Tangle (2009) s01e02 Episode Script

(BOTH LAUGH) ALLY: We are all connected.
That's the theory of entanglement.
How long are you gonna stay for? Don't have any plans.
If something affects the quantum state of one particle, it will inevitably affect the quantum state of the other, even from the other side of the world.
Oh shit.
(GLASSES SMASH) You never stick up for me, even when she took my son away.
Where have you been for the last 10 years?! He's not gonna stop seeing you as his mother.
Busted.
What are you doing? ALLY: The way I see it, no matter how far apart we are, we can still affect each other.
I got your text.
Bet he's not even dead.
Hope he's not.
(VOMITS) That's what's weird about people coming back.
We are who they are.
(LYRICAL MUSIC PLAYS) (FOOTSTEPS CRUNCH THROUGH LEAVES, WOOD TAPS) (KNOCK AT DOOR) Max? He's left already.
School band.
Excuse me.
Er, Christine What? Do you wanna meet at The European tonight, after work? I'm in Sydney tonight.
Yeah, look, um Yeah.
There's plenty of leftovers in the fridge, from the party, you know, if you're home for dinner I might not be home tonight.
I might work late.
Fine.
Fine.
Um, I told Esther that I'd leave the glasses in the carport if she needs to pick them up while I'm away.
(SIGHS) (CLANG!) Oh, pretty as a fucking picture.
G'day, Vince.
What the fuck is going on? There's a crack in the joints over there on the far side.
We're just working out what we're gonna do about it.
What, you're just down here like a couple of prawns having a chat about it, are you? Why is it that every time I've come onto this site there's been a fucking problem? (METAL GROANS AND SQUEAKS) (METAL GRATES AND RUMBLES) Vince! Vince, look out! Vince! Oh, Jesus! JOHN: Jesus wept! Did did you see that? Did you see it? (WOOD TAPS REPEATEDLY) Hey.
Hey.
Have you checked the body? Yeah.
Romeo and Dougherty are still there.
Oh, I got it.
ROMEO: Don't touch him! Why not? He's dead.
You're a freak, Dougherty.
Oh, it's like watching the early career of a serial killer.
Stop it! This is an educational opportunity we've got here.
What the fuck are you doing? Put it away, Dougherty.
You'll leave a mark.
(SQUELCH) Dougherty, you sick idiot.
Stop it! How come you came out here that night? I like walking.
Around here.
Must be heaps scary in the dark.
Well, I'm not scared of the dark.
Oh, right.
What are you scared of? I don't know.
Stuff.
I'm scared of spiders, bull ants.
Hate them.
I'm kind of scared of clowns.
Yeah, so hate clowns.
Sharks.
Eternal life.
No, I'm more scared of dying.
Mmm.
What's that? His wallet.
(LAUGHS) Condom.
Man, how gay is this guy? Oh, his licence, dude.
His address.
So? His house, dude.
Total genius.
(WHISPERS) You douche bag.
Give it here.
Give it here.
This is the kind of shit that will fuck us up.
You know? Hey.
Check it out.
One address.
So? Well, we're going to his house later.
Heaps mad.
Yeah.
Well, what makes you think he lives alone? I don't know, Max.
Let's go hang out there.
Keys.
That's messed up.
You are such a fag, man, you know that? You know, it's my body now, and I'm gonna do what I want.
You in? Huh? You're so in.
A girl with balls, Max.
That's hot.
Gimp.
Sorry, what was that? Gimp.
Gimp? What's with you, huh? You guys are wrong.
Yeah, I'm wrong.
OK.
Well, you could try being cool for once, you know? Be exciting.
No? OK.
We're not hanging out with the body, Max.
We're going to his house.
Man, this is hell crazy.
Yeah, man.
Shit, I'm late.
I've gotta get to school.
OK, well, we can hang out after school, yeah? Yeah, maybe.
OK.
(EM SIGHS) (WHISPERS) Fuck.
I'm on fire.
You should fall off buildings more often.
It was unbelievable, I'm telling ya.
I could have died at any point if I'd missed any of 'em.
Dead.
I'm still charged.
Hey? Mmm? Hey.
(LAUGHS) Hey! Where do you think you're going? To work.
