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00:00Previously on Shortland Street.
00:02Madonna, this is my brother Cornelius.
00:05How did you?
00:07It's all happening again.
00:08Whenever I have something or someone I love, he plucks it from my grasp.
00:13I'm not interested in your brother, so get over the silly feud, okay?
00:17You guys realize there's been zero deaths tonight? How lucky is that?
00:21It's his magic chip. You don't really believe in all of that, do you?
00:25Whatever works, and this is working.
00:27What about your other lucky chip? Ask him out.
00:30I like the way you do that.
00:39Do what?
00:40Everything.
00:41Well, you can't do much.
00:43Do you want me to let go?
00:44No.
00:45I do want to make you breakfast.
00:47Later.
00:49Later? We have to get ready for work.
00:51But I think you're having heart palpitations.
00:54Oh, really?
00:55Yeah, it's giving cardiac arrest territory.
00:57You should probably take the rest of the day off.
01:02That's my professional opinion anyway.
01:05Come on, do it.
01:08Self-cure.
01:10Hey, Selena.
01:11Doesn't matter, maybe I'm going to be late.
01:13No, I'm just kidding.
01:14Hey, Selena.
01:15I'll be late.
01:17Sage.
01:18See?
01:19Easy.
01:20Now, can I make you breakfast?
01:26No.
01:32No photos, no photos.
01:34We were just coming in to see you.
01:36Ah, yes, they set me free early.
01:38I heard.
01:39Well, thank you for the farewell party.
01:41Oh, well, Thaddeus actually has something to say to you before you go.
01:46I was wanting to...
01:49Well, there's a certain sort of regret I have about the way...
01:53Frankly, I wish I hadn't behaved the way that I did.
01:55Are you saying sorry?
01:57I am trying.
01:58What for?
01:59Exactly.
02:00Swabbling?
02:01You're not teenagers after all.
02:03Does that mean welcome to this?
02:06Secrets in the galley.
02:08Yes, that's today.
02:10You'll come?
02:11I thought you'd never ask.
02:14Oh, and this is all that could be salvaged.
02:20My father's sword.
02:22You can send a picture of it to him, along with your explanation and apology.
02:27Sorry?
02:28Well, perhaps flesh it out a little bit more than that.
02:31But you're on a roll this morning and he'll appreciate you taking responsibility for your actions.
02:36My actions? We've been through this.
02:39We've come so far.
02:40Shit.
02:41I rescind my apology. It is null and void.
02:43As for the launch, don't come.
02:45No.
02:46You don't have to tell me twice.
02:50You were so close to making up.
02:52His fault, not mine.
02:58Now work at the table.
03:00I have a lot of important stuff to do today.
03:02Same. Ask me why.
03:03No, I'm serious.
03:04Yeah, so am I.
03:05Sage, the staff already hate me and now I'm about to give them a hell of a lot more ammo.
03:09I don't hate you.
03:10Hey, Mum.
03:11Dad!
03:12Sorry, did not mean to scare you.
03:15I'll see you in there.
03:17Why don't you sit down?
03:18I'm late.
03:19And whose fault is that?
03:20Tell me off later.
03:24I'll see myself out. Bye, Mum.
03:27Bye.
03:30Shh.
03:34Okay, go.
03:36He stayed the night.
03:37He stayed the night.
03:39And he's the first guy since...
03:41I know, even I can't remember.
03:42Status?
03:43TPC.
03:44And now he wants to see you later.
03:45You heard that too? Good.
03:47How did this even happen?
03:48I took charge of a situation.
03:50Had myself a bit of good luck.
03:51Do you want some?
03:53Bad thing.
03:54You got me a new man, didn't you?
03:55I already got one.
03:56A man.
03:57But not a tiger.
03:58Chip.
03:59So you don't want amazing good fortune in your job today.
04:01People respecting and admiring you.
04:03Okay, fine.
04:05Tip it three times.
04:07Come on.
04:08Do it.
04:10Hey, Selena.
04:11Yeah, yeah.
04:12I'll be there soon.
04:13Yes, I know.
04:14I'm sorry I'm not far away.
04:25So she's done?
04:26Yeah, for good.
04:28Is that what you want?
04:29No.
04:30I'm sorry, mate.
