Anne Shirley (2025) s01e07 Episode Script

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Anne and I have been
playing here all summer.
What a lovely place.
Oh, look!
A landing place, and a boat, too.
That's my dad's flat-bottomed dory.
Would you like to tow out in it?
Or maybe go fishing?
Either sounds nice.
I know. Why don't we dramatize Elaine?
From the legends of King Arthur?
Yes. The Lady Elaine loved Sir Lancelot,
but her passion failed to move him.
Because Lancelot loved Guinevere,
the wife of his liege lord, Arthur.
Elaine dies of grief.
So her family floats her body down the river
in a barge, like she wrote in her will.
And her beloved Lancelot
finds it downstream.
Anne, what a wonderful idea!
If we let the flat drift
from here to the headland,
we can play Elaine's
tragic love perfectly.
Then who will be Elaine?
I could never have the courage
to float down there.
I don't mind floating down when there's
two or three of us in the flat.
But to lie down and pretend
I was dead—I just couldn't.
But then who will be Elaine?
I think you should, Anne.
Yes, you, Anne.
But it's so ridiculous to
have a redheaded Elaine.
Your hair is ever so much darker than
it used to be before you cut it.
Yes, and I think it is real pretty.
Do you really think so?
Chapter 7
I've Been Making Mistakes,
but Each Mistake Has Helped
to Cure Me of My Shortcomings
Jane, you will be Elaine's father.
All right.
Diana and Ruby will be the brothers.
Yes.
What will serve for a white lily?
How about this?
An iris? That will do nicely.
Why, you'd think she was really dead.
It makes me feel frightened, girls.
Do you suppose it's really
right to act like this?
It's perfectly all right.
Now, I won't say any more.
It's silly for Elaine to be
talking when she's dead.
Sister, farewell forever.
Farewell, sweet sister.
Oh daughter of mine, farewell.
Now, let us all go and wait for
Elaine at the lower headland.
As Lancelot and the King
and his wife, Guinevere.
Nothing could be more romantic.
I wonder how a person must feel,
dying on such a peaceful day.
This is no time for being dead!
How should a person feel when the
barge she's boarded is sinking?!
C-Can anybody hear me?!
Anybody?!
Be calm, Anne.
You mustn't lose your self-possession
at a time like this.
Dear God, if you haven't forsaken me,
please take the flat close to a pile
and I'll do the rest.
Look, there's Elaine!
She's coming straight toward us!
Boats from that landing place
always drift to this headland.
Oh, no! Anne's sunk!
We must get help!
Here I am!
I'm right here!
M-My arms
won't last much longer.
Oh, Mrs. Hammond, why didn't
you teach me to swim?!
Anne Shirley!
How on earth did you get there?
Be careful. Easy does it.
Let go.
What has happened, Anne?
We were playing Elaine.
I had to drift down to Camelot.
The flat began to leak and
Will you be kind enough to
I'm very much obliged to you.
Anne, look here.
Can't we be good friends?
I'm awfully sorry I made
fun of your hair that time.
Honest I am.
Let's be friends.
Let's be friends.
Carrots.
Carrots.
No, I shall never be friends with you,
and I don't want to be!
All right!
I'll never ask you to be
friends again, Anne Shirley.
Why did I answer him like that?
Wait. Do I regret it?
Oh, Anne!
What a relief!
You mean Gilbert rescued you?
How splendid of him!
Why, it's so romantic!
Of course you'll speak to him after this.
Of course I won't.
And I don't want ever to hear
the word romantic again.
What?
I'm awfully sorry you were
so frightened, girls.
We've gone and lost your
father's flat, Diana.
Everything I do gets me or my
dearest friends into a scrape.
You impossible child!
I went and apologized to Mr. Barry,
though he forgave you because he felt bad
for neglecting the hole in that dory.
And then there were the Blythes.
Will you ever have any sense, Anne?
You came within an inch of
losing your fool life.
Oh, yes, I think I will, Marilla.
I think my prospects of becoming
sensible are brighter now than ever.
I don't see how.
Ever since I came to Green Gables,
I've been making mistakes,
but each mistake has helped
to cure me of my shortcomings.
And what did nearly drowning
in the pond cure you of?
Today's mistake is going to
cure me of being too romantic.
Romance is not appreciated now.
I feel quite sure that you will soon see a
great improvement in me in this respect.
I'm sure I hope so.
Anne.
Well now, don't give up
all your romance, Anne.
Not too much, of course.
A little of it is a good thing.
I'm home!
So you are.
And late, too.
Diana and I were only over
in the Haunted Wood.
Miss Stacy was here this afternoon.
Oh!
She caught me reading Ben-Hur in
school yesterday afternoon.
She never mentioned such a thing to me.
Miss Stacy wants to organize a
class among her advanced students
who mean to study for the entrance
examination into Queen's.
And she came to ask Matthew and me if
we would like to have you join it.
Truly?
But won't it be
I guess you needn't worry
about the expense.
You can join the Queen's
class if you like, Anne.
Oh, Marilla!
Of course I'd love to!
I'm extremely grateful
to you and Matthew.
And I'll study as hard as I can and
do my very best to be a credit to you.
I dare say you will.
Well then, let's stop here for today.
Queen's class, stay behind.
Everybody else, please take
care getting home.
Yes, Miss Stacy.
Well, I'll be going now.
All right.
Till tomorrow.