Lunchtime? I'm going out for lunch.
Come here.
I wanna tell you a secret.
(LAUGHS) No, I wanna tell you a secret.
Come here.
Come here.
Mmm? (LAUGHS) You are on fire.
I have to go to work.
I have to go to work.
No.
No.
No, no, no, I have to go to work.
You'll be right.
I'll write you a (LAUGHS) You'll what? I'll write you a little excuse note.
Come on.
I'm going to work.
Alright, 1:00, Park Motor Inn.
You're all class, Kovac.
Where do you wanna go? The Windsor.
Deal.
(PHONE RINGS) (RADIO CRACKLES) ALLY: Hello? Yeah, hi, it's Christine.
Oh, hi, Christine.
I am so angry.
I just thought that I would tell you that, otherwise when we meet it's gonna be really weird.
Why didn't you warn me that she was around? I'm sorry.
I didn't didn't know what to do, and I just thought What, did you think that I was gonna be angry? Well, I am angry.
I'm angry with you.
Sorry.
I'm sorry, Christine.
Do you want me to come over? Yeah, OK.
I can be there in half an hour.
OK, OK.
I'II I'll see you then.
OK, I'll see you then.
'Bye.
(SIGHS) (NAT LAUGHS) Get out! You did not! (LAUGHS) No, I switched his.
No, I did.
Yeah.
Oh, really? Who was that? I know, I miss you so much too.
Oh, really? Who was there? Oh.
He's so sweet.
Yeah, lots of fun.
Yeah, too much fun.
Melbourne's all about fun.
How can I possibly come back when it's too much fun? (LAUGHS) No, I'm not making any trouble.
OK.
Well, call me soon, yeah? OK, OK.
Kisses.
'Bye.
I really need a pedi.
For God's sake, Nat.
What? I'm late.
For what? I'm meeting someone.
You been talking to your Russian boyfriend? He's not my boyfriend.
So, what do you talk about? Science.
(LAUGHS) Does he know that you're married? We don't talk about anything personal.
Oh, my God! You wear knickers under your pyjama pants.
That's wrong! Why? (LAUGHS) Well, it's like it's like you're wearing a fence around it.
Shut up.
Stop it.
How long are you staying for? Why? Because I need to know.
What, is Vince giving you a hard time? Gabriel's coming back early.
He wants to stay with us till he gets his flat back.
You've got a massive house.
We can all fit.
When does he get his flat back? I don't know.
A couple of weeks.
He's coming back early.
Coming back from where? Russia.
Do you think Gabriel's really your cosmonaut? Oh, I forgot how funny you are.
He can sleep in my room.
No! OK, I'll sleep with Gigi.
It's no big deal.
OK.
Gigi! Why aren't you at school? I slept in.
Why didn't you say something earlier? I thought you went with Dad.
He left too early.
What have you been doing all morning? Can you please drive me? Oh, God! I've got to be somewhere in half an hour! I've got better things to do than drive you to school.
Get ready! I can't get Guthrie to shift these amendments out of committee.
He's screwing with me and I don't know why.
You're pretty.
I'm what? You're the golden boy.
He's the kid up the back of the class in the sweat-stained shirt and the boils on his neck.
He runs the committee.
It's his chance to assuage his rage.
So what do I do? You do nothing.
I'll go and give him a Chinese burn.
See if that helps.
Thanks.
(LAUGHS) Because I look like incompetence itself if I don't move this on.
Any fallout from Max's party? Mostly between me and my wife.
Ah, wives.
I remember it well.
The anger that drifts to disappointment, and finally, a date in the divorce court.
Thanks.
You're a rock.
How's Max coping? (SIGHS) He's a teenager.
Who knows? Ta.
Don't look so grim.
Take five minutes with a coffee in the glorious sunlight.
Enjoy your life.
Gigi! NAT: Ooh, ooh, bad, bad.
What? Serious panty line, does not look What do you mean? It's not a good look.
Could you just stop looking at my bum? I'm just trying to help.
Shut up! Can you just shut up?! Sorry.
Get in the car, Gigi! Oh, God, can you see if you can find my phone? It's not there.
Can you look? I did! OK, fine.
Let me be your servant, drive you to school, do everything for you, change your sheets this morning Fine.
