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We've got facial drooping and paralysis.

My bet is he's had a stroke.

Your emergency patient,
it seems, will survive,

but won't be the man he was.

I've been contacted
by the Israeli Embassy.

If I'm agreeable, they'll
ask Menzies to add me

to our diplomatic staff in Israel.

Evens we stay.

Odds we go.

He was wondering if I had
any ideas for radio serials.

I was thinking "Tender Vines."

I forgot to mention
there may be an extra.

- Oh, yes?
- He didn't commit.

- Who are you expecting?
- Just Harry Polson.

Adorable Harry.

You're not stuck on him?

I think Douglas would approve
of a philanthropic endeavor.

The obvious thought is the refuge.

Something of my own, I think.

Something for women,
as Douglas helped men.

Let's see what response this gets.

Blokes. Talkin'.

Well, stranger things have happened.

Next time.

- If there is one.
- I'm in it for the long haul.

Caro and me... we're mucking along.

How is she with that?

Okay one day, frustrated the next.

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Mummy's coming with Leah!

She's here! She's here!

Leah! Shalom!

Shalom! Shalom!

Oh! Kisses from the kibbutz?

- No kisses.
- I know, I know.

- How is everyone there?
- They all send their love.

And the clinic on the kibbutz?

Oh, they miss Sarah.

Guess what I've got! A spaceship!

A spaceship?!

We can go to the moon! Come on!

Now, Leah's not here to
look after you, remember.

But I need her to.

She's got a different job now.

She's gonna become a nurse, like Mummy.

And I've got you a surprise! Come on!

Uh, Uncle Isaac still well?

Uh, yeah. He's very busy.
He's got two assistants now.

I'm not surprised.

And he wants to know
when you're coming back.

Well, that depends.

- Come on, Leah!
- I give up.

All right. Come on.

Depends on what?

Oh, no.

- Oh. David.
- Uh, David!

- David!
- Stop, please!

♪ I got a fine-lookin'
woman dancing next to me ♪

Your boyfriend.

♪ She's a good-lookin' girl ♪

♪ That's plain to see ♪

David's excited to know
a rock-and-roll star.

I'm... I'm sorry.

Um, it's what he always wanted, Larry.

It's just...

It's a surprise.

♪ Gonna take her home tonight ♪

Too much grown-up talk?

Yes.

Come on, Mr. Groovy.

Let's...

... rock!

Come on, Mrs. Groovy.

Let's rock!

♪ Well, she looks just like
a high-class fashion show ♪

So Leah will be joining
you as a nurse's aide

until the next training
intake in the city.

I'll be staying with your Mrs. Collins.

We can have some fun.

Oh, uh, Dr. Duncan,

I brought you and Mrs.
Duncan a little something.

I'm so sorry.

In all the excitement
picking Leah up from the ship,

- I didn't think...
- Why would you?

We're old news.

Should we, um...

How about a walk after you finish work?

- Something.
- No, I'm good.

Thanks.

You can't keep avoiding
Ash Park forever.

Come up for dinner.

Anytime. Just turn up.

No. I'm good.

I know you don't want advice, but...

I would agree.

- It's not...
- Leave it.

It's not healthy to shut people out.

Anna rang the other night...

Look. If... If you'll excuse me.

She said you hung up on her.

You know what?

I'm the bad guy.

Just... Just all take Carolyn's
side and get on with it.

No one's doing that.

We're concerned.

Are you talking to anyone?

You at the moment.

Well, you're not going to like this,

but if there's a man in your group...

Do not keep badgering me.

I have work to do.

I... I haven't been badgering you, Jack.

I'm watching your back.
It's what friends d...

You ever notice how you always
have to have the last word?

And now for today's emotional
episode of "Tender Vines."

"Tender Vines"... the story
of a young country woman

torn between two worlds.

This time of year,

Italian mamas were
keeping their eyes glued

to their tomato crops.

Charlotte.

Yes, Mrs. Angelo?

You come to our festa, darling?

Everyone make passata.

