- 8/18/2024
Directed by
Ian Hughes
Written by
Torum Heng
Jessica Joy Wood (head writer)
Cast
Ben Barrington ... Drew McCaskill
Ria Vandervis ... Harper Whitley
Carlos Muller ... Logan Barns
Marianne Infante ... Madonna Diaz
Jess Sayer ... Maeve Mullins
Courtenay Louise ... Monique Strutter
Sally Martin ... Nicole Miller
Paul Waggott ... Thaddeus Fleiss
Theo David ... Villami To'a
Megg Alexander ... Cassie Lloyd
James Allan ... Marley Fraser
Evander Brown ... Ihaia Stone
Louis Brunel-Morvan ... Billy McWhitley
Sam Bunkall ... Boyd Chakraborty
Peter Burman ... Sage Stewart
Stephen Lovatt ... Emmett Whitman
Connor McCartney ... Romulus Chakraborty
Poroaki Merritt-McDonald ... Kane Tapsell
Isabella Stillwell ... Skye McWhitley
Jane Wills ... Phil Grayson
Produced by
Oliver Driver
Music by
William Philipson
Editorial Department
Megan Robinson ... assistant editor
Alastair Tye Samson ... colorist
Ian Hughes
Written by
Torum Heng
Jessica Joy Wood (head writer)
Cast
Ben Barrington ... Drew McCaskill
Ria Vandervis ... Harper Whitley
Carlos Muller ... Logan Barns
Marianne Infante ... Madonna Diaz
Jess Sayer ... Maeve Mullins
Courtenay Louise ... Monique Strutter
Sally Martin ... Nicole Miller
Paul Waggott ... Thaddeus Fleiss
Theo David ... Villami To'a
Megg Alexander ... Cassie Lloyd
James Allan ... Marley Fraser
Evander Brown ... Ihaia Stone
Louis Brunel-Morvan ... Billy McWhitley
Sam Bunkall ... Boyd Chakraborty
Peter Burman ... Sage Stewart
Stephen Lovatt ... Emmett Whitman
Connor McCartney ... Romulus Chakraborty
Poroaki Merritt-McDonald ... Kane Tapsell
Isabella Stillwell ... Skye McWhitley
Jane Wills ... Phil Grayson
Produced by
Oliver Driver
Music by
William Philipson
Editorial Department
Megan Robinson ... assistant editor
Alastair Tye Samson ... colorist
Category
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TVTranscript
00:00Previously on Shortland Street
00:02Hello there!
00:04You thought we wouldn't give you a proper send off, eh?
00:06I love you. I love you too.
00:08So you'll stay? I'm sorry, I gotta do this.
00:10How on earth did they get so far out?
00:12Boys! Marley!
00:14Where's Remus?
00:16Where's Remus?
00:18I'm so sorry.
00:20I'm blaming myself. Just don't.
00:22We'd wanted to stay here and work.
00:24I made him come to the beach with us.
00:26I gave him shit all day about being a helicopter parent.
00:28I know, you don't even know what to say.
00:30You're a lot closer than any of us.
00:32Just go in there. Be there for him.
00:34I bought you this. It's for your eyes.
00:36It'll help you produce more tears.
00:38They're not gonna stop.
00:44Hey guys!
00:46Hey!
00:48Welcome home, weary workers!
00:50Don't worry about dinner, we're taking care of it.
00:52Yeah? Looks like you're feeding an army.
00:54Freezer meals for Wade and Romulus.
00:56Oh, that's a lovely idea.
01:00Dad, Knox and Billy are sleeping upstairs.
01:02Sorry, sorry.
01:04We're on the home stretch.
01:06Maybe we could help?
01:08No, no, no. You take a rest. Have a bath.
01:10But it looks like you still have a lot to do.
01:12Nicole can help.
01:16Why am I getting special treatment?
01:18I don't know. Just run with it.
01:20Nicole, can you please throw this for me?
01:22Sure thing.
01:26No.
01:28Stupid.
01:32Is that the forms from the funeral home?
01:34I can help.
01:36No.
01:38That's the Brian app. I still haven't ironed out the bugs yet.
01:40Mate.
01:42No Wade is to expect you to do that.
01:46You made a commitment.
01:48That's my responsibility.
01:50Why don't you close the laptop for the night, eh?
01:52Anything you do won't be your best work.
01:54So now I'm
01:56supposed to what?
01:58Choose between
02:00burial and cremation?
02:02I don't think I can do that either.
02:04Well, you don't have to make any of those choices alone.
