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GEORGE: Whoever said time flies when you´re having fun

must´ve experienced a Kiwi summer.

The sun, the surf, the blue skies...

-[ Knock on door ] -Hello.

Hello?

Oh, mate [Chuckles]

I can´t believe Monty sold you this place.

I did crack up when I heard.

When you were in prison.

Well, I´m out now.

George. Oh, good, you´re home.

Hey, do you play cricket?

ROBBIE: Bat-and-ball game, two teams of 11 players.

-Yeah, I know what it is. -Close enough.

-You´re in. -In what?

The annual match against Stafford.

Yeah, and there´s been an incident.

Aah!

Is he gonna be all right?

Concussion. He´s in hospital for observation, but, you know.

Yeah, the point is, we´re down a man.

Well, I´d rather just come and watch.

We don´t need spectators, George. I need a player.

Well, hang on. Is cricket not your game, mate?

He´s Australian. Of course cricket´s his game.

-Yeah, I´ve played a bit, but... -Top notch.

Practice is Saturday. See you in the nets.

[ Up-tempo music plays ]

You are not playing cricket.

-It could be fun. -No, it will not be fun.

Cricket is not for you, Dad. You know this.

-Don´t take it out on me. -Take what?

Well, Emma goes home on Monday, right?

And when does Ike go to Auckland?

This has nothing to do with that.

Well, you could always take your mind off your woes.

Cricket team´s looking for players.

Oh, my God.

Just not you, Dad. For the love of the game.

George. Welcome.

Thanks. To what?

The Weld Eleven, the cricket team.

Oh, look, no, I don´t think that that´s gonna be...

Did the boys explain the stakes? The honor of the town.

Weld haven´t won against Stafford in a long time.

Eight crushing defeats, all in a row.

Seven. Seven defeats.

GLORIA: Okay, rained off two years ago

with them needing one wicket.

So not technically a defeat, but certainly not a triumph.

That is going to change. This is going to be our year.

-GLORIA: Ooh, that´d be nice. -We will walk away triumphant.

And Rae... Rae will stick that in her pipe and smoke it.

-See you at practice. -Yeah.

[ Door closes ]

Who´s Rae Rae?

Oh, no, no, no, just... Just Rae.

Stafford´s team manager. Rich, fingers in many pies.

So, Stafford´s version of Big Mac?

Yeah, except a woman.

And, boy, does she rub his nose in it

every time we get thrashed by her team.

Oh, look, I don´t think this is gonna be for me.

You know, if it was social, if it was fun...

No, there´s nothing fun at being demeaned

at the hands of Stafford year after year.

Nothing fun at all, George.

JAN: Well, this is a nice surprise.

Yeah. How are you?

JAN: Okay.

Everything okay there?

ARLO: Well, actually, I need some advice.

I didn´t want to ask Dad and Shay,

´cause that would just be weird.

Look, if this is about maths or science homework,

-I have to warn you... -It´s sex.

Oh. I see.

Yeah, I have a girlfriend, Emma, and, um, it´s serious,

and we want to consummate the relationship.

Consummate. Right.

You wrote an article in a magazine about your first time.

Oh, God, you didn´t read that, did you?

That was more of a "what not to do."

Yeah, not on your parents´ couch just before they arrive home

with a group of friends to watch the NRL.

Yes, well, it was after writing that story

that I realized that editing was the place to be.

Let others pour out their embarrassing...

But back to you.

Okay, um, protection is very important.

It´s on the list.

Good. And just don´t be in a hurry...

to do it...at all.

You can have plenty of fun in a relationship without that.

Well, Emma and I are quite interested in that.

Yes, but it can complicate things.

But then again, you know, if it...

If it feels like the right thing to do, then go for it.

Okay.

But please don´t tell your dad I said, "Go for it."

I won´t. Okay, what´s next?

-ZAC: I want a word with you. -KATIE: Zac, go easy.

You put him up to it, didn´t you?

Who up to what?

Ike´s not going to Fine Arts School.

He´s turned them down.

Don´t pretend like you don´t know.

He hasn´t said a word to me, honest.

When did he even decide this?

See? She doesn´t know.

