Doctor Doctor (2016) s04e02 Episode Script
Don't Stop Me Now
1 I don't think I'm gonna last a day.
[HORN HONKING.]
So you understand that you're on probation now for a full year and that your conduct is subject to continual review and monthly drug testing? Can I get you a glass of water? You seem overexcited.
Why aren't you? Of course I'm excited.
There's a very, very big drink coming our way.
Let's endow this deal with the generosity of spirit that it deserves! MERYL: A sealed road to the cemetery would be an enormous benefit to the entire community of Whyhope.
But that prune-faced, hippie cow Green Annie is holding out.
See, that's our little block in the road.
Then we can talk about your road again.
May all our roads be smooth trails from now on.
That's way over my head, Meryl.
Just keep the lunch box.
It'll remind you how to vote.
CHARLIE: Listen, I've told Matt, coming back here, it's only to do with the book.
APRIL: That's what I'm saying.
It's all gonna be okay.
- Absolutely, it is.
- Because I'm here to stay.
They still want to purchase the Knight Cartwright cardiac unit, but they're going to relocate it to another town.
Since Hugh put in his own money, you're now a rich man.
I will never, ever forgive you for this.
Sorry, um, my head's still in the front bar of the Settler's Tavern.
Did you say that my share of the sale of the clinic just pays off the entire farm debt? Obviously, you've been picking away at the principal all year, which is really helpful.
- So nothing left over? - Not nothing.
Ugh! All right, all right.
Let's get on with it.
I'll transfer the final payment now.
New computer, I see, Glen.
Glad to see my troubles have a silver lining for some.
[CHUCKLES.]
Indeed they did.
Oh, I see.
Sarcasm.
All done.
Right.
Say hello to Meryl for me.
You know I can't do that, mate.
Look, it was all a terrible misunderstanding.
"No" is a pretty simple word to understand.
Stay away from Mom.
It's an AVO.
Of course.
She'll know I was thinking of her, though.
[SIGHS.]
Is Charlie any good? Oh, I liked her first book.
The women had all the good lines, which was refreshing.
Maybe I'll come along to the reading.
Well, you should.
Everyone will be there.
Mm.
Where else would they go? Good morning, Eliza.
How lovely to see you.
She's one, Betty.
She can barely say "ga.
" I've decided to speak to her as an equal so she'll learn not to feel diminished as a woman.
Well, here's how she won't be diminished I've just paid off the entire debt on her inheritance.
Oh, what's happening here, Eliza, is your dad is deflecting a conversation about you towards himself.
Hugh? You have a minute? You're sacking me? You think we'd keep you after what happened with my clinic? With your clinic? This isn't about personal differences.
You are irresponsible, conceited, and, most of all, bloody stupid.
And we find ourselves overstaffed at a time when the budget does not allow for an extra doctor.
That's a bloody lie.
This place is booming.
I wonder how we could do better.
Maybe with a world-class cardiac clinic complete with an extension and upgrade to existing facilities.
The deal was bad! This attitude is exactly why I'm sacking you.
Of course you will be furnished with an appropriate reference.
[EXHALES SHARPLY.]
- Don't need it.
- Can't write it.
You know what? I'll have a new job by the end of the day.
People are gagging for me to come back to the city.
I wish you all the best.
Ah, you are gonna miss me so much.
- I have Tara now.
- Tara is the new me.
- I think she's the new me! - [CHUCKLES.]
[MID-TEMPO INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYS.]
What Where are you going? Back to where I'm appreciated.
Oh, by the way, Penny is your new supervisor now.
[WHISPERING.]
What?! No! You can't leave me here on my own.
I did it.
So can you.
Just find yourself a clean urine source, and don't smoke the cowpats It's a myth.
There.
You're set.
Hugh, wait.
[EXHALES SHARPLY.]
This is not about you.
I can't look after you anymore.
[GRUNTS.]
Thank you.
Thank you.
[GRUNTING.]
Take a good look, Eliza.
You'll never see any of these people ever again.
- This.
- Does it say "serious writer"? I don't think I say that.
Your book does.
- So you liked it? - Loved it! So you don't think the bit where Artemis relives her childhood in Capricornia goes on too long? No, not at all.
That bit's so Vivid.
[VEHICLE DOOR OPENS, CLOSES.]
[GRUNTING.]
Here we go.
So, why aren't you at work? Whyhope Hospital and I have officially parted ways.
- About time.
- They sacked you? - Impossible.
- Exactly.
Look, can you look after Eliza? I've got to go to city to work the whole thing out.
Oh, no, I've got a funeral to go to.
Nasty incident with an alpaca.
Okay.
Wish me luck.
Um, luck is for ordinary people.
I'm helping Charlie.
Oh, bubby.
- [CRYING.]
- And I've got to go too.
- Okay.
- Bye.
It's okay.
[PLAYING MID-TEMPO PERCUSSION MUSIC.]
People are parking their cars and walking because the track's so rough.
Pretty soon we're gonna have to start - busing people in on the tractor.
- Shh! [WHISPERING.]
Ajax, don't exaggerate.
It doesn't inspire confidence.
[SNIFFLES.]
It's a lovely service, Eddie.
Annie really wanted a composting coffin, but the council wouldn't allow it.
Oh.
That's a shame.
Yeah.
[SNIFFLES.]
Bloody ferals.
Oh, even ferals vote, Rod.
True.
[SIGHS.]
That alpaca probably stuffed us, Meryl.
Who knew they'd turn on you like that? I'm never letting one behind me ever again.
Yeah, cautionary tale.
We got a bigger problem than that.
The farmer's market vote has been rescheduled, and obviously Green Annie isn't gonna be attending.
And on top of that, all this has triggered a by-election.
What about my road? Same place as my D.
A.
On hold.
Till we see which bozo is voted onto council to replace her.
Who rescheduled the vote? Who do you think? We had a deal.
I need this road sealed.
Yeah, and we needed Annie's vote to secure that D.
A.
, so I guess we all lose.
[CHUCKLES.]
It serves the entire community.
Ahh, right.
Green Annie took your money before she could vote.
Am I right? Oh, this day didn't start out well, but it just got a whole lot better seeing Meryl Knight outwitted by a rushing alpaca.
[CHUCKLES.]
Ah, so, anyway, do you reckon you could get started on fixing this road? Because it's really ruining all my good shoes.
I suppose Hugh spoke to you on his way out.
- I guess.
- What did he say? Penny, can I be honest with you? Oh, I really hope so.
This whole probation has been a A big reality check for me.
I bet.
And you haven't had much mentoring from Hugh.
He's an extremely selfish man.
Well, most surgeons are, but he is a particular case.
Now that I'm supervising your probation, I was wondering if you might consider me as your mentor.
I would love that, Penny.
Really? Great.
Look at us, leaning in.
Speaking truth to power.
Women on top.
Yeah.
I thought we could have the lectern up here so that everyone could see you.
Well, wouldn't it be better if I was closer to the audience? It's not like I'm about to sing some tunes.
- Thank God.
- You love my singing.
I love anything after enough tequila.
And what about our duet? He's the Elton John to my Kiki Dee.
- Kiki who? - Kiki who are you? Only the best pop duet of all time.
Actually, I never really liked that song.
Seriously, all this time? I always wanted to do "Way Out West.
" There's no girl part in that.
