All language subtitles for 800.Words.S02E04.Episode.4.1080p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DDP2.0.H.264-KiNGS-eng

[ Bird hoots, insects chirping ]

[ SJD´s "Beautiful Haze" plays ]

♫ It might be nice
to smash the state... ♫

[ Sighs ]

Oh!

Can you hear that?

It´s impossible not to.

-It´s the same song.
-Over and over.

You know what this is, right?

We were warned about this.

The summer people.

My only problem with
the summer people is

that the beach
gets a bit crowded.

They´ll start rolling in soon.

They´re good for business.

I make more in one month

than I do
over the whole of winter.

The girls are bitches.
The guys are mainly jerks.

Then there´s the noise.

Parties every night.

The summer people love to party.

Well, it´s a very busy time
for me.

KATIE:
They come, they spend.

They´re all gone
by the end of summer.

[ Insects chirping ]

You hear that?

No.

Exactly.

I think we´re good.

-Okay. Good night.
-Good night.

[ SJD´s "Beautiful Haze" plays ]

Oh, what is with that song?

SHAY:
What´s going on?

Oh, too much light!

Um, Shay, go back to bed.

Why are they playing
that song over and over?

I´m just gonna go and tell them
to turn it down.

Shay, go back to bed.
Go on. Just put some...

-[ Sighs ]
-Go on.

LINDSAY:
I hate the summer people.

♫ ...to tell the boss
that I don´t give a toss ♫

♫ And to stick
his lame-ass job ♫

♫ But I´m not sure
that I can ♫

SHAY:
What are you doing?

This.

Mm, Dad´ll catch us.

He´ll be ages.

And when it goes quiet,
we´ll know he´s on his way back.

I told you, he´s really...

Really, really old-fashioned,
yeah.

But he´s also not here.

He´ll know if we do
under his roof.

-How?
-He just will.

You know, my folks said

that George
was really laid-back.

He´s changed.

♫ Climb down
from your beautiful tower ♫

♫ You know you won´t make
beautiful remains ♫

♫ All that´s left
is a beautiful hour ♫

♫ And it´s ours, ours ♫

♫ I sit here listening
in 5.1 ♫

♫ When the day is done ♫

♫ I look around
at everything... ♫

Morning, George.

Nice head torch.

Thanks.

Just here to investigate
a noise complaint.

Yeah, me too. I´ve tried
knocking, but there´s no answer.

I´d ascertain the occupants
can´t hear the knocking,

what with the volume
of the music.

Good detective work, Constable.

Here we go.

-Evening.
-Hi.

Morning.

Noise control.
We´ve had a complaint.

I live down the hill,
and the music is very loud.

Oh, so you call the cops on me?

No.

I´m not here in my capacity
as police constable.

I´m here in my capacity
as noise control officer.

WOMAN: You could have just
knocked on my door

and asked me to turn it down.

That´s not what I was trying...

It wasn´t me
that called noise control.

-Tell her.
-TOM: I can´t do that.

What?

We can´t reveal the identity
of the complainees.

It could lead to tension.

I can neither confirm nor deny

that George
called noise control on you.

I´ll turn the music down.

TOM: Cheers.

Oh, you´re Janet´s
granddaughter, right?

-Yes.
-How´s she doing?

-Not well.
-Damn.

Tell her Tom sends his love.

♫ ...down from
your beautiful tower ♫

You know this is
the Whitfield place, right?

I´m aware of that, thanks, Tom.

The same house
you thought you were buying.

Also aware of that, thanks.

I still love that story.

[ Music stops ]

Ooh.
And job done.

You could come back tomorrow

and ask the young lady
if you can have a look around.

Although I don´t think
she likes you very much.

She thinks you called
noise control on her.

[ Up-tempo music plays ]

GEORGE: Serendipity...

A fortunate happenstance,
an unexpected discovery.

And as it turns out,
a chance to right an old wrong.

I was seeking silence

because silence
is a rare thing around my way.

Oh, morning, George. I´m doing
brekkie if you´re interested.

Thanks, but no.

Primal coffee?

And what exactly is that?

Double shot espresso,
coconut oil, topped with cream.

It´ll change your life.

Thanks, but I´m fine.
Thank you.

Sweet.

[ Up-tempo pop music playing ]

You do know there´s sunshine
out there, right?

Sunshine and the sea...

And all the dicks that come to
Weld and act like it´s theirs.

Oh, just tell the ducks
to go back to their pond.

