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Ian.

Mags.

Ian. Ian.

Sorry.

Where's Bill?

Where's Bill?

He was already gone when the paramedics arrived.

Does Debbie know? Does Debbie know?

Yep.

Fuck.

He took Maggie.

He shot Bill.

You have to go after him. You have to go after him.

Yeah. First, we have to find them.

Donald will know where they are.

Can you fix it?

Can we fix it? No, the tail shaft's busted.

Da, you have to fix it.

She's getting worse!

Da!

- You stay here. - What? Where are you going?

There's some houses. I'm gonna go. You just...

- No! No! You can't leave us! - Hey, hey, hey.

- You've always been my little helper. - You can't leave me.

- Please. - You've always helped me.

You're the best little helper. I need you to help me one more time.

Just stay with your mother

and you just tell her I won't be long. Okay?

Are you warm enough? I think there's another blanket in the back.

No, no, no.

When you left the farm that night,

Henry said you went to town.

To a party.

I'm so sorry, Ma.

- I know I must've scared you. - Hey. No, no.

You mustn't be sorry.

That's how your life should be.

Fun and exciting.

Not here.

Sweetheart,

you need to go now, before Henry gets back.

No.

Yes, my love.

You need to go.

No, I'm staying with you.

Sarah, this is your chance.

You need to go.

We loved you and we tried.

But it wasn't right.

Now, for me,

I'll be okay. I need you to go.

Go, quickly, now.

I love you, Ma.

I know.

I love you.

"Come, little leaves" Said the wind one day.

"Come over meadows with me And play."

Put on your dresses of red and gold.

"For summer is gone And the days grow cold".

Dancing and whirling The little leaves went.

Winter had called them And they were content.

Soon, fast asleep In their earthy beds.

The snow laid a coverlid.

Over their heads.

So, can you teach me some prayers?

Prayers? What do you mean?

I don't know anything about God or the Bible or whatever it is they do.

Don't worry about it. Dad is the big boss, okay?

A great teacher, just don't disagree with his lessons.

- You'll be all right. It'll be okay. - Seriously?

It's gonna be exactly what we hope for, okay?

Free food, free board. Free everything. Okay?

And we can get healthy. Get sober.

- Sober. You promise, right? - Promise.

And if all the Jesus stuff is pissing us off,

we can just kiss it goodbye and go.

"And, yet, I say unto you, that even Solomon..."

Strangers, strangers! Who are they?

Hey, Rebecca.

Hello, Dad.

This is Jenna.

Hi. Hello.

Hi.

- Welcome back. - Thank you.

Hey, Henry. Good to see you.

That's my brother.

- This is Henry, he's my brother. - Hi.

- This is Jenna. - Jenna. Nice to meet you.

I think we've all heard the story of the prodigal son.

A long-lost sinner returns to the father, and the father rejoices.

It's a great story. It really is.

But I got a feeling that some of you here, well, for a story like that, maybe...

maybe it just... just grates a little.

Maybe it feels a bit wrong.

Because deep down, we all imagine ourselves as the obedient son,

overlooked in favor of the sinner returned.

- Do you know what? - That's me.

It's one of my favorite teachings because it reminds us.

It reminds each and every one of us that we must be the prodigal son.

Every day...

Every day we must choose to return

to the honest, simple, natural life.

Because let's face it,

the fight against the temptations of this modern world,

well, that's a fight that's never really over, is it?

- No, no. - What do we all think? Do we agree?

Yeah.

I feel it all the time.

And today, I would like to choose to return.

And so does Donald, my son. He chooses to return.

Donald, please come up here with me.

This is my son, Donald.

- Donald chooses to return. - Welcome back.

- He was lost, but now he's found. - Welcome back, Donald.

- Welcome back. Amen. - Amen.

Amen to Donald. Welcome, Donald.

Thank you.

I better go in and face the music.

It'll be right in the end. He's just your dad.

I love you.

It'll be all right.

Come on. Let's get this over with.

- Okay. - Okay.

I can just imagine you running around here when you were little and cute.

What, like that?

They are very cute.

Yeah, Dad said that,

"You're more likely to find Jesus in a flower or a leaf

than you are at church."

I like that. It's... beautiful.

Yeah, he'd say,

"Let nature be your classroom. The Bible, your only book."

