02x01 - What Difference the Day Makes

[bunniefuu]

MAN: We'd like you to serve
your year of atonement

as a general practitioner
in the town of Whyhope.

[MAGPIE SQUAWKS]

Our golden boy Hugh is back!

He's one of the top heart
surgeons in the country.

Also he was 'Cleo's Bachelor

of the Year in .

- [WHISTLING AND CHEERING]
- You have really lovely eyes.

All the better to see
through your bullshit.

WOMAN: Matt's a jealous guy
who's gonna think stuff.

Like what, you're gonna get naked

- and let me make sweet love to you?
- We're happy, Hugh.

Is there much that would
keep you in Whyhope?

No. Nothing.

Well, how about Penny leaving?

- Oh, sh*t! What, you like her?
- What?

- Are you jealous?
- Oh, my God. No!

I'm gonna clear my head for a bit.

You could clear yours
while I'm gone, that'd...

You know what? You can't.
That's the whole thing.

I'll call you.

- Do you have an appointment?
- I'm Dr. Cartwright's replacement.

Do I need an appointment, lanky?

You can't put this whole hospital

at risk because of this woman!

- What's wrong?
- My hand works.

Oh, that's great!

- I had to tell you.
- About your hand?

[BELL CHIMES]

HUGH: Every genius has his day.

Today is mine.

All hail on me.

- What's wrong?
- Stinger got me.

I asked some people to pee
on me, but no one would.

All the good traditions are being lost.

- What?
- Doesn't matter.

Let's go. Hot shower.

It's amazing you made a
heart to go in a real person.

It is amazing.

Could you win the Nobel Prize?

Oh, it's highly unlikely, but, um...

Not entirely impossible.

Hope the couch was okay.

Aren't you the thoughtful house guest?

I drank all your milk
and I broke a plate.

Sort of thoughtful, then.

- Big day!
- Big day.

Are you nervous?

Nerves are for the unprepared.

I just wish I was putting it in.

Um...

You wanna get dinner with me tonight?

Sure. I'd love to.

: . On me.

Do I have to go to school?

This is a severe injury

and a doctor's note shouldn't
be a problem, right?

Lady Mayor of Whyhope.

This won't do.

Well, it's the traditional mayoral robe.

It smells like moths have
been fornicating in it.

I had it dry-cleaned.

Well, it's drab and it's old-fashioned.

That's not the message
we want to send, Hayley.

This inauguration needs to put
a stamp on my administration

as dynamic and colourful.

Well, why not purple, Mum?

Better! Purple's dynamic.

- Yeah?
- And a local floral motif,

maybe a hood.

- That's dramatic!
- Like Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Well, let's sketch
something and get Jennifer

to knock something up. It's
my crowning achievement.

- Do you want a crown, Meryl?
- That's too much.

When you look at me,
imagine I'm wearing one.

Always do.

Lady Mayor,

by votes.

blessed souls who had
a vision for the future.

[MOBILE PHONE RINGS]

Matt? This is the last time I'm calling.

I know I've said that a few dozen times

so it may be losing its power,
but you need to answer me.

You've had four weeks
to clear your head.

We need to talk!

You've made your point.

I love you. Just come home.

I'm not even angry!

I know I'm yelling, but imagine
all this without the yelling.

♪ I'm going up the country,
babe, don't you wanna go? ♪

♪ I'm going up the country ♪

♪ Baby, don't you wanna go ♪

♪ Going someplace where ♪

♪ I've never been before ♪

♪ I'll leave this city ♪

♪ I've got to get away ♪

♪ I'm gonna leave this city ♪

♪ I've got to get away ♪

♪ All this fussin' and fightin' ♪

♪ You know, I sure can't stay. ♪

[HEART MONITOR BEEPS]

- How's that arterial pressure?
- We're live-streaming to universities.

- Don't distract her.
- I know.

Okay, let's introduce
his own blood flow.

Taking him off bypass.

WOMAN: Restoring profusion.

Obs look good.

It's pumping. Let's join
the pulmonary arteries.

Bypass removed.

Heart looks good.

The blood flow, arterial
pressure's a bit low.

Uh, you're leaking blood.

