[Agnes] Be careful out there!
[Clem] You all good?
You've got me.
- [Agnes] Have fun. - [Alice] Bye, Mum.
[Clem] Let's go. Woo-hoo-hoo!
[dog barks]
[Clem] Whoo!
Alice.
[gasps]
[Alice gasps, breathes quickly]
[dog barks]
[birds sing]
Let's get you up, and into the shower.
There you go, my dear.
These might fit you.
I, uh, found Candy's old boots,
extra pair of socks, just in case they're too big.
[birds chirp]
It's going to be good to have a child on the farm again, don't you think?
Is it?
Or are we going to screw this one up as well?
You're the one who always tells the flowers
every day is a chance to start over.
Alice deserves that, and we do too.
Do you think we should put Agnes's room back?
A few of her books, clothes?
Let's not do that.
She doesn't even know Agnes was here.
[Twig sighs]
[creaking]
[barks]
- Wow, look at you. - [dog barks]
[whimpers]
[ringing]
[Indistinct chatter]
Let's go meet the flowers.
Alice, this is Stella...
...and Myf.
Nice to meet you, Alice.
May is our second-in-command.
[Twig] And this is our Rosie.
And this is lovely Vlinda.
[June] And finally, the one and only Boo.
At last, I finally get to meet you.
I'm Candy. Candy Blue.
Alice is my granddaughter,
and she will be living with us from now on.
Let's eat.
I'd like to make a toast.
Please?
[Candy chuckles]
To Alice.
Welcome to Thornfield,
where wildflowers are allowed to bloom.
[all] To Alice.
[glasses clink]
These are our cutting fields.
They run all the way down to the beehives,
and back over to the river.
And all of it is Thornfield.
It was started by your great-great grandmother Ruth,
and it was handed down through three generations of Thornfield women.
Maybe one day it will be yours.
♪ ♪
These are ready for cutting.
When I cut, I cut at the base,
so when they grow through, we'll have nice tall stems.
People say they look like kangaroo paws,
but I think they're like bursting fire pods.
[Agnes] Like bursting fire pods.
Do you want to get the next one?
Yeah. Guess what.
They feel a bit like that too.
[indistinct]
Did Agnes say why she wanted the will amended?
[man] She wanted to include her unborn child in the will.
Her son.
She just... She must have felt she was in danger.
Yes, I gathered it was unsafe for her to call from home,
so she was calling from pay phones,
trying to fax documents to a post office.
Poor Agnes. Jesus.
[John] Did Agnes say why she'd named these two people guardians?
I'm only asking because she barely knew my wife,
and June Hart also told me she didn't know Agnes.
Um, no.
But we never really discussed that.
Well, I'm going to have to update the coroner,
so I'll need copies of the will sent to my office.
Sorry, Mr Wheeler,
what would it actually take
for June to be declared unfit to be Alice's guardian?
Well, the main ones would be health reasons,
drug and alcohol dependence,
a criminal record.
♪ ♪
[birds chirp]
Up here is where the human flowers live.
- [laughter] - Back in a minute.
[Indistinct chatter]
Hey, girls.
- Hey. - Hey, June.
- So, Stella, your sister called. - Mm-hm.
And Paddy's out of jail.
He's looking for you.
Um...
Did... Did she tell him where I am?
No. You're safe.
[Rosie sighs]
[June] I just wanted you to be aware, vigilant.
No calls out. Stick to the rules.
[crows caw]
[hinges creak]
Alice!
You're not to come in here ever again, do you understand?
It's dangerous.
[crows caw]
♪ ♪
So did your dad ever tell you about Thornfield?
So I'm guessing he never told you about me either?
Well, I'm your aunt.
[chuckles] Not by birth.
June and Twig found me by the river and took me in.
They'd taken Clem to the river to play,
and they heard this sound of a baby crying.
And there in the reeds, in a basket,
they found me,
only hours old, wrapped up in a blue evening gown.
They looked high and low for my mother, but they couldn't find her anywhere,
so they took me in.
And Twig named me Candy,
after her fondness for sweets,
and Blue, after the colour of the gown.
Oh, I wish I could, but I... I need to finish these,
and then do deliveries.
We can go tomorrow, OK? It's alright.
[sizzling]
[sighs softly]
If I show you the path to the river,
you have to promise me you'll go straight there,
take a look and come straight back.
Promise?
[birds call]
[birds continue calling]
♪ ♪
[Clem and Alice laugh and chat Indistinctly]
Daddy, you try.
