Reef Doctors (2013) s01e09 Episode Script
Episode 9
1 When the sun did rise this morning I got a change upon my mind I could hear my soul a-calling In my heart I know it's time 'Cause I'm a medicine woman I know the sparks are gonna fly Whoa, woman Reef Doctors 01x09 Episode 9 For a cure of heart and mind Ah, ah, ah 'Cause I'm a medicine woman I'm gonna look life in the eye Yes, I'm a medicine woman I know the sparks are gonna fly! We'll have to send him some L-plates for his 16th.
Mainland road rules don't apply on Hope Island.
We don't have any roads.
You don't have any police either.
You want me to drive? Oh, come on, knock it off.
Hi! Whoo-hoo! Oh, Sam! Hey, Gus.
Hey, how are you, mate? David! How are you? Thank you.
Come in.
Bit heavy this one, isn't it? Don't you worry about that.
Stonefish, awesome.
I love this.
This stuff's great! Well, it's my photography.
It's my editing.
I seem to remember the last award was for photography.
- Is this from the Great Barrier Reef? - Florida.
David and Megan are shooting their new Underwater World documentary series.
What a great life, hey? You guys sail all around the world on a yacht, filming whatever you want.
Yeah, it's pretty good.
Yeah, like, these are a few of the bloopers.
Out-takes.
Ahh.
Here we are in Key West, and this is my beautiful and adorable wife who very occasionally can be a pain in the arse.
Well, this is my incredibly handsome husband here in Key West, who most definitely This is'Irukandji Enigma'.
This is Hamish's book.
Didn't realise he published anything.
Yeah, it's all about the mini-mes of the box jellyfish.
There are observations and causes and effects of stings.
There's actually a photograph of me in here.
Where is it? Page there.
Of course.
You were part of that, hey? She wasn't just part of it.
Her dad used her as a guinea pig when he was testing Irukandji stings.
What were you, 10? And a half.
Yeah.
He could have killed you.
That photo there was actually taken by the local newspaper.
I had just got out of hospital.
I think I'd been in there about three days in excruciating pain.
I wanted to tear my skin off.
I can't believe you sound OK about it all.
Well, there were some good bits about it too.
I got a lot of lime jelly and ice-cream.
Ah, then perhaps for your next experiment you should use young Jack.
Oh, oh, that reminds me.
We have something for you.
Oh, come on, guys.
You're spoiling him, and I am trying to teach him some self-discipline.
And that's what godparents are for.
Been saving up for ages.
Not that expensive.
Oh, it's the best present in the world.
Don't get too excited.
I pre-loaded our entire catalogue onto it.
Yeah.
Call it the David and Megan box set.
Everything that we have shot since we were at uni together.
Including all the out-takes.
Oh, I love your bloopers.
They're hilarious.
Here's to you guys.
That rock is thousands of metres below.
There was creatures everywhere.
You know what? I could film that one wall forever.
That's you, isn't it? Yeah.
Yeah.
Excuse me.
Um, it's really late.
Are you gonna let my son get some sleep? We're just You know, Megan, I can see why you've won all those awards for editing.
Thank you! Wait, hey, hang on! I'm insulted.
And I'm surprised you're not in a coma if he's making you watch all those out-of-focus shots.
Goodnight.
Goodnight.
Hey, thanks for picking us up today, mate.
He's growing up, Sam.
He's just gorgeous.
He misses you guys.
Oh, we miss him.
Well, make one of your own.
You can't put it off forever.
So your emails keep saying.
You're as bad as David.
The more reluctant I am the cluckier he gets.
It's not that I don't want a baby.
It's just how can I juggle our careers and a kid? I do.
I do it rather badly sometimes, but Well, half the year we are on a yacht and the other half I'm in an editing room, and I can't just park a kid on the beach.
I did.
Megs, you're not getting any younger.
- Ow.
- You can't wait any longer.
Well, if I'm lucky, someone will figure out how to make men pregnant.
Yeah, I think David would have up and left you by then.
They're not all like Andrew, Sam.
I still can't believe he ran off with that hussy.
What was she, 18? No, she was our age, actually.
Oh, there you go.
Doesn't even have the decency to act out a mid-life crisis.
Pathetic.
We had some really good years, though.
And we had Jack.
Oh, Sam.
Good morning.
I heard you had a party last night.
You didn't invite me.
Damn! It was such a huge list I knew that I'd forget someone.
Oh, your loss.
Scuba tanks are filled and checked.
Yacht's fueled.
You're good to go.
Thanks, Toby.
I think the viz will be pretty good out there today.
That's good to hear.
What's going on with you and Toby? Would you stop it? He's just a friend.
Are you sure you don't need any help out there? Oh, darling, you've gotta go to school today but we will see you back here for a late lunch.
Have a good time.
Hooroo.
- Good morning.
- Good morning.
We have a bite boy who shared his bed with a spider.
He says it's a Funnel-Web, Gus says it's a Huntsman.
Mmm, Huntsman female.
Well, Huntsman didn't appreciate finding him in her bed.
