Doc Martin (2004) s03e01 Episode Script

[waves crashing.]
[Louisa.]
''Once upon a time, in a kingdom far, far away, the prince arrived to search for the princess he was destined to marry.
The prince was handsome, charming and fierce.
[horn honks.]
[dog barks.]
With his faithful hound at his side, the prince journeyed for days on end.
[barking.]
He fought dragons, wizards and goblins.
And just when he thought all hope was lost, he finally arrived at the castle where the princess was imprisoned.
The prince climbed the hill to free the princess before she Before'' [screaming.]
- [indistinct chatter.]
- Stand aside.
[boy.]
Look! Louisa? Martin.
What happened? Are you all right, miss? Yes.
Yes, l'm fine.
l'm fine, thank you.
l just felt a bit faint.
l just didn't drink enough water.
We should all drink lots of water when it's hot, shouldn't we? l'd like to check you over.
Come to the surgery.
Got to take this lot back to school.
Your health is a little more important than whether they're late for face-painting, whatever the next lesson is.
Martin, these children are in my care.
l can't abandon them.
- Oh, uh, when can you come? - Um How 'bout this evening? Unless you've got plans.
Plans? No.
Mmm.
Good.
OK.
Everybody, if you want to stand up.
And could somebody pick up my book? Thank you.
Now, you two stay at the front and you at the back.
Stay in your pairs.
OK? Mind the cars, please.
ln your pairs, please.
[tapping.]
The headmaster says she's a disruptive influence, butjust 'cause she won't sit and keeps walking out doesn't mean she's spoiling it.
Does it? lf she's bored, they should give her something more interesting.
- Shouldn't they? - Stop that! Hey! You don't tell her what to do! When she's in my surgery, l tell her exactly what to do.
- ls your daughter ill? - You're the doctor.
Yes, l am.
And l'm hoping you're going to describe some medical symptom.
She's always doing stuff, never settles.
Would you call that a symptom, restless all the time? l'd call that restless all the time.
Leave that alone! - She's been off school all week.
- Sick? Suspended.
She damaged a couple of the teachers' cars.
She didn't mean to.
She was justjumping around on top of them for a laugh.
Well, that's very funny, but again, not a medical symptom.
She never used to be like this.
Atjunior school, she got certificates for being good.
You ask Miss Glasson.
Bet you've got her number.
l have patients to see.
This consultation's over.
You haven't told me what's wrong with her.
She's very annoying.
[Bert.]
You heard from Al? - [Pauline.]
Not for a while.
A month.
- Me neither.
Not one phone call, not one postcard.
l don't know where the bugger is.
l can give you an appointment Thursday.
- l'd rather see him now.
- What's wrong? lt's personal.
- Oh.
- lt's nothing like that.
- Well - What you're thinking.
Just try and slip me in next, eh? l'll only be five minutes.
- OK, l'll ask the doc.
- Oh, that's a love.
lf and when your daughter requires a doctor as opposed to a policeman or probation officer, l'll see her.
- ln the meantime, l have sick people.
- [woman.]
But - Goodbye Mrs Lane.
- lt's not ''Mrs''.
l'm divorced.
l'm not surprised.
Get off there now! - Morning, Doc.
- Go away.
Oh, don't be like that.
Doc, l think l've got depression.
Oh, maybe it's that bipolar thing you read about.
l'm not gonna discuss your mental health.
Haven't you got drugs you can give me? Maybe l should try that therapy thing? - Does Bert have an appointment? - He was gonna ask.
- Take him away and find a slot.
- Now? Yes, l want you out of my kitchen now.
- [woman.]
Only me.
- Oh, God.
- l put your fish kettle back, Marty.
- l said l can't pick it up.
- Are you limping? - l'm not.
- Only 'cause you've stopped walking.
- l'm fine.
- Haven't you any patients to see? - Quite a few, actually.
- Coffee? - No time, Bert.
- Come on, boy.
lt's all right.
- No! Get that dog out of here! lt's not a zoo.
Ray's my guide dog.
l'm blind.
Yes.
Um, all right, take a seat.
No, no, no, no.
Mind the coffee.
