All language subtitles for Big Sky s01e23 The Return Of Jimbo James

So, you been married long?

Are you going to love Bombora Heads?
It's a terrific place.

I don't suppose you'll be seeing much of
it, though.

Do you fly very often?

The only reason I say that is because
the port engine's on fire and this

going down.

Charlie Tango Delta, what is it, Chris?

What the hell do you think you're doing,
going to Bombora Heads without taking

our orders?

Orders for what?

For that little cake shop in the main
street.

What do you want?

We want two steak and mushroom pies,
Scotty wants a curry, Lex, he's a

and Lauren's an apple turnover. And get
half a dozen of those neatish tarts,

will you? Have you got that? Yep.

You want to write it down?

Write it down. I've got a memory like an
elephant.

S &M, curry, chicken, apple, tart.

There you go. They're as good as in your
gob.

Um, I need a date. Jimbo?

Jodie.

I can't believe it. What are you doing
here? Oh, I'm just delivering some just

flew in. How are you?

I'm hungry.

Max, come on outside. I'm busy right
now.

Hey, how's it going?

Maxie, come on outside. I'll get you
something to eat in a minute.

It's him.

He's not dead.

Max. I know you.

You're my dad.

He's not dead.

Dead?

What?

I don't know if I like the sound of
that.

Come on, honey, just go back to the
shop. Sarah can get you something to

all right?

He's not mine, is he? I mean... He can't
be.

But you didn't tell me. Why didn't you
tell me?

Well, I couldn't find you for a start.

You weren't exactly Mr Reliable,
remember?

Anyway, what was the point, Jimbo? We
had a fling.

I mean, it was great at the time, but it
wasn't exactly relationship material.

Look, I was happy to keep the baby. I
didn't expect anything from you.

Look, I'd like to believe more than
anything that he's mine, but... Well, he

can't be.

What? Well, I've had all these tests,
you know, like every test imaginable,

tests I don't even know the name of, you
know, tests with, like, long words, you

know.

What, Jimbo, doctors are wrong all the
time.

Come on, I don't sleep around.

I've got a kid.

He's yours.

I'm a father?

I never thought I'd say those words.

Hi, I'm a father.

No, the point is, it's about waiting for
full clearance.

I told you they changed my departure
instructions. I thought I was okay.

You should have waited.

You're not listening.

I thought I had it. They said maintain
runway heading.

It's a serious breach, Lauren. You know
I'm supposed to ground you for this.

Well, if it makes you feel better, then
do it.

Yeah, no, it's just a warning.

I'd do the same for any pilot.

You wouldn't. Yes, I would.

You wouldn't gloat. You wouldn't do it
with that smug little tone in your

What tone? There is no tone. It's my job
to discipline pilots. It's not just a

warning. It's a discipline now.

Lauren, what is your problem?

You're just so forward.

Oh, get over it.

Is everything OK back there, Mr McMahon?

Oh, yes, everything's fine. You just
carry on with what you're doing.

Well, I wasn't a plane crash, but, um...

Well, I didn't die, obviously.

Why didn't you try and find me and mum?

I didn't know that your mum was
pregnant,

you know, having a little baby, a young
bloke. I didn't know she was having you.

Do you want to see the plane I didn't
crash in?

Yeah, go on.

Here you go, pilot's jacket.

How long have you been a pilot?

All my life.

Can you do loop -a -loops? Can I do loop
-a -loops? Is the Pope Polish?

What?

Yeah, I can do loop -a -loops.

And I don't glow.

You do, all the time.

Well, how come nobody else has mentioned
it?

Because you only do it with me. That's
my point.

Maybe we should get someone to help us.

You know...

Make us work more effectively.

One of those consultant makers?

Yeah, an expert.

This is a joke, right?

Ah, no, you don't. No, no, no, no.

Graham?

So, what's the verdict?

Are we beyond help?

Gee, I don't think I've ever met anyone
who's beyond help, Lauren.

