02x01 - Episode 1

[bunniefuu]

- Where are you going?
- Australia, mate.

Here we go, then.
Start of our new lives.

- I'm having a baby.
- Who did this to you?

It's Sam.

- You don't have to give it up.
- No, you're crazy.

- You're not even her dad.
- JJ: We could be happy.

I know you know that.

I'm a married woman.

What?! No, no, no!

[SCREAMS]

- You've got a son in Australia?
- He got taken away from me.

No! I will get him back.

I'll give you a lift.

I'm your real mummy.

[GULLS CAW]

[SHIP'S HORN]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

OK, go ahead.

Go ahead. I'll meet you.

WOMAN: Come on! Quickly!

MAN: Tickets, please.

Kate, how long is the holiday
going to last?

If you go on a boat,
it must be a long way.

New Zealand?
No, it's just across the water.

Does real Mummy know?

Course she does.

I called her, remember?

When we get there,
we'll call her again. OK?

Shall we play that game again?

This time, we'll find...

...men with funny moustaches.

PURSER: There's a problem.
A woman's bag's been stolen.

There's one.
It's like a caterpillar on his lip.

Identification papers, please.

Could you please have
your papers ready?

Can't see any more.

You don't get through
without your identification.

- Purser.
- OK, let's, um,

let's change it. Women...

- Women with...
- What?

GENEVIEVE: Small.
Cream colour with a little strap.

What? Ladies with...?

You choose.

- So you have ID with you?
- Big noses.

[SHIP'S HORN]

Michael, Michael, you were right.

The boat's taking too long.

And I've just remembered that
New Zealand is really far away.

But I like the boat.

Let's do this another time, eh?

Shall we get an ice cream?

Come on. Come on.

Right, what ice cream shall we get, huh?

- Strawberry.
- Ooh! Strawberry!

BROADCASTER: Australia.
A great place for families.

Australia is an exciting new land.

A country in the modern world.

Create a real home for your family.

A good place to grow.

There's a bright future.

Come over to the sunny side.

The cost of the journey
halfway around the world is £10.

Look for a new start
on your way to Australia.

- Terry! A letter for you.
- Ooh!

I think the snow has
just about melted off it.

It'd be perishing back home,
wouldn't it?

Barely feel your fingers,
kids with great big dewdrops hanging.

Dewdrops?

You know, like a big bubble of snot.

Ohh. Well,
that alone is reason to emigrate.

Oh, um, any word from Kate?

Not a thing.

That's the second time
she's run away from her fiance.

Well, he might take the hint.

- He's left for Cairns.
- Cairns?

[WHISTLES] Not where I'd go
to find a reliable woman.

[CHATTER]

[BABY GURGLES]

What's she saying?

Wishing Pattie luck for her due date.

[BABY WAILS]

You need to write to Grandma
and tell her you've had Mary.

What with all my free time?

It's mostly
just a blow-by-blow account

- of her and my dad's ailments.
- Bless her, at least she writes.

Does she ask about me?

You?

Um...

Pattie... Mother...

Bunions...

Nope. Not a mention.

Yes, she does!

Hello, family.

Sorry to interrupt,

but I want to say to the girl,
when your baby cry in the night,

you need to keep it shut up, OK?

I work from seven
and need to sleep.

Sorry. I've tried really hard
to keep her quiet...

No, no, no, it's OK, sweetheart.
It's OK.

- Perhaps Mr, um...
- Van Houten.

Mr Van Houten,
perhaps you don't remember

what it's like
to have a newborn baby.

You can't just turn them off
with a switch.

You are Grandma, yeah?

Yes, I am.

Well, Grandma, I do remember
what it is like.

But my wife was not so young

and my baby not so coloured.

- [GASPING]
- What is that supposed to mean?

- Annie, Annie, listen.
- Has the cat got your tongue?

- I think you heard me.
- All right, mate, that'll do.

Get away now,
before you get a pasting.

Keep it quiet.

- Idiot!
- Jesus.

- The letter!
- Hey!

[GRUNTS]

Ray Skinner.

And that there is me ma, Maggie,
and my sister, Birdie.

Hello. Er, Terry Roberts.

