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Right, so Nadine's made her own egg good for her. Except it's legal for now.

For now?

Something this good, once word gets out, it's definitely going to get

classified. So we've got to sell as many as we can before that happens.

The Creekins are evil and conniving.

You're a detective, get detecting.

Garth mowed in 1998. Why should I care about this?

That's because she remarried in 98.

Do you ever hear from Garth these days?

Oh, sorry, is that a touchy subject of something?

It's because he's dead.

Garth loaded, drowned in a boating and spent 98.

Cherie pushed him out. She wasn't on the boat at the time.

Somebody else was.

Nikki Greger.

It took a whole two days to shoot, and I even had a special guest star. Wow,

it's like the Ben Hur of infomercials. I think it's on.

Okay, everyone just sit down.

I'm going to...

Hi, I'm Pascal West.

And I was born right here in West Auckland, not in this beautiful tree

place, but into a poor and dysfunctional family.

But that hasn't stopped me from living my dream, a modelling career, my own

unique brand of inspiration for senior citizens, and now the incredible idea

that has changed my life as it will soon change yours.

The best bag ever, an idea so obvious it took me to think of it.

Because every woman knows the pain of a messy bag.

Your phone rings, but you so can't find it. Hi!

Your favourite lippy, now it's lost.

That cute guy's phone number, gone forever.

Well, let me tell you how all that can change.

Oh, Pascal, I'm so embarrassed.

Oh, Suzanne, come on. Haven't we all been there?

Is that Suzanne Paul?

Yes, and her bag really was messy, but she was so lovely, and she really does

believe in the promise.

And with the best bag ever, there is a place for everything.

Oh, Pascal, that's amazing.

There really is a place for everything.

Your makeup, phone, and, of course, that very handy...

Tampolea, this is the bag I've been waiting for.

And now for the finale.

God, the tension.

Will everything fit in the bag?

I was thinking that too.

Is it really only $299?

That's right. All with a free clutch and key clip.

So, to receive your best bag ever, call the 0800 number now. Call today and

you'll receive my special introductory offer.

The wristlet entirely free.

You were amazing.

Brilliant, babe.

I know, but now it's just scary.

Why? Well, what if they don't call?

I don't really get it, eh?

Yeah, you probably don't want to say that too loud around here. Well, if they

just stopped carrying all that shit, they wouldn't have to pay $300 for a

It would just fit in a pocket.

Bro, I'm hearing you.

Uh -huh.

I see.

Well, thanks, Dot.

What, what?

They're calling flat out.

Oh, my God, oh, my God!

We'd better get down there. Come on, Ted. Did you hear that, Mum? They're

calling flat out. That's wonderful, honey. You know, I'd better go.

Everything I never see you these days. You've got enough to. I've got a morning

tea I've got to get to.

Oh, Michelle's back. Yeah, yeah. And Moana's leaving.

Moana's leaving?

Why? Because she is.

Yeah, but you so need her. No, no, no. It's fine. It's fine. Don't worry about

it. Thanks for the morning tea.

I'll see you down there. Yep.

So, have you been on any fishing expeditions lately?

Poor old Garth, eh?

What do you want to know, Loretta?

Just how a tragedy like that could have happened.

How your brother -in -law just happened to fall off a boat and then end up dead?

It was a freak wave.

We capsized. Right.

You don't give a shit about us.

And we're just leaving.

I was just trying to establish the facts, Wayne. You are shit -steering.

maybe a bit.

Look, I saw a copy of the coroner's report.

And? It happened like you said. And you believe Nicky? It was investigated.

There was no evidence of foul play.

Apart from the fact that the guy who wasn't Nicky didn't come back.

Did they find the body?

No. Of course they didn't. Look, it was ruled an accident, so give it up.

Did Mum scare you off?

No. She did. She scared you off. She's got enough on her at the moment without

you adding to it, OK?

So that's it? Case closed?

Yep. Sport, sport.

We really missed you, Mo. You've been bloody brilliant. And come visit us,

because you know where we are, right? Yeah, yeah.

Thank you, guys.

Sure. I need a bag.

OK, help yourselves, guys. We'll be back in a minute.

