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Simon didn't kill Julia Stevens.

Did you know your husband

has a conviction for aggravated assault?

I've really fucked up, Ford.

Just tell me what's happening. Maybe I can help you.

I got what you wanted.

[Simon] I'd had a hard day. Ford came in,

suggested we go for a run.

He gets wound up if he doesn't exercise,

I mean like he... really needs it.

[Simon] Home just before 11.

[Bennett] If he's lying, he's good at it.

He's lying.

[heavy breathing]

[Ford] Simon!

[Ford] Simon!

-[Ford] Simon! -[tires squealing]

-[engine revving] -[Ford] Simon!

[horn honking]

[heavy breathing]

[Ford] You need to be more careful.

[heavy breathing]

[theme music playing]

[indistinct chatter]

You've been questioned three times.

I know.

A QC can make the police leave you alone.

No, a lawyer's only gonna make me look guilty.

[door clicks]

Look, I can handle it. [smooches] Promise.

Good luck, Bear.

You'll regret missing it when we win.

[Elke] Bye, Uncle Ford!

-[engine starts] -[car doors close]

[Ford] You sure you can handle it?

Cops seem pretty...

determined.

I haven't done anything wrong.

Apart from lie about where you were.

We both lied.

Well, it was that or tell them about your crazy girlfriend.

She is not crazy. And I told you she's--

Yeah, she's a patient, I know.

I know the party line.

So, are you really gonna go to work?

You're not my keeper, Ford.

No, no, quite the opposite.

I should be looking after you.

That's how it used to be.

[phone chimes]

-[sighs] -[phone chimes]

You think you can just pick me up and put me down

whenever you fucking feel like it?

You cannot come here.

[dogs barking]

Showed up at my home?

You were being a prick.

That's how you choose to deal with it?

[inhales]

You were being a prick.

[sighs]

[chuckles] What are you doing to me?

[dramatic music playing]

[smooches]

That was Elke, right?

At the house?

She's beautiful.

You can't ever do that again.

Or what?

Are you still taking the Amitriptyline?

It didn't work.

I told you, you have to stick with it.

Mereana, you deserve to be happy.

And what would you know about being happy?

You know what?

I can't keep doing this.

You say that now,

after you've come round here and fucked me.

Get out, you arrogant arsehole.

Go on. Fuck off!

[train rumbling]

[airplane engine whirring]

Four-O-nine.

[music playing]

-[garage door motor whirring] -[car engine starts]

[indistinct chatter]

-[Karen] Roza? -Hi.

Hi, I didn't know Izzy played.

Oh, she's off with her friend, somewhere.

Yeah, I saw you. I thought I should come say hello.

You must be Elke.

Hun, this is Roza.

[sighs] You don't play?

You're more into art, aren't you, love?

Claire's our sports star.

Well, do you want to come sit down?

-Sure. -[Karen] Okay.

Yeah.

[suspenseful music playing]

[sobs, sighs]

[car locks]

Hi, I'm Roza.

[group] Hi Roza.

[Roza] Uh, 18 months clean, this time.

[group applauds] Well done. Congratulations.

[Roza] Thank you.

Uh, I thought it was gonna get easier...

but right now, I'm under so much pressure.

My husband is--

anyway, that's beside the point.

I um, made a mistake, years ago, before I knew him

-and just lately-- -[shoe squeaks]

-[man] You all right? -[woman] What's the matter?

[woman 2] Is she okay?

You had me followed to an AA meeting?

Yeah, I thought you fucking trusted me!

[birds chirping]

[David] Look, I'm so proud of you, you know I am.

But one relapse and there goes everything we've worked--

[weights thud]

For God's sake, Roza.

Okay! No more spies.

Just... tell me what you want me to do and I'll do it.

-[thuds] -[sighs]

[sighs] I've invited the Lamptons over

for dinner tomorrow night.

The doctor and the excitable wife?

And their two girls.

Tomorrow night's my only night in Auckland.

I've got a meeting with the Head of--

Right. I'll cancel.

The Lamptons it is.

What can you tell me?

He was head of obstetrics at public,

but went back to his own practice

a couple of years later.

He's held in high regard,

one of the best in the country.

And then there's this.

He beat up a girl when he was a teenager.

Why is Roza so interested?

I'm not sure, but...

Spit it out, Ed.

Look, I know you don't wanna have her followed, but this...

fascination?

It's a worry.

All right.

But you can't let Roza catch you again.

[dramatic music playing]

[sobs]

[door clicks]

[door closes]

What time do you call this, Sonny?

What're you doing?

Waiting up for you.

Where've you been?

-Working late. -Hey, relax. Everyone's asleep.

I think I'm losing it.

Why? What's happened?

[Simon] You were right. I went to see Mereana.

Ah!

I broke it off, but...

I can't stop thinking about her.

Hey, look around you, man.

