01x07 - Friends in Need

[bunniefuu]

["Aiming for Your Head")

♪ There's too much choice and not enough time ♪

♪ To find what's mine ♪

♪ Aiming for your head, get down ♪

♪ You're the only one in town ♪

♪ Wah-ha-ha ♪

♪ Woo ♪

[dramatic music)

- Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet.

- Say what?

- He's the dude that invented the IQ test,

to work out who was smart and who wasn't.

You wanna know why?

- Uh, you're probably gonna tell me anyway.

- He made a whole heap of people do a test.

Most did okay, not great, not bad,

but somewhere in the middle.

A small number of people did brilliantly.

So they're at the extremely brainy end of things.

Then there's people like you, who bores down.

They go to the other end of the curve.

- Uh, what, me?

- The thick end, Heath, you can't escape.

- Yeah, that's my story all over, thick and thick.

[machine clicking)

[Heath sighs)

[bell rings)

- Heath.

Oh, we might as well talk in here

since everyone else is going.

- Aha, so you and Savin,

playing teachers pet again today, are we?

- You know what, Ryan, you've got a, um,

really big zit,

just there.

Yeah, yeah you might wanna do something about that.

[Matt laughs)

- So, Heath, just wanted to check in

and see how things are going for you.

- Oh yeah, things are going great, excellent.

- You sure?

I thought there might be something up,

because you're about that far from certain failure.

And in my experience, there are kids who are failing,

because they're too busy messing about,

and then there are the kids who are messing about,

because they're failing.

Maybe they're struggling,

because they're too embarrassed to ask for help.

♪ Back, back, back, back, back, back, back ♪

♪ Back, back, back ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Oh, oh ♪

- Why are you awake?

- Green Knob, we'd be cranking.

- Sure would be.

And if we didn't have school,

we'd probably get to enjoy it.

[solemn music)

- Woo!

[gentle music)

- I swear I saw it.

It was kind of yellow and gray,

and it was freaking out.

[bird squawks) - There!

On the second branch. - Yup, it's a bird.

- [Fly] Aw, there's something wrong with it.

- It wanted me to get it.

- Up you go.

- Well, maybe not me exactly, but someone.

- It named who it wanted to rescue it.

- I'll go. - Don't climb up Matt.

If you climb up, it scares him.

You need something that he can perch on.

You're the tallest.

- Hang on, where's Heath?

We need to get this on camera.

- He was up earlier checking the surf report at Green Knob.

- Heath wouldn't have been stupid enough

to go out there before school.

- No, so I'm sure he's hiding under his bed.

- Go grab his camera, Fly, he won't mind.

♪ Doo, doo, doo, doo-doo-doo ♪

- [Perri] A little more to the left, Edge.

- Did you want to do it?

- [Perri] Well, you're nowhere near it.

♪ Doo, doo, doo-doo-doo, doo, doo-doo ♪

[bird squawks) - Careful.

Watch it.

- [Fly] Someone get a pillowcase.

- I've got a towel. - Not good enough.

The claws will get stuck in the threads.

- Here you go.

♪ Doo, doo, doo-doo, doo-doo-doo ♪

- [Fly] Gently, Edge, gently.

- Get him, Fly.

Well done.

Oh, look at it.

It's so cute.

- Um, it's to nine, people.

[camera clatters)

- Did you hear that?

It's time for school.

- The birdie's not coming to school.

- [Edge] Oh sorry, Heath.

♪ Now, we kick it into overdrive ♪

♪ Now fortunately every time ♪

- It's okay.

[bird squawks) Ow!

What'd you do that for?

- [Fly] 'Cause he shouldn't be here.

- Fly, I know you're angry,

but can you just take a peek.

Just check that he's okay.

- Hmm, it's obviously someone's pet.

Maybe it escaped a while ago,

so it's either hungry, thirsty.

Let's try and give it some water.

Just drop some into its beak.

- Can you just show me?

- Honestly, Perri, you're such a wuss.

Here we go.

See? - Morning, all.

- [Fly] Take him back.

- Well, maybe since you know how to do it,

you should just keep going.

- Can someone from each group please bring me the results

from last week's survey?

[bird squawking) Probably also a good time

to remind you that tomorrow is D-Day

for the major assignment.

Thank you, ladies.

Maybe you can remind Heath that it's worth more

than half the marks for the term.

If he doesn't hand it in, it's a guaranteed F.

- Yeah, he's, um--

- I haven't checked the roll, today,

so I might run out of time and not get to do it at all.

[upbeat music)

- All right, I care, I care.

I care so deeply.

Look, it's easy for you, super brain.

You'll spend like two minutes on the assignment

then watch videos all night.

Am I wrong?

- I already finished.

- What?

So what's all this groper study

and the researching and scribbling?

