This Mother is Being Thrown in Jail! ! | DIRTY LAUNDRY - Episode 1

Hey! Give it up, man. Where you going? Oh, there you go. Good move. You alright? Need a medic. Nice to see you. Oh, Donna. Hello. Oh, hi Donna. Gotta do it for the kids, eh? Yeah, thank you. Children. Those are mine. They're a little bit bigger now. Yeah. Bye bye. Don't worry, Mr. Sanderson will get you the deal you deserve. Thanks, Kat. Wrapping it up early. Was that strategic or a hot date? Is it any of your business, Nathan? Kat. A moment, please. Come on, matey. Hurry it up. Bianca, sweetheart, how's it going? Um, the lady's gone up again. It's an auction, love. That's what happens. She's gonna do it. $650? $690. Go to your limit. $690! $90 at $690. Now it's $690,000. The big bull bit at $690. Looking for $95. Second, third and final call. Bianca? I sell. Bianca? Going! Did you get it? Hey. Hey, sorry I'm late. I was just leaving when Jenkins called me into the office. They're talking about making me an associate. Are you doing this? What if you regret this? Decide to call everything off. And your family must know all your darkest secrets. Sweetheart, you're here. Hi. This must be Andrew. This is my mum, Donna. I am so pleased to meet you. At last. I can't believe Kat actually has a boyfriend. This is my youngest, Leo. Hey, I can't believe it either. Shut up, short-arse. We have some news. Oh my God! You won't believe it! Andrew, this is Bianca. Kat's younger sister and Tane. Oh, lovely. Hey, folks. Hi, love. Trouble. Oscar. You like my outfit? It's gorgeous, darling. I thought Aus was with Vicky tonight. There are two parents in this relationship and you said Kat was bringing her boyfriend. Here he is, Andrew. I can see that. Amazing. Actually, Andrew and I have a bit of news. What about my news? It's not a competition, sweetheart. Some people in our family think I'm stupid because I'm just a hairdresser. I never said that. And even though I am just a hairdresser, we just bought a house! You got it? Thanks to you. Congratulations, sweetheart. Thank you. And now it's just me and my gorgeous man in our own house. Yes. Oh, we're engaged. And actually, so are we. Engaged? Andrew's asked me to marry him. That's amazing! It's impossible! Stop making it out like I'm some kind of freak. I'm not saying anything bad, but Kat has the worst taste in boyfriends. And girlfriends. Stop teasing your sister. She did have a lesbian face. Yes, Andrew knows about that. Leo, can you get that? Well, I think it's just wonderful news. Your dad would be so thrilled. Thank you. And actually, I have a bit of news. Mum. Some cops here. Evening. I'm Detective Turner. Oh, hello. Nothing wrong. I'm within my rights to take my son. It's just a misunderstanding, that's all. Actually, we have a warrant to search the premises. On what grounds? Fraud. Money laundering. That's ridiculous. Actually, we'd like to speak to you. I'm not going anywhere. We're just about to have dinner. Donna Marie Rafferty, I'm arresting you for fraud, money laundering and tax evasion. What? No. Get out of here. You have the right to remain silent. This has got to be a mistake. Anything you do say can be taken in evidence. You have the rights to consult and instruct a lawyer without delay. This is crazy. Ah, the daughter, right? Yes, I'm Catherine Rafferty. I'm the lawyer. Andrew Too Good. I'm also a lawyer. Lucky me. Can we take my mother home now? Mrs Rafferty's facing serious charges on account of her association with Trevor Michael Oliver. Uncle Trevor? Yeah. What do you know about him? He's Uncle Trevor? He's related? No, he's a family friend. Mum does his books. And gets his groceries and does his dry cleaning. Yeah, we suspect she's done a lot more than that. If Trevor is at fault, then why aren't you talking to him? Unfortunately, Mr Oliphant has been admitted to the cardiac care unit and we've been unable to speak to him. Shit. Yeah, I'm a bit bummed as well. Anyway, seems like your mother's been keeping two sets of accounts, one which seems above board and another with the true picture and her income sources. So why don't you uplift them? Well, these have not yet come to light. However, if your mother was to, say, hand them over... You'd let her go? Well, not until she's been to court, no. Can we at least speak to her then? Yeah, I'll see what I can do. Thank you. That's my computer. My personal property. You don't need to take that. Why aren't you stopping the fascists? They hate a search warrant. Do you want to see some photos around your house? You think now is a good time? Kat will sort it because that's what she's good at. This is complete bullshit. Our mother is not a criminal. Where's Oscar? Oscar! Ooh, cute makeover. Can I go home now? You are home. I'm scared of the pigs. We don't call them pigs, OK? You do. Daddy, when