05x07 - Pivots

[bunniefuu]

- [DOORS CLANG OPEN]
- Just breathe, darling.

Deep breaths.
You're doing great.

[HEAVY BREATHING]

- What's wrong?
- It's, uh, happening.

- What? Right now?
- Right now.

When I tell you to push,
I need you to push.

- Wait!
- Push!

Oh, that's beautiful!

[ANGIE GIGGLES]

[BABY CRIES]

OLY: Oh!

Well, what are you
gonna name it?

[CHILLING MUSIC]

Bowie.

[ALL LAUGH AND APPLAUD]

- [DARK MUSIC BUILDS]
- [LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE CONTINUE]

[GASPS]

[QUIRKY PERCUSSIVE MUSIC]

ANGIE ON VOICEMAIL:
Hello. You've reached Angie...

SANTI: JJ! Brekkie!

No answer.

Well, if it's bad news. Maybe
she needs time to process it.

If it's bad news, then we
all need time to process it.

When she got cancer,
we all got cancer.

We all got cancer?

No, sweetie. It's a metaphor.

[BOWIE GROANS]

BOWIE: Ugh! [GROANS]

Ohhh!

What happened to you?

[FEEBLE VOICE]
Well, you see, I...I sort of...

I...I...I crawled in here

as a... as a baby and...

[BOWIE GROANS]

...I...I...

[BOWIE GROANS]

...I sort of...

I learned to walk over there

and grew up
on the way over here.

Yes, and... and... and, uh...

Well, now I'm an old man. Yeah.

Close to death. Hmm.

Well, uh, you see, what's...
what's happening is... [COUGHS]

[REGULAR VOICE] ..I, uh,
I'm developing a one-man show.

Yeah.

Oh.

This is... Well...
[CLEARS THROAT]

This is, uh, research. Yeah.

That sounds cool, man.

- You want some toast?
- [BOWIE BELCHES]

[GROANS]

Maureen?

He's dead.

Oh, no, How did he die?

A metaphor.

Boz, have you spoken
to your mother lately?

No. No, I haven't.

Here.

Oly, don't call her again.

She said she'd let you know.

[LINE RINGS]

- [PHONE BUZZES]
- [LIGHT MUSIC PLAYS]

EDITH: You're just so hot
in your dance shoes.

ANGIE: Stop it. I'm gonna
get in trouble again.

TEACHER: Oh, my God,
please stop.

Oh, we're getting it.

No. You're not getting it.

Yeah, but we're getting better.

Oh, you're a dance teacher!

There's a beginner's class
on Sunday mornings.

I think it might behove you
to learn the fundamentals

before attempting
to conquer pivots!

- It's probably not a bad idea.
- No, no, no. We're getting it.

I've just beaten cancer
for the second time, so...

What has that got to do
with anything?

- Come on.
- Yeah.

Happy to, but, you know, do we
have to carpe the diem so hard?

- We do. Go. Left.
- [CLEARS THROAT]

- ANGIE: Left. Look left.
- I could...

[PHONE BUZZES]

EDITH: Hmm.

[PHONE CLICKS]

Hi, darl. Your mum's just in...

[OLY SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]

No, no. She got them all back.
Didn't she tell you?

- All clear.
- What about her eye?

Yeah, no, they think
the eye stuff

is because she's been sleeping
with her eyes open,

which she refuses
to believe she does.

But as someone
that sleeps next to her...

Uh... no. She... she told me
she texted you.

OLY: No!

Yeah, well...
Well, you know what she's like.

- ANGIE: Whoo! [LAUGHS]
- Texts.

Um... Yeah, but...
No. It's all good news.

- ANGIE: Thank you so much.
- See me?

- Like... whoa!
- That's lovely. Good one.

- Oh! And she's on her way back.
- No!

- I don't want to talk to her.
- Here.

- I don't!
- Oh. OK.

- 'Bye, darl.
- 'Bye!

Was that Oly?

Did you tell her
about the results?

- Angie!
- I don't think I did.

