02x05 - Both Sides Now

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"Doctor Doctor" follows the story of Hugh Knight, a rising heart surgeon who is gifted, charming and infallible. He is a hedonist who, due to his sheer talent, believes he can live outside the rules. His "work hard, play harder" philosophy is about to come back and bite him.
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02x05 - Both Sides Now

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Three years is a long
time without any action.

Her husband d*ed, give her a break.

- You drive me crazy.
- Likewise.

He's much more handsome in
real life, don't you think?

It is not your farm now,
it's Mummy and Daddy's.

- It's not funny.
- It's a little bit funny.

- Ajax!
- I know, it happened again.

- Will you marry me?
- Yes!

boxes were counted
but they issued ,

so I've asked the electoral
commission to look into it.

Hayley, go and burn the boxes.

- Now?
- He knows.

Whyhope Police station,
how may I help you?

I have some information on
the Whyhope local election.

I never destroyed the ballot boxes.

What can we do for you
tonight, Chantelle,

in this miserable night?

Random breath testing.
It won't take a moment.

Why do you have ballot
boxes in your car?

I have to show you something,
it's going to be a problem.

I didn't find it.

The new cop from the city
who's coming to replace me did.

Meryl, you and Hayley,
you have to get a lawyer.

- This guy is serious.
- sh*t.

Imagine them now, half acre
blocks, happy families playing.

- It's a strong vision. We need housing.
- Exactly.

I knew you'd see it,
always the visionary.

It's zoned agricultural, though.

And we must protect our agriculture.

Don't want housing estates
with people living in boxes.

Three quarter acre blocks?

I think I see it now.

I look forward to your
proposal hitting council.

Good luck.

You don't need luck when you've
got a great idea, Meryl.

- Wrong car?
- How funny.

This vote box thing, storm in a teacup?

Be blown over in a day or two.

Morning, Mum.

- Morning, darling.
- You're up early.

Early bird catches the
cash payment, as they say.

Don't be cheeky and nosy.

Don't you think you need
to be careful right now?

I hear there are cops in town.

Can't stop progress just because
there's an odd bump in the road.

One must continue, I
owe it to the people.

Of course, yes. They're
lucky to have you.

I suppose that's true.

Besides, Penny's sister is
one of the best lawyers

in Australia for this sort of thing.

- She expensive?
- Very.

- Takes cash I'm guessing. Ah.
- I believe so.

- Morning.
- Good morning.

- Matt baked bread.
- I'm gifted.

I thought we'd come for
breakfast, you okay?

- I'm fine.
- It'll all blow over.

I was just saying that to someone.
Thank you, my darlings.

Yes, let's all rally together
against this injustice.

♪ I'm going up the country ♪

♪ Babe, don't you want to go? ♪

♪ I'm going up the country ♪

♪ Babe, don't you want to go? ♪

♪ Going some place where
I've never been before ♪

♪ I'll leave this city ♪

♪ I've got to get away ♪

♪ I'm gonna leave this city ♪

♪ I got to get away ♪

♪ All this fussing and fighting, man, ♪

♪ You know I sure can't stay. ♪

You know, I'm excited
you're seeing someone, sis.

You were stuck in a rut.

My husband d*ed. That's not a
rut, that's a gaping hole.

I know. And for a little
while you d*ed with him.

But now I spied through your phone
and that Toke guy looks hot.

- He good in bed?
- I'm not...

Don't spy in my phone.
You're so annoying.

But right. Right?

Did this town get smaller
since I was last here?

I don't think so.

Such a bummer about your city job.

You were so happy!

Then your maternal guilt kicked
in and goodbye feminism,

and what could have been
an astonishing career,

and hello being dragged
back to mediocrity.

It's very early in the morning
for judgement and abuse.

Oh, sweetheart, that was empathy.

My mistake. Wait, did
you pay for that hat?

Like when we were kids? Mint?

- I live here, you can't steal stuff.
- Spoilt sport.

It's no fun if you pay. Later.
Got to go and meet my client.

That's the hay baler, this must be it.

(SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

- What is she saying?
- I don't know.

(SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

- No, she mental.
- It's another language, Mia.

What's going on? You all right?

Is there...?

Doesn't look like she's alone.

(SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

In here? Is there somebody in here.

- Yeah!
- sh*t, sh*t.

- How did they get in?
- Must've been working in the back

without the safety on,
it's closed on them.

- Can you hear us.
- Ali!

Stand back.

(MOTOR STARTS)

Wait for the safety.

No, no, no, no, no.

(MOTOR STOPS)

Safety's on.

Her pulse is weak.

We'll have crush injuries,
probably internal bleeding.

Get ready to intubate and bag her.

It's okay. Okay.

Everyone just relax.

I am relaxed. Just start
talking about something else.

- Take a deep breath, Hayley.
- You'll be fine.

Just tell them the truth,
you've got nothing to hide.

Just go through life naked.

That's what my old man used
to say. Metaphorically speaking.

He's been through it.

She's coming. You two go.

So good of you to come.

I've seen justice and I
am moved to stop it.

I'm kidding, got my cash?

I thought we'd go have some beef
casserole and maybe a glass of red.

I know I explained everything
to you on the phone but...

I'm Hayley. This is...

This is how it works.

I talk, you both listen. Sit.

At PM, we have your interviews
with your new sergeant,

Darren Narter.

I know him well. He's ex-fraud
squad, got busted down

for some unexplained reason.

I'm going to tell you what
you say when we go in there.

- Wouldn't you like us to ex...
- Uh, what did I say, Meryl?

- You talk, we listen.
- Excellent.

Memorise it, do not deviate.
Do not add, do not embellish.

Now, where's that casserole
and red wine? I'll get it.

I found the boxes in the hall,
my mobile wasn't working

so I went to the phone box

but I couldn't hear
anyone on the other end.

It's always playing up. So I hung up.

She told me, "Meryl,
I found some boxes,"

and I said, immediately,
"Let's turn them in

"and find out how much more I won by",

'cause I don't fear the people.

So we met and we were driving
them in when we ran into Tugger

and I told her they were in the back.

- You told her they were in the back?
- Well, we were about to

but she wanted to do a breath
test and I was always told

to obey the police. So I did.

We didn't know it was a
matter of urgency as to stop

her exercising her duty
to the community first.

Very wise. Are we done, Darren?

Nothing to see here, as they say.

- We're not done.
- Oh, come on.

They found the boxes, they
tried to turn them in.

The phones failed, its the bush.

So really, where's the crime?

Well, vote tampering is an offence
punishable by a year's jail

so it seems worth looking into.

Well, I and Whyhope thank
you and welcome you.

You'll find it's a very warm
community ready to embrace you.

- Now it's very cold in the mornings.
- So cold.

Have you seen the knitwear shop in town?

They've got a lovely array of men's
knits. If you stop by before

you leave I'm sure Janey could
find you something great.

Yeah, I might just do that.
Thanks, Meryl.

So, big change from the fraud squad.

I just wanted to get back to
normal, regular people policing.

- This came up and I jumped at it.
- How refreshing.

Bullshit.

Such a cynic.

Thanks for your time. I'll be in touch.

Suspected broken ribs, possible
internal bleeding, pulse is weak.

Abdomen is firm and distended
with extensive bruising.

- Let's do an ultrasound.
- That's her friend, Penny.

- Hi. You can wait in the waiting room.
- Doesn't speak English.

I don't know what language she speaks.

There's intra-abdominal free fluid.
My guess is it's her spleen.

Well, we need to send her to Grafton.

Look at her BP, she's not stable here.

She'll never last the three-hour ride.

We're not well set up for
that operation, they are.

Lyall's good at it.

You can do it, though.

Yeah, of course. Probably can.

I scrubbed in on one in training.

I remember a lot of it. It
was frighteningly gross.

She won't survive if we move her.

What?

Are you actually having
a moment of self-doubt?

I didn't think you did that.

Or is it that you just can't
bear to agree with me.

All right, all right. We'll do it.

Mia, prep her for surgery.

I'll be in my office on the
iPad looking up how to do it.

(SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

(THEY SPEAK FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Betty?

- (SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
- Yes, Hugh?

You speak whatever she speaks.

Danish? No, I don't.

(THEY SPEAK FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Betty.

Oh, I speak Norwegian, which is similar.

