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Series 2, Episode 9: Rita's in charge of her first big job and the stakes have never been higher, but can she rely on those closest to her?

Primary Title
  • Westside
Date Broadcast
  • Sunday 7 August 2016
Start Time
  • 20 : 30
Finish Time
  • 21 : 30
Duration
  • 60:00
Series
  • 2
Episode
  • 9
Channel
  • TV3
Broadcaster
  • MediaWorks Television
Programme Description
  • Series 2, Episode 9: Rita's in charge of her first big job and the stakes have never been higher, but can she rely on those closest to her?
Classification
  • AO
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captioning Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • No
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
  • Television programs--New Zealand
Genres
  • Drama
He's shooting blanks. I just need to collect a sample without him knowing and then take that to be tested. We should do a quick cash job. No, we wait. GUNSHOT, BOTTLE SHATTERS Fuck! We have the suspect in custody. So we find where everything is, and we steal it. There are cars. There will definitely be a safe. Evan has a pile of these bearer bonds with many suitcases of actual money. Pinning it on the girlfriend ` I'm not sure it's the way to go. You're not letting your dick get in the way of` Jesus Christ, Mum! Listen to me ` it is her or you. I'm going up North for a bit. You need to be somewhere else. Like where? Nowhere near this place. SHOWER RUNS Carol was telling me that in America you can hire classic cars... like Thunderbirds and Mustangs. Oh yeah? You and me, driving up the California coast to San Francisco... Let's not get ahead of ourself, eh? It's all clockwork from here on in, depending on the dodgy guy we had to get in to do the safe. (CHUCKLES) Yeah. Just out of interest, how were you planning on doing the safe without me? Oh, I would have got it open eventually. By hitting it, mainly. Yeah, I'm sure you would've. Settle. Once more for luck? When you've got that safe open, you can do me any way you like. Well, then I choose you naked, in my lap, as we drive across the desert to Vegas in a soft-top Cadillac. Well, I'm fucking game if you are. ROCK MUSIC You sorted your guys? Yep, and yes again, for the next time that you ask. You got everything you need? Thunderbirds are go, like I said last night. You know you can get special little grapefruit knives, right? Mm, my Grandma's got one ` it's got, like, this big blade. Is that so? Maybe we'll worry about grapefruit knives after the job. That's a good idea. Oi! That's it? Not even a good luck? Mum says she doesn't believe in good luck, only good planning. Well, that's not the point. It's just bloody good manners. Fine. Good luck. Thank you. Good luck to you too. Yeah, because I really need it (!) # All right! # # When you're walking down the alleys,... # ...watch your back, watch your back. # When you're out on the streets. # There's danger on the street these days. # You can't see it through the fog and haze. # When everybody's going crazy. # Everybody's going crazy. # Everybody's going crazy. # Do I get three guesses why you're behaving like a prize pillock? Is it because I brought Dad in on the job? I don't give a shit about that. Is it because you don't get to be part of today? I am part of today. I'm the guy who set all this up. Exactly. Which is why you have to be far away when it all happens. Evan's still going to suspect me. Yeah, but he won't be able to prove it. The rest is you being able to look him in the eye and deny everything. Can you do that, Wolf? Yeah. Sure. Because I don't want to have to go to my third guess, which is that you've gone soft on this job. Whether that's because you like being mates with him or she is leading you by your dick... Nobody's leading anybody anywhere. They're maggots, Wolf. They deserve what's coming. And they don't deserve your pity. You remember that. Yeah, I will. Not that it matters, because it nothing to do with me any more, does it? ENGINE REVS He OK with everything? Yep, he'll be fine. He's our boy. He knows which side's which. Hello. Hello. You, uh, playing tennis? As chance would have it, yes I am. Ladies' mid-week tournament. Good luck with that. I'm a very good tennis player, so I don't see me losing in the early rounds. But if you do, should make a day of it, you know? Yeah, I'm getting the idea. Ah, here he is. Check out Evonne Goolagong