Griff the Invisible (2010) - full transcript
Griff, office worker by day, superhero by night, has his world turned upside down when he meets Melody, a beautiful young scientist who shares his passion for the impossible.
(BLEEPING)
(RAPID BEEPING)
Shit.
(CAT YOWLS)
GRIFF: Night mode.
(KEYS JINGLING)
(GRUNTING)
Get out of my neighborhood.
WOMAN:...outside my flat.
Hello, I need to speak to the police, please.
(EXHALES DEEPLY)
(PHONE RINGING)
Shipping, Griff speaking.
- (GASPS)
- Whoa! (LAUGHS)
Griff.
There you go.
How was lunch? Sorry.
Sorry.
- What did you have?
- A sandwich.
What was in the sandwich?
Cheese. Egg.
Mayonnaise.
I love mayonnaise.
Was it whole egg?
Yeah, I think so. I don't know.
That's for Gary. Tax time.
He wants them sorted into categories, dates,
and then added up. I know. Sorry.
Short straw.
(GASPS)
Hey, hey, hey.
Don't fight it, Griff.
I just want to...
Stop it!
(MOCKING) Just stop it!
Griff.
How'd you go?
- All done.
- Great. Just...
They weren't really for Gary, were they?
No.
(CAR ALARM BLARING)
(WOMAN SCREAMING)
Stay out of my neighborhood.
(CAR ENGINE STARTING)
It's OK. You're safe.
Go away. I've got mace!
It's OK, you're safe.
You're safe now.
Never fear.
Griff the Protector is here.
No.
Griff the Hidden.
(DOORBELL BUZZING)
(SOFT JAZZ RECORD PLAYING)
- Who is it?
- It's Tim, Griff.
TIM: For a minute, I thought it was you.
It better not be, Griff,
because I moved back here for you
and you'd promised me that you'd stopped.
No, it's not. I promise.
- It better not be.
- It's not.
Better not be.
How's work, anyway?
- It's really good.
- Good.
- It's good you have that job.
- Yep.
- Keeps you out of trouble.
- It does.
Good. Well.
Oh, you know how before I said
I was in the neighborhood?
Well, the reason is because
I was on a date.
Her name is Melody.
Melody. Like music.
Yes, it is like... It's like music.
Anyway, I think she could be it.
(GRUNTS)
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Melee? Are you back already?
Mmm-hmm.
- Did you bump your head again? Clumsy.
- Mmm-hmm.
So, how was the date? He is adorable.
- Yeah, he's lovely.
- Oh, he is very right for you, Mel.
Well done. Tim and Melody. Mel...
OK, Mum, look, we've been on one date, OK?
I'm just figuring out if I like him.
Have there been any, you know,
- intimacies?
- Goodnight, Mum.
Goodnight, darling.
(SIREN BLARING)
Sorry, Tim.
I made a promise.
To rid this city of evil, in the name of justice.
It's not a choice.
It's a responsibility.
(TROUBLE IS A FRIEND PLAYING)
♪ Trouble, he will find you
♪ No matter where you go
♪ Oh, oh
♪ No matter if you're fast
No matter if you're slow
No problem, sir.
Call again if it hasn't turned up.
Bye-bye.
♪ The eye of the storm
♪ Wanna cry in the morn
♪ Oh, oh
♪ You're fine for a while
But you start to lose control... ♪
TONY:...twice your age.
GINA: Like you could talk.
So, Tammy's out of town tonight.
Do you want to come over?
I don't know, Tony.
How are you, Cecilia? Is everything OK?
Everything's great. I really love it.
Don't enjoy it too much. It's still work.
(PHONE RINGING)
Shipping, Griff speaking.
It's Tony.
Hi, Tony.
Just wondering what you're doing for lunch.
- Why?
- I'm going to this little Chinese restaurant
and they do great pork balls.
I know that you love balls.
- No, thanks.
- Hey,
here it is.
I really, really like you.
A lot. And I love balls, too.
Two ball lovers...
State championships.
I got three perfect tens.
But even then, Heather Twinkletoes won.
Well, you look like a champ to me.
TIM: We met at a Chinese restaurant.
I was paying for the bill for my table,
and it was $19,
and we'd all had a banquet.
$19! What?
- Oh, dear.
- And I said to myself...
- Thanks.
- ..."That's pretty good value!"
Melody!
Oh, it's not so bad.
(TIM CHUCKLES)
I'm OK.
TIM: So, anyway, so I look over at Melody
sitting by herself,
and she was looking at her bill.
How much was it, Mel?
Mel?
$218!
BRONWYN: Why were you
eating alone, Melody?
She does funny things.
She's fine, though.
(PHONE RINGING)
Yes, sir.
There definitely seems to be
more activity in recent weeks.
COMMISSIONER: Well, the press are calling it
a crime wave. What do you think?
- A crime wave? I'm not sure, sir.
- Well, you've got to do something.
(DOORBELL BUZZING)
We're running out of men.
- Yes, Commissioner.
- So you say you'll help?
- Yes sir, I will.
- Thank you, Griff. Can't do it without you.
Thank you, sir.
(DOORBELL BUZZING)
(SOFT JAZZ RECORD PLAYING)
- Who is it?
- It's Tim, Griff. Who else?
GRIFF: No, no, no.
Griff, this is Melody.
- Hello.
- My new girlfriend.
- I didn't say that would be OK, Tim.
- No, I know, but...
I'm sorry. She really wanted to meet you.
Wants to meet you, don't you?
- Should we go?
- No, no, no.
(FOOTSTEPS)
(CLATTERING)
GRIFF: OK.
I thought I'd bring Melody over,
so you could actually meet her
instead of me just talking about her
all the time.
I got Griff his new job, through a friend.
Platonic. Female, platonic friend.
Yeah, got bullied at the last job, didn't you?
Just like at school. Always bullied at school.
Lucky I was there.
Won't happen anymore, though. Right, Griff?
Is that your cat downstairs, Griff?
I don't have time for a cat. Or a dog.
You know they reckon cats can see spirits?
- Did you know that?
- I don't think they're spirits.
I don't think that ghosts exist.
I think they are real people,
but in parallel places and...
And maybe there are nine parallel universes
and cats live in all of them at once.
That's why they can see everyone,
but we only live in one at a time, and then,
when we die, we branch off into this
other parallel existence where we didn't die,
and meanwhile, where we did die
everyone is sad and going,
Oh, no, she died.
From, you know, whatever happened
to you, accident, or cancer.
So they're here now?
I don't think so.
- What's under the sheet, Griff?
- It's just a mannequin, I think, babe.
Oh. Oh!
TIM: Are you OK, hon?
- You OK?
- It's OK. We're good.
Didn't hurt yourself?
- No, I'm fine.
- Oh, good.
Stupid chair.
Anyhoo, we'd better go.
Hey, we should all have dinner next week.
Get you out of the house.
Shame Melody doesn't have a sister.
Do you have a sister?
No.
BOY: Sorry.
Sorry.
(UNDONE PLAYING)
Short stuff.
TONY: Oh, there he is.
Gary, Griff's here.
Call off the search party, everyone.
Where've you been?
We've been worried sick.
(SCREAMING)
(ALL CHEERING)
Sorry, Gary.
Hi, Griff.
How's your brother?
- Same.
- That's good.
Has he got a girlfriend?
Yep.
Ah.
- Griff. Can you pop in for a word?
- Hmm?
Do you want to tell me what's going on?
- It's nothing, Gary. Sorry.
- Doesn't look like nothing.
Are you on drugs?
What? No!
Girl trouble? Do you owe someone money?
No, it's nothing like that, Gary. Sorry.
What happened, Griff?
You started out so strong.
- I know.
- You've dropped the ball.
- Have you dropped the ball?
- No, I haven't.
Want to know what I think?
You're making yourself a target.
I think you're making yourself more visible
when you should be trying to be invisible.
How? How do you mean?
Well, Griff, I see how people look at you.
And, well, this is hard to say,
but when you hide and you don't interact,
well, you come across a bit odd.
- Invisible.
- People notice you even more, ironically.
You've got to chat to people, like I do.
I mean, I'm a bit odd, too,
but I just go around.
I'm chatting to people all the time.
And the amazing thing is, after a while
of acting normal, you become normal.
It's like an accent.
I mean, if I was to start talking in
an American accent all the time,
I'd become an American, right?
Just don't give that goose fuel.
The only way to make him back off
is to beat him at his own game.
Act normally.
Then you can get on with becoming
the best client liaison we've got.
And you could be.
Yes?
Invisible Man.
Hello, Griff.
Doing some painting? Of course. Sorry.
So, that it?
Do you know anything about invisible ink?
No, no. Oh, yeah.
