Fireflies (2004): Season 1, Episode 12 - Home Time - full transcript
After battling huge fires down the south coast, the firefighters return to Lost River. They might have been away for Christmas but they're determined to make up for it when they get home. Joey is on a mission, looking for steady work. He finds a job as a deckhand with the owner of a fishing trawler. After a few nights out at sea the two men bond and Joey gets some invaluable advice from his boss.
- The keys are always
left in the cat seven.
- Svetlana.
- Nah.
- No?
- Nah.
- You wouldn't want to
do that if I were you.
- Well, I will if you
get off and let me see.
(Laughing)
Let me see.
- You two should get some sleep.
Just got a call from firecon.
There's a wind shift expected tomorrow.
It's going to be a bad day.
(Laughs)
- Aah
(car motor)
(Guitar light rock music)
♪ I have to pinch myself to see ♪
♪ it what is going on is real ♪
♪ from the gods themselves we steal ♪
♪ night and day ♪
♪ night and day ♪
♪ a jug of wine ♪
♪ a loaf of bread and thee ♪
♪ lying on a blanket underneath ♪
♪ that big old spreading tree ♪
♪ it's such a beautiful feeling ♪
♪ such a beautiful feeling ♪
(Car engine roars)
(Birds singing)
- Sharpie?
- Come on.
(Birds singing and cawing)
(Light xylophone tones)
(Music heightens to excitement)
- Dad!
Dad, where are you?
- Hi, sweetie pie.
What's up?
- Bastard.
♪ Won't you come around ♪
♪ won't you come around ♪
(Bus motor sounds)
- Oy, come on sleeping beauty.
I could have used a bit
of this down there.
- Ah, it's not going to last.
- I don't want any of this stuff
left out in the rain either.
- Yeah, yeah.
- I've got it.
- You're hours early.
- Yeah, we drove straight through.
Guys want to get back
for Christmas turkey.
What are you doing?
- What's it look like?
- We've been away for three days.
This should have been done first thing.
- I know, sorry.
- So why are you doing it now?
- Look, cut it out bakka, okay.
It's done now, isn't it?
- Yeah, but that's not the point.
It should have been fully
ready in case it was needed.
I thought Kieran cleaned it.
Hey Kieran!
- Yeah.
- Did you have a fire or something?
- No.
- So what'd you take it out for?
- Look I just gave it
a once over, okay?
What's wrong with you anyway?
What's wrong with you all?
- Ah, just cold as hell.
Just want to get warmed up.
Get us a cup of tea, will you?
- What do you say then?
- Merry Christmas.
(Background conversations)
- My god, look at you.
- What?
- You look totally gorgeous.
You got the bloom going.
- Yeah?
- How long is it now?
- 14 weeks.
Hardly going to tell
at all though, sort of
- no, you notice if you're looking.
- Yeah.
Not feeling good (Mumbles).
I'm not spewing any more
and I'm not like cotting
around the house here.
- Must be fantastic feeling.
- Yeah, it is.
You ought to do it, it's cool.
- Ah, I don't know, maybe.
- What do you mean, maybe.
Thought you were made for babies.
- Well, it's complicated.
- It's not you know.
- When you think about...
- are you sitting here
all day, or what?
The rain stopped.
- Gee bakka, we're just talking.
- Oh, okay well keep talking.
We'll just get out here
getting on with it.
- Hey.
What's wrong with you?
I was in there for 30 seconds.
- Look, so now you're out.
Let's get on with it.
- Have I done something wrong?
Have I done something to annoy you?
- No.
- You might as well tell me.
- Look you haven't done anything, okay.
I'm not having a go at you.
I'm just suggesting that we're all here
and we've all got to do
our fair share, okay.
So what...
- Bakka?
- I bet your bloody pardon.
- Hey, guys.
Let's just finish up our stuff.
We're all tired and go home.
- [Man shouts] Yeah, I got it.
Bakka.
- Geez, bakka if you're going
to have a go at anyone,
have a go at me...
- I wasn't having a go at her.
- Yes you were.
It was just a pass, mate.
It didn't mean anything.
- It's nothing to do with it.
I couldn't care less.
Just give us a hand will you?
- [Man's voice] Give us
hand would you, mate?
(Quiet piano music)
- Hi.
- Mmm.
(Romantic violin music)
- What's this?
Okay.
I'll go along for the ride.
But then, well first of
all, I'd like you to know
that was one of the best
homecomings we've ever had.
(Glasses clink)
Well, maybe the best.
You gonna say something?
- I love you.
- I know that.
Don't I?
- I hope so.
It's true.
Oh, and happy Christmas.
- Oh, thank you.
Same to you.
(Birds singing outside)
- Need to send you out to
fight fires more often.
Should I be asking you
questions about the fire front
and the wind direction
and the water pressure
and that kind of thing?
(Laughing)
- Oh, if you want to.
(Sighs)
Three days of fan tag.
Seems like talking to a stranger.
- I know, I'm sorry.
It's like a different world.
- I don't think I'll ask any questions.
- Yeah, go on.
I said you could.
- Yeah?
- Truly.
- Well, there is something
I'd like to know,
but you've got to be honest with me.
- Okay.
- How was that wind direction?
(Laughing)
- Oh! (Screaming).
(Laughing)
(Humming music)
- It's like going back to school
- what do you mean?
- You know.
- You're on holidays when you're kids.
Move away, it's different, exciting.
When you get home, all you
want to do is piss off again.
- You feel like that?
- Hey, man stop.
- What?
- Where you going?
What are you talking about?
I said I'd give you a lift home.
- No, not the caravan.
I'm going to sharpies'.
- Oh, you moved in?
- No, I just want to go and see Fifi.
- Well, why didn't you tell me?
You could have left with Kieran.
I've got a family to go back to Joey.
Seriously.
Dumb as a box of hammers sometimes.
You need to explain this to svettie.
- Can you get it around?
- I'm not coming in.
I've got to get home.
- Yeah, but wait for me, alright?
I not for sure she'll be there.
- Joey.
- I checked the odometer.
You did 37 kilometers.
How do I explain that
in the log book, dad?
How, huh?
- I'm sorry Fifi.
I didn't know there was a log book.
- You stole that vehicle.
Do you realize that?
You stole it.
- Now hang on.
I thought we've been through all this.
I didn't steal it.
I borrowed it and I put it back.
It's for a good cause, Fifi.
- Watering dope plants is
not a good cause, dad.
I was responsible for that vehicle.
Dad, you could have asked me.
- Huh, you would have said, no.
- I know, but that is that point.
I was responsible and
you chose to ignore it.
You don't get it dad.
You show me no respect at all.
- That's what this is about?
- No.
Yeah, I oh, for god's sake.
- Hi Fifi.
- What do you want?
(Car motor sounds)
- Come on.
Spill.
What's going on?
What's all that about?
- Ah, nothing really.
Fifi was just giving her old
man heaps about someone
and I didn't want to hang around.
- Heaps about what?
- Nothing man.
Don't worry about it.
- She's sure pissed off about
something back at the station.
Oh, I better go.
- Man it's terrible you that
going back to school feeling.
You shouldn't' have
that with your family.
- Forget about it, hey.
I shouldn't have said that.
- Well, it doesn't sound too good.
I mean a marriage is
supposed to be cool.
- Well, I'll tell you
something for nothing, Joey.
It's not easy.
- I know, that's all right.
Fifi's already said no
to me enough times.
Anyway, who gives?
I give up.
I'm going to take off.
- Where you going?
- Fox cove, gonna look for some work.
- Can you get on bud's?
Why don't you see about
some work for deckie.
- Yeah?
Hmm.
- Svettie.
(Sighs)
Some bloody welcome this is.
