04x09 - Most Foul, Strange and Unnatural

[bunniefuu]

What are you doing here?

I'm meeting your boss.

You wanna watch my daughter.

That girl does nothing
without an ulterior motive.

See that guy?
Lloyd.

He manages the Swanson
branch of the WSB.

You know, untrustworthy people
would try and take advantage of
a situation like that.

Christ, man, what are you doing?

Van!
Imogen, she trapped me.

Candice Fletcher. Inland Revenue.

She gets Candy in the sack,
and bang goes our tax problem.

Oh, man, you sick bitch.

It's over.

(SQUEALS) sh*t! sh*t! Man!

What's up?

f*ck!

Sorry, bro.
Sorry?

Kasey was up for it first
thing, so it will move.

Well, I'm not Kasey! All right?

So don't go thinking I am.

I'm can't help the Mighty Munt
talking to me about the memories.

Oh, your d*ck talks?

In a manner of speaking, yeah.

Why don't you and your d*ck
have a chat with Kasey?

No way!
Come on, man, you love her.

She slept with a chick, Van.

So did you.
That's different.

No. It's the same.

It's like... Super .

Super 's a crock.

No, you went over the line,
right? And you scored.

But then, Kasey, she went over
the line, too, and she scored.
So now the scores are equal.

You know nothing about rugby.

I know when -all is -all, man.

Not when one of youse is playing
dirty for the p*ssy-licking team.

Coming back to bed?
(RETCHES, COUGHS)

Ah!

HELLO SAILOR'S 'GUTTER BLACK'

♪ Lying in the gutter,

♪ I cut the cord from my mother.

♪ She pat me on the head and said,

♪ 'Go to sea, boy.
Get to sea, man.'

♪ My luck in the gutter black.

♪ I guess I'm running back...

♪ ...to you.

♪ You in my brain.
You in my heart. ♪

You're coming along.

Still a bit open on the defence.

Thinking too much.

Yes. I tend to do that. React
first, that's the key, eh?

DOOR CREAKS

OMINOUS MUSIC

Hi, Lloyd.

Lloyd, how's it going, mate?

Nearly up to stinging like a bee.

We still on for that quick meet?

Uh, sure. Very happy indeed.

Well, now's good for me.

Oh, terrific. Let me
just take a shower.

You'll be right as you are.

I'll catch you later, Wolf.

OMINOUS MUSIC

Look, Kase, I need you back at
work. Like, you know, yesterday.

I can't, Cheryl.

How can I face the world like this?

You don't have to go
looking like that.

Joke.

Cher, it might be bit soon, eh?

There's time, and then
there's knicker parties.

I've got three tonight, and I've
only got two people to run them.

And there's my life, which is over.

They've been booked for
months, Kase. I can't cancel.

Well, if you care
so much, you do one.

That's not silly. You
can shake your booty.

I'm paying you.

I thought we were partners?

That's why we've got jobs to go to.

I don't believe this.

You expect me to strut my stuff
for the punters like I'm not in
mourning?

Because you're paying me?

Some of us have hearts, Cheryl.

A few more days, eh?

Hey, babe. Stop b*ating yourself
up. We all make mistakes.

Not that I've ever slept
with a chick or wanted to, but—

For Christ sake.
Oh, you owe me. You so owe me.

I'm sorry?

I did this for you.
What?

It. That thing I did.

Did I ask you to sleep with that
cow from the tax department?

You didn't ask me not to.

Actually, I did.

I put you and Hoochie Mama before
the sacred vows of my marriage,
and I got us off the hook!

And this is the thanks
I get for it! (SOBS)

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Hey.
Where are you off to?

Uh, knicker party. I'll be late, but
there's cold chicken in the fridge.

Is Nicky banging Loretta?

(SCOFFS) Don't ask me. Nicky
doesn't tell me everything.

I thought he did. Is he?

They're both consenting adults.
Guess Loretta's an adult,
at a stretch.

