Original subtitles

We have a party every year

to celebrate the day I was discovered.

How many tickets have we sold so far?

26 in total.

Maybe we should call it off.

- [whispering] Tell them. - Connie! Connie!

[Enigma] She has been a bit off.

I feel like there's been a decline.

Quite the expensive exercise, living on an island.

I might be interested in making an offer on the house.

You OK today? You seem distracted.

He's had affairs. In fact,

I think he's having one right now.

I'm straight.

OK.

[Sophie] Why didn't you email me?

I was young. I wasn't ready.

- Should we get a drink? - Yeah, yeah.

Robin is Enigma's half-brother. Same father, Arthur Finch.

Your husband raped Alice in the storeroom.

- Rose! - She was a little tart.

[Enigma] My mother was an extraordinary woman.

This is my family and you are not welcome!

["Love Is Here To Stay" by Blossom Dearie playing]

♪ It's very clear our love is here to stay ♪

♪ Not for a year But ever and a day ♪

- Ta. - Hmm.

♪ The radio and the telephone and the movies that we know ♪

♪ May just be passing fancies and in time may go ♪

Did you always want to be a pilot, Harold?

Since I was a boy -

my father flew the crop-duster out on our property.

♪ Together we're going a long, long way ♪

And it's a dairy farm, isn't it? From what Billy told me.

You've got quite a lot of land down the South Coast.

[Harold] That's right.

♪ They're only made of clay But our love is here... ♪

I think I hear Enigma.

- Excuse us. - Of course.

Rose, you are being very rude.

Harold is handsome and interesting.

He's a hundred years old.

He's a pilot with two properties.

He's the holy grail on a silver platter in the living room.

I should be so lucky.

[young Enigma] Mummy was here.

Hey, hey, Enigma. Shh... Back to sleep.

She came to see me again.

Don't be silly.

[young Connie] Auntie Rose is going to go back out

and start dessert.

Big portions for the men.

I'll pat you back to sleep.

Tell me how you found me again.

It was a dark and stormy evening.

Auntie Rose and I were rowing to the other side of the island,

to have tea with our new neighbours,

Alice and Jack.

But, when we got to their house, everyone was gone.

Except for a tiny baby girl.

Me?

[young Connie] That's right.

[Harold and Billy chattering and laughing]

[tense music]

[Callum] ♪ I want to love you

- [Callum] Ow! - [Sophie] Shh...

♪ I want to love and treat you right ♪

[Sophie] Quiet... Jesus!

- ♪ I want to love... - Shh...

You're going to wake everyone up. Easy...

Oh my God. Gosh, you're a lump.

♪ Jah provides the bread

♪ Is this love, is this love is this love ♪

♪ Love that I'm feeling

[door opening]

- Hey, babe... - [Sophie] Hi...

I thought I heard something.

Yes, ah, drunk husband. Here he is.

Callum, your foot.

Yeah, just a, a little scratch.

Sorry, he was fine for a second

and then he just fell off a steep cliff.

How was it?

[Callum] I mean, the music was terrible.

[Sophie] Yeah, it was lame.

Well, I think my job's done.

Respectable husband and father delivered safely.

Thanks, sleep well.

Thank you.

Hey...

[Callum] Stupid tree root.

Should have kept my shoes on.

Do you need a shower?

Hot day.

Yeah, we went for a swim.

What happened here?

I just felt like cooking.

Nice.

[Callum sighing]

So, what else did you and Sophie get up to?

Longing looks, even though you both know you shouldn't.

[pensive music]

- You okay? - Mm.

[kissing]

You sure this is okay?

Hm-mm.

[both breathing heavily]

[Grace moaning]

Do you imagine Sophie like this?

Wait, wait, wait.

Why are you talking about me and Sophie?

Don't do that.

You're my fantasy.

Okay?

[kissing]

[moaning and groaning]

[insects chirping]

[FaceTime call]

[sighing] Shit!

[computer chiming]

[Libby] Sophie! It's me!

You know, the person who pays you occasionally.

Ha, sorry Libby.

I've been calling you for days.

Yeah, I sent you something, I think yesterday,

was it, maybe the day before?

'Marble cake - give the swirl a whirl.'

Yeah, there's a real art to it.

Didn't I ask for 500 words on

batty old lady leaves single woman a house.

And you've sent me, I think, what looks like a press release

for an anniversary party.

Yeah, look, I am working on a story

and I think it's going to really blow up.