Her idea of firing Mo.

No. No, she's not fired. Well, then why is she leaving? I had to let her go.

You fired her.

Look, orders are down.

Income is down. Yeah, but that's not her fault. I had to cut costs. So you fired

an innocent machiner. No, look, it's a redundancy. Yeah, which still means no

job, which is still no money.

Oh, my gosh, yeah.

Are we going down the tubes? No.

No, we're not going down the tubes.

Yeah, well, people don't get fired when things are hunky -dory.

Who's next?

No one is getting fired.

I've got mouths to feed Cheryl. I've got two kids in a struggling lettuce

business. And Lloyd, well, he's not going to go out and get a job. All

all right, all right. If you're so worried, just get out there and sell

knickers. I will, I will, I promise.

But please, don't fire me.

Welcome to best bag ever.

Okay, there are heaps and heaps of bags here. How are we going to code? You

leave that to me and Bilky. Chop, chop, Mr. Parker. We'll never make that

courier. Well, I can help.

Oh, no, you are the designer. It's not an idea. I don't mind if it would help.

Well, okay, I'll come to you then. My dear, you have far more important things

to do, and you should get back to them.

Well, it is still a little bit whiffy in here. Oh, lunch from yesterday. We

ordered in fish and chips.

Oh, you think of everything.

I do my best.

You must be so proud of Pascal, Cheryl.

I'm proud of all my kids, Nairie.

But Pascal's one out of the box.

Beautiful, talented, and such good taste.

Don't know where she gets that from.

From her mother, obviously.

And how's the undie business, Cheryl? It's called lingerie, Nairie. Naughty

knickers? Some people like them.

Times are tough out there, though, aren't they?

Yeah.

Yeah, they are.

this packet gravy, Cheryl?

It's my gravy, and you don't have to eat it. Oh dear, touchy -touchy.

You heard me. Well, we do need to get back to it.

What now?

We are so busy.

Rushed up our feet.

And what do you do exactly?

Oh, you know, helping out where I can.

No rest for the wicked.

How are we all going?

Marvellous.

What are you doing here?

I said I could help. Where's Mr. Parker? He's in the loo. He lives there. He's

got prostate problems.

Juice is excuses.

Mary, you know, it's kind of freezing in here. If you wore more clothes, you

wouldn't be as cold.

Maybe you need something to take the edge off.

You've got free booze. Well, not entirely.

But for you, lovey, it's on my house.

It's the last time I cook for that bloody lot.

I like your gravy.

It's not from a bloody packet.

The way they give you jip.

No, that's all right.

How's the farewell?

Awful.

Rochelle started panicking.

You'll be okay, Mrs. Do you know what? I think I'm screwed.

I've been trying to cut... costs, but every time I think I'm ahead, I've got

more bills to pay, and I keep forking out shitloads on that damn unit next

It seemed like a good deal when we were working on that stupid love stock.

It's ugly, so get rid of it.

No takers so far.

What about Pascal's empire?

What about it?

She's doing okay. She's put a bit away in the bank.

I'm not a charity case.

Okay, you're proud, and that's great.

But you shouldn't have to stress like this.

And if worse comes to worse, we can live off my income.

They've gotten pregnant in the kitchen. Is that what you want?

Oh, yeah Can't do that to Rochelle and the others

and who do you still mine?

So me and Aaron are going to get a

pie and I hear this voice right And it turns out to be Pascal on

the news with Suzanne Paul.

Cool, eh? It wasn't a news fan. It was a paid infomercial.

What, like the fake knives in the abulator?

Yes, fan.

Suzanne was pretty into it, man.

Yeah, that's how it works, fan.

So what, Pascal paid to go on the telly?

Yeah, well, she's rich. She can afford it.

Hey, babe, you know how we were talking about getting our own place?

Yep. Well, I've been looking at houses.

What? I thought we were cool here now that you're gone with Mum.

Loretta's still a total bitch. You want me to talk to her? No.

Because I will.

I'll tell her where to get off.

So I need to... This one's okay.

Is that for real?

Yeah. Three bedrooms and a huge backyard.

It's $300 ,000.