They stared at each other.
She bit him.
Non-venomous.
Guarding its young.
Well, we've got a tourist with sunburn who didn't wear any sunscreen.
He wanted a nice Aussie tan, which he now has.
Ow.
We've got a type 1 diabetic who's very worried her insulin might have gone off.
- She's been leaving it out in the sun.
- Right.
What happened here? Airliner ditch? OK, I will take the diabetes patient and you can have the spider boy and the sunburn guy.
Sunburn.
Whoo! Another career highlight.
Thanks.
Hello.
I fell asleep on the beach.
Mate, you should definitely up the strength of your sunblock.
Were you using any? Um no, I wasn't using any.
Of course you weren't.
- Any nausea, vomiting, chills, fever? - No.
No? Your eyes gritty or painful? Your corneas are susceptible.
Ultraviolet light from the sun causes eye problems.
Long-term exposure causes cataracts.
OK, yeah.
No, I was wearing sunglasses.
Ah, yeah.
I guess we can see that.
We should be thankful for small mercies.
Lars, skin cancers account for 80% of all new cancers diagnosed each year in Australia.
I was trying to get a tan.
Dying to get a tan.
Unfortunately, mate, there's not a lot we can do for you.
Once you've got sunburn, you've got sunburn.
Damage is done.
You'll just have to ride it out.
Aloe vera gel can help soothe affected skin.
Drink a lot of water, keep hydrated and try to stay out of the sun, hmm? What was all that? Um, I asked him what he does for a living.
- And? - He's a lawyer.
Hey, Lars? We might as well do a full check-up while you're here.
Catch anything good? Apart from you? No, we got some good grabs.
Reckon we've got time to scope the wall side, then come back for lunch? Mmm.
Yeah, we can squeeze it in.
Visibility's good.
You right for air? Absolutely.
It's probably quicker to fin across the reef.
I'll race you.
OK.
She's been boiling her insulin to death on the beach.
What is it with people? They leave their will to live on the mainland.
Well, she's young.
Her blood sugar's fine.
It's her first management mishap.
Thanks for that.
Uncle Gus has got your mum's test results, doesn't he? How do you do that? Keep those things quiet? Can you hold her for a sec? Hey? Uh Livvy! Liv! I'll be back in two shakes.
I just Livvy! I'm not familiar with this species.
Oh, David and Megan are coming back for a late lunch if you guys want to join us.
You're not cooking, are you? I don't know what everybody goes on about.
- I haven't killed anyone.
- Yet.
Two words 'prawns', 'incinerate'.
- Jack's cooking.
- Oh, sweet.
What time do you want us? Oh, that was fantastic! Where did we park the boat? OK, this is probably not so good.
Tide's come in.
I can't see the reef.
Must have dragged the sand anchor out.
Here, pass me the locator beacon.
I don't have it with me.
Where's yours? On the boat! Sam's insurance company valued that outboard at 7,000, not 2,000.
You managed to get her a pretty good deal, didn't you? Bean counters have got their wires crossed, mate.
She only had two grand to spend.
That's what it cost her.
Well, if you end up behind bars, don't expect me to come and visit you.
I'm going to be flat out running this place on my own.
Um, yacht's name is 'Escape'.
Repeat, 'Escape'.
The anchor line's trailing but she's drifting in deep water.
There's no-one on board.
Say again your last, 'Tangerine Dream'.
She's drifting and there's no-one on board.
- Yacht's name is 'Escape'.
- Roger that.
You're three nautical miles north of Pointer's Reef - alongside a yacht called 'Escape'.
- Sam! Found the boat at Pointer's Reef.
I'll key in the co-ordinates.
We'll find them.
The rate this current's going we'll be in South America soon.
The reef's pretty busy these days.
Someone'll mosey on by.
This is Police Air 1.
We're setting up a command post at the missing divers' point of departure.
Still no signal from a personal locator beacon? Don't think we'll be getting a signal.
They left their two PLBs sitting on the yacht.
They might have climbed onto the reef.
They could be waving at the chopper as we speak.
Guess that's been known to happen.
We heard about your backpackers who got their boat wedged on the outer reef.
- Yeah, they flagged Toby down.
- That's right, Toby.
Toby McGrath.
Quite the legend in some circles.
Well, at least he's out there searching.
I'm not complaining.
We're happy to have him.
It's a bloody big search area and we don't know their exact splash point.
Sarge, we're good.
All stations, all stations, this is Hope Island search coordination.
We're looking for two scuba divers, last known location Pointer's Reef.
I repeat two divers missing at Pointer's Reef.
All vessels able to assist in search and rescue, let us know.
What's his condition? Is he breathing? Oh, hell.
Where are you now? No, no, bring him here.
You're 30 minutes by boat.
Bring him to the Hope Island Clinic.
Doc? I think my supervisor's having a heart attack.
OK, guys.
Shortness of breath, very rapid pulse.
He's sweaty, anxious.
His BP's OK.
He's complaining of chest discomfort.
Says it feels like his heart is racing.
It's not bloody racing, it's pounding.
