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CHARLOTTE: Tell the truth...

..and withdraw that complaint.

I can't do that.

I've decided to file a defamation case against Rhiannon.

Come on, Beaumont. Listen... No, no more listening.

I will see you in court.

What have we got? Hayden Delillo. 30s male.

Fell off a cherry picker while painting.

Nil LOC. He's got severe abdo wounds from the guttering.

Moderate blood loss and he's tachypnoeic.

Any pain relief? 5mg of morphine.

He's on his first bag of Hartmann's.

God. This is paint, right? Oh, yeah.

Bring him... (GROANS)

(MOANS)

Pupils equal and reactive.

Mmph!

Got a gash on his head.

Not too serious.

Ooh. Got quite a severe laceration to the right upper quadrant.

How we gonna get the paint out of there?

Very carefully. You will need iodine.

Normal saline - plenty of it - and just keep flushing it through.

Alright. It's gonna take a while. Yeah. Probably will.

OK. Equal air entry on both bases.

Have you got any pain in your neck? (GROANS)

OK. We'll organise some pain relief for you.

You'll need to do full bloods

and get the portable chest X-ray for a trauma series.

Ohh. What happened to him? Fell off a cherry picker.

Gutter came loose and slashed him on the way down.

No safety harness? Mmm.

I tried to stop him from falling.

And he was screaming, "Don't drop me, please! Don't drop me!"

It's alright, Justin. You did everything you could, OK?

I just couldn't hold onto him. I couldn't.

Good to have you back. Good to be back.

You right to get across to this bed? Yeah.

Is he gonna be alright?

Let's just get you settled first, OK?

Shall we organise more pain relief? No! I'm OK.

No need to be a hero about it. You allergic to anything?

Morphine. OK. Entonox.

I'm just gonna have a look at your shoulder.

Can you feel that? Yep.

No numbness or pins and needles? Nuh.

(GROANS) I knew there wasn't much chance of saving him

but, you know, you hope, don't you,

that just once you're gonna do something right.

My solicitor told me there's an old saying about defamation cases.

Client goes in a pig and comes out a sausage.

Come on, Beaumont. You're no pig.

Gee, thanks, Frank.

Do you think I'm making a mistake?

If you don't feel you're up to this, now's the time to say so.

No.

No, if she gets away with slandering me, my career's at a dead-end.

It's gotta stop. No matter what it takes?

I have to fight this head-on. I've tried everything else, haven't I?

Oh, well. Come on. It's time.

What is the matter complained of?

A statement made by Miss Rhiannon Wilson

to the All Saints Hospital Board

alleging sexual harassment of her by Dr Charlotte Beaumont.

My client believes she's been defamed by this statement,

that it casts her as unethical, even predatory toward junior staff.

In short, Miss Wilson's statement has ruined Dr Beaumont's career.

And has your client submitted an affidavit?

She has, Your Honour.

And who's your first witness?

Dr Frank Campion, Director of Emergency Medicine

at All Saints Hospital.

Dr Campion. If you will.

Send you off for an X-ray

and when you get back, we give you some sedation, try and realign it.

Yeah. I know the drill. Isn't the first you've done it?

Lucky number seven.

It's a repeat injury, so we could treat it conservatively.

The Stimson technique? Yeah, I've heard of that.

If you've dislocated your shoulder seven times,

I'd be surprised if you hadn't.

History of weakness might actually help you out in this case.

We get you to lie on your stomach... I hold onto weights, right?

Yeah. See if it goes back in by itself.

OK. I'll grab some sandbags. Alright.

If you lie on your stomach... (GROANS)

Sorry. It's alright.

We can just take our time.

Do you reckon he's gonna die?

I don't know.

She's never gonna forgive me for this.

Who?

Beck. His girlfriend.

Should have just stayed the hell away from them.

Well, there's fractures at 8 and 9 on the right-hand side.

We need an urgent CT. And then we'll...?

And then we'll start to put him back together again.

Any chance you could move it a bit? Well, I haven't done this before.

And this is really messy. Help. (COUGHS) Help me.

Mate, what is it? I can't see.

I can't see anything! There's a little blood in your eye.

