All language subtitles for Mother and Son s02e04 Bondi Arthur.eng

# Dressed to the nines
With hair to match

# Shiny jewels, casino cash

# Tapping feet
Wanna take the lead

# A trip back in time is all I need

# Oh! Sing it out loud
Gonna get back, honey

# Sing it out loud
Get away with me

# Sing it our loud
On a trip back, honey

# Sing it out loud
and let yourself... #

(MUSIC STOPS ABRUPTLY,
BIRD FLIES AWAY)

Oh!

Arthur?

Yeah. Mum, it's...

(BOTH LAUGH)

What happened? Explosion
in the craft aisle at Spotlight?

And why are you
stealing a teenage boy's clothing?

Hey, this is my new Bondi fit.
Bondi?

Yeah, I was in Bondi, remember?

I went on a date last night
with a girl called Jayde.

Jayde with a Y.

Anyways, I'm sorry I didn't text
about staying the night.

My battery died.
Oh, so did mine.

Very disappointing.

Jayde took me clothes shopping.

I could feel
everyone's eyes just on me.

Maybe they wanted to tell you
to do your buttons up.

No, I'm telling you, Mum,
your boy got glowed up.

I feel like
I'm hitting my new Bondi era,

like, breezy, laid-back,
even more tanned.

It's like magic, man.
It's not magic, Arthur.

It's just a new hat.

Also, when they get
that new Bondi light rail happening

I won't have to catch three buses
and a train to get there.

I'm very happy for you, Arthur.

And if you do get back on the bus
to go see Julie...

Jayde.
..that'll be fine with us.

Thanks, Mum.

Wait, "Us"?
Mmm.

Oh, no. Green fingernails,
loud top, excessive bling.

Oh, Heather's coming to stay.

Yes, she called this morning.
I'm so excited, Arthur.

It's just been so quiet around here
since she moved out from next door.

Yeah, Mum, quiet is good.

Please tell me you don't have
anything crazy planned.

Define "crazy".
I'm happy for you, Mum. Honestly.

But when you and Heather
get together, you create crazy,

and crazy dries up my drip.

So, nothing crazy. Promise?

OK, I promise.

After Chong kicked me out,
I just kept driving north to Nimbin

for the Mardi Gras festival.

And that's where I met Rodney.
Oh, Rodney?

Hmm, my holistic healer,
fire-twirler,

and 37-year-old lover.
37!

Go, Heather!

I had to ditch him
in Brunswick heads

when I caught him
going through my purse.

But I tell you what,

that man knew his way
around an inflatable mattress.

(LAUGHS)

Oh, things have been
really exciting around here too.

The council have changed
the colours of the bins.

How have you really been, Maggie?

Oh, honestly,
there's no fire in my belly.

Apart from the occasional bout
of irritable bowel syndrome.

That is because society
has beat it out of you, Maggie.

Women like us,
we're not meant to be heard.

They want to mute us.

Well, I'll tell you what,
we will not be muted.

Maggie?

Maggie, what's wrong?

The figs,
they want to chop them down.

See!
They even want to mute our trees.

But why?

It looks like they're making way
for some sort of new development.

Over my dead body.

What are you suggesting we do,
Maggie?

Something crazy.

What are you doing here?
Huge storm coming, Arthur.

Last time this happened,
hailstones the size of grapefruit

smashed every skylight
in the eastern suburbs.

People were paying anything
for some tarps like these.

So I'm just picking up
some spending money.

Such a generous soul, Robbie.

What are you supposed to be,
the rejected member of OutKast?

You are looking at Bondi Arthur.

(LAUGHS)

Oh, yeah,
laugh all you want, Robbie.

You know who wasn't laughing?
Who?

Jayde with a Y
who I spent the night with in Bondi.

You did not. Show me.
Hmm.

Hmm. Does she need a visa
or something?

No, that's the crazy thing, Robbie,
she apparently likes me for me.

Not possible.
I know.

I mean, my whole life,

I've just been limiting myself
to dating in the western suburbs.

But Jayde with a Y
has shown me that, well...

I think I'm Bondi hot.
Careful.

I've lost friends to Bondi.

You step into that bubble
and you won't see Mum again.

Not once they build that light rail.

Then my two worlds shall be connected

and I will become the self-actualised
version of my enlightened self.

Jayde with a Y
will tag you like livestock.

(PHONE RINGS)
And you will never leave her herd.

