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00:00 Previously on Shortland Street.
00:02 Save us!
00:03 You guys know me, you know I wouldn't have done that on purpose.
00:06 Do we?
00:07 I'll look after you.
00:08 I suppose there's no point holding a grudge.
00:10 You're not the first guy she's helped with a car and then taken home to care for.
00:13 All set?
00:14 Let's get you home, I'm gonna take such good care of you.
00:16 I'm already working on ways to source finances from elsewhere.
00:19 I have money, I'll pay you for theatre time, high risk surgeries.
00:22 Are you serious?
00:23 One million dollars times six.
00:25 Six million dollars.
00:26 Don't make me regret it.
00:27 Okay.
00:28 Getting full use of my hand will be pretty life changing.
00:31 No.
00:32 No surgery, no cash.
00:33 You deliberately misled me.
00:41 I said six surgeries of my choice.
00:44 And Parker just happens to be one of them.
00:46 How could you put me in this position, Chris?
00:48 No one is forcing you, Esther. It's an opportunity.
00:51 Take it or don't.
00:52 Come on, Chris, this is not fair.
00:54 Obviously I have no choice because without you, Mandy...
00:57 Thank you.
00:58 No, I have one condition.
01:01 I assist in surgery.
01:03 No.
01:04 I need full oversight or no deal.
01:07 Fine.
01:08 How soon are we talking?
01:12 I'm confident we can get him into surgery today.
01:14 Today? Well, that's fast.
01:17 And you're absolutely sure about this new approach?
01:20 Yes, I'm confident.
01:21 As long as you're happy to proceed, Kelsey.
01:23 It's a bit to get my head around, but as long as we can avoid the torture mask.
01:26 If I can remove it all, we can avoid radiation completely.
01:29 That's ideal for the patient.
01:31 Post-surgery, we'll see how everything's looking.
01:33 Okay. Sounds good.
01:35 I'll let you know when I have a confirmed plan.
01:37 How are you feeling?
01:42 I don't know. One minute he doesn't have time for George,
01:44 and the next he comes in here with a whole new plan.
01:47 Yeah, it's been a bit of a rollercoaster, hasn't it?
01:49 But Naz knows more about this stuff than anyone.
01:53 Well, he seems confident, that's for sure.
01:55 Yeah, he's experienced with this kind of surgery.
01:59 Okay, I know this is the right thing to do.
02:01 And as long as we can avoid the mask, I'm happy.
02:04 Thaddeus?
02:12 You should be resting those hands.
02:16 When I can't sleep, I write.
02:18 Escaping into my characters distracts me.
02:20 You're still shaken up.
02:22 Yes, but I have my novel.
02:25 Are you feeling up to it now?
02:27 Up to what?
02:28 Your meds.
02:30 I know you have your reservations,
02:32 but I promise a small bit of pain relief is going to make you feel a thousand times better.
02:35 No, no, thank you.
02:37 I didn't hit you intentionally, you know that, right?
02:46 Right.
02:48 But you did run someone else over.
02:52 Well, yeah, but Mark was an evil man, he deserved it.
02:56 You did it on purpose?
02:58 No.
03:00 It was a difficult time and emotions got the better of me.
03:03 It's hard to explain.
03:05 Try.
03:07 Mark stole my life savings.
03:09 That's no excuse.
03:10 It wasn't just me.
03:11 He hurt other people too, and if I hadn't done something, he would never have stopped.
03:15 So you were judge, jury and...
03:16 He didn't die.
03:17 That's hardly reassuring.
03:20 I got him to hospital, I looked after him.
03:23 He proved himself more evil than anyone could have possibly imagined.
03:27 But I understand how it looks from the outside, so if you want to judge me, go right ahead.
03:33 I should probably take a shower.
03:37 Okay, but your wounds need to stay dry.
03:40 I could help you.
03:41 In the shower? No, thank you, I'll manage on my own.
03:49 As I said, I'll put Jude on the list for this afternoon.
03:52 That's great.
03:53 I'd like to get him treated as soon as possible if everyone's still on board.
03:56 Yeah, we're all good, babe.
03:57 Yes, of course. I trust you know what you're doing.
04:00 Great.
04:01 Ah, Naz.
04:04 I know you're doing what's best for Jude.
04:07 And I know you trust Marty, but his approach isn't...
04:10 It's not the best option. I get it.
04:12 Somebody you care about is very sick.
04:15 It can be frightening.
