All language subtitles for Mystery.Road.S01E05.The.Waterhole.1080p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DDP2.0.H.264-NTb_track4_[eng]

JAMES: We think
that Tyson followed you out,

talked to you about
undercutting his drug trade.

Things got out of hand,
and Tyson dealt with it.

-That's all bullshit.
-Because if Tyson wasn't there,

that just leaves you.

Mrs. Rutherford?

You didn't know he was up here?

If a body turns up,
I can't help him, or you.

You rape a 13-year-old girl,

you leave her dying
on the side of the road.

I didn't do it!

MARY:
We're left with six dead fellas

and their six angry families,
all lookin' at us.

And you get a pat on the back,
don't ya?

Crystal, she gets
a punch in the head.

Have you thought
about that, Jay?

JAY: Fuck!

Is this Reese's blood?

If I knew where he was,
I would tell you!

[ Mid-tempo music playing,
man vocalizing ]

[ Suspenseful music plays ]

[ Woman vocalizing ]

[ Singing in native language ]

[ Singing continues ]

[ Group shouting
in native language ]

[ Shouting continues ]

[ Man vocalizing
in native language ]

[ Vocalizing continues ]

[ Group shouting indistinctly
in native language ]

[ Sighs ]

No one would know
anything ever happened here.

[ Engine starts ]

[ Door closes ]

[ Door opens ]

[ Sighs ]

Marley didn't kill Reese.

[ Sighs ]

All the evidence says he did.

I know.

But Reese
was Marley's best mate.

I just don't believe
he'd shoot him like that.

Well, why doesn't he say that?

JAY: Think about it.

How did the boys get from
the ute out to the crossroads,

then to the springs?

That's 30K.

-You tell me.
-We've talked about this.

-[ Door opens ]
-Tyson.

Marley is on record
saying it wasn't Tyson.

That's the one thing
he has told us.

-[ Door closes ]
-SHARMA: Morning.

-Hi.
-Marley's lawyer just got here.

Look, if you think Tyson's
involved, please prove it.

You bring me the evidence,
I'll back you all the way.

With what we've got now, and
Marley not defending himself,

he's our only suspect.

-Mm.
-You should get some coffee.

[ Suspenseful music plays ]

[ Handcuffs clicking ]

This won't look good
for you lot.

Local boy, footy hero,

mother a pillar
of the Christian community.

Charged with murder
by a vindictive white cop.

-Vindictive?
-Just calling it

like the media will run it.

-Like you'll tell em to run it.
-We're not doin' this for fun.

This isn't a choice we make.

There's significant evidence,
as you well know.

Yeah, still,
the current legal climate.

You know,
fears of police brutality

and deaths in detention.

You gonna play that card?

You know I do
everything I can to keep

Aboriginal kids
out of that lockup.

I just want to let you know
I'll be arguing

for home detention.

He's charged with murder.

The judge'll never
grant home detention.

"The detainee must be
of good behavior

and must not commit any offense.

The detainee must reside only at
premises approved by the police.

The detainee
must not consume alcohol."

Thank you.
He can read.

Okay, Marley,
you are now being tracked.

Now, you know you have to stay
within the town boundaries

-at all times or --
-Or we'll arrest you.

You break
any of these conditions,

you'll go straight to prison.
You understand me?

He understands.

Marley.

We win, you lose.
He got bail.

With all due respects,
get stuffed and leave him alone.

JAY: Luke.

Marley and Reese --
The day they went missing,

you said they came here
that morning.

Did you know where
they were going that day?

Sure.
Eastern bore run.

JAY:
Who else knew that?

Everyone out
at Ballantyne Station.

Twenty-odd people.
Would have been on the roster.

But how do you know
where they were going?

I-I don't know.
They told me?

Who else was in here
that morning?

Heaps of people. It was
the weekend before the rodeo.

-Do you keep a record of sales?
-'Course.

Do you mind if I have a look?

-Saturday.
-[ Pages rustling ]

So, Tyson was in here
that morning?

Yeah.

So he could have overhead
the boys talking.

LUKE: Yeah.

You know,
he used to be a bore runner.

Before he started
his security business.

-At Ballantyne Station?
-Yeah.

He knows that place
better than anybody.

Thanks.

