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Previously on The Heights...

- Of course he's your son! - Dad?

- Mich. - Is it true?

You weren't being a good bloke! It was guilt!

- Where'd you sleep last night? - Oh, it doesn't matter.

- Mark? - Park bench.

You were called in after you donated blood.

Which means?

Nothing yet, but I would like to do a couple of follow-up tests.

It's happened, so I just have to deal with it.

You have choices.

How are you feeling?

It was quicker than I thought.

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(SIGHS) Not this again.

I've got some purees.

Some sweet-potato-and-green-bean mash

and this is a pasta bake for you and Hazel.

- And that? - It's a new friend.

Kat helped me pick it out.

Wanted me to tell you it's got no batteries.

You can't keep doing this, Pav.

I just want to be a part of his life. That's all I'm asking for.

Yeah, Mum's not budging.

She fed the last thing you left us

to the feral cat that lives in the laundry.

Lucifur? I hate that cat.

Come on, can't you talk to her?

I'm still trying to get things back on track with her too.

Everything I did... I can't rock the boat.

I'm sorry, I'm gonna be late.

(BABY COUGHS INSIDE)

(BABY COOS)

HAZEL: Look at you.

(SIGHS)

- FRANKIE: Get out of my bedroom! - NOAH: I want my charger back!

You woke me up!

Mum! Noah's in my room again!

Hey. Wake up. Get out now.

Good morning to you too.

Noah woke up Frankie. They can't see you sleeping in here.

Alright, alright. Okay.

Mum, can you tell Noah to stay out of my room?

Mum, could you please tell Frankie

that her breath smells like farts in the morning?

Are we really gonna start the day like this?

MARK: Hello? Anybody home?

Dad, Frankie's being mean to me.

Oh, well, come on, mate.

You know she hates being woken up in the morning.

How do you know he woke me up?

Because I'm your dad and I can see it in your face.

Your shirt's on inside out.

Hey, why don't we go and make our beds, please?

I, uh...

I think that worked.

What?

(SIGHS)

Acute prom...

Acute promyelocyte leukaemia.

APL we call it.

So it is cancer?

Yes.

The combination of your blood works

and your biopsy have confirmed that.

It's not the good news that we were hoping for, but it is treatable.

You've got a lot of information there

and I can answer any questions that you have.

But I would like to get you started on a treatment plan

as soon as possible.

What sort of treatment plan?

I want to start a course of chemotherapy first thing Monday.

I need a minute here, Doc.

(EXHALES HEAVILY)

Do you have anyone you can bring?

Look, I know it's a lot to take in and it's all moving very fast,

but the quicker we can begin your treatment,

the better your chances are of beating it.

Are you sure there's no-one you'd like us to call?

Does Patch like Wally?

PAV: (ON VIDEO CALL) What? Wally? I thought you called him William.

Dad, he's a wallaby. His name is Wally.

- Can you do this somewhere else? - Can you exist somewhere else?

Like, maybe another planet?

Why don't you call him Wallamina?

(GROANS) Hold on, Dad. Mich is being annoying!

Hey, shouldn't you be at footy?

I didn't feel like it.

It's been a rough few weeks, hasn't it?

Look, I know that you probably feel

like your whole world has been turned upside down...

Look, Mum, don't read too much into it.

I just didn't want to go to footy.

Great. You can help me move into my new office, then.

You wish. I'm not into slave labour, sorry.

Oh, no, no, no, no.

We are not using that term in this house, Mister.

I hope you like filing.

(KNOCKS ON DOOR)

(KNOCKS LOUDER)

AUNTY PAM: Hold on to your bloody horses!

Oh, I haven't finished it yet.

I'm up to the part

where Harry's name is pulled out of the Goblet Of Fire.

You can keep the book. As long as you do me a favour.

Depends.

What is it?

(SIGHS)

I need you to take this home.

I don't want to have anything to do with it.

Please?

Why now?

Just because.

Can you do it for me or not?

I'm only married into your mob. I'm not from there.

Fine.

Thanks anyway.

Alright, you old bugger.

I'll take it back for you.

Thanks, Pammy.

I need you to take it back as soon as possible.

I need a car. I'm not catching that bloody bus.

Mm.

All the case files Mich is bringing in can go here for now

and anything active can go on my desk.

Copy that.

Uh... We're going to need some more folders.

