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Previously on Five Bedrooms...

- Arggh! - Benny! Talk to me.

What'd you hit? Your shoulder?

Unfortunately, looks like you're gonna have to have surgery.

Probably a full reconstruction.

You alright?

I'm not sure how much of the anger I'm feeling

belongs to Ben for this current fuck-up

and how much of it really is about

the last three decades of my life.

- Better call Joe. - Sorry? Who's Joe?

Elizabeth Wendell. Hello.

Hello.

He was just so...

..funny and...

..handsome and, uh, humble,

and he loved Mum, and have I mentioned he was handsome?

HARRY: As a child, I was obsessed with Diwali -

the celebrations, the food, the wishes.

(PEOPLE CHANT IN HINDI)

But somewhere in my 20s, dread crept in.

The lights of Diwali began to feel like

a spotlight on all my shortcomings.

For my Harpreet, I wish true love,

family, fertility,

a nice wife,

good cook of both traditional and modern cuisine.

My mum paid zero attention to the sacred rule

of Diwali wishes being silent...

..which is perhaps why her wishes really hadn't come true.

- (PHONE CHIMES) - (HARRY SIGHS)

God!

How many messages so far?

Just a lazy seven.

(CLEARS THROAT)

That's very restrained for Mum,

considering it's Diwali tomorrow.

Diwali?

I feel like I should know what that is.

No, I mean, it is just the most important day of the year.

That's fine.

It's the, um... the Festival of Lights,

the...the triumph of good over evil.

Like, does this have implications

for your mother's outfits?

(LAUGHS) Yeah.

Diwali is Mum on speed. (LAUGHS)

She plans her outfits, like, months in advance.

Oh, my God.

But it's, um...

..it's super religious and... and kind of intimate,

so it's, um... sort of immediate family only.

- Sorry. - No, of course. Sure.

It's just, there are all these rituals, and...

..and my uncle completely takes over, and...and he's, um...

He doesn't know?

Well, I was actually gonna say he's kind of terrifying, but...

..no, he doesn't know.

Sorry.

I splurged on the very expensive laddus for the invitations.

Since when do we do invitations?

We are going to have some very special guests this year.

- Mum, really? - Mmm!

At first, I thought of just Ainsley,

because she's bringing life to the world.

And then I thought of Elizabeth, completely alone.

So I decided to invite all your housemates and Martin.

- Marty? - And also...

- Mum! - Mm-hm.

You must give him one of your sherwanis to wear.

He'll look so handsome!

And you've, uh...you've told Akshay Mama about Xavier, then?

I've told him he's coming, yes.

You've told him he's my boyfriend?

No, no, Harpreet. Everyone will be there just as friends.

- Morning. - Morning.

- Uh, where's Ben? - Benny!

Uh, bit of a slow crawl this morning.

Maybe 'cause he supplemented his oxy

with a full sixpack last night.

How are you feeling about that choice now, Ben?

Pretty good.

Yeah? That part of the post-op recovery plan, was it?

Get shit-faced on oxy?

Yeah.

I'll just keep it quick.

Uh, basically, it's Diwali tomorrow,

and, in a bit of a historic first,

Mum has invited you all to her house for the festivities.

Oh, my God! She's been talking about Diwali for weeks!

- 'Deepavali'. - AINSLEY: Sorry?

Also known as 'Deepavali' in Hindu circles. Just a fun fact.

Um, also, um, I must stress

that it's a huge honour for us to be invited.

Um, I myself have only been once before, a few years ago.

Why only once?

Let's say it's just...

..best not to sing along with the chants.

Uh, also, there's no alcohol, uh, no meat...

- No meat? - No.

Um, and...also, don't wear pure white.

- It's the colour of mourning. - The colour of mourning. Yep.

And...also...

..Xavier's gonna be there.

- Oh, my God. Really? - Yes.

But my uncle and his family, um...

..they don't actually know that I'm...

- Banging him? - (LAUGHS) Yeah.

Uh, so if we could just,

uh, all be inconspicuous about the...

- The banging. - Yeah.

And the...uh, kissing and all of the...gay.

Xavier's just a friend.

OK. (SIGHS) Hey, Ben.

- Hm. - Move your arse.

