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Summer Bay is rocked by more devastating news about the chopper crash. Tasha begs Jack to keep fighting, but can she get through to him before it’s too late? Beth and Amanda form an unlikely bond in the wake of the tragedy.
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00:00Listen, kid, I reckon I've got a bit more experience in these situations than you.
00:03Yeah, well, you could have fooled me.
00:05Oh, stop it. Just stop it.
00:06There's a way to solve this.
00:08We vote.
00:09Majority rules.
00:11So whoever thinks we should leave, put up your hand.
00:14We've been here for days and nothing's changed.
00:17So maybe the best thing is to try something different.
00:21I'm sorry.
00:22I want to go home.
00:24I've told you what I'm doing, okay?
00:26If you don't like it, just...
00:27Jack, I'm your father, okay?
00:30And if you think that I'm going to just stand here and watch you die...
00:33Just go, Jack! Just go!
00:53I'm sorry for dumping all of this on you.
00:55Oh, don't be sorry. I'm here to help.
00:58It was just a shock seeing the video.
01:01Seeing Martha.
01:03She looks so happy.
01:05So beautiful.
01:06This is where we're meant to spend...
01:09Together.
01:11It's where I feel close to her.
01:16Yeah, I understand that.
01:17I really do.
01:19Right now, your health is the important thing.
01:22Important to who?
01:24To me and to your family.
01:26They're really worried about you.
01:29Especially your dad.
01:30All right, if it makes them feel happier,
01:32tell them to send the medication here.
01:35You need more than that.
01:36You need to go to hospital.
01:37Tash, don't argue, please.
01:43Oh, so the immunosuppressants make you vulnerable
01:45with the slightest infection and...
01:47Thanks.
01:48Then there's his anti-rejection meds.
01:50If he stops taking those...
01:53Here's our liver, could pack it in.
01:54What can you do, mate?
01:55It's his choice.
01:56Dan, love, who are you?
01:58With everything that's been happening,
02:00I've hardly had the chance to even speak to you about Peter.
02:03No, I'm getting there.
02:04Thanks.
02:04I hear the police want to give him a memorial service.
02:07Yeah, he was showing some interest.
02:09Yeah, well, no.
02:11Everybody wants to show how well-respected he was in the community.
02:14Thanks.
02:15Well, that's because they're so great.
02:17We all are.
02:22Has anyone heard anything yet?
02:23No, not yet.
02:25I wanted to know your opinion.
02:27I've been thinking of a way to commemorate our lost loved ones,
02:30and I wanted to know what you thought of a morning tea.
02:32Excuse me?
02:33Well, I thought it was a good way of everyone coming together to talk about them,
02:37you know, tell stories.
02:38I thought it might help ease the pain.
02:40My children are still alive, and so are the others.
02:43No, I didn't mean that they're not.
02:44I just thought it might be a good idea...
02:46And they're going to be found, and when they are, they're going to come.
02:49Beth, I didn't mean that they're not.
02:51We haven't given up hope.
02:55Sorry.
02:58Sorry.
03:04Jack, that's it.
03:05We've got to take you to the hospital.
03:06I told you.
03:07Sit down.
03:08Look, it's not just the medications.
03:09You need proper care.
03:11I'm not going.
03:13Why won't you let me help you?
03:15What for?
03:15So that you don't catch an infection, so your body doesn't reject your liver, so that you don't die.
03:24You've given up, haven't you?
03:26Jack, you can't.
03:29Why not?
03:31Because Martha's okay.
03:33She is.
03:34All of them are.
03:37Look, even if you don't come home, you still have so much to live for.
03:42Like what?
03:44Like your family and your job and me and the baby.
03:49Remember last week, I almost panicked myself into premature labour, and it's because of you that my baby's safe.
03:54Because you were there for me.
03:56I need you through this.
03:58I can't do it alone.
04:00We need you.
04:05You know we belong together
04:09You and I forever and ever
04:13No matter where you are
04:17You're my guiding star
04:21You're my guiding star
04:23Hold me in your arms
04:26Don't let me go
04:28I want to stay forever
04:31Closer each day
04:34Home and away
04:39Just me, there's no lynch mob.
