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Ray, what is it? What?

One of the children?

No,

no, they're okay.

Gee, you doctors have got a one-track mind.

I just wanted to stop and say hello.

That's very kind of you. I only heard last night you was leaving.

Sudden decision, huh?

What are you going to do now? Put your feet up for a while?

Well, I'm going to try and become a surgeon.

A surgeon?

Yep. Gee, I don't know how you doctors do it.

It's no harder than anything else.

Well, I wouldn't want all your worries.

Taking care of one family is more than enough for me.

Well, then, good luck.

My mom and Mrs. thinks the world of you, so you take care of yourself, huh?

You too.

Good on you.

Hold that tight, huh?

Dr. David.

Harry, I want you off the property by lunchtime.

I warned you, Fogarty. No one touches my daughter, especially you.

Hey, listen.

But we're going to talk to you about that. I've done all my talking.

By lunchtime.

But, hey!

Marty!

Make a cup of tea.

No, thanks.

So, you're leaving us today.

Yes, yes.

Visitors are like dead fish.

After three days, you really know they're around.

Not in your case, old friend.

Say goodbye to Melissa for me.

She's grown into a fine young woman.

Sometimes I think it might have been easy if she'd been a boy.

Don't you believe it.

She's getting a lot of unwanted attention from the Jackaroos.

Isn't it natural?

She just dropped out of teacher training college.

I don't know how to help her.

Put her on the right path.

Yes, it's difficult when you have to bring her up in your eyes.

What's going on, Melissa?

He'll catch you in here.

I thought we agreed you were going to talk to him.

Well, it's not that simple.

Well, he's back to me.

I'm sorry.

What did you tell him?

I thought you loved me.

I mean, you do love me, don't you?

I was going to see you and things the other night.

I'm sorry. I just don't know anymore.

I'm a jackaroo, isn't it?

No.

Just because Dad's like that doesn't mean I am.

Yeah, right, Dad?

Listen, you all right?

What the?

She fell.

What have you done?

What are you? And she fell.

She's bleeding.

You'll pay for this.

It's all right.

Don't worry. It's all right.

Victor Charlie Charlie, this is Golf Romeo Lima. We have an emergency.

Jeff.

Receiving you, Golf Romeo Lima. Go ahead.

It's my daughter.

She's had a bad fall. She's unconscious. How long will it take you to get here?

Translate.

Jeff, Stan is here, Mr. Lowe. How long has she been unconscious?

It seems like an eternity. She hit her head and she's got a bad puck behind her

left ear.

It's David Radcliffe here, Mr. Lowe. Look, I'm about 30 kilometres north of

the Hayes Creek turnoff.

What do you think you're doing?

Get away from me! Get away!

I thought you'd go. I

detoured to help with the fire.

What happened to him? Smoke inhalation. Where's Melissa?

In the living room.

Who is he?

Dr. Don McKenzie. He was a flying doctor here 20 years ago.

Right. Just look straight ahead for me.

And again.

Good.

Well, you've had a nasty fall, young lady, but you're going to be all right.

I'm glad you were here.

So am I.

Lit.

A short guy with, um, dark hair and a ponytail.

Do you know him?

Sam Fogarty.

I sacked him this morning.

This must be his way of trying to get revenge.

How is she? She's going to be all right.

Cuts and shock.

I'd like to get her into hospital just for precautionary x-rays as soon as

possible. I could fly her.

No, no, I wanted the nomad under medical supervision.

A bit of that wouldn't hurt our young friend, would it?

I'll radio now.

Who told you to take that mask off?

Get it back on again.

Eh, Doctor?

I know this guy. I went to university with him.

What are you looking at? Job applications for David's replacement.

Where did you get those?

They're on Jeff's desk.

I copied them.

Did David say anything to either of you about leaving? No. Me neither.

Couldn't believe it when Jeff told us. He must have his reasons.

What is it?

I must have been dreaming.

It's all right now.

I'm sorry, I'm...

David Radcliffe. I'm a doctor.

Where's Don?

He's gone to pick up the combi.

Oh.

Is this yours?

Yes.

I learnt origami at school.

That's beautiful.

It's not finished yet.

Hey, what did you do to your arm?

Chip four.

How did you get these bruises?

We had an argument.

Have you been assaulted?

We have been doing some passive smoking, haven't we?

Now, I will not be happy until I have x-rayed your jaw.

Or so.

As your doctor.

Spare me, Jeff, please.

Look, I suggest you stay in overnight.

So this farewell party should really happen some other time.

Doctor's orders, huh? Doctor's orders.

All right.

What?

Look, I know everyone has the best of intentions, and I really do appreciate

what's being done for me.

But I'd be just as happy to, you know, keep it low-key.

Why?

You've known me long enough. It's just not my style to have a big send-off.

I'd be just as happy to...

To live quietly.

Well, as a doctor, David, you make a wonderful patient.

Good one, Dusty.

Well, how's he going to be, all right?

Oh, yeah, he's fine.

He's just got to spend the night in bed.

He's got a what?

What a bit of all this.

Well, hey, I've got an idea.

Why don't we take the party to him in the hospital?

