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Ted's gang head down country for their first job without their leader. Plus, Cheryl brings home a hippy, leading to a very uncomfortable visitation from the past for Rita.

Primary Title
  • Westside
Date Broadcast
  • Monday 8 July 2019
Start Time
  • 20 : 35
Finish Time
  • 21 : 35
Duration
  • 60:00
Series
  • 5
Episode
  • 4
Channel
  • Three
Broadcaster
  • MediaWorks Television
Programme Description
  • Ted's gang head down country for their first job without their leader. Plus, Cheryl brings home a hippy, leading to a very uncomfortable visitation from the past for Rita.
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
Funny old world ` your wife and your ex having babies pretty much on the same day. One of them has nothing to do with me. Wolf and them have pissed him off, and that pissed-off-ness has spread to the whole West family. We are gonna get revenge. I need you to get arrested. You what? How long have I been in here? He's back. Look who it is. It's Grandpa. She's dead. ('WESTSIDE' THEME MUSIC) www.able.co.nz Copyright Able 2019 It's not a betrayal, Ted. The fuck it's not a betrayal. What would you call it? I'd call it a job. It's my gang. I find the jobs. Yes, I know, but you're in no state` Fucking Lefty sneaking around behind my back. Ted, you haven't been well. I don't have the bloody flu. No, you have a head injury! And if you don't calm down` For God's sake. Just shut the fuck up! I have spent ages trying to get those little f... those boys to sleep till a decent hour. (YELLS) (SIGHS) No, Van! Jethro, get back to bed. No! (BABY CRIES) Great. For fuck's sake. Wolf, wake up and sort out your bloody kids! And your bloody parents. You are my man, and you're gonna get through this, Ted. Piece of piss. (SOMBRE MUSIC) Well, we thought Ted was cool with it. He was cool until he forgot that he was cool. Do you think he'll forget that he wasn't cool with it at some point and be cool again? I don't fucking know, do I, Lefty? But you need to talk to him again before he drives me up the bloody wall. (CAR APPROACHES) Carol? Sorry. I've been driving around for an hour and a half, and I wasn't sure where else to go. OK. Why? Brian's mum has come to stay. Ah. Gin? Hell yes. Balls! Ted, we're not doing the dirty on you. Well, it bloody feels like it. Bert and I went over it with you yesterday! You agreed you weren't up to it. Do you remember that conversation at all, Ted? Yeah, 'course I remember it. I'm fine, OK? I'm in. I'm good to go. You're not, Ted. You were almost dead a couple of weeks ago. You need time to rest. Got him singing your bloody tune now, have you? He's right, and you know it, you stubborn bastard. OK, well, look, put it off a couple of weeks. We can't. My cousin works down the line in Edgecumbe. At a pie store! Yeah, Ted, at a bakery. And every week a bank security van driving from Gisborne to Auckland stops for lunch there. And we're hitting that van. Yeah, Ted. OK, so then it can wait a week. It can't, mate. They're changing the run next week ` coming up from Napier instead. This is our last chance to hit that van, Ted. We have to go today. Don't worry, you'll get your cut. Yeah. Keep it. If I don't do the job, I don't want your bloody pity. We should hit the road. Yeah. Oi, you lot. That bit about Ted not wanting a cut, ignore that. I dunno, Rita. He's a proud man. He doesn't need to know, all right? He'd probably remember where the money came from. Yeah, how long is he gonna be like this? I don't bloody know, do I? It doesn't feel right doing a job without Ted. You saw what he's like. It feels like a bad omen, is all I'm saying. (REFLECTIVE MUSIC) (ELECTRONIC MUSIC) They let you just walk out? Yeah. And you walked straight past the pig station? It's like I'm invisible. I'm not invisible, am I? No. Bugger, I was really getting into that idea. It was my second favourite theory why I hadn't been arrested yet. My favourite is that I'm from the future and all this is a repressed memory I'm reliving under hypnosis in a parallel universe. Shame