(FAINT AND DISTORTED IF I HAD A TAIL PLAYS)
(WHISPERING VOICES)
# I will... (WHISPERS ECHO)
# Control the night... # (WHISPERS ECHO)
(MOANING)
- How long has it been? - 12 hours.
- That's too long. - No! Breathe.
- We've got plenty of time. - It's perfectly normal.
- How... How long have we got? - As long as it takes.
I'm not talking to you! How long have we got?
- Until what? Just breathe. - You know what!
- Tomorrow night. Breathe! - Ow!
- Please stop telling me to fucking breathe! - RAY: Knock-knock!
OK sweetie, we've got plenty of time to have this birth naturally, OK?
- Mexican! - Oh, good! Your enchiladas!
Do I look I want a fucking enchilada?! (WHIMPERS)
I'm not worried about eating a fucking enchilada, Gary!
(CONTINUES MOANING)
How's she doing?
Are you still going to want me to come to yours
after the birth?
Yeah.
Is there anything you want to talk about?
With me?
- About the wolf thing? - Uh-huh.
Sounds weird, doesn't it?
It does.
Do you feel safe?
Because she turns into a wolf?
You don't really believe that, do you?
Mary and Dad have both been really stressed lately.
SARAH: I know.
Mary saved my life. And my dad's.
They both make me feel safe.
You don't have to worry about me, Aunty Sarah.
I'd tell you if you did.
- OK. - RAY: Hon?
- You OK? - I don't know.
We're doing the right thing.
- They need our help right now. - Yeah.
I'll go check on the babysitter and... then I'll come straight back.
OK.
Barramundi burrito.
(LAUGHS)
Thanks, babe.
(RAIN FALLS, THUNDER RUMBLES)
(SOFT MUSIC PLAYS)
MARY: What time is it?
GARY: (SIGHS) Um, 8:30.
Oh, fuck.
No, no. What are you doing?
I'm gonna try to speed up my labour.
GARY: It's going to happen tonight.
- MARY: Yes, what if it does? - GARY: Well, we...
We still have to get me and the baby out of here by tomorrow.
- GARY: We can do that. - (SCREAMS)
GARY: Look, uh... Maybe just focus on your breathing, right?
- No, we need to come up with a plan immediately. - GARY: Right. No...
Like, now we're not going to make it to the mine shaft. Agh! And what about the police?
- How long until they find something? - No, we don't need to worry...
- Oh! - Pizza time.
GARY: Now's not a good time, bud.
I really appreciate everything you're doing,
particularly after yesterday.
But you can roll up that pizza and shove it up your arse!
- No worries. - GARY: OK.
(HERE COMES THE SUN PLAYS)
Mary, we're going to start giving you antibiotics.
- GARY: Wait... - Is the baby in trouble?
NURSE: No, this is normal for when a labour goes on this long.
But I need to get you back on the bed.
- OK... - GARY: Let's get you back. Come on.
- You're doing great. - Just this way, Mary.
- (MARY SHOUTS) - Easy does it. Just sit down.
And lying back down.
Hang in there. You're doing great, Mary.
- (WHIMPERS) - Just breathe. Breathe.
OK, I'll be right back.
- (BREATHES HEAVILY) - Shh...
(HERE COMES THE SUN CONTINUES)
I love this song. Is this Nina?
I thought you'd like it.
Yeah, you know who wrote this song?
George Harrison, David's favourite Beatle.
My favourite's Paul McCartney. He's a vegetarian.
George was your Mum's favourite Beatle, too.
She used to play this song all the time
when you were in her tummy.
Hey, bubs, could you turn it up?
# Little darling
# It's been a long, cold and lonely winter
# Little darling
# It feels like years since you've been here
# Here comes the sun... #
(SQUEAKING)
Dr Stenning, um...
We can't... Wait, Doctor!
We can't have the C-section.
Look, the contractions are prolonged
to the point that it could injure your child.
It's been 36 hours, Gary.
And she's SO exhausted.
There's... There's really no other way of doing this.
I didn't think we would end up here.
We're just so fucking tired we haven't been thinking straight.
Yeah, look ...
Gary, I have seen this hundreds of times before.
I'm going to perform it myself.
- How long will that take? - 45 minutes, if that.
And they have to stay here. They...
can't just go home right after?
No. No.
No, I'll gather the team, prep the room. See you soon.
Dr Stenning, um...
My...
My dad works in a mine shaft...
and I know he really wants to see the baby
but for reasons I can't go into,
we have to take the baby to him,
in the mine shaft.
What's the soonest we could bring a newborn
to a mine shaft?
Gary, you guys haven't slept.
We can talk about those things after the birth.
EMMA: What's going to happen after the C-section?