Just... hold it there. I'll get it for you.

Please.

There you go. How's that? Thank you.

(GROANS) When I woke up and saw that red,

I thought I was dead.

You're doing really well, Hayden. Hang in there.

I think we should start him on another litre of IV Hartmann's

and another unit of packed cells.

Mm-hm. We're gonna need another set of hands in here.

Mike, I'll deal with that head lac before we send him off.

OK. Sure.

BP's dropping. Probable internal bleed.

Hang on. He's losing consciousness.

We need to intubate. Yep.

Size 7 tube.

God. How did this happen?

Accident. Just a stupid thing.

Hmm. But you drove yourself in.

In through here.

Didn't seem worth calling the ambulance for.

It's not exactly life and death.

But you must be in a lot of pain.

I'll see if I can get a doctor to see you. Steve?

Are you able to see a patient? Sure.

Burns from cooking oil.

Hello, you. Hey.

Oh, you know each other? A little.

Not really. So, what happened?

Bit of a breakfast mishap.

Any trouble breathing? No.

We're gonna need a burns consult down here and 2.5mg of morphine.

OK. I'll just get a cannula in. Oh, I'll do that.

You grab the morphine.

Right. Sure.

OK.

Charlotte is an exemplary physician.

Have you ever had cause to discipline her?

No. No, never.

Nor can I imagine a situation where I'd need to.

We have subpoenaed Dr Beaumont's employment records.

As you can see, she has an unblemished history.

Your Worship, Charlotte is one of those very rare doctors

who is not only thoroughly skilled and professional

but never once has lost her empathy or humanity.

What was your reaction

when you'd heard she'd had a complaint made against her?

Didn't believe it for a minute.

Thank you, Dr Campion. You may take your seat.

A point of clarification, if you will.

You've been a doctor for... Over 25 years.

Then you must be aware of the term the "doctors' club",

where doctors club together against nurses

to cover up fellow doctors' indiscretions.

It's widely documented in the journals.

Well, maybe you've read more journals than I have

because there's certainly no such thing as a "doctors' club"

in my department.

My mistake. I apologise.

Though it's interesting no nurses offered a character reference.

Don't you think?

How's that? Comfortable?

And the pain? It's OK.

How have you been, anyway?

Keeping busy.

'Busy' you can't tell me about

or 'busy' you don't want me to know about?

Just busy. I believe you.

You look great.

So, tell me about this breakfast mishap.

I was sober, if that's what you're thinking.

My sister did this but I don't want her to get into any trouble.

They're pretty serious burns. She owes me a lot worse than this.

I'm doing Step 9.

I've been sober for three years

and I thought it was about time to make amends.

That's great.

So I invite myself over for breakfast to...

..to apologise for sleeping with her husband.

She cut me out of her life around then. I assumed she knew.

I'm guessing she didn't.

She threw the...

..whole pan of oil at me, Steve.

It was awful. As if I hadn't already hurt her enough for one life.

I've ruined her marriage. Two kids have lost their father.

Sorry. Thanks.

Is everything alright?

Under control. I'll take care of that.

It's no trouble. I can...

If I need your help, I'll call you.

How are you two going?

Once he's back from Radiology, I'll put some sutures in.

That's as clean as it's likely to get.

Right. Well, good. Let's get him moving.

I wanna find out what the hell this has all been about.

Hayden's girlfriend's here. Alright to bring her in?

Well, does she know what to expect?

OK. But quickly. We need to send him off for scans.

Is the theatre ready? It's on stand-by.

Oh, my God.

Can I touch him? Just for a minute.

He has extensive injuries.

He's got internal bleeding and some broken ribs.

Honey, I am so sorry about this.

Hayden needs to go for scans

so we will know fully what's wrong with him.

(ALARMS BEEP)

BP's down.

What does that mean? What's happening to him?

SATs are dropping. Check for tracheal deviation.

We'd better go now. No. What... what's going on?

Come on.

There's no air entry in the right side.

Tension pneumothorax. Large-bore cannula.

Hayden's lung has collapsed and air is trapped around it

so the doctors need to relieve the pressure.

