2 ANNOUNCER OVER P.A.: Departure to Venice, flight number...
(AIRPLANE ROARS)
('VOTRE CÔTÉ YÉYÉ M'EMMERDE' BY THE LIMIÑANAS)
(MAN SINGS IN FRENCH)
(WHOOSH!)
(ANIMAL ROARS)
(WOMAN SINGS IN FRENCH)
WOMAN: Oly!
Fuck me, it's hot.
You awake? Yeah. Yeah, sorry, Shauna.
I said briefing notes on the trip,
need 'em ready by Monday's council meeting.
OLY: OK.
And would you like the case studies
presented to you as a summary or more of a list?
I literally couldn't give a fuck.
(PHONE CHIMES AND BUZZES)
Come on.
Right, looks like shit's gonna go down
with this affordable housing plan.
Gonna need you in the office this arvo.
- It's Saturday. - Yes. Yes, it is.
You got something better on?
Nuh. It's all good.
Alright, then.
Fuck off. Take a couple of hours. I'll see you soon.
Also, good job at the conference.
Really?
You don't need a lift?
No, no, no. Santi's gonna... pick me up.
(ENGINE STARTS)
(GAME JINGLES AND CHIMES)
(PHONE BUZZES)
(GAME JINGLES AND CHIMES)
(PHONE BUZZES)
(SANTI SNORES SOFTLY)
(GENTLE MUSIC)
(BIRDS CHIRP)
- Morning, Jules. - Morning.
(SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE)
RADIO ANNOUNCER: With temperatures tipped
to reach 42 degrees today,
the state's hardworking fire crews
are bracing for a nightmare day.
They're warning hundreds...
DRIVER: Idiots!
Sorry?
Kids starting fires.
...to the north...
Oh, yeah.
Firefighters are...
(CROW CAWS)
- Hey! - Hey!
How was the trip, mate?
It was awesome. I got to hear Xiye Bastida give a keynote.
- Wow. - Yeah.
I mean, from the live feed in an overflow room, but still.
Night shift?
Yeah, sailed through. Happy babies.
Winning.
Where are they?
They're upstairs.
(GENTLE MUSIC)
(WHISPERS) Good morning, mi amor. (GASPS)
Ow!
What are you doing here?
What do you mean?
I called you, like, 10 times.
J must have turned off my alarm and screened your calls.
When did she learn to do that?
I don't know. Touch screens can be... very intuitive.
I missed you.
SANTI: I missed you too.
All I could think about...
JACINDA: Hi, Mama.
...was getting back to my beautiful JJ!
Hey, my awesome kid. How are you?
Papi, can you play YouTube with me?
Oh, I could play.
Don't worry, Mama. You have to work.
OK, so Speckles has the most followers,
but he's helping boost Sashimi's profile.
They're going to be doing a joint unboxing today.
- It's a collab. - (GASPS)
She's not getting this from me.
- Papi, you're Speckles. - OK.
- Mum, you're Sashimi. - OK.
(SILLY VOICE) Ooh! What could be in this mysterious box?
Hmm, let's see.
No, I've got to say, "Three, two, one," then, "Action."
We're not ready.
Mummy, put your phone away.
- (LAUGHS) Sorry, J. - Sorry, J.
SANTI: OK.
- Hey! Hey. - Hello!
Hey, Reems.
Hey, J.
- Hey, Reema. - REEMA: How was Oslo?
Did you go to the shops I told you about?
Oh, this was this urban place making workshop
right after the conference with top Scandinavian planners, so...
Wow. Live.
- Hey... - Mmm?
Are you busy right now?
SANTI: So what are we doing?
Wow!
OK, let me think.
Could I really use my half-an-hour crossover right now
with my shiftworking boyfriend
to look after your kid this weekend
so that you guys can...
- Mmm. - Bye-bye!
- 'Bye, Reema. - Alright, Reems.
I'll call Mum.
There you are!
VINCE: Howdy.
Ohh! Ooh. What'd you get?
Seagan chickpea pasta.
Rightio.
You can't eat in bed. What are you?
Look, if we go out there,
my housemates will rope us into babysitting.
Mmm, enough kids in our life already.
Speaking of.
Talia's officiating their friend's dog wedding
and their babysitter fell through,
so they're wondering maybe if we could
take Malik out for a couple of hours before my shift.
OK, and then what happens when you go to work?
Maybe, perhaps, if you could...
(LAUGHS) Fine.
(SIGHS)
You're the best.
