Episode 1 Angry Boys

This programme contains adult humour and very strong language.

Oi!

Nathan! NATHAN!

What are you doing up there? Come down.

Fucking knob.

My name's Daniel. I'm 17 and I live on a farm in Dunt.

I'm going to give it ten seconds before the timer goes off.

'I live with my mum, my little sister Julia,

'my brothers Tyson and Jamie...'

Here we go. Smile, dickheads.

'..and my other brother, Nathan.'

Nathan, be careful!

'Nathan's my identical twin brother.

'He's a tripper.

'He's deaf. He's a little bit retarded, too.'

Nathan!

'Nath lost his hearing in this explosives accident when he was little

'and we did this thing, right,

'where we had an operation and I had to give him one of my eardrums...'

Fuck you!

'..but it fucked up. Like, it didn't work.

'It started getting shit again.

'When we were little, right, me and Nath, we were good mates.

'Like, we'd wear the same clothes and we were in the same footy team.

'We were just, like, inseparable.'

But as we got more, like, teenagers,

you can... we went a bit more different.

'Like, I'm better at school, I've got more mates than him,

'get more chicks than him and...'

Like, I'm a better bloke than him in a lot of ways.

'Like, Nath, like, he's always doing weird shit and stuff.'

Oi, Nathan! What are you doing?

'Our farm's 180 acres, but, like, it's pretty shit.

'But, my dad, he died in this car crash when we were 11,

'and he had this, like, dream

'that he wanted to make it into, like, a really successful farm.'

Nathan!

'So, me and Nath, like,

'we finish school this year, and we're going to work on it together,

'and we're going to, like, finish off his dream.'

Er, this is the sign that I made.

'We're going to call the whole thing Danthan Industries,

'cos it's Daniel and Nathan combined,'

cos it's the "Dan" from Daniel,

it's the "Than" from Nathan.

So, you put it together - Danthan. Well, it's Dan'thin', cos Na'thin'.

'Oh, yeah, then there's Steve.'

-Hey, fellas.

-'He's my mum's new boyfriend.

-'He's a fucking dickhead.'

-You boys should get outside. It's a beautiful day.

We are outside, dickhead.

'He's a fucking knob. He's always, like, trying to get us involved in shit.'

Like, "Oh, hey, boys, I'm going to go for..

"Do you want to go out on the bikes together?" and shit,

and the other day he's like, "Let's go hunting."

Like, we don't fucking go hunting, mate.

Hey, Stevie.

-Stevie?

-Yeah? Yeah, mate?

-Footy?

-Yeah. Come on, mate.

-Catch this.

Ow!

-Daniel.

-He dropped it, you get it.

-Be polite.

-Oh, never mind. Come inside.

-Nath!

I'm Jesse. I'm serving 18 months for breaking and entering.

My name's Clinton. Aged 14. Serving nine months for assault.

I'm 13, serving three years for manslaughter.

'We're a detention facility for boys 10 to 18 years of age.

'The boys are serving time for different offences.'

These are the bad boys. The worst boys in the state.

'We have 60 to 80 boys

'detained here at any one time,

'and security is pretty tight,'

because a lot of these boys are considered a threat to society.

'In a jail, any jail, there's a food chain - the hierarchy.

'At the bottom is our inmates...'

Hats off, boys.

'..and at the top, it has to be us - the staff.'

But at the top of our food chain, it's Gran.

Get in there, you little shit.

Sweet dreams.

'Gran's been here for more than 25 years.

'She genuinely knows the place better than any of us here.'

Break it up!

'Gran is a real asset to this place.'

I feel so lucky to have her. I don't know what we'd do without her.

You're behaving like a bunch of fucking little dickheads. Sit in your spot, please.

'If a real ratbag kid comes in,'

a real psychopathic-style kid, with all the anger issues in the world,

they usually send him straight to Gran and I'll sort him out.

'The boys fear me. They're frightened of me.

'I can be a real fucking cow if I need to be.'

Turn the fucking television off, Marlon.

'She's got a lot more experience than we do. She's a mother figure for the boys.'

