Heartstopper (2022) s03e07 Episode Script

1
It isn't working ♪
I'm a tidal wave of question marks ♪
And you're just surfing ♪
Leaning into me like it's an art ♪
It's so crazy ♪
Lately ♪
You just understand my feelings ♪
Lately ♪
See, I'm capable and fine ♪
And feeling beautified tonight ♪
I'm ready to dive ♪
Maybe it's the lovin' in your eyes ♪
I'm here, see through ♪
Maybe it's the magic in the wine ♪
Right into you ♪
I'm ready to dive ♪
Right into you ♪
Maybe it's the fact
That every time I fall ♪
I lose it all ♪
But you got me
From my head to my feet ♪
And I'm ready to dive ♪
Nick?
Why are you
looking at me like that?
I told you. Dog cuddles solve everything.
Yeah, this is exactly
what I needed. Hello.
You have seemed a bit stressed lately.
I've been a bit stressed all year.
I just have way too much on my plate.
I love my ballet classes,
but I've got to get three buses
to get there, and
I could drive you to ballet.
I'm not doing anything
most Saturdays anyway, so
- Nick, you don't have to.
- No, I want to.
All right. Well, maybe.
Anyway, what's going on with you?
I feel like
we haven't had a catch-up in ages.
How are you and Charlie?
Good. Yeah.
Charlie's been a lot better
these days, so
- And how's Nick doing these days?
- Fine.
Yeah, I'm all good.
Haven't really got much going on,
to be honest.
That's because
you've been focused on helping Charlie.
I get it.
I've been focused on Darcy
and all their stuff with their mum.
You just need to remember
to look after yourself too.
I still think
journaling is really beneficial.
Yeah, journaling is beneficial.
Okay, class, it is the moment
you've all been waiting for.
Cucumbers and condoms.
We wanna take things further,
but I don't wanna make things awkward,
and, honestly, I don't even know
what the hell I'm doing.
I don't want our first time
to be bad and embarrassing.
Maybe if I'm this nervous,
I'm not actually ready to do anything.
- Calm down.
- It's a good thing we're in sex ed.
I mean, maybe you'll get some good advice.
Or maybe not.
You clearly are ready.
You literally won't shut up about it.
And it's not exactly rocket science.
I mean, how bad can it really be?
I don't know.
I feel like I don't know anything.
Just have sex with him, please,
so we can stop hearing about it.
Come on. It's only a cucumber.
Don't do that. Focus.
Ugh. So slimy.
That is not
an appropriate question for this class.
We're here to talk about contraception.
I've got it the wrong way round.
Aspirations.
She was proper decent, to be fair.
Like, she was just feeling it all night.
You could tell she wanted it,
and it got to a point I just thought,
"Why not, really?"
- I don't
- He was boasting about it yesterday.
I just don't think losing your virginity
is that big of a deal.
Like, it's probably gonna be bad anyway.
It's a big deal because
it's the first time you're having sex.
Like, that is a big deal.
I mean, I know the concept of virginity
is bullshit, but, like, I'm still nervous.
- Yeah.
- Just wait till marriage.
- Nah.
- It's only five years.
Five?
- Condoms prevent pregnancy
- The way you guys flirt is so weird.
- Don't read my texts.
- protect against STIs.
We are now going to look
at some images of STIs.
Students, look and learn.
Calm down.
I don't blame you for being nervous.
That's normal.
Easy for you to say.
- You were so confident when you and Elle
- I wasn't.
I just enjoyed making it sound
like the most cinematic night of my life.
We were in some random bedroom
at a house party.
We had no idea what we were doing,
and even after that, we still had
a lot to learn about each other
and what feels good.
Maybe we get things wrong, you know, but
You know,
it's not some perfect, effortless thing.
But it's me and Elle,
and we love each other.
And if it's awkward,
we can just laugh about it.
I mean, it's supposed to be fun, isn't it?
Isn't it?
And one last thing
to remember, folks.
I should be running this sex-ed lesson.
How was Elle's interview?
She didn't really mention it on the chat.
