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00:00Neighbors, everybody needs good neighbors. With a little understanding, you can find the perfect blend.
00:16Neighbors should be there for one another. That's when good neighbors become good friends.
00:36I hope that's not the situation's vacant column. I'd hate to think the company had a morale problem.
00:41Did you fix it? Well, yes and no. What's this supposed to mean?
00:46I'm sorry, but it's just you tried to buy off Morris before and it's in a way.
00:50If you'll listen. I know you're worried about Susan and Sam and what might happen if the article gets printed.
00:56But don't give up just yet. It seems our Derek Morris hasn't been exactly honest with us.
01:01Oh, Disclosure Magazine is in his name. But the money behind it is a very different matter.
01:07So I've spoken to his financiers and I made them an offer.
01:12If we own the magazine, we can cancel the article.
01:15And we can redirect the entire operation.
01:17Oh, that's the perfect solution. But hang on. Why did you say yes and no?
01:21Well, Morris' silent partners haven't agreed yet. I'd say we've got a 50-50 chance.
01:25So when will we know?
01:26This afternoon, one way or the other.
01:28My plans won't change though. I'm still flying to France. The deal with Jack Lasseter won't wait.
01:32Yes, but Rosemary, what if the answer remains no? What if he decides to go ahead and publish that article anyway?
01:39I guess I'll think of something.
01:41Of course you will. You can be very resourceful when you've got your back to the wall.
01:45I've seen you handle these little obstacles before. I have every confidence.
01:50You should I do.
01:52But Greg, I need something.
01:55Lucy, there is such a thing as excess baggage. Now you're not walking on that plane with suitcases 50 kilos overweight.
02:01But Greg, I...
02:02And don't try to pull a fast one by putting some of that stuff back, because I'm going to check.
02:07Go and sit down and eat your lunch.
02:09Are you coming to the airport to see me off?
02:12I'll tell you what, I'll make you a deal.
02:14Why don't you stay here and do my year 12 for me, and I'll go to France.
02:20No way.
02:22See?
02:23Gran, in France do they have the same food as us?
02:27Well, that's one of the good things about travelling. You get to eat lots of different sorts of food.
02:31Yeah, like snow.
02:32Dad said I didn't have to eat them.
02:34And frogs' legs.
02:35Stop that, Scott.
02:36See?
02:37You'll love it. Besides, I thought you were going to see Bradley, not to feed your face.
02:41Yeah, but I still got to eat. Do they have Vegemite?
02:44I don't know.
02:45What if they don't?
02:47There are a couple of small jars in the cupboard. You can take them with you.
02:51Not now.
02:53Oh, Lucy, I didn't cook you lunch so that you could let it get cold.
02:58Oh, I give up.
03:03Snails.
03:06That's the first time I've seen your life since you arrived home. Rough morning?
03:11Yep.
03:12As it ever.
03:14Looks like I'm the school dunce.
03:15Says who?
03:17Oh, well, most of the New Year 12 students.
03:20Grant, they don't know what it's like. That's their trouble.
03:23I hope they sweat the way I did.
03:27You know what? I was the only one to go back.
03:29The only one.
03:32Scott, the teachers aren't giving you a hard time, are they?
03:35No, they've been great.
03:36Well, you were the only one to go back because no one else had that kind of courage.
03:43And once your schoolmates start sweating, as you put it, I'm sure they'll have no inclination to pick on you.
03:48Yeah, well, I can wear it, Grant. It's just I feel like I'm being left behind and now that Mike's had to move back home.
03:54Well, that was his decision. You have to respect that.
03:57But it's not fair that he has to miss out in uni.
03:59Well, I'm sure his mother won't let him do that.
04:01Scott, we're very proud of you for going back.
04:05But if your work's going to be affected by these wretched juveniles singling you out...
04:10You'll go to the headmaster and embarrass me, right?
04:14Well, I wouldn't have put it quite like that.
04:16I said I could handle it.
04:18After all the trouble I caused with those newspaper articles, I figure I'm just getting what I deserve anyway.
04:24There must be some other way to apply a bit more pressure to force their hand to sell them.
04:29Not that I can think of. I've spoken to just about everybody I know.
04:32Hello. Good afternoon, Miss Daniels.
04:36Mr. Robinson, I'm sorry to bother you, but I was wondering if Jane is in the office.
04:40Yeah, yeah. Just go on in, Mr. Vang.
04:42Oh, thank you. I do hope you have a good flat, Miss Daniels.
04:48That woman. If you asked her what I bought from the duty free, she could probably tell you.
04:52Oh, speaking of which...