-We're not going unless you give us a joke.

-No. I'm not in the mood for fun.

-Then we're not leaving.

-All right, all right. One joke.

How many juvenile offenders does it take to finish a crossword?

-I don't know.

-Ten.

One to get his mum to do it cos he can't spell and the other nine to beat the shit out of you.

All right. All of you fuckwits, out.

-'Gran, she can be an old cow.'

-Come on!

Yeah, she's kind of strict, like, puts you in your place when you need to be put in your place.

And a racist old bitch too, when she wants to be.

Get your lazy, Aboriginal arse off the couch.

All of you, in the yard. Come on, Marlon.

You've been, fucking, sniffing too much petrol. Get up.

Out, you two. What are you trying to do, fucking strangle me? Out.

'Even though we fight a little bit, we...'

It's all in good fun, muck around and that, and have fun.

Two teams - light skins, dark skins.

Dark skin, light skin, light skin, light skin.

You are a light skin. I know you're an Aborigine, but you're a light skin.

-Bullshit, man.

-Over there.

'Gran does cross the line.'

Get the fucking ball, you faggot!

Come on, darkies! Darkies, get it, get it! Nice throw, dickhead.

'There's no doubt that Gran can get a little bit out of order with her political correctness.'

Kick it, negro, kick it! Come on, Coco Pops. Go get the ball.

'We turn a blind eye to the way she operates at times,'

because the bottom line for us is that she delivers results.

Did your mum's heroin habit during pregnancy affect you?

'When I'm tough with the boys, I find that they...

'You earn their respect.'

Jesus, the bloody goal's as big as my arse. Get it in.

'You make an impact on them. And we're talking about real bad boys, here.'

Bad cookies.

But I feel like I know how to treat bad boys.

Jesus, I thought wogs were good at soccer.

Oh, did you hear that?

GROANING

Oh, yuck!

What is he doing?

Oh, Nate's in there.

He's on the dunny, but cos he's deaf,

he can't hear himself taking a dump, so he makes all these fucking sounds.

Listen to this.

GROANING

Oh! Mum! (It's disgusting.)

Mum, come listen to this.

I'm not interested, Daniel. Leave him alone.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

'Well, he's got partial hearing, so he's got, like, a little bit.'

So, if you yell really loud, like if I go, "Nathan, can you hear me?"

Yeah.

But Nath, he never wants to talk, right, cos he reckons if he does,

he sounds like a full spastic,

and he reckons we would laugh at him, which we do.

So, if I go, um... "Hey, Nath, Nath, Nath, Nath."

Say, "My name's Nathan and I'm a big deaf spaz".

Daniel's a big deaf spaz.

-See?

-Doesn't even hear it.

-Did you say Daniel?

But, I've been, like... I've taught him to lip read,

which is, like, when you watch someone's lips

and you can work out what they're saying from how they move their lips.

So, I'll go to him...

I'll go, "Nathan, can you understand me?

"Do you know who I am? I am your brother."

We do this thing, like, you grab a book, right?

Where, like, you say something,

and you can cover your lips and he doesn't understand what you're saying. Watch this.

So, if I go, "I love you, Nathan. You're the best brother in the whole world.

"(No, you're not, you're a fucking faggot. You're a fucking dumb arse. Go fuck a dog.)"

See? He doesn't get it.

So if I go, um,

"You're a legend. (You're a fag.)"

"You're the best brother in the whole world. (No, you're a fucking knob.)"

See? He doesn't get it.

"Good bloke. (Faggot.)"

"Awesome bloke. (Dick face.)"

But that's it. You can do a lot of shit with deaf guys.

New arrival, Dock B, heading to security, over.

'I'm often the one the boys meet when they arrive at the prison.'

Oh, he's keen. He's popped out. I'm Gran. I'm here to look after you.

Do you know where you are? You're in prison.

'That can be interesting, helping them settle in.

'Things are always shaky those first few days.'

Crack a smile, why don't you? Eh?

'My job description on paper is to be an officer.'

Put your weight on your front foot so you...

