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- Thomas.
Good to see you again.
- Yeah.
Dressed this time.
Why don't you come on in?
The whole family is inside.
GAMSAT?
Are you considering medical school?
It's been a long time.
- We're both in solid relationships.
- How's Lawrence?
I thought he was just a fling,
but it's more.
She's happy.
I'm not gonna disrupt her life when
they're so obviously into each other.
You're staring at me
like you want to say something.
- Mick broke up with Mimi.
- What?
The details are pretty hazy.
In some versions of the story,
Billie was there, but sometimes not.
Depends if it makes Mum seem
more sympathetic.
Either way,
Mum was walking in Fitzroy
when she spotted Dad's car
parked outside a local house.
That wasn't unusual.
Dad was always checking out
properties for work.
But Mum knew this property.
- It was Margaret Panray's house.
- Darcy!
What the hell are you?!
Hello, Margaret.
This is the last time, Darcy!
The last time!
Darling, you don't understand.
It's not what it looks like!
I don't know what came over me.
Now, in Mum's version of the story,
she already had an appointment
with Dr Noonan.
But Phillip claims he was locking up
at the end of the day
and she appeared by surprise.
Either way, Phillip knew if he was
ever gonna reveal his true feelings,
this was the time.
How any man could fail to see
the treasure he has in you
is truly beyond me.
Oh.
Come on.
Oh!
And that's how it happened.
It's how I have two dads.
Any other mysteries relating
to last night?
Yeah, I didn't realise that
So Patrick actually worked with you,
did he?
I didn't know you didn't know that.
Well, I knew
that you guys met at work,
but not that he was working with you
right up until
Oh, yes.
Yeah, he was.
Sorry, I didn't know
that you didn't know that.
Oh, sorry, Thomas, Zoe is crying
a bit, I should
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, go.
- I'll talk later.
- Sure.
Have I been avoiding
talking about Patrick?
No.
No, it just hasn't come up.
It hasn't come up.
Long black, please.
Double shot.
Hi.
Hey.
OK, you wanna hear
about my day?
First, I'm meeting up with Mick
to sort through his storage,
to literally unpack seven boxes
worth of my failed marriage.
Then lunch with Lawrence.
Yeah, the chances of total fiery
disaster are exceptionally high.
- Well, not
- Exceptionally high.
Right.
The first burning question is
is Mick single
or is he single
and still in love with me?
The second burning question
is do I really want
the answer
to that first burning question?
And the third burning question is,
if it's yes, what the *** do I do?
Sorry, sweetie.
I'm in a really good
place with Lawrence at the moment.
- What would you do?
- Oh.
- I don't know.
- Just tell me.
- No.
- Tell me.
Well, I just I think you need
to work through
Tell me.
Tell me.
Tell me.
- Tell me.
Tell me.
Tell me.
- OK.
I think it would be a mistake to
blurt to Mick about the Mimi thing.
You haven't slept.
You're very emotional.
Yes.
Mm.
Yeah.
I think just try and get through
this day.
Keep calm when you meet
with Mick this morning.
Then go and have calm time
with Lawrence
and then maybe you'll have
a sense of what to do.
Yeah, then I'll know.
- In my gut.
- Mm.
OK, thanks.
OK.
Thanks.
Hey sorry,
just about last night with Thomas,
was there a lot of talk about
Patrick?
Well, there was one weird moment
when he realised
that Lawrence
was your couples counsellor.
Not that Nina
is not good at relationships.
I mean, she was she is,
just with her and Patrick.
You know, it was more
of, like, shoring things up.
You know, like, "This relationship
is so solid, let's reinforce it.
"
Not that it was a perfect
relationship.
***.
Chips?
Well, he basically knows everything,
doesn't he?
- Yeah, he knows.
- Have you actually talked about it?
Well, we've only been going out
for a month.
We haven't exactly had
the whole exes conversation.
I think it's a bit bigger than
the exes conversation, Neens.
Martin, I've got the results from
Sorry, I Sorry.
I feel one of us should move.
And I think it would be unfortunate
if it was either Cherie or myself
at this point.
I'll just leave these here.
- We need to go after him!
- Immediately?
I do not want this to be a circus,
not just yet.
