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♫ Outside ♫

♫ The wind, it blows ♫

♫ The wind,
it seems to always know ♫

♫ I can taste it ♫

♫ That I´ve found you ♫

♫ My mouth is drowning in you ♫

♫ The edge is hurling at you ♫

♫ And I´m upside down ♫

♫ Baby, I´m upside down ♫

♫ And would you be
my Valentine? ♫

♫ I´ll paint you red ♫

♫ Like friends of mine ♫

♫ Ooh, ooh ♫

♫ Oh, ooh ♫

♫ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♫

♫ Oh, ooh ♫

The death
of Steve Blakely´s wife

has shocked the state.

And the burning question is,

were his actions deliberate
or accidental?

In the coroner´s...

Observers in the
packed courtroom were surprised

by several heated exchanges
between the coroner

and a clearly distressed
Blakely,

who refused to concede
it was an act of mercy.

Experts from each side took
a backseat as the argument...

Many of Blakely´s critics
said the criminal justice system

will treat a high-ranking
police officer

more leniently
than an ordinary citizen.

Nonetheless, amid demands
for his immediate dismissal,

Assistant Commissioner
Steven Blakely remains on leave

until the coroner´s findings
are published.

But this is one more scandal

the government would like to end
quickly,

and one of the most highly
respected investigators

in the state

may soon find his career
in tatters.

Janet!

Are you sure it´s in here?
I can´t see it.

It must be in there somewhere.

Are you sure?

What were you doing
with your phone in here, anyway?

I don´t know.
I was --

-There´s your ride.

Ah.
Here it is.

I´ll sort all this.
Go. Go.

Good-luck talisman?

-They´ll still be here tonight.

I have to go...be a grown-up.

Yes, you do.

-Now.
-Right. Yes.

-Okay.
-Got all your court stuff?

Yes.

Hey.

-Sorry about the short notice.
-That´s all right.

It´s been a while since I´ve
worn anything except trackies.

You look fabulous
after a year with the bubs.

Janet!
Wait!

Forgot something.

I thought I had that.

Well, it was on the floor.

A little hand
must have gone exploring.

Did someone want to try on
Mummy´s curly hair, did they?

Who was that, I wonder.

Come on.
´Fess up.

Come here, sweetheart.

Want to come here?

One final goodbye, I guess.

Mm.

Um, we should really...

Yeah.
All right.

Go to Mama.

I hope it goes well.

-Text me with updates, yeah?
-Of course we will.

-Bye-bye.
-Bye.

-Bye.
-Bye.

So, whose case am I taking over?

Geoff Green. He called in this
morning with whooping cough.

How long are we adjourning for?

Um, we´re not.

Directions hearing?

No.
First day of the trial.

I´m starting a trial
with no preparation?

It´s pretty straightforward.

Nothing´s straightforward.

-Not in my life. Not anymore.

-What´s he like?
-Who?

The accused -- Alex Moreno.

Average.
Normal.

Normal?

He was grooming
a 13-year-old girl for sex.

There´s nothing normal
about that.

Thirteen.
God.

We´ll be fine.

You should meet Caroline.

-Hi.
-Hey. Erin.

Detective Caroline Martin,
Janet King.

-You´re the new Geoff.
-That´s me.

So we´re going ahead?
No more delaying?

-Nope.
-Good.

Been after this bastard
for years.

So when you first joined
that chat room, you, um,

you knew who you were targeting?

Absolutely.

And in the chat room,
Constable Martin,

did you post many messages
yourself?

One or two, mainly just agreeing
with something

one of the others had said.

-They were pretty short.
-Nothing directly to Mr. Moreno?

No question or invitation?

-No.
-Why not?

Well, groomers are looking for
vulnerability.

You want to appear shy
and innocent,

so I logged on as "Sophie" --

You had the profile
of a 13-year-old girl?

Objection.

I´m aware that
you´ve been changing nappies

for the last year, Madam Crown,

but certain rules of advocacy,
such as not leading the witness,

are still part
of the Evidence Act.

Yes, Your Honor.
I withdraw the question.

Uh, Constable Martin,
when you logged on as Sophie,

what information about her
was available

to the other people
in the chat room?

They thought that she was
a 13-year-old schoolgirl.

And then?

-I waited.
-Just waited?

The quieter you are,
the more attractive a target.

I did nothing,
and he made contact.

And all subsequent communication

between Sophie and Mr. Moreno
is the full transcript

in Exhibit A, Your Honor,
which I tendered --

Which you have already tendered,
yes.

I haven´t forgotten.
I still have all my faculties.

Uh, no further questions,
Your Honor.

Mr. Bernard?

No further questions.

You´re excused,
Constable Martin.

Your Honor,
if the court pleases --

The court is rather peckish,
in fact, Mr. Bernard.

What say you put
your no-case submission --

if that´s what it is --
after lunch?

Actually, I will be asking
the court´s permission

to call a witness after lunch,
Your Honor.

Really?

Rather late in the day for
that piece of news, isn´t it?

I want to call the defendant,
Mr. Moreno.

Very well.

Your Honor, my learned colleague

cannot just spring a witness
on us without proper notice.

It is the accused, Madam Crown.

It´s hardly pulling a rabbit
out of a hat.

We´ll break for lunch
and resume at 2:00.

