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Okay, Jack, it's time to get you up for shore.

There's something wrong with my eye.

I think it might be serious.

I'm afraid you have a detached retina in your right eye.

Now, without treatment, either by surgery or laser, the detached retina

survive for very long.

It will eventually result in blindness in that eye. There are several methods

reattaching the retina, and in the majority of cases...

Good, good.

Are you after Chris? He's in the shower.

Yeah, I just came to see if he needed a lift to the hospital.

Oh. I mean, he isn't really out of my way.

Oh, well, I'm taking him.

Well, I guess I'll be off then.

Just wish him good luck.

Will do.

Thanks. Bye.

Have you forgotten anything?

No. Stop fussing, will you?

Well, I'll be back straight after surgery, OK?

Good luck.

It'll be fine.

Yeah, of course it will.

Any hand there, mate?

No, I'm right. I've got to get used to doing things for myself.

Oh, thanks.

I'm Chris.

Max. What you in for?

Detached retina.

You? Corneal transplant.

What odds they give you?

90%. They gave me 80.

How'd you go?

Well, somebody's got to make up the other 20, don't they?

They had a couple of goes, but the little buggers wouldn't take.

Then the other eye went bad as well, so now they're going to have to take that

one out too.

All this modern technology, you'd expect they can do anything, don't you?

But now it's like looking through a bloody shower curtain all the time.

When they were showing me the glass eyes, the nurse knocked the box over.

You were six.

Excuse me?

Oh, no, sorry.

Not you, the magazine, sorry.

And are you?

What?

Oh, it depends.

Who I'm with?

Linda.

Scotty.

Well, you're very cute, Scotty.

But I'm waiting for someone, sorry.

I'm waiting for someone.

You're a bit out of your normal league anyway, aren't you?

Who, me?

Oh.

from a glass.

You can read.

Uh -huh.

So, what, you ready to go?

I might stay a bit longer.

Well, if anything's waiting for turns up, it looks like...

Are you still interested in testing your theory?

Theory?

Yeah,

sure.

Then lead the way.

Hey, hey, hey.

Hey, how you going?

What do you reckon?

I got you some choccies too.

Ah, thanks for trying them first.

Hey, maybe you'll get one of those naughty nurses that you read about. What

read about? We're penthouse.

How are you feeling?

How's the new guy?

Cameron, he seems all right.

He made a big deal about not trying to take your place for two weeks, as if he

could.

Well, it's for your new client. He's got a regular run to Bathurst three times a

week. He's ex -Air Force.

Scotty will be saluting him by the end of the week.

Do him good.

See that car?

Yeah.

What do you reckon we give the driver a bit of a haircut?

Fly that load.

You got another way?

To leave?

They gotta catch first.

Lucky day, partner. Check those two out.

Mate, chicks get right up on me.

Yeah? Of course, it works better when you're front up later in uniform, but

still a guaranteed leg up if you want to chase them up.

I'm okay, mate. I've just met someone.

All right, suit yourself.

Hang on to your nuts.

Thanks for coming.

Yeah, well, bring in the mate and don't let him shave you.

It's an operation.

Just get fit.

We'll see you tomorrow.

I'll be with you in a minute.

You'll be fine.

I'll be thinking of you.

Yeah, I thought this might cheer you up.

I don't want you or the guys to come see me again.

It's no problem.

I don't want you to.

You let me help the other night. What's changed?

Just go now, please, Lauren.

What are you looking at?

I've never done anything like it. It was unreal.

That's the sort of stuff you should use Big Sky for, mate.

Training ground.

Take a few risks before you move on to the majors.

Young hotshot like you, you want to fast -track your career, don't you? Yeah,

for sure.

Yeah, so you've got to look out for number one.

Suck all the experience out of this you can before you climb the next rung.

Get serious about it, Scotty. You know, stuff to build up some contacts. Let

people know you're available.

What are all these, anyway?

Biological samples. Some lab in Sydney does testing on the local water or

something.

Lab experiments?

And they just leave them here? Yeah, it's the same as any other freight. Only

the paperwork goes through the mail.

Well, is there any danger, like, you know, bacteria and stuff?

Hell no.

But just to be on the safe side, don't drop it, OK?

I mean, you didn't want to have kids anyway, did you?

You'll start feeling drowsy soon.

The orderly will be along in a minute to take you to food.

That lady that was in before.

Nice perfume.

