Do you have a toilet that I could use?
You need to sign for it.
Need to what?
Sign for it.
No, it's hardly like I want to buy it.
Yeah, well, yeah. Toilet's in the building out the back.
So most people, they take the key, they walk out and then they forget
to bring it back. And then they drive God knows where with it.
So...
OK, so how does signing for it actually help?
Cos I could still sign for it and then...still take the key
away and forget.
Out the front and round the back.
FLIES BUZZ
WIND WHISTLES
HE SCOFFS
DOOR CLOSES
♪ She's got Bette Davis eyes
♪ And she'll tease you She'll unease you
♪ All the better just to please you
♪ She's precocious and she knows just what it
♪ Takes to make a pro blush
♪ She's got Bette Davis eyes... ♪
HORN BLARES
MUSIC STOPS
HORN BLARES
CHEERY WHISTLING
HORN BLARES
Oh, fuck.
HORN BLARES
HE LAUGHS
Yes!
Woohoo!
Woo!
BEEPING
BANG
BACKGROUND CHATTER FADES IN
HE GRUNTS
You're awake.
You're in Cooper Springs Hospital.
You were in a car crash. You're OK.
Is there anyone we can call?
The cops couldn't find any ID or phone in the wreckage.
Parent, partner, friend?
Pet?
It's a lot to take in, I know.
Let's start with your name.
What's your name?
Sir, can you tell me your name?
The MRI takes about 15 minutes, and it's loud. A lot of buzzing,
lot of clicking. Stay still as you can, OK?
Yeah.
Would you like some music on?
I've got my phone hooked up here.
No, I'm fine.
Wait. If I Didn't Care.
Play that.
Sorry, that an album or a song?
I...I don't know.
OK, top hit - it's a song. Band called the Ink Spots.
Is that the one? I...
HE LAUGHS
..I don't know.
Do you want me to play it?
Sure.
OLD-TIMEY BALLAD STARTS
MACHINE FUNCTIONS MERGE WITH SONG
♪ If I didn't care
♪ More than words can say... ♪
Hey. How are you going?
Hi. I'm a probationary constable
with the Cooper Springs Police Department, Helen Chambers.
Here to take a statement.
Telling the truth, it's my first proper investigation.
Although it's not technically my investigation,
because most of my experience has been in traffic.
Uh, any road,
can I get your name, date of birth and home address?
Yeah.
I have no idea.
Huh? I don't remember anything.
About the accident? About anything.
Oh.
SHE LAUGHS
So you wouldn't be able to tell me how you came off the road there.
No. No.
And I guess you wouldn't be able to tell me where you were going.
So, so I suppose you...couldn't tell me if there are any friends
or family that I could... Nope. Yeah, right.
SHE CLEARS HER THROAT
So, just to clarify, then...
..like...nothing?
HE GROANS
You know, I keep telling myself to...
..just try and remember, you know, but it's like trying to make
yourself fly - no matter how much you think
you're going to be able to do it, you still just end up a bloody bag
of bones and shit and fucking intestines.
Oh.
I'll tell you what, though,
I mean, you must be scared.
I'm sorry.
Well, OK, so what DO we know?
Well... Sorry.
So what DO we know?
You know you were in a car accident, right? Yeah. Yeah.
So... Sorry to interrupt.
We finally tracked these down.
They're the clothes you had on when we picked you up. Thank you.
Thanks. THEY LAUGH
We don't know how your car came off the road, and local cops
didn't find anything at the scene, but I've asked them to take another
look, just in case.
And aside from that, we know that your plates were registered
to a Jessica Smith.
She remembers you buying it in cash a week or so ago.
It was in person, right off the street,
so... I mean, she's no use.
What is it?
Do you know this place?
Yeah, it's a little town about 50k north of here.
Is it ringing any bells?
No.
You know, this is tomorrow. 25th today, so whoever you're meeting,
it's tomorrow. Unless it's from last month, or it could be next month.
Yeah. Well, could be any month, come to think of it. Right.
Most likely not, though, because when I saw that just now, I thought
that is a meeting that is most definitely tomorrow.
Probably.
You know what? I can send someone up there to check it out.
Go on.
You can just, you know, you can say it.
What's that now?
Whatever it is you're thinking, but...
