Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2007–2011): Season 4, Episode 8 - Episode #4.8 - full transcript
Belle has an awkward session with a client who recognizes her from school and a post-coital chat with him leads her to ponder her future. At a party given by Stephanie to celebrate her release Belle meets Harry,who wants her to move in with him but she refuses. She also turns down Ben's proposal,explaining that he is too good for her and that first and foremost she is a career girl.
Stephanie's spending a little time
at Her Majesty's Pleasure.
I need you to take care of
the business for a few days.
Yeah, it's 250 an hour.
I'm not a madam.
Just helping out an old friend.
I need some new supplies -
whips, handcuffs. I'll get you a list.
So you are a fucking whore,
That's enough,
Hannah's gone out of her way
to look after you.
- Thank you.
- What for?
Standing up for me.
Our other relationships, they're fine,
but they're not real.
You can.
You can do anything you want.
I've never lied to Ben.
Hannah, I'm really worried about you now,
So just call me when you get this, please.
Maybe we should just try and do
that good friends thing.
You best go home, Belle.
This isn't you, Hannah,
Just kiss me, Ben, please.
(Ben) Are you OK?
(Moaning)
In life, our past always catches up with us,
And we have to ask ourselves
what we really want.
(Gasps)
(Ticking)
After all, every decision
has consequences...
and there's always
a day of reckoning,
(Tick)
I don't know why,
but I've always found court rooms sexy.
Maybe it's the outfits.
Maybe it's that...
that building sense of jeopardy.
(Gavel banging)
(Man) We, the jury, find the defendant
Stephanie Charlton...
Or maybe... maybe it's something else.
(Moaning)
- (Man) ...guilty,
- (She moans)
- (Man) ...guilty.
- (People gasping)
This was not the deal, Liam.
You promised you'd get Stephanie off.
- Exciting, isn't it?
- Well, no' not really.
I only agreed to take over
the business for a few weeks.
Trust me - this one's
completely under control.
She has no history
of any previous convictions
and indeed has spent a lengthy period
in custody awaiting trial,
and I see no reason
to detain her further.
Ms Charlton, you're free to go.
- You bad, bad...
- Yes! Yes!
- ...bad judge.
- Yes! Yeees!
Stephanie.
Stephanie. Congratulations.
Some jailbirds, wings
just can never be clipped.
- (Chuckles)
- I'm having a little party tonight...
- for you.
- For me?
It's just my way of saying thank you
- for everything you've done.
- You didn't have to do that!
Never let it be said I don't repay my debts.
Oh, yes.
(Chuckles) See you tonight.
Oh, shit.
- So this is Ben.
- Yeah.
- Ben, this is Harry. Shall we get going?
- He says you two have worked together.
Yeah. I mean, yeah...sort of.
I mean, it was a long time ago.
She helped me out on some police business.
- Yep.
- Nothing untoward.
- She was very professional at all times.
- (Belle) Hm.
- Well, I'll leave you to it.
- All right.
Very nice to meet you.
Belle.
Always a pleasure.
What was that all about?
Nothing.
Shall we get some lunch?
- Who was that guy, Hannah?
- I told you. He's a friend of Stephanie's.
Come on, there's this really
good place, just down the road.
I've got to go to work.
Ben, will you just stop. Please.
Look, I know things have been
difficult lately, OK,
but Stephanie's out now,
and things can just go back to normal.
Normal? (Chuckles)
A few days ago you leave a freaked-out
message on my phone, disappear for hours.
I still don't know what happened.
- What's it going to be next week?
- It's my job, Ben.
I'm not sure how much
more of it I can take.
Oh, God, come on.
Come on, what? Other people know
where their girlfriends are at night.
What do you want me to do, Ben?
Shall I just give up my job?
Why should I give up my job?
I love my job.
My job is who I am.
You know, maybe I was right all along.
No man can handle what I do.
I can handle it.
- What... What are you doing here?
- Declaring my allegiance.
This really isn't a good time.
So this is Hannah.
Wow. Moving up in the world, Hannah.
Very cosy.
Very chic.
I have to go to work in a minute, Harry.
Not very you, though, is it?
I mean, you're not the stay-at-home type.
Look, I have a boyfriend.
(Belle) Whoo!
(Both laugh)
- Ben is my boyfriend.
- Yes. He's a boy, but you need a man.
- Ben is a man.
- Really?
- Yeah.
- He looks more like a skinny kid to me.
