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(fire whooshes, crowd exclaims)

(cheering, applause)

(creaks)

(insects chirp)

(camera clicks)

(button clicks)

- (quirky electronic music) - Hi. I'm Sean.

And this is obviously my dating video.

I'm quite nervous.

Like, I guess that's what happens

when you put yourself out there, eh?

Where do you start?

Firstly, well, a lot of you would have known me

from being in magazines and on TV

um, and in the newspaper from a few years ago.

Well... I just want to say,

well, I'm innocent.

Like, I'm not a bad boy.

Like, I got arrested, yeah,

but... I didn't kill my whole family.

Um, I own a odd-job business -

clean people's toilets, slaughter chickens,

um, smash pumpkins.

Hobbies - I like to make bowls and music.

Actually, the music playing on this video I made.

Ah, and I like to shoot guns.

I guess I... I look forward to seeing you all soon.

(quirky, electronic music swells)

(Marlon Williams' 'Hello Miss Lonesome')

♪ Hello,

♪ Miss Lonesome.

♪ I see you're back in town.

♪ It's funny how I lose my mind when you come around.

♪ Papa thinks

♪ that he knows you,

♪ Mama knows you more,

♪ and she knows where to hide

♪ when you come knocking at the door.

♪ The king in his castle,

(gun fires)

♪ and the beggar on the street... ♪

My dating video didn't really work,

so I've downloaded this app 'Date Match'.

- Height? - I'm 5"7'.

6-foot.

And I've been looking at my photos

and I was thinking this one for my profile.

Yeah? Do you...

Are you sure, you know, you want that one, holding that?

Yeah! That's my favourite gun.

Yeah.

Yeah, but, you know, you have to think about,

'What's the... what's the image I'm trying to project?'

Well, yeah, I am.

I read on the internet that you should show your hobbies

to get dates.

- Yeah. OK. - Mm.

That's good.

I've got this one of me eating Chinese.

OK, yeah, try that one too.

Maybe put that- Maybe put that one first.

It's a whole new world with the apps, isn't it?

The possibilities.

Jules thinks I'm setting him up to fail.

I think there's someone out there for everyone, right?

(murmurs quietly) I have to do this.

(sighs deeply)

(phone chimes)

- Hey, Alex! - (zipper squeaks)

I'm ready to swipe!

- Fire away. - (rapid swooshing)

(rapid swooshing continues)

So, you load your pictures up,

and then the app tells you who's in the area,

and then you swipe right if you like the look of them

or you swipe left if you don't,

and then if you match with one of them,

like, one of the people on the app,

then you can start messaging them.

- (swoosh!) - So...

(rapid swooshing)

Like, there's a lot of good women on this, I reckon.

(rapid swooshing)

- (phone chimes) - Ooh! I've got a match.

Oh. She's 79.

(upbeat music)

(rapid swooshing, motor rumbles)

♪ I was following the double rainbow

♪ looking for the golden light.

♪ Hanging all my hopes on the hopeless tropes

♪ that make me feel warm inside.

♪ But even if you find your pot of gold,

♪ it ain't nothing if you do it on your own.

(siren wails)

♪ Ain't nothing if you do it on your own. ♪

(brooding, twangy country music)

There's a saying - once a cop, always a cop.

You should always look after your partner,

even after you've left.

(printer whirs loudly)

Sorry. That thing will finish in a second.

It's a damn good printer, that.

Bloody good printer.

(printer whirs)

Eight years - partners.

(tuts) We've been some places, haven't we, Pam?

Yep, we sure have, Ton.

How's the, um...

How's the zoo thing coming along?

Hi, I'm Pam. These are my alpacas.

One died recently. Sad.

And this is David the Donkey -

a little firecracker, this one.

And Gavin the Guinea pig.

Turns out guinea pigs aren't pigs.

Oh, and adventure park.

I've put in a water slide;

I added a gun range;

I even painted the golf clubs gold.

- Oh, yeah. - Yeah.

Maybe I'll get the boys around

and we'll go out there for a Christmas function.

- Why wait? The bike trail - - Yeah?

- ...primo, mate. - I bet.

(chuckles lightly) Uh...

can I get that stuff I asked you for?

(intriguing music)

It does go through my mind, you know,

maybe she is a better cop than me.

You know, she's out there, she's fighting the good fight.

I haven't forgotten, though.

He's out there, and he's walking the streets right now.

So I try and help out where I can.

She's too good. She cared too much, you know?

But when Sean walked, Pam was like,

'I'm never, ever gonna let that happen again.'

She turned the dial up right up to 11.

Some of the guys actually thought she was pushing

a little bit too hard, but she was convinced

that if they'd turned the screws with Sean, he'd have flipped.

That didn't matter, though. I mean, they got wind.

Gee, you even respect a cop like that. You just- You gotta.

(sighs heavily)

Lost a good cop that day. (sips loudly)

After they let me go, I told myself,

'Nothing you can do. It's out of your control.

'Just forget about it.'

But I couldn't.

Being a cop's what I am.

I need to protect people.

So I started again.

(roller door squeaks)

I'm gonna get him -

that murdering bastard.

When I do, I'm gonna get right back on that force.

Just you wait.

(moody, soft rock music)

(music fades)

There's that feeling...

you know, when the phone dings,

and you wanna check it but...

you're too scared.

But you got to.

And then you do,

and your heart does a little... flip.

But then the anxiety comes.

I'm so nervous.

Do you take flowers on a first date?

No, that's stupid.

(mellow synth music)

(music fades)

- Sean. - Casey. Hi.

- I made you a bowl. - Oh, wow.

Thank you.

Sorry, I'll just... put my bag there.

- Shall we get some food? - Yeah.

I really like sweet and sour pork.

I love it too. It's yum.

And fried rice.

I like fried rice with my hot chips.

Same with me.

Do you want any egg?

I don't really like egg, but my sister did.

I don't really like egg either.

Do you want me to get you a drink?

- Pink Munta? - Cool.

- I'll pay for these. - You don't have to.

I want to.

Thanks.

He was just so nice on the app -

so sweet.

Normally on those things the guys they say things like,

if they can bang me, you know, cause my last name is Bangs.