'But I find that I'm also a sports coach,

'I'm a chef...'

Careful with knives, guys.

'I'm a games coordinator.'

Your go, Imran.

'I'm a psychiatrist. I find myself counselling the boys 24/7.'

You've been a bit of a mental case lately, you've got to admit.

'I've become a surrogate family for a lot of these boys.'

Hip, hip, hooray!

'You become Mum, you become Grandma.

'You're the one they turn to.'

High five.

Whoops, too slow.

Break it up! Get off him!

'There's times when you shit yourself.'

On the fucking ground. Get down, you fucking idiot.

'Fights - often we have to, sort of, deal with altercations with the boys'

where I need to, sort of, restrain them,

get them on the ground, and you shit yourself.

You want to spend the night in iso?

You're going the right way about it.

-Shut the fuck up!

-Get in there!

These are my mates, Loki, Jayden, Black Daniel.

Yeah, he's Daniel too, so we call him Black Daniel so you can tell the difference.

'We're, kind of, the core crew in town. Like, we chill together, we do stuff.

'Just the river, the dam, whatever, parties. Wreak havoc, basically.

'Got my Ps, so I can take my mum's car.

'Yeah, we sort of, did it up a bit.

'You know, added some shit to it and that.'

-The Pulsar.

-Got the Pulsie.

-The Pulsie.

'We do "mainies". Just drive up and down the main street.

'Yeah, there's different types of mainies.

'You can do basic mainies, which is just driving up and down, and checking out what's going on.

'Like, calling out to chicks or whatever.'

Or you can do music mainies. You just pump some music and that, just full tunes blaring and that.

RAP MUSIC PLAYS

'Yeah, like, back in the day, before I got my licence,

'we did BMX mainies.

'Just cruise up and down, check out what's going on.

'Walking mainies. That's sometimes fun, too.

'But having a Pulsar is fucking awesome.

'There's so much shit you can do with it.

'Yeah, it's pretty much the fun shit that we do around town.'

Yeah!

Daniel!

-What's up?

-Know anything about this?

-No.

'The cops, they like us cos we sort of, keep an eye on the town.'

That's weird, isn't it? Looks like fresh.

Definitely let you know if we see anything, but...

'Make sure there's no trouble.' Catch you!

'If anything's going on, we pretty much know about it.'

Nathan! What are you doing? (He's a fucking knob.)

Nath always pisses on the bottle shop sign cos he hates the guy that owns the bottle shop.

-Nath's not fully in our crew. Like, he's not really one of our mates.

-Yeah, it's cos he's a knob.

-Yeah.

We don't like him cos he goes psycho.

He kicked Loki in the nuts once... Yeah, cos you laughed at him.

-Cos Nath accidentally went in the girls' dunnies.

-It was funny.

Yeah, but you laughed to the point that it made him aggro,

and so now, whenever Nath sees Loki,

-he's always threatening to kick him in the nuts.

-Yeah.

Go home, Nathan!

-Go back to the girls' dunnies!

-Shut up.

Those boys on kitchen duty should be in the kitchen now. Come on, dickheads.

Hey, Gran, can we get ice-cream tonight?

-Ice cream? No idea.

-Ah, that sucks.

-Come on! Out!

-How about we use your 8-Ball to find out?

-Magic 8-Ball! Come on.

-All right.

-Yeah!

-Yes!

-Go.

Will we have ice-cream tonight?

-Please say yes.

-Come on, yes.

-Yes.

-Yes.

Signs point to yes.

THEY CHEER

Right, get in the kitchen, fuckwits. Come on!

'A lot of these boys can be quite unhappy while they're on the inside.'

They can be depressed, they can be angry.

So, I like to lighten things up a little bit.

'This is Big Brother.'

Come to The Diary Room, please, Christian.

'I find that it can help them take their mind off their worries.'

They love it when I do that.

Yeah, no, Gran's jokes are awesome. It's funny as.

She does these practical jokes and it's called "Gran's Gotchas".

And if she ever gets you, it's like, "Oh, shit."

She just, fucks around with you, you know what I mean?

