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COLBY: If you take the stand,

and if any juror on the fence sees you as untrustworthy,

that is the difference between freedom and a lifetime in jail.

Ms Lawson, did you have an affair with Nathan Spears?

I did.

Has anyone else noticed the shift in attitude

- in Kate's sister towards her? - Brutal.

Decent people expect to be punished for what they did.

I don't want to have to take your dogs for a little trip to the farm,

so just give me names of the ones most likely to be voting guilty.

VANESSA: Why were you there?

I feel like I've been totally gaslit right now.

Then just go.

My wife. I need a top immigration lawyer.

I can't help you.

You are out of here, right now.

You get the fuck out of here, you parasite.

She's sick of your shit.

- Jamie! - What was on your camera,

when you came home the night that Claire disappeared?

The only person that was home was Claire.

Did she take any photos?

- KATE: She did. - What happened to those photos?

You should ask my sister.

- What is it? - "Kate Lawson has killed before."

- Synced & Corrected by Dragoniod - www.addic7ed.com

One more. Now look to me.

(CAMERA SHUTTER)

Stunning.

That's perfect. Hold that there.

Looks so good.

So good.

(INDISTINCT)

That's really sweet.

(LAUGHS)

So good!

"Kate Lawson has killed before."

It was posted by the justice for Steve Dokic group.

It's bloody nonsense, but this is seriously prejudicial,

and I think we should be applying for the jury to be discharged.

And what if I were to say it was true?

(SIGHS)

Steve Dokic was on the prowl for young girls to photograph.

He took some harmless snaps down by the water.

That was it.

But then I...

I kept seeing him,

and the photographs started to get more and more...

He was into kink.

Schoolgirl fetish stuff.

But he encouraged my photography,

and we started having sex.

I was 14 years old.

I was curious.

I thought it was cool and adult.

But then he asked me to invite Belinda along as well.

So I did.

(MOANING)

(MOANING IN PAIN)

It's OK.

(MOANING IN PAIN)

It's OK.

You're OK.

Good, huh?

You loved it.

I'm gonna have a shower.

What the hell, Kate?

You OK?

Look, I made drinks for us.

No, I'm getting out of here before he comes back.

- You can stay. - What?

Don't!

I fucking hate you.

Hey, there's nothing wrong with experimenting.

You knew the guy was a creep.

And you chose to come here.

Well, I didn't know he had a sex dungeon where he chokes schoolgirls.

How old is he, anyway?

I'm calling the police.

No, no, no, no, no!

They won't believe you!

Hey, no! No! No!

(SCREAMS)

PRESENT KATE: She hit her head.

And I can still hear the sound it made.

(OMINOUS MUSIC)

Steve would have found her like that.

Oh, god, we were only 14 years old.

He was the one breaking the law,

so I just convinced myself that he deserved it.

Did you tell anyone about this?

Of course, I did.

When I got home, I was an absolute mess.

I told Diane, I told Robbie,

and the three of us told dad together.

Dad called the police, and he sent them over to Steve's.

And he made us tell them that I had been home for two hours.

That I had seen Belinda and Steve fucking, and I had left that house.

When the police got to Steve's,

they found him putting Belinda's body into his car.

He said he was taking her to the hospital,

but she was already dead.

He had everything against him.

Sex with a minor, ligature marks, his semen,

the fact that they were alone,

that he was covering up a crime.

Of course, he claimed that he didn't do it, that he'd found her that way,

but who was gonna believe that story?

Well, none of this has any bearing whatsoever on the present case.

But we must apply for a jury discharge, and end it today.

When I breached my bail, I went to the desert to kill myself.

Diane talked me into coming back.

She said that she'd already lost her marriage and her daughter,

and if she lost me, it would push her over the edge.

The only thing that gave me the courage

to face this trial was Diane.

So if we were to go through this all over again,

with the real story out there, with Diane against me,

I don't think I could survive that.

(SIGHS)

No, no.

The best chance I have is this jury.

(THEME MUSIC)

So Steve Dokic's fan group posted the whole thing on social media.

But mainstream media can't report it,

or it'll be in breach of the suppression order.

It's miraculous.

I pull your client apart on the stand,

and you've suddenly got grounds to discharge the jury.

