03x17 - Episode 17

[bunniefuu]

(waves crashing)

("Aiming For Your Head" by Betchadupa)

♪ There's too much choice ♪

♪ and not enough time ♪

♪ To find what's mine ♪

♪ Aiming for your head ♪

♪ Get down ♪

♪ You're the only one ♪

♪ In town ♪

- What is it about brothers and sisters?

I mean, my brothers and I always get on fantastically well,

provided none of us are in the same room,

because then it just becomes a contest

about who can be the most horrible.

And it always involves some huge argument about...

Actually, I'm--

I'm never really sure what our arguments are about.

- [Bridget Voiceover] Take my brother, Pete.

Whenever we went surfing together, you could always bet

that he'd choose the worst possible spot to go in.

- Pete!

What are you doing?

- Going in?

- I'm not blind, I can see that.

- Then why ask?

- Because!

This is a stupid place to go in!

The waves are breaking so much better at the Northern end.

- So you go in at the North end.

- Well, I will, but I'm meant to be looking after you!

- I don't need looking after!

- So, are you doing this to deliberately annoy me?

- I wanna go in here.

- And what if you get into trouble?

- I won't!

- And what if you do?

- I won't!

- Fine.

If you drown, don't blame me.

- [Bridget Voiceover] Arguments with my

little brother were always like that.

He'd dig his heels in, then I'd get angry and

stomp away like some irate three-year-old.

It was even worse with my other brothers.

- Okay!

Two pizzas with the lot.

- Cool!

- I thought we were getting a vegetarian.

Why did you get Ben to ask me what type of pizza I wanted?

- I asked him to ask if you wanted one with the lot.

- That's not what you said.

- Yeah, it was.

- No, it wasn't.

If you said that, I would have said no.

You asked me what type of pizza I wanted,

and I said vegetarian.

- [Pete] It's no big deal, Bridget, just eat the pizza.

- No one asked you!

- Just take the meat bits off and eat the rest.

- Yeah, I'll eat the meat bits.

- If I do that, there'll be hardly anything left.

Why didn't you tell James I said vegetarian?

- Forgot.

- Well, is there any change?

- No, you'll have to go home and get some.

- [Bridget Voiceover] Okay, I know what you're thinking.

I was behaving like a spoiled child, and maybe I was.

But this sort of thing happened all the time.

It was like none of my brothers ever listened to anything.

It drove me nuts!

It was when we were out in the water, though,

that the gloves really came off.

We all competed furiously to get the best rides,

and no one showed any mercy whatsoever.

- Get out of my way, James!

- What a beauty!

- They are gonna go so ballistic!

- Let's go see!

- Come on!

- What were you thinking?

That was my wave!

- Garbage!

- Are you kidding?

You must have seen me!

You shouldn't have dropped in on me.

- Dropped in?

I was on it before you!

- [Bridget Voiceover] You'd think being the one girl

amongst three brothers, I'd have been given

special treatment.

Not a chance.

As far as they were concerned, I was

just another surf rat who had to fight for

every wave I could get.

That's how it was.

Every day of every summer, for as long as I can remember.

And at the end of each day, the competition continued,

as all four of us tried to claim victory for

chalking up the days best ride.

- So if we weren't arguing, we were competing,

and if we weren't competing, we were arguing.

It was like the four of us were constantly

at w*r with each other,

until something totally unexpected happened,

and I got selected to come here to Solar Blue.

- [Family] Congratulations!

♪ For she's a jolly good fellow-- ♪

- [Bridget Voiceover] For the first time in my entire life,

my three brothers actually seemed to be happy for me.

I couldn't believe it.

Was this actually them?

- Mum put you up to this, didn't she?

- She did,

but we'd do it anyway.

- Only this once, though!

- Well done, sis.

- Thanks, guys!

Mum!

- [Bridget Voiceover] After years of battling

in the trenches with these guys,

it looked as if we'd finally made a truce,

and no one was more surprised than me.

- [Cassie] Bridget?

- Bridget, where are you?

- I'm in here.

- Hey!

Garry wants us down the beach.

Surf's good, and he wants us out there

before the wind changes.

- Sure!

- Is that from home?

- Yeah!

Can you believe my brothers say more to me in a page now

than they've ever done in their entire lives?

- It's weird, isn't it?

