02x12 - Episode 12

[bunniefuu]

Get a wriggle on, Pop.
School uniform.

What are you doing?

Mummy's still in there
sitting on the floor.

Remember I told you how some women
get morning sickness

when they've got a baby inside them?

Mum's really special
because she gets morning sickness,

lunchtime sickness
and dinner sickness.

Feeling the joy of life
inside you, darling?

Oh, so much joy.

Oh, food trolley, o'clock.

Keep moving.

The smell moves faster
than the trolley.

When's your parent-teacher?
It's tomorrow.

- When's yours?
- This afternoon. A bit nervous.

Oh, Poppy spends about as much time
with her teacher

as she does with us.

Don't you worry about
what you're gonna find out?

Well, we're gonna find out
that she's a bit lazy

and could pay more attention
in class.

Which is true!

Oh!
Hmm.

What's the book?

Oh, it's a... a novel.

'Thoracic Complications'?

Yeah, it's a... it's a love story.

Any good?

It's alright.

We're their grandparents.

Look, I don't need a break.

It would be good if the kids
spend time with us.

We don't wanna lose touch with them
because of what happened to Nicola.

That's not gonna happen, is it?

Zac was looking thin
last time I saw him.

He misses his mum so much.

Zac is eating fine, OK?
I've gotta go.

Thanks for coming in so early.

It's great to see both parents.

Melody's truly a pleasure
to have in the class.

Ah, Justin,
can I just grab a quick sec?

Yeah, sure.
Thanks.

G'day, Justin.

Simon.
Yeah, I remember.

And my wife, Dimity.

Listen, sorry about
that whole business

with the water heater and...

I was out of line there.
- No worries.

We'd better go.

Yeah.

I'll see you around.

Justin, take a seat.

OK, so, Zac and Jacob.

Zac can be... a little unfocused,
but I'm sure you've noticed that.

So he's mucking up?

Well, it's more of
a concentration thing.

When he gets distracted,
his behaviour can be disruptive.

Well, what kind of behaviour?

Well, last week he, ah,
hit another kid with a ruler.

He hit...

It's not a major incident,
but, look,

he's a good boy who's still
processing a traumatic event.

Who was the other kid?

Well, you don't need to know that,
and she's completely fine.

He hit a girl?

He hit Stella with a ruler,
you should have told me.

You had so much more going on.

I'm his father,
I need to know this stuff.

Take it easy.
He was trying to do you a favour.

Well, I don't want
any bloody favours.

Yeah, well,
could someone do me a favour?

My knees are bloody k*lling me here.

Come on, mate. Just relax.
Hop on the tools.

This is the last room.

The whole place will be done.

Hello?
- Yep.

Got an order of floorboards here,
mate.

Oh, yeah, great.
Gotta pay for it first.

OK.

Hey, these aren't the prices
I was quoted.

I dunno.

You take credit, right?

No.
No, mate, just cash or cheque only.

I can make you a cheque tomorrow.

That's when you'll get
your floorboards then.

Sorry, mate. Payment on delivery.

They brought the wrong boards.

Well, can he bring the right ones?
No, not today.

Is there anything else
we need to do today?

You know what, let's just... let's
just deal with this sh*t tomorrow.

It was one tap with a ruler,
she's fine.

So how's Stella going
with her sight words?

You can't make that connection.

She's been having trouble with her
sight words for months.

But,
what if she's worrying about Zac.

She's not.

You got a name yet?
It's not due for six months.

I had Matilda ready to go
six months out.

What if she was a boy?
Lewis.

What?

No, it's good.

You have any names lined up
for the boys if they were girls?

Ah, Nicola chose their names.

Hey, guys.

How are we?
Hey.

So... I'm one of you lot now.

Well, I put work aside for a while
so Dimity can work

and I can see more of the kids.

That's great.
Yeah.

So it'd be good if us dads
could all stick together.

- Sure.
- Daddy!

Time for daddy duties.
Hey! See you around.

OK. Great.

Do you have to be so friendly?

What was I supposed to do?

