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The island has a long history

of welcoming lost souls.

Alice and Jack Munro vanished,

leaving their tiny baby girl alone in her crib.

That baby was me.

- It's Connie. - When did it happen?

Rose found her just now.

Found these on the dining room table.

Connie left you her house.

This has got to be some sort of mistake.

Give me 500 words on that, Sophie.

I don't really know you,

but I need someone joyful in my house,

and on the island.

We'll need it now more than ever.

I think we know each other.

Yeah, Thailand.

- Um... - It was a million years ago.

Come to the island.

We could use some fresh blood, that's for sure.

Make up your own story.

Write whatever ending you want.

♪ Yesterday when you were young ♪

♪ Everything you needed done was done for you ♪

♪ Now you do it on your own ♪

♪ But you find you're all alone, what can you do? ♪

♪ You and me walk on, walk on, walk on ♪

♪ 'Cause you can't go back now ♪

♪ You know there will be days ♪

♪ When you're so tired that you can't take another step ♪

♪ The night will have no stars ♪

♪ And you'll think you've gone as far as you will ever get ♪

Thanks very much.

♪ You and me walk on, walk on, walk on ♪

♪ 'Cause you can't go back now ♪

♪ And yeah, yeah, you go where you want to go ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, be what you want to be ♪

♪ If you ever turn around, you'll see me ♪

♪ Walk on, walk on, walk on, you can't go back now ♪

Morning. I saw you swimming out here

and I thought I'd come down and say hello.

- You settling in? - Yes.

I've been doing a bit of exploring too.

Oh, already.

Did you know that the record in the museum

is a different size to the original one?

Well that record was old. Probably broken.

Yeah. It's no big deal. It just struck me as odd.

It's Connie - don't know what we're going to do with her.

What did you do with your parents?

Lost them on a train, somewhere in Peru.

I was going to scatter their ashes on the salt plains.

My mum really liked salt.

I think we should drink her - just a pinch - in our tea.

♪ Down by the river by the boat ♪

♪ Where everybody goes to be alone ♪

♪ Where you won't see any rising sun ♪

♪ Down to the river we will run ♪

♪ Oh my God I see down by the riverside ♪

It's, er, kind of textured.

Rotten eggs and sandpaper.

Not inappropriate.

Hey Rose, I was looking through the photos in Billy's book.

Do you remember him taking those photos?

Hello!

Ahoy.

You're from the Sunday Telegraph?

Yeah, Billy Thrumm.

They said you were bringing a photographer.

I take my own.

- Beautiful. - Hmm.

There she is.

The Mystery Baby Munro.

It's this way.

Was it love at first sight - he and Connie?

Not at all. Strictly business.

Nice couple, good tenants,

but they kept to themselves.

I hear he might have had a thing for the horses. Gambler?

That's the rumour.

We don't have a photo of Jack, unfortunately,

but this is - was, Alice.

You both found the baby?

She was in her cot.

- And she was crying? - Smiling.

She woke up when we walked in and she smiled right at us.

Look over here.

Don't you think it's strange how they left all their clothes?

All of Alice's lovely silk dresses.

Alice's white dress it wasn't in the wardrobe.

So do you think she was wearing it when she went missing?

We searched for it, but we never found it.

Why are you so curious?

Connie gave me the house,

so I guess she wanted me to be interested.

You're not planning on writing an article

about the mystery, are you?

No, my editor wants me to take another angle,

and I got to pay the bills, so...

Huh.

Now Connie's gone, there's quite a big hole to fill.

Join the family business.

What would I do?

Cook.

The gift shop used to do a roaring trade

in Connie's baking.

Cooking is sadly not my forte.

You might surprise yourself.

It's pretty whiffy in there.

We've got our 10 AM group.

Was me, me, me...

Mmm, hmm... Ahh...

- Where's Ollie? Is he... - Asleep.

Nice.

I thought I'd use the time to work on the new books.

Be productive.

I made these.

Anyone who gave us baby presents, they're getting one.

Oh, wow!

We need to change the nappy bins twice a day.

Or Mum's going to start up her passive aggressive aromatherapy.

I forgot what it was like living with her.

Eggshells.

-Here, let me, -He's hungry.

I can give him a bottle. You go back to bed.

Well these are for later. It's not enough anyway.

Can I make him some formula?

Sorry...

Why don't you go for your run.

- Hey. - Hey.

- Oh. - Oh shit. You okay?

Hey, you get that.

Woops.

Oh hey, can I, can I have a sip of this?

- Yeah, yeah. - Yeah?

