All language subtitles for Episode 04 Tangled Web

Previously on City Homicide...

I'm Juliette Gardiner
from 'The Tribune'.

I'm doing a feature on Dane Majors.

So you're saying Bruce Dalton
and Nick Buchanan set you up?

They planted evidence.
Dane Majors murdered my daughter.

He beat her to death
with a golf club!

That evidence - it was straight-up.

Now, you ought to know, mate,
because you found it!

After you sent me there!

If I were you,
I'd go back to the source

and make them tell you exactly where
they're getting their info from.

Who's this?
My name's Tim Padgett.

I worked with Juliette.

We need whatever evidence
is in that envelope.

Wouldn't it be easier just to read
tomorrow morning's edition?

I just need to know, Bruce.
Did you kill Juliette Gardiner?

I didn't mean to shoot the girl.

No!

This is not just a suicide note.
This is a hand grenade.

It now appears that Mr Majors
was convicted and sentenced

on the basis of false evidence.

I should have dealt with this
10 years ago, but I didn't.

That's my resignation.

Australian cricket legend
Dane Majors

is being released from jail
as we speak.

Come on, Dane!

Dane, are you happy
that you're free?

How do you feel about the cops
who framed you?

Dane, are you innocent?
Dane, how does it feel?

How does it feel?

Yeah, mate.
How does it feel right now?

Like the first time I walked out
onto the ground at the 'G

for an Ashes test.

I'm pumped!

And it's great to see a crowd.
We love you, Dane!

G'day, mate.
How do you feel about a retrial?

What's your first meal going to be?
My first meal?

Now, THAT's a good question.

That'll be a beer.

But on a serious note,
I say bring on a retrial.

This time I'll be found innocent,
because I am innocent.

You're a liar!

A liar and a killer!

You've murdered my daughter,
you prick!

I was set up!
You won't get away with this, Dane!

As directed by the Attorney General
and the Chief Commissioner,

we will be reopening
the investigation

into Tahnee Majors' murder.

We start afresh.

We don't rely on
old information.

We conduct our own
investigation anew.

We consider maybe an unknown intruder
that killed Tahnee

or we consider that it might have
been someone else close to her

that did it.

And we also consider
the most obvious theory -

that Dane Majors beat the crap
out of his wife.

Well, sir...
Look, OK, yeah, yeah.

The evidence was planted,
the verdict was tainted.

That doesn't mean he's innocent.

Most likely story, some dickhead cop
got overzealous

and now we've got a murderer
walking free.

Well, this isn't a witch-hunt.

After all these years,
Tahnee Majors deserves the truth.

Alright. What have we got so far?

10 years ago, Dane Majors
made this call to 000.

Police. What's your emergency?

She's dead!
OK, sir, calm down. Who is dead?

I need some help! She...
Sir, who's dead?

Someone's killed my wife!

OK, just give me your details.
What's your address?

Someone's murdered my wife!
Just calm down and give me your...

Homicide responded to the call.

Detective Senior Sergeant Dalton

and Detective Senior Constable
Buchanan attended the scene.

This is what they found.

Dane was treated for shock
and then cleared for interview.

Can you tell us
what happened tonight, Dane?

I went for a drive
down to the beach.

I came back and found Tahnee.

Would it be fair to say that we took
your clothes off you at home?

Yep, you took my clothes.

We tell you why?

'Cause they were covered in blood.

Whose blood?
Tahnee's blood.

And how did that blood
come to be there?

I tried to help her
and tried to give her CPR.

CPR?

I didn't know what else to do.

Tell me...

..did you have a fight
with your wife tonight, Dane?

No.

You didn't have a fight?
No.

So everything was just
a normal, happy night at home?

Yeah.
Yeah?

Yes, it was.

What would you say, Dane,
if I said that your neighbours

had reported
hearing raised voices tonight?

Yeah.

I'm going to show you
a series of photographs.

This photograph
shows bruises to her wrist

consistent with being restrained.

This photograph
shows bruises to her face

consistent with being hit
with a clenched fist.

Dane? Did you beat your wife
tonight, Dane?

You have to speak for the tape.

Did you beat Tahnee tonight?