Ben, that's cheap for a house.

That is more money than I will earn in my life.

But, babe, I'd be helping, and we've still got the cash from the tanker job,

Nicky will have other gigs.

So we're doing it?

I hate this job.

Me too. You guys are all class, meeting clients off your face. No, just focus.

I've got a girl if you want to make dinner.

And who's paying for dinner?

It's a legitimate marketing expense.

Yeah, I want receipts. You have such a career as an accountant.

Well, maybe if you sold more and stopped clocking up expenses, we could finally

get rid of this crap.

Tell you what, your distribution.

Distribute. I'll meet you guys there, eh?

Ciao, Bella.

Bella?

What's wrong with that?

It's bello. If you were Bella, then you'd be a girl. And while you might be

you are clearly not a girl. Not that she'd know that, because she is a

nerd. You're especially grumpy today.

No, I just hate people who do fake Italian. And this stuff is really

crazy. Oh, right.

You are the facilitator, so facilitate them out of here.

We two.

How about your gay pad?

Why would I have them at my house when I've got an office?

Hey, you sure you don't want to come? Yes.

Sure? Yes.

Okay.

They make a nice couple, eh?

Hayden, na -na -na -ee -dee. Yeah, up yours you throw.

Happy number, Crunchy.

Hi.

Hi, Mum.

Hi.

All going well?

We are getting just such great feedback, like...

Pascal, you rocked the mats from the chicks in Teiri. Whoever that is.

Yeah, so it is all going well. Yeah, it's great.

So great.

It's wonderful.

Yeah, it is.

Is it that Ted and Nairi were around for dinner last night and they said you're

a bit pushed?

No, we're fine.

They were working quite late.

Yeah, but that is good because it means people want our product.

Is this if you needed some extra space?

You think we need more space?

The unit next door to Hoochie's come up, and I am the least.

Well, the place we have for Hoochie Daddy.

Yeah, you know, it's next door, it's a good space, I could give you a good

You think I can't organise space for my workers?

No, no, it's just if you needed another space, you know, a better space, and the

amenities are really good.

There's nothing wrong with my amenities.

Oh, there kind of is.

And what would you know about my amenities?

Well, I wouldn't know.

I just thought if you needed some help. Well, I don't need help.

I'm tightly organised and I'm quite successful, actually.

Okay, okay, fine.

It's just a thought, if you wanted it.

Well, thanks, but I don't. Okay, sweet.

See you.

Why did she want you to do that? I thought we were getting along again. Do

Make out like I'm some big failure when people are clearly responding to my bag.

Our bag.

That's maybe not what she was saying. Yes, it was, and I don't need charity.

Yeah, but, Pascal, you know, the workroom, it's kind of cold and it

And have you seen the toilet? Yeah, okay, it might need a little bit of

but it's early days and I just think we need to focus on the beautiful positive

and not the hussy old need, okay?

She's letting the unicorns.

Oh, shit.

They are going down the tubes.

She's going down to tell you. Yeah, well, she's firing people.

She'll fire Moana.

Oh, yeah, well, she made redundant, which is what she said, but it's still

same thing. I mean, it's still on the scrap heap. Poor Moana.

Yeah, and the point is, who's next?

Especially now that Cherie is general manager.

No. Get out of here. Yeah.

The Grogan's in charge.

Oh, God, Cheryl must be desperate, eh? Well, she didn't ask me.

Oh, God.

God, I feel terrible that this is partly my fault.

Are you a recommender or are you a general manager?

No, I hate that slag, but I made Cheryl take the unit, you know, for that stupid

love sock.

Oh, no, no, it's not stupid. Love's still with his, doesn't it? Well, yeah,

well, it gets a bit sweaty in the greenhouse, but me, it's comfy.

Okay, the point is, I talked Cheryl into taking that unit because I was so

certain that the love sock was going to be huge. You know, then I just went and

left her.

I abandoned her. I deserted her. Oh, don't say that. Yeah, well, it's true.

Well, you'd think I'd feel good. You haven't done anything.

Or the baby, or the time I took off.

I suppose that hadn't helped.

