Fireflies (2004): Season 1, Episode 10 - The Longest Day - full transcript
It's the summer solstice and the fourth anniversary of the death of Jeff's teenage son Damien. It's always been a long day for Jeff and today is no different as he wakes with a feeling of dread and sadness. Things only get worse when Damien's old girlfriend Fifi arrives at the house to present Jeff with Damien's battered old guitar which she's held on to for all this time.
- Don't you want to
have a child with me
- well, I'm a bit of a slow
thinker you know what I mean,
I just need to do some
processing you know,
tik tik tik.
- You come across Jeff Burke yet?
Well I had this buddy,
Jeff's son, Damion.
Anyhow, that was when I
found Damion when he OD'd
- oh, nothing.
- Damion's guitar.
Can't believe you still got this.
- Now, collateral.
- That's your guarantee, yeah.
And the collateral is
made between the shop.
- Fix the motor.
- Yup
(laughing)
That advance we talked about?
- I've got it right here, $3,000.
The check for the other $12,000
will be here next week.
- Hey, you come back soon, hun.
Best not wait too long.
(Crickets chirping)
("Beautiful feeling")
♪ I have to pinch myself ♪
♪ to feel ♪
♪ if what is going on is real ♪
♪ from the gods themselves,
we steal night and day ♪
♪ night and day ♪
♪ a jug of wine, a
loaf bread, and thee ♪
♪ lying on a blanket, underneath
that big old spreading tree ♪
♪ it's such a beautiful feeling ♪
♪ it's such a beautiful feeling ♪
- Sharpie!
- Get out of my room!
- Oh, come on!
(Pounding and shouting)
- Dad, come on!
Dad!
What are you doing?
(Shouting)
It's my life!
(Door slamming)
(Sheets rustling)
("Roll on summer")
♪ Roll on summer, roll on ♪
♪ roll on summer, roll on ♪
(Laughing)
♪ Roll on summer, roll on ♪
- Beautiful shot, I got it!
Quick!
- Yes!
Yes!
- Now what am I going to drink?
- A beer?
- It's a bit early in the day.
Maybe a cup of tea.
- It's too hot.
- Lights.
Cheers.
This means stumps.
You want to see those
photos now, Damion?
- [Carter] I'm not Damion.
- Yes, I'm sorry, Carter.
(Honking)
- Oh!
Another time maybe you
can, you get me a beer,
you better get your stuff.
- Aw!
- Good day, good day, good day!
- Hey!
You all right?
You look terrible.
- How would you know
what I was feeling?
- How are the kids?
- I'm sorry, it's the weather.
I can't get Damion out of my head.
- It's okay.
We think of Damion, too.
- Oh, the kids, the kids are fine.
Why don't you let them
stay another night?
I could do with the company.
- No, thanks, we got to go.
Kids!
Come on!
- [Kids] Bye!
(Motor revving)
(Sad piano music)
("Roll on summer)
♪ Roll on summer, roll on,
roll on summer, roll on ♪
♪ roll on summer, roll on,
roll on summer, roll on ♪
- You all right, there?
♪ Take me by the hand
and let's walk along ♪
♪ roll on summer, roll on ♪
(Brakes screeching)
(Car door slamming)
- Is Joey here?
- No, he's not, why would he be?
- Oh, doesn't matter.
- What do you want?
- He said he'd be here, that's all.
I called him and he
said he'd come over.
- How about you tell me
what you're doing here.
- You know you're the rudest man?
I mean you could at least be polite.
- I'm busy
- wait, hang on.
(Heels clicking)
I came because I was
doing something nice.
It's for you.
It was Damion's.
I wanted to give it to
you at the funeral,
but I couldn't, and then I
know it's four years late.
- Why would I want this?
- Burn it if you want, I don't care.
Why can't you just be gracious?
(Heels clicking)
(Car door slamming)
("Emotional")
♪ The days are getting colder ♪
♪ they stand before me all in a line ♪
♪ each night gets a little longer ♪
♪ these stars that once were strange, ♪
♪ now I've called mine ♪
♪ oh, it's been so long ♪
♪ since I saw her face ♪
♪ but I just can't find my way ♪
♪ out of this place ♪
♪ I took the lord to my hands, ♪
♪ you'd do the same
from where I stand ♪
♪ now the punishment here is
much worse than the crime ♪
♪ I guess I get a little
emotional, sometimes. ♪
(Motor humming)
♪ Each night I light a candle ♪
(Door slams)
- Fife?
Are you okay?
Oh babe, I'm sorry I
forgot about the time,
I wasn't... did you
give him the guitar?
What'd he do?
- It's not him.
- Damion?
(Crickets chirping)
- I'm sorry, Joey, it's okay.
It's just today, that's all.
Come on.
Lager and ice?
It's too nice a day.
(Birds chirping)
- Taz, you could help.
- Coming.
- What?
- Don't push me.
- I didn't push you.
What's wrong?
- Nothing.
I'm hot, that's all.
- You sure?
- Perry, don't.
- For god's sake you could be
bloody pestilent at times.
Look if you want a debate.
- A debate?
- A discussion.
If you want to have one, let's have it.
Just cut out the imitation...
- oh, for god's sake,
Perry, I'm not freezing.
I'm not doing anything, just
let me wash up, will you?
- I know where this is coming from.
I'm sorry, but let's just
face it like adults.
If I don't want to have another child,
then I'm perfectly at liberty to say.
(Plate crashing)
- Oh, stop it!
I hate the way you turn
into a school teacher
when you're angry.
- I'm not angry.
- Look, I heard what you said.
You didn't want to get
pregnant with me, okay?
Stop going on about it.
- I'm not the one that's going on.
- Perry, I won't be having children.
It's a shock.
Just give me a day or two,
and stop being such
an insensitive prick.
(Plates crashing)
Beautiful day.
Why ruin it?
- See yeah, I've got to go.
I'll get dad to drive me to the train.
- Oh, okay.
- No, stay there.
Sorry to rush off.
Thanks for having me.
- Anytime.
- Good luck.
- Thanks.
- Can you drive me to the station?
(Engine turning)
- I thought you said you
were going tomorrow.
(Motor humming)
- You know what will happen
if you don't have a baby
with her.
- You heard all that.
- God, dad.
She won't stick around.
You think about it.
- Well, that's between her
and me, don't you think?
- Dad, for a smart guy you
can be so dumb at times.
Don't you know anything about women?
(Door slamming)
- Hi!
- Hi!
Beautiful day.
- In parts.
Got out of the house
so I could enjoy it.
They look very nice.
Where'd you get those?
- Down at grade, smell.
- Lilac?
- Rose, sandalwood,
bergamot, I've got it all.
- Bergamot Earl gray tea.
Mmmm.
I love that smell.
- Well, here.
Happy Christmas.
Light it for romantic dinner.
(Scoffing)
- No, thanks.
- No?
- No!
Listen, I'm just looking for
bakka, I need to sign my book.
- He's at the fire station.
Or he's not there, he's at Joey's.
- Okay, thanks.
- You all right?
- Yeah, I'm fine.
- Okay, here.
Lavender, orange, and sage.
For sweet dreams.
Especially tonight.
- Hmmm?
- Yeah, solstice night.
What you dream tonight comes true.
- I'll let you know if it works.
(Laughing)
See ya.
- Bye.
(Door creaks)
- Oy, get out of my chair.
- Piss off.
(Birds chirping)
- My girlfriend's in
love with a dead guy.
- There's nothing you can
do about that, Joey.
No one could ever compete
with a dead person.
Just got to look after her, that's all.
- Yeah.
Bloody, Damion.
- I still miss him.
- Picked a good day for it, didn't he?
Longest day of the year.
- What?
More than 24 hours?
(Laughing)
- So is that your problem, is it?
Damion?
- No, no, something different.
Remember those ten Angus yearlings?
Fed five of 'em from tick to a bucket?
- Yeah.
- Yeah, well I want to sell them off,
so I can buy the caravan
for me and fife.
Noel said he'd sell it to me.
- Guess he saw you coming.
- Do you reckon uncle Jeff
will come to the party?
- What happened to 'i want
nothing to do with uncle Jeff'?
- Yeah.
- All the property,
all the deal, - yeah, but...
But they're mine, you know?
And I've got, you know, bloody...
- obligations?
Rights?
Just tell him you want it.
- Will you ask him for me?
- Ugh.
- Well he's likely to tell
me to go to bugger or...
- they're your beasts, Joey,
don't ask him, tell him.
(Sighing)
(Silverware clanking)
- You need a haircut.
- Nice to see you too, uncle Jeff.
You want a drink or something?
- No.
(Chair scraping)
- Uncle Jeff.
What I want to do is get married,
and now there's a baby.
- You're sure it's yours?
She came looking for you this morning.
- Yeah, I know.
I was on my way there and
saw her coming back,
she was real upset.
Could have been a bit nice to her.
- Look at this!
There's a bowl of crap
load of veggies here,
I don't know how to eat it.
- So bloody don't.
- She gave me Damion's guitar.
What am I gonna do with the guitar?
- Jesus, uncle Jeff, that
was important for her.
She'd been planning
that for a long time.
Uncle Jeff, I've got to start
thinking about my future.
- It's a pity you didn't
start a few years ago.
