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I was hoping if I could get my
engagement ring back.

Oh, running away from something doesn't
mean it's over.

That ship has sailed to calmer, kinder
waters.

Look, the rest of the team, they do
their bit. Whether you like it or not,

will you.

Uh, what is this? That's for patrol at
the football.

Welcome to the team.

Constable Clark.

Just wanted to return this.

Let's see if it still fits.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome again to
the Dolphin Cove Bowl Club, where today

is part of Bush Ranger matches as
Dolphin Cove take on visitors with red

Ladies and gentlemen, all your matches
are now set in the upper green, but down

on the lower green, it is high at 20,
and the match has come down to the last

10. How are we tracking?

Can't read the scoreboard.

Tide. 20.

Last two bowls. It's down to Ted and
Artie.

Come on, Teddy.

Come on.

Come on, mate. You got this.

Good one, Ted.

Good one.

Oh, I think your husband just clenched
it.

Hey,

wait a minute.

He slack -lined it. He's doing me out of
the game.

I beg your pardon?

Oh, just look at it. He got the string
off -centre.

Trying to make it look like mine's
further away.

Well, that's out of line.

Typical bushrangers.

Robbing me blind.

Never in my life.

How dare you? Dad, your heart. Settle
down. How dare you?

We'll be reporting this. You should be
chucked out of the league.

You always have been a cheat, Ted
Haddon.

Oh, that's enough. That's enough, Ted.
Do you for a salt as well?

Show's over.

I'm suspending this match.

No result.

Inside for drinks.

We could all stand to cool down.

Yeah! Woo -hoo! There you go, Rita!

Another snap of the real win!

Oh, no, who knows? The match was a fan.

Bit livelier than usual today.

I'm so embarrassed you had to step in.

I don't know what came over me. No, we
all wanted to give him a clip.

Look at them, acting like they own the
place.

All right, everyone, last drinks.

I'd better get a lager for my worthy
opponent, then.

And one for you, young fella.

I don't want anything from you.

Fair enough.

get one for yourself. Come on, Teddles.

A hard feeling?

Bottoms up.

Midsom! I've said a million times, no
one touches Bill's gum.

All right, all right, all right.

Hello, fellas.

Let's go.

I thought our bushranger Bill could
shoot anyone with that old piece of

Pow, pow!

Catch you on the return match,
bushrangers.

You all right?

Oh, yeah, just a bit of heartburn.

Look, I can finish up if you want to
head off. Oh, no, no, no. Fine.

What was that?

I don't know.

Did you hear that?

Where did it come from? It was just
outside.

You just stay behind me, Evelyn.

What on earth? We don't know.

You should know that the boss is here.

Shocking. As a witness.

Scene secure.

The other witnesses are ready for their
statements.

So still can't quit bowls?

I don't want to quit bowls.

I hate bowls and I am quitting forever.
That was you, wasn't it? I'm

competitive, Mackenzie.

Is that a crime?

Is this why you said no to barefoot
balls for our Christmas party last year?

I said no because I don't enjoy playing
with amateurs.

She's a competitor.

Moving on.

So, big game? Yes.

The Bushranger match. That's what we
call it when Dolphin Cove plays Red

Named after him?

Bushranger Bill.

You're on the site of the Black Tuesday
siege.

He was smaller in my old school books.

Legends have to grow, my dear.

Wow.

Yeah, where's the body?

The green.

No, no, no.

Stay.

And wait to be questioned with the other
witness.

Victim is Arthur O 'Farrell. Everyone
called him Arty.

65 years old.

Leather club at 3 .25pm.

Gunshot heard by five witnesses at
around 4 .10pm.

Look here.

Exit word?

Yeah. Bullet?

Uh, haven't found it yet.

So if they angled it, since the exit
wound is three centimetres higher than

entry... Based on the position of the
body, roughly here?

Mm -hmm.

Bang.

There.

I'll get a ladder.

Is the victim a regular opponent?

It was a surprise to see Adi here.