Hey You know how we said if we ever get into trouble you'd feed me to the sharks first, right? Well, you are my hostage now and we've got enough footage for today.
You won't let me go, will you? If something happens, you won't let me go? Never.
Together forever, right? We're backtracking.
Hey, we already searched this on the first leg.
Mate, we're doing a grid sweep.
We'll go one more pass, yeah? We could have missed them.
Could we have missed them? Just give it to me straight.
They're not here.
It's a supraventricular tachycardia, which means your heart rate has gone into overdrive.
What does that mean? It means that your heart is beating so rapidly that the muscle can't relax between contractions.
It can't pump your blood efficiently.
But the good news is, Matty, it's not a heart attack.
It's a regular beat, just at a faster rate.
And that's your idea of good news? It doesn't feel regular.
It's jumping all over the shop.
Look, we don't know why it happens but it will probably go away on its own.
What, so you're just gonna stand there and watch me? Feels like a bloody jackhammer.
I know it might feel like that, but I know how to read an ECG.
What, so you're just gonna wait for it to go away? Can you do a big cough for me? Bigger, mate.
Again.
Is there a 20-mil syringe there? Are you doing Valsalva? Mm-hm.
Alright, Matty, we want to get your heart rate back to normal and this might do the trick.
Thanks.
What I want you to do is take a deep breath, as deep as you can, and blow as hard as you can until the plunger moves, alright? - That's it.
Good.
- Keep going, keep going.
Keep going, mate.
Harder.
Really push the plunger out of the end.
Right, that's a good job.
Relax.
Relax.
Am I doing something wrong? It still feels just the same.
Don't worry, mate, these things can take a few goes to get on top of.
Uh, try it again, Liv.
Freya? Get the cops to contact his wife, and we better let Sam know.
OK.
The Valsalva technique wasn't effective.
And can Rick find any other logical reason for such an abnormally fast heart rate? No.
The patient doesn't smoke.
Has two coffees a day, drinks moderately, has got no family history of heart disease, isn't on any medications and it's not a panic attack.
Sam, his at-rest heartbeat is still at 200 beats per minute.
Yeah, OK, that is way too fast.
I've gotta refuel, so we need to head in anyway.
Freya, just tell Rick to keep doing what he's doing.
We're heading back in.
OK, understood, Sam.
I'm so sorry about the baby stuff.
I do want to have your child.
I do.
You know why I fell in love with you in the first place? No.
Well, it wasn't for your timing.
Well, I wasn't suggesting making a baby right now.
Tomorrow.
Tomorrow.
It's a date.
Yeah.
You cannot put him in a chopper in his current state.
And you can't leave him like that either.
I was hoping it would resolve itself.
What if it doesn't? Tachycardia induced cardiomyopathy? We'll cross that bridge when we get to it.
No.
You have to think about it now.
It is a prolonged SV and this is not a cushy hospital with cardiologists on tap.
Adenosine? Do you want me to use adenosine? No way, Sam.
Too risky.
You said yourself we don't have hospital support.
It's something that I've only ever used once.
Have you used it? No.
But I've seen it used.
OK.
If he stays awake, if he keeps talking, we'll give it one hour to resolve itself.
Sam, you wanted my opinion.
Have you even listened to a word I've said? An hour's not waiting.
An hour doesn't count.
He's my patient.
It's my clinic.
It's alright, sweetheart.
Come on! - Hey-hey, Sammy.
- Hey.
Take a break.
Have something to eat.
Here you go.
Thanks, Sonny.
I don't think that I could.
Ta.
What are you doing? I'm trying to get this screen shot of a dehydration chart for the sergeant.
They've been out there a long time without any fresh water.
Yeah, well, Toby'll find them.
He'll be joining the main search party shortly.
Yeah, I know.
You know, um, David and Megan are They're my oldest friends.
Did you know that? Yeah.
I did know that.
When Andrew and I split up, you know, a lot of our friends drifted away or they became his friends.
But Megan and David, they stuck by me.
Mmm, yeah, she's a good egg.
I like her.
She's funny.
Yeah.
She took the break-up really hard.
And so did David.
David was actually the one who introduced me to Andrew.
- Oh, really? - Yeah.
That I did not know.
Mmm.
It was a blind date.
She told me that he was a bit of a tosser.
But I met him and I thought that he was really clever.
Funny.
And I fell for him.
And the rest, as they say, is history.
Look, if if you hold that down and press that Voila! How did you know how to do that? Jack.
I can't do anything else.
He's not very comfortable.
It'll pass.
We just don't know when.
Sam said we should give him Freya! Just watch him, please.
You able to go out again tonight? Yep, just came in to refuel.
I don't want you going back out there.
Jack, you eaten anything? I don't feel like it.
Come on, then.
Come here.
When you find Megan and David, just tell them that I love them and that they're grounded.
Yeah, it's another sweep.
What the heck - it's easy to miss small targets.
You sure you don't want to revise this about now? Mate, we did that grid this afternoon.
They weren't there.
And that one as well.
They weren't there either.
This one we did twice.
