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So...so is it, you know, embarrassing

you know, being a relationship

counsellor and stuffing up your own relationship?

I feel a level of attraction towards Billie.

What?

Yeah.

Did you tell him that I'm married,

and then I'm madly in love with my husband?

We are toasting the imminent opening of my third pop up taqueria.

If I come home today and say ‘I can't do this’, it has to be okay.

Neens, you're a good mother.

And by all accounts, a good doctor.

Go.

[celebratory music]

[applauding]

Well, it is a great thrill to be here tonight

to announce the winner of the Best Mother Award.

The nominations are...

Zara Perkich.

[applause]

"Famous for her saucy independence,

this soon-to-be mother of two

emerged from Alfie's traumatic birth

to display breathtaking warmth, tenderness and maturity."

Kate Reid.

"Fleeing an abusive relationship,

Kate had a rocky start to motherhood.

But she found a gorgeous new father for her daughter

and together they've embarked on a thrilling

new chapter in the United States."

Kim Akerholt.

[cheers]

"Motherhood has not slowed down this no-nonsense sass machine.

Stella Akerholt-Clegg is a confident girl

whose mom hasn't lost an ounce of her take-no-prisoners charm."

Nina Proudman.

[chuckles]

[silence]

[woman] "Emerging from a heartbreaking tragedy,

Nina has pretty much held it together, sort of.

She wishes she was more relaxed, like other mothers.

She wishes she didn't compare herself to other mothers.

She wishes she didn't have long, elaborate fantasies

where she was being judged."

[grunts]

[whirring]

[sighs]

♪ Oh why, oh why, oh why ♪

♪ Won't you sing Bring your hips to me ♪

♪ Oh, bring your hips, oh, oh ♪

♪ Bring your hips to me ♪

♪ To me Oh, bring your hips to me ♪

♪ Oh, bring your hips, oh, oh ♪

♪ Bring your hips to me ♪

♪ To me ♪

♪ To me ♪

♪ Oh why, oh why, Oh why ♪

♪ Won't you sing ♪

Listen, if you struggle again today,

just--just call me.

[Billie] Yep.

Maybe I can swing home for the lunch feed.

And if I can't, maybe you can bring her to the hospital.

-If I'm not too busy. -[Billie] Yeah.

-[Nina] Hello, sweetie. -[Billie] Um, Nins.

-[Nina] Hello, baby. -Can you just check your email again?

You made me check before we left the house, Billie.

Just one more time.

[baby coos]

[cell phone beeps]

It's the Priceline mailing list, not Lawrence, sorry.

Just you would-- you would think as a counselor,

that he'd be managing his situation a bit better.

I mean, you can't declare your burning lust

for your home decorator-slash-sister of your incredibly

troubled patient, and then just go into hiding.

What exactly did you say to him?

I--I...

Okay, I said that Mick will be returning in two weeks

and that you are still fully committed to him.

And what was his precise response?

-Ohhh... -[screams]

Shh! Get in the car!

Gosh! What in God's name happened to your head?

-[Jimmy] It's a haircut. -[Billie] What? What? What?

-[Jimmy] Get in the car. -No. Why? Why? Why?

What? What? What?

[Jimmy] Shut up. Shut up. Shut up. Shut up.

Get in there.

[door thuds]

[Billie] Was that-- Was that intentional?

-Were you attacked? -I quite like it.

[shushing]

[Jimmy] I need your help.

Tonight, the taqueria opening.

Yes?

I need you to find a way to get Zara there by 6 p.m.

-Why? -I just need you to get her there.

How is this related to the hair?

It is not.

Well, what's going on?

-It's a surprise. -What kind of surprise?

It involves a mariachi band who are booked for 7 p.m.

So she needs to be there by 6:30 at the latest.

-Are you proposing or something? -[laughs]

Oh, my God, Jimmy. You are!

Oh, Jimmy!

Please, please be careful with this information.

And please, please help me.