It's universal.
It's gender neutral.
You're the worst duet partner ever.
- Hello.
- APRIL: The new cook's here.
We should probably talk to him, Matt.
Yeah, let's do that.
- Cook looks cool.
- Let's just hope he stays.
- Hey.
- Nice to see you.
Are you having trouble keeping staff? HAYLEY: I'm not taking sides, Charlie.
I'm Sweden.
- Switzerland? - Oh.
Wherever.
Hayley.
He's the third cook in five months.
Why? What's wrong in the kitchen? Hayley.
[SIGHS.]
So Wobbly has got the top job now? No one calls him Wobbly anymore.
Trust me.
No, no, no, no, no.
That's good 'cause he knows me.
What do you think Professor Haddad would say if I recommended Hugh Knight to return to the department? Who's Hugh Knight? Oh.
Burn.
There was a time when every resident knew who this guy was.
I'm really sorry.
No, I've been under the radar for a while.
Hugh, your reputation might be safe with the next generation, but they know all about it upstairs.
You're on a hiding to nothing.
Trust me.
All surgeons are risk takers, all right? Anyway, I did my time.
No one cares about the probation.
It's that business with the clinic.
Really? Word is you were high.
Oh, come on.
The deal was bad.
Whatever.
No one's gonna take the risk.
My best advice would be to go back to Whyhope, get a stellar reference, and start looking overseas.
Call me, though.
I'll get a babysitter.
We can pretend it's 2009 again.
Haven't partied like that in years.
BRUNO: So I checked it out on doctor.
com, and I've got it all Irregular heart rate, night sweats, shortness of breath.
Bruno, I've done an ECG, and I've taken bloods, and you saw Dr.
Knight at the cardiac clinic last month.
There are zero indications of arrhythmia.
What about shocking me, like getting my heart rate regular again? Yeah, that's not something we tend to do to otherwise healthy patients.
But I'm requesting it.
Well, I studied for 15 years, including postgraduate studies in the U.
S.
to become a physician, so I win.
Well, then, what are you doing here? Okay.
I think we're done.
Thank you, Bruno.
- [SIGHS.]
- [DOOR OPENS.]
Oh, what a loser.
Bruno is a character.
[SIGHS.]
That's one word for it.
I see you met our famous frequent flier.
Oh, he was obviously in distress.
Is there something that you would recommend for next time? A counseling referral is where we're at.
Ah.
On it.
Thank you, Penny.
Great advice! Isn't she amazing? Certainly catches on fast.
You know Eddie? I've been checking in most days.
He doesn't have many friends.
- How kind.
- It's part of my job, Meryl.
EDDIE: [EXHALES SLOWLY.]
How am I supposed to do this without her? Well, in my experience, the pain doesn't get any less.
You just walk that little bit further away every day.
Why don't you put the kettle on? Yeah.
[SNIFFLING.]
Um, we've only got alpaca milk.
Is that okay? Look at me.
The truth is, I left my granddaughter's lunch box behind when I last came out to see Annie, and this lunch box had some very important papers in it, and now they're not there.
I don't know about that.
I haven't been able to touch anything since the incident.
Why don't I make that tea? There you go.
There you go.
CHARLIE: "And as the seven moons rose over the ancient forest, "Artemis found herself delectably pinned "by three of her lover's eight tentacles, "exploring, probing, throbbing, "as deliciously moist waves of ecstasy "surged through her body.
"And then, just as she thinks "her pleasure can't get any more intense" [CLATTERING.]
HUGH: Shit.
Shit.
Sorry.
Carry on.
It's all right.
" Santiago's Flying Dutchman sends her over the edge," "and she screams out to the edges of the universe, "not caring who hears her lust.
" Whoo! Brava! Thank you, Hugh.
I'm glad you enjoyed the last two sentences.
Any questions? Mama tells me I shouldn't bother Don't excel, Tara.
That's the lesson here.
- You think they're jealous.
- Of course they are.
What else? They don't give a crap about the clinic.
They just want to get me.
- Ahh, bastards.
- Pricks.
JARROD: Hey.
What are we celebrating? Freedom, new beginnings.
You choose.
- You moving, Hugh? - Absolutely.
Sorry to hear that.
I thought I'd found a new golfing buddy.
HUGH: [EXHALES SHARPLY.]
Say that you love me I don't like to play games that require uniforms.
I thought all doctors played golf.
- PENNY: I don't.
- Well, I could teach you.
I'd like that.
HUGH: Anyway, I got plenty of great offers today.
Well, I'm glad everything is working out for you, Hugh.
Tara, would you like me to introduce you to some people who will actually be here next week? You know, Tara worked more recently at some of the places that I met with today, so I am picking her brain about the personnel.
Ignore everything he says.
JARROD: Well, I'm, uh I'm glad to see everything is working out for you, Hugh.
Yes, mate.
You too.
- I'm a lucky man.
- Pfft, aren't we all? [CHUCKLES.]
Right.
All right.
Spent my nights awake Do writers get inspiration from life, or do they make it up? Well, my ex was a novelist.
Reading her books was like reading my diary.
It's not like the Flying Dutchman is actually a thing.
Oh, it's a thing.
[EXHALES SHARPLY.]
Come on.
She totally made it up.
I can't be the only one that doesn't know what a Flying Dutchman is.
I don't care if you really care As long as you don't go So I cry, and I pray, and I beg [LAUGHTER.]
Love me, love me Yes, Hugh, the Australian medical profession is full of idiots.
They are idiots! They Hello, sexy author lady.
- CHARLIE: Hi! - I have to say, that's, um, not what I expected.
Oh, keep the readers happy, I say.
- If anyone can, you can.
- [LAUGHS.]
Are you flirting with me, Hugh? Do you want me to? Wow.
- What? - [LAUGHS.]
Hey, Matt, we need shots over here.
It wasn't very expensive.
Um, Darren's aunt died, so he inherited some money.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Oh, they weren't close.
It's been almost a year since he stopped, you know - Taking bribes.
- That.
We're calling it a commitment ring To us.
- Did he buy it here? - Oh, of course.
He likes to support the community.
Yes, I've noticed.
Ah, all right, everybody.
That's last drinks.
- Aw! - Pbbt! What? Did you want to get one last Baileys? [LAUGHTER.]
Are you walking back? No, because Ajax is looking after Eliza, so I am drinking.
- Because he doesn't have a job.
- He has a career.
- That's entirely different.
- Can I get one of those? Well, you're a writer now.
That's all you do have.
"Career" isn't code for "drunkard.
" I'll see you both in the morning.
Bye-bye now.
Too late to join? Val, the new cook.
Of course not.
- Hey, hot stuff.
- CHARLIE: Hello.
- We're closing up.
- No.
No, no, no, no, no.
You're drinking with us.
Some of us have a job.
We have careers.
[LAUGHS.]
Oh, come on, guys.
I'll lock up.
- HUGH: Ta-da! Solution! - There you go.
Give them the keys, Matt.
Bottom shelf only.
- Love you.
- MATT: Night.
Ajax.
- Yeah? - Hey.
Hi.
Have you ever heard of the Flying Dutchman? Oh, yeah.
What did you think of it? Mm, yeah, it's a good tractor.
Oh.
No.
Well There's another one, and I thought I thought maybe we could try it.