- Where to? Where you going? - Physio! (CLOSES DOOR)

- (KNOCK AT DOOR) - Yeah.

- LIZ: It's me. - Oh, come in.

Look, I...I appreciate you're...you're being brave.

But I encourage you to be honest in this safe space.

I'm OK.

Is Xavier OK with this?

Oh, well, I haven't invited him yet. But...but he'll be fine.

Will Manju ever tell the family?

Well, yeah. I think she's just seeing it as a 2-step process.

First we introduce Xavier, and then once everyone loves him,

we go the reveal.

Is that the truth or is that a delaying tactic?

(LIFT BELL DINGS)

(SIGHS)

OK. OK.

Sorry. Ben dropped a weight on his foot at physio.

It took half an hour to find an icepack.

Then we hit school traffic.

Yes, uh, Pat wanted a word.

Under normal circumstances, Heath,

we'd chitchat, I'd sing your praises.

We've known each other too long for that. What's going on?

- Nothing. - Really?

'Cause apparently your work ethic's gone to shit,

you're late all the time and you're snapping at staff.

Who said that?

Wednesday, you didn't rock up until 9:45am.

This morning, it was almost 10:30.

Yeah, look, at the moment, for all practical purposes,

I have a dependant, and as for the snapping, well...

One staff member claims you've been calling them 'Ankles'

in front of the patients.

Yeah. Julian.

And apparently you told said patient

that 'Ankles' means 'three feet below an arsehole'.

Yeah, well, that's just poetry.

As nurse unit manager, I'm giving you an official warning.

Are you serious?

It hurts me as much as it hurts you.

I think you'll find it hurts me more.

Don't make me go to a second warning.

What happened?

It's utter bullshit.

It's discrimination.

How is it dis...

Oh, you want to have a crack?

May...maybe it's just a sign

that you could let a little more help in, with Ben.

You offering?

I-I would happily take on more.

- OK. Do you want to change his dressings? - Well...

Check his position every half-hour in the night? Take him to his follow-ups?

I could certainly cover a taxi or two.

It's not just the transport. Someone needs to be with him.

'Cause he's...

..he's just not...

He...he's not what?

(SIGHS)

(DOOR OPENS)

JOSEPH: Have I spoken to Ben?

Um, yeah, we've had a bit of back-and-forth.

Right. And how did he seem to you?

Well, his... his first message was, um...

..uh...what is it?

Uh..."Post-op. Still here.

"Not getting rid of me that easy, cock muppet."

OK. Well, um, yeah, he is still here.

That much is true. But, um...

..he's not...

..doing his exercises, he's drinking way too much,

Heather and he are really struggling, and we're getting worried.

Clearly, he doesn't feel that comfortable opening up to us,

but I thought maybe you could give him a call and see how he really is.

He won't tell me.

Well, can you ask?

That's not really how we communicate.

So you're happy to drop 50 grand on an operation,

which is incredibly generous, by the way,

but you can't pick up the phone and say, "Are you OK?"

You obviously don't have any brothers or sisters. (LAUGHS)

That's...

..that's personal information.

Oh, right, so, you're able to call me and ask about

my brother's physical and psychological health,

and I can't even ask you

whether you have a brother or sister or not?

- Well, I won't call again. - Alright.

Alright.

- Well, goodbye. - Well, goodbye, Joseph.

You appear to still be on the line.

Yeah, because I'm on AirPods.

My phone sits with Bethany, so I...I don't...

You can't even end a call without your assistant?

OK, for future reference, I wouldn't admit that to anyone.

And then we make the wishes?

After the prayers, yes.

And as a pregnant woman,

you must consider your wishes very, very carefully.

I really just want my baby to be healthy.

No, no, no, no.

Be very specific.

When I was pregnant, I wanted a boy who'd be a doctor.

I did not realise that I had to specify his sexual orientation.

- (DOOR OPENS) - You look lovely.

So nice, cute.

This is unexpected and strange.

- Doesn't she look beautiful? - Mmm.

I thought you didn't look favourably

on white women in saris.

Ainsley is blessing this world with a baby.

Uh, Mum, could I have a word?

Yeah.

- Sorry, Ains. - That's OK.

