Original subtitles

Are you moving out?

Yeah.

Just to a motel for a couple ofdays till I find my own place.

Tell Toby I'll give him acall when I get settled, mate.

Hey, tell me you still talking to that friend

of yours, the guy you toldme about, the one who died?

Is he still around or--

I don't want to talk about that

OK.

Come on, Ellie.

I just want to knowwhere you see us heading.

Where do you see us heading?

Maybe living together,and marriage, perhaps kids.

Oh.

Ho, ho, OK.

Wait.

Just I've been there, and I've done that.

OK.

MIKE: The desert ranger.

What the hell are you doingtalking to that idiot again?

Didn't you get hurt enough the first time.

Just thought you'd all like to know--

Jess and Darren have eloped.

For real?

Yeah.

You hide behind that Mr. Cool image,

never telling anybody how you really feel.

I know what your secret is.

HELEN: When you love someone, set them free.

Isn't that what the song says?

Well, that sounds great.

I believe in Jewish mother love.

If you love someone, hang on forever.

[chatter on pa]

Mate, you free?

Yes.

HELEN: What are you looking for?

I don't know.

I'll know it when I see it, I guess.

Know what when you see what?

A house.

Well, you can move in here if you like.

He wants a real house, Jack, with a bath.

I'm more of a shower man myself.

Me too.

Me too, get in, get clean, get out again.

Hi, Helen.

Tom.

TOM: Heard you moved.

Yeah.

How did you--

The inquest.

Look.

I've got a taxi waiting.

Got to go to a conferencething, but I'm free later.

Can we catch up?

Now, you turn up.

I guess.

Great.

I'll come by here later.

Yeah.

Fine.

Good.

Who was that?

PATRICK: What's he doing here?

You need a woman, Hugh?

What?

For the house.

You want a woman's opinion?

Oh. Yeah.

Uh.

Actually, yeah.

What's he doing here?

JACK: So you're not going to tell me?

Um.

What?

Mr. Handsome Suit Guy.

Oh, right.

He's um-- you remember my friend Patrick?

Uh.

Yeah.

That's Tom, his brother.

[theme music]

THEME SONG: Take me to thatopen silent space, where

the Earth breathes your name.

Meet me underneath the starlight sky.

All our troubles fade away.

Hold me now as the golden sunlight

warms across your face.

La, la, la, la.

[laughter]

How good are these things?

Woohoo!

[cheering]

Suck them, boys.

Come on.

We let you win.

NATALIE: Yeah right.

You were looking a littlebit lonely out there,

so we thought we'd give you a break.

I was better than you.

- We let you win. - Yeah.

See.

Hey, so what do you think?

It's intense, huh?

Totally.

So we in business?

Oh yeah.

I reckon it'll fit in with one of our tours.

BLOW CART DUDE: Dude, it'd be cool.

[inaudible] be like symbiotic, man.

We could feed off each other.

Right.

Well, let's talk percentages.

Earth to Mike.

You all right?

Oh, I was just thinking about Jess.

You're not still going on about that, are you?

It was a surprise.

I wasn't allowed to tellanyone until they'd gone.

Eh?

No.

I was wondering what Bali was like.

Palm trees, blue water, coral.

We could go snorkeling.

Who could?

Whoever it was I was with.

Jess?

MIKE: Would you just lay off about Jess?

We don't mention that name here, Nat.

She eloped.

She didn't rob you.

TOBY: Ah, you want to stay?

There are certain rules and things

of which you do not speak.

And anyway, we said that youcould hang with us on a trial

basis only, so be careful.

What are we, 10?

You two guys needed me to tryout your blow cart thingos.

They're simple rules.

Yeah.

Easy to understand.

You two are so in denial.

HUGH: They said we had togo in through the back door.

HELEN: OK.

It's got a good yard, you reckon?

And garage.

[dog barking]

Oh.

Well, let's take a look inside anyway.

[dog barking]

- Well-- - Ugh.

It looks um--

What's that smell?

It probably just needs a bit of a clean.

Or a demolition.

I'll check out the bedrooms.

[floor creaking]

[cabinet squeaks]

[pipes rattling]

OK.

Ta-da!

What do you think?

I look ridiculous, don't I?

I over-dressed.

