Bed of Roses (2008) s02e06 Episode Script

Now this place may not look like much at the moment, but we could turn it into something to be proud of.
Check this out.
There is something inside.
- Is somebody's hair.
- Oh! Chinese pigtail.
I'd like to resign from my position of responsibility on the committee.
- If it's because I slapped you - You have no idea how busy we are.
Well, you'll be sadly missed.
If we want real change, we can't wait for someone to do it for us.
We have to do it ourselves.
I know you've been thinking of resigning.
Quite frankly, we'd be lost without you.
- So I'm going to see things more your way.
- Really? It's the only photo I have of Ah Chin.
The pigtail we find could belong to him.
I must find out how Ah Chin died.
- Just relax.
- Yep.
Tim is full of himself.
Can't you see that? He didn't go to the pub to talk about work.
How is this any of your business, Nick Pickering? She's working, Holl.
Oh, that's great.
Do you think it'll keep them out? No roos, no goats, no neighbours will get through this.
Trust me.
Oh, my God.
Hello? Yeah.
Sorry? Oh, yeah.
No! (Laughs) - Hi, Nick.
- Loui.
(Mobile phone rings) - That'll be your phone.
(Mobile phone continues ringing) Oh, this damn thing.
I must be out of range.
(Phone rings) - Oh, God.
What's that sound? - Might be the alarm.
- I don't know how to set the alarm.
- Here, give it.
- Oh.
- What's that noise? - Well I don't know.
I mean, it's not my phone.
- Oh! - May I? - Now.
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
- Oh.
Minna Franklin and Sandy Wollstonecraft.
We're managing directors of Foxglove Fragrances.
We've opened a new account with you.
Right.
There you are.
Do you have your order today, Mr Wollstonecraft? Oh, sorry.
Here.
We'll wait.
We're capturing the unique aroma of the Australian bush.
Native honeysuckle and the elusive lemon-scented eucalypt.
And wattle in a bottle.
So don't go giving our secrets away.
No.
No, I won't be doing that.
All good.
I'll just go get your order for you.
I told you.
Nothing to worry about.
We're planting five hectares with trees.
That's 25 cars, which is 100 tonnes of CO2 a year.
In 25 years, we'll harvest the timber and start over.
We're charging subscription for one-fifth of a hectare.
OK.
All right.
So five hectares, 25 cars.
Oh, God.
What was the fifth of a hectare? stores carbon dioxide from one household for one year.
OK.
Great.
And, erm, Marty is in charge.
Marty! - He's actually quite good.
- Holl! OK, ladies, as you've invested in this great brown land of ours, allow me to school you on its infrastructure.
This here is a type of stock fence.
Any questions? Not you, Rooster.
No? Well, follow me.
- (Electric buzz) - Oh! It's all right.
You've answered my question.
Marty? Smile.
I lay down in a bed of roses I woke up lying on a bed of nails It's the oldest of tales Lose the wind from your sails I lay down in a bed of roses And I woke up lying on a bed of nails She's been in there for a while with them.
According to her card she's a public relations consultant with Chimera Gold, a mining consortium.
Well, it's mandatory for us to place an ad in the local paper to let people know what we intend to do.
I sent it months ago.
Sorry, is this a meeting I should be in on? - Hello, Wendy.
- Louisa.
You're the editor now.
Congratulations.
We've applied for an exploration licence with the state government.
We want the feasibility study and the environmental impact statement - ironed out ASAP.
- Wait.
When did all this happen? The boys can explain.
Oh, perhaps we could have dinner together? Are you free? Sorry.
Not tonight.
I can't.
Another time perhaps.
We will discuss our ad campaign at a later date.
Let me see you out.
- What was all that about? - A foraging expedition as far as I can tell.
- Gold? - Presumably.
Did we get some paperwork for an ad a few months back? Not to my knowledge.
Is she blaming us for losing it? I'm not in the habit of misplacing anything - No, Viv, it's all right.
She never sent it.
Hmm.
Interesting.
There you are.
Last one.
- And be careful with that.
- Thank you.
Thank you.
(Car honks) Is there a problem? I've lost my way, Min.
Do you know, I've been driving here all my life.
Which way do I go? (Car honks) Go round for heaven's sake! (Honking continues) I don't understand.
I do.
