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Terminal 2. OK. Got it.

(BABY CRIES)

Heading there now.

Change room's opposite the chemist.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Flight VR724 to Abu Dhabi is now departing gate 17.

Hey!

Slow down, mate.

Oi!

Stop right now!

There you go, my friend. Get yourself a feed.

Hey!

MAN: Auckland's landed now, AT12.

And RE52's landed.

Scan for unattended luggage, gates 12 to 17.

Copy that.

- Can't see anything, Ziv. - We have a Code Bravo, over.

(PHONE RINGS)

Need you in International. Ziv's hit the panic button.

International? Yep, I'm heading there now.

Stop right now!

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

- Mate, we got this. - Er, give me a minute, will you, Ziv?

It's OK, it's OK, it's OK. Just breathe.

(INHALES, EXHALES) That's the way.

Um...you speak English?

- Jugete perdido. - Perdido.

Ask him for his passport and his boarding pass.

Hold on a minute, mate. I think he's lost.

Perdido?

No estoy perdido. Mi hermana perdio su conejo de juguete.

Mate, this is a security issue, not a language lesson.

Ah! Er, donde?

- Creo que en el cafe. - El cafe?

Er, about 30 minutes ago.

WOMAN: You know, it's at least three hours before anything arrives here.

Yeah, but...

Also, you still haven't returned my noise-cancelling headphones.

(CALL ENDS) Yeah, hang up.

Tobias, I can't right now, man.

The Buenos Aires flight today is causing chaos. It's crazy.

- Can you try the parents' room? - Dude, are you serious?

The Shanghai flight's been circling for, like, 30 minutes

because of you.

But... Hang on, hang on.

There you are. Person of interest located.

Cleaner's trolley outside the prayer room with a broom up its arse.

You're welcome.

WOMAN: Hey! What are you doing? Don't touch my trolley!

Long story, Connie!

MAN: I'll get rid of these.

Johnny, Johnny, I need to get through.

- WOMAN: Through the scanner, please. - No, he's fine.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Flight AT37 to Buenos Aires is now closing.

Please make your way to Gate 26 immediately.

Here they are. Don’t worry.

Hurry! Hurry!

What the hell were you thinking?

- Bunny! - The plane was going to leave.

Buenos Aires can’t wait much longer.

And if the plane had left?

Let’s go.

Flight AT37 to Buenos Aires is now closed.

WOMAN: Excuse me? Where can I fill my water bottle?

Um, there's a tap right through there.

Thanks.

- Yes, sir? - MAN: My wife needs a wheelchair.

# Some glad morning when this life is o'er

# I'll fly away

# To a home on God's celestial shore

# I'll fly away... #

MAN: You rebooking our flights?

I said, are you rebooking our flights?

I'm very happy to once I receive your assistance dog paperwork.

Isn't that discrimination?

No, that's the law.

You know, Mr Collins would've easily fit under the seat in front.

If his legs were amputated.

Now that... that is not very Christian of you.

I take it you haven't read Leviticus, then?

(NOTIFICATION CHIMES)

Ah.

Is she your wife? She's pretty.

What does she do?

She, um...

She works in youth services.

So there's absolutely no one who can look after Mr Collins

while you go on holiday?

The holiday is for Mr Collins.

Yeah, of course it's for Mr Collins.

- MAN: Knock, knock. - Rog.

I'm just saying my farewells.

I feel like a scapegoat, mate.

I mean, how is one terminal manager

responsible for airport rankings crashing?

But hey, you know,

you gotta let the ceiling fall in, or whatever it needs to do.

Well, at least you get to spend more time at home with the family.

Oh, there's the last place I want to be.

Three adult kids living at home and a wife who's either hot or angry.

Yeah. Time's up, boomers.

Um, listen, mate, I gave you pretty free rein,

but the new TM, um, Mira something-or-other,

she might interpret some of your pastoral care as...

..crossing the line.

One hundred percent.

(PHONE RINGS) Optics on this, not great.

(MR COLLINS WHINES)

Yep.

Um, sorry, Rog. DBA.

Yeah, I'll see you at the send-off. There's a bar tab at O'Leary's.

Yeah? Cool.

(PHONE RINGS)

Now, don't touch anything.

Yep, be right with you.

WOMAN: Shaolong and Alex Zhang, father and son,

both Australian citizens coming home on AT56 from Shanghai.

The deceased is in his mid-60s.

And the plane's been delayed so crew members,

some of them are quite distressed. (PHONE RINGS)

At work. I can't talk.

