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00:01Previously on Shortland Street
00:03Nick, we've really been making ends meet since you've been off work.
00:05I went for the inheritance.
00:07Whenever it gets released, we'll be screwed.
00:09To my daughter, Nicole, I leave the remainder of my personal belongings.
00:13She's left me nothing.
00:15Whatever we had is over.
00:17From now on, we're just colleagues. Nothing more.
00:19What, you didn't think I'd notice you blocking me?
00:21So you're just gonna ghost me? Pretend I don't even exist?
00:23I want to pretend this whole thing never happened.
00:25All we have is real. Don't lie to yourself, Harper.
00:31Is it a man thing? Being selfish?
00:34It's a bit sexist.
00:36No, seriously. Ehaid just walks out.
00:38No thought for the rest of us or the patients.
00:40Well, there's probably things we don't know, you know? Circumstances.
00:43I've had bad breakups before. I don't drop everything.
00:45Yeah, you're a bad bitch.
00:47Yeah, I am. But I'm also a team player. I care about others.
00:49Is that too much to ask for?
00:51Yeah, I know. It's less...
00:53Um, sorry. I wasn't blaming you.
00:55Well, don't blame Ehaid.
00:58He couldn't cope, and not just because of what happened with Natalie.
01:00What was that about?
01:02It all just got too toxic for him.
01:04Hey, no one's judging.
01:06But I was.
01:08He had his reasons.
01:09But you're none of our business, right, Mum?
01:11Yeah, it's just bad timing.
01:13Yeah, I know.
01:15But you are good at it.
01:17You think you've got a future with somebody, but no.
01:20I think we've all been there, right?
01:22Okay, well, it's not your fault. He's the one that left.
01:24It's on him.
01:28Oh.
01:33Rough night.
01:35How could I sleep knowing that my mum has cut me off with nothing?
01:38Not nothing.
01:39Oh, yeah, that's right. What did I get?
01:41Um, some family heirlooms.
01:43Which we both know equals a useless bunch of tat.
01:46Thank you, Mother.
01:48Well, maybe there's some valuable stuff in there.
01:51You know, and she wanted you to sell it.
01:53What would be valuable is a third of the estate.
01:56But no, apparently I'm not worth that.
01:58I get a garage sale.
02:00Okay, it couldn't be a mistake.
02:02It's just, it's right there in the lawyer's letter.
02:05Yeah, or maybe they have the wrong will.
02:07What?
02:08People update them all the time.
02:10Yeah, well, Mum did talk about doing that.
02:14There you go.
02:15Yeah, every time I ticked her off, she'd be,
02:17you're out of my will, I'm calling the lawyer.
02:21I thought she was joking, though.
02:23Maybe she did it and then changed her mind.
02:26It's such a Mum thing to do.
02:28Leave us with a big fat muddle.
02:30Okay, well, someone pulled up the wrong will.
02:33Too many of her.
02:34You wish.
02:35She loves you, Nick.
02:37She'd never pass you over.
02:39She threatened to.
02:40Okay, well, let's call the lawyer and get them to check.
02:44Yeah, I bet that's what's happened.
02:47How much do you want to bet?
02:49She wouldn't let you down, Nick.
02:51You know she wouldn't.
02:56I thought you were staying home today.
02:59I'm just picking out something from the pharmacy.
03:01Dr. Samuels, bed rest means you rest in bed.
03:05And I would.
03:06Picky's got a temperature.
03:08I thought Picky was with Marty at TK's.
03:10We think her air infection's coming back,
03:12so I'm just here to pick up her repeat prescription.
03:14I can do that for you.
03:16There's no time for that.
03:17Or I'm sure Thaddeus wouldn't mind sending it directly to Marty.
03:20Well, I'm here now and everyone's busy, so...
03:23Okay, as long as you don't try to work while you're here.
03:26I won't.
03:27I will just go get that prescription,
03:29then I'll go home and rest.
03:30Promise.
03:36Hey.
03:37Oh, so you're talking to me now.
03:39Can we just roll a line under it?
03:41What, forget you blocked me?
03:43I had to. You know why.
03:45You're incredible.
