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Flynn’s decision puts his career – and marriage – on the line. Tasha is alarmed by Robbie’s reckless plan. Sally discovers the secret to Flynn’s dark past.
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00:01I'm happy being this person, okay?
00:04And if you don't like it, that's your problem.
00:06I don't need a permanent shadow.
00:10Maybe you need to give him some space, huh?
00:12No, I can't do that.
00:14I love Robbie and it doesn't matter how mean he is to me,
00:17how much he screams at me or tries to push me away,
00:20I'm not gonna let him go through this alone.
00:22I'm gonna be there for him no matter what it takes.
00:25What is it?
00:26A Ray-Tech swab.
00:28So what, you left it in there?
00:31So what do we do now?
00:32I'm afraid we don't have a choice but to operate again.
00:34You're joking, Flynn, how can you be so careless?
00:37It's not as long as the procedure, but it needs to be done immediately.
00:39Anna McCann, she's called a special meeting of the Medical Review Committee
00:42for first thing tomorrow morning to explain, quote,
00:45why they shouldn't give you your marching orders.
00:49Pippa and I are affected by this too.
00:50You can't just go and resign without us discussing it first.
00:54Well, there's nothing to discuss. I've made up my mind.
00:56I'm gonna hand him a resignation and that's all there is to it.
01:01You know we belong together, you and I forever and ever.
01:10No matter where you are, you're my guiding star.
01:18Hold me in your arms, don't let me go.
01:24I want to stay forever.
01:27Close I reach day, home and away.
01:35G'day, how's Leah this morning?
01:37Yeah, much better.
01:37Look, it's been a long night.
01:39I've had a bit of time to get my head together and...
01:40This is really not necessary.
01:42Yeah, it is.
01:42Well, Leah would never let me hear the end of it if I didn't, so...
01:45Can we talk about it later?
01:46Yeah, sure.
01:47No, I just wanted...
01:52Hey, hey, hey, no, you don't.
01:53Am I supposed to sit up?
01:54Yeah, come on, let me help you.
01:55I can't take my eyes off you for a minute.
01:57Oh, did I just hear Flynn?
01:59Yeah.
02:00Was he coming in to see me?
02:02Um, no, he seemed pretty busy.
02:04Too busy to come in to say hello?
02:06Hmm.
02:07Did you just say something to him again?
02:09No, no, no, no, no.
02:10I don't know, he just didn't see me himself.
02:15Yoo-hoo, only me.
02:17Oh, it's going to be another scorcher.
02:19I heard on the radio that by the year 2050
02:22the temperature will have gone up five degrees.
02:25The greeny effect, they call it.
02:27Sorry?
02:28Not that I expect to still be around.
02:29Is any male pet?
02:31Uh, no, not yet.
02:32Oh, they won't deliver if it's over 35 degrees.
02:35They get to have the day off.
02:36Not bad for some.
02:37Yeah, um, Colleen, do you think that you might be able
02:39to look after Pippa for a while?
02:40I've got to pop out.
02:41Yeah, of course I can, love.
02:42Is anything the matter?
02:43Oh, it's nothing.
02:44A trouble shared is a trouble heart.
02:46Yeah, there's a bottle in the fridge for Pippa
02:48if she wakes up, but I shouldn't be too long.
02:50Thank you very much for this.
02:50Oh, where should I say you've gone if anyone calls?
02:52I'll be on the mobile.
02:53See you soon.
02:54Those things don't always work, you know.
03:01I'll go, Sal.
03:01Oh, hey, Dan.
03:03How's Leah?
03:04Good.
03:04Well, good enough to send me out for these things.
03:05You know, she pulled up really well overnight.
03:07Oh, that's great.
03:08Yeah.
03:08It's a good thing Flynn stuck his neck out when he did.
03:11I hate to think where Leah would be if he hadn't.
03:13Yeah, well, maybe you should tell him that.
03:15Yeah, I tried to.
03:15He was in too much of a hurry before.
03:17Yeah, too much of a hurry to quit his job here.
03:19What?
