(gentle music) - [Narrator] Previously on "McLeod's Daughters."

- I want not just Alex to get Killarney.

Both of you.

All right?

- I was your witness, Harry.

I heard you promise him half.

- Wouldn't work.

Too many differences.

You know, some bridges just can't be mended.

- Someone bought Wilgul from under him.

- I know.

- Cough up, maybe we can make him an offer.

- I want twice what I paid for it or no deal.

(gentle music) - He's the one, Tess.

I'm absolutely sure of it.

- Dad thinks it's a part of Killarney.

- You can use his machinery.

- And power, anything else I can get my hands on.

(Claire chuckles) (dramatic music) - How far are you in now?

- 30 meters.

- Water table's a bit low.

- Don't think we could have picked anything harder to do.

- Sure, you could always bring the stock their water on a tray from the house.

- This is nothing.

Wait till there's a drought.

- It hasn't rained for weeks.

What do you call this?

- Hmm, summer.

That should do it.

Okay, everyone.

Stand back.

(gentle music) (water spraying) (all exclaiming) - My brother, a cropper.

How am I gonna hold my head up in town, Brick?

- We've got an easy way to bring cash into this place.

Don't hold back.

- Nothing wrong with barley.

Mum makes a great bit of soup from barley.

- It'll fix the soil, too.

- The only thing barley is good for is beer.

- If I can turn all this back into pasture, be able to feed more stock, start a breeding program, and save my big brother dying with embarrassment.

(birds chirping) (water spraying) (gentle music) - [Claire] So, that's our water problems fixed.

- [Tess] Yep.

(upbeat music) ("McLeod's Daughters Theme" by Rebecca Lavelle) ♪ It'll take some time to find your heart ♪ ♪ And come back home ♪ ♪ You could walk for miles, cross every river ♪ ♪ And find you're not alone ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'll be there ♪ ♪ You're not alone ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'll be there ♪ (dramatic music) - Oh, Claire!

Can't I have a shower just this one, please?

I'll be super quick.

- I thought our rationing days were over.

- It's the middle of summer.

We still have to conserve water.

- But it's Nick's housewarming and I stink.

- [Becky] Yeah, we all do.

So who's gonna notice?

- Yes, I'm first, I'm first!

- I'll be really quick, I promise.

I'm not that dirty.

- This is so gross.

It has to rain soon.

- [Tess] Claire!

- What?

Ugh, looks like dregs from the bottom of the tank.

(water running) Well, something's wrong.

I'm going to have to check the bore on the way over to Wilgul.

- In our party frocks?

- (sighs) Well, I won't be.

(dramatic music) Nope.

- No holes in the tank?

- That's not the problem.

There's no water going through the pipe.

(Tess screams) - Snake!

(Claire laughing) - Snake?

- Yeah, well...

It could've been one.

It doesn't hurt to be careful.

(Claire laughing) - Sounds like the bore's drawn down for some reason.

(Claire laughing) - Meaning?

- Meaning the water level's dropped.

- Why?

- [Claire] Could be any number of things.

(car rumbling) - Nick's crop.

(dramatic music) - [Nick] We'll just have to make sure we're not pumping at the same time, that's all.

- Yeah, figured that.

Well, I can fill my troughs days if you want to irrigate nights.

- Well, normally I would, but in this weather... - What do you want me to do?

Put my cattle on night shift?

(laughs) - If I can't water my crop when I have to, it's like, I'm gonna lose thousands of dollars.

- Well, that's a lot less than what my cattle are worth.

- Well, you can adjust somewhere else.

I can't move my crop.

- Well, that costs money, which I don't have.

- I'm not losing my crop, Claire.

- And I'm not losing my cattle!

- You call this a party?

Eh!

- Okay.

- Hiya, Claire.

- Hey, Harry.

- Come on, Nick.

Stop gas-bagging and do something with these, will you?

- Come on over here, men.

- What's happening with the music?

You're hopeless.

- [Nick] Hi, Brick.

- [Alex] Hopeless.

- [Nick] After you.

Got nothing, man?

Yeah, go on, bring that.

(rock music) - I don't know, Claire, forecast says it's only gonna get hotter.

Thank you.

- Did you sort things out with Nick?

- Nah.

- There's some chips and nuts.

There's pretzels there.