Are you criticising my kid?

Well, you do.
I'm her father.

Get over the daddy thing, babe.

I don't have a thing.

Yeah, you have a thing
about your kids.

That's because they're my kids.

Is Nicky not good enough
for your baby daughter?

Nicky's fine, but I told
him not to go there.

Well, maybe, Wolf,
this isn't up to you.

Look, Nicky is a go-ahead kinda guy.

And Loretta is... not slow,
and I happen to think he could
be good for her.

Do you?
Yes. And...

it might bring us all closer
together. Wouldn't that be a good
thing?

See ya.

Ah, get you. (CHUCKLES)

[ See ya.

Do you think he's on to you and me?

I couldn't give a toss
if he is or not.

Why are we stuffing around here?
Let's ask him straight out.

No.

Why not?
Because.

Because...?

Because I don't want to.

Well, I disagree.

Let him stew just
a little bit longer.

sh*t, at this rate, I'll
start feeling sorry for him.

We do it when we've got everything
sorted. He will take me seriously
for once.

(LAUGHS) Aha! I see.

We do care what Daddy thinks.

Piss off.
(LAUGHS) You want to impress him.

You didn't grow up in my family.

My brothers got to do
all the good stuff.

Well, you're making up for it now.

Mm, so indulge me.

And the magic word is?

Do you want this or not?

Absolutely no way.

Pascalle, I'm a bit
f*cking desperate.

It goes against my philosophy.

What, modelling?

No, modelling huss underwear.

You used to be a model.

Yes, in a former life.

Just walk around wearing the sh*t
for an hour and then you're done.

Mum, are you forgetting something?

What?

Baby Jane.

Ted's here. He can babysit.

Oh yeah, that's
a really good idea (!)

Evening.
Why are you here?

Come to visit my granddaughter.

She went down an hour ago.

Loosen up, will you? I am allowed
to visit the family home.

If you're so hot on
family, you can babysit.

I can do that.
No, I'm looking after Jane.

No, you're coming with me.

I'm not modelling slutty underwear.

You can work the room, write up
the orders — does that work for you?

We could be a while.

Fine by me.

Come on. Come on!

I want her to sleep through the
night, so if she cries, leave her.

Pascalle. ]
I'm coming!

You should give this guy a call.

Why?

Cos he needs stuff fixed.

Yeah, well, that would have to go
through our manager now. And we're
sort of on a recess.

I thought you were -.

Yeah, but, um, Munt's got quite a
lot of sh*t going on at the moment,
you know.

Primo.
[ Yeah.

He seems pretty upset on it.

Yeah, well, this is like therapy.
You know, game of pool, few beers.

Helping, is it?

I don't know. Hey, Munts.

Is this helping? Your Kasey therapy?

Don't say that word, Van.
What word?

The one that is the
name of that person.

Sorry to hear, Munter.

Thank you, Mr Judd.

You know how it is, eh?

Yeah, but he didn't walk in on Mum
rooting a lezzy from the Inland
Revenue, eh, bro?

No, cos Mrs West wouldn't do that.

She's got principles.

Unlike the person I married. The one
that went and stuck a big f*ck-off
Kn*fe right in here.

You and Kasey can't patch things up?

No. Cos me and that
person, we're finished.

Well, anything I can do, Munter.

Chur, another jug would be nice.

Shh, shh, shh, shh.
TV PLAYS SOFTLY

Oh, come on, you slack prick.

Not you, my dear.

JANE BURBLES

What are you doing here?

Minding my business.

Who you shafting these days?

I'm shafting nobody.

You'll have your snout in something.
You've been back long enough.

Nope.

Don't tell me if you don't want to.

There's nothing to bloody tell.

Funny smell around here.

Trapped in Te Atatu with
a pack of yappers.

They were lovely.
They were tight as a fish's bum.

Oh, what is she doing up?

Oh, she wouldn't settle.
I think she's teething.

