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It appears everybody knows about our

previous interactions.

- Look, Nina and I were just, ah... - Opening up a casual dialog.

We almost had a one night stand

at the airport hotel.

What would your fantasy night out look like?

Thomas. From the pool.

Think he just asked me out on a date.

Since we sold the house,

I've just been hunting excuses to call him, you know?

I thought we said no sexing.

I would like to spend some more time with you, Billie.

Grab your face and feel your stubble

on your jaw and kiss you. Just kiss you.

- Oh, matey. - It looks a bit like blood.

His test results aren't great.

Probably know more in a few hours.

[baby crying softly]

[crying louder]

Zoe.

Zoe. Oh, God.

Zoe?

Zoe.

Zoe?

Zoe, I'll find you.

-[crying continues] -Zoe. Zoe?

Zoe. Oh, Zoe!

Zoe, no, no.

Zoe.

[screaming] Zoe!

Zoe?

Zoe.

Zoe.

Zoe?

-[baby coos] -Oh.

[Nina] Hello.

How are you this morning? How are you?

How are you today? Oh.

[baby coos]

-[Nina] Oh. -[Billie] Hm.

Any word on Alfie?

Yeah. Jimmy called. It's something to do with his liver.

Right.

He sounds really scared, Nins.

Alright, well, let's just get back in there.

♪ Oh why, oh why, oh why ♪

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♪ 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 ♪

[Kim] Alfie's in the ICU.

They said he's a very sick little boy.

[Kim] Jimmy and are with the specialist now.

-[Phillip] Hi. -Hi, Phil.

[Phillip] Could it be acute liver failure?

-[Nina] It could be. I don't-- -Let's not panic about that now.

Yeah, not until we have all the information.

Right.

-[Nina sighs] -I kept thinking,

should I have noticed something sooner?

-I see Alfie every week. -Oh, me too.

[Jimmy] Um...

so, uh...

the situation is, um,

Alfie's gonna have to stay in-in the ICU.

His-his liver's pretty shot.

[Zara] It's 80% loss of function.

Are they suggesting a transplant?

So-so that could fix him?

[Geraldine] Yeah, but if he's so sick already,

how long could he wait on a transplant list?

There is the possibility of a living donor.

What? I know I get that people can cough up a kidney

but we only get one liver each.

[Phillip] It's possible to take a section of an adult liver

and transplant it into a child.

-[Nina] Yeah. -Okay. Okay,

so one of us could be the donor.

Alfie's blood type is O. Zara and I are both B.

[Geraldine] Well, I'm blood type O. I could be the donor.

Oh, Mom, your liver? No way.

I'm-I'm blood type compatible. I could do it.

Oh, come on, you've got a child to look after.

[Phillip] Yes, Nina. There's some risk to the donor and--

[Zara] You know what? It's gonna be fine.

-We'll sort something out. Thank you. -[Nina] Well, I--

We're gonna go work the phones, um,

speak to the transplant people, um, contact cousins

and anyone we can think of.

-Um, I'm gonna go back in. -[Zara] Yeah.

[Zara] Annoyingly, my father left before I was born.

So, we strike your dad off the list.

Yeah. And my mother

left me with my grandmother, went bac to Serbia, had two more kids there.

Anyway, it's a cozy myth that all par are devoted to their kids.

Yeah. I was fine, though. My gran was lovely.

So, are you going to ask your mom?

It's still the middle of the night over there.

Well, fingers crossed a liver shows up this morning.

I'm gonna go back in with Alfie.

[Kim] I'll take him for you.

Come on, mister.

I don't want to go upstairs to work today.

[Billie] We might stay around, keep Jimmy company for a while.

[baby coos]

See you this afternoon, sweetie.

[Nina] If the only option for Alfie turns out to be me,

-then I have to-- -[Billie] Nins.

I know what you're thinking.

And there'll be some other person. No one expects you to be the one.

[scroll wheel rattling]

[knock on door]

-[Leo] Hi. -Hi.

-Do you need me out there? -No, no, no, no.

I was just looking for Kim, to ask how Alfie is.