Who was that?

He was a late fill -in.

Ted saw his name on the team sheet this
morning.

So you knew him?

Yes, we all did.

I didn't.

Senior Sergeant Strong?

Oh, um...

the first time I met him was today.

Artie grew up in Dolphin Cove. He used
to play for the club.

Until we threw him out.

And when was that?

Years ago.

Forty. Or thereabout.

Why? We don't really bush range of
material.

We're an honourable club.

And he wasn't honourable?

If you'd seen his behaviour today, you
wouldn't need to ask.

What happened today?

He accused me of cheating.

You've always been a cheat!

Ted Haddon, it's a straight -up lie.

Well, I'm not proud of my behaviour, but
I am not, and never have been, a cheat.

Ted's not a volatile man.

He's stayed predictable, no fire in the
middle.

I just mean, he's not capable of
shooting anyone.

Thank you, darling.

Typical Artie O 'Farrell.

Trouble, that whole family.

His father was endlessly broke and
forever trying to scheme people out of

dough. And Artie was even worse.

There he is.

With the rest of us before he left the
club.

Looking as smug as ever.

I don't like to speak ill of the dead.
Then don't grin.

Okay, can you all talk me through your
movements this afternoon?

Artie and his team, they leave at 3 .25.

Just after the bar closed.

Let's go.

Except he must have come back.

Did any of you see him?

And then you heard the gunshot?

Definitely. Where were you? In here.

Who else was with you?

No one.

I was just in the kitchen, cashing up.
Okay.

I've taken the rubbish out.

Ted?

I was in the men's.

Bit of a funny tummy.

You're on job.

I can get it. I'm up here now.

So,

how did you pull up after the game?

Oh, you know, the boys tied one on like
you wouldn't believe.

Did they?

Should have seen me. I was an absolute
mess.

I did see you.

What?

I gave you the ring back.

Do you have forceps?

When? Well, now, if you could.

Yeah.

The ring. When did you give it back to
me?

After the game.

Oh, that checks out. I woke up fully
dressed and found it in my pocket.

Do you really not remember me giving it
to you? I don't even remember you being

there. Really?

Really. Like I said, I'd had quite a
few.

Something?

That does not look like a bullet.

It's a lead ball.

From an old gun.

No one knows where he ended up.

But Bushranger Bill was never seen in
Dolphin Cove again.

Oh.

Fascinating. Excuse me.

This gun's been fired.

That's not possible.

Grandpa welded up the nipples.

Sorry, what do you mean?

It's how you stop it from working. This
gun doesn't fire anymore. At least

that's what Grandpa always said.

Well, it was fired today.

But not while I was here, because I was
standing just right here when the shot

was fired.

Was the gun still on the wall? Yes, yes,
because I just straightened up this

photo right here.

This is the lead ball that killed Artie,
and this is the gun that fired it.

But it was on the wall when Artie was
killed.

Then how did the killer use this gun to
murder Artie O 'Farrell if it never left

the wall?

So, Artie was shot at 4 .10.

Ten. And he left at 3 .25.

We need to establish everyone's
movements up until that time.

Everyone would be in and out.

So everyone had immediate access to the
gun. But no one took the gun off the

wall, I would have noticed.

Okay, according to one witness, no one
took it off the wall.

Well, they didn't.

Sorry.

I think you need to... What?

Go home.

Mackenzie, I'm the senior sergeant. Yes,
but you're also a witness in a murder

investigation and a potential suspect.

Careful.

Go home until we clear you.

Don't worry, boss.

I'll keep him in line.

By which I mean I'll follow instructions
and provide a full report upon your

return.

Could anyone else have come into the
club?

The main gate was locked when Artie
left.

Is there another entrance?

Lovers Lane.

What's Lovers Lane?

Oh, come on.

Even I know about Lovers Lane. Hey, I'm
going, I'm going.

Seriously, what is Lovers Lane?

How do you know about this?

Everyone of our age knows. It's where
kids went to, you know.

