- 1 year ago
Directed by
Jacqueline Nairn
Written by
Kura Forrester
Jessica Joy Wood (head writer)
Cast
Theo David ... Villami To'a
Michael Galvin ... Chris Warner
Ben Barrington ... Drew McCaskill
Ngahuia Piripi ... Esther Samuels
Marianne Infante ... Madonna Diaz
Jess Sayer ... Maeve Mullins
Scott Smart ... Marty Walker
Courtenay Louise ... Monique Strutter
Sally Martin ... Nicole Miller
Bella Kalolo-Suraj ... Selina To'a
Paul Waggott ... Thaddeus Fleiss
Evander Brown ... Ihaia Stone
Peter Burman ... Sage Stewart
Owen Pasek Glusco ... Jude Bowers
Mo Nasir ... Nazar Arshad
Sukena Shah ... Gigi Arshad
Edna Swart ... Kelsey Bowers
Jane Wills ... Phil Grayson
Produced by
Oliver Driver
Music by
William Philipson
Editorial Department
Megan Robinson ... assistant editor
Alastair Tye Samson ... colorist
Jacqueline Nairn
Written by
Kura Forrester
Jessica Joy Wood (head writer)
Cast
Theo David ... Villami To'a
Michael Galvin ... Chris Warner
Ben Barrington ... Drew McCaskill
Ngahuia Piripi ... Esther Samuels
Marianne Infante ... Madonna Diaz
Jess Sayer ... Maeve Mullins
Scott Smart ... Marty Walker
Courtenay Louise ... Monique Strutter
Sally Martin ... Nicole Miller
Bella Kalolo-Suraj ... Selina To'a
Paul Waggott ... Thaddeus Fleiss
Evander Brown ... Ihaia Stone
Peter Burman ... Sage Stewart
Owen Pasek Glusco ... Jude Bowers
Mo Nasir ... Nazar Arshad
Sukena Shah ... Gigi Arshad
Edna Swart ... Kelsey Bowers
Jane Wills ... Phil Grayson
Produced by
Oliver Driver
Music by
William Philipson
Editorial Department
Megan Robinson ... assistant editor
Alastair Tye Samson ... colorist
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TVTranscript
00:00Previously on Shortland Street.
00:02You've got chafing, don't you?
00:03I think I've rubbed it raw.
00:04Let me take a look.
00:05Oh my God.
00:06The whole place is talking about it.
00:07Can you just not do it in the hospital?
00:09They actually think we got intimate in that ward.
00:11So you better start setting people straight and quickly.
00:13This is my best friend, Kelsey, and she needs medical attention.
00:15We're all ready for your ultrasound.
00:16Would you mind?
00:17Minding him?
00:18Oh no, he's choking on your lipstick.
00:20Oh my God.
00:21Viola, I think it'll only be a slim chance that surgery will even make a difference.
00:25Do it.
00:26You need my money, don't you?
00:28You did everything anyone possibly could.
00:30Well, it's not that simple, is it?
00:31That was the executor of my mother's estate.
00:33Yes, she made a donation.
00:35Twenty million dollars.
00:36You wouldn't do something like this.
00:38Oh, Esther.
00:39How could you?
00:45Oh, that's it.
00:47Good job.
00:48It's out now.
00:49You're okay now, buddy.
00:50Thank God.
00:52Oh my God, I am so sorry.
00:54What happened?
00:55He just choked on my lipstick.
00:56He'll be okay.
00:57Just keep him out of your handbag.
00:59You saved his life.
01:01There's plenty of nurses and doctors walking around here.
01:03He would have been fine, no?
01:05But it was you who stepped in.
01:06You knew the right technique.
01:08Unlike me, I'm an idiot.
01:09Just keep an eye on him for a few hours?
01:11Of course.
01:12Hey, my darling.
01:14I'm so sorry.
01:15This is all my fault.
01:16I literally took my eyes off him for like two seconds.
01:18It's okay.
01:19It's really not.
01:20My bag is like a wasteland.
01:21It's like a ticking time bomb.
01:23You're okay now, eh, buddy?
01:25Yeah.
01:26All right.
01:27I'd better get moving.
01:28Please.
01:29Let me get you something as a thank you.
01:30Money, car, a house?
01:31Oh, you know what?
