Original subtitles

Flight time today will be approximately 14 hours

and we're hoping for a smooth ride for most of the trip.

For now, sit back and relax.

# You spot me on the hillside

# La, la

# You've stolen all the sunlight

# La, la

# And now I'm in the woodchipper

# La, la, la

# That's OK, you betcha

# La, la... #

SHE GROANS

MOBILE PHONE RINGS

Cass?

Cass?

Cassy?

Sorry, ma'am, you'll have to switch your phone off.

Yeah, sure, no problem. Sir, you need to sit down.

PHONE RINGS

Cass?

Ma'am. Ma'am. Yeah, sure, sure.

PHONE RINGS

Hey, this is Mia. Leave a message.

Help. Help, Mia.

Help, Mia.

BUTTON DINGS

SHE WHIMPERS

DEAD TONE BEEPS

SHE GROANS

My God...

How could you do this to me?!

I'm so sorry. How long has this been going on? Years.

Look, I wanted to tell you, I did. Then why didn't you?!

What else have you been lying about? Have there been other men?

It was... It was only you and Teddy.

I didn't tell you because I didn't want to hurt you.

Were you ever even attracted to me?

Or was I just convenient?

Was I just like a front for the trustworthy undertaker?

It was never that.

Who else knows?

Aside from bloody Mia.

I bet she's laughing it up at me looking like a fool.

Teddy reckons Louise does but I don't see it.

Oh, brilliant.

Thank you for that.

God!

How could I not know?

I'm your wife. I'm a cop. I'm supposed to pick up on this stuff.

You trusted me and I lied to you. It's as simple as that.

Nah, I'm bloody delusional.

That's what I've always been.

You know how much I love you... No!

What do you want to do now, huh?

Do you want to split up? What do you want?

I love you so much, Lib, and Sadie.

So much.

Yeah, I know. I know you do.

MOBILE PHONE RINGS

Look, ignore it.

It's Ewan.

Shit.

Are those for me?

Just coming in to check on our little project.

Do I look like a guy who would let you down?

Right now?

Oh.

Just getting those pictures out of my head, sis, that's all.

You good?

Yeah, of course.

Thank you.

Jesus.

That's beyond horrific.

A wild boar.

We can't say for certain.

It'll be clear after the postmortem.

Hey. No...

Well, you know how this works, it's due process.

They'll want to take bite and saliva tests.

Establish what exactly? What you already bloody know.

The point is that we don't know for sure.

The ministry will want to destroy the animal and get proof that

we've taken every possible step to prevent this from happening again.

The ministry?

Can't you pull some strings?

Not if I want to keep my job.

My mother...

..Libby, will not go through the indignity of a postmortem.

Her body has been mauled by an animal.

This is family.

And you fucking owe us.

Annot never saw me as family, we both know that.

You know what, Libby?

You really are as useless as everyone in this town says you are.

I want my mother's body home.

DOOR SLAMS SHUT

No-one's going to give a fuck, Harry.

Ewan might kick off, like he's defending his sister

but everyone knows he's an arsehole.

Yeah. What about your mum? Hmm? Well, I can handle her.

People are weird about this kind of thing. They're not.

The only person who's weird about this is you.

Don't piss away 15 years like it means nothing.

You're better than that, Harry.

WE'RE better than that.

G'day, Harry. What are you doing here?

Just in time. I'm going to put the kettle on.

I'm sorry, there's someone I need to talk with.

SHE SIGHS

What's up with him?

Oh, marriage problems.

Turned to the expert, did he?

I'll sort you out that cuppa, eh?

Have a seat.

Is this a formal line of inquiry or... No.

Personal.

You strong-armed my husband into coming out?

Oh, come on, Libby.

He was living a lie and so were you.

That is not your call to make.

You should be thanking me.

LIBBY LAUGHS

You really are a monster, aren't you?

You've got balls, though, I'll give you that.

I haven't told Sadie if that's what you're... Good.

Because that is not your job, that is ours.

OK.

Sometimes...

..I don't realise how my behaviour can affect other people.

Upsetting people, letting them down...

..is something I excel at.

Like Cassy?

Look, I don't know if this is the right time but

I'm worried about Ewan.

He seems very bleak.

He keeps saying that he can't go on.

I think he needs professional help.

Yeah, well, there's no telling what Ewan's capable of right now.

What are you saying, Libby?

Hera Olsen was my best friend at school.

I assume you saw everything when you snuck through her files.

If you're talking about the suicide note, yes.

Have you read it?

Some of us respect other people's privacy.

Why did no-one give it to Brenda Olsen?

The guys that worked here then thought it was kinder not to.

A parent doesn't have every right to...

The town was different back then.

You saw Hera had been pregnant.

Was it Ewan's? Mm-hm.

But when he told his father, he was ridiculed.

