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Hey, bala, this could cause some shit.

Yeah, he's skimmin'. What's he want?

Hey.

You sick of the bad weather?

Yeah, good cover, but.

Not so good for my arse.

You know my brother, Noel?

Hey, Noel. Hey.

These are proper rifles, eh?

Military issue.

Hey, hold on, sunshine.

Can we see the goodies first?

15 rifles. 8 more next month, huh?

Hey, hey, hey! What's that, fella?

Well, you were light last time.

Bullshit! I'm straight with you guys.

So you gonna let me weigh this, or what? So you can cheat me?

How do I know it's the right one? Could be fuckin' bullshit.

You think you can steal from us, you maggot?!

You think we don't know?

Hey, hey! Shit!

Huh?!

Piece of piss.

Argh! Argh! Argh!

What are you doing?

There's too many of them!

Here! Help me with the guns!

Fuck that! I'm not leaving the gear here! Come on!

Shit! Shit! You're kidding!

Come on! Come on, brother! Let's go!

Oh, Jesus! Give up!

Gimme that gun!

Hey, there's a place on the Esplanade

you could pay to get that done.

Open your mouth, open your mouth.

Argh! He's gonna need a bloody doctor!

We'll get one on Zey. Gotta go straight to the airstrip.

That's four hours in the dinghy!

Well, get a fuckin' witch doctor! How about that?

Just a scratch. He'll be fine.

Let's get the hell outta here!

Thanks, mate.

Can we just go?

You get to tell Dad about this one.

Call Sissi and line her up.

Look after yourself.

Yeah, always.

HIP-HOP

Sorry, bala. You early? You arsehole.

Yeah, had a bit of trouble with the car.

I've been waiting for three hours. Yeah, sorry, mate.

With $500,000 worth of gear. What's fuckin' wrong with you, huh?

Well, it was a bit late notice, wasn't it?

Dipstick. Look at you. Huh? What?

Fuckin' only had a couple of snorts. It's all good.

We got six hours' drive in front of us. I was gonna get some sleep.

I'm fine, mate. I'll get you there.

You tell me when you go on the nod, alright?

Won't tell Dad, will you?

What do you think are the necessary qualities

for a leader in my sort of business?

Ha. I dunno. Um...

Why? You asking me as your lawyer?

Nah.

I'm interested.

Which of my children, if any,

have the requisite abilities?

Do you really want me to answer that?

You know what I'm thinking right now?

Who's this prick in PNG who's getting a bit ambitious for his own good?

What tribe does he belong to? Who's gonna deal with him?

And if we do deal with him, does he have any relatives in the Straits

who might therefore wanna fuck up my business?

And who do we know in Customs in case he does?

I'm eating grapefruit with a conspicuously attractive woman

and this is the sort of stuff that occupies my mind.

You get my drift?

Harry, I hope you're not about to set the cat amongst the pigeons.

Yo, I'm gonna ram the fucking pigeon down its throat.

Here we go.

Gaz.

Gaz! Get up!

Gaz, come on, get up. We're here.

Hi, is that the champagne?

Yeah. You can take it through there.

You want a hand with that? Nah, I'll be right. Thanks, mate.

Ta. It's from the homeowner.

It's a housewarming present.

Might help us forget about the mortgage!

I'll catch up with you.

You're meant to have been and gone!

Get off my back. I've had a shit day.

Didn't know you were a country fan.

Oh, rack off.

Sissi is 25.

So when he's 60 and she'll be 63, what then will that matter, huh?

Oh, but it's significant for David.

As his parents, you could make him see

how short-sighted they're being.

Well, Kitty, but you know kids today are different.

There be somebody else? No, of course not.

I mean, he does have a girlfriend... What's her name?

Abigail Namu. Well, if that's all it is,

why don't I see what can be done?

Good girl, good girl.

Harry.

You know Mandy Kukuam?

Your boy got knocked out in the Island Of Origin.

How's he going? Back on his feet? He's a fine boy.

Yeah. Got a job on upstairs. See you in a minute.

1,100. That's a tall bed.

Well, the idea was to get a better view.

Coco can't make it up anymore.

You want me to make a dog bed?

I want a set of dog stairs, obviously.

Oh, that's a relief.

Thought it might've been something hot.

No, it's a present for Kitty, right?

Need to soften her up a little. Well, that'd do it.