Nothing to do with me.

And yet here we are having a meeting we shouldn't be having.

Look, I still have nine holes to play,

so unless you both wanna follow me around this course,

cut to the chase.

Well, in fact,

my client has instructed me not to request a jury discharge.

So miracles do abound, but in your favour, as it happens.

But the story does contain material

that your honour has ruled to be inadmissible,

so I will be requesting time is of the essence,

that the jury is sequestered after the next session.

Before they've even started deliberations?

That's highly unusual, Brett.

Well, the crown has spent two years,

and the court three months and several million dollars

getting the case to this point.

A discharge would mean a new trial,

listed who knows when, given the number of cases in the system.

Listed who knows when, given the number of cases in the system.

And your client might remain on remand all that time.

So, I'll have the sheriff call the jurors again,

impel them to stay off social media,

and get them to bring packed bags to court.

But you will both keep your closing addresses succinct.

Stick to the issues.

No grandstanding.

I want them in deliberations,

quickly.

Oh, fuck it.

It's not just about freedom, it's about trust.

You can't just disappear.

I am sorry.

I just wanna do my art, and I wanna see Joe.

Well, if you can promise to communicate with us properly,

then...

We can say yes for now,

and then see how we go.

(CHUCKLES)

Your dad's gonna be out of range for a few days,

but I'm not gonna keep anything from him, so don't ask me to.

What if we need you for something?

Should we call missing persons?

(CHUCKLES)

I'll slip you a sneaky text to let you know where I am, if I can.

- OK, bye. - Bye.

I want my door back!

Bye!

JAMIE: Wait, so how long is it for?

I don't know.

So you're happy leaving your kids in the care of a teenage tattoo artist

who nearly killed our daughter?

Jamie, that could have happened with us,

and...

Ava's boyfriend is not gonna be there.

I trust that Ava's learnt her lesson.

Tell the court you're sorry.

Explain about my new job, and say you have to leave today.

You know I can't do that.

Which hotel is it, at least?

They haven't told us.

And I won't have a mobile phone or access to Internet,

so that's why I won't be answering.

Yeah, I've heard these lies before.

You weren't in a hotel last time.

FLIP: You skipping town, little bro?

Funny.

Look, we gotta press pause on finalising the sale.

What are you talking about?

We've been busting our arse trying to whip the Chinese across the line.

I know.

Mate, listen, alright?

The cops have got nothing on us, alright?

No one's talked, OK?

He wasn't even on the books.

- Everything's gonna be fine. - I told someone.

Who?

Who did...

It was Corrie, wasn't it?

You know what, Lex?

If only dad knew what a fucking pussy you were,

he would have never made you CEO.

Thanks, bro.

Jury's been sequestered.

No outside contact till we give the verdict.

Give me a chance to think about things.

You wanna think about things, do you, little bro?

Why don't you think about this?

Think about what it'll do to my family if this deal goes belly up!

You useless piece of shit!

(SOLEMN MUSIC)

Nice of the judge to throw us a slumber party.

- You OK? - Yeah.

I'm sorry about what happened.

It's just him turning to my house like that, he was asking for it.

Forget it.

It was wrong of me to tell him your name anyway.

I can't imagine he's too happy about the sequestering.

You know, after this, you've gotta get away.

After this, he's moving us to Mount Isa.

He's been offered a new position,

and we leave as soon as jury duty's finished.

Can't you see what he's doing?

He's isolating you in a rural town.

He'll say he won't do it again, new leaf, all that shit.

Then he will. Some men can't change,

even if they want to, mean to.

- You can't stay. - I can't lose my kids.

Use this time that you've got to make a plan to take them and go.

FEMALE OFFICER: Phones, please!

Simon.

I heard your daughter turned up.

SIMON: Can you believe I'm on the phone to missing persons,

and she walks in, like nothing happened.

Where was she?

Making a point.

Caught a train up to a friend's place in the mountains

to show that she's grown up,

and she can do whatever she likes.

I wanted to throttle her.

But you know, we all agreed that we need to compromise.

And yeah.

I'm just relieved she came home safe.

JUDGE MUIR: You've now heard all the evidence.

You've listened to the closing addresses

of crown and defence.

