Original subtitles

[music playing]

TOBY DELANEY: I can't believethat you slept with Marione.

No, bloody hell.

It's so disgusting.

ELLIE DELANEY: Grow up.

How many women have youslept with in the last year?

TOBY DELANEY: That's irrelevant.

HELEN GREGORY: There's a bighole in the road outside.

You've cut your leg.

HELEN GREGORY: And I hit my head.

I'm all dirty.

It's all right.

I'll look after you.

This is not the way it was supposed to end.

It wasn't meant to end this way.

ELLIE DELANEY: But it has Hugh.

It's time to move on.

Throw a nice lob.

Easy [inaudible] Well done.

Just--

Oi.

You get back in there andscratch their eyes out.

Nice reverse claw.

That's more like it.

Man, I love this car.

Don't you love this car?

Big sky.

Wide open road.

Doesn't get any better than this.

HELEN GREGORY: Aren't you going a bit fast?

What?

You lost the adventurous spirit so soon?

I felt safer at 14,000 feet.

What are you saying?

I'm a bad driver?

You know Michael Schumacher?

He drives a Ferrari, babe.

This is a Merc.

There's a difference?

JACK JAFFERS: Yeah, Ferraris are Italian.

It's passionate, hot blooded.

Mercedes Benz is all aboutclass, reliability, style.

I thought Ferrari was more you.

JACK JAFFERS: Woohoo.

Wooo.

I just think we should be heading back to all.

JACK JAFFERS: Helen, don't getstressed out about the bar.

I've got it all sorted.

HELEN GREGORY: I'm notstressing out about the bar,

I'm just worried about getting this car back

before the police get involved.

JACK JAFFERS: Don't worryabout things you can't control.

Just relax.

Go with the flow.

I've been telling her that for years, Jack.

JACK JAFFERS: Come Rusty.

HELEN GREGORY: What are we doing here anyway?

JACK JAFFERS: Can you pop the boot for me?

HELEN GREGORY: What-- what do I press?

Just the button on the door.

Cheers.

HELEN GREGORY: Does the guy at the car yard

know that you're financially challenged?

JACK JAFFERS: Course not.Thinks I'm loaded.

HELEN GREGORY: See.

You are test driving thiscar under a misapprehension.

Or a bald faced lie.

Depends how you look at it.

You're unbelievable.

Oh, yes I am.

What's that?

[MUSIC - STEPHE, "THE ALICE - OPENING CREDITS"]

[SINGING] Take me to that open silent space

where the earth breathes your name.

Leave me underneath the starlight sky.

All our troubles fade away.

Hold me now as the golden sunlight

warms across your face.

La, la, la.

JACK JAFFERS: Got all my food.

Nice bottle of bubbly.

Comfy blanket.

Nice rug.

Ah, it's just a blanket.

There is no such thing as an innocent blanket.

So did you put this all together?

Yeah, course.

You know what this is all about, don't you?

Jack, what's this all about?

Ah, carbon compounds and amino acids

according to my high school science teacher.

No, I just wanted to do something nice for you.

Nothing wrong with that, is there?

No.

There is in stealing a car.

JACK JAFFERS: I didn't steal it.

I just took it for a 200 kilometer test drive.

Oh, you're a bad boy Jack Jaffers.

JACK JAFFERS: So people keep telling me.

Because it's the truth.

JACK JAFFERS: I thought you said I was

sexy, passionate, hot-blooded.

So you going to open thator wait till it warms up?

No.

Pop.

[music playing]

JACK JAFFERS: Glasses. - Yeah, no.

I'll get them. - No, my--

No, no, no.

It's all right.

Cheers.

Yeah.

[car beeping]

MICHAEL ANDERSON: If onlyit was always this easy.

TOBY DELANEY: Mate, if it was this easy,

I'd give it all away in a second.

Hey, you know the rego's is due today?

Yeah, my old man's been on my case

for a week to pay the bloody thing.

- How is you dad? - All right.