Over here.
That's it.
Over here.
There's a chair there.
All right.
Now back, back.
That's it.
- Sit.
- All right, now, uh, what seems to be the problem, Mr Cleary? - [dog growls.]
- My big toe.
Very painful.
- Which foot? - Right.
- [growling.]
- Sorry.
- He gets a bit protective.
- [growling.]
[gasping.]
- Ah! - [barking.]
- lt's gout.
- Oh Dr Simm used to say it was gout.
That's because it was gout.
- [door opens.]
- This way.
- No, no, no, no.
No.
No! No, no! - [growling.]
l'll take the dog.
Gimme the dog.
That's it.
This way.
- Come on.
Oh.
- Ah! Careful.
- [man panting, groaning.]
- That's it.
Here.
All right, here, take your dog.
Take your dog.
There it is.
There.
Right, l'm putting your prescription in your breast pocket.
- Next patient, please.
- Mrs Tyson.
Mrs Tyson! [Martin.]
Off you go.
- You all right, Mr Cleary? - Not really, no.
He's given me this.
lndo-something.
l don't know what it does.
lndomethacin.
Want me to look it up in the computer? - You really got time? - l got six hours to kill.
Have a seat.
[children shouting.]
[indistinct shouting.]
Alison, what's the problem? Sorry, Miss Glasson.
lt's not my fault.
l thought l turned the ovens on, but l forgot.
Nothing's cooked.
- That's not your fault because? - l'm sorry, but it's Doc Martin you should blame, not me.
Why? What's he done? l went to see him this morning.
Not only did l have to wait for ages, when he did see me, he wouldn't look at Delph or tell me what to do to stop her to stop her being so mental.
Oh, l don't think you can say that she's mental, Alison.
- Jumping around on teachers' cars? - Yes, l did hear about that.
l was very surprised.
She was such an angel when she was here.
Well, that's what l was trying to tell him.
But would he listen to me? No.
Typical bloody man.
He said she weren't ill.
lf she's running around like a nutter, - there must be something wrong.
- You may be right, but l am worried about these kids out there.
So give them bread, salad, but give them something to eat, Alison.
Hello.
Hello! - What you doing? - Trying to work out if you're dead.
Well, l'm not.
Thanks for asking.
You looked unconscious.
l was thinking.
With your eyes shut and your head slumped over? There's no law against that.
And l'm a police officer, so l know that's true.
- How many fingers am l holding up? - What's it to you? - l'm a doctor.
- Really? So, uh - you work round here? - Yeah, l'm the GP.
So you know who's ill, who's faking, who's been stabbed or shot? Yes.
People come to me if they've been injured.
- Then l think we should have a talk.
- Of course we should.
l found you unconscious at the wheel of your car.
- Come and see me today.
This afternoon.
- l'm not sure OK.
- Did you eat breakfast this morning? - Just a cup of tea.
- Have you passed out before? - Um, not for a long time.
- You tired? - A bit.
But then l have had quite a few late nights.
Nothing exciting, just been working.
- Not, um, clubbing or anything else.
- Hmm.
l think you might be a little anaemic.
l'll take some blood.
Why would l be anaemic? - Uh, heavy periods? - What? - Or perhaps you're pre-menstrual? - No, l'm not.
ls there, um, any chance you're pregnant? How could l be pregnant? Are you saying you're not? - Yes.
- Good.
l mean, right.
You know, l'm not very happy talking to you about this kind of thing.
- Why not? - Because, Martin, you're asking me questions that are inappropriate.
- l'm your doctor.
- Yes.
But you're also You know.
You're also You know, you and me were We've got some kind of Shall l just change my surgery and go to Weybridge? - That's up to you.
- Right.
That's what l'll do then.
Everything's always up to me.
You never do anything or say anything to help us move on.
We just go round and round in circles.
Louisa.
- Joe! My God, how are you? - l'm great, thanks.
l haven't seen you since When was the last time? - Ages.
Five, six years? - Are you visiting or? l'm working here.
Portwenn's my patch now.
- Are we having two policemen? - No, no.
PC Mylow's gone.
Career break.