Kim's downstairs with Zara.

Right. How bad is it?

Uh, I was just speaking with the hepatologist.

A-Alfie won't survive long without a new liver.

Oh, I'm so sorry.

I have the same blood type.

I've just been trawling articles on living donor transplants.

Right. And what are the stats like?

Recovery rates for recipients are good,

-better than I expected. -And for the donors?

Risk of donor death is a half to one percent.

Oh, right. So, for every 200 liver donors--

-One or two die. -Yeah.

Well, it sounds worse when you say it that way.

And those statistics could be out of date.

Yeah.

-[phone ringing] -Sorry.

-Hello. -Hi, Nina.

Did you get my message about dinner?

Oh! Th-Thomas, sorry I haven't called back.

Uh, I've just--

my nephew went into hospital yesterday.

-Oh, is he gonna be okay? -[Nina] We hope so.

But it is serious.

Liver failure. And he's-he's only two.

Oh, my God. The poor kid.

Um, sorry if I sound distracted.

I've just, I-I really need to focus on my family right now.

Oh, yeah, of course. I'm sorry for ringing at a bad time.

That's fine.

And listen, I really enjoyed our shopping picnic. [chuckle]

I can't believe that was a couple of days ago.

Anyway, thank you. It was fun.

[Thomas] Yeah, it was.

Look, I'm gonna call you again when it's a better time.

Meanwhile, I'll be sending good thoughts to you and your family.

Thanks, Thomas. I-I've gotta go. See you soon.

[phone beeps]

I'd give up limbs for this family, you know?

I'd lose an arm, a leg, both. Actually, I'd cut off whole quadrants

if it would help Alfie, or Zoe, or Paddy, or Nina, or Jimmy.

I'm sure you would.

-Yeah, but I can't, so what good am I -Well, for one thing

they know you feel that way, so that must be of some support.

I'm the only one who doesn't have kid so I can take the risk.

Oh, hold on.

It's just, once again, I feel like a dud.

But would you say that to Nina or Jim if this situation were reversed?

No, but--

Hang on, are you--are you counseling me?

-What? -[Billie] Yeah, you are.

-I should be paying you for this sess -No. This is just

a friend talking to a friend.

-[phone ringing] -Billie, I can hear how worried you a

and how much you care for Alfie and--

Hang on, this might be a liver for Alfie.

Sorry.

Jimmy Proudman's phone.

Is that Dad? He was gonna call me as soon as--

No, just a sec. Um, no, it's Jess from the taqueria.

-Oh. -You don't want to deal

with this stuff now. Let me take care of it.

God, no. I can't think about it. Thank you so much, Billie.

Uh, I-I can deliver you a slab of fresh tuna.

-Sorry? -Oh!

Lawrence. Um, I'll--

I'm just doing something for Jimmy, but I'll talk to you soon.

-[Lawrence] Okay. Bye. -Thanks.

Hi again. I'm Billie. I'm Jimmy's sister.

But if you just give me a minute to find a pen--

[Nina] Transplant teams get better at this stuff all the time

-[Nina] Becky's six centimeters. -Ah, getting there.

-Uh, Lee Kim was very agitated earlie -Oh, yeah, but now she's in the pool

she's snoring like a walrus between contractions, so--

-[elevator dings] -Great. That was a good call.

-Oh, ta. -[loud groans]

Can we get some help?

-Hi there, Erin. -Can we get a wheelchair?

-[Nina] Wow. -Here you go. You wanna sit down?

-We can go in this room. -[Leo] Great.

Scott, why don't you come in?

-Scott, you can come through. -Finally in labor, Erin!

I didn't think this baby was ever com out! Keep breathing. That's the way.

-There we go. -Okay.

-[Leo] Are we in? -Come in.

-It's cool. It's cool. -Alright. Let's get you set up, eh?

[Jimmy] Why do I have a different blood type?

It's wrong.

It's monstrously fucking wrong.

I helped make him, so we should fit.

But we don't.

[deep sigh]

[door squeaks open]

Mom, can you go and be with him while I make a few more phone calls?