-Jimmy! Jimmy! Jimmy! Jimmy! -Oh, baby!

[Geraldine] I--I never described it as militaristic.

I just don't think it's you, darling.

Okay, can we all just get over the hair, please?

[Geraldine] Zara actually defends it. She's getting so conservative.

It's not conservative, Geraldine.

-It's rockabilly hair. -[Geraldine] Oh, please!

[Zara] It's like a cropped hipster look.

[Geraldine] Looks like a suburban bank teller.

-Oh, I think it's gorgeous, Jim. -Thank you.

I never thought I'd feel nostalgia

for the bird's nest. I've surprised myself.

-Nina, we should head off. -Hm?

Yep.

So, um, we'll see everyone tonight at the taqueria opening.

-Mm-hm. -What time? Six?

-Mm. -Are you going?

-[Nina] Yep. -[Billie] Yep, we both are.

Yes. 'Cause those would be the action of loving, supportive people.

Loving and supportive people

wouldn't go tonight when it's free and packed.

They would go and pay on a quiet Tuesday,

which is what I would prefer to do.

Conservative.

Oh, I'm really looking forward to it, actually.

A lovely Spanish feast at the end of the day.

-Mexican, Nins. -Yes.

Well, Spanish-influenced, obviously.

Actually, it was the other way around Mexican influenced the Spanish.

Y--yes.

Food of the Americas!

-[Jimmy] Mm. -Yum!

I will see how I feel.

Goodbye, people.

[elevator bell dings]

It's not that I'm unsupportive.

-I'm extremely supportive. -Yep.

My diet is, quite literally...

Seventy percent taco.

[Nina laughs]

I think it's just this is about being there.

At the event.

Just...

[puffs]

Elvis! Kim!

-You'll come tonight, won't you? -[Kim] To what?

Jimmy's opening an another taqueria. [laughs]

His third one.

Oh, that's a lovely invite. But I have plans.

Mm-hm. [chuckles]

Structured fun.

I've organized some activities, yes.

Kim?

Oh, yeah. I could go. Or I could just,

bludgeon my own head with a selection of homewares.

Oh! That's a bit visceral.

Sorry. It's not the tacos, it's Renee.

she's gone defcon about me going out so much.

I'm down to my "last" last chance.

It's free food.

Oh, okay. I'll probably come.

And...

Cha-cha-cha!

[grasps]

-What are you doing? -Shh! Shh!

You have to help me get Zara there by 6 o'clock,

'cause Jimmy's proposing.

-What's he doing that for? -I don't know.

But he's knocked her up.

Twice over. Double knock-up.

-Why--why would he-- -I'm not endorsing the mission, Kim.

I've just gotta-- We've gotta get her there by 6 o'cloc

Please, please, help me. Thank you.

[door thuds]

[Geraldine] I'm just mindful of the family history, darling.

There's your father and me.

Nina's divorce.

And you have already had one failed attempt.

You're just crabby because Phillip's off on his honeymoon.

I'm not crabby. [chuckles]

Well, you have to admit Jimmy that,

you know, Zara's never really had a--a bridal vibe.

Oh, who does have a bridal vibe?

Are you sure it's something she actually wants?

[Jimmy] Uh. [puffs]

[cell phone rings]

[ringing continues]

[imitates Jimmy] Hello?

Hello, Billie.

It's Lawrence here.

Hello, Lawrence.

-[Lawrence] How are you? -Good.

That's good.

-Look, I'm just ringing to-- -You?

-Sorry? -Are you good?

Well, I'm...

Actually, I'm slightly under the weat at the moment, unfortunately.

Just a bit of a cold.

Anyway, I just thought I'd give you a--

Swallow six whole garlics.

-Sorry? -[Billie] Garlic cloves.

Whole ones. Just peel them, swallow them.

It just nukes a cold. I never get a cold. It's the garlics.

Right. Well, I--I will try that.

Yes. Try that.

Right, anyways, look, I just thought I'd give you a call

to have a chat to you about, um, the furniture.