Found it.
Can you dial Dad for me? You're not allowed to drive and talk.
I know that, Gigi.
That's why I've asked you to do it.
I thought you weren't supposed to be like this until you were 14.
But I love you.
Hello? Is my dad there? What? Oh, oh, OK.
Just tell I've called him back.
Can you just tell him my mum called him back? I'm gonna stop driving you to school, Gige.
I've got a life too.
Really? I'm joking.
Did you hear me? OK.
(PHONE RINGS) Christine.
It's illegal.
A $280 fine and three demerit points.
Just Christine.
I know, I'm running five minutes late.
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry I took so long.
I ended up having to take Gigi to school.
It's fine, it's fine.
I've gotta be on a plane in a couple of hours.
Oh, sorry.
Ah, do you want a tea or something? Sure.
We've only got herbal.
Is that alright? Ah, no.
I don't really like herbal tea.
Sorry.
You've really got to stop saying sorry.
Where are you going? Oh, I'm going to a conference in Sydney.
I'm so sorry Nat came to Max's party.
How long is she staying? I'm not sure.
What is she doing here? I guess it was time to come home.
Come on.
What has she said about Max? I haven't really spoken to her about it.
Has Max been over at your house? No.
Is she on drugs? No.
Max adores you, Christine.
It's not that simple, Ally.
You know it.
She's a conniving bitch.
She probably slept her way through London.
There was no-one else left.
That's not fair.
You don't know the things that she did to us back then.
You don't know the things that she was doing to Max.
She walked into my life 15 years ago and she tried to steal it.
And you took Max.
You won, Christine.
I haven't.
I'm sorry, I just I'm, um scared.
Well, how much does he want? No.
Oh, the guy's an arsehole.
Just tell him to forget it.
Fuck off! Are you coming or what, you fag? Hurry up! What are you worried about? The body's been there for what, two days? If my dad went for a jog and didn't come back, Mum'd call the police.
There'd be a search party that day.
You see what I'm saying? I wonder how long it'll take until they actually find him? I checked in the library last period.
There's nothing so far.
Alright, well, you can keep on top of that.
But we need to make sure no-one actually sees us walk into the house.
Come on, let's go and make hectic shit.
Let's go.
If we can go hang out there, we can go whenever we want.
Yeah, come on.
Max! Come on.
Far out.
Hello? Told you he lives alone.
Lived.
(LAUGHS) Yeah.
Fuck! Man, this guy is so gay! Check this out! (WHISPERS) Keep it down, dude.
Oh, we can watch movies.
Check out the home cinema! (LAUGHS) Reckon he's gotta have porn here for sure.
And it's our mission to find that porn! It'll be gay shit anyway.
Mate, any porn is good porn.
(KNOCK AT DOOR) That'll be Charlotte.
I'll get it.
Hey.
Hey.
ROMEO: Come on, Maxwell! Shut up, Romeo.
Anyone want a beer? Cool.
Did you want one? Are you gonna have one? Yeah.
Wonder what these are.
(DOORBELL RINGS) ALLY: Gigi? GIGl: What? Can you pack up Nat's stuff and put it all in your room? Gigi! Fine! Hey, you.
You look great.
Oh, Lord, thank you.
Come on, come in.
(LAUGHS) So you just left her? Well, it's a little more complicated than that.
Complicated because? Well, she was already there setting up maternal health when the earthquake hit.
Ah, and that's where it gets more complicated.
The last few months have been pretty rough.
Why? Godfather! Gigi! Did you get me a present? Gigi! What? It's what godfathers are supposed to do.
Is that Nat's? No, she gave it to me.
Put it back.
For you.
Thanks.
Huh? Yeah! (LAUGHS) Wow.
Thank you.
So is she upset? Probably.
But I don't understand why you broke up with her.
She broke up with me.
I told her from the start how I felt.
Ah, she might have started getting the wrong idea after a couple of years.
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACH) Hey! Hey! Doctor! He's back! You're back.
The doctor's back! Hey, did you tell him what happened to me today? What happened to you? Mate, incredible.
Absolutely incredible.
CHARLOTTE: No, it doesn't.
It doesn't start with that! Yes, it does.