(SIGHS)

Just...about Xavier.

I don't think I can have him here as just a friend.

I thought it would be nice for him.

But alright. We do have so many other guests coming.

No, I want him here, but as my partner.

I want to tell Akshay Mama.

No, no, no, no, no, no.

- No. No way. Huh! - (SIGHS)

Mum, I...

..I think I might be in love,

kind of for the first time,

and I don't want to have to wait years and years

for my family to know.

I just want to tell them now.

You don't have to wait years and years, Harpreet.

Akshay Mama gets very little exercise.

I think four years at most.

I don't want to lie for another four years!

Lying is what you have to do with Akshay Mama.

He really respects me, Mum.

I'm...I'm the only boy in the family.

- I'm a doctor. - His judgement will fall on me.

He will think I'm the lonely widow who cannot raise a son.

I really think he'll be fine.

HARRY: There was only about a 2% chance

Akshay Mama would be fine.

But when you're high on love,

you always think the odds are tilting your way.

(RINGS DOORBELL)

- Harpreet! - Namaste, Mama.

(SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) Huh? Where is your mother?

- Uh, no. It's just me. - Oh, my boy!

Your mother didn't tell us you were coming.

Where is she? Is she alright?

Yes. Yeah.

I, um...I just wanted to see you because...

..I have some news.

Have you bought another property?

No. (LAUGHS)

It's actually, um...

I've met someone very special

and I'm bringing them to Diwali.

Oh! Your mother didn't tell us.

Is she not Indian?

Uh...

..no, he's not.

His name's Xavier.

I think his parents are actually from New Zealand.

It's been a couple of months now, and I'm...I'm very happy.

- Your mother knows this? - Yes.

In fact, she introduced us.

She loves Xavier.

It was a shock for her at first.

And she's, uh...she's quite anxious about your reaction,

as am I.

But he's... he's really wonderful, and...

..I...I want him to meet the people who matter most,

and...and that's you.

- Akshay. - Hm?

Thank you,

for having the...courage to tell us.

"Thank you"? That's a win. That is an empirically good reaction.

Well, um, not necessarily, but, at the end,

I did say, "See you tomorrow," and my uncle smiled.

That is huge!

I mean, he still might not go.

And even if he does,

it'll probably be pretty painful, but I...

Harry, you...you... you need to take a moment.

OK, you, Harry Sethi, are in the middle

of a real-life love-conquers-all moment

right on the brink of Deepavali.

And you need to go and have some very athletic Kama Sutra sex.

Well, I'm at his work, so...

Find a way. Do it for Australia. Do it for India and Australia.

(LAUGHS)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(WHISPERS)

- Cheers, mate. - Hey.

Uh...hi.

I thought you had family stuff tonight.

Yeah. Uh...do... do you have a sec?

Um...we're a bit under the pump,

but if you grab a seat, I'll come find you.

- OK. Yes. - Just give me a couple of secs.

Sure.

HARRY: I told myself, "Don't spiral. Don't overreact.

"That was not what it looked like.

"That was just two very attractive men

"navigating a small space."

Hey. What's up?

Um...

..you...remember how I told you about Diwali?

Oh, yeah. It's all I've been thinking about since.

(LAUGHS) Well, um...

..you are now invited.

Welcome to the inner sanctum.

Really?

Wow!

(SNIFFS) Oh, my God! These... these actually smell like Manju!

That's great.

So am I there as... a mysterious friend or...

Boyfriend.

They all know.

Wow. OK.

Is this as big as I think it is?

Yeah, possibly bigger.

Well, I am honoured...

..and humbled.

Hey. Just about before...

Xav? Drowning over here.

Uh, yeah, mate. Just a tick.

Sorry. I'll...I'll be a couple of hours.

Yeah, sure. I'll, um... I'll wait for you at yours.

- Yeah? - OK.

Thank you. (KISSES)

Oop!

Don't forget these.

COLIN: Well, I don't know. I think it's just, uh...

(SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)

(BOTH LAUGH)

G'day, love.

What is this?

Well, it's lovely to see you too.

What are you doing here?

Col's just giving me some recovery advice

and telling me about his old war wounds.

- From when I did my back. - Yeah, this is not like that.