- Well, anyway, thought
I'd get my cattle.
- Put 'em on old McKinley's
place for a while,
see if I could sell them to
a feed lot or something.
(Silverware crashing)
- What bloody cattle?
- Those ten Angus steers, you
know, we said there all mine.
- I'll have a double whiskey.
Malt.
(Ice clanking)
- Giving you a hard time, is he?
So soft, his money, probably a
bloody vampire or something.
(Laughing)
- What do you mean?
- Tonight.
Longest day of the year, man.
It's supposed to make people,
crackers or something.
- It's sure working on him.
- Look at him.
Poor bugger.
Good luck, man.
- Thanks, James.
- First thing.
I don't remember saying
any cattle of mine
- we talked...
- hey, hey, hey!
Second thing.
I raised those cattle on my land,
they ate my pasture,
surrounded by my fences.
Have you got anything to say?
- Yeah, I've got a question.
- What is it?
- How come you're such a bastard?
- Do you know what I'll do?
You forget all this nonsense
about marrying trailer trash
and I'll give you those cattle.
How's that?
(Scoffing)
(Chair banging)
("Emotional")
♪ Guess I get a little
emotional, sometimes. ♪
♪ Each night I light a candle ♪
♪ and I get down on
my knees and I pray ♪
- Oh!
Patto!
You scared me.
- You too, jeez, don't do that.
- You the only one here?
- Yeah.
I'm just finishing some
paperwork before I go away.
- Where you off to?
- Up to queensland.
- Oh, yes, Christmas.
I am so not ready for Christmas.
- Oh, I am.
I'm gonna see my kid.
Hey, did I show you the photo?
- Yeah, you did, yeah.
Make sure you bring another
one back with you, aw!
(Chuckling)
- Do you know where bakka is?
- Um, sorry, I've got no idea.
- Oh.
- Did you hear about the fires?
- What fires?
- Down at the shalhaven?
They took off just after midnight.
It's gonna be a long
day for those guys.
- Hmmm.
All right, see you later.
- All right, pal, see you.
(Engine humming)
- Hope you've got sunblock on.
You'll frizzle away.
(Laughing)
- I was just thinking that.
But I don't want to move.
(Laughing)
- Svetti said bakka might be out here.
- Oh, you missed him.
- Oh, damn.
So this is the famous armchair, eh?
- Yep, this is him.
He's a beauty, eh?
- It's a boy, eh?
- Yeah, I think so.
Here, give him a go.
- Oh, he is, he's very nice.
- Yeah, you fit better than I do.
- Aw, don't think so.
- Well, you know, you
look nicer in it anyway.
- You gonna offer me a cup of tea?
- Um, yeah, what do you want?
- What have you got?
- Well, I've got 'em all.
- I'll have an Earl gray.
- What the hell's that?
(Laughing)
No, I'm just kidding.
I got it, you stay there.
(Radio chattering)
- That was heart attack material.
- Are you two trying to
shorten my life or something?
- What do you mean?
- Your misses was here a while back,
scared the bejeezus out of me too.
- I've been looking for
her, you know where she is?
- Nah, she didn't say.
- Oh, damn.
- Listen, I can go back to work
on the house after Christmas
if you want, when I get back.
- You going to townsville?
- Bloody-a
not for two years.
Just call me Santa.
Got five presents for the little backa.
- Five?
You're spoiling him.
- Ah, they're worth it, mate.
(Phone ringing)
- In my view they should
make special laws,
make the punishment worse,
make it a special case.
- Five bags of papers, thanks, gig.
- All right, sharpie.
Here you go, mate
- thanks man, here's the right money.
- Cheers.
- Aunt mena.
- Sharpie.
- Less said.
What's this about you
having a vote at the cwa
about marijuana?
- We voted for medically
supervised cannabinol in cases
of terminal illness.
There's a difference.
- What difference?
They're drugs, mena, they're dangerous,
and that's why they're banned.
- Yeah, well, the vote
didn't go through.
We lost.
- Oh, thank god for that.
When the cwa starts voting drugs in
it just shows that people don't get it.
There's got to be zero
tolerance, and that's all.
- Look at you!
That's a drug.
- If you're gonna tell me
that this whiskey is as
bad as injecting yourself
with heroine, I don't
want to be listening.
Mike, come here!
- Mena, good to see you.
- Mike
- these blokes that are selling drugs
outside fox cove ice cream, why
did you not get onto them?
- Well, they did.
They arrested them a couple days ago.
- Well, the papers said
they'd been at it for months.
Where were you?
You're chasing blokes with
(Mumbles) On their tractors.
(Scoffing)
- What's this about?
- The druggies are coming
in under your nose,
and you're doing nothing about it.
- It's over in fox cove, it's
got nothing to do with me.
- You're a cop, mate, and
it's not good enough.
- Oh, Jesus, Jeff.
Would you settle down?
What's wrong with you?
- Ah, it'll be like the first Christmas
that I haven't had with bakka.
You grow up with your brother
at Christmas, you know.
It's gonna be weird.
- So what are you gonna do?
- Go to the sharp's place,
if he hasn't invited me yet,
though I don't know why.
Still the sharps will be
good because you know,
they get pissed, they
eat steaks, prawns.
You know they're the
in-laws, the grandparents,
so they're gonna be
minding the kid one day.
Excuse me, I am dying for a slasher.
Me and bakka were drinking
tea, and then you came along,
it's like a day at the pub.
- So where do you get
your greasy prawns from?
- Fox cove.
Sharpie's got this special
deal on with a bloke.
- Sounds like sharpie's
got special deals
with lots of people.
(Laughing)
- Do you like prawns?
Cause I can introduce you
to the bloke if you want.
(Zipping)
(Humming)
(Door creaking)
- Hello, uncle Jeff.
I've got something for you.
- You're giving the stock
away, now are you?
- It's not your stock, Jeff.
Orange, lavender, and sage.
- No, thanks.
Let's get on with it.
(Sniffing)
(Motor humming)
- Thanks, sharpie in there?
Look, I'm sorry I'm late,
but this is turning out
to be the day from hell.
Where is he?
He didn't just come
and go again, did he?
Oh, for god sake, why
didn't you hang onto him?
- He didn't come.
- He didn't show up at all?
Give me the phone.
No, no, I'll do it in here.
Where is he?
Nobody tells me about these things,
I've already told his parole officer.
He went where?
Oh.
No, no, no, no.
Yeah, I hope so.
No, I won't be here,
no it doesn't matter.
I'll fix it up later, yeah.
Okay, thanks, bye.
(Phone slamming)
(Sighing)
All right we've got Mrs.
Yassamead is at three o'clock,
is that right?
- No.
- Why not?
- Well I canceled her til tomorrow.
- What the hell for?
- Don't you remember?
You said I could go Christmas shopping.
- Christmas shopping's
now more important
than the work we do here, is it?
What time's she coming tomorrow?
- Oh, nine.
- Nine.
I've got the board at
nine, you knew that.
Oh, look, for god sake,
go and do your shopping,
I'll fix it up.
- No I'll fix it, it's just...
- I'll fix it.
Go.
(Sobbing)
- Look, I'm sorry.
Sorry.
♪ Roll on summer, roll on. ♪
♪ Roll on summer roll on ♪
- I've got to work outside,
you know, I couldn't
work inside an office
or anything like that, it'd kill me.
- Offices have got air
condition, though.
- Yeah.
I worked for uncle Jeff many times,
but that just wouldn't be worth it.
- It can't be that bad, surely.
- I might have to.
I'm gonna look around
first, to find a job.
- Ooo you're dripping.
You didn't get any of the strawberry.
- No, no.
I'm a hanky panky guy.
Hanky panky or chocolate.
- No!
A lot of people eat
chocolate ice cream.
If you're gonna eat chocolate,
you should eat chocolate chocolate.
- What's the one you got?
- Pecan
- I've never tried it.
(Laughing)
- You're messy, messy.
(Laughing)
- Thanks, mom.
(Laughing)
- Svetti?
- [Svetti] I'm busy!
- Can I see you for a tik?
(Heels clicking)
- What?
- These entries here, $3,000, $12,000.
Milking equipment?
What milking equipment?
- Well it's bakka's.
- What, bakka had a milking
machine that sold for $15,000?
Where was it? I never saw it.
- It was in the shed, at the back.
(Laughing)
- There's all crap in the shed.
It's worthless.
If you'd got $1,200 you'd
be ripping them off.
How 'bout you tell me the truth?
Where'd this money come from?
- Jeff.
The check's banked.
The machines are gone from the shed.
There's paperwork.
Forget it.
- Whose name is the check in?
There's nothing here.
- James mc-something.
I don't know, I don't remember the name
of everyone I deal with.
(Breathing heavily)
- What?
- Sale of milking equipment.
- Oh, yeah.
Yeah, I got a good price for that.
- Well you're right about that.
20 times more than it's worth.
But the check, there's nothing here.
- Well, there wouldn't be.
We sold it for cash.
- [Jeff] Is that right?
- [Bakka] Yeah.
- [Jeff] Svetti said you
got a check for it.
- Jeff, why do you do this?
Why don't you leave us alone, huh?
Why you do the books?
You don't own the shop.
- No, but I bank-rolled it.
