So, boys, tell me, why do you want to adopt?
Well, we've, uh, we've been talking about it
for a while now, haven't we, Gabe?
Mm-hm.
And we're really solid.
Been together, oh, eight years now,
so it feels like the natural next step, doesn't it?
Hmm.
I'm sensing you're a little bit nervous, Gabriel.
I'm not nervous.
Good, just answer honestly, and we'll all get along fine.
Are you married?
Uh, no, no.
Not that it's a problem.
Gabriel thinks it's heteronormative.
He thinks it's what straight couples do
when they've run outta things to say.
Will you take paternity leave then, or?
Uh, we're gonna split it.
So I'm gonna take nine months, and Gabe is gonna take
one. - Three.
I thought you were just taking the one.
No, three.
And we want a girl, don't we, And?
Why's that?
Boys are nothing but trouble.
I was told we could be specific.
But you're halving your chances there.
I mean, I'd encourage you to keep your options open.
We'd really like a girl, though, wouldn't we, And?
Now, what do you do, Andy?
Oh, I'm an accountant.
Well, it's nothing to be ashamed of.
Well, it's certainly not as exciting as Gabe.
Yes, I hear you're a drag queen.
I'm not a drag queen.
What are you then?
He's wonderful. People come from miles to see him.
Oh, you should hear him sing at Neverland.
Done.
Do you mind if I have a quick look around the house?
I just wanna check you're not serial killers or something.
What?
Why did you invite her to Neverland?
She might be into muff.
I wouldn't like to say. We've only just met.
First rule of parenting, watch what you say.
You never know who's listening.
♪ You probably think I'll miss you ♪
♪ But I won't ♪
♪ You probably think I hide my hurt inside ♪
♪ But I don't ♪
♪ So many people come and go ♪
♪ I find it best ♪
♪ To let them go ♪
♪ As soon as they're gone ♪
♪ Remembering's only there to make you sad ♪
♪ They say it hurts your insides ♪
♪ When you miss the things you've had ♪
♪ Well, I don't cry 'cause I've no love inside of me ♪
♪ I'm footloose ♪
♪ No memories to tie me down, I'm free ♪
♪ But sometimes I wonder ♪
♪ What happened to those with whom I shared adventures ♪
♪ Those pirates ♪
♪ And lost boys and fairies ♪
♪ And sometimes those wonderings ♪
♪ They give me the strangest of feelings ♪
♪ Fleeting moments in my mind ♪
♪ Of those once upon a times long ago ♪
♪ Oh, where ♪
♪ Did all the lost boys go ♪
♪ Somewhere I'll never know ♪
♪ Those pirates ♪
♪ And lost boys and fairies ♪
♪ Where are we ♪
You may need stair gates,
depending on their age, top and bottom.
Is that you?
Mm-hmm.
Oh, I see what you mean. You're a work of art.
This one's got better tits than I have.
I'm a social worker, boys, not a priest.
Oh, wow.
It's where the magic happens.
Then put a lock on it,
or your magic'll soon be covered in snot.
And you'll need a lock here.
And here.
And that'll have to go, won't it?
And what about your health?
Your finances? Your childhood?
My childhood?
Yes, the way you were parented
can have a significant impact
on the parent you're likely to become.
Oh, but I'll do things very differently.
That's what they all say!
Look, children can push buttons you never even knew you had.
But I had a very happy childhood.
Mum and Dad moved to be closer to Cardiff
just after I was born.
Tell me about your parents.
Dad was a physics teacher. Mum worked at a nursery.
Welsh language schools?
Uh, yes.
Mum was loving.
Nurturing.
♪ Your Rolling Stones records ♪
♪ And a friend of Sacha Distel ♪
Dad was...
Well, there was a lot of capel, chapel.
Dad is a deacon.
His dad was a minister, so.
My mum helped out with Sunday school until-
She died when I was little, a brain haemorrhage.
Oh, Gabriel, I'm so sorry to hear that.
That's fine. It was a long time ago.
Well, it must've been
incredibly traumatic for you as a child.
No, no, oh, no, no!