03:46It's all about you, isn't it?
03:47Um, no, it's actually about protecting my family.
03:50Oh, from potential bunny boiler Phil?
03:52Look, I hurt you and you're vulnerable,
03:54but we have to find a way to work together, professionally.
03:57Suck it up, is what you're saying?
03:59Can you do that?
04:00I can be professional.
04:01Thank you.
04:04I was so old before, when Phil caught us bitching about him.
04:07Not us, me.
04:08I was the one that was bitching.
04:09Well, it was drama central with those two while you were gone.
04:12Yeah, I'm so glad I missed it.
04:13You had better things to do like that holiday holiday,
04:15and I still want more details.
04:16Yes, well, he was handsome and charming,
04:18and we slept together and that's that.
04:20You gonna show me a photo? You gonna throw me a bone here?
04:22It was one time.
04:23How come?
04:24Well, that just wasn't it.
04:26Was he a bit bad in the sack?
04:28Nah, no.
04:30He was good, he was good.
04:31I just, I didn't feel like I needed to go back for more.
04:34But he was keen?
04:35So keen, oh my God.
04:36I had to block him.
04:37Oh, no.
04:39Yeah.
04:41This just doesn't make sense.
04:43Unless you're hung up on somebody else.
04:46Oh, is that a blush I see?
04:48No.
04:50Come on, it's me.
04:51Don't make me play 20 questions.
04:53It's stupid.
04:54It's never gonna happen.
04:56Oh my God, Naz, still.
04:58I just can't stop thinking about him.
05:00He's the one that got away.
05:02Yeah, that's it.
05:03I just want him because I can't have him.
05:05Well, you wouldn't be the first.
05:06Does that make me pathetic?
05:08No, never.
05:10And he'd be crazy not to want you too.
05:12Well, he doesn't.
05:13So that's that.
05:23What are you looking at?
05:25Anything important?
05:27Hey, thank you for talking me off the ledge.
05:30Ledge?
05:31Oh, the will.
05:33I did what you said and I contacted the lawyers.
05:36Okay, and?
05:38They haven't replied yet.
05:41The more I think about it, the more it makes sense.
05:43I mean, Mum was such a drama queen about money.
05:46She probably made like half a dozen wills.
05:48Only the latest one counts.
05:51We were so close at the end.
05:53Yeah, honey.
05:54It was beautiful.
05:56She knew that I loved it.
05:57That's what's most important.
05:59This could be it.
06:02There it is.
06:07What?
06:10They've double checked and the will that they have is the most recent.
06:16What's the date on it?
06:17A year ago.
06:19So there's no question that she was in her right mind.
06:23Oh, Nick.
06:25She did this deliberately.
06:27She cut me out of the money.
06:30It came out of the blue, David.
06:33Several factors.
06:35Some mental health issues, but long story short,
06:37you hire Stonecourt without warning and it's put everyone here under massive pressure.
06:42We need to hire another surgeon.
06:45Yes, there are some budget implications,
06:47but there are also safety implications for both staff and patients,
06:50so I need to act on this.
06:53I will send it through.
06:55Got your prescription all right?
06:57I'm just waiting on some drops.
06:59And then you're heading home, right?
07:01Right after I send some documents to David.
07:03Can't Monique do that?
07:05Quicker, if I do?
07:08Just tell me what you need and I'll let her know.
07:10No, it's double handling.
07:12You know what's going to happen.
07:13You're going to open your computer and you'll get sucked back in.
07:15Thank you for your concern, Madonna,
07:17but this is time sensitive and everyone is snowed under.
07:19All I need to do is send some documents off to David
07:21and he can approve a new hire and I can be out of here.
07:24No, I'm putting my foot down.
07:26Excuse me?
07:27You need to rest.
07:28You need to stay in your lane.
07:29I don't mean to offend you, Doctor.
07:30Well then back off, please.
07:31I'm not your patient, I'm your boss.
07:36Hi Charlotte, I'm half of one of the doctors here.
07:39Having trouble breathing, yeah?
07:41Yes, can't talk.
07:43Has she got any allergies?
07:44I don't know.
