02x05 - The Boat of Truth

[bunniefuu]

Honest, bro, that fake

chicken was so good, man.

- Bro.

- Dox,

she even bought fake bacon.

Hey, chicken I get but

Man, you can't be fakin' bacon.

What about the price of avocados now?

They reckon if you give

up avocado on toast,

takeaway coffees, you can

afford a deposit for a house.

Yeah, right! This is

my third place, man.

Owners keep selling, and we keep moving.

It's f*cked.

Māngere College.

You spoke at the assembly.

Yeah. You were really brave.

- I spoke after you.

- Oh, yeah. You're that rugby guy.

- Yeah.

- Yeah, man.

He's that rugby guy.

(LAUGHTER)

- Shot, boys.

- Later, dox.

- Yeah.

- Catch you later, rugby guy.

- Yeah. Fa.

- Fa.

Next week.

(SYNTH MUSIC)

(CAR HORN BEEPS)

Where you heading?

Uh, work.

Well, hop in. I'll give you a ride.

What if I work in Papakura?

You're walking to Papakura?

Hey, you know that speech that

you gave at assembly that day?

Really stuck with me, eh.

Hop in.

You seeing anyone?

I'm married, bro.

Yeah. I'm good.

(FRAUGHT MUSIC)

(MUSIC BUILDS)

Hey. Would you like

to talk about topsoil?

Right.

Yeah. So, we're talking about the

anti-chemical fertiliser bylaw,

if that's something

you're interested in.

You wanna try the best

honey you've ever tasted?

- No, thanks.

- Oh, have you heard about

- the new bylaw? It's coming.

- No, sorry. Not interested.

Tough crowd.

You know, if you come down the

marae, you might just get our vote.

If you look here, it talks

about regenerative farming

and how it gives to the

land so it works with ya.

Oh, right, because as indigenous people,

we don't know how to care for our land?

Come on. It's not like you all live

off the land like you used to, is it?

We don't want a bit of paper,

Gerald. It's kanohi ki te kanohi.

Face to face.

This is all well and good, but

nothing beats a kai and kōrero.

(EERIE MUSIC)

Kia ora. I'm Ellie. I

use she/her pronouns,

and I'm stoked to be here.

(CLAPPING)

Uh, hi, I'm Seth. My

pronouns are he/him.

Thanks. (CHUCKLES)

Uh, I'm Anahera.

She/her.

And I'm q*eer as f*ck.

Kia ora. Madison. She/her.

So, as you all know,

I'm Lala. She/her.

Thanks a mil for organising this.

Your turn.

Um, they/them feels yeah, good.

Mean.

Why don't you take one of

these and learn something?

About farming? Nah, I'm good, mate.

How about saving money? How much

you spend on phosphates this year?

Oh, probably about the same

amount you lot have spent

on sparkly pants and feather boas.

- You wanna talk about wardrobe?

- GERALD: Stop it.

You and your mates are a f*ck' joke.

- Hey, arsehole. What's your name?

- Hey, stop it!

This isn't working, and

you lot aren't helping.

Gerald.

But he was like, 'Well, there's

no contraceptive that's 100%

except abstinence.'

So I just looked at

him, and I just said,

Well, I'm having sex

with my cis girlfriend.'

His face

(LAUGHTER)

Ah! That's exactly what

Dr Harris looks like.

Honestly, Caz, why

did you even come back?

Um

Believe me, I thought the same

thing when he left Auckland.

Now I get it.

(DOORBELL CHIMES)

Caz?

- Caz!

- What is he doing here?

Caz. Can I

Can I talk to you in private?

Come back.

- What are they fighting about?

- GERALD: Not Rainbow people!

Um (SIGHS)

CAZ: I gotta go.

JEM: I I don't know.

What happened?

Caz?

(EXHALES) Sorry about that, folks.

- Are you hungry? Shall we get pizza?

- Yeah.

Um, hey, people, the mayor's here.

'Mayor' as in transphobic

mayor who deadnamed you?

CAZ: That's the one.