[Geraldine] Yes, yes, of course.

[dramatic piano music]

Hey.

I've got the tuna here, and the rest of your veggies.

Sweet.

Just gonna go and deliver to the other two taqueria

Cool. We'll get on with the prep for tonight, yeah.

So you guys know what you need to be doing?

Yeah, yeah. Jimmy set up a really good system for us, so we're fine.

Okay. If you need anything just call me, not Jimmy.

-[man] Is Alfie okay? -He's going to be.

[Billie] What?

[woman 2] Uh,

Sean and I did a ring-around of the taqueria staff.

Everyone checked their blood type.

I didn't know mine. I had to ring my mom.

Yeah. Anyway, we were just seeing if any of us could donate to A

[Sean] You know, just in case.

Uh, but none of us were an O.

[voice breaking] This, you didn't--

Thank you. That's--let's not--

-Yeah. -So much work to do. Um, but,

I'll be back with the rest of the stuff.

-Cheers. -Thanks.

[Zara] I've just got, um, I'm just at the hospital at the moment.

Yeah. No, it's not looking good, so I'm just gonna--

No, um, I can wait.

I'm gonna try Cherie.

[heavy breathing]

Hang in there, Erin.

[Leo] That's the way.

[Leo] Okay.

[Leo clears throat]

-I'm worried she's gonna struggle. -Yeah.

And Scott seems to be all over the shop

She hemorrhaged last time.

They almost lost the baby.

-Is that why he's so panicky? -[Nina] Hm.

Hey, Scott, are you any good at massage?

Erin might be more comfortable. Just on your side, Erin.

Do you want to give us a hand? Here we go. Just over this way.

-That's the way. -[groans]

And just rub... there. Nice and firm, actually. How's that, Erin?

[Nina] You're doing really well, Erin

-That's the way. -We're gonna look after you.

[Leo] Do want to just hop on the bed now?

[dramatic music]

[speaking Serbian]

[Serbian]

[Serbian]

-[loud groans] -Gently.

Breathe through it. Try and drop your shoulders and breathe through it.

Alright, try and drop your shoulders and breathe.

-[Nina] Do you want to stay sitting? -[Leo] Yeah, good. Good.

[indistinct whispers]

[screaming]

-[Leo] Good. Breathe in. -[Erin moaning]

[door clicks open]

-[dial tone whirs] -You have one new voice message.

[line bleeps]

[Billie] Hi, it's me. Um,

Dad spoke to the cousins. Paul has some blood clotting problem, so no go

And the Bendigo cousin that we thought was an O isn't an O.

Shit.

[Billie] But don't worry, we'll find someone. Anyway, I'm doing

taqueria stuff for Jimmy, so I'm just gonna drop Zoe off with you.

Okay? So I'll see you soon. Bye.

[Nina] Uh, Kim.

-Did Zara get a hold of her mother? -[Kim] Yeah.

-[Nina] And? -No joy.

Oh.

She got the number of one of her half-brothers, though.

-So you know. -Yeah.

Nina, Erin's fetal heart rate isn't looking great.

Alright, coming.

Uh, Kim, can you just send me a message if there's any good news?

[Kim] Yeah, yeah.

[soap dispenser thumping]

[water running]

Any, uh, progress finding a suitable donor for young Alfie?

Not that I've heard. [sighs]

I imagine there's a fair amount of family pressure

-in a situation like this. -No. No one's putting pressure on me.

-Quite the opposite. -Ah.

Oh, I'm not gonna tell you what you should or shouldn't do.

Good.

Uh, but if you are faced with this decision,

I feel that somebody should be an advocate for Zoe.

-Martin-- -She's already lost her father.

Let's not put her mother at risk as well.

[hands scraping]

Well, just consider the worst-case scenario

if something should happen to you.

Pretty much the worst-case scenario is happening to Alfie right now.

[water running]

There may not be an alternative.

Let's just wait until you find another donor.

[door thuds open]

[sighs]

[Nina breathes deeply]

You okay, Erin?

[Nina] No, she's not. She's terrified.

Everything's gonna be fine. Take some deep breaths.