It´s still her fault. He´s staying for her.

He actually said that?

In this town, if you get a chance

to do something with your life, you take it.

Ike isn´t getting stuck here.

SHAY: And they´re acting like it´s my fault, Ike.

IKE: Everyone is overreacting.

And blaming me.

Like I´m some tragic hussy who doesn´t want to see her man...

-[ Chuckling ] What? -It´s not funny.

Look, I´ll get to uni. Next year.

I just want to take a gap year,

hang out, muck around, and just have fun.

You´re giving up your scholarship

to muck around and have fun?

The scholarship will still be there.

But right now, I am with this incredible woman.

And I love her.

And I want to hang out with her. Is that so wrong?

[ Laughs ]

Morning, Arlo.

ARLO: Hello.

-Oh, hi! -[ Scanner beeping ]

Hi.

[ Keys beeping ]

[ Clears throat ]

[ Beeping ]

Stupid machine.

Oh. It always happens the one time

you really need the machine to work.

BRENDA: Leave him alone.

No need to be embarrassed, love.

Nothing embarrassing about population control.

So you and Emma are doing the deed, eh?

Too adorable.

No. No, it´s, um...

They´re not for me.

They were on Dad´s shopping list.

Were they just?

Does George know the rule

about abstaining the night before the game?

Who is he abstaining from?

$17.75, love.

Thank you.

BRENDA: Arlo, don´t you want your change?

ZAC: So, how´d we go? We good?

She supports his decision.

You were meant to talk him out of it.

I never said that.

And Ike can make his own choices.

Not if it´s a dumb choice.

He´s has the rest of his life to go to uni.

He´s meant to go now.

Everyone expected him to go away and do amazing stuff.

So he should do something he doesn´t want to do

just because other people expect it?

Do you want him to always be the big fish in the small pond?

The guy that could´ve been something but...

But chose to be...

easy?

KATIE: Zac, you´re not easy.

Well, you are, but you´re not nothing.

Look, I´m his girlfriend, not his mother.

I want what he wants.

Hello?

ROBBIE: Hey, George.

Oh, hi.

-GEORGE: Hi. -How´s it going?

Come to sell your house, have you?

I´m after Monty, actually.

Oh, he´s at the nets, mate.

Cricket nets, not fishing nets.

I thought cricket practice was on Saturday.

Dad likes to practice on his own

to visualize his shot selection.

Right.

I thought Monty was the estate agent of the family.

Dad took over when Robbie went away.

Now Grandpa has them competing for the job.

He´s a big believer in people fighting for what they want.

Oh, you know the rule

about abstaining the night before the game, right?

I don´t think that´s going to be a problem.

MONTY: George.

Trundle a few down.

I hear you and your brother are job-sharing.

Yeah. It´s Dad´s idea.

-You okay with that? -MONTY: It´s okay.

Got the face for real estate,

the gift of the gab and all of that.

Come on, don´t be shy.

Nice.

You´ll be a good asset to the team.

-Uh, about that. I´m not sure... -Don´t say it, don´t say it.

-No, look... -No. No, I´m not listening.

-No, the thing is, I have... -No, yes, yes, it bothers me,

quite a lot, to answer your question.

The process of being shoved out of my job by a better brother

-bothers me quite a lot. -Robbie´s not a better brother.

He´s better than me at everything, except one thing.

What do you reckon that one thing might be, George?

-Not ending up in prison? -Good point. Two things.

-What´s the other one? -Cricket.

It´s all I´ve got to live for.

The thought of leading Weld to our first-ever victory in years.

Well, I´m not sure I´m can help you with that, Monty.

Nonsense. You´re Australian.

Cricket runs in your veins. You can bowl.

-I bowled one ball. -I know talent when I see it.

Don´t let me down, George. I know you can help me win this.

Okay.

Thank you.

Bowl it again.

Hey, Dad. How was your day?

A little difficult.

Did someone say something?

Monty emotionally blackmailed me into being in the cricket team.

Great. Great.

Great?

So now it´s okay for me to be in the cricket team?

No. Y... Sure. Well, whatever you want.

-Arlo, what´s happened? -Happened?

You´re doing that thing you do when you´re hiding something.

