Temple

- Hi. - Could you meet me

at Temple tube station. I really need you, Anna.

What the hell is this place?

If you can trust me just this once...

- Why though? - Because I can't give up.

- And he actually thinks he can cure her? - Yeah. Or Anna can.

Thank you so much for doing this.

- It's not just you I'm doing this for. - The shit we do for love?

- Do you regret what we did? - No, I don't.

Same here.

If he surfaces, like you said, she'll probably be the first he visits

so we should just keep an eye on her.

- What's his name again? - Jamie Harris.

And these are his friends?

I mean, I get it though.

- What? - That a guy would do anything,

if it came to the slightest chance of saving the woman he loved.

Can I help you?

- Lee Simmons lives here, right? - Aye.

Do you know where he might be, by any chance?

- No, I couldn't say. - Or what time he'll get in at?

Well, he mightn't come in at all, to be honest.

I don't see him come home every night.

You can usually tell by his van outside or its absence whether he's in or not.

His van?

A little white one with a roof rack. If it's here, he's here. If it's not...

- He's not. - That's right.

We'll come back when it's here then.

Can I give him a message?

Actually, we'd prefer if you didn't. He's our nephew, you see, and...

- Oh, really? - Yeah.

Oh, I see. Oh, he's a lovely fella.

I'm always knocking on his door to borrow his vacuum cleaner,

which I'm sure is really annoying, but he's always very pleasant about it.

- Mine's busted, you see. - Sorry?

- My vacuum cleaner. - Right.

We haven't seen him in a couple of years, and we'd love to surprise him.

Oh, of course. No, that'd be lovely.

Great. Thanks for the help.

No problem. See you.

Bye.

I hate that bloody accent.

Mm-hmm.

- Ahh. - This is for you.

Thank you. Oh, it's just what I needed.

Oh.

Take a look at this.

It's taken me a couple of weeks, but...

- Eighty-six percent? - I know.

- Anna, this is... - Don't get excited.

We haven't solved the problem with the retroviral vectors yet.

Yeah, but...

- This is a really big step, right? - Yeah.

Daniel? We're here.

- Hi, Anna. - Hi.

- I'll be right there in a second. - Cool.

Anna... this is incredible.

Thanks.

- Can we talk about it later? - Sure.

I wanna know all about it.

I'm an alcoholic.

I have been for 30 years.

And... I've tried to stop drinking enough times,

and, using enough, you know, methods

to know... that I can't.

Now, I have a daughter, Stephanie,

who... I haven't seen for almost 20 years.

And she...

has two young daughters now of her own.

Claire and Sophie.

Anyway...

If I want to be in their lives, I can.

And it feels like I've been given the most astonishing gift

cos my life has been, for so long, doctor...

Has been...

so lonely, so...

Tea's up.

Anyway, there's this thing, this...

implant you can get in Latvia that you can't get here in this country...

which, if you do drink, releases a drug into your body

that causes incredible pain.

OK.

Milk and sugar?

Oh...

Yes. No, no. Just milk, thanks.

Thing is, I'm not sure I can do what she's asking for.

What, you can't look it up?

- That's what I'm saying. - But you can.

No, I can. But it being a little bit risky,

I'll have to do some tests first, so...

- It's not gonna happen today? - That's right.

Oh, that's fine. I can bring her back down.

Oh, by the way...

That's all right.

Don't panic with this, all right?

Oh, Jesus Christ.

It's just for security.

- Lee! - Calm down. It's not even loaded.

- Why is it here though? - Well,

I just thought, you know, after Cormac, it might be, whatever,

judicious to have one around, you know?

- Judicious? - Yeah.

- I'm not comfortable. - Listen.

I'll put it somewhere out of the way, you won't have to worry about it, yeah?

- Daniel? - As long as it's not near the clinic.

Of course.

Lee?

Do you remember me?

- Celine. - That's right.

Yeah. How are you?

I'm fine. I think I've seen you here before, have I?

Yeah, no, I work in a clinic not far from here.

Oh, are you a doctor?

No, unfortunately, I just... I just work in supplies.

Right.

So, how are you? How's life?

Yeah, OK.

Well, anyway, listen, good to see you.

Yeah, sames.

Good to see you.

Lee? Sorry to stalk you.

No, that's OK.

Would you fancy grabbing a coffee or something later maybe?

- Coffee? - Yeah. I mean, it's a bit forward.

It just seems a shame to have met after all this time

and not had a proper chat, you know?

Oh, no, I'd love to.

- Really? - Yeah.

OK, great.

All right.

Onions and carrots, please.

Daniel.

- Oh, give me a break. - Who knew?

- First of all, Jamie helped. - Only a bit.

Secondly, I've got one or two dishes I can do,

but other than that, that's it, that's it.

This is really, really delicious.

And the coriander's ours.

Really? So things are starting to grow already?

Well, no, that one I bought as a plant,

so it wasn't exactly grown from scratch, but...

Yeah, there are spinach seeds in there now, peas, tomatoes.

Couple of months, it will be ready to eat.

You dare say.

- So carry on. - What?

- The girl! - Oh, yeah, sorry, Lee.

No, it's OK.

No, look, I was just saying...

it just feels like we only saw each other yesterday.

- And when did you last see each other? - Like secondary school.

Oh, I see.

- Were you a couple? - No, no, nothing like that.

- Would you like to be? - Piss off.

- Can you pass the salad, please? - What? I mean, if you like her...

- We're having a coffee. - Yeah, and that might lead to something.

Wouldn't you like that, if you fancy her?

- Is she in a relationship? - I didn't ask.

I don't think she'd be asking him out if she was.

For a... for a coffee, for God's sake.

Exactly.

Nothing wrong with that.

If she's in a relationship?

Yeah.

Why, would you have a problem with that?

Well, if I was the guy she was in a relationship with,

like if it was Michelle, no, no, no, no.

Why though?

I'd be afraid that she might...

fall for the other person in spite of herself.

I mean, I'm sure people don't plan to fall for each other

when they fall for each other, do they?

No, I suppose they don't.

Look, like I said, it's a casual thing,

cup of coffee, catch up.

Hmm, right.

Bit of a reminisce.

Sorry, excuse me.

Daniel.

- Anna, how are you? - Good.

Is Beth not with you?

- Oh, you're kidding. - I'm sorry.

She told me to tell you that she needs to finish some things,

and she'll be here straight after.

OK.

How's...? Oh, dear.

- Jack? - Jack.

He's good, yeah.

He just had another, engagement tonight, but...

Lucky him.

Yeah, I guess it can be tricky,

you know, for a partner to be at, you know, a thing like this.

No, it's not like everyone isn't lovely. It's just, you know...

No, I get it. It's just a different crowd.

Exactly.

Listen, I promised Beth that I would take care of you until she arrives.

- Really? - And protect you from Nancy Booze.

Nancy Booze. Too late. She already got to me.

- No. - Yeah.

Oh, no, I'm sorry.

No, she's fine.