Hey, ah, is this whole thing awkward?

You know, with Thailand and...

Yeah, well we can avoid each other.

Tomorrow night at yours, we can avoid each other?

What, what's tomorrow night?

Dinner at Connie's.

Third Friday of every month.

We tried to skip it once. It didn't go well.

And you think that's still going to be a thing

even though she's no longer...?

I would check that.

Okay, I'll check.

- Thanks. - Thanks.

Here, let me help you.

Oh, thanks.

- Just here? - Yeah, this is great.

Okay.

How's, how's Grace going with her - her stitches and...

Oh shit!

Yeah, Grace. She's not complaining. She's amazing.

- She's a trooper. - Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely.

- I remember that. - Yeah, hm-mm.

Yeah, so, so I guess we met at the funeral then.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Just met at the funeral.

- Well, I'm glad.. - I'm going to go.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - I'm glad we sorted that.

- Okay. Well have fun. - Yes, you go.

- See ya. - Go parent.

- Hi. - Hi.

Rose rang to say we should share these with you.

Mum's recipe books.

We won't drop you in it. We'll get organised together.

Margie, I think I might be more useful

with the mystery side of things.

Not proud of it, but I am Thai takeaway, through and through.

I was thinking of going down to look at the birth records.

We'll start you on the marble cake,

then graduate you to

the chocolate drip with cream cheese icing,

drizzled with a dark chocolate ganache.

How does that sound?

Impossible.

Come with me.

This was Grandpa's bomb shelter.

Oh, this house...

I never met him, but Mum said he was paranoid

the Russians had found him, so he holed up down here.

Hmm. Connie's hidden treasure.

Mum kept it stocked for all her parties.

She loved the house being full.

Oh, people person - like you, Margie.

Oh wow. There's a box of old romance novels.

This is so my jam.

Hello, darling. Are you on your way back?

We need the food.

Mum, we need a new solicitor. I saw the glint in his eye.

I've seen it before. Sophie has gotten to Ian.

Who's Ian?

The solicitor. Pay attention.

We need Sophie out of the house. Alright?

Oh, that's lovely, sweetheart.

Tell me all about it when you get back.

Mum, is Sophie there with you?

- Okay, I'll see you soon. - She's there isn't she?

Love you.

Mum!

Everything okay?

Everything's wonderful.

- Oh... - Good.

♪ I've forgotten how it feels with the carpet under my seat ♪

♪ It's the polyester fibres that wrap around my feet ♪

♪ Feels like home, home ♪

♪ When you're down and you're alone ♪

♪ It's the train that brings you home ♪

♪ And your mother, brother, sister, father ♪

♪ Waiting at the door ♪

♪ It's so sweet ♪

♪ Sweet ♪

♪ Makes me glad I'm only a stone's throw away ♪

♪ Oh home ♪

♪ Home... ♪

Mastitis.

- I never had mastitis. - You didn't breastfeed.

Was just a bit fiddly with my nipples,

and they said she was lazy.

Hot towel Callum and some cabbage leaves.

Connie's garden.

You need some help?

Oh, hey.

Yeah, do I take the small ones? The big ones?

I don't know what I'm doing here.

Outside leaves are best.

Outside leaves.

Okay, cool. Thanks Rose.

- Ouch. - I'm sorry.

Put those in the freezer. She'll need them all.

Where's Mum?

She went back to bed, I think.

In 1979, the Baby Munro case was voted

the number one unsolved mystery in Australia.

The Doughty sisters, who still live here on the island,

vowed to raise me as their own.

What the fuck is Dad doing?

Giving Sophie boat lessons, and making sure she's safe.

You know what your father's like V -

legs like that. He can't help himself.

Nice bunch, Margie.

Why don't you open up the gift shop

and I'll give them a good show inside.

Look, be intrigued,

but please do not touch the blood stains -

the only clue that something violent...

Hey.

So, Sophie stole Nanna's house

and then all of a sudden you're giving her boat lessons.

Well, she's here now.

She's been helping your mother out,

getting stuck into the business.

Your mum's got a lot on her plate,

if you hadn't noticed.

I'm actually thinking about

signing up for a photography class.

I get stuck into the business.

I'm the one doing all of the pack-muling.

And on top of that, I'm thinking about starting a podcast

on the Baby Munro Mystery.

Thinking, yes, but you never actually do anything.

What about you, Dad?

What do you do when you're not drooling all over Sophie?

God, can't you just watch porn like everyone else?

Well, at least I'm not...

What, Dad?