Maybe a labelling machine.

- Can you run to Officeworks? - Okay.

My old assistant used to write things down.

Officeworks. Folders. Labeller. I think I can manage.

- Coffee too? - Oh, yes, thank you.

Take my card. Grab one for yourself.

Thanks.

Uncle Max, hi! What do you think?

Yeah, good.

I wanted to ask you a favour.

Okay.

I need to borrow your car, just for a bit.

How long's a bit?

A while.

It's just enough time to go somewhere and back.

Specific, thank you.

It's just that I'm the only one with a car at the moment

to get the kids around.

Be good for them to walk for a couple of days.

So it's a couple of days?

I wouldn't ask unless I needed to.

Ah, got your boy working for you.

- Mm. - Good man, helping your mum.

Mm.

Well... how about them wheels then?

Okay, but there's some rules.

No smoking, check the oil and bring it back with a full tank.

Thank you.

(PAV SIGHS)

Someone doesn't like your cooking.

Is that Hazel?

This is ridiculous.

I mean... how long can this seriously go on?

We live in the same bloody building.

(CHUCKLES)

Hazel Murphy is stubborn as an ox.

Your kid could be 21 by the time she gets over it.

What am I supposed to do?

The more I try and talk to her about it,

the tighter she holds the reins.

Well, look, I'm as scared of Hazel as you are, mate,

but you're missing out on all this bonding time with your kid.

You know I've never held him, not since I've known he was my son.

Oh, mate, that sucks.

Yeah.

Come on, open up. I'm not going away this time.

Pav! How great to see you.

- Wait, what... - Hi, Pav.

You remember Jill from Child Services?

She's just popped by to check that we're following our parenting plan.

Right.

Um... Pav wasn't actually due to pick Patch up for a couple of hours,

so maybe he could come back later.

Actually, you know, it's great that you both are here.

How's it all been going?

(ENGINE REVS)

This was a mistake, wasn't it?

Relax, I'll bring it back in one piece.

Thanks for doing this.

Can't promise anything.

I know.

- She'll be right. - (CAR HORNS BLARE)

Yeah.

How's it going in there? All unpacked?

Yeah, it took a bit, but your precious bookshelves are stacked.

And you cleared the empty boxes?

- Reckon you could? - Do I have to?

Yeah. The job's only half finished.

- I'm sick of this crap! - Oi!

Don't speak to your mother like that.

Get back in there and help your mum.

(BANG!)

It did not look like this in the photos online.

(SCOFFS) It's those bloody wide-angle lenses.

I can't believe this place is 300 bucks a week.

You can't stay here, Mark.

I don't have much choice, do I? It's not that bad.

What?!

It's... I said it's not that bad.

It's not that bad? This is worse than that share-place

you were living in when I first met you.

Oh, I quite liked that place.

It was so filthy you guys invented

a new strain of see-through cockroach.

(CHUCKLES)

It's a place to sleep, alright?

- Okay. - Thank you.

But I really don't think the kids can stay here.

Yes.

It didn't take us long to find a groove,

wouldn't you say, Hazel?

Yeah. We're practically the Bee Gees.

That's great. So is he sleeping through the night now?

Well, now that we're sharing the load,

Hazel's finding it a lot easier.

True. Don't know how I did it all those months on my own.

Do you mind if I look through the fridge?

- No problem. - Thanks.

Hi.

- You certainly are thorough. - Mm.

There doesn't seem to be many veggies.

- What's for dinner tonight? - Um...

I've got a sweet-potato and green-bean mash downstairs.

I brought it up earlier, but you mustn't have been in.

Great. Yeah, Pav's a great cook.

Shall we take a look at your place now, Pav?

What for?

If Patch is gonna be spending time there, I need to check it out.

- Sure, why not? - (BABY COOS)

- Okay. - I'll come too.

- Just let me get the stroller. - Okay.

Why don't I just, uh... grab Patch?

Eh?

- (BABY COOS) - Yes.

Come here.

Oh.

(COOS)

- Sure does love his dad, doesn't he? - Yeah.

Shall we?

- Pav? - Sorry, yeah.

Just... the little guy still takes my breath away.

Great.

Come on.

- (COOS) - Good boy.

(WHISTLES)

Come here.

- What for? - Respect your elders.

Come on.

Put them on.

I'm not going to punch you.

Too right you're not.

Put 'em on.