No, from what I can see, all you need
are some basic exercises, some

for conflict resolution. No offence, but
I don't really think we need this.

No offence taken, but unfortunately,
Lauren feels that you do.

Crit, it's like most problems. You see,
the first step has to be acknowledging

that there might be one.

Doesn't that sound right? Yeah.

Can I speak for a minute?

An overpaid suit who's going to tell me
how I can do better. I paid $3 ,000 for

that overpaid suit and I'm going to get
my money's worth. $3 ,000? Lauren,

they're just failed shrinks. They don't
know the first thing about the real

world. What are you afraid of? Do you
think he's going to find something out

about you? I've got nothing to hide.

Fine, so you're doing it then.

You're ordering me?

I cannot go on like this. And I'm not
quitting.

Well, neither am I, so you've got no
other option. So you are ordering me?

not.

Well, you just gave me an ultimatum.

So, you ever surfed the net?

Yeah, Uncle Doug gave me a computer.

Did he?

I'm sure I had an uncle like that.

He's not really my uncle.

He's Mum's boss. I just call him that.

So, what's your favourite site?

Hermes Weird and Wonderful World. What?

Hermes Weird and Wonderful World?
There's some pretty grown -up stuff on

isn't there?

I'm a kid. I'm not allowed to look at
stuff like that.

Yeah, of course not.

Okay, on you get. Here we are.

Did you?

How? I knew my dad would be a top pilot.

I knew he'd be too good to crash.

It's an original excuse, Jimbo.

It's true.

I need you back here, and more
importantly, I need that plane.

Max, say hello to Lauren.

You don't say hello on the radio.

Oh, you're right.

Big Sky, this is Charlie Tango Delta.

Big Sky, this is Charlie Tango Delta.

Charlie Tango Delta, this is Big Sky
Bay.

Hi, Mac.

Is it true Jimbo was going to be an
astronaut?

Space cadet, maybe.

Were you there when he broke the sound
barrier?

No. No, I wasn't. But I don't know what
he gets up to in his spare time.

Can you put him back on, please?

Lauren. Look, I need some time.

Bring the plane back here and we'll see
what we can work out, okay?

Charlie Tango Delta.

Will you be back tomorrow?

Oh, I'll see what I can do.

We've got an open day at school.

You're supposed to bring your mum and
dad and they come and look at all the

stuff you've done.

Maxie, come on, I'll be there.

I know.

Okay.

I'll be back tomorrow.

Promise?

Promise.

Me? Well, there's you and not me.

I know it sounds corny, but, like, I
look into his eyes and I see myself as,

like, diving into your own dream.
Where's the pie? What about all those

you had?

No, they were wrong.

I mean, you've only got her word for it.
Lauren, he's mine. Everything fits. The

timing. You know, like, he looks just
like me. He's got a little hair on the

back of the neck, just like I've got
one.

It's unbelievable. Lauren, I need some
time off, please. Oh, Jimbo, you know I

can't afford to give you any time off.

Oh, come on, Lauren. We can cover for
him. Oh, please, let's not have this

argument again.

You know what the schedule's like.

So we lose a few jobs.

This is more important.

Lauren, it's cosmic. I never thought I'd
be a dad, you know. It's a miracle.

Please. Believe me, I'm really, really
happy for you. But I'm sorry.

Look, you'll have to do what you're down
for tomorrow. And then after that,

maybe we can try and work something out.

Where's the damn pies?

What pies? Lauren, please.

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, if
I can have your attention, we're very

lucky to have our popular local member.

Doug Matthews here today.

Tango Whiskey Sierra, this is Big Sky
Base.

Jimbo, can you give me your ETA for the
hospital?

Tango Whiskey Sierra, ETA for Bombora
Heights, 15 minutes.

Hey, you're supposed to be going to
cough.

Change of plans there, Tango Whiskey
Sierra.

Jimbo, you heard...