All rise.

Did we have any idea about this?

What did he tell the police?

When we first dragged him in,
he was on about being an artist.

That was his excuse.

Says he was making
a photographic record

of the journey between innocence
and maturity

or some crap like that.

Well, then his lawyer turned up.

Told him to put a sock in it.

In the circumstances,
if you want my opinion,

that´s the line
they´ll run with.

Hey!
Welcome back.

Thank you, Richard.

Great office.
I´ll miss it.

Nice to be on the same team
at last.

-Owen Mitchell.
-Janet King.

Hey, uh, Tony wants a word.
You got a couple of minutes?

-Mm.
-Take care of that?

Sorry.
Apparently I have to run.

That´s Chief Superintendent --

Jack Rizzoli. Yes.
Erin introduced us.

-What is he?
-What, you mean nationality?

Sexual orientation?

-I mean what squad. Fraud? Vice?
-Oh. Um --

He was boss
of the intel directorate.

Now acting head
of State Crime Command.

Got the nod when Steven Blakely
had to step down.

-Oh. You heard about Blakely?
-This morning.

Shit.
I need to express.

Moreno could claim
he and Sophie never even met.

It doesn´t matter, does it?

As long as he incited a minor
to commit a sexual act,

-that´s all we have to prove.
-Did he?

He sent her a text
telling her to masturbate

before the photo shoot.

Okay.
That´s pretty conclusive.

He can´t say it wasn´t him
who sent the text, can he?

There was a call
from the same phone to his wife

-20 seconds later.
-Good.

Of course,
if he´s saying he´s an artist,

he might claim he was only
trying to encourage his model

to have a greater sense
of adult confidence.

So he wasn´t seeking
any gratification at all?

"Your Honor, I was simply trying
to relax a nervous subject

before an important
artistic endeavor."

You still sent the text.

But I was only trying to get
the best photo.

-It was all for art.
-It´s still no defense.

Did he send the text?
Yes.

Is masturbation a sexual act?
Yes.

He can rave about art
till he´s blue in the face,

but the fact is,
that is all we need.

What are you staring at?

Um, is that...okay?

It´s just a bit watery.

Yes. That´s because I am not,
in fact, a cow.

The coroner´s report
just landed.

He´s recommended charges.

Against Steve?

Under that new legislation,
assisted suicide.

Shit.

Course, you don´t have to accept
his recommendations.

Imagine how that would look.

Well, it´s not gonna look good
either way, is it?

Arrest him, you´re betraying
a friend and role model.

Don´t arrest him,
you´re protecting a mate.

Is this helping?

Ah, don´t suppose it is, really,
is it?

What a bloody joke.

Do they realize what this man
has done for this state?

His wife was dying,
for God´s sake.

And they really want him
charged?

Although if we do charge him,

that doesn´t mean that you have
to agree to proceed, does it?

Oh!

Helping our newfound friends
in Crime Command is one thing,

but let´s see the brief before
we start assessing our options.

Nonetheless, it is an option,
theoretically.

Theoretically, but we´re both
accountable here.

Neither of us think a man
like Steve Blakely

should end up in jail, though,
do we?

We both can agree on that.

Well, I don´t think he should,
no.

But we can´t rort the system

just to get
a particular outcome.

Did I say rort?
I didn´t say rort.

Why don´t we just leave it
to a jury and let it run?

I´d do it.

You´d prosecute Blakely?

I handled both assisted-suicide
matters last year.

I know the case law.

It´s one of the rare times you
can do your job as a prosecutor

and not have to call for
the defendant´s blood.

Yes, the law was broken,

but it was a dying wish
and all for love.

We get the right judge,
and everything is sweet.

I mean, he´ll get a bond,
but that´s the end of it.

No need for any real punishment.

Works for all of us, doesn´t it?

Can you state your
full name for the court, please?

Alexander Moreno.

Mr. Moreno, you are charged
with inciting a minor

to commit a sexual act.

Yes.

-Did you?
-No.

And why can you say that?

Because I knew
that she was an adult.

Right from the beginning?

Yes.

Thank you.

How are we going, Madam Crown?

Any questions for the witness?

Yes, Your Honor.

Would you care to share them
with us?

Yes, Your Honor.

I just, um...

Mr. Moreno, um,
when you were online on the, uh,

on the 27th and Sophie
first joined the chat room,

there were six users logged on.

Yes.

And one of the others, not you,
asked Sophie how old she was.

Correct.
Ben asked her.

And she answered 13, didn´t she?

-Yes.
-So you thought she was 13.

-No.
-No? Why?

Do you just assume people lie?
Is that what you´re saying?

No, because Ben´s next question
was, "Where are you?"

And she typed, "Home alone.
Parents out."

So?

Well, Ben´s also 13.

We all knew that.
He logged on often.

So just because Ben´s 13,
you knew Sophie wasn´t?

I´m sorry.

Do you expect the court to
believe that sort of gibberish?

No.

Teenagers don´t use the word
"parents."

Well, not to each other, anyway.

I know. I have a 15-year-old,
and I´ve watched her.

If Sophie was 13
and she was real,

she would have typed "parentals"
or "rentals" or "rents".

So I looked at all that,
and I thought, "You´re not 13."

