I'm not staying in this hellhole any longer.
[MACHINERY WHIRRS]
[HORSE NEIGHS, ISSIE SCREAMS]
Are there horses in the forest?
- NATASHA: No. There are horses at the stables.
ANISHA: OK, so, you're seeing ghost horses now.
- That's the horse. He was the one I saw yesterday.
It was running away from someone.
- Oi!
- There was a man. He was chasing me.
I think he drugged her. - TOM: I'll call the vet.
- Come in. It's cold. - Yeah, I'll be in in a minute.
So, no one else can see you?
- Julia? Sam.
Yeah, I still haven't received details of the expansion plans.
I can't be across this if I don't know what's going on.
Anyway, could you get back to me, please?
OK, yeah. Thanks. Bye.
- Finally. Can we please go to the stables now?
- Oh, yes, yes, yes. I'm sorry for keeping you waiting
all of 30 seconds there.
RECORDING: I can't be across this
if I don't know what's going on.
- He doesn't know yet? - He doesn't need to know.
[SOLEMN MUSIC]
[INTRIGUING THEME MUSIC]
Captions by Able. www.able.co.nz
- Check it out. Two plane tickets for Thursday afternoon.
We land in the UK first thing Friday.
- Your mum is going to have a fit.
I can't believe you didn't ask her first.
- Ugh, I don't care.
We always do the wild swim on Dad's birthday.
I'm not missing it just cos she dragged us
halfway across the world.
- Well, yeah, I hear you, babe. But are you OK?
- What do you mean? - Well, like after yesterday.
I mean, it all seemed pretty hardcore
and, like, you're seeing ghost horses and stuff.
- I'm tired, I guess. But I'm definitely coming home.
- Well, good luck telling your mum.
- Is Issie up yet? I haven't seen her this morning.
- Yep. She was up at dawn.
I found her outside just staring at the sea.
She seemed pretty spaced out.
- Wouldn't you be after getting entangled with a horse rustler?
Issie, love. Did you have a bad night?
- No. I mean, I just... No, I mean I...
So, listen, Mum, about Dad's birthday this weekend...
- We will do something special, I promise.
- Yes, but it won't be the same here, though, will it?
Doing the wild swim in Cornwall was his thing.
That's the whole point.
- I know. And I'm sorry. It's just too far to travel.
- So we're not going to celebrate his birthday any more?
Is that it? Should we just pretend like he never existed?
- Did I say that? - Whatever.
I knew you'd be like this. So...
[HORN HONKS]
MAN: Hello. Anyone in?
- Hey! - Morning.
I brought Issie's bike back.
You left your stuff in the car the other day.
I went ahead and changed the tyre.
- Thanks. I completely forgot.
- Oh, that's very thoughtful of you.
- Oh, no, no worries. - Can I help you, Sam?
- Sam very kindly brought Issie's bike back.
- Did he now? I wanted a word with you anyway.
- Oh, good.
- Your little friends are building right by my hives. - Sorry?
- That shiny new Hexronn expansion
is messing with my bees,
and they've stopped producing. - Mitch.
- You've sold out to a bunch of environmental bandits! - Mum.
- Look, sorry, I don't know anything about your bees,
but Hexronn is an eco-friendly company.
- Oh, yeah [!] - I can guarantee it, Mitch.
- Oh, I am so sorry about all of this.
Would you like to come in for a cup of tea?
- Oh, right. I guess I'll go then.
- Issie...
- Would you believe me if I said
I don't know either of these two people?
- Whoa, whoa. [HORSE NEIGHS]
- What's wrong with her?
- Keep your distance.
What are you doing back here? [HORSE SNORTS]
- I want to see her before I...
Never mind. How is she?
- She's kicked off half her bandage.
And I can see that wound is infected,
but she won't let me clean it.
- What about the horse rustler? Did they manage to find him?
- Nope, not yet. - Well, they can't just let him get away with it.
- Yeah, well, that's life, I'm afraid.