But we also have to sell party tickets.

Which will only help our bigger story.

Okay. Have the party, solve the mystery or, or not.

It's up to you.

Just write me something I can use, yeah?

[sighing]

["Riverside" by Agnes Obel playing]

♪ 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 ♪

[birds calling]

[Grace] Look Ollie, you're in the water.

[gentle music] [water splashing]

[Callum] Ollie...

[both laughing and chattering]

[Grace] Yay! It's nice isn't it?

[Sophie] I've written a press release.

It's not meant to be too trauma-centric,

but I thought repositioning Alice as a woman

who speaks about her perspective and her--

Do you want me to read it?

Please - read.

[tense music]

[Alice] Because I said that he cannot touch me anymore.

[gasping]

[tense music rising]

[Sophie] Rose?

[Rose] I'm going to have my shower.

You can make us some tea.

[shower running]

[tense music rising]

Right, so you ready?

Ah, I do want to read it again,

but I think it's, it's pretty well written.

Did you take these from my house?

Connie's house?

You haven't wanted me here, Rose.

And I'd love to know why, so I can fix it.

Is it because you didn't want me to take the house?

Or is it because I'm digging into the mystery?

And there's something you don't want me to find out.

All the fawning over Callum and that baby -

wanting to take him away from his mother, all for yourself.

Did you also sabotage my septic tank?

Because this is quite strange behaviour Rose...

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

[screen door opening]

- [Margie] Morning. - [Enigma] Hey.

Alright. Here's the press release.

I'm hopeful it's going to get a lot of attention from the media.

I'll hit send as soon as you say 'go'.

[Enigma] Witnesses have now come forward to testify

that Alice Munro was the victim of an historical 'Me Too' case.

[Veronika] What? I wanted to reveal this in my podcast.

[Sophie] The anniversary party is a few weeks away,

and you, you've barely sold any tickets.

If you want people to show up, you have to grab the headlines.

Hitting hard on the 'Me Too'.

Justice for Alice.

The Finches won't like this.

Fuck the Finches!

It's a reason to do it.

Okay. Pressing send.

[upbeat music]

[reporter] We are on location for a very special episode.

An origin story that's not that simple.

My guest is Enigma Munro,

but we all know her as 'Baby Munro'.

Welcome to the show, Enigma. Before we get into your story,

I hear that you've just become a grandma.

[Enigma] Oh the love, Kate,

and my little grandson absolutely adores me.

It's your grandma. She's a narcissist. Yeah!

All I've ever wanted

is to find out what happened to my parents,

and now to discover that my mother was attacked

by her boss at work.

That I was conceived because of that violent attack...

We very much keep her alive every year, um...

In fact, we have a celebration on the island this month,

if you'd like to come along and join the party.

[Veronika] Hey, you've called Scribbly Gum Island -

four adults and five children, that will be 300...

[Sophie] Ah, I don't know, I can check if they are on the list.

Let me have a look...

Okay, great, thank you...

[Enigma] Scribbly Gum Island,

you're speaking with Enigma Munro.

[Veronika] Hi, you're called Scribbly Gum Island...

[Enigma] I just sold a party of six!

[Sophie] Okay, putting you through to Margie

and she will get your credit card details.

That is me - the real Enigma.

Margie, will you be here tomorrow?

Um, let me just repeat those numbers for you.

4-5-6-4-5-8-0-1.

[Enigma] So how many tickets all up for you?

[all chattering indistinctly]

It's really strong stuff, he said, okay?

Where you going?

Oh, just down to the dock.

Audrey! Hey it's Vee, I'm, I'm sorry,

I just fell off the face of the planet since the, ah...

Ah...

Ah, one sec...

Sorry.

Just out at the movies with some friends.

But anyway, I just wanted to get your vibe

on the Jack of it all,

'cause I just feel like we haven't even really begun

to scratch the surface there yet.

So, you know, if you just, if you want to meet up again soon,

just let me know.

[young Connie] What did you say to him?

[young Rose] Nothing.

[young Connie] You scared him off, he practically swam home.

Do you know who his family is? How much money they have?

[young Rose] I just said,

I have no interest in any sort of romance.

[young Connie] Rose!

[young Rose] I was perfectly polite about it.

[young Connie] You know, it doesn't have to be like this -

nice man, nice house, nice life.

[young Rose] Where? Away from here?

Maybe!

I know you don't want me here anymore.

Messing up your lovely family.

That's not it. We want you.