Hey, Trent?

We just found out that you're getting an early release.

So, congratulations.

You'll be going home this afternoon. Well done.

Let's go pack your bags and get you out of here.

Now, where's Mum? Mum should be here somewhere.

Er, Trent, I just wanted to say before you go...

..gotcha!

Trent, you ain't going nowhere!

You've got another nine months in here. We're not letting you out.

-Have you guys heard about the escape tunnel in Block E?

-What?

Gotcha!

Marcus has just come back from court. Go easy on him.

He's just found out he's going to get the electric chair.

THEY GASP

-Gotcha!

-That ain't funny.

That's not even funny.

'A lot of the guys are missing out on things.

'They miss out on parties, socials, discos, that sort of thing.'

Right, take a seat, guys. This is Friday night song night.

'So, I like to keep them as distracted as possible

'and I like to keep them entertained.'

# They tried to make me go to rehab

# I won't go, go, go

# You took a sip Just a sip

# From the devil's cup

# Just who do you think you are?

# Take it like a man, baby If that's what you are

# 25 years and my life is still

# Trying to get up that great big hill

# Of hope

# Moving on up Moving on out

# Time to break free Nothing can stop me. #

This is Friday night song night.

I'm Gran.

All right, take the mark. Ready?

Yeah. Go.

Do another one. Straight in. Another one.

'I like to update my profile pic once or twice a fortnight.'

Fuck off. I'm going to do some mirror ones.

These are some of my old profile pics.

Balloon head.

That's this tatt that I want to get.

Pussy fingers.

I'll show you Nath's profile pic.

He's had that one up for ages, actually.

These are his other ones. He does heaps of this.

And his pussy fingers, too. He ripped that off me.

I started doing that first. At our school, I invented that.

Hey, Nath.

Nath, when are you going to change your profile pic? You've had that up for ages, mate.

Nath! Nathan!

Profile pic, mate. When are you changing it?

Fuck off.

We're into, like, skating, surf and that.

Nath's more skating. He's, like, pretty good at it.

He can do tricks and shit.

'I'm more surfing, so, yeah, I'm getting pretty good at that,

'on the dam and that.

'Music-wise, we're into hip hop,'

so, me and Nath, you know, we do a bit of shit together.

I MC, he beatboxes.

# School is shit

# I really hate it

# The teachers are gay

# Hey, hey, hey. #

I do a fair bit of freestyle stuff,

so whatever comes into your head.

I don't like to plan it too much. Don't like writing shit down,

but I've just, pretty much, got an ear for rhyming and that.

# My car is a manual

# My name is Daniel. #

There's my Wall of Legends.

This is pretty much everyone who I consider an absolute legend.

So, um, the main ones - you got my dad, that's my dad. You got my gran.

You got Blake Oakfield. He's, er, this legendary surfer.

He's retired now, but he was an absolute legend back in the day.

Erm, S.mouse, me and Nath's favourite rapper. We just love all his shit.

And then Emily Chase. She's this legendary hot chick that me and Nath are really into.

Nath's got his own wall of legends, too, don't you, Nath? This is his.

Emily.

Is she a legend?

-Yeah.

-So, we're into similar shit.

You've just got to express yourself in your own bedroom.

Well, this is home for us, here.

We're on prison grounds and, er,

I've been here for about 14 years now,

which is, er, yeah, it's flown by.

I live here with Penny, who's another officer in the prison.

The boys call her "Legs", because she's nearly seven feet tall,

which is just a funny nickname they've come up with.

-But you don't mind it.

-I don't mind it. No, no.

I did at first but no, it's fine now.

It's not teasing. It's just a nickname.

The house does come with the job.

So, when Gran retires we may not be able to stay.

Well, we don't need to think about that now, so live in the moment.

'Well, these are my guinea pigs. I've got 23 adults here and six young.'

I just love them. They're a lovely animal.

And this is my pride and joy. This is Kerri-Anne.

She's the one that Penny gave me, five or six years ago.

We got the whole craze started. She's a wonderful looking beast.

