Heat (2023–…): Season 1, Episode 4 - Episode #1.4 - full transcript

Previously...

We're hearing possibilities
the wind is changing direction.

I'm gonna do whatever it takes
to get us back on track.

I want a divorce.

Shit.

Are you two together?!

We just need you to keep this
between us.

I wanna try it. The motherlode.

If you really wanna go back
to Melbourne, nobody's stopping you.

Brad's a really nice guy.
He really believes in me.

Tom!



Whatever you think you saw,
you're mistaken, mate.

TV: 'What would you say to
anyone still on their property?'

Conditions are highly volatile,
so follow your bushfire plan,

and please stay in touch.

What bushfire plan?!
Look, we've gotta go.

I know. We need to start thinking

about evacuating everyone, OK?
Oh, finally!

Mate... I know you didn't
even wanna consider this.

Yeah, well things have changed,
innit, mate?

Have seen Tom or Kip outside?

No, why?

I ain't seen him in a while.

I'm gonna go ask Mia
if she knows where they are.

Oi. What you said about Mia before,
it's wrong.



What? What you said about Mia
before, it's wrong.

Mate, we've got bigger issues
than that now.

Wait, what are you talking about?

Tom. I completely lied to him
about Tom.

I did see him, a few minutes ago.

He was up there going on about
checking on the kangaroos

up at Horseshoe Bend.
In these conditions?

I know, stupid.
I thought I talked him out of it.

But Kip's bike's gone, so he's
obviously taken it down the trail.

OK, why didn't you tell that
to Steve?

I can't worry Steve or Mia.

Yeah, but Tom could be in danger.
Yeah, exactly.

Look, the fire is on the crossroads,
right?

Yeah.
We're here.

I was thinking maybe
if one of us was to take a car,

we could get there quickly
and stop him.

I mean, obviously,
I'd love to do it,

but I've gotta work out
the evacuation for...

No, yeah, yeah, OK. So how far down
the road is the bend?

OK. So here on the app...

LOUISE: Where is it?

SARAH: What are you looking for?

For God's sake.
Hey.

Look, these are all Kip's
from when he was in kinder,

I can't just leave them behind.

OK, let's just prioritise
what's important.

How are we gonna be rescued
if we can't get into town?

Whatever happens,
we can't take all this shite.

Our whole life is in this house.

Yeah, and it'll still be here when
the fire's passed, and we come back.

Mia ain't seen Tom or Kip either.

Oh, great,
they're off doing God knows what.

Oh! Hey, can everyone just take
a deep breath here?

Jesus.
We'll find them.

Come on. I'll help you.

What is it?

I know where Tom is.
I know where Tom's...

All right, where is he?

I mean, I did know where he was,
and then I checked, and he was gone.

You checked where?
The shed.

The shed?
Yeah.

You were both in the shed?
Yeah.

Did Tom say something to you?

No, it was...

It was more what I gave him.
Mum's gonna kill me.

Tell me everything. You're not
in trouble, OK? What happened?

ENGINE SPUTTERS

A joint?!
What are you talking about?

Tom would never smoke.
Yeah, where'd you get that from?

Lou, getting angry
is not gonna help anyone right now.

This is your last school
all over again.

Is this a wind-up?
No.

Yeah, apparently,
Tom was quite disorientated

when he left him, so...

I mean... every chance
he's still hallucinating out there.

Oh, leave off!
Really?!

There's a bushfire on our doorstep,
and you decide to get stoned?!

Lou, shut up! Not helping.

I never said he was hallucinating.

I'm trying to save your arse here,
mate.

I should go search too.
Holt! No, you're not.

Stay here, and do as you're told.

We need to keep it together.
How can I?

We're the reason Tom got stoned.
We don't know that.

He saw us together,
and we forced him to lie about it.

No, we didn't, we said...

asked him if he could just not say
anything yet.

We put him in a terrible position,
no wonder he's not here.

How can you not feel responsible
for this? Mum!