[tense music rising]

[young Rose] I'll build a house. I'll live in the shack.

- I'm not leaving. - God, you're so stubborn.

Look, I'm just trying to help.

You! You're trying to help?

You're just trying to help yourself.

Stop pretending like it's anything else.

[birds calling]

Oh...

What the actual fuck, Thomas!?

Oh, shit!

I was just coming to talk and then you were asleep

and I, I, I just wanted to say,

so that there is absolutely no doubt.

Soph, from the moment that I saw Connie's letter, I, I, I knew

what she was trying to tell us, Soph--

Listen to me. If you say even another word--

No, no, no, no, no, no! I think I've always loved you, Sophie.

Go back to your wife!

- What wife? - Get out!

- Okay... - Get out!

Oh my, God!

[people laughing]

[Nigel] So this island? Is it sexy for everyone?

Or does it just have a special affinity for Sophie's vagina?

Well, there's the, the solicitor, the barge man,

the ex, the other ex--

No, Callum was never an ex, he was just a fling.

- To be flung again? - No, he's happy.

Happy people have affairs all the time.

[Sophie] Yeah, but it wouldn't make me happy.

I just want what you guys have.

Someone to look me in the eye and say,

"Hey Soph, you all good?"

Why did she give me the house?

There's no dream man. It's just trouble...

I'm going to get you another... bucket.

Soph, I haven't seen you this...

- What? Pathetic? - Sad.

Probably since your parents.

Maybe this island, the Callum proximity,

and the Thomas shit. All of it.

I mean, yeah, it's a free house,

but maybe it's messing with your beautiful, wonderful head.

Maybe.

[Margie] What is it? What am I walking into?

[Ron] You'll see...

I had a play with those negatives you gave me.

I might be totally off course, but here goes.

It's right through here. There's a door. Okay?

[Margie] Weren't you just going to restore them for me?

I got ya.

I just thought you might want to do something special

for your Mum this year...

- Here you go... - Hmm.

Okay, when you're ready.

["I Think Of Angels" by Cat Power playing]

♪ When I think of angels I think of you ♪

♪ And your rusty-brown hair... ♪

They're not all from the Munro book.

There were some family shots in that album.

♪ I heard you'd left no it couldn't be true ♪

[Ron] Hey, is this you?

♪ When I think of angels I think of you ♪

♪ Godspeed you angel wherever you go ♪

[Ron] You okay?

[Margie sniffing] Um...

No, it's, it's ah...

It's Mum and Dad. It's good to see them.

♪ My heart's full of sorrow I won't let it show ♪

♪ I'll see you again when it's my time to go ♪

It's okay.

[Margie exhaling]

Anyway, I can, um, I can pack them up,

get them out to the party.

This is the most thoughtful thing

anyone has ever done for me.

♪ When I think of angels

I hope it's not.

♪ Your rusty-brown hair and the things that you do ♪

♪ I heard you'd left no it couldn't be true ♪

♪ When I think of angels I think of you ♪

[Ron] I think you get your talent from your dad.

It's funny, he took all these and then ran out of puff.

Can I say it was fun to do?

I was kind of fascinated by the light leak on the side.

See where they're faded on the edges?

Was that the camera?

Yeah. Not in all of them.

I could have cropped it out, but it felt like it added something.

That one's a beauty.

I would say taken with love.

My sister and I used to stare at it for hours,

wondering what her mother was like.

[phone buzzing]

Hi, can I call you after class?

[Ron on phone] I found a cognitive assessor for Rose.

[Margie] What?

We need to know if she's safer off the island.

[Margie] No!

We're heading in to see her now.

And you thought I wasn't going to be there this afternoon.

Yep. Okay.

You been to the island before?

No, I haven't. Always wanted to.

[knocking at door]

[Ron] Hello!

[voice echoing] Auntie Rose?

You okay?

Having a nap.

[Ron] 11:00 AM.

[Ron's voice echoing] Ah Rose, this is my friend...

[woman] Jillian. Hey Rose.

Is this your lovely home?

Why? Do you want it?

[Jillian] No, I'm from ACAT.

[Connie] She's a cat!

[Jillian] Aged Care Assessment Team.

I thought we could have a conversation today

about whether you've been getting enough support lately.

My wife and I try to help,

but we've got the business to run.

[Jillian] Um, do you mind if I--

I was going to have one of your brownies.

[Jillian] I'd love to get a sense

of what your life's like day to day.

