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I need dollar, dollar, dollar, that's what I need.

Well, I need dollar, dollar, dollar, that's what I need. You're speeding up.

Get closer.

Okay.

Rick! What?

Stay focused.

Rick! Don't worry, we're fine. I've thought of everything, okay? It's all

of the plan.

Plan? Yeah, you ready for this?

We're going to follow him till he's nearly at work, keeping it out of sight,

and... OK.

This wasn't part of the plan, was it?

Actually, you know what? This could be better.

Better than the plan where you thought of everything?

Sometimes you've just got to play what's in front of you.

It's a footballing thing.

Aren't we meant to be keeping out of sight? We don't need to, yeah?

What are we doing, Rick?

We are getting ready to pounce.

What do you mean, pounce?

In the petrol station. Are you crazy? He's left the keys in the ignition.

look. Just trust me, all right? So when he goes into pay, bingo, you're on.

We have to get Emma to school, and I promised Mum I'd take Dad in for a test.

don't have time for this.

You're chicken.

I'm not chicken.

I just... I didn't expect to be Action Woman today, and that's all.

Well?

Okay,

get in. Take it.

Somebody call the cops.

Whoa.

Hey.

Whoa.

But you got to keep your head up. Oh, and you can let your head down. Hey, you

got to keep your head up. Oh, and you can let your head down.

I'm Emma's mum, and this is Rick, and we're mercantile agents.

Sounds a bit soft, doesn't it? Like we're secret agents working for the

mercantiles. We do a lot of private investigations.

Surveillance, skip tracing.

A bit of process serving, some debt collecting.

And repossessions.

Oh, this is ridiculous.

You can't just steal my bloody car.

Mate. You've missed four payments. You're kidding me. We've called, we've

written, heard nothing. Yeah, I'm hanging on by my fingernails and you're

sweeping here. We've asked you to call us. Yeah. And we sent you a warning. And

sent... Yeah,

I know you guys. I know all your tricks.

Mate, unfortunately you bought a car you can't pay for. There's no trick about

it. We actually operate under a strict code of ethics governed by a national

body.

Relax, okay? Listen up.

It's important information.

Stop it.

Stop it.

How's that, Liz?

Don't!

I'm loose, OK? I'm loose.

Half the time, it's pretty straightforward. I mean, if you don't

to pay a debt, you've got too much of something else.

Makes sense, really.

But if we can help, we try to help.

Just call me Mr Helpful.

Look, you've got 21 days for this auction, so if you can come up with the

arrears and our costs inside of that, you can get it back. Yeah, dead easy.

Thanks.

Well, you've got an income, right?

You're not getting divorced.

Whatever you're spending your spare cash on, gambling, girls, grog, you've just

got to pull back on that and make this a priority.

I hope someone wrecks your day, sunshine.

That isn't breakfast, is it?

No. Does your mother know about this?

No, I've got you one too.

Oh, no. Nothing?

Oh, hang on a minute. Sorry.

What are they?

RF antennas.

I've got an idea, and if it works, I'll tell you what it is.

Righto. How'd you go yesterday with that credit card girl? Minnesota Smith.

Minnesota. Minnesota.

Yeah. How'd you even come up with that name? Yeah, look, small problem. I can't

find her.

She's not anywhere. Now, I'm happy to keep plugging away if you think that

worth it, but honestly, I... Chad.

Our clients keep coming back to us because they know we don't give up on

hard ones.

Right?

Let's go.

Before you head off, I want you to dig up the files from 08 and 09. I think I

just saw Jason Green.

Who? Ah, he's on the run.

Ripped off a super fund, I think.

Yeah, right.

Any news?

I'm getting a tattoo on Saturday.

Oh, congratulations.

Don't tell Mum.

She'll see it one day.

Not where I'm putting it.

This is from the car we just repoed. I'll get you to look up the address and

send it all back.

Where's Rick?

Still out.

Hey, photoshopped Miss Highfield's head onto a dragon. Like it?

After the math tests opened me again, I stick them all over the bathroom.

