Come on, get up.
You need to buy gifts for your kids before we leave.
I'll pick up something at the airport.
No way.
Airport gifts suck.
Marie, please let me sleep another half hour.
Fine.
If you won't buy the gifts for your kids, I will.
Can you ask the front desk to prepare the bill...
...and have some breakfast sent up?
You know what? The posters are up, all over Paris.
Apparently, you can't miss them.
How many have you seen?
Really?
Good morning. Could you prepare the bill for 321?
- Sure. - And could you send up some breakfast...
...coffee and fruit?
- Okay, I'll call room service. - Thank you.
They said there would be 120 across Paris.
Can you sum up the headlines for me? I won't have time to go online.
That's good.
Big kisses, bye-bye.
Hello.
Oh, I like this one. You have more like this?
Yes?
Yes. Take this one. Yes.
- How much? - One dollar.
Come on, come on, come on.
Give me your hand! Give me...
Give me your hand!
Can you reach me? Take my hand.
- All right, hold on. - She's not breathing.
Think she's gone, dude.
- Get back, get back! - Everybody get off the boat!
Come on.
Roll her over on her side.
- Breathe, breathe. - Vomit it out. Good, vomit.
Turn her back around.
- Are you okay? You okay? - Yeah.
- You're okay. - We got you.
Slow. Slow down.
Marie.
Come in and have a seat. I'll go talk to my brother, okay?
- No, I'm okay. - Okay. Sit, sit, sit.
- Hey. - How could you do this to me?
- What? - You know I don't do this anymore.
Just one time. This guy's a real important client of mine. I need this. Come on.
- This is it. - I know.
Okay. Mr?
Andreou. Christos.
Christos. Okay.
I'm gonna hold your hands just until I get a connection, and then...
...just for the purposes of the reading, confine your answers to yes or no.
Give me your hands?
A woman close to you has passed?
Yes.
- In her middle age? Was she in her fifties? - Yes.
Was this woman your wife?
Yes.
And I'm picking up you were together for a long time.
Yep.
- But it wasn't always easy. - No.
- Now I'm picking up she was sick. - Yep.
She was sick for a long time. Did she have difficulty moving?
Yes.
Was she bedridden?
Yes. She had multiple sclerosis.
I'm sorry.
She wants to apologize to you for ruining the marriage.
That's not true.
She feels bad that you had to care for her, even as a young man...
...and wishes that you'd find someone now, before it's too late.
Because you're not getting any younger.
Or slimmer.
No.
She's got quite a sense of humor.
- Yeah. - She's really funny.
Okay, wait. Now she's telling me to pay attention.
Okay, she has something important she needs to say.
Okay, she's trying to give me some kind of a date. June.
In June?
Did that mean anything to you?
- No. - Is that when you were married? June?
- Is that when she passed? - No.
I mean, she's being very specific about June.
Yeah, June.
Hm. Well, maybe I'm wrong. That happens.
I don't even do this anymore.
Guess I'm rusty.
Thank you. I can't thank you enough.
- Hey. Thanks, baby brother. - Okay.
I owe you.
That was incredible.
Your brother, I'm telling you, he's for real.
- I know. - No, no, no. He's really for real.
I gotta tell you I was skeptical before I came. All this psychic shit is...
...mumbo-fucking-jumbo as far as I'm concerned.
He was telling me things I'd never told anybody.
- He could make money. - He did. Good money.
Had an office, website, newspaper articles, even had a book written about him.
Yeah? So, what happened?
Couldn't cope. Turned his back on the whole thing.
He told me, he said, "A life that's all about death is no life at all."
He works at a factory and makes 2 grand a month. He says he's happy.
Who knows? He wasn't gonna do this again.
I had to persuade him to make an exception.
Well, I appreciate it, man. I mean, this was...
I owe you. All right, I'll talk to you Monday about that thing?
Yeah. Great, Christos, thanks.
Hey. What was with June, if you don't mind me asking?
June Menendez was my wife's nurse.
