01x03 - You're Special

[bunniefuu]

[funky Christmas music playing]

I will stand, I'm standing alone ♪

I didn't sleep with an A level student.

[panting]

I I didn't sleep with an A level student.

[pants, laughs]

Hmm, yes, I did.

I will stand, I will stand ♪

[Gianna] Maybe he failed

ten years in a row, right?

You can fail ten times.

I will stand ♪

I'm standing all alone ♪

I will stand ♪

I'm standing all alone ♪

EVERYTHING IS GIVEN

TO THOSE WHO BRING LIGH

[Gianna] Well, yeah,

I do feel a bit guilty.

But he's so cute!

Can't I simply not care and just be happy

to be with someone so cute?

I will stand, I'm standing ♪

SCHOOL YEAR 2022/2023

I will stand, I'm standing all alone ♪

[Gianna] No, I can't.

15 DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS

What a cute little plaster! [chuckles]

Tell me you're

You're

Are you over 18?

I mean

- Tell me what happened isn't ill*gal.

- Yeah.

- I'm begging you.

- I'm over 18.

- Yeah?

- I'm 19.

- [Gianna] Okay.

- [laughs]

Show me your ID.

Hold on. I'll get my mum to confirm it.

She's just upstairs.

- What?

- Mum! Mum!

[laughs]

[Gianna] Are you joking?

[laughing] Yes, well, I'm 19,

but my mum isn't here!

You arsehole!

Just a little bit.

[Gianna] Okay.

So your parents aren't here?

No, no. They're in New York.

They organise weddings in Italy

for Americans. They're away a lot.

Okay. Well, it's getting late now,

so I'll be off.

No, I really have to go.

No, no. I have to go.

I have to go now. Come on.

Really! No, no, no, no! Really

Let me

It's all legal.

[light music playing]

[Gianna] Five!

Five, all in one night?

Yes!

[Caterina] I don't understand. Five what?

[Didi] Come here. Five

[snorts]

Hold on. Excuse me?

I mean, you spent the whole night

with a 19-year-old you just met in a club,

and then you two

- Yes.

- [Lisa] Mama?

Mama, what did Auntie Gianna do?

Uh

She danced! Auntie was dancing. [laughs]

Couldn't Guido

at least have had the children today?

- It's Sunday. He plays five-a-side.

- Oh, five-a-side.

Anyway, five times she danced.

Five times, with a 19-year-old.

That's screwed up, isn't it?

Totally screwed up.

No offence, but maybe those who haven't

ever danced should be quiet, okay?

Well, if that's the problem,

you can do it with me.

Uh, what?

- Dancing, of course.

- Oh!

- [Thomas] I'm rather good.

- [Caterina] Well, yeah, maybe one day!

- [Thomas] You two, come with me.

- Oh!

I'll show you

how to use the coffee machine.

- Thank you, Thomas.

- [Gianna] Bye.

- Bye!

- [Margherita] Off you go, little one.

- Isn't he lovely?

- [Margherita] Yeah.

Yeah.

But does "Lovely" know you want

to get married before dancing?

No, he doesn't.

Because there are lots of things

we don't say.

For example, you, Didi. You never say

you love us, but I think you do.

Margherita never says

how she would like her husband,

Guido, to appreciate her more.

And maybe you're not telling yourself

that you'd like

more than a night of sex with a boy.

Maybe you'd like someone

who makes you feel special.

And I've never made love before

because, well

because I would like

to fall in love with someone first.

Although, at 30, well,

even I'm having doubts about the chances,

um, of that happening. [chuckles]

There are lots of things we don't say

because it's difficult

to be sincere over a drink.

Actually,

it's difficult to be sincere, full stop.

Proseccos all round?

Yes, actually. Right.

Four Proseccos!

[Gianna] Five!

[all laugh]

Right!

She handed me that on a silver platter!

[bell tolls]

It's true though. Maybe Caterina is right.

Dancing isn't enough for me.

I just want a guy

who makes me feel special.

