After the Waterfall

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Oh! Sh*t.

Easy, John. Food, mate,

not your fingers.

Yeah, shut up.

Bit thirsty here, John.

How about you?

The beer's here, boys.

Hey! Beer o'clock.

Hey, Dave.

Hey.

How are you, mate?

Yeah, great.

Great. Hey, Lis.

Raise your shirt, John.

What for?

You know what for.

Hi. How are you?

Alright,

let's do this properly.

Hey! Whoo!

Shut up.

Be careful you don't

knock this one over.

I will.

Here you go, George.

Thanks, mate.

You never used a hammer before?

Oh, shut up.

Speech!

Speech!

OK.

Thanks, everyone.

Aw.

Hey!

Be good to see he's finished.

Oh, thanks, big girl.

Is anybody gonna

look after these sausages,

or am I gonna have to

do it all again, hey?

Thank you.

Here, Dad. I got it.

Oh, yeah.

Grab one of these.

Here you go, mate. Sauce over there.

Hey, Pearl.

Hey, um, put some coffee on, Mum?

What's going on, Lis?

Don't tell David now, will you?

He's already mad at me

for forgetting to feed the cat.

It doesn't need feeding.

It needs putting down.

You know, the other day I saw it

pissing on his slippers.

I told him it's a f***ing stray.

You don't domesticate

a cat like that.

He's a good man, though, Lis.

Yeah, really good.

I don't know.

I don't know how you do it.

Don't you ever

get sick of it out here?

Why would I?

You right, Dave?

You want another beer?

No, all good.

And what are you gonna do

with your butterfly fingers?

Are you gonna get that? Can you

get it without knocking it over?

Ohh, you got it!

Well done. Good girl.

I'm sleepy.

Righto, P, time for bed.

Mummy can come,

Mummy can come, Mummy can come!

Mummy's gonna finish her wine.

'Night, Pearl.

Night-night.

'Night, Pearl.

Say goodnight.

Goodnight.

Night-night, sweetie.

See ya.

Righto.

We better get going.

Yep.

I'll just get my shoes.

Say goodnight to John.

Yeah.

What is it?

Multiple calls. Grab your gear.

There may be LPG. Be careful.

You guys, round the back.

David!

I don't know how you

do things in the police,

but around here we work with our mates

and look after our mates.

Did you see something?

I don't know.

I don't know.

It was just an impulse.

Acting on impulse

can cost you your life.

Or somebody else's.

Oh, Jesus Christ. Guys, it happens.

He did what he had to. We all did.

And we're all here now, right?

Luck's a fickle friend, son.

Dad!

Right, then, see you all

at training tomorrow night.

Catch you later.

David's sleeping out the back.

What?

He was here when I got here.

Is he alright?

Yeah, he's fine.

Just leave the keys, mate.

I'll lock up.

See ya.

See ya.

One more?

Yeah, yeah, sure. Why not?

Here's to me f***ing up.

Cheers.

Look, don't worry about the old man.

You know what he's like.

Yeah, bless him.

I've been coming here

for, what, two years now?

I still feel like I don't belong.

That's 'cause everyone

thinks you're gay.

Look, if they didn't think

you were alright,

they wouldn't have

voted you in, would they?

Thanks for the pep talk.

You're welcome.

What's going on, Dave?

What's going on?

Lisa. She's moving out.

Oh, sh*t.

Didn't want to spoil your party.

She's moving out tomorrow.

I thought getting married

would make a difference,

but I guess you never know.

Well, you've only

been married six months.

Oh, well... you can't just give up.

We've had our ups and downs, John.

You know that.

Yeah, well, who hasn't?

Yeah, well...

...I'll just take it on the chin.

So this is?

One.

Two.

One. One.

Three.

Three.

And this is two.

Four.

Five.

Five? Four?

Hey.

How are you, P?

Two.

Where have you been?

Oh, I stayed behind,

had a talk with David.

Lisa's moving out.

David actually says he thinks

it's a good idea.

Yeah, well, maybe it is.

OK, Pearl, go and change

your clothes now.

Why would you say that?

Well, you know what she's like.

She's always putting him down.

That's not all

she's been doing either.

What do you mean?

What I mean is...

...David's a nice guy - too nice.

Look, John, your dad called

to say your mum's had a bad night

and the doctor wants her in town

for some more blood tests.

Right.

Look, we have to get

some proper childcare.

This is f***ing ridiculous.

She didn't ask to be sick, Ana.

That is not what I'm saying

and you know it isn't.

I have to be at work in an hour.

What am I supposed to do?

I'll take her with me.

How is that gonna work?

What's your problem?

My problem is you're never home!

You know, I can't

remember the last time

that you spent the whole day with her.

You're either at work

or you're down at the station

or you're doing something else

to the house.

That's not fair.

I'm doing that for us.

Yeah, look, I know you are.

What are you talking about?

You wanna go to work with Daddy?

Go brush your teeth.

I wanna go to work with Daddy!

She'll have to come to work

with me today and then, um...

I'll sort something out.

I will! I'll take some

time off or something, OK?

I promise.

Yeah, well... I look forward to it.

Yeah? How much?

How much, hmm?

Maybe...

...maybe a lot.

I gotta go to work.

She... she's brushing her teeth.

Come here.

Stop it!

Come on, turn around.

Alright, go, then.

Chippies?

Just wait here.

Chippies, please!

Look at Monkey.

Daddy, look at Monkey.

Yeah.

Just them, thanks.

Sweet as.

Wait. I'll take the hat as well.

Yep. That'll be 18.10.

There you go.

Thanks.

Cheers.

Come on.

You're funny.

# Row, row...

# Row your boat

gently down the stream

# If you see a crocodile

don't forget to scream. #

Ooh!

Good scream. Good girl.

Hey.

What should we take?

Should we take the ball?

I wanna take my ball.

We gotta leave Monkey, then, OK?

OK.

Bye-bye, Monkey.

There it is!

You got it. Give me five.

Now, you stay right there, OK?

And start counting.

I can't hear you!

Keep counting!

Big loud voice

'cause I gotta hear you.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Come on.

Come on, now.

Are you hungry?

No.

There it is.

Come on!

# Fishes in the water

# Fishes in the sea

# We all jump up and one, two, three. #

Not too close to the water.

Why don't you come over here

and play with your bubbles?

Bubbles.

There we go. Watch that.

You hold that and don't drop it, OK?

OK.

Hey!

Look at my... look at my bubbles.

Hey!

Ohh!

Pearl.

It's in the water.

How did that happen?

You stay right there.

Pearl!

Pearl!

Pearl!

PEARL!

Ana.

Hello.

Pearl!

Pearl!

Gotta go, mate. Gotta go.

I've gotta go.

Good evening.

Welcome to One News At Six O'clock.

The search continues

for Pearl Lillian Drean.

A four-year-old girl who was last seen

at a picnic spot

at Waitakere Ranges

three days ago.

An emotional appeal was made

by her parents this morning.

They're asking for anyone who may have

information to contact police.

Our daughter Pearl

is only four years old.

We need everybody's help

to try to find her.

She is a beautiful

and sweet loving girl.

It's me.

Nothing's happened.

Nothing's happened?

I just called to see how you are.

When are you coming home?

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