Lockie Leonard (2007–2010): Season 2, Episode 26 - Legend - full transcript

- So here we are, Sydney Australia

in our ritzy new apartment,
courtesy of the radio

station my mum's been working with

for the past three months.

- I do now have my own radio show.

Monday through Friday every afternoon.

Let Joy Be Unconfined.

Although honestly, I only have
a million or so listeners.

- Who would've thought
devoting myself to poetry

full time would pay such dividends?

- Sure there's a small
amount of lecturing involved



at the Science Academy,
but for the most part,

they leave me alone to conduct
my groundbreaking research.

- We're home.

Hi.

- And I'm happy too.

I imagine your surf
sponsors are even happier.

I guess the time really
was right to leave Angelus.

I miss Egg of course.

For a time there he was
my best friend ever.

And then Vicki, the girl who seems to hold

a life time season ticket to my heart.

And Mel, I just had this
feeling that after certain

events involving kissing
and standing her up,

I kind of worn my welcome out.



- Suggestions please.

A word that rhymes with fire brigade.

Everglade.

Marmalade.

Marmalade.

Marmalade.

Marmalade.

Marmalade, Lockie.

Pass the marmalade please.

- Okay, so maybe we
haven't left Angelus yet.

But it wasn't long before we did.

Sorry, Sarge, I was miles away.

- Right, now team, as it's
only two days until we,

leave Angelus forever.

- Pardon you, Blob.

Again, I don't know
what's gotten into her.

- In the mean time, I
thought it might be an idea

to leave the weekly family meetings

to a daily basis till we can get across

all of our various to-do lists.

Lockie, you first.

- Right, to do list.

Pack surfboard, say goodbye.

Say goodbye, easier said than done.

Maybe it was time to talk to someone

who'd set sail for more towns than anyone

I'd ever heard of.

And talking about something was better

than not talking at all.

I've come for tips, Mel.

How to make that grand exit?

You've done it heaps.

Do I go for tears or laughs?

Are there speeches?

- So you're assuming you'll be missed.

- You.

- Sure I'll help.

But my question is have you
got the guts to carry out

the three tasks I'm about to set you?

Task one.

- Okay, I didn't have to
carry out Mel's tasks.

But just maybe she'd think
better of me if I did.

So task one, I had to make peace

with my worst enemy.

And since it was the
weekend, I knew exactly

where to find him.

Sir, I'd just like to say.

Thank you.

For everything you've tried
to teach me, math wise.

- Sorry, Leonard, I find
myself strangely remorse

at your family's departure.

- Yeah, it will be tough without Phillip.

- It's not that, that Phillip is obviously

a great loss.

It's you, Leonard major, you're
the one I'm going to miss.

- I am?

- Even I need someone like
you Leonard, the class dunce,

so that my little gems of
sarcasm might fill the classroom

with howling laughter.

- Right.

- Go boy, leave me to
bring the curtain down

on this golden age.

- Sarge didn't
really have any worse enemies

to make peace with.

But making his good byes
to Angelus was still

the hardest thing he ever had to do.

- Steady on now, remember,

we're trained professionals.

- Of course we are.

- Got it.

- What about your poetry books, Sarge?

- Ever since Joy's
wedding ring was stolen,

I'm no longer certain poetry has a place

in the Angelus of today.

- Don't say such things.

- That can't be true, say it isn't so.

- From now on, you'll be
leading this ceaseless

war on crime in this town.

Whether the poetry has a role top play,

that's your call now.

- That's the emergency phone.

- After you, Sarge.

One last response.

- It's dad.

He's had some bad news.

Josh's family's empire
has gone into meltdown

and bought dad's business down with it.

We've lost all our money, our house,

furniture, everything.

- I'm so sorry, Vicki.

- Doesn't look like they'll be building

a retirement village or
anything here anymore.

It looks like your house is safe though.

- You seem to be forgetting.

All of this will soon be
Constable Wattle's domain.

- It'll always be your house to me.

- There's nothing to worry about!

We'll be getting all
our money back shortly.

Half past three at the latest.

- Dad's in denial.

- Just you wait, Sergeant, I always said

your family's what's
holding this town back.

- I think this is you, Constable Wattle.

- Mr. Streeton.

No point talking what you could've been

or regretting the things that went on.

Life's full of mistakes.

Destinies and fate.

Remove the clouds, look
at the bigger picture.

- I just want someone to tell me

it isn't fair.