You bring your papa, yes?

I'm sorry, signora. He
won't be able to come.

It was because he was angry.

It was one thing to make friends

with the poor Italian farmers.

It was another to fall
in love with their sons.

It's all a bit puzzling.

She left him, after all.

She had hoped to do
it without hurting him.

If she's so miserable,
perhaps she should go back.

Without his changing significantly,

- what would be the point?
- Mm.

She'd be on exactly the
same roundabout as before.

Work plasters over pain, I suppose.

Until it doesn't.

Charlotte, you and Primo
are just friends, aren't you?

Not really, Father.

They're in love.

You're the last one to see it.

You must never, ever see him again.

Jack!

Jack, I can explain! Jack!

- Really? Well, so can I.
- Please...

You've had one foot out
the door ever since we met!

- Please!
- That's it!

What if I live with the
Angelos for six months?

I'll prove it's the life I want.

Charlotte, you are
not thinking straight.

Primo is the love of my life.

How wonderful to see you!

Oh! How was the flight?

Georgie met the pilot.

Did you? Oh!

You really meant a construction site.

I filled her in.

Not that we could actually
have a conversation in the car.

A certain radio serial was on the air.

Yes. The entire city stops.

Grandmother gets very cross
if people don't listen.

Oh, this baby just loves
the sound of carpentry.

- A boy, do you think?
- Hm.

We'll all be staying down here
while they're working upstairs.

I'll organize some refreshments?

What about a hot chocolate for
you before you have a sleep?

Yes, please.

I bought you a present with
my own money... French money.

Did you?

Oh, you're so grown up.

She's in her element.

Well, she would be if you and
that architect got together.

She's been matching you two
up in her mind for weeks.

Anna...

Did you see the look he gave you?

I did.

I may not be on the market.

Excuse me?

What does that mean?

Olivia.

In my own time.

So the idea came from Jack, really.

It's in some ways an
extension of the women's clinic

and Douglas' refuge.

A place for single women,
like Anna and Carolyn,

women who might need
somewhere to give birth.

Nonjudgmental. Secular.

Where will you live when it's done?

Prudence and I have
decided that her place

is more than big enough for both of us.

Sorority girls.

As soon as she who shall not
be named is on her merry way.

Grandmother, that's unfair.

Delia.

And you know nothing more
has happened between them.

Perhaps, but Carolyn is being stubborn.

She's living there to avoid my censure.

So no improvement
since your last letter?

It's worse.

I'm sorry.

I know. It's horrible.

Can anyone talk to them?

I've given up talking to either of them.

They're equally intransigent.

Well, I'm not giving up on them.

I've got my own plan.

In my own time.

Oh.

Oh!

♪ It almost breaks my heart in two ♪

I'm glad that we decided to wait.

To go back.

Jack's in such pain.

I can't leave until I know that...

that he's not so entrenched,
moving ahead somehow.

You might want to get your skates on.

I wanted to surprise you.

We met on a ship,

so as we're about to embark on
the next phase in our lives...

Good cabins are in demand,

and most of the passages already full.

The Stratheden.

Mm.

Brand-new decade.

Ours.

George.

So Christmas here, then Hanukkah,

New Year's, then...

The 3rd of January.

That's almost four months.

If I can't make headway
with Jack by then...

But I have to, don't I?

You're back for your
divorce, Anna tells me.

Finally.

I go to court the day after tomorrow.

Can you keep it out of the papers?

Her solicitor says
there's a high-profile case

on the same day, so they'll
ignore James and Livvy.

Ah.

Anyway.

Uh... Andrew wanted to telephone,

but... I wanted to tell you in person.

Andrew?

My Andrew?

A couple of months ago, not
long after I arrived in France...

Andrew was holidaying
there, and... we met up.

On a yacht party, of all things.

Sheer coincidence.

Oh, my goodness.

Is that what you were getting at?

Oh, heavens. I'm lost for words.

I mean, I thought he'd turned
a new leaf when I saw him last,

and his friends tell me so.