Oh, yeah, it was, um
I think they decided
not to air it, actually.
- That sucks.
- Yeah.
- God, stop!
- Steve.
- Just get it out.
- Go away.
Literally bullying.
Looks like you've almost finished.
- I don't think I like it anymore.
- Why not?
I'm sorry about the interview, Elle.
Your mother and I had a chat.
- I should have expected it.
- No. No, you shouldn't.
Doesn't matter.
I don't wanna talk about it anymore.
- Charlie, come on.
- Slow down!
- Have you
- Don't come in!
- Christ! Sorry.
- Fuck off!
Sorry. I I, uh
I I didn't know he was here.
It's all right.
I'm just glad it wasn't your mum.
Ooh.
I think this is the best drawing
I've done so far.
Look.
I'm improving!
Reckon I could be the next
The next someone.
Tao Xu, artist of goldfish.
Can I sleep over tonight?
You know how my mum is about it.
She loves you.
But, yeah, she'd say no.
We can watch a movie though.
What about Moonrise Kingdom, hmm?
Do you wanna talk about it?
Is there anything I could do
to make you feel better?
- It's been so long since you stayed over.
- I know. It's my fault.
No, I get it.
You've had extra schoolwork and stuff.
I have. It's been too much.
Yeah. I'm worried about you.
Don't worry.
I've just decided
I'm gonna look after myself
and do what I want.
And that includes
doing me?
Obviously.
Blue jewels 'round your neck ♪
You cool my distress ♪
Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
Loose cherries, hard breath ♪
I'm overwhelmed ♪
I spun 'round and screamed
"I feel elated when you" ♪
Just move
a little bit that way. Yeah.
No, that's perfect. Now everyone knows
how much I love you.
- And how much you love me.
- Mm-hmm.
All right. All right! Pipe down!
Yeah, I know, it's Year 11's last day
before study hall, but guess what?
That's still one more day. Do you get it?
Uh, Charlie, can I have a quick word
before you go?
I'll see you at rugby.
You're staying at Truham
for sixth form, right?
- Yeah.
- Good.
I wanted to give you this.
Campaigning starts in the autumn.
I think you should apply.
Really? Why?
Well, you're smart,
you're a strong person,
and I think you could do a lot of good
for the kids at this school.
Just something
to think about over the summer.
Okay. Thanks.
Charlie.
There are a lot of, um, younger students
who would find it inspiring
to see you as head boy.
That's all.
I'll think about it. I promise.
Shall we, uh, go for lunch?
Yeah.
I think it might be finished.
Post it on Instagram.
Your followers will love it.
Elle, we know you've been really down
since that interview.
It's not like this radio woman
was a raging bigot or anything.
She probably thinks of herself as an ally.
But I was there to talk about my art.
Have you spoken to anyone about it?
Tao maybe?
I love Tao
and he would fight the world for me, but
he just can't properly understand.
We're here.
We might understand.
Feel like I've been reading you wrong ♪
And we've tilted from where we started ♪
If someone's gonna let go ♪
It's me that's gotta let go ♪
I'm damned if I do
Gonna be damned if I don't, oh ♪
Ay, no ♪
Ay, no, oh ♪
Ay, no ♪
Ay, no, oh ♪
You say, "One more dance" ♪
You trying to peek?
No.
It's allowed. We're in love.
I'm fallin' ♪
Stop. I'm not. I'm not trying to peek.
I don't know what I'm doing
I don't know what I'm doing ♪
You say, "One more dance"
And I always give in ♪
I don't know what I'm doing
I don't know what I'm doing ♪
I'm fallin' ♪
Come on, use that ball!
I had an idea.
- Yeah?
- Mm-hmm.
Maybe, uh, one night,
you could stay round mine? Just us.
Think your parents would let you?
I know my mum would be fine with it.
- I'll ask.
- Nick and Charlie!
Pay attention, please.
It's the last practice of the year.
Yeah, good luck getting Mum to agree
to a boyfriend sleepover.
She will. I'll ask her
when she's in a good mood.
That doesn't happen very often.