Like you'd know.
I can do it.

JANE FUSSES

Put her on her back. They like
them on their backs these days.

Says who?
Plunket.

What the f*ck would they know?

More than you.

What's wrong with putting
them on their tummy?

Just do it.

You notice that sideways
look she gives you?

Mm. The Loretta look.

You be a good girl.

What?

Nothing.

Thanks for tonight.

Any time.

ROCK MUSIC

We're very excited down at the bank.

Pleasure doing business
with you, Lloyd.

What's going on?

Uh, joint project with
Lloyd — sponsorship.

Oh yeah. What kind?

Bunch of young guys off the street.
We get them in shape, teach them to
box.

Babysitting P-heads?

Well, the bank's behind it.

And that's all there is to it?

Yeah, you can check these kids over.

You know, pick out
the ones with potential.

Me?
That's what I pay you for.

f*ck that for a joke.

I am paying you to do a job here.

Yeah, not any more. Not with all
this bullshit. You can take you job.
You can stick it up your arse.

And stay the f*ck away from Loretta.

GENTLE MUSIC

Oh, f*ck off, man!

Oh sh*t.

This has got to stop, man.

It's gotta stop. It's not fair.

It's not normal.

Morning, love. You're up early.

Yeah, Munter woke me up.

So gay.
No.

What is three times ?
.

Every time I press this dumb thing,
it comes up with a different number.

There's bugger all to add up anyway.

They such sad stories, like the lady
who had her stomach stapled. We had
the best conversation.

You were meant to be selling.

There's more to life than making
fat people waste their DPB on tramp
underwear, like making people happy.

Oh, poos and wees.

Got yourself a new accountant?

You. Why aren't you at work?

No. We're on a recess.

Van, who am I?
Loretta.

I'm your manager,
and as your manager,

I am telling you and Munter to get
off your butts and get to work.

Munter is dealing with a broken
heart, thanks to that home-wrecking
lezzo.

Not that you understand
the emotion part of that.

The emotion that I'm feeling
right now is pissed off.

Which is the same emotion I'm
getting from your pissed-off clients
because you're not showing up.

Know the feeling.

Don't look at me. He's totally ugly
on it. And he's not gonna let her
off the hook.

God, people in glasshouses.

He's not in a glasshouse.

It's an expression, Van.

He's in this house,
and it's not made of glass.

The point is they're both as bad as
each other. They both rooted people
they shouldn't have.

Loretta.
What?

Who did he root?

What the hell is going on?

Yeah, tell.

Get out. Get out!

Hey! Oh, hey, Mrs West.

Get out now and get
round to Kasey's.

You do not mention that name.

I will mention a f*ck of a load
worse if you don't go and say sorry.

I ain't got nothing to be sorry for.

Oh right. Does Imogen ring a bell?

Uh, I didn't tell her, bro.

You owe Kasey an apology.

Nope.
Get there and sort your sh*t out.

No way.
Is that your final word on it?

Yep.

Right, then. Get out.

Eh?
You've outstayed your welcome.

But— wh—

You can't throw him out.
That's not fair.

You can go too if you want.

Eh?!

You should be so so
ashamed of yourself.

He's got nowhere else
to go, you guys.

He can go to work for a start.

See you guys later, eh?
No. Not unless you go and see Kasey.

OK, fine.

Hey, hey.

Where are you gonna go?

I don't know. Somewhere.

Yeah, but where will you be?

Most probably I'll be
outside waiting in the van.

OK.

That was so mean, you guys.

And you are as bad as he is,
keeping his filthy man-slut secret.

You don't dob in a mate.

Do you know the sh*t Kasey's giving
me cos she blames herself? Like not
even working?

Well, don't blame me.
I didn't root anyone. At all!

Oh, poor Kasey, married
to a cheating man-slut.

A man-slut that does it
and gets paid for it.

Hang on, you don't even like Kasey.

