In what is excellent news for me and every other Rake fan on the planet, ABC1 has confirmed a second season of the series has been commissioned. Production will begin in late 2011.
In May, Rake star Richard Roxburgh won a Logie for Most Outstanding Actor for his work in the series. Congratulations, Richard on the well-deserved win!
For more information:
Official ABC1 Site: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/rake/
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1587000/
TV Rage: http://tvrage.com/shows/id-26845
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
AUS Television: Offspring Returning for Season Three
The Ten Network recently announced that Offspring, the Australian drama starring Asher Keddie, Kat Stewart and Deborah Mailman has been picked up for a third season. The show has consistently delivered strong ratings especially in the much desired 18-49 demographic.
Production on the third season will begin later this year.
You can read more on this exciting news either at Encore Magazine or Digital Spy:
Encore Magazine: http://www.encoremagazine.com.au/offspring-announces-third-series-8834
Digital Spy: http://www.digitalspy.com/australian-tv/news/a323942/offspring-to-return-for-third-season.html
Offspring airs Mondays at 8:30 p.m. on Ten Network.
Official Site: http://ten.com.au/offspring.htm
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1530541/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-25992
Production on the third season will begin later this year.
You can read more on this exciting news either at Encore Magazine or Digital Spy:
Encore Magazine: http://www.encoremagazine.com.au/offspring-announces-third-series-8834
Digital Spy: http://www.digitalspy.com/australian-tv/news/a323942/offspring-to-return-for-third-season.html
Offspring airs Mondays at 8:30 p.m. on Ten Network.
Official Site: http://ten.com.au/offspring.htm
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1530541/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-25992
AUS Television: Offspring, Episode 2.6
Offspring
Series Two, Episode Six
Original Air Date: June 13, 2011
Jimmy and Tammy are going ahead with their plans to get married and Nina rallies the Proudman family together to be supportive of Jimmy. However, things don't go exactly as planned and Jimmy receives some distressing news. Billie, Mick and Andrew go forward with their plans.
Nina is elected to call Jimmy. She leaves a message for him saying they want to work things out and asking him not to cut the family off. Mick doesn't want to get involved in the situation with Jimmy, something Geraldine and Billie doesn't understand.
Nina enters a room of the hospital to find Patrick holding a towel to his bleeding face. As she is tending to his injury, she asks how he got it and when he doesn't answer asks if it has something to do with his sister's situation. They bicker lightly about their personality traits.
The Proudman family and Cherie have dinner to discuss how they can reach out to Jimmy. Billie suggests saying Ray has been calling out for him every night even though Ray can't say Jimmy's name. Geraldine wants to tell him Rocket is dead, much to Mick's displeasure causing him to get up and leave saying he needs to be with Rocket at this time. Cherie calls Jimmy and leaves a message to say she misses and loves him. He calls her not long after she sits back down and wants to meet with her the following morning.
Billie takes her temperature and finds it's up and tells Mick it's time to call Andrew. Mick thought they weren't doing this until next month but she's ready now as she's been setting things up with Andrew already. Mick wants to know when they will talk about the big things such as the arrangement and work everything. She calls Andrew with the code they developed. When Andrew arrives at their house, Billie wants Mick to ask him how things will go but he's uncomfortable doing that. Andrew gives them a scenario and asks how it sounds to them.
At the hospital, Cherie finds Nina and tells her Jimmy and Tammy are getting married that day at the City Registry Office at 2:30. Nina goes to where Jimmy and Tammy are staying to speak with him. He's still angry at her. She asks if she can make it up to Tammy if he will let her come to their wedding. They go to where Tammy is having her hair done and he speaks with Tammy for a few minutes then invites Nina in. Nina tells her she feels terrible that she didn't feel welcome. Tammy says she understands that Nina is single and older and Jimmy is the man in her life but she wanted them to be sisters. Nina says that is what she wants, too and if Tammy can forgive her she wants to be at the wedding--the entire family, even Billie, want to be there.
Nina calls Billie to tell her Jimmy is getting married and that she said the family would be there. Cherie contacts Nina who asks her to swing by Billie and Mick's house to get a hold of them for her. Nina then calls Darcy to tell him of the plans and asks him to get Geraldine and bring her to the Registry Office. He wants to have a gentle family conversation with Jimmy but she tells him it's beyond that. Jimmy and Tammy exit the building where they've been staying and he asks what the family had to say. Nina tells him once everyone heard he was getting married everything "faded away".
In Nina's car, Tammy tells her she has a problem. Her ex-fiance has arrived in town and keeps texting her and is saying he will crash the wedding and wants Nina to promise she will not tell Jimmy.
Cherie knocks on Mick and Billie's door. When Billie answers, Cherie tells her Jimmy is getting married in an hour. Andrew brings the bowl of sperm and the turkey baster out of the kitchen. Billie takes it and she and Mick go back upstairs as Andrew ushers Rocket back outside with Cherie. She calls Nina to tell her Mick and Billie are at that moment trying for a baby. Darcy arrives at Geraldine's house and finds her sitting in a car outside as prospective buyers tour it. He gets in the car and asks for her phone then tells her about Jimmy. The news doesn't make her happy but she agrees with the plan he sets out for her.
At Nina's apartment, Tammy shows her some of the texts she's received from her ex. The buzzer sounds and Tammy says it's probably him. She gave him Nina's address so they could argue there instead of the wedding. When Tammy opens the door Fraser is there. Her ex arrives as Nina and Fraser are preparing to go out to the balcony. She sees him and he has lost a lot of weight, something he said he did for her. When he grabs Tammy to hug her Fraser steps forward to ask him not do to it and he takes a swing at Fraser saying she's his wife. Nina and Fraser watch Tammy and her ex from the balcony. Fraser brought Nina a card thanking her and apologizing for everything. Tammy's ex interrupts them to apologize for his "moment" and for calling Tammy his wife. He tells them Tammy is thinking it's probably best to not go through with the wedding today everything considered. Nina goes to talk to her and Tammy says it isn't she won't marry Jimmy ever. Her ex overhears this and confronts her saying Tammy told him something different. She wants Nina to tell Jimmy she's sorry and will see him tonight. Nina refuses telling her to say the words to Jimmy and deal with the fallout.
Geraldine and Darcy are the first to arrive for the wedding and hug their son. Cherie and Mick arrive next and both hug Jimmy. Billie is still in the car off her feet. She calls and talks to Mick and asks if their mum is there and how she looks. Nina and Tammy arrive and when Nina asks if she's ready, Tammy wants her to bring Jimmy outside as she doesn't think she can face the entire family. Nina goes in to get Jimmy. When they get back out to her car Tammy is gone. Billie, who is still on the phone with Mick and is on speaker, is giving everyone a play-by-play of what is happening as she can see it from the car. Everyone leaves the office. Nina is forced to tell Jimmy that Tammy can't marry him. He walks away.
Darcy, Geraldine, Billie and Mick have a drink and talk about what has happened. Nina arrives and tells the family Cherie found Jimmy and is bringing him there. She tells them what happened with Tammy and cautions them to not lecture him or say "told you so". As they are talking, Cherie arrives with Jimmy who is incredibly depressed. The family look to Nina to start things off and she tells Jimmy Cherie walked in on Mick and Billie doing the turkey baster. He smiles slightly. Darcy continues and tells them that when Geraldine was getting ready she started to disrobe in front of a Sri Lankan family forgetting it was an open house. Jimmy starts to cry and Billie and Geraldine get up to hug him. Later, Mick gets up to sing the song he was asked to write for the wedding "It's Beautiful to See You In Love". He did some quick rewrites and changed it into a humorous song about what is the use to falling in love making Jimmy smile.
During the song Nina gets an unknown call. She goes outside to answer it and it's Patrick. He admits his injuries were because of his sisters situation and apologizes for some of the things he said.
Offspring airs Mondays at 8:30 p.m. on Ten Network.
Official Site: http://ten.com.au/offspring.htm
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1530541/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-25992
Series Two, Episode Six
Original Air Date: June 13, 2011
Jimmy and Tammy are going ahead with their plans to get married and Nina rallies the Proudman family together to be supportive of Jimmy. However, things don't go exactly as planned and Jimmy receives some distressing news. Billie, Mick and Andrew go forward with their plans.
Nina is elected to call Jimmy. She leaves a message for him saying they want to work things out and asking him not to cut the family off. Mick doesn't want to get involved in the situation with Jimmy, something Geraldine and Billie doesn't understand.
Nina enters a room of the hospital to find Patrick holding a towel to his bleeding face. As she is tending to his injury, she asks how he got it and when he doesn't answer asks if it has something to do with his sister's situation. They bicker lightly about their personality traits.
The Proudman family and Cherie have dinner to discuss how they can reach out to Jimmy. Billie suggests saying Ray has been calling out for him every night even though Ray can't say Jimmy's name. Geraldine wants to tell him Rocket is dead, much to Mick's displeasure causing him to get up and leave saying he needs to be with Rocket at this time. Cherie calls Jimmy and leaves a message to say she misses and loves him. He calls her not long after she sits back down and wants to meet with her the following morning.
Billie takes her temperature and finds it's up and tells Mick it's time to call Andrew. Mick thought they weren't doing this until next month but she's ready now as she's been setting things up with Andrew already. Mick wants to know when they will talk about the big things such as the arrangement and work everything. She calls Andrew with the code they developed. When Andrew arrives at their house, Billie wants Mick to ask him how things will go but he's uncomfortable doing that. Andrew gives them a scenario and asks how it sounds to them.
At the hospital, Cherie finds Nina and tells her Jimmy and Tammy are getting married that day at the City Registry Office at 2:30. Nina goes to where Jimmy and Tammy are staying to speak with him. He's still angry at her. She asks if she can make it up to Tammy if he will let her come to their wedding. They go to where Tammy is having her hair done and he speaks with Tammy for a few minutes then invites Nina in. Nina tells her she feels terrible that she didn't feel welcome. Tammy says she understands that Nina is single and older and Jimmy is the man in her life but she wanted them to be sisters. Nina says that is what she wants, too and if Tammy can forgive her she wants to be at the wedding--the entire family, even Billie, want to be there.
Nina calls Billie to tell her Jimmy is getting married and that she said the family would be there. Cherie contacts Nina who asks her to swing by Billie and Mick's house to get a hold of them for her. Nina then calls Darcy to tell him of the plans and asks him to get Geraldine and bring her to the Registry Office. He wants to have a gentle family conversation with Jimmy but she tells him it's beyond that. Jimmy and Tammy exit the building where they've been staying and he asks what the family had to say. Nina tells him once everyone heard he was getting married everything "faded away".
In Nina's car, Tammy tells her she has a problem. Her ex-fiance has arrived in town and keeps texting her and is saying he will crash the wedding and wants Nina to promise she will not tell Jimmy.
Cherie knocks on Mick and Billie's door. When Billie answers, Cherie tells her Jimmy is getting married in an hour. Andrew brings the bowl of sperm and the turkey baster out of the kitchen. Billie takes it and she and Mick go back upstairs as Andrew ushers Rocket back outside with Cherie. She calls Nina to tell her Mick and Billie are at that moment trying for a baby. Darcy arrives at Geraldine's house and finds her sitting in a car outside as prospective buyers tour it. He gets in the car and asks for her phone then tells her about Jimmy. The news doesn't make her happy but she agrees with the plan he sets out for her.
At Nina's apartment, Tammy shows her some of the texts she's received from her ex. The buzzer sounds and Tammy says it's probably him. She gave him Nina's address so they could argue there instead of the wedding. When Tammy opens the door Fraser is there. Her ex arrives as Nina and Fraser are preparing to go out to the balcony. She sees him and he has lost a lot of weight, something he said he did for her. When he grabs Tammy to hug her Fraser steps forward to ask him not do to it and he takes a swing at Fraser saying she's his wife. Nina and Fraser watch Tammy and her ex from the balcony. Fraser brought Nina a card thanking her and apologizing for everything. Tammy's ex interrupts them to apologize for his "moment" and for calling Tammy his wife. He tells them Tammy is thinking it's probably best to not go through with the wedding today everything considered. Nina goes to talk to her and Tammy says it isn't she won't marry Jimmy ever. Her ex overhears this and confronts her saying Tammy told him something different. She wants Nina to tell Jimmy she's sorry and will see him tonight. Nina refuses telling her to say the words to Jimmy and deal with the fallout.
Geraldine and Darcy are the first to arrive for the wedding and hug their son. Cherie and Mick arrive next and both hug Jimmy. Billie is still in the car off her feet. She calls and talks to Mick and asks if their mum is there and how she looks. Nina and Tammy arrive and when Nina asks if she's ready, Tammy wants her to bring Jimmy outside as she doesn't think she can face the entire family. Nina goes in to get Jimmy. When they get back out to her car Tammy is gone. Billie, who is still on the phone with Mick and is on speaker, is giving everyone a play-by-play of what is happening as she can see it from the car. Everyone leaves the office. Nina is forced to tell Jimmy that Tammy can't marry him. He walks away.
Darcy, Geraldine, Billie and Mick have a drink and talk about what has happened. Nina arrives and tells the family Cherie found Jimmy and is bringing him there. She tells them what happened with Tammy and cautions them to not lecture him or say "told you so". As they are talking, Cherie arrives with Jimmy who is incredibly depressed. The family look to Nina to start things off and she tells Jimmy Cherie walked in on Mick and Billie doing the turkey baster. He smiles slightly. Darcy continues and tells them that when Geraldine was getting ready she started to disrobe in front of a Sri Lankan family forgetting it was an open house. Jimmy starts to cry and Billie and Geraldine get up to hug him. Later, Mick gets up to sing the song he was asked to write for the wedding "It's Beautiful to See You In Love". He did some quick rewrites and changed it into a humorous song about what is the use to falling in love making Jimmy smile.
During the song Nina gets an unknown call. She goes outside to answer it and it's Patrick. He admits his injuries were because of his sisters situation and apologizes for some of the things he said.
Offspring airs Mondays at 8:30 p.m. on Ten Network.
Official Site: http://ten.com.au/offspring.htm
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1530541/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-25992
AUS Television: Offspring, Episode 2.5
Offspring
Series Two, Episode Five
Original Air Date: June 6, 2011
Nina must deal with the situation with Fraser King but doesn't know how to go about it. Billie and Mick have dinner with Andrew and the evening ends in disaster. Jimmy learns how his entire family feels about Tammy and vows to marry her despite how they feel because he loves her. Nina must make a decision about her relationship with Fraser.
Nina worries over Fraser's mistake and wonders if she's putting her feelings for him ahead of their professional relationship. She sits in her car at work wondering how she will work through the situation when Patrick surprises her. He asks about Fraser and she tells him she tried calling him three times last night as she would any student. He asks if she wants him to take care of it but she says it's her responsibility. When she arrives at the nurses desk, Cherie and Kim are talking about how excited they are about the Fundraising Ball. Zara walks up and asks if Fraser is there yet. As Patrick walks past, Zara asks if he will be coming to the Fundraising Ball and he replies he doesn't want to miss the drama and debauchery they'll be talking about tomorrow. Clegg asks Nina for a word in his office. He tells her they need to determine if Dr. King has what it takes to be a surgeon. If he has Nina's confidence, he has Clegg's.
Patrick asks Nina if she's spoken to Fraser yet but he hasn't arrived to work. She asks him if he went to Clegg about Fraser and he admits that Clegg did ask his opinion. As she's telling Patrick that Fraser is her responsibility Fraser walks up to them. He admits his mistake and that the thought it through and is confident it will never happen again and thanks them for their support and for saving him. When Patrick is gone, Fraser tells Nina he isn't something she will have to constantly sort out as she does everything else in her life. She asks why he didn't return her calls last night and he says he tried calling but he didn't know if she'd be on his side or angry and he didn't want things to be strange.
Billie asks Mick about Andrew. He asks if she's sure she wants to use Andrew as their donor as with an anonymous donor they get the sperm without the estranged brother. She thinks an anonymous donor would be like getting a dog from the pound and Andrew would be like a pedigree puppy from a breeder. Mick doesn't want her to be disappointed if Andrew says 'no'. She calls Andrew that morning to confirm their dinner date that evening. Billie comments to Darcy that Tammy is annoying and wrong and draining the life out of Jimmy but Darcy says he likes her. While Mick and Jimmy are working, Jimmy asks if Billie has said anything about Tammy, a question Mick doesn't want to answer. He tells Jimmy that Billie is protective of him and if Tammy makes him happy that's all that matters.
Billie and Jimmy have breakfast with their mother who tells them she's selling the house. Jimmy isn't happy about the decision and Billie is a bit more supportive of her mother. The conversation turns to Tammy and Jimmy accuses them of hating her. Geraldine says they don't hate her they just want him to be sure about her causing him to leave going back to Nina's to complain.
Cherie agrees to share a car to the Ball with Dr. Clegg. Once she and Nina are alone, she asks if she was able to speak with Fraser and Nina tells her he is convinced his mistake was a one-time thing. Fraser asks Nina to the Fundraising Ball and she reluctantly agrees.
Geraldine and Darcy are at the house while prospective buyers tour it because she can't bear to not be able to hear the comments people make about it. Darcy asks her about Jimmy and he tells her in a roundabout way that she has no right deciding what is right for Jimmy.
Nina watches as Fraser does an ultrasound on a patient. Everything goes good until the woman asks if everything is fine and he tells her they will do a Cesarean, something that cannot be done as the woman has drug allergies. Fraser uncomfortably leaves the room. Nina notes that Fraser froze in a consultation which wasn't even a crisis and goes looking for him. She finds him sitting alone with his head bowed.
Darcy goes to see Jimmy and finds Tammy at home alone. She insists he comes in and she talks constantly about how Jimmy tries hard but he just drifts. When Jimmy arrives, Darcy asks if he's alright about the house. He says he is and Tammy interjects that it's a shame and she can't believe Geraldine is getting rid of it. Darcy tells Jimmy he knows he's annoyed at his mum's and Billie's thoughts on the house and they should all get together and have a chat about it. Darcy really means Tammy and Jimmy understands. When Jimmy meets with Geraldine and Darcy, she tells her son that she wants him to be sure. Jimmy states that she doesn't like Tammy and she tells him flat-out that Tammy is wrong for him and she doesn't like her. If he marries her he will make the biggest mistake of his life. Jimmy angrily tells his parents he loves Tammy and he will marry her then leaves.
Nina sees Fraser and Patrick talking and questions Patrick as to what he said to him. He tells her he wanted to know if he could help and Nina asks why Fraser left. She tells him she will handle things to which he replies she isn't the only person who works with him and the only one who cares how things turn out. She tells him to back off and not go near Fraser causing him to ask if she's too emotionally involved.
Mick looks over some old family photos which he hides quickly when Billie arrives home. She's worried about what Andrew's answer will be and Mick maintains he doesn't know Andrew well enough to know what the answer will be.
As Nina is getting ready for the Ball Jimmy arrives and asks her directly if she likes Tammy. She reluctantly tells him she doesn't warm to Tammy that easily but if he loves her that is all that matters. When he leaves, she has a drink and thinks about how she will sort the problem with Fraser both professionally and personally. She and Fraser arrive at the hospital for the Ball and he gives her a bracelet as a 'thank you' telling her he hopes he'll become half the doctor she is and that she will have the patience to stick with him until he does.
Mick and Billie meet with Andrew and she asks him about his decision straight off. He tells them he has some questions and they need to talk but he is very much open to helping them. Andrew and Billie talk about him while Mick has a drink. The conversation turns into an argument between Mick and Andrew about their father. Andrew tells them he doesn't think this will work out, thanks Billie for dinner and leaves. She gets up and leaves soon after him. Later that night, Mick goes to see Andrew and tells him while there are things they need to sort out as brothers, he loves Billie and wants to have a baby with her but can't do it without him. Andrew agrees to help Billie and Mick.
At the Ball, Nina, Fraser, Cherie, Dr. Clegg, Zara and Kim are seated at a table together. Cherie listens as Clegg talks until Kim's girlfriend asks her if she thinks Kim turns into another person at one of these events. Fraser is drinking and is noticeably unhappy. Nina excuses herself to go freshen up as Patrick enters, alone. He compliments her then asks about Fraser. Cherie gets up from the table and asks Nina to dance and drags her onto the dance floor. Kim and Zara get up to dance. Nina is uncomfortable on the dance floor as she knows she should be talking with Fraser. He walks onto the floor and asks her if they can go talk. Clegg comes onto the floor and starts dancing with the girls.
Fraser tells Nina he feels she isn't into him anymore as she's been cold to him since they arrived. She stammers an answer but he wants honesty. She tells him she doesn't think they have a future together. Kim pulls her away at an inopportune moment for "photo time". As everyone is dressing up for photos, Nina tells Fraser he's had too much to drink and pulls him away from everyone else. He asks how she can be his teacher in the morning if she breaks up with him now. She wants to avoid the discussion but he asks her to just say it and if she thinks he's cut out to be an obstetrician. She tells him she doesn't think he has what it takes. He kisses her and she tries to push him away. Patrick steps in and Fraser takes a swing at him and falls. Patrick and Nina take a drunk Fraser home. Patrick offers to take her home but she wants to sit with Fraser for a bit.
