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Shortland Street 23rd February 2026
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00:00Bow down, bow down.
00:05Previously on Shortland Street.
00:06Just talk to me, mate.
00:07I'm serious, Marty.
00:08Go away!
00:09Hey, enough!
00:10Shut up!
00:11What is wrong with you?
00:12My name is Rachel McKenna, and I'm the new CEO.
00:15I will never, ever let you take my hospital.
00:18It is not your hospital anymore.
00:20We're not done.
00:21Good night, Chris.
00:27I'm warning you it's a bit of a mess in you.
00:30You're an animal.
00:32I didn't think I'd have anyone around.
00:34I'm going to use some ice.
00:35Thanks.
00:41So, what the hell was that about?
00:44Friendships are difficult.
00:46Sure, sure, but that was...
00:48Yeah, it was bad.
00:51It was ridiculous.
00:53Kind of reminded me of these little crabs I saw in Fiji.
00:57He wants sort of scrappy little guys that would just...
00:59Okay, okay, okay.
01:01I get it.
01:03Fighting is not my strong suit.
01:05Well, I'd just maybe take a class before I'd do that in public again.
01:10Noted.
01:13What?
01:16I don't know.
01:17You...
01:18You smell amazing.
01:21Thanks.
01:29Is that the...
01:33Can you believe...
01:35Nice clown?
01:36Trying to do one house?
01:38My name goes harder at house-y.
01:40Totally.
01:43Also...
01:44Yeah.
01:45Did you do the league player?
01:47Yeah.
01:49What's his name?
01:51Toa.
01:51Will you call me Toa?
01:53Cindy.
01:54I'll stop.
02:02No, no, no, no, no.
02:03That one's Phil.
02:03That one's Phil.
02:05Who's Phil?
02:06Phil de Grayson.
02:07Ah, Grayson Moussanky.
02:09What?
02:09Uh, nothing.
02:10No, I don't know.
02:22So you really reckon you're fine?
02:25Yeah.
02:26Oh, come on, Chris.
02:27What?
02:28I'm not a jealous person, but that's your ex-wife, and I deserve some answers.
02:32Selena.
02:32Look, just tell me the truth, okay?
02:34I can understand if it was difficult to see you...
02:35Okay, well, will you just let me finish instead of putting words in my mouth?
02:38Jeez.
02:46Chris, my man!
02:48Hey, hey, Mommy.
02:49Whoa!
02:50Woo-hoo!
02:51Chris, Chris, Chris, Chris!
02:55Hi.
02:57Hey.
03:01So we're just gonna...
03:02Good night.
03:10Look, I just wanna know if this is something I have to worry about.
03:14Oh, no, of course not.
03:16It's just work.
03:18She wants control of the hospital.
03:21That's not just work, though, is it?
03:23Not with her.
03:31I can't control what you do out of work, and frankly, I don't care.
03:35But if you bring your personal grievances into my hospital, then it becomes my problem.
03:39Understood.
03:40Is it?
03:41Because the night after I present you as the H.O.D. of our newest department, you decide to toddle
03:46off to the local bar and have some childish altercation, and I'm starting to wonder if I made a mistake.
03:51It wasn't a mistake.
03:53You're ahead of surgery, and you look like you fell out of a tree last night.
03:56Where is your tie?
03:58And you, our friendly first port of call for the patients, has a black eye.
04:02What kind of message does that send?
04:04I can still be a friendly face.
04:06Look, I apologize.
04:07Did you hit him?
04:08Is that what happened?
04:09Well, yes.
04:10So there is a problem we have to address here?
04:13No.
04:13No?
04:15I think your sources may have exaggerated or misinterpreted what happened as a fight.
04:20Really?
04:21Yes, we were just...
04:25being men.
04:26Oh.
04:28Yeah, exactly.
04:29Male bonding.
04:32Fine.
04:34So the male bonding won't continue in the workplace?
04:37I can promise you the roughhousing won't be an issue.
04:40Marty and I enjoy working together.
04:42If only the Ark had more surgical cases.
04:46Okay.
04:51Hey.
04:53Mr. Taylor, down the end, needs his IV replaced.
04:55Sweet.
04:56I will be with you in a second.
04:58Hey, just take a seat over there, darling, and I'll get a doctor to come and see you.
05:05Oi, what's your problem?
05:06Oh, just my little shit of a kwangange embarrassing me last night.
05:09What was that crap about Logan?
05:11He'll be with you.
05:12I'll be with you.
05:12Well, then maybe don't fire your fancy in public then.
05:15I was just saying it like it is, Linga.
05:17Like hell you were.
05:18Dawn is a sweet girl.
