Neighbours 9129 14th October 2024
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00:00Previously on Neighbours.
00:02Well, this is me, you know, coming to the table.
00:04Just when I'm absolutely knackered.
00:06And then he had the audacity to walk off
00:08after I cooked for him and everything.
00:10What about taking a few days personally?
00:12I don't need it.
00:13He's suspended.
00:15Impatience and irritability are symptoms of PTSD.
00:19He wanted to make sure that I would be there for you
00:22if he took a step back.
00:23Look, I know things usually get messy with Paul and I,
00:26but it's just reassuring knowing that he's around.
00:31Neighbours
00:34Everybody needs good neighbours
00:38With a little understanding
00:42You can find the perfect blend
00:48Neighbours
00:51Should be there for one another
00:56That's when good neighbours
00:59become good friends
01:14It's okay.
01:17Please don't leave me.
01:26No!
01:33I know, but we've worked through so much
01:36since Toadie blew up our lives.
01:39Doesn't mean it's a good idea to lean on Paul.
01:42No, I know, but it just, it makes me feel better.
01:46Makes me feel like I'm still valuable.
01:49I just don't want to see you walk into a bad situation
01:51when you're so vulnerable.
01:54Yeah, you're right.
01:56We really should keep our distance from each other.
01:59I mean, it's not like he's a magic bullet or anything.
02:02More like a landmine.
02:03Touche.
02:05Are you heading into Irene this afternoon?
02:07On my way.
02:08I just wanted to check that you were okay first.
02:11I will be.
02:13You sure?
02:15Well, I mean, I've come this far on my own, so.
02:19Okay.
02:20Well, I'll see you in a little while.
02:24Okay.
02:54Okay.
03:12Hey.
03:13Sorry if I'm interrupting anything.
03:15No, it's fine.
03:16Is everything okay?
03:18Have you spoken to Nell in the past few days?
03:21We've sent a few messages,
03:23but I think she's pretty homesick by the sounds of it.
03:26Yeah, she's just really worried that everyone's forgetting about her.
03:29I keep trying to tell her we haven't, but...
03:30Oh, I'll give her a call when she's home later.
03:35Listen, it's not all on you to handle.
03:38Everyone needs to support Nell, especially her family.
03:42Yeah, I reckon she'll be really glad to talk to you.
03:45Yeah, well, I know what it's like to feel cut off.
03:49And I have been thinking about her a lot, so I'll let her know.
03:52Thanks.
03:53Okay, bye.
03:54Bye.
03:55Bye.
04:16Hey.
04:17I've got lemonade if you want it.
04:19Thanks.
04:21What's that?
04:23It's something a mum's.
04:25Oh, offshore bank account?
04:41Ding, ding, ding.
04:43I think the other guy's a pile of pulp on the ground.
04:47Listen, Wendy said that you've taken a bit of time off work.
04:51Great, I won't do what she tells everyone we've ever met.
04:53Look, I wasn't going to mention anything, but if there's anything that I can do to help,
04:57I mean, you might want to ditch the show.
05:00Seriously?
05:02You have more important things you need to put your energy into right now.
05:05Look, I lost it for a few seconds. It's nothing.
05:22Hey babe, you on break?
05:25Yeah, I just caught Wendy.
05:27Oh, how's she doing?
05:29I said that you could recommend some marriage counsellors if they decide to go that way.
05:33Oh yeah, I mean, that's a good idea.
05:38What's that?
05:40What I came to talk to you about.
05:44JJ found your birthday goals from your 40th.
05:47Ah, look, to be fair, that was a really busy day.
05:52You know, with the makeover and the surprise party, I did that all pretty quick.
05:56Just off the top of my head.
05:58Well, we didn't read it all, but the first one was a bit of a curveball.
06:03What, my goal to build something more exciting than the sunroom?
06:08You dream to have another baby?
06:12It's nothing serious. That's why I said it was a dream.
06:15It must be a little bit serious. You wrote it in your letter.
06:19Have you been thinking about this a lot?
06:24Well, yeah, I guess I have.
06:30I just thought sending you those silly messages would cheer you up.
06:36No, it wasn't a brush off.
06:39Okay, I will call you every single day until you stop thinking that.
06:46Okay, fine.
06:50Yeah, you go. I'll talk to you soon.
06:53Okay, bye.
06:56Therese?
06:59I was just talking to Nell. Nothing I say will cheer her up.
07:04Oh, hey, hey, come here, come here.
07:16Come here.
07:28I'm sorry, I shouldn't have.
07:30No, no, I shouldn't have, I shouldn't have. I'm sorry.
07:35I, um, I should go to work.
07:38Yep.
07:40I'll talk to you soon.
07:41Okay.
07:45Bye.
07:56So, look, can I just point out that I know it's completely impractical and that age is a big factor.
08:03Which is why we should talk about it now instead of in five years when you're supposed to open the letter.
08:08It would be crazy though. Can you imagine trying to find another donor? I'd be paranoid we'd get another Felix.
08:13I mean, no arguments here.
08:16Kara.