- What?
- You've got a bleed. I can see it!

BP dropping. over .

Sutures have burst on
the aortic anastomoses.

- f*ck!
- All right, get him on bypass!

- BP, over .
- Now!

- Hey! Hey!
- [ALARMS BEEP]

- Get the bypass back on fast!
- over .

- You, gown and gloves!
- Here you are.

Just doing you up.

Don't worry about that! Gloves, gloves!

- No recordable BP.
- sh*t!

He's gone.

[HEART MONITOR FLATLINES]

Hi. It's me.

I guess you're drunk
somewhere, living it up,

and forgot about dinner.

I forgot too.

So, I stood you up, just so you know.

Any word?

Hugh said these transplant
operations can take up to hours.

- She means Matt.
- Not a peep. Matt's fine.

Well, how do you know
if there's not a peep?

Today not a peep.

He texted yesterday
and said he was fine.

Great.

Men may fall out with their wives, but

a mother's bond is always sacred.

[SIGHS]

- What do I do, Meryl?
- Well, firstly,

are you really trying to
get him back, Charlotte?

I text him every day,
"I love you. Come back."

I ring leaving begging messages.

Well, I know a nice little
Indian man from Optus

that does that for me every day
trying to get me to change phone plans.

- Still haven't.
- Your point?

Women were given wiles for a reason.

I mean, you think I just walked up
to Jim and I said, "I love you"?

No. I was underhanded

- and devious.
- You what?

When you're good, they
don't even know it happens.

They think it was their choice.
Keeps them feeling virile.

Don't wanna castrate the bull
while you're trying to corral him.

So, I should...?

Up your game.

- How?
- Love has no limits, Charlie.

If it does, it's not love.

HUGH: Hi.

Clearly I'm late for dinner.

Sorry, um...

Something... happened.

[SIGHS] So, I'm sorry.

Um...

Bye.

You ringing your girlfriend?

How nice that you screwed up my life

and now you're playing
footsies with Penny.

I should warn her,
there destruction lies.

Good morning to you.

Didn't think you'd be down
here. It's too early for you.

I don't sleep well without Matt there.

Still not back?

He will be. I have a plan,
and you can't be here. Go!

Well, good for you. Bye.

sh*t! Sorry. How'd it go?

The transplant.

Great.

What's 'great'?

Yeah, it's a process, but, um...

I'll leave you to it.

- Have you been up to the house?
- No.

They're all on tenterhooks
about how it went.

Okay. Thanks.

See you.

Hi, darling. I thought I'd show
you what you were missing.

Morning, sweetheart. How are you?

- I got your video.
- Oh, did you see

the starlings? How pretty were they?

- Who filmed this?
- No one! I put it up on a stand!

It was supposed to show
you what you were missing.

How's your jealousy going,
other than ridiculously?

- A stand?
- Just come home, Matt!

- Talk to me! We have to sort this out.
- Yeah...

No... No, I'm still a bit confused.

I haven't finished reading
all the 'Harry Potter's yet.

Well, let me come to you,
then. Where are you?

I'll call you.

- Just tell me where you... are.
- [CALL DISCONNECTS]

Eugh.

Hugh! How did it go?

What... Oh, uh...

Great.

Uh, you know, it's a process.

Ups and downs. Nothing's certain.

- It's so exciting!
- Yeah, well, no time to rest on...

I can't believe I was a small
part in saving millions of lives.

Yes, you were.

Good. Well,

send patients if you must, but...

No talking. I'm hungover.

Celebrating. As you should.
Okay, but just one thing.

- [SIGHS] No.
- There's a ram in your office.

[RAM BLEATS]

Was in your office.

BETTY: We need to talk about Nora.

I don't need to do anything,

except do my

rostered hours and

- go home.
- She's a nightmare.

The staff hate her. She's erratic.

And I don't feel she's a true healer.

Well, no one said you had to like her,

but more importantly,

she does have to like me

so that I can leave in...

What's that?

It's a countdown clock.
Got it at the airport.

Yes, Nora just has to love me for

days, hours, and minutes.

I can do that.

And then I can go to Sydney.

Oh, I see. For Penny!

No. For my life. My career.