05:20You ruined her night and Logan's too.
05:22Oh, he'll get over it.
05:23It was their engagement party, you dick.
05:27Can you move?
05:28Oh, and oa mai oi would be nice seeing as you've been gone for months.
05:32Okay.
05:33How are you?
05:34Pissed off.
05:35Yeah, I got that butt.
05:37You have got a hell of a lot to apologise for.
05:40Hey, Logan has been going through it while you were gone.
05:43We all have.
05:44You have to chill, all right?
05:46I'm going to sort it out.
05:46You can't rely on Logan's big heart to do the work.
05:49Okay, he's got Dawn now.
05:50And he doesn't have to put up with your bullseeky antics anymore.
05:59Naz, hold on.
06:00I have an appointment to get to.
06:01Okay, then make your explanation quick.
06:03What?
06:04For telling Rachel you have no issue with me when you did this to me last night.
06:07Look, I warned you.
06:08No, you are not leaving until you tell me what I've done.
06:10Move.
06:11Surely I deserve to know why you're suddenly not talking to me.
06:13Holly.
06:14Don't look at me.
06:16Oh, my vagina's in agony.
06:18We can get you an epidural.
06:19No.
06:20I need to walk.
06:22This is part of it.
06:23This is a part of my journey.
06:28So?
06:32Monique and I never stood a chance while you were around.
06:34I guess I can't forgive you for that.
06:36I lost a child, and all you can care about is your stupid insecurities about Monique?
06:40They're not stupid, and...
06:41You didn't even call.
06:42You didn't even care, did you?
06:44I think I had my own problems.
06:45Exactly.
06:46It's pretty clear you can only care about yourself.
06:53Oh, Miss McKenna.
06:55Rachel.
06:55Just wanted to say thanks for giving me back the reins.
06:58No need for thanks.
06:59You were the obvious choice.
07:00No, no, but it's good to know someone's got my back.
07:02Mm.
07:03Chris, can I please grab you for a minute?
07:06Sure.
07:07I just need a comment for the PR team about Rachel returning as the new CEO.
07:12How you feel?
07:13Et cetera, et cetera.
07:15I feel...
07:16Worried she might outshine you?
07:18No.
07:19Well, when you're finished being a cover girl with your silly little interviews, you might
07:22want to join us plebs and do some real work.
07:25Jeez, I can't wait to see you lift a finger around here.
07:28Okay, um, so maybe something a little more positive, something that makes you look less
07:33lazy.
07:36I think Rachel McKenna is an asset to this hospital and I look forward to working with
07:40her.
07:41Happy?
07:41The best I could have hoped for.
07:43Send it through.
07:44Libby.
07:45Oh, yes, hello.
07:46Uh, rent is due today.
07:47Yeah, I know.
07:48Oh, I know.
07:50Were the lights just bright yesterday?
07:52G'day, gorgeous.
07:53You're late.
07:54Mm, sorry about that.
07:56And you're hungover.
07:57Eh?
07:58Nah.
07:58Just didn't get a very good night and sleep last night.
08:01Nah, we're solid, eh?
08:02Mm.
08:03I've got some paracetamol and ibuprofen on my office.
08:06Two of each.
08:07Cody, you need eye drops and ash.
08:12You need deodorant.
08:14There you go.
08:15You're an angel.
08:16Don't ever call me that again.
08:17God, I thought we were in for the full while to smack down.
08:21Well, you still might be, just not from me.
08:24We're in the deep end with Emmett today, so buckle up.
08:33Oh, what, you get eyes for Christmas or something?
08:36What are our wait times?
08:37Down to two hours.
08:38Well, at least the art's doing its job.
08:41A delivery for Dr. Webman.
08:43Who are they from?
08:44Oh, Jesus, get them out of here, Sage.
08:46What?
08:47They're gorgeous and eating so sterile.
08:49Yeah, well, it's supposed to be.
08:50Are they from my mum?
08:52Where the hell is my wife?
08:53I need her nurses here five minutes ago.
08:57So?
08:59Has Emmett said anything to you about why he bailed last night?
09:02He probably just fell asleep watching the chase.
09:04But in even hotter news, I took somebody home last night.
09:08It wasn't one of my nightmare flatmates, was it?
09:11Sage.
09:12Oh, I'm so disappointed in you.
09:14Well, I didn't know they were nightmare vibes.
09:16You said they were fine.
09:17I didn't say anything at all.
09:18Well, what am I missing?
09:20Is it like, this is in the sink kind of nightmare?
09:22Or is it like...
09:23Oh, wait.
09:24Is Cody, like, steampunk?
09:26No, there are obnoxious, messy gatecrashers
09:28who don't know how to read a room.
