Marsh, we didn't even fight for Rich.
- Rich! - Take Sharnie and go!
We just left him there. We betrayed him.
He hates me.
I love you, Graham.
But you gotta sort yourself out.
You're getting an opportunity.
A port right here.
And a road leading to it.
You know...
People would kill to have what you're trying to get away from.
Why you still here, Suse?
I bought these bulls with my money. Their DNA is gonna fix our herd.
That's what I'm doing here.
What the fuck are you doing here?
I've spent the past two decades
trying to keep Marianne Station afloat.
I'm not walking away now.
Marshall! Fuck! - Fuck.
Shit.
It's been Miller's operation this whole time.
Sandra's here. What deal are you doing?
Stay low.
No!
Sharnie!
Have you lost your mind? - Hey.
God, I love you.
But I'm not messing around anymore.
I want you. I want this station.
I won't wait forever, Em.
Susie, we're worth a lot of money.
Lachie, I'm worth a lot of money, too.
Your family also has a lot of debt. There's no guarantee you'll inherit.
I am the guarantee.
The girl's still alive.
Patch her up. Send her to Queensland.
Wait.
Sorry, sweetheart, but he never came back for you.
I don't want her near Marshall.
Why have you got Daniel's horse?
I saw it all.
Did you see who did it?
It was you.
Daniel, I... I won't let you do this.
You know, you sell to Sandra and she will burn Marianne to the ground.
The days of family-run stations are dead.
I sell, pay off the debt.
Dad gets to live the rest of his life out in luxury.
Since when did you give a shit about Colin?
You thought you were playing my family this whole time?
We had a deal to run Marianne together.
You believed me?
Who the fuck do you think you are?
Hodge bitch!
- Who do you think I am?
- What the...
Hyah!
You fucking nutcase!
When I get back, you and my brother are gone.
You understand?
I will hunt you from this place!
Whoa!
I didn't mean to kill him.
I just wanted to scare him.
Leaving a fellow to be attacked by dogs, that's...
That's a darkness with no light.
What do you want?
That place.
Blackfellas call it a Sorry Place.
They stay away.
Before all that, it was a place of power.
There's a lot of stories out there.
- They're my stories now.
I own 'em.
They belong in here.
Okay.
New road's been coming through. Gonna stop that?
What road?
Recognize this?
Sandra.
You keep them all away,
I keep you safe.
No one comes here no more.
Or you're gone.
I'll take care of the people... the road.
And you take care of the horse.
And you forget what you saw.
Or maybe you shoot me, too?
Yeah. Good to know.
Hello.
- Hey. Sandra. Nice to meet you. - How are you?
Oh, there she is.
Ribbon-cutting's up next.
Yeah, Sandra. Ready when you're ready.
Hey! Come over here.
What are you up to, you liar?
Thought you was working for us?
I'm working for this place.
I don't think so.
Her money's going to fix our houses, employ our young people.
Want to take a photo? Okay, smile.
Government don't listen to us, government don't do nothing.
This is doing something.
Providing for family, yeah?
Leasing part of our land to Sandra Kirby
will create employment opportunities for our community.
It's not just a token gesture, but a statement.
For a better future, not just for Aboriginal people,
but for the country.
Uh, thank you, Keeley.
My father used to say,
"To affect change, we have to move with the times."
And that's what your community has chosen today.
- To move forward towards a united future. -
- Thank you! Thank you! -
Mr. Lawson.
Graham, it's Sandra.
I couldn't take that you suffering in there
once I realized your family weren't going to help you.
So you bailed me out.
Of course.
You going to jail to stand up for your family,
that shows commitment.
Misguided, maybe.
Hey, uh, Daniel wanted to help his family, too.
By selling Marianne Station to me.
- You still there? - Yeah.
I'm here.
You had no idea, did you?
Your brother and I were going to meet up,
finalize the details, but he didn't make it.
You think it was an accident, Graham?
What do you want, Sandra?
Your family left you in there to rot.
That's gotta hurt. I mean, if it was me, I'd...
I'd want to teach them a lesson.