MICHAEL ANDERSON: Yeah,I still can't get my head

around Matt and your mom.

What does that mean?

MICHAEL ANDERSON: You know.

If-- if Matt marries your mom, then he

becomes your stepfather, right?

How weird would that be?

Would you take on his surname?

Toby Marione.

Sounds like a pasta dish.

[laughs] Oh, no, no, no, no.

One of those daggy dances.

Toby Marione.

Come on in.

Give me some love.

Toby Marione.

Yeah.

HUGH DELANEY [ON RADIO]: Hugh to Toby.

You there, son?

MICHAEL ANDERSON: I'm the love doctor.

Yeah, come on.

Toby Marione.

TOBY DELANEY: Yeah, dad, what's up?

HUGH DELANEY [ON RADIO]: Just areminder mate, that rego's due.

Ah, thanks.

Toby Marione.

Ah, come on Tobes.

Give me some love, brother.

Just go easy on him.

He's-- he's really stressing out, OK?

No good.

There's no way any short ofsmashing a bloody window.

Couldn't you cut through the roof?

Do you know how much abrand new soft top's worth?

Is that a trick question?

Eight grand.

Who's going to pay for that?

You, me, rusty?

HELEN GREGORY: Hey, don'ttake this out on me.

Well, you know, if youhad the keys in your pockets

instead of leaving them in the ignition--

Oh, so all of a sudden this is my fault, is it?

Well, who left their mobilephone in the car, hm?

All right.

Look, it's nobody's fault. I'msorry, but I'm just feeling--

Feeling a bit stupid.

JACK JAFFERS: I saw a roadhousea couple of Ks down the road.

I'll go back there.

I will call the car yard to bring--

HELEN GREGORY: I think it wasmore like six Ks actually.

There's enough food and drinkhere so you won't get hungry.

There's enough shade so you won't get sunstroke.

What so you're going to leave me here?

You stay there, Rusty.

Keep her company.

And scare off the snakes.

Jack, don't be long.

I'll be back within the hour.

[interposing voices]

OK.

OK.

Move it around.

[interposing voices]

Wow, you're really getting into it.

I'm talking about the sculpture.

Mm.

Mm.

I better get going anyway.

Mm, thank you for helping.

It's all right.

OK.

Don't forget about tonight.

No, I won't.

Tonight?

Yeah, one of the nurses,we're having going away drinks.

Oh, right.

I just saw Toby in the office.

Don't worry he won't do anything.

Yeah, I have to talk to him.

Has he said anything to you?- Nothing.

You know Toby.

Him Tarzan, me Jane.

Big tough guy.

So does everybody know?

No.

All right.

Tell me the truth, Jess.

A younger woman's perspective.

Am I kidding Myself

No way.

Come on, Ellie.

You and Matt make a great couple and--

God, you look terrific for your age.

No-- not that you-- you just--

you look-- you're not that old.

Thank you.

Ah, I better talk to my son.

MICHAEL ANDERSON: Nice one, [inaudible]

Just drop it and run.

Mikey.

Mrs. Delaney.

Do you know where Toby is?

OK.

I want to talk to you.

So talk.

I had you pegged all wrong, mate.

First I thought you were gay, and then I

thought you were after Jess.

It never actually crossed my mind

that you had this weird thing for married women.

This isn't going to solve anything.

Who said I wanted to solve anything?

You want to vent youranger, and I understand that.

But this-- there's moreconstructive ways of doing it.

Maybe you really are gay.

You know, just in denial.

OK.

I haven't finish talking with you yet.

I'm just trying to understandhow you can justify yourself.

I mean, I save your life, and you repay

me by sleeping with my mother.

Actually, Toby, I slept with your mom

before you saved my life.

[shouting]

Shit.

You thick head.

Come on.

You with this close to kissing him.

Doesn't that tell you something?

Mhm.

Fate's a hell of a lot smarter than I am.

Actually, I don't think it was fate.

I think it was a manifestationof my subconscious.

What?

Getting involved withJack would be disastrous.

