Heat (2023–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - Episode #1.1 - full transcript

MAN ON RADIO:
'Well, with this special offer,

'we also have a range of...'

RADIO TUNING,
MUSIC PLAYS

RADIO TUNING

RADIO PRESENTER:
'A total fire ban remains in place

'for the state of Victoria,

'with temperatures expected
to hit 44 degrees in some areas.

'You're listening to 91.8FM,
the voice of the Mandel Ranges.'

# Home-grown alligator
See you later

# Gotta hit the road
Gotta hit the road

# Something changed
In the atmosphere



# Architecture unfamiliar

# I could get used to this

# Time flies by
In the yellow and green

# Stick around
And you'll see what I mean

# There's a mountain top
That I'm dreaming of

# If you need me
You know where I'll be

# I'll be riding shotgun
Underneath the hot sun... #

Did you feel that?

My ears just popped.

I prefer my ears popping on a plane.

Well, then you'd have missed out

on all this beautiful scenery,
wouldn't you, baby?

Trees, trees, and more trees.

We're nearly there now, Mia.



How long?
Um...

41 minutes if we don't make
any more wrong turns.

Just a straight road from here!

What is the matter with this thing?
Why doesn't it work?

Dad!

Great. Thanks(!)

Youse all right?

Remind me again who
the biggest danger to our family is.

HE BREATHES HEAVILY

Wow.

What, did they win the lottery? Eh?

Hey, hey!

Welcome one and all!

Ah, Bouncer!
Bruiser!

Come here, big man. Look at ya! Oh!

God, you've been
looking after yourself.

Look at that!
You know me.

How was the drive?

What's not to love about two
teenagers in a car for seven hours?

Oh, you're here now.
Give us a cuddle.

Oh, no, no, I've had
a minor near-death experience.

It was the bloody roos!
Was it that guy there? Hey.

Hey.
I warned you about them.

I don't care, come here.
It's good to see you.

Come see Lou,
she's dying to see you.

Come on in.
Your house is amazing, Brad.

Are you sure you ain't robbed
a bank, mate? I'm worried.

You get more bang
for your buck out here.

You should see this place. It goes
all the way down to the cliffs.

It's beautiful.
Kip, help him with the luggage.

Yeah, go on.
You like it?

I'm shocked.
Huh?

Shocked.
Come here, buddy.

I can't believe it.

Come see Lou,
she's dying to see you. come on in.

Wow.

MIA: Air con that works!

The outside's so nice, I can't
believe you've scrimped in here (!)

THEY LAUGH

I take full credit for the design,

but the decoration's
all this lovely lady.

I do have my talents!
Lou!

Sar!
Oh, watch out.

I told you
it was the kangaroo's fault.

Yeah, nothing to do with the driver,
eh, Mia? You know it.

This must be
the great waterslide injury.

Yeah, yeah, not the best start
to a school holiday, eh, son?

Wow, it's so good to see you all.
And you.

Good to see you.

I've been dying for this.
Been too long.

Grab a cool drink, anyway.

Yeah, get a drink, everyone.
We'll give you the grand tour.

Bit of mint?
Yes, yes.

We've got the whole place
on solar power

cos there's no such thing
as a grid out here.

So no Uber Eats, then?
BRAD CHUCKLES

No deliveries. Best bit about it,
too far from anyone to bother us.

Right, Tommy Boy, we've got you
in there with young Kip.

What could possibly go wrong, huh?

And for Mum and Dad,
the master guest suite.

And, Mia, you're down here,
you've got your own en suite.

Oh, thanks, Lou.
And we're just down the hall.

KIP: What's down there?

That's my office, mate.

Yeah, off limits for this week.
Ooh.

Are you gonna be all right
with that, mate?

Come on, I've got my oldest
and dearest pals here.

No work.

BEEPING

I mean, seriously,

how much did they get
for their last place?

I know they sold it at a good time,

but this is like...
this is a major step up!

They won't wanna stay at ours again,
I know that.

Sarah?

Don't do this.

Do what?
Compare us to them.

Come on, can't we just enjoy
this time together?

Course we can.

Do you wanna use the shower first?
No, no, you go.

PHONE BUZZING

BUZZING STOPS

You know I was grounded for a month.

Now he raids my iPad to make sure

I'm not looking at anything
I shouldn't be.