- And what about a long, cold bath?

- [Alex] How about another beer?

- Ice?

- Oh, thanks.

You, er, sure picked the right time of year for a housewarming.

- Well... (Tess laughs) (country music playing) - Hot enough for you, Tess?

- Why do people always say that as if I'm gonna say, "No, I wish it was 10: hotter?"

- Well, wait a couple of months and see how you feel.

- I bet even your sheds are air conditioned at Killarney.

- [Nick] Hey.

- Hello.

Can I have another drink, honey?

- Yeah, yeah, why not?

Er, Tess, this is Shelly.

Shelly, this is Tess.

- Hello.

♪ From her head to her toes ♪ - Uh, excuse us.

♪ Oh my lord, she's such a beautiful thing ♪ - That's very funny, Nick.

- What?

- Don't tell Tess Alex has a new girlfriend, just ask them all to the party and see what happens.

- I thought you were okay about breaking up.

- I am, I'm fine.

(gentle music) But it's still a dirty trick.

So if you think you can try one on with this water business, then I'm on to you, all right?

(gentle music) - (stammering) I just want the label.

- It's a party.

(Nick sighs) - I know it doesn't look like much now, right, but in a few years time, this place is going to be booming, Claire.

I'm gonna have canola, I'm gonna have wheat, pigs, you know?

- Pigs?

You're kidding.

- No.

Have you seen the returns they can bring?

You've got to diversify.

- Oh, is this a hint about how important the barley is?

- More than your cattle.

Then we should sit down and start talking about breeding.

Angus Hereford Cross, maybe.

(Claire laughs) - Big plans.

- Mm.

No more than breeding quarter horses.

You know what it's like.

Being your own boss, making changes Jack never would have approved of.

That's all I'm trying to do.

- Are you saying it's all my fault?

- Yep.

- What are we gonna do, Nick?

(dramatic music) (Claire groans) - Well, we're not the first farmers to ever argue over water, are we?

- We could try the licensing route.

(Nick sighs) - Whatever's decided, we agree to agree to it, though, yeah?

- Agreed.

- Yeah.

- There you are.

Now, is that piano in there just for show or what?

- Oh, here we go.

- Come on.

- You coming?

- (scoffs) I'm not singing.

- I'm not singing if you're not singing.

(Claire laughs) (playing "Chopsticks" on piano) - Oh, I'm sorry!

- That's all right, that was all right.

Do you want to hear a classic?

- Yep.

- All right.

(playing piano) You know this one?

- Uh, yep!

♪ Hot chilli woman, you've got me on my knees ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ You make me sweat like it's a hundred degrees ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ Hot chilli woman, you've got what it takes ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ I feel so hungry I want you on my plate ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ - Yeah!

♪ I go out in and cook in the night ♪ ♪ I'll lay you down, put cream on your pie ♪ - Ooh!

(laughing) (all exclaiming) ♪ Mummy won't like it, daddy won't like it ♪ ♪ Hot chilli woman you're hot for me ♪ ("Hot Chilli Woman" by Noiseworks) ♪ Hot chilli woman won't you burn for me ♪ ♪ Hot chilli woman ♪ ♪ B-B-B-Burn for me ♪ - [Jodi] Who said it'd be cooler sleeping down here?

- Jodi, can you move your feet?

They stink.

- (sighs) You said you couldn't smell them.

- Well, I can.

(Jodi sighs) - [Tess] So does anyone know who Shelly is?

- Miss Gungellan is being judged in a few weeks.

What hope have I got reeking to high heaven with greasy hair?

- Oh, get dreadlocks.

You don't have to wash them.

- [Jodi] Oh, yeah, brilliant, Tess.

- Stop shaving under your arms, too.

- [Jodi] Oh, cool, I'll be a shoo-in for Miss Feral Gungellan instead.

- No, I'm serious.

That's what the hair's for, to absorb the sweat.

- What, so it sits there and smells?

That's why you shave it, so it doesn't.

- Oh, come on, we shave because society says it's more attractive.

- But it is.

- Not in some cultures.

Look at Frenchwomen, they've got hairy armpits, they're still sexy.

- You think so?

- [Tess] Men think so.

- Must be the accent.

- So, does anyone know who Shelly is?

(Jodi chuckles) Oh, come on, this is the country.

Someone has to.

