Dole (2019–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - June - full transcript
Budding writer Cleopatra Rathbone is encouraged (forced) to sign on by her mum, and quickly realises that the life experience she seeks might just bring new people in her life. In steps Edgar Ernest.
(Cleo hums to herself)
(pen scratches on paper)
- You see this is what life is about,
experiences.
You're not gonna find it
sitting in your room all day
complaining on the internet are you.
(Cleo hums)
I didn't have the
advantages that you have.
It's time to step into the real world.
(Cleo hums)
And someone needs to
teach you a lesson or two
about listening as well.
- Hey?
- Yeah I know, that's what I thought.
No apparently shaving it off doesn't work.
Best give me some cream
the couple of weeks.
Alright mom, speak to you soon.
Love you, bye.
(sighs and sniffs)
- [Mary] Have you got everything?
- I don't know, maybe.
- Cleopatra Rathbone,
maybe is not the right answer.
Positive thinking breeds positive--
- Drop me here.
- [Mary] Positives, I'll drop you outside.
- I don't understand the need for you
to escort me here.
- How would I know whether
you went in or not?
(car horn honks loudly)
- Let me out!
Thanks for the lift mom, see you later.
- Cleo.
Cleo.
Go get 'em,
champ!
- Alright coach, how hard can it be?
(Mary kisses and blows softly)
(drumsticks tapping)
(cheerful acoustic music)
♪ The first time I had
loving yes I cried ♪
♪ The first time I had
loving yes I cried ♪
(light applauding and laughter)
(Cleo exhales)
- Howdy.
- Yes?
- I'm here to sign on.
- Yes?
- Can you tell me where I sign on?
- Here.
Just take a seat over there.
(Cleo loudly thumps into chair)
- Ready?
- Mhm.
- So how are you?
- Alright.
- I've been your advisor long enough
to know what that means.
Have you had any success
since we last met?
- Do you want the long or
the short answer to that?
- Can I help?
- I dunno, can you?
- What's your name?
- Cleo, Cleo Rathbone.
- Well Cleo, Cleo Rathbone,
what brings you here?
- My mom wants me to sign on.
- Great.
I hope you like forms.
- You have to try your
hardest not to be discouraged.
I say this every time.
- Yep.
- I say this every time,
that it will get easier Edgar.
- And you know that, do you?
- I know how hard it can be,
I've been in your shoes.
- Have you really?
I wonder how many others get told that,
when they're working here.
(book thumps)
- I understand how hard it can be,
I've been in your shoes Cleo.
So, what line of work is it
you're looking to get into
per say?
- Look,
Admin, it's not so much
about the job per say,
it's more about the experience.
- Work experience?
- No.
They say you should write about
what you know.
(Admin chuckles)
- You're a writer.
- Keep up.
They say you should
write about what you know
and it's not that I don't know anything.
But,
I don't know anything.
- Have you ever done any
full time work before?
- No.
- [Admin] Oh.
- Oh.
- Well in that case we'll be looking to
put you into various unpaid
work for the next six weeks,
get you into the swing of things.
In the meantime you need to
log all your job seeking endeavors.
- Unpaid?
- Yeah, oh it's a great experience
for a budding writer eh?
- The thing I found that helped me most
when I was looking for a job
was staying positive, at
least in your interviews.
- They want people with experience
or qualifications.
They don't want some bankrupt moron
with little to know business sense.
They don't want somebody who
might as well spell fudge with
his academic grades.
- No of course they don't,
but that's all you're showing them.
You ran that bookstore with Jessica.
- It failed.
- No it did not fail,
if anything it was quite the
success before the accident.
- Change the subject.
(sad acoustic music)
- Okay.
Nevertheless that's a big deal.
Focus on your strengths.
Use your passion for literature as a tool.
Think of the good things.
Oh come on, there are good things.
- One good thing.
- You don't have to do it alone Edgar.
The world's not out to get you.
- Then why does it feel like it?
(Cleo blows and lighter clicks)
- Do you want one?
- Pardon?
- Do you v'ant a cigaretta?
- I probably shouldn't.
No,
no you're alright.
- Don't tell me,
you've given up.
- Thanks though.
(light acoustic music)
- Bet I can get a job before you.
Cleo.
- Edgar.
- Pleased to meet you Edgar.
- Likewise.
- This is me.
