Frayed (2019) s01e04 Episode Script
Episode 4
1 You get nothing until you pay me back for that phone bill.
I told you I'd pay you back, all right? I need to earn money, Fiona.
I mean proper money.
You know, you and I would make a really good team.
I'm just gonna go to Sydney with him and I'm gonna demand money in return for not telling anyone what he's really doing.
That's the exact definition of blackmail! I'm going on a date tonight.
Do you want to come back to my house? Yes! SAMMY: I do not want to set up some sort of precedent where my daughter's lying for that jail-bait next door.
Maybe if she gets Abby Harris on her side, people will stop bullying her! I don't want to be your friend.
I want you to leave me alone.
I'm in love with you.
You're not the man I thought you were.
You've ruined my fucking life! I've lost Bev because of you! (VEHICLE PULLS UP) (HANDBRAKE CLICKS) (JIM SIGHS) BONNIE TYLER: now and then, I fall apart Turn around, bright eyes Every now and then, I fall apart And I need you now tonight And I need you more than ever - Turn that fucking music off! - And if you only hold me tight If you don't turn that off, I'm gonna smash your fuckin' head in! Shut up! Arggh! Oh, get fucked! I'm being romantic, you dickheads! Bev! - (SONG STOPS) - Gah! What the fuck?! Fuck! Bev! Come out and talk to me! - I love you! - What do you want, Jim? - You.
- Go back to your sister and her kids.
I'm with a man with prospects now.
- Hey, Jim! - Duncan? But he's a parking cop! Head parking enforcement officer, thank you.
He brings me flowers and shit.
Some idiot left a whole pile under a telegraph pole.
- They looked real expensive too.
- Oh, Bev! No! Agh! Bev! Beverley! Beverle (SCREAMS) Bev! Oh, hey.
Hi.
I really need to talk to you.
And you did say I could come over anytime.
Not at five in the fucking morning! - Yeah, but I can't sleep.
- (SIGHS) - Should I go? I should go.
- Yes! Maybe I can come in for a little bit.
- Oh, my - Shh! God! - He's asleep.
- Nice one.
No, not "nice one".
I was wasted and made a massive mistake.
He's gross.
Did you have a one-night stand with Jesus? His name's Vernon.
He's really clingy.
Like, "Back the fuck off, will you, mate? "Give me my fucking space.
I'm not your wife.
" So, what do you want? Ah, I've been thinking about this trip away with Chris.
- How we're planning to blackmail him.
- Oh, God.
That sounds really bad.
- Yeah, I know.
- Makes me really nervous.
- Feels like it'll end in murder.
- Exactly.
We're not criminals.
We're smarter than him.
You know, we're better than the stupid tasks that he gives us.
- Right.
- I've been thinking.
I'm gonna blow his mind at these meetings.
I'm gonna prove to him that we are indispensable assets.
Yeah? Yeah.
I'm not going for blackmail anymore.
No.
I'm going for partnership.
- Wow.
That is great.
- Thank you.
And if that doesn't work, I'll just go back to the blackmail thing.
- What do you reckon? - You're thinking like a boss.
- Like Orson Welles in Citizen Kane.
- Yeah, I haven't seen it.
- I haven't seen it either, actually.
- (DOOR OPENS) - Hey.
- Oh, Christ.
Here we go.
- Hi.
Vernon.
- You're Vernon? That's Vernon? Are you guys hungry? I'm gonna make some breakfast.
(WHISPERS) What a dickhead.
(SEAGULLS CRY) - The kids still here? - No.
They'll have left for school.
Tess has still got a sore tummy.
Morning, Mrs Cooper.
Hey, Abby.
Jim, do me a favour, would you? Keep a close eye on the kids while I'm gone.
Yeah, sure.
I'll look after your kids.
- Ta.
- And pay your bills.
And let you live in my house and destroy my relationship.
Anything else? How about my left liver? Do you want that too? - Kidney.
You've only got one liver.
- Oh, OK, Lenny Pascoe.
Who? Lenny Pascoe? Guy who does all the paintings and stuff about the human body? Der! Do you mean Leonardo da Vinci? Yep.
Look, you're gonna get your money, OK? That's the whole reason I'm going on this trip with Chris.
There's always some scheme with you, isn't there, Joan Collins? You know what your problem is? You don't understand the value of true grit and hard work, determination, and paying your debts, huh? You've had your little hand out since you got here, but it's quite OK for you to buy some new clothes for yourself.
- I didn't buy these! - Nicked 'em, did ya? No! Chris got 'em for me.
So that's the plan, huh? Find yourself a nice rich guy Jim, you shut your fuckin' mouth.
and make your money the only way you know how.
- "Ooh, yeah, Christos!" - Oh! - Jesus! - "Ah! Oh, oh! Thank you.
" Cha-ching! Yeah, well, your girlfriend would know a thing or two about that.
Oh, hey, since Bev dumped you, have you had to go back to paying full price? I'm gonna destroy you.
Yeah, well, you should probably get your money first, ya fuckin' idiot.
Slut! Whoa! - Oh, shit! Jim! - Hey, Mum.
Sammy fell over.
- That is a lie! He pushed me.
- (LAUGHS) - What's wrong with you? - What? I'm just laughing.
(LAUGHS) - How was your date last night? - It was wonderful.
You haven't been swimming yet.
No, I, uh thought I needed a bit of a lie-in.
- Oh, gross! - Oh, Jesus Christ, Mum! - Ew! - Oh, come on! - Grow up, both of you.
- That is disgusting! - That's really gross.
- Oh, shut up.
(HORN HONKS) Oh, well.
Have fun in Sydney.
Eugh! - It's not fun.
It's business.
- OK.
- SAMMY: Hey.
- Hey.
Hey, um, can we, uh, put the roof up? I'm gonna get really sunburnt today.
Then wear sunscreen.
But what about my hair? (SIGHS) All right.
Your brother wants you.
Oh, come on.
(CHRIS GROANS) (GRUNTS) BOOM CRASH OPERA: Hey! Keep it in, cut it out - Kick it out - Mmm Keep it in, cut it out Kick it out Oh, oh, onion skin Kick it out Walking around with your heart caved in When you start to roll - ABBY: What are you doing? - (GASPS) So this is where you hide at break.
Did you draw that cock? - No, I drew the poo.
- Nice.
That's really brought it to life.
Hello.
Just letting you know that there's a school dance - Fuck off.
- coming up.
OK.
So, I want to come over to your house to study.
Hmm? My dad's grounded me until my grades improve.
But when you lied for me and said we were studying together Well, you're clever.
What do you think? No.
Well, I can help you.
It's not normal to hide in the library.
- You could use a friend, Tess.
- I don't need friends.
Besides, I'm not going to be here much longer.
- Oh, my God.
Are you dying? - No! - We're going back to England soon.
- Oh.
Well, until you go, you don't have to be the most unpopular kid in school.
I'm not the MOST unpopular.
Is that why you chose me for your dodgeball team in PE? No, I chose you 'cause you're such a fantastic athlete.
Yes, that's why I chose you.
I have tons of friends, OK? Tons.
And I can help you with shit like that.
Would you girls keep your voices down, please? Who defaced this book? I did.
(SCOFFS) Come with me, young lady.
See you, study buddy.
Those are the profiles of the rail firms we're meeting.
Have a good look before 3:00.
I really shouldn't read while we drive.
I get very carsick.
Hey! These are the articles I cut out of the paper.
Yeah, Beijing want to build dozens of new cities.
Rail firms from all over the world are swarming for the contracts.
And if they want to build railways, they'll need - Train conductors.
- No.
- Uh, ticket machines.
- No! - Tannoys for announcements.
- No.
- Steering wheels.
- Steel, Sammy.
Steel.
I was gonna say that next.
Mate, this contract could bring in thousands of jobs.
- Keep reading.
- I really shouldn't.
It makes me Look, there's millions to be made here, Sammy.
Millions and millions.
OK.
Well, what do you want from me? These big shots don't take me seriously because I'm from a shitty little backwater.
They need to believe that I'm a player, the gateway to the Aussie steel market.
So we're gonna do some pretending.
You are a foreign investor.
Successful.
Shrewd.
You only put your money in dead certain opportunities.
And that opportunity is me.
(BURPS) Ohh Hey, this first company we're meeting.
Their London office is right near the Porsche dealership in Hammersmith.
Every time I buy a new Porsche, I go right past their building.
See, this is the kind of bullshit I want you to pull in the meetings, Sammy.
And order 'Mo-et' champagne and explain to 'em how to pronounce it that way.
Makes everyone feel stupid.
OK.
I'm gonna do a great job for you today.
I promise you that partner.