- That's gold, Constable Wattle.

You've taken policing
to a whole new level.

- Mel's second task was a lot tougher.

I wasn't sure I was gonna
be able to complete it.

- You have to do what?

- I have to do the one
thing I've always meant

to do with someone, but never have.

- Have you stopped to
think there's a reason why

I've never surfed?

- Couldn't swim?

- No because it's sick and unnatural.

From what I've seen, you
get nutted in the goolies

all the time.

- Egg, I'm never gonna
ask you to do anything

for me ever again.

- You ain't have to if
I get caught in a rip.

- Let's do this for old time sake.

- You know there's no
one else on the planet

I'd do this for.

- I know.

On the count of three.

One,

two,

three.

Of course, things don't
ever quite work out

the way you expect them to.

So much for task number two.

I guess it was more than
a friend could ask for.

Meanwhile Phillip was nearing
the end of his to-do list.

He'd save the trickiest bit til last.

- Don't worry, Cyril.

Nothing will change, not really.

Nothing at all.

Except it won't be me looking after you.

It will be Joe.

Unusual.

After all this time,

I must've developed an allergy to Cyril.

- Are you sure it's not anything else?

- Goodness me, Joe, allergy.

- And Mum of course.

She had an entire town to say good bye to.

- Sadly now it's time for me to bring

this final edition of
Let Joy Be Unconfined

to a close.

But I can't go without one last thank you

to all my listeners out there.

The people of Angelus, you
have taken an ordinary mum

into your hearts and made
me feel very special.

So for the last time, this is Joy Leonard,

saying I will never forget you.

I might just step outside
for some fresh air.

- I just can't understand these tears.

- And Cyril isn't even here.

So it can't be an allergy.

It's not as if you're crying over me.

- It just doesn't make any sense.

- Three cheers for Mrs. L!

- Hip hip.
- Hooray!

- Hip hip.
- Hooray!

- Hip hip.
- Hooray!

- Get away with you,
it was nothing really.

It was my pleasure.

- Mel's third and
final task involved Vicki.

Which meant paying a visit
to the Streeton's new home.

Hi, Mr. Streeton.

- Good day, Larry, how you goin', mate?

Bit of a comeuppance, isn't it, Lionel?

Still, gotta look on the bright side.

- Yep.

- Coo-y, hello Lockie.

Visit us already?

Vicki!

Visitors.

- See ya.

- Hi.
- Hi.

I'm sorry about your house and everything.

- It's okay, it's been good actually.

- You're just saying that, aren't you?

- No, it's true.

We've already spent more time together

than what we would've
in the last six months.

You kind of have to get
pretty up close and personal

in a caravan.

- That's what you've
always wanted, isn't it?

To be closer as a family.

- Always.

Hey, do you wanna go for a walk?

- Okay, Lockie, Mel's third and final

and most difficult of tasks.

- Tell the person you care
the most about exactly why.

- Hey so, listen--

- This is so weird.

After all this time you're
the one that's leaving

and I'm the one that's staying behind.

- You're not staying right here exactly.

You're going back to boarding school.

- With all those pricey
school fees, I don't think so.

I'm starting back at
Angelus High tomorrow.

- Can you say that again?

- I'm staying right here in Angelus.

- Hey, so, listen--

- I have something to say before you go.

- So do I.

- I know we've had our ups and downs,

but there's one thing that I'm sure of.

Even when I'm 90, I'm
still gonna be thinking

about you every day.

What, what are you grinning for?

- You just took the words
right out of my mouth.

Every last one of them.

So mission accomplished.

It was time to report back to Mel.

All done now, three out of three.

- The three tasks I set you?

Are you truly so mind boggingly dumb?

You couldn't see that
they were all about me?

You could've at least tried to make peace

with your worst enemy.

- What?

Mel, you're not my worst enemy.

Why would you even say that?

- It would've been nice if you said so.

And while we're on the subject,

I don't see why you couldn't have done

the one thing you always
meant to do with someone

but never had.

Like surfing at the same time
on separate boards with me

and not with Egg.

And here's the best one.

You could've told the person
you cared the most about

exactly why they'd been
so important to you.

See?

Anybody can see I'll never mean as much

to you as Vicki does.

On the other hand, Vicki's about as good

on a surf board as a fish is on a bicycle.

And if you can live with that,

I think I should be able to.

- Egg's board's still got a
few hours before it's due back,

if you're free.

Unless you're not done
yelling at me that is.