My sisters are the same.

- Really?

- Ever since we've moved out, we've become so much closer.

They're really nice to me now.

- Why is that?

- Maybe you've gotta get out of each other's hair

in order to appreciate one another.

- That, I can understand, but,

they actually seem to be telling me that they like me.

Why did they never do that when I was home?

- Well, did you tell them you liked them?

- Probably not.

- Probably?

- Definitely not.

No, I never told them.

- So, there you go.

I never told my sisters either.

I was too busy picking at their faults

and ordering them around.

- Well, I guess you and I have a lot more in common

than I originally thought.

- Yeah!

Nothing like some good old sibling rivalry, huh?

So you coming down or what?

- Yeah, I'll be down in a sec.

- Okay.

- We've got about an hour, I reckon,

then it's really going to flatten out.

Use the conditions, milk them for as long as you can.

Alright, go on.

Get out there.

- [Bridget Voiceover] The more I thought about it,

the more I realized that, in many ways,

I owed my place at Solar Blue to my brothers.

No other competitors would ever be

as tough as they were,

and no rivalry would be as intense.

Compared to a day in the water with them,

this was easy street.

(upbeat surf rock)

- Alright!

How good was that swell?

- We should check the radar and see if

it'll be the same tomorrow.

- No, there's a high pressure system coming through,

so it's gonna be flat as a tack

the next two days.

- No way!

- Well, what does that mean for us?

- Oh, don't worry, I'll think of something.

- We were afraid you were gonna say that.

- Bridget?

- Yes?

- You have a visitor.

- Visitor?

- Yes, he's waiting for you in the office.

- He's waiting in the office?

- Don't jump to conclusions,

it could be a bull terrier.

- It could be a duck.

- (Bridget yelps)

- I don't think it's a duck.

- It's a pity, I like ducks.

- This is amazing!

Why didn't you tell me you were coming?

- We wanted it to be a surprise.

- We?

- Ben and I.

We've been planning this for the last week.

- Oh, Ben's here, too?

That's great!

Where have you hidden him?

- It's a bit of a story, actually.

Listen, is there somewhere we can go?

- Yeah, sure, just let me put a shirt on,

and come meet everyone else!

- Hey guys!

Meet my big brother James.

He's just parachuted in without warning,

as usual with my brothers.

- Hi.

- [Boys] Hey.

- [Girls] Hi!

- I'll be back in a sec.

- Hey man, Guy.

- (clears throat)

Pretty, uh, cute,

for a duck.

- Cassie!

- Sorry to intrude, just gonna drag Bridget off,

if that's all right.

- Of course, we're always happy for families to drop in.

- Hey, I hear you and your brothers are

pretty keen surfers, too.

- Yeah, we try, however,

Bridget's really set the standard

getting into this place.

- I bet you're all missing her?

- Yeah, with no girl around,

there's no one to pick on anymore.

- (laughter)

- You're not admitting to being a sexist household,

are you, James?

- Don't worry, Bridget gave out

twice as much as what she got.

- Why do I find that hard to disbelieve?

- You're not telling any home secrets,

are you, James?

- Only how much you pick on your brothers.

- (gasps)

Me?

I am the most victimized girl on the Sunshine Coast!

I should get a medal for what I went through.

- I rest my case.

- I don't know what he's talking about,

but it's not true.

Come on.

- Sorry we couldn't provide any decent surf

for you while you're here, it's pea soup

for the rest of the week.

- Oh, not to worry.

It was nice meeting you all.

- Yeah, you too.

- See ya.

- Bye!

- (quacks)

- Garry, I thought you said

the surf was only gonna be flat for

a couple of days.

- Just checked it then, this pressure system's

going nowhere till the weekend.

- Then what will that mean for training?

- Oh, I feel some long-distance,

cross-country runs coming on.

- (kids moaning)

- Oh, it's good to know you're all so thrilled.

- Okay, so what's the big occasion?

And you haven't even told me where Ben is yet!

- Ben's at home.

He broke his ankle a couple of days ago.

- What?!

How?

- Bit of a skateboard accident.

- Bit of an accident?

- You know Ben, he has two speeds:

Fast, and very fast.

- Well, so, is he okay?

Like, is there any permanent damage or anything?

- Yeah, he'll be fine.

