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00:00Previously on Shortland Street, these aren't normal dreams.
00:05Nightmares?
00:06Yes.
00:07I'm losing my mind!
00:09Natalie, when she found out about my bipolar disorder, she left me.
00:14I should have been there more for you than I have been.
00:16This is my problem, it's not your fault.
00:18Well, I'm relieved you're back on your meds.
00:20I haven't started taking it.
00:21But you don't want to.
00:22Yeah, you know how much I hate taking it. You're the only one who knows.
00:30No, I'm with Phil.
00:36You're with Phil. You're going back on your medication.
00:39You left me after my diagnosis.
00:41You can't come back in here and get in my head and then mess it all up again.
00:45Let us know what happens.
00:47Look, it's all in the past.
00:49I'm getting out of here.
00:52And now she wants me to track down an environmentalist speaker,
01:00which I am definitely all about.
01:02But it's just like, it's so last minute, you know?
01:05And if I ask so much, just look at her.
01:07She just adds 15 things to my to-do list.
01:09Go off.
01:10Like, I am ranting, I get it.
01:12I'm not being bitchy, but like, she is so unprepared.
01:15She's just like scrambling around.
01:17Between the two of you, I'm sure you've got it handled.
01:19Well, that is not the point.
01:20You've organised my tiddy-gee events before though, right?
01:22No. No, I haven't.
01:24I mean, I've organised events, so I know I can handle it.
01:26But she just needs to chill, you know?
01:28And like, I am looking forward to it.
01:30It's just the stress.
01:32Me too. It's going to be great, you know?
01:34Who doesn't love New Year's, fresh starts and all that?
01:37Looking back, though, too.
01:39Yes.
01:40All right, guys, I'm going to get some drinks.
01:44Looking back, is it?
01:45What?
01:46Oh, come on.
01:48I was talking about people remembering those they've lost.
01:51Yeah, same.
01:53I was talking about people that have died, Sage.
01:55Speaking of, you and Monique are actually killing me.
01:58I don't know what you mean.
02:00I think you've got it in hand.
02:02You're being very supportive and a very good listener.
02:04I was just being friendly.
02:05Best friendly?
02:06No.
02:07BFF friendly?
02:09Well, don't tell Marty.
02:10What?
02:11He thinks he's my BFF.
02:12Don't worry.
02:13I don't like where you're going with this.
02:15Yeah, neither do I, Naz.
02:17We just date each other already.
02:26I am a doctor.
02:28I can sign off on it.
02:31Chris, you can't just bully the junior radiologist.
02:35Best practice is a conservative approach.
02:37Rest, hydration, and we'll run some bloods.
02:39No, I need an MRI.
02:41I have a temporal lobe neoplasm.
02:43Chris.
02:44I have a brain tumour.
02:45We don't actually know that.
02:46No, we don't.
02:48Hence the MRI.
02:50Has dreams have been a lot?
02:53Okay.
02:54Well, bad dreams can be a sign of a lot of things.
02:56Not necessarily all medical.
02:58Did you want to describe the dreams to me?
03:00No!
03:02Look, I understand this is important to you, Chris,
03:04and I can see that you're not yourself.
03:06But you know as well as I do there are procedures in place.
03:08Oh, come on, Marty.
03:10Do you want me to be reprimanded?
03:13Tell her it was me.
03:20Oh, let me help you.
03:23I can do it.
03:25I...
03:29There, see? Told you.
03:32Oh, God, what is that?
03:35A sick bed?
03:36No, it's a cosy space.
03:39I thought we could watch a movie together.
03:41It's not a rainy Sunday afternoon, Nicole.
03:44It's the last days of my life,
03:46and I'm not spending them in front of the telly.
03:49Okay, well, what do you want to do then?
03:52I want to seize the day.
03:57How?
03:58I don't know.
04:00Swim in the sea, hike up a mountain,
04:03jet boat ride.
04:05Mum.
04:06It's what I want.
04:08Be realistic.
04:09I'm not dead yet, Nicole.
04:11I'm feeling up to it.
04:13I want to go out.
04:15End of.
04:17Okay, well, I'm coming with you.
04:19Great.
04:22I hope you enjoy bungee jumping.
04:26Morning, sunshine.
04:28Hey.
04:29How was last night?
