Sisters (2017) s01e04 Episode Script
Episode 4
1 Every single one of these could potentially be my sibling.
There's no clues, though.
Well, you kind of stole my boyfriend.
I didn't steal anything from anyone.
Tim did not belong to you.
This is a bad idea.
We can't even have a drink, can we? No.
[CRASH!.]
It's just a kind of complicated situation, and I think it's possible you may have misread it.
I didn't tell Tim.
Look at this horrible, gruesome world you lawyers It's people like Julius Bechly who make the world horrible.
Stay away from my parents! Do not ever go into my house without permission! Just stay out of my life! Julius Bechly ripped me off.
At the very least, I want my money back.
We have our first claimant.
So, always remember, what you think of yourself is much more important than what other people think of you.
I hope you have an empowering day! DIRECTOR: And cut! OK, thanks, everyone.
Thank you guys so much for being such wonderful little helpers today.
Do you have a question? Where'd your dress go? Well, girls don't need to wear dresses if they don't want to.
These overalls are so much more comfortable to do farm work in.
They're stupid.
- I think they're stupid, too! - Oh, um, well, I am sorry that you don't like them, but I love them, so I-I hope you will get used to them.
No.
Yeah, OK, goodbye.
[SIGHS.]
Hello, excuse me? I'm here to see Edie, please.
Edie Flanagan, about the class action, the Bechly case, the Bechly class action, please.
Edie's not in the office right now.
Well, then I need to see whoever is in charge of the case.
Thank you.
As you might know, my dad has joined this class action against Julius Bechly.
I've come here to tell Edie that he will not be part of it anymore.
You are to leave him alone.
Wow, Roxy.
I completely understand your concern for Ron.
I'm concerned for him, too.
And you know who else is? Edie.
You know what we want for him? Justice.
And we're working on getting that for him without him having to do anything other than what he's already done, which is come forward and tell his story.
And we're encouraging other people in the same position as your dad to come forward.
We've arranged some pieces of publicity.
Publicity? We've had one opportunity, in fact, that would involve you and Edie, and your other sister.
Julia? Are you familiar with Natasha Crane? Um, yes! Like, Sunday Spotlight with Natasha Crane? Yes! Oh, my God.
Does Sunday Spotlight want to do a thing about about us? Convincing Edie hasn't been easy.
Edie wants to do it? She knows it's a smart idea.
Everyone's talking about the three of you, but no one's got the three of you together to talk to you.
No, no, they haven't! They haven't! No, but it won't it would never work.
They, we don't We don't seem to be able to be in the same room together, let alone on television.
What a chance for people to see the real you, as opposed to the one that Farmyard Frank created.
You deserve to be heard, to be taken seriously.
Break out of that image.
OK, I I have been thinking about maybe recording a single, like something more grown-up, like something to really express what I'm going through.
Beautiful.
Do you Do you think that Sunday Spotlight might be interested in launching that? I think they'd be honoured you thought of them.
And Edie's already on board, so I mean, that would be the hard part, so that just leaves Julia, and I I can talk to Julia.
OK! OK.
- And I'll talk to your mum and dad.
- Hmm? - To make sure that Ron's doing OK.
- Yes, great, thank you! Yes.
OK.
[GIGGLES.]
[DISHES CLATTER.]
[TV PLAYS.]
REPORTER: has been signed by a number of reproductive scientists.
The controversy has reignited.
Now, they're calling for me to be stripped of my Nobel Prize.
- They're going to do that? - No! It's impossible.
Nobel Prize is for life.
Yeah, yeah.
- Oh! - Do you need anything else? No No, no, no, I'm alright.
[CRIES.]
[TV PLAYS.]
Dad, um, I just need to talk to you for a second, Dad.
Do you remember when you first started supplementing your sperm? The first time? Isaac and I have been looking at photos on your baby wall and we found this, and it looks like the oldest.
Do you remember this one? It says 1978.
- Well - Do you remember Mr Smiley Face? Oh, well, that was a long time ago.
Do you remember why you started? There must be a reason.
People need to know.
I need to know.
People are thinking the worst of you.
They think that you impregnated hundreds of women to start your own private master race! I need to know.
I'm not feeling very well.
Look, leave me alone to sleep, Julia.
- Dad.
- Oh, here we go.
Mm, no, that's it.
In aged care, we call this "fake sleeping".
[PHONE RINGS.]
WOMAN: Hi, Julia.
I'm calling from the current affairs program Sunday Spotlight.
Why does it matter who was first? Is it like a legal thing? I just need to know.
Was he trying to help people, or .
.
is he just a monster? [CHICKENS CLUCK.]
Honey, it's lovely to see you and everything, but is there something that you want to say? Um, nope, not really.
I just you know, thought I'd come round and clear the air after the dinner at Julia's.
Oh, God, that's fine.
Fix, fix, fix, fix, fix.
It was nothing.
Standing there with your coffee.
Look, I think you're just gonna have to sit in that shit for a while.
- [PHONE RINGS.]
- Hmm.
[RINGS.]
No.
Once again, we are not interested in talking to Sunday Spotlight.
Thank you.
Oh, that's that current affairs.
Yeah, they're vultures.
Well, they called me.
Yeah, I will make sure that they stop calling you.
- Just don't answer.
- No, I already gave my interview.
- What? - Well, that Natasha Crane, I actually quite liked her.
What?! Mum, why? Why would you do that? Honey, I've got nothing to hide! And I do have an opinion! Well, it was your office that gave my details, so I thought you knew about it.
Oh, don't worry.
I didn't say anything that I wouldn't tell you.
Oh, beep beep, beep beep.
[CHICKENS CLUCK.]
[KNOCKS.]
Hey.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, OK, thanks for the update.
Chat soon.
Thank you, bye.
- Lawyers? - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
They're trying to find a way to insulate the clinic.
The fact is we're gonna be liable.
So, the best thing we can do is just try to settle before we're destroyed.
Otherwise, that'll be it.
Anyway, did you show your dad that photo? Uh, he feigned illness and fell asleep.
Sorry.
I do have some info that might help with the timeline.
The first? Potentially the last, actually.
Well, a vague idea of when Julius stopped.
