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(FIRES GUN)

You gonna tell Mum what you do? Who you rob?

You gonna tell her how you keep a gun in a baby's bag?!

CINDY: You know Texas, who drinks in here?

We think he might be involved in the robberies.

I'm sorry.

JAY: This was about reminding this town of its past.

Someone has to stand up and talk for our mob.

The real injustice is anything we've done won't change shit!

ANOUSHA: Josh's body was found in the vacant lot.

MARY: By Phoenix Lovell. Phoenix Lovell?

What did you do to Josh Allen?

GERALDINE: She's been fully rehabilitated

and we are ready to resume low-cost, high-grade gold production.

What was here?

Just a set of antique neck chains that belonged to my father.

Chains to hang around people's necks?

(TRUCK HORN BLARES)

Hi. Won't be a sec.

Hey, cowboy.

Sorry about Jack.

Any trains come through today?

Nah.

Does anything come through here anymore?

Not since the mine closed, way back.

There's someone in the roadhouse.

Funny you should ask, though. You're not the first.

What do you mean?

Oh, there was this young couple from town.

Had their little girl with them.

When was this?

A few days before the robbery.

That little girl wouldn't stop crying.

Poppy, get down.

(FIRES GUN)

(FIRES GUN)

(BRAKES SQUEAK AND HISS)

(TRUCK HORN BLARES)

Stay inside if you wanna live!

(ON PHONE) Constable Max Armine...

It's Poppy at the roadhouse.

MAN: (ON RADIO) Matey, what's going on down there, mate, over?

(FIRES GUN, TYRE HISSES)

(HELICOPTER WHIRRS)

Out!

WOMAN: Geraldine, get out.

Lartesha?

Get...out...now.

What...what are you doing, Teesh? Is...is this about money?

Because I've got plenty of money...

(GUNSHOT)

Shut up!

Why do you think that you always get to speak?

(RIFLE CLICKS)

Put it down, Texas.

Lower your weapon! Show me your hands!

I don't understand why you're doing this.

We're your family.

You're not my family.

(GUNSHOT)

MAX: Stop!

(GUNSHOT)

(FIRES GUN)

(BREATHES SHAKILY)

PATRICK: Hey. It's us.

Can you just put the gun down, please?

You rounded up our mob,

you shipped them off their country,

so you could mine it for your precious fuckin' gold.

Lartesha, the mine is gonna make this town great again,

for everybody... There's no more gold in that mine.

You're selling a big, empty hole in the ground.

Texas!

Just drop the weapon!

Come out slowly, with your hands in the air.

JAY: It's not too late!

Alright!

(FIRES GUN)

GERALDINE: We gave you everything. PATRICK: Sis, listen to me.

I know you're angry. And you've got every right to be.

But I can help, OK? I can sort this out.

JAY: Lartesha!

You're on the wrong side of this fight.

You wanted to be heard.

Well, you've done it.

Everyone's listening now.

Teesh, it's over.

Think of Anya.

Hmm?

(GUN FIRES)

(LARTESHA GASPS)

(GASPS)

Ohhh!

Oh, fuck.

(LARTESHA SOBS)

Ohh!

You alright?

Not really.

Yeah, I don't think you ever get used to being shot at.

Hope not. (CHUCKLES)

I reckon it's time for me to leave.

Head home.

Before someone else comes for payback.

(CHUCKLES)

And the wife's got the shits.

Yeah, can't have that.

(SIGHS)

It was good to see you, mate.

You, too.

Sorry about the circumstances.

Sorry about your dad.

(DOOR CLOSES)

Jay?

I'll...I'll see ya, mate.

Mary.

You hurt?

I'm alright.

Where is he?

He's still with the doctors.

He's in a lot of trouble, isn't he?

Yeah. (SIGHS)

Lartesha...

Stupid girl.

What if the Southwells try to take Anya off us?

You won't let that happen.

CINDY: Mary Allen?

Family can go in now.

Mary...

I'm leaving town.

(SCOFFS)

(MEDICAL EQUIPMENT BEEPS)

Yo.

You dickhead.

I got shot, like Tupac, sis.

(LAUGHS)

# Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah... #

(KNOCK AT DOOR)

I'm Xavier's legal representation for today.