Cherie, might I posit that this
exposure may not be a negative.
Listen, listen, listen to me.
Listen to me.
Our reunion was motivated by
an unstoppable biological imperative.
- Would it be prudent to fight nature?
- No.
No, you put me on hold
and then you disconnected.
OK, well, I'll call you back.
Yes?
I just witnessed something
in Clegg's office.
I'm not entirely sure what
I witnessed, but it involved a desk
Dr Kwan! Dr Kwan.
Would I be able
to have a quick word?
You know, don't you?
- No.
- No.
But the dots are currently
being joined.
- I am sorry for what you just
- Encountered?
Please, it's a delicate situation.
I don't know where it's heading.
- It's a bit of a history
- Alright, Nina has just arrived.
She's a bit fragile about last night,
so it'd be good if we could all What?
What? What?
What, about Nina?
It would be good if we could just
give her a bit of bolstering, please.
- Just general bolstering?
- About Thomas.
- What about Thomas?
- The big deal.
The first guy since Patrick.
She's done the big introduction.
So we'll just talk him up a bit
and make her feel Hi!
Hi.
Is Mrs Enfield admitted yet?
- What?
- What? What?
- What?
- Did What was your question?
- Thomas! He's great.
- Yeah.
- Huge!
- Yes.
I mean, I wasn't there, but, yes!
- And nice.
- He's really nice.
- Genuine.
Friendly man.
- And huge.
Sorry, I'm just really impressed
with the scale.
That's OK.
Can I ask, was there a lot of talk
about Patrick last night
with Thomas?
A little bit, maybe.
I thought
Thomas knew all about Patrick.
Yeah.
I'm still not entirely sure
why I'm here.
To create piles and offer general
administrative support.
But actually,
to stop me from blurting
or falling apart
or a combination of the two.
OK.
The trick is
if you see me looking shaky
- Cut in.
- Subtly.
Yeah, subtly.
OK, I'm thinking four piles.
Trash pile, sell pile, sentimental
keep pile, and give-to-Ange pile.
- Yep.
- Sounds good.
OK.
First up, musical equipment.
I am not musical,
apart from recorder, so
Ooh!
Um, trash, sell, sentimental keep?
Uh well, I don't think you're
gonna get much for the drums,
but, Billie, you should definitely
try and sell the guitar.
Well, your dad gave you that guitar.
Well, not not that one.
My father gave me a guitar
very similar to that.
When it went missing,
Billie scoured the entire city
and spent, what, $2,000 replacing
it?
OK, let's maybe leave
the musical goods for now.
And, um Ah! Kitchen stuff.
I am sensing a lot of
give-to-Ange bounty in this one.
Um, a sandwich maker!
- Give to
- Ange.
Set.
A mixer and a set of mixing bowls.
Ange.
- A turkey baster thing.
- Oh, no.
- What?
- What's that?
- You kept that?
- Not for sentimental value.
Just, you know, I didn't know
if Andrew was gonna come back
or, you know, I didn't
I might just borrow
one of Zoe's wipes.
Um
Um, there we go -
a weird bit of tattered foam.
- Trash, yes?
- Oh, God.
- No.
- What?
Rocket.
- It was his
- It was ours our
It was our old dog's bed.
Oh.
Oh!
- Mimi
- Oh, God.
- What?
- Mimi.
Billie, maybe you should step out
for a moment.
Have a bit of a breather.
- You're not with Mimi.
- Yep, OK.
Yep.
- Who told you that? Was it Jimmy?
- Nina.
I might take Zoe and just see
the sights of the storage facility.
You were just gonna leave,
letting me think
What's the point
of talking about this?
No.
I'm not with Mimi.
It's over.
But you and Lawrence
are very much not over.
You know what? Sell what you can.
Keep the Rocket stuff.
The rest of it, just get rid of it.
Mick.
Mick!
I have to know, when
.
.
when you came back,
were you thinking
.
.
that that you and I might
get back together?
- Is that why you came home?
- You're so self-destructive.
You are so *** self-destructive.
Why would you ask me
that question now?
What is the point of asking
that question right now?
I can't help it
because this is our lives.
And this is our history.
Alright, yes.
You know, I thought maybe
we could start afresh.
You could come back with me
to London.
