0:00:00 > 0:00:02# Worlds away from anyone
0:00:02 > 0:00:06# They were burning themselves out in the sun
0:00:06 > 0:00:09# Worlds away from anyone
0:00:09 > 0:00:12# They were burning themselves out in the sun
0:00:12 > 0:00:17# There was just enough to get that far away. #
0:00:33 > 0:00:35'The weather, like life,
0:00:35 > 0:00:37'can be totally unpredictable.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40'One minute, everything's fine and calm,
0:00:40 > 0:00:44'then from out of nowhere, you're caught in a perfect storm.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53'Suddenly, you're in big trouble and it's nothing you could have ever seen coming.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01'Looking back, it all started with the promise of a massive swell.'
0:01:06 > 0:01:09- Hey, I haven't finished that! - You have now.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13You seen the surf report? Predicting a ten foot swell.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17I don't know. Ten foot is seriously serious.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21- Maybe I'm not ready to surf through waves yet.- I think you are.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25- Really?- Pity we only have one board between us.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29- Don't worry about that. Sir, have you finished with that?- No.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32Give that back here! There was one sip left!
0:01:32 > 0:01:34You owe me 20 cents!
0:01:39 > 0:01:43- I'd be careful if I was you. - 10 foot swell doesn't faze me.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45I wasn't talking about the waves.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49'Even Egg could see the storm brewing.'
0:01:49 > 0:01:52TANNOY: And now it's time for the Wacky Weather Report
0:01:52 > 0:01:58with Radio Angelus' resident wackster Geoffrey Egg Eggleston.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02OK, folks, it's time to put on those hats.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06We've got one mean cold front coming our way. I'm talking mad winds,
0:02:06 > 0:02:11crazy rains and bucketloads of emotional turbulence!
0:02:11 > 0:02:14'Come on, come on. Time is money.'
0:02:14 > 0:02:18'Dark clouds have been hovering over the Streetons for a while now.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22I'll be paying a photographer by the hour. Don't dawdle tomorrow!
0:02:24 > 0:02:30Careful! Vicki, I want you and Josh on either side
0:02:30 > 0:02:34- of your grandmother. - You mean Mum?
0:02:34 > 0:02:37For the purposes of the photo shoot, she's your grandmother
0:02:37 > 0:02:40and you and Josh are her favourite grandchildren.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45Where are you planning on building this retirement village?
0:02:45 > 0:02:49I'm building "lifestyle opportunities for the young at heart".
0:02:49 > 0:02:51Right there.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55Of course, we'll have to Photoshop an artist's sketch for the brochure.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59- Come on. - Right next to the Leonards' house.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02In three years' time, that house will be the site
0:03:02 > 0:03:04of the new Lifestyle Recreation Centre.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08Everybody in Angelus will have access to its state-of-the-art facilities,
0:03:08 > 0:03:12- for a small fee. - What about Lockie's family?
0:03:12 > 0:03:17You cant stand in the way of progress. You get trampled on.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21- Well, smile for the camera then. - Smile!
0:03:21 > 0:03:22- Smile!- Smile, Vicki!
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Smile, Vicki!
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Click!
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Perfect!
0:03:30 > 0:03:33- Lockie here? - How did you get in here?
0:03:33 > 0:03:37And why are you wearing a raincoat? It's sunny.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Yum, are these tuna?
0:03:41 > 0:03:43What's going on?
0:03:45 > 0:03:49I've got something to show you. I've been keeping it a secret.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51It's time I came clean.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54- We can go to my bedroom. - Bathroom would be better.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Alright.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59'Ever since Phillip first met Mel,
0:03:59 > 0:04:03'he'd never quite got the idea out of his head that Mel was a mermaid.'
0:04:03 > 0:04:07There's something weird about that girl. I can't put my finger on it.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10Yes, finally someone else sees it.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12What am I seeing?
0:04:13 > 0:04:16It all adds up. Mel loves eating fish,
0:04:16 > 0:04:20she wears a raincoat because she's terrified of getting wet.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24Surely Lockie would have realised by now. They surf together every day.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30Of course! Wetsuit!
0:04:31 > 0:04:35Mel wears a wetsuit causing insufficient surface area
0:04:35 > 0:04:38of her bare legs to have contact with the water.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42- Preventing a complete metamorphosis. - Exactly!
0:04:42 > 0:04:46- What do you propose she wants to show Lockie in private?- Her tail.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50Bathrooms have water. She'll need it so her tail will grow.
0:04:52 > 0:04:57- 'I wasn't expecting this. - Do you like it?- It's awesome.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01- 'It'll help you track through the waves.- It's designed to do that.'