- Goodbye, Sandra. - You call me if you want to talk.
Here we go.
Knew you'd come.
Are you ever gonna tell me what happened out there?
I fucked up.
People got hurt.
Marsh, you're home now. And you're safe.
You know you can talk to me.
I don't really want to talk about it, all right?
All right.
Then get off your arse and you roll up your swag.
'Cause I need your help.
I'm taking some guys out to muster the top paddock.
It'll do you good.
All right, sis.
Dad!
Mmm!
- It's good to see you back. - Yeah, you, too.
Marsh.
Yeah.
What'd I miss?
- Ah, what didn't you miss? - Hmm!
There he is.
What do you say we celebrate your freedom?
So, I was thinking...
I'm gonna get Marianne out of the shit you got it into.
Get rid of the circling vultures once and for all.
I'm gonna muster the whole place.
All 60,000 head?
- Yeah. - Yeah.
Not contractors. Just our people.
You watch. It's gonna bring everyone back together again.
And then...
I want you to sign this place over to me.
- You? - Yeah.
Now you know that's never gonna happen, mate.
You know I put Dan in front of you.
And now I got young Marsh.
Sometimes in life, mate,
you just gotta skip the fucked-up generation.
Get out to the shed.
Your brother, Dan, he just got shit done.
But you...
You were always looking for a pat on the back, weren't you?
We don't work this land for a pat on the back.
You bleed for it.
I bled plenty, Dad.
Do you remember making me and Dan fight?
And you'd sit with your mates pissed, laughing?
I left a gate open once.
And you punched me so hard, you shattered my eardrum.
And you said to me, if I tell Mum
you're gonna crack me in the other ear.
Do you remember?
I was nine.
- Do you remember doing this to me and Dan?
Marsh, let them sort it out.
Do you like that?
Dan... your golden boy son.
He was going to sell Marianne out from underneath ya to Sandra Kirby.
- Do you know that? - No!
- Fucking know that, don't ya?
Your perfect son was gonna stab you in the back.
He hated you.
And all I ever did was look up to you, Dad.
You want some more? Come on.
Let's go.
- Hey.
Who's this?
- Might be something. Could be nothing.
G'day, Nolan.
What's all this?
A deep, deep channel out there.
You're letting Sandra build a port on your property?
She's gonna bend you over.
No, no, no. Not this Blackfella, Emily.
See, Sandra's building it. I'll run it.
All the stations will run their stock through here. And guess what?
This little Black duck will be sitting right here.
Traditional Owners know about this?
Yeah. Yeah, they will.
Soon enough.
They want a piece of this, whitefellas, too, they'll all be working for me.
Yeah. Yeah, and you'll be working for Sandra.
Sandra's gonna put a road through Marianne because of this.
It's your property. Your problem.
Good work getting things started.
We're mustering the whole place?
Yeah. Usually it takes ten to 12 weeks. We'll do it in seven.
We'll do the western paddocks first.
Every few days, bring 'em back to Marianne,
then we'll head back out again.
I mean, we'll clear 80 mil.
That should keep the banks off our back.
Then we modernize.
Hmm. Or we just sell off a bit if we need to.
Your pop's gonna have to keep up or he's gonna have to get out of the way.
All right.
Quarantine yards are booked.
Got a ship ready to move 10,000 head to Indonesia.
Truck's ready.
Darwin by Thursday.
Four days?
Don't fuck it up, son.
No, no, no. It's over here.
All right, you know what you're doing, mate.
When did you get out?
Couple of days ago.
He's home now, isn't he?
Not sure you are.
Dad.
Um...
Colin.
Sandra Kirby's about to cut a road through Marianne
to a port that she's building on Nolan's property.
I don't know anything about a road over my land.
No. She's a miner, so, she can do whatever she likes on your land.
- She'll have permissions. - Yeah.
Yeah, we'll bank this muster,
and she can come at me as hard as she likes.
I'm not convinced you're gonna have that kind of time, Colin.
Yeah, we'll see about that, mate.
You survived.
Yeah, I'm good.
You look good.