07:45Do you think she might have swallowed something?
07:47I don't know, I was driving.
07:48She was in the back.
07:49I'm going to have a look.
07:50Is that really wide for me?
07:52Yeah, there is something obstructing the airway.
07:55Phil, can I grab you, please?
07:58We need to clear an obstruction in Charlotte's airway here.
08:01Back slaps?
08:02Yes, I will do those.
08:04If you could just monitor her O2 sats.
08:06I'm just going to get behind here and do some back slaps
08:08to try and dislodge the blockage, okay?
08:10It's okay, Charlotte, we'll get it out.
08:11Ready? Here we go.
08:14And again.
08:15Sats are too low, we need to sedate her.
08:17Okay, let's do it.
08:18Thanks, Harry.
08:20Now you're back down there.
08:23I'll give you some oxygen here, this is going to help you breathe.
08:25Yeah, this will help you feel better.
08:27Here we go.
08:28Breathe in and out.
08:31In and out.
08:32Okay, here we go.
08:33We've got you.
08:34Give the IV medecine.
08:37This will help you relax, Charlotte.
08:39It might make you feel a bit woozy.
08:43Okay.
08:45Okay, starting for an object.
08:48Hang on, it's quite far down.
08:52I can't.
08:53Hang on.
08:54I've got it.
08:58Drain.
09:02Oh, what is it?
09:03It is a small wooden spinning top.
09:06Not for eating, darling.
09:08We'll do a bronchoscopy to make sure that there's no internal damage,
09:11but it looks like that's the problem.
09:12Thank you, thank you so much.
09:15Great work, Doctor.
09:16Anytime.
09:22Oh, my God.
09:24Bad news?
09:28Yeah.
09:29Yeah, I've done a really stupid thing.
09:31Oh, sex, drugs or money?
09:34I took out a payday loan.
09:36Ouch.
09:37Yeah, I thought I could pay it back really fast, but...
09:39And now they've got you right where they want you.
09:42What do I do, Drew?
09:44Like, how do I get out of it?
09:46It's a legal contract.
09:47I can't pay this.
09:48Let's have a look.
09:51Don't.
09:5230% interest.
09:55And penalties that...
09:57That would make your eyes water.
09:59I'm so stupid.
10:00I'm so stupid.
10:02How about I pay it back for you?
10:04No, I can't ask that.
10:05Well, you didn't ask. I offered.
10:06I'll pay that off and then you pay me.
10:08I don't have that, Drew.
10:09Well, you can.
10:11No, no, no.
10:12Borrowing destroys friendships.
10:14I don't want that.
10:15Is there any other choice?
10:17I just...
10:18I don't know how to tell Nick.
10:20Well, that's a rough one, all right, but...
10:22you have to do it.
10:23She's really fragile right now.
10:25Got a man up.
10:26No secrets in a marriage.
10:28Remember?
10:31Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
10:33What's going on here?
10:34Um, just some necessary admin.
10:36After that turn you had in theatre yesterday.
10:38I am fine.
10:39No, no, no, no.
10:40The patient is fine.
10:41You are not supposed to be here.
10:43It is ten minutes, that's all.
10:45I'm gonna find Monique and tell on you.
10:51Airdrops.
10:52Apologies for the delay.
10:54Took you so long.
10:55I was just dotting the i's, crossing the t's.
10:58Well, they're just airdrops.
10:59They're not major meds.
11:00Yes, I know, but it's important to me to be thorough, so...
11:03There's being thorough and then there's being slow.
11:05You do know there have been complaints.
11:07I did not.
11:08And we can't afford to go at this pace.
11:10Well, I will try to go faster.
11:12Well, trying isn't good enough.
11:13We're all under pressure and we have to perform.
11:15My apologies.
11:16No, sorry doesn't cut it either.
11:18Okay, I'm a surgeon down,
11:19Eddie is barely coping,
11:20and you can't even manage routine tasks.
11:22How am I meant to step away if I...
11:24know this place is gonna grind to a halt at any second?
11:27Dr. Samuels?
11:29What's going on, more palpitations?
11:30It's nothing, I'm fine.
11:32Esther, you are not fine and I'm not having this.
