McLeod's Daughters (2001–2009): Season 1, Episode 20 - Lover Come Back - full transcript

- [Narrator] Previously
on McLeod's Daughters.

- [Alberto] Your nose is perfect.

And lips.

(romantic music)

- Promise you'll write.

- Every day.

(speaking in foreign language)

(engine revs)

- The washing.

- Thanks, hun, you shouldn't have.

- No, I didn't.



- [Alex] What, you didn't do the washing?

- Didn't wanna kill the romance.

(cows mooing)
(energetic music)

- Sorry, Lover Boy.
(cow moos)

One of you boys have to go.

Up you go.

Come on.
- Go on.

- [Claire] In your own time, go on.

Come on.

Come on.
- Go on!

- Don't be scared.

There you go, get up there.

(suspension creaking)

Oh, man.



I hope he doesn't stuff the suspension.

Harry'll charge me for sure.

- I will admit that Alex is
handsome and strong and sexy.

But, expecting me to do his
washing and making cups of tea,

like, hello?

(relaxed rock music)

- [Claire] He's a country boy.

- [Tess] So is Nick and I bet
he wouldn't act like that.

- Hm, how do you know?

(clanking)
(cow mooing)

- Whoa!

He's doin' the Macarena back there?

Sure we should be selling
Nick a maniac bull?

- He's not a maniac.

And we want this sale.

(cow mooing)

With the money, I can start
building the new yards

for the Quarter Horse training.

If this one arrives today.

- It's like we're an old,
married couple already.

You know, I don't want to change him,

but there's got to be more
than this, doesn't there?

I mean, sometimes I just want to talk,

you know, just like lie in bed and--

- Tayler'll have some
ideas about the yards.

Yeah, I'll call him.

- You haven't heard a thing I've said.

- Sure I have.

You don't know what you want, Tess.

(cow mooing)

(hammer thudding)

- You know, she doesn't
know what she wants,

that's her problem.

We were having a great time, you know.

Things were starting to heat
up and then all of a sudden,

hands off, get away, we have to talk.

- Right.

- So I backed off.

Yeah, well, let's go riding.

Nah, but she wants to talk.

Alright then, well let's go shooting.

But no, she wants to talk.

- You thought about talkin' to her?

- Talk, talk, talk.

That not what she wants, Nick.

She's playing games, here.

That's what's going on.

- Not the usual ones.

Tess is more complex than that, Alex.

- Oh right, yeah.

Relationship advice from the hermit.

- Suit yourself, do nothing.

- Yeah, yeah, let her stew.

She's not going anywhere.

- You sure, eh?

- What do you know about it?

- Oh, I know enough.

- Good morning.

- Good morning.

Sleep okay?

(moaning)
(smooching)

- [Angela] Unusually.

- Angela, this is my brother, Alex.

- Hi.
- How you doing?

- Well, I have to get back to town so,

I'll see you in a week?

- Can't wait.

- Okay.

- You drive carefully.

- Okay.

(tranquil music)

- You're right.

What would I know?

(chuckling)

(lively music)

♪ It'll take some time ♪

♪ To find you heart and come back home ♪

♪ You could walk for miles ♪

♪ Cross every river and
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 ♪

- Oh, he's like a poet.

Listen to how he tells me he love me.

(speaking in foreign language)

Is it an Italian musical?

(speaking in foreign language)

Alberto.

- Would you like to help-o with the bag-o?

- How can I possibly wait an entire year?

Every minute is agony.

I wonder where he is right now.

Do you know I didn't
sleep a wink last night?

I just lay awake and tossed and turned.

- Table's too low, we're
gonna to have to shovel it.

- Oh, I can't possibly get into that.

- Why not?

It's a silo, it's practically Italiano.

- I just washed my hair.

The dust will ruin it.

I've got the Miss Gungellan
photo session coming up.

(exhales)

You think I can win this
thing without highlights?

Oh, listen to this.

