Foreign Exchange (2004) s01e04 Episode Script

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(upbeat guitar music)
(energetic music)
- Brett Miller to the Ranger's office!
Brett Miller!
Where's your Irish friend?
- Sorry?
- She's still got two hours to do
before her beach cleaning duties are over.
- But she'll be here.
- She better be.
It'll be dark in a couple of hours,
and it's gotta be done during the day.
- Says who?
- Says me.
You tell her if she doesn't
front in the next 10 minutes,
she's copping another 20 hours.
Got it?
- Okay, okay, well I'll give her a call.
- Hey Jackie, we've run
out of milk downstairs.
- Yeah, help yourself.
And can you call a plumber
and ask him to come and fix this tap?
- You just need a new washer.
You don't need a plumber for that.
- No, I suppose Craig can fix it.
- You don't need Dad.
You got me.
- You?
- Easy-peasy.
Leave it to measy.
(upbeat music)
(crowd chattering)
- Come on, girls!
- Martha!
Come on, keep tight!
Tara.
Quickly.
I'm putting you on, I need you to score.
- But that's Hannah's job!
- She's not feeling well.
I've let her stay in bed.
- Can't someone else do it?
- You are someone else, Tara!
Come on!
(Tara sighs)
(moody piano music)
(upbeat music)
(rocks scraping)
(dial tone rings)
(phone ringing)
(slow piano music)
(steam hissing)
(liquid bubbling)
(door clicks open)
- Cormac!
Why aren't you with the croquet match?
- Oh, ooh I hate sport.
- But the whole school's there.
It's a very important match.
- Well, then why aren't you there?
- Oh (coughs).
I'm not feeling well.
- Why aren't you in bed?
- I just had to collect something.
- What, you mean that lump of rock?
(liquid bubbling)
- What?
- Hm, titanium,
lead, zinc,
wouldn't surprise me if
there's copper in there, too.
- You can tell all that?
- Would you like to know
its exact composition?
- Well, yeah, but how?
(upbeat music)
- Meredith?
Are you on the internet?
- Yeah, why?
- Look, stop hogging the phone line, okay?
I need to get online.
- I'm downloading a program.
- Look, I've gotta send an email, okay?
How long's it gonna take?
- About half an hour?
- I can't wait that long.
(upbeat music)
(crowd chattering)
(upbeat music)
- [Hannah] What is it?
- A modified Magno Spectrometer (laughs).
I built it last term.
- What does it do?
- It measures magnetic forces.
You see, I can analyze
exactly what any metal object
is made up of.
- And it won't hurt us?
- No, no chance.
Hm.
- What, what do you mean, hm?
- That's a high reading.
It's usually between 4.3 and 7.8.
This is just a very unusual
combination of metals.
- How unusual?
- I'll have to get my chart, hang on.
(electronic beeping)
- Cormac!
- Yeah, it won't be long.
- Look, Cormac, there's
something you should see!
Cormac, hurry!
(dramatic music)
- This is impossible!
Hannah, move away, move away, hurry.
Hannah, get down, get down!
(rapid beeping)
(electrical explosion booms)
- What happened?
- This machine's obviously malfunctioned.
Sorry, Hannah.
I don't know why it did that, though.
It's worked perfectly until now.
- Cormac, what would happen
if the numbers on your
machine really were accurate?
- Oh, that's not possible, Hannah.
There's no metal anywhere
that contains such magnetism.
- Well, just suppose.
- Well, you could, you could zap yourself
anywhere in the world, just like that.
- Anywhere?
- Yeah, anywhere there were rocks
containing the same sort of metal.
- So even South America
or Australia?
- It'd be like walking through a door.
(upbeat music)
- Thanks, Cormac.
Sorry about your machine.
(upbeat music)
(birds singing)
(rocks scraping)
(bell dinging)
(peaceful music)
(waves crashing)
- Not before time!
Your ran close to the wind there, girly.
You've got two full hours to do, right?
And I don't wanna see one piece of litter
left on this beach.
- You owe me big time for this, Hannah.
(footsteps tapping)
- That was a good game.