In 1987, there were at least ten couples who came in and did a particularly large amount of IVF cycles, about five rounds with no success.
Is that a lot of couples? Yeah, previously to that, we had a 95% success rate with an average of three rounds.
That's a massive drop-off in successful pregnancies.
I'm gonna have to check the following years to see if it stays that way, but it looks like 1987 was when Julius and his super-sperm stopped.
- That's the year I was born.
- OK.
Can I have a look at the other records? Mm, yeah, go for it.
Here.
Hmm.
This place suits you.
Yeah, you look good here.
Thanks.
- Hey, Julia.
- Mm-hmm? Can I ask you something? Mm.
Would it be OK with you if I asked Roxy out on a proper date? Mm, yeah! That's wonderful! Yeah! - Yeah? - That's great! Yeah, I was thinking, "When are you gonna do something about that?" - Really? - Yeah, great.
Oh, good.
Cool, awesome.
How's the sandwich? It's so good.
Don't worry, Tim.
A solo therapy session is exactly the same as a couples one.
- Do you feel uncomfortable? - No.
OK.
So, would you say that you feel things have improved since the last time I met with you both? - Sexually? - Sure.
Well, we had one great, spontaneous moment, but I would say generally Edie's been using work and everything as an excuse not to have sex, and I haven't been initiating it.
So, I would say there's definitely been a lull.
OK.
Can you tell me a bit more about that? Look, we've both been really busy, but fuck, I don't know.
Sometimes I just wonder.
What do you wonder? I wonder if she wants our sex life to get any better.
That's a pretty interesting comment to make, Tim.
Well, there's something going on.
I know her, and I know when she's hiding.
Um, how does this work? Does what I say now get brought up in the next couple's session? That's entirely up to you.
OK.
Maybe she doesn't even like sex.
Some people don't, right? Maybe.
And maybe she doesn't like having sex with me.
Maybe she's into a different kind of guy.
Maybe she likes women.
I don't know.
Maybe.
EDIE: You can stop what you're doing.
Sunday Spotlight interviewed my mother, so I need you to call the producer and get me a copy of the interview.
OK, but they're never gonna give that to me.
Well, you can just tell her if she wants her sisters interview with me, then she's gonna have to show me that footage first.
It's not gonna happen.
It doesn't work that way.
Well, just try! You should do it yourself.
They're more likely to listen to you than to me.
My wife doing your head in? Chymosin? Good news is we have two new claimants.
The bad news is - We have to prepare their cases.
- In two days.
Good! [CHUCKLES.]
[SLAMS DOOR.]
You gave Sunday Spotlight my mother's number.
Have a seat.
No, no, thank you.
I don't think I will.
We're working on this as a team.
And I am shutting this down.
- Edie - You do not use my mother for a publicity stunt! Did she talk to them? Yes! Then that's her choice.
Right, OK.
So, my mother She would have shot from the hip, so she's gonna come across as an eccentric, crazy woman.
Was that part of your plan, Carl? My plan is to make sure that everyone knows that this class action is ours.
It's about you, and getting your face out there.
Genevieve, she can decide for herself what she does.
Oh! [SCOFFS.]
Just makes me think I can't trust you.
And I want to believe that you'll do what needs to be done.
Spotlight want the three of you together.
I don't think that's too much to ask.
The public need to see that you're one of them, that you've been hurt by this, too.
You don't like it, but it's necessary.
Look, after I spoke to Roxy's dad, she is not gonna do anything like this with me.
She doesn't trust me.
Roxy's in.
What? Do you mean that you spoke to Roxy and my mother? Yes.
It's for the case.
Don't you ever pull a stunt like this again.
I need to be across all points of strategy for this case.
Otherwise, it will fall apart.
I'm sorry I went behind your back.
Will you do the interview? I'll think about it.
Stay the hell away from my mother! Uh what's this? He wanted to try it out.
I see.
How is it? Oh, it's so glarey here.
It's hard on the eyes.
Disappointing, really.
It's not gonna matter, Dad.
Well, you come and have a look.
[SIGHS.]
Oh, bit disappointing.
Yeah, it is a bit glarey, isn't it? Yes, but I'm not a fan of it when it's like that.
Dad I think you stopped using your own sperm in 1987.
Was that because you fell in love with Mum? Or maybe was it because now you have me? I always loved your mother.
Well, I No, this is not for me.
[GROANS.]
Alright, alright.
- Got your jacket.
- Yes.
[OPERATIC MUSIC PLAYS.]
Yeah, that's great.
Now you're in the Tour de France.
Right.
You're leading the peloton.
There we go, cycling away.
On your bike, just cycling down the street.
[OPERATIC MUSIC PLAYS.]
Around and around, that's very good.
Nice, yeah, oh.
Do you want to stay for dinner? I'm cooking.
Oh, yes, please.
Anyway, Natasha Crane is such an amazing journalist.
I know, they've been calling me, too.
And I don't want to be in the media.
That is a very different type of media.
Shows like Spotlight are sympathetic.
They want to be on your side.
That is why so many people go on them during a crisis.
I would just have to keep defending Dad, and all they'll want to talk about - is the brother-lover situation.
- No, they won't, because you won't let them because we will be in total control.
Yeah, but Edie'll never go for it.
Edie's in.
Yeah, right.
Yeah, yep, she can't wait.
I just really think this is something we all really need right now.
- Ha! - Alright, OK, alright, but it is, Julia, it is something that I need.
My Farmyard Frank relaunch has not been very popular, it seems, and I just, I really, I need something else to break me out of this past image.
I'm so desperate to move forward.
I'm suffocating back here.
As a sister, it would mean so much to me.
OK.
Really? - Yeah.
- Yes! Yay, OK! We're doing it! Yes, yes! [FOOTSTEPS.]
That's naughty.
Kasey, what are you doing up here? You've got a secret.
Can you keep my secret? Well, I hope I can, but I'm a very honest person so it might be hard for me.
Have you ever seen The Parent Trap? It's only my favourite movie of all time.
Great, OK so um, you know how the sisters, they find each other but they don't tell anyone.
They keep it a secret.
- Yeah, it bonds them.
- Yes, it bonds them, and, um, exactly.