I think you can use baking soda, though.
Do you have any?
(WHISTLING)
Put it on the tab.
Can I have that receipt, please?
You didn't see me.
- This is nice, Mel. What is it?
- Shark.
Flake.
Which is shark.
So, Tim, Melody tells me you have a brother.
- Griff, that's right.
- Griff.
I know a Griff. Comes into the shop.
- Came in today, actually. Odd chap.
- Darling.
- That's probably him.
- Always leave with, "You didn't see me."
That's definitely him. Hope he's no trouble.
BENSON: No, no, not at all.
Is he older or younger?
Younger. In every sense.
Actually, he's the reason Melody and I met.
Well, indirectly, I suppose.
I was living in Adelaide
and I had to come back
because Griff lost his job
and was in need of a big brother again,
so I got a transfer.
And now he's OK again.
And then I went to that Chinese restaurant.
(LAUGHS)
And we know what happened there.
You're not going back to Adelaide, are you?
Maybe. We'll see.
You'd want to stay here though
if, say, you and Melody got married.
(COUGHS)
Who knows? Yeah.
Melody!
Did you know 40% of people
don't believe statistics when they read them?
No. No, I didn't.
So that means that 40%
of responses should be ignored,
because the people giving them,
they don't believe them anyway,
so they can't be trusted.
Don't know.
Well.
- Thanks for another lovely evening.
- Thanks, Tim.
You're really lovely.
Right-ee-oh.
(CAR DOOR OPENS)
Hey, Melody.
(CAR DOOR CLOSES)
$218? What?
(TIM LAUGHS)
(ENGINE STARTS)
(HORN BLARING)
(TIRES SCREECHING)
(CRASHING)
(TIM SCREAMING)
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
(KNOCKING CONTINUES)
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
MELODY: Oh, hi.
What are you doing?
Don't know. What are you doing?
I'm at home.
- Are you OK?
- Yeah.
- Is Tim with you?
- No.
Maybe I should come in or something.
Well, I'm kind of in the middle
of some things.
And sleeping.
Sorry.
Sorry. I was just, you know,
in the neighborhood.
But I'll go.
Do you want some water before you leave?
Here you go.
Isn't that funny to think that
I just poured hydrogen and oxygen
into this hole in my face,
and now it's merging with all the other
atoms in my body to become part of me?
That is, until my body
decides to use it to flush out toxic waste.
Can I use your toilet?
No.
Well,
hang on.
Oh. Um...
- It's just through there.
- Thanks.
(DOOR CLOSES)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
So, I should go.
Yeah.
- Thanks for the water.
- It's all right. It's just tap water, so...
I just wanted to say that
I think you're really nice.
- Not nice, but...
- OK.
Bye.
(HEY MISTER PLAYING)
♪ Hey, there, mister
♪ I was born to kiss you
I was born to kiss you
♪ With my lipstick on
Yeah, lipstick on
♪ Lipstick, but it won't be on too long
♪ Gotta give you full marks
A page full of ticks
♪ You're the perfect mix
♪ All that functions will
function on till the end of this song
♪ Till the whole hard part is done
♪ Yeah, I'm gonna make ya, ooh
♪ That's what I'm talking about
It's in your nature
♪ I never had a hair of a doubt
but if this don't get you...
♪ Honey, I can do without it
♪ But if this don't get you
poppin', darlin'
♪ Nothin' will ♪
Invisible Man.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
BENSON: You in there, Melon?
Yep.
You're working.
What's the... What's the drawing?
A dot painting?
It's just an idea.
Uh-huh.
Here.
OK, so say these
are the atoms that make up the wall,
and these are the atoms that make up me.
Look at all the space between those atoms.
I mean, we don't know what it is.
It could be a vacuum, dead space,
dark matter, but it's definitely space.
In fact, the whole world is 99% space.
- Right.
- Right,
so it's just this matter of probability.
If I happen to hit the wall
at exactly the right moment,
when all the spaces are aligned,
then theoretically,
I should pass right through the wall.
Well, that's... That's great, hon.
Yeah. Anyway.
You know, we just want you
to be happy, Melon.
Find love and happiness, you know.
I will.
- Love you.
- I love you.
(DOOR CLOSES)
Hi, Tony.
Well.
Hi, Griff maestro.
What do you keep in that case?
- I don't know. Stuff.
- You don't know, stuff?
Give it back, Tony.
Is it comic books?
Seriously, give it back.
(MOCKING) Seriously, give it back.
No!
Chill, Griff. Chill.
Just wanted to borrow your stapler.
(BE INVISIBLE PLAYING)
(CLICKING)
GRIFF: 2300 hours.
Operation Booby Trap underway.
♪ The city's all sleeping
♪ So I get under the light
♪ Sending out a message
♪ And they'll be ringing your friends
in the middle of night
♪ Be invisible, man
♪ Be invisible, man
♪ Be invisible, man
♪ Be invisible, man
Hey!
(GASPS)
(ALARM RINGING)
♪ There's a clock that's ticking
♪ But it's a minute behind
♪ That's for another conversation
♪ And now you're running out of time
Now you run out of time
♪ Be invisible, man
♪ Be invisible, man
♪ Be invisible, man
Can't see the face.
♪ Be invisible, man
No.
♪ Be invisible, man
♪ Be invisible, man
♪ Be invisible, man
♪ Be invisible, man ♪
Earth to Griff.
Not even listening to me.
Do you want a raffle ticket or not?
You can win a trip to Magnetic Island.
Freaky.
You can win a trip to Magnetic Island.
Magnetic Island.
- Oh, hi, Griff.
- What are you doing?
Just waiting for you.
What do you do?
I can't say.
Secret.
Please.
I'm an experimentalist.
I... I test things.
Theories and facts.
I can't tell you about them, though.
They're secret, too.
Sometimes I do street surveys about surveys,
and I go up to people on the street
and I say, "Excuse me.
What do you think about street surveys?
And, "What is your favorite
street survey subject?"
Once I went to a protest
and I protested the protest.
I had a placard that said,
Stop protests now,
and I yelled, "What do we want?
No more protests!
When do we want it? Now.
(LAUGHS)
Have you ever Googled the word "google"?
No.
- Where's Tim?
- I don't know.
- Did he send you?
- No.
No, I came by myself.
Why?
I'm not good with relationships.
Sorry.
- I shouldn't have said that.
- I don't think you should be here.
Yeah, I actually have to go. I have to go.
(DOORBELL BUZZING)
Shit.
Oh, shit, shit, shit.
- Who is it?
- Griff, it's Tim.
Shit! I knew it. Shit!
- Why did you come here?
- Do you want me to hide?
TIM: It's all right, the door's open.
I can hide.
Don't go in the wardrobe!
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
- Hi.
- Oh, hi, Tim.
- Beer?
- Yep.
Nuts?
Sure.
How are you?
Great. Good.
Not great, actually. Shit.
I haven't heard from her for two days.
Who?
- Melody, Griff.
- Yeah.
(TIM CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
How's work?
Great.
No mischief?
(LOUDLY) No mischief.
- Where are you going?
- Toilet.
Wait.
It's blocked. The... The toilet.
- I won't flush.
- Wait!
I really need to go.
Well, go after me.
Code Nine! Code Nine!
We have a serious situation.
MAN: Hey!
(SPEAKING CANTONESE)
(SIGHS)
I know who you are.
You are me, and the opposite of me.
You are the question, I am the answer.
You are the proton, I am the neutron.
You are a magnetic field and I am light,
forever drawn to you.
MAN: And over the fence,
and down the alleyway.
- The alleyway around the back?
- Around the back.
Did you get a look at him?
OK.
Have you got metal sheets and some...
Pipes?
Hi, Griff.
Benson's my Dad.
Who's Benson?
The guy who owns here.
Oh.
Tim didn't see me last night.
I hid in the wardrobe.
And he only waited half an hour
and then he left.
What'd you see?
You're making an invisibility suit.
- If you tell anyone...
- I won't. I won't tell anyone, I promise.
- Do you need my help?
- No!
I know what I'm doing, OK?
Just forget anything you saw.
- It's for your own safety.
- (BELL DINGS)
Sir, you'll find the pipes in the third row
and metal sheets at the back.
Can I help you with anything, sir?
- Just this, thanks.
- Sure.
Do you need anything else?
Wire?
I have wire.
Good.
Contact me when you need my help.
(WHISPERING) I'm not who you think I am.
What?
I'm not who you think I am.
Oh.