Jodi Piccolino, every day
away from you is a torture.

I don't think I can
stand much more of this.

- Neither can I, Jodi.

- You're being unrealistic.

He's a cattleman.

Got thousands of acres to worry about.

Who's got time for romance?

Here you go, this should shut you up.

- If you want to figure someone out,

you've got to ask why.

Why can't Alex bring me roses?

- Because it's 400 miles to a florist.

- Sure, absolutely, but
that's just the first level.

You've got to go deeper, why--

- Why am I listening to this?

- Why doesn't Alex even think
about bringing me roses?

- He's a bloke's bloke.

He doesn't show his feelings.

- Well exactly, that's the
second level, deeper again.

But the real reason--

- Is what?

- Is I need to ask Alex.

- Well, you'll get your
chance in a minute.

- No, I won't.

We're not exactly speaking at the moment.

The third level of why
will just have to wait.

- Brilliant.

Where do you get this stuff?

(engine rumbling)
(relaxed rock music)

(cow mooing)

- Oi!

- Oi, what?

Could you please not make it
look like I'm selling Nick

the most savage animal on the planet?

- But you are selling Nick the
most savage animal on the...

- Nick.

- So this is the infamous Lover Boy?

- Infamous?

What have you been saying?

- What you said, 40 calves last season.

- Oh yeah, yeah, Lover
Boy, he gets around.

- Tess.

- Alex.

- I'm helping Nick out with the shed,

but, well the folks from Adelaide.

- Cleanin' out my fridge, more like it.

I'll get my checkbook.

- Um, excuse me, I'm just
gonna get a glass of water.

Hey Nick.

- Start training the
first Quarter Horse today.

Probably be a bit nervous,
he doesn't know me.

Shouldn't matter.

Should it?

- Yeah.

- What, it does matter?

- No, no, I meant, um,
it's going well, then?

- Oh, yeah, yeah.

Pete's been a big help.

- [Tess] Has Alex said anything to you?

- What about?

- Well, just about us.

Him and me.

- Why do you ask?

- Well, no reason, just curious.

Oh, this is very you.

- Angela must have left it behind.

- Ah.

Angela.

- Yep.

(relaxing country music)

- [Tess] Did you know that
Nick's got a girlfriend?

- Well, the man's not a monk.

- You're supposed to be marrying him.

- Why are you so interested?

- Very funny.

(relaxing country music)

- Come on, J.

(bleating)

Jodi, can you try and keep it straight?

- Hey, I love this bit, listen to this.

(romantic music)
(speaking in foreign language)

You are my little angel.

- Can you keep it steady?

- What?

- Not so fast!

- What?

(sheep bleating)

I'm sorry Beck, I couldn't hear you.

- Yeah, because you're
too busy reading this

Alberto garbage to listen!

- It's not garbage!

- He's 10,000 miles away in the Army.

Do you really think he is gonna
wait a whole year for you?

- He promised me.

- He's probably told a dozen
women that he loves them

since he got back to Italy.

- Look, you don't understand, okay?

We really are in love.

- You don't know anything about men.

Most of them are liars and creeps.

- Only the ones you go out with, Beck.

- Do you really think that any
guy would wait a whole year

for some stupid little
virgin in Australia?

(emotional music)

Stop dreaming Jodi, and start doing.

Then you'll understand what real is.

(emotional music)
(sheep bleating)

(door loudly thuds)

(exhales sharply)

Jodi, open the door.

Jodi!
(thuds)

(emotional music)

Hey Jodi, you...

10, nine, eight, seven.

- What are you doing?

- Waiting.

Six, five, four, three.

- For what?

- You'll see.

Two, one.

- [Meg] Becky!

- Bingo.

- What did you say to Jodi?

- I told her, if she was a princess,

she needed to stick a cracker up her bum.

- [Meg] What did you say?

- Meg, she doesn't do any work.

She hangs around, talking about Alberto.

