The Straits s01e05 Episode Script

You tell Mum about Natasha or I will.
Paddy's been stealing from us.
14 girls, 5,000 a head.
We never transport anything that can tell tales later.
You're Gary Montebello, aren't you? Yeah, and you're, um Bridget.
Bridget.
Just once, OK? Who the hell else did you tell? Your dad knows.
When will he wake up? There's no way of knowing.
His situation's still too critical to guess.
Mr Doon, Mr Stroke.
I find out that you did this, I'll cut your fuckin' head off.
He's a bikie.
Fuck you, Bonnie Doon.
Is that the whole family? No, there's a girl, Sissi.
She's not a player.
Might see if we can find her anyway.
Will ya, mate? I think we can decently leave.
I'll take a slash first.
Yep.
Hey.
You're a dead man, Noel.
Come on, not at Bonnie's funeral.
Show a bit of respect, huh? Fuck you.
I know it was you, you dog.
Hey, it could have been anyone.
We're all in the dark, mate.
It's gonna be very bloody dark where you're going.
I don't care who the fuck you are, eh? Yeah, right.
Go fuck yourself.
Thanks for coming.
Bro.
Hey, Boydie, you bastard.
What you doing here? I must be an associate, eh? What, not patched, then? Nah, just a hanger-on.
The pressure's on, though.
They keep offering me bikes and shit.
So what's going on? It's chaos, man.
There's Two Stroke's camp.
He's got all Bonnie Doon's people and they just want Noel's head on a stick, right? Then there's the other camp who reckon Bonnie got what was coming Know a bloke called Tungsten? Probably by sight.
Well, there's a lot of brothers think he should be president.
Right now, we got no product to sell, there's no money coming in.
Things aren't going to settle down till they find new leadership.
You give Tungsten a leg up, strike a deal to supply him what he wants, you could choose the next president to the DCs.
Be good for you.
What do you get out of it in particular? I dunno, mate.
Consulting fee.
Look, to be honest, if this isn't sorted soon, bikies are gonna be killing bikies and that's no good for any man.
I dunno, mate.
I know you're trying to do good but we could back the wrong horse and then where are we? Lost in a shit blizzard.
We're better off neutral in this one.
Two Stroke's a long way off neutral, mate.
He'll come around.
He has to.
Sorry, bala.
Love to Lynette, huh? Hi.
Do you mind if I just? I want you to stop being our lawyer.
Why? I haven't told Mum.
I haven't told anyone.
I I just want you to go.
How did you find out? Is Andrew my He's your half-brother.
You whore.
You need to think about this.
I don't need to think about anything.
Andrew loves you.
Come and see me, in the office.
You need to come and see me.
Harry's left instructions.
So where's Boydie, then? He bought a place outside Townsville.
I didn't know he was back.
How do you know they didn't bring him back? Maybe they're just playing you.
Anyway, I got us a new buyer.
I've got a contact in Smacktown.
What? They've got a network.
They've got ferals, hippies, uni students and blackfellas.
Anyway, I've got to get down there today.
I'm worried about our security at the park.
Well Gary's here, Vince is here and I'll put a few more boys on while we're away.
It'll be fine.
Lola, you'll be fine, eh? Uh, sure.
Look, bala, I need you.
We're bleeding money like our throat was cut.
I want you to forget about Boydie 'cause I think he's a dog.
Are they out? For the count.
Fuck.
Can you finish? Yeah.
I didn't tell you.
This is not COD.
It's on consignment.
We deliver, they cook it, they sell it, they give us the money.
What if they don't give us the money? You break their legs.
You used to be good at that.
Ambrose! Ambrose! Ooh! Hey, Noel.
Hey.
Hey.
This is Heather, this is Bella.
Do you want a drink or a smoke? Or a toilet or anything? No, we stopped at Thuringowa.
Hey, girls, could you give us a minute, please? Oh, fuck! So you got it? It's close.
I'll tell you when I'm ready.
Yeah, sure.
This is my brother, Marou.
He'll do the drop-offs and pick-ups, alright? Yeah, OK.
Cool.
Where's your lab? It's a You know, it's not far.
Move it.
Let's go.
Hey.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, alright, alright.
OK, I'll move it.
Just relax.
Fuck! I mean, I know what I'm doing and I know my people.
Will you two just relax? There's gonna be a conveyor belt of money dumping stacks in your backyard, dude.
Sit down.
Sit down, OK? Oi, give me a smoke.
Couldn't even organise a bag snatch.
Have a seat.
Relax.
