03x09 - Episode 9

[bunniefuu]

Come on, Cyn!

Matron's gonna k*ll us.

We'll be back before she's
finished the first whiskey.

Now... all you've gotta do it smile.

♪ There's a place up ahead and I'm going ♪

♪ Just as fast as my feet can fly ♪

♪ Come away, come away if you're going ♪

♪ Leave the sinking ship behind ♪

♪ Come on the rising wind ♪

♪ We're going up around the bend... ♪

I'm a sack of potatoes.

- More like two sacks.
- Tell me what the photos are for.

None of your beeswax. Hurry up.

- It just kicked.
- The baby?

It feels like a fish is
flapping around in a bucket.

Promise me you won't leave me.

I'm stuck here, same as you.

I will love, worship, adore.

And that means forever, idiot.

Come on, before old
bony-legs springs us.

She already has.

Cynthia, to bed.

We were exercising.

My office.

Can't I go with Cynthia?

I've got someone that
wants to foster you.

♪ You think that I don't feel love ♪

♪ What I feel for you is real love ♪

♪ In other's eyes I see reflected ♪

♪ A hurt, scorned, rejected ♪

♪ Love child, different from the rest. ♪

Once the paperwork is completed
and the application is lodged,

you'll have an interview
with the Department of Welfare.

An officer will come to your flat
to assess your living arrangements.

Under no circumstances tell
the welfare officer that

you are Maggie's biological mother.

The department holds a very
dim view of women

who have relinquished their babies,

you were deemed unfit
years ago as you will now.

I wrote you a reference
to attach to the application.

As we are all being interviewed, it
might be a good idea to read it,

so that we're singing
from the same song book.

Remember, you are dealing
with a bureaucracy

with enormous discretionary powers.

- What's that mean?
- They can do what they like.

Are you alright with this?

Does my baby come too?

Your baby comes too.

Hey.

I spoke to Jim's lawyer, your friend.

He told me your name's
not on the witness list.

You know Jim's trial is this week?

Nurse, take this prescription
to the dispensary and get it filled.

- Yes, Doctor.
- Thank you.

You said you'd testify you were
there at Greg Matheson's death,

you promised me that.

You expect me to keep that promise
after what you've done?

You have no idea about the
seriousness of your situation.

- I think I do.
- An incompetent cervix

combined with a multiple pregnancy, I

mean, do you understand the risks?

Dr Miller has mentioned them.

Well, did she mention that you
need complete bed rest

and around the clock nursing care?

You may not carry these babies to term.

You are punishing me with fear.

No, no, I'm, I'm worried.

You need a live-in nurse.

Look, if you want to give these
babies any chance whatsoever

you have to do what I say.

They're mine too, Eva.

(KNOCK AT DOOR)

- Yes.
- Dr McNaughton?

Eva...

- The prescription you asked for.
- Thank you.

Proper home with my real mother.

Living with my baby.

You can come and visit, Cyn.

Well King's Cross is
a long way from Tarcutta.

You can catch a train, easy.

- Who's Mrs A?
- A doctor.

She gets rid of babies
before they're born.

- I thought I might need it.
- Girls.

I thought of a good story to
tell the welfare officer.

Your job will be to speak
when spoken to.

Now dry off this floor
before someone slips

and cracks their head open.

OK, so it starts like this.

You're the man, I'm the woman.
Stick out your left arm.

If I'm the man, shouldn't
I be telling you what to do?

Shut up. Put your right hand
on my left shoulder blade,

and I put my left
hand on your right shoulder.

OK, now I need
you to start on your left foot.

- Start what?
- Dancing.

You listen to this stuff?

It's the easy listening station,
Simon put me on it.

- Should be a high-energy wedding.
- OK, positions.

And...

I hope Pete's coming to
Patty's lesson tonight.

What makes you think you can dance?

He's police. They have balls.

Hey, you're supposed to
step back, not walk...

Have a good rest,
I'll see you tomorrow.

Faye.

Hi!

You're back from Europe?

Dr McNaughton wants to operate.

A biopsy, he said.

I might need to have a hysterectomy.

Oh, doctors always give you
the worst case scenario

so you'll be prepared.

It's most likely just some
hormonal imbalance.

He thinks it might be cancer.

Did he say when you will
have the operation?

Tomorrow.

So soon.

My mum d*ed of cancer.

She was in so much pain.

Not just from the cancer,
the radiotherapy was the worst.

It burnt her so badly.

Treatments are much
better these days.

Are they?

