Bed of Roses (2008) s03e01 Episode Script
5835 Plus One
I wanna buy a newspaper.
Can't afford it.
We could buy it together.
You could if I chipped in.
A three-way split.
That'd make us partners.
Yes.
It would, Louisa.
OK.
Partners it is.
Just relax.
Yep.
Tim's full of himself.
Can't you see that? Didn't go to the pub to talk about work.
How is this any of your business, Nick Pickering? Didn't want him to win.
Let me clarify something.
Are we talking about winning me? You're over-reacting.
No, I'm not.
SWING MUSIC PLAYS You know, you look just like you did when you were 17.
You haven't changed a bit.
I knew they would.
What? You remind me of him.
Is that a good thing or a bad thing? It's a really good thing.
I just can't believe it's over.
No more school! I'm free! I wanna do environmental science next year at uni if I do well enough in my VCE.
I've always wanted you, ever since we were young.
But I was this big, clumsy fish out of water and .
.
and you were the girl with the beautiful green eyes.
Funny how I always end up running out of petrol in the same spot.
Funny how I always find you hitching in the same spot.
Yeah! I don't think he's open.
He's always open early.
He starts work before I do.
(QUIETLY) Oh, Marg, come and see this.
What? Come and look at this.
It's so beautiful.
Quick.
It's so romantic.
Have a look at that.
(WHISPERS) Look at what? BOTH: Oh! Oh, hello.
Um No, no, I ran out of fuel.
Yeah.
And so THEME MUSIC SONG: £ I lay down in a bed of roses £ I woke up lying on a bed of nails £ It's the oldest of tales £ Lose the wind £ From yourself £ I lay down in a bed of roses £ And I woke up lying on a bed of nails £ (HUMS) I can't, Mum.
I can't because Yes.
No.
Yes, I'm driving.
Because I can't work the (GASPS) No! SIREN BLARES No, it isn't the police.
Hi, Gregg.
Sorry.
I'm just taking Sandy's personal papers over to Mum's cos we're gonna sort through them to make it easier on his daughter, so that, you know, it eliminates some of the heartache so that she doesn't have to.
Understand? I do understand.
Um, are these yours? Er, yeah.
Well, sort of.
They're Sandy's.
Where did you get them? (GASPS) Operating a vehicle with an unsecured load.
That's a $230 fine, Louisa.
OK, this is secure now.
I should've rung them and told them I was late.
I already called.
Told her the engine dropped out of your car.
Did you? Mm.
You have a great day.
Yep.
I don't mind being late.
Go.
Thanks.
Does Sandy's daughter have any idea how much stuff there is to go through? I mean, why don't you just call her and ask her to come up and give you a hand? No, I told her I'd do it.
What is the urgency? Oh, well, I've sent his death certificate.
Now she needs his birth certificate or some bureaucratic nonsense.
Where's Hol? She's having a bath.
I've told her stop stressing about those university offers.
Hol? Hol! Hol, get out of the bath.
Mum! Hol, I need your help.
It's either you and your friends jumping or a row of buses.
Get out of the bath.
Give it a rest.
I'm not gonna be your first issue.
Quickly.
You will look like a prune for the photos.
Photos? What photos? Mum wants to exploit me as a front cover for her new-look Echo.
Louisa, you are putting extra pressure on that girl.
No, I'm not.
She's just my back-up plan.
Holly, get out of the bath.
Come and help Nan clear up Sandy's stuff.
No, I will manage.
No, it'll be simpler with the three of us.
Louisa, I don't want help.
I don't need it.
I would just like to get on with this on my own.
So if neither of you mind And, Holly, don't forget to bucket that bath water onto the garden.
Oh, wow.
Thatthat looks fantastic.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Morning.
I know you thinkyou think you belong here.
What's going on? Interpersonal conflict.
Gav wants the glass office.
Viv doesn't want him to have it.
Oh, for God's sake.
I've managed this whole office.
There should've been discussion first.
Louisa, you should have this office.
I need the office.
I need somewhere to conduct my private business meetings.
No, we'll make it a conference room and a place where I can write my Caring Caroline letters.
No, I need to promote the business.
And I need Vivienne in the office where she belongs.
The heart of the Echo.
With you nothing works.
So he can have the office.
Great.
Now can we get these contracts signed? I've got a truckload of timber waiting in my hardware bay.
Yeah, and we've got a newspaper to run.
Alright, Marty, will you look after that truck for me? Wait, Marty.
He's not your personal lackey, Gavin.
He works part-time for The Echo and for all of us.
Yeah, and we might have something for him to do at the office.
Alright.
What did you have in mind? Nothing.
At the moment.
OK, Marty, make sure you stack it carefully.
You know, technically until you sign these contracts Marty only works for me.
Fine.
We'll sign the contracts.
Wait.
Read it first, Louisa.
Oh, come on, my lawyers have been over it with a fine-tooth comb.
The percentages are wrong.
Paragraph three, line four, and in your favour, Gav.
Well, just change it and put in the correct figures.
It's a legal document.
As a point of corporate law, I have to insist these contacts be redrafted.
Oh, please? Just change it and initialise the changes.
Oh, come on, Vivienne.
It happens all the time.
No.
Oh, Louisa, tell.
Please tell her, Louisa.
It happens all the time.
Sorry, Gav.
It's a legal document.
You look a bit uncertain there.
Present? Who's it for? Wife? Er, it's for my Girlfriend? Sounds ridiculous calling a full-grown woman your girlfriend.
It's a tricky thing, labels.
It's a shorthand that sums up our relationships.
How about partner? She's got two of those already.
Oh, business partners.
She's just gone into business with a couple of friends.
I wanted to buy her a present.
I'll take that, thanks.
Why hasn't the bus company done anything about the scheduling problem? If you wanna get to Indigo between noon and four you've got Buckley's hope.
Marooned in Rainbow's End between noon and four.
Not quite the splash we were looking for.
I beg to differ, Louisa.
A depot full of buses could make a compelling photograph.
We have to have a front page that shouts to people we're here, we're exciting Something will turn up.
It always has before.
Well, I've got another business to run but if you're really stuck for a front page what about a big photo of Tamara Denning? What's happening with Tamara Denning? Yeah, she's about pop.
Is she ever? She's expecting.
Stick a pin in her and she'll explode.
Big as a beached whale.
Yeah.
That would make a splash.
Yeah! Oh, God.
Are you buying clothes for him now? What? No! Who's that for? Santa Claus? Got it in extra large? No, it's extra, extra large.
OK, with this and Holly's stuff, I'll give you hundred bucks.
You running out of money again, Louisa? No.
Well, we don't work on a bartering system.
You know this spells the beginning of the end.
Buying clothes for a man is what happens when you're married.
You'll be trapped.
Shut up, Gavin.
Nothing happens in this town.
Nothing outstanding.
Nothing brilliant.
Hey, what about Tamara Denning? Oh, not her.
She's about to have a baby.
It's a miracle of nature.
It's not main story material.
This thing is useless.
Just give it up! I owe Jemma an email.
OK.
She was wondering if she'd make it back for the wedding.
Has Nick proposed yet? You ask her that every week.
Stop asking.
I'll give you a discount on the ceremony.
Margaret It'll be the event of the year.
Don't get caught in the fantasy.
The end doesn't always reflect the beginning.
Deb's right.
I don't want it to change.
I don't wanna jinx it.
I want it to stay just as it is.
It's perfect.
Mum, can you stop buying me all this stuff? Hol, you'll be living in the city, full-time university.
You'll need all the help you can get which is what I need right now because I don't have a front page.
