Angry Boys (2011) s01e01 Episode Script
Episode 1
ã Theme music Oi! Nathan! NATHAN! What are you doing up there? Come down.
Fucking knob.
My name's Daniel, I'm 17 and I live on a farm in Dunt I'm gonna give it ten seconds before the timer goes off.
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I live with my mum, my little sister Julia, my brothers Tyson and Jamie Can we get a smile, dickheads? .
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and my other brother Nathan.
Nathan, be careful! Nathan's my identical twin brother.
He's a tripper.
He's deaf, he's a little bit retarded too.
Nathan! Nath lost his hearing in this explosives accident when he was little and we did this thing, right, where we had an operation where I had to give him one of my eardrums.
Fuck you! But it fucked up.
Like, it didn't work and started getting shit again.
When we were little, we're, like, me and Nath, we were good mates.
Like, we'd wear the same clothes and we were in the same footy team.
We were just, like, inseparable.
But as we got more, like, teenagers, you can We went a bit more different.
Like, I'm better at school, I've got more mates than him, get more chicks than him and, like, I'm a better bloke than him in a lot of ways.
Like, Nath, like, he's always doing weird shit and stuff.
Oi, Nathan! What are you doing? Our farm is 180 acres but, like, it's pretty shit.
But my dad, he died in this car crash when we was 11 and he had this, like, dream that he wanted to make it into, like, a really successful farm.
Nathan! So me and Nath, like, we finish school this year and we're gonna work on it together and we're gonna, like, finish off his dream.
Well, this is the sign that I made.
We're gonna call the whole thing Danthan Industries 'cause it's Daniel and Nathan combined.
'Cause it's the 'Dan' from 'Daniel', it's the 'Than' from 'Nathan' so you put it together - 'Danthan'.
Well, it's Danthan 'cause 'Nathan'.
Oh, yeah, then there's Steve.
Hey, fellas.
He's my mum's new boyfriend.
He's a fucking dickhead.
You boys should get outside, it's a beautiful day.
We ARE outside, dickhead.
Oh, he's a fucking knob.
He's always trying to get us involved in shit.
Like, 'Oh, hey, boys, I'm gonna go D'you wanna go out on the bikes together?' and shit.
The other day, he's like, 'Oh, let's go huntin', let's go huntin'.
' Like, we don't fucking go hunting, mate.
Hey, Stevie, Stevie.
Yeah? Yeah, mate? Footy? Yeah, come on, mate.
Catch this.
Oh! (Mum sighs) Daniel.
You dropped it, you get it.
Be polite.
Oh, never mind.
Come inside and have coffee.
Nath.
I'm Jessie, I'm serving 18 months for breaking and entering.
Um, my name's Clinton, age 14, serving nine months for assault.
for manslaughter.
We're a detention facility for boys ten to 18 years of age.
The boys are serving time for different offences.
These are the bad boys, the worst boys in the State.
We have 60 to 80 boys detained here at any one time and security is pretty tight because, look, a lot of these boys are considered a genuine threat to society.
In a jail, any jail, there's a food chain, the hierarchy.
At the bottom is our inmates Hats off, boys.
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and at the top it has to be us, the staff.
But at the top of our food chain, it's Gran.
Get in there, you little shithead.
Sweet dreams.
Gran's been here for more than 25 years.
She genuinely knows the place better than any of us here.
Break it up! Gran is a real asset to this place.
I feel so lucky to have her here, I really don't know what we'd do without her.
You're behaving like a bunch of fucking little dickheads.
Sit in your spot there, please.
Well, if a real ratbag kid comes in, a real psychopathic style kid with all the anger issues in the world, they usually send him straight to Gran and I'll sort him out.
The boys fear me, they're frightened of me.
I can be a real fucking cow if I need to be.
Turn the fucking television off, Marlin.
GUARD: She's got a lot more experience than we do.
She is a mother figure for these boys.
We're not going unless you give us a joke.
No jokes, I'm not in the mood for fun.
Then we're not leaving.
Alright, alright, alright, one joke.
How many juvenile offenders does it take to finish a crossword? I don't know.
Ten.
One to get his mum to do it 'cause he can't spell and the other nine to beat the shit out of you.
Alright, all you fuckwits, out.
Gran, she can be an old cow.
Come on! Yeah, she's, like, kinda strict, like, puts you in your place when you need to be put in your place and a racist old bitch too sometimes when she wants to be.
Get your lazy Aboriginal arse off the couch, come on.
All of you, in the yard.
Come on, Marlin.
Fucking sniffing too much petrol, up you get.
Get up! Out, you two.
What you trying to do? Fucking strangle me? Out.
Even though we fight a little bit, it's all in good fun, muck around and that, we have fun.
Two teams - light skins, dark skins.
Dark skin, light skin, light skin, light skin.
You are a light skin, I know you're an Aborigine but you're a light skin.
Over there.
Over there.
Bullshit, mate.
HENNESSY: Gran does have a habit of crossing the line.
Get the fucking ball, you faggot.
Come on, darkies, darkies! Get it! Get it! Nice throw, dickhead.
There's no doubt that Gran can get a little bit out of order with her political correctness.
Kick it, negro, kick it.
Coco Pops, go get the ball.
We turn a blind eye to the way she operates at times because the bottom line for us is that she does deliver results.
Did your mum's heroin habit during pregnancy affect your coordination? When I'm tough with the boys, I find that they You earn their respect.
Jesus! The bloody goal is bigger than my arse.
Get it in.
You make an impact on them.
And we're talking about real bad boys here, bad cookies.
But I feel like I know how to treat bad boys.
Jesus, I thought wogs were good at soccer.
(Strange moaning) Oh, yuck! What's he doing? Oh, Nath's in there.
He's on the dunny but because he can't 'Cause he's deaf, he can't hear himself taking the dump so he makes all these fucking sounds.
Listen to this.
