Manoeuvres Doctors

Good morning.

I would like to speak to someone about the Hanif-Carter wedding.

Oh, goodness!

Sorry, I went all dizzy. I nearly fainted.

Right, come. Come, come, come. You need to sit down.

I'm all right now.

Sorry. It keeps happening.

-Then you need to speak to a doctor about this.

-No, I'm fine.

I don't really like doctors.

Oh, you work at the Mill, don't you?

Well, yes.

-Are you registered with us?

-I think so.

-It's been a while.

-We have a drop-in clinic. Nine till two.

No appointment necessary and I can guarantee you will see

a very nice doctor.

-I'm very busy.

-Your health is the most important thing.

Nine till two.

Unless you are dealing with the Carter-Hanif wedding flowers?

-No, Mum does all the wedding orders. She's inside.

-Oh.

Right, well, good. Good, well, then there is no excuse.

Make an appointment.

I will just check that everything is on track.

Oh, good morning.

Ta-da!

Lovely, thank you.

Mind you, we're running out of staples, so it's a bit floppy.

-I'll have to stock up.

-I made one for Ruhma too.

Very kind of you. But you know we're not getting married until later.

Oh, yeah. No, I know. I just wanted to get my present in early.

Before all the fuss.

Thank you.

Oh, no. It's not that. No, no.

No, my present to you...

Ahem.

Actually, I feel a bit foolish now. Maybe it's not such a good idea.

-What do you think?

-Um, it's difficult to tell.

Oh, yeah. No, it would be, wouldn't it?

No, I think I should go for it.

Um, possibly. Probably.

I will.

-# Congratu... #

-Oh!

-Too loud?

-What are you doing?

-Oh, it's a song. For you and Ruhma, from me.

-Oh, that's very kind of you. That's lovely.

-Oh, thank you.

-Um...

-Maybe I should wait till Ruhma gets here.

Well, she's very busy. You probably won't see her till this evening.

Oh.

-I could pass on to her.

-Ooh!

Yeah, no, you could sing it to her from me.

Yes.

Shall I?

By all means.

Right.

Right.

# Congratulations

# And celebrations

# When I tell everyone that you're in love with me

# Congratulations

# And jubilations

# I want the world to know I'm happy as can be

# Who would believe that I could be happy and contented?

'# I used to think that happiness hadn't been invented

'# But that was in the bad old days before I met you

'# Before I let you walk into my heart

'# Congratulations

'# And celebrations

'# When I tell everyone that you're in love with me

'# Congratulations

'# And jubilations

'# I want the world to know I'm happy has can be

'# I was afraid that maybe you thought you were above me... #'

It's Valerie, that!

'# That I was only fooling myself to think you... #'

Yeah, it is.

I think it's probably best if we don't ask.

# Congratulations

# And jubilations

# I want the world to know I'm happy as can be

# I want the world to know I'm happy as can be. #

Bravo! Bravo!

-Thank you very much!

-Oh, it's my pleasure.

-I should be getting on. Get some staples for this.

-Righty-ho.

-Well, I could help you with that.

-No, no. I can manage.

Um, it's a wedding present. Wedding...song for Ruhma and me.

Ah. Well, it was fantastic.

Aw, it's just a shame Ruhma wasn't here to hear it.

-Indeed.

-Well, we could always record it for her.

That is brilliant!

I should be getting some staples.

Come on in. Come on.

-Where would you like me?

-Um, there.

Get in frame.

Beautiful. Here we go.

-Heston, what are you doing here?

-Um, I'm looking for staples.

-Where do we keep them?

-No, I mean, what are you doing HERE?

-Aren't you meant to be getting married?

-Um, that's this evening.

And you have nothing better to do than look for staples?

Well, Ruhma and Mrs Tembe are covering all the bases.

I think I'm much more useful here as a doctor.

-So, staples?

-No idea. Look, I'm sorry I can't be with you this

evening. I've got an impossible rota at the station.

Duty calls. We'll save you a slice of cake.

Morning, Heston. Shouldn't you be somewhere?

Not until this evening.

-How's things?

-Actually, it's all good.

-Mum's doing really well.

-Good.

I hope she is.

Meaning you don't think she is.

No, that's not what I meant.

Well, she's seeing Debs tomorrow and Karl's coming over as soon

as he gets leave.

You might not like it, but she's sorting herself out.

And WE'RE a family.

Dr Carter! What are you doing here?!

Staples.

Last night, I sent you a long list of tasks.

-I know, but...

-None of which includes staples or staplers.

None of which include you being in your consulting room.

-Well, I know, but...

-You are about to be married in less than nine

hours. Dr Carter, are there not things that you should be doing?

