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00:00Previously on Shorland Street.
00:02Total of death, 1642.
00:04I just feel like the system sets some people up to fail,
00:07and I am sick of waiting around for someone else to fix it.
00:10Patient advocate. I'll be the voice.
00:13I'll be the advocate. I'll...
00:15The only one that actually gives a damn.
00:17Down the line, there might be some room for some more advocates on board.
00:21I'm afraid we don't have the budget for that,
00:23but I think with you we will be just fine.
00:25Are you all right? Can you stop asking me that?
00:27You and I both know that you don't actually care.
00:29I keep reaching out and I keep getting in your way.
00:31But it's just us now.
00:33Please don't.
00:34Harper, I can't.
00:42Hey, hey. Sage is moving us on to karaoke.
00:45He's sorting an Uber outside. Keen?
00:47Um...
00:48Oh, my gosh.
00:49Yeah, I think I have.
00:50How about you, Phil?
00:51Sorry, what?
00:52Keen for more? Change of scene?
00:53Uh...
00:54Come on. You were raring to go a minute ago.
00:56I think the day's just caught up on me.
00:58I think I'll just go.
01:00See you tomorrow.
01:03Jeez, what happened in there?
01:05What?
01:06You have an argument with her?
01:07Why would you ask that?
01:08What's up with Phil?
01:09Um, well, she said something about having a hidden...
01:12Oh, she didn't say goodbye to me.
01:14Yeah, well, you know, she's had a big day.
01:16You know what it's like when your adrenaline wears off, you just crash.
01:19Shall we go?
01:24Well, maybe you should take a step back.
01:26What?
01:27You have enough to do without patient advocacy as well.
01:30So what? The patient should just suck it up?
01:33No, that's not what I meant.
01:35Esther's been sitting in that seat so long
01:37that she's forgotten why we got into healthcare in the first place.
01:40There's never enough money.
01:41Well, maybe she should take it from her big CEO salary.
01:44It's not Esther's fault, personally. I know that.
01:47It's just the situation.
01:49You've done what you can.
01:51Well, I'm not giving up.
01:52No, you have enough to do. Don't overwork yourself.
01:55Kick the can down the road, you mean?
01:57No, just don't overdo it.
02:01I need a holiday.
02:03What do you think?
02:05About what?
02:06Holiday. Us.
02:08Take a couple of days leave and just have some fun.
02:11I don't know if I can right now.
02:13Oh, I do know that I can't.
02:15And yet, you and me, away from all of this,
02:19wouldn't it be nice?
02:21It would.
02:23Some other time.
02:26Sure.
02:40Oh, Marty.
02:42Hey.
02:43How's life in Peet's?
02:44Not bad. You missing us?
02:46No.
02:47Have you had any patients die in the last 24 hours?
02:49None.
02:50Just as I thought.
02:53What's up, Marty, everyone?
02:55Hi, Harper.
02:57Where do you need me?
02:58Just here is perfect.
02:59We have got two people with stab wounds on the way.
03:01Copy that.
03:02And have there been any ED deaths overnight?
03:04Oh, not that I'm aware of.
03:06While you're there,
03:07could you check the mortality rate for the entire hospital?
03:09I know Peet's is all good, but what about surgical?
03:11I can do that for you.
03:13What's this?
03:14Zero mortality overnight.
03:16I knew it.
03:18Come on.
03:19Come on.
03:21The poker chip you got from our compulsive swallower.
03:23How can that possibly be lucky?
03:25You can mock it all you like,
03:26and I wouldn't normally believe it myself,
03:28but this chip helped Derek save a man's life,
03:30and then he gave it to me, and since then, no deaths.
03:32Zero.
03:33Whatever works, I will take it.
03:34Exactly.
03:35Today, all of our patients are going to make it.
03:37It's not going to last, Clover.
03:39Look, I know it's silly.
03:40No, it's not.
03:42We've got this.
03:50So, how's my blood pressure?
03:52Off the charts?
03:53Actually perfect.
03:55Oh, even when a charming nurse is making my heart beat
03:58just a little bit faster?
04:00Even then.
04:01And 36.2 in the normal range.
04:03In fact, your obs are very good.
04:06See?
04:07Oh, what's that?
04:08What?
04:10Thaddeus can do that one.
04:12Oh, can he?
04:14How did you...?
04:18Oh, here comes your brother.
04:22I guess he must be busy.