Where's Anousha?

Can't get hold of her?

I thought you might know where she'd gone.

PETER: I know, sir, I know.

We're doing everything we can.

I know the Coroner's on site, but...

The officer's here. I'll... I'll actually call you back.

Max, this has turned into a complete fuckin' shit-fight.

I quit.

You wanna talk about it?

You look good. You look fresh.

Your hat looks good. Yeah, I'm getting used to it.

Who you showering up for?

Hmm... Might go into town.

Meet up with a woman. Oh, yeah.

Being dirty never stopped you.

(CHUCKLES)

What do you wanna do with this bloke?

Should we split it, or what?

Hmm?

(MEDICAL EQUIPMENT BEEPS)

Should have brought Anya.

I didn't want her to see you like this, bub.

It's OK.

She's the one going to jail, not you.

I'm going to ring that Legal Aid woman in the morning

and we'll get her on the case.

She's gone.

True?

Bitch. Mum...

Yeah, well, whoever they send in from the city next.

This is not your fault.

I need some air.

(DOOR OPENS)

(SIGHS)

You got a lighter?

I gave up.

Hey, you go arse over tit again, Muz?

Yeah, I wasn't even on the piss this time, Phoenix.

Must be gettin' past our use-by date.

Ah, not quite yet.

(PHOENIX LAUGHS)

Hey, got a lighter?

No, they took 'em off me.

Aunty Lovell?

Phoenix?

Do you remember me?

I'm Mary Allen.

I heard you moved away.

I live out in the bush.

How's your family?

Mum's sick.

Oh. I'm sorry.

Honestly, since Josh...

..nothing's gone right.

You found him, didn't you?

Behind your house?

Was anyone else there?

Did someone threaten you?

Was that the reason you moved away?

I'm just trying to find out what happened to my brother that night.

Please.

Right now, all we've got is pain.

Pain that never goes away.

Genesis.

25.

REX: Mary?

Need a ride?

(COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYS ON RADIO)

REX: Back into town?

OK. We'll just drive around for a bit, then.

Xavier's alive. Main thing.

He's a good kid.

Under all the bullshit.

Is he the reason you started coming round to the house?

I see your brother was growing up wild.

I thought, what with all the trouble your family's been through,

having a man around might help.

Turns out...

..I'm just a silly old bugger. (CHUCKLES)

Can't help anyone. (CHUCKLES)

Do you know Anousha?

New Legal Aid? Yeah.

She left town all of a sudden. No-one knows why.

You heard anything? Nuh.

Maybe...she took off...

..with one of her young clients.

Female lawyer.

(LAUGHS) It happens.

No, it's not like her.

Only person she was close to was Abe.

My Abe?

Reckon you can come with me to his house?

(SWITCHES MUSIC OFF) Why?

Just need to talk to him.

Ever thought...

..it's actually a good thing that lawyer's taken off?

These crims in this town, they don't need hand-holding.

They need a kick up the arse.

Put the fear of the Devil into them.

Forget it. Just take me home, eh?

I'll come to Abe's with ya.

Nah, it's fine. Just take me home, please.

(ENGINE REVS)

(LOCKS CLICK)

(THUD!) (TYRES SCREECH)

(MARY SCREAMS)

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

It's mainly wood they burn 'em in.

(VEHICLE APPROACHES)

(BRAKES SQUEAK)

SPUTTY: What's this fella doin'?

How's it going?

What are you two doing out here?

Oh, you know, family business.

Your meter's running. Is it? Oh...

Thanks.

Gettin' forgetful.

Bit of a scratch there.

Uh, had a blue with a customer.

(CHUCKLES) Silly bugger.

So, where's your spot, old fella?

Oh, can't give that info away, young fella.

Alright.

But when you find that big gold nugget...

..remember whose country this is. (CHUCKLES) Of course.

Royalties where due.

Good man. Hmm?

I'll see you around.

(REX STARTS ENGINE)

(JAY STARTS ENGINE) SPUTTY: Hey... Where you goin'?

Hey!

(DOG BARKS)

(SCREAMING NEARBY) Help!

(SCREAMS)

(SCREAMS) Help!

(SCREAMS) Help!