Yes. I hit her.

But that was it.

That was it - I went...

..I went out in the car afterwards
to cool off, and when I came back,

that's how I found her.

She was...

..she was dead already.

He expected people to believe that?

So what else have we got?
The elusive five-iron.

It was missing from Dane's golf bag
on the night of the murder

and the pattern on Tahnee's skull
matches the pattern on the club.

Pretty solid case.

Especially when they found
the golf club in Dane's roof

in the middle of the trail.

Tahnee was dead for an hour
before Dane called 000.

So the theory is that he had time
to clean the golf club

and stash it in the roof
before calling the cops.

He still looks pretty tasty to me.

You guys took your time.

I've been out for hours.

Beginning to think
you'd forgotten me.

We're here to ask questions
about the night Tahnee died.

Course you are.

We're reopening the investigation
into your wife's murder.

Looking at some new suspects.

Does that mean
I'm not a suspect anymore?

Not exactly, Dane.

Then this little chat's over.

Although you're a lot easier
on the eye

than your mates who locked me up.

You know, I was interviewed for days
by those ugly pricks.

Sorry - one of those pricks
is a mate of yours, isn't he?

Nick Buchanan.

We're here just to ask you
a few questions.

You want to know what happened?

Read the trial transcripts.

Or better still, watch the tapes
of my police interviews.

I mean, it's heartbreaking viewing.

Honest cricketer
framed by crooked cops.

I'll make a great movie.
We've seen the tapes, Dane.

If we're gonna do this properly,
we need a fresh eye.

New cops.

Pretty - but full of it.

You expect me to believe
a word any cop says

after what your mates did to me?

Go on. Take a walk.

Please.

OK, but at some point,
we're gonna need you

to come in for further questioning
down at police headquarters.

You really want to know what
happened, do you, sweetheart?

I came through that door, and
found my beautiful wife lying there.

And then you tried to carry out CPR,

even though
her skull had been crushed.

Yeah, I wasn't thinking straight.
I panicked.

What would you have done?

I wouldn't have hit her
in the first place.

You're gonna have to do better
than that.

I've been sledged by experts.

Yeah, and some of what they said
was right.

We might leave it there for now.

What's going on?!

Nothing, darl.
Just dealing with a dickhead.

Not you, sweetheart.

Detectives Mapplethorpe and Freeman.
Good for you!

And you are?
She's none of your business.

You should be ashamed of yourselves,
coming here today.

Don't worry, darl. They're leaving.
We'll see ourselves out.

We didn't recognise her at first
but it's definitely Narelle O'Brien.

She was Tahnee's best friend -
another cricket WAG.

She was married to former
vice-captain Callum O'Brien.

And prison logs show that
she visited Dane twice a week

after he was sentenced.

Do we know if they were seeing
each other before Tahnee's murder?

No-one suspected it at the time.
Nothing came up in the trial.

Either way, it gave her reason
to want to bump off her best friend.

She was in love with Dane -
she wanted him all to herself.

OK, so she's got motive,
but do we buy her as angry enough

to bludgeon Tahnee with a golf club?

Yeah, I think we do.
Yeah.

Police report - two years ago,
Narelle was charged with assault.

This is what she did
to one of Dane's fans.

Here we go!

She came at ME! I pushed her away.

Big push.

Why were you around her house
in the first place?

Because she was sending Dane
nasty letters in jail.

"I was your number-one fan
and you let me down.

"You deserve to die
for what you did to Tahnee."

It was really getting to Dane.

So you asked her to stop?
Exactly.

And it got a little out of control?
How are they going?

Just warming up.

In her witness statement, she says,

"I was scared for my safety
and my life.

"Narelle O'Brien
threatened to kill me

"if I contacted Dane again."

Were you always
this protective of Dane?

What do you mean?

Were you in love with him
while he was still with Tahnee?

Get stuffed!
When did you start seeing Dane?

Not until after the trial.
After I'd split with Callum.

After Dane was convicted of murder.

Yeah.

How romantic!

Why did you and Callum break up?

He didn't like me
visiting Dane in jail.

Reckoned he was a murderer
and didn't deserve our support.