What do you say we stay here for the night? Tell our parents that we're staying at each other's houses, and actually stay here.
Yeah? Yeah! Yeah.
Shh! Tools.
ROMEO: Max? Yeah.
Charlotte? OK.
ROMEO: Cool.
I did not do that, did I? Fall asleep? (PHONE RINGS) Vince! Oh, my God, Vince, can you turn it off? No, I'm sorry.
Just one night without the phone.
Always, every party you fell asleep.
I did not.
Oh, whoa, was I there though? I did not fall asleep.
(LAUGHTER) CHARLOTTE: Oh, my God! (LAUGHTER) (PHONE RINGS AT OTHER END) NAT: Hello? Hey.
I'm so glad you called.
Um, well, yeah, it's weird that I can.
So do you wanna hang out? Yeah.
But, um But what? But I can't do it to my mum.
Oh.
How long are you back for? A while.
My dad's cool with it.
You allowed? Yeah.
I I gotta go.
Max, are you OK? Yeah, of course.
(PHONE BEEPS) You b It's not mine.
Oh, it's mine.
VINCE: Look, all I know is this - I'm invincible.
Oh, not again.
No, I How often do you almost kill yourself? La, la, la, la, la.
(DOOR SLAMS) Don't la, la, la! You should've Lucky I came home.
You must be tired of being a third wheel.
Vince.
Actually, we were pretty happy here, just the three of us.
Well, you know what they say.
Three's a crowd.
Four's a party.
Thank you.
Cheers! Cheers.
Cheers.
ROMEO: Come on, Dougherty, scull it.
Scull it.
(ROMEO LAUGHS) (OTHERS SPEAK INDISTINCTLY) (ROMEO LAUGHS) (CRICKETS CHIRP) (ROMEO AND CHARLOTTE LAUGH) ROMEO: Who would you rather do - Pamela Anderson or Carmen Electra, if they both had gonorrhoea? Hmm? Hmm? (LAUGHS) Pamela Anderson.
You sick fuck.
You're dirty! Hands down, hands down, hands down.
What about you, Charlotte, huh? Make sure it's not too loud.
Yeah.
(LAUGHS) (NATIVE AMERICANS HOLLER) What? (LAUGHTER) That's so hilarious.
That'd be a sick ringtone.
Hey, I wanna make it my message.
"Can't get this call right now 'cause I'm all tied up.
" (LAUGHS) We should change the message here.
"This ringing phone is killing me.
" Or or I can't get to the phone right now 'cause I'm dead tired.
(LAUGHS) Hey, give me my tie back.
You seem a little darker these days.
Am I supposed to take that as a compliment? Yeah, I think you've turned out to be a bit of a catch.
He was always a catch.
VINCE: Oh, fuck off! Come on, the guy's a snake! (LAUGHS) (PHONE BEEPS) Mate, what have you done to her? Oh, poor Sabine.
Poor Sabine nothing.
She's a bunny boiler.
Oh, she is not.
Why would you say that? Hey, she wore no underpants first time they were going out together.
Yeah, but wait.
Tell 'em, tell 'em what you did.
He's just being an idiot.
Don't get all hot around the edges.
Come off it.
Tell 'em! What do you two talk about? Vince would ask if she swallows.
Oh, Nat! She's a bunny boiler.
Of course she swallows.
Bunny boilers swallow.
Can we talk about something else, please? Did you did you meet any cosmonauts when you were in Russia? Does anyone want more wine? BOTH: Yes! (METAL SQUEAKS AND CLANKS) (WHISPERS) Someone's here! Someone's someone's HERE! What? Hide! Someone's here! Someone's here! Quick! (KNOCK AT DOOR) (GATE CLOSES) (FARTS) (BOTH LAUGH) (LAUGHTER) Do you think they saw us? He knew we were in there.
We're so dead.
Look, there's no way they'll know it was us.
Did you take that? Oh, that's bold, mate.
I like it.
Whatever.
Where do we go now? Whose house did you say you were staying at? Yours.
Mine? What do you wanna do? It's freezing.
Look, you can stay at mine.
My parents aren't gonna care.
Mmm, no, I don't I'm just gonna bail.
Yeah, I'm gonna bail too.
OK.