A pity we lost, though.
- I couldn't care less.
- Tara, go and check on Hannah.
See how she's feeling.
(students chattering)
- Cormac, I think Tara
would be really interested
to look at your machine!
- Tara?
- Oh, deep down she is
a real science freak.
- Tara?
- Oh, well she's very shy about it.
In fact, she'll probably deny it.
But if you could explain how it works,
it would give her such a buzz.
- Tara?
- She's coming, I'll leave you to it.
And make it as technical as you like.
She loves that stuff!
(footsteps banging)
- Excuse me, Cormac.
Do you mind?
- This is it.
Fundamentally it's very simple.
You just have to make sure
that the magnetic fields are harnessed,
so that the opposing
forces can be maximized.
- What?
- Yeah, I based it on
this theory I found in
Future Science Magazine.
Do you, do you subscribe?
- Cormac, why are you talking to me?
- Would you like to see
the magnetic polarizers
or the sensor pads?
- I couldn't care less about sensor pads
or polarizers.
Or anything else.
- But you don't mean that.
- Read my lips, Cormac.
Absolutely nothing you have to say
could ever be of interest to me, ever.
Now, can I pass, please?
- Sure, and anytime,
anytime you want to borrow
a copy of Future Science, just ask.
(tense music)
(door clicks open)
- You awake, Hannah?
(door slamming)
You won't believe what just happened.
That geek, Cormac, actually
tried to pick me up.
I mean, as if.
How could he even think
that someone like me
could be remotely interested
in someone like him?
I was almost going to
scream when I thought,
well, calm down, Tara.
You know the effect you have on boys,
even losers, like Cormac.
So I just kept my cool
and like, you know, humored him.
Oh, by the way,
Miss Murphy wants to know how you are.
(coughing)
That's disgusting.
At least try to cough towards the window.
And watch out for creepy Cormac.
He's so desperate he'll latch onto anyone.
Even you, Hannah.
(tense music)
(ocean roaring)
- Where's Brett?
He should be helping with this.
- I don't know.
I thought he was with Hannah.
- Hm, didn't see her arrive.
- She's down on the beach.
It's her last cleaning session.
- Oh, poor thing.
Why don't you ask her up for
a drink when she's finished?
- Sure!
Hannah!
Hannah!
Jackie wants to know if you want a drink
when you're finished?
Aw, go on, it's so hot down there.
You don't wanna dehydrate.
Great, I'll tell her you're coming!
- Meredith, that means no.
(moody piano music)
- Come on!
(scraping)
(electrical sizzling)
Whoa.
(electronic tinkling)
(rocks scraping)
(electronic tinkling)
I did it.
(moody piano music)
(electronic tinkling)
(moody piano music)
(rocks scraping)
(electronic tinkling)
(moody piano music)
- You must be pleased with yourself, then.
- Oh, Jackie, hi.
- So, you actually got through it.
- How did you know?
- I saw you.
- Oh, you did?
- Mm-hm, we all did,
and we're very pleased you made it.
- But I thought that--
- Nothing to worry about,
bit of beach cleaning's no big deal.
- Beach cleaning.
- Anyway, you're finished now.
- I finished.
- Do you want that drink?
You must be so thirsty
after all that work, eh?
- Oh, I'd love a drink, thanks.
(energetic guitar music)
(ocean roaring)
(waves splashing)
- Brett!
Come and have a drink with Hannah!
- What?
- Jackie invited her up!
- Hannah's already left.
- No, she hasn't.
- She's gone, I just saw her.
She said she'd be back tomorrow.
- Well, she changed her mind.
Come on!
(upbeat music)
- Listen, Hannah had to go in a hurry.
She had some important family business.
- Hey, Brett.
- What are you doing here?
- Oh, well that's charming.
The poor girl's been cleaning
the beach for two hours
and she's hot and tired.
- Oh, is that right?
- Yes.
- Funny that, 'cause so am I.
- Well, don't just stand there,
go and get yourself a glass.
- Actually, Brett said he
was gonna lend me a book.
- I did?