are you coming back to live? I don't know. Mummy, Daddy's here. Who's your mummy? Oscar. Oscar, baby. It's OK. It's OK, baby. We were just playing. What the hell is going on? I got your message about dealing with your mum. Who is he? Look at you. Did you play dress-up? Who? Do you want to do this in front of Oscar? Hey, Matty. Do you want to go get ready for bed while Mummy and Daddy have a bit of a talk? G'day. What's going on? Dan, this is Matt. Matt, Dan. I know you. What? Indoor netball. We versed each other a few weeks back. Get your hands off my partner. Matt, please. Look, there's no need to get aggro here. This is still my house! And you can get the hell out! Stop it! Matt, you're ridiculous! Matt! Hey, Matty. Hey. Me and Mummy's friend here were just having a play fight. Fighting is not OK. You're so right, Oscar. Daddy has to go now. Night, Daddy. Night, Matty. Hey, sis, how's it going? Have you been running? No. Did you sort it? Not quite. Just make sure the others are OK and I'll be back as soon as I can. OK, bye. Wait! Stop! Wait! You've got ten minutes. Here you go. Thank you. Thanks. Did everyone still get dinner? Mum, you need a lawyer. I haven't said anything. Good. Andrew's a defence lawyer. He's the best. I'll get you bail. Lovely. Mum, I don't know what Uncle Trevor's gotten you into. You are unaware of Mr Ockland's activities. We plead not guilty. They're saying there's a second set of accounts. Yes. Right, well, if you hand them over, they might even drop all the charges. But if I don't know anything, how could there even be a second set of accounts? And even if there were, I wouldn't hand them over to the police. Why the hell not? It would be a breach of client-bookkeeper privileges. There's no such thing. Could you give us a minute, Andrew? I guess. Thanks. Lovely meeting you. You too. Look, love, Trevor has been very good to us over the years, especially since your father died. Your loyalty here is to Trevor? Yes. You're doing so well, sweetheart. Andrew's loving you. Mum, I'm a commercial lawyer. How do you think it's going to look if my mother is charged with fraud? Trevor is in hospital with heart problems. You're worried about Trevor right now? The man has had a heart attack. Where's his human decency? I need you to go and see him for me. Hi, I just need to see my uncle. I'm just next to Ken. Yeah, go ahead. Thanks. Alika. Aren't you a sight for sore eyes. How are you? Still running tests, but mustn't grumble. Keeps the porkers off my back. You do know that mum's been arrested? Yeah. Not good. No? So what are you going to do about it? I don't know what I can do from here. Where are the other set of books, Trevor? What are you talking about? The cops have said there's a real set of books for your businesses. So where are they? Your mum takes care of all of that. She's just your bookkeeper. That's a little bit sexist, isn't it? She's a very clever woman, your mother. And talk about kind. And this is how you repay her? She's in jail while you're here pretending you're on death's door. You need to help her. Yeah, I know. I would help her if I could. Shit, Trevor. Excuse me. People like my status update. Cops raided my house. You're not posting this on social media. You can't. Give it back. It's true. It's great for my cred. 187 likes. She's not a bloody criminal. They're saying she didn't pay tax. Yeah, good on her. Taxation is theft. Tax is what pays for our schools, our roads and our hospitals. I'm not having a political argument. Where's mum? They're still holding her. She has to appear to get bail. You're a lawyer. You were meant to get her out. I'm not that kind of lawyer. Right. Well, what was her news? What news? She said she had news. He didn't ask. Sorry, I was a bit distracted. Well, you don't need to get mad with me. I'm not. Well, we might go home. I have work tomorrow. Night, night, sweetie. Don't worry too much. Night. Yeah, I'll struggle through. Call me. Yeah, sure. Later, bro. Holy ----. Bloody Trevor. I still can't believe mum would take the rap for him. Yeah, well, she has. Now he has gone and had a bloody heart attack, so... He's dead? No, he's still with us. This is so crazy. No, thanks. I thought you'd given up on Rifa Madness. Being back home, I'm having a second adolescence. Was Vicky mad about you taking Oscar? No. She was too busy getting it on with Dan the meat man. What? You're kidding. When I dropped off Oscar, she was with him. In the biblical sense. Holy ----, mate. I thought you two were just having time apart. Me too. You know the irony, yeah? It's not just time apart. Vicky used to be a vegan. And he's on another team at Indoor Netball. What are you going to do about it? I'm not giving up Indoor Netball. Oh, mate. It'll be alright. We have to hold it together, you and me. As the others. Can