04:32She wants something I can't give her.
04:34Fuller life than I can handle.
04:36Well, you've been through the ringer, so that's going to change things.
04:39I just wish she didn't have to ruin the one good thing in my life.
04:42Okay, I didn't want to say it, but maybe she's right.
04:44You know, you guys have tried, and maybe it's just not meant to be.
04:50Right.
04:51Waiting time targets for specialists.
04:53What about?
04:54Medvitas have new targets.
04:56I'll speed things up.
04:57You got it.
04:58Great.
04:59We can do that if you supply more resources.
05:00This will be within the financial frame that's already established.
05:03Then we'll have to reduce referral numbers.
05:05That's right.
05:06That'll restrict who has access to specialist care.
05:09Well, we will be relying on your team's brilliant clinical skills.
05:12I will never compromise care.
05:14We don't expect you to.
05:15Yes, you do.
05:16That's what you're asking.
05:17There must be a way to make systems more efficient.
05:19Are you saying my department's inefficient?
05:21No.
05:22No, I am not saying that.
05:23Look, this is a dangerous policy.
05:24I'd like to talk to a doctor about it.
05:25Get them to give me a call.
05:26Now, is this meeting over?
05:27Not quite, no.
05:28Actually, considering your department has the worst waiting times, you can go.
05:32Tend to your patients.
05:34Thank you for being so considerate.
05:37So you can summarise the feedback and send it to me?
05:40Of course.
05:50Oh, hey, Madonna.
05:52Oh, it's book launch day, isn't it?
05:54Secrets in the gallery.
05:55Secrets in the galley.
05:56Yeah, but look, we're still on our zero mortality streak.
05:59So no winners.
06:00Winner?
06:01I want to know about a cup.
06:02I believe you.
06:03Anyway, I'm going to head to the book launch.
06:05Have fun.
06:06I'm so nervous for him.
06:10I don't want to say it's working, you silly little chip, but something definitely is.
06:14Yeah, I can't remember the last time we had a run this good.
06:17Ah, let's enjoy while we can.
06:18It won't last much longer.
06:20Well, as the youngest, least jaded medical professional here, I must say, I'm just choosing to keep the faith.
06:24Why? What department did you bet on?
06:26I'm not a part of your bad taste, sweet steak.
06:28No, shame.
06:30And if you guys must know, my date went really well last night.
06:33And I must say that my luck has well and truly turned.
06:50Where is everyone?
06:52Your guess is as good as mine.
06:54Maybe we didn't do enough online promotion.
06:56Or maybe people think they can just turn up whenever.
06:59No, it's karmic.
07:01How?
07:02My father didn't like us fighting.
07:04The brother's flice, this is my punishment.
07:06Call him.
07:08No, I just want to go home.
07:11Oh, look, here comes someone.
07:14She works here.
07:16Time to wave the white flag.
07:18Would Captain True North do that?
07:20Well, no.
07:21Would Lady Mary be impressed if he gave up?
07:23I'm in the doldrums, Maddy.
07:26And I quote,
07:27grit and fortitude were buried in his soul before he was born.
07:31Don't use my words against me.
07:34Your fans will come, I know they will.
07:37Where are you going?
07:39To the head.
07:40Okay, I'll stay on deck, Captain True North.
07:43Just in case.
07:56Look, I'm happy for you, Clover,
07:59and I know I pushed you to ask him out,
08:01but there is such a thing as T.I.M.
08:04Tim?
08:05Yeah, too much inf...
08:07Oh, T.M.I.
08:10Anyway, I'm glad it all worked out,
08:12but I don't need to hear about it play by play.
08:14Well, maybe you could borrow the chip after my next use day.
08:16It worked well for me, and it's still going strong in the hospital.
08:19Hold that thought, Clover.
08:21Train crash, multiple injuries.
08:25Look sharply.
08:33Time to weigh anchor and leave.
08:35Not yet.
08:36Why?
08:39Cornelius?
08:41I know you rescinded your invitation,
08:44but Madonna gave me a copy of your book, and I...
08:49I can't put it down.
08:50Really?
08:51Really. I'm almost halfway through.
08:53And I only started reading it today.
08:55I'm shocked, and I'm so happy to hear it.