01:32It's all good.
01:33You take care, buddy.
01:34You need a course for an ice cream?
01:36What do you think?
01:37You're right.
01:38I should honestly be banned from childcare for like ever.
01:41Honestly, babe, it's fine.
01:43He's fine.
01:44We're fine.
01:45My ultrasound is fine.
01:47Well, they've got to keep an eye on me.
01:49Placenta's a little dodgy.
01:50So you don't hate me?
01:51No, not at all.
01:52These things happen.
01:53Kids will be kids.
01:55What?
01:56I just, I don't know how you do it,
01:58juggling all these responsibilities
02:00and staying as cool as a cucumber.
02:02Come on, practice, babe.
02:03Practice and patience.
02:04That's why I could never do it.
02:06Look, you're good at other things.
02:08Yeah, like, like being a hot mess.
02:12Exactly.
02:16It was a tough choice, babe, but someone had to make it.
02:19People can say what they want.
02:21And they will.
02:22The daughter is still in shock, that's all.
02:26Is everything okay?
02:27The morgue said that she'd be in touch.
02:29Good, thank you.
02:31Good, is it?
02:32It's a complex situation, Nick.
02:34Seems really straightforward to me, Esther.
02:36Actually, I told Viola to take the money out of the equation
02:39and I'd operate anyway.
02:40Right, and she, she insisted, did she?
02:43Yes.
02:44She gave her fully informed consent.
02:46Well, whatever you need to tell yourself.
02:49Nick, this money will make a huge difference to the hospital,
02:52to all of us.
02:53And you knew the surgery would fail.
02:55But it didn't.
02:57She's dead.
02:58Not because of Esther.
02:59Okay, this is about ethics and protocol.
03:01I don't, I can't believe I'm saying this to you guys.
03:04You don't have to, I made my decision.
03:06Well, I hope you can live with it,
03:07because if this gets out, it's not going to look good.
03:10Esther did what was asked of her by a patient.
03:13Here we go.
03:14Look, this money's a game changer, Nick.
03:16And some of your nurses are the first to complain
03:17when things get tight.
03:18Don't have to.
03:19No, no, no, no, no.
03:20That's, that's good.
03:21Thank you, Marty.
03:22You've made it crystal clear.
03:23What's clear?
03:24The nurses' overtime will be paid with blood money.
03:27It was a gift.
03:29And it's not too late to give it back.
03:42Here, insert name.
03:44What were the names again?
03:45Villy, Drew, Maeve, Nicole, Phil.
03:50Dear Orr, I am sorry I didn't correct you when,
03:57you know, I did try.
03:58Ah.
03:59When you thought you saw me in flagrante delicto.
04:06They won't know what that means.
04:07When you thought you saw me fornicating.
04:11No.
04:12Well, why don't you correct the rumour, Milner?
04:14Tell them about my chafing and the fire.
04:16It's incredibly straightforward.
04:17Maybe I could just rise above.
04:19Excellent.
04:20So, would you mind proofreading a couple of chapters of my novel?
04:28Your pirate novel?
04:29Yes.
04:30I've been working on it for a couple of years.
04:31Wow.
04:32Let's see it then.
04:35Oh.
04:36It's an erotic novel.
04:39Well, some people might call it that,
04:41but that's really just a by-product.
04:43It's an unflinching look at repressed sexuality in the golden age.
04:48So it's smut.
04:50It's honest.
04:52Okay, you have to tell everyone tomorrow.
04:54It's not that I don't like you, Thaddeus.
04:56I'm not upset about what people are thinking.
04:58It's just, it's not true.
05:00Okay.
05:01Nothing to do with you personally.
05:03Uh-huh.
05:04That's fine, right?
05:05I mean, you wouldn't want people thinking you're spoken for when you're not either, would you?
05:09Not when there could be a saucy pirate wench just around the corner.
05:15Sure.
05:19I can fix this.
05:20Set the record straight.
05:21Tell all of our friends the truth.
05:24You do that.
05:28Oh.
05:29Would you mind emailing me the rest of your chapters?
05:31It's quite good.
05:32Good.
05:38Bedtime.
05:39Come on.
05:41I'm giving the money back first thing in the morning.
05:43Okay.
05:44Yep, take that, Nicole.