You've got a big joke, and Doc Stanley's never fit.

Shall we mention a party?

Well, I'll be.

Doc! Doc McKenzie! How are you, mate? Not too bad, Vic, not too bad.

Hey, Ned, get here.

Look who's arrived.

Doc McKenzie!

Oh, I thought you were dead.

Really? Oh, how lovely to see you.

How are you, Nancy?

Still as pretty as ever? Oh, get out.

How long are you staying?

Do you want a room?

No, no, thanks, Anson. I'm camping down by the river.

Listen, I'll get you a beer, mate.

My drinking days are over, Vic.

I could do with a juice, though.

Yeah, sure.

Hi, I'm John.

We missed you this morning when we picked Melissa up.

Oh, yeah, well, I'd done my bit. Leave it to you professionals.

He saved David's life, you know.

And then he helps out with an emergency until the nomad arrived. Come on, in my

day we used the old drovers. Ever see one of those?

Yeah, in a museum.

That's probably where I belong.

It's a pleasure to meet you, finally.

You're a bit of a legend around here.

If only it were for my doctoring.

You managed to fit in a bit of that as well, I believe.

Actually, I'm here on a kind of pilgrimage.

Why's that?

Liver.

Primary carcinoma.

I'm sorry.

There's some beneficial side effects.

Newfound clarity.

I'm grateful for the time I'm getting to audit the books.

Would you like me to drain off some of the fluid?

Yes, please.

Been building up a little over the last few days, giving me quite a bit of pain.

How long have you been diagnosed?

A while.

Well, it's not quite true.

I've known for some time, but officially six months.

Have you had chemotherapy?

That's bought me quite a bit of time.

Well, I hope you stick around for a while.

We should keep an eye on that build-up. I intend to.

Hello. David.

Oh, I'm so glad to see you.

I can call you David, can't I?

I can't see why not.

I'm just a fellow patient.

I got here as quickly as I could.

How are you?

Much better, thank you.

Except for my headache.

I'm sure she's going to be just fine, Mr Love.

What are you doing out of bed?

Jackie, don't be mean.

Disobeying doctor's orders is a serious offence.

He is a doctor.

Not tonight.

Out. All right, all right, I'm going.

We should be able to release Melissa in a day or so. Get you two back to the

farm.

Well then, I guess you'd like some time to yourselves.

Cool for you.

The Rivela's at the pub.

Hello. Hello, Dr Radcliffe. Hey, here he is.

I hope you don't mind, but we all wanted to say goodbye to you anyway.

Well, Nancy, I would have come round to see you before I left.

You'll find any excuse to miss a doodog.

David,

it's one of your best excuses.

Well,

thank you. Thank you to everyone.

I didn't realise that I was so highly thought of.

I didn't wake you, did I?

No.

How's your headache?

It's awful.

Can't you give me something for it?

I'll have a look.

Only a couple of hours since your last medication.

I'll get the nurse.

Is Dr Ratcliffe going to be all right?

He'll be fine.

My father and I feel so responsible.

Well, you mustn't. It'll only upset you. It'll probably make your headache worse.

Well, I'll check on you later.

My turn.

That's all right, isn't it?

Sure. It's your turn to get caught.

Shouldn't you be resting or something?

No, I can't rest.

I hate that room. I can't stay in there another minute.

Well, it's only for one night.

Have you asked someone to get you something to help you sleep?

No, I don't want to sleep.

Better the doctor gives me the creeps.

Dr. Reid.

David, I know I shouldn't say this, but I've had an awful day and he...

He...

You what?

He just keeps hanging around.

Well, that's his job.

It's more than that.

Maybe you've just misunderstood him.

Right, well, I'll get one of the lifters to take you back to your room and sit

with you.

No, it's all right.

I'll go.

It's all right, really.

You have got to be the worst patient in the history of the world. Get back to

bed and stay there.

I will in a minute.

Melissa Lowe's just been speaking to me.

Yeah, stuck out of that property all alone.

It's a cruel world.

See?

You haven't done anything to her, have you?

Excuse me?

I made a path out of her.

I took her path.

You know what I mean.

You mean, did I take advantage of a patient?

I'm just asking you.

Hey, I might not have been here too long. You might not know me very well,

but you're way out of line.

I think you need to reassess your communication skills.

circumstances.

It's me.

What are you doing here?

I had to see you.

Oh, Sam, it's such a mess.

Yeah, I know.

Hey,

what are you doing here?

I'm visiting. What does it look like?

Melissa, are you all right?

She's fine.

Aren't you, Mel?

Tell him the truth.

Go on, tell him.

Truth about what?

Sam didn't attack me.

I made it up.

Why?

Because of her old man, that's why.

What about him?

She's scared of him.

It was just easier.

Not to tell the truth.

Has it always been like that?

And, Dr. Reid, what about him?

You can get people's attention without lying and making them feel sorry for

you.

If you're honest with yourself, things can be all right.

Yeah, well, that doesn't matter now.

We don't need him anymore.

What does that mean?

We got plans.

Does anyone else know about these plans?

You can't just go away and not tell anyone.

You should tell your father.

He wouldn't understand.