It's like a maze around here.
Now, do you remember when we came in, we took the third on the right? So that means you turn left here and just go straight through the roundabout.
Yes.
Yes, that's right.
And then when we get home we'll have a nice cup of tea.
Tea.
And a biscuit.
Ginger nut.
They're my favourite.
They buy up old mines.
Zinc in Queensland, copper in WA.
Then move in fast so protest groups don't have time to oppose them.
Anything I should know? Well, they've made a mess in New Guinea and WA, as far as I can see.
"Mine closes due to environmental litigation.
Land owners claim destruction of the environment.
" They could have cleaned up their act by now.
So why the secrecy? They are paying 1,500 per full-page ad.
I'd hardly call that secretive.
- Oh, it sounds like a bribe to me.
- I didn't hear that.
In our capacity as community watchdog, which is one of our functions Our prime function is to exist, Vivien.
Not to be judge and jury.
Or Oprah Winfrey.
Stick to the facts, even if it is obvious they're not entirely kosher.
We'll have to alert Minna about this.
Right, well, the bank will need to be informed, because new accounts are frozen unless a second signature is registered.
Excuse me.
Could you stop that when I'm talking? Now, any questions on that? Right, next on the agenda, we need to talk about this letter we are going to draft.
- Incoming.
- Change over, everyone.
Bob, go and find Sandy.
Get him to cover up all that stuff in the museum.
Right.
Milk.
- Well, I thought it was going to rain.
- A scone? Hi, everyone.
- I'm not interrupting, am I? - Oh, no.
- A cup of tea? - Sure.
Well, this isn't very convenient, Louisa.
Well, we were just hoping you could help.
Well, we've had umpteen mining applications over the years.
They usually just sniff around the countryside and they come and bother Sandy for his local knowledge.
Yes, so he would have mining maps of the area.
Of course he does.
Go and ask him yourself.
- I can't find him.
- Oh, no.
Not again.
- I'll look in the old sheds.
- Right.
Clem! Sandy is gone again.
Could you ask Lorna to stay here in case he comes back? Tell Adie and Thelma to search up the road.
I'll go down to the dam.
- Right.
- Where do you want me to go? Erm, well you come with me.
I'll find those maps and then you can be on your way home.
Oh.
On second thoughts Found him.
It's more than just forgetfulness, isn't it? - Mum? - Oh, Louisa, isn't it obvious? Sandy has Alzheimer's.
Oh.
We've kept it contained with medication and with exercise of course, but it's getting more pronounced.
Oh.
Poor Sandy.
Now the last thing he wants is for people to feel sorry for him.
Well, can I do anything? No.
No, but thank you.
It's so unfair.
The brain the brain sort of rusts from the outside and so the earliest memories are the last to go.
And it's the present that he has most trouble with.
And eventually eventually he won't even know what he's lost.
That beautiful, gentle mind.
Oh, Mum.
I know.
Still, it's all part and parcel of getting older.
(Toilet flushes) When do you stop being a kid? When your parents die.
That's when I grew up.
Suddenly you're an orphan.
Huh.
Pat and I just always thought Mum was going to outlive us all.
There is a natural order in death, darling.
No mother wants to see her child die before her.
Oh, Marg, I'm sorry.
I didn't mean that.
It's just It's just such a surreal concept - dying.
It's part of being alive.
At least most of us don't know how or when.
I don't know.
Sometimes I think to myself that Jack is just in another room, about to walk through the door! - Oh, God.
- What? Oh.
Come on, you lot.
Hurry up.
I've got something I want to show you all.
- Oh, that's you! - Very observant.
- When? - When I looked like me.
"FYI - I'm a MBMG who's DTEWSOH looking for an SO with an Sl"? What is that? It sounds like a disease.
"For Your Information I'm a Never Been Married Girl who is Down To Earth With Sense Of Humour looking for a Significant Other with Similar Interests.
" And? Deborah, sometimes you can be so dense.
I've joined an online dating service.
And we think it's a wonderful idea.
Yeah.
Hooked any fish? - Oh.
- Ohhh.
Oh, he's emotionally vulnerable.
Strong, gentle, ready for romance.
Complicated, simple, decent, wild, running at life with all guns blazing.
Wow.
- Sorry.
- Don't be cruel.