It would be worth giving it
another shot.
Yeah, but what what does that
even mean, you know?
There have been times where I think
we should just cut off all contact.
What do you think now?
I think
.
.
you're with Lawrence, yeah,
and it seems like
.
.
a good, solid
About you and me.
- Just you and me.
- Billie.
It's just, I What do you think?
I think we had eight years together.
And they were great years.
I know when I'm on my deathbed,
I'm gonna look back
at those moments with us
.
.
that's when I was most alive.
But you've moved on, I've
.
.
I've moved on.
I was wrong to come back.
Billie, I'm so sorry I couldn't take
your call.
How did it go?
- Not good.
- In what way?
- I blurted.
- Oh, Billie.
Ange has taken Zoe.
Now I'm meant to focus on part two -
lunch with Lawrence, but
Neens, I'm parked around the
corner.
I don't know that I'm gonna
be able to face it.
Maybe it's not a great idea if you
go and see Lawrence right now.
Just make an excuse.
I'll ring him if you like,
say you're suddenly sick.
Fuckity, fuckity, fuckity, ***!
He's here and he's got shopping.
Neens, sorry.
Sorry.
Billie.
- Hi.
- Are you alright?
It's Mick, isn't it?
You've called Thomas Buchdahl.
Please leave me a message.
Hi, Thomas, it's me again.
Sorry for all these messages.
I just I think it would be great
if we could catch up for some
breakfast or something tomorrow.
Just let me know.
- Message regret?
- Huh?
Oh, no, I'm probably making
something out of nothing.
Hey, for what it's worth, I spoke
to Thomas for a bit last night.
And, you know, I thought
he was coping pretty brilliantly.
- Right.
- Mm.
- So he seemed good to you?
- Yeah, yeah.
He's, you know, he's he's
pleasant.
He is a nice, pleasant bloke.
No, no, I meant, he's I mean,
I am interested to hear that.
I meant he seemed to be doing OK
with everything?
I'm realising I might have been
avoiding talking about Patrick
unconsciously.
I mean, if you were stepping into
a relationship with someone like me,
in my situation, would you want
to talk about it?
Well, I'm sort of the wrong person
to ask, you know.
I'm sort of a chronic oversharer.
And, sorry, what did you think
of him? I cut you off before.
Oh, yeah, he's great.
You know, he really
.
.
holds eye contact.
- Yes, he does!
- He's like a laser beam.
- Oh, ***, it's him.
- Oh, take it.
Take it.
Hi.
Hey.
Sorry for being out of contact.
Oh, no, look, I am sorry for having
to jump away so quickly this morning.
I've been feeling terrible that you
heard so much about everything
second-hand from my work friends.
It's OK.
It's just that you've been so open
and honest with me, I feel like
Look, we don't have to talk about
anything if you're not ready.
Well next time, let's just
have it just the two of us.
Just fun.
Sure.
- OK, just let me know.
- OK.
Bye.
- Oh, well, did you hear all that?
- No, no!
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
Well, it's just that I can't decide
whether he really wants me
to open up or whether he wants it
to just be light and fun.
Well, maybe stop worrying
about what he wants
and just decide
what it is that you want.
Hello!
Hello, gorgeous.
Oh, my little girl.
Hello.
Are you waving? Hi.
Mwah!
Oh, hi.
How did you go today
with Lawrence?
Oh, Jimmy!
If I may answer.
Both of us are in crazy,
emotional tailspins
that have left us questioning
not only all of our life choices,
but indeed the very make-up
of our entire family.
Furthermore, the house is devoid of
chips, nuts, bread, wine, and sugar.
I will rectify this situation.
Billie, commence unloading.
- Not well?
- Depends on the criteria.
I found out that Mick's
not in that relationship.
It changes absolutely nothing.
But of course, you know,
it's impacted me.
How did he cope with that?
Almost surreally well.
- You don't hate me for even
- No.
You can't hate a person
for what they feel.
You can only judge someone
on the choices they make
in response to those feelings.
- Wow.
- Yeah.
But I think I kind of *** it.
I'm choosing this.
You.
No, I thought you said
there was no choice with Mick.
That the option was off the table.
Are you feeling that the door is
ajar?
No.
No.
