I'm getting messages from someone, written on the ace of diamonds.
Why do you get the messages?
What, because someone thinks you're a hero?
Keep the change.
If you'd like to discuss your drug regime in more detail,
we could schedule a meeting with your family to talk...
No. No, no, no. Let's not.
You always were a funny one, Jimmy.
Jimmy?
What the hell are you following me for?
Maybe I'm supposed to help you or something.
(CROWD CHEERS)
I know what I have to do.
Hey, Sophie!
Soph.
What's all this?
Open it.
(GIGGLES) (CHUCKLES) Open it.
You're welcome.
What the hell, Ed?
I don't need you messing with my head right before a race.
I can do it just fine on my own.
No. No, wait! It's a message!
Hang on! Sophie.
What...? Clear the track, please.
Oh.
(CROWD CHEERS)
On your marks.
Set.
(AIR HORN BLARES)
(CROWD CHEERS)
Sophie!
Take off your shoes!
Wait. Take your shoes off!
Sophie!
Be free!
Do it! Be free!
Be free!
(PANTS)
Be free!
Be free, Sophie! Be free!
Yes, yes, yes! Do it!
Yes!
Yes, Sophie!
Whoo!
Go, Soph! Go, Soph! Go, Soph!
Go, Sophie! Go, Soph! Keep your head up! (LAUGHS)
Whoo! (LAUGHS)
Yes!
That was in...!
The... the shoe thing, it was...!
Well done! Great race!
Hey? (LAUGHS)
(CHEERING)
Psh! (CHUCKLES)
All done now.
Thanks, Dad. (SNIFFS)
Thanks.
(SNIFFS)
Sorry, um, I'm actually off duty.
Never mind. Where to?
Alright, you take that one, Lou, and Jett.
Mummy! We're back! Mummy!
Come here. I missed you guys so much!
We went camping! (GIGGLES) You did?
Dad showed us a big moon. I got a blister.
Aw, poor bubby. Yeah. It looks like a big...
Were they OK? (CHUCKLES) Yeah, they were great.
Jesus. What happened here?
Oh, yeah. Auds had a bit of a prang.
Wait, was she pissed?
No, she wasn't pissed.
I'll put it through the insurance. It'll be fine.
No, bugger that. Don't give those crooks your money.
I can fix it.
Joe... It's fine.
Thanks.
Alright, I gotta go.
Ooh! I love you guys.
Be good for your mum. We will.
(BOYS SAY GOODBYE) You were so well behaved.
Look after your mum for me. OK!
Love you guys. Love you up to here. (BOYS GIGGLE)
Bye!
You think you're second best. Not loved.
Somehow unlovable.
(KNOCKS ON DOOR)
Ed, you there?
Oh, hello. (DOG WHINES)
Hello, mister. Hello, mister. Hello. (DOG PANTS)
(CHUCKLES) Good boy.
You are the first in my life and in my heart.
Always have been.
Where'd he put it, Doorman?
(SIGHS) Where is it?
(DOG WHINES)
Argh!
(SIGHS)
(DOG WHINES) Hey, buddy.
(DOG PANTS) Oh! How are ya? Mm.
(SIGHS)
(BIRDS CHIRP)
(CREAKING)
What?
"Stones of home".
Huh.
Ed! Ed! Ed?
Ed!
I got another one!
A card. You called for that?
That was the friggin' emergency?
It was in my dad's pocket.
I think that maybe...
...they're from my dad.
The cards. (CHUCKLES EXCITEDLY)
Look, I don't mean to sound harsh, boss, but your dad's dead, so...
How would he even... do that?
I dunno. I dunno. I know... I know it sounds weird, but...
...it was in his room in the house.
People come in and out of this house all the time.
I mean, we all got a key. I made a copy for everyone.
Well, did you do it, then?
As if I can be arsed. I oughta...
Stones... of...
No, I already checked, there's nothing there.
So... Ah, wait, wait!
There's a band called Stones with a song called Home.
Christian post-grunge. You guys wanna listen?
No. No.
It does sound like lyrics, though.