Yet, I mean, you and Sophie
stayed in contact for months

and never questioned her age.

You kept on asking
about young models

for an exhibition you were doing
on the loss of innocence.

Sure.

Well, I put it to you
that you´re lying to us

and that you did believe
that she was 13.

No, I didn´t.

This photo was to be the last
in a series.

Me and an adult.

My loss of innocence
in believing

that you can just take online
conversations at face value.

So why did you ask her
to masturbate before the shoot?

That was a joke.

Should we ease back
on your workload, perhaps?

Just for your first few weeks.

No, no.
No special treatment.

You sure?

It´s obviously not quite like
falling off a bike.

I´m fine.
Thanks, Tracey.

Is that the warrant?

For immediate execution,
I was told.

Where is he?

He´s with Maya and Drew up at
North Head with Sally´s ashes.

Her body wasn´t released
until after the inquest,

so they´re up there
saying goodbye to her right now.

To hell with immediate
execution.

I´m not gonna arrest him there.

When he gets home.

I´ll see him then.

Might all take a few hours.
I´m sorry.

It´s okay.
Just wake me.

We shouldn´t waste a good week.

Nice.

Yep.

Handy having this so close, huh?

-Oh. Hello.
-Bit of a tough day in the end.

-They pulled a bit of a swifty.
-Yeah.

But we´ve still got closing
addresses, so all is not lost.

Might come and listen to them.

By all means.

It must be a slow day
for policing

if the head of Crime Command
wants to hang around the courts.

Part of my previous job
with intel.

The convictions
were getting harder,

you know, all that work
coming down to nothing,

so word came down from the top

that we had to start working a
little bit closer with the DPP.

Lucky you.

Boy and a girl?

Twins.

Twins?

You seem so calm and relaxed.

Only to the untrained eye.

Mr. King must be
a very supportive husband.

Actually, I don´t have
a Mr. King.

-Sorry.
-No. It´s fine.

-I do have --

It´s my mother.

Yeah, I´m cooking for her
tonight,

and she wants to make sure
I´ve got everything.

Once a mum, always a mum.

Yeah.

One more.

-That´s it.

I couldn´t get them
in sync today.

-Is there a trick to it?
-Blind luck.

Okay. That´s good.
I´ll stop feeling so inadequate.

Can you be home by 5:00
on Wednesday?

Yeah.
Um, Wednesday.

Pilates.
Remember?

Oh. Uh, yep.
Sure.

-Good boy. One more.
-Come on, darling.

How was your day?

-Um, challenging.

We had a pedophile
who was posing as --

Just ignore him.

Punishment will be
counterproductive.

He was posing as an artist.

He knows it´s wrong.
He´s just trying to test me.

Sorry. What?

Is punishment counterproductive?

That´s actually
quite a big statement.

It all depends on the context,
I suppose.

Let´s just try and distract him.

Mm. Yum.

You are brilliant.

You wouldn´t say that
if you saw me in court today.

Oh, give me a break.

Day one.

Nothing seemed to quite...fit.

-Do you want me to?
-No. Are you kidding?

She´s settled.

Do you want to talk about work?

Later.

We might watch some TV.
We´ll keep the volume down.

Night-night.

Night-night.

You want to watch something?
Let´s see.

What´s on TV?

Assistant Commissioner Blakely
was, uh, very cooperative,

as you´d expect.

Will he be pleading guilty?

Uh, well, that´s a question
for the assistant commissioner

and his, uh, lawyers.

So he hasn´t made any indication

-of his intention to plead?
-Uh, no. No, he hasn´t.

Which is, uh,
entirely appropriate

considering the circumstances.

Assistant Commissioner
Steven Blakely

first came to prominence
in the mid-1980s

with several high-profile
underworld arrests.

He then transferred
to the National Crime Authority,

where he was responsible
for the seizure of illegal drugs

with a street value
of more than 200 million --

Who´s looking at it?

-Richard.
-Oh, good.

He needs a bit
of real-world pressure.

Have you assigned a crown yet?

I thought you might want to be
consulted.

Oh, whatever you think.
I´m impartial.

Anyone in particular
I should impartially favor?

No.

Yes.
No.

Yes or no?

Maybe not Owen Mitchell.

-Not Owen?
-Too close to Jack Rizzoli.

Oh, I thought
we were now in favor

of closer ties with the police.

I was -- am --
but I´m beginning to sense

why my illustrious predecessor
was opposed to it.

Uh, look.
Who-Whoever´s got the least on.

Just keep it purely objective.

Owen.

Tracey. How did I know
you´d be wanting a word?

In case you´re wondering, yes --
I´ve moved that assault matter,

delayed the Butcher of Branxton
case,

and I am primed and ready
for Blakely.

Janet´s got it.

Uh, she has no prior history
with Blakely at all.

That´s what it came down to.

Much better for everyone.

Well, not everyone.

For the transparency of process.

So in deciding who gets what
now Janet´s back,

what, sometimes it´s seniority,
sometimes it´s take it in turns,

and sometimes it´s like, what,
a judgment call?

You could express it that way.

Chance of getting
a little heads-up

on which ones fall
into which category?

Possibly.

What happened?
Fifty words or less.

Sally Blakely was diagnosed
a year ago.

Esophageal cancer.
Aggressive.

