The Newsreader (TV Series)
Meltdown (2021)
Sam Reid: Dale Jennings
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Quotes
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Dale Jennings : I did hide things from you. I'm sorry. The things that I hid are the things that I don't want to exist.
Helen Norville : Are you gay?
Dale Jennings : Every time, um, anything happened, I'd tell myself, 'That's it. It's the last time. It's out of my system.' But, you know, I have these feelings. They won't go away. But neither will my feelings for you. And it feels like... it's like being torn apart.
Helen Norville : I was admitted to a mental institution when I was 16 for six months. So... here we are.
Dale Jennings : [crying] I can't go up there like this.
Helen Norville : You're gonna be just fine. I'm gonna be right next to you. I love you just the way you are.
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Tim Ahern : Was I the first?
Dale Jennings : No, there was someone in high school. A friend. Didn't work out very well.
Tim Ahern : Can I ask what happened?
Dale Jennings : His father caught us after school one day. They called the police. He said I forced myself on him. And I was taken to the station... in front of everyone. They called me a pervert. I had to change schools.
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Dennis : [on the radio] Geoff's been booted. Rob's done a runner. Lindsay's blowing his top. Like, he's literally foaming at the mouth. So I need you to get back here now, please.
Tim Ahern : You're on the desk.
Dale Jennings : Uh, I don't know.
Tim Ahern : You are.
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Dale Jennings : Have you always known who you are?
Tim Ahern : Yeah.
Dale Jennings : I think we're very different people, Tim.
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Tim Ahern : Was I the first?
Dale Jennings : No, there was someone in high school. A friend. Didn't work out very well.
