Big Sky (1997–1999): Season 1, Episode 20 - Boxed In - full transcript
(Plane engines humming)
- [Lexie] Uh-oh.
- What's wrong, dear?
- Oh, just a slight
instrument malfunction.
Nothing to be alarmed about.
Whoa.
Big sky, this is Charlie-tango-delta.
- Go ahead, Lex.
- Chris, I'm in a bit of trouble.
We've hit some bad weather
and my directional indicator and
altitude indicator are out.
- Well, how the hell did that happen?
- [Lexie] I don't know.
The autopilot's acting very funny.
- I'm gonna die
before I've even seen my grandchild.
- No, just relax, Mrs. Amy.
It's all okay.
Everything's going to be fine.
(Suspenseful music)
- You went up with a faulty vacuum pump
knowing it could affect
vital instruments.
- Yeah, but the second
vac pump was working,
and that storm wasn't forecast.
It came out of nowhere.
- Life's full of surprises, isn't it?
And you got it very wrong, Lexie.
Very wrong.
- Come on, Lauren.
It could have happened to anyone,
and you're not the expert.
- Lex,
losing two pumps was just bad luck.
- What are you smiling at?
- Nothing.
- I'll discuss this with you later.
She could have been killed,
killed the customer, got us sued,
and you stand there and make excuses.
- I wasn't making excuses.
I'll talk to her about it later.
- If you noticed, I was doing it now.
- Yeah, I did notice, but
I'm the chief pilot.
She's my responsibility.
I'll do it my way.
The pilots are my business,
so stay out of it.
- You're just too weak to tell her off.
- Oh, Lauren, please.
I wasn't gonna say it,
but you've got it wrong.
Flying into a storm and
losing your second pump
is just bad luck.
Besides, a good pilot should be able
to fly without one, anyway.
I have had a gut-full of you trying
to throw your weight
around for no good reason.
- So have I.
Get out of my office.
- See what I mean?
How 'bout you get out of my office?
- I'm warning you.
- Warning me?
Warning me what?
What are you gonna do, sack me?
- If you want, yes.
- Oh, please, Lauren, get real.
I could walk out of
here and in 10 minutes,
I could be earning more money,
have a better job,
and not have to put up with you.
- Fine, do it then.
- I'm fired.
- Yes.
(Chris laughs)
- Is that right?
I quit.
- Great.
(Gentle music)
(Emotional music)
- Uh, Lauren?
- Just don't talk to me.
What's this doing here?
Just get it sent off to
where it's supposed to go,
will you, please?
(Engines humming)
- [Chris] Juliet-Oscar-Charlie,
this is big sky (Voice
muffled by engines).
- Go away.
- What are you doing?
- Trying to get away from you.
- Oh, you just walk out in
the middle of an argument?
- Yes, now would you go away
and let me enjoy my own company?
Juliet-Oscar-Charlie.
(Gentle music)
- Hello.
- Well, how did you get onboard?
- It'll be all right.
Just keep flying.
We'll find him.
- Find who?
Could you do up your seatbelt?
Who are you?
- I'm Melanie.
- Big sky, this is
Juliet-Oscar-Charlie.
The (Voice drowned out by
music) Flight is canceled.
I'm returning to base.
(Engines humming)
- Why didn't you just send her home?
- Oh, I couldn't, the poor thing.
She's a little bit odd.
Apparently, her fiancé
died in a plane crash
about four years ago.
- Yeah, I know.
- [Lauren] Huh?
- He was a big sky pilot.
He was halfway to cammeray.
Sent out a mayday.
Nobody knows what happened.
There was no sign of him or the plane.
He just disappeared.
They were due to get
married in two days time.
- [Lauren] Oh my god.
(Gentle music)
- Melanie.
This has got to stop.
You've got to let him go.
- How can I?
He's lying out there somewhere.
- Come on, Melanie.
We'll call you a taxi.
(Gentle music)
(Rhythmic rock music)
(Ladies chatting)
May I?
- Sure.
Lauren, I'm really sorry about today.
- Oh, it's okay.
It's been quite a weird day.
I just...
I just had a stowaway
in a wedding dress.
- Sounds like Melanie, right.
- You know her, too?
- We all do.
Oh, sorry.
Lauren Allen, Jane grenfell.
Jane is a pilot.
- Oh, nice to meet you.
- Pleasure.
I've heard about you.
- Not from Lexie.
- Partly.
- I was just telling Jane
I'm not your favorite
flyer at the moment.
And I'm really sorry about today.
I was out of line.
- Oh, hey, you're not at
the bottom of my list.
I just had a brawl with Chris.
- Chris manning?
He working with you?
- Not anymore.
He resigned.
- [Chris] Morning.
- What are you doing here?
- [Chris] What do you mean,
what am I doing here?
- I thought you resigned.
- I didn't resign.
You sacked me.
- Well.
- Well what?
Thought you would have
calmed down by now.
Just apologize and we'll be fine.
- Me apologize?
You resigned from big
sky and I accepted.
- Wait a minute.
You didn't accept anything.
You stormed out. I tried
to call you on the radio.
Let's not rewrite history here, Lauren.
- Chris, I'm busy.
I haven't got time for all of this.
Anyway, I've hired a new chief pilot.
- What?
- You quit.
I didn't fire you,
and I can't run the place
without a chief pilot.
- Lauren, it was just an argument.
I can't believe you'd take
it all that seriously.
- [Lauren] Don't say it
if you don't mean it.
- What?
So, I'm out of a job because
you want to prove a point.
See what I mean?
- No, you're out of a job
because you're a stubborn,
obstinate, pigheaded...
- Oh yeah, all right,
all right, all right,
fine, fine, let's make it official.
- Good.
Let's do that.
- [Chris] Just remember I was sacked.
- You resigned.
- Lauren.
Hi, your assistant said
I could wait for you.
- That's fine.
How are you?
- Sorry for being such
a pain yesterday.
- Honestly, don't mention it.
- When I have one of those,
it's like it's happening
to someone else.
I make a fool of myself, I know.
- I mean, you're very early
for your flight, Melanie.
It's not scheduled for hours yet.
- I'll wait.
I want to be your friend, Lauren.
(Bright music)
- Well, I didn't bring it in.
I spoke to Cole, he's
got no idea, either.
- It's not on the list.
- Well, see Shay.
It'll be on the computer somewhere.
- Who put it here, anyway?
- How would I know?
(Bright music)
- Chris?
Chris, I need you down in the
rec room in half an hour.
I'm introducing Jane and
I want you to be there.
- Jane?
Oh, Jane, is it?
I thought it was a bloke.
- Had to be, right?
- Hey, Lauren?
It's the last day for a week
and I'm contracted to stay that long,
but you owe me six months pay.
- [Lauren] Oh, you wish.
- I've got a contract.
- No, you haven't.
I checked, it's expired.
You and that idiot vanny
forgot to renew it.
- What?
We renewed it.
It was a handshake deal.
Vanny was just a bit
slow with the paperwork.
- Two years.
- You reneging on my contract?
- A handshake deal isn't worth
the paper it's printed on.
- All right, four month's pay, then.
- Two.
- Three.
- Done.
Everyone, I'd like you
to meet Jane grenfell,
our new chief pilot.
- What?
- Uh, yesterday, Chris resigned.
He decided that his
talents lay elsewhere,
and I accepted that decision.
I hope you will, too.
- Thanks.
Morning, everyone.