- You told her to sleep around.

- You gave her a six-pack
of condoms, remember?

- I'm her mother!

- Well, tell her to grow up because

I'm sick of trying.
- You're hardly the person

to teach anyone anything about morals.

- I beg your pardon?

- Just stay away from my daughter.

(uneasy music)

(footsteps thudding)
(distant chattering)

(thumping)
- Sh!

(clattering)

Sh!

- [Jodi] What's the big deal about--

- What are you doing?

- Nothing.

(muted chattering)

No, no, no, no, no!

Meg and Jodi are having a talk.

- Why?

- Well, on one hand, it sounds like--

- Forget I asked.

(phone ringing)

Peter?

Nick.

Lover Boy's gone?

Hey, I'm sorry Nick, but I can't.

How am I supposed to know where it goes?

- Um, Claire?

- Yeah, hang on, Nick.

Nick, I'll call you back, okay?

(comical music)

(cow moos)

This time Lover Boy, you're staying.

That's it, boy.

(door creaking)

Needs some oil.

- [Tess] Aw, I can't
take him, not by myself.

- Of course you can.

- What if he goes crazy
and knocks the truck over?

- Shoot him.

(cow mooing)

Dad nearly did.

When he got Lover Boy, he was so wild,

he kept throwing himself against the cage.

So dad pulls into the police station

and tells the sergeant to shoot him.

(both laughing)

- [Tess] I'm guessing he didn't.

- Dad found some oats and can of beer

and somehow he settled down.

- Great story, Claire, very encouraging.

- Look, he's three years
old, a half a ton heavier,

he can barely move.

Anyway, I can't.

I gotta wait for this
horse to be dropped off.

- Yeah, great.

- You'll be fine, just take it slowly.

(cow mooing)

Pete's just dropped off
Brave J, he's gorgeous.

Bit nervous, but he'll be okay.

- You can drink that
outside if you like, Becky.

- I'm perfectly comfortable
right here, thank, you Meg.

- [Claire] So if anyone needs me,

I'll be in the training yards.

- Oh, I might pick up a few cooking tips.

Know anyone who can cook around here, Meg?

(knife clatters)

- [Claire] Like, if Pete calls.

Well, see you guys for dinner.

(relaxed rock music)

(snorts)

- You stay put, big fella.

- He's going nowhere.

- See?

Not hard to keep a bloke happy.

He's got hay, he's got heifers.

- Lucky heifers.

What do they get?

Sheer joy of Fat Boy's company.

Bye.

- Hey, Tess.

You wanna do something later?

- What kind of something?

- I don't know.

Thinking a couple of motorbikes
down to the river, maybe.

(imitating motorbike revving)

- See you later, Nick.

- Ah, letting her stew seems
to be working real well.

- I get a rise out of
her every time, Nick.

- Are you gonna just
let her leave or what?

Might as well forget about her now.

- Oh, yeah, wait.

- Fat Boy.

(pleasant country music)

(chuckling)

- Why are you following me?

Why, why, why?

(gravel pattering)

(gasping)
(tense music)

(head thuds)
(tense music)

(head thuds)
(groans)

(breathing heavily)

- You okay, Tess?

Take it easy.

Take it easy.
- Oh.

Dizzy Miss Lizzy.

- There any pain anywhere?

- Oh.
- Whoa.

- Ooh.

- That was some driving there, Tess.

(Tess breathing heavily)

- Uh, I don't know how.

One second, then--

- It's okay.

You're fine.

I think you might just be in
a bit of shock, that's all.

- No, Claire's gonna kill me.

She told me about this corner.

- Oh, she'll be okay.

- And me dad's truck!

- Don't worry about it.

You're okay, that's the
only thing that matters.

(breathing heavily)

- Alex, can I ask you a question?

(tender music)

- Sh, sh.

- What are you doing?

- Just making sure you're okay.

- What I don't need now

is mouth-to-mouth!
- What is this?

