Malory Towers (2020) s02e13 Episode Script


I have sad news, girls.
Despite all efforts,
I have no alternative
but to finalise the sale
of Malory Towers to Mr. Thomas.
Today is our last day.
He intends to knock down the building,
so the school must close.
He arrives at 11 to sign the contract.
Please, be on your best behaviour
and make me proud.
He can't.
There must be something we can do.
I know this is upsetting.
The building may close, but remember,
the friends you've made at Malory Towers
are yours for life.
Will you be opening somewhere else?
I hope so.
Yes.
But that won't be possible
for some years to come.
I'm sorry,
I've let you down, but you have also
let yourselves down.
You haven't lived up to the standards we set
Malory Towers Girls,
and this must be set right
before you leave the school.
Ellen was accused of theft--
wrongly--
but we know the real thief
is in the form, in this very room.
The girl responsible must come forward today.
This is her last chance
to do the honourable thing.
But if she doesn't, and you know who she is,
then you must tell us.
Or you too will be guilty
of helping the thief get away
with her crime.
This is not tale telling,
it is truth telling.
I'll miss this so much.
I'll miss you.
Ron, have you heard the news?
We got our notices last night.
But what will you do?
I'll find something.
I'll write, I promise--
we can still be friends.
Come up to the school later,
say a proper goodbye?
Darrell, wait.
I found this on the beach.
Isn't this Georgina's mirror?
And that's Alicia's.
Why on earth are they on the beach?
[SIGHS]
There's something I need to
I need to explain what
Gwen! What are you doing here?
I'm waiting to say goodbye to Miss Grayling,
thank her for everything
she's done for me.
You are a good sort, Gwen.
I-I am so sorry
I let your mother's parcel fall yesterday.
I hope you don't get in trouble.
I'd really rather not talk about it.
Come in with us.
We're going to give her our card and Mary-Lou's drawing.
Mr. Parker's in there.
I've been waiting ages.
I'll come back later.
[DOOR OPENS]
Well, don't congratulate me yet,
I've still to pop the question.
"Pop the question"? Does he mean?
And, Kenneth,
if I can arrange for you to use
the chapel this summer, I will.
Thank you.
[GASPS]
He does!
A wedding.
How romantic.
Mr. Parker's getting married!
Well, he kept that under his hat.
Who to, I wonder.
[CHUCKLE]
I saw the mirror glinting,
and the pen was nearby.
Look!
Something else here.
Isn't this the spot where Mary-Lou
fell off the cliff?
That was here?
She's lucky to be alive.
This is where the cliff fell
down and where that cross
of Lady Jane's you're looking for came down.
Sally, do you recognise this?
Is that the person Mary-Lou
was taking to the post?
Yes, it is.
"Mrs. SLM Lacey".
Why would our stolen things
be in Gwen's parcel to her mother?
Let me see.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Well, my mother and I were victims of theft,
and even if I was
the thief, why would I send
the stolen goods to my mother?
It wasn't you who addressed
the parcel, though, was it?
This is Mary-Lou's handwriting.
You did steal those things, didn't you?
No! Gwen, don't lie!
I'm not.
I acquired them, yes, but I didn't steal.
I planned to give them back to you.
I don't believe you.
Why, Gwen?
Why would you take her belongings?
Please don't tell Miss Grayling.
It was a mistake.
You don't understand
Gwen, you heard Miss Grayling -
if you don't confess yourself,
of course we have to tell.
But first, you must identify
the items so we can return them.
This is Jean's Sewing Kit.
This is my hanky!
I didn't even know it was missing.
Whose is this?
I don't know.
I've never seen that before.
I'll open it.
That'll tell us who.
What?
What is it?
Lady Jane Malory?
Oh, my.
And this must be Fast Jack.
What was that doing on the beach?
Could it be Lady Jane's treasure?
That sounds like it needs investigating.
Let's go check the inventory
with Miss Grayling.
You're coming with us, Gwen, to confess.
Come on.
Oh, well, if you think
you're getting your mitts
on my kippers
Oh, what does it matter now?
