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00:01Previously on Shortland Street
00:02I know all about your dodgy priority clinic.
00:04Shut that clinic down immediately.
00:06You were supposed to bring everyone into line.
00:07At least you want me to find someone else.
00:09If we can't get the hospital to pull in line,
00:10that could be it for the co-op.
00:11Yeah, well, I don't like the way you work right now.
00:13Sometimes you just have to do the right thing.
00:15Is it what we're gonna do?
00:16Fire every single one of them.
00:17It's imperative we inform you
00:18that a number of Shortland Street staff
00:20have been running an unsanctioned clinic,
00:22which is why these heroes will be
00:26lauded for their courage
00:28and standing up for the rights
00:30of the most vulnerable in our nation.
00:31Woo-hoo!
00:39I nearly phoned,
00:39had my finger right over the button,
00:41ready to dial.
00:42Hey, when was this?
00:43No, about 10 years ago.
00:45What? 10 years ago?
00:46Mm-hmm.
00:47Okay.
00:48Let me see.
00:50No, I was unavailable.
00:51Of course you were.
00:53Yeah, need-to-know basis.
00:56So, Bonnie will be back soon?
00:59Yes, she will.
01:01Do you want me to give the three of you some space?
01:05I don't think Karamea's gonna let you
01:06out of her sight, you know?
01:08But Bonnie is gonna be a mess when she gets here.
01:10I don't think that they've been apart this long before.
01:12So you don't want me to-
01:13No, I just don't want to cause her any more stress.
01:16I get it.
01:19So haven't you got work to do or something?
01:21Yeah, I just,
01:23I just want to get this straight.
01:24So if Bonnie wasn't here,
01:25you would be happy for me to hang around?
01:29No, I don't remember saying that at all.
01:32Oh.
01:34Well, you're right though, I should get back in there.
01:36I have patients to see, colleagues.
01:38To yell at?
01:39Yell at?
01:39Me?
01:40Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:42I'm not the way I was, you know?
01:45Neither am I, you know?
01:47No, but you look the same.
01:48Better even.
01:50What's your game?
01:53No game.
01:54No.
01:56I'm just calling it how I see it.
02:01But you're right, I do need to get back in there.
02:04Just let Bonnie have some alone time with Karimia, yeah?
02:10Good.
02:21Well done, Mon.
02:23I am gonna have to talk to Julian.
02:24I'll let him call off.
02:27I'm just stoked to still have a job.
02:29Same.
02:30You were gonna fire us.
02:31I was just doing what I was told.
02:33She was, and she didn't.
02:35But Julian's not gonna be happy.
02:36Screw him.
02:37Exactly.
02:38I'm sorry, Monique, but you're a bit late to the party.
02:41Our jobs are still on the line?
02:42I am sorry.
02:44But if it's any consolation, I think my job is done too.
02:47What now?
02:48Back to work, everyone.
02:49But Chris, Gia, let's debrief.
02:51Yeah, good idea.
02:53It'll be staff only, mind you, understand?
03:07Is that weird, man?
03:09Younger.
03:11Like clowning around.
03:13Relevant.
03:14How?
03:15Today's drama, Monique acting out of character.
03:20I think she's acting like herself
03:21for the first time in ages, actually.
03:23Is she okay?
03:25Not sure.
03:26Anyway, I'm on damage control.
03:28For what?
03:28Mr. Tepene.
03:30It's a hernia repair, Jehovah's Witness blood transfusion.
03:32What about him?
03:33Something about needing to talk to the patient.
03:35I've asked Esther to do that.
03:36Well, she's got a lot on her plate right now.
03:38Well, she can add this.
03:40Give her a break, mate.
03:41She's pretty busy trying to save all our jobs right now.
03:43I didn't want anything to do with that clinic,
03:45and now I'm guilty by association
03:47because she guilt tripped me.
03:48That's not true.
03:49You loved it.
03:50You loved everyone working together
03:52and no one forced you to do anything.
03:54You're always back here, no matter what.
03:56Yeah, she's my wife.
03:57It's kind of part of the job.
03:59Is that really our job?
04:01Yes.
04:03You okay, mate?
04:06So you're out of the dog box now?
04:08That is a firm maybe.
04:10Good luck with that.
04:11Just gotta wait it out, you know?
04:13For how long?