I'd just like to say
what a pleasure it is
to be a part of big sky,
and I hope you will
all make me welcome.
- He's been shafted.
- I'm sure together we'll be
able to make this organization
into what it should be.
- How does she know what it should be?
- Now, I'll spend today
getting acclimatized,
but as of tomorrow,
I'll be 100% onboard.
And remember, my door's always open.
- Okay, everyone, let's
get back to work.
Come on, I'll show you around.
- Thanks.
(Bright music)
(Man grunts)
(Box rattling)
- [Shay] Chris, it's not fair.
She's just being stubborn
and she's only doing it
to get on your nerves.
- Well, she's done it.
- It's ridiculous.
She just picked her up in a bar.
- She didn't pick her up in a bar.
I introduced them.
Jane's a friend of mine.
- Oh, so you're the traitor.
- [Chris] Guys.
- Yeah.
- Got that coffs run.
You better get going.
- I'm not a traitor.
We were just talking.
How was I to know what
she was gonna do?
- I thought she was all right.
- Oh yeah, you little sleaze.
I saw you sucking up to her.
- I wasn't sucking up to her.
- You need a dedication
to do stuff like that.
I mean, you can't just sack someone,
not in this day and age.
- Oh please, if he was gonna
resign for no reason.
- Guys, guys.
- Oh, Chris, can't you
go and talk to her?
- Hey, she's got to come to me.
I'm the one in the right.
Now, that's it.
I'm out of here at the end of the week.
(Engines humming)
- Jimbo, thank god.
I've got a job for you.
- [Jimbo] Sorry?
- A delivery to rylstone.
There's a carton in the hangar.
- Can't.
I'm on strike.
- Jimbo.
- I have an official
grievance with my employer
based on the unfair dismissal
of a fellow colleague.
Action will continue until
the grievances are addressed
to the satisfaction of the workers.
- Oh, look stop all this.
It's...
What workers?
- Well, there's, there's only me,
but I'm spreading
dissatisfaction in the ranks.
- If you spread dissatisfaction
through my ranks,
I'll kill you.
- Intimidation of the workers, Lauren.
It'll only strengthen our resolve.
- Oh, oh why me?
- You're being ridiculous.
You know I wouldn't do that.
I said I'd stay for a week,
and I'll keep that promise.
What do you think I am, anyway?
- Can you be nice to Jane
over the next seven days?
- I'm not gonna be nice to Jane.
She's got my job.
- [Lauren] Don't you start
giving her a hard time.
- (Groans) I'll be in the rec room
with the other pilots.
- And speak to jimbo, will you?
He says he's gone on strike.
- Strike?
Really?
Good boy.
- Come on, Chris, I need
you to switch him off.
- You switch him off.
All yours.
- It's going to be a tough week.
- I'm sorry about this.
- What is it between you two?
- He's impossible.
He's the most stubborn
man I've ever met,
and just when I think
things are improving, he...
Oh, look, I don't want
to talk about him.
- Just for the politics of it,
did he resign or was he sacked?
- No, he resigned.
I told you.
- Chris.
You mind if I come for the flight?
- 'Scuse me for a moment, Melanie.
Yes, I do.
This is a very private
thing for this woman.
We're searching for a downed plane.
- Oh, I know all about it.
Lauren told me.
Hi.
I'm Jane grenfell.
I'm the new chief pilot.
I thought I'd come along.
I could be an extra pair of eyes,
if that suits you.
- Oh, yes!
You come, too.
(Engines humming)
- She wants to be alone.
- She's nutty as a fruitcake, you know.
We do this every year.
You gotta feel sorry for her.
- What happened to this plane?
- No idea.
It's one of those mysteries.
- Scary.
(Engines humming)
- And the fact is, comrades,
it is a clear case of unfair dismissal,
and there are laws against that.
- Comrades, what is this?
- Brother, please?
I've got the floor.
If you need to speak, you'll
have to be recognized.
I need to have support.
That is why I'm asking
you to vote me in
as workplace delegate.
- What do we need a
workplace delegate for?
- Good question, brother.
So that I, on behalf of all of us,
can speak to management.
- What's he talking about?
- So, I propose
we institute - no idea.
An immediate blue ban to bring
management to its knees.
I suggest an immediate
withdrawal of labor
to end the degradation,
the humiliation.
Our brother is up against
a wall of indifference
and ingratitude, brothers and sisters.
(Engines humming)
- [Jane] So, where'd you go then?
- Then I came to big sky.
Where'd you come from?
- Venus.
(Chris laughs)
I've been in Malaysia for five years.
I headed up universal airlines.
You heard of it?
Small, but extremely profitable.
- I heard they were going bankrupt.
- They were until I got there.
Within four years, we went
from a two-plane operation
to running nine aircraft.
- You should give
Lauren a few pointers.
See anything yet?
- No.
- You all right, Melanie?
- I think I'm going to be sick.
- [Chris] Why do it to yourself?
- Because I have to.
Can we land or something?
Just for a little while?
(Engines humming)
- Sure you don't want
me to come with you?
- I just need to sit down.
I'll be all right.
- Okay.
Well, you take as much
time as you need.
Where to now?
- I don't know about
you, but I'm starving.
- Me, too. I think we're going
to have to hold that thought
until we get back to civilization.
- Steak and mushroom
or chicken and veg?
(Engines humming)
Okay, start talking.
- What do you mean?
- Well, you didn't come along
to hold Melanie's hand,
I know that much.
- I need to know something.
Did you resign or were you fired?
- What did Lauren say?
- I want you to tell me.
- I was sacked.
We started screaming at each other
and she gave me the big heave-ho.
- That's not what she says.
- Of course it's not what she says.
She drives me crazy, fair dinkum.
She makes it up as she goes along.
She's the most stubborn
woman I've ever met
in my entire life. When
she gets her blood up,
she just doesn't listen to anyone.
She's just...
I don't want to talk about her.
- How was the search?
- Next year, same bat
time, same bat channel.
- Scotty.
You're on strike, too,
or just on a go-slow?
- On a break, actually.
- Well, when it's over,
can you do that delivery to rylstone?
- I did.
I only got back about an hour ago.
- Oh, well there's a carton out there
you must have forgotten.
- [Scotty] I took everything, I swear.
- Jimbo, you're also onto this.
You and Scotty are going to rylstone.
- No, well, two can play that game.
- Lauren, you realize
that stacking a meeting
is entirely unethical.
- What are you talking about?
It's the mother's milk
of leftist politics.
- What reactionary bastard put
those words in your mouth?
- Anyway, I didn't stack any meeting.
All I did was get one of you expelled
based on my point of view.
- Traitors.
- Well, it was either that
or have you taken out
the back and shot,
and I must say at the time,
it was a very attractive alternative.
- Trying to hold back the
revolution, eh, Lauren?
- Just get your ass on that
plane to rylstone, comrade.
(Bouncy music)
- How's this for a waste of time?
I'm going to drop that box off.
- But you went to
rylstone this morning.
- Yeah.
- This is weird.
- What?
- Well, I delivered it, too.
(Energetic music)
- Con note.
- [Scotty] What's wrong?
- There's no declaration on it.
- Okay, well, we'll vouch for it.
There's no explosives, there's
no live animals in there,
I promise.
- Sorry, no dec, no signature.
- Oh, come on, you're kidding.
- Take it back and get the
sender to fill one out.
- You can't do that.
- Mate, we've been here
twice already, okay?
Can't you just, uh...