I wouldn't be able to trust him.

I'd always be looking over my shoulder in case

some pretty girl turned up.

Need a lift?

Yeah.

Never thought water could taste so good.

Oh, you keep it.

Cheers.

Cheers.

Thanks for picking me up.

It's hot enough to fry rats out there.

Yeah, well, you know Icouldn't let you just cark

it on the side of the road.

You're a city fella.

Yeah, originally.

You know, I feel like I know you from somewhere.

Yeah, I get that a lot.

Hi.

- Jack. - Hey, Jack.

Maxine.

Max.

Hey, Max.

Hey, you wouldn't happen tohave a mobile phone, would you?

Actually no.

I kind of left home in a bit of a rush.

Right.

Here we are.

Road house was a bitfurther up than I thought.

[music playing]

Uh, Maxine?

Max.

You know what?

I just remembered I owe Mick some money.

Who's Mick?

He owns a roadhouse.

Yeah, don't worry.

There's another one about100 clicks down the road.

Maxine, this is an emergency.

All right?

I've got to go to that roadhouse.

Maybe just-- just pull overhere, and I'll get out.

Maxine, this has been a blast, but I'd really

like you just to let me out.

Maxine?

Maxine?

Just pull over.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Stop the truck. Stop it.

Let go of the wheel.

Not until you pull over.

All right, let go. Let go.

Let go.

Let go.

Right, are you getting out then or what?

No, no.

Wh-- why-- why-- why areyou running from the cops?

Maxine?

Hey, Maxine. MAXINE: No, no, no.

JACK JAFFERS: Maxine, come on.Get back in the truck.

MAXINE: Let go of my hand.

Rushing into the desert is just

going to make things worse.

Now get back in the truck.

Could it get any worse?

Believe me.

Things can always get worse.

So what's the story?

You cheat on your tax?

Not pay a fine?

Hold up that road house?

I'm leaving my husband.

See this is his truck, and I stole it.

All right.

MAXINE: But that's--that's not the worst of it.

Before I left, I--

I trapped him up on the roofof the tractor shed, and I--

I took away the ladder.

Well, that's--

MAXINE: If the heat doesn'tkill him, the fall will.

HELEN GREGORY: That's over an hour.

He's probably trying to get alift back from the road house.

Yeah, that's if he made it to the road house.

Well, it is the desert, Helen.

You know, today's breakdownis tomorrow's obituary.

Patrick.

PATRICK: You should never,ever leave your car.

That is rule number one.

There's the hate, the venomoussnakes, the desert crazies.

I'm not listening. La, la, la.

Fine, fine.

Bury your head in the sand.

Just tell me this.

Did he take any water with him?

Well, he-- he left the champagne for me.

Jack will be fine.

He'll be fine.

He'll be fine.

He's Jack, right?

Right.

God, I should've been the one to go.

Helen.

Missy-- missy, you can't do that.

Don't do that.

It's what Jack should havedone in the first place.

But it's a Mercedes CLK500.

No, Pat, it's a little bit of glass.

[car alarm]

[laughter]

MAXINE: I caught them at itin the back of the truck.

Classy.

You know, I didn't even have the decency

to look embarrassed.

He said it was my fault. That I'd--

I'd driven him into the arms of another woman.

Standard excuse.

Not that I've ever used that.

He said that-- um, that I was too boring.

JACK JAFFERS: Ah, well, I'msure that's not the case.

Do you know what it is?

You know someone had to keeptheir feet on the ground.

You know, Greg he's a dreamer,and I'm the details girl.

Yin and yang.

I do all the books for his work, you know.

When it comes to money he's just hopeless.

Just how high exactly is this shed.

Ah, it's high.

It's real high.

It's a corrugated tin roof.

Maxine, I know you're angry, but is Greg

really worth a murder charge?

He has an affair, and you go to jail.

Where's the karma in that?

Hey?

[music playing]

HELEN GREGORY: Can't see him here.

I don't think he's here.

I'll go and have a look.

Help you, love?

Yeah, hi.

