05x08 - Magpie

[bunniefuu]

[WATER DRIPS]

[QUIRKY MUSIC]

Huh?

You b*stard.

[DOM GROANS]

Huh?

Uh, no, you don't.

[GRUNTS]

Yeah!

Yeah! [CHUCKLES]

[BLOWS]

[QUIRKY PERCUSSIVE MUSIC]

Phew.

Argh!

[TOOTHBRUSHES CLATTER]

Come on, let's dance.

[TOILET FLUSHES]

Wanna play?

[QUIRKY PERCUSSIVE MUSIC
CONTINUES]

[LAUGHS KNOWINGLY]

Uh...

Yes!

sh*t.

Ah!

Ugh!

[GROANS]

Oly!

Oly, come!

[SIGHS]

Oly, what are you doing?
I need help!

What, Dad?

There is a giant spider in here
the size of a marsupial.

What?!

Yeah. Can you just
open the door, please?

I am trying to open
the door, please.

It's stuck.

Uh, the handle's
actually broken.

Alright, well, I'll go grab
something. Wait there.

OK!

[WATER DRIPS]

[FOOTSTEPS THUD]

[SIGHS]

[LOCK CLICKS]

OLY: Where is it?

It is huge.

Umm, where is it?

- What?
- Where is the spider?

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Ahh! Ahh! Ahh! Ahh! Ahh!

[QUIRKY PERCUSSIVE MUSIC]

[FARTS]

Ugh! Ugh!

OLY: Dad, stop!

Have you started
on the main bedroom?

- [BOWIE SIGHS]
- Sorry, man,

I never do this, but, um...

- It's alright.
- ...big fan.

- Yeah.
- Big fan, you know.

- Come on.
- Awesome.

- [CAMERA CLICKS]
- Well...

Can we just get one more,
maybe swap sides?

And, see, kinda you're
not smiling that much.

Just a big smile,
if that's alright?

- Oh, yeah. No worries.
- Awesome. Thanks, man.

[CAMERA CLICKS]

- DOM: Are you OK, darling?
- OLY: Yes, I am fine.

There's just a lot to get done
before everyone arrives.

[DRIVER AND BOWIE CHAT OUTSIDE]

DRIVER: Can we take one here?

I mean, probably just one
without the glasses.

Do this one, Bowie.
Cool. For Snapchat. Ready?

- [PHONE CAMERA CLICKS]
- BOWIE: I believe in you.

- No worries. Have a good one.
- DRIVER: OK.

- BOWIE: Yeah.
- Thanks, man. See ya.

[BIRDS CHIRP]

[CAR DOOR OPENS]

- [CAR DOOR SHUTS]
- [ENGINE STARTS]

[CHUCKLES]

[PHONE RINGS]

[CAR ENGINE REVS]

Yello.

Hey! Are Oly and Boz there?

Yeah.

Yeah, well, everyone else
probably an hour or so?

Have you got Ange?

Yeah, yeah, we're on our way.

Drive safely.

Mm-hm. Mm-hm. OK. 'Bye.

[DROPS PHONE] f*ck!

sh*t!

f*ck! f*ck!

Oh!

[PHONE TRILLS AND BUZZES]

BOWIE: JJ!

- JJ: Hey, Bowie!
- Awwww!

- [JJ CHUCKLES]
- I missed you!

- Mwah, mwah, mwah!
- Can we do a TikTok later?

All my friends
know you're famous.

We can do all the TikToks
you want.

BOWIE: See ya.

I don't suppose you could've
gotten here any earlier

to help with the packing?

Oly, you know I got as many days

off the sh**t as I could, alright?

Are you OK?

I will be better
when the packing is done.

Dad.

DOM: Bowie.

Wow! Ha! That was heartwarming.

BOWIE: I'm gonna clean my room.

SANTI: Ooooh!

OLY: Ohhh!

- Mummy!
- Look who it is!

OLY: Hello!

[LAUGHS] Oh!

Oh, hello!

And I am also here.

[LAUGHS] Yeah, I know.

But you're always here.

SANTI: I know.

How'd it go?

Good. Really good.

Here. Check this out.

OLY: Oh, look!