Second intercostal space. How?

Von. Needle going in.

(GASPS) What are you doing to him?

(SOBS) Why did they do that to him?

They had to so his lung can start working properly.

God, we had a huge fight last night. I didn't say goodbye this morning.

Come and sit down. I need to stay close.

I need to know what's happening. Rebecca.

Beck. Are you alright?

Justin?

What did you do? Rebecca.

I'm sorry. It was an accident. You bloody idiot.

He's in there, he's covered in tubes.

I said I'm sorry. I should never have trusted you.

What's going on?

I will never forgive you for this. Beck, wait! (GROANS)

No, don't do that, mate. You'll pull your shoulder.

Just... Oh, God.

I know. You're anxious about your boyfriend.

But blaming Justin or yourself,

it's not gonna help any of you get through this.

Hayden wanted us to go off work and get away for a few days.

But I said we couldn't

'cause he promised Juzzy a day's work, 'cause he needed the money.

So, you were helping a friend. Nothing wrong with that.

Justin is a loser. Hayden's right. I should have listened to him.

I actually stood up for the idiot. I mean, I insisted that we...

So, that's what you fought about.

It's what we always fight about - bloody Justin.

From what I understand,

the accident wasn't Justin's fault.

Yeah, OK, I'm sorry, but you don't know him, alright?

It wouldn't have happened if he wasn't there.

Well, he injured himself quite seriously

trying to stop Hayden from falling.

Oh. Yeah, is that what he told you?

It's what the paramedic report said.

Hey. How do you feel now?

I'm fine.

OK.

(GROANS)

Well, unfortunately, your shoulder hasn't gone back into place

so we're going to have to sedate you and manipulate it.

(GROANS) Whatever. I don't care.

OK. Let's get this started and get you out of here as soon as possible.

Look, what happened to your mate, it wasn't your fault.

You did your best, you know?

Despite what his girlfriend thinks, you did your best.

Look, Beck knows me better than anyone.

We've been mates since we were kids.

Well, she's wrong about you this time.

You really should tell her.

Tell her what?

What? I missed a spot on the roof.

I couldn't reach it so Hayden leaned down to do it.

That's why he fell.

Whichever way you look at it, this is my fault.

No, that's great. OK. Thank you. Appreciate it.

They're gonna try to rush the burns consult through for us.

Terrific. I'll tell Tanya.

How do you know her?

Why?

She an old friend or something? No.

Actually, I don't really know her at all.

She works reception at the motel I'm staying at.

Huh.

A 'stone baby', a lithopedian,

is an extremely rare condition

where a woman's body mistakes an ectopic pregnancy

for an infection

and then it calcifies the foetus.

And woman can carry these babies around for 10 and, maybe, 20 years.

It's very sad.

COUNSEL: In her statement to the hospital board,

Ms Wilson claims that after this incident with the 'stone baby',

you asked her to meet with you.

She's remembered things incorrectly. Rhiannon approached me.

Why?

I was upset. It was a tough situation emotionally.

And what happened during that conversation?

We talked.

The statement then goes on to say that

you put an arm around her shoulder.

Again, that's incorrect.

She put the arm around you?

Yes.

Well, how did you interpret this?

A sexual invitation?

No, I thought... I thought it was concern.

Comfort.

But you'd have to ask her exactly what she meant by that.

Ms Wilson also says in her statement that you kissed her.

That's not true.

Did she kiss you?

Dr Beaumont, to your knowledge,

is Ms Rhiannon Wilson gay?

Your Honour, please.

Has Ms Wilson ever discussed her sexual preferences with you?

I did not sexually harass Rhiannon Wilson.

That's all I would like to say about that.

I wanted to be a nurse when I was younger.

Oh, yeah? Lot of people flirt with nursing.

But you have to really love it to stick with it.

I've never stuck with anything in my life.

How's your pain now?

It's... better. Good.

He's good, isn't he?

Oh, yeah, the man's a miracle worker.

As soon as the burns guy's here, we'll get you a bed on the ward.

I have to stay here? Overnight at least.

Oh, I can't do that. Why not?

If you're worried about work, we can call the motel and explain for you.

