Synopsis Episode 9 PIQUENIQUE SUR LES ROCHES DE CAMPAGNE

Scene 1 An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

Mrs Calanish visits Celia to find a solution to Alice “little money problem” and invites  everybody to go to the country for a pic nic. Sutton dislikes the idea and pretends to be very busy. Celia tries to divert her mother attention from the pin nic and hurges her to see Alice and find a solution to the money problem.

Scene 2 A leopard cannot change its spots

Miss Winters is challanged to prepare a picnic basket to feed all, Mrs Calanish is very selective with the menu, and tries to teach her how to cook properly, Celia takes an appointment with her pander and with Alice.

Scene 3  When the cat's away, the mice play

Sutton is very tired because he has played all night till morning and falls asleep on a sofa in his studio, he dreams of game of cards in a desert of rocks with his mother in law and wakes up very disturbed because he has lost the game in the dream, from the veranda we can spot Angel Falls, a waterfall in Venezuela.

Scene 4 Liars need good memories

Celia goes out with her mother and secretly meets the pander in the Café where they wait for Alice.

Scene 5  A good conscience is a soft pillow

Miss Winters is very stressed and for the first time in her life, burns the lunch. The house is full of smoke when Celia comes back with Alice whipping because she is forced to find a wealthy husband or find a job. Or both.

Scene 6 You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink

Celia reproduces the object, and Mrs Calanish is very scared by the trembling of the house.

Scene 7 Blood is thicker than water 

Celia goes out to deliver the object followed by Alice again lamenting she can’t find a wealthy enough husband and can’t decide which job could fit her. Miss Winter has a bitter argument with Mrs Calanish about the management of the house.

Scene 8 One man's trash is another man's treasure

Some clouds in the sky make everyone predict a stormy weather and the picnic is out of question. Celia reveals she knows Alice favorite crime story writer and could arrange for a job interview as executive collaborator.

Scene 9 Give someone enough rope and they will hang themselves

Celia decides to have a nice picnic in the ball hall of the house, the buffet has been visited by the hungry dog Walter and Alice is thrilled to know her favorite writer and work for him, secretly planning a happy marriage on basis of love and money. Mrs Calanish has accomplished her mission:  Alice will get the job and will no more depend on her parents for money.

Scene 10 Trust not a horse's heel nor a dog's tooth

Alice discovers her favorite writer and possible future husband is a nom the plume for Celia’s friend Robin. Alice is terribly disappointed. Celia convinces Alice that Robin has so little time that what she really needs is a ghost writer and not a collaborator, and that this is a job of maximum prestige.

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Episode 3 Synopsis

Episode 3 HARD TIMES FOR SIMPLE PLAIN TRUTH

Scene 1 Seven deadly sins

The machine does not work, the objects are duplicated in a wrong size, Celia goes on duplicating a diamond bangle to understand what’s wrong. Sutton’s mother comes to visit and admires Diamond Necklace (William Goldberg) Celia is wearing.

Scene 2 Seven and the raged tiger

Celia goes out to walk a black panther with diamond collar to avoid arguing with Mrs Hoon who has decided to arrange the dispositions of the furniture in the house.

Scene 3 I’ll travel the world and the seven seas

Celia goes out to walk an elephant with diamond collar to avoid arguing with Mrs Hoon who has decided to arrange the dispositions of pictures in the house, Dumburton is sent to dismiss the pander saying Celia is not keen to work.

Scene 4 Seven green hills of Rome

Celia goes out to walk a giraffe with diamond collar, the pander insist and Dumburton dismisses the pander lying about Celia has left for a short trip.

Scene 5 Seven liberal arts for seven samurai

Celia goes out to walk a moose with diamond collar to avoid arguing with Mrs Hoon who has decided to arrange the dispositions of the sofas in the house.

Scene 6 Secret agent zero zero seven and the seven dwarfs

Celia goes out to walk a penguin with diamond collar, the pander thinks they want more money; Dunburton dismisses the pander telling him Celia is very angry with her husband and is back to her mother.