I'm looking for guy who's--

he's about this tall.

He's got dark hair, andhe's wearing a white shirt.

Only guy I've seen today was a copper.

He was in about 20 minutesago asking about a black Merc.

That's Bob McShane's car, isn't it?

McShane Motors in Alice usedto sponsor my son's motocross.

Yeah, look.

My friend was just takingit for a test drive,

and we ran into some mechanical problems.

Reckon I might call the cops.

No, no, no. Please don't.

I'm-- I'm driving it back to Alice now.

Promise.

It's just a misunderstanding.

Well, like I said, he used to sponsor the boy.

[inaudible] didn't cough up this year.

You're doing the right think, Max.

You think so?

Yeah.

MAXINE: You know, I really appreciate

you coming back there with me.

JACK JAFFERS: Not a problem.

We just need to pick someoneup on the way, all right?

Righto.

It was just here.

The Mercedes.

Helen.

Helen.

Helen.

Rusty.

Look, look.

Maybe she unlocked it.

Impossible.

The only way in was to smash the window.

Helen.

Ah, Jack.

I think that's what she did.

Ah, ridiculous.

There's no way.

[music playing]

PATRICK: He could've beenmown down by road train.

Those thing's are death on wheels.

Pat, stop it.

Well, they are.

If Jack got hit by a road train,

the train would have stopped.

Not if the driver didn't know.

Think about it.

He'd be like a poor littleinsect on a windscreen.

JACK JAFFERS: We'll stop at the roadhouse.

See if the Merc's been through, right?

Yeah, no worries.

Thanks for-- you know.

MAXINE: Listen, If Gregfry's it's well-deserved.

You know, you're absolutely right for putting

your girlfriend first.

She's not my girlfriend.

PATRICK: Slow down. HELEN GREGORY: What?

Is this a joke?

PATRICK: No.

Don't do that.

No, no, no, no.

That is the only road between the picnic

spot and the roadhouse.

It's the only place he could have gone.

Why would he have gone down there?

Delirious, confused, call of nature.

Who knows?

Do you think we should risk it with a car?

You just smashed a window.

What's a bit of dust?

HELEN GREGORY: I hope you're right, Pat.

PATRICK: Trust me.

I've got a really strong feeling about this.

ROAD HOUSE WORKER: Yeah, shecame through here in the Merc.

MAXINE: Thanks Mick.

Was she on her own?

With my heeler, Rusty.

OK.

Except she kept arguing with the dog.

All right, and did Micksay where she was headed?

Yeah, back to Alice apparently.

Look, Maxine, look.

Why don't you just go home,make it up with hubby.

And I'll hitch a ride back into town.

It'll be all right now.

What about Greg?

What if he's injured?

Well, I'm no doctor.

You going to have tocall someone else anyway.

Are you serious?

Listen.

I'd be 40 clicks down this roadright now if it wasn't for you.

Well, you would have turnedback yourself eventually.

Like hell I would have.

No, no, no.

I was-- I was headed to my sister's place

on the Gold Coast.

No, she-- she's got acondominium right on the beach.

Maxine, I've--

No, the beach, Jack.

You know, 70 kilometers of coastline.

Hotels, casinos, waterslides, bloody movie land.

Oh god.

I'm just so sick of this bloody desert.

What I'm actually trying to say is,

I don't think that I'd be able to face

what I might fine back there.

And if you're not going to come with me,

then I think I'm just going to take off again.

OK?

Max, max.

Stop all right.

All right.

All right.

We'll go back together.

OK?

Let's roll.

Hey, Maxine.

Mind if I, um--

Go right ahead.

Stuck on a sand dune.

Yeah, looks like you'llhave to dig it out by hand.

This is your fault.

Yeah, sorry.

I never learned to sew, Pat.

What?

HELEN GREGORY: I mean, sure, I can darn a sock.

Can't do anything fancy.

I can't do cross stitch.

Momma's great at cross stitch, remember?

Helen, I think maybe you're dehydrated.