- Sorry, this box belongs to you boys.
(Engines humming)
- It doesn't matter, Scotty.
Just, first thing tomorrow morning,
load it up, fly it to rylstone,
and take a declaration.
I'll be glad to get rid
of the damned thing.
- There you go, boss.
- Ah, thanks, Lex.
- 'Scuse me, guys.
- Hiring her was a good move.
- Think so?
- [Lexie] She's fitting in really well.
Look how relaxed Chris is.
She's good for him.
- Yeah, she is.
(Engines humming)
(Knocking on door)
(Gasps)
Melanie.
You've gotta stop doing that.
- Sorry, the security guard let me in.
- I don't know what I pay them for.
No offense.
What's up?
- Since we didn't have our coffee date,
and I figured you were
the sort of person
that likes to work late
and skip dinner...
- I'm not exactly sure why
my marriage broke down.
I was never much good at communicating.
Maybe that had something to do with it.
- It's a killer.
- Do you and Lauren argue very often?
- Only all the time.
- So, why did your marriage break down?
- I'm very good at mediating
other people's arguments,
but when it comes to my own...
- Well, maybe you should
mediate between Lauren and me.
- And do myself out of a job, get real.
- My life ended four years ago
on that plane.
I wish I'd been killed with him.
Would have been easier.
- You've got to understand, Melanie,
he's dead, you're not.
- Yes, I am.
- Chris, I had a great time.
- Me, too.
- I'll see you at work tomorrow.
- Yeah, yeah.
Let out.
- My taxi's waiting.
- Yeah.
- So, I'll see you tomorrow.
- We already did that bit.
- Yeah, we did.
I've got to go.
- Yeah, the taxi.
- Yeah.
- We probably shouldn't do this now.
- You're right.
No good could come of it.
(Soulful jazz music)
You go on ahead.
I'm going to get some stuff.
- [Chris] Maybe it's
not such a good idea
to go into work together, anyway.
- [Jane] Thanks for dinner.
- Thanks for breakfast.
- Morning.
- Morning.
Enough for two?
- Yeah, sure.
I was talking to that
Melanie woman last night.
She seems to think she's
my new best friend.
Anyway, it started me
thinking how stupid it is
to let petty things, arguments,
get in the way of everything else.
We could all be dead tomorrow.
Sometimes things get exaggerated,
you know what I mean?
- Yes.
Yeah, I do.
- Come on, Chris.
This isn't easy for me to say.
You know, I think we...
- Morning, children.
- Oh, the traffic gets
gridlock out there.
- I'll talk to you later.
- Sure.
- Hmm, bit grubby.
That'll confirm it.
- We saw the chief pilots'
convention in the car park,
hm-hmm?
Turning up for work together.
We're not exactly striving
for subtlety here, are we?
- Lauren, hi.
- Morning.
(Bouncy music)
- Oh.
(Bouncy music)
- Lauren.
- What?
- Sorry, we were interrupted.
What were you saying in the rec room?
- Doesn't matter.
- No, no, it does matter.
You were saying something
about petty arguments
getting in the way.
Well, I have no grace, so,
let's talk about it.
- Chris, I'm busy.
- I don't get it.
Five minutes ago, you were
all dinky reconciliation.
What's going on?
- It was not dinky reconciliation,
as you so charmingly put it.
- Yes, it was.
What's wrong with you?
- Chris, I haven't got
time to go another round.
Sign this, please.
- What is it?
- [Lauren] Your payout.
Three months.
- Got you.
I knew I didn't have a contract.
I would have taken the month.
- I would have paid six.
(Bouncy music)
- It does matter, mate.
It's critical.
It's politics.
If she bonked him, then it's a
different story altogether.
- It's not, sex is sex.
It takes two.
Well, you know, sometimes one.
- Jimbo, look,
if Jane made the first move on Chris,
then she's just looking after her job,
somehow, so,
but if Chris bonked her,
then, he wants his job back.
- How do you figure that?
- Well, it's logical.
Think about it.
- Okay, okay, let's just say I agree.
But how do you know who was the bonker
and who was the bonkee?
Hmm?
- Well, mate, I don't know,
but we're going to have
to find out somehow.
If he is the bonkee, then we're doomed.
He's out of a job.
- Well, Lexie thinks so.
- She's a girl.
She would.
There he is.
Give us the declaration.
- Well, I haven't got it.
- You must have it.
Jimbo, I'm flying the plane.
You're doing the paperwork.
- And you loaded the crate.
- Oh, great, here we go again.
- Hey, hey.
Come here.
Give us a hand, give us a hand.
Hide this thing. I am
not flying with it.
(Bright music)
Let's get out of here before
the crate Nazi sees us.
(Bouncy music)
(Dog snuffles)
- Oh!
- Oh!
- Let's do that again.
- Careful.
- I've been thinking about last night.
- So have I.
- I have an idea.
- Your place?
- Can we?
- See you about seven.
(Engines humming)
- Jay Walker, what do you think?
- No.
In the history of the universe,
no one's ever been called Jay Walker.
Suppose his first name was Johnny.
- No, Jay Walker, j-a-y.
Jaywalker, jaywalker, you get it?
- That's a stupid name.
- It's a valid name.
- It's a dumb name.
He'll catch on.
Why didn't you do
kuzlicki or something?
A name that no one would recognize.
- Yeah, sure, okay, how
do you spell kuzlicki?
- K-o, zed.
Something, but that's not the point.
It doesn't matter how you...
(Bouncy music)
- No.
Please, no.
Tell me this isn't an illusion.
- I thought you guys
were delivering that.
- Uh, slight problem
with the declaration.
- You better get going.
(Bouncy music)
- You could be right.
Maybe Chris was the bonkee.
(Bouncy music)
- Lauren, I thought I'd
reschedule next week.
Scotty could do coffs,
come back around filling in
Lexie's Norfolk Island run,
and then hit ballina.
That should work much better.
- Jane, you're the chief pilot.
It's your decision.
That's what I hired you for.
- Sure, I was just including you
in case you might have some objection.
- Why would I have an objection?
- No reason.
I...
What's wrong?
- Nothing.
- Lauren,
let's be professional.
- I don't think sleeping
with your pilots is very professional.
- Oh.
Oh, I get it.
It happened almost accidentally.
What's the problem?
- Accidentally.
So, what, is jimbo gonna be
your next accident or Scotty?
- (Laughs) Of course not.
You're being very unreasonable.
What is this?
- I'm sorry?
- It's you and Chris, isn't it?
- Let's get this straight.
Chris manning has nothing
to do do with me.
Nothing.
This is about professionalism.
- Lauren,
if it's so important to you, that's it.
I won't see Chris anymore.
- It's not important to me.
I couldn't care less.
- There you go.
- What are you guys up to?
It's not gonna blow up
or anything, is it?
- Of course not.
- It's a simple delivery.
Just tell them that Mr. Walker
really gonna pick it up
in the next few weeks.
- Weeks?
- Or months.
- And I get to choose the
restaurant and the wine.
- Everything.
- One more flight?
Please, just one more.
- Are you sure?
Last night you seemed ready to let go.
- After we talked, and
the things you said,
I went home.
I got out all his
papers, all his things.
Oh, god.
- And what, what happened?
- After this, I won't ask
for anything ever again,
I promise.
Have you got a hanky?
- It's okay, Melanie.
I'll do whatever I can to help.
(Knocking on door)
- You're early.
I like that in a woman.
