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01x03 - Episode 3

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Halifax: Retribution". Aired: 25 August 2020.*
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Rebecca Gibney returns as Doctor Jane Halifax who, after years as a university professor, is brought back into the forensic psychiatrist field to help the police task force find a new serial k*ller.

01x03 - Episode 3

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This is not your ordinary

weekend sh**ter. I mean,

how do you track someone

that leaves no clues behind?

He caught our sh**ter unaware.

Maybe this is

our sh**ter's first mistake.

Pretty soon, the city's gonna be

running out of middle-aged males.

Ben shouldn't be up here.

His m*rder's about me.

It's got nothing to do with this.

Ben was having an affair.

Who was it with?

His first wife, Zoe's mother.

We used to hook up

whenever he was overseas.

I'm broken, just like you.

Don't you think I'm going

to be in more danger

when I'm actually with you?

I still want you to stay with me.

And I want to spend

more time with my mother.

I can't do this anymore.

..ordinary Australians. You can't

even go out into our beautiful city

without being shot at,

being k*lled.

They wanna take our country away,

they wanna take our cities away.

Well, we've had enough!

- Self-proclaimed leader of

the Brotherhood Movement,

Jack McCarthy, is preparing for

a Take Back Our City rally

within the coming weeks.

We are here. Say no more.

We're gonna take our city back.

We're gonna take

our country back.

Last time the right-wing group

staged a rally

Hurry up, everyone.

We'll be late.

Smile!

Speeches!

Ladies and gentlemen

Amy has turned 21.

You have been through so much, my

darling, and you have faced it all.

We don't get these moments

too often in life, but when we do,

we can take a step back and

This is one of those moments.

We love you, Amy

and

Amy!

Amy!

Everybody, get down!

Our sh**ter?

I would say so.

Multiple casualties.

Two fatalities so far.

Ah, Jesus.

You OK?

Oh, I'm fine. Haven't slept in days.

Probably having a breakdown.

So you're

good to come back then?

Melbourne is again facing

an enforceable lockdown

We have three fatalities,

two male, one female,

and three critically injured,

including the girl whose

birthday they were celebrating.

Same calibre. Same weapon

as the previous shootings.

And still no statement.

Well, this is his statement, OK?

He wants us to know how powerful

he is. There is every possibility

that this was an escalation

and that the next sh**ting is gonna

even more casualties.

Ah, I don't think so.

You don't?

No, I don't.

Look, I might have been wrong

about a lot of things lately,

but I don't think you're right.

We're talking six victims,

when there's only ever been one.

Who was shot first?

The daughter.

And the father?

Last. Forensics believe

that some of the rounds

wounded multiple people.

OK. So, we've got a crowded

party boat, multiple people shot

and the last victim, a middle-aged

white male, the usual target.

I think these others

were collateral damage.

Is the profile changing? I mean,

what are we looking at here?

Well, I think we can

discount terrorism.

Terrorism is about the narrative.

This person isn't bothering

to tell us.

He's relying on us to work it out.

Oh, well, go out on a limb

and tell us about the narrative.

Is he an eco-warrior,

taking revenge for a dying planet?

An abused woman fighting back

after a lifetime of violence?

I don't know, a neo-Fascist,

inciting fear and hatred?

Sorry, a neo-Fascist?

How does that work?

"The world's a dangerous place.

You need me to protect you."

It's the lie every would-be

dictator tells his people.

Is that ringing a bell,

Senior Detective?

Wake up, Australia.

We're under attack.

It's a battle for our culture.

And who is our new Fuehrer?

Not nearly as charismatic.

That is Jack McCarthy,

the self-appointed leader

of the Brotherhood.

This picked up a lot of attention

in the press lately.

We've had our eye

on him for a while.

Recent chatter is he's assembling

a cache of weapons.

Your brothers! Your husbands!

To what purpose?

We don't know yet.

..the media lied to you!