I don't judge people, Loretta. Not
even used-to-be-slags like Kasey.

You know the terrible thing?
What?

Somebody has to tell her.

Uh-uh. Not gonna be me.

She might spin out and go completely
mental, but she has to know.

Munter should tell her.

Fat chance of that.

Look, it's none of our business.

She has to know.
It affects her self-esteem.

And it might get the
lazy cow back to work.

Why aren't you at work?

I resigned.
You what?!

I quit.

For God's sake, Wolf. Why?

Cos of your prick of a brother. He's
up to some sh*t and I don't like it.

Well, at least he's up to something.
Meaning?

I don't see any plans materialising
from you any time soon.

Not to mention the tiny point
that we have a house to renovate
and a mortgage to pay.

KNOCK AT DOOR
We'll pay it.

What, on my wages?
Yeah, that'll work (!)

SOFTLY: Hey.
SOFTLY: Hey.

Give us a minute.

I wanna sort what went down before.

You were right. I should've
kept you in the loop.

Which loop would that be?

This thing with Lloyd.

Ripping Lloyd off on sponsorship
is scraping the bottom of the
barrel.

Nah.

It's more about his bank.

OMINOUS MUSIC

It's a piddly little branch
in the arse-end of nowhere.

Mm, small, yeah.

But a bit of cash does come through.
All in cash, from the pokies.

Loser's game.
I agree.

But losers stick money in those
machines, at the end of the day,
it's gotta go somewhere.

♪ Roll of the dice,

♪ ain't nothing to it.

$ bets?

Yep.

All sitting in Lloyd's branch
overnight every couple of weeks —
$k's worth, give or take.

♪ Take my advice,

♪ can you see through it? ♪

What are you gonna do with it?
Feed a f*cking parking meter?

(LAUGHS)

I've got a few ideas on that score.

Bags would weigh a ton.
Yep. Likely.

And they'd be locked in.

And that's why we need expertise.
And that's why we need you.

We?
Yeah.

That 'we' better not
be you and Loretta.

She's a smart cookie, your daughter.

You are not robbing a bank.

Because I'm a girl
and it's a girl's idea?

Because it's a bloody stupid idea.

Don't tell me it didn't occur
to you. All that time with Lloyd
and you never thought of it?

Do I look like an idiot?

This isn't some dickwit thing
I thought up overnight.

Oh, no? Then what is it?

A while ago, I bought
a cleaning company.

Not because I want to hang out
with the underprivileged, but for
the reason

that it has the contract to Lloyd's
branch. I have the access code.

(GASPS MOCKINGLY) The access code.
You think that's all you need?

No.

Got it?
Mm-hm.

Great. I'll keep him busy.

Hi, Lloyd.

We still on for that quick meet?

Now I have this, which will get
me that much closer to the money.

There's still the safe,
but I figure that's no biggie.

Oh, you do, do you?

[ Well, you know a thing or two.

And if you play your cards right,
I might even bow to your superior
wisdom.

You want me to help you?

Unless you're getting too old.
Or you haven't got the bottle
for it any more.

I so so miss him.

I know, sweetheart. ]

All I've got left is his pillow.

And one little roach clip.

Kase, honey, we need you to be kinda
calm right now. Like, really really
calm.

Calm and strong, doll.

Why? What's happened?

Well, we've got some news for you,
and it's not really that crash hot.

Oh, Munter. He's had an accident,
hasn't he? Oh God, please, no!

Kase, listen to me.

He's tried to k*ll himself.

f*ck, I've hurt him so much.
I knew something bad would happen.

Munter's absolutely fine, Kase.

Then why are you looking
at me like that?

OK.

You think this is all your fault?

It is my fault. I will go to my
grave never forgiving myself.

Well, you might
want to rethink that.

Cos apparently, Munter's not
that squeaky clean himself.

What does that mean?

Boys.
Kia ora, Mr Judd.

Been a while.