08:59A momentous achievement like this requires a special gift.
09:02I took full responsibility, and I want you...
09:09to have this.
09:13Happy launch day, Captain True North.
09:16That's not me. That's my lead character.
09:18Oh, well, if that's not you,
09:20then the villainous pirate Captain Cornelio isn't.
09:23Sorry. I should have asked for your consent.
09:25I'm on it.
09:27Even though he's evil?
09:28More so, in fact.
09:32You were right about Father.
09:34Which bit?
09:35When I told him I didn't want to be a magician,
09:37a little part of him died.
09:39You might not pull a rabbit out of a hat,
09:41but this...
09:44it's magic.
09:45Hardly.
09:46It is.
09:47Creating a new world,
09:48helping people forget about the cares of their day.
09:52That's what magicians do.
09:55Would you sign mine before the crowd arrives?
09:57There will be no crowd.
09:59Stay positive, Captain.
10:01It's only just gone past lunchtime.
10:18Sometimes hormones can get all muddled up.
10:21There was another doctor here,
10:23and Yana's all confused.
10:25Dr Thompson?
10:26He's an endocrinologist.
10:27He's a special doctor to help us figure things out.
10:30Did you talk to him?
10:31Didn't say much.
10:33Just did more tests.
10:34Results will be in soon.
10:35Okay.
10:36We'll talk later.
10:43You got a death wish?
10:45Sorry?
10:46Monique just asked us to pull back on specialists.
10:48Yeah, I heard her.
10:50Right, so what's this?
10:51Like, revenge?
10:52Whose side are you on?
10:53No one's.
10:54Both.
10:55Yeah, sure.
10:56You know, you guys could ruin everything over some dumb bureaucracy.
10:59I've been there, okay?
11:00Just ask Esther.
11:03What's up?
11:04Yana's test results.
11:06Hepatocellular carcinoma.
11:09Right.
11:10You'll operate?
11:11As soon as possible.
11:13Poor kid.
11:17Lee, can you get surgical down here?
11:18I'll try.
11:21Incoming.
11:22Suspected broken pelvis with internal bleeding.
11:24We told you to take them to Central.
11:26Well, Central's full.
11:27I've got a pulse.
11:28He's alive?
11:29For now.
11:30Hope you've got your chip.
11:31Emmett, where's the driver?
11:33Gone to theatre.
11:34Resource is free.
11:35You go for it.
11:36No need.
11:37Wait, what?
11:38Look, she's gone.
11:39I'll move her to the final room and then contact her family.
11:42She's not dead.
11:43Sage?
11:44No, no one's allowed to die.
11:45She got here too late.
11:46We did everything we could.
11:47Now go and help Emmett.
11:50Time of death?
11:5213.02.
11:53I'm surprised he lasted as long as he did.
11:56Thanks, everyone.
11:58Do you want me to go back to ED, see if there's any consults needed?
12:00Yes, please.
12:01Other patients we need to operate on.
12:03Yeah.
12:05There's a family out there who would have seen the news
12:09and they're wondering if it's the train that he was driving
12:13and they're desperate to know.
12:14And we know.
12:15We know before they do that he's gone.
12:23I'd better go scrub in again.
12:30I'm sorry.
12:31I'm sorry.
12:32I'm sorry.
12:34I'm sorry.
12:37So who won?
12:38Don't, Sage.
12:40What's this?
12:41You got my message?
12:42Yeah, it doesn't even work.
12:43All right, yep, getting out of the way.
12:46What is that about with Phil and Monique?
12:48Oh, nothing.
12:49Phil and Emmett, a few of the others,
12:51they had a bet on which department would lose a patient first.
12:53Right.
12:54And then, you know, they lost a lot.
12:56Monique's issue, I've got no idea.
12:58Well, you know, we all need to find ways to get through it.
13:01To be able to come to work and do it all again every day.
13:05Yeah, I know.
13:07I'm sorry the no deaths thing ended, though.
13:09I'm just being selfish about it.
13:10No, it's not selfish to take something like that to heart.
13:12It's completely normal to find that sad.
13:14I just wish I hadn't given my good lunch anyway.
13:17You don't really think that that would have changed anything?
13:20Well, we'll never know now, will we?
13:23It's good to believe in something.
