Big Sky (1997–1999): Season 2, Episode 1 - Lightfoot - full transcript
- Christopher David manning.
Was chief pilot, now general manager.
He's yet to be tested
as an administrator.
He's a brilliant flier.
His pilots are young and keen,
likely to look on this as
a bit of an adventure.
- Depute chief
pilot, what do you reckon
I can help with the
paperwork and stuff?
- I don't need
a depute chief pilot.
- What about like
depute manager you know.
I could be depute manager, you know.
- No, no. I'm sorry.
- What about assistant?
- Yeah but you know
depute something, you know?
- Personal assistant.
I should be personal assistant.
- Well you are, aren't you?
- Well I'm done with
receptionist, it's an insult,
and I should get a raise.
- Oh you're an ambitious little bunch.
- Good luck, sir.
- And here's the latest
recruit, Blake Wallace.
Ex-air force.
Just as talented as the rest.
They may be only a small team,
but their combined records as pilots
are quite remarkable.
They'll certainly be able to pull off
any difficult flying we might need.
Our only stumbling block
might be the company's
new board of directors.
Manning's yet to meet them.
- The way I see it, we'll
just continue to do
what we've always done.
The bank contracts, the charters,
the milk runs...
- Milk runs?
You mean dairy contracts?
- No, a milk run is just a
run of the mill flight.
- And what do you propose to do
about the financial situation?
- Have you got a specific
forward planning strategy
on what might get big sky into
a better financial position?
- Well I've only just taken over.
- You've had plenty of time, Chris.
- What are you still doing here?
Go home.
- You go home.
Look at you, you did
this last night too.
- You don't have to do this.
Go on.
- I do if I'm personal assistant.
- If I make you personal assistant,
will you go home?
- Thanks.
Do I get more money?
- Leave it with me.
- See you tomorrow.
- Chris manning.
- Who the hell are you?
- I have a business proposal.
- Look, I don't know
how you got in here.
- I'm sure you'll be
very interested to hear
what I have to offer.
- Oh, hi.
- Paula, what
the hell's going on?
- Don't know, Chris just
said come in straightaway.
- Yeah, we were at the
movies watching a slasher.
Turns out that the boyfriend's
actually the killer.
- Well what's happened?
What, the company's going under?
- Blake Wallace reporting for duty.
- Blake, relax.
You're not in the air force anymore.
It's okay.
- Thanks for all coming in.
We've been offered an
extraordinary contract
by Mr. lightfoot,
and I just wanted you all here
to be part of the decision
as to whether or not we accept it.
It involves identifying
illegal activities
along the coastline.
- Drug
running, gun smuggling,
exportation of wildlife,
illegal immigration,
money laundering, that sort of thing.
- Because of this, some of
the briefs we'll be given
will be unusual, challenging...
- You mean dangerous.
- Yes, there is that possibility.
- Well, you've come
to the right people.
We live on the edge.
Don't we, guys?
- The contract
requires the utmost secrecy.
- The explanation you are to
give anyone who should ask
is that you are involved
in an extensive
re-mapping exercise at the coast.
- And since none of us really know
what we're getting ourselves into,
I just wanted us to be solid.
- Yeah, you bet.
Beats tractor parts any day.
- Always been happy to
work in the interest
of my country's security, sir.
- Tomorrow morning,
precisely 0700 hours
you are to fly eight members
of the federal police
north to yamaji bay
where a boat suspected to carry heroin
is due to berth.
- What do you reckon?
This beat the air force or what?
- Certainly not what I expected.
- So how long you been flying?
- Prelim, 95, solo and events 96,
ref, 96 or 97.
- Oh, you're practically 100.
- Beg your pardon?
- It was a joke.
- You asked, so I told you.
What's so funny?
- I wasn't taking the piss, mate.
I was just...
- Can't you feel it?
- Feel what?
- The power. The authority.
The potent force of law and order.
We're working for lightfoot now.
Nothing can hurt us.
Hey,
do you think we should
like tell them about
us?
- Why?
- You know, security.
Max smart and 99, they weren't
allowed to live together.
- Yeah, but we don't,
we're just seeing each
other, it's nothing serious.
- That's strange.
I thought you said that this airstrip
was being kept clear
for this operation.
- It is.
All air traffic is being diverted.
- Well what are they doing there, then?
- Get out of here now.
Quick.
- Julian Oscar Charlie, this
is tango whiskey Sierra.
Jimbo, abort the landing all right?
Go around.
Do not approach the strip, repeat
do not approach the landing strip.
- Got you, Scotty.
- Chris, we got a problem.
There's an aircraft parked on the strip
and the guys don't want us to land
in case it's connected with the boat.
- Well you'll have to put
down on calcuria strip,
that's the closest.
- No way, sorry.
That's no good.
- Standby, Scotty.
- Calcuria's too far north.
How long is it gonna take to fly there?
- 15 minutes.
- Oh good.
It's a half hour trip my
ride back to the boat.
Boat could come in at any minute.
There's gotta be somewhere
they could land.
Paddock or something?
- Our priority here is
the safety of my pilots,
it's not your right...
- You're in charge of landing
these planes on time, manning.
I don't care how you do it, but do it.
- Scotty.
- Yeah, Chris?
- Directly west of you
there's an airstrip.
- Yeah, there was.
That was put on the not approved
list about three years ago.
- Yeah, look I landed there
about two months ago.
It's bumpy but it's okay.
- You sure?
You're the boss.
Tango whisky Sierra.
- Get onto the
vehicles and tell them
we're gonna need this now.
- We'll make it, okay?
You'll get there on time, don't worry.
- You realize the airstrip is
a prohibited landing zone?
Well if we land there
against regulations
the arc are gonna have
your license like that.
- Leave the regulations to
lightfoot, he'll sort it out.
Just get us there.
- We'll need that in writing.
- You're kidding.
- Arc regulations specifically
state that if an aircraft...
- Hey, hey, don't worry about it, okay?
It's all right.
- Doesn't look good.
Could be rabbit holes, or anything.
- Chris said it was bumpy but okay.
Okay, it's gonna be rough guys.
Better fasten your seat belts
and assume brace position.
Head on your laps, arms
around your knees.
- Keep your heads down.
The sheep! The sheep are
right on the strip!
- Yeah, I can see them.
- Jump them.
Pair up! Pair up!
- Jimbo there's sheep
on the strip, okay?
Stay left as wide as you can.
- Haystack at 12 o'clock!
- All I can do is brake.
I won't be able to lift.
- Well, that's good.
Come on, come on.
We'll miss him.
Let's go.
- Big sky
this is tango whisky.
We landed.
- Big sky.
- Come on, let's go! Quick!
Move it! Move it!
- Come on!
- Come on out, over here!
Come on.
- Okay, quickly get in!
- You two, get in the back.
Hurry, come on!
- Go!
- Well they haven't docked yet
so no one's had time to get off.
As soon as we go onboard,
gollan and Hawkins
you go up the front,
let James and murden
stay on deck.
The rest of you up the back.
- Okay, got you.
- Time to move.