we can't do my plan A ` burning down a house of God. No. You heard what she said. No, Sparky. You get sent to prison for arson, and I don't want you sent to prison. And nothing weird or sexual either. I don't want you sent to the nuthouse. It would help if I knew why I was doing this. I'll tell you why after you've got yourself arrested. But what about my motivation? You're doing it to say thank you for taking you in, feeding and caring for you. Yeah, after my Dad's head got blown off on one of Ted's jobs. You're doing it because you love me, Sparky. Look at us. Just like old times when our men were away on a job. Except you're no longer a gang wife and your man is safely at home. I wouldn't say safely. His mother does psychological damage to him. Between her and the Plunket woman, honestly, they can just go and jack each other off. Think I don't know how to look after my own kids. Where are your kids? At home. That old troll can look after them. I want to get drunk. Hey, Rita. Can you keep an eye on the kids for a sec? No. I haven't left the house in three days. And I'm busy. And besides, whenever I look after your kids, you're never appreciative. (QUIRKY MUSIC) Van, make sure you share that with your brother. (SCREAMING) He poured coffee down Jethro's pants. They're boys. Boys do stupid shit all the time. (MUFFLED YELLING, LAUGHTER, BANGING) (LAUGHS) Van had fun. He was only in there a couple of minutes. He could have died! I'll see you guys later. Wait, do you have to go? Yeah, it's work. Well, can it wait? No, sorry, babe. Wolf, please. I'm meeting someone. (BABY CRIES) Fuck! Fuck it. This quest that Mrs Rita has Sparky on, it is an important one, yes? Ask her. Nothing to do with me. But don't you reckon, if you're deliberately trying to get arrested` And failing miserably. Don't you reckon it's only fair she at least tell me why? Like I said, ask her. I mean, what if I get arrested and then I get the bash like your dad got while he was under arrest? Maybe that's why you can only get arrested for some pissy little crime, so you don't die in a pool of your own blood while you're on remand. How is Mr Ted now? He's... fine. Maybe one day he will be fine, but I don't think he is fine at this moment. No, he's not fine. He's all over the fucking place. He's... He's down, then he's angry, then he's completely normal, then he's crying. Mr Ted does not cry. Well, this one does. It's like he's on another planet sometimes. Who ordered the pineapple fritter? Shit. That's for Ted. We ordered one out of habit. He always did like exotic food. He's not dead, Phineas. It's weird not having him here is, I think, what Phineas meant. Nah, I just meant he liked pineapple fritters. Well, I for one am not going to miss his snoring. Or his night farts. (ALL CHUCKLE) You remember that time you were sleepwalking and you stood on his head and called him a Bojamba? (ALL LAUGH) I don't even know what it means, mate. It's just a made-up word. He's gonna be all right, eh? 'Course. Yeah. Cos I don't know if I'm cut out for leading you guys all the time. Sorry, you're leading us? Well, I did find the job. And that makes you the boss of us, does it? Look, all I'm saying is Ted's not here, so someone needs to step up. Doing a security van job. Yeah, Phineas. We've never really had much luck with them. Why in the hell did you have to bring that up? Well I'm just saying that the last one of these, Dougal got his head blown off. That's all. Fuck me, mate. Jesus, Phineas. Are you dead? No. I thought you'd be asleep. I think my brain broke. I'm so exhausted I can't go to sleep. My brain won't let me go to sleep. This sucks. Being a parent sucks. And it sucks that your shrew mother won't lift a finger unless it's to make a point. Babe, don't get worked up. The kids are asleep now. And it's not like she'd win any mother of the year prize, is it? Can we not talk about my mother right now? (SIGHS) I'm so exhausted, Wolf. I need help from someone who isn't going to throw it in my face cos I don't have the energy to go on like this. Yeah, I wouldn't be