They were supposed to be best mates
and Callum just turned his back.

And what made you so sure
he was innocent?

Well, I wasn't at first.

But I knew even if he had done it,
he didn't mean it.

It was just an argument
that got out of control.

She didn't just say that!

Your best friend had
her skull bashed in, Narelle.

That's pretty out of control.

You should have seen him
after he got sentenced.

He was devastated!

And then he grabbed my hand,
looked into my eyes

and told me he didn't do it.

And you believed him?
100%.

Turns out I was right.
Those cops framed him.

Dalton and Buchanan.

You went through high school
with Tahnee, didn't you?

Yeah.

Must have been pretty hard
for you, being her friend.

What's that supposed to mean?

She was a gorgeous model. Everyone
would have loved her, right?

Yeah.

And then in all the glossies -
it was always Dane and Tahnee.

She was a media darling.
That didn't make you jealous?

No! I didn't get jealous.

Tahnee wasn't as perfect
like they made her out to be.

She could be a stuck-up princess.

And she was always nagging Dane.

You don't think she deserved Dane,
do you?

No, actually. I don't.

But I didn't kill her.

If that's what you think, you should
just come out and say it, bitch!

Narelle O'Brien.

I should have seen it.

Well, there was no evidence that
she was seeing Dane back then,

and her violent behaviour's
only just surfaced.

Yeah, but she's been seeing him
in prison.

I could have followed up,
made the connection.

You can't follow up every case
we work, Nick. You know that!

You presented a solid case to the DPP
and a jury found the guy guilty!

On the basis of crank evidence.

But you didn't know that.
Well, I should have.

Anyway, you've heard it all before.

OK, fine.

Yeah, you should have! It stank!

The timing. You found a murder weapon
in the middle of a trial!

That's right!

OK, so why didn't you question it?

I mean, really -
why didn't you question it?

I don't know!

I don't know! It was 10 years ago,
I was new to Homicide...

I didn't want to question
my superiors.

Take your pick out of any number
of lame excuses.

And you presumed Dalton was straight.
That's right.

And how could you be sure?

I couldn't. I couldn't be sure.

If Stanley Wolfe had sent you
to a crime scene,

would you suspect him of planting
evidence for you to find?

It wasn't Wolfe who sent you.

Dalton was my mentor.

I trusted him.

What do you want me to say, Jen?

I want you to say
it wasn't your fault.

I want you to tell everyone
you didn't know

that golf club had been been planted!

I want you to stop sitting
around here, beating up on yourself!

I want you to withdraw
your resignation.

You are a good cop, Nick.
You are one of the best.

And you've fought for a lot of people
on the job.

And now you've got to
stand up for yourself!

Callum, have you ever seen your
ex-wife become physically violent?

Yeah, Narelle's been in
a few bitch fights in her time.

She and Tahnee
went to a rough high school.

She probably saw more fights than me
when she was young.

You said that
she could be vindictive.

She was a real piece of work
during the divorce.

You don't think
that she killed Tahnee?

We're keeping all options open
at this stage.

Including me?
Why did you and Narelle split?

Did you suspect her
of having an affair with Dane?

No. We split because she supported
Dane after his murder conviction.

You thought he was guilty.
We all did, didn't we?

The whole country.
You were his best mate.

I guess so.

You gave evidence against Dane.
Right?

Yes.
Do you remember what you said?

Yeah - that Tahnee called me
the night she was killed.

Said that Dane had hit her.

Again.

I went straight round there.
Dane was out.

Tahnee was packing her bags.

Stop cheating on me
and stop beating me up!

She said she's finally
going to leave him -

sick of him sleeping around,
sick of him beating her.

Was it unusual for Tahnee
to call you

and not her best friend for help?

No. No, that was why they fought.

Dane thought
we were having an affair.

And were you?

It's all gonna be OK. I promise you.

No, we weren't.

So what happened next?

Well, I convinced Tahnee
to stay with Dane

and then I went home.

Three hours later, she was dead.

You know...

..if I'd told her to leave...

..I don't know,
maybe she'd still be alive.

So why didn't you? Why convince her
to stay with a wife-beater?

Because I loved her.

Alright? I loved her.