Just totally horrible things like that.

This town...

But Sean...

I know about it - sort of -

what... happened.

But it's all in the eyes - you know, the honesty.

I've never had a Munta before.

The pink one's the best.

But I didn't run into anything.

We messaged for a couple of days, then he asked me out.

'Why not?'

- Tastes like pink. - I know.

- (phone, buzzes, neighs) - I mean, I...

I still haven't told my friends.

(chuckles)

He's so sweet.

'I want to kiss you.'

Oh, me.

He wants to kiss me.

(typing)

(mellow music)

People forget that he's innocent,

that the jury or whatever, they found him not guilty.

And we had a really nice time.

Like, there's that saying,

'You should probably read the book if you like the cover.'

(phone buzzes, neighs)

See, the thing is,

it's not just one piece of evidence that makes a case,

it's all of it - the blood and gunpowder on the T-shirt;

changing of the testimony;

love of guns;

history of violence.

You know, I mean, you add all that evidence up

and we had a case.

Ask the bloody lawyer. He'll tell you.

What the fuck is F3? I've got tray 3.

It hasn't got a fucking tray!

Which-? Is it-? Wait, I'll...

- (printer beeps) - No. Fuck. Fuck!

It was simple. It was really simple. We had enough.

Pam was a really good cop, and everyone loves Pam.

Have you met Pam? She's fantastic.

The whole community... well, she's done a heap for us.

Anyway, this crazy defense lawyer turns up, you know,

you can just imagine... trouser suit,

had the judge wrapped round her little finger,

and she got the whole of Sean's past thrown out.

Inadmissible.

'Pre-judice', as they say in the legal profession,

which means prejudicial.

(scoffs) Gone. (puffs sharply)

The whole case - out.

Defense lawyers - simple -

they do not want justice.

They want murderers on the loose.

If they wanted justice, they'd let us do our job.

But they don't. No. (sirens)

And anyways...

(sighs) if we had a weapon, if Pam could find the weapon,

the shotgun, whoa, that would be a golden ticket.

I'd be straight back in that court

and I'd show that bitch...

the... well, the-the (stammers)

the murderer, I'd show the murderer that he was guilty.

(brooding, twangy country music)

Oh, of course it was exciting cause everyone was here -

there were journalists and TV crew, writers -

everyone, really.

A murder this size, I mean, people all over are interested.

Janice was all over it, weren't you, Janice?

She's one of the best reporters there is.

It's the biggest story I ever had.

It really, really, really, really, really affected us,

and it still does.

I still get phone calls from some of those journalists.

We've actually just done an interview

with Women R Us magazine, and that's national,

so they're sending a photographer.

- You know, it's legitimate. - Yeah, legitimate.

Yeah. And, um, I'm writing a book about it, actually.

Best person to do it, Janice. Best person.

So, tell them what the title is.

- 'The Call'. - Mm.

So, it starts off with the call.

The call.

Well the transcript of his emergency call.

Um, but it's not an audiobook. Yet. (chuckles)

Um, actually, we should do one of those podcast things.

They're very, very popular now.

Anyway, so it's exciting, raw, captivating.

And then we just go straight to his story,

and how he changed it, you know, twice.

Once when the cops arrived, he said he saw his dad

in the hallway and called it in,

and then when he was questioned again,

he said he only called after he found his sister.

I mean, he blames it on the trauma, but come on.

- Come on. - Come on!

Come on.

If that was me, I would not be forgetting what happened.

And then we just go into his sordid family

and the kind of man he is.

Janice, Janice. Bestseller, I tell you. Bestseller.

Yeah, yeah. Well, I always knew I had a book in me.

I just didn't know what the subject was.

And this just dropped in my lap, really, so, yeah.

And Pam here is going to help me with the ending,

and a guilty man out there is not a happy ending.

We argued about it, didn't we?

But I grew up just down the road from them.

Me and his sister Abby,

we used to work at the cinema together.

She's a little younger than him, and, like,

sometimes I'd take her to work.

I've known Sean for ages, though.

Yeah, but they were weird.

They were a weird family. They were always weird.

- Aw. - No, they were.

Like, they would have Weet-Bix in their lunchboxes

instead of sandwiches - the whole family.

(chuckles) You don't know- You don't know that.

No, but I read about it in the paper. I read a lot about it.

News like that goes all over the country,

and they were weird.

Anyway, I have known them for a long time,

and in the end I just said, you know,

if someone broke in

and tied up me and Jules and killed all of us,

you know, like bang, bang, bang,

and for whatever reason left one of the kids,

wouldn't you want someone to believe them?

But you worry. You do worry.

Like, I trust Alex, but, you know, it's your kids,

and... I don't know.

Like, I'm not gonna leave him alone with them.

And you've gotta ask the question -

and I do ask it - if he didn't do it, then who did?

There's a difference between trust and stupidity.

And after it happened, Jules let me get a bunch more guns.

So, one under the bed.

- (clicks) - Loaded, of course.

The kids know not to touch it.

- You don't touch this, eh? - Yeah.

- Not unless the... - ...Bogeyman...

...turns up. That's right.

Yeah. But after what happened to Sean,

me and Jules decided kids' safety's

got to be top of the list. (sniffs)

- What letter you up to? - F.

He's reading the dictionary.

What I wanna know is, like, where's the evidence?

Someone's gotta trust him, right?

(muffled) Music? Really?

Yeah. I like to write tracks.

I'm writing a song at the moment, actually, about...

Me?

- Yep. - Can I hear it?

- Are you sure? - Yeah.

(whimsical, electronic tune plays)

♪ Casey, turn to face me.

♪ Don't replace me

♪ with another guy from Thiston.

♪ I might blow a piston.

♪ Thank you for the listen...

♪ ...ing to my song.

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, Casey.

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, Casey.

(music stops)

That's all I've got so far.

- It was really good. - (exhales)

Really? Thank you.

Maybe we should record it. You know, it could be a big hit.

Really?

You're as good as that band Six60.

(chuckles) OK.

One, two, three, four, one, two, three, four.

Amanda -

she was one of our character witnesses.