05:46But you'll be crying when I have to cancel all the nurses' overtime.
05:49I did point that out.
05:51Yeah, about that.
05:52I don't need you defending me at work.
05:55Noted.
05:56It makes me look weak.
05:57No, it doesn't.
05:58And I'm the CEO.
05:59I need to think smarter and harder than everyone else in the room.
06:01Babe, your patient had just died.
06:03I don't need reminding, babe.
06:04I know exactly what happened in the operating room.
06:06Hey, come here.
06:08Don't baby me.
06:09You are feeling irrational guilt.
06:11No, I'm not.
06:13I can make it all go away.
06:16Or we could just try a hug.
06:20You see?
06:23I shouldn't have taken the money.
06:24Or done the op.
06:26You know, by all of Franklin, she was a very wealthy and very bossy woman.
06:31She was still your patient.
06:34I wanted her to live.
06:36Prove everyone wrong.
06:37Babe, she knew exactly what she signed up for.
06:41And so did you.
06:42That took courage from both of you.
06:46Okay, change of plans.
06:48I'm keeping the money.
06:50Stuff for you, Nicole.
06:52Okay, we can put that to bed.
06:57Oh, my notes.
06:58Can wait.
07:09I will get that and my normal water, please.
07:11You don't have to do that.
07:13Jude almost tripped on my lipstick.
07:14The least I can do is buy you a coffee.
07:17Okay, well, thank you.
07:19How is he?
07:20He's good.
07:21Quick recovery?
07:22Yeah, he's an expert.
07:23Happens all the time.
07:24Really?
07:25Oh, yeah.
07:26Food, coughing, brushing his teeth.
07:28Loads of things set him off.
07:29Look, if it makes you feel any better, it happens at least once a month.
07:33Okay, yeah, that actually does make me feel better.
07:35Yeah, we've been working really hard on the delicate art of chewing.
07:38Sorry to interrupt.
07:40Not at all.
07:41You said your son was having issues with choking.
07:43At least once a month.
07:44Jude, you saw everything.
07:45Kelsey, would you be open to a consultation?
07:47Why?
07:48A consultation?
07:49Regular choking can indicate something undiagnosed.
07:51Acid reflux or potentially something neurological.
07:54I had no idea.
07:55Okay, she's already got a bad placenta and now you're freaking her out again.
07:59I didn't mean to do that.
08:01And it's not urgent.
08:03We need to have a little session beside the bed.
08:06Excuse me?
08:07Your bedside manner is terrible.
08:10Kelsey, make sure you take it easy until we get your results, please.
08:14Better?
08:17He's fabulous.
08:19I like his bedside manner.
08:20Really?
08:21He's handsome.
08:22Hardworking.
08:25I hadn't noticed.
08:26Oh, come off it.
08:27I'm picking up on the vibe.
08:28It's not a vibe.
08:35Chafing?
08:36Really?
08:37I accidentally allowed people to think Madonna and I were having a private and intimate moment.
08:42Oh, not think.
08:44We saw.
08:45You're not ashamed of Madonna, are you?
08:47What?
08:48No, no.
08:49Good.
08:50Because we made a call.
08:52It's, uh, Maddias.
08:54Oh, no.
08:55I thought we were going to go with...
08:56Oh, that's right.
08:57That's right.
08:58The Donna.
08:59The Donna.
09:00No, this is all wrong.
09:01No, thank you for your explanation.
09:03Crystal clear.
09:04Hey, we'll let you go.
09:05We know you're very busy.
09:09No.
09:10Very, very good.
09:11I'd better check that theatre list.
09:12Talk amongst yourselves.
09:14What are you doing?
09:15Hmm?
09:16Julie and Thaddeus like crap.
09:17We're just having fun.
09:18What are you really playing at?
09:20Who, me?
09:22Surgical robotics intensive.
09:23What about it?
09:25You think you'll get chosen.
09:26Because you laugh at his jokes.
09:29Righto.
09:30Next up, we have...
09:31Ooh, Mr McVie's appendectomy.
09:33A priceless piece of surgery.
09:36I will start the bidding at...
09:38Can we just assign a list like normal surgeons?
09:40Sold.
09:41Appendectomy to Dr Stone.
09:43Okay, next up...
