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[slow mysterious music]

[birds calling]

[car accelerating]

[tyres skidding]

[anxious music]

[bird calling]

[majestic music]

[vehicle accelerating]

[faint chiming]

[door alarm softly chiming]

[chiming continues]

[door slams]
[chiming stops]

- Dr. Haber, this is the police.
- [echo]This is the police.

- Can you hear me?
- [echo]Can you hear me?

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music]

[birds calling]

Dr. Haber?

Dr. Haber!

My name is Sergeant Whitford.

I just want to make sure
that you're okay.

If you can hear me, just holler.
- [echo]Holler, holler.

[birds taking flight and cawing]

Dr. Haber!

[branch snaps and falls]

[mysterious music]

[Whitford screaming]

[sighing] Oh fuck!

[man] Do you need any
help down there?

Nah, I'm good.

[man] You're okay. Just grab
that bush, almost there.

That's it. That's it.

Are you okay?

- Yeah. Thanks.
- You got to be careful up here.

It's pretty rugged country.

If the owner shows up,
call the station.

Sure.

[sighing]

Oh fuck!

[haunting choral music]

[theme music]

[man] Yeah. It looks like it's
been abandoned near the summit.

Haber. H-A-B-E-R.

Okay, thanks.

I called the city copper, Sarge.

They're sending a car around

to door knock
that doctor's address.

Thanks Reza.

Let me know as soon as
you hear back from them.

You secure the car?

I left a forestry
officer with it.

We'll get Scooter
to tow it down.

You look like you need a coffee.

Brett, you can do the
paperwork on this one.

[laughing]

What are you laughing at, mate.

[Sam] Brett's dirty he
didn't get the job.

[Andie] Huh, really?

Well, the pace of things here

are a bit different
to what you used to.

How do you know
what I'm used to?

[Sam] Adrenaline for one thing.

[Andie chuckles] Well maybe
I'm looking forward

to the change of pace.

[Sam] You're going to need
to be a team player,

but you're also an outsider.

I mean, look at me. I've been
here for nearly 50 years.

I'm still that Irish blow-in.

I'm still that Irish blow-in.

[both chuckling]

[knocking]

[officer] Okay, Dr. Haber and
his wife didn't go to work.

Both sons aren't at school.

[door creaks]

Yeah. Go in.
I'll check the back.

Police! Is anyone home?

Okay, it's up on the
Summit Road, right?

I hope the prices on that board
match the pumps today, Scooter.

It's just for the tourists, Sam.

Two days to go, old man.

Counting them down,
Maddie, counting them down.

[woman] I'm going to
miss you heaps, Sam.

Ah Jesus, Bernice,
I'm not dying.

[Andie] Any more advice?

[Sam] Don't try to do
everything on your own,

and don't go out of your way

trying to please
any of those ingrates.

[car horn honking]

Ah, learn to pick your battles.

- [woman] Hello!
- [Andie] G'day.

- Double espresso. No sugar.
- Thank you.

- Circus is in town?
- Four wheel drive club.

- Can't complain.
- Ah.

Ooh, you're just in time
for the footy tipping.

In case you hadn't noticed,
Tam's chief barista

and unofficial mayor
of this town.

[Tam] It's good to have
a breath of fresh air.

Not that we won't miss Sam.

Christ! Everyone's talking
like I'm in the grave.

[Tam] You're so going to love it
here. This is God's country.

[Sam] Even for godless
bastards like me.

You find anything?

[officer] Dr. Patrick Haber
is a suspect in the murder

of his wife and two sons.

He's now approximately
eight hours missing.

Our suspect is a despondent,

Our suspect is a despondent,

so we will prioritise
the downward slopes

to the northeast.

[man] No you're wrong.
I reckon he's heading west.

That's what his tracks suggests.

Owen Cooper, ex-forestry.

Nobody knows this
country like he does.

Well, I think, er, I think we'll
stay with the science.

