(bright music) (person speaking in foreign language) (bright music continues) (crowd chatting) - Thank you.

- Vettu cake?

- Deep fried balls of deliciousness.

- Or a heart attack waiting to happen depending on your worldview.

- And capacity for joy.

- I've never had a sweet tooth.

That's why I stay so slim.

- I'm amazed you have any teeth left at all when the temptation to knock them out is so frequently overwhelming.

Stealing toilet paper again, Dr. Walker?

- Just medical supplies for my outreach program.

- What outreach program?

Aid to Plantation have asked for an urgent mobile clinic.

I left the paperwork on your desk.

- You should have told me in person, 'cause it's quite impossible.

You've got clinics here, visits booked.

- But it's been arranged.

They're expecting me.

- Who's covering your shifts?

- I am.

- Not anymore you aren't.

- What?

- Take him with you.

I'll look after things here.

- No, no, no, no.

- You're joking, right?

- It takes two to run a clinic with any degree of efficiency.

- Really, I can handle this one on my own.

- For once I actually agree with Dr. Walker.

- Bon voyage.

(light east Indian orchestral music) (east Indian instrumental music continues) (door closing) (jeep starting) (alert beeping) (instrumental music continues) (jeep running) - What's the matter?

- [Gabriel] You still haven't told me where we're going?

- North-ish.

- Okay, where exactly are we going?

(east Indian instrumental music) - [Dr. Walker] Here.

- The next state?

- Is it?

Oh, then, yeah.

- [Gabriel] Five hours in a car with you.

Yippee.

(jeep starting) (east Indian instrumental music) (uplifting instrumental music) (uplifting instrumental music continues) (uplifting instrumental music continues) (crowd chatting) - Ah, the kite festival.

Hey, is that today?

You know, when I was your age, I used to smash light bulbs and stick the glass to the strings for maximum competitive edge.

- [Lydia] Excuse our orderly.

- Mummy-ji, Mummy-ji, please, please.

- Can I help you?

- I was stung by a bee.

It got infected.

(somber piano music) - Except bees can't sustain campaigns of violence.

They sting once and then they die.

Men on the other hand are more difficult to stop.

AJ, would you look after this young man whilst I have a quick word with his mum?

This way, please.

(somber piano music) Could you hold her hair out of the way please?

Thank you.

May I?

(somber orchestral music) Is there anything you want to tell us?

- I told you already, it's just a bee sting.

- I understand you don't want to talk to us, but perhaps I could- - Please, don't call the police.

- Okay sister, wash and dress the wound, and let's start her on a course of antibiotics.

- [Sister] Yes, doctor.

(somber orchestral music) - It's okay.

It'll be fine.

- I think we must report this to the authorities.

- [Lydia] It makes my blood boil.

Honest to God, it takes everything in me not to throttle the little- - [Dr. Nair] Do you have a plan more in line with accepted good practice?

We could always refer her to a specialist clinic trained to deal with vulnerable women.

- Which are mostly committed to saving the marriage and family no matter what.

- Well, I don't think we have- - Nose down.

Down.

Now that is a perfectly executed flic flac.

- AJ, stop fooling about and get back to work.

- Well, not everybody can appreciate the beauty of airborne acrobatics.

(crowd chatting) (children laughing) Krish.

I know the doctors are very good here.

Your mom is gonna be fine, okay?

- Promise?

- Well, it's Makar Sankranti, which means today all good citizens let go of past sadness and embrace new beginnings.

So basically it's a chance to put all the bad stuff behind us and start again.

(dramatic orchestral music) (dramatic orchestral music continues) - [Dr. Walker] Did you know leaf pickers in the tea industry are nearly all women, and they're paid the lowest wage of any sector in the state?

And these people have been without any kind of medical care for over two years.

- I'm glad I packed for a guilt trip.

Why did they call you?

- Someone saw my picture in the paper and got in touch.

- Ah, now it all makes sense.

So I'm in the presence of an angel of mercy.