When Nina arrives home Jimmy is moving out and won't tell her where he's going. Mick tells Billie she needn't be upset as Andrew said he would do it.
Offspring airs Mondays at 8:30 p.m. on Ten Network.
Official Site: http://ten.com.au/offspring.htm
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1530541/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-25992
Series Two, Episode Five
Original Air Date: June 6, 2011
Nina must deal with the situation with Fraser King but doesn't know how to go about it. Billie and Mick have dinner with Andrew and the evening ends in disaster. Jimmy learns how his entire family feels about Tammy and vows to marry her despite how they feel because he loves her. Nina must make a decision about her relationship with Fraser.
Nina worries over Fraser's mistake and wonders if she's putting her feelings for him ahead of their professional relationship. She sits in her car at work wondering how she will work through the situation when Patrick surprises her. He asks about Fraser and she tells him she tried calling him three times last night as she would any student. He asks if she wants him to take care of it but she says it's her responsibility. When she arrives at the nurses desk, Cherie and Kim are talking about how excited they are about the Fundraising Ball. Zara walks up and asks if Fraser is there yet. As Patrick walks past, Zara asks if he will be coming to the Fundraising Ball and he replies he doesn't want to miss the drama and debauchery they'll be talking about tomorrow. Clegg asks Nina for a word in his office. He tells her they need to determine if Dr. King has what it takes to be a surgeon. If he has Nina's confidence, he has Clegg's.
Patrick asks Nina if she's spoken to Fraser yet but he hasn't arrived to work. She asks him if he went to Clegg about Fraser and he admits that Clegg did ask his opinion. As she's telling Patrick that Fraser is her responsibility Fraser walks up to them. He admits his mistake and that the thought it through and is confident it will never happen again and thanks them for their support and for saving him. When Patrick is gone, Fraser tells Nina he isn't something she will have to constantly sort out as she does everything else in her life. She asks why he didn't return her calls last night and he says he tried calling but he didn't know if she'd be on his side or angry and he didn't want things to be strange.
Billie asks Mick about Andrew. He asks if she's sure she wants to use Andrew as their donor as with an anonymous donor they get the sperm without the estranged brother. She thinks an anonymous donor would be like getting a dog from the pound and Andrew would be like a pedigree puppy from a breeder. Mick doesn't want her to be disappointed if Andrew says 'no'. She calls Andrew that morning to confirm their dinner date that evening. Billie comments to Darcy that Tammy is annoying and wrong and draining the life out of Jimmy but Darcy says he likes her. While Mick and Jimmy are working, Jimmy asks if Billie has said anything about Tammy, a question Mick doesn't want to answer. He tells Jimmy that Billie is protective of him and if Tammy makes him happy that's all that matters.
Billie and Jimmy have breakfast with their mother who tells them she's selling the house. Jimmy isn't happy about the decision and Billie is a bit more supportive of her mother. The conversation turns to Tammy and Jimmy accuses them of hating her. Geraldine says they don't hate her they just want him to be sure about her causing him to leave going back to Nina's to complain.
Cherie agrees to share a car to the Ball with Dr. Clegg. Once she and Nina are alone, she asks if she was able to speak with Fraser and Nina tells her he is convinced his mistake was a one-time thing. Fraser asks Nina to the Fundraising Ball and she reluctantly agrees.
Geraldine and Darcy are at the house while prospective buyers tour it because she can't bear to not be able to hear the comments people make about it. Darcy asks her about Jimmy and he tells her in a roundabout way that she has no right deciding what is right for Jimmy.
Nina watches as Fraser does an ultrasound on a patient. Everything goes good until the woman asks if everything is fine and he tells her they will do a Cesarean, something that cannot be done as the woman has drug allergies. Fraser uncomfortably leaves the room. Nina notes that Fraser froze in a consultation which wasn't even a crisis and goes looking for him. She finds him sitting alone with his head bowed.
Darcy goes to see Jimmy and finds Tammy at home alone. She insists he comes in and she talks constantly about how Jimmy tries hard but he just drifts. When Jimmy arrives, Darcy asks if he's alright about the house. He says he is and Tammy interjects that it's a shame and she can't believe Geraldine is getting rid of it. Darcy tells Jimmy he knows he's annoyed at his mum's and Billie's thoughts on the house and they should all get together and have a chat about it. Darcy really means Tammy and Jimmy understands. When Jimmy meets with Geraldine and Darcy, she tells her son that she wants him to be sure. Jimmy states that she doesn't like Tammy and she tells him flat-out that Tammy is wrong for him and she doesn't like her. If he marries her he will make the biggest mistake of his life. Jimmy angrily tells his parents he loves Tammy and he will marry her then leaves.
Nina sees Fraser and Patrick talking and questions Patrick as to what he said to him. He tells her he wanted to know if he could help and Nina asks why Fraser left. She tells him she will handle things to which he replies she isn't the only person who works with him and the only one who cares how things turn out. She tells him to back off and not go near Fraser causing him to ask if she's too emotionally involved.
Mick looks over some old family photos which he hides quickly when Billie arrives home. She's worried about what Andrew's answer will be and Mick maintains he doesn't know Andrew well enough to know what the answer will be.
As Nina is getting ready for the Ball Jimmy arrives and asks her directly if she likes Tammy. She reluctantly tells him she doesn't warm to Tammy that easily but if he loves her that is all that matters. When he leaves, she has a drink and thinks about how she will sort the problem with Fraser both professionally and personally. She and Fraser arrive at the hospital for the Ball and he gives her a bracelet as a 'thank you' telling her he hopes he'll become half the doctor she is and that she will have the patience to stick with him until he does.
Mick and Billie meet with Andrew and she asks him about his decision straight off. He tells them he has some questions and they need to talk but he is very much open to helping them. Andrew and Billie talk about him while Mick has a drink. The conversation turns into an argument between Mick and Andrew about their father. Andrew tells them he doesn't think this will work out, thanks Billie for dinner and leaves. She gets up and leaves soon after him. Later that night, Mick goes to see Andrew and tells him while there are things they need to sort out as brothers, he loves Billie and wants to have a baby with her but can't do it without him. Andrew agrees to help Billie and Mick.
At the Ball, Nina, Fraser, Cherie, Dr. Clegg, Zara and Kim are seated at a table together. Cherie listens as Clegg talks until Kim's girlfriend asks her if she thinks Kim turns into another person at one of these events. Fraser is drinking and is noticeably unhappy. Nina excuses herself to go freshen up as Patrick enters, alone. He compliments her then asks about Fraser. Cherie gets up from the table and asks Nina to dance and drags her onto the dance floor. Kim and Zara get up to dance. Nina is uncomfortable on the dance floor as she knows she should be talking with Fraser. He walks onto the floor and asks her if they can go talk. Clegg comes onto the floor and starts dancing with the girls.
Fraser tells Nina he feels she isn't into him anymore as she's been cold to him since they arrived. She stammers an answer but he wants honesty. She tells him she doesn't think they have a future together. Kim pulls her away at an inopportune moment for "photo time". As everyone is dressing up for photos, Nina tells Fraser he's had too much to drink and pulls him away from everyone else. He asks how she can be his teacher in the morning if she breaks up with him now. She wants to avoid the discussion but he asks her to just say it and if she thinks he's cut out to be an obstetrician. She tells him she doesn't think he has what it takes. He kisses her and she tries to push him away. Patrick steps in and Fraser takes a swing at him and falls. Patrick and Nina take a drunk Fraser home. Patrick offers to take her home but she wants to sit with Fraser for a bit.
When Nina arrives home Jimmy is moving out and won't tell her where he's going. Mick tells Billie she needn't be upset as Andrew said he would do it.
Offspring airs Mondays at 8:30 p.m. on Ten Network.
Official Site: http://ten.com.au/offspring.htm
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1530541/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-25992
AUS Television: Offspring, Episode 2.4
Offspring
Series Two, Episode Four
Original Air Date: May 30, 2011
Nina struggles with how she will work with Patrick but soon learns there is more to his situation than meets the eye. Fraser makes a mistake at work that could prove fatal for a patient. Billie awakens to find Mick isn't home and is worried about him. Mick's brother Andrew comes back into his, and Billie's life. Tammy makes things clear to Nina that whether the Proudman's like her or not, she's there to stay.
Nina is struggling with how she will be able to work with Patrick knowing he abuses his wife. At work, Fraser tells Nina he wants to be with her when she speaks to Clegg about Patrick. Nina goes to see Clegg alone and meets Patrick coming out of his office. Once alone with Clegg, she informs him she and the other staff suspect Patrick of violence toward his wife, something Clegg insists didn't happen as Kate wasn't Patrick's wife, she is his sister and he's doing everything he can to get her away from her abuser. Fraser and Kim get in Patrick's way in the hall as Nina and Clegg round the corner. They call the two down and Clegg takes Patrick back to his office while Nina takes Kim, Zara and Fraser aside to tell them they were wrong about Patrick. Jolene, a woman who has had four children at St. Francis, and is in for baby #5 has been admitted for delivery. Patrick catches Nina and Fraser kissing in an empty room. She and Fraser follow him and Nina apologizes for the previous misunderstanding. The conversation moves from an easily accepted apology to Patrick feeling they are blaming him for the misunderstanding even thought they are just trying to understand the situation.
Zara catches up to Nina to ask why she requested an emergency resuscitation team for one of two Cesareans she has scheduled for that afternoon. She maintains she didn't ask for the team and, after looking at the schedule, goes to Patrick to inform him it's her job to assess whether they need the resuss team. He tells her she lets her personal life interfere with her professional life, something she denies. At the worst possible time, Kim tells her she has a call from her sister. Later, Fraser tells Nina he has a friend that works at a hospital where Patrick used to work. She reckons their opiate supplies had a habit of disappearing and she feels Patrick is an addict. Nina tells him it's speculation and isn't helpful but he says he will be keeping an eye on him.
Nina, Fraser and Cherie watch as Patrick gives Jolene an epidural and Nina thinks how caring Patrick is with the patient. Cherie takes Nina aside for a word and tells her that while she really likes Fraser, she isn't sure about him in the 'doctor department'. Nina isn't pleased with what she is hearing and wonders what's wrong with everyone and why no one wants to work as a team. While scrubbing up for a procedure, Nina tells Patrick she cannot be effective unless he trusts her judgment. He replies that when her judgment gets better, he will trust it. Fraser delivers Jolene's baby and, when wrapping up the delivery, makes a mistake that causes Jolene to begin bleeding at a dangerous rate. Fraser freezes and Kim orders Cherie to get Nina. Nina and Patrick come in and Fraser is still frozen leading Patrick to tell Cherie to take him elsewhere to help him get cleaned up. Later, Nina tells the nurses Jolene is fine and asks about Fraser. Cherie tells her he's gone and she doesn't know where. As she's leaving, she calls Fraser asking him to call her back. At the elevator, Patrick stops her and explains about the resuss team. At home, Nina again gives Fraser a call asking him to get back to her. She and Tammy talk and Tammy says she knows Nina's family hates her as they're scared she'll steal Jimmy away. She tells Nina she's the best thing that ever happened to Jimmy and he's the best thing that ever happened to her and like her or not, she's there to stay. Once she's gone, Nina again calls Fraser.
Billie awakens to find Mick isn't in bed next to her and calls Nina with her worries. The two had a discussion the night before where he told her he wouldn't let her miss out on being someones mum and it might have to be a little patchwork person meaning they should get a donor. They get online to look for a donor but find none that appeal to them. Later, while making jokes about things, Mick is feeling guilty and Billie makes a joke about Mick's masculinity thinking they were still joking. She calls Jimmy to ask if he's seen Mick but he hasn't. After finding out what music Mick was last listening to, Jimmy says he thinks Mick went out for a man-walk to have a man-think and to leave it to him. At work, Billie confides in her father that she loves Mick and didn't mean what she said to him the night before.
Geraldine calls to tell Billie if she has anything in her house claim it now before she throws it in the bin. Nina and Billie to go Geraldine's house to claim their belongings before she tosses them. They discuss Jimmy and Tammy and Geraldine asks Nina to speak with him as he'll marry Tammy just to spite his mother if she talks to him. Nina asks Billie about Mick and she confesses to her mother and sister she wished she'd never heard of sperm donors. Geraldine asks about Mick's brother.
Jimmy calls Billie to tell her he's acquired the target. When she asks where he is, he tells her to sit tight as it's a man-secret. Jimmy and Mick talk and Jimmy tells him what he thinks the measure of a man is and what he thinks they both would do if they were men. Tammy wants Jimmy to have a bit of waxing done and Mick must ask his brother Andrew to be a sperm donor for him. Mick accompanies Jimmy to have the waxing done then later goes to see Andrew. After an uncomfortable conversation, Mick leaves without asking Andrew anything. He and Jimmy, both wearing kilts, go for a drink at the pub. Andrew shows up at Mick's and talks to Billie. She invites him in and he tells her she's nothing like the woman he thought Mick would have been with. Later, when Jimmy shows Tammy the waxing he had done, she tells him he had the wrong part of his body waxed. Billie and Andrew are playing a game when Mick arrives home. She tells him if he lives to be 1,000 years old he will never know how much she loves him.
Darcy and Geraldine discuss Jimmy's engagement to Tammy and, while Darcy is fine with Jimmy being in love, Geraldine doesn't want their son rushing headfirst into another reckless decision. She informs him that they are getting a divorce and he will be moving out leading him to move back in with Cherie and Ray. Later, when Darcy stops by to talk with Geraldine, she tells him she's selling the house. He wants her to think it through but she's made up her mind causing Darcy to realize it really is over between them. He offers to list the house but she declines not wanting the kids to know just yet.
Offspring airs Mondays at 8:30 p.m. on Ten Network.
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Series Two, Episode Four
Original Air Date: May 30, 2011
Nina struggles with how she will work with Patrick but soon learns there is more to his situation than meets the eye. Fraser makes a mistake at work that could prove fatal for a patient. Billie awakens to find Mick isn't home and is worried about him. Mick's brother Andrew comes back into his, and Billie's life. Tammy makes things clear to Nina that whether the Proudman's like her or not, she's there to stay.
Nina is struggling with how she will be able to work with Patrick knowing he abuses his wife. At work, Fraser tells Nina he wants to be with her when she speaks to Clegg about Patrick. Nina goes to see Clegg alone and meets Patrick coming out of his office. Once alone with Clegg, she informs him she and the other staff suspect Patrick of violence toward his wife, something Clegg insists didn't happen as Kate wasn't Patrick's wife, she is his sister and he's doing everything he can to get her away from her abuser. Fraser and Kim get in Patrick's way in the hall as Nina and Clegg round the corner. They call the two down and Clegg takes Patrick back to his office while Nina takes Kim, Zara and Fraser aside to tell them they were wrong about Patrick. Jolene, a woman who has had four children at St. Francis, and is in for baby #5 has been admitted for delivery. Patrick catches Nina and Fraser kissing in an empty room. She and Fraser follow him and Nina apologizes for the previous misunderstanding. The conversation moves from an easily accepted apology to Patrick feeling they are blaming him for the misunderstanding even thought they are just trying to understand the situation.
Zara catches up to Nina to ask why she requested an emergency resuscitation team for one of two Cesareans she has scheduled for that afternoon. She maintains she didn't ask for the team and, after looking at the schedule, goes to Patrick to inform him it's her job to assess whether they need the resuss team. He tells her she lets her personal life interfere with her professional life, something she denies. At the worst possible time, Kim tells her she has a call from her sister. Later, Fraser tells Nina he has a friend that works at a hospital where Patrick used to work. She reckons their opiate supplies had a habit of disappearing and she feels Patrick is an addict. Nina tells him it's speculation and isn't helpful but he says he will be keeping an eye on him.
Nina, Fraser and Cherie watch as Patrick gives Jolene an epidural and Nina thinks how caring Patrick is with the patient. Cherie takes Nina aside for a word and tells her that while she really likes Fraser, she isn't sure about him in the 'doctor department'. Nina isn't pleased with what she is hearing and wonders what's wrong with everyone and why no one wants to work as a team. While scrubbing up for a procedure, Nina tells Patrick she cannot be effective unless he trusts her judgment. He replies that when her judgment gets better, he will trust it. Fraser delivers Jolene's baby and, when wrapping up the delivery, makes a mistake that causes Jolene to begin bleeding at a dangerous rate. Fraser freezes and Kim orders Cherie to get Nina. Nina and Patrick come in and Fraser is still frozen leading Patrick to tell Cherie to take him elsewhere to help him get cleaned up. Later, Nina tells the nurses Jolene is fine and asks about Fraser. Cherie tells her he's gone and she doesn't know where. As she's leaving, she calls Fraser asking him to call her back. At the elevator, Patrick stops her and explains about the resuss team. At home, Nina again gives Fraser a call asking him to get back to her. She and Tammy talk and Tammy says she knows Nina's family hates her as they're scared she'll steal Jimmy away. She tells Nina she's the best thing that ever happened to Jimmy and he's the best thing that ever happened to her and like her or not, she's there to stay. Once she's gone, Nina again calls Fraser.
Billie awakens to find Mick isn't in bed next to her and calls Nina with her worries. The two had a discussion the night before where he told her he wouldn't let her miss out on being someones mum and it might have to be a little patchwork person meaning they should get a donor. They get online to look for a donor but find none that appeal to them. Later, while making jokes about things, Mick is feeling guilty and Billie makes a joke about Mick's masculinity thinking they were still joking. She calls Jimmy to ask if he's seen Mick but he hasn't. After finding out what music Mick was last listening to, Jimmy says he thinks Mick went out for a man-walk to have a man-think and to leave it to him. At work, Billie confides in her father that she loves Mick and didn't mean what she said to him the night before.
Geraldine calls to tell Billie if she has anything in her house claim it now before she throws it in the bin. Nina and Billie to go Geraldine's house to claim their belongings before she tosses them. They discuss Jimmy and Tammy and Geraldine asks Nina to speak with him as he'll marry Tammy just to spite his mother if she talks to him. Nina asks Billie about Mick and she confesses to her mother and sister she wished she'd never heard of sperm donors. Geraldine asks about Mick's brother.
Jimmy calls Billie to tell her he's acquired the target. When she asks where he is, he tells her to sit tight as it's a man-secret. Jimmy and Mick talk and Jimmy tells him what he thinks the measure of a man is and what he thinks they both would do if they were men. Tammy wants Jimmy to have a bit of waxing done and Mick must ask his brother Andrew to be a sperm donor for him. Mick accompanies Jimmy to have the waxing done then later goes to see Andrew. After an uncomfortable conversation, Mick leaves without asking Andrew anything. He and Jimmy, both wearing kilts, go for a drink at the pub. Andrew shows up at Mick's and talks to Billie. She invites him in and he tells her she's nothing like the woman he thought Mick would have been with. Later, when Jimmy shows Tammy the waxing he had done, she tells him he had the wrong part of his body waxed. Billie and Andrew are playing a game when Mick arrives home. She tells him if he lives to be 1,000 years old he will never know how much she loves him.
Darcy and Geraldine discuss Jimmy's engagement to Tammy and, while Darcy is fine with Jimmy being in love, Geraldine doesn't want their son rushing headfirst into another reckless decision. She informs him that they are getting a divorce and he will be moving out leading him to move back in with Cherie and Ray. Later, when Darcy stops by to talk with Geraldine, she tells him she's selling the house. He wants her to think it through but she's made up her mind causing Darcy to realize it really is over between them. He offers to list the house but she declines not wanting the kids to know just yet.
Offspring airs Mondays at 8:30 p.m. on Ten Network.
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AUS Television: Offspring, Episode 2.3
Offspring
Series Two, Episode Three
Original Air Date: May 23, 2011
Nina makes a decision about her relationship with Fraser King. Billie and Mick move forward in their quest to have a child together only to receive heartbreaking news. Cherie and Sam's relationship ends. Darcy and Geraldine come to a decision about getting re-married. Jimmy makes an announcement to his family.
Nina has a sex dream about Fraser King causing her to vow that she will nip the situation between the two of them in the bud because "she's a professional woman". At work, they see the abusive husband Fraser had a run-in with previously with Dr. Clegg and wonder if his wife has been re-admitted or filed a complaint. She talks to him about the kiss telling him she doesn't think it can happen again and that she did enjoy it and find him attractive and under different circumstances things could be different. She explains she is in a position of responsibility and it is about priorities and timing. He assures her he would never take advantage of his personal feelings for her in a professional context. Later, while looking at an ultrasound, Nina tells Fraser she might have over thought the situation between them and suggests if they set a few boundaries they could go out for a drink or meal. He starts to kiss her and she stops him saying it would be a date with boundaries. She and Fraser have a quiet dinner together that leads to them going back to her apartment for a night together. As Nina is enjoying the sight of a naked Fraser in her kitchen, Tammy and Jimmy, both naked, come downstairs. Nina stands in front of Fraser and makes the introductions before they go back to her bedroom. At work, Nina feels somewhat awkward with Fraser and he tells her he'll make sure it will stay just between them if that's what she wants.
