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Explain to me the face.

[sighs] Where do I even begin?

Last night Zoe asked for a yogurt.

Mummy, can I have some yogurt?

[Nina] And I said no.

No, darling, it's nearly dinnertime.

So then Zoe asked Harry.

Harry, can I have some yogurt?

[Nina] Harry says yes.

Yeah, we can get you some yogurt. Come on.

[Nina] So I got annoyed with Harry.

Oh, I just said no to her, because it's nearly dinner.

Oh, sorry. I didn't know.

[Nina] So he...

Hey, you didn't tell me you'd already asked mummy.

-I think you'd better give that back. -Then she...

Oh!

But he...

[grunts]

Okay. So, you need to stay here and think about what you did.

Wow.

And then what happened?

Well, cue argument.

Don't be angry with me. Be angry with her!

I can't be angry with her! She's too little!

So you think I reacted badly.

I would have handled it differently.

How would you have handled it?

And I said...

Well, I don't know. Because I've never been the mother of a child

who's throwing yogurt at people before.

And where was Zoe?

She was there.

[gasps]

["When We Swam" playing]

♪ Oh why, oh why, oh why? ♪

♪ Won't you sing? Bring your hips to me ♪

♪ Oh, bring your hips ♪

♪ Oh, oh, bring your hips to me ♪

♪ To me ♪

♪ Oh, bring your hips to me ♪

♪ Oh, bring your hips Oh, oh, bring your hips to me ♪

♪ To me ♪

♪ To me ♪

♪ Oh why, oh why? ♪

♪ Oh why? Won't you sing? ♪

Zoe needs boundaries and you need to give them to her.

I know. It's me. I just can't seem to focus.

Not getting the job feels like I've been punched.

But St. Francis hurt you, Neens.

Zoe's acting out because she's your daughter and she can see that.

She's throwing yogurt at Harry

when actually, she should be throwing yogurt at the hospital.

I've never been so humiliated.

Big mistake on their part.

They're underestimating the power of rejection

and what it can do to an employee's ambitions.

-It's killed mine. -Wrong. It stirred them up.

I don't know if I'm stirred up, I'm just--

Pretending you're all right when actually you're bitterly angry underneath?

-Yes! -Mmm.

Let's just say I happen to know someone in the recruiting business...

You.

...who is going to keep their ear to the ground for any positions,

medical or otherwise,

and when the right thing comes up, this person...

You.

...is going to keep this other person...

Me.

...very abreast of any opportunities.

Even if it's just to make you feel better about not getting this one.

I don't want to do any more interviews.

-Bye. -Bye.

[elevator bell dings]

Thank goodness you're here!

Why? What's happening?

We found wings in the locker room.

Wings?

It is our belief that a man we all know

has been moonlighting as a fairy in this very hospital.

-[scoffs] Really? -It's Elvis!

[scoffs] Of course it is.

I have been online. It is a thing. There's a whole fairy subculture.

Good morning.

Glitter.

-It's all the proof we need. -[Nina sighs]

I don't have time for this actually.

And nor should you!

Sorry. [stammers] Bit busy.

-[cell phone ringing] -[sighs]

-Billie. -I need you to send me through your CV.

Whoa, no! I'm not ready for that.

Ready for what? Ready to be aware of your options?

Ready to be future-front-footed?

What if someone here found out?

Looking is not a step, Neens.

Technically looking can be done without even moving your feet.

And that is all we're doing. Looking.

Out the window. To see what's out there.

And if we see something, we'll drop your CV on it.

Let me have a think about it.

[line disconnects]

[sniffs]

[Nina] What is that smell?

[inhales deeply]

Smells like Martin Clegg.

Martin?

Oh, Cherie!

You okay?

Mmm-hmm. Mmm-mmm.

I'm annoyed with Martin.

[sighs] And somehow you've managed to...

conjure up his exact smell.

I'm wearing his cologne because in the face of my anger,

I still can't help but love him.

Oh...

He sent our sexy-time-letters to a publisher.

As a manuscript.

Oh, I see.

The publisher loved them.

