(woman vocalizes)
Previously on McLeod's Daughters.
Do you always strip off in front of men?
Put her out of her misery, just tell her you're gay.
Gay?
Where did you get that crazy idea?
So now you know he's not gay,
I don't suppose you're interested?
Attention, please, everyone, important announcement.
Guess who won the contract
for the embryo transplant program.
Oh, that's unreal, congratulations, Stevie.
So that's why you tore all those pages out.
I copied the rainfall amounts onto the computer.
That's all you need to worry about.
And what does Jodi have to worry about?
The subject's closed.
You're so beautiful.
I take after my auntie.
You don't always know what's best, not for me or for her.
I'm her mother.
So am I.
You know, while you're here, it's probably a good time
to talk about how we're gonna do this.
I don't wanna tell her, ever.
[Stevie Voiceover] To my precious baby Rose,
you are too young to realize what's happening,
but I hope one day you'll understand
why mommy and Auntie Michelle are doing this.
I love you so much, whatever happens.
(upbeat music) (truck beeping)
(urine flowing)
Watch it!
(Michelle groaning)
You're lucky that's all it did.
Lucky it can't fly.
(Michelle and Rose laugh)
Ready to load 'em up?
Can I help?
No, we're in a bit of a hurry.
(cows moo)
Oh, all right.
Why don't you help Kate with the next lot?
I'm glad we stayed.
Yeah, me too.
Well, I hope you packed a decent lunch
'cause I've got lots of cheese, olives, corned beef.
G'day.
I thought Alex was coming with me.
Change of plans.
I'll look after you.
Hey.
Swap lives for a day?
I promised Stevie.
The records for the embryo transplant program.
Hey, you're desperate to find out more about him.
Now's your chance.
Like that's gonna happen.
Kate, he thinks I'm an idiot.
Well, now you've got all day to prove it.
I mean prove him wrong.
(upbeat music)
♪ It'll take some time ♪
♪ To find your heart and come back home ♪
♪ You could walk for miles, cross every river ♪
♪ And find you're not alone ♪
♪ 'Cause I'll be there ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ You're not alone ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ 'Cause I'll be there ♪
(upbeat music)
We have to check the cows three times a day
so we know exactly when they're in heat.
When the patch changes from white to red,
it's party time.
That's when we stick the other cow's embryos in.
(Dave mouth pops)
Gross.
Come back around Christmastime,
you can see the end result.
Could I, Stevie?
Uh, yeah, absolutely.
There's plenty a work on then.
I might even teach you to drive my ute.
Maybe we could all come for Christmas,
me, mom, dad, gran and pop.
Uh-uh.
But we've never had a proper family Christmas.
It'd be perfect.
Rose, no, I don't think...
I know something happened between you and gran and pop.
You should sort it out.
It can't be that bad.
Rose, I gotta concentrate on what I'm doing here
right now, so why don't you go see
how your mom's doing with breakfast.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, come on.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
Hey, hey, hey.
You really think you'd be able to sort things out
with your parents once everything's out in the open?
Uh, we're not telling Rose.
Michelle and I decided yesterday.
We'll just leave things as they are.
Rose is happy as she is.
That's the most important thing.
I figured you'd understand.
Don't know what you're talking about.
(gentle, somber music)
(cows mooing)
You're driving?
'Cause you know, I do have a truck license.
Or are you one of those guys
who has to be at the wheel all the time?
The truck's insured with me driving.
Well, just as long as you know the ground rules,
we're both equal.
Oh, very funny.
What is?
You're sending me up by opening the door.
I'm not sending you up.
You're implying I'm a weak, pathetic woman.
I was being polite.
Would you have done it if I was a bloke?
Right, so it's not polite, it's patronizing.
If I do it for a bloke, people might get the wrong idea.
I made one mistake, don't gloat.
You better open it so there's no more misunderstandings.
(light, mellow music)
Stevie couldn't have done anything that bad.
It's not as if she killed someone.
Well, that's not up to you and me.
