Heat (2023–…): Season 1, Episode 3 - Episode #1.3 - full transcript

But we'll lose the house.

Let's just hope
we get a good price for it.

I had no idea
we were in that much debt.

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

Am I even allowed to be
angry with him? I dunno.

We booked a hotel room.
We would have used it

if all hell hadn't broken loose
back at our house.

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

You know this happened
or think it?

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

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



What really happened to your arm?
How did you not see him

when you opened the door? I keep
asking myself the same question.

There has only ever been you.

BRAD: Yeah, well, maybe it's time
we all start to look at our choices.

PHONE VIBRATES

How you doing?
'It's me.'

I know.

'I'm still at work.'

OK.
'Um...

'but I'll be there in an hour.

'St Leonards Motor Lodge?'

Room six.

'OK. God, are we really doing this?'
I told you.

We deserve this.
SHE SIGHS



'I dunno.'

Sarah, I want you.

OK.

I'll see you soon.

Yeah, I'll see you in a bit.

'Mm-hm.'
Can't wait.

'Bye.'

MUFFLED VOICES

LAUGHTER

DOOR CLOSES

Shit, what was that?

Tom must be home.

I've gotta get out of here.

Can you grab my shoes?
Mia, grab my shoes.

Shit. Where are my keys?
Mia, where are my keys?

TOM GROANS

Artist at work.

Amateur at work.

Come on, no false modesty.

What are you drawing? Show me.

Come on, I've seen your stuff!

Oh, what?!

You've already started thinking
about it.

I can't still believe
you want my opinion.

I know good talent when I see it.

I meant to ask,
what does "Bhreagha" mean?

It's Gaelic... for "beautiful".
Mm.

It suits the house.

No rain last night.
No.

Should we be worried?
No, no.

I've got a friend at the SES.
I'll call him later,

get the update, but we'll be fine.
Yeah.

You don't wanna leave already,
do you? No!

No, it's beautiful.

Speaking of which, come with me.
I wanna show you something.

Come. Come, come, come.

Where?
I've got something I wanna show you.

Bit of a walk but if we go now,
we'll be back before anyone's up.

You'll like it, trust me.

BIRD SCREECHES

BIRD CHIRRUPS

Oh, my gosh, it is stunning!
Huh?

It's stunning!
I know.

Sketch-worthy?
Yes! Absolutely!

I knew you'd like it.

Although... I don't know.

You don't know what?
If I could do it justice.

To capture it,
the awesomeness of it.

Why do you do that?
Stop doubting yourself.

You're amazing.
"Arts fine is a hobby, Mia.

"You've gotta be sensible
and get a proper job."

HE CHUCKLES
Sounds familiar!

Since when do you listen
to your dad? I shouldn't.

Not any more.

I should bring Jet here.
He'd love it.

You're really serious
about that guy, huh?

I am.

I can't believe
I almost messed things up.

What do you mean?

Just the situation
I got myself into.

I wasn't even thinking about it...

but Jet's been so amazing and sweet.

Right. So... he doesn't know
about the... situation?

It's not a big deal.
It was a little lie.

I don't even know
why I'm torturing myself over it.

Just come to get a few bits.
I won't be long. Be my guest.

SHE SIGHS

I meant every word I said, you know.

I'm gonna do whatever I can,
whatever it takes,

everything in my power...

to get us back on track, OK?
PHONE BEEPS

Thank God! They got it.
"They"? The loan sharks?

Yeah, they got the first payment,
so they're happy. For now.

It's all under control.

So, exactly how shady
are these people?

Be honest. Were we ever in danger?

They made a couple of threats.
Physical threats?

And you still didn't warn us?
Yeah, but we came here.

I was gonna tell you
before we went back.

So, what if they followed us?
They didn't.

Although...
Oh, God! Although... what?

Steve! Seriously!

There was a moment when
I thought they'd tracked us down,

but they didn't, so...
Oh! No.

This isn't salvageable.

What?

We can't get past this.

All we'll do is just hurt
each other more.

I want a divorce.

BIRDSONG

Are you up for it?
What?

What I told you about.

Wanna check it out?
In you get.

Where have you two been?

Brad just showed me the most
incredible lookout above the river.

It is so, so stunning!

Isn't it? Yeah, yeah, I knew you'd
love it. That's why I took you.

Everything OK, mate?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

It's just they've asked
everyone in Lawsonville

to make their way to the town hall.