- Oh, I am. - Mmm.
(GATE OPENS)
(COCKATOOS SQUAWK)
JACINDA: Grangie!
ANGIE: Hello!
Hi!
Hey, darling. How was the conference?
Yeah, it was great! Thanks for looking after J. Be right back.
Oh, nice to see you too, Oly.
What are these, Grangie?
They're nests for red-rumped parrots.
There's a shortage of tree hollows
and they really need them in this heat.
So we're gonna put them up in our garden.
I made them in woodwork class.
Can we put a webcam in there?
Indy's cat has 25 followers.
Ah, yeah, I suppose so.
Hmm.
You know that thing that we talked about?
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
OLY: You mean the thing with...
Yeah? (LAUGHS)
And I got something that you might like.
ANGIE: Shit!
- SANTI: Fuck! - ANGIE: Sorry, guys!
Just pretend I'm not here.
- (DRILL WHIRRS) - Mum, what the fuck?
It's for the parrots. Carry on!
- I've gotta get these up. - Mum!
They need to be three metres high or they're no use.
OK, and do you have to do that right now?
Oly, get the blind!
Ol!
Your mum is so annoying.
- (CRASH!) - (SHRIEKS)
(ANGIE GROANS)
BOTH: Oh, fuck.
(ANGIE GROANS)
JACINDA: Mama, Grangie fell off the ladder.
Mum! What the fuck, Mum? Are you OK?
(ANGIE GROANS)
OLY: Oh, maybe don't stand up straightaway.
Oh, Mum. Is your arm OK?
Oh, it's alright. It's just... um...
- VINCE: Oh! On the ground. - Oh, my God.
- Jesus!
Hey, um, Angie, I think you've dislocated your shoulder.
Ohh.
Sorry!
- Probably another few hours. - Thank you.
I'll get you some water, Mum.
- Do you wanna come? - Nope.
Oh.
I can get it.
I'll come with you, Papi!
Aww.
What?
Mmm, she's probably just a bit put out
'cause you've been away.
A week is a long time for a 7-year-old.
You were the one telling me to go to New York for four months.
(LAUGHS) Yeah, I knew you wouldn't go.
What?
Don't worry. She'll get over it.
Eventually.
Daughters love torturing their mothers.
OLY: Thought it was the other way round.
- Here. - (WOMAN WHEEZES)
NURSE: Try not to worry. Just take your time.
It's gonna be OK.
I'm not especially comfy
drilling a hole in a living tree.
Who's to say they don't feel more pain than we do?
I don't know. Maybe we could strap it to the tree.
And how are the homeless birdies
gonna find out about their new residence?
Are you gonna put an ad on Gumtree?
The same way they find nests in hollow trees.
Or they could nest in your mouth
if you're not gonna fix that tooth.
I don't see any red-rumped parrots around here, Angela.
That's because there's not enough tree hollows!
They've cut them all down!
- Why is Bowie here? - I don't know.
I thought it was gonna be just us.
Yeah, well, J wants to Zoom Dad in Vancouver,
so you can have all four of us if you like.
No. I'm so hungry.
- 'Cause we didn't eat lunch. - This heat sucks.
Let us just feed everyone...
...and then kick 'em out.
And then we can put J in front of 'Moana' and go upstairs?
ANGIE: Oh, it's worse every year.
BOWIE: There's fires every summer.
ANGIE: And that's supposed to make it alright?
Oh, thanks, Santi.
SANTI: That's alright.
So is your protest camp winding up or...
ANGIE: Absolutely not.
We're there until the government
rips out those magnificent old trees.
We have to bear witness.
It's insanity!
I'm taking my English class there this week
so they can see with their own eyes.
And are you planning on staying there tonight or...
No, I'm gonna have a shower and charge my phone.
You know they're over 170 years old?
Yeah. No, you mentioned.
ANGIE: For apartments, of course.
BOWIE: There is a housing crisis, Angela.
Oh, you can't have both, trees and apartments?
What about you, Boz? What are your plans for the night?
Yeah, my house is an oven. What's for tea?
ANGIE: Jesus Christ.
Look at this.
(WONDROUS MUSIC)
It's ash.
From the fires.
Oh! All those trees.
All those animals.
Well, we've passed the point of no return.
It's time to say goodbye to the things that we've loved.
Bowie! You can't mean that.
I do, actually.
Yeah, ever since I realised that
soft-plastics recycling is not a real thing...
ANGIE: Bowie!