Is that your girlfriend?

Boss.

Why do you want to tell her to take a hike for?

None of your business.

Mate, I did the same thing the day the doc gave me the bad news.

I went home, I kicked a cat, I yelled at Deirdre.

Jeez, that was stupid.

Because I had to get on my hands and knees and beg her to drive a truck, and

that's really saying something, because she's the worst synchromasher.

She can't even get in a second without a crunch.

But the money won't come in by itself, will it? If you're trying to make a

point, forget it.

Mate, I've been there.

Look, no offence, but just because you're in the unlucky 20 % doesn't mean

know everything, all right?

Just trying to help.

I don't need any help. I'm doing fine.

Yeah, great.

Jay!

Who's that by?

He's a customer.

So what's he doing out here?

Get him off my tarmac.

Raleigh, I told him that, you know, but he said he wanted to wait for Cameron

and he didn't want to wait in the foyer.

Well, tell him again.

It's against regulations for members of the public to hang around this place.

Raleigh, I did this, you know.

But he said he wanted to pick up some cargo personally.

So why can't he do it inside like everyone else?

Vic, how are you?

Fine. And yourself?

Excellent. Got your goodies? This is Scotty Gibbs. He's doing the run with

Vic Beach at Kettlewell Labs. Pleasure. Yeah.

Sort of these samples anyway.

Soil, water, life stuff. We do various types of... Scotty!

Here! Now!

Salmon. Excuse me.

Got yourself a little helper already?

Oh, yeah. He's keen.

Wants to be where the action is. What?

Have a look at this.

Scratched a buggery.

The aerial's torn completely off.

What the hell do you think you were doing out there?

It was just a bit of an accident. What sort of accident? Can we talk about this

tomorrow? I've sort of got to be somewhere. Well, you're sort of going to

to be late, aren't you? Because I want to know what happened and I want to know

now. So how about you start at the beginning? How about you calm down, pal?

We've got the aircraft back in one piece, didn't we? Oh, just what the hell

you think you were doing? Hang on, hang on, hang on.

You're the mechanic, right?

Senior engineer, yes.

So how about you fix the planes and don't try and tell us how to fly them.

Scotty, it's all right. I'll sort this out. You go on your day.

Flower shows are all about who you know.

Oh, I'm not in it for the money.

Well, I could do with it.

First prize winner gets a garden photograph by Garden World magazine.

You know, the honour, the prestige, the reputation that gives you. I can't

imagine. I ask you, have you ever seen a more perfect chameleon?

Now they can judge it every second.

What's happening?

It's okay, don't panic. It's just a bit of crosswind. Have you got your seatbelt

on?

Is everything okay? No, it's not. After all the high altitude this has to have.

I can walk there.

Mr. Manning.

Good luck, mate.

Who'd you get it from?

Me. Well, it's for Chris. It's a nice patch. He had this joke about pirates.

That's sweet, but why didn't you give it to him?

Lauren.

Can I see you?

Oh, I couldn't wait, Rolly. I'm just on my way out. No, I can't.

That was unexpected.

Sorry. Don't be.

I'm all for spontaneity. Maybe next time we'll make it to your place.

Beast.

Sorry, Scotty. I've got to get home.

But again, you didn't make it home last night either.

Can't be helped.

Why don't you stay for an hour or so?

Leave it, Scotty.

Or is it someone else?

If you want to put it that way.

Well, this isn't a joke.

I don't know about that.

My husband might agree with you there.

You're what?

This bloke's a real cowboy.

Your Air Force record was very impressive.

Those things are just PR.

Makes me wonder why he really quit.

Did you call them?

Don't tell me how to hire a pilot, Rolly.

I've got a mate there I could talk to. This is my responsibility, not yours.

I'll deal with the problem.

By the sounds of it, you've done enough to rock the boat already. A pilot does

that much damage to an aircraft. I've got every right to tell him exactly what

think of it. And it's my job now to deal with it.

I'll talk to him.

Just try and stay out of each other's way, OK?

I'll let you know what I find out about him. Rolly, I've asked you not...

Lauren, we're all worried about Trish. Not just you.

I'm a dead man.

He'll kill me.

How's he going to find out? I'm not going to tell him. Yeah, what if he

huh? He won't. He never does. What, you've done this before?

Oh.

I get lonely.

Is that a crime?

Who cares? I don't want to be any part of a revenge trip on your husband, all

right?