Kip just told me about Tom.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Erm,
your dad's away to look for him.

Yeah, well, I'm gonna go, too.

No, I'll come with you,
let me just get dressed.

No, stay as you are.

I mean stay here.

Everyone's looking for him already,
it's OK.

Did Jet go, too?
Y-Yeah, he must have.

ENGINE SPUTTERS
AND CUTS OUT

What?

Did you believe Kip's story?

I don't know. He doesn't have
a reason to lie, so...

He's a brat, he always has been.

If I find out he's pressured Tom,
I'm gonna go mad.

Tommy?!

Hello, yeah, my name's Brad Fisher.
My family and I are at 1 River Road.

No, no, no, this is the first time
I've registered the location.

Um, yeah. I'll wait to hear
from you. Thank you.

He must've taken the car to look for
Tom.

It's weird he wouldn't tell me.
I've been trying to call him.

No, no, the reception is terrible
down here, you'll never get him.

He'll be OK.

I know how much work
you've put into it, it's your dream.

You're the first person
to actually think about that.

About me. Thank you.

We'll be back.

Your dream will still be here,
I know it.

EXPLOSION

EXPLOSION
What's that? Something exploded.

I don't know.
TOM!

Where the fuck is he?

I really hope Brad was right about
not being able to jump the river.

Listen to me. Listen, listen.
We're gonna find him, OK?

All right? He's probably
back at the house already.

Just... Just, er...

Just drink some of this, all right,
I don't want you passing out.

Just stop being nice to me
I don't deserve it!

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

What are you talking about?

He saw us together... and
we asked him not to say anything.

Saw who together? What?
I don't want...

Brad and I.
We've been having an affair.

And we tried to fight it.

Like, we've been trying for months.
What?

SHE PANTS

You and Brad?

Oh, Steve.
What?

I'm so sorry.

I didn't wanna tell you like this,
but that's why Tom got stoned,

that's why he's missing.

I'm so sorry.

Brad!

Is it true?
What?

Is it true that
you've been fucking my wife?!

Whoa, whoa, whoa.
What the hell?!

Settle down, mate. Settle down.

Apparently, they've been at it
for months! That's not true.

Brad, what's he talking about?
That's not true, mate.

I promise I'll explain everything.
Right now, we've gotta find Tom.

I trusted you! And all this time,
you've both been at it. No.

Mum?
Just stop it.

OK, yes, we've done something
we're not proud of,

but for now, can we please
just focus on finding Tom?

Please stop!
You broke my fucking heart.

HE PUNCHES WALL

I'm sorry.

We can try and take these,

but you've gotta be prepared
to leave some of it behind.

SCOFFS

That's it?!
That's all you've got to say?

What else do you want me to say?

Well, apparently,
you've been fucking my friend.

Your best mate's wife.
Oh, don't, OK?

Don't what?! Ask for an explanation?

You blow up our whole marriage,
and I'm expected to say nothing?

Lou, our marriage blew up
a long time ago, OK?

Yeah, please, Kip...

He's not a kid, he can hear this.

He is a kid, actually. He's our son.

And right now, you are setting
a lovely example for him.

Jesus Christ.
How can you be so dismissing of...?

She meant nothing to me, OK?!
Nothing!

Apparently,
I don't mean that much, either.

Well, she meant nothing,
so on top of everything,

you threw away our whole life
for what? Some cheap thrills?

MOBILE VIBRATES
It's the SAS, I've gotta get this.

Brad Fisher speaking.
Yeah, we can be ready then. Mm-hm.

Yeah, the, uh, the clearing next to
the green shed is best. Mm-hm.

No problem. Thank you.

They're sending a chopper
in ten minutes.

There's only four seats, so...
Are they sending a second chopper?

Er, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, they said they would.

We've gotta go, come on.
Get your shit.

Oh.

Right.

So we're here.
The river runs through there, yeah?

Yeah, just on the road.
He might even have found Tom by now.

So Jet is searching, too?
Yeah. Brad saw him leave.

But he's not answering his phone.
That's something.