Rose?

Don't touch those brownies.

Why is that? Are they your special brownies?

Back pain!

I have some back pain. I take medicinal marijuana.

[Jillian] Um, are you comfortable

if I ask you a few questions?

Like what?

How often are you treating this pain?

When it's painful.

And how often would that be, would you say?

I know what you're doing.

I'm not leaving the island.

[young Connie] Maybe they're right.

- [Connie] Time to go. - [young Connie] Time to go.

She's not coming back. I really miss her and Jack.

I'm not leaving the island.

[Connie] We lost Alice. It's was you, Rose.

How many times do I have to say, I'm not leaving the island!

I'm not! I'm not leaving!

[Margie] It was meant to be a grief counsellor,

not an aged care assessor. Why would you do that?

Because Rose is not coping. Have you been in there lately.

Dishes in the sink.

Well, some of those are probably mine.

Well, she failed the assessment.

Because she was stoned. That's what she told me.

She's going to fall over in the shower and crack her head

or smoke too much of the wacky tobacco

and set the whole bloody island on fire.

Who's going to pick up the pieces then, you Enigma?

No, it'll fall to Margie as usual,

and I'm sick of seeing her run herself ragged.

You've never been worried about that before?

I help, okay. I do my share,

but Margie likes to be the centre of things.

- [Margie] Really? - You live for it.

And I agree that Rose isn't ready for pasture yet,

but when she is, she'll only want you to be her carer.

I mean, she won't want me.

Well maybe I don't want to be a carer.

[Ron] That's what I'm trying to say.

Margie already runs a business -

the shop, all the cooking, babysitting every other day.

- Her grandchild. - And yours!

Margie's on speed dial for Grace.

Speed dial for Grace?

Ah, she texted me this morning,

the baby had spots on his hands.

Well you didn't think to mention that.

I told her to call you if she was worried.

Just a bit too busy with your photography class.

What's that supposed to mean?

Ask Saint Margie.

That had to be said.

[Margie] You okay?

[Veronika] Fine.

Hey!

You off to work?

Yeah. Recording session.

I haven't seen much of you guys lately.

Yeah... Hey, um...

I'm going to tell Grace, about Thailand.

I should have done it straight away.

I didn't want to say anything without telling you first.

I'm not sure that's a good idea.

She's going to hate me.

The whole island's going to hate me.

It's shitty and it's wrong,

and I don't keep secrets from my wife.

Right.

Okay.

You do you.

[Enigma] Grace!

Oh, Grace, there you are.

Where's my grandson with the spots?

He's sleeping inside.

Look, I just want to say...

I think it's pretty unfair that Margie's allowed to babysit

and I have not been asked.

Okay.

Great, well we'll ask you next time.

Well tell me about the spots.

I mean, could he be allergic, like you?

No, they're gone now. I overreacted

And he's not too hot? You checked?

Of course I checked.

Because it's really important that he doesn't get too hot.

I mean, I know you swaddle.

We just never swaddled our babies--

Mum, I need you to back off, okay?

We're fine.

Okay.

[Enigma] Okay.

[baby starts crying]

[gentle music]

[Sophie] Margie, you there?

[Margie] Hey, sweetheart.

Look! We have an actual clue.

Yeah, I had a friend restore some of the photos

for the party and he found--

He found a light leak in some of these photos,

including this one of Alice.

[Veronika] See, it's right there.

[Margie] But Billy's photos don't have it.

[Veronika] And the family ones do.

[Veronika] Okay...

Just look at this.

I mean, we know that this photo of Alice

was taken before she was visibly pregnant,

but Billy had never even come to the island at that point.

I mean, she, she'd already had the baby and then disappeared

before he ever got here.

So the photo was taken with the same camera

that took the family photos.

[Veronika] Exactly. It's a clue,

but I'm not exactly sure what it gives us, yet.

[Margie] Are you okay, darling?

I, I, just wanted to let you know

that you can have the house back,

as soon as I find somewhere else to live.

What are you talking about?

[Veronika] Hey...

Sorry...

I'm just really missing my mum today.

Where would you go?

I don't know yet.

I guess when Ron offered to buy the house,

it's just been floating around in the back of my mind.

Ron offered to buy the house?

He, he wanted it for you?

For me?

Dad's been trying to get me off this island,

as long as I can remember.

That, that doesn't make any sense.

[Margie] Sorry, I have to...

I just...

What?

[tense music rising]

[Margie] What the--?

