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02x06 - Episode 6

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Aftertaste". Aired: 3 February 2021 – 24 August 2022.*
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Series revolves around Easton West, an internationally renowned, yet volatile celebrity chef who has a spectacular fall from grace and returns to his hometown in the Adelaide Hills.

02x06 - Episode 6

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I didn't know how to say sorry to you,

even though I am really sorry.

The day of the d*ck is done.

I have spent my entire life

wondering what it would be like

to see you again.

It's even more disappointing

than I imagined.

I don't think I make sense for London.

What do you mean?

It's all for the best.

Mum

I've been asked to pitch a TV idea.

I am the Waste Warrior.

Ooh!

He's an internationally

renowned Michelin-starred chef.

But now Easton West is ready

to step out of his whites

and into the dumpster.

I'm Easton West

Waste Warrior.

Join me, Easton West,

as I turn one man's trash

into another man's culinary treasure.

Obviously the voiceover's temp

and there'll be effects

and things like that.

So are you gonna tell me what you think?

Without your unconscious bias.

Oh, my bias is very conscious.

I just think you should be more you

and less whatever that was.

That was me.

Oh, you're right.

- It's sh*t.

- Well

The kid they hired was a moron.

I told him it was the wrong direction.

I need to get on to this ASAP.

sh**t it all again.

Hey, you should be in the show.

No, thanks.

Why not? Be good for your business.

You look great for your age.

Thank you?

Oh, my God.

These go well together.

Barbecue chips and Pinot. Mmm.

Oh, you should try butter popcorn

and oaky chardonnay.

We could do a spin on cheese flights

for your new cellar door.

Popular snack foods

and top notch wine pairings.

Nachos with

Grenache. Hmm?

You see? You're a palate.

Genius.

Love you. I'll call you later.

Wait. What?

What?

Nothing.

- What did I say?

- You

What, did I just say?

No.

It's fine.

I'll see you later.

Oh, come on. You're not even trying.

I know.

I'm sorry.

I'm really bad company.

You can go if you want to.

It's fine. You can leave.

But I'll probably just die if you do.

OK.

I know it's hard,

but you need to move on from Harry

and London

and get your a*s out of bed

because I need to go to work.

I know.

OK.

Here's an idea, right?

What if

I get a job at Zhao's

and get the band back together again?

It'll be like good old times.

What happened to being the next Nigel la?

No, that ship has sailed.

I'm too old.

Oh, my God.

I want to do something great with my

career and meaningful with my life.

It's, like, how can I do that here?

You could just go back to work with Easton.

- OK.

- Oh.

I've got to go to work.

So if you die from bedsores,

it's officially your fault.

Love you.

You know what she needs? A rebound.

Brett, you can't just replace

a boyfriend like that.

Not boyfriend.

A rebound hobby.

When I was a kid and my dog died,

I rebounded with saxophone lessons.

Well, I don't think

the saxophone is going to help.

Maybe a nice cup of tea will help.

- Yeah.

- Hmm.

Hey! Question or statement.

Something's been bothering me.

Can this just wait

until I get her out of bed?

- Yeah. No, of course.

- Yeah.

- It's just

- OK.

I've been feeling bad

about us going off at June.

Felt invigorating at the time,

but she's been moping

around the house for days.

Well, you didn't say anything.

And I did all the going off,

so don't worry about it.

Maybe we should all just

try and get along or something.

Good one, Brett.

You don't have to be a Michelin-starred chef

with a whole lot of expensive ingredients

to make a meal that is nutritious,

cost effective,

most of all, f*cking delicious.

Now, wait, wait, wait.

No, I don't want to put people off.

Maybe I should just

keep it clean and friendly.

Easton, I thought you wanted to try

and do something a bit more real.

I've got some cool ideas.

Yeah, well, thanks, Stanley Kubrick.

Just keep your eyes wide open

and your mouth f*cking shut.

I'm keeping it nice.

OK?

From the top.

You don't have to be

a Michelin-starred chef with a

- Sorry, have you started?

- Yes.

Oh, look, I won't be a sec.

I just forgot the sugar.

- Sugar.

- It's for Diana.

- Anyone else want to come in?

- Yep, I do.

- I just need to talk to Denise.

- Alright.

- In a minute.

- But I thought it was a hot set.

At least my mother clearly has

the decency to respect my career.

To be able to make a meal

which is nutritious, cost effective,

and most of all, very delicious.

- See

- You've got to be kidding!

Mum! You said they weren't filming.

Oh, I thought you were in the kitchen.

Well, I was until you came and took it over.

So I can't even have high tea

in my own garden

to get my daughter out of a funk?

I'm not in a funk, Mum.