Divorced, living with my parents.

Oh my God.

You're a sociopath.

It's that short course, down at the community college.

And I'm not drooling over anyone.

Figure out all those bits on the camera

that I've never understood.

Smoothie!

Yeah, so you got to keep the Title Deed safe,

but the important thing is the house is now officially yours.

I'm still pinching myself.

Come on, I could do that for you.

Add it to my billable hours.

And thank you for meeting me here.

I wanted to look into the Alice and Jack story

a little bit more.

Anything in particular?

So the way the story goes -

Alice and Jack invited Connie and Rose to tea.

The baby was there, but they were gone.

And the weirdest part is, is the police have no idea

who they are or where they came from.

Veronika has this theory

that they staged their disappearance,

like left the baby there.

Yeah, Veronika has a lot of theories.

I probably shouldn't tell you this,

but Veronika tried to get me to evict you.

I told her she didn't have a leg to stand on

and she accused me of having a crush.

Even though I've only,

I'd only just met you for five seconds.

"There is one young man who I believe

"will capture your heart when you come to the island.

"I feel as though it may be fated."

Do you know what I find so lame

is when people our age say things like 'crush'.

Right? It's like we're not teenagers.

No. No. Exactly. Yes.

Yeah, if you're an adult and you're attracted to someone,

you should just say it. - Say it. - Yes.

- You just say it. - Yeah, exactly.

Anyway, thank you so much.

I'm going to, I'm going to go have a look

at the immigration records.

Do you want some help?

Because I'm, I'm pretty good with files and things.

Let's call it three point zero five.

Oh, good man.

You can have him back now.

Oh, I'll, I'll get him.

Okay.

Hey... Wow...

And you, Grace, how are you feeling?

- I'm good. - Tired?

- Not really. - How about emotionally?

Good. Feeling good.

And what does, what does 'good' mean to you?

Ah, fine.

Not bad.

Any feelings of, of hopelessness?

- No. - Anxiety?

No.

What about in the past? Any history of depression?

- No. - Well, I mean...

You know, what about uni?

Oh, well... That was a breakup.

It's irrelevant.

Any intrusive thoughts?

This is feeling a little intrusive.

I'm sorry about that.

Maybe the mastitis might be worth mentioning.

Well you have mastitis?

It's better today.

You have mastitis, but no trouble feeding.

Grace, would you like to talk to our neonatal counsellor?

Why?

Well, postnatal depression and, and anxiety

presents in 15 percent of new mums.

Oh, I didn't know that.

And 10 percent of new dads.

You know, throw in a traumatic birth.

It's something to be on top of, you know, catch early.

More often than not, mothers who don't,

well, who don't hold their babies when they come in...

I'm always holding him. I'm always, aren't I?

All I do is hold him.

- Fuck her. - Yeah, I know.

Fuck you too for not defending me.

I did. After you left.

Where's the car?

It's here, isn't it?

Well, I don't know. You dropped me off, remember.

Ah here, here, it's up here.

Hey, you good?

Come on.

- Oh God. - Work?

No, Veronika. Since you're on the mainland,

you might as well be the pack mule for deliveries.

Look at that list.

Huh...

It's not a list. That's a test.

How am I supposed to get all that shit on the boat?

I have a car, I can help.

Thank you.

Okay...

Wait a minute...

What's this?

Can that be right?

Alright, I think we're good.

So how do you know Veronika?

Oh we went to uni together. She set me up with her brother.

- You and Thomas? - Yeah, Thomas Don't!

That's, that's what we call him. It's like a, yeah...

Okay...

So why do you have your boat licence?

My daughter loves boats. Kaitlyn, she's six.

Ah...

- And her mum? - Helen, she's 36.

Yeah, we co-nest.

We live together to save money,

but we haven't had sexual intercourse since -

oh April, if you, if you include um...

Why is there water in here?

Shit!

Oh shit! Oh my God! Jesus, it's...

It's getting in the fuel tank.

I don't know where it's coming from.

Faster! Faster, faster!

Good morning, Billy.

- Hello, how are you Connie? - I'm well, and you?

It's nice to see you again.

Um, the police, they found the...

The bodies?

The boat - washed up.

Do you recognise it?

Yes, it's Alice and Jack's.

They're saying, based on the storm

and what they found,

there's no chance anyone would have survived.

Dreadful.

We should probably tell Rose.

We can only hope,

but in these kinds of situations it doesn't look good.

This boat is fucked!

Someone's coming.

I'm over here.

We're okay.

Do you two know each other?

They're here together, Thomas.