Christ, was it your only book?

Yeah, except for the Playboy we found.

I don't know, I could be wrong,

but your dad looked pleased to see you yesterday.

I mean, he looked really pleased to see you.

Yeah, you're right. He did, didn't he?

- Thank you. - It's what I'm here for.

- Wish me luck. - Good luck.

I was gambling. I was drinking. I was taking drugs.

In the end, we got kicked out of the place we were living.

You know, we've been sleeping in the car the past few weeks.

Which hasn't been great.

You were right. I've fallen out of grace.

You know... some of the things you said when you left here last time,

they... they cut pretty deep and pretty hard.

Especially for your brother.

I mean, along with many other things, I believe you called us hypocrites, liars.

Well, I'm sorry.

I really am, mate.

Was in a bad way.

And I guess that's why I'm back.

'Cause I wanna... I wanna

make up for the things that I've said and some of the things that I've done.

Well...

Best way to make amends is through prayer and some serious hard work.

All right.

I'll get to it then, shall I?

May as well start now.

"If you doubt, then look for wisdom in the rivers and the fields

and the clouds.

All the world in serenity, except where man has created disruption."

That's better. "All the world in serenity, except..."

- Hi. - Hey.

Sorry, I was just rehearsing my...

No, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt.

No, I'm just...

My dad asked me to do the sermon on Sunday.

But when he read what I'd written, he said, "Try again."

Yeah. I don't know, it sounded pretty good to me.

I mean, I only heard a little bit but the bit about serenity is beautiful.

What brings you in here?

Well, actually, I've been told to come and get some radishes

- for... - Some radish...

That's the parsley.

It's an easy mistake to make.

So, not that? Not...

- Over here. - Cool.

- You just kind of yank them out. - Yeah, of course.

- Wow, just like that. They're beautiful. - Yeah.

Okay, everybody, can I have your attention?

You know what we're gonna do? We're gonna do one more story before lunch.

And then we'll get something to eat.

Okay, ready? Ready, Augie?

Okay, this is from Matthew. It's a good story.

The Apostle, Matthew. Are you all right?

Delilah, are you paying attention? Ready?

So, you're happy with this work?

Yeah.

Yeah, I mean, we're just doing it to tick boxes, aren't we?

But it's not an excuse to do a sloppy job, is it?

Come on, Dad.

It's just the one slat I haven't done properly, yeah.

I mean, we both know I'm not really cut out for this kind of life, am I?

- You're not what? You're not... - Not really.

You're not cut out for this life.

Let me tell you something. A man chooses his path.

Now, you choose to walk with Jesus or you don't.

I want to buy a fishing boat.

You wanna what?

- I want to buy a fishing boat. - A fishing boat?

Yeah, I worked on one for a couple of months the last time I left here.

And I was just hoping that you could loan me some money for that.

- Lend you some money? - Yep.

All right, so, tell me, what do you know about fishing?

Tell me, in fact, what do you know about running your own business?

So, what do you know about anything except drinking?

You can tell a man's character by his workmanship.

And this...

this, I should've left to Henry.

Are you okay?

Yeah, thanks.

Where is he?

I don't know.

She was very generous.

They said that...

Donald was just seen letting himself into your office.

Your brother.

Hey, Dad.

- Hey. - What's going on?

Whatcha doing?

I was just coming up to the feast.

- Really? - Yeah.

- What's that? - What?

In your pockets, what you got? Empty 'em.

No.

- Boys. - What?

- No, no. Whoa, whoa, whoa. - Whoa. No, no.

What you doing? What are you doing?

- What's in there? - Nothing.

- Show me. - No.

- Come on. Show me. - Why?

- Show 'em to me. - No.

- Dad. - Let me see.

- Are you gonna fucking... Hey. - Let me.

- Don't fucking touch me! - You stop. Now!

We welcomed you back.

- We opened our hearts to you. - Did you?

- I wanted to believe in you so much. - You wanted to believe in me.

- Did you? Did you really? - I did. Truly.

Really? Funny way of showing that.

Look what you do. You throw it back in our face. You're...

You're a low thief and a drunk.

And what do you want me to be, Dad?

Wait, wait. Like you?

You could give two shits about anybody else except yourself, mate.

- Do you know why I drink? - Tell me.