Bet you barely got in trouble
at all, did you?

You hate pools.

What really happened to your arm?

SHE SNIFFLES

SHE EXHALES

Sarah.

There you are.
Just admiring the view.

Hey!

I'm fine, just the trip
took it out of me.

Oh.

Steve didn't want to fly
into Bendigo or something?

Oh...
We would've picked you up.

Yeah, I know, but he thought
the drive would be fun for the kids.

Famous last words!

Worried about the boys?

No, I'm sure they've learnt
their lesson from last year.

Is it Mia? You didn't say too much
on the phone.

Nah.

On a scale of one to us
at their age?

Oh, we were way worse.

You've got nothing
to worry about, then.

Oh, I really have missed you.
Yeah.

So glad you're here. At last!

Cheers.
Cheers.

PHONE BUZZING

I told you not to ring me.

Yes.

I'll tell Sarah. It's not
an easy conversation to have.

Have you got the Wi-Fi code?

Who were you talking to?

Oh, just, er...
checking the weather app.

We literally just heard
20 weather forecasts on the radio.

Why don't you go and ask
Louise or Kip, babe? Yeah?

Hey, how's your arm?

It's OK.

I am sorry.

I tell you,
this never gets old, mate.

Country life's for me,
that's for sure.

Got you working many hours
at the firm now?

Well, you know what
insurance companies are like,

as many as they need.

Mm. Still thinking of going out
on your own?

I'm keeping my options open.
Sure.

We were worried
that Kip's grades had suffered

doing remote learning at first,

but actually,
they didn't suffer at all.

He was always a good student,
so, yeah.

I must say, the tree change,
you know, it suits you. Aw.

It does, huh?
We love it.

We do. Yeah, it's brilliant.

Although it doesn't matter where
you are, it's who you're with, eh?

Yeah.

All right, Mia, take a seat.

So, playing cricket, mate?

Who's that with?
The senior spinners?

Did I hear something about
a tournament?

No, it's just something I do
with the lads.

I'm not hungry.

Just give me a sec, yeah?

Can you please come back down?

I can't pretend.
They're our friends.

SHE SIGHS

OK.

Listen, I know you're still upset.

This isn't just about me.

What about what Dad's doing to you?
Mia!

No, I don't understand.
How can you not confront him?

We both know he didn't go
on that cricket weekend.

And I caught him on his phone
acting all weird again.

Can we just please
make this a nice week?

But the whole holiday is twisted.

He's down there living his best
life, acting like nothing's wrong.

I'm sorry, Mum, but...

..you need to wake up.

He's having an affair.

And it's all gonna blow up
in our faces.

I know what you're thinking, man.

You think we're mental, don't you,
moving out here to the sticks?

No, I don't think that.

Come on!

Give us a year,
then we'll be back in the rat race.

No, I can see why you've done it.

Everything seems so different
out here, you know?

All this space.

Yeah, it definitely puts things
in perspective, you know?

Sorry about Mia.
You know, she's 17...

It's that age,
don't worry about it, mate.

They rebel, you know?
She's a young adult now.

Not Daddy's little girl any more.

She's definitely not the same girl
she was last year.

But then nothing's the same
as it was, you know?

OK, put those down.

Her doing, not mine.
Oh, come on!

Just the one, it's tradition.
Come on.

OK.
BRAD GROANS

Here we go.
To friendship.

ALL: To friendship.

Cheers.
Always. Cheers.

OK.

The piece de resistance, my man.
Wow.

It's the man cave of all man caves.

You can almost smell
the testosterone.

Oh, come on, says the woman
that stocked the bar.

Well, it's not like I can pop down
to the local bottle shop.

Look where we are,
the middle of bloody nowhere.

Gonna have some?
No, no, no, no.

Oh, come on.
No, I know. You guys go for it.

I just feel like
I need an early night.

Oh. I will be more fun tomorrow,
I promise.

OK?
OK. Have a good sleep.

Thank you.
Everyone else?

Yeah.
Night.

Well, my man,
looks like you're wifeless.

Eh? For old time's sake.

Er...

You know what? The traffic was
a nightmare getting out of Sydney,

and I nearly smashed into Skippy,
didn't I?

So it's probably best I, you know,
go and get my head down.

Ah, worried I'll kick his arse,
I think!

