A Helping Hand

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0:01:06 > 0:01:08One significant event form.

0:01:12 > 0:01:15How are we supposed to establish a chain of events

0:01:15 > 0:01:17that went wrong based on this?

0:01:17 > 0:01:19Nothing went wrong.

0:01:19 > 0:01:22You're pandering to a disgruntled mischief-maker.

0:01:22 > 0:01:25Mrs Henning has lodged a very serious complaint against you.

0:01:25 > 0:01:28I'm obliged to investigate, and I suggest you cooperate.

0:01:28 > 0:01:30Legally, she does not have a leg to stand on.

0:01:30 > 0:01:33If you supported me, you would have told her that.

0:01:33 > 0:01:35Mrs Henning is determined to get you struck off,

0:01:35 > 0:01:38and we both know she could get you into some serious trouble.

0:01:38 > 0:01:40I need a full account of your actions

0:01:40 > 0:01:42and decision-making process.

0:01:42 > 0:01:46Don't waste this opportunity to tell your side of the story.

0:01:46 > 0:01:50That's all I have to say. Take it or leave it.

0:01:50 > 0:01:51Right. Have it your way.

0:01:51 > 0:01:55I'm sure Daniel and Zara will have a few questions for you.

0:01:55 > 0:01:58What, you've got four of us on this?

0:01:58 > 0:02:00Have we not got better things to be doing?

0:02:00 > 0:02:02Be under no illusion, Alistair,

0:02:02 > 0:02:04this has implications for the partnership.

0:02:04 > 0:02:07I've booked an off-site room. I'll email you the details.

0:02:07 > 0:02:08Be there, 2.15 sharp.

0:02:15 > 0:02:17Owen, this is great. It hits just the right note.

0:02:17 > 0:02:19Email it to the client.

0:02:22 > 0:02:23Could you...?

0:02:26 > 0:02:27So sorry. Are you all right?

0:02:27 > 0:02:30- No worries.- My hand slipped!

0:02:30 > 0:02:31It's OK.

0:02:33 > 0:02:35What's wrong with you? This has got to stop!

0:02:39 > 0:02:42Just to warn you that today's meeting will a little more taxing

0:02:42 > 0:02:45than I'd hoped - Al isn't cooperating.

0:02:46 > 0:02:49No doctor likes having their decisions questioned.

0:02:49 > 0:02:51I don't really know what we're going to achieve -

0:02:51 > 0:02:53it's all so subjective.

0:02:53 > 0:02:54And abortion's a minefield.

0:02:54 > 0:02:58Nevertheless, we have a duty to investigate.

0:02:58 > 0:03:01Wait - if Al's not on board, we could just be wasting our time.

0:03:01 > 0:03:03He'll end up feeling alienated and victimised,

0:03:03 > 0:03:05and we've been there before.

0:03:05 > 0:03:06- Is that what you want? - Of course not.

0:03:06 > 0:03:09But we have to take Mrs Henning's complaint seriously.

0:03:09 > 0:03:13Ah. I see you've started the inquisition without me.

0:03:13 > 0:03:15Come and get a coffee, Al.

0:03:15 > 0:03:17Why don't you tell me you verdict now?

0:03:17 > 0:03:19We can skip all the faffing about.

0:03:19 > 0:03:21Alienated and victimised - told you.

0:03:22 > 0:03:24Sorry I'm late.

0:03:24 > 0:03:28Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! What's she doing here? She's not a partner.

0:03:28 > 0:03:29"She" does have a name.

0:03:29 > 0:03:32I've asked Emma to assist with the review today -

0:03:32 > 0:03:33we're using role play.

0:03:35 > 0:03:37Take a seat, please.

0:03:40 > 0:03:43Owen Prentice - I'm here to pick up my prescription.

0:03:43 > 0:03:45What's happened?

0:03:45 > 0:03:46It's nothing.

0:03:47 > 0:03:49You're bleeding!

0:03:49 > 0:03:52It's fine, really. If you'll just let me have my prescription...

0:03:52 > 0:03:55I'd quite like to have a look at that injury first. Come through.

0:03:58 > 0:04:01Mrs Henning's complaint is that her daughter was not mature enough

0:04:01 > 0:04:04to make a decision about having an abortion at the time.