so tired if you helped out more. Everything I do is for you and the kids. I'm not recceing jobs for fun. (BABY CRIES) (SIGHS) Fuck. I'll go. # Shut up. # Shut up. # Shut up, little baby. # Dad? It's my house. I can sit in the dark if I want to. I didn't say you couldn't. Can't sleep? I'm hoping whisky will do the trick. Numb the thoughts. They're in there. I know it. I can see the words. And then they're gone. Must be annoying as shit. (SIGHS) I know it's all fucking wrong, but I can't do anything. And it frustrates me, boy. Makes me so fuckin angry. I just want to tear everything apart. Maybe the whisky isn't such a good idea, then. Ah, no, nonsense. Hey, here. Look, I'll look after the baby. You go get some sleep. Nah, she's just about gone. I'll put her back to bed now. Yeah, fair enough. Don't leave the baby with the nutjob. (CHUCKLES) (SOMBRE MUSIC) I'm hungry. Well, it's not my job to bring you food. But it's your job, so it's your job to bring food. Ted would've done the same. I can't believe you rely on Ted to remind you to bring breakfast. Where's your breakfast, dipshit? If the van's running on schedule, we'll be back here about half 1. Sweet, we'll be the ones eating tree bark. Yeah, lucky you've got a smorgasbord to choose from. You've got to pull it down quick cause he's scared of the dark. I'm trying. Does he have a giant head or something? Jesus Christ, I'll do it. You go get Jethro, get him ready. Last time I saw him he was standing in the toilet. Did you help him out of the toilet? He seemed happy. Good morning, Cheryl. Rita. Carol, you're back. Tradition. Must be fulfilling having so much going on in your lives you can sit around and drink all day (!) Done the mother thing, thank you, Cheryl. And now we've got husbands to worry about, so don't stand there judging us. Yeah, don't get shirty with us just cos you've got shit in your hair. Eh? Ew! It's chocolate. And I wish I could stand around and judge you all day, but I've got about a million bloody things to do. He was hiding in the bathroom cabinet. Are you sure you can't come with? I'd love to, babe, but that job I was talking about. Come on, boys, let's go. (BABBLES) Come on, hurry up. Go. (BABBLES) Fuck, I do not miss those days. It was whanau I hadn't heard of before. I didn't know any of us were from Edgecumbe, let alone world-class pie makers from Edgecumbe. So Tahi's my second cousin. And he's like, 'Every week, without fail, these security guys stop in for a pie 'on their run from Gisborne to Auckland.' Uh-huh. Cos his pies are that good. Please stop talking about pies. You think maybe we've got time to nip in and grab a couple? And when the cops ask afterward, 'Was there anyone around at the time of the robbery, you know, not from around here?' And they say, 'Yeah, there were these two guys. Looked like Aucklanders.' 'Hey, wasn't one of them Tahi's second cousin?' Good call. Yeah, good call. The thing is that Tahi puts the potato through the blender` Bert, shut the fuck up. ...and you know the blow torches, the little kitchen ones? Well, (IMITATES FIRE) gives the potato top the perfect crust, mate. Oh, thank God. Yeah, they park out the back because if they park out the front, they think some Maori will flog it. It's just... racist, you know? You got this? Hey, there ain't a vehicle on this planet I can't get into, all right? (TENSE MUSIC) Come on. Come on. Come on, come on, come on. Yes! Start the fucking engine, Bert. Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit. (CAR HORN HONKS) (CAR ENGINE STARTS) Hey! (ROCK MUSIC) So where are we going for lunch? Somewhere nice. Let me guess ` is it in Parnell? Yes, because Parnell is nice. Hey, Ted. How are you fe` You know Phineas is living here, right? Yes. Phineas is away on that job, love. Yeah, I knew that. It just` You know, it might be awkward if he wasn't. And tell Lefty I want a word with him. When he gets back. Of course when he gets back. From Edgecumbe. I know that he's in Edgecumbe. I just want a word with him when he gets back. Is that so hard? I'll tell him. Thank you! Get