Ah, yeah!

Well, we've got all week
to corrupt you.

Night.
Yeah.

Manana, OK? Manana.

Postpone the inevitable
if you need to.

I'll smash you to pieces.
I'll believe that when I see it.

See you tomorrow.
All right, big man, sleep well.

Night-night.
Good night.

GUNFIRE ON TV

SCREAMING ON TV

It's just a game, Mum.

Don't stay up too late.

Night, Sarah.
Night.

GUNFIRE AND YELLING
ON TV

As if we don't know our way
around a parental lock!

She can't just sulk in her room
all week.

We said we was gonna
put this behind us.

She must forget how hard
this is for us, as well.

And Tom.

I HATE that we asked him to lie.

What did she say to you?

When you checked on her.

Well, she doesn't like the lies,
either.

Well, they used to
tell us everything.

Hm? Whenever we catch up,
it's always great,

but there's usually nothing new
to talk about

because we know it all already.

This year, it's like we've got no
idea what's going on in their lives.

Don't you think?

I think...
it's none of our business.

TV TURNS ON

DOOR OPENS

ANIMAL YELPS

ANIMAL YELPS

BIRDS SQUAWK

REPORTER ON TV: 'As a bush fire
rages in North Gippsland,

'the topic of climate change is
once again on the national agenda.

'The Cabinet is in a stalemate
over carbon emissions,

'and the Greens say
it's not good enough.

'Protests will take place...'
SARAH CLEARS THROAT

Oh, I meant to warn you
about the alarm clock.

God, what kind of birds are they?

Black cockatoos.
They have a party every morning.

Great (!)

How Brad sleeps through it,
I'll never know.

Anyway, done. What do you think?

Oh, it's great! So much better
than my effort from last year.

That'd be good, mate,
we'll go in the morning

before the sun gets too hectic,
you know?

Sweet. I'm well up for it.
Morning.

Oh, here they are. Happy birthday!

Happy birthday!
Wow, look at all this.

We've, erm...

We've decided we're gonna go on
a little picnic today. OK.

Yeah, down the river.
Kids will love it.

Well, apart from the fact they
won't be able to use their phones!

The reception cuts out
at the treeline, but...

Well, we've gotta give you
the whole bush experience.

BIRDS TWEETING

So, you're not gonna say anything?

Oh, Mia, please!
Isn't this killing you?

He's off telling us how to live
our lives while he's lying to us.

We don't know anything for a fact.

We know he's not being honest!

OK, it's your father's birthday,
Brad's too,

it's not the time to start making
accusations. When is the time?

I don't know.

SARAH EXHALES HEAVILY
Mum.

I'm not trying to make this harder
for you.

I just... really hate
what he's doing.

He has always been
one of the good guys.

People change.

We don't want them to,
but they do.

SHE SIGHS

BIRDS SQUAWKING

Hey.

What were you doing last night?

Wouldn't you like to know?

Fruit?
Guys, have you had some fruit?

THEY CHATTER

No, mate, you're misremembering.

I think you're getting senile
in your old age.

I was there first,
he was getting my drink.

No, no.
He was. Think fast, my man.

I know because he put it down,

I went into my pockets
to get the cash,

then bugalugs here stole my whiskey.

I thought it was voddy.

It changes every year, dunnit?

So I very politely say to you...
You was fuming.

I was not, I said,
"Mate, that's my drink."

Before we know it,
the bouncer's right up in our face.

The only true part of this story.
Yeah, yeah.

So he's asked for ID
cos we did actually look young once,

sees that we've got
the same birthday,

then assumes that we've been to
the same place to get our fake IDs!

And what was this guy like?
He was a hulk of a man.

He was a lump, wasn't he?

We called him Bruiser.
Bruiser, that's right.

Picks us both up,
boots us out onto the street.

Is that about right?
Give or take. Come on, it was.

Oh, man... Anyway, beautiful
friendship was born, my man.

Chin-chin.
Cheers, bro.

These are our role models.

Do as we say, not as we do.

Do you ever wonder, you know...

what would've happened if we'd
never gone to the pub that night?

And then spent the whole night
talking about the land down under?

If we hadn't have made each other
buy plane tickets. Yeah.

Well...
we wouldn't have met them two.

What a shame that would've been!
Yeah, travesty.