Because you make me feel like a worthless piece of shit, Dad.

- Yeah. - Poor Donald.

You make both of us feel like shit.

Everyone else's fault?

No, mate, it's your fucking fault!

- You're scum, and you're a drunk. - Hey, hey. Look!

And I should've thrashed it out of you years ago.

- I should kill you! - No, Dad.

Get off my property! Get off!

No, Dad.

Get off!

- Come on. Let's go. Come on. - Wait.

- No, no, no. Come on, please. Please. - I don't want to. Stop.

- Please. - I got it now.

Don... You're drunk. I can smell it.

Okay, then you fucking drive. I don't care. Just...

Stay here and you calm down.

I'm not coming.

Why not?

I'm sorry.

Please, just come with me now.

- I need you! - You don't need me. You need help.

Look... I'll fix it.

- No, no, no. We'll fix it. - You won't fix it, Donald, because you...

We can start again. We can.

How many times do we start again?

Do you wanna stay here...

with these people?

Fuck.

- Be my guest, Jenna. Be my fucking guest. - Donnie. Donnie.

- Take it easy tonight, Don. - What? What do you want?

- Fuck you, you piece of shit! - Take it easy. Just take it easy.

Fuck off!

I love you, mate.

And I just wanna say in front of everyone

- how much we love having you here. - Great beard.

And so when the waters of baptism are poured over your soul,

washing away your sins, we welcome you,

Jennifer Elaine Turner.

One with God, one with nature,

one with our congregation.

One spirit

- baptized into many. Amen. - Baptized into many. Amen.

We love you, Jenna!

- Dad, is now still okay? - Sure.

- You sure? - Yeah. Come in.

Jenna's aunt has left her a property. A farm near Port McKenna.

- Really? - Yeah.

- Well, this is good news. - Yeah.

Because between you and me, we could do with a cash injection.

Jenna and me were thinking of not selling it actually.

We were thinking we might live there together.

Farm the land and start a life, you know.

Build a community not unlike this one,

sharing the message of your teachings, Dad.

You and Jenna?

She's pregnant, Dad.

Yeah, I know we stumbled,

but, you know, I wanna make this right. I wanna marry her, Dad.

I love her. She loves me.

You know, with your blessing, of course.

You were always...

the constant one.

The reliable one.

What are you doing?

Why do you even want me here, Dad?

Seriously, why do you want me here?

You don't involve me in anything. You don't ask for my opinion. You...

You don't let me make any of the decisions.

It's just like I'm invisible.

Why do you wanna keep me here?

Okay.

You're a grown man. You go if you want to.

I'm not stopping you.

You know you'll regret this.

Come on.

Do you wanna see Daddy? Wanna see what he's up to?

Look. There he is.

- Hey. - What's Daddy doing?

You should go up to the house and rest.

I've had a baby. I'm not ill.

How bad is it?

You know, we should've used chemicals.

The rot has spread all the way through.

- We're gonna have to burn it all. - No. No chemicals.

We'll plant something else next spring. It will work out.

I'm gonna have to get a job in town, Jenna,

or this family's gonna starve. I failed us.

- No, you haven't. - I failed us.

That's your father talking.

You know, I... I never thought I'd ever be really happy in my life.

And I am now, and that's down to you.

And that's down to Sarah.

So, thank you.

Then I guess I did something right?

- No chemicals. - No chemicals.

No chemicals for you.

But you can't spread any butter on them, can we?

Mommy.

I'm in the garden, Sarah.

- Come play with me, Mommy. - Hey.

I'm busy.

Why don't you come and help me?

No.

Okay, well, if you don't wanna dig potatoes,

how about you take some potatoes into the house for me?

No.

All right, what about... you go and feed the chickens, little chicken?

- I'm not a chicken. - You are a chicken.

Go on, and then we'll play.

I promise.

Good girl.

Hi, chickens.

Hello.

Come over here for some feed.

Have you had fun in your paddy?

I love you.

Hello, chickens.

Hi, Billy.

Hi.

Martha Two.

Ba-ha.

Billy.

Chelsea.

Ch...

Sarah?

Sarah!

Jenna!

- Henry! - Jenna!

- Henry! - What's she done?

I got you some tea.

Jenna, you've been out here for days.

You need to eat something.

Jenna, you gotta come inside.