You've heard my summing up.

And it is now time

for you to begin the important task of your deliberations.

In the last 24 hours,

has any juror seen a social media story that named the defendant?

JURORS: No.

Very well.

As the sheriff has informed you,

you are to be sequestered at a city hotel.

Now you will not have access

to phones, laptops, newspapers, radio, or television.

You'll not be allowed contact with anyone

except your fellow jurors and the sheriffs.

You'll stay sequestered for as long as it takes you to reach a verdict.

Do you understand these instructions?

JURORS: Yes.

Please take your room keys.

I didn't get a card.

I'm juror a.

As there are 13 of you and only 12 can go into deliberations,

you're not required to sequester.

OK.

Why Georgina?

Oh, no, it's fine. She's the alternate juror.

- Oh, no, it's fine. - She's the alternate juror.

But shouldn't there be a ballot?

I mean, you said we were going to draw straws or something.

Perhaps not in this country.

But we need you.

You're a measured person.

LILY: We're all needed.

- I'll leave. - No.

No, I've got three kids.

Really, I would rather go.

I lied.

I saw the social media story.

So if I go into deliberation, it's a mistrial.

I'll go, everyone.

SHERIFF: I'll have to tell the judge.

Have you discussed the social media story with anyone else?

OK.

(SOLEMN MUSIC)

Oh, look out, it's Ernie and Bert.

You guys got a little double act going now?

What happened, mate?

Otto called about the sequester, but look who's not on the bus.

Oh, yeah, they voted me out of the group.

No surprises there, you loser.

Hey, I'm not a complete idiot.

I managed to get this get-out-of-jail-free card.

That way I can get into the hotel, talk to them on the sly.

That's not good enough.

Without your voting for at least a hung jury,

now we need a mistrial.

Oh, how're you gonna swing that, scarf boy?

Obviously, all the jurors need to see that social media story,

don't they, mate?

SIMON: So, who's up for a preliminary vote?

Oh, you can't start with a vote!

We haven't even deliberated yet.

Mother superior.

- EZEKIEL: Guilty. - Guilty.

I think she was killed by her father.

I don't like or trust that man at all.

EZEKIEL: The redhead?

Not guilty.

SIMON: It's pretty obvious,

apart from all the facts

about how and when she could have left the house without being seen,

a teenaged girl just doesn't leave her phone behind.

- EZEKIEL: Guilty. - Guilty.

PETER: We have to be serious!

I wouldn't want us lot to be my jury.

Papa Smurf.

Guilty.

VANESSA: Well she has a mental health condition

that could have made her panic and lie,

even if it's irrational.

Sporty spice.

Not guilty.

FARRAD: We all agree that Claire is dead, yes?

Guilty.

JARROD: But like he said in his closing statement,

all the evidence for murder is circumstantial.

Not guilty.

ALEXI: For fuck's sake, who else killed her?

The crown said if she died by accident or it was a suicide,

there'd be a body.

EZEKIEL: Adonis?

Guilty.

CORRIE: Kate might have found her dead.

EZEKIEL: Girl boss.

Query.

TREVOR: Let's get it over with.

Guilty.

GEORGINA: If didn't do anything wrong, why lie?

Query.

EZEKIEL: The gamer?

Query.

SIMON: That's a way off consensus.

CORRIE: Let's get some rest.

Formal deliberations start tomorrow.

Which one do you prefer?

Do you want a cracker without the cheese?

(BACKGROUND CHATTER)

(TEXT MESSAGE RINGTONE)

(BACKGROUND CHATTER)

(OMINOUS MUSIC)

(OMINOUS MUSIC INTENSIFIES)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

(PHONE BEEPING)

(KNOCKING ON THE DOOR)

Shh, shh, shh, shh.

How did you find me?

- How do you know my room number... - I swiped one of your key cards,

because I knew it was the only way I would get to see you.

I've found you a place to go after here.

Another option. Garry...

Look, I left the jury for you and trust me,

that has not been to my advantage,

so don't waste this opportunity.

There is a woman I know called Sophia, from GA.

She's very lovely.

She has a beach shack down the coast.

So, I've spoken to her about you.

She said that you can go there with the kids

and use it until you get yourself sorted.