They become inseparable because of their secret.
- Yeah.
- Having this secret, could do that to us.
OK, I'll think about it.
OK, great.
Back pain, specifically a degenerated L3 disc, searing pain.
I tried everything without success, and then, the chymosin implant was suggested to me as this easy-fix solution.
I knew it hadn't worked, and I was getting shooting pain up and down my leg.
Loss of sexual function.
I can't I can't feel I can't have sex anymore.
I'm not a man anymore.
It's gone, it's finished.
And because of the damage, I'll never father a child.
That's it.
Devastating.
Yeah.
So, can I ask you a really dumb question? I guess so.
You walk into a bar, you scan the room.
How do you know who to approach? [LAUGHS.]
I'm sorry, approach? Oh, this is coming out badly.
It's OK.
I think I know what you mean.
Um, it's why I like online dating.
You already know they're gay, because they're on a gay dating site.
Let's say you are in a bar.
Could you tell if someone was? Sure.
Sometimes there are signs, I guess, sure.
Do you ever get those signs off Edie? What do you mean? Sorry.
I was way out of line.
Um let's just call it a night.
We'll get back to it tomorrow.
Mm, I'm just gonna finish some stuff off here, - and then I'll go home.
- OK.
Again, I'm sorry about that question.
Again, it's fine.
[SIGHS.]
[DOOR CLOSES.]
What's going on? Amanda just quit.
What? I don't know, she just said it's time to move on.
Right.
Listen, you know how I had my solo session with Angela yesterday? Well, we talked a lot about you, and I told her that things were still not feeling right between us sexually.
So, Angela asked me why I thought that might be, and I was just throwing some ideas around, and one of the ideas was that maybe you were a lesbian.
[SCOFFS.]
Uh-huh, right, OK.
So, I haven't been feeling very sexual, so it must mean I'm a lesbian.
I feel so stupid, especially since - What? - Last night, when Amanda and I were working together, I asked her if she ever got a vibe, I don't know, from you, and she got really uncomfortable and I think that's why she quit.
I feel terrible.
Right.
Well, I mean, I'm I'm sure that's not the reason.
And what's done is done.
If she wants to quit, she can quit.
I'm sorry.
And I better go to this interview.
- Already? - Yeah, I just figure the earlier I get there, the earlier I can leave.
So, I'll see you later.
How are we all doing? Everyone's being very careful with Julia's things, I hope? Wow, it's all happening.
Is Julia OK? Yep, yep.
I'm so sorry.
I have never been in a fight with a sister before.
I don't I don't really know how to navigate it.
Yeah, I don't really know, either.
I just want us to be OK.
Then, we are OK.
Uh Our first fight as sisters.
Making up is so good! Where did you get the photos from? I just wanted to tell you how much I adored your mother.
Yes, I'm sure you did.
Alright, well, I think we might get started.
MAN: Yeah, let's clear frame, thanks.
Roxy, can I start with you? Because you are undoubtedly the one who has been hurt the most by these events.
So, how did it feel to discover the father who raised you wasn't your real dad? Well, Natasha, I can't even tell you how it felt that day, like the rug had just been pulled out from underneath me and I didn't know who I was anymore.
I mean, what do you do when the word "Dad" suddenly has no meaning for you? Um, no, that's not totally fair.
Ron, my other dad, he definitely was a very good dad.
He would come to set all the time, and he would always wear He would always wear the Farmyard Frank t-shirt, even though he looked ridiculous! I mean, I guess he must have known that something wasn't right, that I wasn't, that I wasn't his, but I think maybe he didn't want to admit it.
Why don't you think he wanted to admit that? Because I was his whole world! Oh.
Sorry.
Wow, Julia.
How does it feel to know that your father has caused so many people this kind of pain? I know, um, I can speak for everyone at the Bechly Institute when I say how sorry we are for all the pain that's been caused.
That's why it's so important to get to the bottom of why Dad began doing my dad began doing what he did.
So, I've started an investigation.
An investigation? Hmm, why don't you just ask him why he did this? I have.
And what did he say? [LAUGHS.]
Which time? I [LAUGHS.]
He did nothing.
He said nothing, so I've taken matters into my own hands.
Um This is who we believe to be the first Julius Bechly baby.
This photo was taken in 1978.
If you believe that you are the person in this photograph, or you might know who is, can you please contact the Bechly Institute? Or you can, um, contact us - through our Facebook siblings page.
- Oh, alright, thank you, Julia.
Thank you.
But if I may just move on to a more sensitive subject, your sexual relationship with your brother.
Just a moment of your time.
Sam, why won't you talk to us? SAM: I already lost my marriage, my job, any shred of dignity I had left.
This has been a complete disaster for me.
You know, one more thing.
If we were in the Royal Family, this whole relationship, it would be considered a triumph.
Well, your daughter Edie started this class action.
She obviously felt like she went without in some way.
GENEVIEVE: Ah, Edie, Edie had a wonderful life.
She was exceptionally bright, and I just do not believe she ever felt that she was going without.
Look, there was one time maybe my parenting skills went a bit haywire, but that only came from a place where I wanted Edie to have a full experience of life.
Can you elaborate? Well, I just I didn't want Edie to not know what a penis was, and I mean, 'cause little girls, they see their father's, they see their little brother's, and I just didn't want her to see one as an adult and be traumatised.
So, I took her on this camping trip to this nudist beach, and um, and just so she could encounter it in safety, in her own time, and you think you think it's unorthodox, don't you? I think I remember this.
Oh, my God, they are loving her on Twitter.
.
.
because Edie was what, um, she was 8, 8, and I think she might have been a bit too old.
Might have been too old? - Shhh! - Yeah.
Get over it.
So, it all just went, it just went a little bit pear-shaped.
She ran out of the tent a bit early, and she just went, bang, into one.
Oh, into a penis? Yes, Natasha, a penis.
And she was right at that level, and the trouble was it was circumcised, so it did look a little bit aggressive.
But that was it.
That's the one thing that, um, the one mistake that I made - and I am very sorry for that.
- Thanks.
The only mistake you made.
Yes, yes, because everything that I did, and everything that happened to us, made Edie Edie, and I would never regret any of that.