There.
So that's your name.
Oh, I suppose it fits.
- Matron?
- [CAT MEOWS]
Matron.
We've come to collect our health certificates.
Oh, they're-they're on my desk.
Help yourselves.
Wait, Matron, have you heard that Mr. Park?
Shh!
Nothing.
What?
Did you see how sad she looked?
Malory Towers-- it's her life.
I'm sure she knows other people
have exciting things to move onto,
but let's not rub it in.
What will she do when the school closes?
Is she going to be alone?
- [KNOCKING AT DOOR]
- Miss Grayling?
Miss Grayling, may we come in?
Miss Grayling?
It's not right for us to go in,
not if she's not in here.
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
You're right.
I'll just wait outside.
Not on your nelly.
You're not leaving.
Yes! Look, there was a locket
on the inventory of treasures.
Could it be there are other
treasures on the beach?
They would have been washed away long since.
Except we found the locket right
under where Mary-Lou fell. So?
So what if the cross
and the treasure beneath
it wasn't washed out to sea?
You mean?
It could be lodged into the side of the cliff.
If it was, when Mary-Lou fell,
her kicking at the cliff face
could have disturbed it.
What if it's all still there?
Mr. Thomas arrives at 11 o'clock.
That's 20 minutes.
We'll go look for the other treasures on the beach.
You find Miss Grayling,
tell her that she cannot sign the contract
till we're back.
If the jewels are as valuable as Miss Grayling says,
she won't need to sell.
We could save the school.
Gwen, not so fast.
You're coming with me.
if I'm going to hold off Miss
Grayling from signing,
I'm going to need your wheedling skills.
Wheedling skills?!
Alicia, I've never wheedled in my entire life.
- [LAUGH]
- What?
Come on, Gwen.
Oh
It's all just so sad,
and poor Matron and Miss Grayling.
They lose their jobs and their home.
I've got a corner of fruitcake left.
Matron loves cake.
I just wish I had time to do her drawing.
Look.
It can't be.
I don't understand.
Is she possibly?
Is Matron Mr. Parker's sweetheart?!
[CHUCKLE INCREDULOUSLY]
Here, Kenny.
Here, kitty kitty.
Don't worry, Ellen, we will find him.
We must.
If the school is closing, we can't just abandon him here.
Jean, Ellen, we need you.
But we need Listen, we think we
found Lady Jane's missing treasure.
What?
So Miss Grayling might not have to sell the school.
Mr. Thomas arrives to 11,
Alicia is asking Miss Grayling
to hold off signing till we get back,
but see if you can stall them too,
do whatever it takes.
We've looked everywhere.
Her quarters, the staffroom, the garden.
Oh, well, never mind.
You don't want to find her, do you?
Of course I do.
You'd rather the school close,
so then you don't have to confess.
But I'm going to make you own up
no matter what.
You don't deserve mercy.
You're so mean.
I'm glad Miss Grayling decided
against the final assembly.
You'd have probably dragged me in there and
No assembly.
The hall!
You're right.
That's where she is!
Quick, it's the one place
[SIGHS]
Maybe he's not coming.
Maybe it's all off.
There he is.
Oh, no, it's a squirrel.
[ENGINE REVS]
No, it is him.
Look.
RON: What are we going to do?
There's nothing here.
Darrell?
Sally?
What about over there?
Anything?
It was always a long shot.
We better go.
Wait, what's that?
If it was Lady Jane's,
the jewels are long gone.
Hang about--
there's a secret compartment.
[LAUGH]
Pearls? Rubies?
Sapphires, emeralds?
It must be worth thousands.
Quick, you should get back.
Maybe we can save the school
If we get to Miss Grayling in time.
Thank you, Ron.
Thank you.
Four tall towers teach how to strive ♪
To be women the world can lean on ♪
Women who will thrive ♪
The games of our girlhood
will stand in good stead ♪
The lessons we learn today ♪
Will forge our lives ahead ♪
And with faded eyesight ♪
We'll look back across the years ♪
We'll salute those tall towers ♪
Those golden days as girls ♪
Your clifftop days
and your golden hours ♪
Will guide us through
our future years ♪
Hand in hand, we'll lead a legacy ♪
Miss Grayling!
