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(SOLEMN MUSIC)

MANDY: He did a lot of great work.

And then, completely out of the blue,

there's an allegation of sexual abuse and...

...predator priest goes apeshit.

I looked you up.

Martin Scarsden.

Investigative journalist supreme.

HARLEY: So you're here to do, what, point fingers at people?

- Come up with a fresh angle. - I'm just trying...

Trying to rescue your flagging career.

- Is any other media here yet? - MANDY: No.

Still all yours, Martin.

MARTIN: Excuse me.

(ENGINE REVS, TYRES SKID)

DOUG: We are not here to help.

We're here to tell it straight.

And that's hard sometimes, sure.

But that's the life we chose.

Beth, please, just print the facts.

Can you get an interview with this Mandalay chick?

You should've told me.

That I was having an affair with a mass-murdering priest?

Yeah. Sorry I didn't wanna lead with that.

Liam.

He'll have to know who his dad is.

I want him to know the Byron I knew,

not this monster they've created.

And what do you say to all the grieving widows and young kids

who have lost their fathers?

MAX: The war criminal, the priest,

the drug syndicate and the cover-up.

The truth behind the church massacre.

It's a cracker, Marty. Maybe even a book.

MANDY: No mention of who Liam's dad was?

What happened to the truth, the whole truth and nothing but?

Well, the story doesn't always come first.

(SURF ROARS)

(DARK MUSIC)

(DARK MUSIC CONTINUES)

(DARK MUSIC CONTINUES)

(DARK MUSIC CONTINUES)

(DARK MUSIC CONTINUES)

(SURF ROARS)

(DARK MUSIC FADES)

(PEOPLE CHATTER)

INTERVIEWER: So as an investigative journalist,

you've spent your career travelling the globe,

reporting on people at their worst.

Though, of course, it isn't all grim.

You met your partner, Mandalay, in Riversend.

I did, yeah.

INTERVIEWER: How do you cope on a personal level?

How are you not damaged by all that human darkness?

(EXHALES) Who says I'm not?

- (LAUGHS) - (PEOPLE CHUCKLE)

Of course, a lot of the people I write about

have done terrible things.

So I just trust my instincts for the story

and try to focus on what I'm there to do.

Which is?

Uncover the truth.

(PEOPLE MURMUR AND APPLAUD)

INTERVIEWER: Martin Scarsden, thank you.

(QUIET CHATTER)

- Thank you. - MARTIN: Enjoy.

Truth, schmuth!

- (CHUCKLES) - And yet you came.

BETH: Had to make sure you got your facts right.

- (BETH CHUCKLES) - (SCRIBBLES)

You got time for a coffee and a catch-up?

Oh, I've got a bit of a long drive and, uh...

Port Silver, huh?

That's an interesting holiday choice

given your history with the place.

Mandy wanted to find a yoga retreat

close to where my tour ended.

Apparently, the best one's near there.

Well, watch out for the locals.

(BOTH CHUCKLE SOFTLY)

- READER: Hi. - Hi there.

- What's your name? - Becky.

Ah, nice to meet you, Becky.

(SCRIBBLES)

MANDY: Hey, you.

Finished exploiting my dirty secrets?

Why? Have you got some more?

No. (LAUGHS)

I'm an open book.

Are you on your way?

I need my human hot-water bottle.

Yeah, I'll need to stay somewhere tonight,

but I'll see you in the morning.

Can't wait.

Seriously.

Yeah, me too.

OK. 'Bye.

See you, buddy!

- MANDY: See ya. - 'Bye.

('LEARN TO FLY' BY FOO FIGHTERS)

SONG: ♪ Run and tell all of the angels

♪ This could take all night

♪ Think I need a devil to help me get things right

♪ Hook me up a new revolution

♪ 'Cause this one is a lie

♪ We sat around laughin'

♪ And watched the last one die

♪ Now I'm lookin' to the sky to save me

♪ Lookin' for a sign of life... ♪

(PHONE RINGS)

♪ Lookin' for somethin' to help me... ♪

- (PHONE STOPS RINGING) - (MUSIC STOPS)

MARTIN: Martin Scarsden.

CALLER: Hey, M-Marty.

It's... it's Jasper Speight.

Jasper!

Long time no see.

