Heartbreak High (1994–1999): Season 1, Episode 29 - Episode #1.29 - full transcript

Did I tell anyone to move?

Sorry, sir.
I'm gonna miss the bus.

Hey, sir, the stock market
closes in five minutes.

The sooner you all sit down,
the sooner we'll get out of here.

Close the door, thanks.

Now, as you all know,

I've been filling in here
because of a staff shortage.

And we appreciate that too, sir.
-You're a suck.

Tomorrow, a new member of staff
will be coming to take up her position.

I trust you'll all treat her
with the respect she deserves.

Hey, what she's like, sir?



If you want to ask a question,
put your hand up.

Yeah.

-This gonna be relevant, Bordino?
-I believe so, sir.

I believe my question
will have an important bearing

on the relationship with our new teacher.

-Go on then.
-Is she a spunk, sir?

All right. Get out of here, everyone.

-So, are you busy tonight?
-How come?

I was just going to see
if you wanted to come over.

-Come over?
-Yeah.

I feel lonely and a little scared.

-Well, what about Steve and Rivers?
-They're going out.

What, so it's just gonna be the two of us?

Yup.
-I'd love to.



I got to go home first.
So could I come after?

-Sure.
-Okay. I'll see you then.

-Okay.
-All right.

Right. Have we forgotten anything?
Salata, psomi.

Come on, Dad. You said you'd tell us
before everyone got here.

-What?
-What's the surprise about?

-Come on, you told--
-Hey. Okay. Sit down.

Sit down, everybody,
make yourself comfortable.

-Okay. Okay. The big surprise…
-Come on. What?

…is we're going to Greece.

All right. All right.
We're going for a holiday.

No, no, not really a holiday.

Now, you remember my old friend Stavros?

Well, he's got this export-import business
in Athens,

and, he wants to expand to Australia.

And he reckons that my background
in soccer is a big asset.

So, why do you have to go over there?

Well, the factory is over there.
I got to learn the business,

learn about computing, accounting,
business, about the product.

Yeah, but… Hang on a second,

don't you think you're a bit old
for this sort of thing?

Thank you.
-I'm serious.

All right. How long is it gonna take?

I don't know, a few months or something,
maybe a bit more.

And that's the other thing,
we're gonna sell the house,

put most of that money away,
and we're gonna rent a little place

outside of Athens. It'll be great.
A chance for you to see

the old country, learn the language.

No. You can't just go
and sell the house, man,

we've been living here all our lives.

Come on. I know.

-But since Irini--
-What about school?

-You go to school over there.
-Be realistic.

My Greek is not good enough, okay?
The work could be too hard.

-I won't be able to keep up.
-Neither could I.

You'll love it. Come on. You'll meet
the relatives. You'll see Stella.

Hey, who are you trying to kid?
You can go wherever you like,

-I'm staying here. You're mad.
-Me too.

Listen, I'm not asking you to come.
I'm telling you you're coming!

I can't believe
he didn't discuss it with me.

Maybe he thought you'd like the idea.

No way. It's a stupid idea.

There's no way I'm going.
-Why not?

Because! Lots of reasons, you know.

-Like what?
-School, my friends.

-You.
-Me?

Jodie, I don't ever wanna leave you again.

I don't want you to go.

Come on, darling Effie.
Eat something, please.

I'm not hungry.

I don't understand it. You know,
it'd be a great experience.

Most kids would give anything
to spend some time in Greece.

Don't worry. They'll come around.

Ma, don't say he's gonna come around.

Mate, he doesn't wanna go.
I know Nick, all right.

-He's got too much going for him.
-Con.

He goes to a Greek school,

he'll broaden his whole outlook on life,
then he can come back here.

Yeah. And then
what class is he gonna be in?

'Cause he's not gonna be in my class,
all right?

Hey, why doesn't he stay with us? Hey?

Ma, come on.
-Nick, Nick, Nick,

he's all any of you care about.

Effie.
-Effie, honey, come on.

It is. I don't wanna go either,
but you don't care what I feel.

Don't you wanna see your Ya
and all your relatives?

No, I don't care about them. I hate them.

Effie, come back here.
Effie, come back here and apologize.

George, she's just upset.
She didn't mean it. Let her go.

Can I come in?

You don't really hate
all your aunties, do you?

I was worried there
for a minute.

You wanna talk about it?

