Original subtitles

Previously on McLeod's Daughters.

It's me, Tess.

What a surprise!

Oh, you're the spitting image of your mum.

Oh don't on that, it gets me.

Where is Ruth?

She died.

You left us!

You and Ruth, Dad and I worked this place for 20 years

and not one word from you!

(gentle music)

Actually, Claire was just wondering

if you'd like to stay the night?

Yep, I'd love to.

(tires screeching)

Ian's been stealing fuel.

I don't think it was just Ian.

I saw them filling the drums last night.

It was all of them, I didn't know what it meant.

Pack up your things and get off the property.

Excuse me?

You're fired, the lot of you.

And all this is yours?

It's ours I suppose.

(rooster crowing)

(alarm beeping)

(dog barking) (rooster crowing)

Ooh!

Sorry.

No damage done.

(gentle music)

G'day, Marty. G'day, Claire.

How's it going?

Not bad.

Where's Jack?

He still got his lazy ass in bed?

Been away Marty, Jack died, heart attack.

Oh right.

No, I'm sorry.

Must've been a bit of a shock.

Yeah.

Who's in charge of the place now?

That would be me.

For real?

Hey, good on you for having a bash.

We're expecting four workers, not three.

Luke's on his way.

Great, well dump your stuff

and we'll have something to eat.

Are these guys the shearers?

Yep.

I've met more men here in three days

than a month in the city, is it always so busy?

Got a forward contract with the delivery due

in 48 hours, for that I need extra hands.

I'll help too, can I help?

I know heaps about wool.

Like what?

Don't put it in the dryer. (Giggling)

I'm serious Claire, what can I do?

Getting dressed might be a start.

Oh.

♪ It'll take some time to find your heart ♪

♪ And come back home ♪

♪ You could walk for miles, cross every river ♪

♪ And find you're not alone ♪

♪ 'Cause I'll be there ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ No, no ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ 'Cause I'll be there ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

Hey, can I give you a hand with that?

Oh, thank you.

I'm Meg, chief cook.

Vernon, and by geez you've got a way with porridge, Meg.

You wouldn't have

any muesli instead of the gruel, would you?

I'm not a breakfast person anyway.

(upbeat guitar music)

(laughing) I take it this is Luke.

Oh look, he's brought a friend.

Hi Becky.

(whistles appreciatively)

I hear you've got some shearing to do.

Mm, do you have a conversation, did ya?

If you need a roustie I'm available.

Yeah, I could do with some extra help.

So what happened to that pub and the supermarket,

did you quit there, did you?

Days off, that's all.

I like to spread myself around.

Grab yourself some brekkie.

Yeah.

Shove over boys.

Yeah, shove over.

$1.80 a head, that's the base rate, Jake.

Can you negotiate it?

Yeah, sweet.

I still can't believe about Jack.

Big shoes to fill.

Lucky for me I'm 9 1/2.

Grabbed the mail on the way in.

Heap of bills.

That one's for you. Great.

Friends track you down already, huh?

Solicitors always know where to find you.

(gentle music)

(Meg gasps)

Wool press is in the shed.

(laughing) Good on you.

Listen, Jodie's...

She's just outside. Oh.

School holidays getting longer or what?

So, you still got a job then?

Maybe not for long,

a letter just arrived from Tess's lawyer.

Mm, she wants to sell then?

Well nobody said anything to me,

but this stays between us, okay?

Hi Terry.

Hiya kiddo, how you going, all right?

Vernon wants to know

if there's any more of your great snacks.

Vernon, is he with Marty O'Rourke's team now then?

Oh, do you know Vernon?

Yeah I've heard of him,

he hasn't been out of the clink for long.

What did he do?

He bashed the living daylights out of a roustie,

he's got a temper and a half on him.

Are you sure we're talking about the same bloke?

Go ask his wife and kids,

except they've disappeared off the face of the earth.

Wow.

Yeah, did them in.

Rumor is she was having an affair with another bloke.

Oh great, if he killed his wife he must be single.

Mum!

A murderer, don't say?

He killed his whole family.

He cut them up into little pieces

and then he got rid of them.

Gee and I thought my family was screwed up.

About five minutes and we'll get started?

You're the boss.

Roy.

Claire, my solicitor, look it's no big problem now,

but when you've got a moment...

Shout it a bit louder Tess.

Look, they already think I'm not up to running the place,

really give them the idea that we've got problems here!

How would they know what I was talking about?

Can we just deal with this

after I've delivered on the contract?

Roy. (Roy barking)

(sheep bleating)

Over!