But those sad as shit Irish ones.
Yeah.
Like Dad'd sing.
You know, maybe it's more what it means.
I mean... stones of home.
What's home for you?
I mean, I know it was your dad, but...
Maybe it's at your mum's.
I'm sorry, but someone had to say it.
Hey, Mum.
Good day? Yeah.
There you are.
Sorry I'm late.
Yeah, well... a text would be nice.
I've already eaten.
Ed's going through some stuff, so... I'm helping him. Um...
I know how important help is.
(SIGHS) Yeah.
Oh! Um, did you get the email from Centrelink?
Yeah. Yeah, I did.
I'm gonna... Yeah.
Oh! Um... don't... don't forget your...
(CHUCKLES) Yeah.
(TV PLAYS IN BACKGROUND)
I'm really sorry.
For all that shit I said about you and your dad's funeral.
I'm sorry I didn't tell you about the card.
It all just kinda got away from me.
Seemed like a lot. Mm.
We all thought you'd...
Sounds like things got a bit dark there for a minute.
With Edgar Street man.
Yeah. Uh...
Yeah, they did.
Wasn't sure how things were gonna go. Um...
If I had it in me to do what I had to.
(SIGHS) But... it seems I do.
(SCREAMING ON TV)
(CHUCKLES) Look at you.
Yeah, that's me about to face my mum, so...
Ah! Look who it is.
Wouldn't talk to me in court, wouldn't come and have stew,
but here he is.
What an honour.
You hung over?
No, I'm not hung over.
I'm just tired. I've got a lot on my mind.
Right.
I'll pop the kettle on.
No, no, thanks. I can't stay.
But you've only just got here. Yeah, I know. I just, um...
"Stones of home"?
What? Does that mean anything to you?
What it means is my son's up to his usual nonsensical bullshit.
Honestly, Ed, is this how you spend your time?
You know... (SIGHS)
...you don't need an excuse to come here. It's still your home.
I think this is something from our past.
Did Dad ever used to say "stones of home"?
Who knows what the hell he used to crap on about?
He was pissed 24/7. I stopped listening.
Anyway, you'd know better than anyone
what he used to crap on about.
Since you've got all this time for "stones" bullshit,
why don't you just do something useful
and go and pick up that coffee table I just bought online?
(SIGHS) Oh, shit!
(LAUGHS) I didn't see you there.
Sorry, do we... do we know each other?
Dunno.
Do we?
So... where are we off to this time?
Home.
How much further?
Keep going.
Until?
Until I tell ya.
Pull in over here.
Hey! Give me back my keys!
Stop! Stop running!
Give me my fucking keys!
(PANTS)
(NOSTALGIC MUSIC PLAYS, LAUGHTER)
(MUSIC FADES)
(GASPS)
(LAUGHTER)
I found it, Dad.
I found you.
MAN: Ah! There he is!
The boy himself.
Come on. Get in here.
They've benched young Marvin. Yeah.
I got in a few good sledges. A few good touches too, but.
I mean, that boofhead over there, he just kept body-shaming me, man.
So what if my ankles are the same size as my wrists?
Oh, the brute!
How long are you off for?
Two minutes for minor tears, right?
Didn't get the whole 10 minutes for a proper sob, so...
...I think that's a win, right? Yeah, 'tis indeed, 'tis indeed.
You wanna do some work on your payback sledge?
Yeah. You gotta start off gentle.
You know, reel him in. Something like,
"Hey, mate!
"Your village called.
"They want their idiot back. Huh?" (LAUGHS)
Hey, then, what do you say, Ed?
Quick jab of words, like,
"Hey!
"What doesn't kill ya...
"..disappoints me." (LAUGHS)
Back yourself. Trust yourself.
You know? You wanna be in the moment with them.
What are you doing?
Um... uh, nothing.
Just fixing the tap.
Yeah, it's on your dad's list.
The... silicone is just drying
and you can't use the bathroom sink until tomorrow.
What's with the coffee table?
You shouldn't buy pine.
It's toxic.