I did have a guinea pig in my bed once, a few years ago,

and I unfortunately rolled on it and it did die, so that's...

We learnt our lesson there. So, I wouldn't risk it with Kerri-Anne.

I'll pop her down on a lovely cushioned surface like this,

and then this is the brush I use, and you watch her face when I start grooming. She loves it.

See the face there?

Yeah, so this is the transportation cage

cos I do take Kerri-Anne over to the prison from time to time.

What I do is I'll use the kitty litter and it's more expensive.

That's the kitty litter there, which is just a compressed paper product.

And what that does is, when they urinate, it gets rid of any odours.

Princess Mary, I've had for four years now.

We can see another great face there.

'Well, once a week, I get the boys involved in pig duty.'

Hi, fellas.

'I choose a responsible duo from the prison.

'They come over and help me tend to the guinea pigs.'

-The boys are here for pig duty.

-We've got carrots.

-Here she is. Carrots.

'They know I love them and they love them, too.'

Thin layer on top there.

I do have names for all of them. I never forget a guinea pig once I've named them.

Pauline, Patch, Lucy, Henry, Fudge, Narelle, Jaffles, Kerri-Anne, Ken,

Ruffles, Princess Mary, Courtney, Keith, Pia and the babies, Trizzie.

We got Joyce, we got Daryl and Sonia, we've got Ratty, we've got Bok Choy, and we've got Parsley.

Daniel, can you come and get on the end of this?

'We found out today that Steve's moving in.

'Like, he's fully brought all his shit and he'll be sleeping in Mum's bed and shit.'

Daniel!

'Mum didn't even ask us about it. He just, like, turns up.

'Mum's like, "Steve's moving in."'

I saw you down the main street in your mum's car.

Be careful, hey?

Daniel, if you're not going to be responsible with my car you can't borrow it.

The worst thing is, like, he's moving his dog, Marcos, into the house, too.

Such a fucking fag dog. I mean, look at it.

His name's Marcos, but I call it Fuckos.

Hey, Fuckos. Fuckos, come here!

Come here, Fuckos. See? Knows its name.

You know your name, don't you? Your name's Fuckos.

You can tell it's a fag dog,

cos fag dogs, like, when they walk, see its arse?

It sort of wiggles its bum when it walks, like this.

See that?

That's, like, to attract other male dogs.

Oh, and the other thing is, see this?

Like, on a straight dog,

be sort of all bushy and that, but on a fag dog...

..you can see its nuts.

-Steve, can we take Marcos?

-Yeah.

-I want to play with him.

-Sure, mate.

Nath, grab Marcos.

Hey, Stevie! This one's for you.

Daniel, you idiot!

Welcome to the family, Stevie!

Right, where's my Hulk?

Imran?

-Spiderman.

-Superman.

Jarmies on, guys! They've just come out of the dryer.

'These are the special jarmies I do for the boys.'

They're just a lightweight sleepwear fabric that I sort of,

work up into the various superhero designs.

Once you've got your jarmies on, into cells, please, guys.

We've got Shrek, here. This is the zebra from Madagascar.

We also have the Power Ranger, the purple Power Ranger.

Pyjamas on, in cells, please.

I also do a matching doona cover, too.

This is the Superman doona. The boys are really into it.

If you could move over, Marlon,

and show them the design that I've done there.

I do all my own sewing stuff myself at home. Off, please.

Show them the S. That's the Superman design

and he's got the... If you could turn around, cape on the back there,

that's just a press stud cape that he chooses to wear.

Takes it off when he sleeps. Yeah, the boys really get into it.

Yours, and I'll just find you some bottoms.

'Some of the guys just, you know, they think they're too cool for it.'

Can't tempt you with the Power Ranger jarmies, Mohamed? No?

'It keeps me busy and it keeps the boys happy.'

Settle down, heroes.

Lights out.

'We get the boys in at 8:30, and that can often be the hardest time.'

Mohamed, come and grab some tissues, mate.

'They've done phone calls to loved ones and looking at photos,'

and they can become quite teary.

And that's why I keep these - my tissues.

Have some tissues.