You're the guy that's got everything.

Why do you keep fucking this up?

Because I want her, too.

Oh, okay, we'll just call the mid-life crisis police then.

Why can't you be happy with what you've got?

I don't know.

I feel more like myself with her--

Yourself? Oh, your fucking self?

What about Karen? And your kids?

I know. I know.

I don't want to fucking hurt them. Jesus.

Then stop acting like a man that doesn't give a shit

-about anyone but himself! -That is bullshit!

Hey, I'm sorry, bro. I'm just being a wanker.

I'm not trying to stir things up.

I'm just worried about you.

No, you're right.

What the hell is the matter with me?

[birds chirping]

-Hi. -[Paula] Hello.

Uh, is Doctor Lampton in, by any chance?

Uh, No, he's not, sorry.

Is there somewhere private we could talk?

Sure.

Were you working here when Dr Lampton

was treating Julia Stevens?

Shouldn't you be asking Dr Lampton about that?

I have.

Now I'm asking you.

Yes, I was.

[Da Silva] Did you know she had a problem with Simon?

The whole of Newmarket knew.

She was very... upset

on a couple of occasions.

Did you ever see her threaten him in any way?

-[Paula] No. -Did Simon ever threaten her?

No.

Has Simon ever threatened you?

No!

Was Simon having an affair with Julia Stevens?

[Paula] Oh, my God, how can yo-- Simon is not like that.

Especially not with her.

What's that supposed to mean?

You're not helping him by keeping things from us.

She bumped into him when he was in Queenstown,

at a conference, and the trouble started after that.

What happened in Queenstown?

Well, she followed him to his hotel room,

that's what happened.

He sent her packing and she started harassing him.

In here, making a huge fuss. It was disgraceful behavior.

But Simon never lost his cool?

[Paula] No!

He asked her to leave.

She was upsetting the other patients.

Apart from her, they all adore him.

What?

I'd be more than willing to discount him,

but don't you think he might have mentioned

that business in Queenstown?

[dramatic music playing]

[Simon] That's what you told them?

Yeah, I'm so sorry.

I just didn't know what else to do.

Oh, look it's not you, it's... Never mind.

-Let's just get on with the day. -Okay.

[phone beeps]

[phone rings]

[phone unlocks]

[phone beeps]

[phone chimes]

[exhales]

[Karen] The whole lot was completely covered

in fairy lights. It was amazing,

And on the driveway.

And they had a valet, they had a valet, Claire.

-[phone ringing] -[Claire] Wow, awesome.

-Simon? Simon. -[phone beeping]

-You promised. -[phone beeping]

[music playing]

[Ford] Hello?

[bottle pops]

-[beeps] -[music playing]

[grunts]

Let me go!

See...

If we reinterview Julia's husband--

He was quite sure she wasn't having an affair

-in his statement. -That he knew of.

Go home.

You should, too.

See you in the morning.

[makes puffing sounds]

[phone chimes]

[both laughing]

-Chip? -I'm starving, thank you.

[Karen] I have to ask you. You look amazing.

Where's the dress from?

Thank you, just a little secret spot I know of.

I can take you there, if you like.

-Seriously? -Yeah, we'll make a day of it.

-[Karen] That'll be great. -[chuckles]

Do you like shopping, Elke?

No.

You're into art, though, right?

I could take you for a tour around the gallery one day.

-That would be lovely. -[Rozy chuckles]

[Karen] Not much of a chatterbox is our Elke.

-[Simon] Yeah! -[all cheering]

-That's my girl! -[David] Wow.

[Simon] You did it.

[indistinct chatter]

Do you know who I love?

Ed Sheeran.

Did you go and see him when he was here?

No.

[all cheering]

-Mom, can I play now? -[Karen] Yeah, of course.

[Simon] Ready?

[all cheering]

[Simon] Hey, there she is!

Your sister got a hole in one, you gonna give it a go?

Excuse me.

[Elke] Mom, look at me!

Mom!

[sighs]

Hey, Tamara? It's Roza...

[Karen] All that pressure, a huge house to run,

she still looks like something off the cover of Vogue.

They have staff.

[Karen] I know, but she's so personal.

You liked him too, I could tell.

Yes, Karen, they're nice people, it was a great night.

Now can we just go to bed?

You know I'm here for you, Si.

If you ever need to talk.

I'm not gonna judge you.

For fuck's sake,

one minute you're wittering on

about the Hallwrights and now you're trying

to plunder my soul?

[sighs] I would if I could, but you never let me in!

Jesus, Karen.

I--

I just-- I can't talk about it!

Why not?

It's not a crime to ask your husband about his past.

Si, I shouldn't have to hear it from other people!

[music playing]

[phone rings]

Lover boy still giving you the silent treatment, eh.

[Matt] No one's gonna click on some old claim

about Hallwright doing a dodgy deal.