Oh, where did I go wrong?

Don't worry, it's not your fault she's a terrible teacher.

Hey, guys.

Babe, you almost gave me a heart attack just freezing like that, but well done.

Well, I saw one of those white collar scammers in the Taipei.

I got him.

Jason Green. According to this, the cops think he's still in Chile. 20 minutes

ago, he was at the service station in Austin, man.

Man, this guy embezzled millions.

Am I still on imaging?

Yeah, do you mind?

No.

Hey, kiddo, you ready to go?

Yep. So, circumference?

Two pi r.

Area?

Pi r squared. You are going to rule this test. I know.

Hey, Kate, did you know there's a finest fee on this guy?

Really? Yeah, it says here the cops will give us 25 grand if we know where it

is. Oh, it's cold.

And you know, right?

I know where he was. Tell him. Claim it. Take us all shopping.

Well, how are you going to find him again?

Go back to the servo. Ask if he bought anything. Find out if he used his credit

card. And if he's a regular customer, then you can stake the place out.

Can you stay with him until he's admitted?

Where are you going?

Down to the boat.

We're doing safety checks this morning. One of us has to be there, otherwise we

won't leave next week.

He looks good, doesn't he?

Colonoscopies do wonders for the waistline. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. She

groans when she has to drink that awful stuff.

But if someone else... Stop complaining. Go get the all -clear.

I don't need the all -clear. Yes, you do. I'm not having you mess up a trip

we've been planning for five years.

We're sailing up to the Whitsundays, not round the Horn.

Call me if there's a problem.

OK. See you. Bye.

Now, you cannot say that the chance of 25 grand to Katie hasn't been that good

month, has it?

Oh, we're okay. Come on, Dad, let's go.

Yeah, and is Rick pulling his weight?

Yep. What a much use making him a partner if he's not going to share the

He does.

Occasionally I do some field work and sometimes he does the books.

Life's good at the moment, really.

Good. Come on, let's go.

No, hang on a minute.

If you don't want to go now, I'll call Lily and she can come with you. They're

coming. Thank you.

I'd feel safer with an Indian cab driver than your sister at the wheel.

Easy.

What about you and Rick away from work?

That's good, too.

He's been having a lot of sleepovers, according to Emma.

Dad.

Don't be quiet, that's all.

Dad. She's your daughter. You don't want her scarred for life. When you were

little, your mother and I used to go out to the garage.

Can you stop talking now?

I don't need to hear this, Mr Christie.

We will continue this conversation in a couple of hours.

No, we won't. And what do you do, Mr. Christie?

I am a mercantile agent currently inactive.

Retired. Yeah, still licensed.

Mercantile agent?

Bit like your job, actually. Yeah, we spend all day looking up arseholes.

Wollongong Gastroenterology, Minnesota speaking.

Yep.

Yeah, what time was that one?

Okay.

Wow, she's pretty.

So you got the letter of demand?

Uh, yeah, it's somewhere.

Details of credit card debt from Minnesota Smith.

Thank you. All right, so I've got who we are and what she owes and methods of

payment.

Oh, is it on the template?

Yeah. Yeah, right, right, right.

So you go in and step one.

Hey, I'm Chad.

No.

I'm not Chad. I need a false name. No, no. Who is she? Sorry.

Establish identity.

Tick. Then before I give her the letter, I have to tell her who I am.

But not in front of others.

Right, so I have to get her on her own.

Yes, but you can't make it obvious. Like, you can't just go in and say,

I've got this gravely serious news and I need to talk to you in private because

all the mates are going to be like, whoa, what's a minute third of done?

Then you've embarrassed her.

And that's against the code of ethics.

So I can never tell someone who I am in front of other people. Look, the point

is you've got to be smooth and unobtrusive, right? You just glide in,

the letter, you are Mr Ordinary. The rest of the office shouldn't even notice

you're there.

Why are you still here?

You should have left already.

Oh, yeah, yeah, sorry, so just two minutes.

Can you hurry up, please?

Yeah. Hey, Em, get off OK?

