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- [tense pulsating music] - [siren wailing in distance]

[Stella] Preliminary forensic report just came back on Emily.

It looks like she was tortured.

[Andie] I want a 24-hour guard on her.

No gaps, no lapses.

[Owen] Mitch! I want to talk to you.

The grog. The gambling.

You got Ben thinking it's normal, and it isn't.

- Come on! - Come on!

[voice whispering] Andie!

[Sam] Andie, don't use your car!

I think Jax Mason has wired it with a bomb!

- [explosion booms] - [glass shatters]

- [crackling over phone] - [Andie] Where is he, Nash?

Told you, I haven't seen him since last night.

[alarm blaring]

- Code Blue! - Hey... Hey, you! Hey!

[medic 1] Femoral pulse?

- [medic 2] No pulse. - [rapid beeping]

- [medic 1] Clear! - [defibrillator zaps]

- [helicopter blades whirring] - [dark tense music]

[pilot over radio] Echo 8-5,

leaving the search of area west of Sector 7.

No activity.

Moving to Sector 6 once Command response confirmed. Over.

[helicopter blades continue whirring]

[distant birdsong]

- [birds calling] - [dark tense music continues]

[footsteps crunching]

[helicopter whirring in distance]

[helicopter approaching]

[whirring passes loudly overhead]

[helicopter receding]

[slow mysterious music]

[computer mouse clicks]

[Glenn] Too short to be Nash. Who is it?

We don't know for certain, but Jax Mason is our prime suspect.

We have a nationwide KALOF out on him.

Cause of death?

Too early to say. Probably injected something into the IV.

And you, Senior Constable?

You were apparently on duty. You didn't see him?

I was getting an update from the doc...

- You were right fucking there! - Okay! Alright!

[lowly] Can you bring the car around, please,

and I'll meet you outside.

Yes, Sarge.

She's clearly not up to the task.

It was Senior Constable Cross

who spotted the culprit and gave chase,

otherwise Emily's death might have been ruled a heart attack.

Instead of incompetence?

I get you're upset, you're angry.

And, yes, Emily deserved better.

But that's on me, not my team.

Well, given that you failed to protect the key witness,

I have zero faith in your abilities, Sergeant.

Please circulate that to your fuckin' team!

[unsettling music]

[Andie] Where's Jax?

I told ya, I haven't seen him.

We think he was involved in a homicide last night.

Does he have any mates he might go to?

- Someone who'd help him out? - Dunno.

What about extended family? Interstate connection?

Oh, come on, Nash. You must know something.

What was he doin' for the last six years?

- Where was he? - I have no idea.

You had no idea about the bomb he built either.

What are you, a moron?

Let's go.

[Nash] Ask Dyson.

He's the one that broke into my shed.

[unsettling music]

He knows where Jax is.

I wish we could lock him up for 24 hours.

Right now, Nash is our chief witness.

- Pays to keep him onside. - Well, he's laughing at us.

Hey.

Don't let Glenn get to you.

[Reza over radio] Brokenridge 900 to Brokenridge 250.

Brokenridge 250.

[Reza] There's been a potential sighting of Jax Mason.

The pilot from the Buller Chopper Service called it in.

I'll send you the location.

- [phone chimes] - Copy.

Why would Jax go bush?

I'll check it out first. Let's be sure it's him.

- [Reza] Copy that. - [Andie] Thanks, Reza. Out.

[phone buzzing]

One sec.

Make it quick.

[Sam on phone] Andie? Andie, don't go. It's a trap.

[sighs] You shouldn't be listening to the scanner.

- It's bad for your ticker. - I'm serious!

Wait for confirmation that it was him

and then wait for backup!

Every second we're talking, the further he's getting away.

Drop me at Owen's. We'll pick up the trail on horseback.

[engine starts up]

[mysterious music]

[pilot over radio] Please be advised

the current sector is looking clear, over.

[birds squawking]

[indistinct chatter over radio continues]

[mysterious music continues]

[water trickling]

His trail stops on this side.

I reckon he's travelling along the stream,

walking in the water to hide his tracks.

Yeah, but which way?