Are you still good for a second appointment on Thursday?

If it's still good for you.

It is. It is.

Okay. Great.

-Is that all? -Uh, yes.

-Okay, then. -Okay.

Bye?

[chuckles] Bye.

[cell phone beeps]

[cell phone ringing]

-[Lawrence] Hello? -Hello. I'm sorry, but what the fuck?

-Sorry? -[Billie] Okay, you see my sister.

You announced you have some thing,

feelings, arousal, obsession, whatever, for me.

And then you don't call for a whole week. And then you called,

and then we talk about garlic and furniture. What the fuck?

Look, I'm sorry. I--I just...

I was under the impression that it was...

What? What? It was what?

Well, misplaced.

Yes. But--but don't you need closure or something?

Aren't you damaging yourself by not talking it through with me?

I mean, it can't be healthy, can it?

To, you know... To have this desperate arousal,

and then just squashing it up.

Aren't you gonna crush your brain

and be all demented and--and repressed and weird

and have screwed-up children, possibly terrorists?

Um, look....

Perhaps we should meet.

Okay, fine. If you want.

I--I could meet you in 15.

Zara's not a fan of surprises.

Yes, I know that.

-Or public displays of affection. -Oh, shut.

Or weddings, or mariachi music.

Ah, Nina. Uh...

Look, we've just received a call from a couple,

specifically requesting you.

-Okay. A couple? -Yeah.

Well, you see, it's complicated.

Um, and let me preface this

by saying that it would be completely understandable

should you choose to decline.

Okay?

[clears throat] Well, the husband called.

His wife is late-term and she's been bleeding quite heavily.

And uh, well, the existing obstetrici is on leave.

Am I able to contact the existing obstetrician?

Well, yes, that's possible. You see, the thing is that

the husband is your ex-husband.

Brendan.

[Nina] Brendan?

-Brendan? -Brendan.

[Kim] Bomber Brendan?

Brendan Wright, Nina's ex-husband.

-Nina was married? -I thought he was still in the loony

-When was she married? -[Martin] In her 20's.

Brendan was a mining engineer and an explosives expert.

-Who tried to blow us all up. -[Martin] That too.

But according to all reliable reports,

he has been successfully rehabilitate

However, please bear in mind.

he may not be aware of Nina's recent personal history, so...

Discretion, sensitivity, yep.

Thank you. [clears throat]

How long were they together for?

Oh, hardly any time.

They barely knew each other when they got married.

Really? Nina?

Yeah, It was like a Las Vegas wedding.

It happened real sudden. But out in the bush.

-And it all blew up. -[both laugh]

-Literally. -Literally.

[all laugh]

So, back in the day, Nina was a bit wild?

No. No.

[laughs] No.

The whole Brendan thing, that was incredibly uncharacteristic.

Kim and I... [clicks tongue]

We brought the wild.

[chuckles]

You were wild?

What? Yeah.

I mean, Kim, sure. But you?

You had a bit of a wild streak once, did you, Zara?

[coughs]

Yeah. I...

Yes. It's like my trademark.

Okay.

[laughs]

[cackles]

It's funny, your family used to talk about Brendan

like he was some huge mistake in your 20's.

He was.

But whenever we talked about him...

there's still fondness there.

He was the first person to say he loved me.

He just cut through it all and said,

"You and I have to spend the rest of our lives together."

At the time, I was so nervous and insecure.

To hear that was...

huge.

And even when it all went wrong...

He stayed with you.

[Nina] Yeah.

I thought...

Maybe it's not totally inconceivable that someone...

would love me.

Like crazy.

If I'd just met the right person.

But then you did.

Things can change.

So much.

[sniffs]

["Change The Game" by The SAFES playing]

[Lawrence] Hello.

[Billie] Hey.

Hey. Hello, Zoe.

-Beautiful girl. -[Zoe giggles]

She must love these dates with her auntie.

