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Is that my new roommate?

- Hey. - Hey.

You got a bit of shit there, haven't you?

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll need a little bit of help.

Ah, here we are.

I didn't think about Lloyd.

Oh, yeah.

And so Lloyd's staying the whole time you're gonna be here, as well?

- It's me and Lloyd, yeah. - Yeah.

Just 'cause we didn't talk about that.

- That's fine. - Oh, yeah.

- I'll just go and get him settled. - Yeah.

It's okay. Come on.

Come on.

- All right. You got some shit here. - You can just bring it all in.

Did you see the bottle of wine?

Yeah, I'm getting it.

Let's have a look at our new room, shall we?

Ooh, it's a little room, isn't it, Lloyd?

I'll just pop your toilet down here.

There's half a candle, Robin, on the ground out here.

I dunno if this was just, like, rubbish from someone else,

- or is this yours? - No, no, bring it in.

It's mine, yeah, just keep bringing it all.

Rosé. Par-tay.

We get a little minced tonight, if you're keen.

Yeah, always.

You know, I've got some shit in my sock drawer upstairs.

It was from a Bucks party years ago,

and I don't remember exactly what it is, but it's old.

- Like cocaine, kind of thing? - No, that's a white powder.

When it's see-through, it's much more dirty.

Fuck, we gotta go to bed soon, eh?

- We should both set our alarms. - Okay, and also, just so I don't forget,

remind me, I need to send you my bank details.

- For what? - What do you mean, for what? For the room.

The room's free. - Free to rent. It's available.

Well, you, no, you said it's free.

No, the room's $250.

- For that shitbox? - It's not a shitbox.

Tell you what, for $250,

I wanna be in that nice big room with the en suite.

The nice big room with the en suite. My room?

Yes, for $250.

Um.

- Yeah, all right. - Okay.

You can have my room, but I want, like, $250 a week.

You gotta, it's, I wanna see it in the bank, all right?

Yes, yes.

Okay, here, your turn to spin. Spin it.

What does it say?

"Drink and spin again."

Drink and... [laughs].

Yeah, I borrow the neighbor's internet,

- so it's a bit patchy. - Oh yeah.

It's good you're back, though. Screen time's really bad for you.

Yeah.

- Milo's got news. - What?

You've got a girlfriend.

- What? - No.

- You got a girlfriend? - No, she's joking.

Didn't seem like you were joking.

- No, she is. - 'Cause...

Anyway, I'm going to...

Miss Duffy wants to see me.

Well, what are you doing?

Are you seeing something?

She needs us to go back to...

- Yeah. - Yeah, check on that.

What happened?

- I have gotta go too. - No, no, hold on a second.

He's just taken off and he's like my best mate

- and I need to know what's going on. - Well, he'll tell you when he's ready.

No, you tell me now.

- Yeah, he's got a girlfriend. - Now, who is she?

It's, it's Maia.

God, I wouldn't get into the ring with Jayden.

- No, I don't think any of us would. - No way.

- Yeah well he's huge. - He's a good-

- Oh, he is- - He is a big boy.

- But-- - He's tall.

Look, nothing against Jayden, but I think

if you're punching out the principal of the school,

it's a bit of a stretch to say he's a good boy, wouldn't you?

Obviously, because it was a school activity,

Jayden won't be getting into trouble.

- Will you get into trouble? - Well, I hope not.

Okay. Thank you for that, Jarred.

We're gonna take that off the minutes, thank you.

Has anyone else got anything that to--

- Oh yeah. - Volunteer.

A few of the students have asked

about why Mr. Thompson and Mr. Needham swapped places.

Sorry, what's that?

And he was wearing your clothes?

- Yeah, his mum-- - Hang on a minute. What for?

Because he told his mum he was a principal of a school

and I said it was fine if he wanted to swap

while his mum was here.

Can you do that?

Anyone can can teach for phys ed.

No, I don't mean can you be a PE teacher.

I'm saying can you do a job swap like that?

Well, we did.

We're a bit concerned.

I mean, where was Judy when all this happened?

- Too busy. - Yeah.