09:30Okay, well, don't tell anyone that I hooked up with him, dear God, please.
09:32I have no interest in ruining your social life.
09:37Here it comes, my brother.
09:38Oh, shut up, Sage.
09:43Okay, I'm out for five minutes.
09:44Make sure you don't open the gates of hell while I'm gone.
09:49Who, Marty, if he gets crazy?
09:51Whoa, whoa, whoa.
09:52No, no, no, don't leave me here with...
09:53Hey.
09:56What are you doing?
09:56Go help me.
09:57Okay, guys, here we go.
09:5928-year-old male, cyclist versus car at approximately 50k,
10:02GCS of 13, marked bruising on the abdo.
10:06Jesus.
10:07Yeah, let's put out a trauma call, get surgical down here.
10:09Okay, call in them now.
10:10The desk, Cody.
10:11Don't worry, I got it.
10:13This must be broken.
10:13His BP's to 60 over 40.
10:15Oh, it's not broken.
10:15He's hypertensive from blood loss.
10:17He needs IV fluids in another line.
10:19Oh, no.
10:19Poppy!
10:20She's not here.
10:21Where the hell is she?
10:22Trauma's gone out, but I could get Marty.
10:23You've got me.
10:24No, I need you with me.
10:25Cody, call the blood bank.
10:26Tell him to activate the massive transmission protocol.
10:28Okay, let's get him to recess.
10:32Okay, so back to the phone then.
10:36Oh, hi, August.
10:36I'm us, Dawn.
10:37I thought I would have bumped into you earlier.
10:40Sorry, I've been busy.
10:44Okay, well, look, I wanted to apologise.
10:47That fight was not okay, and I want to make it up to you.
10:52I know an apology is just words, simply vision without action, but...
10:56Can you just stop with the Japanese problem stuff?
10:59Marty, you didn't ruin my night last night, okay?
11:03In fact, you were the free entertainment.
11:05Hey, what happened?
11:08I don't deserve to be happy.
11:10I want to have a husband.
11:13You mean Logan?
11:14Yeah.
11:16See?
11:17He's like the perfect little cherub who brings me little cut of apples and peanut butter.
11:24I like chopping stuff up for you.
11:26I don't want to do it forever.
11:29Take a break, Dawn.
11:30I'm sure the four of us can handle these three patients.
11:33Okay, I'm just going to get my bag and meet me outside.
11:36Okay.
11:37Okay.
11:41Hey, bro.
11:42I'm not your bro.
11:43Of course you are.
11:44Nah, you're a dick.
11:45I was trying to protect you.
11:47She's troubled.
11:47Come on, Vili.
11:48Stay out of it.
11:49Look, you talk to my girl like that again.
11:50I'll knock your lights out.
11:53Sheesh.
11:55He meant that.
11:57I still reckon he could fucking slam you even with that bung leg.
12:00Shame.
12:00Oh.
12:03Okay, hang another unit of red cells.
12:05Wait, we should check clotting factors.
12:09So, I'll just hang this until you decide to connect it.
12:13What's his BP?
12:15100 over 70.
12:17Okay, give two milligrams IV morphine.
12:23Left.
12:24Other left.
12:28Reckon he's got a busted spleen?
12:29We are not diagnosing.
12:31We are stabilizing until surgical gets here.
12:33Fluids.
12:33Great.
12:33Give those to Sage.
12:35It's fine.
12:35It's fine.
12:36It's fine.
12:36What do we got?
12:38Cyclist versus car.
12:39Hypertension with obvious bruising to the abdo.
12:41Who's that?
12:42I don't know.
12:43I don't know.
12:44Gone?
12:46You're doing great.
12:48Okay, let's get him prepped for transfer to CT.
12:51Cindy.
12:51Okay, go on.
12:52Done a blood gas before?
12:53Nah, but I've seen one.
12:54Okay, that is something I guess.
12:56Cody, grab a portable defib.
12:58Hang on the side of the bed for travel.
13:00We need an oxygen tank and adrenaline too in case he takes a dive.
13:03I'll talk you through it.
13:03Find the radio pulse.
13:06Got it.
13:07Okay, gently insert the needle.
13:08Bevel up.
13:11Far out.
13:12That'll do.
13:13Well done, Cindy.
13:14Well done, team.
13:15Let's travel.
13:17No.
13:19Hey, I'm so sorry.
13:21You had to rescue us like that.
13:22That was not your fault at all.
14:01Everything okay?
14:04I didn't mean to scare you.
14:07It's not what it looks like.
14:09You're not sifting through the bin?
14:12Uh, well, is that what it looks like?
