The Insider's Guide To Happiness — Season 1, Episode 13: You Are Happy

Episode synopsis

Tess tells Matthew that she's pregnant, but his joy is tempered by a sighting of the (dead) Old Monk. When the monk confronts Matthew in a shop, he tells him that it is time to 'come home'. Shocked and frightened that the monk is warning him of impending death, Matthew locks himself in a room, desperate to avoid this fate. But the monk appears in the room with him, and Matthew panics, thinking he's having a heart attack. Tess helps him rush to hospital. However on the way they get caught in a huge traffic snarl-up and Matthew jumps out to walk. He soon encounters the source of the traffic jam: Tim, threatening to blow himself up. Tim has decided the solar eclipse signifies that 'it is time'. He follows Sam, who is rushing Julie to hospital to have the baby, and creates a traffic jam, With plastic explosives strapped to his body.

About The Insider's Guide To Happiness

The Insiders Guide To Happiness is a New Zealand drama series that explores the lives of a group of six previously unconnected people. Each life is connected by a bizarre car accident, the outcome of which forces them to examine and explore the happiness in their own lives. The series was followed by a prequel, The Insider's Guide To Love, with James the only character in common.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Is Happiness an Accident?
• E2Who Controls Your Happiness?
• E3Will the Truth Make You Happy?
• E4What Are You Afraid Of?
• E5Are you In Denial?
• E6Do You Deserve To Be Happy?
• E7What If You Could Start Over?
• E8Will You Be Happy Tomorrow?
• E9Who Taught You To Be Happy?
• E10Being Happy is Being Who You Are
• E11Does Happiness Grow Up?
• E12Can You Embrace A New Life?