I'm going to change.

Ah, ah, ah, ah.

Come down here.

I'm so nervous.

More like a bloody lawyerthan a bloody writer.

How can I turn up wearing a blue tie?

Blue is good.

Blue is confident.

Blue brings out the blue in your eyes.

Really?

Mhm.

It'll be brilliant.

Oh.

[knock]

Excuse me.

Oh.

That's good to turn up.

Look who I found lurking outside.

I wasn't lurking.

I just can never remember the number.

It's easy.

27, which is coincidentallythe age he's been for the what?

Last oh-- - Oi.

I do the jokes.

Some French?

Oh.

Oh.

Uh, here.

I saw this in Hong Kong,and I just thought Patrick.

Pop.

You like it?

Hm.

I, oh-- love it.

Yeah.

Opening night.

[glasses clink]

Actually, Pat, that's what I came to say.

I can't make it tonight.

What?

I've been calledstraight back to Singapore.

I'm expected at the airport in an hour.

You're joking, aren't you?

Afraid not.

Straight from head office.

Well, I'll just call Louise.

See if we can get rid of the ticket.

It's his opening night.

[sigh] Give me that.

We'll call you a cab.

HUGH: It's terrible.

Yeah.

It really is.

I'm a bit rusty.

Like the pipes.

[scoffs] I've never done this before.

Well, not alone.

Ellie was always the house person.

Well, we haven't finishedyet Senior Sergeant.

We'll find you something good.

Thanks.

Don't see him please.

Lunch later.

Uh.

No, I'm working, but tomorrow.

Oh, uh, said I'd meet Toby.

All right.

Tomorrow night.

ELLIE: I really should do some work.

What about never?

What?

Ellie, something is wrong.

No.

I'm just a bit busy that's all.

MATT: Not that, this.

Us.

We-- we're not together anymore.

No.

Are we-- are we breaking up?

If that's what you want.

If that's what I want?

You're the one pulling away.

Matt, I can't give you what you want.

How do you know what I want?

ELLIE: Because you told me.

You want to live together,and you want to have kids.

And I don't want to do that.

I've already done it.

We don't have to have kids.

You say that now, and in 10 years

time, you are going to feel different.

How do you possibly knowwhat I want in 10 years time?

ELLIE: Because I'm older than you.

I don't care.

Yeah.

Neither did I, Matt, but it's a fact.

You helped me change my life, and you

helped me become the personI've always wanted to be, Matt.

And I'm always going to love you for that.

You sound like you'vealready made up your mind.

I think we both know thisis the right thing to do.

[somber music]

Well, I'm going to go now.

HELEN: Alice Springs Conference Center.

Tom Coggins' room, thanks.

Can you just tell him thatHelen Gregory called, and I

can't make it this evening?

Or ever.

Yeah. That's right.

Not available.

Thanks.

Good.

You sure you don't want to do something special?

Just ignore it, huh?

It's the day after tomorrow.

I know.

Hm.

How'd it go again?

When I'm out surfing, I can forget

who my mates want me to be, whomy teachers think I should be,

who I am.

Mm-mm-mm.

Who I think I really am.

Steve-o.

Steve-o.

Based on Tom-o.

Not that he'd ever know that.

Hey, Helen, thank you for not seeing him.

[crickets chirping]

What?

Helen, look who I found lurking outside.

- I wasn't lurking. - No.

You just always forget the number.

Uh, Tom remembers me from Countdown.

Is that right?

Yeah.

Couldn't recognize me on the street though.

TOM: You were out of context.

JACK: You mean I don't look 20 anymore?

Who does? Who wants to?

I don't mind the wrinkles,just wish I could still get

into those black leather pants.

TOM: That's right.

Black leather pants, no shirt.

Do I remember a headband?- Uh, yeah.

Fair go.

It was the '80s.

I'll leave you boys to it.

Helen.

HELEN: So you just ignored my message?

What message?

I left you a message at your hotel.

Oh, I never went back.

Jack kind of kidnapped me really.

Why are you here?

Well, I've come for a conference.

HELEN: Then go to your conference.

I just--

HELEN: He was surrounded bypeople in the end, you know?

There was Pat dying from a stupid bloody sunspot,

and his room was full of peoplewho loved and respected him.