- This is my wife, Annie.
- Hi.

- How are you settling in?
- Good.

We're only three at the minute.

Me da and my brother are
on a boat behind.

A bit of business to finish
in Ireland.

You. Yes, you.

We don't behave like that
in the hostel.

Consider this an official warning.

And will you be giving
Mr Van Houten an official warning?

Oh, Mrs Roberts, let me inform you

and your... newly extended family,

standards are about to improve
at the hostel.

Previous management was
far too lenient.

Hm.

There's five of us in a tiny hut.

And since the baby arrived,
we aren't sleeping so well.

Let me see.

We're not asking
for anything special.

Just a place where Pattie and
the baby can have their own room.

Er, and a garden.

Be quiet.

Although a garden would be nice.

I understand.
You want your own home,

and I can certainly put you
on the waiting list,

but the reality is,
you're looking at around...

...14 months until something suitable
becomes available.

In England... they showed us great
big houses and great big gardens.

He told us,
"All this could be yours."

Was just a pack of lies, wasn't it?

Did they say they'd be free?

I'm gonna get us off that camp,
whatever way I can.

[BABY FUSSES]

Hey. Come on.

I want to show you something.

Come on, have a look.
There's no-one inside.

Oh, come and have a look at this.

Come and have a look.

Hey? What do you think, eh?

And this time next year,
you, my little lady,

will be crawling around on a carpeted
floor, in our lovely new house.

♪ Let's take a boat to Bermuda

♪ Let's take a plane
to Saint Paul... ♪

We'll be eating
your grandma's freshly cooked meals

around a big table, with music
coming out of the wireless.

♪ Let's take a trip in a trailer... ♪

My beautiful wife
will pack in working,

become the lady of the household
again.

Sipping margaritas
on the manicured lawn.

You are a daft bugger.

You are.

What do you think to that, Mary? Eh?

♪ ..from town to town
We'll visit every state

♪ And I'll repeat "I love you sweet"
In all the 48!

♪ Let's spend the day
at the White House

♪ Pay Mr Truman a call

♪ We'll visit the Veep there

♪ See Congress asleep there

♪ Let's get away from it all

♪ Let's get away

♪ Make it today

♪ Let's get away from it all. ♪

What are you writing?

That I miss her.

I mean, we're having a nice time.

We are, aren't we?

- Having fun?
- Mm.

You have lovely handwriting.

They made us practise
in the orphanage.

In the orphanage?

Were they nice people?

Children were.

What about the grown-ups?

Not really.

Can I see the postcard?

I did a drawing.

Is that you and me in the drawing?

Maybe.

I better pay.

Hi.

Can I get the bill?

[INDISTINCT]

Oh. Yeah.

- Thank you.
- [TILL BELL RINGS]

[COINS RATTLE]

[TILL DRAWER CLOSES]

What's wrong with the job you have?

It's badly paid.

Bad conditions.

Bad boss.

Bad workmates.

Apart from that, it's great.

I'm a skilled builder.

Electrician.

How are you with dry rot?

I'm a dry rot expert.

[CHILDREN LAUGH]

Hello.

Yes?

I've been sent to fix the rot.

Rot?

I'm a workman.
I-I've come to fix your house.

[CONVERSE IN GREEK]

[SHOUTS]

[DOOR BANGS]

Er, come. I show you.

Thank you.

Are you all right?
The man - is that your husband?

Yeah. He OK.

Come.

How many people live here?

Many.

Children, lots of children.

This... in a hole.

- Look.
- Er, yeah, I can see.

How long has it been like this?

Oh, a long time.

Get worse.
Whole building bad, fall down.

We pay. We ask, no-one come.

It's a big job.
I'm only here temporarily.

Ah, you fix?

I'll try.

No try. Fix.

You should see the conditions
they're living in.

Makes this place look like paradise.

You're only saying that
because we're stuck here

for the next 14 months.
Honestly, Annie,

you wouldn't put dogs
in some of them places.

Do you think that says
"exasperating"?

What's the line before it?

Um, she's talking about Grandad.

Almost certainly!

Why are you writing
the whole thing out again?

Because we didn't get to read it.

