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(GENTLE PIANO)

Seph.

Sephone!

Seph.

♪ Drive on, drive on

♪ My special one

♪ Don't you stop Till you know you're gone

♪ Drive on, drive on

♪ My special one... ♪

Seph.

Seph!

♪ Till you know you're gone. ♪

Please!

Hope you don't mind.

I gave up pots in the late '90s.

Why? Oh, I don't know, the fuss.

Why, Iris? You gave it to her.

Gave her what? Do you know I called the raid?

I have a contact in the police - he'll be interested.

I don't know what it is you think I've...

You're monstrous.

Sick, parasite, preying on...

This is probably a good time to ask this,

are you upset because Iris took her...

My best friend.

Because your best friend, Iris, took her life?

You helped her.

Or are you upset because she did it without telling you first?

It is monstrous

when something you've cared about reveals itself to be less -

friends, marriage -

it's all so disappointing.

You were close to Art and then...

You were there when he died, my god.

Where is it, the stuff you gave them?

I didn't give them anything.

Is it here?

The police were through here a few hours ago,

they went through the whole house,

if I had something they'd have found it.

Where is it, hm?

Where have you put it?

You asked me not to touch it.

And I didn't know where you were storing it so I...

Oh, so it's just a coincidence

that I come home and it's just gone. Magic!

If you were thinking like a normal person,

you'd know I've only been trying to help you, OK?

Yeah, why is that?

I mean, your wife put a... around her throat because of me.

I mean, a normal response is to want to ruin me.

Is that it? You've taken it and you're going to set me up?

Give it.

(CELLPHONE VIBRATING)

Well, what's your plan then?

Are you gonna become a one-man evangelical operation

that goes around killing people?

You are so fucked. Do you know that?

And I don't know what screwed you up,

but I don't think I have...

Well, I don't need to hear that

from a guy who's been playing happy families

for what, four months after his wife...

Ey, Kate, Kate, where's your phone?

I want the Nembutal back now!

OK, you need to look at this, alright?

(PANTING)

Hey, it's OK, I'll drive.

Oh. OK.

So she's hypoxic? ICU REGISTRAR: And seizing.

We've induced. Good. Who's consulting tonight?

Dr Walsh. Good. Can I?

Mum.

Can I come with you?

DOCTOR: As you can see, they are the same

in the same shots.

Extraordinary activity which is really helping us

with this diagnosis.

The issue that we have at the moment is that

she's still seizing.

(BEEPING)

(RAPID BEEPING)

I need some help in here.

(RAPID BEEPING)

Oh, Oberon.

Nanna.

You shouldn't be in wet clothes.

Has no one here offered you a cup of tea or something?

She's alive that's the main thing.

She's been put in an induced coma for a few hours,

it's the potential neurological damage.

We don't know how long that she was under.

and we don't know her much of oxygen she lost.

When will we know that?

She's blaming me. No, she isn't.

She wasn't meant to follow me.

He's a child, he can't be responsible.

If I'm blaming anyone it's you, Mum.

You were meant to be looking after Oberon.

I have been.

It's not her fault.

Then why was he out there in the water?

Why was he swimming out there in his clothes?

Oberon?

Why were you?

Who were you looking after Mum?

Yourself. Just like always.

Hi. Oh, god.

What the fuck is going on?

Kate.

(SNORING)

I'm thinking, on the way over

the night she was born. No.

We had Indian vindaloo for dinner,

because she was running late and you wanted to hurry her along.

You wanted her with us.

We nearly had her in the carpark.

We.

Do you remember that?

That was me, Dad.

No, it wasn't. Yes, it was.

Wonderful they let you out of your cage.

Oh, god.

That was you. Urgh.

That was a beautiful night.

(SIGHS)

(CLEARS THROAT)

Come on, Catherine. Come with me.

No. No, I'm gonna stay here. Christopher can stay with her.

No, I wanna stay here.

You can manage that? It's OK, I'll come find you.

Come on... I wanna stay.

..up on your feet. No.

I'll call you if anything happens, go on.

Get some fresh air. It will do you good.

Come on, come here.

Thought we might say hello to your father.

I'm wondering if I should ask him to take me instead.

Too cheap.

Keep thinking about this mother in America.

Her daughter, she had tonsillectomy

and negligence in the post-care,

so she ended up brain dead.

No, it's not constructive.

And it was high profile because the mother fought

to keep her daughter alive on a ventilator, like, for years.

The doctors said, "Oh, she is a corpse,"

and they'd like the bed back, but she just kept...

I don't know if I'd fight like that.

I mean, I don't know if I wouldn't.

You don't need to know anything tonight.

We looked into adopting.

You don't know that.

Yeah, after Oberon I had three miscarriages.

I just didn't think I could face another.

I saw what it did to you.

And then Persephone.

Yeah, but before, there was a form that we had to fill in

from the agency, what we were willing to accept -

age, disability...

Would we adopt a child who was deaf? Yes.

Down syndrome?

Christopher said yes, and I said...

..no.

This isn't a test.

It is not punishment for anything you've done

or we've done.

You know that? Yes.

That's God-talk. You know better.

I hope you're not praying?

No.

You?

Allahu Akbar.

(ISLAM PRAYER)

Allahu Akbar.

Mum, I need to say something.

No, no, enough tonight It's picking scabs.