- You didn't.
- Ohhh.

I just spoke to her.
You call her.

Oh, no.

Well, she already knows now.

Angie, come on.

I'll just, um...

I'll give her some time
to decompress.

Have you met your daughter?

Uh...

Mmm!

What's going on?

- What do you mean?
- Why is your hug so angry?

Was it?

No.

I just love you so much.

And I'm a little bit annoyed.

At who?

At Grangie, mostly.

What did she do?

Uh, different things.

Um, anyway, it's fine.

Gracie's waiting.

Do you want to come to school?

You can wear our uniform.

That's very sweet, and I do
really miss school, but...

...Mummy has to build
a micro-forest.

And also I'm too tall.

- And too old.
- Yeah!

And too fat.

[LAUGHS] OK.

Only for a couple more weeks.

And we do not say 'fat'.

[LATCH CLICKS]

JJ: 'Bye, Mum!

Thank you for taking her.

- [CAR HORN HONKS]
- [CAR DOOR SHUTS]

- [TRAIN RATTLES NEARBY]
- OLY: Hey.

Oh, wow! You look amazing.

Alright.

Tuck your tongue in.

You had your chance.
Aren't you married?

- Also, I'm taken.
- Yes, I know.

You are always kissing
in your office.

We are kissing.

That's what we're
doing in there. Yes.

And only kissing. Nothing else.

Um, so why are you...

- It's for the photo sh**t.
- OK.

Thought I'd get a photo sh**t
of the site before and after.

- And I wanna look good.
- Mm-hm.

Uh, but it's not happening
anymore, so...

I can take photos.

No, no, no, no. The, um...

The project is not
happening anymore.

Griggs has voted no
to financing.

- Wait, what? He can't do that.
- Yes, he can.

He's an old, straight,
white male... in government.

They can pretty much do
whatever they want.

Get away with anything,
including genocide. Ha!

But it's been signed off on.

- Yeah, it has.
- And everything's ready.

It's... All we need is...

Thousands of dollars in funding
for native plants.

That's all we need.

The micro-forest
is a great idea, Oly.

You did a great job.

And I did a great job
of selling it.

But it's not feasible.

Oh, it's feasible!

- And it's also been announced.
- Mmm.

And you know how people feel
about politicians

who break their promises.

Don't come that caper with me.

Are you trying to blackmail me
into caring?

Sorry.

Actually, Oly,
you're... you're... woke.

Is 'blackmail'... Is that wrong?

I did clock it when you said it.
It sounds wrong.

Should we cancel it?

Probably.

Anyway, I mean...

...why waste the glam?

Can you take some photos, please?

- [PLANE FLIES OVERHEAD]
- Alright.

I think this is my best side.

[PHONE CAMERA CLICKS]

So, it seats 50.



Uh, here is the costume room,
which is also the dressing room.

[BOWIE CHUCKLES]

And my room!

I'll make myself scarce
most nights.

Uh! Don't sit on the chairs.

It's perfect.

I know.

What are the capacities
in terms of digital projection

and setting up a revolve?

Uh, toilet. Box office.

There's a slot
at the end of the year.

Or... or there's one
in eight days.

Wow!

OK, yeah.

Uh, I am just working with the
bones of an idea at the moment.

Uh... I am sort of struggling
with the arc.

Basically, I'm trying to let the
narrative come from physicality

rather than text.

- So, in eight days?
- Eight days it is.

- Should we take a tumble?
- [GIGGLES]

Yep. It's very good.

Hey, Vince!

- Hey.
- VINCE: Hey.

REEMA: Uh...

What's poppin'?

Oh, we're just, uh...

We're heading to football. Yeah.

- VINCE: Nice.
- What are you off to?

- Work. Yeah.
- RAKIM: Yeah.

- Hey.
- Hello.

- Uh, how's the new...
- Running a bit late, hey?

So I can't... can't chat.
I'll catch youse.

[REEMA CLEARS THROAT]

What was that?

It's not my fault
he's scared of me.

What's wrong?