Mobile go in five
four,
three,
two...
- You! Get your hands on your head now!
- What's going on?
- Go!
- Not a word, just silence...
- Wonder why they don't
have any front men.
- What for?
- You know, to check under water.
Maybe I should call them and...
- No, you can't do that.
- Well why not?
I mean, I can do it myself you know.
I can hold my breath for at
least a minute underwater.
- Look, we're only supposed to call
if we see something.
- Well I can see something.
A fundamental flaw in their plan.
- I don't hear anything.
Maybe it was a fish jumping.
- That wasn't a fish.
- Well a big bag of heroin
wouldn't make a splash.
- You talking about?
Course it would.
- No, think about it.
Something that big
would go straight in.
It'd make like a plop noise.
- Plop?
It would not.
This is a stupid conversation.
Look, I heard something.
I'm gonna report it.
- Don't think we have to
report bilge water, do you?
- This is the third time.
- Could just be the wrong boat?
- No.
It's got to be someone
back at this end.
Did you see the grin
on the captain's face?
He definitely knew we were coming.
- What, you think it's one of us?
No way.
- Yeah, I'll be with you
in a sec, red dog two.
So...
You guys got a bit of a white rabbit?
- What?
- A white rabbit.
Isn't that what you call it
when you don't find anything?
- I have no idea what
you are talking about.
- Hey, you know they could have like
welded it into the propellor?
Like I think not bringing scuba gear
was a bit of an oversight, you know?
- You must be disappointed.
- Ah, this sort of thing
happens all the time.
Course I'd hoped we'd find something
but the fact that we didn't suggests
some possibilities for me.
- Sounds like
you knew there'd be
nothing on that boat.
- Tip-off is one of my theories.
- Let me get this straight.
My guys land on an illegal airstrip.
Nearly wrecked one of my aircraft
just to test one of your theories.
- A very important theory.
I'll be in touch.
- Rose, hi it's Chris.
How's business?
Yeah, I bet.
Listen, have you done any flying
for the customs department?
Oh no, I just thought you had.
Never mind.
No.
Thanks anyway, mate.
See ya.
- Hey, how are you?
Good to see you.
Looking well.
- Where did you get them to unload it?
- On a reef just off the coast.
Thanks for the call.
- Where's it coming ashore?
- Very funny.
- Funny?
If I don't know, how can I help you
keep the customs off your back?
- Another boat's
collecting it tomorrow.
We're landing at wollongong cove.
Know where that is?
- I'll meet you there.
- What do you
think I am, stupid?
- I expect my reward.
- I'll send you money.
- No, I want my payment in kind.
If you're not there,
how can I be sure your thugs
will hand over my share?
- Because I'll tell them to.
- No, klenner,
you be there,
or this little arrangement is over.
- I'll think about it
lightfoot.
- Hey you know, I
reckon they were never
even on the boat.
- What?
- The drugs.
It's the only explanation
I can come up with.
- Hey, let's go see a band.
The flaming cane toads are
on at the governor's arms.
- I reckon somebody tipped them off
then they moved the drugs
onto another boat,
and then they can just
make their getaway.
- What about a movie?
- You know, it's guys like lightfoot
that run the world, you know.
Guys in suits, not government,
just guys in suits that you
wouldn't notice, you know?
That's where the real power is.
- Hey?
- Hmm?
- Hello?
Can we talk about
something other than work
just for a change?
- Sure.
I'm just wondering if
anything's gonna be
on the news about the raid.
- I'm going to bed.
- Well I thought you wanted to go out?
- Yeah, but you don't.
- No, yeah but you do.
- Forget it.
- Well, why don't we
go out tomorrow night?
- Sure.
- I'm just gonna stay
up for a little while
and see if there's anything
on the late edition.
- Jimbo's gonna be
stoked, isn't he mom?
- Shh, it's early.
We don't even know if
he still lives here.
- Yes he does, look!
Here's his name!
Oh, it's busted.
It's locked!
- Maxy, keep it down honey.
People are still sleeping.
- How are we gonna get in?
How long do we have to wait?
- Until somebody
wakes up and they let us in.
- That could be ages.
Jimbo!
- Maxy, shush!
You'll wake somebody up!
Let's just sit quietly
for a little while.
Max! Max!
- I'm nearly there!
- Get down.
- It's gotta be
his place up here.
- Get down, please.
I mean it.
Max!
- Jimbo.
Jimbo!
Mom, there's some lady up here!
- Get down here now, please.
I mean it.
- What do you think you're doing?
- What's, what happened?
- He came in the window!
- Jimbo!
- Jodie?
- Oh, jimbo.
- Um...
Well here we are, you pair of burglars.
- Really, I didn't want to wake you.
- No, no it's fine really.
I'll just pop these down here.
Come on in.
Oh, Paula this is Jodie and Max
from bombora heads.
This is Paula.
- Look, I'm really sorry
to just jump in...
- It's fine, really.
It's okay.
Maxy, hey how you going?
You're tall, aren't you?
- Hi, jimbo!
- Well I work with jimbo.
- Oh.
- So, what are you guys doing in town?
- Oh just a bit of a holiday, really.
Came down to see a few
people, that's all.
- Well, I better go, you know.
Leave you guys to catch up.
- Okay.
- I'll just get dressed.
- Okay.
Hey.
You don't have to leave
just because they're here.
- I'm not.
- Because it's like,
there's nothing going on.
I mean they're just old friends.
- Just old friends don't turn up
at the crack of dawn.
- Yeah.
Well look, Jodie and I had this thing
about 10 years ago.
Then we had another little thing
kind of recently, but
that's when I thought
that Max was my son.
There's nothing going on
between Jodie and I now,
like it's, you know.
- Even if there was, it
really doesn't matter.
It wouldn't worry me.
It's perfect timing.
- For what?
- For you and me.
It's not working, is it?
- I really like you, you know.
- I know, I feel the
same way about you,
so it's better isn't it?
You know, so we don't end
up hating each other
and getting really bored?
Yeah?
I'll see you at work, okay?
- I've since received
information the drugs
were on board the boat,
but were unloaded at sea
well before the raid,
no doubt transferred
to another vessel which will then
try to dock unimpeded.
- What we have to do
now is try to identify
which boat that might be.
Jimbo, nice of you to join us.
- Sorry, um
unexpected guests.
- We have to check the
movements of all vessels
in the area over the past 36 hours.
You'll be flying set grid patterns
so we cover the area completely.
If you see a boat, I'll need to know
its precise position.
Got that?
- Mm-hmm.
- Go for it.
- The mairangi pearl at 32
degrees, 27 minutes south.
152 degrees, eight minutes east.
- Thanks Paula, big sky base.
- Must be a boat around here somewhere.
I want it to be us that finds
what they're looking for,
not one of the others.
- It's not a race, Scotty.
- Oh I'm just reckoning that
lightfoot's the kind of guy
it's important to impress, okay?
So hurry up and look faster.
- Surveillance must be methodical
or things get overlooked.
Sorry.
Bloody air force training.
They drill stuff in you.