Now, if you'll excuse me,

my stockman Jayde is calling,
from Bondi.

Mmm.

(CLEARS THROAT) Oh, wassup?

Hey. Last night was so play

I had to do so much breathwork
this morning.

Oh, yeah, I mean, me too.

Oh, and, uh,
you left your old clothes here.

Yeah. I, uh, I totally
didn't do that on purpose.

Oh, yeah.
I totally don't believe you.

Well, I guess I'll have to
come back out there and grab them.

I guess you will.

Uh, well, it's, uh...12:00 now
so I'll be out there about 3:00.

Oh...

OK. Uh, yeah, I guess that
gives me time for sound healing.

Does it really take
that long to get here?

Not once they build
that new light rail.

Then I'll be out there in a cool 20.
"A cool 20"?

Where do you come up with
this stuff?

You're such a dork. I love it.
Alright, laters.

Byeee.

My dream
is to one day live cringe-free

despite hearing
that entire conversation.

Yeah, you're just jealous that
I'm getting a life upgrade in Bondi

with a straight-up ten.

And I'm happy for you.

Just remember the Bondi life
is no part-time hobby.

It's a full-time commitment.

Oh, you can thank me
for that light rail, by the way.

I helped Councillor Sharma
win a bunch of holdout council votes

with some free Botox sessions.

Oh, yeah. And why'd you do that,
Robbie, goodness of your heart?

Well, maybe Sharma promised me

a new clinic space
with the new development.

Speaking of which, one of my spies
has seen some old women

chaining themselves
to a fig tree out in the park.

Ha! Glad that ain't my problem.

Wait, have you seen Mum and Heather?

(CAR HORN TOOTS)
(MAGGIE AND HEATHER CHEER AND LAUGH)

Give trees a chance.
Fig leaves matter.

Oh! Whoo!
Cheers.

Cheers.

Oh, remember when we occupied
the nursing college admin building?

They gave up trying to drag you
out of there.

I'd do anything to stop
the man hauling me away -

hit the deck, go floppy...

I sprayed perfume in their faces
and they cried like babies.

"Oh! My eyes."

You know what I miss most
about those days?

BOTH: The skin.

Oh!
Oh, the skin.

Young people just don't appreciate
young skin when they've got it.

Oh, you know,
I don't recognise mine sometimes.

I catch a reflection
in the teaspoon

and get such a fright,
I gasp in horror.

Mum!

Mum!
Oh, here we go.

I thought we agreed
you wouldn't do anything crazy.

That was before
I decided to do something crazy.

Robbie. Artie.
BOTH: Hello, Heather.

Mum, what are you doing?

I'm sitting down
for what I believe in.

I'm supposed to be on my way
to Bondi right now.

Don't be silly, Arthur.

It'll be years before they build
that light rail.

And they'll have to go through us
first.

Tone it down a notch, Heather.
Yeah?

You're the reason why this is
happening in the first place.

Yes, I am.
Mum, I can't leave you out here.

There's a massive storm forecast
for tonight.

Do you wanna get
struck by lightning?

Oh, do we want to be
struck by lightning?

I'll try anything once.
Mum, please.

It's really important for me

you unchain yourself
from this tree.

Not happening.

If you want to be
part of this picket,

why don't you go and get us
some ice, Arthur?

You don't want us
getting dehydrated, do you?

No.

No, I certainly don't.

ROBBIE: I don't understand.

Why are we getting supplies
for Mum and Heather's protest?

It's all part of my plan, Robbie.

Now, get a move on.
Oh, I need some of this ice.

It feels like I'm in
the devil's Bikram studio.

How are you not dead in this heat?

Because I'm too busy focusing,
Robbie.

I've gotta get to my date in Bondi
before sundown

otherwise the spell's
gonna be broken,

and I'm gonna turn back into
a little Westie toad.

If Sharma finds out my mother's
making waves for the development,

I can kiss that new clinic goodbye.

And you know who'll get this space?

Vape shop? TAB?

Pawnbrokers!
Vibe Injectables.

I knew it was something good
for the community.

(PHONE RINGS)
They're killing us

in the tear trough fillers,

and if they beat us to this location
too, we're dead in the water.

Are you even listening?

No, because those are
Westie problems.

Meanwhile,
my new life is calling from Bondi.

Oh, hey, wassup?

