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00:00Previously on Shortland Street.
00:02Selina, we're all a bit worried about you.
00:04I talked to Junior.
00:05You tell him?
00:06No, just one step at a time.
00:07It's probably all going to be fine anyway, you know?
00:09I have your scan here.
00:11The tumor appears to be isolated to one area, so it can be removed.
00:15Oh yes.
00:15No, I probably got the brachygene.
00:17Take them both off and maybe we should get a hysterectomy just to be safe.
00:20How fast can we move?
00:21This is Ty.
00:22Possible internal bleeding.
00:23Hypertensive.
00:24Beaten unconscious.
00:25Have you heard from the police?
00:26I just want to hear Ty's side of things first.
00:29I care about him.
00:30I can't have you bending the rules like that.
00:32You need to drop this so you don't get any deeper than you already are.
00:34Ty.
00:42I'm sorry for bringing the kid to you and making you helpless.
00:50I'm sorry I couldn't save him.
00:53He was, he was wrong place, wrong time.
00:57Well, I shouldn't have pulled you in.
01:00Who did this to you?
01:02If you tell me, maybe I can figure out how to help.
01:06I know you won't, but...
01:07Oh please, please don't ask.
01:09I don't want to lie to you.
01:11But look at you.
01:13It doesn't even hurt.
01:16I thought you said no lying.
01:22Gia, can I have a word please?
01:27What do you think you're doing?
01:37I especially told you not to.
01:41No, you need to cut it out and pull your head in.
01:43Well, thank you for the concern, but...
01:46He's dangerous, don't you get that?
01:48He's a criminal.
01:49It isn't that simple.
01:50It is that simple, so leave it.
01:52Cube 3's bandage is far too tight.
01:54You gotta do it again, please.
01:56Honestly.
01:57How long has she been like this?
01:59All day.
02:00Is room two ready?
02:02No.
02:02Why not?
02:03Don't just stand there, go and sort it out.
02:06Payne should back off soon, back in a second.
02:11Mr. Hamming?
02:13Yeah, why is he still here?
02:14He needs a CT scan.
02:16Really?
02:16Yeah, his white cell count and lactate count are all off.
02:19He's in a critical condition.
02:20His white cell count and lactate levels are elevated.
02:23Possible bowel obstruction.
02:24Okay, well, book him a scan then.
02:25Oh, thanks for saving my ass, Emmett.
02:28I don't have time for this.
02:28No, so go take a break.
02:30And while you're there, pull your head in.
02:32Excuse me?
02:33Look, I know you've got personal problems right now,
02:34but keep them out of my ED.
02:36Emmett, I'm the HOD.
02:37Yeah, and that doesn't give you the right to bitch at all the nurses
02:40and make life-threatening mistakes.
02:42And get out of here before I move it up a level.
02:46So the tumour hasn't metastasised the other breast?
02:49No, thank God, but she's still kind of freaked.
02:51She wanted everything gone.
02:52Oh, Rex will put her straight.
02:54Yeah, yeah, and he's pretty keen to act fast on the partial mastectomy.
02:57How's she doing now?
02:58Um, not great.
03:01Ringo!
03:02Hello, you're somewhere.
03:04Surgical info.
03:05Oh, these are the draft budgets.
03:07Oh.
03:09Yeah, well, the world keeps spinning.
03:11Well, you can't hit pause in it for a bit.
03:13Someone else can wrangle the people, can't they?
03:16You want me to grab you a coffee?
03:17We can talk.
03:19No and no.
03:20It's a lot to take in, but it's good.
03:22It'll save your life.
03:23I'm sorry, did I stutter?
03:25I don't want to talk about it.
03:40It'll all be over soon.
03:41Oh, that sounded dramatic.
03:43I mean, um, the pain should ease up with those drops.
03:46Oh, here she is.
03:47Right, have you had the pain relief that I charted?
03:49He's at the full quota.
03:50So, you can keep your eyes closed, okay?
03:54The slit lamp shows that you have corneal abrasions in both eyes.
03:58Harper is one of our most senior doctors.
03:59You could not be in safer hands.