But it's not like you go to work

and, bang, you're special!

No, it doesn't work like that.

[playful Christmas music]

- [woman 1] See if there's a note.

- Who are they for?

[Gianna] What's going on?

- [woman 2] Ooh!

- [Gianna] What is it?

Gianna! But is this really for you?

Oh! [chuckles]

- [scoffs]

- [Gianna] Yes.

[woman 1] "I was too pushy

the other night,

but that is what happens

when I start to really like someone."

"I'm sorry."

"Carlo."

- Oh my gosh. How sweet!

- Please tell me you're going to marry him!

That is a real man.

Yes. No, he's very sweet, but [chuckles]

Maybe one would've been enough.

No?

I know what you're thinking,

that Carlo could be the one.

No.

But being with other people

means that too, doesn't it?

Overcoming

personal

limits.

I said "special", not Hmm.

Carlo is too much.

Or maybe I'm the one who's too much.

[lighthearted music playing]

- A rose?

- Thank you.

- A rose?

- Thank you.

- Good morning. How are you, Livia?

- Good, thank you.

- May I?

- Thank you very much.

- Oh, too kind!

- That's all right. For you.

I didn't know we also did

flower therapy at the hospital.

I got given a ton of roses,

and I thought I'd

give some to the patients.

Doing your job. That would be

a nice gift for the patients.

Yeah.

This is Patrick. Drug dependent.

Infective endocarditis.

Previous therapies haven't worked,

and his damaged valves

have been replaced with artificial ones.

- Take him to room 33.

- Of course. Very well.

Hi, Patrick. This is for you.

Yeah, hi. f*ck you.

Okay. I'm Gianna.

I'm a nurse. Anything you

Listen, I'm freezing.

You don't have something to

Of course. There's a blanket.

No, you can keep

your shitty synthetic blanket.

It just makes me feel worse. [sighs]

Serious heart condition, huh?

You're lucky to be alive.

[upbeat music playing]

Here we are. This is your room.

- If you need some help

- Get off me!

No? You can do it on your own.

[Patrick coughs]

[sighs]

[Patrick] How long do I have to stay here?

Maybe four to six weeks.

[Patrick] Huh?

I know it's quite a long time,

but it depends.

Maybe you can be discharged earlier.

I can also help you leave earlier

if you can cooperate.

Can you?

I think that's a no then.

Patrick?

Patrick!

Sooner or later, you'll be discharged

You've only known me for two minutes.

And you're not even a real doctor!

Hmm. That's exactly what my mother says.

- Patrick!

- [Patrick] I'm not staying here. Get it?

[Gianna] No! No!

[Patrick coughing]

[Patrick sighs]

[inhales sharply]

[exhales, groans]

[sighs]

I don't wanna stay here.

- [Patrick sighs]

- And where would you like to be?

[Patrick groans]

With my friends.

[breathing heavily]

[sighs] With my girlfriend.

[exhales]

Even at home with my b*tch of a mother,

watching her favourite movie.

What's her favourite movie?

The one with the guy who dies

and comes back as a ghost.

Oh, yes.

[both chuckle]

Why do you think I have this great name?

- Oh, they named you Patrick after

- Yeah.

- Patrick Swayze. [laughs]

- That's right.

Do you know

why my parents called me Gianna?

After a song. "Gianna" by Rino Gaetano.

- [Patrick] Ah! Hmm.

- Mm-hmm.

So there was also a risk

I could've been called Rina.

Or Gaetana.

[both laugh]

[lighthearted music playing]

Shall we go back to your room?

Yeah.

[Matilde] I don't know

what all this fuss about drugs is about.

I mean, don't get me wrong.

I mean, I might have tried them

when I was young, yeah, but [chuckles]

it was all boring and expensive stuff.

A bit like my second husband,

boring and expensive.

[both laugh]

But at least he wasn't addictive.

Quite the opposite.

You really have

experienced it all in life, haven't you?

Hmm, more or less.

But I've never had a toy boy like yours.

- For now!

