Amazing Grace (2021) s01e08 Episode Script

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(MOODY MUSIC)
SOPHIA: And that's you.
This is me. I'm Sophia.
I gave birth to you,
and I'm making this because
one day, you might be curious.
I was adopted too. Like you,
I've just found my birth mother.
And
You came along right
when I couldn't look after you.
I just turned 18, and
I can't be your mother, because
I haven't been myself yet.
And I know that you'll
be going to a family
who can give you all
the things that I can't.
Sorry, this is harder than I thought.
(BABY CRY)
(BIRDS SINGING)
- Hey-hey.
- Hi.
I've come for the last of the gym boxes.
Oh, right. Um, sorry. They're
They're not all in one
place. It's a smattering.
- I'm not as organised as
- That's okay. I'll find them.
(SIGHS)
So, Sophia not here?
She's at my Mum's.
Tomorrow she gives the baby away.
So, where's all your stuff going?
Storage. Until I figure
out my next move.
Well, if you need somewhere to stay
No. Thank you, I've got plenty of places
- I can stay if I want.
- Oh, yeah?
Like where?
I'll be fine.
- I'll figure it out.
- When?
When I've done other stuff.
(MOODY MUSIC)
Okay.
Hey, Shannon! It's me.
This is a weird one, but
I'm trying to track down
Rowan Beattie from high school.
I can't find him on Facebook
and I thought that you might
No, I don't want to get back
together with him, Poppy!
God, no. I just
Rowan Beattie. I just
want to find out where he is.
Yeah, no, this call is
nothing about netball.
Rowan Beattie. Someone must know
where he is. He can't have fallen
off the face of the earth. (SIGHS)
Hey.
Thanks for meeting me here. I'm sorry,
I've only got a quick minute.
Okay.
So, yeah. About the other night.
Let's just acknowledge
that we had a moment.
We did.
But that was that, and I
think that we can both agree
that there are other
things to think about.
Mm-hmm.
I've started looking for
Sophia's biological father.
It's only fair she knows who he is
and I think it might make a difference
- to how she feels about
- Things were shitty for you
when you were a teenager,
I get it. And I don't feel like
what happened to you was fair,
and I'm sorry for the
decisions you made.
But Sophia is mine.
- Kirk
- I am so sick of all this
talk about biology. Don't
think that you can bring a guy
from a thousand years ago into this
and I'm gonna be okay about it. I'm not.
Kirk
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you.
(SAD MUSIC)
Alright, team.
Tonight is a full moon and
we are expecting a full house.
We have protein bars and
energy drinks at the ready.
Stay hydrated, but don't overdo it,
because we're not gonna
have any chance to go to the loo.
- I'll just hold it.
- I brought a cake.
- Hey!
- Yes, to celebrate
our Mr. Max finishing his
midwifery clinical placement.
Aw, thank you. It's been educational.
I've actually had a really good time.
- If I was to
- Sorry to stop you there, but maybe
speeches later, and you can tell us
all about where you're headed next.
- I'm hoping Antarctica.
- I still need Grace's signature
on my paperwork.
(WARM MUSIC)
Alright, let's get to it.
Tonight, we are the wicked,
and there is no rest for us.
Yeah, keep breathing. Okay,
I'll hold your hand,
big breath in. Push,
- push, push
- (WAILS)
So good.
- 3.4kg.
- 3.45.
- (SIGHS)
- (BABY CRIES)
- Hey.
- You're trying to find
Sophia's birth father?
Well, right now I'm weighing a baby.
Don't kill me for asking this,
but are you trying to find
Rowan because you think
that'll stop Sophia
giving back the baby?
Because you know that
could go really wrong.
(SIGHS) What else can I do?
I've run out of options.
(BEEPING)
3.45.
I'm pregnant.
(MOODY MUSIC)
And the father would be Paul?
I think so. I mean
The timing makes sense.
And his wife is about to have a baby.
Yes.
Here. Today. So,
that's a bit of a pickle.
(MURMURS)
- No.
- Bianca. Hi.
Hi. I'm here.
I don't really think I should be here.
- What's going on?
- It's just first-time-mum worry.
Sure, we get a lot of that here.
- Bianca was just saying that
- I haven't
felt the baby move today or yesterday.
Okay, come with me.
Okay.
(SOFT GRUNTS)
Gallagher keeps calling me a worry-wart.
Hey, we don't believe in that word here.
When was the last time you
were sure you felt the baby move?
Lunch at Mum's the day before yesterday.
We were playing statues with my nieces
and nephews, and the baby
shoved a knee into my lung,
and I had to sit down.
(MOODY MUSIC)
Okay, just rest here, Bianca.
I'm gonna see if we
can find an obstetrician.
- We just need to do a
- Thank you.
- Max.
- Sit tight.
I'm sitting.
- There's no heartbeat, is there?
