The Secret Life of Us (2001–2006): Season 3, Episode 17 - The Dark Side - full transcript
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- [Christian] When you grow up,
you've got to be true,
it's all you've got.
- I didn't know you were so wise.
- Maybe I can help--
- No, I told ya.
I'm just pissed off.
- You don't want to do it.
- I can't do this as a favor.
- [Man] Let's get really good
at taking care of each other
before we go throwing our sperm around
to childless hussies, eh?
- Having a flatmate's
really, really great.
You think we've gotten
over that sex thing?
- No.
- Oh.
- You're the most gorgeous
woman I've ever met.
- Where'd ya get it?
- I made it.
- [Tidy] The girl obviously loves you,
she constructs art out of wood for you.
- Yeah.
- Evan's doing it again.
- This is so depressing.
- You are in grave danger of
becoming a serial love pig.
Totally pathetic.
- Please don't do that.
- Stick with the complication.
- Yeah.
♪ Starting to get my head in your space ♪
♪ Starting to lose track of the weekday ♪
♪ Starting to cook my brain in five ways ♪
♪ Trying to be cool ♪
♪ Don't take me over ♪
♪ Just take me there ♪
♪ Like I planned ♪
♪ It's gone as far as I could go ♪
♪ And now ♪
♪ The feeling's starting to take hold ♪
♪ But I'll death defy ♪
♪ To make you cry ♪
♪ Find out what you know ♪
♪ Could you please death
defy with me too? ♪
- Did you fart?
- Girls don't fart.
- We both know you're lying.
- I didn't.
- You kept it very quite, very ladylike.
Oh, that stinks.
(George laughs)
Ah, it's official.
We've crossed the fart barrier.
- All right, all right.
You're getting a Chinese burn.
- Oh, have you started yet?
- Stop faking, I know it hurts.
- I'm not faking.
Your bum's deadlier than your fist.
- OK.
It was me.
Have I ever asked you how
your last relationship ended?
- Funnily enough, you haven't.
- How did it?
- Well, her name was Jemima.
- Did you love her?
- Yeah, she was great.
There was this divide.
She had a five year plan and I didn't.
- Oh, who ended it?
- Me.
Sort of.
- She did.
- I slept with someone else
and then I told her about it.
- Is that what you do
when you wanna break up with someone?
- Not as a rule.
It was a shit thing to do.
Remind me, how did you break
up with Christian again?
- That's different.
- What?
It ended happily, didn't it?
- OK, all right.
We're awful people.
- [Narrator] Yeah, scratch the surface
and you'll find the
boiling mix of awfulness
that is our dark side.
Of course, we keep it hidden from view.
If there's a picture of ourselves
that we wanna show the world,
that isn't part of it.
Despite that, some
people still want it all.
They want all of us,
whatever it might bring.
Christian was proud about
how he lived his life.
Sure, he'd stuffed up a few times
but he'd never done anything
he deeply regretted.
Except for one time, and one person,
who he tried not to think about.
- Talia.
Hey.
- Hi.
What are you doing here?
- Working.
- [Talia] I didn't know you did this.
- I just started this morning.
I mean, I just started here this morning.
Not my job.
I've been doing that for a while.
How are ya?
- Fine.
- You look good.
- I'll see ya, Christian.
- Hang on.
Would you wanna get a drink some time?
- Why would you want
to get a drink with me?
- Well, it can't hurt, can it?
Drink after work?
- Maybe.
- Tonight?
- OK.
- OK.
(shouting)
(upbeat rock music)
- [Evan] Richie, Richie, Richie!
Down the line!
(group shouting)
Cracking shot, victim's caught!
- Great cross, Becks.
- Hey, you want Becks to know who you are?
- Whatever.
(group shouting)
- [Tidy] You all right?
- No, you bastard, it's tore.
- Oh shit, can you give us a look?
- Red card, red card!
(group shouting)
- That's a free kick!
Surely, that's a free kick.
(upbeat music)
- It's a prototype Aggie doll,
so why don't you give me
your expert girly opinion.
- OK.
- [Richie] Easy, easy!
- Settle!
Did this to all my dolls
when they were naughty.
- [Kelly] So, does she wet herself?
Scratch and sniff?
- [Richie] Um, no, she's just Aggie.
- Oh, she's good.
Stockings are a bit naff.
- Told you.
- Stockings are like the trade mark.
- So, how much does he go for?
- $55.95, that's with the
mongrel doll by himself.
For an extra $40,
you get the dog house.
(Evan laughs)
- You have accessories?
- Ah yes.
Yes, my friend.
- Hey.
- G'day.
- Still not talking to me?
- I'm meeting someone.
- Oh.
Someone of the female kind?
- Hmm.
- Is that her?
Nice.
- Piss off.
Hey.
- Hey.
- Can I get you a drink?
- Yeah.
- Yup, can I get two beers?
- Mmm.
- I'm glad I saw you today.
- Were you?
- Yeah, yeah.
Thanks.
- Thanks.
- You know, I'm not as bad as you think.
- Aren't you?
- Well, you don't know
why I did what I did.
- Well, it was six months ago, Christian.
You had six months to tell me why.
- I kicked you out, right,
because I was afraid.
I was afraid that I'd
have a seizure in my sleep
when you were with me.
I've got epilepsy.
And it wasn't anything to do with you.
I'm sorry.
- Why didn't you tell me?
- I dunno.
I guess, I wasn't sure what you'd think.
- You shoulda told me.
- Well, maybe it was
meant to happen this way.
Me seeing you now.
- I don't believe in that stuff.
People make things happen themselves.
- What are the odds of you and
me seeing each other again.
- Well, I live around the
corner, so pretty good.
- See, that means something.
We're meant to be friends.
- You can't just wave a magic wand
and make me forget what happened, OK?
- Yeah, OK.
(mellow music)
- Ah, good on ya, Gab.
- Cheers.
- [Neil] Thank you.
- [Gabrielle] Hey, have you heard about
Marinda Engineering?
- Yeah, I have.
Do you want to fill everyone in?
- Sure.
- Yeah, good.
Right, morning everyone.
OK, Gab?
- Last week, Marinda
Engineering in Croydon
sacked its ECU employees
and brought in contract workers.
Well, this morning, five
ECU officials went back
and did a run through.
- You're kidding, what happened?
- [Gabrielle] I heard they
made a mess of the office
and police may have laid charges.
- [Neil] Police have laid charges.
- What charges?
- I don't know.
- What's the reaction from trades hall?
- Well, we'll be expected
to support the ECU
and the five officials involved.
- We're supporting them?
- Each member of the union will be asked
to make a small financial
contribution to the legal fund.
- Before we even really
know what happened?
- Well, I suggest we find out.
(vacuuming)
- Hi, my name's Gabrielle.
- Where are you from?
- The ACWU.
- I think you should go.
- Were you here when this happened?
- I was working here on reception.
- And there were five guys, right?
- And they were wearing big
bomber jackets and balaclavas.
And some of them were carrying
those big hammers, like sledgehammers.
And as soon as they came
in, I got down like this.
And one of them got his hammer
and he slammed it down into my desk there.
He did it a couple times.
(man screaming)
(woman screaming)
I could hear that they'd
gone into the main office.
And they were calling the
girls in there scabs and sluts.
And I could hear them screaming.
- I'm very sorry this happened.
- But I took a job from a union worker.
You must think that I deserve it.
- No, I don't think what
happened here was right at all.
- You like to go to the source, don't you?
