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Cassie makes a chilling discovery. Alf’s tear-jerking memory puts the Anzac Day celebrations into perspective for the kids. Graham finally opens up to Beth.
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00:00Classified PG. It contains adult themes. Channel 7 recommends parental guidance for young viewers.
00:10You've probably heard me carrying on about our little Anzac Day do here tomorrow.
00:14You're more than welcome if you'd like to come.
00:16I've never been to an Anzac service, and I'm not going to start now.
00:20Alright.
00:22Something to do with Ben?
00:23I can't say anything. If I do, he...
00:27He made me promise.
00:30He said it had to be our little secret.
00:32Why don't you just do us all a favour and just go home?
00:35I knew I should not come.
00:36Well, why did you?
00:39Well, what is it that you're not telling me?
00:44Guys should be in prison.
00:46I told you it's a secret.
00:47Sal and Flynn can get disordered.
00:49I don't want anyone to know.
00:51Please, don't tell anyone.
00:52Please, please.
00:53Please.
02:15There's going to be a few diggers pretty hungry up there at the surf club a bit later on.
02:19I was wondering if you kids would do us a favour and help us with the setting up of the
02:22stuff.
02:24I'd really like to.
02:25What time do you want them there?
02:26About an hour.
02:27Sally will show you what to do.
02:29Sure.
02:34This sucks.
02:35I was supposed to be doing stuff with them and Caitlin.
02:37Will you shut up, please?
02:38I'm trying to sleep.
02:39They'll want us to clean up too.
02:40You wait.
02:41We'll be stuck there all afternoon listening to a bunch of oldies blabbing on about nothing.
02:45I can't believe Henry gets out of this just because he's sick.
02:48This is not just any day.
02:50A lot of men and women about your age died for the things that you take for granted.
02:55I mean, the least you could do is show some respect.
02:57Now stop your whinging and go and help out.
03:00And put a smile on your face.
03:09Where are they heading, Arthur?
03:10To the surf club.
03:12They're setting up for the veterans' lunch.
03:16I saw you at the dawn service.
03:18I was out for a walk.
03:21What are you doing down there?
03:22Slippers.
03:24You were walking at 6.30.
03:27I don't sleep very well these days.
03:29For a minute there, I thought you were going to come and join us.
03:34You could still make the march.
03:36Or lunch with Alf and the other vets.
03:38No.
03:38I'll be out of your hair by this afternoon.
03:41You're leaving?
03:43Dad, what I said yesterday, I...
03:45It's fine.
03:46You made yourself perfectly clear.
03:50Dad, I...
03:54Morning.
03:54Hey, how was it?
03:56Oh, it was very special.
03:58It's a shame Sliven had to work on him.
03:59I thought she wanted to be there.
04:01You guys should have come too.
04:03Oh, I've never been to one of those Anzac Day things.
04:05Why would you want to?
04:06We shouldn't be celebrating war.
04:07Uh, actually, that's not what it's about at all.
04:10Good morning.
04:11Oh, hey, Ben.
04:12Come on in.
04:13Looks like I'm a bit early.
04:14I can make your coffee if you like.
04:15Oh, no, I'm fine.
04:16I won't be here for long.
04:19Cassie, I wanted to let you know that we finally got through to your auntie Pauline.
04:24She and the kids are coming up to see Mum today.
04:27When she gets here, we need to have a family discussion to make some decisions.
04:31Dad will come out of it.
04:33Let's not go into that now.
04:34We'll talk about it when we're all together.
04:37If you like, I can come back and give you a lift to the hospital.
04:39I'll get there myself.
04:42Fine.
04:45I'd better get going then.
04:46Yeah, I can drop Cassie at the hospital later if you like.
04:49Thanks, I appreciate it.
04:50Okay.
04:58Cass, listen, you have to tell someone.
05:00I can't.
05:01If I said something, I'd only cause trouble for myself and I don't need that right now.