(Forced moaning) Oh! Mum! Disgusting.
Mum, come listen to this.
I'm not interested, Daniel, leave him alone.
Oh, my God, oh, my God.
Well, he's got partial hearing so he's got, like, a little bit So if you yell really loud, like, if I go, 'NATHAN, CAN YOU HEAR ME?' Yeah.
But he, Nath, he never wants to talk, right, 'cause he reckons if he does, he sounds like a full spastic if he does and he reckons we always laugh at him which we do.
So if I go, if I Hey, Nath, Nath, Nath, Nath, say Nath 'My name's Nathan and I'm a big deaf spaz.
' Daniel's a big deaf spaz.
(Laughs) See? Didn't even hear it.
Did you say 'Daniel'? But I've been, like, I've taught him to lip-read which is, like, when you watch someone's lips and you can work out what they're saying from how they move their lips so I'll go to him I'll go, 'Nathan, can you understand me?' Do you know who I am? I'm your brother.
We do this thing Like, you grab a book, right, where, like, you cov You say something and you can cover your lips and he doesn't understand what you're saying.
Watch this, watch this.
So if I go, 'I love you, Nathan, you're the best brother in the whole world.
' No, you're not.
You're a fucking little faggot.
You're a fucking dumb arse, go fuck a dog.
See? He doesn't get it.
So if I go, 'You're a legend'.
You're a fag.
You're the best brother in the world.
No, you're not, you're a fucking knob.
See? He doesn't get it.
Uh, good bloke.
Faggot.
Awesome bloke.
Dick face.
But that's it, you can do a lot of shit with deaf guys.
New arrival dock B heading to security check, over.
I'm often the one the boys meet when they first arrive at the prison Oh, he's keen, he's popped out.
I'm Gran, I'm here to look after you.
Do you know where you are? You're in prison.
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and that can be interesting, helping them settle in.
Things are always a little shaky on those first few days.
Crack a smile, why don't ya? Eh? My job description on paper is to be an officer Put your weight on your front foot so you'll come in.
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but I find that I'm also a sports coach, I'm a chef Be careful with knifes, please, guys.
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I'm a games coordinator Your go, Imrad.
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I'm a psychiatrist.
I find myself counselling the boys 24/7 You've been a bit of a mental case lately, you've got to admit.
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I become a kind of surrogate family for a lot of these boys Hip, hip, hooray! .
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you become Mum, you become Grandma, you're the one they turn to High five.
Whoops, too slow.
Break it up! Get off him! .
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there's times when you shit yourself.
I'm gonna fucking Get down, ya! Fucking idiot.
Fights - often we have to sort of deal with altercations with the boys where I need to sort of restrain them, get them down on the ground and you shit yourself.
You wanna spend the fucking night in iso, you're going the right way about it.
Shut the fuck up! These are my mates - Lochi, Jayden, Black Daniel.
Yeah, he's Daniel too, same name, so we call him Black Daniel so you can tell the difference.
We're kind of the cooler crew in town.
Like, we chill together, we do stuff.
Just the river, the dam, whatever, parties, wreak havoc, basically.
Got my Ps so I can take my mum's car.
Yeah, we sort of did it up a bit.
You know, added some shit to it and that.
The Pulsar.
The Pulsee.
Pulsee.
We did mainies, just drive, like, down on Main Street.
Yeah, there's different types of mainies.
Like, you can do basic mainies which is just driving up and down and checking out what's going on, like, calling out to chicks or whatever.
Or you can do music mainies, you just pump some music and that, just full tunes blaring and that.
(Pumping rap music) Yeah, like, back in the day, before I got my licence, we did BMX mainies, just cruise up and down, check out what's going on.
Walking mainies - that's sometimes fun too.
But having a Pulsar is fucking awesome.
ALL: Yeah! There's just so much shit you can do with it.
(Cheering) Yeah, it's pretty much the fun shit that we do around town.
BOYS: Yeah! Daniel.
What's up? Know anything about this? No.
The cops, they like us 'cause we sort of keep an eye on the town That's weird, isn't it? Looks like fresh.
Definitely let you know if we see anything but .
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make sure there's no trouble and that.
Catch ya! If anything's going on, we pretty much know about it.
Nathan! What are you doing? He's a fucking knob.
Nath always pisses on the bottle shop sign 'cause he hates the guy that owns the bottle shop.
Nath's not fully in our crew.
Like, he's not really one of our mates.
Yeah, it's 'cause he's a knob.
Yeah.
We don't like him 'cause he goes psycho like that.
He kicked Lochi in the nuts once.
Yeah, 'cause you laughed at him 'cause Nath accidentally went in the girls' dunnies.
Yeah, come on, it's funny.
Yeah, but you You laughed to the point that it made him aggro so now, whenever Nath sees Lochi, he's always threatening to kick him in the nuts.
Go home, Nathan! Go back to the girls' dunnies! Shut up.
Those boys on kitchen duty should be in the kitchen now.
Come on, dickheads.
Hey, Gran, can we get ice-cream tonight? Ice-cream? No idea.
That sucks.
Come on! How about we use your eight ball and find out? Magic eight ball, come on.
Alright, let's do it.
Yes! Here we go.
Will we have ice-cream tonight? Just say yes.
Come on, yes.
Yes.
Signs point to yes.
(Both cheer) Alright, get in the kitchen, fuckwits! BOYS: ã Ice-cream ã A lot of these boys can be quite unhappy.
While they're on the inside, they can be depressed, they can be angry so I find that I like to lighten things up a little bit.
This is Big Brother.
Come to the Diary Room, please, Christian.
I find that it can help them take their mind off their worries.
They love it when I do that.
He's looking.
Yeah, no, Gran's joke's awesome.
It's funny as.
Yeah, she does these practical jokes.
It's called Gran's Gotchas.
If she ever gets you, it's like, 'Ah, shit!' Just, fucks around with you, know what I mean? Hey, Trent, we just found out that you're getting an early release.