Oh, Marg, you're not going to find a sunset by the beach around here and a cosy fire at this time of year.
You'll melt.
He looks sweet.
Good.
Because I'm going out for dinner with him tomorrow night.
And his name is Tom Cruise? You are kidding! What have you called yourself? Princess Passion.
And I don't want to hear another word about it.
You work it out for yourselves.
How long have I got? And I'm not going to wake up one morning and find that I've died in my sleep.
In a single bed.
The reef petered out somewhere around here.
I don't think anyone ever found the rest of it.
You know, we've noticed a lot of people supposedly fishing along the tributaries over the past few months.
We should have realised something was up.
So, wait.
The geologists are following the quartz veins in.
Yeah, just like the old miners did.
Erm, now pink is the sample point, blue the grid line, if you find any tapes.
Erm, now let's try further to the left.
Mum? I'm OK.
I'm OK.
Leave me.
I can do it.
- Mum! You cannot do this.
- Oh, well, watch me.
Mum! Kangaroos are such destructive little buggers.
You don't miss much.
They can't sneak anything past us.
According to this, they are waiting for the minister's signature on a mining licence, not exploration.
It's not what Wendy told us yesterday.
Yeah, they've pegged out the ground and done soil samples as well.
She didn't tell us that either.
Then let's get her in again.
OK.
I'll get onto the protest groups in Western Australia to find out who protested to what.
And why.
What did Minna say? Erm, not much.
She was She was pretty busy.
Sandy? My father had Alzheimer's.
I nursed him before he died.
What's this? I need a few modifications.
There.
It just needed some heat.
Ah.
Whoa.
(Grunts) What kind of stew were you going to cook in this? Never you mind.
Well, I'm not coming over to your place in a hurry.
You know there will be a lot of pressure in the chamber once this has heated up.
Which is precisely the point of the exercise, Nicholas.
Now, there is one other small matter.
She's looking good, Sandy.
Yes, she always was a beauty.
Are you putting her up for sale? Because if you are, I mean No, I could never sell Myrtle to you.
But I will give her to you.
Sandy, I No, just do an old man a favour and don't argue with him.
I want her to have a good home.
Please.
- She'll have the best.
- Yeah.
I must have left the keys in the ignition.
I've got 'em here.
Come on.
(Squawks) You know the way.
Ah, I see the heritage committee is still very vocal.
I appreciate you coming in, Wendy, especially at such short notice.
- I know what it's like meeting a deadline.
- Please, take a seat.
- Thank you.
- OK.
Now.
I could start with a few basic questions.
First let me outline what Chimera Gold aims to do for the town, for businesses, for individual property owners.
And shareholders? I'll also try to dispel the misconceptions some of you may have formed about mining.
Brent is our senior geologist and he will give you all the factual details.
Are you able to give us any assaying figures? Certainly.
Analysis of the samples has been very positive.
The assaying laboratory has returned Wow.
What area are you talking about? That's far too early to speculate.
I'm not actually asking Brent to speculate.
- It's company policy to - Disturb the environment.
Aren't you being a little emotive, Vivien? Research indicates there would be a fair amount of ground disturbance.
Water supply, river banks, river beds, underground water sources.
The same as you did in New Guinea.
Louisa That incident was blown out of all proportion by the media.
It has no relation to what we intend to do here.
Wholesale environmental destruction? It's a small amount of disturbance with a huge mutual benefit, which is what I thought we're here to talk about.
No, we're here to talk about your mining methods.
We'll be covering those in our press release.
I was hoping your staff would have been more circumspect.
Well, I assure you they don't represent the views of management.
Oh, Louisa.
There'll be tears before bedtime.
That will be one lot and four trees, Leonie.
- Rooster.
- Eh? Can you give Leonie her four trees, please? So, haven't I seen you at The Rose And Thistle? You might have.
Thanks, Rooster.
So, what are you doing next Wednesday night? Staying at home.
Well, look, I'll get your details anyway.
How about I give you a bell? Now, your plot is number five and it's right up the back there.
Thanks, Leonie.
- Marty? - What? Marty, I thought we already leased lot number five? Well, a tree is a tree.
Where's the drama? How many lots have you leased? Not that many.
So we'll plant the trees closer together.
They have to be a certain size to be millable.
- I was just trying to make you a profit.