11:34You're coming with me and no arguments.
11:44Hey.
11:49You wanna talk to me?
11:51I don't know what to say.
11:53I can't get my head around it.
11:56Well, maybe...
11:58Maybe Leanne thought personal things are better than money.
12:01You know that we shouldn't get so hung up on worrying about paying for bills and...
12:04Right, so she left me in debt as a life lesson.
12:07Gee, thank you.
12:10Like you said, she could get muddled.
12:12Hmm.
12:13But she didn't wear the other children were concerned.
12:16She managed to do right by them and their kids.
12:19Yeah.
12:20She's pretty generous with Billy too.
12:22It's not even about the amount.
12:24Don't.
12:25Well, it's been...
12:26It's about being treated differently.
12:28Right? Like excluded.
12:31She could be hard to love sometimes and I know that I can be too.
12:34Nick, no.
12:35I thought we'd gotten to a good place.
12:36I thought we'd managed to find a place of acceptance.
12:39I mean, you saw that.
12:40I did.
12:41Right? Yeah.
12:42I did.
12:43Yeah, and now this just feels like a punch in the face.
12:46I don't understand it.
12:47No, I do. She just...
12:49She didn't value me.
12:50No, that is not true.
12:52She took me for granted.
12:55Hey.
12:56I'm sorry, honey. You deserve better.
12:59My mum didn't think so.
13:01She put all down in black and white and signed her name to it.
13:07I'm sorry for being aggressive earlier.
13:09I know you were just doing your job.
13:11It's not just that. I care about you.
13:13Thank you, Madonna.
13:14I know how hard it is missing your family holiday.
13:18To be honest, I just wasn't in the right headspace.
13:21And that's the best time to go on a holiday.
13:23Oh, to deal with TK, I mean, his issues.
13:25It's, um...
13:26Hard going.
13:27Right.
13:28Here I was thinking you were just a workaholic.
13:31No, guilty. It is hard for you to go.
13:33Esther!
13:34What the hell?
13:35Yes, I know, I know.
13:36Not once, but twice.
13:37Are you trying to die on the job?
13:39I'm giving her that lecture too.
13:41Look, I am back and I am up to speed, so can you please trust me?
13:44I do.
13:45OK, well, this place, it distracts me from my personal life,
13:47so don't take that away from me.
13:49I surrender.
13:51Hello, frequent flyer.
13:53Yeah, um, more arrhythmia.
13:55Any pain?
13:56Not so much, but shortness of breath, a little bit dizzy.
13:59OK, well, we'll run some bloods, but as you can probably see,
14:01we are getting slammed and we don't have enough staff.
14:04Noted.
14:05So you know what I'm going to tell you.
14:07Go home, rest.
14:09Properly, for at least a week.
14:11What, no VIP treatment?
14:12Ha, I wish.
14:13Madonna, can you run those bloods for me?
14:14Sure.
14:15And then make sure she goes straight home and stays there.
14:17I will.
14:18Right, I'll call you with your results.
14:20Thank you.
14:21I can't help her.
14:22Finding you more staff will be my top priority.
14:24Mm-mm, my top priority.
14:27So I've sent the contract through.
14:28If you're happy with everything, just sign it and send it back.
14:31Thank you.
14:32Bye.
14:34Coward.
14:35Don't start.
14:36That's not denial.
14:37And look at him.
14:38He's lonely, you're lonely,
14:40and you guys could actually be really good together.
14:42Why don't you focus on your own life and not mine?
14:44I just like to see people happy.
14:46Is that so bad?
14:47And you're just about the only senior staff member
14:48who isn't happily partnered up.
14:50So, when S is not here, you're the mother of this hospital.
14:53And mothers deserve love.
15:04Okay, definitely looks like an abscess.
15:07Could have been caused by ingrown hair or blocked follicle,
15:10but I'm going to have to drain it to be more conclusive.
15:12What's that?
15:13I'm just going to make a small cut with a scalpel,
15:15and if I find more pus, then it confirms the infection.
15:18So, not cancer?
15:19That's right.
15:22Now, this might hurt a wee bit.