Ben is actually one of
the kindest and funniest,
- most decent people...
- Yeah. But he doesn't excite you.
He doesn't get under your skin, not like I do.
(He sighs)
- I've got to go to work.
- Fine.
Whatever you say.
But I know who you are, Belle...
and right nowyou're trying
to be someone you're not.
I'm not trying to be someone I'm not.
I know exactly who I am
and exactly what I'm doing,
- at home and in work, I'm totally in control.
- (Lift bell pings)
- Ooh!
- Whoa.
(Giggles)
- You must be Belle.
- Yeah, sorry.
You're Lewis, right?
Right.
I just got my heel caught.
Sorry. Sorry.
Come in.
So, Lewis.
What can I do for you today?
- Whatever you want.
- No.
I believe the deal here is...
whatever you want.
- I don't know...what I want.
- Come on, there must be something.
You can tell me.
Nothing too naughty.
No fantasy too filthy.
I like to be tested.
I like it to be hard.
(Moans)
(Breathing heavily)
(Gasps) Oh!
Oh. Oh, God.
Er... Whew.
I'm-I'm sorry.
I didn't...I didn't realise.
- I can't believe I just did that.
- No, no, no. it's OK. Don't worry.
That hasn't happened to me
since sixth form, I swear.
- Oh, fuck!
- Ow!
Fuck! Jeez.
I knew it.
- Ow.
- I know exactly who you are.
You're Hannah Baxter from school.
- Cheers.
- Cheers.
That's horrible.
So, advertising?
- Wow. At least I'm an honest prostitute.
- (Laughs)
What can I say?
I... I've got a gift.
I can make even Hoovers seem sexy.
What about you?
- No, I think I draw the line at Hoovers.
- (Laughs)
No, I meant...
you could have done anything.
Why choose this?
Well, same reason you're in advertising,
probably, I mean...
I'm good at it...
I think, and, erm...
I just... I enjoy it.
You know, I like getting to know clients.
I like finding out their secrets.
I'm not really a virgin.
I was the animal guy, at college.
Last time I had a girlfriend I was 17.
Kind of like, erm, a private detective.
(Both chuckle)
Or a priest...ish.
Just like better underwear.
Just loads and loads of sex.
(Laughs)
Is it really that simple?
Well, no, I never said it was simple.
I'm going out with her,
I'm falling in love with her,
and I walk in and she's fucking some guy.
You sleep with other men,
I sleep with other women.
It's my job, it's what I do. It's different!
When are you gonna get it?
There is no Belle and there is no Hannah.
It's just you who doesn't know what you want.
Even though you had braces and huge teeth
and were a bit chubby in school, I...
I always had the biggest crush on you.
Chubby? Wow. That's nice.
- Sorry.
- It's OK.
- Shall we have another round?
- Yeah.
- Cheers.
- Mm-mm.
There's nothing like colliding with your past
to help you face your present.
(Taxi door shuts)
- What's going on?
- I meant what I said this morning.
- I can't take this any more.
- Are you leaving?
When we were just mates,
you would tell me everything.
About life, about work. No secrets.
But since we got together it's like...
I don't know anything about you.
- That's not true.
- No?
How honest have we been
with each other lately?
- Things...have been difficult, Ben.
- I'm fine with what you do for a living.
I am.
What I can't deal with
is what it's doing to us.
I don't trust you any more.
Let's just talk about it.
I can't just change overnight.
- There's nothing to talk about.
- Well, I won't go to Stephanie's tonight.
Please.
No, you go.
I'll meet you afterwards.
When?
Midnight. Our place on the Embankment.
If you think you're ready to
give up being Belle
and give you and me a shot at a
decent future, you come and meet me.
And if not...
It's your decision, Han.
Who do you want to be?
In life, there's always a moment...
when your future depends on a choice,
#
Hi.
Belle! There's someone I want you to meet.
My new girlfriend. Sylvia Burke.
Crown Prosecutor. Best there is.
Hello. Nice to meet you.
Have... Have we met before?
I don't think so, but
I've heard a lot about you.
Got me bythe balls in the
courtroom and the bedroom.
- Fucking exhilarating.
- That's wonderful news, Liam. Well done.
You look sensational.
Look, I need to talk to you.
It's very important.
I can't do this right now, Harry.
I'm sorry.
Charlotte! You look... (Laughs)
Thank you. This is Marius.
Don't speakto him.
Gosh, you never stop, do you?
Marius is not a client.