All right, let's get to work.

[officer] Dr. Haber!

[birds calling]

[majestic music]

[sighing]

[officer over radio]Base
Station to Search Teams.

Tools down, people. We'll
suspend until first light.

Air Wing will continue
searching overnight using FLIR.

Hey there Archie. Beautiful
boy, hey. We'll show 'em.

You a bit restless mate.
You missing home? So's a few...

[woman] You talking to
your horse again?

Yeah, I'm getting more love from
Archie than from, you know who.

- How's he settling?
- Ah, he's going to love it.

All the space up here.

[bird screeches]

- What's that?
- Dunno, an owl?

[Andie] They're still
searching for him.

How could he do
something so awful?

Yeah, assholes like that.
They've always got excuses.

Stress at work.
Kids that hate you.

Stress at work.
Kids that hate you.

Oh, should I be worried?

Come on, dinner.

I'll be in in a sec.
I'll just put his blanket on.

[Andie] Hmm.

[horse snorting]

Your flyer looks great.

I was going to go into Mansfield
tomorrow, hand some around.

Yeah, the shopping centre has
got a community notice board.

Of course it does.

And how was your day, Kirra?

It started off with a dead sheep
with its guts hanging out.

Went down hill from there.
School sucked.

Dead sheep!
What dead sheep?

One of Grant's, from next door.

And what'd you do with it?

Where do you think
the chops came from?

Grant took it off.
He was pretty cut up.

He thinks we've got a
problem with wild dogs.

I'm turning vegetarian.

Hm-mm.

Her life revolves
around her friends

and we've ripped that all away.

Yeah, well I'm just trying
to keep her safe. Both of you.

He's in jail. He can't hurt us.

He's in jail. He can't hurt us.

It's not Leigh Schaefer,
it's his bloody old man.

You did your job,
and I'm proud of you.

And I know what you've
given up to come here.

[kissing]

She'll come round, eventually.

[tense music]

[moth wings flapping]

[haunting choral music]

[bird screeching]

[animal howling]

[tense music]

[tense music]

[gun blasts]

What was that?

[gun firing]

[beeping]

Stay here.

- Someone's shooting.
- Yep.

[Helen] Andie,
what if it's Schaefer?

Stay put both of you,
stay away from the windows.

[tense music]

[music builds and ends]

[torch switch clicks]

[vehicle engine starts]

[dramatic music]

Police! Get out of the vehicle.

[vehicle accelerates]

[man] How do you like that...

[horn honking]
[men laughing]

[wind blowing]
[birds chirping]

Not good for the waistline,
or the blood pressure.

Mind you, neither is
confronting spotlighters

in the middle of
the bloody night.

You just ignore gunshots
outside your house, do you?

Sounds like the Masons to me.

Two brothers, Nash and Liam.

Live down the Old Sawmill Road.

Live down the Old Sawmill Road.

Been a pain in my spleen
for donkey's.

What are we talking?
Two heads and a banjo?

Ringbarking deer's
their little hobby.

They don't give two
shits about the law.

Yeah maybe they're just used
to getting away with it.

[officer] Hey boss. Got a sec?

[Brett] Morning there Sarge.

We've got a fellow
over here who claims

to have some information
on our missing man.

And?

Oh, he wouldn't tell me.

He's demanded to speak
to the new sergeant.

- He's all yours.
- Thank you.

My name's Damien. Damien Starc.

You have some information
on the man we're looking for?

You need to be
looking near water.

A river. Actually, two rivers,
where they converge.

- Or maybe creeks.
- Have you seen him?

Can you point to where.

Oh no, I, I haven't seen him.

Not, not actually.
It was more like a vision.

I have them sometimes.

What? Visions!

I know it's hard to believe.

It took me a very long
time to believe it myself.

It was just after I saw
the news on the television

It was just after I saw
the news on the television

last night, about this man.

I saw it. Two rivers or
creeks coming together.