Did we just have a good time?

No.

Yes, look, that's not the point.

Scotty, I like you. I'd like to keep seeing you.

If you have a problem with that, it's your problem, not mine.

I'll

call

you. No, don't bother.

Don't. Linda?

Linda!

I can't believe she didn't tell me.

Well, you know what they say about older women. They don't tell, they don't

swell, and they're grateful as hell.

She's not that old.

I'll just lie back and enjoy it.

I can't. What about her husband?

What kind of limp dick loses hair if she's out cruising bars?

And if he had any kind of cojones, she'd be at home.

Anyway, he's probably doing the same thing with his secretary.

Mate, you don't get anywhere playing it safe.

No, I suppose not.

Speaking of which...

You know, there's big opportunities out there for a pilot like you who's not

afraid to take a few risks.

Yep. Yep. And you've got to be prepared to skate close to the edge, maybe even

over it occasionally.

And there's big money up for grabs for the right person.

What exactly are you getting at?

Mate, I'm setting up my own business.

And I need a partner.

I had you picked out on day one.

Hey, don't fiddle.

How's it feel?

The kids wanted to come.

Anything for the day of school.

Mum sends her love.

Thanks.

I thought Lauren or one of the others from work would have called.

Manning, Chris Manning, he was scheduled to be operated on yesterday.

Yes.

Why, I was just wondering how it went.

Are you a member of the family?

No, but I... I'm sorry, we can't give out that information unless you're a

family member.

Would you like to leave a message?

No, thank you.

Visiting hours... Yeah, yeah, I know. Thank you very much.

Hey, you want to see me?

Yeah, we've just been hit with a lawsuit. One of your passengers. Do you

explain?

Scotty, over here, mate.

Look, you understand I had to have a go at you about that aircraft, don't you?

Well, this is an apology. No, it's not a bloody apology.

I'm just saying I just can't overlook it when a pilot wrecks one of my aircraft.

Charlie, we didn't wreck one of your aircraft. We?

I thought so.

That cowboy forced you into it, didn't he?

Didn't he? No, he didn't. Of course he did. What do you know about him, anyway?

He's ex -Air Force.

Spent seven years in Malaysia. He's got some good stories.

I bet he does. Well, I don't like him. You don't like anybody.

He's got it coming to him, that bloke. Why? What's he got coming to him? I

know. I don't know. You just be careful.

We just hit a crosswind on land.

We didn't come down that hard. Well, that's not what Gordon Prescott said.

Whiplash.

That's ridiculous.

Did you ask if he was OK? Did you apologise?

Of course I did.

Not that a crosswind could ever be my fault in the first place.

So I'm to blame for this.

We've never had trouble like it before.

Lauren, what's your problem? You're going to blame me for the weather now.

Let's hope that our insurance company can win this one for us.

I'm going up.

Where? Checked out.

What's the matter with her?

She's been screaming at everyone lately.

Don't worry about it.

My reputation is on the line and not even Lauren is backing me up.

It's weird. Maybe it's, you know, a jealousy thing.

What? Well, you know, you're younger, you're blonder.

Jimbo!

If the insurance company believes Prescott, it will go on my record as

error. Right there in black and white forever.

Incompetent pilot. It wasn't my fault.

So what? He was fine.

And now he's got whiplash. So what?

How dare he do this to me?

Well, if he's faking it, get even.

I'd love to.

Have you got a video camera?

Yeah, why? What's wrong with that? It's just for personal use.

You want to hear something funny?

When they were showing me the glass eyes, the nurse knocked the box over.

They went rolling everywhere.

All over the floor.

I promised myself I wouldn't do this in front of Deirdre.

I hate it when she's trying to say something and there's nothing she can

She means well.

She doesn't understand.

Yeah, I wish I'd stopped trying.

Makes it worse, not better.

Are you sure you know how to use that thing?

Please. I need this as evidence, Jimbo. It's got to be clear he's faking. It

will be clear.

Come out, you worm.

Can't spend the rest of our lives parked here at lunchtime.

I can think of worse ways to... There he is!

Oh, man, look at him.

Ah, props and costumes.

Don't panic.

Hurry, hurry.

Come on, come on, come on. Come on.

I think I've got the line.

What made you change your mind?

Took a friend's advice.

Remind me to thank your friend.

We should get going. I'm supposed to be doing a run after lunch.