W-What thing I always do?

Well, I´m not gonna tell you, because then you won´t do it

and I won´t know when you´re hiding stuff.

-I-I do a thing? -Yeah.

Your mother pointed it out when you were 3 years old

and you put your toast in the DVD player

and blamed it on the postman.

Right, and if I hadn´t done this thing,

you would´ve believed it was the postman?

Come on, Arlo. Tell me.

There was a...misunderstanding at the Superstore.

What kind of misunderstanding?

Well, um, so, Emma´s leaving on Monday.

Yeah.

And, you know, we want our last day and night together

to be special.

But also safe.

Mm-hmm.

-Oh. -So, I was making a purchase

at the Superstore.

A-And people saw.

And so now people think the purchase was for you.

Well, why would they think that?

It just kind of played out that way.

Right.

Are you sure you want to do this?

Oh, yeah. W-We both do.

Yeah, of course you do.

We´re both legal, and we´ve talked about it.

We have protection, as the Superstore incident proved.

Yeah. Okay. Um, do we need to have...

the talk?

No, I-I´m good. I had the talk with Jan.

Oh.

Right.

Yes, I´m all good, Dad.

And thanks.

For what?

I mean, apart from being the fall guy

for the Superstore incident.

Well, for not being one of those parents

that tells us what to do and what not to do.

You´re cooler than that.

GEORGE: Hey, Arlo.

You know there´s no rush for any of this?

Yeah, I know.

But Emma, she´s...

I-I love her, you know?

[ Knock on door ]

-Hi. -GEORGE: Hi.

We have a problem.

Ike has an opportunity, and so, in Zac´s mind,

if he doesn´t take it now, he´ll still be here

this time next year, with Shay, pushing a pram.

Well, there´s no way on earth that´s what Shay wants.

-You know it´s not. -George, have you not noticed?

I don´t know if it´s something in the water here in Weld,

but people form bonds that are almost impossible to break.

And they hardly ever leave.

There´s a whole wide world out there, and Ike should see it.

Before the pram.

They say youth is wasted on the young,

and it´s true that when you´re young,

you can´t believe that time won´t always be on your side,

that the fun can run out.

Hey, Dad, is it okay if Ike stays over tonight?

He´s, uh, having some family issues.

Yeah, I heard.

And maybe Zac has a point. If the opportunity is there...

Oh, no, Dad. Not you, too.

Well, you can still be together,

just one of you here, one in Auckland.

Yeah, I hear what you´re saying.

But we talked about it, and we don´t want an LDR.

-An LDR? -Long-distance relationship.

IKE: Look, we´re having fun.

So what´s wrong with spending a year hanging out

and working, making money, and just enjoying it?

Yes, but what if, in the course of having that fun,

a consequence of the fun is an accidental...responsibility?

Do you mean if I get pregnant, Dad?

-Well, it happens. -Not when you´re on the pill.

Which I am. My body, my decision.

Exactly, so can this conversation please,

please be over now?

Hey, I´m guessing that´s a no? No to me, like, staying over?

[ Door closes ]

Once you´re an adult, you´re an adult forever.

But, you know, being a grown-up has its own advantages.

Making your own decisions.

Finding fun in the simple things.

Being able to say, "Bugger it, it´s only 3:00,

but I´m having a beer because I´m an adult and I can."

Look! I can carry three plates. [ Chuckles ]

You´re a legend.

Oh, I finally get the waitressing thing down,

and I have to go home.

Oh. Yeah.

It´s okay. We still have tomorrow.

All of it. [ Chuckles ]

-[ Towel snaps ] -[ Laughs ]

GEORGE: It´s beer o´clock.

FIONA: Fair enough.

So, George. Anyone we know?

GEORGE: Ah, right, that.

Arlo made a purchase today.

Of a protective nature.

FIONA: Yeah, Hannah said.

For you, apparently.

But they´re not.

Oh, really? Damn.

We were just speculating about the lucky lady.

Is there anything in this town

that doesn´t get publicly discussed?

Would you like to know what brand of toilet paper I use?

No, that would be gross.

George, we know they´re not for you.

I do have Emma living with me, right?