Where were you, Tom?

[dramatic music]

TOM: He's not going to let us go again.

Yeah, he is.

He needs the business.

Hey.

How you doing?

[cell phone chimes]

TOBY: We're just not exactly sure--

It's from Jess.

TOBY: It's the right addition for us.

So um--- "Eating papaya on the beach."

Well, look.

We were wondering if we couldhave another free trial.

NATALIE: "Could get used to this."

Want me to send your love?

We don't speak of her or to her.

You know it takes more energy not

thinking about someone thanit does thinking about them.

Well, I'm thinking of different things.

You've got to move on, Mike.

What?

Like you?

What do you mean?

You're still emailing the sameguy that dumped you via email.

That's pathetic.

No. I'm not.

- Nat, I've seen you. - Hey.

Guess what, guys.

The dude's going to give us another go.

You're so gone.

Bring it on, sis.

[upbeat music]

Yeah!

Woohoo!

Come on, you guys.

Keep up.

Woohoo!

Helen.

Did I do the wrong thinglast night bringing Tom here?

I just wished you'd checkedwith me first, that's all.

Yeah.

I thought you might have had a date.

It wasn't a date.

Right?

Not a date.

OK.

[car horn honking]

There's Hugh.

And he's not a date either, OK?

JACK: That's all right.

Yeah.

Don't have to explain yourself to me.

Oh. Looks nasty.

How'd it happen?

Our work up at the desertpark with the wedge-tails,

misjudged landing.

Ah, they're beautiful birds.

They're just up the road.

You should come see them.

Yeah.

Um.

I'm going to have to give you a tetanus shot

if that's OK with you.

Um, Claude.

That's a funny name for a bird handler.

Yeah.

Claude?

Bird handler.

Claude.

It's not that funny maybe.

Hey.

It worked for me.

[laughs]

[birds tweeting]

Hey.

That's going.

Uh, yeah.

Kitchen.

This is pretty good.

[water running]

What do you think?

It's hideous.

$100 a week?

You sure you got the price right?

Yeah.

Solid pine floors.

And one, two, three bedrooms,and my own private waterhole.

You know what?

This place really gives me the creeps.

I'll wait in the car.

I'll check the bathroom.

[water running]

Hey, Pat.

You decent? Oh!

Oh. God.

TOM: Oh, sorry.

HELEN: He's out.

Right.

Uh, will he be gone long, do you think?

He's at rehearsal.

Does he know you're in town?

No.

I-- I was just going to surprise him.

Doesn't matter.

I should go.

Is that champagne French?

[champagne pops]

Woo.

Ooh.

So you just come over for a bath, do you?

If I don't have abath, I can go a bit mad.

I'm more of a shower man.

Patrick doesn't even use it.

[champagne fizzes]

Thank you.

Do you think he'll be long?

They can go all night.

- Cheers. - Cheers.

[glasses clink]

[giggles]

You remember you used to follow us everywhere?

You'd drive Patrick nuts.

Well, you guys were so cool.

Patrick was.

Still is.

And you.

Me?

No.

I've always been a dag.

I never thought so.

[romantic music]

Why is it that we never talk, Tom?

I'm never here.

[laughter]

True.

You were always the globetrotter.

And you're always with Pat.

Yeah.

I guess am.

He doesn't like to share his friends with me.

I can see why.

[knock]

What do you reckon?

It's perfect.

I think I'm going to take it.

I'd kill you if you didn't.

Oh, don't do that.

I'd have to arrest you then.

[chuckles] Police joke.

Yeah.

HUGH: Yeah.

ELLIE: Come on.

Mom, can you hear me?

Mom.

Mom.

Hey.

I'm sorry I'm late.

I got caught up with blow cart dude.

Sounds serious.

Yeah.

I wish Michael would think so.

Hey, you know sometimes--

I um-- I even catch him out notlistening to a word I'm saying.

Mom? - Huh?

Uh-huh. - Yeah.

And then I'm the one that hasto do all the negotiating.

Stupid bloody thing.

Yeah.

He is a stupid--

thing.

Mom.

You can't just throw out a mobile phone.

ELLIE: Well, it doesn't work properly.

Well, you know, you can fix it.

God!

Some things can't be fixed, Toby.