I know it's hard.

The idea of uprooting everything
and going to Greece.

But think of the adventure.

Going to the village where we grew up,
seeing all the relatives.

I don't wanna go. Can't I stay with you?

Your dad wants you with him.

Mom wouldn't have made me go.

It was your mother's dream
to take you to Greece.

But she's not here,
and I wish I was dead too.

You know, I waited
for this moment for so long.

Me too.

I'm so sorry

that I had to put you through
all that stuff with Danielle.

Shh.

Let's not talk about it. It's in the past.

I love you.

-I don't want you to go.
-There's no way I'm going.

Dad's just gonna have to
come to terms with that.

So what are you gonna do?

I guess, I'm gonna have to
find a place to stay, aren't I?

You'll find something.

No, I'll be fine.

Effie, breakfast.

Come on, Effie. Hurry up.

Maybe we can stay here together.
You can look after me.

Eff, even if I wanted to,
Dad wouldn't agree.

But if he did, would you?

It's not gonna happen, just face it.

-But--
-Look, I don't wanna hear it any more.

All right? That's it.

I'm sick of everybody
treating me like a kid.

That's all you are. You're just a kid.

I can't believe he would make
such a big decision like that

without even talking to me first.

-Nick--
-You know, he just lays down the law.

Like he's some kind of dictator

and expects me
to just sit there and listen to him.

Nick.

Anyway, I gotta go.
What's the matter with you?

-Are you all right?
-Don't worry.

Want to have a milkshake
or something after school?

All right. Meet me at the front gate
when you're finished, okay?

See you.

Okay. Okay. Where is it?
Where is my mug?

Not that old, stained,
chipped thing?

All right. What have you done with it?

Don't tell me you've thrown it out.

Don't panic, I washed it.
It's in the cupboard.

Thank you.

Practically jumped
to the sink on its own.

Now look at it.

It's lost all its personality.

It took me years to get it that way.

Why did you do that?

It was contaminating the other mugs.
They complained.

Anyone touching my mug in the future
does so under pain of death, got it?

-Has Ms. Robinson arrived yet?
-Who's Ms. Robinson?

Christina's replacement.
She should be here by now.

Late on the first day.
That's not a good sign.

Hang on, she's not late.
She's still got three minutes.

That's three minutes
to get to class.

Absolutely right.

A new teacher should arrive
at least an hour early on her first day.

You know, get to meet the staff,
get the feel of the place.

If the teacher is not prepared,
the children take advantage.

That's right, and it snowballs
all the way down the line,

unsettles everybody.

Chain her up and flog her, Bill?

Listen, mate. Listen, we've got to talk.

-I've got a great idea.
-Man, later.

See the new teacher yet?

Yeah, I saw that teacher.
I drove her home,

you know, I drove her to school and--

Yeah, in your dreams, Bordino.

Here she comes!

It's only you, miss.
I thought you were the new spunky teacher.

Yeah, sorry to disappoint you.
Look, she's running a little bit late.

Hey, miss,
I'm sure I saw her down the road,

pushing a wheelchair--

No, she was stepping on the grease
from you guys.

Okay. That's good. No, that's good.

Now, have you finished?
Because now I'm going to mark the roll.

Okay. Avery?
-Here.

Barros?
-No, he's not here.

Bordino?

Bordino. Bordino!

Boys, check it out, man.
It's the new teacher, she's arriving, man.

Hello, baby.

Yeah.
-Yeah, baby.

I'm not usually late.

I've been having a bit of trouble
with my bike.

-The damn thing.
-Fine.

You sure you don't want ten minutes,
catch your breath, change your clothes?

My clothes?
These are my clothes.

I see.

Um, I would like to ask a favor though
before we start, if you don't mind.

-And what's that?
-Well, you know what it's like.

-New teacher, bound to be a bit of noise.
-A bit?

Well, if you don't mind,
I'd just like to handle it on my own.

Feeling confident?

These are a pretty tough bunch of kids.

I've handled worse
than this lot, trust me.

Okay. You're the teacher.

Thank you. Would you mind
looking after this for me?

Ta.

Wallace? Gordon, you're here? Savia?

Well, he's not here, that's nice.

Sovika.

Sovika, are you going to answer me?

Welcome.
-Hello.

You're gonna need counseling after this.
I'll see you later.

Okay.

My name is Samantha Robinson.