0:05:02 > 0:05:06(That is so cool, a real-life mermaid. Who'd have thought it!)
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Hey, boys.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11- What are you two up to? - BOTH: Nothing.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15We need to keep this to ourselves.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Word gets out Mel's a mermaid,
0:05:17 > 0:05:20she'll be preserved in embalming fluid and stuffed in a museum.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23We need to formulate a plan.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27- Where did you get it?- A second-hand shop. Just bought it.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31- Needs a bit of a wash. - It's so cool!
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Except no leg rope.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36I've got one in my room.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Must have cost a packet.
0:05:40 > 0:05:437,000 cans.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47I collected 70 cans a day for 100 days.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51- 100 days!- I started the day I first saw you surf.
0:05:51 > 0:05:56'Freeze frame for a minute. That right there - clue number one.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58'Mel was trying to tell me something
0:05:58 > 0:06:01'and it wasn't about recycling, surfboards or mermaids
0:06:01 > 0:06:04'but all I could say in return was...'
0:06:04 > 0:06:08- Here it is.- Oh. - It's OK. I'll attach it for you.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16There you go.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18'OK, that was clue number two.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22'Mel had never gone to such an effort to look like... Well, a girl.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24'Not that I noticed.'
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Do you mind? I just ironed that.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30Sorry. Whatever his highness wants(!)
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Are you alright?
0:06:32 > 0:06:35Just thought you'd be more excited about the board.
0:06:35 > 0:06:40It's excellent. I love it. The best! I love you for buying it.
0:06:40 > 0:06:41Really?
0:06:41 > 0:06:45You're kidding, right? So did you mean what you said
0:06:45 > 0:06:49- about us being ready to surf that wave together?- Yeah.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Of course. Why wouldn't I?
0:06:51 > 0:06:53'OK, stop.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56'This here, clue number three.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00'It would have been pretty obvious to most people, except me.'
0:07:04 > 0:07:05Are you alright?
0:07:06 > 0:07:08- See you.- Mel...
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Yeah.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12- Your board.- Right.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15Thanks.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21EGG: We've got a bolt from the blue for you today, folks.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24An unseasonable low pressure crush front.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27It's hard to predict how things pan out.
0:07:27 > 0:07:33It could be blue skies ahead, or it could turn nasty, nasty, nasty!
0:07:37 > 0:07:41'The question is, what are you going to do about it?'
0:07:41 > 0:07:44I don't know. Mel's great to hang out with.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46She likes to surf.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48She's a mate.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52- But Mel comes with unique complications.- You're telling me!
0:07:52 > 0:07:55She's cool...but crazy.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59You mean, you're not sure if you belong in her world,
0:07:59 > 0:08:02if that's what you want for yourself.
0:08:02 > 0:08:07'That was weird. My brother's advice almost made sense for once.'
0:08:07 > 0:08:10Who says you can't have a mate as a girlfriend?
0:08:10 > 0:08:12It actually makes sense.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15It doesn't have to be confusing or weird.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19- Maybe I do belong in her world. - Just think that through. In full.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21OK?
0:08:22 > 0:08:24Night, Phillip.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Night, Lock.
0:08:32 > 0:08:37- Ten foot swell, eh? - Yeah. The surf should be awesome.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41- Young Mel, is she up for the challenge?- I think so.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44We'll find out, I suppose.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48Monster swell like that will be a baptism by fire.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53Hey, Sarge, how do you know when it's time to ride the big wave
0:08:53 > 0:08:57- with someone?- Just as the wave's cresting, you're padding and...
0:08:57 > 0:09:02- Wait a second, you're the expert. - No, not that kind of wave.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05The other kind of wave.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Oh, that kind of wave.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Well...you just know.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17Well, say you don't "just know". Not 100%.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Maybe...99.98%.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24Well, if you go into it with an open and truthful heart,
0:09:24 > 0:09:26what can go wrong?
0:09:26 > 0:09:31- Open heart?- If you don't go into it with a completely open heart...
0:09:31 > 0:09:35It's like if you had the best surfboard but it had a ding in it,
0:09:35 > 0:09:38and no matter how much you tried to patch it,
0:09:38 > 0:09:40it never felt quite right.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50'You've got to hand it to the Sarge,
0:09:50 > 0:09:53'he always comes up trumps when it comes to good advice.
0:09:53 > 0:09:58'I took him at his word. I opened up my heart to Mel.'
0:09:58 > 0:09:59KNOCKS ON WINDOW
0:10:03 > 0:10:04Lockie!
