(PHONE BUZZES PERSISTENTLY)
(GRUNTS)
-Oly? -Mum, can you please come here?
-What? -There's been an emergency.
There's no time to explain.
Just, please, Mum, come...
-What's happened? -..right now.
-(LINE DISCONNECTS) -Oly!
(INTRIGUING MUSIC)
(ANGIE COUGHS)
(INTRIGUING MUSIC CONTINUES)
(GASPS AND PANTS)
(DOG BARKS)
(GASPS AND PANTS)
-(DOOR SLAMS) -ANGIE: What happened?
What happened?
-Did somebody say tickle time? -OLY: Tickle time!
(ALL LAUGH)
When did you get back?
BOWIE: Hey, hey, you know, I thought,
"How can anybody beat a surprise baby?"
-But here I am. Hey? Hey? -Oh!
(BOTH LAUGH)
(ANGIE SOBS)
-Hey? -(ANGIE SOBS)
(ANGIE SOBS HARDER)
What's wrong?
(SOBS) Oh...
I'm just... Oh, I'm just so happy to see your face again.
So happy you're back.
I knew the separation would take its toll on you, Mum.
No, it...
It was actually a really cruel prank
you guys just played on me.
Oh, after the back of a boozy night?
How about I get you some water, Mum?
-Are you still seeing him? -Who?
Do we have to have this conversation right now?
-Mmm... -DOM: Whoop!
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, my shaman would say it's better out than in.
Is that a direct quote?
Oh. Oh, no. Well, maybe you're just pregnant.
-OLY: Oh! Oh... -I'm definitely not.
Can we not argue? Hey, are you jet-lagged?
-Why would you say that? -(GROANS)
-BOWIE: Whatever. -This is a lot. (SIGHS)
-Hi. -(RUSSIAN ACCENT) Hello.
Oh. Thank you.
This is Katerina.
She's my girlfriend and she's, uh...she's gonna stay for a bit.
Great.
(BUZZING)
(DOM LA NENA SINGS 'ELA' IN PORTUGUESE)
YOUNG SANTI: Mama!
Mama!
Mama. (ECHOES)
(GASPS)
(PORTUGUESE SONG CONTINUES)
(BONG WATER BUBBLES)
-(BIRDSONG) -(ETHEREAL SOUNDSCAPE)
(GENTLE CHIMING)
(UNEASY MUSIC)
(SPEAKS SPANISH)
(UNEASY MUSIC CONTINUES)
Rise and shine, uce!
-SANTI: Uce. -(VINCE CHUCKLES)
-('HENNY & REEFER' BY CHILLINIT) -Thanks, bro.
All good.
So...what happened to 'no bongs before breakfast'?
(SANTI CHUCKLES)
What are you doing, bro?
Sorry.
I told Reema I'd bring it
so we could keep our terrarium misted throughout the day.
You get to mist Reema's terrarium?
(SANTI CHUCKLES)
Disrespectful, bruh.
I'm sorry, bro. I'm just...
Yeah.
SONG: ♪ Reef, reef
♪ Reef, reef, r-r-reef
♪ Cuts. ♪
(STUDENTS CHATTER NEARBY)
ANGIE: That's quite a statement you're making.
Hey.
Oh, "Hey."
Is that all you're gonna say?
What's the matter?
I saw you last night.
And you obviously haven't gone home.
I'm sleeping in the back of the food truck.
Yeah, right.
Can you chill out?
-"Chill out"? -Please?
Yep. Yep, OK.
Loud and clear. I can chill out.
I can be fucking glacial, you prick.
(SEAM RIPS)
Oh, do you ever see other people
and feel really together in comparison?
-MS TAN: Uh, yeah. -MR HANOVER: Yeah.
MR HANOVER: Oof!
-J! Look up there! (GASPS) -Hey.
Look up there at those branches.
Hey. Couldn't find you this morning.
Yeah, sorry. I was late.
-(BABY BURBLES) -Are you not sleeping?
-Hey! -(BABY GIGGLES)
Is my bed uncomfortable, or...?
(SANTI GROANS PLAYFULLY) Oh, my gosh! Come here.
Is there something else going on?
Mwah!
Well, someone's extra snuggly today, huh?
(OLY LAUGHS WEAKLY)
Are you still OK to take her this afternoon?
-(BABY FUSSES) -Yeah. Of course.
-OK. -OK, time to say bye.
-Yeah. -Bye!
Bye.
-Oh! -(BABY FUSSES)
SANTI: Ah.