No, no, no, no, no!
I don't remember much about it now, to be honest.
Will you raise your child to speak Welsh as well?
No. It wouldn't be fair on Andy, would it?
Why not? I'm thinking of having lessons, actually.
But don't you think it's like therapy
but without the actual therapy?
I'm not the one who has a problem with it.
The way she looks at you
with those Judgey McJudge-Judge eyes.
I mean, does it need to be so intrusive?
Why does she need to know everything?
Any asshole can shoot their load and make a baby.
Exactly, hence the need for adoption.
And why, she has to make sure we're not gonna, you know,
further damage an already traumatised child.
You haven't mentioned...
What do you take me for?
I know what you're like. You overshare.
Plus she told us not to lie, and you hate lying, so.
Yes, but I'm not lying, am I?
Just being frugal with the truth.
Aren't you finding it intense?
- Honestly, Jackie, it's true
that apart from wanting to get as far away from my dad
as possible, I swear the only reason she chose Cardiff
was because she was hoping she'd make friends
with Shirley Bassey!
Uh, we didn't have a lot, but, um, I didn't want for love.
So now I wanna be able to pass that on to someone,
um, help them thrive, make a difference.
Did your mum ever befriend Shirley?
Yeah, she tried. Nearly got arrested.
Yeah, yeah, it is quite intense, isn't it?
So tell me about your hobbies when you were little.
Children who need to be taught
to respect traditional moral values
are being taught- - I liked reading.
that they have an inalienable right to be gay.
All of those children are being cheated
of a sound start in life.
And dressing up, loved dressing up.
Come on now, boy.
To make sure it's all done in the best possible gay.
Gabriel?
Gabriel.
Uh! Oh, oh!
Pretty good, I'd say. it was just him and me, so.
The music was my happy place.
And how does your dad feel about the adoption?
Is he excited?
We haven't actually told him yet.
We wanted to tell him face to face.
I'm sure he'll be delighted, yeah.
Hmm, so next session we'll move on
to when did you have your first inkling
that you might be gay?
Well, there's never one moment, Jackie.
More a series of moments.
♪ All I do each night is pray ♪
♪ Hoping that I'll be a part of you again someday ♪
♪ All I do each night is think ♪
♪ Of all the times I closed the door to keep my love within ♪
♪ All I do each night ♪
♪ Is pray ♪ ♪ Come on ♪
♪ Time is runnin' out ♪
Crack your door.
♪ Hoping that I'll be a part of you again someday ♪
♪ You and me, on my knees ♪
♪ You and me ♪
Did you struggle with it?
No, not really.
How about your dad?
He struggled with it a bit, I guess.
But no one's out in the Bible, are they?
Being a teenager's horrific, isn't it?
It's just a confusing time.
I mean, I didn't know if I wanted to kill the boys
who picked on me or fuck them instead.
I got, um, sorry, forgot where I was for a moment.
Were you bullied, Gabriel?
God, no, nothing like that. I was never bullied.
Just the usual stuff.
I mean, I'm actually grateful for it.
Made me who I am today.
Being an outsider gave me an advantage
because all that time I threw into music.
I loved the attention.
And your dad must've been so proud.
I think so. He's not much of a talker.
Would you like to teach your child
to play the piano?
I don't play now.
Don't you?
I left music college at the end of the first year, so.
Left.
Yeah, I just found it a bit constraining, you know?
I lost a few years to temping.
Until Berwyn opened Neverland,
and I decided to come back to Cardiff.
♪ All of the people start to rush ♪
♪ Start to rush by ♪
♪ A dizzy twister dance, can't find my drink or man ♪
♪ Where are my keys ♪
♪ I lost my phone, phone ♪
♪ What's goin' on out on the floor ♪
♪ I love this record ♪
And that's where I met-
Andy.
♪ Light fantastic, and it won't be long ♪
Would you, would you mind if I kissed you?
♪ 'Cause you and I could find pleasure ♪
I'm sorry, I, I shouldn't have said anything.
No, no, it's fine.
It's just, no one's ever asked my permission before.