- That's right. That's right.

[Matilde] Are you going to see him again?

I don't know, because if I did take him

to Christmas dinner at my parents

[laughs]

my mother would still make us

sit at the children's table, so [laughs]

Look, if I had listened to other people,

I wouldn't have done

half the things I did in my lifetime.

And I definitely

wouldn't have done anything that exciting.

Giannina,

you're a lovely young woman.

You deserve a toy boy!

Also, because behind a toy boy,

you could even find a loving boy.

[chuckles]

Seriously?

You're letting a patient

with serious bronchial problems smoke?

Listen, I'm 80 years old.

My lungs need scrapping.

What do you think

one cigarette is going to do?

Come on, matron. Be nice!

We're going straight back inside. Sorry.

There are lots of patients here

who need treating,

and you keep wasting time.

- [Gianna] Enough with the cigarette!

- Oh, come on!

EMERGENCY ROOM

Ah, Gianna.

So are they discharging me today?

I think so.

Good. That way,

I won't waste any more of your time.

It's not always a matter of time.

Well, you're the expert.

Well, you were on the Health Committee.

You should know

something about it, too, right?

I know about political pressure,

not so much about blood pressure.

Yeah.

Is there a problem then?

Well, I think if politicians

don't know anything about medicine,

then they shouldn't be telling us

how to do our job. That's it.

[playful music]

Go on.

What does "wasting time" mean?

I mean, if I'm caring for patients,

am I wasting time?

If I listen to them,

am I not doing my job?

Every patient is different.

And they all need different care.

One might need a smile.

Another might need a flower.

Another might need to smoke a cigarette.

So, for me, wasting time

means loving the patient.

- But then

- [Crisanti] Ah!

I don't feel very loved at the moment.

You're hurting me.

120 over 80.

As far as I'm concerned, you can go.

I think it's the chain, but this

It's this, you see?

Well, thank you anyway.

- Don't worry. I'll sort it out afterwards.

- Hi, sweetie!

- [boy] Hi!

- What are you doing here? Hi!

[sighs] Giacomo has a vaccination,

and I can kiss goodbye to the hairdresser.

- Sorry, couldn't Guido have gone with him?

- He was supposed to, but he forgot.

He doesn't even

look at my hair any more anyway.

Caterina's right.

Find a proper man. Someone sensible

who doesn't forget things.

Do you remember

when I had to get vaccinated?

I was scared of the needles,

and you sang me that song?

Oh, the song from that cartoon!

- A masterpiece!

- [Margherita] Brilliant!

Mummy, can you sing it to me too?

Of course, darling. Let's go.

I'll talk to them.

It'll be quicker that way.

[Margherita] Thanks.

Good morning.

- Good morning.

- [Gianna] Barbara.

Uh, my sister. My nephew has to have

his vaccination. Could you sort it?

- Thank you. Bye.

- [Margherita] Bye, darling. Thank you.

Good morning then.

No.

[Gianna] Whatever!

Would you accept the help of a politician

who knows nothing about medicine?

- Yes, please.

- The chain has come off.

[lighthearted music playing]

[Crisanti exhales]

[rattling]

It might be better

if we try to do it together. It's easier.

Do you want to try then?

I can usually manage.

Come on. Let's try together.

[Gianna] Okay. Let's see

Like this

[both laugh]

[Gianna] Perfect! [laughs]

Well done.

I'm sorry about earlier. I really am.

I was really edgy.

I shouldn't have snapped, not at you.

We can be on

first-name terms now, can't we?

Yes. Well,

thank you.

[Crisanti chuckles]

Anyway, if you want

to tell me off a bit more,

maybe Saturday afternoon on my boat?

You can call me.

[Gianna] Ah.

So this is how

a politician asks a woman out?

Now you want to teach me how to do my job?

- No!

- [laughs]

[phone beeps]

DAD

REMEMBER YOUR SWEATER.

[gentle uplifting music playing]

It's not a crime

to sleep with an A level student.