- Oh, (Foreign language)
Oh my god, I was worried.
I was just doing this to
get my mind off of you.
You're okay?
- Baby, baby, what's the matter?
- I thought you wouldn't come back.
- What you thought I'd shoot through?
(Laughing)
- I thought something would happen.
- I'm fireproof baby.
You should know that.
- Dad, dad, dad.
- Dad, dad, dad.
- Hey Carter, candy.
How are you doing?
Merry Christmas.
- How many people did you save?
- Ah, about ten...
- we saw you on TV.
- Did you?
- You don't look happy.
[Crosstalk with children]
- How many presents?
(Laughing)
- What do the signs say?
- Bold knob.
Hilariously funny to all the guys.
Apparently knock off as many
road signs as possible.
It's a tradition.
- What is this, primary school?
- No it's more boysey than that.
You actually turn into a real bloke.
Everyone bunks in
and it's more like boarding
school or something.
- Do you pee standing up?
- I thought about it.
- You didn't.
- I did.
We all stopped on the way down.
All the guys dashed to
one side of the road,
the girls to the other.
I didn't though.
- And all this time I was
sitting here, being Mr. hermit.
- Yes and naughty Mr. hermit.
All I do is walk in the
house and you leap on me.
(Laughs)
- I had Christmas at svettie's.
- Oh my god, what fun.
How was it?
Did Becky come?
- Oh I don't know.
It was a Russian Christmas.
Kids seemed to enjoy it though.
I like that Carter, he is a great one.
- Where's the dark chocolate?
- Top shelf over there.
I've always thought of svettie
as being this dark Russian,
but, well she grows on you.
She's great, made me laugh.
- Yeah, she's got a bit of life in her.
I'm getting to like her
more and more actually.
- Mm, I don't think things are
going too well at home there.
- Oh, really?
- Mm, oh and there's a
meeting we've got to go to.
Developers coming over the rise.
They bought 200 acres
and they're going to turn it
into Las Vegas or something.
- You're kidding.
- No.
Golf course, resort, all businesses.
- Oh no.
- Yeah, well we're meeting
at the bar though
and I told Jeff we'd be there.
- Bastards.
We've got to do something Perry.
- Yeah, trouble is, the
rest of the townsfolk
probably love the idea.
(Birds squawking)
(Calm tonal music)
- This is better than Christmas.
- This is Christmas.
- No it isn't, it's the
after, it's different.
- I thought sviatky was
Russian Christmas.
- Close enough.
Dad can be grandfather frost
- that would you make
you my snow maiden.
- Can I be the snow maiden?
- Okay, candy you can
be the snow maiden.
You can be the rain maiden.
As long as I'm not bush fly maiden.
(Laughing)
- Hey Carter, grab my
bag will you mate?
I'm going to show you something.
Look
at
This.
- So cool.
- Yeah, isn't it?
I love it.
Thank you.
- Kutia, we saved you some kutia.
- Oh yeah.
- Let's get all the stuff.
Here dad.
- Come on guys, let's set the table.
- Okay, mum.
Candy, put the kettle on.
- No, I got it.
- [Radio news reporter] Burning
at more than 20 kilometer front
and showing no signs
of being contained.
A rural fire service spokesman
said the critical test
will come late this afternoon,
when an expected southwesterly change
could bring tougher
conditions for firefighters
already exhausted by
six days of crisis.
Fire crews from Victoria and...
(violin and piano music)
- G'day.
- Hey, you go.
- Up to ship.
I'm looking for a guy by
the name of chica Pearson.
- Hey, everyone knows chica.
- Heard he was looking for a deckie.
- Well he was till about a week ago.
Then he accepted the government stuff
so now I got his license.
- I reckon somewhere in a
powerful fist fight, poor bugger.
(Increasingly exciting guitar music)
(Bird squawking)
(Water flowing)
- My grandfather would spend a day
about two miles off the coast.
Now I'm hauling it
halfway to New Zealand
and coming back with bank roll.
- You get much for it?
- Nope.
- It's a pity.
You know my father would have
liked me to have made it
could we not sold it.
He wouldn't like this.
He told me once that he liked
that boat more than me.
Well he'll be disappointed
when he finds out.
- Is he retired?
- Yup.
Retired about five years ago.
Everyone at fox cove
was at the funeral.
- Well, it's a good looking boat.
- How would you bloody know?
I'm going out when the sun goes.
You want to come?
- Well, are you sailing off?
- No, listen to me mate.
I've been sailing for 10 years.
- Hey, bakka, how about a beer?
- No I can't mate.
- Get you a (Mumbles)
- Get you something bakka?
- No thanks ginge.
- Can I, (Clears throat),
can I see you for a second?
- Yeah, what's up?
- I just want to ask you something.
- Yeah, so ask.
- Come here.
- 37 unlogged k's on the cat seven.
- I thought you said it wasn't
taken out when we went away.
- No, you asked me if there
was a fire, and I said no.
- Okay, so what's happening?
I just took it on a maintenance run.
- Ah.
- It was just a maintenance run.
- So why did you use the diesel pump?
- I didn't.
- Fire pump systems not working.
It was when I left.
- What?
- [Television character]
My looking glass
has been lying to me, i...
- I had to lie dad.
Lie to him.
I could get kicked out of the firie.
- Geez, I'm sorry Fifi, I said I was.
We won't do it again.
- That is not the point, mom!
- You should be ashamed of yourself.
- I am aren't I?
- Well what are you going to do love?
- Something, you wait dad.
(Background TV talking)
(Soft rock music)
(Humming tune)
(Water wave sounds)
- Well, that sucks.
- How far is she?
- Been under four months.
- She sticking out much?
- Jilly was out to here
at about two weeks.
- You married?
- Yeah, mate.
She was up the dock, I'm on the knee
looking her straight in the eye.
Doing the big play.
Been my wife for over a kiss
bang, I'm off the oil
like 10 minutes later.
- That's cool.
- You know it's very cool.
Get yourself a wife, yeah?
A wife.
Just like your father did
and your grandfather.
You know, makes you feel like
you're part of something
from way back.
Makes you grow up, I reckon.
- Yeah, well, she's
not out for it, hey.
She's going to stay in lost river
and I'm just going to send
her and the kid money.
- Well that's nice of her.
Take the bloody money, but
not the bloody bloke.
- Hey, Fifi.
- Hey.
- Yeah, I brought you a present.
Hey, come here.
Sit down over there.
I just wanted to ask you something.
- What's that smell?
- I know I asked you before...
- shrimp.
But we ought to get married.
So here again, I've grown
up so much now and...
- sorry.
- No, no listen, listen.
Marriage is like history, you know?
Well it is, it is.
You know your grandparents
were married.
And Rebekah and sharpie,
they're married
and we ought to to, because
when the little guy comes along
he's like a whole new
generation, you know.
I was 13 when my dad died
and I never really thought about
it much, until last night.
And I thought he'd be
happy if we made a family
with the same name and everything.
Bakka and I, we loved him
and he would so love you
if he was around
and Fifi.
Fifi, I love you.
- What are you doing?
- Fifi sharp,
will you be my bride and marry me?
So that I can look after
you and take care of you
so that nothing...
- hoo ah, it's you!
- Ah, give me a sniff.
- Ah Fifi, listen to me.
- Ah, Fifi, now, Fifi,
now listen to me.-
- ah, my god you stink, yuck!
Where have you been?
- I've been on a prawn trawler.
I wanted to get money for us Fifi.
- Joey, I'm sorry, it's just,
can't you smell it?
- No, no, I can't.
- Yuck, yuck.
I can't bloody smell it at all.
Here's your present.
- Joey.
- See you later.
- Joey, relax.