How is every little thing?

Oh, not bad. How about you?

Not so good.

They're cold.

Cheryl not feeding you boys?

Mum kicked him out. ]

She's a toughie, Mrs West. You'd
know that, with your troubles.

Wayne, have you got a couch?

Why?
Well, cos Munter's homeless.

You said, 'If there's anything
I can do.' And this is something
you can do.

Which I would do for you in the same
circumstance, if I had a couch.

Which he doesn't.

Munter, bro, I feel for you,
but it ain't gonna happen.

Is that a no, Mr Judd?
Yeah, that's a no.

What about the 'anything I can do'?

You said 'anything', man.
This is— This is anything.

Uh-oh.
He's in here, the bastard.

What, bro?
[ Let's cool it.

There, in the booth.

Thanks, Rochelle (!)

You bastard! You f*cking bastard!

Oh, beautiful.

You let me think it was me.

Hey, hey, Kase.

Munter, disappear.

She started it, man.
I'm not going nowhere.

(SOBS)

You OK?
Yeah, I think so.

It's good to see you.
Yeah, you too.

Come on, Kase.
Come on, bro.

Hey!
Come on.

(SOBS)

♪ That's the way it goes.

♪ Shouldn't I know? ♪

You OK?

Box of fluffies.

He looks up to you, babe.

Who does?
Nicky.

f*ck Nicky.

I'd hate for you guys
to fall out over this.

It's not about me, but it
would really really hurt.

He needs to learn some respect.

Look, sometimes he oversteps the
mark. Because he's hungry, you know.

This job will really
kick-start us, babe.

What do you know about it?

Nothing. Except that he needs you
for something. That's gotta be good,
cos you know way more than him.

It could be good for
all of us, couldn't it?

Maybe.

Oh, come on.

You don't do maybes.

No, you don't.

I haven't had this much fun
in ages. He's choking on it.

Wolf? OK.

Watching him wriggle is
so incredibly entertaining.

Except we're not doing this
for your entertainment.

I'm starting to think it's
a bad idea inviting him in.

Well, too late now.

He's f*cking high maintenance. We'd
get the job done faster without him.

Possibly.

But it is wise to keep people
like my father pissing in the tent,
not outside of it.

Will you stop being crabby now?

Maybe he wants a go at it himself.

I doubt it. Not this time.

How do you know?

The mere thought of a girl — me —
robbing a bank goes against
everything my father is.

Every bone in his body.

It's like a whole new world order.
There's no way he'd let that happen
without him.

It's weird doing this while
we're talking about your father.

We're talking about
the job, aren't we?

I thought so.

He'll be all over it. Anything
to make me look like an idiot.

And if he's in, we'll be
doing it his way... (MOANS)

And you'll be cool with that?

Letting go if he's involved.

Oh yeah, definitely.

OK, bring it on.

Can we get back to
where we were, please?

(LAUGHS)

(MOANS)

She left your nose
in the right place.

I've seen worse left hooks.

She can break my face all she
wants. It's not what it's about.

Seemed a fairly clear setting to me.

Sticks and stone, man.

It's my mana she's messed with.

Your mana?

Mana, bro, you know what that is.

I know what it is.

But you might've messed with her
mana by sleeping with somebody else.

Kasey's not Maori. She has no mana.

She's still an injured party.

Not the same. Not even.

And how do you figure that?

Are you trying to be thick, Mr Judd?
She done it with a chick, and me,
I done what I was put here to do.

Cheat on your wife?

Way back, Mr Judd. Way back
in the dawnings of civilisation,
here in good old Aotearoa —

seven waka, right?
Yeah.

[ Yeah, well, seven waka
is not that many waka, eh?

Maybe that's all they had.

Considering why they came, which
wasn't just to eat each other.

Them brothers had a duty. Once they
got off the waka, they had a kai,
and then they got on with it.

With what?
Rooting their butts off, Mr Judd.