(MELODIES AND DESIRES PLAYING)
♪ Follow these instructions
♪ Do exactly as I do
♪ Lean your shoulders forward
♪ Let your hands slide over to my side
♪ Move your body closer
♪ Let your heart meet mine
♪ Love is the harmony
Desire is the key
♪ Love is the melody
Now sing it with me
♪ You'll be the rhythm and I'll be the beat
♪ You'll be the rhythm and I'll be the beat
♪ Then I'll be the rhythm
and you'll be the beat
♪ And love, the shoreline
Where you and I meet
♪ You'll be the rhythm and I'll be the beat
♪ You'll be the rhythm and I'll be the beat
♪ Then I'll be the rhythm
and you'll be the beat
♪ And love, the shoreline
Where you and I meet
(GASPS)
♪ Love is the harmony
Desire is the key
♪ Love is the symphony
Come sing some with me ♪
(BUZZING)
Thank you. Glad we could help.
(WATCHING YOU PLAYING)
Hey, hey, hey.
Is anyone else's... Thing's got...
Whoa. Hey.
What?
Hey, hey, hey.
Is anyone...
Is your key... Whoa, whoa, whoa.
No.
Get stuffed!
What?
My thing is... Is Steve around?
My computer's complete... What?
What's going on? What's going on?
No, no, no.
Well, that's not true.
I'm not typing anything.
It's some virus or something.
Fuck!
Tony! See me now.
Gary, I've just got to send... I'll be there...
- Now!
- Yep.
Yeah.
(PEOPLE LAUGHING)
I think it's over with her.
Who?
Melody, Griff!
Jesus!
I really tried.
I sent funny texts, and silly ones,
and serious ones.
Yeah.
She said she needed time,
but it doesn't mean
she has to not call me at all, does it?
I don't know.
At all!
You should call him. He's pretty upset.
We've been on three dates.
Sorry.
I'll call him.
What were you like as a kid?
Small.
- Bet you were popular.
- I was.
Really popular.
We're not the same person as we were
when we were kids, you know.
No, obviously.
I mean, literally.
I mean, every cell that made you up
when you were a kid doesn't exist anymore.
They're long dead.
So that all the cells
that make you up as you are now, are new.
It's this complete reinvention.
Let's... Let's walk.
OK.
(EXHALES SHARPLY)
Before I tell you this,
you have to commit
to a vow of secrecy unlike any other.
You won't believe it at first.
- You'll probably laugh...
- I won't laugh.
And I'm only telling you
because you saw things you shouldn't.
I'm not who I seem to be.
I have powers.
And with these powers
comes a responsibility,
to fight, to protect,
to uphold justice and defend the innocent.
Alone.
My life is too dangerous to have friends.
Or more than.
Sorry.
I don't hate you. I like you.
I like you, too, Griff.
But nothing can happen between us.
It's not just because of Tim.
It's for your own safety. It's because...
You should call Tim.
Bye, Griff.
Pause there.
Just because you're fired
doesn't mean you're safe.
Shit. Shit, shit, shit.
Griff.
Griff, can I have a word?
Where... Where are you going?
Oh.
Hi, Gary.
Listen, Griff, we're gonna have to let you go.
You're late all the time,
you don't fit into the work environment.
And have you been
sneaking into the office at night?
Because that's not generally on, Griff,
and now Tony's talking charges.
Anyway, that's that.
I'll pay you to the end of the week.
I'm sorry, Griff.
WAITRESS: Hi, Griff.
- Hi. Is someone...
- I know. I'm sorry.
(GROANS)
So, Griff.
I don't like weird, butt plug freaks
making me look like a dick
in front of my friends.
You wouldn't understand that
because you don't have any friends.
But to me, it's important, yeah?
I don't enjoy hurting people,
but if it happens again...
Man.
Do you comprendo?
Huh?
(WE CAN TAKE THEM ALL PLAYING)
(MOBILE PHONE BEEPING)
(MONITOR BEEPING)
♪ You've got the power to explode
a supernova over everyone
♪ The villains twist and turn
because they know the end has just begun
♪ They all come strong
All fists and guns
♪ But you can make them run
♪ You can right the wrong
You can take them all ♪
(SIREN BLARING)
Identity compromised! Abort!
Gotcha.
Don't be stupid.
You won't make it.
(GRUNTING)
(MOBILE PHONE CHIMES)
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Guess who's here?
Thank you for coming over.
That's OK.
- Did you want to talk?
- Yeah.
About us?
Yeah, sort of.
See the thing is that
Griff seems to think that you and I had
something really serious going on.
But I mean, we...
You know, we only ever really...
You know.
And so he doesn't want to, or he...
He doesn't want me to hurt you.
Sorry. Sorry, what? Sorry?
Tim, I think you'll be
really good to go out with.
Right.
With someone who is right.
Right.
But I'm...
- Not.
- Not.
- Not right, no.
- Right.
So... Hang on.
So, Griff, what is he...
You and Griff?
Yeah, I think so.
He's... He's like me.
I don't need to know details. I'm fine.
That's good.
I'm glad.
Really glad.
Why did you run?
Did you think we were there to arrest you?
What have you done that warrants arrest?
We've had reports of someone
stalking residents in your neighborhood.
You wouldn't happen to know
anything about that, would you?
Stalking is an offense, Griff.
As is prowling and voyeurism.
Were we to inspect your home,
do you think we'd find anything
that might incriminate you?
You've... You've got the wrong man, sir. OK?
I've seen what you're looking for, I have,
and it's out there.
And, well, no one's doing anything
about it, so...
Taking the law into your own hands
is also an offense, Griff.
Is that what you are? A vigilante?
No, I'm not a vigilante.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Come!
Chief says, "Let it go."
Right, Griff.
Having seen you,
we've decided not to press charges.
Lucky for you.
Lucky I'm in a good mood.
I don't want to hear
any more reports of stalking, understood?
I'll do my best to help, Commissioner.
Don't push me, freak.
I've had it, Griff.
I'm going back to Adelaide.
You need help.
Professional.
Oh.
Griff.
Did Tony do that to you, Griff?
Griff.
Something's happened.
(GASPS)
What are you doing?
What's... What's happened to your face?
Do you have antiseptic?
What the hell are you doing here?
I just... I didn't know how to say I'm here.
(EXCLAIMS IN PAIN)
- Who did this?
- How did you get in?
Well, you got your key
cut at the hardware store once
- and Dad keeps a copy.
- What?
Griff, I have to show you something.
Melody, stop!
Look, we can't see each other anymore.
I don't want to see you.
Griff.
Griff, something has come for you.
A package.
Melody, I can't.
Look, I... Look, I don't know what it is,
but it is marked "Top Secret."
Top Secret?
Yeah.
- You didn't see who brought it?
- No.
Be careful.
I think there's a note.
Dear Griff, I work for a government agency
that no one has heard of."
OK. "Let's just leave it at that.
We've been watching you, Griff.
We suspected you were the one when we
first became aware of your activities.
This is the Universe Suit, and it's for you.
By studying the lens of a cat's eye,
we've harnessed
the ability to enter other dimensions.
This suit allows you
to hide in the fourth dimension,
to become unseen to the human eye,
to become...
The Invisible.
They need you, Griff.
The city needs you.
(ELECTRICITY CRACKLING)
You're different.
That's what I've been trying to tell you.
Do you want to put the suit on?
Are you stuck?
- Do you want a hand?
- I'm in it.
- You're in it?
- Yeah.
Well, come out. I can't see you.
I am out. I'm standing right here.
What?
- Are you lying?
- No.
- You can't see me?
- I cannot see you.
Hi, Dad.
You working today?
Is that... Is that Griff down there?
Where?
There.
There's no one there, Dad.
Right. Silly me.
(SWEETEST THING PLAYING)
♪ You challenged me to write a love song
♪ Here it is, I think I got it wrong
This is me.
♪ I focused on the negative
♪ The pain was too much to write and sing
Bye.
♪ Oh, it was not a nice incentive
♪ When you're lucid you're the sweetest thing
♪ I would trade my mother to hear you sing
♪ When you're lucid you're the sweetest thing
♪ I would trade my mother to hear you sing
♪ When you're lucid you're the sweetest thing
♪ I would trade my mother to hear you sing
♪ When you're lucid
you're the sweetest thing ♪
- When are you leaving?
- TIM: End of the month.
Does it have to keep happening, Griff?
I know you're normal underneath.
I'll be OK, Tim.
You don't have to... You don't have to leave.
You're not good for my health.
And maybe I'm not good for you.
Maybe if I just let you do what you want,
you'll sort it out.
I just worry.
OK.
(BANGING)
(PANTING) Griff! Griff, did you see it?
Oh, hi, Tim. Up in the sky.
Look, right there. A "G".
Oh, yeah!
- For "Griff."
- Shit!
Listen, you're being called.
- Shit.
- They've taken the Police Chief hostage.
- The Commissioner?