in the car, boys. Jethro, where's your brother? Dunno. Van? Van! Van! Do you reckon you can eat pine cones? See. What were you worried about? (ROCK MUSIC) (ENGINE REVS) Sweet as a sweet thing. No problems? Apart from starvation. (CHAINSAW REVS) Well, just as well Ted isn't here. He'd be appalled by the Neanderthal banging away with his stick. But who needs a locksmith when you've got a perfectly good chainsaw? (METAL SCREECHES) (CHAINSAW POWERS DOWN) (REVS) It's stuck! Why is it stuck? Because it's stuck! Jesus, Phineas, we stole a van especially for you to practice on! And it worked on that one, but on this one it's stuck. Give me a bloody go. Fine, But I'm telling you, it's stuck. (CHAINSAW REVS) Ted would have a back-up plan. Well, I'm not Ted, am I? If Ted were here, we wouldn't be in this position because we wouldn't have used a chainsaw because he would have picked the bloody lock. Nah, he would've blown the doors off. Yeah, and that went well last time (!) So can you pick the lock, Mr 'No Vehicle On This Planet I Can't Get Into'? I got into the vehicle, just couldn't get into the bit where the money is. We could travel it back to Auckland, crack it there. Oh, a stolen security van with a chainsaw sticking out the side, who'd notice that driving by (?) I knew this plan was doomed without Ted. Come on, you piece of` (BOOM!) (RUMBLING) (GROANS) (ALL GROAN) (RUMBLING CONTINUES) Oh, shit! My ankle. Dear mother of God. That was just fucking intense. Where's Lefty? See? This job is cursed. It's got Dougal all over it. No, it was an earthquake, Phineas. Dougal's got nothing to do with it. Yeah, well, tell that to Lefty. This huge fucking branch missed my head by this much! (CHUCKLES) Still doesn't change the fact that this job is cursed. Yeah? What about that, then? Doesn't look cursed to me. (ROCK MUSIC) Ah, fuck! Ask today. Van! Van! Van! Van! Van, you'll be the death of me. Excuse me. Come here. Don't you ever do that to me again! I figured he must be yours since you've got the matching one. I've been looking everywhere. Well, it looks like you've got your work cut out for you. Van. Tell your mum you're sorry for running off. Sorry, Mummy. Who are you? Are you an angel? (CHUCKLES) No, just Rochelle. This place is bloody flash. I don't know why a cheese sandwich in Henderson wouldn't do the trick. Because we aren't savages. A bottle of your finest Sav Blanc. Oh, escargots? Blimey. It's French for snails. I know what it is, Miss Trolley Dolly. Why are we here, Ngaire? They do have restaurants in West Auckland, you know? And frankly, I'm bored of them. Lefty and I are actually looking to buy here. Buy what? (SCOFFS) A house, Carol. What's wrong with Henderson? Do you want a list? So you really want to join the arseholes who pretend to be upstanding citizens when really they're fucking white-collar criminals? Please excuse me while I go to the ladies. To powder your nose (?) Oh! Are we doing some (WHISPERS) cocaine? I haven't done cocaine in yonks. I love cocaine. Carol, you remember what it does to you, right? Oh, that was the old Carol. Come on, then. And brace for impact. Chantal's first word was 'Carol'. Can you believe it? Do you think my children could be geniuses? Not the intelligent kind but the special kind... You know, like the Japanese. Jesus. I thought I saw my reflection in this. I didn't, though. I think I caught it in the window, and it stayed in my brain for an extra second while I forked the lettuce. Can we stop for food? Yeah, maybe go to the pie shop (!) Nah, that would be a dumb idea. You think (?) Shoot. What? Do you reckon we can get the van through that? I dunno. 