Yeah, um, 25 years, seven months,

but who's counting, huh?

Mandy gave me your number.

Said you'd be arriving this morning.

Oh. Yeah. Bit of a coincidence you two meeting.

But, uh... small town, I suppose.

Though didn't you once say

if there's a bright centre to the universe,

then Silver's the place it's farthest from?

(MARTIN SIGHS) Plagiarising Luke Skywalker.

(JASPER LAUGHS) Yeah.

(STAMMERS) Uh, look,

there's something I need to talk to you about.

OK.

It's a little difficult, but, I mean...

...you deal with difficult shit all the time, right?

Yeah, I guess.

Uh, how can I help?

Actually, no, I can't, um...

I can't do it over the phone.

Need to, you know...

(SIGHS) ..see your ugly mug...

...up close and personal.

Alright. Sure. I'll, uh... I'll come around later.

Actually, can you come straightaway?

Like... like, right now?

I can text you the address.

Look, mate, uh... Mandy's expecting me.

We haven't seen each other in a couple of weeks.

(MUG CLATTERS)

Yep.

Marty, I...I just... I really need to see you, OK?

If you just want to come around and... you know...

If we can just get together and shack it out like old times.

(FAINT SQUEAKING OVER PHONE)

OK?

(DOOR SQUEAKS AND SLAMS)

- J-Jasper, why... - (LINE BEEPS)

(UNEASY MUSIC)

(MARTIN CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

(LINE RINGS)

(LINE CONNECTS)

MANDY: Yep, it's me. Leave a message.

(BEEP!)

MARTIN: Hey, Mandy. Just heading over to Jasper's.

I shouldn't be long. See you soon.

(SEAGULLS CHIRP)

(UNEASY MUSIC CONTINUES)

(INDICATOR TICKS)

MARTIN: Need a hand?

(SIGHS)

(IRISH ACCENT) Need a new car. Are you going to Port Silver?

The road doesn't go anywhere else.

Give me a lift to the backpackers'?

Jump in.

TORIA: Royce.

('PRAISE YOU' BY FATBOY SLIM)

SONG: ♪ We've come a long, long... ♪

ROYCE: Thanks, bud.

♪ ..way together

♪ Through the hard times... ♪

(BOOT LID SHUTS)

♪ And the good

- ♪ I have to celebrate you... ♪ - (DOORS SHUT)

Yep. Buckle up, come on.

♪ I have to praise you like I should... ♪

ROYCE: You live here?

I grew up here.

Long time ago.

We're coming for the work.

('PRAISE YOU' CONTINUES OVER SPEAKERS)

Are you famous?

(MARTIN CHUCKLES) Nuh!

You look pretty famous to me.

What sort of work?

ROYCE: Uh, farm labouring, hospitality.

Do three months in a region

and we get an extra year on our tourist visas.

Port Silver on the backpacker trail?

Who knew?

TORIA: Everyone says Port Silver has

the best beaches in Australia.

Well, not in the off season.

Unless you don't mind sharing the beaches

with a ton of seaweed.

('PRAISE YOU' CONTINUES)

♪ We've come a long, long way together

♪ Through the hard times and the good

♪ I have to celebrate you, baby

♪ I have to praise you like I should

♪ I have to praise you

♪ I have to praise you... ♪

(BACKPACKERS CHATTER)

♪ I have to praise you... ♪

Thanks for the lift, Mr Not Famous Man.

♪ I have to praise you like... ♪

(TORIA GIGGLES)

- (TORIA SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) - (ROYCE LAUGHS)

♪ Praise you... ♪

(BACKPACKERS LAUGH AND CHATTER)

(MARTIN SIGHS)

(BIRDS TWEET)

(KNOCKS)

(SURF ROARS IN DISTANCE)

Jasper?

MARTIN: Hello?

(DOOR CLICKS OPEN AND SQUEAKS)

Is anyone home?

(DOOR CLOSES)

(UNSETTLING PERCUSSIVE MUSIC)

Jasper?

(MARTIN BREATHES SHAKILY) Oh, shit.

(UNSETTLING MUSIC CONTINUES)

(UNSETTLING MUSIC INTENSIFIES)

(BREATHES SHARPLY)

Mandy?