- I'm looking for Taylor.

- Why?

I'm Taylor's mother.

- Taylor.

- ANAHERA: Yeah.

They went out the back way.

They? Who is they?

Kia ora. We don't know

each other. I'm Ellie Haare.

I'm from an organisation in Auckland

that works with youth,

and we're holding

Yes, it's quite clear what you're doing.

You and your organisation

are not welcome here.

No, no, no, no. You're the

one that's not welcome here.

This is my shop, and you're

being an arsehole to my mates,

so I think you need to leave.

Taylor, come out here right now, please.

You heard me. Go.

- Colleen, if you and Taylor need to talk, I'm here to help.

- Stay away from my child.

WHISPERS: f*ck.

Taylor.

- Get stuffed.

- Taylor, get in.

Taylor, get in the car right now!

Come on.

I went to pick you up from

soccer, and your coach said

you didn't even turn up. I

knew you'd be with that lot.

Are you just going to that club

to show support for your friends?

Yeah, Mum. To support.

That's a very kind thing to do, honey.

(SUBDUED, EERIE MUSIC)

Jem just stood there

while Dad had a go at me.

Yeah. I think that you need

to ease up on Jem a bit.

And then he ran off

when Richter was coming.

Yeah, well, I'm not getting

in the middle of this.

Wait.

Did Jem say something to you?

- Don't.

- Tell me.

Look, that's it. Ask your dad for

the boat, 'cos clearly, we need it.

I don't think I'm ready for that.

And I don't wanna talk to Dad.

Oh my God. For a youth worker,

your interpersonal communication

skills need a bit of work.

Just f*ck' ask him.

Please.

Fine.

Boat? Intriguing.

Anahera

Yeah.

We're heading back to Auckland.

We're not exactly welcome here.

Well, that's

That's that's cool.

I just I just need to go and

fix these miniature chairs.

(SOMBRE MUSIC)

I don't know if any of you heard

all the carry-on on the radio today.

No one was talking about the science.

So we're losing.

I didn't mean to take it

out on you or your mates.

I'm sorry.

You know they signed up 36

people to the campaign, right?

When?

After you told us all

that we weren't helping

and that we should

leave. Zeph started DJing.

- Go figure.

- So mostly young people.

To be expected, it's their future.

Thank you.

I mean it.

Well, um

let's see what's for dinner.

Hey, uh, the boat.

Me, Anahera and Jem wanna

take it out tomorrow.

Sure. I'll check it out first thing.

(GLASS SHATTERS)

- Jesus!

- What the f*ck!?

Ellie, careful. There's glass.

I think I see something.

What just happened?

Did someone throw something

through the window?

(GRUNTS)

(PANTS)

Dad, what does it say?

Dad.

- (TENSE MUSIC)

- Is everyone okay?

(DRILL WHIRRS)

At least that'll be

better than the cardboard.

f*ck those f*ck up, eh?

- Politically, I mean.

- Oh. (CHUCKLES) Yes, ma'am.

Thank you.

Thank you.

- It's been a blast.

- It's been something.

- Has it?

- (BOTH CHUCKLE SOFTLY)

Look, um

there's something I wanna say, and

it's that thing where if I leave

and I don't say it, I'm just gonna

be thinking about it, like, forever.

Yeah, same. Um

Just say it.

- Wear your life jacket, eh?

- (CHUCKLES) Snap.

Yeah.

SOFTLY: Yeah.

(CONTEMPLATIVE SYNTH MUSIC)

OK, let's roll.

(DOORS SHUT)

(SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES)

Thank you.

JEM: For what?

- My name.

- Eh?

Aw. But it wasn't me.

Oh, Gerald was up early,

sparking up the motor and stuff.

- Ahh.

- (CHUCKLES)

He said he was checking

for fuel blockages.

You all right?

Yeah. Just remembering

how much I hate this.

(EERIE MUSIC)

(ENGINE RUMBLES)

(BIRDS SQUAWK)

Ellie confuses the f*ck out of me.