04:31Ah, yeah, work was good. How are you?
04:33Missing you. I feel like we're ships on the night.
04:36Yeah.
04:38What is it?
04:39Nothing.
04:41Yeah, come on.
04:43Okay, there is something I need to tell you.
04:46I just don't know how.
04:47Okay.
04:49Look, I messed up.
04:51It won't happen again.
04:52You're scaring me.
04:54Look, I kissed somebody.
04:57After Jessica, losing her like that,
05:01I wasn't myself.
05:03Who?
05:04Natalie.
05:05Right, of course.
05:07When?
05:08Last night.
05:10Right.
05:11There's nothing going on.
05:13It was my fault, okay?
05:15Didn't feel right, so I stopped.
05:17Okay, great. It's good to know.
05:19Thanks for telling me.
05:20Okay, your turn.
05:21Vision time.
05:23You're really going to joke around in a time like this?
05:26Sorry.
05:27And I'm sorry for what I did, okay?
05:30It won't happen again.
05:32Does Nat know that?
05:33She got the message.
05:36We good?
05:38Depends. Are you back on your meds?
05:40I am.
05:42Then we're as good as we can be.
05:52Pathetic.
05:54It's just a pit stop.
05:56Just have a rest and then we'll go and find your jet boat.
06:01Or we could go on a nice drive.
06:05Come on, drink up.
06:09No, I can't.
06:11What's wrong with it?
06:12It doesn't taste right.
06:14It tastes fine to me. It's actually pretty good, isn't it?
06:17No, you're having me on.
06:21I feel sick.
06:22Okay, well, let's get you to the bathroom, yeah?
06:25No.
06:26No, no, no, it's past.
06:29I'll get you a water.
06:30It's just embarrassing. It's just embarrassing me.
06:38I could barely walk in here.
06:41I parked too far away.
06:42No, you're right next to the door.
06:45We'll just rest for now, yeah?
06:49What is it?
06:54Um, did you take your medications?
06:56I'm such an idiot.
06:59Oh, please just take me home.
07:02I need to go home.
07:03Yeah.
07:04Come on.
07:05Come on.
07:10Well, we need confirmed bookings, not just maybes.
07:12And tell Leanne that she's got a spot on the commercial team.
07:14Yes, sir.
07:15Okay, bye.
07:16Um, Minick's already invited Leanne as a guest of honour.
07:19Oh, well, she should have said.
07:21How is Leanne doing?
07:23She's, um, she's going downhill a lot faster than Nicola anticipated, so...
07:28Oh, we really are sorry.
07:30And hey, we've been a bit preoccupied, but if there's something we can do for Chris,
07:34you just let me know, okay?
07:35For Chris?
07:36Yeah.
07:37Well, I'm not worried about Chris.
07:39Oh, amazing. So his MRI was clear?
07:41His what?
07:42Wasn't he just rushed through?
07:44Uh, not that I'm aware of.
07:46Maeve?
07:47Lisa's?
07:48Sorry, I...
07:54Hey!
07:55Can I help?
07:56No, I, um... I'm okay.
07:58Oh, well, how's the preparation going?
08:00Bit of a disaster. Quite stressful.
08:02Oh.
08:03Yeah, people aren't picking up my phone calls, getting back to my emails, just generally not caring.
08:08Not ideal.
08:09No, but people have slowly started to get back to me, and I don't want to jinx anything,
08:13but I think it's actually going to come together.
08:15Great, well, I'm sure Esther's pleased about that.
08:17Well, I... I am pleased about that.
08:19No, yeah, of course, it's just after she was hassling you about getting things right.
08:22Yeah, of course. I think I was just pushing myself.
08:25You know, it's a lot of pressure seeing through a plan that...
08:28you made with someone who's...
08:30Not here anymore.
08:32Yeah.
08:34Anyway, I saw Sage hassling you. What was he bugging you about?
08:38He was just... trying to get me out there, as he put it.
08:42Dating?
08:43Yeah.
08:44Uh, minefield, right?
08:47Uh, minefield, right? Like I have time for that. Got enough on my plate?
08:51Full plate. Yeah, me too.
08:56Sorry, gotta get this.
09:02Temporal lobe appears unremarkable. Cortical morphology is within normal limits.
09:06Is this Chris?