What?

Oh. Hence the name.

Oh.

So you two... Oh.

Okay, here we go then.

Whoa.

Is it his?

Yep. Arthur O 'Farrell.

And he bought it two weeks ago.

This is where he came back in, then?

Still wet.

Get Reggie and Felix to look for blue
paint on their search?

Yeah. Okay, so he leaves after an
argument on the green, but goes back

be murdered.

And somewhere in between, someone chucks
paint on his car.

I'll get my kit.

Colin, hang on a tick.

You were out with Glenn after the
football, weren't you?

Celebrating my best mate's 300th game.

Absolutely. Sweet Lord above.

I cannot keep up with those lads. I
mean, I'd put a fair few away in me

But they're animals.

He was. He was a bit tipsy.

You mean completely leathered?

He told me he passed out on Frankie's
dog bed when he got home.

Reckons he might have fleas.

Absolute shambles.

Felix, I need you and Reggie to look for
blue paint on your search.

This one's milled.

Hmm.

Anything? Half an empty can of energy
drink.

Blood donor card. Ah, good for him. Not
the energy drink. That stuff is poison.

No paint?

No. Readers either.

Just a couple of old Bush Ranger Bill
badges.

Can this place fit over Bush Ranger
Bill?

No, he's great.

He stole from Cove's very own Robin
Hood. He stole from the rich, gave to

poor. I mean, is that really so
criminal, Felix?

Technically, yes. Oh, come on. This is
where Bill held off 12 coppers on his

own, then disappeared, but not before
he... Delivering 10 pounds to every

household. Yeah, yeah, I know.

To every household is all I'm saying.

What do you mean, Bushranger Bill
shafted your family?

Not just mine.

You know, all the white fellas all
collected 10 pounds back in the day?

And all of us missed out.

I'm sorry, Felix.

You know his partner was a black fella?

Ah, really?

Yeah, that's what my nan reckoned.

Bill gets all the flashy hero paintings
with his poxy gun and I reckon they

touched up his beard as well. Oh, with
his suspiciously luscious like... Yeah.

See that?

Blue paint.

Good find.

Yes.

Turn that off, please.

It's a bit loud, sorry.

Mission A's.

Looks about your size, and that matches
the colour of the paint we found tipped

all over Artie's car.

What are you talking about? I didn't
mess with his car.

And it matches the paint on your cuff
just there.

I threw the paint.

That's it. I didn't kill him.

So, Artie insults your dad. You get
angry. You want payback. But it wasn't

the insulting. Dad's got heart troubles.

He had a bit of a turn at my birthday a
couple of weeks ago and spent a night in

hospital. They gave him the works. He's
not supposed to get revved up.

So, you confronted Artie?

He caught me throwing the paint in the
car park, but that was it.

Then he got in his car and drove off.

He didn't say anything about you putting
paint on his brand new car? Not a word.

That was the end of it. Yeah, well, you
just, you left it at that. Yeah, I went

straight back to the club.

To take the gun off the wall and go and
find him? No.

I messed with his car.

But that's it. I came back to the club,
and the next time I saw Artie was when

we found him on the green.

Dead.

Here's what we know.

Artie O 'Farrell and Ted Haddon had a
stand -up argument over allegations of

cheating. Artie then left the club at 3
.25pm and Mal Haddon poured paint all

over his car.

Artie then returned to the club using a
disused rear entrance of... Lover's

Lane. Yes, thank you. Thank you.

He came back in and was shot dead on the
green at 4 .10pm.

We don't know who had a motive to kill
him and we don't know how the killer

managed to shoot him when the murder
weapon was on the wall of the clubhouse

the time.

OK, first principles, background check
on Artie. He ran a fishing business over

the years in Red Bluff. Didn't do too
well, he filed for bankruptcy last year.

Yet he bought an expensive car two weeks
ago.

Record?

Effective rate of 80 % in B grade. He's
known as the Southpaw of the Bluff.

