Bay of Fires (2023) s02e04 Episode Script
Stick to the Recipe
1
You two should try our local mushrooms.
STELLA: I can't keep drugging people.
I could end up killing someone.
JOEL: She crossed some Russians
over some corporate shit.
They're sending a
talisman out after her.
Talisman?
Only six in the world, and
no-one knows who they are.
She'll be sliced up
finer than sushi meat.
Frankie, you're, uh
alive?
I see YOU'VE been busy.
I hear you've got a delivery due soon.
(EXPLOSION)
Agh!
STELLA: Can we talk about
a business arrangement?
What could you possibly
want from little old me?
Heroin.
Enough to pay off the debt.
Let's get started.
SONG: Well, we live a-humble
Humble, live
- A-humble
- Humble, live
Humble yourself
Hey, the bell's done rung
We live a-humble
- Humble
- Live a-humble
Humble, live
Humble yourself
Hey, the bell's done rung
I said humble yourself
Praise his glory and honour!
I said humble yourself
Praise his glory and honour!
Humble yourself
Humble, live a-humble
Humble, live
Humble yourself
Hey, they bell's done rung. ♪
And for her Section 5
Chocolate Cake with Icing entry,
in second place
we have first-timer,
Vicky Styles.
(APPLAUSE)
And in first place
for the eighth consecutive year,
our very own former
president, Olive Hammond.
(APPLAUSE)
Well done, Olive.
Thank you.
Mrs Hammond?
Let me give you a lift.
Oh, it's OK, dear. It's not far.
No. Don't be silly.
I'm a very safe driver.
If you're sure it's not
much out of your way.
Ah, we're practically neighbours.
Lovely pearls.
I thought your cake was
marvellous for a first go.
Something slightly less
ambitious next year?
Ginger puff sponge, perhaps.
Oh. Bless.
I have a lot to learn from you.
Tell me, was it the
extra teaspoon of cocoa
that gave your cake that winning edge?
Nobody reveals the true recipe, dear.
We take that to our graves.
Mm.
To the grave?
SONG: Humble, live
a-humble Humble yourself ♪
Stick the kettle on, pet. We've
got an honoured soul on the way.
Humble, live
Humble yourself
Hey, the bell's done rung
Live a-humble
- Humble, live
- A-humble
- Humble, live
- Humble yourself
Hey, the bell's done rung
I said humble yourself
Praise his glory and honour!
Humble yourself
Won't you praise the Lord?
I said humble yourself ♪
(WOMAN SCREAMS)
(WOMAN SCREAMS)
Have you ever seen such a man as this
He gave up himself
to come down and die
He gave up himself
to come down and die
Just to save your
soul from the burning fire
We live a-humble
- Humble, live
- A-humble
Humble, live
Humble yourself
Hey, the bell's done rung
We live a-humble
Humble, live
Humble
Humble, live
Humble yourself
Hey the bell's done rung. ♪
(THEME MUSIC PLAYS)
(BARKS)
- STELLA: Esmeralda!
- No! Try again!
That's the password that she gave me!
Agh!
Give me a hint!
- Oh! Arthur! Jack!
- (DOG CONTINUES BARKING)
Shut up, you mongrel!
Jackie boy! Jackie boy!
Poodle! Poodle!
Oh! (GASPS)
It's all packed and ready for ya.
Sorry for the misunderstanding.
Oi! Shh! Quiet, boy!
Calm down. Come on. Shh.
(DOG CONTINUES BARKING)
A little bit of help
would have been nice.
You said not to get out of the car.
For anyone else!
What's in the bags, Mum?
Cooking ingredients.
Are you struggling there?
Just start the car.
(STARTS ENGINE)
Alright, like I've told you,
put it put it into first.
Yep, OK.
That's it.
OK, I got it!
Now speed up.
- Speed up!
- I am! Stop!
Look both ways.
I AM looking both ways!
Check your blind spots.
We're in the middle of nowhere.
Well, to be a good driver,
you have to be aware.
What about the wombat?!
What wombat?
Oh. Sorry.
FRANKIE: Arthur!
Can you see all this? Eh?!
Do you remember when
I used to tuck you in
and tell you all about the
beautiful pink cake shop
that we would run together,
and I would bake the world's best cakes.
You would sing your show tunes
Put them out the back, dear.
(OLD-TIMEY MUSIC PLAYS)
(GRUNTS)
You're missing a few, aren't you?
You gave me the wrong password.
Did I?!
Oh, bless! All that memory business.
It's a It's a funny old thing.
All that dying, I think
I lost a bit of it.
What do they call it nowadays?
Oh brain fog.
You'd know all about
that, wouldn't you, mm?
The guy nearly killed me.
I was dead
for eight long minutes.
Bet you want to know what's
on the other side, don't you?
Everybody does.
A giant oak door with a golden key
and these these voices
speaking in a language
I'd never heard before,
but I understood every single word.
You'll just have to wait and find out
what's behind your giant oak door.
I need one of those up here, dear.
Tarquin.
(GRUNTS)
Please!
Please, tell me this
is everything we need.
Well, you got me the almond
meal and the cocoa yesterday,
and this should be enough icing sugar,
so, yeah, I think we can get cracking.
This place is a front, right?
A front?
This is my dream.
But we ARE still cooking the gear?
The gear?
Oh-oh-ho!
You really are getting
into the role, aren't you?!
One streetwise mama!
(CHUCKLES)
Yeah, we're almost ready.
I've just got to add my
signature Frankie flourish.
And what would that be?
Ooh! We never reveal the true recipe.
We take that to our grave.
And after this we we deliver, yeah?
Not we.
This is YOUR town now.
This is my fresh start!
The big opening's
tomorrow. It's so exciting!
You'll probably be busy,
but everyone else is keen.
Celebrating your
shocking-pink cake shop.
Couldn't think of anything worse.
(PUFFS)
(STARTS ENGINE)
(GASPS)
It's not shocking-pink.
It's hot-shot fuchsia.
IRIS: Mum! What's that?!
(KNOCKS)
(QUIETLY) Jason!
(KNOCKS) Jason, you need to
get out here and deal with this!
JASON: (INSIDE) Yeah! Hold up.
What?
- Who is this?
- What?
The little village
that appeared overnight.
Don't tell me you slept through this.
OK, I need you to get out
here and order them to leave.
Yes, indeed. I'll I'll
order.
Um Um First I will
I'll put on my uniform so that I can
Order.
order.
One tick, one tick.
- Come on!
- Yes. Yep. Alright.
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYS INSIDE)
Go on, be brave.
- That's it.
- (KNOCKS)
(CLEARS THROAT)
- (MEGAPHONE SQUEALS)
- Ah, shit.
I banged my teeth.
- (KNOCKS)
- Is it bleeding?
Open up! Police!
Hello?!
Good morning.
This is a pleasant surprise.
Uh
Go on. Uh Well, first
first of all I would like to say,
uh welcome to our town.
