McLeod's Daughters (2001–2009): Season 1, Episode 14 - Dirty Pool - full transcript

- [Narrator] Previously
on McLeod's Daughters.

- Pack up your things
and get off the property.

- Excuse me?

- You're fired, the lot of you.

- Jodi, he raped me, anything
I do to him won't be enough.

- You're a bloody thief.

- I said no, you've heard
the word before, Brian.

- People know what you are.

- No, Becky!

(gun bangs)

- Ah, you freak.



- Do you know who attacked Becky?

Because I think it was
Brian, from the hotel.

- I've known Brian for years.

He's a good bloke.

It couldn't have been Brian.

(ominous music)

(car door slams)

(gun fires)

(gun fires)

(whistles)

(bright music)

♪ It'll take some time
to find your heart ♪

♪ And come back home ♪

♪ You could walk for
miles, cross every river ♪



♪ You'll find you're not alone ♪

♪ Cause I'll be there ♪

♪ Oh oh oh oh ♪

♪ Oh oh oh oh ♪

♪ You're not alone ♪

♪ Oh oh oh oh ♪

♪ Oh oh oh oh ♪

♪ Cause I'll be there ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

- So, how many cattle did they take?

- Alex said a full truck, about 100.

It was not just Killarney.

It was the Browns last week.

They're missing sheep.

If I get my hands on those
thieves before the cops do.

- This place is so big,
they could come in anywhere.

- We're gonna have to step up security,

at least the boundary rides.

I mean, Killarney might be
able to write off the loss,

but there's no way we can.

(slow guitar music)

- Jodi.

- Can't stop, Mom, I have to go on.

- Jodi, where's Tess?

I didn't say I was gonna
milk Madonna every morning.

- Um, I don't know.

I think she's gone off to help Claire

with the sheep or something.

- Hang on a sec.

I've got a lot on today,
I wouldn't mind a hand.

- I can't, I'm helping
Becky fix the pump line.

She's waiting for me.

Oh, hey, the kitchen tub's leaking.

I couldn't turn it off.

I think it needs a new washer thingy.

Oh, did you know the
septic's overflowing again?

- I still don't get how
putting a backpack on

upside down is gonna help them mate.

- It doesn't help them mate.

It shows us which sheep he's mated with.

- Oh.

Don't they look cute?

It's like they're going off to school.

- Well, they'll be going off for the chop

if they don't get on with the job.

- Screwdriver.

- Uh oh.

It's the cops.

- Huh?

- [Jodi] It's the cops.

- Don't say a word.

Leave it to me, okay.

Morning.

- Morning, ladies.

- Morning.

It wasn't Becky's fault,
the gun just went off.

- Had some trouble with a gun, have you?

- Nothing I can't handle.

- Hit anything?

- Nothing important.

- Got to be careful with firearms.

I'm actually looking for Claire.

Know where she might be?

(engine revs)

- Exactly which part of don't say a word

do you not understand?

- I'm sorry, okay.

He just did that deadpan
cop thing, and I folded.

Did you see his eyes, Beck?

He knows.

- No, he doesn't.

- Yes, he does.

He was basically saying that
he knows you shot Brian.

(sheep baas)

- There you go, Mr. Pink.

Not a very manly color, I know.

Mr. Blue is very keen.

My money's on him.

(engine runs)

- Claire, Tess.

- [Claire] Joe.

- [Tess] Hi.

- I found your stolen sheep.

- Well, have you arrested the bastards?

Who are they?

I'd like to get my hands on them.

- Uh, the park ranger found them

wandering in the National Park next door.

He rang me when you didn't
return his messages.

- So, the sheep weren't stolen.

- Seems not.

- So, it wasn't the Killarney rustlers.

- Doesn't look like it.

- So you were wrong.

(light music)

Maybe the sheep were trying
to make a break for freedom.

Set us free, set us free.

- Must be a break along
the boundary, Tess.

I'll round the sheep
up, you find the hole.

(light music)

- Saddle up.

Sheep gone walk about the National Park.

- Oh, so it wasn't the
Killarney duffers then.

- I hope you can do it without me.

I got a full day as it is.

- Need all hands.

- Fine.

I'll just leave the
washing, and the cooking,

and the cleaning, and the safety valve

on the bilge pump, and pop
off, and saddle up, shall I.

- Maybe it's PMT.

(grunts)

♪ Grass, grass, grass ♪

♪ Trees, trees, trees ♪

♪ Big fat hole in the fence ♪

♪ That I have fixed myself yeah. ♪

(horse whinnies)

- Thank you, Oscar.

Thank you, thank you.