And that's why they say never trust a
lefty on the green.

Police record.

Oh.

Sorry. Other than the bankruptcy, he's
clean.

I've got the club financials for you to
go through, Felix. And Rika sent me this

photo from today.

There's Artie.

With a gun behind him.

The gun that no one saw move, but
somehow was fired.

It doesn't make sense.

There is someone else who is in the
clubhouse who had access to the weapon.

She is a potential suspect.

Until we find a way to clear her.

Leave it with me.

Can I come too?

I'd buy tickets to see that show.

Mac, hey, what are you doing here?

Thought your mum might be here.

Family dinner night?

Unless that's changed.

Mum hasn't changed her routine since
1992.

I've got to warn you, though, I would
not say she's enjoying being on the

Oh, what else is new?

Right.

I'll go get her.

Come on in.

Hey, Mum.

You in here?

Oh. Hey, Mac.

Make yourself useful and grab me a
strainer.

Oh, no, no. Other drawer. Sorry.

The other one next to that.

Okay.

Amazing.

Thanks.

Are you here for dinner?

I'm doing carbonara and we have wine.
No, just here to clean Phil.

Oh, I thought you were here to take my
badge as well.

You know I can't place you in the
clubhouse.

You were on your own.

Stacking chairs.

Yep. Okay. How do I prove it?

CCTV doesn't cover all the entrances.

And a mobile phone trace, it wouldn't be
targeted enough.

You called triple zero?

Yes, but that was after we found Artie.

You've done your steps, well done.

Since when do you wear a smartwatch?

Well, I got it for her birthday.

Yeah, it's actually very good.

Yeah, I told you. Yeah, but does it have
GPS? Yeah, GPS, steps, heart rate

monitor, even does the swimming for her.
So you can track her movements.

that she never left the clubhouse. Yeah,
easy. It's on the app.

Yeah.

You know, unless you took it off and
then you'd be able to move around

you liked.

But it wouldn't register her heart rate
if she did.

And I want it back.

I need it for my laps in the morning.

Yeah, will do.

Fancy that.

I'm not a murderer. Look at that.

Best present ever.

Sorry Daisy held you hostage for dinner.

Yeah. I expect the ballistics report
tomorrow as compensation.

Can do.

You should go easy on the wines tonight.

You don't want to end up in the dog bed
again.

I told him that in confidence.

Do you have fleas?

I don't have fleas.

I have a minor skin irritation from the
fur.

Gross. Not my tidiest performance
overall.

No. No, it's... It definitely wasn't
that.

I can't believe I embarrassed myself in
front of Constable Clark.

I'm on the waters from now on.

Constable.

What?

You called me Constable.

After the football, you... I was wearing
Felix's stripes.

So what?

So you remember calling me Constable,
but you don't remember putting a ring on

my finger 15 seconds later.

How'd you go on, didn't I?

Of course I remember, Max.

You do?

It wouldn't be the first dumb thing I've
done after a few beers, would it?

No. I'm sorry. I was embarrassed.

Let's just pretend it never happened.

It never happened.

See you tomorrow.

no one knows about Bushranger Bill's
mate?

Midnight Moe. Was that his name?

Nah, no one really knew his name. They
didn't even bother to learn it.

That's what I called him.

Midnight Moe.

Yeah. Nan said that they fell out over
the split and went their separate ways.

But Bill wanted Midnight Moe's gun back.
You know, reckoned he bought it, he

should keep it. Midnight Moe rode off
into the sunset.

No, they never saw each other again.

Really? Wow.

Oh.

Thank you.

Finding those shoes, that was... Yeah,
that was great work.

Oh, it's no big deal.

You're too good to be in one stripe for
much longer.

Okay. Make sure you're not.

I will. Thank you.

Oh, there she is.

Oh!

Yay! All right, enough of that rubbish.

Okay, so where are we at?

CCTV.

CCTV.

Only covers...

The front of the clubhouse.

Everyone in and out.

Just as the boss said. Hang on.