- So how come you chucked it in?
- Certain aspects of the
force that disappointed me.
I had high expectations,
and they were let down
so it was back to civilian life.
- What if I didn't work
at big sky anymore?
Would that make a difference to us?
- You'd leave big sky for me?
- I'd rather not, you know.
Not that you don't
mean that much to me.
Because you do.
- Jimbo, I'd never expect
you to quit because of me.
- Yeah, I know.
Maybe you could quit.
- Big sky base, this
is tango whisky Sierra.
- Big sky base, go ahead tango whisky.
- The seguni rouser at 32
degrees, 12 minutes south,
152 degrees, 50 minutes east.
- Big sky base.
Did you get that?
- Mm.
Interesting.
According to ausrep's report
and the harbor message report,
the seguni rouser should be here
when in fact it's down here
50 miles south of where
it should have been.
- Could have been blown off course?
- Or lying to buy time.
It's heading west.
Should make the shore by dark.
I need to make some calls.
- Tango whisky Sierra.
- Yeah, Chris?
- Well done, guys. You got him.
- Woo!
- Why don't you come too?
- Well I thought maybe you'd like to.
You make sure you ask him if it's okay
we stay tonight, all right?
Okay you have a good day.
Oh, hi.
- Hi.
- Um listen, Paula.
Sorry, I just have to ask
just so I don't step on anyone's toes.
You and jimbo, are you guys together?
- Yeah, we were
for a little while, but
we're not anymore.
- Because I really don't
want to cause any trouble
or anything...
- No, no it's all right.
Really.
He's all yours.
- Oh, no I didn't mean it like that!
- So what happens now?
Another raid on the boat when it docks
and hope that there's no tip-off?
- I'll make sure of it this time.
It'll just be me meeting them.
- What are you gonna do by yourself?
- I can always call for
help if I need it.
I've got some information
where the heroin will
be brought ashore.
Just after dark, wollongong cove.
- That's pretty accurate.
- Big sky is my only source.
I'll need a pilot experienced landing
and taking off at night.
- At wollongong.
- Is there a problem
flying at wollongong?
- Oh the flying's not the problem.
It's allowing one of my
pilots to go with you
alone to meet these
guys with no backup.
No police, if anything goes wrong.
- Didn't say that.
I need a company that can
do what needs to be done.
Are you up to that or not?
- Yeah, we're up to it.
I'll fly it myself.
- Is
everything still clear?
What do you mean?
Listen, you have to be there.
Let me tell you this, I am not dealing
with your trained apes.
I deal only with you.
I told you, I don't want cash
I want my cut of the goods.
I've looked after you for
a year, you bastard.
Be there.
- Flight's canceled.
- The man we're due to
meet tonight is klenner.
He's head of the biggest
drug importation
and distribution
business in the country.
I've targeted him for 14 months,
and I'm unable to get anything on him.
He's too clever.
Keeps well out of the action,
so there's very little
chance of catching him
with his hands dirty.
That is why I need to be there.
It is the only way I'll
ever get enough evidence
for a conviction.
- And why should I believe any of this?
That's not a bad reason.
- I just gotta get round here...
- Hi!
- Oh, hi.
- Sorry I took so long.
Something came up I had to do.
- No worries.
Max is a bit of a champion at this,
I'll tell you what.
- Hey, so it's okay that we stay here?
You don't mind.
- Yeah, yeah sure.
It's no problem.
- Hey mom, guess what
we're having for dinner.
- What?
- Takeaway pizza.
- Great.
- Mm, pizza.
So, you know, how'd it go?
You all right? - Yeah, fine.
- You sure?
- Yeah.
- I mean, whatever you had to sort out,
you sorted that out.
- Oh yeah, that was
just a friend of mine
having a bad time.
Just marriage problems, you know.
- Oh yeah.
Right, okay.
- Maxy, come and have a shower please.
Look at you, you're a mess.
What have you two been doing anyway?
- He's been cooking and stuff.
Look, don't lose the
championship, mate.
I'll just get the pizza.
- Come on.
Please.
How is he?
- Oh, he's out cold.
- You guys get on so well together.
- Yeah, well it's not hard.
He's a great kid.
- Ah, you're good for him.
Wouldn't it be great if you could spend
more time together?
- Yeah, sure.
I mean, we seem to manage
with faxes and email.
- Yeah, but that's not the same
as being together though, is it.
- No, I guess not.
So, what's all this about?
Well, since I quit my
job and everything
I've been thinking about what to do
and I just thought maybe
we could move down here to the city.
- Oh yeah.
Oh that'd be great.
- Yeah?
- Yeah, excellent.
- I'd like to get somewhere nearby
so Max could come over
whenever he wanted to.
- Great.
- If that's all right with you.
- Oh, stop saying that.
Of course, why wouldn't it be?
Look, I'll tell you what.
I'll check the local paper
because we could look for a flat
and then we could go and have a look
at the flat tomorrow,
and by the end of the week
we'll have you somewhere.
I'll just check, it's in the kitchen,
I'll be back in a sec.
- You sure he's gonna show?
- Sure as I can be.
- You got a gun?
- Not worth the risk.
- You're risking the wire.
- That's the only way
I'm gonna get him.
- What should I do?
- Just stand back, act casually.
- Lightfoot!
- Where is he?
- Over there.
Who's this guy?
- I came by plane.
Somebody had to fly.
Where's my share?
- Just hang on a minute,
the boys are still working.
- How much is in there altogether?
- You know as well as I do.
- It's the full 15 kilos?
- What do you think?
- Is it completely uncut?
- What are you on about?
- Listen klenner, I wanna
know if I'm getting
my fair share, not some
stack of cheap glucose
so if some guy in kl's been dudding you
I wanna know... - Hey, wait a minute.
No one duds me.
That's the purest junk
on the market today.
15 kilos.
Would you like to weigh it?
- Good.
I'm happy to take my share, then.
- This is the exact
amount we agreed upon.
- Just as well, then.
- Always glad to help out
customs in any way I can.
You know that.
We'll keep this little
arrangement going, won't we?
Seeing as how it suits
both of us so well.
What's the matter?
Such a hurry.
Look a little tense.
Something worrying you?
You asking me all those
stupid questions.
You're not setting me up, are you?
Hey? - Come on.
- Listen, though, I've
got to ask you this.
I must ask you this,
as one pal to another.
Are you wearing a wire?
What?
Tell me.
Look me in the eyes, tell me.
Tell me you're not wearing a wire.
- I'm not wearing a wire.
- No really, you're not wearing one?
- No seriously, seriously.
- You bastard.
Joey.
- What have we here?
Knife.
Tut, tut, tut.
Oh I'm very disappointed in you,
lightfoot.
Hey you, let's load this
stuff in your plane.
You'll fly me out of here.
Joey, change of plans.
Now drive the car to noosa, dump it,
and grab another one.
I'll call you in two days.
Shall we go, gentlemen?
I thought I could trust you.
I did.
I feel deeply hurt.
Still, I suppose things have turned out
a lot better for me
than they have for you.