They know we're here.
They told us to stay put.

It's fine. Hey, do you want me
to call my mate Chris?

Will that put your mind at ease?

Yeah, sure.
OK.

Trust the experts.

We're gonna be so fine.
Mm. OK?

Brad.

Divorce?
Yeah.

She said she's scared.

And I don't blame her because I'm
a complete fucking waste of space.

Hey!
It's my fault.

I'm gonna lose the love of my life,
I'm gonna lose my home...

and it's all my fault.
Hey.

What do I do?

Do I fight her on this?

Cos I just feel like
it's gonna make it worse.

You know, I reckon you have to let
her call the shots just for now.

Whatever she wants, just go with it.

Trust me. These next few months...
I'll be checking in on her.

I can't keep dragging you
into my mess. I wanna help.

Come here.

You never know what's gonna happen,
OK?

Everything will work out.

Yeah.

BIRDSONG

Close your eyes.

And open.

The mother lode.
Dude!

Am I the man or am I the man?

Maybe you're the idiot!
KIP SCOFFS

Why? No-one knows it's here.
What if they find out?

They won't!

They can't.

It's a part of the reason
we moved out here... when I, er...

when I got expelled.

From school?
No, the Cub Scouts (!)

Of course school, dumbass!
I had a little operation going on.

That's how I got through Year Nine.

So, look, I usually only indulge
at night,

but... since you've seen
some of the raw material...

..wanna try
some of the final product?

No.
You don't know

what you're missing out on.
What?

Bloodshot eyes,
giggling like an idiot?

Feeling chilled, relaxed...

..happy. Do you remember happy?

I just can't believe
the risks you're taking.

If I'm gonna be stuck here,
there's gotta be some benefits.

So, you're free finally.

SARAH SIGHS
He told you?

He's pretty upset.
God.

The thing that's killing me
is him blaming it on himself

when it's not just him.

The important thing is
you had the chat.

Yeah. And it'll be Lou and I having
that chat next.

Then we're both free.

Oh, God. Don't you envy them?
The newness, innocence?

We're not so innocent.
SHE SIGHS

I wanted you so badly last night.
Yeah, I did too. I just couldn't.

I want you so badly now.

# I've seen the night taken from you

# And day fall upon you... #

Come here.
# Nowhere to begin

# I've seen you curled up in caves

# With no cards left to raise

# No secrets untold

# Seen you swallow your sword

# Stained in blood and withdrawn

# Like a fox in a hole

# Now I envy the thing

# That to whom you resigned

# To whom you gave in

# To the space

# Between the mountains

# To the call of the wind... #

THEY GASP

What are you thinking?

I'm thinking about the future.

SARAH SIGHS
Hey.

What's wrong?
Nothing. I just...

I really wanna make this work.
Can we?

Yeah.

Wow!

Isn't it amazing?
It's incredible!

I told Brad I'd draw it.
He thinks I've got something.

Brad's a really nice guy.

He really believes in me.
He should.

Tell that to my dad.

Shirt off?

OK. OK.

What?

Just, the last time I tried to draw
you, it was from memory.

I was missing you a lot.

But I couldn't do it... so
I gave up... and I went to a party.

Were you drowning your sorrows
over me, eh?

I'm sorry
you had to go through that.

Well, you're here now.

Perfect.
OK.

I just think how...

How what? Well... just thinking it
through, how do we do this?

Look, you guys have to go
back to Sydney

and put the house on the market.

And in the meantime... I'll ask
Louise for a divorce as well.

But won't the timing be suspicious?

No, she hates living here.

Nothing like bushfire season
to really push us to the edge.

She'll be angry for a while...

..but only cos
she enjoys punishing me.

Deep down, she'll be relieved.

She'll have her freedom.
It's all she really wants.

OK. But then what? Like...

Well, look, I mean, obviously,
I'll check up on you a lot,

and over time...
we'll turn to each other,

as friends do, and one thing leads
to another and, you know...

What about the kids?

Um... Yeah, I mean,
it's gonna be tough at first.

It always is
when parents get divorced. Yeah.

I'll push Kip to go stay
with his mum.

That way, she's not alone.

Obviously,
Tom would stay with Steve.

I mean, he hero-worships him.

SHE SIGHS
I've never been apart from Tom.

It's only logistics.

We'll still be
in each other's lives,

but this way, both Steve and Louise
have someone with them.