You little lot,
you wouldn't even be here.

True.

So, I think I can safely say
it's the greatest moment of my life.

Oh, thanks, man.
And I don't say this enough...

..but friendship...

family...

..I'd be nothing without youse.

Cheers to that.
That's very sweet.

OK, who's up for a swim?

Love you, brother.

You too.

# I'm leaving home for the coastline

# Some place under the sun

# I feel my heart for the first time

# Cos now I'm moving on
Yeah, I'm moving on... #

Are you still thinking about
going to art school, Mia?

Maybe it's not a real career.

Kip!
KIP: That was sick!

Oh, boys. I love this, man.

Our two families together.

Hoping we've got a few more
left of these in us.

They're growing up so fast,

it won't be long before they
don't want anything to do with us.

I'm gonna lose 'em, Brad.

Because I've fucked up.

Badly.

I had no idea
you were in debt, mate.

I wanted to start my own business.

Got a tip on some hot shares,
you know, like get rich quick.

Anyway... company went bust.

How much did you lose?

Our term deposit.

I should have told Sarah
then and there, but I didn't.

I found another investment.

I borrowed on the house.

Another bust?

Fuck.

How does Sarah not know?

Cos I've always done the finances.

She's never done it.
It's always been me.

So my head's been
all over the place,

which means I've become distant,
which means she's become distant.

Fuck knows what she thinks of me
at the moment.

She probably thinks
I'm having a mid-life crisis.

To be fair, I am.

I meant to ask, mate,
that weekend cricket trip,

what was that all about?

I went to see a loan shark up north.

Jesus Christ, man.
I know.

Anyway, they want their money back,
so...

I'm gonna have to sell my house.

Fuck.

All them shifts Sarah put in
at the hospital,

just so we can meet the mortgage,
I've pissed it all away.

I just thought
if we could have this week,

just have this week,
get our family back on track...

..it won't be so bad
when I tell her.

But I don't know where to start,
mate, honestly.

Darl!

It's getting hot,
you wanna head back?

Yeah, yeah, let's do it.
Yeah.

OK.

We might pack up, guys.

I don't know what to say, mate.

Let's go, mate.
Yeah.

Does Mia know?
No.

She's mad at me
for some other reason, though.

PHONE CHIMES

You got reception back?

Fuck.
What?

They wouldn't send someone
looking for me, would they?

Fuck!

Hey, er... I might actually have
a solution for your problem.

We'll chat, yeah?

I don't know what to say.

Say yes, mate.

I'm going back to the river,
I forgot my phone.

Um, I put it down
when we went for a swim.

Do you remember where it is?
Give us a second, I'll show you.

No, I'm all good.

You sure?
Yeah.

It's far too generous.

Mate, I can afford it.
What's Louise gonna say?

She doesn't need to know.

The truth is, that last development,
I made an absolute killing,

squirrelled a wee bit away,
you know?

I don't know when I'll be able
to pay you back.

Mate, there's no rush.
I know where you live!

Seriously, I can transfer today.

That way,
the wolf's away from the door,

and you don't have to tell Sarah,
either.

I'm very grateful, Brad.

I really am, I just...

I just don't know if I can accept.

Mate, the offer's there.
Think about it, eh?

It's all good.

BOYS CHATTER

I love you.

I love you, too.

SHE SIGHS HEAVILY

Hey.
Hey.

Come here.

MUSIC: 'Before You'
by Benson Boone

# Why would I want to fly
Be on the last red eye?

# Talking to your voice
Only hearing noise

# Oh, it's not enough

# All of the nights I spent
Drowning my discontent

# Wasting me away
Everything has changed

# Now that I found us... #

SHE LAUGHS

Are you all right?
I'm fine.

THEY LAUGH

# Darling, if you don't mind

# I'll take your hand tonight

# We could just slow down time
Let me adore you

# And from the moment
I looked in those dark brown eyes

# I can't remember life before you

# Why would I want to go

# Now that you're all I know?

# Smiling under stars
Playing chasing cars

# There's somethin' bout the art
Of music in the dark

# And it feels like home

# Darling, if you don't mind
I'll take your hand tonight

# We could just slow down time... #

What's wrong?

Can't do it.

OK, it doesn't matter,
it doesn't matter

OK.

