- You want your money, you come with me to get it. - That's not the deal. Cops! - The questions they were asking me at the station, it was stuff only me, you and your mob knew. One of your guys has got a big mouth. - What's the West family tradition when it comes to someone narking on us? You disappear just like your sister did, and you don't come back. - Wolf, please. I` - Go! - Sparky is alive. - Sparky! - Falani! - Jesus. - We do things the way I say. (SHOUTS) Got it?! Sometime in the middle of the night, she took off. Your family came along and destroyed mine, Ted. Your son... is a dead man walking. (SOLEMN MUSIC) - OK, let's get this thing done. It's no time for tears, Phineas. - It kind of is, Carol. - No! It's time for us to be strong. We make this all about us. This is about Rita and her wishes. We can save the tears for later. - (SNIFFLES) www.able.co.nz Copyright Able 2020 (PHONE RINGS) - (GROANS SOFTLY) What? It's your mother. - What? Can it wait? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. (SIGHS) And those were his exact words? - Dead man walking. - Wow. That's dramatic. - It's a threat is what it is. - Yeah, obviously. So? - So we have to take it seriously. - Fuckin' talk to him, get on the piss with him ` whatever it takes. - Wolf, he wants to kill you. - He's pissed off because his daughter did the dirty on him. - Yes, his daughter, so he's not thinking rationally. - Sparky. - Sorry. (DOOR SHUTS) - Look, what if I send Phin around to your place? - Why? - For when Figgs and his good squad show. - That's not going to happen. And don't you dare tell Cheryl about this. This will freak her right out. - You don't think she needs to know that her family is in danger? - Her family is not in danger. Figgs will get over himself. - Yeah, you hope. - Either way, my problem. Thanks for the heads-up, but I'll deal with this from here on in. (DOOR SHUTS) You're back. - Am I? - Thought we agreed. That it would be best if you stayed away from here. - Rita Mum says I can stay. - Yeah, well, now I say you have to leave. - Why did I have to go again? - You know. - I know I should know, but... - How did you end up back here? - Well, Falani brought me. - How did he find you? - I don't know. He just did. Maybe Keith told him. - Keith knew where you were? - Yeah, Keith's been visiting me. We talk. Sometimes he brings food. - If you're worried about your little Anne-Marie secret, Sparky's brain is so fried, even if he did remember, it's come out sounding batshit crazy. - Yeah, I can sort of see that. - One less thing for you to worry about, I guess. - I guess so. - Which only leaves the cops after you for drug dealing and the guy who wants to kill you. - My lucky day. - Isn't it? - I will sort everything, starting with that pig parked across the road. If they knock, you have no idea where I am. - And for once, I'll be telling the truth. - Cops out the front, eh. - (GRUNTS) - Yeah. - (GRUNTS) Oh yeah! - Don't you dare. - What? - Come now. - Oh, nah, nah. I'm good. (GRUNTS) - (BOTH GRUNT) - Someone at the door. - Just keep going! - (GRUNTS) - Yoo-ee! Only me! - (GRUNTS) - (PANTS) Don't stop! You started this' you bloody finish it! - Hello? The door was unlocked, so I let myself in. I hope that's OK. - (GRUNTS) (GRUNTING CONTINUES) - Anyone here? It's Carol, by the way. - Not a great time right now, Carol! - (MOANS LOUDLY) - Oh. I'll put the kettle on, then. - (MOANS, PANTS) - Sorry for, you know, interrupting. - Oh, there was no interruption. - There's no real reason I'm here, by the way. Other than some mornings, I wake up in my empty house and there's not a sound, so all I hear is the emptiness, which just gets louder and louder until I have to leave the house before I scream. Normally, I go see Rita, but these days when I see Rita, all I think about is death, which doesn't really cheer me up. Hi, Lefty. - Carol. I'd better get on with it, then. - Well, it's good you and Lefty are getting on well. - Actually, he's screwing someone else. - What? I mean... What? Really? Are you, you know, sure? I thought he was over that sort of thing. - What is it they say about leopards and spots? - How did you find out? - The thing is when Lefty is banging some tart, he's also way more interested in banging me. I think it's a conscience thing. If he's nice at home, then it's OK to play away. Also, because he's shooting his load elsewhere, it takes him longer with me, so there's a fighting chance I'll get something more out of it than just him sweating on top of me, thrusting away. You doing anything today? - No. No plans, only