Judy, the acting deputy principal.

I think Jarred needs some support around him.

We need someone who can stop you

from making these decisions.

- Yeah. - Yeah.

- When they're not quite right. - Yeah.

Okay, well that's it. That's great.

I think we need to advertise for a new deputy principal.

Shall I write an ad?

I'm Jarred Needham, I need help.

Hi Jarred, no you won't. We will write it.

You can play squash with Vinnie anytime.

I need to go and see this play.

It's not in the Google drive.

It is in the drive.

Show me.

Judy goes to see our play.

- When did you put that in? - Today, this morning.

What?

Why don't you move your squash to Friday?

Because I put it in the Google drive like you said.

Yeah, and I'm just saying, I've crossed that out.

You can't do that.

- Okay, you need to watch the tone. - Wow, that's just-

Why don't you organize a babysitter,

for once in your life?

- I should-- - Well, yeah,

because you had squash.

Oh, I don't know, it's just like

I feel trapped and I feel unheard.

I can hear you, it's quite loud.

Oh, don't do that.

Hi Judy.

Hello.

Had a meeting with the board of trustees.

We're gonna advertise for a new deputy principal.

What? Why? I'm the deputy principal.

Well, acting deputy principal.

Well, sure, but I wanna keep my job

as deputy principal.

It's my role, I've been doing it, I love it.

You don't love it. You've been complaining the whole time

about having too much work.

Oh, but I still want a senior role, Jarred.

Well, tough luck.

But what if I did something else?

What if I started a new program at the school?

An elite drama academy.

I'd rather you didn't.

It will have audition process technique,

acting technique, movement, wig work, accent work.

- Mm. - It's gonna be amazing, and I'll run it.

- Uh-- - But this is gonna be fabulous.

- We'll chat, hey. - We'll talk about, yeah.

Oh, fake ones. Did they have photos on them and everything?

What were they buying?

Oh, vapes.

Have you got them on video, 'cause we would need some...

Yes, okay.

Well, can you send that over?

So it's sheree.pivac

@stmcleodscollege.school.nz.

St. Mcleods College first, then the school.

No.

No, you don't put then the school.

You wanna tell me what you were doing over at the dairy?

Saw you on CCTV using fake IDs to buy vape juice and cigarettes.

Where'd you get the fake IDs?

I found one.

So, you found a fake ID

that had a photograph of you on it?

It's a crazy world, sir.

Pretty lucky.

You had a fake ID, as well.

Well, yeah.

Where'd you get your one from?

I just found mine around as well.

So you're trying to tell me that you both found fake IDs

that had both your photographs on them?

Pretty much.

Well, if you're not gonna tell me where you got them from or who made them,

we're gonna have to get the police involved.

The police?

- No. - Why not?

Destiny.

It was Carwin Elliot.

Hey.

Look at you. You're dressed up.

Oh yeah, I'm going out.

- Are you? - Yeah, I'm going on a date.

- Oh, nice. - Yeah.

Who's the bloke?

His name is Tony and I met him at the gym.

Oh, okay, so a fit bloke.

Yeah, he is fit actually. Yeah, he's great.

- Did he crack onto you first or... - Um...

'Cause I'm constantly hitting up chicks at the gym.

- Yeah, right. - And it's fucking hard.

To be honest, I just popped into the gym

because I haven't been going much recently.

And I think they were worried about my membership,

so they emailed me a free smoothie voucher.

So I just popped in to get my free smoothie

and he was on the treadmill.

We got chatting about the smoothie, I then--

- Sexy. - Asked for another voucher

'cause I didn't go for the last three weeks before that and-

- You gotta cancel this membership. - Yeah, I know, I'm gonna cancel it.

- Cancel it. Yeah. - Yeah.

Oh, by the way, you forgot to move Lloyd's litter box.

It absolutely reeks.

He's done the most insane amount of shits

in such a small amount of time.

And the piss, it's just, you gotta put it in your room.

Yeah, no, I didn't forget.

It's just regardless of whether

- I move the litter box or not. - Right.

He will still poo and wee in your room.

'cause we've established that as his toilet.