- They asked for help.

- Come on, admit it.

You dragged me out here on a whim so you could play Lady Bountiful.

- Look, firstly, there was no dragging involved and you know that.

And I know it amuses you to cast me as the cultural interloper, but actually you are wrong.

(light instrumental music) (light instrumental music continues) (birds calling) (light instrumental music continues) (light instrumental music continues) (light instrumental music continues) Oh, hello.

Hi, I'm here from the Good Karma Hospital.

Sorry we're a little early.

This is Dr. Varma, and I'm Dr. Walker.

- You're the doctor?

- Yes.

Yes.

- Come with me.

I'll show you where the workers' quarters are.

- Oh, is it far?

- It's better if we drive.

- Sure.

Why don't you get in the front?

(birds calling) (car starting) (door closing) (tense music) (horn honking) (light music) (person speaking in foreign language) (people chattering) (light music) (light music continues) (light music continues) (light music continues) (pounding on door) - Do not disturb.

Don't you bloody read?

- [Greg] Paul, it's me, Greg.

(pounding on door) Come on, open the door.

(pounding on door) Ah, morning.

I've been trying to call you all day.

Wait till you see this.

(door closing) Ah.

It's Makar Sankranti.

The day that marks the sun's passage into Capricorn.

The Kite Festival?

Wasn't that one of the things Maggie wanted to do?

- Ah, right, yeah.

Maybe another time.

- Ah, but the sun embarks on the 10th part of its orbit today.

And Enki the sea goat is eager to impart new knowledge.

Oh, come on, it's a kite festival, not obscure dance theater.

Oh, I'm sorry mate.

You got company.

- What?

No, don't be daft.

It was Maggie's favorite.

Sea goat, you say?

- Yeah.

- I'll need a shower first.

(light music) (light music continues) (children squealing) (Ruby speaking in foreign language) (Ruby speaking in foreign language) - Ah, there's more abdominal symptoms and half of them seem badly malnourished.

- Probably occupational.

Also, the use of pesticides without protective clothing can cause respiratory problems.

This is hard work.

But you knew that, right?

Last few.

Don't forget, we need to put the tents up before it gets dark.

- Oh, there's no need.

Did I tell you?

Accommodations provided.

Next.

(birds chirping) (knocking on door) - Hi, you're already here?

My apologies.

And you brought a friend.

- Oh, a- - Colleague.

I'm Dr. Gabriel Varma.

- (speaking in foreign language) So nice to meet you.

I'm so happy to see you.

Everybody's very eager to meet you.

They're dying to meet you.

And there's so many places to show you, so many things to tell you.

I'm really excited.

- Do you two know each other?

- Yeah, didn't she tell you?

I'm Ruby's uncle.

(soft music) So happy to see you.

- You too.

- Have you guys eaten?

Did you eat something on the way?

- Food?

- There's good food here, yeah.

Dr. Varma, please.

Come, come, come, come.

- It doesn't look broken, but we should send him for an X-ray.

- Yes, doctor.

- So it's not gonna happen.

Good afternoon, doctor.

- Will you excuse me for just one minute?

(people talking) I thought we agreed not to call the police.

My domestic violence patient.

- I haven't called anybody.

- So why is there a uniformed police officer with her?

- Gifted surgeon, yes.

Clairvoyant, not so much.

Perhaps she decided to make a statement after all.

Wait.

- Where'd she go?

- [Nurse] She was here a minute ago.

(tense music) - Please, dad.

- Neelam!

Neelam?

- He's her husband.

Let them go.

(husband speaking in foreign language) (tense music) (tense music continues) (soft music) - There she blows.

- Moving steady.

- The world is a jungle, baby.

Hear me roar.

(bright music) Oh, talking of tigers.

Look, I think I'm being stalked.

Lydia?

Hey Lydia, look at the big cat.

- Not now.

- Isn't she a charm.

- Cats, women, think they'll do one thing, usually do something else.

- That's too right, mate.

