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00:00Previously on Neighbours.
00:02But you're not that much older than us, okay?
00:04I just think it's great that they invited you into their group.
00:06It means they're not ageist.
00:08Hey, why don't you do one of those IT courses?
00:10Your father likes to promise the world
00:12and then cuts and runs when it all gets too hard.
00:14Is there any chance to keep the business afloat
00:16without Dad's money?
00:17No.
00:18You know, there might be another way to get a version of what we wanted.
00:20Sky!
00:21I'm worried about Grandad.
00:23Having the residence so close to the school,
00:25it just doesn't feel like it's working.
00:27I'm sorry, but I'm taking him back to Port Douglas.
00:57Good Neighbours become good friends.
01:09Oh, that exhibition was wonderful.
01:11Yes, not too crowded?
01:12No, no, not at all.
01:14Ah, yes, on the way home in the bus,
01:17I sat next to that Eleonora.
01:19You know, the Italian woman.
01:20Oh, yeah.
01:21How's she getting on since Harvey passed?
01:23Ah, well, you see, that's it.
01:24He was her main translator
01:26and since he's gone, she finds it very hard to communicate.
01:29Okay, I'll get in touch with the interpreter
01:31and do a proper check-in.
01:32Oh, that will be a weight off my mind.
01:34Okay, yeah.
01:36Hello, what's this? Full house?
01:38We're just here to talk.
01:40You were?
01:41Who did all this?
01:42No, no, we didn't touch anything, Harold.
01:44It was me.
01:45Hey, Grandad.
01:46Sky!
01:48Oh, when did you get here?
01:50Oh, and what's all this?
01:54I am worried about your safety.
01:56That's why you're coming back to Queensland with me.
02:04I heard from Sadie about Vic shooting through.
02:07So, whatever I can do to help.
02:09Well, how about investing in a vineyard?
02:12If only I had that kind of cash.
02:14You and me both.
02:16To be honest, I'm on the verge of giving up.
02:21Well, have you thought about asking Christa for help?
02:24Yeah, she's offered, but it's not the right solution.
02:29Your father?
02:30Oh, I don't need a handout.
02:33What I need is a legitimate business partner.
02:36Well, if you do talk to your dad, say thanks for Brett.
02:39I'm sorry, he's a bit of an absent manager.
02:42Yeah, and when he is here, he's as useful as a chocolate teapot.
02:47Oh, I'm sorry, do you mind if I take this?
02:49It's my cousin.
02:50Yeah, give me a shout if you want another.
02:52Yeah, yeah, sure, thanks.
02:54Hey, Kiri.
02:56Hey, how's Magnetic Island going?
03:03To be honest, I'm pretty freaking miserable.
03:09Okay, it was a little cheeky of me to start packing your things.
03:14But after everything you told me, I just thought you'd be ready to leave.
03:18Well, I'd admit that there were a few issues.
03:21Yeah, well, take a look at this.
03:24It's a new retirement place in Port Douglas,
03:27surrounded by lush tropical gardens and a guarded security gate.
03:34But most importantly, Grandad, it's around the corner,
03:37so if something happens to you, I'm only five minutes away
03:39instead of a three-hour plane ride.
03:41Sky, we talked about this.
03:44You understood why I wanted to come back.
03:49Grandad, I accepted your decision because I felt like this was the best place for you,
03:54but it hasn't turned out that way.
03:56But this is where I want to be.
03:59I'm just not convinced it's safe.
04:02It's safe, and more than that, I'm happy.
04:07I don't want to leave here.
04:11Hmm.
04:21Oh, yeah, g'day.
04:22I've been looking at a couple of IT courses online
04:25and I just had a couple more questions, mainly just about the content.
04:31Yeah, OK.
04:32So when would they be available?
04:36This morning?
04:37OK, yeah.
04:38OK, yeah.
04:39I'll just juggle a couple of things around then.
04:41Oh, yeah, I'll just see you then.
04:43OK, bye.
04:46Off to work?
04:47Yeah, hey, why are you acting weird?
04:49Oh, I'm not.
04:52OK, whatever.
04:53See you at lunchtime.
05:04This is all my fault.
05:06I'm ranting and raving about Vic.
05:08I should have been focused on work.
05:10I am so sorry.
05:11In fairness, she did have a very good reason for being distracted.
05:14Yes, Vic's behaviour is outrageous.
05:16Sure, but the ranting and raving was bad timing in front of Skye.
05:20That man has caused enough chaos and upset without me adding to it.
05:24I'm putting my strategy to bond the offending students and residents
05:28into action today.