- You're making the profit! You can't lease the same bit of land four times.
It's cheating! - Get out.
- What? I think you're sacked.
- She can't do that.
- I think she has.
This place is run by schoolgirls and grannies.
She's just like her mother.
- Bad luck, mate.
- Shut up, Rooster.
All right.
You know you don't have to knock, Vivien.
I need to talk to you about this gold mine.
It's all shoulders to the wheel, I'm afraid.
Oh, I thought that might be the case.
And I've been thinking.
I don't believe my place on the committee has been filled yet.
As secretary, no.
Would you consider taking me back? On a temporary basis.
Until it's voted on.
Well, of course, Vivien.
I mean, nobody else can fill your shoes.
That's settled, then.
Because we're not going to have an easy run of it.
Come and have a cup of tea.
Tell me all about it.
Now, you've brought some paperwork.
Take it easy on the van or I'll charge you for the damages.
I bet you won't.
Ha! Your dad would have been doing this if he'd still been around.
- I don't think so.
- Oh, I think so.
He wouldn't have been around.
He'd met someone else.
He was going to leave Mum.
It's OK.
I'll see you tomorrow.
Nah Pangsun - a society of people from Quangdong Province.
Yeah, I know what it means.
I just go to Melbourne for a few days, talk to them.
They might know what happened to him.
It was over 100 years ago.
He has lived his life.
He is great-grandfather.
My family.
Where I come from.
If he angry, you'll get hurt.
I not want that to happen.
If he was killed, I have to know how.
Nah Pangsun can help.
Tell me what I am not seeing.
I could tell you that.
Me.
You? What do you mean? Look, it's OK.
Just just go.
Good luck.
Maybe he just needs to get it out of his system.
What would you do if Smithy did that to you? He wouldn't.
Exactly.
So what am I supposed to do? Hold on.
(Grunts) And the next bit should be easy.
Thank God for that.
Ah, where are you, Clem? I'm out here.
Oh.
Could you bring in that centre pole? Which lump are you? Just come in and I'll find you.
Where is it? I can't see anything.
Ouch! Oh, sorry, Addie.
I think there's a better way of doing this.
I told you.
Nothing to it.
What's all this in aid of? Are you having a party? Hey, is someone getting married? Ha, ha.
That's a very good idea.
(Laughs) Get your own coffee.
And Ha! Oh! Oh, my Louisa? Are you busy? No, no.
Can I have a quick word? Excluding you, Timothy.
It's it's it's just a girl thing.
What do you think? It's not too full-on? It's just a suggestion of flirtation.
Oh, whoa, whoa.
Is it tonight? Oh, let me look at you.
Oh.
You look gorgeous.
Oh! You are the queen of overstatement.
No.
I can always live in hope.
Erm, Princess Passion? Oh.
Tom Cruise.
Yes.
Yes.
Wow.
You look hotter than in your photograph.
- Oh.
- Grab a seat.
Wow.
I got some champagne.
The king of wines.
The wine of kings.
Unfortunately they don't have any Veuve Cliché here so Listen, I don't want you to worry about the tab or anything because it's on me.
- Oh.
- What are we going to quaff to, eh? Here's an idea.
How about we rearrange the alphabet and put the 'I' next to the 'U'? (Sleazy laughter) - Hey.
- Hey, Rita.
I haven't seen you around for a while, beautiful girl.
I've been right here waiting for you, beautiful boy.
- Rita! - I'm just taking an order.
Water on table three, please.
Erm, I'll have chicken sweet and sour.
- You always have chicken sweet and sour.
- I like it.
Beef and black bean is pretty good.
- I had that last week.
- I like chicken sweet and sour.
Are you ready to order? Yep.
I'll have the stir-fried pork with pineapple, thanks, Lil.
I'll have beef with black bean sauce.
Not on menu tonight.
Beauty! Chicken sweet and sour.
And it was the most expensive hotel in Dakar.
Seven stars, you know.
I stayed in the penthouse there for, like, six weeks.
How about you? Well, I once stayed at the Melbourne Intercontinental.
Oh, that's where I bumped into Tom Cruise.
And he invited me to join him and our Nic.
Because they were still married back then.
All we need is an articulated licence.
What for? Mining, dumbo.
Bulldozers, prime movers, low loaders.
