Big Sky (1997–1999): Season 1, Episode 23 - The Return of Jimbo James - full transcript
(Engine purring)
- So, you been married long?
Oh, you're gonna love bombora heads,
it's a terrific place.
I don't suppose you'll be
seeing much of it though.
D'you fly very often?
The only reason I say that
is because the port engine's
on fire and this baby's going down.
(Engine roaring)
- [Chris] Charlie tango
delta, this is big sky.
- [Jimbo] Charlie tango
delta, what is it, Chris?
- The hell do you think you're
doing, going to bombora heads
without taking our orders?
(Radio beeps)
- Orders for what? (Radio beeps)
- For that little cake
shop in the main street.
(Radio beeps)
- What do you want? (Radio beeps)
- We want two steak and mushroom
pies, Scotty wants curry,
Lexie's a chicken, and
Lauren's an apple turnover.
And get half a dozen of those
neenish tarts, will ya?
You got that? (Radio beeps)
- Yep.
- You wanna write it down?
- Write it down, I've got a
memory like an elephant!
S and m, curry, chicken,
apple, tarts, mmm?
There you go, they're as good
as in ya gob (Radio beeps)
(Engine rumbling)
- Steak and mushroom,
tart, chicken and,
chicken and curry,
steak and mushroom...
Oh! - Whoops!
- Sorry.
- Sorry (Laughs)
Good morning. - Oh yeah, g'day!
Steak and mushroom...
Tart...
- Hi, what can I get you?
- I need a steak...
- Jimbo?
- Jodie!
- I can't believe it,
what are you doing here?
- Oh, I'm just delivering some,
just flew in, how are you?
- (Laughs) I'm good...
- Mom, I'm hungry.
- [Jodie] Max, come on,
outside, I'm busy right now.
- Hey, how's it going?
- Maxxie, come on, outside,
I'll get you something
to eat in a minute.
- It's him. (Dramatic music)
He's not dead.
- Max...
- I know you, you're my dad.
(Music swells)
(Chuckles)
(Dramatic vocal music)
(Engine zooming)
How come he's not dead?
(Jodie chuckles)
- Dead! What?
I mean, I don't know if I
like the sound of that.
- Come on, honey, just
go back to the shop.
Sarah can get you something
to eat, all right?
(Seagulls cawing)
- He's not mine, is he, I mean...
He can't be!
But you didn't tell me,
why didn't you tell me?
- Well, I couldn't
find you for a start!
You weren't exactly mister
reliable, remember?
I mean, what was the point, jimbo?
We had a fling.
I mean, it was great at the time
but it wasn't exactly
relationship material.
Look, I was happy to keep the baby,
I didn't expect anything from you.
- Look, I'd like to believe more
than anything that he's mine but...
Well, he can't be.
- What?
- Well, I've had all
these test, you know.
Like, every test imaginable.
Tests I don't even know
the name of, you know.
Tests with like, long words, you know.
- (Laughs) What, jimbo, doctors
are wrong all the time.
Come on, I don't sleep around.
(Dramatic music) - What?
I've got a kid?
- He's yours.
- I'm a father? (Laughs)
I never thought I'd say those
words, "hi, I'm a father."
(Both chuckle)
- No, the point is you took off
without waiting for full clearance.
- I told you, they changed
my departure instructions.
I thought I was okay.
- [Chris] You should've waited.
- You're not listening,
I thought I had it.
They said, "maintain runway heading".
- It's a serious breach, Lauren.
You know I'm supposed
to ground you for this.
- Well, if it makes you
feel better, then do it.
- Yeah, I know, it's just a warning.
I'd do the same for any pilot.
- No, you wouldn't.
- Yes, I would!
- [Lauren] You wouldn't gloat,
you wouldn't do it with that
smug little tone in your voice.
- What tone, there is no tone!
It's my job to discipline pilots.
- Oh, so it's not just a
warning, it's a discipline now.
- Lauren, what is your problem?
- You're just so full of it.
- Oh, get over it.
- Is everything okay
back there, mr McMahon?
- Oh yes, everything's fine,
you just carry on with
what you're doing.
- Well, I was in a plane crash,
but, well I didn't die,
obviously (Laughs)
- Why didn't you try
and find me and mom?
- I didn't know that your mom was
pregnant, you know, having a
little baby, a young bloke.
I didn't know she was having you.
Do you wanna see the
plane I didn't crash in?
- Yeah, go on.
- Here you go, pilot's jacket.
- How long have you been a pilot?
- All my life.
- Can you do loop-the-loops?
- (Scoffs) Can I do loop-the-loops,
is the pope Polish?
- [Max] What? (Jodie laughs)
- Yeah, I can do loop-the-loops.
(Plane engine zooming)
- And I don't gloat.
- You do, all the time.
- Well, how come nobody
else has mentioned it?
- Because you only do it
with me, that's my point.
(Phone rings)
Maybe we should get someone to help us.
You know, make us work
more effectively.
- One of those consultant wankers?
- Yeah, an expert.
- (Scoffs) This is a joke right?
Ah, (Laughs) No you
don't, no no no no...
- Graham!
- Hello again!
- Hello.
So, what's the verdict,
are we beyond help?
- Mmm gee, I don't think
I've ever met anyone
who's beyond help, Lauren.
No, from what I can see,
all you need are some basic exercises,
some techniques for
conflict resolution.
- No offense, but I don't
really think we need this.
- No offense taken, but unfortunately,
Lauren feels that you do.
Chris, it's like most problems,
you see, the first step
has to be acknowledging
that there might be one.
Doesn't that sound right? - Yeah.
Can I see you for a minute?
I'm not gonna listen
to some overpaid suit
who's gonna tell me
how I can do better!
- I paid $3,000 for that overpaid suit
and I'm going to get my money's worth.
- $3,000, Lauren, they're
just failed shrinks.
They don't know the first
thing about the real world.
- What are you afraid of?
Do you think he's going to
find something out about you?
- No, I've got nothing to hide.
- Fine, so you're doing it then.
- You're ordering me?
- I cannot go on like this.
- And I'm not quitting.
- Well, neither am I so
you've got no other option.
- So you are ordering me.
- I'm not.
- Well, you just gave me an ultimatum.
- [Jimbo] So, you ever surf the net?
- [Max] Yeah, uncle Doug
gave me a computer.
- Did he?
I wish I had an uncle like that.
- He's not really my
uncle, he's mom's boss.
I just call him that.
- So what's your favorite site?
- "Hermes weird and wonderful world."
- What, "hermes weird
and wonderful world"?
There's some pretty grown up
stuff on there, isn't there?
- I'm a kid, I'm not allowed
to look at stuff like that.
- (Laughs) Yeah, of course not.
Okay, on you get, here we are.
- I knew you'd come back.
- Did you?
How?
- I knew my dad would be a top pilot,
I knew you'd be too good to crash.
- Come on.
(Sentimental music)
- It's an original excuse, jimbo.
(Radio beeps)
- [Jimbo] It's true. (Radio beeps)
- I need you back here
and more importantly,
I need that plane. (Radio beeps)
- Max, say "hello" to Lauren.
- You don't say "hello" on the radio.
- Oh, oh you're right.
Big sky, this is Charlie tango delta.
- Big sky, this is Charlie tango delta.
(Radio beeps)
- Charlie tango delta, this
is big Skye base, hi Max.
(Radio beeps)
- Is it true jimbo was
gonna be an astronaut?
(Radio beeps)
- A space cadet, maybe. (Radio beeps)
- Were you there when he
broke the sound barrier?