Well, you were a bit dismissive of my pain, Heather.

You're just on your third beer, then?

A man's gotta have something to get him through the pain, love.

(LAUGHS)

Colin. A word?

What the fuck are you doing here?

- I heard about work. - What?

Well, your colleagues are like family to me, Heather,

and we feel a duty of care.

I see. And what have my colleagues divulged?

- You're falling apart. - No, clearly, I'm intact.

- You're at sea. - Very much on dry land.

Don't get defensive.

Ben's recovery has been a slow crawl,

but he's getting there, and I'm fine.

- It's bigger than that, Heather. - Bigger than what?

Well, I think it's important for the process

that you can articulate it yourself.

What the hell are you talking about?

I think it's clear now that you left home to spread your wings,

but you've ended up... in a cage.

(SIGHS)

Time to go, Col.

See ya.

Hey.

(DOOR OPENS)

- Hey. - (CLEARS THROAT)

(SIGHS)

Sorry about that.

What a shit-show. Absolutely slammed.

And then Mike has to go and cut his bloody hand.

Mmm. Uh, I saved some takeaway for you, if you like.

Oh. Thank you.

(SIGHS) God.

Hey, about, um... about before with Charlie.

Is Charlie the intimidatingly hot barman?

Yeah, I'm sorry about that.

He, uh...he's a massive flirt.

There's a bit of history there, but nothing much now.

'Nothing much'?

Yeah.

This might not be the best time to have this conversation.

Well...is there a conversation?

Well, usually, yeah.

About other guys and stuff.

(SIGHS)

Sorry, are you talking about open relationships?

Well...

..is...

..is that what you...

..normally do?

(SIGHS)

I mean, it's...it's different every time, you know.

I've had one relationship that was completely open and a...

(LAUGHS) ..a free-for-all.

It's not for everyone.

And then I've had a couple which were more of a...

..if-your-partner's-away-type situation.

And then, of course, there's...

..the...if we're in agreement, we, uh, invite a third party.

Or a fourth.

I'm freaking you out, aren't I?

No. No. Not...really. I just...

(SIGHS)

Have you ever just had a...

..a relationship that was just one-on-one?

Yeah. Of course.

But I think that that's maybe why it didn't work out.

- (SIZZLING) - Morning!

Morning.

No, no, no, no, no. It's Diwali. No meat.

That's tonight.

The rules apply all day, Heather.

God, you spend one day with Manju

and now you're a bloody cultural attaché.

Well, you...you spent the day with Manju?

- She offered to lend me a sari. - You should eat. We gotta leave.

She says it's unholy for white women to wear saris at Diwali.

- Oh, nowyou do your stretches. - Yeah.

10 minutes before your follow-up?

You reckon that's gonna make a difference?

- Feeling pretty limber, yeah. - (DOORBELL RINGS)

I'll get it. You eat.

OK, Manju's just reminded us to wear bright colours tonight.

- She's messaging you now? - We have a WhatsApp thread.

- Or two. - (DOOR OPENS)

HEATHER: Joseph!

JOSEPH: Heather! Hi. How are you?

Joe?

(GROANS)

BEN: Joe?

What are you doing here, mate?

- Did you miss me? - JOSEPH: Yeah. Like the clap.

BEN: Yeah, you still got that? Still itching?

JOSEPH: That's crabs, dickhead.

Oh, yeah, of course. Yeah, we met briefly, Ainsley, yeah.

- Liz! - Joseph.

What brings you here?

Well, I had a...

..unexpected window open up, work-wise, and...

..well, I knew that Ben's surgical follow-up was today,

so, uh...

I see.

Yeah.

So, no other factors? No additional prompting?

Hmm. Um...

No. None that I can think of.

Mate, it's great to see ya, but I am capable

of going to the surgeon on my own.

- Oh, that's a lie. - Well, I can't drive.

- But I can call an Uber. - Your account's suspended.

Well, I... (SIGHS) ..I can get a bloody cab, then.

- Can you? Where to? - The hospital.

It's at her consulting rooms in Richmond.

The address is on there.

There's also a record of the medication he's on.

- She's gonna ask him about the pain. He's gonna lie. - BEN: I won't.