- Ajax? - [SNORING SOFTLY.]
[EXHALES SHARPLY.]
[GRUNTS.]
Regret personified.
Ohh, don't you start.
[EXHALES SLOWLY.]
Eliza.
Hayley has her.
Good girl.
You have a destiny, Hugh, and it doesn't involve sitting around here feeling sorry for yourself in my house.
Mum! Penny sacked me.
I never liked her hair.
Now no one wants me.
They've all heard the stories about the clinic.
Oh, what is it with this sad sack? Get up.
Have a shower.
Chase your dreams.
What if I had the wrong dream? Then you pivot.
Farmstead-free, maybe this is a good time for you to do something with it.
Oh, the gin-soaked wheels are turning.
No, I don't drink gin.
I live vicariously.
Ah.
Well, it's just like old times.
Mnh.
Mm.
Well, I'm getting drunk on the fumes.
Do something with your days.
[DOOR OPENS.]
VAL: I should get to work.
[EXHALES SHARPLY.]
Him over me? You'll thank me when you sober up.
Well, that's not happening now, is it? [EXHALES SHARPLY.]
[GROANING SOFTLY.]
I-I saw the ring you made for the local policeman the other night.
Darren.
Isn't he great? Great! Do you have anything similar? Um Look, uh, this one's close.
Not quite as expensive, but it's a classic setting.
$6,500.
The one you sold Darren was more? Oh, yes.
Yes, a setting like that is more in the $8,000 range.
But I can show you something a little simpler if you'd prefer to spend less.
Don't we all? No, mate, I understand.
Yeah.
MAN: Everyone around here has been - saying you were off your face.
- Ha! Yes, I heard that rumor got around.
And that you were so high you ended up screwing up the deal completely.
Well, it was a bad deal.
Bad deal or not, that is not the point.
You really fucked up, Hugh.
There's no - [CLICK.]
- Quite right.
Not the point.
[LINE RINGS.]
[CELLPHONE VIBRATING.]
HUGH: You miss me yet? Guess what.
Penny told me today that she thinks I will make an excellent G.
P.
[LAUGHS.]
She's not gonna reduce your probation time.
Mm, we'll see about that.
Oh, by the way, I left you a present in your jacket pocket.
Did you? Ha.
And how did you know exactly what I wanted? Happy days, dude.
Bye now.
Darren! I heard about your recent bereavement.
I'm so sorry.
It was an uncle, wasn't it? Thank you, Meryl.
That's very kind.
Drop the act, Darren.
I had $8,000 in a lunch box at Annie's, and if I don't get it back, I'm calling internal affairs.
8,000? That's a lot.
You must be really missing that, Meryl.
Hey, do you have any proof this money belonged to you? A bank statement or a withdrawal slip? Or maybe you'd prefer to come down to the station.
If there's been a theft, I think we should open up an official police inquiry, don't you? Oh, you look nice.
It's just something I don't wear very often.
Maybe it's that Tara is a bit taller.
She can pull that look off better.
This isn't Tara's look.
Hey, Penny.
Oh! We're twins.
[CHUCKLES.]
[TELEPHONE RINGS.]
BETTY: Whyhope Hospital.
Bruno? You've done what? He's wired himself up to something.
He says if you won't shock him, he'll do it himself.
Yeah, but has he really, though? Tell him we're on our way.
If nothing else, we build patient trust.
Whose farm is it? Oh, that's right.
It's yours.
[HORN HONKING.]
Hugh! Hugh! Stop! Hugh! What are you doing?! Stop! Stop.
Cut it.
Pull the keys.
[ENGINE STOPS.]
[EXHALES SLOWLY.]
Well, the view is beautiful up here.
You know, sometimes it just Pbbh! Blows my mind we live here.
Are you stoned? I don't answer to you.
- This is the lucerne paddock.
- I know that.
So you've just dug up all the new seedlings.
It's that paddock over there that needs plowing.
Get off the tractor, Hugh.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION.]
BETTY: I don't think it's crunchy.
DARREN: Is that how you spell "swordfish"? I just saw you two lovebirds from outside, and I couldn't resist coming in.
Aw! Do you want to join us? No, no.
You carry on.
I-I just wanted to say hi.
Oh, her scarf.
I'll run it out.
Old tricks.
Why change them when they work? All right.
You've got two minutes.
I never thought I'd stoop to this.
I know you're lying to Betty, and I can't stand by and see a friend be deceived.
You don't care about Betty.
All right, the point is, who are you more worried about, me or her? Do you return what is mine, the cash, or do I tell her how you actually got the money to buy that ring? I should just tell her what kind of a friend you are.
Then you'd have to tell her what kind of policeman you are.
[ENGINE STOPS.]
[PARKING BRAKE RATCHETS.]
- [VEHICLE DOORS OPEN.]
- PENNY: Hey, Bruno! Let's talk about this.
We can send you to Sydney and hook you up to a Holter monitor.
It's a two-day thing, but it gives us a definitive answer.
- Too late.
- That fence won't do anything.
Oh, yeah? PENNY: No, that's really dangerous.
Back seat of the car, defib and medical bag.
- Oh, so you're worried now, hey? - Don't do it, Bruno.
You should've done what I asked in the first place! Bruno, don't! [GROANING.]
Bruno, don't move! - No, Bruno! Don't, Bruno! - Aaah! Bruno, lie down.
[WHEEZING.]
Stay very still.
We need to do some checks.
Yeah, got a puncture wound to the left anterior chest.
It's impossible to tell the damage.
[DEFIBRILLATOR BEEPING.]
Heart rate's 78 and regular.
Looks like sinus rhythm.
Okay, good.
Keep an eye on his blood pressure.
We need to keep you very still, Bruno, until the ambulance gets here.
I told you I'd fix it.
That's right, mate.
You fixed it, for sure.
Okay.
PENNY: Yes, obs are stable.
Okay.
Well, tell them to hurry.
Ambulance is half an hour away.
His blood pressure's dropping.
We can't wait.
Okay, let's scoop and run.
Bruno, I need you to be very brave.
[WHEEZING.]
- Here she is.
- Mm.
Ahh.
Care to join? Pbbh.
I'm still in recovery.
Mm.
But can we ever truly recover? Do we need to? Maybe we're already exactly who we're supposed to be.
[CHUCKLES.]
Wow.
You are off chops.
Off chops.
God.
I always knew you'd be a writer.
You have such a way with words.
- Mm, thank you.
- Mm.
Let's get out of here, Charlie, just you and me.
And Eliza.
Sure.
Her too.
Let's go on an adventure.
- And go where? - Anywhere.
- China.
- [LAUGHS.]
You're very funny.
[LAUGHS.]
Hugh! [SIGHS.]
I know, I know.
Ajax has already told me off.
Whole crop of lucerne.
I get it.
Blah, blah, blah.
Add it to the bill.
Because I paid off the entire debt, remember? Not that anyone in this family seems to care.
Well, go on.
Take your shot.
Just stay off the tractor.
[EXHALES SHARPLY.]
Really? Him? Still? I married him, didn't I? [SIGHS.]
Mm.
TARA: His heart rate's up to 110.
I'm worried the puncture has reached his heart and caused a pericardial tamponade.
Agreed.
If we're gonna operate, we need Hugh.
You're an emergency department registrar.
Yeah, we need a cardiac surgeon, Penny.
