Rake (2010–2018): Season 2, Episode 7 - Greene vs Hole - full transcript
Oh, look, now here's a nice one of you
getting into the lifts at the Hyatt.
I think there might be a chance
I'm in love with the woman.
Do I know her? No, no, no, no.
Does he mention me somewhere?
To Cleaver, I leave you my watch.
So on national television,
you openly lied
to millions of your fellow Australians.
Would you mind, before we start?
Mind what? If we hold hands.
Nicole!
Shut up! Shut up and listen to me!
I made a mistake.
It WAS just a root.
♪ Theme music
Good morning. Good morning.
What are you doing. Eating breakfast.
That's not breakfast.
Where's Mum?
In the bathroom, crying.
Right. Why?
Didn't like the picture in the paper.
I think she looks really pretty.
Come on, unlock the bloody door.
No. I don't want to see you.
I can't see you. Go away.
You have to see me. What
the hell is this about?
Nothing happened.
Well, something bloody happened.
There's a photo of it, woman.
We just kissed, that's all.
I don't believe you. That was it.
OK, he... he felt my
breast briefly once,
then we realised it was wrong.
Open the fuckin' door!
What the hell were you doing
there in the first place?
Just... I felt so alone.
Oh, screw alone! Talk to me.
I can't.
I can't take any more
humiliation, Barney.
How am I going to face anyone?
Oh, I'm not much interested
in muckraking, Neil.
You know, you and I, we
don't trade in gossip.
If David Potter chooses to knock
off a good mate's wife, his business.
But what does hurt is missing...
Mum, where are we going? Shh!
..trusted member of my inner sanctum,
privy to all manner of
private information.
This is miles away. You've
got legs, haven't you?
Move. Quickly, go!
The sort of information
that could jeopardise...
Mummy loves you very much.
..and the great people
of this great State.
I dread to think what State secrets
were traded in that hotel bed.
But, look, you know who
I blame in all of this?
Me.
Yep, the buck must rest here.
I... I trust too much, I believe
in giving people a fair go.
I want to hope that people can be
better than they think they are.
Quite frankly, Neil, it
hurts. I'm only human.
And not a bad quality to
have, mate, in one of our pollies.
Ah, well, that's very nice
of you to say that, Neil.
Ladies and gentlemen,
the Reverend Ron Drury is,
as his stepbrother was
before him, a prophet
imbued with the gift of healing.
Now, the complainants in this matter,
by their own admission,
consented to being,
and I quoted, 'Rubbed
with unguents and oils
and further consented
to sexual intercourse
with the accused in the
hope that they may be healed
of possession by the devil.'
Ladies and gentlemen, it
was only much, much later,
after the complainants
realised that the rashes
that they were suffering
were not, in fact,
the devil's work, but rather
the result of aggressive solvents
used in the Reverend Ron's giftware
shop, where they were employed,
did these women think to cry foul rape.
Now, ladies and gentlemen, a
charge of rape cannot be made
simply because one
regrets consenting to sex.
You'd be locking up 90% of
the population on that basis.
The complainants in this matter
seek vengeance, ladies and gentlemen,
and vengeance never results in justice.
Vengeance results in misery.
Mr Greene, have you done the
community any favours today
by getting Ron Drury off rape charges?
Polly Something-Or-Other, right,
on The Seven Days This
Night, This Day, Today,
To, This Night Will Be The
Same As Tomorrow Project?
Yes, one of those, but you
haven't answered my question.
Ask me again.
Ron Drury has a history of abusing
women and getting away with it.
No, he doesn't.
Reverend Ron Drury has a
habit of treating sick women
who are seeking alternative therapies,
having been abandoned by the
conservative medical establishment.
It's the AMA you want to
be pointing your finger at.
What's your surname again?
So it's appropriate for Drury to
continue practising his voodoo?
That's a hell of a surname.
Maybe we can make a deal.
Oh, yeah.
I don't really want to do this story
about you getting a serial rapist off.
Don't you now? No, I'd rather do a
story on your little friend Melissa
and how she's coping after
the death of Joshua Floyd.
You obviously haven't met Melissa.
Nobody who knows Melissa
would describe her as 'little'.
So do we have a deal?
Oh, how I wish we had a deal.
Um, no, I don't think so.
Melissa's not doing any interviews.
It's a pity.
Yes, it's a pity.
I guess I'll see you on the telly, then.
I guess so.
It's, uh, Nesbitt, by
the way. Polly Nesbitt.
Ah, well, I'll see you
on the telly, Nesbitt.
Yes.
Ah.
So, guess who managed to
score two el primo tickets
to Mr Neil Diamond this evening.
You're kidding me.
You are fuckin' kidding me.
You sweet man, you!
Mmm! Oh, God!
The show's not till
eight, so I was thinking
a really, really long breakfast in bed.
Oh, yeah.
Hey, Sweet, there's one more
thing I need you to do first.
You name it, I'll do it.
Cleaver's missed another payment.
Right.
Come on, it's just business.
Yeah, I know.
It's 200 grand. Yeah, I know.
Oh, don't be grumpy with Angel, Sweet.
It's just a little hard for
me. You know, I owe him one.
I sometimes think if
it wasn't for Cleaver,
you and I wouldn't be together.
Oh, don't say that! Never say that.
We were always meant to be together.
It's a lot of money, you know.
I won't let him get away with it.
I can't let him get away with it.
Yeah, I know.
So I was thinking maybe
I could sub Cleaver out.
Sub him out?
Yeah, well, I've got
this mate of a mate,
he's new in town, he's from the UK,
he's never met Cleave,
he's got no history,
he's got no emotional involvement.
I'd be really, really grateful, Angel.
OK.
I will give Cleaver two more weeks,
but I'm doing it for you, Sweet,
and not for him and if
nothing comes in in that time,
you're gonna have to call your mate.
I fuckin' love you.
I fuckin' love you too.
This is nothing in the
scheme of things, mate.
I know it's nothing.
We didn't do anything.
I believe you. There's no reason
to drop your case against Greene.
The man has got away with every
sort of abuse under the sun -
he has to pay.
I couldn't agree more.
Weakness to let him off.
Oh, come on, mate, nut up!
He'll call me back into
the box, he'll call Scarlet,
he'll eat us alive.
Dave, take him on.
After all, he's screwed her too.
That's got to count for something.
I thought you said you believed
me. Yeah, but I'm paid to.
I did not have sexual
relations with that woman!
Oh, God!
David Potter and I did not have sex.
Oh, I'm sure you didn't.
That's just politics, Engels.
I didn't plan to drag you
down, you just presented me
with this gold-embossed gift, so...
I have a family. I'm not
rolling over. I will hit back.
Hey. Hi.
There she is, the married woman.
Ah, Mrs Nicole Lee, at your service.
How was your honeymoon?
Oh, good, yeah. It was fantastic.
You've been to Ubud, haven't you?
Mm-hmm. Lovely and romantic and...
Great. That is so good.
Big breakfasts every day and long walks.
Fantastic. Yeah, lovely, it truly was.
So...
Yeah, I just wanted to sort of catch up
before we see each other in the office.
I didn't want there to be any tension.
Oh, God, no. Nor do I.
No, I'd hate that.
So let's not have it.
Yeah, just being alone
with Bevan again reminded me
of all the reasons I married him.
He doesn't know about
us, does he? No, nup, no.
That was, yeah, I wasn't married then.
It'd be different now,
of course. Of course.
Oh, but I, seriously, Barney,
I want us to keep in touch
Oh, oh, we will. Yeah, as friends.
We will. We will. As
really good friends.
Alright. I'm so happy that you're happy.
I really am. Happy, I'm happy.
Happy, happy, happy, happy.
Happy, happy, happy.
You must be loving this.
I take my pleasure where
I find it, Harry, sorry.
Shove it. You win!
I withdraw the action.
The whole thing?
You heard me. You
deserve to burn, but...
There's, there's the
small matter of my costs.
My time doesn't come
cheap, you know, mate.
Everything about you comes cheap.
What does it say about David Potter
when he withdraws a
libel charge against a man
who accused him of being, and I quote,
'A sadistic, cowardly, lying buffoon
whose contempt for common
decency makes a mockery
of the position he represents.'
Our Shadow Attorney-General clearly
thinks he is all of these things.
If that is true, Mr Potter must resign.
Cleaver Greene?
Oh, for God's sake, for the last time,
she's not giving any interviews,
OK, and I'm not her fucking agent.
No, that would be me. My
name's Gloria Beckford.
I've been trying to get
in touch with Melissa,
but she's proving to be quite elusive.
I'd be grateful if you'd pass this on.
Hey. How was your day?
Um, I watched a documentary on cancer.