02:06Okay?
02:10Who won game station?
02:12Rommie. Twice.
02:14That's so...
02:16Time to say goodnight, Rommie. Come on. Let's go.
02:20Night.
02:24Sleep well, mate.
02:28You know you're looking a bit snoozy too there, pal.
02:32I just want him to be okay.
02:34I'm really proud of you
02:36for being such a good friend.
02:38I mean that.
02:40Did you even sleep?
02:52I got a few hours.
02:54Finished the freezer meals.
02:56Week's worth.
02:58And Thad's going to drop them off to Harper and Drew's.
03:00You need to make a great unit.
03:02Yeah, it was nice to have something to do.
03:04People to help.
03:06Yeah, good on you.
03:08Oh, no, I'll just...
03:10I'll grab some toast later.
03:12No, no, no. Let me make you something.
03:14Honestly, it's okay.
03:16I insist.
03:18All right, if you're sure.
03:20Good morning.
03:22Smoothie, Cassie?
03:24Yes, please.
03:26Coffee. I do not mind if I do.
03:28Oh, there's only one cup left,
03:30and it's for me.
03:32Why am I the stinky cat?
03:34It's me.
03:36She's kinder than anyone realises.
03:38So she does.
03:40She's being kind.
03:42I know.
03:48Right, Marley, sun hats.
03:52And lunch boxes.
03:58Morning, Boyd.
04:00Morning.
04:02Would you like a coffee?
04:04Yeah, yeah, okay.
04:06Thanks.
04:12I do need you to decide
04:14one thing.
04:16What's that?
04:18You need to choose a casket for Remus.
04:20What's a casket?
04:24It's a special
04:26box for Remus
04:28for the funeral.
04:30What kind of special box?
04:32Um, it can be
04:34any kind of wood, it can be
04:36any colour, it might
04:38even have a photo on it.
04:40Drew, please, don't.
04:42Remus's favourite colour is green,
04:44like the hawk. Can we make it green, Dad?
04:48That's a
04:50lovely idea, Romie.
04:54Dad, are you okay?
04:56Yeah.
05:00Drew, Drew, Drew.
05:02Leave them. Just leave them.
05:14It's okay, mate.
05:18There you are. Look, I hope
05:20Logan's careful. Like, American Highways,
05:22they're serial killer central.
05:24Like, he needs to know.
05:26You want to put him off his trip?
05:28Yes! Look, he is young,
05:30he is kind-hearted, and he is naive,
05:32and it isn't us there to protect him.
05:34Logan's gonna be fine.
05:36You can't change Logan's mind about his trip.
05:38I'm looking out for his
05:40welfare. Uh-huh. What is that supposed to
05:42mean? He is my best mate,
05:44do you think I want him to go? No, no.
05:46So let's, let's
05:48freak him out, okay? America is dangerous,
05:50it's full of crime, hey, guns.
05:52Come on, he has to fly the nest at some point.
05:54Yeah, but not now, he's got loads of time,
05:56Valet. What?
05:58Look,
06:00he is not ready for the big, wide world, right?
06:02He still needs us.
06:04Valet.
06:10Maeve, Nick,
06:12come and join me. What would you like?
06:14Thanks, but I've only got time for a coffee.
06:16Let me.
06:18She is very
06:20sweet, if that's what you want to call it.
06:22Maeve. I don't need to be handled with kid gloves,
06:24Nick. If anyone
06:26needs extra support, I know it's Boyd.
06:28It's okay. They'll bring your coffee
06:30over. They never do that.
06:32I told them it's for you.
06:34Thank you, Madonna, I appreciate it, I do.
06:36It's true,
06:38Boyd has saved a date
06:40for Remus's funeral.
06:42That poor sweet boy.
06:44At least he's with God now.
06:46What?
06:48He's alive.
06:50With God? I thought you were done with all that.
06:52It's just such a terrible tragedy,
06:54and I have to remind myself
06:56that not all hope is lost.
06:58That there's someone out there
07:00watching over us.
07:02Watching over us?
07:04Well, Remus is dead.
07:06He's seven years old, and they're gonna put him
07:08in the ground.
07:10I just mean he's in a better place.
07:12I mean, we have to believe that.
07:14No, Madonna, he should be here, living.
07:16No one should lose their life that young.
07:18No one.
07:20So what kind of God takes
07:22a kid, an innocent kid,
07:24you tell me, what he did to deserve
07:26this? What did he do?
07:28Nothing.