Scene 7 Shakespeare's 7 Ages of Man theory

Celia goes out to walk a T-Rex with diamond collar to avoid arguing with Mrs Hoon who has decided to arrange a different color of the paperwall in the house: the pander cames to the house and  Sutton finally dismisses the pander confessing the machine does not work, the landscape framed by the window is Easter Island in the Polynesian archipelago.

Scene 8 Seven wonders of the ancient world

Celia goes out to walk a sea lion with diamond collar to avoid arguing with Mrs Hoon who has decided to rearrange the kitchen and Miss Winters is going to countattack, the pander can’t believe the machine does not work, thinks Sutton wants to haggle on money.

Scene 9 Seven sages of the bamboo grove

Celia goes out to walk a buffalo with diamond collar since Miss Winter and Mrs Hoon are having a dramaticly unpolite chat full of masked insults.

Scene 10 Seven hills of Costantinopole

The pander delivers a case with huge money in cash and lives the house with no object, hurged by Mrs Hoon who mistakes him for the driver and orders him to bring her home. Sutton enjoys the easy earning.

Odd facts about episode 3
The objects are duplicated in a wrong size because of the machine is not working properly, Celia goes on duplicating a diamond bangle to understand what’s wrong, each time the size is different and Celia adapts the diamond bangle as a collar for a parade of exotic animals she pretends to walk out the house. It's not clear where do these animals come out.
In scene 4, Celia tries to collar her mother in low and walk her out of the house...


Quotes about episode 3
opening scene

Celia: “Cereals, Dear? We are not going to pollute our bodies with that poison. Don’t you think vegetables, meat, cheese, fish, fruit are enough for our nourishment? If you want cereals, dear, help yourself a beer at the pub round the corner. No cereals will enter this house.”

Sutton: “You are right, dear. I’ll have a whiskey when I’m finished with breakfast.”

scene 5

Sutton: “I know you can somehow amuse yourself having a walk in fine warm spring day, Celia, but I enjoy the shortening of day-light in late autumn till the winter solstice. Believe me, there is nothing as good for concentration than awareness of icy windy cold rainy dark weather outside.”

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Episode 2 Synopsis

Episode 2 THE DIAMOND WHO EAT A WHOLE WHALE 

Scene 1 The man who died twice and ended his life alive

Robin and Celia are in a Café, they dream of a holiday in an exotic island, Robin leaves and the pander arrives and orders the object.

Scene 2 The man with a needle in his brain and no injuries in his skull

Dunvegan calls to meet Sutton and propose him to leave the town for fishing salmons in wild rivers, Sutton is not very keen to leave the comforts of urban life, at his shoulders the landscape framed by the window shows The Grand Canyon and the Colorado River in Arizona, U.S.

Scene 3 The man with no grammar and a savage skill to create new unnecessary words

Miss Winters tries to open a dead fish she means to cook for dinner and discovers the fish has misteriously eaten a Diamond Watch Celia was wearing the previous night.

Scene 4 The man who saved his soul and sold his life to a stranger

Dunvegan decides to train Sutton for fishing salmons and begins to show how to handle a fishing rod using a golf club in Sutton’s studio.

Scene 5 The man who lost his world and couldn’t find a soul to sell his mind to

Celia and Robin come home and Robin is left having a conversation with Miss Winters about the mistery of the Diamond Watch, Robin thinks to use the story in one of her books and takes notes of every word Miss Winters says.

Scene 6 The man who sold ideas at every corner of the street and bought hopes

Celia duplicates the object with trembling of the walls: The Venus of Hohle Fels is dated to between 35,000 and 40,000 years ago.

Scene 7 The man who lost his mask and found a new face underwater

The poker party refuses dinner and is very disturbed by Dunvegan who goes on miming fishing poses with a golf club.