05:05But you can't just let him get away with it.
05:06He already has.
05:07It's my word against his.
05:09Who are they going to believe?
05:10I believe you.
05:11Other people will believe you too.
05:12There's no use saying anything.
05:13It's not going on anymore.
05:15Cass, that's not the point.
05:17Look, just leave it.
05:18Okay?
05:21Hey, guys.
05:22What are you doing?
05:24Mum's volunteered us to help out with the Anzac Day lunch.
05:27Oh, well, I've got a couple of hours before I go to the hospital.
05:30I'll give you a hand if you want.
05:31Hey, how is your man?
05:33Still the same.
05:35Look, Cass, seriously, if there's anything we can do.
05:38Thanks.
05:42Anyway, are we going to do this lunch or what?
05:44Yep.
05:45Robbie and Tash, can you unstack all of these glasses?
05:48Rick, you just do a general tidy up.
05:49And, um, Maddie, you can arrange the chairs, please.
05:52Arranging chairs, yes.
05:54And then we are going to have to find a good spot for this.
05:58And all these banners.
05:59Um, Rick, do you think you could arrange them, please?
06:01Yep, sure.
06:01We'll hang them up.
06:02The old boys can salute them and pretend they're heroes again.
06:04At least they're out there doing something.
06:07Doing what?
06:07Shooting people.
06:08It's not Anzac Day, I think it sucks.
06:10Why do you say that?
06:12Well, tons of people get killed and we're having a party.
06:14Look, all I'm saying is that war's stupid.
06:16I mean, that's what we're told.
06:18Then all of a sudden we forget all this for one day a year and it's all fine.
06:20That's not what it's about.
06:22What do you think it's about?
06:24Well, it's about Gallipoli and World War II.
06:26And the Kokoda track.
06:28We studied that, didn't we?
06:29Look, like I said, there's nothing good about war
06:30and I just don't think we should be saying that there is.
06:41G'day, Rick.
06:42How's it going, mate?
06:47No.
06:48I'm not your mate.
06:49I beg your pardon?
06:50You heard me.
06:53Look, I know what you did to Cassie when she was little.
06:56I don't know what you mean.
06:58Really?
06:58Look, Cassie is a strange girl.
07:01She hasn't had an easy life and I've tried to be kind to her.
07:03Don't try and squirm out of it.
07:06Whatever she's saying, believe me, she needs help.
07:10You know what she's saying.
07:12The only help she needs is to get over what you did to her.
07:14Look, this is just a misunderstanding.
07:17Trust me.
07:18I've known Cassie all her life.
07:20She exaggerates.
07:21She makes trouble for herself and everyone around her.
07:24She can't help lying.
07:26It's not her fault.
07:27It's just the way it is.
07:29And the last thing you want to do is stick your neck out for her.
07:40Listen.
07:42If you ever hassle Cassie again, next time we won't be doing much talking.
07:46What?
07:54Please don't be mad at me.
07:58It's not her fault.
08:01People actually wanted to go to war.
08:02That's what I don't understand.
08:04Because I thought it was going to be some big adventure.
08:06How dumb is that?
08:08Some of them didn't even get a choice.
08:09They got conscripted.
08:11What's going on here?
08:12Just debating the finer points of Anzac Day.
08:15Oh, right.
08:17How do you sum it all up?
08:19How do you make them understand?
08:22I mean, listening to them talk, it just makes me realise how inadequate everything we teach
08:25them at school is.
08:26It's just facts and figures to them.
08:30So Anzac Day, everyone's like, oh, cool, we went to war.
08:32But then half of them didn't even want to be there in the first place.
08:35It's just weird.
08:36So, mate, what do you reckon they should have done, hidden away and tried to forget that
08:43it ever happened?
08:47I don't know.
08:49Well, I just think that for some of them, it would have been pretty hard to forget.