MARY: Can you distract me?
What?
Can you distract me from what's happening?
You said you couldn't listen to that song again?
- What song? - The one that David loved.
- You said it would make you too sad. - Oh...
I found a way that you could listen to it without that happening.
(ACOUSTIC, SPANISH VERSION OF NIRVANA'S LITHIUM PLAYS)
(CHUCKLES)
(FIESTA-STYLE MUSIC) # Yeah, yeah!
(BOTH LAUGH) # Yeah, yeah... #
Thank you.
He would have loved that.
And he would have loved you,
so very much.
(SONG CONTINUES)
Hi, uh... What is this?
- (TRUMPET TRILLS) - Nirvana.
Huh.
(MURMURS INDISTINCTLY)
Um, we're gonna have to get you to the basement now.
- Oh, the basement? - Yeah, it's...
It's 4 o'clock. We've kind of run out of time.
No, no, we don't have any help in the basement.
I'll be there.
Yeah, what if I eat you?
Let's just do this C-section.
The baby's more important than me.
Mary, if the baby turns into a wolf while we're here,
they will take it away from us.
We've gotta get you home.
And if you eat me...
so be it.
Ah, Dr Stenning's on his way back
and your dad can be in the operating theatre.
Will you be OK waiting here on your own?
Yeah, I'm fine. I was actually coming to ask something else.
- Hmm? - What do you have to do to be a nurse?
- You mean studying? - Yeah.
I did a bachelor of nursing.
- Is that a long course? - Three years full-time.
- Did you always want to be a nurse?
- I did. I did. - How come?
Uh... My mum's a doctor and she works at a regional hospital, where I grew up.
Where'd you grow up?
- Albury. - Is that in Victoria?
It's on the border of Victoria and New South Wales.
Why didn't you work in Albury?
- Ah, well, I moved to Adelaide with my boy... - OK.
Jen, w... where's the patient?
- Who? - Mary Hammond.
- 22B. - Yeah, I know.
No, she's not there.
- What? - Not there.
(LITHIUM IN SPANISH PLAYS AGAIN) # Yeah, yeah! #
Uh, excuse me... # Yeah, yeah! #
Excuse me, you can't actually go that way.
# Yeah, yeah! # Sorry, excuse me!
Uh, guys, you can't actually go that way.
- Excuse me, guys! - Where are they going?
Dr Stenning, I'm not sure.
- (MUSIC CONTINUES) - (INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
This way, this way.
Then right, babe? Then right?
- Oh, shit. - This way, this way!
Sorry.
- Agh... - Guys, come on!
Come on!
(MARY GROANS)
In here, in here!
Close the door, Em!
- What the hell! - Sorry!
Hey, hey!
Steve, why didn't you stop them?
Up or down, mate? Up or down?
WOMAN: Does everyone like teddy bears?
This is my friend Teddy.
We've been having so much fun together today.
But we were missing you guys,
so we decided to come and visit you.
Ah, can you tell me where I can find the patient Mary Hammond?
She's giving birth here.
WOMAN: We were having a picnic.
RECEPTIONIST: Birthing Ward, Floor 3, Room 22B.
- Thanks. - Teddy bears just LOVE picnics!
Who puts a clown in a fucking tutu?
WOMAN: OK! Let's get ready for the picnic!
Chicken schnitzel.
- Chicken cacciatore. - Yeah.
- Chicken parmigiana. - Mm-hm.
They've got three different types of chicken pasta,
and it's really bland.
(ENTERTAINER AND CHILDREN SPEAK INDISTINCTLY)
GARY: Excuse me.
Uh, excuse me.
Hey! Thanks.
Hey!
Clap your hands!
Oh, fuck.
MARY: Gary, what are you doing?
(SHOUTING)
- EMMA: Move! Move! - I'm so sorry!
EMMA: Get out of the way! Move!
WOMAN: There's glass, don't move, kids.
GARY: Shit. Shit! Where did we park it?
I think it was back near the entrance.
- Are you sure? - I don't know.
Guys, this feels different.
This feels completely different.
My body isn't normally doing this at this time
and the sun hasn't even gone down.
SARAH: Guys! What the hell are you doing?
- We can't find our car! - Why aren't you back in there?
- Because we're out of time! - (GROANS)
We have to get her back in there!
- (SCREAMS) No! No! Fuck! - Guys, listen to me. Ray, I gotta borrow your car.
RAY: What the fuck is wrong with you? GARY: Listen to me, OK?
When the sun goes down, we are all in some serious shit!
Oh, it feels completely different!
- Oh, fuck! - SARAH: Are you kidding me?
Aunty Sarah, I know this looks dumb,
- but you need to help us. - SARAH: This is ridiculous!