07:30But God has a plan for all of us.
07:32Oh, just shut up, okay? Shut up with your
07:34prayers and your fake words and your Christian
07:36charity. This, Madonna, you
07:38love this, you thrive on it.
07:40She doesn't.
07:47Rhesus,
07:49I'll take the fracture and lacerations.
07:51Are you sure? He's conscious,
07:53and he doesn't look too good.
07:55Yeah, all right. He's all yours. You're with me.
07:57Rhesus, I'll be there in a sec.
07:59Your choice, Maeve.
08:01I'll help you. I, uh, say, do you want to go with Emmett
08:03and float? Let's get a clover.
08:05Okay.
08:07Fractured wrist,
08:09laceration on forehead,
08:11GCS of 15,
08:13and name, Cain... Cain Tipson.
08:16What the hell?
08:18Did someone give me a real doctor?
08:20Tough. You're stuck with me.
08:22You know each other.
08:24Go pick up one in red.
08:30Describe the pain for me.
08:32Everywhere.
08:34Sorry, mate. I can handle it.
08:36Was he given pain relief on site?
08:38Yeah. Doing all Hollywood.
08:40I know.
08:42But I've got to assist you, okay? Go for it.
08:45Keep him talking.
08:47Yeah, okay.
08:49You want to tell me about Ihaia?
08:51You need some goss around here.
08:53Oh, you can't handle the truth.
08:55So what, you guys go to school together?
08:57Yep.
08:59Then Ihaia become a doctor.
09:01All those lies he told.
09:03Oh, here we go.
09:05No way, miss. It wasn't me.
09:07It was Cain that took that bike up Kopeka Hill.
09:09Do I want to know what happened at Kopeka Hill?
09:11It's my fault he died.
09:13This was not your fault, okay?
09:15You need to get that right out of your head.
09:17But I wanted to go deeper.
09:19Remus did it.
09:21Listen.
09:23It was just a horrible, horrible accident.
09:25Okay?
09:27Nobody is to blame.
09:29Then why did it happen?
09:31Why?
09:33I don't know.
09:35And it's so unfair.
09:37And I know that it hurts.
09:39But it was just a freak accident.
09:41Okay?
09:43There's nothing anyone could have done.
09:45You have to promise me you understand.
09:47No one is to blame.
09:49I promise.
09:53Come here.
09:57I love you so much, Barbie.
09:59Love you, too.
10:01I love you so much, Barbie.
10:03Love you, too.
10:09Mate, how's your pain?
10:11On a scale of one to ten?
10:13I don't know.
10:15What does the steamroller come in at?
10:17I'll be back.
10:19Don't go anywhere.
10:21Okay.
10:23Do you have any loved ones you could call?
10:25No. I can't talk to anyone.
10:27I could do that for you.
10:29I've just had a look at your X-rays.
10:31You're gonna be fine.
10:33We'll get that rest sorted soon, okay?
10:35I just can't stop thinking about Ben.
10:37I know, mate.
10:39Who's Ben?
10:41He's one of the prison guards.
10:43He died at the scene.
10:45Hey, you just think about your family.
10:47They'll be worried.
10:49They will have seen the crash on the news.
10:51You give them a call.
10:53Tell them you're coming home tonight.
10:55Yeah?
10:57How's the radiology?
10:59They're busy.
11:01Rick is at triage four.
11:03Ken Tapsell is at triage three.
11:05Did you delay X-rays on purpose?
11:07I'll take them up.
11:09No, you stay with Dr. Phil.
11:11I mean, your choice, co-team leader.
11:13Go where you like.
11:15Serge, would you call radiology
11:17and see what's taking so long?
11:19They're all good.
11:21They put us on first priority,
11:23so there's zero hold-up.
11:25Call radiology, please.
11:27Officer, keep an eye on him.
11:29I could escort.
11:31No, you stay right where you are.
11:33Why are you so interested?
11:35Maeve, he killed three people.
11:37Didn't know that, did you?
11:39No.
11:41Look, it doesn't make a difference.
11:43All patients should be treated equal,
11:45without judgment or emotional sway.
11:47Phil needs your opinion.
11:49Hey, you need my help?
11:51Uh, no.
11:53I've already called ophthalmology.
11:55Orbit fracture in three broken ribs,
11:57but you can check.
11:59Yeah, well,
12:01it looks correct to me.
12:03Now, why'd you bring me in here?
12:05For a lecture?
12:07I want her to hear you defend that lowlife first.
12:09What?
12:11Those prison guards are decent blokes.