Scene 8  The man who lost his mind and found a brand new green umbrella

Robin leaves the house and the dog to Celia’s care. The dog is snooping in the kitchen looking for food and is used by Miss Winters as a gourmet tester.

Scene 9 The man with a striped red tie who refused to wear shoes

Celia goes out to deliver the object while the poker party tries to get rid of Dunvegan who has involved the "rent boys" in a fishing training section.

Scene 10 The man who sold his body and found a jade jar full of lies

At the end of the poker game, Sutton wins a ship cruise in the north seas, whale spotting experience included. Sutton verifies the ship has a gambling room and poker room before announcing the merry news to Celia and Dunvegan.

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The poker party:

Mr Loch Lomon is a poker player associated with Sutton, the character is inspired by Stephen Morrisey British singer and performer in pop band The Smiths.

Mr Kilmartin character is inspired by Bill Corgan the American singer and performer in pop band The Smashing Pumpkins.

Mr Bonar-Bridge character inspired by Bob Dylan the American folk singer, always walks in the poker room with two different “rent boys” standing behind his shoulders. He plays cards usually wearing patent leather red stiletto shoes. He has a lover called “tableau vivant” for his attitude to strike the pose, this character is inspired by Prince, the American singer and composer.

Adam Dunvegan, Sutton best friend, called affectionately "that ‘Damn Dunvegan". The character is inspired by Dave Gahan the British singer and performer in pop band Depeche Mode. Adam is a pattern design researcher, but no one does know what he is exactly doing for earn a living.

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Episode 4 Synopsis

Episode 4 THE PIJAMA PARTY IS OVER, MY GOOD HORATIO

Scene 1 Revenge on uncle Claudius

Sutton is playing cards for 30 hours and Celia wants to go to theatre to see a new representation of Hamlet. The poker party is very angry by the interruption.

Scene 2 Laertes is returning to France

Celia enters the room in a different outfit and insists to go out and laments the point of the play they are missing in that moment. The poker party is very annoyed. And Celia goes out to meet the pander to be commissioned a duplication.

Scene 3 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are sent to spy on him

Celia comes home and Miss Winters is in deep agitation for some ill-working of the oven.

Scene 4 The Murder of Gonzago guilty Claudius abruptly rises and leaves

Celia duplicates the object. Miss Winters throws to the bin her famous soufflé aux champignons.

Scene 5 Stabs wildly through the cloth, kill the rat!

Celia enters the room in a different outfit, Sutton tries to tame Cilia and tells her to be patient, from the windows at Sutton’s shoulders is displaying the three pyramids in Giza Necropolis bordering El Giza, Egypt.

Scene 6 Hide the copse of Pollonious and leave Elsinore!

Celia’s enters again the room and insists to go out to see at least the end of the representation. The poker party is very annoyed and they yell back like prehistoric cave men.

Scene 7 Poison the tip of Laertes’ sword

Celia goes out to deliver the duplication: The bone Venus of Kostenky aged 35,000 – 40,000 BCE.

Scene 8 Ophelia has drowned

Miss Winters informs the party there will be no food. The party proposes to ask for prêt-à-manger food to be delivered and Miss Winters takes the offence very badly.

Scene 9 Claudius's murderous plot reveled

Celia comes from the library with some books and decides to go to sleep. Celia’s friends Sam and Duf come to visit after a night out and stay for a late-night to early-morning gossip summit.

Scene 10 Horatio attempts to die with his prince

Celia in her pijamas enters the poker room at dawn, wearing a Diamond Pendant (Tiffany & Co.), announcing good night to the party. The game is over and the players are leaving. Sutton has won and goes to the morning room for breakfast.

Odd facts and curious details about Episode 4
Songs Sutton is humming at breakfast time: when the previous night has won, he hums David Bowie. When he loses, he hums Led Zeppelin. In this episode he is humming "Panic in Detroit".
All titles of the scenes of the episode are synopsis of the play Hamlet, William Shakespeare.