She's gonna ask him if he can lift his arm over his shoulder.

- He can't. - I can!

- Go on, then. - I can lift my arm.

I just don't want to now.

Just if you could get him there and get him home

and remember what she says.

- Really appreciate this. - JOSEPH: No problem.

OK. I've gotta head off to work.

Um, do me a favour. Change your shirt.

(LAUGHS)

(SIGHS)

(DOOR OPENS)

(DOOR CLOSES)

Yeah, they did seem a bit tense.

I mean, functional, but...

..tense.

OK, that's not functional.

That...that's a woman running a grown man's life.

And...and you said he's been writing himself off?

(WHISPERS) Never say anything in this house

you're not happy for all members of the dwelling to hear.

Trust me.

OK.

Might be best if we relocate this conversation offsite.

- OK. Um, right now? - Well, at some point.

So, um...

..tonight?

Well, I'd have to check my calendar.

(WHISPERS) Liz! (CLEARS THROAT)

It's Diwali.

Um, it seems I am...

..I'm actually scheduled to celebrate Diwali tonight.

We all are.

- It's the Indian Festival of... - Of Lights, yeah. Yeah.

- Happy Deepavali. (LAUGHS) - (LAUGHS)

Oh, I spent some time in India.

BEN: You alright?

(DOOR OPENS)

And also with you.

(DOOR CLOSES)

Happy Diwali, Mum.

They are not coming.

- What? - Akshay rang.

And they refuse to celebrate Diwali with us.

- Well, what did he say? - He didn't give any excuse.

But he's convinced them all, the whole family.

(SIGHS)

I'll go there and I'll talk to him again.

No, Harpreet, no.

You should have not gone there in the first place.

I knew he's traditional, but I didn't think he would be this heartless.

Mum, I'm so sorry.

We can still do Diwali. We'll... we'll do it just the two of us.

That's no way to bring in the new year.

We must pretend it's any other day.

Diwali is...

..cancelled.

(SIGHS)

HARRY: Diwali's cancelled. It's not on.

What?

Well, we've just had some family drama, so we had to cancel.

I'm sorry.

Is your mum OK?

Yeah. Of course.

This doesn't have anything to do with, uh,

the conversation we had last night, does it?

- No. No. Not at all. - OK.

Because, you know, what I should have said,

if it wasn't already clear to you, is...

..you know I'm... I'm really into you?

Right? And...and I'm really into us.

But, uh, you... you know, I...I just...

..I don't think there's any one person that I could sleep with

for the rest of my life.

Yeah, but... but it's not personal, Harry.

(HARRY HANGS UP)

(SIGHS)

May-maybe it should just be you.

I mean, she's gonna be in a vulnerable place,

and you...you clearly have your connection.

Uh-uh-uh.

(RINGS DOORBELL)

Manju?

(DOOR OPENS)

Ainsley!

Elizabeth!

I don't know if Harpreet told you, but...

We just heard. And we wanted to check that you're OK.

Yes, I'm OK.

- Oh, Manju, no! Sorry. - (SOBS)

Aww...

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

It's really difficult to be a mature-age woman

and feel like...

..you have no family.

(SNIFFS)

Elizabeth, of course you will understand.

Couldn't we still celebrate Diwali?

A smaller version?

It would be too heartbreaking.

This house, it's full of...

..memories of my family.

Could we have it at our house?

Don't be ridiculous, Elizabeth.

No, we'd manage.

Manju, the way that you talk about Diwali...

..my family never celebrated big events, or any events.

It would mean so much.

It would, and to Harry too. I mean, to all of us.

Well...

..for you, obviously, Elizabeth,

you must pick happiness where you can find it.

I'd just be going through the motions.

That's OK.

Oh, maybe a bit higher.

Whoops.

Good. Let's brighten it up a little bit with this.

- OK. - Yep.

- (SIZZLING) - Oh!

Too high. Too high.

(PHONE RINGS)

Oh! Martin!

Martin! Forgive me.

I forgot to mention

that we moved Diwali to Harpreet's place.

- Have you arrived? - (SCRAPES)

I'm sorry.

Who's there?

HARRY: As soon as I stepped through the gate,

it was clear what I was walking into.