..too scared to say.
You can see how this looks, right?
A bloke driving through the middle of the outback with no phone,
no wallet, no memory and all that remains is a piece of paper.
So you're saying I'm lying?
No, no, no, no.
Uh...
I'm sorry. I can't imagine how that feels.
I find it hard when I forget to take the bins out, so...
OK. Can I take your photograph?
I can get it out there to the ABF and the AFP,
and...we'll figure it out.
Yeah. OK.
I'll just get in.
Oh, wow.
Oh, it's right up there.
Yeah. It's close. Yeah.
Look, I don't know if you're a glass-half-full kind of guy
or a glass-half-empty, but something's going to come up.
We'll...find out who you are.
This page is going to be full in no time.
UNENTHUSED: Welcome to the delicious world of Ronnys. How can I help you?
Oh, can I get a chicken burger? Just a chicken burger?
Uh, yeah, that'll do.
We've got a promotion on at $1 to try our cheese pockets.
You what? Cheese pockets - mixed cheese coated in breadcrumbs.
They're crispy, come with barbecue sauce.
Erm, no, I-I'm fine.
All right, then - one chicken burger. That'll be $4.50.
Come through to the window.
Actually, yeah - yeah, I'll try 'em. The pockets.
BIG-BAND MUSIC
HE GRUNTS
Hey, chief, what you doing?
I just need to get some fresh air.
Walking isn't a good idea with your ankle how it is.
What you need is rest.
What I need is to not be looking at that ceiling any more.
So here we are.
Everything you hoped for?
Well, I'm not missing the ceiling, if that's what you mean.
PHONE RINGS
Oh, crap, I've got to go.
Will you be all right getting back yourself? No problem.
Congratulations. THEY LAUGH
Oh, no, he's trouble.
THEY LAUGH
Congratulations.
INDISTINCT CHATTER
What floor?
Two. I mean, erm, three. I think.
Which one is it?
Sorry, someone else brought me down.
It's three.
LIFT WHIRS
Yeah. Three.
Are you all right there, mate?
I don't know where I am.
I don't know where the fuck I am. OK. OK, mate, calm down.
Just take it easy, right?
You'll be all right, come on.
HE PANTS
You be all right?
Yeah. Thanks.
Hey.
Hello, lady. Are you hungry?
Uh, yeah, I could eat.
I got us avocado and roast beetroot.
The king and queen of the vegetable world.
Sounds great. No, it doesn't.
But it's good. It'll be good for us. Yeah.
Hey, we got about 20 minutes till she's ready for consumption.
We could, uh...
BIG-BAND MUSIC PLAYS
Oh. Now? I just walked in.
The wedding's in nine weeks
and the first dance is not going to first dance itself.
Now...come to Swayze.
Oops, sorry! And...
So how was your day? Did that training officer decide
to finally show up? No, I had to go to the hospital and
take a statement solo.
This guy was in a car crash and he woke up with like no memory
of who he is. He can't remember anything. Seriously?
I mean, this bloke doesn't even know
if he's got any family out there looking for him. Jeez.
Hey. Hm?
If we both woke up tomorrow with no memory of each other,
you reckon we'd still get together?
Of course I do.
It's five years, though.
Five years ago, I was pretty.
Oh.
And you will be again.
Now, come on, let's give it another go from the top.
See if we can make it to the lift this time.
GRUNTING AND HEAVY BREATHING
SCRAPING OF FLINT
HE STRAINS
Can anyone hear me?
Help me!
POUNDING
Help me!
I'm just telling you, I have to go.
If you leave now, you're going to injure yourself again.
Yeah, and if I do, I'll just go to the nearest hospital and...
The doctor said he wanted to keep you.
I know what he said, but I can't just sit here. Hey.
Is everything OK?
He wants to sign out against medical advice.
Can you please talk some sense into him?
She's right. You can't just leave. Or what?
You're going to stop me? You've just been in a car accident.
I have been... I've been lying here, waiting...for what?
I have nothing. I have no name, no home, no clothes.
The ones they've given me probably belong to a dead guy.
You can't just go waltzing into the limbo of the Red Earth
with nothing but a piece of paper in your hand and expect things to go
well for you.
It's all I have.
The note said 2:30 today.
Whoever I'm meeting can tell me who I am.