09:44Ooh, rare fractured ulna.
09:47Well, it's a done deal.
09:49Why am I the only one who finds it creepy?
09:51I mean, the money is from a patient who died
09:54the same day it was handed over.
09:56Yeah, and you wanted it to go to us, Nick.
09:58Us.
09:59Poor, sweet, underpaid nurses.
10:00Look, I get what you mean.
10:01I do.
10:03But think about the overtime we get back.
10:05Silver linings, babe.
10:07Oh, good morning.
10:08Hey, how are you?
10:09Hi.
10:10I just wanted to say...
10:12Yeah, do you just want to take a break?
10:13I'm fine.
10:14I just wanted to let you all know then.
10:17What you saw between Thaddeus and I was not what it seemed.
10:20So he wasn't naked?
10:21No, no, he was naked.
10:23He sleeps naked, which I've talked to him about.
10:25Why would you have talked to him about that?
10:27Yeah, but why would you know that?
10:29I don't know that.
10:30I don't know anything.
10:31It's fine.
10:32You know, we've all had moments of odd behaviour.
10:35Yeah, yeah, already forgotten.
10:36Old news.
10:37Well, that's just it.
10:38There's no news.
10:39There he is.
10:40Superman himself.
10:41Oh, I don't know about that.
10:43I do.
10:45Right, well, we'd better get in there.
10:46Absolutely.
10:48Superman?
10:50Oh, it's nothing.
10:51Yeah, like Thaddeus and I.
10:53You understand that, right?
10:55You don't have to explain anything about Thaddeus or anyone.
10:58You just...
10:59You just go for it.
11:03Any word from Viola's family, let me know.
11:05They all know.
11:06Sure thing.
11:09So that's sorted.
11:10Easy.
11:11Is it?
11:12Yeah, you heard him.
11:13The money is ours.
11:14Unless your daughter-in-law decides to take things further.
11:16Right.
11:17Then we fight and we win.
11:19I hope you're not going to do anything drastic.
11:21The money is ours.
11:22It's as good as spent.
11:23You wanted this.
11:25No, I'm not going to do anything.
11:26OK.
11:27Because if there is any splashback,
11:28then it's nothing a little PR polish won't fix, OK?
11:32I'm thinking a big memorial plaque.
11:35Viola Franklin.
11:36It's not that.
11:38What is it?
11:39I don't see a problem.
11:40No, there's no problem.
11:41Can you...
11:43Can we just get back to work?
11:44You're not going to find an easier chunk of change like this again.
11:47So we can't waste it.
11:49I know.
11:51OK.
11:53Let's get back to work and save some jobs.
12:01Lily's not moving on, though, is he?
12:04If he is, it's none of my business.
12:06Yeah, nothing to do with you.
12:07Got it.
12:09Still holding a flame for an ex, though.
12:11It's a classic.
12:12And it'd be weird if you didn't feel like this, you know?
12:13You loved him and he loved you.
12:15Yeah, never mind.
12:16I'll be fine.
12:17No, you've got to let it out.
12:18Believe me, you can't bottle these feelings up
12:20otherwise they come out in the strangest ways,
12:22like suddenly you're texting his mum
12:24and sending handwritten love letters to his work.
12:26What?
12:27Exactly.
12:28It's so embarrassing.
12:29Well, well.
12:30Didn't take you long, did it, Missy Moo?
12:32And on the clock.
12:34Is this about Thaddeus?
12:35Who would have thought?
12:37OK, the rumours aren't true.
12:38Please tell her, Dr Reeson.
12:40I'm sorry.
12:41I was just having a bit of fun.
12:42I really like the name Thaddonal.
12:44Phil.
12:45It's good.
12:46You made Vili all sad boy for nothing.
12:49Vili was sad?
12:51Of course he was.
12:52You know, it's hard to see you move on.
12:54But I haven't moved on.
12:55Can you please make sure he knows that?
12:57I mean, I tried telling him...
12:58Madonna!
12:59It's a false alarm, OK?
13:00Don't worry about it.
13:01Can we clarify?
13:02How sad was Vili?
13:03Like, snot crying on the shoulder sad?
13:06Or like, low-key a bit gutted?
13:08High-key gutted.
13:09OK, but he'll be OK now that he knows that's not the truth.
13:15See?