04:15As long as it takes.
04:16You do the same for your wife.
04:18How long is too long?
04:21When all this chaos is over, we should go out for dinner.
04:23Yeah, the four of us.
04:26I'll take that as a...
04:28Everything's falling out around us
04:29and you want to make dinner plans.
04:30Well, that's when we need them the most, right?
04:36Okay, I'll be back to see you soon.
04:40Huh.
04:41Fit the famous under header.
04:43That's her.
04:44Very sweet.
04:47Well, one for you too, huh?
04:49Yep, it's true.
04:51We have got dinner with Esther and Marty.
04:53Leaving work to talk about work sounds fun.
04:56Well, it is if you're with friends.
04:57You should try it.
04:58Not necessary.
05:01What went wrong with the two of you?
05:04Ooh, Whitley.
05:06You are scraping the bottom of the barrel
05:08if you're looking to me for relationship advice.
05:10No, I'm not.
05:14I was young.
05:16Stupid.
05:18That's it.
05:20Right, so it was all you.
05:21You ruined everything.
05:22Your ex had no part to play.
05:25Well, she had a bit of a temper.
05:28Ooh, mama.
05:30But she was never mean.
05:32I was.
05:34Do you wish you did things differently?
05:37No, it's all in the past.
05:38Maybe not, if she's sending you cute selfies like that.
05:40Nah, that's probably the kid.
05:44You want my advice?
05:45I think I have changed my mind.
05:47Hey, if you've done something wrong, just own it.
05:51I could never do that.
05:53Owned it?
05:54Sure.
05:56Yeah.
05:57Nothing should ever be so big
05:58the two of you can't just sit down and talk it through.
06:01I know it sounds like a fortune cookie, but it's true.
06:05Whatever you two are going through, just keep going.
06:09And hey, if you mess it up,
06:11well, you're not gonna mess it up.
06:15You're gonna be okay.
06:18How long's she sticking around for?
06:20Not sure.
06:21Forever, I hope.
06:22Why?
06:24This is the nicest you have ever been.
06:32How is it looking?
06:3360-40 in our favour, comments section going off.
06:36Let's hear them.
06:38Way to go, shorties.
06:40Good on you guys.
06:41Oh, nevermind that one.
06:43You going?
06:44If you can't treat all people equally, resign.
06:47There's quite a few of those.
06:49Okay, I need to call Julian.
06:50Oh, wait.
06:52What for?
06:52So he can sharpen his axe?
06:54Yeah, he'll be checking with his shareholders.
06:57Probably checking socials too, gathering intel.
07:00So he can fire us.
07:01I don't think he will.
07:02Why not?
07:03Well, then we'd be martyrs to the cause
07:05and that'd be terrible for business.
07:07Your man has political aspirations though, right?
07:09Not my man.
07:10Oh, you know what I mean.
07:11Protests up and down the country, on our side.
07:14Losing public opinion like that's the last thing I want.
07:17Yeah, I don't know.
07:18We can't underestimate him.
07:19What are you worried about?
07:21I think he'll double down and make an example of us all.
07:24During a staffing crisis?
07:26It's personal and I've just dragged us into a trap.
07:29Why is it personal?
07:33What happened?
07:34Nothing.
07:35He likes Esther.
07:37We can use her.
07:38Pardon me?
07:39Well, he wants you on his side, doesn't he?
07:41I guess so.
07:43Then you need to make him believe that you are.
07:48I just saw red.
07:49I don't know why it took me so long.
07:51Well, I think everyone's still in a state of shock.
07:53Yeah, I mean, they're still weary.
07:55It's gonna take a long time for me to win them back.
07:58They saw the true Monique.
07:59Sorry?
08:00I was just parroting Julian's words.
08:03I was gonna fire my friends.
08:05Like how sick and twisted is that?
08:07Well, what changed your mind?
08:11I saw you.
08:12I remembered what you said.
08:13What's that?
08:14Sometimes you gotta do what's right.
08:16Mm, okay.
08:18I didn't know what that was, though.
08:20You're just doing your job.
08:21It's more than that.
08:23I had information,
08:24information that I didn't need to pass on.
08:26But I did because I was just,
08:28I was filled with rage.
08:30Why?
08:31I lashed out because I felt like
08:32I was abandoned by everyone, you know?