04:18 I'm not allowed to observe the hand surgery.
04:20 Oh?
04:21 It's a tricky procedure.
04:23 And Chris won't want the distractions, and he hasn't exactly been accommodating these days.
04:27 I just wanted to watch. I told my followers something big was coming.
04:30 No idea when I'm going to give them instead.
04:32 I'm sure you'll figure it out. Your videos are great.
04:35 See? I told you I have followers.
04:37 I know you do.
04:38 What? I was thinking, how about you follow me for the day?
04:41 More on the wards again. No thank you.
04:43 I've got a full surgical list you could observe.
04:45 Wait, Jude's surgery?
04:47 Oh, that'll be up first.
04:49 Pediatric tumor removal. That'll be intricate and interesting.
04:52 Surgery on a kid? I don't think that's hospital protocol.
04:56 We have people observing all the time. And I can vouch for Gigi.
04:59 So I'd actually be in the surgery with you?
05:01 Keep quiet. Observe. I see no problems.
05:03 Oh my gosh, okay. Book me in.
05:05 Good.
05:06 I've got rounds now, but meet me in my garage.
05:09 I'll be there in a minute.
05:10 Good. I've got rounds now, but meet me in my exam after lunch.
05:14 Thank you, Naz. This is so great.
05:16 Don't let me down, okay?
05:18 This is the most motivated I've seen her about medicine in a long time.
05:22 Cool.
05:23 She's very hardworking. Great with people. And far more intelligent than she believes.
05:29 She'll make a very good surgeon if she just backs herself.
05:32 I'll get consent from Kelsey, okay?
05:39 I need one marshmallow.
05:41 The last thing you need is a sugar crash right before you go back to school.
05:44 Remus only ate the pink ones.
05:47 He made me and Romulus eat their white ones.
05:52 Hey, now, every time you have a pink one, you'll think about your friend.
05:57 Isn't that nice?
05:59 Yeah.
06:00 You want another one?
06:01 Yeah.
06:02 Yeah.
06:03 Babe, has he been on it the whole time?
06:13 Not the whole time.
06:15 You're supposed to be making an effort. He needs you in quality time.
06:19 We've been having quality time. Trust me.
06:22 Damn.
06:24 You seem a bit distracted.
06:26 I'm just waiting on a response to a text I sent to Phil.
06:29 Right, well, Phil is a young woman with a life, so she's probably got better things to do than text her boss back.
06:34 I really need a reply to this.
06:36 What have you done?
06:37 I may have taken a private joke a little bit far.
06:40 What did you say?
06:41 Well, it's complicated, but out of context, it...
06:44 Offensive.
06:46 Phil can take a joke. If anything, she'll just think you're a bit tragic.
06:50 Okay. Thanks.
06:52 Anytime, my love.
06:58 Stupid bag.
07:00 What are you doing?
07:08 I can't stop.
07:10 Impulse control does seem to be an issue.
07:12 It's so Moorish.
07:14 Oh, the words every novelist longs to hear.
07:17 How much did you read?
07:18 Well, I'm on the third chapter, but I have to know what happens next.
07:21 You're just saying that.
07:23 No, I'm hooked.
07:24 Really?
07:25 It's so exciting.
07:26 Oh. Well, that's remarkably kind.
07:30 I hadn't given much thought to who my audience would be, so it's nice to know who the work resonates with.
07:37 I find romance such an underappreciated genre in the literary world.
07:41 It's why I'm so keen to elevate it.
07:43 In fact, the captain...
07:44 Celeste. She's so powerful.
07:46 Right?
07:47 I wanted to put a spin on the traditional female protagonist, have her drive the plot a bit more.
07:51 I can really see it as a film.
07:53 Oh, if only.
07:55 So what happens at the end?
07:57 Well, I couldn't possibly...
08:00 Well, can I keep reading?
08:01 It's a work in progress, so the beginning will no doubt change as I progress.
08:06 One more chapter.
08:07 I'm not sure...
08:09 Please?
08:10 You email me your next chapter, and I'll make you a nice cold drink and something to eat.
08:14 If you're not going to take your medication, I'll need to try and find other ways to look after you.
08:18 Um...
08:19 So that's settled, then.
08:21 Tap, tap.
08:24 [Footsteps]
08:26 So you're in re-assertion, are you?
08:29 Gigi's pre-med this year.
08:31 Following in your brother's footsteps.
08:33 I'm still working that out.
