We'll Meet Again (1982): Season 1, Episode 13 - The End of the Beginning - full transcript

[theme music]

ALL: (SINGING) Happy birthday
to you, happy birthday to you.

Happy birthday, dear
Letty and Peter--

[laughter] --happy
birthday to you.

One, two, three.

[blowing air]

[applause]

Now you have to cut the cake.

You cut it, Letty.

I can't wait to taste it.

I hope it's done all through.



And make a wish, you
have to make a wish.

OK.

Looks beautiful.

Well done, well done.

LETTY: Oh-- I'm
making a mess of it.

That's all right.

Oh, look at that.

That looks lovely.

JOHNNY: Thank you.

Mm.

I haven't tasted anything as
good as this since I left home.

Thank you.

VERA: Well, Albert?

Very nice.



Hey, I nearly forgot.

Many happy returns.
- That's kind of you.

Thank you, John.

Oh, it's nothing.

You shouldn't have.

Thank you.

It's lovely.

VERA: Lovely.

Memento, is it?

JOHNNY: I couldn't think
what to get you, Peter,

and then I thought,
you're going in the army

and I thought that
might come in handy.

It's a compass.

Oh, smashing, thanks, John--

look.

My dad gave it to me
when I joined the scouts.

I expect you miss all that
now you're in the Air Force.

But I will say I do admire a
man who puts his duty first.

Well, I'd have preferred
the infantry, Mr. Mundy,

like my old man in 1917.

Your father was
in the first lot?

Wounded at Bella Woods.

He was in the first
volunteer unit over here.

Fancy that, Albert.

I was wounded, too.

On the Somme.
JOHNNY: Oh--

Anyone want anymore--

What do you think
of England so far?

Well, that's rather a sore
point with me, Mr. Mundy.

Oh?

Yeah, you see my
great grandparents

came from England-- thank you.

I've been trying to
wangle a few days off

to go down to the
west country and look

up the little place they
lived in, see where we began.

Is that a fact.

You will stay to
supper, won't you, John?

Well, I rather feel
I'd be taking advantage--

Oh I insist.

You're welcome to drop
in any time you're free.

Eh, John?

[HARMONICA PLAYING "AMERICA THE
BEAUTIFUL"]

Hey where you been?

I've been waiting for you.

Elmer.

We were gonna shoot
some pool, remember?

Something wrong?

Where do they all go to, huh?

HYMIE: Who?

All my buddies.

They're all gone.

They all got a 24 hour pass.

Not these guys.

Guys I came over with.

Danny, Harvey, Mario, Chuck.

I'm the only one left.

You gotta stop
thinking like that.

I look at the
guys in these beds.

Don't have the right faces.

Come on, let's go downtown.

I tell you what,
I'll buy you a drink.

Yeah.

JACK: Night, Charlie.
- Evening, Jack.

The usual?

If you please--

and a pint for my friend here.

No thanks.

Don't be daft.

Take the chance when I'm buying.

Might never happen again.

All right, all right.

PETER: Hello.

Hiya, Peter.

ROSIE: What you think
you're up to, then?

I'm 18 today, I can come
in the front door, now.

JACK: Nobody more welcome.

Happy birthday.

[interposing voices]

JACK: What's it to be, lads?

OK, two beers, and
what are you guys having?

- I'll have a beer.
- Yeah, OK, so--

Right. four
beers, on the house.

All right!

Hey, thank you.

No, Sally and I aren't
seeing each other anymore.

I guess you could say it's over.

Well.

It's a shame, that's
all I can say.

Have another drink.

Nope, got to be getting back.

Thanks anyway.

See you later, Jack.

Can I have a ride, Red?

Sure, if you're coming now.

I thought you might be
going on across the road.

You know, the dame
with the cottage.

Nope.

Maybe it's none
of my business--

That's right, Red.
It's none of your business.

I'll forget you
said that, Mac.

Come on.

[music playing on radio]

You know, that was composed
during a time of war.

How little times change.

They do, though.

Nice to have you
home for the evening.

I'm not needed so
much at the hospital,

now, with the base more
or less standing down.

Yes.

One wonders if
things are going more

badly for them than they admit.

Is there any news of--

Jim Kiley?