And we do have girly chats from time to time.

And you´re all right with what they´re planning?

Well, at least they´re actually planning it

instead of, "Oops, what just happened?"

I mean, yeah, maybe I should be more concerned than I am.

But then I think they´re young and they´re in love.

Well, that´s the thing. They´re young.

FIONA: They´re not going to be breaking any laws.

Don´t you remember what it was like?

That waiting for the phone call

and the heart flutters when somebody holds your hand.

You know, that real, unshakable belief

that it´s possible to live happily ever after.

And then you grow up.

George.

-GEORGE: Robbie. -ROBBIE: Ready, Fi?

Yeah.

Just let them be young, George.

-Gloria. -Hmm?

You know all there is to know, right?

Correct.

Tell me about Robbie McNamara.

-Morning. -Morning.

How was work last night?

It was okay.

Yeah, well, Fiona and I had a talk about you and Emma,

-and we´re okay with it. -Dad, seriously...

No, no, no, listen, it´s good to talk,

especially where sex is concerned,

´cause sex is a big deal.

-No, no, seriously. -It´s just a word.

And if you´re mature enough to do it...

Don´t mind me, don´t mind me. I did not hear a thing.

No, I did.

How shameful is it

talking to the old man about that stuff, sex?

Hey, if you´ve got any questions,

just come to the Woodster, mate.

I´m going now.

Well, hey, you got to take care with women, Arlo.

And watch what you say, mate!

Especially when they´re waiting for news

about a job they´ve applied for

and when they haven´t heard, they bite your head off

every time you tell them it´ll be sweet.

Righto. Uh, see ya.

Hey, Woody!

Woody!

Hey, I´ve been hearing about Robbie McNamara.

-The music festival. -Oh, yeah, what about it?

Well, Gloria said the bands were good, the crowds came,

but people still didn´t get paid.

Yeah, you mean like, for example,

the builder who constructed all the stages,

among many other things he did, on a promise?

Well, you still give Robbie the time of day.

Well, what are you gonna do?

I mean, the dude was high as a kite.

And then he got arrested.

At the festival, dealing drugs to the punters.

After using the ticket money to buy the drugs,

as I understand it.

Guess he was kind of trying to maximize his profits.

GEORGE: Yeah.

But, you know, everyone deserves a second chance.

Even in a town where he hurt so many people?

He´s clean now. Doesn´t even drink.

Guess he´s a different guy.

Anyway, I´ll see you there, eh?

-[ Engine starts ] -Where?

Cricket practice, mate.

Oh.

MONTY: George, you´re here.

Monty.

Good.

Right, everyone, come in, please.

Team huddle.

Now, warm-ups... Very important, okay?

We don´t want any more silly injuries like we had last year,

do we, Sean and Sean´s groin?

-[ Laughs ] Sucky! -Ow.

Hang on. Who´s missing?

-SEAN: Robbie. -And Fiona.

MONTY: Okay, well, we´re not going to stand around here

and gossip and speculate, okay?

We´re simply observing

that Robbie and Fiona are missing at the same time.

SEAN: Takes us back a few years.

No, no, look, here they come now.

[ Vehicle doors close ]

-Sorry! Sorry! -You´re late!

Sorry.

Just like old times.

MONTY: Okay, so hydration, team song.

Damn it.

We have our number 11 again.

Come on, Monty, why am I always the last one in?

MONTY: Someone has to be.

George, you´re up.

I´m happy to bat at 11.

I´ll decide who bats where, thanks.

In you go.

I thought you were doing really well.

Thank you, George.

That´s how you Aussies play, isn´t it?

Some of us have moved on since the ´80s, Robbie.

I´m just messing with you, mate.

I´m having a good day today, actually.

I was just up at the old place with Fi this morning.

You know how it is, mate, when you start reminiscing.

Things can lead to other things.

-Lot of memories. -Mm.

Not all of them bad, eh?

Guess not.

And you´re telling me this because...

Like I said, mate, just having a good day.

-Ah! -Whoo!

George, you, my friend,

are exactly what our middle order needs.

SEAN: Can I wear a helmet when I bowl?

MONTY: Okay, come in. Team talk, please.