Congratulations.
So congratulations.
You'll be going home this afternoon.
Well done.
Let's go pack your bags and get you out of here.
Now, where's Mum? Mum should be here somewhere.
Uh, Trent, I just wanted to say before you go .
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gotcha.
(Boys laugh) You got another nine months in here, we're not letting you out.
Have you guys heard about the escape tunnel in Block E? What? Gotcha.
Marcus has just come back from court.
Go easy on him, he's just found out he's going to get the electric chair.
Sweet That's fucked up.
Gotcha.
(Laughs) That ain't funny.
That's not even funny.
A lot of these guys are missing out on things while they're on the inside, they miss out on parties, socials, discos, that sort of thing.
Right, take a seat, guys.
This is Friday Night Song Night, as you know.
So what I like to do is keep them as distracted as possible and I like to keep them entertained.
ã I tried to make them go to rehab ã I won't go, go, go ã ã You took a sip, just a sip from the devil's cup ã Just who do you think you are? ã Take it like a man, baby, if that's what you are ã ã 25 years and my life is still ã Trying to get up that great big hill of hope ã ã Moving on up, moving on out ã Time to break free ã Nothing can stop me ã This is Friday Night Song Night.
I'm Gran.
Take the mark Ready? Yep, go.
Do another one, straight in, another one.
Yeah, I like to update my profile pic, like, once or twice a fortnight.
Fuck off, I'm gonna do some mirror ones.
These are some of me old profile pics.
Balloon head.
That's this tatt that I wanna get.
Pussy fingers.
I'll show you Nath's.
Profile pic - he's had that one up for ages, actually.
These are his other ones.
He does heaps of this.
And his pussy fingers too - he ripped that off me.
I started doing that first.
Like, at our school, I invented that.
Hey, Nath.
Nath, when are you gonna change your profile pic? You've had that up for ages, mate.
Nath! NATHAN! Profile pic, mate.
What are you changing it? Fuck off.
We're into, like, skating, surf and that.
Nath's more skating, he's into skating, he's, like, pretty good at it, he can do tricks and shit.
I'm more surfing and so, yeah, I'm getting pretty good at that.
On the dam and that.
Music-wise, we're into hip-hop so me and Nath, you know, we do a bit of shit together - I MC, he beat-boxes.
ã School is shit, I really hate it ã The teachers are gay ã Hey, hey, hey ã I do a fair bit of freestyle stuff so just whatever comes to your head.
I don't like to plan it too much, I don't like writing shit down but I've just pretty much got an ear for rhyming and that.
ã My car is a manual My name is Daniel ã Oh, this is my Wall Of Legends.
This is pretty much everyone who I consider an absolute legend.
So, the main ones, you got my dad - that's my dad.
You got my gran, um, you got Blake Oakfield.
He's this legendary surfer, he's retired now but he was an absolute legend back in the day.
Um, Smouse - me and Nath's favourite rapper.
We just love all his shit.
And then Emily Chase, she's this legendary hot chick that me and Nath are really into.
Nath's got his own Wall Of Legends too, don't you, Nath? This is his.
Emily Is she a legend? Yeah.
So we're into similar shit.
You just got to express yourself in your own bedroom.
Well, this is home for us here.
It's We're on prison grounds and I've been here for about 14 years now which is, you know, it's flying by.
I live here with Penny who's another officer in the prison.
The boys call her Legs because she's nearly seven feet tall, which is just a funny nickname they've come up with.
But you don't mind it.
I don't mind it, no, no.
I did at first but no, it's fine now.
It's not teasing, it's just, it's a nickname.
The house does come with the job so when Gran retires, we may not be able to stay.
We don't need to think about that now so Live in the moment.
Well, these are my guinea pigs.
I've got 23 adults here and six young.
I just love them, they're a lovely animal.
And this is my pride and joy, this is my Kerri-Anne.
She's the one that Penny gave me five or six years ago and got the whole craze started and she's a wonderful-looking beast.
I did have a guinea pig in my bed once a few years ago and I unfortunately rolled on it and it did die so that's We learned our lesson, there.
So I wouldn't risk it with Kerri-Anne.
I pop her down on a lovely cushioned surface like this and then this is the brush I use and you watch her face when I start grooming.
She loves it.
See the face there? Yeah, so this is the transportation cage 'cause I do take Kerri-Anne over to the prison from time to time.
What I do is I'll use the kitty litter and it's more expensive.
That's a kitty litter there which is just a compressed paper product and what that does is when they urinate, it gets rid of any odours.
Princess Mary, I've had for four years now.
We can see, another great face there.
Well, once a week, I get the boys involved in pig duty Hi, fellas.
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it's where I choose a responsible duo from the prison, they come over and they help me tend to the guinea pigs.
The boys are here for pig duty.
We've got carrots.
Carrots.
They know I love them and they love them too.
Thin layer on top there.
I do have names for all of them.
I never forget a guinea pig once I've named them.
Pauline, Patch, Lucy, Henry, Fudge, Norelle, Jaffles, Kerri-Anne, Ken, Ruffles, Princess Mary, Courtney, Keith, Pia and the babies, Trizzy, we got Joyce, we've got Darrell and Sonia, we've got Ratty, we've Bok Choy and we've got Parsley.
Hmm.
Daniel, can you come and get on the end of this? I found out today that Steve's moving in.
Like, he's fully brought all his shit and he's, like, gonna be sleeping in my mum's bed and shit.
Daniel! Mum didn't even ask us about it.
Just, like, turns up, Mum's like, 'Oh, yeah, Steve's moving in.
' Hey, saw you down the main street in your mum's car, mate.
Be careful, eh? Daniel, if you're not gonna be responsible I wasn't doing anything! .
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with my car, you can't borrow it.
The worst thing is, like, he's moving his dog Marcos into the house too.
Such a fucking fag dog.
I mean, look at it.