Lauren.
- Hi.
- [Chris] Come in.
It's open.
- Are you expecting someone?
- [Chris] No.
- Oh, don't worry.
I'm going.
I won't stay long.
I just wanted to ask you a favor.
Can you take Melanie out
on one more search?
I know what you think of her.
I know, but something's happened.
She's different.
I had her at big sky this afternoon,
practically hysterical. I just
need someone to take her out
on one last search, please?
- Aren't I persona non grata?
- She needs someone
who'll listen to her.
- I don't get it.
I thought I was Mr. insensitive.
- Only to me.
- That's not true.
Oh, hang on a second.
(Phone rings)
Can you get that?
- Okay.
Hello?
Yes, it is.
Yeah, okay.
Sure.
I'll tell him.
See you tomorrow.
That was Jane.
She said she's being caught up.
She can't make it.
- Oh, right.
- [Lauren] I have to go.
- Well, I've got some
little chewy things and...
Beef Wellington, nice bottle of red.
Stay for dinner.
- No, thanks.
Will you fly Melanie tomorrow?
- Yeah, all right.
- Great, thanks.
(Suspenseful music)
- Melanie, we're nowhere
near where he disappeared.
- I was looking through all his things.
Grenfell's ahead, is that right?
- Yeah, about 300 ks,
but he went missing on
his way to cammeray.
- Just keep flying.
(Engines humming)
- Jane,
about last night.
I just hope you didn't cancel
Chris because of what I said.
- It's okay.
I didn't want to rock the boat.
- I'm not in the habit
of telling other people
how to run their lives.
It's none of my business,
but I just think it's for
the best, don't you?
- If it's what you want, absolutely.
- I mean, it could complicate things.
Muddy the lines of authority and...
- Lauren,
don't worry about it.
It's okay.
- I don't want our
relationship to suffer
because of this.
- It won't, believe me.
- You know, as long as I
haven't stepped on something
that might have got serious.
- It was one night.
- You don't really find
him that attractive.
The way he carries on,
I don't know how anyone
could find him attractive.
You wait till you've worked with him
for as long as I have.
- Well, looks like I won't
be getting that chance.
- Oh, yeah, I keep forgetting
he's not gonna be here for much longer.
(Emotional music)
(Engines humming) (Emotional music)
- That's it.
- What's it?
- I think I just saw the wreckage.
Yes, that must be it.
I saw it.
Can we land?
- Melanie, there's nothing down there.
How 'bout I fly you back,
and maybe we can do it again next year?
- No, he's there.
I went through his things.
Now he's dead.
- What's happened to you?
Why won't you tell me?
- I saw the wreckage back there, I did.
Please, can we land?
- Sure.
Coming around.
(Suspenseful music)
- Did you see it?
As we came over?
- Yeah, yeah I did.
Just slow down, will you?
- You know, it's like this.
You put the cargo in the aircraft,
you fly it to rylstone,
you get it signed for,
and you fly home.
Why don't you believe me?
(Scotty laughing)
- It's not there!
- Yes!
- We'll ask Ronnie.
I searched the plane.
I searched the entire
hangar, and it's gone.
At last!
- Yes, yes yes, yes,
yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!
- Guys, guys, guys.
I've decided on Mario's for dinner.
Thanks.
- Worth every penny.
- It's his, isn't it?
- Well, it's hard to tell.
(Gentle music)
No wonder no one's seen this.
- [Melanie] What's this?
- Yeah, this is it.
(Gentle music)
He didn't get out.
Melanie,
you'd better not.
- I have to.
(Gentle music)
(Bouncy music)
- Come on, Ronnie, the pilots
are getting ahead of you.
I've got to go.
- I thought you were on strike.
- Well, Lauren got pissed off.
I want to work to rule.
- Work to rule, whose rule?
- Lauren's.
What's that?
- What's what?
- Scotty!
- Oh, what?
- It hates us.
- Let's shoot it!
- Have you got a gun?
- No.
- How did you know?
- He wasn't flying to cambra.
He was going to grenfell.
I loved him so much.
He was seeing someone else.
(Suspenseful music)
Two days before the wedding,
two days.
He was flying out to see her.
- I'm so sorry.
- That he's dead?
Or that he was cheating on me?
- Both.
(Gentle music)
- He was gonna keep seeing her
even after we were married.
He said he loved me.
I died for him for four years.
(Engines humming)
- About six miles south of cowra.
It was dug in under a canopy.
- [Lauren] Did you get
the GPS position?
- Yeah, of course I did.
- How's Melanie?
- She's alive.
- Oh, Chris, thank you so much.
- Ah, it's okay.
Any time.
- I don't know how you do
these things, but you do.
(Chris laughs)
- Yep, that's me.
Mr. fix-it.
- I'm serious, Chris.
Sometimes you amaze me.
- Well, thank you, big sky.
- My pleasure.
When will I see you?
- Uh, eta 15:45.
Tango-whiskey-Sierra.
- Big sky base.
- Chicka, baby.
- [Chicka] Hi, jimbo.
- How you going?
How's it going with the world's
second-best airline company?
Don't answer, I mean,
it's going pretty good
with us over at big sky,
I'll tell you what.
Now, you might have
heard about the strike
actually going on over there,
or maybe you read it in the
press, but the thing is,
I mean, not that the
reporters way that it is,
but the point about the strike
you've got to understand,
chicka, is solidarity,
because if you don't have
solidarity, what do you have?
You don't have diddly quarter.
Is it squat?
But do you understand what I'm saying?
Anyway, it's good to
speak with you, chicka.
I'll catch you soon, but
remember that, okay?
Solidarity, fraternity
with the brotherhood?
(Phone ringing)
- Hello, big sky.
- Shay, do you know where Jane is?
- Last time I saw her,
she was on the tarmac
talking to Ronnie.
- No, I'm sorry, she's not
available at the moment.
Can I take a message?
(Engine humming)
- That oughta do it.
It's on its way nonstop to Beijing.
- Whew!
- Brilliant.
It's brains that shows you
we've got more brains than that box.
(Both laugh)
(Plane engines screaming)
- While you were out,
there was a phone call.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
You got the job.
I suppose I should congratulate you,
but what's going on?
You've only been here for a few days.
- I was going to tell you about it.
I just needed to know whether
I got the position first.
- Chief pilot of planamin, not bad.
- Thank you.
- Why?
I don't get it.
- You know why.
- [Lauren] No, I don't.
- It's you and Chris.
I'm in the way.
I don't want to be the excuse
you two had to end it all.
- End what?
There isn't anything.
- Look at this from my perspective.
I'm hired because your
chief pilot resigned,
and then he tells me he was fired.
I'm sitting here watching you
two squabble like lovers.
- Lovers?
- And then he and I
have a fling, nothing in it,
and you freak.
So, I call his house, and
guess who answers the phone.
And then I go into the radio room
and overhear the two of you.
- That's just radio communication.
- If that's radio communication,
give me some of that in my life.
- Me and Chris, it's just ridiculous.
- Look, there are only
two people in this world
who don't see it.
(Gentle music)
- What?
(Gentle music)
- [Chris] Ain't it beautiful?
- Ain't it?
- So, do I have to apply
for my old job back?
- Chris, what do you think of us?
- Us, you and me?
- I don't know, what do you mean?
- Yeah, that's what I think.
- So, we agree on something.
- I suppose we do.
- On what exactly?
- I'm not sure.
- Right.
