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coming on the right time

On the right time,

coming on the right side

On the right side,

coming on the right time

On the right time,

coming on the right side

Thought this might get

the creative juices flowing.

These are really good.

Thank you.

Do you see them

in your head first

and then draw it,

or does it just happen?

Yeah, yeah,

I see them in my head.

Well... Or I feel it, actually.

- Feel it?

- Yeah.

I imagine what it would feel

like if I was wearing it.

Hello?

Whoa! And goodbye.

Chicka, wait.

Come here.

I need you to be my model.

What?

Little, old me?

I thought you'd never ask.

It's, uh, nice.

It's not exactly

what I was going for.

Hmm...

Maybe if I strike a pose.

Ohh! Sorry!

We need functionality,

not just aesthetics.

I could skate down the runway.

Whoo!

- No!

- Aah!

Need a hand?

No.

Thank you.

We have a, uh...

A certain percentage of...

Of customers that will

only seem to book once.

Is that a statement,

or do you want my opinion?

Well, you've never been one

to keep your opinion

to yourself.

Well, in that case,

maybe you should stop

running your lessons

like a military exercise

and let people have some fun.

That's all fun and games until

someone runs out of business.

What is this?

What is it?

This music...

I'm nearly falling asleep here.

It's the blues.

Yeah, I'll say. Shocking.

Oh, here we go.

You're gonna like this.

That's better.

We never have,

and we never will

agree on music.

Mm-hmm.

Come on.

No. The '90s are over.

You need to let them go, Owen.

Come on.

We had some good times...

You, me, and Caleb.

Yeah.

We were pretty blessed.

Sometimes I feel like he's...

I feel like he's slipping away.

He's still out there, Margs.

I feel him every time

I paddle out.

Hold your horses, kiddo.

Oh, hey. Just gonna

go catch up to Margot.

Why don't you put

these on instead?

We... I would, but she's...

Margot isn't gonna

go for a surf.

Uh, she just walked down.

I just saw her.

Well, that's true,

but she won't go out.

What's she doing, then?

The same thing she's done

every day for the last year.

She doesn't go

in the water anymore.

Wait, she... she hasn't

surfed in a year?

I thought she was

a pro surfer... the trophies.

Well, she is, darling.

That... That doesn't make sense.

Sometimes

when we're hurting,

the last thing we want to do

is what will make us

feel better.

Is she scared because of

what happened to Caleb?

When I was a kid,

we had this big,

old eucalyptus tree

in the garden.

It was beautiful.

It had a little magpie in it,

and every morning,

it would warble away.

For five years,

I was sent to school

to the sound of that

happy, little fellow.

One day, my father got an ax,

and he chopped the tree down.

I was devastated.

No more branches to cast

shadows on the wall.

No more Mr. Magpie.

We got a pool...

An above-ground monstrosity.

Well, it was so hot

the pavements were melting,

and I still refused

to get in it.

Why did you hate the pool?

Because if I'd got in the pool,

it would be like I was okay

with the tree being gone,

and I wasn't.

I was still angry.

But I realized there were

things to be happy about,

and that put the sad

things into perspective.

Things happen and they change us

and we can't control that.

What you can control

is how they change you.

I'm sorry about Caleb.

And about your tree.

Oh, don't be.

Now, 4:
00 p.m. tomorrow,

Chicka says

she's lined up some girls

for the fitting.

Oh, yeah. Uh...

You'll be fine.

Walk this way.

Now... Now, come over

here to me,

and you see up here?

That's what I'm doing.

You just nip those off.

Cora! Whoo!

- Hey.

- Hey!

Yeah!

- Okay.

Ooh, check it out, girls.

I thought we were

getting bikinis.

No, uh, bikinis weren't

invented until the '40s.

Your outfit is inspired

by the Edwardian Era.

Ta-da!

What are you doing?

It's heaps better.

Now you can see my legs.

Oh, is it? Is it heaps better?

Well, is there anything else

you'd like to make heaps better?

No. What? No.

I didn't realize

Tea Tree Beach was home

to such a fashion expert.

Uh, I just thought that...

Why don't you take over

and design the whole thing?

Come on, Cora.

She didn't mean to upset you.

Dressing up is

supposed to be fun.

You think this is

just dress-up?

What's her problem?

Ah!

What's going on in there?

She ruined my design.

And talking to her like

that's gonna fix it?

She hacked it to pieces.

Well, I don't know.

Does she have a point?

A point?

It's like you people

don't know anything

about beauty or design.

"You people."

It's these people

that have embraced you

and asked you to help out

with their festival.

What have your people

done for you, Cora?

Pushed you around,

spread rumors about you?

You're right. My people

are nothing like your people.

And I'm fine with that.

Thanks,

but I'm not hungry.

Well, I'll just leave

it here, then.

Aunt Margot, did you

and Caleb ever fight?

Never.

Yes.

Oh, all the time.

Blue Soul nearly killed us

more than once.

Why do you keep

running it, then?

It's all I have left of him.

Is that why you hate Owen?

I don't hate Owen.

The three of us

were great friends.

Owen was there surfing

with Caleb the day that he died.

I heard the fitting

didn't go so well.

Ugh! Yeah.

I kind of lost it.

- You're passionate.

Don't apologize for that.

You just need a bit of patience.

I don't know.

I-I constantly just feel like

I'm saying the wrong thing.

It takes courage

to speak your mind.

Our family makes strong women,

and you're one of them.

Be proud of that.

That chicken.

Belinda! No!

Out, out, out,

or I will cook you!

Chicka. Hey.

I owe you an apology.

I'm sorry about yesterday.

You were real mad.

I thought you might explode

into a thousand pieces.

I know.

Do you think the others

might forgive me?

We're going out to surf soon

if you want to join.

Yeah, I'd love to.

You looking for Tom?

He's on the beach.

And don't worry.

He's not one to

bear grudges, either.

Here.

Thank you.

Hey.

Hey.

They won't hurt you.

Whoo.

They're beautiful.

Whose are they?

Don't know.

Hey, listen, I was thinking,

and I might bring out

a line of bikinis, after all.

That's a shame.

Kind of liked

the knee-length look.

Hello?

Hey.

Hey.

This place is incredible.

These boards are amazing.

Margot really wouldn't

like you being in here.

This is so beautiful.

I almost thought

it would have a heartbeat.

It's not finished.

I need to, um...

It needs to be finished.

Wait, is this place yours?

This was Caleb's workshop.

Those are his boards.

This one is mine.

Wait, you design boards?

You never asked.

So, how come you haven't

finished it, then?

Can we come out of here?

Yeah.

Nice to have you home.

Mm-hmm.

It's good to be back.

Are you sure?

Sometimes I think

you prefer touring.

Are you fishing for something?

I'm proud of you.

Those waves in Indo...

They were big.

Mm.

And to be honest...

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