Home and Away 8314 25th July 2024

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00:00As of last night, I think I've become Harry's permanent guardi.
00:11If you haven't done your HSC, what are your plans?
00:13Do we have to figure this out now?
00:14Don't you want to make something of yourself?
00:16What's the plan?
00:18Could I please order three glasses of your house wine?
00:22Three?
00:22As long as I'm in control.
00:24Why shouldn't I be able to join in the fun?
00:26Because you have a history with alcohol.
00:28I'm trying to show you that this is okay.
00:32I know you're worried, but it's really hard to be critical when she seems so happy.
00:36She's happier than she's been for such a long time.
00:38Last night, you said that you only wanted to be with me after I got hurt.
00:42But it's because that is what made me realise what is important.
00:46So you agree that if it wasn't for the accident, you wouldn't be here right now?
00:49It was bad enough when Bronte was trying to break the two of you apart.
00:54Now he is doing exactly the same thing.
00:57Where are you going?
00:59I'm going to go tell Xander that he's being an idiot.
01:13I'm not going to let this go, Perry.
01:15You came to me because you wanted to make better choices, yeah?
01:18Yeah, and I choose not to go back to school.
01:22Alright.
01:24Then what are you going to do?
01:26I don't know.
01:31How about this?
01:33You want to work at the gym?
01:34Why not?
01:35Seems alright.
01:37You can't just ask for a job and get it instantly.
01:39It doesn't work like that.
01:41Why not?
01:42Well, usually you have to hand in a resume and write a letter saying why you should be hired.
01:47Great.
01:48There's just one problem.
01:50I don't have a resume.
01:51Okay, then just write a letter.
01:53But you already know me.
01:54It's good experience.
01:57Look, it doesn't need to be super formal.
01:58Just give me five good reasons why I should hire you,
02:01and then email it to me like any other applicant would.
02:03Email?
02:04No one uses email anymore.
02:07Nice try.
02:08I want something in writing by the end of the day.
02:14Hi.
02:16Xander not here.
02:18That's a first.
02:19We had a fight.
02:21Yeah, what about?
02:24Good, you are here.
02:25We need to talk.
02:27Hi.
02:28Yeah, hi.
02:28Um, you're overthinking things, as always.
02:32Who cares how we got together or why we got together?
02:36The point is, is that we are together.
02:38Capisce?
02:39Have you been drinking?
02:41I've had a mimosa.
02:42Or three.
02:43Why?
02:44Well, I don't want to talk to you unless you have a clear head.
02:46I gotta go to work.
02:47Oh, then I will walk you.
02:49You sure you're alright to do that?
02:50Oh, yeah, I'm fine.
02:52And besides, you're the one that just got out of hospital.
02:54So you do actually need someone with you, right?
02:59I'm not getting involved in this.
03:01Listen, I really don't want to talk about this.
03:02Get out of this conversation.
03:04It's happening.
03:06Come on, then.
03:18Surprise!
03:19I thought you were coming back tonight.
03:20I know, but I got bumped on an earlier flight.
03:23Oh.
03:27Mmm, you look good.
03:30Don't I always?
03:31Yeah, you seem really well.
03:33I am.
03:35Pretty much back to my old self.
03:36Well, I mean, starting the new unit.
03:38That must have given you a lift.
03:39Yeah, yeah, it's actually going pretty well.
03:42Well, that's good.
03:43Now tell me, did Tane and Marley play nice with you?
03:47Ah, there were a few teething problems, but we got there in the end.
03:50Oh, yeah?
03:51Hey, I want to hear how things went with Dan.
03:54Well, you can relax, because it's all good.
04:00Dan's fine with us being together?
04:02Look, he wasn't stoked about how we got together,
04:04but he said if I was happy, then he was.
04:07Aw.
04:08I know.
04:10I wish I could say the same about Eden.
04:12Oh, someone's been taking cheeky pound apps on the couch.
04:15Oh, um, that's not me.
04:17Bit of a long story.
04:18Maybe later.
04:20Right now, I think we just figure out how much you've recovered.
04:29OK, well, let me put all this stuff away to show you how useful I can be.
04:33No, no, no, I'll do it.
04:34You get going with your application.
04:36Or we could both put it away, you know, make it faster, and then have a game of pool.
04:41Do you want the job or not?
04:43Fine.
04:45You're putting the young bloke to work.
04:46Ah, we'll see.
04:48Starting to find your feet around here, eh?
04:50Yeah.
04:51Look, I should probably make a start on that letter.
04:55See you later.
04:56Hey, dump that at the front desk and grab the laptop.
04:58Yep.
05:01So, how's he going?
05:03He asked for a job.
05:04You going to give him one?
