Back at Belle's old apartment, we (and Ben) learn that Belle is now "an independent escort", which makes sense. Her old agent wasn't doing much to keep her safe anyway. And I agree with Ben that "courtesan" sounds silly. Belle explains that she likes having lots of clients who make short appointments. Normally I'd make some sort of double-entendre joke here about how there's a way to interpret that statement to imply that she has sex with lots of men. For money. But I don't think it'll work here. Belle's point is that she doesn't want to be a "paid wife". Ben offers to be her security, but "not in a pimpy kind of way". Belle wonders if Vanessa would object to that, but Ben has called off the marriage. Well, this comes as quite a shock, that he's not marrying the woman who's had zero lines in the entire series. I was convinced that was going to be a big element of the show. (Note: this is sarcasm. When used properly, it creates "snark", which I believe is some kind of hovercraft fuel.)

When Ben realized he didn't want to marry Belle, he decided not to marry anyone. He and Belle hug. Just then! then phone rings, and it's Belle's mother. She invites Ben for Sunday lunch. It's all very domestic. Belle tells us about how London is a good place to be whoever you want as long as one person knows you entirely and loves you still.

And we're out!

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