we get wasted for one night? It's so good to see you. How's time? Good, but we can't wait to move out. We totally do have rats in our flat. That's terrible. You were right about the new place. Brick and tile, can't go wrong. That's what I want to talk to you about. You think there is something wrong with it? No. I am worried at the effect my arrest might have on the salon. You don't have to worry about that. Well, I do, because I do the books. You don't have to do them this weekend. You see, love. The amount of money going through the salon accounts is more than the number of clients you actually have. But I do have actual clients. I know, I do their hair. Sometimes, when one business is doing well and another one isn't, you move money from one place to the other. Why would you do that? So that the more profitable business doesn't pay as much tax. Is that the salon? Sweetheart, the salon runs at a loss. It hardly makes enough money to pay rent and overheads, and if all this drags on, you might not be able to afford a mortgage. We could lose the house. And you might have to give up the salon. I am so sorry to do this to you. Hey, dudes. What's up? Coffee? No. Hey, you wanted me to take that ding out of the car? Yep, I was hoping you'd say that. Hey, beautiful, how come you're not at work? I just saw mum. Why'd you go and see mum? Because she asked me to. She was talking about moving money around and how I have clients who aren't actually real. Is she going crazy in there? She said the salon makes a loss, but we were doing so well until mum said we weren't. Wait, mum said that? She said she was sorry for doing it to me. Holy ----. Doing what? It's a cash business. You could pretend you had as many clients as you wanted and back it up with cash from anywhere. That's genius. I didn't pretend. Do you think mum did do the money washing thing? Laundering? Would be a no-brainer, just saying. Are you saying I'm stupid? Nah, just gullible. She said that me and Tane might not be able to buy our house. What about the deposit? My mum and dad put up half. I know, oh my god. I'm so sorry. What are we going to do? Matt. Matt, are you following all this? Yeah, there's got to be another explanation. Vicky wants to meet. On neutral ground. How is your cafe neutral ground? Convenient. Free coffee. Where's Oscar? On a play date. Honestly, Matt, I just want to talk. About Dan, the meat man. I'm sorry you had to find out about him like that. This is where you apologise for making a scene. I'm the one who has to apologise. You got violent, Matt. When I came around, I wasn't expecting there to be a Dan. Where did you even meet this Dan? About six months ago. Well, you only split up six weeks ago. He's my meat supplier. I was getting that. It's all organic, free range. You used to think meat was murder. And then I got real good. So, you and Dan bonded over meat. How great it is. Stop being aggressive. I'm not. It's just we used to believe in the same things. Like honesty and fairness and not eating meat. And what if I want to think about me for a change? And what about Oscar? Oscar is fine. I told you. I think we need to talk childcare arrangements. Custody. You're doing this to punish me. I'm not. I look after Oscar most of the time. You mean your mum does. Mum loves Oscar. And apparently she's currently in police custody. You're using my mum against me. You do. All the time. I can never live up to your mum. Jesus, Vicky. You started this. No, you did. This is my place of work. Please step away. You wanted to meet here. In public, in case you got aggressive. I am not aggressive. I'm just stepping out for a meeting from 10 to 12. But I'll be back for the conference with Sanderson. Great. Thanks. Kat, everything all right? Sorry? All the, um... My flatmate's brother threw a link on Facebook. A raid at your mum's place. I said it was rubbish. Of course it is. Your Honour, we suggest, given that Mrs Rafferty has no previous convictions and is of good character, she be released on bail. We do not agree. She hardly poses a threat to the public. And she is a widow who still has a 14-year-old son living at home. Yeah, poor Leo. We are not disputing the personal circumstances of the defendant. However, we have reason to believe that Mrs Rafferty poses a flight risk. Your Honour, in the execution of the search warrant, we were unable to find a passport for Mrs Rafferty. She's got one. She went to the Goldie last year. I'm sure Mrs Rafferty would be more than willing to surrender her passport, even if the police were unable to find it. Your Honour, Mrs Rafferty's offending is not of a petty nature. Police inquiry suggests that in association with her employer, she has laundered money and defrauded the government of over $2 million. We believe that she has funds in overseas