01x01 - Muzjiks

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[ETHEREAL MUSIC]

[LIGHT AIRPLANE DRONES]

[TENSE MUSIC BUILDS]

[LIGHTER FLICKS]

Get your own.

Yeah, I'll just duck
to the shop, shall I?

[LIGHTER FLICKS]

There she is.

MICHAEL: f*ck' how does
anyone survive out here?

GEORGIA: You don't, I guess.

Happened slowly enough

they managed to get
a distress signal out.

[CROW CAWS IN DISTANCE]

What distress signal?

You're standing on it.

Ah, you two drew the short
straw, huh? [CHUCKLES]

Hey, give us one of those?

[MICHAEL SIGHS]

[WENDY CHUCKLES]

Local PD are underground
in the living quarters.

They're waiting for a chat.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[DOOR CLOSES]

OK, so, uh, just this way.
Watch out for the...

So, yeah, uh,
young Darryl here found 'em.

Is that right, Darryl?

You found the bodies?

Uh, yeah.

Yeah, four bodies, uh, all found

in and around the premises.

All male.
All in states of deceased.

What do you know about
the missing scientist?

HOWARD: Kate Reynolds.

DARRYL: We were looking for her
by the creek

and, uh, we came across...

the old guy.

HOWARD: Yeah.

Do you know what it is
they were studying out here?

-Space.
-[CAMERA CLICKS NEARBY]

Space?

Yeah, you know, stars. Galaxies.

You know, things of that nature.

-Planets.
-Well, yeah, exactly. Yeah.

Uh, um, I mean, we largely
left them to themselves.

I mean, this station's -
what is it, Darryl? -

about 340 clicks
from Barrawin, so...

MICHAEL: So how did you know
something was wrong?

[HOWARD SIGHS] Well,
apparently there were plans

for the scientists to
contact their families

on Christmas Day via radio

and, you know, when those
communications were missed,

that's when the family members,
uh, contacted us.

Howard, that was three days ago.

That is... That's...

Yeah.

You waited three days

to come and check it out?

Yeah, well, look,
it was Christmas Day.

You know, Barrawin PD,

I mean, it's just basically
me and Darryl, you know?

Oh, yeah, and Geoff.
Except Geoff has the diarrhoea.

Who's Geoff?

He has the diarrhoea.

OK. [INHALES]

What's down there?

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[DOOR SQUEAKS]

[COUGHS]

Mick?

[DOOR SQUEAKS]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC BUILDS]

KAYLA: Alright,
you nasty b*tches!

Are you ready for some murders?

-[AUDIENCE CHEERS]
-Whoo!

DAMIEN: Yay! Amazing!

So it's been 37 years
since the Parrish killings.

Man, these killings
are older than me.

[AUDIENCE TITTERS]

-Are they?
-What?

So we've been talking
about this for months now.

This Parrish series has been
a huge multi-parter for us.

Big-time.

And I've gotta say,

you do get obsessed
from time to time.

[AUDIENCE CHUCKLES]

But this one,
the Parrish Station m*ssacre,

this is special for you.

-Well, yeah, this is my baby.
-Yeah.

-This is my little m*rder baby.
-Don't call it m*rder baby.

[AUDIENCE LAUGHS]

It's not just that this case

remains unsolved.

This thing,
the more time you spend with it

and the deeper you go,

the weirder it becomes.

And you have these two cops
at the centre of it,

Georgia Cooke...

-[AUDIENCE CHEERS, APPLAUDS]
-and Michael Thorne.

And neither of them

will ever run another case
after this.

[DISTURBING MUSIC]

GEORGIA: Simon Lim.
Late 40s, early 50s.

Body's been displayed
post-mortem.

Crudely autopsied.

Organs removed.

WENDY: Tell me when you spot it.

George, you seen...

GEORGIA: Toaster's
been taken apart.

A couple of other items
on the pool table too.

A guitar, a cassette player,
some tools.

MICHAEL: Oi.

Is this a research station
or a mine?

Uh, correct, yeah.

-What's correct?
-[CAMERA CLICKS]

Uh, well, I-I-I mean,
it used to be a mine.

And then, um, you know,
Parrish Minerals converted it,

as it were,
into a research station.