- We need an obstetrician
- and an ultrasound.
- Okay, I'll see who I can find.
- Thank you.
- (PHONE RINGING)
Shannon.
Yes, yes, please text it
to me. Great. Thank you.
Okay, bye.
Thank you for getting here so quickly.
- Listen, before we go in
- No, sorry.
Not ready. Let's just work.
Is your husband here?
Gallagher.
He'll be here soon. He's on his way.
Bianca, I'm so sorry
Your baby doesn't have a heartbeat.
(EXHALES SHAKILY) Um
What does that mean?
She's gone.
- I'm sorry.
- No, I don't
No, I don't want that.
Now, there are a couple of
options available to you, so that
No, I came here
because I worry too much,
but you can do something, can't you?
I'm so sorry, Bianca.
Her name is Gemma.
We already picked out
a name, and it's Gemma.
Isn't there some way, if we
did a Caesarean right now
(DOOR OPENS)
Hey.
(SOBS)
- Gallagher
- What's happening?
- I lost her.
- What?
(CRIES) I lost Gemma.
(CRIES)
- Is that it?
- No,
she's still got one more big
burp or she won't fall asleep.
- Come on.
- Come on.
- (BURP)
- Come on, oh yeah,
- there it is.
- There you go.
There it is.
Come here, sweetie.
(COUGHS)
So, Grace is trying to track
down your biological father.
Of course she is. It's not
gonna change anything.
Come here, beautiful.
- Yeah.
- I thought it might be
- important to you.
- It's not.
It doesn't mean anything to me.
You're my dad.
You know that, right?
(MOODY MUSIC)
I'm glad you called.
I was a dick to you.
It's alright, it wasn't your fault.
You thought it was a one-night
thing and I got the wrong idea.
I made it very weird.
You weren't the one that made it weird.
I don't always know
how to be with people.
I liked being with you,
I just didn't know how not to be a dick.
I wish I had been different.
I had a baby.
You have a daughter.
(MOODY MUSIC)
And I don't want anything from you,
I just thought that you
deserve to know she exists.
And I'm not gonna raise her.
Look, this isn't me, you know,
trying to guilt you or trap you
or anything. You've got your
life, and I've got mine. I just
I just thought you should know.
That's it.
Can I see her?
Yeah.
If you want to, yeah.
It's probably early to come
in, but I didn't feel right
- being at home anymore.
- Contractions seven minutes apart
- and still irregular?
- Not at DEFCON yet,
but it started pretty
early this morning.
Ramping up, though?
Definitely.
As long as you're comfortable,
feel free to move around.
Don't feel like you're
confined to this space.
Thank you.
How's the last week been?
You mean with Paul? I kicked him out.
We were trying to hobble along,
but I just couldn't do it anymore.
So, a divorce, here we come.
(SHARP INHALE)
Yeah, okay,
- here comes one.
- Alright.
I want to walk through it.
Mmm. (EXHALES, INHALES)
What will happen now?
The stimulant will work with your body,
and you'll go into labour.
No, um
No, I don't want to do this.
I don't want to go into
labour and give birth,
and I don't want to see her, you
know, I just wanted to be a mum.
Hey, Grace is just
trying to help you, okay?
What's this helping?
Bianca, I know that this
is hard to hear right now,
but you're Gemma's mother,
and you will be for
the rest of your life.
Knowing that you gave birth to her,
you'll hold her, you'll
see how beautiful she is.
I promise you, you'll be glad
that you held her in your arms.
(EXHALES)
(BOTH SIGH)
This is not what it looks like.
It is what it looks like.
I don't think we're gonna have
time to celebrate Max's last day,
and I just wanted cake.
Grace?
No, thanks.
Thank you.
- Thoughts about the future, Max?
- Uh, dunno.
I've enjoyed being back,
close to my sister and to Jonah, and
And you're secretly in love with me,
- so that makes it harder, too.
- Well, yeah.
Exactly.
It's weird, thinking
of you not being here.
Gotta go.
(WARM ACOUSTIC MUSIC)
(DIAL TONE)
(RECORDING) You've called Rowan Beattie.
I can't take your call right
now, leave a message.
(BEEP)
Rowan, it's Grace Creswell.
I need to talk to you.
I know this is out of the blue
and maybe you don't want to
hear from me, but it's important.
(SIGHS)
- What's she called?
- Edie.
Or sometimes I just think of her
- as human baby.
- (CHUCKLES)
Hello, human baby Edie.
- She's cute, hey?
- Yeah.
We have a baby.
- I know! (CHUCKLES)
- (CHUCKLES)
But from a different timeline.
What does that mean?
She's a visitor
from another reality,
where things are different.
You two had sex and that's the baby.
Exactly, but in this
reality, she'll be raised
- by someone else, not us.
- Well,
- in my reality
- Connor and I are not a couple.
