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Rachel’s self destructive behaviour leads to a vicious showdown with Leah. The community gathers to farewell Peter with a heartfelt memorial service. Cassie and Ric reunite as they create a birthday surprise for Alf.
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00:02I know, I'm really sorry. Look, I'll make sure she gives you a call back.
00:06Okay, bye.
00:10Problem?
00:11But that's the mall calling again for Rachel.
00:13Again?
00:14Well, it's the fifth time they've called. They need to know what the plans are for Elena.
00:17She just won't give them a call back.
00:18Has she organised anything?
00:19I don't know. Like I said, all she's been doing is drinking and sleeping for the last couple of days.
00:23That's been an awful time for her.
00:25I know, and I feel for her. I really do.
00:27But I'm worried about her. She can't keep going on like this.
00:30She's so unhealthy.
00:32But it's like in the last week she's gone from one extreme to the other.
00:37I think maybe she just needs a bit more time. She'll pull herself out of this.
00:40Nah.
00:41Well, thank you so much for telling her. I don't know how I would have done it by myself.
00:44Well, that's okay. Do you need a hand getting it all up to Amanda's?
00:47No, no, I should be fine. Dad's going to drop off the alcohol tonight and I'll get him to take
00:50some of the trays.
00:50Well, if you need anything, you just let me know.
00:53Oh, hello. Hey, how'd you go?
00:56Oh, yeah, good.
01:03What's up? You all right?
01:07Andrew Curtis is Peter's 17-year-old son.
01:10What?
01:14Whoops.
01:17What's she got in all those boxes?
01:19Lamingtons.
01:20Well, yeah, we begged them for her to help raise money for the plaque she's organizing for Peter.
01:23Oh, good on you.
01:24Is Mr. Stewart home from work yet?
01:26Ah, no, that's probably a good thing. We need to talk about what we're going to do for his birthday
01:29tomorrow.
01:30Oh, well, he didn't seem very keen to do anything when we mentioned it to him the other day.
01:33That's because he's not.
01:35Hey, Grandad.
01:36Hey.
01:36Look, we can't just let your birthday pass altogether, Mr. Stewart.
01:40We can, and we will.
01:41But I'll see you...
01:42No buts, mate.
01:42Look, I do appreciate the thought, but it's just not an appropriate time to celebrate, not without the whole family
01:49here.
01:51So, um, we'll just leave it, eh?
01:54Good.
01:55I'll go and have a shower.
02:02How?
02:02How could we not have known about this?
02:05Are you sure Peter said nothing to you at all?
02:08Not a thing, and I don't understand why.
02:10I mean, why would he keep this a secret for 17 years?
02:14And the secretary couldn't say anything more?
02:17Only that Andrew won't be back till later this afternoon.
02:20Oh, this is crazy.
02:21Well, if Andrew's 17, that would have...
02:25That would have meant that Peter was 15 at the time.
02:28Yeah, I vaguely remember him seeing some girl.
02:31I think it was Christy or Christina, something like that.
02:34I'm pretty sure her and her parents disappeared quite abruptly soon after they started going out.
02:38I didn't think anything of it at the time because Pete didn't say anything.
02:41Well, maybe that's when it happened, though.
02:43Well, the timing fits.
02:44I don't know, it was a long time ago.
02:46I could be remembering it wrong.
02:48Well, maybe she'd give your mum a call.
02:50Maybe she remembers something.
02:52No, she's still in a mess over Pete.
02:54I don't want to dump this on her, at least till we get some more answers.
02:56Why are we going to get those?
02:59I just can't believe it.
03:10Can you speak to the search teams this afternoon?
03:13Nothing.
03:18Time brung out, sir.
03:22Times.
03:31Are you okay?
03:35I just hate seeing granddad like this.
03:38And there's nothing I can do to fix it.
03:40I just, I feel useless.
03:43Hey, you're doing everything you can.
03:45You are.
03:46Look at the way you've been killing yourself with the search group.