It's freezing in here.

I have to go to work.

If I miss another shift, I'll lose the contract.

- Jenna, we need to think about... - Don't!

Don't touch her!

Don't touch her.

Please don't touch... don't you take her away from me.

- I need to bury her. - No!

I need you to think about it.

Just eat something.

She can't come to work with me.

You know I've got the builders in the shop today. It's not safe for her.

All right, all right, fine. Mags, you're with me.

What is this?

- It's for Mags. - She's not gonna eat that.

- Yes, she does. - What is that? Celery? What is that?

- She loves it. - No, no.

- Okay. Well, you have it. - I'm not eating...

No one's eating this. Looks like cat sick.

What's for my lunch?

This sandwich and this apple.

Hello.

- Hey, Dad. - Yeah?

Can I have canteen money?

I heard something about a sandwich, mate.

- Give it to Mags. - She's not your garbage disposal, Dean.

Okay, okay. I gotta go. I love you.

Eat your cereal.

I love you. God.

Okay, can someone work out what's for dinner, please?

Yeah.

Where's the lid for this?

- Who's that for? - Mags.

- Hates nuts. - She hates nuts?

- All nuts. - All nuts. That's cool.

- Love you. Bye. - Yep. Bye.

- Bye. Yes. - Bye.

Can I go to Michael's after school?

- Who is Michael? And no. - It's for homework.

No. Look, there's a reason I'm saying no, mate, okay?

- I just can't remember what it is. - Seriously?

Okay. Look, here it is. Look, look, the festival's on tonight, okay?

Deb and I are going on a date night, okay? It's in the calendar.

Always check the calendar. You're gonna look after your sister.

- How is that fair? - It's a school night, Dean.

You are a school child, okay?

But if on the weekend you get your homework done,

- maybe we could go for a surf? - Whatever.

It'll be fun then.

Mags, are you ready to be Daddy's deputy?

What's a deputy?

A deputy is like a policeman's assistant.

That sound fun?

No, yuck.

Yeah, it's not fun.

Okay. Boots, boots. We'll get them on in the car, all right?

Okay.

Here we go.

Hey. You doing okay? Are you bored?

Okay, I'll tell you what. Put your hand against my hand.

Oh, my goodness.

Okay. Let's do that.

Do you wanna draw that?

So, we'll do my hand first, all right?

Watch this.

Okay, this is fun.

Okay, you put your hand here,

hold your hand down really hard. That's good.

Take your hand away.

Oh, my goodness.

Can you believe that?

You can color it all in all different colors,

and we can show that to Mommy.

This is Ridley.

Yeah. Okay. Yes. All right. Keep her there. I'll be right there.

All right, sweetie. You stay here.

Daddy's gonna be just down the corridor, okay?

I'll be right back.

Have you been left on your own?

Hey, can I come in?

- I've got a phone. Yeah. - You got a phone?

Now, can I ask you a question?

Did you draw this?

'Cause that is a very beautiful picture.

Hang on a second,

we got the wrong shoe on the wrong foot.

My name's Henry, what's your name?

My name is Maggie, and Daddy calls me Mags.

Daddy calls you...

Mags.

Well, Daddy is a...

- Daddy is a very lucky man, isn't he? - Daddy got me this phone.

And it call.

And Daddy make me it.

And it's a real phone for me.

And I'll just be out there cleaning the window, so if you need anything...

if you need anything at all... you just call me. All right?

Bye.

Bye.

Why?

That's okay.

That's okay.

That's okay.

Should we go see if any of the dolphins are there?

Do you reckon they are?

There's fish fingers and peas in the freezer for Mags,

and leftovers for you.

Dean? Did you hear me?

- Can you make the fish fingers? - I'm not an idiot.

I know. We won't be long anyway.

- Look out, I'm feeling festive. - Oh, yes!

Yes. I'm liking this. Yes.

All right, Maggie's gotta be in bed by 7:00, okay?

And after 7:00 you can look at your phone as much as you want.

- But until then, not so much. - Hey, why don't you go already?

- 7:00, all right? Okay? - Okay.

Okay.

Love you. Bye.

- All right, come on, come on. - I'm coming.

- Bye, darling. Yeah, she's all right. - She okay?

This one?

Yeah? Okay.

This is called Quirky Quinn.