♪ If I fell into confusion ♪
♪ got scared but couldn't say ♪
♪ if I lost my rhyme and reason ♪
♪ threw away the gift of grace ♪
♪ would you be my friend ♪
♪ if they said I don't deserve you ♪
♪ that my credit was no good ♪
♪ if they told you I'm not
worthy of your love ♪
♪ you should cut me like
you cut dead wood ♪
♪ would you be my friend ♪
♪ would you be my... ♪
- Like you just never know.
- Of course, you never know.
You never know what's going to happen.
It's Burke's law.
You can't control everything.
But if you ask me you can
have a bloody good go at it.
And if development is
the way forward then,
on to development.
- See, listen to this bloke.
Development is the way forward.
- And what's the alternative?
Hey, I mean okay we
have to be very careful
and yes there are shonky
developers around.
- This lots one of them.
- At least they might put
in a decent kitchen.
(Laughing)
- I'll tell kieren you said that
- hey, what club facilities
are they talking about?
- Here our artificial
lakes, townhouse villas,
club facilities.
- Nothing about the food?
- Just club facilities.
- That's a monster construction job.
The excavation alone is going
to take more than four months.
- I don't know.
A few blokes would like a go at that.
- Is there anything in there
that says they have to use local labor?
- I reckon they would, would they?
- Well what they'll do is they'll say
they'll use local labor and equipment
and when they find out
there isn't enough,
they bring in everything
from outside anyway.
- How do you know?
- Well they did at batemans bay.
- Ah it's not, that's a
scrillion dollar development
and who's they?
Every developer is different.
- I wouldn't presume that.
From my experience, they're
all pretty much the same.
- Absolutely.
Just want to make a million
bucks and trample on people.
- Yeah, but given them the chance
they'd use local people,
don't you reckon?
- Oh, I don't know where
you get this faith
that they give a shit about
us or the town from.
- Hang on, you lot.
They're going to have a
meeting and we can argue till
we're blue in the face then.
We're here to organize a group.
- What kind of group?
- It's a good idea.
It's a focus group.
Ad organization committee.
- A revolutionary front.
(Laughing)
- Yeah, if it comes to that.
- So, who's on the committee?
- Well, you for a start Ali.
- Cheers.
- What has happened to the world here?
Every time anything happens
that's vaguely interesting
or different, everyone panics
and starts a committee.
- Hey, bugger the committee.
- Yeah, exactly.
- What use is taking
minutes going to be?
Everyone should just go the
meeting and see what they think.
- But it's not coordinated.
We'll all look like a bunch of Hicks.
- Oh.
- You're right, Ali.
- Here, here.
- What rubbish.
- Maybe we can vote on whether
we want a committee or not.
- What?
- Why don't we vote on whether
we want to vote on a vote...
- I'll vote for a kitty.
(Laughing)
- This is serious bakka.
- Yeah, it's damn serious.
This is a focal moment for us.
I mean lost river could boom
or it could be doomed forever.
Whichever way it goes, I mean
we should think about this
because this place isn't
going to be the same again.
- Another beer, bakka?
- Yup.
- Mom.
Look, it's me.
(Quiet laugh)
My god, look at him.
So this is his head here.
- Yeah, must be.
- This is him along here.
- Or her.
- Ah, it's so sweet.
- I love you sweetie.
(Light cheery guitar music)
(Humming tune)
(Shower water running)
- G'day, Fifi.
- You're still talking to me?
- Yeah, why not?
- I'm sorry, Joey.
(Birds singing)
You sure smell nice now.
- Thanks
don't Fifi, don't.
- Do you want to know why I'm here?
I want you to do something for me.
- Yeah, what?
- Ask me to marry you.
- Don't Fifi.
- I'm serious, ask me to marry you.
- I already did about 40 times.
- Please.
- Will you marry me.
- No.
- Jesus Christ, Fifi.
- But, I'll live with you
and I'll be with you always
and we'll have kids together.
Promise.
(Deep sighs)
(Electric guitar and humming music)
- Hey.
- Hey.
(Laughing)
How many weddings have you been to?
- A few.
- Let me think.
Weddings are supposed
to be about it's bride
in white in a veil and stuff.
They're not, really.
What happens is this old guy walks in
and he hands his daughter
over to a young guy.
What about the girl?
- I never thought of that.
- You guys rule.
- So who cares?
As long as I've got you.
- And I got you.
- We'll have to get a house.
- Where we gonna live
so we can afford it?
- Well, I can get that shack
out near Stewart Mactavish's.
- Joey.
- Okay, okay.
That's too far away, no worries.
All right so we rent a house
on someone else's place.
I'm working on the prawn
trawler, I'm good for it.
- Yeah, but we need to save money
so we can have our own place.
- Fifi, if we're going to be married...
- no.
- No, no, I know, not married.
If we're going to be together
we have got to start
agreeing on something.
- But we already did.
- Yeah, but how come I don't
get any say in anything?
All right, all right, no house.
We'll just live right here, no worries.
- I don't want to live here Joey.
- Oh here you go again.
Why the hell not?
- Look at it.
We can live at my place.
Mom and dad will let us
live there for free.
- I'm not living with them.
- Why not?
- And Kieran and everyone?
Where's the privacy?
- Well we can come here like just now.
- No, bother it, I'm not
moving in with them.
- Why?
What have you got against my family?
- Well that all bloody mad for a start.
Especially you.
I don't want to live in all
that mess with my kid.
- Okay, so don't.
- Oh good, I won't.
- Never should have come here.
And by the way, it's not
your kid Joey, it's mine.
(Truck motor starting)
- I think it's a boy.
Here look at this.
Hey Fifi, you can see
his little dick, look.
- Fine, dad.
- I swear, look at
this little bit here.
(Door slamming)
She's still pissed off.
(Knocking on door)
- Do you want to tell me about it?
- Joey, he won't listen.
He never listens.
- Well none of them are
much good at that, love.
- It's off, mom, we fight too much.
We fight all the time
and even when we're
agreeing with each other,
we're fighting.
And getting pregnant
first is a problem.
Joey's gone feral.
He thinks that if you marry
someone you own them.
And he thinks the guy's in charge.
And suddenly he's kind of,
he's not Joey anymore.
He's this big organized guy
that wants to tell me what to do.
And make everything
into his, including me
and he doesn't own me, mom.
- No, no he doesn't.
- And all I said
was that I'm wasn't going to
move into his dumb caravan
and now he wants to go
off and get some house.
- Well, that could be nice.
- No it wouldn't.
Mom, we need to save up money.
I told him that.
If we're living here, we can do that
and I told him that and
he won't listen to me.
- Well you've got to give
him something, Fifi.
He's just trying to be a man.
- Yeah, well I wish
he would stop trying.
(Truck approaching)
- Sharpie.
- Joey.
(Bottles clinking)
Let me tell you something
about women son.
See the thing is,
they've got it all figured
out in their heads.
They know what they're doing.
- That doesn't matter to me mate.
- So when you hook up with one of them
you gotta sort of figure things out.
You gotta do a few deals with them.
- I tried that.
She won't let me do anything.
- Let me tell you something.
20 years ago, when me and
Rebekah were getting married,
we agreed that I'd be the one
that would make all the major
decisions in our life.
- Yeah?
- Yup.
- How'd it work out?
- So far there haven't
been any major decisions.
No, I lie.
I was the one who decided
we should get off the gear?
- Yeah, well I'm gonna
have a bit of say, but.
- Don't push it son.
Women like it best when the
guy they're in love with
is the guy they fell in love with.
You don't have to do anything, mate.
All you gotta do is remind
them that you love them.
- Or what?
They'll forget?
- Yep.
You're not ready for marriage yet, son.
(Quiet guitar music)
(Truck passes by)
- Svettie.
- Hi.