What do you think is better - Never on Time, Time Table Ping Pong or Too Late Too Often? What? Exactly.
None of them which is why Gold for Rainbow's End Students is so much better.
Pot.
What? Pot of Gold.
Oh.
Oh, my God! Oh, Holly, I hate how the rest of my life hinges on your ENTER scores.
Mum, stop being so melodramatic.
Yeah.
You'll be fine.
Look at you.
Melbourne University will love you.
You'll be their shining light.
Thanks, Mum.
PHONE RINGS It's time.
Oh! Break a leg, Holly.
Mum! Hol, what? Stop it! Hol, I'm just a proud parent capturing what I see.
Oh, my God! It's here.
Good luck.
PHONE RINGS Oh.
Hello? Yeah, no, no, not yet.
I'll let you know when we know.
Yeah, love you too, bye.
Hol? I missed out.
What? I don't understand.
I'mI'm not going to Melbourne Uni.
What? Yes, you are.
Let me see.
Hol, what's that code? Hol, what does that mean? Holly? Oh, for goodness sake.
I'll go ask the girl.
Mum! It means I got into Indigo campus.
OK? Indigo? Yes, Indigo.
So can we go, please? Congratulations.
Congratulations.
Hol? Hol.
You said you'd ring if there was a problem.
I didn't know how big the problem was, Mum.
Oh, well.
Hol, come on, open the door.
Hol? It's locked.
Hol? Sweetheart, please come out.
It must seem like the end of the world.
HORN TOOTS MERRILY Nick's here.
Another phone call you forgot to make.
I know how badly you wanted to get in.
But your mum's right, it's not the end of the world.
You got into Indigo.
Haven't you heard? Indigo accepts anyone with a pulse.
Hey, Indigo's a good university.
It doesn't have environmental science.
That doesn't mean you have to give up on it.
You don't get it, Sean.
You chose not to go to uni cos you could do art on the side.
I can't do this on the side.
Hey, that wasn't my choice.
It's all I wanna do.
Holly I just wanna be alone.
Please? Sean? Hol? I wrapped it myself.
And I drove it over here.
In public.
It was your mother's idea to buy the car.
She'd been thinking about it for yonks.
Look, it doesn't matter what university you go to.
You're still gonna need your own wheels.
Holly? Come on, I'm gonna stand here and I'm gonna keep talking.
It's a lovely present, Nick, but I can't accept it.
Yes, you can.
You deserve it.
You earned it.
My reward for failure? You're not a failure.
Did I miss something? I thought I didn't get in.
Sorry.
Oh, I don't know what to do to make it better.
You can't make everything better.
Some things you just gotta let happen.
She was so close to the cut-off.
Look, she's a smart kid.
She'll find her way.
Oh, roll on tomorrow.
Today's been a total disaster from start to finish.
Oh, so, what, not the big first day? No, it was a complete anticlimax.
We didn't sign.
We didn't get our cover story.
And, well, basically everything went downhill after I left you.
Oh! Oh.
What's that? None of your business.
Oh.
It might be a little thank-you for all the work you did on Holly's car.
Oh, you didn't have to do that.
Go on.
Open it.
Ah.
Whoo! Looks like somebody knows my colours.
Here.
See if it fits.
Well, just screamed you when I saw it.
Maybe you should buy me more screaming shirts.
You don't feel trapped, do you? What? Of course I don't.
Cos I would never do that.
I'd never want you to feel that way.
Hold on, where has this come from? What? Do you feel trapped? No.
Gavin reckons that buying a man a shirt is what you do when you are Loui, Loui, I love the shirt.
And the last person we should take advice from is Gavin Braithwaite.
(LAUGHS) OK.
I think my ride's ready.
It's alright.
You can come out now.
See you.
Thank you.
Present? Yeah.
PHONE RINGS Hello.
It's me.
Hi, you.
Did I wake you? Nah.
Can't sleep.
You in bed? Yep.
You? Mm-hm.
By the way, I don't feel trapped.
I'm glad.
Loui? Yes, Nick? Goodnight.
'Night.
Thought I might see you again.
Perhaps not quite this early.
Wasn't right.
Charm bracelets.
They're always good.
Each charm has a meaning and that's why I love them.
Every bracelet tells a story.
Now, that little piggy, he means prosperity.
The birdhouse means a happy home.
What about the padlock? Um, faithful love.
Alright, now, I know you're disappointed.
I know it didn't work out like you planned but trust me, everything, everything happens for a reason, Hol.
Alright? Good things come out of bad and I have a hunch everything will work out for you Hol? Oh, my God.
I'm calling the office.
No! I'm gonna let them know I'm gonna work from home today.
No, you've got stuff to do.
I'm fine.
Holly, the stuff will wait.
No, it won't.
You either come into work with me or I am staying home with you.
I'm not leaving you alone.
Oh, we can take your car, if you want.
Your new car.
Laurie, what is the mystery? Either you've got a buyer for the pub or you haven't.
Yeah, congratulations.
OK, we've established that much.
Holly! Hol! I just need a name Oh, congratulations.
Hol.
Oh! Laurie! She missed out.
Oh, sorry.
She's heartbroken, poor kid.
I don't know what to do.
I don't know what to say.
Poor darling.
She must feel awful.
Oh! There's definitely something fishy about the sale of the pub.
You think? OK, wireless internet at your disposal.
I so don't wanna be here right now.
Well, it won't be for long.
I promise, sweetheart.
Sorry I'm late.
The buses.
Louisa? Oh, my Speechless? For you, Louisa, that's a singular occurrence.
I just bought this.
A desk.
Not "a" desk.
That's Billy McMahon's desk.
He's the longest-serving cabinet minister in our democracy.
Elected to the seat of Lowe in 1949.
He was the treasurer to Harold Holt, the foreign minister to John Gorton and the prime minister in 1971 and 1972.
Isn't his son a TV star? Who cares what his son is? This is an important part of Australian history and, er, we just bought it.
I hope you didn't buy that with Echo money.
It's an investment.
Know how many people were bidding for this desk? What did you do with the old one? I threw it out.
Was rubbish.
You've taken over the office.
You've bought yourself a desk.
Need I remind you there are three parties in this enterprise? It's a democracy.
Not till you sign those contracts.
Ah, so what have you got for us, Gregg? Cows blocking main road? No.
Just one break-in, some graffiti and an unsecured load.
I reckon they're gonna need to bring extra coppers into town.
Oh, please, that's a bit of an over-reaction.
No, words out a big consortium's taking over the pub.
addiction, street violence, broken homes.
I knew Laurie was up to something.
I believe that's what's called a scoop.
And it's a doozy.
Hol? Er, can you look after her, Viv? Yes.
Mum! Hol, I'm not taking you home.
Just drop me at Nan's.
Alright.
Come on.
But 24-hour pokies is what I heard, Laurie.
I mean, is it true or isn't it? I mean, big money, big problems.
Town bleeds dry.
You retire.
Stop me when you wanna clarify.
Tick yes to all the above.
So there is gonna be a consortium? Oh, Louisa, think about it.
This was bound to have a takeover bid.
This place is a potential gold mine.
Just because Laurie is too lazy, too complacent to capitalise.
God, pokies will spell goodbye to Rainbow's End in dinky flashing lights.
Well, get this.
The consortium bid's been shafted.
The pub is off the market.
Really? Mmm! Oh, this gets better and better! You cannot print this.
Are you kidding? This is my lead story.
They think they've found another buyer, somebody who is anti-gambling.
That's fantastic.
Do we know who it is? Doesn't wanna be named.