(MARTIN BREATHES HEAVILY)

Are you hurt?

What happened?

(DARK MUSIC)

Shit. Liam, Liam.

Mandy, where's Liam?

(BREATHES HEAVILY) He's at Family Daycare.

(TEARFULLY) He's at Family Daycare.

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

(MANDY SOBS QUIETLY)

- (KNIFE CLATTERS) - (MANDY SOBS)

(INDISTINCT POLICE RADIO CHATTER)

(SIRENS WAIL)

So you just arrived in town, came straight here?

(SIRENS WAIL)

Yeah. About an hour ago.

- Anyone confirm that? - (SIRENS STOP)

(FORENSICS CAMERA CLICKS)

(SIGHS) Um...

Oh, yeah. Uh, picked up a couple of backpackers on Longton Road.

Their car had broken down, so I dropped them at the Breakwater.

(PEOPLE CHATTER NEARBY)

You'll need to make a formal statement

at the station.

- Sure. - (CAMERA CLICKS NEARBY)

(DARK MUSIC)

- (DARK MUSIC CONTINUES) - (SEAGULL SQUAWKS)

(LINE RINGS AND CONNECTS)

MAN: Thanks for calling Poulos Legal.

Leave a message.

(BEEP!)

(WEARILY) Yeah, it's Martin Scarsden. Again.

Please call me back.

(PHONE LOCKS)

(MARTIN SIGHS)

How much longer is the detective gonna be?

Detective Waalitj has to review your statement.

(HITS KEYS)

Well, what about Mandy?

Has she at least got a cup of tea?

(DOOR CLOSES)

G'day, Marty.

Scotty?

Bloody hell!

You're a cop? (CHUCKLES)

And, uh, Waalitj - you changed your name.

Gone back to my real one.

Right.

So you, uh... you know it's Jasper.

(INHALES SHARPLY)

Yeah.

Poor bastard.

Right. You're free to go.

Your movements check out. You're not under suspicion.

And Mandy?

I need to go through her statement first.

Hey, Scotty, can I be with her?

Nuh. I need to ask her about her relationship with Jasper.

She may not be honest if you were there.

(DARK MUSIC)

(DOOR OPENS)

(DOOR CLOSES)

MANDY: I feel really weird.

And last night...

...I can't remember.

Your blood test result should tell us

if there's any drugs in your system.

Do you remember dropping your son to Family Daycare

around 6pm?

MANDY: Uh...

She was babysitting him overnight.

And then Jasper picked me up and we went to the Gathering.

SCOTTY: What's the Gathering?

It's a celebration thing

for people who've completed the courses at Hummingbird.

Yoga, meditation, breath work.

It's where I met Jasper.

(JASPER EXHALES ON VIDEO) You rolling?

- MANDY: Of course. - JASPER: Yeah, OK.

The core. But lucky for...

I have an advantage that my core is incredibly powerful.

- Yeah, so... - MANDY: I can see that.

(LAUGHS) I feel threatened.

SCOTTY: Did you drink?

Yeah.

SCOTTY: How much did you drink?

Like I wrote, I can't remember half the night.

I remember dancing with Jasper and then...

...nothing.

Till I woke up in one of his kids' beds.

- I went to the kitchen. - JASPER ON VIDEO: Oh!

MANDY: Hey, wait, say hi to your old mate Marty.

Hey, you feeling this power, old mate Marty?

You got that?

MANDY: Jasper was lying there, covered in blood.

I tried to stop the bleeding, but there was so much.

And he wasn't breathing.

SCOTTY: And you didn't call the police.

I was about to, but then I thought,

"What if whoever did this is still in the house?"

So I grabbed a knife and...

SCOTTY: The knife you were holding when Martin arrived?

Yes.

SCOTTY: Were there other dimensions to your relationship?

Intimacies? Conflicts?

(TENSE MUSIC)

Hi. It's nice to see you. When are you coming here?

We can't wait to hang out with you.

Yeah!

(DOOR OPENS)

- Hey! - (DOOR SHUTS)

- MANDY: Hey. - Are you alright?

(MANDY SOBS)

(MANDY GRUNTS) Let's get out of here.

Mandy Bond?

Hey, Nick Poulos, Poulos Legal. I'm here to represent you.