Miss Grayling!
Good gracious, girls, is there an emergency?
Yes, Darrell and Sally have found the treasure.
Well, at least they think they have.
It's on the beach.
They're getting it now.
Don't sign the contract.
Oh, girls, the treasure was lost centuries ago.
It won't be on the beach.
It is! We have proof.
Where's the locket?
Erm, in the dorm or in the study.
Please, just wait while we get it.
Alicia, I understand why
you want to delay the inevitable,
but these tactics are beneath you
and they must stop now.
Is there a reason Mr. Thomas is late?
What a lovely motor car.
The shiny bits are very shiny.
Oh, it's hot.
Oh, Mr. Thomas, I think I burned my hand.
No, I really have burnt my hand.
Perhaps you should go to the sanatorium.
Now, I have somewhere to be.
No.
Excuse me, I'm going inside.
No, wait, Mr. Thomas, please.
- Your coa
- [FABRIC TEARING]
coat is stuck in the car door.
What is it about this school and my suits?
What is the meaning of this, girls?
Welcome, Mr. Thomas.
Shall we go inside?
So I, the undersigned,
sign ownership of Malory Towers
to Mr. Francis Thomas.
Miss Grayling, stop, don't sign!
We found the treasure! Enough.
I've made my position on this quite clear.
No, please, look.
We have Lady Jane's jewels.
Someone's raided the costume trunk.
They're real.
Miss Grayling doesn't want to sell our school,
and these means she doesn't have to.
Girls, please don't talk
to Mr. Thomas like that.
Thank you.
Now, Miss Grayling, if we could sign.
Darrell, Sally, it was wrong of you
to go to the beach
without permission.
But thank goodness you did.
Thank you, girls.
Look here.
Could we get back to business?
Mr. Thomas, I'm afraid I've changed my mind.
I won't be signing
the sale agreement after all.
Malory Towers will remain standing.
So it's real, then.
It really is the Malory treasure.
Oh, yes, of that I have no doubt.
DARRELL: We actually did it!
SALLY: I can't believe it.
Darrell, Sally
That's so amazing.
I hope my help finding Miss Grayling
will help you to look more favourably
upon my error of judgment.
It's not up to us, Gwen.
Hm.
Miss Grayling is the one who decides
if you come back next year.
I apologise, with all my heart,
for any inconvenience.
And, of course,
I'll pay any legal fees incurred.
Now, where's my daughter?
Georgina?
Goodbye, Miss Grayling.
Goodbye, Georgina.
I do hope you'll be back, perhaps
with your own daughters.
Come on, then, girl.
Let's not waste any more time here.
Georgina!
Your mirror!
Oh, I wondered where that had got to.
Thank you.
I didn't realise how much
I was going to miss this place
till right now.
Come along.
The sooner we're out of here, the better.
Georgina, shall we?
[ENGINE STARTS]
I suppose you're going to expel me.
Well, you have admitted your offence
and that is in your favour.
But, Gwen, taking other people's
belongings is a very serious matter.
I'm not a Malory Towers girl
am I?
[SNIFFLES]
I don't deserve to be here.
Do you want to be a Malory Towers girl?
Yes.
More than anything I do.
And do you have the qualities?
Sometimes.
I can do the right thing,
like when I rescued Mary-Lou.
But I find it difficult
to keep it up all the time.
I want to, I do.
I still believe in you, Gwen, and I would give
you a second chance.
Thank you.
But, ultimately, now that the school
is staying open
it must be in the hands of your form.
Oh, no. Oh, yes.
It is they who'll be sharing a classroom
and a dormitory with you.
You must tell them why you stole.
And they will decide whether you're
still one of them or not.
[SNIFFLES]
[LAUGHTER]
[GIRLS CHATTER]
[BELL RINGS]
So there's a telegram.