Er, yes. Maybe the staples can wait.

-KNOCKS ON DOOR

-Can I come in?

Sarge.

Only I thought I'd ask,

seeing as you seem to think this is your office.

-Constable Watson.

-Yes, Sarge.

Well, you and I will get on like a house on fire,

just as long as you remember which side of the desk is mine and

which side of the desk is yours.

-Yes, Sarge.

-Right.

Well, in that case, I have just the thing for you to get your teeth into

- a spate of knocked off second-hand clocks. Welcome to Letherbridge.

Thank you, Sarge.

HE SIGHS

Here you go.

Erm, leave it.

Yeah, I'm sure he'll be down in a minute.

-DOOR SLAMS

-Only me!

You can't come in!

Why not?

You're not supposed to see each other on your wedding day.

-Well, not until the wedding.

-What are you doing back?

Well, can we talk to each other?

Yes, as long as you don't look at her.

-Mrs tembe sent me home with a list of chores.

-Right.

-Well, you can't do them in here. This is our place.

-Are you serious?

-Yep.

-Absolutely.

HORN BEEPS

Are you OK?

Just a bit dizzy. I'm fine.

Thank you.

CENTRAL LOCKING BLEEPS

-Make sure you keep it dry.

-OK.

-Thanks, bye.

'Ayesha.'

Hi, Amber. What's up?

-She's in a bit of a state.

-'Where is she? Amber, is she with you?'

Yeah, she's just not coping.

'It's all been too much, too soon.'

She's agitated, you know?

What, like manic?

Can you come?

I'm at work.

-'I know.'

-Well, I can't just walk out.

OK, look, I'll um... I'll try. Just... OK, bye.

-Dr Vere.

-Dr Sharma.

-Are you available for a consultation later?

-Er, yeah.

-I think I can manage that. When were you thinking?

-After the er... Um...

-Later?

-Yeah, later.

-OK.

-Yeah, I'm all yours.

-OK.

Er, this way, please, Mr Jarvis.

Hi. Um, have you seen Mrs Tembe?

-Er, briefly.

-Is she in a good mood?

-I don't know. She seemed busy.

-My room is this way.

-I don't normally like going to the doctor's.

I'm not that scary, am I?

-No, not at all.

-After you.

-And does it make you feel sick?

-No, just the spinning sensation.

Right. And how long does that last?

Not long. A few seconds, maybe.

-The whole world seems to just...

-SID LAUGHS

But that only happens when you look up or over your shoulder, right?

And when I lie down.

-And have you noticed anything else? Any loss of hearing?

-No.

No tinnitus, ringing in your ears?

-A constant humming, anything like that?

-No.

OK. And you said there was no pain. No headaches.

That's right.

OK.

Mysterious.

-No, I do not think so.

-Mrs T.

It would not be fair on the other nursing staff.

-OK, but I...

-You have already started your shift.

I cannot call someone in at short notice, expect them to cover,

just so that you can have the afternoon off.

Again.

I need to...do something.

Are you ill?

No.

Is this to do with your mother?

Nurse Lee, we have made so much progress since...

Since the bad old days.

You are more professional, more in control.

I really do not want you to revert back to...

-As you put it.

-Fine.

-Now, it's only when you look over the one shoulder, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-Just when I look over this side.

-OK. Well, I'm pretty sure it's BPPV.

Is that good or bad?

Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo.

-The "benign" bit sounds good.

-It's fairly common.

More normal with older patients, but it's completely harmless,

-apart from the dizzy spells.

-Can you do anything about it?

Well, BPPV usually clears up on its own eventually.

But in the meantime, it can be quite annoying.

-Very annoying.

-THEY BOTH LAUGH

Well, there is this thing called the Epley Manoeuvre.

Now, I can make an appointment with the Ear, Nose and Throat team

at St Phil's, or I could just do it right here and now.

Do it. Whatever it is, do it now.

OK.

This... This is all just...

How many lawyers did they pay to write this? How much did THAT cost?

Bren...

Dear scumbags, we're knocking down your houses.

That's what they mean - why don't they just say it?

-Do you want a cup of tea?

-No! I do not want a cup of tea!

This is your home!

All this, reference numbers, websites, citizens advice,

not going to happen!

Yeah, but we need a plan. A sensible plan.

-You sound like Ayesh.

-Well? Maybe she's right.

She's coming over.

Here?

-When?

-As soon as she can.

Oh, yeah(!) As soon as.

-(MOCKING):

-As soon as, as soon as!

She's coming. She told me.

We need to make a start now.

We'll show them, these...

Sandersbrook people.

We'll show them!

-What are you doing?