A loving, strangely relocated celebration

thrown together by my housemates.

But after everything with Xavier,

I barely had the energy to facethem...

..let alone my whole extended family.

(GASPS) Happy Diwali!

- MARTY: Oh, hi. - LIZ: Surprise Diwali.

Hey!

Mami? Malvika? What are you doing here?

Oh, you've always been such a good boy, Harpreet. We love you.

How could we not be here?

MANJU: They are teaching my brother a lesson.

- Thank you. - Oh!

Is, um...is Ben far off?

Oh, he's coming. He's... he's been at the surgeon's.

- But he'll get here. - (DOOR CLOSES)

- Ooh! Look at you! - HARRY: Simmo!

- MAMI: Look at you! - Oh, yeah.

I went the suit rental in the end.

Might have, uh, overstepped it,

but these pants fit me like a glove.

Wonderful.

So, where's Xavier?

Yes! We want to meet your handsome stud.

Oh, uh...I told him it was all cancelled.

- Oh, why? - Harpreet?

This is for him too. He should be here.

- Um, it's getting late. - It's still light outside.

There's plenty of time. Go get changed.

Get changed and call him.

- You OK? - Yeah.

- Is this too much? - Never.

Is this too much?

(SIGHS)

I might have fucked it with Xavier.

- What?! - (SIGHS)

We had a chat last night and it turns out he's, um...

..not big on monogamy.

And by 'not big', I mean not into it at all.

- Oh, fuck. - Yeah.

We tried to talk about it today and, um...

..I wouldn't say I hung up on him, but I, um...

(SIGHS)

..I hung up on him.

I just feel like I've blown up my family

for a relationship I'm never gonna be able to make work,

and...and...

..and now they're all out there and desperate to meet him.

It's fine. No. We'll tell them that he's made other plans.

Don't worry about that.

This isn't for Xavier. It's for you.

And now everybody bow their heads

and make a silent Divali wish.

HARRY: I'm pretty sure I could tell you

what my housemates were wishing for.

For Ains, it was obviously baby-related.

Heather was too jaded to wish.

She was just enjoying the silence.

Liz would have been making the same wish she'd made

for the past two decades -

to increase her success and maintain her jawline.

Marty was too distracted by his leg cramps

to wish for anything.

But for the first time in my life,

I had no idea what to wish for.

I just wanted the night to end.

(KNOCK AT DOOR)

Sorry, Manju. It's probably Ben.

- (DOOR OPENS) - HEATHER: Xav!

Come in.

- MANJU: Xavier? - MALVIKA: Hey! Xavier!

- (LAUGHTER) - Hi, Xavier!

Uh...s-sorry. Um...

Harpreet said you had to work!

No, I just came to talk to Harry.

There was a change of plans. They decided to surprise me.

- Hi, Xavier! - Oh, hello.

Oh, God!

Of course! Come, let's find you a sherwani.

Oh, Mum, the ceremony's almost over.

Oh, but the night is young!

- This is a Diwali miracle! - Yes!

Come, come! We'll find you a nice bright one.

You'll look so dashing!

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

I already know you're wonderful, 'cause Manju hand-selected you.

Oh.

You must be a very special gay man.

- I considered many options. - What?!

I want you to know that you're always welcome in my home.

Thank you. That's very kind of you.

But not when my husband is around.

- Uh, at other times. (LAUGHS) - (LAUGHS) Right. OK.

We love you. We love Harpreet.

And we love Penny Wong.

- And I voted yes. - She did.

Oh, thank you. (LAUGHS)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Bit of heat.

I'm so sorry.

Is there any, um, particular way you want me to behave?

Just...general human normalcy.

I can't offer an example. Sorry.

- Oh, God. - (TAPS GLASS)

I don't want to interrupt the festivities,

but I must thank my bhabhi

and my niece for being here.

Very happy. Very happy.

And, Xavier.

For many years, I wished to have another child.

And now...

..you're like a son to me.

I'm so grateful Harpreet and you found each other.

And I'm so grateful for the science of surrogacy.

OK. Mum...

So grateful for the options it offers.

Indian sperm in white womb or full Indian.

- Mum! - I love both of you.

I love both of you very much.