Very hush-hush.
If you print this, well, I think the deal will fall over.
No, you have to trust me.
There is so much at stake for the town.
So much.
I didn't think today could get any worse than yesterday but it's shaping up pretty well.
I don't have a story.
What about the new doctor? Earth sciences Indigo.
Yeah, no, it's the loser's version of environmental science.
Yeah, I gotta go.
Bye.
Nan? Oh, I can't for the life of me find Sandy's birth certificate.
And it was his birthday last week.
I didn't know.
Oh, well, how could you? Sandy hated birthdays.
Never told anyone.
Oh! What am I doing? I miss him too.
Hey.
What are the odds? You know, us running into each other again.
Oh, well, pretty high, I'd say.
You know, small town.
Yeah, small town.
Two degrees of separation.
Yeah! Are you Tamara Denning? Yeah.
Oh, my God! They didn't tell me it was twins.
It's not twins.
It's alright.
The Indigo doctor thought it was triplets.
Oh, that's ridiculous.
Davo, my bloke, won't drive me back to Indigo.
Says he doesn't want my waters to break in his car and ruin the upholstery.
So came to see Dr Harani.
I thought I was his only patient.
Oh, no, I'm just here to interview him for the Echo, the newspaper.
I just want him to get this thing out of me.
I am so over this baby.
Have you got the watermelon thing with your feet? Yeah.
I had that with Holly.
My daughter.
She's 19 now.
Have you tried foot massage? Are you serious? I told Davo to give me a back rub once.
He nearly choked on his beer.
He did this to me.
I didn't want another one.
Now I've got hypertension.
My blood pressure's through the roof.
I used to be 49 kilos.
Now look at me.
Nah, you look gorgeous.
I haven't had a decent night's sleep in eight years.
This baby's gonna kill me.
I'm sorry, ladies.
Dr Harani's been held up.
He'll be another hour at least.
After two years of one-day-a-week surgeries with a procession of young locums still on their training wheels, Rainbow's End finally has its own doctor.
A good lead, Louisa.
Thanks, Viv.
Nah, it's too late.
We haven't got the time.
Yes we have.
We don't go to press for 20 hours.
You haven't even interviewed this Dr Who.
Dr Harani and he's gonna call us.
No, the front page should be a picture of my desk and some ads and Gazza.
Good shot, huh? It's a huge rural issue.
There's a nationwide shortage of country doctors.
I didn't know he took a mark.
No, he missed it.
This is before he missed it.
Oh.
PHONE RINGS Oh.
Hello.
Yes.
Yes, I will.
Thanks.
I will.
Thanks.
Bye.
Dr Harani.
Didn't Sandy ever throw anything out? No, he kept everything.
Receipts, payslips, shopping lists.
He even wrote down conversations he intended to have.
Well, had to write them down.
He knew he'd forget what he wanted to say.
Smithwick Funerals? This is odd.
What is? It's a receipt for a prepaid funeral policy.
He was organised.
Yes, well, he was but it's funny cos I've just paid for the funeral.
Hang on a sec.
Ah.
Here it is.
Lionel must've forgotten.
Well, Lionel had no business to forget.
He's not got Alzheimer's.
Why don't you let me sort it? Oh, no, no, darling.
You've got enough to handle at the moment.
Actually, I've got nothing to handle at the moment.
Thank you for seeing me so quickly.
Well, if it's urgent, that's what I'm here for.
So what's the problem? Oh, your receptionist didn't tell you? No but why don't you tell me? Ah.
Alright, um, well, I've recently become part owner of the local newspaper and, as editor, I would like the opening story to be fantastic and, well, so far it hasn't come to me.
Writer's block.
It's not really a medical condition.
No! No, no, no, no.
We would like you to be the Echo's lead story.
Me? Yes.
Tell me about yourself.
I'm not that interesting.
Yes, you are.
A new doctor in town.
It's thrilling.
You don't want to talk about me.
I do want to talk about you.
If you wish.
Alright.
(CLEARS THROAT) Where did you come from? Cranbourne.
Originally? Calcutta.
Um, is that where you trained? Yes.
Alright.
Um, how long have you been in Australia? Long enough.
OK.
Got some other good questions here.
Alright.
(CLEARS THROAT) What would be the differences between the medical practices of Australia and India? Overall? Yeah.
Not many.
Um, alright, er, so what's it like being a doctor in a tiny country town? No different.
Well, surely there must be a little bit of difference? No.
Why not? Well, people here seem unsure of me.
Oh, surely not.
Why do you think they might be? Dr Harani? Oh.
They think I'm stand-offish.
Perhaps if they get to know you better.
Um, well, what else is there to know? There's nothing more to know.
Can I quote you on that? I'll give it to dad.
Get him to write Minna a refund cheque.
Thanks.
About time we got a real bookkeeper.
Could do with a real mechanic too.
You can say that again.
I've been, um, thinking about last night, when you said you didn't have a choice about going to uni.
What did you mean? Mum just died.
What was I gonna do? Leave Dad to run the business on his own? Sorry.
It's OK.
I met you, didn't I? Look, I guess I was a little hurt by you wanting to leave Rainbow's End so badly.
You know I gotta work on this thing.
Really? Yes, really.
Why are there five syllables in the word monosyllabic? No, quite frankly, the story of the cows on the road was more interesting than Dr Harani.
Nobody can get anything on him.
I think he's got a past.
Handsome, though.
It was a non-interview.
So he's not gonna be your story? Mm-mm.
Go with Tamara Denning.
No.
You gonna eat those? Sometimes we have to compromise.
Hmm.
As long as you don't compromise on men.
Well, she didn't compromise on Nick.
Oh, what, you saying Nick's perfect? Does he miss the toilet when he aims? Does he take over the kitchen? Does he leave you to clean up the mess? No, he cleans up the mess.
See? He is perfect.
So get married.
She'll get married when she's ready.
Are you ready? Oh! That was quick work.
Sorry? The copy on Dr Harani all ready for the print run, is it? It's not happening.
Oh, brilliant.
What do you suggest, we just leave the front page blank? Yes, Gavin, just let's leave the front page blank.
Why don't you come up with something? Matter of fact, I have.
Sir Billy McMahon joins the Echo editorial team.
Well, part of him, anyway, and I've written it.
Someone shoot me.
You have to admit it's better than Gazza not taking a mark.
When you were married to Gavin did you know he had this thing for Sir Billy McMahon? His mother took him to Canberra when he was five years old.
McMahon saw him cute as a button.
Patted him on the head.
He's been voting Liberal ever since.
Got 16 hours to come up with something better.
Bye.
Bye.
Oh, hello.
Oh, hi.
Does this make it one degree of separation? Er, not sure that's how it works but Why don't I buy you a drink and you can tell me how it does? Oh, thanks, I'm attached.
Very attached.
I, erI bought him a shirt.
Sandy had lots of hats.
Hmm? Sandy kept all his hats.
Oh, yep.
And he loved to dance.
Oh, he loved to dance.
We both loved dancing.
SWING MUSIC PLAYS Teach me to dance.
Some other time.
Please, Nan? Do you know any steps? Yeah.
Oh, you young people! You call that dancing? This is dancing.
Hol, what's going on? First thing tomorrow I'm taking all of this back for a refund.
I don't need it, not if I'm only going to Indigo.
Is that what you want to do? There's worse things.
I mean, it's not like anyone died or I don't have a choice.
Look, I don't mind where you go.
I don't care if you don't go to uni.
I just want you to be happy.
I'm working on it.
There was one thing I wanted to keep, though.
I love the car.
