING) PASCAL!
1217
01:04:55,041 --> 01:04:57,708
Would you ever do something
about them pigeons!
1218
01:04:59,208 --> 01:05:02,208
(MATTER OF FACT) Little bastards
are nesting above in the draining pipes.
1219
01:05:02,666 --> 01:05:05,916
Right, I'm going to do
a star three card spread,
1220
01:05:06,041 --> 01:05:08,416
and then I'll put a call out
and see who comes into us.
1221
01:05:08,833 --> 01:05:10,833
- Um...
- (THE MEDIUM) Now just so yous know,
1222
01:05:10,958 --> 01:05:14,666
the messages they have might
not mean anything in the here and now.
1223
01:05:14,791 --> 01:05:16,458
- (LOUD GUNSHOT)
- (ROSEY) Jesus!
1224
01:05:16,583 --> 01:05:18,833
Oftentimes it's when yous
go home and reflect...
1225
01:05:18,958 --> 01:05:20,333
(LOUD GUNSHOT)
1226
01:05:20,458 --> 01:05:23,041
..that whatever they say
starts to make sense, alright?
1227
01:05:38,041 --> 01:05:39,458
The lovers.
1228
01:05:45,458 --> 01:05:47,083
Betrayal.
1229
01:05:51,666 --> 01:05:52,916
The hermit.
1230
01:05:53,291 --> 01:05:54,458
Oh...
1231
01:05:55,583 --> 01:05:57,583
It's going to be a bumpy ride.
1232
01:06:07,083 --> 01:06:08,333
Okay.
1233
01:06:09,458 --> 01:06:10,666
Okay.
1234
01:06:13,333 --> 01:06:16,333
One of them's very giddy,
keeps telling me jokes.
1235
01:06:16,458 --> 01:06:17,833
That's Larry.
1236
01:06:19,708 --> 01:06:21,083
(THE MEDIUM) Right.
1237
01:06:22,541 --> 01:06:25,083
And there's another lad
very offended by Larry's jokes.
1238
01:06:25,333 --> 01:06:26,583
Nigel.
1239
01:06:28,666 --> 01:06:29,833
Yes.
1240
01:06:32,708 --> 01:06:36,083
And now there's a third gentleman
who's not a bit pleased to be here.
1241
01:06:37,166 --> 01:06:40,083
Says his wife Alma should know
better than wasting money
1242
01:06:40,208 --> 01:06:43,083
on the likes of me.
Is that familiar?
1243
01:06:43,208 --> 01:06:45,416
(ALMA TAPPING)
1244
01:06:45,541 --> 01:06:46,708
Michael.
1245
01:06:47,458 --> 01:06:50,583
Fond of giving out this fella, is he?
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
1246
01:06:51,583 --> 01:06:54,083
Still asking, "What in the name of Jesus
you're doing here?"
1247
01:06:58,333 --> 01:07:00,916
I just want to know that he is at peace.
1248
01:07:03,083 --> 01:07:04,708
He's very much at peace.
1249
01:07:05,833 --> 01:07:07,708
But he misses you terribly.
1250
01:07:09,666 --> 01:07:12,791
I had a stroke, Michael,
and I lost my voice.
1251
01:07:12,916 --> 01:07:15,208
He says he can hear you just fine.
1252
01:07:16,666 --> 01:07:18,583
Edward is putting me in a home.
1253
01:07:18,708 --> 01:07:19,958
Mam!
1254
01:07:28,791 --> 01:07:30,833
(SOFTLY) Mam, that is not true.
1255
01:07:32,541 --> 01:07:34,708
That is not--
Can we just talk about this later?
1256
01:07:44,541 --> 01:07:49,916
(SIGHS) The publishers wanted me to go
to America for a book tour for ten days.
1257
01:07:50,708 --> 01:07:53,541
Okay? So just I went
to go and take a look at a place
1258
01:07:53,666 --> 01:07:56,541
just to see if it might
be somewhere that you might like.