We're not gonna
suddenly become a family.
I should go.
(MOODY MUSIC)
Nice to meet you, Edie.
We might see each other again some day.
(DOOR OPENS)
Connor, wait.
(SIGHS) Do you care at all
about what's happened here?
Yeah. Why?
You have a child and
you're walking away.
I just found out an hour ago.
So that's it? It doesn't
mean anything to you?
She's the one making the decisions.
This is your child.
It's your responsibility.
If Sophia wants to give the baby up,
that's good enough for me.
You're the one who's not getting it.
Just go.
And learn to be a man.
You too.
(EXHALES SHAKILY)
- Mmm.
- Just keep breathing.
(KNOCKING, DOOR OPENS)
Mum!
- Hi, sweetheart!
- Byron's come to say hello.
I can see that.
This is my room.
- I like it.
- Mmm.
Hey, bud.
Mum needs a rest, so
why don't you go and wait
- in the big room? I won't be long.
- Okay.
(MOODY MUSIC)
(CHUCKLES)
Cheap, bringing Byron
here to lube up your arrival.
He wanted to come.
Christina, do you want me to leave
- or stay?
- Please stay.
- Yeah, stay. She wants you here.
- I do.
Yeah, because this is a test
- to humiliate both of us.
- A test?
I'm having a baby.
I trust Lanie and the
midwives here to look after me.
Sure, but you want her to
watch you give birth to our child,
because you can't resist
rubbing everyone's noses in it!
This is not a request
don't say another word.
Leave now.
(MOODY MUSIC)
- (GROANING)
- Breathe in deep, breathe in deep.
Yes. That's it. That's it.
(CRYING)
- (EXHALES SHAKILY)
- Okay, that's it.
You're nearly there. It's only
a couple more pushes, okay?
- (GROANS)
- Big breath out.
You're doing so well.
Okay, okay, just rest.
On the next contraction,
I'm gonna get you to push,
okay? Okay? You're doing so well.
- That's it. You're doing really well.
- (GROANS)
And breathe out, breathe out.
Breathe in. Take a rest a
sec, you're doing so well.
(EXHALES)
Push, deep push now.
Keep pushing. That's it. So close.
- (GROANS)
- That's it. You're done.
- You've done it. You've done it.
- (BREATHES HEAVILY)
You did well.
Good job, you did so well.
- (SOBS)
- (MOODY MUSIC)
Do you want to cut the cord?
- That's it.
- (SOBS)
Hey. Hey.
I'm your mummy.
- Hey.
- It's okay, it's alright.
(SOBS SHAKILY)
Here, do something. Please.
- I'm sorry.
- Please do something.
She's beautiful.
(SOBS)
So we're not gonna move
Bianca and Gallagher.
They can stay in that
room as long as they like.
- And then?
- When they're ready,
- I'll take the baby.
- Grace, I can do it.
No, I'm doing it. They'll give her to me
and they need to believe that
I'm going to take care of her.
So I'm going to take care of her.
I need to make a phone call.
KIRK: I'm sorry I lost it at you before.
Thank you for saying
that, but you were right,
I didn't think about how
that would land on you.
I'm not trying to
manipulate you or Sophia.
This is something I
need to do for myself.
I appreciate the call.
I just need to tell you
that I can't keep fighting
Sophia about her decision.
So, I'm gonna support her.
I would like to be there
with you tomorrow.
- I know that things are bad, but I
- You want to come?
It would mean a lot to
me. Can you ask Sophia?
Yeah.
Grace
Thank you.
(SIGHS)
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
There you are. Congratulations.
(BABIES CRYING)
Okay, I'm just gonna go and
call second midwife, alright?
- No, no, no! I just want you.
- Okay.
- I just want you.
- I'm here.
- I think I need to push.
- Yes,
yes, push.
- Push.
- (GROANS)
- I forgot about the pressure!
- Okay, just rest.
Just rest. Just close
your eyes, okay? Just rest.
(EXHALES)
That's it.
Are you still in love with Paul?
(MOODY MUSIC)
I was never in love with him.
Do you have feelings for him?
(GROANS)
- That's it.
- (GROANS)
(BABY CRIES)
(WARM MUSIC)
Hi.
Whatcha doing?
My job. Paperwork.
Something you probably
have your minions do.
(BABY CRYING)
Look, I know I've hurt you.
I'm just trying to get
through the next 24 hours.
Are you okay? Have you got
some sort of coping strategy,
or
Coping strategy?
Sophia is giving Edie up.
You have to own that.
I don't want to talk about it.
Grace?
(DOOR CLOSES)
I just want to be able to see you.
Please let's not stop trying.
Listen
Back then, I pictured you
going down a very
dark path with that boy,
ending up in a crack den or something.
A crack den?
If this is an apology, it's not
going as well as you hoped.