Anyway, if I had been there, then Sherry would have asked me to be general

manager instead of the Grogan. Sherry is such a bitch. And she is not going to

get fired now that she's general manager.

You think more people will get fired?

Fuck, I don't know, Gaze.

I just want to keep my job.

We'll be in touch.

Thanks, bye.

Can't even think about it. She'll be flogging the knickers and casing the

at the same time.

Hey, Mum.

Hey.

You can be a little bit more polite. She's my general manager.

Yeah.

Leave the agreement for next door. Can I get out of it?

Sure don't, sir.

No.

Now, what's the next door like?

Oh, like this, but empty.

Not bad.

Yeah, if it's substandard, will you get me out of the lease?

This is a cash flow thing.

A save my ass kind of thing.

I'll take it.

Yeah, don't be ridiculous.

No, I need a space.

What for?

Orange, mainly.

A little side thing I've got going, kind of a herbal supplement.

You for real?

Yep.

I'm not asking you to bail me out, Jethro.

Fair enough.

Look, this is perfect for what I need, all right?

If it helps you, it's a bonus.

Thanks.

Don't sweat it.

You did what?

Well, you're the one whining about all the crap in here. Now you've got

somewhere to put it.

I know where I'd like to put it. That's the perfect solution.

No, you're a brown nose.

And Mum will be the landlord from hell.

She'll be fine. What did you tell her?

You need to know, but the boxers have a home now, and isn't that good? No.

She'll be impossible, and you know it. Look, it solves both our problems, all

right? Yeah, and you get to be number one greaseball. Well, always popular.

That's me.

Oh, you're cooking dinner with me again.

Oh, you want to take over?

Sorry.

I'm not barefoot and pregnant, and you can't see.

I got shot at the least.

Yay.

Pissed girl.

No, back of the head. Death ray.

Really? Yes.

At least one of my kids still loves me.

Hey, there's that five. Do you want it?

I haven't got any cash.

No worries. You mark it down and then take it off the wage. It's easy peasy.

Back to it, everyone.

Excuse me.

I have to ask you something. About what?

Is it true that they're only getting eight bucks an hour? Who said that?

Oh, Mr Parker, another toilet break.

I'd like a quick word. If you don't mind, we'll take this outside.

Okay, you.

You're going to rack up a giraffe or something, yeah?

Bye -bye. You be good.

You're a godsend.

Happy to help.

Great timing on the business front, too.

Sorry? That unit?

Sounds perfect for us.

Us? Yeah. I'm in partnership with Jethro and Loretta.

You're in partnership with Loretta? Stranger things have happened. Not much

stranger.

True.

Well, days with the family can't be all bad, I guess.

See you later.

Why do you need to care? Did you not hear?

I'm your new neighbour.

Doing what?

Actually, I'm thinking there's a big future in deep sea adventures.

Keep it next door, please.

So, you and Jester are in Hayden in business together?

Yeah, I think Kirk, Spock and McCoy.

Come on, tell us all about it. Later.

Cheryl, I am the GM.

Do I not get consulted?

Well, what's to consult?

Thanks to Jethro, we've got that cash guzzler off our hands. And we've got a

shit show of surviving.

Morning.

These are the colours that I'm thinking of.

Very saucy.

Excellent driving, my nephew. Door -to -door, all deductible. Shall I put you

down? Where's Mr Parker?

He's left us.

He's dead.

Don't be silly.

Can I get his number?

Why?

Just call him. You know, check if he's OK.

You'll have to talk to Naira about that when she's back. Look, I'm loving this

blue, darling.

I just feel so sorry for them. You know, and it's cold.

You know, and Naira's keeping them there till, like, ten o 'clock.

Well, they wouldn't do it if they didn't want to.

They're scared of her.

Naira is not scary.

Well... Okay, she is a little bit. But she's also really kind and they get food

and they get transport. They get to pay for that.

Well, that's fair enough.

Yeah, but they're hardly getting paid.

You know, and poor Mr. Parker, you know, with the prostate and arthritis.

After I talked to him, they took him outside.

And what?

They said they took him home.

Well, that's a nice thing to do, especially if he's not very well. They

of him, Pascal.