But it is a crime to dress like sh*t.

14 DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS

[upbeat music playing]

See you upstairs?

[dad] Let's see what we have here.

- Ah!

- [Gianna snorts]

- Gianna?

- This isn't

Remember the rule.

Statuettes on the table,

wrapping paper in the fire.

- [dad] Good.

- Hmm.

- You've only be telling me for 30 years.

- Oh yeah?

Well, go and tell it to the washerwoman

over there in the fire.

Still with the washerwoman?

I was six years old.

When you were little, you were convinced

these statuettes had a life of their own.

- Hmm.

- You invented all kinds of love stories.

The young shepherdess and the baker.

The blacksmith and the fishmonger,

although there was

that height problem between them.

- Mm-hmm.

- But the blacksmith had other qualities.

- Oh yeah? [chuckles]

- Mm.

Then one year, I told Margherita about it,

and she made fun of me.

And to show me I was stupid,

she put the statuettes away

in two separate boxes

and sealed them with sellotape

and her signature.

And the year after, you both found them

lying around the attic.

And the box looked like

it was still sealed.

Yes! But

- You did that?

- [laughs]

Well, even parents can create

a little bit of magic!

[Gianna laughs]

Anyway, it would be nice

to live in a Nativity scene.

Always knowing where your place is.

[dad] Listen, honey

Your boyfriend,

the one you're bringing over at Christmas

He doesn't exist, does he?

I'm sorry.

I tried.

It's difficult.

So there won't be anyone else to help you

with the Nativity scene this year either.

Come here.

I have you.

And you have been here for 30 years.

That's enough for me.

Mum will get over it. You'll see.

She might already have forgotten about it.

Hmm?

- I'll go and get the other statuettes.

- Yes.

GIANNA'S BOYFRIEND

It was there on the table.

"Gianna's boyfriend".

What am I gonna do now?

- [Didi] Drink.

- Pray.

[both] Drink.

- Do you need me?

- Yeah.

[exhales]

[all] Up, down, Christmas with a frown!

[Thomas] Well? What's the matter?

My mum's already prepared the place card

for my boyfriend who doesn't exist,

and I don't have

anyone to take to Christmas dinner.

Ah.

- Why don't you take toy boy?

- Stop calling him that. It's offensive.

Your pogo stick?

Margherita's right.

I need to take someone sensible.

And Davide won't

He won't do. But he's so cute.

I think

that you should take the politician.

What? You're dating a congressman?

He's a former senator.

He's my father's age and was married.

- You do know that, don't you?

- So he's a widower?

- Yes.

- [Caterina] Look

You've done well in your job as a nurse,

and Jesus has rewarded you a good man.

They're called "t*ts", not Jesus.

Well, he's actually invited me to go out

on his boat with him on Saturday.

Oh, nice! Is that a new way of saying,

"Come up to mine, and I'll show you

my butterfly collection?"

No.

Well, yeah.

It's the most discreet hotel in the world.

You can scream as much as you want.

You don't have to show any ID.

Wear a nice trench coat,

and when you get there,

bang! Naked! Beautiful!

- [laughs]

- [Caterina] Honey, don't mind her.

A boat ride will be lovely.

[snaps]

- Maybe it's not that bad an idea.

- Hmm.

A wonderful sailing boat and the sunset,

caviar, lots of champagne flowing.

Champagne.

Champagne!

13 DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS

- [Crisanti] Nice, isn't it?

- Very

The horizon [laughs]

- [Crisanti] Why are you laughing?

- No [laughing] Nothing. It's just

You imagined a luxury boat

with caviar and champagne, right?

[Gianna] I'm imagining my friends' faces

when I tell them about this date.

[both laugh]

I had a government car,

but this is enough for me in life.

A little boat, a fishing rod and

and wonderful company.

Is there something wrong?

No, no. Only that I've just realised that

that, actually, I know another man

who is really into lagoon fishing.

Let me just

Another man?

Yes, and he even comes

in the afternoon, actually.