Thank you. You know
you're bleeding, right?
Oh.
- You too. You've got a little
- Oh, no. I'm fine as I am.
Uh What he's trying to say
is, uh this is not a caravan
park, and you need to move on.
- Right.
- That's That's right.
That was the other
thing I was gonna say.
This is not a designated
public camping ground.
- Ah.
- Even though
I can see how
one might mistake it for one,
with my van parked here.
Anyway, the fact is this is all police.
It's, like, official property.
There is a perfectly nice
town just north of here
with an excellent camping ground,
where I'm sure you will be much happier.
I'd love to oblige. That
won't be happening, I'm afraid.
The caravan has clapped
out its rear axle.
- It's blocking the others.
- Oh, well, he can fix that.
- Me? How?
- Uh We
- We can tow it.
- Yep.
Uh Today.
Made a bit of a bad
impression, I think, Tallulah.
Oh!
Look, this is not a town
that welcomes strangers.
Every town should welcome strangers.
This is wild country.
Must breed you tough here.
Ah, yeah, yeah, we're pretty tough.
Jason will, uh (CLEARS THROAT)
help you on your way
- Yep..
- without using my power.
I'm on it, Stella!
Really good to meet you, Stella.
My name's Zed.
You too, Jonathan.
Jason.
Right. Doesn't matter.
See ya!
I hope I wasn't too
hard on them back there.
I'm sure they'll survive.
Sometimes I let my
temper get away with me.
But this situation I'm on it.
- Good morning.
- Oh. Morning.
Have a lovely day.
- Oh
- What's with the
I had a disagreement with
Frankie over colour palettes.
Right. Who are they?
More to the point, how
did they get in here?
Looks like they're making
themselves comfortable.
Can you help Jason move them on, please?
Righto.
You sure this is the place?
Mm-hm.
Oh, yeah, this is the place.
Mm.
(OLD-TIMEY MUSIC PLAYS)
(SINGSONG) Exciting times, everyone!
Grand opening tomorrow!
And you are ALL invited.
Free fun for everyone!
That's right.
Free!
I just want you all to know
that whatever happened in the past
is the past.
Truly.
Whatever betrayals, whatever
slighting of me personally,
they've all evaporated from my memory.
So
it's a cake shop?
Stella must be across this.
We won't know what we're eating.
She's a good baker.
Came first in the state.
There's a plethora of
poisons she could use.
Cinnamon
Oh It would take a
few buckets of cinnamon.
It would slow-poison. I
have seen it used on occasion
to gradually kill someone
without them knowing.
But in her case it's
more likely oleander.
It's much more lethal, yeah?
- Mm.
- We must watch her garden.
- No question.
- No question.
Wait. Why no question?
BOTH: Tastes like chocolate.
JASON: Yep! Keep it coming!
Bit more! Give it a bit more!
That's it! That's it! Keep it coming!
Forward a little!
- What's a little?
- Like, a smidge!
What's a smidge?
How much would you say this is?
And Stella is across this too?
(ENGINE REVS)
Agh.
More than a smidge!
(ENGINE REVS)
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
Maybe back a bit.
Do you reckon?!
Agh.
(ONLOOKERS MUTTER INDISTINCTLY)
Yeah. That's great.
- Is this your caravan?
- Yeah. Yeah, it is mine.
Well, it was.
Yeah, I bought it off one of
the guys who was heading home.
Yeah, right. Makes sense. Cool.
How'd you get in here with this circus?
Yeah, we felt the pull.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Yeah.
Nature also likes
floods, fires, mosquitoes
and those little beetles
that crawl in your ear.
You need to figure a
way out of here, guys.
OK, sure. Yeah. But now we've
got a broken caravan, don't we?
Yeah. You do.
(STELLA GRUNTS)
- (LAUGHTER)
- Oi! Oi!
- Oi!
- Oi!
SAMMI: They're self-sufficient.
They breed rabbits and eat them.
When did we start
fraternising with outsiders?
- They're harmless.
- They're outsiders.
They feel a hell of a lot
safer than the insiders.
It is the half-wise
and the half-foolish
who are the most dangerous.
Was that a compliment?
No.
They're really good cooks.
I just had a little taste while
I was reading them the Riot Act.
Whereas the fully foolish are harmless.
They're an artisan collective.
We should deal with them.
Show of hands.
(SIGHS)
No-one's killing anyone.
In business, when you are trying
to win a prospective client,
you woo them and pursue them.
You delight them with your company,
regale them with your charm
and offer them a free meal
to help them on their way.
Let's hope they enjoy sfungus.
Ancient Greek, from which the
Latin 'fungus' was derived.
Mushrooms?
Yeah.
We'll make sure they do.
SONG: Daisy, Daisy
Give me your answer, do ♪
The test will be when I cut it.
Does the rich depth of the ganache
match perfectly
the delicate inner
hue of the cake itself?
Is the crumb consistency correct?
Moist?
But not soggy?
Oh, go on! Don't be silly.
It's not gonna bite you.
There is no second place.
To win
you have to be the best.
(SNICKERS)
Go easy on the acetic anhydride, pet.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER, LAUGHTER)
Yeah, no!
IRIS: What are they doing?
Being happy.
You wouldn't remember it.
Happiness is just another
emotion. It doesn't stick around.
Yeah, but it's good when it's here.
(CAT MIAOWS)
What is THAT doing here?
Mr Josie is visiting.
- When's my next driving lesson?
- Tomorrow.
Just let Jeremiah do it.
No, it's a bonding experience
between a mother and her son
that you will cherish later in life.
Promise?
Yes.
You look wan, Mum.
That's a good word.
But I liked the paint.
(CAT MIAOWS SOFTLY)
I'm gonna stay here and keep watch.
(LAUGHTER, CHATTER)
Whoo!
Whoo!
(ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYS)
FRANKIE: Come and join us, pet.
Have a wee cake and a nice cuppa.
Why are they all still here?
Well, they're your new
brothers and sisters.
Oh. Come on.
They have nowhere else to go.
There's plenty of room.
Brony said Buzz didn't want it.
Not his colour?
Says you don't run the town anymore.
Mm! Buzz says that, does he?
A lot of words for a 2-year-old.
Yeah.
Pff.
He'll come round.
They all will.
(DOOR SHUTS IN OTHER ROOM)
(INSECTS CHIRP)
(DISTANT THUNDER CRASHES)
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
(INSECT BUZZES)
(SIGHS) Iris, you
vacuumed all the ghosts.
There's no need to be scared.
(INHALES SHARPLY) Mm!
(EXHALES HEAVILY)
My parents used to attend
the theatre downstairs
when they were young sweethearts.
Loved all the old movies.
Father's favourite was
Reg Park as Hercules.
(EXHALES HEAVILY)
Are you familiar with
the legend of Hercules?
I, uh
- Yes.
- Hm.
Well, you'll remember then how
Hercules performed 12 labours,
slaying of the 9-headed
Hydra, strangling lions
Oh, I know how THAT feels.