here. (SCOFFS) Hardly. When she wears this outfit, I can't help it, but I think of that poster. You know, the tennis girl with the dress, and she's lifting up her dress so you can see...? Yeah, I know the one you're talking about. Did I teach you nothing about art? But a classic's a classic, right? So, you see that van parked in the driveway? Yeah. Keys are in the ignition. They're staying at the Poenamo. You know where that is? South Africans ` they love the Shore ` I've no idea why. So drive up North. They know where they're going and what they need to do. Des has scored them a boat, so getting them there and back, that's your job. No problems. Well, off you go, my son. > What? Thanks... for everything. You're welcome. Hey,... do the skirt thing. Oh! UPBEAT MUSIC Is this usually how it goes? Shh, you're here as muscle. Mm. Nice. Mm. These are our drivers? These are your drivers, yes. Semisi, Alepati, Iosefa, Amosa, Levi, Sione, Samasoni. Are they actually old enough to drive these cars? They are all of good age, Mrs Rita. All of them are my cousins, so you can trust them ` blood in, blood out. Excellent drivers, and also very good singers at church, which is why they are at choir practice all day today. What about this one? Is he even tall enough to see over the steering wheel? He can see enough. That's Sione. He's our finest, best driver, I swear. Used to drive a taxi on Savai'i. Also, we need him to bring the van back. (SIGHS) Please Mrs Rita, I would trust my cousins with my life. You are in safe hands. The legend of Mrs Rita has spread far and wide, and we will be proud to be of most excellent service. We will treat this job with humility and honour. Just don't screw up. We won't screw up. You're good to go. Have you got the number? I've got the number. > We'll be waiting. It all starts with you, Falani. It all starts with Samoa. BOYS HOLLER DOORS CLOSE, ENGINES REV TYRES SQUEAL Well, you run a colourful crew, I'll give you that. I'm not thrilled that you're here, because I don't know you,... Like I'm going to trust those grunts? ...but if Bilkey vouches for you, then OK. It's a bit like an episode of Mission: Impossible, isn't it? She, uh, warms up once you get to know her. SPORT COMMENTARY PLAYS SOFTLY ON RADIO IN BACKGROUND (CLEARS THROAT) KNOCK AT DOOR KNOCKING CONTINUES INSISTENTLY TEARFULLY: I know I shouldn't have, but I did. Oh it's you. Where's Rita? She's not here. Well, where is she? I need to talk to her. I have to tell her something. Oh, she's, um, at the Galleria. Work. I'll go down there. No, what I meant to say is she's, uh, she's away on Galleria business ` down South, uncontactable. (SOBS) Is there something I can help with? READS: Fructose in semen? Liquefaction of the ejaculate? Sorry love, this medical stuff's all Greek to me. What's wrong with ya? It's not me, it's Phineas. He can't make babies. His balls are infertile. Oh. Maybe you should be talking to Phineas about this. He doesn't know. Know what? > That he's taken the test. How can he not know? They had to test his... his stuff, didn't they? I milked him. I'm sorry? He was drunk, passed out, and I milked him ` like a cow ` for his stuff. I think we both need a cup of tea. So we all wait here? Rod, I just explained what we're gonna do. What if I came with you? Why? To help. To get in there before the others, you mean. It could save time. Rod, you wait here. That is the plan. Sparky, everything good with you? Yep. Good. Nervous, but in a good way. Excited. Bits of me are tingling. Good to know. Eric! Time to load up. OK, boys, you heard the lady ` time to get this show on the road! RAM JAM'S 'BLACK BETTY' ROCK MUSIC CONTINUES SHOWER RUNS This is Wolf's map of the evil Spiller farm. It tells us... It's not to scale, I think. It's not to anything, really. Wolf is a bit shit when it comes to drawing maps. So where do they keep the car keys? They're in Spiller's office. In a box. What sort of box? A biscuit tin. This is our destination. So move out, my team, and remember ` our silence is our kung fu, and our kung fu is very strong. Also, if you mess this up, Mrs Rita will give you a hiding of a thousand jug cords. Advance! ROCK MUSIC CONTINUES Team ` a hand for your leader! (GRUNTS) We should go out tonight. Yeah. Melba? So you can do coke with the models again? Hey, that was one time. Two times. Yes, OK sorry, I forgot. We'll see. I might be too tired after kicking arse on the tennis