Hey, he doesn't know
about Dimity and I, OK?

Can you keep that to yourself?
That'd be good.

Poppy - what a pleasure
to have in the class.

She's a credit to both of you.

Her language is very good.
She's reading independently.

Well, we've always read to her,
since she was a baby. Haven't we?

Yeah, I read a book to her every
night, whether she wants it or not.

No, seriously -
her room is full of books.

Full.
Great.

And she LOVES the reading groups
you've set up.

She's, um,
she's in the kingfishers group.

Yeah, that's right,
we have kingfishers, blue whales,

meerkats and wombats.

And they're streamed
according to ability or...

Ah, yes, but we don't accentuate
that with the kids.

Completely understandable.

So the kingfishers are...?

The kingfishers are the most
proficient of readers.

Poppy's a very intelligent kid.

Well... So this issues in happy -
that's all we care about, isn't it?

Yeah.

We've talked about this -
hitting, biting, smacking.

We don't do those things.

Jacob likes it.

No, he doesn't like it, OK?

Neither does Stella.

Have you told her you were sorry?

Hello!
- In here!

Hey, look at me.

The door was open.
I got you a present.

Maths textbook,
all my study notes and a prac exam.

Cool, just dump 'em there.

Hey, go get your pyjamas on
and tell Jacob to do the same.

Come on.

You didn't show up to TAFE
again today.

Yeah, I had a meeting at the boys'
school and had to go to the bank.

Exams start tomorrow.

I've just been juggling
a lot of stuff.

OK, well, maths at midday.
You'll be there, right?

Yeah.

Justin?

- Look at me and promise.
- I'll be there.

Promise?
I promise.

OK, so the boys' dinner
is in the fridge,

Angie's gone down
and she'll probably be asleep.

You didn't get my message?

What?
I can't babysit tonight.

I have to study.

Well, you can do that here.

Justin, I have to concentrate.
I can't do that with the boys here.

I'm sorry.

"Something is coming. Can you see?

"It snuffles and shuffles -
what can it be?"

"Look! Look! It's a Goobledygook!

"It's ripping up pages..."

And eating a book.

Did you just read that?

Show me where it says "eating".

Well, that's a picture
of the Gobbledygook eating.

Where's the word?

Very close.

I got an interview with
William Garrett Barker.

Oh, yeah. Who's he?

It's a law firm, a mega law firm.

Everybody wants to get
an internship there.

Oh, wow! Good luck.

I guess you won't be
working here any more.

Oh, I've gotta get the job first.

Oh, you'll get it. You're you.

Who's running this place?
Hey!

How you going?
Good. Drink?

Nah, I have to prepare for tomorrow.
Um, do you have my key?

Yes, I do.

Angie's crying.

Yeah, I know, mate.
Just go back upstairs,
I'll be there in a second.

What are the kids doing here?
There's a spare room upstairs.

Justin... they can't be
up there alone.

If you need to take them home,
I can do your shift.

Hey, don't you have work to do?
I'm just trying to help...

I don't need your help.

I can pull a beer.
So can I.

Justin, take them home.

I'll manage.

Come on, let's go.

Come on.

We shouldn't gloat, should we?

Gloating's really unattractive.

Well, we've got a smart kid,
what are we gonna do?

Hey, I think Gemma
is studying medicine.

Why?

She's the best nurse on the ward,
why wouldn't she?

Plus, I caught her with
a medical textbook.

"Caught her?"

She tried to hide it,
like a guilty secret.

I just don't know why
she wouldn't tell me.

Yeah. I can't possibly think
why not.

You think I wouldn't be encouraging?

No, no, I...
What?!

I can be encouraging, nurturing.

I'll nurture her so hard
I'll break her.

"Break her?"
I'll get her to confess.

In the nicest possible way.

Gemma...
Yes?

Can you come and have a look
at a patient with me?

Yes, of course.

Hi, again. Feeling OK?

This is Dylan.

He woke up this morning
with pains in his chest.

His pulse is up
and he's short of breath.