At least someone's looking out
for this family, eh?

Guys. Chopper's on its way,
it's only got four seats,

but they're gonna send
another one soon, OK?

Did you tell them that
Tom's missing? Yeah, of course.

We're gonna do a sweep,
I'll help them from there.

Mia, you should come with us
as well. What?

Well, I know you're not gonna wanna
leave Tom, are you?

So... we may as well do
the first run.

No, I'm not leaving without Tom
either. Or Jet.

We don't have time to debate this.

It's gonna be at the green shed
in five minutes, let's go.

No, I'm staying.
Me too.

Kip. How could either of you think
of leaving without him?

Why don't you do what you wanna do?

That's what you do anyway, innit?
Stay here, baby, OK?

In case he comes back.
Yeah.

Call them.
Lou...

Yeah, call them back.
We need to find Tom.

Sarah!
What?

What were you thinking?
Why did you tell him that?

My son is missing, it's relevant.

So you just made a shit situation
50 times worse, well done.

Sorry, aren't you worried about Tom?

Don't you feel any responsibility

for what we've done to Steve?
Or Louise?

Right now, I just wanna get
the fuck out here.

Who are you?

You had no idea?

Do you really think I would have
welcomed you all here if I did?

All that time, I thought
it was Dad cheating. It was Mum.

No wonder
she didn't wanna confront him.

Mum, I'm going to the shed
in case Tom shows up there.

Yeah, I'm coming with you.
No, I can go by myself.

Just wait. Just... Look,
you stay here like your dad said.

OK? When everyone comes back,
you'll make your way to the shed.

The best thing we can do is wait
where the choppers are gonna land.

Yeah.
OK? OK.

SARAH: Tom!

Dad, please call me. Call me back.

Mia. Hey, hey.

Look, let me explain.
It's not what you think, OK?

Really? You and Mum...
We're not together.

She wanted something, she was
disillusioned with your dad and...

That's not how it sounded upstairs.
I was there for her.

A shoulder to cry on.
Can you just call your mate again?

We need to be looking for Jet too.

He's in a car, so he should be
easier to spot from the air.

Listen, hey, hey.
Just call them.

Yeah, I will. Hey!
I'm gonna find them, OK? I promise.

Come here. Come here.

It's gonna be OK.

I know it's bad... really bad,
but...

compared to Dad and Sarah...

I'm so sorry, Mum.

No, I'm sorry too.

Things haven't been right
for a long time, and I just...

..didn't wanna admit that to you...

..or myself.

I've tried to create this...
picture-perfect life.

But I knew it wasn't real.

Lying to myself
as much as anyone else.

But I never expected
all this to happen.

Do you believe
what Dad said before about Sarah,

that he's not really into her?

I can't get my head
around any of it, really.

I mean, can we even trust him
to get us out of here?

Didn't seem like
he cared about finding Tom before.

The stuff he was saying about him
hallucinating... it wasn't right.

What do you mean?

Tommy!

HE CRIES

Hey.

SHE SIGHS

Steve, please.

Please, just hear me out.

Why?

So you can feel better
about fucking over our family?

I made some mistakes.

Stupid mistakes.

But I did it to give us
a better life.

Yeah, I know.

SHE SIGHS

While I was owning my shit...

..you was with my best friend.

Like, what the fuck?
I'm so sorry.

Steve, it was really wrong.
I'm sorry.

What's the plan?
You wanna be with him, yeah?

If we ever get out of here.

No.

I thought that was what I wanted,
but it's not.

It's not.
Because you got found out.

No. Hey.

Hey. Because I love you.

I love you so much.

And maybe I'm only just remembering
that now, but it's true.

Don't you dare fucking pity me.
No, I'm not.

I just think that I...

I don't know what happened.

I just lost sight of you or of us
or something.

SHE EXHALES HEAVILY

Listen, I know that we...

I know that we can't wrap this up
in a bow when we get home.

But I do still love you.

And we have two beautiful children.