- You know some of those
guys had sledgehammers?
- Yes, I did know that, Gabrielle.
- Bloody cowards wearing balaclavas.
- Any of the girls hurt?
- The one I spoke to had a hammer slammed
within centimeters of her head.
- Pretty big blokes too, I heard.
- You know who they are?
- No.
(laughs loudly)
Jesus, Gabbie.
- The thing that makes me angry
is they've blackened the
whole union movement.
Everyone.
- Well, trades hall are
meeting on it tonight.
They'll make a determination on it then.
- [Narrator] Gabrielle realized that
after half an hour of conversation,
Neil hadn't once said whether he thought
it was right or wrong.
(Neil laughs)
- Am I OK to just work this out?
Dinner on the table in 10 minutes.
- Cute.
- Yeah.
See ya.
- See ya.
- [George] Do I look bad?
- Great pants.
- They're old.
- Nevertheless, I love them.
- Why do you always say love like that?
- What?
- That little...
Inflection you do.
It's like you don't mean it.
- You're joking?
Have I always done that?
- Pretty much.
- [Evan] Shit, all right.
Love.
- Hmm, better.
- Christ, you've got the ears of a dog.
All right.
Love.
Yeah?
- Good!
You see, no ironic twist.
Now the challenge is using it in context.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- I would love to go soon.
Are you ready?
(party music)
- Hey!
Find a friend?
- No, but I found this!
♪ I take it slow ♪
- It's the boy wonder!
- Evan!
♪ Take it slow ♪
- Hey!
(laughing)
- Who's she?
- Oh, just this girl I used to work with.
- Previous life?
Let's meet 'em.
- Here he is.
- Hello!
- Hey, how you doing?
- This is George.
- How's all the prose writing going then?
- Oh, yeah.
Fine.
- One day I'll be able
to tell my grandkids
I briefly employed a Nobel prize winner.
- [Evan] Steady on there.
What have you guys been doing?
- New account.
Canola oil.
- I'm gonna get a drink.
- [Herman] Slippery one, I know.
But we're working on it.
- Evan, do you want a drink?
- Yeah, thanks.
- [Herman] Plan is right,
we get all these girls
and squirt canola oil all over 'em.
(laughing)
- [Cory] That was my idea!
(Evan laughing)
That is completely filthy.
- [Evan] Yeah, I know.
Hang on, I'll send you another one.
- Oh, God.
- Oh, I got one.
- [Herman] Don't mind if I do.
Hey, I've got one for her.
There.
- Great pants.
- Thanks.
I got them in Tokyo.
I used to work over there.
- Oh, what do you do?
- I'm an industrial designer.
- So is my best friend, Maxine!
She just did the latest Nokia handsets.
- Wow!
- [Cory] What are you doing right now?
- Oh, I'm not really working right now.
(mobile ringing)
- Oh my God.
- How about that one?
- [Cory] Disgusting!
(Evan laughs loudly)
Sorry.
Continue.
- Oh, it's a small industry
and if you don't have much experience,
it's hard to break into, you know?
I mean, I think I'm good.
I know I'm good.
It's just I have to keep on trying.
Trying not to sound like a loser.
- Oh, you don't.
You really don't.
Let me give you the name of my friend.
- No, look, you don't need to do that.
- You're Evan's partner and
I reckon you need a break.
- That's a beauty, Cory.
When did you get that?
- Herman, did you know George
is an industrial designer?
- Is that right?
- I work in a bar.
- Let me fire a name at you.
The man's an absolute genius.
I own several of his pieces.
Ted Lampard.
- Lampard?
To me, he's the epitome of bad design.
I mean, he's dishrack--
- Here it is.
Anyone got a pen?
Evan?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
What's this for?
- Cory's got a friend who's
an industrial designer.
- Ah, great.
- [Cory] Here we go.
Her name's Maxine, number's just there.
- Thanks.
- [Cory] Good luck with it all.
- I think I'm gonna go home.
- Oh, come on.
Not now, we're having fun!
- All right, I'm just gonna get a drink.
- OK, I'll be here.
- OK!
- Right.
What we need's food.
Are you hungry?
- No.
- I'm gonna make a
toasted cheese sandwich.
- You have no idea what
happened at that party, do you?
- Why are you so angry?
- Do you think I had a good time?
- Didn't you?
- I had a shit time!
Those people made me feel like crap
and you made me feel like crap.
- What did I do?
- You just...
You just did!
- How?
- [George] How?
- How?
- I don't know.
OK, how about, erm...
Sending that girl
pornographic text messages?
I've got a phone, why
couldn't you send them to me?
- I thought you were OK.
- Couldn't you see it?
- Oh, it was that stuff about your work?
It isn't?
I don't understand.
- Well start fucking trying!
(downbeat music)
- OK.
So, trades hall have decided
that the union movement
will support the ECU officials
in their legal defense.
So, as part of that support,
each member of our union
will make a $50 contribution
to the legal fund.
I've asked if we could all
make that contribution now.
- Are we gonna debate this?
- [Neil] Well, I'd ask if anyone here
has any objection to that to,
please, take your money back.
- I can't support behavior
that puts workers at risk.
- They were contract workers.
Non-union workers?
- What are you saying?
Contract workers are
less than union workers?
- This whole thing is a snow job anyway.
The company is bullshitting what happened
to get a better bargaining position
when we go in for compo
for the workers they sacked.
- I went to the offices.
Several young women were
faced with five big guys
in balaclavas who ripped the office apart.
- It doesn't make a difference.
This is not a playground.
Look around, no one fights fair.
- Shouldn't we?
- Frankly, I think
you're being a bit naive.
Because considering how
you got your position,
lack of experience is hardly surprising.
- [Neil] OK.
Good.
Look, right.
This issue is open to debate.
And I expect it to be passionate,
but I won't have it be a
vehicle for personal attack.
Judy?
- I apologize, Gabrielle.
- I may not have a lot of experience here,
but I do know that I have
spent most of my time
fighting against workplace violence.
It disturbs me that our union
now seems to be supporting it.
- [Narrator] Maybe
there's no absolute rule
of what's right and wrong.
Perhaps it all comes down to whether
the majority are standing with you
or running for the nearest exit.
(tense music)
- It's OK.
I've sorted it out.
- What?
How?
- I put in a $50 under your name.
- Take it back.
- I don't think I can,
it's in the system now.
- I don't give a shit how you do it.
Get it back.
- It's only a 50.
I don't mind.
- That is not the point.
- [David] Gab, I'm trying to help you.
People are talking.
- I don't need your help.
Do you understand?
Now get your $50 back and
take my name off the list.
- OK.
- Yeah, we like people
to be able to walk in
off the street and have a
bit of a read and a think.
It's a pretty peaceful atmosphere.
Oh, these are some of the writings
by L. Ron Hubbard on Scientology.
- He wrote a lot.
- Yeah.
Hope I can read 'em all one day.
Here he is.
- Hey, big guy.
He set it all up?
- Mmm-hmm, in the 50's.
- And when did you get into it?
- About a year ago?
Now I work here.
This is my desk.
- What do you do at your desk?
- You know those free personality tests?
Well, I analyze them for people
and tell them what their
problem areas might be
and how they can achieve their goals.
- You just talk to people all day?
- Part-time.
I mostly work a the childcare
center down the road.
Make sure you understand
each question fully
before you answer.
And once you do that, go
with your first thought.
Don't take too long over them.
- Is this the sort of test where
you tell me I should quit my job?