Told that he'd gotten himself trapped

and that his bastard would never be recognised by the family.

Sound familiar? Wow. Hmm.

Your father. Ewan's father.

Ewan stood up to him for the first time in his life.

Then Hera lost the baby.

She didn't have feelings for him,

she'd always been up front about that.

But then our father, found out about that too.

And ridiculed Ewan even more?

Then Ewan and Hera went up the ridge...

You've seen the rest.

Sorry, are you saying what I think you're saying, Libby?

Stupidly, I didn't want to believe it.

Ewan's still my only family.

And now he's done it again. I have no proof, Mia.

Unbelievable!

WOLF WHINES

WOLF WHIMPERS

Go.

Go!

Go!

GO!

Fuck!

Fuck! Fuck!

Thanks.

Hey, Mum.

Hey, Sadie.

You OK? Yeah, of course.

Is Dad OK?

Do you think Uncle Ewan would like me to do Annot's make-up

for the funeral?

I'm...sure that he would love that.

That's very considerate of you.

I'm actually a little bit busy right now.

Found this on the doorstep.

Just put it over there.

How are you feeling?

Isa escaped.

I think she...

I think that it was what...

You think Isa attacked your mother?

Yeah.

God.

I should have secured her better, Mia.

No. Don't do that to yourself.

They were accidents.

Horrible random accidents.

What if someone finds out that we've been hiding Isa?

We're the only ones that know.

How would they find out?

I've got you.

Yeah? I mean it.

I had a...commemorative plaque carved for Cassy.

From that guy Eru.

I thought we could lay it up on the ridge.

Maybe get you out of the house.

Take your mind off things for a bit.

I don't know.

I mean, people are popping in.

They want to talk about Mum.

Do something for yourself for a change.

OK. I mean I would like to go back up.

Hmm. It'll help.

I think it will.

I'll go get ready.

MOBILE PHONE RINGS

Hello, stranger. Hello, Mia.

I'm sure you've heard by now that I have been fully cleared

by Jacky and the board.

Of course you have.

Boards are boards, no matter what hospital.

They never want a fuss or a scandal.

Mia, I need you to know that I've thought long and hard about this.

I have to tell Jacky it was you who took the Duranyl.

Are you bullshitting me? No.

I'll be struck off.

No. Worse.

I'm going to suggest that she look at the information in relation

to the perioperative death that you have just been cleared of.

Please... It has to stop.

Don't, don't...

OK. You're right, you're right. I need help.

I'll get counselling.

This is over, Mia.

I've got no choice.

I'll lose my fucking job. I'll be arrested.

You're meant to be my friend.

Don't give me that.

I've never known you at all.

Oh, my... Riz, I am going through hell here.

I wish you the best.

I really do.

But this is the end of the road for us.

Fine. OK, fine. Do it.

I dare you. Go on.

PHONE GOES DEAD

I'm ready. Let's go. Shit.

You know, you never did tell me why you and Cass fell out.

Er...

She was working for a beaver reintroduction programme

in Scotland.

Usually where people would laugh.

Ah.

But Cassy couldn't stick to the beaver reintroduction areas

and the farmers started to get pissed off.

And they started shooting beavers dead.

And you can only imagine how much Cassy kicked off at that.

Hmm.

Wouldn't be long before they turned one of the guns on her.

Exactly. That's what I said.

Um, so then obviously I became the bad guy.

Well, not the bad guy, more the, um...

..the wasted

unfeeling junkie

who had no human decency or care for the planet.

Ouch.

Yeah. Ah...

Anyway, she hooked off to New Zealand

to find people who would understand.

Well, she definitely found that. Mm.

Yeah, and I'm pleased she actually found people who cared for her.

But you know...

..I can't help but think though,

maybe it's me being the selfish one again, but...

..without all of that...

..me and you wouldn't have found each other.

That's a very sweet thing to say.

Yeah. It can take a while but

I can be sweet.

SHE SIGHS

ETHEREAL MUSIC PLAYS

Sadie.

I'm sorry about before.

MUSIC FADES

I should have been up front with you.

I know you're not a kid any more.

Your dad's...

..a good man.

Hope you know that.

What's happening?

Is Dad leaving us?

Just tell me.

Sadie...

..your dad doesn't want to hurt you or me.

He's always put us first and he's always done what's right

and he could not love you more. OK?

OK.

Thank God.

What's happening?

I'm scared.

Um...

..I've been seeing someone.

You lied

and you cheated on Mum.

There's a lot we need to work through.

Together as a family.

SADIE SOBS

Come here.

MIA PANTS

You want to turn back?

No.

All right.

Follow me, then.

Try and keep three points of contact at all times.

SHE GASPS

You all right?

Here.

I've got you.

Don't look down. I know.

OK.

I shouldn't have looked down. Come on.

Take my hand.

I want to show you something.