Mate, you were in the navy.
You know how to follow orders.
Why don't you stick with the plan? We've found a lot of missing people that way.
Toby, can I have a word? Now, I know this is going to seem a bit out there, but I've been watching all their footage.
Doesn't this look like an underwater wall to you? Yeah.
So what? On every one of their docos Megan and David shot the shallow side of the reef first, then the wall side.
They had a system.
Go on.
I've checked it on your nav plotter and Pointer's Reef doesn't have a wall.
They were never at Pointer's Reef because that is a shallow reef.
See, the videos show the same thing.
David chooses specific types of reefs.
Reefs with walls? Yep.
They film walls.
It's their modus operandi.
You've been watching a lot of cop shows, son.
We factored all the reefs around Pointer's into our calculations.
Divers would still have drifted along the track we're searching.
And you've searched half of them? Yeah, we have, but if Megan and David were on the wall side they could have been swept by a downswell or an upswell and got swept a lot further out to sea.
- Way further than we looked.
- Yeah.
You've been searching the wrong reefs.
We're looking in the wrong place.
If you feel your filmmaking friends did have a modus operandi maybe that should have included taking a locator beacon with them.
Your coordinates.
I suggest you get underway.
Shit! What's wrong? Shit! Oi! It's alright.
Something brushed against me.
It's alright.
Shh.
It was probably a turtle.
No! It was big.
It banged into me.
Shit! It's OK.
Oh, please don't let it be a shark.
Please don't let me be eaten by a shark.
Please! Please! I reckon the current's taking us north.
How far could they have drifted? Well, let's find out.
Do you think they're still alive? No idea.
I've never, uh, been lost.
Mum left me in a supermarket once.
She forgot me.
And I thought that was scary.
I can't imagine what it's like for Megan and David.
It's bloody terrifying.
It happened to you? Yeah.
Once.
Ages ago.
Where? Oh, just a little place on the other side of the world, mate.
Whereabouts on the other side of the world? It's a big planet.
The Persian Gulf.
If you must know.
It was when I was a navy clearance diver.
Well, mate, let's see if this expensive gear of mine works, hey? You keep your eye on that screen.
Hey! Stay awake.
Don't go to sleep.
OK? Stay with me.
Oh, come on.
That's it.
Come on.
Hey, hey, stay awake.
Shh.
Hold on.
Put your arms around me.
Put your arms We can't leave it any longer.
OK.
Matty, your heart rate is stuck at 200 beats a minute.
We don't think that it's anything more than an electrical glitch with your heart.
The rest of you is perfectly fine.
It doesn't feel fine.
This pounding is sending me crazy.
Yeah.
Look, what we want to do, Matty, is short-circuit your heart.
Reset it, so everything returns back to normal.
Say that again.
We give you a drug called adenosine and it stops your heart for half a second.
It stops my heart? That sounds serious.
It is.
A procedure like this doesn't come without its risks because well, we would be stopping your heart.
I'll die? No, because in the rare instance of that happening, we would resuscitate you.
What? You want to jump-start me? Can't you do something else? It's a fast procedure and it will stop the pounding.
Well, basically there are two options here.
Either one of them carries a risk.
We either put your heart on pause for half a second with the chance of something bad happening being relatively low.
Or we do nothing, your heart gets worse.
The risks they get bigger.
OK, let's do it.
OK, Matty, this is going to happen quickly.
Your heart will stop for one beat.
It's going to be over before you know it, OK? You may experience a feeling of apprehension or fear, but try not to worry about that because that's actually the drug working for us.
It already feels like the end of the world.
You just tell me when you're ready.
OK.
Ahh, no! This sucks! That s Normal sinus rhythm.
OK.
Welcome back.
That was really, really weird.
That's good.
Well done.
Toby.
Toby, there's a heat signature! It's them! It's got to be them! Let's have a look.
We're here! Here! Here! Here! 'Medusa' to Hope Island Clinic.
We have found them.
I repeat we have found them.
What? Say that again, you're breaking up.
I said we've found David and Megan.
They're cold, they're a little wet, but they're alright, and we're coming home.
Whoo-hoo! Thank you! We were both shark food out there.
And we'd still be out there if it wasn't for this young man.
Well done, mate.
Thanks.
What? You took off without telling me.
Oh we were in a hurry, Mum.
Sorry, Mum.
If I'd have had a girl I'd never need to ask for this.
Maybe we can make you one.
Yeah? Toby, wait up! Um Thank you for bringing them home safely.
I just did what anyone else would.
I don't want you to think that I don't appreciate what you did.
Oh, I think I'm clear on that.
I am really proud of Jack.
I just wish that you'd told me that you were taking him back out.
Well, we were a bit pressed for time.
Well, what if you'd got out there and you'd found them and it was too late? Well, Jack can handle himself.
Please don't fob this off.
It is so frustrating.
You never tell me anything.
You paid seven thousand and something dollars cash, God knows why you paid cash, I'm not even gonna go there.
So, you spent all of this money on my motor, never said a word to me.