Look, maybe you should take
some time.
And then as I was leaving
Billie
I'm gonna say something
and I don't expect you to respond.
I love you.
I'm going back there tomorrow night,
hopefully with my head in order,
fully committed.
I have 24 hours to get this train
back on the tracks.
I probably won't be sleeping.
Neither will you.
I may have overcatered.
This is like the early '90s.
You know, staying up late and
I'd tell you guys scandalous secrets.
- We'd do prank calls.
- Mm.
- And you would lose your ***.
- Oh, I didn't lose my ***.
You did! You were always
threatening to tell Mum.
And then you'd fall into a deep
sleep.
So deep that he'd be able to draw
a *** somewhere on your body.
- Let's prank call now!
- No.
Hang on, didn't you say you
were in a crazy, emotional tailspin
and you need to urgently deal with
it?
What's going on?
Did you know that Zara wanted
to study medicine?
Neither did I.
Surely there's no harm
in just sitting the exam,
then you can see
how you placed afterwards.
- Phillip, it's not that easy.
- What's this?
It had been this whole big thing
that had been going on for months
and she hadn't told me.
It's not worth entertaining the
idea, Jimmy.
We have two children
under the age of three.
You have a very busy business.
It's a sweet idea, but in reality,
we'd be overworked,
we'd be exhausted
and we'd be miserable.
I tried to give her my perspective.
I hate the idea that because
I've got all this stuff going on,
it rules you out of doing something
that you'd love to do.
She found that annoying.
Zara!
And then I tried to get
the parental figures to speak to her
and that is when
it really went wrong town.
Trust me, Zara, you don't regret
the things you did,
you regret the things you didn't do.
Well, Darcy's capacity to feel
regret might be a bit retarded, Zara,
but I agree with the sentiment.
Look, I know the ethos of this
family is, "Go with your heart.
"Don't worry
about the consequences.
"
And that's fine
when you're in your 20s.
But in this family,
that behaviour never stops, never!
- And I don't want to end up like
- Like what?
Oh.
- Ouch.
- Yeah.
She's right.
It's harsh, but she's right.
Our parents have acted
like teenagers all their lives.
It hasn't affected you.
You've been
middle-aged since you were 14.
I don't know.
I've completely avoided talking
to Thomas at all about Patrick.
It's a big thing to leave out.
None of us have had a template
for a mature, committed relationship.
I'm the worst out of all of us.
I basically am Mum, circa the 1970s.
Think about it!
I've got this passionate,
problematic marriage
and then there's this deeply
dependable man
who I know would commit to me.
I'm on the brink of a Mum cycle.
You two have to stop me.
Does that mean we have to tell you
not to be with Mick?
I love Mick.
Jimmy, you know I do.
But I've got something secure
and stable
and somebody
that I can have a family with.
- And if I look at it objectively
- Hey.
It's alright.
Alright, from this point,
pledge of maturity.
We give each other
the grown-up advice
that we are never gonna get
from Mum or Dad.
We can't toast the pledge of
maturity on creaming soda.
Uh, yes, we can.
It's perfect.
Plus, the maturity deal doesn't set
in until sunrise.
Does that mean for the next six
hours, we're obliged to act juvenile?
What?
Logically, yes, it does.
Huh? Oh.
- Who's that gonna be?
- I don't know.
- Hello?
- Honestly, it's 11:44!
Sorry?
Hello, is there a Mr Wall there,
please?
Uh, I think you've got
the wrong number.
This is stupid!
- It's not funny!
- Shh!
Is there a Mrs Wall there, please?
There are no Walls here.
Sorry.
Then may I ask,
what's holding up your roof?
- Martin Clegg, PhD.
- Hello.
Is your refrigerator running?
Yes.
Well, then,
you'd better go and catch it!
Do the voice.
Do the voice.
- Phil D'Arabont.
- Hello.
This is Martinez.
Did you want your penguin
called Pablo?
Is that Nina Proudman?
Oh, God.
Hang up!
- What happened?
- What did he say?
He said, "Is that Nina Proudman?"
Thank you for being so good
about everyone talking about Patrick.
It must have been strange.
Well, it's new.
You know, I haven't really dated
since my 20s
when none of us really had any
- Baggage?
