Broken

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(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(BABY CRYING)

# Blue is where I want to be

# When I'm down I'm in the sea

# Looking up at monsters in the clouds

# Red's the colour when you're dead

# If you find me gone, I'm just in bed

# Reading up on fairy tales instead

(GURGLES)

# Now I know so many things

# Got feet and I got wings

# To carry me back home

# To my house that's made of bricks

# Well, that's just such a fix

# To ever hold me down

# White is what I was to start

# Broken by my open heart

# Dum-de-dee-dee

# Dee-dee, dum-de-dum #

(SKUNK) Hi, Rick.

Hi, Skunk.

That looks good.

Oh, um...

Yeah, you have to do

the water first... Um...

And then the suds

and then the water again,

um, to like...

rinse it.

Is it hard?

Oh, it's... it's really hard.

But I... I like it...

I like it when something's clean

'cause you, you see it dirty

and then you clean it,

and then it's... (STUTTERS)...clean

and you wash it

and it's clean

and then it's done. (CHUCKLES)

Cool. I'll see you later, yeah?

See you.

Hi, Mr Oswald.

Hello, darling.

(RICK GRUNTS) Ah!

No! No!

(RICK SCREAMS)

Rick.

Are you okay, Rick?

(DOOR OPENS)

- (MRS BUCKLEY) Rick? Rick!

- (WHIMPERS)

Dave! Dave!

Skunk, go home!

Go back into your house.

(SKUNK) It was Mr Oswald.

Oh, my God. Oh, my...

Dave!

My baby. My...

(SKUNK) Jed.

- (POLICE CHATTER ON RADIO)

- Can I come with you?

Can I come in the same car?

- Would that be okay, if I come with him?

- I'm afraid not.

You're more than welcome to...

(MR BUCKLEY) We'll, um,

drive down behind.

(JED) I don't get it.

Why is Rick the one they arrest?

- (ENGINE STARTS)

- (SKUNK) I don't know.

(BOB) F***ing give it to me!

(SASKIA) Dad, f*** off! No.

- (SUNRISE SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY)

- (BOB) Thank you. Come on, everyone.

(SASKIA WHINING) Dad!

What are you doing?

(BOB SINGS INDISTINCTLY)

(SUNRISE SHOUTING) Shut up!

Shut up! You're too fat to sing.

Shut up.

- (SASKIA) Susan?

- Yeah?

- Are you in my f***ing room?

- No.

(SNIFFING)

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING ON TV)

What the f*** is this?

- Who have you been having sex with?

- I haven't!

I didn't even know what it was!

Oh, don't give me that bullshit.

Where did you get it?

- I stole it.

- Bullshit. Stole it from who?

- I ain't...

- Huh? I taught...

Didn't I teach you?

- What?

- Keep your f***ing legs shut.

Give me his name.

Give me his f***ing name!

Right. (MUTTERS) Here you...

(SUSAN) No, Dad!

(SASKIA) Not the telly.

I will!

Give him his name,

you stupid f***ing twat!

(MAN ON TV) # Up

# Across and thrust, thrust, thrust

What the hell are you looking at?

You dirty perv.

Rick Buckley.

Rick Buckley?

He forced himself on you, didn't he?

No, no, we, we...

- Jesus Christ. The animal.

- Dad.

The dirty, retarded f***ing animal.

- Hi, Mr Oswald.

- Hello, darling.

(RICK GRUNTS) Ah!

- Hello, Mr Oswald.

- I want to report a rape.

(GRUNTS)

(DR MORTIMER) All right.

You can put your clothes back on.

You are a f***ing prick!

- You do your f***ing job!

- (POLICEMAN) You talk to me like that...

- This f***ing rapist...

- Just calm...

- ...needs to be put behind bars!

- Calm down, Mr...

(DR MORTIMER)

Your daughter has not been raped.

(BOB) What the f***

are you talking about?

(DR MORTIMER) Your daughter's a virgin,

Mr Oswald.

She's never had intercourse.

- 'Course she f***ing has! She's...

- Dad. Dad, she's right.

It never happened.

Susan.

- I only said it did because...

- Susan...

(SOBBING) You wouldn't believe what

I told you and I didn't want you

- to smash up the telly.