emptiness. - Good. Girls' day out ` I think that's what's required. - Iris, the cut is the cut. - Just hear me out, OK? - It's a fair split. - Yeah, but I'm the one the cops'll be looking at first on account of the launching pad being here. - And we've talked about it, and it's covered. - It's still my name they'll be looking at first. - Oh, is it? Not Rainer Ross? - Oh. (CHUCKLES) You know about Rainer, do you? - Does Rainer even actually exist? - A former lover. - And he doesn't mind you abusing his name on official documents? - Given he's dead, no. And he died with a smile on his face, I'll have you know. - (SCOFFS SOFTLY) In the event that you and not Rainer gets hauled in for this, all tracks will be covered, you will look like the innocent victim here. We've talked about this. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - (SIGHS) You do know how to look innocent, right? - (SCOFFS) This used to be a B&D dungeon, you know, back in the day. - Is that so? - Yeah. Many a captain of industry got a right-old flogging down here. You're a powerful man, Teddy. Do you... like a bit of pain with the pleasure? - Well, I am married. - (CHUCKLES) I'm not against spicing things up a bit, if you know what I mean. - It's hard not to, Iris. - Say the word, Teddy, and I'll teach you things you never knew. - And we're done here. Thanks, Iris. - (CHUCKLES) - Is there anything else we need Bert to steal ` a horse-drawn carriage, maybe (?) - Gayest robbery ever. - Just what's on the list will be fine. - Well, he's not gonna be thrilled. - Too bad. And we're gonna need a generator for the drill. - Thought we were gonna run it off the mains. - Yeah, except we have to cut power to the club as well. - I thought we were just cutting the vault power cos of the cameras and shit. - Yeah, we can't cut one without the other, so we have to take out the entire block. - Do we actually know how to do that? - Unfortunately, we do. (WASHING MACHINE WHIRRS) - Why does he hate me? Wolf ` why does he hate me? - He doesn't hate you. - We used to be friends. - You still are, as far as I know. - Nah, it's changed. I should know why, but... it's gone. - Well, sometimes the brain just... tucks things away for good reason. I wouldn't worry about it if I were you. OK? (WASHING MACHINE RATTLES) OK? Good. (LOW, PENSIVE MUSIC) (CAR ENGINE STOPS) - You call; I come. - Any company? - I was not followed, no. So, where to, boss? - Where did you find Sparky? - You've seen Sparky? - At the olds' this morning. - Right, and we OK with Sparky returning to the fold? - Where did you find him? - You do not wanna go there That is not a healthy` - Falani, where did you find Sparky? - Under a bridge like a sad troll. - And how did you know to look there? - Keith told me he was there. - And how did Keith know that? - He didn't say. Maybe he was buying speed. (ENGINE STARTS) OK, I'll walk, then. (ROCK MUSIC) (POKIE MACHINE CHIMES) - You do this all day? - Not every day. - Do you ever win? - I have done. - And this doesn't make you feel sadder? Drink up. One more, and then we're moving on. - Where to? - Anywhere but here. - Jeez. You don't want much, do ya (?) - Yeah. Can you get them? - Well, I'm not saying I'm out or anything, but this job's gonna turn out bigger than Ben Hur. - (CHUCKLES) Yeah, well, the way I see it is why not go out in style? - Yeah, well, my thing is the bigger it gets, the more risky it is, the more that we end up getting reamed up` - Yeah, try not to think about that. Stick to 'can you get what we need'? - I'll have to talk to Falani. - OK, but no details beyond what he needs to know, not with the attention those boys are getting. - Yeah, yeah, I'll take care of it. - Sparky. - Didn't mean to. - What? - Nothing. - OK. Whatever. Doesn't matter. Can we have a word? - Like, a secret word? - What? - A word that means something only to you and me. - Sure, Sparky, if you want, yeah. - You have no idea how much that means to me. - No, I don't. Listen, what I actually need to talk to you about is, uh,... how I need your skills. - Oh, well, I think of it as more of a calling, not a skill. - OK, yeah. Whatever. - What do you need burnt down? - No, no, I don't need anything burnt down. I'm talking about your skills as an electrician. - Oh, the fire within the wire. - If that's what you call it. - It is. - I need someone who, when I need them, can cut the power to an entire city block. - Are you asking me to work with you, Mr West? - I guess, uh,... yes, Sparky. - Just like my father. That was the proudest day of his life when the great Ted West needed him. I'll always remember