-[CAMERA CLICKS]
-WENDY: You seen it yet?

Yeah, what did they mine?

Um...

Uranium.

My dad worked out here
in the '60s.

[MUG THUDS]

So this was all run by
the Parrish family?

Yes, yes, that's right.

Uh, all part of
the philanthropic, um...

Oh, Jesus. [LAUGHS NERVOUSLY]

It's... That's a bit full-on.

GEORGIA: Mick?

Is that clotting
on the incision?

WENDY: It is.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

This happened
while he was alive.

[PULSATING TENSE MUSIC]

WENDY: Times of death
are gonna be

hard to pin down precisely
in these conditions.

MICHAEL: You understand
how massive this is gonna be?

GEORGIA: How close can you get?

Uh, they've been here
at least three days.

Uh, beyond that, I don't know.
[CHUCKLES]

Heat does some fairly
wacky stuff to the human body.

MICHAEL: This is a site run by
Parrish Minerals.

This will be national news
for weeks.

Gary Boyd.

[DISTURBING MUSIC]

Circular gouge to the left side
of the throat,

consistent with...

Beer bottle?

About the right size.

No shortage out here.

Can I ask a silly question,
Wendy?

Where the f*ck are his teeth?

WENDY: Left hand.

Left hand?

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

DAMIEN: Now, I've never
claimed to be a dentist.

-True.
-OK?

[LAUGHS] But that is not
where teeth,

you know, medically go.

-[KAYLA LAUGHS]
-You know what I mean?

-[AUDIENCE LAUGHS]
-So, I guess...

Uh, I guess, what the f*ck?

[AUDIENCE LAUGHS]

-We don't know.
-Mm.

We honestly don't.

The case file, which has been
publicly available since 2002,

is, I would say,
suspiciously thin

on the details about
all of this.

OK, so it's a cover-up. Does
it go all the way to the top?

OK, just so you know,
I am aware I am being mocked.

[AUDIENCE LAUGHS]

But let me give you
another example

of something that we have
f*ck-all explanation for.

This was found in the vicinity
of the crime scene

and four more dotted
around the site.

MICHAEL: George, reckon we can
hurry things along out here?

What's this about?

MICHAEL: Pile of rocks.

f*ck, you're good.

[CROW CAWS]

[INTRIGUING MUSIC]

[FLIES BUZZ]

Did he get burned by something?

The sun.

The sun did that?

[FLIES BUZZ]

He tried to crawl to shade.

See those marks?

That tree, maybe.

They said they looked for the
missing scientist out this way.

But there wasn't
another vehicle?

Just that one back there?

No. As far as we can tell.

If she's on foot, she's dead.

And the last one?

Tower.

[OPPRESSIVE MUSIC]

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[EQUIPMENT HUMS]

[WENDY SIGHS]

Paul Edgars.

Blunt force trauma to the head
and, uh...

Where are the fingers?

Had a poke around,
haven't found them yet.

[MICHAEL SIGHS]

What's Callum Parrish doing
funding a radio telescope?

WENDY: I don't know.

Half the sh*t in this city
is named after that family.

MICHAEL: That'd be alright,
wouldn't it?

[DISTANT CLUNKING]

[DISTANT CLUNKING]

Do you hear that?

[DISTANT CLUNKING]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[METALLIC SCRAPING]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC BUILDS]

[DISTANT CLUNKING]

[LATCH CLICKS]

[DOOR CREAKS]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

-[METALLIC CLUNKING]
-[GASPS]

-[WOMAN GRUNTS]
-GEORGIA: Ah!

Oh!

[WOMAN GRUNTS]

[GEORGIA GROANS]

-MICHAEL: George!
-I'm fine, I'm fine.

[TENSE MUSIC]

[WOMAN PANTS]

[WOMAN GROANS]

[INTRIGUING MUSIC]

Found her!

Can we talk about the only
survivor, Kate Reynolds,

for a hot second here?

Yeah, I was actually
really hoping

this was gonna come up,
if I'm honest.

-[GASPS] Is this?
-It is.

So, for anyone who's new here,
whenever we get a new case,

I pick an element of it

and text it to my mother,
Denise.

-[AUDIENCE CHEERS]
-Whoo!