(Bouncy music)
(Gentle music)
(Stately jingle)
- [Lexie] Uh-oh.
- What's wrong, dear?
- Oh, just a slight
instrument malfunction.
Nothing to be alarmed about.
Whoa.
Big sky, this is Charlie-tango-delta.
- Go ahead, Lex.
- Chris, I'm in a bit of trouble.
We've hit some bad weather
and my directional indicator and
altitude indicator are out.
- Well, how the hell did that happen?
- [Lexie] I don't know.
The autopilot's acting very funny.
- I'm gonna die
before I've even seen my grandchild.
- No, just relax, Mrs. Amy.
It's all okay.
Everything's going to be fine.
(Suspenseful music)
- You went up with a faulty vacuum pump
knowing it could affect
vital instruments.
- Yeah, but the second
vac pump was working,
and that storm wasn't forecast.
It came out of nowhere.
- Life's full of surprises, isn't it?
And you got it very wrong, Lexie.
Very wrong.
- Come on, Lauren.
It could have happened to anyone,
and you're not the expert.
- Lex,
losing two pumps was just bad luck.
- What are you smiling at?
- Nothing.
- I'll discuss this with you later.
She could have been killed,
killed the customer, got us sued,
and you stand there and make excuses.
- I wasn't making excuses.
I'll talk to her about it later.
- If you noticed, I was doing it now.
- Yeah, I did notice, but
I'm the chief pilot.
She's my responsibility.
I'll do it my way.
The pilots are my business,
so stay out of it.
- You're just too weak to tell her off.
- Oh, Lauren, please.
I wasn't gonna say it,
but you've got it wrong.
Flying into a storm and
losing your second pump
is just bad luck.
Besides, a good pilot should be able
to fly without one, anyway.
I have had a gut-full of you trying
to throw your weight
around for no good reason.
- So have I.
Get out of my office.
- See what I mean?
How 'bout you get out of my office?
- I'm warning you.
- Warning me?
Warning me what?
What are you gonna do, sack me?
- If you want, yes.
- Oh, please, Lauren, get real.
I could walk out of
here and in 10 minutes,
I could be earning more money,
have a better job,
and not have to put up with you.
- Fine, do it then.
- I'm fired.
- Yes.
(Chris laughs)
- Is that right?
I quit.
- Great.
(Gentle music)
(Emotional music)
- Uh, Lauren?
- Just don't talk to me.
What's this doing here?
Just get it sent off to
where it's supposed to go,
will you, please?
(Engines humming)
- [Chris] Juliet-Oscar-Charlie,
this is big sky (Voice
muffled by engines).
- Go away.
- What are you doing?
- Trying to get away from you.
- Oh, you just walk out in
the middle of an argument?
- Yes, now would you go away
and let me enjoy my own company?
Juliet-Oscar-Charlie.
(Gentle music)
- Hello.
- Well, how did you get onboard?
- It'll be all right.
Just keep flying.
We'll find him.
- Find who?
Could you do up your seatbelt?
Who are you?
- I'm Melanie.
- Big sky, this is
Juliet-Oscar-Charlie.
The (Voice drowned out by
music) Flight is canceled.
I'm returning to base.
(Engines humming)
- Why didn't you just send her home?
- Oh, I couldn't, the poor thing.
She's a little bit odd.
Apparently, her fiancé
died in a plane crash
about four years ago.
- Yeah, I know.
- [Lauren] Huh?
- He was a big sky pilot.
He was halfway to cammeray.
Sent out a mayday.
Nobody knows what happened.
There was no sign of him or the plane.
He just disappeared.
They were due to get
married in two days time.
- [Lauren] Oh my god.
(Gentle music)
- Melanie.
This has got to stop.
You've got to let him go.
- How can I?
He's lying out there somewhere.
- Come on, Melanie.
We'll call you a taxi.
(Gentle music)
(Rhythmic rock music)
(Ladies chatting)
May I?
- Sure.
Lauren, I'm really sorry about today.
- Oh, it's okay.
It's been quite a weird day.
I just...
I just had a stowaway
in a wedding dress.
- Sounds like Melanie, right.
- You know her, too?
- We all do.
Oh, sorry.
Lauren Allen, Jane grenfell.
Jane is a pilot.
- Oh, nice to meet you.
- Pleasure.
I've heard about you.
- Not from Lexie.
- Partly.
- I was just telling Jane
I'm not your favorite
flyer at the moment.
And I'm really sorry about today.
I was out of line.
- Oh, hey, you're not at
the bottom of my list.
I just had a brawl with Chris.
- Chris manning?
He working with you?
- Not anymore.
He resigned.
- [Chris] Morning.
- What are you doing here?
- [Chris] What do you mean,
what am I doing here?
- I thought you resigned.
- I didn't resign.
You sacked me.
- Well.
- Well what?
Thought you would have
calmed down by now.
Just apologize and we'll be fine.
- Me apologize?
You resigned from big
sky and I accepted.
- Wait a minute.
You didn't accept anything.
You stormed out. I tried
to call you on the radio.
Let's not rewrite history here, Lauren.
- Chris, I'm busy.
I haven't got time for all of this.
Anyway, I've hired a new chief pilot.
- What?
- You quit.
I didn't fire you,
and I can't run the place
without a chief pilot.
- Lauren, it was just an argument.
I can't believe you'd take
it all that seriously.
- [Lauren] Don't say it
if you don't mean it.
- What?
So, I'm out of a job because
you want to prove a point.
See what I mean?
- No, you're out of a job
because you're a stubborn,
obstinate, pigheaded...
- Oh yeah, all right,
all right, all right,
fine, fine, let's make it official.
- Good.
Let's do that.
- [Chris] Just remember I was sacked.
- You resigned.
- Lauren.
Hi, your assistant said
I could wait for you.
- That's fine.
How are you?
- Sorry for being such
a pain yesterday.
- Honestly, don't mention it.
- When I have one of those,
it's like it's happening
to someone else.
I make a fool of myself, I know.
- I mean, you're very early
for your flight, Melanie.
It's not scheduled for hours yet.
- I'll wait.
I want to be your friend, Lauren.
(Bright music)
- Well, I didn't bring it in.
I spoke to Cole, he's
got no idea, either.
- It's not on the list.
- Well, see Shay.
It'll be on the computer somewhere.
- Who put it here, anyway?
- How would I know?
(Bright music)
- Chris?
Chris, I need you down in the
rec room in half an hour.
I'm introducing Jane and
I want you to be there.
- Jane?
Oh, Jane, is it?
I thought it was a bloke.
- Had to be, right?
- Hey, Lauren?
It's the last day for a week
and I'm contracted to stay that long,
but you owe me six months pay.
- [Lauren] Oh, you wish.
- I've got a contract.
- No, you haven't.
I checked, it's expired.
You and that idiot vanny
forgot to renew it.
- What?
We renewed it.
It was a handshake deal.
Vanny was just a bit
slow with the paperwork.
- Two years.
- You reneging on my contract?
- A handshake deal isn't worth
the paper it's printed on.
- All right, four month's pay, then.
- Two.
- Three.
- Done.
Everyone, I'd like you
to meet Jane grenfell,
our new chief pilot.
- What?
- Uh, yesterday, Chris resigned.
He decided that his
talents lay elsewhere,
and I accepted that decision.
I hope you will, too.
- Thanks.
Morning, everyone.
I'd just like to say
what a pleasure it is
to be a part of big sky,
and I hope you will
all make me welcome.