And really play up your stupid fake accent you do sometimes.
We're gonna be classy as fuck.
We're gonna show them that we're a pair of players Ohh! (GAGS) I did mention that I get carsick.
I mean, I did say that.
Unbelievable! Well, don't put the roof down! I'm gonna get sunburn! I have to because of the stench of your vomit.
And you're in the back.
- What?! - Well, it stinks! What are you doing? Don't talk to him! Shut up, mate! Oh, shit.
Oh! Beverley! Fancy that! - What are you doing, Jim? - Oh, you know, I'm just just hangin'.
Just - I've gotta talk to you.
- There's nothin' to say.
You made your choice.
You didn't choose me.
No, that's not true, Bev.
- You are everything to me.
- You're being played.
Your sister is taking your money.
She's taking your house.
She's making you pay for the kids and look after them.
Come on, Bev, back to work.
That is not the kind of man I want to be with.
Bev, wait! Just give me a second chance! - OTHERS: Second chance? - Oh, piss off! Mind your own beeswax! You choked, Jim.
We could have called that number and found out what your sister was up to and you choked.
- No! I'll never choke again.
- I need you to be a man.
A man who takes control.
A man of action.
A man who can dominate.
I want you so bad right now.
- What? Right here on the side of the highway? Yeah, right here.
I want to rip that council-issue tunic off you and give it to you in front of motorists and pedestrians.
Mate, tone it down, please.
Why don't you, uh, come back in a couple of hours, after my regulation disinfectant shower? Maybe you can leave the door unlocked and wait with a blindfold Oh.
Wait, I've got the kids this arvo.
Piss off! I knew you didn't have it in you.
No, they don't come back till 3:30.
Can't we work around that? I'm not giving up on you, Beverley Spray! Do you hear me? I love you! - MAN: "I love you!" - (LAUGHTER, JEERING) - MAN 2: Suck shit, dickhead! - Oh! CHRIS: All right, we've, uh, made good time.
We could go for brunch before the meeting.
There's a lovely bistro Oh! No, you're gonna give me some money and I'm gonna go and get myself looking nice for the meeting.
I'm not giving you any money.
Chris! You want us to look like players.
I don't look like a player.
- Oh, this is a wasp! - Eugh! Fuck! All right! Here.
- 60 bucks? - It's all I've got! - Are you s you're serious? - Yes.
That's it.
See you at the restaurant.
- I hate you.
- I hate YOU.
Are you going to the school dance? I don't know.
You? - I wonder if Abby's going.
- Mmm.
People get fucked up at the school dance.
What? Well, everyone turns up stoned or drunk.
Last year, Abby Harris got busted for bringing weed.
- Marijuana?! - I did not get busted.
They thought I was stoned, but they couldn't prove anything.
I was given a caution.
Where's Tess? Um - She's in the basement.
- And where is that? Thanks.
Ask her if she's going to the dance.
Abby, are you going to the school dance? - Yep! - Say something back.
Er, I love to dance! I'm not, uh, sure where she is.
(SULTRY MUSIC) late.
I had to speak with London.
I'm Simone.
Lovely to meet you.
- Good afternoon.
- Good afternoon.
- What are you wearing?! - It's all I could afford! I'm not sure it was a wise idea going to the other side of the world whilst I'm renovating, but here we are.
Where in England do you live? I'm from Fulham originally.
- Richmond Park.
Near Ham.
- Very nice.
Well, we'll see what it looks like when I get back.
MAN: Can I get anyone a drink? - Beer, please.
- Glass of 'Mo-et'.
Did you just say 'Mo-et'? Not often I hear that pronounced correctly these days.
- (ALL CHUCKLE) - Bugger it! (GASMASK HISSES) - Holy shit! This is so cool! - What the hell? Hey, I didn't say you could come over.
It's study time.
And look, I even brought books and paper.
I'm busy right now.
What, busy sitting on your own in a dark basement, wearing an oxygen mask? So.
My last essay on Macbeth, I got a 7 out of 20.
"Macbeth really wanted to be king, but he hasn't got the balls.
It's Mrs Macbeth who does, and she doesn't become a mental until way after he loses his shit.
" Yep.
Well, it's not 'Mrs Macbeth', it's 'Lady Macbeth'.
And, um, well, you're right about Macbeth, but instead of 'balls', you'd say, um well, 'he lacks the courage'.
This is so great.
Look at us.
We're, like, total fucking Poindexters right now.
- (LAUGHS) - (FOOTSTEPS) Oh.
Hey, Abby.
I just wanted to clarify what I said earlier about my love of dance.
I was referring to breakdance and other forms of contemporary dance that men do.
- BO: (WHISPERS) Hey, Lenny! - What? - Tell her about breakdance.
- I said that! OK.
Cool.
Apparently, they're making a sequel, because the first one was so successful.
But instead of shrinking the kids, they're gonna make 'em enormous.
Yeah.
Pretty funny.
Massive children.
SAMMY: My husband buys his Porsches from the dealership.
Yes.
That's exactly where our London office is.
- What does your husband drive? - A 944 Turbo and a 1965 912.
But his real obsession is Aston Martins.
Oh, nice.
(CHUCKLES) Well, it's getting a little expensive.
He's always trying to find new ways to pay for it.
I expect that's why he's so interested in Newcastle.
The infrastructure is all in place.
And the steelworks haven't been used since they were shut down.
All we have to do is switch on the machines.
And it's all built around the largest port in the Southern Hemisphere.
What exactly is your interest in all of this? My husband's firm, they've got equities in China.
The Chinese government want to build entire cities from scratch.
A construction boom like no other in history.
And if they're going to build cities, they're going to need Steel.
- Which firm is your husband with? - Hawtrey and Whitfield.
I've heard of that firm.
Why have I heard of that firm? - It's the largest in Western Europe.
- No, no.
Someone told me there was a guy who worked there once.
He died from having a mobile phone inserted into his - (SNIGGERS) - That sounds very made up.
- Inserted into his what? - His arsehole? Guys, this this is really boring.
It's not boring.
It's not boring at all.
In any case, this is a once-in-a-lifetime investment opportunity.
Right, Chris? Absolutely.
Newcastle's ready.
The people are ready.
They want to work.
Now, we'll have to look into all this, but I can notionally say at this stage, we're very interested.
Excellent.
Bye-bye.
- Good afternoon.
- Enjoy your afternoon.
(SQUEALS) Oh, shit! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! That was so good! Christ, that went so That went really well.
That went really well.
You were so great! Oh, and you remembered - BOTH: Steel, steel, steel! - I remembered! I think we should go for a drink.
Should we go for a drink? Oh, shall we celebrate with some 'Mo-et'? (LAUGHS) (CORK POPS) Cheers, mate.
This'll be worth a fuckin' fortune.
I was good in those meetings.
Admit it.
I was good.
Totally.
Couldn't have done it without you.
I mean, we were great together.
We should do this more often.
- I agree.
- Like partners.
Partners? Don't be ridiculous.
You're a woman.
Look, just because you played a bit of make-believe in the meetings doesn't mean you have any qualifications.
The world's changing, Chris.
Seriously.
It's the 1980s.
Within a couple of years' time, women are gonna have equal pay.
We're gonna have equal representation in boardrooms and parliament.
You need to get on board the juggernaut.
No, you're my secretary.
That's where this conversation ends.
Right.
I've got a meeting to go to.
Already? All right, then.
Well, I'm on fire.
Let's do it.
I think you're really gonna find I am a valuable asset No.
You're not coming to this one.
- Chris, you just got through saying - It's not that type of meeting.
- Chris, you - Sammy.
I'll meet you back here for drinks later.
(SIGHS) Shit.
So, in your first paragraph, you put forward your answer.
- What you're saying is ? - Well (SIGHS) all the men get to have fun with swords and battle and ruling the place, while the women just had babies.
Then all Mrs Mac Lady Macbeth wanted was what all the men had.
And what was that? I don't know.
Power, I guess.
That's terrific! It's a really great point.
Abby, you're not a total moron.
Thank you, Tess.
All right.
Come on.
I need a break.
Let's go have a cig.
Well, I don't, um OK, but just a quick break.
- Where are we going? - Told you, a cig.
So, are you gonna come to the school dance? - You should.
They're fun.
- It's not my thing.
I'm not good around people.
They don't like me.
You know, you're not that bad.
You're actually kinda funny, in a weird way.
This feels like a long way to go for a cigarette.
Where are we? - What are you doing? - Yoo-hoo! (KNOCKS) - Abby! - Hey.
Come on.
You don't have to sit outside like a dog.
Abby! Who are you? All right, well, if you're not gonna tell me your name, can you at least tell me why you're in my house? Um, I'm a friend of Abby's.