Hey, Mum, you're back!
You coming on the muster?
I'm letting Dad run it.
- Oh, you're letting me run it? - Yeah.
I mean, I... I can lend a hand if you... If you need it.
Yeah. Thanks.
You organized all this?
Mostly.
Let 'em think they're in charge.
I'm sorting this place out.
- Yeah?
Yeah, "let 'em think they're in charge."
You all right?
Yeah.
Okay.
Well, I thought you might want some company.
I'm good.
Well, maybe I need some.
I can remember the first time I took you out on a muster.
I mean, you must have been nine?
And I chuck you on this horse and he is a big beast.
Prince.
Now, do you think I could drag you off that thing?
You were like a duck to water. It was...
It was poetry.
You used to twist my ear, too.
Remember that?
I'm sorry, mate. I do.
You know, I don't need to hear a father-son heart-to-heart bullshit story
where you give me the Lawson playbook on parenting, all right?
Hmm.
You fight your dad, I'll fight you.
My son will fight me, and we'll all be big, strong Lawson men.
Yeah.
I'm sorry that that's been the playbook until now, mate.
I really am.
And you've got every right to feel what you're feeling.
But I can't change the past.
All we can ever do is we go from now, son.
You have a visitor.
What are you doing here?
Marshall been for a visit?
No, rich boy left me to die.
Yeah.
You and me both, eh?
I warned you about him.
Listen.
Sharnie, I'm, uh...
I'm really sorry...
for getting you mixed up in that bullshit.
It just sort of, like, happened, and I, um...
Yeah, it doesn't matter because, you know, I'm working.
I'm making decent coin now.
And I can get you a job, too.
Who are you mixed up with now?
I'm working for Campbell Miller.
Are you fucking serious, Rich?
What's wrong with you? He tried to kill us.
It's business.
It's just business, baby.
Make a bit of cashola.
We can get out of here.
Be like how we was before Marshall went and fucked everything up.
What's in the past is gonna stay there, Rich.
Yeah.
No stress.
Hey!
Hey.
You okay?
I wish people would stop asking me that.
You and Pop won, all right?
I'm back in the rat's nest.
Oh, cut the bullshit, Marshall.
You're lucky to be alive.
Yep.
I'm in line to inherit a monster debt and a fucked-up legacy.
Marshall, if you don't want it, that's fine.
But Susie does.
- Your father does.
And maybe, maybe you could help us.
That'd be good.
I think you've got it in you, but no one's making you stay.
Marshall, you're part of this family.
You're part of Marianne.
No matter how much you try to fight it.
Push that in.
Yeah. Got it.
What are you looking at?
Looks like a dinosaur.
- Smartass.
Why don't you go do something useful?
Yes, boss.
Oi.
You're doing good.
You mustering or what?
We're ready.
Suse, get everyone together?
- All right. - You coming?
Wouldn't miss it.
Come on, mate. Come on then.
This land here is what we make of it.
And we all care for it. We all work it.
We all gotta fight for it.
This is one of the last family-owned stations in the Top End.
And we're not gonna let
these faceless suits come and take it off us. Right?
Now there's 60,000 head of cattle out there.
We've got no contractors. It's just us.
So, we're gonna have to work fast.
We're gonna have to work as a team.
I'm relying on each and every one of ya.
Now I look at all of us together.
We're family.
And this is our way of life.
And I need youse to fight for it now.
You wanna add anything, Pop?
Don't shit near the camp.
Right. Nice.
All right. Be smart. Be safe.
Let's have a bit of fun, too.
Come on, you lot.
Yeah!
I can get it!
You got 'em, Em?
Nice one, Em.
Get in there, Suse.
That's it. All right. We got 'em back.
We got 'em back.
There we go. Slow and steady.
Keep it close. Keep it close.
Hey! Hey!
Come on!
Marsh, fast!
We've got a breakaway! Let's go, mate!
On his shoulder!
We're just gonna tire him out, mate. Just stay on him.
Go left. Go left.
You got him? Pull him in.
Come on. Quick. Quick. Quick!