(Radio beeps)
- No, no I wasn't, but
I don't know what
he gets up to in his spare time.
Can you put him back on please?
(Radio beeps)
- Lauren, look I need some time.
(Radio beeps)
- Bring the plane back
here and we'll see what
we can work out, okay? (Radio beeps)
- Charlie tango delta. (Radio beeps)
- Will you be back tomorrow?
- I'll see what I can do.
- We've got an open day at school,
you're supposed to
bring your mom and dad
and they come and look at
all the stuff you've done.
- Maxxie, come on, I'll be there.
- I know.
- Okay, I'll be back tomorrow.
- Promise?
- Promise!
- Yes!
(Moving music)
(Engine zooming)
- I don't believe it, you...
- Bit of a shock, mate,
but glad it's you and not me.
(Voices clamoring excitedly)
- Look, I know it
sounds corny but like,
I look into his eyes and I
see myself, it's like diving
into your own gene pool.
- Where's the pies?
- What about all those tests you had?
- [Jimbo] No, they were wrong.
- I mean you've only
got her word for it.
- Lauren, he's mine, everything fits.
The timing, you know, like
he looks just like me.
He's got a little hair
on the back of the neck,
just like I've got one,
it's unbelievable.
Lauren, I need some time off please.
- Oh jimbo, you know I can't afford
to give you any time off.
- Aw come on, Lauren,
we can cover for him.
- Please let us not have
this argument again.
You know what the schedules are like.
- So we lose a few jobs,
this is more important.
- Lauren, it's cosmic,
I never thought I'd be a dad, you know?
It's a miracle, please.
- Believe me, I'm really,
really happy for you, but I'm sorry.
Look, you have to do what you're
down for tomorrow and then
after that maybe we can try
and work something out, hm?
- Where's the damn pies?
- What pies? Lauren, please!
(Children laughing and squealing)
- He crashed in the jungle and
then he got lost for years.
And he flew over here in
this really cool plane.
- So where is he now, Turner?
- He'll be here, he's got a uniform,
he broke the sound barrier,
and he was gonna be an astronaut.
- You're just making it up,
your dad's not coming
'cause you haven't got one.
- [Max] I have, and he's way
cooler than your old man.
- Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls,
if I could have your attention.
We're very lucky to have
our popular local member,
Doug Matthews here today.
(Applause)
- Tango whisky Sierra,
this is big sky base.
Jimbo, can you give me
your eta for coffs please?
- Tango whisky Sierra, eta for
bombora heads is 15 minutes.
(Radio beeps)
- Hey, you're supposed
to be going to coffs.
(Radio beeps)
- Change of plans there,
tango whiskey Sierra.
(Radio beeps)
- [Shay] Jimbo, you
heard what Lauren said,
you can't do that.
(Engine roaring)
- I can't tell Lauren, she'd spew.
I mean, she'd probably sack
him or something, Scotty.
- She wouldn't, would she?
- Scotty, he's taken a
plane and you can tell
he's not planning on coming
back in a real hurry.
- You can't blame the guy for wanting
to get to know his own kid.
- Exactly, that's why
we've got no choice.
We've gotta cover for him, Lex,
we've gotta take over all his jobs.
- "We", what do you mean by "we"?
- Yeah, you don't mean
"we", you mean us.
- Guys, I can't fly an aircraft,
otherwise I'd be doing it
myself, wouldn't I, huh?
- Yes, it's Lauren Allen
here, there's a big sale on,
I'd like to get my credit
card limit raised.
- That's ridiculous.
- Lauren, please.
Your perceptions of each other
are very important in this.
- Oh yeah, but please, shopping?
I mean, he can't say
something that's untrue.
- All right, so he has a false
impression, a misconception.
That's how a lot of
conflict starts, but...
Well, you can't correct something
until you know what it is.
(Phone rings)
- Yeah, oh yes, it's true.
It's such a boys' club,
this business, ooh, I know!
(Lauren scoffs)
True, true, yes I mean, if
a bloke makes a mistake,
he just gets away with it but if I do,
I never hear the end of it.
Yes, yes I just have to
be twice as good as them.
It's so unfair.
- Yeah, well that's right.
- Thank you very much, Chris.
Good to see you getting
into the spirit of things.
Lauren, why don't you
show us how Chris works?
- Oh yeah, yeah, no worries
mate, yeah, she'll be right!
Aw yeah, no I can land
in a force 10 Gale
with one engine and my
hands tied behind my back.
Aw yeah, piece of piss!
(Phone clicks)
- And I'm being ridiculous.
- That's how you talk to people.
- It's reassurance.
- It's bragging.
- [Chris] To make them feel safe.
- (Clapping) This is good.
This is very, very good.
(Sighs)
- And I'm sure you'll all agree
that our children's education
is the community's greatest priority.
Because, after all,
the children of today
are the leaders of tomorrow.
So we must teach our children
the values that we learned,
and these values are not old-fashioned.
They're merely perennial.
Family values must be brought
back onto the agenda.
(Distant plane engine roaring)
It's the values of family
that keep communities
like this together.
(Inspiring music) Values like honesty,
integrity, trust, are the cornerstones
of a community like this...
- It's jimbo!
- Max, shh!
- [Principal] Max Turner,
would you please sit down?
- And as we approach
the new millennium...
- Told you he'd come!
- It means that now,
more than ever, we must
provide our children
with a comprehensive and
thorough education.
- Right, Ando's gonna divert to dubbo
to do my pick up there so
if you get the pesticides
to coffs after we've
picked up jimbo's plane,
then go to wyong, I can get
back and do his cowra job.
This is gonna kill us.
- Nah, we're doing all right.
Now what about the milk
run to Bateman's bay?
- Oh damn, I forgot!
You'll just have to do it
when you get back from wyong.
- Well, I can't, it'll be after curfew.
I'll have to do it
first thing tomorrow.
- That'll put the run
to cooma out of whack.
- Well, I'll have to take extra fuel
and hopefully be able
to do it in one go.
- I hope jimbo appreciates
this (Laughs)
(Children clamoring)
- Hey!
- That was so cool!
- Glad you had fun.
- Hey, this is my dad.
- Hey, gang.
- Hey, could I have a
ride in the plane?
- Yeah!
- Ride in the plane?
What about school?
(Children protesting over one another)
Wait, you gotta go to school.
- Doug Matthews, local member.
I think we might've met the other day.
- Oh yeah, jimbo James,
how you going? - Good, good.
That's quite some display
you turned on up there.
- (Laughing) Oh, I'm glad you liked it.
- I didn't know you had a
connection with the school.
- Connection, what are you kidding?
I'm his dad, look, huh?
- You're his father?
- Yeah (Chuckles)
- Well, that is interesting,
I am pleased to meet you.
- Well, who wants to play handball?
- [Children] Me!
- Let's go, 'scuse us.
(Children calling and laughing)
(Phone ringing)
- Well...
I must've been about four,
and, um...
It was the first time I'd
ever been to the airport
to say goodbye to my dad.
I didn't realize it was just
a business trip, you know.
(Sad music)
I thought I was never
gonna see him again.
I haven't cried
for days and days...
Sorry.
- Hey, don't apologize.
You just shared something
very personal with us
and by opening up in front of Chris,
it shows that you trust him.
- Well, when I was a kid,
I was in a toy shop, Christmas time.
And...
I saved this young girl
from a shelf that came crashing down.
- That's very brave for a little boy.
- Yeah, yes.
But it went to my head,
that was the trouble.