You must be, uh... You must be Martin? G'day, mate.

You stop for a wave on the way?

Hey? Oh, sorry, I was out on the kayak.

But I got your messages.

Uh, you got me a lawyer?

And... and very astute of him, you know?

Has she been charged?

No.

- Is that her statement? - SCOTTY: Check it.

If you're happy, come back and then sign it.

Don't share it.

- I have to get Liam. - Uh, yeah, let's go.

Was, uh... was really nice to meet you, Mandy.

And... and you've got my number if you need anything.

Uh, yeah.

- (UNEASY MUSIC) - (DOOR CLOSES)

- (UNEASY MUSIC CONTINUES) - (CHILDREN GIGGLE)

(CHILDREN SQUEAL PLAYFULLY)

- (ENGINE STOPS) - (HANDBRAKE ENGAGES)

(UNEASY MUSIC CONTINUES)

Are you OK?

(CHILD SHRIEKS PLAYFULLY NEARBY)

(MANDY PANTS, SLAMS DOOR)

(MARTIN WHISPERS) Shit.

Fuck it.

(CAR DOOR THUDS)

- (CHILDREN CHATTER) - MANDY: Hey, fella!

Hey, did you have a good night?

KIERA: Yeah, we had a nice time, didn't we, Liam?

What's with the paper jumpsuit?

MANDY: Uh...

(LIAM GRUMBLES)

MANDY: Uh...

Are you OK?

MARTIN: Sorry, Kiera, is it? I'm Martin.

- Mandy's partner. - KIERA: Hi.

Thanks.

(CHILDREN CHATTER)

(BIRDSONG)

MARTIN: Alright! Nap time.

Oh, it's been a big day, hasn't it, mate?

(SHOWER RUNS NEARBY)

(SIGHS SOFTLY)

(UNEASY MUSIC BUILDS)

(FRIDGE DOOR OPENS)

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

(UNEASY MUSIC CONTINUES)

(UNEASY MUSIC CONTINUES)

(BREATHES SHAKILY)

(UNEASY MUSIC CONTINUES)

MANDY: You're not supposed to read that.

Uh, sorry. (CHUCKLES)

Lifetime of nosiness.

Why did you stay at his house?

Uh, why didn't he just, uh...

...you know, drop you back here?

'Cause I was drugged.

You've read my statement. It's... all a blur.

Uh, it's just that he, um...

...he called me this morning

as I drove into town and, uh...

...he said he wanted to tell me something.

(INTRIGUING MUSIC)

Are you hungry?

There's not much in the house.

(SIGHS)

Um, will you be OK for a bit?

(MARTIN WHISPERS) Alright.

- I'll get some fish and chips. - (KEYS JINGLE)

(DOOR OPENS)

(SCOFFS)

(DOOR CLOSES)

('I'M GOIN' HOME' BY DICK FLOOD PLAYS FAINTLY)

- MAN: There you go. - Oh, thanks, mate.

SONG: ♪ 'Cause all those far-off places... ♪

- (PEOPLE CHATTER) - ♪ Don't mean as much to me

♪ As the old familiar... ♪

(PHONE RINGS AND VIBRATES)

Hey, Beth.

OK, talk about right time, right place.

MARTIN: What?

A bloke was stabbed in Port Silver this morning.

Can you have a sniff around, see if there's a yarn in it?

No, I am... (CLEARS THROAT)

I knew him.

What... the victim?

Yeah, back in the day.

(SOFTLY) Shit.

Oh, Martin, I'm so sorry.

I...I mean, it's a good angle.

OK, look, I'll... I'll just cover the basics for now,

but if you smell anything bigger, can you give me a call?

Yeah, sure.

(PHONE LOCKS)

AUDREY: Oh, it's just unbelievable.

DENISE: Hmm. (SNIFFLES)

AUDREY: I'm so sorry, Denise.

- Thank you. - (DOOR BELL JINGLES)

If there's anything that we can do, just...

DENISE: Look, I know this is another delay.

(DOOR CLOSES)

But I...I can't face Jay Jay again.

- TYSON: Don't worry about that. - DENISE: OK.

We can wait a few more days.

- Thank you, Tyson. (SOBS) - Take care of yourself.

(DOOR BELL JINGLES)

Marty!