Oh, careful here.

No, that could be a tangle there.

(dog barking) Oh, watch it.

Watch it, careful.

(both laughing) Oh, you soft sausage.

(laughing) (sentimental orchestral music) What did you do that for?

(children laughing) - Lydia, the kite.

There it is.

(children laughing) - Neelam?

You forgot these, it's very important you take them, three times a day and complete the course.

Speak out, please.

Before he does something worse, and he will.

- Even if I could leave him, even if we had somewhere else to go, he would find us.

- Not if you went to a shelter.

- Prisons, where you forced to live in complete isolation, you mean.

- You could start again.

Move to another part of the country.

- My home is here.

- Home is somewhere you should feel safe.

- Thank you for the antibiotics, Dr. Fonseca, and I appreciate your concern, but how I live my life is up to me.

(soft orchestral music) (soft music) - [Uncle] Sugar?

- It's beautiful.

- Your grandmother worked these bushes, as did her mother before her.

Your whole family has lived here for generations.

- Did my father live here too?

- Yes, of course.

As a boy, this is where he grew up.

- And where is he now?

- He doesn't stay in touch much, you know, a very, very private person.

(solemn music) - That's one word for it.

I prefer selfish, irresponsible, cowardly.

Why else would he just walk out on us both when I was just a baby?

(solemn piano music) - Our parents worked very hard, worked every hour of day and night to give him a good education, to send him abroad to study.

And he was supposed to get a job there, and send money back home.

That was the plan.

(solemn music) That's not what happened.

He met your mother.

When our father died, and he came back home for the funeral, that's when it really hit him how our mother had aged.

And I suppose he felt he couldn't just leave her, you know, to deal with all the creditors and, it was very difficult time for him.

It was all- - Difficult for him, that he couldn't even manage a card on my birthday.

- In his defense, all I can say is that maybe his mind was somewhere else.

He had responsibility.

- Yes.

To his wife and daughter.

(dramatic music) (tense piano music) - I'm sorry, okay?

On his behalf, I'm sorry.

- I'm sorry.

It's been a long day.

I'm gonna turn, I'm gonna turn in.

(somber orchestral music) - Thank you for the tea.

(somber orchestral music) (somber orchestral music continues) (door closing) Are you okay?

- Please just leave me alone.

- Look.

- I don't wanna talk, please.

- Your mother was educated and financially independent.

- So?

- She could survive by herself.

- She didn't have a choice.

- For a poor family in India with serious debt, it would be a very different story.

- Of course.

Of course, you're gonna side with him.

- I'm not taking anyone's side.

- You still won't give me an inch, will you?

- You have a chance to build a relationship with an uncle who cares, and instead you've come to put your family on trial.

- Get out.

- What?

- You heard me, get out.

- Where am I supposed to go?

- You know everything, why don't you go figure it out.

- Okay.

(tense orchestral music) (tense orchestral music continues) (door closing) (tense orchestral music continues) - [Greg] Right.

Pint of Sadler's?

- Not for me.

- Pork scratchings?

- He doesn't have port scratchings.

- I know.

- How you doing, Paul?

- Oh, come on, stay.

Toast the sea goats.

It's a beautiful evening.

Can't stay holed up in that hotel room feeling sorry for yourself forever.

- I can do what I like.

- Paul bugger doesn't know what to do with himself.

- You've got to let him grieve in his own way.

Otherwise you'll end up pushing him away when he needs you the most.

- Well, thanks for the insight.

- [Lydia] Well, I better get back to work.

- Yeah.

- See you later.

(somber piano music) (somber music continues) (somber music continues) (somber music continues) (light orchestral music) (light orchestral music) (light orchestral music) (light orchestral music) (sentimental orchestral music) (sentimental orchestral music) (sentimental orchestral music) (sentimental orchestral music) (sentimental orchestral music) - Third night on the trot, isn't it?

- Said the pot to the kettle.

Proverbial idiom.