04:24Although, how busy can a pharmacist really be?
04:26Thaddeus has a lot of responsibilities.
04:28Checking drug orders, dispatching medications.
04:31I'm sure.
04:32Otherwise, he'd be right here by my side.
04:34He would be.
04:35He feels terrible that the whole sword thing went so horribly wrong.
04:40Were you close growing up?
04:42Oh, very close.
04:43Basically inseparable.
04:45But not so much as adults?
04:47My little brother took a different path
04:50of denying our family heritage.
04:52Bit of a black sheep.
04:53Really?
04:54Oh, yeah.
04:56Broke our father's heart when he went to that place.
04:59What place?
05:00University.
05:01Oh.
05:03Instead of being a magician?
05:05Such a shame.
05:06He lacked confidence, and that was his downfall.
05:08Thought he needed a plan B.
05:10Surely you had a plan B.
05:12What for?
05:14I'm Cornelius Fleiss.
05:16Ah.
05:19Start the new antibiotic and ask Dr. Green to review his pain relief,
05:23and I'll be in once I've checked on Mrs. Sharma.
05:31Who first you all love on?
05:33Oh, just having a bit of trouble with a patient.
05:35Can I help?
05:36I'll figure it out.
05:37Mr. Daly won't sign his consent forms.
05:40Did he say why?
05:41I think he's just scared, but I tried to explain to him.
05:44It's only a hernia repair.
05:46The risks are very low.
05:47Yeah, but any surgery is scary to the average person, you know.
05:51I understand that, but I have a full list today.
05:54Sounds like he needs some support.
05:56I'll reschedule.
05:57Hey, have you actually spoken to him?
06:00I'm a surgeon, not a counsellor.
06:02Right.
06:03So much for the best side manner.
06:05Don't you have somewhere you need to be?
06:07Well, support needs to come from somewhere.
06:10What?
06:11People can't always have their hand held.
06:14First name?
06:16Brian.
06:17Brian.
06:21Kia ora, Brian. I'm Selena.
06:23I think you might have some concerns about your operation.
06:26Yeah.
06:27Well, maybe I can answer some of those questions for you.
06:29Now, first, do you have any whānau support?
06:32Not really.
06:33So I'm guessing you probably haven't had anyone to talk this over with.
06:37No.
06:40Oh, come on, we need to shock him again.
06:42Time?
06:43Like eight minutes, but we can't give up.
06:45Not today, his daughter hasn't even got here yet.
06:47All right.
06:48Clear.
06:52You did it.
06:53Sinus rhythm with ectopics.
06:55Hey, hey, Mr Pettit.
06:56Can you hear me?
06:57Right, I'm just going to pop this mask on you, OK?
06:59Help you breathe.
07:00It's just a bit of extra oxygen.
07:01OK, can you stay here until Shazza gets here, please?
07:03Absolutely.
07:05Harper.
07:06How can I help?
07:07I just wanted to say I'm sorry.
07:09Oh, can we not do this at work, please?
07:11I was out of line last night.
07:13But I also can't stop thinking about you.
07:16Phil, stop.
07:17I've got ten bucks on gerontology.
07:19What about you two?
07:20What?
07:21First department.
07:22Have some on carpet.
07:23Oh, my God, can you not speak like that in front of our patients, please?
07:25Twenty bucks on pants?
07:26Ooh, dark, Grayson.
07:28Actually, make it fifty.
07:29Fifty?
07:30Jesus, what are they paying you surgeons these days?
07:32Go big or go home, old man.
07:34Um, I hope betting doesn't jinx that.
07:36Jinx what?
07:37Well, we've still had zero deaths since Derek gave me the chip.
07:40Oh, truly?
07:41What's the stats on that?
07:42Can't last another day, but it will.
07:47Anyway, you know, keep up the good work.
07:50Yeah, sure.
07:54OK, see you later.
07:59You need to up your game.
08:01Game.
08:07I can back the retractor.
08:09You reckon you need the Wheatlander retractor as well?
08:12Oh, maybe.
08:13Suction, please.
08:14Sure.
08:17Thanks again for assisting.
08:19I know it takes you away from your normal duties.
08:21Once Brian finally consented,
08:23I could hardly turn around and tell him there was no scrub nurse.
08:26Just needed a listening ear, then.
08:28He reckons he had a premonition about it.
08:30Like I said, scared.