There's not really much point
in her banning sleepovers.
If you and Nick want to have sex,
you'll have sex.
You don't need a sleepover.
If you don't have any good advice,
I'm gonna go upstairs.
My advice is to sneak out.
My advice is
that a sleepover is unnecessary
for the activity in question.
Good luck.
I hope you do get to have
your sex sleepover.
Thank you.
Michael, can you stop talking
about my brother having sex? Please.
Sorry.
Ugh.
Me and Darcy wait
till we have a free house.
Or until everyone's asleep
if they're staying over.
There was one time that we, uh
What?
I mean,
school is an option.
You had sex at school?
Yeah, it was it was only once
and it was a really bad idea.
Oh. Yeah, I don't
I don't think we're quite there yet.
And also we have a a history
of getting walked in on.
Yeah. You guys have been waiting
a long time.
Yeah.
That's not a bad thing.
There's so much pressure
to have sex at our age,
but people should just
take as long as they need.
Yeah, Charlie's been through a lot.
You've been through a lot too, Nick.
Don't forget that.
Yeah, well
not really though.
It's okay to admit
that Charlie being ill was tough for you.
You don't have to be
the strong one all the time.
Trust me, I learned that the hard way.
Why do you have to be so smart?
So, uh, do you have any advice
about that kind of stuff?
Oh, Nick
I'm not really the person
to ask about sex between guys.
Yeah Yeah, yeah, fair enough.
Yeah.
Sorry.
Here we go.
One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, a four.
One, two, three, a four.
One, two, three, a four.
- Did you get the bus all the way here?
- Yep. All three of them.
- Why?
- I just wanted to see you dancing.
You always look so happy
when you're dancing.
You're so ridiculous.
It's nothing compared
to what you've done for me this year.
Letting me stay at your house.
Helping me move to my gran's.
Taking me clothes shopping.
Convincing me to cut my hair
when I kept backing out.
Those are, like,
very low-bar things, Darce.
I
I just don't think
I would've had the courage
to explore being nonbinary
if it weren't for you.
I mean, I probably would've
got around to it eventually,
but you made it feel so easy and
and joyful.
Nonbinary?
Yeah.
I know we haven't talked about it properly
or anything.
It's just a huge deal, and
I didn't wanna overload you
with that, like, bomb drop.
But you've seemed calmer recently.
It's not a huge deal.
It's Unless you want it to be?
It's just you.
It's just me and you.
- I think Here we are.
- I don't even know anymore.
Okay. You choose. It's up to you.
Um
Let me check.
Okay, are we I found it.
Okay. I just want to see
Is this rosemary?
- Wow.
- Just be careful.
- Okay. I wanna tap that would boiling
- That would do for everything.
This is madness.
Know my way around this kitchen as well.
Thank you.
I really liked that one.
Yeah, me too.
We should try it again sometime.
- Mum
- Mm-hmm?
Me and Nick were wondering
if I could stay round his one night?
Oh, uh Well, yes, at some point.
We were thinking soon.
Um
I I I'm not sure, Charlie.
I'm not saying no.
It's it's just
you have
your GCSE exams coming up,
and this is quite a big step.
And I'm mentally ill, so I can't.
- That's not what I said.
- That's what you were thinking.
It's what you're always thinking.
You think I'm a child
who can't make my own decisions.
That's not fair.
Mr. Ajayi nominated me
to be head boy on Friday.
That that's great, Charlie.
I It's just you're only 16,
and you've been very ill.
Mum, seriously,
what are you so worried about?
We all love Nick.
Okay, Tori, I'm not You know what?
We'll talk about this
once your exams are over.
I'm not a child.
If wanna see my boyfriend, I will.
You can't stop me.
Charlie, I
Charlie!
- Just
- Just
You okay?
Yeah.
- Are your eyes shut as well?
- Yes, they're shut.
- Forward.
- Tao, what
- What's going on?
- Three, two, one.
Movie night!
Tao, you do not have to do all this.
Oh, but I do. It's a special one tonight.
Okay, let's sit down.