08:35 Which is why observing a surgery like Jude's is such a great opportunity.
08:38 I'd really like to watch if that's okay.
08:41 What do you think, Mum?
08:43 I'd have some ass.
08:46 Me too.
08:47 Great. I just have a few more things to go through with Gigi.
08:50 Excuse us.
08:53 [Footsteps]
08:55 Monique is so lovely.
08:57 Qu'est-ce qu'il y en a?
08:58 I hadn't thought about it.
08:59 You should ask her out.
09:00 What? Why would I do that?
09:02 Uh, 'cause she's pretty, and she's smart, and she totally gets you.
09:07 What makes you say that?
09:09 Just a feeling.
09:10 Okay, I don't know where you're getting this idea from, but I'm not about to start dating a colleague.
09:14 And how about you concentrate on the upcoming surgery?
09:17 How about you concentrate on the upcoming surgery?
09:22 Chris and Esther.
09:24 And you must have some serious sway, or some serious dirt.
09:28 Oh, just good luck.
09:30 Well, you're overdue for some of that, I reckon.
09:33 [Laughs]
09:35 Selina, could you give us a moment alone, please?
09:37 Yeah, sure, I'm done here.
09:38 See ya.
09:40 So you're back.
09:44 I can explain.
09:45 Why you walked out of the hospital, didn't go to rehab,
09:47 or why you ruined the chance that Marnie was giving you to help you turn your life around,
09:51 given what you did to our family.
09:52 Yes, and what I did to your family, that was...
09:54 Are you clean now?
09:56 Yes, I swear.
09:58 I just came to tell you that I'll be assisting Chris.
10:00 We'll do our best, and then you will be discharged.
10:03 Understood.
10:05 This will be for Chris's surgery.
10:07 He hasn't got an exam, so should I leave it here?
10:09 What is it?
10:10 It's artificial nerve polymer for Parker's surgery.
10:13 Oh, I've read about that stuff. That's super high tech.
10:17 And experimental. I didn't even know it was available in New Zealand.
10:20 It's not.
10:21 So where do we get it?
10:23 I bought it.
10:24 So, should I leave it here?
10:26 Yeah.
10:27 Mind if I peek inside?
10:32 Don't you touch that. Chris, can we have a word?
10:41 Do you know our financial situation? We can't afford that.
10:43 I'm footing the bill.
10:45 Why didn't you tell me?
10:46 I didn't think I needed to.
10:48 First Parker, now some new experimental procedure.
10:50 Do you think this is just some game?
10:52 Not at all.
10:53 If we fail, or if there are any hiccups...
10:55 There won't be.
10:56 The hospital can't afford any more VAPR.
10:58 And the patient in there is already a wild card.
11:01 [♪♪♪]
11:05 [♪♪♪]
11:08 You enjoying it, then?
11:32 Very much.
11:34 I'm pleased.
11:35 I'm distracting you, aren't I?
11:41 A little.
11:43 I'll go upstairs, leave the master to his work.
11:46 [knocking]
11:52 Are you okay?
12:00 You didn't reply to my text.
12:02 My God, you can't do anything. How are you feeling?
12:05 Not great.
12:06 In pain?
12:07 Terrified.
12:08 What? Why?
12:09 Have you seen Misery?
12:11 Great name, I don't think so.
12:12 It's this film, it's this novel, there's a nurse, she...
12:15 She traps this writer, drugs him, holds him hostage.
12:18 Look in the glass, Sage.
12:20 Look in the glass.
12:22 Ew, Thaddeus, your distress is doing you dirty.
12:25 She's drugging me.
12:27 What?
12:28 Tip it out, tip it out.
12:30 She ran me over on purpose.
12:36 Now she's drugging me, she's reading my novel,
12:38 next thing you know she'll be hobbling me.
12:39 Hobbling you?
12:40 Or she's gonna cut it off.
12:42 Wait, what are you talking about?
12:43 Oh, my God, she's gonna cut my foot right off, just like Annie Wilkes.
12:46 Can you check to see if she's taken any surgical equipment from the hospital?
12:49 Who's Annie? I don't even know who Annie is.
12:50 No, Madonna.
12:51 No, Madonna.
12:52 Oh, my God.
12:54 How did she get there? She just, like, appeared.
12:56 Is everything okay, Thaddeus?
12:58 Oh, you finished your drink. Good for you.
13:00 Nice of you to pop by, Sage.
13:02 Well, I'm actually here for that.
13:04 Do you need anything?
