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[ Suspenseful music plays ]

[ Grunts ]

Who was Clarry working for, Kayla?

If I could pull the trigger, I would.

The shit that Clarry was caught up in

was from the Westside Trucking Yard.

Some bloke called Dylan was giving him a hard time.

Say what you like, I didn't cut his head off.

Who said anything about Clarry having his head chopped off?

Simon.

You two know each other?

MARY: Jay's my ex-husband.

So when did you get out of the force?

That's my cousin, Zoe.

Missing. Say she disappeared.

JAY: You don't think so?

This dig is of world historical significance.

We are trying to rewrite history.

Your history.

I don't need you or anyone else trying to dig it up,

write about it or put it in a museum.

[ Suspenseful music plays ]

[ Grunts ]

[ Mid-tempo music plays ]

♪ You see it in her eyes like the flames of a fire now ♪

♪ Bringing to wars, just watch us go ♪

♪ Don't look back 'cause we're taking it higher now ♪

♪ Never gonna beat us, so join the show ♪

♪ Oh, yeah, we're gonna rise up ♪

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

♪ Oh, yeah, we're gonna rise up ♪

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

♪ Oh, yeah, we're gonna rise up ♪

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

♪ Oh, yeah, we're gonna rise up ♪

♪ It's been a long time coming, now we rule the world ♪

So we can just put it here.

-Just here? -Yeah, here's good.

Thank you, Jessica. See you at breakfast.

Okay.

[ Water running ]

[ Faucet shuts off ]

[ Door creaks ]

Cuppa?

[ Door slams ]

You have a good day, Dad.

Hey, that's a good roo tail there.

Yeah, you have a good day, too, sis.

What happened to you last night?

Let's go.

[ Mid-tempo music plays ]

[ Gun cocks ]

[ Gunshots ]

You should learn to stand up for yourself.

This is family business.

I'll fix it.

Family business never gets fixed.

[ Gun cocks ]

[ Gunshot ]

[ Whirring ]

[ Whirring stops ]

FRAN: What are we doing here?

JAY: When Clarry separated from his ex,

this is where he set up camp.

FRAN: How'd you get a warrant on the weekend?

[ Door opens ]

[ Suspenseful music plays ]

Ugh, what is that smell?

[ Coughs ]

Ohh.

[ Music continues ]

[ Sighs ]

JAY: He owes money.

Coke debt. Gambling debt.

FRAN: How do you know?

Well, he likes movies.

He sold his TV.

[ Music continues ]

Jay Swan.

Where the hell are you?

I can't keep this bloke here without a charge.

Use your imagination.

OWEN: [ Over phone ] What did you just say?

Listen, you don't --

[ Exhales sharply ]

Oh.

Look at this.

Do you think this is a joint where a man

might lose his wages?

[ Rock music plays ]

MAN: My shout. My shout.

WOMAN: Your shout?

Is it payday?

MAN: Had a win at cards. I got money now.

Let's go.

[ Music continues ]

FRAN: Hey, Suzi.

You mind if we have a word?

If we must.

Recognize this fella?

Yeah, he's a nice bloke.

Like a punt?

Why do you ask?

Just trying to build a profile.

Well, he used to be chronic.

Had himself barred from here a dozen times,

but recently he's come good.

Does he owe anyone money?

What kind of trouble is he in?

He's dead.

And it wasn't just an accident.

Sorry. I don't know anything.

Did he ever talk about a fella named Dylan?

If you're not ordering a drink, I'm busy.

JAY: So he doesn't know Dylan Liddle?

SUZI-JOHN: Look, I got a hundred hairy cowboys to look after,

and a bar to run.

I told ya, I'm busy.

Just answer the question.

So what's it gonna be?

I'll have some salt and vinegar chips.

I didn't have breakfast.

[ Tapping ]

AMOS: What now?

Oh. [ Chuckles ] You startled me.

That spot there.

Always been there?

Yeah.

Since day one.

Look new to me.