Oops.
(BABY BABBLES)
(HIP-HOP SONG LEAKS THROUGH HEADPHONES)
-(BABY BABBLES) -Shh.
It's not for handing in.
Well, they're really interesting.
(MUTTERS) Didn't fucking ask.
Excuse me, what was that?
Do you have any idea how hard
I have to try not to swear all day
at those little fuckers?
Very hard?
No offence, but your son-in-law is being a dipshit.
Santi's not my son-in-law.
I've tried so many times to help him
and he just turns around
and acts like an ungrateful dickhead.
He's still not my son-in-law.
I don't care how cute that baby is.
Hmm. Now, she I will take credit for.
Well, then in return,
you'd better spill on Matias.
(GULPS AUDIBLY) Sorry?
Croaker got a call for a reference check.
Is he leaving?
How would I...
I'm not the Hernandez oracle.
I have no jurisdiction over what that family does
or how they behave
or if they are going to apply for a transfer
without telling anyone.
I've got more than enough to deal with.
(BEROCCA FIZZES)
You know, be agile or die.
-DOM: Huh. -BOWIE: OK.
DOM: Yeah. Yeah, yeah, I know.
What, is that, uh, something you learnt
in your dog-walking accreditation course?
No, it's something I learned living in a tent.
But, uh, you know, nice try.
But Katerina already knows I'm an accredited dog walker
and it's not embarrassing to her.
(SPEAKS RUSSIAN)
(REPLIES IN RUSSIAN)
OK, OK.
OK, helping you find your next step is important.
So what about a delivery support consultant?
That sounds kind of agile, eh? (LAUGHS)
(SIGHS IN FRUSTRATION)
Oh, don't worry, Katerina.
I've sighed many times like that at the old B-train.
Is everything OK there?
What? I'm serious.
OK, so, yeah, OK.
If thinking I had rabies taught me anything,
it's that time with loved ones is all we've got.
-(SLOWLY) OK. -Yeah, so...
-Since you were fired... -Redundant.
In fact, 'sabbatical' is probably more accurate.
Yeah, yeah, sabbatical. Yeah, yeah, no.
'Cause, yeah, that sounds great.
That sounds expansive, you know?
So maybe, just maybe, you don't wanna go back
into the same sort of thing.
What, you mean having a job?
Dad. Dad!
You are vibing a really nice frequency at the moment
and...and it could be cool if you keep that same frequency.
-And not... -(SLAMS TABLE)
Not? Not? Not what?
Not be such a grumpy old man.
See, English is her second language, remember.
(SPEAKS RUSSIAN)
Ah, yeah. What...what was that?
Uh, she said the grumpy thing again.
Since when have I been grumpy?
(SPEAKS RUSSIAN)
I'm never grumpy!
Maybe not grumpy, hey?
Maybe a workaholic? Preoccupied, unavailable.
But, hey, hey,
you're way better now.
-Good to know. Great to know. -Yeah, yeah, great.
Right. So we'll go to the beach, yeah.
And...and...and you can think about
freeing yourself from that bloody whatever thing
it was you were doing before.
"Whatever thing"?
I ran an entire division of people, Bowie.
You know exactly what I did.
KATERINA: No!
He doesn't.
I mean, does anybody really know what their parents do?
(KATERINA SPEAKS RUSSIAN)
Is it too late to fix Bowie?
What?
Do you know what I used to do
for my job?
Um, yeah, for the most part, yeah.
OK, and how do you describe it to people?
Um, has something happened with Bowie?
You don't know either, do you?
Oh, yes, of course I do.
Um, I've gotta go.
SANTI: Angie.
Oh! Hi, Santi.
Hey.
Um, you know, you should probably
call me Ms Davis when we're at school,
just to keep things clear.
Oh. Yeah.
Sorry. I'll do that.
(BABY FUSSES)
You're very good at that.
-Thanks. -(BABY BABBLES)
Yeah, if I'm, um... if I'm really in the zone,
I can smash it out.
Oh, and are you in the zone today?
(SIGHS) Um...
Not really.
Ah.
Hey, um... (SNIFFS)
..can I ask you something?
Yeah.
I mean, is it to do with school?
Hmm...no.
OK, well, um, I know we have
a beautiful, gorgeous little baby in common,
but if it's personal,
um, or if it's about my daughter,
I'm...I'm just always gonna take her side on things, so...
Right.
-ANGIE: Mmm. -(SNIFFS)
That's fine.
(SANTI SNIFFS) I guess, um,
that's what mums are for, eh?