(SOBS)

JAY: Mary!

Rex!

(MARY SOBS AND PANTS)

Little Jayco.

Let her go.

You could have been one of them.

(STRAINS)

The forgotten boys.

I'm not gonna ask you again.

Look at you, with your badge and...

(GRUNTS)

(FIRES GUN)

MARY: (SCREAMS) Jay!

(MARY GASPS AND COUGHS)

(MARY GASPS FOR BREATH)

(COUGHS)

(COUGHS)

JAY: Are you hurt?

(SCRAPING)

(SOBS)

Well, this is a mess.

She say how many?

Three.

Max just quit.

I think she's not cut out for this anymore.

You should go home.

Let Mary get some sleep.

We can get your statements later.

You need this back?

It's yours. You hang onto it.

Righto.

Jay?

What do you reckon?

You just...come in when you're ready.

KERRY O'BRIEN: (ON TV) There are questions to answer

from the shooting of an ex-police officer

in the Goldfields region yesterday.

Police believe the now deceased Rex Dean Stout,

a former station commander at Jardine,

was responsible for the deaths of three teenagers

from the 1980s to the '90s.

It's alleged that when detectives followed Stout,

believing he'd abducted a local woman,

he aimed a pistol at them and was shot dead.

Three boys killed in 10 years,

and families now looking for answers.

That story tomorrow night.

Join us then, but for now, goodnight.

ABE: If we saw kids out at night, we'd throw 'em in the van,

dump at the roadhouse near the edge of town

so they'd have to walk back.

Stop them, stealing or...

..getting into trouble.

So, how...

..did these kids...

..end up at the bottom of a mineshaft?

Or left for dead in an empty lot?

Sometimes, things...

..happened.

Like Josh Allen?

Yes.

What happened that night you picked him up?

Um...

..we saw Josh and Ziggy leaving a party.

Walking home together.

Um...

We pulled them up,

asked them what they were doing, where they were going.

It was all normal, but, uh...

..then Ziggy swore at Dad.

It's not her fault.

You know...how she is.

But, uh...he snapped

and went, "That's...it."

I tried to talk him down. That Ziggy's harmless.

But...he gets out and I know...

..I know he's gonna hurt her, when Josh...

..Josh stands in front of Ziggy

and slams the car door into Dad's legs.

(CRIES)

Um...

Ziggy bolts and Josh tries to,

and Dad's screaming at me, so I...tackle Josh,

and...and, um...

..and I throw him in the back and we drove off.

(SIGHS)

Then what happened?

Dad went off.

Just...

..he's just driving like...

..just...mad.

And, um...

Josh was bouncing around in the back.

Handcuffed.

By the time we stopped driving, the kid was half dead.

Now he...he was meant to go in the hole...

..with the others.

It wasn't first time things had gotten out of hand, but...but...

..that night, I, uh...

So, I...

I left him in the empty lot.

I thought, so close to Dad's house...

Was Josh still alive when you left him?

Or you didn't check?

Young boy dying on the ground.

And you just drive off.

Jack didn't know about any of that company stuff.

You know that.

You don't need to protect him.

Patrick told me what happened.

He told you what?

Jack was never a part of it, Jay.

What are you talking about?

I was the one who signed his name.

Country told me they were paying 300 bucks for signatures

and I doubled up.

Why didn't you tell me?

(SCOFFS)

'Cause I don't know if you're my brother...

..or a police officer.

But you only sign up bush mob to build a road

that you actually don't want to build.

Who signed you up?

Glad I got you before you left.

Yeah, I've been trying to leave.

This town's like a magnet. (CHUCKLES)

Is this an official visit?

Want me to get Gerry?

Nah.

No, I'm here to see you, Paddy.

(CLEARS THROAT)

Should I call my lawyer?

OK.

GERALDINE: Jay?

What are you doing?

What is going on?

Patrick, do not say anything.

It must have been hard...

..your dad dying...

..discovering your inheritance was an empty mine full of debt.

But you're an opportunist.

This was a town living on welfare, and you saw the black dollar.

All those funds for new roads,

they could go to fake companies and you could keep the money.

Get one of your lackeys to sign up local mob.

Keep it at arm's length.

Then bills don't paid, roads don't get made.

