Original air date:
07-July-02
8.1 million viewers
Written by: Ed McCardie
Produced by: David Newcombe
Directed by: Sven Arnstein
Summary
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The series opens
with Recall being called by Elaine, he's looking out of the
window over London. He looks away from the window and approaches
Elaine, he was well away. Elaine's flicking through a book of the
country pub, which they're planning on taking over.
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The appliances - Pump Ladder and Pump, drive through a tunnel.
Recall is driving one and Adam asks him how he'll get his buzz
after he leaves the brigade. Recall tells Adam that he has his
ways and that he's going to have a long and happy retirement.
The appliances arrive on the scene of a shout. A lorry has
crashed and a driver has his head slumped unconsciously on his
steering wheel.
The watch get out of the appliances. George approaches the lorry
and informs Mick that the driver is still in the cab and is
unconscious. The motorcyclist is talked to and questioned by
Geoff, he murmurs about a car, but isn't very clear.
Mick notices a part of a vehicle's wheel and walks around, he
then peers into the Thames, noticing a car down there. He informs
the watch and asks for a line, Frank joins him and they go down.
Recall tries to give Frank some advice, but he tells him he knows
what he's doing.
People are trapped inside the door, Mick tries to open the door,
but it won't. He signals to the people inside.
Sally goes onto control and once finished, she tells Recall that
the couple in the car and onto control as they have a mobile, she
says the woman's leg is trapped under the steering wheel.
Mick comes up for air and asks Geoff to pass him a BA, but Geoff
won't give it to him because he feels it is too dangerous.
Mick goes back down and the car slips further down with the
current.
Mick comes up again and a ladder is sent down, Geoff begins to
talk about prioritising, getting one of them out of they're have
two dead people on their hands. They all protest against it. Then
Recall finally suggests to Mick about using a hose as a snorkel.
Sally goes back onto control and Recall goes down into the water
and connects a line to the car, then he comes back up gasping,
complaining he's cold. Frank tells the watch up top to get Recall
out of the water.
The appliance drives back with the line connected to the front.
Mick brings the man up, who is immediately seen by the
paramedics.
Frank is still down with the woman, passing her to hose to help
her breath. The car slips further down and the hose falls away.
The woman starts to panick. Frank tries to calm her and signals
to her that he's going to help her breath, he breathes into her
mouth for her.
Mick goes down to Frank and the woman with the hose.
The line begins to grind on metal near the edge, it snaps and the
car disappears further down.
Mick comes up asking if they can see the car, they can't. Then
Frank and the woman appear above the water...
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All of the watch
walk through the streets on the way to Recall's stag do. Mick is
wearing a fake medal, after him and Frank won the Queen's
Gallantry medal for braveness. Geoff moans about them all being
load through a built up area (See quotes...). The watch go into
the Oliver Twist. They're wearing tops saying "Recall all
fired up tour 2002".
The girlfriends and wives; Andie, Fiona and Elaine are sitting
nearby and Adam's girlfriend Maddie is in the background.
Adam and Elaine talk about Maddie, after Elaine asks how she is.
Adam then approaches Maddie and she moans about not wanting to go
to Elaine's hen night.
Frank arrives and he's not wearing his top. He makes up an
excuse, saying her forgot. Mick says that he'll feel a right
'tit' being the only one wearing the medal.
Recall introduces Elaine to Frank. She asks him if he finds it
hard being the 'new boy' on the watch, he says he's coping.
Elaine blows a whistle and the girls get ready to leave for the
hen night. Sally says she'll be back later on, then Mick asks her
if she's going back to the pub. She says of course, she is 'One
of the lads'. There's an exchange of eye contact, then Sally
leaves.
The girls leave, the watch all toast Recall.
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At Elaine's hen night...
Andie asks a truth or dare, if anyone would shag Adam. Elaine
stresses that he's her son, then Andie goes ahead anyway, firstly
asking Maddie if it's ok with her.
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At Recall's stag night...
The watch members, including Ben, light matches. Geoff's is the
first one to go out. Frank sits at the bar in the background, not
joining in with the watch.
Adam starts a truth or dare on Geoff. Geoff says truth, then
adds, if it's too personal he doesn't have to answer. Adam asks
Geoff if Fiona has a name for his tackle, if so what? Geoff moans
that it is two questions and they all say it isn't. He's a bit
hesitant at first, then answers... Mr. Everyone laughs.
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At Elaine's hen night...
Andie is carrying on her truth or dare... She goes onto who would
shag Mick. She finally goes onto Sally, but Sally doesn't wAant
to respond. Then Shauna - Mick's wife arrives, with the stripper
behind her.
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At Recall's stag night...
George asks Adam if Maddie is the best shag he's ever head.
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At Elaine's hen night...