- I don't care.
You just try to control
everyone's lives,
you can't do that!
- It's okay, svetti, it's okay.
Listen, we sold the milking
equipment, all right?
It's right there, it's
in black and white.
You said you wanted to do the
books, do the bloody books!
(Breathing heavily)
I'm going out.
(Door slams)
(Slow trumpeting)
- You've done a good job.
- Of course I did a good job.
Know why?
Because it didn't need cleaning.
It's like no one lives
in this whole house.
It's like a ghost lives here.
- Houses have to be cleaned, Ellie.
- Yeah, cleaned the sharps, lately?
We should cut this back a bit.
I could come every fortnight or...
- no, once a week.
- [Ellie] It's your money.
Thank god, 'cause god knows I need it.
See they found two druggies
selling to the kids at fox cove.
- Yes, I read that.
- None of that stuff
when I went to fox cove.
Used to be just dope, least with that,
none of this hard-to-punnet crap
with pills made in test tubes.
That stuff'd mess you up
every time, I reckon.
- Ellie, I can't...
- who was looking after them
when they were young, eh?
I'm gonna send my kids to that school.
Not like I've got any choice, eh?
Least I can do is arm him.
Arm him against people like that.
Speaking of that, I saw
Perry luscombe today.
He's a bloody strange one.
He's in a world of his own.
Didn't listen to a word I said.
I'll see you next week.
And try and mess the
place up a bit, will ya?
You're too bloody tidy
for your own good.
- The day...
The days are getting longer,
they stand before me all in a line,
the nights are getting colder,
the stars that once were strange,
now I call mine.
- I've got it casting a 70k
as the temperature's heading for 40.
It really took off yesterday morning.
- Well, they got any of those
trappers down there yet?
- Two and another 120 after that,
so they're doing okay at the moment,
but the breaks for the
containment line's up the north
and all hell's gonna break loose
and we are on for task force.
- When's that gonna be?
- Dunno, not for a day or so I think.
We should be all right
in the next 48 hours,
but after that things could get hairy.
So...
- So... Christmas party!
- Well, that's what I thought.
I mean it's now or never.
- And tomorrow we don't.
- Exactly.
- Hey, if we're doing
another task force,
I want to put my hand down.
- Well if you're going, I'm coming.
- Of course you are.
- Hey where have you been?
I've been paging you for
the last half an hour.
- [Joey] Sorry.
- [Lill] Been looking for you all over.
Sign me off on a few of these.
- Yeah, sure, okay.
Your old man's looking for you.
(Fingers snapping)
(Background chattering)
- And your time begins now:
Describe what is meant
by hazard reduction.
- Hazard reduction is the
reduction or elimination
of flammable material
from forest or bush lands
such that the danger of fire
is significantly diminished
or suppressed entirely.
(Cheering)
Thank you!
Thank you.
- Hey, hey, describe and
contrast a ground service
or crown fire.
- A ground fire's describes
a burning area of grass
or pasture, as surface fires that
which burn through bush land
and is the most common
type of forest fire
in the southeast of Australia.
And the term crown fire...
- all right, okay, that's enough.
(Laughing)
And for a bonus point
to clear you to the end
of the first round,
describe what is meant
by having a Christmas
piss up for the office.
(Laughing)
- I haven't quite
mastered that one yet.
(Laughing)
- Well, you'll have to
sit there and learn.
- Thanks.
- Cheers!
- [Everyone] Cheers!
(Motor humming)
(Door slamming)
(Yelling)
- [Bakka] Push, push, come on!
(Laughing)
- [Joey] Ah, look out,
invader on the field.
- [Lill] Perry!
- [Perry] Hi guys.
I should join up.
- [Man] Yeah, join mate.
- [Bakka] Do you want a beer, Perry?
- No I won't thanks, I've just
come for lill, pick her up.
Been chasing you everywhere.
- I haven't been running.
- [Joey] Here, I'll take that for ya.
- Thanks.
- Oh, I've got to sign the um...
- [bakka] That's all right,
I'll sign it for you.
- But I didn't finish it.
- That's all right, you know your stuff
better than any of these blokes.
- [Crowd] Hey!
(Laughing)
- Okay, thanks.
- [Bakka] See ya.
- [Everyone] Bye!
- [Joey] See ya, lill.
- [Bakka] New hooker, Louisa!
- Yes!
- Where's your car anyway?
I've been looking for you everywhere.
Where've you been?
- You should have found
me, that's where I was.
- What?
- Everywhere.
I got prawns.
Guess what we're having for dinner?
- You're in a good mood.
- Of course, why shouldn't I be?
- Well, last time I saw
you, you were sitting
on the bank sulking.
- Mention the word child or pregnancy,
I swear I will throttle you.
- This is ridiculous behavior.
- Oh, Perry just (Sighs) I
parked my car down there.
- Went to the shop looking for
you, and svetti gave me that.
I didn't think it would work.
Chasing around all day,
just trying to tell you,
I started thinking well,
maybe I don't anyway.
But then I thought,
well, since I've been
on your tale all day, I
can't be a complete rotter.
A complete fool, maybe, but
not a complete rotter.
- Tell me what?
- Tell you that I love you.
In person, in flesh.
- You think you can
smooth talk your way out
of any situation with
your silver tongue
and your good looks.
(Dramatic music)
I'll walk to the car.
Thanks, Perry.
See you later.
(Door slamming)
I have to come home
eventually, I live there.
(Birds chirping)
(People yelling)
(Guitar strumming)
- [Jeff singing] The
days are getting longer,
they stand before me
in a big long line.
(Sighing)
- I'm sorry I had a go
at you at my place.
I just realized on the
way over what today is.
- Yeah, it's the longest day
of the year they tell me.
I think that's appropriate.
- So, how you traveling?
- Oh okay.
No I'm not.
It's a subconscious thing,
I woke up this morning
with the vague feeling
that something was wrong,
and suddenly I remembered.
He would have been 22 in August.
- Is that why you were
playing "emotional"?
- What do you mean?
- The song, "emotional,"
you were playing it
when I came in.
It was, wasn't it?
- Why I'm not sure, I just
had the melody running
in my head.
- That's Damion's favorite
song, uncle Jeff.
- Was it?
(Sad music)
- There's so much you
didn't know about him.
- Carter did well on his exams.
- Yeah, he's smarter than his old man,
I'll tell ya that for free.
(Laughing)
- That's good.
He'll get on better at St. stany's
if he can keep up with the schoolwork.
- Yeah, yeah, I don't know.
- He is going to St. stany's?
- Well, maybe not Jeff.
We're not sure.
Svetti wants to keep him home,
she's against the whole
idea of boarding school.
- Oh, for god sake's bakka,
we've talked about it
a number of times.
- [Bakka] Yeah, we've talked about it,
it's called conversation.
- I pay the fees, he
goes to a good school,
that was the offer.
- Yeah, and we're
grateful for the offer,
uncle Jeff, all the...
- bakka, it's important.
Carter's a good kid, we gotta do it.
- Yeah, and we haven't
decided yet, okay?
- It's about her, isn't it?
She's got no bloody principles.
(Laughing)
- This from the bloke who swore blind
those ten Angus potties
belonged to Joey,
now who are you to
talk about principles?
- So he sent you to do his dirty work?
- No he bloody didn't.
- Well, he's not having them,
I explained that to him.
- There was an agreement, Jeff.
I was there, I saw it.
- [Jeff] There was no agreement.
- Do you think on the anniversary...
(Birds chirping)
Why is this...
- give it up bakka.
They're my cattle, and Carter's
going to St. staney's,
I'll make sure of that.
- It's not good, mate.
(Door slamming)
He wouldn't be in it,
he's (Lips buzzing),
there's no way of convincing him.
- They're mine, bakka.
- Well just saying it
over and over again's
not gonna do you any good.
Joe, that is the single
worst color I've ever seen
in my life, what is that?
- Got it for five bucks.
You know the guy who
does the color mixing
at petty's paints?
- Moggy?
- Yeah, well sometimes he
gets it completely stuffed up
and they cast him away, eh.
(Laughing)
- Well, moggy never was too bright.
Is that for fife?
- Yeah.
- They're your cattle, Joey.
Just take 'em.
- Duff 'em?
- [Bakka] It's an idea.
- My own cattle.
Steal my own cattle.
- What do you reckon?
- We wouldn't get it past the house,
he's sitting right there
at the front gate.
- Yeah, welp (Lips buzzing)
- My own cattle, steal my own cattle.
- We could do it, Joey!
We could, it'd be easy.
Come on, what do ya reckon?
- [Joey] I share a boundary
at the bottom of this gully
- [bakka] Oh yeah, we're
in the 90s there.
- [Joey] Yeah.
(Car motor humming)
(Car doors slamming)
- Doesn't look like they're here.
Hello!
Anyone home?
(Knocking)
Hello?
Hello!
Lill!
Oh, Perry, good day.
- Hi.
- Is lill here?
I just wanted to let her
know I signed her fire book.
It's complete.
She's a full member.
- Whoopie.
- Right, all right, we'll see ya.
Look at that.
- What'd you go in for?
- Just checking.
No drama.
Just have to go around the other way.
(Doors slamming)
- [Joey] Ah, this is
all stolen property.