08:54I mean, some of those blokes were away from their families for six years in World War II,
09:00three years in Korea, and Vietnam.
09:03I am.
09:04Fifty thousand troops were rotated through there over the ten years.
09:08Ten years?
09:10Yeah, sixty-two to seventy-two.
09:12But that was, like, over thirty years ago, Mr. Stewart.
09:16Uh-huh.
09:17You have a yarn to any of those blokes in there, and they'll remember it just like it was yesterday.
09:24And it's not just about some of the things we saw.
09:30It's about the fear.
09:32It's about sitting around, waiting for something to happen, but you didn't know what.
09:39And it's about the bloke next to you.
09:42What do you mean?
09:46One night, we got caught out, me and a few other blokes.
09:50We were somewhere where we shouldn't have been, and we lost one of our fellas, and...
09:56Well, we could have got away, but we tiptoed round the jungle all night, cold and wet, just hoping we
10:06might stumble across him.
10:09The number of times we nearly bumped into the Viet Cong.
10:15But, you know, none of our blokes would have done it any different.
10:20Did you find him?
10:22Oh, yeah.
10:24They always made sure you found him.
10:34You ask any of those blokes in there, they'll all tell you the same thing.
10:41They would have gone looking for a bloke, even though they'd know they'd never find him.
10:46And the same thing, ask any of the blokes that have been to the wars over the years.
10:51Most of them would tell you, even if they knew they weren't going to win, they still would have gone.
10:59Some of us lived to tell the tale, and some didn't.
11:04But we're never going to forget them, and we're never going to stop marching.
11:12And maybe if you kids pay attention,
11:19you might learn something and make sure that you never do it.
11:40Hurry up, Maddy, we're going to be late.
11:42Late? What?
11:43The Anzac Day launch.
11:45How do I look?
11:47You're going?
11:48Well, we've set it all up, but our officer needs a hand.
11:51Wait a minute.
11:52This morning you were trying to get out of it, and now you're going back for more.
11:55What changed your mind?
11:57Mum, today is a really special day for Mr. Stewart and the others.
12:01See ya.
12:02Bye.
12:06Watch where you're going.
12:15Cassie, you remember Carla and Liam?
12:17Yeah, hey guys.
12:19Oh, you're so big now.
12:21I'm sorry it took a while to find us.
12:23With the separation from your Uncle Ted, I thought it might be best for everyone if we got away.
12:28But you're here now.
12:29Yeah, thanks to you.
12:31And we have a big decision to make.
12:33Yeah.
12:34Um, are you sure that you don't want me to stay?
12:36Thanks, I'm okay.
12:37Okay.
12:38Well, I'll leave you to it.
12:39It was a pleasure to meet you.
12:44Maybe you should give us a bit of time too.
12:46No, he's staying.
12:47All right.
12:48If that's what you want.
12:52Cassie, um, Ben and I are already in agreement about what we should do.
12:58But, you know, since you've been living with your Nan for the last ten years, we wanted to talk to
13:01you about it first.
13:02Yes, and we think it best to ask them to turn off the life support.
13:06She might improve.
13:08Cassie, you know that's not going to happen.
13:11No, don't do this to her.
13:13Not yet, please.
13:15No, don't do this to her.
13:47Ready when you are.
13:49Right.
13:51So you're just going to leave it like this then, are you?
13:53You made yourself pretty clear yesterday.
13:55Well, you made yourself pretty clear with the kids before.
13:57What are you talking about?
13:59Well, what are they supposed to think every time they're in the same room as you?
14:02All they get is this grumpy old man.
14:04What, that you don't care?
14:05If you think I'm going to gush all over them, then you're going to be disappointed.
14:08Oh, I'm used to disappointment.
14:09I've had 40 years of it.
14:1140 years of reaching out to you and getting nothing back.
14:14A lot of people wouldn't call a roof over their head and food on the table, nothing.
14:18All I wanted was a father.
