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Scripts - Episode 4330 |
SUMMER BAY HIGHCOLLEEN drags LANCE along one a corridor. ALF and LUCAS are trying on their costumes.COLLEENCome on Lancie. I want you to meet your other fellow performers. There’s Joseph and Mary and the two other wise men. COLLEEN and LANCE walk into a classroom. DAN, BRAD, DREW and BELLE are there.COLLEENI’ve brought Lancie all the way down from Queensland for a reason. He’s had a lot of experience on the stage. He got rave reviews for his fourth class school concert. DANAw, right. What was that playing? Hamlet? Macbeth? LANCEYeah, yeah. No, no, em, yeah, a Smurf. ALF walks in in the Santa suit.ALFStrewth Colleen. I thought you said you were going to make this bigger. COLLEENWell, yeah, I did. IRENE runs in dressed as an angel.IRENEColleen, Colleen. I’m worried that me halo keeps slipping. COLLEENIrene, this is not the confessional. We don’t want to hear about your sordid past. IRENEI’m talking about me flippin’ costume, you dill. COLLEENPlease, I don’t want to hear any more complaining. You all dropped your bundle whilst I was away which is why we are all in such a shamozzle now. COLLEEN walks over to DREW and BELLE.COLLEENOK, you two. I want to hear that scene again. Once more, from the top, with feeling. Action. BELLEI’m scared Joseph. I’m pregnant and we’ve got nowhere to stay. COLLEENCut. Aw, for goodness sake Belle. I could muster up more passion about mopping the floor. This is your husband, the man you love. The man who loves you. The man who stood by you even when you had an immaculate reception. Maybe this mistletoe will put you in the right mood when we get to the big kiss. BELLEWe don’t have to practice that, do we? We’ll just do it on the day. There’s no point in slobbering over each other now. COLLEENWhy can I not work with professionals? LUCAS walks in.LUCASHey, Mrs Smart. Shouldn’t we start taking stuff over. COLLEENOh, thank goodness for you Lucas. At least there’s someone on the ball. Alright, pack up everything. We’re moving over to the surf club. Quickly now. Chop, chop. Hurry up. COLLEEN, BRAD, LANCE and DAN walk out the room.DREWHey, are you sure you’re OK with us acting together? BELLEYes, I just said I was. DREWYou just seemed really weird about the whole. BELLEAh, Luc. Hang on a sec. I’ll give you a hand.
SUMMER BAY HOUSEBRAD, MARTHA, SALLY, RIC and MATILDA are there.MARTHASo, Rocco’s been lying to us the whole time? SALLYWell, he was put in a difficult position. I honestly believe he meant it when he said he wanted to go straight. RICI suppose you’ve got to hand it to him when he put himself on the line like that. SALLYYeah, I just hope he makes a fresh start this time. BRADHe’s a smart kid. It took a lot of guts for him to turn on his gang. He’s come this far. It would stupid for him to toss it in now. MATILDAWe better go see Cass. RICSee you at the pageant. SALLYOK. RIC and MATILDA walk out.BRADBye. ASH walks in.ASHHi. MARTHAHey. MARTHA and ASH kiss.MARTHAWe were just talking about how clever you are catching Johnnie. ASHI can’t tell you what a relief it is and just in time too. I think your auntie was about to report me to the corruption commission. MARTHAYeah, you certainly showed her and as a reward, how about I treat you to an afternoon at Colleen’s Christmas pageant. ASHWell, I can’t. I’m heading home today, remember. MARTHAAw, that’s right. ASHTo see my parents. MARTHAYeah. ASHHow about breakfast as a consolation prize? MARTHAAh, good enough. See you later guys. SALLYSee you. BRADSee you. SALLYBye. SALLY and ASH walk out.SALLYI’m so glad things are working out for those two. Martha deserves it after the year she’s had. BRADYeah, well it’s that time of year. Good things should be happening for everyone. BRAD’S mobile rings.BRADAw, no prizes for guessing who this is. BRAD answers his mobile phone.BRADHello Colleen. Yes. I’m walking out the door.