♪ Don't wanna be alone ♪
♪ How does it feel in my arms ♪
I often say that that kiss saved my life.
Not that it needed saving.
Can I ask you personally, Gabriel, why you want to adopt?
Honestly?
Yeah, yeah, no, much better to be
completely honest in the long run.
Okay.
I wanna adopt because, because,
because I see all these young people having fun
like I used to, and I can't do it anymore,
because I'm utterly bored with the mundanity of life,
the cycle of work and countless late nights,
because all the men my age in the park
seem to have children now,
because I love Andy so much,
and I know it'll make him happy.
But more than that, I want to adopt
because I think it'll make me a much kinder,
tolerant, patient person.
I'll become less angry and bitter,
and I'll have no choice but to grow up
and care for someone other than myself,
and so I'll finally have to remove my head
out of my damaged, promiscuous,
yet still perfectly agreeable asshole.
You didn't say that.
Well, of course I didn't.
I just said, I honestly think Andy and I have a lot
we can offer as parents.
Okay, um, risk of special needs
as a result of parental-
Won't accept.
Harsh!
We both work!
So? Shouldn't we at least be open to it?
Every case is different.
We wouldn't have the capacity, and you know it.
Jackie said dealing with the trauma will be hard enough.
All right, all right. Down syndrome.
Wouldn't accept.
This is horrible! Can't we at least-
Zip it, Saint Andrew.
But what would Mother Teresa do?
Nothing! She's dead.
Pregnant people get scanned for anomalies all the time.
Okay, well, what about AIDS or HIV then?
At first, only gays and IV drug users
were being killed by AIDS, but in three years,
nearly 2,000 of us will be dead.
Wouldn't accept.
Are you kidding me?
It'll complicate things!
It's not complicated.
It's still a complication, though.
Try saying that to Berwyn.
I'm sure Berwyn would agree.
Well, it's great to know you're open
to discussing most things,
um, though I would like to chat through your resistance
to meeting the birth parents.
Uh, I was open to it.
Well, they're hardly gonna be civil
if their kids have been taken off them.
Don't assume anything, Gabe.
Just keep an open mind.
See, you'd be able to give your child
a fuller picture of birth mum or dad,
and most adopters find it a really positive experience.
And we all deserve a second chance, don't we?
Why don't I say that you're open to it for now.
Okay.
I've got a few questions about your support network.
And in terms of family,
you've only put Andy's mum down so far.
Won't she do?
Especially 'cause I sometimes think
she prefers Gabe to me.
Gabe's just wonderful, isn't he?
He's brought so much colour to Andy's life, and so sensible.
You know, he had to grow up fast.
But Gabe, he brings all the sparkle.
Did he tell you studied at a Royal College?
Not just any old college, a royal one.
Not that he met Charles or anything,
but always nice to know he approves.
But it would help your case to put your dad down, too.
Otherwise, they may wonder why you didn't.
I'm phoning with some good news, actually.
Andy's here with me, but hang on.
I can put you on loudspeaker.
We're going to adopt.
We're gonna be parents.
Dad.
But of course we thought about this.
We just need to educate him,
you know, to hold his hand.
Gabe had loads of nature/nurture anxieties
at the beginning, too.
No, I didn't.
You kept talking about "The Omen."
Fears are perfectly normal.
We run workshops for relatives which are really effective
at putting people's minds at rest.
There's some amazing books out there, too.
Sorry, but it's gonna take a lot more
than a book and a workshop.
You just need to talk to him again. It'll be fine!
No, Andy, it won't be fine because
he doesn't think that gay men deserve to be parents.
Has he actually said that?
He doesn't need to!
I honestly don't think it's the gay thing.
It's the adoption thing.
I mean perhaps, Gabriel, you're projecting your anxieties
onto your father because that's what you grew up believing.
Nonsense! I don't believe that.
It's Dad, not me.
Of course I deserve to have children.
In fact, I deserve them far more than he ever did
because mine aren't gonna grow up half as screwed up
as I did because I will make damn sure they know
whoever they are and whatever they become
that they have absolutely nothing to be ashamed of.