But for you to... and to...

Oh!

Happy, happy mother!

Oh!

It's beautiful.

Oh. Are you sure, Livvy?

Can we just take a breather here?

You, my dear, will be the making of him.

He's making himself, Prudence.

He's doing very good work.

And... James has given his blessing.

He really has transformed.

Yes. Yes. I hear he has...

in that country that starts with a "V."

Oh!

Vietnam. He's probably a spy.

He makes Livvy happy.

Matt made Livvy happy.

She's setting herself
up for another disaster.

Mind you, most relationships are that.

Are what?

Lives of quiet desperation.

But then, Andrew
Swanson is a psychopath,

so there'll never be a
dull moment, I'm sure.

People change, Mama.

Ah. People become more of themselves.

There isn't a shadow
of doubt on her face.

He might be the one.

There wasn't a shadow of doubt
on my face when I married Jack.

And if you could just
keep that memory alive.

Mum!

Struth.

Mrs. O'Rourke.

He said someone might come by.

I wasn't sure what he meant.

We just got off the train.

Ash Park's got a food service going.

Anyone in a bit of need.

I see.

Place is a terrible mess, isn't it?

You back for good or
you just visiting or...

Well, he can't look after himself.

It's Mr. Briggs, Stan.

One way to... give
the kids a f... fright.

He said it's one way to
give the kids a fright.

Yeah.

The yard needs work. The
whole place needs work.

So I was thinking.

You mentioned having trouble
getting blokes talking

during these group things.

But when men really get yarning

is when they're building
something... sawing, hammering.

So maybe try setting up a
working bee type of thing,

help people out who are
going through a rough patch.

The O'Rourkes.

Well, I need an icebreaker.

This could be it.

What's Andrew doing in Vietnam?

Mama thinks he's a spy.

He's working for the
International Rescue Committee,

mostly in Europe but
Vietnam for the moment.

He's resettling refugees,

problems between north and south.

He's worried that a full-scale
war might break out there

the way things are going.

So he's kind to refugees.

Is he kind to you?

Don't be worried.

I've seen the worst of Andrew.

And now I've seen the best.

He's a very different man.

Well, now I know your
secret, I'll tell you mine.

If you insist on going to Inverness,

which I think is a bad idea,
then you should leave today.

Forget about my going to court.
I can go on my own, truly.

I'm not taking no for an answer.

It's why I've waited in town.

This is a huge thing.
You will need support.

Grandmother!

Olivia's divorce day. Tell
her she can't go alone.

- Oh, of course not.
- Thank you. I'm going with you.

All I have to do is go up on the stand,

be questioned by my own barrister...

And I'll be there.

I'll go to Inverness the next
day and wait to drop my bundle.

Oh. So she's told you
about her silly notion.

It's not a notion.

Mama will have to go
down to see the baby.

Papa will be there, and
they will break their impasse

over the cradle and talk.

Excuse me. What's that?

Oh.

I have some news.

- Some news.
- Well, tell me.

Hold on to your hat.

Anna!

Nothing surprises me these days.

Well, this will.

A little bit of respect,
if you don't mind.

Should I be sitting down?

Well...

There are some blokes
that meet up at the clinic

for a cup of tea and a natter sometimes.

What they've said to me is...
tell us what needs fixing,

what you need, and they'll
do their best to see it done.

Well, we never replaced that
old chook house that blew over.

Oh. Well, good.

Just decide where you want it
and we'll build you another one.

Mowing. Fences.

Charity.

It works both ways.

We'll set up a day that suits.

Thank you, Dr. Duncan.

Mrs. O'Rourke, Stan.

Sorry to intrude.

Trying to persuade him to
let the men's group help out.

Roy said that Sheila was back,

and it's about time I
had a word to Stan, so...

I'll wait for you.

I won't be long.

It's lovely to see you, Mrs. Bligh.

And you, Sheila.

How are you?

Healthwise I'm really good, but...

Of course.

Mr. O'Rourke.

What?

I, uh... I've been thinking.