Okay, do it.
[GROANS.]
Come on, Meryl.
Got to have something decent to eat around here.
Hello, biscuit barrel.
Ohh.
[CELLPHONE RINGS.]
Ah, here she is.
Our new G.
P.
Hugh, I need you to meet me at the clinic.
Ah, sacked.
Unceremoniously, I might add.
Not my problem anymore.
I have a patient here with an anterior chest puncture postelectrocution.
We need a surgeon.
How deep is the wound? About eight centimeters.
He was initially hemodynamically stable, but now his B.
P.
is dropping.
Hugh, I'm really worried.
All right! I'll meet you at the clinic.
Bye.
He's coming.
[INHALES SHARPLY.]
Um Charlie? DARREN: I took some money, and Meryl knows.
So you stole Meryl's money? I didn't know it was hers.
So you thought you were stealing from Annie and Eddie? Eddie didn't even know it was there.
Well, how is that different? [SIGHS.]
You haven't changed at all, have you? I have, okay? I'm telling you.
- I'll fix it.
- But you still did it.
- I can undo it.
- Oh, can you? Can you undo how I'm feeling now? Can you undo how I felt this whole last year? - I love you, Darren.
- Betty And everything we have is a lie, and nothing you say can undo that.
Prep a thoracotomy tray and some "O" negative blood.
It's all right, Bruno.
You're in the hospital.
We think the nail's pierced the sac surrounding your heart, and it's causing a lot of pressure.
I really appreciate this, Hugh.
- Of course.
- Let's go, Cisco.
Tara, I am stoned out of my skull.
You can still do the procedure, though, right? I just had an out-of-body experience that we're in a war zone, but a medieval one.
Anyway, I think you should do it.
I've never done a thoracotomy before! That's why we called you.
You're gonna be fine, okay? I'll be there with you.
[SIGHS.]
I'm beginning to see why Penny hates you so much.
God.
Thinking of renovating or something? What? No, why? Why are you wearing out these floorboards? I can't stay if Hugh is on the farm.
Great! Let's sort out your divorce, sell the brewery, and run away to Europe! What? No, I can't do that.
Of course.
The ex.
I'm talking about Hugh.
Really? Because he seems to be exactly the same as he ever was, and the only thing that's different around here is Charlie and her sexy bloody sci-fi.
- [DOOR OPENS, CLOSES.]
- How did we suddenly start talking about Charlie? HUGH: There's a buildup of fluid in the pericardium.
[MONITOR BEEPING.]
Looks like it's compressing the heart badly.
[ALARM BEEPING.]
TARA: He's arresting.
HUGH: We need to crack his chest.
It's okay.
You can do this.
TARA: Okay, scalpel.
- Hugh! - Okay, okay.
I need you to incise the fifth intercostal space, starting from the costochondral junction, continuing down to the mixed auxiliary line.
- You got it? - Yeah.
- HUGH: Okay.
- PENNY: What's going on? HUGH: Tara is doing the procedure.
PENNY: What? Why? - HUGH: Teaching opportunity.
- Now? HUGH: Penny, we don't have time for this.
And what am I supposed to do with this? Whatever you want.
Anyway, this is goodbye, so I wanted to thank you if you don't mind.
- You're leaving? - Everything.
- Quitting the force, this place.
- Betty? I think it's more of a case of her quitting me.
- She will forgive you.
- Not this time.
She's right, you know? About us.
She thinks we've lost our moral compass, we don't know the difference between right and wrong.
I know what a moral compass is.
So then you know what she means.
[VEHICLE DOOR OPENS, CLOSES.]
[AMBULANCE RADIO CHATTER.]
Whew.
So how does it feel to be a cardiothoracic surgeon? I need a drink.
Peppermint tea? Thanks for today, Hugh.
I really appreciate it.
Well, consider it a parting engagement gift.
You're actually a really good teacher.
Wow.
Thank you.
For a drug addict.
And there it is.
So will you? Sorry, will I? Please don't make me beg for it.
I think at this stage there really is no other choice, is there? Will you please come back here and work with us? Because? - We need you.
- Ah! I'll think about it.
[LAUGHS.]
I must have missed the part where you told her why I really did the procedure.
Tara, there's a teaching experience in this for all of us.
[BIRDS SQUAWKING.]
I want you to know that I find it very difficult having you here.
Matt But that's on me.
You know, you've got your own life now, and that means that you're free to do whatever you want with it.
Even if that involves shagging my brother.
Is that what Hugh said? Ugh.
God, I knew he was mad about Val.
I didn't think he was vindictive.
Val? Right.
Yes, that did happen.
- Sorry.
- Really? Yeah, just once, never again, probably.
Whatever.
You know? We're getting a divorce, so you can do whatever you want.
Fly.
Be free.
Or be with Val or whatever.
[GROANS SOFTLY.]
Shit.
- Ajax.
- [SNORTS.]
- Ajax.
- Yeah? I think it's time we tried something new.
Yeah.
Yeah.
No, me too.
Really? Yeah, I really want to work on my pistol skills.
My accuracy sucks.
No.
Oh.
Right, no.
That's not really what I meant.
Um But it's a good example.
Uh, you know how with skeet you have to shoot really quickly? - Otherwise you miss.
- Exactly! So, what would happen if you took a little longer to shoot? [LAUGHS.]
You'd miss.
Or you'd have a more interesting and fun experience.
In bed.
I do have fun in bed.
Don't you? No, Ajax, I've been reading Charlie's book, and I just think if we don't even try to have the type of relationship that Artemis has with Santiago, then we're not going to make it.
Is this about Jimmy? I can take him more.
No, Ajax.
It's about sex.
Well, we can have more of that.
Eight tentacles are no better than one without technique.
Page 72.
[DOOR OPENS.]
[DOOR CLOSES.]
[KNOCKING.]
I don't want to hear it.
I never meant for any of this to affect you and Darren.
I thought that was your whole strategy.
But I'm not going to tell the police about Darren.
Well, of course you're not! You'd incriminate yourself.
Well, give him a second chance.
Blame me if it helps.
Oh, I blame you, Meryl.
And one day I'll get you back.
So I'll need time off for conferences to keep up my surgical contacts.
Agreed.
Flexible hours for daycare pickup.
Works for me.
And of course no mention ever of the whole cardiac unit misunderstanding.
You're kidding me.
Penny, do you mind if I get your opinion on - Hello, Hugh.
- Tara.
Hugh has agreed to come back and work with us.
Excellent! Uh, so who's my mentor now? Hugh? Uh, I'd be delighted.
Oh, thank God! Ha! [SIGHS.]
Sorry, Penny.
But at least we can stop pretending to be friends now.
Two alpha females is always a bad idea.
Right? This can wait.
Did I come on too strong? Oh! Meryl, I can't magic a road for you out of the air, okay? So if you've come to hassle me, I just don't have any news for you.
Well, yes, I get that.
You're waiting for the by-election to get the numbers.
That's how politics usually works, yeah.
And, yes, I know that.
Uh, my nomination papers for reelection.
What better way to serve your community than to be officially elected? So I've been thinking about the best way to fix that paddock, plus a few other ideas.
So I was thinking Don't worry.
I'm taking my old job back at the clinic.
You can relax now.
So you're staying? For now.
Not quite your destiny.
I've decided to run for council.
