| Hugo lets Darcy ride his bike and
she almost runs down a jogger before veering off
the road and into the ditch. The jogger is very
concerned about her welfare, which is more than
can be said for Hugo who is more worried about
his precious bike. Terence's physiotherapist,
Mrs. Chan, is driven out of Camelot by his
temper. He makes a very poor patient. A boxing
ring has been set up in the Lodge for an
exhibition bout and Hugo works out some of his
frustrations there. Two young fellas, Howie and
Craig, are treated at the hospital after a fist
fight. The hospital is busy with Terence on sick
leave but Rosemary won't call in a locum. In
addition to the exhibition bout, Tom will also be
holding boxing lessons there and recommends that
the boys let out their aggressions there. Harry
objects to boxing, period. Anna treats one of the
Hudson cows for hypocalcemia. Bernice's two farm
guests storm out of the house and leave after
deciding that the accommodations and ambience
were not up to standard. Hugo is introduced to
the jogger Darcy almost mowed down. His name is
Glenn Garrison and he is an amateur boxer, in
town for the exhibition bout. Darcy isn't
impressed by the concept of two men fighting it
out in a ring. Bernice decides to give Rainbow
Farm some ambience and "antiques" some
furniture by pouring tea on it and hitting it
with chains. She has a brainstorm to try to get
the National Trust interested in the place. Darcy
is interested in Glenn [big surprise there!].
She talks to Hugo about his betting. Tommo
Tickson hits on Darcy at the Club and insults
Glenn so Glenn punches him.
Bernice is
distressed to learn that Esme is head of the
Historical Society. Terence is insulted by the
comfy recliner chair the hospital staff has had
installed in the break room. Glenn's opponent,
John Norton, has to bow out of the bout because
of a hurt hand and Hugo volunteers to take his
place. Ever since they met on the roadway,
they've spoiling for a fight. Bernice invites
Esme to inspect the house and greets her wearing
historical garb. She points out a carving that
reads "BH 61" on a pillar in the barn
and leads Esme to believe it could refer to Ben Hall having been there in 1861 [Ben
Hall was an infamous bushranger who was killed in
1865; he was an outlaw kind of like Robin Hood].
Hugo trains for the boxing match. Harry has a fit
when he finds out that Hugo will be fighting
Glenn. Darcy sees the carving in the barn and
realizes that it stands for Bernice Hudson 1961,
not Ben Hall. Esme can't refute the claim until
she see a photo taken in the barn prior to 1961
and sees that the carving is not there...the
inspection is over.
Tom wants Harry to
attend the bout as medical help but Harry
refuses, saying that the AMA has a general
recommendation that its members not attend bouts.
Terence decides to write a paper about a doctor's
experience with PPS. The boxing match is
cancelled because of lack of medical support but
Hugo and Glenn decide to go at it alone. Terence
agrees with Harry decision not to sanction the
fight. Darcy arrives at the Lodge in time to see
the fight going on. Tom brings Billy home a
little roughed up -- Billy wants to learn to box.
Anna thinks he's being beaten up at school. She
sees him hitting George and gets after him for
being cruel. Hugo is getting the stuffing beat
out of him but won't give up so the fight
continues. Kate tries to use Dog as therapy for a
terminally ill patient, Mrs. Peacock, but Mrs.
Peacock thinks it's unhygienic. Tom arrives at
the Lodge and yells at Glenn and Hugo to stop
fighting -- Glenn stops immediately but Hugo
doesn't hear Tom and throws one last punch,
getting Glenn in the eye.
Anna talks to
Billy about dealing with bullies (she's reading
"The Difficult Child"). Harry examines
Glenn's eyes and covers them both up. There is
bleeding inside the eye that Hugo hit -- Harry
blames Tom. Glenn removes the bandage over his
"good" eye and goes to the gym. Terence
is bored being on sick leave so Rosemary sets him
to work fixing the sink in the break room and
doing paperwork. Anna finds a note in Billy's
book bag. Anna's not pleased to find out that
Billy is the bully. At the gym, Glenn removes the
patch from his other eye. He starts to
hallucinate that he's in a boxing match and
strikes out, hitting Tom, who's trying to help
him. Darcy and Tom make him lie still on the mat.
Anna visits Billy's teacher, Miss Spicer, and
returns home irate because the teacher told her
off. George nips at Billy. Terence competes his
tasks and also fixes a drawer in the lounge.
Rosemary sends him home to fix a faulty tap in
her apartment -- there's wine for later. Hugo
apologizes to Glenn who forgives him. Mrs.
Peacock has a change of heart about Dog and keeps
her from getting into trouble with the hospital
staff.
Glenn has a
detached retina and must go to Sydney for
surgery. He'll never be able to box again. Darcy
talks to Bernice about the fight and Bernice
explains how Hugo is probably feeling to Darcy.
Dog hides with Mrs. Peacock. Mrs. Peacock
experiences a sudden great pain. Anna talks to
Bernice about Billy and Bernice recommends that
Anna get Billy involved in something
constructive. He seems interested in horseriding
and she agrees. Darcy visits Glenn. He still
wants to box. Dog starts howling and the nurses
rush in to find that Mrs. Peacock has passed
away. Tom brings Glenn his gloves and Harry
blasts Tom for doing so. He threatens to ring the
amateur boxing association but Tom's already done
that. Tom and Kate had arranged to have dinner at
the club before heading off to Burrigan but he
loses track of the time. It wasn't a date but
Kate still dressed up for it -- she finds him in
the club arguing with Harry while Bernice and
Anna watch in amusement. She "dumps"
him.
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