Didn't Helen say she was taking the
rubbish out?

Uh, yep.

I was taking the rubbish out.

Well, she hasn't got any rubbish with
her. When does she come back in?

Here.

And then she goes back into the
clubhouse. And she threw something in

One sec.

Here we go.

So what is that? Is it like a ticket or
something?

Did we go through the bins?

I bagged them. Just need sorting.

Well, let's get into it.

I'm not criticising Mackenzie, but
before you came back, we never had to

through rubbish.

Is this an old tyre?

Yeah. I got it.

Really? I don't know.

What does it say?

Our spot.

4pm.

Does it say who it's from?

Artie.

That's his handwriting.

Our spot.

Artie and Helen were having a
relationship.

Once upon a time, yeah?

Why didn't you tell us?

Tell you what?

We went out 40 years ago. It was
nothing.

He and your husband come to blows over a
bowls match.

That was so silly, as if there's some
great rivalry between them. But Artie

I were over long before Ted was on the
scene.

Yet 40 years later, he writes you a note
and you come running.

Was it really nothing?

No.

Was it nothing?

What happened?

We were in love.

Well, yes, I was.

I wanted to marry Artie and spend the
rest of my life with him.

Why didn't that happen?

One night, he just left.

No explanation, he just disappeared.

That must have been awful.

It's probably for the best.

Mum was happy, at least. She was never a
fan.

And all this time, you've never
contacted him, never asked him what

Well, he didn't want me. What else was
there to say?

I met Ted, we got married, and then
there was a baby to think of.

Sorry?

Can you say that again?

I met Ted, we got married, there was a
baby to think of.

Artie leaves 40 years ago.

Ted has his turn at Mal's 40th recently.

Sal's poor of the bluff.

They're both lefties.

Artie's Mal's father, isn't he?

And he never contacted you?

He didn't know.

No one did.

You never told Mal or Ted?

No, this is my secret to hold.

Ted's given his life to me and to Mal.
He's a good man. I was... I'm lucky to

have him, even if he's not what I
imagined.

When did you find the note?

After the game. He left it for me by the
register.

You must have wanted answers.

Yeah, well, of course I did.

He shows up, makes trouble with Ted.

He's playing games, you're angry, so you
go to your spot.

I could never kill him. I loved him.

I think I always loved him.

So, yeah, I waited for him by the Morton
Bay fig.

I shouldn't have gone out there, but I
needed to know what my life would have

been like if it was different.

How do you forgive someone for leaving
like that?

I didn't forgive him.

I just wanted closure.

The Moreton Bay fig.

That was your spot.

But he didn't show it.

Again.

And now I'll never have it.

Shut the front door. So Mal is Artie's
son.

Surely that changes everything.

Artie being back is a threat to Helen's
marriage, relationship with her son.

Strong motive.

Only if she's being honest about nobody
else knowing that Artie was Mal's

father. You think she's protecting her
family?

Possibly. And why didn't he show up to
meet her?

And if the meeting place is here at
Morton Bay Fig, what's he doing on the

green? Probably watching the poor woman
cry.

I'd shoot him too.

Oh, Richie. No, I call it as a fit,
Phil.

Jill, it comes back to the gun. Even if
Helen did shoot Artie, the gun was on

the wall the whole time that she was
waiting for him.

Mackenzie? Hmm?

I think you're going to like this.

So I'm going through the club accounts,
and look, two weeks ago, $25 ,000

transferred to AO Voting.

AO? Adults only?

No, no.

Arthur O 'Farrell.

Any sign of that money in his account?

No, but we didn't know he kept his
business account open.

So he got paid off by someone at the
Bowers Club? And then he bought a new

Who's the club treasurer?

For the other one, why would I ever pay
Artie a cent?

To get rid of him.

What? I hadn't had any contact with
Artie for decades.

Until he suddenly turned up yesterday
and started calling me a cheat.

Didn't he used to go out with Helen?

Years ago.

And he did a runner.