- The Commissioner.
They need you to save him.
I'd better put on the suit.
What... What are we talking about?
What's going on?
It's an emergency.
There's nothing there. Griff. Griff!
You just got arrested and lost your job.
We just talked about this!
- OK, can we just stop for a minute?
- Tim, we have to go.
Can you hurry up, Griff?
There's no time to lose.
- I'm ready.
- Oh, God!
Stop doing that. Oh, God.
Look, here so I know where you are.
Let's go, let's go, let's go!
TIM: A disused warehouse. How original.
(THROUGH RADIO) Can you hear me, over?
(THROUGH RADIO) Copy that, over.
Roger that, over.
We're on.
Oh, wait!
Hat.
- What are you doing?
- I'm just keeping watch.
I mean, what are you doing?
GRIFF: (ON RADIO) I'm going in. Keep watch.
- Will report on situation, over.
- Copy that.
MELODY: Be careful, over.
It really isn't a good idea to, you know,
play along with his delusions like this.
They're not delusions.
Well, he's not a superhero, Melody.
And he's obviously not invisible.
Well, maybe he is. He says he is, so he is.
But I can see him.
GRIFF: Targets identified.
MELODY: Roger that. Over.
He's a 28-year-old man
and he's living in a fantasy world.
He's always lived in a fantasy world.
I got him out of it,
and now you've put him back.
OK, firstly, I don't think
you ever got him out of it,
and secondly,
this may be fake or delusional to you,
but it is real to him and it is real to me.
(GRUNTING)
GRIFF: Targets engaged. Do you read, over?
How is it real?
He's a Custom Liaison Officer
who thinks he's an invisible superhero.
(CLATTERING)
If you want to be his friend,
or more, or whatever,
then you need to help him to stop,
not tell him it's real.
He's not hurting anyone.
He may even be saving them.
Who? Invisible people?
Yes, maybe.
(ALL GRUNTING)
OK, so in the real world,
where the rest of us live,
what do you do with a boyfriend
who's a superhero?
What if you're having dinner
with your parents, say,
(RADIO CRACKLING)
and he suddenly stands up
and starts talking about saving the planet
- and having to leave on a secret mission?
- MELODY: You know what?
He's not coming over to dinner, Tim.
I would never ask him over
because he's Griff,
and he needs to grow up.
He would not fit in with them
or anyone else in the real world
because he's a freak.
(STATIC)
And so am I,
and that is exactly why I love him.
(STATIC)
(MELODY'S VOICE BREAKING UP)
We see the world one way,
and you see it this other way,
and because you don't understand,
you want to change it,
but I don't want to change it.
Maybe the rest of you
need to grow up, instead.
Turn the lights on.
Griff?
(IAMUNDERNODISGUISE PLAYING)
(DOORBELL BUZZING)
(PHONE RINGING)
♪ I am under no disguise
♪ I am under no disguise
♪ I am under no disguise
♪ I am under no disguise
♪ I am under no disguise
(GRUNTING)
♪ I am under no disguise
♪ I am under no disguise
♪ I am under no disguise
You've called Griff. Leave a message,
or in an emergency, enter the secret pin.
(INDISTINCT)
♪ I am neither breather, nor speaker
♪ I am neither walker, nor sleeper
♪ I am neither sister, brother,
son, nor daughter
♪ Solely in my chest is my heart,
a drum of water ♪
Hello.
Thank you. Come in.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Melee? Dinner's on.
- Mum?
- Hmm?
Do you think that this life, our existence,
do you think it's an accident?
Or do you think it's planned for a reason?
Oh. Um...
- Oh, I think...
- And try and ignore religion.
Ignore religion.
Well, I... I think it's like gymnastics.
I think that life was inevitable.
I mean, however it was created,
whatever happened, you know,
whoever did it.
I mean, you look at the stars
and you see infinity,
and you look into a microscope
and you see infinity,
and smack bang in the
middle of those two extremities,
perched on a balance beam, is us.
Life.
In the middle.
Inevitable.
(LAUGHTER)
Hi. Where've you been?
When?
Oh, yeah, a bit busy. Just had some stuff to...
I had to fix some things.
Sorry.
Well, yum yum, chook's bum.
GRIFF: Thank you, sir.
No. Benson, please.
Griff just got a new job, darl.
Oh, what is it?
I'm a customer liaisons officer
at DHL Transport.
I'm not really sure what that is.
(ALL LAUGHING)
Melody and I, we met through Tim.
And Tim and Melody
met at a Chinese restaurant.
And now Tim and I
are taking cooking classes,
and guess what we cooked last week?
Sweet and sour pork.
Mmm.
Which is Chinese.
It's so funny.
BRONWYN: Well, that's a good idea.
Cooking classes for men.
Oh, whoever's responsible for this meal
is in no need of cooking classes.
I don't... I don't know about that.
I... I must have the recipe.
BRONWYN: Of course.
I've always had a flair with food.
Are you sure you won't stay?
I should get back.
Early start at the office.
But...
But thank you.
I had a lovely evening.
Well, we'll let you two say goodbye.
Goodnight.
Well, goodnight, my love.
He's nice.
Griff.
Griff, open up!
- What's happening?
- What's happening?
What's happening?
Let me see.
I can't do this.
- Do what?
- This. Us.
I cannot do this us, Griff.
Wait, you're ending it, already?
- But I thought this was...
- Griff, please.
You're either punishing me, laughing at me,
or you were seriously convinced
that this is what I want.
No, I don't understand, Melody.
What about the missions?
What... What about your duty
to defend the innocent and uphold...
It's not real, Melody.
I'm not a superhero.
Yes... Yes, you are.
What do you miss?
Did you enjoy laughing at me?
Was I a dancing monkey, or something?
It's not real, Melody.
This is real.
- No!
- Yeah.
- Everything you see here is real.
- No!
- This pantry...
- Griff, please don't do this.
Is real.
- Rice. Real.
- You were real.
- Griff!
- Real!
Stop it. Listen, Griff.
I live in a bubble that no one,
no one gets into.
I feel like an alien.
I... I live in a completely different world
to the one everyone else is in.
I can't communicate with anyone.
I can talk to them, but I cannot communicate.
But you,
Griff, you get into my bubble.
Everybody has to grow up.
No, they don't.
I would have loved you.
Forever.
(CRYING)
(CRYING)
Oh, my God.
- Oh, my God. OK.
- You just...
- You just went through a door. Sorry.
- Yeah.
How did you... How did you... You just...
(EXCLAIMS)
I can't believe it.
You can. You can believe it.
Yeah.
MELODY: What is it?
It's a package.
For you.
What were you doing?
I can't say.
I'm going to put the suit on.
There's probably a note with it.
Use these to be the only one
who can see Griff when he's invisible.
So he doesn't have to wear the hat.
- Tell me when you're in it.
- I'm in it.
Does it work? Can you see me?
Yeah.
Yeah, I can see you.
I can see you.
(TAKE ME AS I AM PLAYING)
♪ Do you know when you were already born?
♪ Do you know this is the way it would be?
♪ Do you know when you were already born?
♪ You were already you and I already me
♪ So take me as I am
♪ Take me as I am
♪ I know
♪ It's easier said than done
♪ In this time we're passing
♪ With these distractions
♪ We could be having fun
♪ So take me as I am
♪ Take me as I am
♪ Forget your plans
♪ Do you know when you were already born?
♪ Do you know this is the way it would be?
♪ Do you know when you were already born?
♪ You were already you and I already me
♪ So take me as I am
♪ Take me as I am
♪ Forget your plans ♪
(DOING THE BEST THAT WE CAN PLAYING)
♪ Hey, now
♪ I know it's a shakedown
♪ I'm gonna get me some
♪ And lately I've been acting crazy
♪ I'm gonna need someone
to come and save me
♪ Oh, hi, I'm playing the bad guy
♪ Hear it's so much fun
♪ But this time
♪ I'll show you power
♪ I'm gonna tower over those who hate me
♪ 'Cause no one's gonna save me
♪ We're doing the best that we can
♪ And you won't take us
♪ We'll be down on our knees saying
♪ "Please let it just be enough"
♪ Oh, hi, I'm playing the bad guy
♪ Hear it's so much fun
♪ This time I'll show you power
♪ I'm gonna tower over those who hate me
♪ 'Cause no one's gonna save me
♪ We're doing the best that we can
♪ No, you won't take us
♪ We'll be down on our knees saying
♪ "Please let it just be enough"
♪ We're doing the best that we can
♪ No, you won't take us
♪ We'll be down on our knees saying
♪ "Please let it just be enough"
♪ Oh, you know I believe in ya
♪ Not like Santa Maria
♪ Oh, we'll do the best that we can
♪ And you won't take us
♪ We'll be down on our knees saying
♪ "Please let it just be enough" ♪
(RAPID BEEPING)
Shit.