-Yeah!
-Go, Denise!

DAMIEN: Oh, some Denise fans in.

Kind of creepy with the shirt,
but still cool.

So I texted my mum to find out

what she remembered
about the case,

especially about Kate Reynolds.

-[KAYLA EXHALES]
-And she replied this morning.

-Are you ready to hear it?
-Always.

-OK.
-[AUDIENCE CHUCKLES]

"Damien, I do remember
the Parrish Station killings."

"We were living in Silver Pine
at the time,"

"next to Margot and Phil."

Simply not relevant information,
Mum. Stay focused, please.

"Scientists were k*lled
at a research station."

OK, that's actually
pretty good for Denise.

[AUDIENCE LAUGHS]

"The woman, Kate Reynolds,"

"was one of
the scientists' girlfriends."

-Bah-bow!
-Yes. Mm.

-[AUDIENCE LAUGHS]
-No. OK.

Look, it's not just Denise.

A lot of people get this wrong.

She wasn't a girlfriend.

She was an extremely
accomplished astrophysicist.

-Yes.
-But people forget that.

That's true.

Do better next time, Mum,

-[AUDIENCE LAUGHS]
-OK?

Ah!

m*therf*cker.

Have a sook, ya big baby.

-[RADIO CRACKLES]
-WOMAN OVER RADIO: Hello?

Uh, hello?

Millie Farah receiving. Over.

Hey, Farah.

Frankie there?

Ah, yes, correct. Confirmed.

Just before you pop her on,
take this down for the boss.

Four dead, one survivor found.

Kate Reynolds
currently being choppered

into our Lady of Mercy
for examination.

MILLIE: Is she a suspect?

Too early to say, but we had

a... interaction.

Tell Charlie we'll meet him
at the hospital.

Pop Frank on, yeah?

MILLIE: Uh, copy.

Hello?

-Mum?
-Hi, possum. You OK?

You being good for Millie?

Frank?

What's it like where you are?

Well, it's hot.

Very dry.

It's really dusty.

And I'm gonna be back in a bit.

You were late on the radio.

I know. I know, I'm sorry.

Want to do a check, baby?

OK.

I've got 10:34 and 21 seconds,

22 seconds, 23 seconds.

I got that too.

There you go. Same.

And what do you do

if you start to feel scared

or you start to feel lonely?

I look at my watch.

And why is that?

Because I know you
have the same time.

Wherever I am, Frank, same time.

Look, I gotta go. Be good
for Millie, yeah? I love you.

Love you too.

I want to see
Kate Reynolds's room.

[EXHALES]

MICHAEL: Still doing
the watch thing with Frankie?

GEORGIA: Seems to help.

MICHAEL: She still a bit off?

GEORGIA: She worries a lot.
About me mostly.

MICHAEL: Does she know
you're indestructible?

Have you told her that?

I, uh, know who you are,
by the way.

Yeah. Um, we both do.

-Yeah?
-[CAMERA CLICKS]

-GEORGIA: Thanks.
-HOWARD: Yeah.

Darryl spotted you first.

I wasn't sure it was you.

We studied Moorland.
In the Academy.

-Yeah?
-DARRYL: Mmm.

Well, uh, I'm pleased.
I'm pleased.

HOWARD: Yeah.

GEORGIA: Signs of
attempted forced entry

into Kate Reynolds's room.

[DOOR CREAKS]

HOWARD: I'm not articulating
this very well.

MICHAEL: No...

Lock was busted open.

You don't really think
in a situation like that.

You don't have time. It's, uh...

-[CAMERA CLICKS]
-Instinct?

That's exactly right.

[MEN CONTINUE SPEAKING
INDISTINCTLY]

Bed was used as a barricade.

MICHAEL: Listen, you know,
you don't think...

Well, we don't get many
hostage situations out here.

What about Benny Mulligan
when he barricaded himself

in the pub that time?

[SCOFFS] Yeah, well,
it's not the same thing

as what he went through
at Moorland.

-Well, no.
-HOWARD: No.

He walks into
a domestic dispute, solo.

Turns into a full-blown
hostage situation with kids.

I'm not trying to say
it's the same thing...