And this,
is you.
- Hey Cleo.
Bet you can't.
(Cleo laughs)
(Gentle Acoustic music and humming)
(pen scratches on paper)
- You see this is what life is about,
experiences.
You're not gonna find it
sitting in your room all day
complaining on the internet are you.
(Cleo hums)
I didn't have the
advantages that you have.
It's time to step into the real world.
(Cleo hums)
And someone needs to
teach you a lesson or two
about listening as well.
- Hey?
- Yeah I know, that's what I thought.
No apparently shaving it off doesn't work.
Best give me some cream
the couple of weeks.
Alright mom, speak to you soon.
Love you, bye.
(sighs and sniffs)
- [Mary] Have you got everything?
- I don't know, maybe.
- Cleopatra Rathbone,
maybe is not the right answer.
Positive thinking breeds positive--
- Drop me here.
- [Mary] Positives, I'll drop you outside.
- I don't understand the need for you
to escort me here.
- How would I know whether
you went in or not?
(car horn honks loudly)
- Let me out!
Thanks for the lift mom, see you later.
- Cleo.
Cleo.
Go get 'em,
champ!
- Alright coach, how hard can it be?
(Mary kisses and blows softly)
(drumsticks tapping)
(cheerful acoustic music)
♪ The first time I had
loving yes I cried ♪
♪ The first time I had
loving yes I cried ♪
(light applauding and laughter)
(Cleo exhales)
- Howdy.
- Yes?
- I'm here to sign on.
- Yes?
- Can you tell me where I sign on?
- Here.
Just take a seat over there.
(Cleo loudly thumps into chair)
- Ready?
- Mhm.
- So how are you?
- Alright.
- I've been your advisor long enough
to know what that means.
Have you had any success
since we last met?
- Do you want the long or
the short answer to that?
- Can I help?
- I dunno, can you?
- What's your name?
- Cleo, Cleo Rathbone.
- Well Cleo, Cleo Rathbone,
what brings you here?
- My mom wants me to sign on.
- Great.
I hope you like forms.
- You have to try your
hardest not to be discouraged.
I say this every time.
- Yep.
- I say this every time,
that it will get easier Edgar.
- And you know that, do you?
- I know how hard it can be,
I've been in your shoes.
- Have you really?
I wonder how many others get told that,
when they're working here.
(book thumps)
- I understand how hard it can be,
I've been in your shoes Cleo.
So, what line of work is it
you're looking to get into
per say?
- Look,
Admin, it's not so much
about the job per say,
it's more about the experience.
- Work experience?
- No.
They say you should write about
what you know.
(Admin chuckles)
- You're a writer.
- Keep up.
They say you should
write about what you know
and it's not that I don't know anything.
But,
I don't know anything.
- Have you ever done any
full time work before?
- No.
- [Admin] Oh.
- Oh.
- Well in that case we'll be looking to
put you into various unpaid
work for the next six weeks,
get you into the swing of things.
In the meantime you need to
log all your job seeking endeavors.
- Unpaid?
- Yeah, oh it's a great experience
for a budding writer eh?
- The thing I found that helped me most
when I was looking for a job
was staying positive, at
least in your interviews.
- They want people with experience
or qualifications.
They don't want some bankrupt moron
with little to know business sense.
They don't want somebody who
might as well spell fudge with
his academic grades.
- No of course they don't,
but that's all you're showing them.
You ran that bookstore with Jessica.
- It failed.
- No it did not fail,
if anything it was quite the
success before the accident.
- Change the subject.
(sad acoustic music)
- Okay.
Nevertheless that's a big deal.
Focus on your strengths.
Use your passion for literature as a tool.
Think of the good things.
Oh come on, there are good things.
- One good thing.
- You don't have to do it alone Edgar.
The world's not out to get you.
- Then why does it feel like it?
(Cleo blows and lighter clicks)
- Do you want one?
- Pardon?
- Do you v'ant a cigaretta?
- I probably shouldn't.
No,
no you're alright.
- Don't tell me,
you've given up.
- Thanks though.
(light acoustic music)
- Bet I can get a job before you.
Cleo.
- Edgar.
- Pleased to meet you Edgar.
- Likewise.
- This is me.
And this,
is you.
- Hey Cleo.
Bet you can't.
(Cleo laughs)
(Gentle Acoustic music and humming)