Dickhead.

Duckhead! Quack, quack.
[ Laughs ]

Are you sure you don´t want
any of my hotcakes, George?

Quinoa and herb.
It´ll change your life.

You´re very keen
to change my life this morning,

aren´t you, Daniel?

-What?
-Nothing.

Look, I´m going for a walk.

Anyone who wants to join
is very welcome.

There´s no hot water again.

Go and put some clothes on,
will you?

We need another bathroom, Dad.

Yeah, all right.

Don´t forget to keep
that heart rate up, George.

Are you planning
on working today?

-Yeah, that´s the plan.
-Oh, good luck.

There´s hardly room
to move in there.

Well, where are you headed?

A walk.
Clear the head, lose the noise.

Oh, change of plans, then.

I mean, the thing is,
I´ve done her garden shed,

I whipped her up
a new back gate.

And you know
what I get out of it?

Money?

Well, yeah, that too.
But mainly pain, mate.

Look, if it hurts so much
being around Tracey,

just stop doing jobs for her.

Yeah, but she´s asking me
to do jobs for her.

Well, just say
you´re too busy doing, say,

the jobs that I need doing.

No, ´cause that´s gonna
threaten the relationship.

Well, hers and mine.
Not... Not ours.

Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, I get it.

But isn´t the cause of the pain

that she only sees you
as a friend?

You´ve got to move on.

Not that there was ever anything
to move on from.

It´s not as easy as it sounds
when you say it like that.

-Probably is.
-Hey?

Nothing.

No, I mean, what it´s gonna take
for me to move on from Trace

is, like, true love.

You know, that kind that´s
just so powerful,

it just goes bang!
Just hits you in the face.

I reckon
if I could get hit by that,

then, yeah, I could
probably move on.

Sounds painful.

It´s not painful, mate.

Magical and rare.

Oh, Whitfield place.

Yeah.

WOODY:
[ Clears throat ]

Hi, there.

Noise control guy.

No.
No, that´s why I´m here.

I just wanted to clarify
that it wasn´t me...

No, no. It was my bad.
Too many G and T´s.

And I was very rude,
and it was very late and...

-Well...
- my music was very loud.

Yes.
And the same song.

[ Laughs ]
I love that song.

Yeah, I quite liked it...
First few times.

-Hi.
-Hi.

-Oh, sorry... Woody.
-Right.

-Rebecca. Becks.
-Becks.

So are you, uh...
You here for the summer?

-Sorting out some family stuff.
-Right.

Are you a Whitfield?
Is this your house?

-My grandparents´.
-Oh!

Do you guys want to come in?

-O-Only if it´s not...
-Yeah, w-w-we´ll pop in.

-We´ll pop in.
-Great. This way.

Seriously?

Yes, it´s my family.

I mean, I was far too young
to remember any of this,

but my grandparents did
used to rent the house

when they spent Christmas
with us in England.

Rented to my parents.

Oh! Small world.

WOODY:
You don´t know the half of it.

Hey, cheers.
Ta.

Ah, it´s a bit early
in the day for me, thanks.

Hey, it´s five o´clock
somewhere in the world, right?

Yes, it is.
Ha ha ha!

So, you boys are visiting
from Oz?

-No, we live here.
-In Weld?

-Yeah.
-Yes. And it´s not, um...

It´s not us boys, if you...

Oh, God, I´m sorry.

I just thought
you must be a couple.

No! No. Hell no.
No...

-No offense, mate.
-None taken.

No, he´s not really my type.
´Cause he´s a bloke, mainly.

But, you know, I prefer
chicks myself sort of thing.

But if I did go for blokes,
you know, I could...

I could go for someone
like George.

-Thanks, Woody.
-Yeah, no worries.

Good to know.

Yeah, so, um... so how are
your grandparents now?

Uh, one dead, one in a home.

-I´m sorry to hear that.
-No.

Gran´s having a great time.

She thinks it´s 1963,

and that the male nurse
is her brother Edward

who died 20 years ago.

Well, you know, the good thing
about dementia

is you get to catch up with
people you haven´t seen in ages.

Yeah? You get it?

Yeah? You get it?

MONTY: Cooee.
Only me.

Oh, shoot,
I forgot about this guy.

Come in.

-Morning.
-WOODY: Hey.

-BECKS: Gin and tonic?
-Monty.

Bit early, isn´t it? However,
the client is always right.

Is your family selling?

Well, I am.