What are we waiting for then?

Walk up a little.

Straight ahead.

Don't give me a suspense, Dot.

Oh, sorry.

There's still some residual scarring, but that should clear up in a week or

Overall, though, I think it looks pretty good.

I'd say the operation was a complete success.

So I can cancel the white cane.

Lauren Allen.

Yeah, g'day, it's me.

Hi.

Just got my results. They reckon I'm going to be okay.

Congratulations.

Thanks.

I thought we might go out and celebrate.

You know, nothing too flash.

They reckon I'm going to take it easy.

I thought I was in exile.

Hey, to the moment.

You meant it, Chris.

Lauren, you know, the one time you'd taken any notice of me, I was scared.

And I was hurt.

Give me a call when you want to come back to work, okay? Yeah, well, hang on.

Bye.

Lauren?

Okay. Oh, Pep, give me the camera.

Yeah, you dream. Don't film me this time. Come on.

Where'd you put the picture?

Tucked under the wheel, you're going to have to bend right down to pick it up. I

saw it on camera once. Okay.

Can I help you?

Sure you can.

Yeah. Okay.

My doll.

The puppy?

Oh, you only want me for the car.

Everyone, this is my wife, Linda. Linda, the gang. Scotty Gibbs.

Let's eat, Charlie.

When are you finishing up today?

Got one more run, but we can knock a bit of time off that. What do you reckon,

Scotty? Hey.

Put the pattern to the metal, Sabo.

And would you keep a beauty like this waiting?

See you later, Digger.

Don't let Deidre drive you around the bend.

More like over a cliff.

You're lucky to have her, you know.

Yeah, I know. I'd be lost without her.

I hope she knows that.

She does.

Wise man.

Take care of yourself.

You too, Chris.

Linda!

What, you're married to my boss? And you don't even say anything?

If there's anything that's changed, you now know who my husband is.

It didn't affect him before, why should it now?

Are you out of your mind? I still want to see you, Scotty. What? I don't.

Well, go on.

Think about it. What's the change between us? Nothing.

Nothing? What, you call having your husband around on the spot all the time

nothing, dear? He's my problem, not yours. He's my problem. I'm the one who

to work with the guys.

What? You just don't get it, do you? What I don't get is you acting like

Look, I don't want to see you again, OK? Don't call me or anything. So just go

up here on the left, and I'll take you straight there.

OK.

Scotty's just telling me how to get near a shopping centre.

Yeah, listen, I forgot to ask you if you could fill her up. Sure. I'd better get

going. Have fun shopping. Don't get lost.

Bye -bye, Scotty. See you next time.

You slag.

Shut up!

Sorry?

Chris is on 19. I don't want to talk to him right now. Just tell him I'm busy.

Sorry, as you were saying, Ronnie.

My mate Barry did some checking into Cameron's Air Force record.

Yeah. There's some things left out of it.

Before he quit, the Air Force was trying to get enough evidence to instigate a

court martial.

Oh, that's outrageous. How can they leave something like that off his

He was suspected of dealing in drugs.

The investigation shut down when the airman who was going to blow the whistle

died in an air crash.

Officially, it was an accident, but... I can't just sack him on his

there, Rolly. Don't make something up. He's a bad piece of work, Lauren. He's

dangerous.

What are

you

doing here? We've got a problem.

Jeez. Are you nuts? What are you doing? You can't do that here. They're fake.

Every one of them.

They found out about the gimmick.

Got to get out of here.

Now.

Linda, get in the car.

I'm not doing anything you tell me to do. Do it!

What about the ticket from back there?

Nobody turns up. They'll know we're onto them.

You want me to go by myself?

Something came up.

Scotty, you're part of the team now, mate.

I trust you.

Yeah, but Cameron Baird is working together. I don't know if that's a good

Maybe you should just find someone else.

I can forgive a mate an awful lot, you know.

But I can forgive and forget practically anything.

But letting me down when I need you.

Yeah, no, all right. Yeah, I'll do that.

Thanks.

Reliability pretty much makes it pretty handsome, right?

We should get back.

Lauren will be wondering where we are.

Who cares?

I don't care my name. There's no point going back to work.

Who's going to want to fly with me?

I can't think of any more candid camera episodes.

Silly tricks, huh?

The only way we're going to catch him is to do it in person.

He knows what you look like.

He's never met you, though.

There's a surprise for you in your office.