Casey, I don't know why you're telling me all this stuff. Because it's your

company. No, I... is in charge of that side of things. We do our side of

so we should just do our side of things, okay?

Yeah, Rochelle's come back and we've got rid of the unit, so it's all good.

Really? Yeah.

You're not just saying that to make me feel better?

No, I'm not just saying that to make you feel better. Well, I do feel better.

And also I don't.

God, I really wish we could have taken that unit.

Well, Pascal didn't want it.

Pascal doesn't really know what's going on down there.

What is going on down there?

If I tell you...

Will you promise not to tell Nairie?

Oh, fuck. Why would I tell that old trout? Because she knew that I was here

talking to you. There'd be reprisals.

You're kidding.

No, I'm not. Sure.

It's like a concentration camp. You know, and Nairie, she's like the

And Granville and Villani, they're like guards.

And they're always taking people's money off them. Yeah, well, there's a

surprise. Yeah, but sure, those poor old people, they're working so hard.

You know, and some of them are, like, crippled.

And they get paid, like, minimum wage, like eight bucks an hour.

No, that's not minimum wage. Oh, it isn't? No, no, shit no. Oh, God, see?

know about these things and I don't. Look, this isn't really my business,

though, you know.

Shit, I'm just one little person against the system.

You know, when I can see the evil, there's no way I can fight this.

Cheryl, what brings you to see us?

You see my daughter?

Our wonderful leader, the queen of our hearts. Where is she?

Her radiance is often hidden from us.

Yeah, not surprising.

You, uh, on the payroll here?

Good heavens, no, no.

A humble subcontractor involved in the supplying of transportation and

commestibles. You do the food?

Mr. Flarnese does a fine pork roll.

And it means they never have to leave the premises.

You're all bastards.

It's a terrible thing to grow old alone, Cheryl. They have such good company

here. These are housey on Tuesdays. Wow.

It's regular glee club, isn't it? What do you get out of it?

It's enough.

For me to know that I'm giving a little bit of cheer to my elders and betters.

You're great. You bowled it.

Okay, it's not flash, but they're desperate, and we could knock them down

We could.

Nicky, I need to get out of that house. I haven't got a heap of spare cash at

the moment. Well, what about Pascal?

Christ, Cherie, you can see where she's put her money.

It can't be all of it.

It's not a good time right now.

And when will we?

Babe, you need to be patient.

It's a long game, remember?

Oh, I'll just have to come up with something.

Like what?

Well, if you're not going to help me... I'll see what I can run to.

Door's open.

I'm a bit busy, Mum.

Yeah. Hey, um, do you ever go down to your workroom?

Are you here to hassle me again?

No, I'm not, love, but... Have you heard of something called the minimum wage?

Yeah. It's $12 an hour. Is that what you pay your workers?

Have you been talking to Casey?

No, no, I went down looking for you and I bumped into Filani. Who is helping out

with Grandpa?

Why do you think that is, love?

Because they believe in me and they want me to succeed, unlike some people?

Love, they're on the scam.

No, they're not.

Look, I know you're very trusting and you only want what's best, but this is

how you do business.

And this is you criticising me again. No, it's not.

But there are rules about how you run a workplace. There are things like minimum

wages and then there's human bloody decency.

Are you saying I'm mean?

No, I'm not. I care about old people a lot more than you do. Kate, look, I'm

here to argue with you.

But... You could get prosecuted for this.

That could happen.

What you're doing is not legal.

And if word got out... You would tell. No, no, of course I wouldn't. That is

the point.

The point is, if the shit hit the fan, this would not be the best bag ever.

would be your worst bloody nightmare.

Yeah, I'll deal with it, okay?

Well, it's absolutely not true. Everyone is on the minimum.

Which is $12.

Minus deductions.

Deductive? Yeah, well, a few dollars for catering, the bus service we offer.

There's a bus?

Well, Arnie, and a minivan.

Then, of course, there's the social club, Friday... Is that legal?

Entirely. Like, they've agreed to it? It's part of their contract, and they

thrilled to be looked after so well.

And let's remember, this is on top of the pension.