My parents are both dead,
and I´m Gran´s executor,

and she´s
never coming back here.

Why, do you want to buy it?

Why not?
He´s already bought it once.

Oh, my God.
You´re that guy.

The guy that bought the wrong
house over the Internet.

Yeah, that´s George.

Oh, Monty was telling me
all about it.

As an example of how
sought-after the house is.

And the fact
that you´ve sorted yourself out

is the important thing.

I mean, you love where
you are now, right, George?

Yeah, well, apart from the fact

that it´s in perpetual need
of rebuilding,

it has no sea views,

and currently I can barely move
for teenagers,

it´s... it´s perfect.

Whoops. Maybe I don´t need
a real estate agent after all.

Hey, George,
what´s that thing called

when everything comes together
at exactly the right time?

Serendipity, Woody.

Serendipity.

Yeah.

GEORGE:
Serendipity is a word

coined over 250 years ago

by the English author
Horace Walpole

from the title of a fairy tale

in which the heroes were always
making discoveries by accident.

Knock, knock.

Sorry, interrupting your work.

Oh, it´s okay.
I´m used to it by now.

-Full house, huh?
-Full house, no sleep.

Tom said.

Someone at the Whitfield house
having a party last night?

-Becks Whitfield.
-The granddaughter.

What´s she like?

She´s very friendly.

And she´s thinking
of selling the place.

I went up there
to complain about the noise,

and suddenly
possibilities arise.

Very serendipitous.

Yeah, exactly.
I´ve j-just been...

You know, there´s a quote.

"You don´t reach Serendib
by plotting a course for it.

You need to set out in good
faith and lose your bearings."

And you´ll end up
where you´re meant to be?

Yeah, maybe.

Just maybe.

[ Chuckles ]

-Ready.
-Okay, cool. Let´s go.

Um, are you going to work?

Yeah.
I have a job.

KATIE: I said I´m cool
if you want to take the day off.

SHAY:
No, I have responsibilities,

and I can´t just work
whenever I feel like it.

What about our... our guest?

Daniel said he´s okay

to just chill here for the day,
didn´t you?

Yeah.
I need to work out.

SHAY: See?

Uh, wonderful.

[ Vehicle door closes ]

You know you can
have the afternoon off

if you want to spend time
with your boyfriend.

No, I´m all good.

So he´s more of a friend
than a boyfriend?

No, I-I really like Daniel.

He´s a great guy.

In Sydney, he would
drive me around and hang out,

help me
to escape my grandparents.

-Now he´s here.
-Yeah.

I said he might want to
come over, and he did.

-Just like that?
-Just like that.

Have you shown him off
to Ike yet?

It´s not like that.

Yeah, but if you wanted Ike
to back off,

it´s a pretty good way
of sending that message.

Or you could just be honest
with everyone.

Just saying.

[ Engine starts ]

[ Up-tempo music thumping ]

[ Sighs ]

[ Singing in foreign language ]

Daniel.

-Daniel!
-Oh.

[ Music stops ]

Sorry, Mr. Turner.
Just getting my burpees in.

Yeah, he does burpees.

-Every day.
-Just who he is.

Look, Daniel, I know it´s
unfortunate that Shay´s working,

but you really should
get out there anyway.

You know,
see what Weld has to offer,

visit some of
Weld´s attractions.

ARLO:
Weld has attractions?

Yes, Arlo, it does.

You know it does,

and I´m sure you would like to
show them to Daniel.

-Hey, neighbor.
-Hey.

Essential ingredients, eh?

BECKS: You said it.

We should be careful about
being seen together, though.

Oh, you heard all about
the kumara vine?

The what?

The small-town web of gossip...
They call it the kumara vine.

Kumara don´t grow on vines.

Yeah, I know.

And why would anyone gossip
just ´cause I´m talking to you?

Well, no reason to, I suppose.

I meant him.

He´ll think we´re doing deals
behind his back.

Ah, yes.

Speaking of which, if you
were serious this morning,

I could be
tempted into a private sale.

I mean, who can be bothered
with all that real estate stuff?

All those real estate agents.

I mean, if I sell to you,
it´s done.

It´s like it was meant to be.

Check this out.

Looking pretty cozy.

FIONA: So?

So?

You know what summer people
are like.

Not all of them.

Yes, the guys
that you hook up with,

but some people...

Some people are here with
their spouses or their families.

Look at him.

Sneaky so-and-so.

What´s George done?

