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00:00Previously on Shortland Street.
00:02This is Anna and her Nana Helen.
00:04She's visiting while Anna's parents are away.
00:06Do you have any cheese?
00:07What's happening?
00:08With no travel insurance, I just don't have that kind of cash.
00:11We can do better than that.
00:12I couldn't help but notice that is an extremely high dose.
00:15For a child?
00:16Well, thanks for your advice, but as her doctor, it's the dose I think is appropriate.
00:20I'm worried he's slipped.
00:21Well, he's hardly going to use blood pressure meds to get high.
00:24Are you trying to get us both fired? Take the hospital?
00:26How else was I supposed to help her?
00:27You won't be able to help anyone if you're fired.
00:29No word from Evita's.
00:30They want to change all the hospital signage back into English only.
00:33If you think I'm going to stand by and let this happen, you've got another thing coming.
00:35She was upset.
00:36Fair enough.
00:37I'm just trying to do my job.
00:38I know, but that language is part of Esther's identity.
00:40She can't help but take this personally.
01:00Firing me is not the way to deal with this.
01:02For the hospital or for you?
01:04For anyone.
01:05Look, I get that you're angry.
01:06Oh, do you?
01:07Of course.
01:08But you still did it.
01:09That's the thing.
01:10It was a life or death situation.
01:12It's a hospital.
01:13It's what we work in.
01:15There are rules for a reason.
01:17There are systems for a reason.
01:19I did what I had to do.
01:20OK, then.
01:21Stuff me in my position, never mind how it compromises me.
01:24No.
01:25But if you think your position is more important than the hospital,
01:28if you think your position is more important than a patient's life,
01:31then...
01:32Then what?
01:33Well, don't hold back, Marty.
01:36The power's gone to my head,
01:37and I don't give a shit about the little people anymore.
01:39Is that what you think?
01:48Hey.
01:49Nope.
01:50Sorry?
01:51I don't work here, and I shouldn't be here.
01:53It's OK.
01:55You don't want to see me anywhere.
01:56I know what you think of me.
01:57That I'm some blundering, inadvertently racist board minion.
02:00Actually, I'm an advertently racist board minion, which is so much worse.
02:03I would never say those things.
02:04Please don't put words in my mouth.
02:06Why not?
02:07I'm putting English words in everyone's mouth, so why not yours?
02:09You don't sound happy about it.
02:11I'm fine about it.
02:12I'm all for clarity.
02:13Right.
02:14Because you sound kind of confused.
02:16Clarity in-house.
02:17And as you can see, I'm clearly very busy.
02:27Hey.
02:28Hey.
02:29Hey.
02:30You tidied up.
02:32You know you don't have to.
02:33I've got to make myself useful.
02:34Nick, you know that I never mean to make you feel left out.
02:35Hey.
02:36Look, I shouldn't have said anything.
02:37It's pathetic.
02:38No, it's not.
02:39Honey, if that's how you feel, then it's good that I know, so I can make things better.
02:40Can we just stop talking?
02:41No.
02:42No.
02:43No.
02:44No.
02:45No.
02:46No.
02:47No.
02:48No.
02:49No.
02:50No.
02:51No.
02:52No.
02:53No.
02:54No.
02:55No.
02:57Stop talking about it.
02:58I'm fine.
02:59I mean, I'm not a baby.
03:00Cassie is the kid here.
03:02I get it.
03:03Yeah, but that doesn't mean you don't get it.
03:05And I'm just getting used to my kid being away, so sorry.
03:08Nick, you don't need to be sorry.
03:11I am.
03:12I am.
03:13Okay?
03:14Can we just leave it?
03:22These are for you.
03:23All right, thank you.
03:24So you'll be gone by now.
03:25Gone by now?
03:25Loose ends and then I'm back to ED.
03:27Sure I can't swear you with a success story?
03:29Jasmine Russell made a full recovery.
03:31That's great, but I just can't handle
03:33the emotional rollercoaster of it all.
03:35And ED's not a rollercoaster?
03:36Well, it's a rollercoaster that I can handle.
03:39Maybe it's the speed of it that works in my favor,
03:40but it's like sitting with these kids
03:42and getting to know them, and then,
03:45anyway, I've made my decision, so loose ends.
03:49Well, if you change your mind.
03:50I won't.
03:52Hey, have you seen Monique?
03:54Yeah, charging around, tearing down signs.
03:57Yeah, she's pretty touchy about it.
03:58Well, it fully sucks, and I hate it.
04:00You do too, but it's awkward because she's your girlfriend.
04:03I try not to mix work and personal.
04:05Yeah, but it does affect you personally.
