It’s clearly a warning from his dad, breaking the terms of his AVO, who evidently knows that Perri is planning to testify against him in the coming days. But with no witnesses as to who delivered it, there’s little that Senior Constable Rose (Kirsty Marillier) can do.
Later in the week, Tane and Harper are pleased when Perri tells them he’s hanging out with newfound buddy Theo (Matt Evans) for the day.
Whilst it’s good that he has someone to hang out with, it also means that Tane can secretly set up a surprise in Perri’s room, a new TV.
When Perri later returns, his day with Theo having been called off after Theo was forced to work, his mood is low. He later announces that he doesn’t want to attend the hearing, scared of facing his father, particularly after Rose told him he has no option but to do it in person (apparently video link hasn’t reached the Northern Districts).
Tane reassures Perri that he will be by his side and that Carl is no longer a threat, pointing out this could be the last time they have to deal with him.
To help Perri cope, Tane suggests boxing as an outlet for his anger. As Perri punches the bag in the gym, Tane watches with empathy, seeing the pain and frustration in his eyes.
Meanwhile, over at Northern Districts Hospital, Dana (Ally Harris) is beginning to find Bree (Juliet Godwin) particularly difficult to work with, with her showing obsessive tendencies in the weeks since Felicity’s (Jacqui Purvis) death on the ward.
Bree repeatedly asks Dana for the status of all the beds in the department, and when she then asks if the resus trolley has been checked, Dana points out that it’s the first thing she does when coming on shift—the security seal still being intact means nothing has changed. Nevertheless, Dana later finds Bree checking it anyway.
When a patient (Adam Kovarik) later presents at the ED with a head wound following a workplace accident, he accidentally gets some blood on Bree’s scrubs.
Bree rushes out of the cubicle, leaving a stunned Dana to deal with the injured patient on her own.
Dana’s further confused when she finds Bree determinedly trying to clean all the blood off, pointing out that she could just put on some new scrubs and be done with it. Her advice is clearly falling on deaf ears however.
As she clocks off, Dana heads to Bree’s office and confronts her over her behaviour throughout the day. Abandoning a patient is not on, nor is the constant requests for updates, or checking things which are not part of her job.