♪ Come on ♪

♪ Give me room to move ♪

♪ Give me room to move ♪

♪ Give me room to breathe ♪

♪ Come on ♪

♪ Give me room to move ♪

♪ Give me room to breathe ♪

♪ Come on ♪

♪ Give me room to move ♪

Move it!

♪ Give me room to breathe ♪

♪ Come on, watching every move ♪

♪ Watching every move ♪

♪ Do you know that I'm on your side ♪

♪ And do you know ♪

♪ I'm not just here for the ride ♪

Do you want some water for your wet patch?

Yeah, it's hot.

(sheep bleating)

(mumbles) I pull his left hand and stand all the time.

Ah, get over it!

Shit.

(sheep bleating)

Very colorful.

Dab it clean.

Ducks on the pond.

And that would mean?

Women in the shearing shed, who might be easily offended.

They'll be opening doors for us next.

(whistles appreciatively)

Hi guys.

Nice outfit, where's the rest of it?

Mum, it is gonna be stinking hot in here

and if I have to work on my holidays

at least I don't have to die from the heat.

Hey sweetheart, I've done my shoulder,

can you give us a hand getting my sheep out?

Can you manage that?

Yeah, shouldn't be too hard.

(shears buzzing)

♪ Come on ♪

♪ Let me know ♪

♪ Come on ♪

It won't listen to me!

You've gotta show them who's boss.

Push them around?

Whatever it takes.

Come on love, quicker if I did it myself.

Well I'm scared of hurting them.

♪ Come on, watching every move ♪

♪ Watching every move I make ♪

♪ So don't you know that I'm on your side ♪

(whistles appreciatively)

♪ And do you know ♪

♪ That I've got my pride ♪

I cannot believe how disgustingly oily this stuff is.

When I get my wheels,

there's no way I'm having sheepskin covers.

Gee, that'll break the back of the wool industry.

♪ Do you know that there are no sides ♪

♪ And do you know ♪

♪ I'm not just here for the ride ♪

♪ Come on, watching every move ♪

Like this.

♪ Watching every move ♪

Hon.

♪ Watching every move I make ♪

♪ Come on ♪

♪ Give me room to move ♪

♪ Give me room to move ♪

Oh.

♪ Give me room to move ♪

Sheep out.

More sheep, come on.

♪ Give me room to breathe ♪

This is so Aussie.

Sheeps, dog shit full of shearers.

Ex con and a murderer, now that's Aussie.

Shh.

Murderer?

Yeah, haven't you heard?

(grunting) (sheep bleating)

Did you hear how he did it?

Was it strangulation?

An ax, I think.

Oh my God.

Oh my God.

What's happened to my wet patch?

Do I wanna know?

Did you sweep it up?

What?

She swept it up.

Oh, you gotta be joking.

Oh, keep your hair on.

I'll get you another one.

I didn't touch anyone's wet patch.

The wool was giving me a rash, okay?

Oh geez, I'm glad that's over.

Thank you, cheers.

Cheers.

Good day's work.

Not bad.

I still got a bit of work to do around the yard.

Marty?

Can I borrow the Ute?

All yours, mate.

Thank you a lot.

They're not staying here tonight, are they?

Oh no, no, booked them in the Hilton up the road.

Well, you've heard about Vernon?

Yeah, I know.

He's been in jail.

And worse, you don't have a problem with this?

I've got to get a job done, he's doing good work.

End of story.

More money in the bank.

I'm sure that's all your solicitor cares about.

Well, money's a part of it.

So, what was in the letter, Tess?

You must be making plans.

You know what lawyers are like.

It's really just a pageful of big words.

Which are all to do with your plans.

I haven't made any decisions, yet.

(gentle music)

I have to climb a tree to get the mobile working,

so if you've left messages,

I haven't been able to retrieve them.

Yeah, I know.

I'm feeling pretty cut off.

She knows I've got your letter, but um,

I haven't talked to her about it.

I'm feeling pretty guilty.

Do you know what sort of price we're looking at?

Really?

That sounds pretty reasonable.

Now, that's still pushing for an early settlement?

Do you have to be mad to kill your whole family,

or just pushed too far?

Maybe they didn't help with the dishes.

Well, Tess.

What would you do if you caught your lover

in bed with your best friend?

Would you want to kill him?

No, I'd deal with it in a rational, adult way.

Then I'd clean the toilet with his toothbrush.

What if someone was threatening your home?

Well, you can't take someone's life

just 'cause they break in to steal your TV.

What if they wanted to take something irreplaceable?

Still no reason to.

Well, what would you do, Claire?