And you know I'll take such good care of it.
And drive ever so carefully.
Yeah, responsibly.
Within the speed limit.
Yep.
Just like your mother.
OK.
Oops.
Sorry.
Cows make motorists late.
Buses make passengers late.
Yeah, if Tamara Denning's baby's late we could explode onto the stands with a theme.
Only we're too late.
Huh! Stop stressing.
Who, me? What happened to the doctor? Oh, don't ask.
Don't worry.
A story will come up.
It always does.
Pizza.
Yum.
Do we have a strategy for when people flirt with us? A strategy? Yeah, you know, when someone comes into your workshop and flirts with you.
Nobody flirts with me, Loui.
Yes, they do.
Women would come in all the time asking you to pop their bonnet.
Why? Is someone flirting with you? No.
Yes.
Alright, hypothetically, do we have a strategy? You're a beautiful woman.
Any man would be mad not to try it on.
And I'm cool with that.
Really? No.
Cos I just realised today I don't wanna be with anyone else.
Ever.
Me too.
Really? Really.
Eat your pizza.
OK.
You're early.
There you go.
An echo from the past for the Echo.
Yep, that'sit's great.
Just needs a little bit of tightening but it's a good story and a great front page.
All we need now is a picture of the desk with you behind it.
That's a great idea! ALARM BEEPS What's that? It's my alarm.
Viv said it was something I could do, tell her an hour before deadline.
Oh, please, there's gotta be a better story than a desk.
Really? Are you serious? That's fantastic.
The desk is ready.
Marty? Louisa, need to borrow your ute.
Get my ute, get me driving.
Well, no, I don't want them either and Sandy was your father, Emily.
Oh, and I found the birth certificate.
Box number one right on the top.
Yep, OK.
Been having a clean out? Oh, there's only so much you can hang onto.
Tell my wife that.
Look, are we done? Yeah, just about.
Just make sure we're always Yes, I've got it.
Drive slowly.
Hey, come on! PHONE RINGS I can't talk.
I'm driving.
The printer just rang.
He said he won't print until we pay him.
What? I just rang the bank.
They said we have to sign the contracts before they'll release the money from our account.
I've just spoken to the lawyers.
They'll have the contracts ready in five minutes.
Alright.
Tell them I'm on my way.
What the hell is she doing? My desk! Gav.
Gav? Shut up, Marty.
Heard of the hoon act? I'm gonna kill her.
Where are you? I'm in Indigo.
Tell them I'm two minutes away.
Is that the police? Bloody Tamara? Shit! Tamara! Tamara! CASTORS SQUEAK We're going this way.
Come on.
No, no, no.
Gav? HORN BLARES Get off it.
No! It's coming.
Really? I'm gonna push.
No, no! Don't push.
Don't.
Breathe.
Do your breathing.
I can't! Yes, you can.
Tamara, you've done this before.
You can do it again.
Not in car park! Ahhhh! Hey, I'm just gonna get my phone.
No, don't leave me! I'm gonna call an ambulance.
No, I've rung Dr Harani.
Dr Harani? You'd be better off with Dr Harani! Right, OK, OK, everything's OK.
Everything's gonna be fine.
Don't worry.
We're gonna stay with you all the way.
Now, all, let's lie you down.
Come on.
Turn you round.
Louisa, could you help, please? Thank you.
Nice and easy.
There you go.
Now, that's good.
I'm just gonna feel to see the baby's position, alright? Just having a feel.
Just That's good.
The baby's in a good position, OK? Everything's gonna be fine.
Don't worry.
Louisa, we're gonna need some towels or something.
OK, now I'm just gonna check to see how close we are, alright? Just a moment.
That's great.
Oh, excuse me, can I? I just have to Thanks.
Just someone's having a baby.
We're very close.
We've very close.
Here you go.
Just there, thanks, Louisa.
Now, Tamara, listen to me - when you get your next contraction I want you to push really hard, OK? You think you can do that? Please.
Thank you.
Now, good.
So, in your own time.
When you're ready.
Great.
Good.
Good.
You're doing great.
Very good.
OK.
Good, we're almost there.
Now, listen, Tamara, one more push and your baby's gonna be born.
Just one more push so when you're ready.
When you're ready.
In your own time.
That's wonderful.
Oh, that's great! That's great.
Louisa, can I have the jacket, please? My jacket? Your jacket? Yes.
It's always the jacket.
Oh, God.
OK, everything's fine.
Just relax.
Look at this.
Look at this! Look at this.
You have a beautiful healthy baby boy.
APPLAUSE Look at that.
Louisa, thank you.
If you just go in there.
Now what? Lift it.
I've got the front page! Yeah, I got $170 fine for littering a public carriageway with a desk.
Mmm.
And it cost me $70 for a courier to bring this here.
And I'm up on summons for assaulting a police officer with a car door.
So whatever front-page story you got, it'd wanna be right up there with the second coming.
It is! But his name's Harry.
And it wasn't a manger.
It was my ute.
Oh, my! Oh, they're gonna call him Harry after Dr Harani, who was amazing.
She said if it was a girl they would've called it Louisa.
Look! Look! It's a wonderful story, Louisa.
Just what we wanted for our first edition.
A story of substance, a sense of community.
I'm proud of you.
Hang on.
She'll never make the deadline.
She hasn't even written the copy.
I had half an hour to kill while I was waiting for Tamara at the hospital.
Right.
I'll type it and I'll email it to the printer.
You two can't just make this decision.
We're supposed to be a partnership.
Yeah, well, we're not partners yet.
The bank.
Louisa, you haven't signed the contract.
Gavin and I have already signed it.
Well, is it safe? Oh, get outta there.
Now put the wheel up on the wheel studs.
Can you help? There's no use having a car if you get stuck in the middle of nowhere with a flat tyre and not know how to change it.
Put these on here.
Tighten them all up by hand until you feel the resistance.
It's not going on.
And once you've finished that .
.
you can do the back tyre without me watching.
Oh, cos the whole day Gavin's going on about this desk and Billy McMahon so I'm thinking, "Oh, my God! We're gonna" Then next minute I'm driving I see the desk falls off, I see Tamara, the next minute Dr Harani, the guy that I said wasn't a good doctor, who is, comes, and then this happened.
Fantastic.
I love you.
I've always loved you.
And I love you Marry me.
Go on, Loui.
Jump.
I'll catch you.
Marry me.
If it's too big, I'll get it resized.
No.
No.
It's perfect, Nick Pickering.
Maintenance of fixtures and fittings is part of your job description, not mine.
You figure it out.
Yeah, righto.
Whatever you say.
This is the situation.
We've lost the ring.
We need another ring.
Very, very similar.
And under $500.
Second round offers are in.
I'm kinda avoiding them.
Mum, I'm not talking about dropping out.
Maybemaybe I'm burnt out.
Holly, you're 19.
How can you be burnt out? What do you think about this marriage business? If you don't want me to marry him, now is the time to speak up.
Mum, don't give me that responsibility.
It'sit's a secret.
Your secret's safe with me.
Hey, so when's the wedding? Who told you? Sharon Lang.
Who? You know, Eddie's friend Sharon? I think Lynny Ryan told her.
So it's true? Mega Tool Store.
Yeah, it's gonna be huge.
I have decided I'm gonna get my driver's licence again.
What? Oh, Mum, do you really think that's a good idea? How could you have driven all those years without knowing how to reverse park? Wait! Stop! It would seem Lionel Smithwick has been double-billing the bereaved.
Lionel's one of the most trusted members of our community.
Yeah, not to mention Sean's father.
And a scam artist.