Now I'm absolutely certain
that's where he is.

Are you a friend of
Senior Constable Sweet?

Sweet.
Oh no. No way.

Okay. Okay.
Just take a seat.

[Cripps] Sergeant!

I want you down in Brokenridge
organising supplies.

I've got enough manpower.

I need someone
with your skillset,

off mountain, running logistics.

[indicator clicking]

[tense music]

[dog barking]

Fuck!

Call off your dog.

I said call him off!

Trudy!
Get out of it.

What's the blood from?

["Cherry Bomb"
by Roni Lee playing]

♪'m your
Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch cherry bomb♪

♪ello world
I'm your wild girl♪

[man] Hey!

I'm Sergeant Whitford.

Thought I'd stop in
and introduce myself.

Nash, let's leave.

You boys been out hunting?

Hmm?

Well, where'd the
deer come from?

That's a special breed.

That's a special breed.

Around here we call them sheep.

[both chuckling]

I didn't see sheep
in your paddocks.

We don't run 'em.
Livestock brings disease.

So did you get it like
this from the butcher?

We got it off Bryan Harris.

He runs the farm between
here and Mansfield.

We work for him.

And he pays you in mutton?

We get anything the
feral dogs get at first.

Got a nice collection
on your fence.

Like Christmas decorations.

Wild dogs are a scourge.

Do you know what
else is a scourge?

And I just learned about this.

Ringbarking.

I thought that was
something you did to trees.

But these heroes, they shoot a
deer just to cut its head off

and leave the meat to rot.

They're after the antlers,
I guess.

Flash rig.
It looks pretty familiar.

Just missing an arse.

[both laughing]

[Helen] Put a flyer up, but none
of the businesses I went into

were looking for bookkeepers.

Did you hear me?

Oh, it's not like
there's any urgency.

Yeah, but I want to work.
What else am I going to do here?

You're an intelligent lady,

I'm sure you'll find lots
of things to do.

[both laughing]

[band playing "Khe Sanh"
by Cold Chisel]

♪ had the
Vietnam cold turkey♪

♪rom the ocean
To the Silver City♪

♪nd it's only other
Vets could understand♪

[Sam] Well, who'd have thought
I'd be this popular, hey?

It's a good turnout.

Sam, can I introduce
you to my partner Helen

and our daughter Kirra.

Kirra, Helen. Can't tell you
how great it is to meet you.

You must be very proud
of this woman.

We are.

[laughing] Hello.

I'll get us some drinks.
Come on, Kee.

- Nice family.
- Thank you.

Any luck with Haber?

I wouldn't be surprised if they
never found the bugger.

I spent the afternoon looking
over the missing person files.

12 months ago
a bloke in a Volvo,

Michael Novak, breaks down on
Timbertop, never seen again.

Four months ago a woman
from Mentone, Jean Grierson,

hiking on the Buller
to Stirling Trail,

just vanishes into thin air.

City-folk.

That's three people now,

missing within a 40k radius
in the space of a year.

You know, in the city
we call that a pattern.

Up here, that's a fact of life.

[man] All right, keep quiet.
Thank you.

Come on, a bit of shush.

- Come on everyone.
- Oh shit!

Who's that?

Bryan bloody Harris.

Boyd, can, can you
just shut up for a second?

[Bryan] Um, all right,
um, I'm not, er,

- I'm not here to make a speech.
- Oh yeah.

No, not here to give
a speech, but no,

No, not here to give
a speech, but no,

I would like to welcome everyone

to Sam Dyson's retirement bash.

[cheering and clapping]

Yes. Now look,
as proud President

of the Alpine Cattleman's
Association,

I, well it's been my duty
to work hand in glove

with the local constabulary.

Now, Sam and I don't
always see eye to eye.

Understatement of the century.

But look,
I think it's fair to say

that we have the utmost
respect for each other.

Ha!