it, because it's the last thing he ever said to me right before he walked out that door ` how proud he was. - You know what ` um, never mind. Forget I spoke. (ARCADE GAME PLAYS) - Anyone else here? - Falani's with you, isn't he? - He was. - Eric's God knows where doing God knows what. - OK. - What? - There's something we need to do. - What's up? - You'll see. - Hi, Rita. - Carol. Ngaire. - We're having a girls' day out. - Oh. Is that so? - And we thought you might like to join us. - As you can see, I'm at work, Carol. - But would anyone know the difference if you weren't? - Ngaire's had a bit of bad news. - Oh, is that so? - Jury's out. - Lefty's cheating on her again. - Wow. What a shock (!) - Exactly. - So we thought a bit of girl time and a few drinks might be just the call. Do you want to join us? - As tempting as that sounds, pass. But I wish ya all the luck in the world. - But, you know, all the time we can spend together is, you know, precious. - Still a pass. Dump him. - Probably should. But until someone better comes along... Come on, Carol. The day awaits. - That nice old lady Ingrid's bringing her Suzuki in this afternoon. Reckons the clutch is dodgy. Probably help if she learnt how to use it. - So what's the job? - Well, the clutch. I just said. - The one you and your mate Bilkey were talking about. - Oh, it's nothing. Just a thing. - Well, it can't be nothing and a thing. - OK, um... Well, nothing to do with you. - You know, down in the bay, there are all these rumours about you. - Yeah, don't listen to rumours. - One time when the earthquake wasted Edgecumbe, I heard you were down there ripping off a security van. - Yeah, nah, it wasn't me. - My cousin Tahu reckons he saw you down there driving out the back of the bakery in the security van. - Well, that Tahu needs his bloody eyes checked. - Then me and some mates went down to the forest, watched the cops doing their shit on the security van ` had this big-arse tree on top of it. Then Mum's friend Hine had her little car stolen. Tahu reckons he saw you driving it. - Well, that Tahu sure sees a lot ` in his imagination. Now, we need to get back to work. (LOW, PULSING MUSIC) - Is this about the car I dumped? - In part. - We're heading in completely the wrong direction. - Maybe. - Hey. You got one of them for me? - (GROANS) Oh... I'm sure you can figure it out. - OK. What bug's crawled up your arse? - The one with the vault job is stuffed. - Why? - I need an electrician. I need one I can trust. - Ted, we have an electrician sitting downstairs. - Yeah, exactly. Except he's also not on this fucking planet. - Sparky can come through when needed. - Well, I just talked to him. He went straight to the Dougal place. - (SIGHS) How bad do you need him? - It's... crucial. - Sparky? - Ted asked you to talk with me. - I am still capable of coming to my own decisions. - Me too ` no matter what the voice says. - But Ted did say that he wants you for a job, which is a good thing, right? - Yeah, till I blow my head off and die and screw everything up. - Ted doesn't think that. - Yeah, he does. He told me. - I'm pretty sure he didn't. - With his eyes, when I brought up Dad. Have you noticed that people are more honest with their eyes than with what they say? - Well,... that's because words are easier. - Wolf hates me; I saw that in his eyes. - No, that's not hate. That's something else. Guilt, maybe. - I mean, I even know why he hates me. Anne-Marie and Brendan. - So you do remember more than you're letting on? - Yeah, well, people think you're the crazy one, they leave you alone. - He doesn't hate you, Sparky. He's just worried. And you get that, right? - I'll never tell. - Yeah, neither will I. That is one thing that I will be taking to the grave with me. - I don't want you to die. - Well, can't help you there. - It'll be like both my mother and my father are dead. - You'll get over it. - Nah, I'll probably just kill myself. - Over me? - I even know how to do it. - By getting stoned to death? - Oh, when Wolf sent me away, I went far away, and I ended up in a shack in the bush, and there were just three of us there. There was me, Dad and this old Maori guy. - Right. - And, you know, we'd go on walks, he'd teach me about 'shrooms, about life, about jazz, which was weird, especially on 'shrooms. The most important lesson he ever taught me ` he found me one day making some tea with these mushrooms that I'd found. He slapped the cup out of my hand. He said, 'What the fuck, boy? What the fuck are you trying to do? You're trying to fucking kill us?' Cos it turns, out, yeah, these