(KNOCK ON THE DOOR)

Who's that?

I don't know. They put us all on the same floor.

Here, just go. Go in here. Go.

- Hey. - Pool and margaritas?

No TV or phone, so don't tell me you're too busy.

Ah, OK.

Just, ah, give me a couple of seconds

- just to get my bathers. - Cool.

OK.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

(LAUGHING)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES)

Fucking liar!

Fucking bitch!

What have you fucking done?

- CORRIE: Nice inside? - Oh!

You fucked him, didn't you?

- Didn't you? - Hey, are you coming out?

- What? - Hey!

Help!

Get off her!

Somebody!

Help!

Get off her! Help!

Help!

- Is everything alright? - Help!

Security! Someone get that guy!

- ALEXI: Hold this. - Oi, oi! Someone get him!

- Hey! Stop! - JARROD: Alexi!

- Security! - Hey.

Stop that guy!

Hey.

Are you OK?

- Yeah. - Yeah.

God, who was that creep?

(SOMBRE MUSIC)

It's my husband.

Hey, come here.

(SOMBRE MUSIC)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Don't read it!

Hello, don't read it!

- Hello! - Read what?

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

No! Don't open it.

We have to tell everyone else.

Hello?

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

GEORGINA: Hey, I really don't want to see a doctor.

Guys?

Have you been out of your room for the past 30 minutes?

VANESSA: Yeah? Why?

CORRIE: Then he went after her

and just started strangling her...

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Then he went after her. Anyway, um...

ALEXI: Yeah, yeah, he came out of the bathroom.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(TENSE MUSIC)

- Hey. - Hey.

Thank you.

(TENSE MUSIC)

Right, we're all here.

Did you read it?

Yeah.

JARROD: It had to be Garry.

I mean, he was here. I saw him across the road.

GEORGINA: You can't know that for sure.

It could have been my husband.

He wanted the trial to be over

and he would have done anything to make me come home.

FARRAD: Four have read it, eight didn't.

We should probably recuse ourselves.

But if the majority agree to trust the four of us

to come to a fair decision,

based only on the facts that we all know,

then we could continue our deliberations.

- But we all have to be in agreement. - ALEXI: Corrie's the foreperson.

It's up to you.

Well, we've...

..We've all come this far.

Does anyone here wanna call it?

OK, great.

We continue as planned and start deliberations tomorrow.

Claire didn't walk out of the house by the front door.

She could have went the back way.

ALEXI: She would have passed the fisherman.

PETER: No using transport, no phone, no bank accounts touched,

no friends or relatives have heard from her.

Her father. He's a possibility.

SIMON: Exhibit A. If Nathan had gone back to Kate's,

he would have been seen.

Even if he walked along the shore, fisherman would have seen him.

JARROD: Are you saying he never went to sleep?

What is he, staking out the place for the FBI?

Sorry, don't buy the father killing his daughter

to cover up an affair.

LILY: An affair with his wife's sister!

Plus, if he's still shagging her,

then he loses his money from his new wife.

FARRAD: What about the forensic evidence?

The blood on the cutter and the bleach in the wheelbarrow?

I just keep coming back

to the fact that we don't have a body.

I mean, I'm with the defence.

Even if she's dead...

..How do you determine who, if you can't figure out how?

ALEXI: Who else?

Who else was in the house?

Who else was involved

in the lesbian grooming of 14-year-olds?

Taking photos, overly-sexualised photos,

- of two young girls? - She's clearly sick in the head.

How do you get gayness and mental illness

confused with fucking criminality?

Are you're either morons or bigots.

I'm fucking out.

Fuck this.

Yeah, so...

..Everyone's just wondering if you're coming back.

'Cause we can't go on without you.

I'm just really struggling with some personal shit,

and it's all just too much.

You know, no one in that room knows what it's like to be bent.

And I feel like they're just judging Kate

For all the wrong reasons.

(SOMBRE MUSIC)

And maybe I'm not judging Kate...

..For all the wrong reasons.

(SOMBRE MUSIC)

And what am I even complaining about?

I mean, you're the one going through real hell.

(SOMBRE MUSIC)

I'm glad they arrested him.

Your kids OK?

Yeah.