Took care of her for 15 years.
For 10 of those years, I was in love with her.
And I felt so guilty I couldn't tell anybody.
Least of all June herself.
Right.
All right, I'll see you.
We might have gone about half a mile...
...and my pocket handkerchief was quite wet through...
...when looking out, to my amazement, I saw Peggotty burst from a hedge.
She jumped up into the carriage. Not a single word did she speak.
She squeezed me until the pressure on my nose was extremely painful...
...crammed some pieces of cake into my pockets...
...and a purse, which she put into my hand.
Then she got down and ran away.
Presently, I noticed one of her buttons rolling around on the floor.
I picked it up and treasured it as a keepsake for a long time.
Okay, you two. Yeah.
Oh, lovely. Come on, you guys. Which one of you two is the oldest?
- Twelve minutes. - Really? Do you know, I think I could tell.
- And you're Marcus? - No, he's Marcus.
- Right. - The quiet one.
Uh-huh. Oh. Aw.
- I was gonna say the handsome one. - I'm Jason.
Jason, yeah, all right. The oldest. The chatterbox.
The smartass.
Lovely. Think we're done.
Okey-dokey. What did you guys do, rob a phone box?
- Thank you. - Go on.
- Bye. - Cheers, bye-bye.
- What's the matter? - I don't understand it. Can I copy yours?
- No. - Please. It has to be in tomorrow.
Tough bananas.
She can see it in the morning.
Good night, Jase.
Good night.
Shit.
Jackie? Are you in there?
Come on, open up.
Come on, wake up.
Open up, please!
Boys, it's no use. We know you're covering for her.
Wake her up. Make her look better. Social Services.
Mom! Mom, wake up!
Jackie, you in there?
She's not here. She's gone to the shops.
Mom, come on!
We're gonna wait.
Boys, it's no use. We know you're covering for her.
Come on, Mom. Get up, please!
Come on. You're wasting our time.
If she's not here in five minutes...
...we'll call the Police Child Protective Unit.
Come on. Open up.
He means that! Five minutes!
Thanks. I've got it.
Jason, open the door.
You can come in and wait for her if you want.
Have a seat.
Thanks.
Hope she won't be much longer.
I'm home!
Hello. I didn't know you were gonna be here.
Hi.
I completely forgot you were gonna be here.
Jason, go put the kettle on.
Marcus, go and get a plate. Let's get these biscuits out.
- Have you been here long? - A while.
Sorry.
It's all right, Jackie. Why don't you sit down?
You know what I'm thinking?
I'm thinking that is the best present in the whole wide world.
Absolutely love it. Thank you.
Thank you.
My boys.
- Marcus, will you do something? - Yeah.
- Get the red box in the cupboard. - Yes, Mom.
Thank you.
Now, I want you to go down to the chemist.
Give this to the nice man. Then he'll know what to do, okay?
- Yes, Mom. - Thank you, baby.
- I'll do it. - Why?
Marcus hasn't done his homework yet.
- Go on, then. - Call me on this and I'll talk you through it.
Yeah, but not long, okay? I haven't got any credit.
Take care, Jason, okay?
- I will. - I'll see you later.
And why haven't you done your homework?
Come here, you.
Look at your silly little face. An angel.
Okay. It's okay. Forget about your homework. You can copy mine.
I want you to look up naltrexone and hydrochloride.
Okay. Hang on a minute.
Found it. I think this is it.
"Naltrexone blocks the effects of heroin and of opiates.
Detoxification can last between a week and a month."
Does that mean she's stopping?
Yeah, I think that's exactly what it means.
This is great. She's never done this before up till now. It's just been promises.
- Yeah, I knew it was just a matter of time. - There you are.
Thank you.
Just think. It'd be like living in a normal family for once.
That kid's got a mobile.
Hey, little one.
Hey, come here, lad.
Leave me alone!
Give me your phone, mate.
Give me that back!
Jase?
What do you got pills for? You're a little freak.