03:48Yeah, except when I'm here making stupid lamingtons acting like everything's fine.
03:53Rick, you have to rest some time.
03:55Well, he's not.
03:56And when he's not out there searching, he's working.
03:58And when he does have five minutes to himself, he's thinking about them.
04:00And now he doesn't even want to celebrate his own birthday.
04:03I can kind of understand why, though.
04:05He's right.
04:05At a time like this, nothing really seems appropriate.
04:10Maybe there is something that's appropriate.
04:12Nothing huge.
04:13It just, it might put a smile on his face only for a little while.
04:16What are you thinking?
04:22Look at all this stuff.
04:24This is only half of it.
04:25Well, Leah and Sally must have spent hours putting this together.
04:28You should have just let me get it catered.
04:30No, we couldn't let you do that.
04:31Well, I wouldn't have minded.
04:32Yeah, I know.
04:33Thanks, but I just prefer to do it this way.
04:35Besides, I think Leah and Sally liked having something to distract them for a while.
04:38I don't blame them.
04:40Any more news this afternoon?
04:42No.
04:44I was expecting you a couple of hours ago.
04:46Ryan was really disappointed.
04:48He didn't get to see you before he went to bed.
04:49Sorry, yeah, I know.
04:50I did mean to call, but it's just been a bit of a crazy day.
04:54Is there something I can help you with?
04:55No.
04:57Actually, I made a bit of a discovery about Pete today.
05:00I was going through his stuff, and anyhow, cut a long story short, I found out that Pete has a
05:05son.
05:06I know, incredible, isn't it?
05:07I mean, after all these years, and no one even knew anything.
05:10Anyhow, his name's Andrew, and he's 17 years old, which I still have trouble getting my head around.
05:16What is it?
05:19Amanda?
05:22You know something, don't you?
05:30Rachel, there's been another message from the morgue.
05:34They really need you to call them.
05:37Yeah.
05:38And Brad called again.
05:40I said you'd give him a buzz when you could.
05:44Come, Rach, with Peter's memorial, Dan would really appreciate it if you could, um, which we'd go.
05:51No, no, I'm busy.
05:53Busy drinking yourself into oblivion?
05:55Leah.
05:56I'm worried about you.
05:58There's no need to be.
05:59You've been drinking and sleeping for days.
06:01There's every need to be.
06:03You can't keep going on like this.
06:05Don't you have some boxes to move?
06:09I'm sorry.
06:24You've been wearing a bed.
06:25Don't you?
06:25I'm going to be?
06:27I'm going to be.
06:35You've been living and sleeping for days.
06:36I am going to be.
06:49A few years ago in L.A., Peter and I had way too much to drink, and, well, he opened
06:55up to me.
06:57He told me about some girl that he used to see at high school, Christy or somebody or other.
07:01Anyway, apparently he really liked her, and he was quite upset when she and her family moved away
07:05without so much as a word.
07:08And then it was only five years ago that she made contact with him again
07:11to tell him that he had a 12-year-old son, Andrew.
07:15From what I could gather, Christy had met a new man who had kids from a previous marriage,
07:20and for one reason or another, Andrew didn't fit into the new family.
07:24So she wanted to offload him to boarding school, and she wanted Peter's money to do it.
07:29So what, he just handed it over to her?
07:32Well, I think at first he wanted Andrew to come and live with him.
07:35But the boy wasn't interested in a ready-made father.
07:38And Peter had to go undercover shortly after that anyway, so, yeah, he paid for it.
07:44So did he and Peter keep in regular contact?
07:47Not as far as I could tell, no.
07:49How do I go to that boarding school tomorrow to meet my nephew for the first time
07:53and tell him that his father's just died?
08:03Mr. Baker?
08:06I'll leave you two to talk.
08:12Let me know if there's anything else you need.
08:14Yeah, thank you.
08:17Hey, Andrew, I'm Dan.
08:20Dan Baker, your uncle.
08:22Yeah, I know who you are.
