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Clips from The Crown - Act of God (S01E01)

"more money for hospital staff, more money for equipment,"
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"and a full and independent public enquiry into the causes of air pollution..."
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"to ensure that such a calamity"
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"may never befall us again."
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"Thank you all."
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"to visit hospitals and respond to the crisis in person."
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"And was rewarded by cheers and applause,"
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"The headline reads, "True leader in a crisis.""
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"Ma'am, the Prime Minister's here."
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""The parallels between his appearance yesterday,"
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"and the war time years was striking."
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"And his personal popularity among the people remains undimmed.""
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"Hello?"
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"The Prime Minister, Your Majesty."
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"Your Majesty."
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"My position?"
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"as Prime Minister."
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"Go on."
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"and then she asked me to pick either Khawaja Nazimuddin of Pakistan"
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"No, she summoned you for that?"
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"Oh, no, I think she summoned me"
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"and she had to make a decision right then and there, in the room."
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"And then she switched her tack without so much as a flicker. Clever."
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"-No, no, not clever. Ingenious. -Why?"
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"Because it disarmed me. And made me switch tack too."
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"What about?"
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"About allowing Philip to learn to fly. He can now."
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"Good."
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"But he still has to ask Cabinet permission to do rolls and spins."
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"But what if the fog hadn't lifted?"
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"And the government had continued to flounder?"
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"and the country had continued to suffer?"
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"It doesn't feel right, as Head of State, to do nothing."
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"-It is exactly right. -Is it?"
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"But surely doing nothing is no job at all?"
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"To do nothing is the hardest job of all."
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"To be impartial is not natural, not human."
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"People will always want you to smile or agree or frown."
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"And that is the one thing as sovereign that you are not entitled to do."
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"Or think? Or feel? Or breathe? Or exist?"
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"The better."
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"But where does that leave me?"
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"How long would it take me to get my wings?"
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"I'm a fast learner, and believe me when I say I've got nothing else to do."
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"-[Philip] Fancy lunch in Edinburgh? -Edinburgh?"
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"[Philip] They made me Duke there, so I should probably show up from time to time."
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"[Townsend] We'll have to land to refuel, sir. RAF Finningley."
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"You sure about this, sir?"
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"When I got married, my in-laws made me marshal of the Royal Air Force,"
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"Address it to the PM. He'll never read it, of course."
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"[policeman] Wait there, please."
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"-Mr. Thurman. -Mr. Collins."
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"Oh, of course I remember Donora. It was a scandal."
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"And to that end you come to me with a "master plan""
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"[choral music]"
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"[Venetia] Good night."
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"I suppose it's still a "no"?"
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"Then letting those men buy us drinks for us to bring them home,"
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"You're needed now more than ever before."
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"The windless conditions mean it is expected to last for some time."
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"Might it be possible for you to pretend that you haven't?"
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"-We're all called Sister. -So you are."
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""Loyalty to the ideal you have inherited is your duty above everything else,"
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"Edward the Confessor,"
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"Next question."
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"[pedestrians cough]"
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"I gather half the Downing Street staff didn't?"
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"It's remarkable."
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"[reporter] Good morning."
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"Trains are stopped or running hours behind schedule"
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"-Piss. -The unmoving fog,"
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"is included in your box tomorrow,"
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"and there are only so many things that I, as Prime Minister,"
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"that your party was building."
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"Wanting my head. People have to be angry at someone."
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"Whatever for?"
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"of poisonous sulphur dioxide from their chimneys."
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"The government is expected to make a statement later today."
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"[coughing, sobbing]"
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"Shoes."
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"[Mary coughs]"
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"-[Mary] I can't breathe. -Do as I say and hold onto me."
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"[man] You all right, lady?"
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"An enquiry would be expensive."
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"It was better than this in the war."
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"Help is what is needed. Urgently."
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"-[Venetia] I'll show you. -Get out of the way."
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"[man] Someone phone for an ambulance."
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"You know what he calls you?"
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"Very well."
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"As part of a quid pro quo arrangement."
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"-Uncle Dickie. What's he doing here? -I know as much as you do."
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"[Equerry] He said it was important, ma'am."
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"Hospitals are overflowing. People dying."
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"The opposition are now calling for a motion of no confidence."
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"And what?"
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"As queen..."
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"-Then a revolution must come from within. -They are trying."
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"and hospital corridors stacked with the dead,"
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"The House can wait."
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"His Majesty was, like his father before him,"
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"and the situation we're in today is quite different,"
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"than the one we were in when Mr. Eden came to see your father."
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"[door opens]"
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"-The Queen has requested an audience. -When?"
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"[Philip] "The Prime Minister was alone among senior politicians"
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"There is a delicate matter which I felt I needed to discuss with you."
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"Your position."
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"Yes. Your position..."
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"[Churchill] At that point she hesitated..."
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"And the minute you do, you will have declared a position. A point of view."
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"The less you do, the less you say or agree or smile--"
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"-Starboard and port. Eighteen gallons? -[Townsend] Yes."
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"-[Philip] Oh, really? Where's that? -Doncaster."
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"-Fuel on. -[Philip] Fuel on."
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"The time is eight o'clock on the 7th of December, and here is the news."
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"Indeed."
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"He's just feeling a little grounded. Ignore it."
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"Sir?"
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"[muttering]"
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