04:07It's giving toxic workplace vibes,
04:09and honestly, I would have expected better from her.
04:12But I'm not going to insult myself, or I'm not needed.
04:15I'm going to get the hell off the paediatric floor
04:16before you show me another cute, and yet tragic, case.
04:20It's clearly a staph infection,
04:23and I don't think it's a huge ass
04:24to deal with it while she's here.
04:26Phil's trying to get through a settlist.
04:28Well, that's great, but would you rather deal with it now,
04:31or in a few days when Jocelyn comes back through ED
04:35and florencepsis?
04:37Good point.
04:39You paged?
04:40Tell me about Jocelyn Calliman.
04:42She's obese, she presented for a LITS,
04:44and she also has a skin infection.
04:46And Selena came to you expressing concerns for a patient?
04:50I'm certain that a GP can deal with minor skin infection.
04:53Minor? So, you have a sister?
04:54Send a swab?
04:56Well, no, not yet. I've been busy.
04:58When a senior nurse comes to you with a concern,
05:01you investigate it.
05:02I would have thought you'd have learned that lesson by now.
05:04Sorry.
05:05Don't say sorry, Phil.
05:07Just do your job.
05:08I'll go see her now.
05:11I'm sorry, Phil.
05:13I'll go see her now.
05:18Oh, what fresh hell is this?
05:21Well, it's the latest from our delightful shareholders.
05:25I suppose people can't read English if there's Maori next to it.
05:29God forbid someone has to roll an O.
05:32You ever feel like there's just no point fighting,
05:34like there's a trap waiting around every corner?
05:37Sorry, that was... that was unprofessional.
05:39Oh, good, cos I feel that way sometimes.
05:42But then I remember our tūpuna didn't fight centuries for us to give up.
05:46Well, that's a good point.
05:48I make them sometimes.
05:50I'm glad you're back.
05:51I think I'm gonna need your Mike Warner right now.
05:54Don't give up. You're a powerful wāhine Māori.
05:57Never forget that.
06:00Let's grab a coffee.
06:05If you want to have a go, you've got ten minutes.
06:07I'm not here to have a go. I want us to talk properly.
06:10OK. I don't want to fight.
06:12Neither do I. But I am just doing my job,
06:15and people everywhere seem to have a problem with that.
06:17People are gonna have feelings about this.
06:18Yeah, of course they are.
06:20But thinking I'm single-handedly responsible for banning te reo,
06:23that's just ridiculous.
06:24No, but you have to see where people are coming from.
06:26This is a massive step backwards,
06:27and to not see it's indicative of a shift in thought...
06:29I thought you weren't gonna have a go.
06:30I wanted you to hear me out.
06:32OK, well, this is not the time or the place.
06:34I thought I had two minutes.
06:35You did. Bear over.
06:38I think Selena is right.
06:40It looks like a staph infection to me.
06:42Not a big deal. I'll write a script for some antibiotics.
06:46In the future, your GP can probably deal with this sort of thing.
06:49Of course. Sorry for wasting your time.
06:52Your weight does make you prone to these sort of infections,
06:55so I would recommend a medicated body wash as well.
06:58Of course. Thank you.
07:07Phil.
07:09Did you really have to add the dick about her weight?
07:12What?
07:13She's already embarrassed. Could you not see that?
07:16I don't think it was necessary for you to shame her out.
07:18Selena, it's an infection from the folds of her skin rubbing together.
07:21I'm just stating the facts.
07:22I think we should keep her in.
07:24Why?
07:25Give her a couple of doses of IV antibiotics.
07:27Give her a kick-start at really tackling that infection.
07:31She doesn't need admission.
07:32Would you say that if she wasn't fat?
07:34Excuse me?
07:35I'm just asking if you would recommend the treatment if Jocelyn was in a smaller body.
07:40Someone in a smaller body wouldn't have an issue like this.
07:43That's exactly what I thought you'd say.
07:50Kapai. Thanks.
07:54Kia ora.
07:55There he is.
07:56I was hoping to catch you. I've been wracked with guilt.
07:58You have?
07:59I never should have cast dispersions on Marty.
08:02It was awful of me to think he'd relapsed.
08:04You had concerns?
08:05You came to me as a colleague and a friend. That's hardly awful.
08:08Marty's worked so hard on his recovery.
08:11True.
08:12He's been so determined to rid himself of his demons for you and for the kiddies.
08:18He has, hasn't he?
08:20Obviously, I'll offer him my apologies as well.
08:22I just wanted to let you know how deeply I regret my misstep.
08:25If there's ever anything I can do to make it up to you...
08:28You're a good man, Thaddeus.
08:31It means a lot, coming from you.