09:07Yeah, could you take a look, see if I've missed anything?
09:10Did it come through ED?
09:11It was a self-referral.
09:13Oh, I bet. And where is he now?
09:15I told him to wait outside while we wait for the results.
09:17Not drunk again, is he?
09:21Ah, he is a mess. I don't understand. Who was the referring...
09:25I see.
09:26It was my call.
09:27Tell me there was actual reason, not just a drunk man complaining about a headache.
09:30What do you want me to say? It's done now.
09:33I pushed him. It was me.
09:35Well, there's nothing wrong with his brain. Can you just get him home, please?
09:38He needs help.
09:39He needs boundaries. He's banned from Shortland Street.
09:41Esther, please, listen...
09:42He needs to get his act together, Vali. So can you get him away from the hospital, please?
09:50Do you want another pillow?
09:51Yep. Put it right over my face.
09:55Mum!
09:56Oh, lighten up, Nicole. If you can't laugh about it now, you never will.
10:00Well, I would prefer that, actually.
10:02Well, it's not taboo. It's not a secret.
10:06I'm exhausted.
10:08OK, well, I can't track down a jet boat, so...
10:13What about a helicopter ride?
10:15Don't be silly. I can't even sit upright.
10:18OK, well, a facial? You do them lying down?
10:21Or a massage? Or a pedicure, either?
10:25OK, that's enough. It's enough. Thank you. Thank you.
10:28Are you done seizing the day?
10:30Done with seizing this particular one.
10:33But tomorrow is up for grabs.
10:36OK, um, you just chill out for now. You'll feel better soon.
10:41All I do is chill out.
10:43Well, there is nothing wrong with that.
10:45Hello.
10:46Hey.
10:47Did he get up?
10:49Yep.
10:53What's going on?
10:55Nothing.
10:57What's in the bag?
11:02Drugs.
11:05In lollipop?
11:07Yeah.
11:08OK.
11:10Give us some?
11:11No, just one.
11:13We want to see what the effects are.
11:15Whether it eases your pain and your nausea or makes it worse.
11:20Not my first rodeo, Nicole.
11:22Yeah, all right. Just one.
11:24Yeah, all right, good. You have one too?
11:27No, someone has to be brought up.
11:29Why?
11:30In case.
11:31What? In case what?
11:33In case what?
11:34You know what, Mum.
11:36Oh, come on.
11:38Just a couple of gummies.
11:40Billy's got that sleepover.
11:43Cassie and Knox won't be back for ages.
11:56Cool. Bye.
12:00Sadie's keen.
12:02Who?
12:03Sadie and Naz. It's a date.
12:05Sorry, who is Sadie?
12:07Ah, snooze, you lose, Mum.
12:09I have no idea what you're talking about.
12:11Sure you don't. No, Sadie's my friend.
12:13Sometimes I actually can't believe it.
12:15She's older than me, she was way more popular and she was the prettiest girl.
12:18Prettiest girl in Hacksville? Wow.
12:20It's pronounced Invercargill, OK?
12:22Mm-hm.
12:23So what, you set Naz up?
12:25Yeah, but not to fail, like I did this morning.
12:29He told me that you made it very clear that you were not interested.
12:32Hmm.
12:33Although, thank you for the inspo, because that disaster isn't what made me call Sadie.
12:37Right.
12:39You're not OK with this?
12:41Don't you have your own love life to focus on?
12:44You know I don't.
12:46Sorry.
12:47It's fine. I don't even know if I'm, like, the space for it mentally.
12:50What do you mean?
12:52Mm-hm. It's not easy.
12:54OK, well, you know, you've got to get back on that horse.
12:57Bye, Dad.
12:58Mm.
12:59Nah.
13:00Not for me.
13:02Bye.
13:06Now, while I'm struggling to figure out what warranted an MRI...
13:10I know what it looks like.
13:12It looks like we were running around after Chris.
13:14Yes, Chris, no, Chris, and he doesn't even work here anymore.
13:16I understand that, but he's still Chris Warner, isn't he?
13:18We can't pretend otherwise.
13:20But, yeah, I get it. I was wrong about the MRI.
13:24Show me the results, Ben.
13:30Well, yeah, he does need his head read by Psych Services.
13:34Or addiction, possibly.
