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Goodnight Vince

Interior - Day - Penny's Work

Elaine and Penny in office talking about her latest who is in the firms French office.

The phone rings it is Vince at the bookies pretending to be a heavy breather

Interior - Day - Vince's Work - Eddie Brown Turf Accountant

Stan his end and Elaine her end are concerned.

Vince failed to phone her the night before as he was at the dogs and has won £138

Tomorrow he says is his mum's birthday "Got to eat cake and all that" tonight "bet he's busy" Eddie Brown wants to meet Vince at down at Finches snooker club to discuss business. Penny sees this as just snooker which Vince denies and calls her bluff inviting her down

Penny slams down the phone "if I live to 40 I'll never understand women".

Interior - Day - Penny's Work - A J Styles Office

Elaine suggests "Phantom Rival" Penny had tried it before but Vince phoned her house on the night and she answered it.

She suggests Penny sees him tonight and mentions this phantom Steve

Interior - Night - Snooker Hall

Vince is playing with Eddie Brown and Lawrence

Eddie wants to see the books in the morning he tells the story of Johnny Mane whom Vince replaced

Alex comes to tell him "A Tart" is asking for him it is Penny "Shes different shes very well behaved" an she is allowed in as a concession "Cor the smoke how do you breathe in here". Vince introduces her to Eddie

She feigns an interest in snooker "When do they start batting" strikes up a conversation with Lawrence and comments on the good shots "Oh bad luck".

Vince takes her for a drink she wants to know if she they are going on afterwards he tells it will be 2 hours till so she sits on the snooker table in a huff. In fact Vince will play the winner so she put s her drink on the beize and sulks on a seat.

Eddie knocks a ball off the table to Penny's feet which she promptly throws back on the table and knocks all the reds everywhere. Vince takes her away from the game "oh its finished alright - well finished".

Exterior - Night - Outside Pub

Vince is not just unhappy that Penny ruined the snooker game

Penny gears up but Vince's mind is on the upcoming audit

Penny picks upon this immediately and Vince explains she has been calling him Steve to wish she feigns embarrassment

Penny manages to get Vince's attention by saying Steve is "on the creative side" and attempts to describe him

The jealously eventually gets to Vince but he reassures Penny he trusts her

Exterior - Night - Warrender's House

Norman and Daphne are discussing a delicate matter

Daphne has found a plastic cigarette under Penny's bed

Daphne is ranting about it and Norm is trying to calm her down

Penny enters Daphne shows her the plastic cigarette

Penny realises what is going on when Daphnes asks her where she found it

Daphne lays the accusations that Vince has been around when they were in Bournemouth

Penny is unrepentant and she tries to rationise it by implying it added some kind of decency and asks her mother what she should have done

Penny tries to open her mother's mind to her needs

Norman is none to plussed at being remembered like this

Penny admits that it is not all about being physical

Norman tries to tie up the conversation but Daphne can not be stopped in full flow she reaches right back to her parental role

Norman stand to his feet to stop this

Daphne is completely floored all she can utter is incoherent lines that Norman keeps retorting with a "Shut Up" she eventually weakens

Daphne storms off and Penny apologies to her father. He reassures her

Norman tries to apologise for her behaviour but his mind wanders

Interior - Night - Vince's Work - Eddie Brown Turf Accountant

Vince is frantically doing the books for the pending morning inspection from Eddie Brown. Penny rings him

Penny is all anxious yet Vince is not concentrating

Penny tells of the plastic cigarette being found

Vince asks why she didn't pretend it was hers to which Penny is astounded

Penny insists on seeing him and he says he'll be around first thing in the morning and will tell Eddie that something important has come up.

Penny doesn't want him to lose his job over this so she arranges to meet him at 8pm at the red lion tomorrow (Saturday).

Vince reminds her of the story of the phantom date that she thought he had forgotten and discussed with Elaine at the day's beginning.

Penny realises she is paying for her own meddling

Interior - Night - Warrender's House

Penny is filings her nails in her dressing gown Daphne is parading the plastic cigarette and Norman is trying to hold the family together.

Daphne is trying to apologise but she is getting in her own way

Daphne tries to patch it up

Norman returns and stops her from going to speak to Penny until the morning. He sits down with Daphne to watch some TV

The doorbell rings and Norm goes to answer it Penny comes down the stairs also to answer it and hides behind the door when it turns out to be Vince

Penny signals to her father that she is not there and he relays this to Vince

Norman goes to get whilst the credits roll he finds it in the kitchen.

Norman gives the cigarette to Vince and they say goodnight Vince then aims his conversation at the door