- Wait a minute.
I know this story, it was
on TV, it was on some show.
- What show?
- It was on "the Brady bunch",
it's an episode of "the Brady bunch"!
- Which happened to effect me deeply.
- Oh, how is this meant to work
if you're not gonna take it seriously?
- Lauren, this is not
gonna work, it's rubbish!
No offense.
- [Lauren] Chris!
- Maybe we should just
leave it there for today.
By the way, was it Peter or Bobby?
(Engine humming)
- Everybody buckled in?
- [Children] Yeah!
- Here we go, you ready?
- [Children] Yeah!
- Okay, and...
(Children cheering)
(Children yelling happily)
- And up we go!
Down!
(Children chattering)
And... (Engine drowns out voice)
- Unreal!
- We having fun back there?
- [Children] Yes!
- [Max] This is so radical.
- What do you reckon?
- Can we do another one?
(Children cheering)
- I'm sure we can slip
one in on the way down.
- Wish my dad did something this cool.
- [Boy] Yeah, this is really cool!
- Can you teach me how
to fly when I'm older?
- When you're a bit older?
Let's start now, take
the control column.
- Really?
- Yeah.
Now you feel when I move
mine, you can feel yours?
- Yeah.
- Okay, now.
Bit over to the left,
more, that's right.
That's it, there you
go, flying the plane.
- Wicked!
Hey look, I'm flying the plane!
(Children yelling encouragingly)
(Emotional music)
- You could've at least
pretended to take part.
- I was dragged in under
protest, remember.
- Well, you could've done it for me,
because it's something
that I think is important.
- You really think we got
a problem getting on?
It's never bothered you before, has it?
- I've just never said
anything about it.
- All right, well, let's sort it out.
- What do you think I'm doing?
- Without the psychobabble.
I mean, if we can't sort these things
out ourselves, then we got problems.
- You didn't think there was
anything wrong a minute ago.
- Safari park, after work.
(Engine blaring)
- [Jimbo] Righto lads, out
you get, go, hut hut hut!
- Mom, I flew the
plane, it was so cool.
You could see our house and everything!
- Yeah, that's great, honey!
Well, you're a bit of a big hit.
- Yeah, king of the kids, that's me.
- So, I guess you'll be
heading off home soon then.
- Oh no way, we've got a
lot of catching up to do.
- Well, can you do that?
What about your job, your girlfriend?
- Oh, no girlfriend.
- Oh, so you're not married or anything?
(Giggles)
- No, nothing like that (Chuckles)
(Both laugh)
- It's spooky, isn't it?
You know, that you could have
a kid out there and not even know.
- You worried you might have one?
- It's possible.
- Scotty!
- What, what's so funny?
It's different for women.
You can't have a baby and not
know about it but a guy can.
You know, I just don't like
the idea of there being
this living, breathing part
of me out there somewhere.
I think it's creepy.
(Engine blazing)
- I'm Max.
- G'day, Max, pleased to meet ya.
- Eh? Does he look like me or what?
- 'Cept he's better looking.
- Well, he's got his mother's
looks but he's got my brains!
- 'Scuse me.
Jimbo, Lexie and I have been
covering for you, okay?
But there's only so long we can go
before Lauren's gonna twig.
- So what, what do I care?
- Well, what do you mean, how
long you wanna stay here for?
- Scotty, I found my son.
I mean, I'm not just gonna let him go.
- Look, mate, I can
understand that, okay?
But it doesn't mean you just
throw everything else away.
- Scotty, I gotta tell you,
it's really good, you
know, fatherhood (Laughs)
- Mate, you're not listening.
Okay, we'll cover for you, but...
(Upbeat music)
- Righto, this is the line.
Are you ready to ride?
- Is the pope Polish?
- Ride, very young one,
ride like the wind!
- [Max] Hey, wait for me!
- Come on!
- I can beat you (Laughs)
(Jimbo whoops)
- Okay, I put money in, you ready?
Ready, here we go, and...
Next one.
Okay, next one.
Okay, let's go.
(Max laughing) - Give us a look,
give us a look, give us a look!
Look at you, look!
Aw, look at your, you
can see all the way
up your mouth up to your
brain, that's disgusting!
You're an animal, you're
no child of mine!
(Slurping milkshake)
Two more choccie milkshakes?
- With extra flavoring.
- With extra flavoring.
Where do you put it all?
(happy music)
- What do you mean, you're not hungry?
- We had chips and stuff.
- Oh we did, did we?
Go and have your shower please.
- Do I have to?
- Yes you do, go on.
- He's a great kid.
- Yeah, he is.
- Must've been pretty tough
bringing him up on your own.
- We managed.
- Wish I'd been around.
- Jimbo, are things moving too fast?
It's kind of dangerous having you here.
- I don't want to push
anything, that's why I'm here
so we can all get to know each other.
- Yeah, but you've got a
whole other life back there.
- Hey, look, I don't
wanna get in the way,
I mean, if you're seeing someone else.
- No (Laughs) No, no I'm not, not now.
- Good.
(Tools clanking)
- [Lexie] Did you get to wyong on time?
- Only just, Gary's
gonna do my last job
on his way back from mudgee.
- All right, if you pick up
that cargo in the mountains,
I'll do jimbo's freight run.
- The other one, Lexie.
- Oh, right.
- What are you doing here,
aren't you meant to be at katoomba?
- Yeah, I got held up at
wyong, had a faulty d valve.
- Where's jimbo?
They're screaming for those
refrigerator parts in eden.
- Well, look I'll take
that stuff down to eden,
it'll be just as quick.
- All right, whatever.
I don't care who does it, just
as long as it gets done now.
- Faulty d valve, hey?
- Yeah, made it up.
- You're gonna kill yourself.
- Okay, let's try it my way.
Do you reckon we're getting
too hung up on the negatives?
Let's concentrate on the positives.
- Makes sense.
- Hm!
So, let's think of the
good things 'bout us.
- Like what?
- All right, I'll go first.
I like you, I admire you,
you're strong, good with money.
You got good business sense
which, I mean don't have that...
- You admire me?
That's a lovely thing to say.
- Yeah well, you were the one
that saved big sky and I...
- And you like me, what is this,
why didn't you say all of this before?
- Lauren, just shut up
for a sec, will ya...
- In 30 seconds you've
just been nicer to me
than you have since we first met.
- Lauren, will you just shut up?
- No, don't tell me to shut up.
- All right look, do you
want to hear this or not?
I'm trying to save you three grand.
- That wasn't genuine,
what you just said?
- Yeah, that was genuine.
- Oh really?
- Yes!
I said it was, didn't I?
- That's you and mom, that's
how I knew who you were.
- Oh right, give us a look.
Oh yeah, do I look cool or what?
- You look like a dork.
- (Laughs) Yeah, well, well picked.
Never trust a man in a
frilly shirt, all right?
Hm, all right, night night.
- [Max] Night, dad.
- Say it again.
- Night?
Night, dad.
(Light clicks)
(Emotional music)
(Door clicks)
- Well, what's wrong with arguing?
Doesn't have to mean anything bad.
- Of course it does, it's horrible.
I go home at night after one of
our brawls and I feel awful.
- Oh really?
- Yeah, I hate arguing.
- It's only an argument, Lauren,
doesn't mean we hate each other.
- Are we getting off the track here?
I mean, I thought we were supposed
to be talking about nice things.
- Well, I started to, but
you wouldn't listen.
I said I admired you and you
were attractive, and...
- Attractive, you didn't say that.
- Yes, I did.
- Attractive?