His name's Marcos but I call it Fuckos.
Hey, Fuckos.
Fuckos, come here.
Come here, Fuckos.
See? Knows its name.
You know your name, don't ya? Your name's Fuckos.
You can tell it's a fag dog, right? 'Cause fag dogs, like, when they walk, see its arse? Sort of wiggles its bum when it walks, like this.
See that? That's, like, to attract other male dogs.
Oh, and the other thing is See this? Like, on a, like, a straight dog, it'd be sort of bushy and that but on a fag dog, you can see its nuts.
Hey, Steve, can we take Marcos? Yeah.
Can we play with Marcos? Yeah, sure, mate.
Nath, grab Marcos.
Hey, Stevie! This one's for you.
Daniel! You, idiot! Welcome to the family, Stevie! Right, where's my Hulk? Imran, Spiderman.
Superman.
Jamies on, guys.
They should be lovely and warm, they've just come out of the dryer.
These are the special jamies that I do for the boys.
They're just a lightweight sleepwear fabric that I sort of work up into the various superhero designs.
Once you've got your jamies on, into cells, please, guys.
We've got Shrek here.
This is the zebra from Madagascar.
We also have the Power Ranger, the purple Power Ranger.
Pyjamas on! In cells, please! I also do a matching doona cover too.
This is the Superman doona, the boys are really into it.
If you could move over, Marlin, and show them the design that I've done there.
I do all my own sewing and stuff myself at home.
Off, please.
Show them the S.
That's the Superman design and he's got the - if you could turn around - the cape on the back there.
That's just a press-stud cape that he chooses to wear.
Takes it off when he sleeps.
But, yeah, the boys really get into it.
I'll just find you some bottoms.
I mean, some of the guys just, you know, they think they're too cool for it or whatever.
Can't tempt you with the Power Ranger jamies, Mohammed? No? It keeps me busy and it keeps the boys happy.
Settle down, heroes.
Lights out.
We get the boys in at 8:30 and that can often be the hardest time.
Mohammed? Come and grab some tissues, mate.
They've done phone calls to loved ones and looking at photos and whatnot and they can become quite teary and that's why I keep these - my tissues.
Have some tissues.
But if the tears continue, I do go in and I offer some comfort to them and a couple of tissues and a pat on the back and that sort of thing.
Aw, you poor thing, you poor thing.
Oh, it's not much fun in here, is it? Yeah, people often say, 'Gran, you forget what these boys have done.
' You know? Some of these boys have done horrible, horrible things.
Things that would make you sick to the stomach.
And they may be the worst boys in the State but they're still boys.
Robin would think Batman was a big poof if he cried that much.
Come on, you'll be right.
Have some tissues.
OK, right.
Yep, I see.
Well, we heard back from the hearing specialist this afternoon and unfortunately Nathan's tests have shown that he isn't going to get any better.
His hearing is in fact going to get worse Look, thank you very much for the call.
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so they say that in a couple of months, he'll be completely deaf which they call that profoundly deaf.
He's not going to be able to have the cochlear implant that we were hoping might be a possibility.
Oh, that's real bad news.
Hmm, I know.
Daniel, what are you laughing at? Oh, no, just the way you said 'cochlear' Daniel, grow up.
You said Nathan's cochlear.
This is really serious.
Well, don't say 'cochlear' if you don't want me to laugh.
Have a little bit more sensitivity, will you? Of course I'm gonna laugh if you say that.
Oh, God! You're so childish at times.
That's a real shame, isn't it? Yeah, they reckon he might be fully deaf within a few months.
Oh, how's your old bitch of a mother about it all? Yeah, she's alright.
Her boyfriend moved in today.
Oh? That was quick.
Yeah.
He sounds like an absolute dickhead from what you've told me.
Yeah, he is one.
Hi, Nathan.
I can see you.
Nath, Gran says hi! Oi! Don't be cheeky.
Piss off, you fucking dickhead.
Steve, give me the remote.
Give me the I'm going to bed so that needs to be on 22 at all times, alright? Fair enough.
Now, Nathan, watch my lips.
Now, you be good, try your hardest at school and don't get into trouble.
OK, goodnight.
Let's do our Eskimo kiss.
Thanks, sweetheart.
Alright, night-night.
Be good.
Goodnight.
STEVE: You're off to bed, Nathan? Nath, say goodnight to Steve.
Goodnight.
Middle finger down, please, mate.
Nathan, down.
Hey, Steve, what's four minus three? Daniel, grow up.
NATHAN! Nathan, Daniel wants you.
Nath, Nath, Nath, you're a legend.
You're a fag.
You're the best brother ever.
No, you're not, you're a fucking dickhead.
Awesome brother.
Fag! Fuck off! Goodnight, family! Goodnight, legends.
Closed Captions by CSI Nath's in so much trouble.
He's been listening to rap music.
No more bloody Smouse! They could arrest him unless we agree to let the welfare people come over.
They came up with this bullshit idea of sending Nath to a deaf school.
He said he doesn't wanna go.
I don't think that's a bad idea.
You're not the fucking dad, anyway! Daniel's crying! I'm not crying! You're so gay! This is Smouse.
(All sing rap) We're the biggest selling hip-hop single of all time.
Westbank Shopping Mall! Got an image of being a bit of a faggot.
He grew up as a rich-ass kid.
You ain't no motherfucking gangster! If I was a nerd at school, you was a nerd at school.
Welcome to my crib.
Smouse, you gotta write some of your own shit.
ã Boo on you ã I gotta do some house arrest and wear this shit so they can track me.
Get off that fucking thing.
You need a dick, Dad.
We have a high-risk detainee here.
Pop those on.
He's been busted wanking a dog.
Hey, dog wanker! The word's out that he's a dog wanker.
His life is not going to be easy in here.
Watch your dog around him, he might get wanked.
All he did was do a shit on a police car.
Go blow your didgeridoo, Marlin.