0:04:04 > 0:04:07She also maintains that Al was pursuing an agenda.

0:04:07 > 0:04:09That's ridiculous!

0:04:09 > 0:04:10Fliss came to talk to me

0:04:10 > 0:04:13because she couldn't talk to her overprotective mother!

0:04:13 > 0:04:14Can I finish?

0:04:14 > 0:04:18Mrs Henning claims that Al unduly influenced Felicity at a time

0:04:18 > 0:04:20when she was most vulnerable

0:04:20 > 0:04:23and, as a consequence, she now deeply regrets the abortion.

0:04:23 > 0:04:27Now, I asked Al to complete a significant event form.

0:04:27 > 0:04:32Al's version of events reads - "14-year-old girl

0:04:32 > 0:04:36"asked me to arrange an abortion for her, so I did."

0:04:36 > 0:04:38That is just childish.

0:04:39 > 0:04:44Al, can you talk us through your dealings with Felicity?

0:04:44 > 0:04:46When was the first time that you saw her?

0:04:46 > 0:04:50- Her mother dragged her in to see me a couple of weeks ago.- Dragged?

0:04:50 > 0:04:53Yeah, no way did Fliss want to be there.

0:04:53 > 0:04:55Her mother had put her symptoms into the internet

0:04:55 > 0:04:57and came up with leukaemia.

0:04:57 > 0:05:00She blathered on about that for a while until I got shot of her.

0:05:00 > 0:05:04So then you had a chance to speak to Fliss alone?

0:05:04 > 0:05:06She clearly had something on her mind.

0:05:06 > 0:05:08No way was she going to spill the beans in front of the mother.

0:05:08 > 0:05:11And did she? Spill the beans?

0:05:11 > 0:05:15No. I'd just won her confidence over when the mother resurfaced.

0:05:17 > 0:05:19Fliss asked me to confirm for the mother

0:05:19 > 0:05:22that she didn't have leukaemia and they left.

0:05:22 > 0:05:25How would you describe their relationship?

0:05:26 > 0:05:31Teenager mortified by embarrassing parent.

0:05:31 > 0:05:32We even laughed about her.

0:05:34 > 0:05:36So what happened?

0:05:36 > 0:05:39I fell over.

0:05:40 > 0:05:42'Sometimes I bump into things.

0:05:42 > 0:05:45'I'm still a bit wobbly on my feet after the stroke.

0:05:47 > 0:05:51'One minute I'm walking along, the next, I'm flat on my face.'

0:05:51 > 0:05:55These injuries aren't consistent with a fall.

0:05:55 > 0:05:56Were you in a fight?

0:05:56 > 0:05:58No.

0:05:58 > 0:06:00A friend tried to stop me falling.

0:06:00 > 0:06:02What, by punching you in the face?

0:06:04 > 0:06:07You're going to have a proper shiner.

0:06:10 > 0:06:13Could you put a bit more bandage on? It's quite sore.

0:06:13 > 0:06:15It'll restrict the movement in your hand.

0:06:15 > 0:06:16That's OK.

0:06:19 > 0:06:23The next day Fliss came to my drop-in, without her mother.

0:06:23 > 0:06:26She told me very calmly that she was pregnant

0:06:26 > 0:06:28and she asked for an abortion.

0:06:28 > 0:06:30She confirmed her parents weren't aware of the pregnancy

0:06:30 > 0:06:36and, when I advised her that she should tell her mother, she refused.

0:06:37 > 0:06:38Did she say why?

0:06:39 > 0:06:42She said that her mother would make her have the baby.

0:06:42 > 0:06:45She told me that Mrs Henning is anti-abortion.

0:06:45 > 0:06:48You're sure of that?

0:06:48 > 0:06:50She spoke at great length about her mother's views.

0:06:50 > 0:06:54Did you suggest that she confide in someone else?

0:06:54 > 0:06:56Maybe another relative, or a teacher?

0:06:56 > 0:07:00Yes, I did! But she didn't want to talk - she wanted an abortion.

0:07:00 > 0:07:02What about the father? Did you talk about him?

0:07:02 > 0:07:05Of course I did! It was some kid from school.

0:07:05 > 0:07:08It was consensual sex, it was their first time and the condom broke.

0:07:08 > 0:07:10And you're positive about that?