- [Tess] So get off!

- I'm just clownin' around.

- Sure.

(uneasy music)

- [Alex] I mean, I was the complete hero.

Right time, right place.

- Where's the wrench?

- I couldn't have worked it any better

if I'd planned it myself.

I mean, when the ute went off the road,

I pulled her out of it.

- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
Tess was in an accident?

- It's okay, she wasn't hurt.

- Are you sure, did you check her out?

- Look, she was fine.

Well, right up until the
point she started belting me.

- Well, did she hit her head?

You take her to a doctor?

- Look, she wouldn't let
me do anything, Nick.

- Yeah, 'cause she was probably in shock!

- I was the one in shock, mate.

I mean, you should've seen
her, she just went berserk.

She should've been thanking me,
instead she just storms off.

- Why'd she storm off?

- Look, no reason, none at all.

She might have thought I
was trying to kiss her.

(curious music)

Well, I didn't actually kiss her.

She hit me before I could.

(engine rumbling)

- Tess.

Meet Brave J.

- Yeah, he's cute.

Is he smart?

- We're testing each other out.

Hey.
(horse growling)

- Yeah, I hope you two hit it off.

There I was, thinking Alex
had found some romance

in his life just 'cause he
picked me up in his arms.

- Alex picked you up?

And you let him?

- Yeah, after I spun out in the truck.

- Whoa, you spun out?

- No big deal, there's not
a scratch on the truck.

Just a bump on my head.

- You should get it checked out, Tess.

You can't work if you're concussed.

- Yeah, well, I should've
given Alex a concussion.

- What for?

- He tried to kiss me.

- He tried to kiss you?

And that's it?

That's what this is all about?

- Claire, this is the whole point--

(distant truck rumbling)

There's Bob, maybe he's got my seeds.

- Tess, I reckon you need to lie down.

- [Craig] Good day, Jodi.

- Hi, Craig.

Where's Bob?

- He's in the city, getting
his teeth fixed, I reckon.

- Have you got any mail for me?

- Yeah, a letter.

Italian stamps.

You got a mate there?

(tender music)
- Yeah, my lover.

- Oh, yeah, right.

Well, lucky bloke, I reckon.

- Hey Craig, you got anything for me?

- Yeah, how about six bags of seeds.

Special delivery.

You gotta sign for that.

(speaking in foreign language)

- I think I need a dictionary.

- Jodi, you wanna give me a hand?

- Nah, I can't, mate.

I've got a lot of translation to do.

- Oh, and of course, this is
the most important thing, huh?

I'll give you a hand.

(tender music)

- He's a bit flighty.

Could be nerves.

But if you can't draft him,

he'll need a good
temperament to get very far.

- Sweet potato.

- Sorry, Becky, I forgot
you don't like sweet potato.

- Or Brussels sprouts, and I
really love curried sausage.

- You can always cook your own meals.

- Can you pass the gherkins?

- You can get them yourself.

- And on top of it all,

I find out if Blaze is
pregnant, any moment now.

She's a bit jumpy.

- [Tess] Yeah.

- [Claire] It could it's time.

- Tess, can you please ask
Becky to pass the gherkins?

- You know where you can put them?

- Okay, stop.

What is this all about, really?

- I'm gonna call Peter.

Just let him know that
Brave J's settled in.

- So, you two mates, what's going on?

(comical music)
(silverware clinking)

Talk is the only way
through this sort of thing.

Jodi?

(Jodi exhales)

- She said Alberto doesn't love me, okay?

- Okay.

So now you ask yourself,
why does this upset me?

- Because I know it's not true.

- Well that's great,
you see love is great.

Now, you've got to ask yourself why again.

If you're so sure that Alberto loves you,

then why does it matter what Becky says?

- He does love me.

None of you understand!

(emotional music)

- Well done, Tess.

(thumping)

Tess!

This mannequin has to go!