(Raps) You're a bitch, a big, fat, motherfucking bitch.
Fucking knob.
My name's Daniel, I'm 17 and I live on a farm in Dunt I'm gonna give it ten seconds before the timer goes off.
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I live with my mum, my little sister Julia, my brothers Tyson and Jamie Can we get a smile, dickheads? .
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and my other brother Nathan.
Nathan, be careful! Nathan's my identical twin brother.
He's a tripper.
He's deaf, he's a little bit retarded too.
Nathan! Nath lost his hearing in this explosives accident when he was little and we did this thing, right, where we had an operation where I had to give him one of my eardrums.
Fuck you! But it fucked up.
Like, it didn't work and started getting shit again.
When we were little, we're, like, me and Nath, we were good mates.
Like, we'd wear the same clothes and we were in the same footy team.
We were just, like, inseparable.
But as we got more, like, teenagers, you can We went a bit more different.
Like, I'm better at school, I've got more mates than him, get more chicks than him and, like, I'm a better bloke than him in a lot of ways.
Like, Nath, like, he's always doing weird shit and stuff.
Oi, Nathan! What are you doing? Our farm is 180 acres but, like, it's pretty shit.
But my dad, he died in this car crash when we was 11 and he had this, like, dream that he wanted to make it into, like, a really successful farm.
Nathan! So me and Nath, like, we finish school this year and we're gonna work on it together and we're gonna, like, finish off his dream.
Well, this is the sign that I made.
We're gonna call the whole thing Danthan Industries 'cause it's Daniel and Nathan combined.
'Cause it's the 'Dan' from 'Daniel', it's the 'Than' from 'Nathan' so you put it together - 'Danthan'.
Well, it's Danthan 'cause 'Nathan'.
Oh, yeah, then there's Steve.
Hey, fellas.
He's my mum's new boyfriend.
He's a fucking dickhead.
You boys should get outside, it's a beautiful day.
We ARE outside, dickhead.
Oh, he's a fucking knob.
He's always trying to get us involved in shit.
Like, 'Oh, hey, boys, I'm gonna go D'you wanna go out on the bikes together?' and shit.
The other day, he's like, 'Oh, let's go huntin', let's go huntin'.
' Like, we don't fucking go hunting, mate.
Hey, Stevie, Stevie.
Yeah? Yeah, mate? Footy? Yeah, come on, mate.
Catch this.
Oh! (Mum sighs) Daniel.
You dropped it, you get it.
Be polite.
Oh, never mind.
Come inside and have coffee.
Nath.
I'm Jessie, I'm serving 18 months for breaking and entering.
Um, my name's Clinton, age 14, serving nine months for assault.
for manslaughter.
We're a detention facility for boys ten to 18 years of age.
The boys are serving time for different offences.
These are the bad boys, the worst boys in the State.
We have 60 to 80 boys detained here at any one time and security is pretty tight because, look, a lot of these boys are considered a genuine threat to society.
In a jail, any jail, there's a food chain, the hierarchy.
At the bottom is our inmates Hats off, boys.
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and at the top it has to be us, the staff.
But at the top of our food chain, it's Gran.
Get in there, you little shithead.
Sweet dreams.
Gran's been here for more than 25 years.
She genuinely knows the place better than any of us here.
Break it up! Gran is a real asset to this place.
I feel so lucky to have her here, I really don't know what we'd do without her.
You're behaving like a bunch of fucking little dickheads.
Sit in your spot there, please.
Well, if a real ratbag kid comes in, a real psychopathic style kid with all the anger issues in the world, they usually send him straight to Gran and I'll sort him out.
The boys fear me, they're frightened of me.
I can be a real fucking cow if I need to be.
Turn the fucking television off, Marlin.
GUARD: She's got a lot more experience than we do.
She is a mother figure for these boys.
We're not going unless you give us a joke.
No jokes, I'm not in the mood for fun.
Then we're not leaving.
Alright, alright, alright, one joke.
How many juvenile offenders does it take to finish a crossword? I don't know.
Ten.
One to get his mum to do it 'cause he can't spell and the other nine to beat the shit out of you.
Alright, all you fuckwits, out.
Gran, she can be an old cow.
Come on! Yeah, she's, like, kinda strict, like, puts you in your place when you need to be put in your place and a racist old bitch too sometimes when she wants to be.
Get your lazy Aboriginal arse off the couch, come on.
All of you, in the yard.
Come on, Marlin.
Fucking sniffing too much petrol, up you get.
Get up! Out, you two.
What you trying to do? Fucking strangle me? Out.
Even though we fight a little bit, it's all in good fun, muck around and that, we have fun.
Two teams - light skins, dark skins.
Dark skin, light skin, light skin, light skin.
You are a light skin, I know you're an Aborigine but you're a light skin.
Over there.
Over there.
Bullshit, mate.
HENNESSY: Gran does have a habit of crossing the line.
Get the fucking ball, you faggot.
Come on, darkies, darkies! Get it! Get it! Nice throw, dickhead.
There's no doubt that Gran can get a little bit out of order with her political correctness.
Kick it, negro, kick it.
Coco Pops, go get the ball.
We turn a blind eye to the way she operates at times because the bottom line for us is that she does deliver results.
Did your mum's heroin habit during pregnancy affect your coordination? When I'm tough with the boys, I find that they You earn their respect.
Jesus! The bloody goal is bigger than my arse.
Get it in.
You make an impact on them.
And we're talking about real bad boys here, bad cookies.
But I feel like I know how to treat bad boys.
Jesus, I thought wogs were good at soccer.
(Strange moaning) Oh, yuck! What's he doing? Oh, Nath's in there.
He's on the dunny but because he can't 'Cause he's deaf, he can't hear himself taking the dump so he makes all these fucking sounds.
Listen to this.
(Forced moaning) Oh! Mum! Disgusting.
Mum, come listen to this.