0:07:10 > 0:07:11No. I wasn't there.

0:07:11 > 0:07:14That would've been really weird and inappropriate, Daniel.

0:07:14 > 0:07:17That's weird, W-E-I-R-D!

0:07:18 > 0:07:20Can you tell us what happened at the clinic?

0:07:20 > 0:07:23Before we went in, I asked her again

0:07:23 > 0:07:26if she wanted to speak to her mother and she declined.

0:07:28 > 0:07:31The doctor saw her and agreed to the termination

0:07:31 > 0:07:33and they booked her an appointment.

0:07:33 > 0:07:35Which is when you intervened

0:07:35 > 0:07:37and brought forward the date of the procedure?

0:07:37 > 0:07:39They couldn't do it for two weeks. Fliss didn't want to wait.

0:07:39 > 0:07:43And I didn't want my patient having the extra stress so, yeah,

0:07:43 > 0:07:46I persuaded them to move it forward.

0:07:46 > 0:07:49Let's talk about the day of the procedure.

0:07:49 > 0:07:51Now, you went with her, didn't you?

0:07:51 > 0:07:54You accompanied her to the actual procedure?!

0:07:54 > 0:07:57Well, no wonder her mother's questioning your motives!

0:08:02 > 0:08:04Stop it. No. Stop it.

0:08:07 > 0:08:08Leave it, please! Just...

0:08:10 > 0:08:11Stop it!

0:08:18 > 0:08:20You forgot your prescription.

0:08:21 > 0:08:23Thanks.

0:08:24 > 0:08:26Er, do you want to come back inside?

0:08:31 > 0:08:32So what did you talk about

0:08:32 > 0:08:36while you waited for her to have the procedure?

0:08:36 > 0:08:38I offered her the chance to pull out.

0:08:38 > 0:08:40I told her if she wasn't sure she could always postpone.

0:08:40 > 0:08:42And, just for a change,

0:08:42 > 0:08:45I asked her if she wanted to speak to her mum but, AGAIN, she declined.

0:08:45 > 0:08:48Mrs Henning said you told Felicity to get an abortion.

0:08:48 > 0:08:50- You didn't? Are you crazy?! - No, not like that.

0:08:50 > 0:08:53She asked me what I would advise my 14-year-old daughter,

0:08:53 > 0:08:55and I answered her truthfully.

0:08:56 > 0:08:59When did honesty become a crime?!

0:08:59 > 0:09:00All right. Thank you, Al.

0:09:00 > 0:09:02- So - suggestions?- Yeah.

0:09:02 > 0:09:06Al got over-involved. For me, that's the main issue.

0:09:06 > 0:09:07I was doing my duty!

0:09:07 > 0:09:08You let your feelings

0:09:08 > 0:09:12and your beliefs interfere with your clinical judgement.

0:09:12 > 0:09:13Zara's right.

0:09:13 > 0:09:15Oh, the irony. I've got the sisterhood on my back

0:09:15 > 0:09:17because I supported a woman's right to choose!

0:09:17 > 0:09:20Who's doing the choosing, Al - you or Fliss?

0:09:20 > 0:09:22Fliss!

0:09:23 > 0:09:26I suppose you think I'm completely nuts.

0:09:26 > 0:09:28I'm not here to judge, mate.

0:09:28 > 0:09:31I'd like to help if I can.

0:09:31 > 0:09:32You can't help.

0:09:34 > 0:09:39I noticed a reference to anarchic hand syndrome in your notes.

0:09:39 > 0:09:41It's not something I'm familiar with,

0:09:41 > 0:09:46but it's a pretty good description of what I just witnessed outside.

0:09:47 > 0:09:49Meet Mr Hyde. All right, that's enough.

0:09:51 > 0:09:54Did this all start after you had your stroke?

0:09:54 > 0:09:57Just after - as I recovered feeling and movement,

0:09:57 > 0:10:01my left hand started doing... unexpected things.

0:10:01 > 0:10:04Oh, that's Mr Hyde?

0:10:04 > 0:10:07Most of the time, he behaves like a petulant child,

0:10:07 > 0:10:10but...he can be quite mean.

0:10:14 > 0:10:16Any idea why he'd want to hit you?

0:10:18 > 0:10:20Because I was smashing him against a wall.