-That's good, isn't it? -It's embarrassing!

They've offered us a three book deal.

-Amazing! -It's intimidating.

One In The Bush, Two In The Heart?

Written by Cherie Butterfield and Martina Schlegg.

What do I do, Neens?

-Uh... -Neens, our stories, they were private.

And yes, our sex makes for great reading.

[chuckles]

But am I really ready to call myself a writer?

-And now Martin-- -Martina.

He's convinced that he has to stay in the country

because that's how we write, by using our insatiable sexual yearning.

But that's not how I saw my life.

I never thought I was gonna be a writer of erotic fiction

who has a long distance lady muse in the middle of the Outback.

-No! -No one saw that coming. [chuckles]

So... work's good?

Yep, good.

Greg?

Yep, good.

-Health? [chuckles] -Yep, good.

-Home? -Yeah, good.

-Good. -Anything else?

Uh... Kerry? How's Kerry?

Yeah, they're working things out. Thanks for asking.

-That's cool. -Is it?

From where I'm sitting, it seems kind of not cool.

[sighs] Will, you're my brother, and I don't want to see you get hurt again.

Are you sure that Kerry is right for you?

-Yes. -Because...

I’m not sure she's got your best interests at heart.

-And you do? -I do. I just didn't

for a very short moment, but I do feel

like Kerry's been very quick to extract herself from this situation

and make me out to be the bad guy.

-Pull over. -Yeah, let's not talk about Kerry.

-Let me out here please, driver. -Okay...

[cell phone ringing]

Billie, hi.

[Billie] Something big just happened.

Are you okay?

I just opened up a part of my life I never thought I wanted to see again

and I'm not sure that I can undo what I did.

Hughie was here.

Hughie...

Significant ex-boyfriend. Traveled to Greece with him, head like a block?

I don't even... remember you going to Greece. With anyone.

Tattoo of a ceiling fan with a face on it? Blocka.

Blocka?

No. Not helpful actually.

I feel like I'm getting further away from where you are.

The one I got pregnant to.

Oh, Billie, I remember that.

Tell me what happened.

Well, the first thing I did was try and hide.

[Hughie] Is that Billie? [woman] It is.

[knocks on door]

Unattended office!

And then I peeked out...

-[gasps] -And there he was.

Billie, you haven't changed a bit.

I have, actually.

Takes a lot of effort to change this much.

Hughie in a suit.

Billie in an office.

And we talked like two people who knew each other.

Three-bedroom house in Balwyn and you're married.

-Second time lucky. -Motorbike?

No, sold that.

-Tattoos? -Got rid of the bad ones,

kept the good ones.

You turned out so boring!

So did you!

How about we catch up properly, huh?

Tomorrow night, wanna have dinner?

And before I could tailor a sensible response

I heard myself saying...

Yeah.

I'd like that.

What do I do?

Have dinner with him.

Do you want me to come?

No. No, I think I just needed to work out

how I felt by talking it through with you.

-Okay. Goodbye. -Oh.

[footsteps approaching]

[Nina] Shanti?

-Hi. -Hi, I'm sorry...

I don't have an appointment and I... No one knows I here, I just...

knew that if I got to you that you would know what to do.

-What's happening? -I can't feel her. I can't.

Okay. Well, babies can sometimes have periods of quiet--

No, it's not that.

-When did you last feel her move? -[sighs]

She didn't wake up yesterday, and I...

I just waited all day for her to kick me and she hasn't.

Right. We're gonna have a look straightaway.

I'll take you downstairs for an ultrasound.

-Thank you. -Take a deep breath.

[exhales heavily]

I'll just call your sister on the way, okay?

Okay.

[machine whirring]

[sighs] Sometimes babies facing the other way, it's a bit hard to see.

Hang on a minute, Shanti, I'm just going to change your position.

[Nina clears throat]

I know this is hard to hear...

I can see on the scan that your baby's heart is no longer beating.

I'm so sorry.

Why?

Sometimes these things happen for no reason at all.

We'll know more when your baby is born.

When she's born?

