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- This place, this place

filled with golfers?

Oh, it's a crazy dream.

- It's not a joke.

We have two months to start

showing a profit, okay?

Otherwise we're out of business.

- Okay, I'll get right on it.

- Hi.

- Oh, hello, you must be lost.

- Ms. Papadopoulos, welcome.

I'm so happy to see you again.

Ms. Papadopoulos is

a professional golfer

from the United States.

- Oh, the cavalry come

to save us, good luck.

- And Thomas is our greenskeeper

and have a lot of work to do.

Go, Thomas.

So, when can we start?

- Oh, wait, hold on,

not so fast, I have...

- excuse me, it's Henderson

and give Ms. Papadopoulos a tour

and I'll be right

back, I'm sorry.

- So, you wanna have a look

around our little sinking ship?

- Oh, Mr. Henderson.

How nice to hear from

you this fine day.

- How about we cut

the crap, Pano?

Are things shaping up out there?

- Of course, sir, I've

just hired a golf pro.

- What's his name?

- His name, sir?

- Yeah, tough question,

what's his name?

- His name is

car, Carter, Zach

Carter, yes, Zach Carter.

- Where did you find him?

- Well, this is a

very interesting

and complicated story, sir.

- Well, how about you give

me the three second version?

- Yes, of course, sir.

He was working in

Elle's club in Dubai

and he needed a

change of scenery,

so I hired him immediately.

- Excellent, excellent,

but you know what, Pano?

I just decided I'm

not gonna fire you.

- Oh, thank you very

much, Mr. Henderson,

thank you, really,

very much, thank you.

- I'm all in.

- You are all in.

- The course looks

a little different than I remember it.

- How do you remember it?

- Beautiful, no?

- Well, you certainly

can't beat the views.

On the other hand, that

clubhouse could maybe use

a fresh coat of paint.

- Fresh coat of paint?

Yeah, well, that is viewing

the glass half full.

- So, have you thought

about my offer?

- I have, yes.

- And?

- I'm interested.

- You are?

- If we can make a deal.

- What did you have in mind?

- A few things.

I'm free to go whenever I want,

no contract, no commitments.

- Deal.

- I can use the course

whenever I want.

- Deal.

- I run all the

clinics by my own rules

and I take a 10% commission.

- Deal.

- But.

- Always there's a but.

- None of the

villagers have to pay.

- Well, what?

- Look, you can charge tourists

and out-of-towners anything

you want, I don't care,

but locals play for free.

- I'm afraid that's

impossible, Ms. Papadopoulos.

- Well, I'm afraid it's

non-negotiable, Mr. Malakis.

I mean, Mr. Manalakis.

- Pano, Pano, what

are you worried about?

Come on, the villagers

hardly ever play golf anyway,

even when the town

owned the course.

I mean, I'm sure they'd be happy

to live out the rest of their

days never playing golf.

- Don't worry, I can bring

you some paying customers.

It's just not gonna

be the locals.

Deal?

Good morning!

Good morning!

I thought I'd be

up before you guys.

- This is nothing

to wish for, Zoe,

the earlier you riser, that

means the older you are.

It's a fact.

- You want to help

us with the bread?

- Absolutely.

But you're gonna have

to remind me what to do.

It's been a while.

- You never forget

how to make bread.

It's like riding a bicycle.

Just throw your hands

in, there's no wrong way.

- Okay.

You guys must have

hands of steel.

You have to use your

whole body and you won't get tired.

- It is supposed to be an

"Agonas" Zoe,

you know "Agonas" struggle.

The dough is like life you see,

you give it everything you have

and after you've done all

you can with it, then what?

You release it into the fire,

so that something

new can become of it,

something better, bread,

but this transformation is

only possible with a struggle,

then after that, the letting go.

- I hope for nothing,

I fear nothing, I am free.

- Bravo.

- Thank you.

- Stella.

- Baba.

- Is that haralambous's bread?

- It is, would you like some?

- Please, thank

you, it is heavenly.

- You know,

we should hit some

balls sometime, father.

I'd love to see you play.

In fact, I'm running

a clinic this weekend.

- Clinic, do

you mean at the colossus?

- It's a temporary position.

- I could definitely use

a few pointers, but...

- a few pointers about?

- Well, I'm teaching a clinic

this weekend at the golf course.

Stella's invited, of course,

if she wants to come.

- Well, there's no

question of her wanting to.

- Well, it's free for locals.

It'll be fun.

- Does Panayiotis

know about this?

- Of course, he loves the idea.

- Well, then, I gladly accept.

- Good.

- I can safely say that

Stella gladly accepts, too.

Come on, let's go to bed.

You are drunk.

- Hey, there I am.

- So, wait, you're telling

me that your illustrious

if presently somewhat

compromised career began here?

- Yeah, that's my dad.

I guess that's why I can't help,

but have a soft

spot for this place.

I just want everyone to

love it as much as I do.

- Yeah, well, good

luck with that.

- What, you don't

think that we can

bring people around to

caring about colossus?

- Oh, whoa, what's this

we business, Ms. America?

Firstly, it's your

fool's errand,

should you wish to pursue it,

and secondly, I think

these people care too much.

It's pride.

There lies the problem.

- There are people

here for your clinic.

Two people on the course, zero

euro in the cash register.

- Hey!

- I remember the first

time that I watched a game.

It was so quiet, so much focus.

It felt like the players

were all having a

religious experience.

I had to see for myself

how hard can it be

to hit a ball into a hole.

Well, of course,

I soon found out.

Well, any idea how we get other

locals to come out and play?

- It might be a little tricky.

The course belonged to

the villagers, you know,

and even though most

people didn't play here,

we have always been

very proud to own it.

It was a terrible

blow when the crisis

forced us to sell

it to Mr. Henderson.

So, people might not like it

if they think you're

working on his behalf.

- But I hardly think

offering free clinics

is working on

Henderson's behalf.

I mean, I just love the game,

I wanna share it, that's all.

- Let's see what we can do.

I would like to remind

you that next week

we have organized a trip

to Panormitis at SIMI.

And for everyone

who may not know,

Zoe Papadopoulos has begin to

offering a free golf clinic

for everyone who wants

to learn to play golf

at the lovely local course.

And I understand there

will be free food

and free drinks at the clinic.

- So, what do you think?

Was that a positive response

back there or negative one?

- No, time will tell.

I'm going to Aliki's house, okay?

Yes, but be back at three.

No, please at four...

- Three, my love!

- Okay, at four it is!

- How about you?

Any interest in coming

to one of my clinics?

- Me?

- Yeah.

No, thanks, but no,

it's not for me.

Stella enjoyed herself

very much, though.

- I just thought that

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