08:18Like, practicality aside, is this really what you want most? I couldn't write anything in your birthday dreams.
08:28Well, I love our family. Wouldn't it be great if there was more of us?
08:33And the baby years, how fun were they?
08:37Yes, very.
08:38Very.
08:40Very chaotic.
08:42See, you don't want another one. That's where your mind went first.
08:46Hey, I didn't say that.
08:49Do you ever think about having a third?
08:52Not since Dexie was little. I thought we agreed that...
08:59Yeah, I guess that feeling just never 100% went away for me.
09:03Well, if it is important to you then I would be open to talking about that.
09:10You say one thing but your face is another.
09:14It's fine, just forget it. You know, we both have way less energy and busier jobs.
09:21People have babies at 40 all the time.
09:24We'd both have to really want it to commit to the sleep business.
09:27Yeah, and the lack of free time.
09:31I'd never want to push you into anything you didn't want to do.
09:34But I'm worried that you'll have regrets.
09:37And I love you for that.
09:40But relax, okay? It was just a really lovely dream that I never expected to happen.
09:48Sure.
09:50You look absurd.
09:52Oh, oh, oh.
09:54I'm sorry, sweetheart. I shouldn't have snuck up on you like that.
09:57No, no, my fault. Are you okay?
09:59It's just a knock. It's just a knock.
10:01No, it's not. I've hurt you.
10:03It's alright. It's the same wrist I hurt a little while ago.
10:07That's alright. Don't worry, sweetheart. It was an accident.
10:09I'll go get you the pain gel.
10:13You're welcome.
10:15Oh, hi. What brings you here?
10:17Therese.
10:19Of course.
10:21Look, I just found her in the store.
10:23Oh, I see.
10:25I'm sorry.
10:27I'm sorry.
10:29I'm sorry.
10:31I'm sorry.
10:33I'm sorry.
10:35I'm sorry.
10:37I'm sorry.
10:39I'm sorry.
10:41I'm sorry.
10:42I'm sorry.
10:44Look, I just found her in the street in a bit of a state after a conversation with Nell.
10:47And look, I know that you're making an effort.
10:49I am.
10:51Yeah, but I just wondered if there's anything else you could do.
10:53Or maybe that I could do behind the scenes.
10:55Paul, no.
10:57We could spend day and night with Therese.
10:59She's still going to have low moments.
11:01Yeah, but just now she needed a shoulder to lean on.
11:04And mine was the only one there.
11:06Oh.
11:08Yeah. If she hadn't pulled away, I don't know what I would have done.
11:10Actually, I do. That's the problem.
11:12I can't keep away from her, let alone...
11:14Hugging her in the street, I know, I know.
11:16I just think her feelings towards you are more complicated than she realises.
11:20Her feelings? About me?
11:23I don't mean it like that.
11:25Yeah, well, hang on a second.
11:27As far as I'm aware, she's devastated because Toadie and the family moved away.
11:30But unless there's something I'm missing?
11:33No.
11:35No?
11:37She has tried very, very hard to get a hold of me.
11:39Oh, Paul, stop.
11:40I can assure you, all Therese needs from you right now is friendship.
11:45Alright, yeah.
11:47Yeah, no, you're right, if you say so.
11:49Yeah, so just get this whole conversation out of your head.
12:04Dad, what's going on with your mum?
12:07Don't brush me off.
12:08I spoke to Felix.
12:10It's not like you're busy or anything.
12:14It's a downside of having time on your hands.
12:17Why are you acting so out of character?
12:21I mean, I can't even imagine you manhandling a suspect.
12:24It was just one stuff-up.
12:26It was just about your issues with mum.
12:28Sadie, please.
12:30Just have a proper conversation with her.
12:32Without being defensive.
12:34Please, you have to and you need to.
12:36It's not that simple.
12:38Why isn't it?
12:46I don't know how to explain it.
12:49The more that I think, the more I just keep seeing her with Quinn.
12:56I know I wasn't deliberate.
12:58Obviously.
12:59But she still spent all night with this guy.
13:02She had some deep emotional connection with him.
13:05She told you it wasn't like that.
13:07Over and over again.
13:10I froze.
13:15She needed Quinn.
13:18Ever since this guy came into our lives,
13:23it's shown me that we're not the same.
13:26It's shown me that we're not what I thought we were.
13:31Don't.
13:35We won't be able to get our perfect marriage back.
13:38Don't say that.
13:42I don't know what else to tell you.
13:56I love you.
14:27I shouldn't be too long.
14:29I'll keep you posted.
14:31Okay.
14:33Yeah, bye.
14:35Bye.
14:36I didn't know you were going to be here.
14:38Yes, I thought I'd do some paperwork.
14:40The healthiest distraction I could think of.
14:42I thought you'd gone home.
14:44Oh, I just popped back to see Hilary.
14:46She seemed a bit lonely earlier.
14:48Oh, well you go home.
14:50I'll play some cards with her later.
14:52No, I'll do it.
14:53I think I might owe you one.
14:55Why?
