A Place to Call Home (2013–2018): Season 2, Episode 7 - No Other Love - full transcript

It won't be easy carrying
your dead child to term.

I have to tell James.

I'm just terrified
that I'll lose him.

Don't tell him, not yet.
But I...

I've had a thought.

Say nothing until we've spoken.

Sarah and I won't
be returning with you.

I thought we'd stay in town for
the night to celebrate her success.

Your brother and Mr James...

How is the unfortunate matter
proceeding?

You're sure?
Absolutely.



You'd have known last week if George
hadn't forbidden communication.

And she has no idea?

Isn't it delicious? You've won.

I thought
you'd be cock-a-hoop.

I wanted something
that would prove her unfit.

This simply proves her unavailable.

Well, it still sees her gone.

And me far less forgivable.

Perhaps if the news came from you...

I think not.

Well, it's your discovery.
Made on your instructions.

No, I need to be in a position
to pick up the pieces.

He'll forgive you.

Eventually.



As for your being here,

I would rather you leave
once the news is broken.

We struck a deal, remember?

Which I shall honour in due course.

No, you won't, unless you have to.
We both know that.

You'll stay or go as I see fit.

I hope you don't mind if we...

Oh, Reggie!
Surprise, my darling.

Welcome home.
It's marvellous to be home.

Well, we were thinking
of having supper in our room,

but since you're here
I think that...

Oh, please, no fuss, no fuss.
I'm here to stay.

We've plenty of time to catch up.

Nonsense. Grandmother?

Oh, it's been a long day.
We'll talk at breakfast.

Please give my best to Olivia.

I'll see you at breakfast.

James has been getting up to
all sorts of mischief, I hear,

with Amy's brother.

She was most forthcoming.

No, I think you'll
need me here for support.

Reggie's back. She's downstairs.

I thought she'd planned
to be away for months.

So did I.

I suspect Grandmother's venting
her spleen about the party.

I was shooed away.

But at least we enjoyed ourselves,

despite your being monopolised
by Andrew Swanson.

He was simply being friendly.

Yes, he was, to you more than most.

James, he feels he can talk to me.

We should invite him
down again. Soon.

Not too soon, and certainly not
while Anna's still here.

Amy, may I have a word, please?

Colleen, will you take the laundry?

This is not a pleasant task for me.

You've been indiscreet.

Oh, Mrs Standish said she knew.

She only suspected.

Unfortunately you have
confirmed those suspicions,

which puts me in
a very delicate position.

I would never do wrong by you
or Mr James, not deliberately.

I know, but I cannot risk
a similar occurrence.

Oh, but...

Ma'am, I miss my sister
and I do remind Mr James...

Yes.

So...

...I think perhaps I should go.

A wise choice. Thank you.

Three months' salary
and a fine recommendation

will be ready for you
within the hour.

Norman will drive you
wherever you wish to go.

I see no point in delaying matters.

Oh, no.

You go with my blessing.

Ma'am, I understand.

Oh...

Ohh...

That's what I thought
we might have lost.

Good morning, Colleen.
Morning, sir.

Where's Amy?
Uh, best ask Mrs Bligh.

Amy's gone.

Oh, apparently
her sister needed her.

We have more pressing matters,
George. Will you sit?

Before you continue, the party

must have dispelled
your doubts about Sarah.

This three-month trial nonsense...

That's something of a moot point
now. Will you sit?

Mother!
George, this is important. Please.

Regina returned last night...

...with information.

Oh, this honestly
brings me no pleasure.

Mother, there's nothing
you can tell me about Sarah

that's worse than I already know.

I'm afraid there is.

This is something
you couldn't possibly know.

Miss Adams doesn't
even know it herself.

Thank you for the bed.

Any time, my darling.

Father.

George!

George!

What's happened?

It doesn't concern either of you.

Not yet.

Hello!

What?

Regina's back.

What has she said?

Mother swears it's true.

George?

She says there's proof.

Of what?

They say your husband's alive.

Ah, my least favourite Bligh.

Regina.

Elizabeth mentioned
you'd relocated.

Did you run out of men in the city?

I came for the country air.

Oh, it's a lot less fresh suddenly.

What have you done?

Saved George
from becoming a bigamist.

Mrs Bligh is asking for you, ma'am.

That's my cue.

Miss Adams
has come for clarification.

I told you that
if you caused any trouble...

If you must shoot the messenger,
George, you must,

but I do hope
you understand in time.

I hope we can do this
without rancour.

Tell me.

I do regret having to do this.
Now!