Great. Now, look, I thought we
might head out and celebrate.
I've had a couple of
little victories today.
I'm going to bed.
Oh, come on, it's not
even seven o'clock!
I don't want to go out.
Come on, sweetheart, you
can't hide away forever.
You go out, do whatever you like.
A couple of laughs, a
couple of, you know, drinks,
you could have a little
shower or something,
freshen up a bit, get glammed up.
It might turn out better than you think.
Come on, please? It's on me.
Rachel, over here,
thanks. Over here, thanks, Rach.
Just one last one. Beautiful.
You can keep that change.
Melissa! Melissa! Cleaver, why here?
Here, here is good.
Here's good, here's good.
Fine. Come on.
No, she's, we're after a quiet
night here, boys, quiet night.
VIPs coming through.
Cowra corn-fed chicken with
citrus foam and asparagus.
Where is the asparagus
from? I'm sorry, sir.
Well, you've given me
a postcode for the chook
as well as its pre-death eating habits.
You've done the same thing for the
mussels, the oysters and the steak.
I know, for instance, that the
cow lived happily in Gippsland,
where it ate grass, but there
is absolutely nothing in here
about the formative
years of the asparagus.
Could you please ask the
chef? He'll have the chicken.
I don't know anything about Cowra,
except it's where they kept the
Japs during the Second World War.
I hope my bird fared better.
They've taken a thousand shots of me.
What are they expecting me to do?
Oh!
What's going on? Come on.
No, no, no.
Have you thought any more
about the second book?
Why do you ask?
Well, I just, I think it could be
an important part of
the healing process.
I wanted to support you in that.
I mean, you're gonna need a
legal consultant, aren't you?
I presume I'm going to
be in the second book.
Actually, if you think about it,
it's like, you know, there's
more than one perspective
on the story, isn't there?
It doesn't just have to be about you.
You know, Josh touched both
of our lives, didn't he?
Just a thought.
Um, that arrived.
Some woman...
Ah...
Fried green tomato ice-cream.
Pumpkin and chive sorbet - where
are they going with these sorbets?
Avocado and nashi pear gelato.
Pumpkin...
Oh! Pfft.
Good. Good. Good.
So that's good.
Ah.
Ah.
Sister, I was just about to call you.
I've been trying to reach
you since yesterday, Cleave.
Oh, this bloody phone.
Dad's died, Cleave.
Right.
I'm sorry, Cleave. OK.
So, um, it'll be at Dad's church.
You know?
OK.
Um, the wake will be at Jane's.
Good.
Could I get another bottle?
Ah!
Oh! Pfft!
Ah!
What happened to Wednesday?
What happened to Wednesday? Fuck!
Miss, it's me. I'm just
ringing to apologise.
I'm sorry I was insensitive
to your needs.
Good. Um, listen, I could, uh,
I could really do with a lift.
Um, and could you bring a suit?
Your dress is caught up.
He prided himself on being a decent man
who worked daily to
put food on the table
and to teach his children
the worth of human values.
Love of family always came first.
It gave his life meaning
and what a life he gave them.
Malaysia, Singapore,
where our intrepid explorer
set up a business in the copha trade
before returning here
with his lovely wife, Kate,
and the children in 1979.
With the money he made there,
he set up a travel agency,
where his attention to detail...
I thought your dad had a hardware store.
Wrong funeral.
The Nankervises have
always had a reputation
for being an intrepid bunch.
Keith and Kate took the kids
Bridie, Wally and Joshua...
So, anyway, yeah...
Excuse me. Thank you.
Here you go, ladies. One
each. Thank you very much.
Excuse me.
Take one of these. Thank you.
Can I give you one of these?
Give one of these a read.
Sorry, what is this?
It's a factual account
of the true circumstances
about David Potter and myself.
I need you to know what's been said
in the tabloids and on the radio
about certain misinterpreted
events is not accurate.
My details are included
if you have any queries.
OK, thank you. Hurry,
darling, let's go. Come on.
You didn't even know my old man.
Oh, I'm not crying about him,
it's about Keith Nankervis.
His life had such meaning.
Oh, and every corner
was occupied by people
he'd spent a lifetime avoiding.
Oh, Aunty Eadie. Sid.
My sister, Jane.
So, not close, then? Where were you?
Uh... Hi, Dad.
Mate, how are you?
So, what was so pressing
you felt you could miss
your own father's
funeral, for Christ's sake?
We decided to go to
Keith Nankervis's instead.
The travel agent? Why the hell...?
He seemed like a wonderful man.
This is Melissa. I know who you are.
Yes, you told me St
Thomas's, his old church.
He hasn't stepped foot
inside St Thomas's
since Father Bart and the youth camp.
Do you honestly think I wanted to go
to fuckin' Keith Nankervis's funeral?
Do you think I could feel
any more gutted than I do?
His granddaughter read a
poem that she wrote herself,
Who Will Be In The
Armchair At Christmas?
You fuckin' snake in the grass.
Oh! Aunt Jane, it's a funeral!
Just stay out of this, kid.
It's between me and him.
I just wanted to say
to you that I will never
speak to you again.
Finally, an upside.
He went to the wrong church.
Oh, bullshit!
We all know why he didn't come.
Oh, yes, why was that, Jane?
Denlion Holdings. Denlion Holdings?
What, is it a West Indian cricketer?
You were too gutless to do it yourself,
so you got somebody else to
do your dirty work for you.
What is the mad woman talking about?
You're saying you know nothing
about Dad selling his shares
two months before he died?
When you learnt you
were getting nothing!
I have no idea what you're on about.
Dad sold everything to
this company called Denlion
when he was in care.
They gave him less than
a third of the value,
not even enough to pay off the mortgage.
Why would he do that?
Apparently this guy convinced him
the world was about to collapse
and if he wanted to leave
Jane and me anything,
then he had to sell it off.
He knows! He's bluffing!
I don't bloody know.
I don't, I don't think he does.
When he lies he taps the
fingers on his left hand.
And leans to one side.
Yeah, his left. He's not lying.
So you really weren't behind this, then?
Do you honestly think I am that bad?
Sorry, Cleave.
Everyone's just a little
bit emotional, you know?
Would some cake help the jaw?
No, some cake wouldn't help.
How was the funeral?
Oh, Don spoke, at length.
I think Keith Nankervis's funeral
might have been the wiser choice.
Is, um, is Melissa OK?
She's not exactly looking in top form.
I'm sensitive to her needs.
That's what I was afraid of.
I'm sorry about your dad.
He was a lovely man.
Hey. See you, Doc.
That's not it, Dad.
What's not what, mate?
There is a life beyond death.
Yeah, it's called becoming a judge.
Come to a prayer night with me, please.
Oh, mate.
You always said not to judge
something without trying it first.
That was just drugs, alright?
In all other matters, I'm very much
a judge-early-and-often kind of a guy.
See ya. See ya.
Pull over. Just pull over.
What are you doing to me, comrade?
You must be the only
man alive who could lose
a defamation case
against Cleaver Greene.
Withdrew, not lost.
First whiff of trouble, you
pop on a skirt and play dead.
What more do you want me to do?
I've denied it, she's denied it.
Will you please stop denying it?!
We've won focus groups.
You're onto a good thing.
Women are taking notice of you, men
are jealous - the chick is hot!
For a moment, you looked
like you might be a player.
I would have been crucified
in court. I am a lawyer.
So am I! So's everyone.
Just go out there and own
it or go to the back benches.
And how are you going
to manage that, Jack?
We don't have the numbers
to field a cricket team.
Who are you gonna promote, Allsop?
One more cock up like this
and I'm giving you Health.
No! Not even in jest!
Lane Hole.
That's got to be his
porn name, hasn't it?
This is the bloke who
cleaned my old man out.
What do you think about us
getting married and having a child?
Pardon?
Seeing the Nankervis family
today, how much they loved him,
how rich his life was because of family.
Yeah, well, you also
met my family today.
You wouldn't describe that as rich.
We die. That's what struck me today.
Without loved ones, it's
all bullshit, Cleave.
Fucking Keith Nankervis.
Autumn leaves, hey?
Still, wouldn't be any
kind of year without them
brightening our days.
I guess not.
A layer of scraps,
leaves, some fertiliser,
seaweed perfect compost!
Speaking of which, I'm
looking for a Lane Hole.
A lot of people are doing
that. He lives above me in No.2
You have yourself a terrific day.
I take it you are the
delightfully named Lane Hole.
Yes.
I believe you saw fit to
defraud my father, Errol Greene,
of his share portfolio.
Your father signed the papers.
Yeah, while he was in care and for
a third of what they were worth.
What sort of pond scum are you?
He was of sound mind.
Listen, listen, mate, let me
be crystal clear about this.