TEARFULLY: And I just really wanna
try and put this back together.

But maybe we can't.

I'm just saying
that I really wanna try.

Please.

Just go back to the house.

Tom?

Oh, God.

Tom.

Oh, God. Tom! Oh, God. Oh, God.

SHE PANTS
Are you OK?

SOFTLY: Oh, thank you. Thank you.
TOM COUGHS

TEARFULLY: Oh, you're all right.
You're all right. OK.

TOM COUGHS

It's OK. You're OK. Oh, my baby.

I'm so sorry. Come on.
We're gonna get you back, OK?

COUGHING: Wait.

There's something I have to tell you
about Brad.

Are sure you weren't mistaken?
I saw him, Mum. I saw him.

But you were high.

I saw whathe was filming. He saw me,
and that's why he chased me.

I had to hide.

TOM COUGHS
OK.

All right, let's just get
you to the shed, all right?

That's where
the rescue's gonna happen.

Let's go. Come on.

Right, just spoke
to our pal Chris at the SES,

and he's gonna look out for
Jet's car too, so that's good news.

It's just still so strange that
he'd leave without telling me.

MUMBLES: Well, I mean, if that's
the only reason he left. What?

Look, I mean,
I wasn't gonna say anything before,

not with everything going on.

But, look,
I might have misunderstood, erm...

What are you talking about?
Well...

Before, I did hear him
on the phone to his pal Ryan.

And he seemed to be entertaining

the idea that something happened
with you two, or...

What, me and Ryan?

Yeah, yeah. I mean, I only got
snippets of the conversation, so...

Is that why he was so weird before?
Yeah.

And then he just takes off
in the car right after it.

But nothing happened
between me and Ryan.

Yeah, I know, you told me.

Same as nothing happened
with me and your mum.

Sorry Jet didn't give you
the benefit of the doubt.

Just like your dad wasn't giving me
the benefit of the doubt.

Why didn't you tell me about this
earlier?

I didn't know that's why he left,
honestly.

But now that he hasn't come back...

..then you have to wonder, right?

What are you thinking?

Tom! Oh, thank God.
Are you OK? Where were you?

Yeah, he's OK. He hurt his foot.
We just need to keep him hydrated.

Someone has to go find Dad,
tell him I'm OK. I'll go.

No, no. It's not safe.
Trust me, I'll be quick.

I know the property back to front.
Please, keep...

OK, where's Mia and Brad?

Mia's at the house,
Brad must still be out looking.

Fuck.
Where are you going?

Listen, OK,
I'm just gonna go to the house,

but I'll be back soon, all right?

Sarah.
Yeah?

Be careful.

Oh, God. Oh, God, Tom was right.
No, it's... Listen, listen...

You're obsessed with Mia.
I'm not obsessed with Mia.

It's not what it looks like.
What does that mean?

Oh, God.
I'm not obsessed with Mia.

I'm not...
I'm not obsessed with Mia, listen,

this is gonna be hard for you
to hear, OK.

I don't feel that way about you.
Where is she? Mia!

Hey, come here. Come here.
SARAH SCREAMS

Shh!
Stop.

HE WHISPERS: She's fine. She's fine.

Stop.
I love her.

Mia!
Shh, shh, shh, shh.

MUFFLED SCREAMING

No!

STEVE COUGHS

Steve!

Steve, it's OK. Tom's OK.

Thank God. Good boy.

Excuse me? Excuse me, Miss...
Sorry, mate, I'm just...

No, this is urgent.

Hey, I know you.
Do you drive a black Jeep?

Yes. It broke down on River Road,
but I'm just here because I just...

Jesus, mate,
you're lucky to be alive.

We spotted it in the air,
it is up in flames.

I'm sorry, but there are
seven people stuck on the mountain,

and there's a boy missing, too.

Seven?
Yeah.

We only got a report that
four people need to be evacuated,

and there was nothing
about a missing boy.

What? Look, I don't know,
maybe he's just been found,

but there are definitely
seven people on that mountain.