- She has been raving about
him for the last two weeks.

It's boring and she's dropped a bundle.

- Well, you know it's
kind of cute, isn't it?

First love and all that?

So, um, what are you so upset about?

- I'm not.

(Becky exhales)

- Why do they get so upset?

I'm only trying to help.

- Becky said you got some seeds.

What are you planting?

- You're not listening
to me at all, are you?

- Course, it's entirely up to you.

Your pick, they're your choice.

- Good, then you don't have a
problem with me planting hemp.

- Hemp?

As in marijuana?

- Hemp, as in minus marijuana, no THC.

Or very little, less than 1%.

- Is it even legal?

- Well it is, if you're
granted a trial license.

I put my proposal in and the
health commission gave me one.

- Hm, sounds complicated.

- Simplest crop in the world to grow.

Soil here's perfect,
it's practically a weed.

- Hmm, and what are you gonna do with it?

- Sell it, there's a big
market for industrial hemp.

They use it to make rope,
all sorts of things.

Trust me, I've done the research.

Nothing can go wrong.

- With farming, something
always goes wrong.

(prattling)

- Madonna?

Milkies!

(uneasy music)

Claire says Lover Boy
comes back for the oats,

so you fed him oats and he'll stay.

That'll be $180.

Oh, and you might wanna
try givin' him a beer

every once and a while.

- He stuffed up two of my
fences, trying to get out.

The oats should be free.

- Alright, I'll pass
that on to management.

(car door squeaks)

You following me again?

- I'm dropping off equipment
to my best brother here.

If that's alright with you.

- [Tess] Whatever.

See you later, Nick.

- You get two days with
the compressor, that's it.

- It's only dead, what's the problem?

- Because I get it if you
break something, that's why.

- So go out on a limb, for once.

(truck rumbling)

Wouldn't hurt to try that
in your love life, either.

- Forget that.

- Oh, you gonna give up when
the going gets tough, are ya?

That's a sure way to a woman's heart.

(horse neighing)

- [Meg] Troughs need cleaning out.

- Get Jodi to do it.

- She's busy.

- Oh, let me guess, translating Italian?

I'm too in love-o to do any work-o.

- Becky!

- I'm not gonna take it anymore.

Jodi's the one in the
wrong and you both know it.

- You started with the insult.

- It's not about insults.

This is about me tell her some facts.

- She doesn't need to hear them from you.

- Because I'm cheap?

Who's the one who had a boyfriend

right under Jodi's nose for yonks?

Nice example, Meg.

(tense music)

(pitchfork clatters)

- Hey!

Thanks a lot, guys.

Could do without the aggro.

- [Meg] It's Becky, she's impossible.

- Yeah, well you'll sort it out.

- Until the next time.

She's too much hard work.

- Yeah, well, I'll talk to her.

- It's not enough.

I think it's time she moved
on, it's better for her.

Better for us.

(uneasy music)

(horse whinnying)

- I'm gonna need my severance
pay, my holiday pay,

and my super needs to be
paid up until the last day,

whenever you decide that is.

- What are you talking about?

- I overheard you and Meg.

- Oh, I missed you.

- Hey, can I borrow Beck
to help plant my seeds?

- Yeah, but you'll want to
wait until after the rain.

- What rain, hasn't rained for weeks.

- It's forecast for tonight.

- Since when has the Weather
Bureau ever got it right?

- I'll talk to you later.

(tractor rumbling)

- [Tess] Something's wrong.

- The seed box might be clogged.

- I hope not.

We gotta get this tractor back
to Race Hayley by tomorrow.

- What am I gonna do in the city, eh?

Be a barmaid?

Not many cattle to muster there.

(tender music)
- Oh, you'll be alright.

You wanna go to the city?

Jodi will miss you.

- She's got her mom to take care of her.

- Yeah, well not all of us have that.

And you've got us.

We'd all miss you.

I know I would.

(tender music)

- Claire?
- Oh!