04:00Thank you, Sage, but there's actually not a lot that we can do.
04:03Well, not a lot that we need to do, because eyes repair themselves, right?
04:07Yeah, that's right.
04:07We'll move you to a side room.
04:08We'll give you some antibiotic ointment to help prevent infection.
04:11And throw that high-octane contact lens solution off the heart bridge, all right?
04:15Thank you, Doctor.
04:16Makes them work, as always.
04:17You just sit tight.
04:19Sage, can you prep that ointment for me, please?
04:21Of course.
04:22And can I prep anything for you to put a smile back on that dial?
04:26I am working on it.
04:29And don't worry, my head is still in the game.
04:30I'm fine.
04:31I'm not buying it.
04:32Would it kill you to let up on me?
04:35Well, why don't you tell me about it?
04:37Hey, I'm just checking in with my colleague.
04:39That's you being caring.
04:40That's you being professional.
04:41Come on, I'm handling it.
04:43You're really not.
04:44There's your personal life, there's your work life.
04:46Let's keep it that way.
04:47You are the only one that operates like that, because the rest of us have families.
04:51You sure about that?
04:53Yeah, you're really pretty bad at this, checking in thing.
04:55Hey, I'm just trying to tell you it's time to move forward.
04:58Piss off.
05:02Can you help her with the shower this evening, please?
05:04Colin's shower.
05:06Got it.
05:07And can you follow up and make sure that she's got post-op support when she's at home, please?
05:11Yeah.
05:12Any questions?
05:14Yeah.
05:15You happy?
05:17Yes, I am.
05:18Mrs. Collins' op went well.
05:19Is that all?
05:20Yep.
05:21I'll check in again tomorrow.
05:25Bloody James.
05:28What's happened?
05:29He's not answering any of Amy's calls.
05:31And you're surprised?
05:32He was right there with her.
05:33Now he's nowhere to be found.
05:35He must have gotten spooked by something.
05:36Shocking.
05:37I tried with her, but she's like an empty shell.
05:40She's not thinking about you or social niceties.
05:42She just tried to kill herself.
05:44I'm well aware of that, thanks.
05:45I'm just trying to offer a bit of hope.
05:47Amy needs more than a pep talk.
05:48Yeah, she needs her husband.
05:49Except he's not picking up his phone.
05:51If that doesn't scream the beginning of the end, I don't know what does.
05:54I have to try and help.
05:56Remember the whole not getting involved in patients' lives thing that we were trying to do?
05:59I don't need advice from you on how to manage my job.
06:09Hey, I'm sorry about before being so harsh.
06:13You are entitled to your opinion.
06:16Well, in this case, it's my opinion backed by a lot of first-hand experience.
06:24How well do you know Tai?
06:26I'll be first to admit that people aren't wholly good or bad.
06:28Look, thank you for protecting me, Esther.
06:30But you do not-
06:35You were young, naive, in love.
06:38I'm none of those things.
06:40She said she wanted a hysterectomy.
06:42It's the hardest one, Eddie, I've ever seen.
06:44It's a huge thing to process.
06:46But she's had her scan.
06:47She's on the right track.
06:48It doesn't feel like it.
06:49Just give her some time.
06:50She won't want to slow down.
06:53Uh, hey, we should get going.
06:56Yeah.
06:56See you, mate.
07:00Hi.
07:01Hi.
07:04Could have gone better this morning.
07:06And we told the kids, probably.
07:08Sure.
07:09I shouldn't have bad-mouthed them.
07:10I'm not telling you off.
07:11Well, that's a first.
07:14There's kids in my life, Drew.
07:15I just can't have them hate me.
07:30So does all of that make sense?
07:32Yeah, it does.
07:34Yeah, it does.
07:35Yeah, it does.
07:37You sure you don't want a support person?
07:39Chris or Philly?
07:41Just to help you take all the information in.
07:43I know it's good news, but...
07:45I'm fine.
07:46Okay.
07:48Broke a genus off the table, so that's awesome.
07:50That's good timing.
07:53Listed here, you'll see the risks.