(CAT YOWLS)
GRIFF: Night mode.
(KEYS JINGLING)
(GRUNTING)
Get out of my neighborhood.
WOMAN:...outside my flat.
Hello, I need to speak to the police, please.
(EXHALES DEEPLY)
(PHONE RINGING)
Shipping, Griff speaking.
- (GASPS)
- Whoa! (LAUGHS)
Griff.
There you go.
How was lunch? Sorry.
Sorry.
- What did you have?
- A sandwich.
What was in the sandwich?
Cheese. Egg.
Mayonnaise.
I love mayonnaise.
Was it whole egg?
Yeah, I think so. I don't know.
That's for Gary. Tax time.
He wants them sorted into categories, dates,
and then added up. I know. Sorry.
Short straw.
(GASPS)
Hey, hey, hey.
Don't fight it, Griff.
I just want to...
Stop it!
(MOCKING) Just stop it!
Griff.
How'd you go?
- All done.
- Great. Just...
They weren't really for Gary, were they?
No.
(CAR ALARM BLARING)
(WOMAN SCREAMING)
Stay out of my neighborhood.
(CAR ENGINE STARTING)
It's OK. You're safe.
Go away. I've got mace!
It's OK, you're safe.
You're safe now.
Never fear.
Griff the Protector is here.
No.
Griff the Hidden.
(DOORBELL BUZZING)
(SOFT JAZZ RECORD PLAYING)
- Who is it?
- It's Tim, Griff.
TIM: For a minute, I thought it was you.
It better not be, Griff,
because I moved back here for you
and you'd promised me that you'd stopped.
No, it's not. I promise.
- It better not be.
- It's not.
Better not be.
How's work, anyway?
- It's really good.
- Good.
- It's good you have that job.
- Yep.
- Keeps you out of trouble.
- It does.
Good. Well.
Oh, you know how before I said
I was in the neighborhood?
Well, the reason is because
I was on a date.
Her name is Melody.
Melody. Like music.
Yes, it is like... It's like music.
Anyway, I think she could be it.
(GRUNTS)
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Melee? Are you back already?
Mmm-hmm.
- Did you bump your head again? Clumsy.
- Mmm-hmm.
So, how was the date? He is adorable.
- Yeah, he's lovely.
- Oh, he is very right for you, Mel.
Well done. Tim and Melody. Mel...
OK, Mum, look, we've been on one date, OK?
I'm just figuring out if I like him.
Have there been any, you know,
- intimacies?
- Goodnight, Mum.
Goodnight, darling.
(SIREN BLARING)
Sorry, Tim.
I made a promise.
To rid this city of evil, in the name of justice.
It's not a choice.
It's a responsibility.
(TROUBLE IS A FRIEND PLAYING)
♪ Trouble, he will find you
♪ No matter where you go
♪ Oh, oh
♪ No matter if you're fast
No matter if you're slow
No problem, sir.
Call again if it hasn't turned up.
Bye-bye.
♪ The eye of the storm
♪ Wanna cry in the morn
♪ Oh, oh
♪ You're fine for a while
But you start to lose control... ♪
TONY:...twice your age.
GINA: Like you could talk.
So, Tammy's out of town tonight.
Do you want to come over?
I don't know, Tony.
How are you, Cecilia? Is everything OK?
Everything's great. I really love it.
Don't enjoy it too much. It's still work.
(PHONE RINGING)
Shipping, Griff speaking.
It's Tony.
Hi, Tony.
Just wondering what you're doing for lunch.
- Why?
- I'm going to this little Chinese restaurant
and they do great pork balls.
I know that you love balls.
- No, thanks.
- Hey,
here it is.
I really, really like you.
A lot. And I love balls, too.
Two ball lovers...
State championships.
I got three perfect tens.
But even then, Heather Twinkletoes won.
Well, you look like a champ to me.
TIM: We met at a Chinese restaurant.
I was paying for the bill for my table,
and it was $19,
and we'd all had a banquet.
$19! What?
- Oh, dear.
- And I said to myself...
- Thanks.
- ..."That's pretty good value!"
Melody!
Oh, it's not so bad.
(TIM CHUCKLES)
I'm OK.
TIM: So, anyway, so I look over at Melody
sitting by herself,
and she was looking at her bill.
How much was it, Mel?
Mel?
$218!
BRONWYN: Why were you
eating alone, Melody?
She does funny things.
She's fine, though.
(PHONE RINGING)
Yes, sir.
There definitely seems to be
more activity in recent weeks.
COMMISSIONER: Well, the press are calling it
a crime wave. What do you think?
- A crime wave? I'm not sure, sir.
- Well, you've got to do something.
(DOORBELL BUZZING)
We're running out of men.
- Yes, Commissioner.
- So you say you'll help?
- Yes sir, I will.
- Thank you, Griff. Can't do it without you.
Thank you, sir.
(DOORBELL BUZZING)
(SOFT JAZZ RECORD PLAYING)
- Who is it?
- It's Tim, Griff. Who else?
GRIFF: No, no, no.
Griff, this is Melody.
- Hello.
- My new girlfriend.
- I didn't say that would be OK, Tim.
- No, I know, but...
I'm sorry. She really wanted to meet you.
Wants to meet you, don't you?
- Should we go?
- No, no, no.
(FOOTSTEPS)
(CLATTERING)
GRIFF: OK.
I thought I'd bring Melody over,
so you could actually meet her
instead of me just talking about her
all the time.
I got Griff his new job, through a friend.
Platonic. Female, platonic friend.
Yeah, got bullied at the last job, didn't you?
Just like at school. Always bullied at school.
Lucky I was there.
Won't happen anymore, though. Right, Griff?
Is that your cat downstairs, Griff?
I don't have time for a cat. Or a dog.
You know they reckon cats can see spirits?
- Did you know that?
- I don't think they're spirits.
I don't think that ghosts exist.
I think they are real people,
but in parallel places and...
And maybe there are nine parallel universes
and cats live in all of them at once.
That's why they can see everyone,
but we only live in one at a time, and then,
when we die, we branch off into this
other parallel existence where we didn't die,
and meanwhile, where we did die
everyone is sad and going,
Oh, no, she died.
From, you know, whatever happened
to you, accident, or cancer.
So they're here now?
I don't think so.
- What's under the sheet, Griff?
- It's just a mannequin, I think, babe.
Oh. Oh!
TIM: Are you OK, hon?
- You OK?
- It's OK. We're good.
Didn't hurt yourself?
- No, I'm fine.
- Oh, good.
Stupid chair.
Anyhoo, we'd better go.
Hey, we should all have dinner next week.
Get you out of the house.
Shame Melody doesn't have a sister.
Do you have a sister?
No.
BOY: Sorry.
Sorry.
(UNDONE PLAYING)
Short stuff.
TONY: Oh, there he is.
Gary, Griff's here.
Call off the search party, everyone.
Where've you been?
We've been worried sick.
(SCREAMING)
(ALL CHEERING)
Sorry, Gary.
Hi, Griff.
How's your brother?
- Same.
- That's good.
Has he got a girlfriend?
Yep.
Ah.
- Griff. Can you pop in for a word?
- Hmm?
Do you want to tell me what's going on?
- It's nothing, Gary. Sorry.
- Doesn't look like nothing.
Are you on drugs?
What? No!
Girl trouble? Do you owe someone money?
No, it's nothing like that, Gary. Sorry.
What happened, Griff?
You started out so strong.
- I know.
- You've dropped the ball.
- Have you dropped the ball?
- No, I haven't.
Want to know what I think?
You're making yourself a target.
I think you're making yourself more visible
when you should be trying to be invisible.
How? How do you mean?
Well, Griff, I see how people look at you.
And, well, this is hard to say,
but when you hide and you don't interact,
well, you come across a bit odd.
- Invisible.
- People notice you even more, ironically.
You've got to chat to people, like I do.
I mean, I'm a bit odd, too,
but I just go around.
I'm chatting to people all the time.
And the amazing thing is, after a while
of acting normal, you become normal.
It's like an accent.
I mean, if I was to start talking in
an American accent all the time,
I'd become an American, right?
Just don't give that goose fuel.
The only way to make him back off
is to beat him at his own game.
Act normally.
Then you can get on with becoming
the best client liaison we've got.
And you could be.
Yes?
Invisible Man.
Hello, Griff.
Doing some painting? Of course. Sorry.
So, that it?
Do you know anything about invisible ink?
No, no. Oh, yeah.
I think you can use baking soda, though.
Do you have any?
(WHISTLING)
Put it on the tab.