Give me a set of dog stairs, I'm yours, you devil.

Don't give me any grief, alright?

I want a set of stairs so the dog can get on the bed.

It's my bed, my wife, my dog!

So you gonna do it or not?!

Yeah, sure, yeah. Sorry. Got a bit...

Don't know why I said that.

So you want, like, a grand staircase or maybe something...

A tiny little spiral... Piss off!

Toni and the kids coming tomorrow?

No. Why? It's a separation.

Wouldn't be very separate if she kept coming over, would we?

I stand corrected.

Anyway, it's my marriage. Your separation, actually.

Gary went on the nod, didn't he?

Dad, he did his shift. Don't lie to me!

So...

Tell me about PNG.

The guy's definitely skimming.

As soon as we pulled out the scales, he went totally tropical.

You calmed the situation how, exactly?

Hey, I think the feeling was mutual.

I don't want any PNG payback bullshit on the books.

How hard is that to understand?

You're my son.

I don't wanna hear about you coming back with holes in you

because you took a stupid risk.

What about the chemical? Shotty hit the package.

I'd say we lost about 80 grand's worth.

So, we lost 80 grand's worth of product,

we got one man with an arrow in his face,

and instead of laying the package down at Thabulag, like you should've,

you took it straight to the airstrip and flew it out in broad daylight.

You can't bury a package with holes in it.

Obviously.

We got a bit unlucky, fair enough.

But these guys need to learn a bit of respect.

If we don't mean business, then who are we?

Our business is about minimising risk, Noel.

Be tough when it counts.

But let the small fry handle the small fry.

I'll talk to the Chinaman.

Tell him his man's skimming.

Tell him to make up our package.

Now, in future, no gunplay on PNG.

You pull a gun on someone, it means you lost an argument.

What?

Her name's Abigail.

Abigail Namu.

Lovely.

Lovely, Grace. Yawo.

Good girl.

The Chinaman get back to you?

He's coming good with the chemicals.

A- F-I-L-S-T-O-X.

Foxtails.

Ah!

Sissi, David Kukuam's in town next week.

I thought we'd have him around for kaikai.

Why? He's a nice boy.

He's a nice boy for a fisherman. What's he got to do with me?

Put him down for Thursday.

Make sure you're there.

Morning, mister.

Oh, sorry. Morning.

Picking up today?

Yeah, about 2:00.

You'd better take Gary with you. What? Nah.

Yeah. Your papa, he right.

We were short. He might be trouble.

Bit harsh, Harry. It's Noel's way of taking charge.

Well, it's not the first time, is it?

There was that thing on the trawler when he shot that bloke in the arse

and that Yugoslav from Sydney. Come on! Up!

Up here. Come on. He's still young.

Mate, he's 32.

Come on, Coco. Up! Here!

Coco! Here! Up! Come on!

Up here! Up!

Up... Up...

She's not a wolfhound, mate.

Gotta be a lot smaller.

Sorry. My first set of dog stairs.

I'm relying on you, mate.

I need 'em perfect.

OK.

I'm not gonna marry him.

Oh...

Right.

Well, I don't think you'll have to, love.

As I understand it, the young bloke's got a girlfriend.

Who's apparently being married off to someone else.

Oh.

Is she now?

I don't care what Mum does.

You can shoot me, if you like,

but I'm not spending my life on an island

with someone who never went through high school.

Let things take their course.

It'll work out.

'Take their course. '

What does that mean?

It means it'll work out.

They're short. Give me your phone.

Why?

'Cause if he sees my number, he won't pick up.

Noel. What?

Why don't we call Dad?

Harry, go through.

You tell them to come out.

We'll wait here.

I don't want any trouble around the bikes, brother.

Let's hope they don't start any... brother.

No. I'll be there, Tone.

I'm in a meeting. I gotta go. OK. Bye.

Parent-teacher thing.

Your boy was a bit rude on the phone.

He was upset.

So am I, Bonnie.

You owe me 50 grand.

You were short. Nah.

You docked us 50,000 on top of the 80,000 we were short.

You delivered short, so I delivered short.

That makes me look like a wank stain.

How do you think I feel about looking like a wank stain, Noel?

A bit clammy?

I got the fuckin' thing shot out from under me,

so I'm a bit narky myself,

in case you hadn't noticed. Shit happens!

Yeah, alright, so? So I better get my 50.