04:41Come in.
04:42You okay?
04:44Well, apart from feeling like a complete idiot, you mean.
04:48You don't have to feel like an idiot.
04:49Well, it was supposed to be a way of bringing people together to help them cope with what's going on.
04:53Yeah, I know.
04:53And look, Beth didn't mean what she said.
04:55Well, not really.
04:57No, it was a stupid thing to suggest anyway.
05:00A cup of tea and some cake isn't going to help anyone right now.
05:03What was I thinking?
05:04Look, no one blames you for not wanting to be alone at the moment.
05:06It's your child out there too.
05:08And now I may have lost her.
05:10Without even getting the chance to get to know her.
05:12It's what I deserve.
05:15What do you mean?
05:16Well, I've made some selfish choices, Dan.
05:19I've done some terrible things in my time.
05:21And maybe losing Belle is my punishment.
05:27Let's take a breather.
05:32One mouthful each.
05:35Do you have a plan of where we're headed?
05:40If we continue in this direction, it'll put us under the most likely flight path of the searchers.
05:44Yes, but we're headed into denser bushland.
05:46Aren't we better off going that way where there are probably more openings?
05:48If we want to be sighted from above...
05:50That's pretty big probably.
05:51And even if you're right, being in an opening isn't going to help us very much if there are no
05:56choppers overhead, is it?
05:57Well, neither is walking through such thick scrub that a chopper couldn't even spot us even if it wasn't far
06:01back.
06:01No, look, I'm right.
06:03I don't know why we are following this guy like sheep.
06:05Because I know what I'm talking about, sunshine.
06:08I'm not just talking out of my backside.
06:09Have we got a problem?
06:11Hey, stop it.
06:11Both of you.
06:12This isn't helping.
06:14Lacey, have you had enough of a break?
06:17Well, let's push on.
06:18Dead ahead.
06:22Come on.
06:22Come this far.
06:25Keep it together.
06:26Yeah, I'm trying.
06:36I'm trying.
06:37Oh, it sure is.
06:39You were lucky, Jack.
06:41Any longer and it might have been a different story.
06:43I know this is a difficult time.
06:45I'd hate for you to waste the opportunity for a donation.
06:47I know.
06:48And thanks.
06:48If he looks after himself, don't worry.
06:53I think that's what you call a slap on the wrist.
06:55No.
06:56Well, can you blame him?
06:57Yeah, I wasn't thinking straight.
06:59No.
06:59Of course you weren't.
07:00Not after everything that happened.
07:01Main thing is that you're here, though, and that you're okay.
07:04Yeah, thanks to you.
07:05Yeah.
07:05I'm just doing for you what you did for me last week.
07:08Yeah, I guess it makes us even.
07:09Yep.
07:12I hear young Jack gave you a bit of an earful.
07:15You're here to finish it, are you?
07:16No, nothing like that.
07:18Just want to let you know not to take it too seriously.
07:21He's been laughing at everyone lately.
07:22He even got stuck into his old man.
07:25He's right to hate me.
07:26He and Martha both are.
07:27Well, Martha was a bit different, I'll grant you that.
07:30And you weren't exactly at the top of my Christmas card list, either.
07:33How come you're still talking to me?
07:35You did a really good job getting people out of that fire, you know, including Jack.
07:40And you kept an eye out for young Jack as well.
07:43I reckon you're heading in the right direction.
07:46Just keep going that way, Andy.
07:50Helps you?
07:51Yeah.
07:52Ah, Wall Middleton.
07:53Police headquarters.
07:54Oh, g'day.
07:54Wall, yeah, we've spoken on the phone.
07:56What's happening?
07:56Uh, yes, somewhere we could...
07:59He is as good as anywhere.
08:01Have you found something?
08:02This is Beth Hunter.
08:04Two of her kids are missing, and Macca's sister's missing as well.
08:07Oh, I'm sorry.
08:07This is never easy.
08:08Um, that's why I wanted to come to you personally.
08:12Tell us what.
08:13Uh, the rescue operation's been underway for over a week now.