He's in a convalescent
home, somewhere in England.

He should be back any day.

[indistinct talking]

Well who on earth's that?

Are you expecting someone?

The return of the prodigal.

HELEN: Pat!

Oh Pat, how lovely.

Hello, mummy-- daddy.

RONALD: Oh my, you've been
too long, much too long.

Why didn't you ring?

Well, I had lots to do
before I could leave London.

Leave?
What do you mean, for good?

Yes, I think so.

What about the job?

Oh, there's hundreds wants
to work in the forces canteen.

They won't miss me.

How'd you manage to get here?

By train.

She walked all the
way from the station,

and with a suitcase.

Train kept stopping.

It was so crowded, I had
to stand most of the time.

RONALD: Darling, you
must be exhausted.

I could do with a drink.

Poor lamb, I'll make
you some hot milk.

HELEN: I don't
think milk is quite

what Pat has in mind, Nanny.

It's the best thing for her.

PAT: I don't want any, Nanny.

You'll drink it if
I make it for you,

and I'll stay with you
until you finish it.

PAT: Now I know I'm really home.

Give me [inaudible].

Thank you, doctor.

JIM (VOICEOVER): My Darling,
the leg's coming along fine

and I should be fighting
fir any day now.

I didn't think it was possible
to feel any more deeply

for you than I already did.

I keep telling myself we've
tried to be fair to everyone,

and it's true, we have been--

everyone but ourselves.

Best china, your
mother's tablecloth.

Johnny's staying for supper.

So blooming what?

Royalty, is he?

Franklin Delano Roosevelt?

He's a nice boy, Johnny, him
and Letty get on well together.

You never know, one day--

Him and Letty?

They haven't said
anything, have they?

Of course not.

Might not even happen.

If it was going
to, well, thought

I'd just help it along a bit.

You, I got to hand
it to you, Vera.

We haven't' a cent, Albert.

You don't dislike him, do you?

No.

He's a decent enough lad.

Cut above the others,
anyway, say that for him.

Just imagine, dad.

Johnny knows Bing Crosby.

I don't exactly
know him, Mr. Mundy.

I've seen him, though.

My brother caddied for
him at the golf club once.

Fancy that.

JOHNNY: Here, let me, ma'am.

Oh, well, thanks, Johnny.

You're well trained.

I expect you'll miss Peter.

He seems so young
to go in the Army.

Oh, he's the
kind who'll settle

in and do just fine anywhere.

What I say is,
best thing for him.

Make a man of him.

Did you enjoy your walk?

Sure, Letty showed me the
path down through the woods,

all the way down the river.

Where we used to
swim, remember, mum?

Oh, we saw
[inaudible],, didn't we?

That's right.
Really beautiful--

[indistinct chatter]

Why don't you close up
early for supper, Albert?

Hm?

Why don't you close
up early for supper?

Oh.

Yes, yeah.

Tell you what.

I'll see if I can't dig
up a bottle of cider.

You didn't have any breakfast?

All I wanted was a cup of tea.

Not enough for a growing girl.

Yes, Nanny.

Oh, you're up.

PAT: Hello, daddy.

Sleep well?

PAT: Yes, just passed out.

Good.

Yes, you looked exhausted.

Any tea left, Nanny?

You glad to be back?

Well, how was life
in the big city?

Oh, it was an experience.

It was quite
exciting for a time.

I see.

Well, no doubt we'll hear
about it all in due course.

Yes.

Well I think I'll go for a
stroll around the garden,

get some fresh air.

Good idea, it's
a lovely morning.

I'm worried about that girl.

She'll be working
too hard, Nanny.

There's something on her mind.

She troubled.

You think so?

You know it as
well as I do, major.

You're not blind.

[knocking on door]

VI: Sally, it's me.

SALLY: Come in, Vi.

Hello, William.

BETTY: Hello, Auntie Vi.

Hi, Betty.

You're up early.

What's that?

Just some things for your mum.

Oh, you shouldn't have.

It's only a cabbage, few
potatoes, some carrots.

That's very kind,
why, thanks very much.

- Where shall I put them?
- Yeah, that's lovely.

Will you stay and have
something with us?

We're just having
some bread and soup.

Please.