She couldn't testify - got thrown out.

Must have been really hard for her, seeing Sean go free.

Twice.

(handbrake clicks)

- Hey. - Hi, Pam.

How ya doing?

So, I'm just talking about this because, um,

I think it's important to not live in fear of a murderer.

Absolutely.

So, I was at a party,

and I was, like... I was drunk as,

cause we were, like, drinking everything,

and Sean was there, right...

(whispering) What happened?

Well, I was maggoted, so I don't really remember

what happened before this, but...

I come to, and he's, like...

he's all over me, you know, like, touching me.

- And you didn't want this? - No! Of course I didn't.

I mean, he's a killer.

Well, you know, I didn't know that at the time,

but it makes sense, doesn't it?

So, tell me about the fight that he had with my neph-

with Harold.

Well, Harold. He was my boyf at the time,

and him and Sean had this big scrap,

because I told Harold what had happened,

and he confronted Sean, you know,

to protect me, and, oh, he went crazy, you know.

So, let me get this straight,

it was Sean that went crazy, not Harold.

Yeah. Yeah!

Obvs.

- And then what happened? - Well, you arrested him.

And he got diversion.

- Anyway, Pam, - Mm-hm.

...you know, Jasmine, she says that Sean's on that dating app.

He's, like, messaging girls.

(intriguing music)

It's the pressure, Harold. You just gotta keep it up.

Keep it up until one day, when he cracks.

And right now, it's the dating app.

Um, OK.

Yeah, so come on, load me up. I wanna see what he's up to.

Well, his age will be set to younger.

Well, just change mine.

Nah, it needs to be your profile.

Well, just use your profile.

No, nah. Nah, nah.

It needs to be, like, your pictures.

Well, just use pictures from that page

that's got all the new murder tips. We'll use that.

Oh, no, you can't use that.

Well, we'll just get pictures from the internet,

and we'll make one using them.

Nah, nah. It needs to be, like, your profile.

- It needs to be you. - (scoffs) Harold,

just-just-just make me a page with pictures from the internet.

I wanna know what messages he's writing to girls around here.

OK.

When she heard he'd been let off,

(sighs) I was in...

well, what used to be my shed,

and I heard this scream,

drop everything, come running in the house,

and she'd gone.

Finally I looked in the loo, and there she is -

door locked, wouldn't come out.

Straight refused. (sighs)

What happened to that family

shouldn't have happened to a dog.

But what about the rest of us?

(sighs) There's just a point

when you've gotta put it behind you, you know?

Just... Just stop!

This...

She's pushing.

- (iPad chimes) - Done.

Great.

(rapid swooshing)

- I'm gonna go to film club, - Yep.

♪ He asked if me if he could hold my hand,

♪ and I shyly said I wouldn't dream of it.

♪ But then I felt his hand touch mine.

♪ Now I dream of it.

♪ How I dream of it all the time.

♪ All the time. ♪ All the time.

♪ He asked me, then, could he kiss my lips,

♪ and I playfully said I wouldn't dream of it.

♪ But then I felt his lips touch mine.

♪ Now I dream of it.

♪ How I dream of it all the time.

♪ All the time. ♪ All the time.

♪ I felt him ever so warm and near,

♪ whispering promises in my ear.

♪ He said he'd always be true to me... ♪

He's really nice. A little bit older.

Come on, we're dying to know. What have you been doing?

He took me swimming, bought me two blow up unicorns.

He taught me how to shoot, and we went out for dinner.

BOTH: Aw.

Where did this romantic person take you?

Chinese. He likes fried rice and chips as well.

Ew, you know that's still gross, eh?

(light giggles)

He made me this bowl.

(chuckles) Bowl? Funny.

- Super cute, though. - Mm.

What's his name and what does he do?

Sean. He owns his own business.

Oh, what sort of business?

He does, like, odd jobs for people,

so he's really handy, sort of like my dad.

- Do you have photos? - Yeah!

- Is he cute? - Yes!

- Yeah, photos. - So cute.

Ooh, sorry.

(Casey chuckles lightly)

- You're fucking joking, right? - What? It's Sean.

Yeah, we know who it is.

You know who it is, right?

I guess he is kinda cute.

You're not safe.

Casey, what Sarah's trying to say is that...

- we love you. - Mm.

But... are you sure?

He's really nice to me.

I know he has history, but when you meet him...

You went from Chad to this?

(rock music)

Chad made me wait out the back of the pub for him.

(rock music)

But Chad also didn't kill his whole family.

(rock music)

It's only a few times, right?

You haven't had sex with him, have you?

We can find you someone better.

(ominous music)

So, this is where he did it, where the house was.

Just a few days after the trial, he destroyed it.

Didn't have time to come back

and see if I'd missed anything, did I?

No insurance money, cause he did it on purpose,

so it's not financial.

So what was he hiding?

So, on the night of the murders,

he comes home early from milking the cows.

He goes in the back door,

goes into the first room - bedroom.

Boom! Takes out the youngest sister.

The dad hears from his bedroom, comes running up the hallway.

Boom! Takes out the father, right in the chest.

Then goes down into the master bedroom.

Here.

Boom! Kills the mum.

Jeez.

I've known some crims in my time,

but who kills their mother?

You'll never know love like your mum's love -

that's what they say.

I wonder what she was thinking when she had that...

that gun pointed straight at her chest.

Yeah...

Then he goes into the sister's room - the older sister.

She's still in bed, she's heard the whole thing -

terrified, probably, can't even move.

Boom! Unloads on her twice.

Twice.

Then he stashes the gun. I still don't know where.

Then he waits for a bit -

just a bit.

And then he... he starts to pick up some of his family.

He gets their blood, he wipes it all over himself.

You know, he says he was so overcome with 'grief',

he just hugged their dead bodies.

Huh.

Then he makes that call.

He dials 1... 1... 1.

Jeez, that phone call - he was good.

All that fake crying.

'I've only just got home.' Cry, cry, cry.

(sighs) Cry.

You know,...

you're miles away from anywhere out here. Miles away.

You could do anything and no one would have a clue.

(insects chirp)

Even if he is my grandson,

I don't mind saying it -

he bloody did it.

