The Warriors (2017) s01e07 Episode Script

1 For the first time, a club from Melbourne is joining my old club from the Territory.
Our club will be known as the Warriors.
(APPLAUSE, WHISTLING) Maki, I'm open! I'm open! What the hell is he doing? We don't appreciate selfishness here.
You don't win a flag on your own.
That was way out of line, bro.
Should've said something.
Everybody out and in the water! MAN: Oi! I thought I told you to go back to where you came from.
Nothing to say? Or maybe you don't understand good English.
This is my beach.
Yeah, go on.
Run away.
(SERENE MUSIC) (SIGHS, SPEAKS INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE) (ALARM BEEPS) ANNOUNCER: (ON RADIO) Breaking news for Aussie Rules fans.
Maki Birrawuy from the Warriors has failed to return to Melbourne after a trip to his home town.
Insiders are speculating Birrawuy has left the club.
Maki! draft pick was granted compassionate leave to visit a sick grandfather Was only meant to be gone two days.
It was just to see his grandad, yeah? Should have flown in last night.
DOC: Well, he didn't.
He's coming back.
How hard can it fuckin' be? They die, you chuck 'em in a box, you throw dirt on 'em, and then you go back to fuckin' work! I want that little prick brought back to civilisation, pronto! I told you that he is coming back.
He is visiting an ill family member who is ill.
So please respect his privacy.
Thank you.
Bye-bye.
Bill, nobody's dead.
The board meets on Monday.
If Maki's not back on the paddock by then, he's out of the 22! This is a footy team, not some bunch of fuckin' prima donnas! Oh, Bill we will get him back.
And just how are you planning on doing that? - (PHONE RINGS) - DOC: That'll be Deb.
Oh.
How did you get this number? - Have you left yet? - DOC: No, we're about to.
Listen, Maki is the face of the merger.
If he leaves, it's an insult to the league.
It'll sink the club.
Look, we'll do our best, but, uh, no promises, okay? - (PHONE RINGS) - It's ringing! (PHONE RINGS) - Hello? - Maki? What now! What? Everyone's tonguin' to know where you are, mate.
I can't hear you! Maki! We want you back.
We're coming to get you.
No reception! Call you back.
Look, we're coming up now to bring you back.
(SPLASH!) DOC: Does it sound like he's missing Melbourne? Um maybe.
This is pointless! SCOTTIE: Oh, man! I'm so excited! I've been waiting forever to see the Kimberleys.
Finally, I get to see the real Australia, surrounded by real Aboriginal people.
Um hello? - ZANE: All right, well - DOC: What's the plan? Does anyone know Maki's address? Not me.
Okay, look, how about we go into town and ask around? How are we gonna get there? Um we, uh we walk, I guess.
Which direction? What are you doing? These tracks say head west.
That's shit and that's east.
Exactly.
Ah! Maybe we just head this way, okay? Ah! (CHUCKLES) Makes sense.
Missed that one, didn't you? Aargh! Stop doing that! It's fuckin' hot.
Flies.
So, I don't know Put the phone away! Take in ya surroundings, you know? Enjoy the breeze in your face.
Breeze? That's what you call it? Fan-forced oven, more like it.
(LAUGHS) You mob gonna die, if you keep going that way.
Oh, hey! We're trying to get into town.
Can you help us? I'm Doc, this is Scottie Yeah, I know who you are.
The ginger, the whinger, and the screw-up.
Come on, then.
Oh, no, no.
We're following the sign to Warmun.
Ah, that sign points turns a different way every morning.
Them kids spin it around like it's a merry-go-round.
You know, you mob lucky you mob found me.
Dangerous country.
People die out here.
If it's so dangerous, what the hell are you doing out here? It's my regime.
How do you reckon I got a body like this? Do you know Maki Birrawuy? Yeah.
I think I might know him.
SCOTTIE: Aw, can you take us to him, Aunty? Yeah.
Well, I'll have to reschedule my spin class, then.
(HIP-HOP MUSIC) He's out here somewhere! - ZANE: Who the hell is she? - DOC: I dunno.
Hey, Maki! What now! So, did I find him or what? You did.
Thank you, Aunty.