Yeah, I'd like that.

What's that?

BETTY: It's a picture.

Who is it?

BETTY: This is me, that one's
William, that's Uncle Joe.

It's very nice.

BETTY: Where is Uncle Joe?

I haven't seen him
for a long time.

He's probably working hard.

That's what mummy says,
but I want to see him.

Soon.

You'll probably see him soon.

They you can show
him your picture.

Do you want to?

Do you?

It's no use talking about
it again, it's past history.

VI: Why did he leave?

Because I told him to.

He said he felt trapped
by me and the kids.

I said if it's as bad as
that, you better get out.

He didn't argue, it
was what he wanted.

I'm not so sure about that.

It seems to me that he's'
as miserable as you are.

Why don't you just
get back together

and talk it over again?

If it takes only one
row to split us up,

then it can't have meant much
in the first place, could it?

Look, I don't want to
turn customers away--

Are you telling
me to clear out?

JACK: No, I'm not I think
there must be a better way

of solving your problems, and--

I'm tired of people
sticking their noses in, Jack!

Even you.

Look, it only
concerns Sally and me.

Anyway, nobody else
would understand.

JACK: From what I hear, she
doesn't understand either.

Well, she ought to.
I spelled it out.

But you were ideal
for each other.

And the children.

You'd have managed--

I fit it too easy.

I didn't want anything
else, I couldn't

think of anything else.

I hate being dependent.

But being together, being
able to depend on each other,

that's the best thing there is.

I wasn't expecting you
for three or four days yet.

I convinced the medics I
convalesce quicker on duty.

Well, that's terrific, Jim.

Thanks.

I was getting kind of anxious
in case you missed the start.

What?

I know [inaudible]

Sorry.

OK.

I promise you is gonna knock
Hermann Goring through the seat

of his long johns.

We're up to full strength
with the B17s and cruise,

and this time we're not
starting from scratch

with 100% greenhorns.

You weren't
kidding about Goring.

You're damn right.

We got a lot to catch up
on and 72 hours to do it.

Lester will fill you
in on the details.

Now when this offensive
begins, every single person

in this group will be required
to give maximum effort.

To

VI: The countess, knowing
that her strength was failing,

sat thinking of this with
her face buried in her hands.

When, startled by some
sudden sound, she raised--

[knock on door]

Oh, who's that?

It isn't Uncle Joe.

No.

BETTY: Hi!

Hello, Betty, love.

Hello, Mrs. Bilton.

Hello, Vi.

How's William then, eh?

Where's Sally?

Oh, she's gone to the library
and to get a few things.

Oh, yes, she told me you take
them off her hands Saturdays.

VI: I quite enjoy it.

Yeah, that is kind.

Well-- gives her a chance to
do a bit of shopping and, you

know, have a bit of a chat.

Uh, been gone long?

VI: About half an hour, eh?

Oh.

Oh, [inaudible].

There we are.

Come on, Betty, that's for
you, and one for Billy.

For me, Granny?

Saved for you special,
out of my own sweet ration.

Poor mites, I can't
get over to spend

much time with them these days.

You're going to stay until
Sally gets back, though, hm?

Oh, yes.

I was meaning to.

It's a long way to come, just to
turn around and go home again.

Well.

If she's at the library,
maybe I'll wander over there.

Meet her on the way back.

VI: All right.

What about you, Betty,
would you like that?

Come for a walk
with your old gran?

Thank you.

You ever get the feeling
we're missing out on something?

Hm?

Other guys do all right.

They all got cute
little chicks that keep

their motors running for them.

What do we end up with?

Rosie's kind of special.

Yeah.

And permanently off limits.

JACK: Charlie.

Pint, please, Jack.

Just seen the Bilton
kids, in the square.

Mac'd like to see them.

That's enough, Charlie.

Just one more person going on
to him about that and he'll

explode.

[inaudible]

If you mean am I going to
see Lieutenant LeRoy again,

no, I'm not.

Well, what happened?

ROSIE: I don't want
to talk about it.

Ah, come on, Rosie,
you can tell us.

Yeah.

Well, all I say is he's not
the gentleman I thought he was.

You mean he tried to--

the bum.

He said some
very unkind things.