Oh, Santi, I... (SIGHS)
-Hey, it's OK. -(ANGIE EXHALES)
Don't worry about it.
Thanks, um...Ms Davis.
Oh, you can call me Angie. It's...
(DOOR OPENS)
(DOOR CLOSES)
(MUSIC LEAKS THROUGH HEADPHONES)
Hey, I was thinking you should come over for dinner
and meet Bowie... once he's unpacked.
And, well, showered.
(MUSIC LEAKS THROUGH HEADPHONES)
And you could... you could stay over again.
Unless it's too hard to sleep in my bed.
And then I was thinking
that we could go have sex in the toilets.
SANTI: Hmm?
We could go right now and have sex in the toilets.
Why?
Why not?
No reason. I just don't...get it.
(OLY LAUGHS)
-I'm kidding. -(LAUGHS WEAKLY)
-(OLY SIGHS) -(BABY BABBLES)
Maybe he just didn't feel like it.
No, but it was like the whole thing
was an alien concept to him.
Like, I thought they were supposed to want it all the time.
Maybe he had a big lunch.
Or hadn't had any lunch, so was really hungry.
OLY: Hmm.
Or he just didn't wanna have sex in front of his daughter.
We do that all the time.
Really?
Yeah.
REEMA: Hmm.
She can't tell. (LAUGHS)
Can she?
Oh, my God.
Have I already ruined my daughter's psyche?
LIBRARIAN: Ahem!
(WHISPERS) Shush or share, ladies!
REEMA: Huh?
Shush or share. What will it be?
-Sh-shush. -OK.
OLY: Sh-shush.
Shhh!
(WHISPERS) Like, I don't know,
like, is he upset at me about something?
Maybe he just had a sore penis.
Or he has an unusual spot on it.
Yes, and it's a heart-shaped mole
and he didn't wanna look desperate.
Or he got your name tattooed on his penis
and he wants to surprise you.
Or there's a spelling mistake
and he just needs to get it fixed up
before he shows it to me.
See? He really knows you.
(LAIDBACK QUIRKY MUSIC)
No, that is obstruction.
-I'm nowhere near you. -Obstruction!
Hey...can we talk later?
Yeah. Yeah, totally.
Do you just wanna come with us?
Nah, it's OK. You guys do your thing.
We're this way. Goodbye!
-Bye. -Bye.
Oh, yeah, ball sports for kindergarteners is...
State champions, you mean?
-(VEHICLE APPROACHES) -REEMA: State champions!
(ENGINE SURGES)
VINCE: You OK?
(UNSETTLING SOUNDSCAPE)
Yeah.
Yeah, we're all good.
REEMA: I can't tell who's who.
We just have to follow the numbers.
(LIVELY CHATTER)
Is that Tanya Plibersek?
Oh, my God.
TANYA: Pleasure to be here. It's great. It's a great initiative.
I thought she was in Canberra.
I thought that Parliament was sitting this week.
Do you know the House of Reps schedule off by heart, do you?
Well, I thought I did.
She's not listed.
Yeah, she was just supposed to send a representative.
OK, folks, well, if you could please take your seats
for the first sitting.
(WHISPERS) Shit.
Hey, what's the matter?
It's just I have to leave early to get back to J,
so I might not get to meet her.
It's OK.
Let's be cool.
-Excuse me. -Oh.
-Hi. -TANYA: Hi. How are you going?
-GIRL: I'm good. How are you? -Good. Nice to meet you.
Where do you go to school?
-Hello. -Hi.
(MATIAS AND ROSA ARGUE IN SPANISH)
SANTI: Shh.
(SANTI SINGS SOFTLY)
-(DOOR SLAMS) -(BABY CRIES)
Shh. Hey.
(ROSA SHRIEKS) Matias!
You OK?
You have enough to worry about.
And the rest of us, we have to go to work.
Are you, uh...
Are you leaving?
He's a hypocrite.
(ROSA SPEAKS SPANISH)
Yeah.
(DIALLED PHONE RINGS)
(RINGS BELL)
OK, folks, if the young leaders
can be the ones to stand up, please,
and move one space to the right.
It was very nice to meet you.
Thank you. You too.
Hello.
(GIRLS LAUGH)
Uh, look, I'm sorry. I think you need to go that way.
Oh! Yeah. Sorry. I knew that.
-Hi! -(PHONE BUZZES)
-REEMA: Nice to meet you. -Very nice to meet you.
Everything all right?