08:18And there's been no sighting of wreckage survivors.
08:22Emergency has been isolated, and they need all available emergency personnel and police.
08:26Well, none of us are getting any younger.
08:27Can you get to the point?
08:29We've reluctantly come to the conclusion that a positive outcome here is unlikely.
08:35We've therefore decided officially to call this off from nightfall to night.
08:39You can't just give up, nor without knowing one way or the other.
08:42Look, the chance of finding anyone alive after all this time is virtually nil.
08:46We can't just keep searching.
08:47But it's only been a week.
08:49You read about people surviving in the bush much longer than that.
08:51Look, I'm sorry.
08:52I know this is very distressing.
08:53And believe me, it's not an easy decision to have to make.
08:56What do you need to keep looking?
08:58Is it money?
08:58We can find it.
08:59No, it doesn't work like that, Mrs. Hunter.
09:01The emergency services aren't for hire.
09:04We're answerable to the government.
09:05Walt's right.
09:06We can't expect for the search to just keep going on forever, particularly with the bushfires
09:10down south.
09:10Al, we can't just give up.
09:11Hang on, hang on, hang on a minute.
09:13What if you were to point us in the right direction, you know, with advice, contacts?
09:18What would be to stop us from continuing the search as a community, you know, with private
09:22funding?
09:23Well, in theory, nothing, but it'd be pretty expensive.
09:25How expensive?
09:27Well, for a private search and rescue, you'd be looking at 50 grand a day.
09:3150,000.
09:32I'm really sorry, folks.
09:34This is out of my hands.
09:35There's nothing I can do to help you.
09:47You should be able to see something from up here.
09:55Oh, yeah?
09:57Like what, more trees?
09:59Come on, we have been walking for hours and we're no better off than we were before.
10:02Yeah, well, we're certainly no worse.
10:04Yes, well, like I keep saying, how is the search party even going to spot us when there's
10:07so much scrub everywhere?
10:08The bush does seem to be getting thicker.
10:10Exactly.
10:11If we go the way I said before, we're going to come to an area with more openings, I'm sure
10:15of it.
10:16And the chopper is bound to come over sooner or later and be able to see us.
10:19Yeah, and what if you're wrong?
10:20I'm not.
10:26Yeah, fine.
10:28We'll go your way for a while, see how far that gets us.
10:30Good.
10:33Are you sure about this?
10:35Absolutely.
10:37Come on, guys, this way.
10:43Hey, what'd I do?
10:45What'd I do?
10:45Feed it.
10:46Yeah, I just did.
10:48Oh, too late.
10:49Oh.
10:51You should have seen Robbie when he's died.
10:53He literally started crying.
10:55He thought it meant it was going to be a bad dad.
11:01Hey, listen, I meant what I said before.
11:04I'm going to be here for you and the baby, no matter what.
11:09All right.
11:10Come on, Missy.
11:11We should let this one get some rest.
11:13Oh, you're not going to leave me, are you?
11:14I still need some training.
11:19Can I catch the bus home?
11:21Love, you need your rest too.
11:22Come on.
11:23I won't be late.
11:27Okay.
11:28I'll see you later.
11:29Come on.
11:36How's Jack?
11:37I don't think he's going to be okay.
11:39Tasha seems to have him back on track.
11:42So I suppose you've heard.
11:44Heard what?
11:45The search has been called off.
11:48What?
11:48When?
11:49Today.
11:50You're kidding me, why?
11:51They said there was no point in continuing.
11:53The chances of finding survivors is virtually nil.
11:56But they haven't even found the chopper yet.
11:58I said that, but apparently the resources are required elsewhere.
12:03We have to organise our own private search.
12:06We just have to raise the finances.
12:08And how are we going to do that?
12:12Beth?
12:13I'm remortgaging the house.
12:18Thanks for the walk.
12:19I feel a lot better now.
12:21Promise me you'll try to be a bit more positive about that, at least until we know something for sure.
12:25Yeah, I will.
12:26Good.
12:26So tell me about this memorial service that you're planning for Peter.