And I was worried
that was clouding my judgement.

If I told her to leave,
it'd be just because I wanted her to.

You really go straight home
that night?

Yes.

Didn't stay and try convincing
Tahnee to leave with you?
No.

When she wouldn't go, you fight,
hit her with a golf club?

Whoa! You've got it all wrong, mate.

Alright? I could never hurt Tahnee.

So you still think this was Dane?
God!

You know what?
Dane was a hell of a cricketer.

But the way he treated women
was a disgrace.

So, yeah, I still think that was him.

OK, so Callum O'Brien
was in love with Tahnee

and resented Dane.

And his ex-wife was in love with Dane
but resented Tahnee.

It's not a love triangle.
It's a love square.

It's doing my head in.

Right. Word from on high.
Sarge?

Commander Waverley's
been trying all day

to get some sense
out of 'The Tribune'.

Nothing about what they got
from Deep Throat?
No, not so far.

I can't understand
why they aren't printing it.

I thought the editor's
one of Waverley's old buddies.

The Commander feels
as if she's being stonewalled,

so she wants us to try another tack.

And how do we do that?
We don't. You do, Rhys.

What?

Talk to Tim Padgett. You've built up
quite a rapport, haven't you?

Well, yeah - that's one way
of putting it, Sarge.

But he's not about to
just give me a scoop.

I'm sure you'll find a way, Rhys.

How?!
Use your charm.

Work your magic.

Well, I would, but Tim Padgett's a
precocious, ambitious little weasel.

You got something in common, then.

How did you get in here?
Takeaway coffee, cynical face...

Fit right in.
What do you want?

Well, actually, it's more about
what I can give you.

I've already got my own sources.
Thank you, though.

I just thought you might want

the inside scoop on the Tahnee Majors
murder investigation.

But, hey, I could be wrong.

What have you got?

Did you know we had Narelle O'Brien
in for an interview today?

And her ex-husband, Callum, yeah?

And they were both
released without charge.

I had a bit of a chat to Narelle.
You got anything else?

You don't, do you? You have nothing.

That information you're working on
was meant for me.

Only because you were
pretending to be me.

Details.
Hey, I'm not complaining.

Because of you, mate,
I have the story of a lifetime.

We're trying to solve a murder here,
Tim.

And you're withholding information
to get ahead in your career?

Get your hand off it.

Like you're not trying
to climb the ladder yourself.

I'm trying to work a homicide.

Yeah, I bet Homicide looks real good
on your resume, doesn't it?

Tahnee Majors was beaten to death.

And a colleague of mine,
a damn good detective -

he could lose his career
over these corruption claims.

You have no idea
what was in that envelope, do you?

Mate, it's bigger than a homicide.

It's way bigger than Nick Buchanan.

Just tell me what it is.

Please, Timmy. Just a heads-up.

Sorry, mate. You're just
gonna have to read my article.

Front page.

It shouldn't be long now.

Dane Majors murdered my daughter.

And if Sergeant Dalton
hadn't planted that evidence,

he'd still be in jail today.

If Sergeant Dalton
hadn't planted that evidence,

he would never have gone to jail
in the first place.

You and Sergeant Dalton were close
during the investigation and trial.

We were mates for 10 years...

..till the day
he admitted planting the evidence.

The day he let
my girl's killer go free.

In Dalton's suicide note,

he mentioned that another person was
involved in planting the golf club.

Yes. Detective Nick Buchanan.

Detective Buchanan wasn't named
in the letter.

He found the golf club. Makes sense
he and Dalton were working together.

We're investigating the possibility
that someone else was involved -

someone who wanted
more than anything

to put Dane in prison for murder.

You think I was in on it?!
Were you?

I knew nothing about it!

What about your daughter's death?
You know anything more about that?

Like what?
Did you murder her, Mr Proctor?

Did you take one of Dane's golf
clubs and beat the life out of her?

How could you ask me that?

Of course I didn't!

I raised that girl.

I gave her everything
she could possibly need. I loved her.

And you never got angry with her?
You never fought?

Only about one thing - Dane Majors.

I tried to get her to leave him.

I told her it wasn't worthwhile -
the money, the lifestyle!