- I thought you said you were over him.

- Yeah, I am.

Just curious.

I have to go to the loo.

- [Becky] Ow!

- Ow, Tess!

- [Tess] Sorry!

Oh!

- (laughs) Hey, watch out for snakes.

- Yeah, very funny.

- No, I'm serious.

They'll be out for the lookout for water.

- In the toilet?

- It's the only place they'll find any.

(playful music) - What are you doing?

- [Tess] You seriously think I am gonna sleep on the floor now?

(all laughing) (Becky hissing) (Claire laughing) - You're a wimp, Tess!

(gentle music) - [Woman] Melanie Powers, water licensing rep. - [Claire] G'day.

- [Melanie] Are you pumping within your allocation?

- Uh, we only started using the pump yesterday.

That's not the problem.

Nick Ryan and I are sharing the same water basin, but there's not enough water for both of us, so, well, we need you to decide who gets the water.

- My job is to ensure that no party detrimentally effects another person's right to take water from the same resource.

- Right.

- Well, isn't that what she just said?

- I still have to determine if either party has been detrimentally effected.

- (scoffs) Well, my troughs are dry, my tank's empty, and my pump is stuffed.

How much more detrimentally effected to I have to be?

- As I said, it's my job to determine that.

Excuse me.

- Um, leave this to me.

(Claire scoffs) Melanie, it's hard being a woman in a man's world, we all know that.

Five women running this place, you wouldn't believe what we cop.

Yeah, I bet it's the same for you with all those, uh, middle management types thinking they all know better than a young woman.

- Not really.

- Right.

Well, we all know that men like getting their own way, so it's high time we showed them that we won't be pushed around.

Right?

(Melanie scoffs) I'll inspect the irrigation system at Wilgul and get back to you.

- Yeah, right, thanks.

Well, that went well.

- [Melanie] So, you're pumping within your allocation?

- Yeah.

Yeah, sure.

Look, Melanie, as far as I can see, there's only one solution here, right?

She can move her cattle.

I can't move my crops.

- Ah.

- I mean, I should also point out that, uh, I've been irrigating for weeks without any problems at all.

- Oh, so you're saying it's her fault?

- No, no, not at all.

I'm just saying that I've been reliant on this water supply a lot longer than her, that's all.

- I need to convene a meeting between the effected parties so we can discuss some possible resolutions.

- Sure.

Do you want to come up and use the phone?

- Got one, thanks.

(gentle music) - Cool drink?

- Got one of those, too.

- Do you want to just come up to the house anyway?

- What for?

We'll meet at the boundary fence.

Neutral territory's always best, I find.

(dramatic music) (Nick groans) I should point out that Mr. Ryan was given approval to irrigate.

But the general rule we observe is that stock takes precedence over crops.

- Well, so what's your decision?

- Yeah, who gets the water?

- Well, there are several solutions.

The first is to install gate valves on both your bores to limit the water you pump.

So a 50% supply would be fair.

- That sounds all right.

- No, way, nah.

My irrigation system needs 100% supply to operate.

- Yeah, well we can draw up a timetable of alternate usage, permitting you to only use your bores at particular times.

- We've already tried doing that.

- You can always buy in water when you can't pump.

- (scoffs) I can't afford to do that.

- Neither can I. I might as well plan my barley back into the ground if I can't water it when I have to.

- Oh, in that case, I'd let Ms. McLeod's cattle eat it all instead.

(laughs) Sorry.

Joke.

- So it's really the best suggestion you can come up with?

- I'll give you time to consider your options.

If you can't reach an agreement, I'm empowered to suspend your licenses so that neither of you are permitted to use the water.

(dramatic music) - So, she smiled at him and then he gave her the look.

- The look?

Well, what look?

What look?

- You know, that look that's meant to make you go weak at the knees.

- I've never seen him do any look.

- Well, you obviously weren't looking.

- Hm.

- Told you he'd do the dirty on us and he has.

- It's no dirtier than you flashing your cleavage to get a quarter horse contract.

- I never flashed anything!

- Well, Tess did.

- Well, that's... That's different.

- Why?

- Because that was over horses, this is over water.

(Jodi scoffs) - Whoever put the washing on, I need the water for my veggies.

- You'll have us peeing on them next.

Joke, Mum, that was a joke.