What´s he done? He´s cutting
my lunch is what he´s doing.

God, I had her
in the palm of my hand.

-Um, ew.
-And I turn up and he´s there.

Monty, I think you´re punching
well above your weight.

-TRACEY: Hey!
-Shh.

-Intrigue.
-Ooh! Where?

HANNAH:
George mowing Monty´s lawn.

Oh, my God,
what is it with this town

and the lawn-mowing metaphor

when it comes to guys stealing
other guys´ girlfriends?

It´s pretty bloody demeaning
if you think about it.

What the hell
are you talking about?

Yes, the Whitfield place
has a lawn,

but I certainly don´t mow it.

And I certainly don´t have
secret liaisons

with prospective clients,

if that´s what
you´re insinuating!

HANNAH: Is it true?

TRACEY: You´re buying
the Whitfield house

from under Monty´s nose?

It really
shouldn´t surprise me by now.

The view must be spectacular
from up there.

But is it the right house
for you, George?

Well, surely it´s better
than where he is now.

That wouldn´t be hard,
but you´ve got to wonder

why she wants to flick it off
so quickly.

True. If she´s keen not to even
put it on the market?

Exactly. If something seems
too good to be true, usually is.

It´s early days.
I´ve only been there once.

Well, you can´t buy it
after only one visit.

He bought the last one
after no visits.

Yeah, but look
what happened there.

I wasn´t intending on buying it
after only one...

You need a female perspective,
George.

TRACEY: That´s true.

They say women know real estate
better than men.

And when you tried
to buy a house by yourself...

You bought the wrong house.

-SHAY: Oh, hey.
-DANIEL: Hey, babe.

Just been checking out the local
attractions, as ordered.

And, surprise, there are none.

DANIEL:
I wouldn´t say that now.

Barf.
You can buy me food now.

ARLO: Why me?

For your dad making me
walk around for hours.

Man, she totally leads him on,
and he just lets her.

Yeah, it´s shocking.

Any chance
you could shut up shop

and we could get out of here?

Um, I´m writing an e-mail
to Dennis,

one of our artists
from overseas.

He freaks out a lot.

I like this one.

I mean, it´s pretty generic,
but there´s something naive,

but charming in how basic it is.

Is that so?

Uh...

I meant basic in a good way.

Like it´s not pretending
to be something it´s not.

Like that pretentious sculpture,
for example.

All right, well, I´ll come
pick you up at 4:00.

-We can hit the beach.
-Sounds like a plan.

I´m so sorry.

You know before
when I... I gently suggested

you might want to be honest
with Daniel?

Wasn´t entirely that...

Man up and do it.
He´s got to go.

GEORGE:
Yeah, it´s an amazing spot.

Is there a LIM report available?

Is that something you get
from the council?

I´ll take care of that for you.

Thank you, Fiona.

This place is amazing.

The view is to die for!

Shh!

Not so much enthusiasm
in front of the vendor.

-[ Door closes ]
-Cards close to chest.

Cooee.

What´s all this, then?

Nothing.
We just dropped in.

Well, it looks like something
to me.

Looks a little bit like
a, uh, open home to me.

It´s not an open home, Monty.

Present.
It´s for you.

BECKS: Hey, wow.
Thank you.

I´m a professional.
You do know that, right?

Professional.

-BECKS: A ship.
-Yeah.

BECKS: In a bottle.

Wicked.

I got it from the Weld summer
farmer´s market as a gesture.

Because at McNamara Realty,
we care.

You know
you can´t just move house

to escape your problems.

Problems follow you ´round.

I don´t have any problems.

Apart from my house
being too small.

-This would solve that.
-It would.

I can sit up here
and stare at the sea for hours.

Lucky old you.

WOODY: It´s a nice spot,
the Whitfield house, eh?

GEORGE: Yeah, it is.

It´s funny, I-I wanted a bigger
house and there is one.

Not just one... the one.

The one you wanted
the first time ´round

before you messed it all up.

-Yes, Woody.
-It´s perfect.

Nothing´s perfect.

Exactly.

So you know what you need?
You need a building inspection.

-Oh, no.
-Yeah, I´m on it.

-Woody...
-I´m on it!

G´day.
How you going?

G´day.

It´s Woody.
Yeah, you remember me, yeah.

[ Sighs ]

G´day.
Becky! Beckster.

Becks, how are you today?

Woody! Hi.

G´day.

What can I do for you?

Oh, uh, building inspection.