He was the only one left, wasn't he?

I don't know why he had to take my girls.

What did his mother ever do? His sisters?

Well, they were ripped away.

Gone.

It's not that I don't want to see Sean,

it's just that when I see him...

it all comes back.

It's just too much.

It's too much for me.

I want him to feel like this.

I want everyone to know he ain't no family of mine.

(cow moos, radio plays faintly)

Casey and I - I just can't think of anything better.

She's amazing.

I'm starting to feel like...

well, that I could have a family again.

Then Alex asked me to be part of the Thiston Pistons,

which is his demolition derby racing team, (chuckles)

which is amazing.

I haven't been asked to be part of anything for ages.

So I'm just stripping off all the plastic and all the rubber

and everything, cause you don't want it on the track,

cause you don't want other people to crash into it.

(thud)

But, yeah, I'm pretty excited by the whole thing, actually.

I'm really looking forward to it.

(banging)

♪ Sophisticated lady.

(camera shutter clicks)

♪ Sophisticate me.

(song continues on radio)

(camera shutter clicks repeatedly)

Um, so this story is about the truth,

so can you just look truthful.

I always look truthful.

- No, like, look serious. - I am serious.

- (sighs) - Yeah, that's great,

Can you go back-to-back,

like you're a crime-fighting duo?

Like you're...

Yeah, like you're really going into battle.

(camera shutter clicks)

Stand more concave.

Look a little bit bored. Bored-sexy.

(camera shutter clicks)

Janice, I know you said that this was gonna help-

(sighs) Evidence, Pam. People trust you more.

This story's about two crime-fighting women.

- No, it's about justice. - Yes. Yes, yes. Justice.

(camera shutter clicks)

Thanks. I think we got what we need.

My editors will be in touch.

This will be published in a couple of days.

It's gonna be a big story, yeah, yeah. Cover page and everything.

Yep. (chuckles)

I've got another dress if you want me to...

You don't want to take any more? No?

(sighs) Shit.

(groovy, percussive music)

(music fades)

Surprise!

When I heard about it I went and got them from all around town.

Oh.

What's wrong?

- Did you read it? - No.

I wanted to, but, Sean,

you've already told me everything, right?

I thought it was done.

Well, I got them all. It is done.

- She's still going, Casey. - What do you mean?

She's gonna write a book.

We'll just buy all the books.

Casey, it doesn't work like that.

It doesn't end.

It never ends.

I don't know what I'm gonna do.

She's started to see what it's like -

what it's like to be with me.

Even I'd started to forget -

or at least ignore -

that people had made up their minds about me.

Cause when I met Casey, she hadn't.

She spent the time to get to know me.

She made me forget that people thought

that I'd killed my family.

Is there any way I can get some 12-gauge shotgun shells, please?

No.

How do you tell someone how much you need them?

♪ First time that she pushed you away,

♪ but you still wanna stay.

♪ You can make it up with a kiss.

'I... love... you.'

♪ Her lips taste like the sweetest candy. ♪

I love you.

(whispering) I love you.

'Big X, little x, big X.'

(chuckles)

No one's written that to me before.

People always talk about it -

love.

They say the heart wants what the heart wants.

You see it in the movies.

One person's rich and the other is, say, a prostitute.

He climbs up the fire escape

with flowers, and they make it work.

But you fall for someone like Sean...

they change their tune.

They say you're stupid, that he's brainwashed you.

People only use those sayings when it suits them.

(lighter flicks)

She knows it's wrong.

That unicorn shows up and Jim has to straight out ask,

'Who's that from?'

Well, she had to fess up. (chuckles)

And there was a hoo-ha of a fight! (laughs)

You can't go out with that guy! He's a murderer!

He's not a murderer, he's an accused murderer!

He got let off. He didn't do it!

How do you know he didn't do it?!

Because he told me!

Her parents, they own this whole place.

And Casey? Well, she's an only child.

Now, I don't like to talk about nobody or nothing,

but the facts remain -

he's got no job

and she's gonna get all this.

(scoffs)

I worry about the poor girl.

I mean, she's nice, but she's, um...

well, she's trusting.

But I tell ya,

if he ever gets his murderous mitts on this place,

well, I wasn't made for target practice - that's all I'll say.

(engine revs)

Tie that off, mate.

(ramp creaks, brakes squeak)

Tie that off.

Well obviously Sean, you know, it's not a walk in the park.

It can get rough, but...

I built this car, so you should be fairly safe.

It'll undergo scrutineering.

Anyway, at the track,

they'll check over the cars, so, you know, safe as houses.

And anyway, it's not like anyone's out to kill ya.

I mean, you know, everyone just wants to have a good time.

(engine revs, rumbles)

(heavy metal music)

Of course I'm nervous.

It's like whenever you try something new, you know,

you get the jitters. It's crazy.

Your hands are sweaty.

I'm sorry.

(loud bang, tires screech)

What was that?

It was... It was probably just a crash.

Someone probably rolled or something.

Oh, don't worry. Like, I've got a roll cage.

And Alex helped me build the car,

so it'll... it'll be safe as houses, you know?

Well, if anything happens,

like if you get paralyzed, I'll be here.

(chuckles)

(pulsing synth music)

We've got the derby racers out there at the moment -

the Takapau Terrors and the Thiston Pistons.

The zero car is Sean B.

33 car is out there as well - that is Alex -

and 35, the Jonno Boulder car.

Well, very, very hard to pick who the winner is gonna be

but the cars - I can tell you

that both teams seem to have all their cars intact.

96 and 95 cars...

- Hey, Sean! How's the family? - (engine revs)

How's it going, Sean?

How do you like broken legs, Sean?

(engines rev)

Here goes.

(engines rev, roar)

(tense music)

Go, Sean!

(car approaches, engine revs)

(engine rumbles)

(yells)

Whoo!

(tires screech)

(Sean grunts)

Sean.

(grunts)

Kill that bastard!

(metal clangs loudly)

- Get him! - Fucking kill him!

Kill him!

(engine whines)

(grunts)

- Bastard! - (people yell)

Go, Sean!