(SIGHS) I didn't buy it. Mum made me pick it up.
Oh!
I, um...
I solved the riddle.
This creepy lady tried to jump me in the cab.
Shit! Were your cameras on?
Mm?
(SCOFFS) On the list.
I dunno how you drive around without cameras.
I chased her, then I lost her... Yeah.
...but then it led me to this...
...riverbank with all these stones and...
...it was the stones of home.
I dunno. I'm...
...getting the feeling that this is like a sign or... or...
I dunno. Maybe... maybe she's got something to do with the cards.
Or maybe... I dunno, maybe she knew my dad.
The only people who believe in signs are people who can't face reality.
Uh...
Talking crazy, man.
Gavin Rose?
As in Gavin Gavin?
(POKIES JINGLE)
Got some coins, bro?
Ta, ta.
(QUIETLY) How the hell am I supposed to fix a gambler?
Just because you play the odd game doesn't make you a gambler.
Come on, baby. Come on, baby.
(LAUGHS EXCITEDLY)
Shh!
Just go have a chat with him, bro. I'm not going to talk to Gavin.
Do you remember at the Moledale Show?
Marcus Petrov said, "Excuse me," to him? Do you remember that?
Yeahhh. Yeah.
Snapped his arm like a rice cracker.
You know, people change. People grow. Like us.
You right, mate?
Back off. There's a code, limp dick. Respect it.
Dickhead.
Shit.
Well, maybe I should just start with Angie Caruso.
She seems less...
...hazardous. Gee!
Look.
It's Gav's car.
Oh, my gosh, man.
He's literally just sitting there all by himself.
Gav does not deserve that kid, man.
I mean, he's a sitting duck!
Anything could happen to him, man.
I mean, he could asphyxiate or even get kidnapped.
Yeah.
Yeah, he could.
You've lost the plot.
No, no, no. Hell, no! It wouldn't be like kidnapping.
It'd be more like kid-borrowing.
No! I'm not gonna... Just for a minute. Just... just...
Just to give Gav a bit of a fright.
You know, remind him of what's precious.
Yeah, I think that's what this is all about.
Marv, if something happened to that kid and we did nothing,
I mean, could you live with yourself?
You...
Mate, didn't your dad teach you about strangers?
About not trusting them?
You said there would be fluffy toys.
There are fluffy toys.
Yeah, true, true. But...
Look, strangers are bad. OK?
Are you bad?
Have this. And that.
What now?
OK. Right. Um, yeah, OK. Uh...
So, yeah, I'll wait here, um, and see if Gav gets the message,
while you... you know, ride share.
What?!
Why do you get to wait? No, no, no, I'll wait.
It's your fucking card! It's your fucking car!
It's your fucking car.
Fine. Don't swear.
(BOYS ARGUE IN BACKGROUND) Stop! This is mine!
I bought it with my pocket money! (GROANS)
Those guys would fight about air.
Yeah, Joe doesn't make 'em sleep.
(BOYS CONTINUE ARGUING)
This makes no bloody sense!
(SIGHS) OK. Let me look. Topped mathematics, remember?
Alright, so... I put all of these in that column there...
What's this?
Why do you have invoices from Don King?
God, Mum.
How long has this been going on?
As long as you've been doing your revenge therapy.
You knew.
And you've just been paying him off this whole time?
Why didn't you say something?
Stop me?
Well, I'm stopping you now, cos I...can't do it any more, Auds.
I just...
The new van, the crash, Christmas coming up.
I'm so sorry.
You have nothing to apologise for.
You did not choose to have a dickhead for a father.
One who chose to ignore the fact that we had a child.
That is on him.
But you...
...you're better than this.
You're smarter, Auds. You gotta let it go.
No amount of smashing his shit up
is ever gonna change that sorry excuse for a human.
But it will damage you.
And my bank account.
(GAME BLEEPS)
Hey, um... sorry there's no booster seats, little buddy.
Um, wasn't expecting an underage passenger. (CHUCKLES)
If you don't turn that stupid thing off,
you'll fry your eyeballs, you know?