Well, maybe he wouldn't, but do it for yourself.

Holding things in doesn't work. It only causes pain.

Finally let you out, did I?

Just escaped.

Last night, Vic, I'm sorry.

I wanted to come across and say thank you.

You missed a good party, mate.

You okay?

Yes.

Yeah, I never felt better.

A bit's a cup of coffee. Oh, no, no.

As I say, I just wanted to come across and say thank you.

See you, mate.

You're having eggs again?

Yeah. That's six this week.

I like eggs.

So do I.

You know what the doctor says, too many eggs and you get cholesterol.

Don't listen to doctors.

Oh, don't turn it off.

I don't want muesli.

Get there.

I'm not dressed.

No, no.

David. Hi, Jeff.

Thank you.

I need to talk to you.

Yeah, sure. Have you had breakfast?

No, I haven't. I'm fine.

Hi. Feel like a cuppa? No, thank you.

You can talk about this later on. No.

I haven't been honest with you.

Or with myself, for that matter.

I'm not going off and becoming a surgeon.

What do you mean?

David, what's the matter?

For eight years, medicine has been everything.

Now, I've enjoyed it.

I've achieved a lot.

And I could probably achieve more.

You have huge potential.

A great future. Well, that's the point.

I should be happy.

I needed to come and talk to you before I left.

Well, go ahead and come and talk to us, David. We're your friends.

I never really fitted in here.

I like the people, but they never really knew me.

I was just their doctor, and that's as far as it went.

Now, I started blaming the job for that, but I was wrong.

Oh, look, I don't even know if I'm making any sense here.

No. Go on, go on.

I really think that I've always tried to please other people and not myself,

even with my career.

And now I realise there's a whole side of life out there I don't know and a

whole part of me I don't know.

I just... want to start doing things for myself.

I got it.

So what?

David, give them Jeff and me.

Ah, I'm going to give them my spare pair of flying goggles.

Why?

What do you mean, why?

Why would David want your spare pair of flying goggles?

Well, because you couldn't think of anything else, eh?

Well, I don't really know him that well.

What do you get?

A bath painting.

Well,

at least it's out, Batch. Yeah, I'm sure he'll love it.

I suppose I don't really know him all that well, either.

No, he's a very private person.

I don't think I've ever seen him wet his hair down.

Perhaps he doesn't feel very comfortable with us.

I don't think David feels very comfortable with himself at the moment.

I think I'm going to miss this.

What, this old crate?

Oh, well, you can always keep on flying.

Just the view that changes.

Yes, now stay away from burning chairs and don't stack the car.

Bye.

Hello?

Where are you?

Over here!

Over here!

Down here!

Sam, are you all right?

Uh, about to be leg, I think.

I wasn't concentrating.

I fell.

I'll just go and get a rope.

What are you doing down here?

I was thinking about Melissa.

Not where I've gone.

Just tell me if it hurts.

Neck? Yeah, that's right.

Ribs? Yeah.

Pelvis? Yeah, no worries. Can you move this leg? Yeah, this one. This one's

right.

You've made a mess of it.

Yeah, I know.

I'll give you something for the pain.

So how is she, Doc?

Oh, she's, uh... She's fine.

Spoke to her father.

And?

Who wants to be with you?

Oh, I bet he was happy.

Well, you can't have everything, can you?

Well,

I'd better get you back up there.

I'll just, uh, I'll radio base.

I won't be a minute. All right,

David, I'll contact the Nomad and divert them.

How long do you think that will take?

Oh, they should be there within the hour.

All right, thanks, Claire. Over and out.

Victor Charlie Charlie to my fear of Foxtrot. Come in, please You

shouldn't

be in hospital for too long

Hey, Doc, I feel pretty rotten about what happened yesterday.

I didn't want anyone else to get involved, you know.

I'm sort of glad you did, though.

Thanks.

Thanks for everything.

It's part of the job.

Yeah?

Yeah. That shouldn't be too much longer.

Hey, uh...

I hear you're leaving.

That's right.

You off to cut people up or something?

No.

I want to do something different.

I'm going to grow a beard, swim in the ocean.

The ocean?

I haven't seen the ocean since I was 14.

You've been out here that long?

Yeah, before I was born here.

But me and Melissa, we're going to find a town, get ourselves a house, maybe

next to another house.

I mean, that way you don't have to drive all day just to visit your neighbours,

eh?

You know what I'm going to miss about the outback?

The dust?

Not the dust.

Those eagles that soar.

Hey, isn't there some religion where they reckon you come back as random?

That's right.

Well, imagine coming back as an ant.

Okay.

Okay, Captain.

Any other injuries apart from the leg?

No.

He was pretty lucky.

Just a few cuts and bruises, that's all.

Okay. We're sending it down.

Right. You've got it stuck on a ledge.

Can you take it up again?

Look, hang on. I'll come across and try and free it.

Hey, hey, mate.

Watch yourself. It's alright.

I'm a climber, alright?

Give me some more slack.

I'll get another one.

I'll do it.

I'm okay.

I'm okay.

I can help him.

Lean back.

Ha ha ha!

I had a hand right there.

Don, could you look after Kate, please? Yeah, sure.