- Brilliant [!] Well, did you find out who she belongs to?
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Yeah, I made some calls but nothing yet.
She doesn't seem to be chipped either, which doesn't help.
There's a girl. There's a girl.
Shh. Shh.
[HORSE WHINNIES, TOM GROANS]
- No!
It's OK. - Issie!
- It's OK. Nobody's going to hurt you.
There's nothing to be frightened of.
[HORSE SNORTS]
[HORSE SNORTS SOFTLY]
- I like the stripe on her head. - It's called a blaze.
- Blaze. That's what her name should be.
- That wound's getting worse. I need to call the vet.
- You two have the most dysfunctional relationship.
- All right. Next time, remember,
straight horse, straight line.
Keep your eye on the paddle at all times.
- Hey. - Oh, Issie.
I can't believe we missed all the action yesterday.
- Yeah. You OK?
- Amazing that you saved that horse.
- Yeah. Tom said he needs to call the vet, though.
- Look, Tom will do everything he can. He knows his stuff.
- Yeah. He used to be a professional event rider.
- He's a bit of a horse whisperer.
- A horse whisperer? - You know,
like when you speak to them in a secret language?
- It's not a secret language. It's just using body language
to communicate with the horse and gain trust.
- So if anyone can help that horse, it's Tom.
- Hey, Tom, did you speak to the vet?
- Yeah. She confirmed what I thought. It's cellulitis.
- Cellulitis? Oh, man. - What's that?
- It's a very serious infection.
- Can't you give her something? Like antibiotics?
- She's too volatile. She won't let it heal.
- And if that infection gets too strong a hold, then...
- What?
- Well, the kindest thing would be to pull her down.
- No. No, you can't. - Look,
the vet's going to come out first thing
Thursday morning to see if there's any improvement. But...
- Any way I can help? - Well,
it's pretty tough getting these painkillers into her.
You could help. Be good practice.
- Practice? - Yeah,
I'm training to be a vet. - Oh, great.
Then you can kill horses too [!]
- Come on, Dan.
- Tom! You're not really going to let her die, are you?
- Look, I'll do what I can,
but I got 11 other horses I gotta look after.
- But there's nothing wrong with them. Blaze needs you.
- What do you expect me to do? - Well,
what about horse whispering?
- What about horse whispering?
- They all said you're an expert.
- It was mostly the others.
- If you can get Blaze to calm down, then we can treat her.
- It's not that simple.
I can't put all my resources into one horse.
I've got a business to run.
- So it's just about the money for you, is it?
What makes you any better than the horse rustler?
[THOUGHTFUL MUSIC]
[CELLPHONE VIBRATES, RINGS]
- Hey, Izz. Have you started packing yet?
Babe, I can't wait to see you.
Ring me back when you can, yeah?
- [GROANS] Why has this gone all tiny now?
- What are you doing? - My CV.
And for some reason, it's got seven different fonts.
- [CHUCKLES] Looks like you've sat on the keyboard.
Let me have a go. - No!
God, you know less than I do.
Just... Oh, cancel the search party.
My missing daughter has returned.
Where have you been all day?
- I went to see that horse we found yesterday.
- What? - Just to check up on her.
Don't have a meltdown. - No, I'm not.
I'm just... I'm pleased you've made friends... with a horse.
Why don't I come down and meet it?
- Really? - Yeah, really.
- Tomorrow morning.- Oh. Mum, I need to talk to you about something.
- Oh, do you know what? I can't tomorrow morning,
because I've got a... I've gotta do this...
- What? - What?
- What have you got tomorrow morning?
- Nothing.
None of your business. Stop looking at me.
- Oh, yeah. I see. - What? What do you see?
- You know he's sold himself to the devil.
- Wait, what are we talking about?
- He's just gonna show me around a bit.
- Sam. Your mother's fancy footing with him.
- What? Are you kidding?
- I'm just- - Do you have any idea
what Hexronn's gonna do to this town?