Marius is my husband.
Oh.
(Chuckles)
Come along, Marius.
Time for your walk.
- (Stephanie) Belle!
- Hi!
(Stephanie) Aw.
You understand there was no one else
I could have trusted the business with.
- You're a natural at this game.
- Oh, I don't know about that.
No, no, no. You were born for it.
It's in the veins.
- Do you mind if I step in?
- Be my guest.
(Harry) Shall we?
- You can't run away from me for ever.
- I shouldn't be doing this.
No, you shouldn't resist
what you know you want.
I know what I want. You.
Harry...
Be with me.
Why me? I mean...
you know, there's a big city out there,
full of gorgeous women.
- Mm.
- Come on.
But there's only one you.
When I'm with you...
I feel alive,
and so do you.
- I can't be with you, Harry.
- Why?
- Why not?
- (Sighs)
What are you doing instead?
You're never going to make Ben happy.
You are not that type ofgirl.
Think about it, Belle.
Me and you, we could go anywhere,
we could do anything.
Think about the adventure. Think about
all the things we'd get to explore.
Look, I don't want you
to give up your life.
I just want to have you in mine.
- I have to go. I can't, I have to go.
- Belle. Belle.
(Sobbing quietly)
(She sniffles)
Hannah?
This is it, isn't it?
You're not coming.
I love you, Ben.
You're my best friend.
And I want you to have the best life.
But it's not with me.
I can't give you what you need
and I can't change who I am.
And I wouldn't want you
to change who you are.
You deserve so much better than that.
You deserve the best.
You know this is the end, Hannah. Yeah?
We can't go back from this.
Some choices we make for ourselves in life,
And some we make for other people,
Not because we don'tlove them
but because we do,
The only way we know it's right
is if it lets us stay true to ourselves,
Butwe can't regret our choices,
The past is behind us,
All we have is the present...
and the future...
whatever that may bring,
Take a nice long bath.
Sorry! (Laughs)
Cut there, please.
- (Moaning)
- (Man wailing)
- (Laughs)
- What?
(Man) Toast herface.
- (Laughter)
- (2nd Man) Cut!
But now I'm back.
And now that I am back...
he'll want me back.
(Laughs)
He'll want me back.
(Laughs)
(Giggling)
(Breathing heavily)
- (Fart)
- (Laughter)
- (Man) Cut.
- Is that in the script?
(Both laugh)
Sorry.
Sorry! (Laughs)
at Her Majesty's Pleasure.
I need you to take care of
the business for a few days.
Yeah, it's 250 an hour.
I'm not a madam.
Just helping out an old friend.
I need some new supplies -
whips, handcuffs. I'll get you a list.
So you are a fucking whore,
That's enough,
Hannah's gone out of her way
to look after you.
- Thank you.
- What for?
Standing up for me.
Our other relationships, they're fine,
but they're not real.
You can.
You can do anything you want.
I've never lied to Ben.
Hannah, I'm really worried about you now,
So just call me when you get this, please.
Maybe we should just try and do
that good friends thing.
You best go home, Belle.
This isn't you, Hannah,
Just kiss me, Ben, please.
(Ben) Are you OK?
(Moaning)
In life, our past always catches up with us,
And we have to ask ourselves
what we really want.
(Gasps)
(Ticking)
After all, every decision
has consequences...
and there's always
a day of reckoning,
(Tick)
I don't know why,
but I've always found court rooms sexy.
Maybe it's the outfits.
Maybe it's that...
that building sense of jeopardy.
(Gavel banging)
(Man) We, the jury, find the defendant
Stephanie Charlton...
Or maybe... maybe it's something else.
(Moaning)
- (Man) ...guilty,
- (She moans)
- (Man) ...guilty.
- (People gasping)
This was not the deal, Liam.
You promised you'd get Stephanie off.
- Exciting, isn't it?
- Well, no' not really.
I only agreed to take over
the business for a few weeks.
Trust me - this one's
completely under control.
She has no history
of any previous convictions
and indeed has spent a lengthy period
in custody awaiting trial,
and I see no reason
to detain her further.
Ms Charlton, you're free to go.
- You bad, bad...
- Yes! Yes!
- ...bad judge.
- Yes! Yeees!
Stephanie.
Stephanie. Congratulations.
Some jailbirds, wings
just can never be clipped.
- (Chuckles)
- I'm having a little party tonight...
- for you.
- For me?
It's just my way of saying thank you
- for everything you've done.