No, but you're talking about
when Benny Mulligan

locks himself into the pub.

You're cheapening
his accomplishment, Darryl.

It's rude.

-I'm trying...
-Fellas, fellas.

[HELICOPTER WHIRRS OUTSIDE]

Mick?

[HELICOPTER WHIRRS OUTSIDE]

Who the f*ck is that?

[HELICOPTER WHIRRS]

Hey!

Hey! What the f*ck
are you doing?

I'm Callum Parrish.
This is my facility.

No, this is my crime scene

and you just landed
a f*cking helicopter on it.

I understand there's been
some kind of incident.

Hey! This is a crime scene.

Look, I'm not trying to get
under anyone's feet, OK?

-Great.
-I'm just here to help.

Then f*ck off.
That'd be a terrific help.

MICHAEL: Hey, hey, look.

It's hot. It's been a long day.

She's been hit in the head
with a hammer.

None of this is ideal.

[TENSE MUSIC]

We all good?

Just asking to be
kept in the loop.

GEORGIA: Well, congratulations.

You're in the loop,

OK?

OK.

CALLUM: Let's go!

[HELICOPTER WHIRRS]

DAMIEN: Now, when it comes
to Georgia Cooke,

you are...

How do I put this?

You're super g*y for her.

-[AUDIENCE LAUGHS]
-You're g*y for Georgia Cooke.

[AUDIENCE LAUGHS]

I have tremendous respect
for her as an investigator.

Yes.

But also... would.

-Of course.
-Absolutely would.

[AUDIENCE CHEERS]

Now, you... you say
you respect her

as an investigator,

but just to play
devil's advocate,

it seems to me that she was...

you know, at best,
completely incompetent.

-[SCATTERED LAUGHTER]
-And at worst...

dangerously unhinged.

KAYLA AND AUDIENCE: Ohh.

-AUDIENCE: Boo!
-Oh, shut up. She was.

KAYLA: OK, I will allow

that Georgia Cooke was
unfit for active duty

by the end of the case.

Yeah, well, that's not
really up for discussion.

She shot two people.

But, like, I know
it seems unlikely,

given where she ended up,

but it is, in fact, possible

that she was right
about a bunch of stuff.

DAMIEN: Hmm.

And... and when you say
"where she ended up"...

KAYLA: Mm-hm.

I think some people in the room

might not know what
you're referring to here.

OK, uh, she's currently
in a health facility.

She's in a mental asylum, guys.

-AUDIENCE: Ohh.
-She went f*ck' crazy.

And she's been in a mental
asylum for 37 years.

[BIRDSONG]

[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]

[PIANO VERSION OF
'JOY TO THE WORLD' PLAYS]

What you doing there, mate?

Muzjiks?

You trying to make me angry?

You know what I like best
about our games, Leonard?

The conversation.

Challenge.

['JOY TO THE WORLD' CONTINUES]

Oh, Leonard, you sonofab*tch.

"Muzjik. A Russian peasant."

Hey, Barry, you ever heard
of the word 'muzjik'?

Oh, this is some bullshit.

I'm gonna write to
the dictionary people,

is what I'm gonna do.

You got a visitor.

Go on, mate.

You touch this game
and I'll set you on fire.

Muzjiks!

[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACH]

[DOOR CLICKS]

Millie f*ck' Farah.

It's been a while.

MILLIE: I've been meaning
to get out here and see you.

I think the last time was, um...

Christmas 2010.

I don't get many visits.
I tend to remember.

Well, that's too long.

Yeah. We've all got stuff on.

Have a seat.

I'm running Homicide now.

You heard the word 'muzjiks'?

Yeah, I think it means,
uh, peasant, doesn't it?

See, you're clever.

That's why you're
running Homicide.

How much do you remember
about the Parrish case?

I mean, there was a time,
wasn't there,

where you were thinking
about a lot in here.

How are you on the details?

What is this, Farah?
You writing a book?

Three weeks ago,

the body of a man
named Clayton Wallace

was found in bushland
near the airport.

His throat was cut.
Teeth were removed.

Just like Gary Boyd.

Then, two days ago,

at a beach
in the northern suburbs,

a university student
named Todd Finch was found.

Face bashed in, fingers cut off.

