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00:00Previously on Neighbours
00:02The person that I really want to turn to
00:04is the one person that I really should be avoiding.
00:06Chef's chicken pesto salad.
00:08Please, stay.
00:12We just want you to be one of our sexy
00:14boy-less performers. Sure, I'm in.
00:16And I'm grateful for devoting your time
00:18to them. No, surely he hasn't
00:20pulled out of the Yorokobi deal?
00:22Because now he knows he's not dying, okay, and he needs money
00:24for himself. So is that your mystery
00:26man that you were texting? I'd love to
00:28meet up in person. When are you free?
00:58Neighbours.
01:00Neighbours.
01:06Happy
01:08housewarming. Byron, that's really
01:10sweet. You didn't have to do that.
01:12I know, it's just more of a
01:14sorry about having to move out because my
01:16sister don't have a present and
01:18I'm really going to miss you.
01:20Does that mean that we're all good?
01:22Of course we are.
01:24Help, please!
01:26Necklace, bracelet, both.
01:30Byron, you're a straight man.
01:32Help.
01:34Bracelets. Bracelets? Yep.
01:36Which one? The gold one, it's pretty.
01:38Okay. Hey, do you want to
01:40stay for coffee? No, I won't
01:42keep you. I still have places to go
01:44but enjoy. I will
01:46take really good care of it. Thank you.
01:48Thank you. See ya.
01:52You look
01:54beautiful. Just remember to breathe.
01:56I thought about consulting
01:58Madam Salga but then I thought
02:00who needs her when I've got my
02:02instincts and their screaming
02:04positivity. I hope
02:06he's the one. I think he
02:08might be. Yeah, he came all the way from
02:10Sydney so you know he's not messing around.
02:12Well, maybe I shouldn't assume too much.
02:14He does have other friends here in Melbourne.
02:16Yeah. But
02:18I invited him and
02:20here he is.
02:22Here you go.
02:24Finishing touch.
02:26Go and get your fella.
02:30Good luck.
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03:10...
03:12Alec.
03:14I am so sorry I'm late.
03:16My flight was delayed and my phone died
03:18and the taxi driver took the scenic route.
03:20Sounds like
03:22a convenient excuse. I know.
03:24No, I just thought that
03:26I was going to show up and that's
03:28why you're about to leave.
03:30Yeah.
03:32Can I buy you a drink?
03:34Or
03:36blow this to him. Do something crazy.
03:40I know we get along like a house
03:42on fire but
03:44I prefer a familiar territory for
03:46a first date. Absolutely.
03:48Up to you.
03:50I'll have to find another way to correct my terrible
03:52first impression.
03:54Shall we sit down?
03:56Yeah.
04:00Are you feeling a little better
04:02today, Bunny? She's tough.
04:04Yeah. Hey, I've
04:06been workshopping
04:08a new bit of Corrie. I really need to catch
04:10you up on her. Hello.
04:12Happy diving.
04:14Hi.
04:16I was wondering if I could run something
04:18by you. Me? Just about the adoption
04:20lawyer. I thought maybe I could come
04:22with you to your appointment. I thought if
04:24you and I are a united front then surely it would
04:26smooth out the process.
04:28I mean, yeah, that would be great. Thank you.
04:30Okay. It's a wonderful idea.
04:32The date's in the sheer calendar. Yeah, I know.
04:34I already booked it off work so
04:36I'll be there.
04:38Are you busy at the moment?
04:40I was going to get a coffee.
04:42Would you like some company?
04:44Yeah, I would.
04:48Alright, see ya. Bye.
04:50I guess I won't be needing one of those.
04:52Oh, hey, hey, not so fast.
04:54We have some serious
04:56boy-esque business. Put that down.
04:58Hello, yes.
05:00Sorry, sorry.
05:02I know I'm running late. I'm almost ready.
05:04Have you got the address for sales launch?
05:06Yeah, just look it up. Oh!
05:08What?
05:10Wait,
05:12why is there a pic of
05:14Vic Stone on Mel's computer?
05:16This is the guy that she's been talking to.
05:18The one that she's about to go on a date with.
05:20Wait, so he's in
05:22Ahrensborough? Yeah, well he just came
05:24in from Sydney or so he said.
05:26Surely Mel knows who he is. I don't know.