- Well that comes from you.
What we do is we give you the means
to come to that decision
if that's what you really want.
- Maybe I don't know what I want.
- Well that's OK, too.
Remember, the most important
thing is we're testing you now.
Not what you were yesterday
or what you might wanna be in the future.
And the more honest you are,
the more accurate your test is gonna be.
- OK.
(exhales loudly)
(piano music)
- What are you doing in here?
- Waiting for you.
Are you OK?
- Yeah.
Fine.
- I got you something I thought
you might like from the bookshop.
It has cross-sections.
It actually brought back
a memory I forgot I had.
When I was young, about six or seven,
I entered in this BMX race at Cringle.
They'd got motos.
And it was raining heavily.
The track was just complete mush.
There'd been a dozen racers on it already.
Anyway, the race started
and the other boys,
they just took off.
They were bigger than me, they
could do the jumps properly.
I had to ride over the jumps.
Anyway, just as we got
to the finishing line,
there was this big puddle on a bend.
And the leading guy just slipped
and took most of the group with him.
They all just fell over each other.
And I just cruised past.
Straight into second place.
My dad was there.
It's one of the fondest
memories I have of him.
I'm glad I got that memory back.
See?
Come here, have a look.
We've got...
Cranks.
Stem.
(George laughs)
Forks.
- Thank you for giving me that story.
- I wanna hear more of your stories.
- When we went out, I
hated being the only person
in that room that...
That isn't doing
something with their life.
- You are doing something.
You're just not getting paid for it.
- So how'd I do?
- Look, before I go into that.
Let me tell you a little
bit about Scientology,
so you know where I'm coming from.
OK, so what this means,
when you break it down,
is the study of knowledge.
So, Scientology's a
philosophy that applies
fundamental principles
to how we live our lives, day by day.
- I didn't do well, did I?
- [Talia] What you see here, Christian,
is a pretty poor result.
I mean, you're depressed...
You're uncertain, you're down on yourself.
You're very self critical.
- It says I'm irresponsible.
That's not true.
- Well, clearly there's
something bothering you.
I mean, the graph shows that.
But, what I can see is
that you're an active guy
and you're trying to
overcome your problems.
But you just, you're not
quite sure how, are you?
- Is everyone's test this bad?
- They vary.
Mine still goes up and down.
- So even though you're here,
you've still got problems?
You're not totally happy?
- Of course not.
But, I'm working on them and...
Scientology gives me a way
to find some of the answers.
- I shoulda given you a chance
to air your feelings before the meeting.
- I don't think it would
have made a difference.
- No, you deserved an
explanation for my decision.
- What is your position, Neil?
- Well, I agree with you.
Don't look so shocked.
These were ugly and objectionable actions.
- But...
- But, over the years,
a lot of basic rights
have come on the back of
violence or shock tactics
exactly like these.
- That was then.
It doesn't mean we keep on doing it.
- Look, in the greater scheme of things,
who gives a rat's arse about
a dozen retrenched union
workers in Croydon?
You know, sure, the union
could take action to the IRC.
We could picket, but in the
end, who's gonna notice?
The company squashes us in the courts
and buries us under paperwork.
- The end justifies the means.
You'd get the same
argument from a terrorist.
- Make any difference if I told you
the company involved
was considering rehiring
the union workers?
- I don't know.
- [Narrator] How do you
hold onto your beliefs,
when you see you're living in a world
that's been taken over by the dark side?
Where evil not only goes
unpunished, but rewarded.
- Hi.
- Do you want something to eat?
- What you cooking?
- Bangers and my mustardy mash.
- No, thanks.
Think I'll go to bed.
- You OK?
- Yeah.
Work.
- [Chloe] Depressed, minus 90?
Jesus, Christian.
If you're minus 90, what's zero?
- That's just the scale that they use.
- They're making these
huge judgements about you
on the basis of what?
Is the test scientific?
- Dunno.
- Well, what were the questions like?
- All sorts.
There was this one about
whether I liked road maps.
Reading road maps.
- What kind of a question's that?
Do you?
- Yeah, I dig reading the mail ways.
Anyway, there was about 200 questions.
And Talia explained them all pretty well.
- Talia?
You developed a perosnal
relationship with someone
on the basis of them telling you
that you're in an unacceptable state?
- I knew her from before.
- [Chloe] You and Talia had a thing?
- Yep.
- Talia?
Who works at the Church of Scientology?
- Part-time.
And your point is, that I'm such a sucker,
that I'll swallow whatever
bullshit she gives me?
- All I'm saying is that
if something happened
with this girl...
Maybe, it's clouding your head.
- I'm clear.
(mellow music)
- What I love about the ab-swing system
when I first started using it,
was that it was so easy to get going.
The machine puts you in an
upright, comfortable position.
- [Man On Tv] Now there's a way
you can get the trim waistline
you've always wanted
with an innovative new
fitness machine from Danoz Direct.
It's the Ab Swing.
- [Gabrielle] Sorry, is this up too loud?
- No.
- What?
- Can you turn the TV off for a sec?
Let's talk.
- What do you wanna talk about?
- Whatever's keeping you
up watching Danoz Direct.
- I had a shit day at work.
- Yeah, you said that before.
- I just wanna watch TV, OK?
- OK.
Goodnight.
- [Man On TV] The Ab Swing
system comes complete
With the Ab Swing exercise unit
that arrives at your
door, fully assembled.
- I just wanna get this straight.
You're not friends with Cory?
- I met her for the first time
the other night at a party.
She gave me your number.
- On the phone you said you were friends?
- That was a lie.
So I could meet you and
you could give me a job.
(laughing)
- And why should I do that?
- Because I know I'm good.
And I've worked in Japan
and I'm five years ahead
of most people working here.
- Apart from me?
- I was about to say that.
- Otherwise you wouldn't be here.
- I normally don't lie.
- Did you bring your portfolio, George?
And what are you doing at the moment?
- [George] Bar work.
- I'm looking for someone
for a job coming up
that's small, but it could turn into
a long-term thing.
- Are you offering me the job?
- Are those drawings your work?
- Yes.
(rock music)
I got a job!
- Aw, that's great!
- It's this cool little office.
Boutique firm.
It was so easy, she just
gave it to me straight away.
Hey, is Evan in?
- Yeah, he's being very vague.
- Right.
(keys typing)
(clears throat)
(George whistles)
- Sorry, how long have you been there?
- I just arrived.
- OK.
- [George] How's the writing going?
- Great.
I'm on a roll.
- Oh...
Good.
Anyway, hi.
I'm gonna go do my shift at Fu.
- OK.
- OK.
- What did he think?
- Ah, I think I'll tell him tomorrow.
(door knocking)
- I'll get it.
Hi.
- Hello.
- Come in.
Talia, this is my flatmate, Chloe.
- Hi, nice to meet you.
- Are you the Scientologist?
- Yeah, I'm not just that.
- I just wanted to know
if you are that Talia.
Christian knows a lot of girls.
- What did you get?
- Some green curry with bean
curd and some fish cakes.
- Nice.
- There's enough, I think,
Chloe, if you want some?
- I'm gonna go out.
Have a good night.
- See ya.
- [Christian] Night.
- Bye.
♪ How can I get into ♪
- [Chloe] George?
When you were with Christian,
did you think he was naive?
- No?
In fact, I think he's pretty wise.
He knew I liked Evan before I did.
- He's having green curry
and fishcakes with this girl.
She's a Scientologist.