- You didn't have to do that!
Never let it be said I don't repay my debts.
Oh, yes.
(Chuckles) See you tonight.
Oh, shit.
- So this is Ben.
- Yeah.
- Ben, this is Harry. Shall we get going?
- He says you two have worked together.
Yeah. I mean, yeah...sort of.
I mean, it was a long time ago.
She helped me out on some police business.
- Yep.
- Nothing untoward.
- She was very professional at all times.
- (Belle) Hm.
- Well, I'll leave you to it.
- All right.
Very nice to meet you.
Belle.
Always a pleasure.
What was that all about?
Nothing.
Shall we get some lunch?
- Who was that guy, Hannah?
- I told you. He's a friend of Stephanie's.
Come on, there's this really
good place, just down the road.
I've got to go to work.
Ben, will you just stop. Please.
Look, I know things have been
difficult lately, OK,
but Stephanie's out now,
and things can just go back to normal.
Normal? (Chuckles)
A few days ago you leave a freaked-out
message on my phone, disappear for hours.
I still don't know what happened.
- What's it going to be next week?
- It's my job, Ben.
I'm not sure how much
more of it I can take.
Oh, God, come on.
Come on, what? Other people know
where their girlfriends are at night.
What do you want me to do, Ben?
Shall I just give up my job?
Why should I give up my job?
I love my job.
My job is who I am.
You know, maybe I was right all along.
No man can handle what I do.
I can handle it.
- What... What are you doing here?
- Declaring my allegiance.
This really isn't a good time.
So this is Hannah.
Wow. Moving up in the world, Hannah.
Very cosy.
Very chic.
I have to go to work in a minute, Harry.
Not very you, though, is it?
I mean, you're not the stay-at-home type.
Look, I have a boyfriend.
(Belle) Whoo!
(Both laugh)
- Ben is my boyfriend.
- Yes. He's a boy, but you need a man.
- Ben is a man.
- Really?
- Yeah.
- He looks more like a skinny kid to me.
Ben is actually one of
the kindest and funniest,
- most decent people...
- Yeah. But he doesn't excite you.
He doesn't get under your skin, not like I do.
(He sighs)
- I've got to go to work.
- Fine.
Whatever you say.
But I know who you are, Belle...
and right nowyou're trying
to be someone you're not.
I'm not trying to be someone I'm not.
I know exactly who I am
and exactly what I'm doing,
- at home and in work, I'm totally in control.
- (Lift bell pings)
- Ooh!
- Whoa.
(Giggles)
- You must be Belle.
- Yeah, sorry.
You're Lewis, right?
Right.
I just got my heel caught.
Sorry. Sorry.
Come in.
So, Lewis.
What can I do for you today?
- Whatever you want.
- No.
I believe the deal here is...
whatever you want.
- I don't know...what I want.
- Come on, there must be something.
You can tell me.
Nothing too naughty.
No fantasy too filthy.
I like to be tested.
I like it to be hard.
(Moans)
(Breathing heavily)
(Gasps) Oh!
Oh. Oh, God.
Er... Whew.
I'm-I'm sorry.
I didn't...I didn't realise.
- I can't believe I just did that.
- No, no, no. it's OK. Don't worry.
That hasn't happened to me
since sixth form, I swear.
- Oh, fuck!
- Ow!
Fuck! Jeez.
I knew it.
- Ow.
- I know exactly who you are.
You're Hannah Baxter from school.
- Cheers.
- Cheers.
That's horrible.
So, advertising?
- Wow. At least I'm an honest prostitute.
- (Laughs)
What can I say?
I... I've got a gift.
I can make even Hoovers seem sexy.
What about you?
- No, I think I draw the line at Hoovers.
- (Laughs)
No, I meant...
you could have done anything.
Why choose this?
Well, same reason you're in advertising,
probably, I mean...
I'm good at it...
I think, and, erm...
I just... I enjoy it.
You know, I like getting to know clients.
I like finding out their secrets.
I'm not really a virgin.
I was the animal guy, at college.
Last time I had a girlfriend I was 17.
Kind of like, erm, a private detective.
(Both chuckle)
Or a priest...ish.
Just like better underwear.
Just loads and loads of sex.
(Laughs)
Is it really that simple?
Well, no, I never said it was simple.
I'm going out with her,
I'm falling in love with her,
and I walk in and she's fucking some guy.
You sleep with other men,
I sleep with other women.