And now she's gone.

And now I don't know how she feels.

(SIGHS)

And so that's it. Next.

So, since I

came out

God, even saying that is weird. Um

I feel like this someone

doesn't support me.

- I don't support you?

- Ah, this someone

needs to shut up and start following

the rules of the boat of truth.

- That's all.

- Are you sure?

Yeah.

Well, I don't have anything to say.

Sorry.

Nah, this was a bad idea.

Oh jeez.

- The wife

- OK.

OK? She's related to

us. Mata is her name.

(PANTS)

(GRUNTS)

Ugh! Jesus on a (GRUNTS)

- bicycle.

- Gerald. Shoes.

Oh.

(GUMBOOTS THUD)

Whina's been on at me to come down

and talk to you all about the bylaw.

I didn't mean whenever

you felt the urge.

We like to welcome our visitors

before coming on to the marae,

rather than have them

come on unannounced.

(EERIE MUSIC)

SHAKILY: Um

In Auckland, I was

I was seeing someone.

And I loved him.

I think he loved me.

(GENTLE MUSIC)

But we had to keep it a secret.

Not that anyone would believe me.

We'll believe you.

Andy Ainofo.

What?

My boyfriend was Andy Ainofo.

Holy sh*t.

He died, and

I miss him.

(GENTLE MUSIC)

(SEAGULL CAWS)

Look, I came to talk to you about

the bylaw because you get it.

- You have history with the land.

- We're in the middle of a meeting.

Uh, e hoa, haere hoki atu.

Another time.

I just wanna chat, for Christ's sakes.

- WHINA: Gerald!

- Gerald Davis.

I can see it clearly now.

WHINA: Cousin, this is not the time.

- He's Ake's son.

- WHINA: Does anyone here listen?

Your birth father was my

husband's older brother.

You look just like them.

My father, Jim Davis, is dead.

You've got a big family

waiting for you back home.

(EERIE MUSIC)

No. I

- Just leave me alone.

- WHINA: Gerald.

(PANTS)

(EERIE MUSIC)

(THUNDER ROLLS DISTANTLY)

ANSWERPHONE: Kia ora. Ellie

here. Leave me a message,

and I'll get back to you.

Kia ora, Ellie. Uh, did you

leave your charger behind? 'Cos

I found one that you might like.

That's not what I wanted to say.

What I what I wanted

to say was that

I should have won karaoke

that night. (CHUCKLES)

f*ck it.

(INHALES DEEPLY)

I didn't want you to leave.

And I'm so glad that I met you.

(GENTLE MUSIC)

I miss you.

(KNOCK AT DOOR)

Can we go for a drive? We need to talk.

Um, yeah. I'll just get my

TABLET, MUFFLED: (WHISTLE BLOWS)

When every inch on the field matters,

- Don't!

- you bet I train to win.

Which is why I choose

play to win protein

for optimal sports nutrition.

I can't do this.

(RAIN PATTERS)

I see him.

Then I think about

being with you, and I

I can't do it.

You asked me to be your boyfriend.

Sorry.

I can't do it.

I can't.

(THUNDER RUMBLES, RAIN)

(SOMBRE PIANO MUSIC)

Andy!

Andy!

(ENGINE REVS)

(SOMBRE PIANO MUSIC CONTINUES)

(QUAD BIKE REVS IN DISTANCE)

(CURTAIN OPENING)

(UNEASY MUSIC)

(ENGINE REVS LOUDLY)

Andy!

Andy!

(ENGINE STOPS)

Andy! (SOBS)

ECHOES: Andy!

ECHOES: Caz!

(THUNDER RUMBLES)

- Andy!

- GERALD: Where are ya, son?!

Dad!

Caz!

- Dad!

- Hey!

I can't see you!

I'm coming!

Caz.

What the hell are you doing out here?

(GENTLE MUSIC)

Come on. Let's get you to the ute.

Come on.

(THUNDER RUMBLES)

Hold this.

(GRUNTS)

What is it?

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC BUILDS)

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)