I think we've only just scratched the surface.
Lionel?
Can't afford it.
We could buy it together.
You could if I chipped in.
A three-way split.
That'd make us partners.
Yes.
It would, Louisa.
OK.
Partners it is.
Just relax.
Yep.
Tim's full of himself.
Can't you see that? Didn't go to the pub to talk about work.
How is this any of your business, Nick Pickering? Didn't want him to win.
Let me clarify something.
Are we talking about winning me? You're over-reacting.
No, I'm not.
SWING MUSIC PLAYS You know, you look just like you did when you were 17.
You haven't changed a bit.
I knew they would.
What? You remind me of him.
Is that a good thing or a bad thing? It's a really good thing.
I just can't believe it's over.
No more school! I'm free! I wanna do environmental science next year at uni if I do well enough in my VCE.
I've always wanted you, ever since we were young.
But I was this big, clumsy fish out of water and .
.
and you were the girl with the beautiful green eyes.
Funny how I always end up running out of petrol in the same spot.
Funny how I always find you hitching in the same spot.
Yeah! I don't think he's open.
He's always open early.
He starts work before I do.
(QUIETLY) Oh, Marg, come and see this.
What? Come and look at this.
It's so beautiful.
Quick.
It's so romantic.
Have a look at that.
(WHISPERS) Look at what? BOTH: Oh! Oh, hello.
Um No, no, I ran out of fuel.
Yeah.
And so THEME MUSIC SONG: £ I lay down in a bed of roses £ I woke up lying on a bed of nails £ It's the oldest of tales £ Lose the wind £ From yourself £ I lay down in a bed of roses £ And I woke up lying on a bed of nails £ (HUMS) I can't, Mum.
I can't because Yes.
No.
Yes, I'm driving.
Because I can't work the (GASPS) No! SIREN BLARES No, it isn't the police.
Hi, Gregg.
Sorry.
I'm just taking Sandy's personal papers over to Mum's cos we're gonna sort through them to make it easier on his daughter, so that, you know, it eliminates some of the heartache so that she doesn't have to.
Understand? I do understand.
Um, are these yours? Er, yeah.
Well, sort of.
They're Sandy's.
Where did you get them? (GASPS) Operating a vehicle with an unsecured load.
That's a $230 fine, Louisa.
OK, this is secure now.
I should've rung them and told them I was late.
I already called.
Told her the engine dropped out of your car.
Did you? Mm.
You have a great day.
Yep.
I don't mind being late.
Go.
Thanks.
Does Sandy's daughter have any idea how much stuff there is to go through? I mean, why don't you just call her and ask her to come up and give you a hand? No, I told her I'd do it.
What is the urgency? Oh, well, I've sent his death certificate.
Now she needs his birth certificate or some bureaucratic nonsense.
Where's Hol? She's having a bath.
I've told her stop stressing about those university offers.
Hol? Hol! Hol, get out of the bath.
Mum! Hol, I need your help.
It's either you and your friends jumping or a row of buses.
Get out of the bath.
Give it a rest.
I'm not gonna be your first issue.
Quickly.
You will look like a prune for the photos.
Photos? What photos? Mum wants to exploit me as a front cover for her new-look Echo.
Louisa, you are putting extra pressure on that girl.
No, I'm not.
She's just my back-up plan.
Holly, get out of the bath.
Come and help Nan clear up Sandy's stuff.
No, I will manage.
No, it'll be simpler with the three of us.
Louisa, I don't want help.
I don't need it.
I would just like to get on with this on my own.
So if neither of you mind And, Holly, don't forget to bucket that bath water onto the garden.
Oh, wow.
Thatthat looks fantastic.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Morning.
I know you thinkyou think you belong here.
What's going on? Interpersonal conflict.
Gav wants the glass office.
Viv doesn't want him to have it.
Oh, for God's sake.
I've managed this whole office.
There should've been discussion first.
Louisa, you should have this office.
I need the office.
I need somewhere to conduct my private business meetings.
No, we'll make it a conference room and a place where I can write my Caring Caroline letters.
No, I need to promote the business.
And I need Vivienne in the office where she belongs.
The heart of the Echo.
With you nothing works.
So he can have the office.
Great.
Now can we get these contracts signed? I've got a truckload of timber waiting in my hardware bay.
Yeah, and we've got a newspaper to run.
Alright, Marty, will you look after that truck for me? Wait, Marty.
He's not your personal lackey, Gavin.
He works part-time for The Echo and for all of us.
Yeah, and we might have something for him to do at the office.
Alright.
What did you have in mind? Nothing.
At the moment.
OK, Marty, make sure you stack it carefully.
You know, technically until you sign these contracts Marty only works for me.
Fine.
We'll sign the contracts.
Wait.
Read it first, Louisa.
Oh, come on, my lawyers have been over it with a fine-tooth comb.
The percentages are wrong.
Paragraph three, line four, and in your favour, Gav.
Well, just change it and put in the correct figures.
It's a legal document.
As a point of corporate law, I have to insist these contacts be redrafted.
Oh, please? Just change it and initialise the changes.
Oh, come on, Vivienne.
It happens all the time.
No.
Oh, Louisa, tell.
Please tell her, Louisa.
It happens all the time.
Sorry, Gav.
It's a legal document.
You look a bit uncertain there.
Present? Who's it for? Wife? Er, it's for my Girlfriend? Sounds ridiculous calling a full-grown woman your girlfriend.
It's a tricky thing, labels.
It's a shorthand that sums up our relationships.
How about partner? She's got two of those already.
Oh, business partners.
She's just gone into business with a couple of friends.
I wanted to buy her a present.
I'll take that, thanks.
Why hasn't the bus company done anything about the scheduling problem? If you wanna get to Indigo between noon and four you've got Buckley's hope.
Marooned in Rainbow's End between noon and four.
Not quite the splash we were looking for.
I beg to differ, Louisa.
A depot full of buses could make a compelling photograph.
We have to have a front page that shouts to people we're here, we're exciting Something will turn up.
It always has before.
Well, I've got another business to run but if you're really stuck for a front page what about a big photo of Tamara Denning? What's happening with Tamara Denning? Yeah, she's about pop.
Is she ever? She's expecting.
Stick a pin in her and she'll explode.
Big as a beached whale.
Yeah.
That would make a splash.
Yeah! Oh, God.
Are you buying clothes for him now? What? No! Who's that for? Santa Claus? Got it in extra large? No, it's extra, extra large.
OK, with this and Holly's stuff, I'll give you hundred bucks.
You running out of money again, Louisa? No.
Well, we don't work on a bartering system.
You know this spells the beginning of the end.
Buying clothes for a man is what happens when you're married.
You'll be trapped.
Shut up, Gavin.
Nothing happens in this town.
Nothing outstanding.
Nothing brilliant.
Hey, what about Tamara Denning? Oh, not her.
She's about to have a baby.
It's a miracle of nature.
It's not main story material.
This thing is useless.
Just give it up! I owe Jemma an email.
OK.
She was wondering if she'd make it back for the wedding.
Has Nick proposed yet? You ask her that every week.
Stop asking.
I'll give you a discount on the ceremony.
Margaret It'll be the event of the year.
Don't get caught in the fantasy.
The end doesn't always reflect the beginning.
Deb's right.
I don't want it to change.
I don't wanna jinx it.
I want it to stay just as it is.
It's perfect.
Mum, can you stop buying me all this stuff? Hol, you'll be living in the city, full-time university.
You'll need all the help you can get which is what I need right now because I don't have a front page.