She was at home.
Couldn´t swallow.

Uh, very little chance
of recovery,

but not quite
in the final stage.

Had a butterfly needle
in her abdomen

so Blakely could give her
a syringe every so often --

mixture of midazolam
and morphine.

He kept a record of what he used

and how much he had
in the house.

Just after 7:00 p.m.,

she started looking in a lot
of pain, according to him,

and within 10 minutes,
he´d given her three injections.

-How many?
-Three.

Three syringes?

And then he called the hospital
at...8:14.

And when the ambulance arrived
at 8:26, she was already dead.

So it was intentional.
Three in 10 minutes.

Ah.

So you´ve brought in some backup
for Moreno.

Uh, no. Richard´s instructing
on the Blakely matter.

Oh.

Good.

So, intentional?

Well, the police have charged
him with assisted suicide.

That´s law now, is it?

It´s still a crime
because you kill someone,

but if the evidence supports
a terminal illness

and the victim
clearly wanted death,

the range of sentencing
is quite low.

And that´s
what the coroner thinks?

Yes, but Blakely says
it was just pain relief.

Well, she´s certainly
not in pain any longer.

Well, he´s maintained
it was just the stress

of watching a loved one in
agony, just wanting it to stop.

There was no real thought
of death at all.

Although according to
the daughter,

Mrs. Blakely said she´d rather
die quickly than linger on.

What about the son?

He doesn´t agree, interestingly.

Should I bring Drew Blakely in?

-Yes.
-Okay.

Thank you.

So why Janet King?

I believe it came down
to availability.

You didn´t think to look at
who might be a better fit?

I´m sorry.

Are you questioning
how I manage my staff?

Just a query.

She only just came back to work.

She´s bringing up twins.

It wasn´t exactly
a stellar return

to the courtroom yesterday.

I´d back her against anyone else
on this floor.

Even out-and-out champions
don´t win every race.

Maybe so.

But she hasn´t had an
assisted-suicide case before,

and Owen has.

So when the media asks
why the DPP hasn´t gone back

to the man with the runs
on the board

regarding a tricky piece
of new law,

your answer´s gonna be?

Well, how could we?

Owen Mitchell came to the bar
via police prosecution.

-Yes, I know that.
-And before that,

he actually worked as a
detective under Steven Blakely.

It would have been
a clear conflict of interest.

I knew it was something.

Yes.

I see your dilemma.

When was the last time
you saw your mother alive, Drew?

The day before.

Your dad was there?

He was in the house, but he left
us alone for a half-hour or so.

Hi.

Keep going, please.

I talked to her for a bit
about stuff.

Nothing serious -- CDs, books.

She wanted me to, um,
buy some books on CD.

You know how much
she liked to read.

Yeah.
Always had a book in her hand.

Yeah. That was Mum.

Did she ever indicate
that she´d had enough,

was tired of living --
words to that effect?

I mean, maybe to Dad.

-But not to you?
-No.

Are you absolutely certain

you never heard her say anything
like that at all?

Yeah.

And if you were asked
whether you thought

your father could´ve ended
your mother´s life,

what would you say?

I´m not gonna have to say
any of this in front of him

in court or anything, am I?

Well, we honestly don´t know
at the moment.

I suppose...

Look.
The thing is, see...

...everything´s black or white
to Dad.

He loved her.

I mean, you know how much
he loved her.

You saw us all together, right?

But he´s always like,
"That´s right. That´s wrong."

There´s very little gray in Dad,
so if it ever got to a point

where that seemed like
the right thing to do, then...

...then yeah, it´s possible.

God, I suppose I could see it
going that way.

Okay.

Thanks, Drew.

We´ll be in touch, mate.

Someone will see you out.

Just this way.

He´s a credible witness.

So is his sister,

and she says her mum
did want to die.

So where are we?

Well, whichever way we go,
we can´t drop it.

What do we go with?

You´ve charged him
with assisted suicide,

and yet Blakely himself says
it was an accident.

Which could be manslaughter.

It was sort of an accident.
I mean, that´s what we think.

But if it really was
intentional,

then that could be murder.

Which is what it would´ve been
a year ago.

If we can´t prove
that Sally wanted to die,

then we have to go for
manslaughter.

Do me a summary,
and I´ll discuss it with Tony.

Charge me with assisted suicide.

They bump it up to manslaughter.

They want a big scalp, do they?

Not really.

It´s not like they want a
custodial sentence or anything,

but...they don´t want it
to look like a sham either.

And the problem is,
Sally didn´t leave anything

indicating what she
really wanted.

And while Maya will say
Sally did want it to end,

if Drew´s asked,
he´ll say she didn´t,

or at least that he never
heard her say it.

Yeah, but Drew and Sally,
they loved each other.

She would never have wanted to
burden him

with something like that.

-He would have freaked out?
-He´s getting better now.

He´s found his niche
in computing.

Makes decent money.

But if you put something on him,

you know, I mean, emotionally,
he just clams up.

Always has.

I tried to shake it out of him,

but you are what you are,
I suppose.

But then I would say that
in my position, wouldn´t I?

And I can see their point.

A weak charge
makes them look weak.

Oh, well.

There´s nothing I can do
about it.

You got a good lawyer?

A good lawyer?