I am a criminal barrister
of considerable standing.
I win the unwinnables.
If you think you can cheat my
family and walk away untouched,
you are seriously fuckin' deluded.
Would you excuse me, please?
You have unleashed a
force of nature here, pal.
If you don't make immediate recompense,
I will fuckin' crucify you in court.
OK.
So you'll pay back the money?
OK.
OK, what? OK, see you in court.
Oh, OK, then. You bet you will.
Who's going to be the best guy for this?
Treadwell? Morrison? Eddington?
No, mate, it's got to be Dominic Rose.
Dominic Rose? Is he back from
the UK? Yeah, almost a year now.
Dominic Rose Jesus, Barnyard!
Some excruciatingly boring people
are almost interesting for being that,
but Dominic Rose is like the,
he's like the distilled
essence of boredom.
He's tedium in its purest form.
Yeah, you told him that once.
Shit, did I?
Yeah, at a bar-and-bench
party about 15 years ago.
Oh, fuck. Oh, yeah.
Oh, well, he wouldn't remember that.
Listen, I have got to
beat this Hole prick.
Can you dig up whatever you can
find on the little worm, please?
Of course, Cleave. I've got
nothing else to do with my time.
Come on, mate.
Send Dominic a decent
bottle of plonk, hmm?
That's the way to his heart.
Hey. Nicole!
Hey, you didn't text me back.
Yeah, just got caught up. Sorry.
Alright, no problem, friend.
We are friends, right?
We are, I promise.
I've just been flat out.
Sure. You know. I'll see you.
Right, yeah. See you. Nicole!
I need you to get in touch with
The 7:30 Evening Tomorrow Project.
What? What are you talking about?
The current affairs show.
And hook me up a little chat
with the hot one, Polly something.
Not the sanctimonious
drone with the eyebrows.
What am I, your pimp?
Thank you for that.
Perfect. You've got my number?
Dominic Rose!
As I live and breathe. How
bloody wonderful to see you.
Hello, Cleaver.
How long has it been, mate?
Bar-and-bench Christmas
party, about 15 years ago.
That's too long, too long.
You told me I was the San
Andreas Fault line of boredom -
any less interesting and
you'd disappear into a coma.
Oh, mate. Oh, mate.
I'm so sorry about that.
I, medication, lashing
out, bleak period.
I don't know how many close
friends I hurt through that time.
How can I, how can I make it right?
Goodbye, Cleaver.
It's actually an incredible coincidence,
'cause I was just thinking
about you the other day.
Oh, really? Yeah.
I've got a mate who gave me a
bottle of '71 Grange for my birthday.
The '71, you say?
Yeah, and I was thinking,
'Who on earth do I know
who, who would really
appreciate a wine like this?'
and I thought of you.
Ah, there you are.
Dominic. It's so lovely
of you to have me.
Come in, come in.
Oh, no! Oh!
I grabbed the wrong bottle.
Miriam.
Cleaver, how lovely to see
you. He didn't bring it.
Told you.
The trouble with a lot of your
more erotic women's underwear
is it doesn't allow for the male hip
it's constantly sagging.
For some time now I have been
buying my women's underwear
online from France.
Oh! Shall I be mother?
Yes, darling.
It's just a simple chateaubriand,
but the sauce is an
authentic Napoleonic recipe.
Ah.
The meat Tenterfield, grass-fed...
Ah, Tenterfield, grass.
..and the tiniest hint
of Armagnac in the butter.
Mmm. No, it looks like
a vision of heaven, mate.
Uh, I came across a case the
other day that would interest you.
It's this, uh, it's this Lance,
what, oh, no, wait, Lane Hole.
I'm familiar with him.
Makes a big living dicing
up the elderly and infirm.
Ah. Sails close, but
technically never breaks the law.
Really? Hmm.
ASIC have prosecuted
him half a dozen times
under 183C, but failed every time.
183C Potato?
Interesting.
Oh! Shit! Oh, shit!
God, it's a Janet Brown original!
Get a cloth! Get a cloth!
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, mate.
We need some salt! I know, salt.
Not salt. You'll stain it, it's silk.
Polly Nesbitt's in your office. Who?
You know, that hack reporter you fancy.
Oh, great. Uh, can you get
me a copy of section 183C
of the Corporations Act, please.
How do I look?
Uh, like someone who's
spent their life in rebab.
Tim. I know you think I have
a diverse practice, mate,
but I cannot get over
to the Congo again.
And I cannot keep putting out these
political bushfires for you, mate.
Let, let me just deal
with Burma first, OK,
and then I'll try and
come over and join you.
Alright, see ya.
Polly, how are you?
The Congo, huh?
Yep. Been there?
Yeah, I was Africa Correspondent
with CNN for two years.
Where do you stay when
you're in Kinshasa?
Kinshasa Hilton.
I'm very time poor, Mr Greene,
so is this a laughable
attempt at seduction
or are you prepared to make a deal?
Well, that's actually
quite a complex question.
I wouldn't have thought so. Is
Melissa prepared to go on camera?
She might be, but she's a
very skittish sort of a person
and you need to win her trust.
And... and how do I do that?
Well, the thing is, Melissa
was very fond of my father.
Mr Hole, if you have nothing to hide,
then why can't you answer a
couple of simple questions?
Did you try and coerce a
dying man into giving over
his life savings just
weeks before his death?
Mr Hole, why won't you answer?
Mr Hole. Oh!
Fuck! Ah, my foot!
You right? Shit.
When my Ken died, this man
came and I signed some document.
Well, I didn't know what I was doing!
I lost my home and
everything that Ken and me
had worked so hard for.
I have devoted my life
to seeking justice.
Here, the Congo, it
doesn't matter.
Injustice, wherever it
happens, is unacceptable to me.
Oh, I'm gonna throw up! When the
hell did he ever go to Africa?
I have done this to the
detriment of my own career
and sometimes, sadly, to the
detriment of my own family.
Dad's saving the world again.
Oh, shit, he's not, is he?
..injustice in my own home.
My father prided himself on
being an ordinary, decent man
who worked daily to put
food on the table for us kids
and to teach us the
worth of human values.
You stole that straight from
Keith Nankervis's funeral.
No! Yes, you did.
Someone like Lane Hole must
not be allowed to sully it.
The question is can Cleaver Greene,
a man known for defending lost causes,
find justice for his family?
Mahatma Gandhi said once, 'The human
voice can never reach the distance
that is covered by the still,
small voice of conscience.'
Well, there sits a man who
has no such small voice.
His is a loud blare of
deceit and duplicity.
Lane Hole has faced no fewer
than 14 similar charges.
Prior to my father, he
succeeded in conning
some 23 pensioners and
invalids out of their income
and out of their family homes.
He robbed my father on his deathbed
of a lifetime of diligent
saving and wise investment.
But I speak today not only
on behalf of my family,
but on behalf of all those
people who have been injured
by this cruel and indifferent man.
It is time to put an end to
Lane Hole's relentless pursuit
of the weak and the vulnerable.
Mr Hole?
Your Honour, this matter
falls within the provisions
of Section 183C of the
relevant legislation.
Yes. Mr Greene.
Your Honour, Section 183C of the
Act clearly provides for remedies
for those who have been injured
by such malfeasance or neglect.
Mr Greene, are you seriously suggesting
that Section 183C contemplates remedy?
Your Honour, I am holding
the Act as we speak.
Mr Greene, you appear to be
holding the Corporations Act.
Indeed, I am, Your Honour.
The Section 183C to which Mr Hole refers
is the Commercial and Financial Trading
Miscellaneous Provisions Act of 1998.
And I am aware of that, Your
Honour, but in a broader context...
There is no broader context, Mr Greene.
The High Court has made
it abundantly clear.
Your Honour, this is a case
where justice itself is on trial.
No, the only thing on trial here is
whether 183C applies, and it does.
Your Honour, I have witnesses,
I have people whose lives
have been destroyed.
You may well have those,
but you don't have 183C.
Anything else before I
find for the defendant
and award costs against you, Mr Greene?
No.
I could have done that.
And don't even think of
hitting us up for costs.
Lily.
That was a pretty short crusade, in all.
It must have been all that
time you spent in the Congo.
But I did love the Gandhi.
Do me here.
Someone will come. Good.
Oh!
Justin!
Jesus Christ! You slut.
You bloody little whore! Bastard! Bitch!
Get out, Justin. What?
Is this piece of shit gonna make me?
Listen... Oh, it's Justin
What's-A-Name from your show.
Don't make me call the police.
You broke my heart, Poll.
You just tore it from my
chest and you trampled on it.
Please! Please! I beg you, come back.
No, no, no, no. Come on, mate.