You knew that I only had $2,000.
So now I owe you thousands of dollars, which I don't have.
I do intend to pay you back, by the way.
And now I'm saddled with some debt that I never asked for all because you went behind my back Yeah, run away, why don't you? Add that to my list of crimes.
Goodnight! 'Night!
Mainland road rules don't apply on Hope Island.
We don't have any roads.
You don't have any police either.
You want me to drive? Oh, come on, knock it off.
Hi! Whoo-hoo! Oh, Sam! Hey, Gus.
Hey, how are you, mate? David! How are you? Thank you.
Come in.
Bit heavy this one, isn't it? Don't you worry about that.
Stonefish, awesome.
I love this.
This stuff's great! Well, it's my photography.
It's my editing.
I seem to remember the last award was for photography.
- Is this from the Great Barrier Reef? - Florida.
David and Megan are shooting their new Underwater World documentary series.
What a great life, hey? You guys sail all around the world on a yacht, filming whatever you want.
Yeah, it's pretty good.
Yeah, like, these are a few of the bloopers.
Out-takes.
Ahh.
Here we are in Key West, and this is my beautiful and adorable wife who very occasionally can be a pain in the arse.
Well, this is my incredibly handsome husband here in Key West, who most definitely This is'Irukandji Enigma'.
This is Hamish's book.
Didn't realise he published anything.
Yeah, it's all about the mini-mes of the box jellyfish.
There are observations and causes and effects of stings.
There's actually a photograph of me in here.
Where is it? Page there.
Of course.
You were part of that, hey? She wasn't just part of it.
Her dad used her as a guinea pig when he was testing Irukandji stings.
What were you, 10? And a half.
Yeah.
He could have killed you.
That photo there was actually taken by the local newspaper.
I had just got out of hospital.
I think I'd been in there about three days in excruciating pain.
I wanted to tear my skin off.
I can't believe you sound OK about it all.
Well, there were some good bits about it too.
I got a lot of lime jelly and ice-cream.
Ah, then perhaps for your next experiment you should use young Jack.
Oh, oh, that reminds me.
We have something for you.
Oh, come on, guys.
You're spoiling him, and I am trying to teach him some self-discipline.
And that's what godparents are for.
Been saving up for ages.
Not that expensive.
Oh, it's the best present in the world.
Don't get too excited.
I pre-loaded our entire catalogue onto it.
Yeah.
Call it the David and Megan box set.
Everything that we have shot since we were at uni together.
Including all the out-takes.
Oh, I love your bloopers.
They're hilarious.
Here's to you guys.
That rock is thousands of metres below.
There was creatures everywhere.
You know what? I could film that one wall forever.
That's you, isn't it? Yeah.
Yeah.
Excuse me.
Um, it's really late.
Are you gonna let my son get some sleep? We're just You know, Megan, I can see why you've won all those awards for editing.
Thank you! Wait, hey, hang on! I'm insulted.
And I'm surprised you're not in a coma if he's making you watch all those out-of-focus shots.
Goodnight.
Goodnight.
Hey, thanks for picking us up today, mate.
He's growing up, Sam.
He's just gorgeous.
He misses you guys.
Oh, we miss him.
Well, make one of your own.
You can't put it off forever.
So your emails keep saying.
You're as bad as David.
The more reluctant I am the cluckier he gets.
It's not that I don't want a baby.
It's just how can I juggle our careers and a kid? I do.
I do it rather badly sometimes, but Well, half the year we are on a yacht and the other half I'm in an editing room, and I can't just park a kid on the beach.
I did.
Megs, you're not getting any younger.
- Ow.
- You can't wait any longer.
Well, if I'm lucky, someone will figure out how to make men pregnant.
Yeah, I think David would have up and left you by then.
They're not all like Andrew, Sam.
I still can't believe he ran off with that hussy.
What was she, 18? No, she was our age, actually.
Oh, there you go.
Doesn't even have the decency to act out a mid-life crisis.
Pathetic.
We had some really good years, though.
And we had Jack.
Oh, Sam.
Good morning.
I heard you had a party last night.
You didn't invite me.
Damn! It was such a huge list I knew that I'd forget someone.
Oh, your loss.
Scuba tanks are filled and checked.
Yacht's fueled.
You're good to go.
Thanks, Toby.
I think the viz will be pretty good out there today.
That's good to hear.
What's going on with you and Toby? Would you stop it? He's just a friend.
Are you sure you don't need any help out there? Oh, darling, you've gotta go to school today but we will see you back here for a late lunch.
Have a good time.
Hooroo.
- Good morning.
- Good morning.
We have a bite boy who shared his bed with a spider.
He says it's a Funnel-Web, Gus says it's a Huntsman.
Mmm, Huntsman female.
Well, Huntsman didn't appreciate finding him in her bed.
They stared at each other.
She bit him.
Non-venomous.
Guarding its young.
Well, we've got a tourist with sunburn who didn't wear any sunscreen.
He wanted a nice Aussie tan, which he now has.
Ow.
We've got a type 1 diabetic who's very worried her insulin might have gone off.