0:10:21 > 0:10:23Things have got quite bad between us recently.

0:10:23 > 0:10:25After I returned to work.

0:10:25 > 0:10:26Mr Hyde doesn't like your job?

0:10:26 > 0:10:28It's...

0:10:28 > 0:10:32It's not the job that's the problem - it's one of my colleagues.

0:10:32 > 0:10:34Zac, the new guy.

0:10:35 > 0:10:37'He's a brilliant designer.

0:10:37 > 0:10:39'Miranda, our boss, really rates him.

0:10:39 > 0:10:41'But, for some reason, Mr Hyde hates his guts.

0:10:41 > 0:10:44'Any chance he gets to have a go at him, he'll take it.'

0:10:44 > 0:10:46Oh, so sorry!

0:10:46 > 0:10:50'Things have got so bad, I'm afraid to go into work.'

0:10:50 > 0:10:53Does your consultant know how bad things are?

0:10:55 > 0:10:56Not much he can do.

0:10:57 > 0:10:59There's no cure or treatment.

0:10:59 > 0:11:02Things might get better on their own eventually,

0:11:02 > 0:11:05or...I might be stuck like this.

0:11:06 > 0:11:09Does your boss know about the condition?

0:11:09 > 0:11:10No.

0:11:13 > 0:11:17So why don't you tell her? You said she's good about time off.

0:11:17 > 0:11:19She's been fantastic.

0:11:19 > 0:11:21I was on full pay the whole time I was off sick.

0:11:21 > 0:11:25She visited me in hospital. She's lovely, but...

0:11:25 > 0:11:26- Well...- I just can't.

0:11:30 > 0:11:32She'll think I'm a freak.

0:11:32 > 0:11:34No, I doubt it.

0:11:36 > 0:11:38My left hand has a mind of its own.

0:11:38 > 0:11:41I go to bed wearing an oven glove.

0:11:41 > 0:11:42- I- think I'm a freak!

0:11:45 > 0:11:49Your test is positive. I can confirm you're pregnant.

0:11:49 > 0:11:50Have you told anyone?

0:11:50 > 0:11:52No. I want an abortion.

0:11:52 > 0:11:55If you tell your mother, she can help make the arrangements.

0:11:55 > 0:11:58I can't tell my mother because she doesn't believe in abortion.

0:11:58 > 0:12:00If I tell her, then she'll make me have the baby.

0:12:00 > 0:12:04Is there anyone else you trust, apart from me?

0:12:04 > 0:12:06An aunt, or a teacher?

0:12:06 > 0:12:08Do you think abortion is wrong?

0:12:11 > 0:12:12No. No!

0:12:12 > 0:12:15I don't think there's any other option for a 14-year-old girl.

0:12:16 > 0:12:19Do you think that my mother is wrong?

0:12:19 > 0:12:21This is stupid! Fliss didn't ask these questions.

0:12:21 > 0:12:25She'd done her research - she was always very sure of herself during our consultation.

0:12:25 > 0:12:27Yes, but if she HAD asked you the question,

0:12:27 > 0:12:30if she HAD said, "Do you think my mother is wrong?"

0:12:30 > 0:12:31what would you have said?

0:12:31 > 0:12:34I'd have told her it's wrong for parents to force their views on their kids.

0:12:34 > 0:12:36But you were very free with YOUR views.

0:12:36 > 0:12:39You told her that the best option for her was an abortion!

0:12:39 > 0:12:41Only after she'd asked for my opinion.

0:12:41 > 0:12:44Did you give her any other options at all?

0:12:44 > 0:12:46Continuing with the pregnancy is valid,

0:12:46 > 0:12:48whatever her mother's views on abortion.

0:12:48 > 0:12:50She could have gone for adoption.

0:12:50 > 0:12:54There is no other option for a 14-year-old girl other than abortion.

0:12:54 > 0:12:56Fliss isn't mature enough to have a baby!

0:12:56 > 0:12:58She wants to live her life.

0:12:58 > 0:13:00If she hadn't have had the abortion it would have been a disaster

0:13:00 > 0:13:03and potentially ruined at least two lives.

0:13:03 > 0:13:05OK, it can be a disaster for some.

0:13:05 > 0:13:08But I have known teenagers who've made great parents.