(PHONE BUZZES)
So, you wait for your dad in the car like that much, or...?
Yeah.
That is entirely shithouse, man. You should protest.
Chuck a massive fit.
You and your dad should be together doing dad stuff,
you know, like fishing.
You know, not that I like fishing,
because fishing's, uh, well, it's boring, but...
You know, like... like footy, or...
...card games.
You know any card games?
No.
Alrighty.
Would the owner of licence plate GAV please move their car?
Blocking deliveries.
What kinda name is Axel?
Your dad into cars?
Yeah. Oh, yeah?
Well, I like cars.
You, uh... you like my car? Huh?
No.
Why not? It rattles.
A lot.
Yeah, well... (SCOFFS) ...that's because it's a classic.
So... mm.
That's licence plate GAV.
Oh, come on!
GAV, please move their car. It's blocking deliveries.
Don't touch it.
Yeah, yeah, we're on.
Give it a couple of minutes, then return the parcel.
(PANTS)
I got him outside.
He's looking at the car now.
Come on. Come on.
Axel!
Where is he? Did anyone see my boy?
Did you see him? He was right there...
Yeah, might wanna make that an express delivery.
Hurry!
Axel!
Oh, shit.
Oh, Jesus Christ!
Oh!
My boy!
(SOBS) Oh! My boy!
Just go through there, you'll see your dad, alright?
My boy!
Oh, fuck!
(SOBS)
(RUNNING FOOTSTEPS)
Oh, Axel! Axel!
Oh! Oh! Oh, my boy.
Thank God you're here.
You're here, thank God.
You OK?
You're alright?
I'm never... I'm never gonna leave you alone again.
Ever. Do you hear me?
Daddy's got you.
Daddy's got you now.
There were these two men.
Strangers, but not bad ones. Good ones.
What men?
Go!
Go, go, go, go, go!
Ready? Go, go, go, go, go, go, go!
(SIGHS)
No more eggings, no more spray painting.
Just like that.
I can't keep letting Mum cop it.
You're the one who has to keep me to it.
Make sure I do the right thing. Me?
Ritchie, that dickhead's never gonna do what I want.
He's never going to acknowledge me.
So is this why you've been off?
I haven't been off.
So you didn't do the cards?
(SCOFFS) What?
No. Why... why would I?
Attention. Wow!
Payback. Wow! OK. Harsh.
(SCOFFS)
I kind of like you think I'm that creative, though.
(CHUCKLES)
This one's for you.
What's this? Card stuff.
Oh, yeah. (PHONE BUZZES)
Alright.
Better go do the girlfriend thing. I just bought you a drink!
What, you think beer grows on trees?
(SIGHS) Alright.
Nice. Nice!
Nice! Oh!
Cheers. I gotta go.
(SIGHS) Man, Suzanne used to get that booty-call look.
What?
Darts?
Alright, have a great night, mate.
You too. (CAR DOOR SLAMS)
(SIGHS)
We should have sex.
What?
Nah, I know what you're doing. I know what you're doing.
I know those tricks, those manoeuvres.
You're not gonna put me off.
All these...
Isn't it?
What... what's up with you?
Where's this come from?
Just occurred to me.
Yeah, but... (CHUCKLES)
...we're friends, Ritch. You know, like... like mates?
And there's a fine line in the sand that keeps everything neat and...
...and separate and... and right.
And having sex with friends, it's...
...well, it's not right, Ritch.
Which is actually kind of weird when you think about it.
And hear me out.
Like, we have sex with people we don't know
and sometimes people we don't even like,
but not people we actually, like, care about.
You know? (SIGHS)
Sex doesn't have to mean anything.
Like, we can do it without all the emotional baggage
and all that shit.
It can be... just like... like a...
Like darts.
You know what?
Yes.
We should totally have sex.
(BOTH PANT, GRUNT)
(TOY SQUEAKS)
Oh, my gosh!
(TOY SQUEAKS)
Yeah, that's a...
...that's another good thing about this car.
The back seats are nice and roomy, so...