- She's been leaving it out in the sun.
- Right.
What happened here? Airliner ditch? OK, I will take the diabetes patient and you can have the spider boy and the sunburn guy.
Sunburn.
Whoo! Another career highlight.
Thanks.
Hello.
I fell asleep on the beach.
Mate, you should definitely up the strength of your sunblock.
Were you using any? Um no, I wasn't using any.
Of course you weren't.
- Any nausea, vomiting, chills, fever? - No.
No? Your eyes gritty or painful? Your corneas are susceptible.
Ultraviolet light from the sun causes eye problems.
Long-term exposure causes cataracts.
OK, yeah.
No, I was wearing sunglasses.
Ah, yeah.
I guess we can see that.
We should be thankful for small mercies.
Lars, skin cancers account for 80% of all new cancers diagnosed each year in Australia.
I was trying to get a tan.
Dying to get a tan.
Unfortunately, mate, there's not a lot we can do for you.
Once you've got sunburn, you've got sunburn.
Damage is done.
You'll just have to ride it out.
Aloe vera gel can help soothe affected skin.
Drink a lot of water, keep hydrated and try to stay out of the sun, hmm? What was all that? Um, I asked him what he does for a living.
- And? - He's a lawyer.
Hey, Lars? We might as well do a full check-up while you're here.
Catch anything good? Apart from you? No, we got some good grabs.
Reckon we've got time to scope the wall side, then come back for lunch? Mmm.
Yeah, we can squeeze it in.
Visibility's good.
You right for air? Absolutely.
It's probably quicker to fin across the reef.
I'll race you.
OK.
She's been boiling her insulin to death on the beach.
What is it with people? They leave their will to live on the mainland.
Well, she's young.
Her blood sugar's fine.
It's her first management mishap.
Thanks for that.
Uncle Gus has got your mum's test results, doesn't he? How do you do that? Keep those things quiet? Can you hold her for a sec? Hey? Uh Livvy! Liv! I'll be back in two shakes.
I just Livvy! I'm not familiar with this species.
Oh, David and Megan are coming back for a late lunch if you guys want to join us.
You're not cooking, are you? I don't know what everybody goes on about.
- I haven't killed anyone.
- Yet.
Two words 'prawns', 'incinerate'.
- Jack's cooking.
- Oh, sweet.
What time do you want us? Oh, that was fantastic! Where did we park the boat? OK, this is probably not so good.
Tide's come in.
I can't see the reef.
Must have dragged the sand anchor out.
Here, pass me the locator beacon.
I don't have it with me.
Where's yours? On the boat! Sam's insurance company valued that outboard at 7,000, not 2,000.
You managed to get her a pretty good deal, didn't you? Bean counters have got their wires crossed, mate.
She only had two grand to spend.
That's what it cost her.
Well, if you end up behind bars, don't expect me to come and visit you.
I'm going to be flat out running this place on my own.
Um, yacht's name is 'Escape'.
Repeat, 'Escape'.
The anchor line's trailing but she's drifting in deep water.
There's no-one on board.
Say again your last, 'Tangerine Dream'.
She's drifting and there's no-one on board.
- Yacht's name is 'Escape'.
- Roger that.
You're three nautical miles north of Pointer's Reef - alongside a yacht called 'Escape'.
- Sam! Found the boat at Pointer's Reef.
I'll key in the co-ordinates.
We'll find them.
The rate this current's going we'll be in South America soon.
The reef's pretty busy these days.
Someone'll mosey on by.
This is Police Air 1.
We're setting up a command post at the missing divers' point of departure.
Still no signal from a personal locator beacon? Don't think we'll be getting a signal.
They left their two PLBs sitting on the yacht.
They might have climbed onto the reef.
They could be waving at the chopper as we speak.
Guess that's been known to happen.
We heard about your backpackers who got their boat wedged on the outer reef.
- Yeah, they flagged Toby down.
- That's right, Toby.
Toby McGrath.
Quite the legend in some circles.
Well, at least he's out there searching.
I'm not complaining.
We're happy to have him.
It's a bloody big search area and we don't know their exact splash point.
Sarge, we're good.
All stations, all stations, this is Hope Island search coordination.
We're looking for two scuba divers, last known location Pointer's Reef.
I repeat two divers missing at Pointer's Reef.
All vessels able to assist in search and rescue, let us know.
What's his condition? Is he breathing? Oh, hell.
Where are you now? No, no, bring him here.
You're 30 minutes by boat.
Bring him to the Hope Island Clinic.
Doc? I think my supervisor's having a heart attack.
OK, guys.
Shortness of breath, very rapid pulse.
He's sweaty, anxious.
His BP's OK.
He's complaining of chest discomfort.
Says it feels like his heart is racing.
It's not bloody racing, it's pounding.
Hey You know how we said if we ever get into trouble you'd feed me to the sharks first, right? Well, you are my hostage now and we've got enough footage for today.
You won't let me go, will you? If something happens, you won't let me go? Never.
Together forever, right? We're backtracking.
Hey, we already searched this on the first leg.