Yeah, I just knocked her in the bit of the car.

Very funny.

Shouldn't you be doing surveillance on that insurance claim in Fairy Meadow?

All in good time. I just wanted to talk to you about dinner tonight.

Great.

I'll get you to pick up a chicken on the way home. Em was after a roast.

Yep, no problems. But then you and I are going out.

No. I booked a table at June's.

What?

Really?

Wow.

I mean, first, can we afford it?

Well, that's not going to be a nice surprise.

And secondly, we've got to get the bath statement ready.

and calculate the super and the payroll tax, and now I've got a fitting chasing

down a finder's fee.

A couple of hours for a nice dinner, just you and me, right?

Why?

Because today is going to be such a good day.

Why? I'll tell you at dinner tonight.

No. No, no, no, no, no, no.

No, no, no.

Rick, you're really worrying me now, eh?

You don't have to worry.

What have you planned?

Why have you started planning things? You never used to plan things. For God's

sake, relax. Tell me now, not there now. What's going on? I'm going.

See you tonight.

Please.

What's that?

What?

The box in your pocket.

A box?

A box of what?

It's mine.

What is it, Rick?

For you, obviously.

And when I said mine, I meant I bought it for you.

It was meant for tonight, but now that's stuffed, so... What do you reckon?

Will you marry me?

You stallion!

Where the hell is this from?

Well, I thought this is what you wanted.

We've never talked about marriage.

Can't just... Sorry.

Sorry, no.

Not like this.

No way.

Right, I'm just going to head off.

Crazy? Don't even start.

Well, then what's the problem?

All I hear is what a fantastic guy he is. You've been sleeping with him for a

year. He practically lives over at your place. We have not moved in together.

When was the last time he spent two nights in a row at his place? That's not

point. On top of all that, you've told me you love him. Of course I love him.

Do you think I'd keep saying yes, stay over, if I didn't love him?

So?

Is that my scarf?

Don't change the subject.

Anyway, no, it's mine.

You gave it to me. When?

Anyway, it works better on me. You agreed?

No, I didn't.

You want to know what I think?

You don't want to say yes because it was his idea and he hadn't let you make the

decision. You've always got to make the decision. In any relationship you have,

you've got to be in control.

And all that inappropriate controliness means that you could lose the man you

love and the man your daughter loves.

And that is just so the wrong choice.

I've got to go.

What? Where?

To find Jason Green.

Now? In the middle of a serious conversation about the rest of your

and that is still my scarf.

Fulangong Gastroenterology, Minnesota speaking.

Yeah, we can do that. Okay, thank you.

Hi. Hey.

Minnesota Smith?

I'm sorry, you are?

Well, we actually haven't been introduced.

Have you got an appointment, sir?

No, it's fine. I just need to have a quick word with Minnesota.

About what?

Nothing urgent.

Maybe if we could find somewhere private.

Why?

No reason.

So why should I go?

We just need some time.

Just the two of us.

You've heard that before.

It won't take long. And that, sadly.

Look, if we could just go...

Later, maybe.

We do deal with a few out -and -out crooks, but by and large it's ordinary

stressed -out people who have just got themselves into a pickle.

Like when you tried to tile the bathroom?

Exactly. A decision that was meant to save us a lot of money ended up costing

us... $1 ,500.

Sane.

And that's all it is most of the time, just good people making a bad decision.

Usually followed by a worse one.

I'm working.

No, you're not. This is way more important. Call him now and tell him.

Kate, if you want this guy, you're going to have to swallow some pride. But

don't tell me I have to do something, okay? You'd rather lose him. Can we

this later?

Why? Why not now? Why not just talk it through?

Because he's here.

Kate? What's he doing here?

Who's there?

Rick. Where are you?

In town.

But Rick's at Fairy Meadow.

no he's not well i'm sure there's a reason i mean it's bound to be something

do with

Hey, how's things?

Good.

Sorry I snapped this morning, but you know me.

Anyway, I was wondering if dinner's still on.

It's up to you. You make all the decisions.

