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Ball Bags

Episode 7
Written by Dylan River, Samuel Nuggin-Paynter and Sophie Miller
Directed by Dylan River

After making the trip to Adelaide, Robyn confronts her father Steve at his country estate. Meanwhile, Gidge is reunited with Robert, who he believes is a murderer. And now Gidgeaaa wants answers about where his mother is.

With an address in hand, Robyn tracks down her real father to the outskirts of Adelaide where she discovers the family owns a stud farm breeding horses. She arrives in the middle of a funeral service for Steve. Robyn fears she is too late, until she meets Steve’s son who shares the same name. Upon finally discovering the real Steve, she confronts her Dad with the gun, but fails to shoot him.

Robyn shows Steve the trophy and surprisingly he doesn’t deny anything, but his fiancée Cheryl and family are shocked to meet Robyn. Steve explains to Robyn that his father forced him to leave Mary and he hasn’t seen her since. Later Robyn and Steve bond over his horses and he promises to take her riding. Robyn thinks she may have finally found a family, but Cheryl has other ideas.

Meanwhile, Gidge has driven to Adelaide, to the home he and his father abandoned five years earlier. There is mail piled up at the door and his mother is nowhere to be seen. Close behind, Robert has the cops unknowingly drop him outside his neighbour’s house and walks around the corner to confront his son. He tells Gidge that Maxine’s death was an accident and asks him to help bury the body in the garden. Gidge reluctantly obeys his father. They dig a hole, but as they go to retrieve Maxine’s body, Gidge locks his father in the caravan. Through the door he accuses his dad of killing his mother. Robert tells Gidge the truth. When Gidge’s mother left him, he stole Gidge and they have been on the road ever since. At his lowest moment, Gidge pines for Robyn. He finds Steve’s number and leaves a desperate message for her, then plays the messages his mother never heard on the answering machine while Robert calls out to be freed from the caravan.

Cast:

  • Noah Taylor as Robert Senior
  • Will McDonald as Gidge
  • Sherry-Lee Watson as Robyn
  • Darren Gilshenan as Mick
  • Shari Sebbens as Tracey
  • Justin Rosniak as Steve
  • Emily Taheny as Karen
  • Chrissie Page as Dot
  • Bonnie Sveen as Cheryl
  • Geoff Morrell as Dick