What motel? The motel where you work.

Isn't that how you know Steve?

Oh, yeah. I'm not doing the motel thing anymore.

I hate cleaning. Thought you worked at reception.

Does it really matter? No, it, er, doesn't.

I will just go and... chase up that burns consult.

I'm sorry. It's not your fault.

It's not what you're thinking. You don't know what I'm thinking.

If you have a history with Tanya that will affect her treatment,

as the Nursing Unit Manager, I need to know.

There's no history. Give me a break.

It's a matter of patient confidentiality, Gabby.

Not that it's any of your business. No. Obviously.

You don't get to ask me these kind of questions anymore.

You gave up that right, remember? Yes.

And I am starting to remember why.

Hayden's on his way back from Radiology now.

Looks like some internal bleeding.

Oh. Thanks for letting me know.

What are you doing tonight?

Why?

Well, I have a fitting for some wedding dresses.

Have fun.

Well, I need a male perspective. What?

Come on. Come with me.

No, that's something you do with your bridesmaids.

She's in New York and won't be back till the week of the wedding

so I'm flying solo until then.

Besides, I said I needed a MALE perspective.

Then you can ask Dan. No.

He can't see my dress before the wedding.

Oh, come on. You're not superstitious, are you?

We've been through so much to get here. I'm not pushing my luck.

Oh, come on!

Please? I'd really like your opinion.

Please? How do I say no to you?

Thank you! Oh! You're the best. (GRUNTS)

How's Hayden? He'll need surgery but he's stable.

How are you feeling? Pretty lucky.

Alright, I'm gonna raise your arm, try and get it back into place.

Tell me if it's too painful, alright? It's right here.

And your mate's in the best place he can be.

He's not my mate.

I try and keep my mouth shut and let her make her own mistakes but...

(INHALES SHARPLY) ..I can't.

Almost there.

I hate being the third wheel,

bloody hate it, but you take it if that's all you've got.

(CRACK!) Argghh! Jesus!

(GROANS) OK.

MIKE: The scans show that the internal bleed

comes from a tear in Hayden's liver.

If the bleeding gets any worse,

then we might have to rush him up to theatre

and do what we can to repair the damage.

What happens if you can't?

Well, let's face that if and when it happens.

Well, why don't you operate and fix it, just in case?

Well, the thing is the laceration may in fact just heal itself

and then we can avoid theatre altogether.

The liver's a funny organ. What? You think this is funny?

No, er, Dr Vlasek is saying that it's best that we wait and see,

rather than put him through an operation that may not be necessary.

Are you saying if you operate he might die?

Well, all surgery carries a risk.

But he... might die if you don't operate.

We're keeping a close eye on him. The doctor knows what he's doing.

You're doing nothing.

At this point in time, this is the best course of action.

Why don't you sit with him?

Let him know you're here.

Honey?

Darling, I'm here, OK? We're gonna get through this. OK.

COUNSEL 2: "Highly skilled physician.

"A credit to her profession. Over 10 years of exemplary service."

It's a great resume.

I can understand why you'd want to protect a reputation this glowing.

But there's a lot more to Charlotte Beaumont

than an employment history.

You were married. Is that correct?

Yes.

And you left your husband for a woman.

That has nothing to do with this case.

Ms Blanchot.

I'm trying to establish Dr Beaumont's other resume.

I beg your pardon? Your Honour, please.

Keep your line of questioning relevant or I'll shut it down.

Of course.

I just thought it was important we know what sort of a character

my client has supposedly defamed.

The unmarried mother, the bisexual... Your Honour, please!

Ms Blanchot, that's enough.

We'll take a break from proceedings.

Ms Blanchot, Mr McCarthy, a word. Now.

Getting pretty dirty in there, isn't it?

I didn't tell them to do that.

Well, that's what happens when you go to court.

Lawyers wanna win, no matter what.

You'll all get your revenge when they put me up there, won't you?

Come on. You don't think Charlotte wants revenge, do you?

She just had a chance to tell them how all this started,

to give away your secret.

She didn't take it.

I'm not sure we should be discussing this.