07:55They have no doubt that you're familiar with these already.
07:57Short-term breast swelling, breast pain,
08:00hardness due to scar tissue forming at the site of the incision,
08:03wound infection or bleeding, lymphedema of the arm.
08:07Are you sure you're comfortable with me performing the surgery?
08:09Of course I am.
08:10I trust you, Esther.
08:12Great.
08:13Now, this might be too soon, so no pressure.
08:17But if you wanted, we can actually get you into theatre this afternoon.
08:21This afternoon?
08:23It is sudden, so it's fine if you need to take a moment.
08:26I say the sooner the better.
08:28We've got a great team.
08:29We can have you cancer-free by this evening.
08:31You can take a moment to think about it.
08:33I'm confident we can get good margins.
08:35Minimal scarring.
08:36Though, of course, that can change once we...
08:39Stop, please.
08:40Stop.
08:44Can I have a moment with Selena, please?
08:47Sure.
08:56It is a lot.
08:58It's all too much.
09:00It's too fast.
09:02You're always going to get the surgery.
09:04For yourself and Petunia, your family.
09:08It was just a matter of when.
09:09I can't, Esther.
09:11I'm not ready.
09:12I thought I was, but this is too much.
09:15What about this time tomorrow?
09:16You could be done?
09:18Recovering?
09:20Oh, God.
09:26Selena, leave me alone.
09:27I'm having the surgery, okay?
09:29What's the problem?
09:30What's going on?
09:31Not you two.
09:32Linga?
09:34Hey, it's all good.
09:35It's okay.
09:36Why are you all hounding me?
09:38I'm going through with the surgery.
09:39I said yes to everything.
09:41Won't you leave me alone?
09:43We were just going over the procedures
09:45for this afternoon's operation.
09:46This afternoon?
09:48Yeah, good, but a bit of a shock.
09:51It's a lot to get your head around.
09:52But I guess you're lucky to be having this operation
09:55on such short notice.
09:57I know, but I don't feel super lucky right now.
09:59Yeah, some people sit with it for weeks, months even.
10:02Just the cancer growing inside them.
10:03Yeah, okay, hammer it home.
10:04I'm being ungrateful.
10:06No, I didn't mean that.
10:07Are there any parts of the surgery
10:08you want to go over?
10:09Anything in particular that's worrying you?
10:11No, I understand it all a bit too well.
10:14Of course, if you need a sounding board.
10:16You all aren't listening to me, okay?
10:18I don't want to talk about it.
10:19I just want it done.
10:21So you do want to do it?
10:22Yes, I just don't want to talk about it.
10:24Okay, okay, take a breath.
10:25Take a minute.
10:26That's what I'm trying to do.
10:27So give me some bloody space.
10:32Okay, maybe I pushed a little bit too hard.
10:34I should have left it for a day or two.
10:36I'm glad you did.
10:37The sooner it's done, the better.
10:38A bit more time might have been good to help her process.
10:41And they may have expected too much from her.
10:43Being a nurse, it's different when it's your own body.
10:45No, she's lucky.
10:47We're lucky.
10:48Thank you for getting us sorted.
10:50Someone's going to have to remind her
10:51to be an elbow mouth.
10:53I'll do it.
10:54You sure?
10:55Of course.
11:00You've been amazing and supportive.
11:02What happened?
11:04I just don't know how to face her.
11:06You know, now that I know how unhappy she's been with me, I just...
11:11I'm really sorry that it's been hard for you.
11:14I just can't believe that her marriage was so bad
11:16that she'd want to escape it like that.
11:20Your relationship is just part of what's going on for Amy.
11:24You were scared.
11:25You nearly lost her, almost faced with raising your kids alone.
11:29Yeah, I can't believe she'd do that to us.
11:33I know the feeling.
11:35You reckon?
11:37I know what it feels like to be abandoned.
11:40You feel like your whole life is in free fall.
11:43Amy's in a really fragile space right now.
11:46She genuinely believed that it'd be better off without her.
11:49Think about that.
11:51It's crazy.