[Nina] They're both terrified.

That's it. You too, Scott.

[Nina] But their fear doesn't matter.

All they care about is keeping the baby safe.

-[Nina] You ready? -[Erin] Mm-hm.

-Okay. -[Erin exhales]

[dramatic music]

-Billie Proudman. -Yeah. Hi.

-Leo. Taylor. -Yeah. Yeah.

Uh, would Nina be in her office?

No, she's in theater at the minute, but she shouldn't be too much longer.

-Okay, I'll-I'll just wait. -Okay.

Hey, I'm really sorry to hear about y nephew. I hope he gets through this.

Thanks.

[paper rustling]

[sighs]

You do know I know, don't you?

-Know about? -Your encounter with Nina.

-At the airport hotel. -Right.

Well, that's, that's pretty much comm knowledge around here now, so--

No, no, I mean my sister has told me every intimate detail.

-Okay. -But I-I don't think less--

Well, I probably do think less of you, I don't think...

badly of you as a person.

So I can rest easy, then.

But there will always be awkwardness between us because of my, you know,

intimate knowledge.

Yes, I'm certainly feeling the awkwardness.

[Martin] Oh, I'm detecting awkwardness here.

Oh! How's baby Zoe this afternoon?

Oh, shit!

I'm gonna end up with warm prawns.

-Sorry? -Sorry?

I've got seafood in the back of my car.

-I have to deliver it to the taqueria -[Martin] Oh.

Well, Nina should be out soon.

Well, we could look after Princess Zo while Nina's still in surgery.

-Could you? Oh, that would be great. -[Martin] Yes.

Thanks. Um, yeah, she's got everything.

-Okay. -Consider it done.

[Martin's comical roaring]

[Martin] Hello, darling! It's the Clegg monster! [growling]

[roaring]

[baby crying]

[Nina] Here's your son, a strapping boy.

[Nina chuckles]

There we go.

[loud cries]

[Nina] Oh, I know.

[baby sobbing]

Scott, would you like to hold your son?

[dramatic guitar music]

[Nina chuckles]

-[Erin] Thank you, Nina. -[Nina] You're very, very welcome.

What about this guy? You've given me no opinion on this.

What do you think? Oh, you're being enigmatic.

See, I respect that. I need more enigma in my life.

Now a cryptic smile. Oh, you're good.

-[Nina] Hello. -Hey! There she is!

-[Leo] There's Mom. -Darling.

-[Leo] Billie had to take off, so-- -Right.

Oh, well, thank you for looking after her.

No, it's a pleasure.

Your daughter is ridiculously lovely.

I know. [chuckles]

Let's get you home, darling.

Eh?

How's Alfie?

[baby coos]

All those years as a paramedic,

when I'd see kids in accidents and I' see the parents, and I'd just think,

"Jesus. I don't know if I could handle having kids."

Really?

Once you have a kid, there's always that flicker of anxiety.

Yeah.

Yeah, you're really vulnerable.

But then, you know, you get to spend bit of time with old mate here, and..

yeah, maybe it's not all bad.

I love Alfie so much.

-Yeah, I can see that. -[baby coos]

And then I think of Zoe, and does that mean that I'm--

[sigh] Sorry, it doesn't--

-Sorry. It's not your-- -Nina, it's so natural

that you want to protect her from eve bad thing that could possibly go wron

Really.

See ya, little one. See ya!

Tell me the truth.

Well, would you think I'm a...

bad mother...

if I have the transplant surgery?

No. No, I'd think you were an incredible sister.

And a wonderful aunt.

But I understand why it's a dilemma.

[baby coos]

S-So, you're saying wh-what?

Oh, I'm saying

the situation sucks, and, uh,

I'm just sorry that you have to face it.

[Sean] Here you go.

-[woman 2] And those-- -[Sean] Yeah, there's heaps there.

-[woman 2] That's the new one. -[Sean] Yup.

[Billie] Sorry. Excuse me.

Oh, sorry.

-Are you--are you okay here? -Uh, yeah--

-Yes? -Yes.

