["I Wanna Celebrate" by J. Brook & J. L. Healy plays]
♪ Smile, you're on TV… ♪
[Harriet] Harriet Manners, show me intelligent.
[soft pop music continues]
Show me… adventurous.
♪ I wanna celebrate ♪
♪ You and me… ♪
Show me… moody?
♪ I wanna celebrate ♪
♪ You and me… ♪
Oh, I forgot I have a body too.
[notification dings]
Everyone knows fashion people wear black.
♪ I wanna celebrate ♪
♪ You and me ♪
♪ You'd rather celebrate ♪
♪ Differently ♪
♪ I wanna celebrate ♪
♪ You and me ♪♪
Okay, it's time to go!
Um, can I borrow this, by the way?
Of course. Won't you be a bit hot, though?
The plan is to look cool, actually.
-Dad, we're leaving! -Yeah, coming!
[Harriet] Let the fairytale begin!
[theme music]
[upbeat music]
Yeah, don't worry, I'm on it.
I'll get the final pieces of the pitch locked by the end of play.
I just got this talking point--
-Dad, can we please just… -You guys coming tonight?
Um… concentrate, and also hurry up.
I mean, we are approximately…
we are six minutes late already.
Come on then, show us the outfit.
It's the little black dress
I picked out for you last night, right?
-Um… -Right?
Well, not exactly.
No, Harriet, what are you wearing?
Oh, you haven't done what I think you've done, have you?
Harriet, is everything all right, sweetheart?
Yeah, fine, fantastic, actually.
I'm just trying to make my inner fashion diva, so…
Can we just get a wiggle on, please?
[Harriet] I've screwed up already.
And we haven't even got there!
[♪♪]
Ooh, yeah, it's Kat.
Interesting, yeah. She certainly got that, um…
You know, that angular thing that Yuji likes.
Ergo, not a surprising choice.
Not touched by a little fascia of great genius.
You are overthinking this.
Is it possible to overthink when it comes to Yuji?
Good point, Bettina.
She's harder to read than War and Peace.
Oh, no, uh, she looks short.
Bear with, my magnificent crocus bud.
I present an unknown face, plucked from obscurity.
Echoes of your own origin story.
[gasps] The transformation
of the girl from… from nowhere in particular,
to fame and fortune as one of the most successful models of her generation.
-One of? -The queen of the catwalk.
The co-line or the front row.
The time for you and the point to make friends.
Well, Yuji wants something fresh.
[pop music]
Yeah, but that amount of fresh?
["Tudu Tudu Tu" by Maella plays]
♪ When it rains then it hits me ♪
♪ I'm attached to the thought of you… ♪
[Harriet] There's no turning back now.
[phone rings]
Hello?
Yeah, yeah. Yeah.
[indistinct chatter]
[Harriet] Okay, no big deal,
just a normal Tuesday,
asking total strangers to judge me.
Is it too late to jump into the Thames and swim home?
[music stops]
To infinity and beyond!
Okay, baby, you're ready for this.
Nat, wait.
I mean, show me quickly. I'm sure it's not that bad.
-Really, really is that bad. -Um…
I can try and tie the tentacles into a bow.
They're not tentacles.
Um, it's fine, I just… I just need a minute.
Okay, uh, I'll see you in there, then.
Don't catastrophise, right? You'll be fine.
[sighs]
[gulls squawking]
[indistinct chatter]
[Harriet] Well done, Harriet.
What were you thinking?
Logic has failed you once again.
Models, fashion, black.
Oh, I know, I'll wear a Halloween costume.
Absolute idiot!
No, I'm sorry, Nat. I'm really, really sorry.
I thought I could do it, but I-I can't.
I'm dressed as a spider! What's wrong with me?
[chuckles]
One of your legs is at the wrong angle, for starters.
[Harriet] Oh, no.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
Sugar cookies!
-It's you. -Just me.
You know, if it helps, I was in Australia earlier this year,
so spiders don't really frighten me that much.
[chuckles]
I just, um…
I don't really think I'm cut out for the fashion world.
I feel like you might be exactly what we need.
[Harriet] Wait, is he flirting with me?