Oh, that's my taxi.

What about if I bring chicks home?

- If you bring a chick home-- - Yep.

- Let's cross that bridge- - Okay.

If and when when we come to it, okay.

Alright. Okay.

My taxi's here, I've gotta go.

Don't wait up and look after Lloyd.

Yeah, we'll be all right, see ya.

Bye-Bye.

Robin.

Where were you last night?

Oh yeah, I stayed over.

What was his name again?

Tony.

- So you go on a date with this Tony bloke? - Yeah.

First night, straight to sex.

I'm 46, I don't need to muck around,

you know, pretending that, oh, you know-

- Yeah. - Oh, I'm not ready, I'm not ready.

I mean, I'm ready. - Big lad?

Not big, but if I want to keep going,

he's happy to keep going.

You know, he fell asleep.

I woke him up, I say, "Do you wanna go again?"

- He fell asleep? - Yes.

- That's weird. - Is it?

During sex, when I'm having sex,

I'm not falling asleep, I'm pumping.

I let him have a rest for 20 minutes.

- I got up, I had a snack. - What?

Just a few crackers, a little bit of hummus.

He's got so much food.

He's one of those guys that you open the fridge,

it's like, oh, what do I want, tzatziki or a beetroot dip?

So I had a bit to eat, had a glass of milk.

- While he was asleep? - Well yeah. I tap him on the shoulder.

Yeah.

He wakes up and I say, "Hey Tones, do you wanna go again?"

And he was like, "Yeah, babe."

I was part of the business team at [indistinct] school.

What is your reason for looking elsewhere?

I became a father.

- Oh. - Great, great.

So I had to, I decided to be a stay at home dad.

Okay. How long did you stay at home?

That one's gonna be 18 months.

Yeah.

Make, that's dropped down to about 10.

So yeah, I've got a couple of weeks left, really.

- That's quite specific. - Mm, very.

You're on the times.

They gotta be, yeah, they have to be.

- Yeah. - Sure.

- How old are you? - I am 44.

I'm slightly on the older edge of fatherhood.

And what a journey, what a gift.

If I knew then what I know now.

Yeah, if we knew then what we know now.

What's around your ankle?

Sorry, I'm going to pause the--

I'm just gonna have to make a quick call.

- Okay. - Hi, no, I'm here.

They've asked. Yeah.

- Do I need to disclose? - Disclose?

No. Okay, thank you.

That's good, I think.

Okay. Bye.

Sorry, what was the question?

- The ankle bracelet. - Yeah.

I'm not prepared to, nor do I have to--

- No, you have to-- - Talk. No, I don't.

- Yeah. - I just checked.

This isn't the right job for you.

- No, no. - Sorry about that.

Thank you for coming in.

It's just, we can't go any further.

- Appreciate the enthusiasm and everything. - So, that's a no?

- It's a hard no. - Hard no.

Another punishment that I think has been really successful in the past

is having children stand up on stools with a brick

that they hold directly above their head.

And if they drop the brick?

- Okay. Hey, thanks very much. - Thank you, Sasha.

Wonderful.

- What are you thinking? - Huh?

Are you coming after to school, or?

- Oh, yeah. - She's gonna come, too.

What?

- Are you okay, Robert? - Why are you here?

You just walked up and started staring at us.

Oh, I'm not staring.

You are looking pretty intensely at me right now.

Oh, am I?

What is with this attitude?

Do you have a problem?

When were you gonna tell me about this?

- I don't have to tell you about that. - You should do.

- Why? - You're my daughter, right,

but you've stolen my mate.

I don't think stolen's the right word.

We're mates, right?

- Or has this changed-- - Yeah, yeah.

I mean, we play basketball. Yeah.

Do you see what's happening here?

Do you see what's happened?

She's gotten into a relationship with you

and that's just wrecked everything.

It hasn't wrecked anything.

Yeah, it has, 'cause when are we gonna play basketball?

I mean, we can still play basketball, but--

Well, can we go and do it now?

I mean, I'm hanging out with Maia right now.

Oh, so you can't play now?

Not right now, no.