- You and dad stole the cat seven.
You made a mess out of it.
You broke the pump, you didn't...
- we didn't break the pump.
- Well it wasn't working
after you used it.
- And now bakka wants me
kick me out of the firie
because I said that I did it.
- Oh Fifi, I'm so sorry about that.
- So is dad.
Yeah, you're both real sorry.
Doesn't do me much good does it?
I just wanted you to know
what a low act it was.
- Fifi.
(Phone dialing)
- Sharpie, it's me.
(Slow fiddle music)
- That's it.
No kids.
- Hey.
- Hey.
I've got to go, baby.
- No you don't.
No you don't.
Put those keys back.
Come on, don't make an exit.
- I can't.
- Yes you can, yes you can.
- I really can't.
- Stop looking around.
- Shhh, baby.
There's a problem with the
main pump on the cat seven.
I've got to go repair it.
- Oh how did it get broken.
- I don't know for sure.
I'll be back in half and hour, hear.
- Promise.
- I promise.
- You got 29 minutes
left, I'm timing you.
- Lil?
- In here.
Oh, no.
- Bugger, what now?
- I have to do an operations
readiness check at the station.
- Ridiculous, why you?
- Well bakka said something's
wrong with one of the pumps.
- Come on lil.
Don't you think you're
taking this a bit too far?
- Sorry.
I forgot I was (Mumbles).
Back in 20 minutes.
(Sighs)
Baby.
- Can I go?
I've got an appointment.
- Yeah, just nearly this.
Can you pass me that spanner please?
- What do you need me for?
- You volunteered, remember?
No, ah other one, smaller one.
- Can't believe you're all in
favor of that overdevelopment.
- I didn't say I was in favor.
If you listened, what I said was,
I thought it was a good idea if,
- if.
- If we work with the developers
and make sure it's something
that's good for the town.
- What, so you're going
to decide on this.
(Beeping)
- What is it?
- It's control.
- Firecom, lost river seven blue.
- [Caller] Lost river, we have
a call to an mvi on the way,
out right at cave north of the
downhill turn off rescue,
an ambulance has been notified.
- Copy that firecom.
Lost river seven responding,
code two, oic Tim Burke.
- Copy that bakka, this was a call
from an injured female.
She is reporting the male driver
is unfortunately deceased.
- Copy that.
Come on.
- You don't need me, do you?
- You're a firie.
It's part of your brief.
- Or didn't you read the fine print?
- Well, I haven't got my mobile.
I need to make a phone call.
- Too late.
Come on.
(Dramatic music)
- Oh geez, he was going flat out.
- Yup.
Went through to here
- yeah.
Yup, come on.
- There it is.
- I'm over here, please.
Please help me.
Down here.
I can't...
Please help.
I, it's my leg.
- Okay, don't move.
Please don't move.
- Tony's dead and I can't walk.
- Uh hmm, okay, right,
just try and stay still.
- I can't deal with this
go up to the car, see if
the guy is still there.
Then go back up the vehicle.
Give firecom a c-red.
Oh, and the wait up there
for the ambulance.
I don't want them looking
around in the scrub for us.
- Right.
- Alright?
Okay, doll.
Just stay still, it's going to be okay.
Let's have a look at
this leg, all right?
- I started crawling
looking for the road.
I, I think I blacked out.
(Serious dramatic music)
- Hello, firecom.
This is lost river seven blue.
- [Radio receiver] Lost river seven.
- We found the vehicle
off of wiere road.
There's one male, code delta
and one female being treated.
We're still going to
need the ambulance here.
- A problem here, lost river seven,
apparently they're
unfamiliar with the area
and turned left at pollis
creek intersection.
There will be a delay.
- All right, well tell
them it's a bit hard
to find it over here to flag them down.
- Copy that.
Anything further?
- Just tell them to hurry up.
- Copy that, firecom clear.
(Birds singing loudly)
(Quiet dramatic music)
- Don't move.
You'll be okay.
We've got an ambulance coming.
(Coughs)
You're okay.
Just take it easy.
Don't worry.
Try not to move, okay.
Your friends all right, just her leg.
(Musical frightening attack)
- Ah!
(Crying)
- Oh please. (Mumbles)
- They're coming.
They're coming.
(Ambulance sirens)
- We're going to get you
out, just let her go.
Get out, get out, get out.
(Ambulance sirens louder)
Are you okay?
You okay?
- Yeah, still doesn't make
me feel any better but...
- you did the right thing.
A dead body and injured person,
you treat the injured every time.
- I haven't got a dead
body and he's still dying.
- Mate, if you'd have
gone off checking on him,
she could have bled to death.
- Don't give yourself credit.
- Besides, he's okay.
Look at him.
- Guys, thanks very much hey?
See you later.
Bakka, I'm going to need a statement.
- Yeah, yeah later right.
- Yeah right oh.
- Hey, patto, you take over?
- Yeah, man.
(Truck engine to stop)
- How you feeling?
You're looking a bit better.
- I'm not sure I want
to be a firie anymore.
- Why, you did well back
there, you really did.
- He was supposed to be dead.
I had no idea what to do.
- She was losing a lot of blood
I mean, what was I
gonna do, ignore her?
- Well, I don't know.
I'm not the fire chief.
You are.
You were making all
the damned decisions.
- You're in shock, lil.
Just settle down.
- Don't patronize me, I said I'm okay.
- You're obviously bloody not, alright?
- Well no thanks to you.
You made me come!
I didn't even want to be there!
(Sighs)
(Soft violin music)
- You've got blood in your hair.
- I'm going to get it out.
I can't go home looking like this.
(Water running)
- Lean down.
- No, it doesn't matter.
- Just lean forward.
Come on.
Lean forward.
That's it, just there.
There it goes.
(Soft violin music continues)
- I've been waiting for hours.
Where have you bloody been?
- Car had an accident.
What are you doing, sharpie?
Don't you know how to use a phone?
- I took your firetruck.
Fifi was just covering for me.
- Yeah, I figured she was.
- You going to kick her out?
Don't bakka.
I'm asking you.
- What if I do?
- I'll burn your house down.
(Quiet laugh)
- Piss off sharpie.
(Squeaky door opens and closes)
(Footsteps approaching)
(Heavy sigh)
- Huh.
20 minutes.
- Sorry, but...
- no, I don't want to hear it.
- Are you drunk?
- Well I had to drink yours.
And then I just kept making them
waiting of you.
What have you done to your hair?
- I had to wash it...
- I don't want to hear it.
- Perry.
- Ah!
I'm sick of this.
I'm sick of it.
(Bluesy guitar music)
♪ If I fell into confusion ♪
♪ got scared but couldn't say ♪
♪ if I lost my rhyme and reason ♪
♪ threw away the gift of grace ♪
♪ would you be my friend ♪
- Joey.
Joey. I brought something over.
It's for you.
There, it's where it should be.
It's here now.
What are you doing?
- Packing up.
- How come?
What for?
- I'm leaving.
- No, Joey don't.
I've changed my mind.
I'm here now.
- I was thinking of
going to your place.
- What?
You can come if you want.
- Really?
Yes, oh!
Oh, I love you.
Oh, I love you, I love you, I love you,
I love you, I love you.
- We can bring him.
- Yeah, no leave her, come visit her.
- Hey, can I bring my couch?
- Yeah, you can bring
anything you want.
♪ My only friend ♪
(Folk steel guitar music)
♪ We're chasing ♪
♪ a beautiful rainbow ♪
♪ our story ♪
♪ hasn't been told ♪
♪ it takes rain ♪
♪ to make a rainbow ♪
♪ takes the sun dying ♪
♪ to turn the world gold ♪
♪ the days run ♪
♪ outside my window ♪
♪ like wild horses ♪
♪ across the plain ♪
♪ fireflies ♪
♪ dance in the shadow ♪
♪ love don't shine steady ♪
♪ it waxes and wanes ♪
(Steel guitar continues)
left in the cat seven.