[ Sighs ]

I want to put up a memorial
to my son out at that waterhole.

I don't care what it costs
or who I have to pay, so...

Actually, our family
owns that land.

Oh.

I'll see what I can do.

Thank you.

[ Buzzer, door opens ]

GUARD: Get in there.

[ Sighs ]

JAY: Tyson.

I know you were out there.

Out where?

-Ballantyne Station.
-[ Chuckles ]

JAY:
The night the boys went missing.

The eastern bore run.

You knew exactly
where they'd be and when.

-Nah.
-Yeah.

TYSON:
You're delusional, mate.

All I need to do is prove
that you were out there,

and I've got you for murder.

Nah.

'Cause this is bullshit.

And I know it.

Marley did it.

He's been charged.

You think we don't hear stuff
in here, hmm?

So why are you trying
to pin this on me?

Is there anything
you wanna say to me, Tyson?

I ain't sayin' nothin'.

Too late.
You just did.

[ The Heavy's
"Short Change Hero" plays ]

* Mm *

* Mm *

* Mm *

* Mm *

* Mm *

* Mm, mm *

* Mm *

* Yeah, I can't see
where you comin' from *

* But I know
just what you runnin' from *

* And what matters
ain't the "who's baddest" *

* But the ones who stop you
fallin' from your... *

* ...cut you 'cause *

* This ain't no place
for no hero *

* This ain't no place
for no better man *

* This ain't no place
for no hero *

* To call home *

* Mm *

* This ain't no place
for no hero *

* This ain't no place
for no better man *

* This ain't no place
for no hero *

* To call home *

[ Door closes ]

That'll be 90 bucks
for the fuel. Thanks, mate.

I was wondering -- How far back
do you keep that footage?

Well, I'm s'posed to keep them
for about a week.

-Okay.
-I know. Crazy, right?

I said to 'em,
"What if there's a big crime?

How're you s'posed
to solve that in a week?"

Yeah.

ATTENDANT: That's why
I keep them for a month.

Really?

-What bowsers do you want?
-All of 'em.

[ Suspenseful music plays ]

-WOMAN: Really good.
-JAMES: Hello.

I knocked.

It's all right.

So, this is a social visit
or police business?

I've come to see Shevorne.

How you doin'?
Hmm?

I've got nothing to say
about Marley.

JAMES:
This is about Reese.

You know his mother's in town?

-Yeah.
-So, she wants to put up

a memorial for him
out at Black Springs.

-Maybe some kind of ceremony.
-[ Speaks in native language ]

[ Conversing
in native language ]

They can't have a memorial for
that boy out at Black Springs.

Why not?

Hey, bub, you wanna go inside
and put the kettle on?

Is this 'cause of me?

No.

Then why?

DOT: We feel for Reese
and his mother,

but that place
been a sorry place

long before that boy died there.

Dot, what's this about?

You got no idea.

Well...

...I've gotta talk to Shevorne.

DOT: I don't think
Shevorne wanna yarn either.

Just give her some space, eh?

Sure.

DOT: They can't have that thing
at that place.

We know that place.

Excuse me?

-Do you work at the pub?
-Yeah.

LIZ:
Is Shevorne on tonight?

No, she's got the night off.

Do you know where I'd find her?

Why do you wanna see her?

[ Suspenseful music plays ]

TONY:
Em, I didn't know you were here.

Hi.

What are you doing?

I'm just looking at the history.

Funny neither of us had kids,
eh?

We're the end of the line, yeah.

Yeah.

Is that why you want to sell?

I don't know.
Maybe.

I mean, why not sell now?

Enjoy the rest of our lives
somewhere easier,

-before we cark it.
-[ Chuckles ]

It'd be hard, though.

She gave me 10 years, Em.

Linda's a town girl.

Tough for her out here.

She fuckin' hates the place.

Oh, right.

Of course.

You gonna stay for tea?

JAMES: Mm.

Dot says that Black Springs
is a sorry place.

What, because of that kid?

No.
She said it always was.

Reese's mother wanted
to put a memorial there,

but Dot vetoed it.

Do you ever remember seeing
any of her mob out there?

I certainly don't remember
ever swimming

with any of the black kids.

No, that's right.
We never did.