- Susan, Susan, Susan. Susan.

All right, you don't have to be afraid.

- Mr Oswald...

- Shut up.

- Mr Oswald...

- Shut up!

Of them. Of him.

You don't have to be afraid.

(KEYS JANGLING)

(DOOR OPENS)

(POLICEMAN) Do you want to press

charges, Mr Buckley, against Mr Oswald?

I want to go home.

(MRS BUCKLEY SIGHS)

They should all be put in a home.

- (MR BUCKLEY) They should.

- Him in a jail.

Are you all right, love?

Bloody animals.

(WHIMPERS)

(SNAPPING)

- (SIGHS)

- (ARCHIE) How are your levels?

(SKUNK) Good.

How was your day?

He hit him really hard, Dad.

So I heard.

You want to talk about it?

No.

Do you want me to stay with you

till you fall asleep?

That's okay.

- Can I have my hand back?

- Yeah. (CHUCKLES)

- Good night, love.

- Night.

- Where the hell did I put my glasses?

- Red sofa.

Oh, right.

(KASIA HUMS)

- (KASIA) Archie.

- Yeah.

It's Tuesday. My wages.

Oh, crap. Um, can I pay you tonight?

- I won't forget, I promise.

- Yeah.

- Ooh. Early riser.

- (JED) What time is it?

It's ten past eight.

(SIGHS) Oh, I thought it was like

eleven or something.

(ARCHIE) Where do you think

you're going?

(JED) To lie down.

No, you're not. Get back in here.

Get your breakfast.

- (SKUNK) Bye, Dad.

- Yeah, bye, love.

All right?

(JED) Scrambled egg?

Do we not have anything better?

(KASIA) We have scrambled egg.

What?

Nothing. I'll be out in the back.

- (RATTLING)

- (JED) What?

(SKUNK) I'm just saying, cancer and all.

You'll catch it.

(JED) Yeah, well,

you make your choices, don't you?

So annoying.

(SKUNK) It's gonna be great.

Mm-hm.

- A secret room.

- Come on.

Not a room. A camp.

A base.

A lair.

What?

Nothing.

A lair.

- Quick, take my picture.

- What?

- Take my picture in front of it.

- Christ.

Come on!

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

Hi.

I'm sorry.

(KASIA LAUGHS) No, no. Stop.

No.

(SKUNK) Gross.

(JED) Nice move.

(KASIA WHISPERS) Stop, stop.

Hi, guys.

(MIKE) Come on. Look, this is a six.

(SKUNK) That's cheating.

(JED) What? Stop doing that.

(MIKE) This is a nine. Come on.

(SKUNK) Mike.

(MIKE) Yeah?

(SKUNK) When you're a teacher...

(JED) Blue.

...will you still bring us treats

and stuff?

Uh, no.

That's all gonna have to end, Skunk.

Really?

Well, you see, the relationship

between student and teacher

- is by its nature...

- (JED) You won't be our teacher.

- Well, you never know, Jed.

- Mike.

- By nature is what?

- Well, it's adversarial.

- What does that mean?

- (WHISPERS) Go.

Well, it means that it'll be my job

to see you as the enemy.

- He's full of sh*t.

- Somebody only worthy of my contempt.

- (KASIA) Mike!

- And you'll begin to see me

- that way too.

- Mike!

- Whose go is it?

- (ALL) Yours.

Okay.

- I won't ever see you that way, Mike.

- (JED, SARCASTICALLY) Aw.

- It's 'cause you're in love with him.

- No, I'm not!

(MIKE) Guys, guys.

In my experience, the person

who brings up the subject of love

is more often than not

the person who is in love.

- Really?

- Shut up.

- You're blushing, Jed.

- (LAUGHING)

What about you two? Are you in love?

Mike and I? Of course.

Then why aren't you married yet?

(JED) That's the question.

- (SNAPPING)

- (BEEPING)

(KASIA) All good?

(SKUNK) Uh-huh.

- Night.

- Night.

Close your curtains.

(ARCHIE) Have you called Dr Curtis?

Oh, yes, but he says, uh,

he can't act in any way

without Rick's permission.

- Which he won't give.

- This is what I'm saying.

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