Oh, shit!
Shit! It's my favourite.
Don't ask.
We were sort of engaged and I had
this fling with his best friend.
You know how it is.
Ah. But he will not move on.
I need a drink.
I have met some walking sink
hair in my time, but Lane Hole...
Oh, boohoo.
The man who defends rapists
and cannibals now cries foul.
There's a moral dimension
to everything, you know?
There's no such thing as
morality, only personal choice.
Read Sartre and then read Camus.
Oh, fuck Camus!
The world is full of
creeps. Who are you gonna do?
Are you gonna knock off all
the Lane Holes in the world?
Yes, I might just do that.
If you get rid of Lane Hole, then
you and me, we're out of work.
Lane Holes are our lifeblood.
Well, I have to find a way of dealing
with this particular Lane Hole.
I just haven't figured out how yet.
I've been to the court
of public opinion,
I've been to the court of Section 183C.
I know the law is an ass.
So just plug him. You know anyone?
Plug him? Hmm.
Oh, are you Bogart now?
It's Lauren Bacall, actually, Big Sleep.
Nice reference.
Oh, what the hell?
You owe me, Col.
If it wasn't for me... Go
home to bloody bed, Cleave.
Listen, Col... you're happy, right? Yes.
Yes? Yes! State of bliss? Pigs in shit?
Alright, well, this is
the name of the guy
who stole my father's money, alright?
Lane Hole.
That's his name, number, address,
everything you need to know.
You sort him out and all of
our problems will go away.
What, you want me to
whack this guy? No, no!
Not whack. Do not whack
under any circumstances.
Just, you know, ruffle
his feathers a little bit,
give it a little pinch on the arse.
Let him know that nobody steals from me,
except for my secretary...
Collie Wobbles,
who the fuck is it?
..but I know all about that.
Mate, he stole from my father, alright?
OK, Cleave. Do you get it? Yeah.
You tell Lane Hole from me, mate,
that Cleaver Greene is every
bit as good as Keith Nankervis,
even if my dad never thought so.
I take it you've not read this.
No.
Mrs Dunstan said Adam read
it out for show-and-tell.
Sorry I'm late.
I'm just trying to set
the record straight.
You should see the way
that they look at me.
The way who looks at you.
The mothers at the gate.
Friends of yours, are they?
No, not really.
Then why on earth do
you care what they think?
Oh! Fuck!
Oh!
Col, if you're there, pick up.
Come on, pick up.
I've got a vague memory of... look,
just forget what I asked for, OK?
Don't touch Lane Hole,
alright?
It was the booze talking.
I want nothing done to him.
Call off your dogs.
I was barking, yes? Ooh!
Oh.
I crossed the line, almost, last night.
For one horrible, insane moment,
I lost control of my life.
You don't honestly think there's
only been one moment, do you?
I bought revenge. Can you believe it?
God, thank God I saw reason.
You mean you sobered up?
The fact I was pissed doesn't
make it intrinsically wrong.
I've often been pissed
and made excellent choices.
Again, another dazzling
moment of self-awareness.
Christ, it's all so tenuous, isn't it?
Fuzz really wants you to go
with him to a prayer meeting.
They're singing Christian socialists.
I'd rather have a tetanus shot.
Why do I have to go?
Because, Cleaver, this
is not my department, OK?
This is father-son stuff and...
What do you mean, father-son stuff?
It's about sex. What do
you mean, it's about sex?
She's a virgin! She won't have
sex with him until they're married.
Well, that's not gonna
happen any time soon.
Of course it is! That's her power.
Have you seen her pert little bottom?
Mmm. Hmm? Can you imagine
how frustrated he is?
Mmm. Ask me how old her parents are.
How old are...? 36 years old.
Much younger and we could have had them.
They got married at 18. That's
what faith does to people.
They marry young because
they're sex-starved.
Just show him that you have an
open mind and he'll listen to you.
Alright, OK, I'll, I'll go. OK.
I'll invoke Satan's
name, do a 360 head spin.
Thank you.
How are things with Roger?
Pretty good.
'Oh, pretty good.'
How's Missy doing?
Missy wants to get married.
To you? Yeah.
Oh, now I think she
needs to be hospitalised.
Did you read that flyer?
Yes. She's coming now.
How... embarrassing. Oh, here she comes.
Don't mind me. I don't
mean to interrupt.
Bronwyn was just telling
us that she and Malcolm
have bought a house at Pearl Beach.
Lovely. Congratulations.
Yes, well, it's always
been a bit of a dream.
Of course, the next nine
months are gonna be a nightmare.
Will it? How so?
We're doing a bit of a reno
because it's just a shack right now.
It doesn't even have internet.
We're going to have to
furnish and decorate
and Malcolm's got his
heart set on Hockneys.
I don't know what that's
about, for a beach house.
We had the most awful
fight about it last night.
You poor thing. Yeah, you poor thing.
That sounds like a real nightmare.
A real fucking nightmare.
Have you all got beach houses?
This is like a cancer cluster.
I never realised how lucky my family was
to be spared a nightmare like that.
Oh, my grandmother was in
Belsen for a couple of months
when she was a girl
sans Hockneys, by the way.
Are you quite done, Scarlet?
You know, I think I am.
Residents of Sydney's
southern suburbs are reeling
with the brutal murder of a pensioner.
Albert Platt had lived
among these shady trees
and streets for 50 years until
a senseless act of violence
brought his life to an end.
What an angry and frightened
community wants to know
is what sort of monster
is out there... Oh, Jesus.
Oh, no. What?
Oh, please tell me it's a coincidence.
A police spokesman
said they were pursuing...
Tell me you got my message.
What message?
Ah, right, the one cancelling the hit.
It was never a hit, it
was a pinch, remember?
Yeah, yeah, I got the message.
So you didn't go? Nup.
Oh, thank God! Oh, thank God!
I subbed it out. You what?
I was, you know, busy,
so I subbed it out.
You su... you subbed what out?
You mean you told somebody
else to visit Lane Hole?
Mate, we sub out of a
lot of work in our game.
Is... is there any, any possibility
that your friend may have
visited the wrong friend?
Dunno. I've never had
him visit friends before.
Oh, fuck. Oh, Jesus. Oh, my God.
Oh... Mate, why so stressed?
Apart from the fact that a
lovely old leaf-raking man
living in the flat
below our friend is dead,
you mean, ignoring that, Col,
I'm a little concerned that I
was filmed on national television
threatening the man who
lives in the flat above him.
Do you understand?
And I'm a little worried
that your work experience pal
might be so fuckin' thick
that he went to the wrong flat!
Oh, shit.
Oh... Is Mr Greene in?
Yes.
Mr Greene, I'm so sorry.
It was a breakdown in communication -
partly me, partly him.
Who are you?
I'm a friend of Col and
Kirsty's, you know?
Please tell me what I think
happened didn't happen.
It won't happen again, you have
my absolute assurance on that.
Can I ask you not to
make a big deal of this?
What?
I'm trying to set meself
up in a new town,
make the right connections.
A mistake like this
could set me right back,
so what's say no charge
and we'll forget it?
No charge!
No charge!
Oh, Jesus Christ!
It's the rapture.
When I was, like, 14, I was
a real mess, just like you
and I fought Jesus all the way
I mean, I wouldn't let him in.
Here was this guy who'd lived
this sinless life full of love
and, you know, he died on a
cross for us and I just thought,
'How do I compete with that?' you know?
But then he came and
he spoke into my heart,
'I forgive you everything, Tara.
Leave your sins behind
and come and walk with me.'
And I fell to my knees and
I said, 'I am yours, Lord.
Take me to you.'
And I was reborn.
Praise the Lord! You right, Dad?
Oh, great.
I love you, Jesus.
Can you hear us?
I can feel Him
I can feel Him
I can feel Him
♪ Can you fe-e-e-e-el Him?
♪ Jesus, we are here tonight
Oh, Jesus.
Oh! Jesus! Oh! Dad!
Oh, Jesus! Dad, stop
making a dick of yourself.
Oh, God, God! Dad!
Cleaver Greene, we're here to arrest
you on a charge of manslaughter.
Oh, Jesus! Oh!
♪ Yes, I can feel Him
Yes, I can feel Him
♪ Yes, I fe-e-e-el
Old mate of yours,
apparently, Greene. Oh, fuck!
Am I hearing wedding bells anytime soon?
Oh!
Will you listen to me, Stevie?
Greene's all bark. The
story's got no legs.
Fuzz.
What the hell? I'm sorry, I'm sorry...
Look, are you crazy? I had to see you.
You're gonna fuckin' die, bitch,
and I'm gonna fuckin' bury you!
Your Honour, this is outrageous!
