She talks about how sordid Judith’s flat is and how vulnerable Judith is. I’m sorry if that doesn’t compute but it’s true. He wants to know what she was thinking about. Then Alan asks her about the hundreds – thousands – of times they had sex. Caroline says, “I knew you were infatuated with her.” He keeps quiet about the sex with Gillian. He says he went to Halifax to talk to Gillian. Caroline says, “I specifically asked you not to tell my mum.” He says he’s sorry. He says it’s nothing these days, people don’t bat an eye at lesbians. Gillian says, “Why does she have to move out so fast? Is she afraid she’s going to get infected with lesbian spores?”Īlan explains that he told Celia that Kate seemed like a nice person and that was what mattered. They stop in a pub where he tells her the story. Lesbian spores?Īlan arrives back in Halifax on the train, where Gillian is waiting to pick him up. Alan watches her walk away from Caroline with a horrified expression on his face. We’ve decided against the school chapel and it would be better if I moved out.Ĭelia says it would be better if she moved out. Celia announces that she and Alan have decided against the school chapel and will make other plans. Caroline answers, “No, she’s Nigerian.” The Brits are far more enlightened about race that we are here in the states, but the implications of the word Nigerian wash across Celia’s face in an unpleasant way. She says she’s called Kate McKenzie, which prompts Celia to ask if she’s Scottish. Caroline says, “I’d like both of you to meet Kate.” I’m too old to pretend any moreĬelia says, “No thank you.” Caroline insists they must. Caroline says, “I’m too old to pretend anymore.” Celia is untouched by the pain in Caroline’s face. Celia ignores that and says, “Why did you marry John?”Ĭaroline answers that she married him because she like him and thought they could have a good life, which they did until he ran off with Judith.Ĭaroline wants her mother to get it. Caroline says it isn’t sudden, that she tried to talk to her mom about it when she was in university. Caroline said, “She thinks the world of me, and I think a lot about her.”Ĭelia raises her voice and calls it sudden. Alan doesn’t like Celia to assume it’s nonsense.Ĭaroline tries to explain how she and Kate became close and how things developed. He doesn’t like the way Celia is dismissing Caroline. Alan tries to leave them alone, but Celia insists he stays.Ĭaroline says, “I don’t know what you’ve heard.” Celia answers, “Well, I’m assuming it’s nonsense.”Īlan looks at Celia in dismay. She says she’s sorry Celia heard what she heard the way she heard it. She looks like a child, steeling herself to face an angry parent. Gillian isn’t interested in that either.Ĭaroline goes to her mother’s cottage in the early morning. She lets him know with her attitude that it was nothing but sex and she’s not interested in anything more. Go pour yourself some tea.” John seems to want to process the night, Gillian doesn’t. She says, “Early? It’s half past 7.” We made love Paul (Sacha Dhawan) is sitting outside reading a manual on Land Rovers while Gillian works. He goes outside to find her working on the clutch. I can handle meanĪt the farm, John (Tony Gardner) wakes up in Gillian’s bed. Lawrence appreciates the reassurance, however. Since we saw her effectively shut down the male teacher who tried to intimidate her, we know she’s right. She hugs him back and says, nobody is going to be mean to her, she can handle mean. He is in tears and hugs her fiercely, saying he doesn’t want people being mean to her. Plus, Lawrence now knows about Kate.Ĭaroline goes up to Lawrence’s (Louis Greatorex) bedroom. Kate says Celia is apparently taking the news badly. Kate tells Caroline that Gillian (Nicola Walker) rang and warned about Celia coming home. Kate says do you want the bad news first or the even worse news? Do you want the bad news first, or the even worse news? In a few years Caroline met John and Celia thought it was forgotten.Ĭaroline (Sarah Lancashire) arrives home after taking a drunk and bloody Judith to the emergency room. Celia revealed there was one girl but Caroline never brought her home. Celia said she didn’t want people pointing and saying things. Celia tells Alan that Caroline told her when she was 18 and home from her first year at Oxford that she was interested in a woman. The episode opens with Celia (Anne Reid) and Alan (Derek Jacobi) having a cup of coffee on their way to Celia’s.
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