- [RAM BLEATS]
- What's left of it.

- There is a sheep in...
- It's a ram, which isn't a sheep.

Dr. Knight, Penny and I had
a five-star hygiene rating,

the best in the state. If I look
now, we are, at best, . .

Dr. Gumbleton has this place in disarray

and her disorder is like a cancer,
infecting others, spreading.

- [RAM BLEATS]
- Okay, Ken, well,

why don't you leave a memo
on my desk that I won't read?

- I miss Penny!
- Dr. Knight?

Oh, Hugh, this is Mia,
Aoife's replacement.

Mia Holsten.

What, that visa thing was real?

Nora missed the deadline
to sign her papers.

Aoife may well be on Manus Island.

She's not. She just had
to go back to Dublin.

Sorry, Dr. Gumbleton needs Dr. Knight.

[SIGHS] What does she want?

She's not really one for giving
insights into her thinking,

and I'm not really one for asking.

- Argh!
- Don't push till I say!

Oh, finish this, will you?

I can't bear childbirth.
All that whining!

- [WOMAN GROANS]
- Sure, um...

- You look like sh*t.
- Argh!

I said don't push!

No genius, this one. I
fear for the kid, frankly.

Okay, ah, Harriet, I'm Hugh,

and you are gonna be fine.

Just going to examine you
to see how far along you are.

This may be a touch cold.

And I would say that

you are cm dilated.

You are gonna have a baby.

- She's crowning.
- Argh!

All right. Here we go.

- Argh! Argh!
- All right,

can you give one big push for me?

- Argh!
- That's it. Mia, you wanna catch?

- Okay.
- Come on!

- Of course. No problem.
- That's it.

Argh!

Just supporting the head there. Good.

First baby?

- First job?
- Yes.

You'll be fine.

- One more big push. There we go!
- Argh!

And a little boy!

[BABY CRIES]

Well done!

Caught a baby. It's not that hard.

- Argh!
- What's wrong?

Crowning again. Twins.

- Really?
- What, you haven't been scanned?

It's hard to get into town! Argh!

All right, Ken! Another crib, quick!

Argh!

Uh... Another boy!

Let's clamp and cut. Here we go.

Well done. There we go.

Just gonna take bubba for a second.

There we go.

Mia, meconium in his mouth.

Just suction that out,
clear his airways.

Ken! Ken!

There's another one.
She's crowning again.

- sh*t! Okay! Triplets.
- Argh!

All right. Here we go.

Keep that bottom down
for me. That's it, that's it.

- Argh!
- Here we go! Here we go!

Argh!

Oh, it's a little girl! Ahh!

I can't hear crying, Mia.
What's going on over there?

[BABY CRIES]

- Are you crying?
- No, I'm not. I'm a professional.

It's a very messy thing,
isn't it? [CHUCKLES]

All right, all done.

- All okay.
- Thank you.

Now, I'm just gonna
give you an injection

to help you deliver the placenta, okay?

Can you get your ram out
of the wards, please?

It's not my ram.

Did it sound like I was
starting a conversation?

We need streamers in our colours.

And should the chairs
be in a heart shape?

That seems weird.

No, well, we're trying to be different.

Well, what if Mum was in the centre

and everyone was sort of
around her, like Akela at Cubs?

Hmm. Very town hall, like Obama did.

Although she might not like being
at the same level as everyone else.

Uh... we need more chairs.
I'll get them. You start.

_

Oh, dear.

I guess they forgot to count them.

We should call the Electoral
Commission, shouldn't we?

That's one way to go, yes.

I know you only won by votes, but...

- Do we know what booth they came from?
- Uh... don't know.

- _
- WMC.

Whyhope Men's Club.
That's Rod's cronies.

Oh.

Well, what if we just

leave them here and let
God's will take place?

Maybe no one ever finds them.

God's will is not always
kind to the just, Hayley.

I know, but his plan is always
good in the end, Meryl.

Yeah, long-term, of course,

but in the short-term,
this town needs me.

It's illegal to touch them.

Do we know that?

- MAN: Hello?
- sh*t! It's Rod.

Oh, Rod!

Why are these chairs in a circle?