14:16I'll, uh, leave you to it.
14:17Um, I think I'm done.
14:21Did you see Marty?
14:23Yeah.
14:23Yeah, it's fine.
14:24We saw it.
14:26Cool.
14:28Would you want to maybe...
14:32What the hell are you doing here?
14:33I left you in charge.
14:34I believe she's going through the bin.
14:35What?
14:37Why?
14:38Did you leave something?
14:39Don't you have some poor bloke to cut open right now?
14:43Probably.
14:45I'll see you soon.
14:47Differently.
14:53Oh, stop smiling like a baboon.
15:02I have to tell you something.
15:03And where the hell have you been?
15:05What, you said that, innit?
15:06He left you in charge.
15:07Edie was insane.
15:08I told you to page Marty.
15:10Well, Mr. Toeshoes is his own department to run.
15:12I was gone like ten minutes.
15:14How bad was it?
15:15Um, Chris came down and helped, but it's fine.
15:17What did you have to tell me?
15:18I hooked up with a nurse last night.
15:20I know, just chill out.
15:22It's not that big of a deal.
15:23Oh, yeah, tell that to Sage 2024.
15:24How can you just be sitting on intel like that?
15:27I don't know.
15:28It was hot.
15:30Like, really hot.
15:31But I don't know if it was the right thing to do.
15:33And since when have you ever cared about the right thing to do?
15:36Ah, he's got a pregnant wife.
15:38Your best friend.
15:39Oh, my God, Monique.
15:40Well, not technically his wife, and also Monique's message is not to be part of whatever you guys are doing.
15:45It seems really hectic to be hooking up with someone who's waiting for his baby to arrive.
15:49It's not like you're planning to move in and become step-mom, okay?
15:52You guys have one night together.
15:53It could be like a nice thing.
15:55And it's not like he's cheating on one.
15:57True.
15:59Also, don't get mad.
16:04You have got a death wish, girly.
16:05I think he's cheating on my mum.
16:07Oh, as if.
16:08Emmett's game is primitive at best, and no one else is hanging out for that except your mum.
16:12Ugh.
16:12What's his code?
16:14I don't know.
16:14One, two, three, four.
16:17Oh.
16:20Oh.
16:21Oh.
16:25Oh, my God.
16:25Oh, my God.
16:26Are those your mum?
16:26No.
16:26Take it, take it, take it.
16:27Oh, I don't want to eat.
16:28Hey.
16:29What the hell do you think you're doing?
16:30This is my ED.
16:31You can't just barge in here and start moving patients around.
16:33We've stabilised your patient.
16:35Now we're getting him to theatre.
16:36No patient leaves my ED without my say-so.
16:38Well, the hell would be fine if you were here to do your job.
16:41Let's go.
16:41You've made this patient one inch.
16:43I'll have you on sleuth-drain duty for six months.
16:45But.
16:45Don't be ridiculous.
16:47Your negligence is not her fault.
16:48Why don't you just get out of here, Warner?
16:50You can't tell me what to do.
16:51I'm the medical director.
16:52I'm HOD.
16:52So why don't you piss off?
16:54Can we take this somewhere else?
16:55No.
16:56You should be thanking her for saving your patient, you idiots.
16:58You are not running this hospital anymore.
17:00Don't push me in it.
17:01Enough!
17:05You're as embarrassed as I am for that display in ED, and if you're not, you should be.
17:10Yeah, it wasn't one of my finest moments.
17:13No.
17:15Anything to add, apart from reminding us that you're the medical director at the top of
17:20your lungs?
17:22I'm sorry, Emmis.
17:23I shouldn't have raised my voice.
17:25No, you shouldn't have.
17:26It's my ED.
17:27Running a department in this hospital is a responsibility and a privilege.
17:31And I told you this morning that you were the best choice for the role, Dr. Whitman.
17:36But I'm starting to wonder if I made a mistake.
17:39If you can't keep yourself in check over a small disagreement, how are you going to handle
17:43a mass casualty?
17:44I can.
17:45I have.
17:46I do it every day.
17:47Maybe under the former CEO who let you run ED like the Wild West.
17:50I'm not going to let you tarnish my reputation with trivial disputes.
17:59I'm sorry, Dr. Warner.
18:01I should have let you take the lead on that patient.
18:04It won't happen again.
18:06You can go now.
18:09We're not done, Chris.
18:11Oh, and Emmett.
18:12Yeah?
18:13If you leave ED in the hands of a junior doctor again, it'll be the last time you step foot
18:17in this hospital.
18:19Got it.
18:24It doesn't seem like a fracture, but the x-ray should tell us for sure.
