Plum's ex-wife Renee is the only one aware of his dire medical prognosis but she's urging him to share it. Hiding from the truth gets harder when Gavin's grand final turns brutal and Plum realises what he is handing down.

After a shift at the poetry club, Plum takes his family to Melbourne for a meeting about Gavin's playing future. But the son remains angry about what happened at his big game, and a family fight finds Plum and Renee in bed.

Plum misses his son but can't seem to change the way he acts, turning to the bender for answers, instead of sharpening up and getting on the medication train. Gavin returns home from Bali to a family torn apart and hurting.

Plum takes Gavin and Charmayne home to the country for his mother's 75th but it's hot and the prawns aren't the only things that turn.

Peter Lum becomes a poet in front of his loved ones and peace comes to his soul just in time.