Unless it was when the protesters

knocked everything down?

I had to reset the pegs.

Thought you was finished digging.

SANDRA: Yeah, it looked that way,

but I found a new area worth exploring,

so with the big tide coming in,

I need to get stuck in while I can.

Cup of tea?

Have a yarn or what?

Perfect.

I can get you a chair.

No, no, you're right.

So how long you gonna be?

I don't know. Till I'm finished.

Let me get you a chair. Better than that box.

No, no, you're right.

Hey, look out, you need to stay out of the sun.

You gone all red.

How do you take it?

Black.

I was trying to get him talking.

Right after you told her that Clarry was dead.

I was being good cop-bad cop.

I was being --

Yeah, I know which cop you were.

Words spoken about a person who's still alive,

that's gossip.

When they're dead, that's evidence.

People don't like giving evidence.

I'm sorry.

Saw Clarry Tuesday night.

In the bushes, down near the waterhole.

He was getting a flogging from these two whitefellas.

One I knew, the one that you said.

Dylan.

The one who says he's a war hero.

The other one?

I couldn't see. It was too dark.

But I'll tell you this much, they weren't mucking around.

Can I speak to your partner that you were with that night?

He wasn't my partner.

What were you doing in the bushes?

What do you think happens in the bushes at night, girl?

[ Laughter in distance ]

Veterans Affairs.

I'm looking for the service history of a former soldier.

Dylan Lindwall.

Yeah, I can hold.

Nice.

Good job.

When did you leave the army?

I can tell by the way you hold yourself.

Your bearing.

You in the Sandpit?

Yeah, had two tours.

'08 and '12.

JAY: Oh, tough years.

Mm, tell me about it.

Constable Davis.

Interview in progress with Dylan Lindwall.

It's October 13th, 1:28 p.m.

Detective Swan and Constable Davis present.

Returning to your statement.

You said you were home that night watching...

porn.

Yeah.

Any witnesses to this viewing?

[ Chuckles ]

Well, next time, I'll have you over.

Home all evening?

Mm.

JAY: You didn't go out and stretch your legs?

Answer the question, into the microphone.

Oh.

No, I did not go out to stretch my legs.

Because we've got a witness who puts you at Carter's Waterhole.

Us whitefellas, we all look the same.

And that same witness identified you by name.

Mm? Yeah?

Who?

And you weren't alone.

You were with a mate.

And you and this mate were assaulting Clarry Stewart

while he was lying on the ground.

Oh, that's bullshit.

Just like your army career, hey, Dylan?

You got a chronic ear infection in Townsville,

and they discharged you.

You never served overseas.

But you don't mind people thinking that you did.

You're a liar.

So why don't you tell me who you were with that night?

Chips making you thirsty?

Is it your boss, from the trucking company?

[ Door opens ]

Mr. Lindwall won't be answering any more questions.

Come with me.

Owen!

We've already held him for 12 hours

on a possession charge.

Wait outside.

There's nothing we can do.

Then you're fuckin' useless, Owen.

I'm following protocol, Detective.

Can I take these?

[ Engine starts ]

[ Soft rock music plays on radio]

How'd the lawyer even know we had him locked up?

Small town.

Who is this mob?

OWEN: Calls himself Alkemi.

Real name is Tony Pearce.

He's a former soldier, but the real deal.

You know, Iraq, Afghanistan, Solomons.

Story is that after his last tour,

he had some sort of a breakdown.

Came up here to find himself.

Bought an old cattle farm, Gideon Downs, did it up.

Then he got into the pearl business, made a lot of money.

Started employing a lot of people.

You know, wielding a lot of power around here.

Why would a pearl farmer pay for the legals

of an employee of a trucking yard?

Don't know.

Just a dumb local cop.

[ Soft rock music plays on radio]

[ Engine shuts off ]

DYLAN: Thanks.

But what am I doing here?

PEARCE: Everything'll make sense soon.

Just wait.