I just can't get down there.
- There's got to be a
story about how those two
got together.
- I see it happen all the time,
lately, don't you reckon?
- What's wrong with him?
She's nice, she fits
right in with everyone.
I think he came out
here to be a hermit.
Bloody idiot.
He's all right, here.
Right here.
We'll bring them down through
the creek paddock, up here,
straight through and back
down around to Noel's place.
- Got the fence?
- No man, we fly 'em over.
What do you reckon?
- Don't you recognize
what I'm trying to do?
Six years at a good school,
it could make the world
of difference to him.
- I want him home with me.
- It's not about you, it's
about the boy's future.
- Fox cove is a good school.
- They sell drugs there!
I want what's best for
Carter, can't you see that?
- I don't want him to be sent away!
- Listen to me.
- Svetti, svettlana, why don't
you ever call me by my name?
- Do you understand how
much this is gonna cost me?
- Yeah, that's right, it's
all about money for you,
isn't it?
Money, money, money.
- I'll take charge of his education.
A good education.
I'll forget any debt that you owe me,
I'll wipe the whole slate clean,
and I won't pursue that $15,000 either.
- What do you mean, pursue?
It has nothing to do with you.
- Are you rejecting the
idea of a good education
for my nephew?
Is that what you're trying to tell me?
- What I'm trying to tell you
is that you don't own my son.
Like you don't own my husband.
I'm sorry for you, Jeff, I
know what it's all about.
You failed with Damion
and now you're trying
to make up for it.
- Don't you mention his name.
- You failed that kid, Jeff.
That's why he's dead.
(Car motor humming)
But, we all get things wrong.
I know I have.
- I think maybe we both have.
- [Lill] Svetti? You here?
- Jeff.
(Door creaking)
- Hi Jeff.
(Door creaking)
You okay?
("Emotional")
♪ I took the lord to my hand ♪
♪ you'd do the same
from where I stand ♪
♪ now the punishment here, is
much worse than the crime ♪
♪ I guess I get a little
emotional, sometimes. ♪
- Feeling better?
- Lots, thanks.
Why don't you come and
have a drink, too.
- [Kids] Hi!
- [Woman] Hi Carter!
- [Carter] Hi, bek!
(Laughing)
- Hey girls.
Where's your hubbies?
- Who knows?
(Laughing)
- Excellent!
Hey wanna get the message?
Don't I love?
- Yeah.
- Come on in, have a drink.
- Took a week, sharpie
already had the thing
in 50 million pieces.
- Yeah, I would have put
it back together again
if somebody hadn't butted
in, thank you very much.
- Oh, you were gonna, eh?
- Yeah!
- Hey, you were gonna, dad.
Things been in bits as
long as I can remember.
- Longer!
It was in bits before I had you.
- No, no, that was the Ducati, love.
- You wanna hear it?
(Engine revving)
- Oh, turn it off!
- Turn it off!
Turn it off!
- What?
- Turn it off!
(Sharpie mumbles)
- So do you.
- [Bekah] Better get going, love.
(Motor humming)
(Light piano music)
(Motor revving)
- Who could have stayed here,
he could have got a job.
At least that way I could
keep an eye on him.
- I get it mom, he's
such a bastard to you.
- It's true, he can be a bastard.
But he's my bastard.
- Yeah, and all he does is upset you.
- Yeah, he upsets me when he's here,
but he upsets me more when he goes.
- I'm dreading saying
goodbye to Carter.
- Oh, you're okay, you've got
six, seven years at least.
- Maybe not.
- It's hell saying
goodbye to your kids.
- You have to throw them out
of the nest eventually,
don't you?
- Yeah, he seemed pretty happy.
- [Fife] Yeah, he'll be back.
One night the cops'll bring him.
- Oh, fife.
- [Fife] What? It's true.
- [Lill] Well, at least he's
around, I feel sorry for Jeff
in a way.
- Bloody eyes.
Damion with a bloody syringe
hanging out of his arm.
It's tonight.
- Hmmm, it was.
- Hi Jeff.
I thought I heard something,
came to have a look.
Didn't realize it was you.
- Someone's cut my fence.
Any idea who it might be?
- No, no.
Sorry.
What'd they do?
- What do you mean they?
It could have been one bloke.
- Yeah, I was just guessing.
- So you didn't see anyone?
- No.
- See these two bits of metal here.
It's a good job, actually.
Very neat, whoever did this
has done a bit of fencing
in their life.
- Yeah, I think they get
worse as they get older.
- God, don't tell me that.
- Yeah, they do get worse,
but they also get better.
See, the thing about men is
they're continually evolving.
- Like blue green algae.
(Laughing)
- Yeah, they can all
be bastards, I reckon.
- You know what I'm sick of?
I'm sick of having eris hanging
around like a millstone.
I've been good and I've
been doing the stupid rfs.
It's like he's squeezing every
bit of breath out of me,
just so he can say I told you so.
- [Bekah] Tell him.
- Hmmm, I will.
- You hang on to Carter
as long as you can, love.
'Cause they grow up, and
they bring you pain.
- [Fife] Mom.
- You ask me?
Don't have kids.
- Sorry, lill, did I
say something wrong?
- No, no it's okay.
- Things are different in lots of ways,
it's people like you coming in.
Complete cultural shift.
- Number of times I've heard
that phrase, 'people like you'.
- Oh, no, no, I didn't
mean it as an insult.
You're the future of the district.
You know what I am?
I'm the past.
I'm a 62-year-old man, I'm
not gonna change for anyone.
It's hard for them.
- Your family?
- No, everybody.
I give everyone a hard
time, I know that.
- I'm 55, I feel like 62, but
sometimes I feel like 100.
- Yeah?
My only son died today.
- I'm sorry.
- He would have inherited all of this.
I loved him very much,
and I failed him.
It's taken me four years to say that.
Kids are gonna hurt you
in all sorts of ways.
Do you have any children?
- Yes, I have a daughter,
but not with lill, no.
- Why not?
- If you'd ask me that a week ago,
I might have had an answer.
- [Joey] I'll get onto the
dealer's tomorrow first thing.
(Car engine humming)
- [Bakka] Here we go.
- You're persistent,
I'll give you that.
I want them back on my
property by dinnertime.
Through the front gate this
time or I'm calling the cops.
- We have got no idea what
you're talking about.
- Joey, just...
They're off your property now, Jeff.
They're not yours, and you
won't see them again.
And as for calling the cops,
why don't you call Mike right
now on your mobile phone?
We'll get the ball rolling.
- I got more money than you,
I can last longer in court.
- Go for it.
- Hang on, bakka, if we...
- it's all right.
Quid pro quo.
Joey, you put them back on my property,
I'll fatten 'em up for ya,
and I'll give you five
more, how's that?
- You know what is...
- [jeff] You'll pay the
adjustment, of course.
- Okay.
- Back-debted when you
stop working for me.
- Hang on, well, yeah, your honor.
- And you, Carter goes to St. staney's.
I know you want him to.
- Maybe, but he's got a mother, Jeff,
the two of us will decide.
- All right, here's the deal.
You convince her.
You talk her out.
Carter goes to boarding
school, Joey gets his cattle,
and I forget this every happened.
- No.
- No?
- I'll talk to her, Jeff,
but I would have talked
to her anyway.
She's my wife.
I'm not doing this for you.
- You do that.
Nice repair job on the fence.
(Door opening and closing)
(Footsteps)
- How did you get in?
- Jeff, I must know where the
back door keys are for maybe,
twenty families in this district.
Are you okay?
- Get out.
- I came because around
midnight tonight
you're gonna feel like hell.
I know because my son survived it,
and it still gives me the willies.
Just, just listen to me.
I know what you think
of me and my family,
and to tell you the truth
I couldn't give a damn,
so I don't really know why I came.
But here I am.
I believe in spite of
everything that you are
a good man, Jeff.
I came to say to you, I'm
sorry, from my heart.
- Thank you.
- See?
You do have a heart, Jeff.
I'll see you.
(Door closing)
(Dialing)
- Mike?
Jeff Burke.
This is a bit of a long shot,
but somebody sold a milking
machine around here recently.
I'd like to know who bought it.
Yes, I realize that, but
this could turn up anywhere.
Okay.
If you could keep an eye out
for me, I'd appreciate it.
Thanks, Mike.
Thanks, mate, bye.
(Phone clanking)
("Emotional")
♪ Each night I light a candle ♪
♪ and I get down on
my knees and I pray ♪
♪ my home in ashes I can handle ♪
♪ but not to see my loved
ones losing there way ♪
♪ if my tongue sounds mean, ♪
♪ please don't turn away ♪
♪ don't you see I'm losing
it a little bit, everyday. ♪
♪ If you let yourself understand ♪
♪ I'd give you my heart and hand ♪
♪ or else the punishment will
be much worse than the crime ♪
♪ I guess I get a little
emotional, sometimes ♪
♪ do you blame me? ♪
♪ If I get a little
emotional, sometimes. ♪
(Crickets chirping)
(Owl hooting)
("Beautiful promise")
♪ We're chasing a beautiful rainbow ♪
♪ our story hasn't been told ♪
♪ it takes rain to make a rainbow ♪
♪ takes a sun dying, to
turn the world gold. ♪
♪ The days run outside my window ♪
♪ like wild horses, I
cross the planes ♪
♪ fireflies dance in the shadows ♪
♪ love don't shine steady ♪
♪ it waxes and wanes ♪
have a child with me
- well, I'm a bit of a slow
thinker you know what I mean,
I just need to do some
processing you know,
tik tik tik.