And, and Dr McNaughton, he is the best.

I will do whatever I can to help you.

You just have to ask.

Well my husband doesn't get back
till the end of the week.

I need someone to look after the
girls while I have the operation.

(LAUGHS)

Baby James is so fat and happy.

I just want to squeeze him

and smother him with kisses
and tickle his little belly.

James or Jim?

- Jim can wait.
- So he is coming back for the trial?

How likely is an acquittal?

Oh, based on the evidence,
the lawyer's optimistic.

You don't sound so sure.

I'll believe it when it happens.

I sent off my foster
application for Maggie.

You're brave.

- Don't say that!
- Well, you are.

It's gonna be tough. A baby,
a toddler and a teenager.

Well I'm not letting Maggie
go back into a home.

Oh, Matron wrote me a reference.
She said that we met in Bible study

and that I work
counselling drug addicts.

(LAUGHTER)

- Do you own a Bible?
- I bought one this morning, actually.

The blue moons of social service,
that woman is such a creative liar.

(LAUGHS)

Excuse me? Is this the
Oasis Boarding House?

Yes.

I'm Penelope O'Loughlin
from the Department of Welfare,

I'm looking for Shirley Ryan.

These rooms get lots of lovely
sunshine during the morning.

Ah, yes.

I set Maggie's
desk up under the window.

I'm hoping she'll finish her
leaving certificate.

Where's the bathroom?

Down the hall.

- Shared?
- Uh, yes.

And the kitchen?

The same.

The space is very small,
you'll be tripping over each other.

This is only temporary.

I'm looking for a house.

You've been married and divorced?

Yes.

I am looking forward to providing
Maggie with the opportunity

to make something of herself.

According to my information, she is
pregnant and has a criminal record.

The horse has well and truly bolted.

We who are strong have an
obligation to bear

with the failings of the weak.

And not to please ourselves.

Romans, chapter .

Jim?

Jim.

Patty.

Uh, I, I thought I'd come
and show you some moral support.

You're sweet, thanks.

But I can't see Jim, is he here?

I don't know.

All parties concerning
the Crown versus Marsh

make their way to Court Four.

Does that mean he's not coming?

Your time with Mrs Ryan in Bible
study has paid off.

We have both of us been the
beneficiaries of the Bible's wisdom.

False modesty, Matron Bolton,
is not a virtue.

If Mrs Ryan's redemption
from the shame of divorce is not

a result of your intervention,

then perhaps I should be
suspicious of such a turnabout.

None of us can escape the
vicissitudes of life,

Miss O'Loughlin.

Before Mrs Ryan's
circumstances changed,

she was considering
serving the church.

And how would you describe
your attendance at church?

Good. I went Christmas Eve once.

That's hardly worth mentioning.
What denomination?

I don't know. It was night-time.

But I'm looking forward
to the chance of living

in a good Christian home.

Girls who find themselves
in your situation

have no one to blame but themselves.

You should count yourself
very, very lucky.

You're .

I have some paperwork
I need to discuss with you.

Of course. Back to work, Maggie.

I'm afraid there's a problem
with your foster care application.

The carer must be years or
older than the child,

you're years older.

What?

What difference do three years make?

I'm .

I'm an adult, I'm her
mother, for God's sake.

Why didn't you tell me
this was going to be a problem?

I didn't know, the rules have changed.

Well they can't just change the rules.

I told you, they can
do whatever they want.

What am I going to tell Maggie?

He's so cute, he's like a little alien.

(LAUGHS)

Ah, we should go, we don't
want to pass on any germs.

Aw.

See you tonight?

- Tonight?
- Dance classes for Martha's wedding?

I don't know, Patty,
I have to, I'll try.

This is not Wynyard station.

Off you go. Quick sticks.

Close the door behind you.

When can I bring Billy home?

He won't be discharged
until his weight is steady.

He's not due for his bottle
for another half hour.

- He doesn't know that.
- Billy is on formula,

- it's too late for the breasts now.
- That's not what Dr Spock says.

In my opinion, Dr Spock is
responsible for a generation

of mollycoddled infants,
irresponsible dropouts.

I wouldn't take any notice of him.
Benjamin Spock is a genius.

I don't care what you think,
I'm breastfeeding my baby.

You can't stop me this time.

- Twin girls?
- Yes, babies, they're very good.

The mother needs an operation
and her husband's

still on his way home from Europe.

Yeah, OK, it's fine.

Must make you think of
your babies, though.

Oh, they're not my babies anymore.