I wanted to let you know that...

... that there's no
hostility on my part.

No hard feelings, not anymore.

All right.

You said your bit.

Now piss off.

He said that he...

Thank you, Sheila.

I understood.

Whatever Jack's offered with the men,

just know it comes in good faith.

And in any way we can help.

Thank you.

You know you didn't mean that.

An apology would have
meant the world to her.

Would it have hurt you?

Everyone is trying to help.

That was a mistake and a half.

He's his own worst enemy.

Stubborn as a mule.

What?

Well, it's interesting you say that.

Here we go.

I remember someone asking me once

would I rather be right or be happy?

It forced me to swallow my pride.

Jesus wept. Will you give it a break?

I don't need to talk to her.

She's gone.

I could have strangled him.

He's with all these men he's
supposed to be counseling,

but physician heal thyself?

- Forget it.
- He's feeling sorry for himself.

No, he's drowning in self-pity.

From Stan, I could almost take it.

Yes. Well, his future is rather grim.

I should put Jack in
the same room as Leah.

All those years...

years as a child, confined to bed.

If anyone had the
right to wallow, but no.

She heads off to a new
country, mapping out a new life.

To be fair... when I lost
you, I went off the rails.

With rather disastrous consequences.

One more try with Jack.

And then...

Then I give up.

This is a surprise.

I wanted to let you know
they've offered me a position

at the hospital.

Assisting Mr. Rowe, the new surgeon,

in whatever capacity I can manage.

Well, good.

But you should know that
I'm going to turn it down.

Uh, because of us.

Sure.

Because in my eyes,

and unless you've changed your mind...

... I'd like us to be together.

More.

How's that?

Well, with James and
I, it was different.

We were living in the same
house without suspicion.

But if I were working here,

living in the surgeon's quarters...

... we'd spend half our
time sneaking around,

and it'd be living a lie.

It'd be Doris all over again.

Or worse.

But if you're up in the big smoke...

You could come up.

And occasionally...

... this would be my weekender.

No one would know that I'm here.

Not to be away from you, to...

... to be with you, yeah?

See how it goes.

See how it goes.

It's over.

I don't know why, but I
feel rather brokenhearted.

Oh.

- Are you all right?
- Me?

You're wearing a strange expression.

Just indigestion.

Anna, you asked me before
what a contraction feels like.

I just have to make a quick call.

Anna.

- Anna.
- Well, I've only had two.

I've got plenty of time.

Ooh.

Oh.

Three.

All... All right.

Um...

Grandmother, don't panic.

All I need is a car and a driver

and for you to gather
some things from my room.

If you have started your labor,
you absolutely cannot travel.

Grandmother, please just
arrange for a car to be there

when we arrive.

A car to take you to hospital here,

not all the way down there.

I am getting myself to Inverness

with your help or without.

Anna, this is a ridiculous notion.

It is absurd.

Did Dawn Briggs teach you nothing?

It's how I want it to be.

And please telephone
Mama and let her know.

I won't be part of this.

Grandmother, I thought I had
more time, and now I don't!

I will see you shortly.

Sorry for interrupting, Mr...

Oh. Henry.

Oh, good. Uh, just the person I need.

Would you excuse us?

We were just finishing up.

Uh, next time you're in the
city, let's have that drink.

I look forward to it.

Come on, Dad.

Your timing's perfect.

Do you always drive like a snail?

No, Elizabeth.

It was a rhetorical question.

But we could walk
there faster than this.

Don't tell me you motor at
this pace on the Riviera.

As a matter of fact...

... I don't.

You definitely spoke with Mama?

- Yes. Yes, I did, darling.
- Okay. Thank you.

This is typical Anna.

I know why she's doing this...

so that I'll charge down
to Inverness Hospital

and have no choice but to
sit in the corridor with Jack.

I could take you if you like.

That's not going to help anyone.

I'll go when it's time.

But thank you.

And... thank you.

You know, I... I thought you
would have matured by now.

You're like a bull in a china shop.

You want it all your way.