05:30Oh, that's fast.
05:32I'm counting the votes for resident representative.
05:34I might be able to join you.
05:36You come when you can, Susan.
05:38I think we need to act now if Skye is planning on whisking Harold away.
05:42I have sent Tony to go and speak to Skye this morning.
05:45So what's the plan?
05:48It's a simple idea.
05:50Inspired after watching the growing friendship between JJ and Harold.
05:54Have you been practising your music today?
05:56Oh, no, no, no.
05:58Out of courtesy to my nearest neighbour, I usually leave until after midday.
06:03So you can't play something now?
06:05Even just little cheeky notes?
06:08Live on the air, Jay.
06:10All right.
06:16I love it. I love it.
06:18Knock, knock.
06:19Oh, Skye, good timing.
06:21I want you to meet young JJ.
06:23JJ, this is my granddaughter.
06:26JJ works here, does all sorts of odd jobs
06:29and he was the one to track down my tuba.
06:33Oh, which should never have been stolen in the first place.
06:36Oh, dear.
06:37I'd better keep moving.
06:39Also, I'm here to remind everyone to vote for their resident representative today.
06:43Oh, yes, yes.
06:44In fact, look, I'll go downstairs and do it right now.
06:47Great. Thanks, Harold.
06:49Lovely young fella.
06:52Thank you.
06:58Can we talk about the elephant in the room?
07:00Oh, Tony, it's nothing personal.
07:02I just wanted to reassure you that I love Harold
07:05and I would do anything to protect him and everyone around here would.
07:08So, really, you have nothing to worry about.
07:11Thank you.
07:12That really means a lot.
07:14But until I'm convinced that this is the best place for him,
07:17I'm going to keep pushing for him to leave.
07:22I'm back.
07:24Oh, hey.
07:27Welcome back.
07:29I'm so glad you did this.
07:31I'm so glad I could get on a last minute flight.
07:33Yeah, well, I've got no investors and no money,
07:36but you coming back to work with me, it's the best thing to happen to me in ages.
07:40Well, like I said last night, it's good timing for both of us.
07:43Yeah.
07:44How is Glenn with the sudden departure?
07:46Oh, he's fine.
07:47It really wasn't all that sudden.
07:48He knows I've been restless for a while.
07:50Something's missing for me.
07:53I can relate to that.
07:55Yeah, I can't believe David's not here.
07:58Yeah, me neither.
08:00But, you know, Isla's looking more like him every day.
08:04I can't wait to see her and Aaron.
08:06And Nicolette.
08:08I won't be calling her personally,
08:11but she's going to find out I'm here eventually.
08:14Yeah.
08:15Yeah.
08:16So, to be clear, you'd rather not cross paths with her at all?
08:19Look, I just want to work hard and help you make this place great.
08:22Okay?
08:23Starting from now.
08:30Oh my goodness, it's chokers in there.
08:32Tell me about it.
08:34Jane gets in touch with me an hour ago
08:37and gives me a heads up saying that she needs a neutral place for a meeting.
08:40So, you know, busy, busy, busy.
08:42Yeah, well, tell me about it,
08:43because between home and work and uni and my social life,
08:46you know, I've barely got time to scratch myself.
08:48You've got something on your face.
08:50On the... Yeah, that's...
08:53Oh.
08:54Yeah, that's it.
08:58That's a fake eyelash.
09:00It's very weird.
09:02I never wear these.
09:04It's a very young person thing.
09:06I probably caught it off Sadie.
09:08Hey, I'd better get back in there.
09:10I'll see you later.
09:11Yeah, I'll see you. Have fun.
09:12Yeah.
09:26All right, everyone.
09:27You've had a chance to introduce yourselves.
09:29You'll notice on each table is a sheet of paper with conversation prompts.
09:34The idea is to ask each other questions and, well, get chatting.
09:42Mm.
09:44I'm still not convinced this is going to work.
09:47Why don't we give it a chance?
09:49Because this is how relationships are formed.
09:52Well, if it works, it'll solve a lot of our problems.
09:56Hey, um, could you get off the...
09:58Why?
10:00Because you're meant to be talking to me.
10:03We said hello. He's not interested. What's the point?
10:06Hello. What can I get you?
10:08Un caffè forte con un po' di latte.
10:11Un latte va bene.
10:13Un caffè forte con una goccia di latte.
10:17Oh, so not a latte?
10:19No.
10:20She wants a strong coffee with a dash of milk.
10:22Thank you. Okay, no worries. I'll get that for you.
10:25Um, you speak Italian?
10:28Yeah, my nonna and nonna told me.