05:06Yeah, but make him jump through a few hoops first.
05:08Teach him about responsibility.
05:10Good for you.
05:11Too many kids these days expect things to just drop in their laps.
05:15Yeah, I didn't think Perry would be like that, but I'm getting a bit of pushback.
05:18Well, hang in there.
05:19He'll play ball eventually.
05:29Oh, hello.
05:30I was just about to chip off to the diner for my shift.
05:34Oh, I know.
05:34I was on a break, so I thought I'd come and keep you company when you walk in.
05:38OK, well, let me pop on some lippy and we'll get cracking.
05:45Are you celebrating something?
05:48Ah, so that's the real reason you're here, is it?
05:52So you can stick your bib in where it doesn't belong.
05:55I am allowed to worry about my friend,
05:57especially when she's a recovering alcoholic who decides she's going to start drinking again.
06:02Leah, I have been sober for eight years.
06:05And how many years before that?
06:07I know that.
06:08Then get off my back and let me live a little for the first time in God knows how long.
06:14I know that this is about Bronte.
06:17Come on.
06:17Dana and I decided that we wanted to have a mimosa with brunch.
06:23Irene, I do not need you giving me the third degree in my own home about it.
06:29OK, just get ready and we'll go to work.
06:33Yeah, you know what?
06:34I think I might go in there under my own steam.
06:37So I'll see you in there.
06:44Well, I don't understand why it's getting to you so much.
06:49Honestly, it's like you don't want us to be together,
06:51so now you've invented a reason to keep us apart.
06:53No, I haven't.
06:54OK, then let it go.
06:55Xander, I want to be with you.
06:58How else can I prove that to you?
07:00Do you want me to be like a skyrider or fireworks?
07:02Dana, you couldn't forgive me.
07:04And then this random thing happened and suddenly you could.
07:07So?
07:08So it's like us being together is just dumb luck.
07:11I'm going to go to work.
07:13OK.
07:22How'd it go with Irene?
07:24She's drinking again.
07:26Looks like she had a couple of mimosas with Dana.
07:29OK, um, I guess this is not the end of the world.
07:33Norman, she's playing with fire.
07:35I know she is.
07:36I just think we need to support her through this
07:38and manage some of the decisions that she's making.
07:41Even if I think she's being completely self-destructive?
07:44I think we need to keep an eye on her.
07:46Irene has had a really tough time lately.
07:49I know she has.
07:50And that's why I think we need to support her
07:52instead of making her feel worse than she already feels.
07:56Every time I turn around, you pair are gossiping about me.
08:00That is not what we're doing.
08:01Tell that to your guilty faces.
08:04Irene, you know what?
08:04I don't want to have a fight with you again.
08:07Neither do I.
08:08Great. OK, so if you were fit to be here,
08:10then let's just get on with it.
08:11Hey, I have two glasses of Shampers Tops.
08:16OK, girls, let's just take a breather.
08:17And how many times have you turned up here
08:21after a boozy lunch, half-cut
08:23because you've been off with Justin somewhere?
08:25I have never turned up to work drunk
08:26and I would like some reassurances that you won't either.
08:30Or what?
08:31OK, let's just take a breath and step back from this, girls.
08:35I don't need this. I'll be at the coffee cart.
08:42Tane said all his housemates were cool with me being here.
08:44No, yes, he did.
08:44He did tell me that someone was staying ages ago.
08:46I just didn't realise you'd still be here.
08:49Would have been nice if he'd given me a heads up
08:50that you were sticking around.
08:51Well, that's Tane's fault.
08:53That we can agree on.
08:56Ah, we should probably get going.
08:57Well, it's been really nice to officially meet you, Perry.
08:59Same here.
09:00OK.
09:01Hey, welcome home.
09:03Hi.
09:05I have just been getting to know our new housemate here.
09:08Ah, yeah.
09:09Look, this isn't permanent.
09:10I'll find a place for me and Perry.
09:12Or you could move back in.
09:14Both of you.
09:15Well, if that's OK with you.
09:16Yeah, of course.
09:18Hey, how about you join us for dinner at Salt?
09:21Yeah, yeah, sounds good.
09:22Cool.
09:23Great, we'll see you there.
09:24All right.
09:25See you later.
09:26Bye.
09:29Application all done?
09:30Uh, no.
09:31Mackenzie interrupted me.
09:33All right, better get back to it.
09:34Unless you want me to hire someone else.
09:37How about you just interview me?
09:39I know what I want to say.
09:41Oh, we could do it now.
09:42No, that wasn't the task.
09:45Something wrong?
09:47Yeah, it's boring.
09:49Well, life is full of things you don't want to do.
09:51Great.
09:53Well, get back to it, yeah?
