- Come look at this.
- They're covering something up.
I'm Dan, by the way. - Anyway.
You're so warm, like a racehorse.
Dad's in charge of that bigwater bottling plant
down the road.
- Hexronn are stealing our water!
That's the man who's letting it happen!
- Did you fix the waste water overflow at the plant?
- Yeah. Yeah, it's fine.
- That is so sad. I grew up in this swim hole.
- I'm- I'm gay. - You haven't told anyone else?
Not even Caroline?
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[THUNDER RUMBLES]
[MUSIC PLAYS SOFTLY]
[CELL PHONE BLEEPS]
- Hey. - Hey, babe.
I've got two words for you - a hundred thousand.
- Uh, that's three. And what are you going on about?
- Followers! I'm, like, a next-level influencer now.
- Cool. - Not just cool.
Like, 'How totally gutted are you
that you're not me right now' cool.
- Yeah, I'm so gutted [!] - And, oh, there's this amazing
influencers' event at Triello's.
I like- I might get invited! - What's Triello's?
- What do you mean, 'What's Triello's?'
How long have you been out of the country?
What's that? - What?
- On the chair. - What, this?
- Yeah, let's have a look. [LAUGHS]
Have you joined Gryffindor now? - No, it's just something
I had to wear to the cross country trials.
- I cannot believe you are in a pony club. So hilarious.
You've gone all Kiwi on me. - No, I haven't.
And, look, I need to go, so...
- All right. Bye. - Bye.
- Julia.
Uh, hello. I didn't know you were in the country.
- I flew in from Boston this morning.
- Well, you got in just in time.
There's a storm coming. Good flight?
- Oh, frankly I could do with a shower and a large macchiato.
So, you've been bombarding me with messages.
Let's talk about these big concerns you have.
- Well, I just feel like I'm being blindsided.
Mistakes are happening;
the whole situation with the waste water-
- Well, increasing our productivity
was bound to have consequences.
- But my company has a clean, green image.
- We value that image. It's one of the reasons we bought you.
- But people are starting to ask questions, Julia,
and I don't know what to say because I don't know what's
going on. So what aren't you telling me?
- CHUCKLES: Sam. I didn't realise you were so paranoid.
Trust us. We're on the same team.
[TENSE MUSIC]
- There! - It looks like a borehole.
- A what?
- Where someone's drilled for water.
- It must be Hexronn. - But it's in the forest.
They can't do that. I mean, it's not legal, right?
- I hate them. - Guys, you've got no proof.
And my dad's still in charge.
He's never going to let anything bad happen.
- That's true. We don't know anything for sure. [DOOR OPENS]
- Hey, you lot. You better get your horses
into the tractor shed. There's a storm coming,
a big one. Come on.
- 'Please' would be nice.
- What? - Nothing.
[THUNDER RUMBLES]
- [BLAZE WHINNIES] - Whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa. Easy, easy.
- What's up with her? - I don't know.
They're all a bit edgy.
Dan said they can tell when a storm's coming.
- Coco!
- I guess Coco's feeling it too.
- No, she's just on the rug. Get off, Coco.
- You two have the strangest relationship.
- See, Coco, people think you're a weirdo.
[HORSE WHINNIES]
- I think she just laughed at you.
[HORSE WHINNIES] - [SHUSHES]
Hey, do you think Tom would let me stay with her tonight?
- Well, you can ask.
[RAIN POURS]
- What? You're freaking me out!
- Can we stay here tonight?
- You know, to keep an eye on the horses,
with the hurricane and everything.
- It's not a hurricane.
- You're asking for favours
after the stunt you pulled at the cross country?
- Yeah, but Blaze is really jumpy
and I'm just listening to my horse, like you said.
- Well, it'll be good for the horses.
- Thanks, great.
- Hey, Tom, could I grab Aramis' pom-poms?
- Seriously? Pom-poms? [LAUGHS]
- They're for his ears, so he can't hear the thunder.
- Cool, makes him deaf like me.
- Yeah, all right, OK, see you later.
Oh, wait, wait, wait. Make sure you call your folks.