A vaginal birth is definitely the best thing

-for your body and emotionally, too. -No... No.

[breathing heavily]

When?

If your body doesn't go into labor naturally in the next 24 hours,

-I need to induce you. -[breathes shakily]

[exhales shakily]

[continues breathing shakily]

There's no good side to this.

But some mums say that seeing their babies can be a healing thing.

[crying] I'm not a mum.

I'm something else.

You'll always be a mum.

Shanti?

What's happened?

Be with your sister tonight. Rest.

We'll be ready for you when you get back tomorrow.

[exhales]

[knocking]

-Hi. -Hi. Thanks for inviting me over.

I'm glad I got the chance to say sorry for what I said this morning.

Yeah, well, good. Um, my advice is to...

try harder to get over what happened because that's what I'm trying to do.

In the meantime, this isn't about that.

This is business.

Whoa.

-The money came in? -That's your half.

Will, I know this is a strange time for both of us

but I just want to say thanks. Sincerely. Thanks.

Zara and I have been living with a knife to our necks financially

and our lives are going to change because of you.

I'm a man of my word.

And I'm going to be one, too.

From now on, I promise you, no Kerry talk.

Well, see you around.

[door opens and closes]

-Hello. -Oh great! You're home.

[both chuckle]

-Hey! Hi. -Hi.

-Hey. -Hi.

Good day, sensible wine? Bad day, big wine?

Um, good day, sensible wine sounds unappealing, I'm going big wine.

[chuckles] I'm having a big wine, too.

Don't ask. Tell me, tell me about your day.

Um, I had a meeting. About a job.

Oh, you didn't mention that this morning.

No, it was a surprise for me, too.

How did it go?

Um, it went really well, I think.

I was chuffed they asked me to come in,

I’ve worked with them before in Banda Aceh.

-You like them. -I do. They do good stuff.

-That’s great, Harry. -Yeah.

This one involves time on the ground in Myanmar.

-Wow. -[both chuckle]

How long?

She couldn’t say.

So, yeah.

Look, I know things have been a bit tense here between us

but it doesn’t mean you need to go and take jobs in other countries?

[Nina] Oh, shut up, Nina.

Well... Okay, this has nothing to do with you or Zoe.

It's just a position that came up in a field that I’m interested in.

-An opportunity to... -Be far away?

[Nina] Stop it.

I haven’t taken the job. I just said I’d be interested.

And you said you are?

[Nina] I said stop it!

Yeah.

I don't have to move to Myanmar.

I just have to do some trips.

It’s just that...

If you tell me about it after the interview,

it does seem a bit like like you’re running your own race.

Well, okay.

Wait. I’m running my own race?

We should be sharing our lives.

Yeah... Apart from when it comes to Zoe.

That's not the same.

Yes, it is the same.

It's exactly the same thing.

I don't think we should be doing this in front of her.

Look, if you want me to take my hat out of the ring, I can.

That’s not what I’m saying.

-What are you saying? -I’m saying...

[Nina] Why can’t you read my mind right?

[sighs]

It’s a lot to take on. That’s all.

Right. I...

And I’m finding it hard to be adult about it

because it just feels like everything is out of balance.

[door knob rattling]

Zoe!

-[Harry] Zoe, open the door. -No. I'll handle it, thanks.

Oh, great. This is a really united front?

Harry, stop talking like we’re going to war with her.

Darling, open the door.

No.

Mummy’s saying please?

Please, open the door.

I don’t care!

[mutters]

[indistinct chattering]

It's a good idea.

Bank opens in ten minutes.

I want to get there before the old people

who can’t use online banking start queuing up.

Go, go, go. We’ll just be here, pouring champagne on my breakfast.

Bank first, daycare drop off second. Sex third.

Hmm. Deal.

-[Zara] Done with your pancakes? -No.

[Zara] I think you've had a lot of syrup and no pancake.

[Zara] Hey, what happened?

I walked into the bank.

I presented the cheque, I was smiling all over my face,

this was the day my life was about to change.

-Our lives. -The cheque bounced.

