The Buccaneers (2023) s02e04 Episode Script

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[clock ticking]
[sighs]
[sighs]
["Modern Girl" playing]
[music stops]
[ticking continues]
[music continues]
[music ends]
Ladies and gentlemen,
as many of you know,
this is our fifth year of fundraising
for the school.
A cause incredibly close to my heart.
And I'd like to thank my fiancée
Lizzy Elmsworth for her support!
Now, we are just £300 short of the target.
So please,
dig deep as we start the bidding.
Who would pay money for that?
It's so ugly.
- Anyone wanna start us off?
- Ten pounds.
[Hector] Ten pounds. Thank you, Honoria.
- Ten pounds.
- Do you have £10?
Fifteen.
- Twenty.
- [Hector] Twenty pounds, Honoria.
- Back to you.
- Do you want it? It's ugly.
[Hector] Any advance on that?
- [bidder] Twenty-five.
- [Hector] Twenty-five.
- [Honoria] Thirty!
- [Hector] Thirty.
- You're out of control.
- [Hector chuckles]
- Excellent. Can anybody top that?
- [giggles, shushes]
Any advance on £30?
[Theo] £350.
[attendees gasp, muttering]
Wha… Um…
Your Grace!
Unexpectedly, ladies and gentlemen,
the duke.
So, we have our highest bidder.
Whoo!
[Hector] His Grace!
[Honoria giggles]
- [squeals, giggles]
- Oh, good.
- Oh, great. You got the vase.
- Yeah.
[Honoria] Thank you.
["North American Scum" playing]
[attendees chattering]
Your Grace, what a pleasure
to have you with us today.
I hope you don't mind my, um, dropping in.
No, not at all.
We are thrilled that you could make it.
And how generous of you!
That was quite a bid!
Please. It was nothing.
[scoffs] Well, perhaps not for a duke.
But I can assure you, for us mere mortals,
it's quite the sum.
Is the Duchess…
Oh, yes. She ran away in the night.
Finally had enough of me.
[both chuckle]
She's suffering with a, uh, head cold.
Oh, sorry to hear it.
You'll send our best for a swift recovery.
I mean, the wedding's in two weeks.
I know that Lizzy would be devastated
if Nan wasn't there.
[townspeople chattering]
Ciao. Uh, three of these,
and one of those, please. Thank you.
[Jinny] Nan!
- Jinny.
- Is it you?
[Jinny] Are you really here?
I missed you so much.
- [Jinny] I missed you so much.
- You look so beautiful.
Nan, there's someone you should meet.
This is Freddie.
Freddie, this is your aunt Nan.
- He is just…
- Isn't he?
- [Nan] Hi, Freddie.
- [Jinny chuckles]
How is this possible? How are you here?
Um, when I found out where you were,
I just ran.
I left Theo to be with you,
to be with the both of you.
I'm not going back.
[Jinny] Wait till you see the house.
I mean, it's only small.
But the view's pretty.
And we've made it a home.
[door opens]
We weren't expecting guests.
Oh, no.
No.
It's not exactly a castle. [chuckles]
It's, uh… It's perfect.
So, Nan… God, tell me.
How is life as a duchess?
All the balls and the banquets?
Oh. [chuckles] Um, fine.
W-We've been following your work
in the papers.
It's all I could do not to buy
every copy and shout from the rooftops,
"That's my sister changing the world."
Everything seemed like
it was going so well.
But now you're here.
Did something happen? With Theo?
Uh, lemon.
I need a lemon.
- [footsteps departing]
- [door closes]
[sighs]
I'm still trying to remember
everybody's names.
The… [swallows]
…Williams, Watsons, Wilkinsons.
Just a whole lot of W's.
I'm sorry, am I boring you?
Not at all.
I don't know what got into Hector earlier.
There's been a lot to organize
with the fundraiser and the wedding.
But how have you been?
If that's not a ridiculous question.
Numb.
At first.
- But now I've never felt more alert.
- You don't have to say that.
