MARY: Dear Adelaide, do I deserve happiness?
I don't feel like I'm worthy of it.
Yours sincerely, J.
Dear J, the only way I can truly answer this
is by getting personal.
Do you deserve to be happy?
Well, I never thought I did.
Something horrible happened to someone I cared deeply about.
Because of this, I felt unworthy of anyone's love.
I closed my door. I shut myself off.
I was alone,
wasting days, months, years.
But I was safe,
until I wasn't.
I didn't think it was possible,
but I found two people that were as broken as me,
a father and his daughter.
My pain was theirs.
It was a lot for me to come back out into the light.
but they showed me the way,
by seeing me for who I am.
It doesn't matter where you come from, or who you are.
Happiness is your birthright.
Have gratitude for the fact that you're alive.
If you can appreciate the small things,
you'll realise how big they actually are.
Surround yourself with people who protect you.
Fight for them.
And don't forget to fight for yourself.
Happiness is not a destination.
It's a journey that will take you into unexpected places.
Don't get caught up in your head.
Just enjoy the ride.
Always, Adelaide.
(LEAVES RUSTLE, BIRDS CALL)
(INSTRUMENTAL STRING VERSION OF HERE COMES THE SUN PLAYS)
(INDISTINCT MURMURING)
Hi.
(MUSIC ENDS)
CELEBRANT: We are gathered here today
to celebrate the union of two lost souls
who found each other
in the most unlikely of circumstances.
- (GURGLING) - Now, if you are here today,
it means that you are either family,
- or you are chosen family. - (MARY GRUNTS)
And, one way or another, you have...
(SCREAMS)
MAN: What is that?! Oh, my God!
- What is that! - (SCREAMS)
Oh, my God! Oh, my God!
- (SCREAMS) No! - (BABY GROWLS)
Oh, God! Agh! Somebody get it off!
Someone kill it!
(SCREAMING)
EMMA: Look at me! There's blood everywhere!
Mary, why? (SCREAMS AND SOBS)
Mary, why would you do this?
(GASPS)
(IF I HAD A TAIL BY QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE PLAYS)
(SWISHING)
(SPLASHING)
(SWISHING CONTINUES)
Maybe we should hold onto this place.
Uh-huh?
How would... How would that work?
I could just come back here,
you know, every time there's a full moon.
Yeah. Yeah.
Just, you know,
sort of haemorrhaging money right now,
building the basement in the new place.
(GURGLING)
Ow!
(GRUNTS SOFTLY)
You know, I was thinking, um...
Maybe getting that ultrasound might actually help alleviate
some of the stress you're feeling...
- Gary, I... - It's just we should...
find out if the baby's OK, and, uh...
and a human.
Getting started on the nursery might make you feel better about everything.
I don't think we should worry about the nursery.
I think we should just make sure the basement works.
It will work.
I promise.
We're just gonna have to paint over this.
- I'm gonna get some air. - Yeah.
NARRATOR: Breeding occurs between the alpha male
and the alpha female within the wolf pack.
And then, after a gestation period of two months,
the birthing begins.
Wolves have a litter of pups
that consist of four to six little ones, on average,
but it is possible for the mother wolf
to birth up to 10 pups.
(KNOCK AT DOOR)
- Gaz, your 10 o'clock. - Yes.
- Hi. - Hi.
- Hey. - Hi. Gary.
- Caroline. - Yeah.
All my receipts and activity statements
for the last couple of years.
Let's just have a look here.
- Oh, wow. Very organised. - Thank you.
A woman after my own heart.
(CHUCKLES)
Aw. Yours?
Yeah. Yeah.
- 13, going on 40. - (CHUCKLES)
Just have the one?
Mm-hm. No. Ah, well...
My girlfriend is six months pregnant.
Oh, wow! Oh, congratulations.
- Oh, thanks. - Do you know what you're having?
(CLATTERING)
(CLATTERING CONTINUES)
First time I've heard of anyone building a basement.