I don't want any of them ragging on me. Especially yours.
And Stella, I think your mum wants you to go home.
- Yeah, sure. - Really?
- It's pizza night.
- We'll look after Coco for you.
- Ha, good luck.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
- Tom lives here, Mum.
Seriously?
Caleb, Mum wants you.
[THUNDER RUMBLES]
- Hello?
Yeah.
It's all right, we can stay.
Oh, could you get her to drop off my retainer?
- Oh, you're such a suck-up.
- She just loves me more.
Hey, Izz, chuck us Gally's jute rug.
- OK. - That one.
- [LAUGHTER] - Caleb.
- Oh yeah, it's a bit gross. - Yeah, you could've said.
- Yeah, but it wouldn't have been as funny.
Hey, wait, no, that- That is not- That is not funny!
- Yes it is!
[THUNDER RUMBLES, ELECTRICITY ZAPS]
[HORSE WHINNIES]
- Must be a power cut.
- This is officially super creepy.
- At least we got the horses done in time.
- Let's go back. - Night, Treacle. Sweet dreams.
- Do they dream?
- Treacle dreams of winning Olympic gold.
- Even your horse is full of it.
Moscovium,
mercury,
radon,... - No!
- ...neon,
argon,... - Argh, make it stop.
- ...um, krypton.
Xenon - that's a good one.
- [GASPS] Oh, no, no! Something just went across my hand.
- It was probably a spider.
- Don't worry, they're not venomous. Except the Katipo.
- Have you ever seen a weta?
They're like massive cockroaches. - [GAGS]
- My dad's deathly afraid of them. - [GROANS]
- Yeah, you would never be a Kiwi, London. [LAUGHTER]
- Yeah, I'm not sure I'm London either any more.
- What?
- Nothing. [DOOR OPENS]
- You lot all right? - Fine. - Yeah, we're good.
- Good, good. Just coming to ask if you need any torches,
but I see you've got your-
- We're Gen Z. We've got tech for every crisis.
- Until your batteries die.
[GRUNTS] I'm gonna go and fix the generator.
- Let's tell ghost stories. - No, let's play truth or dare.
- Yes, and everyone has to say their deepest,
darkest secrets, or forfeit.
- Let's not.
- You're just saying that cos your deepest, darkest secret
is that you buff your toenails. - Really? [LAUGHS]
- We had a power cut at Christmas once
and my dad got us to play sardines.
- Sardines?
- Yeah, it's a really silly game.
So, someone hides and then everyone searches for them.
And when you find them, you join them,
until there's only one left. - Basically, hide-and-seek.
- Yeah.
My dad was a big kid, really.
- Come on, then. I'll hide.
- Really? - Yeah.
If it stops Caleb from listing the whole periodic table,
[CREEPILY] I'll do anything. [ALL LAUGH]
[THUNDER RUMBLES]
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]
[CELL PHONE RINGS]
- [SIGHS]
- I knew you wouldn't turn it off.
- [SIGHS]
- Move over.
[SIGHS]
[TENSE MUSIC]
- [GASPS]
[SIGHS] It's just you.
- Great minds. - Yeah,
I thought he'd double bluff and come back.
- Yeah, he's, um...
He's sneaky.
- So, you haven't told anyone about your deepest,
darkest secret yet, then?
- No, it's... I mean,
I want to, it's just finding the right time.
Like, what do I say? 'Hey, everybody, I'm gay'?
- Yeah, basically. But when you're ready.
- I'm-I'm working on it, OK?
- Well, you know, we can't be searching together,
so I'm gonna go have a look at the horse box.
- I'll check around the back. - OK.
[THUNDER RUMBLES]
[SOMBRE MUSIC]
[WIND HOWLS]
[THUNDER RUMBLES]
- I love this sound. It gives me chills.
- Yeah. It's best when you're camping, you know,
when there's nothing but a tent between you
and the force of nature.
- You should go.
To the outback and stuff, when you do your internship in Oz.
- I have to get it first.
- I thought you said you passed the test.
- Yeah, but there'll be heaps of people who applied.