All right, erm, let me look into it.
OK, just... hurry, please.

Sorry, mate.
BABY CRIES

It's so dark.

What do we do?

Er, yeah, we need to, erm...

..do what's best for us now.

What we want.

We need to...

What are you even talking about?
Yeah, you're not a kid any more.

I remember when I saw you last year,
remember?

I barely recognised you.

We still had that connection,
though.

Hm. Yeah?

I tried everything to get you
out my head, Mia.

I really...

Nothing works.

Girls online...

..but they're not you.

No-one's like you. Mia?

What's happening with the rescue?

You're so beautiful.

Do you even know
how beautiful you are?

Jet's gone.

I'm here...
Jet.

..and so are you.
PHONE RINGS

Whoa-ho, what? N-n-n-no.

PHONE SMASHES

Mia, can you please call me back?

None of your messages
are making any sense,

and I'm kind of freaking out
right now.

Thank you.

Er, OK, so...

there was a request,

it was definitely four people,
but the guy cancelled.

Brad Fisher.
He owns the house.

Well, maybe they'd got out safely.
How?

The fires are halfway up
the mountain right now,

I've seen it with my own eyes.

Listen, mate, our resources
are completely stretched.

I cannot be chasing
false emergencies.

This isn't a false emergency.
Look, why don't you talk to, erm...

Chris Donas, he's a mate of Brad's,
and he works at the SCS.

The local SCS?
Yes.

I don't know anyone by that name.

Brad's been checking in with him
for days.

Look, something seriously weird
is going on right now.

My girlfriend just left me
this message.

I tried to call her back,
she didn't answer.

I don't know what's going on,
but something...

PHONE RINGS
All right, just hold that thought.

Hey, Frank,
can you just give me a second?

I'm gonna get a chopper out there,
it just might take a while.

OK?
Mm-hm.

Hi. Listen, mate, we're gonna need
to get a chopper out to, er...

You still haven't said
what happened.

Oh, Kip.
Tom.

Hey.
Come here. Oh, God.

It's just a bit of blood,
it's all right.

Lou...
Yeah?

Where are the others?

Sarah went back to the house
to get Mia.

Brad's not back yet either.

I'll go and get them.
Oi, Dad. Dad!

Why are you being like this?
I've wanted you for so long.

Where's Mum?

She won't bother us any more.

What does that mean?

Hey.
What does that mean?

Where's Dad?
It's just me.

BRAD GRUNTS

N-N-N-no, no. Hey, come here.
Come here. Hey...

MIA GASPS,
BRAD GRUNTS

Argh, Mia!

Leave me alone!
Mia!

Mia! Mia! Hey...

Come on, Mia. Mia!

Mia, just let me in.
Let me fucking in.

Mia.
Stop!

Hey, hey, hey.
Open the fucking door.

Open the fucking door!

What the fuck?
Brad, please.

Just come here.
Please...

Huh?
Leave me, please...

STEVE: Mia!
Dad!

Shut up. Shut up. Shut up!
Dad, I'm in here. Dad!

MIA SOBS
Shh.

Hey, hey,
I know you fucking want me too.

I know you fucking...
I did all this for you.

All this for fucking you.
Get away from her.

MIA SOBS

It's OK. It's OK.

You OK? You OK? Where's your mum?

Tom.
What's happening?

Take your sister to the shed,
all right?

Just go, I'll be there soon.
Dad, what about you?

Go, go, go! Go!

Sarah!

Where the fuck is she?

Steve.

Stop fucking running away from me.

I've known you for 20 years.

I need you to tell me...

..how long...

..have you been preying
on my daughter?

Preying on your daughter,
are you serious?

You're my best pal,
you think I'm a fucking sicko?

I've never even looked at her
until last year, mate, and she's 17.

We've got a connection.

A connection?
Yeah.

Can you hear
what you're fucking saying to me?

Put it down.
Where... is my fucking wife?

Where is my wife?

STEVE GASPS
AND SOBS

What the fuck?

