Lillian

Ei ole kukaan, johon puhutaan, keskustellaan tai kertoa, että minun pitäisi olla koulussa tällä hetkellä. Tämä on hienoa. En tiedä, miten hienoa. Minusta ne ovat melko huonoja. Mutta ovatko ne hyödyntäviä? No, kyllä, toivottavasti ne ovat hyödyntäviä. Hyvä. Ja he, jotka sopivat niitä, eivät tehneet mitään? Ei.

Ei, ne ovat erittäin tyhjiä ja hyödyllisiä. Enää ei ole aikaa. No, olen kertonut sinulle. Ei tarvitse kasvaa, onko siellä? Minä en kasvaa. No, kun olen kertonut sinulle, niin se on definiivi kasvaa. Mitä olet katsomassa? Jotain, jota valitaan itselleen. No, emme tarvitse eteenpäin eteenpäin. Minä olen. Minä olisin onnellinen vähän tosta ja bananaa.

Why don't we go to the pub? The pub? Yeah, come on. But I really am perfectly happy with toast. Mum, you can't live on toast. Ah, well you can actually. It's not a balanced diet. Oh, I am not a toddler who needs feeding mushy carrot. I'm not offering you mushy carrot. I'm offering you dinner and a glass of wine. Have you finished with that glass, darling? No, no, not yet.

Tracy, hello. Oh, hi, Linda. May I have a glass of chilled house white, please? Sure. Thank you. I'm eating Robert for an early aperitif. Oh, that's nice. But I also wanted a word with Lillian. Is she about? She was, yeah. She might be in the garden.

We need to start planning the fate, you see. What do you want, mum? Oh, I'll have a G&T, please, Anna. Hello, Linda. How are you? My daughter is insisting we come out for dinner. Yes, I'm awful like that. Well, that sounds very nice. Machine's ready, Linda. Oh, sorry, Tracy.

Lovely, thanks very much. Mum, why don't you go and sit outside in the sun? Oh, I could do, I suppose. Yes, come outside with me, Carol, then we can have a bit of a catch-up. Oh, all right, yes, yes, that sounds really nice. Let me just grab my wine. Oh, yes, you don't want to forget that. So, one G&T and what can I get for you? I'd like a really large glass of red, please. Anything in particular? I don't really care. Long day. Yeah, it has been a long day, yes.

My mother is driving me slightly insane. Oh well, yeah, I know that feeling. All I do is try and help her, and all she does is resist me every inch of the way. And I know it's horribly disloyal of me to say this to you right now, but honestly this week I just... I'm really feeling it.

Oh, well, that's nothing, is it? No. But still nice, I suppose. Yeah, yeah. Well, I feel a bit anxious about it, to be honest. Right. Like, is Clive really taking proper care of him? Yeah. I can't imagine my brother being much good with my mum, having the patience. Well, that's it, yeah. But actually my brother's dead, so it's sort of irrelevant anyway. Oh, sorry. Yeah, yeah, it's sad for my mum, but I honestly don't think he'd have been any help whatsoever in this phase of our lives.

I love her so much, but sometimes I think I'm going to burn out. Yeah, well that's when you need support, isn't it? You need it before you burn out. Yeah, absolutely. It is difficult, isn't it? Well, it is rather.

After the explosion at Grey Gables, I had to rely on Robert for everything. And it does impact on your relationship. Oh, of course it does. I felt like a burden. Yes, of course. But that is precisely what I resist. And yet Anna seems determined to make me her burden. I don't understand that. I really don't.

I fear she suffers from a sort of martyr syndrome. She just wants you to be safe and well looked after, doesn't she? Yes, well, perhaps. Can you talk to her? You know, just be honest with her. Yes. But it's not easy, is it? Oh no, it's not easy. I mean, this is the second time she's been to see me in three days. And it's a long way at the end of a long day. Well, she obviously cares a great deal.

Yes. Yes. I know, I'm very lucky. Do you know the thing I really hated when I was out and about with Robert? People would ask him what I wanted. You know that does-he-take-sugar cliché? Yes. Once or twice I just wanted to scream at someone in a cafe or wherever. I'm right here, you know. Yes. Oh, I've definitely felt that way. Especially when someone calls you names.

Hyvä! Oho, saa minut hyvältä! Hyvä Jumala! Linda, mutta luuletko, että tärkein ero sinun ja minun välillä on se, että olet muuttunut. Sitten minä en muuttunut olemaan vanhempi.

En ajattele, että ajattelen itseäni vanhempana. Mielestäni minä olen nuori. No, ainakin hyvällä päivällä. Olen pahoillani, että olin vanhempana. Sinä olet todennäköisesti syövällä täällä, eikö, iso? Ei, minä olen ihan oikein. Linda ja minä olimme kuitenkin hyvällä keskustelua. Olimme todennäköisesti. Antti Lilian. Alice. Olin löytänyt palkkia töihin ja ajattelin, että sinä haluat niitä. Kiitos, rakastus. Se on hyvä, eikö sinä? Ei, ei ongelma.

Kyllä. Kaikki nämä vanhemmat erottavat itseänsä omaa tyyliänsä. Kyllä. Mutta luulen, että isäni kuitenkin sanoo sitä minulle. Hei isä. Alice. Voinko asua? Kyllä. Lillian mainitsi, että olet täällä. Oletko? Miksi sanot niin? Koska olen vaikea Lillian ajatuksesta. No, hän on hieman kiinnostunut. Kyllä, älä muista. Hän on jo aiemmin antanut minulle jotain.

No, you don't, except for... Except for what? Well, this decision to withdraw the land from the partnership is wildly illogical and arguably part of a pattern of very odd behavior. Oh, not this again. Dad, I'm... I'm so tired of hearing this. Yeah, well, I'm sorry if it's boring you, but your decision doesn't make sense. For me, it feels very much like a punishment. Well, it's not. It's not a punishment. It's just me making a bid for freedom.

Miten Brian ja Rory menevät? Miksi kysyit? Olin vain ajattelemassa heitä viime viikolla, kun näin Brianin menemisen takaisin Blossom Hillin kaupungille. Ajattelin, kuinka vaikeaa se olisi hänelle. Ei niin kauan sitten. Hän kertoi minulle, kuinka iloinen hän oli, kun aloitettiin alueelle Miranda kanssa. Pohjaat ovat vaikeita kaikille, mutta tiedät Brian, hän on oikeassa. Huomenta.

I doubt Tracy's going to invite me in for morning coffee. Well, there's a tea room up at Bridge Farm. Oh, you're more than welcome to come to our irrigation Sunday service. What's that then? It's when we ask for God's blessing on the land. Isn't it also about stopping scraps between neighbouring farmers? I suppose traditionally that was part of it. Well, we'll have some hymns, a few prayers, and then coffee and scones. Oh, salt! Here, let me help you.

Adam, darling.

Do you have a moment?