03:20Yeah, that's what he's planning on doing.
03:22Well, what are you going to do that for?
03:23I don't know.
03:23He doesn't want to discuss it with me.
03:25I was pretty full on and he messed it up and said some things I really shouldn't have,
03:28so.
03:29He's a doctor.
03:30He's used to dealing with people in an emotional state.
03:32Yeah.
03:33I just don't understand why he would want to throw it all away.
03:36Me and Pippa, our whole future.
03:38I mean, it's our lives too and he won't even talk to me.
03:40I'm certainly not going to talk to you about it here.
03:43When were you going to talk to me about it?
03:44Well, not here.
03:45As for chucking a whole future away, I'll still be a GP, I'll still have an income, so you
03:49have nothing to worry about.
04:07Hey.
04:08I was listening to that.
04:09Rob, isn't everyone else still asleep?
04:11Who cares?
04:13Well, there used to be this guy called Robby who did.
04:16Yeah, well, he doesn't live here anymore.
04:22What's that for?
04:24I thought that we could go and have brekkie on the beach.
04:28I just want to veg out here.
04:30Well, I can see why.
04:32Because it's just so much more fun lying here alone.
04:34I just don't feel like it.
04:37I made you a little special.
04:38Have I even got what I said yesterday?
04:39I don't want you trying to cheer me up.
04:42Well, if you're fine, then you wouldn't need cheering up.
04:45Come on, Rob.
04:45Let's go.
04:46You need your towel and your bodies.
04:47Come on.
04:50Alright, alright.
04:51Anything to show you up?
04:53Make it quick.
04:54We don't want your special surprise to get cold.
05:03You're not actually going to give them that, are you?
05:06I don't want to talk about it, mate.
05:07Look, this has anything to do with the turnout I stacked on you yesterday.
05:10It doesn't.
05:11Look, I can understand if you jacked off with me.
05:13I mean, I was pretty full on when I first found out.
05:15Well, at least I had a reason to act on like a moron, so what's your excuse?
05:19Flynn Cohen, you made a mistake.
05:20Everyone does.
05:21I've made plenty.
05:22Not like this.
05:24Yeah, true.
05:24I've never had anyone's life in my hands.
05:25Well, I hope I'll never do.
05:27But if you don't get your head around this, it's going to cost you a lot more than your job.
05:30I mean, Leah doesn't blame you for what happened.
05:32I mean, she's more upset with me than having a go at you.
05:34It doesn't have anything to do with Leah or Sally or anybody else.
05:36Sally is your wife.
05:37Don't talk to me about my wife.
05:38No, no, you're going to hear this, alright?
05:40What the hell has gotten into you?
05:41You know, I never thought you were the kind of guy that would just take the easy way out
05:44because you can't hack a bit of flack.
05:46You know what you're talking about?
05:47Flynn, you took a risk, you made a mistake.
05:49Yeah, and yeah, it shouldn't have happened, but Leah would be dead if it weren't for you.
05:53Think about all the lies you've saved.
05:55What, you're just going to run away because you made one mistake?
05:57Come on, don't be so weak.
06:02We are ready for you now, Dr Saunders.
06:08Sorry to keep you waiting.
06:09Obviously you know Dr Garner, Dr Simmons and Dr Frey.
06:13Okay, is there anything you'd like to say before we begin?
06:20No.
06:22We're agreed that you're in trouble on two counts.
06:25Firstly, you performed surgery, which you're not formally accredited to do in our hospital.
06:31And to make matters worse, you did it on a friend.
06:34I view that as a serious breach of ethics.
06:37Now, I take it that's not in dispute. Leah Patterson is a personal friend of yours.
06:40Yes, she is.
06:42Secondly, you bypassed standard swab count procedures,
06:46which resulted in a swab being left in the wound, causing a potentially life-threatening bacterial infection.
06:55Is there anything you'd like to correct?
06:58No.
07:01Okay, I can do cereal or two fruits. Take a peek.
07:05I'm hungry.
07:07You will be when you see the special surprise.
07:10Ready? Ta-da!