If you know what I mean.
Hey, Mr. pilot.
Just keep your hands
where I can see them.
Don't even think about trying anything.
- Come on klenner, we
can work things out,
come to an arrangement.
I'll make it worth your while.
- Yeah?
Maybe you can.
What about biggles here?
- Just get rid of him.
We'll keep our deal.
- Tara, it's me.
Look, there's been a change of plan.
I'm in the plane.
Yeah, yeah, look that doesn't matter.
I'll explain it later.
Look, I've got the stuff and I'm okay.
Meet me at the airstrip
near murrayville.
Yeah, that's right.
All right, bye.
You know murrayville?
- Yeah.
Then what?
- Haven't decided yet.
Pull right.
- Well, if it's not gonna
be good for my health,
I don't think I'll be landing anywhere.
- Oh, so what are you gonna do, huh?
Fly the plane around
till you run out of fuel
and then what, crash it?
Oh that's very good.
That will solve everything.
No, no.
I think you will land the plane
where I tell you to
land the plane, yes.
That's what I think.
- You've got to do something.
They can both identify you.
- What are you talking about?
We've known each other
for more than a year.
- Well they don't
know who I am, you idiot.
Deal with it.
- I'll deal with it.
And don't call me an idiot.
There's a good girl.
- Let's do a bolt.
- He'll shoot you.
- We gotta do something.
I'm not just gonna stand here.
- Such bad luck, lightfoot.
All that hard work for nothing.
But I want you to know
that I appreciate
everything you've done for me.
All the tip-offs, all the stuff
that you let through, wonderful.
You know, I never dreamed
it could be so easy.
Thank you.
But I don't want to hear
that you're still sniffing around.
I've got contacts far higher than you.
Get my drift?
Same goes for you, fella.
Oh, whatever you do,
don't ever trust this man.
- You told him to get rid of me.
- Love, I had to say something.
- How was I to know that?
- Look, I didn't know
what was gonna happen,
I just did the best I
could at the time.
- So if we keep working together,
how many more times
is this gonna happen?
- What's your problem?
I've just watched 14 months
work go down the drain.
- What is my problem?
You're kidding, aren't you?
Forget the contract.
Get yourself some other pilots.
- Look, I came to big sky
because you're exactly
what I needed.
The last few days have proved that.
- I don't need you.
- Chris,
look, I don't know what's
going on here, but...
- Morning, Chris.
We want to talk to you in your office.
- Good morning, Brian.
- It's just a preliminary check.
What do you say to the charge
that the day before yesterday
two of your aircraft landed
on an undesignated agricultural strip
and took off four hours later
without filing flight plans either way.
- Who told you about this?
- And last night, one of
your aircraft took off
from wollongong, landed on
another undesignated strip,
took off later that evening
in direct contravention
to aviation regulations
concerning night flights.
- I want to know who
told you about this.
- Would you deny the allegations?
- No, but I...
- Big sky aviation
license is now suspended
pending an inquiry.
I'll fax you an official notification
when I get back to the office.
Anything you want to say?
- Well, I was told
that it was all okay.
- By whom?
- Can't say.
- Really?
Well, until you can
you're grounded.
- Lightfoot, this is Chris manning.
We have some important
business to discuss.
Meet me at big sky when
you get the message.
- Chris?
Sam just called.
He wants to see you
straightaway in the office.
- Oh, perfect timing.
Well we managed to secure the contract
for haven holidays to deliver Sundays.
That's a product coup for us.
- At last.
What about that customs contract
you mentioned the other day?
That sounded like the pick of them all.
- Yeah, well we did a
few preliminary flights
but in the end it didn't work out.
- What, they canceled?
- Uh, no I did.
I had a bit of a look at it
and decided not to go ahead.
- I would have thought
it was up to myself
and the board to decide
what's appropriate
and what's not, wouldn't you think?
- Yeah, yeah.
But on the downside,
there's a slight hiccup
with the arc.
We've got a temporary
suspension of operations
while I clear up some misunderstandings
about a few flights,
but I should have that
fixed up pretty soon.
- What exactly do you mean
by temporary suspension of operations?
- Uh, they're suspending our flights.
- Chris, I don't know much
about arc regulations,
but it seems to me the only
way they can stop you flying
officially, is to cancel our license.
- No, no.
Suspend our license.
- Okay.
So since you were here last,
you've managed to cancel our
most lucrative contract,
and you've lost our aviation license.
Is that right?
- Jimbo, give me a go now.
- Yeah, hey hang on.
I've only got on left to go.
I'm coming in third,
I've just gotta get past
two more cars, and...
- Jimbo that's nowhere near
my top score.
Hi, mom.
- What, have you
found something already?
- Mom?
Jimbo says we can go get hamburgers.
Can we?
- No thanks, Max.
- How'd it go?
- You should work at big
sky with jimbo, mom.
- I'm gonna go and lay
down for a little while.
- No, let's go out!
- Maxy, not right now.
- See, she never wants
to do anything anymore.
- Just play the game for
a couple of minutes,
okay Max?
I'll be with you in just
a second, all right?
Hey.
Don't worry, you'll get a job.
- Jimbo, go away.
- I mean, I can write you a reference
if you'd like.
Like I mean, you put down anything
like PhD, brain surgeon...
- Jimbo, go away.
- What, you think it's a dumb idea?
Look, I'm telling you, nobody
ever checks those things.
I have put down olympic
medalist on my resume...
- You please stop it?
- I mean look, I can
get Shay to top it off
on a bit of posh paper, you
can be whatever you want.
Head of bhp, prime minster.
- God, jimbo for god's sake.
I wasn't looking for a job.
I went to the hospital to
get some test results.
- For what?
- About seven years ago I had this lump
and they got rid of it,
I was in remission
and thought I'd be fine.
But it's come back
non-hodgkins lymphoma.
- Cancer.
- It's spread everywhere.
It's all through my body,
through my lymph system, my lungs.
They said that my chances
aren't very good,
that it's spread too far.
- They grounded me
first thing this morning.
Can you fix that?
- I should be able to.
- That is not good enough!
If we are on the side of the good guys,
then I sure as hell won't be treated
like one of the bad ones.
- I told you I'd fix it.
- Well you'd better,
because if you don't, big sky
won't be flying you or anyone else.
- If I get the arc off your back,
you accept my offer and
sign the contract?
- You know it's funny,
I thought it was gonna
turn out like this.
After all, you were the only one
that had the information they need.
- It's a fair deal, I
would have thought.
- I'll tell you what a fair deal is.
If I'm gonna be doing any dodgy flying
then I want your guarantee
that you can keep
the arc off my back, because
if I'm breaking the rules
I don't want them storming in here
quoting paragraph numbers at me,
and I have a final say on
any particular flight.
- I don't know about that...
- Hey!
If we don't do it, nobody
else is gonna be able to.
And I want the fee up 50%.
- Agreed.
- To all of it?
- Absolutely.
- Very well, Mr. lightfoot,
or whatever your real name is.
You got yourself a deal.
But don't ever pull a
stunt like that again.