Billie and Mick go for an appointment with their fertility doctor who shows them how to use the injection pen and Billie gives herself the first dose. She is to inject herself once a day and, with luck, in 12-14 days they will be harvesting her eggs. Mick is concerned about the side effects of the injections but Billie doesn't seem to give them much thought at all. As the days pass, she continues the injections and her behavior does start to change. She starts out excited and gets increasingly more agitated. Mick makes Billie call Nina because she is having a lot of side effects from the hormone injections. Billie thinks they are normal symptoms but her "girlfriend" Mick thinks she shouldn't be feeling so poorly so quickly. They run down the list of symptoms for Nina and she asks if Billie has had any chest pains or if her wee has changed color, which she hasn't. She warns that while some things are normal, everyone is different and she must keep a close eye on her symptoms and if things get worse she needs an ultrasound. Billie calls Nina while she's with Fraser because she's gotten sicker wanting Nina to help. Nina takes her to the fertility clinic for an ultrasound and Billie realizes Nina has had "death bed" sex. At the clinic while waiting for the doctor, Billie questions Nina about the sex she had. Mick arrives in time for the ultrasound where they learn Billie has ovarian hyper-stimulation syndrome, an uncommon and sometimes fatal reaction. They must stop the treatments immediately. Billie asks if they can try again and the doctor says they must focus on getting her back up and running again. Nina assures Billie she'll be fine and leaves her in her "girlfriend's" capable hands. Before she leaves, Billie asks Nina to say nothing to the family. The doctor tells Billie her body has rejected the drugs and they must stop fertility treatments and it won't be possible for them to conceive a child together.
Cherie tells Nina she cannot make sense of her feelings for Sam at all. She knows he's everything she could ever ask for but, at other times, she wants to punch him in the face. She finds it irritating that he walks around in his white fronts all the time, that he chews with his mouth open and talks while he's chewing and that he looks at what is in his glass every single time he takes a drink. The conversation goes from Cherie and Sam to Nina and she confesses that she kissed Fraser. Cherie urges her to stop thinking so much and have a crack and living for a minute. Cherie and Sam's love life is less than spectacular. On the way to Geraldine and Darcy's re-commitment dinner, Cherie breaks up with Sam.
Darcy wants Nina to write a speech commemorating the 1980's for he and Geraldine's re-commitment dinner. Geraldine knows Darcy is up to something and he has the kids involved but she worries why no one seems to care what she wants. She worries if she tells Darcy how she feels he will have another heart attack and die. Billie isn't crazy about Darcy wanting her to write a speech about the seventies as she was just a baby then and what she does remember her mum would probably want to forget. She tells him the speech idea is perhaps the worst idea he's ever had including the time he got Geraldine a female stripper for their anniversary. Before the kids arrive for the dinner, Geraldine breaks down and tells Darcy that she loves him but cannot marry him again.
At the dinner, Cherie tells everyone she broke up with Sam. To cheer her up, Billie announces to everyone that Nina has been having sex, an issue Nina admits to but quickly moves away from. After Tammy makes a toast to Darcy and Geraldine, they stand up and announce they have decided they will finally be getting a divorce. Jimmy announces that he proposed to Tammy and she accepted.
Nina is called away from the dinner for a delivery and is given the details of the case by Zara. While she and Fraser are with the woman, Dr. Clegg enters the room and introduces them to their new colleague, Patrick, the abusive husband Fraser butted heads with earlier.
Offspring airs Mondays at 8:30 p.m. on Ten Network.
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Series Two, Episode Three
Original Air Date: May 23, 2011
Nina makes a decision about her relationship with Fraser King. Billie and Mick move forward in their quest to have a child together only to receive heartbreaking news. Cherie and Sam's relationship ends. Darcy and Geraldine come to a decision about getting re-married. Jimmy makes an announcement to his family.
Nina has a sex dream about Fraser King causing her to vow that she will nip the situation between the two of them in the bud because "she's a professional woman". At work, they see the abusive husband Fraser had a run-in with previously with Dr. Clegg and wonder if his wife has been re-admitted or filed a complaint. She talks to him about the kiss telling him she doesn't think it can happen again and that she did enjoy it and find him attractive and under different circumstances things could be different. She explains she is in a position of responsibility and it is about priorities and timing. He assures her he would never take advantage of his personal feelings for her in a professional context. Later, while looking at an ultrasound, Nina tells Fraser she might have over thought the situation between them and suggests if they set a few boundaries they could go out for a drink or meal. He starts to kiss her and she stops him saying it would be a date with boundaries. She and Fraser have a quiet dinner together that leads to them going back to her apartment for a night together. As Nina is enjoying the sight of a naked Fraser in her kitchen, Tammy and Jimmy, both naked, come downstairs. Nina stands in front of Fraser and makes the introductions before they go back to her bedroom. At work, Nina feels somewhat awkward with Fraser and he tells her he'll make sure it will stay just between them if that's what she wants.
Billie and Mick go for an appointment with their fertility doctor who shows them how to use the injection pen and Billie gives herself the first dose. She is to inject herself once a day and, with luck, in 12-14 days they will be harvesting her eggs. Mick is concerned about the side effects of the injections but Billie doesn't seem to give them much thought at all. As the days pass, she continues the injections and her behavior does start to change. She starts out excited and gets increasingly more agitated. Mick makes Billie call Nina because she is having a lot of side effects from the hormone injections. Billie thinks they are normal symptoms but her "girlfriend" Mick thinks she shouldn't be feeling so poorly so quickly. They run down the list of symptoms for Nina and she asks if Billie has had any chest pains or if her wee has changed color, which she hasn't. She warns that while some things are normal, everyone is different and she must keep a close eye on her symptoms and if things get worse she needs an ultrasound. Billie calls Nina while she's with Fraser because she's gotten sicker wanting Nina to help. Nina takes her to the fertility clinic for an ultrasound and Billie realizes Nina has had "death bed" sex. At the clinic while waiting for the doctor, Billie questions Nina about the sex she had. Mick arrives in time for the ultrasound where they learn Billie has ovarian hyper-stimulation syndrome, an uncommon and sometimes fatal reaction. They must stop the treatments immediately. Billie asks if they can try again and the doctor says they must focus on getting her back up and running again. Nina assures Billie she'll be fine and leaves her in her "girlfriend's" capable hands. Before she leaves, Billie asks Nina to say nothing to the family. The doctor tells Billie her body has rejected the drugs and they must stop fertility treatments and it won't be possible for them to conceive a child together.
Cherie tells Nina she cannot make sense of her feelings for Sam at all. She knows he's everything she could ever ask for but, at other times, she wants to punch him in the face. She finds it irritating that he walks around in his white fronts all the time, that he chews with his mouth open and talks while he's chewing and that he looks at what is in his glass every single time he takes a drink. The conversation goes from Cherie and Sam to Nina and she confesses that she kissed Fraser. Cherie urges her to stop thinking so much and have a crack and living for a minute. Cherie and Sam's love life is less than spectacular. On the way to Geraldine and Darcy's re-commitment dinner, Cherie breaks up with Sam.
Darcy wants Nina to write a speech commemorating the 1980's for he and Geraldine's re-commitment dinner. Geraldine knows Darcy is up to something and he has the kids involved but she worries why no one seems to care what she wants. She worries if she tells Darcy how she feels he will have another heart attack and die. Billie isn't crazy about Darcy wanting her to write a speech about the seventies as she was just a baby then and what she does remember her mum would probably want to forget. She tells him the speech idea is perhaps the worst idea he's ever had including the time he got Geraldine a female stripper for their anniversary. Before the kids arrive for the dinner, Geraldine breaks down and tells Darcy that she loves him but cannot marry him again.
At the dinner, Cherie tells everyone she broke up with Sam. To cheer her up, Billie announces to everyone that Nina has been having sex, an issue Nina admits to but quickly moves away from. After Tammy makes a toast to Darcy and Geraldine, they stand up and announce they have decided they will finally be getting a divorce. Jimmy announces that he proposed to Tammy and she accepted.
Nina is called away from the dinner for a delivery and is given the details of the case by Zara. While she and Fraser are with the woman, Dr. Clegg enters the room and introduces them to their new colleague, Patrick, the abusive husband Fraser butted heads with earlier.
Offspring airs Mondays at 8:30 p.m. on Ten Network.
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Monday, May 16, 2011
AUS Television: Offspring, Episode 2.1 & 2.2
Offspring
Series Two, Episodes 2.1 & 2.2
Original Air Date: May 16, 2011
Nina Proudman is living a happy life in Baltimore, Maryland when she receives word her father has had a heart attack. She returns to Australia and finds she must make a choice about whether to return to the United States or remain in Australia with the family and job she loves. Meanwhile, Billie and Mick are trying to have a baby but receive disheartening news.
Nina looks out upon Baltimore thinking of her life there thus far. She's been in Baltimore for five months, had zero panic attacks, has delivered 68 babies, has 3 1/2 new friends, has had 3 flings with quite nice men (no major sparks but at least the men were unmarried and not her sisters ex and refrained from blowing anything up) and her sexual performance while in the U.S. is an 8. She's grounded, centered and living in the moment confident she can hang onto it when she receives a text to ring home as her father has had a heart attack.
Nina returns to Australia and is met at the airport by Billie. On the way to the hospital, she tells Nina they've done another battery of tests on Darcy and they're just waiting to hear. Their mother is stoic then just falls apart. She's left messages for Jimmy online in hopes of contacting him as he's still overseas. Billie tells her to check out what she's been doing in the backseat. Nina retrieves a folder where her sister has been organizing a family archive containing key documents, photographs and family memories. Billie can't identify one of the photos and makes a note to ask Darcy, something Nina questions if the time is right for or not. Billie advises that Nina doesn't need to return and take charge as she's been the one holding the fort while Nina has been away and Jimmy's been up the Amazon. As her sister is talking, Nina closes her eyes and remembers her life in Baltimore and how she felt while she was there until Billie stops the car hard upon arriving at the hospital.
Nina goes to her father's room and gives him a hug and kiss. He apologizes for her having been dragged back home. He tells her how the heart attack happened. He took Ray to the park and while playing a game with him he played with the other Proudman children the heart attack happened. He asks her to do him two favors: stop Billie hassling him about photos and papers as it's making him feel as if he's already dead and most important, go to Geraldine's house and fish her wedding ring out of the S-bend. She tossed the ring in there 15 years previous after finding out about one of his affairs. Now, he wants to ask Geraldine to renew their wedding vows and he needs the ring. Billie enters the room and straight away asks Darcy to identify some pictures. She tells Nina to find the cardiologist as she should be their medical translator.
Nina leaves the room and sees Cherie in the hall. The two women hug and Cherie tells her Ray is at day care as she's starting back to work. As Cherie is giving Nina a Rescue Remedy, she sees the cardiologist coming down the hall and points him out to her. Nina and Dr. Forbes discuss her father's condition as Billie and Cherie look on. Nina returns to the ladies to tell them it looks like Darcy might need another procedure and Dr. Forbes will make that decision this afternoon. Billie is shocked at how calm Nina apparently is over their father possibly needing a bypass and as she's giving her sister a talking to about her 'detached attitude' Nina zones out to Baltimore once again. Billie asks her what she's doing and Nina tells her she's using her imagination as her ally as she needs techniques to survive re-entering the family. Nina wants to go home and get a shower and meet Billie later to talk properly. Billie warns her sister to pay no attention to the boxes and musical instruments all over her flat as she and Mick have been living there the past few weeks as part of the plan to do things the right way. She can't get pregnant until they have enough of a deposit for their own place so Mick has been taking extra gigs and landscaping jobs and they've sublet his place to some French-Canadian acrobats.
In the lift, Nina contemplates going to obstetrics to visit her old coworkers. The thought of running into Chris Havel crosses her mind but she decides to go anyway. She receives a warm welcome from everyone, including Dr. Klegg. Kim, who is sleeping under the nurses station is awakened to feed her baby. As she's listening to the group talk about Dr. Klegg's willingness to have hormone injections so he could share in the breastfeeding (something he points out isn't beyond the realms of possibility, anatomically speaking), Nina looks around hoping to catch a glimpse of Chris Havel. Zara asks if she's back for good and she explains she's there because her father is sick and has been invited to stay on in Baltimore to participate in some fascinating research projects. She has great options and hasn't decided yet. Klegg tells her it's a shame she missed Chris Havel before he left. He moved to Brisbane last Tuesday as his wife got a job there. Nina, shocked by the news of Chris' leaving excuses herself saying she needs to make a call and goes out to the balcony where she stood so many times to think. Zara follows her out to tell her they all figured Chris had stayed in contact with her and asks if she's alright. Nina says she is and when Zara goes back inside, she tells herself she is and goes back to Baltimore in her mind. She's drawn back to reality by her phone ringing. It's a clearly distraught Jimmy asking about their father. After finding out Darcy is still alive, he asks Nina if she can come downstairs and rescue him. She goes down and finds he owes the cab drive $80, which Nina pays. Jimmy gets out of the cab and gives his sister a hug while a girl he brought home with him gets out and retrieves their luggage. Jimmy quickly helps the girl throw their bags out of the trunk and Nina tells him to go upstairs and she'll take care of the bags. Jimmy kisses his girlfriend then goes up to see his father. The girl introduces herself to Nina as "Tammy".
In Darcy's room, Jimmy reads his father a note he scrawled in the margins of a newspaper after learning of his heart attack, crying as he reads. Darcy tries to get Jimmy to stop reading but he continues anyway. In the hall, Tammy tells Nina how when she saw Jimmy she knew he was the one she was put on earth to be with. Nina stares off into space for a second thrilling Tammy as Jimmy said Nina 'goes into her head', something Tammy thinks is cool because she's doing it right in front of her. Jimmy steps into the hall to tell Nina their father wants to ask her something. Darcy whispers to his daughter to get Jimmy out of there as he's reading him the eulogy from his funeral and not to forget Geraldine's wedding ring. Nina takes Jimmy out of the room telling him their dad needs to rest up.
At a table outside Nina asks how long the two have known one another. Jimmy says he first saw Tammy two weeks ago. She had just broken up with the guy she was traveling with and a week later, the two of them were canoeing through the Amazon when Jimmy got the message about Darcy.
Nina is walking along the sidewalk talking to Billie on the phone when she runs into Mick. The two hug and continue walking. He tells her Billie missed her a lot while she was away almost like when Rocket punishes him for going away. Billie looks up from her work on the family archive and sees Nina and Mick walking together and laughing. The three go to a cafe where Billie begins to nag Mick about not being late for a gig as it pays serious money. When Nina comments that something Mick said wasn't in sarcasm, Billie remarks that Nina of all people is defending Mick. Mick jumps on Billie's comment and she must produce a voucher for him, which he tears up. Billie explains the actions in that they didn't want his sex with Nina to be a constantly oozing sore in the relationship so they developed a containment method. He issued her 10 vouchers. One could be used every time Billie played the "sex with Nina" card against him. After the batch they currently have, there will be no more playing the "sex with Nina" card.
Geraldine arrives in her kitchen to find Nina under the sink digging the wedding ring from the S-bend. She hugs her daughter and asks why she was in the S-bend.
In Darcy's hospital room, Mick is playing the guitar for him as Darcy looks over some of his music. Darcy asks Mick if he kicks the bucket, will he finish writing the songs for him, which he promises he will. Darcy tells him that he knows Billie is hard work but it will be a big relief for him to know Mick will stick with her. Mick tells Darcy he is going to.
Geraldine knows Darcy is after the wedding ring. She thinks the heart attack is her fault as he had chest pains after their last fairly vigorous encounter and she laughed it off as heartburn. Nina assures her mother it isn't her fault. Geraldine begs her daughter to talk Darcy out of making the romantic declaration, something Nina doesn't want to be asked to do. Her mother asks if she's seen Chris Havel yet and Nina informs her he's moved to Brisbane. Geraldine suggests Nina lie down there for a few hours but Nina leaves saying she has something to do.
Nina takes the wedding ring to her father and asks if he should hold off proposing for the moment causing him to ask if Geraldine said something. She tells him he's all churned up at the moment and that she can be the guardian of the ring for now. He gives it back to her and she puts it on her finger.
In the lift, Nina drops the wedding ring and the handsome young man in the lift with her, Dr. Fraser King (Jay Ryan), picks it up. He asks if she's Nina Proudman and when she confirms, he introduces himself. They make small talk about their first weeks on the job and her press around the department. She drops the ring again and she starts talking and cannot stop. She tells him about her parents being estranged, or were since they started having sex again and that her father wants to propose to her mother again. As he compliments a paper she wrote on gestitational diabetes, she imagines him standing in the lift, completely naked and holding a file folder in front of him. When the lift stops, he steps into the hall telling her he'd love to chat with her about the whole Baltimore experience.
She returns to her flat and is met by Rocket. She hears Billie and Mick having sex and, as she walks through the room, hears another couple. She realizes it's Jimmy and Tammy. She thinks about how in the face of death rampant sex is understandable with the urge to connect to some primal force. She goes in to take a bubble bath and wonders who she will cast in her own fantasy. She first thinks of Dr. Andrew Rochford but he's not the right choice as she needs the fantasy to feel more earthy and achievable. The second guy is turned down because if he talks in the fantasy he'll wreck it. Third, Zara shows up and, while Nina would love to make the play, she sadly turns it down. Fourth, she opens the door to find Chris Havel standing there and then immediately closes the door again. The next time the door is opened Dr. Klegg is standing there to let her know the offer is still there. Next, the handsome cardiologist, Dr. Forbes. He's a maybe but it feels wrong since he's her father's doctor. Lastly, she sees Dr. King and he kisses her passionately. She enjoys the fantasy even though it definitely feels wrong as he's too young.
After her bath, Nina looks through the mail and finds a letter from Chris Havel. He didn't want to disappear without an explanation and tells her an opportunity came up for Alice in Brisbane and he decided to take a job there as well. He thought it would be easier for everyone, including her. She'll always be very special to him and he wishes her much happiness. She sits by the window crying as Billie and Mick come downstairs. He's on his way to a gig and he orders him to ring her when he arrives so she knows he made it. She changes her mind and wants him to ring her halfway there but only if he pulls off the road because he can't crash and die on her. Mick kisses Billie and leaves the flat with Rocket. When he's gone, Billie sees Nina has been crying and Nina hands her Chris' letter. She reads over it then tells her sister she should have had sex with Chris a while back and flushed him out of her system as the sex could never have been as good in real life as it would have been in her fantasies. She insists Nina now needs to cut the cord and burn Chris' letter, something Nina doesn't want to do. Nina's phone rings and it is Cherie telling her Darcy had another heart attack.
The girls arrive at the hospital and Nina is met at the lift by Kim. They need her help in obstetrics as they are short on doctors and Dr. King, who is still under review, is the only one there to deal with a breach birth. She drags Nina to the room where she helps Dr. King deliver the baby safely. She then runs to Darcy's room and arrives to find the rest of the family there and Darcy gone. Cherie tells her they've taken him for tests. Billie wishes she hadn't sent Mick away as he really loved Darcy and would want to be there; she needs him to be there. Geraldine runs into the room and Tammy points up saying "he's gone" leading her to think he died. Nina corrects her and comforts her mother. Rocket runs into the room next and Mick follows shortly telling Billie they need to revise the plan as life is short and he should be with her at times like this. Later, Dr. Forbes enters the room to tell the family they cleared the blood clot and, while they were there, managed to stint the other lesion. There's no need for a bypass and Darcy is fine. Everyone is overjoyed and Nina, who is sitting on Darcy's bed, begins to cry uncontrollably. Billie comforts her sister while Sam arrives to lend support to Cherie. A very drugged Darcy is brought back into his room where he takes the opportunity to propose to Geraldine. After a few moments of apparent thought, she eventually agrees.
The family celebrate later at the pub where Nina gets very drunk. Billie again tells her to burn the letter and Nina says she'll file it away in the defunct relationship archive as it doesn't feel right to burn it and throws the letter in the trash. While it isn't as much fun as burning, Billie thinks it's a wise decision. When Billie gets up, Nina pulls the letter out of the trash. She lays down on the couch she's sitting on and decides she doesn't to give up delivering babies and wants to say 'yes' to being sucked back into the Proudman family vortex. Jimmy covers Nina up as she smiles happily thinking "I'm home".
Nina remembers her childhood when her mother went to the doctor because she was pregnant with Jimmy. Geraldine allowed both of her daughters to come into the room and listen to the babies heartbeat. Billie was uninterested but Nina was fascinated and decided right then and there she wanted to be an obstetrician. She relates the story to Frasier King over coffee.
Mick arrives at the doctors appointment at a fertility clinic with Billie. She wants to do the talking as she told them they were trying to get pregnant for six months instead of two weeks so she could get the appointment.
Nina gives Frasier tips on how to introduce himself to women and their husbands. She watches as he confidently walks in and greets a woman there to have her baby.
Billie, as planned, does the talking with the fertility doctor until the lifestyle questions are asked. Neither Billie or Mick answer very well when she asks about exercise. Then, Mick tells the doctor he's on anti-inflammatory medication after breaking his wrists last year. Mick then offers the information he used to smoke joints, a lot of them in his younger days, when she asks if either of them smoke. The doctor suggests they do a semen analysis, something Billie says they can do today.