Look! Jelly! Look! [GASPS]

I'm, like, really stoked.

They, um, they gave us
the go-ahead

to develop a concept
for the sequel.

Wow. That is amazing. Come here.

SANTI: Thank you.

Are you doing alright?

Nope.

[UPBEAT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

[UPBEAT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
CONTINUES]

[SHOES CLOMP]

[BIRD TWITTERS]

Mum, Papi, come see!

There's a bird!

- Where?
- What?

OLY: There's no bird, darling.

But there was, though.

- You mean inside?
- Yes!

OK. Well, J, we've got
stuff to do. Come on.

[ETHEREAL MUSIC]

[LIVELY LATIN MUSIC]

[LIVELY LATIN MUSIC CONTINUES]

OK. Cut!

[LATIN MUSIC STOPS]

ROSA: But you get
the idea. Yeah?

So, Pica is now, like,
organic and is...

I need make-up!

...farm-to-table, permaculture.

Huh?

ROSA: No-one look at me
while I'm recording this, OK?

- Yeah, wow. That's... that's you?
- Yeah!

That's very... authentic, yeah.

Yeah. The cow is real.

- Oh.
- Yeah!

[LAUGHS]

REEMA: Edith.

What's wrong?

I've lost her.

I've lost Angie.

You've lost...

Her ashes!

I've lost her ashes. [SOBS]

Oh.

[SOBS]

Mum, can I get something to eat?

Could you go downstairs
and ask someone there, darling?

Or get it yourself?

Because I'm trying to get
as much packing done as I can

before the ceremony.

Why?

Because we have to go
to Canberra tomorrow

and it's a sitting week and
I have a million things to do

and I still have
a lot to do here

because my grown adult father
and allegedly adult brother

can't seem to finish it
on their own.

- [TAPE DISPENSES]
- Mum?

- Yes?
- What's this?

[BUZZES]

Um... Ohhh.

It's a vibrator.

What's it for?

Women use it
for sexual pleasure.

[BUZZING STOPS]

[MAGPIE WARBLES]

Oh! It's back!

The bird's back! Look!

- What? Where?
- Look!

J, can you try and help?

There's a lot to get done, OK?

It was here!
A black and white one!

Hey, this is a really stressful
time for Mum, so can we not?

Please?

- Are you sure?
- Where have you looked?

- Everywhere.
- Like, at... at your house?

At my house. At work.

I'm sure you wouldn't
take her to work.

- I might have.
- ROSA: No, no, no.

Where did you put her
after the funeral?

I couldn't stand looking at that
f*cking urn she and Oly bought.

I...I thought I put her
in the hall cupboard.

- Oh, did you look in there?
- Of course!

When was the last time
you saw it?

I honestly can't remember
anything that happened

for three months after she died.

I mean, what if I sleepwalked

and put her in the recycling
or something?

No, no, no, no, no.

Maybe you...
you can't say goodbye

and then...
then you hid her somewhere.

No, I didn't hide her, Rosa.
She's lost!

Oh. So I can't scatter
her ashes today?

Shh!

Bowie and Oly are gonna k*ll me.

Even Dom might.

What about here?

Could you have left her
somewhere in this house?

Maybe.

Alright. So then
we'll look everywhere!

Shh! Shh! Shh!

[QUIETLY]
We can't let anyone else know.

ROSA: Hmm...

- But...
- Don't worry, OK?

We'll find her.

ROSA: Shh, shh, shh, shh.

What are you doing?

- REEMA: Nothing. Um...
- ROSA: No. Nothing.

- EDITH: Hi, Oly.
- [REEMA CLEARS THROAT]

- Just...
- EDITH: Mm-hm. Mm-hm.

- ...talking. Ha!
- [REEMA CHUCKLES]

OK, well, we need to
head down in an hour

and all boxes
need to go in the garage,

if you're looking
for something to do.

Is that where all the boxes are?

OLY: Yep!

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

I'll get that.

You guys go, OK?

Oh.

[MUMBLES] Uh... Oh!

- Hi.
- Hey.

[MUMBLES] Hello.

Um, come in.

Oh, I dropped some.