Actually, it's more than alert.
It's like I've been underwater for months
and I've finally broken the surface.
I can breathe again.
And my wife left me. It happens.
Just because it happens
doesn't mean it's not painful.
My life isn't over, Lizzy.
- [glasses clink]
- In fact,
I think it might just be getting started.
What do you want, Theo?
Another drink.
To begin with.
[Richard] Really?
Conchita…
[chattering, chuckling]
- [Conchita] I'll see you soon.
- See you soon.
[chuckles]
I mean, we've found the one, surely?
He's charming.
- [chuckles]
- He's so handsome. He's witty.
Are you in love with him, Dicky?
[chuckles] I mean for Mabel.
Come on, don't-don't you think
they'd get along?
Plus, the advance from her mother
has already gone on bills.
I know. I'm the one that paid them.
And if Mabel's not interested in that
remarkably well-rounded young man, then…
You'll marry him.
[both chuckle]
[grunting, breathing heavily]
Ma'am?
I'm quite capable, thank you, Gerald.
Though I can't quite fathom how this
has gone rotten overnight. [pants]
Best to be rid of it, I suppose.
Even if it does seem a waste.
Running away, Blanche?
[sighs]
I'd have thought that a dowager duchess
would have people
to do this sort of thing.
It's good for the spirit. Apparently.
I hope you don't mind my intruding.
I did write to Tintagel,
only my letter was returned.
Hmm. Well, how did you know I'd be here?
This was always where you came
when times were turbulent.
You mean when my mother and I
were at each other's throats.
Oh, the shouting, the airborne plates.
[chuckles]
It's only recently occurred to me,
she might have been telling the truth
when she said
she had my best interests at heart.
I read the Duchess has been unwell.
And given our last meeting,
I couldn't help wondering,
and please tell me
if I'm speaking out of turn…
You're speaking out of turn.
The Duchess is gone.
Gone?
And Theo's not speaking to me.
It'll blow over in time.
But until then, I'm his mother
so of course, I'm in the firing line
for his entire life.
- Naturally.
- Hmm.
You know, I think we have been
going about this all the wrong way.
[both laughing]
- [splutters, laughing]
- Bravo.
[grunts]
[both grunt]
[Guy] And this is the hallway.
- Obviously. Uh,
- [Nan] Hmm.
these are the bedrooms.
Oh, uh, you can stay in my bed.
I mean, I'll sleep downstairs.
[sighs] I'll just let you unpack.
- Aw, you're so good.
- Yeah. Clever boy.
- [Jinny] You want him. Here.
- [cries]
[Guy] That's it. [shushes]
[sighs]
That was really a proper smile,
I think he was saving it for you.
Do you like him?
- What?
- You and Guy, are you…
- Nan.
- I gave up everything for you.
And all this time you were just
playing house. Living my life.
I know.
[breathes deeply]
And I would do it a hundred times over.
[Nan] Now that I'm here,
it feels like Guy is still miles away.
[Guy babbles, shushes]
[Honoria] No.
We're playing doubles,
if you'd care to join.
Absolutely not.
You know how I feel about racket sports.
Uh, we're not that desperate.
I was talking to Mabel.
[stammers] Oh, thanks.
Understandable.
I'm embarrassingly skilled.
Well, Conchita says
you have a fine backhand,
and I've just bumped into an old
school pal I'm rather keen to beat.
- Go on then.
- [squeals]
[chuckles] I'm attached to this punch.
- [Richard] Ready?
- [players laughing]
[grunts]
[grunts]
[both chuckle]
You are wonderful.
[Mabel chuckles] Thank you.
- [grunts]
- Conchita.
[groans]
You have an exquisite forehand.
- [grunts, chuckles] Incredible work.
- [chuckles] You were amazing.
All right, let's grab a drink.
I'm sure you're tired of losing to me.
No, wait. Mabel. Just one more game.
I'm gonna help Honoria with that punch.
[sighs]
[chuckles]
Uh, just me and you.
Did you pine for me?
