Guest of Honour

Okay, thanks.

Hi.

Veronica.

- Pleasure to meet you. - Thanks for taking the time.

Hey, of course.

I just got an email from one of our older parishioners.

She was wanting to know what her cut was going to be

from the sale of her deceased husband's books,

which I thought she'd donated to the church rummage sale.

So, I, uh, gotta figure out how to deal with that.

Sounds complicated.

Uh, please, have a seat.

Thanks.

Sorry. I'm a little nervous, this is a little bit...

My condolences.

I'm extremely sorry for your loss.

Thank you, that's very kind.

As I mentioned on the phone, it's um...

it is unusual that your father would have insisted on services

and a funeral here.

- I understand. - Right.

So I take it he never visited the church?

- Not that I'm aware of. - Right.

So that makes it a little unusual.

Though, of course, we can fulfill this final wish,

we'd be more than happy to.

Great.

But, um... I'm glad that we could meet,

I just think it's important we spend some time so that...

so that you can give me a sense of who he was.

That way, I can say some words about him

for the service, if that's all right.

Okay.

So, while we think he might not have been a churchgoer, um...

well, is there anything that you might wanna have mentioned

about his spiritual path?

Spiritual path?

Um... whatever made him special to you.

A lot of things made him special.

I found this in my rice.

You need to wear something on your head

to protect your hair from falling in the food.

It's not my hair.

There are rules.

We're talking about a code.

What's your name?

- Lisa. - Hmm.

Employees working in food preparation

need to wear a cap or a hairnet, you see?

I am a food inspector.

Now, it's all right, this is a private meal,

you're not in trouble, Lisa.

The idea is to stop people from finding hair in their food.

It's not hygienic, is it?

What, so he would have worked for the city?

Yeah.

Go to the restaurants, um...

see if the food was okay,

people were wearing hairnets.

- Right. - Make sure it was clean.

- Stuff like that. - Mm.

Always making sure things were up to code,

not contaminated.

It was all about the contamination, for him.

It seems like one of those people that you, uh...

that you kind of hear about but you never actually see.

Enjoy.

Yes, sir, are you here for lunch?

Could I speak to the operator of the restaurant?

- I am the operator. - Right.

It's a customary check, Health Services.

There's no need to stop what you're doing.

- This is our busiest time. - Yes, I understand that.

You want to show the kitchen or shall I make my own way?

All bottles and storage containers

need to be clearly identified, right?

- Okay, so... - Now, that's for the safety

of your workers, not to mention the customers.

Yes, I'm perfectly aware of that.

But everything made in here goes out there,

and that's who I'm here to protect.

You're working in a restaurant!

Wash your hands!

What is "conditional"?

Well, it means what it says.

Yes, I'm very impressed for a new establishment.

So, uh... we got a good rating?

Yep, you've done a wonderful job.

Thank you!

Thank you, thank you.

You're welcome.

I'll just need to sign this certificate

so you can put it in...

Right, are you sure about this, Veronica?

Because once you give an animal a name,

it can't be changed, it's very bad luck.

What are you telling her now?

I'm just telling her the simple truth.

You can only give an animal one name.

Once it's uttered from your lips,

that's what it will always be.

Right? So here we go.

Now is the moment of truth,

and the bunny's name is...

- Benjamin. - Ah! Benjamin.

Does this mean I can't serve rabbit at my restaurant?

Don't look at me like that!

Does this mean you want me to work at your restaurant?

No, let's open something new.

I'm sure you parents would love to invest

in a Brazilian restaurant.

Well, actually, this is a Portuguese dish.

Okay. So we'll make my second restaurant

a Brazilian-Portuguese fusion

and name it after you.

Roseangela.

Beautiful name for the most beautiful woman in the world.

Mm-hm-hm.

It's true, I'm the luckiest man alive.

If you only knew how happy I feel right now.

See, I'm just trying to get as much of a sense

of who he was in the brief time that I have.

Was there anything about his work

that you'd like to mention?

Like what?

You know, that he was respected by his peers.

I never met any of his co-workers.

He kept to himself a lot,

especially after my mom died.

They met in England.

That's where he's from,

and my mom's Brazilian.

Raised here.

My mother's parents gave a lot of money to the church.

It was important to them.

Um...

How many people are you expecting at the funeral?

It's hard to say, I...

He used to own a restaurant,

but that was a long time ago.

And that would have been prior to his having become

a health inspector?

Yeah.

I don't know why he did that, that was an odd choice.

Yeah.

He made a lot of odd choices.

He's looking really tired.

Is he drinking enough water?

He's 15 years old, Veronica, that's ancient for a rabbit.

Do you remember all the ribbons

he used to win in the pet fair?

Mm, yeah.

Where are those?

In my desk.

I'll see if I can find them.

Top drawer, way in the back.

I was wondering if you'd had a chance

- to speak to your lawyer. - About what?

Early release.

But I don't want an early release, Dad.

You know that.

No one decides to stay in jail.

- I have. - Why?

Because.

It's what I deserve.

After what I did.

Clive?

Clive, I told everyone,

leave your phones on the bus,

on your seats, no distractions, come on, let's go.

I gotta bring this back all the way inside,

- is that it? - Yep.

That's right. Mike will be here the whole time,

and if he leaves, the door will be locked.

You can leave your phone by mine in the front

if you're too tired to walk all the way back.

Guard this with your life, would you?

Like you're guarding her phone

and all the other fuckin' phones in this place.

There's no way.

Yeah, just watch.

Yeah?

Yep. We'll do it.

That's for sure.

What time we gotta be back on the bus for again?

Uh...

we have an hour for dinner before we need to leave.

You wanna join me?

Where's everyone going?

Wouldn't be everybody, it'd just be the two of us.

That wouldn't be such a good idea, Clive.

Why not?

Because I'm... I'm having dinner with Mike.

- Seriously? - Yeah.

Seriously.

I don't get it.

You don't want to be here.

No.

No, I'm just saying the reason I came over was...

Clive had asked me out and I needed an excuse.