- Have you talked to Becky?

- Not yet.

- I feel sorry for her.

I do.

It's been good for her here.

It's given us some time.

But this thing between us,
it's not gonna go away.

- Look, it's not that simple, Meg.

- Well, Becky leaves, it's
pretty straight forward.

One of us has to go.

- [Claire] What does that mean?

(emotional music)

- Well, if it's not going
to work out, that's it.

Becky has to leave.

Or Jodi and I will.

- I can't ask you to leave Meg.

You've been here forever.

But I don't know how we'd
manage without Becky.

She's a really hard worker.

And Jodi, well she doesn't
exactly pull her weight.

- Claire, are you saying

that you would choose Becky over us?

- I don't know.

- If that's how you feel,

maybe it'd be better if Jodi and I went.

- Look.

Why don't we just see if we
can work this out over dinner?

- I think, um, it might be better

if Jodi and I ate at our place tonight.

(sighs)

(romantic music)

- My eyes are like.

(speaking in foreign language)

Steel, either steel or gaze.

What?

(speaking in foreign language)

Ah, stars.

My eyes are like two stars in the night.

Oh, isn't his poetry amazing?

- Amazing.

- It's the best feeling in the world

to be in love, isn't it?

- It is, just so long

as it doesn't stop you
concentrating on other things.

- [Jodi] Like what?

- Like work.

- Oh, okay.

Here's work, really boring.

And here's Alberto.

(whistles)

I nearly faint just thinking about him.

- Maybe you'd feel better
if you did the dishes.

- Ah, yeah, no worries, but I need music.

Italian composers are so--

- Let me guess, amazing?

- Yeah.

(giggling)

(speaking in foreign language)

Alberto.

(speaking in foreign language)

- Alex called again, today.

Are you gonna call him?

- No.

- Is that dealing with people?

- We're not talking about me.

- Why not?

- Because we're talking about you.

Why won't you deal with
Becky and Meg and Jodi?

- Why again?

What are you, a counselor,
a farmer, or a lover?

- Why can't I be all three?

(thunder rumbling)

What was that?

- Thunder.

Told you it was gonna rain.

- No, it's probably just
an electrical storm.

It won't actually rain.

(rain pattering)

It's just a light sprinkle.

It's perfect, it's um,
it's good for the seeds.

(thunder rumbling)
(rain pattering)

(gentle music)

- Well, looks like the rain's
washed the top layer off.

- All my seeds.

Go on, get out!

Get outta here you stupid birds, go!

(birds squawking)

Shoo!

Shoo!

- You gotta get those trusses up today.

Maybe even get the roof up.

Then, you can go home for a while.

- Talking got me nowhere, Nick.

- Yeah, what'd you talk about?

- You know, just the
weather, last night's rain.

(Nick giggling)

Well, she hung up on me.

- Yeah surprise, surprise.

- Oh fine, well you tell me then, Nick,

what would you say to her?

- I don't know.

- Come on, put your money
where your mouth is.

Nick, just tell me, what would you say?

- Okay, okay!

Tess, I think you are the strongest,

most exotic creature I've ever seen.

(tender music)

To be with you would be perfect.

(laughing)

- Does Angela actually fall
for that sort of bilge?

- No, she likes me for my bum.

- Oh, get away!

- Let's get this shed up.

(laughing)

- I thought Jodi was coming with us?

- She's busy with the washing.

- Really?

- She does her fair share.

She's just a bit distracted with Alberto.

Tess, I know you think
I'm being hard on Becky,

but she sets a bad example for Jodi.

It's the age difference.

Becky's had more life experience.

There are some things Jodi
needs to be protected from.

Tess, you know what I'm talking about.

- Yeah what, like her reputation?

- It's not just that.

- You've got a lover, Meg.

And I've been known to sleep with Alex.

- It's Becky's attitude.

She's, I mean, I know
she's had a tough time,

but she's got such a cynical outlook.