What, and they just left you here? Right.
Well, I'm Jude, Scott's brother.
- You want some toast? - No, thank you.
I'm fine.
Cool.
I've gotta get back to work.
If you want to watch some TV, just help yourself to anything.
Thank you.
Listen.
Abby is I mean, that whole situation, it's um Just be careful.
- What's on the toast? - Try.
(SIGHS) - Excuse me, madam.
- Mmm? - Are you a patron of this hotel? - What? Can I just see your room key, please? Why do you want to see my room key? I'd like to see your room key, please, if that's OK.
Come on, love.
You can work another patch of turf.
What the fuck? (CLEARS THROAT) Madam, I am so so sorry.
Oh, my God! Oh, my God! You thought We've had just had a real problem lately.
They've been coming in from the train stations, you know, dressed exactly like you are, pretty much.
Will you shut the fuck up, Sonny? What is wrong with your brain? Madam, can we offer you a bottle of wine? - As compensation? - Yes.
Yeah.
For being removed from your hotel for SOLICITING? (SIGHS) I'm sure we can come to some sort of an agreement.
Sonny, get this lady whatever she wants.
Can I see your cocktail menu? Yeah.
Sure.
Uncle Jim? I think Abby's becoming friends with Tess.
Well, she came over and I spoke to her.
- He told her he adores dance.
- Great.
Wait, don't do that.
What are you trying to do? Help me or break the fuckin' car? - Sorry, I thought you wanted - I didn't.
Hey, if we can get the car working, we could give Abby a lift to the dance.
Imagine that turning up in a Bentley.
- Yeah.
- (ENGINE STARTS) (BOYS CHORTLE) - (STOPS ENGINE) - Wh Are are aren't you excited, Uncle Jim? Leonard, the car won't make any difference to Abby.
All right? That's what happens when you love someone who doesn't love you back.
Nothing you ever do is good enough.
Why are you being such an arsehole? Why are you even here, Bo? Shouldn't you be at karate or something? I told you, just because I'm Chinese doesn't mean I do karate.
Don't either of you have a house to go to other than mine that you can ruin? I had a good life and it's all gone to shit since you kids arrived.
OK.
Come on, man, let's go.
Fuck him.
Fuck me? Fuck you.
- Fuck me? - Yeah, fuck you.
- Oh, well, fuck you too! - Yeah, fuck you, Uncle Jim.
- Oh, fuck you too, Leonard! - Fuck you, Jim.
- Fuck off, Bo! - You fuck off.
- Yeah, fuck off! - Why don't you both fuck off?! - Haaa! - (GROANS) (COUGHS) (BREATHLESSLY) I knew you did karate.
- Just started classes, arsehole.
- (GASPS AND COUGHS) Leonard! Leonard.
(GROANS) (SLURPS) - That was perfect.
- I've never heard of that drink.
Yeah, well, now you have.
It's called the Sammy Cooper.
That's two parts gin, vermouth Fanta and, uh - What's this? - Pineapple.
You know that this is coming out of my own pay, right? Yeah, well, you shouldn't have called me a prostitute.
Hey, psst! You might want to check and see if someone's got a room key.
Oh, she's not a prostitute.
That's just fashion.
Are you fuckin' kidding me? I look like more of a prostitute than them? Madam I've already apologised for that.
And I've forgiven you.
You know what this calls for? Another Sammy Cooper.
Come on.
Set 'em up, Joe.
- My name's Sonny.
- I don't give a shit.
ABBY: Tess, wait up! Oh, my God! Why don't you ever move this fast at dodgeball? Yoo-hoo! Tess? Where are you going? I could have been doing homework, but instead, I just spent my entire afternoon in some stranger's house watching Neighbours! - Oh.
What happened? - Why did you rope me in for this? - I thought you had tons of friends.
- I don't know.
My parents grounded me.
They won't let me see my mates.
And they were so excited when I said that we'd be studying.
I really do need help with my homework, OK? That bit was true.
Oh, wow, Abby.
Something you said to me was true! That's so great.
My parents banned me from seeing Scott and then he got expelled, so I never get to see him.
Well, how old is he? He's 18, OK? But I'm 16 soon, so it's fine.
Oh, my God! He is so old! This is illegal, Abby.
You could get arrested or pregnant - All right.
Tess - or AIDS! I am not doing this! Tess! I love him, OK? We're not studying together either.
What am I gonna tell my parents? I don't care.
Tell them the truth.
Tess! - Tess! - I will not lie for you, Abby.
- Tess.
You cannot tell my dad, OK? - Ow! - Promise me.
- OK, OK, I promise! Shit! TERRY: Hello, girls.
- Dad.
- Hi, Tess.
How's the, uh the study going? Erm yeah, good.
We just finished up.
Yeah, I hope Abby can improve on some of her grades.
Well, we did Macbeth this afternoon and she had some really good ideas.
Right.
Well, that'd be a first.
Righto, Abby.
Time to come inside.
OK.
Bye, Tess.
See you tomorrow? Yeah.
(KNOCK AT DOOR) (SIGHS) - (KNOCK AT DOOR) - Yeah? - (KNOCK AT DOOR) - Oh, fuck! I'm coming! - (OBJECTS CLATTER) - Ow! Oh! Shit! What do you want? - Can I come in? - No.
Piss off.
I'll remind you I'm still your boss.
Excuse me.
Jesus! Had a bit of a party, eh? Yeah, I had a bit of a party.
It was a fuckin' great party.
- I mean, what the hell, Chris? - (SIGHS) You invite me down here for business meetings, then you don't take me to the meetings? - I wasn't going to meetings.
- I was great today.
I was really good.
Yeah.
Yeah, you were.
"Yeah, you were.
" I mean, you were banging on about Honey, I Shrunk The fuckin' Kids.
Sorry I was there, Chris.
You could have shared your feelings on RoboCop.
Yes, the meetings went well today because of you, Sammy.
And, by the way, I know where you went.
You met with a rival firm.
The minute I ask you to share in what we earned together, you go to a meeting without me.
How'd that go? Tell everyone about Police Academy 2? I wasn't talking about Police Academy 2.
I know you take bribes.
You take bribes from businessmen so they get the contracts.
I've seen the accounts.
You're a crook.
And that's what I want to talk to you about.
OK.
That's what I do.
But the meeting with the second firm, that's tomorrow.
That's not where I was tonight.
- Oh.
- My other son, Steve.
He's my oldest.
He's 19.
I shipped him down here to get him out of Newcastle.
He, um he got involved in drugs.
Heroin.
Oh.
Shit, Chris.
There's just so much of the stuff, you know? Newcastle's drowning in it, you know, since the factories closed.
I figured get Steve out, fresh start.
I was having dinner with him tonight.
That was my 'meeting'.
How was he? Oh, you know.
He told me about his new job.
His girlfriend, their new place.
That's that's good, right? It was 31 degrees today and he was wearing a long-sleeved shirt.
I followed him home.
He's living in a squat.
My son's fucking his life and every day, I'm expecting the call.
(SNIFFLES) You know? Fuck.
Oh, fuck.
(SIGHS) Shit.
(CHUCKLES) What did you want to talk to me about? - Don't worry about it.
- Well, let's let's go get a drink.
- It's 2am.
- I know somewhere that's open.
Oh, maybe you should, um look in the the mirror.
Maybe YOU should look in the mirror.
(SIGHS) - There you go, Chris.
- Thank you, Emma.
Cheers to our schemes.
- To our schemes.
- Mm-hm.
Well, in that spirit it's kinda what I wanted to talk to you about.
- I want in on the kickbacks.
- You want in? Yeah.
These bribes.
It's a lot of money, Chris.
I'm not gonna tell anyone, but I want to get paid.
It's called hush money.
Is this blackmail? - No! Not blackmail.
- Well Well, you don't want people finding out that their MP's taking bribes.
OK, let's just say I'm not paying you.
Which is what's gonna happen.
- Who are you gonna tell? - I can tell loads of people.
I can go and tell the Local lawyers? I know 'em all.
Oh, the chief of police, Roy.
He's my best mate.
Or what about the Newcastle Herald? Oh, yeah, that's run by Wade's godfather.
Anyone else? - I could write a letter.
- A letter? What, to my mum? Come on.
No-one cares.
I'm cleaning up Newcastle.
I'm bringing money in.
The people are grateful.
Let's say someone ran a story.
The most that's gonna happen: I'm gonna get fired, you'd be out of a job and you'd be even more fucked.
Hey! I'm not fucked.
- Yeah, you're fucked.
- No, I'm not.
I told you.
I'm waiting for my husband's estate to get settled.
No-one resorts to blackmail because they're doing well.