Can I have that receipt, please?
You didn't see me.
- This is nice, Mel. What is it?
- Shark.
Flake.
Which is shark.
So, Tim, Melody tells me you have a brother.
- Griff, that's right.
- Griff.
I know a Griff. Comes into the shop.
- Came in today, actually. Odd chap.
- Darling.
- That's probably him.
- Always leave with, "You didn't see me."
That's definitely him. Hope he's no trouble.
BENSON: No, no, not at all.
Is he older or younger?
Younger. In every sense.
Actually, he's the reason Melody and I met.
Well, indirectly, I suppose.
I was living in Adelaide
and I had to come back
because Griff lost his job
and was in need of a big brother again,
so I got a transfer.
And now he's OK again.
And then I went to that Chinese restaurant.
(LAUGHS)
And we know what happened there.
You're not going back to Adelaide, are you?
Maybe. We'll see.
You'd want to stay here though
if, say, you and Melody got married.
(COUGHS)
Who knows? Yeah.
Melody!
Did you know 40% of people
don't believe statistics when they read them?
No. No, I didn't.
So that means that 40%
of responses should be ignored,
because the people giving them,
they don't believe them anyway,
so they can't be trusted.
Don't know.
Well.
- Thanks for another lovely evening.
- Thanks, Tim.
You're really lovely.
Right-ee-oh.
(CAR DOOR OPENS)
Hey, Melody.
(CAR DOOR CLOSES)
$218? What?
(TIM LAUGHS)
(ENGINE STARTS)
(HORN BLARING)
(TIRES SCREECHING)
(CRASHING)
(TIM SCREAMING)
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
(KNOCKING CONTINUES)
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
MELODY: Oh, hi.
What are you doing?
Don't know. What are you doing?
I'm at home.
- Are you OK?
- Yeah.
- Is Tim with you?
- No.
Maybe I should come in or something.
Well, I'm kind of in the middle
of some things.
And sleeping.
Sorry.
Sorry. I was just, you know,
in the neighborhood.
But I'll go.
Do you want some water before you leave?
Here you go.
Isn't that funny to think that
I just poured hydrogen and oxygen
into this hole in my face,
and now it's merging with all the other
atoms in my body to become part of me?
That is, until my body
decides to use it to flush out toxic waste.
Can I use your toilet?
No.
Well,
hang on.
Oh. Um...
- It's just through there.
- Thanks.
(DOOR CLOSES)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
So, I should go.
Yeah.
- Thanks for the water.
- It's all right. It's just tap water, so...
I just wanted to say that
I think you're really nice.
- Not nice, but...
- OK.
Bye.
(HEY MISTER PLAYING)
♪ Hey, there, mister
♪ I was born to kiss you
I was born to kiss you
♪ With my lipstick on
Yeah, lipstick on
♪ Lipstick, but it won't be on too long
♪ Gotta give you full marks
A page full of ticks
♪ You're the perfect mix
♪ All that functions will
function on till the end of this song
♪ Till the whole hard part is done
♪ Yeah, I'm gonna make ya, ooh
♪ That's what I'm talking about
It's in your nature
♪ I never had a hair of a doubt
but if this don't get you...
♪ Honey, I can do without it
♪ But if this don't get you
poppin', darlin'
♪ Nothin' will ♪
Invisible Man.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
BENSON: You in there, Melon?
Yep.
You're working.
What's the... What's the drawing?
A dot painting?
It's just an idea.
Uh-huh.
Here.
OK, so say these
are the atoms that make up the wall,
and these are the atoms that make up me.
Look at all the space between those atoms.
I mean, we don't know what it is.
It could be a vacuum, dead space,
dark matter, but it's definitely space.
In fact, the whole world is 99% space.
- Right.
- Right,
so it's just this matter of probability.
If I happen to hit the wall
at exactly the right moment,
when all the spaces are aligned,
then theoretically,
I should pass right through the wall.
Well, that's... That's great, hon.
Yeah. Anyway.
You know, we just want you
to be happy, Melon.
Find love and happiness, you know.
I will.
- Love you.
- I love you.
(DOOR CLOSES)
Hi, Tony.
Well.
Hi, Griff maestro.
What do you keep in that case?
- I don't know. Stuff.
- You don't know, stuff?
Give it back, Tony.
Is it comic books?
Seriously, give it back.
(MOCKING) Seriously, give it back.
No!
Chill, Griff. Chill.
Just wanted to borrow your stapler.
(BE INVISIBLE PLAYING)
(CLICKING)
GRIFF: 2300 hours.
Operation Booby Trap underway.
♪ The city's all sleeping
♪ So I get under the light
♪ Sending out a message
♪ And they'll be ringing your friends
in the middle of night
♪ Be invisible, man
♪ Be invisible, man
♪ Be invisible, man
♪ Be invisible, man
Hey!
(GASPS)
(ALARM RINGING)
♪ There's a clock that's ticking
♪ But it's a minute behind
♪ That's for another conversation
♪ And now you're running out of time
Now you run out of time
♪ Be invisible, man
♪ Be invisible, man
♪ Be invisible, man
Can't see the face.
♪ Be invisible, man
No.
♪ Be invisible, man
♪ Be invisible, man
♪ Be invisible, man
♪ Be invisible, man ♪
Earth to Griff.
Not even listening to me.
Do you want a raffle ticket or not?
You can win a trip to Magnetic Island.
Freaky.
You can win a trip to Magnetic Island.
Magnetic Island.
- Oh, hi, Griff.
- What are you doing?
Just waiting for you.
What do you do?
I can't say.
Secret.
Please.
I'm an experimentalist.
I... I test things.
Theories and facts.
I can't tell you about them, though.
They're secret, too.
Sometimes I do street surveys about surveys,
and I go up to people on the street
and I say, "Excuse me.
What do you think about street surveys?
And, "What is your favorite
street survey subject?"
Once I went to a protest
and I protested the protest.
I had a placard that said,
Stop protests now,
and I yelled, "What do we want?
No more protests!
When do we want it? Now.
(LAUGHS)
Have you ever Googled the word "google"?
No.
- Where's Tim?
- I don't know.
- Did he send you?
- No.
No, I came by myself.
Why?
I'm not good with relationships.
Sorry.
- I shouldn't have said that.
- I don't think you should be here.
Yeah, I actually have to go. I have to go.
(DOORBELL BUZZING)
Shit.
Oh, shit, shit, shit.
- Who is it?
- Griff, it's Tim.
Shit! I knew it. Shit!
- Why did you come here?
- Do you want me to hide?
TIM: It's all right, the door's open.
I can hide.
Don't go in the wardrobe!
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
- Hi.
- Oh, hi, Tim.
- Beer?
- Yep.
Nuts?
Sure.
How are you?
Great. Good.
Not great, actually. Shit.
I haven't heard from her for two days.
Who?
- Melody, Griff.
- Yeah.
(TIM CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
How's work?
Great.
No mischief?
(LOUDLY) No mischief.
- Where are you going?
- Toilet.
Wait.
It's blocked. The... The toilet.
- I won't flush.
- Wait!
I really need to go.
Well, go after me.
Code Nine! Code Nine!
We have a serious situation.
MAN: Hey!
(SPEAKING CANTONESE)
(SIGHS)
I know who you are.
You are me, and the opposite of me.
You are the question, I am the answer.
You are the proton, I am the neutron.
You are a magnetic field and I am light,
forever drawn to you.
MAN: And over the fence,
and down the alleyway.
- The alleyway around the back?
- Around the back.
Did you get a look at him?
OK.
Have you got metal sheets and some...
Pipes?
Hi, Griff.
Benson's my Dad.
Who's Benson?
The guy who owns here.
Oh.
Tim didn't see me last night.
I hid in the wardrobe.
And he only waited half an hour
and then he left.
What'd you see?
You're making an invisibility suit.
- If you tell anyone...
- I won't. I won't tell anyone, I promise.
- Do you need my help?
- No!
I know what I'm doing, OK?
Just forget anything you saw.
- It's for your own safety.
- (BELL DINGS)
Sir, you'll find the pipes in the third row
and metal sheets at the back.
Can I help you with anything, sir?
- Just this, thanks.
- Sure.
Do you need anything else?
Wire?
I have wire.
Good.
Contact me when you need my help.
(WHISPERING) I'm not who you think I am.
What?
I'm not who you think I am.
Oh.