[Billie] Um, okay, thank you.

Have we got enough stuff here for tonight?

-Yep. -Yes?

["Alchemy" by IKO]

-[woman 2] Hey. -[Lawrence] Hi.

[woman 2] Can, uh, can I get you something?

Yeah.

I'm told the tuna's really good.

[woman 2] Yeah, it is. You want some?

-[Lawrence] Yeah, please. -[woman 2] Yeah. Cool.

[softly] Hi.

Could you just ask him to come to the phone?

Yep, I'll hold. Thanks.

Oh, okay. Yep.

Okay. Th-thanks for that. Alright.

[deep sigh]

[Zara sniffles]

[inhales deeply]

[deep sigh]

[chuckles]

[kiss smacks]

Whee!

[Zoe] Mom-mom.

Did you just say mom?

That sounded like mom.

[baby blabbers]

Yes, it did.

Let's tell Auntie Billie!

Let's tell our Auntie Billie!

Oh, my goodness. We have to tell Auntie Billie.

-Hey, Billie. Are you awake? -[door squeaks open]

Oh, she's awake. She's awake.

-[loud moans] -Oh, shit! So sorry.

[door thuds]

[Nina] Okay, that was definitely Lawrence,

which means I just barged in on my sister

and my ex-counselor doing it.

-[door thuds shut] -Looked like they were having fun.

[children TV show music]

Oh! Hi, Lawrence! [chuckles nervously]

Morning.

Sorry. I just,

I mean, I just barged in, and, um,

-I just--sorry. -Don't worry.

I'm sorry if that was embarrassing for you.

No! No, no, no.

It was--well, yes, a bit. But I'm fine.

Hm. Are you going?

Yeah. I am, I am. Yeah, so, hm.

And Nina, I really hope things look better for your nephew today.

-Thanks, Lawrence. -Alright. See ya.

[door squeaks open]

[children TV show music]

[door squeaks]

[door thuds]

[laughing]

-How come you two-- -Oh, well, we had to come back here

because, um, Lawrence is staying at a mate's place at the moment.

No, no, no, I mean, how come you two did it?

I thought you were working to a timetable.

We were, but...

then, um, Lawrence came by the Fitzroy taqueria last night,

and he ended up staying till we closed.

Sean and Jess had been working their guts out, so I said--

No, guys. No, stop.

Go home. I'll-I'll finish up here. You've been great.

-[Jess] Are you sure? -Yeah! Yeah, please.

[Billie] Lawrence stayed back to keep me company.

-Pork? I haven't tried the pork tacos -[Billie] Oh, my god.

They're fantastic. I've got leftovers. Try this.

You need to have it with a sliver...

of pineapple.

It's an unlikely combination, but it actually goes off in your mouth.

Really? A come-on that obvious?

No, not a come-on.

That was an unintentional, unconscious double entendre.

I was honestly just talking about pork.

[Lawrence] Hm, that's--

-that's really delicious. -Yeah.

It's delicious.

Sort of...

rich and spicy, but the...

-the pineapple gives it that-- -Adds that sweetness.

And sharpness.

[Billie] Yeah.

It does.

[Spanish folk song]

Hang on, wait. Are we-are we doing this?

'Cause I'm in the middle of an emotionally turbulent family situatio

Well, is that necessarily a bad thing?

[grunt]

[Latin guitar music]

Oh!

[Nina] What's wrong?

Do you think I'm terrible doing that Alfie's in hospital? He's so sick.

No.

No, not at all.

I'm... glad for you.

I just--

I just want everyone I love to be happy and safe.

It's all that matters.

Yep.

No, I know.

I know that's probably gonna be a bit of a problem.

But if--if he could just give me a call back as soon as he can? Yeah.

[speaking Serbian]

[continues in Serbian]

[objects rattling]

If I didn't have Zoe, I would not hesitate--

No, I know. And Jimmy knows that.

But it's not a decision just about me. I-I have to put Zoe--

And, you know, if I were the donor,

it's almost certain that everything would be fine.

Yeah. If anything happened to you, not that anything ever will,

but just for argument's sake, if it did--

-You would all look after her. -Yeah.