- Yeah!
There would be some men who
would find you very attractive.
- There are some men, so
you don't think this.
- Lauren, you see every time
I try to say something positive
about you, you attack me.
- I do not.
- Oh, you do.
- I don't.
- Yes, you do.
- I don't.
- You're good with him, really good.
- It's weird, it's like we're
playing mommies and daddies
but we've got a real kid.
(Both laugh)
- So, you really think
you can stick this out?
- You don't think I'm gonna
leave him now, do you?
- I'm asking for me.
- Why did we break up before?
- Because you did your
disappearing trick.
- Oh.
Sorry.
- (Laughs) I really
loved you, you know?
You were special.
- I should've been a
bit easier to find.
- You haven't changed much.
- Neither have you.
- You know that it's fate that we met
and then met again.
- (Laughs) If it was
fate, what happened
to the ten years in between?
- Oh, karmic hiccup.
- So what now?
(Emotional music)
(Birds chirruping)
- Ha!
(Groaning and laughing)
- [Jodie] Max!
- Don't, no, don't put your arm.
Get your head outta...
(Max guffaws)
Stop it!
- [Max] Oh!
- [Jimbo] Come 'ere!
- Alrighty, have a good day.
(Car engine slowing)
- [Max] Hi, uncle Doug.
- [Doug] Max.
Think we can go inside?
I think we need to have a little talk.
- Look Doug, I think it's my
business who I see, not yours.
- Yeah, well I think it's my business
when the bloke thinks
he's Max's father.
How far do you think you can take this?
- Look, I like jimbo a lot,
and he's great with Max.
I don't see what the problem is.
- Simple, Jodie, it's all a lie.
- So what, are you gonna tell him?
- Are you?
- Look Doug, I don't
wanna make this hard.
I'm thinking of leaving.
Jimbo's got a good job in Sydney,
I could move there with him.
You know, Max could have a dad!
- Jodie, I've done
everything I could for you,
for both of you.
Now I've looked out for Max,
I've provided for him...
- Oh Doug, big deal!
You know what, it's
been a cozy arrangement
just for you, to keep you happy.
You know, to keep your nice
comfortable little life safe.
- We've been through
this a thousand times.
- But it's all for you!
Now what about me, don't
I deserve a life?
- I'm not gonna let Max go off
and live with a complete stranger.
- Well, how are you gonna stop me?
- No way, no way am I
jumping out of a plane!
How is that gonna stop us from arguing?
- Yesterday you asked
Chris to trust you
with your decision to employ me.
Today it's only fair that
you trust him in return.
He is an experienced parachutist.
- No, I'm sorry, I'm not doing it.
- I think it's a great idea.
- Oh, you said you didn't want to have
anything more to do with all of this.
- No, no, I changed my mind.
I think it could be
really constructive.
- No, no, you just want to see
me terrified and that's sick!
- Lauren, I really think you
should listen to Graham.
After all, he does know
what he's talking about.
- Thank you, you wouldn't believe
how effective physical challenges are
in breaking down barriers.
It will force you to
rely on each other.
(Phone rings)
- I am never, never going
to forgive you for this.
- Well, it wasn't my idea.
(Door slams)
- [Max] Ha ha (Giggles), come on!
- [Jimbo] Turns, he kicks,
catching up, gonna...
(Max laughs)
- Uh!
- Ah.
- What's your story?
Happy families in Sydney now, is it?
- Sorry?
- Well, you seem to be
looking pretty close
to Max and Jodie. - Hi, uncle Doug!
Come on, jimbo.
- Go play for a while, Max,
I'll be with you in a minute.
I don't see that it's
any of your business.
- Yeah, well, that's
where you'd be wrong.
I'm Max's father.
- (Laughs) What?
- It's true.
- I dunno what you're playing
at, but I'm his father.
- Can you prove it?
- I don't have to prove
anything, let alone to you.
- Fine, ask Jodie.
- Look, he had a wife and a family
and he'd just been elected.
- I don't wanna hear
this, I really don't.
- You know what small towns are like,
it would've ruined him.
He agreed to support Max and in return,
I wouldn't tell anybody
that the baby was his.
- And didn't I come in handy.
- Jimbo, I never thought
I'd see you again.
- Why didn't you tell me the
truth when I first got here?
Why did you let me go on
believing he was mine?
- I don't know, I didn't know
what I was gonna say to Max.
- But you could've told him the truth.
- Come on, jimbo, I was 18,
I thought I was doing the right thing.
- You were gonna let me go on thinking
I was his dad for the rest of my life.
- You have been more of a dad
to him than his real
father has ever been.
Jimbo, I really thought that
this could've worked out.
- Come on, jimbo!
What are you guys doing?
- If you don't tell him, I will.
- Listen Maxxie, you know I've
always said jimbo's your dad.
Well, um...
It's a little bit hard to explain.
- Max...
Your mum didn't tell you the truth.
Max, listen to me.
Uncle Doug...
Is your real father.
- I'm sorry, Maxxie.
- I want jimbo to be my dad.
- I know you do, honey, but...
Well, he can be but
just not your real dad.
- I hate you, I hate you!
- Max!
(Engine purring)
- Oh my god, I can't
believe I'm doing this!
- This'll be a tremendous breakthrough
in your working relationship,
Lauren, I'm sure!
- Of course you'd say that,
you're not the one who has to do it!
- And just remember what we
rehearsed on the ground!
- [Lauren] Uh, I fell for this.
- [Chris] You'll be fine!
- Trust Chris!
- Oh, shut up!
- Come on.
You gotta go, Lauren!
Let's go!
(Lauren shrieking)
Lauren!
(Lauren hollering)
Hey!
- I can't do this!
- You are doing it, Lauren!
- Ah, don't leave me!
(Lauren yelling)
- [Chris] Lauren!
Lauren!
Lauren, let go!
(Lauren screaming) Let
go, this is dangerous!
(Both screaming)
- [Lauren] Oh my god,
I'm going to be sick.
I'm going to be sick,
don't push me away!
- [Chris] Let go of me!
I'm letting you go, see ya!
(Lauren shrieks)
(Laughing)
- Hey Lauren, pull right!
- What?
- Right, pull right!
Other right!
- Oh.
Nooo!
(Splashing) Oh!
(Splashing)
(Large splash)
(Bike bell ringing)
- I wanna stay here with you.
- I'd like that too, but you can't.
I'm not your dad.
- [Max] So?
- So that's the rules, you
gotta live with your parents.
- I'm not living with mom
anymore, I hate her.
- I know how you feel,
(Sighs) She's your mom.
- Do you hate her too?
- No, I don't hate her.
- Why'd she do it, why'd she lie?
- She made a mistake, Maxxie.
She thought she was
doing the right thing.
You know, adults aren't
right all the time.
We lie and stuff up too.
(Sighs) I wish I was your father.
- Me too.
- Maxxie,
hey.
If I had a son, I'd want
him to be just like you.
(Car engine puttering)
Come on.
(Car door shuts)
You can't ignore your mom forever.
(Engine blaring)
(Water lapping)
(Birds calling)
- You okay?
- What do you mean?
- Well, the jump.
I mean, you all right?
You didn't hurt yourself or anything?
- No no, I'm fine.
- That's good.
- What about you?
- What about me?
- Well, you know, did you enjoy
the jump and everything?
- Oh yeah, that was good.
- Good.
- Oh no, look at you lot.
Bloke goes away for a few
days and you all fall asleep.
(Scoffs)
- You wanna kill him, or should I?