Rhiannon, you were friends once. You trusted each other.

Once, yeah.

I may be wrong, but isn't this one of those situations

that's just snowballed out of control?

One misunderstanding heaped on another

until we all end up in court wondering how the hell we got here.

She brought this to court.

She doesn't want this any more than you do.

She had no choice. You must know that.

But if you could find the courage to stop this...

..to be honest...

This is none of your business, Dr Campion.

You know, you're not gonna be able to salvage anything out of this.

Either of you.

And if you wanna destroy Charlotte, you're going about it the right way.

Are you OK?

Why didn't I just apologise and wear the reprimand from the hospital?

For something you didn't do?

(DOOR OPENS)

Are we ready to proceed?

My client needs a moment. No, I don't.

What is going on?

Ms Wilson wishes to retract the statement

she made to the hospital board.

Is this true?

Yes.

You're saying that Dr Beaumont

did not make sexual advances towards you?

No. I made the advance.

Charlotte rejected it.

It all just got out of control. I'm sorry.

Dr Beaumont, given this surprising turn of events,

do you wish to proceed with this defamation case?

Mm-mn.

Er... no.

Not if the harassment charge is officially dropped.

I'll make it right. I promise.

Then this case is closed.

Is that it? Mm-hm.

Thank you. You're welcome.

(MACHINES BEEP STEADILY)

How's the pain? Not too bad.

That's likely to change once the current medication wears off.

Let's get 100mg of tramadol on standby.

Sure thing.

To make sure you don't dislocate it again,

you'll have to avoid doing things that involve rotating your shoulder.

What? Like semaphore?

Hmm! Well, like combing your hair.

Hello. OK if Rebecca pops in to see Justin?

He's with his doctor at the moment. We won't disturb Dr Bart.

OK. Go and see him.

Hi. Hi.

I'll be close if you need me. Thanks.

Done your shoulder in again?

Yeah. Surprise, surprise.

What am I gonna do with you, huh? Pfft! Just shoot me.

Don't give me ideas.

Hey, I'm really sorry about what I said before.

Come here.

I am so scared. (SIGHS)

Nah, it's OK.

He's gonna be alright.

(APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS)

I'm sorry. I'm such a stuff-up. No, you're not.

I obviously dumped you in something. Not your problem.

Let's just try and focus on what's going on in your life, OK?

My sister was the only person in my family who'd even talk to me

and now I've screwed that up.

Just 'cause she's angry now doesn't mean she'll always be.

I wouldn't forgive me. I'd hate me.

You're in shock and on some pretty strong medication.

Things can seem a little amplified.

If this is what recovery is like,

then I don't think I can do it anymore.

You ARE doing it.

It wasn't MY choice.

The court made me go to AA, Steve.

It doesn't matter why you started going.

The fact that you've stuck with it, that is what is important.

I wish I could be more like you. You are so much stronger than I am!

You're facing up to the mistakes you've made

and, even though today wasn't that great,

you still had the courage to do it.

You think so?

The closest I ever got to being fearless and searching with myself

was buying an exercise book

and writing, "Beer doesn't make Steve handsome or funny."

Is that true? No.

Actually, beer does make me more handsome.

Come on, just... don't give up, OK?

It's just so... bloody hard.

I know. It is.

Hey. Ricky told me about tonight.

You know me. Live to shop. Yeah, well, it means a lot to her.

I mean, everything that you've done doing over the last couple of weeks,

it's been great, you know?

I haven't done anything special. Well, no, I think that you have.

Are you going to be taking some photos tonight?

Photos of what?

Dresses. Just to see what direction that Ricky might be taking.

Photos for you, you mean?

Yeah, you could send them to me. That'd be a good idea.

No, I'm not sending them to you.

It's not spying, Bart, OK?

It's just that these bridal shops,

it's a bit like frill city, you know what I mean?

And it's exactly the sort of place

where a young woman might make a decision

that she and her future husband might regret.

Why don't you go with her...? Because it's bad luck apparently.

So I can't.

Well, yeah, that's what I've been told.

Just take a couple of photos, man. Slip me a couple of photos.

It'll be fine. It'll be great. Thank you. You're a legend.