mushrooms as well as getting you really high, well, if you don't get them out of your system in about an hour, they start to poison you slowly. Your body shuts down by bit, till eventually... Mm. - OK, Sparky. If anyone around here is gonna kill themselves, it'll be me, not you. And` - Why would you kill yourself? - Because I'm dying, Sparky. You think I haven't been stashing morphine on a 'one for now, one for later' basis? - Please don't do that. - I'll tell you what ` why don't you and me make a deal? We shelve all this suicide talk, and we carry on. For as long as we can. - Yeah. Sounds good. - So you can do the job for Ted. And try not to be... too weird about it. - I can do that. - Good man. - And after? - After the job? - After you die. - Well, (EXHALES HEAVILY) that, I'm afraid, Sparky,... will be up to you. - Here. - What do I want these for? - Sometimes the voice is very persuasive, telling me to do it, so you better hold on to those for me. - Hold on to them? - Might need them after you're gone. No promises. - Sure. (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) He's on board with a promise not to be weird about it. - Does that mean he's not gonna spin out on us? - Not a miracle worker, Ted. (SIGHS) (ROCK MUSIC) (ENGINE STOPS) - Wolf, why are we in the middle of no-fucking-where? - When I was a kid, Ted went through this phase where he thought it was a good idea that we do father-son bonding shit while walking in the woods. It's the stupidest idea ever. Luckily, he got over it real quick, but I secretly liked it up here. So I come back sometimes. It's a good place to, you know, walk,... think... and sort shit out. - So, what's the plan? - Aren't we doing it? - To get back at Lefty. Are we gonna confront him? I have no problem with that. I just need to make sure I don't drink too much so the words don't come out all wonky. - We're not going to confront Lefty. - Oh. Why not? - What's the point? - The point is letting him know he can't get away with his shit. - All of the shouting in the world hasn't stopped him before. - So you've just given up, then? We have to confront somebody. If only we knew the name of the little slut, we could confront her. - Trudi. - You know who she is? - She's quite nice, really, even if she is in her 20s and all perky tits and butter wouldn't melt in her mouth. - In her 20s?! What does she want with Lefty, then? Has she got daddy issues? - Lefty's all right for his age. - OK, now you are really starting to worry me. Don't you even want to shout at the little whore for being a homewrecker? - I'm too tired for that. - Ngaire, you can't give up, otherwise Lefty wins, and Lefty can't win. - So you wanna go shout at Trudi. - Otherwise evil wins. - OK. We'll go shout at Trudi. - Sorry I'm late. I was abandoned in the middle of nowhere. - Sure, whatever. - You're in need of wheels? Should I be worried ` the way you keep looking around? - All good. All good. - Yet good it does not seem. - We need these in time to do a repaint job. - Lordy Lord. - Can you help? - I can try. - All a man can ask. - Hey. I'm Aroha, Burt's niece. We've never actually met, right? - Not really. Falani. - You're the super car thief Uncle Burt gets to help him. He talks about you all the time. - I don't know if being talked about in such a way is a good thing ` if I was indeed who you think I am. - It's all good. He sings your praises, man. The example as he brings me into the family business. - I thought the family business he was bringing you into was that one. - Well, you can't have one without the other, right? - Yes, you can. In fact, most garages only rob through what they charge. - Look, he brought me here to learn. And if I'm going to learn, I should learn from the master. Right? So I'm gonna give you my number at my flat, and if you need any help with anything or if you just want to get a beer and talk, then call me. Like, that one there ` I can drive that. - Seriously? - I've got my HT licence. Have you? (LOW, PULSING MUSIC) - You wanna tell me what's going on? - You know. You know. You're the nark. - I'm not a nark. A cop. - You're a pig? - Not much point in hiding it any more, I'm guessing. - Take your shirt off. - You think I'm wearing a wire? - Isn't that what cops do? - So, what now? - Are you fucking serious? You're a fucking cop! What do the pigs know? - Not what you think, actually. - Oh, but you've feeding them shit about me for years. - Up to a point. - What the fuck does that mean? - When I started after, I bribed my way into your crew with that stupid video game, it wasn't about you. I