Rifle's not in the house for decoration.

Got bookwork to do.

Okay, can you take that bone out to the dogs?

In the dark?

Oh, come on.

Hey, you know bugger all about it,

so stop your mouth flapping.

I wouldn't be pushing my weight around

if I was you, mate.

All I have to do is talk to Marty and you're out of here.

Don't threaten me.

Don't give me a reason to.

Hey.

Don't lay a hand on me, mate.

I'm tellin' ya, you won't see it comin'.

(twig pops)

(dramatic music)

What are you doing?

Look, I know it's a badge of honor

to say you leave it unlocked,

but considering we may have a psychopath on the loose,

I heard Vernon and Jason having a fight.

It sounded pretty full on.

They're shearers.

They get pissed, they blew with each other, means nothing.

Have you had sex today?

Excuse me?

Well, if you haven't, you're safe.

You know how it works in the movies.

The killer only gets ya if you just had sex.

My mind is now at rest.

(playful music)

Hey, are the rumors we're hearing true?

I thought I'd just proven that.

Not you, Vernon.

Yeah, so they reckon.

(owl hooting)

Can you hear that?

(object clatters)

(suspenseful music)

I'll have one, too.

(gasps) Geez, you scared me.

Do you always sneak around like that?

Thought I heard some rats.

Some rats, all right, if you need a rifle to chase 'em.

Put some brandy in that, too, will ya?

Glad I'm not the only jumpy one around here.

I talked to my solicitor before.

Really?

When you asked me what I wanted to do,

well I do have some thoughts.

I mean, you've always known what you've wanted to do

with your life and for a long time

I guess I've had some ideas, too.

But if I'm gonna make my stuff happen,

then I'm gonna need some money, not backers.

What sort of plans?

You know, like everyone has.

An overseas trip, some new clothes, a car?

No.

Because this is my home you're talking about.

Claire, I couldn't sell the place out from under you.

No, so what could you do?

I need some money, and the way I see it,

there's acres and acres of property here.

Tess, don't say it.

Just a bit.

How could it hurt to sell off just a bit?

(gentle music)

(birds chirping)

What happened?

Who's dead?

No one.

Good.

Come on.

There's something I want you to see.

Oh, go away, Claire.

Come on.

(gentle music)

Hey Claire, wait up.

♪ Common ground ♪

This is where I learned to swim.

It's also where I had my first kiss.

Who was it?

Claire?

♪ Got one chance ♪

♪ That's what they say ♪

♪ They're all wrong, 'cause there are many ways ♪

♪ Got to want it ♪

♪ Got to know ♪

♪ And nothing's just as it seems ♪

♪ It's not easy ♪

What does it look like to you?

I don't know, it's a shed.

It was built by my grandfather's grandfather

from stones he cleared from the first paddock

that drove the ground.

Okay, it's an old shed.

This was where Jack died.

♪ Nothing's certain ♪

♪ Not so tough ♪

♪ Nothing easy ♪

♪ Yet it's rough ♪

♪ Walk towards it or let it go ♪

♪ Speak the words ♪

♪ The words you know ♪

♪ Got to want it ♪

♪ Got to know ♪

♪ And nothing's just as it seems ♪

It's nothing fancy.

He wouldn't have wanted that.

That's my mother.

Who's that?

That's Adam, he was stillborn.

Your little brother.

I didn't know about that.

He died along with my mom.

Your half brother.

You know a great line in guilt trips, you know that?

You say you only wanna sell off a bit of the place, Tess.

Which bit do you wanna sacrifice?

Here?

Your father's here, both my parents.

You wanna sell my creek?

What about the old stone hut?

Maybe we could afford to lose that.

♪ Got to want it ♪

♪ Got to know ♪

♪ And nothing's just as it seems ♪

♪ It's a long, long road to find your dream ♪

You all right, mate?

Yeah, it's just a nick.

Nothing to worry about.

Right oh.

You know, Mom, if this place sells,

I reckon you should move back to the city.

Become a hairdresser again.

Yeah, I could come round and do your washing for you

because you're not gonna have time with your course

and your social life and if I'm close,

I could bring around a few dinners for you each week.

Oh, see?

It'll be excellent!

Yeah, I could peel your grapes for you,

I could be your own personal slave

while you and your mates live the high life.

I don't think so, Jodi.

I'm sure there's something out here I can do

that's less stressful for both of us.

Oh, thank you.

Oh no, look.

You've hurt your hand, dear.

Ah, it's nothing.

I killed a rabbit and cut my hand while I was skinnin' him.