The elite, the 1%, they're too

politically correct to do sh*t, and

the politicians are too scared

Ah, this, it's hard to reconcile.

This guy works inside a group.

Our sh**ter's a loner.

How do you know that?

Educated guess.

So rise with us,

and let's take back our city!

Take back our city!

Who's the woman in red?

Ah, it's his girlfriend.

I wanna talk to him.

Oh, there's a high-level flag

on him, boss. I'd be careful.

What does that mean?

It means we'd have

to run anything upstairs.

You said he was building

an arsenal. We don't have

the evidence for it yet.

If there's a chance he's involved,

and given what we already know

Run it upstairs, OK?

They'll tell you the same thing.

You know what?

I will.

Nazis with friends in high places.

Wouldn't be the first.

Oh, Jane. We've been speaking

to some of Ben's suppliers.

If there was a business deal that's

gone bad, it's not on the books.

You will keep me posted.

Yeah. Despite what Tom said.

I said I would.

Thanks.

This is a f*cking clown show.

I've got a tentative

connection between

McCarthy and the Brotherhood,

but the dickheads upstairs

Tom! These dickheads up

top are blocking me

at every single move.

Now you brought me in.

You told me I'd have a clear run.

What the f*ck?

Right now I reckon

I made a bloody big mistake!

Watch your tone, will you?

Look, those dickheads know

you've been tapped for when I go.

They also know you're a bloody

big hero back there in the States.

Do you think that's gonna,

you know, make you their mate?

After all that, hmm?

Don't be so naive.

Do you think I should watch my back?

Well, I reckon you always

gotta watch your back.

You drinking again?

Oh, Christ, Frank!

People are asking.

I just need to know.

No.

I'm not drinking.

Right. Good.

You think this neo-n*zi

is worth pursuing,

I'll make it happen.

You just watch your back.

I will.

And thank you.

Oh, f*ck.

Yes

Push, push, push, push, push!

Police! Police! Police!

Police! Don't move!

Show me your hands!

Get on the ground, smartarse!

Get over there.

Cover him!

Get on the ground!

Cover him!

Settle down!

Settle down!

A night of celebration

has turned to tragedy

with the latest sh**ting victims

now taking the rising

death toll to nine.

And a young woman continues to fight

for her life from the attack.

New details surrounding

the event reveal friends

and family of young Amy Keller were

celebrating her 21st birthday

Hey, you've called Zoe. Leave

a message, or don't, or whatever.

..party boat. The g*nf*re

instantly claimed

the lives of Amy's father

Hello?

Hi. Oh, you look terrible.

You didn't have to come over, Mandy.

Yes, I did.

Wow. It's a lovely place.

Belongs to friends.

Ah, lucky you.

And how are you?

I'm fine. How's Zoe?

Has she called you?

No, she hasn't.

And the police tell me they've

called off her protection detail.

Yeah, well that's between

Zoe and the police No, she needs

their protection, Mandy.

You're talking to the wrong person.

Look, I just wanna

make sure she's OK.

Yeah, I know. Of course you do.

Do you mind if I vape?

It's fine.

Zoe has anxiety.

And given what's happened over

the last couple of weeks,

I think we just need to be

really careful with her.

She's not a little girl

anymore, Jane.

You might have forgotten that.

Do you think

you should see someone?

I just wanna make sure

she's alright.

Honestly, Jane, I'd love to help.

Then help.

Thanks, mate.

OK. Thanks.

Mr. McCarthy

Yes.

You know why you're here.

No, I don't know.

Did you find anything?

Why am I here?

Well, we'd like to know,

and we wanna talk about

your movements two nights ago.

I'm not obliged

to tell you anything.

So save your breath, princess

Jane.

..unless you wanna talk about

Jane, come with me.

..of white people that

you idiots continue to ignore.

Senior Detective Jessica Mulligan.

This is Jane Halifax,

a consulting forensic psychiatrist.