12:29Oh, well, since we already had the funeral at Mum and Dad's, it's just a way for his friends and
12:34colleagues to say goodbye.
12:36That's nice.
12:37I was going to have it at home, but Rachel's still dealing with the death of a mum, and now
12:42Kim's missing.
12:43It doesn't really seem appropriate.
12:45Well, you could have it here.
12:48Really?
12:49Yeah.
12:49It might even make up for me being such an idiot today.
12:52No, you weren't an idiot, but thanks.
12:54That's just not a bad idea.
12:56I've got to get going, but I might get back to you about that.
12:57It'll be okay?
12:58Yeah.
12:59Brian will be home soon.
13:00He's a bit of a trooper when it comes to looking after his mum.
13:02Oh, he takes after his dad.
13:04Hey, thank you for today.
13:07I mean, you've been great.
13:10I'll talk to you later.
13:13See you.
13:16So tell me again how much we need.
13:18$50,000 a day minimum.
13:20And what makes you think the banks can give it to you?
13:22Because the value of coastal properties is on the up, and they plan to make a lot of money.
13:26That's what I was afraid of.
13:28Okay, now I've got financial records.
13:31Banks don't have...
13:33Yep, I'm ready.
13:34You ready?
13:34Beth, can we just think about this for a moment?
13:38Look, I'm not necessarily against the whole idea.
13:40Seriously.
13:41I just want to make sure that you've thought about this realistically.
13:43Go on.
13:45Okay.
13:46Even if you realise the full value of the house, okay, you're going to get, what, six days of search?
13:52And at the end of that, you're going to have no money, and you're going to have a massive debt
13:56to pay.
13:58These are my kids.
14:00If I lose them, nothing else is going to matter anyway.
14:04I know.
14:04I'm just wondering whether you thought of any other options, whether there's any other way of raising the funds.
14:09There isn't.
14:11So are you going to come with me to the bank?
14:15Yeah.
14:16You know I haven't.
14:17Come on.
14:22Are you sure this is the way you meant to come?
14:24Yeah, we haven't backtracked there for a while because of the gullies, but we're headed in the right direction.
14:28Let's get to the top of there.
14:32Does this area look familiar to anyone?
14:35That's because it is.
14:36It's the same ridge we were on two hours ago.
14:39Looks like you let us in the full circle, kid.
14:42You idiot!
14:43Sorry, guys.
14:43Why couldn't you have just listened to Colin in the first place?
14:46Okay, let's not get excited.
14:48But from now on, we'll just stick to my...
14:50Unless someone else wants a chance at playing hero.
14:53We just stayed with the chopper in the first place.
14:55Yeah, well, we didn't, kid, so just get out.
14:56My name is Kid.
14:57Guys, come on.
14:58It's getting late.
14:59Everyone's tired.
15:00I thought we just kept here for the night.
15:01Yeah, I've moved to it.
15:02Yeah, it's fine.
15:03Seeing as we're familiar with the area.
15:08Kid, can I have another paint color?
15:10No, you've had your rations for the day.
15:12Please, I won't be able to sleep.
15:30Take me back to you.
15:34They knocked me back.
15:36You're kidding.
15:36Did you tell them what you wanted it for?
15:38I told them, and although they were highly sympathetic, they were unable to help.
15:41Flame and mongrels.
15:43What's the problem?
15:43Oh, they reckon Beth can't match their repayments.
15:45Yeah, but you're part owner of a successful business.
15:48Well, not successful enough, apparently.
15:50They weren't willing to take the risk.
15:52Well, not much point in me going over there, then.
15:54God, me neither.
15:56Maybe if we pulled our money.
15:57I've got a few grand I'll save them for a deposit.
16:00Yeah, actually, I've got a couple of investments I could cash in.
16:03Thank you, but Tony and Leah have already offered, and Colleen, bless her.
16:07But from what I can tell, our combined savings together would barely cover a day.
16:12There must be someone who's cashed up and wants to help, surely.
16:14Hang on.
16:15Maybe there is.
16:18I totally thought I'd blown it that day.
16:20Mother was so mad.
16:22I tried to warn you.
16:23Pretending that you're not into marriage to get a girl and marry you doesn't make sense.