10:30Parlo poco italiano, si ho detto che caffè vole.
10:34Grazie.
10:35Prego.
10:37We get the feeling that Jasmine is with the wrong partner.
10:40I think so, yeah.
10:44So, how were Nick and Byron when they told you?
10:47Oh, embarrassed.
10:50Ashamed.
10:52Devastated.
10:54I mean, I'm devastated too.
10:57The reason I took Vic's pitch on
10:59is because he said we were going to build a legacy for Abby and I.
11:04David would have loved the sound of that.
11:07Yeah, I think about him a lot when I'm here.
11:11I mean, it's beautiful here.
11:14I can see why you're desperate to save it.
11:18Well, you're back to help, so that's a good start.
11:22But without a big wad of cash...
11:28You know, you've always had a good relationship with God.
11:31Maybe you can pray for a miracle.
11:39I'm so sorry, there's one more question I forgot to ask you about the course.
11:43Yep, if you've still got time now, I can just duck back up to your office.
11:47OK, great, see you in a tick.
11:49And I'm really looking forward to enrolling.
11:52OK.
11:54Hey, you!
11:55Hi!
11:57Oh, my goodness, how did you guys pull off after the other night?
12:00Because I was rotten as, but I'm prepared to do it all again for Thirsty Thursdays.
12:05Woo!
12:08Why do I have to swap? I'm not an interpreter.
12:10I don't even want to be here.
12:12It's not a job, just hang out.
12:16Jasmine, you can think of it as a way to help yourself, right?
12:19You're going to have to face those robbery charges soon,
12:21and as someone who's been there and done that,
12:23showing signs of good behaviour is really going to help your case.
12:28Jasmine, I believe we should be pairing you with Eleonora.
12:33Yes, Miss Harris, I'm so excited.
12:36Great attitude.
12:38And JJ and Nell, perhaps you could join Mr Johnson,
12:43although I don't know that he'll be contributing very much.
12:47I hope you don't mind chatting with me and JJ.
12:52I'll cope.
12:57Mi chiamo Jasmine, lo sono contenta.
13:00Oh, bene, sono molto contenta.
13:03Tu mi piaci, gli altri son vecchi e negliosi.
13:08How much better is this looking?
13:11You've really come through, Jane.
13:13It's important to get the proportions right, which is why you have to draw a bunch of lines.
13:18Oh, Sky, Joey, you'll love this.
13:21You know Nell, Jarrah's daughter, yes?
13:24Yeah, I do, although you look so different from the last time I saw you.
13:28Well, she's into comic book art, just as you were when you were a teenager.
13:33Yeah?
13:34Yeah, I loved manga.
13:36It's actually how I bonded with my wife, Lana.
13:38Cool.
13:39Quite cool.
13:40So you see, everyone's getting along famously and there's no need for me to leave.
13:47Yeah, no need at all.
13:55She says that her wardrobe drawer isn't shutting properly.
14:04And she wants to go to a special foods store to buy olives.
14:07Oh, Jasmine, this is so helpful.
14:10And you've really brought Eleonora out of her shell.
14:12We do have on-call interpreters available to our residents,
14:16but since Eleonora's husband passed away, she's been keeping to herself.
14:20Well, she's been quite chatty today.
14:22She offered to teach me how to play Scoppa for money.
14:29That only happened because of you.
14:31Jasmine's the one who can speak Italian.
14:33Yeah, but you convinced her to get involved.
14:36That was really cool.
14:41Oh, I think Mr Johnson's waking up.
14:43Better go tell him what he missed.
14:46You probably don't need me to tell you this, but you and Nell are vibing.
14:49She's got a date lined up with Dex.
14:51Can't miss with her.
14:53All right, everyone, I think we can agree today has been a wonderful morning.
14:57But it is time for us to head back.
14:59So if you'd all like to make your way to the bus.
15:01Oh, I forgot to ask.
15:04Who won the ballot?
15:05Was it Laura or Hilary?
15:06Hey, guys, Grandad's going to stay here with me.
15:08We're going to go for a walk around the lake,
15:10so I'll drop you back later if that's OK.
15:12Do you think Skye might have changed her mind about not taking Harold away?
15:16Oh, well, I hope so.
15:18I mean, surely this activity made an impression.
15:22Hello. Hi, Nicolette.
15:24Look, I'm sorry.
15:25Can I call you back?
15:26I've got a bunch of residents and students I need to get on a bus.
15:30No, darling, if it's important, then of course.
15:32What is it?
15:35No, bring it back.
15:36It's important.
15:37It's important.