- It's just something extra.

It's not for school.

- Gimme those!

I need to see what could drive a boy

to do extra, voluntary, non-compulsory work.

[solemn music)

♪ Nothing I should know ♪

♪ This turn can simply strive ♪

♪ This turn can simply strive ♪

♪ This turn can simply strive ♪

- [Heath] Yeah, she's all right.

- It's a he.

The brown ones are the girls.

I think there's something wrong.

They're not breeding.

- So, uh, you've done quite a bit

of work on this, yeah?

Enough to whip up into a science assignment?

- Forget it, it's not up for donation.

You got another plan?

- No, I was just gonna leave it up to the universe,

'cause somehow things always work out.

- Worse plan I ever heard.

- Unless someone wanted to help me out at the last minute.

I know, 'cause I'm great at brainstorming.

Yeah, and if anyone was available, yeah.

- Hope you fellas left me something to k*ll.

- Give it a rest, man. You get so dull so fast.

- Somethin' big and blue and good to eat.

- You touch those gropers, I go straight to the ranger.

- Shakin' in my boots.

- [Heath] Ah, let's get out of here

before the tone degenerates any further.

- Moron.

- Don't waste your time, Matt.

Come on, we got work to do.

[upbeat music)

♪ Simply strive ♪

♪ Simply strive, strive, strive ♪

- So you need to give an example

to show how when you change the chemical input,

you get a resulting chemical change in the outcome.

- I don't know, Mr. Matt.

My brain's gone surfing.

- Come on, man, it's not rocket science.

- Oh, eee, oh!

[bird squawks) Oh, get away,

you horrible beast!

It just came at me, out of nowhere.

And it headed straight for my face.

How on earth did it get in here?

- Um, I, well, we found it this morning.

I made a box for it.

I don't understand how it got out.

It's lost, Jilly,

and I know it's got a few behavior problems,

but it can be kind of sweet, too.

- It's not staying.

You're gonna have to make some posters,

ring up the radio station and list it

on the lost-and-found, whatever.

But that bird's home is not here.

[hip hop music)

♪ There's peace, peace at last that I've found ♪

♪ Oh I found peace ♪

- The answers are all there,

just make sure you change the examples, all right?

- [laughs) You saved my life.

How can I ever thank you?

- Get off me, you weirdo.

You can finish up in the kitchen,

is how you can thank me, all right? Let me get some sleep.

- Your wish is my command.

[Heath laughs)

[solemn music)

This is too hard.

I'll never get this done,

unless I could copy,

not too much,

just a few lines, just to get me started.

♪ Last that I've found ♪

♪ Oh, I've found peace ♪

- [Heath] Yeah, this is the way to go.

Why didn't I think of this earlier?

♪ Peace at last that I've found ♪

- [Bird] [squawks) God is watching you.

♪ Oh I've found peace ♪

- [Bird] God is watching you.

[Heath sighs)

[bird squawks)

- Who taught you that one, huh?

- [Bird] God is watching you.

- Yeah, he's watching you too.

[bird squawks)

And he's hungry.

And you don't look that much different

from a chicken, my friend.

[bird squawks)

♪ Yes, peace, peace at last have I found ♪

♪ Oh I've found peace at last ♪

♪ Yes, peace ♪

- [Heath] Right, so I know I shouldn't have copied,

and I definitely can't hand it in.

But what am I gonna do instead?

♪ Swing in breeze, smoke in fire ♪

- Yeah, I'm definitely feeling a little off-color.

- [Anna] What do you think?

- [Fly] It's brilliant, Anna.

- [Bec] Yeah, excellent.

- Oh, coming through.

- It is very good.

But I don't think you captured its vicious streak.

- Good, the sooner it's up, the better.

Morning, Heath!

- Are you all right, Heath?

Oh, you look awful.

- Did you get finished?

- Yeah, sort of.

[Heath gags)

- Heath! - I'll skip my breakfast.

- [Fly] What's the matter?

Heath!

- [Bec] Oh, he's not a well boy.

♪ What should I do ♪

♪ The board that's going to go ♪

♪ Wherever and ever with you ♪

♪ Come on, let's go ♪

- Excellent stuff.

[bird squawks)

One more video, do you think?

Nah, 'cause the whole pint of taking today off was

to do some proper work on the assignment.

[phone rings) Yup.

I know, if I bring it in here,

I can do some during the boring bits, eh, multitask.

[bird squawks) [phone rings)

Hello.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, we found a bird.

No, it's, uh, yellow and gray.

Yeah [laughs), um, no,

I'm pretty sure that it's not pink and gray.

Sorry, yeah, sorry, I was just looking for something.

Yes, I hope yours comes back, right.

[phone beeps)

You haven't seen my assignment, have you?