We can hang out here tomorrow, yeah? What happened? Felt like coming home.
Thought you didn't like Dougherty.
Well, yeah, he's a sheep.
What's that? Someone was, you know, throwing it out.
Have you been taking drugs? How does that mean I'm taking drugs? 'Yacqui Way of Knowledge'.
They used to take peyote.
Well, I'm not taking peyote.
Good.
Because it'd be good for you to know that you might have a genetic predisposition to drug addiction.
Drugs? Do you wanna talk about Nat? I don't know.
Nothing you wanna know? What's that 'Yacqui Way of Knowledge'? Carlos Castaneda was an anthropologist who wrote a book based on the Yacqui Way of Knowledge, called 'The Teachings of Don Juan'.
Er "Reality is what reality" I'll Google it.
Yes.
It's interesting.
Well, I'm tired.
I'm going to bed.
(MAN SPEAKS ON TV) (ADULTS CHAT AND LAUGH) Ally, Ally, come here.
Come here, quickly.
Oh, come here, please.
Come here.
Come here, come here.
What? Come here.
Turn around.
Ooh.
Hey! Did you hear that? That is the sound of an arse with no underpants.
Oh, see, my sister.
Hey! I thought you were at Dougherty's.
ALLY: I'll be back.
It's a much smoother line, actually.
(DOOR SLAMS) Romeo! Romeo! I've got to What? (WHISPERS) I think Romeo's drunk.
He's a teenager.
So that's normal? Well, at least he's not sniffing glue.
Are you OK? Yeah.
Yeah, I've just had a touch of the black dog.
Because of Sabine? (LAUGHS) No.
No, Ally.
Something else? That would require a much longer conversation.
I don't think I should be getting all deep and profound in the hallway.
Well, you always had those girls with crushes on you, hanging around.
Do you remember that? That was like 15 lifetimes ago.
(URINATES) Ally, Ally, Ally.
(SIGHS) (TOILET FLUSHES) 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'.
Malcolm Fraser.
(SIGHS) The reason my mum wasn't wearing any underpants last night is because she wants to have a baby with my dad.
Oh.
Hey, you, have I told you that I love you today? Have I? Well, I love you.
I love you.
(LAUGHS) Dad! Mmm-mwah! You ready? Yep.
VINCE: Mate, you're gonna have to take your car because I'm going straight to work afterwards.
VINCE: Ally said you're taking your flat back.
GABRIEL: Yeah, thought I'd stick around for a while.
It's about time you realised all that do-gooding shit'll fuck you up.
Piss off.
(LAUGHS) Hey, the Saints are playing this Saturday.
Take my tickets.
I'm going skiing.
What? This weekend? Who with? Oh, I just thought I'd just drive up on the Friday morning.
Oh, mate.
Mate, you need some company, and I'm in serious need of some foolish puerile downhill action.
It's good to remember how much pleasure you can get out of the simple things in life.
Oh, life's not that complicated, mate.
Yeah, for you.
Well, you get to a point, you know, where you wonder if you know, is this it? I mean, I've got Ally and I love Ally.
I've got the kids, got my job.
But you do wonder, you know? But then you just find a girl who's in it for the same reasons you are, and it's it's great.
Oh, and I'm horny, mate, all the time, mate.
It's just like the old days.
(SIGHS) What? You're an arsehole.
Right, I'm an arsehole, am I? Yeah.
You know What? I'm happy, Ally's happy, everyone's happy.
Jesus, you're an arrogant sonofabitch.
Oh, mate, don't get so sanctimonious with me, will ya? You know, I know why you left your bunny boiler.
I told you why.
You're full of shit, mate.
You left her because you love my wife.
What's the matter, mate? You can't keep up? I can keep up, mate.
Hey.
Hey.
I left my phone at the house.
Oh, that's alright.
Romeo's got the keys.
I don't have his number.
I mean, it's on my phone.
Do you have it? Ah, we could just go there and see if we could break in.
Now? Yeah, I can miss first period.
OK, cool.
Are you and Romeo friends? He's my cousin.
He's pretty funny.
What? He's a gimp.
(PANTS) Ohh! (LAUGHS) (BREATHES DEEPLY) Oh! I'm just a bit out of practice.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Well, you're gonna have to keep up with me on the slopes.