- Well, any history at all.
It's like every relationship,
you'd be a different person.
Is that the kind of relationship
you want?
What do you want?
Well, if you'd told me
a few months ago
that I'd be going out on dates,
I would have laughed.
If you told me that I'd be
even vaguely considering
getting serious with someone
But I I think the thing that
seemed
.
.
impossible was
.
.
that I could still have Patrick
in my thoughts
and be looking at someone,
a man
.
.
and feeling the way
I feel about you right now.
Would it be OK
if I just spoke about him a bit?
I know everyone is going on
about him incessantly.
I'm sorry.
No.
There's a lot I don't know.
I don't know his last name.
Reed.
His last name was Reed.
Like I said, I don't think we need
to schedule another session,
but if for any reason you need to
talk, please don't hesitate to call me.
- OK.
Thanks.
- OK? Take care.
I didn't think
we were meeting up until
Is it OK if I see you now?
I messaged Mick.
Billie, you don't have to tell me
every time
I know it's incredibly uncomfortable
and weird
that I'm blabbing all this, but if I
try not to blab, I'll just say more.
OK, so I messaged him and I said
I'm sorry to read this.
"You were right, I love you
and I loved those eight
".
.
years with you.
"You were a profound part of my life
"but now we are both
where we need to be.
"
And I didn't hear anything back
for ages and then
.
.
I was really close to writing,
"Did you get that message?"
But then he text back
just half an hour ago
and it was just five kisses.
Just like Xs.
And that's it.
That's it.
And if I'm just a bit it's
not 'cause I'm devastated,
I'm just feeling a lot of everything
at the moment, but I
I know that what we have,
you and me, it's strong.
And it makes sense.
Come here.
I need to be moved.
It's in
Ringwood.
I'm booked in there.
- Danielle has got the number.
- Here's Dr Proudman now.
Hi, Mia.
I'm Nina.
It's a bit of a surprise, is it?
Yeah.
Mia is a few weeks away
from her due date.
She was in a business meeting
when her waters broke.
- But the contractions are quite rapid.
- Right.
- And are you
- It's my sister, Danielle.
I haven't been able
to get onto my husband.
Oh, OK, well, why don't we get
Danielle onto that
and we'll lie you down
and have a look.
- See how you're going.
- Yep.
You OK?
- It's Clegg.
- Yes.
He's changed.
In what way?
Well, he's gone all Zen and calm
and weird
in a delightful way, not a scary
way.
We've been having
a pretty good run, Clegg and I.
Honestly, I thought in the last
month,
having you back
would ruin everything, no offence.
- None taken.
- I thought, "Oh, God, here we go.
"They'll be *** in a week and
Clegg will be crying and delirious.
"
But he's kept it together.
He's got better even.
I can't believe I'm saying it,
but he's he's actually been great.
And, um
Well, it's making me think
I feel dizzy.
I feel dizzy.
I feel dizzy.
It's making me think
maybe I should ask him
if he wants to try for a second kid.
Is that a bat *** crazy idea?
No.
No.
I think Martin would really want
that.
*** make sense, dammit.
Dammit!
Don't go telling anyone about this,
OK?
If I don't decide I'm insane
tonight,
I'm gonna speak to him
in the morning.
- Hey.
- Hi.
Is she a bit calmer?
Yeah, yeah,
I think it's finally registered
that it's not the greatest
idea to drive out to Ringwood.
- So I think it's under control.
- Good.
Oh, by the way, thank you
for your advice yesterday.
About Thomas.
Oh, did I offer advice?
Well, you offered observations.
Smart observations that I did act
on.
- Oh, really?
- Yeah.
Yeah, we met this morning
and we spoke about Patrick.
Um, I was worried it was going to be
this whole big, weird thing.
But it just happened naturally,
which is very rare for me.
Good.
And do you feel good about it?
I think so.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Well, I feel lighter, somehow.
So, thank you.
Thank you for the non advice?
Well, that non advice
was very effective.
Good.
Um, did you know that you have a
*** and balls drawn on your neck?
Just there.
Jimmy.
OK.
You alright?
- Well, here we are.
- Yeah.
Sorry.
Sorry.
I will be fine, I just I've barely
slept in the past 48 hours.
Sorry.