- We can understand each other.
- Right.

- So what happened?
- Oh, they're backpackers, this is Hilda.

Um, I told her her friend
Ali is going to be fine.

- Am I lying about that?
- No.

Oh, okay.

So, Hilda doesn't speak
English, Ali does.

So the guy who runs the
property hired them

as jillaroos about a month ago,

and then he went to the
Gold Coast for a week.

So they're hay baling and something
goes wrong with the gears

and Ali reaches in to try
and find out what it was

- and it just closes on her.
- Um... Right. Okay. Thanks.

(SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
You're welcome.

Thank you.

Okay, let's find this bleed and
shut it down as fast as we can.

Clamp's ready.

- BP?
- Stable.

Okay, that's it. Mia?

Okay, that's clamped. Suction.

Blood's still pooling.

I don't think we're dealing
with a laceration here,

I think the spleen's ruptured.

BP's dropping quite fast, Doctor Knight.

Let's call a too far, shall we?

All right, change of plan.
Spleen's coming out entirely.

We'll stop it that way.

- Did you watch that on YouTube?
- No...

but I either guess how to
do it or we let her die

but I can't watch YouTube.

- Okay. Let's do it.
- Right, scalpel.

Come on, fast hand saves lives.

Suction.

Yep.

- Mia?
- Vitals stabilising.

Okay. That seemed to be the problem.

Any visible lacerations, hey?

- Looks clear.
- All right. Let's close her up.

- Good work.
- It was, wasn't it?

So I was right.

What about keeping her here?

And so many other things
but let's start with that.

I was right.

But I made you right with
my genius surgical skills.

Did you just turn that into
a complement to yourself?

Yeah, it's a gift.

Does it smell of old people
in here or what? Eurgh!

Celia, Hugh. Hugh, Celia.

Hey, handsome. Dinner at
Penny's tonight, bring condoms.

- I mean wine. Oops.
- Dinner?

Yeah, I invited everyone else too.

I have always been the one to bring
the fun and this woman needs fun.

Oh, how did it go with my mother?

The adventure continues.

Can you get French wine in this town?

You can if you ask me nicely for the
two bottles I have under my bed.

Why don't we just go and look
under your bed together.

- Are you kidding?
- Shh! I'm flirting.

- You got that, right?
- Yeah, it was pretty clear.

Mmm. Excellent.

Cut me a slice of that
action, don't you think?

Hey.

- How did it go with the cop?
- Really well. Great.

The lawyer's very happy.

- They've got nothing.
- Great.

So I narrowed down
choices of wedding cakes

but we still need to talk
about TJ and ushers and...

We could talk about it over
dinner. Whoa, Hayls. Haymaker.

Hey. Hey. Hey. Come on.

(WAILS)

Hayls. You okay?

I might be stressed.

Mum says it's okay.
It's okay. All right?

If I go to prison will you wait for me?

- I'd get a job in the prison.
- You would?

And I'd bring you extra desert.

You're so sweet.

And at night I could come into your cell

- and we could...
- Ajax! I'm not having sex in prison.

Yeah, well, it's not going to happen.

Everything's fine.

- You cannot sleep with her.
- What?

My sister. She's...

- Very attractive woman.
- I'm asking you nicely.

- Mmm, on what grounds?
- She's my sister.

She's single, I'm single.

I see no impediment to our fornication.

- Funny.
- More logic than funny.

I'm just... You cannot.

You cannot sleep with Toke.

Right. You're right.

I can't make it to dinner,
I have other plans.

Oh, okay. Good. I mean,
you can, of course.

You're a free agent.

And welcome, of course, as my friend.

(HILDA SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Betty. I need your help.

So, it went well. It went well
and she's going to be fine.

(THEY SPEAK FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

- She says thank you.
- Yes, got that. Ah, you're welcome.

(SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Does she want to get something to eat?

Good idea.

(THEY SPEAK FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

No, she wants to stay.

Tell her I have a sauna.

(SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Are you hitting on her?

Scandinavians love saunas.

She's had a stressful time, I'm
just trying to be hospitable

on behalf of my country.

Didn't ask you to judge,
just to translate.

(SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

(LAUGHS)

What? Why are we laughing?

(SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

- She says you're pretty.
- Pretty?