- I saw her the other night.
- She doesn't blink!
She stares.
- I saw several blinks.
I saw flutters.
- Well, you're biased.
If Christian finds someone,
you're let off the hook for dumping him.
- Fuck off!
- It's true, isn't it?
(George laughs)
- I just want him to be happy.
- Well, we had our first house fight.
- Who's fault?
- His, of course.
- Really?
- Yeah!
He brought her home.
Can you have a word with him?
- He's barely even speaking to me.
- Just tell him he can do better.
- Ooh, Miss. Quality Control.
- Yeah.
- You're a big hippie with
your hair now, aren't ya?
- [Christian] Yep.
I wanna cut it, but it keeps
me warm in the morning.
My test was pretty bad, wasn't it?
(clears throat)
- It wasn't great.
- [Christian] Why?
- I don't know you well enough to tell.
- Come on.
Why's it normally this bad?
- Well, usually it's related
to the situation you're in.
Like, work or home, or family.
- How would you help me?
- Well, there's courses you can do.
- Sounds like TAFE.
(Talia laughs)
- It's a bit like that.
- Good, you're home.
Get changed, we're going out for dinner.
- [Gabrielle] Now?
- Yep.
- Where?
- [Tidy] It's a surprise.
Get ready.
- [Christian] You said that you still went
up and down on your tests?
Was that when your mum died?
- Yeah.
- I'm sorry.
- No, it's fine.
Just...
When she died, my head was so clouded,
I just...
I needed to work out how I felt about her.
Just realizing what sort
of stuff she'd given me...
What I wanted to take on.
- How long did it take before you felt OK?
- She'd been sick for a while,
so I thought I'd be OK, but...
Still hurts.
I still really miss her.
- I bet I didn't help.
(Talia laughs)
You made me so angry.
I just kept thinking it was me, you know.
Something I did.
You wouldn't believe how many times
I went over it in my head.
I almost did the worst things to you!
I was gonna put a brick
through your windscreen.
- [Christian] Really?
- Yeah.
(Christian laughs)
- Do you want wine?
- Yeah, get whatever you want.
- Go, Tidy.
- How'd you go today?
- No, I'm not talking about my day.
Not that I don't wanna tell you,
it's just, let's be ace.
Having said that, how was your day?
- Long, difficult.
I came to a decision that
I've been thinking about for a while.
It involves you, actually.
- Mmm-hmm?
- I'm moving out.
- Why?
- There's an opportunity to do some
aid work in Africa, in Malawi.
It's an outreach program
that's treating kids
who've contracted HIV from their mums.
- When?
How long?
- In five weeks.
For six months work.
I know it's not much notice,
but I'll be happy to cover the rent
until you find someone else.
- Someone else?
- I didn't plan on telling
you this before we'd ordered.
- Have I done something wrong?
- No.
No, you haven't.
- You'd tell me?
- Yeah, I would.
- [Narrator] Gabrielle
didn't mean to hurt Tidy.
But somehow she had.
Her presence in the world
threw out ripples she couldn't control.
(laid back music)
- Evan?
I've been waiting down the
road at the cafe for an hour.
- Shit, sorry.
I've been writing.
I must have lost track of time.
- I left a note on your computer.
- I didn't see that.
- I sent you a text message.
- I'm sorry.
- Am I just this hassle to you?
- No?
No.
- You can't use your writing
to treat me like shit.
- I'm sorry, I'm really sorry about today.
But you gotta understand that sometimes,
I'm gonna be writing.
- So you think because we're going out,
I'm supposed to put up with this?
- I'm just being honest with you.
- When you're writing...
I don't exist, right?
- You do.
- [George] I disappear out of your head
pretty quickly, don't I, Evan?
- What are we fighting about?
- I got a job.
That's what I wanted to tell you.
And you weren't there.
- That's great!
- I know!
Then why does it feel like nothing?
- Well, I'm here, and I do care.
I just don't show it sometimes.
- Do you really believe that?
- What do you mean?
What are you saying?
- Do you know what, I
don't think I've ever felt
this way about anyone ever.
I just, I like you.
I really, really like you so much.
It's like, now that you
know me, you don't like me.
- George, of course I like you.
- I think I'm in this deeper than you.
Aren't I?
- [Narrator] When you're under fire,
adrenaline speeds your system up so much
that the world seems to
go by at a snail's pace.
And when darkness is all around you,
the most trivial things can stand out.
Gabrielle had never realized what
a remarkably large nose David possessed.
- Gabrielle.
- I just don't think they're prepared.
Gabrielle.
Are you willing to contribute
$50 to the ECU legal fund?
- No.
- In that case, I have
no choice but to ask you
to tend to your resignation
as an official of the ACWU.
I'm sorry to lose you.
I can sort something out
for you, if you need it.
- Goodbye.
(tense music)
(door knocking)
- Have you seen George?
- Last time I saw her was this morning.
- Do you know where she went?
- No.
- She's not answering her mobile.
- You OK?
- No.
- Hi.
What's happened?
- I'm all alone.
- No you're not.
- I lost my job.
Alex is fucking gone, and you're going.
(Gabrielle sobs)
- [Narrator] And with that,
Tidy was back on the hook.
He'd take Gabrielle's best and worst.
Whatever she could throw at him.
- I don't have to go straight away.
- [Man On Tv] And when a
lioness is ready to be mated,
she lets him know.
Since she came into season,
he's been following her.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- Christian, I'm sorry about
what I said the other night.
It wasn't fair, and I really don't wanna
fight with you about it.
- Cheers.
- You're not seriously
gonna do this, are you?
- I'm thinking about it.
- [Chloe] Why?
- It's none of your business!
(crumples paper)
(mobile ringing)
- Kel speaking.
- It's George.
- George, what's happening?
- Take care of Evan for me.
(sad music)
- George just called.
- She just called me too.
- What did she say?
- She doesn't wanna be with me anymore.
- [Narrator] Our fuck ups define us
more than our good dates.
They're the one that
everyone remembers anyway.
Days later, the memory still hurts.
Weeks, months, you try
not to think about it.
10 years later, you might raise a smile.
And the people on the other end of it all
nurse their battle scars.
They've seen our dark side
and they have to decide
whether they can forgive us for it.
- [Christian] You OK?
- No.
Thank you.
- I can win, right?
- You've got a good case.
- How's your lawyer?
- Very cute.
- God, you're sexy when you swear.
- Hi.
- You just getting home?
- Had a long meeting.
- [Tidy] I'm over you, Gab.
You can just put that one to bed.
- Everyone, this is my friend, David.
- Is that...
- Yeah.
He's a fuckin' prick and she's lost it.
- She's cold.
- I'd like to nominate
for the SRC election.
- Justin Davies, more beer party.
Appreciate the vote.
- Isn't it about winning
them over to your ideas
and the issues you stand for?
- Oh my God.
Well we've got ideas
and issues and policies
and we stand for something.
- I just want people
to have fun, you know?
- I wanna chance policy.
- There's been a drought in
this university for too long.
Say yes to more beer.
(crowd cheering)
When there is free beer, there is hope.
- No, there's an ability to ignore
what's really happening, is what there is.
Debate me on the issues.
- [Crowd] Fight, fight, fight!
♪ Don't go live without me ♪
♪ Darlin' ♪
♪ Please don't leave like this ♪
♪ Don't go live without me ♪
♪ Not without my goodnight kiss ♪
♪ Don't go live without me ♪
♪ Darlin' ♪
♪ Don't go out of reach ♪
---
- [Christian] When you grow up,
you've got to be true,
it's all you've got.
