4. Mother's Milk (第1季)【完整台词】

Lucy's her daughter.

He certainly seems pleased to see her.

Hello, Mary! He's just being nice.

She's been having a hard time.

But can't you fight it? You're a barrister, for Christ's sake! She may be an unmaternal idiot but it's her money.

If she wants to burn the last of it on a New Age hotel, there's nothing I can do to stop her.

Well, can't you pretend to be a shaman and keep the place? Sadly, I'm one of the few people on earth that has absolutely no healing powers.

[JULIA CHUCKLES] Why aren't you two playing with each other? Play.

Play! Besides, I find it difficult enough looking after my family, let alone saving the world.

I think looking after your children can be another way of giving up.

Well, they become the whole ones, the well ones, the ones who don't drink too much, get divorced, become mentally ill.

You spend so much time guarding them against decay and depression that you end up decayed and depressed.

Sorry.

I'm a bit down.

Since the divorce, I get these terrible moments of vertigo, like I don't exist.

[ROBERT] I get that.

At your age? I think that's very pretentious.

It's true.

But it doesn't stop you being a happy child, does it? Sometimes.

When it's happening.

You're doing a wonderful job.

[SEAMUS] Hello, there.

Oh, Christ, it's the landlord.

You don't like Julia very much.

Robert! I do like her.

But whereas clever people are just thinking out loud, Julia's thinking about what she sounds like.

- [JULIA LAUGHS IN DISTANCE] - I shouldn't have said that.

Don't repeat it.

[JULIA] Are you a healer yourself? Yes, Seamus, who have you healed? Well, I actually worked in a nursing home for many years, washing patients covered in their own feces, spoon-feeding old people who couldn't feed themselves, that sort of thing.

And, do you know what? I'm grateful for it, Julia.

It's kept me grounded.

What a shame you didn't stick to that.

You might have actually done some tangible good.

Patrick likes to keep me grounded too.

But I think we do tangible good here, with the courses we run.

We bring inner-city kids here and they love it.

The meditation, the drumming.

They They say to me "Seamus, this is incredible! It's like tripping without the drugs.

" Do we need a charity for tripping? With all the ills in the world, it seems a rather wild hole to plug.

Can't you just give them acid? You can tell he's a barrister.

I'm all for people having hobbies.

Can't they do it in the comfort of their own homes? Sadly, Patrick, some homes are not that comfortable.

No.

I know the feeling.

Well, Julia Fascinating.

Mon pleasure.

Seamus? Patrick? This gift of Eleanor's about the house.

- Yeah, she mentioned that.

- I'm looking into it.

Don't go picking out the wallpaper just yet.

[INSECTS CHIRPING] [JULIA CHUCKLES] [SIGHS] [ELECTRIC MOTOR WHIRRS] [CHILDREN PLAYING OUTSIDE] [ELEANOR GROANS SOFTLY] I hesitate to mention this.

Please keep on hesitating.

But this idea of yours to sign the house over to the Foundation [CLEARS THROAT] I've looked over the paperwork and I have to point out - it leaves you very exposed.

- I really Of course you must do as you wish but your store of capital - No, please No.

- won't pay for much more - I - care.

We could go broke very quickly.

Patrick is only trying to help.

- You can do what you want.

- Yes.

If you could just loan the house for the time being - I really do object! - and decide [HISSES] It's okay.

Well, we'll leave you.

You must be tired.

Sorry if I upset you.

[RECEDING FOOTSTEPS] - [DOOR SLAMS] - [MARY MAKES SOOTHING SOUNDS] Please don't leave me.

[YOUNG PATRICK] I want to go away.

What do you mean? Leave here.

Yes.

[PATRICK GRUNTS] What can drive a man mad is being forced to have the emotion he's being forbidden to have at the same time.

The treachery makes me feel furious and now I'm being forced to feel pity.

Well, I'm a simple sort of man and I remain fucking angry! [MARY] Robert, everyone's by the pool.

Go and join them.

[PATRICK EXHALES] I don't think it's kind to turn Robert against his grandmother.

In a beauty contest between her only child and a complete stranger, my mother chose the stranger.

And you're right to feel betrayed - but Robert has his own - No, we've all been lied to.

Whatever happened in the past, at least we had somewhere we all felt at home.

And now all those little concessions to family feeling are being tossed away to be replaced by the trademark family malice and spite.

- Well, that's not inevitable! - Isn't it? Not necessarily! Please.

Spend time with the children.

That's why we're here.

[PATRICK BREATHES HEAVILY] Right, who wants to play in the pool? - Robert? - I'm reading.

Oh, come on, let's play! That's why we're here.

Julia? No? Lucy? No? - No, thanks.

- Didn't ask you.

- Come on.

- Dad! Stop being silly! - Oh, come on, Robert.

- Stop! - Don't be a bore.

- Stop! I'm serious, stop! [PANTING] - I knew this would happen.

- Oh, for God's sake, Kettle.

[JULIA] Oh, I'm sure he's fine.

Of course he's fine.

You're fine, aren't you, Robert? - Yes, I'm fine.

- There, you see, he's fine.

It's just a game, a bit of fun.

[BREATHES HEAVILY] [PILLS RATTLING] That looks like fun.

No, not fun.

Necessity, I'm afraid.

Want one? - I've got my own.

- Of course you do.

But if you're offering.

How long? Four years.