(MELODIES AND DESIRES PLAYING)
♪ Follow these instructions
♪ Do exactly as I do
♪ Lean your shoulders forward
♪ Let your hands slide over to my side
♪ Move your body closer
♪ Let your heart meet mine
♪ Love is the harmony
Desire is the key
♪ Love is the melody
Now sing it with me
♪ You'll be the rhythm and I'll be the beat
♪ You'll be the rhythm and I'll be the beat
♪ Then I'll be the rhythm
and you'll be the beat
♪ And love, the shoreline
Where you and I meet
♪ You'll be the rhythm and I'll be the beat
♪ You'll be the rhythm and I'll be the beat
♪ Then I'll be the rhythm
and you'll be the beat
♪ And love, the shoreline
Where you and I meet
(GASPS)
♪ Love is the harmony
Desire is the key
♪ Love is the symphony
Come sing some with me ♪
(BUZZING)
Thank you. Glad we could help.
(WATCHING YOU PLAYING)
Hey, hey, hey.
Is anyone else's... Thing's got...
Whoa. Hey.
What?
Hey, hey, hey.
Is anyone...
Is your key... Whoa, whoa, whoa.
No.
Get stuffed!
What?
My thing is... Is Steve around?
My computer's complete... What?
What's going on? What's going on?
No, no, no.
Well, that's not true.
I'm not typing anything.
It's some virus or something.
Fuck!
Tony! See me now.
Gary, I've just got to send... I'll be there...
- Now!
- Yep.
Yeah.
(PEOPLE LAUGHING)
I think it's over with her.
Who?
Melody, Griff!
Jesus!
I really tried.
I sent funny texts, and silly ones,
and serious ones.
Yeah.
She said she needed time,
but it doesn't mean
she has to not call me at all, does it?
I don't know.
At all!
You should call him. He's pretty upset.
We've been on three dates.
Sorry.
I'll call him.
What were you like as a kid?
Small.
- Bet you were popular.
- I was.
Really popular.
We're not the same person as we were
when we were kids, you know.
No, obviously.
I mean, literally.
I mean, every cell that made you up
when you were a kid doesn't exist anymore.
They're long dead.
So that all the cells
that make you up as you are now, are new.
It's this complete reinvention.
Let's... Let's walk.
OK.
(EXHALES SHARPLY)
Before I tell you this,
you have to commit
to a vow of secrecy unlike any other.
You won't believe it at first.
- You'll probably laugh...
- I won't laugh.
And I'm only telling you
because you saw things you shouldn't.
I'm not who I seem to be.
I have powers.
And with these powers
comes a responsibility,
to fight, to protect,
to uphold justice and defend the innocent.
Alone.
My life is too dangerous to have friends.
Or more than.
Sorry.
I don't hate you. I like you.
I like you, too, Griff.
But nothing can happen between us.
It's not just because of Tim.
It's for your own safety. It's because...
You should call Tim.
Bye, Griff.
Pause there.
Just because you're fired
doesn't mean you're safe.
Shit. Shit, shit, shit.
Griff.
Griff, can I have a word?
Where... Where are you going?
Oh.
Hi, Gary.
Listen, Griff, we're gonna have to let you go.
You're late all the time,
you don't fit into the work environment.
And have you been
sneaking into the office at night?
Because that's not generally on, Griff,
and now Tony's talking charges.
Anyway, that's that.
I'll pay you to the end of the week.
I'm sorry, Griff.
WAITRESS: Hi, Griff.
- Hi. Is someone...
- I know. I'm sorry.
(GROANS)
So, Griff.
I don't like weird, butt plug freaks
making me look like a dick
in front of my friends.
You wouldn't understand that
because you don't have any friends.
But to me, it's important, yeah?
I don't enjoy hurting people,
but if it happens again...
Man.
Do you comprendo?
Huh?
(WE CAN TAKE THEM ALL PLAYING)
(MOBILE PHONE BEEPING)
(MONITOR BEEPING)
♪ You've got the power to explode
a supernova over everyone
♪ The villains twist and turn
because they know the end has just begun
♪ They all come strong
All fists and guns
♪ But you can make them run
♪ You can right the wrong
You can take them all ♪
(SIREN BLARING)
Identity compromised! Abort!
Gotcha.
Don't be stupid.
You won't make it.
(GRUNTING)
(MOBILE PHONE CHIMES)
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Guess who's here?
Thank you for coming over.
That's OK.
- Did you want to talk?
- Yeah.
About us?
Yeah, sort of.
See the thing is that
Griff seems to think that you and I had
something really serious going on.
But I mean, we...
You know, we only ever really...
You know.
And so he doesn't want to, or he...
He doesn't want me to hurt you.
Sorry. Sorry, what? Sorry?
Tim, I think you'll be
really good to go out with.
Right.
With someone who is right.
Right.
But I'm...
- Not.
- Not.
- Not right, no.
- Right.
So... Hang on.
So, Griff, what is he...
You and Griff?
Yeah, I think so.
He's... He's like me.
I don't need to know details. I'm fine.
That's good.
I'm glad.
Really glad.
Why did you run?
Did you think we were there to arrest you?
What have you done that warrants arrest?
We've had reports of someone
stalking residents in your neighborhood.
You wouldn't happen to know
anything about that, would you?
Stalking is an offense, Griff.
As is prowling and voyeurism.
Were we to inspect your home,
do you think we'd find anything
that might incriminate you?
You've... You've got the wrong man, sir. OK?
I've seen what you're looking for, I have,
and it's out there.
And, well, no one's doing anything
about it, so...
Taking the law into your own hands
is also an offense, Griff.
Is that what you are? A vigilante?
No, I'm not a vigilante.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Come!
Chief says, "Let it go."
Right, Griff.
Having seen you,
we've decided not to press charges.
Lucky for you.
Lucky I'm in a good mood.
I don't want to hear
any more reports of stalking, understood?
I'll do my best to help, Commissioner.
Don't push me, freak.
I've had it, Griff.
I'm going back to Adelaide.
You need help.
Professional.
Oh.
Griff.
Did Tony do that to you, Griff?
Griff.
Something's happened.
(GASPS)
What are you doing?
What's... What's happened to your face?
Do you have antiseptic?
What the hell are you doing here?
I just... I didn't know how to say I'm here.
(EXCLAIMS IN PAIN)
- Who did this?
- How did you get in?
Well, you got your key
cut at the hardware store once
- and Dad keeps a copy.
- What?
Griff, I have to show you something.
Melody, stop!
Look, we can't see each other anymore.
I don't want to see you.
Griff.
Griff, something has come for you.
A package.
Melody, I can't.
Look, I... Look, I don't know what it is,
but it is marked "Top Secret."
Top Secret?
Yeah.
- You didn't see who brought it?
- No.
Be careful.
I think there's a note.
Dear Griff, I work for a government agency
that no one has heard of."
OK. "Let's just leave it at that.
We've been watching you, Griff.
We suspected you were the one when we
first became aware of your activities.
This is the Universe Suit, and it's for you.
By studying the lens of a cat's eye,
we've harnessed
the ability to enter other dimensions.
This suit allows you
to hide in the fourth dimension,
to become unseen to the human eye,
to become...
The Invisible.
They need you, Griff.
The city needs you.
(ELECTRICITY CRACKLING)
You're different.
That's what I've been trying to tell you.
Do you want to put the suit on?
Are you stuck?
- Do you want a hand?
- I'm in it.
- You're in it?
- Yeah.
Well, come out. I can't see you.
I am out. I'm standing right here.
What?
- Are you lying?
- No.
- You can't see me?
- I cannot see you.
Hi, Dad.
You working today?
Is that... Is that Griff down there?
Where?
There.
There's no one there, Dad.
Right. Silly me.
(SWEETEST THING PLAYING)
♪ You challenged me to write a love song
♪ Here it is, I think I got it wrong
This is me.
♪ I focused on the negative
♪ The pain was too much to write and sing
Bye.
♪ Oh, it was not a nice incentive
♪ When you're lucid you're the sweetest thing
♪ I would trade my mother to hear you sing
♪ When you're lucid you're the sweetest thing
♪ I would trade my mother to hear you sing
♪ When you're lucid you're the sweetest thing
♪ I would trade my mother to hear you sing
♪ When you're lucid
you're the sweetest thing ♪
- When are you leaving?
- TIM: End of the month.
Does it have to keep happening, Griff?
I know you're normal underneath.
I'll be OK, Tim.
You don't have to... You don't have to leave.
You're not good for my health.
And maybe I'm not good for you.
Maybe if I just let you do what you want,
you'll sort it out.
I just worry.
OK.
(BANGING)
(PANTING) Griff! Griff, did you see it?
Oh, hi, Tim. Up in the sky.
Look, right there. A "G".
Oh, yeah!
- For "Griff."
- Shit!
Listen, you're being called.
- Shit.
- They've taken the Police Chief hostage.
- The Commissioner?
- The Commissioner.
They need you to save him.
I'd better put on the suit.
What... What are we talking about?
What's going on?