Same as Paul Edgars.

OK.

Someone's re-creating
the murders out at the station,

here, in the city.

It's happening again.

OK.

Hands up.

Oh, nearly had it.

Try again.

-[METALLIC CLATTER]
-[MEN CONVERSE INDISTINCTLY]

[MEN CONTINUE CONVERSING
INDISTINCTLY]

MILLIE: Frankie?

[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]

Frankie, are you OK?

Who's that?

MILLIE: That's someone
your mum's gonna speak to.

[DISTURBING MUSIC]

[DISTURBING SOUNDSCAPE]

[MILLIE SPEAKS INAUDIBLY]

GEORGIA: Frankie girl!

[DISTURBING SOUNDSCAPE FADES]

GEORGIE: Hey.

Ohh! What did
Millie feed you today?

Did she feed you bricks? Hey.

[KISSES] You OK?

MILLIE: She was great
till a second ago.

Thanks for this.

MILLIE: It's fine.

GEORGIA: Poppy's gonna come
grab you real soon, OK?

Oh, g'day, pumpkin.
How you going? Alright?

OK.

Oh, Christ,
she got you good, girl.

How's she doing?

DR KHAN: She's dehydrated.

Sprained ankle.
Some irritation on her skin...

She's fine.

Dr Kahn and I are having
an ongoing conversation

about access to the only witness
in a quadruple homicide.

There's a little difference
of opinion here.

DR KAHN: You can talk to her
in half an hour.

[SCOFFS] Half an hour?

DR KAHN: But keep it brief,
keep it calm.

Avoid stressful topics.

She was found at the scene of
a m*ssacre. That might come up.

Just tread carefully.

You don't need me for this.

You've got
all the old case files.

You've seen them, Georgia.
They're useless.

Now, Charlie Lockwood's dead.

Mick Thorne's f*ck knows where.

But you're here.
It's all in your head.

Yeah, but that's the problem.
It's all in my head.

How about you help me
and I help you?

How's that?

I can get you outta here
for a time.

I don't wanna get out of here.

And if I could take you
to Frankie?

I know you've looked.

She's here in the city, Georgia.
Right here.

Oh, you're a real piece of sh*t,
you know that?

Isn't there a part of you, just
a, you know, a small part of you

that wants to see this through?

And I know you're stable enough.

Yeah, I am.
And you know how I got that way.

I accepted that every single
conclusion I reached was wrong.

Tragically wrong. I worked
a long time to accept that.

It was hard won. It's what
we call in here a breakthrough.

You really know
where Frankie is?

That's not bullshit?

I know where she is.

MILLIE: And there's three words
there, and they're in Latin.

-He-hey, there she is.
-Poppy!

Hello, possum.

There's the lazy b*stard.

Hey, Charlie.
You looking after me girls?

CHARLIE: Yeah, mate.

TONY: Hammer.

Hammer?

Well, yeah.
But this one's alright.

Retirement's good?
You missing all of this?

Not one bit, mate. Not one bit.

DR KAHN: You can come in now.

Hey, you gonna be
good for Poppy?

Oh, she sure is.

Gonna watch the test cricket,
aren't we, possum?

Hey, remember what I told you
about, uh, Allan Border?

-Great batsman.
-Yeah, and?

Should have quit after India.

Should have quit after India.
Good girl.

Wanna do a check?





FRANKIE: Mum.

[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]

Don't.

[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC CONTINUES]

Hey, give us a sec.

Hey, Leonard.
I gotta take off for a bit.

Uh, we'll call this a draw?

I'll be back before you know it.

[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]

Don't.

[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC CONTINUES]

[TAPE RECORDER CLICKS]

I'm Georgia Cooke.

This is Michael Thorne.

We're police officers.

I've seen you before.

Yeah, you tried to k*ll me
with a hammer this morning.

No, not this morning.

Before that.

Do you prefer Kate or Katherine?

Or Dr Reynolds?

I understand
that you have a PhD.

-I'm Kate.
-Kate, OK.

Good.

Do you know where you are, Kate?

Hospital.

Something happened
at the research station.

They're all dead.

That's right.

I'm sorry.

Can you tell us
what happened out there?