Get your phone, brother. Get your phone.
- Grab him! - Wait a minute, little prick!
- Come here! - Little prick!
Come on, little prick!
Come on, you little dickhead, where you going?
Jase?
Marcus!
Jason?
Please, Jason.
Jason, come on. I need you.
Please.
- Come on. - Come on.
Jason!
Jason, come on. Please, Jase.
Jase.
I feel bad. I should've stayed on to cover the story.
After what happened to you?
They've sent a crew from the Hong Kong office.
I've never done that...
...run away from such a story.
- You okay? - Yeah.
- Should I come up? - No, I'll be fine.
I almost forgot...
...the gifts for your kids.
I love you.
The estimated figures are at several billion dollars.
But of course, we're going to talk about the survivors...
...because we hope there are survivors.
The number of victims is estimated at several hundred thousand.
It is a horrific scene here, as this tsunami...
...has devastated the population.
Good evening, everyone.
Marie, can you hear me?
Mm-hm.
Everybody, break a leg. Ready and on the air in...
...five, four...
...three, two...
...and cue, Miss Lelay.
Good evening, and welcome to a new edition...
...of Window on Events.
Tonight, our guest is Guillaume Belcher...
...CEO of famous clothing manufacturer Soucil.
We're going to present to you a shocking investigation...
...on child labor in their factories in Southeast Asia.
Cyril Guignard reporting.
Here in the West, it's easy to criticize Third World labor practices.
But the truth is...
...these factories...
...play a vital role in industrial development...
...and evolution of poorer countries.
And let's be clear about this, the wages we are paying...
...are substantially higher than local wages.
Marie, go at him!
Marie, do you hear me?
Pull this guy apart!
You hear me, get him!
But will this kind of justification satisfy French customers...
...Mr. Belcher?
If they were aware of the conditions under which the clothes are produced...
...do you think you would still be profitable?
Go there and you'll see how much these people need us.
Thank you for watching.
That's all for now, see you next week.
I'm sorry, that was unforgivable.
We'll fix it in the edit. No one will notice.
And it was my fault.
A defensive CEO was a tough start for the new season.
Do you want to get something to eat?
I'll see you tomorrow.
I think something happened to me out there.
You had a close call.
No, something really happened to me.
When I went underwater...
...I had visions.
I don't know.
You had a concussion. You hit your head.
Hm?
You're right.
Two right-wing newspapers claim Sikhs were out in the streets...
...burning cars, looting shops.
Others say the unrest was triggered by elements within the nationalist parties...
...to cast negative suspicion on racial minorities.
What do you think about the story on the Sikhs?
What?
The story on the Sikhs, what do you think?
It's very good.
Listen, I've got to work late and finish some things.
See you tomorrow.
Can I say something...
...you might find difficult to hear?
I think you came back to work too soon.
Physically, you're fine. But since the accident...
Take some time off to get over what happened.
Just a couple of weeks.
To "get over"?
You've always said you wanted to write.
Your book idea, Michel would jump on it and pay good money.
But that would take time.
This will all be here waiting for you.
What matters is that you feel better.
We need you too much.
I'll think about it.
Hey.
You see that meeting going on? On the first floor?
- The head office guys and the union? - No, no, I didn't.
Yeah, well, they were in there all afternoon.
Kind of makes you think the rumors are true, huh?
What rumor?
That they're gonna let 30 percent of the workforce go. You heard that, right?
Yeah, right. Right.
What's the matter with you today?
No, I just didn't get a lot of sleep last night.
Well, see you tomorrow, all right?
- Yeah, yeah. I'll see you. - Yeah.
Down the end of the hall, on your left. Hi there.
Welcome, all of you, to this 10-week course in Italian cuisine.
My name is Carlo. Some of you know me already.
You've done some of my other courses.
Those of you that don't, buonasera, and you can call me "Chef."
We'll be working in pairs throughout the course...
...so one of the first things I want to do today is to pair you all up.
All right? Don't be shy. Grab a partner.