Real mature, Robert.

So I was at Teacher's Training College from 2007 to 2010.

And at the same time I was doing a master's

in French and English.

And then I taught French for a while. So I was a French teacher.

Wow, [speaks French].

Oh, that's Spanish, but great.

Hey, do you know your way around a computer?

Yeah. Yeah, of course.

So can you print a PDF?

- Oh my God. - Oh, for crying out loud.

- Yes, yeah. Absolutely. - Yeah.

It's not an admin position.

He shouldn't be asking you questions like that.

- Thank you, Megan. - Yeah, thank you.

I think we've seen enough, hey.

- Yeah. - Yeah.

Cool. Okay.

- Goodbye. - Thank you.

- Well, she was-- - I like her.

- Really nice. - Marama.

- Sorry. - Yeah.

Hey, could you just just go and tell her that she's got the job?

- Really? - Yeah.

I mean, I think she's got it,

- but we should do it properly. - Yeah.

Just tell her that we'll send her an email.

Yeah.

Okay, boys, well, clearly it was fun while it lasted,

but sadly it's come to an end.

We're not gonna rat each other out. Okay.

- We're already in trouble. - Yeah.

I appreciate you guys taking the fall as you did.

I don't think there's any need

to drag my name through the mud.

Let's just let sleeping dogs lie.

Okay?

Just thinking what would keep us

silent about this kind of thing?

- What would- - What?

Could you maybe think of anything that...

Yeah, any ideas?

Yeah, I do have an idea.

I could, um,

I could shout you a lunch next week from the tuck shop. Okay.

We are not interested in the tuck shop lunch.

We want our money back.

Well, no can do boys, because I have spent it.

Well, what are you gonna give us?

Well, I don't know. What?

Like, my groceries.

What have you got?

I've got a lasagna, a bag of spinach,

and a delicious bottle of wine.

That's not $58.

That's what I've got, guys, that's all I've got.

Okay, it's for my date tonight.

You're bleeding me dry.

Look, you can take it home.

You can give it to your parents, you know.

We'll take it, we'll take it.

Okay.

But I just don't need to just like you

and just, just gimme a break guys.

It's been a hard day.

I'm just gonna tax it just a tiny little bit, okay.

Just a tiny little bit for later.

When.

And I don't want to find you

drinking this alcohol on school grounds, okay.

There we go.

Yeah, good luck for your date, Miss Duffy.

Good luck for your date with no food.

I don't care.

Yeah, I mean, I reckon we go...

Hey, hey guys.

Hey, I'm glad I found you.

- What do you want? - I just wanted to let you know

that I've got someone to play basketball with after school.

We don't have to be friends anymore.

Look, we don't care. Why are you even telling us this?

- I, I don't care. - Yeah.

I, I actually don't care.

- No one cares. - Yeah, great, no one cares.

- Come on. No one cares. - I don't care either.

- Cool, have fun. Come on. - You should check--

- Jarvis has got some good shots. - Yeah, yeah, okay.

- I'll catch you. - Okay, bye.

And she's stolen my best mate, Milo,

and it's really confusing.

So what I'm gonna ask you to do

is just put the panda down, okay,

- because you are 50. - No, you gave me the panda.

No, no, no, no, I lent you the panda.

No, you gave it to me before.

You said, "Here, take the panda",

and you gave it to me.

So no, okay.

So this is the problem, you see.

You're strangling the panda.

The panda is Milo. Do you see that?

Stop strangling the panda and put it down beside you

and take your hands off it.

Do that now.

Okay.

So, what's obvious to me is that you are finding

Maia's relationship with Milo hugely confronting,

aren't you, as a father.

- Yes. - And it is confronting.

I don't have kids, but I've read books

- about parents with kids. - Is it?

And it is a very confronting thing.

So it's not really about your friendship with Milo, is it?

- No. - Good.

Okay, great. Thank you, excellent.

Was that it?

You know what, Robert? You're a unique human being, okay,

with unlimited potential.

All you need to do is just interact with the world,

looking for surprises and potential in the world around you.

Okay, that's just something that popped into my head.