Okay.
Gabriel, there's something you are not telling me.
- Only gays were affected
by AIDS. - A local authority shall not
promote the teaching in any maintained school.
- Stop it! - The acceptability
of homosexuality- - Have an inalienable right
- to be gay. - Pretended
family relationship.
Gabe, is there anything I should know?
What the hell did you go and tell her all of that for?
The last time was years ago.
We dealt with it! You sorted it out.
You know what your boundaries are, right?
You, you never get drunk.
You never touch white wine or Prosecco.
There's no problem anymore.
Exactly, so it doesn't matter that I told her, does it?
Grow up, Gabriel. Of course it matters!
The only reason kids get adopted nowadays
is because their parents are too fucked to look after them.
So why on earth should social services trust us with one
when you used to get just as fucked as up as well.
Sorry.
You're right, aren't you? What's the difference?
But you came through it in the end.
Only because you could afford to pay for my therapy.
Hardly seems fair, does it?
Do you even want to adopt?
Because if you don't, then...
Of course I want to adopt. 'Course I do.
I've gone and fucked everything up again, haven't I?
Not necessarily.
I talked to my manager, and we both agree
the fact that you've been honest goes in your favour.
I mean, I actually think that people
who've conquered their addictions
can make excellent adopters because they know what it is
to live through trauma.
Look, I don't want us to get ahead of ourselves,
'cause it will depend on panel
and depend on the child's social worker,
and not everyone's gonna necessarily think the way I do.
But it's, so, it's, it's not game over?
I wouldn't carry on if I didn't think
I could get you both through this.
I spoke to your therapist this morning, and she said-
Most gay men his generation
are still dealing with the effects of decades of shame.
But Gabriel's developed several strategies
to manage his compulsions,
and in my professional view,
I think he'd make an excellent parent.
He never even gets drunk anymore.
Two's the magic number.
Oh, you and me both, love.
Look, I have no doubt you've got so much
you can offer a child, Gabe, both of you.
So I think we should just proceed as normal,
if that's what you want.
Try stopping him.
Sorry, he's such a poof.
Oh, god, I'm late for court.
Don't worry, I shall see myself out,
and I'll give you a ring in the week.
There's, um, an activity day I think you should go to.
Uh, what?
An activity what?
Activity day, where you get to meet children
waiting to be adopted.
Well, like kiddie speed dating.
Gabe, please don't let the other social workers
hear you call it that.
But we haven't been approved yet.
It'll be after approval,
and I know you'll be sensible,
and you won't be seduced by superficial factors.
Superficial factors?
How cute they are.
But do they know that's why they're there?
The older ones will.
God, that's awful, isn't it?
I wasn't sure about it myself at first,
but they've placed over a thousand children
through them, so.
At least consider it. I'll phone you.
Speak to your dad!
And I know you don't think it's a good idea,
but our social worker says that it could really help.
The way you're behaving,
I thought you were gonna tell me
that you had cancer or something.
Please, Dad.
What do you take me for?
I'm hardly gonna say no, am I?
It's nice to be asked, actually.
Thank you, Emrys.
But, uh, parenting isn't easy, you know.
I know that.
And you could end up with anything.
Thing?
Oh, you, you know what I mean.
Will they speak Welsh?
Would that make them more acceptable to you if they did?
Gabriel. - Well, there's obviously
a problem.
Well, you, we just...
What, Dad?
I just think a child needs mother, that's all.
No, Emrys.
Look, I know how tough it must've been for you without Non,
but a child doesn't need a mother.
A child needs love.
♪ I don't eat, I don't sleep ♪
♪ I do nothing but think of you ♪
♪ I don't eat, I don't sleep ♪
♪ I do nothing but think of you ♪
♪ You keep me under your spell ♪
Oh, my god.
We're gonna be parents.
I feel like a dick.
You look great. All the kids love Superman.
Supergirl, actually, Jackie.
Was that heteronormative of me?
Ignore him. He's always a twat when he's nervous.
What's wrong with them?