OK. Does he need a bed on the ward?

Probably, but, what do you think?

Sounds uncomfortable.

Is there a diagnosis?
Yep. Have a listen.

OK.

What is it?
You tell me.

I dunno,
sounds like a collapsed lung.

Well done. Also known as...

Spontaneous pneumothorax.

Great.
You could be really good at this.

Thank you.

Thanks, Dylan.

So, there are probably a few more
questions you need to ask before you

make a final diagnosis, but, I think
that just comes with experience.

I've got experience.

Oh, yeah, yeah, I know.
I'm just encouraging, nurturing.

Were you this mental
when you were pregnant with Poppy?

OK, what about red?

Is red a power colour?

I just don't want the interviewers
falling asleep.

Yeah, I'm thinking blue.

OK, I have the biggest interview
of my entire life today,

what's your excuse?

Six parent-teacher interviews
and the first one's with your dad.

What about this one?

Not that one.

Righto, off you go, darling.
Have fun.

Bye.
Bye!

Getting the lowdown this
morning from your new son-in-law?

Not yet he isn't.

Do you think Mr Tuck's getting
the best out of the kids?

Yeah, sure.

Did he say Poppy's
a pleasure to have in class?

Yes.

Yeah, see,
it's like an ad for real estate.

"Pleasure to have in class" is like
"Close to shops and transport".

"Billy's got potential".

If he was a house you'd knock him
down and start again.

See you, Dad.
See you, boys.

Morning, lads.

Morning.

Hey.

Zac!

Three days of this -

I tell you what,
I've got a new respect for you lot.

Trying to make a school lunch
she'll eat.

And I've been thinking,
they've always got this mum stuff

organised down at the school,
doing coffee and drinks on a Friday.

What about us dads?
Well, we hang out.

Yeah, good point.
We never do anything.

I'm about to change that.

I've wrangled a poker tournament.

Tonight, at the pub you work at,
Justin.

Ah, I've got a shift.

I'm sure you can get out of it.

It's for Nepean South Dads,
just a bit of bonding.

You guys play, right?

Yeah, a little.

Can Melody come for a play?

Well, that's up to Melody's dad.

Her mum likes it at our house.

She slept the night.

Remember?

Dimity?

Ah, we were pretending
to have a sleepover,

in a tent in the backyard.

Hey, Melody, could you do me
a favour and find Tilda?

I forgot to give her her lunch.

Yeah, come on.
Boys, you too.

A tent?

Yeah, we sometimes have
sleepovers at our place.

Tom and I are having a sleepover
next week if you want to join in.

I'll see you guys tonight.

You think he bought it?

It was going well until you
invited him for a threesome.

I think I came in at the wrong
end of that conversation.

Let's get this over with.

OK, so, Tilda, she's...
she's having a great year.

Pleasure to have in class?
Yes.

Loads of potential?

Ah, well, yeah, she has.

And she's a meerkat?

Yes, she's bang-on average
in her literacy

and I'm very happy
with how she's progressing there.

It's her numeracy that I actually
want to talk to you about.

But she's fine with maths,
isn't she?

Well, no, I knew she was good,

but, just this week she's showing
a whole new level of ability.

She's coming up to me and asking me
about fractions, I mean,

she can multiply two-digit numbers,
did you know that?

It hasn't come up.

Well, she's functioning
way above the rest of the class.

How far above?

I've gotta do some more testing,

Are you saying she's... gifted?

Well, I don't like to pigeonhole
kids with words like...

Yeah,
but if you did have to pigeonhole,

is "gifted" a word you would use?

Well, yes, I suppose I would.

I don't want her to move, she's
in a class with all her friends.

Of course, and she's a very happy
kid, but, maybe a home tutor.

Yeah, I never had
anything like that.

Well, no, I mean,

you're more practical
rather than academically minded.

Could you use smaller words?

Anything more than two syllables,
I get a bit lost.

Ah, right.

He didn't mean anything by it.
Yes, he did.

My future son-in-law
thinks I'm an idiot.