- I didn't know you were so wise.
- Maybe I can help--
- No, I told ya.
I'm just pissed off.
- You don't want to do it.
- I can't do this as a favor.
- [Man] Let's get really good
at taking care of each other
before we go throwing our sperm around
to childless hussies, eh?
- Having a flatmate's
really, really great.
You think we've gotten
over that sex thing?
- No.
- Oh.
- You're the most gorgeous
woman I've ever met.
- Where'd ya get it?
- I made it.
- [Tidy] The girl obviously loves you,
she constructs art out of wood for you.
- Yeah.
- Evan's doing it again.
- This is so depressing.
- You are in grave danger of
becoming a serial love pig.
Totally pathetic.
- Please don't do that.
- Stick with the complication.
- Yeah.
♪ Starting to get my head in your space ♪
♪ Starting to lose track of the weekday ♪
♪ Starting to cook my brain in five ways ♪
♪ Trying to be cool ♪
♪ Don't take me over ♪
♪ Just take me there ♪
♪ Like I planned ♪
♪ It's gone as far as I could go ♪
♪ And now ♪
♪ The feeling's starting to take hold ♪
♪ But I'll death defy ♪
♪ To make you cry ♪
♪ Find out what you know ♪
♪ Could you please death
defy with me too? ♪
- Did you fart?
- Girls don't fart.
- We both know you're lying.
- I didn't.
- You kept it very quite, very ladylike.
Oh, that stinks.
(George laughs)
Ah, it's official.
We've crossed the fart barrier.
- All right, all right.
You're getting a Chinese burn.
- Oh, have you started yet?
- Stop faking, I know it hurts.
- I'm not faking.
Your bum's deadlier than your fist.
- OK.
It was me.
Have I ever asked you how
your last relationship ended?
- Funnily enough, you haven't.
- How did it?
- Well, her name was Jemima.
- Did you love her?
- Yeah, she was great.
There was this divide.
She had a five year plan and I didn't.
- Oh, who ended it?
- Me.
Sort of.
- She did.
- I slept with someone else
and then I told her about it.
- Is that what you do
when you wanna break up with someone?
- Not as a rule.
It was a shit thing to do.
Remind me, how did you break
up with Christian again?
- That's different.
- What?
It ended happily, didn't it?
- OK, all right.
We're awful people.
- [Narrator] Yeah, scratch the surface
and you'll find the
boiling mix of awfulness
that is our dark side.
Of course, we keep it hidden from view.
If there's a picture of ourselves
that we wanna show the world,
that isn't part of it.
Despite that, some
people still want it all.
They want all of us,
whatever it might bring.
Christian was proud about
how he lived his life.
Sure, he'd stuffed up a few times
but he'd never done anything
he deeply regretted.
Except for one time, and one person,
who he tried not to think about.
- Talia.
Hey.
- Hi.
What are you doing here?
- Working.
- [Talia] I didn't know you did this.
- I just started this morning.
I mean, I just started here this morning.
Not my job.
I've been doing that for a while.
How are ya?
- Fine.
- You look good.
- I'll see ya, Christian.
- Hang on.
Would you wanna get a drink some time?
- Why would you want
to get a drink with me?
- Well, it can't hurt, can it?
Drink after work?
- Maybe.
- Tonight?
- OK.
- OK.
(shouting)
(upbeat rock music)
- [Evan] Richie, Richie, Richie!
Down the line!
(group shouting)
Cracking shot, victim's caught!
- Great cross, Becks.
- Hey, you want Becks to know who you are?
- Whatever.
(group shouting)
- [Tidy] You all right?
- No, you bastard, it's tore.
- Oh shit, can you give us a look?
- Red card, red card!
(group shouting)
- That's a free kick!
Surely, that's a free kick.
(upbeat music)
- It's a prototype Aggie doll,
so why don't you give me
your expert girly opinion.
- OK.
- [Richie] Easy, easy!
- Settle!
Did this to all my dolls
when they were naughty.
- [Kelly] So, does she wet herself?
Scratch and sniff?
- [Richie] Um, no, she's just Aggie.
- Oh, she's good.
Stockings are a bit naff.
- Told you.
- Stockings are like the trade mark.
- So, how much does he go for?
- $55.95, that's with the
mongrel doll by himself.
For an extra $40,
you get the dog house.
(Evan laughs)
- You have accessories?
- Ah yes.
Yes, my friend.
- Hey.
- G'day.
- Still not talking to me?
- I'm meeting someone.
- Oh.
Someone of the female kind?
- Hmm.
- Is that her?
Nice.
- Piss off.
Hey.
- Hey.
- Can I get you a drink?
- Yeah.
- Yup, can I get two beers?
- Mmm.
- I'm glad I saw you today.
- Were you?
- Yeah, yeah.
Thanks.
- Thanks.
- You know, I'm not as bad as you think.
- Aren't you?
- Well, you don't know
why I did what I did.
- Well, it was six months ago, Christian.
You had six months to tell me why.
- I kicked you out, right,
because I was afraid.
I was afraid that I'd
have a seizure in my sleep
when you were with me.
I've got epilepsy.
And it wasn't anything to do with you.
I'm sorry.
- Why didn't you tell me?
- I dunno.
I guess, I wasn't sure what you'd think.
- You shoulda told me.
- Well, maybe it was
meant to happen this way.
Me seeing you now.
- I don't believe in that stuff.
People make things happen themselves.
- What are the odds of you and
me seeing each other again.
- Well, I live around the
corner, so pretty good.
- See, that means something.
We're meant to be friends.
- You can't just wave a magic wand
and make me forget what happened, OK?
- Yeah, OK.
(mellow music)
- Ah, good on ya, Gab.
- Cheers.
- [Neil] Thank you.
- [Gabrielle] Hey, have you heard about
Marinda Engineering?
- Yeah, I have.
Do you want to fill everyone in?
- Sure.
- Yeah, good.
Right, morning everyone.
OK, Gab?
- Last week, Marinda
Engineering in Croydon
sacked its ECU employees
and brought in contract workers.
Well, this morning, five
ECU officials went back
and did a run through.
- You're kidding, what happened?
- [Gabrielle] I heard they
made a mess of the office
and police may have laid charges.
- [Neil] Police have laid charges.
- What charges?
- I don't know.
- What's the reaction from trades hall?
- Well, we'll be expected
to support the ECU
and the five officials involved.
- We're supporting them?
- Each member of the union will be asked
to make a small financial
contribution to the legal fund.
- Before we even really
know what happened?
- Well, I suggest we find out.
(vacuuming)
- Hi, my name's Gabrielle.
- Where are you from?
- The ACWU.
- I think you should go.
- Were you here when this happened?
- I was working here on reception.
- And there were five guys, right?
- And they were wearing big
bomber jackets and balaclavas.
And some of them were carrying
those big hammers, like sledgehammers.
And as soon as they came
in, I got down like this.
And one of them got his hammer
and he slammed it down into my desk there.
He did it a couple times.
(man screaming)
(woman screaming)
I could hear that they'd
gone into the main office.
And they were calling the
girls in there scabs and sluts.
And I could hear them screaming.
- I'm very sorry this happened.
- But I took a job from a union worker.
You must think that I deserve it.
- No, I don't think what
happened here was right at all.
- You like to go to the source, don't you?
- You know some of those
guys had sledgehammers?