Sizing up the competition, aren't they?
I imagine we pose a veritable threat.
Shit!
Scundered!
Come on, we're late!
I don't think we are.
What?
But it's cheating. The theme's superheroes.
Prince Charming's not a superhero.
Fairy Godmother's not a superhero.
They should be disqualified.
It's not a competition.
Of course it's a fucking competition.
Hello, everybody.
- Hello. - Oh, hello.
Now, I'm sure you're all feeling
a mixture of excitement and nerves,
maybe a little anxious, and that's okay.
Why the hell are we so horny
at moment? - We know what an emotive day
this can be for people.
Because our bodies think we want to procreate?
Now in these brochures,
you'll find all the children's details.
Of course, you'll have your own matching criteria,
and we know that people tend to zone in on their favourites.
But do try and circulate.
Rule yourselves in rather than out.
Today is about seeing if you have
an emotional connection with anyone.
So I'll give you all some time to look through them.
Ready?
Pick me! Pick me!
- Pick me! Pick me!
Please, pick me!
- Please, please! - Please, please, please!
- Pick me! Pick me! - Please! Please!
Okay, everybody, it's almost 10:30.
I'm sure you're all really keen to get going.
So if you're ready-
please come on through.
♪ When the moon hits your eye ♪
♪ Like a big pizza pie, that's amore ♪
♪ That's amore ♪
♪ When the world seems to shine ♪
♪ Like you've had too much wine, that's amore ♪
♪ That's amore ♪
♪ Bells will ring ♪
♪ Ding a-ling a-ling ♪
♪ Ting a-ling a-ling ♪
♪ And you'll sing, "Vita bella" ♪
♪ Vita bell, vita bella ♪
♪ Hearts will play ♪
♪ Tippy-tippy-tay, tippy-tippy-tay ♪
♪ Like a gay tarantella ♪
♪ Lucky fella ♪
Uh, let's just wait a moment.
Take our time, not feel the the pressure.
Try and talk to them all.
What do you think of this one, though?
She had me at dress-up.
♪ Look for the bare necessities ♪
♪ The simple bare necessities ♪
♪ Forget about your worries and your strife ♪
♪ I mean the bare necessities ♪
♪ Or Mother Nature's recipes that bring ♪
It is wrong that I wanna take her magic wand
and shove it up her ass.
Star end first?
There's plenty of time, boys.
Go on, get out there. Mingle.
Hi, I am Andy. What's your name?
My name's Ezmie!
Would you like to sit down?
Uh, that, um...
Of course we would.
Hi, Ezmie. I'm Gabriel, Andy's partner.
Gabriel, like the angel. I was Mary.
Were you now? I bet you were a lovely Mary.
I was, wasn't I, Paula?
You were, sweetheart.
And what are you making there, Ezmie?
Dinosaur poo.
Excellent!
Andy loves nothing more than making dinosaur poo as well,
don't you, Andy?
Oh, yeah, mm-hmm.
In fact, many people don't know this,
but Andy's actually the second-best dinosaur poo maker
in the whole world.
Who's first-best then?
Well, duh, you, Ezmie, of course.
Uh, where did all that come from?
What?
You were lush!
I mean, the way you just, like, oh, I freaked out.
God, this is much harder than I thought.
I know.
But you were amazing with her.
You made it look so easy.
That's because...
Well, there was no pressure, was there?
What do you mean?
Because I knew there was no way
that we would ever take her on.
Hello. Can I sit here then?
- Yeah. - Oh, thank you.
Oh, that's a pretty dress.
Don't mind if we join you, do you?
No.
Look, this matches. Do you like pink?
It's my favourite colour.
Yeah, me too!
Excuse me, uh, Hazel?
Yeah.
Hi, yes, I was wondering if I might have a quick chat
with you and your partner.
Husband.
Husband, of course.
Come on. Come on!
So Tamsin, I hear you like "Annie."
I can't believe we're being upstaged
by a bargain-basement fairy godmother
and a closet case of a husband.
When did we become the beige ones?
We're supposed to be quiet in here.
She can't even apply mascara properly.