(CHUCKLES)
I'm setting YOU some labours.
Labours for for you?
I've just been trying to
survive working with Frankie,
making your drugs.
Tell me about these caravans.
Well, I've already told
them they need to move on.
The bigger issue is how they
got by you in the first place.
Security is sadly lacking.
Well, Frankie killed my security.
Well, then you need to restaff.
Have you tried abalone, my queen?
Uh What? Yes. Once.
Why?
Your first labour.
Hercules was said to have benefited
from the spiritual powers of sea mutton.
It was believed to create
connection and harmony
and protection from unsettling passions.
OK, what What is
it you need me to do?
A licensed fishing boat comes
in every Thursday morning.
I need you to procure the
contents of one of their trucks
and to deliver it to my
buyer at a designated time.
It's crucial that the
molluscs remain alive
or the deal becomes null and void.
But today is Thursday.
So it is.
Time for you to get to work.
I'm
Oh
(SIGHS HEAVILY)
(HUFFS)
Alright.
SAMMI: OK, here's where
you collect the abalone.
You know these guys are part
of a full-on criminal network?
He said they were licensed.
Not for abalone they're not.
Stealing bottom feeders from crooks
I really am at the arse-end
of the food chain now.
Yeah, you still need to
invite our new friends
to a little mushroom party.
ZED: "How many loved your
moments of glad grace,
"Or loved your beauty
with love false or true,
But one man loved the
pilgrim soul in you."
Wow.
(CHUCKLES)
Listen, I apologise for making
us seem inhospitable yesterday.
It's just we have limited
electricity and lots of power outages.
We'll stick to our own generator.
Great.
I've got to head out
of town this morning,
but we're actually having our
annual harvest celebration tonight.
What do you harvest?
Apples and lemons and mushrooms.
Um It's actually the
highlight of our year,
so, you should come along.
- A party?
- Yes! A party.
- We're all for those.
- Great.
Well, uh
if you're lucky, you'll
score yourself some abalone.
You know it's an aphrodisiac.
You know, I did not know that.
We'll see you there.
Yeah.
What a shame he won't be staying.
(STARTS ENGINE)
OK. Go quickly.
(ENGINE ZOOMS)
No! N
We're meant to take the
abalone, not the truck!
(OVER WALKIE) We need the fridge.
Growling Panther!
(STARTS ENGINE)
SONG: Just imagine a life together
Just imagine all of
our dreams coming true
Just imagine everything that we ♪
Mmm.
Chocolate cake.
Yours was always so delightful, Frankie.
It's even better now.
So, this really is a cake shop,
not some kind of retribution.
That was all in the past.
This is my fresh start.
What, and that's it?
Well
being killed and then coming
back, it makes it all so clear.
Simple.
Being blind was very
much the same for me.
Made me hear bullshit so much clearer.
Be better for Jack this time around, hm?
Better still,
why don't you do it for yourself?
Bless. Now, why don't you just trot on?
Come on. Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap.
That's it.
This is my big day.
Nobody's gonna piss on my parade.
Just imagine all of
our dreams coming true
Just imagine ♪
(CAR APPROACHES)
I know.
I'm late. I'm sorry.
You're so predictable.
BONG CHA: You said if I helped
you, you would give me $2,000 cash.
It's coming.
Oh, great. I need you
to set up for tonight.
Making it like a party atmosphere.
How the hell do I do that?
I won't be long.
Make sure that truck
keeps running, yeah?
I need the cooling on.
You know, I'm not a party hire venue.
What do you need? Like, streamers,
balloons. Something like that.
Make it inviting.
What? You know, we don't
have any of that bullshit.
You must have something.
That Santa that plays the tunes.
No, Magda smashed it.
JEREMIAH: (OUTSIDE) Jesus Christ!
Stella!
They're all over the road. Everywhere.
And Otis is fine.
Oh, no, no. No!
We need to keep them alive.
Keep them cold.
The truck looks salvageable.
Do you think the refrigeration
will still be working?
Agh.
Otis.
It was when I was looking both ways.
You still think he
doesn't need discipline?
Oh, a driving lesson
would be more helpful.
Well, he needs to understand
these actions have consequences.
Otherwise, he'll end up like
Hauling a load of illegal
scallops around on a stolen truck?
I think it's an abalone.
Yeah, it's a mollusc, not a crustacean.
And I need support.
(SIGHS)
I wouldn't do that again, mate.
Yeah.
- OK.
- Yeah.
Abalone down!
These need to go into your fridge!
No, it's on the razz.
What?
How long has it been broken?
A while.
How do you keep your food fresh?
Don't ans
These need to stay alive.
Um
Water. We need water.
(SNIFFS)
Oof.
Well, there are several
beneficial effects of psychedelics.
Yes, I'm aware of that.
Training in Moscow, I
was part of a LSD trial.
- Yes. You told me.
- Spent the weekend with a composer.
Magnificent talent.
Student of Stravinsky.
By the end she'd come up
with an entire symphony.
(CHUCKLES) You'll find this interesting.
We We chased the
notes around her apartment
as they morphed into snakes.
(CHUCKLES)
I wonder what happened to her.
She's probably dead by now.
"Ah, splendid sunburst
breaking forth this day."
"O, SPLENDOUR OF sunburst
breaking forth this day."
If you're gonna quote
Euripides, accuracy is key.
Apologies. Just saying
it was a nice sunrise.
No, you were misquoting.
We need more hands.
Oh.
Hello. Uh
We're just setting up.
The celebration and
fun starts much later.
Highlight of the year, huh?
Well, it's it's
more about the produce.
You know, parties we know.
Let us pitch in.
Uh Yes, that could be helpful.
Maybe in an hour.
I'm looking forward to it.
Me too.
Definitely
a private-school boy.
Mm. Someone spent a fortune on
orthodontics to give him that smile.
And now he's just playing boho
until he resumes his life
as a trust-afarian banker.
They have an agenda.
Don't we all?
(GREENSLEEVES PLAYS FROM LOUDSPEAKER)
Had the best freezer.
(THUNDER CRASHES)
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
Wha
Fetch the rest.
Now I'm a drug mule?
We all make compromises.
Hercules' issue, of
course, was that, uh
he precipitated his own demise.
Incoming.
It was the poisoned
blood on his own arrow
that brought him down in the end.
When does this stop?
We can't escape ourselves, Anika.
Ensure the remaining
abalone are packaged neatly
and on board the next plane.
They have a destiny off this island.
And then I think you
have a party to attend.
Should be fun.
(OLD-TIMEY MUSIC PLAYS)
My glad rag's on!
(LAUGHS)
Yes.
Oh, good girl!
Almost.
SONG: I think it's time to move on
Move on
And start all over again
I think it's time to ♪
Ready?
Because I'm starting
all over again ♪
(WIND WHOOSHES)
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
I'm starting all over again. ♪
JEREMIAH: So, you're
done? No-one got killed?