was sent in to get to your father. And just when I'm about to get pulled, you guys crossed paths with Figgs. Now, there are a lot of top brass with a major hard-on for Frankie Figgs, so that's why they kept me in ` to get Figgs. - He has nothing to do with us. - There are family ties. - You could've got Bianca at any time ` and me and Ted on the jeweller's job. You were there when he opened the fucking safe. - Praise be. - (LAUGHS) - The thing is my bosses have been told that it isn't you guys ` us guys. They've been led to believe that it's maybe a crew connected to the Doslic family. Actually, I'm pretty sure they've figured out by now that I've been feeding them bullshit for ages. But they don't have any evidence to say otherwise. - Why? - Because they just` - No, why have you been feeding them bullshit about me? - What you need to know, Wolf, that I'm a really shit cop. I'm only in the job because my dad is a cop, and my brother and sister are cops, so I didn't have much choice, did I? So I went to training college to get my family off my back, you know, with the idea that after I graduate, I shoot through overseas. Instead, I got plucked straight from college and thrown undercover, which, to be honest, sounded pretty cool as a first job. But now I know for a fact that there is this line between crooks and cops. It's a real thin line. Everyone else in my family is on one side of that line; I'm on the other. - Oh, that's real fucking nice for you, isn't it? - What I'm trying to get at is when I joined your crew, I had the time of my life. The drugs, the scores, more drugs, even sex. I mean, no way would I have bagged Mandy if I was a cop, right? I was having the best time. And then you screwed it up. - Me? - The car, the coke. There's no way I could have covered our arses on that one. I tried, and it's kind of maybe worked up to now, helped by Bianca successfully legging it. - You didn't jump the car, did you? Why not? - To build this case, they need two things ` drugs and the car. They currently have neither, which will hold them for a while. - Where's the car? - Why should I tell you when it's probably the only thing keeping me alive? - You thought I brought you out here to kill you. - Isn't that what you wanted me to think? - Where's the car? - Can I show you rather than tell you? There's a bit of a story. - Oh, there better be. (ROCK MUSIC) (WOMAN SPEAKS GERMAN THROUGH HEADPHONES) (MAN REPEATS IN GERMAN) (REVERSE-BEEPING) (MUTED DANCE MUSIC) (SHOUTS IN GERMAN) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (MAN SINGS) # Don't touch my clipboard. # (WARBLES) (PHOTOCOPIER BUZZES) (GASPS) (MUSIC INTENSIFIES) (WORKERS SCREAM) (ANGLE GRINDER STOPS BUZZING) (SLOW-MOTION ROARING) (SCREECHES) (GRUNTING) (MUSIC STOPS) (SOFTLY) Shoosh. You're safe now. (SCREECHES) (SPEAKS IN GERMAN) MAN: Are you alright, son? - Falani's on to it. I'll let you know when he's back with what we want. - Good. - Phin and I'm gonna flog a generator from that hire place tonight. - OK. - Ted, can I ask you a question? - Sure. - You're kidding, right? - Look, Sparky is on board and will deal to the power, which will deal to the alarm and the camera, which will give us all the time we need. - But he's a headcase. - Who's standing right there and can hear you, Phineas. - Still a headcase. - Who will do the job. Isn't it right, Sparky? - And fulfil my father's destiny. - So that's that. - I don't like the North Shore. The people here are odd. (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS) Oh, this is quite festive. - Ngaire. I wasn't sure you got the invite, but you're here now, and that's the most important thing. Here. Hi. I'm Trudi. Welcome to my going away party. Anything you want, just help yourself. - So I've heard. Yum! - The dude whose shed this is, I buy weed off him. Of course, it's best he doesn't find out I'm a cop. - So you're doing all this because... because we're such good bastards and you couldn't bear it if we all went to prison. - Sounds kind of lame, eh? - So what actually do they know? - That we stole the car, but we had no idea there were drugs in it. - Ignorance doesn't make us any less guilty. - It does when they have no drugs, which are now aboard a yacht floating around somewhere in the vast Pacific Ocean. - They have a witness. They saw me at the motel with Bianca. - They have a dude who remembers some hot chick and some guy. And they have me saying that you were with me at the time. - So, what do we do with this, then ` torch it? - Yeah, could do. But that won't help you in the long run. - We are so fucked. - So