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(dramatic music)

(birds chirping)

(pleasant music)

- He was just a busy boy.

Never still, always chasing.

New York, Paris, Rome.

I always said, why?

We have everything here.

- But now, he's home.

So much happier, yeah? - And nicer.

(Mom laughs) - Mom.

- Nicer to Mom.

- And can I just say?

He's always looked after me.

- Okay, Joseph. - Really.

- No, no, thank you, but that's enough.

- He's made mistakes, so many mistakes.

- Yeah, but he'll stick by you.

- All his other girlfriends weren't like you.

Remember Tasma and Eva, Tegan?

- Oh my god, Tegan, Tegan, Tegan.

- But they weren't even girlfriends.

What are you, what are you- - But maybe now,

he's ready to settle down.

- Ooh, ooh, that's a question.

What do you reckon, Clara?

Is he ready?

- Oh.

- Thank you, very much.

- Is he?

(both laughing)

- Uncle Joseph has been around since forever.

My mum likes to help out the Pinoy community

when they arrive, so then they end up becoming family.

And I've got like, 20 uncles that aren't really my uncles.

- Oh, so what about Joseph?

- Tito Joseph was the first one, I think, yeah.

(pleasant music)

- She's really lovely, your mum.

- Yeah, she is.

She loves you.

I can tell.

(upbeat music)

♪♪ It's earnestly said ♪♪

♪♪ My resolution is dead ♪♪

♪♪ If you refuse to see the sunlight ♪♪

♪♪ Moving through defenseless front lines ♪♪

♪♪ I keep on finding your hair ♪♪ (both moan)

♪♪ A constant presence of fear ♪♪

♪♪ And difficulties more unknown ♪♪

(Clara moaning)

- Hey. - Yeah?

- Hey, why um,

why didn't you tell your mum we're trying to make a baby?

- Oh, fuck Clara.

'Cause it would be a long conversation about marriage,

a wedding, church wedding.

- Oh, is she really religious?

- We need to stop talking about my mum.

- Oh sorry, sorry, sorry. - Yeah, okay.

(both moaning)

♪♪ I love you, I love you ♪♪

(birds chirping)

- What's all this?

(Anita moans)

- What if,

are we sure they're not home?

- Oh, they're in for a bit of a show if they are.

(Anita moaning)

- Actually, I think they might be home.

(Anita sighs) I'm sorry.

We could always take this inside if you-

- Okay, you wanna go inside?

Come on.

Come inside.

Ah!

(both laughing)

- [Glen] Come on, horsey.

(both laughing)

- My advice, hold your tongue

and volunteer for anything that gets you out of the house.

Shopping, whatever.

- Oh no, no, no.

I mean, we don't live together.

- Well, you get the best of both worlds then.

(Michael chuckles)

Hoo-hoo, yes.

- So, how many,

how many kids do you have?

- Four. - Four?

- Each with a different, anyway,

Aaron, I just wanted to give you a quick heads up

about a meeting I set up for you at six o'clock tonight

with Karen Piper, KC.

She's looking for a paralegal slash mentoree

for an upcoming hearing.

High profile, big one, actually.

You'd be deep in the discovery phase of the case.

Interviewing, researching, so on.

- Mm-hmm, sure. (phone buzzing)

- This is a capital O opportunity,

so you should do a little prep.

- Well, that's amazing.

Thank you.

Yeah, I'll be here.

Six, six?

Sorry, I've just gotta take this, Michael.

(gentle music)

- [Clara] You wanna get food later?

- No, I've got those makeup tests today.

- Hope you come home a winner.

- You okay?

- Yeah.

Yes, bye.

- What?

Clara.

- Nothing.

Tell me if you hear from the clinic.

- [Peter] Oh yeah, of course.

You too.

- [Anita] What have you got on your list this week?

- Well, apart from you? - Ah, good.

- I'm going to fix that.

- Oh, what?