- Yes, I did know that, Gabrielle.
- Bloody cowards wearing balaclavas.
- Any of the girls hurt?
- The one I spoke to had a hammer slammed
within centimeters of her head.
- Pretty big blokes too, I heard.
- You know who they are?
- No.
(laughs loudly)
Jesus, Gabbie.
- The thing that makes me angry
is they've blackened the
whole union movement.
Everyone.
- Well, trades hall are
meeting on it tonight.
They'll make a determination on it then.
- [Narrator] Gabrielle realized that
after half an hour of conversation,
Neil hadn't once said whether he thought
it was right or wrong.
(Neil laughs)
- Am I OK to just work this out?
Dinner on the table in 10 minutes.
- Cute.
- Yeah.
See ya.
- See ya.
- [George] Do I look bad?
- Great pants.
- They're old.
- Nevertheless, I love them.
- Why do you always say love like that?
- What?
- That little...
Inflection you do.
It's like you don't mean it.
- You're joking?
Have I always done that?
- Pretty much.
- [Evan] Shit, all right.
Love.
- Hmm, better.
- Christ, you've got the ears of a dog.
All right.
Love.
Yeah?
- Good!
You see, no ironic twist.
Now the challenge is using it in context.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- I would love to go soon.
Are you ready?
(party music)
- Hey!
Find a friend?
- No, but I found this!
♪ I take it slow ♪
- It's the boy wonder!
- Evan!
♪ Take it slow ♪
- Hey!
(laughing)
- Who's she?
- Oh, just this girl I used to work with.
- Previous life?
Let's meet 'em.
- Here he is.
- Hello!
- Hey, how you doing?
- This is George.
- How's all the prose writing going then?
- Oh, yeah.
Fine.
- One day I'll be able
to tell my grandkids
I briefly employed a Nobel prize winner.
- [Evan] Steady on there.
What have you guys been doing?
- New account.
Canola oil.
- I'm gonna get a drink.
- [Herman] Slippery one, I know.
But we're working on it.
- Evan, do you want a drink?
- Yeah, thanks.
- [Herman] Plan is right,
we get all these girls
and squirt canola oil all over 'em.
(laughing)
- [Cory] That was my idea!
(Evan laughing)
That is completely filthy.
- [Evan] Yeah, I know.
Hang on, I'll send you another one.
- Oh, God.
- Oh, I got one.
- [Herman] Don't mind if I do.
Hey, I've got one for her.
There.
- Great pants.
- Thanks.
I got them in Tokyo.
I used to work over there.
- Oh, what do you do?
- I'm an industrial designer.
- So is my best friend, Maxine!
She just did the latest Nokia handsets.
- Wow!
- [Cory] What are you doing right now?
- Oh, I'm not really working right now.
(mobile ringing)
- Oh my God.
- How about that one?
- [Cory] Disgusting!
(Evan laughs loudly)
Sorry.
Continue.
- Oh, it's a small industry
and if you don't have much experience,
it's hard to break into, you know?
I mean, I think I'm good.
I know I'm good.
It's just I have to keep on trying.
Trying not to sound like a loser.
- Oh, you don't.
You really don't.
Let me give you the name of my friend.
- No, look, you don't need to do that.
- You're Evan's partner and
I reckon you need a break.
- That's a beauty, Cory.
When did you get that?
- Herman, did you know George
is an industrial designer?
- Is that right?
- I work in a bar.
- Let me fire a name at you.
The man's an absolute genius.
I own several of his pieces.
Ted Lampard.
- Lampard?
To me, he's the epitome of bad design.
I mean, he's dishrack--
- Here it is.
Anyone got a pen?
Evan?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
What's this for?
- Cory's got a friend who's
an industrial designer.
- Ah, great.
- [Cory] Here we go.
Her name's Maxine, number's just there.
- Thanks.
- [Cory] Good luck with it all.
- I think I'm gonna go home.
- Oh, come on.
Not now, we're having fun!
- All right, I'm just gonna get a drink.
- OK, I'll be here.
- OK!
- Right.
What we need's food.
Are you hungry?
- No.
- I'm gonna make a
toasted cheese sandwich.
- You have no idea what
happened at that party, do you?
- Why are you so angry?
- Do you think I had a good time?
- Didn't you?
- I had a shit time!
Those people made me feel like crap
and you made me feel like crap.
- What did I do?
- You just...
You just did!
- How?
- [George] How?
- How?
- I don't know.
OK, how about, erm...
Sending that girl
pornographic text messages?
I've got a phone, why
couldn't you send them to me?
- I thought you were OK.
- Couldn't you see it?
- Oh, it was that stuff about your work?
It isn't?
I don't understand.
- Well start fucking trying!
(downbeat music)
- OK.
So, trades hall have decided
that the union movement
will support the ECU officials
in their legal defense.
So, as part of that support,
each member of our union
will make a $50 contribution
to the legal fund.
I've asked if we could all
make that contribution now.
- Are we gonna debate this?
- [Neil] Well, I'd ask if anyone here
has any objection to that to,
please, take your money back.
- I can't support behavior
that puts workers at risk.
- They were contract workers.
Non-union workers?
- What are you saying?
Contract workers are
less than union workers?
- This whole thing is a snow job anyway.
The company is bullshitting what happened
to get a better bargaining position
when we go in for compo
for the workers they sacked.
- I went to the offices.
Several young women were
faced with five big guys
in balaclavas who ripped the office apart.
- It doesn't make a difference.
This is not a playground.
Look around, no one fights fair.
- Shouldn't we?
- Frankly, I think
you're being a bit naive.
Because considering how
you got your position,
lack of experience is hardly surprising.
- [Neil] OK.
Good.
Look, right.
This issue is open to debate.
And I expect it to be passionate,
but I won't have it be a
vehicle for personal attack.
Judy?
- I apologize, Gabrielle.
- I may not have a lot of experience here,
but I do know that I have
spent most of my time
fighting against workplace violence.
It disturbs me that our union
now seems to be supporting it.
- [Narrator] Maybe
there's no absolute rule
of what's right and wrong.
Perhaps it all comes down to whether
the majority are standing with you
or running for the nearest exit.
(tense music)
- It's OK.
I've sorted it out.
- What?
How?
- I put in a $50 under your name.
- Take it back.
- I don't think I can,
it's in the system now.
- I don't give a shit how you do it.
Get it back.
- It's only a 50.
I don't mind.
- That is not the point.
- [David] Gab, I'm trying to help you.
People are talking.
- I don't need your help.
Do you understand?
Now get your $50 back and
take my name off the list.
- OK.
- Yeah, we like people
to be able to walk in
off the street and have a
bit of a read and a think.
It's a pretty peaceful atmosphere.
Oh, these are some of the writings
by L. Ron Hubbard on Scientology.
- He wrote a lot.
- Yeah.
Hope I can read 'em all one day.
Here he is.
- Hey, big guy.
He set it all up?
- Mmm-hmm, in the 50's.
- And when did you get into it?
- About a year ago?
Now I work here.
This is my desk.
- What do you do at your desk?
- You know those free personality tests?
Well, I analyze them for people
and tell them what their
problem areas might be
and how they can achieve their goals.
- You just talk to people all day?
- Part-time.
I mostly work a the childcare
center down the road.
Make sure you understand
each question fully
before you answer.
And once you do that, go
with your first thought.
Don't take too long over them.
- Is this the sort of test where
you tell me I should quit my job?
- Well that comes from you.
