Birdeater

Chicken or catch of the day?

What if it's a bad day?

What if they only catch like... eels?

Uh, well, no, I don't think so.

I think we're working off different numbers.

I'm gonna go see Dad tonight.

Oh, okay.

Should I come?

Sorry, I'll be quick.

No, take your time.

He's your Dad.

He's your dad soon.

Love you.

Adult.

Spectator.

That's not funny. No. No.

Hey, I've got to go to the office tonight. Fire training.

Even when you're not in the office?

I still need to know how to get out if a fire happens, apparently.

I dunno, name cards. Kinda naff, right?

Boy, girl, boy, girl.

Irene, I'm not supposed to be dragging you through this.

No, I know. It, it's not that. I'm, I'm excited.

It, it's really exciting.

I'm just feeling a bit...

I dunno, like...

like overwhelmed.

Maybe?

Never might let, let's talk about this later.

Okay.

Did you say,

were you going to say you needed to be somewhere tonight?

Oh, um, I left some stuff at Dad's but

I don't have to go tonight.

Okay.

Watch this. Watch this.

Look...

The music lines right... up... here.

She's dancing to it.

Um, Murph?

Look, I had an idea. It's for Irene.

Something, something special.

But I just need a mate on the inside and you were the first person I thought of.

- Me? - Mm.

Bucks party. Next weekend.

Sound good?

Can you stay?

I didn't mean to upset you about the wedding the other day.

You didn't. You shouldn't be on your feet.

I'll be quick.

I just want you to be happy, you know?

Me too.

Hey, um, listen...

I've been thinking about what we talked about the other day,

and you were right.

It's a lot. It's too much. Everything's just too much.

- Yeah? - Yeah, yeah.

But listen, I, I had an idea.

I want you to come to my bucks party.

What, you want me to come to your bucks party?

Yeah, I think it'll be really great if you're there.

I can invite Grace, so you're not alone.

It'll be super modern, you know.

It'll be, it'll be fun.

But should, should we really be doing that?

I mean, shouldn't, should we just stop now and,

and think about how we want to do things, you know,

before we go any further, right, like...

I think it's getting to us.

The planning, the headache, you know?

I think we need something to take our minds away from it.

Something to, you know, remind us why we're doing this in the first place.

Let's have some fun and then, uh, clear our minds,

and then, hey, when we come back, we can figure out what to do together.

Hey, when I told the boys you were coming, they got so excited.

You need me to stay?

What are you doing?

I'm not going anywhere.

["Love is a Jungle" by Peter Ivers plays]

Am I supposed to go in for the hug or the kiss?

Just talk to her like a normal person, all right.

Don't bring anything up. Don't get, you know, digging.

Girl stuff.

Exactly. Just normal stuff. I don't know.

Ask about her dress or something.

Yeah right. Just anything except her actual relationship.

Even though that's exactly what we're here to celebrate.

Look, I'm just asking you to keep it down, all right?

I'd appreciate it if you two could pass the Bechdel test tonight.

It's hard enough bringing a girl to a guy's thing.

It's fine.

I don't need your supervision, just...

don't abandon me, all right?

I wouldn't do that.

Is that...?

No.

Oh my God!

You shouldn't do that.

It's bad for you.

What?

I'm just saying.

I'm just saying it's bad for you.

Why have you always got to make things so awkward, mate?

- I'm not. - Yeah you are.

- No, I'm not. - You insist on it.

I don't.

I'm just sitting here, aren't I?

Having a quiet moment.

- Something wrong with that? - No.

- Something weird about that to you? - No.

Then why are you getting so wound up for?

I'm not wound up.

Yeah. You're being very agro.

- I'm not even saying anything - Is he like this with you, Grace?

I'm not even saying anything.

You're getting very flustered right now.

- I'm not getting flustered. - We're lost.

And you're getting flustered.

Don't take it out on me.

I'm not lost. You're lost.

I'm not lost, mate.

Dart and a cup of coffee. Just let me enjoy it.

You don't have a coffee. Where'd you get a coffee from?

Where would I get a cup of coffee from, mate?!

Look around us!

We're lost. I'm lost. You're lost.

Look at this, there's a fucking dead end down there.

Where are we gonna get a cup of coffee around here?

Well...

Where are we gonna get a cup of coffee around here?

I'm just asking where you've got...

Where are we gonna get a cup of coffee around here?

Mate.

You're, you're tripping me out a little bit.

- I just... - Stop yelling.

I just dunno why you'd say you have a coffee when you didn't have one.

I was painting a story, mate.

- I was creating an image of a moment. - It's a weird thing to do.

- You're so tense. - I just don't know why you'd...

Relax.

Just relax, okay?

He makes things awkward, doesn't he?

You have a habit of that.

- Well... - Hey!

It's so crazy to see you.

What?

It's a nice surprise, that's all.

When did you get back? Where are you living?

Well, my sisters not using her room anymore so it makes sense that I move in.

Kind of a genius move.

She left her TV, so

got a free TV.

Can watch whatever I want.

I didn't know you had a sister.

Yeah, hey, maybe Irene invited her too?

Mate.

Are you nervous?

Why would she be nervous?

Well because girls don't go to buck's parties.

I think it's very modern.

What, tell me it doesn't feel like fucking Yoko Ono is organising this get together?

I think it's nice. I think she just wanted to be involved.

You think this was Irene's idea?

To have the girls around?

Well he has had that type of effect on girls.

It's true, they tend to be a bit, uh... invested.

Clingy is what he's saying.

I remember Irene trying pretty hard to break up with Louie not that long ago

if that's what you mean by clingy.

Yeah, but that was before the whole like, you know?

Oh yeah. No, I heard about that.

Heavy stuff.

It's a miracle Louie's alive.

Mm.

Wait, you do know what happened, right?

Hey, I'm gonna ride with Dylan. He knows the way.

- What? - Follow us.

Just relax man. It's fine.

I don't fucking know about that mate,

I don't fucking know about that at all.

- He's completely fine. - What the fuck!

You were there!

What fucking happened, man?

I don't fucking get that!

I don't understand!

Yeah, I do now. Fucking easy! Sweet.

["Bushfire" by Johnny Ashcroft plays]