DYLAN: [ Grunts, groans ]

BAINO: Tie him up.

DYLAN: [ Coughs ]

[ Grunts ]

Hey you mob!

AVA: Hello.

What you doing there, bub?

AVA: I'm coloring.

-MARY: That is really good. -AVA: Thank you.

-MARY: You had a feed yet? -AVA: No.

MARY: What about you? You hungry?

I'm fine.

Hey, do you think you could look after Ava tonight?

Yeah.

What, are you catching up with a friend?

You don't know him.

Does he work at the pearl farm?

[ Horn honks ]

Oh, classy.

I won't be late.

[ Rock music plays on radio]

Is that your Mum?

That's not my Mum.

Mary's an old friend.

She's just looking after us for a while.

[ Suspenseful music plays ]

[ Music continues ]

[ Door latch opens ]

[ Door creaks ]

[ Rock music plays ]

BAINO: So tell us who killed Clarry.

I don't know.

Please, I don't know.

BAINO: He reckons he doesn't know.

DYLAN: Tony, I don't know.

[ Coughs, spits ]

I don't know, Tony.

No, Tony, no,

I don't know anything!

No.

No, no, no, no, no, don't.

Tony!

No, no, no, you don't have to do this.

You don't have to do this, no.

[ Screams ]

[ Birds squawking ]

[ Indistinct conversations ]

[ Sighs ]

[ Door opens ]

[ Creaking ]

So do I get an explanation?

Well, I wasn't sure you'd be free,

being a weekend and all.

You're unbelievable!

So him being a cop's alright, what, 'cause he's white?

You're gonna play that card?

Did you know he was a cop before you...

Why are you here, Jay?

Why'd you pick this case?

You got 800 of coastline to choose,

and you lob up here.

Because I got a tip that meth was being run through this town.

The same network as up north.

And that the boss of it all was gonna be here as well.

Now that tip turned into a murder, right?

A drug-revenge murder.

-And you think it's this mob? -Well, I don't know.

But the bloke who got murdered, he used to work in this yard,

so it seemed like a pretty good place to start.

So did you know that I was in town?

Would it matter?

It seems to matter when you get in trouble

and you call me, not your new partner.

Fuck, okay.

See, I got a little girl at home, alone.

Does that sound familiar?

[ Engine whirring ]

[ Engine shuts off, car door opens ]

Detective.

What are you doing here?

I'm just walking.

Did you get that business with the portaloo sorted out?

Ah, yeah, we reached an arrangement, so...

You okay?

You seem a little shaken.

You haven't been threatened, have you?

because I need to know.

It's more a crisis of faith.

What's the worst thing you've ever done, Detective?

Is there something you want to tell me?

SHANEY: Give it to him, budda. Smash him.

Go on, give it to him.

Give it to him. Give it to him!

Come on. Yep, that's him.

Yep, you got him.

That's him.

Yes! You got him!

-Cut it out, you two. -You got him.

That's it.

Smash him, cuz. Give it to him.

-JAY: Hey! -Oh!

Shit!

[ Grunts ]

Oh, Shaney!

Shaney, he's got me, man! He's gonna kill me!

JAY: Hey, hey, hey.

Hey, hey, take it easy.

Take it easy.

Thanks.

Thanks for getting him off me, eh.

What have you taken?

You wanna get high?

Yeah, I do. Whaddya got?

Yeah?

Little reds, man.

Yaba. It's new, bra. It's the shit.

Have you got any on you now?

Yeah. Yeah, man.

Here. Aah, in my back pocket.

Arm's not working.

-Go, get your -- -In your back pocket?

Yeah, yeah, man.

Oh!

Oh. Shit.

[ Exhales sharply ]

Er, see you later.

Bye-bye.

Hey!

[ Up-tempo music plays ]

Hey! Where've you been?

Everywhere.

[ Music continues ]

Want a drink?

SHEVORNE: No, I'm good.

What about a pill?

-What? -A pill.

[ Music continues ]

Let's go.