15:26Argh!
15:28Sorry, sorry.
15:30But look.
15:31Good news.
15:32It's just pus.
15:36Are you all right in here?
15:37Yeah, it's an abscess.
15:38We're going to have to keep you in overnight,
15:40drain it properly, and give you some IV antibiotics.
15:42Okay.
15:44Be back later.
15:45Felt like there was a murder in there.
15:47Could have given it to Michael, but he was a bit chittery about needles.
15:50Well, you're damned if you do, damned if you don't.
15:52Bit like us.
15:53Bill, don't.
15:54We still feel it, don't you?
15:56We're a great team in ED.
15:58But we're really short on doctors right now.
16:17Hey, you haven't seen Sage, have you?
16:19No, I'm expecting him any minute.
16:21Oh.
16:22So am I.
16:23Oh, weird.
16:24I thought it was a sus.
16:25I thought he was shouting around at drinks.
16:27Maybe he got the time wrong.
16:28I don't think so.
16:30You think this is a setup?
16:32Well, isn't it obvious?
16:33I've told him about this.
16:34Yeah, same.
16:35You can't force people to be together.
16:37Yeah, if it's not happening, it's not meant to be.
16:40Hmm.
16:41And her meddling, it's giving cringe.
16:43Sign of immaturity.
16:44A hundred percent.
16:46She means well, but...
16:47It is so embarrassing.
16:49That's fine.
16:50We're both adults.
16:51We can laugh about it.
16:52Right.
16:57Not operation today, but we need to clear as many beds as possible,
17:00so just check in with Selene when you get there.
17:02Hey.
17:03The motorway's a mess.
17:04There's heaps of patients coming in.
17:05Yeah, I heard.
17:06Clearing beds.
17:07How many we got?
17:08Five.
17:09I could send Miss Fanoa to radiology,
17:10but she'd be parked in a corridor all night.
17:12No, leave her in her room.
17:13I'll see if I can move her to a ward.
17:16OK.
17:21I heard we were full up.
17:23Yeah, well, I might have to do some creative bargaining.
17:26With what?
17:27Supplies?
17:29I haven't heard you laugh like that in a while.
17:32Harper.
17:35We're not doing this.
17:36Sorry.
17:37I know.
17:38Not the right time or place.
17:42You guys ever hand in here?
17:44Um, no.
17:45All good.
17:46Thank you, Sage.
17:47Oh, God, why is sex such a problem?
17:49Is it?
17:50You know, you just gotta go for it.
17:51You just can't overthink it.
17:53I don't follow.
17:54Mon and Naz, have you seen the way they look at each other?
17:56The longing?
17:57Like, why can't they just date already?
17:58It shouldn't be that hard when you're that gorgeous.
18:00Maybe it's more complicated than you know.
18:02It's not complicated.
18:03It's simple, OK?
18:04I just feel like coming into a room,
18:05banging their heads together and being like,
18:07life is short!
18:08Get it on!
18:16I mean, it's nice that he's so invested.
18:21That's one word for it.
18:22He's just trying to be a good friend.
18:24He was just a little bit controlling.
18:26I won't tell him you said that.
18:27No, don't, no.
18:28It's too negative.
18:29Um, say he just,
18:31he just wants everyone to be happy.
18:33His version of happy.
18:35Hmm.
18:36And what is your version of happy?
18:39Uh, well, um,
18:42relaxing.
18:43Relaxing?
18:44After a long day's work,
18:45knowing I've done a good job?
18:48Good company?
18:50So,
18:51yes.
18:54And whatever Sage thinks we should or shouldn't be doing.
18:57Hmm.
18:58For now.
18:59This is very nice.
19:00Spending time with you.
19:02Yeah, yeah.
19:03It's nice.
19:06Did you want another drink?
19:08Yeah,
19:09but probably not alcoholic.
19:11I don't want to get too carried away.
19:13Right, uh, any preference?
19:15Uh, I will...
19:16Come on!
19:20I might just grab some water.
19:21Early start tomorrow.
19:23Fine.
19:24Just as well.
19:25Not on a date.
19:27Okay.
19:32I'm sorry.