Don't tell Laurence. It's a few. I mean,
she'd probably sack him or something,

Scotty. She wouldn't, would she?

Scotty, he's taking a plan. You can tell
he's not planning on coming back in a

real hurry. You can't blame the guy for
wanting to get to know his own kids.

Ah, exactly.

That's why we've got no choice. We've
got to cover for him next. We've got to

take over all his jobs. We? What do you
mean by we?

Yeah, you don't mean we. You mean us.

It's Lauren Allen here.

There's a big sale on. I'd like to get
my credit card limit raised. That's

ridiculous. Lauren, please, your
perceptions of each other are very

Oh, yeah, but please, shopping.

I mean, you can't say something that's
untrue.

All right, so he has a false impression,
a misconception. That's how a lot of

conflict starts. But you can't correct
something until you know what it is.

Yeah, oh, yes, it's true. It's such a
boys' club, this business.

Ooh, I know.

True, true.

Yes, I mean, if a bloke makes a mistake,
he just gets away with it. But if I do,

I never hear the end of it.

Yes, yes, I just have to be twice as
good as them.

It's so unfair.

Yeah, well, that's right.

Thank you very much, Chris.

Good to see you getting into the spirit
of things.

Lauren, why don't you show us how Chris
works?

No worries, mate. Yeah, she'll be right.

Oh, yeah, no, I can land in a Force 10
gun with one engine and my hands tied

behind my back.

Oh, yeah, piece of piss.

And I'm being ridiculous.

That's how you talk to people.

It's reassurance.

It's bragging.

To make them feel safe.

This is good.

This is very, very good.

And I'm sure you'll all agree that our
children's education is the community's

greatest priority.

Because after all, the children of today
are the leaders of tomorrow.

So we must teach our children the values
that we learned.

And these values are not old -fashioned.

They're merely perennial.

Family values must be brought back onto
the agenda.

It's the values of family that keep
communities like this together.

Values like honesty, integrity, trust.

are the cornerstones of a community like
this. It's Jimbo!

Max! Max Turner, would you please sit
down?

Well, as we approach the new millennium,
that means that now, more than ever, we

must provide our children with a
comprehensive and thorough...

Right.

And I'd better divert.

To Dubbo to do my pick -up there. So if
you get the pesticide to cop after

you've picked up Jimbo's plane, then go
to Wyal, I can get back and do his tower

job.

This is going to kill her.

No, we're doing all right. Now, what
about the milk run to Bateman's Bay?

Oh, damn, I forgot.

You'll just have to do it when you get
back from Wyal. I can't. It'll be after

curfew. I'll have to do it first thing
tomorrow. Don't put the run to Cooma out

of whack.

Well, I'll have to take extra fuel and
hopefully be able to do it in one go.

I hope Jimbo appreciates this.

Glad you had fun.

Hey, this is my dad.

Hey, gang.

I couldn't have ridden the plane. Riding
the plane? What about school?

It's fine.

Wait, you've got to go to school.

Doug Matthews, local member. I think we
might have met the other day.

Oh, yeah.

Jimbo James, how are you going? Good,
good. That's quite some display you

on up there.

I'm glad you liked it.

I didn't know you had a connection with
the school.

Connection? Are you kidding?

I'm his dad.

You're his father?

Yeah.

Well, that is interesting.

I am pleased to meet you.

Well, who wants to play handball? Me.
Let's go. Excuse us.

Well, I must have been about four.

And the first time I'd ever been to the
airport to say goodbye to my dad.

I didn't realise it was just a business
trip, you know.

I thought I was never going to see him
again.

I haven't cried for days and days.

Sorry. Hey, don't apologise.

You just shared something very personal
with us.

And by opening up in front of Chris...

It shows that you trust him.

Well, when I was a kid, I was in a toy
shop,

Christmas time, and I

saved this young girl from a shelf that
came crashing down.

Very brave for a little boy.