Anyway, you gonna stay for tea?

Sure.
Yeah, thanks.

-I'll tell Linda.
-Mm.

This the mother one
for that boy we be losing.

-Sorry about your loss.
-Ta.

And this is Shevorne.

LIZ: You made this
for Jonathan -- uh, Reese.

Yep.

Did he ever talk
about his family?

His past?

He didn't like talking about it.

He said you mob had money,
but you weren't close.

That's not true.

What kind of man was he?

This is the kind of man
he was to me.

LIZ:
Who's the little girl?

SHEVORNE:
That's my daughter.

Jonathan looks happy.

SHEVORNE:
Yeah, he was deadly.

Out of everyone
in this whole town,

he didn't care who I was before.

It was just us,
our future together.

He got as far away as he could.

Good for him.

One time, he got drunk,
and he wanted

to take me home and meet you.
[ Chuckles ]

Would you like to keep this?

Thank you.

If Jonathan
had brought you home,

I wouldn't have approved.

I wouldn't have
liked you either.

I'll be coming back.

I'm organizing a memorial
for Reese.

I hope you'll come,
and maybe your aunties, as well.

I'd like to invite you
and hold some kind of ceremony

for my son at Black Springs.

What's wrong with your room?

Mum's gone,
so I'm in with you now.

Mm.

Well, you could at least,
like, tidy up a bit.

It's a motel.
They have people for that.

Um, do you know
how this thing works?

[ Chuckles ] Shame!

Can you help me, please?

-Here you go.
-Ooh, thanks.

-You getting anywhere?
-[ Sighs ]

Just going through
Old Bill's diaries.

-They're great, aren't they?
-Mm.

So, I started going backwards,

looking for any reference
to Black Springs.

There's family picnics
and birthdays all up to 1907.

But then, from there back,

there's all these references
to conflict.

Read this.

TONY: Mm-hmm.

[ Reading indistinctly ]

Well, there was a spearing.
Not uncommon.

Yeah, well,
all through the early 1900s,

it's all about little flare-ups.

[ Sighs ] Where are my glasses?
Oh, can I borrow...

And...here.

This. 1904.

March.

"Three more cattle missing.
Need to talk to local blacks."

July 3rd. "Native threatened
Richards at Black Springs today.

He fired to warn them off."

I've been through all of these.

The conflicts just get bigger
and more frequent.

Well, they were pretty tough
back then.

But then he stops mentioning it.

-Well, what's the problem?
-[ Footsteps approaching ]

Dinner's ready.

-Everything all right?
-Yeah, yeah, yeah. Good.

What happened
to all the old records?

There used to be boxes
and boxes of them in the study.

-Got chucked?
-LINDA: No, I kept them.

-They're out in the shed.
-Oh, great.

Hey, what about dinner?

Yeah, no, I'll get
something later, thanks.

So, what are
you even looking for?

JAY:
Tyson, the security guard.

I have to prove
that he passed through here

the night the boys went missing.

[ Sighs ]

[ Sighs ]
Well, this is fun.

[ Sighs ]

Is that him?

Rewind in slo-mo
when they come back in.

Tyson.

I gotcha.

And he's not alone.

That guy on the bike's
talking to someone in the back.

-CRYSTAL: Who's driving?
-JAY: I don't know.

But if Tyson's a passenger or
he's just along for the drive,

whoever's driving the car
is the one that's in charge.

And you've gotta get them
coming back, too.

Yeah, I do.
When did you get so smart?

Crystal, I'm sorry.

For what?

Well, your mum told me about

-what's been going on back home.
-Mm.

You know,
all the shit that I leave behind

that you have to deal with.

But I'm proud of you, Crystal.

I'm proud of your fight.

And you got a job now.
You're a rich girl.

Why don't you go to the shop
and get us some snacks?

[ Chuckles ]
You're cracked.

[ Door opens, closes ]

[ Mid-tempo music plays,
man vocalizing ]

* I see shadows on the hill *

* Up beside the old sawmill *

* Where my people were killed *

* I see shadows on the hill *

* I see shadows on the ground *

* Where the bones
don't make no sound *

* Hidden
so they can't be found *

* I see shadows on the ground *

* On the Old Glen Innes Road *

* Where the great Mann River
flows *

* Men, women, children slain *

* Buried up there
on that range *

[ Vocalizing ]

* I see shadows on the hill *

* Up beside the old sawmill *

* Where my people were killed *

* I see shadows on the hill *

You haven't been up all night,
have you?