NATASHA: Let's finish this off with some feel-good news.
Roxy has announced she is releasing a new single - Eee! - .
.
a cover of the classic song "Born To Be Alive", to express her feelings about her journey, and about meeting her new sisters.
ROXY: [ON TV.]
People ask me why I never found a place to stop and settle down down, down.
Wow.
I never wanted all the things People need to justify their lives, lives, lives You see, we're born Born to be alive You see, we're born Born, born But it's good to be alive To be alive, to be ali-i-ive.
Tim, could you just give me a bit of time with Mum? Thanks.
TIM: I'll see you later.
She really does pop on the screen, that Roxy, doesn't she? I can't believe why you would tell that story, Mum.
It's actually one of the most traumatic things that's ever happened to me! Oh, traumatised? Edie, please.
Please, you got obsessed with penises after that.
You were just I had to go up to school every day to scrub them off the desk - you were drawing.
- Yeah, what? And you don't think that that counts as trauma? Everybody at school thought I was really weird - for, like, a year.
- OK, OK! Maybe it would have been better if you didn't go on that camping trip, but honey, you turned out alright, didn't you? - Oh, Mum! Mum! - Yeah, you turned out alright.
Ah! I've got, um, I've got Huntington's Disease.
I've been meaning to tell you, and - What? - It is what it is, and I've read a lot about it, and I've thought a lot about it, and I've decided not to go down the treatment route.
What exactly is Huntington's Disease? Oh, it's this, um It's this It's just this awful brain degenerative thing.
OK, then I don't I don't think you have thought about treatments properly.
Oh, Edie, I've made up my mind, and I'm only telling you because because I don't want our relationship to change, and I'm and do not tell Tim.
Uh, OK.
Well, who's your doctor? - Can I can I come to - No.
Well, Mum, I'd just really like to know, to look at some other options, or at least know what the other options are.
I'm gonna go home.
No, can you just stay here.
It's really late.
I can help you - I'm gonna go.
- Can you not go? Can you just Look, it's really late.
Just stay the night here and we can talk and I can just You see? See, hey, hey, see? That's exactly what I was talking about.
- Mum, you - No! [DOOR OPENS, CLOSES.]
"Loving Roxy's song.
What a talent.
" Aww! Huh.
You OK? It's just so heart-warming seeing the three of you on screen together.
There are other siblings, too, you know? Some of us might be feeling a little bit left out.
Some of us might be feeling like we don't have a certain special bond.
Yes, OK, how about we take some selfies, and I'll post them with the hashtag "Bechlysisters".
Have you taken the DNA test yet? Can I choose the filter? Yes, of course! [JULIA'S PHONE RINGS.]
What one do you want? Chrome's really good.
- Um - Hi! I'm at a bar.
Um, I need to debrief.
Can you join me? Um, yeah, sure.
Great.
- I'll text you the address.
- OK.
ROXY: OK, what do you want? Bye.
So, like "Peace!" [CAMERA CLICKS.]
Angels fall from the skies above Do you feel like an instrument Played by those who demand your love Your eyes cry tears like your heart pumps blood Angels fall from the skies above Risk yourself for those who run Steal your heart and hold it tight And know that you won't sleep tonight Ni-i-i-i-ight, ni-i-ight.
I remember Edie being all about penises, but, uh, that's all I remember.
It's bizarre, right? God, maybe that's why we're having so many problems.
Problems? Come on, you knew we were in therapy.
I did not know that.
Sorry, I just assumed Edie would have told you.
Uh, something's just not working with us.
I'm trying, but I just don't know what else to do.
I'm sure it's just a phase.
She, there's a lot going on.
I just keep going through all these different scenarios in my head, over and over again.
The only conclusion I can come to is that there's there's someone else.
Well, what makes you think that? Well, there's so much going on in Edie's life at the moment, but she doesn't come to me, at all.
I want to support her, but she doesn't want my support.
Where does she go? [KNOCKS.]
- Hey.
- Hi.
Um Sorry.
I don't want you to quit.
And I know I have no right at all to ask that, but, um My My mum, um, is really sick.
And I'm so scared.
And I think I'm falling for you.
This is so unfair of me.
Um I - I'm so sorry.
- I don't want to quit, either.
You're never gonna leave Tim.
You're not even gonna tell Tim.
Look, I get it, but I have to protect myself.
That's why I quit.
Right.
Uhm Uh I'm I I'm so sorry! Um Oh! [MUSIC PLAYS, CHATTER.]
I got to hand it to Roxy.
She sure knows how to self-promote.
[TIM LAUGHS.]
Why did you even do that interview? You knew it was organised by our law firm.
It's just advertising for claimants.
Oh, my God, it was.
[LAUGHS.]
Why does Edie always put me in these situations? Oh, my God.
Let's stop talking about Edie for a while.
It's home time.
I don't think we should hang out alone anymore.
- Jules, I'm sorry.
- No, it's just It's ridiculous because I know how much you adore your wife.
So, I'm gonna put some rules in place, and from now on, we're sticking to them.
OK? So now, I'm gonna go.
I'm gonna leave, and you're gonna sit back down, and you're gonna count to 30, and then you're gonna leave and you're not gonna watch me go, and I'm not gonna turn back and look at you, OK? No lingering.
OK.
No lingering.
- This is lingering, yeah.
- Yeah.
- Going off.
- No! God, I've got to change my profile picture.
No, I like that profile picture! You're like, "Hi, I'm here.
" Julia, the siblings Facebook page is buzzing.
Yeah, somebody thinks they know who Mr Smiley Face is.
I'm gonna look him up.
"I'm posting this on behalf of Abraham Gill.
" "He's 38 and thinks he is Mr Smiley Face.
" The same age as the singer Pink.
"Is there someone I can call to discuss this further?" That is the right age.
It could be him.
But why didn't he post himself? Ladies, Abraham Gill is in prison for manslaughter.
I slept with Amanda.
TIM: How many times? EDIE: Three.
[ECHOES.]
TIM: Three times.
FEMALE VOICE-OVER: The perfect world Edie thought she once had is about to come crashing down.
TIM: Do you love her? [ECHOES.]