Hi, Jessica.

Don't call me that. It's Smithy.

Tell Jane what you told me.

Ah, something's going on.

The rally Jack's holding, Take Back

Our City? It's well, he's saying

it's just a front for us.

A front for what, exactly?

I was trying to find out,

along with the locations of the g*ns

he's been buying, when your lot

bashed in the f*ck' door.

Detective.

What can you tell us?

Things are escalating.

He's been getting paranoid.

More violent.

Well, he put one of the fellow

Brotherhood members in hospital

last week, but we can't get

that guy to cooperate with us.

I was there.

It was bad.

One of the brothers thinks

he's hired a storage unit.

Don't know where.

I'm trying to find it.

The g*ns are probably there.

Is there any way you can find out?

So, what do you think

I've been trying to do?

Did Jack McCarthy say anything at

all about the shootings? Anything?

Oh, yeah.

He says it's the best thing that's

happened to white power in ages.

Has something

happened to you, Smithy?

I was going through

his things and he found me.

And what'd you do?

What I had to.

Thanks for your time.

We'll be back.

Thank you.

Well, how long has

she been undercover?

This time,

a year and a half.

Well, she's in trauma.

Hyper-vigilance, impulsivity.

On previous assignments,

were there any red flags?

Like what?

Instability, drug use.

No, nothing out of the ordinary.

But there have been problems?

Well, yeah,

it's called being undercover.

Yes, I get that, Nick. But

she referred to the group as 'us'.

Right. Now, you said that you think

the sh**ter might be a woman.

You think she might be police

I'm not saying it's her.

Jesus, Jane, she's

And when were you gonna tell me?

Well, the block of information

has been for her protection.

So you knew.

Yeah, and I was following protocol.

Intelligence tells us that

he's building an arsenal.

We have a sh**ter ready to shut down

the city. We have an operative

that's telling us that McCarthy

is involved, and you're standing

there telling me about protocol?

Well, you could take it upstairs

if you want, boss.

I will. Get out.

Yeah, great.

Do you think she can hold it

together? No.

Yes, I f*ck' can.

Well, I need to ask you

some questions first.

I am this close to finding out

where he's storing his g*ns,

and you wanna go all

health and safety on me.

How you been sleeping? Shithouse!

Have you experienced any of

the following - racing heartrate,

disordered thinking

See?

..visual disturbances

This is why I hate shrinks!

..suicidal thoughts?

I'm not telling you.

Smithy, we need to know that

you won't put yourself in danger.

I'm already in danger, you moll.

Of course I'm stressed.

Look at what I've been doing.

If I don't get to finish this,

then a year and a half of living

with that man

will be for nothing.

Are you gonna do that to me?

f*ck you all!

Hey.

Hey!

Thanks for coming.

Oh, sorry I've missed

all your calls.

I've just just been yeah.

How are you?

I'm a mess, actually.

But I'm really glad

that you saw Mandy.

Meant a lot to me, so.

Listen, Zoe,

the police still don't have many

leads on who who k*lled your dad.

But I wanted you to know it had

nothing to do with the letter.

A former patient of mine wrote it,

but she was just she was trying

to mess with me, and it worked.

So she k*lled Dad?

No. No.

Well, how do you know?

Because she has an alibi.

f*cking hell!

I mean, how long is it

gonna take them to find them?

I just don't understand.

Hey

Like, this is their one job.

Calm down.

I don't understand!

Zoe, calm down, please.

You OK?

I just miss him.

I know you do.

I'm really worried about you.

Please just come back

and stay with me.

I'm fine, I'm fine.

I just I'm just tired.

I have to see Mandy.

I have to go. Sorry.

Just keep in touch.

Someone's dogging us.

Tommy?

You know anything?

Course not.

Of course not.

You sure?

Honestly, Jack.

I I don't know I don't know

Fraser?

Mate, I don't know

Mate!