04:54If I could just find out who it was that told, Morris.
04:57We're lucky enough to buy our way out of this one. Don't start a witch hunt.
05:00Let sleeping dogs lie.
05:05Typical. He's out there drinking coffee while you do all the work.
05:09Well, he is the boss.
05:11That's as it may be.
05:13Jane, I've got some wonderful news.
05:16Really?
05:17Mr. Harold Bishop will be boarding with us from now on.
05:20What?
05:21A bit extra. Might be just enough to keep the wolf from the door.
05:25Oh, the sleepless nights I've had.
05:27You said you wouldn't take in boarders in a pink fit.
05:29Oh, not those things.
05:30These kind of borders.
05:31But Mr. Bishop is quite different.
05:34He's completely respectable.
05:36And Jane, he comes from rural parts where they still understand old-fashioned values.
05:41Like you do?
05:43Yes. A kindred spirit.
05:45That's interesting. About your respect for high morals, that is.
05:49I've been wondering about that.
05:50I beg your pardon?
05:51Have you got your mail yet?
05:54I've got some shopping to do, so I haven't been home.
05:57Why?
05:59Well, I went home at lunchtime, and there's a letter for you.
06:02From Disclosure Magazine.
06:03From Disclosure Magazine.
06:05Now, why would such a scandal monger be writing to you, Nan?
06:07I expect to be hurt by other people, Jane.
06:13Lord knows I've had my good intentions thrown back in my face often enough.
06:16Answer the question, Nan.
06:17But to be stabbed in the back by my own flesh and blood.
06:21I'm giving you a chance to explain.
06:23I've got to decide what to do about this.
06:25Well, of course, dear, there's an explanation.
06:27It's obvious.
06:29This journalist wants information.
06:31So, of course, he'd write to anyone who knew anything about Paul, wouldn't he?
06:35I mean, it's not as if I'd written to him, is it, dear?
06:38So, if I asked everyone else, they'd all have letters, too?
06:41Yes, well, they might.
06:43Well, who's to say that they'd admit it, even if you did ask them?
06:47There's an easy way to settle this. We'll just go home and open your letter together.
06:49No.
06:51It's a matter of principle, Jane.
06:53And I'm shocked that you'd even suggest that you should read my mail.
06:57Only a handful of people could have given that story about Susan to Mr Morris.
07:01Now, Paul's been very good about it, even though he knows he could ruin his career.
07:04He employs me, Nan. That means he trusts me.
07:06Now, I've got to tell him about that letter.
07:08But he could jump to conclusions.
07:11I might lose my housekeeping job.
07:13Paul could lose everything.
07:14Why did you do it, Nan?
07:16Well, he made it sound so straightforward.
07:17He said...
07:19That's how you did do it.
07:21Jane.
07:22Jane, you mustn't say anything. You mustn't.
07:24You're my granddaughter.
07:26What good will it do now?
07:28If Paul knows it was me, it won't change anything.
07:31And if I had another chance, I'd never talk to that man.
07:34But it's done now, isn't it?
07:36Well, isn't it?
07:37Oh, Jane, has there been any phone calls for him?
07:41No.
07:42OK.
07:44Is everything all right?
07:50Oh, thank you, dear.
07:52If that article goes to print, I'll have to tell him.
07:54But why? What difference would it make?
07:56You can't take his money and hide the truth from him.
07:59But he might suck you.
08:01Yeah, I thought of that.
08:03And I wish you had before you did all this.
08:06Oh, stuff of nonsense.
08:08Spill milk, Jane.
08:11Silence is golden.
08:13Oh, you'll feel better about it.
08:16After you've had time to think.
08:17OK.
08:18And please don't be late for dinner.
08:19Mr Bishop is a punctual man.
08:27Why, do I join you?
08:28Not at all.
08:30I've still got a couple of hours labouring work if you're still interested.
08:33Great.
08:34I was hoping you hadn't forgotten.
08:36Need cash.
08:39Are you against a bloke having a bet, Mr Robinson?
08:41No.
08:42Not at all.
08:43I hunt occasionally myself, don't you?
08:45I wouldn't rely on racehorses if I wanted money in a hurry, though.
08:48That's for sure.
08:50Got to find some way to pay mum back, though.
08:54My partner owns a couple of racehorses.
08:57Yeah?
08:58Yeah, he's got one racing today.
08:59Mind you, he spends more time crying into his beard than he does cracking champagne.
09:03Which race?
09:04Your partner's horse?
09:06Oh, fifth.
09:07Nightshade, isn't he?
09:08Nightshade?
09:10Fifteen to one.
09:11Good odds.