I see some of you have come in twos already.
Others have worked together before.
Okay. Now who's left?
Excuse me. God. I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry I'm late.
The roads were closed for some reason...
...plus this jerk in registration took an age processing my application.
Am I too late?
No. No, no. Not at all. What is your name?
- Melanie. - We were just pairing people off.
Why don't we put you with...
- What is your name? - George.
Melanie with George. And, Alice, you're with...
Tony.
How you doing, Tony?
- Sorry. - All right.
Now, in exercise class, you warm up with stretches.
We're gonna warm up with a glass of Barbaresco...
...a beautiful wine from the Piedmont region in northwestern Italy...
...made from the Nebbiolo grape. - Hi. George.
Take a sip.
Mm. Mm.
And some music.
Because cooking is all the senses, right? The nose, the eyes, the palate and the ears.
And tonight, we're gonna start at the beginning.
The cornerstone of so much of Italian cooking...
...the classic tomato sauce from Toscana.
And in preparation, we're gonna need chopped tomatoes, so let's get chopping.
Take your time. Doing all right? Look at these beautiful tomatoes, huh?
Ah, the music. Is this beautiful?
God, some of them are really good.
Is this your first time?
- Yeah. - Yeah, mine too.
I read in the brochure that the course builds to a competition.
I saw that. To be judged by a local restaurant critic.
Yeah. I don't think we should get our hopes up. Heh, heh.
Well, we still have 10 weeks.
- Well, that's true. - And we haven't cut our fingers off yet.
That's a good attitude.
Which one of us is using the wrong knife? Am I using the wrong knife?
Yeah. You're using that.
The woman next to me brought her own knife.
- Really? - Very intimidating.
So I'll see you next week.
Great. Yeah. See you next week.
- George Lonegan? - Yeah.
I hate to bother you.
I'm Mr. Andreou's neighbor.
The Greek guy, mid-fifties, who lost his wife.
I believe you recently did a reading for him.
- I'm just gonna stop you. - Candace.
Okay, Candace, I don't do readings anymore.
You did one last week for Mr. Andreou.
He's an associate of my brother's. It was a one-time thing.
Please, I give you my word. I won't tell anyone.
- I'm sorry. - Listen, listen, listen. I brought money.
- I don't want your money. - Everything I have.
I lost my child.
My only child. Just a baby.
I just wanna talk to her.
Please, I wanna talk to my baby.
I can't help you. I don't do that anymore!
- Please! - Mr. Lonegan! I got money!
Mr. Lonegan. Please.
I wanna talk to my baby.
Go, girls! There you go! Kick it!
So another person came to see me for a reading.
Thanks to your friend Mr. Andreou.
- What? - Yeah.
Told that Greek jerk to keep his big mouth shut.
Go, girls! Kick it back! You gotta kick it back!
Well, obviously he didn't.
I'll talk with him, make sure nothing like that ever happens again.
Okay.
And?
- And what? - Did you do it?
- What? - The reading.
- Did you do the reading? - You still don't get it, do you?
You think just because I can make money doing this...
...just because I can that I should do it.
Yeah. Yeah, I do.
I also think you have a duty to do it because you have a gift.
It's not a gift, Billy. It's a curse.
You have no idea. It ruins any chance I have at a normal life.
Feel like a freak.
Freak?
Freak or not, Georgie, it's who you are.
It's what you are, you know. You can't run from that forever.
To divert his thoughts from this melancholy subject...
...I informed Mr. Micawher that I relied on him for a bowl of punch...
...and led him to the lemons.
His recent despondency, not to say despair, was gone in a moment.
I never saw a man so thoroughly enjoy himself...
...amid the fragrance of lemon peel and sugar, and the smell of burning rum...
...as he stirred and mixed and tasted...
...and looked as if he were making, instead of punch...
...a fortune for his family to last for all posterity.
Death is not final. It is merely the beginning.
Gateway to an afterlife that reflects our conduct here on earth.