- How serious is it? - What do you mean?
- Your date. - It's not a date.
- Wow. I can see why you don't wanna go home. - Issie.
- You can't wait to move on from Dad.
- You don't know what you're talking about.
- OK, prove it. - What's this?
Please tell me this is a joke.
- If I left it to you, we'd never go.
- Issie, how much did you spend on these tickets?
- Who cares? It's my money and it's Dad's birthday.
The plane leaves Thursday afternoon.
You have all of tomorrow to pack.
- This has got to be
one of the stupidest things
you have ever done.
I'll have to see if I can get a refund.
- Why? - Because it's ridiculous!
- Fine! Forget it!
You might have turned your back on Dad, but I never will.
[DOOR SLAMS]
- Love, listen- - It's fine, it's fine.
- [SIGHS]
- [SNIFFLES] Now, let me sort this out for you.
How hard can it be?
[LAPTOP CHIMES] Oh... Um...
Eee...
Uh-oh.
[OWL HOOTS]
[HORSES WHINNY]
[TROUBLING MUSIC]
[LAUGHS] Oh, sorry, love. I'm just looking for my glove.
- Wha- What are you... - I need to move my hives
before those Hexronn vampires trample them into oblivion.
Aha.
You OK, love? The day's cracking on.
- Yeah, I... had a bad night.
- Oh. Anything I can help with?
- I... I've been having these really weird dreams lately.
- You tell me. I love a bit of dream interpretation.
- OK, well...
I was in the woods...
- Mm, the woods, yeah, see, that's travel.
Well, that makes sense.
- ...and there were these horses running.
They were scared, and it was horrible.
- Hmm, horses... Need to check my dream guide.
It's in the attic. Come on. [GROANS]
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY] You'll find some treasures up here.
[EXCLAIMS]
- Wow, this is a lot of stuff.
- Well, you never know when something's gonna
come in handy. Now, where's that dream guide.
Oh. [LAUGHS] This is even better.
- What is it? - It's a dream catcher.
I brought it back from New Mexico.
You hang it above your bed...
and it catches all your worst nightmares.
- Problem solved. - OK.
Now, what else have we got in here?
[CAR HORN BEEPS]
- How ya going? - Good. How are you?
- Yeah, very nice, thank you. - Oh, well, thank you.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]
- Back again, London? You sure you're not into horses?
- I came to see if Tom changed his mind.
I don't actually think you're a horse killer, by the way.
Just in case you were wondering.
- You sure say the nicest things.
- Yeah, well, don't get used to it.
- Come on, then. Tom's this way.
Tom. - Ah.
All right.
Here. You can get rid of the rocks,
and you can make sure the fence is secure.
- What makes you think
I'm going to do your manual labour for you?
- Do you want me to help Blaze or not?
- You mean you'll try horse whispering?
- I ain't promising any miracles.
It's been ages since I've done this.
- Can you teach me how to do it too?
- No. You're both going to have to keep your distance.
Now, you make sure the ground is smooth,
and you make sure the fence is steady.
I'll be back with Blaze.
- Three meals a day, it's just toast.
- [CHUCKLES] Oh,
thanks for this morning, showing me around.
- It's good to get the lay of the land.
- Yes, and it's important I know
where to get a top-quality fishing rod.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
Yeah, everyone's been really friendly.
- Well, we don't get that many new faces around here.
Especially pretty ones. - Oh.
- What can I get you two? - Uh... I... A coffee.
- You don't want something to eat?
- I didn't know we were eating.
- Two coffees it is.
- Ooh, a big one, please!
Cos, um, Mum's coffee is terrible.
She's got this ancient machine and she will not get rid of it.
- Well, I guess that's not easy,
moving back with your mum.
- No. I mean, I should have known.
We spoke every couple of weeks when I was in the UK
and we still managed to wind each other up.
- Only every couple of weeks?
- Why? How often do you speak to your mum?