Is this an inauguration or Scouts?

Oh, and I left some condoms
in the mayoral robe.

Oh, and how responsible of you

not to spread your genetics
into the world, Rod.

- Your big day, eh?
- Indeed.

A new page turns for our town.

votes.

I'm going back to
the office. Let's walk.

I need a favour!

I need you to support my titty bar plan.

Your what?

It's gonna bring a lot
of money into the town.

We're gonna call it the Pretty Titty.

What do you think?

Needs to go back in storage.

- AJAX: Dad, you look a little tired.
- No, I'm fine.

- Let me drive.
- No!

You're too careful. It's annoying!

You know what you drive like? [GROANS]

How is the fact that I don't put your...

Oh! Hey, Dad! Dad! Dad! Dad! Dad!

[HORN BLARES]

Can someone help?!

Okay, your file says...

He has these transfusions...

Uh, Hugh Knight, he's my brother.

He... well, he's my dad, but
he's my real dad, just, uh...

Anyway, we should call Hugh.

Okay, motormouth, relax. I've
hooked him up. He will be fine.

Right. Okay.

- Okay, yeah.
- You're Hugh's son?

- Yep.
- Didn't get the handsome gene, did you?

'O' Neg running through.

He'll be up and about in no time.

Bit of a silver fox, this one.

Hi.

G'day, tiger.

- Hey.
- Yeah?

No one should know
about this, all right?

Okay.

Oh, no, no, no.

- Hi, Hayley.
- Tugger, hi!

Big roo! Dead? Looks dead!
Oh, of course it's dead!

Are you well? You look well.

- Are you okay?
- Mm-hm.

The Lord is my shepherd,
there is nothing I should want.

The Lord is my shepherd,
there is nothing I should want.

[HAYLEY GULPS]

The Lord is my shepherd,
there is nothing I should want.

- The Lord is my shepherd...
- Nice work getting them out of there.

- You're praying.
- For guidance.

It's not really working, though.

I think I may be having
a panic att*ck instead.

It'll be fine. Just take a deep breath.

I shouldn't have moved them.

It's illegal to handle them if
you're not an AEC official.

I googled it on the way. Meryl,

I know it might cost you the election,
but we need to hand these in.

It's too late for that today.
Come on, let's sleep on it.

Can we talk about Nora?

No, we can't.

You can all handle your own problems.

- I remember you.
- Mmm, you look vaguely familiar too.

- Still Room ?
- You'd have to knock and find out.

Really?

Really.

See you tomorrow.

My concern is standards of paperwork

are not being filed or filled
in properly or punctually.

Who's the main culprit?

Well, mostly you.

I bet you're efficient in the sack, Ken.

- What?
- I bet you know all the right moves

and you execute them
with detail and precision.

- I don't think this is appropriate.
- Don't play games with me, Ken.

You bring up sex and then you retreat...

- I didn't bring...
- you're getting me all riled up,

toying with me. I have
had yellow fever before.

Worked in Singapore and
was entertaining the locals

most nights of the week,
if you get my drift.

I'm not...

I just need signatures.

Sure.

Where?

There.

There.

And right there.

You've got my address on file.

Key's under the mat, and
bring some energy drinks,

because I don't stop.

[HAND SLAPS]

PENNY: [PHONE] I heard
what happened. Are you okay?

Four years of my life.

My one sh*t at immortality up in smoke.

And worse, a man lost the last
three months of his life, so...

- Couldn't be better, really.
- He knew the risks.

You know, I actually
can't even talk about it.

Which means you need to.

I thought maybe you
could've talked to me.

Yes, so did I.

It's just that I was
already drunk on a plane.

- Hey.
- Oh!

- Uh... who's that?
- Oh, hey, man.

- Man?
- Hey, your front door was ajar.

You can't do that in
the city, country girl.

No, it's supposed to just close
behind me. Are you early?

Always. It's a bad habit
from my army days.

- You should know that about me.
- Uh, still here!

Hey, I know you! You're Dr. Knight.

Hey, I'm sorry about your op.

I was watching, I was
one of the residents,

and that was harsh, my friend.

Oh, you actually came to
talk to us in med school.