Nothing.

[SLOW PERCUSSIVE MUSIC]

BOWIE: Lamp.

I am...

...on.

[PERCUSSIVE MUSIC CONTINUES]

Table.

[BREATHLESSLY] Wall.

SHAUNA: This is the biggest van
I've ever seen.

OLY: OK, it's the only van
I could get at the last minute.

Is it a van
that takes other vans?

OK, if you are so sure
that this isn't gonna work,

then why did you agree to come?

I don't know, 'cause
Marcus is at the dentist.

- It was booked...
- It's going to be great.

I literally sourced
all of my free baby stuff

from online community groups.

OK. Yeah.

We are going to source
an entire forest!

We do not need Griggs, OK?

- f*ck Griggs!
- Oh, h*!

You know
when they say 'baby brain',

do you reckon
they're talking about, like,

does the baby
control your brain?

Another three people have
messaged me about free plants.

OK.

- Oh, there's a free tree fern.
- Yes! See? Message them.

- [ENGINE STARTS AND REVS]
- SHAUNA: Yes, boss.

God!

[PEOPLE CALL OUT
AND CHATTER NEARBY]

I hate being goalie so much.

Honestly, I'm scared.

Like, I feel like the ball is
just gonna go "Bah!" in my face.

Is everything... OK?

Do you...

Do you think that I don't
want to talk about Vince?

I don't mind talking
about Vince.

Why would you want
to talk about Vince?

Well, because he was...
He was important to you.

I do... I do see how you are
when you're around him.

He... he... he does
still affect you.

Trust me, you don't have
anything to worry about.

I know... I know what we have.
I just...

I think you need to respect
what you and Vince had.

You still want him
in your life, right?

[QUIRKY MUSIC]

Hello, Nick.
It's me, Shauna Johnson.

We've been speaking
on Facebook Marketplace.

I'm here to collect
the free plants.

[QUIRKY MUSIC CONTINUES]

[ROLLER DOOR WHIRRS]

[BLOWS]

Hey, um,
we are here for the free...

Wow.

- [SHAUNA LAUGHS]
- Right?

[SHAUNA LAUGHS]

[QUIRKY MUSIC CONTINUES]

OLY: Hello?

We're here for the plants?

SHAUNA: Oh, it's the woman
from Facebook.

"I had to run. Plants out back.
Just pop over side fence.

"Thanks. XX."

Two X's! We are not doing...

We're not doing that. Oly? Oly?

NICK: Here you go.

Um, these are...

...pants.

Yeah. And they're free.

And they're all plastic?

Uh-huh.

Amazing!

- Oly, that's ridiculous.
- [DOG BARKS]

You're, like,


OK, get down.

OLY: I'm good!

No, actually,
feminism's gone too far,

'cause that's
too much confidence.

WOMAN: Uh, excuse me,
what is going on here?

Hi. Um, sorry.
This must look strange.

Uh, my assistant is actually
in there getting some plants.

If we were burgling,
I think we'd do that at night.

- [LAUGHS]
- Wait a minute.

I know you, don't I?

You're on the council!

- Uh, yes.
- Yeah.

- Yes, I am.
- Yeah!

I'm Shauna Johnson and
it's a pleasure to work for you.

- What was your name?
- Well, Shauna Johnson.

- On the council.
- Yes.

Um, wind farms k*ll birds.

Sorry, what?

You heard me, Councillor.

Yeah, I'm a big advocate
for birds.

Please know that.
Please be rest assured.

What about skateboards?

And skateboarders, in fact.

What about them?

Well, they take up the footpath,

and footpaths
are for foot traffic.

Don't you think? I mean,
what are you gonna do about it?

I, um...

That is a great question.

Um, have you... have you looked
at joining a skateboard group?

This is ridiculous.
I'm calling the police.

This is... You're done.

- I... Um...
- It's over.

- It's Shauna Johnson, isn't it?
- No.

It's actually Shauna Shonson.

Constable, it's Pam again.

I've got a big one.

Yep.