[ Rap music plays ]

They're from Indonesia.

What are they?

They're deadly, trust me.

[ Music continues ]

[ Laughter ]

[ Indistinct conversations, laughter ]

[ Laughs ]

Come on.

[ Indistinct conversations ]

[ Birds chirping ]

AMOS: What's in that box?

Seen the way you was looking at it.

Now you talk about permission, that permission is me.

You find something here, you show me.

What'd you find?

I was waiting until the right moment.

This is going to make our name.

AMOS: Mm.

This justifies the entire dig.

-Grindstone? -Mm.

Under the microscope, there were plant fibers,

seeds, blood, bone, as well as ochre.

Yeah, what else are you hiding here?

-No -- -What about this one?

No, no, no. What's in the bag there?

It's got nothing to do with the work we're doing here.

I -- I didn't even know it was there.

[ Bag unzips ]

Hey!

You get that thing away from me.

-Look -- Look -- -That's big trouble.

Big trouble, that one.

That one's sorry business.

Look, look, look, Amos.

Amos? Amos.

A few weeks won't matter, will it?

As soon as the dig is over,

I'll hand it in to the police, I promise.

Hey, the dig is over.

-No more. Finished. -No. No, no, no!

No, Amos, we can't shut it down.

This is tragic, I know, but...

but please, we worked so hard.

Somebody put that there.

You don't muck around with this one.

This find puts this dig site amongst the oldest in the world.

We're talking deep time here.

No.

Think about the funding for projects

this will bring to the community.

The attention.

Gideon will be on the map.

And all because of what we did here.

[ Suspenseful music plays ]

[ Up-tempo music plays on radio ]

[ Engine shuts off ]

[ Indistinct conversations ]

[ Music plays on radio]

Hey, Mook-Mook, where's your big man protector?

What's this?

It's roo stew.

You touch me again, be you who goes in the pot.

[ Laughter, all murmur ]

[ Door opens ]

PHILLIP: Morning.

It's afternoon, actually.

Well, come in, then.

PHILLIP: My Aunty had a place like this.

Same paint job, anyways.

Got you this.

What is it?

Did you steal this?

Sorry.

Oh, thank you.

Where's your bedroom?

I wanna see it.

Mary's at work.

-Back at 4:00. -Ah.

What's the time now?

-Who cares? -Yeah.

[ Door opens ]

[ Door closes ]

[ Door opens ]

Hey, bub.

How was school today?

Good.

We did painting.

I can see.

Go clean that off, bubby.

Hey, thanks for picking her up.

-Yeah. -SHEVORNE: I felt a bit sick.

What'd you get up to?

Just chill.

Okay.

[ Car door closes ]

BAINO: Another boong copper, eh?

[ Both grunting ]

[ Groans ]

Give it here.

Get him up.

[ Grunting ]

[ Metal clangs lightly ]

Aah! Ohh!

[ Coughs ]

[ Both grunting ]

BAINO: Piss off.

[ Gasps, coughs ]

[ Metal clangs ]

[ Groaning ]

What were you doing there?

Came to have a chat.

Need anything to drink?

Didn't take you long to make some enemies.

Some people don't need a reason to take a swing at a cop.

SIMON: Yeah, I remember.

You do mostly drug crime, right?

I made some calls.

There's meth labs out in the bush here.

Everyone knows it.

Bikies go where the meth is.

Same in the city as it is here.

You think meth's behind that murder?

You're the one doing all the talkin'.

Alright.

Fair enough.

I was the same when I was on the job.

But I can be a resource to you, Jay.

Right.

Look, are we ever gonna talk about Mary?

No.

[ Door closes ]

JAY: [ Groans ]

PHILLIP: I left my bag there, didn't I?

SHEVORNE: No drama.

Wanna meet up?

I'll give it to you.

PHILLIP: Can you just keep it there?

-I'll text ya later. -SHEVORNE: Okay.