13:16You're not the only one sad about the past.
13:18It's nothing.
13:19Gutted about a little rumour?
13:21That's not nothing.
13:23Don't encourage me.
13:27So then this big chunk of lipstick just went flying across the floor.
13:30Gave everyone a scare, I'm sure.
13:32Yeah.
13:33Kids should come with, like, instruction manuals or something.
13:35That's not a bad idea.
13:37Seriously, for reluctant babysitters like me.
13:39You could do a first aid refresher.
13:41Oh, my God, they're so boring.
13:43Until the kid is, like, literally dying in front of you.
13:47Well, sitting through the bottom, then.
13:49You're right.
13:50Of course I am.
13:51Are you always right?
13:53Let me think.
13:55Yeah.
13:56Hmm.
13:59So, Kelsey Bowers?
14:02Given the all clear, sent home to rest.
14:04Jude?
14:06I'm seeing him two weeks from now.
14:08Two weeks?
14:09We're pretty busy.
14:10Look, you gave Kelsey a big dose of the jitters.
14:13Sorry about that.
14:14Okay, if you're not going to make time for little Jude, I will make time.
14:18Are you accessing my diary?
14:20Mine.
14:21Oh, yes.
14:22I'm seeing you and Esther for 3pm today?
14:24Not anymore.
14:26Monique.
14:27Look, Esther doesn't need an update, all right?
14:29You're doing amazing.
14:30All of this, paediatrics?
14:32Amazing.
14:33Flattery doesn't work on me.
14:35Okay, fine.
14:36The meeting is still cancelled, so you can go play squash or do some selfish doctor-y stuff.
14:41Neither does guilt-tripping.
14:44Please, please, please, please, please.
14:46Ah, begging.
14:49All right, you win.
14:51I'll make time for Jude.
14:52Today.
14:54Thank you, Doctor.
15:01What a rollercoaster.
15:03Yep.
15:04Your support on this is hugely appreciated.
15:06I know it hasn't been easy.
15:07What's this?
15:08I didn't think you'd actually give it back.
15:10Or that I'd actually listen to you.
15:12What?
15:13You can't.
15:14That was our money.
15:15I'm already working on ways to source finances from elsewhere.
15:18Excellent.
15:19I will see you later.
15:25The Franklin family are rich.
15:27That's not the point.
15:28They're richer than the Warners.
15:30It's a matter of integrity.
15:31Being practical has integrity.
15:32It's not up for discussion, Maeve.
15:33It's done.
15:34Great.
15:35Yeah, and the nurses in this hospital, they'll be the first to feel the pain.
15:38Thanks a bunch, boss.
15:44I got an email.
15:45An appointment for Jude in two weeks.
15:47Really?
15:48Yet here we are hours later.
15:50Well, things just move really fast around here.
15:52Did you get me on his VIP list?
15:54Oh, needs no basis.
15:58Thanks for staying with me, Mon.
15:59You're the best support person in the world.
16:01You know, doctor, loyal to her tea, this one.
16:04Fights hard for anyone she loves.
16:06Well, she's persistent, that's for sure.
16:08She's a great quality, a woman who knows what she wants.
16:11Don't you think, Dr. Ashad?
16:14What is it?
16:16What's wrong?
16:17Just a moment.
16:18Nurse?
16:21I've discovered a small lump in Jude's throat.
16:23That may be the cause of his choking.
16:25What is it?
16:26Hard to say.
16:27We'll need to run some tests as soon as possible.
16:29Okay.
16:30I'll order some bloods and we'll go from there.
16:35Oh, they're like 80 bucks a pop.
16:37That's steep.
16:38If I don't get overtime, I can't afford these lessons.
16:41Well, you helped me, so I'll help you.
16:43Help with what?
16:44I can drive and I can teach, so...
16:47Would you?
16:48Yes, please, that'd be amazing.
16:50Later, in the car park.
16:51You know I have a mental block because of Simon, my chinchella?
16:54Sorry?
16:55I ran him over and I need to get over that great tragedy,
16:57but I came because of you.
16:59Because you're strong, too.
17:02So, I am sorry. Mano a mano.
17:04We're cool.
17:06Ah, just finishing off the apology tour?
17:08Right.
17:09Everyone knows we're just flatties.