Stop.
- All right, mate? - Yeah.
Hold on, hold on.
Yeah, you're good. Yeah.
He's good.
- Let's get him back to the herd. Nice job!
Yes!
Well done!
Good work, Marsh!
- Well done, mate. - Good work, mate.
- Looking good, cowboy. - Yeah, you, too.
All right, you lot, let's bring this mob home.
Yeah, that's great.
Nice and slow. Easy does it.
Shut those gates, boys.
Get those gates shut.
Quick spark. Get 'em in there.
Well done, lads.
Hey. Here comes the old fella.
Good work.
Yeah.
Very good work.
- And we're gonna do it all again tomorrow. - Yeah.
- Thanks, mate. - No worries.
- Hey! Hey!
You still got it, Em.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
I thought you were gone, Graham.
Yeah.
Well, I realized I needed to come back and fight for this place.
Yeah.
I'm doing it for us.
Hey. Dinner's ready soon.
- Going to stay with a mate. - What mate?
Ethan.
Hodge?
All right. Might do you good to see how the other half lives.
You wrecked it with me and Susie.
I thought she broke up with you.
You know what you did. You got in my head like you always do.
Hey.
I only want what's best for you.
You know that.
Be safe.
So, it's been a fucking long time.
All right. Nobody laugh at me, all right.
- What's he doing? Hey. What did I just say?
You're not good under pressure.
- I swing you around. Like this. - Yeah, I feel like I'm very close!
Hey!
Dad, you're unleashing hell.
Come on. Get in here.
I need a warm-up.
Come on. You're all right. Yeah. Warm it up.
You've always got to warm it up, mate, before you crack it.
Hello.
Em, it's me.
I heard the Lawsons are doing a muster.
Are you with them?
Yeah, yeah, I am. I am.
Listen, Campbell, um...
Look, I think we're done.
Uh...
I just want you to stay away from my family
and Marianne Station.
Come on, Em, don't say that.
And what about us?
I'm sorry.
To the side. All right. Hang on! I've got it!
Cut it out, you lot!
All right. That's it. Yeah.
- That's it!
Hey! Hey!
Bravo! There she goes! Now I got the hang of it.
Em.
Look out there. Look at that.
Always watching.
I bet they're looking at you.
You're closest.
What happened to us, Graham?
I don't know.
Maybe fear.
I don't know. Just guess I was hiding.
Now I'm done with that.
Hi.
I know.
I really missed you.
Let's stay out here forever.
- Hey. - Hmm.
Did I tell you that Sandra Kirby bailed me out?
- No. - Yeah.
In exchange for what?
She wanted me to come home and wreck the family.
I said, "What?"
She also told me that Dan was going to sell Marianne to her.
You believe her?
Yeah, kind of.
You know, he was acting shifty those last few months.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
She seems to think that maybe there was more to his death.
Maybe it wasn't an accident.
I need to tell you something.
I already know, Em.
I already know about Campbell Miller.
Are you still seeing him?
Okay.
Good.
Love you, Em.
- Ah.
- Stone-curlew.
Yep.
The devil bird.
Blackfellas shit themselves when they hear 'em.
That right?
I was with this old stockman one time.
Tommy Angel.
Those things were screaming out all night.
Old Tommy couldn't sleep.
Convinced someone was going to die.
- Hmm.
You don't believe that, do you?
Well, Tommy gets home,
finds out his son died in a car accident.
Yeah, you might find me arse up dead in that swag in the morning.
See you bright and early.
- Morning. - Morning.
- You good? - Yeah.
Hey.
Morning. I'll take that.
Good morning.
Morning, Mum. Tea? - Yeah. Yeah.
Morning, old fella.
Mornin'.
Yeah.
Still a work in progress, mate.
You're not alone there.
Get around there, son! Get around there, son!
That's it, all right, we got 'em back! We got 'em back!
- Ooh, boy!
I don't know if I'm doing it right.
You are. That's it, that'll do it!
- Ooh.
My mum's a bitter bitch.
I think you've done all right out of her, mate.