Having to guess a few parts.

Is she asleep?

Yeah, finally.

Beach later? We're going
for a night swim, if you fancy it.

And don't say you're a mother now,

cos that's what grandmas are for.

Isn't that right, Annie?

It might be a bit soon, Kylie.

What about you, Stevie?

- Oh, no, I...
- No, no, no, you can go.

Y-Yeah. Maybe.

You know where we'll be.

[BABY CRIES]

No, no, I'll do it.

- Sh, sh.
- Go on, you have a rest.

- Go on.
- [BABY CRIES]

[BABY CRIES]

Sh, sh, sh...

Er, now, i-it's just an observation,
so tell me to shut up.

Shut up.

Fine.

All right. What?

Well, I think dating someone
with a baby

isn't as much fun
as dating someone without.

That's your observation?

I think what he's trying to say,
sweetheart...

I know what he's saying.

What irritates me is he's right.

Well done.

She said she wanted to hear it.

What the hell have you become?

A father.

Father?

Have you done it with her yet?

What?

I said, "Have you...?"

I heard!

Well?

No.

You're happy to rock to sleep

the baby
that's the result of another man...

- Stop saying that!
- She's sullied!

No-one will ever think
that baby's yours.

♪ Everybody's rocking

♪ Oh, everybody's rocking

♪ Everybody's rocking... ♪

Come on, Joan.
I know you're a delicate flower,

but that doesn't stop you
from carrying something.

- What's going on?
- Surprise party.

Beach, booze.

A small thank-you from yours truly
to all my hard-working staff.

What about the shop?

We've just closed.

I'm sure the customers can cope
for one afternoon.

Right, well,
I'm not dressed for the beach.

I wish you'd told me. I'd have worn
something lighter, like that.

Advance warning of a surprise party -

so English.

Here.

Keys. Lock up.

Get yourself a summer dress
from stock

and meet us down there.

Right. See you there.

A moment on the lips, sweetheart,

lifetime on the hips.

Oh!

Are you a builder?

Uh, yeah, yeah, I am.

My dad was a fireman.

- Right.
- Kevin?

Downstairs, please.

Sorry.

Oh, he's OK.

[KNOCKING]

MAN: Open up! I know you're in there.

- [KNOCKING]
- Open up!

- [KNOCKING]
- Open the door.

Rent.

We no pay.

Mrs... um, Attanasio,

I have come here today, in person,

because you haven't paid your rent
since November.

This bed is too hot. It's dirty.

Which is why I've taken steps
to fix things.

But, please,
you can't just not pay your rent.

Money by Friday.

OK?

No!

[SHOUTING]

Put it down! Put it down!

Put it down!

[SPEAKS GREEK]

[SPITS]

[FOOTSTEPS LEAVE]

Thank you.

- No problem.
- Benny Bates.

Terry Roberts.

I think we need to get your friend
to a hospital.

[GROANS]

[MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ Can I talk with you?

♪ I should like to spend my day
in every way with you

♪ Hey, pretty girl
with the big brown eyes

♪ When I look at you,
I feel hypnotised

♪ I'm caught in your flow

♪ You know so well it's you... ♪

[WHISPER] Annie!

Annie.

Kate.

Yeah.

[IMITATES ENGINE]

ANNIE: Oh, my God.
What have you done?

STEVIE: Tight corner!

[IMITATES ENGINE]

Ah, thanks.

You've got some of his, er, blood
on your shirt there.

Ah. Wrinkle-resistant fabric.
Very expensive.

- So, where are you living?
- Galgownie Hostel.

Came over last year
on the Ten Pound Poms scheme.

Oh, that thing.

Just kidding.

All my family's British.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

They came out here
when I was very young.

My dad was working in Melbourne
and Adelaide

and kind of all over, really.

I went back to Europe after the w*r.

- Didn't take to it?
- Oh, no, I loved it.

Apart from the weather.

I made some lucky cash and I...

...I just needed somewhere
to put it.

Lucky cash, eh?

I wish I could find some of that.

I got pissed with this guy
from Sydney,

and he told me that the place was
riddled with cheap housing,

so I just flew back the next week.