Alright. You're going to have to help me, though.
You teach me, yeah?
One, two, three, four.
- I'll get a photo, get a photo. - OK.
- I should show Mum. - Yeah.
- You good? - Yeah, I am.
Now, do the hula. Do it again.
Arms out. Look at that!
[Water laps]
Alice!
Sorry.
Come on.
I'm trying.
Now stand up, and do the hula, please.
[Water laps]
[whisper] Alice...
Alice...
[Water laps]
- [ splashing] - [screaming]
[gasps]
[coughs]
[gasps]
Are you OK? I've got you, I've got you.
[coughs and gasps]
Breathe in.
And think 'in'.
In...
Out.
- [breaths and coughs] - In...
- [exhales] - Out.
Yeah, yeah, that's it.
[breathes heavily]
I... I have to do this for my mum.
She has asthma.
I'm Oggi.
I used to live here when my mum was a flower,
but now I live in town behind the diner.
I s... I still like to come back to the river.
Though, June might shoot me if she ever catches me.
I'm not kidding.
You know she's got a shotgun.
- [Candy] I think she's upstairs. - [June] She's not upstairs, I checked.
- [Twig] Candy. - [Candy] I thought she was with the flowers.
[Twig] She's not with the flowers.
Did she just wander off? Where did she go?
[Candy] She was helping me with the pies, and then she went outside.
[Twig] You've said that. Where?
[Candy] I... I don't know. To the fields, or with the flowers.
[Twig] She's not with the flowers! You're scaring us now, Candy.
[June] Do you know where she is or not?
- [Candy] I'm sorry. - [Twig sighs]
She's at the river.
[June] You let her go to the river by herself?
We don't even know if she can swim!
[inaudible]
Alice!
- Alice... - Alice, it's OK, baby girl.
- It's OK. - [whimpers]
- [Twig] I'm not going to hurt you. - [June] Shh...
- [Twig] It's alright. It's OK. - [cries]
- [cries, breathes raggedly] - Get a blanket.
- Shh, shh... - [cries hyperventilates]
- [sobs] - It's OK.
[sighs]
[Sighing heavily]
The lawyer faxed over the files for the Coroner.
Yeah.
They sent Agnes's original will as well.
Yep. Thanks, mate.
I could vaguely come at why Agnes would name you guardian four months ago,
after you tried to help her.
But two years ago?
I thought you didn't even know her back then.
Uh, well, I... I didn't.
She came to Gemma's funeral.
But I didn't really know her.
She brought us a... a plant. She... She...
She would come to the library sometimes,
and... and we'd talk books.
Later, she would talk to me about Alice,
and I'd... I'd talk to her about Gemma.
Hold on. So you knew what was going on with Clem back then?
No. No, no, I didn't know.
I mean, there were... there were hints,
but it wasn't till later that I saw signs that he was hurting her,
and then I told you.
And then Alice turned up to the library, and you know all the rest.
Do I?
I've been investigating this thing for months, Sal,
trying to put all the pieces together.
Yeah, I know. I know. I'm sorry. I didn't think it mattered.
I didn't know she put me in her will.
So did you get anything on June?
A drink driving charge from 12 years ago.
I don't know. There's stuff in her history, but it's... it's...
complicated.
- So you're not going to tell me now? - Oh, jeez, Sal.
You know I shouldn't have looked in the first place.
♪ ♪
I spoke to Alice's nurse at the hospital.
She's had these sorts of panic attacks before.
And she put me on to a, um, Dr Harris.
He felt Alice should be in therapy for PTSD and anxiety.
He also suggested drugs.
For a nine-year-old?
♪ ♪
Oh, wow! You made this, Clem?
You have a gift.
[car drives]
[music plays softly]
Oggi, homework. I'll be right back.
[Oggi] I don't have any homework.
- Hi. - [man] Coffee. Please.
Are you in for dinner, or here to get drunk?
Just making deliveries, and then I'm heading home.
Flowers and pies.
Now, that is a winning combination.
Where's the big man?
The big man had a big day.
[exhales] You can say that again.
Hey.
I'm sorry things didn't work out with Alice.
But now you're in the will. Maybe you've got a shot.
Huh, yeah, well... gotta be a longshot.
Custody battles can get very messy.
Yeah, but...
June's got a pretty interesting record.
All those assaults.
It's no wonder Clem turned out the way he did.
You didn't hear this from me, but we had a call at the hospital.
Alice had another one of her panic attacks.