The woman's labor intensifies and as Cherie is calming her, Nina continues to instruct Fraser. When it's obvious the figures aren't what they should be, Frasier informs the woman they'll need to do a Cesarean and Nina tells her in 15 minutes she'll be holding a perfectly healthy baby. After the procedure, Nina and Cherie step out onto the balcony where Dr. Fraser King is the subject of conversation. Nina thought it would be distracting having a student but she feels she makes better choices knowing he's there and watching. When she's at the store choosing something to eat she, at first, chooses something unhealthy. After imagining the look on Fraser's face at her choice, she puts it back and chooses something healthy.
The next morning, Fraser catches up to Nina as she's arriving at work and gushes to her over a case he is working on. When he walks away, Zara and Kim both comment to her that he really wants her.
Mick starts working on collecting the sample for the fertility doctor when he's interrupted by a call from Billie. She hangs up and he continues and is interrupted yet again by Jimmy and Tammy at the door. They want to stay there but he tells them 'no' and goes back to what he was doing.
Nina is having a meal with Cherie and Sam who are arguing about the fact Sam wants Cherie and Sam to move in with him. Cherie turns her attention to Nina telling her there were some major 'love eyes' going from Fraser that morning. Nina changes the subject back telling Cherie it would be good to tell Darcy that night she and Sam want to move in together.
Billie arrives at Geraldine's house to take Darcy to the cardiologists. Darcy suggests that the family sing seven songs, as a family, covering the history of the marriage at the re-commitment ceremony. Billie asks her parents if they were heavy pot smokers when they were young. Darcy says he didn't care for it but Geraldine liked the occasional smoke which angers Billie.
Mick gets ready to take the sample back to the fertility clinic but his vehicle won't start. He calls Billie who can't come get him and tells him to run the sample to the clinic. Mick, who is wearing thongs, does as she instructs.
At Dr. Forbes' office, he needs another 10 minutes before their meeting. While he's out, Billie calls Mick. He answers but can only breathe heavily from all the running he did. She asks if he made it but he cannot answer. She asks him to give her one big wheeze if he made it, which he does.
Fraser and Nina talk on the balcony at the hospital and he talks to her about how everyone told him being in obstetrics would kill off his love life. He comments on her as she's beautiful, crazy smart and could have anyone she wanted. He asks if she'd wished she'd chosen something a bit saner. She sometimes does but there are moments at work that make her remember why she loves her job. He tells her that Kim and Zara re-enacted Nina's relationship with Chris Havel for him. She tells him hooking up with someone from work can bring up a whole set of problems and he asks what if she's really smart about it, which she thinks sounds like a pick up line. Her phone rings saving her from the conversation. It's Billie calling to say she's found Nina's future husband. Dr. Forbes is the male version of her and obsessed with her and she's arranged a date for he and Nina and she and Mick for the following day.
At Nina's flat, Billie points out what she should wear for the date. She explains how Dr. Forbes is the perfect man for her. The first sign was when she saw an owl on a shelf behind his desk. Then, during the checkup, he asked detailed questions about the family to suss out if Nina is single. She implied subtly Nina is unattached. Finally, she asked him to dinner the next night with she, Mick and Nina. When he got nervous, stumbled and used more words than necessary Billie knew it was perfect.
Darcy is playing with Ray at Geraldine's when Cherie chooses to tell him Sam wants her and Ray to move in with him. Darcy gives his blessing while Geraldine sits outside smoking.
Billie arrives home to find Mick watching television with his bandaged feet up. He tells her the swimmers are in and they should get a call in a couple of days. Billie informs him they're having dinner tomorrow night with Nina's future husband. He picks her up and carries her upstairs.
Nina and Fraser are walking and having a coffee talking about work when Dr. Forbes runs up to speak with Nina. Fraser introduces himself to Dr. Forbes who mentions the date they have that night. On the obstetrics floor, Fraser questions Nina about not recommending workplace dating. She explains that it isn't a date as Dr. Forbes is her father's cardiologist and technically, they don't work in the same place. Cherie comes out of a woman's room and brings Nina and Fraser up to date on the patient. She then tells them she saw bruising on the woman's back when she was changing into the gown and the couple are hardly speaking. Fraser asks Nina what they do and she answers their first priority is to deliver a healthy baby for now they focus on that. They enter the room and Nina speaks with the woman but her husband answers all the questions.
At the pub, Mick receives a call from the fertility doctor. She wants to see both he and Billie to discuss the results of the semen analysis. She thinks it might be good to speak with them individually at first and she prefers to discuss things in person.
Fraser tells Nina the bruises visible through the back of the gown are really bad. He asks if they call in the social worker but she tells him they can't do that yet because before anyone can do anything Kate needs to acknowledge the bruises were inflicted so they are going to wait for the husband to leave the room. The two of them will leave and since Kate has spent the most time with Cherie they will see if she will open up to her. Fraser is clearly unhappy with how the situation is being handled. Later, Cherie tells them she got Kate to speak but she claimed she was getting out of the bath, slipped and hit her back on the taps. Nina goes into the room and sits down with Kate telling her she's in a safe place and they're all there for her; she's there for her if she needs any kind of help. Kate tells her she just wants to have the baby leaving Nina few options. Nina goes back into the hall and tells Fraser they need to prep for an epidural. He's angry they can't deal with the situation head on as he knows the woman is being abused. Her husband walks up behind Fraser and asks if everything is alright and Fraser comments 'you tell me, mate'. Nina pulls Fraser away telling him to go do rounds as he's no longer part of the delivery and goes back to the room with the husband.
When Nina takes Fraser home that evening she gets out of the car and tells him she understands his feeling of wishing he could do more. But, they always can't do more. He starts to walk away and she asks what he would have done as she genuinely wants to talk it through. He admits he doesn't know. He's still angry and comments he didn't know they also had to protect wife bashers as well as deliver the baby. He starts to walk away but turns back and apologizes and takes her into his arms and kisses her. She pushes away and he tells her she knocked him out the first second he saw her and every day it gets more and more intense. He takes her in his arms again and kisses her and she returns the kiss. She pulls away citing her date with her father's cardiologist. Fraser asks how they are leaving things but she only tells him she'll see him at work.
Billie arrives home from a run and starts to run upstairs but Mick stops her. She asks why he isn't changed for their dinner date and he tells her he was called into the fertility place with his results and they've got problems--he's got problems.
Nina arrives for dinner with Dr. Forbes and finds Billie and Mick aren't there. The two of them talk and have a drink and Nina and thinks Dr. Forbes reminds her of her when she likes someone. They talk and realize they have a lot in common. She calls Billie to see why she's late. Her phone rings and when she answers it it is Dr. Fraser saying he's at home and can't stop thinking about her and asks if she can come over. She almost drops the phone and turns to see Billie and Mick walking in. The four sit down at the table and Mick and Billie are clearly having a problem. Billie starts to cry. She gets her composure and starts making conversation again. Mick tells the others they just found out he has dud sperm, drawing a reprimand from Billie. Billie starts crying again and Nina comforts her while Dr. Forbes watches the scene before him. Nina's phone rings and she's called into work by Zara. Dr. Forbes walks Nina to the hospital and he asks her how long she thinks she'll stick with obstetrics as most change fields. He comments she must get tired of screaming, hysterical women.
Billie confesses to Mick that she had two abortions when she was 17 and 19 and she's always feared someone would tell her she can't get pregnant. Mick asks if his problem is a deal breaker for them and she tells him the point is they both have pasts and she loves him.
Dr. Forbes tells Nina he'd love to catch up again when they can find a night without a birth or family crisis, something she comments counts out most nights for her. He sympathizes with her on the family front as he has a bi-polar brother, an alcoholic father and a mum who was a 1970's bikini model. He strictly limits seeing them to Christmas, Easter and his mum's birthday. When they arrive at the hospital, he asks if she knows when she might be free. She thinks that while he's charming, rich and interesting he's dismissive of obstetrics and doesn't like crazy families. She says she might have to let him know and they part ways. She enters the hospital and goes about her routine thinking of what she will say to Ben Forbes.
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Series Two, Episodes 2.1 & 2.2
Original Air Date: May 16, 2011
Nina Proudman is living a happy life in Baltimore, Maryland when she receives word her father has had a heart attack. She returns to Australia and finds she must make a choice about whether to return to the United States or remain in Australia with the family and job she loves. Meanwhile, Billie and Mick are trying to have a baby but receive disheartening news.
Nina looks out upon Baltimore thinking of her life there thus far. She's been in Baltimore for five months, had zero panic attacks, has delivered 68 babies, has 3 1/2 new friends, has had 3 flings with quite nice men (no major sparks but at least the men were unmarried and not her sisters ex and refrained from blowing anything up) and her sexual performance while in the U.S. is an 8. She's grounded, centered and living in the moment confident she can hang onto it when she receives a text to ring home as her father has had a heart attack.
Nina returns to Australia and is met at the airport by Billie. On the way to the hospital, she tells Nina they've done another battery of tests on Darcy and they're just waiting to hear. Their mother is stoic then just falls apart. She's left messages for Jimmy online in hopes of contacting him as he's still overseas. Billie tells her to check out what she's been doing in the backseat. Nina retrieves a folder where her sister has been organizing a family archive containing key documents, photographs and family memories. Billie can't identify one of the photos and makes a note to ask Darcy, something Nina questions if the time is right for or not. Billie advises that Nina doesn't need to return and take charge as she's been the one holding the fort while Nina has been away and Jimmy's been up the Amazon. As her sister is talking, Nina closes her eyes and remembers her life in Baltimore and how she felt while she was there until Billie stops the car hard upon arriving at the hospital.
Nina goes to her father's room and gives him a hug and kiss. He apologizes for her having been dragged back home. He tells her how the heart attack happened. He took Ray to the park and while playing a game with him he played with the other Proudman children the heart attack happened. He asks her to do him two favors: stop Billie hassling him about photos and papers as it's making him feel as if he's already dead and most important, go to Geraldine's house and fish her wedding ring out of the S-bend. She tossed the ring in there 15 years previous after finding out about one of his affairs. Now, he wants to ask Geraldine to renew their wedding vows and he needs the ring. Billie enters the room and straight away asks Darcy to identify some pictures. She tells Nina to find the cardiologist as she should be their medical translator.
Nina leaves the room and sees Cherie in the hall. The two women hug and Cherie tells her Ray is at day care as she's starting back to work. As Cherie is giving Nina a Rescue Remedy, she sees the cardiologist coming down the hall and points him out to her. Nina and Dr. Forbes discuss her father's condition as Billie and Cherie look on. Nina returns to the ladies to tell them it looks like Darcy might need another procedure and Dr. Forbes will make that decision this afternoon. Billie is shocked at how calm Nina apparently is over their father possibly needing a bypass and as she's giving her sister a talking to about her 'detached attitude' Nina zones out to Baltimore once again. Billie asks her what she's doing and Nina tells her she's using her imagination as her ally as she needs techniques to survive re-entering the family. Nina wants to go home and get a shower and meet Billie later to talk properly. Billie warns her sister to pay no attention to the boxes and musical instruments all over her flat as she and Mick have been living there the past few weeks as part of the plan to do things the right way. She can't get pregnant until they have enough of a deposit for their own place so Mick has been taking extra gigs and landscaping jobs and they've sublet his place to some French-Canadian acrobats.
In the lift, Nina contemplates going to obstetrics to visit her old coworkers. The thought of running into Chris Havel crosses her mind but she decides to go anyway. She receives a warm welcome from everyone, including Dr. Klegg. Kim, who is sleeping under the nurses station is awakened to feed her baby. As she's listening to the group talk about Dr. Klegg's willingness to have hormone injections so he could share in the breastfeeding (something he points out isn't beyond the realms of possibility, anatomically speaking), Nina looks around hoping to catch a glimpse of Chris Havel. Zara asks if she's back for good and she explains she's there because her father is sick and has been invited to stay on in Baltimore to participate in some fascinating research projects. She has great options and hasn't decided yet. Klegg tells her it's a shame she missed Chris Havel before he left. He moved to Brisbane last Tuesday as his wife got a job there. Nina, shocked by the news of Chris' leaving excuses herself saying she needs to make a call and goes out to the balcony where she stood so many times to think. Zara follows her out to tell her they all figured Chris had stayed in contact with her and asks if she's alright. Nina says she is and when Zara goes back inside, she tells herself she is and goes back to Baltimore in her mind. She's drawn back to reality by her phone ringing. It's a clearly distraught Jimmy asking about their father. After finding out Darcy is still alive, he asks Nina if she can come downstairs and rescue him. She goes down and finds he owes the cab drive $80, which Nina pays. Jimmy gets out of the cab and gives his sister a hug while a girl he brought home with him gets out and retrieves their luggage. Jimmy quickly helps the girl throw their bags out of the trunk and Nina tells him to go upstairs and she'll take care of the bags. Jimmy kisses his girlfriend then goes up to see his father. The girl introduces herself to Nina as "Tammy".
In Darcy's room, Jimmy reads his father a note he scrawled in the margins of a newspaper after learning of his heart attack, crying as he reads. Darcy tries to get Jimmy to stop reading but he continues anyway. In the hall, Tammy tells Nina how when she saw Jimmy she knew he was the one she was put on earth to be with. Nina stares off into space for a second thrilling Tammy as Jimmy said Nina 'goes into her head', something Tammy thinks is cool because she's doing it right in front of her. Jimmy steps into the hall to tell Nina their father wants to ask her something. Darcy whispers to his daughter to get Jimmy out of there as he's reading him the eulogy from his funeral and not to forget Geraldine's wedding ring. Nina takes Jimmy out of the room telling him their dad needs to rest up.
At a table outside Nina asks how long the two have known one another. Jimmy says he first saw Tammy two weeks ago. She had just broken up with the guy she was traveling with and a week later, the two of them were canoeing through the Amazon when Jimmy got the message about Darcy.
Nina is walking along the sidewalk talking to Billie on the phone when she runs into Mick. The two hug and continue walking. He tells her Billie missed her a lot while she was away almost like when Rocket punishes him for going away. Billie looks up from her work on the family archive and sees Nina and Mick walking together and laughing. The three go to a cafe where Billie begins to nag Mick about not being late for a gig as it pays serious money. When Nina comments that something Mick said wasn't in sarcasm, Billie remarks that Nina of all people is defending Mick. Mick jumps on Billie's comment and she must produce a voucher for him, which he tears up. Billie explains the actions in that they didn't want his sex with Nina to be a constantly oozing sore in the relationship so they developed a containment method. He issued her 10 vouchers. One could be used every time Billie played the "sex with Nina" card against him. After the batch they currently have, there will be no more playing the "sex with Nina" card.
Geraldine arrives in her kitchen to find Nina under the sink digging the wedding ring from the S-bend. She hugs her daughter and asks why she was in the S-bend.
In Darcy's hospital room, Mick is playing the guitar for him as Darcy looks over some of his music. Darcy asks Mick if he kicks the bucket, will he finish writing the songs for him, which he promises he will. Darcy tells him that he knows Billie is hard work but it will be a big relief for him to know Mick will stick with her. Mick tells Darcy he is going to.
Geraldine knows Darcy is after the wedding ring. She thinks the heart attack is her fault as he had chest pains after their last fairly vigorous encounter and she laughed it off as heartburn. Nina assures her mother it isn't her fault. Geraldine begs her daughter to talk Darcy out of making the romantic declaration, something Nina doesn't want to be asked to do. Her mother asks if she's seen Chris Havel yet and Nina informs her he's moved to Brisbane. Geraldine suggests Nina lie down there for a few hours but Nina leaves saying she has something to do.
Nina takes the wedding ring to her father and asks if he should hold off proposing for the moment causing him to ask if Geraldine said something. She tells him he's all churned up at the moment and that she can be the guardian of the ring for now. He gives it back to her and she puts it on her finger.
In the lift, Nina drops the wedding ring and the handsome young man in the lift with her, Dr. Fraser King (Jay Ryan), picks it up. He asks if she's Nina Proudman and when she confirms, he introduces himself. They make small talk about their first weeks on the job and her press around the department. She drops the ring again and she starts talking and cannot stop. She tells him about her parents being estranged, or were since they started having sex again and that her father wants to propose to her mother again. As he compliments a paper she wrote on gestitational diabetes, she imagines him standing in the lift, completely naked and holding a file folder in front of him. When the lift stops, he steps into the hall telling her he'd love to chat with her about the whole Baltimore experience.
She returns to her flat and is met by Rocket. She hears Billie and Mick having sex and, as she walks through the room, hears another couple. She realizes it's Jimmy and Tammy. She thinks about how in the face of death rampant sex is understandable with the urge to connect to some primal force. She goes in to take a bubble bath and wonders who she will cast in her own fantasy. She first thinks of Dr. Andrew Rochford but he's not the right choice as she needs the fantasy to feel more earthy and achievable. The second guy is turned down because if he talks in the fantasy he'll wreck it. Third, Zara shows up and, while Nina would love to make the play, she sadly turns it down. Fourth, she opens the door to find Chris Havel standing there and then immediately closes the door again. The next time the door is opened Dr. Klegg is standing there to let her know the offer is still there. Next, the handsome cardiologist, Dr. Forbes. He's a maybe but it feels wrong since he's her father's doctor. Lastly, she sees Dr. King and he kisses her passionately. She enjoys the fantasy even though it definitely feels wrong as he's too young.
After her bath, Nina looks through the mail and finds a letter from Chris Havel. He didn't want to disappear without an explanation and tells her an opportunity came up for Alice in Brisbane and he decided to take a job there as well. He thought it would be easier for everyone, including her. She'll always be very special to him and he wishes her much happiness. She sits by the window crying as Billie and Mick come downstairs. He's on his way to a gig and he orders him to ring her when he arrives so she knows he made it. She changes her mind and wants him to ring her halfway there but only if he pulls off the road because he can't crash and die on her. Mick kisses Billie and leaves the flat with Rocket. When he's gone, Billie sees Nina has been crying and Nina hands her Chris' letter. She reads over it then tells her sister she should have had sex with Chris a while back and flushed him out of her system as the sex could never have been as good in real life as it would have been in her fantasies. She insists Nina now needs to cut the cord and burn Chris' letter, something Nina doesn't want to do. Nina's phone rings and it is Cherie telling her Darcy had another heart attack.
The girls arrive at the hospital and Nina is met at the lift by Kim. They need her help in obstetrics as they are short on doctors and Dr. King, who is still under review, is the only one there to deal with a breach birth. She drags Nina to the room where she helps Dr. King deliver the baby safely. She then runs to Darcy's room and arrives to find the rest of the family there and Darcy gone. Cherie tells her they've taken him for tests. Billie wishes she hadn't sent Mick away as he really loved Darcy and would want to be there; she needs him to be there. Geraldine runs into the room and Tammy points up saying "he's gone" leading her to think he died. Nina corrects her and comforts her mother. Rocket runs into the room next and Mick follows shortly telling Billie they need to revise the plan as life is short and he should be with her at times like this. Later, Dr. Forbes enters the room to tell the family they cleared the blood clot and, while they were there, managed to stint the other lesion. There's no need for a bypass and Darcy is fine. Everyone is overjoyed and Nina, who is sitting on Darcy's bed, begins to cry uncontrollably. Billie comforts her sister while Sam arrives to lend support to Cherie. A very drugged Darcy is brought back into his room where he takes the opportunity to propose to Geraldine. After a few moments of apparent thought, she eventually agrees.
The family celebrate later at the pub where Nina gets very drunk. Billie again tells her to burn the letter and Nina says she'll file it away in the defunct relationship archive as it doesn't feel right to burn it and throws the letter in the trash. While it isn't as much fun as burning, Billie thinks it's a wise decision. When Billie gets up, Nina pulls the letter out of the trash. She lays down on the couch she's sitting on and decides she doesn't to give up delivering babies and wants to say 'yes' to being sucked back into the Proudman family vortex. Jimmy covers Nina up as she smiles happily thinking "I'm home".
Nina remembers her childhood when her mother went to the doctor because she was pregnant with Jimmy. Geraldine allowed both of her daughters to come into the room and listen to the babies heartbeat. Billie was uninterested but Nina was fascinated and decided right then and there she wanted to be an obstetrician. She relates the story to Frasier King over coffee.
Mick arrives at the doctors appointment at a fertility clinic with Billie. She wants to do the talking as she told them they were trying to get pregnant for six months instead of two weeks so she could get the appointment.
Nina gives Frasier tips on how to introduce himself to women and their husbands. She watches as he confidently walks in and greets a woman there to have her baby.
Billie, as planned, does the talking with the fertility doctor until the lifestyle questions are asked. Neither Billie or Mick answer very well when she asks about exercise. Then, Mick tells the doctor he's on anti-inflammatory medication after breaking his wrists last year. Mick then offers the information he used to smoke joints, a lot of them in his younger days, when she asks if either of them smoke. The doctor suggests they do a semen analysis, something Billie says they can do today.