-Don't panic.

Just some mates. Got to get everyone together.

Why don't we wait for Ayesha?

Hm, go and hassle them, see how they like it!

Bren...

OK. What I need you to do for me is to turn your head, just your head,

and look into my eyes.

OK, now, what I'm going to do is I'm going to lower your head and

your shoulders back towards the end of the back, quite quickly,

so that your head is going to be hanging out over the end.

Don't worry. It's perfectly safe. I've got you, I'll support you.

All right? I just want to see if I can make you dizzy, all right?

-OK.

-OK, here we go.

Keep looking in my eyes. And try not to blink.

Ready?

Whoa!

SID LAUGHS

-Dizzy?

-Yeah.

Mm, yeah, I can see.

Your eyes are all flickering. That's nystagmus.

And that's a pretty firm diagnosis.

Right.

SHE SIGHS

-Still dizzy?

-Erm, no.

-No, it's gone.

-That's good.

OK, what I'm going to do now is I'm going to move your head,

just your head, smoothly and gently to the left.

OK?

-OK.

-Here we go.

There we go.

OK? I'll just hold that there for a minute.

Try and lie as still as you can.

And in a moment, I'm going to roll you onto your left side, all right?

Visitor! Emma!

Oh, Emma, come in.

-What are you doing?

-Alia doesn't want me to jinx the wedding.

Not even a peek!

-I will go back to my solitary tasks.

-Quite right, too!

-Hello, Alia. How are you?

-Good, thank you.

-Are you excited?

Yeah, I can't wait. She's going to be so beautiful.

-Oh, well, I don't know about that.

-You will.

-Of course you will!

-Tea?

-No, listen, I can't stop.

I just wanted to give you this in person.

I'm so sorry I can't be there this evening.

Aw, thank you so much! Ooh! Have you been bidding on the internet?

No, that was a one time only thing. I only did it to get the price up.

Yeah, well, it worked. Thank you. Got a nice little sum from that.

-Look, I'd better get to the station.

-Yes, you'd better cos we've got

-loads to do before the stylist comes.

-Ooh!

-Look, you have a great time tonight.

-Thank you very much.

-You're welcome.

-Just remember, you can always say no!

-Hey, get out.

OK, now what I need you to do for me is to lower your chin on to

your chest. That's it.

And slowly, bring your legs off the bed and work up into the

sitting position. That's it. Gently though.

Gently. OK.

And now I just want you to hold that position for about 30 seconds. OK?

Nurse Lee! Where are you going?

It's a family emergency. You can't stop me.

Nurse Lee!

Nurse Lee!

What exactly was that all about?

Well, it might not have worked and even if it did,

it's not so much of a cure, more of a solution.

That makes no sense.

No, it doesn't. You're right.

OK, um, actually...

The inner ear.

Magnified a little bit.

That's balance and um...whatever.

That's it. Exactly.

Now, inside the ear,

you have these three tubes here and they're filled with liquid and hairs

and they basically detect movement whenever you move your head.

Now, with BPPV,

you have a tiny pellet of calcium that's come loose inside

those tubes and it's completely harmless but as it's rolling

-around inside the tubes, it's knocking the hairs and that is what's making you dizzy.

-And...?

Do you remember those toys that we had as a kid?

With the little metal ball and you'd roll them around, trying to get them into the hole?

-Yeah...

-Well, that's kind of what we've just done.

I've rolled your head around and so that that little tiny pellet

of calcium rolled down to the end of the tube and got lodged,

where it'll stay, unless it becomes loose again,

-but they usually just dissolve and stop being a problem.

-Seriously?

-Yeah.

-I'm cured?

Hopefully.

You're brilliant!

-What's the matter with her?

-She's agitated. She can't settle.

-She keeps getting wound up about stuff.

-About what?

Like, she wants to organise another protest,

but that just winds her up even more.

You're right. Stress is not good for her.

-Where is she?

-In her room.

OK.

Mum?

Mum?

-She's not there.

-What?

-How did you not notice?

-I don't know.

She said something about the council offices.

You're the scum! You're the ones who should be kicked out!

See how you like it when we redevelop this!

Glass house! Glass house! Glass house!

Glass house! Glass house! Glass house! Glass house!

I'm going to huff! I'm going to puff!

I'm going to blow your house down!

Oi!

-THEY CHANT:

-Glass house! Glass house! Glass house!

-KNOCKS ON DOOR

-Sarge?

We have a tricky situation. A big disturbance on the Myers Estate.

Gang-related, by the sound of it.

-Knife injuries. Everyone we've got is up there.

-Great, I'm on my way.

Hold your horses. You're not quite ready for that yet.