Now, what makes a good lawyer,
I wonder.

Got any plans for tonight?

Oh, no.

Guess I´ll finish this
if there´s nothing on telly.

Well, we can´t have that,
can we?

I´ll just give Lina a call.

So, um...

-Lenny.
-Ah!

Lenny McPherson.

Had hands like bloody shovels.

No.
He was a good get.

I worked on that
for bloody years.

-Anyone you didn´t get?
-Not many.

George Freeman...
and Danny Novak.

They were the two
I really wanted.

But George beat us to heaven --
or hell, as the case may be,

and Danny got smart, didn´t he?

And then there was
the royal commission.

In one year,
we went from a dodgy force

that was controlling
the whole bloody state

to a clean one that handed
the crims the advantage.

Still, you can´t be wishing for
the good old days.

No, no.
Don´t get me wrong.

Something had to be done.
It was getting ridiculous.

But we lost a whole generation
of experience,

and then all of a sudden,
we´ve got kids

and university students
taking on hardened killers.

And everything´s on camera now,

so you can´t get angry,
you can´t get upset.

No wonder the bloody
conviction rate´s plummeted.

Actually, they´re going up again
this year.

Oh.

Yes, I heard that
from Jack Rizzoli too.

Isn´t it funny that when
the pollies swear blind

they´re gonna get tough
on crime, convictions go up?

Is that ´cause all of a sudden
we´re better at our job

or your lot are better at yours?

-Uh, both.
-Us.

Maybe, maybe.

It´d be hard to explain
otherwise, wouldn´t it?

Good polly.

Good cop.

Good lawyer.

What are they
when you get right down to it?

I´ll tell you one thing.

A good man is never beaten
by fear.

You ready? Watch this!

If there´s anything, you know,
I can do, just --

No, no.
Thanks, mate. Thanks.

Thanks, Lina.
Thanks.

Oh, God, I miss her.

No. No, no.
No.

See, they don´t understand
how it feels.

You watch your love --

the love of your life
in so much pain.

She could barely breathe, mate.

But then afterwards,
she was so full --

And not just her.

The whole room was full...
of peace.

-Love.
-Ready? We´re on.

That´s all there is.

Mr. Blakely, we have a lady here
who claims you deliberately

shut down the investigation
into her daughter´s death.

Do you remember Oriana Vasilich?

-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-This is her mother, Dianne.

Do you know who killed
her daughter?

No, I do not.

Liar!
You´ve known for years!

Here´s everyone saying
what a great man you are,

but it´s all lies, isn´t it?

He was paid off.
That´s what happened.

He never lifted a finger.

That´s enough.

Was it laziness
or was it corruption?

Do we know all the facts
about Steven Blakely?

And could it mean
the recent death of his wife

is simply the callous act
of a man with much to hide?

Can´t get an unbiased jury
with these sort of headlines.

I think that´s up to the
defense, given the accusations.

I would´ve thought
a general respect for fairness

might reflect well on us.

Owen, don´t you have
your own matters?

I also thought second and third
opinions were valued in here.

Yes.
When sought, usually.

Uh, who is this Oriana girl,
anyway?

Unsolved case from ´94.

Working girl.

Smart, gorgeous,
and apparently a fantastic root.

So I heard.

Then got involved
with some very powerful people,

and one day she disappeared.

Probably started wanting
too much.

Background knowledge can help.

It can also highlight
an existing relationship

with the accused

for those
who want to find reasons

to get a trial abandoned.

So it gets abandoned.

Where did the whole manslaughter
charge come from anyway?

What genius thought
that was appropriate?

-We all did.
-Brilliant.

Well, it might work out better
than assisted suicide, actually.

-Hey.
- Oh, J--

Don´t scare me!

What´s new
in the sex crimes unit?

Sadly, nothing.

Just more and more of the same.

What´s this?

Thirty-six thousand
hard copies of child porn

from a Russian Internet site.

Who takes these?

Mostly candid shots --
bedrooms and bathrooms.

Their parents?

Don´t think about it.

Just contemplate the marvels
of the Internet.

Timothy Clarke,
50-year-old father of two.

Takes in his computer
for repairs.

Bingo. These are all found
100 folders deep.

The problem is,
if they really are from Russia,

how do I prove that these girls
are under 16?

I can either find one
who´s, like, a 5-year-old,

like beyond argument,

or find one
I can somehow identify.

Well, let´s hope you find
a 5-year-old.

Do I?

Do I really hope that?

Alex Moreno asserts that he knew

from the second message Caroline
posted that she was an adult.

But what does his behavior
tell us?

None of his subsequent e-mails
or text messages

suggest that at all.

In fact, every single one
of them implies the opposite.

If he always thought
she was an adult,

why didn´t he say that
the minute he was picked up

or during his record
of interview

or at any stage
during the committal hearing?

Innocent people
simply accept the world.

They don´t imagine deceit
or subterfuge.

But if we are to believe
Mr. Moreno here,

all we are doing is revealing
our own innocence,

because experience tells us
he is making a desperate bid

to save himself.

But the evidence of his guilt is
in every line of the transcript.

Nothing further, Your Honor.

Thank you, Madam Crown.

I´ll review the evidence

and deliver my judgment
on a date to be confirmed.

So you talked to Gillies?

