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E5 The Pre-Marriage Course

RETREAT COMEDY
RETREAT COMEDY
Episode • Jan 7 • 16m

(THE PRE-MARRIAGE COURSE)

At Una's, Teresa is throwing up. She thinks she is pregnant. Gunter disagrees; he has been tracking her ovulation cycle.

Gunter has saved his stoats. The stoats are safe in the attic. Teresa plays the tin whistle to round them all up as she vomits.

Una is not out skip diving this time. She is free-diving in the swamp waters.Una is able to hold her breath for long periods.

Wendell's return to Jocelyn is not going well. Wendell's adolescent outbursts shock Jocelyn. Mercury is backing him up. Jocelyn is also treating Mercury like a teenager calling for her to grow up and return to the music studio.

Malachy and Seamus get Teresa to start the pre-marriage course. They overwhelm her with documents to sign including the EU forms . When she questions them they lie and say it stands for "Ecclesiastical Union". Malachy tries to confound her with legalese. He claims to have studied law in prison. She is in despair about the house flooding under her watch. Teresa is dubious but will sign if it is in the best interest of their baby.

Mary is upset about the swamp and suspects Malachy has something to do with it. She also questions Teresa's pregnancy. Seamus says God works in mysterious ways. Mary cannot get help to stop the wedding.

Agnes is happy living in the swamp on a raft with Una.

Mercury is divinely inspired by Una's and is back to songwriting.

Wendell is occupied with standing-up to his Jocelyn. She is coming to terms with her son's imminent independence.

Mercury notices Wendell's prodigious talents in the mixing studio.

At times, Jonathan appears much more intellectual than before, making pointed comments about the EU.

Teresa and Mary fall out. Mary is a bad cook. Everyone is losing weight .

Teresa is weaker and weaker. Damien continues his documentary. He films Jonathan dressing Teresa in white wellingtons and a bride's gown. As she deteriorates, Damien films her as she admits that Gunter was her first choice.

...Wedding Bells Ring.

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