-Really? -Well, I mean, what the…
what the fashion world needs, not like…
Not me. Me.
[Harriet] Obviously not. He has Poppy.
[sighs] Pull it together, Harriet!
So, show me.
-Show you what? -How to model.
I mean, you clearly know what you're doing, so…
[chuckles] Okay, sure.
I warn you, it's not exactly rocket science.
Well, I'm actually quite sure
that rocket science would be simpler.
[chuckles] Okay. Okay, then.
Um, the first thing to remember: do anything you want, as long as you own it.
Anything, including being dressed as a giant arachnid
with all eight legs attached?
Including that. [chuckles]
Okay, on to poses.
Start by doing something simple, like this.
Okay. Okay, we'll call this, "waiting for the bus".
Next.
Well, you're cheating. That's the exact same.
This is not the exact… It was a completely different expression.
Different bus, maybe.
Okay, you try. I'll be the photographer.
Okay.
[camera clicks]
[both chuckle]
I didn't know you were gonna take an actual picture!
Okay, um…
No more… no more photographer.
Let's try something more editorial.
-Okay. -Um…
-Pterodactyl. -[chuckles]
Wait, what about this one?
Oh, I know! Um…
I know this one. Is it… is it?
-The Scream, by Edvard Munch? -[chuckles]
No, close.
Uh, it's what I call the "Home Alone".
[laughing] [Harriet] I think I love him.
This dress is famous.
It was made in Paris, but the embroidery
was done in six different countries in panels,
then flown to France to be assembled.
It literally took over 20,000 hours of needlework,
and it contains 13 different materials.
Wow, baby, you really know your fashion facts.
What about… what about, um, this one?
Um, it would be like a lion,
and with your hair and everything. It's like…
-It's like a lion boy. -Lion boy.
You okay?
Um… yeah.
-You're ready? -[Harriet] Nope, absolutely not.
[sighs] Yeah.
Come on.
[sighs]
Should I put that back on, do you think?
-Yeah. -Okay.
-Where is she? -I don't know.
Called her so many times. She's just not picking up.
She's never late,
and this seems so important to her.
[Wilbur] My illustrious chicken tots!
Are we ready for a life-altering adventure?
-Where's my redhead? -[door opens]
[soft music]
Oh, good, a boy.
-A model boy. -Hmm.
[Harriet] I'm going into battle with my head held high,
like Boudica, without the helmet,
and this is my slightly bonkers armour.
And a spider.
[Harriet] Everyone is smiling. Seems like a good sign.
You just have fun, okay?
Remember, they're more scared of you than you are of them.
Oh, my god, no way.
Halloween costume. [chuckles]
Total weirdo, I love it.
[Harriet] Thanks, Nat.
Well, click your heels, and come home, Dorothy.
[chuckles]
To conclude, joining Infinity
is not like joining another agency.
It's like becoming part of a family.
So, where do I sign?
Amazing! Betty has all the relevant paperwork
waiting and ready at reception.
Do you have any questions?
Oh, always. Um, so, are you called
Infinity Models London
because our potential is limitless?
Or is it just that all of your models are really tall?
[chuckles]
What would happen next if we signed?
We have a casting day on Thursday.
We teach the girls to walk, pose,
do a couple of test shots,
if the client's casting director takes a shine to her.
Thursday?
That's actually a school day.
So?
What do you mean, "So?"
You have to go to school, Harriet. You want to be a paleontologist.
I… I just mean that
there are other options, here.
Online courses, and that kind of thing.
Miss Manners, perhaps I wasn't clear earlier.
For the right girl, this is a gigantuous opportunity.
Not a word.
Truly epically life-changing on an iconic scale.
I'm sorry to have wasted your time.
This all seems great, really,
and it makes us so proud that you see so much potential in Harriet.
Yeah, not that we're surprised, of course.
But there's just no way.
Harriet is… sensitive.
I'm not sure this is right for her.
It is.
She has school, exams…
I mean, let's think, yeah? I mean,
surely there's a way we can…
I can do this, Annabel.
Sweetheart,
three days ago, fashion had never crossed your radar.