1259
01:07:56,666 --> 01:07:58,791
- (ALMA) I'm not going there.
- Fine, you're not. Okay--
1260
01:07:58,916 --> 01:08:00,333
Just a minute.
1261
01:08:02,083 --> 01:08:03,791
Michael has a message for Edward.
1262
01:08:03,916 --> 01:08:05,333
Oh, no, no...
1263
01:08:05,458 --> 01:08:08,458
I'm sorry, ladies,
but could you give us some space?
1264
01:08:08,583 --> 01:08:11,791
- I don't want to be part of that.
- Talk to your daddy, Edward. You sit down.
1265
01:08:11,916 --> 01:08:14,083
No! I don't even want to be here!
1266
01:08:14,208 --> 01:08:16,083
(SOFT AMBIENT MUSIC)
1267
01:08:22,458 --> 01:08:24,833
Does the letter R mean anything? -
1268
01:08:24,958 --> 01:08:27,958
- No.
- R?
1269
01:08:28,083 --> 01:08:29,458
No.
1270
01:08:30,083 --> 01:08:31,333
(ALMA) Raf.
1271
01:08:32,166 --> 01:08:34,916
Rafael used to be Edward's boyfriend,
1272
01:08:35,041 --> 01:08:38,458
but he broke up with Edward
because Edward wouldn't commit.
1273
01:08:38,583 --> 01:08:40,333
And now Raf has a new boyfriend,
1274
01:08:40,458 --> 01:08:42,583
and they're moving to France together.
1275
01:08:44,708 --> 01:08:46,958
Spirit says you haven't been
yourself, Edward.
1276
01:08:47,083 --> 01:08:48,583
Okay, that's enough.
1277
01:08:48,708 --> 01:08:50,333
(FIRMLY) He says you have to man up.
1278
01:08:50,458 --> 01:08:53,083
Take better care of the people you love.
1279
01:08:53,208 --> 01:08:56,416
Don't make the same mistake
you made with Raf again.
1280
01:08:56,541 --> 01:08:58,583
Come on now. Do better!
1281
01:09:00,541 --> 01:09:03,041
(QUIETLY) Take better care
of the people I love?
1282
01:09:04,958 --> 01:09:06,916
Right. What, the way he did?
1283
01:09:08,333 --> 01:09:12,333
Okay, why don't you ask Spirit
why my mam had to raise two kids
1284
01:09:12,458 --> 01:09:14,708
on her own while he went off
and did whatever he wanted
1285
01:09:14,833 --> 01:09:16,458
with whoever he wanted?
1286
01:09:17,708 --> 01:09:19,708
Because he did, Mam.
You want me to talk to Dad?
1287
01:09:19,833 --> 01:09:21,166
That's fine, I'll talk to Dad.
1288
01:09:21,291 --> 01:09:23,333
Ask Spirit how he felt
about having a gay son.
1289
01:09:23,458 --> 01:09:24,791
(RAF) Edward, stop.
1290
01:09:25,333 --> 01:09:29,416
You've got such a selective memory
when it comes to that man, Mam.
1291
01:09:30,166 --> 01:09:32,083
Do you ever think
about what he put me through?
1292
01:09:32,208 --> 01:09:36,708
And no matter what I did, no matter what,
he would always be disappointed.
1293
01:09:36,833 --> 01:09:38,958
And who was there
for him when he was sick? I was.
1294
01:09:39,083 --> 01:09:44,416
Andrew?! Andrew brought the house down
with the eulogy. Brought the house down!
1295
01:09:44,541 --> 01:09:46,958
But was he there when it really mattered?
1296
01:09:47,083 --> 01:09:48,958
(VOICE CRACKING)
No. I was.
1297
01:09:49,083 --> 01:09:51,958
I was there, and I am here right now!
1298
01:09:57,208 --> 01:10:01,041
And just because I don't have kids
doesn't mean my life has no value!
1299
01:10:06,958 --> 01:10:08,708
(JEAN) Alma, are you okay?