It's between Stevie and your grandparents.
Well, they're your parents too.
I mean you could talk to them.
Rose.
If you're trying to rope your mother into this, then don't.
It's finished.
Don't you love gran and pops anymore?
Maybe we've just hurt each other too much to go back.
But I love you.
I don't want you to always be on your own.
Well, you'll just have to come
and visit me more often then, won't you?
Did you do drugs or something?
Rose!
Well, what then?
Just drop it.
I gotta get back to work.
Can I give you a hand?
Oh, thanks.
Thanks.
(laughing slightly)
So are you still having fun then?
Oh, yeah, I can see why Stevie crashed here,
even if it meant giving up all the cool stuff
she used to do.
Oh, yeah, well, you can't do that forever.
Has she, um, ever told you about what she got up to,
you know, when she was younger?
Not really, just the rodeo and stuff, you know.
Nothing else?
Oh, I think a lot of it, she'd rather forget.
Oh, yeah, like what?
I don't know, that's just the impression I got.
She's so straight.
Hard to believe she had another life.
Straight, Stevie? (Chuckles)
That'll be the day.
I mean she's really responsible and everything,
just unpredictable.
That's what people say about me.
Must be in the genes.
You know, family genes.
You're a lot like Stevie because you have the same genes.
Not that you don't take after your mother,
'cause you do, a lot.
It's just that,
well, Stevie and Michelle aren't really anything alike.
And you, um, well, you take after both of them actually.
Are you okay?
Yeah, just, um, paperwork.
Actually, you know what, I am right here.
So, um, if you wanted to bring in the laundry,
if you wanted to.
It's a subconscious thing, I do it all the time.
If there's something I'm not meant to say,
guaranteed, I'll say it.
What are you on about?
Like I went out with this guy, he was really short.
And I didn't want to embarrass him,
but suddenly, everything I said had the short in it.
Like oh, it's only a short trip.
Or, I hate wearing shorts.
Or, I'm short a dollar, you know.
Kate, is there a point to this story?
What I'm trying to say is I think
I kinda stuffed up with Rose.
I mentioned genes and how much alike you two were.
What?
It's all right, I covered okay.
She didn't react or anything.
Yeah well, where is she?
I don't know, um, the laundry.
Stevie, I'm so sorry.
I'm sorry.
(sighing) I'm such an idiot.
(gentle music)
(gentle wooden flute music)
Baby of Stephanie Hall.
(gentle wooden flute music)
Oh, hey, I was just looking for you.
Me too.
Why?
Um, because I thought you might wanna go riding.
We could go for a bit of a canter.
We can't go too far.
I've gotta be back to take the temperatures
of the cattle, so.
Cool, but I'd rather you taught me how to drive.
That way, we get to chat as well.
Okay.
(laughing) Where do you think you're going?
Get around that side.
(laughs) Sorry.
No.
What's a bit of whiplash between friends?
(both scream)
What'd I do wrong now?
(Stevie laughs)
You just, you took your foot off the clutch too quick
and gave it too much juice, that's all.
It's okay.
Oh, geez.
Are you two girls practicing for the rodeo?
It's okay, you're in the clear, come on.
Why does he always have to be around
when I do something stupid?
Well, he's done plenty of dumb things in his life too,
so don't you worry about it.
Okay, put him in neutral.
Good.
Stevie?
Yeah?
You left home when you were around my age, didn't you?
Yeah.
Okay, start it up.
(engine revving)
Good girl!
Okay.
Easy.
Did you go off with a boyfriend?
No, now concentrate on your driving.
I put some laundry in your room.
I didn't mean to snoop,
but I found a plaster cast of baby feet.
What?
You had a baby, didn't you?
That's why you left home, because you were pregnant.
(car clunking)
I'm right, aren't I?
Uh,
yeah, you are.
What happened to it?
Um, why don't we get out of the car and I'll explain.
(slow, somber music)
I was 15.
I had a boyfriend, and neither of us thought about babies.