Oly!

OLY: Well, this is pathetic.

SHAUNA: And...

OK, so we didn't achieve
what we set out to, OK?

But at least you also wasted
so much of my precious time.

I'm kidding.

I just wanted to get it done
before I left

so that when I came back
to work in a year,

at least it was established.

Like, politics is hard.
It's a long game, you know?

I got involved because I had
this cousin-brother of mine

who was locked up
in an adult prison at 13.

And I can't do anything
about it in council,

but I know that
if I keep on working,

when I get to Canberra,
then maybe I can.

- When you're in Parliament?
- Exactly.

So, like, you use
that stuff, right?

You use the injustice,
you use the frustration,

and you... you use it to make
change, like systemic change,

like we're trying to do
with affordable housing, yeah?

I don't know.

Sometimes all you can really do
is just...

...suck it up and go home and
cuddle your parrots, you know?

Five, six, seven, eight.

[LIGHT MUSIC PLAYS]

Yes. Good, Ian.

TEACHER: Chin up.

- ANGIE: Focus!
- I am!

- ANGIE: No, you're not.
- TEACHER: Don't slouch.

- EDITH: It doesn't matter.
- TEACHER: Proud chest.

Well, if it doesn't matter,
why are we even doing this?

Oh, come on. Ange,
this whole thing's ridiculous.

- Edie...
- What is wrong?

- Sorry, we're... we're...
- Oh! Here.

Move.

- MAN: And...
- Five, six, seven, eight.

- MAN: That's it.
- ANGIE: Ooh!

- TEACHER: Yes, there.
- ANGIE: Wow.

- MAN: Nice. Nice, Angie.
- ANGIE: Thank you. Amazing.

- TEACHER: Like that. Your turn.
- MAN: Really good.

- No way.
- TEACHER: Yes. Now.

Five, six, seven, eight.

Focus!

- I am!
- You're so rigid.

You've got to let yourself go.
Just surrender.

Dance isn't about the mind.

Tell me, what is it about?

The feet?

The heart.

Let's go again.

Five, six, seven, eight.

MAN: Ah! Oh! Oh! Careful.

Careful. I'll lead, Edie, OK?

I'll lead.

I'm sorry. I can't.

Yes. You can't.

[EDITH SIGHS]

Angie! Ugh!

[DOOR OPENS]

[DOG BARKS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

Hey.

ANGIE: Hey!

Is J here?

She's upstairs. Why?

Oh. Just wanted some
granddaughter endorphins.

[DOG BARKS]

Um... do you mind
if I stay here tonight?

[CONTINUES CHOPPING]

Yeah, that's fine.

Is everything alright?

Yep.

How was work?

My project got cancelled.

- Ohhh, the forest?
- Hmm.

Oh, no!

Red tape and bureaucracy?

Politics.

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.

But, you know, sometimes
wanting something really badly

and trying really hard can be...

...unrealistic.

[STOPS CHOPPING]

Sometimes
the smartest thing to do

is to just stop fighting
and move on.

I'm sorry,
is that your advice to me?

To give up on my dreams?

Well, if they become
a burden, yes.

Edith and I have been
trying to learn pivots

and she refuses to,

so it's... I'm just
gonna have to let it go.

I feel like I'm not allowed
to be angry at you

because you're sick.

I'm not sick.

Yeah, which is great.
Which is fantastic.

And something I would have
loved to have been told.

Oh, I know, I know!

I'm sorry.
I thought I'd sent that text.

I'm sorry, darling.

So you didn't think, "Oh!

"I should probably tell my
pregnant, stressed-out daughter

"that I'm not dying"

because you were too busy
doing the macarena

with your girlfriend?

Not being able to achieve
a dance move

is not the same
as losing a forest.

This was my first
massive project.

And you're not even here to
see me or to apologise to me.

You're here to see J!

I think you've
taken on too much.

Hey, Mum.

This is not school.

This is my career,

which is about to stop.

I don't know
what you want me to say.

Well, it's none of the things
you're currently saying,

that's for sure.