Mm, yeah, we're-- we're profoundly bonded.

Long black, please.

So... [chuckles]

So...

I like your shirt. It's beautifully tailored.

Thank you.

You look wonderful too, Billie.

Lawrence, I'm married!

Yes.

I know that. We've--we've been over this.

We're separated.

He's in the United Kingdom of--

The United Kingdom. But he's returning in a matter of wee

and it is my fervent hope that we will reconcile.

-Okay. -You need to know that.

-I did know that. -Okay, then.

Okay.

I find your response to be psychotica calm and completely mystifying.

Billie.

I've known for a week that you're not single--

No, no, it's not only that. It's--it's everything.

I mean, how did you even get a crush on me in the first place?

I met you in a cafe once. For like, two seconds.

And then I stomped into your office

and I verbally abused you like a wild banshee.

And then I arrived to decorate your house,

that was strained and awkward. I mean, what did I miss?

Where did the love eruption begin?

Well, I wouldn't characterize it as a love eruption. I just...

You know, I--I thought it might be fu to go on a date with you.

But we have zero chemistry.

Well, I'm sorry to hear you think that.

Well, no, it's not like you're not hot.

I mean, God, you're hot, obviously.

I mean, God, you know, lock up the horses.

And I--I don't know what your workout regime is.

But hats off, like, you've got the genes and...

you know, you've worked them. Bravo.

But yet, still, I'm not even getting a flicker.

Right.

Are--are you?

Well...

Yes.

If you have to know.

Hence my desire for a date.

What, right now you are?

Yes.

What, right now, sitting here?

[Zoe giggles]

-Beautiful girl. -Yeah.

-[woman] How old? -She's six months. She's almost seven

Looks a bit like her daddy, doesn't she?

Mm.

-Oh, no, no. -Yeah. It's the olive skin.

-[both chuckle] -Yeah, it's...

[Billie giggles]

[phone vibrates]

[Billie] Hi. This is Billie Proudman from House Proud.

Leave your details, and I'll endeavor to reach out to you

Billie, could--could you please call me?

Because I have to check on the lunch feed.

It's just, my day's got complicated, and I just need to--

I'm expressing milk now.

Just call me back, please. Thank you.

[telephone ringing]

Sorry. Hello.

They've just arrived downstairs.

They should be up on the ward in a few minutes.

Okay.

Could you please put them in Consulting Room Three?

Thank you, Martin.

[clatters]

[breast pump whirring]

[shushing]

[baby cries]

Here you go.

Zara, completely happy if Mrs. Reagan to go home today?

Sure.

Uh, Dr. Kwan, just about before...

Before?

Yeah. What were you were saying about wildness.

Oh, yes.

Is it that impossible

to imagine me, me...

acting wild?

[Zara chuckles]

No, I guess, I just haven't observed that about you yet.

What have you "observed" about me?

That you're a wonderful midwife and a devoted mother.

[Zara] Sorry. Uh...

Is that--Is that it?

[Elvis] No.

You're also...

You have lovely, thick hair.

And you can calculate statistics really quite quickly.

And you live with your mother-in-law.

Okay.

We all have very defined roles here.

You, nerdy whizz-kid charm.

Kim, crude wisecracker.

Clegg, oddball genius.

I am saucy, and--and sly,

with a with a twinkle of sexy scandal in my eyes.

If you say so.

If I say so?

[Brendan] Excuse me.

Sorry. Um, we're here to see Dr. Proudman.

Yes.

[Brendan] About, um, 40 minutes out in, uh, Warrandyte.

[Martin] Ah, yes. Warrandyte, yes. Delightful area.

Yeah, we wanted a place with a yard, so...

Hi, Brendan.

Thanks, um, for seeing us. Thank you.

[Nina] It's okay. Hi, Georgie. I'm Nina..

[Georgie] Hi. Brendan's told me a lot about you.

Well, uh, Dr. Proudman, um...

I'll be back shortly. Call me if you need me beforehand.