THE BEACHSIDE DINERBETH and TONY sit at a table. DAN and LEAH stand behind the counter. RORY and SAM walk in.SAMGuys, there’s been a problem. You better see for yourself. JACK walks in.TONYHey. BETHAw, Jack. TONYMate, this is amazing. SAMI didn’t tell you the problem. It’s his first day out of the wheelchair and he’s already planning to run a marathon. I thought you could talk some sense into this one. LEAHJack, that is fantastic. DANYeah, congratulations mate and talk about a great Christmas present. BETHSam, you are a miracle worker. SAMAw, don’t give me any credit. It was all Jack. JACKDon’t be silly. I couldn’t have done it without you. SAMWell maybe we’re just a good influence on each other. JACKMaybe. MARTHA and ASH walk in.MARTHAHi. JACKHi. You should see my party trick. MARTHAYou’re walking. JACKWell, a few steps. MARTHAAw, Jack. That’s amazing. ASHYeah, mate. When did this happen? JACKJust this morning, and I reckon if I can get out of a wheelchair, you guys can join us for a coffee. ASHAw, that sounds like a great idea. MARTHANice to see you. SAM, JACK, RORY, MARTHA and ASH sit down at the table. DAN stands behind the counter. LEAH finishes serving a customer. AMANDA walks in.AMANDAGood, I’m really glad that I ran into you both. I wanted to know if you’d like to come around sometime for a Christmas drink, with Peter and me. DANAh, yeah maybe. We’ll just see how it goes. It’s a pretty busy time of year and all. DAN and LEAH walk away leaving AMANDA standing there.
AMANDA’S MANSIONCASSIE, MATILDA and RIC are there.CASSIEThe city is not that far. You can come up on the weekend. We can go out for a girlie shopping day. Oh, before we do that though, I’ve got some stuff upstairs that I was going to chuck. Do you want to go through it and see if there’s anything you want? MACCA walks down the stairs.MATILDAHello, stupid question. CASSIE hands MACCA a cup.MACCAThanks babe. MATILDA and CASSIE walk upstairs.RICLook, Macca, I’m not going to pretend that I’m happy about all this, but it’s what Cassie wants, so, she has my support. MACCAWell, you don’t have to worry mate. I’m never going to hurt Cassie again. I’m not that person anymore. It makes me sick to think I ever was. RICWell, if you’re lying, you know there’s going to be a few people to face. MACCAYeah, I promise you, you’ve got nothing to worry about. RIC holds his hand out to MACCA.MACCASure. AMANDA walks in.AMANDAHi. RICHi. AMANDA walks into the kitchen. PETER is there.AMANDASorry I took so long. Can I help with anything? PETERAre you OK? AMANDAYeah, I ran into Dan. I asked if he and Leah wanted to come around for drinks some time. PETERAnd he said no. AMANDAI know it’s going to take them some time, but it’s Christmas. I just thought, maybe, they might be a little bit more forgiving. PETERWell, look, maybe if I had a word to him at the pageant. AMANDATo be honest, I don’t think I’m up to going to the pageant now. PETERCome on, we can’t just go into hiding. We’re better off just to get out there and let everyone know that we’re together. OK, that way they can say what they want and just get over it. Amanda, it has to happen sometime, and the longer we leave it, the harder it’s going to be OK. PETER and AMANDA cuddle.
THE BACHELOR PADRACHEL sits watching the TV. KIM walks in.KIMHey, you know, Rach. I think you look great in anything, but, eh, I don’t know if Colleen’s going to be too happy if you turn up in pyjamas. You know, the pageant thing. It starts in a hour. Listen, I know that this is hard. I miss Joe too, alright, but you can’t let this get you down. RACHELI just, aw, the thought of having to put on a happy for everyone. It’s just that Christmas is about one thing, family, and when you don’t have one, it sort of rubbing your face in it. I know I’m being a downer. I’m just, so, not in the mood. KIMYou know, this is meant to be our honeymoon and although I never envisioned Colleen Smart being involved in that, I do have an idea. I say we go to this thing right. We have a few laughs. Maybe a bit of a dance and then we come back here and I’m going to make you the most romantic nicest dinner, you’ve ever had, provided that there’s some baked beans in the cupboard. RACHELAw, if you dare cook baked beans on our honeymoon I’ll be looking for a divorce lawyer. KIMSo is that a deal? RACHELAll right. Give me twenty minutes. KIMOK. RACHEL walks away.