16:28Yeah, well, next time I have a brilliant idea, stop me.
16:32She really loves you, you know.
16:34Yeah, I know.
16:38Have you got to get going?
16:40Well, if I don't catch this bus, there's not going to be another one until 11, so...
16:45Is there anything I can get you?
16:47Yeah, I switched to turn off my brain.
16:51Sorry, it's just...
16:54I've been in here by myself.
16:56Everything just keeps going around and around my head.
16:59I think about the wedding.
17:02The fire.
17:05Peter.
17:07And then I start to worry about Martha.
17:14Forget it.
17:15It's not your problem.
17:18Hey, we never did finish that last game.
17:21I'm up for it if you are.
17:23You're on.
17:30We could use our savings to buy a truckload of scratchies.
17:33Yeah, the way things are going, that's about as good as it's going to get.
17:36I wouldn't be so sure about that.
17:38Amanda and I have some news and it's good for a change.
17:41Would you like to tell them or shall I?
17:43It was your idea.
17:44We've been making some preliminary arrangements.
17:47The search will restart tomorrow morning at first light and will continue until every single person is found.
17:51How?
17:53Amanda is going to fund the entire search and rescue herself.
17:56Oh, that's all right.
17:59That's incredible.
18:00I spoke to Walt Middleton and he gave me some contacts, some aviation firms and a bushwalking club and so
18:06on.
18:06I've already rung a few.
18:07Well, I'll get on to the rest, eh?
18:09And don't think I don't know how much guts it took for you to talk to her after what you've
18:13both been through.
18:14Not really.
18:15We both want the same thing.
18:18People have certainly changed their tune about you.
18:21Suddenly everyone wants to be your friend.
18:23I'm not doing it because of that.
18:24I know you're not.
18:27And I really hope that you and Belle get the chance you deserve.
18:31Oh, thank you.
18:33Well, are you ready to start doing some to-do lists?
18:36Great.
18:37You okay?
18:38Yeah, I'm just a little bit overwhelmed.
18:40Everyone's being so nice.
18:42Well, that's because they're so grateful.
18:51You look cold.
18:52I'm fine.
19:01You must be missing, yeah?
19:03Who?
19:04Your family.
19:06Yeah, I bet they're bawling their eyes out.
19:09Well, you don't think so.
19:11I don't have a family.
19:14They're not a normal one anyway.
19:17What about your mum?
19:18Well, my birth mother's a selfish cow and there's my grandmother who sold me a birth.
19:23Are you starting to get the picture?
19:26Sounds complicated.
19:28Which is why I'd much rather be here than back there dealing with all their pathetic baggage.
19:33It sounds like something my little sister Lucy would say.
19:37But then again, I'd know she'd be lying.
19:40You remind me a lot of her.
19:47I didn't mean that stuff.
19:54I hate being here.
19:58And I wish I was in my own bed at home.
20:01I know you do.
20:05I'm tired and I'm hungry.
20:12I can't do this anymore.
20:36I'm thinking we'll head east along this ridge until we start the climb and once we get there we're reassessing
20:41it.
20:41Sounds good.
20:42I'm not asking for your approval.
20:45Come on, guys, let's keep moving.
20:46Hang on, has anybody seen the first day?
20:48You're going to can't find it.
20:50Belle, what are you doing?
20:51I'm looking for another painkiller.
20:53No, you've already had more than your fair share.
20:55Give me the bag.
20:56My arm is killing me.
20:57I need another one.
20:57You are not the only one who is in pain.
20:59Now give me the bag.
21:00No, give me the bag.
21:02Tid!
21:04Tid!
21:07Tid!
21:10Tid!
21:10Trouble is her middle name.
21:12What are you doing here?
21:12I really need to talk to you.
21:14And now she's back to drop a bombshell.
21:17This is so huge, I...
21:18I don't know what to do.
21:19Will it destroy her chances?
21:21And tomorrow, the search continues.
21:23Oh, no, we're going to find them.
21:24But will it be too late for one of them?
21:26Tid!
21:27Home and away at 7.
21:30Tid!