I'm not interested, Daniel, leave him alone.
Oh, my God, oh, my God.
Well, he's got partial hearing so he's got, like, a little bit So if you yell really loud, like, if I go, 'NATHAN, CAN YOU HEAR ME?' Yeah.
But he, Nath, he never wants to talk, right, 'cause he reckons if he does, he sounds like a full spastic if he does and he reckons we always laugh at him which we do.
So if I go, if I Hey, Nath, Nath, Nath, Nath, say Nath 'My name's Nathan and I'm a big deaf spaz.
' Daniel's a big deaf spaz.
(Laughs) See? Didn't even hear it.
Did you say 'Daniel'? But I've been, like, I've taught him to lip-read which is, like, when you watch someone's lips and you can work out what they're saying from how they move their lips so I'll go to him I'll go, 'Nathan, can you understand me?' Do you know who I am? I'm your brother.
We do this thing Like, you grab a book, right, where, like, you cov You say something and you can cover your lips and he doesn't understand what you're saying.
Watch this, watch this.
So if I go, 'I love you, Nathan, you're the best brother in the whole world.
' No, you're not.
You're a fucking little faggot.
You're a fucking dumb arse, go fuck a dog.
See? He doesn't get it.
So if I go, 'You're a legend'.
You're a fag.
You're the best brother in the world.
No, you're not, you're a fucking knob.
See? He doesn't get it.
Uh, good bloke.
Faggot.
Awesome bloke.
Dick face.
But that's it, you can do a lot of shit with deaf guys.
New arrival dock B heading to security check, over.
I'm often the one the boys meet when they first arrive at the prison Oh, he's keen, he's popped out.
I'm Gran, I'm here to look after you.
Do you know where you are? You're in prison.
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and that can be interesting, helping them settle in.
Things are always a little shaky on those first few days.
Crack a smile, why don't ya? Eh? My job description on paper is to be an officer Put your weight on your front foot so you'll come in.
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but I find that I'm also a sports coach, I'm a chef Be careful with knifes, please, guys.
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I'm a games coordinator Your go, Imrad.
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I'm a psychiatrist.
I find myself counselling the boys 24/7 You've been a bit of a mental case lately, you've got to admit.
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I become a kind of surrogate family for a lot of these boys Hip, hip, hooray! .
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you become Mum, you become Grandma, you're the one they turn to High five.
Whoops, too slow.
Break it up! Get off him! .
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there's times when you shit yourself.
I'm gonna fucking Get down, ya! Fucking idiot.
Fights - often we have to sort of deal with altercations with the boys where I need to sort of restrain them, get them down on the ground and you shit yourself.
You wanna spend the fucking night in iso, you're going the right way about it.
Shut the fuck up! These are my mates - Lochi, Jayden, Black Daniel.
Yeah, he's Daniel too, same name, so we call him Black Daniel so you can tell the difference.
We're kind of the cooler crew in town.
Like, we chill together, we do stuff.
Just the river, the dam, whatever, parties, wreak havoc, basically.
Got my Ps so I can take my mum's car.
Yeah, we sort of did it up a bit.
You know, added some shit to it and that.
The Pulsar.
The Pulsee.
Pulsee.
We did mainies, just drive, like, down on Main Street.
Yeah, there's different types of mainies.
Like, you can do basic mainies which is just driving up and down and checking out what's going on, like, calling out to chicks or whatever.
Or you can do music mainies, you just pump some music and that, just full tunes blaring and that.
(Pumping rap music) Yeah, like, back in the day, before I got my licence, we did BMX mainies, just cruise up and down, check out what's going on.
Walking mainies - that's sometimes fun too.
But having a Pulsar is fucking awesome.
ALL: Yeah! There's just so much shit you can do with it.
(Cheering) Yeah, it's pretty much the fun shit that we do around town.
BOYS: Yeah! Daniel.
What's up? Know anything about this? No.
The cops, they like us 'cause we sort of keep an eye on the town That's weird, isn't it? Looks like fresh.
Definitely let you know if we see anything but .
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make sure there's no trouble and that.
Catch ya! If anything's going on, we pretty much know about it.
Nathan! What are you doing? He's a fucking knob.
Nath always pisses on the bottle shop sign 'cause he hates the guy that owns the bottle shop.
Nath's not fully in our crew.
Like, he's not really one of our mates.
Yeah, it's 'cause he's a knob.
Yeah.
We don't like him 'cause he goes psycho like that.
He kicked Lochi in the nuts once.
Yeah, 'cause you laughed at him 'cause Nath accidentally went in the girls' dunnies.
Yeah, come on, it's funny.
Yeah, but you You laughed to the point that it made him aggro so now, whenever Nath sees Lochi, he's always threatening to kick him in the nuts.
Go home, Nathan! Go back to the girls' dunnies! Shut up.
Those boys on kitchen duty should be in the kitchen now.
Come on, dickheads.
Hey, Gran, can we get ice-cream tonight? Ice-cream? No idea.
That sucks.
Come on! How about we use your eight ball and find out? Magic eight ball, come on.
Alright, let's do it.
Yes! Here we go.
Will we have ice-cream tonight? Just say yes.
Come on, yes.
Yes.
Signs point to yes.
(Both cheer) Alright, get in the kitchen, fuckwits! BOYS: ã Ice-cream ã A lot of these boys can be quite unhappy.
While they're on the inside, they can be depressed, they can be angry so I find that I like to lighten things up a little bit.
This is Big Brother.
Come to the Diary Room, please, Christian.
I find that it can help them take their mind off their worries.
They love it when I do that.
He's looking.
Yeah, no, Gran's joke's awesome.
It's funny as.
Yeah, she does these practical jokes.
It's called Gran's Gotchas.
If she ever gets you, it's like, 'Ah, shit!' Just, fucks around with you, know what I mean? Hey, Trent, we just found out that you're getting an early release.
Congratulations.
So congratulations.