(Jodi laughs) - They were white.

Pure white linen.

- Oh, I...

I had to switch the washing machine over to bore water because the tank was low.

- Well, do you know how much they cost me?

- Well, they're still clean.

They're just a bit stained.

- I'm sorry, but they look like rejects from a backpackers hostel.

There's a snake!

(playful music) Meg!

- Tess, it's a piece of hose.

Snakes are no big deal, just leave them alone.

- Well, you have to.

They're a protected species.

- Yeah, who protects me?

(gentle music) - [Terry] Hey, good-looking!

- Hey.

- Oh, you're getting a bit ripe there, luvvy.

- Well, unlike some people, I don't have the comforts of Killarney.

- Ah!

- Did you want something?

- Yeah, you know that mint sauce bottle I finished at tea the other night?

Forgot to send in the lid.

- You really think you're gonna win something, don't you?

- I might not have had so much luck so far, but, you know, the chances of me winning are getting better and better.

- This is gonna drive me nuts.

- There's things you do that drive me nuts, too, you know.

(playful music) - Like what?

- Like, uh... That slurping sound you make when you're having a drink.

- I do not slurp.

- And the garnishes!

Oh, I love your cooking, I just wish you'd stop dressing it up with parsley and those curly bits of celery and twists of orange that you can't eat.

Not to mention fanning the beetroot.

- Oh, I see.

- Oh, and this business of cutting the cigarettes in half.

Just quit or smoke a whole one.

- Anything else, Terry?

Please, you know, don't hold back.

- No.

I've found what I'm looking for.

Bin's all yours.

- Thank you.

- [Brick] Hi, Becky.

- Hey.

- [Brick] You left this at Wilgul the other night.

- Oh, well, thank you for driving all the way over here and giving it to me, 'cause I needed it right now.

(Brick chuckles) - I don't see why we can't have a pool.

Killarney's got a pool.

Emma's got a pool.

- You know, Mr. Ryan's got meetings every night this week.

(motor revving) - I'm not asking for anything flash.

Snake!

- Not you, too.

(Jodi grunts) I'm not asking for much!

Just a swim in a pool!

(huffs) - You sure it's dead?

- Oh, yeah.

(gentle music) - What are you keeping it for?

- Everyone has habits.

(chuckles) It's not like mine are any more annoying than anyone else's.

- First sign of madness, Mum.

Talking to yourself.

- I wasn't talking to myself.

It's not like he hasn't got any bad habits.

(chuckles) Don't get me started.

(water splashing) - Love it how the horses get the water and we get to smell like horses.

(jeep rumbling) Enemy at two o'clock.

- Tess.

Wish me luck.

I was about to call you.

- I thought we'd better try and knock this out.

- Same here.

- Melanie was a waste of time.

- I don't know, you seemed to get along.

- What's that supposed to mean?

- Well, nothing, just, you know, noticed you flirting with her.

- You think I was trying to chat her up so she'd take my side?

(Nick laughs) How do I know you didn't do the same thing?

- [Claire] (laughs) What, me chat her up?

- You know, secret women's business.

Let's all gang up on the bloke stuff.

- Look, I just want what's fair for both of us.

- So I do.

- There's one other choice.

- Okay.

- If the worse comes to worst, you can afford to lose your crop.

- What?

- Well, Harry'll look after you, you know that.

You won't lose a cent.

I can't afford to lose my stock.

I don't have a father who can go out and buy me some more.

- You know full well I'm only taking what he owes me, Claire.

- Nick, you have more choices than us right now.

We're on our own.

- Not for much longer, by the looks of things.

- What?

- Oh, you seem pretty serious about this Peter Johnson bloke.

You marry him, who's gonna be in charge then, Mrs. Johnson?

(tense music) (Meg sighs) (chickens fluttering) (gate creaks) (dramatic music) - Hey, Meg, guess what?

- You wear your socks to bed.

- What?

- And you crunch the ice in your drink.

And you have that annoying habit of linking the ink off your fingers when you read the paper.

I could have mentioned all of that, Terry, but I didn't.

- Well, I appreciate your self-control, Meg.

Guess I better tell my good news to somebody else, then.

- What good news?

- Well, I was going to tell you that I'd actually won something.

But as you find me so repulsive, I think I'll just keep it to myself.