Okay. Well, I'll meet you there.

Great.

I've got something to tell you.

Where are you?

At the surveillance job.

In Ferry Meadow?

Yeah, just down in the burbs outside a red brick house, ready to spring into

action if there's any signs of life.

Oh, I've got to go. I'll call you back later, OK?

OK.

Jason Green.

Are you kidding me?

I can't talk right now. I'm chasing 25 grand.

I'm never gonna get to you this way

What?

Excuse me?

Hey, Christy from Sapphire, yeah?

Do you mind? This is my car. Yeah, look, I didn't want to stay in view. You

could have the street covered, you never know.

Anyway, it's not like we're total strangers, are we?

I think our paths might have crossed occasionally.

The old conference, pitching for the same work now and then.

Matt's line.

The mobile Merc.

Yep. Now, we better sort this out, because as far as I can tell, we've both

Jason, we've both followed him, we both know where he lives, but there's only

one finder's fee.

I saw him first.

And you've got a written record of when and where you first saw him? Have you?

Yep. Well, I'll get you to send that to me, and then I'll send mine to you, and

then we'll see. No, no, no, no, you can ask me to send it to you, and then I'll

consider it, and I'll get... I'll get whatever, it's the same thing. No, one's

rude, one's polite. I don't have time for lecture on manners, OK? Just forget

it.

Let's face it, it'll all depend on what the feds think anyway.

Yeah, hi, Kate, Kirsten here. I was just wondering if Inspector Duff was

available?

This is how I understand it. That's the existing line.

That's the land we have.

And that's where the station is.

Sweetheart.

Thanks for bringing the missus.

No worries.

Darling.

Champagne's over there, darling.

So, are you ready to know how it feels to back a winner?

You bet.

You're not still planning to blow it all on weddings and honeymoons, are you?

Well, probably, if I'm allowed to.

Love is blind, I suppose.

Oh, rubbish. If love is blind, why did they invent lingerie?

Ah, nearly time.

Phil, Harley, if I can just take a second, I just want to thank each and

one of you for coming on board this venture.

With one announcement in a few seconds, our precious 100 acres will have tripled

in value at the very least.

To fast trains and faster profits.

The state government today made a major announcement on infrastructure.

In a complete backflip, the government declared it will permanently scrap all

plans to build a fast train service between Sydney and Melbourne.

George Amoretti, the Minister for Transport, said the $2 million it would

cost would be better spent in purchasing existing services, and this decision is

final. So the fast train, which would have had stops outside Wollongong,

Canberra and Albury, is now off the agenda.

I know you're screening me, and if you don't stop it, I will have to pass

judgment. Next time, pick up.

Bombed out, huh?

How did you know?

She posts on my news feed, except I know her as Minnie.

Awesome profile pic, too.

I spend all week looking for this chick, and it turns out she's a friend of

yours? No, no, I've never met her. Some friends are friends, some friends

aren't. You know what it's like. But she wouldn't have posted that if you'd just

sprung her.

Minnie has just finished work and is looking forward to feeling the sand

her toes.

I owe you a big time though.

Lucky me.

Things are gonna change, and not for better.

Don't know what it means to me, but it's hopeless, hopeless.

Everything is everything.

The more I talk about it, can't understand a word.

I've got to stop and say it.

It must have been around half eight when I first saw him. You can see here it

was 8 .30 when I first noticed the target on Breed Street.

I wrote down his licence plate, even though at that point I was uncertain of

identity. I was actually already working, but I did immediately identify

I followed him to an office building at the mall.

Then I had to take my father in for a colonoscopy.

And he did come out at 11 .21. I've got it written down here.

Then I remembered the coffee cup.

Guys, enough!

Same day, same morning. It's a dead heat.

It's tough to split it.

Until we arrest him, none of this to anyone.

Well, he's in there. It's not going to be a hard arrest.

I'm going to let him run for a while. See where he leads us.

A while?

What's a while?

It's an unspecified period of time.

Thanks for your help.

Are you down okay?

Nothing serious, I hope.

It's a routine check.