Oh, well I can put a proper bandage on that for you,

if you like.

He's done a runner on us.

He's not taken off with that guinea's money, is he?

Jason's taken off?

Disappeared into thin air.

Jason's wife's gone into labor.

Jason got a call last night and he took off straight away.

What, without tellin' anyone?

Well, he told me.

Well, phone in the house didn't ring.

How could he get a call?

He's got a pager.

Come on.

Let's get that bandage.

Jason's not married.

He's probably laying face down in a ditch somewhere.

Oh, there's another part of the property we can't sell.

(jaunty music)

Roustie!

Roustie.

The poor thing.

Never get through 'em today.

Worker down like this.

I've got a forward contract, Marty.

I deliver tomorrow.

We're going as fast as we can.

You really want the men to haul ass,

they'll need some incentive.

I'm not upping the price.

You guys can just pull your finger out.

I can shear faster than you lot.

You reckon?

Yeah, I do.

Well, show us then.

You wanna have a cut at each other, you can jump in anytime.

Glad to.

Let's see who can shear the most by 11:30.

Settin' yourself up for a fall, Claire.

Well, if that's what it takes to get your ass into gear.

I'll tell you what.

When I win, you pay me and the boys

an extra 20 cents per shave.

And when you lose, you and the boys

will be staying here, under lights

until the job gets done for the contracted price.

Done. Done.

(energetic music)

Funny, he sure looks better now.

Reckon I've got time for a smoke.

Come on, Marty.

Come on, Marty, you're shearing like a dag!

Whoo, come on, Claire!

Go, Claire!

Go Claire, you can do it.

(girls cheering for Claire)

Time, time!

Well done.

You had me worried for a second there.

Oh, almost.

We make good team.

Well, if that's a job you're offering,

I got my hands full here.

Well, they don't have to be.

You could hire me, station manager.

I'm not in a position to do that.

I know this place, Claire.

You know me, been coming here for years.

Oh, thanks for the offer, Marty, but.

Look, you've done a good job struggling through.

But I reckon if Jack knew you had a chance

to make a go of it, he'd want you to grab it.

And you're my chance?

Oh, like I said, we make good team.

Hey, do you remember Danny Stubbs' 21st?

The one down by the river.

(laughs) I'm not 17 anymore, Marty.

Not that you got anywhere that night.

You'll never keep this place going by yourself.

You do the numbers.

You're spread thin as jam.

Challenge is good for you, Marty.

Makes you try harder.

You just had to double your count to beat me.

So much for going as fast as we can.

If you can keep it up,

we'll have the shearing finished by sunset.

(gentle music)

Who said it was time for smoke out?

Thought they're overdue.

You can't just leave.

Sorry, if it were up to me, Becks.

Okay, so you've had your dummy spit.

Can we get back to work now?

I offered to help, Claire.

You wanna do it by yourself, fine.

Do it by yourself.

Got everything?

Let's get going.

Just forget about your ego for five seconds.

We've got a contract.

Sue me if you like.

I'll invoice you for the work we've done.

Luke, I'll see you there.

Marty's the boss.

You're a wimp.

Not going with your boyfriend?

When I take a job, I stick around until it's finished.

On the bright side, we don't have to worry

about the serial killer anymore.

Right now, I'd hire Jack the Ripper

if he could get the clip done for us by tomorrow.

You okay?

I've just tried to call a shearer

who's been dead for five years.

Oh, I don't wanna do that.

I'm never gonna get anyone on zero notice.

Have to shear every sheep.

Is this yours?

Yeah.

It's a cafe, Mom and I used to go there a lot.

It's not far from where we lived.

Right, and you just carry it around

in your wallet like a baby photo?

I'm thinking I might buy it.

This is your plan?

Look, I know what you're gonna say.

How do years of history in this place

compare with cappuccino and cheesecake?

Well, maybe they don't

but it's what I've always wanted to do.

It's why I went to college.

It's what Mom and I talked about before she died.

I like cheesecake.

But not the frozen kind.

I just don't get why you'd go out for it.

But then, you know, get wire, check the fences every day.

What's gonna change about them?

Did they do a song and dance routine or something?

Tess, I've got to get this shearing done

by first thing tomorrow morning.

I need the guaranteed cash.

You've got your plans and I've got mine.

We won't even get to argue about it

if I don't deliver the wool.

(sheep bleating) (gentle music)

So, we can do this the easy way, or not.

You so remind me of a girl I went to school with.

That's it, you gotta show 'em who's boss.

(thunder rumbles)

Grab the sheep!

Go on, get up there!

In you go!

Not too bad.