It was naive, I know.
And I didn't find out I was pregnant
until after he left town.
But what happened to the baby?
Well...
It didn't die, did it?
Oh, no, no.
No, I had a beautiful, healthy little baby girl.
So what happened to her?
Rose, I have imagined telling you this so many times.
You gave her away, didn't you?
You had her adopted.
How could you?
How could you do that?
No, it wasn't easy.
Why didn't you keep her?
I tried.
I tried for a whole year.
But I was young, I was as young as you are now.
Gran and pop would have helped.
No, I couldn't go home, that wasn't an option.
Have you ever tried to find her?
I know that she went to a good home with loving parents.
That was a long time ago, things change.
Does she know about you?
No.
Why not?
Because I've been waiting for the right time to tell her,
and that has just never come up.
Don't you wanna know what happened to her,
what she's like?
Don't you ever think about her?
Yeah, Rose, everyday.
Believe me, every single day.
Why haven't you done anything?
Um,
because it's complicated.
I think I'd like to go back now.
It's true.
There's one set of rules for how you treat your mates,
and another for how you treat women.
And what's wrong with that?
Well, sex shouldn't make any difference.
We should all be treated the same.
So you're happy to hear men talk about which women
they wanna score with and get decked in a pub brawl over it.
Hey, come down Gungellan any Friday night.
We don't talk to women like that
because it's not chivalrous.
Oh, please!
Knights in shining armor rescuing helpless princesses.
Chivalry means respecting others,
the strong helping the weak.
Oh, so men are strong and women are weak.
No, I didn't say that.
I'm not weak, you opened the door for me.
Men and women are meant to complement each other.
Differences are good, aren't they?
Differences are good at a dance party.
On the farm, we both wear the pants.
Okay?
Why did you keep the stupid plaster cast anyway?
Because she is my daughter, that's why.
Well, why did you leave it lying around?
It isn't.
How was I supposed to know
she was gonna go through my things?
She's a teenager.
I didn't do this on purpose.
You've been wanting to tell her for years.
Yeah, and I could have just now, but I didn't.
I kept the secret just like you've always wanted.
(gentle music)
So you had no idea at all?
That Stevie had a baby?
No, wow, I mean who'd have thought?
But why has she kept this such a big secret?
Maybe it's too hurtful for her to talk about.
Then why hasn't she found out
where her daughter is and how she's going?
Well, maybe she's worried
what her daughter would think if she found out.
She has to find out, she'd wanna know.
Rose.
Darling, are you okay?
Now I know why gran and pop
won't have anything to do with Stevie.
They must have nearly died when she adopted her baby out.
It's not as simple as that.
And where were you?
Why didn't you help?
Well, I, I did.
But not enough to let her keep the baby.
You know, other teenagers have kids
and they don't give them up.
Stevie tried her best, we all did.
She still gave her own child away.
The look she gave me.
I never wanted to lie to Rose at all.
Just remember, you're doing this for the right reasons,
to protect her.
Is that what you tell yourself about Jodi?
Come on, Meg.
I saw what Jack wrote in the ledgers
before you ripped 'em all out.
This has nothing to do with Jodi.
We're in the same boat now, secrets and lies,
only Jodi doesn't hate you.
Jodi has no reason to hate me.
Rose knows you care about her.
Maybe I just deserve all this.
I should have fought harder to keep her.
You did what was best at the time.
No, I didn't.
I was railroaded into it.
Kids are quick to judge.
Maybe when she's older, she'll understand.
And what if she doesn't?
I still don't speak to my mother.
There's no reason it has to be
like that with Rose, is there?
(sighing)
(gentle music) (birds chirping)
Stevie.
I should probably go, make myself scarce,
go fix the fences or three-day muster if you like.
I'm really sorry.
It's all right.
Rose is pretty worked up.
She's asking a lot of questions.
And you know me, I'm not much of a...
Don't worry.
I'm gonna explain things to her.
Well, enough to put a lid on it anyway.