So you own that house,
the one I'm fixing?

Yeah.

And the one next door
and the one next door to that,

and... next door to that, and...

...pretty much the rest of the street.

And a few other streets as well.

Bloody hell.

Well, that IS some lucky cash.

Can't complain.

Although occasionally
a tenant does try and k*ll me.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

That idiot Mickey.

He's supposed to be my protection.

Protection?

He'd look a rum bugger
with a gash in his head.

"A rum bugger" - you see,
now, that reminds me of England.

[LAUGHS]

You want a lift?
Can I give you a lift back?

- Yeah.
- Yeah. Come on.

I'll show you what the Jag can do.

♪ Why don't you come on,
listen to what I'm talking about

♪ You grab your pretty baby
and you sing and you shout

♪ You're go to a dance
and you swing around... ♪

Er, no, thanks.

[HORN BEEPS]

[CHUCKLING]

- Cheers!
- Cheers, ladies!

- Oh...
- I got it!

♪ It takes a cold heart made of stone

♪ It takes a cold heart made of stone

♪ To hurt you... ♪

- [BELL JANGLES]
- ♪ ..and leave you alone... ♪

There you go.
Nice little couch.

That's it.

Marlene!

Where have you been?

I've got really bad stomach-ache.

Since when?

It just came on.

You riding the cotton bicycle?

- Mm?
- Strawberry week.

Rag week, whatever you Brits call it.

It's just
maybe something I've eaten.

I'm really sorry,
I'm gonna have to go home.

How about you try a Mexican brandy?
There's nothing that can't fix.

Absolutely not. I've...
I'll see you soon.

[SIGHS]

- What was your plan?
- I didn't have one.

I can see by the look on your
face. I know - it was madness.

But what would you have done, Annie?

He's my boy.

He's mine. I brought him
into this world. He belongs to me.

I thought that if I could get
to New Zealand,

maybe I could find a way
to get us back to the UK.

I want to be the one
taking him to school,

putting him to bed.

But it's impossible.

Because even if I could...

...he misses her.

I'm so sorry, Annie,

I know you have enough on your plate
with Pattie and the baby.

Just listen to me.

It's all right.

I'm glad you came to me.

How is she?

She's good.

Bit of a change for us all,
but we're coping.

People keep calling me Grandma.

What's Henry saying?

He was furious, charging about
like he was going to explode.

But then he left, Kate.
Washed his hands of you.

I don't know what to do.

I'm scared that if we get caught,

they'll take him away from me
forever.

[BANGING ON DOOR]

Kate, does anyone know you're here?

- Are you sure?
- Yeah.

Molly?

She's closed early on purpose.

She told me she'd be here.

Do you think you could get
your ex-wife to be here

tomorrow morning, Donald? Say, 10am?

Trust me.

I'll get her here.

Even if I have to drag her.

Thanks, Benny.

Mate, I owe you for today.

I just did what anyone would do.

I'd like to repay you.

Um...

Have you ever been to a wood chop?

A wood what?

[CHUCKLES] A wood chop.

It's an Australian institution.

Excuse to drink, really.

Why don't you come along?

Uh... [SIGHS]

Yeah. Why not? That'd be great.

Go on - hit me in the stomach.

I'd rather not.

Hard as you like.

Gardener. Handyman.

I'm strong as an ox,
if you know anyone.

Hey, word to the wise -
don't do that in a bar.

My mate Martin Monos tried
the old Houdini routine,

ended up with a punctured lung.

Shall I give a card to your mother?

She seems like she runs the place.

She calls the Irish drunken inbreds,
so, yeah,

be my guest.

MAN: I've told you the score.
Her husband has said no visitors.

And I've told YOU the score.

Her husband drove her
to attempt suicide.

Look, I can't let you in,

So you turning up like this
is a waste of your time and mine.

OK.

Man to man...

...if my wallet was to drop
on the counter

and a pound note falls out,

what are the chances
of a door opening

and me getting five minutes inside?

[BUZZER]

Where... where's the...?

Where's...?

- WOMAN: No... No!
- MAN: Stop it!