Ah, yeah. We're American. We like basements.
You can go down there if you want.
Oh, my boyfriend wants it to be a surprise.
EMMA: Mary?
Oh Emma, I meant to throw that out.
I'll put it in the trash. I'm sorry.
No, no, it's OK. I can do it.
(CLATTERING CONTINUES FAINTLY)
Hey, are you sure you're OK?
Yeah.
What about tomorrow?
- What about it? - How are you feeling about it?
You want to take a break?
And do what?
Do you know what to do if you get caught in a rip?
When you swim against it, you can't win.
You just wear yourself out.
If nature's trying to pull you one way,
don't fight it.
Go with the flow.
High school's going to be good for you, Emma.
It's just time to broaden your horizons.
I'm fine on my own.
I know.
But friends can be good.
That's a cool track.
What?
Go With The Flow.
Queens of the Stone Age.
Third album.
I'm going in.
Stay between the flags.
Actually, Emma! Wait.
I'm gonna come.
Here, do you need help getting up?
- Yeah. - (BOTH LAUGH)
Thanks.
(LAUGHTER AND SQUEALING)
MARY: It's freezing!
(GIRLS CHATTER INDISTINCTLY)
Oh, uh...
You sure you don't want her?
Hey, can Mary pick me up after school? Is that OK?
- Of course it is. - What time?
- Three o'clock. - On the dot.
Great.
- I love you, bubs. Have fun! - Bye!
(HORN BLARES)
You need to keep moving!
Oh.
- Classy! - Let's just... get out of here.
- Yeah. - (BELL RINGS)
(GIRLS CHATTER INDISTINCTLY)
Alright, so we've got seven stairs coming up,
wall to your left.
And then it's flat and another stair.
- Careful. Careful! - Is the door titanium?
The door's titanium and the filtration system
should have cleared out most of the fumes by now.
One more step. Careful.
Good! You're good, you're good.
OK, open your eyes.
- Oh! - Uh...
Obviously, that's not going to be a problem,
you know, once you're... once you're a wolf
Check this out. So...
Let me show you how the door works.
- (BEEPING) - (CHILL-OUT MUSIC PLAYS)
Ah, shit.
Um...
Obviously a bit of a complicated system.
Still figuring out the kinks, but...
(MURMURS) What am I doing here?
No, that's not it. What...
I mean, it really shouldn't... It's...
But the basic... You can get the basic sense...
(EXHALES) Worry less about the ambience and more about me not eating you.
(KEYS JANGLE)
- OLIVIA: Hi, Mary! - Hi!
- Emma, are you there? - Hi, you guys.
We're just dropping these nursery things off.
I know it looks like a lot. Oh, Dr Stenning.
- Dr Stenning? - Our OB.
- OB? - Obstetrician. He's the best.
We need one of those. So, thank you.
- Are you OK? - Yeah, yeah. I've, um... I've got a thing.
- Hey, ah, where're you going? - I've just got that thing, remember?
OK.
Lots of baby stuff. Very sweet of you.
(HORN BEEPS) Bye, honey.
Was that our fault? Did we come at the wrong time?
That? No, no, no. That's just anxiety.
You know, she doesn't feel like she has anyone else she can talk to.
S... Sort of the same way I feel.
(LAUGHS) That's crazy, Gary. You've got us.
- (SQUEAKING) - Mummy!
RAY: Are you guys getting a dog?
Now's not the time to be getting a dog.
OLIVIA: It was in the basement.
You even know what a basement is, Olivia?
Monster house.
What do you mean by that?
It's a movie, Gary.
OK, there we are, here we are.
- Ow! - Great to see you guys.
We don't have a basement.
I gotta go on a work Zoom. I'll see you later.
Can you leave the bassinet on the lawn, yeah?
Bye, Olivia! Thanks!
Just leave it on the porch. Come on, baby.
Hey, I've got a young couple in there. Really interested.