You know what your problem is, Sammy? You don't know how to make money.
(SIGHS) Please.
I know how to make money.
I had the kind of money that'd make you sick in your jocks.
No, you HAD that kind of money.
Well, your husband did.
Yeah, and he couldn't have done it without me.
OK.
Here's 200 bucks, OK? We're in a casino.
You show me you know how to make money.
You show me that you weren't riding on your husband's coat-tails.
Nup.
I'm not doing this for your entertainment.
(LAUGHS) Come on, do it for fun.
Look, it's all about creativity and taking opportunity.
Take me.
You know, I took the job of an MP in a dead-end town and turned it into an empire.
Show me what YOU can do, Sammy.
All right.
You want to see how to make some money? Yes.
I'll show you how to make some fuckin' money.
(ROCK MUSIC) I hear the big beat All through the town I got the big beat CROUPIER: Red 12.
House wins.
- What?! - Thank you.
MAN: Oh! That prostitute just lost everything! Hey, who fuckin' said that? I'm not a prostitute! I've never seen anyone lose that quickly.
Where do I get more of those biscuity things to put on the numbers? Those biscuity things were your money.
Oh, fuck! I'll get our drinks.
Oh, you owe me $200.
(GROANS) I don't know about you, but I'm pretty pooped.
- Oh, don't be angry.
- I'm not angry, I'm just exhausted.
And we've got that really big meeting in the morning.
- I think we should go.
Put it down.
- You know what, you're right.
- Let's go.
- All right.
I'll get a cab.
Yeah.
OK.
Ohh.
Oh! That's I don't know how Oh.
Oh, do you know what? I know what's happened.
You probably reached down and accidentally put that in my bag by accident.
- Yeah.
Probably.
- Yeah.
Well, I'm glad we sorted that out.
Oh.
- I knew it was her.
- Fuck off! Hey! Just - watch your language there, missy.
- Sorry.
We take this sort of thing very seriously.
We can't have our patrons vulnerable to losing their belongings.
- You're a casino.
- Sammy.
Shut the fuck up.
Yeah, Sammy, shut the fuck up.
So how do you think it looks if word gets out we're running an establishment where your wallet can get snatched by any old hooker that wanders in? Oh, my God! Why does everyone think I'm a prostitute?! All right, look, let's just get on with it, OK? What's it gonna take to sort this out? I'm sure we can arrive at a figure that restores the goodwill here, hm? And then you two will get the fuck out, yeah? And you, I don't want to ever see you ever working this patch of turf again.
Yeah, OK.
I'll go back to working the docks and the oil rigs.
(GROANS) That painted lady sure is a sass-mouthed little whore.
- What is your name? - Nadine.
Oh, 'Nadine'.
Oh! Blacklisted? Really? (PRETENDS TO CRY) Please don't break my heart and tell me I'm not allowed back into your stupid little shithole.
Oh, and, Nadine? Took something else from you.
I took it from your handbag.
And I feel like I should probably give it back to you about now.
That! Yeah, that's for you, Nadine.
Hey, Nadine! (BLOWS RASPBERRIES) - Sammy! - Yeah.
What? - I'll pay you back.
- With what? The money you're gonna pay me for this trip.
Why don't you just keep it? Does that make us even? Uh, no.
I wasn't gonna pay you three grand to attend two meetings.
What were you thinking? Did you actually think they weren't gonna have those cameras everywhere? I don't know.
I just I'm in such deep shit at the moment.
- I'll pay you back, I promise.
- How? Blackmail another politician? Hold up a petrol station? Well goodnight.
- Want another drink? - It's 4am.
What are you doing? - You know those kickbacks you want? - Yeah.
Well, what if they weren't, um, paying for silence? - No! Christos! - Shit! - Dickhead! - Jesus! I thought seeing that I just saved your arse, and it sounds like you owe a lot of money, to me included now, I thought it could be an elegant, um, solution to both our situations.
Just so we're clear, that is not for sale.
And there is no amount of money on earth - Five grand.
- What, just for one time? Yeah.
(SIGHS) OK.
This is a one-off, all right? It's not a standing order.
- And we're not having sex.
- What?! - Take it or leave it.
- (SIGHS) OK, fine.
OK.
It's just a hand job, all right? It's just a good old-fashioned hand job.
It's like a handshake, but with your penis.
- I'm not looking at it.
- Are you joking? - No, I'm not looking at it.
- Well, what am I paying for? A hand job from the girl you wanted to fuck in high school.
- Oh.
- Now, get it out.
- Is it out? - Hang on! - Yep.
- Yep? All right.
I can't find it.
Where Can't you just have a little little look? Just a little glance? (SIGHS) - (GROANS) - Oh, don't pull a face.
Well, what face do you want me to pull? I don't know.
Just I don't know, look pleased.
Uh, what is that face? This is not worth what I'm paying.
Hey! The price is the price.
It's the hookers' code.
- That's not a thing.
- (GROANS) OK.
- You ready? - Yep.
Um, what is THAT face? Do you know what? Do you want to do this or not? Because if you give me any more feedback about my face OK.
(SIGHS) All right.
I've just gotta get a backhand grip on this.
Mmm.
I don't even know why you want to do this.
I mean, why don't you just go to a professional, like a normal person? - I don't like unachieved goals.
- Oh! Fuck, that's dark.
Man, I pity you.
- I pity YOU.
- (SCOFFS) Please.
- You're PAYING me for a hand job.
- I'm paying YOU for a hand job.
- You're sad.
- YOU'RE sad.
You know, your manner is terrible.
Hey, there's the Goodyear Blimp.
Oh, yeah.
Hey.
What are you doing? Reading about a lifesaver who drowned saving a boy who wasn't swimming between the flags.
That's what happens when people get into danger for other people.
Sometimes they get hurt.
Is that the boy he saved? Yes.
He was a selfish dickhead and he's sorry for being stupid You're not stupid, Abby.
That was a good metaphor.
You were talking about that boy, but really, you were talking about your own selfishness.
- I WAS talking about the boy.
- Oh.
Joshin'.
So, I'll see you this afternoon? For study? It was me.
You know, you should come to the dance.
I'll look after you.
- Why? - 'Cause we're friends, you idiot.
All right.
See you.
Good morning.
- Hello.
- I trust you had a good evening? Good.
Good.
I hope the complimentary drinks made up for any confusion.
Don't worry.
I'm not gonna tell your boss.
- Thank God.
Thank you.
- Seriously, just forget about it.
No, no.
No.
It was way out of line for me to suggest that you were - It's OK.
We all make mistakes.
- Thank you.
You totally don't look like a prostitute.
Would you please, please stop talking? OK, we've got 40 minutes till our next meeting.
Let's get going.
Oh, good Lord.
(GROANS) OK.
I, uh - I'm just gonna go powder my nose.
- Mmm.
(SIGHS) Oh, God! (COUGHS) Sorry about that, mate.
She'll clean it up.
- Won't you, Sammy? - Yeah.
I'll clean it up.
Oh, fuck.
- Well done.
- Thank you.
- I mean on the meetings.
- Shut up! God, I know that's what you meant! I'm gonna pay you a bonus.
- In addition to the two grand.
- Two?! - Yeah.
- You said five! Cost me three grand to get you out of the casino.
Shit.
Hey, uh, listen.
All that stuff I told you about my son Yeah, I know.
What happens in Sydney stays in Sydney.
- Thanks.
- I know.
- See you.
- See you.
Wow.
- So, how was your trip? - Yeah, good.
I love your scarf.
It's so pretty.
Oh.
Peter bought it for me.
It's silk.
- Peter, huh? - Yeah.
I think it's great.
- (LAUGHS) - Mum! Oh, my babies! I missed you! Mwah! Oh, and there's my boy! - Hi, Abby.
- Hi.
Mum, there's a school dance coming up.
Can I go? Well, you're a bit happier than when I left.
How's your tummy? - Yeah, fine.
Can I go? - Yeah, sure, I guess.
Yeah.
(CLEARS THROAT) Children.
Leave me alone with your mother for a moment, please.
- Hello, James.
- Samantha.
Oh! What's this? And let that be a lesson to you.
I do understand the values of true grit, of hard work, of repaying your debts.
I've tried to live my life by a code of - You gave him a hand job, didn't you? - How dare you?! SONG: We don't have to take our clothes off To have a good time Just stand up and take some responsibility, Sammy.
"Oh, responsibility, responsibility.
" I want her to see I've got moves, you know? Right, break it up! Jesus! What do you think this is, a live sex show? Are you a lawyer? - Is that you, Rafe? - What's a Rafe? You don't understand.
You keep saying that.
Explain it to me.
You officially now have absolutely nothing.