Isn't everyone in love with their best friend's wives? Ah, no.
But don't let me hold you back.
I mean, it's not like you'd ever have a crack.
You're my mate.
(BEEPS HORN) Get out of it! (STARTS ENGINE) OK, quick.
I can't find it.
Are you sure you even left it in here? It's weird in here today.
It's spooky or something.
Yeah, even this house knows it's wrong we're hanging out here.
I don't think we should come back.
Do you wanna give me the number and I'II and I'll ca-call it? (PHONE RINGS) It's Romeo.
Hey, Romeo.
Hey, Pat, it's me.
(BELL RINGS CONSTANTLY) I owe you a big glass of red and a non-homoerotic embrace.
My amendment's just got moved out of the committee.
Yeah.
Thanks, mate.
Hey, it's me.
I'm about to go into chambers.
Can you check with my wife's PA what time her flight gets in? Thanks.
Oh, hi.
Hey.
You think you can dance on the moon? Yeah, I think you can do anything you want.
God, I wish.
You been dancing lately? No, not for ages.
We should go.
We should go dancing.
Do you think there's somewhere people like us can go? Yeah.
What, why? What are we, 90? Did you go dancing in Moscow? All the time, all the time.
Used to go to this one club full of girls in skin-tight jeans dancing with 60-year-old billionaires.
You know, I fit right in, of course.
And do you still dance like Virgil? Yeah, I do, as a matter of fact.
And do you still dance like a kind of stunned chicken? Did I? I didn't do that.
Oh, yeah, you did it, yeah.
I did not! (LAUGHS) I'm an excellent dancer.
You know that.
I've gotta go.
Yeah, be back.
What's happened? Nothing's happened.
Then why are you here? Why? Yes, Tim.
Why? Jesus, Christine.
Just stop, alright? I'm just trying to be nice to you.
OK, now I'm getting suspicious.
So, how was it? Oh, it was great.
I was just standing there looking out at this big room full of academics, you know, the room was freezing, and I just thought, "I don't think I'm gonna be able to get my voice out," you know? And I just found the one guy in the room with a nice face, and I just started talking to him and suddenly it was all fine.
And I think it was the best paper that I've ever given.
So, should I be jealous? What of? Well, do I have to find this nice guy and punch his head in? Don't.
What? I just don't feel safe with her in our lives.
Well, we won't let her in.
Look, this is gonna sound really controlling, but, um would you mind if you don't see her by yourself? I just know that she's gonna try and worm her way back in here.
(PHONE RINGS) Christine Williams.
Max did? Do you have any other kids? No.
That looks weird.
What? What, the top? Makes your skin look funny.
Where are you going? Well If I told you, I'd be lying.
OK, do I look fabulous? You look like you.
You're very cute.
See ya.
Max! (PHONE RINGS) Do you wanna take that? I'll go and talk to him.
OK.
Max? (KNOCK AT DOOR) Hi.
Hi.
Honey, you've gotta turn away from the computer and talk to me.
Where were you this morning? I was at school.
Really? Or do you mean before school? I mean about first period.
I was at school.
Max, don't lie to me.
I'm not.
I was late.
Dad dropped you at the tram stop.
How could you be late? Oh, we forgot about the time.
Well, the school rang.
It seems like you forgot about the time till about 12:00.
Where were you? Walking.
Who with? No-one.
Max, you said 'we'.
"We forgot about the time.
" Well, I wasn't with anyone.
What were you doing last night? Nothing really.
Mmm.
Who were you doing nothing really with? I already told you.
I was with Romeo and Dougherty.
What are you doing here? Nice house.
Answer the question.
I wanted to see you.
Give me your phone.
What? No! And you're grounded.
Why? I said give me your phone.
When do I get it back? When you start telling me the truth.
Oh, fuck.
Tim! This is between you and me.
No, it's not.
CHRISTINE: Tim! It's between the three of us.
I don't want to talk to Christine.
Then don't come back here.
(SCOFFS) You're so loyal.
Max doesn't even know you.
Doesn't matter what you do, I'll still get to Max just like I can get to you.
You can come in or you can go.
I'm making you hard, aren't I? (SIGHS) Left my wallet in the car.