13:36Chris is driving me up the wall.
13:38He's traumatised. We both know what that's like.
13:41Excuse me?
13:43Look how long it took you to recover from...
13:47It's matriarchy.
13:49Yeah, well, it's not just about deaths and memorials.
13:52Well, it is this year. We need to show up for Rahu.
13:54You think I don't know that?
13:55And for Chris.
13:57We need to think about how all this is impacting him.
13:59No, actually, we don't have to think about Chris.
14:02He doesn't think about Rahu or anyone, just himself.
14:04And you know what? When I was unwell, I actually let people help me.
14:08Well, people at home.
14:16Maybe some cardio. Then you'll be knocked out tonight.
14:19No worries.
14:23Whoa, whoa, whoa. What is this?
14:26Where did you get those?
14:27I'm a doctor.
14:28Yeah, so you know how sus this looks.
14:31I'm not going to kill myself. I just need to sleep.
14:35Hand them over.
14:36What?
14:37I'm in charge now, so take that one and I'll hold on to these.
14:40Oh, Billy, this is stupid.
14:42Yeah, and so is taking a sleeping pill during the day.
14:47But you're shattered and stubborn, so take that one and go to bed.
14:52Okay.
14:53Good night.
14:54Good night.
14:55Good night.
15:20So I walked into the room and there was Mike,
15:23sitting on the couch with Mandy McClure,
15:27draped all over him like...
15:31Like what?
15:33Like cheap polyester.
15:36What did you do?
15:37What any self-respecting woman would do.
15:39I walked right over there and I slapped that smug little smile right up his face.
15:47Mum, that's bad.
15:48Yeah, I know. I am very bad.
15:51Hey, no, no, no, we don't know what they do.
15:55Floating light is close.
15:58What happened to Mike?
15:59He left town after his house caught fire and burned to the ground.
16:07You did?
16:08No, I didn't.
16:10I put a curse on him.
16:12A curse?
16:13Yeah, well, I have the gift. I always have.
16:16Okay, well, how many people have you cursed?
16:18Oh, I don't know. I haven't done it for ages.
16:23Oh my God.
16:24What?
16:25Who?
16:26Harper and Drew.
16:29You cursed our friends?
16:30No, I cursed their home. It was when, you know, you and Drew...
16:34Mum, Mum.
16:35Well, I was so angry with them.
16:38So all the bad stuff that's happened at their place?
16:43Max's death?
16:44I forgot all about it. What have I done?
16:46Relax.
16:48It is hot in here.
16:49Harper, she nearly died too.
16:51Urgh, curses aren't real.
16:54I need to get over there. I need to lift it. I need to lift it.
16:57The room is spinning.
16:59Maeve, have you got any Himalayan salt?
17:02Did you put a curse on her too?
17:04Oh.
17:05Oh.
17:06Oh.
17:07Oh.
17:08Oh.
17:09Urgh.
17:13I had too much.
17:14You're lightweight. I think the same as us.
17:18Thank you for looking after me.
17:20You used to like this when you were a kid.
17:24I can't believe you put a curse on Drew and Harper's house.
17:28It's all in the past.
17:30But I will need you to take me over there.
17:33Okay, in case you hadn't noticed, we're high.
17:36And also, curses aren't real.
17:39Oh, they're real.
17:40Harper and Drew know it. I can tell you that much.
17:43Maeve is right.
17:45Okay, we're stoned and we're not thinking straight.
17:48I need you to take me to the shops and we need to buy everything that I need.
17:52Because if I die, hang on, if I die before lifting the curse, they will suffer forever.
18:00Let's just see how you feel later, if you're up to it.
18:05You don't believe me.
18:07I believe that you believe it.
18:09I thought you were finally getting me, Nicole.
18:11What?
18:12My spiritual side, my abilities.
18:15Speaking to dead people?
18:18Well, I sometimes make that one up.
18:22What?
18:24I've made a lot of grieving people very happy.
18:27Okay, let's get you cleaned up, honey.
18:30And a shower might make you feel a bit better, eh?
18:32This curse is very real.
18:36And it's dangerous.
18:37And it's dangerous.
18:44No, no, no! Why are you doing this?
18:47You stupid piece of...
18:50Having fun?
18:52Sorry, computer issues.
18:55You mean e-hire issues?