Yeah, I saw Tony.

According to him,
we all share the same goal.

We´ve got to be seen
to play fair

and yet play our cards in a way
that keeps you out of jail.

I´ll drink to that.

It would be much easier to do

if the old pisshead trusted me
a bit more, but it´s okay.

Good.

So?

The problem
with assisted suicide

is it admits an intention
to kill.

But there´s actually a lack
of evidence

supporting the assertion
that Sally wanted to be killed.

So then it starts to sound
like murder.

There was never any intention.

It was -- It was accidental.

That´s right.
That´s their point.

Or our point.

-Their point?
-Our point.

What can I say?
I´ve got a foot in both camps.

Anyway, as a cop,
looking at the scene,

us cops can see what happened.

It was an accident with
unintended consequences that
nonetheless could have been
foreseen

if you hadn´t have been
so emotional.

Exactly.
An accidental death.

Right.

The bummer is, to us lawyers,
that´s called manslaughter.

The good news, however,
is, uh...

Well, it´ll all be better
if you plead guilty.

Fuck off!

Steve, if you fight it and
lose it, you will go to jail.

Have you all gone fucking mad?

This is bullshit!

My wife dies in my arms,

and before I can even scatter
the ashes,

I´m in the coroner´s court.

And then some mad bitch
tells everyone I´m bent.

And the good news --
the good news --

is I´ve got to cop it!

Fuck off!

Who´s running this, uh,
p-prosecution?

Janet King.

What about her?
Can we get to her somehow?

She been shagging a postman
or something?

She´s gay.

Well, surely that´s
still illegal somewhere.

Fuck.
I don´t know.

Just give me her address and --
and a bottle of uppers,

and I´ll take care of it
by myself.

Come on.

I´m joking, Clive.
I´m just letting off steam.

Nobody´s wearing a wire,
are they?

No.
Come on.

Please.

Look, if you plead guilty
and you show remorse,

it lets them argue
for a suspended sentence.

And I wear
a manslaughter conviction.

You stay free.

I´ve still got to face myself,
Owen.

Just think about it, Steve, eh?

For all of us.

Is your client ready
to enter a plea?

Yes, Your Honor.

To the charge of manslaughter,
how do you plead, Mr. Blakely?

Guilty, Your Honor.

Is Wednesday clear, Counsel?

As the court pleases.

Wednesday, then.

I´ll hear submissions
on sentencing at 10:00 a.m.

And given
the unusual circumstances,

I am happy to continue
with the current bail conditions

unless the Crown objects.

No objection, Your Honor.

The matter is adjourned
until Wednesday at 10:00.

Bail to continue.

Heading back?

No.
I´ve still got the Moreno case.

Do you want me to start
on a draft for Blakely?

What do you recommend?

Well, if we want it suspended,

maybe we should just ask for
a year, 18 months.

Man of fine character,
impeccable record.

An act driven solely by love
for a terminally ill wife.

Do you think?

I could say it with feeling.

Tatum.

Janet!
Hi.

Erin said that you went
somewhere.

Yeah. Yeah.

I´m, um, I´m down in Canberra
at the Commonwealth DPP.

But we´re up here

for three or four weeks
for a big trafficking case.

Sex?

I mean the case.

Is it sex trafficking
or is it --

What?
Drugs or guns --

-Yeah, it´s -- it´s sex.
-Right.

-Do you have any time --
-I´m running a little bit late.

-Good luck.
-Yeah! Thanks. You too.

-So...
-What?

-Why did she leave?
-Why should I know?

I-I mean, I don´t, obviously.

Change of scenery.
Better architecture.

Who knows why women do anything?

Uh, some women.

Young wom--
Younger women.

Forget it.
Ignore me.

Do you know?

No.
Don´t ask me.

I had six months out,

and when I came back,
she´d left.

And don´t say it.

I knew you´d come back.

I knew you´d say it.

We must be mindful

that Mr. Moreno´s reputation
both as husband and father

and as an artist
has been on trial here.

In the end,

the Crown case relied on
the absence of evidence --

Nothing directly proves

Mr. Moreno did know Sophie
was really 27,

so he must have believed
she was 13.

Mr. Moreno´s argument,
on the other hand,

rested on a real piece
of evidence --

the word "parents" --

plus, his rather
convincing explanation

for why he kept his knowledge
of Sophie´s real age to himself.

Did Mr. Moreno believe he was
communicating with a minor?

Despite Madam Crown´s
rather smug assertion

that I will be outing myself
as childishly innocent,

I am not persuaded he did.

Therefore,
the charge is not proven.

Mr. Moreno,
I find you not guilty.

You are free to go.

All rise.

Don´t worry.
We´ll get him sooner or later.

"Mr. Moreno´s
convincing explanation."

Is that what Judge Renmark
called it?

You could´ve asked for help.
I´m in the sex crimes unit now.

I know.
I´m sorry.

So I do know a bit
about the case law in this area.

If we had time,
we would´ve asked.

But we only had an hour,
and we thought we had to prepare

for a defense
on the grounds of art.

Which is no longer valid.

Oh, it´s all changed.

Legislation went through
last June.

Art is no longer a defense.

I didn´t know.

Not trying to be smart.
Just saying.

Okay.
Let´s debrief.