Well, congratulations, firstly.

-[Brendan] Thanks. -[Georgie] Thanks.

Um, they emailed over your files.

You must have had a tough couple of days.

-[Nina] Some bleeding? -[Georgie] Yeah.

Um, well, the first couple of days

it wasn't enough for me to really worry about, some...

Some spotting, I guess. Um...

But then this morning, there was--

there was there was quite a lot.

[Brendan] Plus...

Say it.

I haven't felt-- I haven't felt the baby move much.

It--it could... [nervous laugh]

It could just be in my head. I've thought this before

and I've just been being a panic merchant, so...

It's completely understandable.

Uh, I had a similar thing happen, actually, as a scare--

You? You--

You're a mom?

Yes.

-Yes. -[Brendan chuckles]

Zoe.

She's almost 7 months now.

-With Patrick? -What?

Please, tell him congratulations, from me.

[exhales]

[clears throat] So, how are we all doing?

Fine, thanks, Martin. We're about to do the ultrasound.

Oh, good.

-Just one more minute. -Okay.

So, are you still living in your apartment, Nina?

You and Patrick?

Um...

No.

We've moved to a--a new house, nearby.

She's deluded,

and living in a parallel universe

where Patrick is still alive!

[alarm rings loudly]

Evacuate!

[screaming]

Okay, we're ready now.

[clears throat]

[heartbeat pulsing]

There's the heartbeat.

[relief sighs]

[smooch]

Big relief, huh?

-Placenta. -Mm.

[Nina] Okay, what we're seeing here is a placental abruption.

That can happen sometimes, when the placenta comes away.

Is it--Is it, uh, very serious?

Uh, it is--It is serious.

But, from what I can see, your baby's still okay.

However, with an abruption,

it's not getting the nutrients it requires.

So it's really great that you've come in this quickly.

Because we're gonna need to deliver today.

[Georgie] T--today?

-[Nina] Right now. -[Martin] Yes.

[Martin] Right.

Okay. It's gonna be fine. We can do this.

-Martin. -Hm?

Uh, I just felt--

What?

I--I haven't said about Patrick yet because I felt--

No, no, no. No, no, I understand.

Completely.

[distancing footsteps]

[door clatters shut]

[cell phone ringing]

[Billie] Nina!

Billie, I can't talk. I'm just ringin to see how the lunch feed went.

Uh, no, no. No good.

She's not interested again. Are you, Zoe?

No, you're not interested. No.

-Where are you? -[Billie] Um...

I'm at--at Tin Pot, with Lawrence.

Well, can you take her back to mom's, please?

Oh, Nins, I think she's fine. She's just--

She's not interested in the lunchtime feed. I think she's droppin

No, it's been two days in a row.

You've got her in a strange environment.

Now, take her back to mom's, please.

And call me when you've tried again.

[sighs]

[locker slams]

[Nina] Georgie, given the abruption,

the Pediatrics team are going to take baby down to the Intensive Care Unit,

just to be very safe.

[Georgie] Okay.

We ready?

Ready.

Okay.

Making the first incision now.

[Georgie] I can feel it.

Oh, God, I can feel it.

Well, there will be some sensation, but it shouldn't be pain.

So, are you feeling any pain, Georgie?

[Brendan] Hey, Georgie, just look at me.

Yeah? Focus on me.

Hey, remember when we were on that flight?

From Brisbane? And there was all that turbulence?

Remember what you were saying to me?

You were tricking me.

Remember? Pretending like we were still in the lounge room?

[Nina] Okay, just apply some pressure there, please.

And we settled in the lounge room

and the neighbor's dog was barking?

You hadn't turned the drippers off.

[Brendan] That's right, yeah.

[Georgie pants]

The kettle's on.

And Sammy, he keeps chewing the bottom of the armchair.

[both laughs]

And we're together.

And it's fine.

Everything's fine.

[Nina] Here we go.

Oh! It's a boy.

It's a baby boy.