All the skirmishes.

All the fighting
between the local blackfellas

and the whites.

It all stopped in 1907.

Black Springs is the only
natural permanent water source

in the area.
That's right?

Yeah, for 200K or 300K, yeah.

JAMES:
In a 10-year drought.

Look at the stock numbers.

They'd been falling.

And then they jumped.

Why do you reckon that'd be?

New water access for stock.

He ordered strychnine
on the 23rd January, 1907.

Yeah, well, that could have been
for, I mean, foxes, feral dogs.

I mean, it's not significant.

And then there's this.

From the Chief Protector
of Aborigines

to William Ballantyne.

Confirming the accidental death
of five natives

on his property
at Black Springs...

...a month
after the strychnine order.

He poisoned them.

Shit.

JAMES:
Makes sense, doesn't it?

All the peaceful years after it.

Everything we were told
when we were growing up,

how the Ballantynes were fair,
how they were different.

Everything we weren't told.

[ Sighs ]

-What are we gonna do?
-Do?

It's already done.

No, it's not.
Not for them.

You didn't see
Dot's face yesterday.

It was 100 years ago.

They were killed in our name.

Five people, murdered,
for some water.

Well, welcome
to the whole of human history.

JAMES: Yeah, I'm not talking
about human history.

I'm talking about me
and you and Dot.

Us.

Uh, look, um...

...we'll talk about it later,
all right?

JAMES: Tony.

[ Sighs ]

-Dad.
-Hmm?

-Dad!
-Hmm? Oh.

Are you going to work?

Is that them?

Yep.

CRYSTAL:
I watched for half an hour more.

The trail bike
doesn't come back,

and it doesn't come
before them either.

[ Camera shutter clicks ]

That'd be the bike that was
smashed at the crossroads.

-I gotta go to work.
-Okay, bub.

-I'll see ya.
-Thank you.

[ Door opens ]

Mm, thanks.

You need to leave it alone, Em.

I'm trying to sell the place.

Now, you go making apologies,

the papers start writing stories
about massacre sites.

Now, a lot of people won't care,
but a few might.

Certain parties might not want
to be associated with it,

or pretend they don't
and drop the price.

Either way, we lose.

Where's this coming from, Tony?

You want to take
a million-dollar haircut

because of something
someone did 100 years ago?

Someone we never even met.

I'm not selling.

You hearing this, Linda?

I want to stay here,
where I was born,

and I want to find out some way

of not feeling ashamed
every time Dot looks at me.

Ashamed? What are you
talking about, "ashamed"?

Where's the shame?
We've done nothin' wrong.

It was a crime.

-Has to be answered.
-How?

What are you gonna do?
Say sorry?

Hold a healing ceremony?

-It won't change a bloody thing.
-I don't know.

-I want no part of it, Em.
-[ Sighs ]

You are part of it, Tony!

[ Vehicle engine revving ]

[ Revving continues ]

[ Cellphone rings ]

[ Ringing continues ]

[ Indistinct conversation ]

[ Engine starts ]

DOT: Emma.

I'm sorry I didn't know.

So you've done
your homework, then.

Do you wanna sit down?

[ Breathes deeply ]

Obviously there'll be
no memorial.

I keep thinking of, um, what
I can say to you, but nothing...

[ Sighs ]

[ Sighs ]

I just never, you know...

I-I never...

I mean, I know it went on.

I mean, we all know.

But I just never thought
my family, you know.

I just never --
I didn't ask the question.

DOT: Look, Emma.

Your mob had forgotten.

But you know now.

That shows some respect.

Doesn't feel like enough.

Yeah.
[ Sniffles ]

I'll see you 'round, Emma.

MARLEY:
I think someone's watching me.

-Who?
-I don't know.

What can I do about it?

Well, you said all I had to do
was keep quiet.

Yeah, well,
you're not in jail, are you?

Yeah, but [Sighs] I'm scared.

They're outside my mum's house.

Marley, I can't get mixed up
in this shit.

They've charged me with murder.