Mr Greene, I cannot allow this
line of question to proceed.
I'll move on, Your Honour.
getting into the lifts at the Hyatt.
I think there might be a chance
I'm in love with the woman.
Do I know her? No, no, no, no.
Does he mention me somewhere?
To Cleaver, I leave you my watch.
So on national television,
you openly lied
to millions of your fellow Australians.
Would you mind, before we start?
Mind what? If we hold hands.
Nicole!
Shut up! Shut up and listen to me!
I made a mistake.
It WAS just a root.
♪ Theme music
Good morning. Good morning.
What are you doing. Eating breakfast.
That's not breakfast.
Where's Mum?
In the bathroom, crying.
Right. Why?
Didn't like the picture in the paper.
I think she looks really pretty.
Come on, unlock the bloody door.
No. I don't want to see you.
I can't see you. Go away.
You have to see me. What
the hell is this about?
Nothing happened.
Well, something bloody happened.
There's a photo of it, woman.
We just kissed, that's all.
I don't believe you. That was it.
OK, he... he felt my
breast briefly once,
then we realised it was wrong.
Open the fuckin' door!
What the hell were you doing
there in the first place?
Just... I felt so alone.
Oh, screw alone! Talk to me.
I can't.
I can't take any more
humiliation, Barney.
How am I going to face anyone?
Oh, I'm not much interested
in muckraking, Neil.
You know, you and I, we
don't trade in gossip.
If David Potter chooses to knock
off a good mate's wife, his business.
But what does hurt is missing...
Mum, where are we going? Shh!
..trusted member of my inner sanctum,
privy to all manner of
private information.
This is miles away. You've
got legs, haven't you?
Move. Quickly, go!
The sort of information
that could jeopardise...
Mummy loves you very much.
..and the great people
of this great State.
I dread to think what State secrets
were traded in that hotel bed.
But, look, you know who
I blame in all of this?
Me.
Yep, the buck must rest here.
I... I trust too much, I believe
in giving people a fair go.
I want to hope that people can be
better than they think they are.
Quite frankly, Neil, it
hurts. I'm only human.
And not a bad quality to
have, mate, in one of our pollies.
Ah, well, that's very nice
of you to say that, Neil.
Ladies and gentlemen,
the Reverend Ron Drury is,
as his stepbrother was
before him, a prophet
imbued with the gift of healing.
Now, the complainants in this matter,
by their own admission,
consented to being,
and I quoted, 'Rubbed
with unguents and oils
and further consented
to sexual intercourse
with the accused in the
hope that they may be healed
of possession by the devil.'
Ladies and gentlemen, it
was only much, much later,
after the complainants
realised that the rashes
that they were suffering
were not, in fact,
the devil's work, but rather
the result of aggressive solvents
used in the Reverend Ron's giftware
shop, where they were employed,
did these women think to cry foul rape.
Now, ladies and gentlemen, a
charge of rape cannot be made
simply because one
regrets consenting to sex.
You'd be locking up 90% of
the population on that basis.
The complainants in this matter
seek vengeance, ladies and gentlemen,
and vengeance never results in justice.
Vengeance results in misery.
Mr Greene, have you done the
community any favours today
by getting Ron Drury off rape charges?
Polly Something-Or-Other, right,
on The Seven Days This
Night, This Day, Today,
To, This Night Will Be The
Same As Tomorrow Project?
Yes, one of those, but you
haven't answered my question.
Ask me again.
Ron Drury has a history of abusing
women and getting away with it.
No, he doesn't.
Reverend Ron Drury has a
habit of treating sick women
who are seeking alternative therapies,
having been abandoned by the
conservative medical establishment.
It's the AMA you want to
be pointing your finger at.
What's your surname again?
So it's appropriate for Drury to
continue practising his voodoo?
That's a hell of a surname.
Maybe we can make a deal.
Oh, yeah.
I don't really want to do this story
about you getting a serial rapist off.
Don't you now? No, I'd rather do a
story on your little friend Melissa
and how she's coping after
the death of Joshua Floyd.
You obviously haven't met Melissa.
Nobody who knows Melissa
would describe her as 'little'.
So do we have a deal?
Oh, how I wish we had a deal.
Um, no, I don't think so.
Melissa's not doing any interviews.
It's a pity.
Yes, it's a pity.
I guess I'll see you on the telly, then.
I guess so.
It's, uh, Nesbitt, by
the way. Polly Nesbitt.
Ah, well, I'll see you
on the telly, Nesbitt.
Yes.
Ah.
So, guess who managed to
score two el primo tickets
to Mr Neil Diamond this evening.
You're kidding me.
You are fuckin' kidding me.
You sweet man, you!
Mmm! Oh, God!
The show's not till
eight, so I was thinking
a really, really long breakfast in bed.
Oh, yeah.
Hey, Sweet, there's one more
thing I need you to do first.
You name it, I'll do it.
Cleaver's missed another payment.
Right.
Come on, it's just business.
Yeah, I know.
It's 200 grand. Yeah, I know.
Oh, don't be grumpy with Angel, Sweet.
It's just a little hard for
me. You know, I owe him one.
I sometimes think if
it wasn't for Cleaver,
you and I wouldn't be together.
Oh, don't say that! Never say that.
We were always meant to be together.
It's a lot of money, you know.
I won't let him get away with it.
I can't let him get away with it.
Yeah, I know.
So I was thinking maybe
I could sub Cleaver out.
Sub him out?
Yeah, well, I've got
this mate of a mate,
he's new in town, he's from the UK,
he's never met Cleave,
he's got no history,
he's got no emotional involvement.
I'd be really, really grateful, Angel.
OK.
I will give Cleaver two more weeks,
but I'm doing it for you, Sweet,
and not for him and if
nothing comes in in that time,
you're gonna have to call your mate.
I fuckin' love you.
I fuckin' love you too.
This is nothing in the
scheme of things, mate.
I know it's nothing.
We didn't do anything.
I believe you. There's no reason
to drop your case against Greene.
The man has got away with every
sort of abuse under the sun -
he has to pay.
I couldn't agree more.
Weakness to let him off.
Oh, come on, mate, nut up!
He'll call me back into
the box, he'll call Scarlet,
he'll eat us alive.
Dave, take him on.
After all, he's screwed her too.
That's got to count for something.
I thought you said you believed
me. Yeah, but I'm paid to.
I did not have sexual
relations with that woman!
Oh, God!
David Potter and I did not have sex.
Oh, I'm sure you didn't.
That's just politics, Engels.
I didn't plan to drag you
down, you just presented me
with this gold-embossed gift, so...
I have a family. I'm not
rolling over. I will hit back.
Hey. Hi.
There she is, the married woman.
Ah, Mrs Nicole Lee, at your service.
How was your honeymoon?
Oh, good, yeah. It was fantastic.
You've been to Ubud, haven't you?
Mm-hmm. Lovely and romantic and...
Great. That is so good.
Big breakfasts every day and long walks.
Fantastic. Yeah, lovely, it truly was.
So...
Yeah, I just wanted to sort of catch up
before we see each other in the office.
I didn't want there to be any tension.
Oh, God, no. Nor do I.
No, I'd hate that.
So let's not have it.
Yeah, just being alone
with Bevan again reminded me
of all the reasons I married him.
He doesn't know about
us, does he? No, nup, no.
That was, yeah, I wasn't married then.
It'd be different now,
of course. Of course.
Oh, but I, seriously, Barney,
I want us to keep in touch
Oh, oh, we will. Yeah, as friends.
We will. We will. As
really good friends.
Alright. I'm so happy that you're happy.
I really am. Happy, I'm happy.
Happy, happy, happy, happy.
Happy, happy, happy.
You must be loving this.
I take my pleasure where
I find it, Harry, sorry.
Shove it. You win!
I withdraw the action.
The whole thing?
You heard me. You
deserve to burn, but...
There's, there's the
small matter of my costs.
My time doesn't come
cheap, you know, mate.
Everything about you comes cheap.
What does it say about David Potter
when he withdraws a
libel charge against a man
who accused him of being, and I quote,
'A sadistic, cowardly, lying buffoon
whose contempt for common
decency makes a mockery
of the position he represents.'
Our Shadow Attorney-General clearly
thinks he is all of these things.
If that is true, Mr Potter must resign.
Cleaver Greene?
Oh, for God's sake, for the last time,
she's not giving any interviews,
OK, and I'm not her fucking agent.
No, that would be me. My
name's Gloria Beckford.
I've been trying to get
in touch with Melissa,
but she's proving to be quite elusive.
I'd be grateful if you'd pass this on.
Hey. How was your day?
Um, I watched a documentary on cancer.
Great. Now, look, I thought we
might head out and celebrate.
I've had a couple of
little victories today.
