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Says you. Since I was a little girl

you told me those are the rules.

You mean I didn't tell you about

the special exemption for

very Important Piano Recitals?

Oh yeah right. Exemptions.

I buy that... Not.

You know I liked it better when you

just agreed with everything I said.

How about some soup?

Well, you're just in time.

This is your place.

Come on, sit down.

Victoria would you...

Sure. Sam made this. It's his

world famous potato and leek soup.

World famous.

There's your napkin.

Bread?

Oh no! This is a spoon. And this...

...is your spoon. Like this...

Oh my...

Oh, great! A duet.

My name is Danny.

I think we won't put a bandage back on

and we'll let some air get to this.

You're gonna be just fine.

I've been meaning to ask you.

What is this?

OK. No problem.

I wasn't going to take it off.

Y'know, when I was a kid

I had a cowboy hat.

I slept in it, I ate in it, I bathed in it.

Anybody tried to take it off,

I had the same reaction.

So...

Anyway, I've been thinking. You been

cooped up in here for weeks now.

Would you like to get some fresh air?

Stretch your legs?

It's nice outside.

It's nice in here.

You're afraid that if you go out

you won't be able to come back in?

We'll come back. Promise.

Tell you the truth, I...

I could use a little help.

With pianos?

Walking Victoria to school.

OK...

Alright, we'll be back to get you

at 3 o'clock.

I am 18, Sam.

Yeah, for a whole week and a half.

Don't worry.

Bye

Bye

Bye

You all right?

She kissed me.

Yeah, I know, she does that.

How was it?

Wet.

Is that all?

Nice.

Wet. Nice.

Sounds like what a kiss

ought to feel like.

Come on, we've got a lot to do.

- Hello, luv. Love.

- Good morning Maddy.

Maddy runs the best supermarket

in all of Glasgow.

Maddy, this is Danny.

Hello, Danny.

- He's a little shy.

- I like my men to be shy.

Presents a challenge for a girl.

I'm just going give him some

of the finer points of shopping.

Couldn't have a better teacher.

My mother could take two stones

and a cup of water

and make a three course meal.

As soon as I was old enough, she gave

me the secret to great cooking.

And now I'm going to teach it to you.

So, you ready to learn the secret

to great cooking?

Yes.

OK, here it is.

Food talks.

Food talks?

Didn't know that, did you?

No

Food talks.

It will tell you everything

you need to know.

All you have to do is learn the language.

Take this melon here for instance, now.

What do you think that's saying?

Yeah, but it's also saying "I am ripe".

You know what ripe means, don't you?

No.

Ripe means sweet.

And sweet means good.

The kiss was ripe.

No, no. The kiss was sweet.

The melon is ripe.

But ripe means sweet.

Well, when you're talking about food.

Kisses are nourishing in their own way

but kisses are...

Kisses are complicated. For now,

let's just stick to melons, OK?

Yeah... Good bread is fresh. Here...

Fresh.

Smell it. Fresh

Fresh

Good. All right, get some bread.

Ok now comes the hard part...

Cooking.

Over there in that cabinet.

There's a large round pot...

Would you get it for me?

Now when we cook the food

it speaks to us in another language,

which we listen to

with our tongues by tasting.

Look at these beauties.

Yeah... Now, you know you've got good

sausage when they're attached like this.

Mmm... Found something didn't you?

Well, let's see.

That's Victoria when

she was a little baby.

And that's Victoria with her mom.

Her father was my best friend.

He died before Victoria was born.

Her mother was my best friend also.

So after he died, she and I got married.

Then there was a car accident

when Victoria was 7 years old.

Her mother was killed

and I lost my eyesight.

Victoria was left with me.

Funny how families get made, isn't it?

You got family?

Don't know.

Well you must have.

Everybody's got family somewhere.

I don't remember then.

Well, maybe you will one day.

The pots are in there.

Earth to Danny...

Sam sent me.

All by yourself?

Wow. Big day. We should celebrate.

What's that?

Celebrate? It means we should

do something special.

Sam said "right home".

Come on...

Thank you.

This is the cone and

this is the ice cream.

You ever have ice cream before?

No.

Well, this is vanilla ice cream.

Vanilla's white.

Vanilla is white.

Go on, taste it.

Oh no, just work it around.

Work it around.

Oh my god!

You know the thing about ice cream

is first it's cold, but then it's sweet

and if you freeze your mouth out,

you're never gonna be able

to taste the sweet part.

So look here's how you do it...

Sweet is good.

Yeah right. So look. You lick...

Like that...

There you go.

How's that?

Look, you're getting it everywhere!

Sh*t, actually, we should really hurry.

Come on.

You OK?

Yeah.

Finish it quickly.

Remember, if Sam asks where

we were, you let me do the talking.

If he knows we had ice cream

before dinner,

he'll be pissed we ruined our appetite.

Understand?

What's "appetite"?

Appetite's what you have if you don't

have a belly full of ice cream.

How's my mouth?

Nice.

No it's not. It's full of hardware.

But not for much longer.

Do you miss your mom?

Everyday. You miss your mom?

I don't remember my mom.

Sometimes I think it'd be easier

not to remember.

Hi

You're late...

It was so nice out we decided

to walk the long way.

Oh you deci...

Didn't I say bring her straight home?

Sam, it was me. Not him.

Oh, it was...

If you wanted to take

the long way home,

Victoria, you could have gone

to that school in Kansas.

Then you could have taken the long way

home for fifty miles and I wouldn't care.

Fifty miles of corn.

Corn is safe.

Corn is boring. And anyway

this was the better school.

Which is why we're here and

not with the corn, right?

So do me a favor, huh,

don't make me worry.

OK, Sam.

What is that?

What?

Smells like ice cream.

Vanilla ice cream.

Vanilla is white.

First it's cold.

Then it's sweet.

Sweet is good.

Victoria?

Yeah?

Sometimes, I worry about that boy.

It's as if something or someone

has made him

shut down his feelings so hard,

he can no longer get in touch with them.

That's what I've been

trying to get him to do.

With vanilla ice cream?

Maybe we should come up

with some different strategies.

Goodnight.

'Night.

C 'mon, but shhhh...

When I was little I used to do this

with my mom and Sam.

It's kinda how I fell in love with music.

See these thingies?

They're called notes.

Notes.

OK. Notes are signals.

Notes are signals.

OK.

Notes are signals.

So if you see this note,

it's the signal to play this key.

And this one,

this key.

And this one, this key.

Right. So you're gonna play

and you're gonna hop...

Great!

Ready?

I'm gonna go.

Keep going don't stop.

Not ripe.

Hello, Sam.

Hi, Maddy.

How's the lessons going?

Oh, he's growing by leaps and bounds.

What is this you got here? Is this...?

Too ripe.

Hey, get back here!

Get back here!

C'mere! C'mere! C'mere!

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