Red folder?

[upbeat music)

- He's really sick.

He's nauseous and almost vomiting.

- Almost vomiting, eh?

- This is my assignment.

And this is Heath's.

♪ The rivers flow ♪

- Fair enough.

♪ The boat ♪

[dramatic music)

♪ Aye, uh-uh ♪

[phone rings)

♪ Aye, aye, uh-huh, aye, aye ♪

[phone rings)

- Hello.

♪ Aye-aye, aye-aye, aye-aye ♪

[phone rings)

♪ The boy is next to get it ♪

- Hello.

[phone rings)

[bird squawks)

You are starting to get on my nerves.

You need a lesson.

Huh?

Be afraid, mate.

[woman coughs)

I got a stinking headache.

And I thought something cold might help.

[bird squawks)

- [Perri] Hello there.

- [Heath] Hey, Bec.

- [Perri] What happened to you?

- [Heath] Pass me the ketchup, huh.

- Some of its feathers are missing.

- Hmm.

It's a plucker.

- You can shout that out.

I was with it all day.

The bird definitely has some emotional issues.

- Hmm, could be stress.

Sometimes they pluck when they're lonely,

and they wanna mate.

[bird squawks)

- [Matt] Perri?

[bird squawks)

- I didn't do anything.

- Something's got it going.

[bird squawks)

It's the fridge.

Edge, open the fridge again.

[bird squawks)

[all chuckling)

- Crazy bird. - How weird is that?

Why would it be terrified of the fridge?

- Jilly, you changed your mind.

- I did not such thing.

This is temporary accommodation only.

Mum wants it back in a week.

♪ Always go my way ♪

[bird squawks)

- [Perri] You're the expert.

- I'm cooking, in case you didn't notice.

Someone else can deal with what's its face.

- Yeah, do we give it a name,

or is that just too much bonding?

- How 'bout Mongrel Features?

- What about Waxhead?

- I like it.

Waxhead it is.

- [Bec] Yeah, Waxhead [laughs).

- Hey, um, Matt, um, by any strange twist of fate,

did you move or hand in my assignment?

- Yeah, I handed it in.

- Yeah, I thought as much.

[bell rings)

- Do you know what this is about?

- Uh, yeah, maybe.

- Save it for the office, boys.

Would either of you care

to explain the startling similarity of the work?

- First off, this isn't Matt's fault.

It's entirely my fault.

- You stole Matt's assignment.

- Um-- - No, he didn't.

I gave it to him. - Yeah, gave it to me,

so I could get a [sighs), a sense of, of inspiration.

- Stop it, Heath. - Why?

Look you gave me your assignment,

'cause you felt sorry for me.

- Be that as it may,

he has done you both a disservice.

And cheating, in all its ugly forms,

will not be tolerated in this school.

Two weeks detention, rubbish collection for three weeks,

and you each give a tour to the year-sevens

about the perils of cheating.

I'm also expecting Mr. Simmonds will be deducting

significant points from the only thing you do seem

to care about, points each from your surfing scores.

[solemn music)

- I should probably make you two walk.

I suppose I'll give you a lift.

- I'm walking.

[solemn music)

- Look, I know it was stupid to copy.

I figured that out, but...

Look, that's why I pretended to be sick.

Where, where are you going?

- I need those marks!

- Why?

Come on, you know you're gonna pass the year easily.

You know, I know you need the surfing points, but science?

Like, I don't understand why science has anything

to do with the world circuit.

- You don't understand, full stop,

and if I thought there was any point

in explaining it to you, I would.

- I didn't know you were gonna hand it in without checking.

- Oh, going and handing in a friend's assignment,

so they wouldn't lose marks,

'cause I thought they were sick?

What an idiot I was, huh?

♪ Whoa ♪

♪ Whoa, whoa ♪

♪ Oh, h*, oh, h*, h* ♪

- [Mr. Savin] Heath!

- Mr. Savin, I just wanted to see

if this situation was, um, irreversible,

or whether or not we could make up the marks?

♪ Back in, back in ♪

♪ Back in, back in, back ♪

♪ Back in, back in, back in, back in ♪

- You wanna do it?

- [Perri] Well, you're nowhere near it.

[camera beeps)

[solemn music)

- Would anybody care to explain?

[Heath sighs)

- We're gonna get the camera fixed.

I'm really sorry.

- Yeah, well, I kinda needed the video today.

- Why today?

- I was gonna take Matt's groper research,

you know, those fishes at sea.

I thought if I could tie it all together with some footage,

maybe I could get some marks back for him.

- You could always write about it.

- No, doesn't work for me.

My assignments always suck.

It's not easy, like it is for you guys.

- It can't be that bad, Heath,

or you would've heard way before this.

Maybe it's just a confidence thing.