Look - just look at this.

This is how she looked
the first time he beat her up.

I tried to give it to the press today
but they just didn't want to know.

They said the story had passed on.

If the press wanna paint Dane Majors
as a hero and a victim, fine!

But you know the truth.

That's who Dane Majors is!

I'm nothing like Tim Padgett.

Sorry?

Me and the reporter.
Chalk and cheese, right?

Yeah, if you say so.
Well, ambition's one thing, sure.

But trying to sabotage a murder
investigation for a front page -

that's...

What do you expect? He's a journo.

Duncan! Paper's posted the story.

Sarge!

Looks like Tim Padgett's
got his front page.

"State's Attorney-General
Linked to Planted Evidence."

"We shouldn't have
planted that evidence."

So Lombardi's the 'we'
in Dalton's suicide note.

Lombardi emailed Dalton three days
before the murder weapon was found.

He wrote this -
"We need that golf club.

"Without it, I can't guarantee
a conviction."

I'm not sure it counts as proof.

It is a bit of a coincidence.

I wanna remind you you are not here
to clear Nick Buchanan's name.

You are here to uncover the truth.

That's right.
If you can't do that, piss off.

It's too early and I'm too grumpy.

Your first priority is
Tahnee Majors' murder investigation.

Superintendent and I will handle
the Attorney-General.

Can't wait.

In an hour, we will be questioning

the highest officer of law
in the state

about his involvement
in perverting the course of justice.

So I want every possible bit of
background I can have

at my fingertips.

I will not be underprepared.

It's Deep Throat.

Tim Padgett speaking.

What the hell
were you thinking?

I, er...

You held back on information
when you printed.

Er, yeah. I just wanted
to seek clarification on that first.

Look, the information is clear!

Absolutely it is, but...
It's dynamite.

You drip-feed this thing
and it'll get handled.

Lombardi will get away with it!
OK...

Nah, he's gone.

What the hell do the papers have?

Something their lawyers
don't want them to print.

If they've got dynamite
against the Attorney-General,

be nice to know what it is
before we go waltzing in there.

We can't wait.
We'll just have to wing it.

Come on - give me the background!
OK, let's go.

We're here
to see the Attorney-General.

I'll just see if he's ready.
Thank you very much.

The police are here
for the Attorney-General.

Tell your side of the story.
Shut up.

You've got bloody cheek,
coming in here

with unsubstantiated
backdoor gossip!

Michael, that is so typical of you -

demeaning your detractors
so no-one will take them seriously.

Check your facts and your source
before you press print next time.

We're here to give you a chance
to go on record.

Tell your side of the story.
There is no story!

Please, take Boy Blunder here
back to his playpen.

Putting me down is...
Shut up. Shut up.

A cadet exposing
the Attorney-General

with an anonymous tip-off?

You are reaching.

Alan.
Bernice.

Attorney-General.
Commander.

And if you try and run
any more of this libel,

the best you can hope for
is a lawsuit.

I'll add it to the pile.

I want this taken down
to police headquarters,

get it sorted out properly.

Have my car brought around.

We'll see you back at Homicide.

Yes, I remember where it is.

Bloody journos.
They're worse than politicians.

That bad?

Bernie!

Bernice.

We couldn't publish
the last piece of the puzzle

because the lawyers
got a bit skittish.

But take this.

And when you get the chance,

stick it up Lombardi's backside
for me, will you?

Christ, Bernie - that was my car.

And I was just about to...

If I hadn't turned back
to talk to you, I...

You're a very lucky man, Alan.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

I'm usually a fair bit cooler
than this.

Er, what's the latest, Sergeant?

We're doing a full canvas
of the area

and we've pulled
all available security footage.

Bombies reckon it was
a home-made job - rudimentary.

You got any idea
who might be responsible?

You want 'em alphabetically?

Well, I think there's a fair chance

it's related to
the Dane Majors investigation.

Yeah, could be. Could be.

Have you got something
to spice this up a bit?

I don't think
that's a very good idea right now.

Jesus Christ, this story.

It's already cost me one reporter
and now young Tim.

Buggery, I've gotta
ring his parents.