[scattered laughter]

Yes, as a measure
of that respect, um,

bar's on me tonight.

[crowd cheering]

No! Beer and wine.

Very generous.

- Is that his wife?
- Hmm.

Claire.

She doesn't look
too happy about it.

Hmm.

[man yelling] Speech!

Oh Sammy, come on,
you give us a speech, mate.

[crowd] Yeah, speech!

All right. All right. All right.
We'll keep it short and sweet.

All right. All right. All right.
We'll keep it short and sweet.

Now that he's paying,

I don't want to cut into
our drinking time.

40 years. It's a long time.

It's been mostly a privilege,

occasionally a penance.

There's things I'll miss
and there's things I won't.

You'll be glad to know I've
left you all in good hands.

I want you to make Sergeant
Whitford feel right at home.

Believe me,
you're lucky to have her.

As for me,

you'll find me in the Delatite,
chasing the Big Bastard.

If anybody does interrupt me,

I want you to come armed
with a six pack,

or a very expensive
bottle of whiskey.

Or preferably both.

Cheers. Thank you.

[crowd clapping]

[band playing]
[people chattering]

[Helen] And where are you going?

To find a signal.
The wi-fi here sucks.

Stay where we can see you.

[phone ringing]

Hello, yeah...

Owen Cooper,
you were up at the search.

Yeah, not anymore.
Cripps gave me the arse too.

Do you still think they're
looking in the wrong direction?

Ah, it doesn't matter
what I think.

Ex-forestry, yeah?
What do you do now?

I take cashed up
tourists on remote treks

through the High Country,
for spectacular selfies.

- It is spectacular.
- Hmm.

And the sounds, wow!
It's off-putting, almost.

Well, Country
can do that to you.

When the time's right,
you'll hear it.

Hey I think I just
got my first job.

See, all that worry for nothing.

- Yeah.
- Oh, congratulations.

[sighing]

[Ben] Hey, you take the bus,
right?

Yep. To that pathetic
excuse of a school.

[scoffing]

[scoffing]

What's that?

- Oh, Vodka and passionfruit.
- Bogan.

[gasping]

[laughing]

[coughing]

- You got two mums, don't you?
- Yeah. So what?

One of them's black?

- Her dad was.
- Oh...

[boy] Who's your missus, Ben?

She's not my missus.

What if I was?
What is it to you?

You must be a noob.
Ben Cooper's a gimp.

And you're obviously a dick.

[boys laughing]

She's the new cop's
daughter, Finn.

Fuck off!

What if I am?

You really think she's
going to give a shit

about some redneck stoner?

[boys laughing]

[coughing]

I want to go home, Mum.

I hate it here.

I just want to die. I do.
I wish I was dead.

[Kirra retching]

[female officer over radio]
Air Wing to Base.

We've completed a sweep
of the southern coordinates.

No sign of the suspect.

We're shifting our focus
to the eastern slope.

[male officer]Base, copy that.

[knocking]

You still here?

Why aren't you up at the search?

Oh, I got a pass from the boss.

Corro day.
Heap of briefs to type up.

Ah, we've got
Damien Starc out here,

Ah, we've got
Damien Starc out here,

and he wants to speak to you,

and he seems pretty insistent.

Is he a mate of yours?

No, he's no mate of mine.

Sergeant, please,

I just need a few
minutes of your time.

What is it, Mr. Starc?

Ah, okay, is this your...

I can't sleep.

I can't focus. This is
literally consuming me.

Now a person's life is at stake,

and I feel like you
have a civic duty

to at least listen
to what I have to say.

Okay. All right. I'm listening.

Okay. All right, um...

Now, now, now,
this image, right?

This, this, this place.
I don't know where it is,

but I know that it's important,
and it's not just the place.

I think he might be
riding a black horse.

A black horse?

I don't know why,
but I keep getting black horse,

black horse, black horse,
black horse.

And, and I keep hearing
bells or what sounds like bells

going off all around him.