I think the biggest damage was probably to Mum's nerves.

- Okay, I still don't get it.

You said you came down here with Ben to surprise me.

What surprise?

- We're in the finals for our competition,

or, at least we were, until Ben's accident.

- What type of competition?

- Sort of a race?

- Sort of? Bit of?

James, you are driving me mad with all these half-answers.

What are you doing down here,

and why have you come to see me?

- Actually...

- Yeah?

- I was kind of hoping you'd help us out.

- Ah!

I knew it.

I knew there had to be a catch.

Help you out with what?

- Tell you what.

How about we walk back up to the car--

- James--

- Come on, it's not far from here.

- (sighing)

It's gonna be a long afternoon.

- Put these on.

- What for?

- So you can use this.

- What is that, a skateboard on steroids?

- It's designed so surfers can do the same

sort of moves on it they do out in the water.

- And you want me to ride it?

- That's the idea.

- Do you mind if I ask why?

- It will all become clear soon enough.

- I thought you might say that.

- Your turn.

- You want me to do that?

- Just treat it like a surfboard, simple!

- Okay.

Easy enough.

- Alright, now let's try a few surf moves.

- Like?

- Like, just ride it exactly like you would

out on the waves.

Got it?

- How do I stop if I lose it?

- You won't.

- What if I do?

- You won't!

- Thanks a lot.

- Like you were born on it!

- Alright, so now we've established that,

do you mind telling me why we're here?

- Do you know a new housing estate around here

called Cherry Hill?

- Yeah, what about it?

- That's why we're doing this.

- Sorry?

- Let's go suss it out.

- [Bridget Voiceover] By the time we skated down

Cherry Hill, I'd forgotten all about

grilling James on why he was here.

As soon as we got on those boards,

it was like a red rag to a bull.

Suddenly, I was back home again,

with a brother to compete against,

and there was no way that I was gonna let him

be better at this than me,

no matter how much of a head start he had.

(aggressive punk music)

- Little sister,

you actually tried to take me on, didn't you?

- Of course!

And you were expecting me to, weren't you?

- Coming South of the border hasn't made you

any less smart, has it?

- So, now do you wanna tell me what this is all about,

and what you're really doing here?

- A few of the surf clubs along the East Coast

have decided to have a bit of fun,

and organize a fundraiser at the same time.

So, we've held a few race meetings,

and we've whittled it down to the last four teams.

- Using those boards?

- Exactly.

- And you and Ben are one of the finalists?

- We were.

Until he broke his ankle.

- Falling off one of these?

- Without protective gear on, and going way too fast.

I could have thumped him.

- Poor Ben, he must be so angry at missing the final.

- And then some.

- So, let me guess.

You've come down here to ask me

to compete in the finals?

- Is it that obvious?

- That's what this whole demo's been about, isn't it?

You knew I'd get sucked in and try to compete at your level.

- To be honest, I didn't exactly know,

but I was kind of hoping.

- I bet you were.

- So what do you say?

- James, I've been on one of these boards once.

There is no way that I can compete in a final.

- Yes, you can!

You're a top surfer, and you're good at skateboarding.

A little bit more practice and you'll have it nailed.

- I don't even know the course.

- Yes, you do, you've just done it.

- That's the course?

- That's why I'm down here.

The Blue Water Beach Club is hosting the event,

it's set up perfectly for you.

- [Bridget Voiceover] At this point, any sensible person

would have said, "No way",

and bailed out straight away.

But James was my brother,

and for the first time I could ever remember,

he was actually asking me nicely.

And, to my surprise,

I was really enjoying seeing him again.

For all that, though,

there were still a couple of obvious questions

that refused to go away.

- So, if you and Ben won the heat,

then won't they object if there's someone else

on your team in the final?

- Ben was entered as "B. Sanchez",

"B" stands for Bridget, too.

- And they'll buy that?

- I checked the rules,

and as long as there's a "B. Sanchez", it's legit.

- So, what do you get if you win?

- Five thousand dollars to the club of the winner,

two thousand to second, and a grand to third.

- Now I can see why you came.

- So it's a deal then?

You'll do it?

- Ah, there's just one small problem.

- Which is?

- I signed a contract with Solar Blue,

and I can't compete in anything unless they approve.

- You think they'll give you permission?