Handsome, maybe, but...

(SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Oh, the pretty thing. She means me.

Oh, is she hitting on you?

(SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

(SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

- Oh, dear. She is.
- What are you gonna do?

Maybe I...

Hello.

- We're screwing with you, isn't she great?
- Oh, oh, just...

- Just come to Penny's.
- She's with Toke.

- Is he in town?
- No.

Well, I call that a
window of opportunity.

- This is a good brew, my friend.
- Oh, thanks, mate. Make it myself.

He's a brewing genius.

What do you make of the
mayor and this vote thing?

What's the gossip?

- It's outrageous, is what it is.
- Probably.

I'll tell you the word, mate.

She's a visionary, is what she is.

You need to back off.

There's things that this town needs
that only she can make happen.

Only she? Why only her?

No one cares about
this town, mate, okay?

You're not going to make a
name for yourself here.

Why don't we just get
you $ worth of beer

and no one's the wiser.

"We"? There's no "we."

Jim, you've had enough.

Chips and water only, then
I'm driving you home.

(BURPS) Charlie, no. Okay,
I've got this, all right?

A little naive to the ways of the
world, don't you think, officer?

- We both know what's going on here.
- Can you stop winking?

He's drunk, mate. He doesn't
know what he's talking about.

I don't know, mate. When I
see people circle the wagons,

I wonder what's in them.
Thanks for the drink.

But that was when I owned a
burlesque class in Shanghai.

I need to get out of
Whyhope, experience life.

That could be arranged, Ken.

- Shall I carve some more beef?
- Thinner this time.

Oh, I can wafer it so it's
see-through if you like.

Me too.

Oh, well, I'll take that bet.

Not bad.

God, you're amazing.

Is that your husband? The
one that d*ed tragically?

Maybe you've had enough to drink, Mia?

Maybe you haven't had
enough to drink, Betty.

- I haven't had anything to drink.
- Exactly.

She just asked a question.

Yes, it was Mark.

Oh my God, I had a cat
called Mark. He d*ed too.

That sounds like a great story,
tell us more about that.

It's a bit shrine-y in here, isn't it?

Mark there, Mark there.

- Celia.
- The morning voice, there it is.

Don't talk about it and yet
there it hangs. Everywhere.

She has the right to
remember her husband.

She's stuck, Betty.

She's seeing someone, the
process is a gradual one.

- I'm right here, can we move on?
- What was he like?

Was he lovely?

- I bet he was, right?
- Yes, he was.

He was funny and...

He was amazing.

He helped buy me a suit for
the first funeral I went to.

- He paid for it and everything.
- Oh, my God.

Someone, the truth.

He was an animal.

Total party guy, drinker,
gambled, disappeared for days.

He drove her crazy.

They would have these
fights that lasted days.

- That's enough.
- It's not, actually.

Remember him as he was and
you might get over it.

You talked to me about
leaving him times.

Shut up. I loved him.

I know you did, honey,
that's not the point.

I need to check on the pie.

That cop was at the brewery.

On his way home?

Tim was drunk, started talking
crap to him about you

and then he tried to bribe him.

You okay?

Yeah, my heart just
stopped for a second.

Go on, I'm fine. Did he take it?

No, no, of course he didn't
take it. But it sort of gave him

the idea that something
fishy was going on.

That's a very old-fashioned
expression, Matt.

Something fishy.

Are you listening to me?

I'm just having a sort of
out of body experience,

just give me a moment.

- Mum!
- Did he arrest Tim?

No.

But you thought he took it
seriously or did it seem

like the ramblings of a drunk.

I don't know, both, maybe.

I know it doesn't matter because
you've got nothing to hide,

- I just... I thought you should know.
- Mmm.

Of course. Yeah. Thank
you, darling. Thank you.

- Think Ken's in danger.
- Oh, my God.

Celia's teaching them how to pole dance

and she's nominated Ken as the pole.

(LAUGHS)

- You okay?
- My sister.

Yes.

Siblings can be tricky.

I've noticed that too.

It's true what she said about Mark.

- Right.
- I loved him but he drove me crazy.

Isn't that how you know?

Guess so.

So you were going to leave him.

I don't know. I would thr*aten it.