12:13They're just trying to do their job.
12:15I know that.
12:17My taxes pay for the food that Kane Tapsell eats,
12:19that's bad enough,
12:21but I'm not going out of my way to make him comfortable,
12:23and I certainly won't be losing any sleep over it.
12:25That's not ethical.
12:27I heard my patient talking about Kane Tapsell.
12:29Oh, yeah? What'd you learn?
12:31That he caused the van to crash.
12:33So...
12:35one dead guard.
12:37Yeah.
12:39Killer strikes again.
12:41I shouldn't have lashed out at her.
12:43Madonna will understand.
12:45Nick, I basically told her
12:47that she got off on death and misery.
12:49Apologize.
12:51Make it right.
12:53No, Madonna, please don't go.
12:55I've overestimated my wealth.
12:57No, you haven't. I'm so sorry.
12:59I don't know why I lost it like that.
13:01I just...
13:03Okay, I do.
13:05It hurts.
13:07Rema's gone.
13:09Rema's gone.
13:11Wilder.
13:13I don't understand this world.
13:15And you just have this way of...
13:17Finding comfort in my beliefs?
13:19You think that's wrong?
13:21No, I don't. But we're different.
13:23I want my son back.
13:25So badly.
13:27And all the kindness, I can't take it.
13:29Because it won't bring him back to me.
13:31What am I supposed to do?
13:33Ignore your loss?
13:35Carry on like normal?
13:37When I know you're in pain?
13:39I don't know.
13:41But I do know that I didn't mean to hurt you.
13:43Please, can you forgive me?
13:45Of course I can forgive you.
13:47Can you let me take your bag
13:49back upstairs?
13:51I still have to leave.
13:53No, Madonna, we want you here.
13:55I'll find somewhere else to live.
13:57Selamat for letting me stay.
13:59And I hope you can find some relief,
14:01some comfort somewhere.
14:07He's been complaining
14:09of 10 out of 10 pain again,
14:11but he's worried 100 fentanyl.
14:13I'll do a review.
14:15You're going to pay for this capsule.
14:17I didn't cause that crash.
14:19Hey, what happened?
14:21I didn't do anything.
14:23How could I? I'm in the cuffs.
14:25Apparently you picked a fight.
14:27Sage, we can't even see the driver.
14:29We're in the back, chained up.
14:31But oh no.
14:33Kane started it.
14:35Killed that guard.
14:37No one wants to know the truth.
14:39You can tell me the truth, Allison.
14:41Okay, Sage.
14:43Tell me this.
14:45Why would I
14:47want to be in a car crash?
14:49To escape?
14:51To a runner?
14:55I can't even walk properly.
14:57Let Elaina run.
14:59What?
15:01My legs.
15:03We didn't tell me that before.
15:05Did we miss something in our assessment?
15:07You had no visible injuries?
15:09No, you can't see them.
15:11Just old stuff.
15:13Hey,
15:15before the crash,
15:17were you in pain at all?
15:19Always.
15:21It's only 4-7.
15:23I know it's agony,
15:25but there's just nothing more I can give you.
15:27It's just too dangerous.
15:29So take another look at my patient now.
15:31Sage asked me to review his pain medication.
15:33It's not that I don't trust you,
15:35Dr Stone, it's just that...
15:37You've done everything I would do.
15:39Good luck with your recovery.
15:41Cheers.
15:45See?
15:47I can do a non-judgmental assessment of a patient.
15:49Well, I thought Emmett, you know...
15:51You know me. Since when did I listen to old Koro Emmett?
15:53Sage,
15:55let's try morphine.
15:57Good idea.
15:59But don't worry,
16:01your friend's going to be fine.
16:07Hey, mate.
16:09Sorry about your pain. We're going to figure it out, OK?
16:11It's all good.
16:13I guess that's my punishment.
16:15Come on, bro, don't say that.
16:17It's what society wants, though. Payback.
16:19They didn't care about how everything went down.
16:21I didn't mean for anything to happen the way it did.
16:23Hey, hey, man.
16:25It's OK. Were you hurt from your sister?
16:27No.
16:29Well, how about I call her?
16:31She can't visit you, but I can visit her.
16:33Got an update?
16:35I don't want Crystal to know.
16:37Why not?
16:39She needs to move on with her life, whatever she's doing.
16:41I know what you're thinking.
16:43Don't. Don't call her.
16:45Please.
16:47OK? All right.
16:49If she talks to me, she gets a target on her back.