You sure
Richard and Conchita can spare you?
[groans] Yeah,
I don't even really like badminton.
I think their plans for you
extend further than shuttlecocks.
Well, they can find someone else
to entertain Lord Boring. [chuckles]
He didn't look bored.
In fact, I think he might be
plotting his proposal as we speak.
What?
[coos]
Hi.
We're out of milk.
- Oh, I'll go.
- I'll go.
Well, perhaps you could both go.
Together. Alone.
Talk, fight, do whatever it is
you need to do to work things out.
- We… We don't… We're fine.
- Oh, it's really… We're fine.
[both chuckle]
[Guy] Hmm.
Over there is the lighthouse.
Or faro in Italian.
- It's designed in 1720…
- Guy. Guy, I don't care.
[sighs]
Right. [sighs]
Would you like to see the, uh, chiesa?
[Nan] No.
I came all the way here to see you.
[Guy] What are you doing?
- I'm just trying to be normal.
- [sighs] Nothing about this is normal.
No, you're right.
I'm the one who's acting strangely.
- What year was that lamppost made?
- It's just a shock.
You just turned up without warning.
You wrote to me and told me to come
if I wasn't happy.
But that was months ago.
I never got a reply.
- I thought you were happy.
- You don't want me here?
No. No…
[stammers] Of course I want you here.
You might have mentioned that
before I left my husband
- and my friends and my job…
- Before you…
Nan, I left my whole life behind
and I did it without question
because you asked me to.
What a hardship,
running away to this beautiful place,
living every day as you please!
You're so…
- So what?
- Spoiled.
Infuriating, entitled.
[sighs]
[sighs] I didn't believe it.
Today, at the market.
'Cause I've imagined you everywhere, Nan.
In every place we've been,
every town, boat.
The sunsets and laughter
and this-this ice cream,
which is actually meant to be incredible,
by the way, which just…
It was just nothing,
because all I could think about
was that I should've been there
sharing it with you.
[sighs]
Let's… Let's go home.
This… This was a bad idea.
Or we could get some ice cream.
[Guy sighing]
[giggling]
Ah, it was nothing. Really. Thank you.
[Lizzy] Hector?
Why have you been hiding
at your own party?
It feels like Theo's party. [scoffs]
I thought all this was
supposed to be about the school.
Exactly.
And now all anyone will talk about today
is the magnanimous duke
and his generous donation,
which in the morning
he'll barely even remember.
Does it matter?
Today wasn't just about raising funds.
It was about raising awareness,
and not of him.
[sighs]
I thought
you were more generous than this.
Maybe you overestimated me.
Lizzy. [sighs]
[mutters]
[sighs]
Lizzy?
What? What do you want?
An explanation of what I've done wrong
might be a start.
What are you doing here?
I was invited, so you'll forgive
my thinking I was welcome.
You know, we'd all love
to be able to do that.
To swoop in and be the hero.
It was hardly heroic.
I was bidding like everybody else.
- I thought you'd be grateful.
- Excuse me?
For the… For the school.
For my supporting of the school.
Hector has been fundraising
for five years, Theo.
You haven't even come before today.
Hector's right, this whole thing has been
all about you and your bruised ego,
because you can't handle the fact that
anyone would ever leave you, the duke,
and the extraordinary prize that is you.
Perhaps I shouldn't have come.
Perhaps you shouldn't have come!
So why did you?
You know full well.
I have to get back to the party.
[sighs deeply]
So, what next?
Well, there's an outbuilding
I could do without.
We wait. And hope that Annabel comes back.
And if she doesn't?
He's a duke with a failed marriage.
Reputations are ruined by far less.
Well, I don't know anything
about ruined reputations,
but for heartbreak,
I always found a good bottle
of Châteauneuf-du-Pape takes the edge off.
Is that right?
I got through an entire case of it
a week after we…
after you. [sighs]
It's closed.
Maybe next time?
[in Italian] Welcome! Are you here for the
Bride or the Groom?