OK, so I just booked us
a booth at Gelders Nobo.

So, it's a sunset degus
with matching for 1100.

Wait, 11am?
(LAUGHS) No, silly. Dollars.

Score, right?
Bargain.

So, um, how far off are you?

Slight delay on that.
Um, I haven't left yet.

Oh, um, sorry,
I think I may have misread things.

Like, if you want a raincheck,
that's...

No, no, no, no,
I don't want a raincheck.

I want the rain, I love rain.

I want the Bobo Gelders
disgusting sunset booth.

I wanna see you.

I've just been held up
by a little protest, that's all.

I'm sorry, you're protesting?

Well, actually...
Such a green flag!

What, what are you protesting?

Oh, um...

the council,

they want to get rid of
some of the trees in Riley Park.

Stop! Oh my, god, stop!

Could you get any hotter?

Yeah, well...

I know it sounds corny, but I like to
speak up for the voiceless.

And as we all know,
trees can't speak.

Arthur, honestly,
political activism is fire.

Like, no one here in the east
has anything worth protesting about.

Wow. Must be nice.
Hold on to that, Jayde.

Because out here in the west,
we don't have a choice.

It's powerful stuff.
I'll show you one day.

Today.
Huh?

I want to see it today,
so dinner can wait.

If it is important to you,
it's important to me.

So I'm coming out there.

No! No, no, no.

Uh, you can't come out to the west.
It's too dangerous.

There's a drill rapper
on every corner.

God, you probably have
so much trauma

that we can just dig through.

That's what I really like about you.
You're...you're real.

Yeah, real..ly looking forward to
seeing the sunset with you in Bondi,

which is why I'm gonna protest
extra, extra hard right now

and get this wrapped up ASAP.

See you in Bondi. Bye.

(LAUGHS)

You're doomed, brother. Doomed.

We gotta get them off that tree.

I'm just glad you've stopped
telling us what to do, Arthur.

Oh, Mum, I know how
your neuropathy's been lately.

I want you to be comfortable.
Now, refills?

Mm.

Now, as I was saying, this kind of
peace camp is nothing new to us.

Tell them about '72, Maggie.
Oh, yes.

We put a pig in the lecture theatre
to protest bombings.

Or did we take a bomb
into the lecture theatre

to protest about pigs?

Wow, courageous.
Now, um, drink up.

And, uh, how about some tunes?

Yeah. Let's listen to some tunes,
shall we?

(SOUNDS OF RUNNING WATER)

Arthur, what's going on?

He's trying to make us urinate.
Stop drinking, Heather.

The man has just declared war
on our 70-year-old bladders.

You monster!
Stay strong, Heather.

(INCREASES VOLUME)

I'm just getting a little bit
of that salt off the rim.

Don't do it, Heather.

Oh. Who am I kidding?

Unchain me, Maggie.
I'm going back to the house.

Too easy.
Don't worry.

If we tag team, as long as one of us
stays on the tree,

the spirit of '72 lives on.

Solidarity, sister.
Solidarity.

Come on. Come quickly, Robbie!

We're about to flood
the low-lying region.

Right this way, Heather.

Hello?
You OK in there?

The handle didn't come off, did it?

It did, actually.
It does that sometimes.

I'll have to get some tools
to sort it out.

Hang in there.

They've just put out

a severe thunderstorm warning
for tonight, Mum.

Can I please just take you home?
How are you even doing this?

There's no way
you don't need to wee right now.

Oh, Arthur!

A woman my age with my ailments
never dares leave the house

without a continence pad
the size of a phone book.

Just give up. It's obvious
Heather is not coming back.

It is time to go.

Oh, well, I suppose the spirit
of '72 had to die somewhere.

Stop her!
Quick, Maggie!

No, no, no.

Not the first time I've had to
climb out of a bathroom window.

Won't be the last either.
I can't take this.

Not in this heat.

Not with Vibe Injectables
breathing down my neck.

You are coming off of this tree.

That woman is sweating harder than
a hippie at a roadside drug test.

Wait a second.
Where's my Bondi Arthur hat?

Oh, I put it behind my back.

These chairs don't offer much
in the way of lumbar support.

No, Mum, I need that hat.
No, no, no, no, Arthur.

Don't come near this tree.

Not unless you've doused yourself
in DEET like we have.

Otherwise, you'll have
a tragic case of tree lice.

If you want to take
my lumbar support,

you are going to have to give me
a foot rub.