They led me to a tiny room out the back and asked me all these questions

about who I was and where did I get the cheque,

and how do I know Will Bowen and his company.

They treated me like a criminal, and then they spat me out.

You think Will canceled it?

I think he’s laughing right now

the thought of me looking like an idiot with no money at the bank.

It’s payback.

He’s playing me where it hurts.

And it hurt.

You know what you need to do.

You need to go and find him.

You go and get our money.

Run!

[Jimmy] Hey! Will!

-I need to talk to you! -[sighs]

It's not about Kerry, by the way!

Leave it alone, Jimmy! We’re done!

Please!

Look before you leap, think before you speak.

Did you think it was funny sending me to the bank with a dud cheque?

Were you having a good laugh about it?

I’ve got a family, Will. Do not play games with me.

Jimmy, the money’s there.

It’s my business account. I checked the balance last night.

Yeah? Well, the cheque bounced.

No. No, it didn't...

That’s not right. I wouldn’t do that to you.

-You wouldn’t? -No. I wouldn’t.

-It's empty. -What?

The account is totally empty. Look.

Does anyone else have access to it?

It could have happened to anyone.

No, Mum, it couldn’t.

[sighs] Look, my...

My supplier went broke, and I had a shipment that I had to pay for, and...

-[sighs] -And?

-A few bribes. -Bribes?

I am doing something important but misunderstood.

That is a very cheap justification.

That’s why I pernicuated the money from your business account.

-What does "pernicuated" mean? -It’s a made-up word.

It’s when you borrow something without asking,

and don't have a specific plan to return it.

That is theft.

So, now you’re saying the money is never coming back.

And you thought I was the problem.

She has stolen his money. My money!

Pernicuated.

-Don’t overreact. -You’re out of control, Mum.

Who are you texting?

[Jiimmy] Nina and Billie. I can’t handle you on my own.

-No. Don't do that. -[Marjorie] Your turn, Geraldine.

Take a seat, Mum, this court is back in session.

I love an intervention that’s not mine.

So, how long will it take?

You should start to feel something soon.

Everybody’s different.

When you feel your contractions building up and getting stronger,

we can up the dose and bring them along a little further.

I’m scared of the pain.

We have plenty of options for relief when you think you need it.

We are going to do everything we can to make it a gentle entrance

into the world for you and your baby girl.

I’ve promised myself that I would knit until I couldn't knit anymore.

Kim is gonna stay with you.

And when you’re on your way, I’m gonna be right by your side.

The whole time until it’s over.

[mobile vibrating]

Can't talk.

We’ve been calling.

Phone’s on silent.

Okay. We’re all here.

Um, I know you’re busy. It's just we're having a family event.

I can’t.

Okay, understood.

Um, don't worry, I'll take charge of the situation.

No Neens.

I never wanted Marjorie to do her drug business out of here

but I felt it was my chance to do something good.

Good?

My mother's death was drawn out and cruel.

She was in agony.

She begged me to help her find a way to die and I couldn't.

[stutters] No one should have to die like that.

Mum, have you been taking any mind-altering substances

other than the usual?

Maybe.

Marjorie, have you been supplying our mother with these substances?

Maybe.

I've been little confused, lately.

Well, I’ve got something for that, if you want.

Mum! Stop dealing!

You used my business for illegal activity, Mum.

I'm a lawyer. Those things don't go together.

Well, that’s why I didn't want you to know about it.

Now that you do know, you’ve gone and wrecked it.

I’m going to have to declare what’s happened at work.

I’ll probably have to resign.

Oh, nonsense. Stop being so dramatic.

Whoa, up there, Marjorie.

Now, you have a great son here and you have taken him for granted.

-Oh, sit down, Jimmy. -No. No, I won't.

Not until you acknowledge what you’ve done.

Now, you’ve gone and put Will here in a position

where he, through no fault of his own, is going to be chased from his car

by some dodgy current affairs TV show,

tripping over cameramen with a jacket on his head

while he escorts you into court with a scarf covering your face.

It is humiliating and about the worst thing you can do to someone.

So, the least you can do is say sorry!