Yeah, yeah.

But it went to my head.

That was the trouble.

Wait a minute.

I know this story.

It was on TV. It was on some show.

What show?

It was on the Brady Bunch. It's an
episode of the Brady Bunch. Which

affect me deeply.

Oh, how is this meant to work if you're
not going to take it seriously?

Oh, it's just not going to work. It's
rubbish. No offense.

Chris?

Maybe we should just leave it there for
today.

By the way, was it Peter or Bobby?

Everybody buckled in?

Yeah. Here we go. You ready?

Yeah. Okay.

Yeah.

We having fun back there?

Yeah.

So radical.

What do you reckon?

Can we do another one?

Yeah. Oh, I'm sure we can put one in on
the way down. I wish my dad did

something this cool. Yeah. This is
really cool.

Can you teach me how to fly when I'm
older?

When you're a bit older?

Let's start now. Take the control
column.

Really? Yeah.

Now, you feel when I move mine, you can
do yours?

Yeah. Okay. Now, a bit over to the left.

Oh, that's right.

Well, that's it. There you go.

Flying the plane.

Please pretend to take part. I was
dragged in under protest, remember?

Well, you could have done it for me,
because it's something that I think is

important.

You really think we've got a problem
getting on?

It's never bothered you before, has it?
I've just never said anything about it.

All right, well, let's sort it out. What
do you think I'm doing? Without the

psycho babble.

I mean, if we can't sort these things
out ourselves, then we've got problems.

You didn't think there was anything
wrong a minute ago?

Safari bar.

Go! Mum,

I flew the plane. It was so cool. You
could see a house and everything. Yeah,

that's great, honey.

Well, you're a bit of a big hit.

Yeah, king of the kids, that's me.

So I guess you'll be heading off home
soon, then?

Oh, no way.

We've got a lot of catching up today.

Well, can you do that?

What about your job?

Your girlfriend?

Oh, no girlfriend.

So you're not married or anything?

No, nothing like that.

Spooky, isn't it?

You could have a kid out there and not
even know.

Are you worried you might have one?

It's possible.

Scotty.

What's so funny?

It's different for women.

You can't have a baby and not know about
it, but a guy can.

I don't like the idea of there being
this living, breathing part of me out

somewhere.

It's creepy.

Hey, Max. Pleased to meet you.

Huh? Does he look like me or what?

Except he's better looking. Well, he's
got his mother's looks, but he's got my

brains. Excuse me.

Jimbo, Lexi and I have been covering for
you, OK? But there's only so long we

can go before Lauren's going to tweak.

So what? What do I care?

Well, what do you mean? How long do you
want to stay here for?

Scotty, I found my son.

I mean, I'm not just going to let him
go.

Look, mate, I can understand. Is that
okay? It doesn't mean you just throw

everything else away.

Scotty, I've got to tell you.

It's really good, you know, fatherhood.

Mate, you're not listening.

Okay, I'll cover for you.

Ride very, young one.

Ride like the wind.

Go! Hey, wait for me.

What? I could beat you.

Woo, woo, woo.

Okay. Come on in. You ready?

Ready? Here we go.

And stop.

Back on.

Mmm.

Okay, that's fine. That's fine.

Let's go.

Kiss a look. Kiss a look. Kiss a look.

Look at you. Look at...

Oh, look at your... You can see all the
way up your mouth up to your brain.

That's disgusting.

You're an animal. You're no child of
mine.

Two more choppy milkshakes?

With extra flavouring.

With extra flavouring.

Here, put it on.

not hungry?

We had kitchen stuff.

Oh, we did, did we?

Go and have your shower, please.

Do I have to? Yes, you do. Go on.

He's a great kid.

Yeah, he is.

Must have been pretty tough bringing him
up on your own.

We managed.

Wish I'd been around.

Jimbo, are things moving too fast?

It's kind of dangerous having you here.

I don't want to push anything.