Like the doctor said, remember?
Oh, yes.

Always remembers what
the doctor says about foot rubs,

never about the safe amount
of alcoholic drinks in a day.

If you're handing out rubs, Artie,
you know,

my shoulder could do with
a bit of work too.

Yeah. Yes.
Everyone gets their little rubs.

Arthur?

Hi.

(GROANS)

Oh, well, I just figured that
why wait in boring old Bondi

when I can be the change that
I want to see out here in the west?

It's a shame that you arrived
just as everything was wrapping up.

I mean, things got pretty hairy
for a while there,

and that's just Mum's toes.

Oh, well, I think it's so cool

that your Mum has chained herself
to a tree.

Like, political activism
runs in your family.

Is she just gonna stay out there?

Well, I mean, if there's one thing
you need to know about Mum,

it's that she does not know
when to give up.

Oh. Can I just say,

this house is adorable,
and I'm actually loving it out here.

You know,
the sights, the sounds,

even, you know, the smells,
good and bad.

And it is literally, fun fact,

five degrees hotter
this far from the coast.

(LOUD ROAR)

Oh, my god.
The planes are so close here.

How do you even deal with that?

Anti-anxiety meds
in the drinking water.

Really?
No, that was...that was a joke.

Oh.
Yeah, it's...

It's fine.
Like, you must be just really tired,

you know,
after protesting all day.

Maybe you need to lie down.

Yeah, I mean,
it's amazing how quickly

my eyes have adapted
to pepper spray.

Maybe we could just do
something different tonight.

Like...?

Well, my roommate
just left something lying around,

and I thought
that we could have some fun with it.

Yeah. I mean, we can
literally do whatever you want.

Like, yeah...
Bam!

What is that?
It's a piercing gun.

Oh.

What for?
For your ear.

I want to give you some sparkle.

Oh, my ear, right now?

Oh, I mean, sorry, like, if you
don't want to, that's totally...

No, I do want to.
No. Yeah, no, I am... (LAUGHS)

I'm so keen. Defs keen.
OK, cool.

I mean, like, bling me up.

(LAUGHS) Bling. Where do you
come up with this stuff?

I don't know. I don't know.
That's OK.

Wait here and I'll get some ice.
Yeah.

Arthur, there is a woman
with a chainsaw in your backyard.

(CHAINSAW ROARS)

I warned you! I warned both of you!

If you two don't unchain yourself
from that tree right now,

I will cut it down myself.

Arthur, do something!
Robbie, put the chainsaw down.

I'm gonna give both of you
three seconds.

One...

Oh, gosh, you look like your dad
when you get sweaty.

Two...
Mum, get off the tree now!

Three...

Does anyone have any more tequila?

Alright, it's coming down.

Argh!

Stop, stop, stop, stop.

Babes, just breathe, OK.

Just think about the karma.
Jayde, what are you doing?

Like you said,
I'm speaking up for the voiceless.

Arthur, tell your new
sea-moss-gel-drinking yogi wannabe

to get out of my way.

I've given out
too many dermal fillers

to let Mum and Heather
stop this development.

We need that new clinic.

And it's so hot.

Is that a cooling towel?
Yeah, but it's from Byron.

And it's...
Oh!

I bet you've got some, um, mist
in that bag of yours too, huh?

I do. It's flown in from Korea.

And you really only just need
a demure amount.

Oh.

That's...that's plenty.

Thank you.
Thank you. I'm so sorry.

(LAUGHS)
I don't know what came over me.

Oh my god, Jayde, are you OK?

That was amazing.

I mean,
you said the west was dangerous,

but I really just didn't think
it was, you know, this dangerous.

Well, I mean, it's not always
like a horror movie around here.

(DRAMATIC MUSICAL STING)

What?
Skin!

Look at that skin.

(DISTORTED VOICE) It's gorgeous.

I want to eat it.

Get off! Those are Bondi hands!

And that's my Bondi hat.

Hey.

We saved your tree.
Oh.

His tree? He hates this tree.
Yeah, that's the truth.

We're the ones protesting.
He's been trying to stop us all day.

I don't know what stories
he's been telling you,

but you best stop buying them.

Sorry. You want the tree gone?
Me?

Um... (CLEARS THROAT) I mean...

Would it, would it help if I said
I was doing it for us?

Sorry. Wait a minute, um...