I'm going to bed.
Oh, come on, it's not
even seven o'clock!
I don't want to go out.
Come on, sweetheart, you
can't hide away forever.
You go out, do whatever you like.
A couple of laughs, a
couple of, you know, drinks,
you could have a little
shower or something,
freshen up a bit, get glammed up.
It might turn out better than you think.
Come on, please? It's on me.
Rachel, over here,
thanks. Over here, thanks, Rach.
Just one last one. Beautiful.
You can keep that change.
Melissa! Melissa! Cleaver, why here?
Here, here is good.
Here's good, here's good.
Fine. Come on.
No, she's, we're after a quiet
night here, boys, quiet night.
VIPs coming through.
Cowra corn-fed chicken with
citrus foam and asparagus.
Where is the asparagus
from? I'm sorry, sir.
Well, you've given me
a postcode for the chook
as well as its pre-death eating habits.
You've done the same thing for the
mussels, the oysters and the steak.
I know, for instance, that the
cow lived happily in Gippsland,
where it ate grass, but there
is absolutely nothing in here
about the formative
years of the asparagus.
Could you please ask the
chef? He'll have the chicken.
I don't know anything about Cowra,
except it's where they kept the
Japs during the Second World War.
I hope my bird fared better.
They've taken a thousand shots of me.
What are they expecting me to do?
Oh!
What's going on? Come on.
No, no, no.
Have you thought any more
about the second book?
Why do you ask?
Well, I just, I think it could be
an important part of
the healing process.
I wanted to support you in that.
I mean, you're gonna need a
legal consultant, aren't you?
I presume I'm going to
be in the second book.
Actually, if you think about it,
it's like, you know, there's
more than one perspective
on the story, isn't there?
It doesn't just have to be about you.
You know, Josh touched both
of our lives, didn't he?
Just a thought.
Um, that arrived.
Some woman...
Ah...
Fried green tomato ice-cream.
Pumpkin and chive sorbet - where
are they going with these sorbets?
Avocado and nashi pear gelato.
Pumpkin...
Oh! Pfft.
Good. Good. Good.
So that's good.
Ah.
Ah.
Sister, I was just about to call you.
I've been trying to reach
you since yesterday, Cleave.
Oh, this bloody phone.
Dad's died, Cleave.
Right.
I'm sorry, Cleave. OK.
So, um, it'll be at Dad's church.
You know?
OK.
Um, the wake will be at Jane's.
Good.
Could I get another bottle?
Ah!
Oh! Pfft!
Ah!
What happened to Wednesday?
What happened to Wednesday? Fuck!
Miss, it's me. I'm just
ringing to apologise.
I'm sorry I was insensitive
to your needs.
Good. Um, listen, I could, uh,
I could really do with a lift.
Um, and could you bring a suit?
Your dress is caught up.
He prided himself on being a decent man
who worked daily to
put food on the table
and to teach his children
the worth of human values.
Love of family always came first.
It gave his life meaning
and what a life he gave them.
Malaysia, Singapore,
where our intrepid explorer
set up a business in the copha trade
before returning here
with his lovely wife, Kate,
and the children in 1979.
With the money he made there,
he set up a travel agency,
where his attention to detail...
I thought your dad had a hardware store.
Wrong funeral.
The Nankervises have
always had a reputation
for being an intrepid bunch.
Keith and Kate took the kids
Bridie, Wally and Joshua...
So, anyway, yeah...
Excuse me. Thank you.
Here you go, ladies. One
each. Thank you very much.
Excuse me.
Take one of these. Thank you.
Can I give you one of these?
Give one of these a read.
Sorry, what is this?
It's a factual account
of the true circumstances
about David Potter and myself.
I need you to know what's been said
in the tabloids and on the radio
about certain misinterpreted
events is not accurate.
My details are included
if you have any queries.
OK, thank you. Hurry,
darling, let's go. Come on.
You didn't even know my old man.
Oh, I'm not crying about him,
it's about Keith Nankervis.
His life had such meaning.
Oh, and every corner
was occupied by people
he'd spent a lifetime avoiding.
Oh, Aunty Eadie. Sid.
My sister, Jane.
So, not close, then? Where were you?
Uh... Hi, Dad.
Mate, how are you?
So, what was so pressing
you felt you could miss
your own father's
funeral, for Christ's sake?
We decided to go to
Keith Nankervis's instead.
The travel agent? Why the hell...?
He seemed like a wonderful man.
This is Melissa. I know who you are.
Yes, you told me St
Thomas's, his old church.
He hasn't stepped foot
inside St Thomas's
since Father Bart and the youth camp.
Do you honestly think I wanted to go
to fuckin' Keith Nankervis's funeral?
Do you think I could feel
any more gutted than I do?
His granddaughter read a
poem that she wrote herself,
Who Will Be In The
Armchair At Christmas?
You fuckin' snake in the grass.
Oh! Aunt Jane, it's a funeral!
Just stay out of this, kid.
It's between me and him.
I just wanted to say
to you that I will never
speak to you again.
Finally, an upside.
He went to the wrong church.
Oh, bullshit!
We all know why he didn't come.
Oh, yes, why was that, Jane?
Denlion Holdings. Denlion Holdings?
What, is it a West Indian cricketer?
You were too gutless to do it yourself,
so you got somebody else to
do your dirty work for you.
What is the mad woman talking about?
You're saying you know nothing
about Dad selling his shares
two months before he died?
When you learnt you
were getting nothing!
I have no idea what you're on about.
Dad sold everything to
this company called Denlion
when he was in care.
They gave him less than
a third of the value,
not even enough to pay off the mortgage.
Why would he do that?
Apparently this guy convinced him
the world was about to collapse
and if he wanted to leave
Jane and me anything,
then he had to sell it off.
He knows! He's bluffing!
I don't bloody know.
I don't, I don't think he does.
When he lies he taps the
fingers on his left hand.
And leans to one side.
Yeah, his left. He's not lying.
So you really weren't behind this, then?
Do you honestly think I am that bad?
Sorry, Cleave.
Everyone's just a little
bit emotional, you know?
Would some cake help the jaw?
No, some cake wouldn't help.
How was the funeral?
Oh, Don spoke, at length.
I think Keith Nankervis's funeral
might have been the wiser choice.
Is, um, is Melissa OK?
She's not exactly looking in top form.
I'm sensitive to her needs.
That's what I was afraid of.
I'm sorry about your dad.
He was a lovely man.
Hey. See you, Doc.
That's not it, Dad.
What's not what, mate?
There is a life beyond death.
Yeah, it's called becoming a judge.
Come to a prayer night with me, please.
Oh, mate.
You always said not to judge
something without trying it first.
That was just drugs, alright?
In all other matters, I'm very much
a judge-early-and-often kind of a guy.
See ya. See ya.
Pull over. Just pull over.
What are you doing to me, comrade?
You must be the only
man alive who could lose
a defamation case
against Cleaver Greene.
Withdrew, not lost.
First whiff of trouble, you
pop on a skirt and play dead.
What more do you want me to do?
I've denied it, she's denied it.
Will you please stop denying it?!
We've won focus groups.
You're onto a good thing.
Women are taking notice of you, men
are jealous - the chick is hot!
For a moment, you looked
like you might be a player.
I would have been crucified
in court. I am a lawyer.
So am I! So's everyone.
Just go out there and own
it or go to the back benches.
And how are you going
to manage that, Jack?
We don't have the numbers
to field a cricket team.
Who are you gonna promote, Allsop?
One more cock up like this
and I'm giving you Health.
No! Not even in jest!
Lane Hole.
That's got to be his
porn name, hasn't it?
This is the bloke who
cleaned my old man out.
What do you think about us
getting married and having a child?
Pardon?
Seeing the Nankervis family
today, how much they loved him,
how rich his life was because of family.
Yeah, well, you also
met my family today.
You wouldn't describe that as rich.
We die. That's what struck me today.
Without loved ones, it's
all bullshit, Cleave.
Fucking Keith Nankervis.
Autumn leaves, hey?
Still, wouldn't be any
kind of year without them
brightening our days.
I guess not.
A layer of scraps,
leaves, some fertiliser,
seaweed perfect compost!
Speaking of which, I'm
looking for a Lane Hole.
A lot of people are doing
that. He lives above me in No.2
You have yourself a terrific day.
I take it you are the
delightfully named Lane Hole.
Yes.
I believe you saw fit to
defraud my father, Errol Greene,
of his share portfolio.
Your father signed the papers.
Yeah, while he was in care and for
a third of what they were worth.
What sort of pond scum are you?
He was of sound mind.
Listen, listen, mate, let me
be crystal clear about this.
I am a criminal barrister
of considerable standing.