- Terry!

Terry!

- We're selling our stock?

- Just the mob in the south paddock.

It's the most sensible thing to do in a dry spell, reduces grazing pressure.

- Yeah, but look at the prices.

- I'll find someone who'll make a decent offer.

- Can we afford to sell right now?

- No.

- So apologize.

- It's not gonna solve anything.

We just don't have enough water for both of us.

This is the only way.

- I'm going to let it go.

(Alex scoffs) - Come on, Nick, you know what Claire's like.

You just got to sit down and talk to her.

- Tried that.

I'm gonna borrow some more money, plant again somewhere else, that's all.

- That's stupidity.

(knocking at door) - Hello, Nick?

It's Tess!

(gentle music) (water running) Anyone home?

(gentle music) (shower running) (gentle music) Thank you, God!

♪ I'm feelin' warm ♪ ♪ Mama don't like ♪ ♪ Papa don't like ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ - If you've come to boss me around, Alex-- - Just talk to him, will you?

Stop being so desperate to prove yourself all the time.

- Even if I do marry Peter, I'm still the one in charge, all right?

- Oh, yeah, I didn't realize it was that serious, Claire.

- Well, it's not, I'm just saying.

Well, even if I married you, we'd live here and I'd be the boss.

(Alex laughs) - Yeah, right.

You know, you've got a real problem with letting men help you, Claire.

- If a bloke helps me out, people say I can't do it on my own.

- You see?

See?

You're obsessed with being independent.

- Well, you're too macho to work out why.

(telephone rings) Claire McLeod.

Oh, hi, Peter.

- Ugh!

God help the bloke you do marry, Claire.

- [Claire] Go!

- You'll never be happy with a doormat.

- How would you know what makes me happy?

- [Alex] I just do.

- Sorry, Peter.

No, no one.

♪ I'm feeling warm ♪ ♪ Mama don't mind ♪ - Ow!

(playful music) Nick!

- You got a bit of a habit of using other people's bathrooms, haven't you?

- Um...

I didn't use much and there's only one of you to a whole tank, so I reckon you can spare some.

And anyway, you gave that water rep woman the look.

So, I'm just getting even.

- What look?

- Listen, you and Claire are very old friends and I just think it's ridiculous that you're fighting like this.

- Well, I agree.

- Good.

Well then I'm, I'm, I'm sure we can sort something out if you just stop letting your pride get in the way.

- My pride?

(Tess sighs) - I know you bought this place to get back at Harry, but the fact is that-- - Whoa, wait up, wait up.

Claire told you about that?

- Of course she did, she's my sister.

Haven't you told Alex?

- No.

- You're kidding.

He's getting all of Killarney.

Why should he care?

- Because you did it behind his back.

- My business, Tess.

(paper rustles) - Well...

Thanks for the shower.

I'll just go and get dressed.

(gentle music) (Nick sighs) - [Claire] I don't have a problem with male authority.

It's just that I'm always right.

- [Tess] Right.

Right.

(gentle music) - [Nick] I'm too proud is what she said.

(laughs) - [Alex] Oh, get out!

- [Nick] I know.

So if these things are right, this is it.

Yeah.

Oh, here we go.

Don't say anything.

(dramatic music) - G'day.

- How's your stock doing?

- Yeah, okay.

Dropped in water from Thompson's for them.

- We haven't turned the pump back on, in case that's what you're wondering.

- We're not checking up on you.

- So what are you doing out here?

(horse nickers) - We're looking to sink a new bore.

- You want more water?

- So you can turn yours back on, actually.

- Really?

Or maybe you just came to see if we already had.

- (scoffs) You guys are paranoid.

- Oh, that's rich, coming from people who have cameras on their fences.

(Nick laughs) - Ooh.

- So now you don't trust me.

- You're a Ryan.

You're used to getting what you want.

(Alex laughing) - [Nick] And you're not?

(tense music) - I feel like I'm stuck in the middle of a western.

- Yeah, well, if Clint Eastwood turns up to save us, tell him to rack off, too.

- Jodi, how many times?

Food has to look as good as it tastes, so fan the beetroot... Actually, it's fine just as it is.

(Meg slurps drink) So what do you think Terry could have won?

- I wouldn't know.

Probably something dumb.

Like a year's supply of pantyhose.