I mean, I´m gonna do the
building inspection, not you.

Um, although we can do it
together, if you want.

Why do I want
my building inspected?

Yeah, should have
explained that... idiot.

Uh, for George, in case
he wants to buy the house.

Oh, right.

Well, you better come in,
then, hadn´t you?

Yeah.

I don´t know about
the black sands.

Looks kind of dirty.

The rest of the scenery, though,
just keeps getting better.

Sorry, that was as lame
as it was true.

We should go for a swim.

Yeah, okay.

[ Indistinct shouting ]

Hey, um...

I just wanted to say
that I´m sorry

things haven´t turned out
like you wanted.

Hey, who´s that guy?

Oh, man, that guy looks like
a real tool.

Yes?

So, ballpark,

what would someone expect to pay
for the Whitfield place?

I´ve appraised that property

at approximately
none of your business.

Oh, come on, Monty.

Why should I tell you?
What´s in it for me?

Well, if I buy, I´ll need
someone to sell my house.

Mate, it took me forever
to flick that property off.

-No one wants it.
-Well, I did.

Yeah, and you thought you were
buying the Whitfield place.

Which would have
set you back around...

There.
That´s the CV.

You´ll need a bit more than that
these days.

Bit out of your price range,
George?

Well, if I get
a good price for mine...

Which I doubt, what with the TLC
required and the lack of a view.

And the stigma.

-What stigma?
-It´s a real estate lingo.

Used when the house
has a sinister history

due to the gruesome events
that took place there.

The real estate agent is obliged
to disclose this information,

and it usually puts people off.

There is no stigma attached
to your house, George.

Do we know that for sure?

There could have been a murder
somewhere along the line.

Well, there wasn´t.
There wasn´t.

SIOUXSIE: Wouldn´t mind
living with a ghost.

We´d probably get on well.

Look, there are no ghosts or
ghouls at your house, George.

It is a perfectly good property,
and you should stay put.

Maybe the Whitfield place
has got a ghost, eh?

It might have.
Might have several.

[ Up-tempo hip-hop music
playing ]

Hey, Dad, guess what.
Daniel is making dinner.

DANIEL: Yeah.

It´s like this
Asian fusion-style curry

I had in a restaurant back home.

It was so good that I went
into the kitchen afterwards

and made the chef
write down the recipe.

I´ve cooked it loads of times,

just making little improvements
along the way.

Will it change my life?

Oh, mate,
like you won´t believe.

Hey, you have an amazingly
well-stocked kitchen,

by the way.

Because I like to cook.

So do I!

GEORGE: When everything
lines up, perfectly synced,

it would be rude
not to take notice.

When fate is pointing you
in a certain direction,

when everything adds up...

Even, miraculously, the numbers.

So this particular sauce,
it´s a slow burner, right?

So you´re doing okay.

You´re thinking,
"What´s the big deal?" right?

Suddenly it starts to
creep up on you.

Mouth on fire.

I wanted to rip
me bloody head off.

FYI, I´m not very good
with hot food.

No, no. No worries. You can
only get this stuff in Mexico.

DANIEL: You know,
last time I was in Mexico,

I bailed from the resorts
where my parents like to stay.

And I went out looking,

you know,
searching for the authentic,

the little hole-in-the-wall
places, the real food.

When I travel,
I want to live like a local,

eat the local cuisine.

Right.

Well, the local cuisine here
is fish and chips.

-Fish and chips. Tartar sauce.
-GEORGE: Hey.

Hey, here he is! The main man!
Man of the hour!

Hey, I been up at the Whitfield
house, like you asked.

You okay, Woody?
Yeah, yeah.

I mean, I may have had
one or two gins.

-Or four. [ Laughs ]
-[ Laughs ]

I don´t actually drink gin,
as a rule.

I thought you were up there
to do a building inspection.

Yeah, I did. And I did.
I´m a professional, George.

[ Up-tempo instrumental music
plays ]

And here is the written report.

So, guess there´s nothing
standing in my way, then, eh?

Not a thing.

Standing in the way
of what, Dad?

GEORGE: Um...

Hi.

Hi.

Gosh,
something smells delicious.

Oh, that would be
Daniel´s cooking.

Wow.
An art connoisseur and a chef.

What a renaissance bloke.

Look, I think you and I
got off on the wrong foot.

Why don´t you stay for dinner?
I´ll make it up to you.

Oh, Billy and I were just
gonna have fish and chips.