I just wanted you to have
the choices that you deserved.
I made a dreadful mistake.
I'm so sorry.
(MOODY MUSIC)
Thank you. It doesn't fix it.
I know.
(SIGHS)
I don't think I can forgive you.
But it's the past
And I don't want to keep hurting
each other about it anymore.
(SIGHS)
Max. Your final paperwork
signed, sealed, and delivered.
Great.
Thank you.
So, next? Antarctica?
Oh, I prefer a warmer climate.
You know, it's funny, you've
all talked about the privilege
of doing this job.
And it isn't that I didn't understand
But I think I finally understand.
(SOFT CHUCKLE)
Max, in case I don't get the chance,
I just want you to know that
you weren't what I expected.
Is that a compliment?
- Yeah, but don't tell anyone.
- I'm telling everyone.
I'm sure wherever you
go next, you'll be great.
Well, I thought that
next I might go here.
If you wanted me.
As in stick around?
Well, I mean I'd have to, you know,
check and see if there
was a space available.
And I would need a reference
from your last boss, so
Sure.
Grace?
Bianca and Gallagher are
ready to let go of their baby.
Thank you.
(TENDER MUSIC)
You'll look after her?
Yes.
Makes sure that her blanket
is up close to her chin.
Yes.
This is hers, too.
- What's his name?
- Jumbles.
This is Jumbles, okay?
And he's your friend, and
he's gonna go with you.
(SOBS)
(SOFT COOING)
(DIRT FALLING INTO BUCKET)
According to the internet, I
should have pruned the roots
a couple of months ago
to encourage new growth
when I transplant it, but
(SIGHS) I didn't know, so
It's called transplant shock.
The leaves fall off, the plant suffers.
How's Bonnie?
- Great.
- Your baby?
- Good.
- That's good.
It's good, Jim. I'm happy for you.
You know that, right?
Yeah.
(SIGHS) And don't worry
about are you gonna help?
I'm gonna be fine, I just
I just need to figure out
- Argh!
- Ooh, here. Let me see.
- Shit!
- Let me see. Grace,
- come on!
- Leave it.
- Shit.
- Well, I don't know.
I don't know, Grace, maybe
today isn't your day, huh?
- You think?
- Yeah, maybe like top ten
- shitty days?
- You reckon?
With having to leave
this house, and the tree
getting transplant shock
(SIGHS) You called it,
Jim. You called it ages ago
when I first brought
Sophia to live here.
'This can't end well'.
- I didn't say that.
- Yes, you did.
You doomed it and gloomed
it, but you were right.
And today's the day it ends.
(SIGHS)
Yeah but you've had
all this time together,
and that's not nothing, is it?
You know, the funny thing is,
I just want her to be happy,
even if I never see her again.
If giving up the baby
is the right thing for her,
then I want her to do it.
I want her to have the
life that she wants. It just
It just hurts. It just hurts.
(GENTLE ACOUSTIC MUSIC)
- ('WAIT' BY PATRICK JAMES)
- Down with a fall ♪
But in with the morning light ♪
Won't you wait for me too ♪
If I wait for you ♪
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah ♪
Over the hills and
through the flooded lakes ♪
Shout with the nature's
arms, it'll give you grace ♪
Won't you wait for me too ♪
If I wait for you ♪
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah ♪
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah. ♪
Wait.
Sophia, wait. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry. I know I said
I wouldn't interfere,
and your Dad's right.
Whatever your decision, it
is yours, and I respect it
But I would hate myself forever
if I didn't at least say this.
You can go, Soph.
No, I want to hear what she says.
You coming back into my
life has been the best thing
that's ever happened to me.
I love living with you and Edie. I
love what we've become. I just
I love it.
Coming home to you
and waking up to the
midnight feed and the crying.
All-night crying.
And the porridge and
the mess and the laundry.
It's heaven. I love it.
I love you, and I love Edie.
And I think that we've got
something really wonderful here,
and I don't want it to end.
I'm sorry.
(CAR DOOR CLOSES)
(MOODY MUSIC)
(BABY COOING)
I was adopted, too,
like you, and I've just
found my birth mother.
- Just leave it all there for now.
- I know that you
will be going to a family
who can give you
all the things that I can't.
So, there's fresh linen on the day bed.
Thanks, Mum. It's only
temporary, just a day or two.
I hope you grow up
being treasured by your parents
and knowing that you're loved.
(BEEPING)
Sophia, how do you feel?
- I'm just relieved.
- Mmm.
I'm so relieved to still have her.
That's a pretty good sign you've
made the right decision, I'd say.
- Hi.
- (BABY COOING)
(CHATTER)
Sofia, you want to try some
of my famous coleslaw?
Yes, thank you.
(PHONE RINGS)
Hi, Rowan.
(WARM ACOUSTIC MUSIC)