I told you, I'm metamorphosing.

Well, that dress really brings out

your grumpy face.

How long is this going to go on for?

Ten seasons.

So we better come to an arrangement.

You can't use our house as your set.

- Why not?

- What are you making there?

Veggie bake?

That's really cool. I didn't realise

your show was set in the '60s.

With expertise, what's old can be new again.

Not everything has to be served

in a gumboot or whatever sh*t you do

to distract people

from your lack of cooking skills.

You should at least try

and do something interesting.

You know, you could use

your stupid home brew

as like a deglaze for the pan or something.

It's not like anyone wants

to drink it anyway.

Yeah, well, that's not a bad idea,

but you can still piss off.

You piss off, Lamey Oliver.

Alright, just everyone get off my set! Frog.

- Take it from the top.

- Sorry. Frog?

Yeah.

I won Tropfest in 2010.

- Ah!

- Cool.

- Excuse me.

- Oh, sh*t.

Who the hell are you?

I'm Janine. The real estate agent.

I'm here to do the appraisal.

It's when an agent comes to see

what a property's worth.

Yeah, we know what an appraisal is.

Why are you doing one?

Because you're selling the house.

- Huh?

- No, we're not.

So where's Grandma June's van gone?

Well, this takes the cake.

What the hell is she thinking?

No. There's something not right about this.

She wouldn't just leave

without saying goodbye.

Yeah, she wouldn't just leave.

No, she's not answering.

And she definitely told you

she was selling the house?

Um yes.

Well, no, she isn't.

She can't just take our house from us.

And it's where my show is set.

Yeah, that's the whole shtick.

She knew that.

Where are you going?

To go look for her.

And make sure she's OK.

Well, if she's trying to sell

the house, I'm coming with you.

Brett and I have put too much

into this place.

And need I remind anyone

that my father and a flock

of greyhounds are buried out there?

Oh. Mum, Mum it's too much information.

Can we go?

Do not tell Preston. I will sort this out.

So as the planets drive aimlessly

searching for a van

Grandma told me she doesn't

like driving long distances

and she came from the east

so she wouldn't have headed that way

because she doesn't like going

places she's already been, so

Gosh, you really did bond, didn't you?

Is that a bad thing?

I think turn left and head south.

OK. Why is that?

Just a hunch.

There you go, you bloody hunchback.

You bonded with her, too.

Oh, no, we most certainly didn't.

Well, I did.

And now she just gets up and leaves

just before my career takes off again.

I mean, who does that?

A sociopath, that's who.

Why are you so surprised?

It's not like

she hasn't done it to us before.

OK. Grandma June is not a sociopath,

alright?

She's just different.

I mean, one might say that what

she did when she left Grandpa Jim,

it was it was even brave

and progressive, you know,

rebelling against the patriarchy.

- Oh, give me a break. Patriarchy?

- Brave? Are you serious?

- Dad with the patriarchy?

- Do you think that's brave?

OK.

So I've been thinking I should do

the adult thing and move out again.

Paying rent is just so silly

when you can stay at home for free.

- If we still have a home, that is.

- Yes.

Well, I've been thinking also

about what I want to do career wise.

So my idea is to do

like a web series type thing.

And it would be me cooking at home.

I'm the content maker. Copy cat.

What are you, five?

I'm not copying you.

God! It'd be like a share house

and I'd invite people over and

and then they'd tell me

what their favourite foods are

when they were little.

And then I'd put my own Diana spin on it.

So it would be like getting to know

people through their food narrative.

It sounds boring.

I think that we should have turned

back there.

Why?

Well, that's south.

And she told me

that she always likes turning right.

Oh, my God. Mum, are you tracking her phone?

No.

Yes.

But I track everybody out of concern.

Oh, my God. You track all our phones?

No, don't look at it while you're driving.

That's weird.

Wait. Is this how you found out that

I was at that Year 10 bush doof?

- Yeah. Where everyone was on drugs?

- Yes.

Give me your phone, please.

Mum, they were not ill*gal.

OK? Maddie Plimpton was handing out

her ADHD medication.

Do you know how many missing people

there are in the world?

If they had Find My Phone on their phones,

they wouldn't be missing, would they?

- Whoa!

- What are you doing?

- Are you crazy?

- I'm going to do a U-turn.

What, on this road? You'll get us

all k*lled, you friggin' maniac.

f*cking women drivers.

I'm not insane, you know?

Alright, you're clear. Come on.

I might care too much, but trust me,

it's better than the opposite.

OK. Come back.

Oh, I'm not too certain about that.

And I've been through enough

to know that I am certain.

- Come on.

- God, Mum, I really need to pee.