08:38Ka kite.
08:51Your bath?
08:54So I'm cooking with a recipe.
08:58Okay.
09:00And Cassie's out for the night.
09:03Did you say something to her?
09:05Yeah, I told her to leave and never come back.
09:07No, she was going out anyway.
09:10But I have been thinking that maybe it'd be nice for us to have some nights where she's out.
09:15Make it a regular thing.
09:17Might as well kick her out on a schedule.
09:20Basically, yeah. Every fifth night, just shove her out the door.
09:23We can't afford date nights.
09:25Well, we don't have to go out.
09:27We stay in, yeah? We light some candles, we drink some wine, cheap wine.
09:31And then we pretend to watch some really cheesy movie.
09:34But really, we just... we just make out.
09:39You're being so lovely. I've been such a dick.
09:42Oi! No, you haven't.
09:44Honey, I hate that you've been feeling so lonely when I'm right here.
09:48But you have to keep telling me how you're feeling.
09:51Before it gets all yucky.
09:53I can't fix it if I don't know.
09:56Okay. Bob the Builder.
09:59Well, you know you don't have to worry about Cassie.
10:02Right? About money.
10:04Or feeling like she's more important to me than you.
10:07She's the mother of your grandchild.
10:10That doesn't make you chop liver.
10:12You, Mac, are my wife.
10:15And you're gorgeous.
10:17And you're amazing.
10:19And you need to remember that.
10:22I have to... do the thing.
10:25Hang on.
10:27I'll light the candles.
10:30Hey.
10:31I love you.
10:34Love you too, Bob.
10:39I hope you can forgive my ill-advised suspicions.
10:42You could have come to me first instead of going straight to Esther.
10:45Yeah, I suppose, but...
10:47You didn't want to aggravate the junkie who might do something and lash out.
10:50No, that's not your idea.
10:52Oh, dear, I've made a muddle of this.
10:55It's okay.
10:56No, it's not. You're right.
10:58I went running to Esther when she's already got so much on her plate,
11:01and then when I apologised for it, she took the time to be so gracious,
11:04even though, I must say, she appeared rather despondent.
11:07I am, as the kids say, the worst.
11:10Thaddeus, it's fine. You're forgiven.
11:13When you say Esther seemed despondent...
11:16This attack on Tyrael must...
11:19I can only imagine how it's hurting her,
11:21and yet she's trying to keep it all together for the rest of us.
11:24A remarkable woman.
11:31All done.
11:32Yep.
11:33Thank you. I hope you didn't get too much grief.
11:35All good.
11:38Kia ora.
11:39Oh, sorry. Did I hurt your ears?
11:41Don't be like that.
11:42Don't you be like that.
11:43Just be nice, or go.
11:45I'm sorry, I just don't get it.
11:46You know, I'm usually team mum, but this just feels really uncool.
11:49She's just doing her job, Sage.
11:51Yeah, well, I'm just seeing a job where you have to do that.
11:53It shouldn't be a job that you want.
11:54There's a time and place to say this,
11:56and after a long day of animosity from ex-colleagues,
11:59maybe this isn't it.
12:01OK, whatever. I'm getting a pint.
12:05You've changed your tune.
12:07I still think what I think about the whole issue,
12:09and would like to discuss it with you further in the future, calmly, but today.
12:14Right now, I would like to offer you dinner in a friendly face.
12:18I don't deserve that.
12:19You've been trying really hard to compartmentalise,
12:21and I haven't made it easier.
12:23I should, because that's how I work.
12:25You are the compartmentalising queen.
12:28Well, I wouldn't put it like that, but I'll happily accept the crown.
12:33Ready to get out of here?
12:35Please.
12:37And then she basically called me a fat phobic monster.
12:40Really? That's pretty harsh.
12:42Right? I mean, it's not my fault that Jocelyn's overweight,
12:45and that's the cause of her issues.
12:47Well, not all of her issues.
12:49Not to mention, Selena went over my head to Drew.
12:51It's like the last thing I need right now.
12:54She must have felt pretty strongly about it.
12:56Can you be on my side here?
12:58Well, she's my sister.
12:59I had a million things to do.
13:00I didn't need to derail my entire day by dealing with a staph infection
13:03that could have been seen to by a GP,
13:05and then being told I'm fat phobic.
13:07Do you think maybe you are judging Jocelyn a little harshly?
13:10Not you too.
13:11I'm a Dr Vili. I want people to be healthy, don't you?
13:14I do, but it's not that...
13:15Then you agree that being overweight is not the way to go about it?
13:18I'm not calories in, calories out.
13:21It's not fat phobia, it's science.
