01x03 - Seal Song

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is

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my

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come lonely

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let's go

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oh

i knew it i needed here

good aren't they yes

the little one's called lonely there's

only two

and the big one ces here's a bullseye

well um see ya

thought you'd be here she back again

every day this week and the week before

that weird

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the place is a mess mrs watson is sick

what do you expect me to do about it

hello mrs spencer hello susie

nick i heard your housekeeper wasn't

well

so i thought i'd drop it some soup

and some irish stew

we can't have you going hungry can we we

wouldn't

uh thanks we're okay really 35

well obviously your poor

father can't be expected to cope all on

his own

it's the least that mr spencer and i can

do

by the way where is dr mitchell

one of the baby antelopes hurt itself

he's still at the clinic oh

but i disagree come on julie look we've

had this argument before

you know as well as i do that if an

animal gets sick then we have to

give it the will to live now that means

personal attention

call it love if you like professor

zeissman at university says it's a

mistake to treat wild animals like

domestic pets you can't just treat them

like a machine that needs a

a tune-up and a bit of oil i know that

but then what

they go back with the others they miss

the human contact

they're not wild animals anymore have

you taken a look at our gorilla lately

if you like i'll let you give me this

next lot of shots give you a new

definition of wild animal

you know what i mean of course

but zoos exist so that people can have

contact with wild animals

see them smell them even talk to them

our lonely kids come here and find a

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friend

hello back again thanks lock

that is bennett the um wife tells me the

mitchell place is an utter shambles

is that so mr spencer why don't we go up

to my office

our wretched children they shouldn't be

allowed in here without an adult i say

make a real pest of themselves mark you

get back here

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i told you to come along

oh well he goes

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hello pretties

remember me

what the hell do you think you're doing

get out of there this minute

i wasn't doing anything wrong it was the

ball

i was trying to get it back come on come

on cut it out

anything i can do harry down inside the

pool

up to some mischief i wasn't doing

anything wrong

a kid threw a ball into the pool and i

was afraid one of the seals would

swallow it

why didn't you look for a keeper that's

what we are here for okay

there was nobody about and i couldn't

risk

there wasn't time there's never enough

time

women

she's a charming one the wife's sister

actually she'll take care of that

mitchell family as if it were her very

own

it's very kind of you mr spencer can you

spare it

oh look i'm sorry i'll come back later

julie julie

man i'd like your opinion

mr spencer has kindly offered to pay for

a living housekeeper for mitch

oh i thought uh

well i mean lynn watson manages quite

capably i know she said my wife's

checked into all that

she cooks for them five nights a week

and cleans the house

i'm thinking of something more permanent

it's very generous of you

mr spencer suggested an allotment of

funds from the spencer trust

oh i see ah well it's a worthy cause

myrtle can look after those children and

leave mitchell free to take care of the

animals

myrtle mr spencer's sister-in-law

oh

i'll definitely get back to you about

that mr spencer just point out the

advantages to mitchell i'm sure he'll

jump at the idea

besides bad for the zoo's image for the

man to live in a pigsty

well must go things to do

you'll jump all right at your throat

well you don't think mitch would like

davidowski

spencer's tame spy right there in his

own house well what do you think

you have a suspicious nature julie it's

obvious he gets to offload his

sister-in-law

who probably makes darth vader look like

santa claus

and saves himself money by paying her

allowance out of the spencer trust

you must be joking

why do i always fall for it because i'm

so lovable

now what are we going to do about it

when spencer strikes mitchell kids call

it a

code red everyone knows that

leave it to me and over here's where

they throw out the fish with the seals

and the odds of course

why is that pouring ladder in the pen by

itself

because that poor little otter would

tear down a theme out of pieces if she

was given half a chance

i made her cry i didn't mean to upset

her

julie would you would you explain for me

you know she didn't mean it sure

oh i almost forgot we've got a code red

where mitch's place five o'clock right

see you then

i didn't mean to do anything wrong

honestly

harry knows that he's very sorry i've

said you

his back is worse than his bite like

this the old bullseye

you should see him first thing in the

morning he battles his head off if

you're five minutes late with his fish

hey now that's an idea why don't you

come down early one morning and watch

what happens

i'd love to do you think i could

sometimes it's all right with your

parents of course

oh he won't care

what about the keeper you leave harry to

julian man

hey codered which is placed five o'clock

pasito

all right

sorry team i haven't got time though

what's happening nothing to do with you

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timothy bond to base keeping an eye on

spies

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we hit the seals at 8 sharp don't be

late

i won't and thanks

what's happening not today tim i'm too

busy

see you tomorrow then bye

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is that meg's father i don't know

it didn't look like it

i mean she didn't say hello or anything

like he was just a driver

maybe she's got her own shirt

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yeah all right suppose you can help