(laughs) - Hey.

When's dinner?

(playful music) - Your hair looks clean.

(playful music) - I smell shampoo.

- You've washed.

Properly.

- Yeah, at Nick's.

I extracted a few liters from the enemy.

It was only a quick shower, he can afford it.

And that means one less person to share the bath tonight, so just think how much cleaner you'll all be.

I'll just... Take these through, Meg.

- Not fair, not... Fair.

- She washed her hair.

Cow.

- Then she deserves everything she gets.

(tense music) - I don't mind if no one's hungry, but can you at least eat the carrots since I went to so much trouble to save them?

- [Jodi] Oh, they're great carrots, Mum.

Loving the carrots.

- Oh, I'll, um, have mine in a sec.

Excuse me.

- So, what's gonna happen with Nick now?

- Don't know.

- [Meg] Remember Alan Williams and the O'Donnells?

They had a fight over the water that ended up in court.

- Tell me about it.

(dramatic music) (Tess gasps) - So what happened in the end?

- One of them died.

- Old Pete O'Donnell.

- Mm, heart attack.

(dramatic music) - What's going on?

- Nothing.

- Nothing.

(gun fires) - Snake.

Didn't even scream, just went and got a gun and shot it.

- Tess, it was already dead.

- You shot a dead snake.

- And still missed.

- Well, I didn't know!

I thought I was doing the right thing.

- How do you know it was already dead?

- Yeah!

Well, you got your revenge.

Like I never had a shower at Nick's.

- Yeah.

Now we're all hot and sweaty.

(dramatic music) - Come on.

Come in for a swim with me.

I promise I won't let you drown.

- No, I...

I've got to keep watch.

- I thought you said Harry was out.

- Uh, just in case.

Beck?

- Yeah?

- You know how the Miss Gungellan Ball's in a couple of weeks?

- Uh, I think it's definitely too late for you to enter, then.

- No, I was...

I was just wondering.

You know, you can say no if you want.

If you haven't already... - Brick, just say it.

(gentle music) - Would you go with me?

- Like on a date?

- Well, I mean, we can go together.

We... Yeah.

- Yeah, that should work well.

You could give me a lift in.

- Sure.

- And then you could take me home again.

- Yep.

- Brett, it's a date.

(water splashing) Coming in?

- The only way this will get sorted out is if someone backs down, swallows their pride, and makes the first move.

- Yeah, but does it really have to be us?

- Well, the guys aren't gonna do it.

It's women who wave the white flag.

We're the peacemakers.

It's the burden of our gender.

- Right.

- And just think how good we'll feel, knowing that we had the maturity to say sorry first, even though we weren't the ones in the wrong.

- Hmm.

(gentle music) - You want to throw money away, do it with yours, not mine.

Now, turn the pump on.

Alex, talk some sense into your brother.

All right, if you won't do it.

- This is my place, Dad.

- Yeah, for tax.

Let's not split hairs.

- Dad, Wilgul's in my name.

It's bought with my money, it's mine and mine alone.

(dramatic music) - You know about this?

(dramatic music) All right, Nick, you want to go it alone?

You can find out what that really means.

Alex, I want the tractor gone, I want the grater gone, I want the boom spray gone.

Brick, clear out the shed.

Any piece of equipment that's mine goes.

Call Terry and tell him to get the stock back to Killarney.

You want to be boss, Nick, you can be boss.

Of nothing at all.

(dramatic music) - Sorry, Nick.

(dramatic music) (truck rumbling) - Is Nick moving back home?

- Wouldn't think so.

- [Nick] Had to happen sooner or later, I suppose.

- Yeah, but not like this.

- That's it.

I'm selling the stock.

Look, you've got enough to worry about.

- And make a loss?

No way.

I'm not letting you suffer because of this, too, Claire.

- So we're back to square one.

- Harry's taken back everything?

- Everything that's not bolted down.

- Bastard.

- Including the stock you were agisting for him?

- Yeah.

That's right.

That's right.

(Claire laughs) - What?

(cattle lowing) - [Claire] We can do a swap.

Nick grazes our cattle, so he can take all the bore water for his crop.

- [Tess] Told you it was a good idea to make the first move, didn't I?

(gentle music) That's the last of our mob, Nick.

Look after them.

- [Claire] My water for your pasture.