- Let's get to dancing.
- OK.

Everyone. We're going to begin with

the dance frame.

Gentlemen, you will start
on your left foot,

which means our ladies will
start on our right foot.

Yeah? OK.

And we've gotta be
doing this on my count,

it's a one, two, three, four,
and two, three, cha-cha-cha,

and two, three, side-together-side,
and backwards, forwards,

side-together-side, OK?

I want sustained, direct eye contact.

Do not look at your feet! Simon!

Oh, come on, you're stiff as a board.

- Gee!
- What's new?

She's a woman, not a shovel.
Come on, and feel it.

I'm gonna go back to the
hospital after this.

To feed Billy?

Yeah. Are you right with Deanna?

Of course.

- We've got it?
- Yeah. Quite good.

You two have done this
before, haven't you?

(LAUGHS)

You're a thousand miles away.

Sorry, this isn't really my thing.

I'm not exactly Fred Astaire.

Hey, what are you doing tomorrow?

I have a morning shift.

- My boss wants to meet you.
- Why?

That's what happens
in the public service

when someone wants to get married.

Is that another proposal?

Maybe.

Everybody stop!

I swear you were all
born with two left feet,

you're not listening to the b*at,
you've gotta feel the b*at.

We're gonna begin again, OK?

Yeah, it's a two, three, cha-cha-cha,

and two, three, cha-cha-cha...

- She's channelling Matron.
- (LAUGHS)

It's your wedding,
Martha, I would not be laughing.

And feel it.

And feel it.

I'm making a present for Cynthia.

You can have this one.

Tell them it was a mistake, tell
them you got your birthday wrong.

They have a copy of
my birth certificate.

You're not even trying,
you're just giving up.

I'm not giving up.

I'm hoping to appeal
the decision, but...

What's gonna happen to me?

Well, you will stay here with
Matron, until you have your baby.

And then?

I am trying to get you
into somewhere good.

Another home?

Who's gonna look after my baby?

The baby will be adopted, as planned.

But you said I'd keep my baby.

As you are a ward of the state,
that's impossible.

Someone else gets my baby?

You're gonna give her away?

Aren't they beautiful?

How do you two know each other?

We met in the park. Turns
out, Viv's my guardian angel.

Patty, the outfit I wanted to borrow?

Oh yeah, I've brought some in.

Liz, would you mind showing Faye around?

Pete's boss? That's really serious.

So, is he an older man,
or is he about Pete's age?

I don't know, I haven't met him.

Will you or Liz be
looking after the twins?

Oh, I'll have them during the night.

I think the pink frock's
the right choice.

Oh, I've got a pair of shoes
you can borrow as well.

Oh, Madeline has reflux,
so you need to keep her upright.

OK, I know what to do, it's OK,
you don't have to worry, Viv.

Hey, maybe the, um, the lemon
sequins would be better.

Hmm?

Sorry, you choose.

Well, I think the pink, it'll show him

that you are the right woman for Pete,

so that when Pete says, "Oh sorry,
I've got to go home early tonight,

the little lady's got
dinner on the table,"

then the boss will remember you
looking sweet as

a little strawberry shortcake,
and he'll say "Well, why not?

You should go home to that
gorgeous little piece

and have the dinner on
that table." (SIGHS)

What decade are you living in?

- Is everything alright?
- Perfect.

I might sneak away
before the girls notice.

Good luck.

(HEART RATE MONITOR BEEPING)

Are you alright?

(SIGHS)

Yep, multiple cysts, both ovaries.

Are you going to remove them?

No.

So how was the trial?

Jim didn't show up.

The trial was adjourned.

Your career is safe.

Let's, uh, let's close up.

(SIGHS)

Oh!
Bloody hell!

- Leave it.
- Get another tray.

Just, just the suture.

You close up.

They think because we're damaged
goods we don't have any feelings.

They make us promises and they don't
care if they can't keep them.

(MOANS)

What's the matter?

Baby's coming.

(GROANS)

Ah, you have to open your legs,
ah, for the baby to come out.

- Open your legs, Cynthia.
- No!

OK, you need to push
into your tailbone.

Deep, even breaths.

I want Maggie!

You'll see Maggie shortly.

- (GROANS)
- OK, the baby's crowning.

One more, that's a good girl.

(GROANS)

Right, push now, push hard.

(GROANS)

(BABY CRYING)

Can I see my baby?

I want to see my baby!

(SOBBING)

What did she have?

Get out!

I can't stay long.