08:34And I was ready to destroy them all.
08:36I think Julian Jonas is at fault here.
08:39No, don't do that.
08:40Don't try and make me feel better.
08:42No, you can't.
08:43Besides, I need to feel this pain
08:46because I have messed up everything with everyone.
08:51Not with me.
08:57Would you like me to read you a story?
08:58No.
09:00Okay, um, well, we could take a funny photo.
09:04No.
09:07Can't hear Mama.
09:09Her plane is landing in the morning.
09:12Yay, all right.
09:13It's gonna be a big family reunion.
09:15Tomorrow morning, huh?
09:17Yeah, can't come soon enough, eh, darling?
09:19Okay, well, um, I'll see both of you later, okay?
09:24I'll be a minute.
09:28Hey, you can't run away.
09:31Last time I saw Bonnie, it didn't exactly end well.
09:33But you can't just disappear, you know?
09:36Space is one thing.
09:37Abandoning us is another.
09:39I can see you're freaked out.
09:42I just don't wanna push Bonnie.
09:43What are you so scared of?
09:47That I'll stuff it up.
09:48Say the wrong thing.
09:50Even when I say the right thing, it's the wrong thing.
09:53Yeah, but you've changed.
09:56Yeah, she doesn't know that.
09:57Not yet.
09:59So show her.
10:10No one was prepared for Monique to do that.
10:13How can I believe you?
10:15You can't.
10:17But I am sorry.
10:18Sorry you got caught.
10:20I'm sorry that it came to this.
10:21Just stop.
10:23I thought we were on the same page.
10:26We were gonna take over the world.
10:28You were going to fire me.
10:30Free you up for bigger and brighter things.
10:34Okay, same page.
10:37You let me keep my staff
10:39and trust me to run the hospital,
10:41I will pull my head in.
10:43Why would you do that?
10:45I know you have a long-term plan and I'm all in.
10:48Because you trust me?
10:49Yes.
10:53Ah, the Rebel Alliance.
10:56Come in, guys.
10:57Yeah, let's talk things through.
10:59How is the meeting going?
11:01Amazing.
11:03You do understand we had good intentions.
11:06Everyone who worked on the underground clinic
11:09was taking a huge risk.
11:11Yes.
11:12A risk the board is willing to get behind.
11:17What?
11:18We're proud that Shortland Street
11:19is willing to go the extra mile for its patients.
11:22It's commendable.
11:23You're all shining lights,
11:25examples of how to really care for people.
11:28You're heroes, in fact, just like Monique said.
11:31Right.
11:33Which is why I've scheduled some interviews
11:34for Esther to talk about it
11:36and explain exactly how the clinic came to be
11:38and why it was so positive for the community.
11:41The shareholders are excited to hear more
11:43and we're sure the public will be just as interested.
11:47Nothing like positive publicity, eh?
11:51And of course, you'll make sure to emphasise
11:52that the initiative came from me.
11:56I want all the signage back.
11:58You're in no position to make demands.
12:00Yet here I am making them.
12:03Yeah, we're really proud of the clinic
12:06and we're thrilled to be led by somebody
12:09as dedicated to patient well-being as Julian Jonas.
12:13Thanks.
12:14Could you send me a copy of that before you publish, please?
12:19God, I cannot believe Julian.
12:21I know.
12:22Zero moles.
12:23I don't think I've ever seen a patient
12:25with a zero moles test before in my life.
12:28I mean, it's amazing.
12:30Zero moles.
12:31I don't think I've ever met someone like him.
12:35Well, he is a very savvy businessman.
12:39I give you.
12:40Hey, so I saw the press release.
12:43That's it?
12:44He's gonna spin it like it's his idea all along?
12:46So it seems.
12:48It's a hell of a pivot.
12:49He'd be the authority on pivoting.
12:53Well, if it's any consolation,
12:55I think you'll still have a job with Julian after all of this.
12:58Really?
12:58Well, how could he fire you?
13:00How would that look?
13:01I mean, I did the exact opposite of what he asked me to.
13:04As long as he's on top, I'm sure he will be fine.
13:07Anyway, how are you this morning?
13:08How many interviews have you done?
13:10Two.
13:11I'm counting.
13:12Oh, God, I'm sorry.
13:12I know how hard it is to repeat his lies.
13:14Not fun.