Never crossed my radar? I'm best friends with Nat!
Sometimes, opportunities fall into your lap,
and you have to grab them with both hands.
-Carpe diem! -Carpe diem.
I really, really want this, Annabel.
I'm sorry, sweetheart, it's just… not the right time.
[Harriet] Why are stepmothers always getting in the way?
[rhythmic music]
I suppose she does have a point about the length
of my modelling dream, which sums a total of approximately 17 hours.
No, you have a point.
Just cause you haven't wanted this forever, doesn't mean it doesn't count.
Correct.
But the question still remains:
how do I get her to change her mind?
You mean, how do we get her to change her mind?
We're in this together, Hats.
[chuckles]
I'm formulating a plan,
and I think it might just be my best yet.
Does this plan involve a presentation, by any chance?
Why, yes, Nat.
Yes, it does.
[upbeat music]
[sharp breathing]
Why did you delete me from your socials?
Oh, it's nothing personal.
I was just making room for new stuff, you know?
Stuff I might actually enjoy.
I'm refreshening my grid for personal rebrand.
Oh…
So, you deleted our gorge couple snaps
for… photos of actual rubbish.
Are you okay, babes?
Okay, Poppy, can we talk?
What, babe?
I don't think I want to be in a fake relationship with you anymore.
I… I think you're great, it's just…
Please, don't say it.
-I have to. -I'm sorry, really.
No offence.
You're just so not my type.
What?
This is awkward.
You're a little bit…
generic for me.
-Uh… -Oh, I'm sorry, Nicky-Noo.
Um, unnecessary, but okay.
Look, Poppy, I just can't keep pretending
to sell these weird drinks.
No, it doesn't work with my brand.
Jude explained it all, remember?
We date for summer, swimwear, hot tubs, festival fashion,
get a puppy in autumn, hashtag "rescue dogs campaign".
-Poppy… -Christmas in flannels
and vegan sheep skin.
And then boom, we break up in January
for athleisure and "New year, new you". Remember?
-We agreed, Nick. -No! You agreed.
I just went along with it 'cause… I don't know why.
That doesn't seem like enough of a reason
to torpedo our brand, does it?
You're having a wobble, or whatever this is.
Okay, I'm sorry.
Not accepted.
Okay, look, I got to get to this thing at Infinity.
Are we going to be okay in Canada?
I'm a professional, Nicky.
I will rise above.
I… I do still want to be friends.
Come here.
[camera clicks]
-Poppy! -Not accepted!
[upbeat rock music]
[indistinct chatter]
[bicycle horn honks]
Good morning, uh, my lady.
I'm still not gonna be in your play, Toby.
Well, I don't think we have the budget
for that amount of water anyway. How are you feeling?
What do you mean?
What Lexi did the other day in English.
Everyone put their hands up and said they hated you.
-Do you not… remember? -Oh, right, yeah.
Um, does ring a faint bell. Um…
No, I'm fine. No big deal.
[Harriet] Definitely a big deal.
Sometimes, my emotions get the better of me too.
[upbeat music]
These are looking good, girls.
Oh, Harriet, try and keep the stitching on the leather.
-Mm-hmm. -And Nat, I was rummaging
around the home and found some old
pattern cutting books for you from my art college days.
Um… Harriet, what are you doing?
-Um… -She is doing some designs.
-Mm-hmm. -Yes. Um, I want
Toby's decorations for his costumes
to resemble the…
-the Camelot era. -Camelot era.
I see. Well, your attention to detail
-is really impressive. -[Nat] Thank you.
Could you be any more obvious?
Did you know that
some of the world's most greatest inventions were rejected at first?
Light bulbs, airplanes,
even umbrellas.
I'm not giving up now that I know that I can change things.
-This is gonna work, I know it. -Okay. Well,
is there anything I can do?
Come as early as you can tonight before dad's party.
And don't forget your karaoke microphone.
On it.
But please tell me
that you're not gonna sing.
[upbeat rock music]
[Harriet] I don't feel entirely good about this.
[knocks on door]
[Nat] Hey, hey!
Okay, um, quick, just…
Did you bring the…
Yeah, and… ta-da!