'But if the tears continue, I do go in and I'll offer some comfort to them

'and a couple of tissues and a pat on the back.'

Oh, you poor thing. Poor thing.

Oh, it's not much fun in here, is it?

People often say, "Gran, you forget what these boys have done."

You know? Some of these boys have done horrible, horrible things.

Things that would make you sick to the stomach.

'Now, they may be the worst boys in the state, but they're still boys.'

Robin'd think Batman was a big poof if he cried that much.

Come on.

You'll be right. Have some tissues.

OK.

Right, yeah. I see.

'Well, we heard back from the hearing specialist this afternoon,

'and unfortunately, Nathan's tests have shown that

'he isn't going to get any better.

'His hearing is, in fact, going to get worse.'

Well, thank you very much for the call.

'So, they say that in a couple of months, he'll be completely deaf,'

which, er, they call that profoundly deaf.

He's not going to be able to have the cochlear implant

that we were hoping might be a possibility.

-Oh, that's real bad news.

-Mmm, I know.

Daniel, what are you laughing at?

-Oh, nothing. Just when you said "cochlear".

-Daniel, grow up!

-You said, "Nathan's cochlear".

-This is serious.

Don't say "cochlear" if you don't want me to laugh.

Of course I'm going to laugh if you say that.

-Oh, God, you're so childish at times.

-I'm going to tell Grandma.

-It's a real shame, isn't it?

-Yeah.

They reckon he might be fully deaf within a few months.

How's your old bitch of a mother about it all?

Yeah, she's all right. Her boyfriend moved in today.

-God, that was quick.

-Yeah.

He sounds like an absolute dickhead from what you've told me.

Yeah, he is one.

Hi, Nathan. I can see you!

Nath, Gran says hi.

Oi! Don't be cheeky.

-Piss off, you fucking dickhead.

-Put your bloody bum away. I'm not interested.

Steve, give me the remote.

Give me it.

I'm going to bed, so that needs to be on 22 at all times, all right?

-22, no louder, OK? Got it?

-Oh, fair enough.

Now, Nathan, watch my lips.

Now, you be good, try your hardest at school,

and don't get into trouble.

Right. OK, goodnight. Let's do our Eskimo kiss.

Thanks, sweetheart.

-All right, night night. Be good.

-Goodnight.

You off to bed, Nathan?

Nath, stay goodnight to Steve.

Goodnight.

Middle finger down, please.

Nathan, down.

Hey, Steve. What's four minus three?

Daniel, grow up.

Nathan!

Nathan!

Nathan. Daniel wants you.

Nath, Nath, Nath! You're a legend. (You're a fag).

You're the best brother ever. (You're not. You're a fucking dickhead.)

Awesome brother. (Fag).

Fuck off!

Goodnight, family!

Goodnight, legends.

Nath's in so much trouble.

He's been listening to rap music.

No more bloody S.mouse!

They could arrest him

unless we agree to let the welfare people come over.

They came up with this bullshit idea of sending Nath to a deaf school.

-He said he doesn't want to go.

-I don't think it's a bad idea.

Nathan! You're not the fucking dad, anyway.

Look, Daniel's crying.

-I'm not fucking crying!

-You're so gay!

This is S.mouse.

You know, the biggest-selling hip hop single of all time.

Westbank Shopping Mall!

I got an imagine of being a little bit of a faggot.

He grew up as a rich ass kid. You ain't no motherfucking gangster!

If I was a nerd at school, you was a nerd at school.

Welcome to my crib.

S.mouse, you've got to write some of your own shit.

I've got to do some house arresting.

I've got to wear this shit so they can track me.

-Get off that fucking thing.

-You need a dick, Dad.

'We have a high-risk detainee here.'

Get you to pop those on. Ooh, he's been busted wanking a dog.

Hey, dog wanker!

'The word's out that he's a dog wanker.

'His life won't be easy in here.'

-Watch your dog - he might get wanked.

-Behave!

All he did was do a shit on a police car.

Blow your didgeridoo, Marlon.

# You're a big, fat, motherfucking bitch. #