court. Yeah, but that's why God gave us coke. (CHUCKLES) We'll see. And if you can give the gold-digging bitch a slap while you're at it, that would be good. But if I have to prioritise ` the money or the slap? The money, definitely. But a slap if you can manage it. What if he doesn't leave? He will. Go on. Right you are. What are you doing, Eric? Blending in with the surroundings. I'm a jogger. If you say so. You can't ever really be a woman until you've had a child. I've watched Rita and Ngaire and all my friends. I've seen them buying booties and nursing bras. And here I am on the sideline, Watching and never getting a chance to get called up. All the time thinking it's me, Thinking there's something wrong with me. KNOCK AT DOOR Ngaire, great to see you. Rita here? I was just down the Galleria, and it's all shut up. I'm supposed to be working today. No, she's, uh, off up North. You said she'd gone down South. Oh, shit, Carol, I don't know. How often do I listen to what Rita says? My God, Carol, are you all right? No. I'm not. That bastard didn't take another swing at you, did he? No! No! He would never. Not anymore. But it's worse than that. He can't give me babies. Oh, the results come back? Yes. He's infertile. You poor thing. All those sperms, and none of them can swim properly. Right, I'll leave you ladies to it. Does he know? He still doesn't even know he's been tested. Well, then there's nothing for it. You have to tell him he's firing blanks. Uh, no. No, no, no, no. That's a` a very, very bad idea. So it's all right for him to go round thinking it's Carol's fault? No offence, but he is not going to take this news well. Trust me, I'm speaking from experience. I'm not shooting blanks! GRUNTING PANTS: All I asked was if you'd been tested. (SCREAMS) SHOUTING You might have a point there. Maybe we need a plan B. Ted, be a darl and put the kettle on. (SIGHS) (PANTS) No, it's out of order. It was all right half an hour ago. Well, it's not now. It's spelt wrong. (PANTS) Is it? Yeah. Well it doesn't bloody change the fact that it's not working now, does it? And if you have any spelling problems, take them up with the Post Office, not me. I wasn't taking them up with you. It sounded to me like you were. I was just saying. Out. Of. Order. Got it? The toys are in there... And that is where the demon Spiller lurks, along with the prize that we seek. Semisi, you come with me. (SNORES) Oh shit. (SNORES) What sort of biscuits? I don't know, one of those Griffin ones? With all the different sorts. Good to know. SNORING CONTINUES UPBEAT MUSIC Mm. (MUTTERS SLEEPILY) Let the frigate birds fly. But don't let them forget to take me with them. TH' DUDES' 'CAN'T GET OVER YOU AT ALL' # I can only fall. # I can only miss you, but I can't get over you at all. # Can't get over you at all. I can't get over you at all. # Remember, none of this will work unless you get Spiller to sound the alarm. TYRES SCREECH, TAPPING ON WINDOW Seriously, Falani, if Spiller doesn't get on the phone to Evan, none of this will work. Oh! Go! Go! Go! (GROANS) MUSIC CONTINUES The fuck? Hey. Hey! Come back, you brown bastards! CARS HONK (GROANS, MOANS) Why are you still here? I need to use the phone. It's out of order. Why are you still here? PHONE RINGS Talk to me. The toys are out of the box. Roger that, kung fu master. It's a miracle. Praise be (!) Ignitable liquids make excellent accelerants because they have a high vapour pressures, low flash points and a relatively wide range between their upper and lower explosive limits. This makes ignitable liquids very easy to ignite, and when mixed with the proper air-fuel ratio, you'll find that that is exactly what happens. DOOR OPENS (PANTS) OK. What are you doing out of your truck? Go away. (PANTS) Are you OK? I really can't see this jogging thing catching on at all. Eric, did he call? Yeah, Falani called ` the cars are on the road. (PANTS) What if he doesn't take the bait? He will. If he hears anything's happened to his beloved cars, I swear he will need to see it with his own eyes, and he will be outta there faster than that space shuttle thing. I mean, I love my car but if some bastard were to nick it, I wouldn't drive way the fuck out into the middle of nowhere just to see. MAN SCREAMS: Fuck! Eric? What? Shut up and get ready. TYRES SCREECH And we are good to go. Yeah. (CACKLES) TH' DUDES' 'ON SUNDAY' Eric, what are you wearing? It's my disguise. When someone is