- In my book, Mr. manning,
the end justifies the means.
Always.
Was chief pilot, now general manager.
He's yet to be tested
as an administrator.
He's a brilliant flier.
His pilots are young and keen,
likely to look on this as
a bit of an adventure.
- Depute chief
pilot, what do you reckon
I can help with the
paperwork and stuff?
- I don't need
a depute chief pilot.
- What about like
depute manager you know.
I could be depute manager, you know.
- No, no. I'm sorry.
- What about assistant?
- Yeah but you know
depute something, you know?
- Personal assistant.
I should be personal assistant.
- Well you are, aren't you?
- Well I'm done with
receptionist, it's an insult,
and I should get a raise.
- Oh you're an ambitious little bunch.
- Good luck, sir.
- And here's the latest
recruit, Blake Wallace.
Ex-air force.
Just as talented as the rest.
They may be only a small team,
but their combined records as pilots
are quite remarkable.
They'll certainly be able to pull off
any difficult flying we might need.
Our only stumbling block
might be the company's
new board of directors.
Manning's yet to meet them.
- The way I see it, we'll
just continue to do
what we've always done.
The bank contracts, the charters,
the milk runs...
- Milk runs?
You mean dairy contracts?
- No, a milk run is just a
run of the mill flight.
- And what do you propose to do
about the financial situation?
- Have you got a specific
forward planning strategy
on what might get big sky into
a better financial position?
- Well I've only just taken over.
- You've had plenty of time, Chris.
- What are you still doing here?
Go home.
- You go home.
Look at you, you did
this last night too.
- You don't have to do this.
Go on.
- I do if I'm personal assistant.
- If I make you personal assistant,
will you go home?
- Thanks.
Do I get more money?
- Leave it with me.
- See you tomorrow.
- Chris manning.
- Who the hell are you?
- I have a business proposal.
- Look, I don't know
how you got in here.
- I'm sure you'll be
very interested to hear
what I have to offer.
- Oh, hi.
- Paula, what
the hell's going on?
- Don't know, Chris just
said come in straightaway.
- Yeah, we were at the
movies watching a slasher.
Turns out that the boyfriend's
actually the killer.
- Well what's happened?
What, the company's going under?
- Blake Wallace reporting for duty.
- Blake, relax.
You're not in the air force anymore.
It's okay.
- Thanks for all coming in.
We've been offered an
extraordinary contract
by Mr. lightfoot,
and I just wanted you all here
to be part of the decision
as to whether or not we accept it.
It involves identifying
illegal activities
along the coastline.
- Drug
running, gun smuggling,
exportation of wildlife,
illegal immigration,
money laundering, that sort of thing.
- Because of this, some of
the briefs we'll be given
will be unusual, challenging...
- You mean dangerous.
- Yes, there is that possibility.
- Well, you've come
to the right people.
We live on the edge.
Don't we, guys?
- The contract
requires the utmost secrecy.
- The explanation you are to
give anyone who should ask
is that you are involved
in an extensive
re-mapping exercise at the coast.
- And since none of us really know
what we're getting ourselves into,
I just wanted us to be solid.
- Yeah, you bet.
Beats tractor parts any day.
- Always been happy to
work in the interest
of my country's security, sir.
- Tomorrow morning,
precisely 0700 hours
you are to fly eight members
of the federal police
north to yamaji bay
where a boat suspected to carry heroin
is due to berth.
- What do you reckon?
This beat the air force or what?
- Certainly not what I expected.
- So how long you been flying?
- Prelim, 95, solo and events 96,
ref, 96 or 97.
- Oh, you're practically 100.
- Beg your pardon?
- It was a joke.
- You asked, so I told you.
What's so funny?
- I wasn't taking the piss, mate.
I was just...
- Can't you feel it?
- Feel what?
- The power. The authority.
The potent force of law and order.
We're working for lightfoot now.
Nothing can hurt us.
Hey,
do you think we should
like tell them about
us?
- Why?
- You know, security.
Max smart and 99, they weren't
allowed to live together.
- Yeah, but we don't,
we're just seeing each
other, it's nothing serious.
- That's strange.
I thought you said that this airstrip
was being kept clear
for this operation.
- It is.
All air traffic is being diverted.
- Well what are they doing there, then?
- Get out of here now.
Quick.
- Julian Oscar Charlie, this
is tango whiskey Sierra.
Jimbo, abort the landing all right?
Go around.
Do not approach the strip, repeat
do not approach the landing strip.
- Got you, Scotty.
- Chris, we got a problem.
There's an aircraft parked on the strip
and the guys don't want us to land
in case it's connected with the boat.
- Well you'll have to put
down on calcuria strip,
that's the closest.
- No way, sorry.
That's no good.
- Standby, Scotty.
- Calcuria's too far north.
How long is it gonna take to fly there?
- 15 minutes.
- Oh good.
It's a half hour trip my
ride back to the boat.
Boat could come in at any minute.
There's gotta be somewhere
they could land.
Paddock or something?
- Our priority here is
the safety of my pilots,
it's not your right...
- You're in charge of landing
these planes on time, manning.
I don't care how you do it, but do it.
- Scotty.
- Yeah, Chris?
- Directly west of you
there's an airstrip.
- Yeah, there was.
That was put on the not approved
list about three years ago.
- Yeah, look I landed there
about two months ago.
It's bumpy but it's okay.
- You sure?
You're the boss.
Tango whisky Sierra.
- Get onto the
vehicles and tell them
we're gonna need this now.
- We'll make it, okay?
You'll get there on time, don't worry.
- You realize the airstrip is
a prohibited landing zone?
Well if we land there
against regulations
the arc are gonna have
your license like that.
- Leave the regulations to
lightfoot, he'll sort it out.
Just get us there.
- We'll need that in writing.
- You're kidding.
- Arc regulations specifically
state that if an aircraft...
- Hey, hey, don't worry about it, okay?
It's all right.
- Doesn't look good.
Could be rabbit holes, or anything.
- Chris said it was bumpy but okay.
Okay, it's gonna be rough guys.
Better fasten your seat belts
and assume brace position.
Head on your laps, arms
around your knees.
- Keep your heads down.
The sheep! The sheep are
right on the strip!
- Yeah, I can see them.
- Jump them.
Pair up! Pair up!
- Jimbo there's sheep
on the strip, okay?
Stay left as wide as you can.
- Haystack at 12 o'clock!
- All I can do is brake.
I won't be able to lift.
- Well, that's good.
Come on, come on.
We'll miss him.
Let's go.
- Big sky
this is tango whisky.
We landed.
- Big sky.
- Come on, let's go! Quick!
Move it! Move it!
- Come on!
- Come on out, over here!
Come on.
- Okay, quickly get in!
- You two, get in the back.
Hurry, come on!
- Go!
- Well they haven't docked yet
so no one's had time to get off.
As soon as we go onboard,
gollan and Hawkins
you go up the front,
let James and murden
stay on deck.
The rest of you up the back.
- Okay, got you.
- Time to move.
Mobile go in five
four,
three,
two...