- I guess we'll just have to ask.

- [Garry] No way.

I'm sorry, Bridge, it's not possible.

- Why not?

- Well, what if it was your ankle that got broken?

- I'll be wearing padding and a helmet,

I'm sure that it will be safe.

- Unfortunately, our insurance doesn't cover

non-surfing competitions.

- And I've looked at that!

I can get one-off policy for the day

that I'm sure my parents will pay for.

- Bridget, you've got to think of the worst case scenario.

I mean, if you injure yourself,

you could seriously impact on the end of the year.

- I could just as easily fall and hurt my ankle

in a cross-country run, or

get hit by my board while we're surfing.

It's no more dangerous than anything we do

in normal training.

Look, my brother's out the front,

why don't I get him to show you?

See, it's really pretty tame, isn't it?

- These aren't exactly race conditions, though.

- And we haven't even seen the actual course yet.

- Oh, it's easy,

James and I went down it earlier.

- You've already skated down the course?

- Uh,

we have once,

and it was really gentle, though,

it's really easy.

- What do you think?

You've nothing to get worried about, is there?

- Why don't I make us some drinks

while we discuss this inside?

- Come on, pick it up!

A few more strokes and you'll be there!

Come on, girls!

Pick it up for the last meters!

Coming in!

It's a dead heat.

- What?

- It can't have been that close.

- Was from where I'm standing.

- Ah, you're just too chicken to make a decision.

- Little bit of that, too.

- So, you coming in, or what?

- No, I'm a bit too busy thinking, actually.

- Oh, tell us another one.

- No, but seriously!

We have to figure out a way of talking Garry

out of giving us these training runs.

- So have you thought of anything yet?

- I was actually hoping that you guys had.

- You are so pathetic!

Um, yeah, give us a hand out.

- Alright.

- Yeah, me too.

- What am I, some kind of draft horse?

Alright, ready?

One,

Two--

- [Girls] Three!

- That was so unfair!

Two on one!

- Oh, didn't you know?

Cold water helps you think!

- Let's see how many laps it takes

to give you an idea.

- What if we all came down with colds?

Garry wouldn't make us run cross-country

if we couldn't breathe properly.

- Well, it's a bit of a coincidence

all of us getting sick at the same time, though.

- Oh, we could vary it up a bit,

some of us could have hayfever.

- Wrong time of year.

- You're not being overly helpful, Charlie.

- Just accept it, we're not gonna get out of this.

He's already made his mind up.

- Aw, check out these little doozies!

- Where did they come from?

- Garry, must have been.

You know, I've read about these,

apparently, you can practice your surfing moves

on dry land.

- Oh, really?

- Yeah!

Oi, what do you say we take them out

for a quick little tryout?

- Do you think we should ask first?

- See, the problem with asking

is that people might say no.

If we just assume they're here for our use,

then all moral dilemmas are solved instantly.

- True!

Sneaky, but true.

- What are we waiting for?

- [Bridget Voiceover] James went through

the whole race procedure, step by step.

I have to admit he was pretty impressive.

By the time he finished, I was sure

both Bec and Garry couldn't fail to be convinced.

- I'm sorry, James, I'm just not convinced.

- Me either, I'm afraid.

- Really?

- Look, maybe a couple of the details were

a little bit sketchy,

why don't we go through it

one more time?

- This is seriously cool!

- Yeah, it beats doing cross-country.

- Let's show off a bit more speed around the corner!

- Yeah, go for it!

(car honking)

(Guy and Charlie screaming)

(loud crash)

- Are you okay?

Oh, no!

- G'day!

Just thought we'd, uh,

pop in and see the garage sale.

Got some nice stuff!

- So it would really help our local surf club

if we could get a placing.

Wouldn't it?

- Yeah, absolutely.

(phone ringing)

- Oh, Bec, I'll get that,

tell them how much it's worth.

- Sure.

- Look, James, I appreciate this, but--

Is something wrong?

- It's all right, Bec, there is no race.

- What?

- Mum's birthday's coming up, and

we know the best surprise she'd want would be

a get-together with the whole family.

- Yes?

- But she'd never come down because

she doesn't want to disrupt Bridget's training,

so we made up the idea of this race.

- Which your mum thinks she's coming down to see?

- Exactly, but she thinks it's me and my brother,

not me and Bridget.