It's been an enormous couple
of days.
Yeah? Let's rest for now.
Goodnight, Billie.
Can you hear that?
- What?
- You've got the radio on?
There's music.
Thud thud, thud thud,
thud thud, thud.
Would you like a sleeping pill,
perhaps?
I have a range.
Thanks.
I'm sure I'll be fine.
OK.
You really can't hear that?
No, I'm afraid I can't.
It's a really clear beat.
Thud thud,
thud thud, thud thud, thud.
No.
Look, maybe you should just lie down
and relax, huh?
Yeah?
Outside.
It's coming from outside.
See.
It's absolutely nothing.
What's wrong?
I knew Mick was gigging tonight.
It's his last gig and I
It's not even close to here,
but that's why I'm sorry.
I don't even know why
I'm telling you this.
- Do you feel you need to be there?
- No.
Billie, if you need to get it all
out, maybe you should.
That's it.
That's it.
Just let go, if you need to.
It's that intense, huh?
I just need a minute.
Is it pain? Is it mourning? Is
it?
It's
- It's a weird instinct.
- To do what?
Please, tell me.
Please.
To run to him.
'Cause it's just a phase, it will
pass.
I'm gonna take those pills.
Billie
Billie, I've felt more for you
than any other woman.
But I've never felt close
to that depth of feeling.
There's no point.
It doesn't mean anything.
I can't do anything about it.
It's over.
Mick said so.
But you're not absolutely sure,
are you?
And as long as there's a chance
.
.
you can't let go.
I'm so sorry.
I'm so, so sorry.
That's it.
That's it.
You're doing well, Mia.
Just take a breather.
- OK, get you some water?
- Yep.
Hey, I got onto him.
- He's en route to Ringwood.
- No!
I can't be moved.
Yeah, I'm fine,
but you have to come here now.
It's St Francis.
Can you do it?
Yeah, it's off Nicholson Street,
just near the park.
It's alright.
You're still
a good hour away, Mia.
Oh, he'll make it.
He'll make it for sure.
I'm just gonna check in
on Kerrie Phillips.
OK.
OK, now how's this situation?
You've called Thomas Buchdahl.
Please leave me a message.
Oh, hi.
I've just seen
all your missed calls.
I'm still at work, but
Call me back?
# You got me running red
# Telling me you don't care at all
# But when it all comes falling down
# Don't you know,
I will break your fall
# I will break your fall.
#
Yeah, yeah, we're just off
the main corridor.
There you go, home and hosed.
He's almost here.
Got plenty of time.
What were you worried about?
Over here.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- Hi.
- Hey.
I'm so sorry.
I was in a meeting.
My phone was off.
You're here now.
Where's Rocco? Is he at Mum's?
Is he at Mum's?
Yeah, yeah.
Your mum has got Rocco.
He's fine.
He's fine.
- Everything is gonna be
- This wasn't the plan.
I know.
I know.
- I'm so glad that I'm here.
- Oh, thanks.
- It will be OK.
- I know.
Thank God you're here.
# Yeah, yeah.
#
One last song.
One last song.
This is one of my personal
favourites.
# Sitting in the lobby of a city
hotel
# Drinking like fishes
on the river to hell
# Devil's in the mouth
telling primitive jokes
# While the angel's out looking
for a packet of smokes
# You look into my eyes
# And you don't look away
the way you should
# I would, I would if I could
# Oh, believe me, I would
# But I've gotta go on
# Need a home to go to
# So I'm sorry that I can't be the
one
# I'm so sorry that I can't be the
one
# So it's best I don't say
I wanna tear off your clothes
# And tear off my own
and letting you know me
# Instead I knock my head
I watch your mouth
# I smile but I don't say a thing
#
# You look into my eyes
# And seem #
What are you doing here?
You're the love of my life.
Aww!
Sorry, everybody, I think that we
Everybody, $1,500 on the bar
on me!
Oh, hey, how's she going?
She's good.
Her husband has arrived.
Oh, great!
But the husband
- What?
- It's Thomas.
It's your Thomas.
- But that's impossible.
- I'm sure, Nina.
Nina, it's definitely him, so
No, Thomas has separated.
And his ex-wife, she's not
pregnant.
Nina.