Quotes about episode 4
Sutton: “I have to play stud poker every day, as an athlete will train every day of his life. A professional athlete will run everyday 50 km to be fit to run 42.195 km at the marathone. I have to take home a jug every day to be fit to win the big barrel.”

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Episode 5 Synopsis

Episode 5 THE XMAS SPECIAL EPISODE

Carrying Diamonds in a One-Horse Open Sled, in the Darkest Night of the Century

Scene 1 the Xmas tree eater

Celia and Sutton come back from mom’s Xmas lunch, a big whitish turkey corpse uncooked in the not-working oven has starved them till home. It had been not possible to eat and they were allowed only some carrots, Sutton is gone sleeping to be vigilant for the night poker-game.

Scene 2 empty red box of candy

Alice comes from mom’s “soya bean vegan like” Xmas lunch, mom has put dad on diet and all the party has been starved nearly to death, Sutton is woken up by the door bell, Miss Winters has his day off for a date with Colonel Armadale and the kitchen is closed.

Scene 3 cometa star shooter from next door

Adam arrives from a late over craft trip in which no food has been provided, Sutton is woken up by the door bell.

Scene 4 bells ringing in the deepest dark cold night

Celia waits for the pander at the agreed café, playing with her Diamond And Emerald Necklace (Chopard); he is late because the Xmas lunch has been too generous and he stresses Celia to work quickly, Celia is wearing a Heart-Shaped Burma Ruby Necklace, Celia comes home unnerved and Sutton is woken up by the banging of the door.

Scene 5 one for the good child and one for the bad moments

A panettone cake is mysteriously delivered and Sutton is woken up by the door bell, again.

Scene 6 flying deers with snowman sled drivers

Robin arrives with Walter the dog, she is determinate to cook a Xmas pudding and ginger biscuits, Sutton is woken up by the door bell.

Scene 7 seeking presents under the bed

Dunburton wakes up Sutton and confesses he can’t take a day off and he was hiding in the cellar,  from the window of the bed room is visible the Temple of Kukulka in  the North Platform of Chichen Itza, Celia duplicates the object and must run out to deliver the object: therianthropic Lion Man of Hohlenstein-Stadel, a mammoth ivory figurine dating to 30,000 BCE.

Scene 8 old man in crimson socks

Sutton sleeping on his feet welcomes his guest for the poker game, Walter the dog eats voraciously the panettone cake.

Scene 9 salty biscuits and black dirty snow

Celia offers everyone tea and a tiny crumble of panettone cake left from the attack of Walter the dog, everyone protests they want proper Xmas food.

Scene 10 carol singing voices in the dusk

Miss Winters comes home from lunch with Colonel Armadale with a doggy bag, huge enough to feed the whole party, Walter the dog is in a frenzy mood wanting more food.

Odd facts and curious details about Episode 5:

The panettone cake is a traditional rich egg sweet bread, with raisins and citron candy skins, very popular at Xmas time, created in XV century in Milan, Italy. No explanation about who has mysteriously sent the panettone is given in episode 5.

Sutton is trying to have some sleep but he is disturbed by the door bell ringing, on Sutton’s night table there is a trembling pile of books, very classic readings, some titles are visible:

Joseph Conrad, Nostromo

Dante Alighieri, La Divina Commedia

Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

Denis Diderot, Jacques the Fatalist and His Master

William Faulkner, Absalom, Absalom

Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Love in the Time of Cholera

The Epic of Gilgamesh

Francois Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel

Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart

Honore de Balzac, Pére Goriot

Samuel Beckett, Molloy

R.D. Blackmore, Lorna Dorne

GK Chesterton The Club of Queer

W. Collins, The moonstone

D. Defoe, Moll Flanders

C. Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood

A. Trollope, The Eustace Diamonds

V. Woolf, Orlando

H. James, The Aspern Papers

DH Lawrence, The Plumed Serpent

B. Stoker, Dracula

G. Elliot, Silas Marner

F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Diamond as big as the Ritz

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