1300
01:10:08,833 --> 01:10:10,708
(ALMA WEEPS QUIETLY)
1301
01:10:13,708 --> 01:10:14,833
Mam.
1302
01:10:16,083 --> 01:10:17,666
Mam, I'm sorry.
1303
01:10:19,708 --> 01:10:20,916
I'm sorry.
1304
01:10:24,291 --> 01:10:27,083
I actually think I have to stand up
for a minute... Oh, Jesus Christ.
1305
01:10:27,208 --> 01:10:29,333
- (RAF) You alright?
- (MAUDE) Are you alright, Edward?
1306
01:10:29,458 --> 01:10:31,416
(EVERYONE MUTTERING CONCERN)
1307
01:10:31,541 --> 01:10:33,666
(RAF) Give him some space.
(LIGHT MUSIC)
1308
01:10:33,791 --> 01:10:36,583
(THE MEDIUM) Are you alright?
Don't worry about a thing.
1309
01:10:36,708 --> 01:10:39,291
Your father is by your side.
His hand is on your shoulder.
1310
01:10:39,416 --> 01:10:42,291
(JEAN) That's the last
fuckin' thing he wants to hear.
1311
01:10:42,416 --> 01:10:43,833
(MAUDE) Should we say a rosary?
1312
01:10:43,958 --> 01:10:45,833
(STRUGGLING TO BREATHE)
No rosary!
1313
01:10:45,958 --> 01:10:48,208
(MAUDE) Oh, my God.
There's something wrong with Alma!
1314
01:10:48,333 --> 01:10:50,583
(JEAN) Alma, are you okay?
1315
01:10:50,708 --> 01:10:55,083
Alma, you've nothing to worry about, pet.
Michael is holding your hand.
1316
01:10:55,208 --> 01:10:57,458
(JEAN) Stop making it sound like
someone is going to die.
1317
01:10:57,583 --> 01:10:58,833
No one is going to die!
1318
01:10:58,958 --> 01:11:01,583
- (EDWARD GASPS))
- (JEAN) Oh fuck, call an ambulance!
1319
01:11:01,708 --> 01:11:04,333
Someone get a paper bag
from that drawer over there.
1320
01:11:04,458 --> 01:11:06,333
Mam! Please talk to her.
1321
01:11:06,458 --> 01:11:07,666
Give me your hand.
1322
01:11:07,791 --> 01:11:09,833
Breathe in, breathe out, okay?
1323
01:11:09,958 --> 01:11:13,583
The hospital wants to know,
is anyone having a heart attack?
1324
01:11:13,708 --> 01:11:15,083
I don't know!
1325
01:11:15,208 --> 01:11:17,458
We don't know. The chap is gay.
1326
01:11:17,583 --> 01:11:19,708
What the fuck has
that got to do with anytin'?
1327
01:11:19,833 --> 01:11:21,708
Well, here. You talk to him.
1328
01:11:24,083 --> 01:11:25,583
(CALMLY) You can hang up, Maude.
1329
01:11:25,916 --> 01:11:27,208
(RAF) They're fine.
1330
01:11:27,333 --> 01:11:29,208
(MAUDE) Oh, thank God they're alright.
1331
01:11:29,583 --> 01:11:31,583
(RAF) That's it, that's it. There we go.
1332
01:11:34,458 --> 01:11:36,458
(MUSIC ENDS)
1333
01:11:36,583 --> 01:11:38,583
(THE MEDIUM) Well I'll tell ya
one thing, ladies.
1334
01:11:38,708 --> 01:11:41,333
The lads are going buck wild!
1335
01:11:41,458 --> 01:11:42,708
(JEAN) Sweet Jesus.
1336
01:11:42,833 --> 01:11:44,291
(RAF) Oh, my God.
1337
01:11:47,583 --> 01:11:49,083
(MAUDE) Are they still here?
1338
01:11:49,958 --> 01:11:51,583
Oh, they are indeed.