MARY: Yeah, Judy, number 13 Jersey Road.
Wait. What are you talking about?
Who's heard of a place with a basement?
Oh, wait, THAT'S the basement?
Oh, no, Judy, you're kidding me.
What? How many people did they keep down there?
For how long?
- Jesus Christ! - Come on.
I thought I smelt something really disgusting
when I came into the house.
WOMAN: You didn't tell us what happened in the basement!
- What happened in the basement? - MAN: Go, honey, go!
(MURMURS FAINTLY)
(PHONE RINGS)
(GASPS) Fuck!
(TYRES SQUEAL)
(HORN BEEPS)
- (HORN BLARES) - Oh, suck my dick!
(GIRLS CHAT AND LAUGH)
Hey!
Is that your Mum?
Kind of. See ya.
Sorry! I got caught up with something.
All good. Is everything OK?
Yeah! Everything's awesome.
MARY: OK, so just to be completely clear, Dr Stenning,
we just need the baby out somewhere in this window,
but preferably not three to four days of this date.
Right, and why is that?
Um, because we have a lot of, uh, busy social...
occasions to attend. Um...
So when could you induce?
Only if you're overdue, or if... there are problems.
Er, do you... Any conditions?
Um, well, define conditions.
- Diabetes? - No.
- High blood pressure? - No.
Kidney problems?
Well, there's no foreseeable reasons, I'm afraid.
Oh, fuck. Fuck!
Oh, well, what if I were to have some kind of accident?
I mean, non-fatal.
Like what if someone were to break my arm?
Dr Stenning, what is the earliest that
we could book a C-section?
Um, 36 weeks.
Whoa. So, we're doing that. We're doing that.
What is the recovery process?
Ah, from a caesarean? Um, anything up to about six weeks.
Yeah, and what does that involve?
Well, mainly rest.
- Recovery from the stitches... - Stitches?
No. No. That won't work.
Well, the healing is much longer than for a...
No, if I go to one of our social occasions
and I have stitches, I'll... I'll bust open.
(STAMMERS) In a matter of speaking.
Mary, do you mind if I ask what it is that you're scared of?
Well, I'm just...
I don't want our baby to get hurt.
Well, let's start by booking you in for the ultrasound.
Who's going to be at the ultrasound?
Just the sonographer.
But if you're nervous, I can arrange to be there.
No, you don't... No, it's... Don't put yourself out.
Mary, it's very important that
you don't let your anxiety take control.
Now, normally, I'd be seeing patients
a lot sooner than I'm seeing you guys.
But there are some classes
that can help you get up to speed,
and, um, settle some of these nerves, eh?
WOMAN: In through the nose for three.
(INHALING)
Out through the nose for three.
(EXHALING)
Slow it down.
Relax the shoulders.
Relax the face, the jaw.
Keep it floppy. Floppy.
In the nose for three.
(INHALING)
Out for three.
- (EXHALING) - Great. Great.
Scaredy cat.
Out, happy cow.
Oh, look at these happy cows. So happy.
Yes, all that oxytocin.
And back up again,
arching that back - scaredy cat.
What hormone relates to the birth AND sex?
(GASPS) Yes!
- Oxytocin? - It does.
Whoo! (LAUGHS)
WOMAN: What organ contracts with oxytocin?
Mary?
Ah. Um...
Uh, I don't know, sorry.
(QUIET MURMURING)
GARY: This... This look right to you, babe?
- Hey, what's the matter? - We're just going through the motions.
- Look, I think that this is an important step. - None of it applies to us.
There aren't companies making soft, plushie wolf uteruses.
- You don't know that. - (LAUGHS)
I do know that there aren't companies making those.
No, I mean you don't know that none of that applies to us, OK?
- We could be having a baby. - Yeah, and we could be having a wolf.
I don't know how to mother a wolf, Gary, and neither do you.
Then let's get the ultrasound, OK?
We just need to know exactly what is going on in there
then we can start worrying about everything else.