He's more or less your age

Oh yeah? And who is he?

My father.

[drum riff]

[Gianna] Hi.

- Hi!

- [Gianna] Mum, Dad, hi! [laughs nervously]

- Hi!

- [Crisanti] Hello.

This is my my patient

my friend, Dante Crisanti.

Hello. Nice to meet you.

Dante! Is that really you?

- Marta!

- [Marta] Hi!

[Crisanti] I don't believe it!

- It's been so long! Hi!

- [Crisanti] Come here and say hello.

- Oh! [laughs]

- [Marta] Oh!

Oh! Oh no!

[Marta and Crisanti laughing]

[Marta] We met in Venice.

We studied at the same university.

[Crisanti] Yeah, well, we studied.

Let's just say

that studying wasn't the first thing

on our minds. [chuckles]

So you went to the same classes?

Yeah, sort of,

when there were no parties. Hmm?

[Marta laughs]

Do you remember that freshers' party

where we danced until ten in the morning?

[both laugh]

[laughs sarcastically]

[Crisanti] Then, an hour later,

we had an exam!

[laughing] No!

[laughing] Yes, yes. But what about when

we got stuck in the lagoon with the canoe?

Oh my God!

- Hold on. Hold on. The canoe?

- Yes! We used to go rowing.

- You?

- Yes, and she was much better than me.

- You used to row, Mum?

- Yes.

You hate going out on the boat.

Today was the first time

I've seen you out on the boat.

Well, yes, but, honey, things change.

Your father asked me, and I

I went. I'm trying.

Yeah. Yeah.

[Crisanti] It's a bit cold.

WHERE ARE YOU? ARE YOU FREE?

Why don't we all go out

to dinner this evening?

I was thinking the same thing!

Come on!

- Why not? [laughs]

- Let's do it!

YES I'M AT HOME WHY?

Um, I have to go to the hospital.

Emergency! Nurses Always ready! [laughs]

- I can't

- Oh. Do you want me to take you?

No, no, no. But could you

lend me your boat?

- Do you know how to drive it?

- [Gianna] Of course I know how!

My father taught me.

[chuckles]

All right.

He's not sensible,

he doesn't make me feel special,

but at least he hasn't dated my mother!

ba*ls hanging low

While I pop a bottle off a yacht ♪

Chain swinging, clang, clang

And it cost a lot ♪

b*tch, I'm always after guala, yeah

And you're not ♪

Badass B keep on goin'

Till you hit the spot, whoa ♪

I'm a big bag hunter with the bow ♪

Mama called me

And she happy with the grow ♪

Never ever fall for daddy, that's a no ♪

- [Gianna] Hi.

- Hi.

Are you alone?

Uh, yeah.

All night long?

Yeah. Why?

Yeah, I don't really ever wanna

talk, talk, talk, talk ♪

Only really ever wanna

Top, top, top, top ♪

Guess I'm going back

to the start, start, start ♪

Least this money never dropped low ♪

Mama called me

And she happy with the grow ♪

Never ever fall for daddy, that's a no ♪

[alarm beeping]

[stops]

Where are you going?

It's very early.

To make some bread.

- To buy some?

- No.

To make some bread.

I want to do it myself.

Is that something you often do?

No.

[inhales]

But you're special.

[exhales]

[kisses]

[upbeat music playing]

Did you hear that?

He said it. Hmm? He said I'm special.

I'm special.

I'm special.

I'm special. I'm special.

He said I'm special!

[singsong] Special!

I'm special.

I'm special. He said it.

I'm special. I'm special.

You heard it. I heard it. He said it.

I will stand, I will stand ♪

I will stand, I will stand ♪

BASED ON HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

I will stand, I'm standing all alone ♪

I will stand, I'm standing all alone ♪

I got, I got my style ♪

I got, I got my style ♪

And it's all right ♪

I got my style ♪

I got my style ♪

I got my style ♪

I got my style ♪

And it's all right ♪

And it's all right ♪

I got my style ♪

I got my style, my style ♪