I saw this documentary about Inuit people living in...

uh, living in somewhere icy,

and-and what they do is they have the baby and they pass it

amongst the family, so that, if anything happens

to the parents, you know, they've got it sorted.

[Billie] Zoe, this is your mommy. She loved you very much.

[Martin] Yes, she did.

But she was such a strange woman, always shivering--

[surprised gasp]

No one wants Zoe to have to handle anything like that,

and-and no one will blame you

if you decide that you don't want to do something that risky.

[doorbell buzzes]

-How's Alfie? Come inside. -No, no, I-I won't come in. Um...

-Nins, um-- -Oh, Jimmy, you're shaking.

-Come inside. -No, no, no, no. Ju-just let me, um--

Look, there were some donor possibilities we were hopeful about,

but-but none of them worked out.

And I hate having to ask,

and please, please don't feel compelled to say yes,

I'll totally understand if you say no.

Because of Zoe, because of Patrick.

[sobbing] Because of everything. Oh!

I-I have to ask

if you'll consider being Alfie's donor?

No, no, don't answer now.

I want you to think about it without me standing here

making you feel pressured, okay?

-Jimmy, come inside. -No, no, no.

I'm-I'm gonna go. I'm scared if I come in

I'm gonna end up begging you,

-and I don't want to do that to you. -[Nina sobs]

Jimmy, wait.

I have thought about it. And I-I love my daughter very much.

Which is why I have to do this for you and Alfie.

Oh, Nins.

It's alright.

[dramatic piano music]

Yeah, we're coming straight to the hospital now. Did you talk to the doc

[Nina] Should get an estimate from th surgeon about how much time off work.

Martin can take over the lecture on the 14th.

Childcare, apart from days Billie has her.

Mom,

M-mom needs to focus on Paddy while Zara's--

Ph-Phillip c-could leave to help with Zoe,

or Dad could fly down and...

[Jimmy] How's Paddy going? Yeah, we're just pulling up outside n

[Geraldine sighs]

Nina's gonna be tested as a donor.

[Geraldine] No.

Yeah, I-I am, Mom. I've put a lot of thought into--

No, you're not going to be the donor, because I am.

-What? -I spoke to the doctors

and I underwent a battery of tests.

-CT scan, the works-- -How-how could your liver be any good

I'll have you know the main doctor said I had an exquisite liver.

[Phillip] He also used the phrase a medical mystery.

Mom, Mom, are you sure you can handle the surgery?

-It's a major operation. -Yeah, it's ridiculous, Mom.

-Please, let's just talk about this. -The decision's been made.

The doctors are satisfied, so you should be.

-Mom, I just think this-- -[Geraldine] Listen to me!

I am lucky to have three healthy children.

Why wouldn't I give all of you the sa gift if there was something I could d

I understand that, Mom, but, you know, I heard it's just--

Nina, your daughter needs her mother.

I won't allow anything to jeopardize that.

-Mom, this is massive. -[Geraldine] Mm-hm.

-The surgery will be on Friday. -Bloody hell, Mom.

[Geraldine] There, there. [chuckle]

-[glass knocking] -[Phillip] Yoo-hoo!

-Come in! It's open! -[Phillip] Mm-hm.

[chuckles]

Thanks for driving me in, Phillip.

The kids would just fuss and make me nervous. [low chuckle]

[Phillip] Are you nervous?

-If I die because of the operation-- -Highly unlikely.

If I die,

it's alright.

A lot of people mightn't agree with t

[Geraldine chuckles]

There was a moment when Jimmy hit 21 that I remember thinking,

"The kids are okay!" [chuckles]

Well, Jimmy still had the mental age of 12

and Billie hadn't found her way and Nina was tied up in knots, but still.

they would have been okay without me.

I was a lot less afraid of dying after that.

Not that I'm going to die today. [chuckles]

[sighs]

I-I am worried about Alfie.

Our little boy,

facing such a massive operation.

[sighs] Oh. No, Phillip, no!

Come on, now. What-what about your marriage? Think of Nadine.