- He's been shafted.
- I'm sure together we'll be
able to make this organization
into what it should be.
- How does she know what it should be?
- Now, I'll spend today
getting acclimatized,
but as of tomorrow,
I'll be 100% onboard.
And remember, my door's always open.
- Okay, everyone, let's
get back to work.
Come on, I'll show you around.
- Thanks.
(Bright music)
(Man grunts)
(Box rattling)
- [Shay] Chris, it's not fair.
She's just being stubborn
and she's only doing it
to get on your nerves.
- Well, she's done it.
- It's ridiculous.
She just picked her up in a bar.
- She didn't pick her up in a bar.
I introduced them.
Jane's a friend of mine.
- Oh, so you're the traitor.
- [Chris] Guys.
- Yeah.
- Got that coffs run.
You better get going.
- I'm not a traitor.
We were just talking.
How was I to know what
she was gonna do?
- I thought she was all right.
- Oh yeah, you little sleaze.
I saw you sucking up to her.
- I wasn't sucking up to her.
- You need a dedication
to do stuff like that.
I mean, you can't just sack someone,
not in this day and age.
- Oh please, if he was gonna
resign for no reason.
- Guys, guys.
- Oh, Chris, can't you
go and talk to her?
- Hey, she's got to come to me.
I'm the one in the right.
Now, that's it.
I'm out of here at the end of the week.
(Engines humming)
- Jimbo, thank god.
I've got a job for you.
- [Jimbo] Sorry?
- A delivery to rylstone.
There's a carton in the hangar.
- Can't.
I'm on strike.
- Jimbo.
- I have an official
grievance with my employer
based on the unfair dismissal
of a fellow colleague.
Action will continue until
the grievances are addressed
to the satisfaction of the workers.
- Oh, look stop all this.
It's...
What workers?
- Well, there's, there's only me,
but I'm spreading
dissatisfaction in the ranks.
- If you spread dissatisfaction
through my ranks,
I'll kill you.
- Intimidation of the workers, Lauren.
It'll only strengthen our resolve.
- Oh, oh why me?
- You're being ridiculous.
You know I wouldn't do that.
I said I'd stay for a week,
and I'll keep that promise.
What do you think I am, anyway?
- Can you be nice to Jane
over the next seven days?
- I'm not gonna be nice to Jane.
She's got my job.
- [Lauren] Don't you start
giving her a hard time.
- (Groans) I'll be in the rec room
with the other pilots.
- And speak to jimbo, will you?
He says he's gone on strike.
- Strike?
Really?
Good boy.
- Come on, Chris, I need
you to switch him off.
- You switch him off.
All yours.
- It's going to be a tough week.
- I'm sorry about this.
- What is it between you two?
- He's impossible.
He's the most stubborn
man I've ever met,
and just when I think
things are improving, he...
Oh, look, I don't want
to talk about him.
- Just for the politics of it,
did he resign or was he sacked?
- No, he resigned.
I told you.
- Chris.
You mind if I come for the flight?
- 'Scuse me for a moment, Melanie.
Yes, I do.
This is a very private
thing for this woman.
We're searching for a downed plane.
- Oh, I know all about it.
Lauren told me.
Hi.
I'm Jane grenfell.
I'm the new chief pilot.
I thought I'd come along.
I could be an extra pair of eyes,
if that suits you.
- Oh, yes!
You come, too.
(Engines humming)
- She wants to be alone.
- She's nutty as a fruitcake, you know.
We do this every year.
You gotta feel sorry for her.
- What happened to this plane?
- No idea.
It's one of those mysteries.
- Scary.
(Engines humming)
- And the fact is, comrades,
it is a clear case of unfair dismissal,
and there are laws against that.
- Comrades, what is this?
- Brother, please?
I've got the floor.
If you need to speak, you'll
have to be recognized.
I need to have support.
That is why I'm asking
you to vote me in
as workplace delegate.
- What do we need a
workplace delegate for?
- Good question, brother.
So that I, on behalf of all of us,
can speak to management.
- What's he talking about?
- So, I propose
we institute - no idea.
An immediate blue ban to bring
management to its knees.
I suggest an immediate
withdrawal of labor
to end the degradation,
the humiliation.
Our brother is up against
a wall of indifference
and ingratitude, brothers and sisters.
(Engines humming)
- [Jane] So, where'd you go then?
- Then I came to big sky.
Where'd you come from?
- Venus.
(Chris laughs)
I've been in Malaysia for five years.
I headed up universal airlines.
You heard of it?
Small, but extremely profitable.
- I heard they were going bankrupt.
- They were until I got there.
Within four years, we went
from a two-plane operation
to running nine aircraft.
- You should give
Lauren a few pointers.
See anything yet?
- No.
- You all right, Melanie?
- I think I'm going to be sick.
- [Chris] Why do it to yourself?
- Because I have to.
Can we land or something?
Just for a little while?
(Engines humming)
- Sure you don't want
me to come with you?
- I just need to sit down.
I'll be all right.
- Okay.
Well, you take as much
time as you need.
Where to now?
- I don't know about
you, but I'm starving.
- Me, too. I think we're going
to have to hold that thought
until we get back to civilization.
- Steak and mushroom
or chicken and veg?
(Engines humming)
Okay, start talking.
- What do you mean?
- Well, you didn't come along
to hold Melanie's hand,
I know that much.
- I need to know something.
Did you resign or were you fired?
- What did Lauren say?
- I want you to tell me.
- I was sacked.
We started screaming at each other
and she gave me the big heave-ho.
- That's not what she says.
- Of course it's not what she says.
She drives me crazy, fair dinkum.
She makes it up as she goes along.
She's the most stubborn
woman I've ever met
in my entire life. When
she gets her blood up,
she just doesn't listen to anyone.
She's just...
I don't want to talk about her.
- How was the search?
- Next year, same bat
time, same bat channel.
- Scotty.
You're on strike, too,
or just on a go-slow?
- On a break, actually.
- Well, when it's over,
can you do that delivery to rylstone?
- I did.
I only got back about an hour ago.
- Oh, well there's a carton out there
you must have forgotten.
- [Scotty] I took everything, I swear.
- Jimbo, you're also onto this.
You and Scotty are going to rylstone.
- No, well, two can play that game.
- Lauren, you realize
that stacking a meeting
is entirely unethical.
- What are you talking about?
It's the mother's milk
of leftist politics.
- What reactionary bastard put
those words in your mouth?
- Anyway, I didn't stack any meeting.
All I did was get one of you expelled
based on my point of view.
- Traitors.
- Well, it was either that
or have you taken out
the back and shot,
and I must say at the time,
it was a very attractive alternative.
- Trying to hold back the
revolution, eh, Lauren?
- Just get your ass on that
plane to rylstone, comrade.
(Bouncy music)
- How's this for a waste of time?
I'm going to drop that box off.
- But you went to
rylstone this morning.
- Yeah.
- This is weird.
- What?
- Well, I delivered it, too.
(Energetic music)
- Con note.
- [Scotty] What's wrong?
- There's no declaration on it.
- Okay, well, we'll vouch for it.
There's no explosives, there's
no live animals in there,
I promise.
- Sorry, no dec, no signature.
- Oh, come on, you're kidding.
- Take it back and get the
sender to fill one out.
- You can't do that.
- Mate, we've been here
twice already, okay?
Can't you just, uh...
- Sorry, this box belongs to you boys.
