Rebecca?
Can you hear us? Do you hear me?
That's more comfortable...
== Water? -- It's on the way!
-- What happened? == You fainted, it's best you stay on the floor until your circulation is back to normal!
-- Hey, go away! Kim, send the people away! == There's nothing to look at, here!
-- Are you okay? == I...I can't hear properly...but it's allright.
Are you sure? You're still as white as chalk!
No, no, it's fine, it's fine...
-- Call 911, fast! == Yes!
== Bring this to the lab, please, complete blood count. -- Right away.
== Can you hear again? -- I still have this buzzing sound on the left side, though.
We'll have to wait for the blood levels, but I'm pretty sure you had an acute hearing loss.
What's going on?
I had the feeling there was something wrong, when I saw you the other day.
Just the ordinary stress at the company.
I don't simply ask as your doctor, but as your friend, as well.
Success can put a lot of pressure on you, especially if you work creatively.
Listen...
Ansgar and Tanja, they moved the show up to a week, that was hard.
The day after tomorrow, I have to go to Paris for an interview. That's just what it's like as head designer, I chose this job.
Everything's fine, really!
A mild attack of weakness?! I met Ricardo in the hall, he said you had an acute hearing loss!
Yes...well...
You know, even if I do a lot of lazing around, at the moment, I still haven't forgotten what it means to be stressed!
It's because of the final dress, isn't it?
Yes.
And because of Tanja.
She's blackmailing me.
Excuse me?!
If I don't convince Sebastian not to fire her, she's going to let everyone in the fashion world know that I pretended Kate's design was my own.
Kate sold you the rights, though!
Still, my reputation would be ruined.
I don't believe this!
Maybe it wouldn't be such a bad idea to talk to Sebastian and tell him everything.
== I already have. -- And?
He accused me of stabbing him in the back.
He was relying on me and I disappointed him.
Damn, everything's going wrong, right now!
I can't work anymore. If Tanja acts on her threat, LCL is going to suffer a huge loss of image! On top of that, I'll never get another job!
Hey, come here.
Ansgar and Tanja presented the dress on the show, long after you had already understood it was a mistake!
As to your brother, he will calm down again.
Ansgar is ill, Tanja was fired. Sebastian wanted to completely rearrange LCL, together with me!
Instead I trouble him further...
-- I have to... == Stop beating yourself up over this!
There's only one thing you have to do: get better! And for that to happen, you need to rest.
No! I have to put this right.
Your NMRI is fine, as are your blood levels.
So, everything's okay again!
No, it's not, you need to take a break.
I'm going to take it easy, I promise.
It's vital that you do.
If you don't take this warning signal seriously, you're going to suffer from burnout syndrome before you know it.
Okay.
I wish you'd at least stay over night.
-- I can relax much better at home. == Rebecca...
What?! The tinnitus is gone, I'm not dizzy anymore, I can hear on both sides; everything's okay!
Okay. Here, you'll do what you want, anyways.
What's that, a sick note? What?! Two weeks?!
Yes, well, normally you'd have to take at least 6 weeks off.
No way, I have to do PR, I have to go to Paris the day after tomorrow!
Not a good idea.
== You promised to take it easy! -- Yes! I'm going to lie down for a day or two and afterwards I'll be good as new!
Ricardo is your doctor and he said you need to rest for at least two weeks!
Yes, thank you, Marlene, I heard him the first time, but I can't!
Either you rest for two weeks, or I'm simply not going to sign your discharge.
== Okay. Ten days. -- Twelve!
Eleven! And now you sign this discharge!
Tomorrow, we're going to sleep in.
I'll ask Mrs. Linse to do her famous scrambled eggs for breakfast and afterwards, how about a nice long walk?
== We could go to the Hubbelrather creek valley, once again. -- Sounds good. == There you are.
Yes, please?
The office called me, you had an acute hearing loss?
== How are you? -- Much better.
We were at the hospital, all day. Ricardo gave Rebecca a sick note, she has to recover for the next 11 days, okay?
Eleven days?! Great... So Paris will be...
== I'll find a solution. -- Maybe I could...
Rebecca, you're ill!
Just take as much time as you need, okay?
Oh, yes, as to Tanja...I spoke to her, the whole dress-thing has been settled.
== What? But... -- Rebecca! You don't have to worry about that, anymore, okay?
How did it go in court?
Yeah...Tanja and I, we're divorced, she's moving out tomorrow.
I have to go.
You see? I told you he'd calm down.
He spoke to Tanja and got rid of the problem, that's great news!
Yeah, except he couldn't even look at me. He looked just like a zombie.
You don't actually believe that Sebastian made such a face because of you, do you?
He and Tanja got divorced today!
Exactly, and to make it worse, I'm bailing on him on a day like that.
Rebecca, you heard what he said! You have to take it easy now!
What else should he have said?
Rebecca, you're only human!
You were stressed and desperate... God, you made a mistake, these things happen!
Not to everyone, though!
It happened to me, as well!
Back then, when I went on stage, even though Ricardo had forbidden it, I destroyed my own career!
And all because I wanted it so much, because I wanted it too much!
Yet, I've come to terms with this chapter of my life, because I realized I still had my life ahead of me!
What do you want to tell me? That I'm supposed to retire right now?!
No, not at all! What I mean to say is, you shouldn't ask too much of yourself!
It's not asked too much to do one's job without turning to crime, is it?!
Rebecca, you're repeating yourself. There is no way around taking a leave of absence!
What if that doesn't help, though? What if I'm simply not good enough
You're not a machine!
You have to take it slow from now on.
No. I have to prove to Sebastian I'm the right person for the job! Prove it to myself, as well!
Somehow, we're just going round in circles... I'm gonna make you some tea.
I brought you break-...fast.
That's sweet of you, but I'm going to have breakfast at the company.
You were planning to be gone when I came in with breakfast, weren't you?
== Can we fight about that, tonight? -- No, we cannot!
Hey, everything's fine!
I disagree.
== You're not me, though. -- Rebecca, please remember Ricardo! Burnout...
I can evaluate myself quite well, and I feel fit!
Well, apparently, I'm not going to be able to change your mind, anyhow.
Marlene, you have to understand, this whole dress-thing is driving me insane! I can't just lie here and chill!
I have to do something to put this behind me! In order to do that I have to work, draw sketches and design clothes!
Clothes that answer the expectations of LCL and myself! Then I'm doing fine.
I understand. Yet, in this case, I see it differently.
Then that's just the way it is.
No, mom, I didn't find anything on the internet that could help Ansgar.
I'll just distract myself somehow... You're probably right. Yes, thank you. Bye!
Rebecca, what are you doing here? I didn't think you'd be here!
Everything's fine! Thank you for your help.
Are you doing better?
While I'm in Paris, I want to take a look at the competetion, which means, I need all the reviews of my collection...and uhm....
and I need the new patterns, you know, the ones from the fabric supplier...
and...the next collection just has to be...to be...
Are you okay? You want to sit down?
Rebecca?
Do you know that feeling...you think you know yourself but you're completely wrong?
I invented that.
Well...I'm ill and I'll take a leave of absence. Right now.
== And Paris? -- Cancel it!
>English transcript by Miral - Timings Novemberstern<