Robin is squashed under the burden of Matt's disclosures, nevertheless, she will gather up her remaining strength for a valiant ultimate effort to locate Tui, utterly unprepared however for ... Read allRobin is squashed under the burden of Matt's disclosures, nevertheless, she will gather up her remaining strength for a valiant ultimate effort to locate Tui, utterly unprepared however for the inconceivable truth that lies before her.Robin is squashed under the burden of Matt's disclosures, nevertheless, she will gather up her remaining strength for a valiant ultimate effort to locate Tui, utterly unprepared however for the inconceivable truth that lies before her.
- Bunny
- (as Genevieve Lemon)
- Putty
- (as Edward Campbell)
- Voice of Choppy 3
- (voice)
Storyline
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- TriviaThe seventh and final episode of the Sundance US TV re-edit. Each episode was shorter than those in the original series which totals six episodes.
- GoofsAT 29:56, you see Putty pickup Tui's newborn and you can see that the baby has socks and booties on.
- Quotes
Robin: I don't know how to keep living
GJ: Who is she?
Anita: She's the, um, detective.
GJ: Oh, I remember the detective. So, you are on your knees? Good. Now die to yourself. To your idea of yourself. Everything you think you are, you are not. What's left? Find out.
Robin: I've just realized that who I thought I was, who my father and mother were...
GJ: Stop. Stop thinking.
Anita: Coffee
GJ: What are these crazy bitches doing?
Anita: They're meditating.
GJ: Ah! Have you people paid your trailer rent?
Anita: Yeah. Yeah.
GJ: No freeloading. Fifty bucks a week. You've gotta work. No one will pay you for closing your eyes.
Robin: GJ, I need to help Tui.
GJ: You people all you want to help someone. That one. That one wants to help Africa. Help yourself first. Like the aeroplane. Put on your own mask first.
Robin: How do I help myself?
GJ: Why should I tell you when you don't listen?
Robin: I'm listening.
GJ: No! All you hear are your own crazy thoughts Like a river of shit, on and on. See your thoughts for what they are. Stop your helping. Stop your planning. Give up! There's no way out. Not for others, not for you. We are living out here at the end of the road, the end of the earth in a place called paradise How is it going? Perfect? No. You are madder than ever. You are tired? So lie down right here. Be like a cat. Heal yourself. There is no match for the tremendous intelligence of the body. Rest. When is the next flight to Reykjavik?
Anita: Um, Iceland. Any route preference or carrier?
GJ: No. Just get away from these crazy bitches.
- Alternate versionsOriginally shot and screened in countries such as Australia and the UK as 6 episodes. In the US, the Sundance Channel airing was re-edited into 7 shorter parts.
- SoundtracksOpening Credits
Written by Mark Bradshaw
The problem I had with the show is that this is far and away the best thing about it, and that it does seem to care less about other aspects of the show. Unfortunately one of these is the narrative. Well, not so much the narrative itself, because a lot of it is compelling as a story, but it is the delivery of it that hurts. Major events happen and occasionally seem to be forgotten; scenarios and people exist without context at times; credibility is stretched to breaking regarding some things, and generally the show is not really effective at delivering a tense, dramatic story because it seems to have no interest in doing that or being that type of show. Again, I liked what it wanted to be instead – but we still have all this plot kicking around which feels consistently neglected.
The cast match the direction of the show well, which again hurts the delivery of the narrative but adds to the sense of isolation and detachment. Moss is good at this and I really felt for her throughout. Mullan brings his usual intensity to his role and as much as I was surprised to find him here, he did well. Young Joe does well as Tui even committing herself in the delivery of some of the less convincing aspects of the later episodes. Hunter throws herself into her role, although personally I found her character and her whole camp to be something that didn't ever really work within the narrative. Wright, Wenham and others are solid throughout, but in some occasions I felt like this was not the crime show they thought they would be in. I've only been to New Zealand once (and as an older man, did not live there for 6 months like everyone else and their dog), so I am not the best to comment on accents – but with all the Australians, Americans and Scots in the cast, it should be no surprise that the accents are a bit varied.
For me the atmosphere and the feeling within the show carried me a long way, while the deficiencies in the delivery did not totally stop me being engaged in the narrative. That said, it is hard not to see the weakness from my point of view, although credit to the show for the way it knows what it wants to be and gets it right from its own agenda – even if I think it would have been a better show if one aspect done very well didn't negatively impact on other aspects.
- bob the moo
- Oct 21, 2014