I'm sure
they'll need those boxes.

VINCE: Yeah, they, um...

- OLY: Hello. Hi. Thank you.
- Hey, hi.

Was that super weird?

- We haven't spoken in a while.
- Yeah, I know.

I think you were still
pregnant with Angelo.

Are you serious?
Has it been that long?

- Very long, yeah.
- Wow. OK.

Maybe time for you guys
to have a chat.

Maybe probably not today.
[CHUCKLES]

OK. Thank you
for helping me with these.

Aww!

This was such a nice trip.

Rosa, I got giardia
from the buffet.

Well, anyway, who cares?

Ashes are ashes. So let's
get some from the fire pit.

- Rosa!
- What?

Do you have a better idea?

That's not gonna work anyway

because we need Oly's urn.

Yeah, but...

Guys, what are you doing?

Why are we opening up boxes?
Oly's gonna freak out.

We're supposed to be
packing everything up.

[UNEASY PERCUSSIVE MUSIC]

What's going on?

Santi... [CLEARS THROAT]

...I've lost the ashes.

What?

I thought maybe
I could have left them here,

but it's a long shot.

They're gone.

She's really gone. [SOBS]

Are you serious?

- Edie, this is bad.
- I know.

- No, no, no. This is really bad.
- Yeah, I know that!

What are we gonna do?

I have an idea.

Absolutely not.

Aha!

There it is.

I knew she stole it back again.

Thank you, Angela.

Why do you get
to keep the teapot?

Because it's my teapot.

I spoke about this
with your mother

the first time we split up.

You don't drink tea.

I do drink tea,

and I'm gonna drink a lot more
tea now I've got my teapot back.

[DRAWER SLIDES OPEN]

Hey, Dad.

Hey, what?

Um, I've been doing a bit
of work on myself recently,

and, uh,
I've realised some things

and my therapist really thinks

that I should communicate
certain things,

and one of those is... I really
need to hear you apologise.

Huh! Apologise?

For what?

Think about it.
A year to the day.

[SIGHS] It was her call.

Not mine, hers.

And we have spoken about this.

You've spoken about it.

[DOM SIGHS]

You know, I think you're the one

who should be apologising to me.

- Why is that? Yes, why?
- Yeah.

Yeah, for treating me
like I don't exist.

What are you talking about?

What am I talking about?
What am I talking about?

In all your interviews,
you go on and on about Angie

and how she was your North Star.

You took the piss out of me
wanting to act, Dad.

And that you were broken
after we lost her,

and there is not
a single mention

of my influence on your life!

I would give it all up
in a second to have her back.

[REFLECTIVE MUSIC]

You read my interviews?

Your sister sends them to me.

And you dropped my surname.

No, that... [SIGHS]

I mean, it just
sounds better to...

As a stage name - Bowie Davis.

It's not personal, Dad.

How could it get
any more personal?

Judy Davis.

Or like Bette Davis with
a sprinkling of David Bowie.

Stardust!

BERNARDITA: Mmm.

Mmm.

Angelo.

[SPEAKS SPANISH]

- [ANGELO MUTTERS]
- BERNARDITA: Ahh.

Ita?

Yes, Sorpresa?

Are you trying to make him
stop playing with dolls

because he's a boy?

Because that's sexist.

Ahhhh.

Ai, not you too!

[CHUCKLES]

[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]

ROSA: Angela Davis.

Angie.

Are you here?

Please, tell us where you are.

I know that you slept with
my ex-husband, and that's OK.

I forgive you.

But please help us
find your ashes.

Angie...

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACH]

- ROSA: Send us a sign...
- Oly!

What are you doing?

Um...

- Oh!
- SANTI: We, uh...

SANTI: Um...

OLY: Hmm?

EDITH: Ol...

I've lost your mum's ashes.

Wait, you've what?

I've looked everywhere.
I can't find them.

You've lost mum's ashes?

I'm sorry, Ol. I can't...

Are you f*cking serious?!

- I'm so s...
- What?!

You've lost her ashes?!

And what is this?

What is this?! What is this?!

- It was...
- ROSA: It's because...