The woman's labor intensifies and as Cherie is calming her, Nina continues to instruct Fraser. When it's obvious the figures aren't what they should be, Frasier informs the woman they'll need to do a Cesarean and Nina tells her in 15 minutes she'll be holding a perfectly healthy baby. After the procedure, Nina and Cherie step out onto the balcony where Dr. Fraser King is the subject of conversation. Nina thought it would be distracting having a student but she feels she makes better choices knowing he's there and watching. When she's at the store choosing something to eat she, at first, chooses something unhealthy. After imagining the look on Fraser's face at her choice, she puts it back and chooses something healthy.
The next morning, Fraser catches up to Nina as she's arriving at work and gushes to her over a case he is working on. When he walks away, Zara and Kim both comment to her that he really wants her.
Mick starts working on collecting the sample for the fertility doctor when he's interrupted by a call from Billie. She hangs up and he continues and is interrupted yet again by Jimmy and Tammy at the door. They want to stay there but he tells them 'no' and goes back to what he was doing.
Nina is having a meal with Cherie and Sam who are arguing about the fact Sam wants Cherie and Sam to move in with him. Cherie turns her attention to Nina telling her there were some major 'love eyes' going from Fraser that morning. Nina changes the subject back telling Cherie it would be good to tell Darcy that night she and Sam want to move in together.
Billie arrives at Geraldine's house to take Darcy to the cardiologists. Darcy suggests that the family sing seven songs, as a family, covering the history of the marriage at the re-commitment ceremony. Billie asks her parents if they were heavy pot smokers when they were young. Darcy says he didn't care for it but Geraldine liked the occasional smoke which angers Billie.
Mick gets ready to take the sample back to the fertility clinic but his vehicle won't start. He calls Billie who can't come get him and tells him to run the sample to the clinic. Mick, who is wearing thongs, does as she instructs.
At Dr. Forbes' office, he needs another 10 minutes before their meeting. While he's out, Billie calls Mick. He answers but can only breathe heavily from all the running he did. She asks if he made it but he cannot answer. She asks him to give her one big wheeze if he made it, which he does.
Fraser and Nina talk on the balcony at the hospital and he talks to her about how everyone told him being in obstetrics would kill off his love life. He comments on her as she's beautiful, crazy smart and could have anyone she wanted. He asks if she'd wished she'd chosen something a bit saner. She sometimes does but there are moments at work that make her remember why she loves her job. He tells her that Kim and Zara re-enacted Nina's relationship with Chris Havel for him. She tells him hooking up with someone from work can bring up a whole set of problems and he asks what if she's really smart about it, which she thinks sounds like a pick up line. Her phone rings saving her from the conversation. It's Billie calling to say she's found Nina's future husband. Dr. Forbes is the male version of her and obsessed with her and she's arranged a date for he and Nina and she and Mick for the following day.
At Nina's flat, Billie points out what she should wear for the date. She explains how Dr. Forbes is the perfect man for her. The first sign was when she saw an owl on a shelf behind his desk. Then, during the checkup, he asked detailed questions about the family to suss out if Nina is single. She implied subtly Nina is unattached. Finally, she asked him to dinner the next night with she, Mick and Nina. When he got nervous, stumbled and used more words than necessary Billie knew it was perfect.
Darcy is playing with Ray at Geraldine's when Cherie chooses to tell him Sam wants her and Ray to move in with him. Darcy gives his blessing while Geraldine sits outside smoking.
Billie arrives home to find Mick watching television with his bandaged feet up. He tells her the swimmers are in and they should get a call in a couple of days. Billie informs him they're having dinner tomorrow night with Nina's future husband. He picks her up and carries her upstairs.
Nina and Fraser are walking and having a coffee talking about work when Dr. Forbes runs up to speak with Nina. Fraser introduces himself to Dr. Forbes who mentions the date they have that night. On the obstetrics floor, Fraser questions Nina about not recommending workplace dating. She explains that it isn't a date as Dr. Forbes is her father's cardiologist and technically, they don't work in the same place. Cherie comes out of a woman's room and brings Nina and Fraser up to date on the patient. She then tells them she saw bruising on the woman's back when she was changing into the gown and the couple are hardly speaking. Fraser asks Nina what they do and she answers their first priority is to deliver a healthy baby for now they focus on that. They enter the room and Nina speaks with the woman but her husband answers all the questions.
At the pub, Mick receives a call from the fertility doctor. She wants to see both he and Billie to discuss the results of the semen analysis. She thinks it might be good to speak with them individually at first and she prefers to discuss things in person.
Fraser tells Nina the bruises visible through the back of the gown are really bad. He asks if they call in the social worker but she tells him they can't do that yet because before anyone can do anything Kate needs to acknowledge the bruises were inflicted so they are going to wait for the husband to leave the room. The two of them will leave and since Kate has spent the most time with Cherie they will see if she will open up to her. Fraser is clearly unhappy with how the situation is being handled. Later, Cherie tells them she got Kate to speak but she claimed she was getting out of the bath, slipped and hit her back on the taps. Nina goes into the room and sits down with Kate telling her she's in a safe place and they're all there for her; she's there for her if she needs any kind of help. Kate tells her she just wants to have the baby leaving Nina few options. Nina goes back into the hall and tells Fraser they need to prep for an epidural. He's angry they can't deal with the situation head on as he knows the woman is being abused. Her husband walks up behind Fraser and asks if everything is alright and Fraser comments 'you tell me, mate'. Nina pulls Fraser away telling him to go do rounds as he's no longer part of the delivery and goes back to the room with the husband.
When Nina takes Fraser home that evening she gets out of the car and tells him she understands his feeling of wishing he could do more. But, they always can't do more. He starts to walk away and she asks what he would have done as she genuinely wants to talk it through. He admits he doesn't know. He's still angry and comments he didn't know they also had to protect wife bashers as well as deliver the baby. He starts to walk away but turns back and apologizes and takes her into his arms and kisses her. She pushes away and he tells her she knocked him out the first second he saw her and every day it gets more and more intense. He takes her in his arms again and kisses her and she returns the kiss. She pulls away citing her date with her father's cardiologist. Fraser asks how they are leaving things but she only tells him she'll see him at work.
Billie arrives home from a run and starts to run upstairs but Mick stops her. She asks why he isn't changed for their dinner date and he tells her he was called into the fertility place with his results and they've got problems--he's got problems.
Nina arrives for dinner with Dr. Forbes and finds Billie and Mick aren't there. The two of them talk and have a drink and Nina and thinks Dr. Forbes reminds her of her when she likes someone. They talk and realize they have a lot in common. She calls Billie to see why she's late. Her phone rings and when she answers it it is Dr. Fraser saying he's at home and can't stop thinking about her and asks if she can come over. She almost drops the phone and turns to see Billie and Mick walking in. The four sit down at the table and Mick and Billie are clearly having a problem. Billie starts to cry. She gets her composure and starts making conversation again. Mick tells the others they just found out he has dud sperm, drawing a reprimand from Billie. Billie starts crying again and Nina comforts her while Dr. Forbes watches the scene before him. Nina's phone rings and she's called into work by Zara. Dr. Forbes walks Nina to the hospital and he asks her how long she thinks she'll stick with obstetrics as most change fields. He comments she must get tired of screaming, hysterical women.
Billie confesses to Mick that she had two abortions when she was 17 and 19 and she's always feared someone would tell her she can't get pregnant. Mick asks if his problem is a deal breaker for them and she tells him the point is they both have pasts and she loves him.
Dr. Forbes tells Nina he'd love to catch up again when they can find a night without a birth or family crisis, something she comments counts out most nights for her. He sympathizes with her on the family front as he has a bi-polar brother, an alcoholic father and a mum who was a 1970's bikini model. He strictly limits seeing them to Christmas, Easter and his mum's birthday. When they arrive at the hospital, he asks if she knows when she might be free. She thinks that while he's charming, rich and interesting he's dismissive of obstetrics and doesn't like crazy families. She says she might have to let him know and they part ways. She enters the hospital and goes about her routine thinking of what she will say to Ben Forbes.
Offspring airs on Mondays at 8:30 p.m. on Ten Network.
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Television: Season Finale and Premier Dates
Here's a quick list of the finale and premier dates for the shows you can find on this blog. The dates compiled here were found on TVRage. If these dates change or when information currently unavailable becomes available this post will be updated as will the list on the left-hand side of the blog.
Finale Dates:
Blue Bloods (US): Friday, 13th May, 2011
Breakout Kings (US): Sunday, 29th May, 2011
Hawaii Five-O (US): Monday, 16th May, 2011
Vampire Diaries (US): Thursday, 12th May, 2011
Premier Dates:
Luther, Series 2 (UK): Date currently unknown
Offspring, Series 2 (AUS): Monday, 16th May, 2011
Rookie Blue, Season 2 (CDN): Thursday, 23rd June, 2011
Tangle, Series 3 (AUS): Date currently unknown
White Collar, Season 3 (US): Tuesday, 7th June, 2011
Updated 25th May, 2011 to reflect new airdate for Rookie Blue.
Finale Dates:
Blue Bloods (US): Friday, 13th May, 2011
Breakout Kings (US): Sunday, 29th May, 2011
Hawaii Five-O (US): Monday, 16th May, 2011
Vampire Diaries (US): Thursday, 12th May, 2011
Premier Dates:
Luther, Series 2 (UK): Date currently unknown
Offspring, Series 2 (AUS): Monday, 16th May, 2011
Rookie Blue, Season 2 (CDN): Thursday, 23rd June, 2011
Tangle, Series 3 (AUS): Date currently unknown
White Collar, Season 3 (US): Tuesday, 7th June, 2011
Updated 25th May, 2011 to reflect new airdate for Rookie Blue.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
AUS Television: Offspring Return Date
The much-anticipated second series premiere of Offspring will be on 16th May, 2011.
Time to mark your calendars for the return of Nina, "Doc Hottie", Billie, Mick and the rest of the cast we all love so much. I know I have!
Time to mark your calendars for the return of Nina, "Doc Hottie", Billie, Mick and the rest of the cast we all love so much. I know I have!
Friday, April 1, 2011
AUS Television: City Homicide, No Greater Honour, Part Six "Ghosts"
City Homicide
No Greater Honour, Part Six, Ghosts
Original Air Date: March 30, 2011
Greg Stevens confessed to a hospice priest that he'd murdered three people before dying. When Duncan and Rhys start investigating the claim, they find that the three names Stevens had written inside his Bible were connected. The case takes a shocking turn when the evidence leads them to the son of the man Stevens used to work for. Homicide isn't quite prepared for what they learn next.
Duncan and Rhys are called to the hospice bedside of a man, Greg Stevens, who has died from prostate cancer. Not much is known about him other than he had lived on the streets before having been diagnosed with cancer. Stevens told the hospice Father (Trent Baker) he had murdered three people but didn't give any additional details. The Father gives them a small Bible Stevens carried around with him. Inside the front cover he had written three names: Mavis Simmons, Peter Faulkner and Ruth Benson.
Bernice Waverley fills Stanley and Jarvis in on Lombardi's plans for Homicide, which doesn't set too well with Stanley. Bernice plans to tell those assigned to the squad that night that Friday will be the last day for Homicide.
As Stanley is returning to Homicide, Rhys stops him to update him on the names from the Bible. None of them were murdered. Mavis Simmons died in a car crash and Peter Faulkner died in a house fire. Both were recorded as accidental. Ruth Benson disappeared. The two deaths and Benson's disappearance all happened in 1989 but that is the only known connection. Duncan asks what they are supposed to do with nothing else to go on. Stanley simply replies "Your job. Be detectives."
In the morgue, Ronnie (Genevieve Morris) provides them that Stevens was a professional fighter when he was younger as she found multiple fractures in his fingers and hands and his jaw had been broken at least four times and he has extensive damage to his ribs. Jarvis has a look at the body and he identifies him as Charlie Mansfield. Jarvis recognizes scar tissue under Charlie's eyes as his weakness as a fighter. He last knew of Mansfield working as a bouncer or standover for various lowlifes about town. He advises Duncan and Rhys to find out who Charlie's manager and cornerman were. Duncan takes the cornerman leaving the manager for Rhys.
Rhys speaks with Phillip Canter (Shane Connor) who managed Charlie's last few fights. He thought Charlie had potential but he was a bleeder. Rhys points out that his research showed Phillip's father George was actually Charlie's manager. Phillip explains that his father became indisposed and he took over. Again, research showed George Canter killed someone in a road rage incident and died in prison after 16 years. Canter heard Charlie was working as a bouncer but didn't really know what had happened to him. He knew of no friends or family to speak of. Charlie had said he grew up in a boys home and Canter remembered the odd girlfriend hanging around but can't remember any of their names. When Rhys mentions the three names in Charlie's Bible, Canter says they mean nothing to him.
Rhys arrives in Bernice's office at her request and she asks if he had a chance to check into transferring to Task Force Circa. Rhys tells her he isn't applying for the transfer as he loves it in Homicide and he feels he has a lot to learn there. He starts to leave and she stops him. She warns him that what she is telling him is strictly confidential then tells him the Homicide squad will be finished as of Friday. He questions if that was why she originally asked him to transfer, which she denies. He then remarks she was giving him preferential treatment and she is putting him in an impossible position by giving him information his colleagues, and his friends, doesn't know about. She tells him that he's her family.
That night, Bernice calls a meeting at Homicide where she, flanked by Jarvis and Stanley, tells the Homicide squad that in a couple of hours, Michael Lombardi will be making an announcement to the media that Homicide is going to be disbanded. The detectives are understandably shocked and angry. Jarvis quiets them down so Bernice can finish. She lays out Lombardi's plans for future homicide cases and that she will make every possible effort that each of the detectives get transferred to the squad or position of their choice. Allie brings up the point that for a homicide detective, the only direction from there is down. Jarvis shushes her and Bernice continues telling the squad each of them has served with loyalty and distinction. She tells them all she can do is thank them from the bottom of her heart. Rhys speaks up telling her that isn't all she can do. What is happening is political payback from Lombardi because Homicide got to close to the truth about him. Jarvis calls him down but Rhys continues asking if they are going to just let him destroy the best department in the job and specifically questions Bernice if she will. He tells her from where he's standing, it looks like she just rolled over. He turns to walk away and Jarvis calls him back. Rhys turns around and tells Jarvis that, with all due respect, they still have three potential murders to solve then leaves.
Matt speaks with Rhys and tells him he put up a good fight in there and Rhys says if Bernice didn't like what she heard, too bad. He points out that the case he and Duncan are currently working on is the exact type of case that will never get solved if Homicide is closed and Matt agrees. Rhys tells him Bernice tried to get him on a task force and that he told her 'no'. Matt gets a phone call and goes into his office to take it. When the detectives start filtering back to their desks, Jennifer and Nick talk about where they might go. Allie sits down next to Rhys and asks if he knew Homicide was being disbanded. He asks her why he would know and, even if he did, what he was supposed to do. He admits he learned just before everyone else did. Matt comes back out and tells the team pathology came back on Stevens/Charlie Mansfield. He had a lethal dose of heroin in his system. Ronnie examined the body and found a needle mark in his heart. Charlie was murdered.
Duncan and Rhys return to the hospice and question the Father about the security arrangements, which he explains. He directs them to the night supervisor, Michelle Smith (Susanne 'Rudie' Chapman). She didn't know Greg/Charlie very well apart from the fact he was in a lot of pain. She is caring for her father at home. She didn't recall ever seeing the Bible Greg/Charlie had and she didn't remember the name Charlie Mansfield. She also doesn't remember anyone unusual at the hospice the night Greg/Charlie died. Her father continues calling to her from inside their home and she ends their interview to attend to him.
Michael Lombardi pays a visit to Bernice in her office to inform her he has been speaking with the Commissioner to ask how the reassignments from Homicide have been going and was told Bernice would be briefing him on those details. He wants everything completed by the end of business Friday and she cannot understand the rush. He tells her "big boys games, big boys rules" and surely she's grown up enough to understand that. She tells him he clearly has no respect for her and the feeling is entirely mutual, but to destroy Homicide is counterproductive. She offers that if he keeps Homicide, she will give him her resignation. He tells her it's noble that she's falling on her sword and that he expects her resignation by Friday, but Homicide will be none of her concern. She maintains that without a guarantee that Homicide is secure he will not be receiving her resignation. He tells her not to defy him. Homicide will end Friday and her resignation will come with it.
Jennifer meets Nick after one of his meetings with his lawyers. He feels Lombardi will be pushing hard against him but that is his problem. He asks if she's learned where she's being transferred, which she hasn't. She got a call from fraud and can go back there if she wishes. She tells him it offers up other possibilities. The way she sees it, the issue between them was they were both homicide cops. She tells him to hurry up and decide where he wants to be transferred but to give fraud a miss.
Allie is going over a list of open positions in other squads and mentions to Rhys there is one in Ethical Standards but he probably shouldn't go for that one. He tells her that Task Force Circa has an opening but she doesn't see it listed. He urges her to give them a call then asks for her help in taking down a statement. He managed to track down one of Peter Faulkner's relatives and Duncan is chasing leads on the other two victims. They speak with Faulkner's niece, Debra, and tell her they believe his death might not have been accidental. Allie asks if she knows anyone who might have wanted her uncle dead and she doesn't. She describes him as the strange one in the family but everyone always got along. He lived alone and liked it that way. She only knows of one thing that could have been trouble. About three months before he died, Peter witnessed a murder.
In briefing, Allie brings the team up to speed on the case. Duncan tracked down one of Mavis Simmons' relatives and learned that before she died in the car accident, she witnessed a crime and testified about what she had seen in the trial. Peter Faulkner also witnessed a crime. Ruth Benson was also in the court records as a witness. They all saw a man being stabbed to death in a road rage incident. The man they witnessed committing the murder was George Canter.
Phillip Canter is brought in for interview and he isn't happy about being there. Once Duncan gets him under control, he tells them he was in Perth at a gaming industry convention the night before last. Matt, who is watching the interview with Stanley, checks the information out. Rhys questions Canter about his father and his trial. Rhys again mentions the names of the witnesses and Canter again maintains it was a long time ago. Duncan informs Canter that Charlie told a priest he had killed the three people and Canter claims that had nothing to do with him. Rhys asks if Canter knows about Charlie dying before he could tell the police about the murders and Canter claims he doesn't. Duncan asks Canter if he paid Charlie to kill the witnesses as ghosts come back to haunt. Canter tells him with a smile that he doesn't believe in ghosts. Duncan goes in to see Stanley and Matt comes back into the room to confirm that Canter was at the convention like he said. Stanley orders Duncan to let Canter go and they keep at the investigation. When Duncan has gone, Matt asks Stanley if he knows where he's being sent. Stanley replies that it doesn't matter, he won't go; he'll leave the force before he leaves Homicide. Stanley tells Matt he can't tell him what to do but advises him to not get bitter.
The next morning, Stanley, Rhys and Duncan arrive at the scene of a body discovery. Ronnie gives them the details that it was a woman. Duncan and Rhys identify the woman as Michelle Smith, the night manager at the hospice where Charlie was murdered. Stanley orders them to get to Michelle's home and speak with her father while he has Phillip Canter brought back in as he's now the prime suspect in her murder. When they arrive at the Smith home, they hear shots being fired. They announce their presence and Rhys takes the back while Duncan the front. Duncan enters the home and finds Michelle's father (Vincent Gil) on the bed with a gun in his hand. Rhys comes into the room via the back door and they order him to put the gun down. He says no one was shooting at him despite the fact there is glass inside the room indicating a shot came from outside. Duncan starts to tell Mr. Smith about his daughter but he corrects Duncan saying his name is Robson then asks about Michelle.
In interview, Michelle's father explains the incident at his house as mistaken identity and has no idea who would have killed her. Rhys goes over his criminal record and the fact he worked for George Canter with Charlie. Rhys asks if Phillip Canter killed Michelle then tried to kill him but Robson says nothing. They question if Michelle mentioned Charlie offhand and he recognized him as his old work mate. They ask if it was Phillip Canter's idea for Michelle to kill Charlie or if it was his (Robson's). Jarvis enters the room with Stanley and Matt and they inform him they believe everything comes back to Phillip Canter and they believe he got Charlie and Robson to kill the three witnesses. Rhys continues to press Robson wanting him to do the right thing and let them catch his daughter's killer but he refuses. Knowing they need more, Stanley orders Matt to check up on Canter's phone records but Jarvis knows it will take more than that. He suggests they let him stew for a while and build up some steam. Then, send Freeman in to put the fear of Homicide in him.
Rhys and Duncan go into the interview room with Canter and Rhys official places him under arrest for Charlie Mansfield's murder. Canter denies knowing Michelle Smith but they inform him her real name was Michelle Robson and he definitely knew her father. He says he hasn't seen Bert Robson in a long time and didn't know Michelle at all. Rhys points out they have phone records proving she contacting Canter on four occasions but he claims to not remember the calls. They inform Canter that he will stay in jail while they build the case because there is a witness to protect. He asks who the witness is and when they tell him it is Burt Robson, he laughs saying there is no way Burt would go to the police. Canter warns them they'll never make the charges stick and Duncan calmly tells him they've got all the time in the world. Rhys starts to usher Canter out of the room and he stops them offering a deal. When they ask what he has that would be of interest, he mentions Michael Lombardi's name. He offers to testify in court that Michael Lombardi approached him three weeks ago to have someone killed.
