McLeod's Daughters (2001–2009): Season 1, Episode 21 - Friends Like These - full transcript

- [Announcer] Previously
on McLeod's Daughters.

- [Claire] Is this yours?

- I'm thinking I might buy it.

I went for a walk last night,

but I close the gate behind me I swear.

- [Claire] Did you put the snap hook on?

- The snap hook?

No.

Maybe we could help them or do something.

- It's back was broken.

(gun fires)



(gentle music)

♪ Seemed a long way long ago ♪

♪ Now it's close, so close to you ♪

♪ Sky above and solid ground ♪

♪ Now it's close, so close to you ♪

♪ Oh, the great wheel turns ♪

♪ You never know ♪

♪ Ride that edge and it moves so slow ♪

♪ But it turns, it turns deep inside ♪

♪ Think you know ♪

♪ But you're just a child ♪

(cows mooing)

- Hey, hey, hey, hey.

What?



- You know you never
fall off Oscar anymore.

It's not nearly as funny.

- Come on.

Hey!

- This might sound demented,

but I'm really starting to understand

how cattle think.

- I'll be glad to hear it.

- Seriously, whatever
the did out there today

I had it covered.

It's like we've been in
their brains all day.

- More like you've been
in the sun ally day.

- Come on, move your bums.

Come on.

- [Claire] Top off the troughs Beck?

- Yeah, I got it.

- You want to start the
drenching this afternoon?

- [Beck] Oh, yeah, might as well.

- Ooh, visitors.

(funky music)

- Jode, can you hold Oscar?

(knocking)

- [Briony] Hello?

- Hello?

(laughing)

It's me.

(all laughing)

- Tess.

Oh, nice perfume.

Cow poop?

- Yeah, the country girl.

- Tess.

- Hi.

- How are you?

- Good.

- You look so different.

- Yep.

- You need a shower?

- Yeah, well, if you'd have let me know.

- We phoned.

No answer, so we took a punt.

Had to come now.

- Now?

- Look, we did it, a
lease on our own cafe.

All we need now is you.

- Aw, it's gorgeous.

- This is it Tess.

The old team's back together.

Time to come home.

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

♪ And come back home ♪

♪ You could walk for
miles across every river ♪

♪ And find you'll not alone ♪

♪ 'Cause I'll be there ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ You're not alone ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ 'Cause I'll be there ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

- Briony, Simon, my best mates.

Since forever.

- Since Taylor and class, tight anyway.

- G'day.

- [Simon] Hey.

- Welcome.

- [Briony] Thanks, heard all about you.

Bulk emails.

- And you'd be Jodi?

- Hey, I want copies of
everything she said about me.

- So do I.

I'm Meg Fountain.

- Chief cook, well, we
brought some supplies with us.

Didn't want to sponge.

- Oh, no, that's okay, I've
got a casserole for tonight.

- [Both] Apricot chicken.

- We brought some fresh seafood,

thought you might want a bit of a change.

- Oh, it sounds great.

- So you're staying?

- Sorry to just rock up.

We hope till Monday.

- Yeah, we've got heaps to talk through.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, old times,

catch up on goss, rooms are this way guys.

- We brought some grog, too,

anyone up for a drink?

- No, no, no, not yet,
we've got work to finish.

Come on.

Okay.

- What if I miss?

- No, you just poke it in
through the side and squirt.

(water spraying)

- Oh yeah.

I'm exhausted.

- There you go, you're drenched.

- Lovely.

- Very cute.

- Yeah, the tan suits her.

- No, I meant the cow.

- You guys ever been to a station before?

- No, I'm hopeless, like where do

I plug in my hairdryer?

- Come on, you two, don't just sit there.

- Hey, yeah, we need help.

The cow's trading,
maybe you could do that.

- It's okay, you don't have to use

a knife or anything.

- Just use your teeth, make
sure you don't swallow.

- Oh, very funny.

(all laughing)

- [Briony] Show off,
you're such a pioneer.

- Crepes are in big time, retro food.

Who gets this one.

- Oh, me, please, I love retro food.

- The latte crawls.

I miss our cafe in OD.

- Seven cafes on the trough.

Seven lattes.

- Seven plates of tiramisu.

- I thought that was only Simon.

- But pigs it was.

- [Briony] Oh, I love lattes.

- How could you even look at a coffee

after seven of them.