18:56Yeah, that too. I really took my eye off the ball with him.
19:01Him and that?
19:02That's the latest.
19:03I didn't know about the bipolar, so I didn't notice a shift in him.
19:06Well, to be fair, none of us did.
19:08But I should have seen it. We live together.
19:10But he was hiding it from you.
19:11Yeah, but the fact remains I haven't been there for him, and you know why.
19:14So, am I even allowed to feel angry?
19:17Well, you're probably a wee bit angry at yourself.
19:20I know I am.
19:21Yeah, I don't know anymore.
19:24I get it.
19:25But if you really want to, you two can work it out.
19:29I don't know. Can we?
19:31I don't know. Can we?
19:33If you love each other enough to fight for it.
19:40You signed it off. Do you know how dodgy that sounds?
19:43OK, who's going to be checking the books?
19:45David Kenny? He'd be the first to care about a past CEO.
19:47Go easy on mine, it wasn't her fault.
19:49It wasn't anyone but mine.
19:51Oh, OK, well I will talk to both of you then.
19:53This is not a charity, and you can't even put that there.
19:55Why?
19:56That's Wilder's tree.
19:57Yeah, I know.
19:58You can't make a hagi under a memorial tree.
20:00Yes, I'm not putting the hagi here.
20:03Esther, I...
20:04Yeah, I know you're going to want to talk about Chris,
20:06but I am really not in the mood.
20:08He paid for the MRI himself.
20:09I would hope so, is that all?
20:11No, no, um, it's been a lot for him.
20:14I've seen it, all of it.
20:16He can't sleep.
20:18He's too scared to because he's having nightmares.
20:20I mean, he's brought home sleeping pills, he's getting so desperate.
20:23He just needs to knock himself out.
20:25I get it is hard for him,
20:27but some of us don't have the option of falling apart
20:29when life doesn't go our way.
20:30We have to just carry on.
20:32Yeah, but you know how complicated this is, right?
20:34Doesn't he deserve a bit of compassion for that?
20:36Yeah, yeah, he does, and lucky he has you
20:38because I don't think I can help him anymore.
20:43It's just, how do I know you'll keep taking them?
20:45I don't want to be hovering over you all the time.
20:47Because I love you.
20:49And because I want to be better.
20:51Best I can be, for us.
20:54I see that.
20:56I see that you mean it.
20:57I do.
20:59Still, it's a sacrifice, isn't it?
21:02Just taking medication to keep me happy.
21:04Look, that's not all it is.
21:07Going off my medication,
21:09yeah, I felt more like myself,
21:11but it also reminded me of things I don't like about myself.
21:14Like?
21:16I was a person who had a lot of secrets.
21:20I couldn't be honest.
21:24I don't know, I felt like I became him again.
21:27With Natalie?
21:29Yeah, maybe she triggered something.
21:31But I don't want to be that person.
21:33I want to be real with you.
21:35I love you,
21:37and I love that you want to be better.
21:39Make this better.
21:41Of course.
21:43I think it's worth it, don't you?
21:45I do.
21:50I love you.
22:01Should we call,
22:02Hafer and Drew?
22:03No, she would have forgotten about it by tomorrow.
22:06It was freaky, though.
22:07They've been through a lot.
22:08Maybe she did put a curse on them.
22:12Not you, too.
22:13I'm just saying.
22:16I can't believe she had a go at me for not getting her.
22:19After all she's put me through.
22:21She didn't mean that.
22:22Didn't she?
22:23Look, let's get something to eat.
22:26I've got a munchie so bad.
22:27I want chips, man.
22:29And I want some fizzy drink.
22:31And I reckon we can make honey and dip vegan.
22:35I shouldn't have heard those coming.
22:38Honey, are you still feeling sick?
22:40Oh, no, I'm just a bit spaced out.
22:44Well, maybe you should enjoy it, then, babe.
22:48Okay, okay.
22:54Leanne?
22:56Ma'am?
22:59Ma'am?
23:01Oh, no, is she...
23:02Oh, my God, she's dead.
23:07Morning.
23:08No time for small talk, Drew.
23:09Have you got any stinging nettle?
23:11Can the curse be lifted?
23:13Spirits, hear me.
23:15Drew?
23:16Now?
23:17Yeah, obviously.