STELLA: Well, the boss
was so happy with my work,
he extended my contract
in perpetuity.
Hey!
Welcome to your party.
Do you like schnapps?
Because we make it
ourselves. It's all organic.
Brewed especially for you.
Sure. Why not?
I was talking to the exquisite one.
I know.
And I answered.
(MUSIC, CHATTER)
Hey, mate!
Hey. Good to see ya!
Let's just get them
drugged and out of here.
OK.
We eat with them,
but we only eat the risotto
without the coriander garnish.
OK. Not this one.
- OK?
- How deadly is this one?
Well, a spoonful's no more powerful
than a well-mixed dry martini,
but half a bowl?
We just want them asleep, not dead.
ZED: You look like you
could do with a drink.
Hey!
Thinking of staying a bit
longer. This place is paradise.
- Great.
- Mm, yeah.
This adventure just feels like
like a whole new start.
Do you have any idea
how beautiful you are?
Oh, this flattery is too much.
Thanks.
To your health.
(GLASSES CLINK)
Mm!
Not too many of those.
You'll ruin your appetite.
Make sure you try the risotto, eh?
To your health.
(BOTTLES CLINK)
(UP-BEAT MUSIC PLAYS)
(CHEERING)
(BAND PLAYS UP-BEAT ROCK MUSIC)
(INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE)
ZED: (SINGS) Feel the
future in your hands ♪
(INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE)
Hold the dark up to the light
That's where it stands
We've got no other
place we'd rather be ♪
So, YOU belong to those
excellent Italian leather slides.
I knew it had to be someone
with a sense of style.
Yeah, well, I used to
wear them all the time.
Sydney boy, I assume?
I was.
Actually.
ZED: (SINGS) Ooh! Ooh-ooh-ooh!
Ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh
Whoo-ooh! Ooh-ooh-ooh!
♪
Oh-oh-oh
Ooh, ooh ♪
(OLD-TIMEY MUSIC PLAYS)
What time do they come?
(UP-BEAT ROCK MUSIC POURS FROM VENUE)
(UP-BEAT ROCK MUSIC PLAYS)
Whoo!
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- Top up, mate?
- Mm.
I never quite imagined you
as a cake baker, Tarquin.
(SIGHS)
It's alright, mate.
You don't have to keep working for her,
torturing yourself.
I think it's time for you to
let those angel wings of yours
take flight.
(MUSIC, CHEERING)
(GLASSES CLINK)
Hello.
Hey.
Hey
do you mind if I have a look?
Oh, wow.
Wow! Such strength!
You've done so much alone.
It says that?
Mm.
Your dad's not here anymore.
I don't see your mum.
She's just there.
(INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE)
Yeah, but, like, is she?
Hm.
Who's the lovely man that
everyone's taking care of?
Graham.
Mm. What does he do?
- He's sort of the policeman.
- Mm.
He's blind now, but
everyone sort of goes to him
to talk about their problems.
- Mm.
- He's got a room at the motel.
Yeah?
Mm. Interesting.
Like the keeper of secrets, if you will.
(CHUCKLES) I guess so.
OK, bye!
SONG: We go together
like one, two, three
She's the flower to my honey bee
There's my baby and me
My one true love ♪
(RAUCOUS MUSIC DRIFTS FROM PARTY)
(BAND PLAYS LIVELY MUSIC)
(INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE)
Hey, um Do you want to dance?
- Piss off, dickhead.
- Yeah, nuh, for sure.
Shut up.
(CHUCKLES)
Come on! Come on, Brony!
(CHUCKLES)
Uh-huh.
Everyone's smiling and happy.
Sammi's with Dash,
and they're whispering to each other,
even though there's
no-one else around them.
Right.
Brony's had a lot of schnapps.
Oh, and she's getting up.
Now she's REALLY dancing.
Yeah
What? Oh.
Mm. Mm.
Oh.
(CHUCKLES)
- Thank you.
- Mm-hm.
Mm!
God, any more of these
and I'll get drunk.
MAGDA: There's Sirius.
(GLASS CLINKS)
And there's Canopus.
And Avior.
Oh, God. Neptune's making an appearance.
Where is she?
Are you alright?
Perfectly.
(LOCK CLACKS)
JACK: Hey.
Sorry I'm late. Everyone's
at the other party.
Are they just?
If you don't want to
join, we can just go home.
Ha! Home?
What home?
This was a mistake coming back here.
Huh?
Do you want to know what
happens when you're dead, Jackie?
What there is on the other side?
Nothing!
Just blackness!
Nothing! Just emptiness!
Just nothing!
Get out!
Out!
(SCOFFS)
Don't you look at me like that.
(AMBIENT MUSIC PLAYS)
(LAUGHS)
Ohh!
Everyone's happy.
There's nothing wrong.
It won't last. Just enjoy it.
How?
This is not what we do.
(SIGHS)
While there's a shit-storm,
you have to
cling to the flecks of gold, you know?
- (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
- Oh.
(LAUGHS)
Zed is a tool, but
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
he's right you are beautiful.
Maybe we can extend Thursday nights
to Tuesdays as well, if you want.
Mm.
Mm.
I want.
(LAUGHS)
Come back!
We should go home.
Why?
Is it Is it a G-sharp major?
It's
It's hiding somewhere in here!
Oh, the fungi world is
truly amazing, right?
Yes. Yes, it is.
Just like the psychotropic
powers of the botanicals.
Mm
Ooh!
What did you do?
Oh, nothing you didn't try and do to us.
- Ooh!
- No. No.
- Ooh!
- No.
(GROANS)
Stella!
- Come on!
- (WHIMPERS) Stella!
(SPEAKS NONSENSICALLY)
Agh.
Oh!
It's G minor.
Yes, you are.
Yes, you are!
(HUMS)
(SNORES SOFTLY)
(BIRDS WARBLE)
(BIRDS WARBLE)
Oh
- Oh!
- Oh!
(MOANS)
- Mm.
- (EXHALES HEAVILY)
I never realised you were so athletic.
Me either. Ow.
Perhaps we should, uh
Uh! (CHUCKLES)
- Oh. Hang on.
- Oh!
I can't
(SIGHS HEAVILY)
I can't hear any music.
Huh?
(GROANS)
Oh!
Connor?!
Oh!
Connor?
Are you alright?!
You're still alive.
They didn't kill ya.
Help me. Help me get him up.
Connor.
Come on, mate. Up we get.
They're gone.
Ohh!
- Come on, mate, I've got you.
- (GROANS)
There you go. You're
alright, you're alright.
Cash is gone! Cakes are gone!
My Mixmaster is gone.
And
the drugs have gone.
You're the one who let
them into the town, pet.
This is all on you.
I find that most lives
usually go off kilter
by making bad line calls,
small moral choices that
just seem to escalate.
Pick up a card.
You're terrified of something.
Who are you?!
No-one.
But I know who YOU are.
Try to imagine me as the
pop starlet of your dreams.