-I like fish and chips.
-Please stay.

-There´s plenty.
-I´ll set another two places.

Three!

He´s in your kitchen.

Yes. He is.

WOODY:
Oh, yeah, beautiful!

Nothing like a curry
on a hot summer night.

-ARLO: [ Clears throat ]
-Get a grip.

It´s not that hot.

KATIE:
Bit of a kick, though.

Yeah, well, the original recipe

is what you´d call
more flavorful.

But I decided it
needed to be bolder.

ARLO: What restaurant
did you say this was from?

-Satan´s Butthole?
-WOODY: [ Laughs ]

It´s actually from
a pretty high-end joint.

I doubt you´ve heard of it.
It´s called Karma Police.

Isn´t that one of Uncle Terry´s?

Wait, you´re related
to Terry Turner?

-Brother.
-Never would have picked that.

What, the name
wasn´t a giveaway?

DANIEL:
It´s a pretty common name.

Man, you´re full of secrets.

Yes, she is.

Ice cream. Ice cream.
That´ll cure the problem.

-BILLY: Yes.
-SHAY: [ Laughs ]

So, you staying long, Daniel?

Mm, no plans, you know?

Keen to check out
the South Island,

see those mountains
people always rave about.

Yeah, you should.
It´s beautiful down there.

What do you say, babe?
Road trip, me and you?

Except I´ve got work.

Oh, your boss is pretty cool.

I´m sure she could give you
some time off.

No, it´s summer, and it´s one of
our busiest times.

And I really need the money
and I really like my work, so...

If I sell the house for what
I paid for it, get a mortgage,

I think it can work.

-Do you really want a mortgage?
-Well, not really.

But if I finally
get the house I want...

What do the kids think?

Um, I haven´t actually
spoken to them about it yet.

[ Chuckles ] Haven´t you already
made that mistake once?

Well, I didn´t want to
get their hopes up

in case it came to nothing.

Still, it´s always good to talk
things through with people.

Well, isn´t that what
we´re doing now?

I mean with your kids.

Yeah, I know.
And I will.

But I value your opinion.

So, what do you think?

I think you should ask yourself
why you want to do it.

It´s there.

It´s better.

Serendipity.

Take your pick.

I mean why you want to
change your life again.

It´s just a house
just up a hill.

-Yeah, exactly.
-WOODY: Hey, there he is.

Hey, Georgie.

Thanks for the hospitality,
George.

Yeah, night, Woody.

Hey, tell Shay
to keep that kid on.

He does a mean curry.
[ Laughs ]

See ya.

-And on that subject...
-Yeah, I know.

You know what?

Yeah, she´s not really into him.
I´m not entirely blind.

She´s using you
as the old-fashioned dad

to keep him at bay.

You think he´s fallen for it?

For now.

Mum? Can we go home now?
I don´t feel very well.

KATIE: Yeah, sure thing.
You hop in the car.

Just talk to her, George.

Yeah.

-More talking, less...
-Faffing about.

I don´t faff.

[ Laughs ] You faff.

As for the Whitfield place,
if it feels right, it´s right.

[ Whispering ] Arlo. Arlo.

-Huh?
-Shh.

Wakey wakey.

SHAY:
Why am I awake?

ARLO:
I do not feel good.

GEORGE: Here we are.

The house
I thought I was buying.

What if I told you
we can buy it?

For real this time.

I mean, it´s amazing
how things fall...

-We´re moving again?
-We could, but only up the hill.

It´s bigger, it´s better,
there´s more rooms.

It´s the house I stayed
when I was a kid.

The one I was meant to buy,
and now we can.

Did I mention
it has an incredible view?

And can we actually afford it?

We´d have to shift things around
a bit, get a mortgage.

I-I thought you guys
would be over the moon.

It´s early, Dad.
Give me a chance to wake up.

Arlo?

I´m sorry.
I need a bathroom.

What kind of teenager
doesn´t want a better house?

I´ve only just got used to
the one we´re in.

-BECKS: Hi.
-GEORGE: Hi.

Sorry. Me again.
This is my daughter, Shay.

Hi. Becks.
Did you want to show her around?

So?

It´s nice.

And?

And it´s heaps better than
the one you actually bought.

It is, isn´t it?

But we have a chance
to make it right.

Then you should do it,
if that´s what feels right.

That´s what everyone says.

Then everyone can´t be wrong.

I´ve got to get ready for work.

Shay...