09:54I'll check on you in half an hour.
09:59My bed's not working tonight.
10:01Ah, I'm assuming things didn't get any better after your dad showed up.
10:05Well, you could say that.
10:07I wish I could have met him.
10:08Was it fun hanging out at least?
10:10Yeah, it was.
10:11It was, even if it brought up some stuff.
10:12I just wish Aiden could forgive us so we could get back to being family already.
10:16Hey, you will find a way.
10:19Yeah.
10:20Shouldn't you be checking in with Dana?
10:21Yeah, you have a seat and I'll get us a wine.
10:26Oh, finally, she's back.
10:28Hello, hello.
10:29So, tell me, what have I missed?
10:32Dana dumped me.
10:34No.
10:34Nah, it's okay.
10:35She took me back.
10:36Oh, that's good.
10:37But only because I ended up in hospital.
10:39Wait, what?
10:40Yeah, now we're fighting again.
10:41And are.
10:42Everything will sort itself out.
10:43No way.
10:44You are going to tell me everything right now and slowly, please.
10:55All right, time's up.
10:58What have you got?
10:59Uh, nothing yet.
11:01I'm still just trying to think about it.
11:04You said you knew what you wanted to say.
11:05All you have to do is write it down.
11:07Yeah, I will.
11:08It's just, I need to go to the bathroom first.
11:11So.
11:12You're avoiding this.
11:15Why?
11:16Because it's dumb.
11:17You should have just asked me to watch paint dry, yeah?
11:19It would have been much more fun.
11:21Look, I might be way off here, but I think I know what's going on.
11:26You're right, I just.
11:26Just answer me one question.
11:30Do you struggle with reading and writing?
11:34Yeah.
11:37Yeah, I do.
11:39Xander doesn't want our relationship to be saved by some freak accident.
11:43Sounds fair enough.
11:45But that's such a depressing way of looking at it.
11:48How do I, you know, make him see it a different way?
11:52I don't know, maybe start by looking at it from his point of view.
11:55Which is?
11:56So, he tried really hard to do right by you, but you only changed your mind after he was injured.
12:03You can't blame him for thinking the only reason you're together is because of the accident.
12:07I guess.
12:08That's just not the whole story.
12:11Isn't it?
12:13I just want you to know that Leah and I support you, and we only want the best for you.
12:18Oh, thank you, love.
12:20I just want a normal life.
12:22Is that too much to ask?
12:24No, no, of course not.
12:25I understand.
12:26That's great.
12:28In that case, why don't we catch up for a drink at Salt after work?
12:32Um, okay.
12:37Um, could you come for me?
12:40Yes, no way.
12:42I'm just going to go and track down John.
12:43Just get his take on her drinking again.
12:46So, you're talking to John about me now, are you?
12:50We were worried about you.
12:52I suppose he blabbed about the AA meeting.
12:54No.
12:55Are you serious?
12:57Leah, can you stop being so judgmental?
13:00Marie, how can you think it's okay to go and have a drink right after you go to an AA meeting?
13:04For God's sake, woman, for once in your life, will you just shut up?
13:25Hi.
13:27Thanks for meeting up.
13:28Well, Matt practically forced me to come and fix this.
13:31Yeah, Rose did the same to me.
13:35We do want to fix this, right?
13:38I do, it's just hard.
13:42I think I have the answer.
13:44I was talking to Rose and she was helping me see things from your perspective.
13:48Okay.
13:50And you're right.
13:51We are together because of the accident.
13:53Right.
13:55But you are also wrong.
13:58I'm not following.
14:00The accident is what got us back together, sure.
14:03But it's not the thing keeping us together.
14:07I'm here because I want to be with you.
14:10And to be honest, I was pretty crazy for ever thinking otherwise.
14:16Do you get what I'm saying?
14:19Yeah.
14:20Yeah, I want to be with you too.
14:22Yeah?
14:24Good.
14:24I can read.
14:33It just takes me a while.
14:37I've never actually told anyone before.
14:40You could have told me.
14:41Bro.
14:42No one wants to hire someone who can barely read or write.
14:46I do.
14:48Job's yours.
14:50Really?
14:51Yep.
14:52Thanks.
14:55So, how did you manage to hide it for so long?
14:59It really wasn't that hard.
15:01Your dad didn't notice?
15:03Please.
15:05And what about school?
15:06Well, if they asked me to read something, I just dip to the bathroom.
15:10Ah, like you tried with me.
15:13Yeah.
15:14But normally it works.
15:16What if it didn't?
15:18I just act up until I get chucked out.
15:20You must think I'm an idiot.
15:22Sounds pretty clever to me.
15:26Come on.
15:27Let's get out of here.
15:35Irene?