Oh, fuck! Fuck! They drew them out with a few chooks.
Obviously knew the feeding schedule.
Got in through the perimeter fence.
No camera.
No-one saw it.
Just get down the hospital.
I'm sorry, bro.
You're sorry? You're always fuckin' sorry.
Alright, that's enough.
Don't worry, Mum, I'll find 'em and I'll make them eat their own kidneys.
Great.
We hit them, they hit us.
Let's not break the pattern, huh? So what do you want to do? Sit here and do nothing? Lola is my wife.
The croc farm is my responsibility.
I'll fix it.
What with? A stern direction from the pulpit? Please.
With something that won't come back on us.
Can someone tell me why this is happening? They think we did the clubhouse.
Did we? Doesn't matter if we did it.
Are you serious? After what's happened? If we didn't, then we have to let the DCs know that.
If we did, I'd like to know why.
Come on, Noel.
What is it? It's the guy who shot Dad.
He's got a bikie tattoo.
Alright, that's not for either of you to see.
And you thought a rocket launcher through the front door was the smart response? Ah, it's got nothing to do with you! It's got nothing to do with Lola either but here we are! When do you ever think? What are you two lookin' at? You've gotta do the necessary.
It's as simple as that.
Get it off your phone.
It's incriminating.
Buck up, chook.
No-one's gonna hurt you.
OK? Why'd you send Gary home? Um He was just being Gary, getting in the way.
And so tell him to butt out.
I mean, he was there for security.
I know.
I know, I should've.
Mate, you just go have a muck around.
Talk to you in a sec, OK? Family man.
Yeah, life goes on, you know? Got a footy match around the corner.
He just loves it.
Oi! You even get your feet wet, I'm gonna slap you silly! So.
Two Stroke organised the croc-fest the other night but I'm guessing you already worked that out.
Got you his contact details, just in case.
You really are a devious shit.
I do what I can.
Thanks, man.
But I want to go a different way on this.
Tungsten still want a deal? Mm-hm.
OK.
Knowing Tungsten, he's gonna want to meet up.
I'll talk to Noel.
No, not with Noel, with you.
He blew up our fuckin' clubhouse, man.
I mean, come on, everyone knows it.
Well, Noel's in charge now so that's not gonna happen.
You sure? Yep.
Hey, I'll tell you something else for free.
Two Stroke's already put out his feelers for a new supplier but who he's talked to, I don't know.
Oh, mate! You've got a game! Come on.
If you change your mind, you know where you can find me.
Get your ball.
What are you doing? You're soaking wet! A shame about the lorikeets.
Oh, well.
Birds are fragile.
But I'll make it up to him if he wants to wait.
I'll tell him.
Patience is a virtue.
So it is.
I hear you have some difficulties.
No, mate.
We make difficulties for maggots that give us shit.
Is that what you mean? You know I have great respect for your father so I hope you understand.
I mean no disrespect when I ask if you share his views on certain other items which we might wish to trade or invest in.
- Hello? - Hey, I need some money.
It could be tomorrow, it could be next year.
There's no way of knowing.
Well, Harry never leaves anything unresolved for long.
Hmm.
Be that as it may, Noel can't manage our affairs unless he's a signatory on the accounts and Mm-hm.
I should be on there as well.
The sooner the better.
Kitty, as you know, in the event of any incapacities, Harry left certain instructions and in accordance with those instructions, I've made Sissi signatory to all the Montebello accounts.
Ah.
Sissi? They were the instructions.
Well, now I'm instructing you to make Noel and I signatories.
I'm sorry, Kitty.
He was very specific.
Hi.
Hi.
What's happened? No, nothing.
Listen, I need some money.
Natasha says you have to sign for it.
Not important enough to tell us, huh? It only happened yesterday.
Just so I can mind things.
Well, in your father's absence, your brother is trying to mind things for all of us so he needs an operating account.
About a hundred? A hundred thousand? Yeah.
What for? Sissi, that's not important.
I can't.
I mean, it specifically affects how the account's set up.
Are you paying wages? Are you acquiring an asset? Is it in your own name? I just want some money.
What's the big deal? I'm trying to make sense of a set of books that read like an Escher drawing and I need to know why I'm giving you a 100K.
An Escher what? An Escher drawing.
Crazy shit that goes nowhere.
Sissi, do we have the money? Yes.
Good.
Then give it to your brother and don't ever question him again.
But Dad put me in chargeP He did no such thing.
All you do is sign the cheques.
Alright.
I'll set it up today.
But I will know where that money goes.
Whatever turns you on.