You never thought I was that
sort of girl, did you, Elmer?

Gee, no, Rosie!

No.

You always behave with respect.

And you, Hymie.

ELMER: So you won't be going
along to the dance with him

tonight, hm?

Certainly not.

- We'll be there, hey?
- Yeah.

- Me and Hymie.
- Uh huh.

ROSIE: Oh.

Hey, Elmer, it's your
turn to buy the drinks.

Yeah, sure.

If you ain't going to
go to dance with LeRoy,

why don't you come with me?

Look, I love Elmer like a
brother, but just for once,

couldn't we go out, the
two of us, on our own?

[knock on door]

Mngh.

Jim!

Did you-- how did you--

A couple hours ago.

You're limping badly.

JIM: The muscles are still weak.

It's not too soon?

No.

The only thing that
kept me from going crazy

was thinking of you.

Can you get away?

What, now?

Take a drive, have
lunch somewhere?

Jim, I can't.

Ronnie's just rung, I promised
I'd be back for lunch.

Pat hasn't been home very long.

Oh, I'm so glad to see you.

Tomorrow?
- When?

HELEN: Same time?

SALLY: I'm back.

Hello.

Not too long, was I?

VI: Course not.

Did you get
everything you wanted?

Still no self-raising flour.

Where's the kids?

Well your ma-in-law
took them out.

She was hoping she'd
meet you on the way home.

Funny, I didn't see it.

What's she want?

VI: Just come for a visit.

Said she was missing the kids.

[scoff] She paid
precious little attention

to them when she was here.

Mm.

Oh, she left you a note.

A note.

She's taken them.

VI: Yeah, I told you.

No, she's taken them away.

What?

I'm not fit to be
their real mother.

She owes it to Stan, to bring
them up decent, away from me.

She's taken them where
I'll never find them.

Women.

You never know where
you stand with them.

Mm.

Take Rosie, in fact.

She says she's finished
with her fancy lieutenant.

Tonight at the dance
she'll be all over him.

Yeah.

I couldn't stand
to watch that.

Me neither.

I don't think I'm
going to go to the dance.

Yeah, me neither.

Hey, Ziggy's running
a new crap game tonight.

Yeah?

Great.

You gonna go?

I got letters to write.

I might look in later.

[bell rings]

JACK: Last orders,
please, gentlemen.

Thank you.

Time for another, Mac?

Nope.

I've had too much already.

You know best.

And where to now, Mac?

Back to the base, I guess.

Better not let the MP see you.

Tell you what.

Come back to my billet,
have a snooze for an hour.

Ah, I'll be all right.

JACK: You better
go with him, Mac.

- I'll be all right.
- Hey, steady on!

Oh, I'm sorry.

Mac, thank God
you're still here.

It's Sally and the children.

Their grandmother, she's
gone and taken them away.

Vi, what do you mean?

Taken them away?

Mrs. Bilton, she's
been and taken them away.

I let her, because
I thought she was

just taking them for a walk.

She said she isn't going
to bring them back.

See, she left a note for
Sally, saying that she

wasn't fit to look after them.

That she's claimed
them for herself.

What's What's going on?

JACK: Not you keep
out of this, boys.

Are the kids hurt?

I saw them out in the
square not half an hour ago.

Why didn't you say something?

You didn't want to hear!

Told you, didn't I, Jack?
- Where were they going?

They wasn't.
MAC: What?

They was all up the
Ipswitch bus stop.

It went 20 minutes ago.

They'll be long gone now.

[but motor roaring]

Here you are, then.

Now sit still and
stop fidgeting.

Where are we going, gran?

You're going to stay
with me for a while.

What about mum?

She's not coming.

Just be the three of us.

That'll Be nice, won't it?

Hm?

For how long?

Never you mind.

I haven't got my
nightie or anything.

Nor has William.

Will you stop arguing.

Look out the window
and enjoy yourself.

DRIVER: What's up then?

Army exercise.

Tanks crossing just ahead.

You'll have to stop here.

Oh, god, how long?

Till we get a clear
from advance headquarters.

Advance headquarters,
ruddy wargames.

Well, whatever it
is, get everybody out.

DRIVER: Hey, what for?

We have to check for
spies and infiltrators.