07:11Can you believe I actually made that? How good is that?
07:14No thanks.
07:16Okay, for later then.
07:19Do you want to go for a swim first?
07:21Too choppy.
07:27Rob, if you think you're going to get out of this by spoiling a really beautiful day, forget it.
07:30I'm just not going to pretend I'm interested when I'm not.
07:33Okay, that's cool. I can handle miserable.
07:39You know what we should do? We should get that old kite working that you gave me for Christmas.
07:42Tash! Do you know how annoying you are sometimes?
07:49Rob, I'm just trying to help you snap out of this.
07:51It's not easy for us seeing you go through this, you know?
07:55Especially when you're making us feel like we've done everything wrong.
08:00Fine. We'll go for a swim.
08:09Dr. Garner was on duty that day. Why didn't you wait for him to go out of surgery?
08:12That may have been possible under other circumstances, but there was nothing normal about that day.
08:16It was chaos.
08:17I appreciate that.
08:17No, in all due respect, I don't know if you can.
08:19I mean, the fire was closing in, there were casualties left, right and centre.
08:22Waiting for Nathan to finish the theatre wasn't an option.
08:24In your opinion?
08:25Absolutely. Leah Patterson's condition was deteriorating rapidly.
08:28Her pain was increasing, her white blood cell was going up.
08:31It was my judgement she had acute appendicitis and it was in danger of rupturing.
08:35But why didn't you evacuate her to another hospital?
08:37Well, I tried to, but the road out of town was cut and there was no many vac choppers available.
08:40And then?
08:41And then, Mrs. Patterson asked me to perform the operation.
08:45She gave her consent.
08:46I tried to explain why I couldn't.
08:49And then I realised that I didn't really have much of a choice.
08:52I either took her into surgery myself, or she could have died.
08:56So, you knew perfectly well that what you were about to do was a serious breach of ethics.
09:01Yes, I did, but I didn't believe that I had a choice.
09:04Our effects aren't negotiable, Dr. Saunders.
09:06It's not part of your job to decide where and when they should apply.
09:09And it's also not part of my job to put my patient at extreme risk to save my own neck.
09:13But you did put her at risk.
09:15You were emotionally involved and that led to a serious error of judgement during the operation.
09:19There was pressure for theatre. We had to hurry and then her blood pressure dropped again.
09:23And the swab count wasn't done.
09:24We had to close her up as quickly as possible. There wasn't any time.
09:26For something at standard procedure.
09:28I know it is inexcusable, but I have never done that with any other patient.
09:33That's because she wasn't just another patient.
09:36She was a friend. And you bent the rules for her.
09:40That's why the standards exist.
09:42Look, we're not just talking about a potential loss of life here.
09:46We're also talking about a possible lawsuit that could cripple this hospital financially.
09:50So you tell me, Doctor, why shouldn't we be terminating your employment immediately and notifying the medical board of your
09:57negligence?
09:58I could be struck off. I can't even work as a GP.
10:01Well, you may have left us with no other option.
10:03Well, I do have a wife and a daughter to support.
10:05And I have a hospital and patients to protect.
10:09I'm sorry, Flynn. You've made your bed.
10:18You are not.
10:19Yeah.
10:20Wow, I'm way bigger smoke.
10:21Woah, Rob!
10:24So, what's blame for the rest of the day?
10:27Um, well we haven't been bowling yet.
10:29Boring!
10:31Go see a movie?
10:31Even more boring.
10:35We should do something really wild.
10:37I mean, there's a whole world out there full of things we've never even thought of doing.
10:43Like what?
10:45Like, I don't know.
10:47Give me some time.
10:49I'll come up with something.
10:50Something really wicked.
10:55Thanks for your patience.
10:56We have reached our decision.
10:59We've interviewed Mrs Patterson
11:00and, thankfully, she does not intend to take any legal action.
11:05Now, taking that into account,
11:06we will inform the medical board,
11:09but we will ask them to take no action.
11:11As far as your employment here goes,
11:13we're going to put you on notice.
11:14It's a kind of probation, if you will.