- Yeah, you know that novel?
On magnetic attraction.
- Oh yeah, that.
I think I've got it downstairs.
- You've got Magnetic Attraction?
That's too girly for you!
- How did you get here?
I couldn't get the portal open!
- Sorry, it's my fault,
but I know how to do it now.
- Do what?
- Open the portal from my side.
- How?
- It's magnetic.
Cormac showed me how.
- Cormac, you told Cormac about it?
- Well, no.
See, we were doing a science experiment.
- Why, you were supposed to be here
finishing your beach duty.
- Oh, I'm sorry.
Guess which one I thought
was more important.
Well, never mind, if you'll just come
and see with me.
It's completely fantastic.
As soon as Cormac explained
it to me, I realized.
The metal shapes magnetize each other
once you turn them.
- Yeah, but the magnetism,
it must be huge.
- Try enormous.
Then multiply that by a hundred.
- So why wouldn't the portal work for me?
- Oh, well, because I'd taken
out one of the portal keys.
But at least now we know
it opens on both sides.
- Yeah, but you can't
just come in and out.
All right, we've gotta have rules.
- Okay, the most important one being
that no one can find out about this.
- Right.
- Okay, well, I'd better get going.
I'm supposed to be in bed sick.
- Righto.
- And thanks for doing
the beach cleaning today.
I really owe you one.
- You bet you do.
(footsteps scraping)
(rocks scraping)
(dramatic music)
- What's happened?
(rocks scraping)
(dramatic music)
- It's not working.
- It has to.
- Well, it's not, is it?
- Well, it has to work,
otherwise I'm stuck here.
(metal clanging)
- The secret is to screw
the tap on really well.
That way the seal stays tight
and the water stays in.
- Are you sure you know what you're doing?
- Are you kidding?
I've seen Dad do this
like a hundred times.
I could do it standing on my head.
- [Jackie] Just don't be long, okay?
(footsteps tapping)
(metal grinding)
- There, that should do it.
(metal grinding)
- When you opened the portal in Ireland,
what did you use to scrub
the gunk out the slot?
- I used a nail file.
That must be it.
It got stuck in the portal
key from the magnetism.
- The metal must be interfering
with the force field somehow.
- Okay, okay, we need
someone at the school
to go down to the cellar
and remove the nail file.
- But they'll discover the portal.
- No, they won't, I closed it.
- But what if they get suspicious?
- We need someone we can trust.
- Like who?
- Someone who won't blab, someone
Someone totally reliable.
(footsteps tapping)
- I'm working on a new version
of the Magno-Spectrometer.
(phone ringing)
- Tell someone
who cares, Cormac.
- Would you like to see the blueprints?
- What?
- They're really exciting, look.
- I cannot believe this.
- Hey, Cormac.
Phone.
- But no one rings me, who is it?
- She didn't say.
- What, what, what, she?
What, you mean, like a girl?
- Yeah, wow, a girl.
- Who is this?
- [Hannah] It's me, Hannah.
- Oh, oh, it's only you.
- What do you mean, only me?
- Oh, well, well, Martin
said it was a girl, so.
- So what am I, a rhinoceros?
- Hannah, get on with it.
- Okay, Cormac, sorry.
I need to ask you a favor, in a hurry.
- What kind of favor?
- Well, when I was down in
the cellar this morning,
looking at the strange
carving on the wall,
have you noticed it before?
- Can't say I have.
- Oh, well, it's really interesting.
Anyway, when I was
scratching the dirt off,
I left in a hurry
and the nail file is still in the wall.
- So?
- So I need you to go down
and take it out for me.
- Why can't you get it?
- Because, because I'm
supposed to be in bed sick.
Yeah, what if Miss Murphy sees me?
She'll go berserk.
- Well, get it tomorrow, then.
- No, Cormac, you don't understand, okay?
It's Tara's and, you know, if
she realizes that it's gone,
she'll make my life miserable for weeks.
- Okay, okay, I see the problem.
- Okay, so you'll do it for me?
- Yeah.
Where are you ringing from?
- Cormac, please, okay?
Will you do it or not?