- Whoo-hoo! - (engine whines)

(grunts painfully)

- Kill him! - Fucking kill-

- Get him! (all yell indistinctly)

(engine whines)

You're fucking dead! You're fucking dead, Sean!

(yelling)

Whoo-hoo-hoo!

- Kill him! - Yeah!

- Kill him! - Get him!

(grunts)

(silence)

This has gone too far.

This isn't about catching him any more.

Yeah, it is. You read it.

There are no more leads, George.

Leads? Like when you said there's no way

that scum of the earth is gonna get away with what he did?

You are taking it out of context.

People just need to know the truth.

They're exploiting you - Janice, this magazine.

Her book's coming out. She wants the attention.

She's dressed up like a bloody idiot. Look at her.

Look, I only did it cause I needed more evidence.

People might know things.

They might send me tips, you know. This could be it.

I give up. You keep going down this path,

but the cop I fell in love with, she's gone.

What are you saying?

You know exactly what I'm saying.

Christ, how many times have we done this?

Who reads this rubbish, anyway?

Everyone. It sells.

Best issue this year.

People love a murder - they do -

the fallout, who's in, who's out, who's left behind.

Um, but this angle, now this is new.

We've never had this before.

Oh, total- I mean, you know, the vigilante stuff

and the small-town angle, it was...

Oh, brilliant. And no cell reception, right?

So she goes ahead and sets up a free-call hotline.

- Free-call hotline. - Genius.

Genius.

Oh, it was a big deal that murder, wasn't it?

- It was. - It was a very big deal.

Um, did he do it? I mean, who knows?

Who cares? Does it really matter? Not really.

- People love it. - People love it.

I mean, we hear he's got a new girlfriend.

- That's who you want now. - Oh, absolutely.

What kind of a girl dates that man?

Where is she from? That would triple our everything.

At the end of the day, we're journalists, aren't we?

And we use our sources, like Janice.

- (scoffs) Oh, Janice. - Yeah.

- She's a squawker. - (chuckles)

And I don't mean in the sack.

- Pull!

(gun shot)

Why not?

Because it's a waste of time.

I think Sean and Casey's Private Investigation Agency

would be a good idea.

We could make hats!

Didn't you say they couldn't find the gun?

We could start searching.

We could get metal detectors and badges.

We could do it.

We could solve the case and everything,

and it would be neat.

Casey, you're never gonna find the gun.

You're never gonna find him.

Sean, we have to.

Everyone is so mean to you.

Well, that's just the way that it is, OK?

Like, sometimes you do things and you have worse consequences

than you think.

What do you mean?

Well, I won't do a derby again.

- (scoffs) - OK?

Sean!

Just forget it, OK?

Pull!

(moody, percussive music)

Once Women R Us called and asked me about Casey Bangs,

I knew it had gone too far.

She doesn't know the truth.

I can't let this continue.

She needs to see what he's capable of.

(relaxed music plays faintly)

I'm telling you, mate, you won't find me on The Bachelor.

I think you'd be good.

Two beers, thanks, mate.

You read that article in Farmers R Us?

- Which one's that? - About the river.

Some scientist reckons we're draining too much water -

damaging the wildlife.

What, with irrigation?

The only wildlife around my place are me cows.

If I don't grow that grass...

- Probably from Wellington. - Yeah.

Bet they'd be happy to see all the water go straight out

to sea, then all we'd hear about is the sea levels rising.

All I wanna know is what you said.

I wanna know the deal, for my little girl.

- It's all in there. - Just give it to me straight.

Just read it.

I'm warning you, it's not pretty reading.

But I tell you what. If I had a lovely little girl like Casey,

and there was a murderer wandering around,

I would do everything in my power

to get rid of that little scumbag.

But its over to you, you know, if you wanna wake up one morning

with a bullet through her head, then...

Hey! Hey, hey, hey, hey, Pam. I'm doing my best here.

Yeah. And I'm just telling you, just giving you the information.

You do with it what you wish.

(Casey sobs)

(sobs)

(unsettling music)

I...

just feel so humiliated.

I...

I asked him.

If he didn't... If he didn't tell me about that girl,

and getting arrested, then...

what about the rest of it?

Maybe everyone was right. I can't even...

I can't do... I can't do this.

It's over. (sniffles)

(cries, sniffles)

Text.

I can't believe she did it by text.

Yeah. Sorry, mate, I know.

- Can't believe it. - Yeah.

I texted back, I rung.

- Yeah. - Like, lots.

But nothing.

I was thinking, you know, your relationship started

with a message on that app. Why can't it end with a message?

It's a funny thing - text.

I would've dodged a whole lot of hard conversations.

Probably wouldn't be married. (chuckles)

Two words - greater good.

Jim's daughter, she's gonna thank me.

She dodged a bullet.

- Literally. (chuckles) - Pam!

Pam. (pants)

I said. I bloody said.

Jim - he just called your little hotline.

He said... He said, 'Thanks for the info. They've broken up.'

How is that proving his guilt? How is that proving anything?!

- She needed to know, George. - (scoffs)

It's not- Jesus!

She is not your bloody sister.

- That's not fair, George. - Fair? Bloody fair?

This isn't justice, Pam.

- What am I supposed to do?

What-? You tell me what I'm supposed to do.

I told you. I bloody told you.

Done!

- George. - (birds chirp)

Overnight she changed.

More distant. Work was more important than us.

Yeah, tough time.

Not just for me, for Harold, especially with his mum,

Pam's sister, stuck up in that bloody place -

that looney bin, losing her mind.

We'd already lost her.

I guess Pam had taken that spot for him.

Then poof! She was gone.

(sighs)

Yeah, I get it.

But, I mean, I just wish she'd stop.

Now that George is leaving, it's like...

the whole place is gonna turn to...

I dunno.

Look after her, OK?

Well, if she stops, will you come back?

She's never gonna stop, mate - not until she gets him.

(engine starts)

(somber music)

Sean, tell me what happened.

Casey, I've told you everything.

Pam got me the file and I saw the pictures...

of that girl Amanda - you beating up her boyfriend.

Pam got you what?

- Why didn't you tell me? - Cause no one ever believes me.

When will you understand that I love you?