Here. No, no, no, you don't have to...
Well, how else did you plan on getting to Burnt Ridge?
You going to walk there?
Thank you, Helen.
You...really didn't have to do this.
Yeah, well, you won't take no and...
..it's no skin off to be decent, is it?
I put my calling card in there, so you can call me whenever.
Seeing as how I'm the only person
you know in the whole wide world and all.
I hope you find what you're looking for.
Thank you. Yeah.
Burnt Ridge.
DOG BARKS
Come on in. Are you open?
Oh, that's not good for business, is it?
Take your pick, sweetheart.
I'd like to sit at table number five, if that's OK.
I'm meant to be meeting someone here and they said table five.
Sure.
Over by the window there, near the corner.
Love the accent.
What brings you all the way out here?
If I told you, I don't think you'd believe me. Mm-hm.
I've heard some things.
End up working in a place like this, you hear all sorts.
Go on. Try me.
Bloke out there reckons he's lost his memory.
Like, completely. For real?
Yeah, he bashed his melon in a car crash,
now he doesn't know who he is, where he's from.
Woke up with a note in his pocket saying to come here today. I mean,
he's either two sausages short of a breakfast or having a laugh.
Either way, I would.
DOOR OPENS
Afternoon.
Thanks, Barbara.
Stop it. You're going to creep the poor bugger out.
Go and take him his drink.
Hey, how are you going?
I'll be your waitress today.
Name's Luci, with an I.
Hey.
So I just heard the weirdest thing I've heard in a long time.
Yeah, OK. Your colleague told you, then?
Oh, my God.
You're actually being serious, aren't you?
What about your name?
You don't remember your name? No.
Whoa. You know, this isn't a joke.
All right?
Sorry, I didn't mean to...
No, it...doesn't matter.
I've never met anyone with amnesia before.
Is there anything that I can do, or...?
Erm, you could start by giving me the lemonade.
Oh, yeah, sorry.
Oh!
Oh, my God, I'm so sorry.
No, it's OK, it was my fault. Oh, fuck, I'm sorry.
No, here, let me... You know what? I'm just going to go and clean up.
Yeah. Oh, no. Sorry, our toilets, they're screwed at the moment.
We're actually using the ones over the road. I can...
..I can show you. No, it's fine.
No, it's all right.
I'm so sorry.
The old couple across the road are letting us
use their toilets whilst ours are down.
That's really going the extra mile, community spirit-wise, isn't it,
letting strangers defecate in your property?
Oh, well, you know, they get two free meals a day.
That's a fair trade.
Hey, I didn't mean to laugh at you back there.
I've just got this awkward thing I do when I'm nervous.
HUGE EXPLOSION
GLASS SHATTERS
Fuck. Sandy... Sandy? I'm here.
Hi, I'm Helen.
The one who really doesn't want to do this bit.
I mean, it's hard, right?
Like double hard these days cos people are saying,
"It's OK to be bigger, it's time to own it.
"Love your lard." But they don't mean it, do they?
No, that was a genuine question.
LAUGHTER
So, now I feel this pressure
to be in love with the fat bits on my body,
which I don't actually love,
and if I don't own it and love the lard,
then, well, I'm not a real woman, am I?
It's like embarrassing to lose the weight, because then I've given in.
I can't win.
It's like I'm on a highway going 80, and that's the minimum speed limit,
but there are just road bumps everywhere.
CLEARS THROAT
Or maybe it's just a hell of a way to talk myself into
a big old plate of sausages.
LAUGHTER
APPLAUSE
There you go. It wasn't so hard, was it, eh?
All right, so it's been a few weeks since we all shared
our favourite low-cal recipe.
How was it?
I think, you know, first go, you'll get used to it.
I'm especially keen to hear how you've all been going
with our vegetable of the month, the beautiful beetroot.
PHONE BUZZES
Sally, let's start with you.
If it's anything like your mint and cottage cheese stuffed zucchinis,
I'm all ears.
Sorry. Helen Chambers speaking.
Hey, this is Sergeant Lammon from the Burnt Ridge Police Force.
I was told that you're the detective I should call.
Oh, well, I'm not, actually...
But, yeah, I'm sort of running with this one.
Are you at the crash site?