# I'll take your hand tonight

# We could just slow down time

# Oh, and from the moment I

# Looked in those dark brown eyes

# I can't remember life... #

Ow! My knee. Ow!

Ow!

THEY LAUGH

I'm sorry.

SHE SIGHS

Maybe, erm...

Maybe we should just, er...

We'll try again tomorrow.

You didn't forget.

You know I searched every art shop
in town, right?

I remembered
how much you wanted them.

Hey, Mia, I can't stay for long.

I just wanted you to know
I was thinking of you.

I was always on your side.

I know.
Tom was, too.

If you know all that...

..why'd you disappear?

Hate him.
I shouldn't have said anything.

I hate him. He made me think
you didn't care about me.

He made me believe that
you never wanted to see me again.

Mia, I'm sorry.
No, this isn't your fault.

This is all on him.
Yeah, well, he's still your dad.

He's a fucking hypocrite.

Hey, can we just enjoy
each other's company?

Before I go.

No. No, no, no. You can't leave me.

You can't leave me again.
We need to sort this out.

We will, I promise. Just not here.

When we're back in Sydney, OK?

Will you look at me? Look at me.

I wanna be with you.

You wanna be with me?

Of course I do, yes.

We have to be smart about this.

All right, big man?

Brad, I'll... I'll take the loan.

I know that me and Sarah
can get back on track.

I know we can, so...
That's good, mate, good.

If you can make the transfer without
Louise finding out, then do it.

100%. Consider it done.

Love you, man.

Dad!
You're a life-saver, you know that?

Dad!

Spend this time with your family.

And please,
don't fight with your dad.

How can you defend him?
He's been so awful to you.

It's only cos he loves you, Mia.

SHE SCOFFS
Love?

Look at what he's doing to Mum.

Oh.
What the fuck?!

Dad!
Did you follow her here?

No, Dad, it's not like that.
So you knew he was coming, yeah?

No, she didn't.
No?

So you've been stalking her?
Dad!

I love him, and he loves me, too!

You've caused enough damage
to this family!

YOU can talk!
Whoa! Take a breath, everyone.

Relax.
Let's just go back to the house.

Whatever's going on here, I'm sure
we can talk about it calmly, yeah?

Mum! Mum, let me tell you something.
Actually, no, Dad...

Jet, what...?
..why don't you tell them?

Tell everyone what you said to Jet
to make him ghost me.

Mia.
OK, Steve, what's going on?

He threatened to report Jet
to the police for Tom's accident.

Steve?

Really? Is that true?
Mm-hm.

Threatened to get him sent to jail,
which is really funny

because this all happened when
you were on your cricket weekend.

You shut your mouth, Mia.

All right, boys,
let's give them privacy, eh?

You made it seem like
Jet attacked Tom.

Even though you were out
doing God knows what.

Why won't you call him on it?

Here you are, mate. Just trying to
protect her, you know what I mean?

I did like him at first.

And then I found out he was
on a good behaviour bond, and...

there was this other shit with Tom.

Yeah, what was that with Tom
and the injury?

I banned Jet from seeing Mia.

One night, I get a call,

the same night I was up north
sorting out that loan.

Time I come home early,
he nearly found 'em together,

Jet goes flying out the door,
he knocks Tom sideways.

Concussion, broken wrist.

I mean, the geezer didn't even stop
to check to see if he was OK.

You know this happened,
or you think it happened?

Well, doors don't just fly open
on their own, do they?

Teenage boys don't get knocked out
for no reason.

Where's Sarah
when all this is happening?

She was at work.

HE SIGHS HEAVILY

Anyway, I came home...

lot of rows, lot of aggravation.

You threatened Jet?

I just told him he was never gonna
see Mia ever again.

She certainly
seems to have her own idea

of what you were up to
that weekend, if you noticed.

I guess I haven't been too focused
on that.

He's so much older than her, Brad.

What would you do
if that was your daughter?

No judgement there, mate, but...

Look,
one of two things is gonna happen.

You keep opposing them,

I guarantee you drive her away.

Or you learn to compromise.

What's it gonna be?

I've told him about
what Dad's doing.

Dad, I don't wanna hear it!

I was just leaving, so...
No, no, no.

We've agreed that you should
spend the night.

It'll be dark soon, it's not safe.

OK, well I could sleep in my car,
it's parked down the road.