Uh, yeah. Yep. Sorry. Yep.
-TANYA: It's really hilarious. -Oh, really?
(TANYA AND REEMA LAUGH)
(TANYA AND REEMA CHATTER)
I hope you don't mind me saying so,
but checking your phone straight up like that?
Bit of a no-no.
Oh, sorry. Um... So...so...
I have a baby at home.
Oh, yes! You're the one.
They mentioned it.
Uh...
Could we start again?
-(BABY CRIES) -(SANTI SIGHS)
It's OK. Hey, come here.
-It's OK. -(BABY CRIES HARDER)
(SINGS GENTLY)
(BABY CONTINUES CRYING)
(PERCUSSIVE MUSIC)
(GASPS)
(GRUNTS) Arrgh!
(VEHICLE APPROACHES)
(WHISPERS) What the fuck...?
Arrgh!
(SIGHS) Oh, no.
Hi! Hi. Hello.
I'm sorry. I'm normal.
That was weird, yes.
Um, I was just wondering if I could borrow your phone,
um, to make a phone call.
It's just that mine just broke
and I have to get back to my baby, who needs to feed in...
-Oh! You've got a baby. -..11 minutes ago.
Oh, here you go, hon.
Thank you. Thank you so much.
That's so embarrassing. I don't know his number.
-(LAUGHS) -Um...
Could I order an Uber on your phone and I'll pay you back?
I'm so sorry. I'm just waiting for one.
Oh.
-Are you on Insta? -Digital detox.
-Sorry! -Ohh!
Ah. OK.
Um... Er...
-OK. That's all right. -Oh. OK.
Um... Thank you.
-Good luck. -Uh... (LAUGHS) Thanks.
(BIKE BELL RINGS)
-SANTI: Far out! -(BABY FUSSES)
I don't know, J. Shh.
-(BABY FUSSES) -I don't know, JJ!
(BABY BABBLES)
Come on.
(SIREN WAILS NEARBY)
(PERCUSSIVE MUSIC)
-(BABY CRIES) -(MULTIPLE SIRENS WAIL)
(POIGNANT MUSIC)
(BABY CRIES)
(PHONE RINGS)
Oh, no. No, no, don't...
What's happened?
ANGIE: Hi, I just...I wanted
to apologise for today about Oly.
-Something's happened to Oly? -What do you mean?
She's not answering her phone.
I haven't been able to get a hold of her for hours.
-Oh, that's not like her. -I know. I know.
OLY: I'm here! (PANTS)
Oh! I'm so sorry.
-(BABY FUSSES) -I dropped my phone. It broke.
-I don't have your number. -Where have you been?
-Hey! I'm so sorry. Hey, J! -Oly...
I had no idea where you were.
Hey, I told you where I was. I was at the networking thing.
You could've been anywhere.
Oly, you could've been dead.
I thought you were dead.
(POIGNANT MUSIC)
(OLY COOS) Baby.
(POIGNANT MUSIC CONTINUES)
(WOMAN HUMS)
-Hey, you don't have to go. -No.
-No, no, hey... -But I want to.
My parents will love you.
It's not...they're not usually like this. Sort of.
It's not because of that.
Oh.
Well, then why?
I thought you live near Bondi.
(BIRDSONG)
I know we said we'd see what happens,
but me arbitrarily disappearing
isn't one of the challenges I'd factored into the equation.
She just...
She just wasn't there anymore.
I didn't know what had happened.
One day, she just left and then never came back.
And...
(SIGHS)
..it could happen to you.
It sounds so dumb, but I, um...
-It's just, like... -You don't want me to die.
Yeah.
I didn't know you were so worried about that.
Neither did I.
You know I'm gonna die one day.
-You're gonna die... -Oly.
-J's gonna die. -Shh.
-We're all gonna die. -Uh-uh.
I reckon we're gonna be the first family to live forever.
(LAUGHS) OK.
Remember that when we're 35 and we hate our lives.
J's not speaking to us because we're mad at her
'cause she got a tattoo in Bali.
Did you get a tattoo on your penis?
-What? -Nothing. Nothing.
-Why did you ask that? -It's nothing. No reason.
(OLY LAUGHS)
I'm so sorry about your mum.
If you're freaking out,
can you just tell me that you're freaking out?
Mm-hm.
Yep.
(GENTLE MUSIC)
Hey?
Yeah?
Um...
..did you still wanna have sex in the toilets?
(OLY CHUCKLES)
Yep!
(UPBEAT ELECTRONIC MUSIC)