Are you gonna paint it?

- Well, eventually yeah,

but there's something leaking out there.

And one day, your ceiling's gonna fall in

and your insurance might not cover damage from neglect.

- My insurance won't cover anything.

I don't have insurance, I don't believe in it.

- You what?

- Look, I just don't believe in giving my money

to big multinationals who never pay up anyway.

Look, I'd rather use my money to travel,

and to you know, live.

- Yes, but,

come on, everyone has insurance.

- Well, I don't.

- What, you don't have any?

- No.

Anyway darling, I don't think I've got anything

to fix that, I'm sorry.

- No, no, I'm gonna have to go and get my tools.

(Anita laughs)

- You don't have any tools.

- Of course I have tools.

(both laugh)

I used to do quite a lot of things around the house.

- Did you? - Yeah.

- Well, have you got a tool belt?

- As a matter of fact, I do.

- Oh, well maybe you can wear that later.

- Well, maybe I should add it to my list.

(both laugh)

(bell dinging)

- How's Peter's mum? - Gorgeous.

She's really lovely.

Very, very positive. - Oh really?

Should spend some time with Vicky.

She always seems to be in a mood at the moment.

- She definitely wants grandkids.

- Vicky?

- No, Peter's mum, what?

- Oh, yeah, sorry.

Okay, what is it?

- What, nothing.

- Please.

- Okay, can you not react?

Because it's nothing.

I'm four days late.

(gasps) But it's nothing, okay?

I haven't told Peter yet, 'cause I don't want it jinxed.

And we're getting the fertility results soon, maybe today,

so I don't wanna jinx that either.

What are you doing?

- Maybe you won't need the stupid fertility results.

What, why are you embarrassed?

Everyone has sex, Clara.

- I'm not embarrassed.

- It's just sometimes, sex leads to a little tiny baby.

(gentle music) (people murmuring)

Do you want me to run the tap?

- No.

I should probably do this with Peter.

- Annoying, but fair.

(people chattering) (pleasant music)

- Hi, hi. - Hi.

- You look great.

- How's Ella?

- What can I get for you guys?

- Um.

- That one? - Yeah.

Can we just do two of these?

Thank you. - Thanks.

- Yeah, Ella, she's good.

She's, you know, good.

- [Jesse] How long to go?

- Three weeks and two days.

(Jesse laughs)

- Three weeks until you're a dad?

I, fuck.

I cannot believe it.

- Do you wanna see a picture?

- Sure.

- We're good.

We're just working around the baby, and you know,

trying not to let it change our lives, but yeah.

Ella's writing music, it's really good.

And she's seeing someone, I think.

I just couldn't believe you called, you know?

- Yeah, I'm,

I don't really know why I did.

♪♪ Still hanging in the hallway ♪♪

♪♪ I've been feeling ♪♪

♪♪ Some of that shit I don't believe in ♪♪

♪♪ I've been sleeping just to walk away the feeling ♪♪

(birds chirping)

- [Aaron] Can we, can we do this again?

- [Jesse] Yeah.

- Yeah?

Tomorrow?

- Um, maybe not tomorrow.

- Okay, yeah. - Next week?

- Yeah, definitely.

Lock it in.

- Okay. - Yeah.

Okay, bye, all right.

- [Jesse] Bye.

(phone buzzing)

- Okay.

(Aaron sighs)

(gentle music)

Fuck.

Fuck!

- Dad. - Hi, darling.

- How is she? - Exciting.

- Have you seen him?

- Yeah, yeah, no, no, he was just here.

He's gone back in.

I think he's a bit worried, because um,

because you know, the baby's a bit early,

but I think he'll be really,

really pleased that you're here.

He said something about- - I hope you found your belt.

Because I seem to have lost mine.

- [Glen] Oh, fantastic.

- [Anita] And it came off so soon

I didn't have time for pants.

- Sorry.

Sorry.