I don't know why you gave me

all that tea earlier.

A good mother knows what her child needs.

And maybe if June was more of

a mother than a feminist icon,

I might be a little bit more normal, too.

- What are you waiting for?

- Yes. OK.

But that's not all on her, though, is it?

It's also Pop. I mean, I love that freak.

But you said yourself

he wasn't the best dad.

Like, imagine

Imagine being married to him.

Well, he still stayed, though.

He never left me.

That counts for something.

Hello?!

Come on!

Turn the wheel.

You mean this way? Like that?

- Oh, my God.

- Is that really necessary?

Mum. Come on,

you have to admit, it's hilarious.

Turn the wheel and come back.

- Yes, yes, yes.

- Come on.

That's it.

- Whoop!

- Whoa!

Come on.

High comedy.

- I can't hear him.

- Come on.

Very funny. Diana, open the door.

Just open the f Open the door.

Yes! Teamwork! High five!

We alright?

No, but I do really need to pee.

Straight ahead. Straight ahead.

Yeah. Me too, actually.

- Ew! Ew! Ew!

- Jesus! What are you doing?

I don't know what happened in the ladies',

but it's full red rum in there.

It's frickin' gross.

What's the matter?

I can't use the urinal when

someone else is in the bathroom.

Never could.

Just use the cubicle next to me.

Who gives a sh*t?

That's even weirder.

It is weird, us weeing next to each other.

Well, you should have waited.

It's not that I care

about your opinion or anything,

but do you think I made a mistake

not going back to London?

You want to talk about that now?

Yeah, well, it's a nice distraction

from that pressure hose you got going on.

Christ!

No, you didn't make a mistake.

And you're not just saying that

because you're terrified

that I'm going to become more famous

and more successful than you?

Why the hell would I give a crap about that?

Because that's what it's always

been about since the very beginning.

You haven't wanted me to succeed.

Bullshit.

I was the one that saw your talent.

Yeah, and used it for yourself.

Well, you did the same.

We both used each other

and it worked, didn't it?

Jim's was a hit.

Until you royally f*cked it.

Clearly, you're nothing without me.

What, so you think because I spent

the past year being a hermit loser

and sleeping in my childhood bunk bed

with

with no prospects whatsoever

that it means I need you?

You missed me.

Oh, piss off. I didn't say that.

What is that?

You froggin' prick!

f*ck'!

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!

God!

Oh, sh*t!

He got all of that.

There goes my TV show.

It's alright.

I'm a big old loser, too.

Maybe it's genetic.

Mm?

It's saying she's around here somewhere.

Coming up on our left.

Is this it, Mum?

Not only do you have nurses

on standby, 24/7,

you also have access to all

of our state-of-the-art facilities,

the indoor pool, the art supplies,

prayer room.

You struck me as a bit

of a creative, spiritual sort.

Eugh!

I can assure you,

it tastes better than it looks.

Personally, I can't get enough

of the grub around here.

Mum?!

Oh, you have family!

- How lov

- Mum!

- Excuse me?

- Mum?

What?

- Excuse me.

- Mum?

Mum, open the door.

We have set visiting hours.

Can you let us in, please? We're her family.

I'm sorry, you all have to leave

immediately before I

You're

You're that famous chef.

Yeah.

Now will you let us in?

Yes. Yeah.

In visiting hours.

What a w*nk*r.

- Move.

- Grandma?

Come on. Hey, just let us in.

Hey.

Psst! Psst!

- Nice work.

- Mum!

Hey.

Thank you, Rebecca, for your call.

Now let's hear another song.

And here's Take That

Grandma June, what in the fresh hell?

You said you wouldn't rat me out.

How dare you try and sell our house?

We grew up there.

Brett and I have spent time

and money making it into a home.

Yeah. And what about my show?

You knew I was filming it there.

- I thought you cared about my career.

- I do.

I thought it was practice until

you take it to the movie studio.

The movie studio? I'm not making Spider-Man.

Grandma, I'm just confused.

Like, I don't understand why

you would just pack up and leave

and try and sell the house

without even saying goodbye.

I mean, why would you do that?

I was sick of living in my van.

And if I have to be here,

I have to have money.

These places are a rort.

And I thought because you're so

enterprising and talented,

you'll be fine.

Well, we're not.

Is that the only reason you came

back, for the for the money?

Yeah.

I don't believe that.

Jesus!

Carry on.

Do you have any idea

what your leaving did to us?

Any any idea?

You were better off.

I mean, some people

aren't meant to be mothers,

and I'm afraid you two were born

to one of those women.

It just didn't come naturally to me.

I was so depressed after you were born.

Well, it didn't come naturally to me either.