God, in his infinite generosity, has created heaven...
...which is where Jason is now...
...surrounded by all the angels and saints, looking down at us.
And so we commit Jason's body to dust, his soul already in God's care.
Jason's ashes will be available at the back...
...but if you wouldn't mind, I'd like you to leave through the front door.
Morning.
Please come in.
Thank you.
Morning.
Good night, Jase.
It won't be for long. It's a short-term placement.
Just until your mum feels better.
The couple we have in mind have a lot of experience and live close to where you live.
Of course you'll stay at the same school.
I don't wanna go with anyone else.
I wanna stay with you.
Where are you going?
Just give us a minute, will you?
Look, I need a little time to sort myself out.
But I'm not running away, I promise.
I could stay with you now, and I want that so much.
But chances are I wouldn't make it, because I'm not strong enough.
I don't expect you to understand.
And I know for me to leave you now...
...it must feel like the worst thing in the world.
But I promise you I'm not gonna let you down, okay?
I promise you.
I'm so sorry.
I love you. Come here.
Come here.
Be a good boy.
Come on.
Summing up France's postwar history, only two statesmen counted:
De Gaulle and him.
On de Gaulle, everything's been written. On Mitterrand, I want to finish the job.
There are fascinating elements.
The abolition of the death penalty, the European Union.
Coming from a right-wing family, he seduced the left.
And what's more, converted it to liberalism.
Amazing! It was a revolution, right?
Plus the darker sides of his character that have never been explored.
He's been dead for 10 years. The timing is right, we can dig deeper.
I want to dig into his past.
Vichy, the Elf scandal... What part did he play?
The Taiwan frigates, the Papon scandal...
...Mazarine, Marguerite Duras.
These stories were never really addressed. They've all been buried.
I'm going to tell who knew, who didn't talk.
Isn't that going to bring us too much controversy?
I don't think so.
What I want is a book that can be read by all.
Mitterrand was not just a politician.
Mitterrand was an icon.
He's "Tonton," our uncle!
Maybe that's what we should use as the title!
- Tonton. - Heh, heh, heh.
I'm not sure we can keep that title.
Of course not. It was a joke.
I'll welcome your suggestions for the title.
How about Chipping Away at the Myth or The Vacillating Statue?
I look forward to your suggestions.
We'll make a list.
Congratulations.
The timing couldn't be better.
Politically, there's nothing going on now anyway.
You'll write the book you've always wanted to. You'll get some rest.
Come this summer, you'll be back on the air...
...with a bestseller under your belt, and a big renegotiated contract.
Stronger than ever.
Exactly.
Adapting and turning misfortune to your advantage.
That's what I've always loved about you, never a victim.
That's right.
Never a victim, never vulnerable, never complains.
Excuse me. Your table is ready.
Great. I'm starving.
Can I ask you something?
What do you think happens when we die?
That's a strange question!
Tell me.
When you die, you die. The lights go out, that's it.
Why?
That's it? Just blackout?
Totally black, the plug's pulled out.
The eternal void.
Don't you think it's possible that there is something?
Like what?
I don't know, something...
A hereafter.
No, I don't.
If that were the case, wouldn't someone have discovered it by now?
And there would be proof.
I guess.
Do you have a lot of questions like that?
More champagne?
Huh?
Okay, does everyone have their blindfolds on?
Okay.
Now, if you wanna be a good cook, first we need to work on your palate.
To stimulate your imaginations, your senses.
No good being an expert chopper, dicer, roaster, toaster...
...if you can't give names and colors, and even shapes, to flavors.
Okay. Now, spoon number one.
Now, look, this isn't easy. So don't worry if you don't immediately identify it.
Let's start by trying to describe it.
What is the texture?
Okay, you ready?
- What is the consistency? - Open.
Very good.
What?
I have no freaking idea what this is.
"No freaking idea." Okay.
But, um...
It's not a fruit.
It's kind of nutty.
- But it's kind of sweet too. I think. - Okay.
"A little nutty."