Where do they live?
It's in Mildura, is it?

Jesus, this is gonna kill 'em.
Alan, do you wanna take a break?

No, what I want is for you
to find out who did this

and when you find out,
nail 'em to the bloody wall, Bern!

You hear me?
Yeah, I hear you, Alan.

Look, thank you for this.

What is it?

Copies of a page from Senior
Sergeant Bruce Dalton's daybook.

Why two copies?

Because there's a discrepancy.

Bloody big discrepancy.

We need to get the AG in here now.

Yes, that's right.

Senior Sergeant Dalton
came to see me a few days ago.

Why?

He wanted to talk about
the Dane Majors trial.

He was worried that there was
a reporter digging up dirt.

What did you say to him?
I told him not to worry.

We'd done nothing wrong,
so there was no dirt.

What about the email that you sent
to Dalton during the trial?

"We need that golf club. Without it,
I can't guarantee a conviction."

That was a statement of fact,

not a suggestion
he go and plant evidence.

So you had no knowledge of what
Dalton was planning to do.

Why are you asking me these questions
and not Dalton's mate, Nick Buchanan?

He's the one
who found the murder weapon.

He presented it in court as evidence.

We're investigating all theories.

Yes, you would say that,
wouldn't you, Commander?

I wonder if the media
would have the same opinion.

Top police officials
trying to protect one of their own

when they should be investigating
a car bomb in the CBD

and finally resolving
the murder of Tahnee Majors.

This is Senior Sergeant Dalton's
daybook from 2001.

Like all coppers, he recorded
everything he saw, heard, thought

throughout an investigation.

I'm sure you're familiar with it.
I have a copy in my file.

Dalton would have had it copied

and presented
at the Dane Majors trial, right?

I think we're both aware
of the procedure.

OK. Well, the thing is,

this is the version
Dalton had copied and presented

at a completely different
murder trial as evidence.

It details
all of Dalton's activities

the day the golf club was found.

And according to this copy,

Dalton discussed the discovery
of the golf club with you

at a meeting at 11:00am,
before Buchanan had even found it.

But then, when it came to
the Dane Majors trial,

Dalton had altered
the time of the meeting.

Why would he do that?
Why would he change it?

Well, look - we all know

that coppers fill these things out
after the event.

They're too busy solving crimes
to do the actual paperwork.

There's always inconsistencies.

So you think scrappy book-keeping
is to blame?

I think it's possible.

Look, even if this is correct -

that I met Dalton at 11:00am -

if he told me
that the golf club had been found,

I had no reason to doubt him.

This evidence...
..if that's what you want to call it,

proves that Dalton was corrupt.

It doesn't prove that I am.

Thanks for letting me sort that out,
Commander.

Thank you.

What disciplinary action's been taken
against Buchanan?

He's been suspended on full pay.

I see.

Politics - that's all this is about.

Lombardi wanted the Majors conviction
more than any of us.

He made his career out of this case -

the barrister
that put away Dane Majors.

Of course he was in on the set-up.

You think Jarvis and Waverley
can prove that?

Not with a couple of photos
and a daybook. I know him.

He could talk his way
out of anything. We need solid proof.

I see you've been
doing your homework.

Couldn't just sit around here
beating up on myself, could I?

There's got to be a lead
in here somewhere about the bomb.

That's where Jarvis is heading.

He figures Tahnee's murder
and the bombing are linked,

so we're all across both cases.

So what about Lombardi
and the bombing?

I'm not just working on Lombardi.

I mean, sure, he'd like
Sullivan out of the picture

but the Attorney-General
setting off a car bomb?

So who are you focusing on?
So far, just eliminating suspects.

Tahnee's dad's not up there.
Graham didn't blow anyone up.

He's a retired
refrigeration engineer.

He's got the skills. And he's not
Sullivan's greatest fan.

You don't seriously
suspect me of planting a bomb?

Where were you between
7am and 9am this morning, Graham?

At home.
-Alone?

My wife died of cancer two years ago

and my daughter, as you know,
was murdered.

Yes, I was alone. This is a joke!
Not to us, Graham.

Well, it is to me, mate.