(slow Western music)

(music continues)

Hello?

Uh, hello?

Anyone home?

Ooh.

- What do you think you're doing?

Oh, oh, you should've seen
the look on your face.

What, you think I was gonna shoot you?

- Silly me.

Um, who are you?

- Sidney Angus Connolly.

Call me Sid.

- [Tess] Oh, Sid, there's
something dead on your shoulder.

- Rabbits.

- What are you doing out here?

- [Sid] I live here.

- On Drover's Run?

- I was at Stockland
till I injured me back.

That was in '88.

- You've lived out here alone since then?

- I'm not alone.

- Oh, so you're married.

- No, no, I never married.

- Well, then?

- Oh, I have the rabbits,

and the stars and the moon,

the kangaroos.

I could never be alone.

Anyone else would've turfed the black out,

not Jack McLeod.

- You knew my father?

- You're the one who
went away, aren't you?

Tess.

He was real upset about that.

How is Jack, anyway?

- [Tess] Why didn't you tell me about him?

- I hoped he'd died.

- What?

He's gorgeous.

- The man's a crackpot, mad as a hatter,

always going on about
flashing lights and aliens.

- [Tess] Which is perfectly
normal and completely harmless.

- Really, harmless?

Did he happen to be
skinning any of my sheep?

- He skinned a rabbit.

- So, there are no sheep skins

hanging outside that dump of his?

- Did you know that he knew Jack?

- Of course he knew Dad, he worked here.

- Anyway, I thought it
might be a nice idea--

- No.

- I haven't even said it yet.

- You don't have to.

Sidney is not coming here for lunch,

dinner, or anything else.

- Mom, would you mind
putting the kettle on?

- Yes, I would mind.

I've had it, I want a bath and a book.

I want to read a book.

- What'd I say?

- And I don't want to do it here.

- Meg, I can take you into town.

Gonna pick up some bags of
feed from Stockland Rural.

Becky, I'll need a hand.

- Sure.

- Well, I wanna come, too.

- [Claire] Tess, you coming?

- Uh, no, no, no, I don't think I will.

I might just, wash my hair.

- What are you waiting for?

(engine runs)

(slow music)

- I'll be staying here
till further notice.

Don't ring me.

- [Claire] Do you think she's coming back?

- Yeah.

Well, I'm starving, let's have lunch.

- We could try that Chinese place.

- Um, what's wrong with here?

What?

Hey, they still do the
best seafood platter

in a 400K radius.

- And Brian.

- If I want to eat at the
pub, I'll eat at the pub.

- Well, I don't mind having
Chinese for a change.

- I like calamari.

- You sure?

- Yes.

- Hey there, Claire.

- Brian.

You do something to your leg?

- Brian.

- Three beers when you're ready.

We're just over playing pool.

- [Brian] Sure.

- Where do you want them?

- [Brian] Top shelf, Pepper.

- Over here?

- Yeah, that'd be good.

- Alright.

- Not too much head, alright?

- Looks like fresh meat.

- [Girl Behind Bar] This alright for you?

(light music)

- Hi, Terry.

You'll never guess where I am.

Gungellen, the pub room five.

That's right, the honeymoon suite.

How soon can you get here?

Oh, good, gives me time to have some lunch

and get things ready.

(growls)

Same to you, tiger.

(dramatic music)

- Well, that's typical.

- Alright, that's how I like to.

Oh, this sure beats playing tennis.

- I'll just calculate
the money you owe me.

- Maybe Mike wants another beer.

- Okay.

- Don't do anything stupid.

- [Claire] Want any more drinks?

- Since you're paying, yeah, another beer.

- Vodka tonic.

Okay, a beer.

(rock music)

- Hi.

- [Jodi] Hi, Brick.

- Mind if I join you?

Becky?

- No, knock yourself out.

- Three beers, yes.

Thought you were in Italy.

- Just got back.

Alex was meant to pick
me up from the station.

- Get away.

Would've helped if you'd been there.

- So, you're in Italy for--

- Business.

- Right.

- So, how did it all go, then?

- The doc said that I'm, you
don't want to know, do you?

- No, not really.

- So, what'd I miss?

- Actually, we had 100
head of cattle stolen.

(engine runs)

- I haven't been here for years.

It hasn't changed a bit, though.

Looking forward to seeing old Jack again.

- Uh, Sid, we've talked about this.

Jack's dead.

- Is he?

I didn't even know he was sick.

He owes me a tenner, the bastard.

- Mm, I love calamari.

- You'd never know it was frozen.

- Hey, Beck, the cop just walked in.

I think he knows.

- They're professionals, whoever they are.