Okay, pen 'em loose, open the vents

and we'll shear 'em last.

Okay.

Well, could we towel dry them?

They really stink.

It's not the sheep, it's me.

I'm gonna head down to the house

and fix us something to eat.

What?

Vernon.

Did you forget something?

It wrong of Marty to leave you in the lurch

the way he did, but don't worry about it.

I've sorted him out.

(shearers buzzing)

What did he mean, he sorted Marty out?

I don't know, but I wish I'd been there to watch.

Well, we'll all be murdered in our beds.

None of us are going anywhere near our beds tonight.

(gentle music)

Whoo hoo!

(Vernon and girls cheering)

Hey, what's going on?

I'm proposing a toast to Vernon.

Oh yeah, thank God someone sticks to their word.

To Vernon. To Vernon.

Look, there's something you should know.

Like what?

Well, Jason's not having a baby.

So why the midnight run?

We argued and he left, that's all.

And look, I'm sorry I wasn't straight with ya.

I've gotta dash.

I'm gonna grab a lift with the mail truck.

It was fun.

Come on, I'll pay ya.

See ya later yins.

Bye. Sausages.

About Jason, he's not lying face down

in a ditch somewhere, is he?

Bottom of a water hole, weighed down.

Karen and the kids are there, too.

You heard worse?

No, that about sums up the rumors.

Look, Jason'll be in a bar

somewhere shootin' his mouth off,

and my family are in Queensland last I heard.

That must be hard.

Yeah and I haven't heard from my kids in seven months.

Well, your wife can't do that

even if you've split up forever.

You've got rights.

Yeah well, it's just easier this way.

The things people say about you.

Why do you put up with it?

Well, you don't know the whole story.

There's worse things in life

than being taken for a mass murderer.

There are?

Well, there are around here.

Ask Jason, he's probably tellin' everyone right now.

And the truth, you know,

the truth's always been nothin' but trouble for me.

I couldn't lie to Karen anymore.

Sooner or later, you gotta be honest with your wife.

So, you're a bigamist, is that it?

I'm a horse's hoof.

Poof, gay, light on me feet, you know?

Oh, right.

Yeah well, you're from the city.

It's different.

Well, why don't you go there if it's so hard here?

Well, this is my home.

But Jason, he'll talk.

Yeah well, I don't wanna go.

The ax murderer is gay?

No murders?

His wife freaked, as you would, and now the secret's out.

He looks so manly.

Why he isn't up front about it, it's sad, really.

Do you know what's really sad?

He's the first bloke Mom's looked at in years and he's gay!

(gentle music)

You see, the thing is, we haven't actually

agreed on anything yet so

I'm not gonna be ready in time for the auction.

Well, not this one, anyway.

It's fate.

Maybe the place has really bad rising damp or something.

No way, it's my dream.

I'm not giving up.

I'll just find another cafe, when the timing's better.

I don't know, I think I'm gonna stay here

a bit longer, see if me and Claire can work something out.

(gentle music)

Oh, this isn't happening.

No way.

No more trouble, please.

Oh, this is so stupid.

You can't tell anyone.

Close the door.

What happened?

The contract.

Oh, God, what about it?

I've stuffed up the dates.

We're too late.

No.

We're too early.

It's next week I'm meant to deliver.

We had a whole extra week?

You flogged us all?

I did. For no reason?

Yes.

(Tess laughing softly) (gentle music)

You can't tell anyone, Tess.

They're gonna think I'm the biggest idiot.

You make mistakes.

Our secret, Tess.

You know, they're probably gonna work it out

when the wool stays in the shed for the rest of the week.

Oh, bugger.

(both laughing)

♪ Come on ♪

♪ Give me room to move ♪

♪ Give me room to move ♪

♪ Give me room to breathe ♪

♪ Come on ♪

♪ Give me room to move ♪

♪ Give me room to breathe ♪

♪ Come on ♪

♪ Give me room to move ♪

♪ Give me room to move ♪

♪ Give me room to breathe ♪

♪ You're there ♪

♪ Watching every move ♪

♪ Watching every move ♪

♪ And do you know ♪

♪ That I'm on your side ♪

♪ And do you know ♪

♪ I'm not just here for the ride ♪

♪ Come on ♪

♪ Give me room to move ♪

♪ Give me room to move ♪

♪ Give me room to breathe ♪

♪ Come on ♪

♪ Give me room to move ♪

♪ Give me room to move ♪

♪ Give me room to move ♪

♪ Give me room to breathe ♪

(lightning cracks) (thunder rumbles)

(upbeat music)