There's going to be heaps of jobs.
- The pay is going to be good too.
- Sweet.
By the way, I've got to tell you something.
My name isn't really Tom Cruise.
Oh! It's George Clooney.
I know.
- Yeah.
- Would you just excuse me a moment? Of course, of course.
I'll be right here.
No, you do what you want.
You do what you want.
Ah Chin very important to Little Chin.
And I'm not? It's different in China.
That's all.
Ancestor matter.
I don't think we're working out, Mamma.
(Speaks in Chinese language) It takes time to get used to each other.
He to your ways, you to his.
Knowing is negotiation, so you can have happy life, warm house, food to eat, many children.
Everything as it should be.
But what if I don't love him? Love come later.
Not top of list.
Tsung Chi needs to fix up his life, bury his dead before he can move into future.
And everything in place, and love come.
Did you love Dad? I learned to.
Now I love him very much.
Ha! Thought I'd done a runner, did you? It's all right.
Don't panic.
I'm still here.
So, what do you reckon? Your place or mine? What do you think? There's my husband.
What? Darling, this is not what you think.
- This is George Clooney.
- Tom Cruise.
I love your movies.
Nick, your order.
(Both laugh) He was abseiling down the Grand Canyon walls.
The mental picture! Oh, no, Nick.
I think I'm too old for this.
And his was the best profile that I read.
I thought at least he would have a sense of humour.
But he had to advertise himself.
Well, so did I.
Virtually.
And how else am I going to find somebody who is compatible? (Sighs) I think you're looking for love in all the wrong places.
That's a country and western song.
Look, it's tough with strangers.
Well, what would you suggest? Are you saying that you have to be best friends before you're lovers? Now that's a country and western song.
Oh, you know you can't keep ignoring her forever.
You know, the first time I really noticed Louisa was when she kicked Gavin Braithwaite in the shins.
(Laughs) She was six.
She hasn't changed much.
She was standing up for me, the new foster kid in town.
We were pretty much mates from that time on.
I thought we'd eventually get ourselves together.
But then Jack came on the scene.
My best friend.
And that was that.
All in the past, Nick.
It has to be her choice.
Are you giving her a choice by not telling her how you feel? "Even if owners refuse permission, if a mining company cannot acquire right of way they can request forced expropriation.
" Does that mean what I think it means? Basically, if the government allows a mining company to seize the land, there is nothing you can do about it.
That doesn't make sense.
That's so unfair.
Hmm.
If they are already hiring people like Marty says, they must be fast-tracking this.
OK.
So, legally, what are we allowed to do? I don't know.
(Knock on door) Who is it? It's me.
Oh.
Ow! I can feel that from here.
Yeah, well, just thank your lucky stars you're a bloke.
Maybe you can let me borrow some of that.
It looks pretty adhesive.
Hey, if you're looking for a free meal, you missed the boat.
Actually, I'm looking for answers.
Why didn't you tell me about Jack? Erm I didn't tell anybody.
I was his best man.
And you were my best friend.
You should have told me.
Oh, really? What was I meant to do? "Oh, hi, Nick.
Jack's having an affair.
" Loui! Anyway, doesn't matter.
It probably wasn't all his fault.
I'm not making excuses for him.
Look, can we Why are we talking about this? Can we just drop it? I've dealt with it.
I just want to put it behind me, OK? God.
You should have told me.
Why? What do you want from me? Nothing.
(Cows low) (Squawks) (Squawks) Thank you all so much for coming.
Lorna, you've surpassed yourself.
Oh, I need a bit of sustenance.
- Absolutely.
- Now, later.
Now, as Clem was a science teacher in another life, we'll let him take the lead.
- Oh, yes.
- That's fine.
Well, Clem, are you ready? As we'll ever be.
Hurry up, everyone.
We could go to jail for this.
Not for long at our age.
Your son, the lawyer, could come in handy.
I doubt it.
Sandy! Yes, so you're saying with shallow rock deposits like quartz, the most economic form of mining is open pit? Exactly.
That's one big hole in the ground.
Once they've finished, we'll be able to see from this valley into the next.
They'll know where and they'll know how, but they'll be keen to keep you in the dark.
So the first thing you can do is check if any land has been sold in your locality.
That's usually a good indicator.
They got a trust to do it for them here in WA.