I'll see you tomorrow
Study hard.
We've never been separated in anything.
Goodbye.
Now Diana will have to walk home alone
through Lover's Lane and Violet Vale.
We should all have a purpose in life
and pursue it faithfully.
But we must first make sure
that it is a worthy purpose.
You'll just have to live with it.
Diana's parents don't intend
to send her to Queen's.
It is a lesson that we can't have things
perfect in this imperfect world.
Now, what do you think of
the Queen's class?
I think the Queen's class is going
to be extremely interesting.
The competition makes
studying feel worthwhile.
I'm glad to hear it.
We discussed our life's
ambitions on the walk home.
Did you? That's an awfully
long time to be thinking of.
Miss Stacy told us it is
important to have one.
We all thought it over.
Ruby says
My ambition is marriage.
I'll teach for two years after I get through,
and then I intend to be married.
And Jane says
I'll devote my whole life to teaching.
And I'll never, never marry.
Why not?
Because you are paid a salary for teaching,
but a husband won't pay you anything.
Just look at my father.
He's meaner than second skimmings.
Josie says
I won't have to earn my own living.
I'm just going to college
for education's sake.
Your family does have plenty of money.
Yes, unlike orphans who are
living on charity.
It must be hard, having to hustle to
make your own way in the world.
Take no notice of that rude girl!
I don't intend to.
Moody Spurgeon is going to be a minister.
Charlie Sloane says he's
going to go into politics.
He'll have a hard time of it.
The Sloanes are all honest people.
That's true enough.
Tell me,
what is Gilbert Blythe going to be?
All right!
I'll never ask you to be
friends again, Anne Shirley.
I don't happen to know what Gilbert Blythe's
ambition in life is—if he has any.
In that case, Anne, what about yours?
M-Mine?
Well, I suppose
My purpose in life is to
What an awful dilemma.
I need to find a purpose worth devoting
my life to right this minute.
I wonder if Diana was
all right on her own.
I'll be fine.
Carrie and Julia say they'll
walk home with me today.
So concentrate on your studies, Anne.
Th-Thank you.
Your purpose in life?
Yes.
So, what would you think of living
together when we grow up?
We'll both earn our livings and be together
even when we're nice old maids!
That does sound like fun.
Doesn't it just?
But wait. A purpose in life should
have a worthier object.
Say, marrying some wild,
dashing, wicked young man
and reforming him with my love.
Doesn't that sound more noble?
Why, Anne. What brings you here?
Miss Stacy
Yes?
How should I go about finding
my purpose in life?
Everybody else knows just
what they want to be,
but I haven't made up my mind yet.
I don't think you need to rush.
You've been doing good work,
so you should take your time looking.
But what if I never find it?
I can see what I said has
been bothering you.
Think of it this way, then.
Passing the entrance into Queen's
is your purpose for the time being,
and you'll think of what comes
next once you've done that.
A good ambition needn't be a grand one.
Try to make the most of
each day as it comes.
"Make the most of each day."
All right! I'll try my best.
Don't work yourself to any extreme, now.
Thank you very much.
If you'll excuse me.
Take care.
Miss Stacy! I l-l-love you!
My!
The days slipped by,
spring came again,
and I turned fourteen.
Two of you earned full marks
on yesterday's test.
Anne and Gilbert.
Day by day, I made the most
of what lay before me,
and each day shone like a golden
bead on the necklace of the year.
When summer came,
and studies stalled a wee bit,
rumors ran at large through the school.
Hey, have you heard?
Oh, I heard all right.
She got offered a position
in her home district.
Did she really?
Good morning.
Good morning.
Have you heard?
Heard what?
Miss Stacy is going to leave the
Avonlea School this summer.
It's only a rumor. We can't be sure yet.
Yes, but still
Why not ask Miss Stacy herself?
I can't. I don't dare.
Neither do I.
The term ends today.
But you've done good work this past year,
and you deserve a good, jolly vacation.
Have the best time you can
in the out-of-door world
and lay in a good stock of health
and vitality and ambition.
It will be the tug of war, you know—
the last year before the Entrance.
Is something the matter?
I have a question.
Yes? What is it?
Are you going to be back
next year, Miss Stacy?
I've heard you've been offered a position
in another school and mean to accept.
Please don't leave, Miss Stacy!
I want to learn so much more from you!
So do I!
Don't go away!
Stay on, Miss Stacy!
Please! Don't go!
All of you
Yes, I was offered another school.
But I have decided
to come back to Avonlea.
I thought of taking a school
in my home district,
but to tell the truth,
I've grown so interested in my pupils here
that I found I couldn't leave them.
So I'll stay and see you through.
Hurrah! Hurrah!
Hurrah! Hurrah!
All of you
Thank you.
Listen, Jane. I've found
my purpose in life.
I've had a vague idea of it all this time,
but today it turned to certainty.
You too, Anne?
Yes.
We all have.
Marilla, I'm going to be a teacher!
I'll get a First-Class license and
be a teacher like Miss Stacy!
That is my purpose!
I told you, you needn't think so grand.
But I had a feeling you'd say that.
I shall take more interest
than ever in my studies now.
I dare say you'll get along well enough.
You needn't rush to any extreme of
killing yourself over your books.
There is no hurry.
Yes, I know.
But I must tell Matthew about—
Matthew?
Matthew!
What's the matter with you?
Matthew!
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