- You come across Jeff Burke yet?
Well I had this buddy,
Jeff's son, Damion.
Anyhow, that was when I
found Damion when he OD'd
- oh, nothing.
- Damion's guitar.
Can't believe you still got this.
- Now, collateral.
- That's your guarantee, yeah.
And the collateral is
made between the shop.
- Fix the motor.
- Yup
(laughing)
That advance we talked about?
- I've got it right here, $3,000.
The check for the other $12,000
will be here next week.
- Hey, you come back soon, hun.
Best not wait too long.
(Crickets chirping)
("Beautiful feeling")
♪ I have to pinch myself ♪
♪ to feel ♪
♪ if what is going on is real ♪
♪ from the gods themselves,
we steal night and day ♪
♪ night and day ♪
♪ a jug of wine, a
loaf bread, and thee ♪
♪ lying on a blanket, underneath
that big old spreading tree ♪
♪ it's such a beautiful feeling ♪
♪ it's such a beautiful feeling ♪
- Sharpie!
- Get out of my room!
- Oh, come on!
(Pounding and shouting)
- Dad, come on!
Dad!
What are you doing?
(Shouting)
It's my life!
(Door slamming)
(Sheets rustling)
("Roll on summer")
♪ Roll on summer, roll on ♪
♪ roll on summer, roll on ♪
(Laughing)
♪ Roll on summer, roll on ♪
- Beautiful shot, I got it!
Quick!
- Yes!
Yes!
- Now what am I going to drink?
- A beer?
- It's a bit early in the day.
Maybe a cup of tea.
- It's too hot.
- Lights.
Cheers.
This means stumps.
You want to see those
photos now, Damion?
- [Carter] I'm not Damion.
- Yes, I'm sorry, Carter.
(Honking)
- Oh!
Another time maybe you
can, you get me a beer,
you better get your stuff.
- Aw!
- Good day, good day, good day!
- Hey!
You all right?
You look terrible.
- How would you know
what I was feeling?
- How are the kids?
- I'm sorry, it's the weather.
I can't get Damion out of my head.
- It's okay.
We think of Damion, too.
- Oh, the kids, the kids are fine.
Why don't you let them
stay another night?
I could do with the company.
- No, thanks, we got to go.
Kids!
Come on!
- [Kids] Bye!
(Motor revving)
(Sad piano music)
("Roll on summer)
♪ Roll on summer, roll on,
roll on summer, roll on ♪
♪ roll on summer, roll on,
roll on summer, roll on ♪
- You all right, there?
♪ Take me by the hand
and let's walk along ♪
♪ roll on summer, roll on ♪
(Brakes screeching)
(Car door slamming)
- Is Joey here?
- No, he's not, why would he be?
- Oh, doesn't matter.
- What do you want?
- He said he'd be here, that's all.
I called him and he
said he'd come over.
- How about you tell me
what you're doing here.
- You know you're the rudest man?
I mean you could at least be polite.
- I'm busy
- wait, hang on.
(Heels clicking)
I came because I was
doing something nice.
It's for you.
It was Damion's.
I wanted to give it to
you at the funeral,
but I couldn't, and then I
know it's four years late.
- Why would I want this?
- Burn it if you want, I don't care.
Why can't you just be gracious?
(Heels clicking)
(Car door slamming)
("Emotional")
♪ The days are getting colder ♪
♪ they stand before me all in a line ♪
♪ each night gets a little longer ♪
♪ these stars that once were strange, ♪
♪ now I've called mine ♪
♪ oh, it's been so long ♪
♪ since I saw her face ♪
♪ but I just can't find my way ♪
♪ out of this place ♪
♪ I took the lord to my hands, ♪
♪ you'd do the same
from where I stand ♪
♪ now the punishment here is
much worse than the crime ♪
♪ I guess I get a little
emotional, sometimes. ♪
(Motor humming)
♪ Each night I light a candle ♪
(Door slams)
- Fife?
Are you okay?
Oh babe, I'm sorry I
forgot about the time,
I wasn't... did you
give him the guitar?
What'd he do?
- It's not him.
- Damion?
(Crickets chirping)
- I'm sorry, Joey, it's okay.
It's just today, that's all.
Come on.
Lager and ice?
It's too nice a day.
(Birds chirping)
- Taz, you could help.
- Coming.
- What?
- Don't push me.
- I didn't push you.
What's wrong?
- Nothing.
I'm hot, that's all.
- You sure?
- Perry, don't.
- For god's sake you could be
bloody pestilent at times.
Look if you want a debate.
- A debate?
- A discussion.
If you want to have one, let's have it.
Just cut out the imitation...
- oh, for god's sake,
Perry, I'm not freezing.
I'm not doing anything, just
let me wash up, will you?
- I know where this is coming from.
I'm sorry, but let's just
face it like adults.
If I don't want to have another child,
then I'm perfectly at liberty to say.
(Plate crashing)
- Oh, stop it!
I hate the way you turn
into a school teacher
when you're angry.
- I'm not angry.
- Look, I heard what you said.
You didn't want to get
pregnant with me, okay?
Stop going on about it.
- I'm not the one that's going on.
- Perry, I won't be having children.
It's a shock.
Just give me a day or two,
and stop being such
an insensitive prick.
(Plates crashing)
Beautiful day.
Why ruin it?
- See yeah, I've got to go.
I'll get dad to drive me to the train.
- Oh, okay.
- No, stay there.
Sorry to rush off.
Thanks for having me.
- Anytime.
- Good luck.
- Thanks.
- Can you drive me to the station?
(Engine turning)
- I thought you said you
were going tomorrow.
(Motor humming)
- You know what will happen
if you don't have a baby
with her.
- You heard all that.
- God, dad.
She won't stick around.
You think about it.
- Well, that's between her
and me, don't you think?
- Dad, for a smart guy you
can be so dumb at times.
Don't you know anything about women?
(Door slamming)
- Hi!
- Hi!
Beautiful day.
- In parts.
Got out of the house
so I could enjoy it.
They look very nice.
Where'd you get those?
- Down at grade, smell.
- Lilac?
- Rose, sandalwood,
bergamot, I've got it all.
- Bergamot Earl gray tea.
Mmmm.
I love that smell.
- Well, here.
Happy Christmas.
Light it for romantic dinner.
(Scoffing)
- No, thanks.
- No?
- No!
Listen, I'm just looking for
bakka, I need to sign my book.
- He's at the fire station.
Or he's not there, he's at Joey's.
- Okay, thanks.
- You all right?
- Yeah, I'm fine.
- Okay, here.
Lavender, orange, and sage.
For sweet dreams.
Especially tonight.
- Hmmm?
- Yeah, solstice night.
What you dream tonight comes true.
- I'll let you know if it works.
(Laughing)
See ya.
- Bye.
(Door creaks)
- Oy, get out of my chair.
- Piss off.
(Birds chirping)
- My girlfriend's in
love with a dead guy.
- There's nothing you can
do about that, Joey.
No one could ever compete
with a dead person.
Just got to look after her, that's all.
- Yeah.
Bloody, Damion.
- I still miss him.
- Picked a good day for it, didn't he?
Longest day of the year.
- What?
More than 24 hours?
(Laughing)
- So is that your problem, is it?
Damion?
- No, no, something different.
Remember those ten Angus yearlings?
Fed five of 'em from tick to a bucket?
- Yeah.
- Yeah, well I want to sell them off,
so I can buy the caravan
for me and fife.
Noel said he'd sell it to me.
- Guess he saw you coming.
- Do you reckon uncle Jeff
will come to the party?
- What happened to 'i want
nothing to do with uncle Jeff'?
- Yeah.
- All the property,
all the deal, - yeah, but...
But they're mine, you know?
And I've got, you know, bloody...
- obligations?
Rights?
Just tell him you want it.
- Will you ask him for me?
- Ugh.
- Well he's likely to tell
me to go to bugger or...
- they're your beasts, Joey,
don't ask him, tell him.
(Sighing)
(Silverware clanking)
- You need a haircut.
- Nice to see you too, uncle Jeff.
You want a drink or something?
- No.
(Chair scraping)
- Uncle Jeff.
What I want to do is get married,
and now there's a baby.
- You're sure it's yours?
She came looking for you this morning.
- Yeah, I know.
I was on my way there and
saw her coming back,
she was real upset.
Could have been a bit nice to her.
- Look at this!
There's a bowl of crap
load of veggies here,
I don't know how to eat it.
- So bloody don't.
- She gave me Damion's guitar.
What am I gonna do with the guitar?
- Jesus, uncle Jeff, that
was important for her.
She'd been planning
that for a long time.
Uncle Jeff, I've got to start
thinking about my future.
- It's a pity you didn't
start a few years ago.
- Well, anyway, thought
I'd get my cattle.
- Put 'em on old McKinley's
place for a while,
see if I could sell them to
a feed lot or something.
(Silverware crashing)
- What bloody cattle?