- That's true.

Sometimes we need to give up caffeine.

- Yep, sometimes for a whole two hours.

- Your house must have been full on.

- [Briony] Yeah, we had lots of parties.

- [Simon] Big wars with he landlady.

- [Together] Pet axolotls are
forbidden under the lease.

- [Meg] Who did the cooking?

- All of us all the time.

- We should all be size 18.

- I really like the fish, I've never had

it done like that before.

- Well, Meg helped.

- Oh, I just peeled the garlic

and you kicked me out of the kitchen.

- Well, last time I made fish it was.

- Let me guess, fingers.

- [Together] And peas and mash.

- [Simon] It's comfort food, it's great.

You should think about that
for the cafe menu Tess.

- [Briony] I've done the draft menu.

- Cafe?

- Um.

- Briony and Simon are opening one.

It was always.

- A dream of yours.

- All the lattes you can drink.

You must be wrapped.

- So, this one's got Claire's name on it.

- None for me thanks, I had enough.

Well, it's been great, but I've had it.

Goodnight everyone.

- Goodnight Claire.

- Goodnight.

- Hey, Claire.

You all right?

- Yeah, just tired.

- So, um, I guess we should finish

the drenching tomorrow?

- Yep.

- We should wrap it up then.

- No rush.

We've got lots to talk about.

- Can you grab those plates Jodi.

Your turn to wash up.

- I'll do it tomorrow mum.

- Okay.

- See you around.

- Bye.

- I'm gonna head off, too, thanks for tea.

- Bye.

- Goodnight.

- So, an early start for all of us.

I have to rest my bones.

- Aching muscles I can deal with.

Sit.

- Well.

I think I might go and help the others

with the washing up.

♪ I never lose sleep ♪

♪ Come what may ♪

- I remember this song.

♪ I'm here to stay ♪

- We listened to this too much really.

- I haven't heard it for a while.

- Your sister-in-law does well with cows.

- She does now.

- She cool?

She's skipping crops.

- She's got this strong
silent country thing going.

You never know what she's thinking.

- Claire doesn't know
much about me, does she?

- Well, my life in the
city, it doesn't make

it into the conversation much.

- You should tell her.

We made plans together once.

- These are those plans.

- There's more to it than that.

- We were.

- We were in love Simon.

It was all just a party to you.

You wanted it to keep
going and keep going and.

- Look at me now Tess.

Older.

Wiser.

- Still single.

- Ever since you walked away.

I know you wanted me from me Tess.

This time around,

I understand.

- Go to bed Simon.

You got a lot more cows
to mate in the morning.

- Go on, get in there.

Get in there.

- You gotta show them
who's boss Briony, come on.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, turn around.

In you go, hey, hey.

Get your bum in there.

- Hey.

More visitors.

(gate crashes)

- Oh, my God, a real live cowboy.

- I don't know, his name's Alex.

- Morning all.

- [Tess] Morning.

- [Briony] Morning.

- Alex, this is Simon and Briony.

- Hi.

(cow mooing)

You'd be an old mate of Tess' I reckon.

- The only one.

Hi.

- Just making sure you're all okay.

- Well, aren't you sweet.

- Since you didn't show
up last night Tess.

- Oh, no.

I'm so sorry.

These guys turned up, I
just completely forgot.

- Oh, stand you up.

I hope we didn't mess up your plans.

- Oh, not to worry.

There's a first time for everything.

- I'm so sorry Alex.

- Well, how about tonight then?

- Sure.

Um.

Why don't you come here for dinner.

We're having a barbecue.

- [Briony] Yeah, we are?

- Yeah, I'm gonna bring Nick,

we're gonna have a meet
the neighbors night.

- Right-O, I'll cook.

- Becky, we're nearly out of vaccine.

- [Becky] Yeah, okay.

- Oh, I'll get the vaccine.

Briony!

- Look at the chest on him

and that chiseled jaw.

He's like all the Folo
drive heads rolled into one.

- He's a bloke Briony.

- He's your boyfriend.

I want all the details.

Who, where, when, how many times?

- Just say it.

If you've got something going
down with Alex down there.

- Alex and I, it's been a few weeks.

He's nice.

- I want to see him on a horse.

Can we get him a horse Tess?

- He's nothing like you Tess.

I bet he's never even
heard of a film festival.