- But, hang on, isn't your brother

at home with a broken ankle?

- No, he's in the motel here, watching TV.

- Well, why not tell Bridget?

Why keep her in the dark?

- Because we wanted to make it a double surprise.

- Hang on.

Let me get this straight.

Your mum thinks she's coming down to see a race

with you and your brother,

Bridget thinks she's gonna be in a race,

if we agree to it,

but she doesn't know your mum's coming down.

- Right.

- Oh, this is extremely confusing.

- Not to mention, very complicated.

- We had to make it this complicated in order

to keep them both fooled.

- Right, I see.

- I don't.

But at least I know what's going on now,

kind of.

- Sorry, I was going to tell you

in your office this morning, but

you called Bridget in before I could.

I've been on the back foot ever since,

making it up as I go.

- Well, you're doing a very good job.

- Uh, Bec?

We may need to go for a little walk.

- Where?

- Down the road a bit.

- What's the problem?

- Seems Guy and Charlie have decided

to drop in on one of the neighbors

using James' boards.

- I am so sorry, Mr. de Silva,

and I can't tell you how happy I am

that nothing was broken.

- These two were extremely irresponsible.

They could have been very seriously hurt.

- Yes, you're absolutely right.

- And you're very lucky I didn't call the police!

- Far out, that's what I call a major accident.

- Maybe we should help them.

- I knew she'd say that.

- What happened to the boards,

you didn't smash them, did you?

- Uh, well, he--

- I confiscated them.

- What?

- These two need to be taught

a very strong lesson.

They can't just go taking over the road illegally.

- But the boards don't belong to them,

what about the Com?

- Uh, well--

- It's all right, Bridget.

I think we can suggest an idea here,

can't we, Bec?

- Yes,

yes we can.

- Mr. de Silva, the boys don't actually own the boards,

they belong to James here,

who in no way whatsoever gave permission

for these two to use them.

- That's right,

and if you confiscate the boards,

you'll actually be punishing the wrong person.

- The boys have to understand the seriousness

of their actions.

- Couldn't agree more!

Which is why I've been looking very closely

at your garden.

- My garden?

- Yeah, well, it's nice to know that,

from now on, it's going to be weeded,

trimmed, lawns mowed,

once a week, for three months.

- You can guarantee that?

- Oh, we can guarantee.

Can't we, boys?

- Yeah, I guess we can.

- Can't wait to get started.

- Where's all the other competitors?

I would have thought they'd be here by now.

- They're here.

- They're keeping a low profile.

(loud whistle)

- [Bridget Voiceover] As the two skaters came down the hill,

there was something about the way they moved

that seemed vaguely familiar.

- James, what's going on?

Who are these two?

- Don't you recognize your own brothers'

styles when you see them?

- Brothers?!

- I don't believe it!

- Hey, Sis.

- Hey, Bridget.

- You're meant to have a broken ankle!

- Don't believe everything he tells you.

- Yeah, we thought you knew that by now.

- Enough of all that,

here comes the Guest of Honor.

(car horn beeping)

- Bridget?

- Mum?

- What are you doing here?

I thought you were at Blue Water Beach.

- This is Blue Water Beach.

- You said we were a hundred kilometers

from Blue Water Beach.

(laughing)

- Looks like I got it wrong.

- [Dad and Brothers] Surprise!

- [Bridget Voiceover] A year ago, if you'd asked me

whether my brothers would ever go

to so much trouble for me and Mum,

I would have laughed out loud.

Now, the joke was on me.

But I was happy that it was.

How is it that simply being away from each other

for six months could lead to such a huge change?

Even after all this time apart, though,

the four of us soon found a way to get

back into instant competition with each other.

- Here we go.

- Into the water and the full is out!

- That was not out!

- Yeah, it was!

- It was not!

It landed there!

- It went in!

- You couldn't even see!

- I was watching!

- You were not!

It did not hit the water on the full.

- The ball...

- Whoever gets it gets to bat.

- You're not batting.

- [Bridget Voiceover] All those warm and fuzzy feelings

I've recently had about my brothers

soon went out the window once we

started playing a game together.

Just when you think everything's changed,

you realize it's actually stayed the same.

- I've got it, I win!

In a funny sort of way, though,

there's something kind of nice about that.