It's an emergency.
There's nothing there. Griff. Griff!
You just got arrested and lost your job.
We just talked about this!
- OK, can we just stop for a minute?
- Tim, we have to go.
Can you hurry up, Griff?
There's no time to lose.
- I'm ready.
- Oh, God!
Stop doing that. Oh, God.
Look, here so I know where you are.
Let's go, let's go, let's go!
TIM: A disused warehouse. How original.
(THROUGH RADIO) Can you hear me, over?
(THROUGH RADIO) Copy that, over.
Roger that, over.
We're on.
Oh, wait!
Hat.
- What are you doing?
- I'm just keeping watch.
I mean, what are you doing?
GRIFF: (ON RADIO) I'm going in. Keep watch.
- Will report on situation, over.
- Copy that.
MELODY: Be careful, over.
It really isn't a good idea to, you know,
play along with his delusions like this.
They're not delusions.
Well, he's not a superhero, Melody.
And he's obviously not invisible.
Well, maybe he is. He says he is, so he is.
But I can see him.
GRIFF: Targets identified.
MELODY: Roger that. Over.
He's a 28-year-old man
and he's living in a fantasy world.
He's always lived in a fantasy world.
I got him out of it,
and now you've put him back.
OK, firstly, I don't think
you ever got him out of it,
and secondly,
this may be fake or delusional to you,
but it is real to him and it is real to me.
(GRUNTING)
GRIFF: Targets engaged. Do you read, over?
How is it real?
He's a Custom Liaison Officer
who thinks he's an invisible superhero.
(CLATTERING)
If you want to be his friend,
or more, or whatever,
then you need to help him to stop,
not tell him it's real.
He's not hurting anyone.
He may even be saving them.
Who? Invisible people?
Yes, maybe.
(ALL GRUNTING)
OK, so in the real world,
where the rest of us live,
what do you do with a boyfriend
who's a superhero?
What if you're having dinner
with your parents, say,
(RADIO CRACKLING)
and he suddenly stands up
and starts talking about saving the planet
- and having to leave on a secret mission?
- MELODY: You know what?
He's not coming over to dinner, Tim.
I would never ask him over
because he's Griff,
and he needs to grow up.
He would not fit in with them
or anyone else in the real world
because he's a freak.
(STATIC)
And so am I,
and that is exactly why I love him.
(STATIC)
(MELODY'S VOICE BREAKING UP)
We see the world one way,
and you see it this other way,
and because you don't understand,
you want to change it,
but I don't want to change it.
Maybe the rest of you
need to grow up, instead.
Turn the lights on.
Griff?
(IAMUNDERNODISGUISE PLAYING)
(DOORBELL BUZZING)
(PHONE RINGING)
♪ I am under no disguise
♪ I am under no disguise
♪ I am under no disguise
♪ I am under no disguise
♪ I am under no disguise
(GRUNTING)
♪ I am under no disguise
♪ I am under no disguise
♪ I am under no disguise
You've called Griff. Leave a message,
or in an emergency, enter the secret pin.
(INDISTINCT)
♪ I am neither breather, nor speaker
♪ I am neither walker, nor sleeper
♪ I am neither sister, brother,
son, nor daughter
♪ Solely in my chest is my heart,
a drum of water ♪
Hello.
Thank you. Come in.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Melee? Dinner's on.
- Mum?
- Hmm?
Do you think that this life, our existence,
do you think it's an accident?
Or do you think it's planned for a reason?
Oh. Um...
- Oh, I think...
- And try and ignore religion.
Ignore religion.
Well, I... I think it's like gymnastics.
I think that life was inevitable.
I mean, however it was created,
whatever happened, you know,
whoever did it.
I mean, you look at the stars
and you see infinity,
and you look into a microscope
and you see infinity,
and smack bang in the
middle of those two extremities,
perched on a balance beam, is us.
Life.
In the middle.
Inevitable.
(LAUGHTER)
Hi. Where've you been?
When?
Oh, yeah, a bit busy. Just had some stuff to...
I had to fix some things.
Sorry.
Well, yum yum, chook's bum.
GRIFF: Thank you, sir.
No. Benson, please.
Griff just got a new job, darl.
Oh, what is it?
I'm a customer liaisons officer
at DHL Transport.
I'm not really sure what that is.
(ALL LAUGHING)
Melody and I, we met through Tim.
And Tim and Melody
met at a Chinese restaurant.
And now Tim and I
are taking cooking classes,
and guess what we cooked last week?
Sweet and sour pork.
Mmm.
Which is Chinese.
It's so funny.
BRONWYN: Well, that's a good idea.
Cooking classes for men.
Oh, whoever's responsible for this meal
is in no need of cooking classes.
I don't... I don't know about that.
I... I must have the recipe.
BRONWYN: Of course.
I've always had a flair with food.
Are you sure you won't stay?
I should get back.
Early start at the office.
But...
But thank you.
I had a lovely evening.
Well, we'll let you two say goodbye.
Goodnight.
Well, goodnight, my love.
He's nice.
Griff.
Griff, open up!
- What's happening?
- What's happening?
What's happening?
Let me see.
I can't do this.
- Do what?
- This. Us.
I cannot do this us, Griff.
Wait, you're ending it, already?
- But I thought this was...
- Griff, please.
You're either punishing me, laughing at me,
or you were seriously convinced
that this is what I want.
No, I don't understand, Melody.
What about the missions?
What... What about your duty
to defend the innocent and uphold...
It's not real, Melody.
I'm not a superhero.
Yes... Yes, you are.
What do you miss?
Did you enjoy laughing at me?
Was I a dancing monkey, or something?
It's not real, Melody.
This is real.
- No!
- Yeah.
- Everything you see here is real.
- No!
- This pantry...
- Griff, please don't do this.
Is real.
- Rice. Real.
- You were real.
- Griff!
- Real!
Stop it. Listen, Griff.
I live in a bubble that no one,
no one gets into.
I feel like an alien.
I... I live in a completely different world
to the one everyone else is in.
I can't communicate with anyone.
I can talk to them, but I cannot communicate.
But you,
Griff, you get into my bubble.
Everybody has to grow up.
No, they don't.
I would have loved you.
Forever.
(CRYING)
(CRYING)
Oh, my God.
- Oh, my God. OK.
- You just...
- You just went through a door. Sorry.
- Yeah.
How did you... How did you... You just...
(EXCLAIMS)
I can't believe it.
You can. You can believe it.
Yeah.
MELODY: What is it?
It's a package.
For you.
What were you doing?
I can't say.
I'm going to put the suit on.
There's probably a note with it.
Use these to be the only one
who can see Griff when he's invisible.
So he doesn't have to wear the hat.
- Tell me when you're in it.
- I'm in it.
Does it work? Can you see me?
Yeah.
Yeah, I can see you.
I can see you.
(TAKE ME AS I AM PLAYING)
♪ Do you know when you were already born?
♪ Do you know this is the way it would be?
♪ Do you know when you were already born?
♪ You were already you and I already me
♪ So take me as I am
♪ Take me as I am
♪ I know
♪ It's easier said than done
♪ In this time we're passing
♪ With these distractions
♪ We could be having fun
♪ So take me as I am
♪ Take me as I am
♪ Forget your plans
♪ Do you know when you were already born?
♪ Do you know this is the way it would be?
♪ Do you know when you were already born?
♪ You were already you and I already me
♪ So take me as I am
♪ Take me as I am
♪ Forget your plans ♪
(DOING THE BEST THAT WE CAN PLAYING)
♪ Hey, now
♪ I know it's a shakedown
♪ I'm gonna get me some
♪ And lately I've been acting crazy
♪ I'm gonna need someone
to come and save me
♪ Oh, hi, I'm playing the bad guy
♪ Hear it's so much fun
♪ But this time
♪ I'll show you power
♪ I'm gonna tower over those who hate me
♪ 'Cause no one's gonna save me
♪ We're doing the best that we can
♪ And you won't take us
♪ We'll be down on our knees saying
♪ "Please let it just be enough"
♪ Oh, hi, I'm playing the bad guy
♪ Hear it's so much fun
♪ This time I'll show you power
♪ I'm gonna tower over those who hate me
♪ 'Cause no one's gonna save me
♪ We're doing the best that we can
♪ No, you won't take us
♪ We'll be down on our knees saying
♪ "Please let it just be enough"
♪ We're doing the best that we can
♪ No, you won't take us
♪ We'll be down on our knees saying
♪ "Please let it just be enough"
♪ Oh, you know I believe in ya
♪ Not like Santa Maria
♪ Oh, we'll do the best that we can
♪ And you won't take us
♪ We'll be down on our knees saying
♪ "Please let it just be enough" ♪