- It's fine, said something about what, Aaron, Ella?

The baby. - No, no, no, no, no.

Just, um.

No, something about the position.

I'm, I'll, I'll be right back.

(gentle music)

(phone rings)

- Hello.

- Hello, look, I'm so sorry.

I was gonna come back, but Aaron's having his baby.

I mean, Ella's gone into labor,

and I'm at the hospital.

- [Anita] Oh, that's fantastic.

(Glen chuckles)

- Is there a problem at all?

- Mum's fine. - Good.

- There's a slight question about bump's position,

but nothing to worry about at this stage.

- Is she OA or OP?

- We're not sure, which is why-

- Why not just do an ultrasound?

- Hi.

- Hey. - Sorry.

- It's all right.

- Aaron will be so pleased you're here.

Can you stay for a bit?

- Well, uh.

Yeah, I've got paperwork, but yeah, yeah.

- That was Anita, on the phone, sorry.

I was meant to meet her.

Sounds like a Beatles song, doesn't it?

Anita meet her.

You know, she doesn't have insurance?

- Who, Ella? - No, Anita.

- Oh, everyone has insurance.

- That's what I said.

- [Clara] Do you mean medical insurance?

- No, I mean any insurance.

House, car, medical.

She thinks it's betting on losing.

I mean she just thinks that between now,

and when she dies,

it's so unlikely the house'll burn down

that all that money could be better spent.

Which is, I suppose, but I mean, you know, it's...

Hey.

- Hey. - Hi, Peter.

- Hi.

- Oh, I didn't mean, you didn't have to come.

- No, no, I just, I thought that I would swing by,

or I could stay.

- [Clara] That'd be lovely.

I mean, it could be hours.

- Like your outfit.

- Thanks.

- All the, the whole unbuttoned thing.

I mean, I couldn't pull that off, but you've got such,

you know really, you've got such smooth skin.

- Oh no, no, this is bronzer.

I just came from a shoot

and when I got the text, I rushed over.

- Oh, I see.

I was at the house getting my toolkit.

- Toolkit?

- Yeah.

- [Clara] Are you okay?

- What's so strange about that, really?

- Yeah, I'm just starving.

Is there a-

- Yeah, there's a snack machine.

- Oh yeah, cool, cool, snack, great idea.

Glen, do you want anything?

- Yeah, actually.

A cup of black tea would be really,

and Clara, could you get me a muesli bar or?

- Yeah. - Thanks.

(phone ringing)

- The fertility clinic just called me.

- Oh, and?

- And they want us to come in for a consultation tomorrow,

so I don't know.

It's not necessarily a bad thing, is it?

- No, that's not good, Peter.

- [Peter] Well I mean, we don't know that.

- They don't...

Peter, I'm too old.

- No, don't say that.

Okay, we're just gonna wait,

and hear what they have to say.

(gentle music)

- Oh, yum. - I won't stay long.

- Oh no, please do.

Oh, this smells absolutely delicious.

- Oh, good.

- Hey. - Oh, hi.

- Hi.

- Look what we've got, look what we've got.

- Help yourself. - Tuck in.

- Thank you. - Oh, oh wow.

- Thought it'd be better than hospital food.

- Mm, mm.

Clara was getting me a muesli bar.

- Oh, the machine wasn't working.

- No, no, no, no, no, laksa's much better.

That's all I meant.

- Oh, wow.

This is amazing, thanks Anita.

- Pleasure.

- Peter, do you have insurance?

- Oh, Dad.

- [Glen] No, no I'm curious.

- For my car.

- Any insurance.

- Everyone's got insurance, don't they?

- Yeah, you'd think so.

- Why do I feel like I'm walking into a trap?

- Because you are. - Because you are.

- Perhaps I could extend my insurance to cover you.

- No thank you.

- Were you cooking this when you got the call?

- Yes, I was, actually.

- I was looking for my tool belt when I got the call.