Okay, listen up.

Let´s get back to basics, okay?

Keep your eye on the ball.

And remember that cricket´s a gentleman´s game.

Sexist!

I think what Monty´s trying to say is defeat them.

-Defeat them and show no mercy. -MONTY: Thanks, Dad.

So, go home, good dinner, good sleep,

and remember the rule about abstaining.

That´s an easy one for you, bro.

MONTY: So, uh, see you tomorrow. Yeah!

-Okay, Monty. -Bye.

-Yeah. -Thanks, Monty.

Hey, you can play a bit.

Oh, not for a long time.

Well, you´re still better than the rest of us.

Ready, Fi? Your chariot awaits.

Actually, I´ve already got a chariot.

Could I get a lift with you?

-Yeah, of course. -Thanks.

Robbie thinks all he has to do is dial up the old charm

and I´ll fall back into his arms.

GEORGE: And will you?

No.

Never.

It´s none of my business, but that´s not what he told me.

He told you? What?

Well, he said that when you were up at the house, you and he...

-He kissed me. -You kissed.

No, no, no, no, no, no, he kissed me,

and I bet he didn´t tell you what happened after that.

Are you kidding me?

-Dramatic. -Yeah, well, I don´t like drama.

I´m too old for it.

Where I am now, it´s got to be fun or nothing at all.

Hey, check this out.

-[ Horn honks ] -Oi! Get a room!

[ Laughs ]

-That´s my boy. -Their faces, though.

Bless them.

Thanks for the ride.

JAN: Do the people of Weld know about your problem?

I don´t have a problem.

On behalf of the magazine´s social team, I beg to differ.

I hear you had a chat to Arlo.

I´m sorry. He cornered me.

No, I think it´s nice that he´s got a wise auntie he can go to.

Maybe not that wise.

I should get you to talk to Shay.

JAN: Why, what´s up?

Apparently she´s in danger of getting stuck in Weld forever,

-pushing a pram. -[ Inhales sharply ] Oh.

GEORGE: Katie and Zac say

there´s something in the water here.

Anyway, I should go.

Team captain Monty instructed us all to get a good night´s sleep.

Okay. And, George?

Remember, it´s only a game.

I know, I know.

Emma´s a lucky girl.

-Are you making fun of me? -No.

To have someone who cares this much about her

when most guys your age are primates.

GEORGE: So, who´s going to come and cheer their father on?

-No. -No.

I´ll be there cheering my boyfriend on

and hoping my father doesn´t embarrass me.

Why would you think that I would...

Parents versus teachers at my primary school Family Fun Day.

Oh, yeah.

[ Door closes ]

I have...other plans.

Ah, yes.

You have a good...

Oh, no, this really isn´t an occasion

that requires a pep talk.

I absolutely agree.

Hannah, what have I said about appropriate cricket regalia?

Did you abstain last night?

[ Clapping ]

♫ Come in close to the fire now ♫

♫ I want to see you a little brighter now ♫

♫ So take my hand ♫

-Rae. -Mac.

Ready to have your ass handed to you on a plate

for the ninth year in a row?

Eighth.

And actually, our star player´s back.

RAE: Oh, the golden boy´s out of the clink.

Not that it´ll change a thing.

♫ ...the journey, love ♫

[ Blows ]

-Come and sit. -Hey!

-Hi! -Relax.

I´m not going to nag you...much.

You okay, Billy?

-You got all the numbers... -Yep, I´m all over it, Mum.

Heads.

TOM: Heads it is.

MONTY: Yes!

Well, we won the toss. That´s something.

Maybe it´s an omen.

Mm. That we should quit while we´re ahead?

We´re fielding.

-Eh? -You win the toss, you bat.

I´ve told you that a hundred times.

I think I´ve got the pitch conditions right this year.

It´s cute how he always gets so excited

before the inevitable crushing defeat of the game.

Didn´t you miss the last few games?

Yeah, but I´m out now, George.

Hey.

Hey.

Uh, so, I thought we could go on a picnic first.

Well, is everyone at the cricket?

Yep.

Picnic after.

-Hey, you all right, mate? -Yeah, yeah, yeah.

-Really? -Mm-hmm.