While Duncan stays with Canter to keep pressure on him, a briefing is held, with Stanley, Bernice and Jarvis in attendance, and Rhys informs the team about Phillip Canter's offer of a deal. He tells the team what Canter is being charged with then drops the bombshell about Lombardi. Canter said Lombardi wanted his senior advisor, Ethan Derwent (Charlie Cousins) murdered. Nick knows immediately that Derwent is Deep Throat. Rhys continues to tell them that Lombardi and Canter have been doing business for years and it was even Lombardi who granted Canter his online gaming license despite Canter having a criminal record. Bernice takes Stanley and Jarvis (who is thrilled at the discoveries against Lombardi) from the table to talk. In Stanley's office, Jarvis tells them he wants to go after Lombardi. Stanley reminds him of Canter's murders. Bernice agrees with Stanley that what Jarvis is suggesting isn't what Homicide stands for. Jarvis leaves the decision up to Bernice as he and Stanley continue disagreeing over the big picture. Bernice makes the call to bring Ethan Derwent in to Homicide, pleasing Jarvis, but not Stanley.
In interview, Derwent tells Bernice and Jarvis they are making a big mistake. Jarvis mentions him feeding information to the press about Lombardi but Derwent denies knowing anything about that. Bernice makes it clear to him he is among friends with them as the rest of the team watch the interview with Stanley. Bernice states clearly they believe he was feeding the press information to implicate Lombardi in the Dane Majors case. He comments that he'd never work again and Bernice reminds him Juliette Gardiner died for him. He again denies revealing any information. Jarvis tells him Lombardi doesn't believe that. When Derwent questions what he means, Bernice reveals that they have knowledge Lombardi tried to hire someone to have him killed. She assures him they have the man he tried to hire in custody and that they are trying to help him (Ethan) but he must help them as well. Jarvis tells him they want Lombardi on a skewer and they think he can do that for them.
Ethan Derwent goes into Lombardi's office and gives him his resignation. He is wearing a wire with Homicide listening to everything being said between he and Lombardi. Ethan brings up Lombardi and the Dane Majors case and Lombardi admits to having Dalton plant the golf club against Majors. When they hear that, the team take off their ear pieces to move in on Lombardi. Ethan lets Lombardi know he knows about him trying to have him killed. Bernice, Jarvis and Nick enter the office and Bernice places Lombardi under arrest for perverting the course of justice and conspiracy to murder Ethan Derwent. Lombardi is shocked when he learns they have him on tape admitting to his crimes. Bernice tells him they are "big boys games and big boys rules" and surely he's grown up enough to understand it.
Homicide watches a news report about Lombardi's arrest. When they turn it off, Bernice gets up to speak and tells them while she can't officially comment on Lombardi's future, she can tell them, "amongst those four walls" that he's going down. She continues that she's immensely proud of them all and is humbled by their tenacity, courage and dignity they have shown through challenging times. She raises her drink to them and tells them she's so happy she doesn't have to arrange for the transfer of so many fine detectives. When she has finished talking to the team, Bernice tells Stanley she understands how he feels about having to let Canter walk but asks what the alternative is. He smiles and tells her they live to fight another day. Matt and Allie express their happiness about not having to find another job and Matt comments that Rhys will make a fine cop. Allie says it helps when you have friends and family in high places, meaning Bernice Waverley. Matt tells her that Rhys was offered a way out through the task force and declined.
That evening, when the celebration is over, Rhys is sitting at his desk and Allie comes in. He starts packing up to leave for the night as they talk casually about the days events. He gets up to leave and she calls to him and asks if he is coming for a drink. Nick opens his front door to find Jennifer standing there. She comes in and tells him he'll never get his renovations completed now. He puts his arms around her and asks if she has any second thoughts as they are both still in Homicide. She tells him that doesn't matter anymore then kisses him. As they are kissing, they are both called into work.
Duncan is working a case. Stanley arrives with Jarvis. Jennifer and Nick arrive. The sheet over the body is lifted to reveal Phillip Canter. Burt Robson is in the back of a police car in custody. He said he shot Canter because Canter killed Michelle. Jarvis tells Stanley that Robson will probably confess to the murders of the other three witnesses as well, which Stanley comments is closure for those three families. Jarvis tells him that is what Homicide is about; that's why they exist.
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I've enjoyed watching every single episode of City Homicide (sometimes watching them many times). There are cop shows and then there are cop shows. City Homicide wasn't just about the weekly murder case. It was about the characters, first and foremost. We got a glimpse into their lives every week and we came to know and care about each one of them. As fans of the show, we were saddened when Duncan lost Claire, on the edge of our seats wondering if the team would find Wilton Sparks in time to save his life, we felt Matt's pain when his mother's body was found and our hearts were broken when Josh Waverley was senselessly murdered.
I hate to see City Homicide end as it was, and is, such an amazing show. I'll miss Stanley Wolfe, Duncan Freeman, Jennifer Maplethorpe, Matt Ryan, Nick Buchanan, Allie Kingston, Bernice Waverley, Terry Jarvis and Rhys Levitt. City Homicide was a fine show with a fine cast. I'm very pleased with how the writers and producers chose to wrap up the final episode. The montage of scenes was excellently put together and some fine choices made. The show was enough to give City Homicide fans closure, I think.
The show, and the series, ends with a two minute montage of scenes from the past five years of City Homicide. The emotional highs and lows, the good times and bad times and the faces that have come and gone. The evolution of the characters from episode one through this final episode. What a fitting way to send City Homicide into Australian television history.
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No Greater Honour, Part Six, Ghosts
Original Air Date: March 30, 2011
Greg Stevens confessed to a hospice priest that he'd murdered three people before dying. When Duncan and Rhys start investigating the claim, they find that the three names Stevens had written inside his Bible were connected. The case takes a shocking turn when the evidence leads them to the son of the man Stevens used to work for. Homicide isn't quite prepared for what they learn next.
Duncan and Rhys are called to the hospice bedside of a man, Greg Stevens, who has died from prostate cancer. Not much is known about him other than he had lived on the streets before having been diagnosed with cancer. Stevens told the hospice Father (Trent Baker) he had murdered three people but didn't give any additional details. The Father gives them a small Bible Stevens carried around with him. Inside the front cover he had written three names: Mavis Simmons, Peter Faulkner and Ruth Benson.
Bernice Waverley fills Stanley and Jarvis in on Lombardi's plans for Homicide, which doesn't set too well with Stanley. Bernice plans to tell those assigned to the squad that night that Friday will be the last day for Homicide.
As Stanley is returning to Homicide, Rhys stops him to update him on the names from the Bible. None of them were murdered. Mavis Simmons died in a car crash and Peter Faulkner died in a house fire. Both were recorded as accidental. Ruth Benson disappeared. The two deaths and Benson's disappearance all happened in 1989 but that is the only known connection. Duncan asks what they are supposed to do with nothing else to go on. Stanley simply replies "Your job. Be detectives."
In the morgue, Ronnie (Genevieve Morris) provides them that Stevens was a professional fighter when he was younger as she found multiple fractures in his fingers and hands and his jaw had been broken at least four times and he has extensive damage to his ribs. Jarvis has a look at the body and he identifies him as Charlie Mansfield. Jarvis recognizes scar tissue under Charlie's eyes as his weakness as a fighter. He last knew of Mansfield working as a bouncer or standover for various lowlifes about town. He advises Duncan and Rhys to find out who Charlie's manager and cornerman were. Duncan takes the cornerman leaving the manager for Rhys.
Rhys speaks with Phillip Canter (Shane Connor) who managed Charlie's last few fights. He thought Charlie had potential but he was a bleeder. Rhys points out that his research showed Phillip's father George was actually Charlie's manager. Phillip explains that his father became indisposed and he took over. Again, research showed George Canter killed someone in a road rage incident and died in prison after 16 years. Canter heard Charlie was working as a bouncer but didn't really know what had happened to him. He knew of no friends or family to speak of. Charlie had said he grew up in a boys home and Canter remembered the odd girlfriend hanging around but can't remember any of their names. When Rhys mentions the three names in Charlie's Bible, Canter says they mean nothing to him.
Rhys arrives in Bernice's office at her request and she asks if he had a chance to check into transferring to Task Force Circa. Rhys tells her he isn't applying for the transfer as he loves it in Homicide and he feels he has a lot to learn there. He starts to leave and she stops him. She warns him that what she is telling him is strictly confidential then tells him the Homicide squad will be finished as of Friday. He questions if that was why she originally asked him to transfer, which she denies. He then remarks she was giving him preferential treatment and she is putting him in an impossible position by giving him information his colleagues, and his friends, doesn't know about. She tells him that he's her family.
That night, Bernice calls a meeting at Homicide where she, flanked by Jarvis and Stanley, tells the Homicide squad that in a couple of hours, Michael Lombardi will be making an announcement to the media that Homicide is going to be disbanded. The detectives are understandably shocked and angry. Jarvis quiets them down so Bernice can finish. She lays out Lombardi's plans for future homicide cases and that she will make every possible effort that each of the detectives get transferred to the squad or position of their choice. Allie brings up the point that for a homicide detective, the only direction from there is down. Jarvis shushes her and Bernice continues telling the squad each of them has served with loyalty and distinction. She tells them all she can do is thank them from the bottom of her heart. Rhys speaks up telling her that isn't all she can do. What is happening is political payback from Lombardi because Homicide got to close to the truth about him. Jarvis calls him down but Rhys continues asking if they are going to just let him destroy the best department in the job and specifically questions Bernice if she will. He tells her from where he's standing, it looks like she just rolled over. He turns to walk away and Jarvis calls him back. Rhys turns around and tells Jarvis that, with all due respect, they still have three potential murders to solve then leaves.
Matt speaks with Rhys and tells him he put up a good fight in there and Rhys says if Bernice didn't like what she heard, too bad. He points out that the case he and Duncan are currently working on is the exact type of case that will never get solved if Homicide is closed and Matt agrees. Rhys tells him Bernice tried to get him on a task force and that he told her 'no'. Matt gets a phone call and goes into his office to take it. When the detectives start filtering back to their desks, Jennifer and Nick talk about where they might go. Allie sits down next to Rhys and asks if he knew Homicide was being disbanded. He asks her why he would know and, even if he did, what he was supposed to do. He admits he learned just before everyone else did. Matt comes back out and tells the team pathology came back on Stevens/Charlie Mansfield. He had a lethal dose of heroin in his system. Ronnie examined the body and found a needle mark in his heart. Charlie was murdered.
Duncan and Rhys return to the hospice and question the Father about the security arrangements, which he explains. He directs them to the night supervisor, Michelle Smith (Susanne 'Rudie' Chapman). She didn't know Greg/Charlie very well apart from the fact he was in a lot of pain. She is caring for her father at home. She didn't recall ever seeing the Bible Greg/Charlie had and she didn't remember the name Charlie Mansfield. She also doesn't remember anyone unusual at the hospice the night Greg/Charlie died. Her father continues calling to her from inside their home and she ends their interview to attend to him.
Michael Lombardi pays a visit to Bernice in her office to inform her he has been speaking with the Commissioner to ask how the reassignments from Homicide have been going and was told Bernice would be briefing him on those details. He wants everything completed by the end of business Friday and she cannot understand the rush. He tells her "big boys games, big boys rules" and surely she's grown up enough to understand that. She tells him he clearly has no respect for her and the feeling is entirely mutual, but to destroy Homicide is counterproductive. She offers that if he keeps Homicide, she will give him her resignation. He tells her it's noble that she's falling on her sword and that he expects her resignation by Friday, but Homicide will be none of her concern. She maintains that without a guarantee that Homicide is secure he will not be receiving her resignation. He tells her not to defy him. Homicide will end Friday and her resignation will come with it.
Jennifer meets Nick after one of his meetings with his lawyers. He feels Lombardi will be pushing hard against him but that is his problem. He asks if she's learned where she's being transferred, which she hasn't. She got a call from fraud and can go back there if she wishes. She tells him it offers up other possibilities. The way she sees it, the issue between them was they were both homicide cops. She tells him to hurry up and decide where he wants to be transferred but to give fraud a miss.
Allie is going over a list of open positions in other squads and mentions to Rhys there is one in Ethical Standards but he probably shouldn't go for that one. He tells her that Task Force Circa has an opening but she doesn't see it listed. He urges her to give them a call then asks for her help in taking down a statement. He managed to track down one of Peter Faulkner's relatives and Duncan is chasing leads on the other two victims. They speak with Faulkner's niece, Debra, and tell her they believe his death might not have been accidental. Allie asks if she knows anyone who might have wanted her uncle dead and she doesn't. She describes him as the strange one in the family but everyone always got along. He lived alone and liked it that way. She only knows of one thing that could have been trouble. About three months before he died, Peter witnessed a murder.
In briefing, Allie brings the team up to speed on the case. Duncan tracked down one of Mavis Simmons' relatives and learned that before she died in the car accident, she witnessed a crime and testified about what she had seen in the trial. Peter Faulkner also witnessed a crime. Ruth Benson was also in the court records as a witness. They all saw a man being stabbed to death in a road rage incident. The man they witnessed committing the murder was George Canter.
Phillip Canter is brought in for interview and he isn't happy about being there. Once Duncan gets him under control, he tells them he was in Perth at a gaming industry convention the night before last. Matt, who is watching the interview with Stanley, checks the information out. Rhys questions Canter about his father and his trial. Rhys again mentions the names of the witnesses and Canter again maintains it was a long time ago. Duncan informs Canter that Charlie told a priest he had killed the three people and Canter claims that had nothing to do with him. Rhys asks if Canter knows about Charlie dying before he could tell the police about the murders and Canter claims he doesn't. Duncan asks Canter if he paid Charlie to kill the witnesses as ghosts come back to haunt. Canter tells him with a smile that he doesn't believe in ghosts. Duncan goes in to see Stanley and Matt comes back into the room to confirm that Canter was at the convention like he said. Stanley orders Duncan to let Canter go and they keep at the investigation. When Duncan has gone, Matt asks Stanley if he knows where he's being sent. Stanley replies that it doesn't matter, he won't go; he'll leave the force before he leaves Homicide. Stanley tells Matt he can't tell him what to do but advises him to not get bitter.
The next morning, Stanley, Rhys and Duncan arrive at the scene of a body discovery. Ronnie gives them the details that it was a woman. Duncan and Rhys identify the woman as Michelle Smith, the night manager at the hospice where Charlie was murdered. Stanley orders them to get to Michelle's home and speak with her father while he has Phillip Canter brought back in as he's now the prime suspect in her murder. When they arrive at the Smith home, they hear shots being fired. They announce their presence and Rhys takes the back while Duncan the front. Duncan enters the home and finds Michelle's father (Vincent Gil) on the bed with a gun in his hand. Rhys comes into the room via the back door and they order him to put the gun down. He says no one was shooting at him despite the fact there is glass inside the room indicating a shot came from outside. Duncan starts to tell Mr. Smith about his daughter but he corrects Duncan saying his name is Robson then asks about Michelle.
In interview, Michelle's father explains the incident at his house as mistaken identity and has no idea who would have killed her. Rhys goes over his criminal record and the fact he worked for George Canter with Charlie. Rhys asks if Phillip Canter killed Michelle then tried to kill him but Robson says nothing. They question if Michelle mentioned Charlie offhand and he recognized him as his old work mate. They ask if it was Phillip Canter's idea for Michelle to kill Charlie or if it was his (Robson's). Jarvis enters the room with Stanley and Matt and they inform him they believe everything comes back to Phillip Canter and they believe he got Charlie and Robson to kill the three witnesses. Rhys continues to press Robson wanting him to do the right thing and let them catch his daughter's killer but he refuses. Knowing they need more, Stanley orders Matt to check up on Canter's phone records but Jarvis knows it will take more than that. He suggests they let him stew for a while and build up some steam. Then, send Freeman in to put the fear of Homicide in him.
Rhys and Duncan go into the interview room with Canter and Rhys official places him under arrest for Charlie Mansfield's murder. Canter denies knowing Michelle Smith but they inform him her real name was Michelle Robson and he definitely knew her father. He says he hasn't seen Bert Robson in a long time and didn't know Michelle at all. Rhys points out they have phone records proving she contacting Canter on four occasions but he claims to not remember the calls. They inform Canter that he will stay in jail while they build the case because there is a witness to protect. He asks who the witness is and when they tell him it is Burt Robson, he laughs saying there is no way Burt would go to the police. Canter warns them they'll never make the charges stick and Duncan calmly tells him they've got all the time in the world. Rhys starts to usher Canter out of the room and he stops them offering a deal. When they ask what he has that would be of interest, he mentions Michael Lombardi's name. He offers to testify in court that Michael Lombardi approached him three weeks ago to have someone killed.
While Duncan stays with Canter to keep pressure on him, a briefing is held, with Stanley, Bernice and Jarvis in attendance, and Rhys informs the team about Phillip Canter's offer of a deal. He tells the team what Canter is being charged with then drops the bombshell about Lombardi. Canter said Lombardi wanted his senior advisor, Ethan Derwent (Charlie Cousins) murdered. Nick knows immediately that Derwent is Deep Throat. Rhys continues to tell them that Lombardi and Canter have been doing business for years and it was even Lombardi who granted Canter his online gaming license despite Canter having a criminal record. Bernice takes Stanley and Jarvis (who is thrilled at the discoveries against Lombardi) from the table to talk. In Stanley's office, Jarvis tells them he wants to go after Lombardi. Stanley reminds him of Canter's murders. Bernice agrees with Stanley that what Jarvis is suggesting isn't what Homicide stands for. Jarvis leaves the decision up to Bernice as he and Stanley continue disagreeing over the big picture. Bernice makes the call to bring Ethan Derwent in to Homicide, pleasing Jarvis, but not Stanley.
In interview, Derwent tells Bernice and Jarvis they are making a big mistake. Jarvis mentions him feeding information to the press about Lombardi but Derwent denies knowing anything about that. Bernice makes it clear to him he is among friends with them as the rest of the team watch the interview with Stanley. Bernice states clearly they believe he was feeding the press information to implicate Lombardi in the Dane Majors case. He comments that he'd never work again and Bernice reminds him Juliette Gardiner died for him. He again denies revealing any information. Jarvis tells him Lombardi doesn't believe that. When Derwent questions what he means, Bernice reveals that they have knowledge Lombardi tried to hire someone to have him killed. She assures him they have the man he tried to hire in custody and that they are trying to help him (Ethan) but he must help them as well. Jarvis tells him they want Lombardi on a skewer and they think he can do that for them.
Ethan Derwent goes into Lombardi's office and gives him his resignation. He is wearing a wire with Homicide listening to everything being said between he and Lombardi. Ethan brings up Lombardi and the Dane Majors case and Lombardi admits to having Dalton plant the golf club against Majors. When they hear that, the team take off their ear pieces to move in on Lombardi. Ethan lets Lombardi know he knows about him trying to have him killed. Bernice, Jarvis and Nick enter the office and Bernice places Lombardi under arrest for perverting the course of justice and conspiracy to murder Ethan Derwent. Lombardi is shocked when he learns they have him on tape admitting to his crimes. Bernice tells him they are "big boys games and big boys rules" and surely he's grown up enough to understand it.
Homicide watches a news report about Lombardi's arrest. When they turn it off, Bernice gets up to speak and tells them while she can't officially comment on Lombardi's future, she can tell them, "amongst those four walls" that he's going down. She continues that she's immensely proud of them all and is humbled by their tenacity, courage and dignity they have shown through challenging times. She raises her drink to them and tells them she's so happy she doesn't have to arrange for the transfer of so many fine detectives. When she has finished talking to the team, Bernice tells Stanley she understands how he feels about having to let Canter walk but asks what the alternative is. He smiles and tells her they live to fight another day. Matt and Allie express their happiness about not having to find another job and Matt comments that Rhys will make a fine cop. Allie says it helps when you have friends and family in high places, meaning Bernice Waverley. Matt tells her that Rhys was offered a way out through the task force and declined.
That evening, when the celebration is over, Rhys is sitting at his desk and Allie comes in. He starts packing up to leave for the night as they talk casually about the days events. He gets up to leave and she calls to him and asks if he is coming for a drink. Nick opens his front door to find Jennifer standing there. She comes in and tells him he'll never get his renovations completed now. He puts his arms around her and asks if she has any second thoughts as they are both still in Homicide. She tells him that doesn't matter anymore then kisses him. As they are kissing, they are both called into work.
Duncan is working a case. Stanley arrives with Jarvis. Jennifer and Nick arrive. The sheet over the body is lifted to reveal Phillip Canter. Burt Robson is in the back of a police car in custody. He said he shot Canter because Canter killed Michelle. Jarvis tells Stanley that Robson will probably confess to the murders of the other three witnesses as well, which Stanley comments is closure for those three families. Jarvis tells him that is what Homicide is about; that's why they exist.
