Doctor Doctor

Hey, check the arterial line.

Phil, sucks around the aortic valve.

Pump flow is fine.

Alright.

Let's get this sclerotic, calcified mess out

and put our freshly picked baby in.

Ugh.

Actually, hang on.

Should I save this guy or not? Dr Knight!

Seriously, he is a fat, sexist shock jock

who adds nothing to the world, so just say.

Hugh, mate. Flow is falling.

Show of hands.

We forget to connect it up properly and no-one is the wiser.

Hugh, you need to... No?

No?

No? Hugh!

Alright, then I need to hear Debbie.

Going to need you guys in on this as well.

Can't hear singing!

OK, fatty, let's get you back on the air.

Remember - tomorrow.

How could I forget? Sheriff means to hang me.

You need to be... Shh.

You need to be presentable. Absolutely.

Johnny, let's get a round for the bar.

You know, Hugh, you used to be George Clooney,

but now you're more like Charlie Sheen.

Hope the back feels better.

Drinks...

..are on me!

Come in.

I have done nothing wrong.

This is bureaucratic madness.

The case in question, pretty...

Maybe not.

Did I do everything I could to save her?

Yes, I did, and that is the job.

Several of your team testified that you have become erratic

and your behaviour risky.

What? They...

Have you used drugs or alcohol recently, Doctor?

Oh, I had a glass of red with my cornflakes.

Is the Medical Board operating on sharia law now?

I am a great surgeon.

Just ask the 1,017 people walking around out there because of me.

My life has been about helping people and

I can't imagine you'd want to stop that happening because of some...

..incident.

Dr Knight...

..you'll been placed on the Impaired Registrants list.

You are banned from surgical practice.

No way.

As Head of Regional Health,

we'd like you to serve your year of atonement

as a general practitioner in the town of Whyhope.

Under supervision, of course.

That's not funny.

Is this because I crashed your Porsche into a tree, Jim?

It was uni.

People thought you were a wanker. I was helping you.

They are seriously understaffed for doctors in the regions.

We thought he would be a good fit.

I... I can't go to Whyhope.

I can't go to Whyhope.

Touching down in sunny Whyhope in around 90 minutes.

90 minutes seems like a long time.

I'm going to need to borrow your sick bag.

God help me.

This is a great day for us. A great day!

Ken Liu, Head of Operations.

Sorry I'm late. I lost my keys in my toilet. (CHUCKLES)

And, yes, I am young, but like you, talent cannot be denied.

Dr Knight, right? The heart guy.

I can only say what a joy it will be to have someone of your expertise.

So generous of you to use your sabbatical

to help our local community.

Yeah. That you want to give back.

Admirable in these days of selfishness.

As a leader, I understand that.

A leader?

Yeah, I guess it is kind of big of me.

Can I Instagram you for your arrival?

No.

Oh.

That's OK, I only have five followers, mostly family.

But growing!

Ah, here we are.

Hospital area through here,

as well as emergency unit and palliative care.

The plane we charter for emergencies...

Planes? It is part of what we do.

I don't do planes. I'm sure someone would have mentioned that.

It is rostered onto the service. Not me.

I think I'd be more use at home base as an anchor in the storm.

You can make that happen, can't you, Ken?

You have the power?

I'll see what I can do!

Alright, Dr Cartwright is just through here.

So, aren't you a bad boy?

More an unlucky victim of circumstance

that saved someone's life.

Right. So, not a party boy whose surgical skills were unravelling?

No.

So, Hugh, I am your supervisor.

You are on the Impaired Registrant list.

No-one, of course, knows that except for me and the Board.

You answer to me. I report on you monthly.

At the end of a year, I will send a report to tell the Board

if I think you can have your life back.

You have a really lovely eyes.

All the better to see through your bullshit.

Right. I do women.

So do I. We have a lot in common.

I need a good doctor.

Oh, I am a great doctor. You are a surgeon.

A great GP is what I need.

I think I can manage that. It is trickier than you think.

You should know one thing. I am always the best at what I do.

I have worked harder than anyone to get where I am.

Where you are is sitting in front of me

about to piss into a jar for a drug test.

This is unbelievable. I can't do this.

You can always go to TAFE, be an electrician.

You have no choice if you want to stay a doctor.

Where is the bathroom? You will do it in front of me.

I don't trust you yet.

Weekly. Uh... what...?

This is just humiliating. Really?

I'm finding it kind of funny.

Let's go, soldier. (CLICKS TONGUE)

I haven't told anyone you were coming.

Have you told your family? No, I haven't.

And you're the only one who knows, right?

Uh! Argh!

Where are you going? I'll get you!

Hugh? (LAUGHS)

Fat Nathan! Uh, Big Nathan.

People call me Big Nathan now 'cause I got the mines and the money.

That's great. Yeah!

What is going on here? Hugh!

Mum! Oh!

Hi. Oh!

You are a cheeky bugger, making me think

you weren't coming to our anniversary.

Anniversary? Of course! Happy anniversary.

I knew you'd come. A mother knows. I could feel it in my...

Please don't say ovaries.

..waters. Ovaries is disgusting.

Everyone, Hugh is here!

Come over and meet our new neighbours.

Ah! You bastard.

You know I have been calling you for a month.

Oh, is that what "missed call, Matt" means?

Mystery solved. No-one knew if you were coming.

As if I would miss my parents'... something-something anniversary.

40th. Really?

Pfff. Imagine being with someone for 40 years.

Yeah, well, you prefer 40 minutes, of course.

14 is also very good.

It's good you're back. How long are you here?

How's Dad? Yeah, he's alright.

He'll be very excited to see you.

Charlie, you look...

..lovely.

You look like shit.

Um, hi.

Beer! Our own, of course.

No thanks. Did he just say no to beer?

Who's that? Your brother.

Oh, the foster kid. Your brother.

He has been that since he was six, stop calling him that.

So, how long are you back for? A day, or do we get two?

Did he just... kill something?

Righto.

Uh...

I don't know what to say but, um, thanks for coming

and thanks for everything, Meryl.

Moving.

Very touching. Shh.

I know from my work on the council how important it is

to hold onto institutions.

In times of changed with the new mines

and what our town has been through, it is more important than ever.

She does know it's her anniversary and not an election?

Everything is an opportunity for Meryl.

This marriage, with love, commitment...

..and hard bloody work.

Just like I do for this town every day!

I am voting for that marriage.