0:10:14 > 0:10:17- Are you alright? - Yeah. I'm more than alright!
0:10:18 > 0:10:21So are you.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26So, erm... you still want to ride that wave?
0:10:26 > 0:10:30Because if you do, I really want to too.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Sure. Straight after you change out of your pyjamas.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40I must have had something else on my mind.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43- See you later.- Lockie...
0:10:54 > 0:10:58'Stop stressing Vicki. The Leonards will find another place.'
0:10:58 > 0:11:02You have to talk to Dad. He listens to you. Get him to end the deal.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05I can't do that. It's the whole reason I'm here.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08I thought you were here because of me.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12Of course. I'm here to help you and your family.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16I mean it's not as if you're going to meet anyone useful in this town.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Just as well your parents sent you to Redmont.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23- That's not why they sent me there. - Why else do you think they did?
0:11:23 > 0:11:27Come on, Vicki. You know how things work in our world.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31The fact we like each other is an added incentive.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34Ice cream?
0:11:34 > 0:11:39I should probably go. I promised your dad I'd look over the blueprints.
0:11:43 > 0:11:48Of all the girls my parents set me up with, you're by far the nicest.
0:11:54 > 0:11:59I need to know whether I should take this up before the photo shoot.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03Why did you and Dad send me to boarding school? Be honest.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05The facilities, of course.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09The solar powered media centre is world class. Now...the dress.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Vicki, come back here.
0:12:17 > 0:12:21Seems that not only is Mel a mermaid,
0:12:21 > 0:12:25- she intends to turn Lockie into a merman.- Wow!
0:12:25 > 0:12:29- I think I need to have words with Mel.- Best tread carefully.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33It says here that mermaids can be vengeful
0:12:33 > 0:12:36and can have powers that can include controlling the weather.
0:12:36 > 0:12:41Get on her bad side and who knows what we're up against.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49- Ready to go?- Course I am. What could go wrong?
0:12:49 > 0:12:51KNOCK ON DOOR
0:12:53 > 0:12:56EGG: Cyclone alert, cyclone alert!
0:12:57 > 0:12:58Hi.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03- STRONG WIND BLOWS - 'He plans to redevelop it all.'
0:13:04 > 0:13:09The swamp, this house. Everything. Into a retirement village.
0:13:09 > 0:13:10Really?
0:13:10 > 0:13:14Who in their right mind would want to live in a swamp?
0:13:14 > 0:13:17You do.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21Well, yes. But who else would be crazy enough to?
0:13:21 > 0:13:26Dad's really serious about this. You should be worried.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28I am worried, love.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30I'm worried about you.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34'You'd think I'd care a little more about my house being levelled,
0:13:34 > 0:13:38'but I'd never seen Vicki so upset. It knocked the wind out of me.'
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Tissues and tea.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44'I figured Mel could wait for five minutes.'
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Sometimes it's just too...
0:14:04 > 0:14:06- Too...- Too.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10- And I can't... I can't... - Can't. You just can't.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13'Time was ticking away. I had to get to the beach.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16'Surely they'd had enough tea and tissues by now.'
0:14:16 > 0:14:20I got your message. Victoria, we'd best be off.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24I'm sure Mrs Leonard has housework to do. Lots of housework.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27I'm staying here.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29No, you are not, young lady!
0:14:30 > 0:14:33So... Who's for a cup of tea, then?
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Lockie, would you do the honours?
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Need a hand?
0:14:42 > 0:14:44No. I'm... I'm fine, thanks.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48'I couldn't look at her, Vicki was like the Medusa.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51'One look in her eyes and I'd be gone.'
0:14:51 > 0:14:54- What are you looking for? - The, erm...tea.
0:14:55 > 0:15:00It's on the bench. Near the kettle. With the sugar and the milk.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Oh...right.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Thanks.
0:15:05 > 0:15:11Sorry for storming over. Didn't know where else to go.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15You were going surfing! Don't let me stop you.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19No, it's okay, you're not stopping me.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22The surf can wait.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39Vicky needs to know you're there.
0:15:39 > 0:15:44Of course I'm there. We sleep under the same roof.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48I've always found a hug goes a long way.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54Victoria.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56Mum.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Victoria.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Mum?
0:16:12 > 0:16:15Well, we best be off, then.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21It'll take a while for things to settle,
0:16:21 > 0:16:24they need to ride it out.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Right.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29The wave? Mel!
0:16:33 > 0:16:37- I can explain! - You're the reason I bought this.
0:16:37 > 0:16:38What happened?