Ta -da!

G'day.

I was just trying to make it easier for me, in case there was bad news, that's

all. Yeah, I know that. I obviously got the wrong impression.

What about?

Um, about us? About the other night at your place? I thought we shared

something. I thought something happened between us, but I guess I got it wrong.

No, you weren't, Lauren.

I just didn't want you to see me crack up. You were awful.

Why didn't you just say that?

Because then you never would have left.

I went back anyway.

Did you?

See what I meant?

Let's have dinner tonight.

Let me make it up to you.

I don't know. Do you think this means we shouldn't bother trying?

I don't think we even had yet.

Oh, I see. You want me to grovel.

Well, I'm pretty good at it.

Self -taught.

Never had a lesson.

I can believe that.

State champion, three years running.

In the stupid mail section, no doubt.

Eight o 'clock, my place.

I'll show you my medal -winning form.

Gordon Prescott?

Yes?

Axel Rose, Garden World magazine. We spoke on the... Oh, yes, Mr Rose. A

pleasure to meet you.

I suppose with a name like that, you'd have to work on a gardening magazine,

So, uh...

How did you hurt your... Oh, slight accident.

I must say I was shocked to hear your news.

Oh, you could have knocked us down with an orchid. Plant?

Deroids, you say. I've never heard of them. Oh, they're still very

We're not sure how Mr Denham got hold of some for his camellias, but we stripped

him of his prizes straight away.

Naturally. This is absolutely appalling.

Which brought us to you. This is so exciting.

So, like I was saying, we'll be sending the awards and prizes over in the next

few days, but...

What we need now is photos ASAP.

We're way behind schedule for the next issue.

Oh, of course.

This whole thing must have thrown you into turmoil.

Oh, don't get me started.

Our compost editor had to take a week off.

Yes.

Well, let me show you the way to the garden.

Told you not to rip them off.

Said this would happen, didn't I? Any time you want out, babe, you just go.

But you won't.

Little kids like Scotty don't measure up.

How the hell would you know? No point pining for him.

Gone.

But I thank you, hon.

You came in handy.

Saved my ass.

Pretty boy.

I'm not all that surprised about Alan Denham, you know. I've always suspected

his methods weren't entirely above board.

Oh, no.

What?

Aphids. Aphids where?

Everywhere. They're everywhere. All over the Camellia Park. I must get rid of

them. Stop it. Stop it. What are you doing? Get away from him. Get away.

Stop it. Get away from him.

Will that help?

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you.

Is something stuck?

It's Linda. I have to get him into his body. It's urgent.

No, no, he's not there.

is this going to be?

It must have been Linda that was trying to warn me.

Yeah, well, she was calling, and I didn't know what was going on, and then

just hung up.

I don't know if she'd called me a minute later.

She could have got you killed, Scotty.

Yeah, well, she also saved me.

I'll tell you, married women, eh? Never again.

Just like married men, I could have told you that.

Anyway, I knew Cameron was a sleazebag.

How about a drink at the Safari Bar? You must need one. No way, that's where

this whole bloody mess started. I'm going straight home.

See you later.

See you.

Jimbo, I owe you one.

I knew you were spanking.

Oh, you were that tall, were you?

Oh, I knew it was either a scam or you were a bad pilot, and I knew it wasn't

that.

Oh, thank you.

Their place was cleaned up by the time the police got there.

Probably out of the country by now.

This is where the operation turned out. If it was the best you could find a

replacement.

Do you reckon they're in it together?

As far as I'm concerned, they deserve it, Taylor.

Yeah, well, they'll play the same dance over and over again if she's stuck

within this long.

Why do some women make such stupid choices?

Oh, thinking about anyone we know?

This morning, I would have said yes.

And now?

What, are we doing exactly the same thing last week, just sitting here

our souls? Oh, yes, but we didn't know if I'd ever fly again, then.

Is that all that's changed?

No.

Because I'd taken a few things for granted.

That I'd be able to fly again.

That Robbie would always be there with a band -aid.

But you and I... You and I what?

I don't know.

You and I would find a way to deal with us.

What is us? Is there such a thing as us? I don't know. I just don't want to

leave it too late to find out.

I want to make some changes now.

What? Oh, I can't do this again. Do what again?

This. This thing that we do whenever we get close and then we act like it never

happened and then we fight about with it. I agree.

You do?

Yeah, I know what I want.