It's my job, it's what I do. It's different!
When are you gonna get it?
There is no Belle and there is no Hannah.
It's just you who doesn't know what you want.
Even though you had braces and huge teeth
and were a bit chubby in school, I...
I always had the biggest crush on you.
Chubby? Wow. That's nice.
- Sorry.
- It's OK.
- Shall we have another round?
- Yeah.
- Cheers.
- Mm-mm.
There's nothing like colliding with your past
to help you face your present.
(Taxi door shuts)
- What's going on?
- I meant what I said this morning.
- I can't take this any more.
- Are you leaving?
When we were just mates,
you would tell me everything.
About life, about work. No secrets.
But since we got together it's like...
I don't know anything about you.
- That's not true.
- No?
How honest have we been
with each other lately?
- Things...have been difficult, Ben.
- I'm fine with what you do for a living.
I am.
What I can't deal with
is what it's doing to us.
I don't trust you any more.
Let's just talk about it.
I can't just change overnight.
- There's nothing to talk about.
- Well, I won't go to Stephanie's tonight.
Please.
No, you go.
I'll meet you afterwards.
When?
Midnight. Our place on the Embankment.
If you think you're ready to
give up being Belle
and give you and me a shot at a
decent future, you come and meet me.
And if not...
It's your decision, Han.
Who do you want to be?
In life, there's always a moment...
when your future depends on a choice,
#
Hi.
Belle! There's someone I want you to meet.
My new girlfriend. Sylvia Burke.
Crown Prosecutor. Best there is.
Hello. Nice to meet you.
Have... Have we met before?
I don't think so, but
I've heard a lot about you.
Got me bythe balls in the
courtroom and the bedroom.
- Fucking exhilarating.
- That's wonderful news, Liam. Well done.
You look sensational.
Look, I need to talk to you.
It's very important.
I can't do this right now, Harry.
I'm sorry.
Charlotte! You look... (Laughs)
Thank you. This is Marius.
Don't speakto him.
Gosh, you never stop, do you?
Marius is not a client.
Marius is my husband.
Oh.
(Chuckles)
Come along, Marius.
Time for your walk.
- (Stephanie) Belle!
- Hi!
(Stephanie) Aw.
You understand there was no one else
I could have trusted the business with.
- You're a natural at this game.
- Oh, I don't know about that.
No, no, no. You were born for it.
It's in the veins.
- Do you mind if I step in?
- Be my guest.
(Harry) Shall we?
- You can't run away from me for ever.
- I shouldn't be doing this.
No, you shouldn't resist
what you know you want.
I know what I want. You.
Harry...
Be with me.
Why me? I mean...
you know, there's a big city out there,
full of gorgeous women.
- Mm.
- Come on.
But there's only one you.
When I'm with you...
I feel alive,
and so do you.
- I can't be with you, Harry.
- Why?
- Why not?
- (Sighs)
What are you doing instead?
You're never going to make Ben happy.
You are not that type ofgirl.
Think about it, Belle.
Me and you, we could go anywhere,
we could do anything.
Think about the adventure. Think about
all the things we'd get to explore.
Look, I don't want you
to give up your life.
I just want to have you in mine.
- I have to go. I can't, I have to go.
- Belle. Belle.
(Sobbing quietly)
(She sniffles)
Hannah?
This is it, isn't it?
You're not coming.
I love you, Ben.
You're my best friend.
And I want you to have the best life.
But it's not with me.
I can't give you what you need
and I can't change who I am.
And I wouldn't want you
to change who you are.
You deserve so much better than that.
You deserve the best.
You know this is the end, Hannah. Yeah?
We can't go back from this.
Some choices we make for ourselves in life,
And some we make for other people,
Not because we don'tlove them
but because we do,
The only way we know it's right
is if it lets us stay true to ourselves,
Butwe can't regret our choices,
The past is behind us,
All we have is the present...
and the future...
whatever that may bring,
Take a nice long bath.
Sorry! (Laughs)
Cut there, please.
- (Moaning)
- (Man wailing)
- (Laughs)
- What?
(Man) Toast herface.
- (Laughter)
- (2nd Man) Cut!
But now I'm back.
And now that I am back...
he'll want me back.
(Laughs)
He'll want me back.
(Laughs)
(Giggling)
(Breathing heavily)
- (Fart)
- (Laughter)
- (Man) Cut.
- Is that in the script?
(Both laugh)
Sorry.
Sorry! (Laughs)