Er...

Yeah.

Um, is it OK if I go home? I just wanna pretend today never happened.

I don't think that's a good idea.

Think I'll go off and drink, don't you?

We both know it's smarter not to put yourself in temptation's way,

not when you're feeling the way you are.

How long have you been sober?

Six months? Eight.

Then don't patronise me. You're on training wheels.

Tanya. (GROANS)

What the hell are you doing? Sit down.

Please.

Now, you need to stay here tonight.

Trust me, come tomorrow, you won't feel the way that you do right now.

And if I do?

Then we'll deal with it. OK?

In the meantime, why don't I give your sponsor a call,

see if she'll come down and talk things through with you?

I'll give you the number.

Her name's Catherine.

Thanks. (SIGHS)

GABRIELLE: Everything OK?

I'm just taking my lunch break.

The burns specialist apologises for the delay.

He says he'll be down shortly.

Hope back into bed for me.

Yeah, Catherine. My name's Steve Taylor.

I'm a doctor at All Saints Hospital.

I'm treating Tanya Foster-Wallace.

She said you were her AA sponsor.

I think she could do with your support.

Could you call me back on this number as soon as you get the message?

Thank you.

REBECCA: I think Justin's family moved next door

when we were in primary school.

Yeah. For some reason, me and my friends adopted him.

I was cute. That's why you made friends with me.

You were a little runt. (GRUNTS)

You in a bit of pain? Mm-hm.

Time for something stronger. Can we put the tramadol in?

He's in a bit more pain. Sure.

You duffer. Why didn't you say anything?

It just came on then. (SNIFFS)

If you didn't know better, you'd think you two were a couple.

People always say that. Tramadol in.

They don't get that men and women can just be friends, no strings attached.

We've just never really seen each other like that.

It's nice that your boyfriend's cool with that.

Yeah, Hayden gets it.

He bloody hates it. No, he doesn't.

Hayden. Yeah, he does.

He's always saying to me, "Why can't you have your own girlfriend?"

Shh. I need some room. He's seizing.

(SPLUTTERS)

He's tachycardic. His BP's through the roof.

We need 5mg of diazepam.

Justin, can you hear me? Justin?

What's his BP? About 115 on 65.

But his temp's still up at 39.3.

What did you give him? Just the tramadol.

Nothing else? No, no.

Was it an allergic reaction? Yeah, it could be.

Justin, I need you to concentrate for me, mate.

We're trying to find out why you had this seizure.

We think that you've reacted badly to the painkiller we've given you.

Yeah, I'm allergic to morphine.

It wasn't morphine.

Have you had any other medications?

No.

Is there any chance you could have other types of drugs in your system?

We need to know, mate. What are you on?

I'm not on nothing. You know that.

Yeah, like I haven't heard that before.

He's had drug problems his whole life.

Justin, you on any other types of drugs today?

No. You were out of it this morning.

That's why all this has happened!

I wasn't. I swear. Rebecca, just give us a minute.

Hayden could die because of you. Rebecca, please.

Take bloods and do a tox screen. It might be serotonin syndrome.

Just keep an eye on his temp.

I'll go see if Von can trace a drug history.

Sure. I'm clean. I swear.

He used to be a junkie till about six months ago.

Right. Was he in a clinic or a treatment centre?

Um, he bounced in and out of one for a while

but I thought he'd finally cleaned up his act.

Well, maybe he has.

I thought so too until today.

Explains everything - the accident, the fit he had.

Look, I'd like to talk with the counsellors

who worked with Justin in rehab.

Do you know which one? Yeah.

I have their number in my phone.

Excellent. I'll give them a call and see what's been going on lately.

This is the number of the place he stayed.

Right.

Can you tell Justin I've wasted enough time on him?

I need to concentrate on Hayden now.

(SIGHS)

(ALARMS BEEP)

He's tachycardic and BP's dropping.

OK. Start a noradrenalin infusion. 4mg in 100mls.

His chest drain's filling with blood.

He's not clotting. OK. We're gonna have to move him now.

What's happening to him?

It's his liver. It's bleeding out. We're taking him to theatre.