It sleepeth in the darkness dead

with hunger of unended years.

[EERIE MUSIC]

Run that by us again?

What happened to your skin,
Kate? Did you get burned...

You have to take it away
from me. It has to get out.

It's OK.
It can... it can come out.

MICHAEL: Listen,
uh, Miss Reynolds?

The best thing you can do right
now is tell us what you saw.

[PEN CLICKS]

What I saw?

What I saw?!

-It's OK...
-Tell you what I saw?

No, please! You have to
take it away from me!

-[KATE SHOUTS]
-MICHAEL: Hold her down.

-Hold her down!
-We need help.

Five milligrams!

[SHOUTS]

[SOBS]

Get it out! [CRIES]

[MICHAEL SHOUTS]

[KATE CRIES]

[MACHINE BEEPS]

[KATE CRIES]

[BEEPING STOPS]

[WHIMPERS]

[EXHALES]

[UNEASY MUSIC]

KAYLA:
It's easy to forget, I think,

just how fast this thing moves.

Four days.
That's the whole thing.

Four days from the moment
of that interview,

Kate Reynolds will be dead,

and that'll be the end of it.

But it'll also be the start,

because that death will leave
so many questions unanswered,

and people will spend decades
trying to answer them.

[UNEASY MUSIC BUILDS]

[UNEASY MUSIC CONTINUES]

[UNEASY MUSIC INTENSIFIES]

-[UNEASY MUSIC FADES]
-[TAPE RECORDER CLICKS]

MICHAEL ON TAPE:
Just tell us what you saw.

KATE ON TAPE: What I saw?

-What I saw?!
-[TAPE RECORDER CLICKS]

[TAPE REWINDS]

-[TAPE RECORDER CLICKS]
-MICHAEL: Hold her down!

-[KATE SCREAMS]
-Hold... hold her down!

[TAPE REWINDS]

MICHAEL: The best thing
you could do right now...

What's that you got?

These are, uh...
The university sent them over.

-What university?
-KATE ON TAPE: What I saw?

The university
running the project

with the Parrish Minerals Trust.

-[TAPE REWINDS]
-Best thing you do right now...

They had a telefax out there.

These are the reports
they sent back.

I don't think there's anything
in there, but I can have a look.

"The S-wave pairing is dominant
in the low-density regime."

Good God, Farah.

-I think you've cracked it.
-[TAPE REWINDS]

GEORGIA ON TAPE: What happened
to your skin, Kate?

Did you get burned?

[TAPE RECORDER CLICKS]

[TAPE REWINDS]

Hey, uh, did you know that's
incredibly f*cking annoying?

I'm looking for something.

[TAPE REWINDS]

KATE: It sleepeth
in the darkness,

dead with hunger
of unended years.

-[TAPE RECORDER CLICKS]
-That. What's that?

It's a tilt at an insanity plea.

-It's from something.
-[TAPE RECORDER CLICKS]

MILLIE: Bible, maybe?

I doubt it.

Hey, Mick, did I tell you what
Dad got Frankie for Christmas?

-MICHAEL: No.
-A book of Bible stories.

MILLIE: That's nice.

No, it's not.
He didn't even ask me.

I mean, I don't give a sh*t

if he wants to do
his God-bothering,

but leave her out of it.

She's just a scared
little kid right now.

CHARLIE: A word?

-Yeah.
-No, just Cooke.

[UNEASY MUSIC]

This is Detective
Sergeant Cooke.

Charlie...

I believe you've met.

Deputy Commissioner Carrick.

Did you as*ault Callum Parrish
this morning?

No, I did not as*ault
Callum Parrish.

He says you did.
He says you shoved him.

He was about to enter
a crime scene.

I prevented him from doing that.

Are we being serious right now?

So you did as*ault him?

As I said, he was about to
enter a crime scene.

Not going to press charges.
An apology should suffice.

This is his private number.

Know that off the top
of your head, do you?

CHARLIE: George!

Sergeant, I understand

that there are events
in your recent past

from which you may
still be recovering.

There was a motor vehicle
accident this time last year

where you lost your husband.

-Do I have that right?
-You do.

-Your daughter was injured...
-Oh, Pete...

She was dead for four minutes.

And how is she now?