She looks like a massive twat.
Be kind. You don't know what she's been through.
Stop being so bloody nice all the time, would you?
It is annoying.
Shush, no.
Don't. We'll have a semi now.
Come on, let's do one more round.
It's like being back at school
and no one wants to play with us.
That's how I feel, too.
Oh, shit!
Hi.
How long have you been there?
Since lunchtime. You two swear a lot.
Uh, well, we didn't think anyone else was in here.
I like spying on people. Are you gays?
Sorry?
'Cause Claire told me they might be gays here,
but I've never met a real one before.
♪ Ta da ♪
Um, Claire, is she your, uh, your foster carer?
Is, is she around anywhere?
When you kissed,
it sounded like you were slurping a giant ice lolly.
Yuck, it was disgusting.
I had to put my fingers in my ears.
Do you have any lollies?
Uh, no.
Sweets?
No.
You're not trying very hard,
'cause some of the others have sweets.
You need to bring sweets if you want us to like you.
Fairy Godmother has sweets.
But she's a massive twat.
What are we doing?
Following him.
Why?
I don't, I don't know.
In case he says anything and we need to explain ourselves?
Doesn't stalking child feel a bit pedo-y?
No. Wait, does it?
A bit.
I can't believe he heard us!
I can't believe he heard me say I had a semi!
What if he says he heard me say I had a semi
and they don't approve us 'cause I said I had a semi
and he heard me say it?
Well, Gabriel, that was kind of extraordinary.
Stop it. I'm serious.
I think we just broke all the rules in the brochure.
No more than Fairy Godmother child-catcher.
We didn't bribe him, did we?
But we made out in front of him
and called one of the other adopters a fucking twat.
Who's a fucking twat?
Jackie, I think we've done a boo-boo.
We didn't know he was there!
That's the first rule of parenting!
We know, we know.
Shouldn't we, uh, apologise or something?
No, don't worry.
Seriously, I know his social worker, Llinos.
Plus his foster carer, Claire, is a hoot.
It'll be fine.
To be honest, that boy's heard helluva lot worse.
Did you see his profile?
We said between one and six. He's too old.
Well, he's only just turned seven.
Yeah, going on 40.
Well, you would too if you'd been through what he has.
Anyway, I will speak to his family finder,
and we'll get him to introduce you
to Llinos and Claire.
Well, I thought we didn't need to apologise.
Well, you don't.
I just think you should chat with them about Jake.
But he's a boy.
I know, but keep an open mind,
because it sounds to me like you've made a connection.
Right, before I start, which one of you is the mum,
and which one of you is the dad?
Sorry?
Gotcha!
Look at their faces, Llinos.
Don't worry, boys.
My daughter's a lesbian,
and when I had my first gay adopters,
she kept telling me off for trying to work out
which one was the mum and which one was the dad.
But then I realised, one was both,
and the other one was lazy.
So I hear you're interested in my Jakey.
- Well- - Yes.
So what can I tell you about Jake?
He's my biggest achievement, that's what he is.
And you've been doing this for 30 years,
so that's saying something.
How many is it now?
Think it's around 400 and counting.
Sorry, 400 what?
Children.
Shit!
Jake was right, you do have potty mouths.
Sorry.
I'm teasing.
Anyway, some people thought he was unadoptable
when he first came to me, didn't Llin?
Said he was feral.
Can you imagine that, calling a child feral?
He wasn't feral.
He was terrified, especially of men.
Wouldn't come near Malcolm, that's my husband,
first couple of weeks.
So then Malcs started taking him on the school run.
Jake could just about manage that,
five minutes in the car with him, belted in the back
where he didn't have to look him in the eye.
But then, by the end of term, Malcs had him singing to
♪ Where do you go to, my lovely ♪
No way!
That, that's the song Gabe performed the night we met.
Well, there's a sign if ever I heard one!
Huh, voice of an angel, Jake has.
Mind you, he can be a right devil too sometimes,
but nothing you can't handle.
It's all bravado. He was under the sofa, wasn't he?
Yeah, that'd be right. He likes to hide in small spaces.