'Cause this is the only way out, and we're sure as shit not going around it. So we either go through it or we're walking home. Bags not walking. Well, if I gun it, get a good run-up, I hit it real hard... I reckon I could do it. Yeah, for sure. I can do it. (ENGINE REVS) (EXHALES) (ENGINE REVS) (DRAMATIC MUSIC) (ACTION MUSIC) Fly! So I guess we're walking. I was so close. No. No, you weren't. Torch it, catch up. Yeah, but what if I do something and instead of getting arrested, someone wants to punch my lights out? Don't upsets anyone that's big and punchy, then. Yeah. Yeah, it's just about finding the right crime match for you. Spray-painting a dick on the Henderson police station? (LAUGHS) What about flashing? That's more your thing than mine. You've been arrested before. Yeah, I'm on my fourth, third strike. Yeah, well, what's your secret? Being a man of colour. Oh! It's not fair that I'm white. Oh, yeah, that must really suck (!) Well, gents and bents, I think it's time that we start colouring outside of the lines. And I'm out. Oh, come on. You can have a little shroom. (CHUCKLES) Hi, love. Any word from Edgecumbe? Yeah, none of it good. They don't think anyone's died, though. What are you talking about? TV: '...has been closed following the derailing of a locomotive and buckling of railway tracks.' Jesus, that's Edgecumbe? What's left of it. The boys did that? Don't be ridiculous. The earthquake did that. Shit. Wolf, have you heard from the gang? No, why would I? They're down in Edgecumbe, but there's been a bloody earthquake. Shit. Ted, did Lefty or Bilkey call? No. Why? The job, Ted, in Edgecumbe. Is that today? Oh, shit. Hello. Ted, who is that? Hmm? The girl in our house that isn't Cheryl. Yeah, I know she's not Cheryl. Then who is she? Oh. (SIGHS) I don't know... Some name` Slutty Pants brought her here. Cheryl! What? Oh, good. You're back. We are going out. We are? Yeah, you and me. Right. And who's gonna look after the kids? Rochelle. Who the fuck is Rochelle? Rochelle! Hi, again. This is Rochelle. I met her today, and she's helping me with the kids ` who love her. She's looking for work, so I'm gonna take all the hours she's got. Starting tonight while I go out and drink all the rum and Cokes in Henderson. You're really gonna leave your kids with a hippy you met for the first time today? Well, I would leave them with this old lady I've known for a couple of years, but she's a bitch so` Cheryl, this is not a joke. And I'm not bloody joking. I've had four hours of sleep in the last month. I haven't had a conversation with an adult about anything other than kids in the last three fucking years. And if one more person tries to convince me that doing jobs ` or literally anything on this fucking planet ` is harder than looking after three snotty, leaking life-vampires, then I might cut them a little bit. Wolf, let's go. God, is there no civilization anywhere round here? Well, it was your idea to get off the road. We're carrying big bags of stolen cash! We can't be seen walking around with big bags of stolen cash! No chance of that out here in the middle of nowhere. What we should have done was left Bilkey with the money and the rest of us found a car to steal. Now? Now you have that idea? Well, I never thought of it till now, and back there you were like, 'Oh, we should get off the road.' Ted would have thought of it. Well, he's not fucking here, is he? Oh, I really can't walk any further. Shit. Fuck! You know what I really love? Fire. And wanking. Electricity. When it surges through your body. Well, lucky you're an electrician, then. Dad? Sparky, my boy. There's no hole in your head. You have your whole head. I've got a guy. My boy, you seem confused. Hole with an H and whole with a 'WH' are like opposites but the same. I meant about your future. I sense you are confused about your future. I don't know if I'm meant to be a criminal. I can't tell if I'm good or bad at it. Well, son, maybe you should follow the fire. Should I? The fire will see you right. Sparky, are you sure it's wise going out in your state? OK, you go. So, death is, like, whatever you imagined it was before you die? Yep. Death, eh? What a trip. Hey, did it hurt having your head blown off? Like, I know it must've been quick, but it must have been a lot of pain in a short amount of time. Those boys are lively, aren't they? That's a polite way of putting it. Take a seat, Rochelle. Oh, I said I'd get them some warm milk. That can wait. Sit down. So are you from around here, Rochelle? I