Why aren't you out there

trying to put
Dane Majors behind bars

for what he did to my daughter,

instead of questioning me
about some bomb?!

Well, we need to find
who planted the car bomb,

who wanted Alan Sullivan dead.

Well, I thought
that young kid was killed.

Tim Padgett?

Yeah, but we believe
it was Alan Sullivan

who was the intended target.

Didn't phase him, though,
did it?

Straight back into his office,
pumping out copy.

"My brush with death."

You don't like Alan Sullivan
very much, do you, Graham?

I used to think
he cared about the truth.

Now...

..he's just selling papers.

So, when Alan Sullivan's paper

started calling for
Dane Majors' release,

how did that make you feel, Graham?

Disappointed.

Disappointed? That's it?

You think Dane Majors
killed your daughter

and now Alan Sullivan
is saying that Dane is the victim.

Alright, I was angry.
Yeah?

But I didn't
try and kill Alan Sullivan.

Some people have it in them.

Others don't.

And, if I had
the strength to do the deed,

there's only one person I'd kill.

Dane Majors.

You understand if I watch,
right, Detective?

Yes, that's not a problem, Dane.

This is a joke. What do you
think you're gonna find?

You moved the bombs from under
the sofa, didn't you, darling?

Even if you find evidence,
you probably planted it there.

Do you mind telling me
where you were this morning?

Are you questioning me officially?

Just a query.

Then take it to my lawyer.

Or you could talk to me.
Narelle.

Dane was with me this morning.

All morning.

Excuse me.

How's it going?
A bit tense.

Dane, I wanna help.

It doesn't matter. Whatever you say,
they'll twist your words.

I was fine, Dane. I really was.
It doesn't matter.

Upstairs.

Ms Mapplethorpe,
what have you got for us?

OK. It's just a theory.
But the more I think about it...

No, no. Well, come on. Let's go.

OK. The golf club.
It is the linchpin to this case.

Everybody's always talking about
the missing murder weapon.

"Where's Dane's golf club?"
"Where did it go after the murder?"

Even Bruce Dalton
planted a matching golf club

to try and frame Dane.

But what if we ignore the golf club
as the cause of death?

What if...

She fell down the stairs.

Or she was pushed.

The theory was raised at the time
but it was discounted

because pathology report gave
the golf club as the cause of death.

And we all bow to the monkeys
in the little white coats.

But the thing is, 10 years ago,

pathologists didn't perform CT scans
as part of autopsy.

So they found
the pattern on the skull

and it matched to the golf club,

so they concluded that
that was the cause of death.

They had no reason
to think otherwise.

Can you prove your theory?

No. We'd have to
exhume the body, ma'am.

Whoa, the papers will love that.

OK, so she was hit in the head
with a golf club after she fell.

But why?

Why would you bash her skull in,
if she'd just fallen?

OK, say there's an argument
at the top of the stairs.

Tahnee falls down.
The killer stands there, watching.

He or she starts to panic

and then looks for a way
to pin it on somebody else.

It could still be Dane.
He used his own golf club?

If Jen's right, this could be
someone trying to frame Dane.

Somebody who holds a grudge
against him.

An accident?

It's a theory at this stage.

We'll be able to prove it
with a second autopsy.

You shouldn't be here.
I know.

If it was an accident,
that means Dane...

You don't think it was him?

You wanted to see Dane caught out,
didn't you, Callum?

Only because
I thought he'd hurt Tahnee.

No, no, no.
I think it was more than that.

I think that you envied him.

I think that you wanted what he had.
His wife. His fame.

I was in awe of his talent,
that's all.

You had the brains.

You had the determination,
the ambition.

But Dane,
he didn't even have to try.

He was a freak.

What, so much raw talent,
that didn't bug you?

Well, of course it did.

I trained for hours,
every day of my life.

And Dane could just rock up
half pissed

and get a ton before lunch.

So someone cut him down to size.

No, you're way off track.

Well, you did see Tahnee that night,
didn't you?

Yeah, I told you that.

But I didn't hurt her.
Not on purpose, not by accident.

Did you have an argument
at the top of the stairs?

No, we didn't argue,
but something happened.

What happened, Callum?