15:38Can I come in?
15:40Suit yourself.
15:45If you've come to check out,
15:48if you've come to check up on me, um, I'm not drinking.
15:53Can we sit down?
16:00I just wanted to apologize, actually, because I know I've been on your case a bit.
16:06I'm a bit?
16:07It is coming from a place of love.
16:11We've been here before and it's scaring me.
16:14Love, I know it must be a shock to the system.
16:18And I am really sorry that I bit your head off earlier.
16:24Are you sure that you're okay?
16:25I know you've suffered because of Bronte.
16:28Yeah, I did.
16:31But it's not being able to deal with it like normal people that's really eaten me up.
16:37You mean not being able to drink?
16:39Sometimes it's good to be able to deal with it.
16:43It's good to be able to take the edge off.
16:45I mean, you had a wine the other day to do just that.
16:49Yeah, but I can handle my alcohol.
16:51I'm not a recovering alcoholic.
16:54Recovered?
16:56Then why go to an AA meeting?
17:01Because John pushed me into it.
17:05But you know what?
17:07I really learned something while I was there.
17:10What?
17:11I'm not the same as everyone else who was there in the room.
17:16Leah, I've turned my life around.
17:18Why shouldn't I be able to enjoy a drink with my friends without hiding it all the time?
17:26Okay.
17:28I'm here if you need me though.
17:31Thank you, love.
17:36Okay, now order whatever you want as dinner is on me.
17:39No way.
17:40Yes way.
17:40You have a new job to celebrate and we want to welcome you into our household, don't we boys?
17:45Thank you.
17:47Well, I'm thinking I might go for the burger.
17:48A bit of a change from the steak and salad.
17:51Maybe you want the meat lovers?
17:53Yeah, the pizza sounds good.
17:56Wow, okay.
17:58Good luck working with this control freak.
18:00Hey, what do you mean?
18:01Oh, come on.
18:02You have seen him pack those shells with protein powder, right?
18:05Yeah, actually I did today.
18:06Everything lined up so straight.
18:08It's so annoying.
18:09One might even have to bring a ruler.
18:11All right, all right.
18:13Settle down before I change my mind about hiring you.
18:15Oh, hey.
18:17A bit quiet, everything okay?
18:19Yeah, yeah.
18:20I think I've actually hit a bit of a wall, so I might head home.
18:23Oh, okay.
18:24Um, I'll come with you.
18:25No, no, no.
18:26It's okay.
18:27You stay here and enjoy yourself.
18:28I'll see you guys later.
18:30See ya.
18:40Hey.
18:49You were asleep when I got home, out of bed when I woke up.
18:55You're not avoiding me, are you?
18:58No.
19:00It's got a lot on my mind.
19:05You've been like this since I got back.
19:08What's going on?
19:10I don't know.
19:12Do you ever wonder if we deserve to be happy?
19:27Hey, Rowan.
19:29Hey.
19:29It's the usual, thank you.
19:31Right.
19:32Oh, gosh.
19:33Yes, love really is in the air at the moment.
19:36Yeah.
19:37They're a lovely couple.
19:39You try putting up with that non-stop for the last three hours.
19:41The last three hours?
19:42Gosh, that is a long time.
19:44Excuse me.
19:45Sarge, hey.
19:46I'm just 20 minutes away.
19:49Mangrove River?
19:50Why? What's going on?
19:53The way my marriage ended.
19:55The way I treated Imogen.
19:57I have to live with that every day.
20:00I know that.
20:03I was hoping that Dad being here,
20:05he might be able to shed some light on how he moved past things.
20:08And?
20:10Well, he just hasn't.
20:12He's just accepted the fact that he's never going to be forgiven.
20:16Right.
20:17So, you think that you're going to have the same experience?
20:21Yeah.
20:22Eden still hates him, and me, frankly.
20:25And I know that friends that Mum and Dad had,
20:27they don't talk to him anymore.
20:29But you're not him, Levi.
20:33Yeah, I guess it's slightly different.
20:34Yes, that's right.
20:36You didn't see the way Eden reacted to him.
20:38It was not pretty.
20:40Well, I gotta say, that is one family reunion I was very glad to be away for.
20:46Yeah, if you're not going to take this seriously,
20:47I don't really want to talk about this with you.
20:49Oh, okay.
20:51Where did that come from?
20:52Well, you asked me why I've been distant.
20:54This is why.
20:56I'm sorry.
20:58I'm gonna go take a shower.
21:06Forensics came in on Dingo's car.
21:08We got him, Cash.
21:09These people are responsible for a police officer's death.
21:12Let's bring our A-games.
21:18Police, stay where you are!
21:20Stay where you are!
21:35What are you doing here?