Cos they knew if they didn't,
the warrior race would die out.

So it's a warrior thing?

It's in my genes. Yours too.
Chromosomes, not blue ones,
cos they weren't wearing those.

And chick on chick — now,
where does that come into it?

No way is that the kaupapa, man.
That's just behind-your-back sneaky.

You married her, Munter.
That has to count.

Knock knock.
You wouldn't put up with it.

You don't know that.

What's stopping you from getting
back together with Mrs West, then?
See? Mana. Same waka, Mr Judd.

Beer, Wayne?

Nah?

Oh, this is really nice, eh?

Choice, eh?
Yeah. ]

CAN OPENS

Oh, you've got your little fridge
over there for your beers, hm? Nice
comfortable couch.

Very nice. It's a real
home away from home, eh?

Yeah, it's my office.
It's where I do my work.

Oh, come on, Wayne. Just overnight,
man. You wouldn't even know he was
here. Eh, Munt?

I feel terrible.

Because you whacked him?
No, because I believed in him.

Eat.
Yeah, but not that.
You need proper food.

You're being nice. ]

Well, I am nice. ]
Why? ]

Well, firstly because I've always
been nice, and now it's also my
philosophy.

No, you're being nice to me.

OK, yeah, you might've said some
hurtful things in the past, and also
been quite annoying,

but now I really really
feel your pain.

Thanks. (SOBS)

Oh!

Now you've whacked him, do you
reckon you and Munts will sort
something out?

Mum, that is a terrible
suggestion! How can she?

Cheryl, I can never believe
another word he says.

He loves you, Kase.

sh*t, I don't like what he did, but
he wasn't screwing the whole netball
team.

From the person who gave him house
room, that's just f*cking wonderful.

I kicked him out.

Anger — that is so positive.
Yeah?

Yeah. You take that anger and
turn it into a beautiful positive.

Question.
Yes.

This positive sh*t — does it mean
you're gonna come back to work soon?

Mum.

Kasey is drowning in a terrible
ocean of grief and pain.

Wow, you are so on to it. You
know what? I really can't swim.

You need to take this time to heal
and recuperate. Focus on yourself.

That's what I've been saying.

Isn't she fabulous?

Cheers.

So these boxing classes...?

Cover for the guys
taking care of the coin.

You'd trust some bunch of losers?

I know all these kids.

How well?

Friends. Sons of mates.

And how's it meant to work?
They'll be taking the money right
back to where it came from.

You put the coins in the pokie
machines, a couple of hundred bucks.

Then you get a phone call — suddenly
you have to leave. So you go to the
bar, tell your sob story,

and the bar person, who doesn't give
a sh*t that your mother's dying or
whatever, gives you credit in note.

And what's to stop these dickheads
taking off with the cash?

Well, they know better than that.

It's a lot of trips to the pokies.

It'll take some time for sure.

Does that worry you?

That depends.
On what?

On whether I like the idea
of a long-term investment.

What's not to like?

All that fabulous cash...

I don't even know if it's possible.
I'd have to case the job.

We can do that.

Where are the other cameras?

There aren't any. It's Swanson.

Office, tea rooms.

Toilets.

Office.

Lloyd's office.

The strongroom's through here.

Better hope that key works.

Think you're clever, don't you?

And the security company's the
only one that has access to this?

And Lloyd.

Can you get in there?

What time does your
cleaning crew leave?

Midnight.
And the money comes in about .

OK.

OK yes, or OK no?

I'll let you know.

Mm. (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

sh*t, man!

Uh, what?

f*ck off!

Oh.
f*ck!

Oh, sorry, bro.

Morning.
Morning, Mr Judd.

Sleep well?
Yeah, wicked. It's a choice
couch, eh? Very nice indeed.

Is that real coffee I see, Mr Judd?

Mm-hm.
Awesome. Long and black. That's me.

Strong and white,
three sugars, please.

You not working today?