Pathetic. She hasn't even thought about
it since.

Did you know that he was Mal's
biological

father?

What?

Says who?

Says Helen.

Of course he is.

She really never told you?

No, detective.

She never told me.

It's a lot to process.

But we need to know what you sent Artie
money for.

I told you I didn't send it.

You're the treasurer. You have access to
the money.

That's not how things work. Those titles
don't mean anything. We all pitch in.

We all have access to the account.

Does Mel know?

I don't think so.

Please don't tell him.

Just give me some time.

I don't feel good about that.

I had to ask.

A piece of information that could just
destroy a family, and we just tell him.

It feels so mean.

It's murder.

It's always mean.

Ballistics. And?

I can confirm without a doubt, Bush
Ranger Bill's gun is the murder weapon.

How is that even possible?

That's one for you guys to answer.

Gunshot residue test came back. They're
all clear.

Oh, okay. Well, this visit was helpful.
Hang on.

There's a set of prints on the weapon.

Whose? Rita DiStefano.

There we go, then. Oh.

I'll ring you with anything else.

Great. Great.

Great. Great. Yep.

Well, I'll go then.

Cheers.

Oh, hello, detectives.

You've missed Fringe Club, I'm afraid.

Your prints are on the Bushranger Bill
gun.

Of course.

I'm there every day, cleaning,
organising. I even mowed the lawns till

over. My fingerprints would be
everywhere.

OK. So why did we only find your prints
and not the Red Bluff players?

Because I wiped the gun down when we
were packing away.

Those Red Bluff reprobates had their
frubby fingers all over it.

You didn't mention that when we
questioned you.

You want me to list every tiny thing I
do around there?

When it comes to a murder weapon, yes.

Well, I didn't know it was a murder
weapon when you asked me.

You paid Artie $25 ,000 last week,
didn't you?

Where would I get $25 ,000 from? From
the club accounts.

You said it yourself. Your fingerprints
are all over the club. Is that included

in the books?

What reason would I have to send money
to that man?

Did you know he was Mal's father?

Not until an hour ago when I heard from
a devastated Ted.

Poor Mal.

What's he going to think?

Uh, phone records.

Artie's mobile.

So, Artie called the club two weeks ago.

Do you know why?

No idea.

Well, he spoke to someone for over four
minutes.

Any idea who?

No.

Artie, Artie O 'Farrell.

Still causing trouble from beyond the
grave.

There's no way to tell you who he spoke
to.

But I dug around those dates and I found
this.

The day before Artie called the Bowls
Club, there was a transaction from Mal's

credit card at Gary's coffee shop in Red
Bluff, which is about 50 metres from

Artie's house.

You went and saw Artie?

Why? Mal's 40th.

Ted had a turn.

Dad's got heart troubles. See, it's not
supposed to get revved up.

So... Spent the night in hospital, had
blood, the work.

That's what Mal said. Felix, can you
fetch the contents of Mal's locker for

Yep.

You people are unbelievable.

I've just found out my whole life is a
lie and now you think one of us is a

murderer. Just found out?

Yeah. You didn't go to see Artie two
weeks ago?

You got a coffee?

Gary's in Redloft.

It's a long way to go for a coffee and a
pretty average one at that.

Is it because of this?

The blood donor card dated from two
weeks ago. We found it in your locker.

My guess?

You decided to give blood after your
dad's heart scare. Do the right thing.

the blood types came back and you
realised you couldn't be his son. Am I

closer?

He's low -type, I may be.

What led you to Artie?

The picture on the wall.

That was it?

A blood test and a picture?

Well, it's not just any picture.

Sometimes I'd go in and I'd see Mum
looking at her when she thought she was

her own.

I knew it meant something to her.

So that was the first place I started.

But Artie turned me away.

He didn't want anything to do with me,
and that was the end of it.

At least now I know why I've always been
such a screw -up.

You're not who your father is.

He's not my father.

I don't care about blood groups or
biology. Ted raised me. He's my father.