Pretty sure you were drunk.

Yes, well, that's probably a safe bet.

- Yeah!
- Okay! Well, introductions done!

And we're... we're late. I'll
meet you down the front.

Okay.

- I've got to go.
- Okay. I gotta go!

So, is it a fling or is it a thing?

You don't know. Penny, you know which...

I have to go.

Nora sexually harassed Ken.

Well, he's a handsome man.

- She's only human.
- He's shaken!

Betty, there are proper channels.
I am not one of them.

- I'm sure he has a form.
- Well, he's too scared to.

[SIGHS] This obviously
means a lot to you.

- It does! Thank you!
- So, best you handle it by yourself.

Dr. Knight!

- It's the mother of the triplets!
- [SIGHS]

She rang. She's been experiencing

bleeding and cramps,
so I told her to come in.

I started getting incredible
cramps and bleeding,

and I thought maybe it was
normal because of so many...

No. It's not.

I've got AB blood and
I'm running a line.

Okay, thank you. I'm just gonna
press down on your abdomen here.

[GRUNTS]

And here?

Okay, Harriet, look,
the symptoms suggest

that you have retained placenta,

I.E., some of it is still

stuck to the wall, even though
the rest has come away.

But I thought that mean
doctor checked it.

- She did.
- Well, unfortunately doctors are

human and sometimes make mistakes.

Her bloods are in.

You're gonna be fine, Harriet, all
right? We got this. Fist-bump me.

Uh, she doesn't... Mm-hm.

- We got this, all right?
- Okay.

You bet we have.

What happened to the old hand there?

Some lawn bowlers tried to take my park

and I had to get physical with them.

Oh.

Um, the triplets' mother came back in.

Retained placenta.

Ahh, well. Can't notice everything.

Drained it!

Good sh*t!

Anyway, just thought you'd wanna know.

[CHUCKLES] About what?

The retained placenta that you missed.

If I were to trawl through all
your cases from the last month,

I'd probably find something

to put in this month's report
about you, wouldn't I?

It's an imperfect world.

Stones, glass houses,
if you get my drift.

Oh, crystal clear drift.

- Check the beer levels?
- Yeah.

No, you got about a third left,
probably a week's worth.

- Do you know how to make it?
- Me?

Make it?

I'm sure Matt would
rather I shut it down

than serve anything but
his perfection in a glass.

Yeah, he's pretty
obsessive about it, huh?

Indeed he is.

Whoops.

[MOBILE PHONE BUTTONS BEEP]

Hi, darling. I just wanted to tell you

I miss you. I'll wait forever.

Oh, and we're nearly out of
beer, if you care anymore,

but don't worry, I'm gonna
brew some up myself.

No, no, no, no, no!
No, no, no, no, no, no!

[SNIFFS]

♪ Darling, you're with
me, always around me ♪

♪ Only love, only love ♪

♪ Darling, I feel you under my body ♪

♪ Only love, only love ♪

♪ Give me shelter or show me heart ♪

♪ Come on, love, come on, love ♪

♪ Watch me fall apart,
watch me fall apart ♪

♪ And I'll be yours to keep ♪

♪ A wind in the shadow, a
whale song in the deep ♪

♪ A wind in the shadow, a
whale song in the deep ♪

♪ Darling, you're with
me, always around me ♪

♪ Only love, only love ♪

♪ Darling, I feel you under my body... ♪

No!

No, no, no, no, no!

♪ Darling, you're with me
forever and always... ♪

[WOMAN MOANS]

Ahh! Yeah!

That was amazing.

Ahh! I'd forgotten how good it is.

What?

Having sex with someone
you don't care about.

Oh, that's really sweet. Thank you.

- What?
- Oh,

sorry, I mean... I like you...

I'm joking. It's fine.

I completely agree.

So, does that mean you've just
come out of a relationship?

No.

No.

Just come out of thinking
about a relationship...

Sort of.

[KNOCKING AT DOOR]

Breakfast!

Ahh, you know

I love those little trays.

You know, the tiny boxes
of Rice Bubbles. True.

Oh, God, it's been years.

- JIM: Hayley.
- HAYLEY: Yes, Jim?

Something terrible is coming.