Ah. Ooh.
Okay, so before we begin,
I wanna say something.
I know you've been really down lately
and uninspired about your art.
It made me think about
when Charlie was really ill
and I made him that video.
It was the first time
I felt like I could create something
that put joy into the world.
I guess I never really thought of myself
as a creative person before that,
but I love making these little videos
to cheer up the people I love.
So I made you one.
She lays her head on me
While she falls asleep ♪
She gently closes her eyes ♪
In the night, she's perfect ♪
Though I can't even see ♪
I wouldn't change her at all ♪
No matter how much we fight ♪
I think I could stare into her eyes
And fall in love again every time ♪
'Cause she remains to be ♪
The most beautiful thing ♪
I've ever seen ♪
'Cause she will always be ♪
The most beautiful thing ♪
I've ever seen ♪
I guess
that's how I see you.
It feels like
the whole world is against me.
You can always talk to me about it.
Yeah?
I'm just scared
you won't get it.
But I'll try.
I'll always try.
Nick.
Need a distraction?
Yeah.
Please don't leave me behind.
Hi.
Hi.
I should've texted. Sorry.
It's fine.
Are you okay? What's wrong?
She was like,
"You're only 16, and you've been ill."
Okay. What has that got to do
with me spending time with my boyfriend?
She never listens to me.
I'm just sick of everyone
treading on eggshells around me.
Like, yeah, I've been ill,
but that doesn't mean that I can't
do fun things and be a teenager.
I'm not fragile.
And I wanna have sex with you.
What's wrong with that?
- You don't think I'm fragile, do you?
- No! No. I
Charlie, you're, like,
the strongest person I've ever met.
You know exactly who you are
and and what you want.
I think, um
I think I think
I'm more fragile than you are.
What? Why?
You give me so much confidence.
But when you're not around, I, um
I don't know. I guess I feel a bit lost.
- Nick
- It's it's nothing.
No. What do you mean?
I
I can't talk to anyone else
like I talk to you.
I think, when I realized I was bi
I feel like I woke up.
Because I was repressing
so much of myself before then.
You know, not just my sexuality,
but my thoughts and feelings.
My personality.
I still hide behind that mask sometimes.
Just laughing and joking with my mates,
but never really opening up to anyone,
and now I'm thinking about uni
and my future and
Basically, I'm just freaking out.
- That didn't make any sense.
- It did.
You're allowed to be a mess sometimes.
Oh, I'm a mess now, am I?
- I think we're both a bit of a mess.
- Hmm.
You came here all upset,
and I made it all about me.
- Oh, shut up.
- Yeah, but
Nick, shut up.
- Is anyone else home?
- Uh no.
I do not want to fight this anymore ♪
I just want to lay back ♪
And watch you pin me to the bed ♪
I used to call you my best friend ♪
Way back before
You were my everything ♪
Do you wanna carry on?
We don't have to if you don't want to.
Char, this is literally the only thing
I've been able to think about.
Me too.
I do not know the words to it yet, oh ♪
And it hits me ♪
I don't want anybody else
Touching you like I do ♪
- Do you want mine off?
- Yeah.
Is it okay ♪
That I don't want anybody else
Touching you like I do? ♪
Like I do ♪
Like me, yeah ♪
Tell me that nobody else
Touches you like I do ♪
- Is this okay?
- Yeah.
Tell me that nobody else
Touches you like me ♪
Oh ♪
And it hits me ♪
I don't want anybody else ♪
Touching you like I do ♪
Like I do ♪
Like me ♪
Is it okay ♪
That I don't want anybody else
Touching you like I do? ♪
Like I do ♪
Like me ♪
You're in his living room ♪
And it may not mean much to you ♪
But your plates are in his sink ♪
And your sweater's on his bed ♪
Won't you text me when you're home? ♪
My baby, spare me all the rest ♪
Please just tell me
That nobody else touches you like I do ♪
Oh, tell me that nobody else
Touches you like me ♪
And it hits me ♪
I don't want anybody else
Touching you like I do ♪
Like I do ♪
Like me ♪