Simon's wife and daughter are looking after them

until we know what's happening.

Thanks so much for coming up.

(SOMBRE MUSIC)

Thanks.

(SLOW PACED MUSIC)

You don't put a body in a wheelbarrow and take it...

- Wood! . - To a boat...

- ALEXI: Which was stolen. - She took wood!

Hold up. This is the cops' story.

There's no other story!

PETER: Agreed.

But it bothers me, she could let her sister

think her daughter was still alive for so long!

- Which is why I say, she didn't. - The girl ran away.

SIMON: Oh mate, we've all agreed she's dead.

- Can you get on the same page? - LILY: Trevor.

GEORGINA: None of this is normal behaviour.

Or am I alone in thinking that?

No, she was pushing every boundary.

Reckless. Impulsive.

But murder isn't a trait of her disorder.

JARROD: You heard the defence.

Claire loved her aunty.

She wasn't being corrupted.

Yeah, I agree with Jarrod...

(JURORS ARGUE OVER EACH OTHER)

Guys, guys, guys, guys, guys.

Time's up.

We have to vote again.

(SLOW PACED MUSIC)

The judge was told that we haven't reached a verdict.

He said that we have to stay here and keep going

until we can get to a majority.

TREVOR: Is 11 out of 12 enough?

Yes.

But he also said that we need to strive for unanimity.

How can we be unanimous

when one of us never even opens his mouth?

(TENSE MUSIC)

What do you want me to say?

Anything. Fuck!

Yes, dear, we have to wonder if you're following the logic.

You think astrology is any more stupid

than basing your ideas on what the Bible says?

(VANESSA LAUGHING)

Boom! Shot down by the silent kid!

And you can't seriously judge someone

by their star sign.

That's unconscionable.

(VANESSA LAUGHING)

You think Kate Lawson's cool, like you.

But lots of narcissists seem cool

until they fuck other people over.

GEORGINA: Hey.

We're here to judge Kate, not each other.

It's easy to feel powerful when you can hide behind anonymity,

but what would you have the guts to say to Kate Lawson's face?

SIMON: Enough.

You know the trouble with entitled white males?

They always mistake opinion for fact.

Mm, true that.

Not everyone's victimised by the system, dude.

And life isn't fair.

So what?

Does it mean others deserve to suffer

- because you do? - CORRIE: Hey, hey, hey.

I think you've made your point.

And what about you two rulebreakers?

You think we don't know you've been hooking up?

Are you above the law?

All I'm saying is who are we, any of us,

to sit in judgement of another human being?

We're all fucked.

No one here's impartial.

Amen.

About how what he said was tough but right.

The jury's full of people with problems

and that makes them less rational.

But...

..You and I, I feel, well...

..I feel we understand each other.

(SLOW PACED MUSIC)

(KNOCK ON THE DOOR)

(SLOW PACED MUSIC)

(KNOCK ON THE DOOR)

(SLOW PACED MUSIC)

You gonna invite me in?

(SLOW PACED MUSIC)

Some speech you made,

considering you're the one that's judging and hiding.

I'm not hiding.

I have social anxiety.

Alright?

But it doesn't mean I'm not listening.

People should learn that it's best to be the last to speak in a room,

not the first.

You're a gemini.

Yeah.

And Ethan.

What?

My name's Ethan.

It's nice to finally meet you, Ethan.

(SLOW PACED MUSIC)

(SLOW PACED MUSIC CONTINUES)

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

I thought you were a lesbian.

I'm a human being.

(UPBEAT MUSIC)

Well, you're the hardest guy in town to pin down.

I wonder how it felt for him.

That's about the height he fell from.

If he knew when he...

Fuck.

We were so close with the deal.

You're turning yourself in?

What about Flip?

He has a family to look after.

I took the body to the bus stop myself.

Flip was at home asleep.

Alexi.

You don't have to do this.

How else can I look my kids in the eye?

(TENSE MUSIC)

I think about my grandmother and my family.

It's not coming out of nowhere.

And what if I pass the same thing onto my kids?

You know, I've always blamed other people

for making me feel crazy.

(SLOW PACED MUSIC)

But it's me.

(SLOW PACED MUSIC)

I can hardly live with myself.