Yeah?

I was meant to learn.

Now--

Hey, Helen.

Helen.

You're not going to die.

You've 50,000 calories worthof food in that hamper.

Yeah, but what about Jack?

He could be 10 feet off this track,

and we could have driven past him.

Yeah, well, Jack's got noone to blame but himself.

You always say that he is so irresponsible.

And unreliable.

And immature.

Bloody annoying.

And he practically stole that car.

Yeah.

But he stole it for me.

[wheezing]

JACK JAFFERS: Helen, I justwanted to do something nice.

MATT MARIONE: Hey.

Hello.

How are you?

MATT MARIONE: Good.

What's that?

Oh, there was a drunkguy in casualty last night,

and he was carrying on like a maniac,

and he was threatening to hurt himself and--

so I tried to give him a shotof diazepam to calm him down,

and he headbutted me.

Wow, that's very brave of you.

Ah, not really.

It's part of the job.

Want a cup of tea?

Yeah.

So I've been meaning to tell you.

There's a thing at the Baa Bar tonight.

It's just a small farewellfor one of the nurses.

It's just a few people from work.

So I thought, you know.

No pressure though.

You know that hand holding moment

in the street the other day?

You don't need to explain.

ELLIE DELANEY: No, no, I do.

I said one thing, and I did another.

And I don't want to give you mixed signals.

I'm really OK.

You don't have to worry.

You're not comfortable yet.I do understand that.

- No, well-- - No, no, no, no, no.

It's all right.

We'll just keep it private for now.

We don't have to go to this thing tonight.

I could just get a video.

We could veg out in front of the TV.

So what time does it start?

Cross fingers.

Fingers crossed.

What's that noise?

Um, something mechanical?

Gun it, Hellie.

You've got to gun it.

Come on.

Come on.

[cheering]

Good on you.

[music playing]

Well, he's not on the roof.

Check the house.

OK.

It's all there was.

No sign of Greg at all.

So what are you going to do now?

Hit the beach?

You know, I think I used up all my courage

leaving the first time.

Yeah, well, the beachis way too crowded anyway.

The Gold coast.

Very, very commercial.

Movie World, overrated.

Look, I saw an old motorcycle in the shed.

Maybe I could just borrow that and--

What? You want to leave now?

Well, there's nothing left to do here.

Crisis is over, right?

Yeah.

It's just that, Greg, he'sgot this filthy temper

especially when he's had a few.

And I just reckon he's comingback here tanked to the gills.

I tried to kill him, Jack.

You know, he's not going tobe too rapped about that.

Look, Maxine, I've reallygot to go and find Helen.

MAXINE: Well, why don't you call her?

Here.

Here.

Just tell her where you areand, God, she'll understand.

Just--

Yeah, well, I left my mobilein the car anyway, didn't I?

Fantastic.

HELEN GREGORY: Where to now, Mr. Psychic?

Back to the road house.

Is that your sixth sense?

No, it's my common sense.

See if Jack's turned up.

Toby?

Yeah.

TOBY DELANEY: OK.

Look, there's your itinerary, Mr. Grant.

You've made the right choice.

We're the premier touristoperator in Alice.

Well, you're certainly affordable.

I'll put it that way.

We'll see you outside the hotel at seven?

Sure.

I want to talk to you.

I already told you.

I've got nothing left to say.

ELLIE DELANEY: Well, evenso, I have a few things

I would like to say to you.- Ah, what?

So he wants you to come andfight his battles for him now,

does he?

What is he, mom, some kind of a dibber dobber.

Gets hurt in the playground,and runs home squealing to you.

Maybe he thinks you're his mom.

What are you talking about?

I'm not sorry for punching Matt.

If you expect me to feel bad,you're wasting your breath.

ELLIE DELANEY: You punched Matt.

Well, he told me he got the bruise at work.

Toby you should be ashamed of yourself.

Yeah, well, one of usshould feel ashamed, mom.

That's for sure.

If you would just let me explain--

Look, you told dad thatyou would get back together,

and all that time you'rerunning around with lover boy.