And this is totally cross your heart true?

You can look at the book any time you like.

I will.

And I also want there to be some improvements done to the work race.

My dear.

Who's been upsetting you?

No one.

Was it Casey?

No. She seems a rather emotional young woman. Highly strong.

She's a creative. They get like that.

So it was her?

No, actually, it was Mum.

Cheryl.

What's it got to do with her?

She was trying to help, I think.

Must be so hard for her.

Looking at you doing so well when she's doing so badly.

Is she?

Well, you're on the way up.

She's on the way down.

I'd say there's more than a touch of jealousy going on here.

Well, I suppose there is a lot of tramp underwear in the world and only one best

bag. Absolutely.

But I still want to be more involved.

Anytime. How about now?

Well, this is just me wanting to say thank you to you all for a week of very

hard work. I am so proud of the way that you all believe in me and the way that

I believe in me. And I've brought you some new heaters to keep you all toasty

warm.

Because I really want you guys to just be happy in your work.

And don't forget, even though I am super busy, my door is always open. So any

worries you may have, just let's all hear it for Pascal.

PowerPoint overloaded.

There's only one.

This is choice.

This is choice.

You haven't even seen inside.

We have a jungle gym here, man, with two swings, two, and a sandpit down over

here. So we'll have to get the place first. Pool, like a paddling pool, but

deeper than a paddling pool. Hey, if we're going to do this, we're going to

to get serious, okay?

Okay, but I'm not very good with banks and shit.

No, you won't have to do any of that. We're going to have to talk about the

future and about money.

Yeah, money.

Sure.

Well, we have the pool here, right?

How much do I earn a year?

Bugger all.

No, no, no. How much?

Yep. Do a bugger all.

Eh?

But this is a successful business, man. And what about the cream?

No, the cream's a bonus. It's not your baseline income, which is bugger all.

Yeah, all right. Well, hey, can you, um, like, write that down or something?

Sure.

Bugger.

Whoa.

Do you want to stop dicking around? This is serious.

I've got to prove I've got an income.

Why? Well, I don't know. It's just all the...

Crap you gotta do, you know, when you're getting a mortgage.

Are you buying a house?

Yeah, me and Cherie for the babies.

Right. So I have to provide for them in case something happens to me. Nothing

ever happens to you, Van.

Well, it could, Loretta.

I've got a pretty dangerous job, man. I could put my finger in a socket.

I could mess with a chainsaw.

Yeah, not even you would be that stupid.

Well, come on, I just... Look, man, this is life and death, okay?

Because if I die, that means death.

Right, and I can't just leave Cherie with two kids and nothing to live on.

are you talking about?

Don't know much, do you?

It's called insurance, alright?

Life insurance?

Yes, and Cherie reckons... Cherie reckons?

Yes, Cherie, she's really, really good at all that sort of stuff. Anyway, can

you just print it out or something?

Hello? Just do it.

It's so fucking obvious.

I don't know why we didn't think of it before.

They knocked off guards for his life insurance.

And you happen to know for a fact that he had life insurance?

I know a person who could find out if he did.

Wayne, guess who talked my feeble -minded brother into buying a house with

Guess who's also convinced him to take out life insurance?

200 ,000 bucks worth of life insurance.

I wonder who that might be.

Hi, love.

Hi.

I just wanted to let you know that I have dealt with the things you raised,

now everything's happy, and the wages thing was totally a misunderstanding.

How do you know that?

Because Nairie said, and she wouldn't lie to me, because she knows how cross

get. Right.

And I know the only reason you did it is because you care, and also because

things might not be going so well for you. No, no, they're fine.

Well, that's great, but I've still decided.

Say, yeah. To what?

Taking the unit next door, if it's big enough, of course. Well, you can't, hon.

I've let it.

Who do?

Lorena and Jethro.

Why? It was such a big help, but that's not why they did it.

It's for their business.

Their drug -dealing business?

No, no, it's a herbal supplement.

No, Mum, they're dealing party pills.

Rubbish. Well, they are, and I happen to have witnessed one of their

experiments, which almost killed an innocent person.

One more for the right one.

OK.

But we're stopping at six.