0:13:08 > 0:13:11I want to know how hard you pushed at this stage

0:13:11 > 0:13:12to get her to talk to her mum,

0:13:12 > 0:13:15because it doesn't sound to me like you pursued that option.

0:13:15 > 0:13:19I'm not in the business of browbeating 14-year-olds!

0:13:19 > 0:13:23Did it even occur to you that she may have wanted to tell her mum,

0:13:23 > 0:13:26but was just too frightened?

0:13:26 > 0:13:29I keep telling you this, but you just don't listen.

0:13:29 > 0:13:32She didn't want her mum to know. Let me put it in a different way for you.

0:13:32 > 0:13:35SHE DIDN'T WANT HER MUM TO KNOW!

0:13:41 > 0:13:43Owen - your face...

0:13:43 > 0:13:44What happened?

0:13:44 > 0:13:46It's nothing. I...slipped.

0:13:48 > 0:13:54Miranda, I've decided it would be best for everyone if I resigned.

0:13:54 > 0:13:55What?

0:13:55 > 0:13:58It's...not fair to keep you hanging on indefinitely.

0:13:58 > 0:14:01And I'm not sure when I'll be properly fit enough to continue.

0:14:01 > 0:14:03Owen, you helped build this company.

0:14:03 > 0:14:06You take off as much time as you need.

0:14:06 > 0:14:08PHONE RINGS

0:14:11 > 0:14:12Thanks, Sarah.

0:14:14 > 0:14:16I need to deal with this. I'll be right back.

0:14:16 > 0:14:18I'm not going to change my mind.

0:14:18 > 0:14:20Please.

0:14:20 > 0:14:22PHONE RINGS

0:14:22 > 0:14:23Hello?

0:14:23 > 0:14:26'Hello, Owen, it's Chris, from the campus surgery.

0:14:26 > 0:14:28'I've just been chatting to a colleague

0:14:28 > 0:14:31'and I've had some ideas about why your hand has issues with Zac.

0:14:31 > 0:14:34- It's no use. - 'D'you want to pop down later?

0:14:34 > 0:14:37'Scuse me.

0:14:37 > 0:14:38'Hello? Owen?'

0:14:38 > 0:14:41Ah! Sorry, sorry.

0:14:41 > 0:14:43Stop it, I'm warning you!

0:14:43 > 0:14:45'Owen? Owen?'

0:14:50 > 0:14:55OK. Up to this point, Emma, what would you have done differently?

0:14:58 > 0:15:02Well...after confirming the pregnancy,

0:15:02 > 0:15:05I would have taken more time exploring her feelings.

0:15:05 > 0:15:07What, in a ten-minute consultation?

0:15:07 > 0:15:10Half of which was taken up with a pregnancy test?

0:15:10 > 0:15:13If you had probed a little deeper, perhaps you wouldn't have

0:15:13 > 0:15:17ended up holding her hand at the clinic - on two separate occasions.

0:15:17 > 0:15:19What about safeguarding?

0:15:19 > 0:15:20What about it?!

0:15:20 > 0:15:23Felicity told you she had consensual sex with a peer

0:15:23 > 0:15:25and you accepted that without question.

0:15:25 > 0:15:28Did it ever occur to you, for example, that she was being

0:15:28 > 0:15:30groomed by an adult and was covering for them?

0:15:30 > 0:15:33No! She wasn't being abused.

0:15:33 > 0:15:36Look, I was the one she turned to.

0:15:36 > 0:15:37I was there for her!

0:15:37 > 0:15:38More's the pity.

0:15:38 > 0:15:40What?!

0:15:40 > 0:15:42I think if it hadn't have been you dealing with Fliss,

0:15:42 > 0:15:44we wouldn't be having this review.

0:15:44 > 0:15:47Oh, you just love judging me, don't you?

0:15:47 > 0:15:50I've never been quite good enough, have I?

0:15:52 > 0:15:53I'm going for a fag.

0:15:54 > 0:15:58Take the blinkers off while you're out there, Al, why don't you?

0:16:00 > 0:16:03I'm so sorry.

0:16:03 > 0:16:06Will someone please tell me what's going on?

0:16:08 > 0:16:10Looks like it's down to me. Um...

0:16:10 > 0:16:13Virtually from the day he's come back to work, he's had it in for me.