Okay.
Um, Rose said something to me.
She said that the baby you gave away, that she'd wanna know.
Ah.
No, she doesn't wanna know, not really.
(gentle music)
You can use the phone down at the house if you like.
It doesn't matter.
Rose, please.
It's none of my business.
It was your decision.
You're the one who has to live with it.
Yeah, and I do, everyday.
Look, I don't expect you to understand...
I won't understand ever.
Please don't hate me.
It doesn't matter what I think.
Because it, it's really important to me.
So that's important, but your own baby isn't?
No, no, that's not what I meant.
You've had 15 years to find out if she's okay.
She doesn't matter to you at all.
That is not true.
I loved her.
Then how could you give her away?
No mother who really loves their child could ever do that.
No, Rose.
I did what I did because I loved you.
I have never stopped loving you.
What?
(moving orchestral music)
My god.
It was me.
Rose.
Rose, stop!
Is it true?
Is Stevie my mother?
What have you done?
I hate you. (Crying)
I hate both of you.
Rose.
Rose!
No.
Rose, stop!
Rose, stop.
Rose, please stop!
Get out of the,
Rose!
Stop!
Rose!
Michelle, get in the car.
(suspenseful music)
(sighing)
Oh good, good girl.
You got what you wanted, I hope you're happy.
Not now, Michelle.
You made her stay on.
Oh, shut up.
Check your phone, see if you've got signal.
Why?
(adventurous music)
What are you doing?
Chasing her is only gonna make her drive faster.
But we can't just let her go.
She's taking the back road to Killarney.
I'll call Alex.
(adventurous music)
(cows mooing)
(sighing)
This is all my fault.
If I never opened my big stupid mouth.
What if Rose never speaks to Stevie again?
You do know the cows are out, the IVF cows.
Oh, no. Oh, no.
There were 80 head of cattle in here.
There's no way we're gonna get them back
and checked in time.
Well, we have to, we can't afford to lose this contract.
We can do it, all hands on deck.
Where are the others?
It's just us three.
All right, okay.
Um, I'll get started on these, go.
We can't let Stevie down.
I don't care if it's impossible, we're gonna do it.
(adventurous music)
That's it, come on!
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
Here I come.
Come on!
Hey, hey, hey.
(brakes squealing)
Why are we stopping?
I have to check where we're going.
Well, you could have asked me to look at the map.
I'm the driver, it's my responsibility.
Right, and I have ovaries,
so obviously, I have no sense of direction.
Here you are. (sighing)
Now we're on...
I know where we are.
We need the turnoff for Pratt Falls.
Well, it's not marked.
Well, it should be.
It's a major intersection.
And I'm a woman, so I'm obviously gonna get us lost.
You're the one with the map.
Look, I've lived here all my life.
I think I know my way west.
We're not headed west.
You know what I mean.
Turnoff's in another five Ks. (Clearing throat)
Thank you.
You're welcome.
(upbeat music) (cows mooing)
Come on, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.
Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.
That's the last lot, we've got 'em all.
Yeah, well, that was the easy part.
Now we gotta check 'em.
Hey, hey, go on.
(cows mooing)
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, cool it.
She hates us, Tom.
She'll never trust us again.
Yeah, but what if she leaves home?
You're breaking up.
Are you there?
Yeah, yeah.
Well then, I better go in case Alex rings back.
Yeah, okay, I will.
Okay, bye, darling.
Come on, Alex.
A little car trouble, mate?
The stupid thing stopped on me.
Can you fix it?
You coming to visit me?
No.
It's just this is the road to Killarney, that's all.
I just wanted to go for a drive.
Yeah, right.
Well, you won't be driving this any further.
I reckon she's seized.
You must have been pushing her pretty hard.
Stupid car.
I hate you!
I hate them, I hate all of you!
Stupid bloody piece of junk!
Hey, Rose, come on.
I don't wanna go back, I don't ever wanna hear her name.
(crying) She gave me away.
She didn't want me.