You can't keep walking around with this cloud over you, mate.

Did my mum put you up to this? 'Cause I don't see the point in it.

You create the world you live in.

Keep this up and nothing's gonna get better.

What does that even mean?

(KNOCKS ON DOOR)

- Hi! - Hey!

Noah! Frankie! Mum's here!

Thanks for looking after them again.

No problem, they were as good as gold.

I just wanted to flag something with you.

I... I overheard Noah chatting to Saffron today

and he mentioned that you and Mark were back together.

Oh, uh... I don't know why he thought that. We haven't...

I wasn't sure. I just thought I'd mention it.

Yeah, no, no, thank you. That was the right thing to do.

I know when Shaun and I went through our divorce,

Saffy would fixate on the smallest things.

Yeah. I'll have a chat to him. Thanks for letting me know.

No problem. I look back at how badly

we managed it all with Saffron, and...

Ugh! Can't wait for those therapy bills.

(LAUGHS) Alright, guys, come on, we've gotta go.

This must be tough for you.

Me and Pav with Patch and now I work for you.

I think we're mature enough to handle it, don't you?

Yeah, I guess.

Not so sure about Mum, though.

Ah, I get where she's coming from.

Yeah?

Absolutely.

She's Grandmamma Bear. And she's justified in her anger.

What Pav did was really, really crap.

Well, I could have told him a lot sooner than I did.

Mm, we need a sign on the wall,

'No excuses for crappy behaviour'.

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

Saying that, though,

Hazel doesn't know what it's like to have Pav in this kid's life.

I do, and, honestly, he's great.

Makes up for all those annoying traits?

- Mm, mostly. - (CHUCKLES)

Hey, thanks for coming in today.

The place looks great. Legit.

- Mm. - 9AM tomorrow?

- (PHONE CHIMES) - Yeah.

Oh, crap. Jill's showed up at the Towers.

Jill? Jill!

- Yeah. - I'm sure it's fine.

They drop by for these surprise visits all the time.

They're going to Pav's place. Sorry, I've gotta run.

Yeah, of course. Good luck!

Hm, you keep a very tidy house.

Thank you. Must be the OCD in me.

That was a joke.

I'm not actually clinically OCD or anything.

Do you mind if I open this?

Uh... Yeah, sure, it's unlocked.

- Sorry. - Sorry.

Thought I'd put all the poisonous stuff up on a shelf.

Patch'll be crawling and opening cupboards before we know it.

That's a good idea.

- (BABY COOS) - Hey, is this yours, mate?

- Oh, what's that? - (GASPS) Look at that.

(DOOR OPENS)

- Hi. - Hi, Shannon.

Hazel was telling me about your new job.

- How's it going? - Uh... Great, thanks.

And, uh... how's everything here?

Fantastic. I'm just finishing up, actually.

I'm really pleased with the living situation here

and at your place too, Hazel.

You guys seem to be working really well together.

- Well, thanks for taking the time. - Okay.

I'll, um... be back in a few months.

- Thanks. - So keep it up.

- No problem. - See ya.

- Thank you. - Thanks, bye.

(BABY FUSSES)

(SIGHS)

What happened? You guys worked together?

- Uh... Yeah, we lied together. - Come on. Come on.

Well, come on, seriously?

- Oh, bubba. - What... What... Psh!

Not even a thank you?

What, just back to the way it was before?

Shannon, seriously?

Just... give her more time.

She's already had time.

I'm missing out on all these moments with him.

You know how that feels.

(SIGHS)

Right, uppercuts now till I say stop.

Keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going.

Stop.

(PANTS) Water.

(PANTS)

What's going on, mate?

- Mm? - Nothing.

(SIGHS)

The way you spoke to your mum before, that's not like you.

Yeah, I know.

So what's going on?

Mm?

No good keeping things bottled up, mate.

It makes you sick.

I know.

(SIGHS) So?

I guess...

(SIGHS) I dunno.

Things aren't going good with my girlfriend and...

and all the stuff with Dad.

I dunno, it's...

It's just messed up.

Mm. No argument here.

And sometimes I think...

You know, it is what it is,

what can I do about it?

You know what the best medicine is?

What?

Going back home to country.

Like, to the bush or something?

No.

Being with your family, back home.

Like Aunty Maggie and my cousins?

I dunno.

They're your mob, aren't they?