0:16:13 > 0:16:16At first I thought I was imagining it -

0:16:16 > 0:16:19the umbrella stuck in my path, the spilled drinks,

0:16:19 > 0:16:21the elbows in my ribs.

0:16:21 > 0:16:24But when someone tries to punch you in the face for no good reason,

0:16:24 > 0:16:27I guess there's no mistaking their intention, is there?

0:16:27 > 0:16:30Owen? Owen, is this true?

0:16:30 > 0:16:31It's...

0:16:32 > 0:16:33It's complicated.

0:16:34 > 0:16:36Zac, I'm truly sorry.

0:16:36 > 0:16:38I'm not normally...

0:16:38 > 0:16:40I haven't been myself.

0:16:40 > 0:16:43Can I have a word? In private?

0:16:45 > 0:16:47Can you step outside, please?

0:16:53 > 0:16:55Zac, I had no idea.

0:16:56 > 0:16:59I never would have thought him capable of this kind of behaviour.

0:16:59 > 0:17:04For as long as I've known him, he's been mild-mannered.

0:17:04 > 0:17:05Gentle, even.

0:17:05 > 0:17:07I'm gay.

0:17:07 > 0:17:09Some people find that offensive.

0:17:10 > 0:17:13And you think Owen's homophobic?

0:17:13 > 0:17:15I don't go out of my way to broadcast it,

0:17:15 > 0:17:18but I'm not in the closet, either.

0:17:18 > 0:17:21I can't think of any other reason for his conduct.

0:17:32 > 0:17:34I can't believe how involved he got with all this.

0:17:34 > 0:17:37Al's a law unto himself at the best of times,

0:17:37 > 0:17:40but I've got a feeling that things are going to get ugly.

0:17:47 > 0:17:50Can you offer me any explanation for your attacks on Zac?

0:17:57 > 0:18:00I've decided to accept your resignation.

0:18:00 > 0:18:04Given the circumstances, I think it's best you leave immediately.

0:18:15 > 0:18:18I'd like now to consider the positives that Al has identified.

0:18:21 > 0:18:23"I followed practice procedures

0:18:23 > 0:18:26"and ensured the patient got what she wanted."

0:18:27 > 0:18:30I'm afraid I don't agree.

0:18:30 > 0:18:32Fliss deeply regrets having the abortion.

0:18:32 > 0:18:35And where in the practice procedures does it say

0:18:35 > 0:18:38that patients should be accompanied to appointments

0:18:38 > 0:18:39and have their fares paid?

0:18:39 > 0:18:42There was no way of knowing how she would feel after!

0:18:42 > 0:18:46All right, fair enough, I was uncomfortable

0:18:46 > 0:18:49with the level of my involvement, but I had no choice.

0:18:49 > 0:18:51I was motivated by the needs of my patient.

0:18:51 > 0:18:55Actually, I don't think you were.

0:18:55 > 0:18:57I also believe that Felicity's reaction to the abortion

0:18:57 > 0:19:00could have been foreseen.

0:19:00 > 0:19:02Howard, I'd like to do another role play.

0:19:02 > 0:19:04Fantastic, our resident psychic

0:19:04 > 0:19:06wants to channel her inner pregnant teenager -

0:19:06 > 0:19:08that's exactly what this situation needs(!)

0:19:08 > 0:19:11Felicity was uncertain about the abortion.

0:19:11 > 0:19:13It doesn't take special powers to realise that.

0:19:13 > 0:19:15OK, prove me wrong.

0:19:15 > 0:19:18- Fine.- Let's pick it up from when you made the first appointment.

0:19:18 > 0:19:20They'll see you tomorrow at 12.30.

0:19:20 > 0:19:22You can go in your lunch break. There's the address.

0:19:22 > 0:19:25- That's miles away. How am I going to get there?- You can take a taxi.

0:19:25 > 0:19:27I don't have that kind of money.

0:19:27 > 0:19:28Well, there's the fare.

0:19:28 > 0:19:30Thank you.

0:19:30 > 0:19:33But will you come with me, Dr Haskey?

0:19:33 > 0:19:36Please? I can't go through this alone.

0:19:37 > 0:19:39OK.

0:19:39 > 0:19:40What?!