I'm really scared.
And I'm not sleeping.
You two should try our local mushrooms.
STELLA: I can't keep drugging people.
I could end up killing someone.
JOEL: She crossed some Russians
over some corporate shit.
They're sending a
talisman out after her.
Talisman?
Only six in the world, and
no-one knows who they are.
She'll be sliced up
finer than sushi meat.
Frankie, you're, uh
alive?
I see YOU'VE been busy.
I hear you've got a delivery due soon.
(EXPLOSION)
Agh!
STELLA: Can we talk about
a business arrangement?
What could you possibly
want from little old me?
Heroin.
Enough to pay off the debt.
Let's get started.
SONG: Well, we live a-humble
Humble, live
- A-humble
- Humble, live
Humble yourself
Hey, the bell's done rung
We live a-humble
- Humble
- Live a-humble
Humble, live
Humble yourself
Hey, the bell's done rung
I said humble yourself
Praise his glory and honour!
I said humble yourself
Praise his glory and honour!
Humble yourself
Humble, live a-humble
Humble, live
Humble yourself
Hey, they bell's done rung. ♪
And for her Section 5
Chocolate Cake with Icing entry,
in second place
we have first-timer,
Vicky Styles.
(APPLAUSE)
And in first place
for the eighth consecutive year,
our very own former
president, Olive Hammond.
(APPLAUSE)
Well done, Olive.
Thank you.
Mrs Hammond?
Let me give you a lift.
Oh, it's OK, dear. It's not far.
No. Don't be silly.
I'm a very safe driver.
If you're sure it's not
much out of your way.
Ah, we're practically neighbours.
Lovely pearls.
I thought your cake was
marvellous for a first go.
Something slightly less
ambitious next year?
Ginger puff sponge, perhaps.
Oh. Bless.
I have a lot to learn from you.
Tell me, was it the
extra teaspoon of cocoa
that gave your cake that winning edge?
Nobody reveals the true recipe, dear.
We take that to our graves.
Mm.
To the grave?
SONG: Humble, live
a-humble Humble yourself ♪
Stick the kettle on, pet. We've
got an honoured soul on the way.
Humble, live
Humble yourself
Hey, the bell's done rung
Live a-humble
- Humble, live
- A-humble
- Humble, live
- Humble yourself
Hey, the bell's done rung
I said humble yourself
Praise his glory and honour!
Humble yourself
Won't you praise the Lord?
I said humble yourself ♪
(WOMAN SCREAMS)
(WOMAN SCREAMS)
Have you ever seen such a man as this
He gave up himself
to come down and die
He gave up himself
to come down and die
Just to save your
soul from the burning fire
We live a-humble
- Humble, live
- A-humble
Humble, live
Humble yourself
Hey, the bell's done rung
We live a-humble
Humble, live
Humble
Humble, live
Humble yourself
Hey the bell's done rung. ♪
(THEME MUSIC PLAYS)
(BARKS)
- STELLA: Esmeralda!
- No! Try again!
That's the password that she gave me!
Agh!
Give me a hint!
- Oh! Arthur! Jack!
- (DOG CONTINUES BARKING)
Shut up, you mongrel!
Jackie boy! Jackie boy!
Poodle! Poodle!
Oh! (GASPS)
It's all packed and ready for ya.
Sorry for the misunderstanding.
Oi! Shh! Quiet, boy!
Calm down. Come on. Shh.
(DOG CONTINUES BARKING)
A little bit of help
would have been nice.
You said not to get out of the car.
For anyone else!
What's in the bags, Mum?
Cooking ingredients.
Are you struggling there?
Just start the car.
(STARTS ENGINE)
Alright, like I've told you,
put it put it into first.
Yep, OK.
That's it.
OK, I got it!
Now speed up.
- Speed up!
- I am! Stop!
Look both ways.
I AM looking both ways!
Check your blind spots.
We're in the middle of nowhere.
Well, to be a good driver,
you have to be aware.
What about the wombat?!
What wombat?
Oh. Sorry.
FRANKIE: Arthur!
Can you see all this? Eh?!
Do you remember when
I used to tuck you in
and tell you all about the
beautiful pink cake shop
that we would run together,
and I would bake the world's best cakes.
You would sing your show tunes
Put them out the back, dear.
(OLD-TIMEY MUSIC PLAYS)
(GRUNTS)
You're missing a few, aren't you?
You gave me the wrong password.
Did I?!
Oh, bless! All that memory business.
It's a It's a funny old thing.
All that dying, I think
I lost a bit of it.
What do they call it nowadays?
Oh brain fog.
You'd know all about
that, wouldn't you, mm?
The guy nearly killed me.
I was dead
for eight long minutes.
Bet you want to know what's
on the other side, don't you?
Everybody does.
A giant oak door with a golden key
and these these voices
speaking in a language
I'd never heard before,
but I understood every single word.
You'll just have to wait and find out
what's behind your giant oak door.
I need one of those up here, dear.
Tarquin.
(GRUNTS)
Please!
Please, tell me this
is everything we need.
Well, you got me the almond
meal and the cocoa yesterday,
and this should be enough icing sugar,
so, yeah, I think we can get cracking.
This place is a front, right?
A front?
This is my dream.
But we ARE still cooking the gear?
The gear?
Oh-oh-ho!
You really are getting
into the role, aren't you?!
One streetwise mama!
(CHUCKLES)
Yeah, we're almost ready.
I've just got to add my
signature Frankie flourish.
And what would that be?
Ooh! We never reveal the true recipe.
We take that to our grave.
And after this we we deliver, yeah?
Not we.
This is YOUR town now.
This is my fresh start!
The big opening's
tomorrow. It's so exciting!
You'll probably be busy,
but everyone else is keen.
Celebrating your
shocking-pink cake shop.
Couldn't think of anything worse.
(PUFFS)
(STARTS ENGINE)
(GASPS)
It's not shocking-pink.
It's hot-shot fuchsia.
IRIS: Mum! What's that?!
(KNOCKS)
(QUIETLY) Jason!
(KNOCKS) Jason, you need to
get out here and deal with this!
JASON: (INSIDE) Yeah! Hold up.
What?
- Who is this?
- What?
The little village
that appeared overnight.
Don't tell me you slept through this.
OK, I need you to get out
here and order them to leave.
Yes, indeed. I'll I'll
order.
Um Um First I will
I'll put on my uniform so that I can
Order.
order.
One tick, one tick.
- Come on!
- Yes. Yep. Alright.
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYS INSIDE)
Go on, be brave.
- That's it.
- (KNOCKS)
(CLEARS THROAT)
- (MEGAPHONE SQUEALS)
- Ah, shit.
I banged my teeth.
- (KNOCKS)
- Is it bleeding?
Open up! Police!
Hello?!
Good morning.
This is a pleasant surprise.
Uh
Go on. Uh Well, first
first of all I would like to say,
uh welcome to our town.
Thank you. You know
you're bleeding, right?
Oh.