Hi, Mrs Speight.

- (DOOR CLOSES) - MARTIN: Hey.

(DENISE SOBS) Ohhh.

- MARTIN: I can't believe it. - (DENISE BREATHES SHAKILY)

The...

The police said you found him.

- Yeah. Yeah. I'm so sorry. - (DENISE MOANS SOFTLY)

- He called... - (DOOR OPENS, BELL JINGLES)

- HARRY: Denise? - DENISE: Ohh!

Jesus...

- DENISE: Ohh... - I just heard.

HARRY: Jasper!

- HARRY: What the hell? - (DENISE MOANS)

HARRY: What did the cops say?

DENISE: Well, nothing much.

Oh! Oh, Harry, this is...

...Marty Scarsden.

Marty, this... this is my godson, um, Harry Drake.

Martin Scarsden?

DENISE: Yeah.

It's nice to meet you. (BREATHES SHARPLY)

- Look, I...I'd better go. - DENISE: Mm.

Hey, look, Mrs Speight?

Jasper called me this morning

just as I was driving into town.

He was really keen for me to come straight over.

Um... Do you have any idea what he might've wanted?

DENISE: No. No idea.

(CHOKES BACK SOBS)

- Again, I'm so sorry. - (DENISE SNIFFLES)

My condolences.

(DENISE SOBS)

(DOOR BELL JINGLES)

HARRY: I'm so sorry.

(UNEASY MUSIC)

(UNEASY MUSIC CONTINUES)

(INTRIGUING MUSIC)

(SIGHS)

(RUSTLING)

- (MARTIN EXHALES) - (DOOR SHUTS)

(REFLECTIVE MUSIC)

(MARTIN SIGHS)

(SNIFFLES)

It's insane. I have to remember.

Hey. Hey, it was just this morning.

(SURF CRASHES IN DISTANCE)

Just give yourself some time.

- How are you doing? - Oh...

(MANDY SNIFFLES)

I know Port Silver wasn't your first choice.

(CHUCKLES) Don't want...

It's fine.

(MANDY SNIFFLES)

You and Jasper were close.

As kids.

Yeah, it was us and Scotty.

- The detective? - Mmm.

(MARTIN SIGHS DEEPLY)

You never talk about your childhood.

Growing up here.

Are you sure you're OK?

Yes. (CHUCKLES)

I am just worried about you.

(KISSES)

What happened with your family, and now this?

Look, honestly...

I don't really think about it.

It's in the past.

The past is never dead.

(WAVES CRASH)

MANDY: It's not even past.

('TEENAGE DIRTBAG' BY WHEATUS PLAYS FAINTLY)

SONG: ♪ Oh, yeah... ♪

TEEN SCOTTY: Long way to come brew beer, Jasp.

TEEN JASPER: Yeah, well, that's what makes this place perfect.

No-one will catch us. (LAUGHS)

'No-one' being your mum.

- Fuck you, Scotty. - ♪ Oh, yeah... ♪

And now the alchemy... begins.

(JASPER LAUGHS)

Do you even know what alchemy is?

Lead into gold.

('TEENAGE DIRTBAG' CONTINUES)

I'm the beer wizard. (CHUCKLES)

(LIQUID SLOSHES)

And I'm the weed wizard. (EXHALES)

Marty.

('TEENAGE DIRTBAG' ENDS)

(JOINT SIZZLES)

(INSECTS CHIRP)

(MARTIN SIGHS)

(WAVES CRASH IN DISTANCE)

(SEAGULLS CHIRP)

(MOTOR PUTTERS)

JASPER ON VIDEO: Come on. Oh!

MANDY: Hey, wait, say hi to your old mate Marty.

Hey, you feeling this power, old mate Marty?

You got that?

- Get a special on this. No? - (MANDY LAUGHS)

JASPER: Hey, buddy. (CLICKS TONGUE) Miss you!

(MANDY LAUGHS ON VIDEO)

(PEOPLE CHATTER NEARBY)

MARTIN: Well, the stories don't name you.

And anyway, you're a witness, not a suspect.

MANDY: Like that'll matter if the media finds out it's me.

'Riversend's Black Widow Strikes Again!'

(MARTIN SCOFFS) No self-respecting journalist

would write that.