I kissed her.

I love you.

I told her I loved her.

But as soon as I said it,
I knew she didn't love me.

I was sure it was my fault.

What was?

My fault she's dead.

Well, you know, for 10 years,

I thought Dane killed her
because she told him what I did.

But if it was an accident...

We keep looking.

A second autopsy?
How are you gonna do that?!

She's dead and buried.

Your daughter's body
will need to be exhumed.

No. No, you can't do that.

She's been through enough already.

Graham, we would much rather
leave Tahnee in peace.

And we can do that
if we find out the truth.

We think someone
is trying to frame Dane.

Yeah, somebody knew something
about his violent history.

Someone who wanted
him out of the picture.

No. This is ridiculous.

First, you try to set me up
for planting a bomb,

now you're saying
I killed my own daughter.

I didn't see Tahnee that night.
Are you sure about that?

You drop round to visit her,
find her bruised, bashed, upset?

You said in your earlier interview

that the only thing you and Tahnee
fought about was Dane.

Did you go round there and
try to convince her to leave him?

No.

Do you argue
at the top of the stairs?

No!

And then when she fell down,
when she died, did you panic?

No.
You didn't mean it.

And Dane was the reason it happened
in the first place, isn't he?

No!
Was Tahnee alive after she fell?

I don't know.
I don't know what you're saying.

Was she alive at the bottom
of the stairs after she fell?

Was she just holding on?

Did you finish her off
with a golf club?

Was it a mercy killing?

Yeah, we're gonna
get the body exhumed.

No, no. You can't, can't, please!

She was dead already.

She was dead already
and there was nothing I could do.

Then what happened, Graham?

I got round there, she was...

..she was crying.

Her eye was closed over.

I-I said I'd carry her
out of there, if I had to.

Tahnee, you can't stay here.
You're too good for this.

Dad, I'm fine.
No, you're not.

You need to listen.

No, you need to back off
and let me run my own life.

You stupid, stupid, stupid girl.
You're coming home with me!

No!

Tahnee!

Tahnee. Tahnee, talk to me.

Tahnee. Please, Tahnee. Tahnee.

I tried to revive her but...

..but she was gone.

Everything seemed to...

..stop.

The rage.

I couldn't breathe.

All I could think of was Dane.

I used one of his golf clubs.

It was his fault she was dead.

People had to know that.

His own daughter.

So what did you do
with the golf club afterwards?

I threw it in the Yarra.

Did you later help Dalton

plant the evidence
for Detective Buchanan to find?

No.

He would have known it was planted.

I should have come forward.

I should have
admitted to what I'd done.

But I couldn't.
I couldn't even admit it to myself.

So you let an innocent man
go to prison.

Innocent?

You don't know Dane Majors.

He would have killed her one day.

Well, better late than never,
hey, Buchanan?

That ought
to sell a few papers, hey?

Well, I was thinking more that,

Tahnee Majors
can finally rest in peace.

Bleeding heart.

And you're absolutely sure
that prick didn't bomb my car?

Absolutely. The only target
he ever had was Dane Majors.

I'll feel a helluva lot happier when
you work out who tried to roast me.

Well, we're doing everything we can
to try and apprehend the bomber.

I don't suppose the Attorney-General
is implicated in any of this?

He was with us
when the bomb went off.

Bern, he's got
a lot of people in his corner.

That's why you
don't wanna interview him.

You're gonna have to pick a side
sooner or later.

You don't know, do you?

What?
Lombardi's after Nick Buchanan.

He's gonna charge him with
perverting the course of justice.

Put away the wrong man, Jennifer.

Yeah?

I supported the killer.
Bought him beers.

Called him at Christmas.

So,
you're still going to resign?

I'm gonna apologise
to Dane Majors first.

Just leave it, Nick.

Took 10 years of his life.

He's gotta get on with his life
and so do you.

Resigning IS getting on with my life.

I need to do something different.

You need to come back to work.

Waverley says she hasn't processed
you resignation yet.

She wants to talk to you
about options.

I'm sure about this, Jen.
Yeah, so am I.

And if you still feel the same way
in a month, then I'll let you quit.

Deal?

Deal.