He's been heading nor'west

so let's assume that he still is.

Okay.

Well, you gonna get in the water?

Get your feet wet on country?

Owen, I'm working.

[scoffs]

You're a big sook. [chuckles]

- [fire crackling] - We've made the wrong call.

The crafty bastard led us to the river,

used it to change directions.

[Reza over radio] Copy that, Sarge.

I'll redirect the search party.

[Andie] We'll call it tonight and head back tomorrow.

Thanks, Rez.

[exhales] The Soggies are setting up

base camp at Pickering.

They'll search south of the river

first thing in the morning.

[exhales wearily]

How's things with you and Ben?

Dunno. He moved out.

I may have been a ratbag at that age,

but never this lack of respect.

We haven't been out on country together

since he fell for Mitch's bullshit.

[wind whooshing]

You told me spirits are always around.

- Your mum? - [Andie] Yeah, Deb.

Maybe I'm hearing her too.

There's this weird knocking in the ceiling.

She's just letting ya know that she's lookin' out for ya.

Yeah, dunno if I'm cut out for ghosts.

I remember going on a date with Helen to see 'The Babadook'.

I slept with the light on for six months.

[Owen laughs]

Nah, that's the Western way, all that boogieman stuff.

Our way, they're here to protect...

..give warning, watch over you.

Don't fear the dead.

It's the living you gotta watch out for.

Ain't that the bloody truth.

Locked and loaded. [exhales]

I'll take first watch for Jax.

Being around all this...

..getting those stories from Melanie,

connecting in with the Taungurung Elders...

..it just makes me realise everything I've lost.

[unsettling music]

[phone buzzes]

[door opening]

I... I'll pay for the full hour.

[door shuts]

It happens.

We can just talk.

[music turns melancholy]

What's this one again?

[woman] Bodhisattva.

And what... what do they do?

[woman] They're unenlightened,

but they're on the path.

[Glenn weeps]

[gently] Hey, Glenn...

[Glenn groans in anguish]

- Shh... - [Glenn sobs]

[softly] Hey.

[Glenn sniffles]

Oh, you know what? You're a good woman, Shell.

I'll get you a tea.

[insects chirping]

- [voices whispering eerily] - [knocking echoes]

[murmurs softly]

- [inhales] - [knocking continues]

[groans sleepily]

[knocking continues]

[eerie whispering continues]

[haunting music]

- [leaves crunching] - [faint chittering]

[eerie whispering continues]

[slow dripping]

[ethereal vocalisations]

[gunshot rings out]

[birds chirping]

Did you hear that?

- [birds calling] - [gentle ethereal music]

[ethereal vocalisations]

[softly] Hm.

[camera clicks]

[ethereal vocalisations continue]

- [Owen] What you found? - [Andie] Huh.

I wish Deb would stop with the cryptic messages

and just drop a branch on Jax Mason.

[chuckles] Here.

Happy birthday.

Huh, thanks, big spender.

We'd better get going.

- [birds calling] - [mysterious music]

[helicopter blades whirring]

[Andie] Morning, Rez. Any sign of Jax?

[Reza on phone] So far, nothing.

We've got four SES groups pushing north of Lake Eildon.

[Andie] Alright. I'm just back at Owen's.

Thanks for the update.

[horse huffing weakly]

Wurra-Wurra.

[solemn music]

You alright, girl?

[horse snorting, groaning weakly]

[Owen] Andie!

It's Wurra-Wurra.

She hasn't touched her food and her heart's racing.

She was fine a few days ago.

- I'm gonna have to call the vet. - Yeah, go for it.

[footsteps receding]

[phone buzzing]

Stella. What's up?

I know I shouldn't have let Nash get to me, but I did.

So I spent all day

going through every petty detail in Nash's file.

I even called the prison.

Spoke to the guard on duty the day that Nash was released.

She doesn't remember him.

You wanna know why?

[camera beeps and whirrs]

[Andie] Where were you the night the Gilmours were murdered?

You know where I was.

[Andie] You were released a day early from the prison.

So, no, we don't.

[Stella] Staff shortages.

The guards say it happens all the time, no big deal.

Although in your case...