- Well, didn't you get out there

when you heard the alarm go off?

- That thing goes off all
the time, Nick, right.

- Do you guys want a game of pool?

- That thing cost a fortune.

- Alex has filled you in, then?

- [Nick] Any word?

- No sign of the thieves.

You're not the only property hit.

These guys know what they're doing.

Probably locals.

- Well, how many is that now?

It's us, the Browns, your sheep, right?

- No, we found our sheep.

- Really, where?

- I don't want you in this pub.

- It's a free country, Brian.

- The cop's watching you, you know.

- So.

- [Man At Bar] Beck's Blue.

- [Blond Woman] He wants a Beck's Blue.

- Stubby or can?

- [Man At Bar] Can.

- I have to warn her.

- Now?

- Uh, don't worry, Brick,
you're just out of practice.

- I think these will fit.

They were Jack's.

- Well, it's not like he'll need them now.

- What was he like?

- Well, I don't know.

He never used to say that much.

He liked a hand of cards.

Wasn't much cop at it, but that's why

he owes me 10 bucks.

(laughs)

- Don't you get lonely?

- Lonely?

- Yeah, out there by yourself.

- Nah, lonely's what you get in the city.

You know, sometimes when the moon's out,

I sit outside me hut,
and I watch the kangaroos

coming down out of the hills.

They're like families, you know.

Mom and dad, and the kids fighting.

I've seen things you wouldn't see in town,

the stars, Halley's Comet,
and that space ship.

Just kidding.

I've never seen Halley's Comet.

(laughs)

Gotcha there, didn't I.

- Yeah.

- You know, you're lucky they didn't

put out a statewide alert,
or go on the local news.

You know, they could've had
that poor park ranger arrested.

- Well, we should get back.

- Yeah, I gotta get a few things.

- Boys.

- [Meg] I'll have the seafood
platter, thanks, Brian.

- Certainly, Meg.

- Hi, Mom.

- What are you locks still doing here?

- We're having lunch.

- Make mine take away.

- Right.

- So, how's the new job?

- Fantastic.

- Good.

Just, don't be alone with him, huh.

- What do you mean?

Oh, I know what this is about.

You want your job back.

Well, you're not having it.

I got the job, you left, so rack off.

- Is there a problem?

- No.

- I didn't do anything you didn't want.

Yeah, maybe we should
do it again sometime.

You won't always have your friends around.

Gents are down the other end.

Go on, what are you waiting for?

(ominous music)

- [Brick] You okay, Becky?

(sad music)

- Came back from Vietnam
in '72, or was it '73?

This place had changed.

You know, I wouldn't mind having a bath.

- You've already had your bath.

- Have I?

I like that pink bubbly stuff.

- Uh, I should probably get you back home.

- [Sid] Oh, there's no hurry.

I thought I might take
you up on your offer,

and stay a few days.

- What are you doing?

- Getting ready for me bath.

- No, no, no, no, you've had your bath.

- Have I?

- Um, I think we should
keep our clothes on.

- I remember what it was like.

- [Tess] What?

- Living in a house like
this, fridge, electricity.

I was married once.

- But, you said, Sid, please
put your clothes back on.

- Perhaps, a touch more
pudding before we go.

- Okay.

- Are those Dad's trousers?

How are my sheep, Sid?

- I don't know anything about
your sheep, I assure you.

If your sheep are disappearing,

it's probably the aliens' doing.

I've gotta get outta here.

- Is he off the planet, or what?

- Yeah.

At least he looks a bit cleaner this time.

(crickets chirp)

(phone rings)

- Hello?

Hi, Terry.

Another hour?

So, 9:30?

Sure.

Can't wait.

Oh, damn.

- Um, I don't remember
tuna casserole being gray.

- Tuna's gray, it's gray in the can.

- You know what, it's great.

And, I'm sure it tastes interesting.

- Okay, that's the bathroom done.

So, what's for dinner?

Oh, um, this is terrible.

- I never said I was a great cook.

- No, this isn't bad, Claire.

This is like beyond bad.

- I think I miss apricot chicken.

(whistle in distance)

(phone rings)

- Hello?

Yes.

So, they're in late?

No, no, no, it's fine.

I understand.

Tomorrow night?

Well, I suppose the hair
will last till then.

Bye.

- Ugh, did she have to
use every single saucepan?

(phone rings)

Is that the phone?

Yeah.

- Hey, you're meant to
be doing the washing.

(phone rings)

- Hello?

- [Meg] Hello, Jodi?

- Hi, Mom, do you want something?

- Jodi?

- Oh, I just rang to see
if everything was alright.