Spies?

In this lot?

Sorry, folk.

Colonel here wants
everybody off.

Good [inaudible],, come
on, baby, we gotta get out.

Here, Betty, you get out first.

Go on, get down the stairs.

I'll follow with William.

Get a move on.

Get a move on.

OK, OK, how can I hurry up
when I got a baby in my arms,

I let you know.

Here we are, Betty.

Here, come on.

You look after Billy.

I want to have a cigarette.

Now don't go wandering off.

Stay there.

[william crying]

Lot of nonsense this
is, holding everybody up.

When are we going to get to
Ipswitch now, I'd like to know.

It'll be dark, I have two
children to look after.

They don't care
about that, do they?

No.

Where have those kids got to?

Ooh!

(SHOUTING) Uncle Joe!

Shh! (WHISPERING) Come
on, princess, come on.

You have to keep your
eye on them every minute.

Betty?

Bye bye!

[door opening]

MAC: Here we are.

Hello mum, what's for tea?

Betty.

MAC: There we go.

[william crying]

Look, Uncle Joe.

Hey, now, that's real
pretty, princess, real pretty.

It's OK, Sal.

They're home safe.

We're all home.

I've been a damn fool.

Thank you.

You need another
change of socks.

We're supposed to take
as little as possible, mum.

Once we get the uniforms, we're
not allowed anything else.

Another pair of
socks won't hurt.

I'll tell your dad you're ready.

Poor mum.

She can't believe
it's here already.

Neither can I.

Few more weeks and
I'll be home on leave.

What am I going to
do without you, Petey?

PETER: Mum will
take care of you.

I still got six weeks
to go the doctor says.

PETER: Then it will
all be over, eh?

It'll just be starting.

You're not afraid, are you?

Not of having it.

That's just pain.

PETER: Yes, I suppose it is.

It's afterwards.

My life will never
be the same again.

I've got another pair.

That's enough, Vera.

The train won't wait for him.

(TEARFUL) Peter.

Come on, now.

We don't want any
sniveling, do we?

No, dad.

I, um--

I won't make any speeches,
except to say I--

I wish I was coming, too.

I'll go to the station with you.

Bye, mum.

You'll be careful,
now, won't you?

Of course I will.

Letty.

Take care of her, mum.

[inaudible], soldier.

Let's be having you.

You'll write, won't you?

Every week, promise me.

PETER: I promise.

HELEN: Hello, Jim.

I got your message.

Well, it would've
been nice, but--

Oh.

Well, I-- I'm free
in half an hour.

Yes, I could wait till then, as
long it's not much after 6:00

I really do have to get back.

All right, yes.

You'll call if there's a--

all right, bye.

Pat!

Hello, mummy.

Am I interrupting?

No, no.

Well, this is a surprise.

I thought I'd hardly
seen you since I got home,

so I'd come down
and see you here.

Well, how nice.

You're looking less tired out.

Yes, I'm feeling better.

Well, Nanny, thought that it
might be something a little--

a little more than tiredness.

Well, you know Nanny.

Anyway, I thought I'd
come and sit with you

and drive home with you.

I may be a little late.

I don't mind waiting.

Pat, I have someone
come to see me.

Jim Kiley?

You don't have to explain, I--

I was rather stupid
about it all.

Pat, I--
I don't know--

Mummy-- look, I
have to talk to you.

When I went off to London,
all I could think about

was to get as far away as
possible from you and daddy--

and Jim.

Yes.

There's nothing I could
do to help any of you.

HELEN: No.

And it wasn't only that.

I really did want to do
something positive in the war.

Finding out I had a weak
lung, and nobody was

going to take a risk with me.

We should have--

I should've taken that
much more seriously.

Anyway, I went to London.

And I got a job in that canteen.

And all the boys,
everybody who came in--

it was so alive.

It was to hell with tomorrow.

It seemed so right.

You had an affair.

I found out he was
married, two children.

I didn't mind.

They told me it could
never come to anything.

I said as long as we could be
together, whenever we could,

then--

I didn't mind.

My dear.

Well see, I'd never--

I'd never felt that before.

I'd never felt that
need to be with somebody

so much that
nothing else exists.