- Stop it! Come on.
- [WOMAN SHOUTS]

[MUSIC PLAYS SOFTLY]

- You can't be here.
- Sheila.

This place is...

I should never have taken you
to the hospital.

It's my fault you're here.

I'm sinful.

Is that what they're telling you?

You were desperate.

They were the actions
of a desperate woman.

And that man...

...that drove you to this...

If you can just get clear of him...

I'll never be free - don't you see?

He owns me.

[WHISPERS] They're watching.

They'll tell him.

- They won't.
- They will.

He'll know.

And then...

...it'll be worse.

Listen, Sheila, I don't have long.

Your face... in that hostel...

...was the highlight of every day.

But if I'm wasting my time,
just tell me...

...and I'll leave you alone.

What was I thinking would happen?

That, what, I'd just get him back
and be allowed to go home?

What am I going to do?

I can't just pretend
that none of this has happened.

I made such a mess of everything.

Maybe I should have just stayed
in England.

He never would have known me,
he would have had a nice life.

- Calm down.
- What am I gonna do?

- What am I gonna do?
- Listen to me.

You came here to find your son.

That is to be admired.

I'm going to suggest something
to you now.

And I need you to seriously think
about it.

Because from where I'm standing,
sweetheart,

you don't have many options.

[EXCITED CHATTER]

♪ I was in London
just a short time ago

♪ I said to my friend,
your car's too slow

♪ He turned round to me and said

♪ If you want to fuss
Go take a ride on a downtown bus

♪ And rock, rock,
rock around the town

♪ Rock, rock, rock around the town

♪ Baby, roll, roll,
roll around the town

♪ Rock, rock, rock around the town

♪ Everybody's doing it!
London Bridge is falling down

♪ Got in a monster,
it was painted red

♪ A guy in blue turned to me and said

♪ His words were followed by
quite a stare

♪ I said, what d'you want?
He said, I want your fare... ♪

- Terry! Terry, you made it.
- Hey.

Hey! Come and meet the boys.

I say "boys" -
they're the city's top businessmen,

but today
we're just boys on the town, right?

This is my mate, Terry.
This is Johno.

Hi.

So what we do is we take a look
at these six visions of beauty,

and we work out which one had
the worst childhood,

and then we just put
all of our money on him.

I'm going to go for number five.

Here. Your bet's on me.

- Really?
- Yeah. Take it.

Thanks.

Who are you going to go for?

- I think I'll go for number three.
- Number three.

Axemen, stand to your logs.
One, two, three.

[ALL GRUNT]

Come on, three!

[SHOUTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT]

Go on, three!

Go on!

Go on, three!

Go on, three!

What's he climbing down for?

BENNY: He's got to finish it off
on the other side.

Go on! Go on, three!

[GROANS] Oh, five!

[GROANING]

Yeah, that's it! Go on!

[SHOUTING]

Go on, three!

Go on, three!

Go on, three!

- Yes!
- [CHEERING]

- I won!
- You did!

- You won, buddy!
- Well done, Terry!

Yes!

[PHONE RINGS]

[FOOTSTEPS]

- Hello?
- Oh, hello.

[CLEARS THROAT] Um, my name is Annie,

and I'm very sorry to trouble you.

I know this must be a difficult time.

Yes. Who are you?

It's about Michael.

- Where is he?
- He's safe. He's well.

He's with his birth mother.

His... birth mother?

But... his birth mother is in England.

- He hasn't gone to England?
- No, no.

- No, he's still in Australia.
- Where?

- One step at a time.
- Where is my son?

She wants to meet you...

...Kate...

...his mother.

She wants to meet.

With Michael?

No, not yet.

She wants to talk to you
mother-to-mother.

Er, somewhere public.

Just tell me when and where.

[CHATTER]

What's the hostel like?

Um...

When we first arrived,
it felt like a prisoner-of-w*r camp.

But I've set myself a challenge
this year.

I'm gonna get us off that camp
and into our own home.

Big house, nice garden.

You do right.
I've always said, set a goal

and do everything in your power
to achieve it.

Listen, Benny, um,

I don't want to speak out of turn,
but...

...those houses you rent
could do with a bit of TLC.

They're half falling down.