I want Jodi to have her dreams.

And to keep them a bit longer.

- Hey there.

Jodi out of bed yet?

- Becky, maybe you and I should talk.

- I think Claire can sort it out.

Let her choose.

- Lover Boy's gone walkabout again.

And trashed Nick's shed on the way out.

- That bull's trying to tell us something.

- [Claire] Well, we're
not taking him back,

we need the money.

- What does Nick say about that?

- Well, Nick's furious.

We offered to help with the
shed, calm him down a bit.

- We'll all help.

- No, I'll take Tess with me
to Wilgul, and I'd like you

and Jodi to finish shoveling
out the grain silo.

With Becky.

- The three of us?

Together?

- Yeah.

Come on, we'll take the Merc.

- Better get Jodi.

(pleasant music)

- Think it'll work?

- What?

- We put 'em together,
they all work it out.

- Need a hand with anything?

- No thanks, mate, under control.

- Oh good, great, mate.

- Yeah, good.

- Well, I think it's clever.

- Poor chicken.

- What do you mean?

- Three levels of why.

- Not everything has layers, Tess.

Some things are just shallow.

- What the real reason you
can't decide who has to leave?

- There is no real reason.

It is silly.

(dramatic music)

- I can do that, Tess.

- Why, think a girl can't do it?

- No, I just know you don't like heights.

- Well, it's a ladder
and a bit of scaffold.

Give me a break.

- Righto.

- Okay, my hair.

There is no way I'm getting inside.

- We're all getting in.

You first.

(grain pattering)

Just get on with it.

(metal clangs)

- Oh, maybe it's treasure.

(metal clangs)

- Finders keepers.

- Well, that's not fair.

If it is treasure, you
have to share it, Beck.

(Jodi gasps)

It's my special little crown.

I had it when I was really little.

- [Meg] You wore it everywhere.

- Oh wow, I wonder how it got here?

- Do you remember, we were here with Jack,

you would've been about seven, and you--

- [Jodi] That's right.

He helped my climb the
ladder for the first time,

and then you held me, so I
could sit on the very top.

- You weren't scared at all.

- No, I felt like a little princess

in charge of the whole world.

(giggling)

- [Meg] Put it on.

- Oh, okay.

I remember the view then,
the world looked so big.

It went all the way around.

How does it look?

♪ 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 ♪

- Hey, I remember when
Jack made this for me.

He used to call me his
little princess quite a bit.

- That wasn't always a compliment.

Do you remember that?

- No.

But I remember when he
used to take us on picnics.

He'd hold me upside down by my ankles

and shake me so all the
coins fell out of my pockets.

He said it was to pay for soft drink.

I wish Alberto could see me in this.

I'm so glad I found it again.

- Becky found it.

- You know, if we leave here,
I'm so taking this with me.

- Jodi, just shut up about it.

Just shut up.

(dramatic music)

Jack let you get away
with murder, and so did I.

And now, you could have
ruined everything for us,

and all you can do is sit there

and fantasize about
tin crowns and Tuscany.

- [Tess] Ow!

- You okay up there?

(dramatic music)

- Oh.

Yup, I'm fine, no probs.

- [Nick] You all right?

- You alright there, Tess?

Just take it easy, come down.

(dramatic music)

Gimme your leg.

Just come down slowly.

- No, I said I'm fine.

I'm, um, ooh, just a little bit dizzy.

- What is it?

- I think she's got
concussion from the accident.

- Concussion, don't be ridiculous.

If I was concussed I wouldn't
just be dizzy, I'd be...

(retching)

- [Alex] It's okay Tess.

(retching)

Okay.

(coughing)

- Oh.

This is so embarrassing.

- Look, everyone's got a vomit story.

I threw up on my
year-five teacher's shoes.

- Yeah, but I don't want a vomit story.

- Well, looks like you've
got one, like it or not.