- I haven't got the strength.
(Door squeaks)
(Moving vocal music)
- So, you been married long?
Oh, you're gonna love bombora heads,
it's a terrific place.
I don't suppose you'll be
seeing much of it though.
D'you fly very often?
The only reason I say that
is because the port engine's
on fire and this baby's going down.
(Engine roaring)
- [Chris] Charlie tango
delta, this is big sky.
- [Jimbo] Charlie tango
delta, what is it, Chris?
- The hell do you think you're
doing, going to bombora heads
without taking our orders?
(Radio beeps)
- Orders for what? (Radio beeps)
- For that little cake
shop in the main street.
(Radio beeps)
- What do you want? (Radio beeps)
- We want two steak and mushroom
pies, Scotty wants curry,
Lexie's a chicken, and
Lauren's an apple turnover.
And get half a dozen of those
neenish tarts, will ya?
You got that? (Radio beeps)
- Yep.
- You wanna write it down?
- Write it down, I've got a
memory like an elephant!
S and m, curry, chicken,
apple, tarts, mmm?
There you go, they're as good
as in ya gob (Radio beeps)
(Engine rumbling)
- Steak and mushroom,
tart, chicken and,
chicken and curry,
steak and mushroom...
Oh! - Whoops!
- Sorry.
- Sorry (Laughs)
Good morning. - Oh yeah, g'day!
Steak and mushroom...
Tart...
- Hi, what can I get you?
- I need a steak...
- Jimbo?
- Jodie!
- I can't believe it,
what are you doing here?
- Oh, I'm just delivering some,
just flew in, how are you?
- (Laughs) I'm good...
- Mom, I'm hungry.
- [Jodie] Max, come on,
outside, I'm busy right now.
- Hey, how's it going?
- Maxxie, come on, outside,
I'll get you something
to eat in a minute.
- It's him. (Dramatic music)
He's not dead.
- Max...
- I know you, you're my dad.
(Music swells)
(Chuckles)
(Dramatic vocal music)
(Engine zooming)
How come he's not dead?
(Jodie chuckles)
- Dead! What?
I mean, I don't know if I
like the sound of that.
- Come on, honey, just
go back to the shop.
Sarah can get you something
to eat, all right?
(Seagulls cawing)
- He's not mine, is he, I mean...
He can't be!
But you didn't tell me,
why didn't you tell me?
- Well, I couldn't
find you for a start!
You weren't exactly mister
reliable, remember?
I mean, what was the point, jimbo?
We had a fling.
I mean, it was great at the time
but it wasn't exactly
relationship material.
Look, I was happy to keep the baby,
I didn't expect anything from you.
- Look, I'd like to believe more
than anything that he's mine but...
Well, he can't be.
- What?
- Well, I've had all
these test, you know.
Like, every test imaginable.
Tests I don't even know
the name of, you know.
Tests with like, long words, you know.
- (Laughs) What, jimbo, doctors
are wrong all the time.
Come on, I don't sleep around.
(Dramatic music) - What?
I've got a kid?
- He's yours.
- I'm a father? (Laughs)
I never thought I'd say those
words, "hi, I'm a father."
(Both chuckle)
- No, the point is you took off
without waiting for full clearance.
- I told you, they changed
my departure instructions.
I thought I was okay.
- [Chris] You should've waited.
- You're not listening,
I thought I had it.
They said, "maintain runway heading".
- It's a serious breach, Lauren.
You know I'm supposed
to ground you for this.
- Well, if it makes you
feel better, then do it.
- Yeah, I know, it's just a warning.
I'd do the same for any pilot.
- No, you wouldn't.
- Yes, I would!
- [Lauren] You wouldn't gloat,
you wouldn't do it with that
smug little tone in your voice.
- What tone, there is no tone!
It's my job to discipline pilots.
- Oh, so it's not just a
warning, it's a discipline now.
- Lauren, what is your problem?
- You're just so full of it.
- Oh, get over it.
- Is everything okay
back there, mr McMahon?
- Oh yes, everything's fine,
you just carry on with
what you're doing.
- Well, I was in a plane crash,
but, well I didn't die,
obviously (Laughs)
- Why didn't you try
and find me and mom?
- I didn't know that your mom was
pregnant, you know, having a
little baby, a young bloke.
I didn't know she was having you.
Do you wanna see the
plane I didn't crash in?
- Yeah, go on.
- Here you go, pilot's jacket.
- How long have you been a pilot?
- All my life.
- Can you do loop-the-loops?
- (Scoffs) Can I do loop-the-loops,
is the pope Polish?
- [Max] What? (Jodie laughs)
- Yeah, I can do loop-the-loops.
(Plane engine zooming)
- And I don't gloat.
- You do, all the time.
- Well, how come nobody
else has mentioned it?
- Because you only do it
with me, that's my point.
(Phone rings)
Maybe we should get someone to help us.
You know, make us work
more effectively.
- One of those consultant wankers?
- Yeah, an expert.
- (Scoffs) This is a joke right?
Ah, (Laughs) No you
don't, no no no no...
- Graham!
- Hello again!
- Hello.
So, what's the verdict,
are we beyond help?
- Mmm gee, I don't think
I've ever met anyone
who's beyond help, Lauren.
No, from what I can see,
all you need are some basic exercises,
some techniques for
conflict resolution.
- No offense, but I don't
really think we need this.
- No offense taken, but unfortunately,
Lauren feels that you do.
Chris, it's like most problems,
you see, the first step
has to be acknowledging
that there might be one.
Doesn't that sound right? - Yeah.
Can I see you for a minute?
I'm not gonna listen
to some overpaid suit
who's gonna tell me
how I can do better!
- I paid $3,000 for that overpaid suit
and I'm going to get my money's worth.
- $3,000, Lauren, they're
just failed shrinks.
They don't know the first
thing about the real world.
- What are you afraid of?
Do you think he's going to
find something out about you?
- No, I've got nothing to hide.
- Fine, so you're doing it then.
- You're ordering me?
- I cannot go on like this.
- And I'm not quitting.
- Well, neither am I so
you've got no other option.
- So you are ordering me.
- I'm not.
- Well, you just gave me an ultimatum.
- [Jimbo] So, you ever surf the net?
- [Max] Yeah, uncle Doug
gave me a computer.
- Did he?
I wish I had an uncle like that.
- He's not really my
uncle, he's mom's boss.
I just call him that.
- So what's your favorite site?
- "Hermes weird and wonderful world."
- What, "hermes weird
and wonderful world"?
There's some pretty grown up
stuff on there, isn't there?
- I'm a kid, I'm not allowed
to look at stuff like that.
- (Laughs) Yeah, of course not.
Okay, on you get, here we are.
- I knew you'd come back.
- Did you?
How?
- I knew my dad would be a top pilot,
I knew you'd be too good to crash.
- Come on.
(Sentimental music)
- It's an original excuse, jimbo.
(Radio beeps)
- [Jimbo] It's true. (Radio beeps)
- I need you back here
and more importantly,
I need that plane. (Radio beeps)
- Max, say "hello" to Lauren.
- You don't say "hello" on the radio.
- Oh, oh you're right.
Big sky, this is Charlie tango delta.
- Big sky, this is Charlie tango delta.
(Radio beeps)
- Charlie tango delta, this
is big Skye base, hi Max.
(Radio beeps)
- Is it true jimbo was
gonna be an astronaut?
(Radio beeps)
- A space cadet, maybe. (Radio beeps)
- Were you there when he
broke the sound barrier?