- You too. You've got a little
- Oh, no. I'm fine as I am.
Uh What he's trying to say
is, uh this is not a caravan
park, and you need to move on.
- Right.
- That's That's right.
That was the other
thing I was gonna say.
This is not a designated
public camping ground.
- Ah.
- Even though
I can see how
one might mistake it for one,
with my van parked here.
Anyway, the fact is this is all police.
It's, like, official property.
There is a perfectly nice
town just north of here
with an excellent camping ground,
where I'm sure you will be much happier.
I'd love to oblige. That
won't be happening, I'm afraid.
The caravan has clapped
out its rear axle.
- It's blocking the others.
- Oh, well, he can fix that.
- Me? How?
- Uh We
- We can tow it.
- Yep.
Uh Today.
Made a bit of a bad
impression, I think, Tallulah.
Oh!
Look, this is not a town
that welcomes strangers.
Every town should welcome strangers.
This is wild country.
Must breed you tough here.
Ah, yeah, yeah, we're pretty tough.
Jason will, uh (CLEARS THROAT)
help you on your way
- Yep..
- without using my power.
I'm on it, Stella!
Really good to meet you, Stella.
My name's Zed.
You too, Jonathan.
Jason.
Right. Doesn't matter.
See ya!
I hope I wasn't too
hard on them back there.
I'm sure they'll survive.
Sometimes I let my
temper get away with me.
But this situation I'm on it.
- Good morning.
- Oh. Morning.
Have a lovely day.
- Oh
- What's with the
I had a disagreement with
Frankie over colour palettes.
Right. Who are they?
More to the point, how
did they get in here?
Looks like they're making
themselves comfortable.
Can you help Jason move them on, please?
Righto.
You sure this is the place?
Mm-hm.
Oh, yeah, this is the place.
Mm.
(OLD-TIMEY MUSIC PLAYS)
(SINGSONG) Exciting times, everyone!
Grand opening tomorrow!
And you are ALL invited.
Free fun for everyone!
That's right.
Free!
I just want you all to know
that whatever happened in the past
is the past.
Truly.
Whatever betrayals, whatever
slighting of me personally,
they've all evaporated from my memory.
So
it's a cake shop?
Stella must be across this.
We won't know what we're eating.
She's a good baker.
Came first in the state.
There's a plethora of
poisons she could use.
Cinnamon
Oh It would take a
few buckets of cinnamon.
It would slow-poison. I
have seen it used on occasion
to gradually kill someone
without them knowing.
But in her case it's
more likely oleander.
It's much more lethal, yeah?
- Mm.
- We must watch her garden.
- No question.
- No question.
Wait. Why no question?
BOTH: Tastes like chocolate.
JASON: Yep! Keep it coming!
Bit more! Give it a bit more!
That's it! That's it! Keep it coming!
Forward a little!
- What's a little?
- Like, a smidge!
What's a smidge?
How much would you say this is?
And Stella is across this too?
(ENGINE REVS)
Agh.
More than a smidge!
(ENGINE REVS)
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
Maybe back a bit.
Do you reckon?!
Agh.
(ONLOOKERS MUTTER INDISTINCTLY)
Yeah. That's great.
- Is this your caravan?
- Yeah. Yeah, it is mine.
Well, it was.
Yeah, I bought it off one of
the guys who was heading home.
Yeah, right. Makes sense. Cool.
How'd you get in here with this circus?
Yeah, we felt the pull.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Yeah.
Nature also likes
floods, fires, mosquitoes
and those little beetles
that crawl in your ear.
You need to figure a
way out of here, guys.
OK, sure. Yeah. But now we've
got a broken caravan, don't we?
Yeah. You do.
(STELLA GRUNTS)
- (LAUGHTER)
- Oi! Oi!
- Oi!
- Oi!
SAMMI: They're self-sufficient.
They breed rabbits and eat them.
When did we start
fraternising with outsiders?
- They're harmless.
- They're outsiders.
They feel a hell of a lot
safer than the insiders.
It is the half-wise
and the half-foolish
who are the most dangerous.
Was that a compliment?
No.
They're really good cooks.
I just had a little taste while
I was reading them the Riot Act.
Whereas the fully foolish are harmless.
They're an artisan collective.
We should deal with them.
Show of hands.
(SIGHS)
No-one's killing anyone.
In business, when you are trying
to win a prospective client,
you woo them and pursue them.
You delight them with your company,
regale them with your charm
and offer them a free meal
to help them on their way.
Let's hope they enjoy sfungus.
Ancient Greek, from which the
Latin 'fungus' was derived.
Mushrooms?
Yeah.
We'll make sure they do.
SONG: Daisy, Daisy
Give me your answer, do ♪
The test will be when I cut it.
Does the rich depth of the ganache
match perfectly
the delicate inner
hue of the cake itself?
Is the crumb consistency correct?
Moist?
But not soggy?
Oh, go on! Don't be silly.
It's not gonna bite you.
There is no second place.
To win
you have to be the best.
(SNICKERS)
Go easy on the acetic anhydride, pet.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER, LAUGHTER)
Yeah, no!
IRIS: What are they doing?
Being happy.
You wouldn't remember it.
Happiness is just another
emotion. It doesn't stick around.
Yeah, but it's good when it's here.
(CAT MIAOWS)
What is THAT doing here?
Mr Josie is visiting.
- When's my next driving lesson?
- Tomorrow.
Just let Jeremiah do it.
No, it's a bonding experience
between a mother and her son
that you will cherish later in life.
Promise?
Yes.
You look wan, Mum.
That's a good word.
But I liked the paint.
(CAT MIAOWS SOFTLY)
I'm gonna stay here and keep watch.
(LAUGHTER, CHATTER)
Whoo!
Whoo!
(ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYS)
FRANKIE: Come and join us, pet.
Have a wee cake and a nice cuppa.
Why are they all still here?
Well, they're your new
brothers and sisters.
Oh. Come on.
They have nowhere else to go.
There's plenty of room.
Brony said Buzz didn't want it.
Not his colour?
Says you don't run the town anymore.
Mm! Buzz says that, does he?
A lot of words for a 2-year-old.
Yeah.
Pff.
He'll come round.
They all will.
(DOOR SHUTS IN OTHER ROOM)
(INSECTS CHIRP)
(DISTANT THUNDER CRASHES)
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
(INSECT BUZZES)
(SIGHS) Iris, you
vacuumed all the ghosts.
There's no need to be scared.
(INHALES SHARPLY) Mm!
(EXHALES HEAVILY)
My parents used to attend
the theatre downstairs
when they were young sweethearts.
Loved all the old movies.
Father's favourite was
Reg Park as Hercules.
(EXHALES HEAVILY)
Are you familiar with
the legend of Hercules?
I, uh
- Yes.
- Hm.
Well, you'll remember then how
Hercules performed 12 labours,
slaying of the 9-headed
Hydra, strangling lions
Oh, I know how THAT feels.