- So that's it? - Yes! The only way is up-ah!
I told you I'd pay you back, all right? I need to earn money, Fiona.
I mean proper money.
You know, you and I would make a really good team.
I'm just gonna go to Sydney with him and I'm gonna demand money in return for not telling anyone what he's really doing.
That's the exact definition of blackmail! I'm going on a date tonight.
Do you want to come back to my house? Yes! SAMMY: I do not want to set up some sort of precedent where my daughter's lying for that jail-bait next door.
Maybe if she gets Abby Harris on her side, people will stop bullying her! I don't want to be your friend.
I want you to leave me alone.
I'm in love with you.
You're not the man I thought you were.
You've ruined my fucking life! I've lost Bev because of you! (VEHICLE PULLS UP) (HANDBRAKE CLICKS) (JIM SIGHS) BONNIE TYLER: now and then, I fall apart Turn around, bright eyes Every now and then, I fall apart And I need you now tonight And I need you more than ever - Turn that fucking music off! - And if you only hold me tight If you don't turn that off, I'm gonna smash your fuckin' head in! Shut up! Arggh! Oh, get fucked! I'm being romantic, you dickheads! Bev! - (SONG STOPS) - Gah! What the fuck?! Fuck! Bev! Come out and talk to me! - I love you! - What do you want, Jim? - You.
- Go back to your sister and her kids.
I'm with a man with prospects now.
- Hey, Jim! - Duncan? But he's a parking cop! Head parking enforcement officer, thank you.
He brings me flowers and shit.
Some idiot left a whole pile under a telegraph pole.
- They looked real expensive too.
- Oh, Bev! No! Agh! Bev! Beverley! Beverle (SCREAMS) Bev! Oh, hey.
Hi.
I really need to talk to you.
And you did say I could come over anytime.
Not at five in the fucking morning! - Yeah, but I can't sleep.
- (SIGHS) - Should I go? I should go.
- Yes! Maybe I can come in for a little bit.
- Oh, my - Shh! God! - He's asleep.
- Nice one.
No, not "nice one".
I was wasted and made a massive mistake.
He's gross.
Did you have a one-night stand with Jesus? His name's Vernon.
He's really clingy.
Like, "Back the fuck off, will you, mate? "Give me my fucking space.
I'm not your wife.
" So, what do you want? Ah, I've been thinking about this trip away with Chris.
- How we're planning to blackmail him.
- Oh, God.
That sounds really bad.
- Yeah, I know.
- Makes me really nervous.
- Feels like it'll end in murder.
- Exactly.
We're not criminals.
We're smarter than him.
You know, we're better than the stupid tasks that he gives us.
- Right.
- I've been thinking.
I'm gonna blow his mind at these meetings.
I'm gonna prove to him that we are indispensable assets.
Yeah? Yeah.
I'm not going for blackmail anymore.
No.
I'm going for partnership.
- Wow.
That is great.
- Thank you.
And if that doesn't work, I'll just go back to the blackmail thing.
- What do you reckon? - You're thinking like a boss.
- Like Orson Welles in Citizen Kane.
- Yeah, I haven't seen it.
- I haven't seen it either, actually.
- (DOOR OPENS) - Hey.
- Oh, Christ.
Here we go.
- Hi.
Vernon.
- You're Vernon? That's Vernon? Are you guys hungry? I'm gonna make some breakfast.
(WHISPERS) What a dickhead.
(SEAGULLS CRY) - The kids still here? - No.
They'll have left for school.
Tess has still got a sore tummy.
Morning, Mrs Cooper.
Hey, Abby.
Jim, do me a favour, would you? Keep a close eye on the kids while I'm gone.
Yeah, sure.
I'll look after your kids.
- Ta.
- And pay your bills.
And let you live in my house and destroy my relationship.
Anything else? How about my left liver? Do you want that too? - Kidney.
You've only got one liver.
- Oh, OK, Lenny Pascoe.
Who? Lenny Pascoe? Guy who does all the paintings and stuff about the human body? Der! Do you mean Leonardo da Vinci? Yep.
Look, you're gonna get your money, OK? That's the whole reason I'm going on this trip with Chris.
There's always some scheme with you, isn't there, Joan Collins? You know what your problem is? You don't understand the value of true grit and hard work, determination, and paying your debts, huh? You've had your little hand out since you got here, but it's quite OK for you to buy some new clothes for yourself.
- I didn't buy these! - Nicked 'em, did ya? No! Chris got 'em for me.
So that's the plan, huh? Find yourself a nice rich guy Jim, you shut your fuckin' mouth.
and make your money the only way you know how.
- "Ooh, yeah, Christos!" - Oh! - Jesus! - "Ah! Oh, oh! Thank you.
" Cha-ching! Yeah, well, your girlfriend would know a thing or two about that.
Oh, hey, since Bev dumped you, have you had to go back to paying full price? I'm gonna destroy you.
Yeah, well, you should probably get your money first, ya fuckin' idiot.
Slut! Whoa! - Oh, shit! Jim! - Hey, Mum.
Sammy fell over.
- That is a lie! He pushed me.
- (LAUGHS) - What's wrong with you? - What? I'm just laughing.
(LAUGHS) - How was your date last night? - It was wonderful.
You haven't been swimming yet.
No, I, uh thought I needed a bit of a lie-in.
- Oh, gross! - Oh, Jesus Christ, Mum! - Ew! - Oh, come on! - Grow up, both of you.
- That is disgusting! - That's really gross.
- Oh, shut up.
(HORN HONKS) Oh, well.
Have fun in Sydney.
Eugh! - It's not fun.
It's business.
- OK.
- SAMMY: Hey.
- Hey.
Hey, um, can we, uh, put the roof up? I'm gonna get really sunburnt today.
Then wear sunscreen.
But what about my hair? (SIGHS) All right.
Your brother wants you.
Oh, come on.
(CHRIS GROANS) (GRUNTS) BOOM CRASH OPERA: Hey! Keep it in, cut it out - Kick it out - Mmm Keep it in, cut it out Kick it out Oh, oh, onion skin Kick it out Walking around with your heart caved in When you start to roll - ABBY: What are you doing? - (GASPS) So this is where you hide at break.
Did you draw that cock? - No, I drew the poo.
- Nice.
That's really brought it to life.
Hello.
Just letting you know that there's a school dance - Fuck off.
- coming up.
OK.
So, I want to come over to your house to study.
Hmm? My dad's grounded me until my grades improve.
But when you lied for me and said we were studying together Well, you're clever.
What do you think? No.
Well, I can help you.
It's not normal to hide in the library.
- You could use a friend, Tess.
- I don't need friends.
Besides, I'm not going to be here much longer.
- Oh, my God.
Are you dying? - No! - We're going back to England soon.
- Oh.
Well, until you go, you don't have to be the most unpopular kid in school.
I'm not the MOST unpopular.
Is that why you chose me for your dodgeball team in PE? No, I chose you 'cause you're such a fantastic athlete.
Yes, that's why I chose you.
I have tons of friends, OK? Tons.
And I can help you with shit like that.
Would you girls keep your voices down, please? Who defaced this book? I did.
(SCOFFS) Come with me, young lady.
See you, study buddy.
Those are the profiles of the rail firms we're meeting.
Have a good look before 3:00.
I really shouldn't read while we drive.
I get very carsick.
Hey! These are the articles I cut out of the paper.
Yeah, Beijing want to build dozens of new cities.
Rail firms from all over the world are swarming for the contracts.
And if they want to build railways, they'll need - Train conductors.
- No.
- Uh, ticket machines.
- No! - Tannoys for announcements.
- No.
- Steering wheels.
- Steel, Sammy.
Steel.
I was gonna say that next.
Mate, this contract could bring in thousands of jobs.
- Keep reading.
- I really shouldn't.
It makes me Look, there's millions to be made here, Sammy.
Millions and millions.
OK.
Well, what do you want from me? These big shots don't take me seriously because I'm from a shitty little backwater.
They need to believe that I'm a player, the gateway to the Aussie steel market.
So we're gonna do some pretending.
You are a foreign investor.
Successful.
Shrewd.
You only put your money in dead certain opportunities.
And that opportunity is me.
(BURPS) Ohh Hey, this first company we're meeting.
Their London office is right near the Porsche dealership in Hammersmith.
Every time I buy a new Porsche, I go right past their building.
See, this is the kind of bullshit I want you to pull in the meetings, Sammy.
And order 'Mo-et' champagne and explain to 'em how to pronounce it that way.
Makes everyone feel stupid.
OK.
I'm gonna do a great job for you today.
I promise you that partner.
And really play up your stupid fake accent you do sometimes.
We're gonna be classy as fuck.