13:23Except that science doesn't actually back that up anymore.
13:26We're getting nowhere.
13:28Aren't you going to Drew back?
13:30Uh, yeah, yeah.
13:32Um, to my kitchen later.
13:39Gia!
13:40I am off the clock, and I am waiting for Naz.
13:42All right, I'll put it all in an email then, should I?
13:44That would be great.
13:45Cool, and I'll address it to you and your superiors,
13:47because even though you're not the one making the decisions,
13:50you're the one making it happen.
13:52I don't have a choice.
13:53Who is the one marching around this hospital,
13:55making sure every last scrap of te reo Maori is taken down?
13:58I'm under orders, and I've only just got this job.
14:00But you're making your mark though, right?
14:02Who cares whose land we're on, that our language is dying?
14:05How that makes people feel?
14:07People feel alienated by these signs.
14:09Oh, there's English there too, for God's sakes.
14:12It's the fact that te reo even exists
14:14that's got people feeling so threatened.
14:16It's pathetic, Monique.
14:18Pathetic and dangerous.
14:20And you are just as much to blame as they are.
14:27Hey.
14:28Thanks for coming.
14:30Should I be worried we're not at home?
14:32I figure this is neutral ground,
14:34and I owe you an apology, sort of.
14:38No, I messed up.
14:39I know what I did was wrong.
14:41But I couldn't just stand by and watch Helen suffer
14:44when I could easily fix it.
14:46I get it.
14:48You do?
14:49Believe it or not, mate, we do have the same values.
14:51I just go about things a little differently sometimes.
14:54I get it. I need to rein it in.
14:56No, I didn't say that.
14:58I like that you always do what's right,
15:00and we're going to need that energy if we're going to survive
15:02whatever Monique throws at us next.
15:04What?
15:06But we need to be on the same team.
15:08I don't want to lose the hospital,
15:09and I sure as hell don't want to lose you either.
15:14Then sign me up.
15:29Morning.
15:30Good timing. How'd you go last night?
15:31Well, once I got to sleep,
15:33I dreamt that there was posters on my face all around the city,
15:35and then people went and tagged all these awful things on them.
15:37Right, it's been stressful.
15:39Yeah, I just really hope I don't run into Gia today.
15:43Unfortunately, that's part of it.
15:45Look, she's got a different opinion to you,
15:47and she's entitled to say something.
15:49Okay, why didn't you bring this up at dinner last night?
15:51I didn't think you were in a place to have reasoned discussion.
15:54Look, what Gia is seeing is a privileged white woman
15:57tearing down her language in the workplace.
15:59Wow, this truce is well and truly over.
16:01Don't hold back.
16:03You can't act so offended
16:04any time someone disagrees with what you're doing.
16:06I thought you were all for compartmentalising,
16:08personal and private.
16:10Yes, I am.
16:11And yesterday you were at the end of a long day and needed support,
16:14so I listened.
16:15And today you're going in to deal with this very issue.
16:17I've been up all night thinking about how regressive this is,
16:20that I needed to say something.
16:22Well, congratulations, you did.
16:24Don't be like this.
16:25It's how I am.
16:27Isn't this fun?
16:28Learning all these new things about each other
16:30in such early days of our relationship.
16:32You know I'm not the only person that disagrees with you on this.
16:35If you're going to do this,
16:36you're going to have to get better at taking criticism.
16:38There's going to be a lot more coming your way.
16:46Good morning, sunshine.
16:47Glad to see you're not kicked out.
16:49Not that I got much rest.
16:51Well, hospitals aren't exactly the most relaxing of places.
16:55I'm just going to take your temp.
17:01Oh, well, your temp's up a bit since yesterday.
17:04How's it going?
17:05Pretty rough, if I'm honest.
17:07But it's all good.
17:08I think Dr. Grayson wants me to go home this morning.
17:10We'll see.
17:14Can I take a wee look at the wound?
17:22Is it bad?
17:23It's not great, but I don't want you to worry.
17:26I might just have to get the big guns out.
17:31Miss Killerman, ready to head home?
17:34What's that?
17:35Your infection spread overnight and she's re-primed.
17:38OK, has the wound swell come back yet?
17:40Not yet.
17:41OK, we'll stop the amoxicillin and clav and start on flu clocks.
17:45I'm not worried, we just need to give you a different medication.
17:49Hey, I think she needs a surgical washout.
17:53We don't need her to jump to surgery straight away.
17:55Now, if you don't mind, I've got to finish my rounds before I go to bed.
17:58I'm not above going to drill again.
18:04Am I in trouble?
18:06That's what I thought too, but Astra assured me that wasn't the case when she summoned me.