see you later bye team

escorting your funny friend off the

premises before she kidnaps your

favorite seal she's not like that

anyway how did you know did jungle drums

honey did jungle drunks

come on we've got work to do

code red at our place covered

what's mr spencer done now

so unless we want a dragon lady if

spencer's choosing right in our own

backyard

we'd better get to work they'll be here

in an hour

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go

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right that's it

sorry mitch suggested putting more

crushed rock on the surface of the

giraffe enclosure

well it acts as a kind of natural nail

file you see no more hoof problems

how do you manage with your housekeeper

away ill dr mitchell

here they come

hi dad

who's birthday i forgot it's all right

nobody's

we just thought we'd invite some friends

over

oh that's all right then well now mr

spencer what did you want to talk to me

about uh

nothing with word wait my children

nothing but won't wait come

along mavis things to do things to do

yes dear

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so

because you're here look at that

some people reckon they're really human

you know what seals

how sort of in disguise

bewitched and once a year

they're set free oh yeah what happens

then

they dance they turn back into people

and they dance and if you see

them you go with them and become one of

the selkie folk too

unless you find the seal spell before

the sunrise now if you do

he has to stay and become your own true

love you're a bit wet and fishy i reckon

hello you must be meg hello how do you

know about the selkie folk

i once worked with a man who came from

stronzi i couldn't wait to get back

there he said that there were

more seals than people and the seals

were better company

we're strongly in the oakley top end of

scotland

but these are a different kind of scene

that's right

smaller eyes for one thing that one's

moon with her eyes almost sure

she was yesterday too

you sure meg's been here every day this

week dave

i'm going to check that out uh i'll see

you later

turning into people eh can you imagine

it come on girls off with the fur coats

and pow

if you wear a seal would you like to

look at white concrete all right

hold it hold it now what's actually

happened

eye problems we're going to need extra

salt in the pool for a couple of weeks

say 100 pounds a day first load will be

here this afternoon

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hi uh hello what were you singing

are just a song from stranza the mothers

sing it to their children when the boats

are put out to sea

i've never heard it it's about the

selkie folk

the seal people it'll never make the top

10.

on orkney they say that fills the souls

of drowned sailors

that's why their eyes are so sad they

can't come home

you can go to them but they can't come

to you you don't really believe all that

too

i mean it's only a story the feels like

it

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maybe they're saying thanks what

spotting the eye trouble

is it anything serious not if it's gone

in time

sometimes it can be the stuff they use

to keep the water clean the seals get so

eyes

like kids who swim too much only seals

can't wear goggles

well how will they treat them will it

hurt dump a great heap of salt in the

water the bits in there already

the seals love it reminds me of the sea

wanna come to my place dad i'd like to

thank you there's even chocolate cake

went out for especially all right

thanks i like your dad

he's nice yeah he's all right since mom

died

we really got to know each other before

that he was away such a lot and hardly

ever saw him

now we're good mates me what's the

matter

what did i say not your fault sorry

i can't gotta go

excuse me mr bennett yes this

gentleman's worried about his daughter

he's been waiting to pick her up we

can't find her anywhere

well perhaps she left early mr uh mcleod

gavin mcleod i don't think so besides

nobody saw meg go

did you say meg that's right after 12

brown hair brown eyes well it's all

right then she's with my daughter that

probably forgotten the time

in fact i'm supposed to be joining them

i'll show you the way see you later

probably blissed out on chocolate cake

and pop music

you know what kids are like she got all

tearful again

asked susie nick now what happened

i don't know one minute we were talking

in the next minute she rushed off

you'll probably find her at home mr

mclaren now perhaps your wife picked her

up early

my wife died two months ago

she went sailing she never came back

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meg's been a different girl since the

accident we hardly talk she's uh

oh cut herself off i suppose

as if she blames me frankly i don't know

what to do

it's hard to come to terms with i know

you too

three years ago i wanted to take meg

away for a while

anything to give us time

i should have gone with your daughter

susie didn't think so

i trust her instincts besides we know

this place backwards

if meg's hiding suze will find her

it's just that i feel so helpless if

anything happens to meg

she's all i've got left he hates me

me that's silly he's in our house now

he's terribly worried about you

when my mum died it's like

everything stops like those dreams where

you're lost and you can't wake up

it gets easier honest it's not the same

you're not you don't understand

he hates me he's your father why should

he hate you

what happened was it when your mother

died

don't talk about it i don't want to talk

about it

your father said she drowned

i was supposed to go with it

we often went sailing the two of us

should tell me stories

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we were going back to strongstay next

year

to see the seals

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we had a fight i can't even remember

what it was about and she went out on

her

own

they found the boat she's with the seals

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but how do i get through to her talk to

her

don't be afraid to let your feelings

show that's what i found hard you

so busy holding yourself in it looks as

though you don't care

if you want to cry then and cry you'll

feel better and so will she

maggie i found her but she won't count

yeah why not what's happened she's at

the seal pool come on man now wait a

minute

susie what is it she's strange

she thinks you blame her for her

mother's death she says you hate it

i thought you better know

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meg maggie where are you

over there maggie

are you all right around the back susie

will show you

hello meg

sorry i missed out on the chocolate cake

maybe next time

did susie tell you how grateful i was to

you for spotting that eye trouble

a bit of a problem with seals you know

it's it's hard to tell if they're in

pain

if they show that they're weak the

sharks get them so just pretend that

everything's

all right bit like people

there are no sharks here maggie only us

maggie don't leave me you're all i've

got left

what if i'd come with her i might have

lost you both

i miss you so much

so do i man

so do i

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come on meg i need you

i'm not i can't make it up to you

we'll try to make it up to each other

please meg

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you think they'll be all right yeah i

think so they've made a good start

they're talking to each other listen

i think she still hopes her mother will

just turn up one day

so to see at least we had the chance to

say goodbye

it takes time and hard work lots of hard

work

which reminds me i thought the house

looked a bit tidy last night

terribly tidy not like us at all

i never did find out why mr and mrs

spencer paid us a call shall we tell him

why not well dad it's like this

monkeys and rabbits

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