Spinal Destination
Episode 4
Episode 4 | 22m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
Dan gets the all-clear to go home, but is he ready to leave the residents? Tessa tries to reconnect
Deciding to concentrate on her rehab, Tessa hands over her article to Candace. But she can’t get her mind off Karl’s mystery woman. Tessa makes an attempt to get intimate with Karl, which doesn’t quite go to plan. Dan gets the all-clear to go home, but decides he isn’t ready to leave.
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Spinal Destination
Episode 4
Episode 4 | 22m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
Deciding to concentrate on her rehab, Tessa hands over her article to Candace. But she can’t get her mind off Karl’s mystery woman. Tessa makes an attempt to get intimate with Karl, which doesn’t quite go to plan. Dan gets the all-clear to go home, but decides he isn’t ready to leave.
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[seductive music playing] [laughing] ♪ I wanna lay you down ♪ ♪ And give it... ♪ [gasps] [sighs] Come on, Karl.
Please be awake.
[phone line ringing] [sighs] [McKenzie, on phone] Hello?
McKenzie speaking.
[indistinct chatter] [Wilson] We're gonna be doing some core exercises.
Now, if you're familiar with yoga, the first one is kind of like a Cobra.
[chuckles] Can we work on my legs today?
Oh, what we're doing is, erm, prepping you for life once you've left the unit, right?
At home, we find that patients have to rely on their core and, well, you're very lucky.
Sorry?
Well, you've got, like, a solid core.
And, er, well, I met your man the other day, and obviously his body is his temple.
What?
Well, he's physically and mentally strong.
You're gonna need that once you leave here.
Cool chat.
-Let's get into it, shall we?
-Yeah.
OK.
Cool.
So I'm just gonna pop this on and... Oh!
Oh... Erm, I'm supposed to help you up.
-Are you OK?
-Yeah.
-Are you sure?
-Mm-hmm.
Just take it easy.
It's all good.
It's all good.
Just slow... Wow.
Or fast.
That's OK too.
OK, cool, cool, cool.
Let's go.
That's it, Tessa.
Push down and away.
Down and away.
Hinge forward.
And up.
I know it feels really light, but trust me, you're doing the work.
-Three more?
-Do you have anyone else to look after?
-No?
Just me?
-No, just you.
One, two.
One, two.
One, two.
One, two.
Up.
Five more.
Don't forget to breathe.
[panting] Wow.
Colour me impressed.
Nice!
Yeah!
That's the spirit.
You're gonna be throwing that wheelchair in and out of your car in no time.
Next time we focus on my legs, I reckon.
I'm gonna be walking out here.
Oh, let me help you.
You know what?
I can take it from here.
You sure, babes?
Yeah, babes.
Absolutely.
-OK.
-OK.
-Nice one.
Yeah.
-[groans] Alright, I'll see you tomorrow.
-Yeah.
-First thing, bright and early.
Team Tessa.
[sighs] We really need to talk about Wilson.
She doesn't share our vision.
Babes?
Whoa.
No, hold up.
What are you doing?
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!
Put it down.
[phone line ringing] You are worthy of love.
You will have two babies by the time you're 42.
-[mobile rings] -Oh.
Go for Candace.
[clears throat] -[Tessa, on phone] Hi, Candace.
-Tessa?
What's going on?
Are you OK?
Yeah.
I'm good.
You?
Yeah, I'm OK.
Are you OK?
[whispers] Don't do this.
Don't be weak.
Listen, Candace... Yes.
I actually need to stay in here a bit longer than I was expecting.
Oh my God.
I'm so sorry.
Yeah, and I was wondering if you could take the reins on the Elder Care feature.
[mouthing] Of course I can.
Of course.
I'd really love to.
Thank you for thinking of me.
Yeah, all good.
So, I'll send over everything I've got so far, and you can just do what you want with it.
-[car horns honk] -Thanks, Tessa.
Listen, I know how hard you've been working on this.
But I promise you-- Great.
I'll email you everything.
OK, well, I want you to know I love you, OK?
I really love you, babe.
OK.
Alright, I... I've got to go.
Bye.
Candace, you're a f**ing winner.
-[car horns blaring] -Hey... I'm a-- I'm a winner!
Well, that was a stupid thing to do.
Candace of all people.
Have you no shame?
[Dan] You know what you should do an article on?
You should do an article on the health benefits of marijuana.
-It's a miracle drug.
-Ugh.
[upbeat music playing] [inhales sharply] [sighs] I've got some good news for you.
You're pretty much mended and you're free to go home.
What?
No, no, no.
I'm not-- I'm not fully mended.
Tip-top shape, Dan.
Full health!
[chuckles] Except, ahem, obviously, the... paralysis.
Never thought this day would come, hmm?
But look, here we are.
Oh.
Good news all round.
[gasps] But what about my pressure sore?
-All healed.
-But all this pain that I've been feeling, Dr Jerry... It's phantom.
OK.
Alright.
Well.
Well what?
How exciting is this?
Hmm?
Yeah, it's really exciting, I guess.
You can go.
-Now?
Oh.
-Yup.
Yup.
[Dan] OK.
Yeah.