Come on, guys! Let´s start as we mean to go on!

-TOM: Play. -Go, Ike!

[ Crowd groans ]

We´re up and running.

Bugger.

-Are you okay? -Yeah.

´Cause I´m so okay.

[ Chuckles ]

Except it´s our last day together.

Tomorrow is still hours away.

And we can spend every minute

of every one of those hours together.

I kind of have to say goodbye to Fiona and everyone.

Okay.

But there is something else we could do first.

Except this time, not on the couch.

[ Cheering ]

♫ I see you talking ♫

♫ I see you holding the room alive ♫

♫ All eyes in the room are on you ♫

♫ I´m not at your party ♫

-Are they always this useless? -Yes.

You´re up, George.

♫ ...across your street ♫

Are you sure there isn´t someone else?

No, there isn´t.

Oh, dear.

Well, he can´t be worse than everyone else.

No, Dad can actually play a bit.

Then what´s the problem?

I thought you were supportive of the men in your life.

I get it, Katie.

You and Zac have made it pretty clear I´m the devil.

I wasn´t referring to that.

He´s taking a gap year, that´s all.

He´s stalling because he´s scared.

Because moving away from the only place you ever lived

is frightening.

You should know that more than anyone.

If staying in Weld is so wrong, why are you still here?

Because you get stuck. It´s what happens.

If you care about Ike, don´t let it happen to him.

TRACEY: Come on, George!

-Whoo! -Come on.

Before Easter would be good, bro.

[ Grunts ]

[ Crowd groans ]

[ Applause ]

ROBBIE: It´s a good start there, George.

Come on, princess! [ Chuckles ]

Oh, don´t, don´t, don´t, don´t. Just let it go.

[ Grunts ]

Ohh!

Oh!

You´re not [bleep] smiling, are you, now, mate?

You try that smiling [bleep] again,

and I´ll ram that [bleep] ball right up your [bleep]

[ Groaning ]

Whoo-hoo!

Yow!

Uh, I´m... I´m sorry. Are you all right?

Are you okay there?

Sorry, sorry, everyone.

Okay, that was unlike George.

SHAY: Not really.

Cricket is the thing that brings out his Jekyll.

Or his Hyde.

-I can never remember which one. -Hyde.

You might want to tone down the language a bit there, mate.

GEORGE: Got it. Thanks, Tom.

Basically Dad is banned from cricket in Australia.

But that was awesome.

Sorry about that.

Are you kidding? That was priceless.

[ Grunts ]

Yes!

[ Cheering ]

If you turn the bat over,

you might find the instructions on the other side.

I mean... I mean, what I meant to say was, nice batting, mate.

Hello?

Yes. Yes, hello. Sorry. Yes, this is she.

Yeah!

[ Cheering ]

Yes!

[ Cheering ]

What´d I miss? Three?

-We never get three wickets. -WOODY: Hey, babe.

We´re doing pretty good, eh? Apart from all the runs.

-I´m it. -You´re what?

I´m the new principal of Weld District High School!

I got the job!

WOODY: No!

-I got the job, Woody. -You beauty!

MONTY: Go! Woody! Woody!

I´m so proud of you.

-Woody! -Woody!

-Woody! -Woody!

Oh, it´s okay, you fellas. We´re good.

Oi, I think you´ll find it´s 167, young Billy.

Really? Sorry. My bad.

The team doesn´t need your pity, mate.

Looking good. 20 less than what we had to chase last year.

When we lost by a hundred.

New year, new attitude, Sean.

Some backbone shown out there, I thought, particularly by George.

Can I just apologize here and now for a lot of that?

[ Laughs ]

At least some of us have our demons under control.

Hey, what´s done is done.

What´s important is a solid, sensible start to the innings.

-Eh, Sean? -I hear you, skipper.

-Right, let´s go. -What, now?

Yes, come on.

-Go, team! -[ Cheering ]

Come on, Sean.

Probably not the best idea to charge the bowler first ball.

Loser!

Thank you, dearest.

Four! Monty, you cricket god!

[ Exhales sharply ]

Yes!

Shot, Dad!

Nice.

Wonder how it went.