13:26But I'm not a yellow piece of plastic.
13:28So what do you believe in?
13:30I don't know, but it's definitely not a yellow poker chip.
13:35Any tips for nerves, Cornelius?
13:38Yes, breathe them in.
13:40And out.
13:43So you're ready for the intro?
13:45A nice simple setting of the scene, locked and loaded.
13:48Readying them for the man of the hour.
13:51Greetings, everybody. Thank you all for coming.
13:54As you know, we are just getting started.
13:56We are ramping up to the main event.
13:59A reading from the man, the legend, the author himself, Thaddeus Fleiss.
14:08And who am I, you may ask?
14:10Well, I am the author's brother.
14:12And if I may be so bold, the inspiration for the dreaded pirate, Captain Cornelio.
14:19No author myself, I can in fact barely write a shopping list.
14:23I am but a humble magician.
14:25Incapable of anything but the smallest and silliest of party tricks.
14:35A toast to Thaddeus.
14:39Now, champagne is good, but surely.
14:43But rum is better.
14:46How on earth does he do that?
14:50This is a real party now.
14:54Wow.
14:57C, the vocal chords. B, the vocal chords.
15:00Update. Oops, sorry.
15:03I'm in.
15:04ATD.
15:07I've broken pelvis. Had a respiratory arrest.
15:10Oh God, when will that end?
15:12There can't be any more deaths.
15:13Well, you can add the liver laceration to your list.
15:16What?
15:17They lost him on the table.
15:18I really thought he'd make it.
15:20Was it the train driver?
15:21Yeah.
15:23God.
15:24Keep it together, Chloe. This is part and parcel of the job.
15:26He wasn't supposed to die. No one was.
15:28Do you want to take a breather?
15:29He needs to pull himself together. That's what he needs.
15:31I've got a drink later.
15:32It's a good idea.
15:33I don't want to drink chip. I want to keep people alive.
15:36We all want that.
15:37No. Some of us want to place bets on people's lives, actually.
15:40We all find ways of coping.
15:41So why was everyone making fun of my way?
15:43We didn't make fun of it, exactly.
15:45No, not of their coping mechanism.
15:47Oh, look, the way you were brandishing that poker chip like it was a wand.
15:50I mean, come on now.
15:51I'm trying to find my own ways.
15:53I'm trying to figure out how to do this job.
15:55We just watch people die every single day.
15:57Hey, that's enough.
16:01Thanks for the support.
16:07How's she doing?
16:08She is a bit hypertensive.
16:10Hey, Yana, how are you feeling?
16:12Must be the anesthetic. Let's get her hydrated and moving around.
16:16Yana, can you sit up a bit for me?
16:21Blood pressure's in her boots. What happened in there?
16:23A perfect resection. Must be a post-op hemorrhage.
16:25She's arrested. Draw up adrenaline.
16:34Thanks.
16:36Our count was zero. Nada for how many days?
16:39Well, that's how it goes, Clovey. You get a good day, you get a bad day.
16:42That's reassuring.
16:44Oh, enough.
16:45Even if you had remembered that chip, that train still would have crashed.
16:48You can't say that for sure.
16:50I can because I'm a thousand years old and I've seen it time and time again.
16:53The weekly average...
16:54Don't say the weekly average.
16:56It's true. It all evens out in the end and it has nothing to do with us.
17:01So how do you cope?
17:03Hmm?
17:04I'm in this job to help people. How do I cope with the fact that nothing I do really makes a difference anyway?
17:08You cope like the rest of us.
17:10By laughing at it when you can and by putting your head down and working through it when you can't. That's it.
17:16Oh, great. Look who's back.
17:21It's Derek, my favourite VIP.
17:26What'd you swallow this time? Marbles?
17:30It's private, huh?
17:32Okay, well, I'm sorry that you're back in here, but I am glad to see you.
17:35That poker chip you gave me gave me some of the best luck I've ever had in my entire life.
17:39I gave it away because I wanted to pay it forward and things got kind of chaotic, but I have it back now, so hopefully all is well.
17:46Ooh, okay, are you going to cough it up now?
17:49It's all right, I'm here.
17:52What a day.
17:53I only brought back ten books, so I suppose that's a success.
17:57The brother's fly's on stage again. How could it be anything else?