- [Briony] Who cares?

- But he knows how to
use a drenching gun, huh.

Poke it in and squirt.

- If I move back to the city,

Alex will understand.

It is no big drama.

Really.

- Are you sure?

I look at those blue eyes of his

and I think I could dive right in.

- Where is this vaccine?

I hope you didn't put it on the fish.

- Tess wrote a fair bit about you, too.

Jill of all trades.

Very butch.

- Everything then.

- Oh, you grew up in town and
now you're stuck out here.

That must be hard.

- No.

- There's not really much
to do here though is there?

- There's not a lot of
nightclubs in Gungallen either.

- Well, sure, but.

- There's work, lots of work.

We have a few laughs and that's enough.

- But you're all chicks.

I suppose that'd be all right if you're

that way inclined.

- You should stay longer than a weekend.

Usually takes people a few weeks

before they stop talking crap.

- This has come at a bad time really.

So much happening on the property.

- Well, there's never a good time,

we're always on the go.

- Yeah, but, um, with Claire taking

over the quarter horses and she's already

tied up with Brave Jay.

- I think she's coping
well, don't you think?

- Yep.

I'm doing a lot more these days.

- You are.

- And if I left, then?

- We'd cope.

- Yeah, but I'd hate it if I did leave

and everything just fell apart.

- Listen Tess.

You don't want to die wondering.

If this is your big chance none of us

can say don't take it.

You do what you have to do.

- I reckon that's done.

- Yeah, quite a while ago.

(laughing)

- It's all yours then.

- Oh, thanks.

See ya.

- Cocktail.

- No, my beer's all right, thanks.

So you got something you
want to tell me Tess?

- No, you know it all.

Offer's on the table.

I just have to think about it.

- Well, you have to choose.

- Well, it doesn't have to be like that.

We could still see each other.

- Choose.

Sausage or steak?

- Steak, please.

- See.

It's easy.

- Rick, why don't you go and have a yonder

at old Simon over there.

Seems like a nice little bloke.

- She's all right.

- Street shop.

- So, um, how you all
enjoying the visitors.

- Very colorful.

- You like a bit of
competition don't you Alex?

- Oh, that's rotten.

- Do I look worried?

He's a lightweight.

How's the bull of yours Nick?

Still giving you problems?

- No, it's sweet.

Been good with the ladies.

60% of stock's softening already.

- Really?

- We better move him off
to South Paddock tomorrow.

We do have that black
Angus going stir crazy

down there at the barn.

- He's going to start going
through fences any day now.

- Jodi, your job first up.

- Oh, no thanks.

- Save me, all the blokes talk about

over there is bulls.

- Escape all this time.

The women are talking bulls, too.

Wowie.

- Word is you're leaving us.

- Could be, yep.

I'm a city girl Nick.

It's not like anyone's
falling over themselves

to talk me out of it.

- You gotta make your own future Tess.

- Yeah, I thought I could make it here.

But do I fit in?

I don't know.

I just need one person to say it.

Stay Tess.

- Stay.

- Listen Tessie, lovely barbie,

but I think it's done it's dash.

No offense to Drover's Run, but you up

for kicking on somewhere else.

- Uh, Briony, the only place we got around

here is Gungellan.

- Gungellan?

- Yeah, it's two hours drive.

And the nightlife, it's probably not

quite what you had in mind.

- Becky mentioned that.

All right.

You up for a little something else.

- No thanks, I think cattle drench fumes

are enough for me these days.

- Suit yourself.

- What's that?

- Oh, it's my bring your own party kit.

- Oh, I'll have one.

- Sorry, Jod, I don't think so.

♪ Why ♪

♪ You're so right ♪

♪ I'm up against a wall ♪

♪ Do you ever wonder ♪

♪ You're so right ♪

♪ I'm up against a wall ♪

♪ Do you ever wonder ♪

♪ Up against a wall ♪

- Hi.

- Heading out?

- Yeah, I had enough.

- We hardly talked.

- I open my mouth, rubbish comes out.

- Who said that?

- Nobody has to say that.

Nick, I've been talking to
Gungellan my whole life,

talking to truckies and station hands,

that's all I'm good at.

- Well, I'm a station hand,
I like talking to you.

- You can hardly put two words together,

great pair we make.

- Sometimes, two words are plenty.

- Play the game with me.