[Georgie] Is he all right?

Is he okay?

[Nina] He looks good, Georgie.

But we're not taking any chances.

Pediatrics?

Brendan, would you like to follow the Peds team?

Can I see him first?

[Nina] Soon, Georgie. Very soon.

-[man] We need to get these clamps on -[woman 2] Clamps on.

[woman 2] Just hold that there? Yep.

[pumping]

[Nina] Stitching now.

[chattering]

[inspiring music]

[Zara] Oh.

So I take it tonight isn't fencing or Minecraft?

No. Actually, I've got tickets to-- Have you heard of Festivus?

It's a psych-groove trance dance party.

It's really quite good.

Nina, tell Elvis that I'm wild.

Confirm you're coming to the taqueria.

[crackling]

Elvis.

Zara...

occupies a special place

not--not only in my family,

but in my...

psyche.

She is the definition...

of cool.

Zara is in a different universe.

A cool, fluid universe.

Bound by...

mischief and music.

And a million...

sexy, sexy secrets.

I guess I can kind of see that.

I will come anywhere you want me to go.

[smooching]

-Get changed. We're leaving in 10. -Okay.

[laughs]

Move it, Elvis.

[Nina] Brendan, I--I don't want you to find this out

from someone else, so...

I'm sorry I didn't say this earlier,

but there's something you should know

and--and I'd prefer you'd--you hear it from me.

-[Brendan] Nina. -Hi.

Uh, I hear he's doing brilliantly.

Well, thanks to you.

Oh.

[Brendan] Are you still around for a while?

Uh, no, I'm actually about to leave.

Oh, I feel like there's so much--

I mean, I haven't even asked how your family is.

I know.

Oh, it's--it's been a big day.

-Yeah. -Mm.

Hey, down the track, maybe.

Come out and visit us.

Yeah, bring Zoe and Patrick.

Oh.

Oh, that'd be lovely.

[Georgie] Great.

It's great to see you again.

You too.

[despondent music]

[Nina] Just tell him!

[breathes out]

[indistinct chattering]

[rustling]

[Nina] Hello.

[gasps] Hello!

-Oh, you beautiful girl! -[Billie] Hi.

Oh, I missed you today.

I missed you today.

You'll note that she hasn't died of malnutrition.

Oh, Billie, I'm sorry. You caught me at a bad moment.

Yeah, well, just so you know, I did some internet research

and it's entirely possible that she's given up that midday feed.

-At seven months-- -Billie, I'm--I'm sorry.

It's fine.

It's just that, um...

Brendan was at work today.

Brendan? Brendan-Brendan?

[screams]

Oh, it is just a haircut.

Ah.

[festive song]

[Kim] Ta.

Even when I was at the lezzo bars back in my uni days, I could

feel the domestic mom just waiting to come out

-now she has. -Yeah. And she's glorious!

[Geraldine] Hear, hear.

[Zara] It's not that I don't love my life. I do.

It's just, I feel like it was yesterday

that we were admitting pregnant wives into the hospital

and I felt like, oh, that's a lifetime away.

And now, all of a sudden, here I am, already.

And navigating it with trademark style and spirit.

Plus, you've never once succumbed to mom jeans.

And you've never discussed Alfie's bowel movements with me. Not once.

Major points for that.

Yeah, and I suppose I am still a scarlet woman,

still living in sin. Thank God.

Sorry, not that there's anything wrong with marriage.

No. It's just-- It's just not for me.

Oh. Never say never.

Ah, no!

Can you imagine me standing in front of Jimmy saying,

"I honor and obey"?

Well... You don't have to say that.

No. But you do have to say marriage is defined

as a man and a woman

and that is bull shit. Right, Kimberley?

Billie had a date today!

[Billie] What?

-[Nina] Yup. -No, I didn't.

Well, no, not a date.

You know, uh...

as such.

But, well, yeah, well, it's complicated.

In fascinating ways.

Explain the fascinations, Billie.

I'm gonna get a drink.