You'd call Aaron, Bella Innocent, or a person. What are you talking about?

Mum, their new business is dealing drugs, which, by the way, are illegal.

Bullshit. No, they are, and you think I'm too trusting, worrying about if I'm

doing illegal stuff, but what about them?

Hey, it's Cheryl, isn't it? Mrs West.

Yeah, the landlord.

Yeah, we met years ago.

I'm Nadine, remember?

Oh my God, Nadine Cronk. Who's girl?

Yeah, it's been ages.

How are you?

Wow, you're not satiric.

No, I'm not.

And hey, you're looking good.

And I love your bag.

Do you? Well, it's called the best bag ever. Can I help you, Mrs West? No.

It's a kind of private property, Mrs West, if you don't mind.

What the hell is this?

It's our product.

The drug?

The party pills.

Well, fuck me.

Where's your brother? Which one? The one you're dealing this shit with.

From my premises. Actually, Mum, it's not shit. It is a quality product. And

don't call it dealing. It's distributing.

It is an illegal drug.

No, it's not. Well, not yet.

What do you mean, not yet?

Well, the active ingredient, which I can't pronounce, has yet to be

So, for now... It's still illegal.

No, it's not. That could take months or even years. It is still a drug. Do you

fucking deny that?

Well, so is alcohol, which is legal. And with this pill, you don't even get a

hangover. And it makes you feel really good, which is why... What is wrong with

you kids? Look, Mum... It's not the new pee, okay? It's safe, and we've all

tried it. Some more than others.

Did you get Jethro into this?

No, actually, it was Jethro's idea.

Well, Nadine, chemical whiz, Jethro's only friend at Shadbolt High, possibly

still his only friend, she developed the product and, against all odds, turned

herself into a hottie. What, so they're together now?

Uh, no, Nadine's actually with Hayden, go figure. What, he takes the shit?

Like I said, some more than others.

Hey, Cheryl.

What is she? Who?

Jane. Oh, she's taking a nap.

It's hardly nap time.

No, but we got back from the zoo a little bit late.

Hey, we had such a great time.

I don't know, we must have spent probably like about an hour just

the meerkats.

It's so cool that we can just pop up and down out of their holes and see them

running around. It's brilliant.

Well, you don't like meerkats, Cheryl?

Cheryl, what's going on?

I'm taking Jane home.

Didn't we say that I'd have her for the night?

My little girl does not hang out with Draggy. She's all right.

What are you doing?

She's okay.

Don't be angry.

We'd be lucky if you were to see her again.

What? If you want to argue, get a damn lawyer.

Well, I had no idea this would be this easy.

There's no rush, is there?

Well, actually, I am in a bit of a rush, Wayne. I've got an emergency drainage

job out at Scenic Drive. The toilet's packed up. There's a shitload of

placements here.

Van.

Where?

And here.

Well, I signed there.

But there's a coffee.

What are you doing?

Anne's taking out life insurance.

We found a house.

What to buy?

Made an offer.

Wow. What's the big deal about insurance?

It's any of your business.

I'm just saying. You've got to plan ahead when you're going to have a

Yeah, but wouldn't mortgage insurance be enough to keep the banks happy?

Is that any of your business?

Yeah, I just think that... Just butt out, Wayne.

And there we have it.

Now you've got heat to my signature, huh?

Thank you, Leonard.

No fun, babe.

What was that about?

Dan taking out life insurance.

What's wrong with that?

He's about to start a family.

God, I can't get used to that.

Since when did your family believe in life insurance?

Oh, it's his choice. Good on him, I'd say.

Yeah, I'm fairly sure it wasn't his choice. Should we tell you she got a six

-figure payout from the death of her husband?

No, why would she?

How do you know?

I made some calls.

What, are you snooping again? No, I made some calls.

Jesus, I thought you were a... Is that nonsense?

No, it's a bit out there, but I'll worry about Van. Yes, so do I, but life

insurance is not a crime.

I know, but... Look, if you want to worry about my kids, worry about the

three. As far as I'm concerned, Van and Cherie are the only members of this

family doing anything fucking right.

What have they done now?