What do you mean?

I just woke up knowing
something bad is gonna happen.

I just know it!

Is it hot in here? Is it hot?!

Do you think God is angry?

I think I have to find my sons.

So, what, you've been
here the whole time?

No, first two weeks I
was camping up north.

It was great. No farm, no family.

And then

I was on my way back home
and didn't quite make it.

The owner, Kev's, a mate, and
kept me in pizzas, hid the truck.

No locals come here.

So, what happened?

I thought I'd cleared my head,

but then the closer I got to
home, I got a bit paranoid.

I mean,

what if I walked in and
you were with her?

- Matt.
- I know.

Plus it's been fun to drive her crazy.

It's like we're flirting again.

It's crazy.

Build your whole life around
someone saying they love you.

That is madness.

It's all I wanna do.

That's all she wants.

So, go home. I can't have any more
failure and catastrophe on my head.

What other failure?

My hand, career.

Artificial heart. It's over.

Four years of my life. My legacy.

That failed?

Well, that makes me
feel a little bit better.

I'm glad I could help.

I gotta roll.

Uh, well, I'll...

- I'll call you.
- Oh, please don't.

I'll just see you next time.

See, I like her attitude.

I was once like that, happy.

sh*t!

- Dad?
- Dad, how'd you know I was here?

I saw your Ute a week ago,
but I don't rat out my own.

We...

We have to stop... It happening...

- Come here, come here.
- What happening? What?

Something's coming, and
I don't know what it is.

Something terrible!

- We should... we should get Ajax.
- Is he okay?

He's running a fever. Come here.

I'm fine. I'm just really, really
sad and I don't know why!

I mean, it's a nice day!

- [GROANS]
- What's going on?

What's wrong with him?

- Quick! Get him in the Ute!
- Okay.

Mia! Low BP, fever,
breathing difficulty.

- Give him oxygen. I'll get a line in.
- MIA: On it.

- Is he having a stroke?
- Something bad!

Right, grab his chart for me.
He had myelodysplasia.

- He what?
- It's a blood disorder.

- Since when?
- Got it.

Okay, when was his last transfusion?

I know he's missed his appointment,
but he said he'd come back in.

- Yesterday with Nora.
- Something bad is coming!

- Help us! Hugh!
- Why does he keep saying that?

- Oh, sh*t. Sense of foreboding.
- No. Do you think?

Okay, go and get the blood
charts from yesterday.

Cross-check against the other patients.

What does that mean?

I think he may have been
given the wrong blood type.

The body reacts by clotting,
breathing difficulties, fever.

Patients get a sense of foreboding
psychologically. No one knows why.

- She gave him 'O'.
- Oh, sh*t!

Go and get a bag of 'O'
negative now. I'll get fluids in.

What, she gave him the
wrong blood?! What happens?

Organs start shutting down,
starting with the kidneys.

We need to turn that
around before we can't.

'O' negative. Thank you.

So, what's happening?

- He looks terrible.
- He is.

Out! Everyone out! Now!

- Just for a bit!
- Out, out! Everyone out!

- Obviously you didn't mean me.
- [SIGHS] All right, fine.

Is he going to be all right?

You bet he is.

Charlie's here.

Is he all right?

Uh... He's with Hugh.
It's pretty serious.

Is Meryl all right?

She's inside.

- Ajax, let's move over here.
- Why?

Ajax!

Guess you found me.

You know I was never gonna stop looking.

- Seemed like that.
- It is like that.

I missed you.

Ditto.

I even missed 'ditto'.

His BP's getting better.

Good.

Everything's normal.

I think we're winning.

So, Mum, the new blood is doing its job.

It's turning around. We'll
keep monitoring him.

Hopefully there's no kidney damage, but

- he should be fine.
- Thank you.

I heard you tell a nurse
he's got some condition.

- How long's that been going?
- Uh, a while.

It's called myelodysplasia.
It's a blood disorder.

Affects normal blood cell production.

He's been getting transfusions.

A quiet word would've been nice.

Well, doctor-patient confidentiality.

Oh, and you're known
for playing by the rules.

Doesn't matter. At least
he's gonna be all right.

How long will he sleep?