But... he'd always win me back.

It's like we were entangled, in a way,

and I couldn't get free from him.

Then he d*ed.

And...

I just wanted to be entangled again.

I desperately missed it.

I'm no good at relationships.

Never have been.

Truth is out.

We have so much in common.

(PHONE BEEPS)

What is it?

It's high.

. . Infection?

Maybe.

We are taking out one of the
things that helps fight bacteria.

Strange.

Maybe I missed something.

Maybe she's still bleeding internally.

We checked.

Maybe I f*cked up.
She doesn't look well.

Let's give her antibiotics and wait.

- What?
- I never should have done it. I knew it.

She's got complications,
we'll deal with it.

Surgery is always a risk.

All a doctor has is his brain
and his gut instincts.

And my instincts said...

And I listened to you,
because of our friendship,

when I should have listened to myself.

You listened to me
because I am your boss.

(SNORES)

Penny, I need yoghurt...

bananas and a whisk.

- Are you making a smoothie?
- I don't think so.

Oh, my God.

- Good morning, Detective.
- Good morning.

Were you waiting for me?

I like to take the town
in in the morning light.

- I mean, it's beautiful, isn't it?
- Sure.

I heard you came across Tim,
our beloved town drunk.

- Don't like to use the word bipolar, but...
- You heard?

- It's a small town.
- My son's brewery.

Matt, the affable, big eared barman.

Brewery, bar, mayor. Shares
in the jumper shop no doubt.

Oh... my mistake.

I'm an incredible woman.
That's no crime now, is it?

Tim tried to bribe you but he also
believes crop circles are by aliens.

He speaks well of you.

I helped him when he was young,

- remedial reading and that sort of thing.
- Noble.

One does what one can.

Anyway, I hope you did
not misconstrue it.

Do you know the broken windows
theory of criminology?

It means that if someone will break
a window they don't mind breaking

the law, which means that larger
crimes are usually attached

- to smaller ones.
- Oh, what a fabulous imagination!

Maybe. Maybe not.

- Darren, we on?
- We are.

Where are you off to?
Somewhere nice? The Vineyards?

Just for a drive. Thanks
for the chat, Meryl.

But where are you off to?
Hot-air ballooning, maybe?

Just for a drive.

(PANTING)

I think you cricked my neck.

You bet I did.

(PHONE RINGS)

Oh.

Meryl?

I'm not sure but I think
Darren's on his way to raid me.

I'll be right there.

He's not going to find anything, is he?

I don't need to know, just saying.

I can't really move it.


My neck.

RADIO: The annual vintage tractor
show was back in town earlier

this week displaying over
antique and classic tractors.

Exhibitors came from
all over the country.

(PHONE RINGS)

Mum. What's up?

You need to do exactly as I tell
you, no questions asked. Just do it.

- What's going on?
- That sounds like a question.

I want you to go to the fountain.
Under the maidenhair fern

in a pot is a black, plastic package.

Get it and go and stand
in the empty water t*nk

until I call you and tell
you what to do next.

The water t*nk?

Yes, the one you hid
in when you were a kid.

- You banned us from there.
- I'm unbanning you.

What's happening?

Blind obedience to the mother
who bore you. Now hurry.

- What's going on?
- I don't know.

Hayley?

Here it goes, I'll do it.

I'll lie and I'll say what you said
to say if they reinterview us.

Stop there.

But I just need you to know I
found the boxes, I hid them,

I was trying to destroy
them, I couldn't...

No, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no. Stop talking.

Sorry. Oh, I had to unburden myself.

I just needed you to know the truth.

I thought with client confidentiality,

you're the one person that I could tell.

No, that's doctors,
and American lawyers.

In Australia I cannot represent
you if you tell me you're guilty.

- Oh, I just did tell you I was guilty.
- No sh*t.

- What are we looking for?
- A smoking g*n would be nice.

- Hi!
- Hi again, Charlie.

- Seems like it's a small town.
- You have no idea. Do you want tea?

- We're going to search the place.
- Okay, sure.

Well, I lost a blue scarf last
winter so if you could find that

that'd be awesome.

(SIGHS)

- You'd better have a warrant.
- Been to the door.

Find anything?

We're still looking.