- Svetlana.
- Nah.
- No?
- Nah.
- You wouldn't want to
do that if I were you.
- Well, I will if you
get off and let me see.
(Laughing)
Let me see.
- You two should get some sleep.
Just got a call from firecon.
There's a wind shift expected tomorrow.
It's going to be a bad day.
(Laughs)
- Aah
(car motor)
(Guitar light rock music)
♪ I have to pinch myself to see ♪
♪ it what is going on is real ♪
♪ from the gods themselves we steal ♪
♪ night and day ♪
♪ night and day ♪
♪ a jug of wine ♪
♪ a loaf of bread and thee ♪
♪ lying on a blanket underneath ♪
♪ that big old spreading tree ♪
♪ it's such a beautiful feeling ♪
♪ such a beautiful feeling ♪
(Car engine roars)
(Birds singing)
- Sharpie?
- Come on.
(Birds singing and cawing)
(Light xylophone tones)
(Music heightens to excitement)
- Dad!
Dad, where are you?
- Hi, sweetie pie.
What's up?
- Bastard.
♪ Won't you come around ♪
♪ won't you come around ♪
(Bus motor sounds)
- Oy, come on sleeping beauty.
I could have used a bit
of this down there.
- Ah, it's not going to last.
- I don't want any of this stuff
left out in the rain either.
- Yeah, yeah.
- I've got it.
- You're hours early.
- Yeah, we drove straight through.
Guys want to get back
for Christmas turkey.
What are you doing?
- What's it look like?
- We've been away for three days.
This should have been done first thing.
- I know, sorry.
- So why are you doing it now?
- Look, cut it out bakka, okay.
It's done now, isn't it?
- Yeah, but that's not the point.
It should have been fully
ready in case it was needed.
I thought Kieran cleaned it.
Hey Kieran!
- Yeah.
- Did you have a fire or something?
- No.
- So what'd you take it out for?
- Look I just gave it
a once over, okay?
What's wrong with you anyway?
What's wrong with you all?
- Ah, just cold as hell.
Just want to get warmed up.
Get us a cup of tea, will you?
- What do you say then?
- Merry Christmas.
(Background conversations)
- My god, look at you.
- What?
- You look totally gorgeous.
You got the bloom going.
- Yeah?
- How long is it now?
- 14 weeks.
Hardly going to tell
at all though, sort of
- no, you notice if you're looking.
- Yeah.
Not feeling good (Mumbles).
I'm not spewing any more
and I'm not like cotting
around the house here.
- Must be fantastic feeling.
- Yeah, it is.
You ought to do it, it's cool.
- Ah, I don't know, maybe.
- What do you mean, maybe.
Thought you were made for babies.
- Well, it's complicated.
- It's not you know.
- When you think about...
- are you sitting here
all day, or what?
The rain stopped.
- Gee bakka, we're just talking.
- Oh, okay well keep talking.
We'll just get out here
getting on with it.
- Hey.
What's wrong with you?
I was in there for 30 seconds.
- Look, so now you're out.
Let's get on with it.
- Have I done something wrong?
Have I done something to annoy you?
- No.
- You might as well tell me.
- Look you haven't done anything, okay.
I'm not having a go at you.
I'm just suggesting that we're all here
and we've all got to do
our fair share, okay.
So what...
- Bakka?
- I bet your bloody pardon.
- Hey, guys.
Let's just finish up our stuff.
We're all tired and go home.
- [Man shouts] Yeah, I got it.
Bakka.
- Geez, bakka if you're going
to have a go at anyone,
have a go at me...
- I wasn't having a go at her.
- Yes you were.
It was just a pass, mate.
It didn't mean anything.
- It's nothing to do with it.
I couldn't care less.
Just give us a hand will you?
- [Man's voice] Give us
hand would you, mate?
(Quiet piano music)
- Hi.
- Mmm.
(Romantic violin music)
- What's this?
Okay.
I'll go along for the ride.
But then, well first of
all, I'd like you to know
that was one of the best
homecomings we've ever had.
(Glasses clink)
Well, maybe the best.
You gonna say something?
- I love you.
- I know that.
Don't I?
- I hope so.
It's true.
Oh, and happy Christmas.
- Oh, thank you.
Same to you.
(Birds singing outside)
- Need to send you out to
fight fires more often.
Should I be asking you
questions about the fire front
and the wind direction
and the water pressure
and that kind of thing?
(Laughing)
- Oh, if you want to.
(Sighs)
Three days of fan tag.
Seems like talking to a stranger.
- I know, I'm sorry.
It's like a different world.
- I don't think I'll ask any questions.
- Yeah, go on.
I said you could.
- Yeah?
- Truly.
- Well, there is something
I'd like to know,
but you've got to be honest with me.
- Okay.
- How was that wind direction?
(Laughing)
- Oh! (Screaming).
(Laughing)
(Humming music)
- It's like going back to school
- what do you mean?
- You know.
- You're on holidays when you're kids.
Move away, it's different, exciting.
When you get home, all you
want to do is piss off again.
- You feel like that?
- Hey, man stop.
- What?
- Where you going?
What are you talking about?
I said I'd give you a lift home.
- No, not the caravan.
I'm going to sharpies'.
- Oh, you moved in?
- No, I just want to go and see Fifi.
- Well, why didn't you tell me?
You could have left with Kieran.
I've got a family to go back to Joey.
Seriously.
Dumb as a box of hammers sometimes.
You need to explain this to svettie.
- Can you get it around?
- I'm not coming in.
I've got to get home.
- Yeah, but wait for me, alright?
I not for sure she'll be there.
- Joey.
- I checked the odometer.
You did 37 kilometers.
How do I explain that
in the log book, dad?
How, huh?
- I'm sorry Fifi.
I didn't know there was a log book.
- You stole that vehicle.
Do you realize that?
You stole it.
- Now hang on.
I thought we've been through all this.
I didn't steal it.
I borrowed it and I put it back.
It's for a good cause, Fifi.
- Watering dope plants is
not a good cause, dad.
I was responsible for that vehicle.
Dad, you could have asked me.
- Huh, you would have said, no.
- I know, but that is that point.
I was responsible and
you chose to ignore it.
You don't get it dad.
You show me no respect at all.
- That's what this is about?
- No.
Yeah, I oh, for god's sake.
- Hi Fifi.
- What do you want?
(Car motor sounds)
- Come on.
Spill.
What's going on?
What's all that about?
- Ah, nothing really.
Fifi was just giving her old
man heaps about someone
and I didn't want to hang around.
- Heaps about what?
- Nothing man.
Don't worry about it.
- She's sure pissed off about
something back at the station.
Oh, I better go.
- Man it's terrible you that
going back to school feeling.
You shouldn't' have
that with your family.
- Forget about it, hey.
I shouldn't have said that.
- Well, it doesn't sound too good.
I mean a marriage is
supposed to be cool.
- Well, I'll tell you
something for nothing, Joey.
It's not easy.
- I know, that's all right.
Fifi's already said no
to me enough times.
Anyway, who gives?
I give up.
I'm going to take off.
- Where you going?
- Fox cove, gonna look for some work.
- Can you get on bud's?
Why don't you see about
some work for deckie.
- Yeah?
Hmm.
- Svettie.
(Sighs)
Some bloody welcome this is.
- Oh, (Foreign language)
Oh my god, I was worried.
I was just doing this to
get my mind off of you.
You're okay?
- Baby, baby, what's the matter?
- I thought you wouldn't come back.
- What you thought I'd shoot through?