wearing a hat, witnesses will always remember the hat, not the person wearing it. (CLEARS THROAT) You'll see. Mrs West? I can't disable the alarm. Why not? Because it's not turned on. Also, the door was unlocked. Wow, the dude really was in a hurry. It's business time, boys... # La, la, la. # You know what you're here to do, so get to it. Do you know what I regret the most? That he didn't die when you stabbed him? No, actually now I'm glad he didn't die,... because of this. ROCK MUSIC CONTINUES OK,... get it out of there. My regret is that I won't be there to see his face when he walks in to find that everything is gone. # I wanna see you on Sunday. # INDICATOR CLICKS RHYTHMICALLY (GASPS) SILENCE (EXHALES SLOWLY) Mate, I'm so sorry. I thought there was time. You just pulled out. I don't have time to stop. It was a simple mistake. LOUD RUMBLING Please. (VOICE TREMBLES) I've got my boy in the back. I'm going too fast. I'm sorry. (SOBS) SEAT BELT CLICKS EERIE CREAKING HARSH WHOOSHING Have you ever read The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer? I like romance novels. Is it a romance? No, it's about empowering women; about how men keep women down, how they control us because of our genitals. Oh, gosh. Which is exactly what Phineas is doing to you. Is he? Well, he's making his infertility your infertility. Oh, right, cos it's his balls that don't work, not mine. So to speak. Exactly. But does he really need to know that? Damn right he does. Well, can it not be any time soon? Where are you off to? Uh, just got an errand to run... for Rita. Oh, nice to see there's at least one man around here who supports his wife. Something like that. I'll leave you ladies to it. Tell me more about The Female Tunic. Eunuch. Sorry love, they never tell us the whys, just the where's. All this is off to a place on Paratai Dr. Maybe he's after a better class of neighbour? I dunno. You reckon these are them? I do, love. I love the boat. It was the first thing we bought after we got rich, and we'd go sailing most weekends, just to get away from it. We can steal it, park it somewhere until you get out. Then there was the weekend he and a couple of business mates went on a fishing trip to the Hen and Chickens. Me and the other wives decided to go up to North Head and watch them sail out. What we saw is them pulling into Devonport to pick up their 'girlfriends'. That was the first time I clapped eyes on Joanne. I wonder if there'll be steam when the fire meets the water. Yeah, just don't, you know, hang around, celebrating the way that you do. OK, I'll try. Burn it to the fucking water line. I've got just the man for the job. It's the simple pleasures, eh, buddy? I'll be honest with you, sweetheart, this stuff really isn't you. Ah, it's not for me. We'll dump it when we're out of here. You want him to think she's packed up and left. Just to keep him on the back foot for a bit. And what are you going to do with his stuff? Burn it. You don't have to do this for me. Who says I am? Selling his stuff ` that's all mine, right? Yep. And half the money from his rainy day fund? But I keep the jewellery. As we agreed. But deep down, you're doing it for me. Well, if believing that keeps you happy. Yeah, it does. RAM JAM'S 'BLACK BETTY' Thanks guys. Once we get that on board, the truck will be full. There's no room for this. Let him keep it. Well, then it's time for us to blow this popsicle stand, I reckon. Yep. I think it is. # Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam. Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam. # Black Betty had a child, bam-ba-lam. # The damn thing gone wild, bam-ba-lam. # Said it weren't none of mine. Bam-ba-lam. # The damn thing gone blind, bam-ba-lam. # I said, oh, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam. # Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam. # Huge bloody coconuts. Big as bastards. I was bloody overpowered. Coconuts? You know, jiggaboos. One of them punched me on the cock. On your cock? Yeah. Right on the cock as I was going after him. So what you're telling me is that a bunch of Islanders, pausing only to punch you ` on the cock ` stole all my cars? Yeah. They really had it in for ya, mate. Yeah, knock 20 off, and we've got a deal. No we haven't. The price is the price, Rod. 10. Thanks, lads. < It's a bloody steal as it is. < Yeah, because you bloody stole it! And now you're trying to steal it off me! Pay up, Rod. We're just about good to go. Reassure me ` none of this can be traced back to us, right? Give me some credit. This is all going offshore or into the hands of very private collectors. It'll be years before anything emerges into the public eye again. And by then we'll all be distant memories. Speak for yourself. Thanks, Bilkey. I think my 25% will be thanks enough. 