No, mate, there's plenty of room...
One night.

On the couch.

Thanks, Brad.

# I wanna be in your life
Until the night is over

# I wanna hold you so tight

# So tight, come in closer

# It's been a hell of a ride

# But every single moment

# You were there by my side

# Whenever I'm broken

# You make me feel whole

# Whenever I'm lonely

# You're there for my soul

# Wherever you are, girl

# That's where I call my home

# Whenever you doubt it

# I'll be letting you know

# Whoa, girl, I want to be
Dancing with you forever

# You see through the storm

# And take me as I am... #

A cricket ball.

# Baby, it's magic any time
We are together

# I make I just love you

# And hold you for my hand

# Hold you for my hand

# My hand, my hand

# Hold you for my hand... #
Open yours.

# Hold you for my hand... #

"Best farter ever"!

# Feels like time is frozen
And the night is for us

# And we're alone again
And every moment's golden, yeah

# Feelings I've been holding in

# It must be love

# Whenever I'm broken... #

Thank you.

I knew Mia would be heartbroken.

But the end justifies the means.

SARAH SIGHS

Well, say something.

What do you want me to say?

I mean, it's done now.

Are you sure there's nothing
you wanna know about that weekend?

Yeah, it's just...
SHE SIGHS

It's been a long day,
I just wanna get some sleep.

BIRDS SQUAWKING

I wish I was coming with you.

It's time with your family.

You'll be there... when we get home?

I'll never leave you again.

OK?

Good news, pal, I just got
a notification from the bank, so...

money will be in real soon.
Thanks, mate.

I can't watch this.

Hey!
Sorry.

Stop apologising.

CAR ENGINE STARTS

This is just so unfair on you.

Oh, please, it's fine.

It's so unfair.

Oh, God.

I can't do this.
Are you OK?

No, I've got Mia blaming Steve
for ruining her life,

and she thinks I'm weak
because I won't confront him

about an affair
she thinks he's having.

Hey, hey, come on.

And, like...

I'm worried about her and Jet,
but then...

who am I to question them?
Like, who are either of us?

I just...

promised myself that weekend
would be the end of it.

And I thought I could come here
and forget what we were planning.

But I can't.

I feel the same.

Hey...

It's just that...

Every time I see you, I want you.

It's wrong.

WHISPERS: We can't. It's wrong.

SHE SIGHS
I gotta get out of here.

Yeah.

Will do.
All right, thanks for the update.

All right, Morgan, thanks for this.

Just move everything from the truck
over there.

I'll help you in a minute.

Hey, mate,
you heading to Lawsonville?

No, Sydney. Is there a problem?

Yeah, look,
we're about to close this road.

If you go in the next 20,
you can make it. And after that?

Nobody's getting through.

REPORTER ON TV: 'Fires that started
in Gippsland are moving east,

'with residents in several towns
ordered to evacuate.

'The news has caused chaos
on some sections of the highway

'with traffic at a standstill
for several hours...'

What are you doing?
We should leave.

Why? Jet's gone now.

Because it's not fair
on Brad and Louise.

We've brought all of our problems
here, we should just go.

We said we need this time
as a family.

Yeah, I know, but it's not right
for them or for us.

HORN BEEPING
What the fuck?

All right?

You OK? Yeah, I just can't stay here
a minute longer.

Why are you back here?
I had no choice.

Hey. Mate, I got to the crossroads,
and they turned me back.

There's barricades everywhere.
What's happening?

The fire.
What are you talking about?

I've just been watching the news,
they're miles away.

All I know is
the road to Sydney is closed.

They told us we had to stay put
till there's further notice.

Nobody can leave?

Nobody can leave.

On the path
of an oncoming bush fire,

and you're acting like cruise
director on board the Titanic.

If they evacuate Lawsonville,
we should start to worry.

Go and get the bush-fire plan.

The house is safe,
the river is a natural fire break.

Fires can jump rivers,
even I know that.

I can't do this any more. You've
been screwing around for months!

I told you the money's coming.

There's something
I need to tell you.

Am I even allowed
to be angry?

'Having an affair versus losing
your life savings, what's worse?'

Are you and Mum gonna split up?
I don't know.

I tried to talk to Sarah,
she just shut me down.

What are you doing?
I want you so bad.

Where do you go in the night?
I thought you knew my secrets.