What do you think is better - Never on Time, Time Table Ping Pong or Too Late Too Often? What? Exactly.
None of them which is why Gold for Rainbow's End Students is so much better.
Pot.
What? Pot of Gold.
Oh.
Oh, my God! Oh, Holly, I hate how the rest of my life hinges on your ENTER scores.
Mum, stop being so melodramatic.
Yeah.
You'll be fine.
Look at you.
Melbourne University will love you.
You'll be their shining light.
Thanks, Mum.
PHONE RINGS It's time.
Oh! Break a leg, Holly.
Mum! Hol, what? Stop it! Hol, I'm just a proud parent capturing what I see.
Oh, my God! It's here.
Good luck.
PHONE RINGS Oh.
Hello? Yeah, no, no, not yet.
I'll let you know when we know.
Yeah, love you too, bye.
Hol? I missed out.
What? I don't understand.
I'mI'm not going to Melbourne Uni.
What? Yes, you are.
Let me see.
Hol, what's that code? Hol, what does that mean? Holly? Oh, for goodness sake.
I'll go ask the girl.
Mum! It means I got into Indigo campus.
OK? Indigo? Yes, Indigo.
So can we go, please? Congratulations.
Congratulations.
Hol? Hol.
You said you'd ring if there was a problem.
I didn't know how big the problem was, Mum.
Oh, well.
Hol, come on, open the door.
Hol? It's locked.
Hol? Sweetheart, please come out.
It must seem like the end of the world.
HORN TOOTS MERRILY Nick's here.
Another phone call you forgot to make.
I know how badly you wanted to get in.
But your mum's right, it's not the end of the world.
You got into Indigo.
Haven't you heard? Indigo accepts anyone with a pulse.
Hey, Indigo's a good university.
It doesn't have environmental science.
That doesn't mean you have to give up on it.
You don't get it, Sean.
You chose not to go to uni cos you could do art on the side.
I can't do this on the side.
Hey, that wasn't my choice.
It's all I wanna do.
Holly I just wanna be alone.
Please? Sean? Hol? I wrapped it myself.
And I drove it over here.
In public.
It was your mother's idea to buy the car.
She'd been thinking about it for yonks.
Look, it doesn't matter what university you go to.
You're still gonna need your own wheels.
Holly? Come on, I'm gonna stand here and I'm gonna keep talking.
It's a lovely present, Nick, but I can't accept it.
Yes, you can.
You deserve it.
You earned it.
My reward for failure? You're not a failure.
Did I miss something? I thought I didn't get in.
Sorry.
Oh, I don't know what to do to make it better.
You can't make everything better.
Some things you just gotta let happen.
She was so close to the cut-off.
Look, she's a smart kid.
She'll find her way.
Oh, roll on tomorrow.
Today's been a total disaster from start to finish.
Oh, so, what, not the big first day? No, it was a complete anticlimax.
We didn't sign.
We didn't get our cover story.
And, well, basically everything went downhill after I left you.
Oh! Oh.
What's that? None of your business.
Oh.
It might be a little thank-you for all the work you did on Holly's car.
Oh, you didn't have to do that.
Go on.
Open it.
Ah.
Whoo! Looks like somebody knows my colours.
Here.
See if it fits.
Well, just screamed you when I saw it.
Maybe you should buy me more screaming shirts.
You don't feel trapped, do you? What? Of course I don't.
Cos I would never do that.
I'd never want you to feel that way.
Hold on, where has this come from? What? Do you feel trapped? No.
Gavin reckons that buying a man a shirt is what you do when you are Loui, Loui, I love the shirt.
And the last person we should take advice from is Gavin Braithwaite.
(LAUGHS) OK.
I think my ride's ready.
It's alright.
You can come out now.
See you.
Thank you.
Present? Yeah.
PHONE RINGS Hello.
It's me.
Hi, you.
Did I wake you? Nah.
Can't sleep.
You in bed? Yep.
You? Mm-hm.
By the way, I don't feel trapped.
I'm glad.
Loui? Yes, Nick? Goodnight.
'Night.
Thought I might see you again.
Perhaps not quite this early.
Wasn't right.
Charm bracelets.
They're always good.
Each charm has a meaning and that's why I love them.
Every bracelet tells a story.
Now, that little piggy, he means prosperity.
The birdhouse means a happy home.
What about the padlock? Um, faithful love.
Alright, now, I know you're disappointed.
I know it didn't work out like you planned but trust me, everything, everything happens for a reason, Hol.
Alright? Good things come out of bad and I have a hunch everything will work out for you Hol? Oh, my God.
I'm calling the office.
No! I'm gonna let them know I'm gonna work from home today.
No, you've got stuff to do.
I'm fine.
Holly, the stuff will wait.
No, it won't.
You either come into work with me or I am staying home with you.
I'm not leaving you alone.
Oh, we can take your car, if you want.
Your new car.
Laurie, what is the mystery? Either you've got a buyer for the pub or you haven't.
Yeah, congratulations.
OK, we've established that much.
Holly! Hol! I just need a name Oh, congratulations.
Hol.
Oh! Laurie! She missed out.
Oh, sorry.
She's heartbroken, poor kid.
I don't know what to do.
I don't know what to say.
Poor darling.
She must feel awful.
Oh! There's definitely something fishy about the sale of the pub.
You think? OK, wireless internet at your disposal.
I so don't wanna be here right now.
Well, it won't be for long.
I promise, sweetheart.
Sorry I'm late.
The buses.
Louisa? Oh, my Speechless? For you, Louisa, that's a singular occurrence.
I just bought this.
A desk.
Not "a" desk.
That's Billy McMahon's desk.
He's the longest-serving cabinet minister in our democracy.
Elected to the seat of Lowe in 1949.
He was the treasurer to Harold Holt, the foreign minister to John Gorton and the prime minister in 1971 and 1972.
Isn't his son a TV star? Who cares what his son is? This is an important part of Australian history and, er, we just bought it.
I hope you didn't buy that with Echo money.
It's an investment.
Know how many people were bidding for this desk? What did you do with the old one? I threw it out.
Was rubbish.
You've taken over the office.
You've bought yourself a desk.
Need I remind you there are three parties in this enterprise? It's a democracy.
Not till you sign those contracts.
Ah, so what have you got for us, Gregg? Cows blocking main road? No.
Just one break-in, some graffiti and an unsecured load.
I reckon they're gonna need to bring extra coppers into town.
Oh, please, that's a bit of an over-reaction.
No, words out a big consortium's taking over the pub.
addiction, street violence, broken homes.
I knew Laurie was up to something.
I believe that's what's called a scoop.
And it's a doozy.
Hol? Er, can you look after her, Viv? Yes.
Mum! Hol, I'm not taking you home.
Just drop me at Nan's.
Alright.
Come on.
But 24-hour pokies is what I heard, Laurie.
I mean, is it true or isn't it? I mean, big money, big problems.
Town bleeds dry.
You retire.
Stop me when you wanna clarify.
Tick yes to all the above.
So there is gonna be a consortium? Oh, Louisa, think about it.
This was bound to have a takeover bid.
This place is a potential gold mine.
Just because Laurie is too lazy, too complacent to capitalise.
God, pokies will spell goodbye to Rainbow's End in dinky flashing lights.
Well, get this.
The consortium bid's been shafted.
The pub is off the market.
Really? Mmm! Oh, this gets better and better! You cannot print this.
Are you kidding? This is my lead story.
They think they've found another buyer, somebody who is anti-gambling.
That's fantastic.
Do we know who it is? Doesn't wanna be named.
Very hush-hush.
If you print this, well, I think the deal will fall over.