20. That's right. Silly me. Really nice work, by the way. Thank you. Remind me never to get in your bad books. All under control here? Apart from Rod being a dick, this stuff is selling itself. Anything that this lot don't want, get rid of it, where no one will find it. I don't want anything to end up at the Galleria OK? Gotcha. I'm serious, Eric. I don't want any of this stuff to turn up at a garage sale at your place. I saw that, Rod! What? Whatever it was you just put down your pants, put it back! (SIGHS) Bit quiet, isn't it? Yep. I wonder where Ted is? And Bert. You don't think they're leaving us out of something? Like maybe we're still in the dogbox for doing the RSA job? Shh! It's gone, done and dusted. Everything is forgiven. Yeah, we clinked bottles on it. That's right. Ted forgave you. And you too. Sometimes I wonder. We're meant to be more than just a gang, right? We're mates, aren't we? I guess. So why is it too quiet? You think maybe cos we done a job without them, they're doing a job without us? Maybe we should go and check in on Ted. Just to make sure he's OK. Can you crack it? Sorry. SOFT CLICKING I have a new respect for you, you know. A simple plan, and we stuck to it. Not the job. Your friends. First Carol turns up all waterworks and flapping hands, waving around some letter about how Phineas is firing blanks. Next Ngaire's there too, pouring gins and talking up some book about Munich. Welcome to my world. You're good with them, and our boy. Don't worry about Wolf. He's just going through a phase where he needs to push people's buttons. Well, he's doing a bloody good job on me. Because you let him, Ted. There was a time he looked up to me. He still does. We both know that's bullshit. Not my boy anymore. He's someone else. Well, that's what happens, isn't it? With fathers and sons. I just never thought I'd end up having a son who hates me. Shouldn't you be concentrating on the safe right about now? What was that thing we were going to do in the States? In the Cadillac? You mean as we're driving across the desert? And one of us is naked. Only one of us? I'm driving. I can't be naked. But it's OK to have a naked woman across your lap? It is if it's you. (SIGHS) What the fuck?! TENSE MUSIC It's not all bad, being barren. I've got a great job. I get to travel the world. And my workmates, they're just fabulous. Ricardo, he's the head steward on my shift. He's hilarious. Oh yeah? He's got such a great body. He goes to the gym all the time, and he's got that olive skin... (CHUCKLES) Sounds like you've got a bit of a crush. Stop it. He's too cosmopolitan for me. He had frosted hair before anybody else, and, oh, he sings like an angel. He and I do musical numbers at take-off and landing. It really relaxes the passengers. Well that aside, I've got one word for you ` sperm donor. That's two words. No, Carol, what I'm saying is that you should get Ricardo to donate his sperm to your womb. Are you saying I should milk Ricardo? No, I'm saying you should explain to him your problem, and then get him to root you until you're pregnant. Ngaire, you're dreadful! But it's not a bad idea, right? MEN CHATTER, LAUGH OUTSIDE DOOR OPENS Ah, my wife ` the tree that the love of my life hangs upon! Hey, sweetie. (CHUCKLES) (CHUCKLES) Just thought we'd check in on our illustrious leader. He around? No. Rita? Mm-mm. Interesting. < We have the place to ourselves. Really? Is there anything else to drink besides gin? Ask and the Wests will provide. TENSE MUSIC Joanne? TENSE MUSIC Joanne? ROCK MUSIC ROCK MUSIC CONTINUES Fuck! Oh, for fuck's sake, what are they doing here? Rita. Stuff like this happens. Drunk people turning up at my house? Tell me about` No, hey, hey, hey. The job. Sometimes the take isn't what you'd expect. There've been loads of times that me and the boys have walked away with less. It was supposed to be there, Ted. It's still a great haul ` the cars, his stuff, the artwork. It's not what I went after. (SIGHS) It's OK. You did great, is all I'm saying. Plus, we've got another big haul coming, right? The