live with my mum up at Isengard. Bunch of hippies living in old shacks and shitty buses? It's magic with all the love. Oh, I bet. Love that's as free as a shot of penicillin in the dick. Why don't you come see for yourself sometime? No fucking way. So what is it you want, Rochelle, with Cheryl? Just to help and earn some cash. Cheryl said you'd be like this. Like what? I should get the boys their milk. (POP MUSIC PLAYS) # Time makes you mine. # Just like love, it grows stronger. # You take some time to love me. # You're not worried about leaving the kids with Rochelle this long? Nah. (LAUGHS) No, just, sometimes, when I meet someone new, I just get this sense. I just know they're gonna be in my life forever. I mean, I ended up fucking you five minutes after we met. Hang on, hang on, wait. If you just put` If you` Um, just what? Remove my elbows (?) No, bend your knees backwards. (LAUGHS) Beds are great, aren't they? Not if you want to get loud and it freaks out your kids. Jethro will get over that. He still thinks you were trying to kill me. So we're doing it here, then? I guess we are. # Just like love, it grows stronger. # (LAUGHTER, VOICES APPROACH) You two look like you had fun. Uh,... yeah. So did we, eh, Rita? Everyone went to bed without much fuss. That Jethro, he's a clinger. Yeah, he gets like that. Wolf, give her all your money. So we can do this again? I'd love to. Great. What's your number? Oh, if you need me, just call the Jasmine Garden Cafe and talk to Sandy P. She's the cook. She lives at Isengard, and then I'll call you from a phone box. OK. How are you getting home? Oh, I'll hitch. It's cool. No. No, fucking way. Wolf, drive her home. Ah, yeah. Sure. Let's go. See you. Was that wise? Please, I think I can trust him in the company of a human woman. She just turns up out of nowhere desperate to help out a total stranger at a time where we can't trust anyone? Wait. You think she's got something to do with Figgs? Well, that's fucking bonkers. Wake up, girlie. We're not selling fucking Tupperware. And we haven't survived this long by letting random grubby freaks into our world. (PERCUSSIVE MUSIC PLAYS) Murray! Savannah! Watch where you're bloody going! Hey, thanks for the lift. And the cash. Your kids are cool too. No problem. (INDISTINCT CHATTER) Gidday, there, mate. How's it going? (UPBEAT MUSIC) Yes! It was creepy, and if they'd been in the nude, singing Kumbaya, I wouldn't have been surprised. (SCOFFS) Bloody hippies. And she had a weird boyfriend` man friend. Like, older-man boyfriend. See? Free love. Any excuse for some dirty old pervert` (PHONE RINGS) Hello? It's me. I've been arrested. Good job, Sparky. What for? No idea. OK, you sit tight. I'll get the lawyer on to it. And you're really OK letting Cheryl trust your kids to this hippy skank and her pervy old lover? Vern. Not exactly a hippy name, eh? Vern. Vern Gardiner. It was freaky ` the whole place. (TENSE MUSIC) What's for breakfast? I'll put the kettle on, love. Shit. Shit. I slept in. We've got a plunket appointment. I cannot face it being hungover to shit. It's cool, I'll come. Really? Sure. Oh, that'd be great. (TENSE MUSIC) Man, I'm starving. Phineas, saying 'I'm starving' over and over again does not make the starving go away. Just saying, that's all. Exactly. Oh, hallelujah. Come on. This is the best you could steal? That town's been through hell. There's just, like, devastation everywhere. I didn't want to add to the suffering by stealing some nice old lady's car. Then I thought how we could drive to Whakatane and get some food. Drive. (CHILDREN WHINE) I need that! Hi! We must have our appointments synched up. Yeah. I've been meaning to call, but then I'm like 'fuck her'. After having three, I'd kill to be on my own with just one. Actually, I'm not on my own. I've started seeing someone. That's bloody great news. Yeah. He's the best. Hey, I have to go. So what happens now? Or, just, what actually happened? I've been given strict instructions you're to get Community Service. I'm surprised you're not in the psych ward, to be