No, you have to trust me.
There is so much at stake for the town.
So much.
I didn't think today could get any worse than yesterday but it's shaping up pretty well.
I don't have a story.
What about the new doctor? Earth sciences Indigo.
Yeah, no, it's the loser's version of environmental science.
Yeah, I gotta go.
Bye.
Nan? Oh, I can't for the life of me find Sandy's birth certificate.
And it was his birthday last week.
I didn't know.
Oh, well, how could you? Sandy hated birthdays.
Never told anyone.
Oh! What am I doing? I miss him too.
Hey.
What are the odds? You know, us running into each other again.
Oh, well, pretty high, I'd say.
You know, small town.
Yeah, small town.
Two degrees of separation.
Yeah! Are you Tamara Denning? Yeah.
Oh, my God! They didn't tell me it was twins.
It's not twins.
It's alright.
The Indigo doctor thought it was triplets.
Oh, that's ridiculous.
Davo, my bloke, won't drive me back to Indigo.
Says he doesn't want my waters to break in his car and ruin the upholstery.
So came to see Dr Harani.
I thought I was his only patient.
Oh, no, I'm just here to interview him for the Echo, the newspaper.
I just want him to get this thing out of me.
I am so over this baby.
Have you got the watermelon thing with your feet? Yeah.
I had that with Holly.
My daughter.
She's 19 now.
Have you tried foot massage? Are you serious? I told Davo to give me a back rub once.
He nearly choked on his beer.
He did this to me.
I didn't want another one.
Now I've got hypertension.
My blood pressure's through the roof.
I used to be 49 kilos.
Now look at me.
Nah, you look gorgeous.
I haven't had a decent night's sleep in eight years.
This baby's gonna kill me.
I'm sorry, ladies.
Dr Harani's been held up.
He'll be another hour at least.
After two years of one-day-a-week surgeries with a procession of young locums still on their training wheels, Rainbow's End finally has its own doctor.
A good lead, Louisa.
Thanks, Viv.
Nah, it's too late.
We haven't got the time.
Yes we have.
We don't go to press for 20 hours.
You haven't even interviewed this Dr Who.
Dr Harani and he's gonna call us.
No, the front page should be a picture of my desk and some ads and Gazza.
Good shot, huh? It's a huge rural issue.
There's a nationwide shortage of country doctors.
I didn't know he took a mark.
No, he missed it.
This is before he missed it.
Oh.
PHONE RINGS Oh.
Hello.
Yes.
Yes, I will.
Thanks.
I will.
Thanks.
Bye.
Dr Harani.
Didn't Sandy ever throw anything out? No, he kept everything.
Receipts, payslips, shopping lists.
He even wrote down conversations he intended to have.
Well, had to write them down.
He knew he'd forget what he wanted to say.
Smithwick Funerals? This is odd.
What is? It's a receipt for a prepaid funeral policy.
He was organised.
Yes, well, he was but it's funny cos I've just paid for the funeral.
Hang on a sec.
Ah.
Here it is.
Lionel must've forgotten.
Well, Lionel had no business to forget.
He's not got Alzheimer's.
Why don't you let me sort it? Oh, no, no, darling.
You've got enough to handle at the moment.
Actually, I've got nothing to handle at the moment.
Thank you for seeing me so quickly.
Well, if it's urgent, that's what I'm here for.
So what's the problem? Oh, your receptionist didn't tell you? No but why don't you tell me? Ah.
Alright, um, well, I've recently become part owner of the local newspaper and, as editor, I would like the opening story to be fantastic and, well, so far it hasn't come to me.
Writer's block.
It's not really a medical condition.
No! No, no, no, no.
We would like you to be the Echo's lead story.
Me? Yes.
Tell me about yourself.
I'm not that interesting.
Yes, you are.
A new doctor in town.
It's thrilling.
You don't want to talk about me.
I do want to talk about you.
If you wish.
Alright.
(CLEARS THROAT) Where did you come from? Cranbourne.
Originally? Calcutta.
Um, is that where you trained? Yes.
Alright.
Um, how long have you been in Australia? Long enough.
OK.
Got some other good questions here.
Alright.
(CLEARS THROAT) What would be the differences between the medical practices of Australia and India? Overall? Yeah.
Not many.
Um, alright, er, so what's it like being a doctor in a tiny country town? No different.
Well, surely there must be a little bit of difference? No.
Why not? Well, people here seem unsure of me.
Oh, surely not.
Why do you think they might be? Dr Harani? Oh.
They think I'm stand-offish.
Perhaps if they get to know you better.
Um, well, what else is there to know? There's nothing more to know.
Can I quote you on that? I'll give it to dad.
Get him to write Minna a refund cheque.
Thanks.
About time we got a real bookkeeper.
Could do with a real mechanic too.
You can say that again.
I've been, um, thinking about last night, when you said you didn't have a choice about going to uni.
What did you mean? Mum just died.
What was I gonna do? Leave Dad to run the business on his own? Sorry.
It's OK.
I met you, didn't I? Look, I guess I was a little hurt by you wanting to leave Rainbow's End so badly.
You know I gotta work on this thing.
Really? Yes, really.
Why are there five syllables in the word monosyllabic? No, quite frankly, the story of the cows on the road was more interesting than Dr Harani.
Nobody can get anything on him.
I think he's got a past.
Handsome, though.
It was a non-interview.
So he's not gonna be your story? Mm-mm.
Go with Tamara Denning.
No.
You gonna eat those? Sometimes we have to compromise.
Hmm.
As long as you don't compromise on men.
Well, she didn't compromise on Nick.
Oh, what, you saying Nick's perfect? Does he miss the toilet when he aims? Does he take over the kitchen? Does he leave you to clean up the mess? No, he cleans up the mess.
See? He is perfect.
So get married.
She'll get married when she's ready.
Are you ready? Oh! That was quick work.
Sorry? The copy on Dr Harani all ready for the print run, is it? It's not happening.
Oh, brilliant.
What do you suggest, we just leave the front page blank? Yes, Gavin, just let's leave the front page blank.
Why don't you come up with something? Matter of fact, I have.
Sir Billy McMahon joins the Echo editorial team.
Well, part of him, anyway, and I've written it.
Someone shoot me.
You have to admit it's better than Gazza not taking a mark.
When you were married to Gavin did you know he had this thing for Sir Billy McMahon? His mother took him to Canberra when he was five years old.
McMahon saw him cute as a button.
Patted him on the head.
He's been voting Liberal ever since.
Got 16 hours to come up with something better.
Bye.
Bye.
Oh, hello.
Oh, hi.
Does this make it one degree of separation? Er, not sure that's how it works but Why don't I buy you a drink and you can tell me how it does? Oh, thanks, I'm attached.
Very attached.
I, erI bought him a shirt.
Sandy had lots of hats.
Hmm? Sandy kept all his hats.
Oh, yep.
And he loved to dance.
Oh, he loved to dance.
We both loved dancing.
SWING MUSIC PLAYS Teach me to dance.
Some other time.
Please, Nan? Do you know any steps? Yeah.
Oh, you young people! You call that dancing? This is dancing.
Hol, what's going on? First thing tomorrow I'm taking all of this back for a refund.
I don't need it, not if I'm only going to Indigo.
Is that what you want to do? There's worse things.
I mean, it's not like anyone died or I don't have a choice.
Look, I don't mind where you go.
I don't care if you don't go to uni.
I just want you to be happy.
I'm working on it.
There was one thing I wanted to keep, though.
I love the car.
And you know I'll take such good care of it.
And drive ever so carefully.