Oh, come on, Darren. Really?

I can smell something, Celia.
I think there's more here.

It would be nice to arrive and make
a splash, new sheriff in town,

that kind of thing.

I'd like to reinterview your
clients this afternoon.

We'd love that.

(CAR ENGINE STARTS)

She's febrile and her
heart rate's still up.

What do you want me to do?

How's the hangover?

Honestly, she probably
feels better than me.

No change.

- Let's re-ultrasound her abdomen.
- Hmm, I agree.

- I don't need you to agree.
- Too late, already did... boss.

(THEY SPEAK FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Wow. Someone's had quite the adventure.

It was very intense and
surprising in a lot of ways.

She's a very creative person.

I really do not need
any further details.

What's that thing you do for
a hangover? A medical thing.

(GROANS) I am so sick.

Come with me, both of you.

I don't know why I
never knew about this.

Betty is a font of strange knowledge.

So are you, like, a ladies man?

Just that one lady, really.

Don't be coy. You're handsome as hell.

Thanks.

You are too.

I'm handsome.

Ken, you... you call old ladies
that look like horses handsome?

I meant you're beautiful.

- Whoa! Are you coming on to me?
- No.

I'm just trapped in this
conversation, flailing about.

I just passed them on the road.

What a ridiculous fishing trip.

What did they think they
were going to find?

- We'd love to chat with you, Meryl.
- Really like that.

I might just talk to my
lawyer for a moment.

It's a great idea, you should
really do that, Meryl.

I'll drop by the house.

We'll put the kettle on. See you there.

- Can I have a moment, Meryl?
- I'll make tea.

So here's your problem.

He's not going to stop. He
thinks he is on to something

and here's the solution, Hayley.

- What?
- She told me she did it.

Found them, hid them. I
now cannot represent her.

Darren will get her alone and shake
her and the truth will spill out,

which isn't a problem if
you weren't involved.

And hypothetically if I was involved?

Then you'll go down with her.

You need to get in first.

Meryl, we can throw her under
the bus and watch it miss you.

He'll have his scalp,
which is all he wants.

I won't.

Then she'll take you down with her.

And she'll get a good behaviour warrant.

As an elected official
you can get a year,

and all focus will be on
you and if they find more,

which if there is something to
find he will find it, trust me.

You need to decide, Meryl.
You're a big dog.

And big dogs know when they have
to eat the small, loyal dogs.

- She's deteriorating fast.
- What is it?

Come on, we need to think.

We've stopped the bleed and yet the
oxygen demands are increasing.

We need to intubate her, buy some time.

Her blood show an elevated
white cell count.

There's definitely infection.

All right, let's run some more cultures

and organise an evac to
Sydney. I'll tell her friend.

- What's this?
- For a rainy day.

If I put this together with
what Tim was saying about you

I get a very bad feeling
about my mother.

Matt, you're an honest man.
You wouldn't understand.

You cannot always be squeaky
clean to get things done.

It's a bribe. Meryl?

I view it as a vote of
confidence in my ability

to change Whyhope for the better.

This is unbelievable. That
cop was right about you.

You better hope he wasn't, because
I'm the licensee of the brewery.

That means you lose your license.
We can't afford that.

I can't believe it and yet
it's utterly believable.

This is very difficult for me right now.

You just made us
accessories to a crime, Meryl.

After-the-fact, that's the
defence. You'll be fine.

Oh, well, let's relax then.

No one is in trouble here.

Hayley will probably... be charged.

Hayley?

Yes or I will, which means
the town will turn on us,

I'll go to prison,
you'll lose your license

and our income will plummet.

Hayley, it's a mistake.
She gets probation.

You're actually gonna burn Hayley?

Mum, really?

We're in a tricky spot.

We get out with as little
damage as possible,

that's the smart thing.

Or do we do the dumb thing
that damages us heavily?

Thoughts welcome.

(PHONE RINGS)

Got to go, late for
the fitting. Thank you.

Betty?

Oh! Come in! I'm at the vital stage.

Ah, what are you...?

(SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

She wants to know if it's a sex thing.

(SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

We need to...

(SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

- Danish national dish.
- (SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

- Betty, I need to talk to you.
- Oh, okay.

It's about...