accounts. Oh, ----. It's the first I've heard of this. We strenuously oppose bail. I was not made aware of these allegations until now. My client is not yet on trial, has no criminal convictions, and has significant family commitments. Notwithstanding your client's personal circumstances, I'm convinced by the prosecution's argument. You will be remanded until you appear. You may stand down. Justice Burdock is down on White Collar Client, but will appear. When will that happen? As soon as I can arrange it. I guess someone should tell Leo. Shit. I'll pick him up from school. Thank you. We need to talk to the bank. Everything will be okay, babe. We'll see you guys. Hey. It's fine. I should get back to work, but I'll call you, alright? Yeah, sure. Thank you. Shit almighty. Kat Rafferty? Hi, it's me. Mum? Where are you? Just waiting to get transferred. Lady in the toilet let me use her phone. I'm with Matt. Here he is. Hi, Matthew, darling. Hi. If you were to ask, there are some people I need you to get in touch with. What people? People Trevor and I work with, and you'll need to see Sandra from book club. Did you forget to return the book? Not exactly. Fry's Fallen Chambers? Oh, hi. I was looking for Mona. She's at lunch. Can I help, Kat? I just need her to reschedule the Sanderson meeting. I'm not feeling very well. That's no good. You get better soon, eh? Thanks. Problems? Just my colleague who's so out to get me. First job on mum's list. Pick up delivery envelopes from Sandra's shed. Okay. That's a shitter about Donna. Amazing woman. This is for you, apparently. Thanks. See you later. Cheers, mate. Donna's children? Yeah. Oh, she's such a lovely lady. Hey, I made you some appetisers. Please take them. Oh, thanks. We have a message for you from our mother. Mother is clearly a very busy woman. Okay, hanky-panky. Why don't these guys get a cash injection? No idea. I suspect it's this place. Sorry. If you want couples, we need a bit of notice. We're not here for that. Donna Rafty is our mother. Good Lord. One of the girls heard something on the news, had her in tears. Leisha! These are Donna's kids. Oh my God, is she alright? Yeah, we think so. Are we closing down? Of course not. Don't be silly. That's such a relief because your mum is so great to work with. She even gave me time off for exams. Hey, can you tell her I got an A in accounting? Sure. Thanks. Sorry, our mother works here. I'm the manager. She's the boss. Takes a real interest in the girls. She hasn't mentioned us at all? Not till now, no. Yeah, well, give her my best when you see her. Here's the towels. Towels? Hi love. Hi mum. Hi darling. Hi mum. This is quite an outfit. Best of the time I get to wear my own clothes. Are you okay? I'm fine. Already made some friends. Not in that way, it's more your cup of tea. Mum, can we talk about what's important here? We should. I did what I asked. Yes. So sad about those people. Mum, have you been putting dodgy money through those businesses? Investment money. And into Trevor's rentals and the salon. Christ, mum. Nobody got hurt. Where does that money even come from? Trevor does the big picture, I do the detail. What you've been doing is illegal. Keep your voice down, sweetheart. Shifting money between businesses and laundering through the salon. The uncle wasn't the only one I've supported. That's not support. How do you think you got through law school without a loan? And how did you get a house deposit on a teacher's wage? And it's paid our mortgage and the bills. It wasn't easy, you know. Even when your father was alive. Dad had a job. Well he wasn't at the TAB or the pokies. It was, it was just a hobby. Oh, darling. You had a raging gambling problem. What? Thank God for Trevor. I could put food on the table and you never had to know how close we were to being on the street. There's no shame in being poor. How would you know? You've had it so easy, all of you. We didn't ask you to do it this way. Anyone would. For their kids. And those people we work with? And those other businesses? I made sure they were just getting a little bit extra so they weren't just scraping by. I need you to look after the massage parlour. Just for now. Do the side banking. So that's not legal either? It's a cash business. I can pay the girls more that way. Oh my God, Mum! And it'll keep us going until we get the insurance money. Insurance? That was my news. You've finally got to pay out on your dad's life insurance. But in the meantime, I'm asking you to help. I don't know if I can. I want to, but... Maybe next time you could bring me a change of clothes and a book. Make sure Leo does his homework. Isn't that bullshit about Dad? Yeah, Dad, like a flutter but raging gambler. He wasn't always a nice guy, Kat. How can you say that? You didn't have to work for him on the holidays. That's