Last thing l heard, he was training to be a plumber in Poland.
[girls laughing.]
Any of them prossies on drugs? - Oh, they're not prossies.
- Oh, really? And l suppose l'm not - l suppose l'm not - [laughing.]
Joe? - Joe? - What? - Are you OK? - Fine, thanks.
Yourself? - l better go home.
- Husband waiting for his tea, is he? - l'm not married.
- Oh.
Boyfriend? - No, not really.
- Too busy with all the kids? - l haven't got any kids.
- At school.
Thought you were teaching.
Sorry.
Yes.
Yes, l am.
- l'll see you later.
- See ya! [machine whirring.]
[Joe clears throat.]
- Can l help you? - PC Penhale.
l'm here for Dr Ellingham.
- ls he in trouble? - No.
- He's just a witness then.
- To what? Whatever crime it is you're investigating.
l'm not here in connection with any ongoing inquiries.
What do you wanna see the doc for then? l'm afraid l can't divulge that kind of information.
- l do work here, you know.
- You the receptionist? - l might be.
Why? - l've just taken over from Mylow, and l need to put names to faces fast.
Who exactly are you? - Pauline.
- l'll remember that.
Pauline.
Now, if you'll excuse me.
Where is he? Hello.
Why don't you knock? - Not my style.
- Take a seat.
We didn't do the formalities before.
Police Constable Joseph Penhale.
- Dr Ellingham.
- MB, BS, FRCS.
- l saw that on the plaque outside.
- Ah, very observant.
Gotta be in my game.
Especially now l'm the new neighbourhood beat manager.
- [sighs.]
- Right.
Sorry if we got off to a bad start.
Obviously, with you being the local medic, l wanna make sure we have a relationship that's, uh, mutually beneficial, - if you get my drift.
- l don't.
What do you mean? - Hello? - Hello? Are you gonna answer my question? What question? - Do you often get very tired? - l'm on the job 24l7.
You were asleep in your car.
Ever fallen asleep when you're talking or eating? No.
Well, now and then when l'm eating.
And when l'm speaking, sometimes.
lf you laugh or get angry, ever feel like the muscles in your neck - can't support your head? - Happened once or twice.
- Thought it might be whiplash.
- No.
lt's something else.
- Any luck? - l'm afraid not, no.
l mean, when Al was with me, l could just about cope with this sort ofjob.
- But now - You didn't think he'd stay forever? Why not? What's the rest of the world got that you can't find in Portwenn? [laughs.]
lt's a bit early for that, isn't it? - Want a glass? - Don't mind if l do.
l mean, one minute Al is begging Pauline not to go as far as Bristol, and the next he's planning a trip to a rain forest.
- lf he wanted rain, go to Newquay.
- [Louisa laughs.]
Right.
Kids.
Non-stop grief from start to finish.
You'll find out what they're like when you have some yourself.
- Not that you seem to want a family.
- What? Well, l thought you decided not to have some of your own.
l want kids.
l want lots of kids.
Well, when? Um, when l've found the right man.
- Narcolepsy? - Mmm.
lt's a neurological disorder marked by a sudden, recurrent, uncontrollable compulsion to sleep.
Before it started happening, did you suffer any head injury? - Why? - Cranial traumas can set off this kind of condition.
Perhaps you fell over or crashed your car.
- Kicked in the head? - That'll do it.
lt was a couple of years ago.
l was trying to nick this farmer near Beaud.
Some mix-up with his TV license.
He wouldn't come quietly, so l started to put the cuffs on, he runs out into the yard.
l chase after him, trip up, fall under his horse.
When l wake up, paramedic tells me he's kicked me in the head.
The horse, not the paramedic.
l'm covered in blood.
Wife started complaining after that.
- Saying l was acting weird.
- Why? What did you do? Nothing.
She kept banging on about my mood swings and me forgetting everything and my mood swings.
We're not together anymore.
Oh.
Well, l can, um, give you something to keep you awake.
[door opens.]
- Thank you, Doctor.
- Penhale.
Until you start treatment, you're not to drive.
Clear? - But l - Good.
- l got a problem.
- You're not allowed to drive.
