Winners & Losers

G'day.

You, living...

..here, permanently.

If that's OK with you.

Mmm.

I've been offered a job. Congratulations.

The job's in Singapore.

I broke up with Cassie. I'm all yours.

I reckon we should start trying.

For a baby? Yes. For a baby.

Going off your meds altogether.

Could you deal with it?

Thanks.

I'd like to make an appointment for an ultrasound.

I'm five weeks pregnant.

Get over here, MacKenzie!

Oh, yes, I do.

This is so good. We're living the dream.

Oh, that's just your loved-up hormones talking.

No, I don't think so.

I think everyone's life's pretty awesome right now.

Really?

Fully qualified doctor. Yay.

Up for a promotion.

Oh, come on, mate. I had an interview.

You will get the promotion.

Living the glamorous ex-pat life. Yeah.

Partner in a law firm.

Yeah, which is starting to feel like more hassle than it's worth.

Why? New office no good?

No. It's fine.

It's just the move would have been a lot easier if Jonathan were here.

Aww!

Any luck finding a replacement?

I'm meeting applicants tomorrow.

Mmm. OK.

Hey, ladies. Hey.

I'm off. OK. I might come with. Cool.

Hey, Bec. Are we going to see you again before you go?

I'll be back before you know it. Alright, darling.

Nice to see you. See you, darling. Thanks.

See ya. Bye.

See you. Bye. See you, Sam.

What's up with you?

Adam. The cheque arrived today.

Eh, perv much?

Yes, I know.

But I have figured out a way that I'm going to get over him.

Oh, yeah. Tell us.

I'm going to sleep with him.

Wow. That's a terrible idea.

You said it yourselves, this is not me.

You know what is me?

One-night stands.

Yeah, I've just got to get it out of my system

and then move on.

Nothing really about that is logical or makes any emotional sense.

Ladies. Ladies. Ladies. It is happening.

Oh, it's happening.

Alright. Come on, guys. Let's go. Give it a rest, Brian.

I've got to get home and Skype Trish.

How's she enjoying Switzerland? She's loving it.

Deirdre's mood swings - not so much.

Worst pregnant woman ever.

Are you sure you guys aren't going to kick on?

Yeah, we've got to get Liv home.

Yeah. And I've got to work early tomorrow, really early.

Bye, Liv, darling.

Come on. I don't want to keep her waiting.

Bye. See ya.

So, where to? 'Cause Bec is only here for a couple more days.

Oh. Yours.

What?

Yes, a housewarming.

Oh, no. No. We can't. I'm still getting it set up and stuff.

Oh, you've been saying that for, like, two weeks now.

Yeah, I know. There's just a couple of little things and... blurgh.

No, Next time. Next time.

OK. Why did you just weird out?

I'll lift. You push. OK. Hold it tight.

One. Two. Three. (GRUNTS)

As if they'll give a stuff about all this, alright?

They're your friends.

Yeah, who all live in nice places

that don't involve a fight to get the front door open.

OK. Well, look, this carpet can be fixed, right?

And... the wall.

What about the plaster falling off the ceiling here? That's fine.

And what about the light that keeps flickering? Don't worry about it.

What about the tap that doesn't turn off properly? It's not that bad.

You don't have to live here.

OK. So, it's not perfect. No-one will care. I care.

Why?

I know I sound mental. I just...

I'm so close. You know, I'm teaching again and I've got you.

OK. Little disappointed I came second. But go on.

When I blew the two mill I thought that I'd be stuck at home forever.

But here I am on my own finally

and I'm still stuffing everything up.

Poor little Jenny Gross.

Oi! Feisty.

Look, it's not your fault the agent did a patch job

to get you to sign the lease.

Alright? We'll call them in the morning and get it sorted.

We? We're in this together, OK?

Come here. Thank you.

So, everyone but Carla is a massive piker.

Married life seems to have made her more fun. Who knew?

You OK? Yeah.

Who's hungry? I'll make us something.

You can't cook.

Exactly. Takeaway, then?

I might be crap in the kitchen but I'm excellent on the phone.

Maybe later.

Yeah, I'm OK.

Maybe later. OK. I'll just go upstairs then.

Will you stop looking at that?

It won't make tomorrow morning come any quicker.

What am I supposed to say to them?

Mmm... the truth.

The truth?

"Hi. My name's Sam.

"You don't know me, I married Adam. He's dead now.

"But he wrote me a letter

"asking me to give you his entire life insurance."

That's it. Nailed it.

Look, I know it's tough, but you've just got to do it.

He wanted me to give them the cheque, that's what I'm going to do.

And you will. Course I will.

Good.

Can you come with me?

Here. Here. 17.

Are you right?

Let's do it.

Hi. Are you Hayley Baxter?

Yes.

Did you know an Adam Grabowski back in Brisbane?

Why?

About 13, 14 years ago?

Who are you?

Friends. He asked us to find you.

Yeah, I have to go to work. Please. It's important.

If we could just... Mum.

What's going on?

Dead.

A couple of months ago.

Cancer.

Sorry to hear that.

What makes you think we'd care?

He's Cory's dad.

That never meant anything to him when he was alive.

Well, Adam knows he made a mistake.

That's why he asked us to find you, Hayley, to make amends.

Amends. (SCOFFS)

I was 17 when I got pregnant.

Adam's parents were so busy being outraged

they never stopped to think what it might be like for me.

Yeah, but that's not Adam's fault.

Yeah, but he didn't stand up to them.

Nah, he never did.

My mum died when Cory was almost five.

It was just us.

I fell apart. They wanted to take Cory into care just for a while,

so I contacted Adam.

But you know what? He didn't want to know.

Look, I got my act together in the end.

But I will never forgive Adam for that.

Don't you think Cory might like to know about his dad?

Cor, you want to know anything about your dad?

I'd rather chew glass.

Why didn't you give them the cheque? Let's just go.

Dad, are you home? It's only... me.

Hello, me.

So much for peace and quiet while Mum's away.

Mm-hm.

I am here to look after my gorgeous great-granddaughter.

And you are...?

Entitled to have a life.

Yes, I know. But why are you having it here?

The stupid neighbours changed their Wi-Fi password.

And someone's got to look after Dad.

Nailing it, Bridge.

So, what can I do for you, love?

Uh, I've just come to get some books for class later today.

Uh, we're OK. Yeah, well, we've all got to do it, don't we, eh?

You're teaching English as a second language. It's not exactly hard.

Says the woman who's never worked a day in her life.

Yeah, well, I'm really busy today, so we're coming to yours for dinner.

What?

Thought we'd make a night of it, see Bec before she leaves.

Um, I...