I don't know - I've met a couple.

You know her and Jasper's mum? They're sisters.

- (CHUCKLES) - Well, half-sisters.

It took all of five minutes for Jasper to boast

about his connection to you and Jay Jay.

(MARTIN SCOFFS)

Port Silver's two success stories.

MAN: Marty?

Vern! Hi.

- How are you? - (VERN CHUCKLES) Good.

And... and you?

OK, yeah. Good.

Uh... when did you get here?

Uh, just yesterday.

Right.

Um, Levi?

Levi, come... come down.

Uh... you got kids?

Yeah. You do too, I see.

- MARTIN: Oh, no. No, Liam's... - MANDY: He's mine.

Hi. I'm Mandy.

Hi. Vern Jones.

- Oh, uncle. - VERN: Yeah.

- My sister's boy. - MARTIN: Yeah.

Nice! That's...

VERN: So, yeah, well, um, my son, Levi.

Levi, this is Mandy

and, uh, your cousin, Marty, the... the journalist.

Hi, mate.

Hey, brother.

(LEVI SNIFFS)

- Uh, so you're a fisherman? - VERN: No, Mandy.

We... we just do charters these days.

Used to do it for real, didn't you, Dad?

VERN: That's enough, mate. (CLEARS THROAT)

Uh, you, uh... you heard about Jasper?

VERN: Terrible.

He used to ask about you, actually, from time to time.

- (PEOPLE CHATTER) - Not that I could tell him much.

G'day, fellas! How you going?

Just head on down the jetty. We'll be with you in a second.

TOURIST: Yeah, right.

VERN: Uh, just look after them, will you, mate?

(UNEASY MUSIC)

Well... (CHUCKLES)

Bloody hell.

Nice to meet you, Mandy.

- Oh, you too. (SHAKES HAND) - VERN: Mm-hm.

(CHUCKLES) See you, mate.

MARTIN: Yeah, see you.

- VERN: G'day, mate! - G'day, mate.

VERN: How you going? Jump aboard.

What was that about "fishing for real"?

Oh. Well, Silver used to be a fishing port.

But government revoked most of the commercial licences

about 20 years ago.

Anyway, uh...

I think I'm gonna head down to Hummingbird Retreat,

ask around about Jasper.

- OK. - You wanna come?

No, I should go to the cops and sign my statement.

Alright, I'll drop you.

It's OK. We'll walk.

OK. See ya.

(MARTIN SIGHS)

(UNEASY MUSIC)

(UNEASY MUSIC CONTINUES)

(UNEASY MUSIC CONTINUES)

(UNEASY MUSIC FADES INTO INTRO TO 'GLYCERINE' BY BUSH)

SONG: ♪ It must be your skin... ♪

RON: What do you think of the tune?

Hey? You wanna come and have a little boogie with me?

- ♪ 'Cause now I can feel... ♪ - No.

You'd better be doing your homework, then.

TEEN MARTIN: Yes!

♪ It's not my kind

♪ It's not my time to wonder why

♪ Everything's gone white

♪ Everything's grey

♪ Now you're here

♪ Now you're away

♪ I don't want this

♪ Remember that

♪ I'll never forget where you're at

♪ Don't let the days go by

♪ Glycerine... ♪

(DARK MUSIC)

(UNEASY MUSIC)

(VEHICLE APPROACHES)

(UNEASY MUSIC)

(BIRDS CRY)

(SITAR MUSIC PLAYS FAINTLY)

(VEHICLE APPROACHES)

(GEARSTICK SHIFTS, ENGINE STOPS)

(SITAR MUSIC PLAYS)

(SCOTTY AND JENNY SPEAK INAUDIBLY)

G'day.

Hey, thanks for not giving the media Mandy's name.

SCOTTY: Just procedure.

So Jasper must've known his killer, right?

There was no defensive wounds, no forced entry.

He let whoever it was in the house.

So what was he into?

Could he have made enemies somehow?

Now, look...

...I know you're a big investigator.

But this isn't raw material for another of your articles.

What? I'm not...

(FIRMLY) Jasper's dead.

Someone murdered him.

Stabbed him in the neck.

Yeah, I know.

Just go home.