Yeah, well, why do you think
I had someone come and fix them?

No, I mean properly fixing -
not just a couple of days.

- Might stop you getting attacked.
- My problem is I'm too friendly.

There's an issue,
I go around and talk to them.

But, Terry,
no-one wants these people.

The w*r wounded, the work-shy,
the Greeks.

So who's the bad guy here?

Me for giving them
a roof over their head,

or the other landlords
who'd rather see them in the gutter?

You were very brave, Terry,

stepping in like that.

I could use a man like you.

Not just a handyman.

There's other roles
within my business.

Such as?

Picking things up, dropping them off,
whatever arises, really.

Are you offering me
a full-time position?

Full-time.

And I'll pay you twice
what you're currently on.

What do you say?

I say, when can I start?

Just wait for me here, please.

[SIGHS]

Billy boy.

I have no idea how you managed it,

but I have it on good authority

that you were allowed in
to see my wife.

Correct.

I forbade you from going there.

- She is a sick woman.
- We were lovers.

Lovers because...

...her husband showed her
no affection.

The same husband who kept her trapped
like a bird in a cage.

If it wasn't for me, she would be
dead at the bottom of the ocean.

[SCOFFS]

JJ, this delusion that you're
somehow the hero of the scenario...

[YELLS] You don't love her!

You don't even like her.

Just leave her be.

And let me and her work out
whether we have a future.

[SCOFFS]

My beautiful wife attempted
to take her life.

She's now receiving the care
and treatment

that her sickened mind needs.

I-I see no part for you to play
in her recovery.

BILL: Hey, that's my taxi!

- I know.
- I'm sorry.

Well, I asked the driver
where you were going.

And where I'm going is on the way,
so...

- Got a ride, mate?
- "A ride, mate"?

Ray Skinner.

Need any garden work?

I'll give you a good discount.

Fine.

Right. Come here.

Good luck. OK?

Yeah.

You?

- I'm sorry.
- You came to my house.

You've put me through hell.

That wasn't my intention.

Do you have any idea
what I've been through?

Having a child taken?

Are you alone?

You have my son. I'm not gonna
mess around with you.

I know you won't believe this,

but taking Michael was impulsive...

...and stupid.

I didn't give Michael up...

- ...in England.
- Then, how did he get here?

Those Catholics brought him over
here.

They took a child
thousands of miles away from his home

and placed him where he knew no-one.

And if it hadn't have been for
what you and your husband did,

bending the rules...

...he'd still be in that place.

I...love that you did that for him.

I want to hate you.

I want to think of you
as a bad person for Michael.

But bad mothers don't travel
thousands of miles

to search for their son.

My husband and I were blessed
in so many ways,

but when it came to children...

...God saw fit to take them away
from us.

The first in... pregnancy.

The second
when he was only one year old.

I'm so sorry.

I couldn't face a third time.

So we got Michael.

Sometimes in life, our job is to take
an unwanted child

and piece them back together
with kindness and with love.

But he's not unwanted.

Is he?

No.

He talked about you all the time.

He missed you.

When we were... on our trip.

Your friend said you had a proposal.

I want to be part of his life.

I want to see him.

Regularly.

And I want to be involved.

I can't be in Australia,

and not be part of his life.

But I can't leave Australia
and leave my son behind.

So you...

...you want to give him back?

You have a loving home.

He has friends...

...and a nice school.

So we take him back
and we tell everyone, the...

...the police,
that he's just... come home?

- How...?
- Weekends.

Or some evenings.

Like... an auntie.

A boy can't have two mothers.
It's highly unconventional.

Children adapt.

My husband is
a very conservative man.

Fran...

I am begging you.

I'm begging you.

As two grown women
who love the same boy...

...please...

Please.

I'll speak with David.

But you promise me,

promise me, Kate,
that you won't do this again.

I promise.

Because I don't think
that my... heart could stand it.

I promise.

[SNIFFLING]

We sometimes go
to the local playground

before dinner.

We'll be there tomorrow.

OK.

Thank you.

- See you tomorrow.
- Yeah.

- I'll see you tomorrow.
- Yeah.

[SIGHS]

- Ta-da!
- Bloody hell!