(CHUCKLES)
I'm setting YOU some labours.
Labours for for you?
I've just been trying to
survive working with Frankie,
making your drugs.
Tell me about these caravans.
Well, I've already told
them they need to move on.
The bigger issue is how they
got by you in the first place.
Security is sadly lacking.
Well, Frankie killed my security.
Well, then you need to restaff.
Have you tried abalone, my queen?
Uh What? Yes. Once.
Why?
Your first labour.
Hercules was said to have benefited
from the spiritual powers of sea mutton.
It was believed to create
connection and harmony
and protection from unsettling passions.
OK, what What is
it you need me to do?
A licensed fishing boat comes
in every Thursday morning.
I need you to procure the
contents of one of their trucks
and to deliver it to my
buyer at a designated time.
It's crucial that the
molluscs remain alive
or the deal becomes null and void.
But today is Thursday.
So it is.
Time for you to get to work.
I'm
Oh
(SIGHS HEAVILY)
(HUFFS)
Alright.
SAMMI: OK, here's where
you collect the abalone.
You know these guys are part
of a full-on criminal network?
He said they were licensed.
Not for abalone they're not.
Stealing bottom feeders from crooks
I really am at the arse-end
of the food chain now.
Yeah, you still need to
invite our new friends
to a little mushroom party.
ZED: "How many loved your
moments of glad grace,
"Or loved your beauty
with love false or true,
But one man loved the
pilgrim soul in you."
Wow.
(CHUCKLES)
Listen, I apologise for making
us seem inhospitable yesterday.
It's just we have limited
electricity and lots of power outages.
We'll stick to our own generator.
Great.
I've got to head out
of town this morning,
but we're actually having our
annual harvest celebration tonight.
What do you harvest?
Apples and lemons and mushrooms.
Um It's actually the
highlight of our year,
so, you should come along.
- A party?
- Yes! A party.
- We're all for those.
- Great.
Well, uh
if you're lucky, you'll
score yourself some abalone.
You know it's an aphrodisiac.
You know, I did not know that.
We'll see you there.
Yeah.
What a shame he won't be staying.
(STARTS ENGINE)
OK. Go quickly.
(ENGINE ZOOMS)
No! N
We're meant to take the
abalone, not the truck!
(OVER WALKIE) We need the fridge.
Growling Panther!
(STARTS ENGINE)
SONG: Just imagine a life together
Just imagine all of
our dreams coming true
Just imagine everything that we ♪
Mmm.
Chocolate cake.
Yours was always so delightful, Frankie.
It's even better now.
So, this really is a cake shop,
not some kind of retribution.
That was all in the past.
This is my fresh start.
What, and that's it?
Well
being killed and then coming
back, it makes it all so clear.
Simple.
Being blind was very
much the same for me.
Made me hear bullshit so much clearer.
Be better for Jack this time around, hm?
Better still,
why don't you do it for yourself?
Bless. Now, why don't you just trot on?
Come on. Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap.
That's it.
This is my big day.
Nobody's gonna piss on my parade.
Just imagine all of
our dreams coming true
Just imagine ♪
(CAR APPROACHES)
I know.
I'm late. I'm sorry.
You're so predictable.
BONG CHA: You said if I helped
you, you would give me $2,000 cash.
It's coming.
Oh, great. I need you
to set up for tonight.
Making it like a party atmosphere.
How the hell do I do that?
I won't be long.
Make sure that truck
keeps running, yeah?
I need the cooling on.
You know, I'm not a party hire venue.
What do you need? Like, streamers,
balloons. Something like that.
Make it inviting.
What? You know, we don't
have any of that bullshit.
You must have something.
That Santa that plays the tunes.
No, Magda smashed it.
JEREMIAH: (OUTSIDE) Jesus Christ!
Stella!
They're all over the road. Everywhere.
And Otis is fine.
Oh, no, no. No!
We need to keep them alive.
Keep them cold.
The truck looks salvageable.
Do you think the refrigeration
will still be working?
Agh.
Otis.
It was when I was looking both ways.
You still think he
doesn't need discipline?
Oh, a driving lesson
would be more helpful.
Well, he needs to understand
these actions have consequences.
Otherwise, he'll end up like
Hauling a load of illegal
scallops around on a stolen truck?
I think it's an abalone.
Yeah, it's a mollusc, not a crustacean.
And I need support.
(SIGHS)
I wouldn't do that again, mate.
Yeah.
- OK.
- Yeah.
Abalone down!
These need to go into your fridge!
No, it's on the razz.
What?
How long has it been broken?
A while.
How do you keep your food fresh?
Don't ans
These need to stay alive.
Um
Water. We need water.
(SNIFFS)
Oof.
Well, there are several
beneficial effects of psychedelics.
Yes, I'm aware of that.
Training in Moscow, I
was part of a LSD trial.
- Yes. You told me.
- Spent the weekend with a composer.
Magnificent talent.
Student of Stravinsky.
By the end she'd come up
with an entire symphony.
(CHUCKLES) You'll find this interesting.
We We chased the
notes around her apartment
as they morphed into snakes.
(CHUCKLES)
I wonder what happened to her.
She's probably dead by now.
"Ah, splendid sunburst
breaking forth this day."
"O, SPLENDOUR OF sunburst
breaking forth this day."
If you're gonna quote
Euripides, accuracy is key.
Apologies. Just saying
it was a nice sunrise.
No, you were misquoting.
We need more hands.
Oh.
Hello. Uh
We're just setting up.
The celebration and
fun starts much later.
Highlight of the year, huh?
Well, it's it's
more about the produce.
You know, parties we know.
Let us pitch in.
Uh Yes, that could be helpful.
Maybe in an hour.
I'm looking forward to it.
Me too.
Definitely
a private-school boy.
Mm. Someone spent a fortune on
orthodontics to give him that smile.
And now he's just playing boho
until he resumes his life
as a trust-afarian banker.
They have an agenda.
Don't we all?
(GREENSLEEVES PLAYS FROM LOUDSPEAKER)
Had the best freezer.
(THUNDER CRASHES)
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
Wha
Fetch the rest.
Now I'm a drug mule?
We all make compromises.
Hercules' issue, of
course, was that, uh
he precipitated his own demise.
Incoming.
It was the poisoned
blood on his own arrow
that brought him down in the end.
When does this stop?
We can't escape ourselves, Anika.
Ensure the remaining
abalone are packaged neatly
and on board the next plane.
They have a destiny off this island.
And then I think you
have a party to attend.
Should be fun.
(OLD-TIMEY MUSIC PLAYS)
My glad rag's on!
(LAUGHS)
Yes.
Oh, good girl!
Almost.
SONG: I think it's time to move on
Move on
And start all over again
I think it's time to ♪
Ready?
Because I'm starting
all over again ♪
(WIND WHOOSHES)
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
I'm starting all over again. ♪
JEREMIAH: So, you're
done? No-one got killed?
STELLA: Well, the boss
was so happy with my work,
he extended my contract
in perpetuity.
