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Ian.

Max.

Ian.

Ian.

Sorry.

It's Bill.

It's Bill.

He was already gone when the paramedics arrived.

Does Debbie know? Does Debbie know?

Yep.

He

took Maggie.

He shot Bill.

You have to go after him.

After him. Yeah, first we have to find them.

Donald, we'll 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. No, no. You can't leave us.

You've always been my little helper. 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. Oh, 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 have scared you.

No, no.

You mustn't be sorry.

That's how your life should...

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.

Little leaves at 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

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.

Daddy's the big boss, okay?

The great teacher. Just don't unscrew these lessons.

You'll be all right.

Seriously? It'll be okay.

It's going to be exactly what we hoped 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 in all his glory... Thank you, thank

you, Father.

Hi, Rebecca.

Hello, Dad.

Um, this is Jenna.

Hello.

Hi.

Thank you.

Hey, Henry.

Good to see you.

Oh, this is my brother.

This is Henry. He's my brother. This is Jenna.

Jenna, nice to meet you.

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

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

It's a great story. It really is.

But I've got a feeling that...

Some of you here, well, for a story like that, maybe it 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? 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? What do we all think? Do we

agree? 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. He was lost, but now he's found.

Welcome back, Donald.

Welcome back.

Amen. Amen to Donald. Welcome, Donald.

Thank you.

I'd better go in and face the music.

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

Let's get this over with.

Okay. Okay?

Mm-hmm.

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 a church.

I like that.

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.

Look, 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.

Is it my fault?

Wish him luck. Good luck.

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

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

You know, we'd 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. They were pretty hard.

Especially for your brother. I mean, along with many other things, huh?

I believe you called us hypocrites, liars.

Well, I'm sorry.

I really am, mate.

It was in a bad way.

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

Because I want to make up for the things that I've said and some of the things

that I've done.

Wow.

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.

Yeah.

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

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

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

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.

When he read what I'd written, he said, try again.

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.

So, um, you know?

Oh, that's the parsley.

It's an easy mistake to make.

So, not that, not... Over here. Ah, cool. Just kind of yank them out. Yeah,

of course.

Wow, just like that. They're beautiful.

Okay, everybody, have your attention.

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

Okay?

Ready?

Ready, Orby?

Okay, this is from Matthew.

The story, the Apostle Matthew.

Are you all right?

Delilah, pay attention.

Ready?

So, are you happy with this work?

Yeah?

Yeah, I mean, we're just doing the 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 slut I haven't done properly yet.

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 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 want a 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?

Yeah. 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 have left to Henry.

You okay?

Yeah, thanks.

Where is he?

I don't know.

She was very generous.

Your

brother.

Hey, Dad.

Hey, what's going on?

What you doing?

I was just coming up to the face.

Really? Yeah.

What's that?

What? In your pockets. What have you got? Empty them.

No.

Boys. What? No, no, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

What are you doing?

What are you doing? What's in there? Nothing. Show me.

No. Come on, show me. Why?

Dad, let me see. No, you don't fucking... Hey, hey, stop!

Now!

We welcomed you back.

We opened our hearts to you. I wanted to believe in you so much. You wanted to

believe in me, did you? I did. Did you really? Truly. Really?

Funny way of saying that.

Look what you do. You throw it back in our face. You're a low thief and a

drunk.

And what do you want me to be, Dave?

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.

Aww. Yeah, poor dog. You make both of us feel like shit.

Everyone else's fault?

No, mate, it's your fucking fault.

You scum.

You're an asshole. Oh, look.

You're an asshole. Get off my property.

Get off!

No, Dad. No!

Let's go. Let's go.

Come on.

I don't want to.

Please.

Please. I've got it, Dad. Don't.

You're drunk.

Stay in and 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.

Okay, well, I'll fix it. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. No, we'll fix it. We can

start again. We can.

How many times do we start again?

Do you want to stay here?

With these... With these people?

Fuck.

Be my guest, Jenna.

Johnny! Be my fucking guest. Take it easy.

What are you all talking about?

Take it easy.

Just take it easy. Fuck off!

And I just want to say in front of everyone how much we love having you

here.

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.

That 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've stumbled.

But, you know, I want to make this right. I want to marry her, Dad. I love

her. She loves me. You know, with your blessing, of course.

You were always... a constant one.

A 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 don't let me make any of the decisions. It's

just like I'm invisible. Why do you want me to 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.

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?

We should have used chemicals. The rot has spread all the way through. We're

going to have to burn it all. No chemicals.

We'll plant something else next spring.

It will work out.

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

All this family's going to starve. I failed us. 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.

I guess I did something right, eh?

No chemicals.

No chemicals for you.

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

I'm busy.

Why don't you come and help me?

No. Okay, well, if you don't want to dig potatoes, how about you take some

potatoes into the house for me?