One day I thought
I was pregnant,

and was good about it.

He said he'd take care of me.

Next morning I found he'd gone.

Oh, my poor baby.

What about the child?

False alarm.

I've only told
you this because--

well, I knew one
day I'd have to.

I'm glad you did.

Pat, I don't know--

You don't have to
say anything, mummy.

I just want you to know I'm--

I'm not the same.

I've changed.

Yes.

And I'm sorry if
I criticized you.

JOHNNY: Can you beat
a queen of diamonds?

Oh.

[laugh] All right.

[thunder rolling]

So when do you
expect your folks back?

Any time.

Tell me some more about
Hollywood, Johnny.

Gee, Letty, I already told
you everything I heard about it.

I've never been there,
I don't know anyone.

Just Just being there
would be enough.

It must be wonderful.

Yeah, I guess.

I'm real sorry I missed Peter.

He said to say goodbye,
and he'll be back in a month

or so on leave.

Yeah, I guess they won't ship
him anywhere straight away.

No.

Hey, I'm sorry,
I didn't mean to--

No, it's all right.

It's just that--

I'll miss having him to talk to.

Yeah.

I better push along.

You're not leaving?

Well if your dad's
not here or anything--

You don't have to.

Well it's a pretty
awful looking night,

I better get back to the base.

No, don't bother.

I'll see you again, huh?

You tell your folks I called.

[thunder rolling]

[inaudible]

Hey, Elmer.

You supposed to
be playing pool?

With Hank Muller?

Changed my mind.

ELMER: Like you
changed it last night?

I ain't with you.

No?

Well, Hank told me you didn't
play last night, either.

You were at the
dance with Rosie.

Yeah.

What do you mean, yeah?

What I said, yeah.

I knew you was busy
at the crap game,

so I thought why
not go to the dance.

You knew I was busy
at the crap game?

You fixed for me to go.

I didn't make you go.

You'd be along
later, you said.

And all the time you were
down here with Rosie.

More fun than watching
you shoot craps.

[chortle]

You stabbed me in the back.

Fifth columnist.

What'd you call me?

You heard me.

You know, if I was you,
I'd button my lip, fatso.

- Say that again!
- Fatso!

Don't [inaudible] boys.

You hear what he
called Mr. Blair.

[shouting]

Stop it will you?

Calm down, or I'll
throw you both out.

As for you, young
lady, you ought

to be ashamed of yourself.

A pint of bitter,
please, Mr. Blair.

Don't take on so
much about Peter, love.

We'll get used to it.

It won't be forever.

You can get used to anything.

I've proved it.

Like having a baby.

Oh, what a time we'll have.

You're looking forward to it?

I should think I am.

A baby to look after again.

Well you can do all of it.

Look out, Albert.

It's running down my neck.

What a filthy night.

You going out again?

No fear.

If Hitler's coming
across tonight

it won't be in airplanes.

It'll be in landing barges.

You didn't mean
that, did you Letty?

About the baby?

Why should I want it?

Because it's yours.

Yours and Harvey's

I can hardly remember him.

Letty!

He's out of it.

Gonna have that-- baby
hanging around me forever.

Do you want anything?

Some water.

Everywhere I go, I'll
have to take it with me.

Everyone I meet will ask
me, who's his father?

The ones that know
already won't have to ask.

They'll know it hasn't got one.

And whose fault is that?

I don't want it, I
don't (SHOUTING) want it!

Then you should have thought
of that before you started

fooling around with Harvey.

For God's sake, stop
feeling sorry for yourself

and think of others
for a change.

We've done all we could to make
things easier for you in spite

of the hurt you've caused us.

Yes.

That hadn't occurred to, had it?

Well, it's about
time you grew up.

In a couple of months,
you will be a mother,

and that child will be
your responsibility.

I better go.

I really do have to get back.

- I booked a room.
- A room?

Our room, over at Norton.

Jim, I can't.

I just like--

I promised Ronnie I'd--

Hello, Pat.

Could I speak to daddy, please?

No-- no don't wake him.

Will-- look, would you just say
I shan't be back for supper?

I'm going to be late.

I don't know long.

Yes.

Bye, love.

The little road off to the
left, just after the pub.