But no-one blames you.

It's just all those hopeless blackfellas.

But you couldn't know Sputty would sign up Jack's name.

And when he did...

..Jack came looking for answers.

I tried to explain it to him, Jay. I did.

But he had his rifle.

He wouldn't listen.

I'm so sorry.

Jack put you on his horse when your own father was too busy.

(SOBS QUIETLY) Took you out hunting.

Taught you to drive.

Treated you like family.

I used to think you were.

But I don't know WHO you are.

It was an accident.

I loved your dad.

I loved him.

I'm so sorry.

(PATRICK CRIES)

Oh... Oh, shit...

Patrick...

What'd you say?

What are you lookin' at?!

Fuck off.

You wanna thank your lucky stars they put us in separate cells,

because if I could get at you, I'd kick your fuckin' guts in.

And I don't care what family you come from.

You're in no position to threaten anyone, Peter.

Oh, look at you. Puttin' the screws on me.

If I put you in the lock-up every time you ran amok,

you'd be wearing a different uniform right now.

Why did you treat me different?

Because you always looked me in the eye, even when you were in trouble.

You had the fire.

And I thought, "He's got it.

"He needs to know.

"And he doesn't care who he hurts to find out."

And that's a detective.

You don't seem worried.

(SCOFFS)

(LAUGHS) This?! It's nothin'!

I didn't kill anyone!

If I locked everyone up in this town who was doing crimes,

there'd be no-one left!

And I thought you, of all people, would understand that.

You think I'm like you.

I'm nothing like you, Peter.

You put a gun in my father's hand and told me he killed himself.

You dragged his name into the dirt.

And you stood by in silence while the rest of this town suffered.

When this is over, people won't remember you as some kind of hero.

They'll just wish they could forget how much of a coward you really are.

This town's got a long history, Jay!

(DOOR CLANGS, LOCK CLICKS)

It's up to us to make people forget it.

So we can all get along!

Jay?!

(WIND HOWLS)

('LIGHT IT TO THE WIND' BY ANDY GOLLEDGE PLAYS)

# Oh, you know I tried so hard

# To get across, to even smile

# Oh, you know, I gotta call my mother

# She's down on love and unemployed

# Oh, you know, I gotta call... #

Mum not coming?

# He's hit the piss, lives by himself

# And this river's gonna burst

# What the hell am I doin' here? #

SPUTTY: Oh, this looks lovely. Ohh!

# I'm not waitin' for a boat

# I'm gonna dive right in and swim straight down... #

She was arrested, charged and detained most egregiously.

Therefore my client, Ms Wells, has instructed me

to make a claim for wrongful imprisonment

against the Police Service

and the state of Western Australia.

# Oh, you know, I tried so hard

# To write it down, to sing along

# Oh, you know, I gotta call my brother

# Sleeps all day long, knows every ghost

# Roll that joint

# Light it for the wind

# Sell that booze to my old friend

# Tell those women I ain't lovin' anyone

# Tell my mother I'm doin' fine

# And this river's gonna burst

# What the hell am I doin' here?

# I'm not waitin' for a boat

# I'm gonna dive right in and swim

# Oh, you know

# I tried so hard... # (PHONE RINGS)

Constable Cindy Cheung?

(FOOTSTEPS)

Hello?

SISSY: (ON PHONE) Hey.

Sissy?

Where are you? I...

Actually, don't tell me.

SISSY: I'm sorry.

MARY: Took a bunch of Mum's things to a charity shop the other day.

But then, driving away...

..I turned around in this panic.

"What am I doing? She needs this."

(SIGHS)

So, I dragged this poxy chair all the way back here.

(SIGHS)

(SNIFFS)

Never thought I'd miss her this much.

(SNIFFS)

So, what's this new job?

Don't know yet.

Still waiting on the transfer details.

New station, though.

What, you're still gonna be a policeman, after all this?

I feel like I have to.

So, what do you reckon?

You wanna come?

I got an old ute and a swag in the back.

Nah.

Not interested.

(SIGHS)

A Toyota ute?

I mean, if you had a Range Rover...

Oh, that's what you want?

(ANYA GRIZZLES)

Have you got three seats?

We'll make space.

(SIGHS)

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