- [Nick] Fair deal.

- Guess I should thank Harry for making it available to my stock.

- Yeah, he's been a great help.

- We should belong to the UN.

(Claire chuckles) - Look, Claire, some stuff was said in the heat of the moment and I'm-- - Yeah.

Me, too.

Come on.

(clicks tongue) (cattle lowing) - See ya.

- Come over for a shower anytime.

(gentle music) - As soon as Terry's brought those weaners in, you can go back with him for the rest.

I want everything that Wilgul that's not nailed down.

And then you can go back again for whatever it is.

(tense music) You think I'm being too hard on him?

He had you busting a gut for him, he didn't tell you, did he?

(dramatic music) - [Terry] Mm.

This is great.

Very tropical.

- (laughs) I just thought it was silly, the way we were fighting.

- Hmm.

- We're adults, we can see past each other's little habits.

And if we didn't have our foibles, we wouldn't be us, would we?

- Too right.

- So, here's to being us.

- I'll drink to that.

(Meg slurping drink) (Terry crunching ice) (Meg slurping drink) (gentle music) - So.

- So.

- About this prize you won.

- Ah!

- Oh, come on, I said I was sorry.

What is it?

Is it, um... Is it a car?

Is it a trip to Surfers Paradise?

'Cause I can pack in five minutes.

- Even better.

(Meg giggles) Ta-da!

Whoop!

(laughs) - Is that a... - It's a spa.

What do you reckon, Meg?

You and me under the stars enjoying 50 separate jet nozzles for the ultimate in relaxation.

- We're in a dry spell, Terry.

Could you have won anything more stupid if you tried?

- Come on, Meg, it'll rain soon enough.

You could do with some relaxation.

- You saying I'm tense?

- Well, not tense.

Well, just uptight.

It's the weather, it gets to everyone.

So what you need is to cool off.

- Wow!

I'd love a spa bath right now.

- Never had one.

Don't want to know.

- Hmm.

(dramatic music) (water splashing) - What are you doing, Tess?

- Uh...

I don't suppose you could pretend that you haven't seen me?

- What's going on?

Why are we whispering?

- So Harry doesn't hear us.

- He's not here, Tess.

- (whispering) Oh, good.

(normally) Oh, good.

Don't know how you can live with him anyway.

- Hang on.

Nick's the one that went behind Dad's back and mine for that matter.

- Yeah, because Harry broke his promise.

- What promise?

- When he was under the tractor, he told Nick that he'd inherit half of Killarney.

And then he changed it so that Nick gets nothing.

- [Alex] But how do you know?

- Claire told me.

And if you and Nick acted like brothers and talked more, then maybe you'd know, too.

Nick's just doing what he had to, Alex.

(water bubbling) - So what are you up to?

- Oh, just squaring the ledger a bit.

- Should I be worried?

- No.

Mm-mm.

By the way, who's Shelly?

- I'm pretending I haven't seen you.

Remember?

(dramatic music) - Alex!

Alex!

(playful music) (all laughing) - I don't even like champagne.

- Well, it's not a proper spa if you don't have bubbly in it.

- Harry must be spewing.

Did you nearly drain his entire pool?

- Almost.

The rest is in the tanker.

You can use it on your veggies, Meg.

- Oh!

(Claire laughs) - Great, more carrots.

(Tess laughs) - Okay, to um, to spas and to Terry for winning one.

- [All] To spas and Terry!

(all chattering) - No room.

(all chattering) - Cheers, Terry!

(all exclaiming) - [Meg] He doesn't mind.

He doesn't mind.

- He doesn't mind?

- No.

(all laughing) - Yeehaw!

(all laughing) (water splashes) (all laughing) (playful music) ("Heat" by Rebecca Lavelle) ♪ It's hot tonight ♪ ♪ But I love the heat ♪ ♪ It makes me sweat ♪ ♪ Makes me dream ♪ ♪ It's hot tonight ♪ ♪ So hot tonight ♪ ♪ And oh ♪ ♪ It feels so right ♪ ♪ And in the middle of the night ♪ ♪ I want you here ♪ ♪ And in the middle of the night ♪ ♪ I know you're near ♪ ♪ In the middle of the night ♪ ♪ That long and lonely night ♪ (thunder rumbling) (electronic music) (gentle music)