0:19:40 > 0:19:43If I were confronted by that type of behaviour,

0:19:43 > 0:19:46I'd have serious doubts about her ability to cope with the procedure,

0:19:46 > 0:19:47let alone its aftermath.

0:19:47 > 0:19:51These were exceptional circumstances, and someone had to be with her.

0:19:51 > 0:19:53Were you going to be there for her

0:19:53 > 0:19:56when she woke in the middle of the night, regretting her decision?

0:19:56 > 0:20:00Felicity was relying on you to take on that parental role.

0:20:00 > 0:20:05No, she didn't need a parent.

0:20:05 > 0:20:07She needed a friend.

0:20:18 > 0:20:19- You've resigned?- I...

0:20:19 > 0:20:22You don't have to do this.

0:20:22 > 0:20:24- Two months' salary.- I...

0:20:24 > 0:20:26Take it.

0:20:26 > 0:20:28You'll need all the money you can get.

0:20:28 > 0:20:30Wait.

0:20:30 > 0:20:34Can I just have a chat with Owen before you accept his resignation?

0:20:34 > 0:20:35Just leave it!

0:20:35 > 0:20:39Miranda's accepted my resignation so she doesn't have to fire me.

0:20:39 > 0:20:40I punched Zac.

0:20:40 > 0:20:43Attacking a colleague because he's gay is a hate crime.

0:20:45 > 0:20:46Zac's gay?!

0:20:46 > 0:20:48You're lucky he doesn't want to take this further,

0:20:48 > 0:20:52- otherwise the police would be involved.- That's not why...

0:20:52 > 0:20:55I had no idea Zac's gay, I swear.

0:20:56 > 0:20:59Well, can you tell her why you hit him?

0:20:59 > 0:21:01Please, mind your own business.

0:21:01 > 0:21:03She is calling you a homophobic thug!

0:21:13 > 0:21:17Look, you're clearly in two minds about this.

0:21:17 > 0:21:19- Come on.- OK.

0:21:36 > 0:21:38Owen, I think I deserve an explanation.

0:21:42 > 0:21:48Sometimes I...lose control of my left hand.

0:21:48 > 0:21:51Because of the stroke.

0:21:51 > 0:21:53It does things that I don't want it to do,

0:21:53 > 0:21:58things I wouldn't choose do in a million years, like hitting Zac.

0:22:00 > 0:22:01I wouldn't believe it either,

0:22:01 > 0:22:04if I didn't have to live with it every day.

0:22:04 > 0:22:08So you're telling me your left hand has a will of its own?

0:22:09 > 0:22:13And this is an actual medical condition?

0:22:13 > 0:22:15It's called anarchic hand syndrome.

0:22:15 > 0:22:18Chris is a nurse at my medical practice. Miranda - my boss.

0:22:20 > 0:22:25So you're treating Owen for this... anarchic hand.

0:22:25 > 0:22:28Not exactly - there isn't really a treatment.

0:22:28 > 0:22:30Yeah.

0:22:30 > 0:22:33I treated Owen for injuries he sustained

0:22:33 > 0:22:36after having an argument with his hand.

0:22:36 > 0:22:38You hit yourself in the face?

0:22:39 > 0:22:42Mr Hyde hit me in the face.

0:22:42 > 0:22:46We fell out after he poured coffee over Zac's presentation.

0:22:47 > 0:22:50You call your hand Mr Hyde?

0:22:51 > 0:22:56Yeah, patients with the syndrome often give their hand a name.

0:22:56 > 0:22:58It helps to distinguish it from themselves.

0:22:58 > 0:23:01So you really aren't responsible for attacking Zac?

0:23:01 > 0:23:03I still feel terrible about it.

0:23:07 > 0:23:12Any chance you'd consider withdrawing Owen's resignation,

0:23:12 > 0:23:13now you know the truth?

0:23:15 > 0:23:18I'd love for you to stay on...

0:23:19 > 0:23:23..but I can't have Mr Hyde here persecuting another employee.

0:23:23 > 0:23:27I don't think that'll be a problem, now he knows that Zac's gay.

0:23:27 > 0:23:29I don't understand.

0:23:29 > 0:23:33Miranda, you're a wonderful person,

0:23:33 > 0:23:34and...

0:23:37 > 0:23:39..you've...

0:23:40 > 0:23:43..been a great friend.