Well, the more things change, the more they stay the same.
I hope not, darling.
[HORN HONKING.]
So you understand that you're on probation now for a full year and that your conduct is subject to continual review and monthly drug testing? Can I get you a glass of water? You seem overexcited.
Why aren't you? Of course I'm excited.
There's a very, very big drink coming our way.
Let's endow this deal with the generosity of spirit that it deserves! MERYL: A sealed road to the cemetery would be an enormous benefit to the entire community of Whyhope.
But that prune-faced, hippie cow Green Annie is holding out.
See, that's our little block in the road.
Then we can talk about your road again.
May all our roads be smooth trails from now on.
That's way over my head, Meryl.
Just keep the lunch box.
It'll remind you how to vote.
CHARLIE: Listen, I've told Matt, coming back here, it's only to do with the book.
APRIL: That's what I'm saying.
It's all gonna be okay.
- Absolutely, it is.
- Because I'm here to stay.
They still want to purchase the Knight Cartwright cardiac unit, but they're going to relocate it to another town.
Since Hugh put in his own money, you're now a rich man.
I will never, ever forgive you for this.
Sorry, um, my head's still in the front bar of the Settler's Tavern.
Did you say that my share of the sale of the clinic just pays off the entire farm debt? Obviously, you've been picking away at the principal all year, which is really helpful.
- So nothing left over? - Not nothing.
Ugh! All right, all right.
Let's get on with it.
I'll transfer the final payment now.
New computer, I see, Glen.
Glad to see my troubles have a silver lining for some.
[CHUCKLES.]
Indeed they did.
Oh, I see.
Sarcasm.
All done.
Right.
Say hello to Meryl for me.
You know I can't do that, mate.
Look, it was all a terrible misunderstanding.
"No" is a pretty simple word to understand.
Stay away from Mom.
It's an AVO.
Of course.
She'll know I was thinking of her, though.
[SIGHS.]
Is Charlie any good? Oh, I liked her first book.
The women had all the good lines, which was refreshing.
Maybe I'll come along to the reading.
Well, you should.
Everyone will be there.
Mm.
Where else would they go? Good morning, Eliza.
How lovely to see you.
She's one, Betty.
She can barely say "ga.
" I've decided to speak to her as an equal so she'll learn not to feel diminished as a woman.
Well, here's how she won't be diminished I've just paid off the entire debt on her inheritance.
Oh, what's happening here, Eliza, is your dad is deflecting a conversation about you towards himself.
Hugh? You have a minute? You're sacking me? You think we'd keep you after what happened with my clinic? With your clinic? This isn't about personal differences.
You are irresponsible, conceited, and, most of all, bloody stupid.
And we find ourselves overstaffed at a time when the budget does not allow for an extra doctor.
That's a bloody lie.
This place is booming.
I wonder how we could do better.
Maybe with a world-class cardiac clinic complete with an extension and upgrade to existing facilities.
The deal was bad! This attitude is exactly why I'm sacking you.
Of course you will be furnished with an appropriate reference.
[EXHALES SHARPLY.]
- Don't need it.
- Can't write it.
You know what? I'll have a new job by the end of the day.
People are gagging for me to come back to the city.
I wish you all the best.
Ah, you are gonna miss me so much.
- I have Tara now.
- Tara is the new me.
- I think she's the new me! - [CHUCKLES.]
[MID-TEMPO INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYS.]
What Where are you going? Back to where I'm appreciated.
Oh, by the way, Penny is your new supervisor now.
[WHISPERING.]
What?! No! You can't leave me here on my own.
I did it.
So can you.
Just find yourself a clean urine source, and don't smoke the cowpats It's a myth.
There.
You're set.
Hugh, wait.
[EXHALES SHARPLY.]
This is not about you.
I can't look after you anymore.
[GRUNTS.]
Thank you.
Thank you.
[GRUNTING.]
Take a good look, Eliza.
You'll never see any of these people ever again.
- This.
- Does it say "serious writer"? I don't think I say that.
Your book does.
- So you liked it? - Loved it! So you don't think the bit where Artemis relives her childhood in Capricornia goes on too long? No, not at all.
That bit's so Vivid.
[VEHICLE DOOR OPENS, CLOSES.]
[GRUNTING.]
Here we go.
So, why aren't you at work? Whyhope Hospital and I have officially parted ways.
- About time.
- They sacked you? - Impossible.
- Exactly.
Look, can you look after Eliza? I've got to go to city to work the whole thing out.
Oh, no, I've got a funeral to go to.
Nasty incident with an alpaca.
Okay.
Wish me luck.
Um, luck is for ordinary people.
I'm helping Charlie.
Oh, bubby.
- [CRYING.]
- And I've got to go too.
- Okay.
- Bye.
It's okay.
[PLAYING MID-TEMPO PERCUSSION MUSIC.]
People are parking their cars and walking because the track's so rough.
Pretty soon we're gonna have to start - busing people in on the tractor.
- Shh! [WHISPERING.]
Ajax, don't exaggerate.
It doesn't inspire confidence.
[SNIFFLES.]
It's a lovely service, Eddie.
Annie really wanted a composting coffin, but the council wouldn't allow it.
Oh.
That's a shame.
Yeah.
[SNIFFLES.]
Bloody ferals.
Oh, even ferals vote, Rod.
True.
[SIGHS.]
That alpaca probably stuffed us, Meryl.
Who knew they'd turn on you like that? I'm never letting one behind me ever again.
Yeah, cautionary tale.
We got a bigger problem than that.
The farmer's market vote has been rescheduled, and obviously Green Annie isn't gonna be attending.
And on top of that, all this has triggered a by-election.
What about my road? Same place as my D.
A.
On hold.
Till we see which bozo is voted onto council to replace her.
Who rescheduled the vote? Who do you think? We had a deal.
I need this road sealed.
Yeah, and we needed Annie's vote to secure that D.
A.
, so I guess we all lose.
[CHUCKLES.]
It serves the entire community.
Ahh, right.
Green Annie took your money before she could vote.
Am I right? Oh, this day didn't start out well, but it just got a whole lot better seeing Meryl Knight outwitted by a rushing alpaca.
[CHUCKLES.]
Ah, so, anyway, do you reckon you could get started on fixing this road? Because it's really ruining all my good shoes.
I suppose Hugh spoke to you on his way out.
- I guess.
- What did he say? Penny, can I be honest with you? Oh, I really hope so.
This whole probation has been a A big reality check for me.
I bet.
And you haven't had much mentoring from Hugh.
He's an extremely selfish man.
Well, most surgeons are, but he is a particular case.
Now that I'm supervising your probation, I was wondering if you might consider me as your mentor.
I would love that, Penny.
Really? Great.
Look at us, leaning in.
Speaking truth to power.
Women on top.
Yeah.
I thought we could have the lectern up here so that everyone could see you.
Well, wouldn't it be better if I was closer to the audience? It's not like I'm about to sing some tunes.
- Thank God.
- You love my singing.
I love anything after enough tequila.
And what about our duet? He's the Elton John to my Kiki Dee.
- Kiki who? - Kiki who are you? Only the best pop duet of all time.
Actually, I never really liked that song.
Seriously, all this time? I always wanted to do "Way Out West.
" There's no girl part in that.
It's universal.
It's gender neutral.