18:01You didn't give him time to take the stage.
18:03You don't have to speak for me.
18:09Okay, you can speak for me.
18:11This is what he does to you. He steals your voice and I see that now. And I'm sorry for encouraging him.
18:18And now I'm lost.
18:20You hurt Dad yesterday.
18:22What?
18:23You stole his limelight.
18:25I kept the crowd wanting more.
18:27More of you, not Dad, and it was his time to shine.
18:30Okay, I got carried away, but we can have a do-over.
18:35How? There's only one book launch.
18:37Well, the next book.
18:39You don't get it.
18:42I'm sorry for being amazing.
18:45What kind of apology is that?
18:47I was trying to help.
18:49Do you actually believe that?
18:51That is?
18:59I get the crowd pumping, and this is the thanks I get.
19:05Good luck, Cornelius.
19:07May your slides be smooth.
19:15I'm sorry.
19:16I'll recover.
19:18Next time you tell me to keep out of it, I will, I promise.
19:23I will try to.
19:28Okay, I'm listening.
19:30Today was tough.
19:32Yeah, so was yesterday, and tomorrow isn't looking too flat either. What's your point?
19:36It's easier together, Uno. I mean, it's better together. We can support each other.
19:43Chris, I'm not going to change my mind.
19:45I know I stuffed up. Sometimes I'm hardly functioning.
19:52But I still love you, and I think you love me.
19:59It's not enough.
20:01I can do better.
20:02Look, we don't want the same things. You want to stay closed off with me beside you, shutting everything else out.
20:09I know that you can't promise that you'll never hurt me, or ghost me, or whatever it is you need to do, when everything gets too much.
20:18I wish I could.
20:20But?
20:23The truth is, no, I can't.
20:25Well, I'm sorry, Chris, but that doesn't work for me.
20:27But things might improve in the future. Me, I mean. I might be different.
20:34Selina.
20:38I know what you did today, going behind my back.
20:40When?
20:41You called in a specialist, immediately after our meeting.
20:44Let's talk about this at work.
20:45Well, I need to finish my report.
20:46Mon.
20:47Shall we look at the books, shall we? Add up all the false alarms?
20:49What?
20:50Each time a specialist has been dialed in when they're not really needed.
20:53You're way out of your depth.
20:54And you're trying to make me look stupid. But I'm the one who knows the numbers.
20:57I don't care about the numbers.
20:58Clearly.
20:59Yana died.
21:00What?
21:01The little girl who needed the specialist? Her name was Yana. She had a post-off hemorrhage, died in front of me.
21:06So why didn't you say anything?
21:08Because it's my job. Not yours.
21:10Well, if you'd told me, I wouldn't have acted like this.
21:12Yeah, well, I know how you would have responded.
21:13You would have said you were sorry, but deep down you'd be doing the numbers on how much that endocrinologist cost.
21:17And that was a waste of money in the end.
21:26I was just talking to him, and then he...
21:30Get out of here.
21:32Go.
21:33Take a break.
21:37Hey. Ready to get lucky tonight?
21:39What?
21:40It's, um, got a Molly's, let loose.
21:43Oh, um, my patient died. All of them died.
21:48Oh, I'm sorry.
21:51You know, patients, um, they die in ED every single day.
21:55No, they don't.
21:56You should be used to this by now.
22:00We just had all this luck, and...
22:02We just had all this luck, and...
22:04What's the one about that poker chip?
22:06Well, I gave it away for you.
22:08Let it go.
22:09And I was late to work for you.
22:11So everyone that died today, that's because of me?
22:13No, I'm not saying that. It's just that yesterday was so different.
22:16Now it's all gone wrong.
22:18You've got to stop living in la-la land.
22:20It's like you just woke up and realised that you're a nurse.
22:22This is the job stage.
22:24This is it.
22:25OK, well...
22:27Well, what's the problem?
22:29Nothing.
22:30You don't know me well enough to ask me a question like that.
22:32OK, I'm trying to.
22:34Don't bother.
22:35What?
22:36I'm clearly falling apart right now,
22:38and anyone with the tiniest bit of understanding could see that I need support right now.
22:41And that's clearly not you, Chip.
22:43Sage...
22:44Just leave me alone.