FEMALE VOICE-OVER: Sisters, next Wednesday.
There's no clues, though.
Well, you kind of stole my boyfriend.
I didn't steal anything from anyone.
Tim did not belong to you.
This is a bad idea.
We can't even have a drink, can we? No.
[CRASH!.]
It's just a kind of complicated situation, and I think it's possible you may have misread it.
I didn't tell Tim.
Look at this horrible, gruesome world you lawyers It's people like Julius Bechly who make the world horrible.
Stay away from my parents! Do not ever go into my house without permission! Just stay out of my life! Julius Bechly ripped me off.
At the very least, I want my money back.
We have our first claimant.
So, always remember, what you think of yourself is much more important than what other people think of you.
I hope you have an empowering day! DIRECTOR: And cut! OK, thanks, everyone.
Thank you guys so much for being such wonderful little helpers today.
Do you have a question? Where'd your dress go? Well, girls don't need to wear dresses if they don't want to.
These overalls are so much more comfortable to do farm work in.
They're stupid.
- I think they're stupid, too! - Oh, um, well, I am sorry that you don't like them, but I love them, so I-I hope you will get used to them.
No.
Yeah, OK, goodbye.
[SIGHS.]
Hello, excuse me? I'm here to see Edie, please.
Edie Flanagan, about the class action, the Bechly case, the Bechly class action, please.
Edie's not in the office right now.
Well, then I need to see whoever is in charge of the case.
Thank you.
As you might know, my dad has joined this class action against Julius Bechly.
I've come here to tell Edie that he will not be part of it anymore.
You are to leave him alone.
Wow, Roxy.
I completely understand your concern for Ron.
I'm concerned for him, too.
And you know who else is? Edie.
You know what we want for him? Justice.
And we're working on getting that for him without him having to do anything other than what he's already done, which is come forward and tell his story.
And we're encouraging other people in the same position as your dad to come forward.
We've arranged some pieces of publicity.
Publicity? We've had one opportunity, in fact, that would involve you and Edie, and your other sister.
Julia? Are you familiar with Natasha Crane? Um, yes! Like, Sunday Spotlight with Natasha Crane? Yes! Oh, my God.
Does Sunday Spotlight want to do a thing about about us? Convincing Edie hasn't been easy.
Edie wants to do it? She knows it's a smart idea.
Everyone's talking about the three of you, but no one's got the three of you together to talk to you.
No, no, they haven't! They haven't! No, but it won't it would never work.
They, we don't We don't seem to be able to be in the same room together, let alone on television.
What a chance for people to see the real you, as opposed to the one that Farmyard Frank created.
You deserve to be heard, to be taken seriously.
Break out of that image.
OK, I I have been thinking about maybe recording a single, like something more grown-up, like something to really express what I'm going through.
Beautiful.
Do you Do you think that Sunday Spotlight might be interested in launching that? I think they'd be honoured you thought of them.
And Edie's already on board, so I mean, that would be the hard part, so that just leaves Julia, and I I can talk to Julia.
OK! OK.
- And I'll talk to your mum and dad.
- Hmm? - To make sure that Ron's doing OK.
- Yes, great, thank you! Yes.
OK.
[GIGGLES.]
[DISHES CLATTER.]
[TV PLAYS.]
REPORTER: has been signed by a number of reproductive scientists.
The controversy has reignited.
Now, they're calling for me to be stripped of my Nobel Prize.
- They're going to do that? - No! It's impossible.
Nobel Prize is for life.
Yeah, yeah.
- Oh! - Do you need anything else? No No, no, no, I'm alright.
[CRIES.]
[TV PLAYS.]
Dad, um, I just need to talk to you for a second, Dad.
Do you remember when you first started supplementing your sperm? The first time? Isaac and I have been looking at photos on your baby wall and we found this, and it looks like the oldest.
Do you remember this one? It says 1978.
- Well - Do you remember Mr Smiley Face? Oh, well, that was a long time ago.
Do you remember why you started? There must be a reason.
People need to know.
I need to know.
People are thinking the worst of you.
They think that you impregnated hundreds of women to start your own private master race! I need to know.
I'm not feeling very well.
Look, leave me alone to sleep, Julia.
- Dad.
- Oh, here we go.
Mm, no, that's it.
In aged care, we call this "fake sleeping".
[PHONE RINGS.]
WOMAN: Hi, Julia.
I'm calling from the current affairs program Sunday Spotlight.
Why does it matter who was first? Is it like a legal thing? I just need to know.
Was he trying to help people, or .
.
is he just a monster? [CHICKENS CLUCK.]
Honey, it's lovely to see you and everything, but is there something that you want to say? Um, nope, not really.
I just you know, thought I'd come round and clear the air after the dinner at Julia's.
Oh, God, that's fine.
Fix, fix, fix, fix, fix.
It was nothing.
Standing there with your coffee.
Look, I think you're just gonna have to sit in that shit for a while.
- [PHONE RINGS.]
- Hmm.
[RINGS.]
No.
Once again, we are not interested in talking to Sunday Spotlight.
Thank you.
Oh, that's that current affairs.
Yeah, they're vultures.
Well, they called me.
Yeah, I will make sure that they stop calling you.
- Just don't answer.
- No, I already gave my interview.
- What? - Well, that Natasha Crane, I actually quite liked her.
What?! Mum, why? Why would you do that? Honey, I've got nothing to hide! And I do have an opinion! Well, it was your office that gave my details, so I thought you knew about it.
Oh, don't worry.
I didn't say anything that I wouldn't tell you.
Oh, beep beep, beep beep.
[CHICKENS CLUCK.]
[KNOCKS.]
Hey.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, OK, thanks for the update.
Chat soon.
Thank you, bye.
- Lawyers? - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
They're trying to find a way to insulate the clinic.
The fact is we're gonna be liable.
So, the best thing we can do is just try to settle before we're destroyed.
Otherwise, that'll be it.
Anyway, did you show your dad that photo? Uh, he feigned illness and fell asleep.
Sorry.
I do have some info that might help with the timeline.
The first? Potentially the last, actually.
Well, a vague idea of when Julius stopped.
In 1987, there were at least ten couples who came in and did a particularly large amount of IVF cycles, about five rounds with no success.