11:17What does that mean?
11:19Your surgical assist privileges will be revoked from this moment.
11:22And we're going to roster you onto night shifts.
11:24We feel that'll be less challenging for you.
11:26But I might not have got to...
11:27This is not up for discussion, Doctor.
11:29You're very lucky to have retained employment here at all.
11:33Now, this is all on the clear understanding
11:36that one more strike and you're out.
11:44Well, you're going to have to talk to him sooner or later.
11:46Yeah, don't worry about it now.
11:47I don't want to worry about it now.
11:48Pete's your brother.
11:50He can't just leave things the way they are.
11:52I mean, does he even know that we're engaged?
11:55Exactly, coffee.
11:56All right.
11:57Sorry to interrupt.
11:58I'm sorry I haven't been here to see you.
12:00How are you feeling?
12:01Please tell me you didn't resign.
12:03You heard about that?
12:04Yes, I heard about that.
12:05Flynn, what are you thinking?
12:06Just relax, Leah.
12:06I didn't resign.
12:08No, just as well.
12:09You're in line for a big smack around the ears for me if you did.
12:12So what's the damage?
12:14Well, they've revoked my surgical assist rights
12:16and they've put me on night shift.
12:18Are you kidding?
12:18Yeah, I was very lucky that I wasn't struck off,
12:20so I can't really believe it.
12:22But I owe you a big thanks
12:24for not dropping me in it when they spoke to you.
12:25Oh, as if I would.
12:27And I owe you a thanks too, mate.
12:28I mean, there was a lot more going on this morning
12:30than I was letting on
12:31and a good kick up the backside
12:33was exactly what I needed to set things straight.
12:35Well, I'm sure there'll be plenty of opportunities
12:37to return that favour.
12:37Look, I'm just glad you came to your senses.
12:39And I'm just really sorry
12:41that I put you through all this.
12:42Flynn, I don't want to hear it again.
12:44Everything's worked out for the best
12:46and it's all that matters, OK?
12:50Tannis?
12:51Lionsgating?
12:52Come on, Rob, just tell me.
12:52You'll never guess.
12:53Not a chance.
12:54Is it something we can walk to?
12:56Give up.
12:56You haven't got a hope.
12:57Come on, Rob, just tell me.
13:00All right, drum roll, please.
13:03Skydiving!
13:04Oh, yeah, right.
13:06I'm serious.
13:07I want to just make it really wild for once
13:08and there's a skydiving place
13:09at Yabby Creek Airfield.
13:11Why not?
13:13Because it's crazy
13:14and it's completely not you.
13:16Good, good.
13:18Rob, let's not forget
13:19you're scared of heights.
13:20The old me was afraid of heights.
13:23The new me is definitely up for it.
13:26Coming?
13:32Skydiving.
13:32Yep, all we need is you
13:34to give us a lift to the airfield.
13:35Rob, you got any idea what's involved?
13:36I know it's expensive
13:37but I've got heaps of money
13:38left over from Christmas.
13:39It's not just that,
13:40you've got to do a test
13:41or you've got to be over 18
13:42or have your parents written permission.
13:45Sounds like a bit of a hassle.
13:46I don't care,
13:46I'll do whatever I have to.
13:48Come on, Kim, drive us.
13:49You get it, man, I'm working.
13:50OK, how about lending a shakalian?
13:52Mate, dream on.
13:53What's he been taking?
13:55Why not?
13:56I'll look after it.
13:57Mate, apart from anything else,
13:58it's illegal, right?
13:59You're only on your L plates.
14:00Now take a hike, I'm working.
14:01I'm busy.
14:03See ya.
14:04There you go.
14:06How's that feel, mate?
14:13I thought I would start
14:15with an apology.
14:15It seems to be my day for it.
14:17I'm glad you could fit me
14:19on your list somewhere.
14:20I didn't resign.
14:21I couldn't go through with it.
14:29The board suspended
14:30my surgical assist rights
14:31but they let him work nights.
14:34Hon, I'm just so sorry, OK?