05:28I'll ask her as soon as I tell her to run for the
05:30hills. Alright, well you have to do it from the car.
05:32Yes. Because we're late. Sorry.
05:36So I must be your
05:38first stop in Melbourne.
05:40First and
05:42most fun by way much.
05:44Oh, I'll take that.
05:48I do have another reason for being here.
05:50I told you that I have a bit of a
05:52complicated family
05:54history. Same here.
05:56I'm not sure I'm ready to share
05:58all of that quite yet.
06:00Well, mine has to do with my kids.
06:04I don't really
06:06know where to begin with a story.
06:08Well, why don't we leave the
06:10emotional baggage outside
06:12for another day?
06:14I could use a bit of positivity before I
06:16tackle it.
06:22So, how's the
06:24business hunt going?
06:26Well, depending on how things
06:28go,
06:30I could start looking down here.
06:32Closer to the kids.
06:34I love being my own
06:36boss. I would not have it any
06:38other way. Well, until you have to give yourself a stern
06:40talking to.
06:42Oh, I'm sorry.
06:44I wasn't planning on hitting you with that
06:46quite so soon. Why not?
06:48Because it's not the sort of thing you put on your
06:50dating profile. Anyone who doesn't love
06:52dancing misery guts.
06:54I'm not kidding. That's the spice of life.
06:56I knew a guy who was always talking about how funny
06:58his wife's laugh was. Actually, his impression
07:00of her was a bit like you.
07:02Well, there's no
07:04putting it back in the can now.
07:06Lately, I've realised
07:08life is short.
07:10No time to hide. I feel the same.
07:12Seize the day.
07:14Cheers.
07:16I've been meaning to text you to apologise
07:18for falling asleep on the couch last week.
07:20Oh, don't be sorry.
07:22You needed the rest more than the tea.
07:24Anyway, I appreciate
07:26the gesture.
07:28And as a thanks,
07:30are you free for lunch? My shout?
07:32Uh, yeah.
07:34I could probably do that between meetings, yeah.
07:36OK. Well, text me when you're free.
07:38OK.
07:48It's almost like you're being
07:50nice.
07:52Yes. And it's
07:54lovely to see, I might add.
07:56But she's relying
07:58on you now. I hope
08:00you're up for it.
08:14It's very lovely, by the way.
08:16Thank you. A friend helped
08:18me choose it.
08:20Oh.
08:22It'll be about
08:24an event that I
08:26am helping to organise.
08:28Well, I count myself very lucky to
08:30have your attention.
08:32So, about your
08:34next chapter.
08:36When I was travelling in my van,
08:38I saw this amazing
08:40old pub in Gippsland
08:42that's for sale. I've always
08:44had this fantasy about running my own
08:46pub. So have I.
08:48You'll have to send me the details.
08:50Consider it done.
08:52How would you
08:54feel about extending this easy old date?
08:56I really don't want to end your shit.
08:58Life's too short. See's the day.
09:00I'll get some menus.
09:10Vic?
09:12Dad?
09:14What the hell are you doing here?
09:25You know you're going to lose
09:27the audience if you make them wait this...
09:29Enough with the heckling.
09:31I haven't even started yet.
09:33Go on then. Yeah, come on Byron.
09:35Flowers! Woo!
09:37Ho ho ho! Woo!
09:41Give me. Give me, give me, give me.
09:48Wait.
09:50Wait, wait, wait. I got it.
09:54Is that it?
09:56You're the one that suddenly decided everybody has to have a special
09:58talent. You should be grateful.
10:00I don't think grateful is the word that's coming to mind.
10:04Yeah, it's been a while.
10:06How long are we talking?
10:08I think I was 12.
10:10Is there anything else inside
10:12that box that we can use?
10:16No, that's it.
10:18Right.
10:20Hey, I can
10:22do one-handed push-ups.
10:24Really? Great.
10:26Let's do that. Give me ten.
10:36She said it.
10:38Tell me you're supposed to be here supporting me.
10:42It's alright. Everyone has at least one talent
10:44we can use.
10:46Hey, I could learn how to swallow fire
10:48from a client. Swallow fire?
10:50Is there anything
10:52else a little less life-threatening?
10:58You really think that we believe you just got here?
11:00It's the truth.
11:02Just what you're known for.
11:04I was about to call you.
11:06I want to make things right.