0:23:43 > 0:23:47I'll never forget waking up in hospital after my stroke

0:23:47 > 0:23:51to see you at my bedside, or any of the kind

0:23:51 > 0:23:55and thoughtful things you did for me while I was recuperating.

0:23:55 > 0:23:58My feelings for you have...

0:24:02 > 0:24:04I guess Mr Hyde felt the same way.

0:24:07 > 0:24:12When I came back to work and met Zac for the first time, it was a blow.

0:24:12 > 0:24:17He's funny, talented...fit.

0:24:19 > 0:24:20You got on so well, I thought...

0:24:22 > 0:24:23Me and Zac..?

0:24:23 > 0:24:26You're beautiful and generous...

0:24:26 > 0:24:27My God...

0:24:27 > 0:24:30And maybe in some parallel universe, you'd look twice at someone like me.

0:24:30 > 0:24:33A man can dream.

0:24:33 > 0:24:35But with Mr Perfect waiting in the wings,

0:24:35 > 0:24:38it was only a matter of time until...

0:24:38 > 0:24:40Well, that's what I thought.

0:24:42 > 0:24:45Zac isn't even my type.

0:24:45 > 0:24:47Even before he was gay.

0:24:51 > 0:24:55I guess Mr Hyde will be really pleased to hear that.

0:24:57 > 0:24:59Do you think he was jealous?

0:25:01 > 0:25:05Well, unlike me, he finds it hard to control his emotions.

0:25:22 > 0:25:27OK, given everything we've discussed today,

0:25:27 > 0:25:30do you still maintain that there is nothing to be concerned about?

0:25:32 > 0:25:36I would not have done a single thing differently,

0:25:36 > 0:25:38not one single thing.

0:25:38 > 0:25:41How can you be so complacent?!

0:25:41 > 0:25:44At the very least, you should have referred it to the partners!

0:25:44 > 0:25:46Your relationship with Fliss was inappropriate.

0:25:46 > 0:25:49You should have kept your distance, right through the process.

0:25:49 > 0:25:51Zara's right.

0:25:51 > 0:25:55You need to drop the arrogance and learn a bit of humility.

0:25:55 > 0:26:01Daniel Granger and Zara Carmichael are lecturing me on arrogance?!

0:26:01 > 0:26:03I laugh at you!

0:26:03 > 0:26:04Oh, and what about me?

0:26:05 > 0:26:07Because I agree with them.

0:26:08 > 0:26:12You think you're right about every single situation,

0:26:12 > 0:26:15but you're not, and certainly not this one,

0:26:15 > 0:26:17and you need to admit that.

0:26:17 > 0:26:19This is just what I thought it would be -

0:26:19 > 0:26:22you organised yourself a little witch hunt, didn't you?

0:26:22 > 0:26:25That has never our objective.

0:26:25 > 0:26:28What gets me is you don't seem to appreciate

0:26:28 > 0:26:31the seriousness of the situation.

0:26:31 > 0:26:33Your self-belief is one thing,

0:26:33 > 0:26:36but your ego is undermining your decision-making

0:26:36 > 0:26:38and reflecting badly on this practice.

0:26:38 > 0:26:41Your credibility is in free-fall and your attitude stinks.

0:26:41 > 0:26:43- Nonsense.- I haven't finished!

0:26:43 > 0:26:47No-one in this organisation is too big or too clever

0:26:47 > 0:26:49to learn from their mistakes,

0:26:49 > 0:26:52and I will not allow a loose cannon to jeopardise what we have got here.

0:26:52 > 0:26:54Do I make myself clear?

0:26:56 > 0:26:57Yes, Howard.

0:27:01 > 0:27:03- You've been to see the peeper scum? - You what?

0:27:03 > 0:27:07- He's a nonce. He goes after kids.- I don't know where you get that from.

0:27:07 > 0:27:10- It's him next door - he's beginning to get to me.- What's he done?

0:27:10 > 0:27:12It's what he did do.

0:27:12 > 0:27:14You're signing a contract with a deity you do not believe in

0:27:14 > 0:27:18so that two very wealthy people can save on some school fees?

0:27:18 > 0:27:20He's done nothing wrong! You've got the wrong guy!

0:27:20 > 0:27:24You always stick up for them lot. I suppose it's their human rights!