Mama, I think Grangie needs her glimmers.
You want me to do the three things for Grangie?
JACINDA: And maybe Bowie too.
OLY: Yeah, OK.
Alright, everyone up. Mum.
(SIREN ECHOES IN DISTANCE)
We're gonna take a deep breath.
(ANGIE WHIMPERS)
While acknowledging the size of the problem,
we're also remaining hopeful.
Here's one.
They found an endangered seahorse colony
living under the Opera House.
- Mmm. - Mum?
(ANGIE WHIMPERS)
Boz?
OK.
Uruguay runs on 98% renewable energy,
a transformation it achieved in less than a decade.
And cargo ships are bringing back sails to reduce emissions.
- (ANGIE CHUCKLES) - Yeah, that should fix it.
(CHUCKLES) Thanks, darling.
Aww, thank you, sweetheart.
Oh!
Hey!
Do you wanna watch a movie with Bowie and Grangie?
- 'Moana'? - Heck, yeah!
JACINDA: Yay, 'Moana'!
(SANTI MURMURS) Finally.
- You ready? - Come on, let's go.
BOWIE: Turn it on.
SANTI: I missed you.
(PHONE RINGS)
Sorry. I'm really sorry.
Can... No... (GROANS)
Hey, Shauna.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yep.
Um, I'm gonna come now.
Uh, maybe, like... an hour?
Uh...
I can be there in half an hour. Yep. OK, 'bye.
I just don't understand what could be so important
that she has to call you in on a Saturday afternoon.
I mean, come on, Oly.
You've just spent the entire week with her.
I know, it's just... It's for Monday's meeting.
They're trying to roll over the affordable housing plan,
and we've worked so hard on this.
It's literally the centrepiece of Shauna's entire... agenda.
I made it pretty for you.
My laptop. Thank you!
Are you going to work?
- Not for long. - Not long?
Not long.
Give me a kiss.
OK. 'Bye, Mum.
(POIGNANT MUSIC)
(WHEEZES)
The smoke... (WHEEZES)
And the breathing out as well. (WHEEZES)
- (WHEEZES) - Exactly like that.
- And then... - (BOTH WHEEZE)
(JACINDA WHEEZES) The smoke...
(WHEEZES) ..has triggered...
(WHEEZES) ..my asthma.
(JACINDA CONTINUES WHEEZING)
Like that, Grangie?
(WHISPERS) That's great. The animals.
The animals... (WHEEZES) ...are dying.
It's so hard... (WHEEZES) ...to breathe.
That's really good.
- But don't smile. - What the hell is this?
(BEEP!)
What's going on?
Uh, J wanted to make
an awareness-raising video for YouTube
on the, uh... the secondary effects of the bushfires.
SANTI: Oh. Jacinda wanted to make an awareness-raising video
on the secondary effects of the fire.
- Mm-hm. - Yeah, Papi.
OK. Um, JJ,
can you go downstairs and set the table, please?
You're coaching J to fake an asthma attack
and then you're filming it.
Uh, yeah. It was her idea.
I think it was a good one.
'Cause if it goes viral... She's a child.
No, no, no. We don't even post photos of J online.
'Cause Oly's really worried about
that whole facial data theft thing.
And J doesn't even have asthma,
so you're involving your granddaughter in a fraud.
Oh, fraud!
Sounds pretty bad when you put it like that.
Yeah. Do you think?
Look...
Um... (SIGHS)
I am on a lot of painkillers,
but I don't think it's that crazy an idea.
It could have a lot of cut-through.
- Give me your phone. - It's not a crazy idea.
- Give me... your phone. - Santi.
- Give me your phone. - (SIGHS)
(ANGIE SCOFFS)
(SANTI MUTTERS) I can't wait till we get our own place.
(SCOFFS)
I'm sorry.
What... what do you mean by... that?
Nothing.
It's just... not like you can afford your own place.
No.
Not while I'm studying, no.
Yeah. And, well, art's not a high-paying career.
I mean, for most people.
Mmm.
Why are you looking at me like that?
I think it's great that
you haven't given up on your drawing.
It's not drawing. It's game design.
And...
...I was highly commended in a competition, actually.
And that is lovely.
(CHUCKLES)
And Oly will do well.
But, um, remember -
a woman is not a financial plan.
(PLAYFUL MUSIC)
Oh! Nice of you to join us, Oly.
You just called me.
Anticipate.
Sure.
SHAUNA: Alright, those fuckers are gonna fuck us.