14:19For you to love me.
14:21And that's what any child wants.
14:24And every time I try to reach out to you, you just push me away.
14:28I mean, you couldn't even walk me down the aisle on my wedding day.
14:32Why was that, Dad?
14:33Was it just that you were objecting to me marrying Jack?
14:36Is that why you wouldn't even give me any support when he died?
14:39Was that why you wouldn't even come to the funeral?
14:41Is that why you have given nothing to your grandchildren when they have needed you most?
14:46I know, and you hate me for it.
14:48I don't hate you.
14:49God, I love you.
14:51But you just, you just have never loved me back.
14:58I was too scared.
15:04Scared?
15:04What?
15:18Cassie, we've spoken to the doctors and decided to turn off your nan's life support.
15:24They're suggesting sooner rather than later.
15:27When?
15:28This evening.
15:30No!
15:31I won't let you.
15:32Look, I know this isn't easy, but you have to accept we're doing what's best.
15:35How can you do this to your own mother?
15:41Cassie, wait up.
15:42Oh, I hate him.
15:43I hate him so much.
15:45He doesn't care about her.
15:47I know he's a creeper.
15:48It's just...
15:49Your aunt agrees.
15:50You should go along with anything he says.
15:56Cassie?
15:58Pauline's just gone in to say goodbye to your grandmother.
16:01And then she's going to head back home.
16:03She doesn't want to be here for...
16:06Please try and understand.
16:11Okay, you guys.
16:12How about we go and get some ice cream?
16:14What would you like, Angel?
16:23You have such a beautiful voice, Angel.
16:26Angel.
16:27That's what he used to call me.
16:30He's doing it to her, too.
16:47I was just a farmer.
16:50Before I knew it, they turned me into a soldier.
16:55Ground pound, as they called us.
16:58Of course, we walked everywhere and carried these enormous packs.
17:02Well, I wasn't falling for that.
17:05So I volunteered with a mob that carried no gear at all.
17:09And their job was cleaning out the VC packs.
17:12What?
17:14What?
17:15There was this one time.
17:17I was in pretty deep.
17:20But I came across this wounded VC.
17:25He couldn't have been more than 14.
17:30And he'd lost both his arms.
17:34And all I could hear was the screaming and the sobbing.
17:40And then I realised...
17:44It was me.
17:49So Mum didn't know anything of this, or...?
17:51No.
17:52And why should she?
17:54Well, maybe she might have felt a little less isolated.
17:58She shared your life.
17:59She deserved to know, Dad.
18:01Yeah, I suppose you're right.
18:02Well, I couldn't hack it.
18:04The bloke that pulled me out, Freddy...
18:07He was the soul of the earth.
18:10Big C got him a couple of months ago.
18:11I went to see him.
18:13You know what he said?
18:15Clear the decks, Gray.
18:16It's important to clear the decks.
18:21That's what I come back here to do.
18:26But when I got here...
18:30It was too hard.
18:34Before I knew it...
18:38I was right down the tunnel here.
18:45I'm...
18:48I'm...
19:00Must be pretty hard without your dad.
19:03Do you miss him?
19:06Is it good having Uncle Ben around?
19:10Does he come over much?
19:12A bit.
19:14More now that your dad's not home?
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19:51How'd it go?
19:53What's happening this afternoon?
19:56Oh, Cassie.
19:57It's all right.
19:58I...
19:58I can't think about it right now.
20:00I just...
20:01No, no, no.
20:02That's okay.
20:03We understand.
20:04But there's something else.
20:07Something
20:08I need to talk to you about.
20:19G'day.
20:21I thought you were leaving.
20:24Change of plans.
20:27And a beer.
20:29Thanks.
20:42Do you reckon they're ever really going to understand?
20:46Maybe not.
20:49Just as long as they try, that's all that matters.
20:53We've got to keep telling them.
20:57The mates we left behind.
21:29A very private secret.