I'm not paying for the wedding.

Last one.

Cheers.
Cheers, mate.

Hey, I thought you were gonna
let me know when this stuff arrived.

That bloke told me you paid for 'em.

Yeah, I did, but it was just a loan.

Pay me back when you've got it.

Yeah, well, I've got it now for ya.

Justin, you can't afford this.

I extended the mortgage.

You can't afford that either.

Is that your business?

I'm a mate.
Mates help each other out.

I wanna give the blokes a call,
we'll get into it.

There you go. No, it's cool.

I'll have a cr*ck at it myself.

It'll be a lot quicker
with all of us.

No, it's a good challenge.

Besides, I'm almost a chippie,
remember?

Nice place, this.

All the work you've done on it must
have jacked up the value a bit.

Just checking on the water heater,
call it after sales service.

Would you mind leaving,
I've got stuff to do?

Or what? You gonna throw me out?

If I have to.

Sorry, mate,
if I'd known you didn't want me

poking around in your territory,
I would have asked nicely.

A bit late for apologies.

Guess so.
Yeah.

That where you put the tent up?

What tent?

You know, when you had the cosy
sleepover. With my wife.

Yeah. Just out there.

Not much of a spot for a tent.

Did you get much sleep?

Nuh. Not much.

You've got a comfy bed in there.

Mm.
Nice, firm mattress.

Wonder why you didn't use that.

Could everyone
take their seats, please?

The exam will commence
in three minutes.

All mobile phones to be
switched off. Thank you.

What did he say?

He just... made it pretty clear
that... he knows.

You guys were separated.

You didn't do anything wrong.

He won't see it that way.

You gonna be OK?

He's never been violent to me.

It's you that I'm worried about.
Don't worry about me.

I can look after myself.

You can't catch me!
Oh, yes I can.

Rawr! Rawr!

Zac, no! Put that thing down now.

Put it down, now!

What are you doing, mate, hey?

Put that thing away.

I'm sorry, Daddy.

No, I am.

And, you've always been interested
in the law?

Actually, no, when I was five
I wanted to be a vet.

When I was
I wanted to be a builder

and then when I was ,
I wanted to be a Spice Girl.

I'm not really sure what that says.

Which Spice Girl?

Um... Ginger, I think.

Can you name four uses for a paper
cup that don't involve liquid?

A paper cup? How big?

A... party hat.

A herb garden.

For two herbs.

You're interested in family law?
Yes.

Can you unpack that a little?

I've a friend,
a really good friend, actually,

that went through a custody battle.

He's got his kids back now, but, at
the time it was really hard for him.

You guys be good
for Nana and Pop, OK?

Dad will come and get you soon.

Give me a hug.

His kids mean everything to him.

Tomorrow,
can you cut my apple in half?

Why?

I can share with Zac.
He likes apples.

So, you and Zac are still friends.

He's funny.

Does he ever
get in trouble from Mr Tuck?

Sometimes,
when he forgets to listen.

Well, so he should.

You should always listen to
the teacher when he's talking.

Stell, do you listen to Mr Tuck
when he's talking?

Sometimes.
But he's not as funny as Zac.

Hey!

We're not doing the floor,
I thought Lewis was gonna tell you.

Yeah, no, he called.
- OK.

I just thought I could come over
for a second and have a chat.

I was actually heading out,
I've got a shift at the pub.

Oh, right.

What do you wanna talk about?
- Zac.

I think he's having
an effect on Stella at school.

Distracting her.

Justin, if I could just come in for
a minute, just for a quick chat.

I brought lasagne
for you and the boys,

saves you cooking.

The kids aren't here.

I sent them to their grandparents
for a holiday.

You sure that's a good idea?

They need to be
with their father right now

and you need to be with them,
whether you think so or not.

If I didn't think it was a good
idea, I wouldn't have done it.

I'm OK for lasagne.

Thanks, Kane.

- So, Stella's a wombat.
- Yes.

And she's getting there
with her words.

She tries very hard.

So not short on determination?