You think so? Yeah.

Thanks.

Sorry. Oh, I'm so sorry.

That's all right.

I know you're busy.

It's easy to forget your father had an important medical procedure today.

I've got a bit on my mind, but that's no excuse. I'm really sorry, Dad. That's

okay. Did you find, uh, what's his name?

Sort of. Oh, good girl.

Did you finish the safety check?

Oh, yes.

Thank you.

Are you going to ask?

Ask?

Don't worry about it. Forget it. What?

How it went? Yes.

Yeah, I will be fine.

What happened?

Oh, they found some little polypy things that they're going to run tests on and

they're sure they're benign.

What? And?

Tell her everything.

I can't say.

The doctor just said that we'd probably be becoming very good friends over the

next few years.

What does that mean?

It means we need to take special care of him.

Just not. I'm as strong as ever. There is nothing wrong. Absolutely nothing.

Come on.

Yeah.

Don't worry about me. You've got enough to worry about.

Car.

Jim. Are you getting in?

No, I'm driving.

Oh, you look stunning.

Sure, you're exaggerating.

Oh, Brooke Goodman.

Okay, so she's not unattractive.

Look, I'm sure he has plenty of friends who he picks up on the hairdressers.

Possibly.

Okay, so he's giving her a lift.

And a kiss.

Not good.

Rage. Dump him. What a jerk. How can he propose and then do this?

I don't know.

I don't know what to believe anymore.

We all have setbacks, Rick.

You saw the cabinet papers. It was signed off. It was in the bag. It was

happening. I know.

I know.

Everything carries risk with it.

People change their minds, especially politicians.

But at least you bought the land. You didn't just trouser everyone's money.

Yeah, well, it's not going to be worth much without a train station on it. I

know. Still, no one's going to put you in cement boots over it.

What?

The final investor, when I needed the last hundred grand quickly, I went to

Mario Maguire.

Did they ever find the bloke that ripped him off at the races?

No.

No, Mario just told the cops he was no longer living in Australia.

Nice turn of phrase when you think about it.

Don't run.

Be straight.

You'll be fine.

To go to dinner with him. And do what? Pretend I didn't see anything?

Are you kidding?

You put on that new dress and look a million dollars. The girl looks sexy, as

intelligent, witty, giving the perfect dream wife and lover.

And then, remember, he's paying, so order the best. And then when he walks

and sees how fantastic you look, you throw your wine in his face. And I tell

I've changed the locks and we're finished and why are you such a chirp?

Hello.

Had time?

No, no.

This is Matt Sloan.

Hello. Hey.

This is my sister Lily. She's here part -time.

Nice to meet you.

Matt's also a Merc agent.

Yeah, freelance.

Who's here to...? Join forces.

On the Jason Green thing. Look.

If we want to get paid, he's got to be arrested, right?

The feds, they're going to let him run forever.

So you and I have got to keep him under surveillance.

Just until he gets up to no good.

Then we tip off the cop, he'll get locked up, fingerprinted, that'll

ID, and bingo, money's ours.

And how do we fund that sort of operation?

24 -7 surveillance, open -ended.

Who did this?

Approbationer agent?

He says if it works, he'll tell us what it is.

Well, if it works, we'll be breaking about 14 sections of the Crimes Act.

With the right software, this will be a homemade mobile phone tower.

It's a phone tap, basically.

What do you think the Association would say about that? Because I'm not sure

that's 100 % ethical.

Is that a threat?

No, I'm just wondering.

Mr Sloan. Yep.

You march in here unannounced. Want me to drop everything to help you with your

plans to help you get up half of what you don't deserve anyway.

Then you carry on about ethics.

No. I'm sorry. You're on your own.

Oh, hey, it does work.

Wow.

That's impressive.

Home. Change.

Accessorize.

Dinner.

What to do with it?

A wave of heat comes around.

The web of noise has been out.

Stop to ask.

Welcome.

Glad you could spare the time, Rick.

Mario, I'm sorry. I had no idea this was going to happen.

Have you had much experience with dead?