(CAR DOOR OPENS)

(CAR DOOR CLOSES)

(WAVES CRASH)

(MARTIN SIGHS)

SURFER: Hey.

Can I help you?

- Jay Jay Hayes? - Yeah.

Uh, just got some questions about Jasper Speight.

Oh, I just spoke to the cops.

I'm not a cop.

I...I knew him.

- My name's Martin Scarsden. - Oh.

- My partner's Mandy Bond. - Yes.

Yes, Denise and Jasper talked about you.

MARTIN: Hm.

I still can't believe someone would do this.

Yeah.

So you must've known Jasper pretty well.

Not as well as I should've,

given he was my nephew.

The night before he was killed, how was he?

Uh...

He was quiet, but, you know, he was normal.

How was Mandy?

Fine. Why?

She can't remember anything.

Thinks maybe someone spiked her drink.

- Really? - Mm.

I didn't notice anything.

- Hi. - Oh...

Dev Hannan, Jay Jay's partner.

- MARTIN: Hey. - Um, this is Marty Scarsden.

He's a friend of Jasper's and a journalist.

Yeah, but I'm... I'm not working.

It's personal.

His friend Mandy, she's your partner.

- Isn't she? - Yeah.

DEV: Yeah, she and Jasper seemed very close.

She must be doing it tough.

Excuse me, I've just got a therapy session.

- See ya. - See ya.

MARTIN: Not much surf.

JAY JAY: Yeah, but there is at the reef.

MARTIN: It's a pretty stunning place.

I know.

How long have you been operating?

Uh, about 10 years.

Since my dad left us the land.

You and Dev?

- No, me and my sister, Denise. - Hm.

But she thinks that fewer trees and more condominiums

would somehow improve upon nature.

But my dad gifted me a 30-year lease, so...

(SIGHS) Anyway, hey, give my best to Mandy, yeah?

Yeah, sure.

Oh, um, I heard Jasper has an ex?

Sue? What about her?

- She still around? - Yeah.

She lives at Glenarty Road winery.

- (LIAM BURBLES HAPPILY) - (KEYS JANGLE)

(DENISE CHUCKLES)

CONSTABLE: Mrs Speight.

- How are you holding up? - DENISE: Oh, you know.

- (DENISE CHUCKLES SADLY) - CONSTABLE: Take a seat.

I'll let Detective Waalitj know you're here.

Yep.

- (UNEASY MUSIC) - (LIAM BURBLES)

Oh! (SNIFFLES)

He's so beautiful.

He's such a beautiful little boy.

SCOTTY: Ah, Mandy.

MANDY: Uh, I've got this.

- (TOY RATTLES) - DENISE: Oh!

- MANDY: Oh! I'm so sorry. - (DOOR OPENS)

- MANDY: Thank you. - (DENISE CHUCKLES)

SCOTTY: Denise. Thanks for coming in.

(INTRIGUING MUSIC)

(INTRIGUING MUSIC CONTINUES)

- (INTRIGUING MUSIC CONTINUES) - (BIRDS SQUAWK)

WORKER: Oh, here. There she is.

MARTIN: Uh, Sue Speight?

Um...

My name's Martin Scarsden.

I'm a friend of your ex-husband's.

I know who you are.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

For your children.

I'm just trying to understand how this could've happened.

Can I ask you some questions?

(BREATHES DEEPLY) I don't know you from Adam,

but I know Jasper loved you, so... ask.

So, he was an accountant, right?

Did he have any enemies?

Clients loved him.

Who did he work for?

His mum, lots of businesses around town,

but mostly Tyson St Clair.

Developer, landlord,

owns the backpackers', the pub

and half of Port Silver.

Jasper did the books for him.

Right.

What about, um...

...affairs?

Affairs?

You know, could there be

a jealous boyfriend or husband around the place?

Good luck to any woman who managed to prise him away

from his mother's clutches.

(CHUCKLES AWKWARDLY)

Do you mind me asking why the marriage ended?

He just...

...withdrew.

Withdrew?

Yeah, the last four or five years.

Went into himself, away from me and the kids.

Did he ever use sleeping pills?

Like, sedatives, tranqs?

Not when I was with him. I've gotta get on.

Sorry, just, uh, one last question, um...

Is there any chance Jasper was the kind of guy to drug a woman?