THE BEACHSIDE DINERMARTHA, JACK, ASH, BETH, TONY and RORY sit at a table eating. ASH gets up and walks over to the counter.MARTHASo, Sam what brings you to the Bay? SAMAw, just a change of scenery. I’ve always liked being beside the ocean. MARTHAWhere were you before this? JACKYou guys looking forward to the Christmas pageant. Do you remember Colleen’s play last year? It couldn’t be as bad as that. MARTHAWell I wouldn’t bet on it. ASH walks back over.MARTHAThis one has managed to get himself out of. I’m so jealous. ASHAw, I’ve got to go home and see the olds and my mum is much worse than Colleen. Serious. Speaking of which, I better hit the frog and toad. TONYMate, say hello to your parents from us. ASHOK. TONYTell your old man to come down and we’ll go for a surf or something. ASHYeah, I’ll pass it on. Enjoy the show guys. BETHAw, thank you. Bye. MARTHA and ASH walk to the diner door.ASHEm, I’ve got something for you. MARTHAWhat? Ash, it’s not even Christmas. ASHI know, but I’ll just have to buy something else and you can open it on the day. MARTHAWhat is it? MARTHA opens the box up. There’s earrings in it.MARTHAOh my gosh. They’re beautiful. ASHThat’s exactly why they’ll look perfect on you. MARTHAAw, thank you. They’re beautiful. ASH and MARTHA hug. JACK watches them.
THE SURF CLUBA crowd is beginning to gather for the Christmas Pageant. COLLEEN peeks through the curtain and then hurries backstage with a microphone. BELLE and LUCAS are putting make-up on, whilst ALF and IRENE are trying to get into their costumes. LANCE and BRAD are also trying to get into their costumes in the background and LANCE falls over knocking BRAD over.COLLEENTwenty minutes everybody. We’re on stage in twenty minutes and I don’t mean to make anybody nervous, but at this rate it’s going to be a complete disaster. Aw, sort yourselves out, you two. I will not have my work of genius upstaged by wardrobe malfunctions. ALFAw, if. IRENE stops ALF having a go at COLLEEN. BELLE and LUCAS go to walk away.COLLEENWhere do you think you’re going? BELLEI’m going to help Lucas. COLLEENYou have to rehearse. Drew, over here, last minute rehearsal, please. DREW walks over.BELLEI’ve learned my lines. COLLEENPractice makes perfect. COLLEEN walks over to LUCAS.COLLEENAw, Lucas, for pity’s sake. Have you not read the bible? DREWBelle, what’s going? BELLEWhat does it look like? I’m trying to get ready for this stupid show we have to do. DREWWhy do you keep blanking me? BELLEI’m not. Get over yourself. DREWYesterday you said that you didn’t have feelings for me. That we were cool. BELLEWe are. Drew, just drop it. BELLE walks away. Later, COLLEEN sprays some breath freshener. LANCE walks over and puts on his crown.COLLEENOh, Lancie. As the only one here who is anywhere close to being a professional, I think you should say something to the cast before the curtain goes up. Something from the heart. Something inspirational. LANCEYeah, yeah. Yeah, right. COLLEENAh, attention everybody. Lancie is going to gee us all up a bit before we get going. ALF, IRENE, BELLE, DREW, DAN and BRAD gather around LANCE.LANCEEh, have a go COLLEENAw, get away. BELLE walks over to the clothes rack. DREW follows her.DREWHey, sorry if I upset you before. BELLEYou didn’t. You have no effect on me whatsoever. BELLE walks away from DREW. Outside, the audience is beginning to fill up. TONY, MATILDA, BETH, RIC and LEAH sit talking. MACCA and CASSIE walk in followed by SALLY.CASSIEYou’re right. We should have skipped out before this started. MACCAYeah, it’s a bit sad to think our last memory of Summer Bay is going to be this. KIM, RACHEL and MARTHA walk in follow by PETER and AMANDA. MARTHA walks past