08:24All right, your dad mentioned me.
08:25Yeah, a couple of times.
08:27All right.
08:29Look, sorry to turn up like this, but you want.
08:33I need to talk to you about your dad.
08:52Rachel, I think I need to talk.
08:54Oh, give it a rest.
08:57What, have you been going through the bin now?
08:59Well, at least I know why you've been a zombie for the last couple of days.
09:01This is none of your business.
09:03Rachel, drugging yourself up on these things is not a way to deal with this.
09:06I don't need a lecture from you.
09:08I know what I'm doing.
09:09Do you?
09:09Because that's empty, and there should be enough in there to last you weeks.
09:12No, I'm a doctor.
09:12I know how many I can take safely.
09:14Rachel, please just talk to me.
09:16There's nothing to talk about.
09:17Will you get off my back?
09:18No, I'm not going to do that, because you're my best friend,
09:20and I'm not going to see you do this to yourself.
09:22The pills and the drinking.
09:23Were you then going to sleep your way for your pain away?
09:25God's sake, nothing is ever good enough for you, is it?
09:28When I wasn't asleep, you had a go at me.
09:30Now I'm sleeping too much.
09:31And you won't leave me alone.
09:33Just get off my back.
09:34No, not Rachel.
09:35Rachel.
09:39And so I agreed to the donation.
09:41And in a lot of ways, it kind of helped.
09:44And knowing Peter was saving lives, even through death,
09:48I think it would have made him even prouder.
09:52Andrew, I know this must be a lot for you to hear, okay?
09:55And if there is anything that I can do.
09:59Mate, is there anything you want to ask about?
10:01What happened, or anything?
10:05It's Drew.
10:07Sorry?
10:08My name.
10:10It's Drew.
10:12Sure.
10:13Drew it is.
10:18Look, we're having a memorial for your dad today.
10:22It's just a way for his mates to say goodbye.
10:24I mean, nothing too formal, but it would be good if you can be there.
10:27And my wife, Leah, she'd really love to meet you.
10:33I think it'd be a good way for you to say goodbye to Peter, too.
10:39Drew, I can't even imagine what you're going through.
10:41What does this mean for me?
10:43In terms of what?
10:45Me.
10:46You know, this place.
10:48If there's no money coming in from him, am I going to get to stay?
10:53Um, I don't know.
10:54That's probably up to your mum, I guess.
10:56She doesn't have any cash.
10:58Didn't he have some spare?
11:00No, he didn't.
11:05Drew.
11:06Thanks for coming to tell me about him.
11:07Well, we can't just leave it at that, can we?
11:09And what else is there to say?
11:12How about the memorial?
11:13Or maybe getting to know each other?
11:14Look, I know it still must be a shock for you.
11:15No offence or anything, but I've done fine without knowing you this long.
11:18Yeah, look, I understand that, okay?
11:20Let's just get on with our own lives, okay?
11:26Look, I left my details at the office if you, uh...
11:45Hey, thanks for calling.
11:46See you soon, eh?
11:47Yeah, yeah, will do.
11:49Come on, Rick.
11:51Yeah, she just called to say happy birthday.
11:53Uh, she reckons she'll be back from the city in a couple of days.
11:56You right to go, sir?
11:57Yeah, yeah, we're going to have to drop Pepper and Matches on the way, so...
12:00See you later.
12:00See you, guys.
12:01All right.
12:01See you.
12:08Well, this isn't going to be too naff, is it?
12:10No, a photo collage is a great idea.
12:12Mr. Stewart will love it.
12:15I mean it.
12:16It's very sweet.
12:23It's been a strange year.
12:25Yeah, it has.
12:27A lot's happened.
12:30You know, I'm sorry that I wasn't there for you after Flynn died.
12:34I know that was hard.
12:37But when we were together, it was just...
12:40It was a constant reminder of what had happened, and the only way I could get through it was to
12:43be by myself.
12:47Well, I'm sorry, too.