11:08What? Why now?
11:10No, actually, don't answer that
11:12because there is no way you can make up
11:14for what you did. Please, Nicole, just
11:16give me a chance. Dad, you disappeared off
11:18the face of the earth. Oh, and picked up
11:20a floozy on the way.
11:22Typical.
11:24That's
11:26my bad.
11:28Mel, what are you doing with Vic?
11:30We just met.
11:32I obviously had no idea
11:34who he was.
11:36But I should have, shouldn't I?
11:38Vic. Victor Stone.
11:40So you're here for five
11:42minutes and already picking up
11:44one of my friends. You do realise
11:46that when we were married, Melanie was
11:48family?
11:50Jo's Melanie.
11:52Fluff. And now
11:54you've finally met the man who has
11:56caused us all so much pain.
11:58I'm in the way. You guys
12:00have obviously got a lot of catching up to do.
12:10So, are you sleeping any better?
12:12On and off.
12:14I'm guessing
12:16more off than on by the sounds of it.
12:22Do you know exactly what it is you're struggling with?
12:24Because if you can pinpoint that, maybe
12:26we can find a way of fixing it.
12:28I don't think there's an easy fix.
12:30It's such a
12:32big house and it's so empty.
12:34It's been so long
12:36since I've been there on my own.
12:38I'm struggling to adjust.
12:40Let alone feel restful enough to sleep.
12:42I, uh, I felt
12:44the same way when Leo and Abby moved out.
12:48Yeah, it's just the little
12:50things I miss.
12:52The kids thundering down the stairs,
12:54even they're arguing.
12:56Or tripping over toys
12:58that are scattered all over the floor.
13:00And them making cups
13:02of tea even when I didn't ask for them.
13:04Yeah.
13:13Where are those copies?
13:19Now we're talking!
13:21Or is that walking?
13:23Where did you even learn to walk on stilts?
13:25Actually, you know what?
13:27I don't even want to hear the answer to that.
13:29So, what do we reckon?
13:31I think this could be good.
13:33I think. I mean, I don't know how, but
13:35do we like it?
13:37Yeah, it is.
13:39Hey, can you guys check that for me?
13:42Hey,
13:44Byron, I think you might want to come down
13:46and look at this.
13:53Melanie can't still be on her date.
13:55Surely she's listened to my messages by now.
13:57Maybe she's embarrassed.
13:59Hey!
14:01Hey, how'd you go with Byron and Boylesque?
14:03Um, yeah, good. We were workshopping something,
14:05but we got distracted.
14:07Vic Stone is back in town.
14:09Yeah, yeah, we know.
14:11Well, you know, if Byron can get his act together,
14:13then we're well on our way.
14:15We just need your talent now.
14:17Oh, yeah, don't worry. I have something in mind,
14:19and it is going to blow people away.
14:21I bet.
14:33I'm sorry.
14:36I'd like to know why you're really back.
14:39I'm happy to explain everything,
14:41but we have to wait for Byron.
14:44I will not let you hurt our children again.
14:47That's not my intention.
15:00What the hell is this?
15:02No, sir.
15:03No? You don't even have the right to call me that
15:05after the way you left.
15:07It's important that I hear how much I hurt you.
15:09Why? Why?
15:11I mean, what's that going to achieve?
15:13It's not the way I've normally gone about things, is it?
15:15It might be the one way that I can show you
15:17I'm trying to change.
15:19I'd rather have you in my life angry than not at all.
15:23So his face didn't ring any bells?
15:25I suppose I would have seen Jane's wedding album,
15:28but that would have been 30 years ago.
15:31Oh.
15:33What?
15:34I just realised I'm actually his auntie
15:36by my marriage to Jo.
15:38Oh.
15:39And they lived in the UK.
15:42When I was in London, I didn't even know
15:44if they were on or off at that stage,
15:46but I never met him.
15:49Well, what about when he was here mid-year?
15:51I'd just come back from my big trip.
15:57Well, thank you for that.
15:59Ah, it was your shower.
16:01I meant thank you for listening to me.
16:04Therese, everyone is here for you.
16:07True.
16:09It's just somehow I feel like they are always pitting me.
16:14And like yourself,
16:16you're always there for me,
16:18knowing exactly what to say
16:20and when to listen.
16:23You don't know how much that means to me, Paul.