[computer beeping]

Okay, look, I was thinking -

what if the camera that took these photos was Jack's?

I mean he must have left something else behind,

apart from his clothes.

I think that we should look in your basement.

Okay.

[Ron VO] Welcome to Scribbly Gum Estates.

Have you ever dreamed of investing

in a luxury private estate?

A slice of paradise.

Only 40 minutes from the City of Sydney...

[low tense music]

[baby gurgling]

[Grace] Here we go.

[baby crying]

[Grace] Here we are.

[Callum voicemail] Hey, leave me a message.

Hey, it's me. I, I bought some baby Panadol,

I can't find it. Can you call me back?

[phone buzzing]

I can't really talk right now, Mum.

[Margie on phone] I'm going to the bank and, and listen,

it's important that you girls don't mention

that house business to anyone.

Even Thomas, or Dad. [call ended]

Who goes to the bank?

[monitor beeping]

[baby crying]

[Margie's voicemail] Hello, it's Margie Gordon.

If you'd like to book a tour

or a ticket to the anniversary party,

please leave your name and phone number.

I think I found something.

Look at these.

[Veronika] That's Connie and Mum.

[Sophie] Is that young Enigma?

Wait, this one...

I think this is when Rose's house was being built.

You know what I don't see in here?

What?

Rose.

What?

And if she's not in any of these then...

Then she must have been the one taking them.

Wait, and they, they all have

the same light leak, every one of them.

Yeah, exactly.

So they weren't taken with Billy's camera.

Which means she must have taken this one.

We need to talk to Rose.

She's not going to talk to me.

I'll try and find some more.

[tense music rising]

Hmm...

Um...

I'll, I'll be back.

Okay.

[mobile phone ringing]

- [baby crying] - [Sophie] Grace?

Hi. Hi, Sophie.

I'm sorry I've, I've tried everybody

and no one's, no one's picking up.

Um...

It's Ollie. He's really hot.

Something's wrong, I know it is.

- [Grace] I'm sorry. - Oh...

- Sorry. - Grace...

I was just trying everyone, Margie,

and no one was, no one was answering.

Oh please don't apologise.

I'll keep trying to call Callum,

and he can meet us at the hospital.

Alright?

Grace? What's wrong?

[baby crying] [crashing]

Take him.

Please! Take him.

[Sophie] Okay...

[Grace] It's me, I'm doing something wrong.

[Sophie] No...

Hey...

Grace? Come on.

It's going to be okay.

- Come on, we need to go. - Okay...

- [Sophie] Ah, it's okay... - [baby crying]

[boat engine chugging]

[taxi skidding to stop]

- Soph! - Ah, that's him right now.

Hey, they're giving him IV fluids

and something called a bronchodilator.

They don't think he'll need a breathing tube.

- Okay, when can I see him? - Right now.

Grace is in with him.

[nurse] That's it, yes. You're doing so well...

It's alright, it's alright...

[baby gurgling]

[Veronika] Yeah, of course. I'll, I'll let everyone know.

Thanks. That, that was Sophie. Oliver's fine,

but they're, they're going to keep him overnight

- but Callum's there with him. - Good.

[sharp exhale] [clears throat]

Okay, it's bed time.

[Rose] Oh, ah, I'll look for the camera in the morning

if that makes you happy.

But I can't promise I'll find anything.

I, I never asked, um...

What did you think of Jack?

He was fine.

Well, he was just fine?

He loved Alice.

Devoted to her...

You mean, as a brother?

Right... Lots to do for the party. Off to bed.

Wait! Wait Rose, I um...

Well I wanted to tell you that I met someone.

Oh...

Who is he?

Her name is Audrey.

What, um, do you think about that?

I think there aren't endless opportunities

for happiness in this world.

And...

If you found one or the chance of one...

...good for you.

Thanks. Thank you.

I really appreciate that...

...Jack.

[gentle guitar music]

["Just Like a Woman" by Cat Power playing]

♪ Nobody feels any pain

♪ So believe I'll go on see her again ♪

♪ Nobody has to guess that baby can't be blessed ♪

Should we have a drink?

You can tell me about Alice.

♪ With her fog, her amphetamine and her pearls ♪

And Jack...

♪ She takes just like a woman

♪ Yes, she makes love just like a woman ♪

♪ Yes, she does, and she aches just like a woman ♪

♪ But she breaks just like a little girl ♪

[harmonica interlude]

[gentle music]