Look at them, George. How do you think it went?

[ Cheering ]

Your mob´s showing a bit more ticker than last year.

I´m quietly confident.

You care to up the bet?

This one´s for you, baby!

Oh, dear.

Sorry, babe!

It´s okay. I still love you.

Thanks!

[ Cheering ]

Go, Monty!

-What´s he on now? -49.

[ Cheering ]

-Yes! -Show ´em, man!

[ Chanting "Monty!" ]

Ooh, you´re on fire, bro.

We can do this. You and me, let´s take it home.

For sure.

[ Chanting continues ]

♫ And later on ♫

♫ We found each other in our favorite song ♫

♫ One where the hard rain falls on the ♫

Yes!

♫ Blue-eyed sun ♫

♫ You know, some people, they don´t give a damn about you ♫

♫ Like I do ♫

♫ Oh, no ♫

♫ And I could tell you a million reasons why ♫

♫ That I don´t try to ♫

♫ No more ♫

♫ Because it´s more than love ♫

♫ More than anything I could understand ♫

He bloody did that on purpose.

Brother stuff. One of them never quite grew up.

-Yeah, Monty. -Good on ya, mate!

-Well done. -Good effort!

Well done.

You´re in, George.

-Go, George! -Go, Georgie!

Hand on heart, mate, I didn´t hear him call.

[ Cheering ]

It hit my bat, mate! Are you deaf?

Hand on heart, I did not hear it hit your bat.

-Overs left? -Four.

-BIG MAC: Run rate required? -Five.

No. No, wait. My maths isn´t the best.

Six and a bit.

-A run, a ball. -Thanks, Billy, got that.

BILLY: And a bit.

They only need three more wickets.

Yeah, thank you.

Hey, George.

Okay, you know what we need to do?

Yeah, no sweat.

Hey, Tracey´s really amped ´cause she got the school job.

Yeah, nice.

Aw, don´t Emma and Arlo make a cute couple?

Look, maybe we ought to stick to the task at hand?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Hey, you should know, the bowler really hates me

´cause I never called him back after last year.

-Yeah, that´s good to know. -Yeah, okay.

[ Cheering ]

MAN: You´re up.

Oh, God.

-It´s me. -Oh, Lord, give me strength.

It´s me! Excuse me.

Good luck, Fi.

Can I give you that? Thank you.

We are so doomed.

Still, you got to take your entertainment

where and when you can in this town, right, Ike?

Yeah, I´m not complaining.

Okay, we just push it ´round.

Look for ones and twos, all right?

Bugger that. Where´s Aussie George when we need him?

-Aussie George? -Yeah, sweary, angry guy.

I liked him. He was fun.

-Fun? -Yes.

So let´s get Aussie George back

and get the [bleep] on with winning this [bleep] thing.

[ Chuckles ]

Come on, Georgie.

Oh, you...

[ Cheering ]

[ Cheering ]

Georgie! Whoo!

[ Crowd cheering ]

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!

MAN: Nice. Good stuff.

Five runs, Dad. Five.

Three balls to go.

Yeah, but look who we´ve got facing.

Just hit it for one, and I´ll try and get the rest, all right?

I can do that.

Just remember, at the end of the day, it is just a game.

´Kay.

-Come on, Fiona! -Come on, Fi!

-Come on, Fiona! -Come on.

[ All groan ]

-That´s all right. -You´re all right.

Two balls.

Where there´s life, there´s hope, eh, Dad?

Just watch the ball the whole way, all right?

´Kay.

-Yes! -Go!

Go, Fiona! Run!

-Again, again! -No!

[ All shouting ]

TOM: Not out.

Oh, no. I...

I got carried away. Sorry!

GEORGE: It´s okay.

You´ve got this, Fiona. Just three runs.

It´s not a problem.

Just hit it...

as hard as you can.

I believe in you, Fiona.

Bloody hell.

♫ ...got some news ♫

♫ I didn´t... ♫

-The last ball. -I know.

♫ You know I told you that I wasn´t scared ♫

♫ Well, I lied ♫

♫ You told me, "Babe, I only think of you" ♫

♫ And I said, "All I´ve got is a bunch of sad stories" ♫

♫ And I told them all before the night was through ♫

♫ And we cried ♫

♫ But we´re here now ♫

It doesn´t matter if you win or lose.