Actually, Mario, funnily enough, I have.

Really?

You mean you've been in this sort of situation before?

Not quite like this, no. It's been more on the side of collecting.

Ah, good.

You'll understand then.

Tricky business, Ted.

We all owe someone something.

But how we acknowledge that and how we pay for it, well, that, that shows

character.

For example, in this situation, if you were me,

Well, you wouldn't want to hear any crap about a totally unexpected change in

government policy.

The fact is you gave me $100 ,000, and I guaranteed at the very least you

wouldn't lose a cent.

And if you sold the land next week, divided the proceeds among the

I'd get, what do you reckon, 35?

Maybe 40.

Then what do you think that'd do for my reputation?

Look, Rick, up and asking around, you're about as square as a butterbox.

You got a nice girl, sweet kid, and you and your little family don't need a guy

like me in your life, eh?

And the way to get me out of your life is to pay

me back my hundred grand.

Yeah, well, if I had it, I would.

What should I do, you reckon?

Throw it back?

It'll cut its head off and gut it.

Hello, parentals. Hello.

We've got M tonight. Kate and Rick are heading out. Hope that's okay.

Yes, of course it is, darling. Thank you, darling.

She needs help with homework, too. You good with history?

My old teacher maintained that. I didn't know my ass from my old woman. Jim!

After that colonoscopy, I beg to differ.

What's a colonoscopy?

Well, let's put it this way. It's got nothing to do with your old bear.

She'll just Google it.

Why don't you watch some TV first? Then we'll have dinner. Then we'll do

homework.

Hey.

Don't you start.

I didn't say anything.

Gilligan, tell Lily what I promised to do.

He's going to cut back on red meat. He's going to eat more whole grain food.

As long as we all stop worrying, especially me.

Face your problems and everything will be fine. I've always believed in that.

You have reached your destination.

Please select a new destination.

That's exactly it.

For a new journey, select a new destination.

For a new journey... OK, I've got it the first time, all right?

Sorry, sorry.

Hi. Thank you.

Sometimes a debtor can work off a debt.

You know, perhaps you've got a job, say, that, you know, I could do that would

normally cost you 100 grand.

Can you get your hands on a firearm?

No. Didn't think so.

Forget it, then.

What's your next plan?

Table for Taylor?

Yes.

We're back with the menu. Thank you.

Shh.

It's your most expensive champagne.

Excuse me.

Is that the only way out?

There's no other window or chimney or anything?

Fancy bumping into you here.

Old places.

It was the ATM withdrawals on the statement, right?

And you know about the hours, don't you?

9am to 9pm are reasonable hours of contact and after 9pm is generally

harassment.

And oh dear, is that the time. You know, we can make exceptions.

For shift workers, which I'm not. No, you work for a temp agency.

I figured that much out.

I work when I want, where I want.

Casual's the way to go. Easy to pick up, easy to ditch.

So...

If you give me that letter now, you could lose your licence and end up back

that doll queue.

Just answer me this though.

I am talking to Miss Minnesota Smith, yes?

You are.

Thank you.

As a friend.

Are we friends?

Maybe.

Well, can I just say, friend, you really need to sharpen up at your job.

Another category is you're not too bad.

Mario, these are the business accounts. The money's not really mine.

Well, after the bank transfers, you can head home, knowing it's a much safer

place than what it was a couple of hours ago.

You see?

If you look hard enough, it's amazing what you find.

Ah.

Look down.

Look down. Hi, you've called Rick. I'm not here. Please leave a message.

I'm sorry, madam, but your card's been declined.

What?

But it's got... Here, let...

Here, try this.

Okay, you're about three down now.

Your car may be good to the value

of...

Nice to end business with

you, right?

This morning life is so perfect.

See, the thing is, it doesn't matter how much you owe someone.

Any debt can be squared as long as both parties agree on the deal.

I owe Rick for the happiest year of my life.

So... Thank you.

You're welcome.

Ew. Hey, guys, please, we're on camera.

We'll get used to it, Em. It's a daily repayment plan.