Oh, fuck.

I love you too.

FIRE ALARM BEEPS

My house!

Ungh!
Your fucking house!

Fuck your fucking house!

Hey!

This is for Sarah.
Argh!

Steve!

Fuck!

Let's go.

HELICOPTER OVERHEAD

MUSIC: 'House Of Love'
by Vika And Linda

# Something's burning
In the house of love

# We've gotta get out somehow

# If we ever needed help from above

# I know that we need it now

# You and I like firewood

# And there's smoke
In this neighbourhood

# Something's burning
In the house of love

# We can pray for
The cool of the rain

# But will it begin to fall?

# An ill wind to stir up the flame

# Has come to remind us all

# We need more than
A fire brigade... #

Are you OK to do this?
Yeah.

Steve? Louise?
Yeah, that's us, yeah.

We still haven't been able to find
your partners.

Do you have any idea
where they might be on the property?

Nobody's seen them for hours,
they could be anywhere.

# Sparks flying in the house of love

# There's a fire. #

No more questions asked.

That can only be a good thing.

I don't want Mia to have to relive
what Brad did to her.

And I don't wanna talk about
finding Sarah, so...

I think the less that the kids know,
the better, don't you?

Lou?

I saw something. Years ago.

On his computer.

Girls.

Like teens, I guess,
but... still young.

Webcams.

Did you say anything?

I... I questioned him. He...

He said it must have come up
by accident, and...

I let it go.

How could you have possibly known?

I never looked again.

I told myself
I was respecting his privacy, but...

..I think on some level I was
just... afraid of what I might see.

Is that terrible?

No.

My husband was a predator and...

..I turned a blind eye.

He fooled us all.

How are you feeling... about Sarah?

I don't even know where to start.

Whatever they did...

..whatever he did...

..Sarah didn't deserve that.

She was a good mum.

And I loved her so much.

Oh, I loved her, too.
I know.

We have an update.

We discovered two bodies.

A woman inside the house.

Or what remains of it.

And a man... outside.

It seems that
they both sustained some injuries.

Wh... What do you mean, injuries?

It's likely that the house
just collapsed around them.

I'm so sorry.

I know how hard this is gonna be
to tell your kids.

They are as prepared as they can be,
I guess.

Well, when you're done,

there's just a few more questions
that I have to ask for my report.

And... I'm also gonna need to speak
to Jet as well.

No. No, Dad.
No.

SOBBING
I'm so sorry.

I know that there's something
Mia's not telling me.

Brad said all this bullshit...
trying to come between us.

Nobody's heard of
his mate at the SES.

And I end up on a road to nowhere.
The leaking petrol tank...

Guys, please, what really happened
out there? Listen to me.

There's some things
that the kids don't know.

It's for their own good.

Wait, what are you guys
talking about?

I need you... to go along
with everything that we say.

Jet... please.

Now I just have to fill in
some gaps.

You said that your car broke down?

No, it actually just ran
out of petrol.

We was all out searching
for my son Tom.

That's why
we cancelled the first helicopter.

We couldn't leave without him.

Once he showed up,
we all made our way to the shed,

and Brad and Sarah
were still out looking for him.

That's why they both must have been
at the house...

it was so smoky by then.

I hate the fact
that we left them behind.

Um... I guess my only other
confusion is the calls to the SES.

Sorry, confusion? It was the guy
that you mentioned, Chris Donis,

we've got no record of him.

I just need to make sure that
he's not another missing person.

Yeah, um... Chris is
a friend of mine from Sydney.

Which is probably where you...
where you heard the name.

Yes, yeah, sorry,
must have been a mix up. OK.

I think
we've told you everything we know.

So, what now?

I don't know, Tom.

What I do know is that
we're all family. All of us.

And I want you to be
a part of that now.

Your mum, she loved you.

And your dad loved you.

And whatever happened...

..I know we've all got
questions that need to be answered,

but we've gotta try and let it go.

And when we walk out them doors...

..we're gonna be there
for each other, OK?