- They'll definitely want you. You're amazing.
- Tell that to my dad.
- Why?
- He thinks I'll be disappointed.
He's scared that I'll mess up. And... I don't know,
I think he's more scared that I'll nail it.
- How do you mean?
- Well, he's never even tried to leave this place.
I think it would suit him if I was the same.
- You're not.
- Really?
- Apart from your taste in music.
- [SCOFFS] Phil Collins is a genius.
- [LAUGHS]
I remember, um, my mum and stepdad went to see him
for their anniversary, came back with matching T-shirts.
It was super lame. - You mean super cool.
How are things with your mum?
- Oh, you know,
annoying.
We have these really awkward phone conversations once a week
where she pretends to be interested.
[SIGHS] She's obsessed with the new baby.
It's like...
I don't know. Whatever.
- That sucks. - Yeah.
[GENTLE MUSIC]
- Hey, Dan...
- Gotcha! - Oh!
Hey, Issie.
- What were you talking about? - Nothing.
[INTRIGUING MUSIC]
- Oh, he's- He's not here.
You all right?
- [SIGHS]
- Caroline.
[THUNDER RUMBLES]
Caroline!
Hey, Caz.
What's wrong?
[THUNDER CRASHES, GIRL CRIES OUT]
- Should we be up here? - [SIGHS]
- In a storm?
[WIND HOWLS]
- OK, maybe you're right. - Yeah, let's go back.
This is creeping me out.
- Everybody all right? - DAN: Oh yeah, we're sweet.
- What are you fullas doing up there?
- Um, playing sardines.
- What? - She started it.
- It's a game. It's an English thing.
- Right. Oh, well,
when you've finished your cucumber sandwiches,
I want you to double-check the bin lids are secure.
- [SCOFFS] Does he ever come into a room
without telling everyone what to do?
- TOM, DISTANTLY: No. Bin lids!
[DOOR CLOSES]
[RAIN PATTERS]
- Hm?
Hey, Caroline, do you want some crisps?
- We call them chips in New Zealand, Issie.
- OK? - Leave her. She's in a mood.
[HAUNTING PIANO MUSIC]
[ALL SCREAM] - [GASPS] That's a welcome [!]
- Gran, what are you doing here? - Looking for Tom. Where is he?
- Shouting at the generator, probably.
[ELECTRICITY HUMS]
- Oh, well, seems to have worked.
- [GROANS] I've been eating horse treats.
No wonder they tasted so weird.
- But you carried on eating them.
- I was bored. - TOM: Good, back on.
Kia ora, Mitch. It's a bit of a night to drop by.
- Yeah. I've got something here to show you.
- You kids checked your horses recently?
- QUIETLY: Every time.
- Yeah, they're all fed and watered.
- Look who's trying to buy me out.
- Oh, what did you tell them?
- Is that from Hexronn? - I said over my dead body.
Did you get a letter?
- Uh...
Maybe.
So, I'm a bit behind on the old admin, sorry, Mitch.
[CAROLINE CHUCKLES]
Right. [CLEARS THROAT]
Whoa. I don't believe it.
There's no way they're getting my stables.
- NATASHA: I-I don't understand.
Why do they want it? They've got Dad's plant already.
- Caleb, where exactly was the borehole again?
- Here. - Gran, come see this.
And that's the water bottling plant, right? So, look.
- We're right in the middle. - Mm-hm.
- What borehole? - We found it in the forest.
- We think they're drilling for water there.
- But we don't know anything for sure.
- Right, they think they're gonna pipe that water
across our land, eh? - Yeah, looks like it.
Who do they think they are? - Wait, what's that?
- DAN: Looks like an underground river or something.
- What, and this? - That's the swim hole.
So it was Hexronn. They ruined our swim hole.
- W-What do you mean? - We saw it the other day.
It was all toxic. - Do you think Hexronn is
pumping waste water into it or something?
- Could be.
- And Gran, that's where your dead bees were.
- Bunch of environmental marauders!
- Can they even get away with all of this?
- TOM: I think they probably can.