Can I be with him? Sorry. You can't come to theatre.

I should have been here. I'll let you know what's happening.

I'm so sorry. We'll be right back.

So, what will we drink to?

(POURS DRINK)

(SIGHS) It's a little early for me, Frank.

Oh, come on. The "doctors' club".

No, no, no. Pissing off admin - again.

What did you say to Rhiannon?

I didn't have to say anything. She wanted to tell the truth.

She was just scared of what it would mean.

I can't imagine being so confused that you're willing to hang someone

rather than be honest about your own sexuality.

Well, it's not your problem anymore, is it?

Come on, cheer up. You've won!

I just can't help but feel sorry for her.

Yeah, yeah, me too.

Maybe I should call her.

Maybe you shouldn't!

She ruined your life.

She made that choice and now she'll have to live with the consequences.

Yeah.

You're right.

Damn right I am.

Cin-cin.

It's all behind you now.

Right. Thank you.

Hey.

I've just been speaking to

the psychiatrist who's been looking after Justin.

He was seeing a psychiatrist?

He was in a rehab clinic for drug abuse.

I didn't know that.

What else you got?

You have any idea how long Steve's gonna be?

No.

I'm sorry about that whole motel thing.

Er, that's OK. It was stupid.

I don't know why Steve would have told you that.

It was none of my business.

He's probably embarrassed. I know I am.

Oh, yeah?

We went on a few dates.

I was keen but I sensed he was either seeing someone else

or not over someone, you know?

If I'd known he worked here, I'd have gone somewhere else.

I never wanted to cause a problem.

You coming here has caused no problem at all.

We are just glad you got to hospital when you did.

Really? Yeah.

Good.

It's awful to end a relationship then come face-to-face the person.

It's always weird.

He ended it, then? God, no. I did.

Is there anything else that you need?

No.

Actually, there is one thing.

It's my dad's birthday

and I usually get him a good bottle of Irish whiskey.

It's a bit of a tradition.

Is there somewhere around here?

Yeah.

There's a pub on the corner.

Can't miss it. You're a lifesaver.

When you asked if I was on drugs, I thought you meant 'drugs' drugs,

not..not drugs.

Antidepressants are still chemicals.

That's what caused the reaction you suffered.

I'm sorry.

How long you been on them? Six months.

Any side effects? I'm happier.

I'm just a bit vague sometimes.

But in the clinic they said maybe it was depression

that had me taking drugs for so long

and I didn't even know I was depressed.

Why would you keep that a secret from me?

Maybe I didn't want you to know. You could have died, you idiot.

Maybe I didn't want you looking at me the way you are right now.

OK. Look, your medical condition is still extremely serious.

You need to stay in hospital

and be closely monitored for at least the next 24 hours.

Can you watch him while I organise a bed in Intensive Care?

Mmm, yeah.

Ta.

How am I looking at you?

Let's not talk about this. No, no.

You can't say something like that and expect me to let it go.

Fine! OK? Let's have it.

The ol', "Oh, poor Juzzy. Oh, oh, oh. He stuffed up again."

Yeah, Well, you did stuff up again. Stop it. Alright?

God, I wish just once...

..you would see me the way I see you.

And how is that exactly?

Like someone who's looking at the person they're in love with.

I do. I love you, Beck. I always have.

I-I don't know what to say.

I think you've... already said it.

(SIGHS)

(MOBILE PHONE RINGS)

Steve Taylor.

Yeah, Catherine. Thanks for getting back to me.

No, no, she'll be fine. She just needs her sponsor.

How soon can you get here?

Tanya?

Where's Tanya? She wouldn't stay.

Oh, shit. What?

I need to see her file. What? Why?

'Cause I need her phone number.

No, Steve, listen... Just wait a second.

Steve, you're making a fool of yourself.

What are you talking about?

She said it was over. Leave her be.

It's for the best.

How it be possibly be for the best?

You have difficulty taking no for an answer, don't you?

What are you going on about?

Tanya told me she dumped you.

Oh, Jesus. And as a friend, I just want...

She didn't dump me, Gabby.

I know her from AA.