(Laughing)
- I thought something would happen.
- I'm fireproof baby.
You should know that.
- Dad, dad, dad.
- Dad, dad, dad.
- Hey Carter, candy.
How are you doing?
Merry Christmas.
- How many people did you save?
- Ah, about ten...
- we saw you on TV.
- Did you?
- You don't look happy.
[Crosstalk with children]
- How many presents?
(Laughing)
- What do the signs say?
- Bold knob.
Hilariously funny to all the guys.
Apparently knock off as many
road signs as possible.
It's a tradition.
- What is this, primary school?
- No it's more boysey than that.
You actually turn into a real bloke.
Everyone bunks in
and it's more like boarding
school or something.
- Do you pee standing up?
- I thought about it.
- You didn't.
- I did.
We all stopped on the way down.
All the guys dashed to
one side of the road,
the girls to the other.
I didn't though.
- And all this time I was
sitting here, being Mr. hermit.
- Yes and naughty Mr. hermit.
All I do is walk in the
house and you leap on me.
(Laughs)
- I had Christmas at svettie's.
- Oh my god, what fun.
How was it?
Did Becky come?
- Oh I don't know.
It was a Russian Christmas.
Kids seemed to enjoy it though.
I like that Carter, he is a great one.
- Where's the dark chocolate?
- Top shelf over there.
I've always thought of svettie
as being this dark Russian,
but, well she grows on you.
She's great, made me laugh.
- Yeah, she's got a bit of life in her.
I'm getting to like her
more and more actually.
- Mm, I don't think things are
going too well at home there.
- Oh, really?
- Mm, oh and there's a
meeting we've got to go to.
Developers coming over the rise.
They bought 200 acres
and they're going to turn it
into Las Vegas or something.
- You're kidding.
- No.
Golf course, resort, all businesses.
- Oh no.
- Yeah, well we're meeting
at the bar though
and I told Jeff we'd be there.
- Bastards.
We've got to do something Perry.
- Yeah, trouble is, the
rest of the townsfolk
probably love the idea.
(Birds squawking)
(Calm tonal music)
- This is better than Christmas.
- This is Christmas.
- No it isn't, it's the
after, it's different.
- I thought sviatky was
Russian Christmas.
- Close enough.
Dad can be grandfather frost
- that would you make
you my snow maiden.
- Can I be the snow maiden?
- Okay, candy you can
be the snow maiden.
You can be the rain maiden.
As long as I'm not bush fly maiden.
(Laughing)
- Hey Carter, grab my
bag will you mate?
I'm going to show you something.
Look
at
This.
- So cool.
- Yeah, isn't it?
I love it.
Thank you.
- Kutia, we saved you some kutia.
- Oh yeah.
- Let's get all the stuff.
Here dad.
- Come on guys, let's set the table.
- Okay, mum.
Candy, put the kettle on.
- No, I got it.
- [Radio news reporter] Burning
at more than 20 kilometer front
and showing no signs
of being contained.
A rural fire service spokesman
said the critical test
will come late this afternoon,
when an expected southwesterly change
could bring tougher
conditions for firefighters
already exhausted by
six days of crisis.
Fire crews from Victoria and...
(violin and piano music)
- G'day.
- Hey, you go.
- Up to ship.
I'm looking for a guy by
the name of chica Pearson.
- Hey, everyone knows chica.
- Heard he was looking for a deckie.
- Well he was till about a week ago.
Then he accepted the government stuff
so now I got his license.
- I reckon somewhere in a
powerful fist fight, poor bugger.
(Increasingly exciting guitar music)
(Bird squawking)
(Water flowing)
- My grandfather would spend a day
about two miles off the coast.
Now I'm hauling it
halfway to New Zealand
and coming back with bank roll.
- You get much for it?
- Nope.
- It's a pity.
You know my father would have
liked me to have made it
could we not sold it.
He wouldn't like this.
He told me once that he liked
that boat more than me.
Well he'll be disappointed
when he finds out.
- Is he retired?
- Yup.
Retired about five years ago.
Everyone at fox cove
was at the funeral.
- Well, it's a good looking boat.
- How would you bloody know?
I'm going out when the sun goes.
You want to come?
- Well, are you sailing off?
- No, listen to me mate.
I've been sailing for 10 years.
- Hey, bakka, how about a beer?
- No I can't mate.
- Get you a (Mumbles)
- Get you something bakka?
- No thanks ginge.
- Can I, (Clears throat),
can I see you for a second?
- Yeah, what's up?
- I just want to ask you something.
- Yeah, so ask.
- Come here.
- 37 unlogged k's on the cat seven.
- I thought you said it wasn't
taken out when we went away.
- No, you asked me if there
was a fire, and I said no.
- Okay, so what's happening?
I just took it on a maintenance run.
- Ah.
- It was just a maintenance run.
- So why did you use the diesel pump?
- I didn't.
- Fire pump systems not working.
It was when I left.
- What?
- [Television character]
My looking glass
has been lying to me, i...
- I had to lie dad.
Lie to him.
I could get kicked out of the firie.
- Geez, I'm sorry Fifi, I said I was.
We won't do it again.
- That is not the point, mom!
- You should be ashamed of yourself.
- I am aren't I?
- Well what are you going to do love?
- Something, you wait dad.
(Background TV talking)
(Soft rock music)
(Humming tune)
(Water wave sounds)
- Well, that sucks.
- How far is she?
- Been under four months.
- She sticking out much?
- Jilly was out to here
at about two weeks.
- You married?
- Yeah, mate.
She was up the dock, I'm on the knee
looking her straight in the eye.
Doing the big play.
Been my wife for over a kiss
bang, I'm off the oil
like 10 minutes later.
- That's cool.
- You know it's very cool.
Get yourself a wife, yeah?
A wife.
Just like your father did
and your grandfather.
You know, makes you feel like
you're part of something
from way back.
Makes you grow up, I reckon.
- Yeah, well, she's
not out for it, hey.
She's going to stay in lost river
and I'm just going to send
her and the kid money.
- Well that's nice of her.
Take the bloody money, but
not the bloody bloke.
- Hey, Fifi.
- Hey.
- Yeah, I brought you a present.
Hey, come here.
Sit down over there.
I just wanted to ask you something.
- What's that smell?
- I know I asked you before...
- shrimp.
But we ought to get married.
So here again, I've grown
up so much now and...
- sorry.
- No, no listen, listen.
Marriage is like history, you know?
Well it is, it is.
You know your grandparents
were married.
And Rebekah and sharpie,
they're married
and we ought to to, because
when the little guy comes along
he's like a whole new
generation, you know.
I was 13 when my dad died
and I never really thought about
it much, until last night.
And I thought he'd be
happy if we made a family
with the same name and everything.
Bakka and I, we loved him
and he would so love you
if he was around
and Fifi.
Fifi, I love you.
- What are you doing?
- Fifi sharp,
will you be my bride and marry me?
So that I can look after
you and take care of you
so that nothing...
- hoo ah, it's you!
- Ah, give me a sniff.
- Ah Fifi, listen to me.
- Ah, Fifi, now, Fifi,
now listen to me.-
- ah, my god you stink, yuck!
Where have you been?
- I've been on a prawn trawler.
I wanted to get money for us Fifi.
- Joey, I'm sorry, it's just,
can't you smell it?
- No, no, I can't.
- Yuck, yuck.
I can't bloody smell it at all.
Here's your present.
- Joey.
- See you later.
- Joey, relax.
♪ If I fell into confusion ♪
♪ got scared but couldn't say ♪
♪ if I lost my rhyme and reason ♪
♪ threw away the gift of grace ♪
♪ would you be my friend ♪
♪ if they said I don't deserve you ♪
♪ that my credit was no good ♪
♪ if they told you I'm not
worthy of your love ♪
♪ you should cut me like
you cut dead wood ♪
♪ would you be my friend ♪
♪ would you be my... ♪
- Like you just never know.