[ Bag unzips ]

[ Suspenseful music plays ]

[ Grunts ]

[ Music continues ]

[ Exhales sharply ]

[ Music continues ]

[ Door closes ]

[ Music continues ]

REVEREND TOM: Oh, dear God.

[ "Blue Gums Calling Me Back Home" plays on radio]

[ Indistinct conversations ]

[ Music continues]

[ Engine shuts off ]

MAN: Hey, look out.

FRAN: Anyone I know?

Old Man!

You love them crabs, eh?

Got more?

Yeah, maybe.

What can you tell me about them Alkemi mob, their farm?

Oh, don't go asking questions about that bloke.

Nah, boy, nah.

[ Imitates gunshots ]

But Alkemi's farm,

it used to be, like, cattle stations, yeah?

That one. All them.

One against the other, all along that coast.

Why are you asking questions?

Just curious.

You wanna get in there, eh?

Low tide.

Go along the beach.

Little track there, too.

I used to take my womans up there for picnic.

Shh.

That track, take you right there.

You'll see those Robinsons up there.

Why am I getting out?

I need you to get everything you can on Alkemi,

the pearl farm, and Gideon Downs.

While you conduct an illegal search for a drug lab?

[ Engine starts ]

[ Rattling ]

DYLAN: [ Straining ]

[ Rattling ]

[ Exhales sharply ]

[ Grunts ]

[ Exhales sharply ]

[ Rattling ]

[ Grunting ]

[ Engine shuts off ]

[ Panting ]

[ Groans softly ]

[ Up-tempo music plays in distance ]

[ Horse whinnies ]

[ Suspenseful music plays ]

DYLAN: [ Grunting ]

[ Groans ]

[ Coughs ]

[ Groans ]

[ Music continues ]

Dad!

Estelle?

Go back inside.

Estelle!

You got some cheek coming to my property.

You gonna tell me what you got in these boxes?

I don't have to tell you jack shit.

You've no reason to be trespassing.

PEARCE: Be careful.

There's a television station in that box.

You know the first thing that happens

under a dictatorship, Detective?

Illegal searches.

And the second thing?

They dismantle the state broadcaster.

That's what happened to a country not so far from here.

They took away the people's voice,

and they became prey to ignorance

and the lies of foreign companies.

[ Exhales sharply ]

[ Groans ]

[ Breathing heavily ]

JAY: Who'd you steal this off?

PEARCE: Who said it's stolen?

It's a gift.

Of freedom.

I'm taking it in.

PEARCE: No, you're not.

I don't see a warrant, so...

[ Engine revs, tires screech ]

[ Dramatic music plays ]

[ Laughs ]

Fuckers!

[ Music continues ]

[ Tires screech ]

[ Cellphone vibrates ]

SHEVORNE: Phillip, what is going on?

Just talk to me.

You left drugs in my house.

My daughter could have found that.

Did you even think of that?

Phillip?

What is going on?

What?

[ Engine revs ]

[ Rap music plays on radio]

PHILLIP: Bring the bag here!

Don't fuck me around, Shevorne!

[ Music continues]

Now!

[ Music continues]

[ All screaming, coughing ]

[ All shouting, coughing ]

[ Engine revs ]

FRAN: So what time was this?

REVEREND TOM: Early. 6:00.

I heard the car pull up,

and later, I found this.

Take a look.

[ Bag unzips ]

[ Soft music plays ]

[ Exhales sharply ]

[ Music continues ]

[ Exhales sharply ]

We found the remains of a body.

In a bag at the church.

Recent?

I think I know who it is.

It's my cousin.

Zoe.

[ Soft music plays ]

[ Sobbing ]

[ Country music plays on radio]

MAN: Keep going.

-You got the feet? -JOE: Oh fuck, he's heavy.

MAN: Where, Joe? Put it there?

JOE: No, put it in the hip.

It'll keep him down longer.

MAN: Here ya go.

Here, watch it.

[ Clanging ]

[ Mid-tempo music plays ]