-I'm up for fuckin' murder!
-Yeah, well,

you're gonna get off.

You've already got bail.

And you've got a good lawyer.

Did he tell you to talk?
Did he tell you to say anything?

No.

He said, "Don't say a word."

Exactly.

If you tell them what
actually happened out there...

...then we will both go to jail,
and I will lose Ava.

You already took Reese from me.

Don't talk.

[ Panting ]

JAY: Cedric, I need to talk
to Marley, please.

You better talk to Mum.

What happened?

Marley!

Hey, Marley!
What's goin' on?

Uncle!
You have to help me.

Shit,
we gotta get you home, boy.

-MARLEY: I ain't goin' home.
-Marley, don't joke.

-I ain't going home ever.
-LARRY: Hey, come on.

Here. Marley.

Here, get this thing off me.

LARRY: Mate,
that's not gonna work, boy.

Here, come here, come here.
Here, give it here.

Give it here, give it here.

I won't make it in jail.

You understand?
They'll get me.

Who will?
Marley, who?

Doesn't matter!
They're outside Mum's house.

Marley, slow down.
Who?

-Who -- Who is it?
-Look, if I'm gone,

then they won't be able
to hurt Mum and Ced.

Hey, no one's gonna hurt anyone.

Just take a breath,
and we'll sort it out.

I can't live in this town.

I'm not like you.

I can't face the shame
and the hate.

I can't do it.

-[ Siren wailing ]
-Shit.

You gotta give me the knife.
You gotta help me.

Please, Uncle.

-Help me.
-[ Wailing continues ]

Marley, it's too late.

Marley!

Where is he?

They already took him.

[ Sighs ]

[ Vehicle door opens, closes ]

[ Vehicle departs ]

Give me the key
to Marley's cell.

-SHARMA: Uh, Sarge?
-JAMES: Jay?

You want evidence?

Take a look at this.

Tyson, on his way out,
with three mates.

One of them doesn't come back.

Check out the tray
on the dual cab.

I reckon it's the bike from the
crime scene at the crossroads.

Those three guys are the reason
why Marley's not talking to us.

Tyson's in jail, but two of 'em
are still out here.

-Oh, fuck.
-Now, this is it.

This is when we tell Marley
what we know

and tell him
that we can protect him.

Sharma, give us five.

All the way out.

[ Door opens ]

-[ Door closes ]
-It's too late.

He broke bail.
State Command's involved now.

He's gonna be at the prison
in three hours.

-So delay it!
-I can't.

I've got a transport order.

And even if I could,
I've got no authority

to interview him again.

So you're gonna send
an innocent kid to jail.

Tyson's gonna kill him in jail.

[ Sighs ]

It's a three-hour drive.

You're not interviewing him.
You're just having a chat.

Okay.

Muller, you stay here.

Detective Swan'll drive him.

Come on, Marley.

-JAMES: Here's your phone.
-JAY: Thanks.

Oh, hang on.

There.
Take my car.

[ Door closes ]

I know you didn't kill Reese.

Tyson and his mates,
they ambushed you, right?

They will get you in jail.

The only way that this
will end well for you

is for me
to get those blokes that did it.

[ Suspenseful music plays ]

You need to tell me
what happened.

[ Engine revving ]

-Get down!
-[ Gunshot ]

[ Gun cocks ]

[ Gunshots ]

[ Breathing heavily ]

You okay?

Yeah, I'm okay.

Time to start talking!

[ Vehicle door opens, closes ]

Uncle, this is bullshit.

You shouldn't be living
like this.

I don't have a choice, boy.

Did Reese tell you
who raped Shevorne?

MARLEY: No.
He wouldn't tell me who.

But I'm gonna find out, Uncle.

I promise.

[ Mid-tempo music playing,
man vocalizing ]

Tell me who it was.

It's better
you don't know anyway, bruz.

Oi. Thought you might
have been the cops.

JAY: Reese said
this wasn't about drugs.

It has to be.
What else could it be?

She doesn't look like
her father.

Who told you?

JAMES: If your attacker
is still out there,

we have to know who he is.

SHERVORNE:
I can't tell you.

-Why not?
-Because you don't understand!

Well, then help me.
Help me understand.

Shevorne!