- You! Get your hands on your head now!
- What's going on?
- Go!
- Not a word, just silence...
- Wonder why they don't
have any front men.
- What for?
- You know, to check under water.
Maybe I should call them and...
- No, you can't do that.
- Well why not?
I mean, I can do it myself you know.
I can hold my breath for at
least a minute underwater.
- Look, we're only supposed to call
if we see something.
- Well I can see something.
A fundamental flaw in their plan.
- I don't hear anything.
Maybe it was a fish jumping.
- That wasn't a fish.
- Well a big bag of heroin
wouldn't make a splash.
- You talking about?
Course it would.
- No, think about it.
Something that big
would go straight in.
It'd make like a plop noise.
- Plop?
It would not.
This is a stupid conversation.
Look, I heard something.
I'm gonna report it.
- Don't think we have to
report bilge water, do you?
- This is the third time.
- Could just be the wrong boat?
- No.
It's got to be someone
back at this end.
Did you see the grin
on the captain's face?
He definitely knew we were coming.
- What, you think it's one of us?
No way.
- Yeah, I'll be with you
in a sec, red dog two.
So...
You guys got a bit of a white rabbit?
- What?
- A white rabbit.
Isn't that what you call it
when you don't find anything?
- I have no idea what
you are talking about.
- Hey, you know they could have like
welded it into the propellor?
Like I think not bringing scuba gear
was a bit of an oversight, you know?
- You must be disappointed.
- Ah, this sort of thing
happens all the time.
Course I'd hoped we'd find something
but the fact that we didn't suggests
some possibilities for me.
- Sounds like
you knew there'd be
nothing on that boat.
- Tip-off is one of my theories.
- Let me get this straight.
My guys land on an illegal airstrip.
Nearly wrecked one of my aircraft
just to test one of your theories.
- A very important theory.
I'll be in touch.
- Rose, hi it's Chris.
How's business?
Yeah, I bet.
Listen, have you done any flying
for the customs department?
Oh no, I just thought you had.
Never mind.
No.
Thanks anyway, mate.
See ya.
- Hey, how are you?
Good to see you.
Looking well.
- Where did you get them to unload it?
- On a reef just off the coast.
Thanks for the call.
- Where's it coming ashore?
- Very funny.
- Funny?
If I don't know, how can I help you
keep the customs off your back?
- Another boat's
collecting it tomorrow.
We're landing at wollongong cove.
Know where that is?
- I'll meet you there.
- What do you
think I am, stupid?
- I expect my reward.
- I'll send you money.
- No, I want my payment in kind.
If you're not there,
how can I be sure your thugs
will hand over my share?
- Because I'll tell them to.
- No, klenner,
you be there,
or this little arrangement is over.
- I'll think about it
lightfoot.
- Hey you know, I
reckon they were never
even on the boat.
- What?
- The drugs.
It's the only explanation
I can come up with.
- Hey, let's go see a band.
The flaming cane toads are
on at the governor's arms.
- I reckon somebody tipped them off
then they moved the drugs
onto another boat,
and then they can just
make their getaway.
- What about a movie?
- You know, it's guys like lightfoot
that run the world, you know.
Guys in suits, not government,
just guys in suits that you
wouldn't notice, you know?
That's where the real power is.
- Hey?
- Hmm?
- Hello?
Can we talk about
something other than work
just for a change?
- Sure.
I'm just wondering if
anything's gonna be
on the news about the raid.
- I'm going to bed.
- Well I thought you wanted to go out?
- Yeah, but you don't.
- No, yeah but you do.
- Forget it.
- Well, why don't we
go out tomorrow night?
- Sure.
- I'm just gonna stay
up for a little while
and see if there's anything
on the late edition.
- Jimbo's gonna be
stoked, isn't he mom?
- Shh, it's early.
We don't even know if
he still lives here.
- Yes he does, look!
Here's his name!
Oh, it's busted.
It's locked!
- Maxy, keep it down honey.
People are still sleeping.
- How are we gonna get in?
How long do we have to wait?
- Until somebody
wakes up and they let us in.
- That could be ages.
Jimbo!
- Maxy, shush!
You'll wake somebody up!
Let's just sit quietly
for a little while.
Max! Max!
- I'm nearly there!
- Get down.
- It's gotta be
his place up here.
- Get down, please.
I mean it.
Max!
- Jimbo.
Jimbo!
Mom, there's some lady up here!
- Get down here now, please.
I mean it.
- What do you think you're doing?
- What's, what happened?
- He came in the window!
- Jimbo!
- Jodie?
- Oh, jimbo.
- Um...
Well here we are, you pair of burglars.
- Really, I didn't want to wake you.
- No, no it's fine really.
I'll just pop these down here.
Come on in.
Oh, Paula this is Jodie and Max
from bombora heads.
This is Paula.
- Look, I'm really sorry
to just jump in...
- It's fine, really.
It's okay.
Maxy, hey how you going?
You're tall, aren't you?
- Hi, jimbo!
- Well I work with jimbo.
- Oh.
- So, what are you guys doing in town?
- Oh just a bit of a holiday, really.
Came down to see a few
people, that's all.
- Well, I better go, you know.
Leave you guys to catch up.
- Okay.
- I'll just get dressed.
- Okay.
Hey.
You don't have to leave
just because they're here.
- I'm not.
- Because it's like,
there's nothing going on.
I mean they're just old friends.
- Just old friends don't turn up
at the crack of dawn.
- Yeah.
Well look, Jodie and I had this thing
about 10 years ago.
Then we had another little thing
kind of recently, but
that's when I thought
that Max was my son.
There's nothing going on
between Jodie and I now,
like it's, you know.
- Even if there was, it
really doesn't matter.
It wouldn't worry me.
It's perfect timing.
- For what?
- For you and me.
It's not working, is it?
- I really like you, you know.
- I know, I feel the
same way about you,
so it's better isn't it?
You know, so we don't end
up hating each other
and getting really bored?
Yeah?
I'll see you at work, okay?
- I've since received
information the drugs
were on board the boat,
but were unloaded at sea
well before the raid,
no doubt transferred
to another vessel which will then
try to dock unimpeded.
- What we have to do
now is try to identify
which boat that might be.
Jimbo, nice of you to join us.
- Sorry, um
unexpected guests.
- We have to check the
movements of all vessels
in the area over the past 36 hours.
You'll be flying set grid patterns
so we cover the area completely.
If you see a boat, I'll need to know
its precise position.
Got that?
- Mm-hmm.
- Go for it.
- The mairangi pearl at 32
degrees, 27 minutes south.
152 degrees, eight minutes east.
- Thanks Paula, big sky base.
- Must be a boat around here somewhere.
I want it to be us that finds
what they're looking for,
not one of the others.
- It's not a race, Scotty.
- Oh I'm just reckoning that
lightfoot's the kind of guy
it's important to impress, okay?
So hurry up and look faster.
- Surveillance must be methodical
or things get overlooked.
Sorry.
Bloody air force training.
They drill stuff in you.
- So how come you chucked it in?
- Certain aspects of the
force that disappointed me.