11:53I know it may seem like that from the outside,
11:56but if you can't meet her with empathy,
11:58then it might be best that you don't go anywhere near her.
12:11It must be so lonely for her.
12:14Lonely for both of them.
12:16I've run away divorcing.
12:18Oh my god, Drew, I'm...
12:21Sorry?
12:23You know I am.
12:27Me too.
12:37Oh, that's a police investigation.
12:41I am aware.
12:41It's in our best interest to stay out of it.
12:45In whose best interest?
12:48Oh, come on, Gia.
12:53He's stonewalling us.
12:55Wow, what a surprise.
12:57What now?
12:58Nothing.
12:59Unless you have more evidence from the day you treated Lincoln Yang, Dr Te Atakura.
13:03I have told you all I can.
13:06I advise you to go to the police.
13:07I don't trust you.
13:09I have told you all I can.
13:11I advise you to think very carefully about this, Gia.
13:14A young man is dead and his grieving family have no answers.
13:30Hey.
13:32Go away, Chris.
13:34I don't want you to go through this alone.
13:36Yeah, well, I'll be all alone on that table.
13:39It's scary.
13:41It's really scary.
13:44And I've barely come to terms with the fact that I have cancer and now I'm straight into this.
13:49Which is what I said I wanted, but it's...
13:51It's so fast.
13:53Which is a good thing.
13:54But not an easy thing.
13:57You said it.
13:59You're still you.
14:01Cancer or not, no one and nothing can change that.
14:06I just wish I had more time.
14:08Which the surgery will give you.
14:10And all this processing you can do on the other side.
14:15Cancer free.
14:19I don't want to do any of this.
14:22But you're going to, aren't you?
14:28Those sutures are going to have to come out.
14:30You allergic to any medicine?
14:33All right, we'll start you on amoxicillin.
14:35Okay, hang in there.
14:36I've been waiting a long time.
14:38I know, it won't be long.
14:39Sage, can you take a swab of this wound, please?
14:42We need to identify the infection and are you okay to remove the sutures?
14:45Sure.
14:46Good man.
14:49Dr. Whitley, if it's not too much to ask, do you...
14:54All right, you're all right, mate.
14:56They got you.
14:59So kind of you to join us.
15:08They're talking.
15:10They're fighting.
15:11They're communicating.
15:13We have to help.
15:22There you go.
15:23There's hope yet.
15:26That means nothing.
15:28That's reconciliation.
15:30That's progress.
15:32She'll end up alone.
15:34She'll end up alone.
15:36She'll end up alone.
15:38Mark my words.
15:44And how's the pain?
15:46It's okay.
15:47Well, you seem like you're healing well.
15:49The inflammation's reduced and we should know by tomorrow
15:52whether or not you're going to require any more surgery.
15:57Well, I need to prep for surgery, so I will be back later to check in.
16:05Hey.
16:07Are you okay?
16:09Family, you know.
16:11Yeah, I know.
16:14Me and Esther will be fine, but your staff is all another level.
16:19I don't understand why you don't just comply with the cops.
16:23You trust the cops.
16:24When the alternative is scarier.
16:27You tried to save Lincoln's life.
16:29I don't think it's fair if you're dragged down for his murder.
16:32Gia, I'm not the nice guy you think I am.
16:35I'm not saying you're the nice guy.
16:37I know it's complicated, but there must be a safe way out of all of this for you.
16:44You know how stuck I am.
16:48Please.
16:52I don't know what you said to her, Chris, but she seemed so much calmer.
16:55Well, that's the way to go into surgery.
16:58Thank the Lord the surgery's happening so fast.
17:00She's strong.
17:02Yeah, but we still need to stay close to her.
17:04Even when she tries to back us off?
17:06Yes, we have to keep showing up, convincing her that she's not alone, no matter what.
17:12If anything happens, Nick, can you tell Jenny I love her?
17:16You can tell him that when you wake up.
17:18Cancer free.
17:19Oh, as far as he knows, I'm already cancer free.
17:23You haven't told him about this?
17:24Just stop yelling at me.
17:25I'm having surgery.
17:27We've got you, okay?