JACK, who is now back in his wheelchair.JACKHello. SALLY and LEAH sit down together. LEAH sees AMANDA and PETER walk in and smiles at them. COLLEEN walks out onto the stage.COLLEENCan we all take our seats please. A bit of shoosh. RICI am so excited right now. MATILDAShhh. COLLEEN moves the microphone creating that awful high pitched squealing noise.COLLEENNow, I know a lot of you didn’t really want to be here today, but I’m so glad you made the effort because quite frankly we need it. This has been an awful year. An annus horribulus as our gracious Queen would say. So many things have happened that we’d rather forget, but somehow we’ve managed to pull through and that is something that is worth celebrating and that is my inspiration for today, so please, don’t think of this as another thorn in your side, but rather as a little reward for all of us. A chance to sit back and relax, with your family and friends, because despite everything else. LANCE sticks his head out from behind the curtain. There is some sniggering from the audience.COLLEENThat’s what we are in Summer Bay, one big family. COLLEEN shuts the curtain.COLLEENWe help each in good times and in bad. We keep each other strong no matter how tough they become and we should always remind ourselves, that things can only get better. So, ladies and gentlemen, without further ado, let me present my gift to you, a Summer Bay Christmas. The curtain draws up and LANCE and BRAD do some dancing on the stage. ALF walk down the aisle followed by IRENE and some kid dressed in a Christmas tree suit.ALFNo, no, no. Christmas is cancelled and that’s that. IRENEBut Santa, you can’t cancel Christmas. Think of all the children. LANCE tries to get off the stage behind IRENE. IRENE hits LANCE.IRENEThink of all the children that will be disappointed. COLLEENChildren in the audience boo. The crowd sits in silence.COLLEENWell come on. The audience boos.IRENEDo you hear that? ALFHear what? COLLEENBut Santa doesn’t care. He’s lost all his Christmas spirit. ALFI’ve lost all my Christmas spirit. COLLEENThe angel stops to think. She knows it’s up to her to save Christmas. Luckily she sees a Hessian sack and knows what to do. IRENE looks for the sack.COLLEENLucas. IRENE pretends to zap ALF.IRENEThere’s nothing else for it Santa. You’re coming with me. COLLEENAnd now for the journey of a lifetime. IRENE leads ALF and the Christmas tree off the stage. The audience claps. Later on, DAN, BRAD and LANCE are on the stage.DANIt’s a baby. Let’s get the kid some nappies. BRAD reads the lines of his hand.BRADNo ordinary kid gets a star in the sky like that. BRAD lifts his arm up, accidentally hitting LANCE in the face.LANCEHe’s right. I reckon we should get him something good. BRAD looks at his hand and shakes his head. There follows a silence.DANLike what? COLLEENLike most men, wise or not, they had absolutely no idea about shopping, particularly at this time of the year. LEAHNow I know why Dan got the part. BRADWhat we need is someone who is good at giving presents. Someone who does it all time. LANCEYeah, but where are we going to find someone like that around here? BRADMmm. COLLEENYes, but where are we going to find someone like that around here. IRENE runs onto the stage knocking BRAD onto a deckchair. ALF follows her. The audience laughs.IRENEZzzz, zzzz, zzzz. LANCEWho are you? ALFI’m Santa Claus. Who the flamin’ hell do you think I am? Later on, ALF, IRENE, DREW, BRAD, BELLE, DAN and LANCE are on the stage.DANWell, I still reckon we should have got the kid nappies. Not all this frankincense business. LANCEYeah, and I reckon the fat guy knows what he’s talking about. ALFWatch it wise guy. Who