Don't, mate -

I'm sick of it.

I'd never do that.

You know I'm gonna

find out who it is.

You know I will.

You know, I wanna clarify I'm

I'm upset, you know.

I'm a little disappointed.

I want soldiers.

I'm loyal to you.

I'm taking the heat for you.

How can we be expected to fight

the great white replacement

when we can't even

f*ck' back each other up!

Smithy.

Would you grab me my smokes?

Hey!

Get outta here! Oi!

Get down on the floor!

Get off me! Get off me!

Get the helmet off!

OK.

What's your name?

Hey.

What's your name?

Not gonna tell me your name?

No?

Don't look at that.

Look at me. What's your name?

And you've hurt a couple of

my officers. What was that about?

Hey! I'm talking to you.

What's going on? What was that about?

He tried to force his way in.

Wouldn't take off his helmet.

Come on! They thought he was

carrying a weapon. And was he?

Well, you're gonna talk.

No. Cameras and tripods.

So they assaulted him?

Why wouldn't you take the helmet

off? Well, he wouldn't comply.

They got violent.

Didn't want us to see your face,

is that why?

Because listen, you can sit here

and you can act like you're dumb,

you can act like you're not gonna

say anything, but I guarantee

by the end of the day,

you're gonna tell us your name,

so you might as well say it now.

Can you give us

a minute please, Nick?

Ah, could you also uncuff him?

Thank you.

You too. Thanks.

Want a coffee?

Yeah.

You know, they shouldn't

have done that.

That that is not right.

No, they shouldn't.

Damn it. $161.

$161.

Sorry, what's that?

Ah, that - that -

that's the fine for my bike.

I didn't think I'd be this long.

It's alright, we'll take care of it.

I'm Jane. What's your name?

Neil.

Nice to meet you, Neil.

Neil.

Oh, I brought your camera back.

It's a good one.

Thank you.

So, Neil, can you tell me why you

came to see us today? Aha.

I took a photo. Oh. I take

pictures of birds in the city.

Can I see it?

Yeah. There.

Oh, no, sorry, that - that -

that's a bird.

Him!

Is that the man that's

been sh**ting the people?

What'd he just say?

It might be. Oh, I knew it,

I knew it, I knew it.

Come on.

Thank you.

I want access to all the cameras.

Let's start with the building

where the attacks took place.

You say it like it's easy.

Well, if it was, I'd be doing it.

What's that?

Interference of some kind.

A gap in the footage. Well,

let's go to the street camera.

Fast-forward, will you?

This camera too.

I've never seen this before.

What's the timecode

on the interference?

4:29 p.m. yesterday.

OK, and what about the foyer camera?

4:45. It's in the sequence.

He's hacking the cameras. He's

turning them on and off at will.

Oh, this is f*ck' great.

We've got a casing.

He's starting to panic.

Come on, mate

What the f*ck's Jack's problem?

Hurry up

Just hurry up.

You're making him angry. I said

Oh, look, someone's gotta

go to the pub

You're both f*ck' mental.

Come on

..why's it always me?

f*cking w*nk*r

f*ck you

Get settled down, alright?

Five We're only

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Look

Oh, I don't know why I have to be

saddled with such bloody idiots.

Pond life like you,

when there's a genocide

to stop, a w*r to fight.

A w*r to win.

You feel me, right? I've seen more

spine at the bloody Mardi Gras.

Why do I have to do everything

around here, ya bunch of numb nuts?

If it wasn't you guys who dogged me,

then who the hell was it?

And why aren't you out there

finding out who did it?

Answer me that.

Ya bunch of numb nuts.

We can't be quiet on this.

We gotta be one. That's why

I'm hitting it in the bar.

Loose lips sink ships.

Together we're stronger.

They wanna separate us

Don't worry, Jack.

We'll f*ck' do it.

Don't worry. Don't worry.

Not you!

How could you do this to me, huh?