Look at her.

You know that cheap farmer gave them
nothing but canned sardines to eat.

I wanted to do something nice for her.

- Sardines?
- Yeah.

Oh, what did you want to ask me about?

- Fish bone. Fish bone!
- Fish bone?

Look, tiny perforation in the upper
thoracic oesophagus on the right and...

Embedded in the right, upper lobe.

It's gone to her lung
and there's an abscess.

sh*t! That's consistent.

Her bloods came back and made
no sense. She's got staphylococcus.

Third time lucky. We go
in, we get the abscess.

We culture, slam her with
targeted antibiotics.

- She lives to fight another day.
- As do we.

- What do you think?
- It's lovely.

It's beautiful work, Mrs Thompson.

Meryl, you keep just saying it's lovely.

I need more information.

Peaches are for pies, not
for wedding dresses.

Charlie!

Oh, thanks for coming.

- Great.
- I wouldn't miss it, it's so exciting.

- That's terrible though.
- Agreed.

I'll try another.

Wow.

My new sister-in-law, my family.

There's nothing more
important, is there, Meryl?

There is not.

One thing I know is that family
will do anything for one another.

You bet.

Even if it seems hard.

And if someone has to take a hit

then the stronger one, who
deserves it more, will do that.

And if someone can take a little pain
perhaps to save others from a lot,

- they do that.
- Looks good. Are you ready?

Yep. Okay.

This one?

It's beautiful.

- Hayley!
- Meryl?

Oh, Meryl.

You look beautiful.

Here's what you say and you
skate clear of this mess.

- I can't do it.
- You're kidding?

No.

If he gets to her next

she'll crumble and everyone goes down.

- They'll send ICAC up here.
- Well, don't let him get to her next.

I thought you were good at this.

Well, I can try to cut a
deal but it might hurt.

- I'm a big girl.
- (DOOR OPENS)

Ladies.

- What do you think?
- Oh, that's very nice.

Facts are, your evidence brief
amounts to a phone call

that we've explained.
The DPP won't touch it.

I've got time. I can
continue my investigation,

we interview Hayley, see
what else I can dig up.

- We just want this to go away.
- A deal?

Okay. I need to look
like the winner here.

What if Meryl stepped down as
mayor with no admission of guilt,

- no charges.
- If Meryl what?

I said it'd hurt.

If Meryl steps down that'd look
tantamount to an admission of guilt

so I'll take it.

Meryl? Do we have a deal?

And Hayley's kept out of it?

Can I say ill health?

Well...

Everyone knows what that means,
so, I'd love it if you did.

- Hey.
- Hey.

Well, I'm done.

Did you win?

Let's call it a draw.

So that Hugh guy, I get why
you're with Toke and not him.

You do?

Toke's nice.

He's easy on the eye and he
won't get deep under your skin.

What's wrong with that?
What's wrong with easy?

Nothing, that's my point.

You deserve easy.

Love you.

Kiss Floyd from me.

Bye.

Okay, Mum, I'll be there. Bye.

Hey. Your mum's sort of off the hook.

Yes, I heard.

She needs my help with the announcement.

Don't give up on Penny.

(SCOFFS) I don't know what you're...

What I'm talking about, of course.

You heard me. She's worth it.

(PHONE RINGS)

Hello, handsome.

Hey, beautiful.

The best football player, David Markson.

Congratulations, a very
spirited competitor.

And the best netball player.

So, our mother's corrupt.

You're very judgemental.

- 'Course you don't care.
- She does her best for the town,

in her own way.

She takes bribes.

That's a sick woman you're
talking about up there.

- Sick? No-one's gonna buy that.
- It's ridiculous.

Maybe.

(PANTS)

And the coach of...

(PANTS)

(GROANS)

Clear a path. Clear a path.

- You've got to be kidding me.
- Unbelievable.

Stand back.

Clear!

It's time.

And there's only one question
that I need to know.

The proposal...

The doors are closing, my friend.

You better make a serious
move before he does.

..and the love ultimatum.

Hugh?

He's gotta go. hours.

In the must see episode of the season.

Do you really believe the universe

is aligning yours and Penny's hearts?

Are you for real?

I might be.

Which Doctor Doctor will she choose?
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