We're gonna show them that we're a pair of players Ohh! (GAGS) I did mention that I get carsick.
I mean, I did say that.
Unbelievable! Well, don't put the roof down! I'm gonna get sunburn! I have to because of the stench of your vomit.
And you're in the back.
- What?! - Well, it stinks! What are you doing? Don't talk to him! Shut up, mate! Oh, shit.
Oh! Beverley! Fancy that! - What are you doing, Jim? - Oh, you know, I'm just just hangin'.
Just - I've gotta talk to you.
- There's nothin' to say.
You made your choice.
You didn't choose me.
No, that's not true, Bev.
- You are everything to me.
- You're being played.
Your sister is taking your money.
She's taking your house.
She's making you pay for the kids and look after them.
Come on, Bev, back to work.
That is not the kind of man I want to be with.
Bev, wait! Just give me a second chance! - OTHERS: Second chance? - Oh, piss off! Mind your own beeswax! You choked, Jim.
We could have called that number and found out what your sister was up to and you choked.
- No! I'll never choke again.
- I need you to be a man.
A man who takes control.
A man of action.
A man who can dominate.
I want you so bad right now.
- What? Right here on the side of the highway? Yeah, right here.
I want to rip that council-issue tunic off you and give it to you in front of motorists and pedestrians.
Mate, tone it down, please.
Why don't you, uh, come back in a couple of hours, after my regulation disinfectant shower? Maybe you can leave the door unlocked and wait with a blindfold Oh.
Wait, I've got the kids this arvo.
Piss off! I knew you didn't have it in you.
No, they don't come back till 3:30.
Can't we work around that? I'm not giving up on you, Beverley Spray! Do you hear me? I love you! - MAN: "I love you!" - (LAUGHTER, JEERING) - MAN 2: Suck shit, dickhead! - Oh! CHRIS: All right, we've, uh, made good time.
We could go for brunch before the meeting.
There's a lovely bistro Oh! No, you're gonna give me some money and I'm gonna go and get myself looking nice for the meeting.
I'm not giving you any money.
Chris! You want us to look like players.
I don't look like a player.
- Oh, this is a wasp! - Eugh! Fuck! All right! Here.
- 60 bucks? - It's all I've got! - Are you s you're serious? - Yes.
That's it.
See you at the restaurant.
- I hate you.
- I hate YOU.
Are you going to the school dance? I don't know.
You? - I wonder if Abby's going.
- Mmm.
People get fucked up at the school dance.
What? Well, everyone turns up stoned or drunk.
Last year, Abby Harris got busted for bringing weed.
- Marijuana?! - I did not get busted.
They thought I was stoned, but they couldn't prove anything.
I was given a caution.
Where's Tess? Um - She's in the basement.
- And where is that? Thanks.
Ask her if she's going to the dance.
Abby, are you going to the school dance? - Yep! - Say something back.
Er, I love to dance! I'm not, uh, sure where she is.
(SULTRY MUSIC) late.
I had to speak with London.
I'm Simone.
Lovely to meet you.
- Good afternoon.
- Good afternoon.
- What are you wearing?! - It's all I could afford! I'm not sure it was a wise idea going to the other side of the world whilst I'm renovating, but here we are.
Where in England do you live? I'm from Fulham originally.
- Richmond Park.
Near Ham.
- Very nice.
Well, we'll see what it looks like when I get back.
MAN: Can I get anyone a drink? - Beer, please.
- Glass of 'Mo-et'.
Did you just say 'Mo-et'? Not often I hear that pronounced correctly these days.
- (ALL CHUCKLE) - Bugger it! (GASMASK HISSES) - Holy shit! This is so cool! - What the hell? Hey, I didn't say you could come over.
It's study time.
And look, I even brought books and paper.
I'm busy right now.
What, busy sitting on your own in a dark basement, wearing an oxygen mask? So.
My last essay on Macbeth, I got a 7 out of 20.
"Macbeth really wanted to be king, but he hasn't got the balls.
It's Mrs Macbeth who does, and she doesn't become a mental until way after he loses his shit.
" Yep.
Well, it's not 'Mrs Macbeth', it's 'Lady Macbeth'.
And, um, well, you're right about Macbeth, but instead of 'balls', you'd say, um well, 'he lacks the courage'.
This is so great.
Look at us.
We're, like, total fucking Poindexters right now.
- (LAUGHS) - (FOOTSTEPS) Oh.
Hey, Abby.
I just wanted to clarify what I said earlier about my love of dance.
I was referring to breakdance and other forms of contemporary dance that men do.
- BO: (WHISPERS) Hey, Lenny! - What? - Tell her about breakdance.
- I said that! OK.
Cool.
Apparently, they're making a sequel, because the first one was so successful.
But instead of shrinking the kids, they're gonna make 'em enormous.
Yeah.
Pretty funny.
Massive children.
SAMMY: My husband buys his Porsches from the dealership.
Yes.
That's exactly where our London office is.
- What does your husband drive? - A 944 Turbo and a 1965 912.
But his real obsession is Aston Martins.
Oh, nice.
(CHUCKLES) Well, it's getting a little expensive.
He's always trying to find new ways to pay for it.
I expect that's why he's so interested in Newcastle.
The infrastructure is all in place.
And the steelworks haven't been used since they were shut down.
All we have to do is switch on the machines.
And it's all built around the largest port in the Southern Hemisphere.
What exactly is your interest in all of this? My husband's firm, they've got equities in China.
The Chinese government want to build entire cities from scratch.
A construction boom like no other in history.
And if they're going to build cities, they're going to need Steel.
- Which firm is your husband with? - Hawtrey and Whitfield.
I've heard of that firm.
Why have I heard of that firm? - It's the largest in Western Europe.
- No, no.
Someone told me there was a guy who worked there once.
He died from having a mobile phone inserted into his - (SNIGGERS) - That sounds very made up.
- Inserted into his what? - His arsehole? Guys, this this is really boring.
It's not boring.
It's not boring at all.
In any case, this is a once-in-a-lifetime investment opportunity.
Right, Chris? Absolutely.
Newcastle's ready.
The people are ready.
They want to work.
Now, we'll have to look into all this, but I can notionally say at this stage, we're very interested.
Excellent.
Bye-bye.
- Good afternoon.
- Enjoy your afternoon.
(SQUEALS) Oh, shit! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! That was so good! Christ, that went so That went really well.
That went really well.
You were so great! Oh, and you remembered - BOTH: Steel, steel, steel! - I remembered! I think we should go for a drink.
Should we go for a drink? Oh, shall we celebrate with some 'Mo-et'? (LAUGHS) (CORK POPS) Cheers, mate.
This'll be worth a fuckin' fortune.
I was good in those meetings.
Admit it.
I was good.
Totally.
Couldn't have done it without you.
I mean, we were great together.
We should do this more often.
- I agree.
- Like partners.
Partners? Don't be ridiculous.
You're a woman.
Look, just because you played a bit of make-believe in the meetings doesn't mean you have any qualifications.
The world's changing, Chris.
Seriously.
It's the 1980s.
Within a couple of years' time, women are gonna have equal pay.
We're gonna have equal representation in boardrooms and parliament.
You need to get on board the juggernaut.
No, you're my secretary.
That's where this conversation ends.
Right.
I've got a meeting to go to.
Already? All right, then.
Well, I'm on fire.
Let's do it.
I think you're really gonna find I am a valuable asset No.
You're not coming to this one.
- Chris, you just got through saying - It's not that type of meeting.
- Chris, you - Sammy.
I'll meet you back here for drinks later.
(SIGHS) Shit.
So, in your first paragraph, you put forward your answer.
- What you're saying is ? - Well (SIGHS) all the men get to have fun with swords and battle and ruling the place, while the women just had babies.
Then all Mrs Mac Lady Macbeth wanted was what all the men had.
And what was that? I don't know.
Power, I guess.
That's terrific! It's a really great point.
Abby, you're not a total moron.
Thank you, Tess.
All right.
Come on.
I need a break.
Let's go have a cig.
Well, I don't, um OK, but just a quick break.
- Where are we going? - Told you, a cig.
So, are you gonna come to the school dance? - You should.
They're fun.
- It's not my thing.
I'm not good around people.
They don't like me.
You know, you're not that bad.
You're actually kinda funny, in a weird way.
This feels like a long way to go for a cigarette.
Where are we? - What are you doing? - Yoo-hoo! (KNOCKS) - Abby! - Hey.
Come on.
You don't have to sit outside like a dog.
Abby! Who are you? All right, well, if you're not gonna tell me your name, can you at least tell me why you're in my house? Um, I'm a friend of Abby's.
What, and they just left you here? Right.