Or things are gonna get a bit tropical.

Hope you bought a fuckin' gun, Noel, 'cause I did.

You all know P-Z?

He's my new sergeant-at-arms.

You pull a gun on me, you're a dead man, pisshead.

Alright, lads, alright.

Now that we've rattled our sabres.

The fact is that you've got product you haven't paid for,

so what are we doing?

Get us the balance of the chemicals

and we'll give you the 50 on top of the 80.

My boys pulled those chemicals out of a shit storm, Bonnie.

We've got expenses of our own.

40 up-front or find yourself another supplier.

Give it to him.

What's wrong with you?

Don't ever, ever let another man know what you're feeling.

Drop me off at Edge Hill.

How about a kiss for your father?

Found a gap in your schedule, did you?

Come on. Let's go.

So how far behind?

Well, you can see on the chart here it's about 12 months.

So what are you saying? She's slow?

No, not at all. I think you should be talking to her about it.

Perhaps talking to the counsellor.

When a child is involved in bullying... Bullying?

Who's been bullying my daughter?

Uh, Dylina bullied a girl.

She took her lunch money.

Why didn't you tell me?

Why? Do you want your cut?

Uh, Noel and I are separated.

Couple of weeks ago, so...

I see.

What?

What was that? I'm sorry.

You think I'm to blame? Noel! What is this bullshit, huh?

I'm sorry, Mr Montebello. That wasn't my meaning.

Perhaps... Would you inform the school

of your change in circumstances? Absolutely.

Come on, Coco, come on. Up! Up! Up, Coco!

Up! Up, up! Up!

There you go!

Dog stairs.

Bit of a final sand, put a bit of sealer on it. Beautiful.

I don't know, mate.

What? She went straight up! You saw her.

Yeah, but... You know, she's not as young as she was.

I think we need some handrails.

Hand...? Harry, she's a dog.

She doesn't have any hands. I don't want her falling off!

You won't get them by tonight.

I need them by tonight! How much shit are you really in?

I just want some fully functional dog stairs, Vince!

It's not too much to ask!

You didn't have to bring that, you know.

I had to do something.

Well, we could bring... I don't know.

A baby?

I was gonna say a bottle of wine.

Hello!

God, can you talk to Mum? She's gone troppo.

What are you doing here?

Dad told me to come down.

When... Kitty and I built this family,

I was hoping one of these days, one of you boys would be vaguely useful.

But what've I got?

I've got one who can't keep his nose out of his own product,

I've got one who can't keep a civil tongue in his head

and I've got one who wants to be a choirboy.

Well, I'm making a few changes,

the purpose of which is to reveal to me

which of you tossers has the bottle to run this business when I'm gone.

That's right - any complaints, you can write them on a piece of paper,

tear it to pieces and flush it down the crapper,

because I don't wanna hear it.

Yeah, but, Dad... WHAT?!

You want it, you earn it.

I built this business.

I did.

None of you have a right to any of it.

When I step down, the one who takes my place

will be the right man for the job.

And as far as I'm concerned,

that's all that counts.

Um, Andrew, why don't you see if you can find Coco's ball?

I think it's in the lounge, yeah?

Yes, Aunty Kitty. Good boy.

Come on!

Andrew, ask.

Oh, he can have one.

Thanks, Aunty Kitty.

Cheers, darl.

Hey, Uncle Paddy. Who invited you?

Some of us need no invitation.

We bestow our presence on those who require it.

Mmm. You alright, chook? Mmm.

Hello, Paddy! Hello, Kitty-pie.

Paddy! You're here.

Good!

Let's eat. I'm starving.

I just don't understand why you'd put that in our national anthem -

'our land abounds in nature strips. '

I don't think it's 'nature strips'.

Course it is. I've heard it a million times.

Hey, this looks good, huh?

Alright, you lot.

Now I've got you all in one place, quick announcement.

I've had a word with the boys

and we're making a few changes to the way we do things around here.

Marou is coming back to the mainland to spend more time with Lola.

He's gonna be running our front company,

mainly the croc farm and the trucking company.

But I want you to stay in touch with the gravel works

and the islands.

And I want you to back up for Noel when he needs a bit of muscle.

Gary's gonna be taking Marou's job for a bit, up the islands,

get a dose of his mother's culture.

Noel's staying where he is for the minute,

where he's gonna be working more with Marou.