1339
01:11:51,708 --> 01:11:53,291
(MAUDE) Where are they?
1340
01:11:58,416 --> 01:12:01,541
They're standing in the corner
there behind Alma.
1341
01:12:03,083 --> 01:12:04,958
And they're singing a ballad.
1342
01:12:07,458 --> 01:12:12,333
('LOUGH ERNE SHORE' - TRADITIONAL)♪ One morning as I went a-fowling ♪
1343
01:12:12,458 --> 01:12:18,541
♪ Bright Phoebus adorning the plain ♪
1344
01:12:18,666 --> 01:12:24,208
♪ It was down by the shades
of Lough Erne ♪
1345
01:12:24,333 --> 01:12:30,166
♪ I met with this wonderful dame ♪
1346
01:12:30,291 --> 01:12:36,708
♪ Her voice was so sweet and so pleasing ♪
1347
01:12:36,833 --> 01:12:43,166
♪ These wonderful notes she did sing ♪
1348
01:12:51,333 --> 01:12:53,166
(ZOOM MEETING TONE)
1349
01:12:53,291 --> 01:12:54,958
(STACEY ON ZOOM) Hi, everyone.
Hi.
1350
01:12:55,083 --> 01:12:57,791
- (NOAH) Hello everyone.
- (INDIA) Oh my God, where are you?
1351
01:12:57,916 --> 01:13:02,458
Actually, it's a long story,
but I'm on a minibus... (STAMMERING)
1352
01:13:02,583 --> 01:13:04,916
I dunno what you'd say.
I'm on a bus. (AWKWARD LAUGH)
1353
01:13:05,041 --> 01:13:08,958
Edward, just forget everyone else is here,
and let's you and me talk.
1354
01:13:09,083 --> 01:13:10,333
Sure, sure.
1355
01:13:11,083 --> 01:13:13,291
(STACEY) Okay,
so where do you wanna start, darlin'?
1356
01:13:13,416 --> 01:13:15,708
Shall we do influences?
1357
01:13:15,833 --> 01:13:19,083
Why don't you talk about the books
that had an impact on you as a teenager?
1358
01:13:22,541 --> 01:13:23,708
Um...
1359
01:13:24,458 --> 01:13:25,916
Okay, okay. Um...
1360
01:13:28,458 --> 01:13:29,708
(SIGHS)
1361
01:13:33,708 --> 01:13:35,583
I actually...
1362
01:13:37,083 --> 01:13:38,958
..have something to confess to you guys
1363
01:13:39,083 --> 01:13:43,541
and I know my timing is appalling on this,
1364
01:13:43,666 --> 01:13:45,958
but, um...
1365
01:13:47,541 --> 01:13:53,833
I don't know for sure if I am going
to be able to get over there.
1366
01:13:53,958 --> 01:13:56,083
Things with my mam, she's...
1367
01:13:56,208 --> 01:14:00,291
You know, she's quite unwell,
as I mentioned before, and I can't--
1368
01:14:00,416 --> 01:14:01,791
Edward, sorry,
just to clarify here,
1369
01:14:01,916 --> 01:14:04,208
are you saying that you can't come over
for the tour now?
1370
01:14:04,333 --> 01:14:06,083
We're gonna take a breath here, okay?
1371
01:14:08,708 --> 01:14:09,958
Um...
1372
01:14:10,083 --> 01:14:12,416
(NOAH) We have a two week tour
booked in good faith.
1373
01:14:12,541 --> 01:14:16,166
We have bookstores and press and signings.
1374
01:14:16,291 --> 01:14:20,666
We have Anne Patchett doing Q&A with you
in her store in Nashville. And I mean...
1375
01:14:22,208 --> 01:14:23,416
(WORRIED SIGH)
1376
01:14:25,208 --> 01:14:26,416
Yeah.
1377
01:14:30,416 --> 01:14:35,333
I just don't know if I can, uh...
at this moment.
1378
01:14:39,041 --> 01:14:41,041
With the way things are.