- Yes, I know, but I'm trying to avoid an empty house.

I'm not a natural workaholic.

Neelam!

- Help me, please.

- It's okay.

I've got you.

It's okay, can you hear me?

Are you in pain?

We are going to examine you now, Neelam.

- [Speaker] Is anybody checking your neck?

- [Nurse] Where does it hurt?

Can you tell me?

- Where's all the blood coming from?

Small laceration to the scalp.

- [Nurse] Fresh bruising to the neck.

- Doesn't explain all the blood.

- Check the monitor and check for vitals.

- Unless the blood isn't yours.

(dramatic orchestral music) (animal howling) (tense music) He's conscious.

What happened to you, Mr. Saga?

- Well, we had a disagreement, - Obviously.

- I, I hit him with a cricket bat, then he cracked his head on the banister when he fell.

(siren in the distance) - [Lydia] Put a dressing on.

- Okay.

- Get on with it.

(siren blaring) - [Nurse] Okay, ready?

Okay, one, two, three, lift.

- He'll need a few stitches, but I don't think there's any serious damage done.

Can I call you back?

Krish, are you hurt?

Mari?

- Yes, Doctor.

- [Lydia] Go ahead, we'll catch you up.

- Okay.

You heard Dr. Fonseca, come on.

- Krish.

(speaking in foreign language) - I did what you said.

(dramatic music) I killed the bee.

(dramatic orchestral music) (tense music) - Ruby, I'd like to talk about- I couldn't sleep last night, so I went through the list of complaints again.

I think there's an issue with the water supply.

- Do you want to talk about- - Do you know they pump water from their local lake to this swell.

- Yes, that's where it's treated.

- Yeah, and contaminated drinking water could explain the wide range of symptoms.

- It's possible.

- Unless you have a better idea.

No?

Good.

- Hi.

I hoped I would find you here.

If you could spare her for hour or two I would like to take Dr. Ruby on a tour of the state, show her the factory.

- I'd really love that, but I have patients.

- Yeah, but it won't take more than an hour, I promise you.

- I'd really like to.

I can't.

- Really?

- Sorry.

- I can manage here, for an hour.

- See?

- You sure?

- You now have 59 minutes.

- Come on, come on.

Let's go, let's go.

- Okay.

Thank you.

(soft music) (soft music continues) - Krish, go and get changed now.

- The first time my husband hit me, I was six months pregnant.

I think he resented having a rival for my affections, someone who needed me more than he did.

But I forgave him because I knew it stemmed from love.

- That's no excuse.

- Since then, I've been beaten weekly for the tiniest indiscretions.

Leaving the house without permission, not cooking the rice to his satisfaction.

Imagined flirtations.

My husband drinks away his wages, and I have never complained, because I have never had a choice.

But if you report Krish, if you rob my son of his future, then my whole life will have been in vain.

Do you understand?

(worker speaking in foreign language) - The leaves are cut four times, and then oxidized for 40 minutes in this machine.

And then they're dried and filtered through here.

Chai from God's own country.

(laughing) Medium-toned with a strong body.

Refreshing briskness with just a hint of fruit.

See?

- Strong.

- Strong, I sound like a commercial for, for tea.

So silly.

(laughing) You know, when my mother was too old to work the bushes, she persuaded the company to set up a museum here, and she conducted her own private tours.

The tourists loved her, always smiling and joking.

Very bad jokes.

(Ruby chuckling) There she is, there.

- Oh.

- You know, she had a way of making everyone she met feel special.

- That's my grandmother?

- Yeah.

- I know if she was alive to see you today, she would be really proud.

That's my daughter, Barsha.

She's the treasurer here.

Barsha, your cousin, Dr. Ruby Walker.

- Hi.

- So, when's the baby due?

- April.

- April.

- Well, I can check you over if you like, or maybe an ultrasound.

We have a portable unit in the truck.

- Oh, no thank you.

- Barsha.

- It it's really simple.

I can show you your baby.

- Oh, I would like that.