are you calling fat. No, no. Santa stick to the script as it written. ALF falls over. Later on, ALF, IRENE, DREW, BRAD, BELLE, DAN and LANCE are on the stage.BELLEThis Christmas thing, I’ve never heard of it before. All I know that today’s been the best day ever because we’ve been surrounded by the people we love. ALFI wouldn’t go that far. Most of the time she drives me up the wall. IRENE rests her head on ALF’S shoulder.ALFGet off. IRENESo, tell us Father Christmas, is Christmas still on this Christmas? ALFAw, I suppose it flamin’ well is. COLLEENAnd our first family, Mary and Joseph, seal the moment with a loving kiss. BELLE and DREW kiss. The crowd cheers.COLLEENThe end. The curtain comes down.DREWBrilliant acting Belle. That almost felt real. The curtain goes back up. Later MATILDA, RIC, KIM, DREW, TONY, BETH, BRAD, IRENE, RACHEL, SALLY, ALF, COLLEEN, LANCE, MARTHA, LUCAS, BELLE, AMANDA, DAN, PETER, LEAH and RORY stand around the bar.SALLYEm, I would like to propose a toast everybody. Firstly to Colleen. May her literary brilliance entertain the bay for many years to come. EVERYONEHere. SALLYAnd secondly, to the new year. May it hold great things for all of us. EVERYONECheers. AMANDAI guess we should get going. DAN and LEAH walk across to AMANDA and PETER.DANAmanda. Look, what you said this morning about getting together for a drink. Let us know when it’s convenient, OK. We’d love to pop by. PETERYou better say something or they might think that you’ve changed your mind. AMANDAOh, no, no. Well, I’m just really pleased. Well, how about tonight? Say, eight o-clock. LEAHYeah, OK. DANSounds great. We’ll be there. AMANDA and PETER walk out.LUCASBelle, I better head off. Cassie’s going to be leaving soon. BELLEOK. BELLE and LUCAS kiss.SALLYWe better head off guys. RICSure, on our way. RIC, MATILDA and LUCAS walk out. DREW walks over to BELLE.DREWTurned out OK, didn’t it? The play. BELLEYeah, it was alright. DREWColleen’s speech kind of got me thinking, you know. It’s a new year and a chance to start over. A new beginning. BELLEIs your point coming any time soon? DREWTaylor, come on. If you’ve got feelings for me and from the way that you’ve been carrying on, I know that you do, I reckon it’s time that we did something about it. BELLEHow many times do I have to say this Drew? The only feeling I have for you is pity. Anything else is long gone, so just drop it right.
AMANDA’S MANSIONMATILDA and CASSIE hug. RIC, BRAD, SALLY, MACCA, LUCAS, ALF, AMANDA and PETER are all there.CASSIEPromise me you’ll come and visit. MATILDAYou’re my best friend. Of course I will. CASSIEWell my other best friend better make sure he takes good care of you while I’m gone. RICI’ll see what I can do. CASSIEI don’t know what to say. SALLY and CASSIE hug.CASSIEListen, I want to thank you for all that you’ve done for me Sal. MACCA hugs AMANDA in the background.CASSIEAnd I know you’re still worried, because any mum would be, but you are the best mum I could have ever hoped for and I promise you everything’s going to be fine because you and Flynn have taught me everything that I’m ever going to need to know and with that behind me, how could I ever go wrong? SALLYAw, Cassie, Summer Bay is always going to be your home, no matter what. You remember that and we’ve got your photo on the mantelpiece so you’re part of this family forever, whether you like it or not. CASSIEWe should probably go before this starts to get really messy. MACCAAre you sure you’re ready to leave? CASSIEHey, and as soon as we get settled, we’re going to have a housewarming party and you’re all invited. MACCAA big shindig. CASSIESee you guys. MATILDASee you. CASSIE and MATILDA walk out.