No, not that.
This.
lf l walk into a local drugstore and hand this over, word might get around l'm sick.
Some local villains might think l'm not up to the job.
Portwenn might become an even bigger hot spot, crime-wise.
- Could you help me out? - Want me to get your prescription? - That'd be great, thanks.
- Sorry, l don't do that.
You ever get a parking ticket? l can make it disappear.
l don't drive.
- Do you want a shotgun license? - No.
- Well, how about ten quid? - Yeah, OK.
- Ritalin.
- To be honest, - l'm not even sure l'll be taking it.
- Why not? l stay away from drugs.
Just say no.
There's a difference between prescription - and something you get off a dealer.
- lt's a slippery road from aspirin to crack.
Not sure how this Ritalin might affect me.
l got ten minutes.
l can tell you all about it.
[over radio.]
3021, come in.
Someone's locked his keys in his car.
Can you assist? Over.
l'm on my way.
Show me dealing.
l'll check that info later.
[woman.]
And you're not taking any other medication? - You don't suffer from asthma? - Hello, Miss Lane.
- Stomach ulcers? - Morning.
- What can l do for you, Alison? - Actually, you go next.
- You were first.
- No, l don't mind waiting.
- l got all these supplies.
- l'm not in a hurry.
- Nor am l.
- For God's sake, l'll come back later.
Come on, Delph.
l think she's got some kind of thyroid imbalance, which might explain her weight problem.
No wonder she's - been Uh - No wonder what? No, nothing.
Let's have a look at that list, shall we? [indistinct chatter.]
[horn honks.]
Delph.
Delph! Delph! Delph, what do you think you're doing? - Delph! - Come on! What? lt's just so dangerous.
She's always doing it.
She's gonna kill herself.
l keep trying to tell her, but will she listen to me? And now she's not in school, l can't be expected to watch her all the time.
Hasn't school mentioned anything to you about assessing her for ADHD? ADHD? What's that? lt's Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
- ls that what she's got? - Well, it's not for me to say, really.
No, that's Doc Martin's job, and he couldn't be arsed, l told ya.
He pushed me out that door before l could get a word in edgeways.
- Maybe you could tell him about Delph.
- Me? - He'll listen to you.
- Possibly.
Oh, thanks.
lf it is ADHD, what can the doc do exactly? Well, there's drugs, l think.
Yeah, like Concerta or Ritalin.
They just slow kids down a bit.
- Helps them to concentrate.
- That's what Delph needs, drugs! [car approaching.]
[Alison.]
Be careful! Delph! - Be careful, Delph! - [horn honking.]
[knocking on door.]
Louisa.
Uh - Come in.
[clears throat.]
- Thanks.
- Have you, uh, registered in Weybridge? - No.
No, not yet.
But l'm not here to talk about me.
- Alison Lane's daughter, Delph.
- Fat girl.
Bolshy mother.
Alison is upset.
She's worried there's something wrong with Delph.
l'm worried there's something wrong.
Delph's gonna do herself - a serious injury - l can't discuss my patients.
All right.
Well, if a young girl came to see you with extreme hyperactivity, possibly even ADHD, would you prescribe her something like, um, Concerta? - Or Ritalin? - Just like that? - Yes.
- No.
- Why not? - Any kind of behavioural disorder requires a careful assessment.
lt needs a thorough and specialised examination and well-considered treatment.
l'm sorry Martin, l saw Delph riding around on the roof of a van going 30 mph.
How she didn't fall off and kill herself, l don't know.
Have a seat, Louisa.
lt's easy to forget that, uh, some children are just bad.
- Sorry? - There's a fine line, isn't there, between those that require intervention and children that are simply naughty.
When l was a child, if l misbehaved, my father gave me a slap with his belt.
Or a table tennis bat.
Or both, sometimes.
- Right.
You don't think that's had - [knocking on door.]
- Evening, Doc.
- What do you want? - Another word about my depression.
- What? l've been thinking about my life.
And l just wanted to ask a few more questions.
That's all.
- l better get going now.
- Why is it, exactly, do you think, that l'm unhappy all the time? - [chuckles.]
l know that's a hard one.