Yeah, it was, um...
...it was really helpful.
Thanks.
Not quite what I was expecting, but... interesting!
(CHUCKLES)
That wasn't... your first time, was it?
Yeah.
Oh, shit!
If I had known, I would have pulled out all the stops, Ritch!
Don't worry. It's fine. Don't stress.
No, no, no, no. It's not fine.
Like, forevermore, I'm gonna be your first-time anecdote,
and I don't wanna be a shit first-time anecdote, Ritch!
Ritch, you gotta let me do a redo, please.
Please. Please, Ritch.
What stops would you pull out?
Well... you'll just have to let me do a redo and see.
Now?
No. No... not now.
Oh. Jeez, um...
(SIGHS)
Are you gonna tell Audrey?
Do you want me to tell Aud?
No. No, I don't want you to tell Aud or anyone.
Like, cos it'll get weird and awkward and...
...yeah, you know, you know. (SIGHS)
Well, you don't tell everyone when you play darts with someone, so...
...all good.
Yeah. Yeah, good.
(SIGHS)
Oh, pants.
Yeah. Do you need help?
(RINGING TONE)
You've called Tony O'Reilly from Home Works Hardware.
Leave a message and I'll get right back to you.
(BEEP!)
Um... hi, uh, Tony.
Uh, I came to see you at your work, but you weren't there,
so, they, um, they gave me your card.
You don't know me, but I think we need to meet.
Oh! Sorry. That sounded, um...
Oh! (LAUGHS) Um, I'm not a crazy person!
(LAUGHS) Ha!
Um, my name... my name's Ed, and I have a card, um...
Not... not just your card. (CHUCKLES)
I have another card, uh... a special kind of card...
Sorry. Bye.
I don't need that now.
What?! The table.
Tommy bought me one. Arranged for same-day delivery and everything.
Apparently pine's toxic.
Oh, Tommy's toxic.
What am I supposed to do with this, then?
Take it back.
Take... I can't take it back!
Yes, you can! Ohhh!
(GROANS)
So, did you figure it out?
"Stones of home" crap?
Do you remember when we used to go to the picnic spot by the river?
When we were kids? All of us?
I do, yeah.
I mean, we were happy.
We were, yeah.
Till you and your brother nearly drowned
cos your dad was passed out drunk.
No.
Yeah.
You boys were playing down by the river, got caught in the flow,
were being dragged away, and...
I had to wade in and save you both. Your dad didn't even wake up.
No, I don't remember that. (CLEARS THROAT)
(SCOFFS)
Course you don't.
Why do you always do this? Huh?
Why do you always...? You take something good and you just ruin it.
It's so much easier when it's all my fault, isn't it, Ed?
I do love our daily catch-ups, Jimmy.
You're quiet today.
Do you think memories are right?
Like, do you think they're true?
What a question! Who knows? Who cares?
They're yours, so I'm guessing there really isn't a right or wrong.
What's happened, Jimmy?
Nothing.
Everything's fine.
I'll always believe in you.
Yeah, and I in you, Milla.
Sometimes you just have to play the cards you're dealt.
Ed!
Hey!
Uh, hi, yeah. What are you doing here?
Nice to see you too.
I was on the way to work and saw you and...
...came to say hi, so... OK.
Are you gonna introduce me to your friend?
Hello. I'm Audrey.
Why did you bring her here?!
She's not meant to be here!
OK. Just... go.
Just go.
You broke the rules, Jimmy! No.
You broke the rules! I'm sorry. I forgot.
(PHONE BUZZES)
Who is it? Is it her?
No, no, that's just a spam caller.
Why don't we sit, alright? Let's sit.
Yeah.
I'll make us some tea, yeah?
And then I'll read to you.
Everything's fine.
Yeah, so, I'm sorry I missed your call earlier.
No, no problems, mate.
Yeah, I wasn't exactly sure what it was all about.
What can I do you for?
Um, OK, so...
I'm actually trying to find Terence O'Reilly,
and I was wondering if you knew him. He's my brother.
OK. Um...
