Boy A

[Man]

How do you feel?

Oh, I don't know.

Just like I'm having a dream.

Well, you're not, kiddo.

They... They said I could

choose me own name.

That's right.

- Any name.

- You got one?

I can't...

I can't make up me mind.

Why don't you ask me

what's in the bag?

[chuckling]

What's in the bag?

- It's funny you should ask.

- [laughs]

Terry.

- Have a look at what they're called.

- Terry.

Kind of appropriate, don't you think?

I don't...

You don't know what to say?

Say thank you.

- Thank you.

- My pleasure.

Thank you.

- All right.

- All right.

[sighs]

Now...

As you know,

There are certain conditions

that have gotten your release.

I do.

There's quite a few, in fact, so we've...

Jack.

What?

That's the name...

That's the name I want.

Okay.

Jack.

Well, that's the first

thing taken care of.

[Terry]

So what are you thinking?

Don't worry.

The longer you spend here,

the smaller it's going

to seem, I promise.

Yeah, lots of students,

plenty of new faces,

which will work out pretty well

in your favor.

Mmm.

McDonald's.

Mm?

Oh, well,

at least we know what

we're having for dinner.

[Woman]

Hi.

Hi, Miss Woolly.

This is my nephew Jack.

Jack, Miss Woolly.

Come in, come in.

[Miss Woolly]

Sorry about the mess.

- And it's Kelly, by the way.

- Kelly.

It's just that I'm on nights this week,

so I'm actually not long out of bed.

- Tea?

- No, thank you.

Coffee?

Tomorrow morning,

I'll show you where everything is...

the washing machine,

the dryer, whatever.

You like your room, right?

- Absolutely, yeah.

- Good, I'm glad.

It's small, but it's clean.

- Am I wrong?

- [Jack] Uh-uh.

Functional,

and you've got

the portable telly in there,

although don't try getting ITV.

It just won't pick up

for some reason or other.

Anyway...

Sorry. Did you say

you wanted a coffee or not?

- Uh.

- Mmm.

So, tomorrow we go to the bank

and we open up

an account for you, okay?

Because the more forms you fill in,

the more real your name

is going to become.

Okay.

What else do you want to do?

Uh,

well, what else can we do?

Whatever we want.

In two weeks time,

you start work proper,

so you need to experience

as much as you can before then.

Of course, your history

has to become second nature,

so I'm going to be going

over it and over it

- and getting it.

- Yeah.

I was wondering

if m-maybe at some stage

we could take a trip.

To where?

See Philip's grave.

Think we could do that?

Let me...

Terry, no, if we can't, it's fine.

Seriously, it's fine.

Just let me think about it, okay?

I'm not saying we can't go.

Right. Yeah, right.

Newton.

What's that?

It's where I'm from.

What's your name?

My name's Jack Burridge.

And why are you here, Jack?

Now, you got two numbers

in your address book...

mine and P.S.

That's for Protection Squad.

Okay? That's a special number.

You call them,

and they'll come running.

- Oh.

- All right?

Now, just for tonight,

there's two policemen.

Just go there. Can you see them?

Yeah?

- Yeah.

- Okay.

How do you feel?

This is as bad as it's going to get.

All right?

Okay. Come here.

You're going to be fine.

Yeah?

[sniffles]

"Putting it into his pocket,

he turned back the way he'd come

"and went searching for home.

But It was evening now,

and growing dark."

[Woman] Then what did he

find when he got to the...

A butterfly.

I don't see any hands.

A butterfly.

Butterfly pendant, good.

Okay, so who's going to continue?

Mr. Wilson?

Where's your book?

How difficult can it be to remember...

I'm sorry.

I take it your homework's done?

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