what now? What` What, are we gonna to kill this traitorous prick? - Nobody is killing anyone, especially not Keith, because Keith is gonna make this go away, aren't you, Keith? - The thing is... I really love you guys. And so to keep us going, I started painting a picture that isn't true. Like how Eric's actually the leader of this crew. - Eric? - Eh? - It used to be Wolf, but now he's married with kids, he's handing things over to Eric. - And they believe this shit? - Hey! - I was selling them the idea that Figgs was grooming his future son-in-law to join the family business. - How stupid are your bosses? - Hey! - It's what they wanted to hear; it had the word 'Figgs' in it. - But also the word 'Eric' in it. - But while I can see how this is entirely plausible,... - Except for where it entirely isn't. - ...I'm not so keen on the idea that I'm getting dragged towards something that I'm not gonna like. (PHONE RINGS) - West Galleria. - Mum, you need to come home! - What's Van done this time? - I don't know what to do. - About what? - The man who's here. (TYRES SCREECH) - Where is he? - He just walked in. - Where's Van? - At Munter's place. - Where's Loretta? - In her room. Aunty Mandy left before he showed up. - PASCALLE: Have to stick your pinkie out and... there. - Gidday, Cheryl. Princess Unicorn and I just having a fancy tea party. Care to join us? - Tea party over. Pascalle, go to your room. Go with Jethro. Go on. Go. - Charming girl, your daughter. Like a fairy-tale princess. - So I've been told. How can I help you, Mr Figgs? - I'm after Wolf, actually. Any idea when he might be back? - Nah. I'll tell him to give you a call when I see him. - Or you could just point me in his general direction. - No idea where that might be. Is there any message I can give him? - Just that he can't put off the inevitable. Daughters are the best, aren't they, Cheryl? I used to have a couple... once upon a time. (PHONE RINGS) - Yeah. - Is Wolf there? - He was here this morning. - So, where is he now? - How the fuck should I know? - Rita, do not mess with me. I'm not in the fucking mood. If you know where Wolf is, tell me. - No, I don't. What's happened? - Your mate Figgs turning up here, giving me the shits, for starters. - What did he do? - I get home and he's in my house like he owned the fucking place, looking for Wolf, banging on about the inevitable. - Have you spoken to Wolf today? - Not since he headed out to your place first thing. - SIGHS, WHISPERS: Fuckin' stubborn little prick. OK. Cheryl, what you need to do is pack up the kids ` just what they need for the night ` and then get them around here. - Rita, what is going on? - For once in your life, Cheryl, just do what I say ` no questions, no arguments; just do it. - (SLURPS) You are gonna have it out with her, right? - NGAIRE: What? - Trudi. I mean, she seems really nice, and she makes awesome cocktails, but she's still the skank rooting Lefty. - Mm. - 'Mm'? What does 'mm' mean? - It means what's the point when it comes to Lefty? - The point is that he is your husband, so you own him. So the only box he should be sticking his dong in is yours. - Any more for any more? - Funny ` that's exactly what I was just saying to Ngaire. - Oh! And here I am. - Here you are. - With the fresh cocktails. - Well, what Ngaire and I were talking about certainly involves the word 'cock', doesn't it, Ngaire? Specifically what you have been doing with Lefty's cock. - Oh God. - Exactly. - Did Cheryl tell you? - Cheryl knows?! - I am so sorry. I only went along with it because Lefty said you had an open marriage. And as soon as I realised he only said that to get in my pants, I cut it off. - His cock? - Our relationship or whatever it was. It was part of the reason I decided to go overseas. Well, that and Gianni scored me this great job working on luxury yachts, tripping round the Mediterranean. I really did love working here, Ngaire. You're always so nice to me. I am so sorry if I caused you any pain. - Don't suppose you feel like talking Lefty with you? - Sorry, he's all yours. - Bugger. - FALANI: Why can't we just, you know, burn it? - Even though that would be a tragedy. - Look, this case is on the verge of falling apart, mainly thanks to me. Although, Bianca the Figgs legging it with the stuff didn't hurt. But until they find this car, it isn't closed. - So why'd you hide it, then? - To buy time. And in case she got caught. - Going back to the burning thing. - It's not as clean as if they find a car with no trace there were ever any drugs. - Which is what we were fucking doing in the first