Five years down the track, where are we?

- That's not fair Si.

- I can answer it.

The cafe's booming, Briony's
running the catering arm

and we're starting to
branch into special events.

- Yeah, pretty picture.

- But you're in there Tess.

You always were.

So tell me.

Tess, in five years.

- I used to be sure, but.

- But what?

You see yourself yelling at cows still,

shoveling horse poo on the veggie patch.

(Tess laughing)

- Is this supposed to be helping me?

- You don't belong here.

Everything you ever wanted is at home

with your real work and with me.

- Not everything.

- What is it?

Not mountain man.

Crocodile Dundee on steroids.

You're gonna make babies with that guy?

- No.

- I love you Tess.

I didn't let myself
believe it in the beginning

and then you were gone.

I still love you.

I'm ready for anything.

We can do it all on your terms.

It could work for us.

You feel it?

- Mm.

(gentle music)

(dramatic music)

- You get outside now.

- Alex!

Alex, Alex!

Alex.

- What was all that about Tess, huh?

What was all that about?

- Um.

Um.

Please just go home and we'll talk about

it tomorrow, I promise.

- Okay.

Nothing happens.

Nothing happens between you
two until we have, okay?

Okay?

You touch her again,
I'll rip your head off.

You got that?

(funky music)

- You have been such a friend.

But I think even a teeny
bit too much to drink.

Shall we?

- Oh, yes.

Whoo!

- Oh, dear, hello.

- Tess.

Tess.

You should see our place, it'll be perfect

for the three of us.

- Yeah, especially if
two of us share a bed.

- You did have a good chat.

You know it's no good for you here.

You've come across all old.

You're skin, it's so dry, you know,

from the sun, the wind,
but worse than that,

you've come across old on the inside.

- Briony.

- Huh?

- Shut up.

- Alex is gone.

- Good, eh?

If you get more than four or five

quarter horses to train,
then that's the best

part of your day gone, isn't it?

- In theory.

- But the cash flow is worth it.

So if I take over management
of the cattle, then.

- I can handle that.

Jodi and Becky, they just
need clear instructions.

- Right.

But there's the crops.

- Yeah, well, we'll look
at those when you go.

I'm not sure they're worth the effort.

- So I'm not actually needed.

- We'll manage.

- Right.

- You'll visit, won't you?

This time?

- Some party.

It's so beautiful out here,

but it's so boring.

So boring.

(Jodi retching)

- Help me, please, I feel really bad

and I can't see.

- Oh, uh.

Um.

(knocking)

- Sorry, kiddy had one on tonight.

- What?

What have you done to her.

- Nothing, she's been all
over the place all night.

- Jodes, tell me this is just the booze.

- I took a pill, it was Briony's.

- Ah, geez, great.

- And threw up.

My heart's going wild, I
think it's gonna burst.

- You're gonna be okay, okay.

You're gonna be okay.

Get me some water.

Okay, Jodes, you can
just crash here tonight

and I'll tell Meg where you are.

Get me a glass.

And it's gonna be okay, okay baby.

You're gonna be okay.

Here you go.

Drink of water, just a little sip sweetie.

- No, I need a bucket.

- Um.

(Jodi retching)

- Is, um, is she gonna be okay?

- Yeah, I'll look after her.

- Thanks.

- Flake.

- Oh, good, someone's still up.

(cow mooing)

G'day cows, how's your night shaping up?

Mine's been a bitch.

Hello little one.

So.

This is where you guys sleep, eh?

(gentle music)

(dramatic music)

- Briony!

Briony!

That is about as low as you can get.

- Mom, will you just leave it.

- First you blow in here and
turn everything upside down

and then you give that
stuff to my daughter.

Look at her, she's a mess.

- I'm okay and it's not
necessary all right.

- I didn't give her anything.

- Oh, sure, if she has any side effects

from that stuff you gave her.

- Before you go chewing my ears off,

firstly, she must have
helped herself to my bag,

stole it if you like because
I didn't give her anything.

- You leave them lying around, do you?

- Please, secondly, what
she stole was a flu tablet.

- What?

- I've checked my party
supplies, they're undented.

You're off your face on an aspirin.

Look, I'm really sorry she had a spin out

and she was sick okay.

That aspirin can be pretty fierce stuff

if you don't know what you're doing.

- Did you visit any cattle last night?