09:13I fancied the top weight in that.
09:15Did he tip it to you?
09:17Well, he said it was worth a bet either way, but that's a standard line.
09:26Madge, have I had a stroke of luck.
09:28Oh, really?
09:29Yes, I've solved my accommodation problem.
09:31Oh, good for you.
09:33I'm...
09:34I'm boarding at Mrs Mangels.
09:35You don't look surprised.
09:36Oh, well, I had heard something to that effect.
09:38It's a very small neighbourhood, you know.
09:40And you don't think it's a good idea?
09:42Oh, it doesn't matter what I think, Harold.
09:44It's what you think that counts.
09:45It's...
09:46It's your...
09:47decision.
09:48Yeah, and I think I've made the right one, too.
09:50She's a very stable woman.
09:51No nonsense.
09:52Hmm.
09:53I would imagine her cooking will be up to scratch, too.
09:55Yeah, so they say.
09:56Well, just my cup of tea, the whole set-up.
09:59Yeah.
10:00Yes, well, I'll...
10:01I've got to go and check out and move my things in, so...
10:03I'll call in later if I get a chance.
10:04Yeah.
10:05Don't strain yourself.
10:06Tell me, what makes these paintings so much better than those...
10:11Hey, take your grubby little hands off that.
10:14That's the prize of the bunch.
10:16You know, if I'm lucky, I might get as much as $800 for that.
10:19$800 bucks?
10:20If I'm lucky.
10:22Bill and I were married in that church.
10:25But to answer your question, some of my earlier paintings weren't much good.
10:29No style.
10:31And canvas costs the earth, so I can paint over them.
10:35Anyway, no more browsing.
10:36I want things left just as they are.
10:38The rejects in that box on the left, and the good stuff here in the box on the right.
10:44Well, that's the rental and property figures done.
10:46Right.
10:47Now feed in the additional investment information.
10:49We should be able to work out a projected profit margin from there.
10:52Well, that won't be exact.
10:53A lot of the investments are overseas, and...
10:55Well, the Australian dollar going up and down...
10:56It won't be a provisional figure.
10:58I'm aware of that, Jane.
10:59Now just do as I say, will you?
11:00Look, when I need a high school economics lecture, I'll ask one.
11:03Oh, I'm sorry, Jane.
11:06I'm sorry.
11:07It's alright.
11:08Nan hasn't been upsetting you again, has she?
11:12No, why?
11:13Daniel's Corporation.
11:16Paul Robinson speaking.
11:17Yeah.
11:18Yes, her office still stands.
11:21You do?
11:23Great.
11:24Well, there's no reason we shouldn't get the paperwork to you this afternoon.
11:28Fine.
11:29It's a pleasure doing business with you.
11:31You're peony.
11:32Good news.
11:33Good news?
11:34What an understatement.
11:35Those guys have just agreed to sell us Disclosure magazine.
11:37That means we can kill the article.
11:38Oh, Paul, that's fantastic.
11:39Yeah.
11:40Listen, you start typing up a standard sale of business contract.
11:41I'll work out the special conditions and figures.
11:42I want to get their signatures on this before they change their mind.
11:44Now, there are some house rules, as I'm sure you'll appreciate.
11:57Good.
11:58Oh, please.
11:59Sit down.
12:00Now.
12:01Visitors.
12:02I would prefer 24...
12:0424 hours' notice.
12:05Mm-hmm.
12:06And I do not tolerate alcohol or parties.
12:08Silence is golden after 10 o'clock at night, which is my bedtime.
12:10And there is the bathroom.
12:11Yes?
12:12If you could observe all the proprietors, please, Mr. Bishop.
12:13My granddaughter is young and very impressionable.
12:14Of course, Mrs. Mendel.
12:15Of course.
12:16Well, I've had my little say, so I...
12:17I do like rules.
12:18Regularity.
12:19My routine is very important to me.
12:20Oh.
12:21Now, I am a vegetarian, so no animal fats in the cooking, if that's all right.
12:22Certainly.
12:23Good.
12:24And fresh fruit.
12:25Yes.
12:26And fresh fruit.
12:27Yes.
12:28Yes.
12:29Yes.
12:30Yes.
12:31Yes.
12:32Yes.
12:33Yes.
12:34Yes.
12:35Yes.
12:36Yes.
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12:41Yes.
12:42Yes.
12:43Yes.
12:44Yes.
12:45Yes.
12:46Yes.
12:47Yes.
12:48Yes.
12:49And fresh fruit juice each morning, apple, orange, carrot, tomato.
12:52I find that variety is the spice of life.
12:55Eh?