That would be really nice.

- Yeah, I'm very busy.

Some other time.

- Okay.

- I'm really sorry.

- It's okay.

- Usually she's not like this, she's very friendly.

But it's probably the hormones.

You know, pregnancy can do strange things in your mind.

- Yeah, yeah.

- I'm telling you that.

(Ruby laughing) - You know, I should, I should probably get back to Dr. Varma.

Thank you for showing me around.

- Listen, I wanted to ask you, what are you doing later today?

- Not a lot.

- Do you wanna come to the bungalow for a bit?

We are having a small get together, just a few relatives and friends.

They've been cooking for days, and it would be nice if.

Get Dr. Varma along if you want.

- Okay.

Yeah, yeah.

I'd love that.

- Oh, that'll be great.

So I'll see you later tonight?

- Yeah, thank you.

- Oh great.

- Thank you.

(surf washing) - Bit early for that, isn't it?

- Sun's over the yardarm somewhere.

You know how much that cost me?

- That's why I normally frequent less salubrious establishments.

- Yeah, that and the company.

- You're here to apologize.

Apology accepted.

Now go and play up your own end.

- Yeah, all right.

- Hey, gimme that beer.

(breeze blowing) (Paul sighing) (surf washing) Maggie was reading this when she died.

Proper whodunit.

Only I can't bring myself to read beyond the page she bookmarked.

Just to go on without her feels like a betrayal of some kind.

(somber music) I thought maybe it'd help doing all the stuff we never had time for.

Just makes me miss her more.

When I'm on my own, I wanna be with other people.

When I'm with other people, I wanna be on my own.

I'm like that bird, flies around in ever-decreasing circles till it disappears with up its own arse.

- Don't be that bird.

- It's mythical.

It doesn't actually exist.

(surf washing) (somber music) Sometimes I wonder if I do.

(somber instrumental music) (gulls cawing) (somber instrumental music) - I checked a stool sample and it's definitely bilharzia.

I'm just waiting for someone from the tea company to call me back so we can order the praziquantel.

It was a good spot.

- Is that a compliment?

- Statement of fact.

- Do you even know what compliment is?

- Yes, empty praise offered by insecure people to please others.

How was a grand tour?

- I'm glad I went.

Thanks.

Tea.

- You know, I don't think I'm a better person than you.

- Okay.

- That was a compliment by the way.

- Oh, thanks sir.

Thanks for the clarification.

- And I guess I know a lot, but not everything.

You seem to know quite a lot too.

Maybe even about some things that I don't know, about tea for example, now that you went on the tea tour.

I'm trying to apologize here.

- Well promise me that you'll never try and apologize ever again.

(birds calling) - My parents died when I was very young.

I still think about them every day.

(soft music) I had no right to judge you for wanting to come here.

(light music) - Well, this isn't necessary.

- Just go with it.

And the other one.

(uplifting vocal music) (uplifting vocal music) - This, would this be a weird time to ask you if you wanna come to a party?

They just wanna say thanks, so it's up at the bungalow.

- Yes.

I'll come.

- Okay, cool.

Let's go.

3:00 or 4:00 p.m., I think.

(soft music) If you want to, I mean.

No biggie.

- Yes.

- Yeah, good.

- I was thinking we could meet later tonight at the festival.

I could show you my kite moves.

(laughing) Okay, very good.

Eight o'clock, and not a moment later, huh?

Our patients need new sheets.

Huh?

- AJ, when you finish your pretend call to the laundry, which closed at midday, could you please take Neelam and Krish to the waiting area and make sure they have something to eat and drink.

Go with him, you'll be fine.

(crowd chatting) Dr. Nair.

- Yeah.

- Do you have a moment?

- Yes.

- When we are done here, I think I might phone a colleague and have my wife arrested for attempted murder.

- And when she cites a decade of domestic abuse, I'd like to see how that pans out.

- My wife reads too much, has an overactive imagination.

- You had her scalp in your hand.

