My Place (2009) s01e01 Episode Script

(INTRIGUING PIANO AND CELLO MUSIC) I'm a witch.
Brrrmmmm! I am the magician! I'm not weird.
You're gonna get in so much trouble! (LAUGHTER) GIRL: Oooh! (GIRL SQUEALS) GIRL: My name is Laura, and this is my place.
(AEROPLANE ENGINE DRONES) Ha.
Here comes Soriya, sneaking like a herd of elephants.
OK, I'll play her game.
Hey, get away from my tree! I'm coming up! No, you're not! You can't stop me! Hey, that's mine! Well, now it's mine, and you're not getting it back.
You give that back! (GIGGLES) That's it! Get back here! You rotten thief! (SCREAMS) Give me back my skull! I'm gonna catch you! That's mine! Give it back now! (SCREAMS) Wait till I get hold of you! One thing about Soriya, she screams like she means it.
(SCREAMS) Come back! You're gonna pay Stop it! (SCREAMS) Another thing about Soriya, she's easy to catch.
Runs like a tortoise.
Let go! It's mine! No way! (BOTH LAUGH) What are you doing? We have to take the Skull of Doom down the Magic River to the Secret Island.
The Skull of Doom! Hang on.
We're heading for the rapids.
Watch out.
We're going over! (BOTH SCREAM) Save the skull! Whoa! (SQUEALS) Oh, my gosh, oh, my gosh! We're right.
There's a rope.
Whoa! (LAUGHS) I don't want to play this game anymore.
OK.
Alright, then.
Oh, no! It's not connected to anything! There's water coming in.
Water? Oh, no! I'll put my foot in the hole.
No, no, stop.
You'll weigh it down and help it sink faster.
What are you saying, I'm fat? Not the place or time.
We have to get this water out! With what? Your hands.
Now bail! But it's all slimy and murky! Bail! Or you'll be swimming in it! See if you can feel the bottom here.
What?! No! You do it! You're the big warrior-girl hero.
(GROANS) I can't feel the bottom.
Soriya, can you pass me that golden thing, quick? I don't wanna play this game anymore! Just bail.
Come on! You can swim.
You have to swim.
If we stay here any longer, someone's going to see us, and we're going to be in big trouble.
Now, come on! But I can't dive! You don't have to dive.
Look, we're already in the water.
Watch me.
Come on! Quick! It's Michaelis.
Go! Quick! Go! Oh! I grazed my knee! Shh! Oh, this really hurts.
Well, I guess you really have something to whinge about now.
My mum's gonna kill me.
We can dry off at my house.
Auntie Bev will be over at Carmel's by now.
Duck! Rats! She's home.
Come on.
Where are we going? The big tree.
SORIYA: We are so gonna be in trouble.
How can we be? Michaelis didn't see us.
I'm getting a headache.
If we tell the same story and stick to it, we'll be fine.
And what is that gonna be? We just tell them we were here.
Can we go? Shush.
Alright, our clothes are dry enough now.
Yeah, but we stink.
I don't feel well.
You swallowed some water, didn't ya? You'd better not tell.
What if I get really sick and nearly die? If my mum finds out I've been in the canals again, I'm going to be in trouble for the rest of my life.
It's better than being dead.
Not when it's my mum dishing out the punishment.
Now, if anyone asks? We were playing at the big tree the whole time.
Right.
What were we doing there? We're always playing up at the big tree.
But if they still saw us, and we still didn't see them, then we're in big trouble! Stop worrying, Soriya.
There's not going to be any trouble.
MAN: Hey! Hey, I need some help.
MAN 2: What happened? You alright? I don't know what happened.
Did you boys see anything down there? Uh-oh.
Scratch that.
Think.
Think.
Can I go home now? No.
What do you mean, no? We have to go and look.
We what? Are you crazy? If we don't, then we'll be guilty, because if we didn't do it, we would have gone to see what was going on.
See? Then can I go home? OK.
Then.
Hey, where you been, bub? Um, nowhere, Auntie.
Bet you it was kids.
No discipline, nothing to do.
This is what happens.
We were up in the big tree the whole time.
We're always up in the big tree.
But they didn't see us.
Didrt you say you were feeling sick? Yeah.
That's right.
Can we go and help? Come on, then.
Hey, you didn't bring that bin in this morning, missy.
Oh, sorry, Auntie.
(SNIFFS) What's that smell? I can't smell anything.
Terrible, isn't it? Yeah.
He got his boat back.
What's he so upset about? Remember his old dog, Hector? Yeah.
He died last week.
Not only did they sink his boat, but they tossed poor old Hector's ashes out.
LAURA: That was Hector in that jar? BEV: Who'd do that to poor old Michaelis? LAURA: I threw out Hector.
This is the worst day of my life.
I'm going to go home.
I'm hungry.
Oh my God.
My keys should have washed away in the water right? Or they found them and handed them into the police, and the police are going around to every door in the street to see which one it fits.
Don't say that.
You'll be in trouble too, you know.
What if they're only interested in the one who owns the keys? And it was all your idea.
You got in the boat first.
I gotta go.
Everything in that dinghy, ruined.
What, urn and all? Yeah, and they had the cheek to empty the ashes out.
Shame, eh? He's a nice old fella.
So it's true, then? Yeah, we went down there to help.
BEV: I just hope it wasrt Koori kids.
Well, if it was, we should punish 'em old ways.
True? Hey, Dad? Yep.
Well, come on, get into this tucker before it gets cold.
WOMAN: Yeah, looks good.
Eat.
Who's for some sausages? Yum.
You were quiet tonight at dinner.
You alright? You're not getting sick, are ya? No.