No, and truly, a beautiful nature.

She's a pleasure
to have in the class.

But she's not reading.

At this age, kids' cognitive
development is really variable.

But if she doesn't get her
sight words by the end of the year,

does that mean
she'll have to repeat again?

No, but it is something we'll
have to look at more closely.

Maybe some targeted intervention,

there's a reading recovery
program as well.

Sorry, is there something
in the classroom distracting her?

Or any other kids?

Guys, I know you wanna find a reason
for Stella's delayed progress,

but, some kids just...

Aren't very smart.

Well,
they have different capacities.

You told Kane his child was stupid?

No...

Well, maybe a little,
but what was I meant to do?

Lie.

OK, I know that comes easy
to lawyers,

but in the teaching profession
we try to avoid that.

How did it go with my dad?

I probably should have tried
lying more with him.

What did you say?

I told him that he was practical
rather than academically minded.

That is not good.

I know, but... it's true.

I mean, he's hardly bookish
and Tilda is seriously smart.

OK.

Don't panic, this is fixable.

Um, we just have to sort it out
before it becomes a thing.

What kind of thing?
A Lewis Crabb thing.

Here's what you're gonna do.
You're gonna call him.

He's gonna come over and...

and fix something,
and then you're gonna give him beer,

but not imported beer,
just beer beer.

What am I gonna get him to fix?
There's nothing broken.

W-w-w-wait! Lucy!

Well, now there is.

How the hell did this happen?

Oh, um, the other day, I, um...

sat on it.

Looks like someone picked it up
and smashed it on the floor.

Want a beer?

Great.
OK, wait there.

I'll grab a couple beers.

The old-fashioned beers.

For you.

Thanks for coming over, I'm not
too good at this kind of thing.

Probably more academic.

Right.
So, how do you think you'll fix it?

I can't. It's rooted.

That's a shame.

If you're gonna break something
so as I can come over and fix it...

make sure it's fixable.

OK.

Play poker?

Ah, not really.

Excellent. You can sit at my table.

Phoebe.

I was literally on my way out
the door when this guy showed up.

Ow!

Hey!

I really look forward to it.

Thank you so much
for this opportunity.

OK. Bye.

Hey, about the other night...

Hey, forget it.
Don't worry about it.

It was a bad idea
bringing the kids in here.

Hey, how'd you go with
the big job interview?

I got it.

I just found out.
- Oh, wow, good for you.

Thanks.

So how long are the kids away for?

Um, I don't know, they haven't
really seen their grandparents much.

You just don't know
what's good for you, do you?

Abi!

Look, I know I was a bit intense
today, but I just wanted you to know

that I think studying to be a doctor
is a great idea.

But it's really, really...

What are you talking about?
I'm not studying to be a doctor.

Really?
No.

I couldn't think of anything worse.

Oh, sorry, you've got... guests.

Come in. Come in.

Everyone, this is my friend, Abi.

Abi, this is Ray, Jenny,
Maggie and Louise.

It's my book club.

It really is a novel?
Yeah. It's not very good.

It's a bad title.

You have a secret book club?

Thanks, mate. Good on you.

Hey, Justin, when are the boys
gonna be back in class?

I'll let you know.

But when they are, you should put
Zac at a different seat,

'cause he's a bad influence
on Stella.

Hey, Justin... I'm sorry.

I tell you right now, I've got
no idea what I'm doing.

♪ ♪

- All in.
- Ooh.

I'll see you.

Right, OK, well,
it beats three nines...

but does it b*at four?

Oh, you beauty!

Lucy, I won. I won!
I never played before.

- Good game.
- You just got Tucked.

Beer.

Our prep teacher just got lucky.

Yeah, he was on a roll.

I prefer higher stakes.

How high?

No limit.

Thousand dollars big blind,
small.

I'm in.

Cheers.

The thing is, right,
I've never played before,

and I won the whole thing!

That is great.

But you have work in the morning?
Yeah.

Dad, are you taking him home?

Come on, Mr Tuck,
you big card sharp.