[Phillip] I'm sorry.

You're right.

-Thank you. -[chuckles]

Underneath here, there's strong moral fiber.

I know, Geraldine. I can see your moral fiber,

which only makes me want to kiss you more.

Which is unfortunate, because my moral fiber won't allow that.

[Nina] Still too early for them to prep Mom for theater.

[phone bleeps]

[Thomas] Thinking of you today.

Hope all goes well for your mom and nephew. T.

[Martin whistling]

[Nina] Was that Martin?

[comical music]

[whistling]

-[Nina] Martin? -[whimpers]

-What are you doing? -[Martin] Nothing.

-Why are you wearing pajamas? -Fashion.

-[Nina] Did you sleep here last night -Maybe.

What's going on?

-Can you keep a secret? -Hm?

No, you can't keep a secret. You couldn't even keep a secret

about yourself and the midwife man.

I'm a good secrets keeper.

I-I'm normally good at keeping secrets.

-Very good. -Alright, then.

What secret?

I'm homeless.

What?

I've been sleeping in this office for weeks.

I've been subsisting on...

half-eaten sandwiches, and custard treats outside, on the food trolleys.

[soft gasp]

How-how did you--homeless?

[sigh]

As you know, after...

Patrick died, I...

started donating rather heavily to some charitable organizations,

you know, the women's clinic and the school lunch program,

the penguins.

[Nina] How heavily?

Including Stella's trust fund payment

My monthly salary is completely absorbed by direct debits.

I've been obliged to rent out my home

to cover my philanthropic outlays.

You should have said something.

No, no, no, no. This is a miscalculation of my own making.

I-I'll sort something out. I don't want you to worry. Please,

you've got enough things to worry about.

Uh...

-[Martin] Nina. -Hm?

I'll be thinking about you and your family today.

I know. Thank you.

And despite what you said, I would have done it.

Been the donor.

I know.

[clears throat]

[door clicks open]

Geraldine.

-Oh! -Oh! [Geraldine chuckles]

[Geraldine] Y-you're just in time to do me a favor.

Uh. Hang on to these, will you?

They're letters for the three children,

in the event of my sudden demise. [chuckles]

[sighs]

[Darcy] Geraldine,

-I have never loved you more. -[door clicks open]

-[Nina] Uh, Dad. -[Darcy] Oh, sweetheart!

-[Nina] Oh, my God! -[Geraldine sighs]

-[Nina] Hello. -[Darcy] Oh, God, I've missed you.

-[Geraldine] Hi, darling. -[Nina] Are you alright?

[Geraldine] Yes, I'm fine.

Did the anesthetist check you over properly?

Mm-hm.

[Nina] Because, you know, that's the crucial part.

He was very thorough.

-[Nina sighs] -[Geraldine] Don't worry so much.

I know it's worse for you because you know all the medical hoo-ha,

and the things that can go wrong, but really it--

[Geraldine] Oh, Zara.

-[Geraldine] And how's Alfie? -[Zara] He's okay.

Yeah. They're gonna let us stay with him the whole time

-until he goes in. -Oh, that's wonderful.

Geraldine,

-I have to say-- -No, you don't.

[Zara] Okay, shut up.

Thank you for this.

[Geraldine] Hm.

-[Nina] Bye, Mom. -Bye.

Love you.

[whispering] Don't worry.

[Nina] Bye.

[door rattling]

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[Nina] Alfie's in the operating theater down there.

Mom, down there.

Both be okay. Please, be okay.

-Geraldine packed a picnic. -[Billie] Oh.

[Darcy] She would. Right.

-[Zara] Is it appropriate, a picnic? -[Kim] It's here.

[Phillip] Another board. And we've got--

[Darcy] Fill your boots, kids, as my uncle Gordie would say.

[Nina] A new kind of Proudman celebration, a liver transplant party

-[Phillip] Good? -[Kim] Hm.

Hang on.

Is this pate?

-[Phillip] Very rich. -[Kim] Pate's made from liver.

Mom specifically packed this for us to eat? [chuckles]

Does anyone else feel like they're eating Mom's liver?