08:32Turns out that his dad died around the same age.
08:34Surgical thing, too.
08:36He hasn't talked about it.
08:37Swab, please.
08:41But I talked you up, too.
08:43Safe pair of hands, blah, blah, blah.
08:47Between us, we've got it covered.
08:49Team monitor.
08:54What?
08:55His BP's dropping.
08:56Where's the bleed?
08:57There isn't one. The whole site is clear.
08:59What then?
09:00He's arrested.
09:09OK, all done.
09:10Just try not to touch the site, OK, Clive?
09:12Sure, thanks.
09:13You're welcome.
09:14I'll just see if I can get you transferred upstairs.
09:16Mr McClutchie's had his tetanus shot
09:18and they gave him a pep talk around power tools.
09:20We're just waiting on a bed in the surgical.
09:22Yeah, just hold on, mate.
09:24Got it.
09:26MVA incoming.
09:28Well, I hope it's not too serious.
09:29We're in a bit of a row here.
09:30Car across the centre line, head on with the truck.
09:32Oh.
09:33And we're on.
09:35Sway and marsh, 27.
09:37Driver's seat restrained, multiple leg fractures and pelvis maybe.
09:40GCS of three.
09:42Get Harper.
09:43Clover, you're with me.
09:44Come on, recess, let's go.
09:47Chris, there's no output.
09:48We're going again.
09:49That's 19 minutes and counting.
09:51Clear.
09:54Visualising the vocal cords and commencing intubation.
09:58What the hell are those units of O negative blood I asked for?
10:01Live on it, emit.
10:03Sage, what are her stats?
10:0475%.
10:05Great, we need to get that up.
10:06BP's through the floor.
10:07Give that blood now.
10:08Is that going to be enough to stabilise her, though?
10:11Come on, Saraya.
10:12It's going to be OK.
10:13It's a lucky day.
10:15Is the defib charged?
10:17Yeah, we're good to go.
10:18Clear.
10:21Damn.
10:22We can't get him back.
10:23We can.
10:24He's still in VF.
10:25We're not giving up.
10:26I want his heart to beat again, too,
10:28but I'm the one that talked him into this damn operation.
10:32Can't we just take her straight to theatre?
10:34In this state, she'd die in the lift.
10:36BP?
10:3770 over 50.
10:38What are you thinking?
10:39A noradrenaline infusion?
10:41No choice.
10:42I'm on it.
10:43OK, her BP is too low.
10:46God, what a mess.
10:49God, what a mess.
10:51I'm starting noradrenaline.
10:52Come on, Saraya.
10:54Last chance to live.
10:57Clear.
11:02Oh, my God, it worked.
11:04Brian, you're back.
11:05That was so close.
11:06OK, let's not celebrate too soon.
11:08We've got to take the winds where we can.
11:10Depends how well his brain has coped without oxygen.
11:14Oh, my God, her BP's increasing.
11:16What have we got?
11:18Let's hope it's not a dead cat bouncer.
11:20No way, you've turned a corner, Saraya,
11:22thanks to these amazing doctors and one lucky little poker chip.
11:24Yeah, yeah, yeah.
11:25All right, I'll take it.
11:27Whatever works.
11:28OK, I'm in.
11:29Take the place sage.
11:35It's healing nicely.
11:36He should be out of here in a few days.
11:39Right.
11:41Sounds like you two used to be really close.
11:45The level of foam on a cappuccino should be double that of a flat white,
11:48otherwise it's not a cappuccino, is it?
11:50It's a latte.
11:51Sorry, you were saying?
11:53I think you avoided visiting Cornelius this morning.
11:56I'll get round to it.
11:58So there's a bit of rivalry between you and him, right?
12:01Rivalry?
12:02No.
12:03It's natural for brothers.
12:05We may share a fraternal bond, but we are opposites.
12:09He took the path approved of by our family,
12:11I ventured out on my own.
12:13Does it hurt?
12:14Yes.
12:15Do I begrudge him his success?
12:18No.
12:20Mostly no.
12:23He only has lovely things to say about you.
12:26Beware the silver-tongued serpent.
12:28OK, there's a problem here.
12:30No.
12:31You have an opportunity while he's in hospital to talk to each other a bit.
12:35Maybe get over some of your petty jealousies from childhood.
12:39You think I'm petty?
12:41No.
12:43And I asked for cinnamon.
12:51Whoa, is that Soraya?