Just...

tell me what happened.

I was at a party.

Amanda was there.

We were drunk. She said she liked me.

She led me into a room.

We started making out.

- And then she just freaked. - What happened?

I stopped.

We stopped.

I thought that was it.

And then her boyfriend came, and he beat me up.

Well, then why did they arrest you?

Cause Harold's Pam's nephew.

(crying) Did you do it?

Just tell me.

I didn't do it.

I didn't do any of it.

I'm... pregnant.

- (cries) - We're gonna-

No.

I don't want it.

- But I just told you I didn't- - (sobs) That's not why.

Why?

I-I don't want this child. Not at the moment.

Just get out.

No, get out.

- Get out! - (whimpers)

- Get out! - (yelps, cries)

(door slams)

(gentle music)

Happy birthday, Harold.

Come on, sit down.

- Thanks, Auntie. - Right, cake.

- Think I know what that is. - (chuckles)

Go on! Open it.

I just thought that, you know,

you might wanna give me a bit of a hand.

With George gone, I just thought it would be good for us

to spend a bit more time together, you know.

- Um, yeah, OK. I guess. - Yeah, it'll be fun.

It'll be like when I taught you how to be a cop.

And I thought we could go up the hill.

I've got some more ideas, up the hill.

Oh, yeah? Up the hill's a good place to look.

Yep, golden ticket, Harold. That's what we're after.

We're after the golden ticket.

I'll just... I'll just go get mine, OK?

Yeah, cool.

Sometimes you've just gotta go with it, eh?

Like, most families are a bit crazy. (chuckles softly)

But, um, you know, if I'm out here,

- I can sort of, you know, - (detector beeps)

...keep an eye on her, make sure she doesn't go too far.

And hopefully she'll, you know, if we keep looking,

she'll get tired, and we can all just get on with it.

And maybe George will come back.

(somber music)

(detector beeps)

♪ Why can't you just love me?

♪ Should I move on

♪ or should I wait?

♪ And how'd you get so high above me?

♪ I reach higher every day.

♪ But nothing changes.

♪ No, it all just stays the same.

♪ I can hardly breathe

♪ without you.

(screams)

♪ There is no future I want to see

♪ without you.

♪ I just don't know who I would be

♪ without you.

♪ But there is nothing out there for me

♪ without you.

♪ There's nothing out there.

♪ There's nothing out there.

♪ There's nothing out there...

♪ without you. ♪

(somber music continues)

(music fades)

I've got nothing.

How do I get her back?

Well, I couldn't be bothered, quite frankly.

I told him to sod off.

I texted Jules.

Let her know he's on his way.

I mean, I like the guy. I do.

- It's just a break-up. - (electric fence crackles)

I think it's fair to say he's been through a lot worse.

He's taken the fuckin' spade.

Sean!

I need the spade!

Jules: When Alex was a dick to me,

the only reason I took him back was cos he turned up with a rock

the size of Gibraltar.

You know, like,

if he doesn't do the same, he's not ever gonna get her back.

He told her to get out. What a dick!

Men. Jesus.

Well, they'll give it to you. They have to.

It's your mum's ring.

Just ring. Do you want me to do it?

I have to do this.

(line rings)

- (receiver clicks) - Hello?

- Grandpa? - What?

Is Grandma there? I want Mum's ring. I wanna get married.

You don't get to call this house.

- You ain't no family of mine. - (phone clicks)

(somber music)

Hung up on me.

Listen, it'll be OK. You can buy one.

There'll be a sale. There'll be a sale.

(upbeat synth music)

(music continues in store)

Just looking for a ring.

It's got to say 'I'm sorry,

'I love you, and will you marry me' all in one.

The rock's gotta be the size of Gibrolla.

Have you got anything like that?

This one.

How much for that?

It's $16,000.

Have you got anything for a few hundred?

That.

OK. Thanks.

(door opens, closes)

(keys click rapidly)

(Leo Delibes' 'Flower Duet')

(tools whir)

Casey, when I told you to get out, I was hurt.

I felt like you didn't love me and that I'd lost my new family.

But now I know it's because I wasn't honest with you.

You make me feel like no one else could.

You are my family. I love you.

I was going to get you the rock the size of Gibraltion,

but then I realised I wanted to give you something I made.

I wanted it to be more personal.

I wanted to show my love by giving you part of me.

- I love you. - (chuckles lightly) Mmm.

- And then she said yes. - (chuckles)

- We're getting married! - Yeah.

- Like, soon. - Mm

We talked about it, and we decided

we just wanna be together.

I was such an idiot.

Lucky for Jules, eh?

You know she was right, though right? I'm gonna need a ring.

Yep.

Of course. -Mm.

Casey is my family now,

and we have to make these decisions together.

At the end of the day, it's Casey's choice.

We decided it's not the time for a child.

I'm not ready.

We are gonna be together, but I want to be ready.

It's OK. It'll be a couple of minutes.

We are a family now.

- I'm just really nervous. - Oh, it's OK.

They've done it a thousand times.

(intriguing music)

(buttons clack)

- (line rings) - You've reached Pam's hotline.

Leave your murder tip at the beep.

Pam,...

What a place, eh? Whoo-hoo!

(indistinct chatter)

ALL: One, two, three.

Ooh, big boy! (chuckles) Come on!

Let's get down there.

- Are you sure about this? - Yeah, go!

All right.

Whoa! (groans)

(yells in slow-mo)

(screams in slow-mo)

(tropical, upbeat synth music)

(upbeat music continues)

(slow-mo) Oh, yeah.

(upbeat music continues)

(music fades)

(metal pings)

This one's out. This one's out.

Here, give us that one.

Tony! Tony! Come listen to this.

(printer whirs)

(bullets ricochet outside)

Gee.

You've really set yourself up here, eh? (chuckles)

Yeah, well, if you wanna catch the best,

- you gotta get the best, Tony. - Yeah.

I tell you what - your Adventureland, Pam,

that's the best.

There's some real team building going on there.

You know Gary, he hasn't climbed a wall like that

for such a long time.

(upbeat synth music)

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Anyway listen, listen, listen.

It's just a matter of time, and people come through.