- Yeah, yeah, okay, all right.
- Okay, oh, and one more thing.
After you take the nail
file out of the wall,
you need to send an email for me.
To brett@dropmail.com
- Yep, saying what?
- Just Hannah says hi.
- Fair enough.
- Okay, thanks a lot, Cormac.
- Leave it to me, so, bye.
- Bye.
- This'll work, won't it?
- It has to, otherwise I'm dead meat.
(door creaking)
(dramatic music)
(alarm ringing)
- Can't you hear the fire alarm?
Come on, out!
- So is this another fire drill?
- No questions, just move.
- So it is a fire drill!
- It's bad enough that I
have to do this silly job
without having to answer
silly questions, too.
Fire warden, anyone here?
Why are you hanging around
the girls' bathroom?
- Well, I,
well, I had to get something
and I found this!
- That's mine.
- Yes!
- Where did you get it?
- Well, not, not in the cellar.
Somewhere completely different.
- Come on, out!
Cormac, I think it's time we
faced this problem square on.
- What problem?
- When you look at me
you see someone who's
beautiful and popular
and got loads of personality, right?
- Uh.
- And that's why you've
fallen in love with me.
- Sorry?
- It's nothing to be embarrassed about.
I know the effect I have on boys.
- I'm not embarrassed.
- You just, you need to find someone
who's a bit further down
the food chain, you know?
- What?
- Someone you can talk
to, share things with.
Looks aren't everything, you know?
Certainly not in your case, anyway.
- Look.
- I know, it's tough, really.
The girl of your dreams,
so near, yet so far.
But remember, real love
is about giving people the
space they need, right?
Here, keep this as a memento.
Come on, keep moving
in an orderly fashion!
- Supposing he decides to
investigate the portal key.
(metal rumbling)
- What's that?
- It's the water pipes.
(metal rumbling)
- What's that noise?
- It's just the water
pressure building up.
It'll be fine.
(metal rumbling)
(metal clanging)
Go and turn it off at the mains!
Quick!
And you'd better hurry!
- [Hannah] What are you doing?
- [Brett] Get out of the way.
(screaming)
- Go and call a plumber.
Now!
(alarm ringing)
- Cormac, can't you hear the fire alarm?
Off you go.
Come on.
(footsteps tapping)
(keys tapping)
- Got it!
- Great, let's go.
Sorry I was a pain today.
I was in a total panic.
- No worries, you weren't the only one.
(electronic tinkling)
- See you tomorrow.
- Yeah.
(electronic tinkling)
(alarm ringing)
(tense music)
(electronic tinkling)
(rocks scraping)
(electronic tinkling)
(alarms ringing)
(tense music)
- Check your class groups,
make sure everyone's here.
Cormac, come on, please.
Tara, have you got everyone
checked off your list?
- Everyone except Hannah.
- Right, good job, everyone.
Tara, well done.
I want everyone to go back
inside in an orderly fashion
and go back to your classes.
(footsteps crunching)
(tense piano music)
- Hannah!
Where were you?
- Oh, uh, nowhere.
- Didn't you hear the fire alarm?
- Goodness me, Hannah, look at you.
What happened?
- I went down to the showers
and the fire alarm went
off and I panicked.
And got wet.
- But I checked the showers.
See, that's your fault for distracting me!
- Actually, that was a very
sensible thing to do, Hannah.
But thankfully it was a false alarm.
So you can go
and get out of those
damp clothes immediately.
- Yes, Miss.
- Everyone else, back to class, please.
- Just between you and me,
I know what Cormac's been getting up to.
- You, you do?
- He's completely loopy about me.
I sorted him out, though,
but be careful of him,
he's completely weird.
(light music)
- Cormac.
Thanks so much for your help.
I can't tell you how much I appreciate it.
- That's, that's okay.
Oh, could you give this to Tara, please?
- Oh, sure?
- Yeah, she gave me that,
but I, I don't want anything of hers.
- Tara's not your type?
- Be careful of her.
She's completely weird.
(light music)
(upbeat guitar music)
(electronic whooshing)