What we do is we give you the means
to come to that decision
if that's what you really want.
- Maybe I don't know what I want.
- Well that's OK, too.
Remember, the most important
thing is we're testing you now.
Not what you were yesterday
or what you might wanna be in the future.
And the more honest you are,
the more accurate your test is gonna be.
- OK.
(exhales loudly)
(piano music)
- What are you doing in here?
- Waiting for you.
Are you OK?
- Yeah.
Fine.
- I got you something I thought
you might like from the bookshop.
It has cross-sections.
It actually brought back
a memory I forgot I had.
When I was young, about six or seven,
I entered in this BMX race at Cringle.
They'd got motos.
And it was raining heavily.
The track was just complete mush.
There'd been a dozen racers on it already.
Anyway, the race started
and the other boys,
they just took off.
They were bigger than me, they
could do the jumps properly.
I had to ride over the jumps.
Anyway, just as we got
to the finishing line,
there was this big puddle on a bend.
And the leading guy just slipped
and took most of the group with him.
They all just fell over each other.
And I just cruised past.
Straight into second place.
My dad was there.
It's one of the fondest
memories I have of him.
I'm glad I got that memory back.
See?
Come here, have a look.
We've got...
Cranks.
Stem.
(George laughs)
Forks.
- Thank you for giving me that story.
- I wanna hear more of your stories.
- When we went out, I
hated being the only person
in that room that...
That isn't doing
something with their life.
- You are doing something.
You're just not getting paid for it.
- So how'd I do?
- Look, before I go into that.
Let me tell you a little
bit about Scientology,
so you know where I'm coming from.
OK, so what this means,
when you break it down,
is the study of knowledge.
So, Scientology's a
philosophy that applies
fundamental principles
to how we live our lives, day by day.
- I didn't do well, did I?
- [Talia] What you see here, Christian,
is a pretty poor result.
I mean, you're depressed...
You're uncertain, you're down on yourself.
You're very self critical.
- It says I'm irresponsible.
That's not true.
- Well, clearly there's
something bothering you.
I mean, the graph shows that.
But, what I can see is
that you're an active guy
and you're trying to
overcome your problems.
But you just, you're not
quite sure how, are you?
- Is everyone's test this bad?
- They vary.
Mine still goes up and down.
- So even though you're here,
you've still got problems?
You're not totally happy?
- Of course not.
But, I'm working on them and...
Scientology gives me a way
to find some of the answers.
- I shoulda given you a chance
to air your feelings before the meeting.
- I don't think it would
have made a difference.
- No, you deserved an
explanation for my decision.
- What is your position, Neil?
- Well, I agree with you.
Don't look so shocked.
These were ugly and objectionable actions.
- But...
- But, over the years,
a lot of basic rights
have come on the back of
violence or shock tactics
exactly like these.
- That was then.
It doesn't mean we keep on doing it.
- Look, in the greater scheme of things,
who gives a rat's arse about
a dozen retrenched union
workers in Croydon?
You know, sure, the union
could take action to the IRC.
We could picket, but in the
end, who's gonna notice?
The company squashes us in the courts
and buries us under paperwork.
- The end justifies the means.
You'd get the same
argument from a terrorist.
- Make any difference if I told you
the company involved
was considering rehiring
the union workers?
- I don't know.
- [Narrator] How do you
hold onto your beliefs,
when you see you're living in a world
that's been taken over by the dark side?
Where evil not only goes
unpunished, but rewarded.
- Hi.
- Do you want something to eat?
- What you cooking?
- Bangers and my mustardy mash.
- No, thanks.
Think I'll go to bed.
- You OK?
- Yeah.
Work.
- [Chloe] Depressed, minus 90?
Jesus, Christian.
If you're minus 90, what's zero?
- That's just the scale that they use.
- They're making these
huge judgements about you
on the basis of what?
Is the test scientific?
- Dunno.
- Well, what were the questions like?
- All sorts.
There was this one about
whether I liked road maps.
Reading road maps.
- What kind of a question's that?
Do you?
- Yeah, I dig reading the mail ways.
Anyway, there was about 200 questions.
And Talia explained them all pretty well.
- Talia?
You developed a perosnal
relationship with someone
on the basis of them telling you
that you're in an unacceptable state?
- I knew her from before.
- [Chloe] You and Talia had a thing?
- Yep.
- Talia?
Who works at the Church of Scientology?
- Part-time.
And your point is, that I'm such a sucker,
that I'll swallow whatever
bullshit she gives me?
- All I'm saying is that
if something happened
with this girl...
Maybe, it's clouding your head.
- I'm clear.
(mellow music)
- What I love about the ab-swing system
when I first started using it,
was that it was so easy to get going.
The machine puts you in an
upright, comfortable position.
- [Man On Tv] Now there's a way
you can get the trim waistline
you've always wanted
with an innovative new
fitness machine from Danoz Direct.
It's the Ab Swing.
- [Gabrielle] Sorry, is this up too loud?
- No.
- What?
- Can you turn the TV off for a sec?
Let's talk.
- What do you wanna talk about?
- Whatever's keeping you
up watching Danoz Direct.
- I had a shit day at work.
- Yeah, you said that before.
- I just wanna watch TV, OK?
- OK.
Goodnight.
- [Man On TV] The Ab Swing
system comes complete
With the Ab Swing exercise unit
that arrives at your
door, fully assembled.
- I just wanna get this straight.
You're not friends with Cory?
- I met her for the first time
the other night at a party.
She gave me your number.
- On the phone you said you were friends?
- That was a lie.
So I could meet you and
you could give me a job.
(laughing)
- And why should I do that?
- Because I know I'm good.
And I've worked in Japan
and I'm five years ahead
of most people working here.
- Apart from me?
- I was about to say that.
- Otherwise you wouldn't be here.
- I normally don't lie.
- Did you bring your portfolio, George?
And what are you doing at the moment?
- [George] Bar work.
- I'm looking for someone
for a job coming up
that's small, but it could turn into
a long-term thing.
- Are you offering me the job?
- Are those drawings your work?
- Yes.
(rock music)
I got a job!
- Aw, that's great!
- It's this cool little office.
Boutique firm.
It was so easy, she just
gave it to me straight away.
Hey, is Evan in?
- Yeah, he's being very vague.
- Right.
(keys typing)
(clears throat)
(George whistles)
- Sorry, how long have you been there?
- I just arrived.
- OK.
- [George] How's the writing going?
- Great.
I'm on a roll.
- Oh...
Good.
Anyway, hi.
I'm gonna go do my shift at Fu.
- OK.
- OK.
- What did he think?
- Ah, I think I'll tell him tomorrow.
(door knocking)
- I'll get it.
Hi.
- Hello.
- Come in.
Talia, this is my flatmate, Chloe.
- Hi, nice to meet you.
- Are you the Scientologist?
- Yeah, I'm not just that.
- I just wanted to know
if you are that Talia.
Christian knows a lot of girls.
- What did you get?
- Some green curry with bean
curd and some fish cakes.
- Nice.
- There's enough, I think,
Chloe, if you want some?
- I'm gonna go out.
Have a good night.
- See ya.
- [Christian] Night.
- Bye.
♪ How can I get into ♪
- [Chloe] George?
When you were with Christian,
did you think he was naive?
- No?
In fact, I think he's pretty wise.
He knew I liked Evan before I did.
- He's having green curry
and fishcakes with this girl.
She's a Scientologist.
- I saw her the other night.