12:49For me, it was the opposite.
12:50Being with you made it easier.
12:53I was being so clingy that I didn't stop to think what was best for you.
12:57So, I guess we were both a little in the wrong.
13:08Peter Baker was a great man.
13:11He loved his job.
13:13I mean, he loved his town.
13:15And together, despite everything that happened, they really brought him an immeasurable amount of happiness.
13:23He felt at home here.
13:25I mean, really, for the first time in his life.
13:28Because he felt at home with all you people.
13:31You know what?
13:31He really loved you all, as I'm sure that you all loved him.
13:37I mean, there were a lot of ups and downs, and I'll be the first to admit that.
13:41But, um, yeah, with every mistake he made, he was followed by a genuine sincerity, as he always tried to
13:48right his wrongs.
13:50Because, you know, he never set out to hurt anyone.
13:54I mean, he never had a bad bone in his body.
14:01On a personal note, my biggest regret was the wasted time.
14:04Um, you know, he was a great brother, and an even better friend.
14:12I know that you're all going to join me in saying that we're going to miss you, mate.
14:21I hope it's going okay.
14:23Do you think Dan will mind that we didn't go?
14:26No, of course not.
14:27He knows it's a tough time it is for everyone.
14:29I just couldn't have got through it, not at the moment.
14:32Me either.
14:35What do you think?
14:37Looks great.
14:39Hey, could you grab that frame for me?
14:46Have a look at her.
14:46She always does that, um, griffy preening photos.
14:53Where the hell is she?
15:01Listen, thanks for the last couple of days.
15:03That's made it much easier having something else to think about.
15:08I just wish I had have been there for you to start with.
15:11I should have realised what my priorities were much sooner than I did.
15:32Erin.
15:34It was a beautiful yard, you dad.
15:36Yeah, and honestly, mate, if there's anything we can do to help.
15:39Yeah, absolutely.
15:40Just let us know.
15:40Yeah, thanks, I appreciate it.
15:42Anyone?
15:44But you can't ignore your birthday altogether.
15:46I can and I am.
15:48It just wouldn't be right.
15:49Sorry to interrupt.
15:50Would anyone like anything?
15:52Oh, yes, thank you.
15:53You've done a top job today, love.
15:55Yeah, yeah.
15:55I know, Lena and Dan appreciate it.
15:57They did all the work.
15:59And Sally.
15:59I just provided the house.
16:01Well, it was nice of you anyway.
16:02Yeah, that's right.
16:04Yeah, lovely.
16:04You okay?
16:05Yeah, why?
16:06Well, you just seem a little distracted, that's all.
16:09Just thinking about Dan.
16:10It's so hard watching him go through this.
16:12I just wish there was some way I could make it easier.
16:14Well, you're being there for him.
16:15I don't think there's much more you can do.
16:18And how are you coping with all of this?
16:20I know you were close to Peter, too.
16:22Yeah, I'll get there.
16:23We'll be fine.
16:25To be honest, I'm more worried about Rachel at the moment.
16:28Why?
16:28Something else happened?
16:30I found an empty bottle of sleeping tablets in the bin.
16:33Oh, there's nothing wrong with needing a bit of help at a time like this.
16:37Except she had a couple of weeks worth in two days.
16:39Did you say something to her about it?
16:40Yeah, and in no uncertain terms, she told me to keep my nose out of it.
16:44And that's not just the pills, it's the drinking, too.
16:46And with that sort of mix in her body, I'm just worried of what could happen.
17:01Well, it's got to be something.
17:08I've just never seen her like this.
17:10All you can do is keep trying to get through to her, I guess.
17:12Yeah, and if it doesn't work.
17:14Sorry, love, are you right to go?
17:15Uh, yeah, make sure you call me.
17:17I've, um, packed up Peter's things from the station,
17:19so if you'd like, I can drop him around to you tomorrow.
17:21Yeah, thanks, Laura, I appreciate it.