Yeah. Yeah.

- Thank you. - My pleasure.

Our first island dinner without Connie.

We'll get used to it.

What kind of mother?

What was that sweetheart?

It's the name of a new podcast I'm starting.

What kind of mother would leave behind her daughter?

You got a really great face for audio.

- Ah! - Ooh.

- Nice throw. - Thank you.

I want to hear from Sophie.

Ian said that you made a breakthrough

in the case today, Sophie.

Have you found something?

40-year-old Nancy Drew right here.

- 39! - And a half?

It's nothing.

Well...

It's not nothing.

- Well, come on! - Oh go on.

No, really it's, it's, it's nothing.

Is it scandalous?

No. No. Not at all. It's...

Tell us!

It's obviously something. Come on, tell us.

Okay.

Is there any chance that Alice and Jack might've been Russian?

Russian? I do like vodka.

And your furry hats and your mink stole.

Oh darling, there's no difference between wearing fur

and eating lamb for dinner.

Your generation gets so complicated about things.

And what's wrong with store bought nappies?

- Planet's fucked! - A-ha.

Oh, sorry, Lily.

I mean, it's not going to get unfucked.

I'm not apologising to a toddler, Deborrah.

It's not getting unfucked

because your washcloth nappy's in my laundry sink, you know.

So, Russian?

Yeah...

At the library today there were

over a hundred Jack Munros in the birth records.

But no marriage records

that match the dates even approximately to an Alice.

Hmm...

Well that's why I don't think that they were married.

You've never said that V.

It'll be in the second episode of my podcast, Aunty.

Go on, Sophie.

Well, well Margie mentioned that your granddad thought

the Russians were coming or, or had come.

So I just thought that maybe the immigration records

were worth a look.

Oh, that's good.

Yeah, and maybe they weren't born

Alice and Jack Munro.

Maybe they were born, say, Alisa and Ivan Muranivsky.

Oh!

Now, Ivan being the Russian version of Jack.

I did not know that.

You mean, for example?

Actually, no.

Turns out that there was an Ivan and Alisa Muranivsky

who arrived in Sydney in 1961 by boat,

and on arrival changed their names to Alice and Jack Munro.

No!

Oh, there was that folk album that used to be in the museum.

Yep! World music.

Rose!

Well, I don't remember.

Where's that record now, Rose?

You would've known if they were foreign.

Did my parents have an accent?

- Nice couple. - Nice couple.

Good tenants, but...

They kept to themselves.

- You'd remember an accent. - Yeah.

I think you should all stop badgering Rose.

It was a long time ago and memories fade.

Anyway, Russians aside,

the really interesting part is that...

Can you stop playing footsies with the lawyer?

Veronika, you were right. They weren't married.

Oh, I'm a bastard.

Oh, who cares? Good for them.

But legally they couldn't be married.

Because?

Why?

- You want to... - Oh...

Come on!

It seems that they were possibly...

..brother and sister.

Oh God!

You'd be surprised,

brother/sister incest is a common fantasy.

Top 10 in the search terms on Pornhub.

How do you know that?

Top six I believe.

How do you know that?

Could we change the subject please?

You do have that funny toe, Mum.

That's right.

I don't know why you're smiling.

You're genetically compromised, if I am.

I want to see the funny toe! I want to see that funny toe!

Get off me!

Get off me. Stop it!

Don't touch! Veronika! No!

- I'll go. - No, he's hungry.

Don't touch it! Stop it!

I saw it!

Here, let me.

Mum never let us in here.

See, it's locked.

Wait a minute.

How's fatherhood?

It's tough.

So...

Can you see anything?

No, not yet.

I think I've got them.

Russian folk music, right?

Yes. Found it.

Sophie? Sophie!

No, it's fine. I thought I... I thought I saw something.

Is that...?

Oh my God!

Huh...

You think you're so clever, don't you?

You should never have brought her here.

Tell them.

It's time.

Wow!

Wha...

Where did you find it?

Connie had it in that locked room downstairs.

What do you mean?

It was just there like it was waiting for us.

But that doesn't make any sense.

I mean it's been lost since Mum was lost.

Wait, are these blood stains?

How long has she had it?

How many years have we been looking for it?

Don't touch the evidence.

Wasn't she wearing it when she disappeared?

It's pretty old, the dress.

I don't know.

I don't know why she wouldn't want it in a museum.

No, no Sophie found it. It was all Sophie.

"What kind of mother?"

My podcast.

Yeah.

Look, if you're going to stick around,

you may as well make yourself useful.