I vaguely remember

Daniel´s always had
a bit of a crush on you.

I do not want to have
this conversation, Dad.

Too bad.
I do.

What´s the story?
The real story.

Things were different in Sydney.

I felt kind of crappy
and he was fun.

-Fun enough to invite him here?
-Yeah.

But sometimes the moment
has passed, you know?

Look, I´ve never been
a teenage girl before.

-Good to know.
-But I have been a teenage boy.

And there´s nothing worse

than a girl you like
stringing you along.

Going back to not wanting
this conversation, Dad.

I think he´ll appreciate it more
if you´re honest with him.

-Maybe not at first...
-He´ll hate me, you mean.

He came all the way from Sydney.

Maybe if I just do nothing,
things will...

What?

Just fall into place?

You said yourself they often do.

Shay, you can´t just sit around

and wait for the universe
to take care of everything.

You take charge.

Arlo´s in there.
Has been for a while.

SHAY: Gross.

And Daniel´s in the shower.

Probably conditioning his hair.

There´s two bathrooms
in the house up the hill.

Yeah, that would be good.

But there´s a whole ocean
out there.

Hiya.

Picked up that LIM report
for you.

-Oh, thanks.
-Looks okay.

No hidden nasties.

So that´s it, then.

No reason why I shouldn´t
make an offer.

-Serendipity, eh?
-Oh, please.

You don´t believe in all that

"happy accident" rubbish,
do you?

Serendipity´s different.

It´s when you head off
in one direction,

make a mistake,
and end up somewhere better.

It´s a mistake
with better consequences.

By that logic,
shouldn´t you stay here, then?

This house is the mistake.

-Are you not happy, George?
-Yeah.

Yeah, I´m happy.

There you have it.
Your happy accident.

If you believe in that sort of
thing, which... which I don´t.

But I could be happier.
I think.

I feel.

You know, I´m happy,
but I could be happier.

Sitting by yourself on a hill,
staring at the sea?

Trust me, it´s overrated.

But if it feels right,
go for it.

That´s pretty much
what Katie said.

Oh, well...

She is a wise woman, George.

Hey.
Feeling better?

Physically, yes.

Emotionally...

Lindsay just heard me violently
expelling last night´s...

Okay, TMI, thanks.

It´s humiliating.

Arlo, I hate to say it,

but squirts or not,

Lindsay´s never
gonna go there with you.

It´s... It´s not like that.

Stop kidding yourself.

You´re too much of a...
Of a doormat.

Girls don´t go for doormats.

Right.
Like you don´t go for Daniel?

Daniel´s not so much
of a doormat.

He´s... He´s more of a...

rug.

Yeah, whatever you say.

-SHAY: And it´s time.
-For what?

Lindsay has to go home.

And Daniel
has to go back to Sydney.

We have to tell them.

GEORGE:
I´m sorry for intruding again.

Intrude away.

I just need to take
one more look.

BECKS:
No, it´s a big decision.

And it´s nice to see
other humans.

It can get lonely up here
in my tower, beautiful as it is.

That´s from your song.

"Climb down
from your beautiful tower."

You see, you played it
so many times, I know the words.

[ Laughing ] I´m sorry.

It´s, um...
It´s a bit of a fave.

Lifts me up
when I´m feeling lousy.

Yeah, music can do that.

You know, when Dad died
and I realized it was just me,

I was like...

This house, everything in it.

What am I gonna do with stuff?

Stuff that´s only gonna
remind me of how sad I feel.

My stuff ended up
at the bottom of the ocean.

Container ship sank.

I arrived here with nothing.

And then you finally bought
the wrong house.

You must have been tempted to
see it all as a horrible mistake

and go back to Australia.

I wasn´t actually.

Even after everything
that happened...

it felt right.

You know,
I might have been grieving,

I might have been crazy with it,

but I was sure.

It felt right.

WOODY: Knock knock!

-BECKS: Hi.
-G´day, George.

Woody picked up on
a couple little things

when he did
the building inspection.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I said I´d,
uh, sort them out for her.

-Nice.
-I´ll get to it.

Well, I´ll leave you to it...
To your beautiful tower.

Cheers. Let me know
when you´ve made a decision.

But, you know, um,
take your time.

Don´t worry. My head´s
much clearer this time around.

Trust me.

You okay?

Yeah.
All good. You?

I can let him down gently.

Oh, hey.

You going somewhere?

I left you a note.

Saying what?