17:23Yeah, thanks again for today, mate.
17:24It was great to have a chance to say goodbye.
17:26I can't believe he's gone.
17:28It just doesn't seem real.
17:29Especially the way it happened.
17:30Look, I meant what I said before.
17:32His job meant a lot to him, and, you know, you guys are a big part of that.
17:34Yeah, it was our honour.
17:36Well, where's she going?
17:38Yeah.
17:38No touch, eh?
17:39Yeah, we'll do.
17:40And I'll see you tomorrow.
17:41Okay, bye.
17:42Thanks.
17:42Oh, can I help you?
17:46Drew, hey, I'm glad you came, mate.
17:48Um, I'll grab you a drink or something on the deal.
17:51Drew, Drew, hey.
18:00Are you sure?
18:02Yes, I'm sure.
18:04I don't want to push anything.
18:06I know the whole Macca stuff's really risky.
18:08Rick, this is what I want.
18:10I've never been more sure of anything.
18:15How'd it go?
18:17Oh, as well as these things can, I suppose.
18:20What's this?
18:21That's just, um, that's something small.
18:24We know you said you didn't want anything for your birthday, but...
18:27Well, with this, it's kind of a way to have the whole family here after all.
18:40Do you like it?
18:42Oh, mate, I...
18:44I love it.
18:46I love it.
18:57You know what?
18:57Maybe I should go and talk to him.
18:59Dan, we've been through this.
19:00Just let it go.
19:01If he wanted to stay, he would have.
19:03Just don't push him.
19:04He wouldn't have come for no reason.
19:06I mean, he went to the effort to find out where we are.
19:08Yeah, and then he changed his mind, which he's allowed to do.
19:11So what, you think I should just ignore the fact that he came altogether?
19:13I think you should just give him some time.
19:16He'll come and see you when he wants to.
19:18I agree with Leah, Dan.
19:19I mean, I pushed Belle and it just drove her away.
19:22Maybe time's the best thing.
19:24No, you know what?
19:25I can't leave this.
19:25I've got to go and talk to him.
19:26Dan, I'm...
19:26I'll see you back at home.
19:33Hi, again.
19:35Oh, Mr Baker, hello.
19:36Sorry to interrupt.
19:37I was hoping to speak with Andrew, if that's okay.
19:39I'm afraid Andrew's no longer here.
19:41What do you mean?
19:42About half an hour ago, he'd packed up his things and left.
19:45What?
19:46He didn't say where he was going.
19:47He just took off.
19:48In quite a hurry, too.
19:50And nothing anyone could say would change his mind.
19:52So how is he allowed just to walk out like that?
19:54It's not a prison, Mr Baker.
19:55We can't force people to stay against their will.
19:57Okay, did you have any idea where he might have gone?
20:00Unfortunately, no.
20:02I'm sorry.
20:08Where are they?
20:09The bottle was empty, remember?
20:10Not those ones, you idiot.
20:11I had more.
20:12What did you do?
20:12Rachel, I can't do anything with it.
20:14Rachel, please.
20:15Rachel, don't touch me.
20:16Okay, Rachel, I need you to calm down.
20:18But here's somewhere.
20:19You're not anywhere.
20:20Just please sit down.
20:22Let's talk about this.
20:23Fine, I'll go get them.
20:24I'm not driving anywhere, okay?
20:25You're drunk and God knows what.
20:26Get out of my way.
20:27I'm not getting out of your way.
20:28Give me those.
20:29Get out of my way.
20:44They think they're dead.
20:45Can't believe this.
20:46I can't believe they're gone.
20:48But will a mother's instinct...
20:50She's still alive.
20:51...lead them to their loved ones before it's too late?
20:55Can you wake up?
20:56Just stop breathing.
20:57Please cut!
20:59Don't do this to her!
21:00And next week, no one knows.
21:03He's not the real father.
21:04I can't keep lying to everyone.
21:06We've got to tell the truth.
21:07What will happen when the truth will be back?
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