(Radio beeps)
- No, no I wasn't, but
I don't know what
he gets up to in his spare time.
Can you put him back on please?
(Radio beeps)
- Lauren, look I need some time.
(Radio beeps)
- Bring the plane back
here and we'll see what
we can work out, okay? (Radio beeps)
- Charlie tango delta. (Radio beeps)
- Will you be back tomorrow?
- I'll see what I can do.
- We've got an open day at school,
you're supposed to
bring your mom and dad
and they come and look at
all the stuff you've done.
- Maxxie, come on, I'll be there.
- I know.
- Okay, I'll be back tomorrow.
- Promise?
- Promise!
- Yes!
(Moving music)
(Engine zooming)
- I don't believe it, you...
- Bit of a shock, mate,
but glad it's you and not me.
(Voices clamoring excitedly)
- Look, I know it
sounds corny but like,
I look into his eyes and I
see myself, it's like diving
into your own gene pool.
- Where's the pies?
- What about all those tests you had?
- [Jimbo] No, they were wrong.
- I mean you've only
got her word for it.
- Lauren, he's mine, everything fits.
The timing, you know, like
he looks just like me.
He's got a little hair
on the back of the neck,
just like I've got one,
it's unbelievable.
Lauren, I need some time off please.
- Oh jimbo, you know I can't afford
to give you any time off.
- Aw come on, Lauren,
we can cover for him.
- Please let us not have
this argument again.
You know what the schedules are like.
- So we lose a few jobs,
this is more important.
- Lauren, it's cosmic,
I never thought I'd be a dad, you know?
It's a miracle, please.
- Believe me, I'm really,
really happy for you, but I'm sorry.
Look, you have to do what you're
down for tomorrow and then
after that maybe we can try
and work something out, hm?
- Where's the damn pies?
- What pies? Lauren, please!
(Children laughing and squealing)
- He crashed in the jungle and
then he got lost for years.
And he flew over here in
this really cool plane.
- So where is he now, Turner?
- He'll be here, he's got a uniform,
he broke the sound barrier,
and he was gonna be an astronaut.
- You're just making it up,
your dad's not coming
'cause you haven't got one.
- [Max] I have, and he's way
cooler than your old man.
- Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls,
if I could have your attention.
We're very lucky to have
our popular local member,
Doug Matthews here today.
(Applause)
- Tango whisky Sierra,
this is big sky base.
Jimbo, can you give me
your eta for coffs please?
- Tango whisky Sierra, eta for
bombora heads is 15 minutes.
(Radio beeps)
- Hey, you're supposed
to be going to coffs.
(Radio beeps)
- Change of plans there,
tango whiskey Sierra.
(Radio beeps)
- [Shay] Jimbo, you
heard what Lauren said,
you can't do that.
(Engine roaring)
- I can't tell Lauren, she'd spew.
I mean, she'd probably sack
him or something, Scotty.
- She wouldn't, would she?
- Scotty, he's taken a
plane and you can tell
he's not planning on coming
back in a real hurry.
- You can't blame the guy for wanting
to get to know his own kid.
- Exactly, that's why
we've got no choice.
We've gotta cover for him, Lex,
we've gotta take over all his jobs.
- "We", what do you mean by "we"?
- Yeah, you don't mean
"we", you mean us.
- Guys, I can't fly an aircraft,
otherwise I'd be doing it
myself, wouldn't I, huh?
- Yes, it's Lauren Allen
here, there's a big sale on,
I'd like to get my credit
card limit raised.
- That's ridiculous.
- Lauren, please.
Your perceptions of each other
are very important in this.
- Oh yeah, but please, shopping?
I mean, he can't say
something that's untrue.
- All right, so he has a false
impression, a misconception.
That's how a lot of
conflict starts, but...
Well, you can't correct something
until you know what it is.
(Phone rings)
- Yeah, oh yes, it's true.
It's such a boys' club,
this business, ooh, I know!
(Lauren scoffs)
True, true, yes I mean, if
a bloke makes a mistake,
he just gets away with it but if I do,
I never hear the end of it.
Yes, yes I just have to
be twice as good as them.
It's so unfair.
- Yeah, well that's right.
- Thank you very much, Chris.
Good to see you getting
into the spirit of things.
Lauren, why don't you
show us how Chris works?
- Oh yeah, yeah, no worries
mate, yeah, she'll be right!
Aw yeah, no I can land
in a force 10 Gale
with one engine and my
hands tied behind my back.
Aw yeah, piece of piss!
(Phone clicks)
- And I'm being ridiculous.
- That's how you talk to people.
- It's reassurance.
- It's bragging.
- [Chris] To make them feel safe.
- (Clapping) This is good.
This is very, very good.
(Sighs)
- And I'm sure you'll all agree
that our children's education
is the community's greatest priority.
Because, after all,
the children of today
are the leaders of tomorrow.
So we must teach our children
the values that we learned,
and these values are not old-fashioned.
They're merely perennial.
Family values must be brought
back onto the agenda.
(Distant plane engine roaring)
It's the values of family
that keep communities
like this together.
(Inspiring music) Values like honesty,
integrity, trust, are the cornerstones
of a community like this...
- It's jimbo!
- Max, shh!
- [Principal] Max Turner,
would you please sit down?
- And as we approach
the new millennium...
- Told you he'd come!
- It means that now,
more than ever, we must
provide our children
with a comprehensive and
thorough education.
- Right, Ando's gonna divert to dubbo
to do my pick up there so
if you get the pesticides
to coffs after we've
picked up jimbo's plane,
then go to wyong, I can get
back and do his cowra job.
This is gonna kill us.
- Nah, we're doing all right.
Now what about the milk
run to Bateman's bay?
- Oh damn, I forgot!
You'll just have to do it
when you get back from wyong.
- Well, I can't, it'll be after curfew.
I'll have to do it
first thing tomorrow.
- That'll put the run
to cooma out of whack.
- Well, I'll have to take extra fuel
and hopefully be able
to do it in one go.
- I hope jimbo appreciates
this (Laughs)
(Children clamoring)
- Hey!
- That was so cool!
- Glad you had fun.
- Hey, this is my dad.
- Hey, gang.
- Hey, could I have a
ride in the plane?
- Yeah!
- Ride in the plane?
What about school?
(Children protesting over one another)
Wait, you gotta go to school.
- Doug Matthews, local member.
I think we might've met the other day.
- Oh yeah, jimbo James,
how you going? - Good, good.
That's quite some display
you turned on up there.
- (Laughing) Oh, I'm glad you liked it.
- I didn't know you had a
connection with the school.
- Connection, what are you kidding?
I'm his dad, look, huh?
- You're his father?
- Yeah (Chuckles)
- Well, that is interesting,
I am pleased to meet you.
- Well, who wants to play handball?
- [Children] Me!
- Let's go, 'scuse us.
(Children calling and laughing)
(Phone ringing)
- Well...
I must've been about four,
and, um...
It was the first time I'd
ever been to the airport
to say goodbye to my dad.
I didn't realize it was just
a business trip, you know.
(Sad music)
I thought I was never
gonna see him again.
I haven't cried
for days and days...
Sorry.
- Hey, don't apologize.
You just shared something
very personal with us
and by opening up in front of Chris,
it shows that you trust him.
- Well, when I was a kid,
I was in a toy shop, Christmas time.
And...
I saved this young girl
from a shelf that came crashing down.
- That's very brave for a little boy.
- Yeah, yes.
But it went to my head,
that was the trouble.
- Wait a minute.
I know this story, it was
on TV, it was on some show.