- Those ten Angus steers, you
know, we said there all mine.
- I'll have a double whiskey.
Malt.
(Ice clanking)
- Giving you a hard time, is he?
So soft, his money, probably a
bloody vampire or something.
(Laughing)
- What do you mean?
- Tonight.
Longest day of the year, man.
It's supposed to make people,
crackers or something.
- It's sure working on him.
- Look at him.
Poor bugger.
Good luck, man.
- Thanks, James.
- First thing.
I don't remember saying
any cattle of mine
- we talked...
- hey, hey, hey!
Second thing.
I raised those cattle on my land,
they ate my pasture,
surrounded by my fences.
Have you got anything to say?
- Yeah, I've got a question.
- What is it?
- How come you're such a bastard?
- Do you know what I'll do?
You forget all this nonsense
about marrying trailer trash
and I'll give you those cattle.
How's that?
(Scoffing)
(Chair banging)
("Emotional")
♪ Guess I get a little
emotional, sometimes. ♪
♪ Each night I light a candle ♪
♪ and I get down on
my knees and I pray ♪
- Oh!
Patto!
You scared me.
- You too, jeez, don't do that.
- You the only one here?
- Yeah.
I'm just finishing some
paperwork before I go away.
- Where you off to?
- Up to queensland.
- Oh, yes, Christmas.
I am so not ready for Christmas.
- Oh, I am.
I'm gonna see my kid.
Hey, did I show you the photo?
- Yeah, you did, yeah.
Make sure you bring another
one back with you, aw!
(Chuckling)
- Do you know where bakka is?
- Um, sorry, I've got no idea.
- Oh.
- Did you hear about the fires?
- What fires?
- Down at the shalhaven?
They took off just after midnight.
It's gonna be a long
day for those guys.
- Hmmm.
All right, see you later.
- All right, pal, see you.
(Engine humming)
- Hope you've got sunblock on.
You'll frizzle away.
(Laughing)
- I was just thinking that.
But I don't want to move.
(Laughing)
- Svetti said bakka might be out here.
- Oh, you missed him.
- Oh, damn.
So this is the famous armchair, eh?
- Yep, this is him.
He's a beauty, eh?
- It's a boy, eh?
- Yeah, I think so.
Here, give him a go.
- Oh, he is, he's very nice.
- Yeah, you fit better than I do.
- Aw, don't think so.
- Well, you know, you
look nicer in it anyway.
- You gonna offer me a cup of tea?
- Um, yeah, what do you want?
- What have you got?
- Well, I've got 'em all.
- I'll have an Earl gray.
- What the hell's that?
(Laughing)
No, I'm just kidding.
I got it, you stay there.
(Radio chattering)
- That was heart attack material.
- Are you two trying to
shorten my life or something?
- What do you mean?
- Your misses was here a while back,
scared the bejeezus out of me too.
- I've been looking for
her, you know where she is?
- Nah, she didn't say.
- Oh, damn.
- Listen, I can go back to work
on the house after Christmas
if you want, when I get back.
- You going to townsville?
- Bloody-a
not for two years.
Just call me Santa.
Got five presents for the little backa.
- Five?
You're spoiling him.
- Ah, they're worth it, mate.
(Phone ringing)
- In my view they should
make special laws,
make the punishment worse,
make it a special case.
- Five bags of papers, thanks, gig.
- All right, sharpie.
Here you go, mate
- thanks man, here's the right money.
- Cheers.
- Aunt mena.
- Sharpie.
- Less said.
What's this about you
having a vote at the cwa
about marijuana?
- We voted for medically
supervised cannabinol in cases
of terminal illness.
There's a difference.
- What difference?
They're drugs, mena, they're dangerous,
and that's why they're banned.
- Yeah, well, the vote
didn't go through.
We lost.
- Oh, thank god for that.
When the cwa starts voting drugs in
it just shows that people don't get it.
There's got to be zero
tolerance, and that's all.
- Look at you!
That's a drug.
- If you're gonna tell me
that this whiskey is as
bad as injecting yourself
with heroine, I don't
want to be listening.
Mike, come here!
- Mena, good to see you.
- Mike
- these blokes that are selling drugs
outside fox cove ice cream, why
did you not get onto them?
- Well, they did.
They arrested them a couple days ago.
- Well, the papers said
they'd been at it for months.
Where were you?
You're chasing blokes with
(Mumbles) On their tractors.
(Scoffing)
- What's this about?
- The druggies are coming
in under your nose,
and you're doing nothing about it.
- It's over in fox cove, it's
got nothing to do with me.
- You're a cop, mate, and
it's not good enough.
- Oh, Jesus, Jeff.
Would you settle down?
What's wrong with you?
- Ah, it'll be like the first Christmas
that I haven't had with bakka.
You grow up with your brother
at Christmas, you know.
It's gonna be weird.
- So what are you gonna do?
- Go to the sharp's place,
if he hasn't invited me yet,
though I don't know why.
Still the sharps will be
good because you know,
they get pissed, they
eat steaks, prawns.
You know they're the
in-laws, the grandparents,
so they're gonna be
minding the kid one day.
Excuse me, I am dying for a slasher.
Me and bakka were drinking
tea, and then you came along,
it's like a day at the pub.
- So where do you get
your greasy prawns from?
- Fox cove.
Sharpie's got this special
deal on with a bloke.
- Sounds like sharpie's
got special deals
with lots of people.
(Laughing)
- Do you like prawns?
Cause I can introduce you
to the bloke if you want.
(Zipping)
(Humming)
(Door creaking)
- Hello, uncle Jeff.
I've got something for you.
- You're giving the stock
away, now are you?
- It's not your stock, Jeff.
Orange, lavender, and sage.
- No, thanks.
Let's get on with it.
(Sniffing)
(Motor humming)
- Thanks, sharpie in there?
Look, I'm sorry I'm late,
but this is turning out
to be the day from hell.
Where is he?
He didn't just come
and go again, did he?
Oh, for god sake, why
didn't you hang onto him?
- He didn't come.
- He didn't show up at all?
Give me the phone.
No, no, I'll do it in here.
Where is he?
Nobody tells me about these things,
I've already told his parole officer.
He went where?
Oh.
No, no, no, no.
Yeah, I hope so.
No, I won't be here,
no it doesn't matter.
I'll fix it up later, yeah.
Okay, thanks, bye.
(Phone slamming)
(Sighing)
All right we've got Mrs.
Yassamead is at three o'clock,
is that right?
- No.
- Why not?
- Well I canceled her til tomorrow.
- What the hell for?
- Don't you remember?
You said I could go Christmas shopping.
- Christmas shopping's
now more important
than the work we do here, is it?
What time's she coming tomorrow?
- Oh, nine.
- Nine.
I've got the board at
nine, you knew that.
Oh, look, for god sake,
go and do your shopping,
I'll fix it up.
- No I'll fix it, it's just...
- I'll fix it.
Go.
(Sobbing)
- Look, I'm sorry.
Sorry.
♪ Roll on summer, roll on. ♪
♪ Roll on summer roll on ♪
- I've got to work outside,
you know, I couldn't
work inside an office
or anything like that, it'd kill me.
- Offices have got air
condition, though.
- Yeah.
I worked for uncle Jeff many times,
but that just wouldn't be worth it.
- It can't be that bad, surely.
- I might have to.
I'm gonna look around
first, to find a job.
- Ooo you're dripping.
You didn't get any of the strawberry.
- No, no.
I'm a hanky panky guy.
Hanky panky or chocolate.
- No!
A lot of people eat
chocolate ice cream.
If you're gonna eat chocolate,
you should eat chocolate chocolate.
- What's the one you got?
- Pecan
- I've never tried it.
(Laughing)
- You're messy, messy.
(Laughing)
- Thanks, mom.
(Laughing)
- Svetti?
- [Svetti] I'm busy!
- Can I see you for a tik?
(Heels clicking)
- What?
- These entries here, $3,000, $12,000.
Milking equipment?
What milking equipment?
- Well it's bakka's.
- What, bakka had a milking
machine that sold for $15,000?
Where was it? I never saw it.
- It was in the shed, at the back.
(Laughing)
- There's all crap in the shed.
It's worthless.
If you'd got $1,200 you'd
be ripping them off.
How 'bout you tell me the truth?
Where'd this money come from?
- Jeff.
The check's banked.
The machines are gone from the shed.
There's paperwork.
Forget it.
- Whose name is the check in?
There's nothing here.
- James mc-something.
I don't know, I don't remember the name
of everyone I deal with.
(Breathing heavily)
- What?
- Sale of milking equipment.
- Oh, yeah.
Yeah, I got a good price for that.
- Well you're right about that.
20 times more than it's worth.
But the check, there's nothing here.
- Well, there wouldn't be.
We sold it for cash.
- [Jeff] Is that right?
- [Bakka] Yeah.
- [Jeff] Svetti said you
got a check for it.
- Jeff, why do you do this?
Why don't you leave us alone, huh?
Why you do the books?
You don't own the shop.
- No, but I bank-rolled it.
- I don't care.
You just try to control
everyone's lives,
you can't do that!
- It's okay, svetti, it's okay.
Listen, we sold the milking
equipment, all right?
It's right there, it's
in black and white.