18:10I don't think any of us know why we're here unless you have the inside word, Marty.
18:14Not a clue.
18:16Maybe you can enlighten us.
18:18I'm sorry for the cloak and dagger everyone,
18:21but it's not really something I could safely say in an email.
18:23Planning a revolution?
18:25Something like that.
18:26We're all aware of the recent closure of the NPC and other sweeping changes.
18:30Which are garbage, to say the least.
18:32Damn right.
18:33So many patients will suffer without that clinic.
18:35Well, not if we can help it.
18:37I'm looking at running weekend clinics instead, above and beyond our existing hours,
18:40so we can help meet the needs of those Māori and Pasifika patients.
18:43Let me guess, these clinics will need to fly under the radar of the powers that be?
18:48That's right.
18:50Look, I know what I'm asking here,
18:52and if any of you don't want to be involved, it's completely understandable.
18:55I'm in.
18:56Me too.
18:57As thrilled as I am to be invited to be part of this clandestine plan,
19:00I am a little nervous.
19:02It's not compulsory, Thaddeus.
19:06Yesterday, I told you I wanted to make things up to you.
19:09Today is that day.
19:12Great.
19:13Chris.
19:16Let's do it.
19:20Should I make us pancakes?
19:22No, it is my treat.
19:24Should I make us pancakes?
19:26No, it is my turn to cook.
19:33Hey.
19:34How's my gorgeous boy this morning?
19:35Still sleeping.
19:36It's a miracle.
19:37Yeah.
19:39I've been thinking.
19:41Uh-oh.
19:43I know you said I should use my money to pay for my own clothes,
19:47but I don't need heaps, and you guys have been so good to me,
19:50so I thought I could chip in for bills and stuff.
19:53Casey, you don't have to do that.
19:55I want to.
19:56It won't be much, sorry,
19:58but I'm pretty sure I'm using all the Wi-Fi, so...
20:01That's really generous, but not necessary.
20:04I am doing it.
20:06Tonight is the first payment.
20:09Too good to last.
20:12What was that about?
20:14I don't know, but I told you you didn't need to worry about her.
20:18She's going to jump in the shower.
20:24Should we be in mufti so as not to arouse suspicion?
20:27Or would that be more suspicious, being at the hospital but not being in uniform?
20:31I don't care what you wear, Thaddeus.
20:33I'm just glad that everyone's on board.
20:35On board with what?
20:38Why are you always here?
20:40Well, I was coming to meet my boyfriend for lunch,
20:43or another argument or whatever,
20:45but then I found this, whatever this is.
20:48Well?
20:50We don't have to answer to you.
20:52You don't have to answer to you for the day-to-day running of the hospital.
20:56Nuts.
21:00Yeah, fine.
21:01We are running volunteer clinics on the weekend to...
21:06fill the gap left by the NPC.
21:08What? You heard?
21:09We're not about to abandon our people, so...
21:11So you're going to give preferential treatment to some members of the community and not others?
21:17That's not really the plan, is it?
21:19Your shareholders can't dictate what we can do in our own time.
21:22They bloody well can if you're using hospital resources to do it.
21:25So you've gathered this merry band of morons to join you?
21:28It's unnecessary.
21:29Malik, I don't think you should...
21:30Don't tell me what to do with either of you.
21:32Chris, I thought you would at least be smarter than this lot.
21:36I know why you're doing this.
21:38To honour our obligations to Māori and tangata whānau.
21:41Don't give me that.
21:42It's to get back at me.
21:43I can assure you, the clinic will not be happening.
21:46No way, no how.
21:50She can't actually enforce that, can she?
21:56This is quite extensive.
22:00I can hear your thoughts from here.
22:02You're not a bad doctor.
22:04You've just got some blind spots and Jocelyn's paying for them.
22:07I just get frustrated when people don't take control of their own health.
22:11Why? Because she's fat?
22:12No, that's not what I mean.
22:14I just don't get why she'd let it get this bad.
22:18Because for people like Jocelyn and me,
22:20sometimes it isn't as easy as that,
22:23being judged for your body before you even open your mouth.
22:26You don't strike me as someone that would put up with that kind of treatment.
22:29At work, hell no.
22:30But when I'm seeing a doctor for myself,
22:32the power dynamic is way different.
22:34And it's hard when everything's blamed on your weight.
22:39Like I did with Jocelyn.
22:41I don't think you're being intentionally biased.
22:43I just think you don't know what it's like to live in a bigger body.
22:46I'm sorry, Selena.
22:48I didn't mean to make you feel bad. That wasn't my intention.
22:51And I'll be offering the same apology to Jocelyn.
22:55Crap, she's in VU.