- What show?
- It was on "the Brady bunch",
it's an episode of "the Brady bunch"!
- Which happened to effect me deeply.
- Oh, how is this meant to work
if you're not gonna take it seriously?
- Lauren, this is not
gonna work, it's rubbish!
No offense.
- [Lauren] Chris!
- Maybe we should just
leave it there for today.
By the way, was it Peter or Bobby?
(Engine humming)
- Everybody buckled in?
- [Children] Yeah!
- Here we go, you ready?
- [Children] Yeah!
- Okay, and...
(Children cheering)
(Children yelling happily)
- And up we go!
Down!
(Children chattering)
And... (Engine drowns out voice)
- Unreal!
- We having fun back there?
- [Children] Yes!
- [Max] This is so radical.
- What do you reckon?
- Can we do another one?
(Children cheering)
- I'm sure we can slip
one in on the way down.
- Wish my dad did something this cool.
- [Boy] Yeah, this is really cool!
- Can you teach me how
to fly when I'm older?
- When you're a bit older?
Let's start now, take
the control column.
- Really?
- Yeah.
Now you feel when I move
mine, you can feel yours?
- Yeah.
- Okay, now.
Bit over to the left,
more, that's right.
That's it, there you
go, flying the plane.
- Wicked!
Hey look, I'm flying the plane!
(Children yelling encouragingly)
(Emotional music)
- You could've at least
pretended to take part.
- I was dragged in under
protest, remember.
- Well, you could've done it for me,
because it's something
that I think is important.
- You really think we got
a problem getting on?
It's never bothered you before, has it?
- I've just never said
anything about it.
- All right, well, let's sort it out.
- What do you think I'm doing?
- Without the psychobabble.
I mean, if we can't sort these things
out ourselves, then we got problems.
- You didn't think there was
anything wrong a minute ago.
- Safari park, after work.
(Engine blaring)
- [Jimbo] Righto lads, out
you get, go, hut hut hut!
- Mom, I flew the
plane, it was so cool.
You could see our house and everything!
- Yeah, that's great, honey!
Well, you're a bit of a big hit.
- Yeah, king of the kids, that's me.
- So, I guess you'll be
heading off home soon then.
- Oh no way, we've got a
lot of catching up to do.
- Well, can you do that?
What about your job, your girlfriend?
- Oh, no girlfriend.
- Oh, so you're not married or anything?
(Giggles)
- No, nothing like that (Chuckles)
(Both laugh)
- It's spooky, isn't it?
You know, that you could have
a kid out there and not even know.
- You worried you might have one?
- It's possible.
- Scotty!
- What, what's so funny?
It's different for women.
You can't have a baby and not
know about it but a guy can.
You know, I just don't like
the idea of there being
this living, breathing part
of me out there somewhere.
I think it's creepy.
(Engine blazing)
- I'm Max.
- G'day, Max, pleased to meet ya.
- Eh? Does he look like me or what?
- 'Cept he's better looking.
- Well, he's got his mother's
looks but he's got my brains!
- 'Scuse me.
Jimbo, Lexie and I have been
covering for you, okay?
But there's only so long we can go
before Lauren's gonna twig.
- So what, what do I care?
- Well, what do you mean, how
long you wanna stay here for?
- Scotty, I found my son.
I mean, I'm not just gonna let him go.
- Look, mate, I can
understand that, okay?
But it doesn't mean you just
throw everything else away.
- Scotty, I gotta tell you,
it's really good, you
know, fatherhood (Laughs)
- Mate, you're not listening.
Okay, we'll cover for you, but...
(Upbeat music)
- Righto, this is the line.
Are you ready to ride?
- Is the pope Polish?
- Ride, very young one,
ride like the wind!
- [Max] Hey, wait for me!
- Come on!
- I can beat you (Laughs)
(Jimbo whoops)
- Okay, I put money in, you ready?
Ready, here we go, and...
Next one.
Okay, next one.
Okay, let's go.
(Max laughing) - Give us a look,
give us a look, give us a look!
Look at you, look!
Aw, look at your, you
can see all the way
up your mouth up to your
brain, that's disgusting!
You're an animal, you're
no child of mine!
(Slurping milkshake)
Two more choccie milkshakes?
- With extra flavoring.
- With extra flavoring.
Where do you put it all?
(happy music)
- What do you mean, you're not hungry?
- We had chips and stuff.
- Oh we did, did we?
Go and have your shower please.
- Do I have to?
- Yes you do, go on.
- He's a great kid.
- Yeah, he is.
- Must've been pretty tough
bringing him up on your own.
- We managed.
- Wish I'd been around.
- Jimbo, are things moving too fast?
It's kind of dangerous having you here.
- I don't want to push
anything, that's why I'm here
so we can all get to know each other.
- Yeah, but you've got a
whole other life back there.
- Hey, look, I don't
wanna get in the way,
I mean, if you're seeing someone else.
- No (Laughs) No, no I'm not, not now.
- Good.
(Tools clanking)
- [Lexie] Did you get to wyong on time?
- Only just, Gary's
gonna do my last job
on his way back from mudgee.
- All right, if you pick up
that cargo in the mountains,
I'll do jimbo's freight run.
- The other one, Lexie.
- Oh, right.
- What are you doing here,
aren't you meant to be at katoomba?
- Yeah, I got held up at
wyong, had a faulty d valve.
- Where's jimbo?
They're screaming for those
refrigerator parts in eden.
- Well, look I'll take
that stuff down to eden,
it'll be just as quick.
- All right, whatever.
I don't care who does it, just
as long as it gets done now.
- Faulty d valve, hey?
- Yeah, made it up.
- You're gonna kill yourself.
- Okay, let's try it my way.
Do you reckon we're getting
too hung up on the negatives?
Let's concentrate on the positives.
- Makes sense.
- Hm!
So, let's think of the
good things 'bout us.
- Like what?
- All right, I'll go first.
I like you, I admire you,
you're strong, good with money.
You got good business sense
which, I mean don't have that...
- You admire me?
That's a lovely thing to say.
- Yeah well, you were the one
that saved big sky and I...
- And you like me, what is this,
why didn't you say all of this before?
- Lauren, just shut up
for a sec, will ya...
- In 30 seconds you've
just been nicer to me
than you have since we first met.
- Lauren, will you just shut up?
- No, don't tell me to shut up.
- All right look, do you
want to hear this or not?
I'm trying to save you three grand.
- That wasn't genuine,
what you just said?
- Yeah, that was genuine.
- Oh really?
- Yes!
I said it was, didn't I?
- That's you and mom, that's
how I knew who you were.
- Oh right, give us a look.
Oh yeah, do I look cool or what?
- You look like a dork.
- (Laughs) Yeah, well, well picked.
Never trust a man in a
frilly shirt, all right?
Hm, all right, night night.
- [Max] Night, dad.
- Say it again.
- Night?
Night, dad.
(Light clicks)
(Emotional music)
(Door clicks)
- Well, what's wrong with arguing?
Doesn't have to mean anything bad.
- Of course it does, it's horrible.
I go home at night after one of
our brawls and I feel awful.
- Oh really?
- Yeah, I hate arguing.
- It's only an argument, Lauren,
doesn't mean we hate each other.
- Are we getting off the track here?
I mean, I thought we were supposed
to be talking about nice things.
- Well, I started to, but
you wouldn't listen.
I said I admired you and you
were attractive, and...
- Attractive, you didn't say that.
- Yes, I did.
- Attractive?
- Yeah!
There would be some men who
would find you very attractive.