not how you hold a hammer, you bloody moron. Mum was just as demanding. No way! You never got laughed at because you couldn't make a light as air sponge. You don't want to help Mum because of light as air sponge. No, we can still help her. Maybe not in the way that she wants. Cops will do a deal if she hands over the books. So? So we find the books and hand them over. How are we going to do that when the cops couldn't? I don't know. Could be on a USB stick or something. And we know Mum better than they do. Sure. So are we going to help or not? Oh my God. What? I found Dominica and Scarlettie down the back of the couch. What? My Squirrel League action superheroes. How are they going to save Mum? They kicked us in their time. Jeez, I thought you wanted us to clean up. Hey, you haven't seen Mum with a USB stick or a flash drive or anything like that, have you? No, she didn't really believe in him. Always made me write stuff out by hand. Said the weakest think is better than the strongest memory. No, he's right. She does always write stuff down. What if the books are books? The cops would have found them. Not if they were looking for a computer. Anything? My Scout's badge and my swimming suit up again. I don't think the books are here. Oh my God. What? Your ninth birthday. Bianca's new rapid touch. That's hardly a clue. I know, but amazing, huh? Oh, you're a man. Just wanted to help. Thank you. So I talked to the cops. They didn't get anything off your Mum's hard drive. Right. She didn't mention anything about the missing books? Her connections? No. Well, we have picture. Leo? Yep. You want to see this? Yeah, I guess. Oh my God. Wow, that's you? This is so embarrassing. You have to make your own birthday cake. Darling, stop being so hard on yourself. Yeah. Right, takeaway. Anyone want takeaways? Sorry, I had to take time off yesterday. No problem at all. Nathan closed the deal for Sanson. Oh. Still a few fishhooks, but it's all billable. Great. About the associateship. We've had a meeting and perhaps now is not the right time for this move. The other day you thought it was. Kat, your work is excellent. But the partners feel you are comparatively young. I know they'll get over this. And I'm sure the offer will be made again. Right, well, thank you for making that clear. Hey, thanks for coming to meet us. Yeah, it was really good of you. And we still want the mortgage, obviously. But there might be a bit of a change in my income. How much of a change? I thought it was my turn to pick up Oscar. You felt like you could change things on Friday, so can I. That's why I want a proper arrangement. You want to punish me. Vicky. Don't touch me. Shit, Vicky. You were the one who made this nasty. I thought we were having discussions about our relationship. Always on your terms. You hate me for selling out. I just don't see why it has to be all about profit. Wake up, Matt. Either you get ahead or you end up a loser. I'm not a loser. Face it. We had problems. Now everything's out in the open. Me and Dan, your mum. Don't you talk about my mum. It's a fact. I still want custody. Oscar. Should we go and get an ice cream? We can get a slushie. Or some sushi. And a new computer game. Should we go? Wave goodbye to Daddy. You can help, you know. Yeah, but you can get so much better. Hey. Hey, what's happened? The bank won't give us a mortgage. Oh no, what did they say? Oh, they've reconsidered because they don't earn too much. And we're not too sure about Bianca's income. I'm so sorry, but... And we've got to come up with the cash or we'll lose the deposit, which my parents put up half. They could also sue you. Don't make it worse. I'm just stating the facts. You already gave notice on our rat-infested flats. Hey, it's going to be okay. You said we're munted. I'll be. You don't have to feel sorry for me just because you've got a flash job. I'm not so flash right now. Never give me a hug. Yes, I have. Not since I was like six. No, it would have been at least 11 or 12. What's going on? Could you and Leo go and get some fish and chips? Yeah, sure, the usual. Yeah. Hey. Yeah, see ya. I think we should do it. What Mum's asked us to do. What are you talking about? Mum has this business that no one knows about. Like it's dodgy. Look, the point is you're going to lose your house. Oh, I will try to work harder. Sure. But whatever Mum's done, it's not because she wanted to get rich. Everything she's done, she's done for us. So... I think we should help. Even for a bit. You said you wouldn't. Look, I know you're being all moral and responsible right now, but... I'm in. Really? I am not a loser and Vicky is not getting my son. Okay. So, we're agreed then? But we don't tell Leo or Tain or Andrew. But I tell Tain everything. That's a condition. You need to stick to it. I'm in. Okay.