Owen Diston sold up.
Just two weeks ago.
What was the measurement again? Exactly 20 mils.
What's that in old money? Oh, give it to me! Make way, girls.
In a hurry.
- Accident? - No.
A weak bladder.
Ern? Hello, Louisa.
The man I wanted to see.
Now, if I were thinking of selling my place, how much would I get for it? - You're not selling? - I could be.
Come on.
You're the expert.
Who's been buying, who's been selling? - I can't tell you that.
- Why not? I'd have Consumer Affairs breathing down my neck.
But I'll get you a good price.
I'll tell you that for nothing.
Well, I'll actually tell you what I've heard, yeah? I've heard that a company called Chimera Gold are opening a mine around here.
- Who told you? - I can't tell you that.
But I can tell you that a big hole in the ground would really drive the prices down, wouldn't it? So, if you do know anything, yeah? Anything at all, you know where I am.
Louisa.
Rorkwood Proprietary Limited - the trust.
It bought four properties in the last three months.
Thanks.
Yeah.
Tim? Can you do me a favour? That's stage one accomplished.
I think we all deserve a cup of tea.
We certainly do.
What a good idea.
Hey, who's eaten my cake? I checked on Rorkwood.
Guess what? You were right.
It's a subsidiary of Chimera Gold.
Thanks.
Wendy is about to make an announcement.
Jeanette Waldon just called, the matron of Indigo Base Hospital.
The place is awash with journalists.
Chimera Gold are donating money for a new wing.
Jeanette is wondering why we haven't been invited.
Really? Well, somehow I don't think it was an oversight.
How long have we got? - 20 minutes.
- OK, come on, Viv.
Ladies! Low-key.
In this next phase, I can't stress enough how unstable the ingredients are if they come into contact with water.
So if anything happens, remember, use the sand, the dry carbon fire extinguisher, but no water.
Let's move.
Look, you know my name.
You know where I live.
We can do the paperwork later.
- If we don't get to the hospital- - Is there something wrong with Vivien? Not that I know of.
No.
Have a look at this.
Your dad's farm is right next to Owen Diston's place, right? - Yeah.
- That's where the mine is going.
(Siren) Chimera Gold has job openings for a lot of people in the area.
We are offering financial assistance to clubs, to local industry, to individual projects.
- Could you give us a few examples? - Good question.
Well, the possibility of a new clubhouse for the Turquoise Tigers, new pavements, bicycle paths and of course our assistance here at the hospital.
And so it's with great pride that we hand over this cheque to go towards the building of the Indigo Base Hospital paediatric wing.
Open cut mining, is it? Where's the soil going to go? Yes, where is the soil going to go? Environmental disturbance will be kept to a minimum.
If there's a hole, there's soil.
Are you going to fill it in, or suddenly are we going to have a quarry on our doorstep? I can guarantee the company will rehabilitate and re-vegetate.
- Why weren't we told? - Nothing has been finalised.
Really? That's not what it looks like, Wendy.
We have narrowed it down to a strip of land on the eastern perimeter of the town.
Wendy, you are selling us out! This mine will be hugely beneficial to the entire district, and realistically speaking, no small town newspaper editor, - if that's what you call yourself - Yeah, that is what I call myself.
And I also live in this town that you want to destroy, and we are not going to let you carve it up for some short-term goal that's not going to benefit anybody except you.
This is where she wants to put the mine.
Which is right on our doorstep.
I think we've done it.
The first of many.
Unusual aroma.
Sssh.
Listen.
There is someone here.
All right, everyone, I think it is best we adjourn to the house.
Now move casually to avoid any suspicion.
(Car starts) (Squawks) I thought you were supposed to report the news, not create it.
(Gasps) Oh, my God.
I think it's rather flattering of you, don't you? Oh.
Oh! I know.
I know.
My staff was highly unprofessional.
I was about to reprimand her.
I hope it's more than a reprimand.
I'm asking for their dismissal.
- And I'm asking you - Louisa, what you need to do Ladies! Wendy, please.
Come in.
(Telephone rings) It's certainly thrown us into the spotlight.
Rainbow Echo.
Vivien Dixon speaking.
Louisa.
It's the police.
All right.
Look, go through it and put in a room out the back.
All right.
All right.
If we can have a bit of quiet.