[THUNDER RUMBLES, RAIN POURS]
- Oh, wow. That's some rain.
- Oh, crikey, I wonder if I shut the car window.
- Oh, don't worry, Gran. I've got it.
- Oh, thanks, love.
[ELECTRICITY ZAPS] - [SIGHS] You're kidding me!
Dan, can you check the leak in the storage room, please?
- Oh, yeah. No worries.
Give me a hand, Nats.
- Sure.
[THUNDER RUMBLES]
- [PANTS]
My ring!
[PANTS]
[HORSES WHINNY]
[TENSE MUSIC]
[PANTS]
Blaze.
[HORSE WHINNIES]
- Hey, Blaze, are you OK?
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. It's OK, it's OK.
It's OK.
[GASPS]
[HORSES WHINNY, DRILL THUDDING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
It was Hexronn.
[WATER DRIPS STEADILY]
- You OK?
- My dad's, like, public enemy number one, eh.
- No.
- Do you think they're evil, then - Hexronn?
- Evil?
My dad works there, so- - Exactly.
Like, what have they actually done
other than give heaps of people new jobs?
- UNCERTAINLY: Yeah.
- You don't agree.
- I mean, I'm not a fan of big companies coming in
and taking over.
It's like they're all just about money.
- [SNIFFS] - Hey, hey, no, it's-
It wasn't about you or your dad.
It's so much bigger than that. It's OK.
[GENTLE MUSIC]
- Oh, I don't- - Oh, no, no,
II- thought that's-
- Oh, um... - Um, I've-
I've, yeah, I have to... - No, Natasha. No, no.
Natasha!
- She OK? - Uh, yeah.
- Hey, look. Listen, love, I can't find Issie.
- What? - I've got to make a move now
before I need a canoe. Can you tell her I've gone?
- Sure.
[SIGHS]
[RAIN POURS]
[THUNDER CRASHES]
[SOLEMN MUSIC]
- Whoa, whoa. [BLAZE SNORTS]
- It's OK, it's OK.
I know what you've been through, but I'm here.
You don't need to be scared.
I promise you I'll get you back to your herd.
- Hey, I was worried about you. - Why?
- Uh, I dunno, just Mitch said she couldn't find you.
- Dan, I think I know why Blaze is so scared.
- Why? - I had a vision.
The herd were galloping through the forest.
They were scared. I think they were running away
from something, a terrible noise.
I think it has something to do with Hexronn.
Dan, we need to stop them.
- Hey, Caz.
Wh-Why are you being so quiet? It's freaking me out.
- Really? Cos you're always going on about how noisy I am.
Thought you'd be happy.
- We need to find a way to stop Hexronn.
- You OK? - Yeah, I just...
The herd. Where do we think they were?
- We found evidence of them here.
- Look how close to the bore hole it is. I knew it.
That's why they left - the noise of the drilling.
- So Hexronn made them bolt?
- They shouldn't be drilling there.
- Yeah, it's an ancient forest. It's untouched.
- Well, until now. We need to stop them.
- What can we do? We're kids.
- So was Greta Thunberg. - Exactly.
We need to start a campaign,
tell everyone what they're up to.
- I was about to crush level 14 of DevilStar.
This better be good. - We need a killer website.
- We're gonna start a campaign to stop Hexronn.
- No probs, but how are we gonna cut through the traffic?
- What?
- There's a lot of noise out there. We need to get noticed.
- Hey, guys, I might know someone.
This is my friend Anisha.
This is Caleb, Caroline, Dan and Stella.
- Hi. - Hey, guys.
- [ALL GREET ANISHA] - So you're the ones
that have turned my mate all Kiwi, then?
- Are you kidding? She's all London.
- Maybe I'm neither. - Maybe you're both.
- OK, well, maybe I'm global then.
Hey, Anish, we need your help.
We wanna take down this totally evil corporation.
- Ooh, I like the sound of that.
[THUNDER RUMBLES]
- Wow, New Zealand's loud. - Yeah, there's this epic storm.