[Billie] I did not go on a date.

It was a meeting between adults

unpacking some emotional issues.

[Mexican music]

Jim!

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Wait one second. It's okay, it's my sister

Hey.

Hey. Tell me honestly, do I look idiotic?

Oh... no.

No. You--you look gorgeous.

Hey, can--can you film this on your phone? I forgot to set up a camera.

Yep, sure.

This is it, Nins.

[giggles]

[inhales deeply]

[mariachi band playing]

No. You don't make a date

if you've got zero interest. You cut it off clean.

I was concerned about his emotional wellbeing.

-[Zara] Yeah. Question. -I was.

What outfit, makeup combination did you wear for this "rejection meeting"

[Nina] Hm. Mm-hm.

[Geraldine] Oh, look! A show!

[Jimmy] I love a free show.

-[Geraldine] Oh! -[Kim] So do I.

♪ I'm flat on my back and ♪

♪ Just staring at the ceiling ♪

♪ Breakfast in bed ♪

Cute.

♪ Confusion and coffee ♪

♪ Upside down and hidden meaning ♪

♪ Technicolor dreams in my head ♪

Is this the Rockmelons?

♪ I could spend a lifetime waiting ♪

♪ Just contemplating Oh, yeah ♪

♪ You just want to hear ♪

♪ That word, say it clear now ♪

♪ L-O-V-E, love ♪

♪ That word ♪

♪ How can four letters mean so much ♪

♪ That word ♪

♪ L-O-V-E, love ♪

♪ That word ♪

♪ Said L-O-V-E, love ♪

[cheering]

[Jimmy] Yeah.

Zara Perkich...

I stand here before you on this grand opening occasion

in this elaborate Mexican garb

because I want to tell you that I love you.

and I love our little family

with all my heart.

And I know how naff and uncool and mortifying you're finding all thi

but that's okay,

because it means you'll never, ever forget this moment

and you'll never, ever forget my pledge to you.

And just to make sure that it is absolutely burned onto your retinas

and ringing in your earholes for all time

I will now attempt to breakdance.

-Muchachos! -[Zara] No, don't do that.

No. No.

[laughing]

[cheering]

[all laughing]

[cheers]

Jimmy, Jimmy you're...

[Kim] Yeah!

You're breakdancing

to a reggae song

played by a mariachi band.

[laughs]

Zara Perkich...

I love you

forever.

Will you marry me?

Oh...

Um...

Yes.

-Yeah? -Yeah.

[cheering]

[all shouting]

[mariachi playing song]

-[Billie] Oh. -[Jimmy chuckles]

[mariachi band singing]

[mellow music]

[rewind sound]

[chattering]

[mariachi band singing]

[Zara] Where did you get this band?

Patrick moment?

I can spot them now.

Do you want to go out and...

cry your guts out?

Zoe's fine. She's...

She's sleeping.

[inhales deeply]

Actually, can you give me half an hour?

[Billie] Yeah. Go.

[laughing]

[ding]

[door creaks]

[door clicks]

[Brendan] Hello.

[Nina] Hi.

[Brendan] You're back.

[Nina] Yeah. I just wanted to...

I don't know.

Check in again.

-Is he doing well? -He...

He is great.

[chuckles]

I can't believe it. I think I'm in shock.

[chuckles]

I'm glad we came here.

Not just for him.

I need-- I need to tell you something.

Patrick died.

What?

I was in the late stages of my pregnancy.

He had an accident. It was incredibly sudden.

I had no idea.

Hey, um, I mean, it sounds really stupid,

but are you okay? I mean, do you have enough support?

Oh, yeah. Yeah.

Mm.

My family have been...

They've been amazing.

I don't know.

I--I guess...

[sniffs]

life goes on.

[inhales deeply]

But...

I don't know. I'm...

I'm all right.

When I was, uh, sectioned,

I had all these shrinks

coming up to me and saying,

You've just gotta think of this as one...

dark, difficult stage of your life that'll...

pass.