"Kind of sweet."
- Did she get it? - Yeah.
So how are we gonna do this?
What?
Well, we could make up a whole load of crap, or we could...
...cut to the chase and be honest with one another.
About?
About why we're both doing night-school classes?
- All right. - Open.
Everybody okay? How we doing?
Mm.
There's, um...
There's something oaky about that.
"Oaky." Okay.
- Yeah. Nutmeggy? I think. - Okay.
You're not gonna tell me it's because you wanna make...
...the perfect spaghetti vongole, right?
No, not entirely.
Okay. I'll jump in.
I'm doing this because I'm new to San Francisco.
Because I'm looking to make new friends.
And who knows? If I'm lucky, maybe even meet the man of my dreams.
- Here, open. - Okay.
So why'd you move to San Francisco?
Uh...
Because I got dumped by someone in Pittsburgh.
Sorry.
Not quite at the aisle, but pretty close.
Down payment on the wedding dress, honeymoon booked. That kind of thing.
I mean, it's okay. You know, I'm...
I'm over it, just about.
Not at all, actually.
What'd that taste like?
Oh. Um...
I don't know.
I mean, I really... I don't...
- Wanna try again? - Yeah, okay.
Okay.
- Ready? - Uh-huh.
Okay.
- Is that a bean? - Yeah.
- Really? - Yeah.
You know what color it is?
It's like...
Tastes like a black bean.
- Am I right? - Yes.
How we doing? Don't be shy.
- Here we go. - Oh, well...
...like you, I recently made a big change to my life...
...and I just wanted to reevaluate things and change my priorities.
What was...? What was the change?
Divorce or?
Oh, no, no, nothing like that. No.
A job that I needed to put behind me.
It was making any kind of life impossible.
Definitely a nut.
You're not gonna tell me, you know, what the job was?
Would you mind if I didn't?
I mean, don't worry, I wasn't like a criminal or anything.
- Okay. So open up. - Okay.
No hitting on Alice.
- Peppers. - Yeah.
- Wasn't that great? - Yeah, fun.
God, it's made me so hungry.
Yeah, me too.
Do you wanna get something to eat?
Yeah. There's actually a place nearby that everyone's talking about.
Place nearby, are you kidding me? We're practically experts ourselves.
- I can drive. - Yeah. Oh, yeah, great, okay.
So you been in San Francisco long?
Born and bred, yeah.
Oh, nice.
You can just leave all that. I'll get it. You just get comfortable.
No, I'm your partner. Remember? I have to...
- We have to do this together. - Okay.
Oh, my gosh. Are these?
- This is you? As a kid? - Yeah, that's me and my brother, Billy.
Let me tell you, you got the looks.
Well, he got everything else.
Are these his kids?
Yeah. My nieces.
Hm.
Who's this?
Is this some kind of ancestor?
No, that's Charles Dickens.
- Oh. - I'm a fan. I'm a huge fan.
You know, people go on and on about Shakespeare and it's...
I mean, he's great, of course, but Dickens...
No, no, I'll get that. I got it.
There's a... There's a little trick.
Hey. It's Billy.
Just to say I finally caught up with our Greek friend.
Told him to keep his mouth shut. Okay?
Just relax. There shouldn't be any more freaks...
...knocking on your door asking for readings, you know?
I gotta say though, this guy...
...he made a big point of saying how brilliant you were...
...and with so many fakers out there, someone who had a genuine gift.
I don't know...
Sorry about that.
Uh...
- What gift? - Oh, nothing. Don't worry about it.
No, I mean, I'm interested.
Well, the job I had before, it was as a psychic.
I know, but...
- What? - But it's true.
I had an illness as a child...
...and I had an infection, which turned into a fever...
...which turned into inflammation of my brain and spinal cord.
It's called encephalomyelitis.
And they had to operate, in the back, here.
It was a complicated procedure. It was eight hours. And they nearly lost me.
Actually, technically, they did lose me...
...and bring me back on a number of occasions.