I'm sorry... Will.

Thanks, Jimmy.

I'm sorry too, mate.

We're good.

We're cool.

See, that is a really nice side-effect of this.

What about a payment plan? Hi, yes. Still here.

Not happy about being broke, but yeah, as I said, a payment plan.

And Will, don’t quit your job. You need that.

[groaning]

You’re doing really well, Shanti, really well.

I can give you an epidural any time you want it.

No, no, no, no.

This is the only time I’m going to do this.

I need to feel it.

[Shanti panting]

[Billie] How old?

[Hughie] Seventeen.

Oh, she's beautiful, Hughie.

The attitude, my God. She looks at me like she wants to kill me.

-She probably does. [chuckles] -Yeah, maybe.

Oh, and I can't do anything right. Everything I do is wrong. Wrong. Wrong.

[chuckles]

Hey, Billie, look, I just wanted to, um...

I wanted to apologize about...

the way I handled things back then.

When you were pregnant.

Oh, we were both young. I was a mess back then.

It was an episode in a long line of being messy.

-It's been preying on me for so long-- -Has it?

Yeah.

Well, you know, my daughter

is the same age, you were back then and I couldn't think of anything worse

than her having to go through something like that on her own.

I was caught up in my own shit back then. It was all about me.

I'm really sorry that I wasn't...

Better.

That I didn't, uh...

You know...

I appreciate you saying it.

It was the right decision.

-We would have been nightmare parents. -Could you imagine?

-Oh, my God! -Oh!

God, with all that anger and getting wasted all the time.

I mean, we could have tried to make it work.

-We would have realized that we couldn't. -You would be my ex-wife!

Oh, you'd be in jail.

-[both laughing] -So would you.

Oh, God. We grew up.

Yeah.

-[moaning] -Shanti, you're doing so well. So well.

I know you're tired but you can do it.

-Take the time to rest now. Breathe. -[exhales]

[softly] Oh, thank you.

Mick was the love of my life.

But we realized that we couldn't make it work in two different cities...

and separated not long ago.

Yeah, it's always hard, you know, moving on from an ex.

That's a funny word, "Ex."

It just occurred to me

that I guess we have been separated for a few months now,

but I've never thought of him in that way.

-As an ex? -Exactly.

"Ex." It's weird to think of him calling me that.

Is there no chance of you two getting back together now?

-Hmm? -I mean, never say never.

So...

Are you seeing anyone now?

I was seeing someone but it didn't work out.

And you wanted it to?

It kinda ended before it began.

-Billie, can I ask you something? -Hmm?

If you could have anyone call you when you get home, tonight, anyone...

who would that be?

-[grunting and screaming] -[Nina] That's it.

You're nearly there, Shanti, you're nearly there.

Keep pushing for me.

-Push, push! -[screams]

-[breathing heavily] -You've done it. Well done.

[Nina] There are no airways to clear.

No checks to be done.

Just quiet.

Here she is.

I heard about a mother who...

who put her on her on her skin and she woke up.

Help me?

[sighing]

[sobbing]

She... she's perfect.

[voice breaking] She is.

I don't wanna let her go.

-[sobbing] I don't wanna let her go. -[Nina] I know.

You can stay as long as you like.

[sniffling]

[inhales sharply]

[sobbing]

[breathes deeply]

[Harry] How was it?

[clicks tongue] It was...

the saddest...

yet, somehow, the most beautiful birth.

Sleep now. Time to sleep.

-Hey? -Hmm?

Hey. [chuckles]

-What time is it? -Uh, it's mid day.

-Mmm. -Thought I better wake you up.

I guess you'll have to be back to the hospital soon.

[groans]

-Wow. [chuckles] -[chuckles]

Oh, thank you.

[chuckles]

-How was Zoe, last night? -Fine.

I thought a lot about crisis management.

What I'd do if someone threw yogurt at me and locked me out of the workplace.

Oh! What did you come up with?

Well, first things first,

I'd take them out one-on-one for coffee and hear their side.

Is that what you did?

[laughing] What did she say?