17:11I have more details, if you'd like.
17:12He doesn't need any details.
17:14I mean, flesh did touch flesh, but the sensation wasn't thrilling,
17:17it was more, um, more cold shock.
17:20I think Vili gets the picture?
17:21And there was fumbling to stand up, but that was because of the chafing,
17:24which is healing nicely now, by the way.
17:26Good.
17:27I mean, I suppose it could be confused for a mating ritual.
17:29That's enough!
17:30Sorry.
17:31I told you I wasn't good at talking to people.
17:33But now, everyone knows we're just friends.
17:35Almost besties.
17:36We are not besties.
17:37Never will be, so please just stop talking!
17:52Chris?
17:53What's he said?
17:57Leave me in!
17:58But...
18:02Hi, Esther.
18:03Come in.
18:04You are very welcome.
18:07I'm not here for your advice.
18:08I don't want Chris Warner's advice.
18:14I'm just here to make your day.
18:19By all of Franklin.
18:22You said to me,
18:23You said to me,
18:24you're going to kill that little old lady.
18:28And I did.
18:30I killed that old lady.
18:33So if you're going to say anything,
18:35you can say I told you so.
18:45Did she really say it was nothing?
18:47Yeah, that's right.
18:48Just what makes nothing more so.
18:50Spread the word.
18:51Okay, flatmates.
18:52That's what we're calling it now.
18:57Nice having a boss you can laugh with.
18:59Whatever it takes, eh?
19:00Wow, what's that supposed to mean?
19:03I just haven't seen you like this before.
19:05Hope it works out.
19:07Oh, I see.
19:08Don't worry.
19:10You know that's rich coming from you.
19:12I've got your back, Esther.
19:13Whatever you decide.
19:16What do you mean?
19:17You're a suck-up.
19:18That's what you're doing to me.
19:20That's what you're doing with Drew.
19:23I guess we'll both do whatever it takes then.
19:25What a power couple we are.
19:27Yeah?
19:29Why are we doing this?
19:31Robotics intensive?
19:32Yeah, and to wind up the old guys.
19:35Sweet.
19:36So, game on?
19:38Game on.
19:43I told you to keep your hands at ten and two.
19:45Okay, God.
19:47This has nothing to do with God.
19:49I need you to stay in control.
19:50Control!
19:51Would you please stop yelling at me?
19:53I'm right here.
19:54I'm not Thaddeus.
19:56I was there, you know, when you blasted him for nothing.
19:58Okay, I don't want to talk about Thaddeus.
20:00But he's so cute in like a geeky way.
20:02Focus!
20:05And I aced that op.
20:08Christ, it was a ten out of ten.
20:10She was just too old.
20:14Rest in peace, Viola Franklin, and I will not touch your money.
20:19I want more.
20:20Chris, tell me how to get the money.
20:23I know things have been weird between us,
20:25but you know I still respect you.
20:28As a surgeon, it was only you know what I know.
20:33In theatre, it's high risk.
20:36It's life or death and you roll a dice, live or die.
20:39I have money.
20:42What did you say?
20:44I'll pay you, for theatre time.
20:47You sold your shares.
20:49You don't care about Shortland Street anymore.
20:52I just want to be back in theatre.
20:55You want to work again?
20:56High risk surgeries only.
20:58How high?
21:00Terminal?
21:01Dangerous?
21:04Legally borderline?
21:07Are you serious?
21:09I'll cover all theatre and recovery costs,
21:12plus $10,000 extra per operation.
21:15You'll pay me?
21:18I can't do it unless it's legally viable.
21:21$50,000.
21:23Okay, but the insurance...
21:26$1 million per operation times...
21:31six.
21:34$6 million.
21:43Check my lights.
21:44You're good, you're straight.
21:46First time of everything.
21:47Okay, what's next? He'll start.
21:49Okay.
21:55What are they doing?
21:57Oh, what are you worried about them for? She's like a baby.
22:03Okay, what obstacles do you see?
22:04Pedestrians. Should I wait?
22:06No, just turn right.
22:08Okay, release the handbrake.
22:09There's a car coming from the right.
22:10Miles away.
22:11I'm just going to wait.
22:12Just release the handbrake.
22:13Don't push me.
22:14Go!
22:16Sage!
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