Mmm.
-[objects thud] -Oh, gosh.
Sorry.
Alright.
Thank you.
[Dan] Thank you.
-[Dr Jerry] Closed, please.
-[Dan] Yeah.
[Dan grunting] For God's sake, can you wank when I am not here, please?
[Dan] Sorry, Tessa.
[Dan grunts and retches] Dan?
Holy s**.
-I'll call the night nurse -No, don't.
But you're sick.
I just ate some of my philodendron.
What?
Why?
To see if Wiki was right, and whether it would make me throw up.
Well, did Wiki say anything about you dying from it?
No, it's not fatal.
It'll be out soon, but... I reckon I might need to stay another couple of weeks.
-I'm calling the night nurse.
-No!
I don't want to go home, Tessa.
[spits] Why do you do this s**?
I'd give anything to go home.
I miss Poppy so much and, funnily enough, Karl.
[Dan mumbles] Are you talking?
Are you-- It's really echoey in there.
Were you saying something?
Well, I'm not lucky like you, Tessa.
I don't have anyone at home, OK?
There's no one there for me.
Well, what about your family?
They don't visit.
[sighs] So reach out.
Call them.
Stop being such a victim.
Yeah.
You're right, I guess.
Well, thanks for the chat, Tessa.
I actually really like talking to you.
That's one of the things I'm gonna miss.
[spits] Ugh!
The coffee here is absolute s**.
There's a café around the corner.
You could get yourself a proper one.
-Morning.
-How are you?
Good.
Do you know what's concerning me at the moment, babes?
It's this Mackenzie woman that Karl's got helping around the house.
Are you concerned?
At all?
You know, because I just keep thinking about what they could be getting up to.
And my mind always goes... to the worst possible scenario.
Shouldn't take you two days to do a puzzle for children.
[sighs] [phone line ringing] [McKenzie, over phone] Hello?
Tessa.
Er... I'm Tessa.
Oh, hi.
How are you?
Good.
Is Karl around?
Oh, he's not home at the moment.
Do you want to speak to Poppy?
When will he be back?
Er, I think he's actually coming to visit you at the clinic.
I might have that wrong.
How have you been, anyway?
Er, I've got to go.
-I'll see-- I-- Bye.
-OK.
Bye.
[Karl] Hey, babe.
Hey.
Er, what's-- What's the occasion?
Well, I heard you were coming in, so I thought I'd look nice.
Er, yeah.
You look... Oh, no!
I look-- I'm sorry.
I've run out of all my lipstick, and the only other female patient in here is in her eighties, hence the colour.
You look nice.
Thanks.
[Dan] Too much lipstick on a woman makes her look like a right whore.
And you'd know all about those?
[Dan] Maybe.
I've only had two in my time.
And not at the same time, Karl, you dirty dog.
Shouldn't you be packing, Dan?
[Dan] Nah, I'm in no rush.
I've been thinking about you a lot today.
-[Karl] Hmm?
-Mm.
Probably because I had a dream about you.
Yeah?
Was I hot in this dream, or...?
Mm-hmm.
Especially because it was one of those sorts of dreams.
[elevator dings] [Karl] OK, go this way.
[Tessa] Yup.
[Karl mutters] Try this one.
[Karl giggles] [Tessa] I want out.
I want out now.
I want out.
-Take me away!
-[Karl laughs] Take me away from the foetuses.
♪ Was blind ♪ ♪ But now ♪ ♪ I see ♪ Yeah, I reckon that.
Yeah.
We'll-- We'll workshop it, but yeah, that was really good.
-OK.
-Yeah.
Cool.
So what do you guys think the Bible says about premarital relations?
Erm... I think holding hands is OK.
What about kissing?
I'm pretty sure kissing isn't even mentioned in the bible.
Yeah.
So it's really only... It's really only that which isn't allowed.
Pre-marriage, obviously.
Oh.
Yeah.
Of course you're allowed to.
And you should.
As much as you can... while everything still works.
Oh, God, I've got to get out of this place.
[Dan] John!
I've got you a gift that I think you'll like.
When I get out of here, I'm gonna ask you missus out on a date again.
And if I play my cards right, she might put out.
Whoa, mama.
Oh.
There he is.
Thou shall not pass.
Don't you dare mention my wife ever again.
Hey, John.
I've got you a bit of a present.
It's a chilli plant.
Play your cards right, couple months, you're gonna get yourself some chillies.
[laughs] And I'm not gonna ask your missus out.
She's a bit too nice for me, I think.
I prefer my ladies a bit rough around the edges, you know?
Throw me around a bit.
I don't want a chilli plant.
What?
But you love spice.
A lot of plants to give away there, man.
-[Dan] Yeah.
-Good luck with that.
Might see you before-- Before I go.
-[John] Oh, definitely.
-Yeah.
I'll see-- -Oh, your plant, mate!
-[John] No, it's alright.
[Dan] I'll put it in your room for you.
Put it in your room for you.
Yeah.
OK.
Hey, Barney.
You want a chilli plant, mate?
I've got one just for you.
Hey, hold the lift.
Barney!
Ta-da.
Babe, there's someone there.