Shouldn't we
keep the main road?

Saves miles.

Sorry it had to be
such a terrible night.

[brakes squeal]

What the hell?
You all right?

She ran right in front of me.

Crazy idiot, could have
gotten us all killed.

It was Letty Mundy.

JIM: On a night like this?

(SHOUTING) Letty!

Letty!

Can't see anything in this.

You go that way.

(SHOUTING) Letty!

(SHOUTING) Letty!

Letty!

[scream] [gasping]

[screaming]

Shh, it's all right.

It's all right.

[gasping for breath]

(SHOUTING) Jim!

Jim!

Jim, we're here!

[letty gasping and crying]

I hope we're not
going to be too late.

Nurse, get Dr. Heywood and
prepare the delivery room.

She's in premature labor, take
her along to the [inaudible]..

I'll go scrub up.

Jim.

I know what you're going to say.

I don't want it
to be like this.

I know what you're
going to say--

We're not the
type to play around.

HELEN: Oh god--

You still care for Ronnie,
and hate having to lie to him.

I can't stand it.

I'd take you away
somewhere, but I can't--

I can't--

--not until this
lousy war is over

and I can come to you and say
I want you with me always.

I want you to be my wife.

Oh, my darling.

We We think she was
heading for the river.

She's all right now, the
doctors are with well.

What?

She's having her baby.

It's too soon.

It's far too soon!

I have a car outside.

I'm afraid it's going
to be quite some time.

Would you prefer
to wait at home?

No, we'll-- we'll stay
here, that's all right.

We'll stay here, yeah.

Very well.

[motors revving]

[baby fussing]

It's so good to see you, love.

The doctor said
it was a struggle

but you're going to be fine.

NURSE: Here we are.

It's your granddaughter.

Be good to build her up a
bit, but she's just perfect.

Granddaughter?

A girl?

Oh, Albert.

Can I hold her?

NURSE: Not just yet.

In a day or two.

Oh, Albert, just look.

Very nice.

Very nice.

This is it.

Vacation time's over.

Today it's the
bull's-eye, Berlin.

How about that.

You still not talking?

That's dumb.

Can I help it if Rosie
prefers the suave type?

And one thing you
ain't is suave.

Fifth columnist.

Look, I told you
not to call me that--

Hey guys.
Hey.

Colonel wants to see us.

- The colonel?
- Yeah.

What for?

No idea.

I just know he wants
us there and fast.

[knock on door]
- Come in.

Major, colonel.

At ease, At ease, men.

Red, Elmer, Hymie.

RED: Son of a gun.

[laughing]
- When'd you get back?

Last night.
RED: But how?

How'd you get back?

Well, uh--

Go ahead, and make it short.

When I bailed out, I
landed in some woods,

so the krauts missed me.

I didn't want to
do time in a POW.

[laugh]

[inaudible]

CHUCK: So I headed into France.

Traveling by night, took me
about seven or eight weeks

to get to Spain.

A week later, I was
in Portugal, hitched

a ride on an RAF
transport, and they dropped

me last night at Biggin Hill.

Oh it's good to see you!

[chatter]

All right, men,
the reunion's over.

Just thought you'd like
to see him before takeoff.

OK, now let's get
over to briefing.

It's a big day,
and I want you guys

bright eyed and bushy tailed.

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

Colonel, major.

Red.

Well.

I'm glad that you're back, son.

Now get yourself some
breakfast and a new uniform.

The de-briefing office
will check your story,

then Major Kiley will
arrange for you to be

driven up to headquarters.

This morning, sir?

Have a heart, colonel,
I've got a wife out there.

[plane engines starting]

Hello, darling.

I heard you come in.

I was at the hospital.

All night?

HELEN: It was an emergency.

I see.

Letty Mundy had her baby.

It was touch and go whether
we'd lose one or the other.

And-- we were lucky.

Good heavens.

Just as well you were there.

Yes.

Yes, it was.

So long, you
lucky son of a gun.

(WHISPERING) Chuck.

Mac.

The enemy doesn't know
what's going to hit them.

That they don't, sir.

We've a long ways to go.

But it's like Winston Churchill
said, "It's not the end,

nor the beginning of the end.

But it's the end
of the beginning."

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