I hope it's not bad news.
It's from my parents.
I suppose they've changed
their minds about the halls.
Perhaps I'll be staying after all.
My old skating coach is managing
the Canadian junior team.
They've offered me a trial.
That's marvellous, isn't it?
But if I get in,
I'll be gone a whole year.
Representing Canada-- it's amazing.
I'll miss you all so much.
Even me?
Gwen, where have you been?
Went to Miss Grayling, I confessed.
Well, what did she say?
She said it was up to you all,
if you'll let me stay.
If we are to make a decision,
we need to understand why you did it.
I started stealing things because
my father stole my pocket money.
Why didn't you tell us?
We would have helped you out.
I just couldn't.
I was ashamed.
But you weren't ashamed to steal?
I didn't really think of it as stealing.
None of you really like me.
That's not true.
Sometimes we don't like the things
you do, but you can change that.
I-I saw the pretty things
and how much you love them,
and somehow I
I felt less lonely,
knowing you special things were in my trunk.
It's really sad.
It's really bad.
I suppose it's a mixture of both, really.
Go on, Gwen.
I did try and give you your things back.
I managed it with your lucky coin,
but it was so hard, so I sent them away.
Your handkerchief.
I never meant to keep all of your things.
What about Ellen?
I never stole anything from Ellen.
You did.
You took my reputation and my good name.
I'm sorry, Ellen.
Really, truly, I am.
I expect you all hate me more
than you did before
and none of you are going to want
me to stay here.
We'll put it to a vote.
I can't bear it.
I know what I deserve.
I'll just go.
Good riddance.
Wait.
Alicia was forgiven
for accusing me of being the thief.
I was forgiven for for cheating.
Doesn't Gwen deserve a second chance, too?
I agree with Ellen.
Yes, me too.
Me three.
And I agree.
Well, it shouldn't be down to me, should it?
As I'm going to be going next year?
So, if you're all in agreement
Gwen
we all want you to stay.
But you have to turn over a new leaf.
I will, I promise.
Nothing crossed.
[GIRLS CHATTER]
I hope you put your bathers
in your night case.
The first thing we'll do when we get
to mine is go for a dip.
Are you sure you're all right about Gwen?
It's not that.
I just I wish I'd found my cat.
Who will feed him over the summer?
Let's go find him.
I'm not getting on that coach till we do.
- [LAUGH]
- Let's check the grounds.
What is this?
A mother's meeting?
I'm afraid you'll be on your own
these halls, matron.
Don't miss me, will you?
No chance of that.
I have company of my own this summer.
Company, Matron?
I suppose you could say that Kenny
and I have come to an understanding.
Told you!
You heard Miss Grayling call Mr. Parker Kenneth.
I was right-- Matron and Kenny.
[LAUGH]
Now, the coach will be here soon.
Come along.
[LAUGH INCREDULOUSLY]
Here, kitty kitty!
Oh!
I wish I hadn't already found myself another position.
We were lucky
to have you for as long as we did.
Oh, and I see someone who's even luckier.
Take care.
Bye.
Poppy!
Absolutely stunning.
Oh, my goodness.
Did he just kiss her?
She is a sweetheart, Irene.
But aren't you his intended, Matron?
We saw him propose on one knee.
Ha-ha-ha, oh, child,
you'll be the death of me.
I was trying to coax the cat
from under the cabinet.
Mr. Parker was helping me get him out.
Oh
I'd choose a cat over a man any day.
You said Kenny. Kenny!
You found my cat.
Oh, Matron, you found him.
Thank goodness!
So you've been looking
after the cat all year?
Well, with your permission,
I'll look after him and he'll look
after me this summer.
[GASPS]
Yes!
DARRELL: Goodbye, Malory Towers.
Thank you for the adventures
and see you next term.
[LAUGH]
Four tall towers ♪
That train by esteem ♪
Of the cliff corner view
of the school of our dreams ♪
We came here as girls ♪
To be women of the world ♪
And we'll do so with prosperity. ♪
[LAUGHTER]