If she doesn't like something, she just breaks it.
We were going good, me and Susie.
Look, man, if you want Susie, just go get her.
What's your mum going to do?
Just go tell her you want her back.
Women love that shit, bruss, it's just...
It's... it's what a real man would do.
Do you reckon?
Lachie, you're a billionaire!
Look at you! Of course, she's going to want you back.
And look, I'm her cousin, so, I'll talk her into it.
Yeah, fuck it! Fuck it!
Yeah?
Fuck it, let's do it!
All right. All right, let's do it.
- Let's do it. - For real, let's do it.
Let's do it, bruss.
Should we have one more cone before we go?
- No. - A little traveler?
- No. - A little traveler cone?
Susie. Okay, one more. Come on.
That's the last of them.
We'll start making preparations for tomorrow.
Oh, man, good job.
Thing of beauty.
You don't know what you're talking about. We spent a week bringing 'em in.
You see that?
I do.
What's going on with Quarantine?
What do you expect me to do? We got trucks coming.
What's going on, Trent?
Mr. Lawson, we got a call that bovine leucosis
- has been detected on your property. - Bullshit.
An investigation's been opened, sir.
Your station's locked down in quarantine for at least two weeks.
Until all the stock is cleared of disease.
That herd you mustered needs to be yarded now.
Campbell.
Susie!
Susie! Susie!
You asked your mum if you could come here?
I shouldn't have listened to her.
Go home, Lachie.
I'm an idiot.
I want us back together.
I tried to call you.
Yeah, I didn't answer.
Take him home, Ethan.
Susie!
- Susie, please! - Come on, mate.
She didn't say no. Go on. Finish it up.
Any time, bruss.
This fuckin' prick.
I'll kill the bastard!
Hey, Marshall. It's-- No!
- He shot at us! - I've got this.
He's responsible for Sharnie!
- It's all right. - Man's fucking...
It's all right, mate. Just leave it.
G'day, Campbell.
Em.
What, um...
What can we do for you?
Just here to help out. On behalf of the Cattlemen's Federation.
Well, you know that there's no infected cattle on this station.
- There are until they're cleared, Em. Miller.
I got trucks sitting there.
I got quarantine yards ready. Ships on their way.
Now, you want to shut me down?
I'm trying to uphold the integrity of the industry, Col.
What a load of shit.
Hey, you got an outbreak to contain. You know the rules.
Is this how you're going to do it?
You know, hold our cattle and just bleed us dry?
Maybe something's telling you lot it's time to move on, finally.
Luck's running out.
Things are changing up here.
- Bullshit. - Dad.
Oh, come on, mate.
Violence never solved anything.
Is that right?
Maybe I'll test out that little theory of yours.
Dad. It's all right, mate.
Everything all right here?
Everything's fine, as long as Mr. Lawson and company stay cooperative.
You sort this shit out.
You get these snakes off my station.
When this is over,
I'm coming for you.
You know where to find me, Em.
Susie, please!
- Just talk to me! - Lachie, I--
Oi! Get your hands off her! - I said leave it!
Get out of here. You're fuckin' pissed!
Sorry, mate, but this has nothing to do with you.
I'm not going to ask you again.
- You all right, Susie? - Yeah.
- I said fuck off! - Hey! Hey.
- Yeah? Yeah? - Marshall!
- Stay down!
Oi, just take your fucking dog and piss off.
Yeah, mate? Come on! Shut up!
- Come on! Let's go! - Hey!
Hey!
Marshall! - Yeah?
- Marshall! Leave him! Leave him!
- Fuck him up, mate. Fuck him up.
Ethan, Ethan, help! Help!
All right, cut it out! Stop!
- Break it up! Enough!
Susie! Let go!
- Susie! - Susie!
Susie. Susie.
Em! Dad!
Oh, no!
No, no, no!
Susie! Graham!
Dad!
Susie! Susie!
Ma.
Get her up! Marsh! Go, go, go!
Get her up. Get her up!
Get her up!
Okay, hang in there, baby.
Hang in there, baby.
Get the chopper fired up!