- We're having unseasonable blast at the moment,
up to 100km/h. - [LAUGHS]
- Are you guys good? Because I need to go check on Blaze.
- Yeah, we're golden. - Yeah, golden.
- Hey.
Blaze, you OK?
[DOOR OPENS]
Natasha? - [SOBS]
You're soaking wet.
- Went for a walk.
- Look, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to,
but I won't judge you.
Well, unless it's because New Zealand lost the rugby,
then I really will judge you.
- I can't tell you. It's so embarrassing.
- What?
- I just...
I kinda- I kinda thought Dan liked me,
and so I kinda showed him how I felt.
And, um,
it was so awkward.
- Are you sure? He might not have realised what you were-
- Oh, believe me, it was obvious.
How am I ever gonna face him again?
- Oh, come on. It's Dan. He's cool.
- I know he's cool. That's why I like him,
because he's kind and funny and he's cute.
- Yeah, he is.
I mean, he's nice, you know.
[INTENSE MUSIC]
- Hey, I made a GIF!
- Oh, wow. That's great.
QUIETLY: My dad is gonna kill me.
- Amazing, Stella. We should send it to Anisha.
- Cool. - What do you reckon, Caz?
- I dunno, cos you're in my way! - Well, go around me.
- Or you could move. - Or you could move.
- Fine.
- Caroline!
- What was that about? - I have no idea.
- Caroline. - What?
- What is your problem? - You. You're my problem.
- You're being a total pain.
- Well, why don't you go and moan to Issie about it?
- What? - I heard you in the lounge.
- Heard what?
- Everything.
How could you?
Did you think I'd have a problem with it or something?
- No, I just...
- EMOTIONALLY: I'm your twin.
I'm supposed to be your best friend.
How could you tell her first?
- I don't know.
- Great. [SIGHS]
- Just walk in like everything's normal.
- But it's so embarrassing!
The way that he looked at me like...
like he was really sorry for me.
Oh, I'm such a loser.
How am I gonna pretend everything's normal? [SOBS]
- Oh, hey, Natasha, honestly, it's fine. He's not gonna-
- Oh, whoa.
Um, I was just checking on the...
[MUMBLES]
Yeah.
You OK? Yeah?
Ah? Oh, ah...
You've got this under contr- That's good. I'm just gonna...
uh, just check the thing.
[DOOR SHUTS, BOTH LAUGH]
- Well, at least you know how to scare Tom.
- Yeah.
- Don't worry, OK? You know, once I fancied this boy
at school, so I sent him a text asking him out.
Ugh, and he sent it to the whole class.
I quoted a song lyric, and it wasn't even a good one.
- Oh.
- Yep. - So then what happened?
- I emigrated. - What?
- I'm kidding.
Everyone literally forgot about it the next day.
- Wow. That was inspiring.
You should do a TED talk. - Yeah.
- Hey, thanks.
- It's OK.
- [SNIFFLES]
- Hey, Natasha.
- Look, we made a crime board.
- Stella's put it all on the website as well.
- Yeah, it's pretty crazy stuff.
- We have to get the truth out there.
- Yeah. - What?
- Oh, um, we're just trying to let people know
about some of the stuff that Hexronn are doing.
- My dad wouldn't do anything like this.
- Oh, no, no, no.
We're not saying your dad did that.
I mean, my mum works there, and so does Dan's dad.
It's got nothing to do with them. It's Hexronn.
- Hey, Nats. It's not personal.
- It's pathetic and childish!
- Look, we have to do something to stop them.
Hexronn drove out the herd! - How do you know?
- I had a vision.
- Are you joking? A horse told you to do this?
- No. - Look, you have no proof
Hexronn has done anything illegal.
It's all just wild speculation.
You're gonna look like a bunch of stupid little kids.
- Well, I guess we could hold back until we get more proof.
- I don't think we can hold this back.
- What?
- Your friend Anisha, she's good. Like, really connected.
- CAROLINE: Whoa, how many?
- Wow, that's a lot of hits.
- Well done, guys. You have no idea what you've just done.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[DOOR SLAMS]
- CAROLINE: You don't think she's right, do you?
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