16:27Glad I can help.
16:33We are not doing this again.
16:34We're not playing these games, OK?
16:36Please, it's time to go.
16:38Byron, wait.
16:39What?
16:40Maybe we should at least hear his story.
16:42What, so you can give him another free pass?
16:44No, Nick.
16:45No.
16:46We just have so many questions
16:47and this might be the only time that we get answers.
16:50When I found out I was in full remission...
16:57To say I was stunned is an understatement.
16:59I mean, you all know I was at peace
17:01with what was going to happen
17:02and to hear otherwise...
17:04All I could think of was that I had a future.
17:06And that's when I panicked.
17:08Because I'd promised you both so much
17:10and I'd left myself with almost...
17:12almost nothing.
17:13And after finally getting to a good place
17:16with both of you,
17:17I knew I'd disappoint you
17:18if I pulled out of our agreement
17:20and I...
17:22I couldn't bear to do that again.
17:27So I...
17:29I took the easy way out
17:30and I...
17:31I wrote you letters, Fran.
17:33Do you honestly think
17:35that Nicolette and Byron cared about the money?
17:37Well, I made a promise.
17:38Another broken promise.
17:41It's the least of the issues here.
17:43Vic, this was about you not dying.
17:47That's why they're so upset,
17:48why we all are,
17:49because we cared about you.
17:52Not the money.
17:55I don't care about you.
17:57Not anymore, at least.
18:00Just not forget that you screwed over Leo
18:02and left me and Nic to clean up your mess.
18:04And that's why I've come back.
18:06To make up for every bad decision I made.
18:08Vic, we have given you so many chances
18:10and you've blown them up!
18:18I'm not gonna ask you again, okay?
18:20It's time to leave.
18:30I'm sorry.
18:47I'm not giving up.
18:51Sorry.
19:01Oh.
19:05Oh.
19:10Byron.
19:11Yeah, yeah.
19:14He's gotta be kidding.
19:16And you!
19:17Didn't feel like backing me up in there?
19:19I just...
19:22It's a lot to process, Byron.
19:25I didn't ever think that I would see him again.
19:27It was like he really died
19:29and now...
19:30Yeah, yeah, I get that it's a lot.
19:32But you have to remember that he screwed us both over.
19:34Okay, so you and me, we have to stick together.
19:37So he gets the message to leave us alone!
19:47You're not going soft on him, are you?
19:49I'm not.
19:51What he did to us was awful.
19:54Good, because it wouldn't be the first time now, would it?
19:57This time's different.
20:02You bet it is.
20:23Is there another GFC coming, or...
20:25Is the mood Therese-related?
20:29Oh, mate, you know,
20:30no matter how often I tell myself that I can handle loving Therese,
20:34but still keep my distance,
20:36the reality?
20:38Way different.
20:40Yeah, but you can't abandon her.
20:42Oh, no, no, I wouldn't.
20:43No, never.
20:45I just can't be there for Therese the way that she needs me.
20:52But I know someone who can.
20:54I'm so sorry.
20:55I have been chewing your ear off and you probably need to get back to work.
20:59No, I always have time for you.
21:05Krista, nice to see you again.
21:08Can't say the same.
21:12Can I have a quick word?
21:14It's fine.
21:17I'll see you at home.
21:23I swear I didn't realise you were that Melanie.
21:25Yes, well, I believe you because there's no way I had any idea that you were that big.
21:33You have to think there was all those times that we could have met.
21:36Talk about sliding doors.
21:40That goes without saying, we can't take it any further.
21:44No way.
21:45Jane has been a great friend to me.
21:48I wouldn't do anything to hurt her.
21:53I suppose she's given you my full rap sheet.
21:57Yeah, I'm finding it quite difficult to reconcile that person with the guy that I've been getting to know.
22:03That's because I don't want to be that guy anymore.
22:07Not that I expect anyone to take my word for it.
22:12Somewhere out there a lucky man is waiting for you.
22:21I should go.
22:23You should.
22:44Coming up on Neighbours.
22:45I can't trust myself to be around her. I mean, I've tried, but I just can't.
22:49Paul, you okay? You're looking a little stressed.
22:51I know we'd only been chatting for a few weeks, but it felt like he was my perfect match.
22:56I look at you, I don't see my father anymore.
22:59You don't, you don't really mean that.