0:16:38 > 0:16:42After my surfing buddy didn't show? I went in.
0:16:42 > 0:16:48I tried to surf the big wave. I didn't make it pass the brake.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52You're still the champion surfer in Angelus.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54Here's your trophy!
0:16:54 > 0:16:57I really am sorry. Vicky needed me.
0:16:57 > 0:17:03I was right the first time I met you. You really are an octopus.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07She had stuff going on. Major stuff.
0:17:10 > 0:17:15Here I am back in the beginning in trouble with Mel.
0:17:15 > 0:17:21I had a brilliant plan. How can she not laugh at my suit?
0:17:21 > 0:17:25Mel wasn't the only one in a mood.
0:17:25 > 0:17:31The weather had thrown a fit and Joe thought it was no coincidence.
0:17:31 > 0:17:36I estimate five hundred revelations per minute.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39That's over fifty kilometers per hour.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42That's gale force conditions.
0:17:43 > 0:17:48- The perfect storm. - It's all Lockie's fault.
0:17:48 > 0:17:54We need to do something to make it up to Mel.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58The people of Angelus are depending on us.
0:18:19 > 0:18:20Vicky!
0:18:24 > 0:18:25Got any tissues?
0:18:25 > 0:18:28All out!
0:18:29 > 0:18:34- What's with the suit? - This is no suit. I'm an octopus.
0:18:34 > 0:18:39Arms and legs going everywhere. No spine.
0:18:39 > 0:18:44I guess that makes two spineless people walking around.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47I started going out with a boy
0:18:47 > 0:18:50before I broke up with the old one.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53That's something an octopus would do.
0:18:53 > 0:18:58Because of that, you think you can take my crown?
0:18:58 > 0:19:03They can make calamari out of me to feed China
0:19:03 > 0:19:05and they are hungry people.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09Lockie, calamari rings are made of squid.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12Do squid have spines?
0:19:12 > 0:19:15I don't think so.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17You can be a squid then.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20Deal!
0:19:20 > 0:19:24I didn't want to break up with you
0:19:24 > 0:19:28but I didn't want to stay with you.
0:19:28 > 0:19:33- When we're together, we're just.. - Yeah.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37With Josh, it was just smooth sailing.
0:19:37 > 0:19:42I thought that's what I wanted. But apparently...
0:19:42 > 0:19:44You broke up with him.
0:19:46 > 0:19:51I had this dream. I was on a beach
0:19:51 > 0:19:56except the sand was made up of Brazil nuts and macadamias.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59I was made of marshmallow.
0:19:59 > 0:20:05You were there, surfing on this giant wave of melted chocolate.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11I was standing, I could see you coming,
0:20:11 > 0:20:15and there's nothing I can do to stop it.
0:20:15 > 0:20:21- So, together, we are like.. - Rocky road.
0:20:25 > 0:20:31Phillip and Joe decided a peace offering was the way forward.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Do you think this will work?
0:20:34 > 0:20:38We've established she loves Gino. It can't fail.
0:20:49 > 0:20:54Change of venue. We're going to do the photo shoot in here.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58Where's Vicky? The photographer will be here.
0:20:58 > 0:20:59Victoria?
0:20:59 > 0:21:03I need to speak. Vicky's broken up with Josh.
0:21:03 > 0:21:08- I forbid it. - It's okay. The deal's still on.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11I want Victoria in that dress ASAP.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13I'm not wearing that dress.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15'Course you are, kitten.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18You sent me to boarding school
0:21:18 > 0:21:24so I'd meet boys and you could do deals with the parents.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26It ends now.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Listen to me.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Mrs Streeton did something Vicky didn't expect.
0:21:31 > 0:21:37No, Barry. We can't force her to do something she objects to.
0:21:39 > 0:21:40She's our daughter.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44Put on that dress Victoria now!
0:21:44 > 0:21:50- If you want me in the brochure, photo shoot me in.- Me too!
0:21:51 > 0:21:53What is going on with you?
0:21:53 > 0:21:58The storm clouds had parted from the Streeton house.
0:21:58 > 0:22:03In fact, it was happening all over town.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08We did it! Angelus is safe!
0:22:08 > 0:22:14We can't get too ahead of ourselves. Lockie might stuff it up again.
0:22:14 > 0:22:19The low pressure has moved on as quickly as it came.
0:22:19 > 0:22:24Expect settled weather. It's too early to predict.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28Don't tuck those raincoats away too soon.
0:22:34 > 0:22:39For once, the weather forecast was right.
0:22:39 > 0:22:43Mel and I had stormy days ahead of us.
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