South African job. Come on. ROCK MUSIC PLAYS INSIDE Ah, here they are! We just dropped in to say hi, mate, and then people kept showing up. Sorry. It's not a problem, Lefty. Good to see people enjoying themselves. It is, isn't it? Nice surprise. Thanks, Ngaire. You're welcome, Rita. Phineas doesn't know nothing. I've told him nothing. So say nothing. That's what I said in the first place. Got a light? Always. Is it done? Oh, it was magical. The flame took the boat and the mooring rope burnt through so it sailed away. Into another boat. And another boat. And another boat. It was like a symphony of fire, all burning like a Viking funeral... Good job. I think. NGAIRE: No, no, no. Well, I mean, he was into that too, but it's` it's sort of about... Good evening, boys. Is it? We arrive for the debrief and this is going on? Yeah, well, keep the debrief quick and quiet. It's all good. The cars have gone places far away. And my cousins say that you are a great woman and they were honoured` I said quick, Falani. My apologies. I'm still giddy with excitement. I wish I could say the same. BROODING MUSIC They missed this. They took everything, left the bottle of 12-year-old scotch. I think they're taunting me. What the fuck happened? I'm not entirely sure. Do you know? Me? How would I know? All this. All my cars ` gone. You've seen my cars, right? You remember them? Yeah, I've seen them. I didn't take them. Or any of this. I've been up North all day, remember? Oh yeah. How are our South African friends? They're fucking pigs, to be honest. They went out to a boat, and when they came back they were carrying two bags they didn't have before. (TAPS ON CAR) Home, boy! MAN SPEAKS AFRIKAANS MEN LAUGH Not that that matters any more. Oh, it matters a lot more than it did this morning. Have you called the cops? (LAUGHS) You just got done over big time. And tell them what? That a bunch of stolen cars got stolen again? They were stolen? I presume so. I'd tell Spiller what I wanted, he'd go and get them for me, and I would never ask how. Why the fuck do you think I kept them locked in a garage in the middle of fucking nowhere, Wolf? You know, this might come as a little bit of a shock to you, but a lot of my life isn't real. You know half the bloody paintings that they took are fake? That's how I met Joanne ` her and her bloody gay mate Veronica trying to sell me a bogus Gordon Walters. (CHUCKLES) I fell in love with Joanne when I confronted her about it and she looked me in the eyes, and she asked me what was I going to do about it. Mind you, she was naked at the time and right until before that moment my cock had been inside her, so... So what should I tell the police, Wolf? That my con-artist girlfriend reverted to type, sent a bunch of cock-punching Islanders and Daniel Boone with a clipboard to clear me out? But did she have to burn my fucking clothes? That's just cruel. Tell me you and her weren't in on this together. We weren't in on it together. (SIGHS) One mad bitch tries to stab me to death, the other one takes me for everything I've got. Fuck. (CHUCKLES) I need to get better taste in women. ENGINE RUMBLES, REVS ENGINE REVS INDISTINCT CHATTER TENSE MUSIC HEARTBEAT THUDS ENGINE REVS GEARS CRANK, ENGINE REVS, TYRES PEAL Whoo! ENGINE ROARS, TYRES PEAL Yo! TYRES SQUEAL Whoo-hoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo! I feel like I'm in a game. BOTH: Whoo! EXCITING MUSIC LAUGHTER, TYRES SQUEAL Far out! BOTH LAUGH This is insane! POWERFUL MUSIC ROCK MUSIC PLAYS Everything sorted? If I'd known there was an after-match, I'd have sorted it ages ago. Not an after-match. Not a word to anyone who wasn't there. Discretion is my middle name, Rita. And yes, everything is sorted, apart from Rod bloody moaning about everything. I brought you a` I brought you a present. It's a grapefruit knife. For your grapefruit. Is this from his place? Yes, it's just one little knife. Eric, I told you, nothing was to stay here. All the other cutlery went to Palmy. You can say you bought it there, if anyone asks. All right. Thank you, Eric. You ` come with me. Yeah. I mean everything you said about the Tour was so right. Yeah, thanks for that, Bert. < DOOR CLOSES < Have you talked to him yet? Yeah. And, yeah, your precious cargo is here. And, yeah, he totally thinks Joanne did it, so it worked. Well done. Wolf, can you think of any reason why when we opened the safe, it was empty? There was stuff in