Have the doctors been
in to see you yet?

Would you like me to call
your husband for you?

No. I'll call him.

You can stay with me
till the doctor comes?

When my mum d*ed, I had no one.

I don't want that to
happen to my babies.

I don't want them to be orphans.

Your husband won't let that happen.

My husband doesn't know
how to look after children.

He'll give them to someone
else to take care of.

You can't let that happen.

- (SIGHS)
- What is it?

You're their mother.
You have to have a plan.

- I know that!
- They have to be loved

and secure and settled,

I mean you can't just adopt
someone's babies

and not have a plan.

How do you know that
they're adopted?

I gave birth to them.

I just wanted to know
that they were OK,

I was scared that
I had made a mistake...

Get out!

- Faye I just want to help.
- Go! Now!

Dr McNaughton?

And so now she won't let you
see your twins anymore?

She probably thinks you're
gonna steal them.

I wouldn't.

Of course you wouldn't.

We know that.

I couldn't keep lying to her.

I'm supposed to be her friend.

She's the mother of my babies.

Get it into your head,
they're not your babies anymore.

(WHISPERS) Martha. Don't.

No.

Martha's right.

They're not.

But I still feel like a part of me
is missing.

(SOBS)

You see, Ronnie Dean had to drop
out of medical school

'cause his mother swallowed
rat poison and the shame was just

too great for him to continue,
so I got his scholarship.

Wasn't meant to, well,
Ronnie works in insurance now.

He guarantees people's lives.

You can't guarantee lives,
you insure them, be still!

It might need stitches.

In the meantime...

Yeah, Ronnie's been visiting,
pointing the finger.

I said, I said "Take a number, pal,

there is a long queue of people
that want my scalp.

Joan Miller's head of the line."

How long have you been
taking tranquillisers?

It's been noticed at the hospital,
there's been talk.

Since I stood in the cardiac ward
and watched a man die.

You have cardiac arrhythmia.

Really?

- Your pupils are constricted.
- Jesus!

Are you this rough
with all your patients?

You're my first drug addict.

You should be at the hospital.

(SIGHS) Well, I'm quite happy here,

- thank you very much.
- And you need to get some sleep.

That's the problem, Doctor,

that's what got this ball
rolling in the first place.

- Where are your blankets?
- I don't know.

Eva put them somewhere.

Ah, she's carrying three babies!

My babies.

What'll happen when she loses them?

- Viv's a nurse.
- Oh, is that right?

Yeah, she volunteered for Vietnam.

You spent a few weeks
there, is that right?

- Yes.
- What was it like?

Pulling teeth.

I think she means she was, uh,
pulling teeth over there.

Funny thing to be doing in a w*r zone.

(LAUGHS)

Good thing you haven't hooked
up with one of those bra-burners.

No, no. No, no, no fear of that, sir.

I don't wear a bra.

(LAUGHS)

You got yourself a doozy there.

Good for another, Pete?

Uh, no, we're on we're
on duty in a minute.

No cop was ever any use sober, mate.

♪ You know she's waiting ♪

♪ Just anticipating... ♪

He likes you.

What's wrong?

Nothing.

I love you.

♪ But while she's there waiting,
without them ♪

♪ Try a little tenderness ♪

♪ That's all you gotta do ♪

♪ It's not just sentimental, no, no, no ♪

♪ She has her grief and has her care ♪

♪ But the soft words,
they are spoken so gentle, yeah ♪

♪ It makes it easier ♪

♪ It makes it easier to bear, yeah ♪

♪ You won't regret it, no ♪

♪ Some girls, they don't forget it ♪

♪ Love is their only happiness, yeah ♪

♪ but it's all so easy ♪

♪ All you gotta do is try,
try a little tenderness ♪

♪ Try a little tenderness ♪

♪ Oh, you've got to rub her gentle, man ♪

♪ Oh, what you've got to ♪

♪ Got to try, oh, no, no, no ♪

♪ Got to try a little tenderness,
yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Watch her groove, man ♪

♪ You've got to know what to do,
take this advice, man ♪

♪ Love her, squeeze her,
don't tease her, love her ♪

♪ And try a little tenderness. ♪

Where is Cynthia?

- Her father collected her.
- Why didn't you tell me?

- Why didn't you let me say goodbye?
- I'm sorry, Maggie.

Her father wanted to get home.
He had a long drive.

I never got to say goodbye.

What about her locket?

I made tea.

(SIGHS)

You're not better yet.