(Peter laughs)

- Come on, Dad. - What?

- Well, first you have a tool kit.

Now you've got a tool belt?

Come on.

- What's so strange about that?

I used to do lots of things around the house.

- You were not a handyman.

- Oh! - Oh, hi.

- What's that fucking smell?

- Laksa. - Laksa.

- Well, can you please get rid of it?

It's gonna make me spew.

- Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry.

It is a powerful smell.

- Sorry, yeah. - What are you guys doing?

- The midwife said we should just

go for a walk down the ward.

- I'm so sorry, sorry. - No, no, no, no, no, no.

Don't be silly.

- It's in the right position.

- Which is good. - It's gonna be great.

Okay.

- Okay, well, I might be off.

- Oh, really? - Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- Well, let's have that later.

- Sure.

Okay, bye-bye auntie.

- Oh, thank you.

- And uncle. - Ah, thank you.

- Okay.

I'll see you later.

- I'll show you out. - Okay, darling.

- What is it?

- I'm four days late, five tomorrow.

- Are you serious?

- Yeah, but I don't think we should get excited about it

because it's too early, and-

- Why didn't you say anything?

Maybe we don't have to...

- What?

- Nothing.

(phone chimes)

- Wonder how far they're walking.

- Not yet.

- Sorry, sweetheart?

- Oh, not yet.

They're not back yet, sorry.

- Bathroom?

- Yeah, I think, and round.

- Okay.

- [Glen] Is everything all right?

You all right?

(phone chimes)

(texts whooshing)

- I don't wanna do this.

- No, no, no.

You're gonna be great. - No, I can't.

- Hey, you're gonna be great.

- I can't do it, I can't.

- It's gonna be the best experience, okay?

And before you know it, before you know it.

(phone buzzing)

Our baby's gonna be- - Don't answer it.

Wait, who is it?

- It's just your mum.

Come on.

- Mum, yep.

Where have you been?

I've been trying to call you.

What?

When?

No, no, I was just,

yeah, I was wondering why you hadn't responded.

No, no, no, no, Aaron will come and get you.

- Wait, what?

- Yeah, yeah, yeah, he wants to.

Four centimeters.

Okay, okay, okay, yeah.

Yeah, bye-bye.

What the hell?

My mum's here. - She's here?

- Yeah. - Really?

- She wanted to surprise me and stay until the baby came,

but she's here now.

- Wow.

- Can you go and get her, please?

- From the airport? - Yeah.

- No, no, no, no, she can just get a taxi.

- Aaron, my mom has just flown 25 hours

to get here to meet her first grandchild.

She can't get into a fucking taxi.

- I can grab her, yeah.

I can go grab her, yeah, okay?

Okay, I just don't want to leave you here, that's all, okay?

I'm gonna go get Clara's keys, all right?

Okay?

Here she is.

- How does it feel? - So shit.

- Can I borrow your car?

I've just gotta go pick up Ella's mom from the airport.

- What are you talking about?

She can't get a taxi?

- No, Clara, she's from England, okay?

- Aaron, you need to stay here in case the baby comes.

- Okay. - Okay?

So, I can go and get her, or- - Yes, you go.

- Great, I'm gonna go get her.

- Are you sure? - Yeah.

- Yeah, thank you, thank you, thank you.

Thank you.

All right, sorry.

- Don't be silly. - No, you go back in.

- Yes, yeah, all right.

- Hey, hey.

- [Clara] I've gotta go.

- Yes, me too.

And we're gonna go grab some dinner.

- No we're not, come on.

- Can't she get a taxi? - Apparently not.

Because she's from England, Peter.

- [Peter] Right, well why don't we do the test now?

- I can just do it when I get home.

- [Peter] Yeah, but it'll only take two minutes.

- I don't want to do the test, Peter.

Sorry.

I just, I think I'm,

right now, it's possible that I'm pregnant,

and I just kind of want to live

in that possibility for a bit.