Baby, no. No, no, no.

No, please, please, please!

No shh, shh.

Not you, hey? Hey?

Why? Why? Why? Why?

Look what you're making me do!

I didn't wanna do this!

You lied to me. You dog.

I don't wanna do this

but you're not giving me a choice.

I trusted you.

I'm gonna have to put you to

sleep like the dog you are!

What are you

Go on!

You're dead! You'll never see

the light of day, as*h*le.

You dogs! Dogs!

Are you alright?

You're gonna have to go through

a full debriefing.

With that shrink again?

No way.

We have a car waiting for you.

Great work.

Hey, Jane! Hey.

Hey. Come in.

Just thought I'd drop round

and see how you were doing.

Right. Did you want a drink?

No, thanks.

So, I'm guessing Turd

told you that he's going on tour?

Yes, he did. Zoe, I just don't think

you should be here by yourself.

I'm fine.

No, you're not.

You looked exhausted.

Probably not eating properly.

You know what happens

when you get run-down.

Jane! Oh, what a surprise.

Oh, I think

that's mine. I'll just

Yeah, on the table,

that's fine.

I'll just grab it.

Yeah, of course.

Listen, I know you think

you're the cool mum taking her out

partying every night.

As if you don't drink half

your bodyweight in chardonnay.

She just lost her father.

If you do anything to hurt her,

you'll have me to deal with.

You should have seen this place.

It was like a like a bloody arsenal.

Dozens of as*ault weapons, multiple

handguns, even a couple of RPGs.

And how's Smithy?

Under the circumstances, she's OK.

Anything to link McCarthy

with the sh**ter? No, nothing.

It's the far right, Tom.

They've got a victim mentality.

They look for other people

who think they're victims as well.

He's not our sh**ter, is he?

I don't think so.

Our sh**ter doesn't think like that.

He thinks he's smarter

than everyone else.

He hasn't released any

kind of statement. I mean,

there's no manifesto, there's

no telephone calls, nothing online.

He's not gonna engage with you until

you prove you're as smart as he is.

So we've just got to sit here

and wait for another sh**ting

to happen? We have to find

a way to engage him sooner.

Well, maybe I could

start the conversation.

Hmm.

Hi. Jane. Have a seat.

Thank you. I'm Lisa.

Thanks.

Let's go.

Thanks for having me.

Oh, it's a pleasure.

It's lovely to meet you. You too.

I'm sorry,

I don't agree with you at all.

The police are obviously

at a total loss. They have

no leads, they have no ideas

Why would you say that, Lisa?

Because their public statements

show that they have

nothing tangible. Come on.

Do you really think

the police would jeopardise

a critical investigation by

releasing sensitive information?

I would expect that, at the very

least, they keep the public

reasonably informed. Not at

the expense of the investigation.

What investigation? What can

the police actually tell us?

That it's ongoing. That they are

following a number of leads,

and the situation

is not as it seems.

So, what is the situation,

in your professional opinion?

I believe these are

not random attacks.

This person acts with precision,

with meticulous attention to detail.

And what about the party boat

murders? Three people are dead.

Well, I think that was a mistake.

I don't think

he meant to k*ll that many people.

This person has a very specific

reason for what they are doing,

and I'm listening. I want to

understand what that reason is.

And I'm sure you're not

alone in that.

That's as much as

I'm prepared to say, Lisa.

That's good. You right with that?

Thank you.

Do you really think

the police would jeopardise

a critical investigation by

releasing sensitive information?

I would expect that, at the very

least, they keep the public

You guys, just grab

those cables over there

reasonably informed

Thanks for having me, Lisa.

Thank you, Dr. Halifax.

It'd be nice to speak, any new

developments.

Certainly.

Yeah.

Hello, Jane.

I thought no-one was listening.

I thought no-one understood.

I'm glad I was wrong.

I feel less lonely now.

We'll talk soon.