[DROPS KNIFE]
So try literally anything else.

[SIGHS]

Nope?

Hmm.

[KNIFE BLADE RINGS]

[SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE]

REEMA: Hey.

Council clean-up?

Uh, not really.

REEMA: I brought you this.

It's a housewarming gift.
A late housewarming gift.

It's a plant.

[CHUCKLES]

Thanks for the pot plant.

I also just wanted to make sure
that things were OK between...

Wait, are you moving?

Yeah, things didn't
really work out, so...

Oh, no.

With Van?

- She seemed really nice.
- Yep. [SIGHS]

- Are you OK?
- So you wanted to make sure...

That we're OK.

What do you mean?

Well, I know that
we're different people now,

but that doesn't mean

that we can't still be
in each other's lives.

And...

...even though we ended things
pretty... not good, I...

- Let me help.
- No, no, no, it's OK. I got it.

I... No, I've got it. No.

Why are you here, Reema?

Because I want us
to stay friends, Vince.

- Stay friends?
- Yeah.

We'd have to be friends to
stay friends, wouldn't we?

Look, thank you so much
for the pot plant.

I'm happy you found
whatever you were looking for.

[PLANE FLIES OVERHEAD]

MAN: Alright, then.
It's good to catch up.

Oh, I've been meaning to ask,
how's, uh, your uncle?

Still running the nursery
with, um... what's her face?

SHAUNA: Yeah, see,
there's the real question.

- [MAN LAUGHS]
- Yeah, he's running the nursery.

- But with a different one.
- Hey, true.

- SHAUNA: Mm-hmm.
- Mmm!

But you should go
talk to him yourself.

He's got a, um, native plant
sale down at Redfern.

- MAN: Yeah, right. Right.
- SHAUNA: Yeah, go check it out.

- Alright.
- Hey, good to see you, eh?

- Stay out of trouble.
- Yeah, alright.

- Don't tell me what to do.
- [MAN LAUGHS]

See ya.

Was that for me?
Thank you so much.

Blueberry. Is it gluten-free?

What's wrong?

Are you going into labour again?

- What?
- Your uncle.

Oh, he's not... Sorry.
He's not like my uncle-uncle.

Like, we're not related.
Like, blackfella-way uncle.

OK, whether
or not you're related

is not the point, Shauna.

SHAUNA: Yeah.

He owns a nursery.

It's not...
Sorry. It's like, uh...

It's like a garden nursery.
I can't...

They won't be able to take care
of the baby for you.

It just seems
like a micro-detail...

- Shh! Shh!
- ...that you've left...

I just had an idea.

MAN: I'm Chris. Uncle Chris
from, um, Sun Nursery.

Um, I'm a community man

and I love giving back
to the community.

See, I told you it'd happen,
didn't I?

Well...

Sometimes you've
just gotta believe.

What the hell?
Are you actually doing...

Are you actually working?

Yes, my entire family
is here working.

Well, now you're going
to make me look bad.

- Do you want me to...
- No, no, it's fine.

Hi. Are we ready?

Mayor Johnson, how did you
come up with the idea?

Look, I came up with this idea

because I'm trying to connect
to younger generations,

and this is the year of tiny.

Tiny homes,
those weird tiny collectables.

And I said,
"What about a very tiny forest?"

A micro-forest.

EDITH: Hey.

Got these.

Thanks.

Look...

When I was seven, my mother
made me do ballet lessons.

Hmm.

I wanted to do jujitsu with Dom,
but, you know...

Anyway, one day, the teacher
told all the other girls

that if they didn't practise
their exercises,

they'd end up as bad as me.

So I vomited.

Then why did you agree to
doing dance classes with me

if you have dance... trauma?

Because I'd agree to go with you
if you'd said,

"Let's fly a rocket
into the sun."

I'm not not trying. I'm just
really, really uncoordinated.

And... [SIGHS]

...and I'm a 52-year-old l*sbian.

Ballroom dancing?