- No, it's not.

You know, I'm great at getting people to explain things,

so I don't have to read it.

And you fake, and you joke,

and when that doesn't work, I guess,

I guess, you cheat,

or go to an alternative school.

You know, you tie two sticks together and call it an essay.

- Two sticks?

- I won a still camera when I was .

Took a photo of two sticks and called it an essay.

- Have you still got the camera?

♪ Back in, back in, back in ♪

[camera clicking)

- Wouldn't it be easier just to photocopy it?

- I don't happen to have a photocopier on me now, do I, Fly?

- I don't know what you think you're doing,

but you do not touch my stuff!

You've already done enough harm.

- Look, Matt, I was just--

- It's not up for discussion, okay.

You touch my stuff again,

I'm gonna go to Simmo and get one of us moved.

You don't understand, all right.

- Probably not.

But there's some stuff that you don't understand either.

[solemn music)

- You're the most moronic, selfish,

idiotic excuse for a human being.

You're gonna put that fish back where you found it,

and you're gonna do it now. - Well, it's just a fish, man.

- It's not just a fish.

They're protected.

- Give it over.

- Like you can talk.

You're busted cheating,

and you reckon you can tell me what I can and can't do.

- It's dying. - Give us it.

Come on, give it over.

Give me the net, Ryan.

[both grunting)

[dramatic music)

[fish splats)

- Great, now it's really dead.

- Get out of here, Ryan, or we'll chuck you down next.

Forget it, Heath.

If it didn't die from the impact,

it'll run out of air before you get down there.

Come on.

♪ I'm under no illusions now ♪

♪ How can I see when I am blind ♪

♪ To all the same old folks now ♪

♪ We sure do make it kinda tough ♪

♪ Not gonna make me change my ways ♪

♪ I've come too far for that now ♪

♪ Oh, I can waste all day ♪

♪ Oh, I can waste all day ♪

♪ Waste all day ♪

♪ Feel the first rays on your skin ♪

♪ I can believe what I can see ♪

♪ The sun into your eyes now ♪

♪ I'm under no illusions now ♪

♪ How can I see when I am blind ♪

♪ It's all the same old folks now ♪

♪ Oh ♪

- Now a number of options occur to me, Heath.

A, you've had a major transformation overnight

and become a dedicated student.

B, alien visitation

and this is what the little green men left.

Or C, Matt's friendship for you remains intact enough

for him to do all this, and your job was to play courier.

- Well, um, you know what?

You decide.

♪ Is there something here ♪

♪ I can't hold ♪

- [Fly] These are brilliant.

I never knew you could make guts look great.

- What did you chop them up for?

- Uh, 'cause he had a scar.

You know, Matt couldn't work out

why the group was so old,

so I thought if I looked inside,

maybe I could get some answers.

He'd been speared ages ago, and my guess is they got him

in the, uh [whistles), the reproductive department.

- So it couldn't breed.

- No, I guess not.

I could be wrong, but, uh, some baby gropers would say

that I was right.

I don't know.

Hell, what would I know?

- A fair bit, by the sound of it. [phone rings)

- Oh, you took pictures of Waxhead, too?

- Hello. - Oh yeah,

I had to finish off the roll.

- [Perri] It's so cute.

- Cool, I'll let him know.

Mr. Savin wants you to swing by the school

to talk to you about some assignment.

- This is like hundreds of babies

after years of them not producing at all.

- Yup, that's what I said in the assignment.

- What assignment?

You went ahead and made an assignment out

of the groper data?

- I was trying to get some marks back for you.

- And you included all the stuff

about there only being one male? And that when he carks it,

one of the females changes sex

and goes from brown to blue?

- And the fact

that the old guy's death might mean they start

to breed again?

Yeah, I got it all.

- I don't get how you can whip up something like this

in a day, but you struggle like mental

when it's an official assignment.

- Yeah, give me a groper to chop up,

I'll tell you how it works.

Give me a book about it,

I'm never gonna understand it.

- Wow, I hope you never need to understand me.

out of ?

You realize I've never got out of

for anything in my life?

- Yeah, I know, but, you know, sometimes friends have

to give struggling friends a leg up when they can,

'cause I guess that's what friends are for.

[bright music) [both laughing)

♪ Come here now ♪

♪ They'll mention us now ♪

- Hey, come on. [Heath laughs)

Come on, quit it.

[both laughing)

Come on!

- Yeah [laughs), woo!

[Heath laughs)

Woo!

["Aiming for Your Head")

♪ There's too much choice and not enough time ♪

♪ To find what's mine ♪

♪ Aiming for your head, get down ♪

♪ You're the only one in town ♪

♪ Wah-ha-ha ♪

♪ Ha, ha, woo ♪

[solemn digital music)