Mate, we're doing a grid sweep.
We'll go one more pass, yeah? We could have missed them.
Could we have missed them? Just give it to me straight.
They're not here.
It's a supraventricular tachycardia, which means your heart rate has gone into overdrive.
What does that mean? It means that your heart is beating so rapidly that the muscle can't relax between contractions.
It can't pump your blood efficiently.
But the good news is, Matty, it's not a heart attack.
It's a regular beat, just at a faster rate.
And that's your idea of good news? It doesn't feel regular.
It's jumping all over the shop.
Look, we don't know why it happens but it will probably go away on its own.
What, so you're just gonna stand there and watch me? Feels like a bloody jackhammer.
I know it might feel like that, but I know how to read an ECG.
What, so you're just gonna wait for it to go away? Can you do a big cough for me? Bigger, mate.
Again.
Is there a 20-mil syringe there? Are you doing Valsalva? Mm-hm.
Alright, Matty, we want to get your heart rate back to normal and this might do the trick.
Thanks.
What I want you to do is take a deep breath, as deep as you can, and blow as hard as you can until the plunger moves, alright? - That's it.
Good.
- Keep going, keep going.
Keep going, mate.
Harder.
Really push the plunger out of the end.
Right, that's a good job.
Relax.
Relax.
Am I doing something wrong? It still feels just the same.
Don't worry, mate, these things can take a few goes to get on top of.
Uh, try it again, Liv.
Freya? Get the cops to contact his wife, and we better let Sam know.
OK.
The Valsalva technique wasn't effective.
And can Rick find any other logical reason for such an abnormally fast heart rate? No.
The patient doesn't smoke.
Has two coffees a day, drinks moderately, has got no family history of heart disease, isn't on any medications and it's not a panic attack.
Sam, his at-rest heartbeat is still at 200 beats per minute.
Yeah, OK, that is way too fast.
I've gotta refuel, so we need to head in anyway.
Freya, just tell Rick to keep doing what he's doing.
We're heading back in.
OK, understood, Sam.
I'm so sorry about the baby stuff.
I do want to have your child.
I do.
You know why I fell in love with you in the first place? No.
Well, it wasn't for your timing.
Well, I wasn't suggesting making a baby right now.
Tomorrow.
Tomorrow.
It's a date.
Yeah.
You cannot put him in a chopper in his current state.
And you can't leave him like that either.
I was hoping it would resolve itself.
What if it doesn't? Tachycardia induced cardiomyopathy? We'll cross that bridge when we get to it.
No.
You have to think about it now.
It is a prolonged SV and this is not a cushy hospital with cardiologists on tap.
Adenosine? Do you want me to use adenosine? No way, Sam.
Too risky.
You said yourself we don't have hospital support.
It's something that I've only ever used once.
Have you used it? No.
But I've seen it used.
OK.
If he stays awake, if he keeps talking, we'll give it one hour to resolve itself.
Sam, you wanted my opinion.
Have you even listened to a word I've said? An hour's not waiting.
An hour doesn't count.
He's my patient.
It's my clinic.
It's alright, sweetheart.
Come on! - Hey-hey, Sammy.
- Hey.
Take a break.
Have something to eat.
Here you go.
Thanks, Sonny.
I don't think that I could.
Ta.
What are you doing? I'm trying to get this screen shot of a dehydration chart for the sergeant.
They've been out there a long time without any fresh water.
Yeah, well, Toby'll find them.
He'll be joining the main search party shortly.
Yeah, I know.
You know, um, David and Megan are They're my oldest friends.
Did you know that? Yeah.
I did know that.
When Andrew and I split up, you know, a lot of our friends drifted away or they became his friends.
But Megan and David, they stuck by me.
Mmm, yeah, she's a good egg.
I like her.
She's funny.
Yeah.
She took the break-up really hard.
And so did David.
David was actually the one who introduced me to Andrew.
- Oh, really? - Yeah.
That I did not know.
Mmm.
It was a blind date.
She told me that he was a bit of a tosser.
But I met him and I thought that he was really clever.
Funny.
And I fell for him.
And the rest, as they say, is history.
Look, if if you hold that down and press that Voila! How did you know how to do that? Jack.
I can't do anything else.
He's not very comfortable.
It'll pass.
We just don't know when.
Sam said we should give him Freya! Just watch him, please.
You able to go out again tonight? Yep, just came in to refuel.
I don't want you going back out there.
Jack, you eaten anything? I don't feel like it.
Come on, then.
Come here.
When you find Megan and David, just tell them that I love them and that they're grounded.
Yeah, it's another sweep.
What the heck - it's easy to miss small targets.
You sure you don't want to revise this about now? Mate, we did that grid this afternoon.
They weren't there.
And that one as well.
They weren't there either.
This one we did twice.
Mate, you were in the navy.
You know how to follow orders.
Why don't you stick with the plan? We've found a lot of missing people that way.
Toby, can I have a word? Now, I know this is going to seem a bit out there, but I've been watching all their footage.
Doesn't this look like an underwater wall to you? Yeah.