- Oh... Not as often now that she's-
- So she's not haranguing you all the time?
- Uh, no.
- [SCOFFS] Lucky, lucky. Lucky, lucky.
- Well, she died last year.
- Oh, right. Oh God. I am- Oh, I'm so sorry, I...
[ROMANTIC MUSIC PLAYS]
Gosh. It's... Yeah, um...
Oh, do you know what I've just remembered?
I said I'd pop into the stables to see Issie.
She's got a... horse.
I should go.
- Really? Now? - Mm.
- I can give you lift.
- No, no, no, I'll walk.
So... Is it- It's left out of here?
- Come on. I'm going that way anyway.
Coffees to go, please, Miri.
[HORSE NICKERS, WHINNIES]
- [CLICKS TONGUE] - What are you trying to do?
- Tom needs to get her to run around him
so she can see him properly.
- [VOCALISES]
- You're scaring her.
- Keep it down. - Horses see different to us.
They've got their eyes on the side of their head.
But Blaze isn't behaving like she should.
She's trying to fight him rather than run.
- I should be in there with you. - No.
- She trusts me.
- You've never even ridden a horse before.
I'm in charge here.
Come on.
- Dad, what are you doing here... with Issie's mum?
- Oh, I was- I was just giving Amanda a lift.
- Yeah. Is Issie about?
- Back. Back, girl. Back.
- How'd you get Tom to do this?
- We've never seen him horse-whisper before -
like ever.
- London here basically shouted him into submission.
- Shush up.
- See? [TWINS CHUCKLE]
- Yeah, whoa.
- What's he doing now?
- Trying to get her to trust him.
She's thinking about it.
- [WHISTLES SOFTLY]
[SIGHS]
- What's he doing?
- All right, we're done here.
- What?
- It's not gonna work with this horse.
Sorry, I can't heal her if I can't get through to her.
- But you can't just give up on her. - No, Issie.
Whatever's happened to her runs too deep.
- Well, let me try. - No.
- Issie... - Issie!
Blaze. No!
- [CRIES OUT IN PAIN] - Issie!
- My foot! - Issie!
[BLAZE NEIGHS]
Issie!
Are you OK? Are you hurt?
Can you move it? Is it broken? - Mum, stop. I'm fine.
- What do you think you are doing,
putting my daughter in danger?
- It's not my fault. She's out of control.
- So's that horse. You're not keeping it here, are you?
- No, no.
We can still tame her.
- No. The vet's coming in the morning.
There's nothing more we can do.
- Issie.
- Seems OK to me. - Yeah, it's fine.
- It's just bruised.
I'll get you something. - Thanks.
I think you were right. About your dad's birthday.
- What? - We should go.
It's our tradition.
- But I thought you said- - Yeah, I know I did,
and I was going to cancel those plane tickets,
but I've changed my mind.
- Amanda, think about this.
You're not really going to travel 11,000 miles
just for a swim?
- Yeah, well... It's not just a swim, though, is it?
What time do we need to check in?
- About midday tomorrow.
- We'll have to leave first thing.
- Yeah, there's just something I have to...
I mean, we'd have to leave- - No, it's OK. You were right.
It's important to be there.
Well, go pack your things. Go on.
- Here you go.
What's gotten into you all of a sudden?
- Oh, I don't know, Mum.
I came here to...
start again,
to get over...
But leaving everything behind just feels... terrifying.
- What do you mean? Has something happened?
- No- - STERNLY: Amanda.
I'm fine. I thought I was fine.
It's just today I suddenly felt just... winded...
just panicked at the thought of moving on.
- This is about your 'tour'
with Sam.
- No! Well, yeah.
I mean, maybe a bit, but it's not his fault.
It's just it's been three years and I thought I was fine -
and I am fine. It's just Ed's birthday is coming up
and [SIGHS]
I just... I felt like a traitor.
What, so I just sit around having coffee with people?
- You're not a [SCOFFS] traitor!