WOMAN: Pam, it's Helen from the hospital.

I've just found something about you-know-who

which is gonna blow your case wide open.

I'm out at the beach for the next couple,

but Friday week at the pub? I'll see you there.

Most of the time, these cases die, you know?

People, cops, whatever, they give up and they go home.

But see, that dating app,

the grandfather, the guns, the derby...

- darby, derby? - BOTH: Derby.

...derby, magazine.

It's all about keeping up the pressure.

See, most of the time, people live their lives in secret,

you know, behind closed doors,

but that is what's so good about what we do,

because we get to open the curtains

and see what their lives are really like.

He'll keep.

You'll see. (deep sigh)

Pam, you're a legend.

You know that?

I think you're gonna catch this one.

- No stone unturned. - Nothing unturned.

(brooding music)

It must have been hard for him - calling.

See, when you get to my age you start to wonder,

what am I leaving behind?

Most people would say family -

you're part of history; you're part of the future.

Unless you're not.

If you've got no family, it's like you don't exist.

Sean, there's an old lady here.

You don't just die,

you vanish, like you never were.

This is my family, and I'm gonna make damn sure they know it.

Grandma.

Sean. Oh.

(cries, sighs)

And you must be Casey.

Hi.

I believe you need this.

- Is this the one? - Yeah. It's mum's ring.

It is indeed. (chuckles)

Well, you best invite me inside.

Yes! Come in. Come in.

I'll get you a Munta.

- A what? - A Munta. It's Seany's favorite drink.

(muffled music)

Problem then is to get them all

in the back of the bloody truck, that's the problem.

How much are you getting for those waste of spaces?

- 4 bucks. - Really?!

I'm only getting $3.50. Who you selling to?

- Old Jack. - Mm.

Nah, I won't deal with Jack.

I heard, right, just the other day right here,

that he's doing, like, his cousin.

- Like, his actual first cousin. - What?

That's disgusting.

They do some gross things nowadays, don't they?

Yeah.

- Sauce? - Yeah. Thanks, mate.

So, she had an abortion.

- Who? - Casey.

Christ. She's even dumber than I thought.

While I was there, I looked up his last name, you know,

on the computer, and his sister's name came up.

- You know, Abby? - Abby.

It shouldn't have, but it did, and she had one too.

When?

About six weeks before the murders.

The weird thing is,

she left an emergency contact number with no name.

Why don't I have this?

Well, doctors' records, they're different to the hospital,

and they're different to the police again.

I mean, how would you know?

(chuckles) Bugger me. (chuckles)

So, do you think it was Sean's baby?

I mean, she was about to come clean, right?

Yep, yep. It's his. That family have always been weird.

Well, there is just one thing - I looked up the phone numbers,

the one he wrote down on Casey's form

and the other emergency contact,...

- different. - No, no, it's definitely his.

He probably had a burner back then anyway,

and there's no other links. It's gotta be his. (chuckles)

But anyway, I'll get the number for you

- when we get back to work. - (both chuckle lightly)

- You want another one? - Yeah. God, yeah.

That lime cordial really brings out the beer.

It does, doesn't it?

(whimsical music)

So, what do you think of this gown? It's quite fabulous.

There's some amazing French lace with some beading,

and it's got an amazing kick-out at the bottom.

- I think you'd look fabulous. - Lovely.

So, who's the lucky man?

I do like the sleeveless look. Very chic.

- It's Sean. - (sighs)

I'm sure Sean's gonna be a lucky man.

Is this tulle? Darling, what do you think about this one?

Of course it's tulle.

Well, my daughter asked me to come and look at dresses,

so here I am.

That's all. Just looking.

She was going whether I came or not.

Doesn't hurt to look.

(whimsical music continues)

I got a new job.

I'm really excited about it.

I'll keep the odd-job business for weekends and that,

but this is just more stable.

People are always gonna die.

I just wanna give Casey the life she deserves.

I had a bit of a stag party.

Alex and I, we were having a few drinks.

And then he really wanted to go to a titty bar.

I didn't... I didn't wanna go.

But we did, (chuckles) and I had a really good time.

Like, I... no one even noticed it was me.

Now it's Casey's turn,

and I just want her to have a really normal hen's party.

(loud rock music)

ALL: Three, two, one, Casey! (all cheer)

Like, she doesn't have that many friends,

and some of them, they just wouldn't come,

and I was like, 'What? Free booze, stripper.

'I am there,' you know?

And her parents are loaded, so they're paying for everything.

Everything. I mean, screw those girls.

Like, it's her first hen's party.

Who would have thought, like,

Casey is the first one to get married?

- I know. I know. - I know.

I would have married Sean if it meant that

I could be the first, you know?

What? (gags, laughs)

- Like, he's kinda cute. - (gags)

Nah. Yeah, nah, I so wouldn't.

But, like, you know,

Casey did say that he's quite good in bed, though.

- Really? - You know.

Yeah, like, he hasn't tried to stick it up her bum

- or nothing like that. - Aw.

Yeah, why are boys so gross, eh?

- (women cheer) - Urgh.

Stripper! (pants)

- Come on. - I'm trying! Just wait!

(both laugh)

(women cheer)

(electronic dance music plays)

(women squeal, cheer)

It's the small things that people take for granted,

you know?

The stag party; this job; meeting Casey;

inviting people to our wedding.

I didn't think life could get this normal for me.

(spits, groans)

Unbelievable. His sister had an abortion as well.

That family. They kill each other like it means nothing.

Five years, and finally this!

People don't understand that you just gotta keep going.

You gotta keep working, and not give up,

and then you'll get your man.

You'll get your man, finally.

(dramatic music)

(bells chime)

All I'm saying is,

as someone who loves you,

are you sure?

Case, what she's trying to say is that...

it's not too late to pull out, babe.

You got a hens' party out of it.

It's not important to be first, OK?

He didn't do it.

I love you, but you know this town is full of horrible guys

who just want to stick their dick in your bum!

But Sean was amazing.

And he was let off. He didn't do it.

Two shots for Abby. Two shots. Why didn't I flippin' see it?

All makes sense now.