You said you wanted to do the
books, do the bloody books!
(Breathing heavily)
I'm going out.
(Door slams)
(Slow trumpeting)
- You've done a good job.
- Of course I did a good job.
Know why?
Because it didn't need cleaning.
It's like no one lives
in this whole house.
It's like a ghost lives here.
- Houses have to be cleaned, Ellie.
- Yeah, cleaned the sharps, lately?
We should cut this back a bit.
I could come every fortnight or...
- no, once a week.
- [Ellie] It's your money.
Thank god, 'cause god knows I need it.
See they found two druggies
selling to the kids at fox cove.
- Yes, I read that.
- None of that stuff
when I went to fox cove.
Used to be just dope, least with that,
none of this hard-to-punnet crap
with pills made in test tubes.
That stuff'd mess you up
every time, I reckon.
- Ellie, I can't...
- who was looking after them
when they were young, eh?
I'm gonna send my kids to that school.
Not like I've got any choice, eh?
Least I can do is arm him.
Arm him against people like that.
Speaking of that, I saw
Perry luscombe today.
He's a bloody strange one.
He's in a world of his own.
Didn't listen to a word I said.
I'll see you next week.
And try and mess the
place up a bit, will ya?
You're too bloody tidy
for your own good.
- The day...
The days are getting longer,
they stand before me all in a line,
the nights are getting colder,
the stars that once were strange,
now I call mine.
- I've got it casting a 70k
as the temperature's heading for 40.
It really took off yesterday morning.
- Well, they got any of those
trappers down there yet?
- Two and another 120 after that,
so they're doing okay at the moment,
but the breaks for the
containment line's up the north
and all hell's gonna break loose
and we are on for task force.
- When's that gonna be?
- Dunno, not for a day or so I think.
We should be all right
in the next 48 hours,
but after that things could get hairy.
So...
- So... Christmas party!
- Well, that's what I thought.
I mean it's now or never.
- And tomorrow we don't.
- Exactly.
- Hey, if we're doing
another task force,
I want to put my hand down.
- Well if you're going, I'm coming.
- Of course you are.
- Hey where have you been?
I've been paging you for
the last half an hour.
- [Joey] Sorry.
- [Lill] Been looking for you all over.
Sign me off on a few of these.
- Yeah, sure, okay.
Your old man's looking for you.
(Fingers snapping)
(Background chattering)
- And your time begins now:
Describe what is meant
by hazard reduction.
- Hazard reduction is the
reduction or elimination
of flammable material
from forest or bush lands
such that the danger of fire
is significantly diminished
or suppressed entirely.
(Cheering)
Thank you!
Thank you.
- Hey, hey, describe and
contrast a ground service
or crown fire.
- A ground fire's describes
a burning area of grass
or pasture, as surface fires that
which burn through bush land
and is the most common
type of forest fire
in the southeast of Australia.
And the term crown fire...
- all right, okay, that's enough.
(Laughing)
And for a bonus point
to clear you to the end
of the first round,
describe what is meant
by having a Christmas
piss up for the office.
(Laughing)
- I haven't quite
mastered that one yet.
(Laughing)
- Well, you'll have to
sit there and learn.
- Thanks.
- Cheers!
- [Everyone] Cheers!
(Motor humming)
(Door slamming)
(Yelling)
- [Bakka] Push, push, come on!
(Laughing)
- [Joey] Ah, look out,
invader on the field.
- [Lill] Perry!
- [Perry] Hi guys.
I should join up.
- [Man] Yeah, join mate.
- [Bakka] Do you want a beer, Perry?
- No I won't thanks, I've just
come for lill, pick her up.
Been chasing you everywhere.
- I haven't been running.
- [Joey] Here, I'll take that for ya.
- Thanks.
- Oh, I've got to sign the um...
- [bakka] That's all right,
I'll sign it for you.
- But I didn't finish it.
- That's all right, you know your stuff
better than any of these blokes.
- [Crowd] Hey!
(Laughing)
- Okay, thanks.
- [Bakka] See ya.
- [Everyone] Bye!
- [Joey] See ya, lill.
- [Bakka] New hooker, Louisa!
- Yes!
- Where's your car anyway?
I've been looking for you everywhere.
Where've you been?
- You should have found
me, that's where I was.
- What?
- Everywhere.
I got prawns.
Guess what we're having for dinner?
- You're in a good mood.
- Of course, why shouldn't I be?
- Well, last time I saw
you, you were sitting
on the bank sulking.
- Mention the word child or pregnancy,
I swear I will throttle you.
- This is ridiculous behavior.
- Oh, Perry just (Sighs) I
parked my car down there.
- Went to the shop looking for
you, and svetti gave me that.
I didn't think it would work.
Chasing around all day,
just trying to tell you,
I started thinking well,
maybe I don't anyway.
But then I thought,
well, since I've been
on your tale all day, I
can't be a complete rotter.
A complete fool, maybe, but
not a complete rotter.
- Tell me what?
- Tell you that I love you.
In person, in flesh.
- You think you can
smooth talk your way out
of any situation with
your silver tongue
and your good looks.
(Dramatic music)
I'll walk to the car.
Thanks, Perry.
See you later.
(Door slamming)
I have to come home
eventually, I live there.
(Birds chirping)
(People yelling)
(Guitar strumming)
- [Jeff singing] The
days are getting longer,
they stand before me
in a big long line.
(Sighing)
- I'm sorry I had a go
at you at my place.
I just realized on the
way over what today is.
- Yeah, it's the longest day
of the year they tell me.
I think that's appropriate.
- So, how you traveling?
- Oh okay.
No I'm not.
It's a subconscious thing,
I woke up this morning
with the vague feeling
that something was wrong,
and suddenly I remembered.
He would have been 22 in August.
- Is that why you were
playing "emotional"?
- What do you mean?
- The song, "emotional,"
you were playing it
when I came in.
It was, wasn't it?
- Why I'm not sure, I just
had the melody running
in my head.
- That's Damion's favorite
song, uncle Jeff.
- Was it?
(Sad music)
- There's so much you
didn't know about him.
- Carter did well on his exams.
- Yeah, he's smarter than his old man,
I'll tell ya that for free.
(Laughing)
- That's good.
He'll get on better at St. stany's
if he can keep up with the schoolwork.
- Yeah, yeah, I don't know.
- He is going to St. stany's?
- Well, maybe not Jeff.
We're not sure.
Svetti wants to keep him home,
she's against the whole
idea of boarding school.
- Oh, for god sake's bakka,
we've talked about it
a number of times.
- [Bakka] Yeah, we've talked about it,
it's called conversation.
- I pay the fees, he
goes to a good school,
that was the offer.
- Yeah, and we're
grateful for the offer,
uncle Jeff, all the...
- bakka, it's important.
Carter's a good kid, we gotta do it.
- Yeah, and we haven't
decided yet, okay?
- It's about her, isn't it?
She's got no bloody principles.
(Laughing)
- This from the bloke who swore blind
those ten Angus potties
belonged to Joey,
now who are you to
talk about principles?
- So he sent you to do his dirty work?
- No he bloody didn't.
- Well, he's not having them,
I explained that to him.
- There was an agreement, Jeff.
I was there, I saw it.
- [Jeff] There was no agreement.
- Do you think on the anniversary...
(Birds chirping)
Why is this...
- give it up bakka.
They're my cattle, and Carter's
going to St. staney's,
I'll make sure of that.
- It's not good, mate.
(Door slamming)
He wouldn't be in it,
he's (Lips buzzing),
there's no way of convincing him.
- They're mine, bakka.
- Well just saying it
over and over again's
not gonna do you any good.
Joe, that is the single
worst color I've ever seen
in my life, what is that?
- Got it for five bucks.
You know the guy who
does the color mixing
at petty's paints?
- Moggy?
- Yeah, well sometimes he
gets it completely stuffed up
and they cast him away, eh.
(Laughing)
- Well, moggy never was too bright.
Is that for fife?
- Yeah.
- They're your cattle, Joey.
Just take 'em.
- Duff 'em?
- [Bakka] It's an idea.
- My own cattle.
Steal my own cattle.
- What do you reckon?
- We wouldn't get it past the house,
he's sitting right there
at the front gate.
- Yeah, welp (Lips buzzing)
- My own cattle, steal my own cattle.
- We could do it, Joey!
We could, it'd be easy.
Come on, what do ya reckon?
- [Joey] I share a boundary
at the bottom of this gully
- [bakka] Oh yeah, we're
in the 90s there.
- [Joey] Yeah.
(Car motor humming)
(Car doors slamming)
- Doesn't look like they're here.
Hello!
Anyone home?
(Knocking)
Hello?
Hello!
Lill!
Oh, Perry, good day.
- Hi.
- Is lill here?
I just wanted to let her
know I signed her fire book.
It's complete.
She's a full member.
- Whoopie.
- Right, all right, we'll see ya.
Look at that.
- What'd you go in for?
- Just checking.
No drama.
Just have to go around the other way.
(Doors slamming)
- [Joey] Ah, this is
all stolen property.
I just can't get down there.
- There's got to be a
story about how those two
got together.
- I see it happen all the time,
lately, don't you reckon?
- What's wrong with him?
She's nice, she fits
right in with everyone.