- High school f*cking...
- [BOARD CLATTERS]

- What?! Seance?! What?!
- [GLASS SMASHES]

On the day, on the day

that we are supposed
to spread her ashes,

you've lost them?

I'm sorry. I don't know how
it happened. I just...

Buying that urn...

...that was the last time
I went anywhere with Mum.

And I just wanted to
return her to the earth.

OLY: To the tree,
where she could rest

and I could visit her,
where she would be happy,

and now I can't do that!

I mean, how the f*ck

am I supposed to
f*cking say goodbye now?!

How am I supposed
to say goodbye?!

Get the f*ck off me!

[SOMBRE MUSIC]

[SOMBRE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[SOMBRE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[SOBS]

[SOBS AND SNIFFLES]

[GENTLE MUSIC]

SONG: ♪ You made
this place here my home

♪ That feeling
like I'm not alone

♪ There's time now

♪ For us to grow... ♪

[CRIES]

♪ You met me on the corner

♪ Down Main Street

♪ Whatever happened
to those lights... ♪

JJ: What's wrong, Mummy?

♪ ..we stole?

OLY: It's OK. It's alright.

♪ Whatever happened... ♪

It's alright. [LAUGHS] Oh.

♪ ..to those roads
as you draw for me? ♪

I'm just a bit sad. [CHUCKLES]

- Aww. Thank you, darling.
- Angelo, give Mummy a hug.

♪ Whatever happened to
those stories you told me... ♪

- [OLY SOBS]
- ♪ For falling asleep?

♪ For falling asleep?

♪ Tell me

♪ There's no need
to be scared... ♪

[SOBS AND SNIFFLES]

♪ Tell me... ♪

- [MAGPIE WARBLES]
- ♪ That you'll always be there

- ♪ Tell me... ♪
- REEMA: Poor Oly.

It's so hard.

VINCE: Yeah.

Grief sucks.

She's k*lling it
in Canberra, though.

You know Shauna's
private member's bill

for public housing?

VINCE: Mm.

That was literally Oly.

Except I'm kind of worried
she's just, like,

burying herself in work.

Yeah.

Santi said that too.

But Oly loves work.

Yeah.

You seeing Santi much?

Yeah.

He's come and stayed
with me a bunch

during the, uh,
'Toilet Baby' time.

REEMA: Mm.

Yeah.

Jacinda said
she saw a bird upstairs.

Creepy.

That's right!

You hate birds.

[GIGGLES] With good reason.

Yes.

Humans can get encephalitis
from birds.

- [LAUGHS]
- And psittacosis.

OK. OK, David Attenborough.

Nice.

So, um, what have you
been up to these days?

I'm working with Edith.
In her chambers.

- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah.

- Learning the ropes.
- Nice.

I'm loving it.

And you're still with Rakim?

Yes.

Nice. That checks out.

What does that mean?

Nothing.

Nothing. He's a good guy.

- He is. He is.
- Yeah.

What about you?

Work? Girlfriend?

All good. [SIGHS] Yeah.

I'm thinking of applying
for graduate-entry medicine.

Yeah, I'm working
with all these doctors

and they're... not that great.

So, how hard can it be?

You'd make a truly great doctor.

Stop.

- You would.
- Stop. Thank you.

Also, I'm engaged.

To be married?

Her name is Lexie.

Um, she's a paramedic.

We met at a silent disco.

Wow.

Silent disco?
How does that work?

- Do... How do you...
- Ohhh.

Pfft. All in the body language, mate.

You feel a vibe with someone,
your connection.

- [BEATBOXES]
- Oh!

Is that what you did to her?

- Connection.
- Connection.

[BOTH LAUGH]

- VINCE: Yeah.
- OK.

Well, I'm really happy for you.

Thank you.

REEMA: Hmm.

It's good to see you.

You too.

Hey, you've seen, um,
Bowie's new movie?

Yeah.

It's... it's really good.

He's like a mega star now,

but all I can think of
is, like, Oly's weird brother.

Yeah.

Yeah, I think I've seen
too much of him

when... the full...

REEMA: Oh, yeah!

...full-frontal scene.

- Reckon it was...
- Had to be a prosthetic.