12:53Yeah, on her way to CT now.
12:55Amazing, man, I thought she was a goner.
12:57These guys stabilised her, they're geniuses.
12:59Hang on, hang on, we've still got a fight on our hands.
13:01Well, an operating room is free, right?
13:03Oh yeah, they're holding theatre four.
13:05Has anyone talked to her family?
13:06One of the cops said that they were on to her.
13:08OK, I'll follow them up.
13:09Straight back after the scan?
13:10Yeah.
13:11You need a hand?
13:12Unless I get a call-out?
13:13I can, sure.
13:19Oh.
13:21What?
13:23Gotta love a workplace romance.
13:29At least he's still alive.
13:31In HDU, with an 80% chance of brain damage after routine surgery.
13:36So not much of a silver lining then.
13:39Well, three cheers for me for getting him to sign the consent.
13:42You were doing your job.
13:44Not what you said at the time.
13:47When going above and beyond lands you in the crap.
13:51Well, the guy had a premonition that something was going to go wrong, and something did.
13:55Superstition.
13:56Maybe, but if I hadn't talked him into it,
13:59he wouldn't be on life support right now.
14:05MVA trauma, theatre four. Can you see if Nicole is available?
14:08Yeah, yeah, I'll check.
14:13You know your brother's asking for you.
14:16I doubt that.
14:17He misses you.
14:19He misses having someone to outshine.
14:21A stooge, if you will.
14:23He should hire a ventriloquist, darling.
14:26That would probably suit him, actually.
14:28See? He's charmed you completely.
14:31No, he hasn't.
14:33Well, maybe he has a little.
14:35I'm team Thaddeus. No way does he outshine you.
14:38Really?
14:39Yes. You're handsome and charming, has a successful career.
14:43What's not to be crazy about?
14:45Well, when you put it like that.
14:47So you can spare a few minutes to see poor, lonely Cornelius, can't you?
14:57Need a hand here. Defib.
14:59She crashed in radiology. We need to get her to recess.
15:02There is no room in this. Sorry.
15:04She got her scan?
15:05Yeah, just. All right.
15:07Come on, Soraya. You can do this.
15:10You're not leaving today. Not today, OK?
15:12This is a lot of trauma.
15:14Well, this is a lucky ED in a lucky hospital on a lucky day, OK? Come on.
15:18OK, clear.
15:22And she is back.
15:24I told you. You did it.
15:27And the streak continues.
15:28So this is the lucky streak I've heard about?
15:31Yes, and it's real.
15:32Well, you do know we can't save everyone in here.
15:34Oh, shush. Now you sound like you might.
15:36Just checking.
15:37It's this magic chip.
15:38A what?
15:39Oh, it's not a magic chip. It's just a poker chip. I'm betting the odds.
15:43Right.
15:44But you don't really believe in all of that, do you?
15:48Well, like what Harper said, whatever works. And this is working.
15:53OK.
15:58OK, what do we have here?
16:00Seven of diamonds.
16:02That's amazing.
16:04Magician never tells us secrets.
16:06It's nice he has visitors.
16:08Yeah, poor lonely Cornelius, holding court with his adoring fans. I'll come back later.
16:13No, they're leaving. Come on, no time like the present.
16:22Brother, reunited at last.
16:25How are you feeling?
16:26Well, how do I look?
16:27Quite well, really.
16:29All for show for my adoring public.
16:31You've got to give them what they want when you're a celebrity.
16:34Minor celebrity.
16:35Don't you agree, Madonna?
16:36I don't really know much about celebrities.
16:39Oh, just look at the Pope. Quite a crowd pleaser.
16:41I'm not quite sure they're the same thing.
16:43Oh, come on, you're a woman of the world. It's all smoke and mirrors and a sprinkling of glitter.
16:48I've never really...
16:49Must you really make fun of her religion?
16:52I'm not making fun.
16:53And FYI, she's not a woman of the world.
16:55Oh, I meant in the sense of intelligent and sophisticated.
16:58I wouldn't say that.
17:00Well, you have real charisma, Madonna. Real stage presence.
17:04Have you ever considered treading the boards?
17:07Me? Become a performer? Oh, my goodness, no.
17:12Uh, excuse me.
17:14Not getting flashbacks of stage fright, I hope.
17:17Stage fright?
17:18I've never been afflicted, but poor Thaddeus...
17:21Sorry.