Scared the hell out of them.
- Calling it a night? - Mm-hm.
How about you?
I used to have a whole set of playing cards
with girls on them who looked just like you.
Mmm.
And I bet you played with them all the time.
No shame in that.
Hmm.
So where are you headed?
Mmm... nowhere.
[rooster crows]
[birds chirp]
Firewheel is "the colour of my fate".
Emu bush is "my hidden worth".
We mix it with some phragmite, for "dangerous pleasures".
And paper daisies mean...
"by your love I live and die".
The perfect wedding bouquet for a marriage that's bound to end badly.
Don't they all?
Oh, for God's sake girl, put on your lips.
I can't tell who's talking without them.
[indistinct chatter]
[gentle clattering]
[keypad beeps]
[phone rings]
June Hart here.
- June. It... It's Sally Morgan. - [sighs]
I'm just...
I'm calling to see how Alice is going.
She's fine.
Settling in.
Asking lots of questions.
Sh... Asking?
Is she talking again?
Yeah.
Well, th... that's...
that's amazing, Alice is talking again.
Hey.
I... I was... I was just wondering...
Has she had any more panic attacks since she's been with you?
No. Not that I'm aware of.
Um, for the sake of transparency, I want you to know the...
the main reason that I'm calling.
A solicitor has contacted us.
And Agnes changed her will before she died.
She appointed me as... as Alice's guardian,
in... in... In the case that y-you were deemed unfit to care for her.
Sal. Sal.
Unfit? What are you saying?
I'm saying that you should know that I'm talking to the lawyer,
and I am taking steps... to get custody of Alice.
[John] Please, Sal...
[Sally] Would you... Could I please talk to Alice?
I would like to hear her voice.
- Sal! - Wait!
I mean... I was on the phone to her!
- What the fuck are you doing? - You just hung up on her!
- What are you doing? - What?
I know for a fact that Alice is having panic attacks.
How... How could you possibly know that?
- It doesn't matter how I know. - It doesn't matter!
It does matter, Sal, you've just threatened her.
- No, I haven't. - You just threatened her.
I said that I am taking steps to get Alice back.
Which is what I'm doing.
With or without you.
- [gentle knocking] - [hinges squeak]
[soft footsteps]
So, I wanted to give you this.
It's the Thornfield Language Of Flowers.
It was started by your great-great grandmother, Ruth.
And then every generation has added to it.
It's our very own secret language.
Here.
You pick out a flower, something special to you.
♪ ♪
Wattle.
"Always with you".
- [soft clanking] - [paper rustles]
No.
[Woman] June!
[distantly] June!
[sniffs]
[insects chirrup]
[breathes shakily]
It's from Paddy.
It was by the door.
They're our wedding rings,
from the night he beat me, and I lost the baby.
His, and, um...
the one he cut off my fucking finger.
[shakily] You said you'd keep me safe.
[cries]
- Please... - I will.
[sobs]
If we move Stella, we're just putting her in more danger.
And that's what he wants: to scare her.
- But out there, we can't protect her. - Yeah.
But if that Sally bitch gets a whiff of this,
they're going to take Alice away from us.
That's not going to happen.
I'm going to find this fucker and get rid of him.
[insects chirrup]
[creature calls]
- There he is. - Hmm.
[Twig] Can't believe he got parole.
I think I saw him at the diner.
You think you did or you did?
I think I did.
[June sighs]
- Let's send it through to Esther. - Yep.
I can try him on the radio. He's out at the Hart property.
Just let him know I came by.
I chatted to a cop I know, about June Hart.
Oh, yeah. What did he have to say?
Well, for starters, there's definitely no love lost
between June and the police.
She won't let them on her property without a warrant.
The locals out there think the farm's some sort of lesbian cult.
I went online.
It's four hours inland, no website.
It's not on any maps.
There's just a PO Box and a number you can contact
from the flower markets in the city.
That's it.
Look at you, big detective.
Thank you, I... I appreciate it.
Sal.
My mate did say he'd be happy to... keep an eye out for her...
apply a bit of pressure on June.
Only if you wanted.
[softly] Fuck!
- [kids chant times tables] - [indistinct conversation]
[chanting continues]
So why can't she speak?
Ah, she was in a fire.
It burned down her house and took away her voice.
Where does she live now?
S-she lives on a wildflower farm.
Should have guessed she was one of those Thornfield retards.
Here we go.
So, is your mother a junkie, a whore, or a lesbian,
like Oggi.