That's why I'm here, so we can all get
to know each other.

Yeah, but you've got a whole other life
back there.

Look, I don't want to get in the way. I
mean, if you're seeing someone else...

No, no, I'm not.

Not now.

Only just.

Gary's going to do my last job on his
way back from the mud jig. All right, if

you pick up that cargo in the mountains,
I'll do Jimbo's freight run.

The other one, Lexan.

Oh, right.

What are you doing here? Aren't you
meant to be a contributor?

Yeah, I got held up at Wyom and had a
faulty D -valve.

Where's Jimbo? They're screaming for
those refrigerator parts in Eden.

Look, I'll take this stuff down to Eden.
It'll be just as quick.

All right, whatever. I don't care who
does it, just as long as it gets done

Faulty D -valve, eh?

Hey, made it up.

You're going to kill yourself.

Okay, let's try it my way.

If you reckon we're getting too hung up
on the negatives, let's concentrate on

the positives.

Again? Hmm.

So, what do you think of the good things
about us?

Like what?

All right, I'll go first.

I like you.

I admire you. You're strong.

You're good with money.

You've got good business sense, which...

I mean, I don't have to... You admire
me.

That's a lovely thing to say. Yeah,
well, I... You were the one that saved

Sky, and I... And you like me. What is
this? Why didn't you say all of this

before? Lauren, just shut up and sit
there. In 30 seconds, you've just been

nicer to me than you have since we first
met. Lauren, will you just shut up?

Don't tell me to shut up. All right,
look, do you want to hear this or not?

trying to save you three grand. That
wasn't genuine, what you just said.

No, that was genuine.

Oh, really? Yes.

I said it was, didn't I?

That's you and Mum.

That's how I knew who you were.

All right, guess look.

Oh, yeah, do I look cool or what?

You look like a dog.

Yeah, well, well picked.

Never trust a man in a frilly shirt, all
right?

Hmm? All right. Good night.

Night, Dad.

Say it again.

Night.

What's wrong with arguing?

It doesn't have to mean anything bad.

Of course it does. It's horrible.

I go home at night after one of our
brawls and I feel awful.

Oh, really?

Yeah, I hate arguing.

It's only an argument, Lauren. It
doesn't mean we hate each other.

Are we getting off the track here? I
mean, I thought we were supposed to be

talking about... Well, I started to, but
you wouldn't listen.

I thought I admired you and you were
attractive and... Attractive?

You didn't say that.

Yes, I did.

Attractive? Yeah.

There'll be some men that would find you
very attractive.

Some men, so you don't think so.

All right. See, every time I try to say
something positive about you, you attack

me. I do. Oh, you do. I don't. Yes, you
do. I don't. You're

good with him.

Really good.

It's weird. It's like we're playing
mummies and daddies, but we've got a

kid.

So you really think you can stick this
out?

I don't think I'm going to leave him
now, do you?

I'm asking for me.

Why did we break up before?

Because you did your disappearing trick.

Oh.

Sorry.

I really loved you, you know.

You were special.

Wish I'd been a bit easier to find.

You haven't changed much.

Neither have you.

You know that it's fate that we met and
then met again.

If it was fate, what happened to the ten
years in between?

Oh, kind of kick up.

So what now?

Don't put your arm... Get your head out
of... Stop it.

Come here.

All righty, have a good day.

We can go inside. I think we need to
have a little talk.

Look, Doug, I think it's my business who
I see, not yours.

Yeah? Well, I think it's my business
when the bloke thinks he's Max's father.

How far do you think he can take this?
Look, I like Jimbo a lot.

And he's great with Max. I don't see
what the problem is. Simple, Jodie. It's

all a lie.

So what are you going to tell him? Are
you?

Look, Doug, I don't want to make this
hard.

I'm thinking of leaving.

Now, Jimbo's got a good job in Sydney. I
could move there with him. You know,

Max could have a dad.