Yeah, they are.

Connecting with country is what keeps us strong.

Heals us when we're feeling weak.

Mum will never let me. I've got school.

I reckon if you talk to her, explain how you're feeling,

she'd understand.

RENEE: They're out the back.

I don't know how we didn't expect them to figure this out.

Oh, well, is it the end of the world

- if they know that I'm sleeping here? - This is exactly the type of thing

they're going to be talking about in therapy in 15 years' time.

Oh, come on, is it that big a deal?

(SIGHS)

What happened with the apartment?

No... Well, no, I didn't get it.

What do you mean you didn't get it?

Well, there was a dozen other applicants

and they all had better credit histories than I have, apparently.

The one thing we said

is that we were gonna protect the kids through all of this.

We're doing the best we can.

God.

This is the best?

Well, I'll go back to my car. You know, it wasn't that bad.

The father of my kids is not sleeping in his car.

So what?

Couch.

The couch?

I thought you said that was a one-off never-to-be-repeated offer.

Well, maybe... I was wrong.

Wrong?

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

The one time and I didn't record it.

You dag.

Alright, let's talk to the kids. We'll explain things properly.

No more shortcuts with this stuff, okay?

What do you think?

Looks official.

I'm sorry.

I know I've been a bit of a knob lately.

It's okay.

I know you're going through a lot right now.

And that's it. I've been talking to Uncle Max.

And, you know, all the stuff going on with Dad.

I've just been trying to wrap my head around everything.

Okay.

And...

I think what's best for me is if I go home.

But you have moved back home.

No, back... back to country.

Do you mean to Malcolm's?

No, no, no, no, no. I mean back to...

Back to our country,

with Aunty Maggie and... and Tyson,

just for a couple of days or so.

Uh... You can't. You have school.

Please, Mum.

I don't think running away to your cousins

is going to help with your dad.

And I've thought about that, and it's not about that.

What's it about, then?

Remember when you were finding all that stuff out about Grandma

and you were really upset and angry at me for a bit

and then you were angry at Grandad for a bit,

and everything just felt kind of crazy, right?

Yeah, I remember.

And do you remember how it felt driving back,

after meeting Aunty and everyone?

Yeah. I remember that too.

That's what I need right now.

I need to go back home.

Uncle Max reckons it'll do me some good

and, you know, it'll heal my spirit and...

you know... (IMITATES MAX) it's good medicine.

I... I don't even know if your Aunty's able to have you right now

and you can't just be showing up on people's front doors.

Actually, Mum, I think that's exactly what we can do.

But you and Mum aren't back together?

No, no, your mother and I are not back together.

But if you're staying here, I thought...

Yeah, yeah, I know, mate. It's... It's a bit confusing.

Look, we should have, um... should have explained things to you.

Will you ever get back together?

All you need to worry about right now

is that your dad is going to be around so much more,

which is good, isn't it?

What about the weekend?

You, me, Frankie can sleep in the lounge and have a movie night.

What do you say, Franks?

Okay, but I want to pick the movie.

Done.

KAT: Why doesn't Mich have to go to school?

- Get over it. - You get over it.

I already am. I climbed over it.

Well, I flew over it.

- You got everything? - Think so.

Okay, give me a second and I'll walk you to the bus stop.

- PAV: Hello? - Hi, Dad.

Hey.

Where are you off to?

He's going home, but I have to stay here and go to school.

It's so unfair.

He's going to stay with his aunty and cousins, but only for a week.

When was I going to get told?

Why would you get told?

Hey, Mum, do you know where my trackies are?

Tyson said it's gonna be cold at night.

He's working through it.

How's Patch? He's my favourite brother.

He's fine, sweetheart.

So... your aunty and cousins, eh?

Yeah. I'm going to go spend some time with my family.

Sorry, Max.

They said no.

They don't want you going back.

I guess it's not the right time yet.

(SIGHS)

Righto.

Thanks for trying.

No worries.

They asked me why you're reaching out now,

after all these years.

Was there anything I should have told 'em?

Nah.

Not just now.

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Dane asked me to ask you if you wanted to go to a party tonight.

Why didn't you tell me you and Lottie broke up?

Okay, you're gonna need to go back to the hospital.

No, uh... yeah... They weren't that much help there.

You'd rather have your really smart cousin leave school

than have a fag in your house a couple of times a week.

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