Yeah, there's not a whole lot here, I'm afraid.
So, no wallet, or phone, nothing at all?
No, just one thing away from where the crash happened,
we reckon it must have rolled out of the car.
What is it?
Something that shoots but never kills.
What, like a potato gun?
What are you thinking about?
Either I have the worst luck in the world
or someone's trying to kill me.
To be fair, I think having the worst luck in the world
would be someone trying to kill you. That's a good point.
I'm already wearing a dead man's clothes, so I've come prepared.
Here you go, guys.
Cheers. Thank you.
Why would somebody want me dead?
Fuck me, that's lovely.
I hope I didn't used to be an alcoholic.
SHE LAUGHS
Hey...
Sorry.
Is this it? There's only two places to stay in this town, and the other
one's best avoided for hygiene reasons.
Plus, it's pretty low odds these two are trying to kill you.
Cheers. No worries.
KNOCKS GENTLY
Hi, um, I'm looking for a place to stay.
Hi.
Come in, come in.
I was just saying to your man there that I'm looking for a room.
I'm afraid I don't have much.
Oh, don't worry about Ralphie. He can't hear a thing.
Could do, mind, if he actually had half a brain cell
and put his hearing aid in.
I'm sorry. I don't mean to...
Don't you worry about anything.
He's just being a disappointment.
Smallest room's $30 if that suits.
Yeah.
Hey, why don't we just call it 20?
Thank you.
Not like we're busy anyway.
I'll get you a key so you can come and go.
We want you to feel at home here, right?
That's how we do things out here.
There you go, Ralph.
Ah, we could have a cuppa and watch Australian Survivor if you like.
They're in tribal council.
I reckon Pete's going to get the heave-ho tonight
for being a big old shit,
but they like to mix it up sometimes, don't they?
You all right?
I'm fine.
You don't look fine.
You look like you could use a hug.
Oh, don't worry. I'm...
I've been around long enough to know
when someone's going through the wringer.
You'll be OK.
You're safe here.
Sorry, it's been a long day.
Jesus, so embarrassing.
You don't need to explain.
PAINED BREATHING
GROANS
GRUNTS WITH EFFORT
COUGHS AND RETCHES
PHONE RINGS
PAINED CRY
PHONE RINGS
Shit.
Oh.... Argh!
KNOCK ON DOOR
Sorry, someone's on the phone for you.
Here you are. Cheers.
Phone. Ah.
Hello?
Found you!
Not that it was hard.
Only two places to stay in Burnt Ridge.
It's me, by the way, your only friend in the whole world.
Helen. You remember my name?
Of course.
I bet you can't remember mine, though, huh?
Sorry. That's weird.
Right, cos you don't have one.
Hey, how was your meeting? The note?
Yeah, they didn't show up.
Oh, crackers.
Sorry, not a pork sausage on this end either in terms
of identifying you,
but I did have the locals recheck the crash site
and they did find something.
Something that shoots but never kills is what the fellow said.
Like a potato gun?
That is so weird because that's what...
Ah, never mind.
No, a camera - disposable one.
And they think it's mine?
Got to be, out in the back of beyond like that.
Listen, we had the photos developed and scanned.
I can email them over if you'd like.
I don't have an email address.
Well, not that I can remember, anyway.
Here you go, love.
Thank you. Actually, you know, hold on...
If you could send them to sue@blodge.com.au,
that would be great.
OK. Yeah, take a look and see if it knocks something loose for you,
and no worries if not.
I will find out what your name is.
Anyway, I'll email the pictures now.
You take care.
What are you doing at my desk?
Oh, well, I don't have a desk yet, so I just thought...
But I can leave. Yeah. Yeah...
Right.
Sorry about that.
Ralph's a bit of a magpie.
OK, there it is.
There you go.
HE SIGHS
Oh, the Gnarler Stone Men.
Maybe that's why you're here.
Excuse me? The Gnarler Stone Men.
They are beautiful. Better in person.
What, is this close? 10k from here, love.
I need to go. Be closed now.
I just need to get there.
I can take you in the morning if you like.
Thanks.
Meantime, how about that cuppa?
Watch the end of Survivor.
I'll bring you up to scratch cos Nathan just...
I'm really tired...
You know what?
Yeah, sure. Why don't we watch the Survivor?