Well, I'm Jude, Scott's brother.
- You want some toast? - No, thank you.
I'm fine.
Cool.
I've gotta get back to work.
If you want to watch some TV, just help yourself to anything.
Thank you.
Listen.
Abby is I mean, that whole situation, it's um Just be careful.
- What's on the toast? - Try.
(SIGHS) - Excuse me, madam.
- Mmm? - Are you a patron of this hotel? - What? Can I just see your room key, please? Why do you want to see my room key? I'd like to see your room key, please, if that's OK.
Come on, love.
You can work another patch of turf.
What the fuck? (CLEARS THROAT) Madam, I am so so sorry.
Oh, my God! Oh, my God! You thought We've had just had a real problem lately.
They've been coming in from the train stations, you know, dressed exactly like you are, pretty much.
Will you shut the fuck up, Sonny? What is wrong with your brain? Madam, can we offer you a bottle of wine? - As compensation? - Yes.
Yeah.
For being removed from your hotel for SOLICITING? (SIGHS) I'm sure we can come to some sort of an agreement.
Sonny, get this lady whatever she wants.
Can I see your cocktail menu? Yeah.
Sure.
Uncle Jim? I think Abby's becoming friends with Tess.
Well, she came over and I spoke to her.
- He told her he adores dance.
- Great.
Wait, don't do that.
What are you trying to do? Help me or break the fuckin' car? - Sorry, I thought you wanted - I didn't.
Hey, if we can get the car working, we could give Abby a lift to the dance.
Imagine that turning up in a Bentley.
- Yeah.
- (ENGINE STARTS) (BOYS CHORTLE) - (STOPS ENGINE) - Wh Are are aren't you excited, Uncle Jim? Leonard, the car won't make any difference to Abby.
All right? That's what happens when you love someone who doesn't love you back.
Nothing you ever do is good enough.
Why are you being such an arsehole? Why are you even here, Bo? Shouldn't you be at karate or something? I told you, just because I'm Chinese doesn't mean I do karate.
Don't either of you have a house to go to other than mine that you can ruin? I had a good life and it's all gone to shit since you kids arrived.
OK.
Come on, man, let's go.
Fuck him.
Fuck me? Fuck you.
- Fuck me? - Yeah, fuck you.
- Oh, well, fuck you too! - Yeah, fuck you, Uncle Jim.
- Oh, fuck you too, Leonard! - Fuck you, Jim.
- Fuck off, Bo! - You fuck off.
- Yeah, fuck off! - Why don't you both fuck off?! - Haaa! - (GROANS) (COUGHS) (BREATHLESSLY) I knew you did karate.
- Just started classes, arsehole.
- (GASPS AND COUGHS) Leonard! Leonard.
(GROANS) (SLURPS) - That was perfect.
- I've never heard of that drink.
Yeah, well, now you have.
It's called the Sammy Cooper.
That's two parts gin, vermouth Fanta and, uh - What's this? - Pineapple.
You know that this is coming out of my own pay, right? Yeah, well, you shouldn't have called me a prostitute.
Hey, psst! You might want to check and see if someone's got a room key.
Oh, she's not a prostitute.
That's just fashion.
Are you fuckin' kidding me? I look like more of a prostitute than them? Madam I've already apologised for that.
And I've forgiven you.
You know what this calls for? Another Sammy Cooper.
Come on.
Set 'em up, Joe.
- My name's Sonny.
- I don't give a shit.
ABBY: Tess, wait up! Oh, my God! Why don't you ever move this fast at dodgeball? Yoo-hoo! Tess? Where are you going? I could have been doing homework, but instead, I just spent my entire afternoon in some stranger's house watching Neighbours! - Oh.
What happened? - Why did you rope me in for this? - I thought you had tons of friends.
- I don't know.
My parents grounded me.
They won't let me see my mates.
And they were so excited when I said that we'd be studying.
I really do need help with my homework, OK? That bit was true.
Oh, wow, Abby.
Something you said to me was true! That's so great.
My parents banned me from seeing Scott and then he got expelled, so I never get to see him.
Well, how old is he? He's 18, OK? But I'm 16 soon, so it's fine.
Oh, my God! He is so old! This is illegal, Abby.
You could get arrested or pregnant - All right.
Tess - or AIDS! I am not doing this! Tess! I love him, OK? We're not studying together either.
What am I gonna tell my parents? I don't care.
Tell them the truth.
Tess! - Tess! - I will not lie for you, Abby.
- Tess.
You cannot tell my dad, OK? - Ow! - Promise me.
- OK, OK, I promise! Shit! TERRY: Hello, girls.
- Dad.
- Hi, Tess.
How's the, uh the study going? Erm yeah, good.
We just finished up.
Yeah, I hope Abby can improve on some of her grades.
Well, we did Macbeth this afternoon and she had some really good ideas.
Right.
Well, that'd be a first.
Righto, Abby.
Time to come inside.
OK.
Bye, Tess.
See you tomorrow? Yeah.
(KNOCK AT DOOR) (SIGHS) - (KNOCK AT DOOR) - Yeah? - (KNOCK AT DOOR) - Oh, fuck! I'm coming! - (OBJECTS CLATTER) - Ow! Oh! Shit! What do you want? - Can I come in? - No.
Piss off.
I'll remind you I'm still your boss.
Excuse me.
Jesus! Had a bit of a party, eh? Yeah, I had a bit of a party.
It was a fuckin' great party.
- I mean, what the hell, Chris? - (SIGHS) You invite me down here for business meetings, then you don't take me to the meetings? - I wasn't going to meetings.
- I was great today.
I was really good.
Yeah.
Yeah, you were.
"Yeah, you were.
" I mean, you were banging on about Honey, I Shrunk The fuckin' Kids.
Sorry I was there, Chris.
You could have shared your feelings on RoboCop.
Yes, the meetings went well today because of you, Sammy.
And, by the way, I know where you went.
You met with a rival firm.
The minute I ask you to share in what we earned together, you go to a meeting without me.
How'd that go? Tell everyone about Police Academy 2? I wasn't talking about Police Academy 2.
I know you take bribes.
You take bribes from businessmen so they get the contracts.
I've seen the accounts.
You're a crook.
And that's what I want to talk to you about.
OK.
That's what I do.
But the meeting with the second firm, that's tomorrow.
That's not where I was tonight.
- Oh.
- My other son, Steve.
He's my oldest.
He's 19.
I shipped him down here to get him out of Newcastle.
He, um he got involved in drugs.
Heroin.
Oh.
Shit, Chris.
There's just so much of the stuff, you know? Newcastle's drowning in it, you know, since the factories closed.
I figured get Steve out, fresh start.
I was having dinner with him tonight.
That was my 'meeting'.
How was he? Oh, you know.
He told me about his new job.
His girlfriend, their new place.
That's that's good, right? It was 31 degrees today and he was wearing a long-sleeved shirt.
I followed him home.
He's living in a squat.
My son's fucking his life and every day, I'm expecting the call.
(SNIFFLES) You know? Fuck.
Oh, fuck.
(SIGHS) Shit.
(CHUCKLES) What did you want to talk to me about? - Don't worry about it.
- Well, let's let's go get a drink.
- It's 2am.
- I know somewhere that's open.
Oh, maybe you should, um look in the the mirror.
Maybe YOU should look in the mirror.
(SIGHS) - There you go, Chris.
- Thank you, Emma.
Cheers to our schemes.
- To our schemes.
- Mm-hm.
Well, in that spirit it's kinda what I wanted to talk to you about.
- I want in on the kickbacks.
- You want in? Yeah.
These bribes.
It's a lot of money, Chris.
I'm not gonna tell anyone, but I want to get paid.
It's called hush money.
Is this blackmail? - No! Not blackmail.
- Well Well, you don't want people finding out that their MP's taking bribes.
OK, let's just say I'm not paying you.
Which is what's gonna happen.
- Who are you gonna tell? - I can tell loads of people.
I can go and tell the Local lawyers? I know 'em all.
Oh, the chief of police, Roy.
He's my best mate.
Or what about the Newcastle Herald? Oh, yeah, that's run by Wade's godfather.
Anyone else? - I could write a letter.
- A letter? What, to my mum? Come on.
No-one cares.
I'm cleaning up Newcastle.
I'm bringing money in.
The people are grateful.
Let's say someone ran a story.
The most that's gonna happen: I'm gonna get fired, you'd be out of a job and you'd be even more fucked.
Hey! I'm not fucked.
- Yeah, you're fucked.
- No, I'm not.
I told you.
I'm waiting for my husband's estate to get settled.
No-one resorts to blackmail because they're doing well.
You know what your problem is, Sammy? You don't know how to make money.