- No, it isn't.
You're lonely, bored, unloved and past your prime.
- lf you ever had a prime.
- [laughs.]
- l thought you were gonna cheer me up.
- How? With a few words of wisdom.
Um, do you think l need a new challenge in my life? You know, something to focus on now that Al's left me in the lurch.
- Quite possibly.
- Oh! So, what you're saying is l do need a new challenge.
Maybe shift my life into a whole new direction.
[chuckles.]
ln other words, [laughs.]
l should give up the plumbing.
Thank you, Doc! [laughs.]
l'll see myself out.
[grunts.]
- Um, how are you feeling today? - OK, thanks.
- Did you have some breakfast? - Yes, l did.
Good.
Hmm.
- Oh! - Ray? Ray, where are you? - [brakes squealing.]
- [alarm blaring.]
- How fast were you going? - l don't know, Constable.
- But l certainly wasn't speeding.
- Maybe you're just too old - to be driving.
- How dare you! - You all right? - Sorry, Doctor.
Do you mind not talking to the suspect until l've completed my inquiry? She's not a suspect.
She's my aunt.
Well, in that case, we'll say no more.
- How's that with you, Doctor? - ls your leg hurting? Yes.
And my back's killing me too.
The good news is your victim, Mr Cleary, is blind.
He won't know you tried to kill him.
He walked in front of me.
Wasn't my fault.
- lt wasn't my fault.
- l didn't say it was.
Good, 'cause it wasn't.
Now the bad news.
Your back pain.
lt's due to osteoporosis.
l'm gonna send you for a scan.
That's precisely why l didn't come here in the first place.
Doesn't hurt.
lt's a dual-energy x-ray.
Just measures your bone mineral density.
l have to waste an entire day sitting around some ghastly clinic.
lf you'd like to end your life in agony - with your limbs snapping like twigs - All right, l'll have the stupid scan.
Oh.
Good.
They're gonna give you some stupid hormone replacement as well.
- Why? - Because that's what l'm prescribing.
Martin.
The oestrogen will slow down your bone loss and promote bone formation.
- Right.
Thank you.
- Mmm.
Next time you have a problem, come see me straight away.
Only if you stop treating me like one of your patients.
You are one of my patients.
- [growling.]
- Are you ready for me? No.
l'll tell you when.
You know that Ritalin you prescribed for PC Penhale.
- Ritalin.
- Ritalin.
- l looked it up on the lnternet - Can l suggest that rather than surfing the Web, you order the latex gloves and tongue depressors - l asked for two weeks ago.
- Yeah, they're ready for collection.
- Why haven't you collected them? - l forgot.
l was reading about Ritalin, and nothing says you give it to grown-ups to keep them awake.
How dare you.
l don't pay you to check up on my prescriptions.
What you pay me to do is boring.
l wanna be stretched.
ls there anything else you can give me to do apart from answering the phone and making appointments? - Forgetting to collect supplies? - Yeah, what else can l do? You can mind your own business.
Try it.
- ls the doctor in? - l'm afraid so.
- l need to see him right away.
- Actually, l think l'm next.
- Are you in pain? - A little, yeah.
- ln a hurry? - No, not really.
- But, um, l've been waiting - l need to be at work in five minutes.
- l'll go front of Cleary.
- [Martin.]
What's going on? Why is Ms Lane reorganising my diary? Can l have Mr Cleary's notes? - He's next.
- [Alison.]
He's not.
Wait a moment! Not yet.
Patients do not come into this surgery without my invitation.
- And yet, here l am! - [sighs.]
l take it this is about your daughter.
l got rang up by the school this morning.
They want Delph to go in on Monday for an interview with an educational psychologist.
On Monday! - And? - And you need to give me drugs to stop her from jumping around the room.
You need to give me some of that Ritalin.
Who told you about Ritalin? Was it Miss Glasson? l'm not saying.
Has Delph got ADHD? Not in my opinion.
lf l did think she had ADHD, all l could do would be to refer her to a psychologist where she would be tested.
- She'd be assessed by specialists.
- Before Monday? - Well, of course not.