[stammers, speaks Italian]
We'd like an ice cream, Sir.
But we can come back tomorrow.
No, not tomorrow. Come now.
Come in! Come to the wedding!
Everyone's welcome!
- Can we?
- You are welcome to join us.
Follow me!
[in English] Follow me!
You speak Italian?
Do you ever…
wonder what it would have been like
if we…
Ran away together?
["Superstar" playing]
No.
Because I'm quite sure
we would have been deliriously happy.
- You think?
- Oh, I'm certain.
But then,
I suppose one always feels like that
about the path not taken.
If we had made a life together, who knows?
You'd have despised my snoring
and I'd want to throttle you
for chewing too loudly.
[chuckles]
The fact it remained a fantasy
is precisely what makes it so appealing.
So, it's still appealing?
Enormously so.
[Nan] Oh.
[restaurant owner speaks Italian]
[in English] You will find my…
- Yes, please! Come on, come on!
- Look at this. Wow!
[chattering]
[no audible dialogue]
[all cheering]
[all exclaiming]
[restaurant owner speaks Italian]
[knocks on door]
[breathing heavily]
[Jinny breathing heavily]
[sighs]
Lizzy? What is it?
I'm fine.
[Lizzy sighing]
I'm not certain, but I think we may have
just had our first argument.
[breathing heavily] I blame the punch.
Well, I blame myself
for being a pompous fool.
I'll apologize to the Duke.
No.
I spoke to him, he…
[sighs] …he didn't even notice.
[breathing heavily]
Right.
Someone will be back any moment.
Is that true or are you just saying it
because you're scared of me?
[Freddie coos]
[Jinny] Don't touch him!
A boy.
- [breathes heavily] Please don't.
- Oh. Oh.
- [crying]
- Oh, yes.
Thank you… [sighs]
…for taking care of our child.
- What's his name?
- I would like you to go now.
[Seadown] Jinny, look at you!
Doing so well, so far from home!
With only Guy to look after you…
I-I know how guilty you must feel,
keeping him from his life.
I only worry that one day…
[Jinny shushes]
…that little boy is going to ask
why he doesn't know his father.
And you're going to have to answer him.
[shushes]
[Jinny] I won't let you take my baby.
What do you think of me?
A child needs a mother.
God knows I may have seemed
hard-hearted in the past,
but you make me a better man.
Jinny, I love you.
And all I want is to be a father
to our son.
- God, I've missed you.
- I-I'd like you to leave now, please.
This is the name of my hotel.
Just to talk.
You need time. I understand. But…
please…
don't give up on our family.
Only us.
Remember?
[door opens]
- [door closes]
- [breathing shakily]
If you're going to ask me to play
- more racket games…
- [Conchita] I'm not.
Good. Then tell Lord What's-his-face
to find another partner.
You know, I think you two
would have actually gotten along
if you'd given him the chance.
So you were trying to set us up.
Why not?
You're both interesting and fun
and better than average
at competitive sports.
I'm hardly shy, Conchita.
If I see someone I like,
I'll speak to them.
Will you?
Because I haven't seen you
so much as glance at anybody since…
Well, since Miles.
Darling, don't you wanna meet someone?
You sound like my mother.
[chuckles]
Well, she did ask me
to help find you a match.
You mean she's paying you,
and you didn't tell me?
Well, I'm telling you now.
And I'm pretty good at this.
If you'd let me, I could find you someone
that you'd be delighted with.
Like I did with Cora. And since then,
- girls have been flocking to us.
- [chuckles] Can you hear yourself?
Conchita… [stammers]
…I'm not just one of those random girls
you can set up with a bore-Lord.
I'm your oldest friend,
and all of our others are disappearing.
The Conchita I knew was all about
true love and adventure.
You never cared about money.
Because I had it.
It's like standing in a lake
and saying that
you don't care for water. I…
I have a child now.
I won't apologize for wanting to give her
the same kind of life that we both had.
[chuckles] Okay, well, be sure
to bill my mother for your time then.