We're here to bring you home, brother.
- I AM home.
- Oh, yeah, but You know.
Oh! By the way, this is my jodji.
AUNTY: Grandfather.
Oh! Doc Shepherd.
This is Zane and Scottie.
How are you, Jodji? You feeling any better? Oh, I'm right.
Only my eyes, they were no good.
Your eyes no good? So, what do ya reckon, boys? Oh, yeah.
I mean, I've seen better.
Not as good as Brunswick Street.
All right, then.
Come with me.
I'll show you better.
Where are we going now? MAKI: I'll show you where the better things are.
So, boys this, right here, is my country.
Yeah, this'll do.
You'll never get this in Melbourne, hey? MAN: I would like to speak with Maki, please.
Uh, he'll be here on Monday, first thing, Fred.
I like your confidence, Bill.
But I'd like to hear it from him.
Call him.
Uh, yeah, we're having a wee bit of trouble getting him on the phone.
It's very remote.
Exotic.
They just play footy all day.
- Shut up, Bill.
- Right.
It would be a real shame to lose two sponsors in one year.
- We'll get him for you, Fred.
- Good.
I'll be out there, watching my players.
Well, technically, they're not YOUR players.
Can you pay them without me? Um well, uh no.
Then technically, they are mine.
Fuck.
Fuck, fuck.
I don't know if they've even found Maki.
Yet again, Smoke comes to the rescue.
Ring that number.
Some kind of shared community phone or something.
Nobody has mobiles up there.
It's very, very backward.
How did you get it? I still have a few teeth in my head.
(PHONE RINGS) Who this? Is this the Warmun Community? Who wanna know? This is, uh, Mrs Van Exel, darling.
Uh, do you know Maki Birrawuy? - He's dead! - DEB: He's dead?! Oh, God, what? (LAUGHTER) Ha.
Great! Great! Yes, yes, you got me.
Hello.
Who is this? Uh, darling, I would really like to speak to Maki Birrawuy.
- Hello? - DEB: Oh.
Hello?! DOC: Well, what do you say we get you packed up and on the next plane outta here, yeah? Nah.
You mob gotta get a welcome to country first.
Welcome to country? Yeah! Welcome.
This way.
This way! Hurry up! (WOMAN SPEAKS IN INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE) This ceremony, Mandthe, will keep you safe on our country.
You mob need all the help you mob can get.
You fellas can pudum down your bag on the ground.
Hats off.
(WOMAN SPEAKS IN INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE) - WOMAN: Gotta walk around.
- ZANE: Walk around? AUNTY: The old people are tearing all the bad spirits away.
Never know what you mob bring from that country.
I think I needed that.
Time's running out.
I got nothing.
Any ideas? Yeah.
I'm not making the 22 next week.
I'm staying here.
I'm going full Gija-style.
You can't stay here, knucklehead.
How's that gonna help? The team's rooted if we don't get him back.
The club hasn't been happy with me the whole time.
The boys hasn't been happy with me.
But I wanna be here for you mob.
You and Jodji.
What for your mob? You can't help your mob from being here.
You're not that simple.
You're gonna show them what's possible.
How when I'm not here? Maki, this country will always be here for you.
But if you don't wanna go, you don't have to.
It's up to you.
But what about Jodji mob? That don't feel right! I might be not finished for long time yet and you might miss out for what? - What now, Pain? - Stop it! You keep popping up out of nowhere! My name's Zane.
What, you still sleepin'? Look, is there something I can help you with, Aunty? Why don't you go and kick the footy around? Over there is a good spot.
From what I've been hearing, you need the practice.
Yeah? What you been hearin'? I've been hearin' you've been kickin' like shit.
Thanks for that.
You know, when somebody does that with their feet on country, the country's becoming part of them, part of their giningan.
Is that a good thing? It's a good thing for us, Pain.
Maybe you could stop whingeing and we can get some rest from you.
(GROANS) - So you're not going, then? - No.
(SIGHS) Well I'll just have to sit here and tell you stories from the Dreamtime.
(CLEARS THROAT) (LOUDLY) Long time ago, in the Dreamtime, there was a rainbow serpent Okay! Fine! - Come on, then! - Nah! Not me! I'm not comin' with ya.