-She's great.
-Excellent.

'Cause my only concern

is you get all the support
you need at this time.

If that means
having time off work...

Are we done?

You'll apologise.

Come on, Pete.

I'm talking to her.

I'll apologise.

[INTRIGUING MUSIC]

You'll be sleeping
on my pull-out bed,

if that's alright.

Fine.

Where's the, um,
you know, the...

There's a button.

Ah. There's a button.

[WINDOW WHIRRS]

Hmm.

[CHUCKLES]

Don't smoke in the car.

[WINDOW WHIRRS]

DAMIEN: We could
make mugs, maybe,

like with little Parrish Station
logos on them or something.

I think people would like those.

Actually, I don't really know
what people like, to be honest.

[SIGHS] Thank you.

Hey, I wasn't too harsh about

Georgia Cooke and Kate Reynolds,
was I?

I just don't want people
to think I'm punching down,

you know,
like with mental illness

and all that kind of stuff.

You were fine.

Cool. Thanks.

This is half, right?

All good. All good.
See you tomorrow.

Actually, which direction
are you going...

See you tomorrow.

See you tomorrow.

[CAR ENGINE ROARS]

-[DAMIEN SIGHS]
-[INTRIGUING SYNTH MUSIC]

You got any kids?

No.

-Husband?
-No.

-Wife?
-No.

Oh, OK.

Well, this was a good chat.

[SIDE-VIEW MIRRORS WHIRR]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

-[KEYS JANGLE]
-[SECURITY DOOR SQUEAKS]

[CIGARETTE SIZZLES]

[UNEASY MUSIC]

[INTRIGUING SYNTH MUSIC]

Don't stay too late.

[LIGHT SWITCH CLICKS]

[INTRIGUING MUSIC CONTINUES]

OK, bed's ready.
You want another cuppa?

No, I'm fine.

Yeah. It's still there.

I'll get you a towel.

[INTRIGUING MUSIC CONTINUES]

[GLASSES CLINK]

[CORK POPS]

TONY: Alright, bedtime.

Read me one of these?

Oh, your mum's not too keen
on that book, love.

Alright. Just one, OK?

Then it's sleep time.

[INHALES]

Alright. Now, let's see here.

Uh... that's a bit gruesome.

Ah! Alright.

You ready?

So, a while ago...

And, Frankie, I mean a while.

This is way back in Bible times.

There's a group of people
in a city called Babel,

and they got together

and decided to build
a huge tower so high

that it could reach the heavens.

FRANKIE: Why'd they do that?

Why'd they want to
build the tower?

TONY: Oh, no test cricket
in Bible times, possum.

Not a lot to do.

But, you know, I reckon...

I reckon they just wanted to
know what was up there.

FRANKIE: Why'd they want to know
what was up there?

TONY: Oh, human nature,
I think, possum.

People like to pry.

[EERIE SOUNDSCAPE]

TONY: You see, these folks
had looked up at the heavens

their whole lives
and wondered...

[EERIE SOUNDSCAPE]

TONY: and now
they were gonna find out.

And so they built their tower.

And brick by brick
by brick by brick,

the tower got higher and higher,

until one of the builders
could almost reach out

and touch the underside
of heaven.

But God didn't like that, chickadee.

Not one little bit.

And so he punished them.

[EERIE SOUNDSCAPE]

Why'd he do that?

Well, because some things,
Frankie, they're just for God.

They're not meant for us to see.

Not while we're here.

And as the tower
came tumbling down,

God scattered the people
of Babel all across the globe,

and made it so they couldn't
understand one another.

[CIGARETTE SIZZLES]

[KEY TURNS, ENGINE STARTS]

[INTRIGUING SYNTH MUSIC]

[INTRIGUING MUSIC CONTINUES]

[INTRIGUING MUSIC CONTINUES]

[WHIMPERS]

[DARK MUSIC]

[GASPS]

[INTRIGUING SYNTH MUSIC]

[PANTS]

Time to sleep.

[GASPS]

[DARK SYNTH MUSIC]

[DARK MUSIC PULSES]

[DARK MUSIC FADES]

[BREATHES SHAKILY]

[SILENCE]

[ENIGMATIC MUSIC]