I win the unwinnables.
If you think you can cheat my
family and walk away untouched,
you are seriously fuckin' deluded.
Would you excuse me, please?
You have unleashed a
force of nature here, pal.
If you don't make immediate recompense,
I will fuckin' crucify you in court.
OK.
So you'll pay back the money?
OK.
OK, what? OK, see you in court.
Oh, OK, then. You bet you will.
Who's going to be the best guy for this?
Treadwell? Morrison? Eddington?
No, mate, it's got to be Dominic Rose.
Dominic Rose? Is he back from
the UK? Yeah, almost a year now.
Dominic Rose Jesus, Barnyard!
Some excruciatingly boring people
are almost interesting for being that,
but Dominic Rose is like the,
he's like the distilled
essence of boredom.
He's tedium in its purest form.
Yeah, you told him that once.
Shit, did I?
Yeah, at a bar-and-bench
party about 15 years ago.
Oh, fuck. Oh, yeah.
Oh, well, he wouldn't remember that.
Listen, I have got to
beat this Hole prick.
Can you dig up whatever you can
find on the little worm, please?
Of course, Cleave. I've got
nothing else to do with my time.
Come on, mate.
Send Dominic a decent
bottle of plonk, hmm?
That's the way to his heart.
Hey. Nicole!
Hey, you didn't text me back.
Yeah, just got caught up. Sorry.
Alright, no problem, friend.
We are friends, right?
We are, I promise.
I've just been flat out.
Sure. You know. I'll see you.
Right, yeah. See you. Nicole!
I need you to get in touch with
The 7:30 Evening Tomorrow Project.
What? What are you talking about?
The current affairs show.
And hook me up a little chat
with the hot one, Polly something.
Not the sanctimonious
drone with the eyebrows.
What am I, your pimp?
Thank you for that.
Perfect. You've got my number?
Dominic Rose!
As I live and breathe. How
bloody wonderful to see you.
Hello, Cleaver.
How long has it been, mate?
Bar-and-bench Christmas
party, about 15 years ago.
That's too long, too long.
You told me I was the San
Andreas Fault line of boredom -
any less interesting and
you'd disappear into a coma.
Oh, mate. Oh, mate.
I'm so sorry about that.
I, medication, lashing
out, bleak period.
I don't know how many close
friends I hurt through that time.
How can I, how can I make it right?
Goodbye, Cleaver.
It's actually an incredible coincidence,
'cause I was just thinking
about you the other day.
Oh, really? Yeah.
I've got a mate who gave me a
bottle of '71 Grange for my birthday.
The '71, you say?
Yeah, and I was thinking,
'Who on earth do I know
who, who would really
appreciate a wine like this?'
and I thought of you.
Ah, there you are.
Dominic. It's so lovely
of you to have me.
Come in, come in.
Oh, no! Oh!
I grabbed the wrong bottle.
Miriam.
Cleaver, how lovely to see
you. He didn't bring it.
Told you.
The trouble with a lot of your
more erotic women's underwear
is it doesn't allow for the male hip
it's constantly sagging.
For some time now I have been
buying my women's underwear
online from France.
Oh! Shall I be mother?
Yes, darling.
It's just a simple chateaubriand,
but the sauce is an
authentic Napoleonic recipe.
Ah.
The meat Tenterfield, grass-fed...
Ah, Tenterfield, grass.
..and the tiniest hint
of Armagnac in the butter.
Mmm. No, it looks like
a vision of heaven, mate.
Uh, I came across a case the
other day that would interest you.
It's this, uh, it's this Lance,
what, oh, no, wait, Lane Hole.
I'm familiar with him.
Makes a big living dicing
up the elderly and infirm.
Ah. Sails close, but
technically never breaks the law.
Really? Hmm.
ASIC have prosecuted
him half a dozen times
under 183C, but failed every time.
183C Potato?
Interesting.
Oh! Shit! Oh, shit!
God, it's a Janet Brown original!
Get a cloth! Get a cloth!
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, mate.
We need some salt! I know, salt.
Not salt. You'll stain it, it's silk.
Polly Nesbitt's in your office. Who?
You know, that hack reporter you fancy.
Oh, great. Uh, can you get
me a copy of section 183C
of the Corporations Act, please.
How do I look?
Uh, like someone who's
spent their life in rebab.
Tim. I know you think I have
a diverse practice, mate,
but I cannot get over
to the Congo again.
And I cannot keep putting out these
political bushfires for you, mate.
Let, let me just deal
with Burma first, OK,
and then I'll try and
come over and join you.
Alright, see ya.
Polly, how are you?
The Congo, huh?
Yep. Been there?
Yeah, I was Africa Correspondent
with CNN for two years.
Where do you stay when
you're in Kinshasa?
Kinshasa Hilton.
I'm very time poor, Mr Greene,
so is this a laughable
attempt at seduction
or are you prepared to make a deal?
Well, that's actually
quite a complex question.
I wouldn't have thought so. Is
Melissa prepared to go on camera?
She might be, but she's a
very skittish sort of a person
and you need to win her trust.
And... and how do I do that?
Well, the thing is, Melissa
was very fond of my father.
Mr Hole, if you have nothing to hide,
then why can't you answer a
couple of simple questions?
Did you try and coerce a
dying man into giving over
his life savings just
weeks before his death?
Mr Hole, why won't you answer?
Mr Hole. Oh!
Fuck! Ah, my foot!
You right? Shit.
When my Ken died, this man
came and I signed some document.
Well, I didn't know what I was doing!
I lost my home and
everything that Ken and me
had worked so hard for.
I have devoted my life
to seeking justice.
Here, the Congo, it
doesn't matter.
Injustice, wherever it
happens, is unacceptable to me.
Oh, I'm gonna throw up! When the
hell did he ever go to Africa?
I have done this to the
detriment of my own career
and sometimes, sadly, to the
detriment of my own family.
Dad's saving the world again.
Oh, shit, he's not, is he?
..injustice in my own home.
My father prided himself on
being an ordinary, decent man
who worked daily to put
food on the table for us kids
and to teach us the
worth of human values.
You stole that straight from
Keith Nankervis's funeral.
No! Yes, you did.
Someone like Lane Hole must
not be allowed to sully it.
The question is can Cleaver Greene,
a man known for defending lost causes,
find justice for his family?
Mahatma Gandhi said once, 'The human
voice can never reach the distance
that is covered by the still,
small voice of conscience.'
Well, there sits a man who
has no such small voice.
His is a loud blare of
deceit and duplicity.
Lane Hole has faced no fewer
than 14 similar charges.
Prior to my father, he
succeeded in conning
some 23 pensioners and
invalids out of their income
and out of their family homes.
He robbed my father on his deathbed
of a lifetime of diligent
saving and wise investment.
But I speak today not only
on behalf of my family,
but on behalf of all those
people who have been injured
by this cruel and indifferent man.
It is time to put an end to
Lane Hole's relentless pursuit
of the weak and the vulnerable.
Mr Hole?
Your Honour, this matter
falls within the provisions
of Section 183C of the
relevant legislation.
Yes. Mr Greene.
Your Honour, Section 183C of the
Act clearly provides for remedies
for those who have been injured
by such malfeasance or neglect.
Mr Greene, are you seriously suggesting
that Section 183C contemplates remedy?
Your Honour, I am holding
the Act as we speak.
Mr Greene, you appear to be
holding the Corporations Act.
Indeed, I am, Your Honour.
The Section 183C to which Mr Hole refers
is the Commercial and Financial Trading
Miscellaneous Provisions Act of 1998.
And I am aware of that, Your
Honour, but in a broader context...
There is no broader context, Mr Greene.
The High Court has made
it abundantly clear.
Your Honour, this is a case
where justice itself is on trial.
No, the only thing on trial here is
whether 183C applies, and it does.
Your Honour, I have witnesses,
I have people whose lives
have been destroyed.
You may well have those,
but you don't have 183C.
Anything else before I
find for the defendant
and award costs against you, Mr Greene?
No.
I could have done that.
And don't even think of
hitting us up for costs.
Lily.
That was a pretty short crusade, in all.
It must have been all that
time you spent in the Congo.
But I did love the Gandhi.
Do me here.
Someone will come. Good.
Oh!
Justin!
Jesus Christ! You slut.
You bloody little whore! Bastard! Bitch!
Get out, Justin. What?
Is this piece of shit gonna make me?
Listen... Oh, it's Justin
What's-A-Name from your show.
Don't make me call the police.
You broke my heart, Poll.
You just tore it from my
chest and you trampled on it.
Please! Please! I beg you, come back.
No, no, no, no. Come on, mate.
Oh, shit!
Shit! It's my favourite.
Don't ask.