I got a yoga class to do.
There's someone else waiting for you out there.
(CHUCKLES) (PHONE RINGS) Hello? Oh, uh about Maki.
Uh yeah.
Foot footballers.
Um, there's no one out here.
It's about the Warriors.
- Hello? - DEB: I need to speak to Maki.
Please.
I enjoyed your jokes yesterday, but now it's time to get serious.
Children, please.
Hello? Hello?! Hang on.
You've got our new strip.
Yep.
Billy sent it up.
My dad? Why? He's a good man.
We're talking about the same Bill, right? He's been up here, hasn't he? Yep! Many times.
First come up when he was about your age.
Liked it so much, he kept coming back.
He never told me any of that.
Still sends a guernsey up every year.
This is my guernsey.
Every year.
He always sends us your number.
I'm sorry.
I should've stood up for you the second it happened.
Just want this so bad I got used to not sticking up for myself.
Did the dance for you.
You didn't see it, but I did it.
You're a gun, Maki.
It stung when you didn't pass it to me.
Back at Melbourne, I just lie in bed and have dreams about this place.
Every night.
It's beautiful, hey? It is.
Brownlow or grand final? Brownlow.
Yeah, you will.
No doubt.
But not if you stay here.
Show me.
The dance.
(MUSIC PLAYS) So, when are you gonna take me fishing? Any time, bro.
Looks like my plan worked.
Maki! Man, I get what you feel about this country, bro.
I love it! It's just magic country, isn't it? Hey? I can feel it.
From my feet, all the way to my delabegs.
(LAUGHTER) - Delabegs?! - What? Gets you in your balls, hey? Aunty! You said it meant 'heart'! Ah, Mum.
(LAUGHS) You make me laugh.
Your mum? (CLICKS TONGUE) Yep! Best woman alive.
What? Mum, everything organised or what? - Everyone's excited.
- True.
- They're all waiting! - Come on, boys! Follow us.
- His mum.
- (ALL LAUGH) DEB: Hello? Hello?! IS ANYONE THERE?! Ah, I can hear breathing.
I know you're there.
You mob really want me to come back, hey? There's no team without you, man.
We need you, mate.
Well, brother, it's what we came here for.
If you mob want me to come back, there's one more thing you have to do.
(LAUGHS) Here.
Now let's get out there.
This is OUR sacred ground.
SCOTTIE: It's greener than the MCG.
I might get uptight about your queries on me You ain't no gatekeeper with your questions three Now, you can keep on trying to take your chances But ask the questions if you don't want the answers You know I don't fit in your stereotype 'Cause my skin it ain't black but you know it ain't white Got no more intonation There ain't no more inclination This information, I can smell you burn Listen to what I tell you, that is none of your concern I like my hair combed back I like my jeans in black But I still know where I've been And I know where I'm at I'm not gonna slip into your pigeonhole And my brothers and sisters, I don't stand alone Got no more intonation Ain't more inclination You're gonna find no doubt about my family's goal But don't transfer your expectations Whoo-ooh, whoo-ooh - Whoo-ooh - Yeah Whoo-ooh, whoo-ooh Whoo-ooh, whoo-ooh, whoo-ooh Whoo-ooh (TRADITIONAL INDIGENOUS MUSIC PLAYS) (ALL SHOUT) (CHEERING) DEB: Hello? Hello?! Ugh! FUCKING FOOTBALLERS! You gotta be honest with me.
Is the knee okay? It's good to go.
MAN: What you want? I'll do whatever it takes to get me on.
You know there are some lines can never be uncrossed.
Kick Wally in the head.
Oh! (LAUGHS) - (LAUGHS) - I should do this for a living.
SPINNER: Listen up.
As you know, we have four more cuts to be made to make our final 22.
It's been a really tough decision.
See, I think you're holding out on me.
I got the team list but so do the newspapers.
You must have something.
Are you back on drugs? SCOTTIE: When you were a boy, did you ever dream of making that one amazing dick? Like, perfect dick.
- Bestest dick.
- BOTH: Ever.
Fine.
I'll make it.