13:05 I've got everything under control, Sage.
13:07 Okay, well, I'll leave you to it.
13:09 But you should probably get some rest, Thaddeus.
13:11 Yes, yes, you do, Mr. Man.
13:15 See you later.
13:17 Take my eye off you for five minutes,
13:20 and you're up and about straining yourself, breaking into sweat.
13:23 I'll need to make you another drink, too.
13:26 So the rumors are true.
13:31 Hey, Marty.
13:33 You're looking a bit better than when I saw you last.
13:35 Nearly six weeks clean.
13:37 Just trying to turn my life around.
13:40 Well, that's good to hear.
13:41 When you skipped hospital, I wasn't sure how things were gonna go.
13:44 I know.
13:45 I can never make it up to you and Esther for what I did.
13:48 It's in the past.
13:49 Staying positive, moving forward.
13:51 That's what matters now.
13:52 Thank you.
13:53 But still, I have to explain something to you.
13:58 Hey, what are you doing in here?
14:02 I thought Parker could do with a bit of support.
14:04 Let him know we back his recovery.
14:06 Could we have a word outside?
14:08 Esther, please.
14:09 Told you I don't want to hear it.
14:10 Yes.
14:11 I get it.
14:12 You're sorry, but it changes nothing.
14:14 Esther.
14:15 This patient needs to be prepped for surgery.
14:17 So I suggest you leave.
14:20 Sorry, mate.
14:23 Es, you know what Z does to people.
14:30 He threatened our kids and held us at knife point.
14:35 He's not that person anymore.
14:37 Just like I am not the person I was when I was hooked.
14:40 Well, he's not you.
14:41 I had a second chance.
14:43 Maybe this is his.
14:45 Chris obviously thinks so.
14:47 Chris has his own agenda.
14:49 Yeah, he sees the potential in a talented young surgeon.
14:52 Okay, well, I don't.
14:54 And I don't want him anywhere near us.
14:55 End of.
14:57 No, Celeste, don't do it.
15:12 Where has it gone?
15:13 Is that all you wrote?
15:17 No!
15:18 No, no, no.
15:19 I think it's okay.
15:22 Let me see.
15:24 Oh, thank goodness.
15:27 The next part isn't there.
15:28 Is it all right?
15:29 Have you written it?
15:30 I've written everything up to the end of the hanging.
15:32 The hanging?
15:33 There's a hanging?
15:34 Who gets hung?
15:35 Hanged.
15:36 And I wouldn't want to spoil it for you.
15:38 No, I need to see the next part right now.
15:40 I think I need to sleep.
15:42 No, you email me first and then you sleep.
15:46 Do as you're told.
15:49 Are you okay?
15:51 I don't know.
15:53 I'm going to make you a hot drink, okay?
15:54 It'll be good for you.
15:56 Okay, so this is the operating room.
16:04 We are about to observe our very first surgery.
16:12 I'll be right back to talk more about how it went and describe the procedure in detail.
16:15 Gigi, what are you doing?
16:18 Just checking out the room.
16:19 Have you read over the notes?
16:21 Once the patient is under anesthesia, you'll make an incision into the neck, expose the larynx and excise the tumor.
16:26 Good.
16:27 Possible complications include bleeding, damage to surrounding structures, infection and scar tissue formation.
16:33 But all that is very rare.
16:35 Shabash.
16:36 We just might make a surgeon out of you yet.
16:41 Oh, that's lame.
16:43 Oh, watch out.
16:46 Sorry, Billy. My bad.
16:48 You all good?
16:49 Yeah, sorry. Just one of those afternoons.
16:52 Anything I can help with?
16:53 Nah, but stay away from Phil. Man, she's in a terrible mood.
16:58 Really?
16:59 Yeah, she just bit my head off.
17:01 Do you know what's gotten into her?
17:03 No idea, but I'll be giving her a wide berth for the rest of the day.
17:10 Okay, that's the site exposed.
17:13 That's a damage.
17:16 Significant. It's no wonder he's lost the use of his hand.
17:19 Something I can't fix.
17:21 Well, that's good news.
17:23 Implant, please.
17:25 Wow, this looks amazing.
17:28 Yes, I'd say.
17:30 Just need to ensure that that's the right length.
17:33 Nerve hook.
17:37 Okay, bridging now.
17:40 Is this really going to work?
17:42 Quiet, please.
17:44 Sorry.
17:45 Suture.
17:47 Damn it.