Right back to Gino...

too stubborn to see how
inappropriate that was.

I thought you'd stopped being critical!

I'm doing my best.

- Slow down.
- I can't!

No, darling. Not you.

Olivia, one minute
you're Terry Tortoise,

the next minute you're Jack Brabham.

I'm sorry, Elizabeth, and
this isn't easy to say...

Don't hold back. No one else is.

Will you please shut
up and let me drive?!

Mock me all you like.

I shall just be happy if
we arrive in one piece.

Knowing I'd meet with them
gave Elizabeth reassurance.

Are you with me?

Uh, yeah. Yes.

One minute long and three minutes apart?

That can't be right. Um...

Stop the car. Stop the car!

If you can just hold on,
we're not too far away.

- Now, Livvy! Now! I need to get out!
- Stop!

- Stop!
- Stop!

I am!

Wait! Just hold on, darling.

Hold on, hold on, hold on. No, no, no.

Do you think they've
come a different way?

No. We'll find them.

All fathers get nervous.
It's part of the package.

It's just that I know what can go wrong.

Oh, Olivia, I'm so hot!

Here. Here.

I'm no expert, Anna,

but I don't think you should
try and push just yet, darling.

I need...

Oh, I need... I need an ambulance!

I think we'll all need an
ambulance before too long.

W... what if they just drive past?

Perhaps I should run
to the road and check.

Yes. Yes, you do that.

I'll stay with Anna.

Oh, it's all right,
sweetheart. It's all right.

- It's all right.
- I'm here. I'm here.

Grandma's here. It's all right, darling.

You're doing so well, darling. Just try.

Try really hard.

Try really hard to just...

Oh, thank God.

She's just down here. Quickly!

Oh, thank the Lord!

- Here they come. They're coming.
- They're coming!

You'll be all right. You'll
be all right. Hold on.

This time tomorrow,
you'll be a grandmother.

Yes.

You want to be there, don't you?

Yes.

Ah. My hand.

And... And push now!

Okay. Stop. Stop.

- Stop.
- Shut up! I heard!

That's it. Let it go.

Let it... Okay.

You can do this.

And another one if you can.

That's it! Keep pushing!

Well done. Another Miss Bligh!

Oh! Oh!

She's perfect.

I can't remember a time
when she wasn't here.

I shouldn't have come.

Jack?

Jack!

Your daughter risked her life
and the baby's life for this.

Well, more fool her.

Oh. What a lucky little girl she is.

Miss Bligh.

Uncle Harry.

Four generations.

Four.

You're here early.

Hello, little one.

"Dot and the Kangaroo."

Oh! This is my favorite!

She'll love it.

I've decided to let Caro have the day.

No, Papa.

Please stay.

Like Roy with Dawn's funeral,
best not get in the way.

But you won't be.

Please.

You all enjoy yourselves.

No.

You're a beautiful mother.

Or have I said that before?

I'll be here in spirit.

It's all rather intriguing, isn't it?

A naming ceremony.

What do you think it means?

Well, sort of like a christening,

but we're not in a church, so...

Well, of course Miss Anna was C of E,

then Roman Catholic, so
perhaps to avoid confusion.

You know, I did read once
about naming ceremonies

in the National Geographic.

Somewhere in Africa
or... India or somewhere.

Well, then there's the
father and his chappie.

Oh.

Do you know, I did ask Mr. Polson

what his sort likes to be called.

- Struth, Doris!
- Do you know what he said?

"Just not late for dinner."

We're in the thick of
bohemia now, Mr. Briggs.

The modern age.

All we need is the Sputnik
to fly past the window.

Papa decided not to come.

Not today, darling.

I thought you'd probably be there.

If you were up at the christening,

I wouldn't need to say this.

But as you're hidden away, I do.

Say what? Why are you calling me?

Because I'm sick of
seeing Carolyn so unhappy.

This is our business, not yours.

It most certainly is my business,

until you find the gumption to
talk with her at the very least.

I'm hanging up.

I can only respect your
marriage for so long.