I had high expectations,
and they were let down
so it was back to civilian life.
- What if I didn't work
at big sky anymore?
Would that make a difference to us?
- You'd leave big sky for me?
- I'd rather not, you know.
Not that you don't
mean that much to me.
Because you do.
- Jimbo, I'd never expect
you to quit because of me.
- Yeah, I know.
Maybe you could quit.
- Big sky base, this
is tango whisky Sierra.
- Big sky base, go ahead tango whisky.
- The seguni rouser at 32
degrees, 12 minutes south,
152 degrees, 50 minutes east.
- Big sky base.
Did you get that?
- Mm.
Interesting.
According to ausrep's report
and the harbor message report,
the seguni rouser should be here
when in fact it's down here
50 miles south of where
it should have been.
- Could have been blown off course?
- Or lying to buy time.
It's heading west.
Should make the shore by dark.
I need to make some calls.
- Tango whisky Sierra.
- Yeah, Chris?
- Well done, guys. You got him.
- Woo!
- Why don't you come too?
- Well I thought maybe you'd like to.
You make sure you ask him if it's okay
we stay tonight, all right?
Okay you have a good day.
Oh, hi.
- Hi.
- Um listen, Paula.
Sorry, I just have to ask
just so I don't step on anyone's toes.
You and jimbo, are you guys together?
- Yeah, we were
for a little while, but
we're not anymore.
- Because I really don't
want to cause any trouble
or anything...
- No, no it's all right.
Really.
He's all yours.
- Oh, no I didn't mean it like that!
- So what happens now?
Another raid on the boat when it docks
and hope that there's no tip-off?
- I'll make sure of it this time.
It'll just be me meeting them.
- What are you gonna do by yourself?
- I can always call for
help if I need it.
I've got some information
where the heroin will
be brought ashore.
Just after dark, wollongong cove.
- That's pretty accurate.
- Big sky is my only source.
I'll need a pilot experienced landing
and taking off at night.
- At wollongong.
- Is there a problem
flying at wollongong?
- Oh the flying's not the problem.
It's allowing one of my
pilots to go with you
alone to meet these
guys with no backup.
No police, if anything goes wrong.
- Didn't say that.
I need a company that can
do what needs to be done.
Are you up to that or not?
- Yeah, we're up to it.
I'll fly it myself.
- Is
everything still clear?
What do you mean?
Listen, you have to be there.
Let me tell you this, I am not dealing
with your trained apes.
I deal only with you.
I told you, I don't want cash
I want my cut of the goods.
I've looked after you for
a year, you bastard.
Be there.
- Flight's canceled.
- The man we're due to
meet tonight is klenner.
He's head of the biggest
drug importation
and distribution
business in the country.
I've targeted him for 14 months,
and I'm unable to get anything on him.
He's too clever.
Keeps well out of the action,
so there's very little
chance of catching him
with his hands dirty.
That is why I need to be there.
It is the only way I'll
ever get enough evidence
for a conviction.
- And why should I believe any of this?
That's not a bad reason.
- I just gotta get round here...
- Hi!
- Oh, hi.
- Sorry I took so long.
Something came up I had to do.
- No worries.
Max is a bit of a champion at this,
I'll tell you what.
- Hey, so it's okay that we stay here?
You don't mind.
- Yeah, yeah sure.
It's no problem.
- Hey mom, guess what
we're having for dinner.
- What?
- Takeaway pizza.
- Great.
- Mm, pizza.
So, you know, how'd it go?
You all right? - Yeah, fine.
- You sure?
- Yeah.
- I mean, whatever you had to sort out,
you sorted that out.
- Oh yeah, that was
just a friend of mine
having a bad time.
Just marriage problems, you know.
- Oh yeah.
Right, okay.
- Maxy, come and have a shower please.
Look at you, you're a mess.
What have you two been doing anyway?
- He's been cooking and stuff.
Look, don't lose the
championship, mate.
I'll just get the pizza.
- Come on.
Please.
How is he?
- Oh, he's out cold.
- You guys get on so well together.
- Yeah, well it's not hard.
He's a great kid.
- Ah, you're good for him.
Wouldn't it be great if you could spend
more time together?
- Yeah, sure.
I mean, we seem to manage
with faxes and email.
- Yeah, but that's not the same
as being together though, is it.
- No, I guess not.
So, what's all this about?
Well, since I quit my
job and everything
I've been thinking about what to do
and I just thought maybe
we could move down here to the city.
- Oh yeah.
Oh that'd be great.
- Yeah?
- Yeah, excellent.
- I'd like to get somewhere nearby
so Max could come over
whenever he wanted to.
- Great.
- If that's all right with you.
- Oh, stop saying that.
Of course, why wouldn't it be?
Look, I'll tell you what.
I'll check the local paper
because we could look for a flat
and then we could go and have a look
at the flat tomorrow,
and by the end of the week
we'll have you somewhere.
I'll just check, it's in the kitchen,
I'll be back in a sec.
- You sure he's gonna show?
- Sure as I can be.
- You got a gun?
- Not worth the risk.
- You're risking the wire.
- That's the only way
I'm gonna get him.
- What should I do?
- Just stand back, act casually.
- Lightfoot!
- Where is he?
- Over there.
Who's this guy?
- I came by plane.
Somebody had to fly.
Where's my share?
- Just hang on a minute,
the boys are still working.
- How much is in there altogether?
- You know as well as I do.
- It's the full 15 kilos?
- What do you think?
- Is it completely uncut?
- What are you on about?
- Listen klenner, I wanna
know if I'm getting
my fair share, not some
stack of cheap glucose
so if some guy in kl's been dudding you
I wanna know... - Hey, wait a minute.
No one duds me.
That's the purest junk
on the market today.
15 kilos.
Would you like to weigh it?
- Good.
I'm happy to take my share, then.
- This is the exact
amount we agreed upon.
- Just as well, then.
- Always glad to help out
customs in any way I can.
You know that.
We'll keep this little
arrangement going, won't we?
Seeing as how it suits
both of us so well.
What's the matter?
Such a hurry.
Look a little tense.
Something worrying you?
You asking me all those
stupid questions.
You're not setting me up, are you?
Hey? - Come on.
- Listen, though, I've
got to ask you this.
I must ask you this,
as one pal to another.
Are you wearing a wire?
What?
Tell me.
Look me in the eyes, tell me.
Tell me you're not wearing a wire.
- I'm not wearing a wire.
- No really, you're not wearing one?
- No seriously, seriously.
- You bastard.
Joey.
- What have we here?
Knife.
Tut, tut, tut.
Oh I'm very disappointed in you,
lightfoot.
Hey you, let's load this
stuff in your plane.
You'll fly me out of here.
Joey, change of plans.
Now drive the car to noosa, dump it,
and grab another one.
I'll call you in two days.
Shall we go, gentlemen?
I thought I could trust you.
I did.
I feel deeply hurt.
Still, I suppose things have turned out
a lot better for me
than they have for you.
If you know what I mean.
Hey, Mr. pilot.