Why didn't you tell me? I couldn't.

It's Alcoholics Anonymous for a reason.

Oh. Yeah.

I thought I changed her mind about drinking. She could be anywhere now.

No, I think I know where she is. Come on.

Hi.

You know that stuff about one drink and you're back to being an alcy?

It's crap.

Why don't you come back to the hospital?

I spoke to your sponsor. She's on her way in.

Why don't you sit down?

Tanya, you don't wanna do this.

This is exactly what I wanna do.

If you weren't so afraid, you'd admit it's what you wanna do too.

Today was a very, very tough day.

Probably the toughest day you've had in a long time.

But... you're not gonna find any answers in there.

I'm not looking for any.

OK. Come on, let's go. And where exactly would I go?

This is who I am

and no amount of your bullshit AA platitudes

is gonna change that.

Everyone busts, Tex. It's no big deal.

It's only a matter of time. That's not true.

Why else are you so desperate to stop me drinking?

It's 'cause you're scared you'll realise what rubbish it all is too.

(WHISPERS) You really believe that?

(WHISPERS) I really do.

I might propose a toast to it. How does that sound?

Please, come on. Don't.

If you wanna drink, drink.

If you don't, then piss off and stop ruining it for me.

Listen, you know where I work if you need to call.

Steve?

We've managed to stem the bleeding and repair Hayden's liver.

It's early days yet but I think the operation's been a success.

That is such a relief. Thank you. You're welcome.

You alright?

I don't know.

I should be worried about him

but all I can think about is that I've lose my best friend.

Well, is that really how it is?

Yep. Everything's changed. Everything.

You never suspected that Justin felt that way about you?

No. I never had a boyfriend longer than six months.

But Justin's... always been there for me.

We did everything together.

Oh, God, almost everything.

Well, sometimes it's hard to know

where a friendship ends and something else begins.

Not for me.

No? No.

But I did rely on him too much.

Probably took him for granted sometimes.

I don't know if me and Juzzy can stay friends but, um...

..we definitely need to get on with our own lives.

Hey, babe.

Hey. Oh, there you are.

I was about to have you paged. Sorry.

Ready to go? No, I'm not.

Oh! Alright, I will wait.

No, look, I can't... I can't make it tonight.

Oh, why not?

Because...

Because what you wear on your wedding day

is something you should discuss with your fiance, not me.

But that ruins the surprise for him.

I'm sorry.

What? You really won't come? Really won't.

Look, I couldn't be happier for the two of you.

I can't wait to go to your wedding and drink champagne and...

And do the video. Yeah, that too.

But that's all I wanna do.

You know, the rest of your relationship, that's...

..that's yours.

Yeah. I should hope so!

So, why don't you two go to the bridal shops together

and pick out what you wanna wear?

Sounds good to me.

Yeah, but you're not supposed to see my dress.

You know, there's a theory

that superstition's really about avoiding responsibility, Rick.

(IMITATES DAN) 'Rick'. Is that what I sound like? Really?

Let's shop. Little bit.

Come on. See ya. Hey, have a good time tonight, guys.

Do you really care what I wear?

Chic and sophisticated, Ricky. Chic and sophisticated!

Hey.

Do you wanna grab a bite to eat?

I'm not really in the mood for company tonight, sorry.

But you are OK?

Now's the time to tell me that you won't go and do something stupid.

I am not going to do anything stupid.

Good.

'Cause you're not Tanya, you know?

You're coping.

Aren't you?

Yeah.

I'd cope a helluva lot better

if I could figure out how things went so badly wrong.

What do you mean?

I wasn't abused as a kid, Gabby.

I've got a job that I love with people that care about me.

What reason do I have to drink?

Well, maybe you should go to a meeting.

I could come with you.

Why would you do that?

'Cause I'm one of the people who care about you.

And you were a little bit jealous today, weren't you?

I was not jealous. I was...

(CLEARS THROAT)

I had one fleeting moment of jealousy.

And then it went away. Quickly.

(CHUCKLES) I appreciate it. I do.

Shows me I'm not a complete waste of space.

'Night, Gabby.

Yeah. 'Night, Steve.