Quiet! We need to speak to you one at a time, get your names and particulars of what happened, because you could be facing charges.
- What? - Facing charges? Who? What were you making? Speed? Methamphetamine? Crack? Ice? If we'd wanted ice, we'd go to the service station.
Well, whatever you were doing was an offence.
Perfume offensive? - What were you doing? - Cooking.
- Sarge, I think I found a recipe.
- I'm not interested in pavlovas.
It doesn't look like it is pavlova, boss, or perfume.
Sorry, what's going on? Where did you get these ingredients? Mum? This is ridiculous! - It's a violation of our rights.
- Hear, hear! These chemicals are dangerous.
You people could kill yourselves.
Mum, what's he talking about? Right, from the beginning.
Constable, take their particulars.
Mrs Atherton.
No, both of you.
Come with me, please.
All right.
So, which one of you is Sandy Wollstonecraft? OK.
I don't believe this.
A lethal drug? What on earth possessed you to do such a thing? This is supposed to be a country where we have freedom of choice.
I hoped at least we'd have your support.
Well, no, you don't.
How could you do this to me? This isn't about you.
Yes, it is.
It's about me and Holly.
She is not going to understand this.
How could you even Look, until you are my age you won't understand.
And don't speak to me as if I were some errant child.
Oh! Well, if you behave like an errant child.
- I am your mother.
- Really? I don't think any of us are reading that.
Couldn't we try to find some common ground? (Engine starts) I might have a bit of a lie down, Minna.
OK, Sandy.
Are you sure you won't come in for a cup of tea? For something stronger I might.
When I think about your life, Louisa, it's been a lotto for most of it.
Things happen to you and you react to them.
But I've always, I've always been in control of my life.
The beginning, the middle and the end.
That's not going to change.
We just want an insurance policy.
We want something in the cupboard in case we need it.
For our peace of mind.
Well, it doesn't give me peace of mind, because I don't want you to die.
It's not about dying.
It's about It's about freeing ourselves up to live without being afraid to live.
It's only there if we need it in case we can't live the way we want to live, and life loses its meaning.
And what about the people who love you? Hmm? Don't they have a choice? Mum Ssshh.
Come on.
(Sobs) Somebody else who doesn't have a life.
Are you OK? Yeah.
Clichéd, I know.
But it comes in handy sometimes.
I don't want Mum and Sandy turning into a headline.
Oh, we'll work something out.
From the perfumery angle.
We should have clocked it, though.
Foxgloves.
Digitalis.
It's got your mother's fingerprints all over it.
I can't believe they'd do something like that.
You know, it's like playing God.
Well, so is keeping people alive when they no longer want to be.
I never told you why I ended up here, did I? Damaged heart.
Figuratively.
No, leaking mitral valve.
They nearly lost me.
Literally.
I collapsed when I was working in LA.
When the ambulance came, the trolley took off with me on it down this slope with the lines they put into you, flapping, the nurse with those zapper things, running.
The attendant, the drip and the driver going over two main roads, causing three major accidents.
It was like something out of Benny Hill.
I ended up in Max's Bar, where apparently I sat up and asked for a heart starter.
- That's ridiculous.
- Yeah, it is.
- But a version of it is true.
- How? It made me want to change the way I was living.
To look at what quality of life really means.
What it feels like when you don't have it.
Thanks.
My pleasure.
Cheers.
Oh.
You gotta watch this stuff.
It makes you do funny things.
Oh.
Ahh! Who does that remind me of? Just get the biscuits.
Ah, ginger nut! My favourite.
Yeah, well, this won't be going anywhere tonight.
- What? You can tell that just by looking at it? - I can tell a lot of things just by looking at it.
But can you tell me why whenever we are together, the conversation is always about him? Holly has found something so bizarre that I think it will make an incredible news story.
And if we're lucky, it could blow Chimera Gold out of the water.
You have first invitation to engagement party.
But you didn't even ask me.
Sometimes I wonder why I gave you this job.
I created a monster.
Steady on! I've put the entire weight of the paper behind this.
All hell will break loose when I print this retraction.
You think you're God's gift to women.
No.
With respect, you are.
Every woman needs a bloke who can fix a car and give her an uncomplicated hug.
Louisa's no different.
You're the brother she never had.
Get out.
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