14:35I don't know what I was thinking.
14:36No, neither do I.
14:38Well, it was just a huge mistake
14:40to make with Leah.
14:40I sort of spun out
14:41and took Dan
14:42to knock some scent into me.
14:43All right, so when I say it,
14:46it's just hot air
14:46but when Dan says it,
14:48you listen.
14:48Well, I did what you wanted.
14:49I didn't resign.
14:50That's not the point.
14:51Well, listen, I said I'm sorry.
14:52I don't know what else to say.
14:53Do you think that
14:54buying me flowers
14:55and saying you're sorry
14:56is going to fix this?
14:59That was our whole future
15:00you were prepared
15:01to throw away
15:02without even discussing
15:03it with me first.
15:05You completely ignored me
15:07and you didn't give a damn
15:08about a single thing
15:09I had to say.
15:11How irrelevant
15:12can you make me?
15:24How could he do it, Lee?
15:25How could he even think
15:26about resigning
15:27without speaking to me?
15:28Well, he has been
15:28under a lot of pressure lately.
15:30Yeah, I know
15:30but just to disregard me
15:32like that,
15:32like I don't even matter.
15:34What kind of marriage
15:34have we got
15:35if he doesn't even
15:35value my opinion?
15:37It's so unlike him.
15:39I don't know
15:40what's come over him.
15:42It's like,
15:42I don't know,
15:43like there's something else
15:44going on
15:44that he's not telling me about.
15:46Well, he did mention
15:47to Dan me
15:47there was a lot more to it.
15:49Like what?
15:50I don't know.
15:50That's all he said.
15:52I just don't know
15:52why he's being
15:53so closed about it.
15:55Anyway, I'm sorry.
15:56You don't want to hear all this?
15:57No, it's all right.
15:58No, it's not.
15:59You've got enough
16:00to worry about.
16:01So how are you feeling?
16:02Much better.
16:03Dr Hill says
16:03I can go home tomorrow.
16:04Oh, that's great.
16:05Vijay, I'll be looking
16:06forward to seeing you.
16:07Yeah, Stella's
16:07brought him in
16:08a couple of times.
16:08We're not the same.
16:09It'd just be great
16:10to get back
16:11to some sort of normal life.
16:12Yeah, and maybe
16:13some wedding preparations.
16:14I've pulled out
16:15all the old magazines.
16:16Not that we're getting
16:17ahead of ourselves
16:18or anything.
16:18How did your mum
16:19and dad take the news?
16:20I haven't told them.
16:22What?
16:23Why?
16:23Well, I'm just kind of
16:24hoping to enjoy
16:25the calm before the storm
16:26a little.
16:27You know what they're like.
16:28The minute they find out
16:29it'll be a huge drama.
16:30I just can't deal
16:31with it all right now.
16:32Oh, well, one thing
16:33you won't have to worry about
16:34is organising
16:34the engagement party.
16:35I would like to put
16:36my hand up to throw it.
16:37What?
16:37We can't let you do that?
16:39Yes, of course you can.
16:40And it's not really
16:41going to be an engagement party,
16:43is it?
16:43It'll just be
16:44mates getting together,
16:46nothing official.
16:47How about the end of the week?
16:48Do you think
16:48you'll be feeling up to it
16:49by then?
16:49Well, yeah, I should be.
16:51But are you sure?
16:52You don't have to do this.
16:54Yes, I know,
16:54but I would like to.
16:55Besides,
16:56it'll be good
16:57to have something else
16:57to think about.
17:00Talk to him.
17:02It's him talking to me
17:03that's the problem.
17:04Well, then make him.
17:05It's the only way
17:06you're going to find out
17:07what's going on.
17:17You do that?
17:18You do that?
17:19Hey,
17:20I wonder what you've got too.
17:23Need a hand?
17:25Well, it depends.
17:26How good are you
17:26at digging moats?
17:27No, I'm not very good.
17:30Actually,
17:31I'm not very good
17:32at anything to do
17:32with fighting
17:33or battles.
17:37Yeah, I don't like
17:37it much either.