Most people call me Sam.

I'll be your English and History teacher
until the end of the year.

Ooh.

Woo! Sexy.

Man.

Okay.
-Little bit of exposure.

You now have 10 seconds

to ask me anything you'd like
about my love life,

my bike, my clothes, my hair, my tattoo,

the one you can see and the one you can't.

Your time starts now.

I want to know if you're available.

In answer to your questions,
yes, yes, yes,

no, no, maybe,

and not in your wildest dreams,
sweetheart.

But that's enough about me for now.

I wanna find out about you
because that's why we're here.

I wanna know about your hopes,
your goals…

Me too.

-Your dreams, your fears.
-See?

But that's probably gonna take
a bit of time.

So, let's start with a name
and just a little bit about yourself.

If you're shy, just a name will do.

You start.

Jodie.

And something about yourself, Jodie?

Jodie Cooper. I want to be a singer,
um, but I wanna get an education first.

Good, good.

-Next?
-Yup.

My name is Danielle, miss,
and I enjoy going to the gym.

-Good, great.
-Me.

And you are?

Rivers.
-What?

Go ahead, Rivers.

Well, if I told you
you had a beautiful body,

would you hold it against me?

I would.

Come on, Rivers.

Is that really the best
you can come up with?

I heard that line in third grade.

Is there anything else
you'd like to tell us about yourself?

In the face.

Good. Next?

Hey, man. What's up, man?
You've been avoiding me all morning.

I've been busy, all right?

You're back with Jodie?

Maybe.

So what's the problem? Hey?

All right. I'm back with Jodie, okay?

And now my dad says just to pack up,
go to Greece, and forget all about that.

-I'm not going.
-Man! Listen, stay with me, man.

I'll talk to my oldies,
it will be fantastic.

Don't you worry about it, okay?
Just stay out of it.

What do you mean?
What do you mean, stay out of it? Hey?

I got plans, all right? I got plans.

Well, what sort of plans you got, man?

I'm gonna get a flat.

Flat? Wait, don't get a flat, man.

Just share with me.

Look, I'll give you Rocco's room, man.

You're gonna love it, man.

The waterbed, the TV, and the fans, man.

Yes, that's all beautiful, man.

But I don't want it, okay?

What's wrong with it?
What's wrong with Rocco's room?

-Coffee?
-Yeah. Thanks, honey.

Hey.
-Hey.

Coffee?
-Yeah, thank you.

So, how did it go?

Did you sign a million-dollar contract?

I had a meeting
with two distributors, and…

I don't know what they were saying.

What do you expect? It's the first time
you've done this sort of thing.

I mean, here I was,
all decked out in this suit, you know.

Like some kind of a hotshot.

And they asked me these simple questions,
like about product quality

and market research, and like I say,
I don't know what they were saying.

Look, don't worry.

When you come back from Greece,
you'll be an expert.

You know what Nick reckons? He says
I'm too old to learn anything new.

George, he didn't mean it.
He was just upset, angry.

Sure, but maybe he's right.

He's not right. It's a great opportunity,
and you're going to excel in it.

If your mind hasn't been on the job
because of the kids' reactions,

that's understandable,
for crying out loud.

Yeah, things will be different
when we get over there.

Sure.

Look, I don't know, George.

The kids are still grieving for Irini.

Maybe right now what they need is...
some stability.

Roberto and I have talked it over and--

Yeah.

We'd love to have them stay with us.

Yeah.
-That's very kind of you, but, no.

Look, Nick and Con
get on so well together.

And Effie? Effie's like my own daughter.

-Helen, please.
-Yeah.

I know they're still hurting.

That's why I want them to come over there.

It's a new start for everyone.

You can't go now, Effie.

What am I gonna tell Mrs. Solomon?

She won't know.
She'll think I'm going to sports.

At least tell me where you're going.

I can't.

I'm your best friend.

You've got to promise
not to tell anyone ever.

Cross my heart and hope to die.

Kings Cross.

What are you gonna do up there?

I don't know.
There's heaps of kids, I saw it on TV.

They'll never find me there.

What about money?

-I got some from home.
-You took it?

Look, don't tell me what to do,
I'm sick of it.

I have to go before anyone sees me.

Effie, don't.
Don't be stupid, it's dangerous up there.

At least it's in Australia
and not stupid old Greece.

Look, come to my place.

It will be the first place they look.