For example, did you know that it's possible
for a wolf to give birth to up to 10 pups?
(GASPS) Why would you tell me that?
WOMAN: Mary?
Hey... Anna.
The girls and I are going to
that organic café around the corner,
- if you wanted to join us? - Mm, I can't.
Yes! Absolutely, that would be great! What a great idea.
I'll Uber home. Take the car. Go, have fun.
Take as long as you need.
MAN: ..can just be open with each other,
and just really express our feelings and what's going on.
It's really fantastic.
- Oh, come on, let's go have a beer. - Yeah, yeah.
- I mean, it's so good, having other dads to talk to. - MAN 2: (LAUGHS) Isn't it!
MAN 1: Imagine not having anyone! Wouldn't that be shit?
I know, I keep telling Rob but...
Not to brag, it was the first thing she did.
- Guilty. - Oh, really?
Have you guys got your babymoon planned?
Yeah, we're going to Port Douglas.
Oh, I want to go to Port Douglas.
- Really? I've got some tips. - Hot places!
I just want to go somewhere warm, sit by the pool.
I don't know about somewhere warm.
If only I could convince Robert to take holidays!
(VOICES OVERLAP INCREASINGLY LOUDLY)
Does anyone else worry
their baby will eat them from the inside?
Um...
- Vegemite toast? - Yes.
I'm putting Vegemite on everything.
Piers was horrified to see me eating it out of the tub,
- like, with my carrot sticks. - (LAUGHTER)
What about you, Mary? Any weird cravings?
Um...
I've gotta go to the bathroom.
GARY: Hey!
I'm not one of them, Gary, and I never will be.
(SIGHS) Of course you will.
No, I won't be, and I don't want to be.
I felt like a complete failure.
- What did they say? - It's not what they said, it's who they are.
Tara and Kat are off to Port Douglas for their babymoon.
- The lesbian couple? - No, that's Julie and Alex.
Then why are Tara and Kat going to...?
Fuck, Gary, that's not important.
What kind of mother am I going to be?
Your instinct will take over.
Which instinct?
The nurturing instinct.
(PHONE RINGS)
Oh, shit, the school is calling.
Hello?
What?
Hey.
- Everything alright? - Hey, are you OK?
WOMAN: Wow.
(DOOR OPENS)
Everyone here?
- Come in. - Up.
OK. Look I'm sorry to call you all in like this,
but I think it's the only way to sort out this issue.
Issue? Ah, what happened?
Well, Sophia came up to one of our lunch duty monitors
and said that Emma had pushed her over.
- Onto a tiled floor. - Can you just let me finish, please?
Em, you pushed her?
- She just came up to me and did it. - Sophia!
Everyone here is very aware of how seriously we take bullying
and unprovoked acts of aggression.
So Emma just came over to you,
completely unprovoked, and pushed you over?
Yes.
Sorry, did anyone actually ask Emma what happened?
Has anyone asked you?
I don't want to get Abigail in more trouble.
MARY: Who's Abigail?
Abigail has nothing to do with what you did.
She's worried they'll pick on her again.
Well, what happened to Abigail?
Um, what's happening here?
I'm sorry, who's Abigail?
They were ganging up on her.
We weren't! We weren't.
No, come on, let's hear what happened.
This is ridiculous!
Excuse me, if we're going to be brought in here like this,
I think we should hear the full story, right?
So that we can best work out how to discipline Emma,
or if, indeed, we need to.
They were picking on Abigail in the bathroom.
They?
Sophia and her friends.
They grabbed her scarf and...
Why would I want that crappy scarf?
She was saying it wasn't from the school,
so she couldn't wear it.
Abigail's Mum made the scarf because she has OCD.
When she took it from Abigail I tried to get it back,
but she wouldn't let go and THAT'S when she fell.
- No, you pushed me! - No I didn't!
Oh, this is outrageous!
No, let's get Abigail in here
and hear the full story, shall we?