A little bit further up.

I don't remember this section.

There's different ascent paths.

I like this way for a change.

Come on.

Hey... Where did you go?

Ewan? Stop fucking about.

ECHOING GROWLING AND PANTING

Ewan?

Ewan!

GUNSHOT

DISTANT GUNSHOT

Did you hear that?

Yeah. You disappeared.

Couldn't keep up.

Thirsty?

Yeah, parched.

Two cups this time.

Yeah.

We need to keep things civilised, don't we?

Want to make things nice,

for Cassy.

Huh. Looks just like you.

Doing a good job there, doc.

Very precise.

Nah-ah. Cheers.

Oi, give us a hand.

Yeah, after this. No, now.

I shot a wolf.

What?

Are you deaf or something?

A wolf.

Good-sized bastard, too. Well, bitch, actually.

Oh, not the Johnston's dog? Jeez, Mum.

It's a bloody wolf. I'm not feeble.

There's no wolves in New Zealand.

Not any more, there's not.

It's probably what killed Annot.

Poor woman. It's not the way I'd choose to go.

Oh, yeah? And where the hell did it come from?

Rewilders. Isn't it obvious?

I mean, they stole our goats to feed the bugger.

Why would the rewilders bring a wolf into a country

where there's no wolves?

It goes against everything they stand for.

You tell me.

Your friggin' people.

Those pines down at the south fence, it's time to reclaim the pasture.

Establish natives as a shelterbelt instead.

Well, your grandfather built this farm up from nothing.

Those conifers, they're the work of your dad.

Well, let's mill it. Use the money.

This is for the land, Mum. We want to repair it.

She really brainwashed you, didn't she? That Scot.

She lured you into her bed and that was it.

We both know that didn't happen.

Me and Harry are a couple.

We have been since school.

I'm sure you know.

Yeah, well, I didn't come down in the last shower, did I?

Then all this talk of Cassy?

It was never up to me to force it out of you,

but maybe I was trying.

I'm sorry.

Why couldn't you tell your own mother?

You don't make it easy.

SHE CHUCKLES

I love you, Son.

Oh, God, poor bloody Libby, eh?

Yeah. What that woman must be going through.

Yeah, it's news to her too.

I know I have to make things right.

I just, I don't know what to do.

Oh, you'll do the right thing,

whatever you decide.

But, uh, it's up to you, Teddy.

Right. Are you going to come have a look

what a hulking dead wolf looks like?

Or not?

Weighs more than you think.

I'll drive. Oh! Yeah, right.

You've gone a bit quiet.

Something on your mind?

You know what I can't work out?

Why Annot mentioned that

you were at the pod when it was set on fire.

She said that?

We talk, sometimes.

I gave her her scarf back.

And for the record, you weren't at the house.

She was calling for you.

She was looking for you.

You know, I really wish you'd met Mum before she lost it.

She was...

..really an amazing woman.

Smart as a whip.

She seemed lucid to me.

Why would I set the fire, Mia?

Because if everyone thought the farmers did it,

it'd be a good rallying point for you.

Keep all your troops in your corner.

My team is loyal.

Most of them are volunteers, I don't buy their support.

I mean, it's obvious it was one of the farmers, isn't it?

And besides, if I hadn't heard you shouting,

we might have lost you too.

I don't remember shouting.

I definitely heard you.

The door was locked.

Are you sure?

Maybe it warped from the heat.

This is a bit of imaginative foreplay.

Hmm? Is that what this is?

Come on, what's the rush?

What was your father like?

That's one way to kill the mood. Ah-ha.

Did he bully you? Why? You said he was a piece of work.

He was an absolute prick

until I stood up to him.

He never fucked with me again, after that.

Ever.

I got you.

Let's go.

Grimes to base. Heading out to investigate a gunshot.

Probably just a farmer.

ON RADIO: Yeah, copy that, Libby.

Oh, shit.

CAR LOCK BEEPS

There?

SHE SIGHS

The shadows flee away.

It's beautiful.

She would have loved it.

Definitely a better artist

than a drug dealer.

You really think I don't know?

That you found Mum's scarf?

What was left of it in Isa's enclosure.

You didn't know about this either, did you?

Look familiar?

My knife.

Guess you're not as smart as you think you are, doctor.

Why did you sleep with me?

Cos you're irresistible.

And why do you keep wearing her jacket?

To unsettle you.

More chance of you making a mistake.

I don't make mistakes.

You sent the video to Cassy.

Or you paid some teenagers to do it for you.

I could never have anticipated that you, Mia,

out of everyone, would be the one who found it.

I mean, we didn't even think you were coming.

But you bought it, right?

You believed Teddy killed your sister out of jealousy.

Convenient.

And all I had to do, Mia...

..was play it like she slipped.

LIBBY PANTS

Fuck you.

What are you going to do now, Mia?

