Extra English episode 1 Hectors arrival (part1)

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🩷 Episode 1 – Hector’s Arrival

Scene 1 – The Email

**BRIDGET** *(reading an email)*
“Gigi!! Did you get my message? Please call me. Love, John. P.S: Did you get the flowers?”

**BRIDGET**
Is he stupid?!

*(Writes an email)*
“I told you last night, it’s finished. Sorry. B. (And don’t call me Gigi.)”

**JOHN** *(on the phone)*
But please don’t leave me.

**BRIDGET**
Don’t cry. Oh, goodbye. Oh, and happy birthday! Aah, men!

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### **Scene 2 – The Post**

**ANNIE**
Come on, Charley, come on. Post, Bridget. Charley and I have the post, haven’t we, Charley?

**BRIDGET**
Give me the post, Charley.

*(Dog growls)*
Give me the post, Charley!

**ANNIE**
Drop it, Charley. Oh, good boy!
Oh, telephone bill, gas bill, electricity bill. Oh… ah, what’s this? Mmm, a parcel for you, Bridget.

**BRIDGET**
Oh, good. What is it? Oh, it’s from mother.

**ANNIE**
“Oh, Bridget darling, this arrived for you and I made you this. Love, Mummy.”
Oh-ho-ho, oh very you, Bridget!

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### **Scene 3 – The Letter**

**BRIDGET**
Mother! Ooh, this is from Argentina.

**ANNIE**
Argentina? Who from? What does it say?

**BRIDGET**
It says, “Hello, do you remember me?” No.
“Seven years ago we was pen pals.” — “We *were* pen pals.”
Oh yeah, now I remember! It’s Hector!

**ANNIE**
Who’s Hector?

**BRIDGET**
He was my pen pal seven years ago.
“I speak English good now — and I am coming to England.”

**ANNIE**
Oh, Latin Americans!

**BRIDGET**
“I would like to sleep with you. Do you have a bed for me?”
Oh, he wants to stay here!

**ANNIE**
But what about the rules?
Ooh, a Latin American here, ooh, like Ricky Martin! Tall, handsome, rich!
So, when is he coming?

**BRIDGET**
Let me see… it says November 5th.

**ANNIE**
November 5th? But that’s…

**BRIDGET**
…Today!

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### **Scene 4 – Nick Arrives**

*(Knock on door)*

**BRIDGET & ANNIE**
Aaaah!

**BRIDGET**
Oh, it’s you, Nick!

**NICK**
Hi, babes!

**ANNIE**
Hello, Nick. How are you?

**NICK**
Great. Nice muscles. Here’s your milk.

**BRIDGET**
Our milk — you mean the milk you borrowed three weeks ago.

**ANNIE**
Oh, thanks, Nick.

**NICK** *(mock Italian accent)*
I forget nothing!

**ANNIE**
Would you like a drink, Nick?

*(Phone rings)*

**ANNIE**
I said, would you like a drink, Nick?

**NICK**
Oh! Sorry, no thanks.

**ANNIE**
Bridget’s friend is coming.

**NICK**
Oh yeah?

**ANNIE**
From Argentina.

**NICK**
Wow! From Argentina! What’s *she* like?

**ANNIE**
She is a he!

**NICK**
Huh?

**ANNIE**
Not a girl — a boy.

**NICK**
Oh. Tough guy, ay?

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### **Scene 5 – Hector Arrives**

*(Knock on door)*

**BRIDGET**
I said…

**HECTOR**
Hello.

**ANNIE**
Hello.

**HECTOR**
I am called Argentina. I am from Hector.

**ANNIE**
You mean “I am called Hector.”

**HECTOR**
You are called Hector?

**ANNIE**
Oh, no! I am called Annie.

**HECTOR**
I am called Annie.

**BRIDGET**
No, she means “I am called Hector, I am from Argentina.”

**HECTOR**
You are from Argentina!

**BRIDGET**
Oh, come in!

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### **Scene 6 – Strange Guest**

**ANNIE** *(typing an email)*
“Hi Nadia. Bridget’s pen pal arrived this morning. He is… mmm… strange.”

**NICK**
Hi, babes!

**ANNIE**
Hello, Nick!

*(Typing)* “Oh, and Nick from next door is so funny! He brought our milk back from three weeks ago.”

**NICK**
I forget nothing!

**BRIDGET** *(typing)*
“Chrissy! Nick is so stupid, he touched my bike. Men! Also, Hector is here from Argentina. His English is not very good.”