Bad luck.

Was it?

She lost.

I heard.

I´m sure she´s really very good,
though.

Have I gone mad, or is that
the most perverse judgment

-you´ve ever heard?
-Ever?

We need to go over it.
Copy it. Get a highlighter.

-Why?
-We have to find an error.

Why?
We can´t do anything.

Well, the attorney general can.

In the House, move a motion,
take a vote, kick Renmark out.

But he´s retiring soon anyway.

Still, it´s pretty bloody
infuriating.

That sleazy creep´s
back out there now

because a geriatric judge gave
him a get-out-of-jail-free card.

I mean, why wasn´t that
being heard by a jury, anyway?

They asked for a judge alone.

No, they can´t.
It had to be a jury trial.

Yes, but we didn´t object.

-Why not?
-Because Tony told me not to.

Renmark´s a pro-Crown judge --
or has been.

So what happened today?
What was different?

Me?
I mean, he sure didn´t like me.

Yeah.
I kind of got that.

Was it something I said?
Is that what lost it?

What?

Nothing.

No.
Tell me.

Was I really that smug?

Or was he just getting lazy and
didn´t want to write a judgment?

What do you think happened?

-It´s as much me as you.
-What is?

Well, we were too busy trying to
guess what the defense would be.

But the charge had
three elements to it.

We should´ve just concentrated
on making sure we were strong

on all three.

Control your emotion
and go back to first principles.

That´s what you always
used to say.

And we didn´t.

"In summary,
given the agreed facts,

the Crown accepts
that Steven Blakely´s motives

were only to relieve highly
distressing pain and anguish,

and, as such, we do not seek
a term in custody --"

What are we doing here, Richard?

Arguing for a suspended
sentence, I think, aren´t we?

Yes, but why?

Put aside who Blakely is
for a moment,

and let´s relook at the facts
and the circumstances.

Do they make that appropriate?

Don´t they?

Do they?

Well, here are the facts.

The autopsy report.

The amount of pain
she would have been in.

The dosage and frequency of drug
use over the previous month.

Blakely´s first statement
to the police.

Maya and Drew´s
first statements.

Three injections of morphine
in 10 minutes.

-They sleeping?
-Finally.

Oh, you look exhausted.

-What can I do?
-Nothing.

Go lie down.
I´ll join you in 20.

Mm.
Don´t work too late.

Sorry for the time.
I hope I didn´t wake --

Don´t apologize
for calling late.

I wouldn´t have answered
if I didn´t want to talk.

Thanks.

Um, it´s just Drew´s
credit card account.

He had ordered those audiobooks
for his mum,

um, two days before.

So?

Doesn´t that show her intention
to live?

Maybe -- then.

So you´re still happy
asking for a suspended sentence?

I-I don´t mind.
I´m just asking.

People in palliative care

can change their outlook on life
pretty quickly.

If she declined rapidly
in the last few hours

and he was there
like he claims --

panicking, highly emotional,
watching her writhe in agony --

maybe it´s true.

No one else was there that day,
were they?

When was the last time
the nurse was there?

Was that the day before?

Uh, you´ve got a report.
It´s in the file.

Um...

Okay.
Here it is.

It was midmorning on Tuesday.

Tuesday?

Your Honor, you cannot give
a terminally ill patient

that much morphine in 10 minutes

and look surprised
when it kills them.

Even given the highly stressed

and emotional state
the accused claims he was in,

somewhere in the back
of his mind,

he had to know death
was a real possibility.

And even more tellingly,

Steven Blakely hadn´t called his
community nurse for three days.

His wife is in increasing pain,

and normally the greatest fear
in that scenario

is running out of painkillers --
and indeed he was.

So why on earth
didn´t that concern him?

Can we seriously believe
that was just an oversight?

Under those circumstances?
Really?

Your Honor, the Crown submits

it was because
he must have known somehow,

consciously or otherwise, she
wasn´t going to need any more.

Steven Blakely´s a public figure

in whom the public had
unconditional faith.

This makes his actions, which
were deliberately reckless,

even more appalling.

He didn´t order
any more painkillers,

and he gave Sally
three quick injections

which were always going to be
potentially lethal.

This was an act at the high end
of criminal negligence.

The need for general deterrence
in this case

is demonstrably grave
and paramount.

An immediate custodial sentence

in the upper range
of 8 to 10 years

is the minimum
that should be considered.

Thank you, Counsel.

I will consider
the issues raised

and sentence the accused
tomorrow at 10:00 a.m.

All rise.

I had no idea.

It was widely believed

that Assistant Commissioner
Steven Blakely

would receive
a suspended sentence.

But in a surprising turn,

Janet King,
senior Crown prosecutor,

argued persuasively
for a heavy custodial sentence.

Others remain horrified

at the prospect of one of our
best investigators being jailed

for nothing more than trying to
alleviate the agony

of his dying wife.

But Steven Blakely has robbed us

of any opportunity
for one final act of love.

He deserves
what´s coming to him.

All we wanted was a chance
to say good--

Did you know Janet
was gonna say that?

I´ll defend her right to say it.

Don´t you have any control
over this place?

You are the director,
the man in charge,

the bloke who´s supposed to put
his stamp on everything...

-So much for working together.
-Don´t you start!