13:15Well, actually, as long as I get to keep my start,
13:18that's great.
13:19Yes, your staff seem fine.
13:23Mine.
13:24It's okay.
13:25I do not need reassurance.
13:27I need to face the music.
13:29Okay.
13:30Not reassuring you, but you did a good thing.
13:34Too little, too late.
13:36Honestly, I think firing you would only make him look worse.
13:39And if there's anything that man knows,
13:41it's how to look good, no matter the cost.
13:45Yeah.
13:45Yeah.
13:55She missed you too.
14:10Koro!
14:13Who said you could call him that?
14:16Hi, Emmett.
14:18Hey.
14:20You're back.
14:22Yeah.
14:23Safe flight?
14:24Mm-hmm.
14:26Doctors bring you up to date?
14:28They did.
14:29Your dad's had a lot to do with her care,
14:31sort of like Koro, the doctors.
14:33Yeah, well, that is his job.
14:34Yes.
14:40No need.
14:40Mummy?
14:41Yeah?
14:43Can you give Koro our address?
14:47What for?
14:48He's going to visit us every week.
14:51I've told her, when she talks to her mum.
14:56Okay, what's going on?
14:57The Prime Minister wants to see her.
15:01Koro promised.
15:02Stop calling him that.
15:04I'll go.
15:05You know, the kids at school,
15:07they all call their granddad Koro.
15:10She's just trying to fit in.
15:11She can call me Santa Claus for all I care.
15:14I don't know what you've promised her,
15:16but whatever it is, it's cancelled.
15:17You're the boss.
15:18That's right.
15:19But kai mai ki a ia.
15:22No, I should definitely go.
15:23She wasn't talking badly about you.
15:25No, no, no, no, no, that's not what I...
15:28I promised your mum I'd give you space.
15:30Right, so you two have been talking, have you?
15:32No, but...
15:34Well, you know,
15:35we had to talk about her treatment and things,
15:38didn't we, honey?
15:40Koro's been reading me stories.
15:42Just a couple.
15:56I'm fine, mate.
15:57You don't seem fine.
15:59I'm aware that's the word on the street right now, yes,
16:01but I can assure you I am.
16:03Well, I feel like shit, if it helps.
16:08Anything I can help with?
16:10I don't know, just...
16:12Do you ever feel like you just want to walk
16:14out of your whole life and into a new one?
16:17No.
16:19Cool, just me then.
16:21Just because I don't get it
16:22doesn't mean I don't want to hear about it.
16:26I still feel like you haven't properly described it.
16:28Okay, so it was like watching a snake shed its skin,
16:32and then underneath, just another snake.
16:34Oh, I've got chills.
16:36So that's it, then.
16:37Clinic's all his, he gets all the glory.
16:39Well, as long as we get to keep it, who really cares?
16:42Big of you.
16:43Feels good being the bigger person.
16:44You should try it sometime.
16:46Thanks, no.
16:48What happened?
16:49With what?
16:50Your whanau.
16:51Yeah, where's your beautiful wife?
16:52Ex.
16:54I've been banished because the kid's back, my kid.
16:56So?
16:57Yeah, Katamia still wants to see you, right?
16:59Moot point.
17:00Well...
17:01What?
17:02Your granddaughter is asking for you,
17:03and here you are, stuffing around with us.
17:05Katamia's asking for it?
17:06Yeah, she's asking for her koro.
17:09Don't worry about me, go and see your moko.
17:14The board's happy, my shareholders are happy,
17:16and if the money's happy, then it's a good day.
17:20So you're really not disappointed
17:22with the way everything worked out?
17:24I view all, shall we say, mishaps as opportunity.
17:30You know that, Monique.
17:31Right.
17:32Taking charge of the clinic ourselves
17:34was simply an option we hadn't yet explored.
17:37An option?
17:38With the public on board,
17:39the way through this entire mess became clear.
17:43You must be happy.
17:45All your mates keeping their jobs.
17:47Oh, come on.
17:48We're friends, you can tell me.
17:52Yeah, I'm really, really happy.
17:55Good for you.
17:58I'll get the bill.
17:59Oh no, I will.
17:59It's fine.
18:00Truly.
18:02How are you going to pay for it?
18:05You don't have a job.
18:12The lady in the cafe didn't like me.