- Jodi?

- Yeah, it's fine, look Mom,
I've gotta dash, okay, bye.

I'm coming.

(dog barks)

(sheep baa)

- Three.

(dog barks)

- Four.

- Wow, look at all the blue.

- [Claire] Six, eight.

- 10, Mr. Blue's had some night.

I don't see any pink.

There's no pink.

(coughs)

- Geez, Jodi, what are you doing?

- I was trying to poach them.

- Well, did you have enough water?

- You need water?

Well, I'm sorry, I only know how

to make spaghetti bolognese, and I didn't

think you'd want to
eat that for breakfast.

- No, no, no, that's alright.

We'll just start again.

- Doesn't Mom usually
make the bread at night

before she goes to bed?

- That's okay, we'll have bacon and eggs.

- I must've used the last of the eggs.

- We should have more than this.

- I think that's what Meg does when she

gets up in the morning.

- Alright, then, I'll get the eggs.

- Don't forget the brown chuck

that lays in the sheering shed.

I had no idea there was so
much involved in breakfast.

- Just clean it up.

- Alright Miss Chuck,
time to give up your egg.

Uh, maybe if you just
wanna stand up for a sec.

Okay.

Oh, dear.

Hey, Becky, is there
anything you want to tell me?

- Can't think of anything.

- Later then, huh.

- Later what?

Oh, no.

- Sid, he's walked all
the way from his shack.

It's gotta be 15Ks.

- He can walk all the way back.

- It's a sign that he likes us.

- It's a sign that he's crazy.

- Morning, all.

- Morning.

- [Sid] I brought you these.

- Oh, thank you.

- I saw those rams of yours.

The one with the pink thingy,
I'd be getting rid of him.

He's not doing his job.

- Yeah, thanks, see ya.

- Oh, something else.

- Oh, let me guess.

You need another shirt,
or maybe another meal.

- [Sid] No, it's about
your boundary fence.

- What about it?

- I saw lights there last night.

- Really?

- Yeah, flashing on and off
in a most strange manner,

very unusual.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- I only said, you're mad, these

were stockmen on horses.

It was that Gary bloke, the
bloke that used to work here.

- Why didn't you say
that in the first place?

We should call the cop.

- And tell him what, Gary
was looking at a fence.

Arrest him.

- No, he must've been casing the joint

trying to find the best way in.

- You heard what Joe said,
unless they're caught in the act.

- So, get him to do a stakeout.

- Yeah, I'm sure Joe
has nothing better to do

with his time than just camp out

on the off chance that
thieves will turn up.

- So, you're just gonna
let Gary help himself.

- Of course not.

- It's a stupid plan, Claire.

How do even know they're gonna turn up?

Besides, it's cold, and
we can't cook anything.

- Because we're bad cooks.

- No, because we can't even light a fire.

I mean, how do you know the thieves

are even gonna come back?

- I don't.

- What are we doing here then?

- Gary hates my guts, and he
was riding the fence line.

He's coming back.

- I wonder how Mr. Pink's going?

- Maybe he's got performance anxiety.

(laughs)

- So, Mr. Pink didn't get a single Ewe?

- The other Mister must've gotten first.

(laughs)

- Was there any pink on the other ram?

(laughs)

(knock on door)

(growls)

- Oh, Brian.

- I got a message from Terry.

He asked me to give it to you personally.

Said he's been caught up with a mastering,

can't make it, but he said
he'd see you next week.

- Right.

- But, since you booked
the honeymoon suite,

you're entitled to a
free bottle of bubbly.

- Not much good to me now, is it?

- It's a bit chilly in here.

Is that heater working?

- Yes, it's fine.

- Everything else okay?

- Yup, fine.

- You're a good looking woman, Meg.

If I wasn't a married man, I'd--

- But you are.

- Would be a shame to waste the bubbly.

I could drop back later.

- Get outta here, Brian.

- [Brian] I'll be in
the bar if you need me.

(eerie music)

- I can't understand people who steal.

I could never do something like that.

- It's okay if it's payback.

- Well, I stole a silver chain

from the Gungellan Show once.

It had my name on it.

It was spelled wrong.

- Haven't you ever pinched anything?

- Absolutely not.

- You've never sampled
grapes in the fruit shop.

- Try before you buy.

- Never.

- Never borrowed a skirt or something

and just accidentally
forgot to give it back?

- You do not accidentally
acquire something.

Either it is stolen or it isn't.

- Really?

What about this land, then.

- [Claire] What?

- Who were the original owners?

- It's always been McLeod land.

- Oh, so the McLeod's have been here

for 40,000 years, have they?