(Engines humming)
- It doesn't matter, Scotty.
Just, first thing tomorrow morning,
load it up, fly it to rylstone,
and take a declaration.
I'll be glad to get rid
of the damned thing.
- There you go, boss.
- Ah, thanks, Lex.
- 'Scuse me, guys.
- Hiring her was a good move.
- Think so?
- [Lexie] She's fitting in really well.
Look how relaxed Chris is.
She's good for him.
- Yeah, she is.
(Engines humming)
(Knocking on door)
(Gasps)
Melanie.
You've gotta stop doing that.
- Sorry, the security guard let me in.
- I don't know what I pay them for.
No offense.
What's up?
- Since we didn't have our coffee date,
and I figured you were
the sort of person
that likes to work late
and skip dinner...
- I'm not exactly sure why
my marriage broke down.
I was never much good at communicating.
Maybe that had something to do with it.
- It's a killer.
- Do you and Lauren argue very often?
- Only all the time.
- So, why did your marriage break down?
- I'm very good at mediating
other people's arguments,
but when it comes to my own...
- Well, maybe you should
mediate between Lauren and me.
- And do myself out of a job, get real.
- My life ended four years ago
on that plane.
I wish I'd been killed with him.
Would have been easier.
- You've got to understand, Melanie,
he's dead, you're not.
- Yes, I am.
- Chris, I had a great time.
- Me, too.
- I'll see you at work tomorrow.
- Yeah, yeah.
Let out.
- My taxi's waiting.
- Yeah.
- So, I'll see you tomorrow.
- We already did that bit.
- Yeah, we did.
I've got to go.
- Yeah, the taxi.
- Yeah.
- We probably shouldn't do this now.
- You're right.
No good could come of it.
(Soulful jazz music)
You go on ahead.
I'm going to get some stuff.
- [Chris] Maybe it's
not such a good idea
to go into work together, anyway.
- [Jane] Thanks for dinner.
- Thanks for breakfast.
- Morning.
- Morning.
Enough for two?
- Yeah, sure.
I was talking to that
Melanie woman last night.
She seems to think she's
my new best friend.
Anyway, it started me
thinking how stupid it is
to let petty things, arguments,
get in the way of everything else.
We could all be dead tomorrow.
Sometimes things get exaggerated,
you know what I mean?
- Yes.
Yeah, I do.
- Come on, Chris.
This isn't easy for me to say.
You know, I think we...
- Morning, children.
- Oh, the traffic gets
gridlock out there.
- I'll talk to you later.
- Sure.
- Hmm, bit grubby.
That'll confirm it.
- We saw the chief pilots'
convention in the car park,
hm-hmm?
Turning up for work together.
We're not exactly striving
for subtlety here, are we?
- Lauren, hi.
- Morning.
(Bouncy music)
- Oh.
(Bouncy music)
- Lauren.
- What?
- Sorry, we were interrupted.
What were you saying in the rec room?
- Doesn't matter.
- No, no, it does matter.
You were saying something
about petty arguments
getting in the way.
Well, I have no grace, so,
let's talk about it.
- Chris, I'm busy.
- I don't get it.
Five minutes ago, you were
all dinky reconciliation.
What's going on?
- It was not dinky reconciliation,
as you so charmingly put it.
- Yes, it was.
What's wrong with you?
- Chris, I haven't got
time to go another round.
Sign this, please.
- What is it?
- [Lauren] Your payout.
Three months.
- Got you.
I knew I didn't have a contract.
I would have taken the month.
- I would have paid six.
(Bouncy music)
- It does matter, mate.
It's critical.
It's politics.
If she bonked him, then it's a
different story altogether.
- It's not, sex is sex.
It takes two.
Well, you know, sometimes one.
- Jimbo, look,
if Jane made the first move on Chris,
then she's just looking after her job,
somehow, so,
but if Chris bonked her,
then, he wants his job back.
- How do you figure that?
- Well, it's logical.
Think about it.
- Okay, okay, let's just say I agree.
But how do you know who was the bonker
and who was the bonkee?
Hmm?
- Well, mate, I don't know,
but we're going to have
to find out somehow.
If he is the bonkee, then we're doomed.
He's out of a job.
- Well, Lexie thinks so.
- She's a girl.
She would.
There he is.
Give us the declaration.
- Well, I haven't got it.
- You must have it.
Jimbo, I'm flying the plane.
You're doing the paperwork.
- And you loaded the crate.
- Oh, great, here we go again.
- Hey, hey.
Come here.
Give us a hand, give us a hand.
Hide this thing. I am
not flying with it.
(Bright music)
Let's get out of here before
the crate Nazi sees us.
(Bouncy music)
(Dog snuffles)
- Oh!
- Oh!
- Let's do that again.
- Careful.
- I've been thinking about last night.
- So have I.
- I have an idea.
- Your place?
- Can we?
- See you about seven.
(Engines humming)
- Jay Walker, what do you think?
- No.
In the history of the universe,
no one's ever been called Jay Walker.
Suppose his first name was Johnny.
- No, Jay Walker, j-a-y.
Jaywalker, jaywalker, you get it?
- That's a stupid name.
- It's a valid name.
- It's a dumb name.
He'll catch on.
Why didn't you do
kuzlicki or something?
A name that no one would recognize.
- Yeah, sure, okay, how
do you spell kuzlicki?
- K-o, zed.
Something, but that's not the point.
It doesn't matter how you...
(Bouncy music)
- No.
Please, no.
Tell me this isn't an illusion.
- I thought you guys
were delivering that.
- Uh, slight problem
with the declaration.
- You better get going.
(Bouncy music)
- You could be right.
Maybe Chris was the bonkee.
(Bouncy music)
- Lauren, I thought I'd
reschedule next week.
Scotty could do coffs,
come back around filling in
Lexie's Norfolk Island run,
and then hit ballina.
That should work much better.
- Jane, you're the chief pilot.
It's your decision.
That's what I hired you for.
- Sure, I was just including you
in case you might have some objection.
- Why would I have an objection?
- No reason.
I...
What's wrong?
- Nothing.
- Lauren,
let's be professional.
- I don't think sleeping
with your pilots is very professional.
- Oh.
Oh, I get it.
It happened almost accidentally.
What's the problem?
- Accidentally.
So, what, is jimbo gonna be
your next accident or Scotty?
- (Laughs) Of course not.
You're being very unreasonable.
What is this?
- I'm sorry?
- It's you and Chris, isn't it?
- Let's get this straight.
Chris manning has nothing
to do do with me.
Nothing.
This is about professionalism.
- Lauren,
if it's so important to you, that's it.
I won't see Chris anymore.
- It's not important to me.
I couldn't care less.
- There you go.
- What are you guys up to?
It's not gonna blow up
or anything, is it?
- Of course not.
- It's a simple delivery.
Just tell them that Mr. Walker
really gonna pick it up
in the next few weeks.
- Weeks?
- Or months.
- And I get to choose the
restaurant and the wine.
- Everything.
- One more flight?
Please, just one more.
- Are you sure?
Last night you seemed ready to let go.
- After we talked, and
the things you said,
I went home.
I got out all his
papers, all his things.
Oh, god.
- And what, what happened?
- After this, I won't ask
for anything ever again,
I promise.
Have you got a hanky?
- It's okay, Melanie.
I'll do whatever I can to help.
(Knocking on door)
- You're early.
I like that in a woman.
Lauren.
- Hi.
- [Chris] Come in.