What, what exactly
are you protesting?

These trees
are blocking the light rail,

the one that's gonna be
connecting us to Bondi.

So, just, all of you just in Bondi,
just whenever you want?

Yeah.

Oh, my gosh, I'm so silly.
I can't believe this.

I, um, I left my hair straightener
plugged in at home

so I just better go check.

But, uh,
do you want me to come with you?

Oh, no. No, it's all good.
Just a kind of one-person job.

See ya.
But sunset booths?

The degus.

Oh, my god, babes, book me in
for a chakra rebalancing.

That young girl was from Bondi.

Oh, Arthur, you should have been
going there to see her,

not getting her
to come all the way here.

Mum, I swear to God, you are
coming off this tree right now.

Go, floppy, Maggie! Go floppy!
Don't you dare go floppy!

Get up, get up! Come on. Mum!

Stop going...

Ah! Hey! Ah!

I'm all itchy!
Big mistake, Arthur.

You should have used DEET.
No, no, Mum.

My big mistake was daring to dream.

(LAUGHS) OK, Shakespeare.

All I wanted to do was get to Bondi
and be a different person.

But no, you had to stand in the way
of my development.

I am like this tree, Mum.

And you are chaining yourself to me
all the time so I can't leave.

I can never just fly free.

Well, good luck
making this tree fly.

It's completely rooted.
(LAUGHS)

That's an old one.

OK, you know what?
I'm done with both of you.

Good luck in the storm.
Yeah, that's it.

Better run.

(BOTH LAUGH)

Come on.

(LAUGHTER CONTINUES)

That was such good fun.
The spirit of '72 lives on, Heather.

Yeah.

Mind you, it's a shame about
the public housing project.

What?
Yeah, well, on the plan,

apparently, they're going to build
100 new public units.

But someone like you could have had
one of those flats.

Oh, and you've been here
protesting with me anyway.

Yeah. I'd do anything
to have a laugh with you, Maggie.

You know that.

Cheers.
Cheers, love.

Yeah, a storm-resistant gazebo,
please.

Just for the one night.

Two, if they get their hands
on more margarita mix.

I thought I might go to the
Elvis Presley festival in Parkes.

Mum? Finally came to your senses.

Because we decided to,
not because you told us to.

And now we're going to binge
British murder shows

and eat prawn crackers.

Mm-hm.
And you can't stop us.

But first I'm going to throw up

after drinking 12 margaritas
on a 40-degree day.

Well, I'm glad you're home safe,
Mum.

I can't get in the bathroom.
There's no handle.

Oh, don't worry, Heather.

I've got an alternative.
Wait, what?

So, you're finally saying goodbye
to Bondi, Arthur.

That, and I couldn't get
the tree lice out of the clothes.

Oh. Same with this one.

Sorry, ozone layer.

Heather's gone?
Yeah.

But the magic will live on forever.

Oh, sorry your magic didn't.
(SIGHS)

Good call with the outfit.
It's way better on fire than on you.

Returning these, Mum.

The worst of the storm
completely missed the east.

Blue Mountains got torn up, though.

Oh, maybe you'd like to
drive out there and help them.

Those hippies don't have money.

Councillor Sharma
ever catch wind of Mum's protest?

Turns out he was out of town.

He's back now, though,
and he is majorly peeved

about what's going on
down there today.

What's going on down there today?
You haven't seen?

What do we want?
No light rail to Bondi.

Keep Westies out.
Keep Westies out.

What do we want?
No light rail to Bondi.

(CHANTING CONTINUES)
Keep Westies out!

I guess they found something
worth protesting about.

Should we warn them
about the tree lice?

Let's not do anything crazy.

(CHANTING CONTINUES)

Keep Westies out!

(CHANTING CONTINUES)

Good idea, Mum.

Good idea.

ARTHUR: World's hottest corn chip.
No water.

Can I do it?
Let's kick the devil's arse.

MAGGIE: I don't want to do this
any more than you do, Arthur.

Let's get to
those hard-to-reach places.

Mum!
Roof's dripping again, Arthur.

Tradies have become
the new playboys.

I've been ghosted
by every plumber in town.

Listen up, ladies.

Oh, Arthur, it's for you.

I knit in my sleep.

It's true. I've seen it.

Excellent frontline work.

# Everybody wants someone to stay

# Everybody wants someone to stay

# Everybody wants someone to stay.

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