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I've enjoyed watching every single episode of City Homicide (sometimes watching them many times). There are cop shows and then there are cop shows. City Homicide wasn't just about the weekly murder case. It was about the characters, first and foremost. We got a glimpse into their lives every week and we came to know and care about each one of them. As fans of the show, we were saddened when Duncan lost Claire, on the edge of our seats wondering if the team would find Wilton Sparks in time to save his life, we felt Matt's pain when his mother's body was found and our hearts were broken when Josh Waverley was senselessly murdered.
I hate to see City Homicide end as it was, and is, such an amazing show. I'll miss Stanley Wolfe, Duncan Freeman, Jennifer Maplethorpe, Matt Ryan, Nick Buchanan, Allie Kingston, Bernice Waverley, Terry Jarvis and Rhys Levitt. City Homicide was a fine show with a fine cast. I'm very pleased with how the writers and producers chose to wrap up the final episode. The montage of scenes was excellently put together and some fine choices made. The show was enough to give City Homicide fans closure, I think.
The show, and the series, ends with a two minute montage of scenes from the past five years of City Homicide. The emotional highs and lows, the good times and bad times and the faces that have come and gone. The evolution of the characters from episode one through this final episode. What a fitting way to send City Homicide into Australian television history.
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Thursday, March 24, 2011
AUS Television: City Homicide, No Greater Honour, Part Five "Last Man Standing"
City Homicide
No Greater Honour, Part Five, Last Man Standing
Original Air Date: March 23, 2011
The murder of Dane Majors barrister and then the judge that presided over his trial bring the Homicide team to focus on him. When both Alan Sullivan and Nick Buchanan are confirmed as missing, Homicide focus on Dane Majors. With the possibility more people who were involved in the Majors case will become targets, Homicide must work fast to prevent anyone else from dying. Can the team get to Nick before anything can happen to him and take a cold-blooded killer off the streets? Meanwhile, Lombardi drops a bombshell on Bernice Waverley when he calls her to his office to discuss her budget proposal for Homicide.
Papers flutter to the floor from above and fall around the body of a slain barrister, Helen Jefferson. Her robe is thrown from above and falls beside her body last. As the other members of Homicide are tied up with the car bomb investigation, the murder of the barrister is being worked by Matt and Jennifer. Matt explains that she fell from the same floor as the papers and her robe. She has smeared blood on her face and Matt is guessing that was from being punched before being pushed over the railing. She was murdered between 5:30 and 6:00 that morning. The assailant checked out of the building using the barrister's swipe card which was then thrown in the bin outside. Jennifer recognizes the name and, when she looks at a book lying amongst the papers around the barrister, finds that she was the barrister who defended Dane Majors.
Jarvis and Bernice arrive for the briefing wanting all details about the barrister's murder. Matt and Jennifer bring the team up to speed. Jefferson's husband, a surgeon, was performing emergency heart surgery from 3:00 to 7:00 that morning. Theories run from an affair gone wrong to a current client unhappy with Jefferson's representation and Jarvis suggests Dane Majors could have been getting revenge on her. Bernice questions Majors' motive and Jarvis points out that Majors ending up getting 20 years from her defense and Allie brings up the point that Jefferson profited off the case by writing books about it. Jarvis suggests they chat with Majors, "to test the waters" and Bernice gives the okay. Jarvis instructs Duncan and Rhys to speak with Majors while Stanley wants the rest of the team to follow up on other aspects of the case. Jennifer takes Stanley aside to tell him Nick was due back at work that day but hasn't been answering his phone. Stanley mentions that Ethical Standards has been trying to reach Nick since he's required to check in with them upon his return and they cannot reach him. She asks to check on Nick and Stanley gives permission.
Jennifer arrives at Nick's house and knocks on the door but there is no answer. There are three newspapers on from the front steps. She gets his spare key from its hiding place outside and enters the house calling for him with no answer. She tries calling his cell again and receives no answer then looks over the work he'd been doing on the Majors case and bombing.
Dane Majors is juicing carrots and pretends to not know who Helen Jefferson is and says he can't hear Rhys and Duncan until Duncan unplugs the machine. He finally 'remembers' her but doesn't seem concerned in the least that she has been killed. Narelle has gone to Port Douglas to a yoga retreat. Dane begins juicing the carrots again and, again, Duncan unplugs the machine. He asks if Dane read Jefferson's book about his trial and Dane responds that he doesn't read fiction. He tells them he wanted to tell his side of the story and Jefferson wouldn't let him take the stand. Duncan asks if that made him angry enough to get revenge. Dane asks them how much they reckon he would have made in his career had he not gone to jail. He reveals he is going to sue the State Government for everything they took from him now and in the future. He maintains he wouldn't risk all that for some stupid act of revenge.
Jennifer is waiting for Stanley in his office and he asks if she tracked Nick down. She tells him she went round to his house but there was no trace of Nick and no signs of a disturbance she could see. She insists to Stanley that Nick wouldn't just not turn up. Stanley brings up Lombardi wanting to push to have Nick charged but she's worried about how Nick feels about the deaths of Juliette and Bruce Dalton and his support of Graham Proctor all those years. She mentions the text she received from Nick three nights ago and that she checked the safe he kept in his room. His gun wasn't in that safe as it always was. Allie knocks on the door telling Jennifer they have a call-out for a male victim with a single gunshot wound. Jennifer and Stanley share a nervous look and Jennifer heads out.
In the morgue, Jennifer and Allie speak with the technician about the man with the gunshot wound. He was found in a park beneath some bushes by dog walkers who originally thought he was a homeless guy sleeping it off. When he was still there in the morning, the dog walker took a closer look. There was a library card on the man with the name Martin Dangerfield on it. Jennifer recognizes the name straight off. Dangerfield was a retired Supreme Court justice and he presided over the Dane Majors trial.
In briefing, Martin Dangerfield is added to the known information about Helen Jefferson and Tim Padgett. Jennifer points out that Dane Majors is the only link to all the victims. All of them agree it's very possible Dane Majors is going for revenge and Stanley brings up that others connected to the trial could be in danger. Jennifer notes that Nick could very well be on Dane's hit list if he has one. Matt asks when the last time was that anyone spoke with Nick and Jennifer tells him she spoke with Nick three nights ago. Matt wants to bring Majors in and put pressure on him but Stanley tells him Dane is out of bounds. Jennifer protests vehemently but Stanley tells her the decision has been made and they can't go near Majors. He orders Allie and Rhys to alert any potential targets. Allie asks if that includes the Attorney-General and Stanley tells her to leave Lombardi to Bernice. He orders Jennifer and Duncan to do a thorough search of Nick's place.
At Nick's place, Jennifer collects his notebooks and research materials. Outside, uniformed officers canvass the street in front of the house. Jennifer asks what the deal is with the line search and Duncan tells her a neighbour heard a commotion Thursday night and thought a car had knocked over his bin. When he came out, there wasn't anything there. One of the officers finds blood on the pavement and alerts Jennifer and Duncan to it. Nick's watch is found beneath some plants at the curb, the face shattered.
Bernice and Jarvis inform Lombardi he's potentially in danger from Dane Majors but he doesn't seem to take it seriously. She stresses how serious the situation is but he assures them they have nothing to worry about as his security is extremely tight. Lombardi feels he isn't a prime target as all he did was argue a case based on the evidence he was given by Homicide. He changes the subject to ask Bernice about the budget revisions but Jarvis steers it back telling Lombardi he should be worried about being up to his neck in trouble over the Dane Majors mistrial. Jarvis points out that if Majors goes back inside he will be discredited and all the dirt will wash away from Lombardi. Lombardi makes it clear to Jarvis that his aide, Christian, takes down all minutes of every meeting he has. Jarvis tells him to make sure to get it down that Dane Majors was set up once, he might be set up again. Bernice interjects that she thinks they are done but Lombardi continues, asking Jarvis if he's implying he has something to do with everything. Jarvis tells him he's just stating the facts. Jarvis gives him the information that Nick has gone missing and Lombardi smirks asking if they have a detective they cannot locate and notes it is interesting. He then states they haven't heard and tells them of Dangerfield having been killed and the shot that killed him was a police round and that he takes it their "rogue detective" will be added to the list of suspects. Lombardi tells them that is why they need change as when a squad gets too comfortable, corruption can fester.
Back at police headquarters, Jarvis tells Bernice he was simply trying to rattle Lombardi and see what fell out. She asks about that mornings theory that Dane Majors was the killer. He tells her he's keeping an open mind as Lombardi is a legitimate suspect. Bernice tells Stanley to let the team know Dangerfield was shot with a police round, giving Stanley a surprise. Jarvis tells him that Lombardi apparently has a mole in the morgue. Bernice wants to assure that all police ammunition and firearms are accounted for. Stanley tells her there is one firearm confirmed missing and when she questions who signed it out he tells her Nick Buchanan. Jarvis notes that the press will crucify Nick which, according to Bernice is all the more reason to find Nick. When she walks away, Jarvis tells Stanley it is all the more reason to put surveillance on Dane Majors. Stanley asks if that is an order and Jarvis replies it is "stamped, addressed and sealed with a kiss".
Rhys brings Bernice up to speed on him and Allie notifying the possible targets. He feels Alan Sullivan is an obvious one but getting a conversation with him is proving hard. She mentions Sullivan's second address in Cooper's Arms, Queen Street. When he starts to leave, she asks him to have a seat. She's been thinking about his career path and wondering how they can maximize his opportunities. She asks if he's heard of Task Force Circa (fraud), which he has. She tells him they are looking for new people and his skills are suitable for them. He doesn't appear very interested but she tells him she strongly suggests he apply for the opportunity. He doesn't want to leave as he feels he'd be letting the team down but he urges him that opportunities like the Task Force don't come around often. When he mentions that Homicide is the pinnacle of the police department she brings up the fact that Homicide is taking a battering over the Dane Majors case. He feels the Homicide that planted evidence in the Majors case is a different team. She warns him to think strategically if he wants to have a long career and the Task Force would be an excellent path to promotion in any number of departments and he would make wonderful contacts and she feels he would regret letting the opportunity pass. He gets a text from Allie that she found Sullivan at Cooper's Arms and gets up to leave.
Rhys and Allie speak with Alan Sullivan who doesn't feel he needs any protection. Allie points out one attempt has been made on his life already and the killer is determined. They believe he's high on the killer's list. Sullivan blames Rhys for Tim's death. Allie reminds him that his paper campaigned for Majors conviction ten years ago and that the killer has a long memory. Sullivan questions her that she's confirming Majors is the killer. He tells them that the killer might have a change of heart once they read the weekend edition. They are doing a special feature: Dane Majors, My Story. The Tribune is on Majors' side now and, as he makes a point, unlike the police, the paper admits its mistakes. Allie again tells him he's in danger but he insists he doesn't run away from a fight.
That night, as Alan Sullivan is leaving the Tribune, Dane Majors accosts Sullivan in the car park and tells him he needs his help as the cops are gunning for him. He shows him photos on his phone of police surveillance and tells Sullivan the police are following him everywhere and are saying people. Dane feels he's being set up just like last time. Dane wants Sullivan to run the story now but Sullivan tells him he can't as the paper is already to bed and the run kicked off. Dane insists that by Saturday he'll be locked up and charged and the Tribune won't be able to print a single word. A blue car with two men in it enters the car park and Sullivan notes they aren't very discreet. Dane takes a picture of the car. Dane again begs Alan telling him the story must be in tomorrow's paper and promises if he does that, he might have something more for him. Sullivan locks his car and tells Dane to come with him.
At Homicide, Jennifer is on the phone regarding Nick's disappearance. Allie and Rhys haven't found Nick in hospitals and are moving on to medical centers. Matt asks if they know the blood was really Nick's and Allie tells him the lab will get results back by tomorrow but they are covering their bases. Matt tells Jennifer to go home but she doesn't want to. She looks over Nick's research again and says they should call Deep Throat as Nick might have found out who he was and went to find him. Rhys doesn't have Juliette's phone but he still has the number. Matt agrees to give it a try even though Rhys doesn't feel like Deep Throat would answer an unknown number. Rhys makes the call and they find the number has been disconnected.
The next morning, Jennifer is sitting on Nick's couch. She steps out and picks up his paper and sees the headline "Police Stalk Innocent Cricket Star" with a picture of the blue car. Bernice throws the same paper down on Jarvis' desk telling him she doesn't recall authorizing the stalking. Bernice as been ordered to remove all surveillance. Jarvis wants to bring Dane in but she tells him Majors is untouchable until they have solid evidence.
Alan Sullivan arrives at Dane's house and tells him they missed the country run but the special edition went out to all metro distributors and by that time tomorrow, Dane would be the talk of the town. Dane leads Alan to his kitchen where everything is covered in plastic. He tells Sullivan he is about to redecorate. He offers Alan a drink and Alan asks Dane about the "second chapter to the story" that Dane rang him about that morning. Dane tells Alan that Nick has gone missing and asks if he knows that Nick was run down by a car a couple of nights ago and the cops can't find him. They speak for a moment about Dane's run in sports and Sullivan tells him he got lucky. Dane notes that Sullivan got lucky as well. Sullivan asks "When?" and Majors replies "When your car blew up." Dane tells him he had to reassess his match plan and thanks Alan for printing his side of the story and getting the surveillance cops off him but it doesn't make up for ten years in prison and the Tribune smear campaign that put him there. He opens a drawer telling Alan he found this on the cop who framed him just after he hit him with his car. He pulls out Nick's gun and shoots Sullivan.
At headquarters, Jarvis and Stanley discuss Alan Sullivan and Dane Majors and Stanley tells Jarvis they can't go near Dane Majors. Jarvis called Sullivan and his P.A. told him Sullivan is at Dane Majors' house at that moment to get another scoop. Stanley hopes Jarvis isn't going round to Majors to arrest Dane and Jarvis tells him he's not, he's going round to arrest Alan Sullivan.
Jarvis arrives at Dane Majors who takes a deep breath then answers the door. Jarvis tells Dane he's looking for Alan Sullivan and steps inside. Majors tells him he was there but he's gone now and didn't say where he was going. Jarvis walks into the kitchen which is now clean as a pin and free of any plastic. Dane offers Jarvis a drink but Jarvis wants to look around. Jarvis looks around the house but finds nothing unusual. He looks out a back door to a pool and Dane tells him they'll need divers to drag that pool as it's deceptively deep. He asks Jarvis if he was in Homicide when he was set up and puts his hand on Nick's gun which is in the back of his pants. When Jarvis tells him that was before his time, Dane takes his hand off the gun. Dane replies "lucky for you" and Jarvis turns around and tells him the same.
In briefing, Jarvis tells the team that Sullivan's P.A. said Sullivan was going to Dane Majors' home and no one has heard from him since and that he conducted a search of Majors' home and there was no sight of Alan or Nick. Bernice questions what he did and Jarvis tells her the situation has changed and, as he tells her about Sullivan going to Majors home, Jennifer looks at a Pathology folder Bernice is carrying. When Jarvis stops talking, Jennifer asks her about it and Bernice confirms the blood traces on the road are Nick's. Bernice agrees that Dane Majors needs to be shut down regardless of the commissioner and she wants Homicide watching every move he makes. Stanley orders two-man teams on two-hour shifts and puts Rhys and Jennifer up first.
As she and Rhys sit in the car outside Dane's house, Jennifer tells Rhys she feels it is useless for them to sit there as they don't even know he's in the house. She gets out of the car and goes to the house with Rhys following her telling her she needs a warrant. She tells him she's sure she saw someone in the upstairs window and she's going in. She believes she saw Nick. Rhys agrees he saw him as Jennifer rings the doorbell. The door opens in Jennifer's hand and she and Rhys enter, guns drawn, identifying themselves as the police.
At headquarters, Stanley tells Bernice there's nothing to report on Nick and the Tribune are screaming for news on Alan Sullivan. Allie tells Bernice and Stanley Dane Majors has dodged their surveillance. Bernice is going to take Duncan and Matt with her to see Lombardi to warn him again about Dane Majors. Bernice stresses to Lombardi about Sullivan and Nick both being missing and that he could be next and they don't know where Dane Majors is. Lombardi still wants no part of it and asks Ethan to escort Bernice and the detectives out of the building. Bernice refuses to leave until Lombardi accepts their protection. He tells Bernice she has no concern for his safety, just getting Homicide back into good graces. She admits she is concerned about Homicide but when Dane Majors comes for him, and he will, she doesn't want anyone saying she didn't try to protect him.
Matt and Duncan follow Lombardi's car to his home. In their car, Matt wonders why he would make such a fuss about protection. Duncan writes it up to arrogance but Matt notes if Lombardi admits he needs protection, he's admitting he's done something wrong. Matt and Duncan get out of their car to enter Lombardi's home and he reluctantly hands Matt so he can check the premises the key's while Duncan stays with Lombardi. Dane, sitting nearby, lowers the window of his vehicle, holds the gun out and when Duncan steps away, he fires. One bullet strikes Lombardi's arm and a second misses. Duncan and Matt jump into action. Duncan screams "on the road, on the road" while he holds Lombardi down and Matt runs toward the vehicle but it speeds away.
Dane drives to an old cabin in the woods and removes items from the back of his vehicle. The bloody body of Alan Sullivan is also in the back of the car. He enters the cabin and sits what he carried in down in front of a picture of Tahnee. He's talking, at first, seemingly to the picture. He sits down and points a gun at Nick, who is tied and gagged on the floor. He tells him he wanted him to know what he (Dane) was going through. If he had a really bad day in prison, he'd imagine what it would be like to shoot Nick in the face. Most of the time, he just dreamed of caving Nick's head in with a golf club.
At headquarters, Matt tells Duncan and Rhys the license number, which they got when a neighbour saw the car speeding away and took note of the number, matches Alan Sullivan's car but the driver matches Dane Majors. Lombardi only received a flesh wound and will be fine. Jennifer and Allie are looking over items from Dane Majors home. They need anything that will give them any indication as to where he's gone. Duncan begins checking out airlines and trains in the event he went to Queensland to his girlfriend. Jennifer reads an article about Dane and Tahnee that mentions the family cabin. She feels this is where he's gone. The article doesn't say where the cabin is located but Allie finds paperwork that does. Matt orders Jennifer and Rhys to check the cabin out while the rest of the team keeps looking.
At the cabin, Dane washes off in the sink and asks Nick if he's married or has a girlfriend. He asks Nick how he'd feel if the woman was ripped away from him. He takes a cricket bat from the box he carried into the cabin then puts on a shirt, his lucky shirt, from the box. He sits Nick up against a post and removes the tape from over his mouth. He sits shot glasses down on the table and pours each one full and tells Nick that since he's been three days without food, the booze will knock him right out. Dane drinks from one glass and pours another into Nick's mouth, but Nick spits the liquid out. He reminds Nick of the night they met and how he planted evidence to make sure he didn't get off the charges. He wants to know Nick lives with himself for it. Nick tells him "I'm sorry" but Dane lashes out angrily telling him he doesn't want an apology. He kicks Nick in the side then forces him to drink from the bottle. He tells Nick he wasn't a killer when he put him in prison but he is now. He puts the gun under Nick's chin and tells him he (Nick) buried him alive and now he's going to do the same to him.
Jennifer and Rhys arrive at the cabin with guns drawn. Rhys goes round the back with the plan that they'll flush Dane out the front. Rhys enters the cabin but Dane isn't there. He has finished digging a grave and is covering it up. He's close enough to hear Jennifer and Rhys at the cabin while he's digging. Dane shoots at the two telling them to come out. Rhys tries to call the team while Jennifer fires on Dane telling him lower his weapon but he cannot get any reception. She covers Rhys while he makes a run for their car. Jennifer pursues Dane through the woods and when he reaches Sullivan's vehicle, she fires, shattering a window and again orders him to drop his weapon. He dives behind a tree to check how many shots he has left and tells her she's lost. He has four bullets left. He tells her he just buried Nick. She looks to the mounds of earth. He reloads Nick's gun and stands and fires at her but misses. He admits that Dalton's suicide beat him to killing him, but he has killed everyone else that locked him up, even Lombardi. Jennifer tells him he's wrong and Lombardi was only winged. She asks if he didn't kill Nick either since only one grave, Sullivan's was filled. She wants to know where Nick is. She begs him to know where Nick is. He stands and walks toward her saying he's saving Nick till last. He fires two shots at Jennifer then puts his hand toward the back of Sullivan's vehicle to fire his last shot but Jennifer shoots Dane in the chest. Still standing, he raises his hand again to fire and she fires two more shots. When he finally goes down, she runs to the vehicle and finds Nick, alive in the back.
At Homicide, Jennifer hangs up the phone and tells the team Alan Sullivan's funeral is the next day. Rhys says the Tribune will have it as front page. Allie mentions Narelle getting her story out and Duncan is sure no one will be asking Nick for his side. Rhys notes it will all be about Lombardi, who is the last man standing. Nick arrives back to work, his face bruised and battered from his ordeal. Jennifer asks him if he's ready to go through his statement and the two go into the kitchen. She hands him the papers but he pushes them aside and thanks her. He tells her he's withdrawn his resignation. She tells him she doesn't want to lose him then they go back to the statement.