You're the worst duet partner ever.
- Hello.
- APRIL: The new cook's here.
We should probably talk to him, Matt.
Yeah, let's do that.
- Cook looks cool.
- Let's just hope he stays.
- Hey.
- Nice to see you.
Are you having trouble keeping staff? HAYLEY: I'm not taking sides, Charlie.
I'm Sweden.
- Switzerland? - Oh.
Wherever.
Hayley.
He's the third cook in five months.
Why? What's wrong in the kitchen? Hayley.
[SIGHS.]
So Wobbly has got the top job now? No one calls him Wobbly anymore.
Trust me.
No, no, no, no, no.
That's good 'cause he knows me.
What do you think Professor Haddad would say if I recommended Hugh Knight to return to the department? Who's Hugh Knight? Oh.
Burn.
There was a time when every resident knew who this guy was.
I'm really sorry.
No, I've been under the radar for a while.
Hugh, your reputation might be safe with the next generation, but they know all about it upstairs.
You're on a hiding to nothing.
Trust me.
All surgeons are risk takers, all right? Anyway, I did my time.
No one cares about the probation.
It's that business with the clinic.
Really? Word is you were high.
Oh, come on.
The deal was bad.
Whatever.
No one's gonna take the risk.
My best advice would be to go back to Whyhope, get a stellar reference, and start looking overseas.
Call me, though.
I'll get a babysitter.
We can pretend it's 2009 again.
Haven't partied like that in years.
BRUNO: So I checked it out on doctor.
com, and I've got it all Irregular heart rate, night sweats, shortness of breath.
Bruno, I've done an ECG, and I've taken bloods, and you saw Dr.
Knight at the cardiac clinic last month.
There are zero indications of arrhythmia.
What about shocking me, like getting my heart rate regular again? Yeah, that's not something we tend to do to otherwise healthy patients.
But I'm requesting it.
Well, I studied for 15 years, including postgraduate studies in the U.
S.
to become a physician, so I win.
Well, then, what are you doing here? Okay.
I think we're done.
Thank you, Bruno.
- [SIGHS.]
- [DOOR OPENS.]
Oh, what a loser.
Bruno is a character.
[SIGHS.]
That's one word for it.
I see you met our famous frequent flier.
Oh, he was obviously in distress.
Is there something that you would recommend for next time? A counseling referral is where we're at.
Ah.
On it.
Thank you, Penny.
Great advice! Isn't she amazing? Certainly catches on fast.
You know Eddie? I've been checking in most days.
He doesn't have many friends.
- How kind.
- It's part of my job, Meryl.
EDDIE: [EXHALES SLOWLY.]
How am I supposed to do this without her? Well, in my experience, the pain doesn't get any less.
You just walk that little bit further away every day.
Why don't you put the kettle on? Yeah.
[SNIFFLING.]
Um, we've only got alpaca milk.
Is that okay? Look at me.
The truth is, I left my granddaughter's lunch box behind when I last came out to see Annie, and this lunch box had some very important papers in it, and now they're not there.
I don't know about that.
I haven't been able to touch anything since the incident.
Why don't I make that tea? There you go.
There you go.
CHARLIE: "And as the seven moons rose over the ancient forest, "Artemis found herself delectably pinned "by three of her lover's eight tentacles, "exploring, probing, throbbing, "as deliciously moist waves of ecstasy "surged through her body.
"And then, just as she thinks "her pleasure can't get any more intense" [CLATTERING.]
HUGH: Shit.
Shit.
Sorry.
Carry on.
It's all right.
" Santiago's Flying Dutchman sends her over the edge," "and she screams out to the edges of the universe, "not caring who hears her lust.
" Whoo! Brava! Thank you, Hugh.
I'm glad you enjoyed the last two sentences.
Any questions? Mama tells me I shouldn't bother Don't excel, Tara.
That's the lesson here.
- You think they're jealous.
- Of course they are.
What else? They don't give a crap about the clinic.
They just want to get me.
- Ahh, bastards.
- Pricks.
JARROD: Hey.
What are we celebrating? Freedom, new beginnings.
You choose.
- You moving, Hugh? - Absolutely.
Sorry to hear that.
I thought I'd found a new golfing buddy.
HUGH: [EXHALES SHARPLY.]
Say that you love me I don't like to play games that require uniforms.
I thought all doctors played golf.
- PENNY: I don't.
- Well, I could teach you.
I'd like that.
HUGH: Anyway, I got plenty of great offers today.
Well, I'm glad everything is working out for you, Hugh.
Tara, would you like me to introduce you to some people who will actually be here next week? You know, Tara worked more recently at some of the places that I met with today, so I am picking her brain about the personnel.
Ignore everything he says.
JARROD: Well, I'm, uh I'm glad to see everything is working out for you, Hugh.
Yes, mate.
You too.
- I'm a lucky man.
- Pfft, aren't we all? [CHUCKLES.]
Right.
All right.
Spent my nights awake Do writers get inspiration from life, or do they make it up? Well, my ex was a novelist.
Reading her books was like reading my diary.
It's not like the Flying Dutchman is actually a thing.
Oh, it's a thing.
[EXHALES SHARPLY.]
Come on.
She totally made it up.
I can't be the only one that doesn't know what a Flying Dutchman is.
I don't care if you really care As long as you don't go So I cry, and I pray, and I beg [LAUGHTER.]
Love me, love me Yes, Hugh, the Australian medical profession is full of idiots.
They are idiots! They Hello, sexy author lady.
- CHARLIE: Hi! - I have to say, that's, um, not what I expected.
Oh, keep the readers happy, I say.
- If anyone can, you can.
- [LAUGHS.]
Are you flirting with me, Hugh? Do you want me to? Wow.
- What? - [LAUGHS.]
Hey, Matt, we need shots over here.
It wasn't very expensive.
Um, Darren's aunt died, so he inherited some money.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Oh, they weren't close.
It's been almost a year since he stopped, you know - Taking bribes.
- That.
We're calling it a commitment ring To us.
- Did he buy it here? - Oh, of course.
He likes to support the community.
Yes, I've noticed.
Ah, all right, everybody.
That's last drinks.
- Aw! - Pbbt! What? Did you want to get one last Baileys? [LAUGHTER.]
Are you walking back? No, because Ajax is looking after Eliza, so I am drinking.
- Because he doesn't have a job.
- He has a career.
- That's entirely different.
- Can I get one of those? Well, you're a writer now.
That's all you do have.
"Career" isn't code for "drunkard.
" I'll see you both in the morning.
Bye-bye now.
Too late to join? Val, the new cook.
Of course not.
- Hey, hot stuff.
- CHARLIE: Hello.
- We're closing up.
- No.
No, no, no, no, no.
You're drinking with us.
Some of us have a job.
We have careers.
[LAUGHS.]
Oh, come on, guys.
I'll lock up.
- HUGH: Ta-da! Solution! - There you go.
Give them the keys, Matt.
Bottom shelf only.
- Love you.
- MATT: Night.
Ajax.
- Yeah? - Hey.
Hi.
Have you ever heard of the Flying Dutchman? Oh, yeah.
What did you think of it? Mm, yeah, it's a good tractor.
Oh.
No.
Well There's another one, and I thought I thought maybe we could try it.
- Ajax? - [SNORING SOFTLY.]
[EXHALES SHARPLY.]