Is that a lot of couples? Yeah, previously to that, we had a 95% success rate with an average of three rounds.
That's a massive drop-off in successful pregnancies.
I'm gonna have to check the following years to see if it stays that way, but it looks like 1987 was when Julius and his super-sperm stopped.
- That's the year I was born.
- OK.
Can I have a look at the other records? Mm, yeah, go for it.
Here.
Hmm.
This place suits you.
Yeah, you look good here.
Thanks.
- Hey, Julia.
- Mm-hmm? Can I ask you something? Mm.
Would it be OK with you if I asked Roxy out on a proper date? Mm, yeah! That's wonderful! Yeah! - Yeah? - That's great! Yeah, I was thinking, "When are you gonna do something about that?" - Really? - Yeah, great.
Oh, good.
Cool, awesome.
How's the sandwich? It's so good.
Don't worry, Tim.
A solo therapy session is exactly the same as a couples one.
- Do you feel uncomfortable? - No.
OK.
So, would you say that you feel things have improved since the last time I met with you both? - Sexually? - Sure.
Well, we had one great, spontaneous moment, but I would say generally Edie's been using work and everything as an excuse not to have sex, and I haven't been initiating it.
So, I would say there's definitely been a lull.
OK.
Can you tell me a bit more about that? Look, we've both been really busy, but fuck, I don't know.
Sometimes I just wonder.
What do you wonder? I wonder if she wants our sex life to get any better.
That's a pretty interesting comment to make, Tim.
Well, there's something going on.
I know her, and I know when she's hiding.
Um, how does this work? Does what I say now get brought up in the next couple's session? That's entirely up to you.
OK.
Maybe she doesn't even like sex.
Some people don't, right? Maybe.
And maybe she doesn't like having sex with me.
Maybe she's into a different kind of guy.
Maybe she likes women.
I don't know.
Maybe.
EDIE: You can stop what you're doing.
Sunday Spotlight interviewed my mother, so I need you to call the producer and get me a copy of the interview.
OK, but they're never gonna give that to me.
Well, you can just tell her if she wants her sisters interview with me, then she's gonna have to show me that footage first.
It's not gonna happen.
It doesn't work that way.
Well, just try! You should do it yourself.
They're more likely to listen to you than to me.
My wife doing your head in? Chymosin? Good news is we have two new claimants.
The bad news is - We have to prepare their cases.
- In two days.
Good! [CHUCKLES.]
[SLAMS DOOR.]
You gave Sunday Spotlight my mother's number.
Have a seat.
No, no, thank you.
I don't think I will.
We're working on this as a team.
And I am shutting this down.
- Edie - You do not use my mother for a publicity stunt! Did she talk to them? Yes! Then that's her choice.
Right, OK.
So, my mother She would have shot from the hip, so she's gonna come across as an eccentric, crazy woman.
Was that part of your plan, Carl? My plan is to make sure that everyone knows that this class action is ours.
It's about you, and getting your face out there.
Genevieve, she can decide for herself what she does.
Oh! [SCOFFS.]
Just makes me think I can't trust you.
And I want to believe that you'll do what needs to be done.
Spotlight want the three of you together.
I don't think that's too much to ask.
The public need to see that you're one of them, that you've been hurt by this, too.
You don't like it, but it's necessary.
Look, after I spoke to Roxy's dad, she is not gonna do anything like this with me.
She doesn't trust me.
Roxy's in.
What? Do you mean that you spoke to Roxy and my mother? Yes.
It's for the case.
Don't you ever pull a stunt like this again.
I need to be across all points of strategy for this case.
Otherwise, it will fall apart.
I'm sorry I went behind your back.
Will you do the interview? I'll think about it.
Stay the hell away from my mother! Uh what's this? He wanted to try it out.
I see.
How is it? Oh, it's so glarey here.
It's hard on the eyes.
Disappointing, really.
It's not gonna matter, Dad.
Well, you come and have a look.
[SIGHS.]
Oh, bit disappointing.
Yeah, it is a bit glarey, isn't it? Yes, but I'm not a fan of it when it's like that.
Dad I think you stopped using your own sperm in 1987.
Was that because you fell in love with Mum? Or maybe was it because now you have me? I always loved your mother.
Well, I No, this is not for me.
[GROANS.]
Alright, alright.
- Got your jacket.
- Yes.
[OPERATIC MUSIC PLAYS.]
Yeah, that's great.
Now you're in the Tour de France.
Right.
You're leading the peloton.
There we go, cycling away.
On your bike, just cycling down the street.
[OPERATIC MUSIC PLAYS.]
Around and around, that's very good.
Nice, yeah, oh.
Do you want to stay for dinner? I'm cooking.
Oh, yes, please.
Anyway, Natasha Crane is such an amazing journalist.
I know, they've been calling me, too.
And I don't want to be in the media.
That is a very different type of media.
Shows like Spotlight are sympathetic.
They want to be on your side.
That is why so many people go on them during a crisis.
I would just have to keep defending Dad, and all they'll want to talk about - is the brother-lover situation.
- No, they won't, because you won't let them because we will be in total control.
Yeah, but Edie'll never go for it.
Edie's in.
Yeah, right.
Yeah, yep, she can't wait.
I just really think this is something we all really need right now.
- Ha! - Alright, OK, alright, but it is, Julia, it is something that I need.
My Farmyard Frank relaunch has not been very popular, it seems, and I just, I really, I need something else to break me out of this past image.
I'm so desperate to move forward.
I'm suffocating back here.
As a sister, it would mean so much to me.
OK.
Really? - Yeah.
- Yes! Yay, OK! We're doing it! Yes, yes! [FOOTSTEPS.]
That's naughty.
Kasey, what are you doing up here? You've got a secret.
Can you keep my secret? Well, I hope I can, but I'm a very honest person so it might be hard for me.
Have you ever seen The Parent Trap? It's only my favourite movie of all time.
Great, OK so um, you know how the sisters, they find each other but they don't tell anyone.
They keep it a secret.
- Yeah, it bonds them.
- Yes, it bonds them, and, um, exactly.
They become inseparable because of their secret.
- Yeah.