- Of course, you never know.
You never know what's going to happen.
It's Burke's law.
You can't control everything.
But if you ask me you can
have a bloody good go at it.
And if development is
the way forward then,
on to development.
- See, listen to this bloke.
Development is the way forward.
- And what's the alternative?
Hey, I mean okay we
have to be very careful
and yes there are shonky
developers around.
- This lots one of them.
- At least they might put
in a decent kitchen.
(Laughing)
- I'll tell kieren you said that
- hey, what club facilities
are they talking about?
- Here our artificial
lakes, townhouse villas,
club facilities.
- Nothing about the food?
- Just club facilities.
- That's a monster construction job.
The excavation alone is going
to take more than four months.
- I don't know.
A few blokes would like a go at that.
- Is there anything in there
that says they have to use local labor?
- I reckon they would, would they?
- Well what they'll do is they'll say
they'll use local labor and equipment
and when they find out
there isn't enough,
they bring in everything
from outside anyway.
- How do you know?
- Well they did at batemans bay.
- Ah it's not, that's a
scrillion dollar development
and who's they?
Every developer is different.
- I wouldn't presume that.
From my experience, they're
all pretty much the same.
- Absolutely.
Just want to make a million
bucks and trample on people.
- Yeah, but given them the chance
they'd use local people,
don't you reckon?
- Oh, I don't know where
you get this faith
that they give a shit about
us or the town from.
- Hang on, you lot.
They're going to have a
meeting and we can argue till
we're blue in the face then.
We're here to organize a group.
- What kind of group?
- It's a good idea.
It's a focus group.
Ad organization committee.
- A revolutionary front.
(Laughing)
- Yeah, if it comes to that.
- So, who's on the committee?
- Well, you for a start Ali.
- Cheers.
- What has happened to the world here?
Every time anything happens
that's vaguely interesting
or different, everyone panics
and starts a committee.
- Hey, bugger the committee.
- Yeah, exactly.
- What use is taking
minutes going to be?
Everyone should just go the
meeting and see what they think.
- But it's not coordinated.
We'll all look like a bunch of Hicks.
- Oh.
- You're right, Ali.
- Here, here.
- What rubbish.
- Maybe we can vote on whether
we want a committee or not.
- What?
- Why don't we vote on whether
we want to vote on a vote...
- I'll vote for a kitty.
(Laughing)
- This is serious bakka.
- Yeah, it's damn serious.
This is a focal moment for us.
I mean lost river could boom
or it could be doomed forever.
Whichever way it goes, I mean
we should think about this
because this place isn't
going to be the same again.
- Another beer, bakka?
- Yup.
- Mom.
Look, it's me.
(Quiet laugh)
My god, look at him.
So this is his head here.
- Yeah, must be.
- This is him along here.
- Or her.
- Ah, it's so sweet.
- I love you sweetie.
(Light cheery guitar music)
(Humming tune)
(Shower water running)
- G'day, Fifi.
- You're still talking to me?
- Yeah, why not?
- I'm sorry, Joey.
(Birds singing)
You sure smell nice now.
- Thanks
don't Fifi, don't.
- Do you want to know why I'm here?
I want you to do something for me.
- Yeah, what?
- Ask me to marry you.
- Don't Fifi.
- I'm serious, ask me to marry you.
- I already did about 40 times.
- Please.
- Will you marry me.
- No.
- Jesus Christ, Fifi.
- But, I'll live with you
and I'll be with you always
and we'll have kids together.
Promise.
(Deep sighs)
(Electric guitar and humming music)
- Hey.
- Hey.
(Laughing)
How many weddings have you been to?
- A few.
- Let me think.
Weddings are supposed
to be about it's bride
in white in a veil and stuff.
They're not, really.
What happens is this old guy walks in
and he hands his daughter
over to a young guy.
What about the girl?
- I never thought of that.
- You guys rule.
- So who cares?
As long as I've got you.
- And I got you.
- We'll have to get a house.
- Where we gonna live
so we can afford it?
- Well, I can get that shack
out near Stewart Mactavish's.
- Joey.
- Okay, okay.
That's too far away, no worries.
All right so we rent a house
on someone else's place.
I'm working on the prawn
trawler, I'm good for it.
- Yeah, but we need to save money
so we can have our own place.
- Fifi, if we're going to be married...
- no.
- No, no, I know, not married.
If we're going to be together
we have got to start
agreeing on something.
- But we already did.
- Yeah, but how come I don't
get any say in anything?
All right, all right, no house.
We'll just live right here, no worries.
- I don't want to live here Joey.
- Oh here you go again.
Why the hell not?
- Look at it.
We can live at my place.
Mom and dad will let us
live there for free.
- I'm not living with them.
- Why not?
- And Kieran and everyone?
Where's the privacy?
- Well we can come here like just now.
- No, bother it, I'm not
moving in with them.
- Why?
What have you got against my family?
- Well that all bloody mad for a start.
Especially you.
I don't want to live in all
that mess with my kid.
- Okay, so don't.
- Oh good, I won't.
- Never should have come here.
And by the way, it's not
your kid Joey, it's mine.
(Truck motor starting)
- I think it's a boy.
Here look at this.
Hey Fifi, you can see
his little dick, look.
- Fine, dad.
- I swear, look at
this little bit here.
(Door slamming)
She's still pissed off.
(Knocking on door)
- Do you want to tell me about it?
- Joey, he won't listen.
He never listens.
- Well none of them are
much good at that, love.
- It's off, mom, we fight too much.
We fight all the time
and even when we're
agreeing with each other,
we're fighting.
And getting pregnant
first is a problem.
Joey's gone feral.
He thinks that if you marry
someone you own them.
And he thinks the guy's in charge.
And suddenly he's kind of,
he's not Joey anymore.
He's this big organized guy
that wants to tell me what to do.
And make everything
into his, including me
and he doesn't own me, mom.
- No, no he doesn't.
- And all I said
was that I'm wasn't going to
move into his dumb caravan
and now he wants to go
off and get some house.
- Well, that could be nice.
- No it wouldn't.
Mom, we need to save up money.
I told him that.
If we're living here, we can do that
and I told him that and
he won't listen to me.
- Well you've got to give
him something, Fifi.
He's just trying to be a man.
- Yeah, well I wish
he would stop trying.
(Truck approaching)
- Sharpie.
- Joey.
(Bottles clinking)
Let me tell you something
about women son.
See the thing is,
they've got it all figured
out in their heads.
They know what they're doing.
- That doesn't matter to me mate.
- So when you hook up with one of them
you gotta sort of figure things out.
You gotta do a few deals with them.
- I tried that.
She won't let me do anything.
- Let me tell you something.
20 years ago, when me and
Rebekah were getting married,
we agreed that I'd be the one
that would make all the major
decisions in our life.
- Yeah?
- Yup.
- How'd it work out?
- So far there haven't
been any major decisions.
No, I lie.
I was the one who decided
we should get off the gear?
- Yeah, well I'm gonna
have a bit of say, but.
- Don't push it son.
Women like it best when the
guy they're in love with
is the guy they fell in love with.
You don't have to do anything, mate.
All you gotta do is remind
them that you love them.
- Or what?
They'll forget?
- Yep.
You're not ready for marriage yet, son.
(Quiet guitar music)
(Truck passes by)
- Svettie.
- Hi.
- You and dad stole the cat seven.
You made a mess out of it.
You broke the pump, you didn't...
- we didn't break the pump.
- Well it wasn't working
after you used it.
- And now bakka wants me
kick me out of the firie
because I said that I did it.