It's open.
- Are you expecting someone?
- [Chris] No.
- Oh, don't worry.
I'm going.
I won't stay long.
I just wanted to ask you a favor.
Can you take Melanie out
on one more search?
I know what you think of her.
I know, but something's happened.
She's different.
I had her at big sky this afternoon,
practically hysterical. I just
need someone to take her out
on one last search, please?
- Aren't I persona non grata?
- She needs someone
who'll listen to her.
- I don't get it.
I thought I was Mr. insensitive.
- Only to me.
- That's not true.
Oh, hang on a second.
(Phone rings)
Can you get that?
- Okay.
Hello?
Yes, it is.
Yeah, okay.
Sure.
I'll tell him.
See you tomorrow.
That was Jane.
She said she's being caught up.
She can't make it.
- Oh, right.
- [Lauren] I have to go.
- Well, I've got some
little chewy things and...
Beef Wellington, nice bottle of red.
Stay for dinner.
- No, thanks.
Will you fly Melanie tomorrow?
- Yeah, all right.
- Great, thanks.
(Suspenseful music)
- Melanie, we're nowhere
near where he disappeared.
- I was looking through all his things.
Grenfell's ahead, is that right?
- Yeah, about 300 ks,
but he went missing on
his way to cammeray.
- Just keep flying.
(Engines humming)
- Jane,
about last night.
I just hope you didn't cancel
Chris because of what I said.
- It's okay.
I didn't want to rock the boat.
- I'm not in the habit
of telling other people
how to run their lives.
It's none of my business,
but I just think it's for
the best, don't you?
- If it's what you want, absolutely.
- I mean, it could complicate things.
Muddy the lines of authority and...
- Lauren,
don't worry about it.
It's okay.
- I don't want our
relationship to suffer
because of this.
- It won't, believe me.
- You know, as long as I
haven't stepped on something
that might have got serious.
- It was one night.
- You don't really find
him that attractive.
The way he carries on,
I don't know how anyone
could find him attractive.
You wait till you've worked with him
for as long as I have.
- Well, looks like I won't
be getting that chance.
- Oh, yeah, I keep forgetting
he's not gonna be here for much longer.
(Emotional music)
(Engines humming) (Emotional music)
- That's it.
- What's it?
- I think I just saw the wreckage.
Yes, that must be it.
I saw it.
Can we land?
- Melanie, there's nothing down there.
How 'bout I fly you back,
and maybe we can do it again next year?
- No, he's there.
I went through his things.
Now he's dead.
- What's happened to you?
Why won't you tell me?
- I saw the wreckage back there, I did.
Please, can we land?
- Sure.
Coming around.
(Suspenseful music)
- Did you see it?
As we came over?
- Yeah, yeah I did.
Just slow down, will you?
- You know, it's like this.
You put the cargo in the aircraft,
you fly it to rylstone,
you get it signed for,
and you fly home.
Why don't you believe me?
(Scotty laughing)
- It's not there!
- Yes!
- We'll ask Ronnie.
I searched the plane.
I searched the entire
hangar, and it's gone.
At last!
- Yes, yes yes, yes,
yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!
- Guys, guys, guys.
I've decided on Mario's for dinner.
Thanks.
- Worth every penny.
- It's his, isn't it?
- Well, it's hard to tell.
(Gentle music)
No wonder no one's seen this.
- [Melanie] What's this?
- Yeah, this is it.
(Gentle music)
He didn't get out.
Melanie,
you'd better not.
- I have to.
(Gentle music)
(Bouncy music)
- Come on, Ronnie, the pilots
are getting ahead of you.
I've got to go.
- I thought you were on strike.
- Well, Lauren got pissed off.
I want to work to rule.
- Work to rule, whose rule?
- Lauren's.
What's that?
- What's what?
- Scotty!
- Oh, what?
- It hates us.
- Let's shoot it!
- Have you got a gun?
- No.
- How did you know?
- He wasn't flying to cambra.
He was going to grenfell.
I loved him so much.
He was seeing someone else.
(Suspenseful music)
Two days before the wedding,
two days.
He was flying out to see her.
- I'm so sorry.
- That he's dead?
Or that he was cheating on me?
- Both.
(Gentle music)
- He was gonna keep seeing her
even after we were married.
He said he loved me.
I died for him for four years.
(Engines humming)
- About six miles south of cowra.
It was dug in under a canopy.
- [Lauren] Did you get
the GPS position?
- Yeah, of course I did.
- How's Melanie?
- She's alive.
- Oh, Chris, thank you so much.
- Ah, it's okay.
Any time.
- I don't know how you do
these things, but you do.
(Chris laughs)
- Yep, that's me.
Mr. fix-it.
- I'm serious, Chris.
Sometimes you amaze me.
- Well, thank you, big sky.
- My pleasure.
When will I see you?
- Uh, eta 15:45.
Tango-whiskey-Sierra.
- Big sky base.
- Chicka, baby.
- [Chicka] Hi, jimbo.
- How you going?
How's it going with the world's
second-best airline company?
Don't answer, I mean,
it's going pretty good
with us over at big sky,
I'll tell you what.
Now, you might have
heard about the strike
actually going on over there,
or maybe you read it in the
press, but the thing is,
I mean, not that the
reporters way that it is,
but the point about the strike
you've got to understand,
chicka, is solidarity,
because if you don't have
solidarity, what do you have?
You don't have diddly quarter.
Is it squat?
But do you understand what I'm saying?
Anyway, it's good to
speak with you, chicka.
I'll catch you soon, but
remember that, okay?
Solidarity, fraternity
with the brotherhood?
(Phone ringing)
- Hello, big sky.
- Shay, do you know where Jane is?
- Last time I saw her,
she was on the tarmac
talking to Ronnie.
- No, I'm sorry, she's not
available at the moment.
Can I take a message?
(Engine humming)
- That oughta do it.
It's on its way nonstop to Beijing.
- Whew!
- Brilliant.
It's brains that shows you
we've got more brains than that box.
(Both laugh)
(Plane engines screaming)
- While you were out,
there was a phone call.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
You got the job.
I suppose I should congratulate you,
but what's going on?
You've only been here for a few days.
- I was going to tell you about it.
I just needed to know whether
I got the position first.
- Chief pilot of planamin, not bad.
- Thank you.
- Why?
I don't get it.
- You know why.
- [Lauren] No, I don't.
- It's you and Chris.
I'm in the way.
I don't want to be the excuse
you two had to end it all.
- End what?
There isn't anything.
- Look at this from my perspective.
I'm hired because your
chief pilot resigned,
and then he tells me he was fired.
I'm sitting here watching you
two squabble like lovers.
- Lovers?
- And then he and I
have a fling, nothing in it,
and you freak.
So, I call his house, and
guess who answers the phone.
And then I go into the radio room
and overhear the two of you.
- That's just radio communication.
- If that's radio communication,
give me some of that in my life.
- Me and Chris, it's just ridiculous.
- Look, there are only
two people in this world
who don't see it.
(Gentle music)
- What?
(Gentle music)
- [Chris] Ain't it beautiful?
- Ain't it?
- So, do I have to apply
for my old job back?
- Chris, what do you think of us?
- Us, you and me?
- I don't know, what do you mean?
- Yeah, that's what I think.
- So, we agree on something.
- I suppose we do.
- On what exactly?
- I'm not sure.
- Right.
(Bouncy music)
(Gentle music)
(Stately jingle)