THE SURF CLUBSAM and JACK are sitting together. MARTHA watches them. SAM walks away and MARTHA walks over to JACK.JACKWhat are you grinning at? MARTHAYou and Sam. She’s great Jack. I really like her. JACKYeah, so do I. Sorry, that probably sounds weird. MARTHAYeah, it is a bit, but it’s normal. I’m really happy for you. What can I say? You’ve always had really exceptional taste in woman. JACKHow things change in a year, hey? MARTHAI mean, who would have thought last Christmas. JACKJust for the record, you have really good taste in men as well. Ash is a top bloke. MARTHAYeah, he is. I just wish all the Auntie Morag’s of this town could see that, but I guess that everything that’s been said about him, I’m really glad everything’s going so well between us.
ASH’S HOUSEASH walks into a house.ASHDeclan, Jess, guess who is here? DECLAN and JESS run towards ASH.DECLANDaddy. ASHI missed you guys. RIANNA walks over to ASH.ASHHey babe. Sorry I’m late. Traffic was a nightmare. RIANNADoesn’t matter. You’re here now. That’s all the matters. ASHCome on. Lets open some presents, shall we. RIANNA shuts the door.
THE BACHELOR PADKIM lights some candles. There is a knock on the door.KIMAw, what are you doing back so soon? KIM turns around. KIT is at the door.KIMKit, how are you going? KITSorry. Have I come at a bad time? KIMNo. Are you alright? What’s going on? KIT touches her stomach.KIMYou are pregnant. No, it can’t be. KITIt’s your baby Kim.
SUMMER BAY HIGHBRAD and SALLY carry stuff from the show along a corridor.BRADI never thought I’d hear myself say it, but on the strength of today, I’d happily sign myself up for Colleen’s Christmas pageant next year. SALLYYeah, she managed to tap into everybody’s feeling, didn’t she? BRADYeah. SALLYAt times this year I didn’t think I was going to make it through. BRADYeah, it’s been pretty tough, huh. You know, you’ve been my inspiration through most of it. SALLYAw, I think you’re a lot stronger than you give yourself credit for. BRADAnd do you believe what Colleen said, that the new year is going to be better than the last? SALLYEm, yeah, I do. I’m positive in fact. BRADAnd would you call yourself a traditional kind of girl. Mistletoe hangs above the classroom door.BRADBecause, it’s that time of year. SALLYYeah, I guess, I guess Christmas wouldn’t be the same without tradition. SALLY and BRAD kiss.
SUMMER BAY HOUSERIC tries to bite MATILDA’S ear. MATILDA tries to escape by hitting him with a cushion.
THE BEACHSIDE DINERLUCAS rubs BELLE’S shoulders. BELLE sees DREW walk and she kisses LUCAS. DREW walks out.
AMANDA’S MANSIONAMANDA and PETER let DAN and LEAH in.
A ROADMACCA and CASSIE stop and kiss at the “Goodbye Summer Bay” sign.
THE SURF CLUBALF, LANCE, TONY, BETH, COLLEEN, IRENE, RORY, SAM and JACK toast each other at the bar. JACK sees MARTHA sitting miserably away from the group and toasts her.
ASH’S HOUSERIANNA and ASH pull crackers with DECLAN and JESS.
THE SURF CLUBRACHEL walks and looks at her wedding ring and smiles.
THE BACHELOR PADKIM and KIT sit talking.
SUMMER BAY HIGHSALLY and BRAD stop kissing.SALLYCan I change my earlier statement. I don’t think it’s going to be a good new year. I know it. BRADCan we start early? Come over to my place for dinner. SALLYOK, I’ll just go home and get changed first. I better check on how Pippa is, but, em, I’ll be about half an hour. BRADOK, but no longer. SALLYI plan on being as quick as I can. SALLY walks away. BRAD smiles to himself. SALLY walks outside and over to her car. ROCCO walks over to her.SALLYHey Rocco, are you alright? What is it? What’s happened? ROCCOI didn’t want to do this, but he’s not given me any choice. If you’d just stayed out of it, I wouldn’t have had to do it. SALLYIf you just talk to me. Tell me what’s going on? ROCCOI’m sorry. ROCCO stabs SALLY. SALLY slumps to the ground. ROCCO throws the knife away and runs away.
After this episode in Australia a music video was played remembering Sally’s time in the bay. This wasn’t shown in International screenings of the episode.
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