16:51Big brother on the job again, eh?
16:53So,
16:55it looks like I'm your only final support then.
16:57Lucky you, eh?
17:01Hey, Mum, I got your message. What's up?
17:03Yeah, um, do you know how many gun deaths there are
17:05in America each year?
17:07Uh, no.
17:09The numbers are going to shock you.
17:11OK, but you said this was urgent?
17:13Yeah, well, it is. Your life is on the line.
17:15What? What's not?
17:17America is a scary place.
17:19Yeah, and I'll be careful.
17:21You become instant best friends.
17:23You're like a serial killer's dream.
17:25What the hell?
17:27Look, I'm just saying,
17:29I think you need more time
17:31to become less trusting and more suspicious.
17:33I don't want to look at the world that way.
17:35Yeah, but it is. It is that way, Lokes.
17:37And it's a dangerous place.
17:39I mean, take the beach, for example.
17:41A nice day, and look what happens.
17:43Mum, Mum.
17:45This is why I need you.
17:47You're going to be OK.
17:49What if something happens to you,
17:51and I'm not there?
17:53One stop. You can't think like this.
17:55OK? Life is for living,
17:57not hiding out because you're too scared
17:59to do anything.
18:01We can...
18:03We can hide out together.
18:05I have to do this.
18:09And I want you to be happy for me.
18:11But if you can't...
18:13I... I am so happy for you.
18:15And I want you to live
18:17your best life.
18:19So I got your blessing?
18:21Yes. Whatever. Maybe.
18:23No, you don't. You got my dumb blessing.
18:29Hey, I thought I was coming to you.
18:31Yeah.
18:33Just couldn't leave without giving Mum a proper goodbye.
18:47Did I leave you two alone?
18:49No. Here's all yours.
18:51You better come back.
18:53Hey, who knows? Maybe when I'm back,
18:55we'll be able to pick up where we left off.
18:57Yeah, no. That's not going to happen,
18:59because I'm going to be on to the next one
19:01before you're out that door.
19:03Goodbye, Mum.
19:05Thanks for everything.
19:17I love you.
19:31Bloody hell.
19:33What is it?
19:35Gain taps or additional x-rays?
19:37Additional?
19:39Are you telling me you haven't sent him back to jail yet?
19:41Wow, we're looking at multiple old fractures to his lower legs?
19:43Exactly. Poorly healed, too.
19:45He's in so much pain. How old do you think these are?
19:47That's easy. When were the murders?
19:49Emmett.
19:51No, he might be right. If these were crime-injurious injuries,
19:53he wouldn't have gone to hospital.
19:55That's just what I got in the podcast.
19:57Well, who knows what happened.
19:59But how about you quit the judgment for two seconds, eh?
20:01And actually see for yourself.
20:03As a medical professional,
20:05he must be in excruciating pain every day.
20:07Here comes surprise he can even walk on that thing,
20:09let alone hold a conversation.
20:11If you're looking for sympathy, you won't get any here.
20:13And I don't think you'll get it from the families
20:15of his victims, either.
20:19Well, lucky for Kane, I'm his doctor now.
20:27So you think it's possible he never received treatment
20:29for those fractures?
20:31Looks that way.
20:33Even in prison with a medical team?
20:37Don't say anything. Just listen.
20:43So then,
20:45this soggy-bottom alien
20:47got back in his spaceship
20:49and he said...
20:51What then?
20:53Well, he said nothing,
20:55because he was already sound asleep in bed.
20:57The end.
20:59And guess who else has to go to bed?
21:01Hey, come on.
21:03Can you two help Billy brush their teeth, please?
21:05OK. Come on, Billy.
21:07I'll be up soon.
21:14How are you feeling?
21:19Mate, I know this is hell,
21:23but I really hope you're not blaming yourself.
21:25I don't blame myself.
21:29OK.
21:31We wouldn't have even been there
21:33if it wasn't for you.
21:37I knew it wasn't safe.
21:39In my gut,
21:41in my gut, I knew it wasn't safe.
21:43But you, as usual,
21:45as usual, you knew best.
21:47Don't be a wuss, Boyd.
21:49Don't mollycoddle your kids.
21:51Don't helicopter them.
21:53A million years, mate.
21:55I never, ever...
21:57No, no, no. It stops now.
21:59It stops now.
22:01I can't even look at you.
22:03I understand, Boyd. You're grieving.
22:05Yes.
22:07I'm grieving.
22:09I'm grieving cos my son is dead.
22:13He's dead because of you.