The cooking time...the cooking time was from frozen. Mum!

If I come home

and the frickin' oven is looking like something from Pompeii,

I will take the TV remote off you for a year.

If I evict my mum, do you think I'll go to hell?

No.

But she'll probably claim elder abuse.

She totally will!

MAN: Viv, use your knees.

Jack, outside!

Z-H-A-N-G. Zhang.

No, I can't hear you, Chap. I can't.

Nuala, I said belt cinque.

We have a dead body on arrival.

I need to get the son through customs fast.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Cool.

You know that Roger the Dodger still hasn't fixed my fan, don't you?

- Roger's been made redundant. - Well, thank fucking Christ for that.

I'm not sure Christ was on the executive committee, Lex.

- Can you isolate their bags for me? - No, I can't do that, Chap.

Sergei's just done his back.

And you know that Barney crashed... There's bags all over the tarmac.

Sorry, Lex, can't hear you. I'll text you through the details.

No, no, no, don't. Don't... (CALL ENDS)

Yes, Chaplain. No, Chaplain. Two bloody bags, Chaplain.

Not there! No! No, no, no!

MAN: No, no, we need them both to bid

so just keep Wilson Street on the lowdown.

Alex?

Call me back if they're not going to play ball.

Tobias Wallace, airport chaplain.

Please accept my condolences for your father's death.

I'm here to help in any way that I can.

Right.

Now, once the coroner has given us clearance,

Mr Zhang will need to be transported to a funeral home.

I don't suppose you have one in mind?

- Oh, um... - No, no. That's OK.

I can help arrange that if you like. (NOTIFICATION BEEPS)

Er, sorry. Work. (TAPS ON PHONE)

(SWOOSH!)

Were you and your father close?

Not really. (CONTINUES TAPPING)

Were you in Shanghai on holiday or...?

Work trip. Family business.

Would you like me to say a prayer for him?

- We're Buddhist. - Not a problem.

CHANTS: Namo Ratna Trayaya.

- Namah Arya Avalokites... - Is that your first language?

Um, well, no, it's... I mean, it's... (PHONE RINGS)

Sorry, mate. The flight was circling for ages.

The plane to Buenos Aires couldn't leave, apparently.

You'd think they'd prioritise a medical emergency.

No. No, not at this stage.

Yeah.

Mm-hm.

Yep. Yep, just speak to Mahoud.

Hey, can you look into something for me?

Hey. Oh, you dropped it.

The manifest for AT56 from Shanghai.

Yep. I just want to ascertain the time of death.

No, I'm not authorised.

OK, thanks.

- JOHNNY: Hey, Tobias. - Hey, Johnny.

Er, this old Bulgarian fella had them in his hand luggage.

Says he needs to take them for his prostate, so...

My prostate is terrific, thanks, Johnny.

Anyway, aren't we supposed to destroy confiscated items?

Er, yeah, but outgoing isn't a biosecurity risk.

Mr Collins is not a biosecurity risk so why wasn't he let through?

Hm?

Right, I have a quote here for animal freight,

not including the crate, for $2,467.

Two thousand...

How am I supposed to afford that, huh?

I'm on unpaid stress leave.

Well, we're down to two options, Nino.

Either you and Mr Collins go home or Mr Collins goes in the hold.

Why is he called Mr Collins?

After my dad.

Gave him to me.

Right before he died of cancer.

Sorry. Sorry, man.

(PHONE RINGS) Look, I might be able to help you

with the crate.

Sami?

Yep, OK. No, no. I'll be right with you.

(MICROWAVE BEEPS) Oh... Take...

Can I have a prune?

Sure. Yeah.

Sami.

What's up?

Well, busy day for the prayer room, as you can see.

Hey, so this new TM wants us to report all security incidents

and any terminal disruptions directly to her.

- Right? - Uh-huh. Yeah.

I think she's been briefed to be hypervigilant

after Roger's hedge trimmer incident

lost us the Continental Air contract.

Anyhoos, um, I have noticed that you actually breached the security...

Sorry.

Sami, can you bring up carousel five?

Who's that?

- Alex Zhang. Sorry. - Wait, Tobias...there's the breach.

(SIGHS) Kills me.

(SIGHS)

(ALEX CRIES)

No, the body shouldn't go to the funeral home.

Well, his son made a mistake.

Well, because he was in shock.

Yeah.

Well, I know it's not protocol, but it's cultural tradition.

Yeah, he's with me now.

Airport chaplain.

Thank you.

Do you want me to...? Oh, no, mate.