12:56Fresh juice.
12:57And I would like my meals cooked at precisely the same time each day.
13:02Breakfast and dinner.
13:03Of course, I'll prepare my own lunch while I'm not working, but as soon as I start, well,
13:07naturally, I expect it packed and ready for when I leave.
13:10A cut lunch, yes.
13:12Ah.
13:13Now, you will find that I'm very tolerant of young people, Mrs. Magle, and I'm sure your
13:22granddaughter will not invade the house with her friends while I'm here, but if she
13:27must play loud music, headphones are an excellent device.
13:32Personally, my tastes lean toward the classics.
13:35I'll tell Jane.
13:37Excellent.
13:38Well, I think everything will work out very nicely.
13:41Of course, Madge did offer me accommodation, but you know how people gossip.
13:47I had to refuse.
13:48Oh.
13:49Very wise.
13:50Especially with that son of hers in the house.
13:52And I'm sure that a respectable man like yourself wouldn't want to be seen consulting
13:57with known criminals.
13:58Oh, that's great.
13:59Top job, Henry.
14:00I'm giving Lucy a ride to the airport.
14:01I can give you a lift if you're going home.
14:02Thanks.
14:03Beats walking.
14:04Oh, play days are Thursdays, but I've organized for you to pick yours up now.
14:05Great.
14:06Just as well.
14:07I'm broke.
14:08I drank your partner's horse, didn't I?
14:09Well, I wanted you to stay away from the ponies.
14:10Look, I'm sorry for you, I think I gave you a bad tip.
14:11I'm not blaming you.
14:12Remember what I said at the pub, that I fancied the top way?
14:131 by 5 lengths, 10 to 1.
14:14I'm always dumping the wrong way.
14:15But if you're into the airport, I'm also going to be a good idea to go home.
14:16If you're under the airport, I can give you a lift if you're going home.
14:17Thanks.
14:18Beats walking.
14:19Oh, play days are Thursdays, but I'm organizing that you pick yours up now.
14:20Great.
14:21Just as well.
14:22I'm broke.
14:23Backed your partner's horse, didn't I?
14:24Well, I wanted you to stay away from the ponies.
14:27Look, I'm sorry for you.
14:29I think I gave you a bad tip.
14:30I'm not blaming you.
14:32Remember what I said at the pub, that I fancied the top way, one by five lengths, ten to one, always jumping the wrong way.
14:42Story of my life.
14:50Lucy!
14:52Tell me!
14:53I know she has got a kitchen sink in this one.
14:55Dad, why won't let me take my books?
14:57Well, I agree with it, darling.
14:58Oh, but Dad!
14:59I bet you'd take every piece of junk you owned, if you could.
15:03It's not junk!
15:04And you dare mess up anything in my room while I'm gone.
15:07Hey, what do you reckon, Dad?
15:09We'll have a big clear out.
15:10Maybe a bonfire in the back yard or something like that.
15:12You do and I'll pulverise you!
15:14Pulverise, hey?
15:15Some peace.
15:16My couple's family do anything calmly and sanely.
15:19We'll get back to the office, eh?
15:22Now listen, you say hello to Jack and Andrea and Bradley for me, won't you, honey?
15:25Yep.
15:26Be good.
15:27Into the car.
15:28Rosemary, thanks for swinging the deal for me.
15:35Well, you really did save my neck.
15:37Yes, but it wasn't easy.
15:38I had to agree to give Morris a job with the publicity department in New York.
15:42What?
15:43It took considerable talent to get you over a barrel like that.
15:46I never waste talent, which is why I saved your neck.
15:49Think about getting married, Paul.
15:52It's the one asset you lack at the moment, a clever wife.
15:56Thanks.
15:57I'll put that in my diary.
15:58Is there any other orders?
15:59Yes.
16:00You could wish you around a pleasant flight.
16:01Okay.
16:02Have a good one.
16:03I will.
16:04Quite a cavalcade, Jim.
16:05I'm exporting my daughter.
16:06Yes.
16:07Your visits are very special.
16:08Let's hope the next one's happier.
16:12Yes.
16:13But we survived, Mum.
16:15Madge, I have to admit, I was flabbergasted.
16:19That household is one in a million.
16:20I expected something adequate, but...
16:21Impressed is not the word.
16:22You think it'll do, then?
16:23Absolutely.
16:24I don't really know the granddaughter yet, but...
16:25...I don't really know the granddaughter yet, but...
16:26...I don't really know the granddaughter yet, but...
16:27...I don't really know the granddaughter.
16:28Mrs. Mangle strikes me as the kind of person who would know how to control young people.