You've got every right to live your life.
Ed would want you to.
Flying all the way back to England,
is that really going to make you feel better?
Well, I've promised Issie now.
Anyway...
I thought you'd be pleased to have us out of your hair.
Be nice and quiet again, won't it? Eh?
- I don't know what to do. The vet's going to put Blaze down
just as I leave for the airport.
- Well, I mean, maybe that's a good thing.
You wouldn't want to watch that, would you?
- I can't leave her. - OK, look on the bright side.
You can come see me after your swim.
- That's the bright side, is it? - Well, yeah.
We can go to Mia's party.
We'll have a great time, I promise you.
And let's be real.
I mean, you're not really a horsey person, are you?
Like, what could you have really done for Blaze?
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
[HORSE NICKERS]
- Hey.
[DRAMATIC NOTE]
[BLAZE WHINNIES]
I'm not giving up on you, OK?
[MYSTICAL MUSIC]
You're here again?
- [SNORTS SOFTLY]
- What do you want from me?
- [SNORTS SOFTLY]
[SOMBRE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
- You only need a little bit. Move out. Move out. Move out.
- Ya! - [HORSE WHINNIES]
- Ya! Come on. - Issie! What are you doing?
- Look, Tom, she's doing it.
[CLICKS TONGUE]
- OK, Issie. Nice and calm.
Good, good. Good.
Now wait, see if she drops her head.
[POIGNANT MUSIC]
Send her round again.
- Ya!
- I can't find her anywhere.
We're supposed to leave for the airport in an hour.
- Her bike's not outside. Where could she have go to?
- [SIGHS] I think I know.
- Issie! - Quiet. Don't distract her.
- Ya! Other way, Blaze.
- Come on. [CLICKS TONGUE]
- She's slowing down.
- All right, see if she's ready.
[TRIUMPHANT MUSIC]
- That's it.
- How did she do that?
- She made Blaze feel safe. - Cool.
- All right. Come on, Blaze.
We need to get that wound sorted.
Good girl.
There you go. You're safe. Don't worry.
- That was a very reckless stunt you just pulled.
I can't argue with the results.
- Issie... Issie, what are you doing here?
We're supposed to be catching a plane.
- Yeah. Yeah, OK, just hang on one sec, yeah?
- Oh, yeah. No problem [!]
I'm sure our international flight will wait for us.
Look, you have to cancel the vet. Blaze can be managed.
You can help her. - It's not that easy.
You're the one with the connection.
- I know.
- And she'll take a lot of care and attention -
more than Dan and I can give her.
If you want to help, it's going to be a lot of mahi,
a lot of work, every day.
And I can see that you've got somewhere else to be.
- Mum...
- I know. [SIGHS]
You do what's right for you.
- What about the flights? I spent all that money.
- Well, luckily for you, Moneybags,
they're flexi tickets,
so we can just postpone the trip for a bit.
- Sorry for messing you about.
- It's all right.
And we can discuss your insane approach to
health and safety later.
- Oh, righto. I look forward to that one.
- Well, looks like I'm staying.
And so is she.
- Here you are.
I've had a clear-out,
so you've got your own room.
- Really? Oh, I love it. Cheers, Gran.
- And this is what you call a clear-out?
- Yes! I've throw out bags and bags of stuff.
I know where everything is now.
Still some work to do, but make yourself at home.
What's mine is yours. - Cool.
- Oh, look, you kept my old French horn.
- Yeah. That was a difficult summer.
[MUFFLED CONVERSATION]
[MYSTICAL MUSIC]
- Issie?
Issie. - Hmm?
- I am sorry about your dad's swim.
- It's OK. - You know what, girls?
It's not just England that has sub-zero temperatures
to freeze your cockles off in.
[HAPPY MUSIC]
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
[ALL CHEER, SHRIEK]
[LAUGHTER]
You did it!
[LAUGHTER]
Whoo-hoo!
[INTRIGUING THEME MUSIC]
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