(tender music)

If you think I'm gonna try
and kiss you right now,

(smooches)

you'd be right.

That's it.

Soon as you throw up, where I come from,

that means we have to get engaged, Tess.

- Yeah, well where I come from,

it means we're ain't coming
back to this restaurant.

- You decide what you
want to do then, huh?

And let me know.

Okay?

(tender music)

- The truth is, Alberto is a dream.

Thousands of miles away.

- But I love him, I really do.

- It's easy to be in love
through postcards and poetry.

And fantasies.

Do you ever picture yourself
washing his underwear?

A lover, or even a friend,

real relationships are much tougher.

They take work and they get messy.

But if they're important,

if a friendship is worth it,

then it's worth making an effort for.

(car rumbling)
(delightful music)

- [Tess] Is that?

(Tess gasps)

- [Claire] So it wasn't the oats.

- Well, the other ladies
had the whole herd.

Can't just fancy one heifer.

- Maybe she likes to talk.

(cow mooing)

- Ta-da!

- You're kidding me, right?

(laughs)

700 bucks.

- It's a small price to pay to make sure

that Lover Boy stays put.

- Yeah, this is a scam isn't it?

The bull, the oats, the heifer?

700 bucks.
(cow mooing)

Why don't I fill in a blank check for ya.

(Tess laughing)

(laughing)

- [Claire] Look at this.

(cow mooing)

- So, you and Alex kiss and made up?

- Something like that.

- Can I ask you a question?

- Sure.

- Is he the one?

(touching music)

- What?

- You know.

(mimicking heart thumping)

- I don't think I want to
fall in love like that.

- Why?

(engine revs)

- Um, I've got to go.

(touching music)

- Hey.
- Hey.

- Another postcard from Italy.

- Oh, really?

- So, I heard you've been
nominated for Miss Gungell.

- That's right.

- You'll kill it.

- You think so?

- Yeah, you're good, Jo.

You'll rocket in.

- Thanks.

(regal music)

Thank you, thank you.

I can't tell you what an honor it is

to be crowned Miss Gungellan.

Although, I have to admit
I've been a bit distracted

over the past few weeks,

but I have come back down
to earth with a thud.

And I promise to start pulling my weight.

Especially helping out
my best friend, Becky,

if she still is my best friend.

And if she can ever forgive
me for being so selfish.

I've been a real cow.

(joyless music)
- Yeah, you have.

- And I'm really sorry.

And really wanna win Miss Gungellan,

but I don't think I can do it without you.

Okay, I'm begging now.

This is me begging.

Come on.

Someone has to stop Jessica Carter

from winning two years in a row.

(touching music)

- Need a drink?

- Thanks.

- Jodi find you?

- Yeah.

- She's just a big romantic at heart.

- She could give lessons, alright.

- Maybe we should take some.

(door thudding)

(claps)

- Craig just called.

Blaze is pregnant!

- Wow.
- Congratulations.

- So, no one is going anywhere
until this foal is born.

- Okay.
- Absolutely.

- Right.

Right.

- Right.

(touching music)

(horn honking)

- Tess, I've come to talk.

- Talk about what?

- You know, our relationship.

Where we're going and how shallow I am,

and whether or not you
just like me for my bum.

- [Tess] That's sweet, but not now.

- Oh, and Nick was saying
something about needing

to protect the crop
when it starts to shoot.

- It's okay, birds aren't gonna
come anywhere near my paddy.

(giggling)

(birds squawking)

(lively music)
(woman vocalizing)

♪ Common ground ♪

♪ Find common ground ♪

♪ Keep on looking 'til it's found ♪

♪ Got one chance ♪

♪ That's what they say ♪

♪ They're all wrong 'cause
there are many ways ♪

♪ Got to want it ♪

♪ Got to know ♪

♪ And nothing's just as it seems ♪

♪ It's not easy ♪

♪ It's a long, long road
to find your dream ♪

(thunder rumbling)

(sizzling)