It means you could've returned to Brokenridge

in time to commit murder.

We also know you were inside with some of Mikey K's crew.

Did they offer you money to take out Tom Gilmour?

Maybe Jax was helping you, not the other way around.

Your dad's got experience

so it'd be a good idea to bring him on board.

But he's a loose cannon.

I'm assuming it was his idea to take Emily.

Did you know Jax tortured her?

We saw the marks around her neck, her wrist.

She put up a fight.

Did your father murder Emily at the hospital?

Or maybe it was you.

You're the only killer in this room.

No.

I wasn't in prison the night they died.

But I wasn't back in this shithole either.

- Look into his alibi. - On it.

[Owen] Andie!

I'll take it from here.

The vet says Wurra-Wurra was poisoned. Cyanide.

- Do you wanna come into the... - No, it's Mitch.

Getting back at me for the other night.

How do you know that?

Everyone knows they use cyanide at the mine.

It has to be him.

Did you find any baits?

I didn't need to. I know he did it.

Okay. Call Animal Welfare.

Have them check there's no ongoing danger

to your other horses.

That's it?

I can't do much without evidence, Owen.

I drop everything to help you out,

scrambling up and down mountains, getting shot at,

and you tell me to go and make a bloody phone call?

- I can look into it, Sarge... - Nah.

- ..if you like. - Nah, forget it.

Should've known pricks like him always get away with it.

[soft poignant music]

[bag rustling]

[poignant music continues]

[Reza speaks indistinctly]

[typing]

Thanks for staying back, Rez. What's the latest?

The chopper's south of Tennants Bluff.

The ground crew's working their way inland from here.

There's a few caves to check out.

- [phone buzzes] - Excuse me.

- I gotta do this. - Yeah, sure.

[phone ringing]

[Helen sighs]

Hey, birthday girl!

[Andie on phone] Uh, is it a bad time?

Only if you're a chicken.

Sorry for the short notice...

[Helen] I knew it!

[Andie] ..but I can't make dinner tonight,

which I'm sure comes as a complete surprise.

Well, promise me you'll remember to eat something

and not work too late.

Gotta go.

[insects buzzing]

[knocking at door]

[Kirra] Sam!

[door sliding]

[bag rustling]

[Kirra] I did knock.

I just came to get my photos back.

They're just there.

Were you gonna throw them away?

No. I was gonna bring them round.

[curtly] I'll save you the effort.

[bag rustling]

[footsteps receding]

[tearfully] I don't understand what's happened.

I thought we were friends!

Look, I'm sorry I hurt you,

but it's best that we... don't see each other again.

[Kirra] Why, Sam?

If... if I did something wrong or upset you in any way,

I'm... I'm so sorry!

No! You did nothing to upset me, I promise.

If it's not me, then, well, what is it?

Please just tell me.

Please.

[sombre music]

[quietly] Please.

- [Kirra sniffles] - [sighs]

[inhales and exhales deeply]

Sit down.

[Stella knocking]

It's just me, Sarge.

[bottles clinking]

I have news about Nash's alibi.

[Andie] Then let's hear it.

- It is 100% watertight. - [sighs]

As he claims, Nash was with the lovely Rochelle

at the not-so-lovely Velvet Pearl.

Ah, the good old Velvet Pearl.

The things I've seen today...

I'm gonna need three weeks at a resort after this.

[chuckles] No thanks.

So did Nash offer up anything useful to Rochelle?

Anything on Mikey K, for instance?

Nup. Said he was a nice bloke, no red-flag kinks.

Talked about his brother mainly.

Carries a lot of guilt

of stuff that happened when they were kids.

She got the impression that his dad was a nasty piece of work.

Good work, Stell.

Confirmation that Jax is a terrible human being

isn't bringing anything new to the table.

Yeah, don't sell yourself short.

There's information there that'll be useful.

You did good.

Why did I go talk to the doctor?

I should have never left her alone.

You can't torture yourself with what-ifs.

Trust me.

[insects chirping]

[poignant music]

[vehicle engine starting up]

[uneasy music]

[men grunting and chattering lowly]

[vehicle approaching]

What's the job?