Oh, hours, probably. His
body will work to repair itself.

I guess we can make
the inauguration, then.

Well, you wouldn't want to miss that.

- He would want me to go.
- Of course.

- I mean, he'd be upset if you didn't.
- Exactly.

['HAIL TO THE CHIEF' PLAYS ON UKULELE]

- WOMAN: Good, isn't it?
- MERYL: I know. Thank you so much.

Oh, and you, look at all that
work that you did for me!

- Congratulations.
- Thank you so much! Thank you.

So, are you finally
ready to concede, Rod?

Something's been bothering me
about those recounts, Meryl.

- Is it that you lost?
- Then it occurred to me,

- what about the boxes?
- What?

- Well, we didn't count them.
- Uh...

So, I looked into it.

boxes were counted,
but they issued .

Nobody thought of it, but I did.

So, I've asked the Electoral
Commission to look into it.

Don't be a sore loser, Rod.

This is a time for us to come together.

- Hayley, go and burn those boxes.
- Meryl!

- Right now.
- But...

Hayley! He knows.

Yes, Meryl.

You wouldn't help me with Ken,

so I'm giving you the silent
treatment, just so you know.

I wasn't gonna tell you,
but then I thought you're so

self-centred, you might not
realise. So, it begins now!

Betty, I'm gonna need you.

How?

We're gonna get Nora.

Do you wanna carry me
across the threshold?

All right, just one thing. One thing.

Just... This is a really dumb question,

but it's been rattling around
in my... in my head.

Just this and then

- clean slate, yeah?
- Sure, yes! What is it?

Okay, all right, that
night we had the B&S,

and I got back from
dropping off those drunks,

um, and I... ahh, I don't know.

I felt something weird between
you and Hugh, and just...

You haven't ever kissed him, have you?

You know, when I decided to be
mayor, I was nine years old.

I'd won a state spelling award

and I had to go and get it
from the mayor in his office.

He was a big guy, fancy robes.

It was very exciting.

Then he exposed himself to me.

I walked out of there thinking,

"I can do more for this
town than Flasher Mackay."

Huge guy.

Tiny penis, strangely enough.

Good story, Mum.

Cheers for the successful operation.

Thanks.

Look,

the operation in Sydney went
pear-shaped. The guy d*ed.

The project's dead,

- just so you know.
- Oh, sweetheart.

"Oh, sweetheart," indeed.

Disaster.

- Is it?
- Yeah. Yeah, it is.

But where would you be if
the operation was a success?

Monitoring it in Sydney.

Out drunk celebrating it somewhere.

And your father?

What would've happened to
him if you weren't here?

Good point.

I know which one you
can live with easier.

- Abject failure?
- Exactly.

Hayley. Everything okay?

- [TYRES SCREECH]
- Yes, Meryl.

- You kissed her.
- Ahh.

You kissed her!

- Oh, dear!
- Only the once. I was drunk!

Look, the second time, she kissed me.

Second time?

sh*t. You didn't know the numbers?

Look, this is not how it looks, okay?

She was actually saying goodbye to me.

You know, the funny thing, it's
all about context... Oh! [COUGHS]

You're dead to me! You're dead!

[RINGING TONE]

Penny?

It's me. I...

Just thought I'd ring
and tell you that I'm drunk.

I thought you should know.

Uh... no, uh...

Watch the rip off North Bondi.

It can drag you under.

Yes.

So, um, must go. Uh...

I just saw a shark.

Bye.

[MOBILE PHONE RINGS]

- Ahh!
- WOMAN: [PHONE] It's me.

You, you left without even a goodbye!

Yeah, Immigration came
and got me. It's crazy.

I mean, doesn't the Australian
Government know what an asset I am?

Oh, I will write to my MP.

Oh, it's too late. I'm
on my way to India.

- I'm gonna miss you, Hugh.
- Yeah, right back at you.

How's Penny?

Happy.

In the city.

And...?

What? There is no 'and'.

There's an 'and', my friend.

Hey, call me if you're ever in Dublin.

I will.

Oh, how did your heart go?

Ahh. It broke.

Oh, that sucks.

They do mend, you know,

in my experience.