Mr Clever Clogs.
If Tungsten takes Two Stroke out of the equation, then problem solved.
You don't have to do everything through the front door.
Sometimes you get what you want through the back door with no risk.
But Noel's not really a back door man though, is he? No.
Front door all the way with Noel.
Brothers and sisters, as it says in Deuteronomy, when a man's googlies are being handled by the wife of another Yes! The Bible is unequivocal.
You should cut off her hand! Praise God! Brothers and sisters, as I look around the church tonight, I see before me great numbers of fine ass women who should rightfully be single-handed by now.
Hmm! And brother Marou and sister Lola have come to join us.
And brother Marou is a man who many times has felt the correcting hand of a righteous woman.
Oh, yeah.
But only, brothers and sisters, within the bounds of holy matrimony.
Oh yeah! Amen! God bless you, sir.
Don't let us interrupt.
I'm just I'm just mucking around, you know.
Heading up the Straits tomorrow so I thought I'd get in some quality time.
The Straits? Yeah.
Actually, I'd better get going because I haven't packed or anything so You know, I'll come with you.
I've got to get a drink from the machine.
Yawor baby.
So what's going on? Noel wants to bring in some women.
You know, sex workers.
What do you mean? Well, he's put up some money and we're taking a share of the profits.
Who are they working for? Uh, some Asian gang in Sydney.
Circle K.
Are you serious? Does Mum know? She's backing him.
Mum really backing him? Noel says they're not slaves.
They're just working for a price, that's all.
He's fuckin' out of control.
You think he really did the clubhouse? He didn't deny it, did he? Well, we had to do something.
Yeah, something like that would have done.
Something under the radar.
Noel did everything but sign his fuckin' name and now he's trafficking women.
That's bullshit.
So that monthly payment you stopped, do you know that's Andrew's education fund, don't you? You think that's what Harry would want? Don't tell me what my father wants.
Why not? Because you just know everything about him, do you? Look, I don't care about the school fees.
They were Harry's idea.
As far as the account goes, I never charged properly anyway.
Are you sure you want to do this? I mean, I think you need my help, don't you? Do I? Well, if it wasn't for me, Noel'd be in charge of the accounts already.
Sissi, we're the only two people that Harry trusts.
I mean, he loves your mum and the boys but, you know, you think like him, you want what he wants.
That's why you should trust me.
You need someone you can trust.
I'm nothing like my father.
And I don't trust you.
Hey.
Hey.
How's your dad? Where's the car? The car? You pranged it, bro.
Yeah, you were meant to get the fucking thing out.
Yeah, but I've been gone for two weeks.
Yeah, we been busy.
And anyway, I need some gear off my cousin who's in Brisbane.
So ring him and ask him if you can borrow it.
Yeah, yeah, good idea.
I'll do that.
Yeah, now.
Yeah, alright! You think that's gonna work? Block and tackle, bro.
Old school, eh? Oh, fuck.
Oh, you've gotta be kidding me.
Fuck.
Oh, fuck! Oh, fuck, fuck! Hey! Hey, hey, hey! I am cursed.
Joe, it's all happening again.
Oh, this fucking island! It's fuckin' shit! It's fuckin' shit! Hey, it's OK, bro! It's OK.
I seen 'em driving around.
Man, it's OK.
You've seen my wheels driving around and you did nothing? Well, I didn't Huh? Huh? You saw them! Fucking coconut! You saw them! I didn't see anything! You just You don't think! We'll get 'em back, bro.
What's the rush, man? We need to get this ute operational today! Well, go on, what for? We need to pick up a few people.
12 people from PNG and bring 'em back here and put 'em on a plane.
We've gotta land 'em at the pier and drive 'em to the strip in the back of this ute.
Yes, well, I understand.
Why don't we just borrow one? No way! Come here, listen.
OK, these people, they're girls, OK? They're working girls, alright? Alright? Hookers.
Shh! Anyone on Zey gets a wind of this, something can get back to the QATSIP or maybe even the Feds and we're all in the shit.
Alright, no worries, bro, OK? We've gotta find a car from somewhere and find those wheels.
Mr Gary, Mr Gary, perhaps I could get on the plane, you know, with the women so I can get to Australia.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever.
This is Bridget's place.
Yeah, it's her brothers that nicked the wheels.
Oh, shit.
Hey, if you want, I call a couple of balas? No, no, bugger it.
Hey! Hey, Gary! What the fuck you doing, man? Hendy! Hendy, quick! What? What? Hey, what you doing, man? Ah, you might want to wait this one out, eh, Joey? I said, get away from the car, dickhead.