I want to see more thought going into your decisions.

Right, that's it. Oh! Hang about.

Sorry, Sissi, we haven't discussed this.

I want you to give up the real estate job

and start working with Paddy on all the accounts and whatnot.

He's older than me, this bugger. You mind yourself.

But he's told me he's taking down the shingle pretty soon,

and when he does, you'll be the new business manager.

Me?

You got the degree. You might as well use it.

You'll have to stay in Cairns, I'm afraid.

Can't be helped.

You've got a head for numbers.

And we need you.

Alright, that's it. As you were.

You got something to say?

Mum, you can fix this, right?

Don't question your father.

I know you're upset about Noel,

but he's gotta be reined in.

I know he's the eldest and all that.

You shamed him.

I'm not saying he's not gonna take over.

I'm simply saying... He has a right to it, Harry!

You know what? No.

No, he doesn't have a right to it.

We built this family, we did - you and me.

I'm glad we couldn't have kids.

Because we got to choose, and I think we did bloody well.

We've got a family of heroes.

There's more than one can take over,

and I'm gonna make sure we choose the right one.

We didn't adopt them the whitefella way, did we?

Didn't sign any forms.

We did it island way.

That means they expect us to do things a certain way.

They can expect what they bloody well like.

Doesn't mean they're gonna get it. Then kiss our business goodbye.

Not today, not tomorrow, but eventually.

It's the island way or the highway, Harry,

and while we're on it, Sissi gonna marry that Kukuam boy.

Not if she doesn't want to.

Yeah, that girl plays you like a penny whistle.

I don't want her marrying some island kid she doesn't like.

You know what we're doing - pimping her out for a bit of influence.

That'd be your way of seeing it.

People need to see that we have a commitment to the islands,

that we have family there.

And who did you marry, Kitty?

Oh, right.

They're for Coco.

Do you think your dad still wants Noel to take over?

He's the eldest. That's what they expect up on the islands.

But you were adopted first of all the kids.

You're the one who's been living there.

You're the one who has respect up there.

What if this was all just God trying to work through your dad?

How do you mean?

Well, what if this was just God...

really telling you to step in?

I mean, if you took over,

you could take the family out of crime altogether.

Hang on. I'm not ashamed of what my family does.

I live by God's law, not man's law.

By the laws of man, even Jesus was a crim.

I know.

But if he took over, you're the only one who would ask himself

every day, 'How would Jesus run the Montebello family?'

We have so many legal businesses.

Noel might be the oldest, but you're the best.

You're the best of them.

Tone.

Tone!

Tone! Toni!

Hello.

I know it's...

I'm sorry.

I wanna say I'm sorry about the teacher.

Can I see the kids?

I didn't even get to talk to them today.

They're asleep, Noel, and you're drunk.

Just to say goodnight. No. Go home.

Babe, I said I'm sorry!

Well, that's good that you're sorry, Noel,

but you're too drunk to see the kids.

No, Noel! Shh! They are asleep! Go home!

Aren't I good enough for your pompous fuckin' shit-eating... No!

No, OK, no you're not, because you're never there.

You were never there when I need you

and I don't want a man who pushes me around!

Oh, one time!

And Jesus, you gave me a reason, Tone!

Fuck! One time.

Tone!

You've taken a slap.

So now you gotta prove yourself a leader.

Show your father.

Do something.

Come on.

I need money, or a line of credit.

I'll talk to Paddy.

Got a lot on.

Well, I was kind of thinking a working holiday.

Couple of weeks, couple of willing students,

all the best gear.

Pure chemicals imported from China.

Everything laid on.

And no cops to worry about.

And 100 grand in it for you.

Sweet as. 100 grand?

For two weeks?

I gotta be honest with you - I'm interested.

But if those boys find out I've been cooking for you,

there wouldn't be more than a skid mark to remember me by.

Hey, the gear's gonna have a different name and colour.

How are they gonna know where it's coming from, eh?

Think about it.

Well, when you said everything's laid on,

I kind of imagined a plane ride to Zey,

maybe a charter to PNG.

Not an overnight drive to the Cape

followed by a trip on a trawler and a dinghy!

Better safe than sorry, eh, brother?

Oh, yeah.

That's Quay Lin. They call him the Chinaman.

Alright, you wait here, mate.

Alright? Yep.

Hey.