I fuckin' hated those shrinks.

-[Nina chuckles] -I hated 'em.

I just wanted to say to them,

"No. You are fuckin' wrong."

[laughing]

There is no getting over this for me.

Stop telling me time heals everything.

Yeah. It won't.

[laughs]

I am gonna be so broken

and fucked up for the rest of my life. Forever.

[laughs] I know.

Okay, my bad. I think I'm done.

Sorry.

[laughs]

[puffs]

[sighs]

[Geraldine] And, uh, just so we're clear.

I heartily embrace the term "grandmother"

but "mother-in-law" is a bit difficult for me.

You could only ever be known as Geraldine to me.

[laughs]

-Oh. -Bye.

[Geraldine] Bye, darling.

See you later, Mr. Perkich.

Congratulations.

[Jimmy] See you later, St. Kimberley, of the Cleggian womb.

[Kim] Piss off.

[Zara] And what I was saying before about marriage, that's exactly how I

Zars, don't worry about it.

-[Zara] You know, I just-- -[Kim] See you tomorrow.

[Zara] Bye.

[smooch sound]

[Kim] L-O-V-E, love.

Hello.

Future wife.

[chuckles]

Hello, future hus--

I can't say it yet.

I will. I just can't...

yet.

Are you happy?

Yes.

Yeah. Yeah.

I just feel like everything's moving so quickly, and...

Yeah? You reckon, how?

I just...

I just feel like it was yesterday that...

we were casual Jimmy and Zara

of the open relationship and...

-and now... -Well, getting engaged doesn't mean

we have to annul the open relationship deal.

Not if you don't want it to.

If I'm actually honest about that, really...

every time we attempted that, I just...

I'd just think of you.

I'd try, but I'd just...

think of you.

I'm a monogamous wife

and a mother of two.

And that is the inescapable truth.

[laughs]

Maybe we should strike a deal.

-For every conservative thing we do.. -Mm?

we have to do one wild thing.

What type of wild things are you thinking?

[laughs]

-Right here? -Yeah.

Jimmy, we're practically in the street.

Well...

A proposal is a pretty conservative thing.

We've got quite a deficit to work off.

[smooching]

[crash]

[laughs]

[sighs]

-Thank you. -Here's your mama.

[chuckles]

-Yes! -Hello.

[Zoe giggles]

[chuckles]

Our lives really are torturous practical jokes, aren't they?

Really?

Yeah, here I am, with this impossibly hot man offering himself up to me

all abs and intellect and designer stubble.

I can't do anything.

'Cause I still love Mick.

And here you are, delivering your ex-husband's baby, alone,

desperately undersexed, even by your standards.

-Oh, Billie-- -Oh, no. I'm being sympathetic.

[Billie] I'm here, though.

Oh, that's a relief.

[chuckles]

Were you okay today?

Seeing Brendan?

It must have been hard.

Mm. It was.

But it was great, too. Seeing him so happy.

That made you think of Patrick?

But it's okay.

I want to keep seeing him.

Even if it means I'll never fall in love again.

-Oh, Nins, don't-- don't talk like th -No. It's okay.

I've--I've accepted it.

I'd quite like to have sex again.

One day.

You'll just have to go the casual sex route.

Billie, no.

No, just hypothetically speaking.

-No. -If there was a suitable option,

-do you think that you might? -No. No.

A thousand times, no.

Upstairs to bed.

[Nina clears throat]

Can you hear me saying no?

Register that you understand.

I understand.

Night, girls.

[Nina] Bye.

[dramatic music]

[woman] Nina still gets anxious.

She still cries when Zoe cries.

Still hasn't gotten the sleep routine completely worked out.

But, as far as anyone can tell,

Zoe seems actually pretty happy.

And seems to find life with her mom and auntie

funny, huggy,

noisy, silly,

and altogether satisfactory.

And the winner is...

[drum rolls]

[trumpets honking]

[theme music]