Given Elizabeth's concerns,

I employed inquiry agents
throughout Europe.

I discovered a number
of disturbing facts -

facts it seems George is aware of,
so we won't even discuss them.

Everything changed, however,

when my man visited
your sister-in-law in Paris.

He sensed an unease when he
questioned her about your marriage.

He dug deeper
and imagine what he found.

Regina.

I apologise.

Madame Duval spends much time
with her invalid brother,

recently discovered alive
in a Jewish repatriation hospital.

The whys and wherefores
of his survival are unclear,

but he was recognised
by a former colleague

who joined the medical staff.

For eight years,
he was a brain-damaged John Doe.

A photograph taken by my man
a week ago.

Yes.

It is him.

Oh, dear God.

Sarah...

Would you mind
waiting outside, please?

Of course.
Thank you.

It's not fair for George
to have to hear this.

Rene was the love of my life.

For some reason, his sister
chose not to tell me he's alive.

Whatever your motives...

...thank you.

Without you, I may never have known.

So noble...
Enough!

Miss Adams, I...

...I wish you well.

Goodbye, Mrs Bligh.

What a sad and pathetic
creature you are.

Not a word.

I must go to him.

I know what he meant to you.

I know... I know what you
went through to survive for him.

I have to tell Jack
and move my things to Roy's.

I'll see to that.

I'll take the train
tomorrow to the city

and stay with Aunt Peg
until I leave.

You have to go by aeroplane.

You need to get there as soon
as possible. I will cover the cost.

You can't.
I can.

Whatever's needed to ease your way.

I'd fight if there was a point,
but there's not.

I know you. He's your husband.

I don't know what I'll find there.

You will be true
to whatever you find there.

That's who you are.

My darling...

Amy left, but I doubt
it's connected to that.

So nothing else
out of the ordinary has happened?

Just Reggie arriving.
What happened at the party?

Father was over the moon.
Sarah carried the day.

Go and see if you can get any more
out of Grandmother than we could.

Anna, I'm sure
we'll know soon enough.

Andrew sent his best wishes,
by the way.

You wouldn't mind if we had him
down again, would you?

Livvy...
He's quite moved on.

Of course I mind.

If Grandmother's done anything to
hurt them I will never forgive her.

George.

What's happened?

Oh...

Right.

I apologise
for leaving you in the lurch.

Well, you've got to go.
Of course you do.

Will you be back?

I don't know.

You never spoke of him much.

It's taken eight years
to hear the words I prayed for.

Well, if it makes you glad,
I'm glad.

How did they get it so wrong?

I really don't know.

Um, I'll come back tomorrow
for goodbyes.

I can't face everyone now.

Colleen will take that.

I feel like some air.

I won't be long.

I'd like to place a long-distance
call to a Sydney number, thank you.

Excuse me.

Sir, Mrs Bligh is on the telephone.
She says it's important.

Elizabeth Bligh?
Mrs James Bligh, ma'am.

Thank you.

I'm simply being a friend.

Hello.

I'm so sorry
to interrupt your dinner.

It's the only time I can telephone
without being noticed.

What you said as we left the party...

We shouldn't discuss this
on the telephone. We should meet.

How can you possibly help?

If you have the courage
for the solution

I can solve your problem.

You can't really come here,
I'm afraid,

but I may have
a good excuse to get away.

Let me know once you've arrived.

I have to go.

It's so tense downstairs.

James, I'm feeling
awfully uncomfortable

being caught up
in the middle of all of this.

Would you mind if I went
to stay in the city?

Thanks.

You get to bed at all?

Oh, I dozed here on and off.

You had a visitor.

George?

You were sleeping.

I don't think he knew what to say.

I wish he'd woken me.

How do you wanna get through today?

Uh, I want to say goodbye
to my patients and the staff.

I could whip you round
in the truck if you'd like.

Thanks. I'll take a late train,
make arrangements from Peg's.

You gonna give old Ma Bligh
a serve before you go?

Whatever pain she's caused,
she's given me something
extraordinary.

I should've felt him alive.
I should've known.

That's enough of that.

Lady Muck or not,

that old girl's gonna get
the sharp edge of my tongue

the next time I see her.

Watch yourself.

Father! Would you like
some company?

Not really. I'm sorry.

Are you going to see Sarah?
Later.

Don't you want to spend as much time
with her as possible?

I want to spend the rest
of my life with her. I can't.

It might not work out
with her husband.

It won't be for want of her trying.
You've gotta fight for her.

Anna!