Day off.
Oh, righto.

In itself, the idea's not bad.
Great.

Ideas are one thing. Putting them
into practice it a whole different
thing.

OK, so what can we do better?

Don't bother. The job's
bullshit from go to whoa.

Why?

You know why. The connections stand
out like dog's balls all the way.

The bank is run by a family
friend, for Christ's sake.

Scruples now?
You don't screw the crew, you don't
set yourself up to fail. Shut it.

You came to me for my advice,
now listen to my f*cking advice.

You want the job for yourself.
No, because you'll get caught.

I will not get caught.

The cleaning business, the
connection to Lloyd. The cops
will come straight to you.

Bullshit. I have no record, I have
clean businesses and girls don't do
this, remember?

As far as the cops go, this is
a walk in the f*cking park. Now do
what I say and can it.

Christ, if your mother knew...
You'd tell Mummy?

Shut your f*cking mouth!

You are not doing it.

I am doing it!
You are not.

You can't stop me!

For Christ's sake.

What are you gonna do, Dad?
Send me to my room?

SHUT UP!
SHUT YOUR f*cking MOUTH!

You do this and I wash my f*cking
hands of you. You can sit inside
and rot for all I care.

Oh yeah? Well, at least
I'd be away from you.

Well, that went well (!)

Totally predictable.

All men are bastards.

All they do is take
and ruin your self-esteem.

True. Well, except for Milt.

And Lloyd. Man, what have
I done to deserve that guy?

He's so sweet and kind and he does
this really wicked thing with his
tongue.

Chelle, there's a baby here.

You listen up, baby Jane. Don't you
ever trust anyone wearing pants with
a cock.

JANE BURBLES

Ladies, how's it going?

Wayne, this is a women's only
space. That means no men allowed.

Hello, Wayne.
Who's buying?

Actually, is anyone thinking
of going into work today? I just
thought I'd throw it out there.

Orders to fill, clients to
phone. That kind of thing.

Mum, we're here supporting Kasey.

Yeah.
It's called healing.

But another round would be good.

Look after the baby.

(SIGHS)

What's up with the coven?

They're busy over there being
the little sisters of sorrow.

Not like they've got jobs
they could be doing.

So no sign of a thaw, then?

Nah, it's getting worse.

Same with Munter.

How do you know?

Cos he's holed up in my office,
making himself at home.

You let him stay?

I'm gonna kick him out tomorrow.

Jesus, you'll be
cooking his eggs next.

Just wish they'd bloody sort it.

Yeah, you know, it's not that huge.

You know, on a scale of one
to whatever, worse things have
happened.

So you go tell them.
(CHUCKLES) No one
listens to me right now.

Yeah, cos some people
are just too darn proud.

Aren't they just?

Why did you say no?

Nicky a bit upset, is he?

Wolf, we need that job.
No, we don't.

Uh, the renos?

That dump you call a house is
leaking cash out of every pore.

You turned down a shitload
of money, and I don't get why.

Is this you talking or your brother?

Nicky has ambition.

Oh, is that what you call it?

If you think the job
is sh*t, then fix it.

I'm not f*cking touching it.

When I met you, you were the big
man. You had plans. You and me,
we were gonna get set up.

What happened to that?
What happened to you?

If someone's broken your balls,
it sure as hell isn't me!

Evening. ]

Well, this is cheery (!)

Well, it's a world first.

You here to see Jane?

Oh, just passing.

You want something to eat? At this
rate, it'll go to the City Mission.

Nah, I'm good.

Be like this for real, one day.
All the kids have flown the coop.

You'll be too busy to notice.

(LAUGHS) Maybe I can keep Jane
in her room till she's .

Ted's never gonna die.

Dammit.

And Van will never leave.

What's up?

Bloody kids.

Wolf, we done all
right with our kids.

Not Loretta.

Well, Loretta's Loretta.

Too bloody clever for her
own good is what she is.