- Well, occasionally things get physical.

We have a fiery relationship.

But domestic abuse?

Come on now.

I've scraped enough women off the floor to know the difference.

- Stitch him up.

- With pleasure.

- [Dr. Nair] Come.

- Sharp scratch.

(husband cries) (group chatting) - Sure, I'll try a little bit of everything.

(person speaking in foreign language) It looks amazing, honestly.

- Oh, thank you.

(people speaking in foreign language) - Your Great Aunt Pooja is asking if her dhal is better than Abha's.

- Oh, what's the correct answer?

- I can't tell you that, but I can tell you that Aunt Pooja didn't speak to her husband for two years after he criticized her sambol.

I'll let you decide.

- Yes.

(laughing) - Correct answer.

- Oh, hi.

So are you my cousin or my second cousin once removed.

This?

Okay, go ahead.

- Be careful with that, okay?

- Husband?

- No, no, no, no.

We're not married.

- He's very handsome.

He's a single?

- Yes, single.

I mean not- (Aunt speaking in foreign language) She says in that case you should leave him in the hands of a real woman.

(people laughing) - Why do I get the feeling my day is about to get even worse, (doors closing) - I was talking to Paul.

He says he can't imagine a future without his wife.

And when he told me that this afternoon, I kid you not, I had a sudden great lump in my throat, and you'd have to have a heart of stone not to feel for the fella.

I'm normally really good at handling stuff like that.

So I knew there had to be more to it.

So I delved into my innermost psyche, by which I mean I downed three pints and watched women's volleyball on Sky Sports.

And I realized, I realized I was jealous, 'cause I know you'll never feel lost without me.

(Lydia sighing) - You're right.

I don't need you.

I don't need anyone, but I choose to be with you.

Isn't that enough?

(children squealing) - Hey buddy.

Do you want me to show you some new tricks?

I can show you the axle or the black hole.

Hmm?

- None of you understand, do you?

- Krish?

Krish?

(speaking in foreign language) - Krish?

Guys, if you could just, one, one sec.

Dr. Nair?

Dr. Fonseca?

Excuse me please, you can't leave.

- Hey, hey, hey.

Get off, get off me, or I'll have you arrested for assaulting a police officer?

- Get inside.

(somber music) - Neelam.

- Thank you for your efforts, Dr. Fonseca, but I'm afraid you failed to take one tiny detail into account.

- And what's that?

(somber music) - I love him.

(somber instrumental music) (door closing) (somber instrumental music) (door closing) (somber instrumental music) (children laughing) (child squealing) (somber instrumental music) (phone beeping) - Dr. Varma.

Hold on a second.

(people chatting) Dr. Walker was right.

These people need our help.

I'll, I'll call you back.

- He's lying to her.

- Kabir is lying to Ruby?

- I told him it was a bad idea.

It's not fair on her, and I don't think that I should be the one to tell her.

- Tell her what?

- She needs to talk to him.

Ask him why he really wants her here.

- Wait, what are you talking about?

- Just tell her to talk to him.

(tense music) (birds chirping) (soft instrumental music) (sentimental orchestral music) (sentimental orchestral music) (soft piano music) - Hi.

- Hi.

(soft piano music) - I need to talk to you.

- Okay.

- There's something I need to do.

(romantic orchestral music) - I'm sorry, am I interrupting something?

- No, no, no.

Not at all.

- [Gabriel] Yes, you are.

- [Kabir] I got you some tea.

- Are you going to tell us what's going on here?

- What are you doing?

- [Kabir] What's going on?

- He's been lying to you.

- What?

(tense music) (birds chirping) What's going on?

- I thought if I told you the truth, you wouldn't come here.

- What truth?

What do you know?

Tell me.

- I'm your father, Ruby.

(tense music) - What?

- I'm sorry.

(tense music) - Okay.

(sobbing) (dark instrumental music) (uplifting orchestral music) (uplifting orchestral music) (uplifting orchestral music) (no audio)