Alright, I'll stay out of it.

If I know Sarah, she won't leave
without saying goodbye.

Let her come to you.

If there's anything I can do...

Your offering means the world.

It seems the family's
choosing to avoid us.

Hardly surprising.

I'd hoped to see George
before I left.

I've decided you're right.

A discreet withdrawal now
will bear fruit later.

Well, that would be
the decent course of action.

Any indecencies I show
come from your desire

to renege on our arrangement.

I will return.

I hate you both.

No-one would ever had known
if you two hadn't gone poking
around.

I did what I thought
was best, darling.

Would you rather your father
had become a bigamist, Anna?

What if it had come out
after the wedding?

Gino and I have set the date
of our wedding.

It's in six weeks
in the Catholic church.

And you... are not invited.

Fiery.

Tedious.

My dear friend.

You write.
I reckon I won't.

I'm not sure if this is
the right time,

but, uh, I'd like you to know
Carolyn and I...

Yes?

Yeah.

That's the nicest farewell gift
I could imagine.

You ready to face Doris?

As I'll ever be.

Miss Adams, Miss Adams,
when Alma told me you were leaving

I said, "No, dear,
that's quite impossible.

"Miss Adams is one of us."

But she left me with no choice
but to believe.

Your husband, I hear, alive?
Yes.

I mean no disrespect, but how
is it possible to mislay a husband?

I've enjoyed knowing you,
Mrs Collins.

Oh.

You go to him, Miss Adams.
Go to him and bring him home to us.

This is your home now.
I wish I could.

Sensitivity for poor Mr Bligh,
I understand,

but I'm going to say au revoir,
not goodbye,

in the hope that we do meet again.

You can't leave us!

Oh, girls! Now, decorum!

Oh!

Ah.
We've come to say goodbye.

Livvy's relocating to the city
until the tension subsides.

How is your father?

Trying to be strong.

I'll be with him. Don't worry.

Good.

You saved me.

Twice.

Two reasons I'm glad
I came into your lives.

Whatever happens,
I hope it brings happiness.

And to you.

I'm sure you'll be
a wonderful mother.

I hope so.

Take care.

Come on.

You're not to worry.
I can manage on my own.

Are you sure?

I'll do some shopping,
go to the cinema,

perhaps see a show,

and we will talk each night.

It's just best I stay here until
matters at Ash Park have settled.

All will be well.

Go.

I really think
I should stay the night.

James...
I don't like to leave you.

Especially at this stage.

I have weeks yet. Stop worrying!

Your father needs you more than I.

Alright.

Alright. 'Bye.

Bye-bye, little one.

Goodbye, darling.

I wish to place
a person-to-person call.

It seems we shall have
a house guest.

Who?
Olivia Bligh.

She's avoiding
some fracas at Ash Park.

Andrew...
Fear not.

Even I wouldn't assault
the virtue of a mother-to-be.

Oh, I'm so glad you came!

I've got something for you.

It's in six weeks
and it's for two people.

Your wedding.

We'd love you to come.

If anything could bring me back...

I won't say goodbye
because it won't be for long.

I love the way you view the world.

Be happy, both of you.

It wouldn't have
happened without you.

Oh, it just might
have taken longer.

I'm so glad we met.

Jack told me.

It's wonderful.

I'm a lucky girl.

I hope that works its magic.

I'm sorry. I have so much to do.
Please, come back.

I never thought I'd see the day
when that young slip of a girl

would make more sense than you.

I couldn't do it to George.

George.

I'm leaving.

I don't blame you.

You're my only family.

You should have thought of that

before you let Mother
draw you into her schemes.

As you say, drawn in,
which hardly makes me culpable.

Please see that.

You're not welcome to stay again.

But I may visit?

At least that's not a no.

Don't look so worried.

Everything's going
to be alright. You'll see.

Roy.

Mr Bligh.

How is she?

She's not sure
which way's up or down.

Part of her must be happy.
Part.

Part of her is
as miserable as a wet bee.

You being a gentleman is helping.

You'll be seeing her
before she goes, I s'pose?

Of course.

Now, you can tell me to bugger off
if I'm overstepping the mark,

but something needs saying.

She's been doing
the rounds of goodbyes

and it's clear as day
that she'll be missed

and, by crikey, she's gonna miss us,

but there's something
she needs to hear, Mr Bligh,

and I reckon you're
the only one that can say it.

Mr Briggs.

Missy earned more love
in six months here

than you've done in a lifetime.

I reckon a lot of people around here

are gonna be awake up to you
after this,

and it's about time.