Like he could be near a church.

No, that doesn't make any sense.

He couldn't be near a church,

but there are definitely bells

but there are definitely bells

and they're going off
all around him and, and

I keep seeing...

I keep seeing a mouth.
All right.

Like a gaping mouth.

I mean, it's not a mouth,
but it looks like a mouth.

All right. A mouth in a face.

More like an open grave.

Or maybe, maybe a cave.

No, no, no, no. It's a face.

It's definitely...

Definitely a face.

Okay, well I'll um,
I'll look into it.

The...

Everything.

Will you, will you really?

Sure.

[sighing] Good.

All right. No, that's,
that's great. All right.

I feel a lot better now.

You can keep that.

Thanks.

What the hell is
this guy's story?

You're going to have
to ask Sam that.

[door shuts]

[gentle music]
[birds calling]

[knocking]

Door's open.

Damien Starc.

[sighing] Tea?

Yes, thanks.

He was the primary school
teacher here,

five years ago.

One of the kids from the school,
a boy called Luke Samson,

went missing.

went missing.

Just up and vanished one day.

About a week into the search,

Damien Starc comes forward
claiming to have had a vision.

[scoffing]

He started talking about,

seeing a deep hole in
the ground like a pit.

Hearing the rusty creak
of an old windmill.

Said we'd find Luke with
something around his face,

like a handkerchief.

I ignored him...

Until a month later...

When Luke's body was found

at the bottom of an old
uncapped mineshaft.

Right beside a windmill,

creaking in the wind.

And his eyes were
covered with a blindfold.

And his eyes were
covered with a blindfold.

The detail. Damien did it.

What other explanation is there?

Unless you believe all
this psychic horseshit.

Why didn't you arrest him?

DPP refused.
No physical evidence. No DNA.

The coroner determined
that he was stabbed, but,

we never found the knife.

Was the boy sexually assaulted?

No, thank Christ.

The theory was it was more of a,

thrill kill.

I didn't see this
Luke Samson file.

It's not in the pended cases.

Has homicide
shut the door on it?

[tense music]

Five years ago I made
a pledge to Luke's mother.

That I'd catch the
monster who did this.

Past few years I've been, well,
I've been stretched pretty thin,

and so, now that I'm retired,

I'm going to commit
100 percent of my time

to fulfil on that promise.

["Valerie" by IMY2 playing]

♪ince I've come on home
Well my body's been a mess♪

♪nd I've missed
Your ginger hair♪

♪nd the way
You like to dress♪

[car accelerating]

♪alerie, why don't you
Come on over Valerie?♪

[music stops]
[car engine stops]

[footsteps]

Hello?

[birds chirping]

[woman] You must be Helen?

- Rose.
- You found us, okay?

Yeah. Bit off the beaten track.

Come on into the house.

Seeing your flyer in
Mansfield was a godsend.

I've got no head for figures,

so I'm afraid my books
were in a bit of a state.

You might take one look at
them and flee for the hills.

Yes. That is me.

[both chuckling]

Quite a bit younger,
a bit more toned.

What do you think of it?

Oh, sorry. No, it's lovely.

What do you really think of it?

[nervous chuckle]

Ah, it's just, I'm not sure.

The composition's
a bit naive, for me.

I agree.

- You an artist?
- No, no.

- I read a few books.
- Hmm.

Stay there.

I'll just get rid of these and
get you my accounts book.

- [man yelling] Get in the car!
- [woman] No!

[man] Your coming with me
back to the city, all right?

Don't make me angry.

[man] Get in the fucking car...

[Helen yelling] Hey! Hey! Hey!

[Rose] Let her go!

Let her go!

- [man] Get in the car.
- [Rose] Let her go! Now!

What are you going to do
you crazy old bitch.

[gunshot]

Next, it's your balls!

[woman gasping]

[Rose] It's okay. It's okay.
It's okay.