Why? What's she done?

Nothing. It just... she doesn't
listen. She just goes her own sweet
way.

Oh, nothing new there. Maybe it's
just time that we left her to it,
you know?

Sometimes, she looks at me
and I think she hates me.

Bullshit.
Yeah?

Yeah.

God, she's always been after your
approval. She's just too bloody
twisted to show it.

You think?
Yeah.

Do you—? Do you remember those
drawings she did when you were
in Mt Eden?

The birds in black crayon?
They were owls.

f*cking weird is what they were.

(LAUGHS) Yeah.

Well, she never drew
a picture for anyone else.

Huh.

Do you ever have regrets?

No.

Not really. Why?

Oh, I think I'm getting old.

Wolf. (LAUGHS)
We're all getting old.

You get to a point...
you start to wonder...

what have I ever done
that was worth anything?

You've got your kids.
And you've got Jane.

Yeah, I'm a grandparent.

Yeah. Isn't that good?

Makes you weigh things up.

The jobs, the risks.

It's what you've
always been good at.

What if I don't have the
stomach for it any more?

You for real?

There are gonna be more grandkids.

And I wanna see them grow up —
not from inside. I wanna be there
to protect them.

OK.

So what are you gonna do?
f*ck knows.

(LAUGHS)

I'm working on it.

Well, you've got the gym.

Nah, that's over.

Right.

Well, whatever you decide to do,...

I'm sure you'll do it.
You're a determined bastard.

You would say that.

And don't let Loretta get to you.

No, she's not.

I should go.
OK.

See you, love.

Piss off.

I told you once and you didn't
listen, so here it is again.

f*ck up however you want, but
you involve Loretta in anything,
and I mean anything,

I'll k*ll you.

I think Loretta can make up—

I see you haven't lost your
talent for breaking and entering.

Comes in handy.

OK. So, when are you
gonna start shouting?

You always were the
brightest of our kids.

That was Jethro.

No, Jethro doesn't even come close.

Have you come to sh**t the
breeze about my intelligence?

I've just come to clear
a couple of things.

OK.

You think I don't respect you.

You're wrong. I do.

Always have. ]

Is this some kind of weird 'pat me
on the back' thing so I'll cave?
Toe the line?

You're an adult now. You make your
own decisions. But I am asking you
not to do this job.

You're asking me?

Yeah.

And don't go looking for
the catch. There isn't one.

Whatever you may think of me, I have
always loved you... (VOICE BREAKS)
and I always will.

And I'd do anything to
stop you getting hurt. ]

That's all I came to say, love.

TV: You think you're gonna make it
all the way through to the final
two?

Um, final one, actually.
I'm gonna take it out.

You happen to see Nicky tonight?

You seem to know every little
thing that goes on with him.

You hit him.

I had a word with him, is all.
About f*cking with my family.

Loretta?

My family. The people I care about.

And where exactly in this picture
do I fit in? Your family. Someone
you care about.

Well, that's up to you. My family
is who I am. It's not gonna change
and I'm not gonna change.

So get used to it?

Like I said, up to you.

If you don't like it... ]

Are you trying to call it quits? Is
that where you're going with this?

Jesus, woman, stop giving me grief.

OK. You and Nicky,
you've had your differences.

Yeah.

But I don't wanna walk away.

OK.

Are we OK?

Yeah, we're fine.

Prick!
You didn't know that before?

That job was a goer.

'Course it was.
sh*t!

We're not canning it, though.

Not because he says so.

He's got all the details
and I don't trust him.

Which is why we move on to plan B.

Which is a little like
plan A, only smarter.

OK.

It will be.

Everything is gonna turn
out exactly the way we want.

HELLO SAILOR'S
'GUTTER BLACK' PLAYS

♪ Lying in the gutter,

♪ I cut the cord from my mother.

♪ She pat me on the head and said,

♪ 'Go to sea, boy.
Get to sea, man.' ♪