17:40I'm sorry
17:41for being so full on
17:42before.
17:42I just want to know
17:43what's going on.
17:45If you can't trust me
17:47enough to tell me,
17:47then how are we ever
17:48going to get past
17:48this, Flynn?
17:52Do you remember
17:52me telling you
17:53about my mate Hopper?
17:55Your army buddy?
17:56He died over there.
17:58What?
17:59He was out on patrol
18:00one night
18:00and he ran to a group
18:01of insurgents.
18:03He was pretty gone
18:04by the time
18:04they brought me to him
18:05and his guts
18:06and his organs
18:06were all sort of
18:07shot through
18:07and there was not
18:09much I could do
18:09in a field hospital.
18:12And he said to me,
18:13don't let me die
18:15and he did
18:16right in front of me.
18:19It was the first time
18:20that I realised,
18:20you know,
18:21I hold people's lives
18:22in my hands.
18:24You know,
18:24people die
18:25or they live
18:25depending on me
18:28and I just could
18:29not handle that.
18:31That's why you left?
18:32Yeah,
18:33I just didn't want
18:33to be put in
18:34that position again.
18:35You know,
18:36when somebody's
18:36depending on me
18:37and I just can't
18:37come up with the goods.
18:42It's taken me
18:43six years
18:44to get the guts
18:45to go back to medicine
18:46and, you know,
18:46this stuff comes up
18:47the other day
18:48with Leah
18:48and I stuffed up.
18:51I just freaked out
18:53and I did the same
18:54thing.
18:55I just ran.
18:59Why haven't you
19:00ever said anything
19:02all these years?
19:03Because I thought
19:04I'd dealt with it
19:06but...
19:07It's all this stuff
19:08with Leah.
19:13I mean,
19:13it's funny,
19:14isn't it?
19:14I spend all those
19:15years counselling
19:16telling people
19:16not to run away
19:18from their problems
19:19and I do
19:19exactly the same
19:20thing, so...
19:21It stopped you
19:22this time.
19:23Yeah.
19:25Pippa.
19:27You know,
19:28it was okay
19:28to walk away
19:29then, you know.
19:30I only had myself
19:31to think about it
19:32but we are
19:33a family.
19:35It's not just
19:36about me anymore.
19:38So...
19:43Thank you
19:43for being
19:44so understanding
19:46and, look,
19:46I don't blame you
19:47if you're annoyed.
19:49Just promise me
19:50that you'll
19:51talk to me
19:53about things,
19:54anything.
19:56It's nothing
19:57that we can't
19:57be honest about.
20:00Okay.
20:01Done.
20:11I mean,
20:12imagine Irene and Beth
20:13if we told them
20:13we want to have
20:14permission to go
20:14skydiving.
20:15It's just as well
20:16Kim Satustrate.
20:17I'm still going.
20:19Sorry?
20:19We don't have to
20:20tell the odds
20:20anything.
20:21It's written consent,
20:22right?
20:22Right.
20:23So I'll forge
20:24Mum's signature.
20:26Yeah, sure.
20:27I'm serious.
20:28How hard could it be?
20:30Robbie.
20:31Bingo.
20:34What are you doing?
20:37Robbie,
20:37what are you doing?
20:38It's like the
20:39Matrix tax.
20:40You steal it
20:40because you can.
20:40Well, Robbie.
20:41Busts are run out
20:42to the airport.
20:42How else do you
20:43expect me to get there?
20:44You can't steal
20:44Kim's car.
20:45I'm not stealing it.
20:46I'm borrowing it.
20:47He's going to kill you.
20:49Life's too short
20:49to live in fear.
20:50Can you not be stupid?
20:51I'm going.
20:52You don't have a license.
20:52What's it going to be?
20:55Fine.
20:55I'll see you later.
20:59Robbie.
21:00Wait.
21:08It's suddenly clear
21:12I will always
21:14lead you here
21:16Hold me in your arms
21:19Don't let me go
21:21I want to stay forever
21:24Closer each day
21:27Home and away
21:32Forever