Don't worry. I'll be okay.

I gotta catch the train. See you.

Bye.

I saw you ride in this morning.
That was some entrance.

Bill Southgate.

Sam Robinson.

It wasn't meant to be, I assure you.

I was caught out this morning.

So, how... How was your first class?

Okay.

I, heard a bit of noise in there.

If you ever need a hand with anything,
you just, let me know.

I've handled worse than this lot.

I was at Hillston Boys for three years.

Hillston Boys?

Well, I'm impressed.

These are gonna seem like
a bit of a picnic to you.

-I hope so.
-Hey, hey.

Let me give you a hand with that.
-Gee, thanks, Bill.

I was talking to Sam, actually.
Yola, Sam. Sam, Yola.

Yeah. Ms. Robinson, we've met.

Thanks for filling in for me.
-Pleasure.

Now, can I get you something,
a cup of tea.

-A cup of coffee, or--
-Yeah, I'd love a cup of tea.

-Thanks, Bill.
-Sam?

I've already got one. Thanks.

Bill, let me make you a coffee.

Where's your special mug?

You know the one with personality in it?

I think I've had enough coffee.
Thanks, Yola.

You know, heart palpitations and things.

Are you sure it's the coffee?

Whosoever useth my cup, you said.

-Give it a rest, Yola. Give it a rest.
-Under pain of death, you said.

Hey, Sam, let me help you with that.

It's a bit too heavy. You're gonna do
some damage to your back.

All right.
-Thanks.

Thanks, Bill.

-You okay?
-You all right?

I'm okay.

Come on!

Nice bod?

Yeah. She's beautiful, mate.
But tough, I reckon.

Wouldn't want to meet her in a dark alley.

I'm talking about the bike, you idiot.

Anyway, mate, she's just putting on
an act, it's obvious.

Come on, you're just cheesed off
because she put you back in your box.

I am not.
-Come on.

I wasn't even trying, okay?

-Sure, mate, right.
-Okay.

Five bucks, mate, five bucks says
I can make her lose it by end of the day.

All right. You're on.

I could do with the extra cash.

You just have your money ready,
all right, Steve?

Okay. Thank you very much.

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you.

Excuse me.
Do you know where the police station is?

I lost my money.

You lost your money.

I'm sorry.

It's over there, over there.

Hey there, do you want a lift?

-No, thank you.
-Where are you off to?

The police station.

Well, I'll give you a ride.

The cops are friends of mine.

No, thanks, I can walk.

Why don't I give you some money?

Come on, take it, please.

I just wanna help you out.

-Let go of me.
-Just get in the car.

Hey, what's going on?

How'd you like a big scratch
down the side of your car, mate?

Just leave the car alone, will you?

Buzz off then, creep guy.
Get out of here.

Are you okay?

Yeah. Thanks.

You gotta stay clear of creeps like that.
They can really hurt you.

-What's your name?
-Effie.

Well, my name is Lucy,
but everyone calls me Lucky.

-Where are you off to?
-The police station, I lost my money.

Yeah, I saw. It's an old trick.

But, listen, don't go to the cops,
they won't do nothing for you,

except hassle you.

But I haven't got any money.
-Don't worry, I got plenty.

I'll show you around.

So, why are you up here?

I had a fight with my dad.

Yeah, usual story.

The way language changes
is fascinating.

Well, awesome, some of you might say.

Words can change their meaning
virtually overnight.

"Fabulous," for example,
once meant "from the fables."

Do we have any others that come to mind?

Gay, miss.
-Exactly.

Not so long ago,
"gay" just meant being happy.

Now, it also means being homosexual.

And poofness, faggot, queer.

Thank you, Rivers.

Okay. But how does it change
and who changes it?

That's what we want to find out.

"Pump," miss.

What?
-Yes, Rivers?

"Pump," it was once used
for sticking petrol in a car.

- Now it's all about sticking your--
-I think we get the idea.

Thank you, Rivers.

So, what happens?

Back to the question,
how does language change?

Bonk, miss.

I mean, it's not even in the dictionary,
but everyone here knows what it means.

It sounds a bit like the action,
too, you know.

Bonk. Bonk.

Also, spunk, miss.
I mean, when my dad was a little boy,

spunk actually meant male semen, you know?

I'm beginning to get
a bit worried about you, Rivers.

Are you having some kind of problem
with your sex life?