18:27In the meantime, keep it elevated and I'll get you some ibuprofen for this one.
18:31Billy!
18:31Can I talk to you for a minute?
18:33No!
18:35I'll be over there knitting if you need me.
18:39This is about Logan.
18:40I don't want to fight with you.
18:43Fine.
18:43Can you sort David Price over there?
18:45Fine.
18:45It's an infected scrotal piercing.
18:47Have fun with that one.
18:49Logan won't talk to me.
18:51Really?
18:51I wonder why.
18:52Yeah, well, he's never gotten like this before.
18:54Well, you're thinking about someone other than yourself.
18:56This is a first.
18:57Can we just put our differences aside for Logan, see?
19:00Please?
19:01I know how cut up he gets about fighting with his mates.
19:04He's just, he's over it, Billy.
19:06Over what?
19:07You!
19:08Always talking down to him.
19:09Always making him put in all the work, which is such a shame because he was actually really
19:13looking forward to seeing you.
19:14I know I should have been here after the crash.
19:16I messed up, but if you could just get into this...
19:18He messed up!
19:18He could have died!
19:19I want to make things right with him.
19:24Please, Dawn.
19:26I need your help.
19:30It's fine.
19:31I will help you, but only because Logan is in pieces over this.
19:35Not because I think you deserve it, or that I think his life is better with you in it.
19:39Okay?
19:39And if you upset him again, I am going to be really pissed off.
19:44Okay.
19:45Understood.
19:49Don't worry, David.
19:50Billy's on his way to see you right now.
19:53Genderless touching town.
19:56Have fun.
20:01Coffee?
20:03It's five o'clock.
20:04I'm hardly going to offer you a wine, am I?
20:06I hope not.
20:09I'm on your side, Chris.
20:11Are you?
20:12Yes.
20:13You don't have to fight me.
20:16I only want what's best for this place and the people in it.
20:20So do I.
20:21So why are you acting like I'm trying to tear it down?
20:24Because I don't trust you.
20:25What happened between us and the past shouldn't damage this hospital.
20:29I agree.
20:30So work with me here.
20:31Help me get this place straightened out.
20:33Oh, you already have my public endorsement.
20:36You can't argue that I'm not good at my job.
20:42If you're on this hospital's side, you're on my side.
20:46Good.
20:48That's a start.
20:51Hi, Sage.
20:52Hey, guys.
20:53Hey.
20:54Uncle Doug, can I please buy some chips?
20:57Yeah.
20:57Sure.
20:58What are you guys doing here?
21:00I am really sorry, but the babysitter ditched last minute, and I have dialysis, and Karamia's
21:06just driving you from a bit crazy up there.
21:09Sorry, Bond.
21:10I'm working.
21:10No, no, no.
21:11I know.
21:11I know.
21:12But can she just sit in the corner with her tablet?
21:13Just for a few hours, please.
21:17Fine.
21:17Okay.
21:18Yep.
21:19Karamia, be good, okay?
21:21Quarter square eyes on the back of his head.
21:22Don't forget.
21:23All right.
21:25Okay.
21:27You can just sit here for an hour or so and watch, um, you know, um, what's that show you
21:32like?
21:32Dragons in the hedge?
21:33Dragons in the hedge.
21:35That's it.
21:36Yeah, yeah.
21:36You can do that.
21:38I'll give you five bucks.
21:39Ten.
21:40Oh.
21:41You make me proud.
21:43We did it.
21:44By the skin of our asses.
21:46At least we didn't choke a second.
21:48Two.
21:48That emma co-sucks.
21:51Well, Sam.
21:51Mm-hmm.
21:52Yep.
21:53Get me out of here.
21:55Delivery for you.
21:56Well.
21:58Wait for me at the car.
21:59Shotgun!
22:01Go on.
22:02Any more bin searches?
22:04Yeah.
22:04Yeah.
22:05I found a sandwich.
22:07Are you around tonight?
22:11I've got to be here early tomorrow, so...
22:13No.
22:14Of course.
22:15Yeah.
22:17Guess I'll...
22:18See you around.
22:19It's a wedding in the car.
22:21So.
22:22See ya.
22:27My friend Marty showed me how to do this.
22:30It's called Harajuku.
22:33Oh, no, wait.
22:37Oh, no, wait.
22:37Odizuru.
22:38That's it.
22:39Now, he's...
22:40That there.
22:42All that.
22:44Other side.
22:47And you've got a bird.
22:50See?
22:51Okay.
22:52Why is your hand like that, Cawdor?
22:55Oh, just trying to make it fly.
22:57See?
22:58Here.
23:01I know.
23:03I know.
23:06Bye.
23:07I know.
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