I need you to go to the council housing offices.

There's a demonstration. They're getting a bit noisy.

-I had to go up there myself the other day and talk them down.

-Right.

So, just be there, just turn up, just be seen. They're not criminals.

Just make sure that they behave themselves.

Yes, Sarge.

KNOCK AT DOOR

It's safe.

Are you sure? I don't want to jinx anything.

Come here.

I won't tell Alia if you don't.

Well, Alia is not the problem.

Mm. Where is he?

In his room, been there all morning.

-Well, it is his room.

-And it is our wedding day.

-Do you want me to have a word with him?

-No, I'll do it in a bit.

Hey, open your mouth.

Don't tell.

-KNOCK AT DOOR

-Hey.

-HE SIGHS

-I'm doing something.

OK.

Do you want something to eat?

COMPUTER GAME MUSIC PLAYS

Why don't you pause it?

Oh, come on, Shak. Talk to me.

Do you realise how important you and Alia are to me?

You're the only family that I've got that are going to be there

at the wedding.

Shak?

Shak, I can't get married if you're not there to give me away.

Shak, please!

-You think they care?

-No.

-We're nothing to them!

We're like little ants and they just stamp, stamp, stamp, stamp!

-So, we stamp back, yeah?

-Definitely.

-We've got big boots!

And we all stamp together! Stamp with me! Come on! We're stamping!

-What's your name?

-Fascist!

You're causing a disturbance and I've a right to know your name.

Fas-cist!

I don't want to arrest you.

-Fascist!

-Mum!

-Do you know this woman?

-He's a fascist communist pig!

-I can't be fascist AND a communist.

-You can still be a pig!

-She's my mum. I'll sort it.

-It's not quite that simple, is it?

-She's causing a disturbance.

-Yeah, so I'll take her away. Come on, Mum.

-What's her name?

-SHE WHSIPERS: She's got issues.

-Damn right I got issues!

Issues with him! And issues with THEM!

-Oi, what are you doing? Get off her!

-Step aside.

-No!

-Step aside now!

Dr Vere.

Hello.

-Back again?

-Yeah.

Are you all right? Are you still getting vertigo?

No. Look, I'm cured.

Hey, you've got to take it easy for a couple of days, remember?

You don't know your own powers, Dr Vere.

You're a magician.

No, I'm just a doctor.

How often do you go to the doctor and get cured there and then

-on the spot?

-Yeah, I suppose, when you put it like that.

SHE GIGGLES

-Sorry.

-Um...

-GIGGLES

-What are you doing for lunch?

-Er...

-Dinner?

How about dinner?

We could go out, get something to eat, then...who knows?

OK, look, the thing is, I'm a doctor and you're one of my patients.

-So...

-So?

That's just a coincidence. That's just how we happened to meet.

You could have been a bus driver and I was your passenger,

or an AA man who fixed my car.

Yeah, but I wasn't, was I?

We had a connection.

There was something, wasn't there?

I don't think there was.

I felt it. I...knew it.

I didn't. I mean, I would never see a patient like that, so...

-You like me.

-No, not like that, anyway.

Well, I like you.

And that is very, very flattering,

but it's probably not as true as you think it is.

Sometimes, these feelings can happen when... It's called transference.

-OK? The patient misinterprets the intimacy...

-Very clinical.

Yeah, it is.

Look, well, it would just be inappropriate and unethical.

I could get disciplined, even struck off.

OK.

Your loss.

Yeah.

But I still think you're a magician and I still think there was

magic in the air.

There wasn't.

-SHE WHISPERS: Yeah, there was.

-GIGGLES

Thank you.

For the ear thing.

My pleasure.

-I'll take you both in.

-Ho-ho! You and whose army?

Come on, Mum. Please. Let's just go!

-Right.

-Whoa, whoa, whoa! What's the matter with you?

-Stay out of this, please!

-You leave her! That's my girl!

You are under arrest for assaulting a police officer!

-She hardly even touched you!

-And you stay exactly where you are, or you'll be joining her!

She's ill. She didn't mean any of it!

-I meant every damn word!

-Mum!

-Pig!

-She's under arrest and if you don't want to join her,

you'll step back and you'll keep away!

-Pig!

-Get in!

Police brutality!

-Get that cell door closed!

-I'm going to sue you!

I'm done waiting! Get someone out here to speak to me now!

-Looks like I'm not going to be able to make the wedding.

-What?!

-Shak is not here!

-Really?

-We need to find somebody else!

Why can't things go right just for once?

You're going to miss the wedding to do a double shift with Bren?

It's our lucky day(!)

-Don't push it! She WILL bite!

-I will arrest you for obstruction.