Is Justin right?

I'll make sure he is.

'Cause I can hang around.
Dad, just take Harry, please.

Oh, watch this.

And give him water.

Lewis!

What's going on?

Oh, I'm just clocking off.

Going to play some poker.
Private game.

You can't have a private game,
the pub will lose its licence.

No-one's gonna know.
I'll know.

Deal.

Abs, I really wanted to tell you,
I just couldn't.

Why not?

Well, I love you, right?

But, there are just some situations

where I prefer the company
of normal people.

I'm normal.

No. You're really not.
You're really smart.

And you shouldn't have to pretend
that you're not,

but if you were in our book club,
no-one else would get a word in.

So what is this big secret book
about, anyway?

It's about a country doctor who
sends his brother off into the city

to collect his fiancee,

and when the brother picks up
the fiancee on the way back

they fall in love.

And the fiance and the brother
end up marrying the wrong people.

Yeah.
Tristan and Isolde.

What?

It's Tristan and Isolde, same story.

It's a Celtic legend, very famous,

but the structure's kind of flawed,
the ending's a little too neat.

Come on, young fella.

Plonk yourself down here
for a little while.

Hey, how you going?
Here we go.

Big night?

For some of us. Lost his key.

You got your son-in-law, who is
also your daughter's teacher, drunk?

Aren't there rules about that?

Lewis, hey, Lewis, quickly.

I wanna tell you something.

Tilda's gifted.

Yeah. You already told me that.

But you need to know,
you're gifted too.

Yeah, that's very good of you,
mate...

Yeah, and I can't wait for you
to be my father-in-law.

That's... great.

Put your head down there.

That's the way.

Tilda's gifted?

Well, so he says.

Wow. That's great.

Yeah, and that face
is why I didn't tell you.

You're all pleasures
to be in my classroom.

I'll see you.

Full house. Tens over jacks.

That's it! We're closing.

Game over.
Hey!

What are you doing?
Pack up and go home, both of you.

You're into me for grand.

Yeah, keep your shirt on.
I'll write you a cheque.

No, this game is null and void.

Are you crazy?
You don't have that kind of money.

Unless, of course,
you wanna keep going.

What?

I know where we can buy into a
high stakes game not far from here.

Yeah?
Yeah.

Why don't you round
that cheque up to

and I'll give you
four grand in cash?

I mean, you're good for it, right?

You own your own home.

Where's this game?

Mate's.

Where does your mate live?

Do we wanna get a bottle
of takeaway bourbon?

We don't do takeaway,
we only sell by the glass.

Well, make it a bottle
and two glasses

and you just look the other way.

Forget it.

He's an employee, I can't let him
leave, it's duty of care.

Sounds good.

Justin... can I speak to you alone?

Night, Lucy.

Justin, get out of the car.
- Go home.

Get out of the car.
- Go home, Lucy.

Please, just get out of the car.
- I said go home!

You don't know what you're doing.

He is in no state to make decisions
and you are in no state to drive,

can you please do the right thing?

That's exactly what I am doing.

Alright, let's go to a bottle shop.

We can't turn up empty-handed.

Bottle shops are closed.

Alright then,
there's bourbon behind the bar.

It's yours for bucks.

What about your duty of care?

I've got bills to pay,
you can help yourself.

I don't get in trouble
if I don't see you get it.

Everyone's got a price. Here.

No, I don't wanna get in trouble,

I'm not gonna take your money,
you can put it on the bar.

Come with me.
I can take you home, Justin.

Lucy, what are you doing?

You have no idea what you are doing.

What are you... get out of the car.
- No!

Get out of the car!
- No!

I don't want you here, OK?

Just go and get married
and be a lawyer

and just live happily ever after,

just get out of the car!

Hey! Get out of my car.

Get out of my car.

Get the hell out of the car.

Lucy...
Get out of my car.

Hey!

Get out of the car, Lucy.
What are you doing?

Stop the car. Lucy, you can't...

Hey! What you doing? Hey!

Hey!

You are sh1tting me.