And I couldn't have asked for a better
one.

Your biological father completely denied
you that that is a pretty strong

motive. They all have motives. What we
need is one simple answer.

How did the killer move that gun without
being seen? How did they get it back on

the wall again? If we can understand the
how, we can understand the who and

understand the why.

It's Daisy.

You might want to get down to the surf
club.

Hey, Daisy.

Hey, thank you. I think it's getting a
bit loose.

I don't think... I think you're his
favourite person.

You know, I tried to convince him to
leave, but he's refusing, and I've got a

special event tonight.

Well, Gran was right.

I'm an O 'Farrell after all.

Trouble.

Look at Artie. He never changed.

I think Mum would have learnt her lesson
the first time she'd been down on him.

So you spoke to her about it.

She won't admit, after all those years,
that she was ready to turn her back on

Dad Ferrari.

And you still stood her up.

Probably said it was all right.

Cab, cab here.

I got it.

Come on, bud.

Can manage on my own.

Just trying to have a drink.

Poor bloke.

What if it wasn't their spot?

The Moreton Bay fig.

I mean, why wouldn't he show up if he
left Helen that note?

You think she got the wrong location?

Or what if the note wasn't left for her?

Well, who was it for?

How did Artie afford to start his
fishing company when he left Dolphin

Maybe Bush Ranger Bill left him a
tenner.

It's all yarns. Oh, you don't believe
it?

There were two bush rangers.

Wait.

What? Two bush rangers.

Bill, he's Blackfella partner.

Sorry.

Sorry, everyone. Sorry.

Two bush rangers.

There's history.

There's myth.

And then there's what happened.

It's all in the yarn.

Reggie, do you still have access to the
school library?

Yeah. Uh -huh.

How

do

you turn a fact into a myth and then a
myth into a legend?

I mean, the answer's pretty simple. It's
just time and a good storyteller.

Everything about this crime is the
difference between fact and myth.

This was a murder a hundred years in the
making. Like the story of Bushranger

Bill, who fought a gun battle with the
governor on the siege of Black Tuesday

and left everyone ten pounds.

That was a myth.

And then there's Artie O 'Farrell, who
also disappeared into the night.

breaking Helen's heart, and then turned
up 40 years later at a bowls match.

Coincidence?

Myth.

And then there's the gunshot ringing out
with the murder weapon fixed to the

wall. It was the biggest myth of them
all.

And behind each of those myths was a
great storyteller.

And like all great stories, it started
by chance.

Just a blood test.

Two weeks ago.

And a son who followed the trail as best
he could, only to be turned away by his

biological father.

But it doesn't end there.

Oof, no.

For a hustler like Artie O 'Farrell, it
was an opportunity.

So he called you on the Bowls Club
phone.

Rita.

Bush Ranger Bowler.

Give him $25 ,000 and he'd keep quiet.

Quiet about what?

Mum?

Quite about what?

Are you going to tell her?

Or am I?

You paid Artie to leave all those years
ago.

Mum?

You never approved of him and you would
have done anything to stop him marrying

your daughter. Even when you found out
she was pregnant.

That never happened.

Artie. perennially broke, family with
nothing. He leaves town, no explanation,

and next week buys a boat.

Is that all just a coincidence?

But all's well that ends well with you,
Rita.

I mean, sure, Helen's heartbroken,
pregnant to a man she loves, but soon

she marries Ted.

Baby's born.

Life goes on.

Once Artie knew the paternity... He knew
that you would pay him again, even 40

years later.

And you did.

$25 ,000 transferred to AO Boating.

Job done, secret safe.

Until you saw his name on the team list.

And you knew, oh, it wasn't going to
end.

He'd spent your money on a fancy car and
he was coming back for more.

The note he left you confirmed it.

Helen thought the note was for her.

But you knew it was meant for you.

What was your spot?

Okay, my guess is the front green.

Your father had this painting
commissioned?

See, I just, I remembered him as
smaller.