17:51 What's the problem?
17:53 It's disintegrating as soon as I try to suture.
17:56 The nerves?
17:58 The implant.
18:00 You've got to be kidding me.
18:05 You might have fever.
18:07 I'm okay.
18:09 I'll be keeping a close eye on you.
18:11 I just need to sleep, that's all.
18:14 I sent you the rest of the book.
18:17 Really?
18:18 Everything I've written.
18:20 Well, you drink that, and I'll check in on you later, okay?
18:26 Hello?
18:27 Do it, Luke.
18:28 I've been digging with Billy and he filled me in on everything.
18:30 Not only did Madonna run her ex over in cold blood,
18:32 she also left him for dead in the hospital, caught fire.
18:34 No.
18:35 He was back in the hospital.
18:37 I'm not going to let him get away with this.
18:39 I'm going to get him out of there.
18:41 I'm going to get him out of there.
18:43 I'm going to get him out of there.
18:45 I'm going to get him out of there.
18:47 I'm going to get him out of there.
18:49 I'm going to get him out of there.
18:51 I'm going to get him out of there.
18:53 He was burnt to a crisp, like unrecognisable.
18:56 No.
18:57 He stole her heart, he manipulated her, he scammed her,
19:00 and then she took her revenge.
19:02 And now it's second nature.
19:04 Do you see, right?
19:05 And I know I've said this like a million times before,
19:07 but this is like prime podcast material.
19:09 I think...
19:10 That is.
19:12 That is.
19:22 Micro forceps, please.
19:24 OK, I think we've reached the target area.
19:31 Is that muscle?
19:33 Yes, and you can clearly see blood vessels,
19:35 and right here is our papilloma.
19:38 That's the tumour, right?
19:40 Not too close, please.
19:42 We don't want to risk breaking sterility.
19:44 Yeah, I just wanted to see.
19:46 It's incredible.
19:48 Yeah, it really is.
19:50 OK, I'm going to begin resection.
19:52 Thaddeus.
20:07 What have you done?
20:09 Stay away from me.
20:11 You murdered him.
20:13 Captain Celeste's true love, how could you?
20:16 Write what you know.
20:17 They were in love.
20:19 Now he's dead.
20:20 You have to change it.
20:22 Retract.
20:24 I can't.
20:25 You're the writer.
20:27 I'm just a conduit.
20:28 The characters follow their own truth.
20:30 It's a romance.
20:32 Yes, yes, but a tragic one, like the very best.
20:36 Romeo and Juliet.
20:38 Change it.
20:39 What?
20:40 You heard me.
20:41 Change it!
20:43 No.
20:44 You do as I tell you.
20:47 You leave me alone, I know what you did.
20:50 And I will happily do it again.
20:53 Oh, not my hands again, please.
20:57 Please, not for a third time.
20:59 Change it!
21:00 No, no!
21:01 Stay away from me, you vile demon.
21:05 I won't let you kill me.
21:07 This one's disintegrating too.
21:10 I think we've got a quality crisis.
21:13 We can't abandon Parker now.
21:15 No choice, the product's clearly faulty.
21:17 It can't be.
21:18 Maybe it's a bad batch.
21:20 Or it was damaged in transit. Either way.
21:22 One more try.
21:24 Now the section of polymer, please.
21:26 Chris.
21:27 Polymer.
21:28 I'm not giving up.
21:31 I just keep going over and over in my head, like what if something goes wrong?
21:36 Oh, nothing is gonna go wrong.
21:38 I didn't expect to be so shocked when they sedated him.
21:41 He was just so floppy and out of it.
21:43 Look, he's gonna be safe, I promise.
21:45 I'm just glad I was there to hold his hand when he went under.
21:48 I just wish I could have stayed.
21:49 No, no, trust me, you don't want to see the surgery.
21:52 Dr. Ashaad seems really experienced, and Gigi's really sweet.
21:56 Yeah, yeah, she's nice.
21:58 And she's a socials girl, she's got a heap of followers.
22:01 Ah, that's where I've seen her before.
22:04 Let's talk her feet.
22:06 Now you're talking.
22:07 Oh my god!
22:12 Clear the blood, please, Nicole.
22:14 Now here's the tricky part.
22:16 Because this patient is so young, I have to excise the tumour in such a way
22:20 that still allows his anatomy to grow.
22:22 And how do you do that?
22:24 Well, first...
22:25 What are you doing?
22:27 What are you doing?
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