Yeah, responsibly.
Within the speed limit.
Yep.
Just like your mother.
OK.
Oops.
Sorry.
Cows make motorists late.
Buses make passengers late.
Yeah, if Tamara Denning's baby's late we could explode onto the stands with a theme.
Only we're too late.
Huh! Stop stressing.
Who, me? What happened to the doctor? Oh, don't ask.
Don't worry.
A story will come up.
It always does.
Pizza.
Yum.
Do we have a strategy for when people flirt with us? A strategy? Yeah, you know, when someone comes into your workshop and flirts with you.
Nobody flirts with me, Loui.
Yes, they do.
Women would come in all the time asking you to pop their bonnet.
Why? Is someone flirting with you? No.
Yes.
Alright, hypothetically, do we have a strategy? You're a beautiful woman.
Any man would be mad not to try it on.
And I'm cool with that.
Really? No.
Cos I just realised today I don't wanna be with anyone else.
Ever.
Me too.
Really? Really.
Eat your pizza.
OK.
You're early.
There you go.
An echo from the past for the Echo.
Yep, that'sit's great.
Just needs a little bit of tightening but it's a good story and a great front page.
All we need now is a picture of the desk with you behind it.
That's a great idea! ALARM BEEPS What's that? It's my alarm.
Viv said it was something I could do, tell her an hour before deadline.
Oh, please, there's gotta be a better story than a desk.
Really? Are you serious? That's fantastic.
The desk is ready.
Marty? Louisa, need to borrow your ute.
Get my ute, get me driving.
Well, no, I don't want them either and Sandy was your father, Emily.
Oh, and I found the birth certificate.
Box number one right on the top.
Yep, OK.
Been having a clean out? Oh, there's only so much you can hang onto.
Tell my wife that.
Look, are we done? Yeah, just about.
Just make sure we're always Yes, I've got it.
Drive slowly.
Hey, come on! PHONE RINGS I can't talk.
I'm driving.
The printer just rang.
He said he won't print until we pay him.
What? I just rang the bank.
They said we have to sign the contracts before they'll release the money from our account.
I've just spoken to the lawyers.
They'll have the contracts ready in five minutes.
Alright.
Tell them I'm on my way.
What the hell is she doing? My desk! Gav.
Gav? Shut up, Marty.
Heard of the hoon act? I'm gonna kill her.
Where are you? I'm in Indigo.
Tell them I'm two minutes away.
Is that the police? Bloody Tamara? Shit! Tamara! Tamara! CASTORS SQUEAK We're going this way.
Come on.
No, no, no.
Gav? HORN BLARES Get off it.
No! It's coming.
Really? I'm gonna push.
No, no! Don't push.
Don't.
Breathe.
Do your breathing.
I can't! Yes, you can.
Tamara, you've done this before.
You can do it again.
Not in car park! Ahhhh! Hey, I'm just gonna get my phone.
No, don't leave me! I'm gonna call an ambulance.
No, I've rung Dr Harani.
Dr Harani? You'd be better off with Dr Harani! Right, OK, OK, everything's OK.
Everything's gonna be fine.
Don't worry.
We're gonna stay with you all the way.
Now, all, let's lie you down.
Come on.
Turn you round.
Louisa, could you help, please? Thank you.
Nice and easy.
There you go.
Now, that's good.
I'm just gonna feel to see the baby's position, alright? Just having a feel.
Just That's good.
The baby's in a good position, OK? Everything's gonna be fine.
Don't worry.
Louisa, we're gonna need some towels or something.
OK, now I'm just gonna check to see how close we are, alright? Just a moment.
That's great.
Oh, excuse me, can I? I just have to Thanks.
Just someone's having a baby.
We're very close.
We've very close.
Here you go.
Just there, thanks, Louisa.
Now, Tamara, listen to me - when you get your next contraction I want you to push really hard, OK? You think you can do that? Please.
Thank you.
Now, good.
So, in your own time.
When you're ready.
Great.
Good.
Good.
You're doing great.
Very good.
OK.
Good, we're almost there.
Now, listen, Tamara, one more push and your baby's gonna be born.
Just one more push so when you're ready.
When you're ready.
In your own time.
That's wonderful.
Oh, that's great! That's great.
Louisa, can I have the jacket, please? My jacket? Your jacket? Yes.
It's always the jacket.
Oh, God.
OK, everything's fine.
Just relax.
Look at this.
Look at this! Look at this.
You have a beautiful healthy baby boy.
APPLAUSE Look at that.
Louisa, thank you.
If you just go in there.
Now what? Lift it.
I've got the front page! Yeah, I got $170 fine for littering a public carriageway with a desk.
Mmm.
And it cost me $70 for a courier to bring this here.
And I'm up on summons for assaulting a police officer with a car door.
So whatever front-page story you got, it'd wanna be right up there with the second coming.
It is! But his name's Harry.
And it wasn't a manger.
It was my ute.
Oh, my! Oh, they're gonna call him Harry after Dr Harani, who was amazing.
She said if it was a girl they would've called it Louisa.
Look! Look! It's a wonderful story, Louisa.
Just what we wanted for our first edition.
A story of substance, a sense of community.
I'm proud of you.
Hang on.
She'll never make the deadline.
She hasn't even written the copy.
I had half an hour to kill while I was waiting for Tamara at the hospital.
Right.
I'll type it and I'll email it to the printer.
You two can't just make this decision.
We're supposed to be a partnership.
Yeah, well, we're not partners yet.
The bank.
Louisa, you haven't signed the contract.
Gavin and I have already signed it.
Well, is it safe? Oh, get outta there.
Now put the wheel up on the wheel studs.
Can you help? There's no use having a car if you get stuck in the middle of nowhere with a flat tyre and not know how to change it.
Put these on here.
Tighten them all up by hand until you feel the resistance.
It's not going on.
And once you've finished that .
.
you can do the back tyre without me watching.
Oh, cos the whole day Gavin's going on about this desk and Billy McMahon so I'm thinking, "Oh, my God! We're gonna" Then next minute I'm driving I see the desk falls off, I see Tamara, the next minute Dr Harani, the guy that I said wasn't a good doctor, who is, comes, and then this happened.
Fantastic.
I love you.
I've always loved you.
And I love you Marry me.
Go on, Loui.
Jump.
I'll catch you.
Marry me.
If it's too big, I'll get it resized.
No.
No.
It's perfect, Nick Pickering.
Maintenance of fixtures and fittings is part of your job description, not mine.
You figure it out.
Yeah, righto.
Whatever you say.
This is the situation.
We've lost the ring.
We need another ring.
Very, very similar.
And under $500.
Second round offers are in.
I'm kinda avoiding them.
Mum, I'm not talking about dropping out.
Maybemaybe I'm burnt out.
Holly, you're 19.
How can you be burnt out? What do you think about this marriage business? If you don't want me to marry him, now is the time to speak up.
Mum, don't give me that responsibility.
It'sit's a secret.
Your secret's safe with me.
Hey, so when's the wedding? Who told you? Sharon Lang.
Who? You know, Eddie's friend Sharon? I think Lynny Ryan told her.
So it's true? Mega Tool Store.
Yeah, it's gonna be huge.
I have decided I'm gonna get my driver's licence again.
What? Oh, Mum, do you really think that's a good idea? How could you have driven all those years without knowing how to reverse park? Wait! Stop! It would seem Lionel Smithwick has been double-billing the bereaved.
Lionel's one of the most trusted members of our community.
Yeah, not to mention Sean's father.
And a scam artist.
I think we've only just scratched the surface.
Lionel?