I mean, how can I expect anyone else to?

(SLOW PACED MUSIC)

(CAR HONKS IN THE DISTANCE)

Thanks for not having sex with me.

Hmm.

You're welcome.

(SLOW PACED MUSIC)

(SLOW PACED MUSIC CONTINUES)

If we can't agree as a group that Kate did commit murder,

can we at least agree that she could have,

and then discuss the possible motives?

MARGARET: Her art is damning, in my opinion.

CORRIE: That's not how I saw it.

Just the opposite, actually.

But her artist statements.

Obsession with death.

Isn't murder the ultimate expression,

the final work of art?

She had a fixation from her past and was playing at it.

Are you being influenced by what was inadmissible?

We agreed no.

I'm going to read the transcript of Mr. Colby's closing remarks,

just so we can all remember what he said.

- "Art is metaphor, not Confession..." - COLBY: Not confession.

If the law required us to treat artworks

as confessions of guilt,

then Sidney Nolan should be hanged as a bushranger.

"For thousands of years,

"artists have represented death and the dead.

"But this is the very first court to call that a confession."

She's dead.

Someone killed her and disposed of her body.

We have closed down every other scenario.

- It had to be Kate. - Or she found her dead.

A reasonable person would call the police.

- We've been through this. - We're stuck.

But we have a lawyer in the room who can lead us out.

To be clear, I can't practise here.

That's why I'm allowed on the jury.

No, no, no, Farrad, he's right.

If you have any advice for us, we would welcome it.

Otherwise, we might end up with a hung jury.

You don't need a lawyer for this.

It's just common sense.

The best way is to focus on the four who are in the minority.

Let's listen to what makes them doubt.

We need three or the four to vote guilty

and we have a majority.

Or seven to vote not guilty.

Right.

Corrie, Jarrod, Trevor and Margaret.

Trevor?

Can you please lay out your reasons for us?

No, it's alright.

- I'll just go with the majority. - Oi!

How is that justice?

You agree with everything.

Dude, what's your actual opinion?

Guilty.

Jarrod, what's your sticking point?

Reasonable doubt.

But I don't understand what the rules are.

It's subjective.

There's no guidelines for reasonable doubt.

I had reasonable doubt that she killed her,

and I'm convinced now that she disposed of the body.

And I guess,

I don't know why she would do that if she hadn't murdered her.

(EXHALES)

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

Guilty.

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

By definition, it can't be murder if it wasn't pre-meditated.

There is no body and there is not enough evidence.

If Kate found Claire dead,

then maybe she felt the need to lie about it,

for whatever reason.

Covering up a suicide, who knows?

But if Claire died while they were taking photos,

then that is manslaughter, not murder.

So I cannot vote guilty to murder.

That is it.

If she is responsible for Claire's death,

she deserves to be punished.

She's already been punished,

by losing her niece, by living with that guilt.

She tried to get away with it. That is morally wrong.

If she didn't mean to do anything, why should she take the fall for it?

People need to do what is decent,

what's right.

Otherwise, how can they live with themselves?

I am not voting guilty to murder.

That is my position and it is not changing.

Margaret.

I'm still abstaining.

Kate Lawson lost her mother.

She had an abusive father.

She was mentally unfit to be Claire's guardian.

So the blame is worn by the parents.

Kate doesn't belong in jail.

She belongs in psychiatric care.

My conscience just won't let me say she's guilty

and send her to jail.

You're not sentencing her.

That part is up to the judge.

If you're agreeing that she's guilty,

that's all we need to know.

He's right.

Margaret.

You're answering to the state,

not your conscience.

You know she did it.

What if you don't convict her

and we find out down the track that she did it again?

What if she kills Nathan's child

or some other young girl?

What if she's done it before?

(SOMBRE MUSIC)

That's what they're keeping from us, isn't it?

The point is, the system favours the perpetrator,

not the victim.

It happens all the time.

Someone isn't punished.

So they do it again

and again.

Kate needs to be held accountable.

For everybody else's safety.

(TENSE MUSIC)

It's time.

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

Will the foreperson please rise?

(TENSE SILENCE)

I understand you've reached a verdict?

Yes, your honour.

Would the accused please stand?