-It's got a lot of brandy in it. -It's a good gag.

[chuckles]

[Darcy] Oh.

[Nina] Hi.

Geraldine came through the surgery very well.

[Nina] Oh, that-that's good.

There were some drug reactions that were, well, unprecedented.

Right. But Mom's okay?

Oh, she's fine. But, as you know, Alfie's surgery will take a bit longe

[Nina] Thank you. Thanks.

[Nina] One down, one to go.

[magazine rustles]

[sighs]

[door creaks open]

-[Darcy] Nin. -[Nina] Mm?

Oh!

Alfie's doing well.

-The vessels? -All the vessels were good.

Everything went according to plan, the way we like it.

[crowd muttering cheerfully]

Mom and Dad can come and see him now.

[Nina laughs]

[Nina sighs]

Oh.

[Nina] How are you feeling, Mom? How's the pain?

Oh, it's not too bad so far.

I've got my magic button.

Does it feel like part of you is missing?

[Geraldine] No.

No.

Anyway, my liver will regrow in a couple of weeks.

-Oh, right, it regrows. -[Geraldine] Hm.

She's off her face on drugs.

[Geraldine] I can hear you, Billie.

I'm not deaf or crazy.

No, it's true. The liver usually regenerates really quickly.

-[Billie] Really? -The other lobe of the liver enlarges

to take up the space.

-[Geraldine] Oh. -[Nina] How's Alfie?

-How is he? -Uh, yeah, no, he's good. He's, um,

he's still out of it, and-and

-hooked up to, um-- -[Geraldine] Oh.

No, he's good. He's fine. He's fine.

Oh. That's so wonderful.

-[Jimmy] How are you feeling, Mom? -[Geraldine] Fine, darling.

Couldn't kill me with a brick.

Oh! Nina.

-[Jimmy] Nins, Mom's in pain. -Are you alright?

Help me out here. Jimmy should be with Alfie, not bothering me.

And I've got these lovely drugs to enjoy in my peace.

[Jimmy] Is she okay? Mom, are you okay?

Yeah, she's fine. She's just--I think she needs some rest.

Yeah, yeah, of course. I'm gonna go now, Mom.

If there's anything you need, you just let me know.

Don't you worry, Jimmy.

I'll be demanding years of slave-like servitude.

[bleeps]

[Billie] I've gotta do another delivery run soon.

Running a taqueria empire's really exhausting.

-Our brother works really hard. -[Nina] Mm.

And, uh, Lawrence might drop around later on tonight.

-If that's okay. -Sure.

[Nina] So, does that mean that you and Lawrence are together now?

[Billie] I don't know.

It's just, with Alfie being sick it f like normal life's been suspended.

It's kind of hard to tell what anything means.

Was it... good with Lawrence the other night?

At the taqueria it was good.

-[Nina] You did it in the taqueria? -[chuckles]

[laughs]

-Did he talk a lot? -[chuckles]

No, there wasn't a lot of talking.

And then, afterwards, when we went back to our place,

it was, um...

it was uncommonly good.

Uncommonly good?

What?

Uh, can you just take Zoe for a minute? I'm I'll catch up with

-Yeah. Okay. -I'll meet you in the car.

[buttons clicking]

[dial tone whirring]

[phone bleeps]

Nina. How did it go?

Oh, they both...

came through it as well as you'd expect.

-That's great. -Yeah, Alfie's got a long way to go.

-But so far, so good. -I'm so glad. That's such a huge reli

Rocco's the same age as Alfie, so...

-it's hard not to-- -Imagine it's your own child?

Yeah, exactly.

But how are you? There must be added pressure when you're the doctor

-in the family. -[Nina] Yeah.

-Yeah, there's a bit of that. -Is there anything I can do?

-Oh, no. -Thank you, Thomas.

But, look, the thing is, I...

I really need to focus on my family over the next few weeks.

Yeah, of course. You do what you need to do.

But maybe, in a while-- I don't--

I'm not sure when.

I know I said that I wasn't in a position to date.

But,

maybe it's worth a try.

Okay.

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