19:33I should go.
19:36Where?
19:37Sorry, I'm late.
19:42Hey, um,
19:43shift's almost over,
19:44but my patients are up in the air.
19:45Okay, tell me.
19:46Um, motorbike girl needs a surgeon.
19:48There's definitely glass and gravel in its lacerations.
19:50And cupicle three needs a superpupic catheter.
19:52And then we still got Millie in cupicle two.
19:54Right, has she got the abdo pain in the sore ribs?
19:56Yeah.
19:58Where do you want me?
20:00Uh, nasal gastric tube for cupicle two, please.
20:03Sage, could you set that up before you go?
20:04Sure.
20:07Can it happen again?
20:08What happened?
20:09I didn't see anything.
20:10You know exactly what I'm talking about.
20:12It's just one of those things.
20:14No, we need boundaries.
20:17Oh.
20:18My.
20:19God.
20:20Hello, Clover.
20:21Emmett,
20:22what are you doing here?
20:23Well, I'm here to save the day.
20:25Not a moment too soon by the look of it.
20:31Okay, I have something to tell you.
20:34Please don't be
20:36angry with me.
20:38Is it about Mum?
20:39Um,
20:40kind of.
20:41It's
20:42about the loan.
20:44What about it?
20:46Nick, I miscalculated.
20:48I can't actually afford the repayments.
20:50Maeve.
20:51I know, I'm so sorry, honey.
20:52I wanted to reduce your stress, not add to it.
20:55And you thought that Mum's money could pay it off?
20:58I shouldn't have assumed.
21:00You had every right to assume.
21:02I assumed.
21:03No, Nick, this is my fault.
21:04Okay, I didn't read the terms properly
21:06and I'm kicking myself.
21:08What are we in for?
21:11I'm scared to even say it.
21:13Show me.
21:21There must be
21:22some
21:23mistake.
21:24I'm so sorry.
21:27We can't pay that.
21:28I know.
21:30I just, I wanted to make things easy.
21:32You know, so that you could
21:33be with Leanne.
21:34Who was stabbing me in the back.
21:36No, that's not fair.
21:37That's not fair.
21:38Life isn't fair.
21:39If it was, then I would have the money
21:41and we could pay this back.
21:43Look what she's done to us.
21:45Honey, don't.
21:46No, no, no, this is Mum's mess.
21:48She's a fucking rotten hell.
21:55Oh my God, you'll never guess.
21:57Emmett's back.
21:58Yeah?
21:59I did his contract.
22:01Oh, of course you did.
22:03AD's desperate, so.
22:04Well, Harper is.
22:05Harper is.
22:06Yes.
22:07Right.
22:09She wasn't consulted?
22:11Yeah, I guess.
22:12No, she wasn't.
22:13So, how did it go with Naz tonight?
22:16I wasn't consulted.
22:18Sorry, how did it go?
22:19It didn't.
22:22I told you not to interfere.
22:23Did you not hear me?
22:24I did hear you, but you were in denial.
22:26I'm not in denial.
22:28He's just so not into me.
22:30Did he say that?
22:31How do you know?
22:32Because he just,
22:33he wouldn't go there, okay?
22:36I thought there was a spark,
22:37and I thought we were going to kiss,
22:40and then he just, he runs a mile.
22:43Maybe he's just overwhelmed.
22:45Thank you.
22:46Intimidated, I mean.
22:48Time to make excuses for him.
22:54Doesn't sound like running a mile to me.
22:56You think?
22:57Yeah, there's urgency in that knock,
22:58like he's got something to get off his chest.
23:00Huh?
23:01No.
23:02Done?
23:03Hey, I won't peek, I promise.
23:05Good luck.
23:07Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
23:09I'm coming.
23:12Hmm.
23:15Hello.
23:17Oh, for goodness sake.
23:18Am I dreaming, or does this mean you're back?
23:20Oh, I'm back, baby.
23:21What the hell were you thinking?
23:23What chaos awaits?
23:24Now Maeve and I have got to manage Emmett and his giant ego.
23:26Emmett Fair, I'm here.
23:28Shortland Street, next on 2 and TVNZ+.