That's life.

You coming?

[tender music]

I got your message this time.

Thanks for coming.

He would have wanted you to have it.

He never did like it, did he?

No, not really.

When does your conference end?

Today.

I'm on 5:20 out to Darwin.

Alice is a hard town to get out of.

In more ways than one.

You doing anything special for tomorrow?

Oh, nice of you to ask.

No.

Goodbye, Tom.

You got one of yours in there?

Yeah.Would you like to hear it?

I can uh--

Uh, actually no.

I'm just dropping off a spare key for Tobes.

Do you mind?

So you took the house?

Yeah.

Helen swayed it.

She reckons it's the best bathshe's seen since she got here.

Didn't realize she hadsuch a big thing for baths.

HUGH: Yeah.

They're a mystery, mate.

Do you think she was, uh, looking for herself?

I don't know, but I tell you one thing.

I couldn't live in a caravanfor as long as she has.

I fixed the roof.

No.

They're different, mate.

I mean she noticed things I never even saw.

So she was looking?

Well, if she was, I'm sureyou'd be the first to know.

You need to do this.

It's been a very traumatic day.

Getting rid of my brother was easy,

but obviously, this is not a very good idea.

I promise you.

It's my last chance beforeHugh moves in tomorrow.

Listen.

You can jump about naked in front of Hugh

as much as you like, but I am telling

you there is something truly, seriously

dodgy about this place.

Come on.

We'll light some candles.

It'll be fun.

Don't do that.

[deep sigh] God, I needed this.

[thud]

What was that?

Nothing.

Shh.

That.

It's getting closer.

[thudding]

You're imagining it.

[whooshing]

[screaming]

Hey, Claude.

Hi. - Hey.

They told me to come straight through.

I hope that's OK.

Is everything all right?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

No, you inspired me to-- to see the park.

Um.

And so I just thought I'd check on you

while I was here as well.- Oh.

The arm's fine. Yeah.

Yeah.

Good.

Great.

So do you want the tour?

Yeah. No, no, no, no, no.

You're-- you're working. It's fine.

No, no, no. No dramas.

I can take a break. - OK.

You sure? - Yeah.

Great. Great.

Do you wanna--

Yep.

Yep.

You-- you're in charge. - Yep.

OK.

So when's the housewarming, Hugh?

Never.

All my friends are cops.

So?

They'd just wreck the joint.

Then they'd have to arrest themselves, eh?

[chuckles]

See.

Police jokes are funny.

Hugh, your house is haunted.

How'd you find out?

Inside information.

Hang on.

Find out?

There was a crime scenethere a couple of months ago.

So.

It was a murder.

Hugh-- Hugh, you can't live there.

Helen, I'm not superstitious.

Once I move my stuff inthere, it's going to be fine.

HELEN: But what if there areghosts or something, you know?

We should smoke it.

What?

Smoke away the bad spirits.

Cleanse the air.

Don't you love it when hegets all oogie boogie on us?

You know these plants hereare native to Sand Country.

Right.

It must be heaps of work.

Yeah. And there's volunteers.

That helps.

Yeah.

You know I think a job here would be

pretty close to my dream job.

What?

More than being a doctor?

Yeah.

I don't know if I'm cut outto be a doctor to be honest.

You could have told me thatbefore you stitched me up.

No. No.

I think you're fine.

You'll be fine.

So you didn't need to comeand check up on me after all?

Oh, no.

No, no. Not really.

No.

So you can come checkup on me outside of work?

Sure.

Tomorrow night?

OK.

[chuckles] OK.

Great.

Actually, uh, Claude, I'm sorry.

I can't.

It's actually a bit soon.- What?

For me.

I've-- I just broke up with somebody.

And uh-- I'm a bit all over the shop,

and you're really nice and friendly.

I thought I could--

Don't worry about it.

It's cool.

Cool's not reallysomething I'm known for, so.

You're all right.

Not everyone wants cool.

Really?

I don't.

I'll remember that.

I hope so.

So you want to see the eagles?

Uh.

Well, now that I don't haveto worry about being cool

I think I'd really rather see the nursery.

[laughter]

[mystical music]

[pots banging]

I knew I'd spend theanniversary of my death smoking

and banging with a copper?