How are you? So you good with this deal?

This is between us. It has nothing to do with your father.

This is your man? Yeah, this is he.

By the way, as far as he knows,

we're selling our gear interstate.

And when you don't, how will you deal with your bikie friends?

I've got a blackfella network on the Cape.

DCs won't know where it's coming from.

Jojo!

This is Quay Lin. Jojo.

Welcome. Morning.

Shall we? Thank you.

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50 bucks.

Got 'em from a kid over there.

Fuck.

Everything to your liking? Oh, it's fantastic.

Gonna bring the kids back here.

Any time. Just let me know.

Hey, Harry, who the fuck eats jellyfish?

No-one. They're stingers.

They'd kill you.

You're not from around here, are you?

You ordering?

We're right. So... what's the story?

Someone's undercutting us in the meth trade.

Cairns and Brisbane are flooded with it - pills and powders.

We don't know who it is, but we do know

that the crank hasn't made it through

south to Melbourne or Sydney, so it must be coming through the Straits,

either as a precursor or as is.

Right, so, that means, Harry,

that you or one of your people are walking on both sides of the fence.

Not me, Bonnie.

You know Jojo, don't you, Noel?

I know a lot of people.

He uses the Nazi method, just like these tabs.

Half the cooks in this country use the Nazi method.

We want this taken care of, Harry, or things will get out-of-hand.

Oh, don't worry.

You know me - one thing I hate is a fucking mystery.

Enjoy your lunch.

What?! You trying to start a war?

Fuck, Dad, they don't even know where it's coming from.

Make up something.

Where'd you get that money?

Where'd you get it?!

I spoke to Paddy. Told him I needed a housing loan.

A housing loan?

Yeah, well I told him that Toni and I split up and I needed a place.

How many bikies do we know personally?

That are in jail, or dead?

Yeah, 'cause they're dumb as shit. Exactly.

So why would we do what they do?

Retail is the shitty end of the business, Noel.

Quay Lin, it's Noel.

Listen, we gotta shut down the lab.

What are gonna have for dinner, kids? Fish and chips?

OK, then.

Oh, my God!

Oh, my God!

Oh, Toni, Toni! Oh, fuck! Baby, are you OK? Are the kids OK?

Are you OK, babe? Huh?

You OK? Huh? Kids? Kids, are youse right?

Mr Montebello, I think... Shut the fuck up! Shut up!

Don't you fucking talk to her like that!

What did you do?! What did you do to us, you bastard?!

I don't know anything! Tone, I don't know anything!

I don't know what's going on. Toni, listen to me, listen to me!

I didn't do anything. Alright? I didn't do anything.

I need you to get back to the house. We're going to a motel!

Listen! They'll find you at a motel!

The house is secure, alright?

Mr Montebello, have you got a minute, please?

No, I don't! I'm taking my family home.

Noel, please, I wanna go to a motel! Please, let me go to a motel!

Please, Noel! He's right. You need to be safe!

Come on, please?

My babies!

Please.

I'll make up the spare room.

It's alright, love. It's alright.

We'll sort it out.

It'll be alright.

No-one's gonna hurt you.

Hey, kids, wanna go see your room?

Might watch a movie later, eh?

The problem with a war is everybody loses.

So, whatever we do now,

has to finish.

Call Gary, get him back here.

Hey, P-Z! What's up?

Oi!

Harry wants a word.

I'll lock up when we're done.

I can stay. No need, darling.

You go home.

OK. Bye.

Harry, I didn't know anything about this drive-by.

On this occasion, I choose to believe you,

because you're not that bloody stupid.

Pisshead here, on the other hand,

is exactly the kind of tosser

who would go off on a mere suspicion

and shoot up a house with little kids in it -

a house that Noel doesn't even actually live in.

Alright, Noel?

Argh!

Watch!

Now the other one.

One's enough.

Is it?

Turns out you were right about the meth.

We found this clan lab in PNG run by a Chinese gentleman

with an eye for the Aussie market.

We've had a chat with him.

I think he understands things a little better.

All I need to know is if you're gonna back up

for these two nasty little maggots.

Right.

We're square, then.

Gary, take Bonnie back to his house.

Alright, clean up.

What's your problem?

Well, I might see you tomorrow, Dad.

Toni.

Oh.

Harry.

Sorry, love. I didn't realise...

No, no, it's...