Enduring Love

Wow.

Thank you.

This is bliss.

Mm.

Take this.

Looks posh.

It's the poshest of the posh.

It's really difficult.

You know... I wanted um...

I didn't think

it was going to be like this, but...

F***.

Argh!

- Grandad!

- Argh!

Grandad, help!

The ripcord!

Pull the ripcord!

Get the boy out!

- Jump out!

- Argh!

Get him out.

Just get him out!

- Climb out!

- Grandad!

- Grab the rope.

- Pull the ripcord.

The ripcord!

The red one!

No! No!

Grandad!

All right!

Argh!

Pull it now. The ripcord.

- What's your name?

- Harry.

Do you want to get out?

Let's get you out of there.

His name was John Logan.

He was a GP from Oxford.

Had a wife and a small child.

F***.

Maybe he thought it was his duty.

I don't think

he felt obliged to kill himself.

- It's not in the Hippocratic oath, is it?

- Exactly.

He was just a good bloke.

Well, I couldn't have done it.

You would have done the same.

I couldn't. I'm a born coward.

He just hung there for a few seconds.

Like he was going to flap his arms

and fly away like a cartoon.

Bugs Bunny.

Tom and Jerry.

- Tweety Pie.

- Tweety Pie.

But he didn't, did he?

I mean, what do you do?

It was like suddenly I was the leader.

Everyone all right?

These people need my help.

You know, sh*t like that.

No, you were. You were like a... a...

- A mummy. Zombie.

- Zombie.

- You were.

- I mean, there was a body to be found.

Work to be done.

There might be something we can do.

And he might not be dead.

Do you think he's dead?

But in a funny way

I knew what he meant,

because I kept on expecting him...

...to... to... get up... walk away. I...

Maybe he was in shock.

I was in shock.

I'm in shock now.

There's... not a lot we can do now.

We can pray.

I find it helps... at times like this.

Well...

it's really not my thing.

- I think you really need to.

- Look, sorry, no. You, please.

I... If you need to, then go ahead.

Why won't you?

Well, don't you think he prayed?

Please.

Please.

What happened to the boy?

He pulled himself together, brought the

balloon down in a field five miles away.

Oh, no.

Oh, God.

So the doctor died for nothing.

That's terrible.

It doesn't make any sense, does it?

You tried. You did the best you could.

You're so brave. Isn't he brave?

I'd have been a gibbering wreck.

I am a gibbering wreck.

Yeah, well... I'd have started shrieking.

Running around wringing my hands

and twisting my ankle.

So, yeah.

But I let go of the rope. I let go.

- But if you hadn't...

- Yeah, but I let go.

- If you hadn't, I'd be here without you.

- I let go.

Yeah, but if I hadn't have let go...

If none of us had let go...

...we could've brought that balloon down.

Oh, I'm sorry.

She's teething.

Listen. You flew through the air.

You were actually airborne.

It was an airborne rescue attempt.

You know, you wrestled with the gods

and you lived.

Compared to most people,

you're a f***ing action hero.

It was the wind.

It was the wind.

Would you stop saying that?

It wasn't the f***ing wind.

Urh!

Hey. Come here.

Hey.

When we say we're in love...

...what does it mean?

Could it be that this complex...

...dazzling transformative feeling

is just an illusion?

Could it be just a trick, a trick played

on us by nature just to make us f***?

We imagine that love is meaningful.

But could it in fact be...

...meaningless?

Spud.

How's your love life?

Mummy!

Mum!

- Hello.

- Hello, mate. It's Jed.

You know... from the balloon.

Hi.

Um... how did you get this number?

Oh... er... yeah... um...

the police gave it to me.

So... um...

...what's the problem?

I was wondering

whether you'd like to meet up.

Actually, you know, I'm... I'm...

I'm really, really busy at the moment.

In fact, I'm just right

in the middle of something now, so...

I really wouldn't mind...

talking about this, you know.

- Talking about what?

- Oh, you know... things.

- What are you doing now?

- Um...

- Well, to...

- Look, look, I know you're busy.

I know this is a bit forward of me.

Look, look, I'll make you a promise.

Just see me this once, yeah,

and I'll never bother you again.

That's a solemn promise,

do you know what I mean?

I just... really think we should...

...talk about what happened.

I mean, what was all that about, eh?

F***.

It's like, you know, f***.

Where are you?

- Oh, I can come to you.

- No, no, no.

Just... um... Just tell me where you are.

I'm er... I'm in the park across the street.

How you doing, mate?

Good to see you, Jez. How are you?

- Jed.

- Sorry?

- Jed. Jed Parry.

- Sorry.

- Jed, Jed. How are you?

- Hi.

So...

- There's a caff up the road. I thought...

- I've eaten.

- Cook a blinding fry-up.

- I've already had breakfast. Thanks.

Well, I'd rather go inside, if you know

what I mean, it's quite important.

Can't you tell me here?

You... You know what I'm talking about.

Do you want me to spell it out?

Yeah, I think I would, actually.

- I'm a bit in the...

- Come on, Joe, be a sport.

- I've got a lot of work to do.

- Nonsense.

I have. I'm in the middle of something.

I don't know what this is about.

Don't pretend you don't know

what I'm talking about.

- Well, I don't.

- Why can't you just say it?

Just say it.

- Open up to me.

- Look...

Thanks, but um...

...I've... I've got to go

and do something else.

Right.

Well, bye. Bye, then.

OK.

See you, bye.

Bye.

Hes just sort of weirdly familiar,

like he knows me

or we're old friends or something.

Well, maybe he's lonely.

Yeah.

That's what I thought. Just lonely.

He's very friendly.

Well, he sounds nice.

Joe?

So, we're saying

art is just an evolutionary tool.

Perhaps all sorts of complex human

behaviour serves the same purpose.

Perhaps moral behaviour's another one.

Fairness. Kindness. Self-sacrifice.

So... So, it's nothing to do

w-w-with character

or... or p-personality,

or, you know, simple... goodness.

Maybe that's an illusion, too.

Wow.

That's excellent.

She's kind and er... bright

and she has a good sense of humour and...

The trouble is, she only speaks Polish.

Where did you meet her?

She's the au pair.

Classy. That's very classy.

But she is... so much more than that, um...

You're my sister.

You're supposed to say something nice.

F***ing hell!

- When we get married...

- Uh-huh.

...if we get married...

- Yeah.

...we'll have so many children that if you

left, the child support would cripple you.

I mean, what if you run off

with the au pair, anyway?

We haven't got an au pair.

I mean, if we get one.

Depends what she looks like.

You might be tempted.

Can't imagine that happening.

- Well, how can you be sure?

- I meant, I can't imagine being tempted.

I don't want to leave it too late, Joe.

Ah!

Procreation and all that stuff.

Well, you know, we'll cross that bridge

when we come to it.

I think we have come to it.

- What now?

- Mm.

Psst!

I thought you said we weren't

going to see each other again.

Haven't you got something

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