15:38It's important.
15:39It's important.
15:41No, bring as many as you'd like.
15:43Yeah, we look forward to seeing you then.
15:45OK, bye.
15:46Numbers are up for the product demo.
15:48We've got 50 people so far, which is pretty good considering it's such short notice.
15:52Yeah, well, I guess free food and drinks get the punters in, right?
15:55Yeah, well, I've also managed to convince some of Melbourne's biggest wedding planners to come.
15:59Oh, sounds good.
16:00And like they say in those infomercials, that's not all.
16:06Don't get a free set of steak knives?
16:08No, I think I've found us a potential investor.
16:13Who?
16:14Me.
16:15Look, I've been looking for something bigger and more challenging for a while now.
16:18You know, something where I can have some ownership.
16:21And I think this could be it.
16:23What kind of share are you thinking?
16:25It's not as much as Vic was putting on the table.
16:27But I talked to my bank and I think it's enough to keep us afloat until the events crank up and start bringing in cash.
16:34OK.
16:35I mean, unless, of course, you're not interested in having me involved in that way, which is also totally fair.
16:41Not interested?
16:43You're amazing.
16:48I don't know about you, but I am famished.
16:51Oh, there.
16:57Right.
16:59Tom.
17:02I wasn't planning on mentioning this, but when I saw you and Nell together before, I got a bit emotional.
17:12Really? Why?
17:16I don't know.
17:18I guess it reminded me of when I was Nell's age and when I was into my comics and living with you.
17:24Oh, the sweet ache of nostalgia, eh?
17:29No, it was more than that, Grandad.
17:32It actually made me realise why I've been wanting you to come back to Queensland.
17:38The real reason.
17:42I feel like, I feel like I've failed you all those years.
17:47Failed me?
17:49Yeah, we've had you in our lives for so long.
17:52Living in your apartment just a few streets away.
17:56But I didn't know that you needed help.
17:59Well, I didn't exactly tell you either, did I?
18:03When you told me that you were moving here, it just all happened so quickly.
18:06And it wasn't until after you'd left that I realised how much I missed you.
18:12Oh, baby.
18:13And then the guilt set in.
18:15I feel so guilty.
18:17Guilty?
18:18Guilty.
18:20Grandad, you did so much for me.
18:24I should be looking after you.
18:27But now you have your own life to live with Lara and the children.
18:33And I want to be here.
18:37I know.
18:39I see that now.
18:41It's funny.
18:43I thought I was coming here for you, but it turns out it was for me.
18:46I'm really going to miss you.
18:49And I'm going to miss you, but we will be able to see each other when we want.
18:54I know.
18:55Yeah.
18:56I'm sorry I came in all guns blazing.
18:58You always wear your mother's daughter.
19:00Bang.
19:03Oh, I love you, Grandad.
19:06Oh, dear.
19:07And I love you, Sky.
19:09I love you, Sky.
19:18Oh, I hope it isn't going to be commonplace finding you here every time I come home.
19:23We have a very good reason this time, Harold.
19:26You have been voted resident representative.
19:32But I wasn't even nominated.
19:34But you're so popular, your friends voted for you.
19:37Wow.
19:38I guess you staying here really is meant to be.
19:40I'm proud of you.
19:50No, honestly, I can't wait for you to meet Krista.
19:52I know you guys are going to get on so well.
19:54Well, if she can put up with you, she must be good.
19:57Hello, hello, hello.
20:02I know I was going to see you eventually, but I hadn't offered you enough, so I thought, why not now?
20:06Great.
20:07How long are you going to be staying for?
20:09Well, considering I just bought into the vineyard, I'd say I'm back permanently.
20:14Oh, my goodness, that is amazing. You must be so happy.
20:17Yeah, I mean, that's why we're celebrating. You want to join?
20:19Oh, yeah, absolutely.
20:21So where are you going to be staying?
20:22Because you can absolutely stay at mine if you're looking for somewhere in the short term.
20:26Yeah, let's discuss that in a second.
20:27If I don't go to the toilet, I'm going to burst.
20:29Okay.
20:31Oh, my God.
20:32I love her so much.
20:33And the way that she dropped everything to come down here to help you, it's pretty amazing.
20:40It was amazing.
20:43What's happened?
20:45We have a very big problem.
20:53Coming up on Neighbours.
20:55Saw you and Logan getting on really well.
20:57What do you mean by that?
20:59What do you mean by that?
21:00She is outrageous.
21:02Haz is worried about getting Fiona offside.
21:05I don't want to live in fear anymore.
21:08What are you doing here?