Bernice arrives at Lombardi's office. He doesn't want any small talk and jumps right to her budget cuts for Homicide. He finds her recommendations quite creative and interesting reading but with a certain natural bias. She tells him that her belief Homicide is one of the most skilled and cohesive squads in the state police is based on experience, not bias. He agrees and admits that in the current crisis, Homicide has proved to be a most effective squad and agrees that under the proposed budget cuts Homicide could not function successfully which is why he will be dissolving Homicide altogether. Divisional detectives will handle single homicides and task forces will handle more complex cases. She asks about the current homicide detectives and he tells her that's up to her. A few retirements, a few transfers, but, make no mistake, there will be no more homicide squad.
For more information:
City Homicide Official Site: http://au.tv.yahoo.com/city-homicide/
Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1024932/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-17228
No Greater Honour, Part Five, Last Man Standing
Original Air Date: March 23, 2011
The murder of Dane Majors barrister and then the judge that presided over his trial bring the Homicide team to focus on him. When both Alan Sullivan and Nick Buchanan are confirmed as missing, Homicide focus on Dane Majors. With the possibility more people who were involved in the Majors case will become targets, Homicide must work fast to prevent anyone else from dying. Can the team get to Nick before anything can happen to him and take a cold-blooded killer off the streets? Meanwhile, Lombardi drops a bombshell on Bernice Waverley when he calls her to his office to discuss her budget proposal for Homicide.
Papers flutter to the floor from above and fall around the body of a slain barrister, Helen Jefferson. Her robe is thrown from above and falls beside her body last. As the other members of Homicide are tied up with the car bomb investigation, the murder of the barrister is being worked by Matt and Jennifer. Matt explains that she fell from the same floor as the papers and her robe. She has smeared blood on her face and Matt is guessing that was from being punched before being pushed over the railing. She was murdered between 5:30 and 6:00 that morning. The assailant checked out of the building using the barrister's swipe card which was then thrown in the bin outside. Jennifer recognizes the name and, when she looks at a book lying amongst the papers around the barrister, finds that she was the barrister who defended Dane Majors.
Jarvis and Bernice arrive for the briefing wanting all details about the barrister's murder. Matt and Jennifer bring the team up to speed. Jefferson's husband, a surgeon, was performing emergency heart surgery from 3:00 to 7:00 that morning. Theories run from an affair gone wrong to a current client unhappy with Jefferson's representation and Jarvis suggests Dane Majors could have been getting revenge on her. Bernice questions Majors' motive and Jarvis points out that Majors ending up getting 20 years from her defense and Allie brings up the point that Jefferson profited off the case by writing books about it. Jarvis suggests they chat with Majors, "to test the waters" and Bernice gives the okay. Jarvis instructs Duncan and Rhys to speak with Majors while Stanley wants the rest of the team to follow up on other aspects of the case. Jennifer takes Stanley aside to tell him Nick was due back at work that day but hasn't been answering his phone. Stanley mentions that Ethical Standards has been trying to reach Nick since he's required to check in with them upon his return and they cannot reach him. She asks to check on Nick and Stanley gives permission.
Jennifer arrives at Nick's house and knocks on the door but there is no answer. There are three newspapers on from the front steps. She gets his spare key from its hiding place outside and enters the house calling for him with no answer. She tries calling his cell again and receives no answer then looks over the work he'd been doing on the Majors case and bombing.
Dane Majors is juicing carrots and pretends to not know who Helen Jefferson is and says he can't hear Rhys and Duncan until Duncan unplugs the machine. He finally 'remembers' her but doesn't seem concerned in the least that she has been killed. Narelle has gone to Port Douglas to a yoga retreat. Dane begins juicing the carrots again and, again, Duncan unplugs the machine. He asks if Dane read Jefferson's book about his trial and Dane responds that he doesn't read fiction. He tells them he wanted to tell his side of the story and Jefferson wouldn't let him take the stand. Duncan asks if that made him angry enough to get revenge. Dane asks them how much they reckon he would have made in his career had he not gone to jail. He reveals he is going to sue the State Government for everything they took from him now and in the future. He maintains he wouldn't risk all that for some stupid act of revenge.
Jennifer is waiting for Stanley in his office and he asks if she tracked Nick down. She tells him she went round to his house but there was no trace of Nick and no signs of a disturbance she could see. She insists to Stanley that Nick wouldn't just not turn up. Stanley brings up Lombardi wanting to push to have Nick charged but she's worried about how Nick feels about the deaths of Juliette and Bruce Dalton and his support of Graham Proctor all those years. She mentions the text she received from Nick three nights ago and that she checked the safe he kept in his room. His gun wasn't in that safe as it always was. Allie knocks on the door telling Jennifer they have a call-out for a male victim with a single gunshot wound. Jennifer and Stanley share a nervous look and Jennifer heads out.
In the morgue, Jennifer and Allie speak with the technician about the man with the gunshot wound. He was found in a park beneath some bushes by dog walkers who originally thought he was a homeless guy sleeping it off. When he was still there in the morning, the dog walker took a closer look. There was a library card on the man with the name Martin Dangerfield on it. Jennifer recognizes the name straight off. Dangerfield was a retired Supreme Court justice and he presided over the Dane Majors trial.
In briefing, Martin Dangerfield is added to the known information about Helen Jefferson and Tim Padgett. Jennifer points out that Dane Majors is the only link to all the victims. All of them agree it's very possible Dane Majors is going for revenge and Stanley brings up that others connected to the trial could be in danger. Jennifer notes that Nick could very well be on Dane's hit list if he has one. Matt asks when the last time was that anyone spoke with Nick and Jennifer tells him she spoke with Nick three nights ago. Matt wants to bring Majors in and put pressure on him but Stanley tells him Dane is out of bounds. Jennifer protests vehemently but Stanley tells her the decision has been made and they can't go near Majors. He orders Allie and Rhys to alert any potential targets. Allie asks if that includes the Attorney-General and Stanley tells her to leave Lombardi to Bernice. He orders Jennifer and Duncan to do a thorough search of Nick's place.
At Nick's place, Jennifer collects his notebooks and research materials. Outside, uniformed officers canvass the street in front of the house. Jennifer asks what the deal is with the line search and Duncan tells her a neighbour heard a commotion Thursday night and thought a car had knocked over his bin. When he came out, there wasn't anything there. One of the officers finds blood on the pavement and alerts Jennifer and Duncan to it. Nick's watch is found beneath some plants at the curb, the face shattered.
Bernice and Jarvis inform Lombardi he's potentially in danger from Dane Majors but he doesn't seem to take it seriously. She stresses how serious the situation is but he assures them they have nothing to worry about as his security is extremely tight. Lombardi feels he isn't a prime target as all he did was argue a case based on the evidence he was given by Homicide. He changes the subject to ask Bernice about the budget revisions but Jarvis steers it back telling Lombardi he should be worried about being up to his neck in trouble over the Dane Majors mistrial. Jarvis points out that if Majors goes back inside he will be discredited and all the dirt will wash away from Lombardi. Lombardi makes it clear to Jarvis that his aide, Christian, takes down all minutes of every meeting he has. Jarvis tells him to make sure to get it down that Dane Majors was set up once, he might be set up again. Bernice interjects that she thinks they are done but Lombardi continues, asking Jarvis if he's implying he has something to do with everything. Jarvis tells him he's just stating the facts. Jarvis gives him the information that Nick has gone missing and Lombardi smirks asking if they have a detective they cannot locate and notes it is interesting. He then states they haven't heard and tells them of Dangerfield having been killed and the shot that killed him was a police round and that he takes it their "rogue detective" will be added to the list of suspects. Lombardi tells them that is why they need change as when a squad gets too comfortable, corruption can fester.
Back at police headquarters, Jarvis tells Bernice he was simply trying to rattle Lombardi and see what fell out. She asks about that mornings theory that Dane Majors was the killer. He tells her he's keeping an open mind as Lombardi is a legitimate suspect. Bernice tells Stanley to let the team know Dangerfield was shot with a police round, giving Stanley a surprise. Jarvis tells him that Lombardi apparently has a mole in the morgue. Bernice wants to assure that all police ammunition and firearms are accounted for. Stanley tells her there is one firearm confirmed missing and when she questions who signed it out he tells her Nick Buchanan. Jarvis notes that the press will crucify Nick which, according to Bernice is all the more reason to find Nick. When she walks away, Jarvis tells Stanley it is all the more reason to put surveillance on Dane Majors. Stanley asks if that is an order and Jarvis replies it is "stamped, addressed and sealed with a kiss".
Rhys brings Bernice up to speed on him and Allie notifying the possible targets. He feels Alan Sullivan is an obvious one but getting a conversation with him is proving hard. She mentions Sullivan's second address in Cooper's Arms, Queen Street. When he starts to leave, she asks him to have a seat. She's been thinking about his career path and wondering how they can maximize his opportunities. She asks if he's heard of Task Force Circa (fraud), which he has. She tells him they are looking for new people and his skills are suitable for them. He doesn't appear very interested but she tells him she strongly suggests he apply for the opportunity. He doesn't want to leave as he feels he'd be letting the team down but he urges him that opportunities like the Task Force don't come around often. When he mentions that Homicide is the pinnacle of the police department she brings up the fact that Homicide is taking a battering over the Dane Majors case. He feels the Homicide that planted evidence in the Majors case is a different team. She warns him to think strategically if he wants to have a long career and the Task Force would be an excellent path to promotion in any number of departments and he would make wonderful contacts and she feels he would regret letting the opportunity pass. He gets a text from Allie that she found Sullivan at Cooper's Arms and gets up to leave.
Rhys and Allie speak with Alan Sullivan who doesn't feel he needs any protection. Allie points out one attempt has been made on his life already and the killer is determined. They believe he's high on the killer's list. Sullivan blames Rhys for Tim's death. Allie reminds him that his paper campaigned for Majors conviction ten years ago and that the killer has a long memory. Sullivan questions her that she's confirming Majors is the killer. He tells them that the killer might have a change of heart once they read the weekend edition. They are doing a special feature: Dane Majors, My Story. The Tribune is on Majors' side now and, as he makes a point, unlike the police, the paper admits its mistakes. Allie again tells him he's in danger but he insists he doesn't run away from a fight.
That night, as Alan Sullivan is leaving the Tribune, Dane Majors accosts Sullivan in the car park and tells him he needs his help as the cops are gunning for him. He shows him photos on his phone of police surveillance and tells Sullivan the police are following him everywhere and are saying people. Dane feels he's being set up just like last time. Dane wants Sullivan to run the story now but Sullivan tells him he can't as the paper is already to bed and the run kicked off. Dane insists that by Saturday he'll be locked up and charged and the Tribune won't be able to print a single word. A blue car with two men in it enters the car park and Sullivan notes they aren't very discreet. Dane takes a picture of the car. Dane again begs Alan telling him the story must be in tomorrow's paper and promises if he does that, he might have something more for him. Sullivan locks his car and tells Dane to come with him.
At Homicide, Jennifer is on the phone regarding Nick's disappearance. Allie and Rhys haven't found Nick in hospitals and are moving on to medical centers. Matt asks if they know the blood was really Nick's and Allie tells him the lab will get results back by tomorrow but they are covering their bases. Matt tells Jennifer to go home but she doesn't want to. She looks over Nick's research again and says they should call Deep Throat as Nick might have found out who he was and went to find him. Rhys doesn't have Juliette's phone but he still has the number. Matt agrees to give it a try even though Rhys doesn't feel like Deep Throat would answer an unknown number. Rhys makes the call and they find the number has been disconnected.
The next morning, Jennifer is sitting on Nick's couch. She steps out and picks up his paper and sees the headline "Police Stalk Innocent Cricket Star" with a picture of the blue car. Bernice throws the same paper down on Jarvis' desk telling him she doesn't recall authorizing the stalking. Bernice as been ordered to remove all surveillance. Jarvis wants to bring Dane in but she tells him Majors is untouchable until they have solid evidence.
Alan Sullivan arrives at Dane's house and tells him they missed the country run but the special edition went out to all metro distributors and by that time tomorrow, Dane would be the talk of the town. Dane leads Alan to his kitchen where everything is covered in plastic. He tells Sullivan he is about to redecorate. He offers Alan a drink and Alan asks Dane about the "second chapter to the story" that Dane rang him about that morning. Dane tells Alan that Nick has gone missing and asks if he knows that Nick was run down by a car a couple of nights ago and the cops can't find him. They speak for a moment about Dane's run in sports and Sullivan tells him he got lucky. Dane notes that Sullivan got lucky as well. Sullivan asks "When?" and Majors replies "When your car blew up." Dane tells him he had to reassess his match plan and thanks Alan for printing his side of the story and getting the surveillance cops off him but it doesn't make up for ten years in prison and the Tribune smear campaign that put him there. He opens a drawer telling Alan he found this on the cop who framed him just after he hit him with his car. He pulls out Nick's gun and shoots Sullivan.
At headquarters, Jarvis and Stanley discuss Alan Sullivan and Dane Majors and Stanley tells Jarvis they can't go near Dane Majors. Jarvis called Sullivan and his P.A. told him Sullivan is at Dane Majors' house at that moment to get another scoop. Stanley hopes Jarvis isn't going round to Majors to arrest Dane and Jarvis tells him he's not, he's going round to arrest Alan Sullivan.
Jarvis arrives at Dane Majors who takes a deep breath then answers the door. Jarvis tells Dane he's looking for Alan Sullivan and steps inside. Majors tells him he was there but he's gone now and didn't say where he was going. Jarvis walks into the kitchen which is now clean as a pin and free of any plastic. Dane offers Jarvis a drink but Jarvis wants to look around. Jarvis looks around the house but finds nothing unusual. He looks out a back door to a pool and Dane tells him they'll need divers to drag that pool as it's deceptively deep. He asks Jarvis if he was in Homicide when he was set up and puts his hand on Nick's gun which is in the back of his pants. When Jarvis tells him that was before his time, Dane takes his hand off the gun. Dane replies "lucky for you" and Jarvis turns around and tells him the same.
In briefing, Jarvis tells the team that Sullivan's P.A. said Sullivan was going to Dane Majors' home and no one has heard from him since and that he conducted a search of Majors' home and there was no sight of Alan or Nick. Bernice questions what he did and Jarvis tells her the situation has changed and, as he tells her about Sullivan going to Majors home, Jennifer looks at a Pathology folder Bernice is carrying. When Jarvis stops talking, Jennifer asks her about it and Bernice confirms the blood traces on the road are Nick's. Bernice agrees that Dane Majors needs to be shut down regardless of the commissioner and she wants Homicide watching every move he makes. Stanley orders two-man teams on two-hour shifts and puts Rhys and Jennifer up first.
As she and Rhys sit in the car outside Dane's house, Jennifer tells Rhys she feels it is useless for them to sit there as they don't even know he's in the house. She gets out of the car and goes to the house with Rhys following her telling her she needs a warrant. She tells him she's sure she saw someone in the upstairs window and she's going in. She believes she saw Nick. Rhys agrees he saw him as Jennifer rings the doorbell. The door opens in Jennifer's hand and she and Rhys enter, guns drawn, identifying themselves as the police.
At headquarters, Stanley tells Bernice there's nothing to report on Nick and the Tribune are screaming for news on Alan Sullivan. Allie tells Bernice and Stanley Dane Majors has dodged their surveillance. Bernice is going to take Duncan and Matt with her to see Lombardi to warn him again about Dane Majors. Bernice stresses to Lombardi about Sullivan and Nick both being missing and that he could be next and they don't know where Dane Majors is. Lombardi still wants no part of it and asks Ethan to escort Bernice and the detectives out of the building. Bernice refuses to leave until Lombardi accepts their protection. He tells Bernice she has no concern for his safety, just getting Homicide back into good graces. She admits she is concerned about Homicide but when Dane Majors comes for him, and he will, she doesn't want anyone saying she didn't try to protect him.
Matt and Duncan follow Lombardi's car to his home. In their car, Matt wonders why he would make such a fuss about protection. Duncan writes it up to arrogance but Matt notes if Lombardi admits he needs protection, he's admitting he's done something wrong. Matt and Duncan get out of their car to enter Lombardi's home and he reluctantly hands Matt so he can check the premises the key's while Duncan stays with Lombardi. Dane, sitting nearby, lowers the window of his vehicle, holds the gun out and when Duncan steps away, he fires. One bullet strikes Lombardi's arm and a second misses. Duncan and Matt jump into action. Duncan screams "on the road, on the road" while he holds Lombardi down and Matt runs toward the vehicle but it speeds away.
Dane drives to an old cabin in the woods and removes items from the back of his vehicle. The bloody body of Alan Sullivan is also in the back of the car. He enters the cabin and sits what he carried in down in front of a picture of Tahnee. He's talking, at first, seemingly to the picture. He sits down and points a gun at Nick, who is tied and gagged on the floor. He tells him he wanted him to know what he (Dane) was going through. If he had a really bad day in prison, he'd imagine what it would be like to shoot Nick in the face. Most of the time, he just dreamed of caving Nick's head in with a golf club.
At headquarters, Matt tells Duncan and Rhys the license number, which they got when a neighbour saw the car speeding away and took note of the number, matches Alan Sullivan's car but the driver matches Dane Majors. Lombardi only received a flesh wound and will be fine. Jennifer and Allie are looking over items from Dane Majors home. They need anything that will give them any indication as to where he's gone. Duncan begins checking out airlines and trains in the event he went to Queensland to his girlfriend. Jennifer reads an article about Dane and Tahnee that mentions the family cabin. She feels this is where he's gone. The article doesn't say where the cabin is located but Allie finds paperwork that does. Matt orders Jennifer and Rhys to check the cabin out while the rest of the team keeps looking.
At the cabin, Dane washes off in the sink and asks Nick if he's married or has a girlfriend. He asks Nick how he'd feel if the woman was ripped away from him. He takes a cricket bat from the box he carried into the cabin then puts on a shirt, his lucky shirt, from the box. He sits Nick up against a post and removes the tape from over his mouth. He sits shot glasses down on the table and pours each one full and tells Nick that since he's been three days without food, the booze will knock him right out. Dane drinks from one glass and pours another into Nick's mouth, but Nick spits the liquid out. He reminds Nick of the night they met and how he planted evidence to make sure he didn't get off the charges. He wants to know Nick lives with himself for it. Nick tells him "I'm sorry" but Dane lashes out angrily telling him he doesn't want an apology. He kicks Nick in the side then forces him to drink from the bottle. He tells Nick he wasn't a killer when he put him in prison but he is now. He puts the gun under Nick's chin and tells him he (Nick) buried him alive and now he's going to do the same to him.
Jennifer and Rhys arrive at the cabin with guns drawn. Rhys goes round the back with the plan that they'll flush Dane out the front. Rhys enters the cabin but Dane isn't there. He has finished digging a grave and is covering it up. He's close enough to hear Jennifer and Rhys at the cabin while he's digging. Dane shoots at the two telling them to come out. Rhys tries to call the team while Jennifer fires on Dane telling him lower his weapon but he cannot get any reception. She covers Rhys while he makes a run for their car. Jennifer pursues Dane through the woods and when he reaches Sullivan's vehicle, she fires, shattering a window and again orders him to drop his weapon. He dives behind a tree to check how many shots he has left and tells her she's lost. He has four bullets left. He tells her he just buried Nick. She looks to the mounds of earth. He reloads Nick's gun and stands and fires at her but misses. He admits that Dalton's suicide beat him to killing him, but he has killed everyone else that locked him up, even Lombardi. Jennifer tells him he's wrong and Lombardi was only winged. She asks if he didn't kill Nick either since only one grave, Sullivan's was filled. She wants to know where Nick is. She begs him to know where Nick is. He stands and walks toward her saying he's saving Nick till last. He fires two shots at Jennifer then puts his hand toward the back of Sullivan's vehicle to fire his last shot but Jennifer shoots Dane in the chest. Still standing, he raises his hand again to fire and she fires two more shots. When he finally goes down, she runs to the vehicle and finds Nick, alive in the back.
At Homicide, Jennifer hangs up the phone and tells the team Alan Sullivan's funeral is the next day. Rhys says the Tribune will have it as front page. Allie mentions Narelle getting her story out and Duncan is sure no one will be asking Nick for his side. Rhys notes it will all be about Lombardi, who is the last man standing. Nick arrives back to work, his face bruised and battered from his ordeal. Jennifer asks him if he's ready to go through his statement and the two go into the kitchen. She hands him the papers but he pushes them aside and thanks her. He tells her he's withdrawn his resignation. She tells him she doesn't want to lose him then they go back to the statement.
Bernice arrives at Lombardi's office. He doesn't want any small talk and jumps right to her budget cuts for Homicide. He finds her recommendations quite creative and interesting reading but with a certain natural bias. She tells him that her belief Homicide is one of the most skilled and cohesive squads in the state police is based on experience, not bias. He agrees and admits that in the current crisis, Homicide has proved to be a most effective squad and agrees that under the proposed budget cuts Homicide could not function successfully which is why he will be dissolving Homicide altogether. Divisional detectives will handle single homicides and task forces will handle more complex cases. She asks about the current homicide detectives and he tells her that's up to her. A few retirements, a few transfers, but, make no mistake, there will be no more homicide squad.
For more information:
City Homicide Official Site: http://au.tv.yahoo.com/city-homicide/
Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1024932/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-17228
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