That way he can be sure no one else is in there with him.
But what that boy needs more than anything else
is patience, cuddles, and love.
God, I'm gonna miss his cuddles.
Gonna break my heart when he leaves.
I'd adopt him myself, but I've got six already.
Six!
Three of my own, three adopted.
And anyway, two dads will be bloody fantastic for him.
As long as you can keep your hands off each other.
Oh, we really are very sorry about all that.
Don't be.
Don't ever apologise for showing a child
what real love looks like.
You want a minute, boys?
Please.
That's so funny! That's so funny.
We're all just children, aren't we?
Couldn't we at least take a look at his CAR/B form?
He's seven and a boy, and it's complex.
We can't just keep moving the goalposts.
I don't see what the problem is.
- I don't want a boy! - But don't you feel that he-
If it's just about feeling,
why do we bother going through the assessment?
Come on, sweetheart.
Maybe we should have a look, just a look.
It doesn't mean-
I know, I know. Just a look.
"Jake is an inquisitive, bright child
with a vivid imagination."
Out came their very own baby.
"He's deeply affectionate
but can be extremely hypervigilant,
and his behaviour can sometimes be difficult to manage.
However, this is much improved during placement,
and Jake is responding well to praise and firm boundaries."
You're safe, hun. You're safe, you're safe.
"He's come a long way since he first arrived.
He has a good relationship with both foster carers,
demonstrating an ability to form a strong attachment.
- What are you doing?
Oh, my god! - You did it!
I'm going, I'm going. - Get up! Go away!
Get up! Get up!
Though he still has issues with trust
due to his early years' experiences.
Let me see him!
No, no, no, no, no, no, please!
No, Jakey. Don't take Jakey! - Where's he going to?
- Jakey, I'm sorry! - Jake! Jake!
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Jake.
Let me see him! Let me see him!
Let me see him!
Is violence hereditary?
No. I don't think so.
Because what if he ends up hurting us?
What if his dad turns up one day and kills us?
That's highly unlikely though, isn't it?
Well, still, there's no way I'd meet them.
They're monsters.
Does that mean that you're...
I don't know, And.
He's so far removed what we originally specified.
He's a boy. I don't like boys.
But you're gay!
So I know what they're capable of!
We shouldn't be seduced just because we've met him.
We just need to think about the cold, hard facts.
But he isn't a cold, hard fact anymore, is he?
I knew this would happen.
I knew that you would get attached.
He's got some really intense needs, And.
Look, I know. I know.
What would you do, Billy?
Do it, do it. Do it!
Wrong gender, though. Billy was actually a girl.
No, really?
They only found out after she died.
Well, that's the thing.
There's always been a place for everyone in Victoria Park,
no matter what their gender.
What?
You're such a twat.
Just think about it.
♪ You talk like Marlene Dietrich ♪
♪ And you dance like Zizi Jeanmaire ♪
♪ Your clothes are all made by Balmain ♪
♪ And there's diamonds and pearls in your hair ♪
♪ Yes, there are ♪
♪ You live in a fancy apartment ♪
♪ Off the Boulevard St. Michel ♪
♪ Where you keep your Rollings Stones records ♪
♪ And a friend of Sacha Distel, yes, you do ♪
♪ But where do you go to, my lovely ♪
♪ When you're alone in your bed ♪
♪ Tell me the thoughts that surround you ♪
♪ I want to look inside your head, yes, I do ♪
♪ I remember the back streets of Naples ♪
♪ Two children begging in rags ♪
♪ Both touched with a burning ambition ♪
♪ To shake off their earthly-born tags, they tried ♪
♪ So look into my face, Marie-Claire ♪
♪ And remember just who you are ♪
♪ Then go and forget me ♪
What?
♪ Forever ♪
Let's do it.
♪ But I know you still bear the scar deep inside ♪
♪ Yes, you do ♪
♪ I know where you go to, my lovely ♪
♪ When you're alone in your bed ♪
♪ I know the thoughts that surround you ♪
♪ 'Cause I can look inside your head ♪