We were sort of engaged and I had
this fling with his best friend.
You know how it is.
Ah. But he will not move on.
I need a drink.
I have met some walking sink
hair in my time, but Lane Hole...
Oh, boohoo.
The man who defends rapists
and cannibals now cries foul.
There's a moral dimension
to everything, you know?
There's no such thing as
morality, only personal choice.
Read Sartre and then read Camus.
Oh, fuck Camus!
The world is full of
creeps. Who are you gonna do?
Are you gonna knock off all
the Lane Holes in the world?
Yes, I might just do that.
If you get rid of Lane Hole, then
you and me, we're out of work.
Lane Holes are our lifeblood.
Well, I have to find a way of dealing
with this particular Lane Hole.
I just haven't figured out how yet.
I've been to the court
of public opinion,
I've been to the court of Section 183C.
I know the law is an ass.
So just plug him. You know anyone?
Plug him? Hmm.
Oh, are you Bogart now?
It's Lauren Bacall, actually, Big Sleep.
Nice reference.
Oh, what the hell?
You owe me, Col.
If it wasn't for me... Go
home to bloody bed, Cleave.
Listen, Col... you're happy, right? Yes.
Yes? Yes! State of bliss? Pigs in shit?
Alright, well, this is
the name of the guy
who stole my father's money, alright?
Lane Hole.
That's his name, number, address,
everything you need to know.
You sort him out and all of
our problems will go away.
What, you want me to
whack this guy? No, no!
Not whack. Do not whack
under any circumstances.
Just, you know, ruffle
his feathers a little bit,
give it a little pinch on the arse.
Let him know that nobody steals from me,
except for my secretary...
Collie Wobbles,
who the fuck is it?
..but I know all about that.
Mate, he stole from my father, alright?
OK, Cleave. Do you get it? Yeah.
You tell Lane Hole from me, mate,
that Cleaver Greene is every
bit as good as Keith Nankervis,
even if my dad never thought so.
I take it you've not read this.
No.
Mrs Dunstan said Adam read
it out for show-and-tell.
Sorry I'm late.
I'm just trying to set
the record straight.
You should see the way
that they look at me.
The way who looks at you.
The mothers at the gate.
Friends of yours, are they?
No, not really.
Then why on earth do
you care what they think?
Oh! Fuck!
Oh!
Col, if you're there, pick up.
Come on, pick up.
I've got a vague memory of... look,
just forget what I asked for, OK?
Don't touch Lane Hole,
alright?
It was the booze talking.
I want nothing done to him.
Call off your dogs.
I was barking, yes? Ooh!
Oh.
I crossed the line, almost, last night.
For one horrible, insane moment,
I lost control of my life.
You don't honestly think there's
only been one moment, do you?
I bought revenge. Can you believe it?
God, thank God I saw reason.
You mean you sobered up?
The fact I was pissed doesn't
make it intrinsically wrong.
I've often been pissed
and made excellent choices.
Again, another dazzling
moment of self-awareness.
Christ, it's all so tenuous, isn't it?
Fuzz really wants you to go
with him to a prayer meeting.
They're singing Christian socialists.
I'd rather have a tetanus shot.
Why do I have to go?
Because, Cleaver, this
is not my department, OK?
This is father-son stuff and...
What do you mean, father-son stuff?
It's about sex. What do
you mean, it's about sex?
She's a virgin! She won't have
sex with him until they're married.
Well, that's not gonna
happen any time soon.
Of course it is! That's her power.
Have you seen her pert little bottom?
Mmm. Hmm? Can you imagine
how frustrated he is?
Mmm. Ask me how old her parents are.
How old are...? 36 years old.
Much younger and we could have had them.
They got married at 18. That's
what faith does to people.
They marry young because
they're sex-starved.
Just show him that you have an
open mind and he'll listen to you.
Alright, OK, I'll, I'll go. OK.
I'll invoke Satan's
name, do a 360 head spin.
Thank you.
How are things with Roger?
Pretty good.
'Oh, pretty good.'
How's Missy doing?
Missy wants to get married.
To you? Yeah.
Oh, now I think she
needs to be hospitalised.
Did you read that flyer?
Yes. She's coming now.
How... embarrassing. Oh, here she comes.
Don't mind me. I don't
mean to interrupt.
Bronwyn was just telling
us that she and Malcolm
have bought a house at Pearl Beach.
Lovely. Congratulations.
Yes, well, it's always
been a bit of a dream.
Of course, the next nine
months are gonna be a nightmare.
Will it? How so?
We're doing a bit of a reno
because it's just a shack right now.
It doesn't even have internet.
We're going to have to
furnish and decorate
and Malcolm's got his
heart set on Hockneys.
I don't know what that's
about, for a beach house.
We had the most awful
fight about it last night.
You poor thing. Yeah, you poor thing.
That sounds like a real nightmare.
A real fucking nightmare.
Have you all got beach houses?
This is like a cancer cluster.
I never realised how lucky my family was
to be spared a nightmare like that.
Oh, my grandmother was in
Belsen for a couple of months
when she was a girl
sans Hockneys, by the way.
Are you quite done, Scarlet?
You know, I think I am.
Residents of Sydney's
southern suburbs are reeling
with the brutal murder of a pensioner.
Albert Platt had lived
among these shady trees
and streets for 50 years until
a senseless act of violence
brought his life to an end.
What an angry and frightened
community wants to know
is what sort of monster
is out there... Oh, Jesus.
Oh, no. What?
Oh, please tell me it's a coincidence.
A police spokesman
said they were pursuing...
Tell me you got my message.
What message?
Ah, right, the one cancelling the hit.
It was never a hit, it
was a pinch, remember?
Yeah, yeah, I got the message.
So you didn't go? Nup.
Oh, thank God! Oh, thank God!
I subbed it out. You what?
I was, you know, busy,
so I subbed it out.
You su... you subbed what out?
You mean you told somebody
else to visit Lane Hole?
Mate, we sub out of a
lot of work in our game.
Is... is there any, any possibility
that your friend may have
visited the wrong friend?
Dunno. I've never had
him visit friends before.
Oh, fuck. Oh, Jesus. Oh, my God.
Oh... Mate, why so stressed?
Apart from the fact that a
lovely old leaf-raking man
living in the flat
below our friend is dead,
you mean, ignoring that, Col,
I'm a little concerned that I
was filmed on national television
threatening the man who
lives in the flat above him.
Do you understand?
And I'm a little worried
that your work experience pal
might be so fuckin' thick
that he went to the wrong flat!
Oh, shit.
Oh... Is Mr Greene in?
Yes.
Mr Greene, I'm so sorry.
It was a breakdown in communication -
partly me, partly him.
Who are you?
I'm a friend of Col and
Kirsty's, you know?
Please tell me what I think
happened didn't happen.
It won't happen again, you have
my absolute assurance on that.
Can I ask you not to
make a big deal of this?
What?
I'm trying to set meself
up in a new town,
make the right connections.
A mistake like this
could set me right back,
so what's say no charge
and we'll forget it?
No charge!
No charge!
Oh, Jesus Christ!
It's the rapture.
When I was, like, 14, I was
a real mess, just like you
and I fought Jesus all the way
I mean, I wouldn't let him in.
Here was this guy who'd lived
this sinless life full of love
and, you know, he died on a
cross for us and I just thought,
'How do I compete with that?' you know?
But then he came and
he spoke into my heart,
'I forgive you everything, Tara.
Leave your sins behind
and come and walk with me.'
And I fell to my knees and
I said, 'I am yours, Lord.
Take me to you.'
And I was reborn.
Praise the Lord! You right, Dad?
Oh, great.
I love you, Jesus.
Can you hear us?
I can feel Him
I can feel Him
I can feel Him
♪ Can you fe-e-e-e-el Him?
♪ Jesus, we are here tonight
Oh, Jesus.
Oh! Jesus! Oh! Dad!
Oh, Jesus! Dad, stop
making a dick of yourself.
Oh, God, God! Dad!
Cleaver Greene, we're here to arrest
you on a charge of manslaughter.
Oh, Jesus! Oh!
♪ Yes, I can feel Him
Yes, I can feel Him
♪ Yes, I fe-e-e-el
Old mate of yours,
apparently, Greene. Oh, fuck!
Am I hearing wedding bells anytime soon?
Oh!
Will you listen to me, Stevie?
Greene's all bark. The
story's got no legs.
Fuzz.
What the hell? I'm sorry, I'm sorry...
Look, are you crazy? I had to see you.
You're gonna fuckin' die, bitch,
and I'm gonna fuckin' bury you!
Your Honour, this is outrageous!
Mr Greene, I cannot allow this
line of question to proceed.
I'll move on, Your Honour.