- [kids gasp] - Ooh!
- [both grunt] - [Children] Oh!
[kids clamour]
[all chant] Fight, fight, fight!
[chanting continues]
[siren wails]
Afternoon, June.
Why did you pull me over?
Random breath test.
Had anything to drink today, June?
For fuck's sake.
[chuckles]
- June, I was about to call you. - Were you?
To see how your harassment's going?
Ah, I'm not sure I follow.
You trying to be funny, Sergeant?
Yeah, I wasn't sure what your crazy wife was up to the other day.
But getting the local cops in to intimidate me...
I don't scare easy.
- And I sure as hell know my rights. - [knocks on window]
So you better call off your boys,
or I'll have you all done for harassment.
Mum.
She... She said it was a terrible accident.
[car door opens and closes]
Mr Chandler, so sorry that this has happened.
And thank you again for being so understanding.
Alice, come on, sweetheart.
Off we go. See you later, Oggi.
Thank you. See you again.
[Mr Chandler] See you tomorrow, Alice.
[chimes tinkle]
♪ ♪
[June] So what are they calling us these days?
Are we witches?
Are we drug addicts?
Lesbians?
Some people in this town don't like the idea of women running a farm.
And they don't like that we keep to ourselves,
and that we're different.
It scares them.
But I'll tell you a secret.
Their fear gives us a certain power over them.
That and the fact that they're idiots.
Good timing.
I... I've printed out a... a draft of the court papers
for you to go over.
What the fuck were you thinking?
Going behind my back to Chef, of all fucking people.
Getting his mates to apply pressure to June.
Huh?
Well, you can forget this,
'cause June will be well within her rights
to sue us and the entire fucking police department for harassment.
I didn't want to go behind your back, really, I... I didn't.
But then I found out that...
you weren't telling me everything about June's record.
I told you she had a drink driving charge from 12 years ago!
Yes, you did tell me that, but you didn't tell me about the assaults.
I didn't tell you about the assaults, Sal,
because June has been the victim in every one of them.
[indistinct chatter]
[music plays softly]
Thanks, Esther.
You look like you could use another.
No, I'm fine, thanks.
Oh, let me buy you a drink.
Esther.
- Cheers. - Cheers.
[exhales]
- I don't want another. - Oh...
I hate to drink alone.
Look, I don't want to be rude, but I'm not interested.
[chuckles]
No, I'm sure you'd be much more interested
in, uh... someone much younger,
nicely put together,
spunky...
[inhales] ...bright red lipstick.
Who the fuck are you?
Esther.
I don't want a drink, not from you.
Now, you stay the fuck away from me, or I'll fucking...
Or what?
You gonna hit me?
[chuckles] You...
You fucking pussy.
Oh, that's right.
You only like to... beat up on young girls,
young, pregnant girls, even better.
[chair slides]
[whispers] Come on.
Coward.
I'm not falling for it.
I... I get the guilt, yeah?
And I get...
that you miss our daughter.
I do too.
- I said I was sorry. - Oh, stop saying that!
I don't want "sorry". I... I want you to talk to me, Sal.
Just talk to me. Please.
Just tell me the truth.
[groans]
[breathes heavily]
[groans]
[gasps]
[whispers] Come on.
Agh! [groans]
[man] Oi!
[groans]
[breathes heavily]
[insects chirrup]
The things you do.
I got him, though.
- Ow! - Sorry.
- Ow! - Is that better?
[laughs] Don't make me laugh.
[whispers] Sorry.
[birds call]
Rosie.
Thank you.
It's not as bad as it looks.
I decided to clean out the damn greenhouse
and got whacked in the face with a falling branch.
♪ ♪
Sal?
[footsteps approach]
What is this?
That's not Alice, is it?
Why was Clem Hart carving our daughter?
I need you to say it, Sal.
I need you to say it.
Say it!
S-she... She was his.
Gemma was his.
No...
[♪ Phoebe Bridgers: "Nothing Else Matters"]
[Clem] "Dear Agnes,
"This story reminds me of you,
"how being around you makes me feel I'm falling,
"but in the most wonderful way.
"Since you arrived at Thornfield, my life has changed.
"You're more beautiful than any flowers that grow here.
"I think that's why Mum loves you so much."
[screams]
"You're the daughter she's always wanted."
No, Daddy!
Daddy!
[song continues]
Hey, I've got you.
[sobs]
[coughs]
You're OK.
- [gasps] - You're alright.
♪ ♪
[song ends]
♪ ♪