14:57Don't shoot me, but Paul came to see me earlier and I wasn't on top of my game.
15:02I didn't say much, but I may have implied something of what we were talking about earlier.
15:08Susan.
15:09I know, I know.
15:10I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
15:12I told him that he misunderstood me, but I don't know that that's sunk in.
15:16Oh, what am I going to do?
15:17You just have to hope that he keeps doing the honourable thing and stays away from you.
15:22And if he doesn't, then you have to be very, very firm with him.
15:26Oh, it's Hilary.
15:28Why don't we all have a game of cards?
15:30No, no.
15:32I'm feeling suddenly tired, very tired.
15:35I'm so sorry.
15:40OK.
15:48OK.
16:02I'll send through the names of some counsellors, they're all really experienced with family dynamics.
16:08OK, well, I will leave that up to you.
16:11Alright, bye.
16:14Is she OK?
16:15I hope so.
16:17Things seem really bad between her and Andrew.
16:19Well, hopefully that helps.
16:22I just texted JJ, reminding him we're here.
16:25Well, ten minutes late's not exactly unprecedented behaviour.
16:29Yeah, but you said that he was shocked when he read the letter.
16:32He was a bit out of the blue.
16:34I just hope he's not worried.
16:39My round again.
16:45So, I got the names of some marriage counsellors.
16:49Remy's recommendations.
16:54Look, I don't know how we get back to the way we were, but maybe a professional can show us.
17:00Worth a shot.
17:03Do you mean that?
17:06Why not?
17:09So you're not just saying that to get rid of me?
17:12If I make the appointment, you will come?
17:16Schedule's wide open.
17:20Well, you don't sound very positive about it.
17:23We haven't even gone yet.
17:25Give me a chance.
17:29Alright.
17:31We'll let you know the details.
17:46Hi.
17:58Thanks.
18:07Okay, well now he's late, late.
18:11Nope, he's here, here.
18:13He doesn't look too traumatised.
18:15Sorry I'm late, forgot I had stuff to do for our reading.
18:18Hey, you know, if it's anything more than that you can say.
18:22Ma said you saw the letter?
18:24Yeah, um, so was that like, serious?
18:28Another kid?
18:30I already told you Ma, it was just an idea.
18:33It wasn't a serious suggestion.
18:35Not going to be turning our lives upside down any time soon.
18:38Good, I was worried I'd have to share a room with Dex.
18:40No one wants that kind of chaos.
18:42Everyone can take a breath.
18:45It's um, it's not because of me, is it?
18:49How do you mean?
18:51You know, because I'm sort of like the problem kid.
18:54I was wondering if you wanted a new model.
18:56No, no, don't think that.
18:59I just, I thought it would be nice to have more of a good thing.
19:02Okay.
19:04I love you two so much that I would clone you if I could.
19:07Well.
19:09You're my everything.
19:11You hearing me?
19:13Yeah, thanks.
19:15You know, actually, I wouldn't mind being cloned.
19:17Well, I'll look into it.
19:19Can't be more than IVF.
19:21Knock, knock, it's only me.
19:23Oh, let me guess who you've come to see.
19:26Hilary?
19:28Seriously, Paul, there's nothing I said before that should have you hot tailing it over here to find Therese.
19:33What?
19:35Is it such a crime that I should want to find out how Therese is feeling?
19:38In her own words, not second hand through you.
19:40You're the one who asked me to keep an eye on her so that you could step back.
19:43Paul, she's been through a hell of an ordeal.
19:46Her feelings are probably wildly swinging from one minute to the next.
19:50Please, please don't take advantage of that.
19:53Oh, well, thank you very much for your extreme lack of faith in my character.
19:57No, I just think that your initial instinct to back off was the right one.
20:01Yeah, and I am doing my utmost to keep to myself, but come on, I'm only human.
20:06And besides, I just, sometimes I think I just can't live without her.
20:14If your feelings for her are really so strong, it shouldn't be hard for you to put her needs first.
20:26Yeah.
20:35Paul.
21:01Hi.
21:02Hi.
21:03I came to say sorry.
21:06No, it's just you've needed me and I've been the exact opposite to available.
21:11But you had your reasons for staying away. It's quite noble.
21:17Quite stupid, really.
21:19Of course, I can just be your friend. I don't know what I was thinking.
21:23That means more to me than anything else in the world and it doesn't matter if it's difficult for me.
21:27Oh, Paul.
21:28Let's assume you want me as your friend after all this idiocy.
21:35Actually, um,
21:41your timing couldn't be any better.
21:45I came so close, so close to drinking this.
21:50Yeah, that's not worth it, is it?
21:52I know. And I got myself into such a state.
22:00But you're exactly what I needed.
22:06Oh.
22:24Coming up on Neighbours.
22:26Mike shouldn't be leaving you to tie up his loose ends.
22:28You're saying that, really?
22:30I am choosing to believe that everything is going to turn out for the best.
22:33Are we still talking about Boyless or Vic?
22:36I can't just be her friend, right?
22:39Anyway, what if that's not what she wants either?