| Cookie and Bob
are facing the wrath of Bev Little. Harry and
Terence are amazed at the wonderful music coming
from Rosemary's flat. They debate whether the
composer of the music was J. S. Bach or C. P.
Bach (Rosemary confirms that Harry was right --
it was J. S. Bach). Shirley tells them that the
musician is Rosemary's son, Robert, who arrived
earlier. Rosemary arrives and rushes upstairs to
greet her son -- he seems somewhat standoffish
but Rosemary is thrilled to see him. He's deeply
involved in his music and Rosemary is forced to
tell Harry, Kate, Terence, and Shirley that
they'll have to meet him later. Grant Fraser
arrives late to help Bob with his plumbing work.
He's an avid cyclist. Esme tends to Cookie's left
eye after he was hit by Bev. Esme doesn't want to
get involved in the disagreement between Bob and
Cookie and Bev Little, even though the whole
fight is over a tree in Esme's garden. After 1
1/2 hours, Robert's organ playing gets tiring on
Terence and the clinic patients. Harry remembers
seeing and performing with Robert when Robert
appeared at Newcastle Uni. Rosemary introduces
Robert to Kate and Harry at the Club. Robert
doesn't perform anymore but is concentrating on
composing. His mother is surprised to learn that
he gave a performance last year in Sydney. He's
absolutely obsessed with Bach and knows strange
trivia about the composer. Esme and Bev bicker.
Robert is obsessed with hidden messages in music
and poetry. When Harry doesn't take him
seriously, he gets angry. When Kate mentions that
Rosemary is very proud of him, Robert says
"That witch? She's dangerous.",
shocking Kate. Grant finishes up his day with Bob.
He wants to pedal the 40 kms home but is
suffering from cramping muscles. Rosemary and
Robert talk about his medication. He's bought the
same wine his dad would have bought (dreadful
stuff according Rosemary) and he and Rosemary are
getting along just fine. He says he misses his
father and they drink a toast to Allan. Frank
talks to Cookie about turning the hose on Bev
after she stuck a pitchfork in him through the
fence. He wants them to deal with the situation
themselves. When Bev starts bugging him with it,
he threatens her with an automatic telephone
exchange (*gasp*). Rosemary gets up during the
night to find that the fuse must have blown.
Robert has pulled all the fuses out to stop
"them" from coming through the power
lines ("them" being the ones who left
the messages in their music). Terence arrives at
the clinic to find there is no power. Rosemary
tells him about Robert taking them and admits
that Robert has schizophrenia. She had comforted
him throughout the night and woke to find that
he'd taken off in her car with the fuses. The war
between Bev and Esme escalates. Frank comes upon
Grant desperately trying to pedal his way to
Bob's. He's coughing and doesn't look too good.
Frank tries to offer him a lift but he starts
walking his bike away. Rosemary rewires the fuses
at the clinic as she tells Terence more about her
family. Her father had schizophrenia and
committed suicide when Rosemary was 18 years old.
When Robert was about 5 or 6 years old, she and
Allan went to Eritria. Five months later, they
got a telegram from Jenny saying "Come home.
Robert loopy." Rosemary admits that she was
hopeless and left the whole situation to Allan to
deal with. When Allan and the psychiatrist
believed that Robert was stable, Rosemary and
Allan returned to Eritria, where Allan was shot
and killed. Robert doesn't talk to her about it.
Harry is practicing his golf shots at Camelot
when Robert shows up to talk about Bach's
messages -- there's one in particular that he
can't work out. Harry thinks he's nuts.
Esme cuts down the
tree that was offending Bev. It was a 40-year-old
cabbage gum that she planted to celebrate the
coronation and she's devastated at having to take
it down. Harry tells Rosemary and Terence that he
saw Robert. Rosemary goes through Robert's
luggage and finds no medication. She isn't really
surprised -- when he was on meds, he couldn't
perform yet he was able to give that performance
last year. Grant is in obvious distress at work
with Bob and collapses. Cookie finds Robert at
the Club, clutching the Club's fuses and cowering
by the poker machines. Shirley calls Rosemary who
take him home with her. At the hospital, the
source of Grant's pain is discovered -- one of
his testicles is twisted; Harry also thinks he
felt a tumour on it. Esme is being prosecuted for
cutting down her tree in violation of "The
Preservation Bylaw" (with a fine of $500).
Shirl offers to talk to the Council. Esme
considers petitioning Telecom for an automatic
telephone exchange. Robert thinks he has finally
cracked the code. Terence comes in with Robert's
meds. Robert doesn't like what the medication
does to him and Rosemary won't force him to take
them. He has another attack while playing for
Rosemary and begins smashing the piano with his
chair. Grant's testicle definitely had a tumour
on it and the entire testicle has to be removed.
A collection is taken up to get Grant a new
racing bike. Rosemary wakes up to find Robert
shining a flashlight in her face. He can't
control himself and begs her to kill him -- he
wants to be with his father.
Robert has a
severe schizophrenic episode. He bites Rosemary
when she tries to restrain him. Shirley and Kate
try to teach Luke what schizophrenia is like by
talking close to his ear while he is trying to
talk to Frank -- he gets the point. Rosemary
talks to Terence about Robert. She's afraid of a
repeat of her father. She doesn't want him to be
committed. Cookie is looking for new recipes to
try out on the Wine Growers Association dinner,
hosted by J. D. Sebastian. Kate gets health
centre information from Shirley in preparation
for taking over for Shirley for awhile. Robert
has decided he can handle his episode himself and
Rosemary races after him. Cookie gets cooking
tips from Esme. She tells him about last year's
menu -- consomme, baby lobster, quail stuffed
with pine nuts, coffee, seasonal fruits, and
truffles. Bob and Cookie mistakenly think she
means truffles the mushrooms not truffles the
yummy chocolates. When they learn that pigs are
used to sniff out truffles, they decide to use
Ruby. Robert scares townsfolk by ranting and
raving along the street. He spits on Rosemary's
car, devastating her. A young girl quizzes Kate
about keeping babies. When the health centre
empties, Kate and Luke find a baby that has been
left behind.
Luke is avoiding
studying by cleaning everything. Frank comes to
investigate the 10-month-old baby. Terence wants
to call in Frank to look for Robert. Kate calls
all the moms to try to find out if anyone left a
baby behind. The little girl, Olivia, comes back
and says she's come to get the baby back. She
doesn't want to admit that the baby is her little
sister. Robert is trying to conduct while
standing in the middle of traffic. He is struck
by a car as he fumbles around. They take him to
the hospital and Rosemary asks Terence to give
Robert the meds. Kate discovers that Olivia was
jealous of the attention the new baby was
getting. Robert tells Rosemary about how it was
always "Rosemary and Allan" and
"Jenny and Robert". Kate helps Olivia
come to terms with her little sister, Ellen. Esme
arrives at her house in time to find that Bob and
Cookie have cooked up a load of poison magic
mushrooms. They'll have to buy some from the deli
and it'll cost them an arm and a leg. Esme breaks
the news to them that the truffles from last
year's meal were chocolate. Olivia's mom arrives
and scolds Olivia. Kate has a chat with her about
Olivia's feelings. Harry talks to Robert and
returns later to play his flute for Robert and
get some advice (and spark Robert's musical
skills). Terence talks to Robert about his
medication. Rosemary tries to tell Robert about
her relationship with Allan and she didn't want
to leave Robert so many years ago. Cookie knocks
the $300 bowl of mushrooms on the floor and Ruby
begins eating them. Robert returns to Sydney.
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