17:30Okay, let's get this show on the road.
17:34Nick?
17:35Hey, I'm here.
17:36I'm not going anywhere.
17:39Start counting back from ten.
17:43Ten, nine, eight, seven.
17:55Megan.
17:58You'll be pleased to know
17:59you'll be pleased to know I've checked in with both Amy and James,
18:03and while it's still war, they're in much better place.
18:06Great.
18:07And James is committed to helping Amy through her depression.
18:10Fantastic.
18:11Yes, it is.
18:13You don't agree?
18:14Very astute, true.
18:16James nearly lost his wife.
18:18He's not about to let up on the support.
18:20You'd hope so.
18:22What's your problem?
18:24No problem.
18:25Can't you just be happy for them?
18:27No.
18:28Why not?
18:30Because nothing about Amy's future is secure right now.
18:33Especially not the support from her weird, angry husband.
18:35Hey, this is about what's happening with me and Harper.
18:37You can't object.
18:38Jesus Christ.
18:40Oh.
18:42What's up?
18:44I'm scared for her.
18:45Why?
18:47Because his anger is still simmering away.
18:49He'll reflect on it.
18:51Why did she do it?
18:52Will she do it again?
18:53And...
18:54And?
18:56And he'll decide that he's too ill-equipped to manage her.
18:59And he'll decide that there are better people more qualified to help her.
19:04And he'll justify it by saying that he got her the best support possible.
19:09And he'll leave her by herself for psych visits and appointments.
19:13Just hours upon hours of just her and her own thoughts.
19:18Phil, not everyone leaves, okay?
19:22Well, listen, I know we've got our problems, but I'm here if you want to share, okay?
19:28Anytime.
19:30Do we say I was supposed to clock off an hour ago?
19:37So go.
19:38Do what you need to do.
19:40Made a mess of everything.
19:41Well, life is messy.
19:43But no matter how bad it gets, how ugly it is between you and Drew,
19:46you can't let it get between you and your kids, okay?
19:49They hate me, Emmett.
19:50No, they don't.
19:51Drew definitely does.
19:52Well, not necessarily a bad thing.
19:54Hayden Love walk a very fine line.
19:56Both men, he still cares.
19:58You think?
19:59I know.
20:01Don't give up on your family, Harper.
20:18He's gone.
20:20But he's still in a bad way.
20:22Yes, it was a stupid thing for him to do.
20:25Unless he had some sort of medical help on the outside.
20:30You think I helped him?
20:32You tell me.
20:33Of course not.
20:35If you have any information that could help us find him.
20:37He wouldn't just leave.
20:39He had more than enough motivation to.
20:40He is also badly wounded.
20:43We can only hope that he gets proper medical care outside of this place.
20:47Well, if you have anything that could help, you know where to find me.
20:57Please tell me you're not involved.
21:00I'm telling the truth, Esther, I swear.
21:06Thanks.
21:08This has all just brought up a lot of...
21:12I didn't know who else to talk to.
21:14Sure.
21:15I'll see you any time.
21:17Villy's been so worried about Celine Aaron.
21:20Villy's my mate, okay?
21:21You're my colleague, regardless of whatever else is going on.
21:26I'm a new person.
21:27I don't want the past to define me.
21:30Of course.
21:31But with Amy, she's got a long road ahead of her.
21:35It's going to be hell.
21:37You're not alone.
21:41When I am, when I am...
21:44Honey.
21:46Everyone leaves, Drew.
21:48Everyone.
21:52It's going to be okay.
21:55You're going to be okay.
21:56You're not alone.
21:58What's going on?
22:01I hope he was just...
22:03I'm not talking to you.
22:03Drew, what the hell is going on?
22:06Don't speak to me like that.
22:07I think I should leave.
22:08Oh, you think?
22:09I've always admired your intuition, Phil.
22:11Well done.
22:12Phil, stay right where you are.
22:13We haven't finished our conversation.
22:14Oh, is that what this was?
22:15Just a little chat?
22:16Okay, let's hear it.
22:18Thanks, Drew.
22:27Bye.