Look, he swindled hundreds of people

out of their life savings.

Hundreds.

-Hardworking people like my mom. -[Matt] Let it go.

No. No. 'Cause that is how crooks

like him get away with it!

They're all crooks, Arty.

It's not news.

People wanna see something happening right now.

Something shocking. Mildly titillating even.

Please, if you just follow the paper--

Are you even hearing me?

If he becomes Prime Minister, then they should know--

They should know

if the young wife was a hooker in her last life,

even then, without pictures...

Okay. You want pictures?

See the one where she parked in the handicapped space?

Disabled, it's a disabled space.

Went viral.

That's what I'm talking about.

-[Roza] Hi. -[chuckles] Hi.

It's been almost two years, babe.

I thought you were ghosting me.

I know, I'm sorry.

These days my life is not mine.

Hmm. With spunky husband about to take over the world?

-You have no idea. -Hmm, you're right about that.

All those hot stone massages are all very well, but, um...

this is why you're here, isn't it?

[chuckles] I can't.

Okay.

[sighs]

Consider it my contribution to the campaign.

No pressure. But um...

invite me up to the big house one day, yeah?

I've missed you.

-Thank you. -You're welcome.

[dramatic music playing]

[camera clicks]

[phone chimes]

[Gregan] One week.

One week.

A lot of interest from upstairs, and the uh...

blessed media,

so let's get on with it, eh.

Singh?

Pathology have ruled out a flick knife, a kitchen knife,

pretty much anything standard.

But the entry wounds are large

but they're also irregular,

meaning something like a hunting knife.

Hard-core types make them from old saw blades

then stick a bone or some other dodgy handle on them.

Look pretty shit but can be lethal.

Dr Lampton strike you as a hard-core type?

[door sliding]

[door lock clicks]

-[music playing over radio] -[juice pouring]

♪ I'm sorry ♪

♪ I could change the... ♪

-[yells] -[grunts]

-[shouts] -[whimpering, groaning]

Four-Two-Five.

Four-Two-Five.

-[grunts] -[groans]

[yells] Fuck!

[both grunting]

[Mereana groans] No! No!

No!

[groaning]

-Stop! -[grunts]

Stop!

Stop!

[birds chirping]

[door knocking]

-[Karen] Washing. -Oh, thanks.

[Karen] What happened to you?

Oh, it's a long, boring story. It's nothing. It's fine.

Here let me help.

Oh, shit.

All right, well, bear with me.

[sighs] Simon's the one with the doctor's hands.

I don't wanna hurt you.

So, what happened? Angry tree?

I got off lightly.

[music playing]

-Hi. -Hi.

I'm so sorry. I hope you haven't been waiting.

No, not at all.

Look, I do love the girls but honestly...

the endless squabbling. [chuckles]

They're just so different, in so many ways.

But Claire's off to university next year and well, Elke...

God knows with that girl.

-Excuse me, I'll be back? -Sure.

[music playing]

[sniffs]

Look at this. This would make the perfect

birthday present for Elke.

Oh, no. She's had her birthday.

-No. -Oh, no way.

-It's gorgeous, it's on me. -Absolutely not!

Absolutely! I insist.

[dramatic music playing]

[sighs]

[inhales deeply]

[phone beeping]

[Claire mumbles]

-[Ford] D'you know what this is? -[Claire] What?

-[Ford] You know how I got it? -[Claire] No.

-[Ford] Guess. -[Claire] I don't know how--

[Ford] Guess how I got it. Tell me how you think I got it.

[Claire] But how did you get it?

[Ford] Crocodile.

[Claire laughs] Yeah, right, in New Zealand--

I was shaking it, you know what, it was huge!

-It's like a wolverine thing. -[Elke] It's tiny.

[Ford] It's dangerous.

Girls, can you go wash your hands.

I was happy with the usual crap, but...

your wife took pity on me.

I just got off the phone with Graham Henderson,

the QC.

Yeah!

Yeah, he said he might call.

Mate, she's just trying to help.

I don't need anybody's help.

[music playing]

Come on. Bedtime.

[dramatic music playing]

[breathing deeply]

[Da Silva] How crazy?

Might be something. Might be nothing. Hard to tell.

'Nother one of youse? Fuck. I fuckin' hate you.

Yes, Nelf. We know that.

Now tell us again what you saw.

A knife, a big fuckin' knife.

I mean she didn't ask for it.

She never asks for fuckin' anything.

Who had the knife?

[Nelf] Bad man, the bad man. He did!

Did he hurt someone with it?

Mereana. Mereana.

Is she your friend?

[Nelf] Next door! I wanted to help. But I promised.

Promised what, Nelf?

There's a knife! It's a big fuckin' knife! Jesus!

You did the right thing. You've come to the right people.

We're looking for someone with a big knife.