That family... that family, they are as...

whoa... they're as screwed as each other.

Neither of you got to know him. You never talk to him.

And you say that you're with me, but, Jesus!

(tense music)

This is a new number.

He had a prepaid.

Just stop it!

Stop it!

OK, settle down, Case.

We get it.

You wanna get married.

Have another drink, babe.

You know, he's probably so dumb he didn't even throw it away.

And even if he did,

I can always backdate it with the telco company.

Extra pressure - that's what's gonna get him.

(tense music)

New leads.

(line rings)

(breathes deeply)

I know you.

I want you.

You are my whole.

You are my life,

and I wanna be with you forever.

(exhales deeply)

(ringing stops, phone clicks)

Hello?

Hello?

What is this?

There was a time when I thought

I would never have a family again.

I thought the pain would never leave.

I would cry myself to sleep every night.

But then you swiped right.

When you're there next to me, when you say 'I love you,'

when I can't get out of bed

because I can still see the blood,

when you wipe the sweat because of the pain I still feel,

I know you truly love me and know me.

You know me like no one else ever will.

You better have a really good reason

for why you were her contact number.

Harold?

You better have a really good reason.

We could've just got on with our lives.

Harold, are you... are you having one of your episodes?

It's by the fence.

What's by the fence?

The golden ticket.

You can find your golden ticket with this.

Harold.

(whispers) Oh my God.

No, no, it's definitely his. And there's no other links,

it's gotta be his.

So, let me get this straight,

it was Sean that went crazy, not Harold?

Yeah, it'll be fun. It'll be like when I taught you

how to be a cop, and I thought we could go up the hill.

- I've got some more ideas. - Up the hill?

Oh, yeah, sounds like a good place to look.

- I'm gonna go to film club. - Yep.

(ominous music)

(unsettling music)

What did you do?

What did you do?

(soft piano music)

When they yell and you say to me not to worry,

when you stroke my head because I scream in my nightmares,

when they try and interrupt our love,

you're the one who believes me.

I promise I will protect you.

I promise I'll love you forever.

I promise, no matter what, I'll be there for you.

You're my family.

You are my life.

You are it.

With those beautiful vows,

I now pronounce you

Mr and Mrs...

Butt-ram.

You may kiss the bride.

(Handel's 'Music For The Royal Fireworks')

Go Buttrams!

Amazing cop right there.

Gee, I mean, imagine bringing him in -

your own nephew.

See, that's the difference between someone like me and her.

Justice.

Justice is the most important thing.

Regardless of whether it's your family or otherwise.

I mean, let's say...

let's say hypothetically, if it was someone like me

and it was my cousin, would I bring them in?

Probably not, in all honesty.

I'd probably say something like,

'Look, ya little prick, don't do it again, OK?'

(upbeat music)

What's the point of having a cop in the family, otherwise?

But you know, as I say, she is fighting the good fight.

Triple, triple, triple. Triple sales. Public ate it up.

Amazing to think there's Pam, so blinded by her own opinion,

she did not realise that it was a member of her own family.

It was staring her straight in the face.

And don't get us wrong, I mean we feel terrible for Sean,

of course, but on the other hand, with our help,

he has been proven innocent once and for all,

and we have another one of these to prove it.

You see, we are journalists, and, um...

Yeah, OK, we sell a lot more copies of our magazine

than your boring old newspapers, and you know why?

It's because we give them what they want.

Just ask Janice.

In fact, get Janice to read a chapter from her new book.

Mm. Some of the best writing.

Harold having sex with Sean's sister.

But he was cheating on Amanda, so it was all a secret.

Apparently, these film clubs have sex all over the show.

I'll never see how these weird arthouse films

could turn anyone on, but each to their own, I guess.

Anyway, it turns out he's like his mum and Pam -

obsessed,

crazy.

He'd lost so many people,

and Abby with the secret abortion

and breaking up with him was just too much.

Snapped.

He just... snapped.

So, Pam was right about one thing - bestseller.

- So, we're very happy for Sean. - Thrilled, yeah.

That wedding was beautiful.

It was really beautiful. The vows were really beautiful.

Yeah. And he was proven innocent.

- That's good too, isn't it? - Yeah, it's good.

Because that threat was gone,

we could get rid of all of his bloody guns, which is good.

Bittersweet for you, though, eh? You loved your guns.

Loved my guns. Loved 'em.

But now we can store his preserves in there

instead of clogging up the bloody pantry.

Yeah, well, actually, everything is better in the cold and dark,

especially the stone fruit.

I mean, you've got peaches, apricots, pears.

Pears aren't a stone fruit.

But as we say, thrilled for Sean.

Well, when Pam then said it was free entry for us,

ah, well, you know, that is a... that is a beautiful gesture.

And it's great to be part of a family affair.

Yeah.

Well, I have wanted to come here for a little while now.

The waterslide does look real awesome.

We're gonna go down it together, right?

Yeah, I can't wait.

Well, go on then. What are you waiting for?

Let's go.

♪ You've gotta live until you die.

♪ Never, ever wonder why.

♪ You've gotta live until you die.

♪ Don't think about the other side, no.

♪ I think we'll be all right.

♪ I think we'll be all right.

♪ I think we'll be all right.

♪ I think we'll be all right.

(upbeat music continues)

♪ I think we'll be all right. ♪

♪ Sophisticated lady.

♪ Sophisticate me.

♪ I wanna know how to love you.

♪ I wanna know what you're thinking.

♪ Sophisticated lady.

♪ Sophisticate me.

♪ I wanna know how to love you.

♪ I need to know what you're drinking.

♪ A whisky sour or a scotch and dry.

♪ You got the power make a grown man cry.

♪ Can't you see what you're doing to me?

♪ Let me in and set me free.

♪ The first time that she calls you her baby,

♪ well, that's when you start feeling all right.

♪ It's like someone blew a hole in your chest

♪ and filled it with the sweetest candy.

♪ Filled it with the sweetest candy.

♪ The first time that she pushed you away,

♪ but you still wanna stay.

♪ You can make it up with a kiss.

♪ Her lips taste like the sweetest candy.

♪ Her lips taste like the sweetest candy. ♪