She said lots of things.

Together, we came up with a plan that today, we decide what we do together

and I'd let her decide what activities we'd do.

-Hmm, how's that going for you? -It's good.

So far, we've laid on the rug and looked at the light.

We saw what happens when you push a chair over,

said hello to the all dogs in the street, we just made apple slinkys.

I think, next, she wants to spray me with a hose,

so I'm starting to question my own judgment on that one.

[both laugh]

Thank you for crisis managing my daughter.

-I might not survive the day. -Hmm. [chuckles]

[Harry] Hmm.

[breathing heavily]

I promise to take care of her.

[Shanti sniffling]

Thank you.

[elevator dings]

[both sniffling]

-[door opens] -[Billie] Hello!

-[sniffles] Oh, um... -[door closes]

Hi, it's just me in here.

-Hi. -[sniffles]

Harry told me all about your shitty day.

-I'm sorry. -[grunts]

[clears throat] You tell me about you date with Hughie.

Okay. Um...

Well, I revisited a part of my life where I really hated myself.

It was useful. He, um...

Hmm. He actually apologized

for not being there when I had the termination..

-Wow. -Yeah.

And after all these years...

it was like we were old friends.

It's, like, the people that we used to be don't even exist any more.

He, uh... he asked me...

if I could have anyone call me when I got home,

who would it be?

[sniffles] Mick?

Well, I was thinking about it on the way home

and I was thinking about time passing, and love, Mick...

I want to laugh.

You know, I want to be at the beginning of something.

Hmm.

So, if I could have had anyone call me when I got home, it would have been Dan.

Dan?

I think I really, really liked him.

-I, accidentally, scared him away. -Aw! Billie.

Oh...

[sighs]

Did you take a vitamin pill this morning?

Um, I had a vitamin B, this morning.

It's, um...

-It's really strong, the smell. -Hmm?

And the combination with your hand cream, it's... [gags]

[inhales deeply]

[gasps] Whoa.

You. Me. Chemist. Now.

[urinating]

I can't be pregnant. It's impossible.

The timing would have to be...

Two?

Three.

-Oh, I'm running out of wee. -Thank you.

-Your core muscles are to be envied. -Thank you.

Now we wait.

-[sighs] Distract me. -[lid clatters]

Tell me what you're gonna do about Dan.

Well, the whole Hughie thing's made me realize that he's still on my mind.

You did go though a lot of trouble to scare him off.

The whole "Welcome Dan to the family" party

was quite a statement, even for you.

Yeah, but if only he had seen that, then he'd have known that I won.

But instead, he won because he was a no-show

and left me hanging.

He didn't believe me that my whole family would turn up

but he didn't know me and the lengths that I would go to...

He...

He said, afterwards, "I bet you had cake and champagne and balloons."

Which you did.

-Could be a lucky guess. Unless... -He was there.

Was he?

What if he was at Mum's, and he wanted me to figure that out

and that's why he dropped that clue. [gasps]

Oh, he's good, but he keeps on winning.

And as of this moment, I declare that the game is still on.

What does that mean?

It means that I have to concoct another elaborate plan

to make sure that I win.

-Oh, my God. -I know.

-How? -I don't know.

What do the sticks say?

She's all tucked in?

I only got halfway through the story.

[both laughing]

It was a big day.

[sighs]

She's a little bit in love with you.

[both chuckling]

You think that means no more yogurt throwing?

No, I don't think I can promise that.

[both laughing]

I, um... I got approved by the board.

-Oh! -To go to Myanmar.

I'm... really happy for you.

-Mmm... [laughs] Yeah? -I am. Yeah.

[chuckles] I am.

'Cause I think it's really important that we both keep doing

what makes us happy

-as a couple. -Yeah.

May we always read each other's mind right.

[chuckles]

Think you can read my mind right now?

-Um... [laughs] -[snorts]

Um...

-Wait. Wait a second... -[chuckling]

-Really? Really. -Hmm.

-Oh, wow! -[exclaims]

Oh, my God!

-Oh, wow! -[laughs]

[speaking indistinctly]