My husband and I are big donors to this school.
- If this is how this sort of thing is handled... - Oh, my God, lady!
You might think you can get your kid through life
so it's all candy canes and unicorns
but some of us don't inherit bags of money,
we inherit bags full of shit.
So you can keep doing you,
but that's not how this family works.
Wow.
OK, I don't even know what to say to the two of you.
That was unbelievable.
Shall we go and get some dinner?
This isn't over.
No, no, you don't...
MARY: Hey.
It's over.
Out of curiosity, what did you say?
Lady chat.
Hey, Dad, can my friend Abigail get a ride home?
Of course!
- Yeah! - OK.
- Hey, Abigail. - (MOUTHS)
Hey, I want to do it.
Do what?
The ultrasound.
- Wait, are you serious? - Yeah.
Abigail, this is my dad, Gary.
- Hi. - Hi, there. Nice to meet you.
And Mary, my stepmum.
Hey.
(SOBS)
I'm really emotional. I'm pregnant.
It's really nice to meet you.
Why don't we, ah, hop in the car, girls?
(SOBBING) I'm sorry, I'm just...
ABIGAIL: Thanks for giving me a lift home.
GARY: So, uh, what classes do you guys have together?
ABIGAIL: We've got science, history... (INDISTINCT)
MARY: Do you like school? Do you like your teachers?
- Yeah, they're alright. - Yeah? They are?
WOMAN: OK, let's get started.
(BUTTONS CLICK)
Uh, everything OK?
I need to get someone.
- Get my bag. Get my bag. - OK, OK.
- My bag! - OK.
- What is that? - It's chloroform.
What... What are you doing? Where did you get this?
Um, it's a naturally occurring substance, but you can make it.
- You made this? - No!
Why do you have this? What are you...
We're gonna put it in this towel,
and we're going to tranquilise and run.
Tranquilise? Why would they even know it's a wolf?
They wouldn't know that unless there's a full moon outside!
- Just pour it in here. - I'm not pouring chloroform onto a fucking face towel.
- Just pour it in! - (DOOR OPENS)
Shit. Sorry about this, folks.
IT updated our operating system
and didn't give us the login details.
(GARY EXHALES SHARPLY)
Alrighty, I'll leave you to it.
- Thanks, Dr Lee. - Thanks, Dr Lee.
- Thanks. - Let's try that again.
OK.
Hello!
You can see the eyes are closed,
but judging by the size,
they'll be opening in a matter of no time.
(LAUGHS)
Everything's looking good.
You can see the breathing, lungs are fully formed.
- Oh! - That's...
- And hiccups! - I thought I felt something.
(LAUGHS)
Do you want to know what it is?
- It's a human. - (LAUGHS)
No, I meant do you want to know if it's a boy or a girl?
We hadn't really discussed
I think we should wait.
We'll wait.
(COAT OF MANY COLOURS BY DOLLY PARTON PLAYS)
* Back through the years
* I go wandering once again
* Back to the seasons of my youth
* I recall a box of rags that someone gave us... *
Oh, my God, you had the best...
* And how my mamma put the rags to use
* There were rags of many colours
* But every piece was small
* And I didn't have a coat
* And it was way down in the fall
* Mamma sewed the rags together
* Sewing every piece with love
* She made my coat of many colours
* That I was so proud of
(MUFFLED) * As she sewed, she told a story
* From the Bible she had read
* About a coat of many colours
* Joseph wore, and then she said
* Perhaps this coat will bring you
* Good luck and happiness
* And I just couldn't wait to wear it
* And Mamma blessed it with a kiss
(FULL VOLUME)
* My coat of many colours
* That my mamma made for me
* Made only from rags
* But I wore it so proudly
* Although we had no money
* I was rich as I could be
* In my coat of many colours
* My mamma made for me
* Now, I know we had no money
* But I was rich as I could be
* In my coat of many colours
* My mamma made for me
* Made just for me. *