Okay, can you look after her?

Who was that?

Oh, my niece's ex. I doubt
he'll be back anytime soon.

So, you want the job?

[both laughing nervously]

[gentle music]
[birds chirping]

[chattering]

[boy] Oh darn it!

[banging on door]

Go away, I'm busy.

Whatever you're trying to
pull with Sergeant Whitford,

it won't work.

it won't work.

Your number of days as a free
citizen is dwindling, Damien.

And just because I've retired

does not mean that
you're off the hook.

I know what you are
and I'm not going to rest

until you pay for what
you did to Luke Samson.

You sick fuck!

I'm going to get ya.

[door slamming]

[Helen] He was dragging
her to his car.

I mean this poor girl,
she's terrified.

And then Rose comes
charging out of the house

with the biggest shotgun
you've ever seen.

Well, I've ever seen.

And then this guy,

he makes the near fatal
mistake of goading her.

So she fires the gun into
the air, nearly shat myself,

So she fires the gun into
the air, nearly shat myself,

and then she points it
at his balls.

Should've seen his face.

Well, this feels familiar.

Sorry.

It's just...

What?

Oh, nothing.

Come on.

Talk to me.

I feel like a rookie, having
to prove myself all over again.

Cripps is a real prick.

And there's this
whole Haber thing.

You know, whatever personal
crap he was dealing with,

he made his family
the victims of.

And so have I.

Well, at least you haven't
buried us in the backyard.

Yet.

[both quietly laughing]

[dramatic music]

[birds cawing]

Saw you pull up, almost ready.

Sam told me about your son.

Could I just say I am
so sorry, Tammy.

Double espresso, no sugar.

[phone ringing]

Hey Reza.

Whereabouts?

Yep. All right.
On my way.

[horse trotting]

I'll be one sec.

Good boy, Archie.

They reckon the camp
was attacked last night

by some kind of wild animal.
Took off with their food.

What sort of wild animal?

The girl thinks
it was a Grizzly.

Yeah. Could have been a Yowie.
You know, like the Bigfoot.

Not that I ever believed in
Yowie's personally.

I don't think they're real.

This is west of Haber's
last known position.

The direction Owen Cooper
thinks he was going.

Let's check it out.

[tense music]

Whoa.

[Reza] Are they Habers?

[phone camera clicking]

I'll continue west. You take
the path to the south.

Don't be a hero. If you see
anything, buzz the radio. Okay?

Don't be a hero. If you see
anything, buzz the radio. Okay?

[Andie] Come on, Archie.

[gunshot]
[birds screeching]

Whoa!

Reza?
Are you there?

Reza?

Reza!

Reza?

Reza!

Reza?

[Reza groaning]

What happened?

Someone, whacked me
with a branch.

He grabbed my gun,
and it went off.

He grabbed my gun,
and it went off.

Shit. Stay here.

[groaning]

[tense music]

Dr. Haber?

Dr. Haber, I need you to put the
gun down and turn around.

Just slowly put the gun
on the ground

and then I can get
you some help.

But first I need you to
put the gun down.

Dr. Haber!

I killed them.

My wife.

My beautiful boys.

I killed them all.

I'm sorry.

- I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
- Why did you do that?

I was so ashamed.

Please, put the gun down.

You don't understand.

You don't know
what's happening here.

Put the gun down and
we can talk about it.

No, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no...

Put the gun down now
or I will shoot you.

It's not over.

- [gunshot]
- Fuck!

[birds screeching]

[solemn music]

I'm going to take Reza back.
He's got to do his reports.

- Keep an eye on him.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

But I can give you
a ride back too.

[horse trotting]

[haunting music]

[bird calling]

Come on, Archie.

Whoa.

[bird calling]

[tense music]

[bellbirds trilling]

[bellbirds trilling]

Whoa.

[bellbird calls continue]

[tense music crescendos]

[crashing and thudding]

[crashing and thudding]