[REEMA LAUGHS]

[LAUGHS]

- Oh, hey, Bernardita.
- Hello. How are you?

- Good. How are you?
- Good. Thank you.

- Yeah?
- Yes.

Look, I won't intrude
on the ceremony.

I'm just dropping Malik off.

No ceremony.

Oh, really? Why?

- No ashes.
- Ohh.

Hmm.

- Why don't you come in?
- Are you sure?

- Yeah, yeah. Come.
- OK.

- You must eat.
- [LAUGHS]

It is a boy?

[TALIA CHUCKLES]

You're carrying low.

Oh, that's exactly what
my Ghanaian aunties say.

But we're gonna wait
to find out.

[QUIRKY MUSIC]

[PEOPLE CHATTER]

SANTI: Oh. Sorry, sorry.

I'm gonna try
and pack this away.

So this one of the characters
they want...

[QUIRKY MUSIC CONTINUES]

[SANTI MUTTERS]

TALIA: That is awesome.

I guess we got you all here
for nothing.

Mum's always here with us, Ol.

Not her ashes, though.

[EMOTIONAL MUSIC]

I know, I know.

Now, come and eat.

- BOWIE: Oh, yes.
- DOM: Yes!

- ROSA: OK.
- [TALIA LAUGHS] Yeah.

[ROSA AND JJ SPEAK INDISTINCTLY]

[OTHERS CHATTER]

TALIA: Something to eat?

[GENTLE MUSIC]

ROSA: Ay, sí. Gracias.

Oh, my God!

OK, look.

- This is our new rebrand.
- Hmm.

Wow! That is, um...
That's really... impressive.

Oh, you think it's bullshit?

DOM: No. Um, it's... What is it?

Yeah, the cow is fake.

- The cow is fake?
- Yeah, I know.

Because I get nervous
with things with hooves.

Come on. Show him the tractor.

- [GENTLE MUSIC CONTINUES]
- [OTHERS CHATTER]

TALIA: Oh, my God,
you were incredible.

I can't imagine what it was like
performing something so intense

and emotionally vulnerable.

Yeah, I mean, it was,
like, a dream come true.

You know? Literally.

So we must wait here. OK?

You have to wait here. Yeah.

I'm so sorry.

- [GENTLE MUSIC CONTINUES]
- [SPEAKS INAUDIBLY]

Um, I was thinking

that maybe everyone
could come to Canberra

for Christmas this year.

JACINDA: Yeah, I would do that!

SANTI: Yeah. I mean, yeah.

- Yeah?
- SANTI: Yeah, yeah.

We haven't all gotten together
like this in so long.

JACINDA: That's
a great idea, Mum.

OLY: Canberra Christmas.

[OTHERS CHEER]

[ALL SCREAM]

- I told you!
- [MAGPIE WARBLES]

BOWIE: Can somebody grab it?

[OTHERS EXCLAIM]

- Somebody get it.
- Could somebody get it out now?

Help him!

DOM: What are you
pushing me for?

I love magpies.

SANTI: Don't let it eat
the nice food.

- J, J.
- J, be careful.

- Just get it.
- Hector, like, just get it out.

Maybe you grab it.

[WINGS FLUTTER]

[ALL SCREAM]

Get down, get down, get down!

[ALL SCREAM]

DOM: Save yourself!

BERNARDITA: Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!

[OLY LAUGHS]

- DOM: Where did he go?
- [ALL SCREAM]

BOWIE: No! Let it go!

OLY: I'll deal with this.

[OTHERS CHATTER EXCITEDLY]

[TURNS DOORKNOB]

Go on.

Go on. It's OK.

♪ Whatever happened to the... ♪

Go on.

♪ ..the stories... ♪

- Hey, it's OK.
- ♪ ..you told me

♪ For falling asleep?

[MAGPIE WARBLES]

♪ For falling asleep?

♪ Tell me

♪ There's no need
to be scared... ♪

He left a feather!

♪ Tell me

♪ That you'll always be there

♪ Tell me

♪ That you mean what you said

♪ And you'll be there

♪ I'll be there. ♪

[GENTLE ACOUSTIC GUITAR MUSIC]