place. - Things have changed. - How? - If you want the cops off your back over this, they're gonna need a sacrifice. Call it pride. Call it what you want. If someone doesn't go down for something, they will never leave you alone. - Why can't they be you seeing as you're such a shit cop? - You wanna nark on me, Falani ` go ahead. - You know that's not how we operate. - But even if they could prove what I've done, I've covered for you arses all this time. That's the last thing they want coming out. No, they want one of you ` for anything; it doesn't matter. - And it's me, isn't it? Cos I'm the so-called leader of this imaginary gang. - And you're associated with the Figgs family. - Oh, yeah, Frankie'll be weeping buckets when I go inside for 15 years (!) - Just the car. You stole a car. You know nothing about any drugs. Stay staunch on that and you'll be fine. - Oh, that is an interesting definition of 'fine'. - You don't have to do it. - But it would help, wouldn't it? - Not having the cops all over us wouldn't be such a bad thing. - What about your dad when he was inside? - Figgs is my problem, not yours. - Well, I guess being somewhere where Krystle can't torment me wouldn't be such a bad thing. And having a criminal mastermind for a father would be something for Billy to aspire to. But I do have one condition. Just a couple of hours on this bad boy; see what she can really do. - Just do not wrap the bad boy round a tree in those hours. - All right. Brains of the operation over and out of here. (ENGINE STARTS) Whoo-hoo-hoo! Yee-ha! - So, now what? - Well, my career as a cop is over. - Boo-fucking-hoo. What I wanna know is we all have reasons to keep our mouths shut, right? - So, we're done? - Not quite. - (GRUNTS) (COUGHS) - If I ever see you again, we will be taking that walk in the bush. Am I clear on that? - As you know, I'm not a violent man, but my disappointment has turned into fury. - (GROANS) (CAR ENGINE STARTS) (ROCK MUSIC) (CHEERING) - CAROL: I can't feel my teeth any more. I mean, I can, but they feel all furry. Have you given up? - What? - The Ngaire I know and love was all fire and passion and to hell with what anyone thinks. - Maybe the world has changed, Carol. I mean, once upon a time, I thought Rita would live forever, because evil could never die. Didn't exactly pan out, did it? - Not quite sure what Rita has to do with Lefty. - Life, Carol ` it keeps kicking you in the slats until you get too tired to kick back. - But I was looking forward to revenge. - Oh, I will make Lefty suffer in the old-fashioned way ` through prolonged marriage. He will not get off lightly. I will outlive him. But you're right. - I am? (CHEERING) - Oh yeah! - Some form of revenge will be taken. (WHISTLING, CHEERING) Drink up, Carol. - OK, if we're gonna drive back home and mess with Lefty, the driving bit probably` - Lefty thinks he's in an open relationship. Well, fuck it. So am I. So, what's the Italian for 'me and my friend need to get our brains fucked out right now?' (SIREN WAILS, TYRES SCREECH) - Yee-ha! Whoo-hoo-hoo! (TYRES SCREECH) Yee-ha! - Cheryl? - He threatened to kill you. He came to our house looking for you. - And he and you and everybody else just need to calm the fuck down. I'm dealing with it. - How? Tell me how, Wolf, cos I didn't see you there when I had to deal with it. - (SIGHS) Come home, Cheryl. This is our house. This is where we live. - Not a chance. Not until I know everything has been put right. - Then fuck you! - His pride ` it's hurting. But you've done the right thing, love. - # I get the sneaking feeling # you want me to say... # You can stay... # here with me. # You can stay... # forever any day. # You can stay... # all the time. (VOCALISES) (MUSIC DROWNS SPEECH) # And I'll be... # waiting in the wings like yesterday. # Although that time fades, # the familiar memory prays. It goes on. # And I get the sneaking feeling # you want me to say... # You can stay... # forever, forever. # You can stay... # tonight and every night. # You can stay... # all the time. # You can stay... # here some more. # Stay. # You're welcome. You're welcome. # You can stay... # here. # You can... # - The rest when it's done. - I have to show Figgs I'm not scared of him. - Yeah, you be a big man, Wolf. Leave the family stuff to me. - Our family's the reason I'm doing this. (SIREN WAILS) - Well, can I at least finish the pie? - Life is long, Carol. Ted is gonna need another woman, and truth be told, I'm not overly fussed about who that woman is. - Me? - FIGGS: There's a bullet with your name on it. And you won't see it coming.