She gave me away.
(Rose sobs) (gentle music)
(phone rings)
Alex, did you find her?
Yeah, I got her,
but right now, she doesn't know what she wants to do.
She's safe, but she's,
I think she just needs to get it out of her system.
She's okay.
Oh!
Oh, hello, Alex.
I don't think that'd be a good idea just yet, Michelle.
I gotta go.
No, Alex.
Alex.
Hey, Rose, I'll need a hand towing back the ute, mate.
You called them.
I thought I better let them know
you're safe, that's all.
They're coming over.
No, they're not, okay?
I told them not to.
(phone keys beeping)
Well, how do I get him back?
I wanna speak to her.
Leave it.
Alex'll handle it.
Well, what would he know?
A lot, trust me on this.
Trust you?
You couldn't even keep your promise for one day.
Michelle, that's not fair.
You always wanted to tell her.
Not like this.
(gentle piano music)
You can call them back.
Tell 'em I'm never gonna speak to any of 'em ever again.
Well, you've got every right, Rose.
You knew?
You haven't asked me what happened because you knew.
Stevie doesn't go around broadcasting it, okay?
Who else knows?
They're pretty good friends over there, Rose.
They all knew?
You've all lied to me?
It wasn't our place to say anything.
Listen, it's tough, I know.
You don't know how I feel.
No one does.
Like you've been punched in the gut?
Like suddenly, you're falling,
and nothing's every gonna stop you?
I've been there, mate,
when I found out my old man wasn't my father.
What'd you do?
Same as you.
I got bloody angry.
With who, your mum?
Pretty much everyone, but yeah, my mother mainly.
At least she didn't hand you over to someone else.
She kept you.
Listen, Rose.
Stevie has never ever wanted to do anything to hurt you.
Then why'd she give me away?
That's something you're gonna have to ask her yourself.
I'm not talking to her again.
You know, when I got really, really mad,
I used to go into a paddock and yell.
True, it used to work for me.
What do you say we give it a go?
Mongrel!
Mind you, I did use a bit stronger language than that.
Come on, it's your turn.
Take a deep breath.
Liars!
How's that?
It doesn't change anything.
I know, try again.
Liars!
Day 23, status, red.
23, last status, white.
Right-o, good stuff.
So she came in season in the earlier period.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
Okay, it's good stuff, and that means we've got,
we got 35 in this lot so far.
Right.
Hey, we could do with a hand.
Leave 'em be, they got enough on their plate.
Right, fair enough.
Come on, let's move it, we can make it.
Go, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,
ho, ho, ho. Ho, ho, ho.
(moving orchestral music)
(Stevie grunts)
(Stevie sobs)
Thanks.
Aah.
I'd offer to help,
but I wouldn't wanna imply you're the weaker sex.
You know, I'd offer you mine,
but I wouldn't want you thinking it means anything else.
You know what, I'm not really thirsty anyway so.
Oh.
(sheep bleating)
(truck banging) (truck clattering)
That didn't sound good.
(Jodi sighing)
This lot seem okay, your side?
Yeah, they're fine.
Oh, wait, there's one down.
(cow wails)
It looks like the hind leg's broken.
We can't leave it to suffer.
You wanna do it in the truck, now?
There's no way we can move it.
It's in agony, Jodi.
So you're gonna do it?
I got the message, women can do anything.
I never thought that they couldn't.
Uh, no, well, what I meant was it's one of Drover's.
So technically, it's my responsibility.
You done this before?
Aim halfway between its eye and its ear.
You sure you're okay?
Yeah, I'm fine.
(cow wails)
(gentle music)
(cows mooing)
(gentle music)
(gunshot blasts)
I think I should explain things to her first.
No, I think it'd sound better coming from me.
Why?
Well, I'm still her mother.
Well, she has to know that I was coming back for her.
You can't stop me from telling her that.
Rose.
Get away from me.
Darling.
You all right, mate?
Uh, no, not really.