- But l need something straight away.
lf school thinks she's normal, they won't throw her out.
Until she starts jumping on cars again.
Maybe she won't.
Maybe it's just a phase.
Acne is a phase.
That child needs taking in hand, - something you have failed to do.
- lt's not my fault! She never used to jump on cars.
ln fact, up until two months ago, it was all l could do to stop her playing her Nintendo for hours.
She won't concentrate on anything for more than a minute! lf you had stopped her playing her Nintendo and encouraged her to exercise, she wouldn't have put on weight.
- What are you feeding her? - Why? - What's that got to do with anything? - Diet often has a huge bearing on behaviour.
Give her fresh fruit? l have not come here to talk about my cooking! You're here to ask me to sedate your child so you can pretend - she's a good girl! - She is a good little girl! There's nothing little about her! - You mean she's fat.
- Yes.
l suppose you think that l am fat? Yes.
We can be as fat as we like, Delph and me.
You tosser! - [Martin.]
Mr Cleary! - You can go in now, Mr Cleary.
- Thank you.
- You OK, Mrs Lane? He wouldn't help me.
l know he could if he wanted.
Go through.
Careful.
- Mr Cleary's notes.
- l gave them to you.
- These aren't them.
- Must be on your desk then.
Find them.
This way.
No, no, Mr Cleary.
This way.
l don't even know what happened.
You walked in front of a car.
Why did Ray run away? - He obviously needs more training.
- [growls.]
- Bad dog.
- [barking.]
Nothing's broken.
You should be fine, as soon as the gout clears up.
[sniffs.]
- What's in your parcel? - Mackerel.
You shouldn't be eating mackerel.
lt's full of purines.
- Pauline said l should eat more fish.
- Oh, did she? More fish.
Fruit and vegetables, but especially fish.
Not that sort of fish.
- She didn't specify.
- Oh, didn't she? - [dog growls.]
- [door opens.]
l just told him what it said on the website.
Which website was this? lKeepForgettinglmaReceptionist.
com? lf anyone has a medical problem, refer them to me.
l'm the doctor.
Yeah, and l'm just a receptionist.
[Martin.]
What? - [both.]
Oh! - Sorry.
- You squashed my ciabatta.
- Really? There's prawns everywhere.
l've got mayonnaise all over me.
- Uh, no.
No, no.
You're all right.
- Right, thanks.
- Can l buy you a new sandwich? - No, l'll just eat this with a spoon.
Fine.
Actually, the reason l had to get this was because Alison Lane was late again.
Nothing was ready.
She said she'd been to see you.
- Everything OK? - You've been talking to her - about the benefits of Ritalin.
- Yes, yes.
l mentioned something.
l have pupils that have been prescribed drugs for behaviour and l've seen what Ritalin can do for lt's bad enough l have a receptionist second-guessing my diagnosis - without you joining in as well.
- l'm just trying to help.
So am l.
- Mrs Tishell.
- Oh, Doc! Sorry.
- You have my tongue depressors.
- Do l? - And latex gloves.
- Oh, yes! Oh, now where did l put them? Oh! Sorry, Doc, l'm in a bit of a tizzy.
- All right.
- l've just had that Alison Lane in here, just now.
Oh, she gave me a very hard time.
- Uh-huh.
- Oh She wouldn't believe me when l said l had all my diet pills on display.
- Kept asking for something stronger.
- Mrs Lane was in here asking - for appetite suppressants? - Yes.
Oh! Bingo.
- Has she bought them from you before? - Yes, she bought them months ago.
- Sorry.
- Thank you.
[car alarm blaring.]
Hey! Get off my car! [screaming.]
Delph? [woman.]
Hurry up! Dial 999 and get an ambulance.
- [man.]
ls she OK, Doc? - Do you need any help? Just get back.
She needs air.
Plenty of air.
-[computer.]
You lose.
- [phone rings.]
- Play again.
- Portwenn Surgery.
l've done that.
Ambulance is on its way.
- [woman.]
Look at all that blood.
- Ah! - When's it due? - Didn't say.
- Go and ask! - Oh.
Excuse me, coming through.
- Your bag.
- Oh.