I think he came out
here to be a hermit.
Bloody idiot.
He's all right, here.
Right here.
We'll bring them down through
the creek paddock, up here,
straight through and back
down around to Noel's place.
- Got the fence?
- No man, we fly 'em over.
What do you reckon?
- Don't you recognize
what I'm trying to do?
Six years at a good school,
it could make the world
of difference to him.
- I want him home with me.
- It's not about you, it's
about the boy's future.
- Fox cove is a good school.
- They sell drugs there!
I want what's best for
Carter, can't you see that?
- I don't want him to be sent away!
- Listen to me.
- Svetti, svettlana, why don't
you ever call me by my name?
- Do you understand how
much this is gonna cost me?
- Yeah, that's right, it's
all about money for you,
isn't it?
Money, money, money.
- I'll take charge of his education.
A good education.
I'll forget any debt that you owe me,
I'll wipe the whole slate clean,
and I won't pursue that $15,000 either.
- What do you mean, pursue?
It has nothing to do with you.
- Are you rejecting the
idea of a good education
for my nephew?
Is that what you're trying to tell me?
- What I'm trying to tell you
is that you don't own my son.
Like you don't own my husband.
I'm sorry for you, Jeff, I
know what it's all about.
You failed with Damion
and now you're trying
to make up for it.
- Don't you mention his name.
- You failed that kid, Jeff.
That's why he's dead.
(Car motor humming)
But, we all get things wrong.
I know I have.
- I think maybe we both have.
- [Lill] Svetti? You here?
- Jeff.
(Door creaking)
- Hi Jeff.
(Door creaking)
You okay?
("Emotional")
♪ I took the lord to my hand ♪
♪ you'd do the same
from where I stand ♪
♪ now the punishment here, is
much worse than the crime ♪
♪ I guess I get a little
emotional, sometimes. ♪
- Feeling better?
- Lots, thanks.
Why don't you come and
have a drink, too.
- [Kids] Hi!
- [Woman] Hi Carter!
- [Carter] Hi, bek!
(Laughing)
- Hey girls.
Where's your hubbies?
- Who knows?
(Laughing)
- Excellent!
Hey wanna get the message?
Don't I love?
- Yeah.
- Come on in, have a drink.
- Took a week, sharpie
already had the thing
in 50 million pieces.
- Yeah, I would have put
it back together again
if somebody hadn't butted
in, thank you very much.
- Oh, you were gonna, eh?
- Yeah!
- Hey, you were gonna, dad.
Things been in bits as
long as I can remember.
- Longer!
It was in bits before I had you.
- No, no, that was the Ducati, love.
- You wanna hear it?
(Engine revving)
- Oh, turn it off!
- Turn it off!
Turn it off!
- What?
- Turn it off!
(Sharpie mumbles)
- So do you.
- [Bekah] Better get going, love.
(Motor humming)
(Light piano music)
(Motor revving)
- Who could have stayed here,
he could have got a job.
At least that way I could
keep an eye on him.
- I get it mom, he's
such a bastard to you.
- It's true, he can be a bastard.
But he's my bastard.
- Yeah, and all he does is upset you.
- Yeah, he upsets me when he's here,
but he upsets me more when he goes.
- I'm dreading saying
goodbye to Carter.
- Oh, you're okay, you've got
six, seven years at least.
- Maybe not.
- It's hell saying
goodbye to your kids.
- You have to throw them out
of the nest eventually,
don't you?
- Yeah, he seemed pretty happy.
- [Fife] Yeah, he'll be back.
One night the cops'll bring him.
- Oh, fife.
- [Fife] What? It's true.
- [Lill] Well, at least he's
around, I feel sorry for Jeff
in a way.
- Bloody eyes.
Damion with a bloody syringe
hanging out of his arm.
It's tonight.
- Hmmm, it was.
- Hi Jeff.
I thought I heard something,
came to have a look.
Didn't realize it was you.
- Someone's cut my fence.
Any idea who it might be?
- No, no.
Sorry.
What'd they do?
- What do you mean they?
It could have been one bloke.
- Yeah, I was just guessing.
- So you didn't see anyone?
- No.
- See these two bits of metal here.
It's a good job, actually.
Very neat, whoever did this
has done a bit of fencing
in their life.
- Yeah, I think they get
worse as they get older.
- God, don't tell me that.
- Yeah, they do get worse,
but they also get better.
See, the thing about men is
they're continually evolving.
- Like blue green algae.
(Laughing)
- Yeah, they can all
be bastards, I reckon.
- You know what I'm sick of?
I'm sick of having eris hanging
around like a millstone.
I've been good and I've
been doing the stupid rfs.
It's like he's squeezing every
bit of breath out of me,
just so he can say I told you so.
- [Bekah] Tell him.
- Hmmm, I will.
- You hang on to Carter
as long as you can, love.
'Cause they grow up, and
they bring you pain.
- [Fife] Mom.
- You ask me?
Don't have kids.
- Sorry, lill, did I
say something wrong?
- No, no it's okay.
- Things are different in lots of ways,
it's people like you coming in.
Complete cultural shift.
- Number of times I've heard
that phrase, 'people like you'.
- Oh, no, no, I didn't
mean it as an insult.
You're the future of the district.
You know what I am?
I'm the past.
I'm a 62-year-old man, I'm
not gonna change for anyone.
It's hard for them.
- Your family?
- No, everybody.
I give everyone a hard
time, I know that.
- I'm 55, I feel like 62, but
sometimes I feel like 100.
- Yeah?
My only son died today.
- I'm sorry.
- He would have inherited all of this.
I loved him very much,
and I failed him.
It's taken me four years to say that.
Kids are gonna hurt you
in all sorts of ways.
Do you have any children?
- Yes, I have a daughter,
but not with lill, no.
- Why not?
- If you'd ask me that a week ago,
I might have had an answer.
- [Joey] I'll get onto the
dealer's tomorrow first thing.
(Car engine humming)
- [Bakka] Here we go.
- You're persistent,
I'll give you that.
I want them back on my
property by dinnertime.
Through the front gate this
time or I'm calling the cops.
- We have got no idea what
you're talking about.
- Joey, just...
They're off your property now, Jeff.
They're not yours, and you
won't see them again.
And as for calling the cops,
why don't you call Mike right
now on your mobile phone?
We'll get the ball rolling.
- I got more money than you,
I can last longer in court.
- Go for it.
- Hang on, bakka, if we...
- it's all right.
Quid pro quo.
Joey, you put them back on my property,
I'll fatten 'em up for ya,
and I'll give you five
more, how's that?
- You know what is...
- [jeff] You'll pay the
adjustment, of course.
- Okay.
- Back-debted when you
stop working for me.
- Hang on, well, yeah, your honor.
- And you, Carter goes to St. staney's.
I know you want him to.
- Maybe, but he's got a mother, Jeff,
the two of us will decide.
- All right, here's the deal.
You convince her.
You talk her out.
Carter goes to boarding
school, Joey gets his cattle,
and I forget this every happened.
- No.
- No?
- I'll talk to her, Jeff,
but I would have talked
to her anyway.
She's my wife.
I'm not doing this for you.
- You do that.
Nice repair job on the fence.
(Door opening and closing)
(Footsteps)
- How did you get in?
- Jeff, I must know where the
back door keys are for maybe,
twenty families in this district.
Are you okay?
- Get out.
- I came because around
midnight tonight
you're gonna feel like hell.
I know because my son survived it,
and it still gives me the willies.
Just, just listen to me.
I know what you think
of me and my family,
and to tell you the truth
I couldn't give a damn,
so I don't really know why I came.
But here I am.
I believe in spite of
everything that you are
a good man, Jeff.
I came to say to you, I'm
sorry, from my heart.
- Thank you.
- See?
You do have a heart, Jeff.
I'll see you.
(Door closing)
(Dialing)
- Mike?
Jeff Burke.
This is a bit of a long shot,
but somebody sold a milking
machine around here recently.
I'd like to know who bought it.
Yes, I realize that, but
this could turn up anywhere.
Okay.
If you could keep an eye out
for me, I'd appreciate it.
Thanks, Mike.
Thanks, mate, bye.
(Phone clanking)
("Emotional")
♪ Each night I light a candle ♪
♪ and I get down on
my knees and I pray ♪
♪ my home in ashes I can handle ♪
♪ but not to see my loved
ones losing there way ♪
♪ if my tongue sounds mean, ♪
♪ please don't turn away ♪
♪ don't you see I'm losing
it a little bit, everyday. ♪
♪ If you let yourself understand ♪
♪ I'd give you my heart and hand ♪
♪ or else the punishment will
be much worse than the crime ♪
♪ I guess I get a little
emotional, sometimes ♪
♪ do you blame me? ♪
♪ If I get a little
emotional, sometimes. ♪
(Crickets chirping)
(Owl hooting)
("Beautiful promise")
♪ We're chasing a beautiful rainbow ♪
♪ our story hasn't been told ♪
♪ it takes rain to make a rainbow ♪
♪ takes a sun dying, to
turn the world gold. ♪
♪ The days run outside my window ♪
♪ like wild horses, I
cross the planes ♪
♪ fireflies dance in the shadows ♪
♪ love don't shine steady ♪
♪ it waxes and wanes ♪