[GRUNTS.]
Regret personified.
Ohh, don't you start.
[EXHALES SLOWLY.]
Eliza.
Hayley has her.
Good girl.
You have a destiny, Hugh, and it doesn't involve sitting around here feeling sorry for yourself in my house.
Mum! Penny sacked me.
I never liked her hair.
Now no one wants me.
They've all heard the stories about the clinic.
Oh, what is it with this sad sack? Get up.
Have a shower.
Chase your dreams.
What if I had the wrong dream? Then you pivot.
Farmstead-free, maybe this is a good time for you to do something with it.
Oh, the gin-soaked wheels are turning.
No, I don't drink gin.
I live vicariously.
Ah.
Well, it's just like old times.
Mnh.
Mm.
Well, I'm getting drunk on the fumes.
Do something with your days.
[DOOR OPENS.]
VAL: I should get to work.
[EXHALES SHARPLY.]
Him over me? You'll thank me when you sober up.
Well, that's not happening now, is it? [EXHALES SHARPLY.]
[GROANING SOFTLY.]
I-I saw the ring you made for the local policeman the other night.
Darren.
Isn't he great? Great! Do you have anything similar? Um Look, uh, this one's close.
Not quite as expensive, but it's a classic setting.
$6,500.
The one you sold Darren was more? Oh, yes.
Yes, a setting like that is more in the $8,000 range.
But I can show you something a little simpler if you'd prefer to spend less.
Don't we all? No, mate, I understand.
Yeah.
MAN: Everyone around here has been - saying you were off your face.
- Ha! Yes, I heard that rumor got around.
And that you were so high you ended up screwing up the deal completely.
Well, it was a bad deal.
Bad deal or not, that is not the point.
You really fucked up, Hugh.
There's no - [CLICK.]
- Quite right.
Not the point.
[LINE RINGS.]
[CELLPHONE VIBRATING.]
HUGH: You miss me yet? Guess what.
Penny told me today that she thinks I will make an excellent G.
P.
[LAUGHS.]
She's not gonna reduce your probation time.
Mm, we'll see about that.
Oh, by the way, I left you a present in your jacket pocket.
Did you? Ha.
And how did you know exactly what I wanted? Happy days, dude.
Bye now.
Darren! I heard about your recent bereavement.
I'm so sorry.
It was an uncle, wasn't it? Thank you, Meryl.
That's very kind.
Drop the act, Darren.
I had $8,000 in a lunch box at Annie's, and if I don't get it back, I'm calling internal affairs.
8,000? That's a lot.
You must be really missing that, Meryl.
Hey, do you have any proof this money belonged to you? A bank statement or a withdrawal slip? Or maybe you'd prefer to come down to the station.
If there's been a theft, I think we should open up an official police inquiry, don't you? Oh, you look nice.
It's just something I don't wear very often.
Maybe it's that Tara is a bit taller.
She can pull that look off better.
This isn't Tara's look.
Hey, Penny.
Oh! We're twins.
[CHUCKLES.]
[TELEPHONE RINGS.]
BETTY: Whyhope Hospital.
Bruno? You've done what? He's wired himself up to something.
He says if you won't shock him, he'll do it himself.
Yeah, but has he really, though? Tell him we're on our way.
If nothing else, we build patient trust.
Whose farm is it? Oh, that's right.
It's yours.
[HORN HONKING.]
Hugh! Hugh! Stop! Hugh! What are you doing?! Stop! Stop.
Cut it.
Pull the keys.
[ENGINE STOPS.]
[EXHALES SLOWLY.]
Well, the view is beautiful up here.
You know, sometimes it just Pbbh! Blows my mind we live here.
Are you stoned? I don't answer to you.
- This is the lucerne paddock.
- I know that.
So you've just dug up all the new seedlings.
It's that paddock over there that needs plowing.
Get off the tractor, Hugh.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION.]
BETTY: I don't think it's crunchy.
DARREN: Is that how you spell "swordfish"? I just saw you two lovebirds from outside, and I couldn't resist coming in.
Aw! Do you want to join us? No, no.
You carry on.
I-I just wanted to say hi.
Oh, her scarf.
I'll run it out.
Old tricks.
Why change them when they work? All right.
You've got two minutes.
I never thought I'd stoop to this.
I know you're lying to Betty, and I can't stand by and see a friend be deceived.
You don't care about Betty.
All right, the point is, who are you more worried about, me or her? Do you return what is mine, the cash, or do I tell her how you actually got the money to buy that ring? I should just tell her what kind of a friend you are.
Then you'd have to tell her what kind of policeman you are.
[ENGINE STOPS.]
[PARKING BRAKE RATCHETS.]
- [VEHICLE DOORS OPEN.]
- PENNY: Hey, Bruno! Let's talk about this.
We can send you to Sydney and hook you up to a Holter monitor.
It's a two-day thing, but it gives us a definitive answer.
- Too late.
- That fence won't do anything.
Oh, yeah? PENNY: No, that's really dangerous.
Back seat of the car, defib and medical bag.
- Oh, so you're worried now, hey? - Don't do it, Bruno.
You should've done what I asked in the first place! Bruno, don't! [GROANING.]
Bruno, don't move! - No, Bruno! Don't, Bruno! - Aaah! Bruno, lie down.
[WHEEZING.]
Stay very still.
We need to do some checks.
Yeah, got a puncture wound to the left anterior chest.
It's impossible to tell the damage.
[DEFIBRILLATOR BEEPING.]
Heart rate's 78 and regular.
Looks like sinus rhythm.
Okay, good.
Keep an eye on his blood pressure.
We need to keep you very still, Bruno, until the ambulance gets here.
I told you I'd fix it.
That's right, mate.
You fixed it, for sure.
Okay.
PENNY: Yes, obs are stable.
Okay.
Well, tell them to hurry.
Ambulance is half an hour away.
His blood pressure's dropping.
We can't wait.
Okay, let's scoop and run.
Bruno, I need you to be very brave.
[WHEEZING.]
- Here she is.
- Mm.
Ahh.
Care to join? Pbbh.
I'm still in recovery.
Mm.
But can we ever truly recover? Do we need to? Maybe we're already exactly who we're supposed to be.
[CHUCKLES.]
Wow.
You are off chops.
Off chops.
God.
I always knew you'd be a writer.
You have such a way with words.
- Mm, thank you.
- Mm.
Let's get out of here, Charlie, just you and me.
And Eliza.
Sure.
Her too.
Let's go on an adventure.
- And go where? - Anywhere.
- China.
- [LAUGHS.]
You're very funny.
[LAUGHS.]
Hugh! [SIGHS.]
I know, I know.
Ajax has already told me off.
Whole crop of lucerne.
I get it.
Blah, blah, blah.
Add it to the bill.
Because I paid off the entire debt, remember? Not that anyone in this family seems to care.
Well, go on.
Take your shot.
Just stay off the tractor.
[EXHALES SHARPLY.]
Really? Him? Still? I married him, didn't I? [SIGHS.]
Mm.
TARA: His heart rate's up to 110.
I'm worried the puncture has reached his heart and caused a pericardial tamponade.
Agreed.
If we're gonna operate, we need Hugh.
You're an emergency department registrar.
Yeah, we need a cardiac surgeon, Penny.
Okay, do it.
[GROANS.]