- She doesn't blink!
She stares.
- I saw several blinks.
I saw flutters.
- Well, you're biased.
If Christian finds someone,
you're let off the hook for dumping him.
- Fuck off!
- It's true, isn't it?
(George laughs)
- I just want him to be happy.
- Well, we had our first house fight.
- Who's fault?
- His, of course.
- Really?
- Yeah!
He brought her home.
Can you have a word with him?
- He's barely even speaking to me.
- Just tell him he can do better.
- Ooh, Miss. Quality Control.
- Yeah.
- You're a big hippie with
your hair now, aren't ya?
- [Christian] Yep.
I wanna cut it, but it keeps
me warm in the morning.
My test was pretty bad, wasn't it?
(clears throat)
- It wasn't great.
- [Christian] Why?
- I don't know you well enough to tell.
- Come on.
Why's it normally this bad?
- Well, usually it's related
to the situation you're in.
Like, work or home, or family.
- How would you help me?
- Well, there's courses you can do.
- Sounds like TAFE.
(Talia laughs)
- It's a bit like that.
- Good, you're home.
Get changed, we're going out for dinner.
- [Gabrielle] Now?
- Yep.
- Where?
- [Tidy] It's a surprise.
Get ready.
- [Christian] You said that you still went
up and down on your tests?
Was that when your mum died?
- Yeah.
- I'm sorry.
- No, it's fine.
Just...
When she died, my head was so clouded,
I just...
I needed to work out how I felt about her.
Just realizing what sort
of stuff she'd given me...
What I wanted to take on.
- How long did it take before you felt OK?
- She'd been sick for a while,
so I thought I'd be OK, but...
Still hurts.
I still really miss her.
- I bet I didn't help.
(Talia laughs)
You made me so angry.
I just kept thinking it was me, you know.
Something I did.
You wouldn't believe how many times
I went over it in my head.
I almost did the worst things to you!
I was gonna put a brick
through your windscreen.
- [Christian] Really?
- Yeah.
(Christian laughs)
- Do you want wine?
- Yeah, get whatever you want.
- Go, Tidy.
- How'd you go today?
- No, I'm not talking about my day.
Not that I don't wanna tell you,
it's just, let's be ace.
Having said that, how was your day?
- Long, difficult.
I came to a decision that
I've been thinking about for a while.
It involves you, actually.
- Mmm-hmm?
- I'm moving out.
- Why?
- There's an opportunity to do some
aid work in Africa, in Malawi.
It's an outreach program
that's treating kids
who've contracted HIV from their mums.
- When?
How long?
- In five weeks.
For six months work.
I know it's not much notice,
but I'll be happy to cover the rent
until you find someone else.
- Someone else?
- I didn't plan on telling
you this before we'd ordered.
- Have I done something wrong?
- No.
No, you haven't.
- You'd tell me?
- Yeah, I would.
- [Narrator] Gabrielle
didn't mean to hurt Tidy.
But somehow she had.
Her presence in the world
threw out ripples she couldn't control.
(laid back music)
- Evan?
I've been waiting down the
road at the cafe for an hour.
- Shit, sorry.
I've been writing.
I must have lost track of time.
- I left a note on your computer.
- I didn't see that.
- I sent you a text message.
- I'm sorry.
- Am I just this hassle to you?
- No?
No.
- You can't use your writing
to treat me like shit.
- I'm sorry, I'm really sorry about today.
But you gotta understand that sometimes,
I'm gonna be writing.
- So you think because we're going out,
I'm supposed to put up with this?
- I'm just being honest with you.
- When you're writing...
I don't exist, right?
- You do.
- [George] I disappear out of your head
pretty quickly, don't I, Evan?
- What are we fighting about?
- I got a job.
That's what I wanted to tell you.
And you weren't there.
- That's great!
- I know!
Then why does it feel like nothing?
- Well, I'm here, and I do care.
I just don't show it sometimes.
- Do you really believe that?
- What do you mean?
What are you saying?
- Do you know what, I
don't think I've ever felt
this way about anyone ever.
I just, I like you.
I really, really like you so much.
It's like, now that you
know me, you don't like me.
- George, of course I like you.
- I think I'm in this deeper than you.
Aren't I?
- [Narrator] When you're under fire,
adrenaline speeds your system up so much
that the world seems to
go by at a snail's pace.
And when darkness is all around you,
the most trivial things can stand out.
Gabrielle had never realized what
a remarkably large nose David possessed.
- Gabrielle.
- I just don't think they're prepared.
Gabrielle.
Are you willing to contribute
$50 to the ECU legal fund?
- No.
- In that case, I have
no choice but to ask you
to tend to your resignation
as an official of the ACWU.
I'm sorry to lose you.
I can sort something out
for you, if you need it.
- Goodbye.
(tense music)
(door knocking)
- Have you seen George?
- Last time I saw her was this morning.
- Do you know where she went?
- No.
- She's not answering her mobile.
- You OK?
- No.
- Hi.
What's happened?
- I'm all alone.
- No you're not.
- I lost my job.
Alex is fucking gone, and you're going.
(Gabrielle sobs)
- [Narrator] And with that,
Tidy was back on the hook.
He'd take Gabrielle's best and worst.
Whatever she could throw at him.
- I don't have to go straight away.
- [Man On Tv] And when a
lioness is ready to be mated,
she lets him know.
Since she came into season,
he's been following her.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- Christian, I'm sorry about
what I said the other night.
It wasn't fair, and I really don't wanna
fight with you about it.
- Cheers.
- You're not seriously
gonna do this, are you?
- I'm thinking about it.
- [Chloe] Why?
- It's none of your business!
(crumples paper)
(mobile ringing)
- Kel speaking.
- It's George.
- George, what's happening?
- Take care of Evan for me.
(sad music)
- George just called.
- She just called me too.
- What did she say?
- She doesn't wanna be with me anymore.
- [Narrator] Our fuck ups define us
more than our good dates.
They're the one that
everyone remembers anyway.
Days later, the memory still hurts.
Weeks, months, you try
not to think about it.
10 years later, you might raise a smile.
And the people on the other end of it all
nurse their battle scars.
They've seen our dark side
and they have to decide
whether they can forgive us for it.
- [Christian] You OK?
- No.
Thank you.
- I can win, right?
- You've got a good case.
- How's your lawyer?
- Very cute.
- God, you're sexy when you swear.
- Hi.
- You just getting home?
- Had a long meeting.
- [Tidy] I'm over you, Gab.
You can just put that one to bed.
- Everyone, this is my friend, David.
- Is that...
- Yeah.
He's a fuckin' prick and she's lost it.
- She's cold.
- I'd like to nominate
for the SRC election.
- Justin Davies, more beer party.
Appreciate the vote.
- Isn't it about winning
them over to your ideas
and the issues you stand for?
- Oh my God.
Well we've got ideas
and issues and policies
and we stand for something.
- I just want people
to have fun, you know?
- I wanna chance policy.
- There's been a drought in
this university for too long.
Say yes to more beer.
(crowd cheering)
When there is free beer, there is hope.
- No, there's an ability to ignore
what's really happening, is what there is.
Debate me on the issues.
- [Crowd] Fight, fight, fight!
♪ Don't go live without me ♪
♪ Darlin' ♪
♪ Please don't leave like this ♪
♪ Don't go live without me ♪
♪ Not without my goodnight kiss ♪
♪ Don't go live without me ♪
♪ Darlin' ♪
♪ Don't go out of reach ♪