It´s whether you have fun playing the game that counts.

What a crock.

Winning is so much more fun.

-Aah! -Aah!

Six!

[ Cheering ]

♫ But we´re here now ♫

♫ Those four walls now ♫

♫ Are the only place that I can breathe out ♫

♫ And those four walls now are home ♫

We won! I won! Everyone won!

Whoo!

You beauty!

Well, wonders will never cease.

Eat my shorts.

♫ ...are home ♫

♫ I wanna make you feel how I feel ♫

♫ When I´m listening to love songs ♫

♫ I wanna take you to the peak of everything that you are ♫

♫ You´re everything I need tonight ♫

[ Cheers and applause ]

I´m the principal.

Yes, you are, my dear.

Cheers.

It´s quite a responsible job, isn´t it?

-You´ll be just fine. -Yeah.

What if I´m not?

Well, then I will be there to catch you

as you go out in a blaze of glory.

-KATIE: Aw. -[ Laughs ]

What´s up?

Go to university this year.

No. Not leaving my girl.

What if...

I wasn´t your girl?

I can´t be responsible for keeping you in a town

where the most exciting thing to happen all year

is a game of social cricket.

Hey, there was a lot riding on that game.

See? You´re already becoming one of them.

You need to dream bigger.

I´m sorry, but it´s over.

I´m breaking up with you.

Look, I do dream big.

And you´re not leaving me.

Because I love you.

Oh, crap.

At a primary school parents versus teachers cricket match?

Yeah, I was restrained today in comparison.

[ Both laugh ]

And you were brilliant.

So, I´m going to buy you another beer.

Well, thank you.

Another two, thanks.

Hey.

Did you see that?

HANNAH: Big Mac and Rae?

GEORGE: Am I missing something again?

Big Mac and Rae have a bet on the cricket every year.

Loser pays for the hotel.

[ Laughs ]

Yep, even Big Mac

deserves a bit of harmless fun every now and then.

Nice work today.

Thanks.

I was really proud of you.

Until I remembered you weren´t mine to be proud of anymore.

I miss you, Fi.

Hm. Sorry about that LBW decision.

-It was kind of dodgy. -Oh, it was totally dodgy.

But I did deserve it.

Amazing.

Robbie McNamara admitting fault.

What can I say? I´ve changed.

Good night.

Maybe life is just a game.

But if it is, it has some messed up rules.

You do the right thing. You don´t cheat or lie.

And still you don´t get your happy ending.

♫ Seems like such a shadow ♫

♫ Of what used to burn so bright ♫

I have to go.

♫ It don´t seem right ♫

♫ Yeah, sometimes life´s a battle ♫

♫ But you´re not alone in the fight ♫

♫ Yeah ♫

♫ Hey, my love ♫

♫ Hey, my love ♫

LINDSAY: Hey, Arlo.

Still a spare bed going at your place?

♫ Hey, my love ♫

♫ Hey, my love ♫

We won.

And you got through without any...

Well, I apologized afterwards.

Oh, George, it´s meant to be fun.

And it was. Fun, that is.

♫ There´s no need to despair ♫

♫ Yeah, yeah, hey, hey ♫

Thanks, partner.

Any time, partner.

-[ Glasses clink ] -[ Chuckles ]

To be honest, I had my eyes shut.

-GEORGE: You what? -Yeah, when I hit the six.

I just shut my eyes and hoped for the best.

GEORGE: Here´s me thinking you were a skilled,

experienced batsman.

No.

Wow.

Yeah.

I think yesterday was one of the best days I´ve had

since I got here.

Must´ve been a bloody good game of cricket.

Just letting go of the stress. Not thinking about anything.

Just having fun.

JAN: I´m glad.

You sound, uh, really good.

I am.

Life is good.

Great. Talk again soon, huh?

Yeah.

Of course, then there is the school of thought

that says there are no endings, happy or otherwise.

That what we perceive as an end is, in fact, just the cue

for other stories ready and waiting to be told.

[ Up-tempo music plays ]