1379
01:14:46,583 --> 01:14:48,458
(LIGHT UPBEAT MUSIC)
1380
01:14:55,708 --> 01:14:57,458
Hi Edward, we just landed,
1381
01:14:57,583 --> 01:15:00,583
so I'd say we'd be with you now
in about an hour.
1382
01:15:00,708 --> 01:15:03,333
I'm with this grumpy dope-dope
who won't even talk to me.
1383
01:15:03,458 --> 01:15:05,583
(COLM) I can fucking hear you.
1384
01:15:05,708 --> 01:15:07,458
See the state of tha'?
1385
01:15:07,583 --> 01:15:10,708
That's been my holiday
for three... fucking... days.
1386
01:15:10,833 --> 01:15:12,708
Anyway, see you soon.
1387
01:15:12,833 --> 01:15:14,666
(LIGHT UPBEAT MUSIC BUILDS)
1388
01:15:35,416 --> 01:15:37,208
(LIGHT UPBEAT MUSIC CONTINUES)
1389
01:16:02,416 --> 01:16:04,041
(EDWARD) Thanks for today.
1390
01:16:04,166 --> 01:16:05,708
(RAF) It was an adventure.
1391
01:16:05,833 --> 01:16:07,333
(LAUGHING) It was, yeah.
1392
01:16:08,833 --> 01:16:10,083
What?
1393
01:16:13,333 --> 01:16:14,833
(QUIETLY) Don't go.
1394
01:16:16,583 --> 01:16:19,291
Edward, that's not fair.
1395
01:16:24,458 --> 01:16:26,583
- You're using me as distraction.
- I'm not using you.
1396
01:16:26,708 --> 01:16:28,083
- You are.
- I'm not.
1397
01:16:28,208 --> 01:16:30,416
You need to focus
on what's important now.
1398
01:16:30,541 --> 01:16:32,666
Your book, Alma.
1399
01:16:34,333 --> 01:16:36,083
Our time is gone and...
1400
01:16:38,083 --> 01:16:40,541
Why? Why is it gone?
1401
01:16:40,666 --> 01:16:42,333
Maybe because I'm
with someone else now.
1402
01:16:42,458 --> 01:16:43,833
What do you think?
1403
01:16:47,333 --> 01:16:49,041
I know how things go with you.
1404
01:16:50,166 --> 01:16:53,083
I kiss you back and then poof!
You disappear.
1405
01:16:53,208 --> 01:16:56,458
Where's Edward? I don't know.
He's writing his book now.
1406
01:16:56,583 --> 01:16:59,166
He's busy. He's minding Alma.
He has no time.
1407
01:16:59,291 --> 01:17:00,458
Okay.
1408
01:17:05,666 --> 01:17:08,958
Go to America,
or don't go to America, just...
1409
01:17:11,083 --> 01:17:12,916
You just need to make a decision.
1410
01:17:14,541 --> 01:17:18,708
For once, just make a decision
and live with it.
1411
01:17:23,583 --> 01:17:25,583
(SOMBER MUSIC)
1412
01:17:49,583 --> 01:17:51,458
(SERMON DRONING ON)
1413
01:17:58,458 --> 01:18:00,333
(AIRPLANE FLYING OVER)
1414
01:18:07,166 --> 01:18:08,958
(TURN INDICATOR TICKING)
1415
01:18:17,958 --> 01:18:19,833
(BELL RINGING)
1416
01:18:20,333 --> 01:18:22,458
(ALMA GROANING FAINTLY)
1417
01:18:31,833 --> 01:18:33,458
Right, right.
1418
01:18:39,708 --> 01:18:41,541
- (ALMA SIGHS FEEBLY)
- Alright.
1419
01:18:46,541 --> 01:18:47,708
Toilet?
1420
01:19:04,458 --> 01:19:05,916
Do you just wanna sit up?