Uh, the music's on here.
Okay. Okay, then we are all set.
-I just need to-- -Hey, Nat.
You're ready for the big party?
-So ready. -Yeah, you are.
Oh, and Hats, I gotta play your record later.
-I'm really psyched for it. -You don't need to pretend
that's a really exciting present.
Look, I have something better than just--
Ah! Ah, ah! One can never have too much vinyl.
One very much can!
Harriet, you sure it's the right time to do it now?
It's the only time.
Seize the day, right?
[indistinct chatter]
I love my kids, but the third one… wow.
She's like a tornado.
-A very cute tornado. -Yeah, a sweet tsunami.
[chuckles]
Sorry, have you seen Harriet and Nat?
They're meant to be helping with this.
Oh, fine, I'll go and drag her from her pit.
Listen, you should take five minutes, all right?
Because this is amazing.
-See you in a bit. -Hello, Jeff.
[indistinct chatter]
Could really do with your help outside!
[Harriet, whispering] Go, go, go, go, go.
-[Annabel] Thanks. -Bells!
I've been trying to grab you. Do you want to get a date in for that river swim?
Oh…
I swear, once you start, you'll never look back.
[chuckles]
[microphone feedback]
Honestly, I'm just so proud of her.
It's just a shame they couldn't go together.
-I know. -But you know best.
I'm sure it's the right decision for Harriet.
Thank you. I know Harriet's upset,
but you know, it so isn't her.
[microphone feedback]
[Harriet] Uh…
Hello. I apologize
for the brief interruption to your evening,
but time really is of the essence.
The planned schedule will resume in a few moments,
but this is very important.
I just have a brief presentation on time management.
So, this is Clark Kent.
By day.
Superman, by night.
This is a classic example of a double life, and…
Um… just…
But it's the women who are the most adept
at doing more than one thing at once.
Famously skilled at multitasking…
[guests laughing]
…the modern woman is an inspiration
and… and really can have it all.
Girl power!
-Shh. -Thank you.
And see, I actually think it's fair to say
that you can in fact do anything
you put your mind to, if you want it enough.
Which brings me to…
Let's not forget about the child actors and models
who managed to maintain an excellent academic record.
We've got Emma Watson…
Lily Cole…
Ooh…
And Natalie Portman, Harvard graduate.
Wow, it is food for thought, right?
And this finally is just a visual representation
of the time it would take to…
uh, t-to manage GCSE course work
with an extracurricular interest such as a part-time job,
and as you can see, it's eminently manageable.
And that's it, thank you. Good night!
[microphone feedback]
[faint clapping]
Harriet, what on Earth…
The fu… dge brownies was that, Harriet?
It's why you should let me be a model,
because I can do it,
and I can do it without messing up my school work.
And I need it, and I need things to change,
and I need to change things.
She does really want it.
Nat, can you please give us a minute?
Go and find your mom.
-[sighs] -Well, that was rude.
That was rude?
Harriet, what's going on with you at the moment? You're not being yourself.
Maybe that's the point.
You just interrupted your father's 40th birthday party,
which I have spent weeks preparing for
to give a presentation arguing why you should be allowed
to do something that I… we very specifically said
you weren't gonna be allowed to do!
I'm so disappointed in you, Harriet.
[Harriet] Great! Adding Annabel to the list
of people who hate me.
We had a moment.
It's all good. All good.
Uh… cake's on the way!
[guests cheering] Yay…
Yes, right. Yes, I'm…
Sorry I got angry. I shouldn't have.
Let's just…
get back to your father's party.
[Harriet] I can't believe my presentation didn't work.
You're right.
I apologize.
It was an error in judgment.
I'll go sort the candles.
[light music]
What on earth is going on with her at the moment?
I don't know.
♪ This habitat is ruined, I'm ♪
♪ I am scared of spiders ♪
[inaudible conversations]
-How mad was she? -Oh, she went nuclear.
Does that mean you're not coming, then?
Oh, no.
I'm coming.
♪ I feel so weak today… ♪
[guests cheering]
♪ Left me scared of spiders ♪♪
Thank you. Thank you.
[theme music]