[music playing]

My nine o'clock cancelled?

Yeah, most of the calls I've had today have been cancellations.

I try to tell them that all this gossip about you

-is nothing, but they-- -Okay, thanks.

Yeah, next appointment's after lunch.

[phone beeping]

[knocks]

Mereana!

Mereana?

Fuckin' here!

See?

Four-Two-Five, Four-Two-Five.

-That's Mereana's house. -[Nelf] Yeah.

Hey, Nelf, let's go check that out first, yeah?

[breathes deeply]

[Da Silva] I know this must be hard for you.

Mereana was your neighbor but she was also your friend?

She was nice to you.

You saw her in here, with a man, and a knife.

Four-Two-Five, Four-Two-Five.

Did you get a good look at the man?

Not the same one.

Not the same one--

I don't fuckin' know. I-- I'm not allowed in here.

I mean I went there.

Do you think Mereana knew her attacker?

Okay, Nelf, thank you.

You did the right thing, coming to the police.

[music playing]

So, have I got this right,

you went to school with Roza Hallwright?

Mm-hmm.

And are you still mates?

Yeah, when she feels like it.

Ooh, that sounds complicated.

What's the real story?

[chuckles]

You think I'd sell her out for a couple of cocktails?

[sighs]

[music playing]

[Da Silva] You mentioned in your statement

that Mereana had a boyfriend?

Not a boyfriend, exactly. He was married.

What do you know about him?

All she ever said was that he was rich,

but never happy. That made us laugh. [chuckles]

So, she was never scared, or worried, or anything?

Mereana was sad because of her daughter.

But trying to be positive.

She wouldn't even take heavy pills.

Even though I bloody would've. [chuckles]

She suffered from depression?

[Alia] She didn't see a shrink or anything.

She got the pills through her boyfriend.

The pills?

The prescription.

-[Karen] Oh, hi. -[Simon] Hey.

-Tough day at work? -[Simon] Uh-huh.

So, what do you think?

It's great. I love it.

Simon!

I didn't buy those.

Roza did. For Elke's birthday.

Cute, huh?

Are you kidding me?

Roza? No, Karen!

No, that's what I said, too, but she insisted.

There's one for Claire, too.

-What are we, a charity? -What?

Give me those.

What-- What are you gonna do with them?

Simon!

[intercom ringing]

Hallwright residence, Janet McDonald speaking.

Simon Lampton. Is Mrs. Hallwright in?

[Janet] What's this about?

[Simon] Simon Lampton. I was here with my family

-the other night for dinner. -[camera clicking]

[gate opens]

Well, this is a nice surprise, but David's in Wellington.

This was a very generous gift

but obviously, we can't accept it.

Elke didn't like it?

She doesn't know about it.

What is really going on here?

What do you mean?

[Simon] The party, the dinner, this.

What do you want from us?

-I'm so sorry. -[Simon] Why?

What's wrong?

Roza? What the hell is going on?

Did she have a party?

Who?

Elke.

What has she got to do with this?

[chuckles]

Are you on something?

What I'm on is the least of my problems.

-If you need help-- -You adopted her, right?

When you lived in Australia?

Yes.

And?

And you got to watch her get her first teeth

and learn to walk

and go off to school. [sobbing]

And now she's 13 and she's beautiful.

You're talking about Elke?

My Elke?

She's not just your Elke, Simon.

She's my Elke, too.

It was a closed adoption.

I was...

an out-of-control 19-year-old.

[Simon] This is...

But I've changed, everything's changed.

What does David say?

David doesn't know.

You need to tell him.

-Yeah, I will. -When?

Jesus, Roza. This is gonna devastate Karen.

-I don't want to hurt anyone. -What do you want?

To be a part of her life.

Oh, really?

After we protected her,

loved her all these years. Have you even stopped

to consider how this will affect her?

Simon, she's my daughter! I want her in my life.

You gave her away!

She's my blood.

[door opens, closes]

[indistinct chatter]

[camera clicks]

Guess who's prescribing her anti-depressants.

Your bloody doctor.

My bloody doctor.

[Claire] Hey! You always get the comfy chair.

-[Elke] Do not! -[Karen] Girls, stop arguing.

[Ford] Hey, girls. Girls! Hey, c'mon, on the couch with me.

-[Karen] How did it go? -What?

Roza. The bags.

Oh, she-- she apologized.

She didn't mean to offend anyone.

Oh God, oh, it's so embarrassing!

No, it's no big deal. She was fine.

Really.

You're a good mother, you know that?

Really?

We're lucky to have you.

All of us.

Karen, I need to tell you--

Dude, I could've sold those bags for you.

Got back some money

that the Hallwrights fleeced you out of.

It's both bins tonight.

[Ford] I'll get it.

You look knackered, mate.

Dad, come watch this.

[dramatic music playing]

[theme music playing]