And this is the best Diwali.

Best Diwali!

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

(FESTIVE MUSIC PLAYS)

(CHEERING)

I am feeling the urge to join them, but...

..don't know if it would be inappropriate.

I've been wrong before.

Well, I...I speak from experience when I say

do not attempt any Bollywood dance moves.

- Right. - Just...just don't do it.

WOMAN: Come on!

Ains.

I'm not very experienced with this kind of dancing,

or...any dancing with a...

I'd love to.

Won't you join us?

- Here we go. Here we go. - Yay!

- AINSLEY: Come on, Liz. - Um...um, um...I'm going to...

- Oh. - Marty, get up here.

LIZ: Oh, I'm coming.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER AND LAUGHTER)

Martin, I'm tired.

Oh! Lizzie!

- Hi. - Hey.

Holy moly!

- (LAUGHS) How are ya? - I'm good.

Kevin Daniel Richard Fitzsimons! How are ya, mate?

This is Benjamin. He's one of the housemates.

- He's heterosexual. - SIMMO: Come on, mate.

- Grab a drink of water. - Yep.

- Come on. Come on, eh? - Righto.

- You right? - Yeah, yeah, I'm OK.

You OK?

What happened?

BEN: Alright, Simmo, I can manage.

What do you mean?

I-I've never seen him like that.

Really?

- SIMMO: Oh, fuck! Shit! - BEN: Arggh!

You right? Hit your shoulder?

- Don't worry, mate. It's buggered anyway. - What?!

My shoulder.

My shoulder's fucked!

- Get up, old fella. - Come on, mate.

Well, thanks for taking him out and getting him shit-faced.

He was always gonna get shit-faced.

All you had to do was get him there, get him back. That's it.

I swear to God, Heather, I tried to stop him.

But there's no slowing him down after a certain point.

What you saw was containment.

What the hell happened?

I mean, what did the... what did the surgeon say?

That's a question for Ben.

Well, he's passed out.

And at this point, it's probably better that I hear it from you.

(SIGHS) Apparently...

..his recovery might have plateaued.

His range of movement might only get to 60%.

What does that mean in real terms?

Well, it means...

No more footy. And he'll have to rethink his career.

(SIGHS)

(LAUGHS)

Do you know what the tragic thing is?

Six beers is what it takes

for Benno and I to be honest with each other.

(LAUGHS)

It's...it's messy, but it's good that you came.

Look, I'm gonna try and sort things out with the office.

See if I can work remotely for a week or two.

You know, stick around for a bit.

Is Bethany gonna be OK with that?

Ooh. (SIGHS)

It's a process with Bethany, but, um...

..I'm pretty confident.

I liked your dancing, by the way.

Bowls?

Oh, uh, just up there.

Oh, uh, let it burn down.

It's bad luck to blow it out.

Right.

Thank you for enduring all that.

I loved it.

I'm sorry I didn't tell you it was back on.

I wasn't avoiding you.

Oh, well, I shouldn't have started that conversation

the way I did.

You're kind of...

..well, you are

my first proper boyfriend.

So the idea of...of going from nothing to an open relationship

was kind of like going from a crawl

to a record-breaking sprint.

I'm in love with you.

I'm in love with you.

(BOTH LAUGH)

And I am open to a monogamous relationship

if that's what you want.

I don't want you to have to change for me.

Same.

How often would you normally...

(LAUGHS) Harry.

You don't have to... you don't have to do this.

If we could take it slowly and... (SIGHS)

..if I could have at least four freak-out passes...

Harry...

..you don't have to do this.

No, I want to try.

I do.

I want to try it.

Next time on Five Bedrooms...

Yeah, there's... there's an attraction here.

I don't know. Maybe it's a one-way street.

There might have been some...

..light traffic on the other side.

AINSLEY: OK, Heather slept in my bed last night.

I think her and Ben had a fight.

- What?! - Did he sleep in Simmo's tent?

What the hell happened in that room

that they both had to leave it?

Just need you in early tomorrow.

We've got an 8am with Yvonne from HR.

- What for? - Can't tell you.

Is it about the lateness?

I'm not saying anything else, Liz.

The profanity? The hairclips?

Is it about the bullying?