Come on, Meryl.
Got to have something decent to eat around here.
Hello, biscuit barrel.
Ohh.
[CELLPHONE RINGS.]
Ah, here she is.
Our new G.
P.
Hugh, I need you to meet me at the clinic.
Ah, sacked.
Unceremoniously, I might add.
Not my problem anymore.
I have a patient here with an anterior chest puncture postelectrocution.
We need a surgeon.
How deep is the wound? About eight centimeters.
He was initially hemodynamically stable, but now his B.
P.
is dropping.
Hugh, I'm really worried.
All right! I'll meet you at the clinic.
Bye.
He's coming.
[INHALES SHARPLY.]
Um Charlie? DARREN: I took some money, and Meryl knows.
So you stole Meryl's money? I didn't know it was hers.
So you thought you were stealing from Annie and Eddie? Eddie didn't even know it was there.
Well, how is that different? [SIGHS.]
You haven't changed at all, have you? I have, okay? I'm telling you.
- I'll fix it.
- But you still did it.
- I can undo it.
- Oh, can you? Can you undo how I'm feeling now? Can you undo how I felt this whole last year? - I love you, Darren.
- Betty And everything we have is a lie, and nothing you say can undo that.
Prep a thoracotomy tray and some "O" negative blood.
It's all right, Bruno.
You're in the hospital.
We think the nail's pierced the sac surrounding your heart, and it's causing a lot of pressure.
I really appreciate this, Hugh.
- Of course.
- Let's go, Cisco.
Tara, I am stoned out of my skull.
You can still do the procedure, though, right? I just had an out-of-body experience that we're in a war zone, but a medieval one.
Anyway, I think you should do it.
I've never done a thoracotomy before! That's why we called you.
You're gonna be fine, okay? I'll be there with you.
[SIGHS.]
I'm beginning to see why Penny hates you so much.
God.
Thinking of renovating or something? What? No, why? Why are you wearing out these floorboards? I can't stay if Hugh is on the farm.
Great! Let's sort out your divorce, sell the brewery, and run away to Europe! What? No, I can't do that.
Of course.
The ex.
I'm talking about Hugh.
Really? Because he seems to be exactly the same as he ever was, and the only thing that's different around here is Charlie and her sexy bloody sci-fi.
- [DOOR OPENS, CLOSES.]
- How did we suddenly start talking about Charlie? HUGH: There's a buildup of fluid in the pericardium.
[MONITOR BEEPING.]
Looks like it's compressing the heart badly.
[ALARM BEEPING.]
TARA: He's arresting.
HUGH: We need to crack his chest.
It's okay.
You can do this.
TARA: Okay, scalpel.
- Hugh! - Okay, okay.
I need you to incise the fifth intercostal space, starting from the costochondral junction, continuing down to the mixed auxiliary line.
- You got it? - Yeah.
- HUGH: Okay.
- PENNY: What's going on? HUGH: Tara is doing the procedure.
PENNY: What? Why? - HUGH: Teaching opportunity.
- Now? HUGH: Penny, we don't have time for this.
And what am I supposed to do with this? Whatever you want.
Anyway, this is goodbye, so I wanted to thank you if you don't mind.
- You're leaving? - Everything.
- Quitting the force, this place.
- Betty? I think it's more of a case of her quitting me.
- She will forgive you.
- Not this time.
She's right, you know? About us.
She thinks we've lost our moral compass, we don't know the difference between right and wrong.
I know what a moral compass is.
So then you know what she means.
[VEHICLE DOOR OPENS, CLOSES.]
[AMBULANCE RADIO CHATTER.]
Whew.
So how does it feel to be a cardiothoracic surgeon? I need a drink.
Peppermint tea? Thanks for today, Hugh.
I really appreciate it.
Well, consider it a parting engagement gift.
You're actually a really good teacher.
Wow.
Thank you.
For a drug addict.
And there it is.
So will you? Sorry, will I? Please don't make me beg for it.
I think at this stage there really is no other choice, is there? Will you please come back here and work with us? Because? - We need you.
- Ah! I'll think about it.
[LAUGHS.]
I must have missed the part where you told her why I really did the procedure.
Tara, there's a teaching experience in this for all of us.
[BIRDS SQUAWKING.]
I want you to know that I find it very difficult having you here.
Matt But that's on me.
You know, you've got your own life now, and that means that you're free to do whatever you want with it.
Even if that involves shagging my brother.
Is that what Hugh said? Ugh.
God, I knew he was mad about Val.
I didn't think he was vindictive.
Val? Right.
Yes, that did happen.
- Sorry.
- Really? Yeah, just once, never again, probably.
Whatever.
You know? We're getting a divorce, so you can do whatever you want.
Fly.
Be free.
Or be with Val or whatever.
[GROANS SOFTLY.]
Shit.
- Ajax.
- [SNORTS.]
- Ajax.
- Yeah? I think it's time we tried something new.
Yeah.
Yeah.
No, me too.
Really? Yeah, I really want to work on my pistol skills.
My accuracy sucks.
No.
Oh.
Right, no.
That's not really what I meant.
Um But it's a good example.
Uh, you know how with skeet you have to shoot really quickly? - Otherwise you miss.
- Exactly! So, what would happen if you took a little longer to shoot? [LAUGHS.]
You'd miss.
Or you'd have a more interesting and fun experience.
In bed.
I do have fun in bed.
Don't you? No, Ajax, I've been reading Charlie's book, and I just think if we don't even try to have the type of relationship that Artemis has with Santiago, then we're not going to make it.
Is this about Jimmy? I can take him more.
No, Ajax.
It's about sex.
Well, we can have more of that.
Eight tentacles are no better than one without technique.
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[DOOR OPENS.]
[DOOR CLOSES.]
[KNOCKING.]
I don't want to hear it.
I never meant for any of this to affect you and Darren.
I thought that was your whole strategy.
But I'm not going to tell the police about Darren.
Well, of course you're not! You'd incriminate yourself.
Well, give him a second chance.
Blame me if it helps.
Oh, I blame you, Meryl.
And one day I'll get you back.
So I'll need time off for conferences to keep up my surgical contacts.
Agreed.
Flexible hours for daycare pickup.
Works for me.
And of course no mention ever of the whole cardiac unit misunderstanding.
You're kidding me.
Penny, do you mind if I get your opinion on - Hello, Hugh.
- Tara.
Hugh has agreed to come back and work with us.
Excellent! Uh, so who's my mentor now? Hugh? Uh, I'd be delighted.
Oh, thank God! Ha! [SIGHS.]
Sorry, Penny.
But at least we can stop pretending to be friends now.
Two alpha females is always a bad idea.
Right? This can wait.
Did I come on too strong? Oh! Meryl, I can't magic a road for you out of the air, okay? So if you've come to hassle me, I just don't have any news for you.
Well, yes, I get that.
You're waiting for the by-election to get the numbers.
That's how politics usually works, yeah.
And, yes, I know that.
Uh, my nomination papers for reelection.
What better way to serve your community than to be officially elected? So I've been thinking about the best way to fix that paddock, plus a few other ideas.
So I was thinking Don't worry.
I'm taking my old job back at the clinic.
You can relax now.
So you're staying? For now.
Not quite your destiny.
I've decided to run for council.
Well, the more things change, the more they stay the same.
I hope not, darling.