Hey, listen, ya pineapple.
I don't want to fight.
I just want my wheels back, alright? They're not your wheels, bro.
Man, just give me the spanner back.
Yeah, gutless, uh? Hard man outside, sago inside.
Piss off! Shit.
Oh, shit! You're a big boy, Hendy, but I do this for a living.
Now, can I please get my wheels back? No! Hey, Gary.
Hey, man, look, Mum doesn't know we stole 'em.
She thinks we bought 'em for her, man.
You what? You put stolen wheels on your mother's car? Oh, very unimpressed, you guys.
Get up.
Go on! Look, don't give me any grief here, alright? I won't tell her those wheels are stolen but I wanna go out with your sister, alright? She's kinda young, bro.
Yeah, I know she's kinda young, bro, but, you know, I'm asking you.
I mean, you know, I'm trying to do the right thing here.
Yeah, Gary.
Alright.
I know.
Gaz.
What? How are we gonna get the wheels back without telling his Mum they're stolen? I don't fuckin' know, mate! I'm making this shit up as I go along.
Yeah, cool.
Geez! You know, like, go in there and fix it.
Me? Yeah! You're the reason I'm in this shit in the first place! What am I gonna say? I don't know.
I don't care.
Think of something.
Go.
You alright, mate? I've made a terrible mistake.
Oh, thank you, no.
Thanks, missus.
Nice to meet you, Eddie.
Hey, you boys! Get the wheels off.
Quick smart! Good to go.
How the fuck did you do that? Easy.
Bought 'em off her.
500 apiece.
500? I'm paying 2,000 bucks for my own wheels? I look like a fuckin' idiot.
Love makes fools of us all, bala.
Hey.
We're here.
Nice and easy.
Get up! G'day.
Hey.
Boys.
Hey, these are too young.
Too young? How do you mean? How do I mean? I mean, look at her.
She's 12 years old.
So? So I can't be putting bloody Listen, boys, I can't, I can't take 'em.
Hey.
12 is good.
I've got a promised one.
She's only 14 years old.
Why you bullshitting? You wanna cheat us? No, no, no, hang on.
Promised? 14? What the fuck, man.
Hey, wait.
Huh? Yeah? Noel, we, ah, we got a situation.
What situation? Well, um, I'm on the wharf, man, but, ah, these girls These girls are too young.
They're only 12 years old.
They probably just look young, bala.
They're Thai or Asian or some shit.
No, no, no, no, Noel, I am looking at 'em right now and three guys with machine guns are looking at me.
And they're little kids, Noel.
They're fucking little kids, mate.
What do we do? Can you call someone? Pick 'em up.
What? Pick 'em up, Gary.
Are you fucking out of your mind? I will not put a bunch of little kids on the fucking meat market.
What do you think we are? We are what I say we are.
Are you Did you fucking know about this? Did you know? Pick 'em up.
Are you hearing me? Get fucked.
Yeah, ah, it's a no go, man.
They should have been older.
I can't take 'em.
Hey, you take them.
You take them! Hey! Daffy Duck! Oi! Let's go, let's go, let's go.
You go.
I've got my fucking hands full! OK, how do I start it? The motor's running, you dip shit! Other way! Other way! Fuck! Fuck! Forward! Forward, back! Forward, back! Which way? Other way! Fuck! Shit! Shit! Glad to see you're fucking good in a crisis! No, no! Wait! No, no, no! Please wait! Wait, no! No, please! Wait! Wait! Please! Please, wait! Please don't go! Don't go! Please! Come back, come back, come back come back! - I'm pissed off, Noel.
- Well, you're not the only one.
You said you would pick them up.
You said they were women.
You think I would have sent Gary if I knew they were kids? Look, just line 'em up again and I'll send another boat.
No.
I think I'll find my own boat.
No, you fucking won't, you power point.
I have an interest in these girls and you do not wanna piss me off.
I can find someone else who won't have a problem.
Hey, Gunter, I might have something for you, mate.
How far are you from PNG? Hey, man.
Wow, time flies.
You got the money? Yeah, sure.
Hang about.
There was more.
There was five Fuck! There was more than this.
- Heather! - What? Where's the money? I don't fuckin' know.
Man, I swear, there was There was more than this.
There was more.
My brother said that if I don't get the money, I should break someone's legs.
That'd be you, would it? Hey, back off, man! Hey, man.
Hey! Hey! I want the fuckin' money! I'm just a middleman! Where's the money? Aah! Ambrose! You alright? Ambrose! Ah, fuck you Noel! - Asshole! - Ambulance.