18:15Bit you what?
18:15Water my hot chocolate until I'm oldy.
18:18Have they stopped that promotion?
18:20I don't know, but they didn't need to shame my girl.
18:23Oh, I'm sorry, honey.
18:25You're sorry?
18:28Yeah.
18:29I can't stand to see my granddaughter upset.
18:32Well, what are you going to do about it?
18:33Reinstate the policy?
18:35No, didn't think so.
18:38Well, we can make it up to you.
18:39We?
18:41Well, I could,
18:43could maybe read one of these books.
18:46I've been giving them a shot.
18:47Which one do you want?
18:48You pick.
18:50Oh, come on, Mareo's not that bad.
18:52Goodness knows Koro could do with a practice.
18:55What's the problem?
18:57I don't want to get into trouble.
18:59Who with?
19:01Kana-Mare, you can speak any language you like,
19:03anytime, anyplace.
19:05Anyway, nevermind the books.
19:07Nanny's got your games ready for you.
19:16Here, honey.
19:20She's going to be okay.
19:21Yeah.
19:23You're not getting a gold star.
19:25I don't want a gold star.
19:28I'm just trying to make things right.
19:30Well, what did you do wrong?
19:32What do you need to correct?
19:34Go on, why don't you give her a lesson?
19:36How to grow up surrounded by ignorant idiots
19:38just like her Koro.
19:39Bonnie.
19:40Because that's your world.
19:41Your people.
19:44It was.
19:45It is.
19:46Yeah.
19:47She might not know you any other way,
19:50but I do.
19:56Now, this is barely legal, according to my lawyers.
19:59Barely legal is still legal enough, isn't it?
20:03Now, what do they say?
20:03You're friends with money.
20:06All of those poor brown people getting medical care,
20:08it's good for business, actually.
20:10Hang on.
20:10Did you hack into my emails?
20:12Reassuring.
20:14You're awfully bad-tempered for somebody
20:16who just got everything they asked for.
20:18I think you and I both know I didn't want it like this.
20:21What's your turn now?
20:23I don't want it like this.
20:25What's the alternative?
20:27You tell me.
20:28Sign, get everything you want.
20:31Don't sign, I fire half your staff or more,
20:35depending on how I'm feeling.
20:41I did your interviews.
20:44I praised your generosity and the foresight of the board,
20:46your leadership, all of it.
20:49So I don't understand why this is necessary
20:51on top of everything else.
20:53And I don't understand why all my friends
20:54went behind my back.
20:57You see?
20:58It's protection for both of us.
21:02So I sign this,
21:05and the underground clinic
21:06becomes your intellectual property,
21:07something that you can implement in any hospital you buy.
21:10A model that you can build your career off.
21:13Tidy, isn't it?
21:17What happens to my neck?
21:18To who?
21:20Can we wrap this up?
21:21I'll talk to the minister.
21:22Is there a stand-down period in her contract?
21:24Didn't think she needed one.
21:26She's not exactly hot property in the job market, is she?
21:41It's been a pleasure, Esther.
21:43As always.
21:45Well, I think that went pretty good.
21:48Yeah, how do you figure that?
21:49Well, she didn't leave or anything.
21:52No, I was clutching at straws.
21:54Well, she didn't chuck anything at you.
21:56This is true.
21:58Anyway, I think that for the first visit,
22:00that was, we managed that pretty well.
22:02Oh, come on, be honest.
22:04I was in full control.
22:06Honest.
22:07I knew exactly what I was doing.
22:09I knew exactly what I was doing.
22:11I knew exactly what I was doing.
22:11I knew exactly what I was doing.
22:12I knew exactly what I was doing.
22:13I know.
22:17Want to talk about it?
22:20The elephant in the room?
22:24Yeah.
22:26Why exactly do you want this reunion to go so well?
22:29For Micaremiba, of course.
22:33Just for her?
22:36Just for the little one?
22:38Well, it...
22:40You got me.
22:42Yeah.
22:46I've got you, Angel.
22:55You have got to be kidding me.
22:58Bonnie, darling.
22:59Mum, no, not him, not after everything he's done to us.
23:02It's nothing.
23:02It was, it was...
23:03Haven't you put her through enough?
23:07Bonnie!
23:09Angel, it was...
23:10Sorry.
23:11I'm sorry.