16:29Oh.
16:30She is a remarkable woman.
16:31Yes.
16:32Yes.
16:33Sometimes I can't find words to describe her myself.
16:34Oh, she's certainly a gem.
16:35Oh, no.
16:36Dr. Rage, I have to admit, I was flabbergasted.
16:37That household is one in a million.
16:38I expected something adequate, but...
16:39Oh.
16:40Well, impressed is not the word.
16:41You think it'll do, then?
16:42Oh, absolutely.
16:43Hmm.
16:44I-I don't really know the granddaughter yet, but...
16:45Mrs. Mangle strikes me as the kind of person who would know how to control young people.
16:51Ohh.
16:54She is a remarkable woman.
16:56Yes.
16:57Sometimes I can't find words to describe her myself.
16:59Oh, she's certainly a gem.
17:02Yeah, Jim.
17:03Mum, kettle's boiling.
17:05Oh.
17:06Make yourself comfortable, Harold.
17:08Oh, right.
17:09Kettle's not boiling.
17:11I'm rescuing you.
17:12I could hear your teeth grinding.
17:13Oh, if he'd said one more nice thing about Nell Mangle, I would have clocked him.
17:16Her house is so clean.
17:17He's probably in there checking my mantelpiece for dust.
17:20Look on the bright side.
17:21After a couple of weeks with the Wicked Witch from the West, we'll be back over this side
17:25of the rainbow at 100 miles an hour.
17:27This joint will look like paradise.
17:29And he likes peace and quiet, Jane.
17:33You can manage to use headphones, can't you?
17:36And, well, you should appreciate regular mealtimes now that you're working.
17:41With the money you're getting from Mr Bishop and the money that journalist paid you, you
17:45won't be counting so much on your job with Paul, will you?
17:48It's all right.
17:49You're off the hook.
17:50The article won't be published.
17:51Oh.
17:52Oh, thank heavens for that.
17:55Yeah.
17:56You wouldn't really have told him, would you?
17:59I mean, not really.
18:01I suppose not.
18:04I just hope that you've learnt your lesson.
18:06Now, just a second, young lady.
18:08Whichever way you choose to twist it, I only told the truth.
18:11You'll never change, will you?
18:13Well, I've heard your house rules and I've heard Mr Bishop's house rules.
18:16Now you can hear one of mine.
18:17Don't you ever ask me about what I do at the office, because I won't tell you.
18:20I just can't trust you anymore, Nan.
18:22Graham.
18:23What time's dinner?
18:24Ah.
18:25Oh, I'm not half an hour.
18:26Well, here I come.
18:27Ah.
18:28That's what I like to hear.
18:29Well, I'm not going back a third time.
18:30For heaven's sake, Jim.
18:31You didn't force Henry to put his money on that horse.
18:32I know, I know.
18:33I can't help feeling guilty about it.
18:35So now you want to farm off my old paintings to salve your conscience.
18:36Paul said Henry thinks he can sell them.
18:37Now that's initiative.
18:38I think we should encourage it.
18:39Besides, you're just going to paint over them, so you can't lose either way.
18:40Think about it.
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19:34Afternoon, Mrs. Daniels.
19:36Oh, Henry. Oh, Henry, word is out that you think you can sell some of my old paintings.
19:41I'd like to give it a go.
19:42I'll tell you what, you give it a whirl and we'll go halves. Fair enough?
19:46You bet.
19:46Hi, Mrs. Daniels.
19:47Hi.
19:48Lucy, get away okay?
19:49Yes, we're all exhausted.
19:51Henry, they're in the garage, the box on the left. Don't touch the box on the right under any circumstances.
19:56Got it. Thanks.
19:58How's your new border?
19:59Don't ask. Sounds like you got yourself a job.
20:02Yeah, come and take a butcher's.
20:04You are now looking at an art dealer.
20:06Well, how do you think you're going to sell them?
20:08Door to door, I guess.
20:11Now, remember, she said not to touch the one on the right.
20:15This is terrific.
20:18Imagine wanting to paint over something this good.
20:20She must be a perfectionist. I'd still like that.
20:24I reckon I can get heaps for this. Fifty bucks at least.
20:27Everybody needs good neighbors.
20:38Just a friendly way each morning.
20:42Helps to make a better day.
20:49Neighbors need to get to know each other.
20:54Next door is only a footstep away.
21:05Neighbors, everybody needs good neighbors.
21:10Neighbors, with a little understanding, you can find the perfect plan.
21:23Neighbors should be there for one another.
21:27That's when good neighbors become good friends.
21:33That's when good neighbors become good friends.
21:37You