Jodie, I've done everything I could for
you, for both of you. Now, I've looked

out for Max, I've provided for him. Oh,
Doug, big deal.

You know, it's been a cosy arrangement
just for you, to keep you happy. You

know, to keep your nice, comfortable
little life safe. We've been through

thousand times. Then it's all for you.

Now, what about me? Don't I deserve a
life? I'm not going to let Max go off

live with a complete stranger.

Well, how are you going to stop me?

out of a plane. How is that going to
stop us from arguing? Yesterday you

Chris to trust you with your decision to
employ me. Today it's only fair that

you trust him in return.

He is an experienced parachute.

No, I'm sorry. I'm not doing it. I think
it's a great idea.

Oh, you said you didn't want to have
anything more to do with all of this.

no, no. I changed my mind. I think it
could be really constructive.

No, no. You just want to see me
terrified and that's... thick.

Lauren, I really think you should listen
to Graham. After all, he does know what

he's talking about. Thank you. You
wouldn't believe how effective physical

challenges are in breaking down
barriers.

It will force you to rely on each other.

I am never, never going to forgive you
for this.

It wasn't my idea.

Come on.

What's your story?

Happy family's in Sydney now, is it?

It's all right.

Well, you seem to be pretty close to Max
and Jodie.

Hi, Uncle Doug.

Come on, Jimbo.

Go play for a while, Max. I'll be with
you in a minute.

I don't see that it's any of your
business.

Yeah, well, that's where you'd be wrong.

I'm Max's father.

What?

True.

I don't know what you're playing at, but
I'm his father.

Can you prove it? I don't have to prove
anything, let alone to you.

Fine.

Ask Jodie.

Look, um...

He had a wife and a family and he'd just
been elected.

I don't want to hear this.

I really don't. You know what small
towns are like. It would have ruined

He agreed to support Max and in return I
wouldn't tell anybody that the baby was

his.

Didn't I come in handy?

Jimbo, I never thought I'd see you
again.

Why didn't you tell me the truth when I
first got here?

Why did you let me go on believing he
was mine?

I don't know.

I didn't know what I was going to say to
Max.

But you could have told him the truth.
Come on, Jimbo. I was 18. I thought I

doing the right thing.

You were going to let me go on thinking
that I was his dad for the rest of my

life. You have been more of a dad to him
than his real father has ever been.

Jimbo, I really thought that this could
have worked out.

Come on, Jimbo.

What are you guys doing?

You don't tell him I will.

Listen, Maxie, you know I've always said
Jimbo's your dad.

Well, um... It's a little bit hard to
explain.

Max?

Your mum didn't tell you the truth.

Listen to me.

Uncle Doug, he's your real father.

I'm sorry, Maxie.

I want Jimbo to be my dad.

I know you do, honey, but... Well, he
can be, but he's not your real dad.

I hate you.

Oh, shit. I got you. I don't know what I
have to do with. I just remember what

we were having on the game.

You'll be fine. Shut up!

Stay here with you.

I'd like that too, but you can't.

I'm not your dad.

So?

So that's the rules. You've got to live
with your parents.

I'm not living with Mum anymore.

I hate her.

I don't hate her for yours.

She's your mum.

You hate her too.

No, I don't hate her.

Why'd she do it? Why'd she lie?

She made a mistake, Maxie.

She thought she was doing the right
thing.

You know, adults aren't right all the
time.

We lie and stuff up too.

I wish I was your father.

Me too.

Maxie.

Hey. So I had a son.

I want him to be with me.

Can't ignore you.

You okay?

What do you mean?

Well, a jump.

I mean, you alright?

You didn't hurt yourself or anything?

No, no, I'm fine.

That's good.

What about you?

What about me?

Well, you know, did you enjoy the jump
and everything?

Oh, yeah.

That was good.

Good.

I know, look at you lot.

Lot goes away for a few days and you all
fall asleep.

You want to kill him or should I?

I've got the strength.