You can't be serious.
I am.

I...I couldn't.
Why not?

I couldn't live with the deception.

But if it were to save
your marriage...

How could it possibly work?

More simply than you can imagine.

Tell your obstetrician
you've found a new man,

then meet Dr Jarvis.

A simple transfer of funds
sees the process underway.

Jarvis finds a girl in trouble
with an imminent delivery,

as soon as she goes into labour,
you're induced -

a private clinic, of course,
discretion bought -

and you emerge with a bonny
bouncing babe in your arms.

And the mother?

Will be well compensated

for something she never
wanted in the first place.

You'd be solving her problem too.

It's unthinkable.

You underestimate yourself.

It's true that the last thing
the family needs is more
unhappiness.

New life - what greater happiness?

You can bring joy to everyone
if you're brave enough.

Perhaps.

I'll tell Mother to expect you.

Are you sure?
I don't mind staying here.

No, you've too much time
alone here to think.

Her prattle at least
serves as a diversion.

I'll get proceedings underway
and hopefully, with any luck,

it will all be over within a week.

What if I change my mind?

That is why I don't
want you here thinking.

But what if I do?

If that's at all possible,
we stop right now.

When I sailed from England

I could never have even
contemplated something like this.

What happened?

I was in love.

I discovered it wasn't
what I thought it to be.

What was it, then?

Love still, but different.

Stronger in a way.

A sort of love I could
never have conceived of.

There it is, then.

A love you couldn't conceive

saved by an act you would
never have imagined -

a certain symmetry.

Yes.

So?

Yes.

Our driver will collect you.

Hello.

I thought you might
need the company.

You will miss her.

Oh, we all will.

Not Mother.

Oh, yes, she will,
possibly more than most.

She hadn't had a crusade since
she got me out of the gutter.

Sarah gave her one.
I hadn't thought of it that way.

She got her fire back.

Now she'll sit up there
with nothing to do

but think about what this cost her.

That's not a happy thought.

George always
forgives her eventually.

She's a tough old thing.

She's nowhere near as tough as she
makes out, and with a crook heart.

I've seen it before.
What?

People like her give up.

You're joking. Surely.

Well, I reckon she's more
at risk here than George.

You did tell Mr Bligh
I wished him to join me?

Uh, yes, ma'am.
Well, then we'll need a second cup.

He, um...

...he said...

Come on, girl. Out with it.
He said he'd better things to do,
ma'am.

I see. Well, you may pour.

Oh, perfect timing,
my darling. James!

We will need
that second cup after all.

Have you seen your father?

Yes, I have.

Look, I accept that
I have broken his heart,

but I have saved him
from far worse in the future.

Come and sit.
No, thank you. I won't.

Surely this doesn't preclude
our taking tea together?

I don't want Father thinking
there may be collusion.

I see.

Well, then I ask just one thing.

Yes?

Any glimmer of softening towards me,
will you encourage it, please?

I will if I see it.
I suspect I won't.

Oh, don't worry.

Oh! Oh!

Call it off!

I suggest you get back in the car.

I'll take to him with
the wheel brace if you don't!

Lucky!

Come here.

Come here! Come here.

Heel. That's it. Heel.

Heel! Heel. Good boy.

There's something you should know

before you try
and malign me to George.

You assume I will.

You won't leave without trying.

I know about James.

I'd hate him to become
the source of rumour.

You'd do that, wouldn't you?

If I hear you've poisoned
George against me.

I wouldn't give you
the satisfaction of warning him.

I want you to know
when George doesn't want you

it's for one reason only -

because he sees you for what you are.

Heel. Heel!

I said I'd see you gone.

Get her.

Good boy.

You all packed?

I'm on the late train.

Would you like me
to take you to the station?

I think it's best
that we say goodbye here.

Roy is taking me.

Of course.

This should be enough.

I will reimburse you.

If you must.

I wanted to...
Make sure that you...

Please.
No, you.

I won't lie. This breaks my heart.

I'm trying to do what's right.

I will always treasure
having met you.

And me you.

There's enough there
for your return flight

and one back for your husband.

There's something you need to hear
and it must come from me.

You've found a home here

and you shouldn't lose it
because we've lost each other.

My heart would break even more

if what we've had got in the way
of your coming back.

If it seems right,
you bring him home.

I couldn't do that.
If it's right, you have to.

I love you.

I always will.

♪ "No Other Love" - Alex Oomens

Olivia, dear,
how lovely to see you.

Thank you so much.
Come on in.

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