Okay, bye.

See you around.

- [Peter] Drive safe.

(birds chirping)

(emotional music)

(phones ringing) (people chattering)

- What's happening?

- Just, ah, fuck!

I missed the Karen Piper.

- What?

(phone rings)

- [Michael] This is Michael.

- Michael, hi, hi.

I'm just at the hospital.

Everything's fine, everything's under control.

Look, I,

I missed that interview, and I'm really, really sorry, mate.

And you know, I'm sure we can work something out.

But yeah, thanks a lot.

Okay, bye.

Fuck!

Oh why'd I call him, mate?

- What happened, what happened?

- I just, no, I just.

Does this sound bad?

"You need to work out your priorities.

"When I was your age,

"I didn't get an opportunity like that."

- Aaron, you're not expected

to miss the birth of your child.

- Yeah, I know, I know. - Yeah?

So today, and tomorrow, and however long it takes

is about you, and Ella, and the baby, okay?

That's all.

Yeah?

- You should go home, Dad.

- No, no, I'm okay.

- No seriously, she's only like, five centimeters.

Okay, the walk didn't really do anything.

So she's just gonna rest and try again later.

- Oh, right.

Well, um.

- But I'll text you.

- Okay, all right.

Bye. - Bye, bye.

- I'm really proud of you. - Yeah, yeah.

- Yeah, all right.

- Drive safe, slowly, okay? - Bye-bye.

- Good flight, Diane?

- Long.

- Well, looks like you got here just in time.

Is this your first grandchild?

- Yes.

So, tell me about your brother.

Does he have other children?

- What, no.

(Clara laughs)

He's a child himself.

- And I understand your mother died?

- Yeah, yeah, she did last year.

- But you have children.

- No, not yet.

12 years of study got in the way,

and geriatric pregnancies,

they require a little bit of extra effort.

- [Diana] Did you freeze?

- No.

There's gotta be some left in there somewhere though, right?

- Are you in a relationship?

- Yeah.

- [Diana] And does he want children, or she?

- Very much, yeah.

We both do.

- It's funny, isn't it?

This need to have children.

(emotional music)

- Yes, I'm sure.

You're not listening to me.

Just,

you just don't seem to listen.

I mean, how many times?

No.

Oh, hey, hi.

Any baby yet?

- No.

No, Ella, she's still only five centimeters.

So, she's gonna have a rest

and then she'll try again.

- Great. (phone chimes)

Oh, shut up.

(Anita chuckles)

Oh darling, I'm really tired. - Yeah.

- I think I'm gonna go to bed.

I'll see you in bed.

(emotional music)

- Right.

- You sure?

- Of course.

- Whatever happens.

- Yeah.

(tender music)

(urine trickling)

It's negative.

- You're not joking, are you?

Because if you're pregnant,

this would be how you'd make a joke?

(Clara sighs)

(gentle music)

Okay.

It's okay.

Hey.

We try again.

And again.

We can try on the bench again.

We can try on the couch.

We can try on the stairs.

We can try over there, we just keep trying.

And we'll keep trying until we run out of ways.

Then we've gotta figure out new ways,

and new positions,

and then, we'll find a way,

and then we'll make the baby.

- Shut up, can we try now? - Yeah, we can.

(upbeat music) (both moaning)

- [Max] Hey Dad, what are we having for dinner tonight?

- What, hey.

Hey, Max, great.

You're here.

- Hey.

- You want some tea, Max?

- No.

- Oh my god.

- [Peter] We should start in the bedroom.

- Okay. - Okay.

(upbeat music)

(people chattering) (phone buzzing)

- Hi. - Hi.

- [Jesse] Are you okay?

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I'm fine.

I just wanted to hear your voice.

That was really nice, today.

- Yeah.

What's wrong, are you drunk?

- No, no, no.

I'm, I'm sorry.

I'm just at the hospital right now.