The, uh, road trip
I was talking about.

-You´re leaving?
-Sorry, babe.

But it just
wasn´t how I thought it´d be.

Oh. Hi.

Well, this is awkward.

Lindsay?

Yeah, Weld sucks
this time of year.

And I hate the summer people.

See you guys later.

[ Door closes ]

Oh ho.

You have got to be kidding me.

It´s been wicked.

[ Horn honks ]

Arlo, listen to me.

We never tell anyone about this.

Yeah, okay.

You kicked her out,
I kicked him out, okay?

Well, this is novel.

It´s bliss.

Yeah, I get my room back.

And are we all okay, then?

We´re fine.
We´re really good.

Yeah. Yeah, and we don´t really
want to talk about it.

Got it, got it.
As long as you´re okay.

So very okay.

No more houseguests.
What´s not to love about that?

And we don´t have to move,
for starters.

I thought you hated this place.

It´s grown on me.

Yeah, me too.

Okay, a list of pros and cons,

using the head not the heart.

The Whitfield place... pros.

It has an incredible view,
lots of space,

two bathrooms,

my childhood memories,

and it was the place
that we were meant to live in.

Cons.

We´ll be broke.

And...

it just... just doesn´t
feel right.

You know, in here.

That certainty that
it´s the right thing.

The right place to be.

What happened to head not heart?

[ Knock on door ]

BECKS: Hi.

GEORGE: Hi.

Come in.
Our humble abode.

Cute.

What can I...
What can I do for you?

You´re gonna hate me, George.

You´ve changed your mind
about selling?

In a manner of speaking.

I´m actually not selling at all.

I´ve been thinking about
what you said,

about knowing
if something´s right, and...

I´d like to stick around here
for a bit.

[ Chuckles ]

That´s not the reaction
I was expecting.

I´m just relieved
not to have to tell you

that... that
I´ve changed my mind too.

[ Laughs ]
Turns out that we´re happy here.

-Oh, thank God.
-Yeah.

Well, I´ll see you ´round.

-Yeah. Neighbor.
-[ Laughs ]

[ Bird hoots, insects chirping ]

[ SJD´s "Beautiful Haze" plays ]

[ Groans ]

[ Sighs ]

♫ It might be nice
to smash the state ♫

♫ But it´s getting late ♫

♫ And mostly I´m just
working for the man ♫

Becks?

♫ It might be cool
to tell the boss ♫

♫ That I don´t give a toss ♫

♫ And to stick
his lame-ass job ♫

♫ But I´m not sure
that I can ♫

♫ The universe... ♫

GEORGE:
A blinding moment of clarity.

And when it happens,
you´ve got to take charge

instead of faffing about.

The moment you realize

that you´ve been going
in the wrong direction...

Can I help?

Um...

Uh, uh, yeah.

Arlo, have you met
my niece, Emma?

She´s down here for the holidays
helping me out.

-Well, sort of.
-[ Laughs ]

the moment you realize

that maybe serendipity
has got your back after all...

Um...

I like your hair.
[ Giggles ]

Uh, thanks.

Sometimes destiny
is right there in your face.

Hey.

Hey, I heard about your bloke
taking off with Lindsay.

It´s pretty stink.

I´m not really bothered.

That´s good.

And sometimes it´s a quiet,
nagging voice in your ear

giving you some clues

but letting you realize
for yourself

that what you thought you
needed to feel complete again

isn´t a house
or a view of the sea,

it´s someone.

Someone to talk to...

laugh with,

dance with.

-George?
-Yep?

Have you seen Woody?

He hasn´t been around
the last couple of days.

I thought
maybe he´d been kidnapped.

Oh, no, he´s around.

Okay. Good.

-Katie.
-Hi!

Hi.

I heard you decided against
buying the house.

-I did.
-Any reason?

Because it´s not what I need.

I mean, I thought I did, uh,
need it, but, um...

Katie, would you go out with me?

Sorry?

For a drink?

Or... Or dinner?

Or anything?

Something?

Are you asking me out on a date?

Yes, I am.

Oh! [ Giggles ]

[ Laughing ]

Is that funny?

No. No, it´s not.
It´s not funny.

I... Yes, I would love...

I would love
to go on a date with you.

[ Laughing ]

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Did you hear that?

-Hear what?
-Katie.

I know that laugh.

That´s her mating laugh.

[ Laughing continues ]

[ Glass clinks,
furniture thuds ]

[ Up-tempo music plays ]