VOICE ON TV: As you all know, you have to vote someone out.
Excuse me, miss. You couldn't help me with something, could you? Sure.
I heard there was a man brought in, in an accident out near Burnt Ridge.
The guy who didn't know his name? Do you know which room he's in?
I called before and they said he was around here, but...
He discharged himself yesterday. He's gone.
But now you're here, maybe you can help tell us who he is.
Guy's lost his memory.
Where did he go?
If you'd like to leave your name and number,
I could pass on your details.
He didn't say where he was going?
Sir, if you'd just... Never mind.
You've been a great help.
You know, my mother was a nurse.
It's fine work you people do.
It's fine work.
WINDOW CREAKS OPEN
TICKET MACHINE WHIRS
Hey! Swallowed my ticket.
Huh, it's playing silly buggers at the mo. I'll have to lift it up.
Appreciate it. No, it's no bother.
You know, my mother worked in a parking lot.
It's fine work, you people do.
It's fine work.
WHISTLES TUNEFULLY
UNEASY BREATHING
RADIO: Hot, dry and gusty conditions are likely to lead to elevated
fire dangers... CRACK KNUCKLES
Ooof!
Sorry. It's a habit, I guess.
RADIO: ..on our website, on our social media pages,
or by tuning into our daily update.
That's it from the weather desk.
Back to you, Miranda. Thanks, Jim.
Here's the headlines again - major crimes investigators have been sent
to the small town of Burnt Ridge after an explosion there turned out
to have been caused by a bomb.
There were no casualties.
We'll bring you more on that story as it develops.
A bomb...
Jeez. That's a turn-up.
Yeah.
That's one way of looking at it.
This bringing anything back?
I kind of thought that maybe I would...
I don't know.
There'd be something that would help me remember.
What now?
I...
No, I have no idea.
GATE CLANKS OPEN
Hey. Does that thing work?
Ah, sure.
And you still have the recordings?
Mate...
..who are you? Yeah, I need to see the footage,
anything you have from before three days ago.
Why? We don't just give that to anyone.
Just show the man what he needs to see.
This fellow here was in a major car crash.
Doesn't remember a bloody thing.
Doesn't even know who he is from Adam.
I know I was in here before the accident.
I'm hoping there's something on the camera that can help me
to explain why - anyone I was with, anyone I was seen talking to.
You, you've got, like, amnesia?
Yeah. Mate, that is awesome!
Yeah, it's really not.
It's all on a hard drive. Should still be on here.
TAPS KEYBOARD
Oh, yeah, when am I looking at?
Let's go back to the date of the crash, so 24th.
This is so exciting.
Right. OK, here we go.
There.
Ugh. What the hell am I...?
What happened to my shirt?
I look terrible.
Why am I buying a fluffy koala?
I can tell you what you're saying.
Ralphie will lip-read it for you.
Right, yeah, OK.
You're asking where the nearest servo is.
She's giving directions...
..to the Saddle Pack Roadhouse.
Oh, thanks.
Saddle Pack's just down the road from here.
Yeah, here he is - Mr Comedian.
You know me?
No, I don't know you, mate. No, but I mean, we've met?
Sorry, I have trouble with my memory.
You were in here a few days ago.
You got some petrol and then you signed for the toilet key.
Why would you have to sign for the toilet key?
Are you serious?
I don't know, it's not like people are trying to buy it.
Hold on...
So, you're saying I signed for it, I signed my name?
Can I see that?
Like I said, Mr Comedian.
Comedian, eh?
Hold on, so, um, I signed my name...
..and then what?
Tell me.
You went to the toilet.
Jesus.
Can I?
You bring it back, yeah?
Yeah. Yeah? Yeah.
Out the front and round the back.
PLAYS MUSIC
♪ If I didn't care...
♪ More than words can say
♪ If I didn't care... ♪
PHONE RINGS
RINGING
Hello.
DESPERATE BREATHING Oh...
Hello?
Oh, man... Thank fucking God, thank fucking God!
You have to help me, please.
Help me.
Who's this?
♪ I'm walking out for love
♪ I'm walking out really down in a cool breeze
♪ I'm gonna be late again "Driver, wait for me, please!"
♪ I'm running all in vain Trying to catch this train... ♪