[Mitch] Just reinforcing the tailings dam.

What's all this for?

Well, we contain the barren solution

after it rains big, like the other night.

I'm just being overly cautious, mate.

It's totally harmless brown water runoff,

but I don't wanna give anyone in town

a reason to complain, you know?

Look, why don't you go and get some more bags for us?

Uh, yeah, sure, sure.

[vehicle idling]

- [tailgate thuds] - [metal clattering]

[sawing]

[man grunting]

[sawing continues]

Dad?

Mitch killed Wurra-Wurra.

- What? - I know it was him.

Hurt my business.

He gets what's coming to him.

No. No, you need to stop, Dad.

Stop!

- [grunts] - [Ben] Fuck...!

You know, you're really fuckin' losing it!

[tense music]

[knocking at door]

- [door opens] - [Andie] It's just me!

- I wasn't expecting you. - Good morning to you too.

- [Helen sighs] - Got a minute?

Yeah. Coffee's just brewed. Do you want one?

[Andie] Sure.

- [cups thud] - [liquid pouring]

Sorry again for, um, bailing last night.

[Helen] Oh...

Shame you had to work alone on your birthday.

What?

[Andie] I know your car, Helen.

I hated the thought of you working, no birthday dinner,

so I thought I'd drop some off.

Why didn't you knock?

- Why do you think? - For goodness sake, Helen.

You don't get to be jealous.

If you are moving on, I need to know.

Stella is having a hard time at the moment.

I was supporting her as her boss.

- What's going on? - [Andie] Hey, Ki.

It's fine. It's just a stupid misunderstanding.

Well, I'm glad you're both here

'cause there's something I need to say.

Take a seat.

[Helen] Wow. Do we need a lawyer?

[exhales heavily]

I know Sam is your dad.

[uneasy music]

And I know that you told him not to hang out with me anymore,

which was cruel, for both of us.

What else did he say?

That when he was investigating

what happened to you and your mum,

two of the people involved died...

..and that you protected him.

- Oh, my God. - [Kirra] Why didn't you tell me?

Because it's not something you should know!

Sam should have never said anything.

For Christ's sake, Andie, this is dangerous.

No, he had the guts to tell me something,

unlike the two of you!

Well, I'm sorry you feel lied to, but it is not that simple.

Stop telling me how I should feel

and stop treating me like a little kid!

Oh, Kirra!

[footsteps receding]

[exasperated exhale]

[tyres skid]

What did you do, Sam?!

Why the hell did you tell her?

Well... [stammering]

She was blaming herself!

So you dump all this shit onto a teenage girl

who's struggling to process the trauma that's happened to her?

I just... I couldn't bear to see her so upset.

[groans]

[inhales deeply]

I couldn't lie to her. That's all.

[chuckles drily] Oh, now you wanna tell the truth?

You've just made Kirra complicit in all of this.

You okay?

Yeah, yeah, I...

I'm fine.

- [door shuts] - I'm sorry.

[pensive music]

[Mitch] Guys, look at this shit.

Right? It's... it's a gutless act.

But it could've fucked us all.

Could've cost you all your jobs.

For the benefit of those who have just decided to join us...

..someone tried to sabotage equipment last night,

shut this whole operation down.

Two bags of ANFO stolen and now this shit.

The security team are looking into it,

but I would appreciate if you guys could keep an eye out

for anything out of the ordinary.

Okay. [exhales] Have a good one, guys.

- Thank you. - [miners] Thank you.

Ben, you got a minute?

Did you see anyone when you went to get the bags?

No.

- Are you sure? - Yes.

I mean, no, I didn't see anyone, Mitch.

The sabotaged pipe was right there.

Be honest, mate. Lying's only gonna make it worse.

I'm not lying, Mitch.

[tense music builds]

Sorry, Ben. I'm gonna have to let you go.

[exhales softly]

See Fran in the office on your way out.

Oh, fuck.

Hey, Mitch! Wait!

[tense music continues]

[continues stabbing]

[stabbing rapidly]

[knocking at door]

[Andie] Nash?

[knocking]

I need to talk to you! Nash!