[Mabel sighs]
I'm going to France before the wedding.
I have a house over there. Nothing grand.
Come with me.
If you like it, if my table manners
are not too intolerable…
[chuckles]
…then perhaps you might consider
something more permanent.
That is a very lovely offer.
[sighs] But you can't accept.
Theodore may believe
he doesn't need me anymore,
but I fear the coming weeks
may prove otherwise.
I have no idea
how this is all going to resolve,
but I do know I have to be here.
For Theodore.
Besides…
this way…
we get to keep the dream alive
a little longer.
[sighs]
[romantic pop music playing]
- [guests chattering]
- [girls laughing]
Starting their lives. Together.
[guests cheering, applauding]
I missed you.
Thank you for today.
I, uh…
[music ends]
I want you to be happy, Lizzy.
In fact, I confess, it's pretty much
all I think of these days.
[sighs]
How could I not be?
[Lizzy sighing]
[breathing shakily]
We mustn't be scared, Freddie.
Nan will help us. Nan always helps.
[breathing shakily]
[Guy, Nan laughing]
Whoo.
[Nan whoops]
[sighs]
[Freddie fusses]
Will you still love me when we're older?
How old are we talking?
Mmm, a hundred and five.
Ooh… think so. Hundred and six
I might go off you a little bit.
[chuckles]
[yawns]
Mmm. All right, time to sleep.
You mean this isn't a dream?
[sad music playing]
[Guy sighs]
[Freddie coos]
[Jinny sighs]
[door opens]
How was your evening?
We forgot the milk.
[chuckles]
What about you? What did you do?
Um…
I…
[sighs] …did, you know, the usual.
Lots of champagne and dancing.
Had to choose between this big,
glamorous party, and this ball.
But, you know, I just settled on
sitting in bed on my own,
missing everybody that I loved,
and watching Freddie
gurgle at the ceiling. [chuckles]
Well, this place is a paradise.
[chuckles] Mmm.
It's when you know you can't go home, it…
[stammers] …it starts
to feel like a prison.
[sighs]
[sighs]
[Guy] Thought you'd run away.
Do you want to go for a swim?
I'm dying to show you
this part of the ocean. It's…
[music ends]
Nan… What's happened?
Hey, it's all right.
No. It's not.
Last night was
one of the most amazing nights of my life.
But this morning, when I saw Jinny,
she looked so lost.
I'm frightened for her.
She can never go back home,
and the only hope I have of changing that
is by getting the bill passed.
Finishing what Hector and I started.
We were getting somewhere,
and I was good at it,
but I can only help my sister if I'm…
A duchess.
I see.
Guy, I'm so sorry. I really am so sorry.
So this was just a holiday.
No, 'cause on a holiday, you unpack.
So, what was it, a little trip?
A fun excursion?
No, this is not what that was.
Well, it wasn't a whim, Nan.
What was it, cruelty?
Why come?
You know there's nowhere else
I'd rather be.
You know there still isn't
anywhere else I'd rather be.
So… So, I'll just stay here then, shall I?
Where you've put me.
I'll just wait around
till the next time you feel a bit weary
of all those balls and those galas
and the swanning about with your husband.
- You know I'm terrified.
- Of what?
Having to make a choice and stick with it?
No, of never seeing you again!
Of never getting to kiss you again!
Of never dancing with you
at any other wedding.
[Guy sighs]
You know what? You're right.
It's bigger than us.
You have things to do. Bigger than us.
- Bigger than ice cream.
- Don't resent me
for needing to save my sister.
Huh. Nan, I don't resent you for leaving,
I resent you for coming.
Okay? For giving me a glimpse of this.
Of you here. Of us.
[sighs]
Guy. Guy.
I have to live my life, Nan.
[Nan] Please, just…
Go back to your castle.
["killing time" playing]
[chuckles]
[Seadown] Jinny, you came.
- His name's Freddie.
- [Freddie babbles]
You sure?
Ask me tomorrow.
[both moaning]