- Having this secret, could do that to us.
OK, I'll think about it.
OK, great.
Back pain, specifically a degenerated L3 disc, searing pain.
I tried everything without success, and then, the chymosin implant was suggested to me as this easy-fix solution.
I knew it hadn't worked, and I was getting shooting pain up and down my leg.
Loss of sexual function.
I can't I can't feel I can't have sex anymore.
I'm not a man anymore.
It's gone, it's finished.
And because of the damage, I'll never father a child.
That's it.
Devastating.
Yeah.
So, can I ask you a really dumb question? I guess so.
You walk into a bar, you scan the room.
How do you know who to approach? [LAUGHS.]
I'm sorry, approach? Oh, this is coming out badly.
It's OK.
I think I know what you mean.
Um, it's why I like online dating.
You already know they're gay, because they're on a gay dating site.
Let's say you are in a bar.
Could you tell if someone was? Sure.
Sometimes there are signs, I guess, sure.
Do you ever get those signs off Edie? What do you mean? Sorry.
I was way out of line.
Um let's just call it a night.
We'll get back to it tomorrow.
Mm, I'm just gonna finish some stuff off here, - and then I'll go home.
- OK.
Again, I'm sorry about that question.
Again, it's fine.
[SIGHS.]
[DOOR CLOSES.]
What's going on? Amanda just quit.
What? I don't know, she just said it's time to move on.
Right.
Listen, you know how I had my solo session with Angela yesterday? Well, we talked a lot about you, and I told her that things were still not feeling right between us sexually.
So, Angela asked me why I thought that might be, and I was just throwing some ideas around, and one of the ideas was that maybe you were a lesbian.
[SCOFFS.]
Uh-huh, right, OK.
So, I haven't been feeling very sexual, so it must mean I'm a lesbian.
I feel so stupid, especially since - What? - Last night, when Amanda and I were working together, I asked her if she ever got a vibe, I don't know, from you, and she got really uncomfortable and I think that's why she quit.
I feel terrible.
Right.
Well, I mean, I'm I'm sure that's not the reason.
And what's done is done.
If she wants to quit, she can quit.
I'm sorry.
And I better go to this interview.
- Already? - Yeah, I just figure the earlier I get there, the earlier I can leave.
So, I'll see you later.
How are we all doing? Everyone's being very careful with Julia's things, I hope? Wow, it's all happening.
Is Julia OK? Yep, yep.
I'm so sorry.
I have never been in a fight with a sister before.
I don't I don't really know how to navigate it.
Yeah, I don't really know, either.
I just want us to be OK.
Then, we are OK.
Uh Our first fight as sisters.
Making up is so good! Where did you get the photos from? I just wanted to tell you how much I adored your mother.
Yes, I'm sure you did.
Alright, well, I think we might get started.
MAN: Yeah, let's clear frame, thanks.
Roxy, can I start with you? Because you are undoubtedly the one who has been hurt the most by these events.
So, how did it feel to discover the father who raised you wasn't your real dad? Well, Natasha, I can't even tell you how it felt that day, like the rug had just been pulled out from underneath me and I didn't know who I was anymore.
I mean, what do you do when the word "Dad" suddenly has no meaning for you? Um, no, that's not totally fair.
Ron, my other dad, he definitely was a very good dad.
He would come to set all the time, and he would always wear He would always wear the Farmyard Frank t-shirt, even though he looked ridiculous! I mean, I guess he must have known that something wasn't right, that I wasn't, that I wasn't his, but I think maybe he didn't want to admit it.
Why don't you think he wanted to admit that? Because I was his whole world! Oh.
Sorry.
Wow, Julia.
How does it feel to know that your father has caused so many people this kind of pain? I know, um, I can speak for everyone at the Bechly Institute when I say how sorry we are for all the pain that's been caused.
That's why it's so important to get to the bottom of why Dad began doing my dad began doing what he did.
So, I've started an investigation.
An investigation? Hmm, why don't you just ask him why he did this? I have.
And what did he say? [LAUGHS.]
Which time? I [LAUGHS.]
He did nothing.
He said nothing, so I've taken matters into my own hands.
Um This is who we believe to be the first Julius Bechly baby.
This photo was taken in 1978.
If you believe that you are the person in this photograph, or you might know who is, can you please contact the Bechly Institute? Or you can, um, contact us - through our Facebook siblings page.
- Oh, alright, thank you, Julia.
Thank you.
But if I may just move on to a more sensitive subject, your sexual relationship with your brother.
Just a moment of your time.
Sam, why won't you talk to us? SAM: I already lost my marriage, my job, any shred of dignity I had left.
This has been a complete disaster for me.
You know, one more thing.
If we were in the Royal Family, this whole relationship, it would be considered a triumph.
Well, your daughter Edie started this class action.
She obviously felt like she went without in some way.
GENEVIEVE: Ah, Edie, Edie had a wonderful life.
She was exceptionally bright, and I just do not believe she ever felt that she was going without.
Look, there was one time maybe my parenting skills went a bit haywire, but that only came from a place where I wanted Edie to have a full experience of life.
Can you elaborate? Well, I just I didn't want Edie to not know what a penis was, and I mean, 'cause little girls, they see their father's, they see their little brother's, and I just didn't want her to see one as an adult and be traumatised.
So, I took her on this camping trip to this nudist beach, and um, and just so she could encounter it in safety, in her own time, and you think you think it's unorthodox, don't you? I think I remember this.
Oh, my God, they are loving her on Twitter.
.
.
because Edie was what, um, she was 8, 8, and I think she might have been a bit too old.
Might have been too old? - Shhh! - Yeah.
Get over it.
So, it all just went, it just went a little bit pear-shaped.
She ran out of the tent a bit early, and she just went, bang, into one.
Oh, into a penis? Yes, Natasha, a penis.
And she was right at that level, and the trouble was it was circumcised, so it did look a little bit aggressive.
But that was it.
That's the one thing that, um, the one mistake that I made - and I am very sorry for that.
- Thanks.
The only mistake you made.
Yes, yes, because everything that I did, and everything that happened to us, made Edie Edie, and I would never regret any of that.
NATASHA: Let's finish this off with some feel-good news.