Just keep your hands
where I can see them.
Don't even think about trying anything.
- Come on klenner, we
can work things out,
come to an arrangement.
I'll make it worth your while.
- Yeah?
Maybe you can.
What about biggles here?
- Just get rid of him.
We'll keep our deal.
- Tara, it's me.
Look, there's been a change of plan.
I'm in the plane.
Yeah, yeah, look that doesn't matter.
I'll explain it later.
Look, I've got the stuff and I'm okay.
Meet me at the airstrip
near murrayville.
Yeah, that's right.
All right, bye.
You know murrayville?
- Yeah.
Then what?
- Haven't decided yet.
Pull right.
- Well, if it's not gonna
be good for my health,
I don't think I'll be landing anywhere.
- Oh, so what are you gonna do, huh?
Fly the plane around
till you run out of fuel
and then what, crash it?
Oh that's very good.
That will solve everything.
No, no.
I think you will land the plane
where I tell you to
land the plane, yes.
That's what I think.
- You've got to do something.
They can both identify you.
- What are you talking about?
We've known each other
for more than a year.
- Well they don't
know who I am, you idiot.
Deal with it.
- I'll deal with it.
And don't call me an idiot.
There's a good girl.
- Let's do a bolt.
- He'll shoot you.
- We gotta do something.
I'm not just gonna stand here.
- Such bad luck, lightfoot.
All that hard work for nothing.
But I want you to know
that I appreciate
everything you've done for me.
All the tip-offs, all the stuff
that you let through, wonderful.
You know, I never dreamed
it could be so easy.
Thank you.
But I don't want to hear
that you're still sniffing around.
I've got contacts far higher than you.
Get my drift?
Same goes for you, fella.
Oh, whatever you do,
don't ever trust this man.
- You told him to get rid of me.
- Love, I had to say something.
- How was I to know that?
- Look, I didn't know
what was gonna happen,
I just did the best I
could at the time.
- So if we keep working together,
how many more times
is this gonna happen?
- What's your problem?
I've just watched 14 months
work go down the drain.
- What is my problem?
You're kidding, aren't you?
Forget the contract.
Get yourself some other pilots.
- Look, I came to big sky
because you're exactly
what I needed.
The last few days have proved that.
- I don't need you.
- Chris,
look, I don't know what's
going on here, but...
- Morning, Chris.
We want to talk to you in your office.
- Good morning, Brian.
- It's just a preliminary check.
What do you say to the charge
that the day before yesterday
two of your aircraft landed
on an undesignated agricultural strip
and took off four hours later
without filing flight plans either way.
- Who told you about this?
- And last night, one of
your aircraft took off
from wollongong, landed on
another undesignated strip,
took off later that evening
in direct contravention
to aviation regulations
concerning night flights.
- I want to know who
told you about this.
- Would you deny the allegations?
- No, but I...
- Big sky aviation
license is now suspended
pending an inquiry.
I'll fax you an official notification
when I get back to the office.
Anything you want to say?
- Well, I was told
that it was all okay.
- By whom?
- Can't say.
- Really?
Well, until you can
you're grounded.
- Lightfoot, this is Chris manning.
We have some important
business to discuss.
Meet me at big sky when
you get the message.
- Chris?
Sam just called.
He wants to see you
straightaway in the office.
- Oh, perfect timing.
Well we managed to secure the contract
for haven holidays to deliver Sundays.
That's a product coup for us.
- At last.
What about that customs contract
you mentioned the other day?
That sounded like the pick of them all.
- Yeah, well we did a
few preliminary flights
but in the end it didn't work out.
- What, they canceled?
- Uh, no I did.
I had a bit of a look at it
and decided not to go ahead.
- I would have thought
it was up to myself
and the board to decide
what's appropriate
and what's not, wouldn't you think?
- Yeah, yeah.
But on the downside,
there's a slight hiccup
with the arc.
We've got a temporary
suspension of operations
while I clear up some misunderstandings
about a few flights,
but I should have that
fixed up pretty soon.
- What exactly do you mean
by temporary suspension of operations?
- Uh, they're suspending our flights.
- Chris, I don't know much
about arc regulations,
but it seems to me the only
way they can stop you flying
officially, is to cancel our license.
- No, no.
Suspend our license.
- Okay.
So since you were here last,
you've managed to cancel our
most lucrative contract,
and you've lost our aviation license.
Is that right?
- Jimbo, give me a go now.
- Yeah, hey hang on.
I've only got on left to go.
I'm coming in third,
I've just gotta get past
two more cars, and...
- Jimbo that's nowhere near
my top score.
Hi, mom.
- What, have you
found something already?
- Mom?
Jimbo says we can go get hamburgers.
Can we?
- No thanks, Max.
- How'd it go?
- You should work at big
sky with jimbo, mom.
- I'm gonna go and lay
down for a little while.
- No, let's go out!
- Maxy, not right now.
- See, she never wants
to do anything anymore.
- Just play the game for
a couple of minutes,
okay Max?
I'll be with you in just
a second, all right?
Hey.
Don't worry, you'll get a job.
- Jimbo, go away.
- I mean, I can write you a reference
if you'd like.
Like I mean, you put down anything
like PhD, brain surgeon...
- Jimbo, go away.
- What, you think it's a dumb idea?
Look, I'm telling you, nobody
ever checks those things.
I have put down olympic
medalist on my resume...
- You please stop it?
- I mean look, I can
get Shay to top it off
on a bit of posh paper, you
can be whatever you want.
Head of bhp, prime minster.
- God, jimbo for god's sake.
I wasn't looking for a job.
I went to the hospital to
get some test results.
- For what?
- About seven years ago I had this lump
and they got rid of it,
I was in remission
and thought I'd be fine.
But it's come back
non-hodgkins lymphoma.
- Cancer.
- It's spread everywhere.
It's all through my body,
through my lymph system, my lungs.
They said that my chances
aren't very good,
that it's spread too far.
- They grounded me
first thing this morning.
Can you fix that?
- I should be able to.
- That is not good enough!
If we are on the side of the good guys,
then I sure as hell won't be treated
like one of the bad ones.
- I told you I'd fix it.
- Well you'd better,
because if you don't, big sky
won't be flying you or anyone else.
- If I get the arc off your back,
you accept my offer and
sign the contract?
- You know it's funny,
I thought it was gonna
turn out like this.
After all, you were the only one
that had the information they need.
- It's a fair deal, I
would have thought.
- I'll tell you what a fair deal is.
If I'm gonna be doing any dodgy flying
then I want your guarantee
that you can keep
the arc off my back, because
if I'm breaking the rules
I don't want them storming in here
quoting paragraph numbers at me,
and I have a final say on
any particular flight.
- I don't know about that...
- Hey!
If we don't do it, nobody
else is gonna be able to.
And I want the fee up 50%.
- Agreed.
- To all of it?
- Absolutely.
- Very well, Mr. lightfoot,
or whatever your real name is.
You got yourself a deal.
But don't ever pull a
stunt like that again.
- In my book, Mr. manning,
the end justifies the means.
Always.