(SIGHS) Look, I know you had to skulk out of Silver

with your tail between your legs,

but if you'd bothered to keep in touch, you wouldn't ask.

- No, I...I just... - Just... nothing.

(SUE HUFFS)

(UNEASY MUSIC)

(SIGHS)

(GROANS SOFTLY)

(SIGHS)

(DARK MUSIC)

(MUG THUDS AND SLIDES)

Oh, shit! (CLICKS TONGUE)

(LIAM WAILS NEARBY)

Fuck!

Fuck.

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

(LIAM CONTINUES WAILING)

(GRABS PHONE)

(UNEASY MUSIC)

(DIALS NUMBER)

Kiera? Hey, it's, uh, Mandy.

(LIAM SCREAMS)

Uh, would you mind taking Liam for a bit?

(LIAM SCREAMS AND CRIES)

- (PHONE RINGS) - (LOW-LEVEL CHATTER)

I remember my pop talking about Martin Scarsden,

how he brought the whole media down on Silver.

Half the town ended up losing their jobs.

(CONSTABLES CONVERSE INDISTINCTLY)

Was he a blow-hard when you knew him?

Uh, not at all. (SIGHS)

Stop.

Zoom in.

(GRIM MUSIC)

(TAUT MUSIC)

(PHONE RINGS)

(PHONE CONTINUES RINGING)

(SIGHS)

(PHONE CONTINUES RINGING)

(PHONE STOPS RINGING)

Hello, Detective Waalitj.

SCOTTY: G'day, Mandy.

I'm gonna need you to come back to the station.

(SURF ROARS)

(SHIFTS GEARSTICK)

(MARTIN SCOFFS)

TORIA: Royce.

(BIKE SPOKES TICK)

(TORIA LAUGHS)

MARTIN: What are you two up to?

(UNBUCKLES SEATBELT)

(GRUNTS)

(DOORBELL CHIMES)

TYSON ON INTERCOM: Yep?

Uh, Mr St Clair?

Yes?

My name's Martin Scarsden.

I'm hoping to talk to you about Jasper Speight.

I understand he was your accountant.

(TYSON CHUCKLES)

Nothing personal, Martin,

but when an investigative journalist comes calling,

instinct says I should tell him to fuck off.

Just like you did 25 years ago.

(DEVICE CHIMES)

(SOLEMN MUSIC)

(SCOFFS)

TEEN JASPER: Look, Marty,

I know people are shitty with you right now...

It was the fucking truth.

- I didn't make any of it up. - I know.

And they'll forget about it.

I gotta go.

(BOOT LID SLAMS)

JASPER: Nuh, um... (STAMMERS)

What about the brewery, huh?

Brewery?

Jasper, you might be content

to spend the rest of your life in this shithole.

I'm not.

(CAR DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)

(ENGINE STARTS)

(PHONE RINGS)

Hey.

MANDY: Where are you?

MARTIN: Just following up some leads about Jasper.

You haven't returned my texts.

The police wanna talk to me again.

OK. Uh, well, you should call that lawyer.

Yeah, I have. Goes straight to voicemail.

(SIGHS)

I just wanna get it over with.

You... Don't talk to them without him.

I've got nothing to hide.

(TENSE MUSIC)

(SIGHS)

SCOTTY: You're not obliged to say anything

unless you wish to do so.

Anything you do say will be recorded here

and may be used in evidence.

You understand that?

(TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES)

What's this about?

(JENNY PRESSES KEYBOARD KEYS)

(TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES)

This is CCTV footage of Bay Street

the night before Jasper was murdered.

(TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES)

(VIDEO PLAYS INAUDIBLY)

SCOTTY: That's you and the deceased.

(TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES)

SCOTTY: You said that you and Jasper were friends

and never had any conflict.

(TENSE MUSIC INTENSIFIES)

It doesn't fit well with your statement, Mandy.

(TENSE MUSIC)

(SOLEMN MUSIC)

(WIND CHIMES CLANK SOFTLY)

(FOOTSTEPS SHUFFLE)

(WOOD CREAKS)

(DOOR CLOSES)

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC BUILDS)

(DARK, SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

(USB DRIVE CLATTERS)

(DARK, SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES)

(INTRIGUING MUSIC)