Hey!
Welcome to your party.
Do you like schnapps?
Because we make it
ourselves. It's all organic.
Brewed especially for you.
Sure. Why not?
I was talking to the exquisite one.
I know.
And I answered.
(MUSIC, CHATTER)
Hey, mate!
Hey. Good to see ya!
Let's just get them
drugged and out of here.
OK.
We eat with them,
but we only eat the risotto
without the coriander garnish.
OK. Not this one.
- OK?
- How deadly is this one?
Well, a spoonful's no more powerful
than a well-mixed dry martini,
but half a bowl?
We just want them asleep, not dead.
ZED: You look like you
could do with a drink.
Hey!
Thinking of staying a bit
longer. This place is paradise.
- Great.
- Mm, yeah.
This adventure just feels like
like a whole new start.
Do you have any idea
how beautiful you are?
Oh, this flattery is too much.
Thanks.
To your health.
(GLASSES CLINK)
Mm!
Not too many of those.
You'll ruin your appetite.
Make sure you try the risotto, eh?
To your health.
(BOTTLES CLINK)
(UP-BEAT MUSIC PLAYS)
(CHEERING)
(BAND PLAYS UP-BEAT ROCK MUSIC)
(INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE)
ZED: (SINGS) Feel the
future in your hands ♪
(INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE)
Hold the dark up to the light
That's where it stands
We've got no other
place we'd rather be ♪
So, YOU belong to those
excellent Italian leather slides.
I knew it had to be someone
with a sense of style.
Yeah, well, I used to
wear them all the time.
Sydney boy, I assume?
I was.
Actually.
ZED: (SINGS) Ooh! Ooh-ooh-ooh!
Ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh
Whoo-ooh! Ooh-ooh-ooh!
♪
Oh-oh-oh
Ooh, ooh ♪
(OLD-TIMEY MUSIC PLAYS)
What time do they come?
(UP-BEAT ROCK MUSIC POURS FROM VENUE)
(UP-BEAT ROCK MUSIC PLAYS)
Whoo!
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- Top up, mate?
- Mm.
I never quite imagined you
as a cake baker, Tarquin.
(SIGHS)
It's alright, mate.
You don't have to keep working for her,
torturing yourself.
I think it's time for you to
let those angel wings of yours
take flight.
(MUSIC, CHEERING)
(GLASSES CLINK)
Hello.
Hey.
Hey
do you mind if I have a look?
Oh, wow.
Wow! Such strength!
You've done so much alone.
It says that?
Mm.
Your dad's not here anymore.
I don't see your mum.
She's just there.
(INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE)
Yeah, but, like, is she?
Hm.
Who's the lovely man that
everyone's taking care of?
Graham.
Mm. What does he do?
- He's sort of the policeman.
- Mm.
He's blind now, but
everyone sort of goes to him
to talk about their problems.
- Mm.
- He's got a room at the motel.
Yeah?
Mm. Interesting.
Like the keeper of secrets, if you will.
(CHUCKLES) I guess so.
OK, bye!
SONG: We go together
like one, two, three
She's the flower to my honey bee
There's my baby and me
My one true love ♪
(RAUCOUS MUSIC DRIFTS FROM PARTY)
(BAND PLAYS LIVELY MUSIC)
(INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE)
Hey, um Do you want to dance?
- Piss off, dickhead.
- Yeah, nuh, for sure.
Shut up.
(CHUCKLES)
Come on! Come on, Brony!
(CHUCKLES)
Uh-huh.
Everyone's smiling and happy.
Sammi's with Dash,
and they're whispering to each other,
even though there's
no-one else around them.
Right.
Brony's had a lot of schnapps.
Oh, and she's getting up.
Now she's REALLY dancing.
Yeah
What? Oh.
Mm. Mm.
Oh.
(CHUCKLES)
- Thank you.
- Mm-hm.
Mm!
God, any more of these
and I'll get drunk.
MAGDA: There's Sirius.
(GLASS CLINKS)
And there's Canopus.
And Avior.
Oh, God. Neptune's making an appearance.
Where is she?
Are you alright?
Perfectly.
(LOCK CLACKS)
JACK: Hey.
Sorry I'm late. Everyone's
at the other party.
Are they just?
If you don't want to
join, we can just go home.
Ha! Home?
What home?
This was a mistake coming back here.
Huh?
Do you want to know what
happens when you're dead, Jackie?
What there is on the other side?
Nothing!
Just blackness!
Nothing! Just emptiness!
Just nothing!
Get out!
Out!
(SCOFFS)
Don't you look at me like that.
(AMBIENT MUSIC PLAYS)
(LAUGHS)
Ohh!
Everyone's happy.
There's nothing wrong.
It won't last. Just enjoy it.
How?
This is not what we do.
(SIGHS)
While there's a shit-storm,
you have to
cling to the flecks of gold, you know?
- (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
- Oh.
(LAUGHS)
Zed is a tool, but
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
he's right you are beautiful.
Maybe we can extend Thursday nights
to Tuesdays as well, if you want.
Mm.
Mm.
I want.
(LAUGHS)
Come back!
We should go home.
Why?
Is it Is it a G-sharp major?
It's
It's hiding somewhere in here!
Oh, the fungi world is
truly amazing, right?
Yes. Yes, it is.
Just like the psychotropic
powers of the botanicals.
Mm
Ooh!
What did you do?
Oh, nothing you didn't try and do to us.
- Ooh!
- No. No.
- Ooh!
- No.
(GROANS)
Stella!
- Come on!
- (WHIMPERS) Stella!
(SPEAKS NONSENSICALLY)
Agh.
Oh!
It's G minor.
Yes, you are.
Yes, you are!
(HUMS)
(SNORES SOFTLY)
(BIRDS WARBLE)
(BIRDS WARBLE)
Oh
- Oh!
- Oh!
(MOANS)
- Mm.
- (EXHALES HEAVILY)
I never realised you were so athletic.
Me either. Ow.
Perhaps we should, uh
Uh! (CHUCKLES)
- Oh. Hang on.
- Oh!
I can't
(SIGHS HEAVILY)
I can't hear any music.
Huh?
(GROANS)
Oh!
Connor?!
Oh!
Connor?
Are you alright?!
You're still alive.
They didn't kill ya.
Help me. Help me get him up.
Connor.
Come on, mate. Up we get.
They're gone.
Ohh!
- Come on, mate, I've got you.
- (GROANS)
There you go. You're
alright, you're alright.
Cash is gone! Cakes are gone!
My Mixmaster is gone.
And
the drugs have gone.
You're the one who let
them into the town, pet.
This is all on you.
I find that most lives
usually go off kilter
by making bad line calls,
small moral choices that
just seem to escalate.
Pick up a card.
You're terrified of something.
Who are you?!
No-one.
But I know who YOU are.
Try to imagine me as the
pop starlet of your dreams.
I'm really scared.
And I'm not sleeping.