- That is not true. - Oh, what?

So you're not with Matt?

ELLIE DELANEY: Yes, no.

Look, what I mean is, I didn't tell you father

we were getting back together.

That's what he chose to hear.

I believe dad before I believe you.

I'm on his side of the fence now.

OK, OK.

That's fine.

I just thought you should know that Matt

and I are planning to comehere tonight as a couple.

TOBY DELANEY: What?

In public?

Oh yes, in public.

If you're not mature enoughto accept that then maybe

you should stay away.

[phone ringing]

What dad?

HUGH DELANEY [ON PHONE]: Toby,have you paid the rego yet?

No, I haven't paid the ridgo.

I wish that you wouldstop ringing me and asking

me to pay the bloody ridgo.

HUGH DELANEY [ON PHONE]: Well,it's got to be paid, son.

Yeah, I know, dad.

Come on, Helen.

Pick up.

Any luck?

No, she's not answering.

On purpose if I know her.

These your albums?

No, they are Greg's.

He's got a good taste in music.

The Who, Stevie Ray, Dark Sideof the Moon, absolute classics.

Yeah, classics.

MAXINE: So you're a local in Alice?

Me? No, no.

I'm a blow in.

I run a bar in town.

Baa Bar.

It's a joke.

Here.

You married?

No.

No one special then?

[car pulling up]

[music playing]

You must be Greg.

Who the hell are you?

A friend of your wife's.

Oh, yeah?

Since when?

She tell you what she did?

JACK JAFFERS: Yeah.

No harm done though, hey?

I've had enough of the sight of you.

Nice work.

Yeah, I took a bit of a wrong turn.

You haven't seen my friendby any chance, have you?

Matter of fact I did.

He was here a littlewhile ago looking for you.

Oh my god.

I wasn't worried.

Is he still here?

No.

What did you tell him?

Well, same thing you told me.

That you and the dog wereheading back to Alice.

Well, do you know where he went?

Yeah, he took off with Max Thompson.

JACK JAFFERS: You're making a big mistake.

Mate, mind your own business.

She's a great girl.

She's a control freak.

I don't get that.

Look, mate, I'm a bit of a cowboy, right?

I like to do my own thing.

Cut loose now and then.

With Max it's like my whole lifeis like a lock without a key.

A heart without a soul, you know?

It's a song lyric.

Night Night Baby Lights Out.

[inaudible] me.

You're-- you are, aren't you?

I'm right, aren't I?

Hey?

Yeah.

Oh man.

Oh man.

Evie, Evie.

You know-- you know who this is?

This is Jack Joffers.

- Jaffers. - Jaffers.

Jaffers. Sorry mate.

The lead singer of JJ Night.

Chevron Hotel. - Yeah.

1985.

I was there when thislittle beauty was recorded.

Yeah, you were my rock and roll awakening.

Right?

Yeah.

Oh man.

You got to sign this for me.

Yeah, sure.

You got a pen?

Um, no.

Evie.

Thanks.

Oh man.

Just make it out to Tommo.

No, no, no, no, Greg, Greg.

Hey, do you want me to writeanything in particular?

What's she doing?

Maxine, get out of me truck.

Did you hear me?

I said get out of me bloody truck.

JACK JAFFERS: I lied about Movie World.

It's actually well worth a visit.

Do you think he's ever coming back?

Well, do you really want him to?

I live in the desert.

It's not like I get to meet many people.

Probably because of the bad Feng Shui.

Huh?

Well, you've heard about chi, right?

The dragon's celestial breath.

The life force of the universe.

It's like really, really good karma.

Well, in the desert, there'snothing here to trap the chi.

Strong winds carry it away taking with it

happiness, prosperity, love.

Is that meant to cheer me up or--

What's that?

It's an ancient Chinese love token.

Looks like a coin.

Yeah, well, looks can be deceiving.

Coins have been used for thousands of years

as amulets of good fortune.

This one is for attractingpositive love chi.