In the relation to the count of murder,

how say you?

Is the accused, Kate Lawson, guilty or not?

(TENSE MUSIC)

Guilty, your honour.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

So says your foreperson,

so say you all.

(TENSE MUSIC)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Well, I love you too.

Can I speak to mummy, please?

Margaret.

Look.

(GASPS) Uh-huh.

Oh!

You did the right thing.

Come on.

We can discuss this on the way home.

I think I've had enough discussing this case to last a lifetime.

(CHUCKLES)

Well, we'll talk about whatever you want to talk about.

Oh.

Since attending jury duty was the inciting problem,

then I believe that a supporting document

from your honour to the university

will encourage them to approve Jarrod's transfer to a new degree.

What are you transferring to?

Law, your honour.

(CHUCKLES) Well, I can hardly decline now, can I?

It'd be a pleasure.

Thank you, your honour.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Farrad?

Yes?

Paul grey.

Immigration lawyer.

And here's my card.

I believe you have an issue you'd like to discuss.

I... ..Yeah, I do.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(DULCET MUSIC)

Well, it's not the end of the story.

You have plenty of grounds for appeal,

so don't despair.

(WHISPERS) I didn't kill Claire.

I didn't.

You can call this verdict justice for Belinda,

but I'm not guilty.

Those negatives?

I asked Diane to hide them behind a self-portrait on my studio wall.

- She said she didn't have them. - Yes, because she was angry.

She's angry about Nathan.

Those, those photos that Claire took that night?

She set up the camera

and she completed the final piece.

She... (BREATHS)

..Had the tie around her neck

and the other end around the staircase.

And she was alone.

She was all alone.

And she went too far.

And it was an accident.

Are you telling me you've had evidence of this all along?

By the time I found her, she was dead.

She was dead. It was too late.

And I...

..I just, I panicked.

So many times I should have walked away from this case.

(SHOUTS) You! You said that without a body...

- So much time... - ..I would be acquitted!

- ..So much energy, so many... - And I believed you!

(SHOUTS) ..What were you thinking?

(SHOUTS) What was I thinking?

I was thinking it was Belinda all over again,

that's what I was thinking!

And that Diane... Diane would never, ever get over it.

And so even in those horrible hours

where I wrapped up Claire's little body

and I put her in that fucking boat,

and I... (SNIFFLES)

..I just, I convinced myself that,

that if I just said that she'd run away,

that, that would be better than the truth.

As soon as I broke bail, Diane knew.

She just knew.

And (SNIFFLES)

When I showed her the photos

that Claire had taken,

I told her I would go to the police,

I would take them to the police, but she said no.

She said that there were too many lies out there

and she was so afraid that they would reinvestigate Belinda and...

(EXHALES)

..And uncover all of that stuff that we'd been hiding,

all of us, for so long.

Diane decided that if I was acquitted,

then no one would know about the cover-up anyway,

and if I was found guilty, then we had those photos.

We had those photos to prove it was an accident.

But now Diane is not speaking to me

and so you have to go and find those negatives.

You have to get the negatives.

I'm genuinely sorry that I didn't get you acquitted.

This case is over for me.

But I'm telling the truth.

You'll find another lawyer.

And, ah, I wish you well.

I sincerely wish you well.

I need you.

I need you!

I'm sorry!

(SOMBRE MUSIC)

I loved her.

(CRIES)

(SOMBRE MUSIC)

Well, you failed her.

I don't agree.

Oh, no, man, you failed.

Kate wasn't the one orchestrating things,

Claire was.

The muse holds the power.

Claire had Kate in thrall to her.

It wasn't the other way around.

That's one thing I know is true,

and they all missed it.

You missed that.

(MACHINE BEEPS)

POLICE OFFICER: Next.

(MACHINE BEEPS)

(SOMBRE MUSIC)

(MELANCHOLY MUSIC)

_

(DRILL WHIRLS)

(MELLOW ORCHESTRAL MUSIC)

Oi.

In you get, mate.

(TRUCK SHUTS)

(ENGINE STARTS)

(MELLOW ORCHESTRAL MUSIC)

(BIRDS CHIRP)

Diane?

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

Diane!

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

(FIRE CRACKLING)

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