I'd lose my mother as well if she heard you butchering the Abhidhamma.

(WOMAN SINGS IN BACKGROUND)

Thank you.

(NOTIFICATION CHIMES)

- RECORDED VOICE: O genki desu ka? - O genki desu ka?

- How are you? - How are you?

- O genki desu ka? - O genki desu ka?

How are you?

- Are you OK? - Are you OK?

- Daijoubu desu ka? - Daijoubu desu ka?

- Are you OK? - Are you OK?

- Toire wa dokodesu ka? - Toire wa dokodesu ka?

- Where is the toilet? - Where is the toilet?

(RINGING TONE)

Hi. It's, um...

Um, just wanted to see how you are.

Um, no need to call me back unless... unless you want to.

Um...

OK. Bye.

Oh, it's Dad.

Dear Lord, I'm ever grateful for your grace and mercy.

Forgive me my failings.

And watch over my colleagues and my family.

Amen.

(PHONE RINGS DISTANTLY)

(HORN HONKS)

(BUTTON CLICKS) RADIO ANNOUNCER: That's what happens

when the public service stops being accountable.

Coming up, we have Sian Collins

talking about her tax-free commission

for the South Australian...

LEX: What's the scoop on the new TM then?

Apparently, when she was at Hong Kong airport,

she replaced the cleaning staff with robots.

- Is that right? - Yeah.

One more. Jeez!

You know, they did that same thing in Denver.

- They used, um, robot cranes. - Oh, really?

(CHUCKLES) How did it turn out?

Turned into a fucking horror movie, is how it turned out.

Morning, Lex. Morning, Connie.

You're in for footy tipping this year?

Absolutely, Connie. Count me in.

Come on the Pies!

You need to do something about that prayer room.

People get aggressive when they can't pray.

- Yeah, I know, I do. - Yeah? Who do you pray to?

The god of the air. The god of the sea.

The god of the ciggy.

(MR COLLINS PANTS)

Oh!

Oh, fuck!

WOMAN: Oh, my God! You will not believe what I just saw!

Oat milk, two sugar.

You got a tub for dog stuff?

Row C. Canine. Third tub on the left.

The other left.

NINO: Come on! Come, come.

Good boy! Who's a good boy? Come on!

Good boy! Who's a good boy?

OK, you're off to Cairns. Beautiful this time of year.

We're actually going to Port Douglas.

Oh, nice! You getting the bus up?

Nah. My dad's picking us up from the airport.

I'll catch you, T.

Come, come!

That's not carry on. That won't fit. (NOTIFICATION CHIMES)

Come, come!

OK.

- TM's not giving up. - Good luck.

Next, please.

Come on in. Toby, right?

- Mira Ansari-Cole. - Tobias Wallace, airport chaplain.

Lovely to meet you, Mira.

Oh.

That's so tacky, isn't it?

I think the cleaner left it for me. (THUD!)

You're a hard man to catch.

Yes. I'm sorry about yesterday.

I had some rather pressing pastoral care duties.

Yes, the dead body on arrival.

Thankfully, not a death in Australian airspace.

- It wasn't? - No.

Mr Zhang died an hour out of Shanghai

- according to the flight manifest. - (SIGHS) Oh, that's great.

I mean...

..it's not great, obviously, but, er...

How would you describe your role here, Tobias?

Oh, well, er, a pretty broad-ranging,

but primarily providing emotional, spiritual, and practical support

for passengers but also for staff.

I mean, if you, for example, ever... were ever in need of a...

Thank you.

Sorry, are you a Christian chaplain?

I do have a personal faith, yes, but the job is all faith inclusive.

Right.

Look, moving forward, I would love for you to submit a daily report.

I don't think you'd like to read every detail of my day.

The devil is in the detail, is it not, Tobias?

Ah, well, there is some contention

over where exactly the devil resides.

What happened yesterday was a serious security breach.

Er, that is a stuffed toy.

There could have been a knife inside it.

A bomb.

That stuffed toy could have caused an international incident.

(SCOFFS) But it didn't.

(PHONE RINGS)

Sorry, I have to take this.

Yeah?

CONNIE: I need you to come to the prayer room now.

Someone has locked themselves in there.

- Come now! - Yeah, OK. No, I'll be right there.

- Emergency. - I'll call the AFP.

Oh, no, it's more of a spiritual emergency. Chaplain's remit.

- Connie? - She's stolen personal property.

Hi.

I'm Tobias, the airport chaplain.

I'm here to help you.

It's OK, really. No one's gonna hurt you.

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