Thanks.

No worries.

JACK JAFFERS: I'll leave the bike with Mick

at the road house.

OK.

I'm going to enjoy this.

What the hell have you done to the car?

Do you have any idea what I've been through?

You've broken the muffler, andyou smashed the bloody window.

I have been going out of my mind.

JACK JAFFERS: Did you take this off road?

You tell me you didn't take this off road.

Where the hell have you been?

I've been with Maxine.

Maxine.

You mean, Max.

Hi, you must be Helen.

Ladies.

ALL: Hey.

Thank you.

Where's Jack?

Still not back.

Him or Helen.

Really?

Hi Matt.

ALL: Hey.

How you doing?

[chatter]

One more.

Yes, please.

Tequila for me please.

Well, so where did you two meet?

I heard it was on a flight back from Bali.

It was on the Ghan.

Very romantic.

It was.

Hey.

What happened to your head?

Oh, that was at work last night.

You remember that drunk who came in?

Another drink? - Yeah.

Thank you.

MATT MARIONE: Hey Mike.

Michael.

Hey Mike.

Mate, I've already coppedit from Toby today.

Is this how it's going to be with you and me?

He's my best mate, Matt.

MATT MARIONE: All right, all right.

But you're being paid to servedrinks behind the bar, yeah?

And I want a couple of drinks.

JACK JAFFERS: And, yeah, so she was embracing me,

and that's when you turned up.

It all sounds very heroic of you, Jack.

JACK JAFFERS: Yeah.

Just one thing I don't get.

Hm?

Where did the coin come from?

Well, that-- that was--

that was magic.

Rusty, come on.

Come on, Rusty.

Thanks, Rusty.

Where is loyalty when you need it?

Woah, someone looks likethey've had a big day.

Don't ask.

No, it's not really for me Terry.

Mr. Jaffers.

I told you this morning.

It's Jack.

And the black always shows up dirt.

I'll replace the windowand the muffler, of course.

Just run it through a car wash,and it'll be as good as new.

Oh, my old man is going to kill me.

Your old man?

Yeah, this is his car yard.

Oh, right

I only work for him onholidays to help pay for uni.

What are you studying?

What?

Bachelor of music.

What instrument do you play?

Acoustic guitar.

I play in a band.

Right.

Thought we might headinto the Baa Bar for a few.

Just the two of us.

No, I'm--

I'm not in the mood.

Seen you mom around lately?

We need a-- figure she's avoiding me.

Can't blame her.

TOBY DELANEY: Why not?

Everything is her fault. It's like she

doesn't give a damn about anybody

else as long as she's happy.

I'm sure she's just asconfused as the rest of us.

I'm not confused.

I'm pissed off.

It's OK to be angry, Tobe.

As long as you keep it in perspective.

Yeah, all right.

OK.

I went a little crazy there for a while.

Yeah, you went morethan a little crazy, dad.

So, you're ashamed ofboth your parents now, hey?

I reckon I might have crossedthe line a little too today.

Make you feel any better?

Yeah, it just makes people look at you

funny Don't suppose you paid the rego.

Jesus, do you always have to play the cop?

Listen, if I had my cop hat on now,

I'd be charging you withdriving an unregistered vehicle.

Not to mention assault.

[music playing]

The Red Desert Folk Trio.

They're headlining herethe next three Saturdays.

Is that the kind of image you want for this place?

Keep the tourists away.

What next?

Karaoke?

Good idea.

What's funny?

I was just thinking about today.

What a disaster.

Yeah.

Complete and utter.

So what are you going todo with the rest of the food?

I'll chuck it out.

After a day in that kind of heat.

Yeah, the heat.

Sort of makes you do funny things doesn't it.

Things you wouldn't normally dounder ordinary circumstances.

Yeah, that heat canreally mess with your head.

Make you act impulsively.

Foolishly.

Out of character.

Jack, sorry.

It's Maxine on the phone.

It's the third time she's rang.

I'll leave you to it.

Hey Maxine.

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