The stripper does his act, picks up Shauna then puts her down and
strips completely.
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At Recall's stag night...
Frank plays pool, Geoff sits in a chair looking bored and half
asleep. Sally arrives back, greeted by the watch.
Adam asks Charlie who he fantasises about the most. He says
Firefighter Sally Fields. Sally is in the background and hears it
all and approaches Charlie. Frank tells him to apologise, cause
he was out of line. Charlie won't so Frank goes to start on him,
Recall stops them saying there will be no fighting on his stag
night.
Recall later reminds Mick about authority and it should be him
who puts down the rules.
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Recall and Elaine in their flat...
They talk a bit about the restaurant and then about Maddie.
Recall says Adam is just exicted cause it's a new relationship.
Recall questions Elaine with Frank, she then says she doesn't
like him.
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In the yard...
The watch are all lined up in uniform. Frank and Mick then go to
race up the tower, fully clothed in their firefighting gear along
with BA kits.
All of the watch seem to shout for Mick, Sally gets very loud and
Recall glances at her and she goes quiet.
Geoff talks to George about them being the elders of the watch.
Mick and Frank carry on racing up the tower and both get to the
top at the same time. Mick then questions Frank's attitude. He
tells Frank they work as a team. He says he does on the fire
ground, Mick wants it all the time and wants them all to look out
for each other. Frank says he'll try to make an effort.
Sally and Recall prepare to race, then go.
Frank tells George that he'll be given a desk job soon because of
'that gut' then tells him he's only being truthful.
Sally beats Recall to the top, then Recall slumps down onto the
floor and begins to break into a sweat and finds it difficult to
breathe. He tells Sally that he just feels light headed. Sally
loosens his tunic slightly, she doesn't believe a word of it, she
knows something is wrong.
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Adam is in an
office on an Instant Messenger to Maddie. Her asks her what she's
wearing underneath and she flashes her bra to him on a webcam.
Elaine enters the office and Adam quickly turns off the monitor,
accusing her of sneaking up on him. She says she's looking for
Recall so they can go through what kind of photograph's they're
going to have. Adam asks Elaine why she doesn't like Maddie,
Elaine tries to make up an excuse saying that she does.
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Sally enters Mick's office. She asks him if he's ok, then he asks
her how she is. There's definitely tension between the two of
them. Sally says she's there about Recall and that he beat her in
the drill, she hasn't beaten him in 3 years and she reveals that
Recall used to slow down as a joke to let her win. Mick just
thinks Recall is slowing down as he's retiring soon, then says to
Sally if it'll make her feel better, he'll have a word to Recall.
Sally corrects him, saying it doesn't make her feel better, it's
his job.
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Sally is in the gym, Frank enters. He brings up about Recall
loosing in the tower drill and he questions that Recall isn't up
to the job and has been struggling for weeks. Sally tells Frank
that she went to the Guv but he blanked her. Frank said he's a
friend and he can't see past that so he can't see that Recall is
struggling.
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In the yard...
Recall is hosing a pump, then Geoff goes out to his car. Recall
approaches him, noticing a model fire appliance. Geoff explains
that he made it for him for a retirement present, then says it's
corny and he'll just chip in with the others. Recall tells him
that it's thoughtful of him. Geoff then says it took 3217
matchsticks to make, as he counted them all.
The bells go down... both to an Adult Entertainment shop.
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On the shout scene...
Mick approaches Recall telling him that the watch are worried
about him and if he's ever thought of having a medical. Recall
makes an excuse about the tower, saying he must've lost his
footing somewhere.
Charlie moans about the prices of things. £30 for a vibrator,
then George corrects him saying it's a dildo because it doesn't
have batteries. Charlie goes a straps it to his head (See
quotes...). Mick then enters the shop, noticing Charlie and
demands him to take it off.
The watch leave, Mick stands near Sally and she questions why he
is hovering around her. He asks her if she's ok, then informs her
that he's spoken to Recall and he says nothing is wrong. Sally
informs Mick that Recall has been struggling for weeks. She then
says to Mick about earlier... she bigger enough and uglier enough
to look after herslf when Charlie Mead is concerned. Sally begins
to walk away then Mick tells her that he doesn't think she's
ugly.
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In the showers...
Recall brings up the subject of the double date, him and Elaine
and Adam and Maddie. Adam reveals to the watch that he's going to
propose to Maddie. Frank puts him down saying she wouldn't settle
for a fireman.
Frank walks out of the showers and Recall follows him, telling
he's out of line. Frank brings up the subject of them all having
secrets and says to Recall that he hasn't exactly been upfront.
Recall tells him to leave his family alone.
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Evening...