honest, considering what you did. Which was...? (TENSE MUSIC) You're why I'm like this! You left. You lost your head, and then you left me all alone! And now ` oh, yeah! ` you've got your head back. What about me, eh? Where's my head at? They considered shooting you at one point. But then the flames died down and you went with them peacefully, weeping. So am I going to prison for this? Rita has informed me that is not an option. So, (SIGHS) I'm gonna go do what I do best ` wheedle and beg. Wheedle and beg. If we could get her to come here regular, two or three times a week, shit, that'd be good. Mm. Babe? You know I'm gonna have to work more if we're shelling out dosh for a babysitter. Which is fine with me if you're OK I'm not around as much any more. As long as we can make the most of the time we get together. For sure. I have to go out for a bit, Galleria stuff. Jesus! Howdy, Rita. I'm glad you survived the quake, but stay out of my house. We're just here to give Ted his cut. I told you, you can shove that up your arses. Love. I'm not taking charity. No, this isn't charity. Consider it your right as our leader. Yeah, we missed you, mate. We really missed you, Ted. And it's shit being in charge, mate. I don't know how you do it. Just take the bloody money, Ted. Just until you get better, mate. You can shove your pity up your arses too. All right. Come on, you better go. So are we giving him his money or not? Don't be stupid. I'll take it off your hands until he feels himself. Is he going to be OK? He's not going to be mongied forever, right? Of course he's going to be bloody OK! Do not fucking give up on him or treat him mongey or use that word anywhere near him again. Does that mean that we can include Ted on jobs now? No. Not for a while. How long? I have no idea. All right. I did the thing. Now what's the plan? Later. No, now. I have a right to know. Why me? Because you have something that Frankie Figgs wants. I'm not letting him do me up the bum. What? No! You have a skill that he needs. Something that your mates don't. Burning stuff? As an electrician. I have information that every time a young guy like you, with a trade, gets put on Community Service, Figgs steps in and puts them to work on his estate out near Kumeu. Like a slave? Pretty much. Free labour so he can get all the jobs he wants done around his place. Is that legal? I want you at his house, finding out what is most valuable to him, so we can take it. Like a spy. Cool. What about the truce? What truce? That prick is gonna pay for what he did to my Ted. No, I'm fine. Just bloody lean on me. No, I'm good. Put your arm around me. No. So it was fine last night when we had to huddle together for warmth, but now... Oh, sorry, didn't realise you had company. Bloody hell, Bilkey. What happened to you? I'm fine! Honestly. Aren't you going to introduce us to your friend? Bilkey... getting some! You've met someone else? (LAUGHS) Don't laugh at me. So I'm not allowed to see other people? You can see who you like, but I don't want you to. Sounds fucking fair, from the guy with a wife and a thousand kids (!) It's not just you. It's Brandon. I don't want another man being his father. Bullshit. It made you jealous, didn't it? Admit it. Yeah, it hurt hearing about this bloke. Who is he? Jesus, Wolf. When the fuck would I find time to meet a new guy? What? There is no guy. The only guys anywhere near my life are Brandon and you. So can I come in to... chat or whatever? (BIRDSONG) (CAR APPROACHES) (TENSE MUSIC) Hello, Rita. Long time no see. How many screaming kids are we expecting at this bloody party? Do a better job of raising them, you good for nothing cow! Your father is a grumpy old asshole. You don't like it? Then fuck off out of here. I'm leaving, Cheryl. Any idea why Cheryl and the kids just took off with that hippy? I'm at peace with out past. I will burn your fucking commune to the ground. Sort your shit out, Ngaire. Who the fuck do you think you are? Got to be fucking joking... Give me my fucking money!
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