[sighs]

[intriguing music]

[Rose Tattoo's 'Scarred for Life' blaring]

Nash?

# Scarred for life... #

It's Sergeant Whitford.

# I fought my way through the trouble and strife #

# I was scarred #

# Scarred for life #

# My reputation, it cuts like a knife #

# I spent some time a guest of the state #

- # I got... # - [turns off stereo]

[metal jangling]

[poignant music]

[door creaking]

[music darkens]

I just want to talk.

Get the fuck out.

We know Jax has gone bush.

Get out!

Yep.

We can protect you, Nash.

He doesn't need to know where we get the information from.

This what they teach you, is it?

Pretend you give a shit?

I'm not pretending.

I went to the cops 30 years ago

and told 'em exactly what that prick was doing to Liam.

And you know what they did?

Jack shit!

So don't pretend to care about me and my brother

'cause I know you fuckin' don't!

I'm sorry the police let you down back then.

But I can do something about it now.

Like what?

Put a bullet in my dad?

Like you did Liam?

I know you were trying to protect him.

Kirra and Helen too.

[weeps]

You were trying to save your brother, like you always have.

[sobbing]

The choice he made...

..in that moment...

..I had no other option.

Bullshit.

Nash...

..then help me put it right, mate.

Nash, please.

Where's Jax?

[dark tense music builds]

[dark tense music continues]

[officer] Clear! He's gone!

[engine revving]

[engine shuts off]

[birds calling]

[bag thuds]

You took your fuckin' time. [chuckles]

Tank's full.

You're a good boy.

[low menacing music]

- [speaking indistinctly] - [menacing music continues]

[footsteps approaching]

He's still my dad.

There's no sign of Jax.

The dogs tracked him to Gowing Creek, then lost the scent.

You reckon Nash tipped him off?

- Yep. - Then he's an accessory.

- Just leave it. - Sarge, he is messing with us!

I said leave it!

[phone buzzing]

Just leave it for now.

[slow mysterious music]

Before you say anything...

[Andie] Mm?

..I'm sorry about this morning.

It's unfair to ask to be treated like an adult

when I'm not behaving like one.

But I don't want any more secrets,

not when it's things that affect all of us.

We're sorry you were hurt.

But Sam shouldn't have told you without discussing it with us.

- [Helen] Mmm. - I can handle it.

It's not a game, Ki.

If anyone finds out what Sam did...

I would never tell anyone.

..Andie's career would be finished.

Not to mention Sam.

[Kirra] Look.

I know that it's serious, okay? I get it.

I want Sam to be a part of the family.

Properly a part, like a granddad.

[Helen groans]

And we all agree to protect him.

Did he put you up to this?

No, he didn't put me up to this.

This was my choice. I want this.

[patrons chattering]

[rock music playing]

- All done? - Ta.

[Sam sighs] Jesus...

[Helen] Uh... let me get you a table.

- Oh, grand, grand. - Won't be a sec.

You're not sittin' here, mate.

Emily had her whole life ahead of her.

I'm very sorry for your loss.

That was almost sincere.

The pain of losing someone?

I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

What? Even me?

[Sam chuckles softly] Even you.

Well, go on, then.

- What? - Stick the knife in.

Give it a twist, do your thing.

Huh. Not today.

[unsettling music]

[Helen] Sam?

Oh, great.

[Sam grunts wearily]

Lovely.

[unsettling music continues]

[typing]

Hmph.

[phone buzzing]

Oi.

Oh, yep.

On my way.

[phone thuds]

[unsettling music continues]

[indistinct police radio chatter]

[Andie sighs]

- Yep. - Sarge.

[camera clicking]

Can I see the note, please?

Thanks.

[vehicle approaching in distance]

[vehicle engine shuts off]

[Glenn grunts]

- [Glenn] Hey. - [Andie] Hey.

Ouch.

Are you buying this?

Well, when you're backed into a corner...

He left a note.

[Glenn] Oh, yeah?

[Andie] Nice of him to confess...

..before, uh, spraying his brain everywhere.

At least he won't get away from you this time, Sergeant.

[dark unsettling music builds]

[slow mysterious music]

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