I won some money,
and I've got myself a new job.

It's turning out
to be quite the day.

I think me and you should celebrate.

You're not gonna tell me about it
first?

All in good time.

This is our year, Annie Roberts.

We're going to make this country
our home.

[CHATTER]

Um, can we go for breakfast?

- I'm not ready yet, mate.
- All right, well, hurry up.

He only wants to go

- cos he's soft on the new girl.
- No, I'm not.

Yeah, you've been waiting outside
for her.

- She's 17, Peter.
- I'm not soft on her!

Right, I've got to get to work.

I'd really like it
if you lot went in with Kate.

It'd be good for her

- to feel things are normal again.
- He wants to stand near her

- in the queue.
- Shut up!

Sorry, mate, we'll help you flirt
with your older woman tomorrow, eh?

Oh, my God.

Well, that was unkind.

Sorry.

Funny, though. [LAUGHS]

- [DOOR OPENS]
- Actually...

...I finished grandma's letter,
and I wanted you to read it.

It's costing me a fortune
getting in here.

It's for you.

John...

TENNIS, ON RADIO: ..on the furthest
side of the court from the camera...

[CROWD GROANS]

Could we be looking
at a dual Australian final,

the second year in a row?

"Dearest Terry, Annie, Pattie
and Peter,

"we miss you all so much.

"You all seem so far away.

"Which I suppose is
because you are...

"Every day I wonder
if I'll ever get to see you again.

"It's so difficult waiting
for your letters to reach us,

"and I think Thomas is growing
weary...

"We're doing well.

"Alan's bunions are causing him
difficulty again,

- "but he refuses to rest..."
- Alan and them bloody bunions!

"We love sharing your updates
with the neighbours.

"They're always asking after you.

"You've done something extraordinary.

"Please tell Annie there's
a little bit of bad news to report.

"Harry Brewis, the baker,
is gravely ill in hospital.

"It isn't looking good."

[DISTORTED AUDIO] Stop the bus!

Stop the bus!

- Stop the bus!
- [BELL DINGS]

- Are you all right, ma'am?
- Yep. I'm fine, love.

Go on, you... you get going, you lot.
I'm fine.

- [KEYS JANGLE]
- Climb in.

What is this?

All yours. Perk of the job.

Oh...

She is a beauty!

Well, take it for a spin.

Then call in to the suit shop

and pick yourself up a three-piece
for special occasions.

Benny, I...

Right place, right time, my friend.

Right place, right time.

What's going on?

Marlene hasn't turned up.

- Really?
- Mm.

[PHONE RINGS]

- [RINGING TONE]
- Is she answering?

Oh, yeah, yeah, she's answered.

I've just chosen not to say anything.

Hm. Sarcasm. Right?

[PHONE RINGS]

[SQUEALS AND GROANS]

- [GRUNTS]
- [PHONE CONTINUES RINGING]

No.

No reply.

You're in charge, then.

Granny Annie to the rescue.

I'm not just a grandma, Joan.

Same as I wasn't just a mother.

- [CHUCKLES GLEEFULLY]
- ♪ Strange things take place

♪ In my moondreams

♪ As the lonely... ♪

- [SHOUTING AND YELLING]
- ♪ And loveless hours go by

♪ Your face takes its place
in every moonbeam

♪ Moondreams bring thoughts
gentle as a sigh

♪ Moondreams

♪ Moondreams brought by moonbeams
in the sky... ♪

[SIGHS]

[CHATTER]

- Shall we race to the swings?
- Yes!

[LAUGHS] You didn't wait for "go!"

Just be careful hopping on.
You right?

- Yes.
- All right.

That's it.

Miss Thorne?

I'm Detective Lee.

You're under arrest.

Oh, no. No, no, no.
We... we had an agreement.

Now, Michael's been through
quite an upheaval,

so I want to handle this sensitively,
without fuss.

Well, please, ask her.
She told me to come here!

If you make a scene,
we'll be forced to cuff you.

And I don't think
you want Michael seeing that.

Please, please. He's my son.

Not anymore. Come on.

Just come with me.
Don't make a scene.

- I need...
- Come on.