1421
01:19:34,916 --> 01:19:36,458
(ALMA TAPPING SCREEN)
1422
01:19:36,583 --> 01:19:38,208
(ALMA) You have to.
1423
01:19:39,458 --> 01:19:41,083
What? I have to what?
1424
01:19:42,083 --> 01:19:44,708
(SIGHS, TAPS SCREEN)
1425
01:19:44,833 --> 01:19:46,208
Book tour.
1426
01:19:47,291 --> 01:19:49,916
Mam, I told you, okay?
They said it was fine.
1427
01:19:55,208 --> 01:19:56,833
What?
1428
01:19:56,958 --> 01:19:58,583
I don't need to be there.
1429
01:20:01,958 --> 01:20:04,791
You don't-- So now you know better
than the publishers,
1430
01:20:04,916 --> 01:20:07,083
my agents, and all these other people?
1431
01:20:15,083 --> 01:20:16,291
(ALMA) Live.
1432
01:20:17,333 --> 01:20:19,041
Live your life.
1433
01:20:23,583 --> 01:20:25,208
Mam, please.
1434
01:20:28,333 --> 01:20:30,416
Please, what does that even mean?
1435
01:20:32,583 --> 01:20:34,583
I am... living my life.
1436
01:20:35,833 --> 01:20:37,458
Okay, look at me. Here I am.
1437
01:20:39,291 --> 01:20:41,458
Here I am, I'm living my life.
Perfectly happy.
1438
01:20:52,583 --> 01:20:54,541
(SNAPS TABLET SHUT)
1439
01:21:01,291 --> 01:21:03,083
(GENTLE PIANO MUSIC)
1440
01:21:27,416 --> 01:21:30,083
(VACUUM CLEANER
WHIRRING AND THUDDING)
1441
01:21:30,208 --> 01:21:32,208
(GENTLE MUSIC CONTINUES)
1442
01:21:46,541 --> 01:21:48,333
(CAR HORN HONKING)
1443
01:21:52,208 --> 01:21:54,041
(UNDER HIS BREATH)
Fuckin' dick.
1444
01:21:58,541 --> 01:22:00,208
Hey, how you doing?
Nice to meet you.
1445
01:22:00,333 --> 01:22:01,666
(EDWARD) How're ya?
1446
01:22:01,791 --> 01:22:03,916
Kate's here and she wants
to see you so bad.
1447
01:22:04,041 --> 01:22:05,708
(EDWARD) Hi!
Kate? I thought you hated her.
1448
01:22:05,833 --> 01:22:07,291
Yes, I do.
1449
01:22:09,333 --> 01:22:11,166
Oh, sorry. Por favor.
1450
01:22:11,291 --> 01:22:12,708
(RAF) Oh, thanks. Thank you.
1451
01:22:15,166 --> 01:22:16,833
How was... How did you find the--
1452
01:22:17,041 --> 01:22:18,916
Oh, we ended up at Rathmines, and...
1453
01:22:19,041 --> 01:22:20,333
You got lost.
1454
01:22:21,083 --> 01:22:22,666
(ALMA) We will miss you now.
1455
01:22:24,833 --> 01:22:27,083
Tell you what, once we get settled in,
1456
01:22:27,208 --> 01:22:30,416
maybe you and Edward
might come over for a visit?
1457
01:22:30,541 --> 01:22:32,291
And I'll send you loads of pictures.
1458
01:22:32,416 --> 01:22:33,958
(CROWD CHEERING)
1459
01:22:37,833 --> 01:22:39,583
(GUEST) Speech!
1460
01:22:41,833 --> 01:22:45,291
Goodbyes are hard,
but this one is particularly hard
1461
01:22:45,416 --> 01:22:47,166
because working with you all
1462
01:22:47,291 --> 01:22:49,583
for the past four years
has been amazing...