She's an old pothead.
She'll be totally dead to the world.
[whispers] Babe.
-Hmm?
-Babe.
Babe.
I'm not sure I can do it with her-- While she's there.
Trust me.
She'll be out to it.
[snoring] F**in' no... -OK, you're going over the top.
-My arm's caught.
I'm caught.
OK.
OK, yeah.
I can-- Yeah, OK.
[whispering] [dramatic music playing] -[sighs] -OK?
Yeah.
Yeah.
[sighs] Who's McKenzie?
McKenzie?
Yeah.
She's at our house.
[laughs] She's my cousin.
-Your cousin?
-Yeah.
Why?
Poppy mentioned her.
[laughs] Babe, she's come over from Oz, alright?
Doing this course for a couple of months, or something like that, so... I said she could crash at ours if she helps me out around the place.
You know how useless I am.
But never heard of her, though.
Yeah, well, she's my uncle's kid.
Hell, I hadn't met her until a couple of weeks ago.
-You didn't think I was-- -No.
Of course not.
Babe... I wouldn't be screwing a 19-year-old, OK?
That I'm related to.
Can you two keep it down in there?
You sound like the rats living in my ceiling.
Always shuffling, always squealing, and always having sex.
Not that I mind about that.
But it's all those pink little babies.
Ugh, they're repulsive.
[indistinct chatter] [dramatic music playing] Actually, Tessa, do you want one of my asparagus ferns to remember me by?
Absolutely not.
[Dan] Oh.
[Tessa] I'll take one of those, though.
No, it's an asparagus fern or nothing, sorry.
Hey, Dan.
Sorry for interrupting.
The van will be ready in 45 minutes.
Actually, I'm not feeling so good.
I've suddenly taken a turn for the worse, mate.
[Dan sighs] [dramatic music playing] [Tessa] Dan.
You're a dumb-arse.
Just suck it up.
Go home.
Get a life.
Join a club or something.
Just stop being so pathetic.
OK.
You're right.
-Whoa!
-Dan?
Holy s**.
Are you OK?
Dan?
-Someone help!
-[rings buzzer] Whoa!
Dan?
Hey, Dan.
Hey.
Hey, mate.
Hey, come on.
Are you OK?
Hey, careful with the hair!
-What are you-- Get off me!
-I'm trying to help you!
I'm just so sick of you being like, 'Wah, wah, get your s** together, Dan'.
-I'm sick and tired of it!
-Then sort your s** out!
Then I wouldn't have to do anything!
I'm coming!
I heard your calls!
I'm coming!
Oh, my God.
Tessa.
Are we gonna do mouth-to-mouth or what?
No.
[inhales and sighs] [Todd] Why is it that you're always at the centre of trouble here, Tessa?
She was actually trying to help me.
I was trying to fall out of the bed, erm, on purpose.
But I ended up falling out of the bed by mistake.
I'm not following.
I don't want to go, Todd.
[Todd] Oh.
In that case... I'm going to write you a referral, Dan.
And I'll give you a number that you can call 24/7.
-Oh.
-From your house.
Can't I just stay, like, just even like a few more days?
No, of course not.
We need the bed.
It's OK.
Are you alright with that touching, Dan?
Well, I can't actually feel anything down there, so it's kind of pointless.
Oh, this is probably harder for you than it is for me.
You talking to me?
Oh, yeah.
Tessa, I am just a phone call away.
Or a text.
Because I know you've really been struggling.
-So call me at any time.
-Thank you.
Thank-- Thank you.
Ed.
[Edward] Dan.
Whoa.
Yup.
-[Edward] Please.
-OK.
Just... that's alright.
-Wait, wait, wait, please.
-That's alright.
Yeah, it's alright.
It's alright mate.
You're gonna be fine.
-No, just-- -There we go.
♪ Amazing grace ♪ Yeah.
Yeah, OK, cool.
-♪ How sweet... ♪ -Yeah.
I know.
Thanks, mate.
[crying softly] And John, you are the best mate a man could have.
I'm gonna miss you the most.
-Yeah, just... -You have been so... Yeah, no, watch the control stick now.
Can you-- Here's your chilli plant.
Yeah.
[Dan] And you, staff members, I don't know all your names, but don't be sad, everyone.
Are they crying?
Are the nurses crying?
[John] Thank God he's going.
-Yeah.
-[Karen] Load up.
-[Edward] God bless you.
-[John] Khalid.
Khalid, man.
Come here.
He's forgotten his stick, man.
You realise he hasn't had a visitor since he's been here.
With good reason.
He's an annoying a**hole.
Good riddance.
[Dan] It's alright, Ed.
Bye, you lot.
Bye, Tess.
See you, Edward.
Bye, Dan.
He's weird.
Stiff upper lip and all that, Ed.
Just don't... [van engine turns] He's still waving.
Bye.
Hey, I'm fine.
But... You sure?
OK, I'll just be outside.
You're not trying hard enough.
[sighs] [exhales] [breathing shakily] [laboured breathing] [dramatic music playing] Oh... [sighs] Karen!
[exhales] Karen!
[cries] Hey, I got this.
Karen!
[main theme playing]
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