They're putting that WestConnex bike ramp
right on top of our affordable housing site.
It's gonna kill it.
But they were gonna help fund it. What's changed?
Those bloody ferals
that are camping around that tree on our site
gained some traction.
MAN: Yeah, and with the by-election coming
in the mountains,
plus the bushfires going on out there,
that seat turns Green, they're fucked.
SHAUNA: Yeah, so everyone all of a sudden wants to pretend
to give a shit about the environment.
I'm usually all for ramps, but fuck this one.
- (LAUGHS) He is the ramps guy! - (PHONE BUZZES)
But we've got planning approval.
Not anymore.
Jesus, Oly. (MIMICS PHONE BUZZING)
It's all good. Done.
- So what we really need to be... - (PHONE BUZZES)
OLY: I'm really sorry. Sorry.
Hey. What's wrong?
JACINDA: Mummy, where's my new soccer ball? The blue one.
Uh, I don't know. Did you ask Papi?
They've got to him, the stupid prick.
Do you want me to do something about it?
Oh, it's OK. I found it.
OK, great! Alright, I gotta go.
'Bye, sweetie. 'Bye.
Nothing. Absolutely nothing, Beth.
Hey. So sorry about that.
Welcome back.
OLY: Thank you. Sorry.
- (SHAUNA SIGHS) You right? - Mm-hm.
Good. You're gonna take the lead on this, so what's the plan?
Me? Yeah, OK.
Um, I actually have prepared a few ideas.
Oh, that's a lot of stickers.
Does everyone here get one? Share it with the group?
I was babysitting for my niece.
Um...
...we could take them to the Land and Environment Court.
What, with the 50 bucks we've got in the legals budget?
Well, we could propose them an alternative site.
Surely they don't need as much land as we do.
Papi, I can't sleep. It's too hot.
I know, puchita. It's OK. Come here.
(GROANS)
It's 8pm. How is it still this bloody hot?
ANGIE: Oh, would you like me to go over
the science again for you, darling?
- Oh, Mum, enough! - What?
Your psychic footprint is emotionally toxic.
Ever since Edith left for Canada...
It has got nothing to do with her.
I am talking about the betrayal our species has wrought
on the naive, trusting heart of the planet.
- Oh, my God. - SANTI: Is that it?
(WIND WHISTLES)
Is that the southerly?
Oh!
(SPARSE MUSIC)
Oh, finally!
(BOWIE AND SANTI CHUCKLE)
(WIND WHISTLES)
BOWIE: Alright. Well, I'm going home.
Yeah, me too.
(BOWIE SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)
ANGIE: 'Bye, darling.
SANTI: You guys are going already?
ANGIE: Mwah!
That sucks.
How good is this, huh?
(JACINDA CHUCKLES)
SANTI: Come on. Bedtime.
(PHONE BUZZES)
(PLAYFUL MUSIC)
(SHAUNA COUGHS)
Uh, your... your...
...your... your button's undone.
Oh!
Hey, Shauna. Hey.
Hey, is Beth OK?
You're gonna take the lead on this one, so...
I just thought that's usually her job.
Yeah, but that's life in the big city.
You know, I don't think she's really cut out for it.
Is that because she's pregnant?
Look, I'm gonna be real with you, OK?
Um, it's worse than that.
She's getting married.
And nothing sucks the smarts out of a straight girl
like planning a wedding.
She may as well be brain dead, you know?
'Cause as far as I'm concerned,
here's the question you've gotta ask.
Are we here to make a difference
or are we here to figure out
what flowers go with which wedding dress?
Well, which one?
- A difference. - Exactly.
And I need people on my team
whose minds are 100% in the job.
OK.
Now, we'll reconvene on Monday.
Get those, um... trip notes to me, OK?
Oh, so I can... leave? I can go home?
(DOOR CLOSES)
Hi, Mama. I woke up.
('TAIL LIGHT' BY SWEET WHIRL)
Hey, baby girl.
Want me to read you a story?
SONG: ♪ Doesn't take that long to know someone... ♪
- SANTI: Ahh! - (YELPS)
(BOTH LAUGH)
OLY: I thought you were too tired.
SANTI: Not a chance.
♪ And I could say I know what's going on
♪ But I couldn't tell you if it's doing us
♪ Any good
♪ But if I said I couldn't wait
♪ For you
♪ That'd be one good way
♪ To deceive myself
♪ And another one would be
♪ To say
♪ I'll change
♪ And it's not like you're alone... ♪