You'll be going home this afternoon.
Well done.
Let's go pack your bags and get you out of here.
Now, where's Mum? Mum should be here somewhere.
Uh, Trent, I just wanted to say before you go .
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gotcha.
(Boys laugh) You got another nine months in here, we're not letting you out.
Have you guys heard about the escape tunnel in Block E? What? Gotcha.
Marcus has just come back from court.
Go easy on him, he's just found out he's going to get the electric chair.
Sweet That's fucked up.
Gotcha.
(Laughs) That ain't funny.
That's not even funny.
A lot of these guys are missing out on things while they're on the inside, they miss out on parties, socials, discos, that sort of thing.
Right, take a seat, guys.
This is Friday Night Song Night, as you know.
So what I like to do is keep them as distracted as possible and I like to keep them entertained.
ã I tried to make them go to rehab ã I won't go, go, go ã ã You took a sip, just a sip from the devil's cup ã Just who do you think you are? ã Take it like a man, baby, if that's what you are ã ã 25 years and my life is still ã Trying to get up that great big hill of hope ã ã Moving on up, moving on out ã Time to break free ã Nothing can stop me ã This is Friday Night Song Night.
I'm Gran.
Take the mark Ready? Yep, go.
Do another one, straight in, another one.
Yeah, I like to update my profile pic, like, once or twice a fortnight.
Fuck off, I'm gonna do some mirror ones.
These are some of me old profile pics.
Balloon head.
That's this tatt that I wanna get.
Pussy fingers.
I'll show you Nath's.
Profile pic - he's had that one up for ages, actually.
These are his other ones.
He does heaps of this.
And his pussy fingers too - he ripped that off me.
I started doing that first.
Like, at our school, I invented that.
Hey, Nath.
Nath, when are you gonna change your profile pic? You've had that up for ages, mate.
Nath! NATHAN! Profile pic, mate.
What are you changing it? Fuck off.
We're into, like, skating, surf and that.
Nath's more skating, he's into skating, he's, like, pretty good at it, he can do tricks and shit.
I'm more surfing and so, yeah, I'm getting pretty good at that.
On the dam and that.
Music-wise, we're into hip-hop so me and Nath, you know, we do a bit of shit together - I MC, he beat-boxes.
ã School is shit, I really hate it ã The teachers are gay ã Hey, hey, hey ã I do a fair bit of freestyle stuff so just whatever comes to your head.
I don't like to plan it too much, I don't like writing shit down but I've just pretty much got an ear for rhyming and that.
ã My car is a manual My name is Daniel ã Oh, this is my Wall Of Legends.
This is pretty much everyone who I consider an absolute legend.
So, the main ones, you got my dad - that's my dad.
You got my gran, um, you got Blake Oakfield.
He's this legendary surfer, he's retired now but he was an absolute legend back in the day.
Um, Smouse - me and Nath's favourite rapper.
We just love all his shit.
And then Emily Chase, she's this legendary hot chick that me and Nath are really into.
Nath's got his own Wall Of Legends too, don't you, Nath? This is his.
Emily Is she a legend? Yeah.
So we're into similar shit.
You just got to express yourself in your own bedroom.
Well, this is home for us here.
It's We're on prison grounds and I've been here for about 14 years now which is, you know, it's flying by.
I live here with Penny who's another officer in the prison.
The boys call her Legs because she's nearly seven feet tall, which is just a funny nickname they've come up with.
But you don't mind it.
I don't mind it, no, no.
I did at first but no, it's fine now.
It's not teasing, it's just, it's a nickname.
The house does come with the job so when Gran retires, we may not be able to stay.
We don't need to think about that now so Live in the moment.
Well, these are my guinea pigs.
I've got 23 adults here and six young.
I just love them, they're a lovely animal.
And this is my pride and joy, this is my Kerri-Anne.
She's the one that Penny gave me five or six years ago and got the whole craze started and she's a wonderful-looking beast.
I did have a guinea pig in my bed once a few years ago and I unfortunately rolled on it and it did die so that's We learned our lesson, there.
So I wouldn't risk it with Kerri-Anne.
I pop her down on a lovely cushioned surface like this and then this is the brush I use and you watch her face when I start grooming.
She loves it.
See the face there? Yeah, so this is the transportation cage 'cause I do take Kerri-Anne over to the prison from time to time.
What I do is I'll use the kitty litter and it's more expensive.
That's a kitty litter there which is just a compressed paper product and what that does is when they urinate, it gets rid of any odours.
Princess Mary, I've had for four years now.
We can see, another great face there.
Well, once a week, I get the boys involved in pig duty Hi, fellas.
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it's where I choose a responsible duo from the prison, they come over and they help me tend to the guinea pigs.
The boys are here for pig duty.
We've got carrots.
Carrots.
They know I love them and they love them too.
Thin layer on top there.
I do have names for all of them.
I never forget a guinea pig once I've named them.
Pauline, Patch, Lucy, Henry, Fudge, Norelle, Jaffles, Kerri-Anne, Ken, Ruffles, Princess Mary, Courtney, Keith, Pia and the babies, Trizzy, we got Joyce, we've got Darrell and Sonia, we've got Ratty, we've Bok Choy and we've got Parsley.
Hmm.
Daniel, can you come and get on the end of this? I found out today that Steve's moving in.
Like, he's fully brought all his shit and he's, like, gonna be sleeping in my mum's bed and shit.
Daniel! Mum didn't even ask us about it.
Just, like, turns up, Mum's like, 'Oh, yeah, Steve's moving in.
' Hey, saw you down the main street in your mum's car, mate.
Be careful, eh? Daniel, if you're not gonna be responsible I wasn't doing anything! .
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with my car, you can't borrow it.
The worst thing is, like, he's moving his dog Marcos into the house too.
Such a fucking fag dog.
I mean, look at it.
His name's Marcos but I call it Fuckos.
Hey, Fuckos.