Recognise something? That's Paddy's boat.
Any theories? It's a bit early for that, mate.
There was a fire, though.
Can't miss that.
But, you know, all sorts of things cause fire.
He was alone, right? Well, we dunno.
No.
He was alone.
And all that fishing gear? That's all his, right? Fuck me dead.
- Yeah? - Noel? Toni, where are you? What happened? Look, Noel, I want you to talk to Di, OK? But I don't want you asking her where we are, OK? What?! That's the deal.
You can't do this.
Don't put her in the middle, Noel.
Please, just talk to her.
What We're safer.
I'll tell you soon, just not now.
Daddy? Hey, sweetheart.
Daddy, Daddy, I-I took something from a shop.
What did you take? A soft drink.
Oh, sweetheart, you know that's wrong.
Yeah.
Did you take it back and say sorry to the man? Yeah, it was a lady.
Did Mum take it out of your pocket money? Yeah.
Daddy? Yeah? Are you coming soon? I'm busy at the moment, sweetheart, but I'll be with you very soon.
Thanks.
Toni.
Toni! Hey.
Tell me you didn't know they were kids.
They're kids, Noel.
Just tell me that you fucked up.
Those drug fucks in Smacktown couldn't even do their two times table.
Why are we talking to crazy hippies and smuggling children for sex trade? If Dad was here, he would talk to the fuckin' bikies.
Oh, the ones that shot him in the head? Anyone who had a piece of that is dead.
You know that.
There's people in the DCs who want to deal with us.
We need to get back to business.
Two Stroke's already looking for another supplier.
What? Says who? You've been talking to them, haven't you? You've been talking to Boydie when I told you not to.
He's a friend of mine.
He's playing you.
He's a king maker, not for the DCs.
He's kingmaking us.
You.
Because he knows you're a weak prick and you'll listen to anything he says.
You're an evil maggot.
Well, who would you rather be in charge of this family? The weak prick or the evil maggot? I'm closing your account.
From now on, anything you want goes through me.
Through you? Neither of youse can do what has to be done.
Hello? Hi, it's Sissi.
Hi, Sissi.
Um, if it's alright with you, I'd like a few things done.
Sure.
G'day.
Hello.
Did you come over for something? Yeah.
Yeah, I got some I got some money to pay for my wheels.
I mean, your mum's wheels that I bought.
Oh.
Oh, she's at the community centre.
She's getting ready for Michael Jackson night.
Oh, right.
That's tonight, is it? Yeah, yeah.
She's been working on her moonwalk.
Yeah, cool.
I'm going now if you wanna come.
Yeah, sure.
OK.
Thanks for letting us do choir under your house.
Yeah, no worries.
How's How's the church going? It's still burnt down.
Yeah, right.
So, that's a lot of money to buy back your own wheels.
You know, I might I might just go home.
Oh.
My Dad's in the hospital and Actually, no, no, you know, my life's a bit It's a bit complicated.
I want to talk to your mum first, not just turn up at Michael Jackson night.
I mean, assuming we weren't just walking.
I mean, we're not just walking, are we? You're funny.
Isn't that the truth.
Well, I'll see you at church? Yeah, sure.
I'll try to be vertical this time.
Are you alright? I love you, Marou Montebello.
And God loves you.
You have to stop him.
Clear! Clear! Nothing here, boss.
This OK? Yeah, it's good.
Tungsten should be here in about ten.
He's keen so He's not fussed about doing a brother? No, mate.
Money trumps loyalty these days.
True enough.
Gotta take a piss.
Be back in a sec.
Boydie! You got a message here, mate.
We gotta go! Just a sec! Ah! I'm sorry, mate.
I'm sorry, Tungsten wouldn't do it.
'Distraught bikies pick through the rubble of their ruined clubhouse.
' Oh, very tragic.
Dad? Nurse! Dad? Are you there? Who's got him? Who do you think? Hello, sweetie.
Nice to see ya.
These people aren't nice, good or fair.
They'll take our money and kill him anyway.
And you'll do what? Blow them up too? I'll find him.
Where is he? I don't know, mate.
Well, I'm organising the money.
That's not your call! You bet it's my call.
You know what's going to happen if I don't find this? Mate, I owe him.
You don't know how much! We know you stole it.
Where is it? We need that package.
Ow, fuck! How could you let this happen to him? He's the best of you and you're gonna let him die! How much do you love your brother? We won't forget this.
That's the idea, darlin'.