(all laugh)

- I stole a stamp at boarding school.

- Oh, do go on, Miss Moral Highground.

- Melissa Morgan.

She was a cow, I couldn't stand her.

One day, she left her stamp
collection in the study,

and I took her prized stamp,

a 1972, 35 cent beef stamp.

- So, you stole a stamp.

(laughs)

- Nerd crimes don't count, Claire.

(laughs)

You better not be going to sleep, Jodi.

- [Jodi] I am, I'm awake, ow.

(light music)

- Get up everyone, mount your horses.

(dramatic music)

- Tess.

Get your hat.

(dramatic music)

- Come on, girls.

(dramatic music)

(laughs)

- What the hell?

- Claire, I'm not a very good shot.

- Don't worry, they don't know that.

Stand firm.

- You can't stop us McLeod,
so get out of the way.

(gun cocks)

Oh, what are you gonna do?

You gonna shoot us, are ya?

(gun fires)

(gun fires)

- You're not going anywhere, Gary.

(gun fires)

- So, what do we do with them now?

(slow music)

They look like Mr. Pink.

- [Claire] And just as useless.

(laughs)

Go on, get outta here.

(car honks)

- Mom, you're back.

- [Tess] Meg.

- Where have you all been?

- [Tess] Well, we camped out all night.

- And we sprung the duffers big time.

- [Tess] You should've seen
the looks on their faces.

(all laugh)

- Good to have you back, Meg.

- Yeah, you bet.

Did you have a nice time?

- It was interesting.

- We had no idea about the bread.

- The bread?

- [Tess] Yeah, yeah, or the eggs.

- Cooking is such a big job.

You're not going away again, are you?

- Well, maybe not for a while.

(light music)

Roy?

- So, what'll happen to them?

- Well, they've been charged.

Gotta wait for the circuit
magistrate to get bio.

Could be quite a while.

Give them a little time to
get rid of the pink hair.

You're lucky they haven't
thought of charging you

with assault.

- Well, it's the only way we knew you'd

recognize them.

- There is one other matter.

The pool table's gone missing
from the Gungellan Pub.

Brian Cronin seems to have this idea

that it might have found its way out here.

- Here, well, why would it be here?

The man's an idiot.

- It did seem a bit far fetched.

- Well, you can take a look around.

- No, I don't think Senior Constable Cook

would think that's necessary.

- No.

- I'd like to clear it up.

Where would you like to start?

- Do something.

- Becky.

I think you should tell Joe the truth,

about Brian.

The man's a sleaze.

You should report what he did to you.

- How?

(mysterious music)

- Uh, no, there's nothing in here.

- No, just some old junk
and a couple of chooks.

- [Tess] Let's go.

- No, no, I want to do this properly.

There's a light.

- I guess I'll have to tell Brian.

- Um.

I should explain.

- I'll have to tell him
there's no pool table here.

(light music)

(engine runs)

- Tess.

- This has to stop.

This is stealing.

- I've been working
Drover's since before Nam.

Man's gotta eat.

- Well, we caught the duffers.

- Good.

What's this?

- This is to drink with your lamb chops.

- Ah, I'll share it with
Jack next time he calls.

(slow music)

(grunts)

- Damn.

- We are never getting
this open without a key.

- Our very own pool table, and we still

have to pay for a game.

- Next time you steal
something, steal a key.

- Fighting time, boys and girls.

- [Tess] Hey, everybody.

- Alex, you made it.

- Heard you formed a posse.

Lovely work.

- Yeah, how bout that?

No security camera, no
high tech computer system.

- [Alex] Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- You are kidding me.

- Ah, ah, ah, hands off, hands off.

- Yeah, well that won't be possible.

We don't have any of our own.

- It's a crime.

- Well, how do you get a
pool table and no cues?

- Forget about the pool cues.

How'd you get the pool table here?

- I have my friends.

- Are we gonna play or what?

- [Claire] Let's go,
rack 'em up, house rules.

- [Alex] Right-o, and what are they?

- [Claire] I'll let you know.

(bright music)

♪ Don't judge ♪

♪ Don't believe what you see ♪

♪ Don't judge ♪

♪ There's so much more to me ♪

♪ Inside it's hard to be clear ♪

♪ Inside yeah I feel the fear ♪

♪ I'm finding my way I'm finding my way ♪

♪ I can do it alone ♪

♪ I'm finding my way I'm finding my way ♪

♪ But there's so much ♪

♪ So much more to say ♪

♪ I'm finding my way ♪

♪ I feel that feeling is wrong ♪

♪ I feel lonely once more ♪

(thunder crashes)

(light music)