What about Mia?

Um, Mia would live with you.

You mean... us?

Yeah. Yeah, Mia would live with us.

But where would we live?

Look, that's the best bit.
We could live here...

and that way, we're not pushing
at everyone's faces.

I dunno. Look, for starters,
Mia is not gonna leave Jet.

Hm... I wouldn't be surprised.

She just said some things before
that made me feel that

perhaps... they're not gonna last
long together.

Really? What things?
Ah, just things. It doesn't matter.

Look, you know her.
She would love it here.

All the inspiration for her art.

Anyway, it's details aside for now.

Long story short...
I think we can do this.

Yeah?
Yeah.

MIA AND JET GIGGLE

I thought it was a maybe.
What do you mean?

Youse all right?
Yeah.

Everything OK?
What?

Can't take an interest
in your day now, no?

You can, if you really mean it.

Look, he's just messing around...
No, no, Mia.

What the fuck?!
Brad!

Get away from there!
What are you doing?

Look at the sky. I'm trying to find

the number for your mate
who works at the SES.

What did you say his name is?
Chris Donnis or something?

What is wrong with you?

Nothing. I just wish
you would listen to me, Lou.

Oh, you're the guy you lied
about us having a bushfire plan.

Why are you so antsy?
What on this computer?

Have you lent money
to someone else or something?

Just shut the fuck up, Lou!

And stay out of my office!

I'm trying to keep us all safe.

I can't do that when you're flying
into hysterics every two minutes.

TV: 'We've issued a notice
to all Lawsonville residents.

'All roads out are now closed...'

That's the copper I spoke to.

'..and we strongly advise...'

We should be in town.

Not that I'm allowed to say
anything.

Everyone, let's just settle
down, OK?

Look, we've got the map here, OK?
The fires are here.

This is the house. It's west.

The wind's blowing east. Right, Tom?
Right, yeah.

What about if there's a wind change?
I'm just saying, fires can travel

at 100K an hour.
Exactly.

Yeah, the smoke looks really bad.

Dad? What do you think?

Yeah, you're worried, aren't you?
See? I'm not the only one.

I think Steve's got
other things on his mind now, OK?

He cares about his family,

more than I can say for you
at the moment.

Dad?
Is there something else going on?

Yeah, actually, there is.

I've, um...

I've asked your father
for a divorce.

Why? Why can't you work it out?

Well, it's complicated.
No, it's not!

You love each other.

Whatever's happened,
you can work through it.

This is all on me, son.

No, it's not.
Yes, it is.

I've put your mum
in an impossible situation.

And when we go home...

..I will be moving out.

But time, it's a powerful thing.

Hopefully, we're gonna work
through this.

And one day,
I may regain your mum's trust...

..and we can be a family again.

Hey. Am I getting predictable?
Yeah.

Sorry about before.

No, I should be asking how YOU are.
I'm just embarrassed.

The last thing you need is

me and Steve imploding
in front of everyone.

Good thing Brad and I are holding
it together.

Divorce is very final.

Are you sure?

Yeah.

I've never seen
you go at Brad like that before.

Cos we do it behind closed doors.

I hate it here...

..and I just can't stop resenting
Brad for forcing this move.

So, it wasn't a joint decision?
All his idea.

Though to be fair,
Kip gave me the final nudge...

fell in with the wrong crowd
at school.

You never told me that.

I just wanted to get him away
from all the bad influences, but...

..the minute we arrived here,
I knew I'd be miserable.

So, what does Brad say
when you talk to him about it?

To be honest...

..he wouldn't care if I left.

You're not the only ones imploding.

We've just been
very good at hiding it.

Did you call your mate?
I did, pal, yeah. All good.

Sorry I didn't back you up earlier.

I trust your judgement,
you know that.

You know I'm here for you, yeah?

I was gonna say, actually,

if you need a hand finding
a place in the city,

I know a few real estate lads that
I can make a call on your behalf to.

I appreciate that, mate. Thank you.

Oh, hey, mate.
Hey, do you mind if I grab a beer?

No, go on, help yourself.
Thank you.

Anyway, let me know, eh?

Right, lads, I'm gonna love you
and leave you. Good night.

Night, Brad.
Good night, mate.

Are you OK?

I've been better.

Look, I hope nothing I've done

has had anything to do
with what's going on.

You know, added to the tension.

You can rest easy, mate.
This is a fuck-up of my own making.