Do you know anyone named Quinn?

Nah? I don't even know anyone named Quinn neither.

All right, Port McKenna!

Skin and bones.

I gave you my heart as a loan.

You took it all the way home.

You left it to fend on its own.

Well now we're into overtime.

And I'm coming back for what's mine

I wouldn't have left it if I'd known.

You've let it get to skin and bones.

Why don't you piss off?

- I had you. - I'm not gonna be able to walk tomorrow.

Even my mom said she hates Mrs. Wilken.

Like... she's just a pain.

Why would I do the homework for that class? Like...

Wait, give me two seconds. Somebody's at the door.

Wrong house.

My mistake, sorry, mate.

Okay, no worries. Yeah, no, I'm gonna say it...

No worries, mate.

All this talking of love

I can't quite see what it means.

Through the debris of broken dreams.

In the haze of the smoke screens

I'm making a patchwork quilt.

To cover the fear and the guilt.

To smother the flames we fan.

My lover, the life we planned.

It's skin and bones now It's skin and bones now.

Well, it's skin and bones It's skin and bones.

It's skin and bones now It's skin and bones now.

Well, it's skin and bones It's skin and bones.

Yeah!

Oh, my God. I have to piss like you wouldn't believe.

You passed all the Portaloos on the way to the car.

Yeah. Have you seen the state of those at the end of a night?

It's terrible.

I wouldn't touch them. I'm gonna have a shower,

and I think you should j...

- join me in the shower. - Okay, well, the lights are on.

- So let's just make sure Dean's asleep. - Okay. Okay, he should be.

He's not allowed in the shower.

Maggie!

Mags, where are you?

Dean? Dean?

- What's happened? - I think she's gone.

Move.

Maggie!

What the fuck?

Maggie!

Hey, guess what?

Where is she?

She's gone.

- What do you mean? - She's gone.

- Da? - Yes.

Sarah?

Sarah.

Where have you been?

I needed the bathroom.

I got us some food, and I got us some more water.

We need to get your mother into the other car.

- Deb, I'm so, so, so sorry. - Don't. Don't. Don't.

- I never meant for any... - Don't. Please, don't.

Is the baby okay?

I know there is nothing that I can say right now, I know that.

But Bill was a good man.

He was better than me.

He shouldn't have been there.

He only did it for my peace of mind.

It's not your fault.

I know that.

I didn't blame you

when you pushed Dean away...

after Maggie went missing. I...

I didn't blame you when you were blind drunk for a year.

I gave you so many chances.

Time and time again 'cause I thought you...

I thought you came from a good place.

There's no good place in you.

Just bitterness and...

rage.

And now that's all I have too.

I'm so sorry.

But I promise you...

I blame you.

I'm trying to be calm.

They're telling me to be calm for the baby.

I never wanna see you again.

I'm gonna get Maggie back.

I'm gonna make it right.

Okay?

'Cause that's what I'm gonna do.

Fuck you, Ian.

Yeah. I just think someone should stay with Deb.

No, I don't... I don't think you should come.

I'm not saying that. It's just... It's getting full on.

And it's not about...

Like, she needs someone to be there for her right now.

You know what I mean, it's just like...

She's family.

Hang on. Hello?

Who's there?

- Dean, it's me. It's me. - Who's here?

It's just me.

- I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you. - It's fine.

- Did you hear what happened? - Yeah.

I was just gonna go to the hospital with Deb.

- Good. - You're going after them?

If you wanna call the police, I don't blame you. Just...

Can you please just give me half an hour?

- Okay? - I'll come with you.

Dad. Dad! I'll come with you.

You're not gonna get far driving with that arm.

No, mate. No.

Dad, I miss her too.

So, if you're gonna go get her, I'm gonna come help.

Deano,

you deserve better.

Can you look after Deb and the baby?

I wanna come.

Can you look after them for me, mate?

Please?

Henry, answer the phone!

I'm pretty sure the police are after me.

I can't do this!

Do you understand?

I can't do this!

I know you're in there, Don. Open the fucking door!

- Fucking now! - Okay!

Quickly!

Opening the door.

Hurry!

- Where are they taking her, mate? - What?

You're gonna tell me where they're taking her.

You're gonna take me to your brother. That is where we're going.

- Do you understand? - Yeah.