No. Oh, all right. What about you go and pick the chickens, little chicken?

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

Go on, and then we'll play. I promise.

Good girl.

Have you had fun in the party?

I love you.

Sarah?

I'll get you some tea.

Jenny, you've been out here for days. You need to eat something.

Jenny, you can't 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 it. I just... I just... I

just... I just... I need

to bury her. No!

I need you to think about it.

Just eat some.

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 going to eat that. Yes, she does.

What is that, celery? What is that? She loves it. No, no.

Can we... I'm not eating... No one's eating this. It looks like cat sick.

Well, it's for my lunch.

This sandwich and this apple.

Hello?

Dad? Yeah?

Can I have canteen money?

Um, I heard something about a sandwich, mate.

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

Okay. Okay. I've got to go. I love you. Eat your cereal.

I love you.

Okay,

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

Yep.

Where's the lid for this?

Who's that for?

Mags. I hate nuts.

She hates nuts.

All nuts. All nuts. That's cool. Love you.

Bye. Bye.

Bye. Yes.

Can I, um, can I go to Michael's after school?

Who is Michael? And no.

It's my 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.

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've got to look after your sister.

How's 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.

Does that sound fun?

No, yuck. Yeah, it's not fun.

Okay.

Boots, boots, we get them on in the car, alright?

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 want to draw that?

So we'll do my hand first.

Alright, 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 colour it all in, all different colours, and we can show that to Mummy.

Mrs Ridley.

Now, OK, yes, all right, keep her there. I'll be right there.

All right, sweetie, you stay here. Daddy's going to be just down the

corridor, OK? I'll be right back.

Got a phone?

Yes. Now, can I ask you a question?

Hmm? Did you draw this?

Because that is a very beautiful picture.

Hang on a second.

Have we got the wrong shoe on the wrong foot? My name's Henry. What's your name?

My name's Matthew and Daddy's calling me Max. Daddy calls you?

Max.

Well, Daddy is a...

Daddy is a very lucky man, isn't he?

And

I'll

just be out there cleaning the windows, so if you need anything... If you need

anything at all, you just call me, all right?

There's fish fingers and peas in the freezer for Mags and leftovers for you.

Dean, did you hear me?

Mm-hmm. Can you make the fish fingers?

I'm not an idiot.

I know.

They won't be long anyway.

Okay, I'm feeling festive.

Yes, I'm liking this.

Yes.

Um, all right, Maggie's gonna be in bed by seven, okay?

Uh-huh.

Uh-huh.

And after seven, you can look at your phone as much as you want, but until

then, not so much. Hey, why don't you just go? Seven, all right?

Okay? Thank you.

Okay. Love you. Bye.

All right, come on. Come on.

Come here.

Hi, darling.

She okay?

Yeah, she's all right.

This one?

Yeah? Okay.

This is called Quirky Quentin.

Do you know anyone named Quentin?

I didn't know anyone named Quentin either. Alright, Paul McKenna!

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 would have left

it if I'd known That you'd let it get to the skin and the bones

Why would I do the homework for that?

Wait, give me two seconds.

Wrong house.

My mistake. Sorry, man.

Okay. No worries.

Yeah, no, I'm going to say it. No worries, man.

To smother the flame

I'd 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 the night? It's terrible.

I didn't touch them. Now I'm going to have a shower and I think you should

join me in the shower. Well, the light's wrong. So let's just make sure Dean's

asleep. Okay, he should be.

He's not allowed in the shower.

Maggie!

Max, where are you?

Dean?

Dean?

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

Maggie!

What the fuck?

Maggie!

Guess what?

Where is she?

She's gone.

What do you mean?

She's gone.

Doc?

Sir?

Sir?

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 anyone. Don't,

please, don't.

Is the baby okay?

I know there's nothing that I can say right now. I know that. Bill was a good

man.

It was better than me.

I shouldn't have been there.

I just... I 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.

Blind drunk for a year.

I carry so many chances.

Time and time again, because I thought you... I thought it came from a good

place.

There's no good place in you.

Just bitterness and...

And now that's all I have to do.

I'm so sorry.

But I promise you... I blame you.

I'm trying to be calm and telling you to be calm for the baby.

I'm gonna get Maggie back.

I'm gonna make it right.

Okay?

Because that's what I'm gonna do.

Fuck you.

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

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 going to go to the hospital with Deb.

Good. You're going after them?

You want to call the police, I don't blame you. Just... Please just give me

half an hour.

Okay.

I'll come with you.

Dad, Dad, I'll come with you.

You're not going to get far driving without her. No, mate.

No. Dad, I miss her too.

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

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.

Open the fucking door!

Fucking now!

Quickly!

I'm opening the door.

Hurry!

Where have they taken her?

You're gonna tell me where they've taken her. Back off!

You're gonna take me to your brother.

That is where we're going.

Do you understand?

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