- Yeah, we had a bit of a chat, why?

- Two days to master the beef,

two days in the saddle for all of us

and now they're everywhere.

The work, you have no idea, do you.

Come on, hey, hey.

- I'm sorry.

I was off my face, I didn't realize.

- Those ones over there, try
and get them in the yard.

- Yeah, right.

- Come on hey, oy.

Shoo!

- [Claire] Roy, sit down.

Oh, they're going in the trees.

I'm gonna kill someone.

- [Becky] It's a bitch
all right, do you want

me to go and round it up.

- Sure.

What?

- Tess' face this morning,

she was as mad as you.

She looked just like you.

- Well, Tess knows how to shut a gate now.

She knows what a mess it
is when the mob scatters.

She knows what every steer is worth to us.

- Yeah, she does.

- I'd say we'd miss her,
can't say more than that.

I can't.

If I ask her to stay,
well, she'll never do

the cafe thing, she'd
always brood about it

and she'll blame us.

She'll blame me.

- She'd stay.

♪ Oh the great wheel turns ♪

♪ You never know ♪

♪ Ride that edge and it moves so slow ♪

♪ But it turns, it turns deep inside ♪

♪ Think you know ♪

♪ But you're just a child ♪

- Hey, hey, hey, move it.

Hey.

Come on Briony.

- I'm not good in a crisis.

- Yeah, well go and get Meg.

(gentle music)

Silly mom.

What are you doing all the way out here.

You're in one piece, but
can't get up, can you?

It's all right.

Shh.

- Both legs broken, front ones.

Probably internal injuries,

almost certain after a fall like that.

It's not good.

- Too late for the vet then?

Can you go and get it.

(sighing)

- Get what?

- Day early Tess.

Don't look around.

Tess?

You back?

What's happened?

- A steer, two broken legs.

- Where is it?

- Bottom of the south
galley, Tess found it.

- Just what we needed.

- I'm really sorry, I
thought I shut the gate.

- Yeah, there's a trick to it.

- We don't shoot clumsy
city people these days.

- You can go when you're ready.

- I'll do it.

- Well, you got know
what you're aiming for.

- It's my friend who made the mistake,

I'll clean up the mess.

(gun firing)

(gentle music)

I hate this, I hate it.

I'm never, ever doing that again.

- Tess, where do you see us in 20 years?

- Not this.

- I mean, you planted a new crop of sorts.

That's a new start for us.

And I've been thinking you had a point

about the quarter horses, they eat up time

and since you're such a big
part of Drover's Run now,

it'd be a shame.

- Yeah?

- There's a lot of work to do Tess

and you're running off to the city.

Yeah, it's gonna be tough on us.

On Meg and the girls.

And me.

- What are you saying Claire?

- I'm saying, you're needed.

You belong.

Stay.

Please stay.

- Yeah, absolutely, I'll stay.

There's one thing, though.

- What?

- I think I'm gonna need you to buy me

an espresso machine.

- Yeah, right, eh?

- In five years' time, Claire will be

breeding champions and I'll be turning

a profit in cattle or more.

- Or still shoveling horse
poo in a veggie patch.

- And that'll be all right, too.

I love it here, Simon.

It's my home.

- You're wrong.

I know it.

And when you know it, call me.

You belong in the city.

And you belong with me.

(horn blowing)

- He was cute.

- Cute?

Yep.

So.

Guess we've still got
some cattle to round up

just for a change and then?

- Drenching.

- Ah, drenching.

- Tess, do one thing for me, it's Alex.

He's gonna show up with
some sort of weapon

if you don't call him soon.

- You think so?

- Tell him what a hunk he is.

Luck deserves to win
a bit for me sometime.

♪ Seemed a long way long ago ♪

♪ Now it's close, so close to you ♪

♪ Sky above and solid ground ♪

♪ Now it's close, so close to you ♪

♪ Oh, the great wheel turns ♪

♪ You never know ♪

♪ Ride that edge and it moves so slow ♪

♪ But it turns, it turns deep inside ♪

♪ Think you know ♪

♪ But you're just a child ♪

♪ Nothing's fixed ♪

♪ It all flows ♪

♪ Comes together then moves apart ♪

♪ Find the center ♪

♪ If you can ♪

♪ Come together and find your heart ♪

(lightning crashing)

(technological jingle)