This was taken when Bushranger Bill was
alive.

Do you notice anything?

I mean, he is indefinitely smaller, but
also he has a partner.

Two Bushrangers. One white, one
indigenous.

Bushranger Bill and Midnight Mo.

Each with an identical gun.

Your father bought these guns at auction
and he hid the second gun, making sure

no one ever knew about Bushranger Bill
Locksider.

And then he spun his great yarn.

Apart from you, no one knew that the
second gun existed or that it worked.

that is the gun that you shot Artie O
'Farrell with.

Why didn't Senior Sergeant Strong and
the others see you on the green after

shot? I mean, you can't move fast enough
to get away. How is that possible? And

this is the best yarn yet. Actually,
it's my favourite bit. There was never a

gunshot. No. I heard a gunshot. We all
did.

The only way to get away with it was to
muffle the shot that killed Artie.

And to create a fake shot by blowing out
the tyre on the lawnmower using the air

compressor. Constable Wilkinson found
the birth tyre in the rubbish.

You know that lawnmower. You used to mow
the lawn.

You knew... it would take time for the
tire to blow, enough time for you to

the residue off your hands and be seen
in the clubhouse moments after the bang.

But that gunshot was just one more myth.

The best you could do in the moments
after the gunshot rang out was switch

murder weapon with the inoperable gun
while everyone went to investigate the

noise.

Putting it in plain sight, making sure
we didn't look anywhere else for it and

making sure we never linked it to you.
But we did.

Constable Wilkinson found the inoperable
gun in your garage.

It was an impeccable yarn.

Told by a master storyteller from a long
line of storytellers.

Or alternatively, it's just an alibi
that completely fell apart.

I was looking out for my family.

And I was right, wasn't I?

He was no good.

He never was.

I was right.

I must feel very satisfying.

Rita Di Stefano, you are under arrest
for the murder of Arthur O 'Farrell.

Anything you say or do may be taken down
and used as evidence.

Maybe it's better that they know.

Just have the truth out there.

I don't know.

In my family, we take our cigarettes to
the grave.

Are you saying the truth's overrated?

No, just complicated and very, very
awkward to talk about.

You'll say no, but we're going to go for
dinner at the surf club.

Taco night?

$12 steaks.

I mean, I'd be lying if I said they
weren't on the tougher side, but for

Yes. Understood. Maybe not.

Hang on. Yes.

You having me on?

No, I'm... I'll meet you there.

Well done, everyone, and thank you.

Balls this weekend, boss?

Oh, yeah.

We've got a replay of the abandoned
match with Red Bluff.

Aren't they a man down?

Advantage us, then.

Savage. I wonder if the real Stranger
Bill and Midnight Moe story will ever

out. Maybe if we start talking about it
now, in 100 years, everybody will catch

on. Maybe 200 years for Dolphin Cove.
Everything moves slow around here.

But I'll be sure to let everyone know.

Cheers.

Thanks for saying goodbye.

here all by yourself, huh?

Oh.

Oh.

Oh, no.

Oh, God. Oh, awkward.

Awkward. No, no, no.

Oh, I, um, look, I wasn't spying.

What? I, you know, I'm coming here for a
drink with my colleagues and I

definitely wasn't spying on anyone on
the beach who was

proposing or not proposing, as it were.
No, none

of my business.

What are you talking about?

Um... He had the ring out.

And then you... Why didn't you?

Mike, I...

What's this?

Albert Strong.

You gorgeous, massive nerd. You're my

absolute favorite.

You make me feel safe and beautiful

and loved.

I think that's about as good as it gets.

So...

Hear where it all began.

I wanted to ask... Will you marry me?

Yes.

early Christmas gift from us to you.
Casualty returns to us with a festive

episode tomorrow night at 9 .20. And
we're warming up with some much -needed

laughter. There's father -son comedy in
new Only Child on the way next.

And if you fancy a trip to Lapland, head
to BBC2 now for Amazing Hotels Life

Beyond the Lobby.