So here's the thing, when I thought about

what I'd be leaving behind

like the best friend I ever had,

the girl who wasn't gonna shake herself

out of my head until we were 90 years old

and the surfing buddy who loved the ocean

just as much as I did.

I had to ask myself, why
were we leaving again?

- Listen.

- It's the frogs.

They're back.

- The music of the night
we used to call it.

She's a very impressive
woman, your mother.

I hope you realise that.

- I do.

- The impact she's had on Angelus.

Watch out, Sydney.
- Yeah, watch out.

- If she hadn't have
lost her wedding ring,

we might've stayed.

But if my message of
police work and poetry

can't prevent theft in my own town,

I might as well pack it up and
waddle off into the sunset.

- It was true, with the frogs back,

this place felt even more like home.

Which meant the thought of
leaving it even weirder.

Phillip.

Are you crying?

- It's just one of those
unsolved scientific mysteries.

I'm sure they'll find the answer in time.

- Do you think there's
a chance it might just

have something to do with leaving Angelus?

- What?

Leaving our home, and
Angelus, and our friends

that live thousands of miles away

on the other side of the country, as if.

- Yes, yes, of
course I have to come

to Sydney to do the show, yes.

Absolutely, it would be ludicrous of me

to think that I could
record it from Angelus.

Yes, yes, I know.

How silly of that.

Excuse me.

Lockie, would you see to Blob?

I'm just on the phone to Beyonce.

Yes, Beyonce, Derrick, I'm here.

- Dirty nappy, good-o.

Come on, Blob, lay down, thank you.

I figured out why Blob
had been so grumpy lately.

Sitting on a secret not
being able to tell anyone

can be stressful especially one so big

it could just change everything.

- Seeing how this is our
last day in this house,

and with the power due to being cut off

just prior to our departure
around the 3 p.m. mark,

I would hope that we've
completed all the tasks

on our to-do list.

- Check.

- Check.

- Lockie?

- Well, there is one last
item I'd like to factor in.

- A farewell party, we'd love to come.

- I wouldn't miss it.

- Party, I'm there.

- And you want us to bring some cake?

- Cake.

- That's affirmative.

- Now that's funny, I
thought we was supposed

to bring the cake.

Still, never mind.

- They're passed their used by date

but that's not gonna hurt one.

We wouldn't want to see
them going to waste,

wouldn't we, Lenny?

- Rev.

- Joy, Sarge, I wondered if
you could step this way please?

- Goodness me, look at all those cakes.

How are we supposed to eat those?

We'll be gone in under an hour.

- Under an hour?

("The Wedding March")

- Mum, Sarge.

I know you've always wanted
to renew your wedding vows.

But I think you'll be needing this.

- Lockie.

Lockie, where on earth
did you find my wedding ring?

- Trust me, you don't wanna know.

I don't think it'll be
going back there very soon.

- Okay folks, we're
wrestling for time here.

Gather around please.

Okay Sarge, quick as you can.

Do you take Joy to be--

- Hold it right there!

You drive a hard bargain, Joy Leonard.

But okay, you win.

If it means you'll stay
with our radio station

then you can do your show
right here from Angelus.

And I guess we're gonna
have to double your salary

while we're at it.

- Um, I see.

- Rev, could we just have one second,

and please, nobody go anywhere.

Leonards, family meeting inside now.

Sorry, Reverend, we'll
just be a, one second.

This is extraordinary
meeting of the weekly

Leonard family conference
is now in session.

Agreed?
- Agreed.

- We have certain matters to discuss

that may impact very much on our future.

- Cut to the chase, Sarge.

- A vote we stay on here in Angelus.

- I do.
- I do.

- I do.

- And I do too.

Which means we're staying in Angelus.

- How about that?

We don't have to leave Angelus

to get everything we want
'cause everything we want

has been right here in Angelus all along.

- It's true what they say then.

You can have your cake and throw it too.

- Don't you mean eat it?

You didn't seem that worry
that I'd be leaving Angelus

and you'd never see me again.

- I wasn't, you were
never leaving Angelus.

- I wasn't, why not?

- Because you love me, Lockie Leonard.

- Yeah.

I do.

- Suppose I should
probably see about getting

the power put on tomorrow at some point.

- Yes, probably.
- Yeah, yeah, good idea.

- I guess so.

Still there's one thing
about the Leonards.

Wherever we find ourselves and whatever

we happen to be doing,

we can always make our own fun.