**HECTOR**
I am called Argentina. I am from Hector.

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### **Scene 7 – In the Flat**

**HECTOR**
These are my cars.

**BRIDGET**
You play with cars?!

**HECTOR**
Yes, you play, no?

**BRIDGET**
He plays with cars!

**HECTOR**
I read. I love the library.

**ANNIE**
We go to the library too, don’t we, Bridget?

**BRIDGET**
Yes, it’s great!

**HECTOR**
Good. I live here.

**BRIDGET**
You live in a museum?

**HECTOR**
Yes, I have many old things. I live in a museum.

**ANNIE**
Well, thank you, Hector. Now we’ll show you the flat.

*(They tour the apartment)*

**BRIDGET**
This is the bedroom.

**HECTOR**
Thank you. Who-hey! Where do you sleep?

**BRIDGET**
No, you don’t understand, we only have one bedroom.

**HECTOR**
One? I have twenty.

**ANNIE**
Twenty?!

**BRIDGET**
He lives in a museum with twenty bedrooms.

*(They laugh)*

**BRIDGET**
Well, you can sleep here.

**HECTOR**
Oh, thank you.

**ANNIE**
Oh no, no, no, Hector! It’s a bed.

**HECTOR**
A bed? Ah!

*(They show him the TV)*

**BRIDGET**
Just relax, I must go to the bathroom.
Psst, Annie! Bathroom! Now!

*(Whispering)*
Oh my goodness, what are we going to do? He plays with toy cars!

**ANNIE**
He’s not a sexy Argentinian… but he’s sweet.

**BRIDGET**
And polite.

**ANNIE**
But those clothes!

**BRIDGET & ANNIE**
He must go.

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### **Scene 8 – Nick & Hector**

*(Doorbell)*

**NICK**
Hello. Who are you?

**HECTOR**
Oh, you who are quick, good!

**NICK**
What?

**HECTOR**
My luggage is downstairs. Bring it up, please.

**NICK**
What are you doing?

**HECTOR**
You are the butler!

**NICK**
The butler?! I’m Nick — I live next door.

**HECTOR**
Oh! I am Hector.

**NICK**
Oh, Hector from Argentina.

**HECTOR**
Yes, from Argentina!

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### **Scene 9 – Misunderstandings**

**NICK**
Where are the girls?

**HECTOR**
They live here.

**NICK**
Yeah, I know. Where’s Bridget?

**HECTOR**
She gave me this.

**ANNIE**
Hello, Nick! This is Hector from Argentina.

**BRIDGET**
Isn’t he wonderful?

**NICK**
Wonderful.

**BRIDGET**
Are you hungry? We’ll buy your lunch. What would you like? Fish and chips?

**HECTOR**
Fish and ships!

*(Everyone laughs)*

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### **Scene 10 – English Lessons**

**NICK** *(typing an email)*
“Yo Dan! The chicks opposite have a visitor, Hector from Argentina. He can’t speak English. He thought I was the butler! And I think he fancies Bridget.”

*(Out loud)*
OK, Hector, I’ll teach you some English.

**NICK**
This is the oven.

**HECTOR**
This is the ov-en.

**NICK**
Annie’s dog sleeps in the oven.

**HECTOR**
Annie’s dog sleeps in the oven!

**NICK**
Great! Now, Bridget likes strong men — especially strong legs. Can you cycle fifty kilometres?

**HECTOR**
Yes!

*(He goes out cycling)*

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### **Scene 11 – Chaos**

**HECTOR**
Bridget, Annie, lunch! Fish and chips!
Look — fifty kilometres! Oh, Annie, the dog is in the oven!

**ANNIE**
What?!

**NICK**
Everything OK?

**HECTOR**
Pouf! I am… how do you say?

**BRIDGET**
Dead!

**NICK**
Hot.

**HECTOR**
Hot. I need a…

**NICK**
Shower!

**HECTOR**
Yes, I need a shower.

**BRIDGET**
Be my guest.

*(He goes to shower)*

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### **Scene 12 – The Truth**

**BRIDGET**
That’s it! He must go!

**ANNIE**
But he’s in the shower.

**BRIDGET**
I don’t care!

*(Knocking on door)*

**BRIDGET**
Hector, please come out, we want to talk to you.

**HECTOR** *(singing)*
I like fish and ships!

*(Door opens — Hector appears transformed, stylish)*

**NICK**
Hector, is this you?

**HECTOR**
Yes, and my parents.

**NICK**
The Romero family — one of the richest in Argentina! Those are your cars?

**HECTOR**
Yes, my cars.

**NICK**
You’re rich! Why stay here?

**HECTOR**
I want friends. Good friends.

**NICK**
People like you for your money? That’s awful. Keep it secret, shhh!

**HECTOR**
OK!

**BRIDGET**
Perhaps he could stay here.

**ANNIE**
Yes — poor boy.

**NICK**
Hector, come stay with me! I have two rooms.

**BRIDGET**
Shut up, Nick.

**ANNIE**
Hector will stay with us, won’t you?

**BRIDGET**
Hector, come and… sit down. Please, call me Gigi.

*(Everyone laughs)*

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