- Oh Fifi, I'm so sorry about that.
- So is dad.
Yeah, you're both real sorry.
Doesn't do me much good does it?
I just wanted you to know
what a low act it was.
- Fifi.
(Phone dialing)
- Sharpie, it's me.
(Slow fiddle music)
- That's it.
No kids.
- Hey.
- Hey.
I've got to go, baby.
- No you don't.
No you don't.
Put those keys back.
Come on, don't make an exit.
- I can't.
- Yes you can, yes you can.
- I really can't.
- Stop looking around.
- Shhh, baby.
There's a problem with the
main pump on the cat seven.
I've got to go repair it.
- Oh how did it get broken.
- I don't know for sure.
I'll be back in half and hour, hear.
- Promise.
- I promise.
- You got 29 minutes
left, I'm timing you.
- Lil?
- In here.
Oh, no.
- Bugger, what now?
- I have to do an operations
readiness check at the station.
- Ridiculous, why you?
- Well bakka said something's
wrong with one of the pumps.
- Come on lil.
Don't you think you're
taking this a bit too far?
- Sorry.
I forgot I was (Mumbles).
Back in 20 minutes.
(Sighs)
Baby.
- Can I go?
I've got an appointment.
- Yeah, just nearly this.
Can you pass me that spanner please?
- What do you need me for?
- You volunteered, remember?
No, ah other one, smaller one.
- Can't believe you're all in
favor of that overdevelopment.
- I didn't say I was in favor.
If you listened, what I said was,
I thought it was a good idea if,
- if.
- If we work with the developers
and make sure it's something
that's good for the town.
- What, so you're going
to decide on this.
(Beeping)
- What is it?
- It's control.
- Firecom, lost river seven blue.
- [Caller] Lost river, we have
a call to an mvi on the way,
out right at cave north of the
downhill turn off rescue,
an ambulance has been notified.
- Copy that firecom.
Lost river seven responding,
code two, oic Tim Burke.
- Copy that bakka, this was a call
from an injured female.
She is reporting the male driver
is unfortunately deceased.
- Copy that.
Come on.
- You don't need me, do you?
- You're a firie.
It's part of your brief.
- Or didn't you read the fine print?
- Well, I haven't got my mobile.
I need to make a phone call.
- Too late.
Come on.
(Dramatic music)
- Oh geez, he was going flat out.
- Yup.
Went through to here
- yeah.
Yup, come on.
- There it is.
- I'm over here, please.
Please help me.
Down here.
I can't...
Please help.
I, it's my leg.
- Okay, don't move.
Please don't move.
- Tony's dead and I can't walk.
- Uh hmm, okay, right,
just try and stay still.
- I can't deal with this
go up to the car, see if
the guy is still there.
Then go back up the vehicle.
Give firecom a c-red.
Oh, and the wait up there
for the ambulance.
I don't want them looking
around in the scrub for us.
- Right.
- Alright?
Okay, doll.
Just stay still, it's going to be okay.
Let's have a look at
this leg, all right?
- I started crawling
looking for the road.
I, I think I blacked out.
(Serious dramatic music)
- Hello, firecom.
This is lost river seven blue.
- [Radio receiver] Lost river seven.
- We found the vehicle
off of wiere road.
There's one male, code delta
and one female being treated.
We're still going to
need the ambulance here.
- A problem here, lost river seven,
apparently they're
unfamiliar with the area
and turned left at pollis
creek intersection.
There will be a delay.
- All right, well tell
them it's a bit hard
to find it over here to flag them down.
- Copy that.
Anything further?
- Just tell them to hurry up.
- Copy that, firecom clear.
(Birds singing loudly)
(Quiet dramatic music)
- Don't move.
You'll be okay.
We've got an ambulance coming.
(Coughs)
You're okay.
Just take it easy.
Don't worry.
Try not to move, okay.
Your friends all right, just her leg.
(Musical frightening attack)
- Ah!
(Crying)
- Oh please. (Mumbles)
- They're coming.
They're coming.
(Ambulance sirens)
- We're going to get you
out, just let her go.
Get out, get out, get out.
(Ambulance sirens louder)
Are you okay?
You okay?
- Yeah, still doesn't make
me feel any better but...
- you did the right thing.
A dead body and injured person,
you treat the injured every time.
- I haven't got a dead
body and he's still dying.
- Mate, if you'd have
gone off checking on him,
she could have bled to death.
- Don't give yourself credit.
- Besides, he's okay.
Look at him.
- Guys, thanks very much hey?
See you later.
Bakka, I'm going to need a statement.
- Yeah, yeah later right.
- Yeah right oh.
- Hey, patto, you take over?
- Yeah, man.
(Truck engine to stop)
- How you feeling?
You're looking a bit better.
- I'm not sure I want
to be a firie anymore.
- Why, you did well back
there, you really did.
- He was supposed to be dead.
I had no idea what to do.
- She was losing a lot of blood
I mean, what was I
gonna do, ignore her?
- Well, I don't know.
I'm not the fire chief.
You are.
You were making all
the damned decisions.
- You're in shock, lil.
Just settle down.
- Don't patronize me, I said I'm okay.
- You're obviously bloody not, alright?
- Well no thanks to you.
You made me come!
I didn't even want to be there!
(Sighs)
(Soft violin music)
- You've got blood in your hair.
- I'm going to get it out.
I can't go home looking like this.
(Water running)
- Lean down.
- No, it doesn't matter.
- Just lean forward.
Come on.
Lean forward.
That's it, just there.
There it goes.
(Soft violin music continues)
- I've been waiting for hours.
Where have you bloody been?
- Car had an accident.
What are you doing, sharpie?
Don't you know how to use a phone?
- I took your firetruck.
Fifi was just covering for me.
- Yeah, I figured she was.
- You going to kick her out?
Don't bakka.
I'm asking you.
- What if I do?
- I'll burn your house down.
(Quiet laugh)
- Piss off sharpie.
(Squeaky door opens and closes)
(Footsteps approaching)
(Heavy sigh)
- Huh.
20 minutes.
- Sorry, but...
- no, I don't want to hear it.
- Are you drunk?
- Well I had to drink yours.
And then I just kept making them
waiting of you.
What have you done to your hair?
- I had to wash it...
- I don't want to hear it.
- Perry.
- Ah!
I'm sick of this.
I'm sick of it.
(Bluesy guitar music)
♪ If I fell into confusion ♪
♪ got scared but couldn't say ♪
♪ if I lost my rhyme and reason ♪
♪ threw away the gift of grace ♪
♪ would you be my friend ♪
- Joey.
Joey. I brought something over.
It's for you.
There, it's where it should be.
It's here now.
What are you doing?
- Packing up.
- How come?
What for?
- I'm leaving.
- No, Joey don't.
I've changed my mind.
I'm here now.
- I was thinking of
going to your place.
- What?
You can come if you want.
- Really?
Yes, oh!
Oh, I love you.
Oh, I love you, I love you, I love you,
I love you, I love you.
- We can bring him.
- Yeah, no leave her, come visit her.
- Hey, can I bring my couch?
- Yeah, you can bring
anything you want.
♪ My only friend ♪
(Folk steel guitar music)
♪ We're chasing ♪
♪ a beautiful rainbow ♪
♪ our story ♪
♪ hasn't been told ♪
♪ it takes rain ♪
♪ to make a rainbow ♪
♪ takes the sun dying ♪
♪ to turn the world gold ♪
♪ the days run ♪
♪ outside my window ♪
♪ like wild horses ♪
♪ across the plain ♪
♪ fireflies ♪
♪ dance in the shadow ♪
♪ love don't shine steady ♪
♪ it waxes and wanes ♪
(Steel guitar continues)