JACK: Come on, you guys.

Put your back into it.

Go on.

Come on.

That's it.

That's it!

Yep.

[pots banging]

Keep it going!

[pots banging faster]

[shouting]

All right.

All right.

All right.

I reckon we've got--

got rid of all the bad spirits.

Oh. I quite enjoyed that.

JACK: Cheers. Yeah.

It's good, isn't it? Good work with the pots.

Where'd you learn to do that, Jack?

Oh, well, it was fromthis Native American shaman.

There you go, scaredy cat.

JACK: --a festival in Northern Mexico

to celebrate the summer solstice.

Four days--

Pat?

Patrick?

Patrick?

Patrick?

Patrick?

Patrick?

Patty?

Patrick?

Patrick?

TOM: So I haven't seen any of your play?

So what?

HELEN: Pat, he tried.

Why don't you try harder, Tom?Huh?

All you do is rehash yourversion of our childhood

anyway. PATRICK: Oh.

Yeah. Like you'd know.

Wouldn't you? - You know what?

It doesn't matter.

PATRICK: Actually, yeah.

It doesn't matter to me, Tom.

My work is who I am.

If you don't see my plays, it means

you don't care about who I am.

All hail the great Patrick Coggins.

PATRICK: Oh, get stuffed, Tom!

I've come after you my whole life.

Patrick's so clever.

Patrick's so talented.You know what that feels like?

I was born first.

Why don't you just sue me, huh?

Oh, your work's so important.

What about my work?

PATRICK: [chuckles] Your work's hardly very--

How would you know?

Yeah.

I said your work is hardly very creative.

Go on.

What do I do?

Tom, he knows what you do.

No, he doesn't.

Yes, I do.

You're in management.

TOM: So?

What do I do?

[sighs] You get dressed up in a suit.

You go into the city.

You sit in an office, andyou behave like an asshole.

And you are supposed to be on my side.

[shaky breaths]

Come on, Patrick. Come back.

Come on, Patty.

Come back. Come on, Patty.

Come back.

Come on, Patrick.

Come back.

Come on, Patrick.

Come back.

Patrick?

Patrick?

Patrick!

Come back!

Patrick, I'm sorry!

Listen.

I can't give you any more freebies, man.

We're paying.

If I beat you, you're never allowed

to mooch over Jess again.

Fine.

Then if I win, you're notallowed to contact Will again.

I'll win anyway.

Say goodbye to the desert ranger.

Woohoo!

[rock music]

[SINGING] We chained our lives to rock and roll.

Yeah! Yeah!

We got in because we paid our souls.

Yeah!

Yeah!

We want to see [inaudible].Yeah!

Yeah!

We followed to the front row.

Yeah! Yeah!

Yeah!

Mom! [thud]

- Ow. - Ugh.

Ow.

What?

Sorry.

[sigh] I thought you were--

You thought I had my head in the oven?

Yeah.

Well, you have been actingpretty weird lately,

and every time I see you you're talking

about things ending and death.

Is that why you've here, to check up on me?

No.

Oh.

I fixed your phone.

Matt and I broke up.

Oh.

ELLIE: We both want different things.

Anyway, I don't regret anything, you know?

He's a really good person.

But I think more than anythingif I was really honest,

I think he was a catalyst forme to make a change in my life.

You know what I'm saying?

Yeah.

I guess.

Anyway, I'm just feeling really sad.

Even though I know we aredoing the right thing.

We are.

We are doing the right thing.

[sighs]

And you're really hating metalking about this, aren't you?

No.

Liar.

[laughs]

We could always talkabout you if you'd prefer.

Yeah?

Well, I'm-- I'm good.

I'm, you know, moving along.

Doing my own thing. - I'm kidding.

I'm kidding.

You hungry?

[upbeat music]

[sighs]

Hey.

Check out the colonial.

Three burners and a hot plate.

Checking out the back by suite one,

you can have barbecues under the stars.

Not many rental propertiesyou can do that in, eh?

Patrick's gone.

What?

I think we smoked him away.

Oh no.

You know what day it is?

Anniversary of his death.

Well, you should have said.

We could have done something.

HELEN: He wouldn't want to make a fuss.

I thought you'd gone.

I couldn't run away twice.