1463
01:22:53,083 --> 01:22:55,166
(GENTLE MUSIC CONTINUES)
1464
01:23:14,666 --> 01:23:16,458
(GENTLE MUSIC CONTINUES)
1465
01:24:10,041 --> 01:24:11,958
(MUSIC ENDS)
1466
01:24:16,666 --> 01:24:18,291
(BELL RINGING)
1467
01:24:26,083 --> 01:24:28,083
(UPBEAT CHAMBER MUSIC)
1468
01:24:29,416 --> 01:24:32,041
(MAUDE) Good morning, Alma.
1469
01:24:37,583 --> 01:24:39,458
(ALMA) Mushy b for break.
1470
01:24:39,583 --> 01:24:40,666
(MAUDE) Jean?
1471
01:24:42,041 --> 01:24:43,833
(JEAN) How're ya, Alma?
1472
01:24:43,958 --> 01:24:45,583
(ALMA) Mushy b for break.
1473
01:24:49,541 --> 01:24:51,166
(ALMA) Mushy b for break.
1474
01:24:51,291 --> 01:24:53,458
You want a break? From us?
1475
01:24:53,583 --> 01:24:55,333
Mushi, is it moussey?
1476
01:24:55,458 --> 01:24:57,333
Do you want mousse for your hair?
1477
01:24:58,541 --> 01:25:00,083
Is it about something you wear?
1478
01:25:00,208 --> 01:25:02,041
(YELLING) Rosey,
will ya c'mere for a minute?
1479
01:25:02,166 --> 01:25:04,833
(ROSEY) Maude, please stop fidgeting
with the controls on her iPad.
1480
01:25:04,958 --> 01:25:06,583
(MAUDE) I didn't touch them.
1481
01:25:06,708 --> 01:25:09,333
Oh, is it something you want
to eat for breakfast?
1482
01:25:10,041 --> 01:25:11,208
(ROSEY) Mushy beef?
1483
01:25:11,333 --> 01:25:12,666
(MAUDE) Mushrooms?
1484
01:25:13,208 --> 01:25:15,083
Mushroom risotto?
1485
01:25:15,208 --> 01:25:18,166
What the fuck would she
be eatin' risotto for breakfast for?
1486
01:25:18,291 --> 01:25:19,583
(APPLAUSE)
1487
01:25:19,708 --> 01:25:22,541
(HOST) Hello everyone, and welcome
to the First Copy podcast,
1488
01:25:22,666 --> 01:25:25,208
coming to you live from
the Corner Bookstore in New York City.
1489
01:25:25,333 --> 01:25:28,958
(HOST ON iPAD) Joining us this afternoon
is the Irish novelist, Edward Brady.
1490
01:25:29,083 --> 01:25:32,791
We begin, as always, with an extract
from his debut novel, 'Aeons'.
1491
01:25:32,916 --> 01:25:34,458
He's very professional, isn't he?
1492
01:25:34,583 --> 01:25:36,083
(ALMA) Stop talking.
1493
01:25:36,208 --> 01:25:37,666
Sorry.
1494
01:25:37,791 --> 01:25:39,583
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
1495
01:25:39,708 --> 01:25:43,291
Cian feigned indifference
and took the drink from Fergal.
1496
01:25:43,416 --> 01:25:45,333
What if it's spiked with drugs,
he thought.
1497
01:25:45,458 --> 01:25:46,833
For most of his adolescence,
1498
01:25:46,958 --> 01:25:49,333
his mother was obsessed
with the dangers of spiked drinks.
1499
01:25:49,458 --> 01:25:51,416
She made him promise, on pain of death,
1500
01:25:51,541 --> 01:25:53,291
that he would never accept a drink
1501
01:25:53,416 --> 01:25:55,583
from anyone who wasn't a relation.
1502
01:25:55,708 --> 01:25:57,708
And for one brief moment,
1503
01:25:57,833 --> 01:26:00,208
he pondered the absurdity
of the McDonough family.
1504
01:26:00,333 --> 01:26:02,083
Every aunt, uncle, and cousin
1505
01:26:02,291 --> 01:26:04,958
all standing in this tiny little
gay bar with him,
1506
01:26:05,083 --> 01:26:06,833
watching Ramona, the drag queen,
1507
01:26:06,958 --> 01:26:08,958
pulling a pearl necklace
from her rear end.