Adam gets out of the appliance, which drops him off, then he
picks up Maddie, kissing her then puts her down. He takes off his
hat, placing it on the road and gets a box out of his pocket. He
gets down on one knee and proposes. Maddie says no, they've only
been going out for five weeks, then walks off.
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In a restaurant...
Elaine and Recall sit at a table, Elaine asks Recall if he thinks
Adam will cope if Maddie says no.
Adam then arrives up the stairs, drunk and a waitor tries to get
him to leave. Recall gets up approaching them, telling the waitor
it's ok. Adam tells them Maddie said no, then nearly starts on a
guy for looking. He's out of line to Elaine and Recall then
leaves.
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In the Oliver Twist...
Sally sits in the pub at the bar. Frank arrives and asks Sally
what's she doing there. She explains that she is waiting for her
flat mate Debbie as she had to work late.
Frank brings up the rape and Sally questions how he knows about
it. He tells her it won't happen again, before leaving.
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Recall finds Adam at the station. Adam can tell that Recall knew
Maddie would say no. Recall tells Adam it was too soon. Adam asks
where his mum is, then apologises to Recall continuously. Recall
gets up to go to a shop and tells Adam to go home.
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Andie and George talk about not getting married. Andie says she
is fine how she is. They walk along eating chips.
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Recall goes into a shop and opens a fridge. Then a youth points a
gun at the cashier, then Recall approaches him and gets the gun
pointed at him. He wrestles with the boy and the gun is dropped
and picked up by another youth. He points the gun at Recall,
Recall tells him that he's not going to shoot him. He's getting
married soon and he's got a family to look after and a job to do.
He wrestles the boy, then the cashier asks him if he's a
policeman, he says he's a firefighter.
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Recall arrives at
work, Adam apologises yet again for the night before. Recall says
to Adam, whether he moves away, he'll always be there for him.
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Lockers...
Recall opens his locker and a chicken comes out. Geoff enters,
questioning where it came from (See quotes...) then moans about
what if Health and Safety walked in. Mick announces role - call
will be in 5 minutes.
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In the mess...
Recall tells Mick that he wants to withdraw his resignation. Mick
questions Elaine, then Recalls simply says, she loves me. The
rest of the watch enter and Mick says they'll talk more about it
later. Then Elaine enters asking Recall if they can talk.
Elaine and Recall go outside the room, Elaine tells Recall that
he loves him, if he's either a pub landlord or a firefighter. The
bells go down and the watch go to leave, Recall turns around,
whispering 'I love you' to Elaine.
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The watch arrive on the scene of a house fire. Recall notices a
kid up at the window and goes up there on a ladder. Mick shouts
up to him about BA, Recalls says 'Stuff the BA'. He enters the
building, noticing gas canisters around, then finds a baby in a
cot. He gets out through the window as it blows slightly.
Recall then goes to go up again, but Mick stops him, sending
someone else up.
Recall goes beside an appliance and begins to gasp. Adam gets out
of the building, noticing Recall collapse and runs over to him.
Recall suffers a heart attack. Adam and Sally perform CPR and the
paramedic continually shocks Recall with the defibrillators up to
360. But he dies.
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All of the watch sit in the mess. Geoff throws the matchstick
fire appliance across the room and Adam sits crying. Mick speaks
up, saying someone should call Elaine, Sally says he's
responsible.
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Elaine is packing ready for the honeymoon. Then she gets a phone
call. It's Mick. She puts the phone down after the news.
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Mick arrives back in the mess, saying about the appliances. None
of the watch members want to move, then Frank first gets to his
feet, followed by the others.
Geoff steps on the remainders of the matchstick fire appliances,
flattening it...
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Starring
Recall - Ben
Onwukwe
Geoffrey Pearce - Michael Garner
George Green - Glen Murphy
Adam - Sam Callis
Sally Fields - Heather Peace
Mick - Anthony Green
Frank - Tristan Gemmill
Charlie - Terry Alderton
Elaine - Sharon Duce
Andie - Joanne Adams
Fiona Pearce - Helen Anderson
Shauna Callaghan - Liza Walker
Ben - Graham Bryan
Maddie - Helen Lathan
Motorcyclist - Christopher Ryman
Charlotte - Lucy Allen
Gareth - Rowley Irlam
Youth 1 - Stan Robinson
Youth 2 - Simon Humpfrey
Cashier - Shin Grewal
Paramedic - David Shaw
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Quotes of the
episode
My favourite
quotes and happenings from the episode...
Quote 1:
Geoff when the watch are going to Recall's stag night:
"Please keep the noise down, we're in a built up area."
Geoff to Fiona about the stripper at the hen night: "Fiona,
if you don't like it, just close your eyes."
Charlie when he's strapped the dildo to his head: "George...
dickhead..."
George: "Can't see the different mate."
Geoff about the chicken: "Where did that come from?"
Charlie: "An egg."
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