Ella's in labor.

- Is everything okay with her?

- Yeah, yeah, everything's fine.

Everything's,

it's just...

It's just a lot, you know?

- Yeah.

- And I just...

I just miss my best friend, you know?

♪♪ Do I believe in love ♪♪

♪♪ But I believe in love ♪♪

♪♪ And it's not my place, not my place to say ♪♪

♪♪ Oh but you're in trouble now ♪♪

♪♪ Ooh ♪♪

- Okay, I think you can just say it now.

I'm too old, my eggs have dried up, let's, I'm fine.

- We don't know that, we don't know that.

- Clara, your egg count is in pretty good shape,

actually, for someone your age.

Yeah, it's entirely likely

that you could achieve a geriatric pregnancy.

Under normal circumstances.

But unfortunately, Peter,

it's never easy to give this sort of news.

You have very low sperm motility.

According to this analysis,

it's unlikely that you'd find it easy to conceive.

- What, are you,

because I have a son.

I had him when I was 19, so.

- Okay.

Fertility, it changes over time.

Alcohol, smoking, drug abuse.

Infection, diet pills.

All sorts of things can contribute to fertility,

and it's not impossible

that you could father a child.

It's just, yeah, it's not likely.

Okay.

So, Clara.

Let's say that

this bus is your egg,

and then these little characters, they're

and they wanna get onto the bus, right?

They're trying to find the door,

but for some reason we don't fully understand it,

they're just banging around on the outside going yeah,

I wanna come in, I wanna do my job,

but they, you know,

they're just not getting in there.

I mean, for us, we can see the door.

We're going, go in the door, for goodness sake.

Their heart's in the right place,

they may be trying at the back-

- Yeah, it's fine. - We're on the wrong side.

What are we doing?

You can't get in from underneath.

- We get it, yep, we get the bus.

Can we please discuss what our options are now?

- Look, I think it's probably a little bit too soon

to be thinking about options.

I think we should focus on health.

You know?

Let's reduce alcohol,

caffeine, sugar.

(phone chimes)

- Yeah I mean, I don't really do any of that stuff.

I work out a lot.

- [Doctor] That's great, and you know,

I encourage you to maintain that healthy lifestyle,

but maybe there's some other factors,

like possibly stress can also contribute, so maybe...

(gentle piano music)

- It's a girl, it's a girl!

It's a beautiful little girl!

Got that, got that, got that.

Um, must be here.

Where are my keys, where are my keys, keys, keys?

- They're in your hand.

- Oh, okay.

Right.

I'm ready, you ready?

- I might come a bit later, do you mind?

- Oh, really?

- Well, I think it should just be family for now.

- Oh, but, come on.

You are family.

- Yeah, but look,

you know I didn't sleep well last night.

I'm just gonna have a bit of a rest.

There's plenty of time to meet her.

- Yeah, of course. - Okay.

- All right, all right. - Bye.

- Bye-bye! - Bye, Granddad.

(Anita sighs)

(pleasant music)

♪♪ Shadow of an adult ♪♪

♪♪ And a violent girl ♪♪

♪♪ Furnace in my body ♪♪

♪♪ His big hands chime my bells ♪♪

♪♪ And I don't wanna talk about it ♪♪

♪♪ Don't wanna talk about it ♪♪

♪♪ Don't wanna talk about it ♪♪

♪♪ No I don't wanna talk about it ♪♪

♪♪ Don't wanna talk about it ♪♪

♪♪ Don't wanna talk ♪♪

♪♪ Can't you read my mind, mama ♪♪

♪♪ Hold me to your breast ♪♪

♪♪ I know you beg the same things of her ♪♪

♪♪ With your face pressed to his chest ♪♪

♪♪ Well, put me on that train ♪♪

♪♪ Out west ♪♪

(knocking)

- Anita!

(knocking)

Anita!

(gentle piano music)

(dramatic music)