1508
01:26:09,083 --> 01:26:12,416
- (EDWARD) I write really slowly.
- (LAUGHTER)
1509
01:26:12,541 --> 01:26:16,041
So no, I'm not a good multitasker. No.
1510
01:26:17,333 --> 01:26:18,708
Ask my mam.
1511
01:26:18,833 --> 01:26:21,208
Ooh, there you are, Alma!
You're famous.
1512
01:26:21,333 --> 01:26:22,583
(LAUGHTER)
1513
01:26:22,708 --> 01:26:24,583
(UPBEAT MUSIC CONTINUES)
1514
01:26:27,208 --> 01:26:29,333
I'm in Philadelphia now.
1515
01:26:29,458 --> 01:26:33,083
Or Boston, I dunno.
I'm in the next place.
1516
01:26:33,833 --> 01:26:37,083
This is Patrick from the PR place,
from the publishers.
1517
01:26:37,583 --> 01:26:38,583
Hey!
1518
01:26:40,333 --> 01:26:42,041
(WHISPERING) I kissed him last night.
1519
01:26:42,916 --> 01:26:46,208
(EDWARD) Fergal flashed an insincere
smile, sensing his apprehension.
1520
01:26:46,333 --> 01:26:49,416
Then winked and kissed him on the cheek
before sashaying away
1521
01:26:49,541 --> 01:26:52,666
like the bourgeois villain
in an Agatha Christie novel.
1522
01:26:52,791 --> 01:26:55,708
Agatha Christie used to write
three books a year.
1523
01:26:55,833 --> 01:26:57,458
- Did he?
- She.
1524
01:26:57,583 --> 01:26:59,458
(JEAN) Is that not the chap
with the moustache
1525
01:26:59,583 --> 01:27:01,458
that wrote the 'Jewel of the Nile'?
1526
01:27:01,583 --> 01:27:03,083
(ROSEY) 'Death on the Nile'.
1527
01:27:03,458 --> 01:27:05,041
(ROSEY) You're thinking of Poirot.
1528
01:27:05,166 --> 01:27:06,583
He's a character in her books.
1529
01:27:06,708 --> 01:27:08,166
Uh, you just said it was a woman.
1530
01:27:08,291 --> 01:27:10,833
No, Poirot is a man,
Agatha Christie is a woman.
1531
01:27:10,958 --> 01:27:13,458
- David Suchet plays him.
- That's right.
1532
01:27:13,583 --> 01:27:14,791
(ALMA) Stop talking.
1533
01:27:14,916 --> 01:27:17,333
(MAUDE) I saw him on the Late Late Show,
he's a very spiritual man.
1534
01:27:17,458 --> 01:27:20,041
- (ALMA) I can't hear Edward.
- (JEAN) Hmm, sounds like a creep to me.
1535
01:27:20,166 --> 01:27:21,333
(ALMA) Stop talking.
1536
01:27:21,458 --> 01:27:23,583
(JEAN) Jesus, the American accent
is the pits, isn't it?
1537
01:27:23,708 --> 01:27:24,958
(MAUDE) It goes through my head!
1538
01:27:25,083 --> 01:27:27,583
(JEAN, SQUEAKY VOICE)
Hi, I'm from Denver, pleased to meet you.
1539
01:27:27,708 --> 01:27:29,583
(ROSEY) Have you heard
of xenophobia, Jean?
1540
01:27:29,708 --> 01:27:31,458
(JEAN) You heard of fistaphobia, Rosey?
1541
01:27:31,583 --> 01:27:33,666
(ALMA) You are all annoying me now.
1542
01:27:33,791 --> 01:27:35,583
(GENTLE GUITAR MUSIC)
1543
01:29:12,333 --> 01:29:14,375
(MUSIC FADES GRADUALLY)