If it's gone sticky, does that mean it's popped?

Hi, Nairie.

Sorry to call.

We have a situation.

Uh -huh?

We have an inspector on the premises.

A cop?

inspector from the Department of Labour. Well, at least it's not a cop.

There's been a complaint about working conditions. If we don't pass the

inspection, they could close us down.

No, they can't. And we'll fix it. And who complained?

I'll interrogate later.

Gotta go. I'll try to keep this under control.

Somebody dobbed us into helping safety people.

Sure.

She accused me of being a druggie.

Oh, sometimes she's so unreasonably hysterical. What did you say to her?

Nothing. Is that the truth?

Why the fuck did you do that?

Oh, come on. Do you seriously think she wouldn't find out? It was only a matter

of time, and it was your dumb idea to play knight in shining armour.

She's a maniac.

That's our mother.

Yeah, well, she can't deny me access to Jane. If she wants a fight, then I'll

give her one. Hey, she overreacted, all right?

Don't worry about it. I'll sort her out.

You. Yeah, I know how to deal with her.

Jethro, I had to break it to you, but right now you are top of her most wanted

list. You wound her up. Oh, and you're going to wind her down because you're

number one son?

Fuck up.

This I have to see.

I just think it's time we got our own place.

Yeah, well, that's a good idea.

But we might not even get it, so it will be a while.

Hey, Mum.

You lot here for dinner?

No, they're not.

No, we're just going to clear up a little misunderstanding.

Nothing to clear up, Jethro. Yeah, I think there is. No, you don't come in

and act like it's my problem, not after what you did.

All I've done is try and help you out.

What, by dealing drugs from my premises? No one is dealing drugs. I did actually

try to tell you that, Mum. How could you? Not now, Pascal.

Did you dob us into the health and safety people?

What are you talking about? There's some government department talking about

shutting us down because you're a dirty dobber. Oh, that's rich coming from you.

You deserved it, and I am running a legitimate business where I was until

tried to ruin it. I didn't do anything. Just calm the fuck down. Shut up,

Jethro. Yeah, shut up, Jethro. Shut up, all of you. You're as bad as each other.

Except for Van.

What? What's so good about Van? You should worry about Van more than anyone

shacked up with a black widow.

You can cut that crap. 150 grand for one dead husband. And I wonder what Nicky's

share was.

Really? Fuck off.

That is enough from you. Oh, come on. You think we're criminals?

No, I have rules. You know I do.

And while you're living in this house... Hello? I don't live here. No, no, no. I

don't care.

But I do care when you break the law.

Or when you treat other people like they're crap on your shoe.

I want you to be successful. Of course I do. That's why I change things around

here. So you wouldn't end up in prison.

Or in trouble. Or making the same bloody mistakes as your father. I'm not doing

that, Mum. Really? Aren't you? Mum, we're not little kids anymore, okay?

capable of making our own decisions. No, Ginger. No, no, no. It's fine that

you've got your rules. But we're not breaking them.

Okay, you might not like what we're doing, but no one here is involved in

anything criminal or illegal.

Okay, including Hayden. So you can't deny him access to his kid. He's done

nothing wrong and he's being fucking irrational.

Shit. Look.

Mum, we love you.

Okay, and we respect you.

But we're not in the wrong here.

Okay, and when you calm down, hopefully you'll see that.

Well, thanks for trying.

Well, Jethro, you made sense. I didn't know you could do that. Trying to be the

man of the house?

Well, I thought you did a really good job, and boy, didn't mum deserve it.

Who's up for a drink?

Excellent idea.

You're buying, Jethro.

I'll meet you there.

Nyree, what's happening?

We have a number of issues with the premises, but I did get the name of our

whistleblower. That's okay. That person knows exactly how I feel.

Mr. Parker?

Who?

Well, thanks for letting me know.

Hey, are you coming or not?

Yeah, okay.

Thanks.

It'll feel.

I know how I feel.

I know what my rules are.

And they accuse me of being unreasonable.

You?

Never.

Dinner's nearly ready, eh? Okay, I'll be out in a minute.

Wayne. Wayne, I'm bleeding.

Don't you see?