Roxy has announced she is releasing a new single - Eee! - .
.
a cover of the classic song "Born To Be Alive", to express her feelings about her journey, and about meeting her new sisters.
ROXY: [ON TV.]
People ask me why I never found a place to stop and settle down down, down.
Wow.
I never wanted all the things People need to justify their lives, lives, lives You see, we're born Born to be alive You see, we're born Born, born But it's good to be alive To be alive, to be ali-i-ive.
Tim, could you just give me a bit of time with Mum? Thanks.
TIM: I'll see you later.
She really does pop on the screen, that Roxy, doesn't she? I can't believe why you would tell that story, Mum.
It's actually one of the most traumatic things that's ever happened to me! Oh, traumatised? Edie, please.
Please, you got obsessed with penises after that.
You were just I had to go up to school every day to scrub them off the desk - you were drawing.
- Yeah, what? And you don't think that that counts as trauma? Everybody at school thought I was really weird - for, like, a year.
- OK, OK! Maybe it would have been better if you didn't go on that camping trip, but honey, you turned out alright, didn't you? - Oh, Mum! Mum! - Yeah, you turned out alright.
Ah! I've got, um, I've got Huntington's Disease.
I've been meaning to tell you, and - What? - It is what it is, and I've read a lot about it, and I've thought a lot about it, and I've decided not to go down the treatment route.
What exactly is Huntington's Disease? Oh, it's this, um It's this It's just this awful brain degenerative thing.
OK, then I don't I don't think you have thought about treatments properly.
Oh, Edie, I've made up my mind, and I'm only telling you because because I don't want our relationship to change, and I'm and do not tell Tim.
Uh, OK.
Well, who's your doctor? - Can I can I come to - No.
Well, Mum, I'd just really like to know, to look at some other options, or at least know what the other options are.
I'm gonna go home.
No, can you just stay here.
It's really late.
I can help you - I'm gonna go.
- Can you not go? Can you just Look, it's really late.
Just stay the night here and we can talk and I can just You see? See, hey, hey, see? That's exactly what I was talking about.
- Mum, you - No! [DOOR OPENS, CLOSES.]
"Loving Roxy's song.
What a talent.
" Aww! Huh.
You OK? It's just so heart-warming seeing the three of you on screen together.
There are other siblings, too, you know? Some of us might be feeling a little bit left out.
Some of us might be feeling like we don't have a certain special bond.
Yes, OK, how about we take some selfies, and I'll post them with the hashtag "Bechlysisters".
Have you taken the DNA test yet? Can I choose the filter? Yes, of course! [JULIA'S PHONE RINGS.]
What one do you want? Chrome's really good.
- Um - Hi! I'm at a bar.
Um, I need to debrief.
Can you join me? Um, yeah, sure.
Great.
- I'll text you the address.
- OK.
ROXY: OK, what do you want? Bye.
So, like "Peace!" [CAMERA CLICKS.]
Angels fall from the skies above Do you feel like an instrument Played by those who demand your love Your eyes cry tears like your heart pumps blood Angels fall from the skies above Risk yourself for those who run Steal your heart and hold it tight And know that you won't sleep tonight Ni-i-i-i-ight, ni-i-ight.
I remember Edie being all about penises, but, uh, that's all I remember.
It's bizarre, right? God, maybe that's why we're having so many problems.
Problems? Come on, you knew we were in therapy.
I did not know that.
Sorry, I just assumed Edie would have told you.
Uh, something's just not working with us.
I'm trying, but I just don't know what else to do.
I'm sure it's just a phase.
She, there's a lot going on.
I just keep going through all these different scenarios in my head, over and over again.
The only conclusion I can come to is that there's there's someone else.
Well, what makes you think that? Well, there's so much going on in Edie's life at the moment, but she doesn't come to me, at all.
I want to support her, but she doesn't want my support.
Where does she go? [KNOCKS.]
- Hey.
- Hi.
Um Sorry.
I don't want you to quit.
And I know I have no right at all to ask that, but, um My My mum, um, is really sick.
And I'm so scared.
And I think I'm falling for you.
This is so unfair of me.
Um I - I'm so sorry.
- I don't want to quit, either.
You're never gonna leave Tim.
You're not even gonna tell Tim.
Look, I get it, but I have to protect myself.
That's why I quit.
Right.
Uhm Uh I'm I I'm so sorry! Um Oh! [MUSIC PLAYS, CHATTER.]
I got to hand it to Roxy.
She sure knows how to self-promote.
[TIM LAUGHS.]
Why did you even do that interview? You knew it was organised by our law firm.
It's just advertising for claimants.
Oh, my God, it was.
[LAUGHS.]
Why does Edie always put me in these situations? Oh, my God.
Let's stop talking about Edie for a while.
It's home time.
I don't think we should hang out alone anymore.
- Jules, I'm sorry.
- No, it's just It's ridiculous because I know how much you adore your wife.
So, I'm gonna put some rules in place, and from now on, we're sticking to them.
OK? So now, I'm gonna go.
I'm gonna leave, and you're gonna sit back down, and you're gonna count to 30, and then you're gonna leave and you're not gonna watch me go, and I'm not gonna turn back and look at you, OK? No lingering.
OK.
No lingering.
- This is lingering, yeah.
- Yeah.
- Going off.
- No! God, I've got to change my profile picture.
No, I like that profile picture! You're like, "Hi, I'm here.
" Julia, the siblings Facebook page is buzzing.
Yeah, somebody thinks they know who Mr Smiley Face is.
I'm gonna look him up.
"I'm posting this on behalf of Abraham Gill.
" "He's 38 and thinks he is Mr Smiley Face.
" The same age as the singer Pink.
"Is there someone I can call to discuss this further?" That is the right age.
It could be him.
But why didn't he post himself? Ladies, Abraham Gill is in prison for manslaughter.
I slept with Amanda.
TIM: How many times? EDIE: Three.
[ECHOES.]
TIM: Three times.
FEMALE VOICE-OVER: The perfect world Edie thought she once had is about to come crashing down.
TIM: Do you love her? [ECHOES.]
FEMALE VOICE-OVER: Sisters, next Wednesday.