there when I saw it. You say he blames Joanne. Is she there? Is she back at the house? Well, she was off, playing tennis, was it? Did she ever come back? No. Wolf, did she know that we were coming today? No. Not exactly. Would you still be with him if he had nothing? No one ever knows what's coming tomorrow. Are you OK? You're right. You never know when shit might be about to hit the fan. What does 'not exactly' mean? I didn't want you hurting her, so I told her to stay away from the place, that's all. Well, unless Lace has the stuff, she saw her opportunity and she took it. He hasn't got it. He's a total mess. Boo-fucking-hoo. Fuck! Fuck! She had it in her fucking bag, and she drove right past us. Oh, she bloody played you, mate. No, she didn't. Were you sleeping with her, Wolf? Were you fucking her? Yeah, she was playing you. If she were there today when you went in, what would you have done to her? (SCOFFS) I would've tied her up, kept her quiet, left her for him to find. I'm not a bloody murderer. But she wasn't there, and neither was the money. And we have you to thank for that. You betrayed this family. Don't start with that! Why not? You did, and you cost us a bloody packet! Not now! Is Wolf in there? > I said not now, Carol! There's someone here for Wolf. A woman. You never said Wolf had a girlfriend. TENSE ROCK MUSIC Everybody needs to leave. Go on. None of you were bloody invited here, so bugger off. We just need a bit of family time, eh? Just a bit of space ` nothing to worry about. Bert, Phin, Lefty ` I'll chat to you tomorrow. DOOR CLOSES We met once. At a party. We did. And then you used my son. I never used Wolf. Didn't you? I just couldn't tell him he'd given me the opportunity I'd been waiting for. Thank you for that. Right, that would be the opportunity to rip off your fiance. Isn't that exactly what you were using your son for? Were you in one of the trucks? They weren't exactly subtle. They did the business. Oh, I know. OK, we good to go here? 'I came back, and I watched for a while.' All right! > 'You must have done pretty well out of that haul.' Not as well as expected. I can't help you there. So you didn't take the bonds? Yeah, I took them. But they're halfway to America by now. Do you know anything about art? I mean it's OK if you don't, because it really is true that art is in the eye of the beholder. The 'artwork' is going to a secure storage facility somewhere in the States ` I'm not going to tell you where ` and it can only be claimed by me. So those bonds ` or my future, as I like to think of them ` are well and truly gone, as far as you're concerned. What about the jewellery? What jewellery? In the safe. There was no jewellery in the safe. Yes, there was. Oh, you mean Evan's watches and cufflinks and so forth? (SCOFFS) I'd hardly call them 'jewellery'. Also, I've sold them to pay for plane tickets. I mean Belinda's jewellery. Oh my God. Did mad Belinda put you up to all this? She chucked every trinket Evan ever bought her off the yacht, in the middle of some argument. There is no jewellery. TENSE MUSIC Why have you come here? To see Wolf, of course. To see if he would like to come with me on an adventure. Like I said, there's a plane ticket, if you have a passport. Do you have a passport? No, you're not taking my son. I think that's very much up to Wolf, don't you? Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Mum, leave it! Rita, come on! An adventure. Sounds good. Oh, it will be. Until the day you get bored with me and then you leave. He loves you. He really does. Well, that was his problem. Yeah, well, I'm not going to make it mine. Pity. You were fun. TH' DUDES' 'STOP CRYING' DOOR CLOSES > Thank you, Wolf. I did it for me, not you. # Run still and clear. Hey, it's OK. It's OK. We did good. Today's a good day, yeah? # Going home. # Going home. # But how I wish it was so. # Going home. # Here comes that candle to light you to bed. # Here comes that chopper to chop off your head... # What are you doing here? LEFTY: Only me! You used me! Don't you dare walk out on this family! Were you and her in on this together? Your precious cargo is here. News says there's gonna be a riot on Saturday. ALL: Amandala! It could work in our favour... as a distraction. All we need to do is break in, make it look like we had to crack the safe, get the money and we're out of there, a lot, lot richer.
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