(Stevie breathing heavily)
Uh, thank you.
(melancholy music)
(glass shattering)
Rose.
Stevie and I just did what we thought was best for you.
And the best was letting me think you and dad,
Tom.
Who's my real dad?
His name's Will.
He only found out he was your father recently.
I'm not talking to you.
Rose, I always planned on telling you the truth.
Leaving you was the hardest thing I've ever done.
None of you ever cared about me, how I feel.
Yes, we did.
We love you.
Stevie loves you.
She gave me away!
You want the truth?
Then listen to me, please.
I don't want her in here.
(slow, sorrowful music)
Just say it.
I just blew apart my own argument.
You just proved I'm the weaker sex.
If I hadn't been there, you'd have done it.
You just didn't wanna do it.
It's completely different.
Well, I guess chivalry isn't as old fashioned
as I thought.
Do you mind?
Thanks.
Pleasure.
Now can I have the map, please.
I'd like to be back in time for dinner.
Sure.
'Cause you know what, I actually need to do my nails
and catch up on my beauty sleep anyway.
Rose.
Rose, I'm sorry.
Please, I am so sorry.
You lied to me.
You let me think mom, Michelle was my real mom.
It was only meant to be for a year or two,
but I kept moving from place to place.
I didn't wanna have to admit to myself
I don't deserve to be your mother.
No, you don't.
But that doesn't mean I ever stopped loving you,
not for a moment.
Rose, you've always been with me, in here and in here,
from the moment that you were born.
I've gotta go.
Oh, please, don't hate me.
346, heat status, red.
46, red, got it, next.
No, that's it, we've made it.
Yes!
Woo!
Great work.
Oh, thanks.
I didn't think we had a hope in hell but we did it.
Thanks to Wonder Woman here.
Well, I've stuffed things up enough for Stevie as it is.
You go, she won't want to talk to me.
(light, tense music)
Are you okay?
How's Rose?
I doubt she'll ever forgive me.
I should have just listened to you
and let sleeping dogs lie.
Hey, Stevie!
Good news, my friend.
You're looking at an 85 to 90% cycle rate.
Got a real money spin on your hands here, mate.
Thank you.
I guess we can crack open the champagne later, eh.
You did what you had to do.
(gentle music)
I'm sorry.
I tried talking to her but she's insisting on going.
It's okay.
Whatever Rose wants right now.
Tom and I'll, we'll do our best
to try and help her deal with this.
Yeah, I know.
I probably haven't thanked you enough over the years
for what you've done for her.
We better get going.
Come on, Rose.
Bye, Meg, bye, Kate.
See you, Michelle.
Bye, Michelle.
Bye, Rose.
Rose, wait.
I wrote you a letter once explaining everything.
I don't wanna read it.
You can't, I burned it.
It must have been really important.
To my precious baby Rose,
you are too young to realize what is happening,
but I hope one day you will understand
why mommy and Auntie Michelle are doing this.
I love you so much, whatever happens.
And like the prince in our favorite stories,
I have to go away to prove that I'm worthy of my princess.
I will be very brave and strong.
And when I return, I will bring a fortune with me,
and then we'll live in a castle of our own,
happily every after.
Love and kisses, mommy.
(gentle music)
Everyone has a fairytale they believe in, right?
You were mine.
(gentle music)
(Stevie crying)
(gentle music)
Do you think I'll ever see her again?
Yup, she'll be back.
It's okay.
♪ Don't judge ♪
♪ Don't believe what you see ♪
♪ Don't judge ♪
♪ There's so much more to me ♪
♪ Inside ♪
♪ It's hard to be clear ♪
♪ Inside ♪
♪ Yeah, I feel the fear ♪
♪ I'll find my way ♪
♪ I'm finding my way ♪
♪ I can do it alone ♪
♪ I'll find my way ♪
♪ I'm finding my way ♪
♪ But there's so much ♪
♪ So much more to say ♪
♪ I'm finding my way ♪
(lightning crackling) (thunder rumbling)