Because that's
all you've talked about so far.

Do you think it's at all possible to lift
your mind to a slightly higher plane,

perhaps above your navel?

Okay.

I think we might continue
this discussion outside.

We can make as much noise as we want.
-Outside? Yeah!

Grab your bags
and quietly go out to the benches.

-Miss, I was wondering if you'd tried--
-Don't push me, Rivers.

Don't worry about him, he's all right.

This is it.

Come on.

And this is where I live.

Great, isn't it?

Great.

There's about 10 of us that live here.

No one to tell you what to do.

No one to hassle you, it's great.
You'll love it.

It gets bit cold in winter, though.

This is me here.

You can doss down here
until we find you a mattress.

Hey, Todd, this is Effie.

She's gonna be staying with us.

Great. See you around.

Yeah.

Hey, this is great stuff.

My mom bought them for me.

Nice. What's your mom like?

She died in a car accident.

My mom's still alive somewhere.

I'll show you a picture.

Pretty, isn't she?

-Does she know where you are?
-No. It's better off that way.

She's still with that
stupid boyfriend of hers.

I couldn't stand him.

Mind you, he was pretty interested in me.

-All right. Before you go--
-Ecstasy.

Before you go, I want you all to try

and make up a word, see if it finds
its way around the school, okay?

-Dork.
-What's that?

A gigantic dork.

Yeah, right.

It moved!

-It moved? Really?
-What did it feel like?

I don't know, like a butterfly.

It's a baby.

I just love the feel of leather.

You've just gone too far, Rivers.

That is both physical
and sexual harassment.

See me in Room 15 after school.

Either that,
or you don't come back to my class.

Got it?

That looks like five dollars to me, mate.

Good on you, Steve, mate.

You owe me.
-Come on, mate, I saw the whole thing.

And besides,
you got detention out of it, so, um…

-Ooh.
-And I'm gonna turn up, mate.

Hey, hey, Rivers.

What's the matter, mate?
Are you a bit scared?

Ms. Robinson, a word.

Sure.

I'd prefer it if you didn't take
your classes outside.

I'm trying to teach my students
how to communicate, to use language.

I did that in the classroom,
and what happens?

Someone walks down the corridor,
complains about the noise.

That's why those kids
can't express themselves.

They're not allowed.

Sit down and shut up,
that's all they're taught.

Well, I don't teach like that,
and that's why I take my students outside.

Your sentiments are fine.
We got 700 kids in this school though.

Everyone goes outside, we got chaos.

I'm sorry.

I see your point.

As long as we understand each other.

Wow.

Well, you certainly told him.

I didn't mean to fly off the handle.

One of my students
got under my skin.

Let me guess, Nick Poulos?

No.

Peter Rivers.

Well, um, he's not such a bad guy
once you got him on side.

Yeah. Well, he's certainly
not on my team.

Do you want me have a word to him for you?

No. Thanks.

I'll handle it.

I'm gonna have a talk to him after school.

Okay. Good luck.

Thanks.

And thanks for the loan of your cup.

I'll bring my own tomorrow, promise.

Don't worry about it.

You know, I was thinking about that time

when we were living together.

I dunno if you can call it that,
you were only there for two days.

Okay. It was only a short time,

but it was nice,
you know, I enjoyed myself.

Yeah, it was nice.

I remember when you cooked me
that great, big dinner.

Yeah.

Well, why don't we do it again?

Well, what do you mean?

Live together.

I'm serious.

I mean, I reckon we can make it work.

You know,
I can move into the warehouse with you,

and I'll get a part-time job,
we'll have heaps of fun.

-Yeah?
-Yeah. I don't think so, Nick.

-Why not?
-That's not the way to solve your problem.

What are you talking about?

Look, if we're gonna live together,

it would have to be
because we were both ready for it,

not because you didn't want to
go to Greece.

What, so you're not ready?

Well, neither are you.

Why does my dad have to sell the house?

You know why.

You know, he should try and make it here.

I mean, this is where we live.

I don't know why you're not being
more supportive.

It's not like you.

Well, I just want things to
stay the way they are,

you know, I'm happy here.

So stop the world from turning.

No, thanks.

Do you know what I'm gonna do one day?

I'm gonna buy a house,

a little small brick house.

And then I'm gonna to go find my mom,

and my little sister,
and we're gonna live there.