I love Mia.

I'm sure you think you do.
I do.

I do.

And I want you to know
that I'll work for your approval.

I know the feeling.

Hey.
Hey.

You OK?
Yeah.

Come here.

Look, this just...

This wasn't a decision
I made lightly, OK?

And this divorce is
about a lot of things.

It's not just about
your father losing the money.

I've, um...

I've played a part, too.

It's never just about one thing.
No, and when all this has passed,

I don't want you to judge him
too harshly.

Relationships are... complicated.

I'm learning that myself.

Did something happen
between you and Jet?

No. No, no, no.

I've just been thinking
about how much I love him...

..how I don't want to do
anything to hurt him.

Well, I hope you never do.

KNOCK ON DOOR

Hey.
Oh, sorry.

I saw the notepad from the hallway.
Couldn't resist.

The view was so stunning,
I had to show Jet. Yeah, so I see.

Yeah, it's good.

You think?
I wouldn't say so otherwise.

Yeah.
You got the light, the likeness.

Yeah, that's Jet.

Well, he's an easy subject.

Hey, what did you mean this morning

when said you, er... almost screwed
up things with Jet?

"Little lie".

It was more like a...

..like a near miss.

Don't you want to get it
off your chest?

It might help.

What are you doing now?

Don't worry, I'm not investigating
bank transactions.

HE SIGHS

When all of this is over...

..if the house is even still here...

..I don't wanna be.

I thought it was the right thing
for Kip... for all of us, but...

..this is not a life.
I think I've just been running away.

I want things to be better...

..not worse.

If you really wanna go
back to Melbourne...

..nobody's stopping you, Louise.

Brad.

Have you seen the smoke out there?
Yeah, mate.

It's quiet out there an' all.
What is it they say about birds?

First sign of trouble,
first out the door.

Listen, mate,
I've got a lot on my plate already,

trying to keep Lou calm.

Gotta not worry about it.
We're safe. All right.

TV: 'It has been a long night
for our crews on the frontline...'

There's a new fire
near the crossroad.

Well, there's a river
between us and that, so it's fine.

Yeah, but it means
we can't even get to Lawsonville.

Mate, relax. It's OK.

I should have just raised the alarm
when I had the chance.

What do you mean?

'Stay in earshot of a phone...'
JET MUTES TV

The morning I left for Sydney,

I came back and told you guys
the road was closed, right?

Yeah, and it was.

Actually, the officer said
there was time for me to pass.

So, why didn't you pass?

Because I thought it would be a good
idea to come back and see Mia.

What I should have done was
raise the alarm for all of you guys.

Mate, the fires were
hundreds of Ks away at that point.

Yeah, but that time could have
made the difference, mate.

Sarah had her bags packed. I could
have convinced you into leaving.

Hey, don't beat yourself up.
It's fine. It's not your fault.

Yeah, yeah, right.

I just felt so bad, I told Mia,
but she forgave me, so that's good.

Yeah, trust is important
to you guys, eh?

Yeah, man, it's everything.

I guess
if you get past that Ryan thing,

you can get past anything, right?

What Ryan thing?

You know, when you guys were apart
and she bumped into Ryan

at the party and then had
the little mishap, a mistake.

Oh, shit, man! You didn't know.

Oh, fuck, I'm sorry.
No, look, it's OK.

Ryan's a good mate of mine,
and Mia wouldn't go there, so...

Yeah, yeah.
I must have misheard, sorry.

Got the wrong end of the stick.

Yeah, forget I said anything.
Yeah, that'd be good.

'We are hearing possibilities
that the wind is changing direction.

'Now, if this is the case,

'the entire Mandle Ranges
will be in danger.'

Hey.
Do you smell that?

The smoke's through everything.

Yeah, so we'll wash
the sheets again.

Listen, don't let
all this get to you.

Everything's getting to me.

You're lying to Lou,
I'm lying to Steve, the fires.

Please calm down. Relax, OK?

OK. It's just, you know,
you heard the news report, right?

It seems like we're in real danger.
If the wind changes direction.

Shouldn't we try and get out
just in case?

We can't take up valuable resources.
The SES are swamped.

Is that what your mate's saying?
Should we wait?

We have to keep calm.
I can't. I'm really freaking out.

Come here, come here,
come here, come here.

Stop freaking out.
OK. Hey...

Come here, come here,
come here, come here.

Look, look, look, do you trust me?