Oh! - [gagging.]
- Ah! You all right? All right.
Roll her over.
- [gags.]
- [Pauline.]
Oh! Ugh! - All right, l need an artery clip.
- What's that look like? Looks like a pair of pliers with scissor handles.
Like um You hold You take that.
Give me the cutter.
Can you open that.
Stand back.
Stand back.
- You called an ambulance? - Of course.
Excuse me! Excuse me, coming through! Out of the way! Oh! [gasping.]
- Oh, God! Delph! - lt'll be all right.
- Did you give your daughter diet pills? - What? The pills you got from Mrs Tishell? - Diet pills cause hyperactivity.
- l didn't give her any diet pills.
[siren wailing.]
- l did give her some Ritalin.
- What? How much? Just a couple of pills this morning.
l thought they'd calm her down, but they didn't.
- Where'd you get them from? - l saw some on your desk.
- l wouldn't have taken them, - [woman.]
Excuse me.
if you'd given me some.
Lacerations to the head, neck, chest and arms.
l put a clip on the artery.
She'll need an lV.
[woman.]
Steady.
Oh, l thought she was gonna die, didn't you? No.
You left Ritalin on your desk.
Actually, it was you that left the pills on my desk.
- No.
- You took them off me in the kitchen put the bottle down and went in to see Mrs Lane.
- You're wrong.
- You did! They still looked full, so l gave them to PC Penhale.
You haven't heard the last of this.
[printer buzzing.]
l want a word with you.
Let me guess.
''You're fired''.
- That's two words.
- l am though, aren't l? - That is so unfair.
l told you.
- Phlebotomy.
- What? - Phlebotomy.
- Don't know what that means.
- You don't have a problem with blood.
l want you to go on this course.
lt's in Truro next week.
They'll show you how to find a vein, insert a needle into a patient and how to draw blood for nurses.
l'll tell you who to bleed, but you'll be in charge of the bleeding.
Bleeding.
[laughs.]
Oh, my God.
- How much more money you gonna pay me? - What? - lt's a promotion, isn't it? - Well, sort of.
- So l should get more money then.
- Let's see how you get on - with the course first.
- Seventy pounds a sample'd be fair.
Say, ten pounds a test tube plus a bonus if l do it quickly.
- Can l wear a white coat? - [door closes.]
Hi, Martin.
Sorry it's late.
- No, no, come in.
- l've brought someone to see you.
Oh, you.
- How's your daughter? - She's all right.
Um, what did they say at the hospital? They said she would be dead if it weren't for you.
Yes, that's right.
Alison [mouths words.]
- Thank you.
- [mouths words.]
- You're welcome.
- Alison was worried about seeing you.
- Thought you might be angry, so l - Come and protect her.
- l'm sorry l stole the Ritalin.
- So am l.
- But if you'd given me some - Alison.
Listen, your daughter is nearly an adolescent, not a child.
She reacted to the Ritalin in the same way that an adult would.
lt stimulated her.
Added to the fact that she was strung out on diet pills.
- l told you, no! - Hmm.
You did.
- Are you calling me a liar? - Yes.
For your information, the diet pills were for me.
All right? Although l suppose she could've nicked some behind me back.
Oh, God! l suggest you lock them up.
Or find an alternative method.
- Oh, so callous.
- Keep your mouth shut.
And it's time to go.
She really is very grateful.
Can l stay here? - Of course you can.
- l've promised to take Alison home.
l meant can l stay at the surgery? As your patient.
- You want me to be your doctor? - l want you to be my doctor.
- Yeah.
- What changed your mind? l don't really know.
- Do you think? - What? - Do you think l'm anaemic? - l can find out, but l wouldn't worry about it.
- But l do worry.
Yes.
- Do you? What about? Everything.
l worry about what l'm doing with my life.
Well, l'm sure that's not uncommon.
Well, do you worry about your life? Well, l tend not to dwell on those things.
l try to keep busy, really, with work and my hobby.
- Your clock.
- Mmm.
- l nearly finished this one.
- Then what? Um perhaps it'll be time for something new.
l hope so.
You do? Yes.
[door closes.]