No, tonight I get to... my daughter's...

My granddaughter.

Oh, for fuck's sake Mum, I want to say it, come on.

Go on then say.

Say.

You asked me when you came to live here.

When you dragged me halfway around the world

just to dump me.

You asked me if I was going to ask you,

whether you planned to try again?

Whether you planned to try to kill yourself again.

And you'll notice that I haven't asked

but I have always asked -

since forever, since her age.

Mum?

That's why I had to get out of England.

I think because I couldn't keep asking myself that same question

when I couldn't fix it, when I couldn't save you.

What, Katherine?

Did you forget something?

No, but you did though.

You came back.

And I hated you for it because you were why I lived.

I'm sorry.

He said he'd call.

Mum?

She's alright.

♪ Butterfly. ♪

He's high as a kite. (LAUGHS)

We should film it, put it on YouTube.

Yeah. (LAUGHS)

I saved him. You saved him.

I'm a superhero!

Superheroes can't go to school.

I have too many special powers.

Well, you can still go to school. We'll get her a cape.

(BUZZING) (BUZZING)

(LAUGHS)

Me too, butterfly.

I'm sorry.

So she's...?

Up, talking.

You know, she's gonna be fine.

Well, good.

It was Mum who took the Nembutal.

She said she didn't want me to come home and throw it away.

Yeah, that makes sense.

Yeah, I guess.

Do you want to come up and see her?

Oh... She'd love it.

Nah, hospitals.

But give her my...

Yeah, of course.

(SIGHS)

(VIBRATION)

Mm-mm.

(MOANING)

What are you picturing?

(MOANING)

A room full of people,

and they're all watching me doing this.

Interesting.

(MOANING)

Am I there? Oh, shh.

Shush, shush.

Oh.

Oh, say it.

Say it, please.

Please say it.

You are so fucking sexy.

Wow.

Oh, my god. (CHUCKLES)

Oh, my god.

(GIGGLING)

Oh, I said I'd collect those.

It was taking up space.

Do you wanna see what I've done with the place?

But the vertigo?

And the insomnia,

night sweats - all pretty typical.

The blood in the urine?

Sorry, I don't mean to second guess you.

I looked at your urine test very carefully,

but it is not abnormal.

Sexual activity when there's vaginal dryness

will produce blood

and there's likely to be vaginal dryness

when you are perimenopausal.

Bed three we have Jelena Likarova.

That is not a real name.

Mm-hm.

What else?

Well, Philippa's in with the boges.

Not for me to say, a humble, simple nurse but...

What?

She could use some help.

(SCREAMING)

Agitated delirium and the pain...

I've tried every fucking neural blocker known

to... sorry. What's his morphine at?

What it should be. Not enough.

Well... It's OK, I am handling it.

Hey, Mrs Bogdanowicz?

So much pain.

Do you want to step out for a moment?

And Dr Lee can stay with your husband.

Remember we talked about palliative sedation?

Hm.

And you know it means that he won't wake up?

And that we'll maintain that sedation until the end?

Hm.

OK. Would you like us to call your family?

Your daughter?

Do it now.

OK.

Alright.

One, "Alternative means of alleviating suffering

"have been ineffective

"or have produced intolerable side effects."

Yes.

Two, "The patient must be close to death

"so sedation would not significantly shorten survival."

Yes.

Three, "The goal of sedation must be to alleviate suffering,

"not end the patient's life or hasten death."

Screw this.

Yes.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

How long?

It can take a week sometimes or a few days.

Five months he's been in there.

And for what?

And then all his wife's going to remember is how he died.

And I'm not saying, Mum...

No, of course not. Not.

Well, I could not risk what happened to Iris again.

And what we did was monumentally irresponsible.

So I think...

..no one could keep it in their pantry, OK.

That's over.

I would have to store it

and I would have to be with them while they take it.

Well, I think people would like that.

It's comforting to have a doctor there.

What's comforting?

Go get your brother up. It's time.

You know you don't have to.

I know.

Nanna?

Didn't bring my swimsuit.

Oh, bugger it.

OBERON: Nanna.

Fuck it.

♪ Don't make me read your mind

♪ You should know me better than that

♪ It takes me too much time

♪ You should know me Better than that

♪ You're not that much like me

♪ You should know me Better than that

♪ We have different enemies

♪ You should know me Better than that

♪ I should leave it alone But you're not right

♪ I should leave it alone but you're not right

♪ I should live in salt For leaving you behind

♪ Behind

♪ I should live in salt

♪ For leaving you behind... ♪

Woo-hoo!

Let me see.

Well, it's not exactly breakfast,

but I could heat up one of these apricot chickens.

I don't mind this, you know.

Looking after myself.

I might go on a cooking course though

maybe in Vietnam.

Hoi-An. (CHUCKLES)

We could meet up there afterwards

you know, re-group...

I know Asia's never really been your scene, exactly

but I think you'll find they've changed a lot...

No thanks.

I'm happy here.

Well, you should think about it.

"Microwave."

Three minutes, is that all?

(PHONE RINGING)

Yes. Hello?

DAWN: Stick your fingers down your throat, Henry.

Henry?

Dawn. God.

I think you've pocket dialled me.

I've done something terrible, I need your help.

Edie!

Mum?

Henry!

Fingers down your... Vomit.

Get it out!

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