(SIGHS) Please.
I know how to make money.
I had the kind of money that'd make you sick in your jocks.
No, you HAD that kind of money.
Well, your husband did.
Yeah, and he couldn't have done it without me.
OK.
Here's 200 bucks, OK? We're in a casino.
You show me you know how to make money.
You show me that you weren't riding on your husband's coat-tails.
Nup.
I'm not doing this for your entertainment.
(LAUGHS) Come on, do it for fun.
Look, it's all about creativity and taking opportunity.
Take me.
You know, I took the job of an MP in a dead-end town and turned it into an empire.
Show me what YOU can do, Sammy.
All right.
You want to see how to make some money? Yes.
I'll show you how to make some fuckin' money.
(ROCK MUSIC) I hear the big beat All through the town I got the big beat CROUPIER: Red 12.
House wins.
- What?! - Thank you.
MAN: Oh! That prostitute just lost everything! Hey, who fuckin' said that? I'm not a prostitute! I've never seen anyone lose that quickly.
Where do I get more of those biscuity things to put on the numbers? Those biscuity things were your money.
Oh, fuck! I'll get our drinks.
Oh, you owe me $200.
(GROANS) I don't know about you, but I'm pretty pooped.
- Oh, don't be angry.
- I'm not angry, I'm just exhausted.
And we've got that really big meeting in the morning.
- I think we should go.
Put it down.
- You know what, you're right.
- Let's go.
- All right.
I'll get a cab.
Yeah.
OK.
Ohh.
Oh! That's I don't know how Oh.
Oh, do you know what? I know what's happened.
You probably reached down and accidentally put that in my bag by accident.
- Yeah.
Probably.
- Yeah.
Well, I'm glad we sorted that out.
Oh.
- I knew it was her.
- Fuck off! Hey! Just - watch your language there, missy.
- Sorry.
We take this sort of thing very seriously.
We can't have our patrons vulnerable to losing their belongings.
- You're a casino.
- Sammy.
Shut the fuck up.
Yeah, Sammy, shut the fuck up.
So how do you think it looks if word gets out we're running an establishment where your wallet can get snatched by any old hooker that wanders in? Oh, my God! Why does everyone think I'm a prostitute?! All right, look, let's just get on with it, OK? What's it gonna take to sort this out? I'm sure we can arrive at a figure that restores the goodwill here, hm? And then you two will get the fuck out, yeah? And you, I don't want to ever see you ever working this patch of turf again.
Yeah, OK.
I'll go back to working the docks and the oil rigs.
(GROANS) That painted lady sure is a sass-mouthed little whore.
- What is your name? - Nadine.
Oh, 'Nadine'.
Oh! Blacklisted? Really? (PRETENDS TO CRY) Please don't break my heart and tell me I'm not allowed back into your stupid little shithole.
Oh, and, Nadine? Took something else from you.
I took it from your handbag.
And I feel like I should probably give it back to you about now.
That! Yeah, that's for you, Nadine.
Hey, Nadine! (BLOWS RASPBERRIES) - Sammy! - Yeah.
What? - I'll pay you back.
- With what? The money you're gonna pay me for this trip.
Why don't you just keep it? Does that make us even? Uh, no.
I wasn't gonna pay you three grand to attend two meetings.
What were you thinking? Did you actually think they weren't gonna have those cameras everywhere? I don't know.
I just I'm in such deep shit at the moment.
- I'll pay you back, I promise.
- How? Blackmail another politician? Hold up a petrol station? Well goodnight.
- Want another drink? - It's 4am.
What are you doing? - You know those kickbacks you want? - Yeah.
Well, what if they weren't, um, paying for silence? - No! Christos! - Shit! - Dickhead! - Jesus! I thought seeing that I just saved your arse, and it sounds like you owe a lot of money, to me included now, I thought it could be an elegant, um, solution to both our situations.
Just so we're clear, that is not for sale.
And there is no amount of money on earth - Five grand.
- What, just for one time? Yeah.
(SIGHS) OK.
This is a one-off, all right? It's not a standing order.
- And we're not having sex.
- What?! - Take it or leave it.
- (SIGHS) OK, fine.
OK.
It's just a hand job, all right? It's just a good old-fashioned hand job.
It's like a handshake, but with your penis.
- I'm not looking at it.
- Are you joking? - No, I'm not looking at it.
- Well, what am I paying for? A hand job from the girl you wanted to fuck in high school.
- Oh.
- Now, get it out.
- Is it out? - Hang on! - Yep.
- Yep? All right.
I can't find it.
Where Can't you just have a little little look? Just a little glance? (SIGHS) - (GROANS) - Oh, don't pull a face.
Well, what face do you want me to pull? I don't know.
Just I don't know, look pleased.
Uh, what is that face? This is not worth what I'm paying.
Hey! The price is the price.
It's the hookers' code.
- That's not a thing.
- (GROANS) OK.
- You ready? - Yep.
Um, what is THAT face? Do you know what? Do you want to do this or not? Because if you give me any more feedback about my face OK.
(SIGHS) All right.
I've just gotta get a backhand grip on this.
Mmm.
I don't even know why you want to do this.
I mean, why don't you just go to a professional, like a normal person? - I don't like unachieved goals.
- Oh! Fuck, that's dark.
Man, I pity you.
- I pity YOU.
- (SCOFFS) Please.
- You're PAYING me for a hand job.
- I'm paying YOU for a hand job.
- You're sad.
- YOU'RE sad.
You know, your manner is terrible.
Hey, there's the Goodyear Blimp.
Oh, yeah.
Hey.
What are you doing? Reading about a lifesaver who drowned saving a boy who wasn't swimming between the flags.
That's what happens when people get into danger for other people.
Sometimes they get hurt.
Is that the boy he saved? Yes.
He was a selfish dickhead and he's sorry for being stupid You're not stupid, Abby.
That was a good metaphor.
You were talking about that boy, but really, you were talking about your own selfishness.
- I WAS talking about the boy.
- Oh.
Joshin'.
So, I'll see you this afternoon? For study? It was me.
You know, you should come to the dance.
I'll look after you.
- Why? - 'Cause we're friends, you idiot.
All right.
See you.
Good morning.
- Hello.
- I trust you had a good evening? Good.
Good.
I hope the complimentary drinks made up for any confusion.
Don't worry.
I'm not gonna tell your boss.
- Thank God.
Thank you.
- Seriously, just forget about it.
No, no.
No.
It was way out of line for me to suggest that you were - It's OK.
We all make mistakes.
- Thank you.
You totally don't look like a prostitute.
Would you please, please stop talking? OK, we've got 40 minutes till our next meeting.
Let's get going.
Oh, good Lord.
(GROANS) OK.
I, uh - I'm just gonna go powder my nose.
- Mmm.
(SIGHS) Oh, God! (COUGHS) Sorry about that, mate.
She'll clean it up.
- Won't you, Sammy? - Yeah.
I'll clean it up.
Oh, fuck.
- Well done.
- Thank you.
- I mean on the meetings.
- Shut up! God, I know that's what you meant! I'm gonna pay you a bonus.
- In addition to the two grand.
- Two?! - Yeah.
- You said five! Cost me three grand to get you out of the casino.
Shit.
Hey, uh, listen.
All that stuff I told you about my son Yeah, I know.
What happens in Sydney stays in Sydney.
- Thanks.
- I know.
- See you.
- See you.
Wow.
- So, how was your trip? - Yeah, good.
I love your scarf.
It's so pretty.
Oh.
Peter bought it for me.
It's silk.
- Peter, huh? - Yeah.
I think it's great.
- (LAUGHS) - Mum! Oh, my babies! I missed you! Mwah! Oh, and there's my boy! - Hi, Abby.
- Hi.
Mum, there's a school dance coming up.
Can I go? Well, you're a bit happier than when I left.
How's your tummy? - Yeah, fine.
Can I go? - Yeah, sure, I guess.
Yeah.
(CLEARS THROAT) Children.
Leave me alone with your mother for a moment, please.
- Hello, James.
- Samantha.
Oh! What's this? And let that be a lesson to you.
I do understand the values of true grit, of hard work, of repaying your debts.
I've tried to live my life by a code of - You gave him a hand job, didn't you? - How dare you?! SONG: We don't have to take our clothes off To have a good time Just stand up and take some responsibility, Sammy.
"Oh, responsibility, responsibility.
" I want her to see I've got moves, you know? Right, break it up! Jesus! What do you think this is, a live sex show? Are you a lawyer? - Is that you, Rafe? - What's a Rafe? You don't understand.
You keep saying that.
Explain it to me.
You officially now have absolutely nothing.
- So that's it? - Yes! The only way is up-ah!