Well, you know,
it's... it's a bit of a stretch.

You look 45.

[AUDIENCE CHATTERS INDISTINCTLY]

Psst!

Psssssssst!

Me?

What are you supposed to be?

The universe?

Yes, actually.

I thought that the show
was about you?

I'm not doing the show.

What do you mean?

No-one wants to see it.

Boz, there is a big-ish crowd
of people out there

that have paid $12 to see you.

So, if that doesn't...

I heard Dad and Santi arguing

about who had to babysit J

and who got to come
and see the show.

So?

And they both wanted
to babysit J.

And I heard Dad say,

and I quote, "Ugh!

"I'd rather sh*t in my hand
and clap than watch Bowie act."

Don't listen to him.
You're gonna be great.

Yeah, but what if I'm not?

What if he's right
and I'm terrible

and I regret it forever?

Yeah, that is
a possible outcome.

You know, sometimes I think
that trying really hard

and wanting something really
badly can be unrealistic.

Sometimes
the smartest thing to do

is to stop fighting and move on.

It's a bit late for me
to be realistic, Oly.

I mean... look at me.

I am too far gone.

So you're gonna do the show?

Of course I'm gonna do the show.

OK! Yes! Yes! OK.

- Well, I'd better take my seat.
- Yeah.

- [CHIMES PLAY]
- Shh! Shh! Shh! Shh!

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

BOWIE: The void.

Nothingness
stretching on forever.

And then...

...light.

[SPACEY ELECTRONIC MUSIC]

- [AUDIENCE LAUGHS]
- A galaxy is born.

And within that galaxy, a sun.

And around that sun, planets.

And upon one of those planets,
a family.

And within that family...

- ...me.
- ANGIE: Oh.

I'm Bowie!

Eh!

[AUDIENCE MEMBERS CHUCKLE]

[UPBEAT SYNTH MUSIC]

None of these pricks.

Understand
how brilliant minds...

[AUDIENCE LAUGHS]

Oh, I just want to
pop down there...

- I'm not just the moon, OK?
- [AUDIENCE LAUGHS]

I'm glowed-up.

[SNORES]

[SYNTH MUSIC GROWS THOUGHTFUL]

- [SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES]
- [BOWIE SPEAKS INAUDIBLY]

[AUDIENCE CHEERS AND WHISTLES]

Whoo! Whoo! Whoo!

[WHISTLES]

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE CONTINUE]

Boz! I'm feeling
a lot of feelings, man.

Bowie, that was... that was
actually really good. [LAUGHS]

- Bit of a surprised tone, but...
- SANTI: Seriously, bro.

I mean, I didn't really
know what was going on,

but, like, you were amazing.

Oh, thank you, Reema.

ANGIE: You had that!

Hey, hey, look.
Look over here. Look at this.

['RUMBA EN CAHUITA'
BY PEROTÁ CHINGÓ]

Five, six, seven, eight.

- OLY: Ooh!
- [SANTI LAUGHS]

ANGIE: See? Look at that.

- Oh.
- This is a pivot!

- We're doing a pivot!
- BOWIE: Yeah!

- Ha ha!
- BOWIE: Wow!

Bowie, that's the power
of theatre.

And the power of wine.

Oh, yeah, that might have
something to do with it.

- Oh, yeah, yeah.
- Yeah.

Well, what next?
Shall we go to the pub?

BOWIE: Oh, I'm pretty wrecked.

SANTI: Oh, come on, Shakespeare.
Let me buy you a drink.

- Ohhh. Yeah.
- Yeah! Ah!

EDITH: Are they still open?

ANGIE: Haven't we got
champagne at home?

- Hey!
- Goodnight, darling!

- 'Bye!
- [EDITH HUMS TUNE]

- OLY: 'Bye, Mum.
- [ANGIE LAUGHS]

- ANGIE: Cancan!
- EDITH: OK.

['RUMBA EN CAHUITA' CONTINUES
IN SPANISH]

['RUMBA EN CAHUITA' CONTINUES
IN SPANISH]