(SCREAMS AND ROARS)
(SOFT GROWLING)
We're gonna do this, with or without your help.
Now, can we please borrow your car?
It's with... It's with the babysitter.
MAN: Won't be long! Just leave the keys in it.
- (HORN BEEPS) - (SHOUTING)
- Move! Bloody move! - (HORN BEEPS)
(SCREAMING AND SHOUTING)
(HORN BLARES)
- (TYRES SQUEAL) - Is that them?
Yeah. Call it in.
(WHISPERS) It's OK. It's OK.
Oh, Gary... What about the baby?
(HORN BLARES)
Get out of the way!
(SHOUTING)
- Shit! - (TYRES SQUEAL)
(SHOUTING)
Hon, you need to warn us.
We don't have chickens in the basement.
What if I eat the baby because we don't have any chickens?
You are not gonna eat the baby, OK?
It's happening so fast. I'm scared!
(SIREN WAILS)
Hold on, guys!
GARY: How long, Ray?
EMMA: Ray, the lights are red!
(SIREN WAILS, SHOUTING)
GARY: Hang in there. Almost there.
(GO WITH THE FLOW BY QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE PLAYS LOUDLY)
Is that the music to be playing right now, Emma?
# She said "I'll throw myself away
# "They're just photos after all"
# I can't make you hang around
# I can't wash you off my skin
# Outside the frame
# Is what we're leaving out
# You won't remember anyway
# I can go
# With the flow #Go
# I can go... #
(INAUDIBLE)
# With the flow... #
(SCREAMS)
# Oh-oh, oh-oh
(SONG CONTINUES)
GARY: OK, I'll go round the side.
Ray, get in here. Be careful!
Just...
Behind, behind. Grab her behind.
Hey, bubs, go get the door. Open the door. OK.
SARAH: Easy!
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
Agh!
Don't eat Ray, sweetheart!
Agh! I think I can see the head!
Don't drop her! Watch the corner.
Move away from the door, baby! Away from the door.
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
I've got her. Careful.
Emma! Come here, come here!
RAY: Be careful of the steps!
Do you need help?
- GARY: OK, that's it! - RAY: Should I stay?
GARY: No, no! Go, go!
- Agh! Mary, it's me! - (LOW GROWLING)
No! Ugh! (GRUNTING, HEAVY BREATHING)
Oh, shit.
(CLANGING)
(BEEPING, HISSING)
(GROANING)
(GRUNTING)
(STRAINING)
(WHISPERS) Oh, shit.
It's a wolf.
EMMA: Is Mary OK?
(WHISPERS) She's exhausted.
She's exhausted. She can't get to the baby. She...
She's too weak.
She can't...
She can't move.
Dad.
I know.
(CLANKING)
You can't... You can't go in there.
It's OK.
I'm not scared.
I'll be OK.
SARAH: Em?
(CLANKING)
(LOW GROWLING)
(SINGS) # There is freedom within
# There is freedom without
# Try to catch the deluge in a paper cup
# There's a battle ahead
# Many battles are lost
# But you'll never see the end of the road
# While you're travelling with me
- (THUD!) - (LOW GROWLING)
# Hey now, hey now
# Don't dream it's over
# Hey now, hey now
# When the world comes in
# They'll come, they come
# To build a wall between us... #
(MEWLS SOFTLY)
# We know they won't win... #
(SOFT GROWLING)
- (MEWLS) - Hi.
(GROANS)
(MEWLS)
I told you you wouldn't eat us.
(DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER BY CROWDED HOUSE PLAYS)
# There is freedom within
# There is freedom without
# Try to catch the deluge in a paper cup
# There's a battle ahead
# Many battles are lost
# But you'll never see the end of the road
# While you're travelling with me
# Hey now, hey now
# Don't dream it's over
- # Hey now, hey now... - (SIREN APPROACHES)
# When the world comes in
# They come, they come
# To build a wall between us... #
Right, you guys take north-south.
We'll take east-west.
Let's go, let's go, let's go.
(GRUNTING)
# Now I'm towing my car
# There's a hole in the roof
# My possessions are causing me suspicion
# But there's no proof
# In the paper today
# Tales of war and of waste
# But you turn right over to the TV page
# Hey now, hey now
# Don't dream it's over
# Hey now, hey now
# When the world comes in
# They come, they come
# To build a wall between us
# We know they won't win
# Now I'm walking again
# To the beat of a drum
# And I'm counting the steps to the door of your heart
# Only shadows ahead
# Barely clearing the roof
# Get to know the feeling of liberation and release
# Hey now, hey now
# Don't dream it's over
# Hey now, hey now
# Don't let them win... #