And I'm gonna have an old-fashioned room

with wallpaper
with little pink roses on it.

I saw it in a catalog once,
when I was a kid.

We're gonna have a dressing table
with lots of pictures on it

and a little lamp
that you light up with a match.

My room is nice.

Mom made this patchwork quilt
out of different bits of material.

I've got this dressing table
and matching bed.

You're lucky.
-No, you're Lucky.

Lucky, I know you're in there.

Open the door.

Open it.

You owe me, Lucky.

Come on.

Come on.

Hurry.
-Lucky.

I'll get you!

Come on, Effie. What's taking her so long?

-Come on, man, let's go.
-Hey, hey, hey, hey.

I said I was gonna wait for her, okay?

She was upset this morning.

Obviously not the only one that was upset.

Look, man, I'm sorry
about all the stuff that I said, okay?

But I didn't mean it, all right?
Just relax.

Look, you insulted my house,
you insulted me, that's it.

Man, there's nothing wrong
with your house, okay?

I told you, all right?
I love Rocco's room.

Personally, I think
leopard skin wallpaper is fantastic.

So you're gonna move in then, yeah?

Look, if I decide to, all right?

That's up to me, but… you're gonna
let me in on all the rules, okay?

All right.
Mom, she's a breeze, she's easy.

Papa, Dad, he's tough,
but with the two of us, we'll--

Wait, wait, wait. Hey, Jane.

Jane, hey, is Effie coming?

-I don't know.
-What do you mean?

She's supposed to meet out of here.
Where is she?

I said I wouldn't tell.

Hang on a second. You wouldn't tell what?

She's run away.

What are you talking about?

She didn't want to go to Greece,
so she ran away to Kings Cross.

Kings Cross?

Are you sure?

-But she wouldn't know how to get there.
-She went on the train.

-How long ago?
-At lunchtime.

Don't tell her I told you though.
-What's going on?

Come on, man, let's go,
she's run away to Kings Cross.

Effie?

Man, what...
What's she doing in the Cross, man?

Man, did you let your sister go the cross.

I don't know why
she'd do something like this.

I hope she's all right, that's all.

Did you get the photos?
-Yes.

Come on, let's go.
-Go. Let's go, quick, quick.

Why is that guy chasing you?

I owe him some money.

He's a creep.

But he sort of looks after us.

Um, keeps cops off our tails.

I should have paid him yesterday.

How about some lunch?

My dad's gonna worry.

Who cares?
Does he care about what you think?

Most of the time.

Maybe I should go back.

What about the money you stole?

Come on, I'll buy you some lunch.

Hamburgers, chips, the lot. How about it?

Are you hungry?
-I'm starving.

Okay.

Come on.

I think we both got off
on the wrong foot today.

But I think we can talk it over
like adults.

I'd like to hear your side first.

Okay…

Whenever you're ready.

I'm in no hurry.

I never walk away from a fight, Rivers,
and I don't intend to start now.

Okay.
-What are we gonna do?

You search down around there.

-Go across the road.
-She's not in the station.

-I'm going down this way, all right?
-Fifteen minutes and come back. All right.

Just hurry up.

Come on, mate,
I got a great show for you.

Come on, you see everything.

Your old man doesn't sound that bad.

Yeah. He's pretty good, really.

I wouldn't mind going to Greece,

running around in the yard all day.

It'll be nice.

Hey, Lucky.

-What?
-Brute is looking for you.

He's not too happy.

-Where?
-Back that way.

I'm walking Effie
to the station.

He's pretty mad, you better front him,
you know what he's like.

Do you want me to come with you?

No, no, you go home now.

Your dad will never know
the difference.

-Take it, it's a gift.
-Are you sure?

Got to split.

Excuse me, love.
Look, have you seen this girl?

-No. No.
-You've never seen her?

-No.
-She might have her bag on.

-I've never seen her.
-Okay. All right.

Mate, listen,
um, I don't wanna trouble you, man,

but have you seen this little girl?

Have you seen this girl?

No? Thank you.

Hey, have you seen...
Have you seen this girl?

Nah.

-Excuse me.
-Yes. Yes.

Have you seen this girl?

Yeah.
-Where, where, where…

-Just a moment ago.
-Where?

-She went to the police station.
-Police station?

Yeah. The police station, yeah.

Have you seen
this girl before, ma'am?