Helen, I'm really sorry.

And I don't have anyone else to apologize to.

[somber music]

So here you are in the middle of nowhere.

No.

Coming to Alice has helpedme remember who I was.

You're talking about a girl I've had

a crush on since the age of 7.

I know who you were.

Who I know I really am.

Steve-o.

How'd do you know that?

It's my brother's play.

Of course, I'd know it.

Then why didn't you let him know that you'd

seen any of his plays?

Because I'm an idiot.

Because I didn't think he'd be gone like this.

I wasn't ready to live without him, Helen.

Me either.

[crickets chirping]

Anchovies?

I hate anchovies.

But I won.

You didn't win the pizza.

Half-half then.

And no pineapple on my side.

Even though I won today--

I was there.

You don't have to keep reminding me.

It was time to move on.

I have.

True?

Yeah.

I've been trying to work outwhat I want to do in my life.

What about the business?

So what do you want?

I don't know yet.

But I reckon it's time for me to be my own man.

Like a grown-up.

[chuckles] Sure.

So no more pineapple on your pizza then?

Hey.

Let's not get too carried away, OK.

[chuckles]

[distant dog barking]

Why didn't you come to the hospital, Tom?

I was overseas.

I called you.

I didn't realize how sick he was.

I told you he was dying.

Well, I couldn't handle that.

He was my big brother, you know?

He was the extrovert,the-- the passionate one,

the one with all the talent.

He wasn't supposed to die.

I know.

I thought I had more time.

You were the only one missing.

Yes, well, I have to live with that.

I-- I didn't get to tell Patrick how

I felt or say goodbye to him.

You know how that feels?

HELEN: I know how it felt for him

spending the rest of his days stuck

in that bloody hospital bed.

PATRICK: Tell him about the picture on the wall,

my niece Bonnie did it.

Remember?

There's the painting that Bonnie

did for him on the offset wall.

It had a rainbow and these two stick

figures holding each other'shand for Patrick and her.

[tender music]

[non-english singing]

His room was always filled with visitors.

Tell him.

I used to hear life going onoutside my window downstairs.

How the afternoon sun usedto hit that spot on the wall

at exactly 3 o'clock.

That funny tea lady with the limp, remember?

[FUNNY ACCENT] Somethingfor you today, my darling?

Shh.

It's time.

When it happened, it was fast.

It just got too hard.

I didn't realize how close he was.

Your mom was downstairs getting some air.

PATRICK: You were the only one there.

I was the only one there.

PATRICK: I felt so tired and so bloody scared.

He tried so hard to stay with us.

PATRICK: You held my hand.

I held his hand.

[non-english singing]

[patrick wheezing]

And he was gone.

[sobs]

He was wearing this at the time.

[sobs] I thought you said he didn't like it.

I didn't.

He never took it off.

I don't believe he's gone.

I'm so glad you came back.

Thank you.

Oh, for God's sake, what is this?

A funeral or something?

Give the man a drink.

Now, if Patty were here,what do you reckon he'd say?

You got any French?

Are you joking?

I've got some bubbles though.

[non-english singing]

Well, finally.

A party.

Don't be a stranger.

I think I can be talkedinto a few more conferences

in the Red Centre for sure.

Is he flirting with you?

Next time, give me some warning.

Maybe we could go down to the Rock

and do a trip or something.

Are you flirting back?

Yeah, I'd like that.

Bye.

Bye.

You just pashed my brother.

You've done that before, haven't you?

I could tell.

That was not a first kiss.

You have pashed my brotherbefore, haven't you, Helen?

Helen?

Helen?

Oh!

Jack?

Ah, all the boys chasing you today, huh?

This way.

What are you doing?

Come on.

It's all right.

Come on.

OK.

Mind your step.

[giggles] What are you doing?

[sighs]

OK.

Ta-da!

Wait.

[snaps]

[laughs]

[claps]

HELEN: What's this?

I know it doesn't have a bath.

We can do it up any way you like.

You're offering me your trailer?

JACK: I'd offer you whateverit takes for you to stay.

Jack, I don't want to move.

You don't?

Why on Earth would Iwant to live anywhere else

but where I do now?

Thanks for the offer.

But I love my little caravan.

You do?

I really do.

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