- There are some men, so
you don't think this.
- Lauren, you see every time
I try to say something positive
about you, you attack me.
- I do not.
- Oh, you do.
- I don't.
- Yes, you do.
- I don't.
- You're good with him, really good.
- It's weird, it's like we're
playing mommies and daddies
but we've got a real kid.
(Both laugh)
- So, you really think
you can stick this out?
- You don't think I'm gonna
leave him now, do you?
- I'm asking for me.
- Why did we break up before?
- Because you did your
disappearing trick.
- Oh.
Sorry.
- (Laughs) I really
loved you, you know?
You were special.
- I should've been a
bit easier to find.
- You haven't changed much.
- Neither have you.
- You know that it's fate that we met
and then met again.
- (Laughs) If it was
fate, what happened
to the ten years in between?
- Oh, karmic hiccup.
- So what now?
(Emotional music)
(Birds chirruping)
- Ha!
(Groaning and laughing)
- [Jodie] Max!
- Don't, no, don't put your arm.
Get your head outta...
(Max guffaws)
Stop it!
- [Max] Oh!
- [Jimbo] Come 'ere!
- Alrighty, have a good day.
(Car engine slowing)
- [Max] Hi, uncle Doug.
- [Doug] Max.
Think we can go inside?
I think we need to have a little talk.
- Look Doug, I think it's my
business who I see, not yours.
- Yeah, well I think it's my business
when the bloke thinks
he's Max's father.
How far do you think you can take this?
- Look, I like jimbo a lot,
and he's great with Max.
I don't see what the problem is.
- Simple, Jodie, it's all a lie.
- So what, are you gonna tell him?
- Are you?
- Look Doug, I don't
wanna make this hard.
I'm thinking of leaving.
Jimbo's got a good job in Sydney,
I could move there with him.
You know, Max could have a dad!
- Jodie, I've done
everything I could for you,
for both of you.
Now I've looked out for Max,
I've provided for him...
- Oh Doug, big deal!
You know what, it's
been a cozy arrangement
just for you, to keep you happy.
You know, to keep your nice
comfortable little life safe.
- We've been through
this a thousand times.
- But it's all for you!
Now what about me, don't
I deserve a life?
- I'm not gonna let Max go off
and live with a complete stranger.
- Well, how are you gonna stop me?
- No way, no way am I
jumping out of a plane!
How is that gonna stop us from arguing?
- Yesterday you asked
Chris to trust you
with your decision to employ me.
Today it's only fair that
you trust him in return.
He is an experienced parachutist.
- No, I'm sorry, I'm not doing it.
- I think it's a great idea.
- Oh, you said you didn't want to have
anything more to do with all of this.
- No, no, I changed my mind.
I think it could be
really constructive.
- No, no, you just want to see
me terrified and that's sick!
- Lauren, I really think you
should listen to Graham.
After all, he does know
what he's talking about.
- Thank you, you wouldn't believe
how effective physical challenges are
in breaking down barriers.
It will force you to
rely on each other.
(Phone rings)
- I am never, never going
to forgive you for this.
- Well, it wasn't my idea.
(Door slams)
- [Max] Ha ha (Giggles), come on!
- [Jimbo] Turns, he kicks,
catching up, gonna...
(Max laughs)
- Uh!
- Ah.
- What's your story?
Happy families in Sydney now, is it?
- Sorry?
- Well, you seem to be
looking pretty close
to Max and Jodie. - Hi, uncle Doug!
Come on, jimbo.
- Go play for a while, Max,
I'll be with you in a minute.
I don't see that it's
any of your business.
- Yeah, well, that's
where you'd be wrong.
I'm Max's father.
- (Laughs) What?
- It's true.
- I dunno what you're playing
at, but I'm his father.
- Can you prove it?
- I don't have to prove
anything, let alone to you.
- Fine, ask Jodie.
- Look, he had a wife and a family
and he'd just been elected.
- I don't wanna hear
this, I really don't.
- You know what small towns are like,
it would've ruined him.
He agreed to support Max and in return,
I wouldn't tell anybody
that the baby was his.
- And didn't I come in handy.
- Jimbo, I never thought
I'd see you again.
- Why didn't you tell me the
truth when I first got here?
Why did you let me go on
believing he was mine?
- I don't know, I didn't know
what I was gonna say to Max.
- But you could've told him the truth.
- Come on, jimbo, I was 18,
I thought I was doing the right thing.
- You were gonna let me go on thinking
I was his dad for the rest of my life.
- You have been more of a dad
to him than his real
father has ever been.
Jimbo, I really thought that
this could've worked out.
- Come on, jimbo!
What are you guys doing?
- If you don't tell him, I will.
- Listen Maxxie, you know I've
always said jimbo's your dad.
Well, um...
It's a little bit hard to explain.
- Max...
Your mum didn't tell you the truth.
Max, listen to me.
Uncle Doug...
Is your real father.
- I'm sorry, Maxxie.
- I want jimbo to be my dad.
- I know you do, honey, but...
Well, he can be but
just not your real dad.
- I hate you, I hate you!
- Max!
(Engine purring)
- Oh my god, I can't
believe I'm doing this!
- This'll be a tremendous breakthrough
in your working relationship,
Lauren, I'm sure!
- Of course you'd say that,
you're not the one who has to do it!
- And just remember what we
rehearsed on the ground!
- [Lauren] Uh, I fell for this.
- [Chris] You'll be fine!
- Trust Chris!
- Oh, shut up!
- Come on.
You gotta go, Lauren!
Let's go!
(Lauren shrieking)
Lauren!
(Lauren hollering)
Hey!
- I can't do this!
- You are doing it, Lauren!
- Ah, don't leave me!
(Lauren yelling)
- [Chris] Lauren!
Lauren!
Lauren, let go!
(Lauren screaming) Let
go, this is dangerous!
(Both screaming)
- [Lauren] Oh my god,
I'm going to be sick.
I'm going to be sick,
don't push me away!
- [Chris] Let go of me!
I'm letting you go, see ya!
(Lauren shrieks)
(Laughing)
- Hey Lauren, pull right!
- What?
- Right, pull right!
Other right!
- Oh.
Nooo!
(Splashing) Oh!
(Splashing)
(Large splash)
(Bike bell ringing)
- I wanna stay here with you.
- I'd like that too, but you can't.
I'm not your dad.
- [Max] So?
- So that's the rules, you
gotta live with your parents.
- I'm not living with mom
anymore, I hate her.
- I know how you feel,
(Sighs) She's your mom.
- Do you hate her too?
- No, I don't hate her.
- Why'd she do it, why'd she lie?
- She made a mistake, Maxxie.
She thought she was
doing the right thing.
You know, adults aren't
right all the time.
We lie and stuff up too.
(Sighs) I wish I was your father.
- Me too.
- Maxxie,
hey.
If I had a son, I'd want
him to be just like you.
(Car engine puttering)
Come on.
(Car door shuts)
You can't ignore your mom forever.
(Engine blaring)
(Water lapping)
(Birds calling)
- You okay?
- What do you mean?
- Well, the jump.
I mean, you all right?
You didn't hurt yourself or anything?
- No no, I'm fine.
- That's good.
- What about you?
- What about me?
- Well, you know, did you enjoy
the jump and everything?
- Oh yeah, that was good.
- Good.
- Oh no, look at you lot.
Bloke goes away for a few
days and you all fall asleep.
(Scoffs)
- You wanna kill him, or should I?
- I haven't got the strength.
(Door squeaks)
(Moving vocal music)