...and make sure
everyone toes the line,

that their proper results
are achieved?

Can I just speak to her?

I don´t want her
on any of our cases ever again!

Actually, you don´t get a say
in it.

We have to work
on a relationship, Tony.

-Well?
-Read Drew´s interview

and the autopsy and the nurse´s
report and look at the photos.

And what do you know about him?
You don´t know him at all.

Well, reports don´t help you
understand a man.

And is he really
who you think he is?

Oh, for fuck´s --

Don´t you tell me
who Steve Blakely is, please.

I have worked with him
for 20 years.

You´ve been brainwashed by that
silly ranting Vasilich woman.

No, I haven´t.

Oriana´s murder
is an entirely different matter,

anomalies and all.

-What´s that meant to mean?
-Oh, that´s what this is about.

I get it now.
It´s all about you.

Don´t be ridiculous.

Oh, she got taken to the
cleaner´s in the Moreno case,

and your pride took a little bit
of a hit.

So now you want to salvage
your reputation

by sending Blakely to jail.

Oh, that´ll show us all
how tough you are.

That´ll show them
you´re back to your best!

To hell with fair play!

To hell with teamwork
and natural justice!

Christ!

-You selfish dyke!
-Hey!

-I want an inquiry into her.
-Oh, come on! Get out!

Go on!
Get out!

Oh, it´s okay for her to send
an assistant commissioner
to Long Bay,

but I can´t tell her
what I think about it?

Is that what the culture is
around here now? Is it?

Oh, no.
No.

From the side of the fence
I sit on, Tony,

if you´re gonna give attitude,

you´ve got to be able
to take it!

What?!

Now, I apologize
for the personal insult, yeah.

Obviously out of line,
and I will put that in writing.

But I will not back away

from what I said about her
professionally.

Haven´t you thrown the cat
among the pigeons.

No choice.

The joys of appearance work.

It´s not for everyone,
I suppose.

No.

Uh, they were in the kitchen.

Thank you.

If I forgot those, I would have
been in real trouble.

How is Ash?

It is generous of her
to give up her career

for you and your children.

All good?

Yep.

God bless modern refrigeration.

No more bad apples.

Yes. Everyone thinks that´s
such an advance, don´t they?

But even the ones that look good
are trouble,

as Adam and Eve found out.

So you never can tell really,
can you?

What do you think
of Owen Mitchell?

Oh.
Actually, strike that question.

It´d just be gossip and --

No.

Uh, a lot of the blogs
and commentaries this afternoon

were swinging back
in Blakely´s favor.

"Why lock him up?"

"Happens every day
in cancer wards," et cetera.

But for what it´s worth...

...I agree with you.

What do you think he should get?

I don´t know.
I haven´t followed it.

No, but I mean as a --
as a gut feeling.

Like, which side are you on?

Just call me neutral.

Honestly,
I´ve got enough problems

with my own work at the moment.

Well, thanks, uh,
for your support.

♫ And I´m waiting for the day ♫

Bitch.

♫ I know you´ve got your part ♫

♫ And I´m waiting for the day ♫

Well?

Shouldn´t be long now,
Your Honor.

♫ I know you´ll have the heart ♫

♫ And I´m hoping that... ♫

And?

Uh, we´re just trying to locate
Mr. Blakely, Your Honor.

Has anyone been in contact
with him this morning?

Not as such, no.

You´ve obviously tried
calling him.

-Of course.
-And gone to his house?

No one´s answering.

What exactly are you telling me,
Mr. Schaeffer?

He isn´t there, he isn´t here,
he´s not answering his phone,

and what,
now we´re half an hour late?

He´s bolted?

Uh, yes, Your Honor.

Uh, could be car trouble,
um...traffic.

I´m issuing a bench warrant

for the immediate arrest
of Steven Blakely.

Sergeant Downs, please contact
the Australian Federal Police

and Australian Customs

and instruct them
to issue pass alerts

on all sea and air borders.

And circulate a description
of the car and the man

to all relevant authorities
in all Australian jurisdictions.

Steve?!

Steve?!

♫ Hold on ♫

♫ What did you say that for? ♫

♫ And I´m waiting for the day ♫

Whatever happens,
you can´t blame Janet.

It´s never personal.

Basically she´s just
her own worst enemy.

Not while I´m alive.

♫ And I´m waiting for the day ♫

♫ What am I waiting for? ♫

♫ Hold on ♫

♫ What did you say that for? ♫

♫ Hold on ♫

-♫ What did you say that for? ♫

♫ Hold on ♫

Janet King.

It´s Andy.

He left a message
on his computer.

What?

It just says,
"Please forgive me."

If anyone has seen my father,

please get in touch
with the police.

Find him -- dead or alive.

I want speed.

I want professionalism.
I want a result.

-So, what have we got?
-The car´s unlocked.

Keys under the front seat.
No obvious blood.

No obvious damage to the
interior of the car or the boot.

But this car is parked
outside Blakely´s house.

And the neighbor heard a female
voice yelling outside the door

about 7:00 p.m.

-That´s the woman.
-Who is she?

I don´t like you questioning me
and my work

in front of a witness.

You totally intimidated her.

I´ve secured the assistance of
an eyewitness in a murder case

while you´ve been fluffing
around, making cups of tea.