It'll take some time for those
dr*gs to get out of your system.

(YAWNING) Withdrawal could last a while.

I want you to do something.

Consider your life for
the last few months.

Not having to juggle a
husband and a baby,

or bisect your time between
hospital and home.

Things have become a lot simpler.

I've been lonely.

The opportunity costed a career.

Other people manage family and career.

Hm. I couldn't.

The truth is, you're a
better doctor for it.

Jim chose his freedom over you.

You should embrace the choice
you were left with.

It's a pretty good one.

I'm Annie.

I'm a friend of Viv's.

There's a couple of things you
need to know about the woman

that gave birth to your babies.

Because one day it might help you

understand the children
that you're raising.

Firstly, it was Viv's decision
to give her twins up for adoption.

You should find that reassuring,

because it means that they
weren't stolen from her,

which means she has no
intention of disrupting your family.

And secondly, when Viv gave her
babies up for adoption,

she lost a little part of herself.

She knows she'll never get it back,
but it, it doesn't stop her grief.

She found out where her babies were

so that she could know
they were alive and well.

It was Viv that gave you
the opportunity to be a mum.

She deserves your respect,
not your anger.

Or your fear.

I'm sure that once you wrap your
head around all of those things,

you're gonna be a terrific mother.

I know Viv thinks you already are.

I have ovarian cysts,
but it's not cancer.

- That's the best news.
- Yes it is.

Tell me about when you had the girls?

I didn't know I was having twins
until I went into labour.

It was a huge shock.

I was worried that nobody would
want two babies at once

I didn't want them to be split up.

It was my biggest fear.

That's why needed to know what
had happened to them.

When I saw you in the park,
I was so relieved.

They were together.

They were loved.

I wanted to thank you, hug you.

But I couldn't.

I don't want them to ever think
I gave them up

because I didn't want them.

When we adopted the girls,
they told us that

they should never know,
that it would confuse them,

that they would suffer and

would never feel like
they belonged anywhere.

But I don't know how you
keep these secrets.

And the girls deserve to know the truth.

I want you to be a part of their lives.

Obviously some of us have not
learned from the lessons so far.

Always the ones who need it
the most are the most recalcitrant.

But, we shall soldier on.

OK, positions everyone.

Good, just in time. Come on.

I want you to put a pillow over my
head if I sound like Matron again.

Done.

I have some wonderful news.

I thought you wanted to
have a baby with me.

Oh, I do! Lots and lots of them.

But I'm going to get to be
a part of the twins' lives, Pete.

And that's amazing.

But how is it gonna work?

The kids will be confused.
Two mothers? What...

No.

Faye's their mother.

Right now, I don't
know how it will work,

but Faye and I are going
to make sure that it does.

Say something.

I don't know if I want some other
bloke's kids hanging around.

(BABY CRYING)

I can't, I can't do this right, Chris...

Look, just give him the bottle,
Annie, it doesn't matter.

Yes it does. You don't understand.

(BABY CRYING)

Leave us a moment, Chris.

Hey, come on.

Please don't ask me to leave,
I need to be able to do this.

May I suggest that
rather than holding your breast

as if it were a cigarette,

you hold it as if it were
a hamburger

you were eating with one hand.

- Would you like me to show you?
- No, uh, I can manage.

Guide his head towards your breast,

but let him stay in the drivers seat.

Thank you.

Have you seen Patrick?

I'm not discussing
the pregnancy with him anymore.

- over .
- That's low, isn't it.

It's borderline, but it's
common for the second trimester.

We'll keep an eye on it.

Are you sure it's a good idea to cut
Patrick out of the picture?

When he pulls himself
together, we'll talk.

He's the father of these babies.

He wants to be involved.

And apart from anything else
he has vastly more experience

with multiple pregnancies than I do.

When Patrick feels
like he's lost control

he plays the vulnerability card.

Wanting me to feel sorry for him so
I'll give in and do what he wants.

Man is a master of manipulation.

Whether he is being manipulative or not,

he's concerned for you and the babies.

(KNOCKS ON DOOR)

Has Maggie been to see you?

- Why?
- I found this.

It's the address of a backyard
abortionist.

Maggie!

Maggie, wait!

You silly girl!

What on earth were you thinking?

I've decided that live-in doctor
trumps live-in nurse.

Hello, beautiful.
Shh.

I got a tip-off that if I turned
up at the trial, I'd be dead.

- Really?
- Yeah.

There's a lot of bad people who
don't want me giving evidence.

But I had to see you.