Well, do you know where I could find him?
St Edith's.
He's still the priest there.
As far as I know.
Priest?
Whatcha gonna do with a priest?
Stop him from being a kiddie fiddler?
(SCOFFS) Just cos he's a priest, that doesn't mean he's a...
Yeah, but you came across a rapist and then a gambler.
He's a paedo for sure. Hundred.
What is with you and the paedophile thing?
(SCOFFS) You say it all the time.
True.
Good question. I blame Scandi noir, or regular noir.
Like, think about it. They're all bad-touched.
Aud, what do you reckon?
No idea.
Well, I'm not going wingman for this, that's for sure.
Well, you never can tell what hidden secrets someone's got going on.
Hey. Hey.
You want to... Wait, you don't want to watch a movie or something?
Do you want me to?
Yeah, course. Why wouldn't I?
Pissed your nan friend off? Three's a crowd? Don't seem to fit?
Aud.
You fit.
What's it like...
...with Milla?
Um... what do you mean?
Between you two?
Well, it's not really me.
It's Jimmy.
She and Jimmy were...
...great loves. The one.
You know, true love, never die.
I can never be like Milla.
You know, all that love...
...for just one person, never wavering.
I mean, how can you be so sure?
Yeah. Yeah, totally.
I mean, it's much easier to just...
...be with someone while it works, and then...
...move on. Yeah.
It's better to keep things, um... you know, neat...
And the way they are. Mm.
Not blur things.
Aud, are you...
...are we OK?
Airport '79?
Well, Airport '77's better, so why don't...
(SCOFFS) Piss off!
Nothing beats a Concorde! Watching the Concorde again? OK.
Ta-da!
Hi. Hi.
(COUGHS)
One sec, I'm just gonna...
(CHUCKLES)
Hmm. Yeah. (CHUCKLES)
Just... Uh-uh. Just...
Just no. No! What? Ritch!
Oi! Oi! No. (LAUGHS)
I got a special deal on the rose! It was full price! Ritch!
Ritch, wait, wait, wait!
Can you just stop? Ritch. Ritch.
Wait! Wait! Wait, look.
You have to give me another go. Please.
I can't be your shit first-time story.
You asking me to pander
to your fragile masculinity right now, Marvin?
(SCOFFS) No. No.
OK, maybe. Just... (SIGHS)
Who said it was a shit story, OK?
We're mates.
It was a perfect first time because of that.
Really?
Mm-hm. Yeah.
Hey, you want a lift?
Nah. No, thanks.
(PHONE BUZZES)
(ORGAN PLAYS)
(SPRAYS)
(SCREAMS)
That's... that's my car!
Oh... (STAMMERS) Oh, so sorry. No, no.
This is not for you. This is... this is for...
What in God's name is going on?
Oh!
Shame on you!
Josie, open the car.
(CAR UNLOCKS) Huh? No, no...
Get in. Sorry, can you let me explain?
In!
Lock it. (BEEP!)
(KNOCKS ON WINDOW)
Come on. Hey!
(PHONE BUZZES)
Huh! Oh!
(RINGING TONE)
Yeah, Ritch! Yeah, you messed with the cards! OK?
The whole point is to wait for the cards to reveal themselves,
for me to work out the message!
Oh, Ritch, but no, you had to jump in
with your spray cans and your suspicions, and you just...
Priest doesn't equal paedo, Ritch! That's your shit!
Why do you always have to go to the weird and dark, straight there?
We don't all think like you, Ritch, OK?
From now on, can you just... just leave me alone and butt out of it?
Jeez.
(SNIFFLES)
(DOORS UNLOCK)
(DOORS LOCK)
So.
Ed Kennedy.
What the hell do you want?
You stay away from my kid.
Oh, I've been training for this my whole life.
(LAUGHS)
(SIRENS BLARE) Go, go, go, go!
We have to find them. So I can stuff things up even more?
No, so you don't feel like shit after a really good day.
Here it is.
It's Gregor Kennedy.
Oh, seriously?!
OK, OK. OK.
(SCREAMS)
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