So what? On every one of their docos Megan and David shot the shallow side of the reef first, then the wall side.
They had a system.
Go on.
I've checked it on your nav plotter and Pointer's Reef doesn't have a wall.
They were never at Pointer's Reef because that is a shallow reef.
See, the videos show the same thing.
David chooses specific types of reefs.
Reefs with walls? Yep.
They film walls.
It's their modus operandi.
You've been watching a lot of cop shows, son.
We factored all the reefs around Pointer's into our calculations.
Divers would still have drifted along the track we're searching.
And you've searched half of them? Yeah, we have, but if Megan and David were on the wall side they could have been swept by a downswell or an upswell and got swept a lot further out to sea.
- Way further than we looked.
- Yeah.
You've been searching the wrong reefs.
We're looking in the wrong place.
If you feel your filmmaking friends did have a modus operandi maybe that should have included taking a locator beacon with them.
Your coordinates.
I suggest you get underway.
Shit! What's wrong? Shit! Oi! It's alright.
Something brushed against me.
It's alright.
Shh.
It was probably a turtle.
No! It was big.
It banged into me.
Shit! It's OK.
Oh, please don't let it be a shark.
Please don't let me be eaten by a shark.
Please! Please! I reckon the current's taking us north.
How far could they have drifted? Well, let's find out.
Do you think they're still alive? No idea.
I've never, uh, been lost.
Mum left me in a supermarket once.
She forgot me.
And I thought that was scary.
I can't imagine what it's like for Megan and David.
It's bloody terrifying.
It happened to you? Yeah.
Once.
Ages ago.
Where? Oh, just a little place on the other side of the world, mate.
Whereabouts on the other side of the world? It's a big planet.
The Persian Gulf.
If you must know.
It was when I was a navy clearance diver.
Well, mate, let's see if this expensive gear of mine works, hey? You keep your eye on that screen.
Hey! Stay awake.
Don't go to sleep.
OK? Stay with me.
Oh, come on.
That's it.
Come on.
Hey, hey, stay awake.
Shh.
Hold on.
Put your arms around me.
Put your arms We can't leave it any longer.
OK.
Matty, your heart rate is stuck at 200 beats a minute.
We don't think that it's anything more than an electrical glitch with your heart.
The rest of you is perfectly fine.
It doesn't feel fine.
This pounding is sending me crazy.
Yeah.
Look, what we want to do, Matty, is short-circuit your heart.
Reset it, so everything returns back to normal.
Say that again.
We give you a drug called adenosine and it stops your heart for half a second.
It stops my heart? That sounds serious.
It is.
A procedure like this doesn't come without its risks because well, we would be stopping your heart.
I'll die? No, because in the rare instance of that happening, we would resuscitate you.
What? You want to jump-start me? Can't you do something else? It's a fast procedure and it will stop the pounding.
Well, basically there are two options here.
Either one of them carries a risk.
We either put your heart on pause for half a second with the chance of something bad happening being relatively low.
Or we do nothing, your heart gets worse.
The risks they get bigger.
OK, let's do it.
OK, Matty, this is going to happen quickly.
Your heart will stop for one beat.
It's going to be over before you know it, OK? You may experience a feeling of apprehension or fear, but try not to worry about that because that's actually the drug working for us.
It already feels like the end of the world.
You just tell me when you're ready.
OK.
Ahh, no! This sucks! That s Normal sinus rhythm.
OK.
Welcome back.
That was really, really weird.
That's good.
Well done.
Toby.
Toby, there's a heat signature! It's them! It's got to be them! Let's have a look.
We're here! Here! Here! Here! 'Medusa' to Hope Island Clinic.
We have found them.
I repeat we have found them.
What? Say that again, you're breaking up.
I said we've found David and Megan.
They're cold, they're a little wet, but they're alright, and we're coming home.
Whoo-hoo! Thank you! We were both shark food out there.
And we'd still be out there if it wasn't for this young man.
Well done, mate.
Thanks.
What? You took off without telling me.
Oh we were in a hurry, Mum.
Sorry, Mum.
If I'd have had a girl I'd never need to ask for this.
Maybe we can make you one.
Yeah? Toby, wait up! Um Thank you for bringing them home safely.
I just did what anyone else would.
I don't want you to think that I don't appreciate what you did.
Oh, I think I'm clear on that.
I am really proud of Jack.
I just wish that you'd told me that you were taking him back out.
Well, we were a bit pressed for time.
Well, what if you'd got out there and you'd found them and it was too late? Well, Jack can handle himself.
Please don't fob this off.
It is so frustrating.
You never tell me anything.
You paid seven thousand and something dollars cash, God knows why you paid cash, I'm not even gonna go there.
So, you spent all of this money on my motor, never said a word to me.
You knew that I only had $2,000.
So now I owe you thousands of dollars, which I don't have.
I do intend to pay you back, by the way.
And now I'm saddled with some debt that I never asked for all because you went behind my back Yeah, run away, why don't you? Add that to my list of crimes.
Goodnight! 'Night!