You treat it with respect, that's really nice.

- Hey guys. - Oh, God, please, God.

- Well, you don't have to go. - Bye, Robert.

What do you want?

I've had a breakthrough.

What?

I've gotta let go of the panda.

- The panda? - Yeah.

In Miss Duffy's session, she said it was a metaphor

for my relationship with you,

and I was gripping onto the panda too tightly.

And I was like, I had it around the neck,

and like, I wasn't, I wasn't strangling it,

I was just, but I had it tight.

We were really tight, and I kind of realized

that that was our relationship, as well,

and that I was kind of, I was just gripping onto it too tight.

I gave the panda back to Robin.

- Miss Duffy. - Miss Duffy.

I gave the panda back to her,

and I'm looking for surprises and potential

in the world around me.

And I'm interacting with the world

as a positive human being.

Great.

Well, we should probably get going.

- I'm happy for you though. - Good to go.

- Okay, great. - All right.

- I'll see you around. - See ya.

See ya.

So today I'm thinking,

let's make something of this detention.

Let's be inspired.

Any of you guys got a book?

I just had an idea.

You guys with books,

if you can give me one sentence to describe your book,

a summary, if you will,

I'm gonna give you an NCA credit.

We'll start with you, mate.

I haven't got very far through,

but I can summarize it so far.

I think it poignantly reveals the horror of war

and it sought to understand the nature

of the human soul and human society.

And what do you think about that?

I agree.

Credits are yours.

Yes.

I don't have a book. Can I still get credits?

Yeah.

I don't have a book either.

Well, you two without books,

have you heard of a little thing called mindfulness?

So you just un-focus your eyes

and slacken that jaw.

Empty that mind, mate, empty that mind.

Good. Credits are yours.

Thank you so much

for picking the lasagna up from the supermarket.

- Hi. Sorry. - Good day. Hello, Vinnie.

Hey, how you going?

Good, how are you? How was your day?

Sorry, I'm Vinnie.

Oh, sorry, Vinnie, Tony, Tony, Vinnie.

Hey Vinnie.

Do you want some dinner,

or a wine, or something?

Sorry, who's this?

This is Tony.

- This is Tony? - Mm.

- From the gym. - Mm.

Yeah.

Nice to meet you.

You, too, Vinnie.

Robin, can I have a quick word?

- Mm-hmm. - Uh-huh.

Sorry, just be a second.

That's Tony from the gym?

Yes.

He's so old, Robin.

- He's not. - He's 100.

He's not 100, he's in his early 70s.

Oh, is that what he's told you?

He's 73.

I really am speechless.

I knew you would do this.

When were you gonna tell me?

You knew I was gonna come...

What did you think I was gonna do when I saw him?

I don't know, say hello

and maybe go upstairs and read your book?

Give us some space.

This is a burgeoning romance.

What was he doing at the gym?

He was on the treadmill.

Was he running?

No, he was walking swiftly.

He was stretching, wasn't he?

- No. - He had someone

stretching his leg for him.

He had just finished a Pilates class,

and he was on the treadmill.

Is he rich?

- He has money. - Yeah, how much?

I don't know, I haven't asked him.

How many cars does he have?

He has three.

Good on you. That's cool, you know.

- Hey, no. - Yeah.

- Don't, no, no, no. - Yes, yes.

- No, no, no, no, no. - Yes, yes, yes.

It's very clear. And that's okay.

That's fine.

I'm not as judgmental as you.

That's the difference between you and I.

I look at Tony, and I see charisma. You look at him and you see--

- 100. - Old.

Yes, I see an old, old man.

- We are different people. - A granddad.

Tony and I are more similar

than you and I are similar, I would say.

I would rather have sex with Tony,

for example, than sex with you tonight.

That's a lie.

Just call it what it is and then we'll be sweet.

Yeah, it's a beautiful connection

between two human beings that met at a gym.

- Alright. - Okay.

- Alright. - Okay.

- Have a good date. - Cheers.

Alright, see you later. Have a good dinner.

- Cool. - Nice to meet you, Tony.

You, too, Vinnie.

Have a good sleep.