Hmm? Got any more tricks up your sleeve?

I know you put bats in my room.

I know it was you that set the fire.

You tried to kill me, but you failed.

Because you are piss-weak, Ewan.

Oh, you're so hot, you know that?

HE LAUGHS

What happened to my sister?

What happened to your sister?

She taunted me. She teased me, Mia, just like you.

I wanted her to be part of me,

part of my family.

I gave her my grandmother's ring, so precious to my family.

But oh, no, she doesn't wear jewellery, Mia.

But Teddy's greenstone?

Something borrowed? Oh, she flaunted that.

She shamed me, Mia.

She used me.

She disrespected everything that I loved, Mia.

MIA CRIES OUT

And then she kept pushing.

She kept pushing.

And pushing.

You're a selfish fucking narcissist. Oh, I'm a narcissist?

Yeah! You're a selfish fucking... You're a...

Until I finally broke.

You're a fake. Say that again!

Until I finally pushed her back!

Fuck!

CASSY SCREAMS

You OK there, Ewan?

Oh.

That's your plan, is it?

Why did you kill Hera?

What? Cos she didn't love you?

Hera didn't want you.

Or because she miscarried your child?

And neither did Cassy.

Because you're damaged, Ewan.

Even your own mother.

Oh, she had your number, didn't she?

She knew.

EWAN RETCHES

SHE EXHALES LOUDLY

No-one wants fucking Ewan

because he's pure fucking evil.

Steeping Duranyl in boiling water increases its absorption rate.

That's how all the local kids are taking it.

It's not a bad idea, actually.

Goes nice in a cup of tea.

See, my Duranyl tolerance is sky-high.

But you...you have none.

You'd never guess where I found these.

SHE SIGHS

Everyone thinks our mother died in an accident.

Well, that's what we tell people.

GASPS

Maybe if I'd called an ambulance straight away,

she would have survived.

But then what would have happened?

Nothing would have changed.

No.

EWAN GRUNTS

That wound couldn't have killed her.

But I knew what would.

The fumes killed her.

I killed her.

SHE GURGLES

Oh, Ewan, you know...

..see, the thing is, when it comes to my mishaps...

Oh! ..I did know what I was doing

and who I was doing it to.

SHOUTING, MACHINE BEEPS

SHE GRUNTS

Why should these people get to live and cause pain?

You see, Ewan, that's the difference between you and me.

You kill for rage.

I kill for mercy.

That last patient...

..felt everything.

When the surgeon started cutting...

SHE GROANS

..he was awake.

Could feel everything.

Some of my best work, actually.

MACHINE FLATLINES

Yeah.

You're starting to look properly cooked now.

Cardio.

Helped get the Duranyl through your system quicker.

OK, then.

SHE GROANS LOUDLY

Oh, no.

You're just feeling sorry for yourself now.

Because I know what happened.

Cassy saw the Grey Man, Ewan.

And it was you.

Mia!

What are you doing?

I loved her!

So much!

MIA SCREAMS

LOUD THUD

Fuck you!

SHE WHIMPERS

Oh!

Ah!

Mm.

It's impossible.

These are emergency room surgeries.

Unplanned.

Her actions were on the fly.

All but one an incoming prisoner.

Instant decisions.

This is hard on you, Riz.

Don't ignore the pattern here, Jacky.

If it were drug theft alone, then...

I think you're going to need some more time off.

Let's not hide this any longer.

Leave it with me.

You sure about this?

# I'm on my way

# From misery to happiness today

# Ah-hah, ah-ha, ah-ha...#

CHAINSAW MOTOR REVS

# I'm on my way from misery to happiness today

# Ah-hah, ah-ha, ah-ha... #

I'll take it.

Well, give me some time and I'll clear some space.

Make some room for your own stuff.

Are you kidding? It's...it's perfect.

# Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

# To keep my feet

# From jumping from the ground, dear

# To keep my heart

# From jumping through my mouth, dear

# To keep the past... #

Last one.

See you soon, Lib.

# To try and learn

# When you teach me a lesson

# And now that I don't want

# For anything

# Ooh

# I'd have Al Jolson sing

# I'm sitting on top of the world... #

Thank you. Thank you.

# I'm on my way

# From misery to happiness today

# Ah-ha, ah-hah, ah-hah

# I'm on my way

# From misery to happiness today

# Yeah, I'm on my way

# To what I want from this world

# And years from now

# You'll make it to the next world... #

SHE CHUCKLES

# And everything that you receive up yonder... #

Hah!

SHE LAUGHS LOUDLY

# I'm on my way

# To what I want from this world

# And years from now

# You'll make it to the next world

# And everything

# That you receive up yonder

# Is what you gave

# To me the day I wandered

# I'm on my way

# Yeah, I'm on my way

# I'm on my way

# I'm on my way. #