If you want her back, get on with it.

But if you don't fight for
her, I will take her from you.

She's not a chess piece.

No, she isn't. She's
a magnificent woman.

And if I get her, it'll be
because you were too vindictive,

too focused on your own needs
and you let her slip away.

Here we all are.

Thank you for coming.

James, you get the prize
for longest distance.

I first learned about
naming ceremonies in Hawaii,

from a Japanese community.

Hawaii! Of course. That was it.

So this is "The Prophet"
by Kahlil Gibran.

He's a poet from Lebanon,

and he was first published
over 30 years ago.

"On Children."

"Your children are not your children.

They are the sons and daughters
of life's longing for itself."

"They come through you but not from you.

And though they are with you,
yet they belong not to you,

you may give them your love
but not your thoughts...

... for they have their own thoughts."

Um... "You may house their
bodies but not their souls,

for their souls dwell
in the house of tomorrow,

which you cannot visit,
not even in your dreams."

"You may strive to be like them,

but seek not to make them like you...

... for life goes not backward
or tarries with yesterday."

"You are the bows

from which your children as
living arrows are sent forth.

The archer sees the mark
upon the path of the infinite,

and he bends you with his might

that his arrows may go swift and far."

"Let your bending in the
archer's hand be for gladness,

for even as he loves
the arrow that flies,

so he loves also the
bow that is stable."

"On Children."

Thank you.

In the presence of you
all, family and dear friends

and a wonderful father,
we name this child Elaine.

Elaine Elizabeth Bligh.

Oh.

Oh, thank you.

Thank you.

What are you guys doing?

"Your children... are not your children.

Children. They are... "

I'll be heading off in a minute.

I have work to do.

Now, Carolyn, you're
doing a wonderful job,

but under the circumstances,

if working with Delia
is too problematic...

It's not. Not at all.

I bear a burden of the guilt.
I set the thing in motion.

No hard feelings if you
want to take a step away.

That's all.

It needed to be this way.

I'll be fine.

Oh.

Safe travels.

Congratulations again.

And you two.

I'm glad.

Cheers.

I'm grateful to your
family for including me.

Not everyone would.

I'd have burnt the house
down if they hadn't.

So would I.

Father.

Son.

It's just about the New Year.

I hope you don't mind, but I
was going to head back to France.

Just seeing in the '60s and, uh...

I see. I see.

Um... New Year's Eve
here or on the Riviera.

Yes.

Well, it's hardly a
choice, is it, George?

It certainly is not.

Be mad if you didn't.

Thank you.

We'll meet up with you over there soon.

It is literally next year in Jerusalem.

Did Jack come?

No.

He doesn't deserve you.

Not the way he is.

She was very good today.

Elaine Elizabeth.

This is the last thing I'll
say, and then I give up.

Good.

Why do you think it's
so hard to move ahead?

To fit yourself in
to what Carolyn wants?

Oh.

Why should I?

I've got the hospital.
I've got the clinic growing.

And you'll most likely
be doing it all alone.

So be it.

Really?

You know what I can't forgive?

I stood in that doorway,
and I saw what I saw.

Bad enough the Japs cut my balls off.

The woman I love just
did it all over again,

everything rationalized by
her standard old accusation

that I am in a rut.

I think you are.

- Enough, all right?
- We both have been.

You know, you and I, we are
opposite sides of the same coin.

Because of my war damage,
I ran and couldn't stop.

Because of your war
damage, you can't move.

- That's not right.
- Listen.

We were both brutalized every
hour of every day for years,

until we almost forgot who we were.

What would anyone do who
went through what we did?

You... You... You find what feels safe

and you hold on tight.

It was safer for me to run
from happiness than embrace it.

It's safer for you to be
here alone than risk change.

These things, they become habits.

And we're too scared to shake them off.

You know, perhaps we will always
be revisited by our terrors.

But it's another thing
to keep creating them.

Hmm?

I think you have to
do something big, Jack,

or you won't be any good to anyone,

including this little girl.

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