She might have a jacket on?

Hey, Con.

Hey.

-Hey, how did you go?
-Yeah. How did you get on, mate?

She's definitely up here, man, I know.

Hey, she's up here somewhere, okay?

I spoke to the guy down the fruit market,
and he saw her.

Listen, what we do is,
we go to the police.

No.
-They'll find her

We're not telling the police.
She's with some street kid named Lucky.

Lucky, well, let's find
this Lucky then, man.

How am I supposed to know where she is?
-Find Lucky.

- I think we should still--
-Hey, hey, buddy, listen. …

Do you know some girl called Lucky?

-Who wants to know?
-Look, I'm undercover police, okay,

I just wanna ask you a few questions.

I wanna know if you've,
seen this girl before. Seen her round?

They're over in Benny's Lane.
-Wait.

Where's Benny's Lane, mate?

It's on the other side
of the Cross over there.

-Where's Benny's Lane?
-I used to sell drinks over there.

Hey, I thought you said you were a cop.

Hey, was I talking to you?
-All right.

-Move along, move along.
-Let's go, hurry up. Con.

Lucky?

Benny's Lane?

This is it.
There's another one there, but this is…

Let's go.

God.

Who is it?

Honey, what happened?

Dad.

Are you okay?

-I thought that was you on the stretcher.
-It's my friend Lucky.

It's gonna be all right.
Everything's gonna be all right.

I promise you, all right? Yeah?

You wanna go home now?

-I love you, sweetheart.
-I love you too, Dad.

You know what's fascinating, Rivers?

I'm not watching you, I'm watching myself

like I used to be.

Sullen, aggressive, disruptive.

I knew every trick in the book.

Some you've probably
never even thought of.

So, you see, I know the game.

And I know if you play it
long enough and hard enough,

no one ever gets to see
what's going on underneath.

But, you know,
that's the worst part, Rivers,

because I think underneath
the bitter facade

is a warm, gentle, loving man.

Be a pity to lose him along the way.

The world doesn't owe you
a living, Rivers,

you've got to fight for it.

And that takes passion and guts,

which I happen to think you have.

You ever touch me again like that,

I'll drop you so hard
you won't know what hit you.

Honey, give me the bag.

You know,
maybe have been a bit selfish?

Thinking about my future
and what I want to do.

I'm gonna call Stavros,
tell him I've changed my mind.

-No, don't be stupid, come on.
-No, it's something--

-Come on.
-It's something I wanna do.

You know, the most important thing
to me is my family,

you guys.

Hey, I got no regrets.

Come on, let's go inside.

It's your spark plug lid.

You know something about bikes?

Yeah, a little.

Whoa, whoa.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to grab you.

No. No. It's fine.

I stumbled.

I…

better get someone to have a look at it.

Yeah.

Effie?

I didn't expect you.

I came to see how you are.

This is my brother Nick.

Hi, thanks for looking after
my sister.

-He hit you a lot.
-Yeah.

-So what happens now?
-I don't know.

Welfare's been in.
I met my new foster parents.

They seem nice.

So it might turn out okay this time.

Yeah. So what about you?

Did you get into trouble?

Dad was more worried than angry.

-He came looking for me.
-Yeah? That's nice.

What about Greece?

Dad's decided none of us are going.

That's a relief?

I don't know.

I feel kind of guilty about it.

I brought you something.

It's nothing much.

I saw it in the shop.

Wow, it's fantastic.

It's for your room.

You guys are lucky,
you care about each other,

and you've got a dad
that really cares about you too.

I know.

-Got a spare minute?
-Sure.

Um…

Me and Effie had a little talk and, well,

we decided that
we want you to go to Greece.

I know I went off at you yesterday,
but I didn't mean it, okay?

I'm proud of you.

All right. I reckon
you got more guts than anyone.

And we think you'll be a success.

Hey, come on.

I can be successful wherever I am.

No, we've changed our minds,
we're gonna come with you.

Yeah. Both of us.

I appreciate what you're trying
to do, you're the best kids in the world.

-No. Dad, I mean it, I mean every word.
-I love you very much.

You know that Uncle Robert
and Auntie Helen

have offered to look after you.

I promise I won't run away.

Honey.

You're precious to me.

Seriously, Nick,

you're gonna have to
take responsibility for her.

Don't worry, I'll look after her.

Come here, both of you.

Come here.