17:23Remember that time you wet yourself in the magic box?
17:28Oh, oh, did I say too much?
17:31Excuse me, Cornelius.
17:35Thad, Thaddeus, what's the matter?
17:38It's all happening again.
17:40Will I ever be free of this torment?
17:43Torment?
17:44This. You.
17:46What?
17:47Whenever I have something or someone I love, he plucks it from my grasp.
17:52I'm not following.
17:54I'm not following.
17:56You're falling in love with him. I can see it in your eyes.
17:59That's ridiculous. I met him yesterday.
18:02He's done it in less than a day before.
18:04My first girlfriend, I'd only just worked up the courage to ask her out,
18:07and then suddenly she's his magician's assistant.
18:10Oh, I can see how that must have hurt you.
18:12It's the start of a diabolical trend that continues even now.
18:16Well, first off, I'm not an object to be taken.
18:19No, no, I would never...
18:21And second, the only person I'm in love with is you, you silly man.
18:26Really?
18:27Yes. I'm not interested in your brother.
18:30So get over the silly feud, okay?
18:33Not for me, for your own sake.
18:44Still mad at me?
18:46I'm not mad at you. It just can't happen again.
18:52I'm sorry, okay? I don't know what I was thinking or not thinking.
18:55Just move on.
18:56I really like Billy, you know?
18:58And I feel like I've taken a sledgehammer to my entire life.
19:01No.
19:02I have three beautiful kids and a husband who loves me,
19:05a husband who's had a horrible year and who keeps lashing out emotionally
19:08because he knows something's wrong, but he doesn't know what.
19:11He thinks it's his fault, and it's killing me.
19:14Well, some secrets have to stay secret.
19:17They do.
19:19They do.
19:22At least, Drew, could you give us some space, please?
19:25Sure, of course.
19:32Hi.
19:33Hello, stranger. Sorry, I can't talk.
19:35I'm a last-minute transplant ringer. See you at home?
19:38No, I...
19:39No?
19:40Sorry, I have to do this now.
19:42Do what?
19:44I need to tell you...
19:46What?
19:48I haven't been honest with you.
19:51About what?
19:53I've been saying everything's fine, and it's not.
19:56OK.
19:58I've been neglecting our family.
20:00No, you haven't.
20:01I have, Drew.
20:03There have been times when my heart just hasn't been in it, not properly.
20:08I thought that was all me.
20:10I let you think that.
20:12I let you get paranoid and think it was all your fault
20:15and now it's just me with my walls up.
20:18I've missed you.
20:20I've missed us.
20:21Same, and I just...
20:23I want you to know that wherever I've been in my head,
20:26I'm back now.
20:29Goodbye.
20:34Gia, Emmett.
20:35Cheryl excited.
20:36Saraya just survived her first operation.
20:39Chris was amazing.
20:40Wish I was there.
20:41Selina was there, too.
20:42She said that nobody rated her chances.
20:44No one, not even Chris.
20:45But I had others.
20:47Yeah, yeah, yeah, calm down.
20:48That means our run of no deaths is unbroken.
20:51If all our patients make it through the night?
20:53And they will.
20:54I just know it.
20:55What about your other lucky chip?
20:57Meaning?
20:58Mr Shy Guy should use his run of luck.
21:01To do what?
21:02Put us out of our misery.
21:04Ask him out.
21:13What's wrong?
21:15I've been thinking.
21:17Okay.
21:18That we should go out.
21:20Oh, really?
21:21Yeah, come on.
21:23Let's be social.
21:26It's the last thing you want to do right now, isn't it?
21:29And I can't see that changing anytime soon.
21:32I can't see that changing ever.
21:34Sorry.
21:36Look, I care for you so much.
21:38Look, I care for you so much.
21:40But this kind of...
21:42This kind of hermit thing, it's not working for me.
21:45It's not who I am.
21:47Okay.
21:49You're different now, and I get it.
21:51I understand.
21:53But there's a whole lot missing for me.
21:56But we're still so good together.
21:59I'm sorry, Chris.
22:02You and me hiding away.
22:06You're still living in your closed-off little world.
22:09But now you've just got me in there with you.
22:13And I'm sorry, but...
22:16I don't think I can do this anymore.
22:30Hi.
22:32Hi.
22:35How's the orchestra going?
22:38It's off the charts.
22:41Um...
22:43How would you feel if I...
22:47Let's find out.
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