It's... going to be fine.

OK?
OK.

We can't, we can't...

Tom! Tom! Just listen to me. Stop!
Are you two together?

Settle down, mate.
Are you?

Tom, settle the fuck down.

Mum, are you?
Tom, listen.

Is that why you want a divorce?
Tom!

Mate, it's not the time
to discuss this.

There's bigger shit going on
right now.

Other than the fact

that my dad's best mate is...
The fires, pal!

I thought
you kept saying we're fine.

Well, we've just seen on the news

that the wind might be changing
direction,

so that means
we'll have to evacuate.

Do you really wanna be adding
to the stress of that now?

Brad, don't...
Sarah, just...

Listen, there'll be
plenty of time to discuss this,

but right now, we just need
you to keep this between us,

right?
Tom, listen.

I promise I will tell your dad, OK?
Just not now, all right?

Do you understand?
Tom, I'm sorry.

Do you under...?
Tom!

Fuck!

He'll be fine.

He'll be fine.

Hey.
Yo.

I wanna try it.

Oh, God! What kind of mother am I,

asking my son to sit on
something so, like, so painful?

Hey, hey,
you did the right thing, OK?

No, but I can't imagine
what's going on in his head.

OK. Listen,
the minute we get out of here,

we're gonna have to come clean
to everyone.

Yeah, one thing at a time, yeah?

One thing at a time.
OK.

Well, what are we gonna do?
Are you gonna look into evacuating?

Yeah. Hey, hey...

It's OK.
OK.

One thing at a time, yeah?
Yeah.

OK. Yeah? I've got it.

Are you feeling it?

You're right, it's...

It's good, huh?

Yeah.
Kind of frees up the mind a bit.

Look, I am... I'm really sorry
about all the crap

that's been happening
with your family, by the way.

Do you think your parents are happy?

I mean, Mum doesn't love living
here, but she's gotten used to it.

Yeah, but apart from that...

is there anything else going on
with them?

You know,
this could be my best crop yet.

I've been trying to get
the temperature right.

It's not as easy as it looks.

I don't think we'll do this again.

Trust me, you will.

No, I mean these holidays...
us visiting each other.

This will be the last time.

You've been busted on the computer
again, haven't you?

That wasn't me!
So you keep saying.

How do I know?
How do I know

it wasn't you on that porno site?
Cos it wasn't.

I don't even like girls.

THEY GIGGLE

You OK?
Yeah.

I'm just worried about the fires,
that's all.

Mm, they're freaking me out, too.

Mm. And there's so much tension
in the house. Mm-hm.

Maybe we could get away from it...
for a while.

Are you sure? Do you think it's a
good idea with everything going on?

That's exactly why it's a good idea.

Come on.
OK.

MUSIC PLAYS IN DISTANCE

MIA AND JET LAUGH

MUSIC: 'Sweet Like Lemonade'
by Thomas McNeice and Richie Fondue

Oh!
MIA LAUGHS

JET CLEARS THROAT
Chilling. That was cool.

Yeah, you're chilling?
Yeah.

Interesting!
MUSIC DROWNS SPEECH

Just need to get something, yeah?
Yeah, OK.

Hey.
Hey.

I know there's a lot going on.

I know most of it's my fault.

I just want you to know it's gonna
be fine, it's gonna be OK.

And when we get out of here -
and we WILL get out of here...

..we'll just see what happens, yeah?
Yeah.

MUSIC PLAYS IN DISTANCE

HE MOUTHS

MUSIC: 'On Fire'
by RealJan

What the fuck?

Tom!

Hey, buddy! Whatever you think you
saw, you're mistaken, mate.

Tommy!

Hey, we should go.
Nuh-uh, no.

I wanna stay here forever.

You OK?
Mm-hm.

Just don't wanna go too far
from the house, that's all.

Are you sure that's what it is?
Yeah.

What else would it be?

Come on, bud! Tom! Tom!

Hey, it's gonna be fine.
Come here. Come on, bud.

Tommy, stop!

Tom!

Tom!
The fire is

on the crossroads, right? Maybe
if one of us was to take a car...

EXPLOSION
Something exploded.

I'm the reason
why Tom is wherever he is.

She meant nothing to me, OK?

They're sending a chopper, OK,
but there's only four seats.

Oh, God.

Can we even trust him

to get us out of here?
What do you mean?

Mia!

What's happening?

Where is my wife?