Fuckos, come here.
Come here, Fuckos.
See? Knows its name.
You know your name, don't ya? Your name's Fuckos.
You can tell it's a fag dog, right? 'Cause fag dogs, like, when they walk, see its arse? Sort of wiggles its bum when it walks, like this.
See that? That's, like, to attract other male dogs.
Oh, and the other thing is See this? Like, on a, like, a straight dog, it'd be sort of bushy and that but on a fag dog, you can see its nuts.
Hey, Steve, can we take Marcos? Yeah.
Can we play with Marcos? Yeah, sure, mate.
Nath, grab Marcos.
Hey, Stevie! This one's for you.
Daniel! You, idiot! Welcome to the family, Stevie! Right, where's my Hulk? Imran, Spiderman.
Superman.
Jamies on, guys.
They should be lovely and warm, they've just come out of the dryer.
These are the special jamies that I do for the boys.
They're just a lightweight sleepwear fabric that I sort of work up into the various superhero designs.
Once you've got your jamies on, into cells, please, guys.
We've got Shrek here.
This is the zebra from Madagascar.
We also have the Power Ranger, the purple Power Ranger.
Pyjamas on! In cells, please! I also do a matching doona cover too.
This is the Superman doona, the boys are really into it.
If you could move over, Marlin, and show them the design that I've done there.
I do all my own sewing and stuff myself at home.
Off, please.
Show them the S.
That's the Superman design and he's got the - if you could turn around - the cape on the back there.
That's just a press-stud cape that he chooses to wear.
Takes it off when he sleeps.
But, yeah, the boys really get into it.
I'll just find you some bottoms.
I mean, some of the guys just, you know, they think they're too cool for it or whatever.
Can't tempt you with the Power Ranger jamies, Mohammed? No? It keeps me busy and it keeps the boys happy.
Settle down, heroes.
Lights out.
We get the boys in at 8:30 and that can often be the hardest time.
Mohammed? Come and grab some tissues, mate.
They've done phone calls to loved ones and looking at photos and whatnot and they can become quite teary and that's why I keep these - my tissues.
Have some tissues.
But if the tears continue, I do go in and I offer some comfort to them and a couple of tissues and a pat on the back and that sort of thing.
Aw, you poor thing, you poor thing.
Oh, it's not much fun in here, is it? Yeah, people often say, 'Gran, you forget what these boys have done.
' You know? Some of these boys have done horrible, horrible things.
Things that would make you sick to the stomach.
And they may be the worst boys in the State but they're still boys.
Robin would think Batman was a big poof if he cried that much.
Come on, you'll be right.
Have some tissues.
OK, right.
Yep, I see.
Well, we heard back from the hearing specialist this afternoon and unfortunately Nathan's tests have shown that he isn't going to get any better.
His hearing is in fact going to get worse Look, thank you very much for the call.
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so they say that in a couple of months, he'll be completely deaf which they call that profoundly deaf.
He's not going to be able to have the cochlear implant that we were hoping might be a possibility.
Oh, that's real bad news.
Hmm, I know.
Daniel, what are you laughing at? Oh, no, just the way you said 'cochlear' Daniel, grow up.
You said Nathan's cochlear.
This is really serious.
Well, don't say 'cochlear' if you don't want me to laugh.
Have a little bit more sensitivity, will you? Of course I'm gonna laugh if you say that.
Oh, God! You're so childish at times.
That's a real shame, isn't it? Yeah, they reckon he might be fully deaf within a few months.
Oh, how's your old bitch of a mother about it all? Yeah, she's alright.
Her boyfriend moved in today.
Oh? That was quick.
Yeah.
He sounds like an absolute dickhead from what you've told me.
Yeah, he is one.
Hi, Nathan.
I can see you.
Nath, Gran says hi! Oi! Don't be cheeky.
Piss off, you fucking dickhead.
Steve, give me the remote.
Give me the I'm going to bed so that needs to be on 22 at all times, alright? Fair enough.
Now, Nathan, watch my lips.
Now, you be good, try your hardest at school and don't get into trouble.
OK, goodnight.
Let's do our Eskimo kiss.
Thanks, sweetheart.
Alright, night-night.
Be good.
Goodnight.
STEVE: You're off to bed, Nathan? Nath, say goodnight to Steve.
Goodnight.
Middle finger down, please, mate.
Nathan, down.
Hey, Steve, what's four minus three? Daniel, grow up.
NATHAN! Nathan, Daniel wants you.
Nath, Nath, Nath, you're a legend.
You're a fag.
You're the best brother ever.
No, you're not, you're a fucking dickhead.
Awesome brother.
Fag! Fuck off! Goodnight, family! Goodnight, legends.
Closed Captions by CSI Nath's in so much trouble.
He's been listening to rap music.
No more bloody Smouse! They could arrest him unless we agree to let the welfare people come over.
They came up with this bullshit idea of sending Nath to a deaf school.
He said he doesn't wanna go.
I don't think that's a bad idea.
You're not the fucking dad, anyway! Daniel's crying! I'm not crying! You're so gay! This is Smouse.
(All sing rap) We're the biggest selling hip-hop single of all time.
Westbank Shopping Mall! Got an image of being a bit of a faggot.
He grew up as a rich-ass kid.
You ain't no motherfucking gangster! If I was a nerd at school, you was a nerd at school.
Welcome to my crib.
Smouse, you gotta write some of your own shit.
ã Boo on you ã I gotta do some house arrest and wear this shit so they can track me.
Get off that fucking thing.
You need a dick, Dad.
We have a high-risk detainee here.
Pop those on.
He's been busted wanking a dog.
Hey, dog wanker! The word's out that he's a dog wanker.
His life is not going to be easy in here.
Watch your dog around him, he might get wanked.
All he did was do a shit on a police car.
Go blow your didgeridoo, Marlin.
(Raps) You're a bitch, a big, fat, motherfucking bitch.