I was depressed after Diana was born.

You were? Oh, well, jeez, thanks a lot.

Well, don't take it personally.

Yeah, I get depressed, too.

Obviously not postpartum, but still.

And I was depressed in London. OK?

And it was all your fault. Are we happy?

Do you think being a mother is easy?

It's a battle.

But I didn't give up

and I sure as hell didn't leave.

Well, what can I say?

You're a better woman than I.

So why did you come back now?

I'm old

and I can't be on the road forever.

Please. Mick Jagger

is older than you. I think.

I'm sure,

when Mick Jagger gets to the end,

he's not going to care about

being Mick Jagger

if there's nobody around to give a crap!

I don't want to die alone

and I don't want to eat this place's

dried out donkey meatloaf

for the rest of my life.

And I know that's what I deserve.

But you people,

you don't know what you have.

You are so very lucky to have people

who would put up with you.

For what it's worth, I am sorry.

And I'm very sorry

for trying to sell the house.

That wasn't very nice.

Jesus Christ!

Would you shut up?

Oh, my God, Mum.

- Oh, no, no. He's choking.

- I'll go and get someone.

No, no, no. He needs our help now.

- Get him up! Quick.

- Help! Help!

Get him up! Get him there.

I got him.

Ha!

No way.

Jesus.

Nothing kills this guy's appetite

for donkey meatloaf.

Look, I really don't care what you do.

You know, mi casa, su casa, and all that.

As long as Denise and I have our room back.

I'm moving into the guest room.

What? No, you're not. It's mine.

- Denise said I could.

- Yeah, you can, when I move out.

You haven't even got a job.

What are you talking about?

Look who's talking, d*uche biscuit.

- You're a d*uche biscuit.

- Oi, you two, cut it out.

No-one's a d*uche biscuit.

Well, where's Grandma going to stay, then?

Well, I suppose I needn't have

the master bedroom.

You don't need any bedroom.

You've got your van.

That is true.

Well

you can have a shower if you need.

Just as long as it's off peak.

Honestly, I'm just thankful

to have a fixed address.

Luckier than a lot of people out there.

And also, my van is far more comfortable

than those hideous bunk beds.

And this view! I mean

It's incredible, isn't it?

Excuse me.

Hello, TV star.

I don't know about that.

Oh, I'm sorry.

No, it's OK.

I wasn't really into it anyway.

But I was thinking,

if you're ever running short of staff

in the kitchen

Oh, you're always welcome here, Chef.

Actually, I've got some good news for you.

- Great.

- So, I've been asked

Oh, hang on.

- Can I call you back?

- Oh yeah.

Oh, I was just going to tell you that

So, I'll see you tomorrow, yeah?

You will indeed.

First shift in a professional kitchen?

- Better not be late.

- Never am, Chef.

Hello, Preston?

Yeah, look, I know you guys have

probably seen and heard everything,

and to be perfectly honest,

I don't give a sh*t,

because I want to focus

on my charity ventures.

OK. Because they did see

and they really liked it.

Really?

Well, not all of it. Parts were odd.

But you and Diana, it's good chemistry.

McCartney and Lennon, you hate each other.

Something about it really works.

Listen, we've got serious network interest

for a show featuring the two of you.

I know it's not charity,

but will you give it some thought?

Great. Thanks.

Anyway, and then Mum caught

the rissole with her bare hand.

- What?

- Like an athlete.

The weirdest thing I've ever seen.

It was one of the greatest moments

of my life.

Mmm.

Hey, who was on the phone earlier?

- No-one.

- I know

- I surprise myself.

- OK.

Well, maybe it was all the weird

Hey, I've got an idea.

Now that we're all here together,

there's no loaded g*ns,

and I'm not absolutely shwankered,

why don't you two get married?

Oh, yeah.

And I could give you away.

Oh, no!

Just a suggestion.

Yeah, I thought you guys

wanted to do something

like a public declaration of love

or some sh*t.

Actually, we do.

But our way.

Bretty, what are you doing?

Hips don't lie, baby.

The hips don't lie.

Oh, God!

- Hip.

- Brett!

Hip, hip, hip, hip!

Whoo!

Yes! Mum!

Oh, my God.

Mum is like

quite a unique dancer.

I kind of love it.

Yes, Mum! Get it!

Hey, I've been thinking uh

if I was to make this TV show,

it just doesn't feel right

to do it without you.

So

would you

would you be interested?

Oh, my God.

They want me too, don't they?

Holy sh*t.

They asked for me. And now you need me.

That must suck for you, dude.

Holy sh*t.

Has to be so demoralising.

Oh. Ouch, ouch, ouch.

Mmm.

So?