LAURA: Dad isn't psychic.
Calm down.
You miss Gully, don't ya? LAURA: Yeah.
Yeah, right.
Gully.
Keep thinking that, Dad.
Probably will for a while yet, bub.
Love ya guts.
Love ya guts more.
(SINISTER MUSIC) But we were up the big tree! You right? Yeah.
We have to 'fess up.
We what? We have to 'fess up.
I'm not going to 'fess up.
Well, I'm going to.
Michaelis is going to be so mad.
You sunk his boat, you chucked out his dog's ashes.
He could be so angry he could throw you out of the house, and your family and your Auntie Bev.
LAURA: He wouldn't chuck us out.
He's too nice.
But what if he found out and turned into a psycho? (WATER GURGLES) "Laura done it! Laura done it!" Did he hear that? WATER: "Laura! Laura!" LAURA: CAN he hear that? WATER: "Laura done it!" LAURA: Oh, no! WATER: "Laura done it.
" LAURA: Psycho! "Laura!" Your Auntie Bev's calling you.
AUNTIE BEV: Laura! Tell Michaelis his cup of tea's ready.
Ah.
Laura, come join us.
Nice cup of tea.
Come on.
Maybe it is time for a new one, eh, Bev? You know, my dad put that toilet in way back when I was a young bloke.
Michaelis, that boat never got in the water by itself, you know.
I know.
And that urn never opened itself either.
God help them if I find out who did it.
LAURA: I am so dead.
Finished.
Do I look yellow? What? Do I look yellow? No.
Green? No.
No, here.
I can't see anything.
I checked the internet, and it's lockjaw.
What? I can die, Laura.
I have to tell.
No, you won't.
Well, what if my jaw really does lock? Like, if you can't stick a jelly bean in your mouth? You have to tell someone.
And if you turn blue, I promise, I'll tell.
Am I blue?! I'd better go home and check! Soriya, you're not turning blue, yellow or green! (SIGHS) This is all I need, you drama queen.
(BELL RINGS) Good morning.
(SPEAKS WITH BLOCKED NOSE) Now, everyone, we're soon heading into flu season, and I want to remind you all of the importance of good personal hygiene.
Where's Soriya? TEACHER: Laura? So, all of you, what do we have to do before meals? ALL: Wash our hands.
And what must we do after we've been to the bathroom? ALL: Wash our hands.
That's right.
Because otherwise we could pick up ALL: Bacteria.
And end up like poor Soriya, who's come down with a nasty bug and won't be able to come to school for several days at lea (INHALES DEEPLY) least.
What if I get really sick and nearly die? I checked the internet, and it's lockjaw.
Am I blue?! I'd better go home and check! Have any of you mob seen my shoe? You'd better find it, son.
We're leaving soon.
Darl, what are you doing? What do you reckon goes better with this shirt? This or this? This one, definitely.
Are you ready? Mum, can I go to school, please? No.
This is a very important day, and I want the whole family there.
No ifs, ands or buts about it.
Now, get a move on.
Here.
You right, Aunt? Mmm.
(PEOPLE CHAT) It's starting, everyone.
Come up to the front.
Ellen! Come up the front! (MAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY OVER TV) MAN ON TV: We apologise for the laws and policies of successive parliaments and governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these, our fellow Australians, especially for the removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families.
For the pain, suffering and hurt of these stolen generations, their descendants and for their families left behind, we say sorry.
To the mothers and the fathers, the brothers and the sisters, for the breaking up of families and communities, we say sorry.
And for the indignity and degradation thus inflicted on a proud people and a proud culture, we say sorry.
We, the parliament of Australia, respectfully request that this apology be received in the spirit in which it is offered, as part of the healing of the nation.
For the future What did you lose? My mum.
I was taken away when I was a little girl.
I was so little I don't even remember her.
But I've got this one strong memory of my grandmother telling me how she used to climb up this big tree.
Climb up so high, see the whole world.
I sometimes wonder if this old fella wasrt her tree.
This could be the tree.
Could be.
We'll never know.
It's blocked again! BEV: What? Again? Oh, goodness! (GRUNTS) Ah.
Here's the culprit.
You really have to watch that Dean.
That baby just moves too fast.
Dean? Would you like a cup of tea, Michaelis? Yeah.
I'll go and put the kettle on.
Still going to need a new toilet, I reckon.
LAURA: What if he really is a psycho? You keep watching me, you'll put me out of a job.
Sorry.
No, I mean, you keep watching me, you'll become a qualified plumber.
(LAUGHS) No, I'm sorry.
What for? What happened to Hector's ashes? I didn't know what it was.
I needed something to bail the water out with.
Why? What were you doing in my dinghy? It was an accident.
(SIGHS) (CHUCKLES) LAURA: No.
Not a psycho.
Hey, remember when we took Hector and Gully up to the brickworks park? Yeah, and they tripped me.
(LAUGHS) Yeah.
And you went rolling all the way to the bottom of the hill.
(ALL LAUGH) Oh.
I found these.
You might be needing them.
(CHUCKLES) (LAUGHS) LAURA: Soriya didn't have lockjaw after all.
She says it was something worse.
Whatever.
SONG: @ I'm not a window @ That you can look through @ So don't look through me @ Like I'm not there @ I got words @ But no-one listens @ I got feelings @ But no-one cares @ I got ha-ha-ha-ha-ha @ Ohhh @ And I'm not cool @ Like Samantha @ Average girl @ In a private school @ I'm a thorn @ In your finger @ (INTRIGUING MUSIC) (GIRLS LAUGH) GIRL: Wait for me! GIRL: It's just like heaven.
(GIRL SQUEALS) Duck for cover! Cover!