02x02 - Episode 2

[bunniefuu]

- [Sam calls out] Hello?
- [slow mysterious music]

Hello?

- Glenn, hey.
- Sergeant.

- What's Dyson doin' here?
- [Andie] He found the boat adrift.

Right. Well, get his statement,
then get rid of the prick.

That's Tom. It's my brother.

Not even a day out
and you're already up my arse.

Your father's a person of interest
in a homicide.

You proud...

..killin' my boy Liam?

Yeah, that's Sarah.

- Anything on the daughter?
- She hasn't used her phone.

You think she's in the water?

[Diane] Yeah, I think a former cop
up there might be involved.

Sam Dyson?

Alright, I'll send you the file.

You told my constable someone
left the boat after the argument.

Yeah, blond hair. Kind of surfer-y.

- I'm gonna hit you tomorrow, alright?
- Yeah, of course. Text me the time?

[Ben] He sent it to me this morning.
It doesn't sound like Finn.

[slow mysterious music fades out]

[soft pensive music]

- [eagle screeching]
- [sirens wailing in distance]

[sirens continue wailing]

[Andie] BKC, this is Brokenridge 250.

[dispatcher over radio] Go ahead, 250.

[Andie] Mark me code 5
to McKenzie's property

with Benalla 306 and Mansfield 308.

We're executing a warrant.

[dispatcher] Roger that, 250.
Let us know when you're clear.

[sirens wailing]

[pensive music continues]

[car boot slams]

Hey, Tammy.

I know it's a lot, Lynne.

My son was a ratbag,
but he wasn't a thief

or a m*rder*r.

He had a new job
at the brewery, Andie.

He had a plan.

Sarge!

- [car door closes]
- We'll get this done quick.

What have you got?

Credit card receipt for a butane gas
canister, bag of ice and bug spray.

Mansfield BP, 30th of December.

Well, Finn doesn't have a credit card.

But the last four digits on the
receipt match Emily Gilmour's Visa.

It looks like they were together
just before Emily disappeared.

[slow mysterious music]

- [woman exhaling heavily]
- [man moaning with satisfaction]

[clattering]

[lighter clicks]

[Glenn] How's all that
workin' out for ya?

[exhales softly]

Depends on the day...

..and the company.

You know, um...

..the bloke who tanked my career?

Mm?

He's the same bloke
who found my brother.

Tom?

What do you mean, found him?

And now they want me
to dig into the b*stard.

Corruption. Misconduct maybe.

[whispers] m*rder.

Who's "they"?

I don't know if it's...

..I don't know if it's irony
or karma or...

But it is f*ck' happening.

It is f*ck' happening to me.

Maybe your little lady Buddha
over there had it planned all along.

Did she? Hey?

It's a bodhisattva, hm?

It's a bodhis-f*ck'-what?

Not fully enlightened yet.

[whispers] Like someone else I know.

- [Glenn] Oh, yeah?
- Yeah.

- Who's that?
- Mm...

You want to stay for lunch?

- Oh...
- It's only lunch.

Yeah, I'll...

- [grunts softly]
- [whispers] Yeah.

[door opens]

[grunts]

[uneasy music]

[machinery rumbling]

[cranking]

Get that gennie up and running,
take it down the east entrance.

Hey, Nash, what time
your old man clock on?



Got some after-hours work needs doing.
Gonna take a few blokes.

- We're good for it.

- Hey, Mitch, about
those after-hours...

- [Andie] Morning.
- Sergeant.

How can I help ya?

Actually, just after a quick word
with the young fella here.

- Everything alright?
- Yeah.

Won't keep him long.
He's not in any trouble.

[Andie] Can you tell me what you know
about Finn and Emily?

Finn borrowed my swag.

You know, he and Emily
went camping over New Year's.

Taylor Creek, I think it was.

Just the two of 'em?

But there was nothing
romantic going on?

Nah. That'd be weird.

Why?

'Cause he was Finn.

Okay.

Is there anything else you remember

about why Finn needed
to see you down at the river?

If it was so urgent,
why didn't he just say what it was?

I... I don't know.

I'm sorry, Andie,
I seriously don't know.

Yeah. It's okay.

You're doing really good.

[sombre music]

Hey, Andie?

If I met him down at
the river that day,

you think things would be different?

- You know...
- Ben.

- ..do you think he'd still be here?
- Ben.

We can't know what's going on
in someone's head.

You are not responsible for Finn.

You good?

I'm proud of you.

You keep your head down...

..work hard.

You got this.

[car door closes]

[car engine starting up]

[toots horn]

[motorbike engines roaring]

Have you heard any word back
from that lawyer at the DPP?

Handled it, like I said I would.

We're in the clear... for now.

Okay, Sergeant.

[uneasy music]

[clinking]

[door creaks]

[uneasy music continues]

[light buzzing]

[drawer clicks]

[uneasy music softens]

[engine rumbling outside]

[brakes squeaking]

[car door opens and shuts]

f*ck.

f*ck.

[door creaking in distance]

[door closing]

[Sam grunts softly]

[radio clicks]

[static buzzing]

[radio beeping and crackling]

- [indistinct chatter on radio]
- [static crackling]

[bird twittering, insects chirping]

[pensive music]

- [sighs]
- Double espresso, no sugar.

- How do you sleep at night?
- Who says I sleep?

Okay, I knew it. I'm gonna
sneak you a decaf now and then.

I'll know the difference.

What do you reckon?

What is a successful woman like Emily

doing with a river rat like Finn?

They grew up together around here.

But that is the only thing
they have in common.

I mean...
she's got a science degree.

She works in public housing
for the state government.

The... the only thing
Finn was good for

was identifying
cannabis strains at ten paces.

I don't get it.

Hey, post-mortem just landed.

It says particles of
woven polypropylene

were found in Finn's lungs.

- Poly...?
- Synthetic fibre.

You find it in feed bags,
fertiliser sacks...

Which suggests
he had a bag over his head

immediately prior to death.

[uneasy music]

He was hung with ski rope.

[haunting ethereal vocalisations]

[hose spraying]

Mind if I come aboard?

Yeah, come in!

- Nice day for it.
- [woman] Mm-hm.

[man] Yeah.
Be better if there was more water.

Keep thinking there's
a tree branch just

sitting under there
waiting to spear me.

- Been known to happen.
- Yeah.

Was the information
we gave you of any help?

- It was, thanks.
- Oh, great.

I just wanted to clarify
something in your statement.

You said that it was
Tom Gilmour who yelled,

"Leave her the hell alone."

Yeah, that's right.

But you'd never met him.

How'd you know it was his voice?

I guess I just assumed.

I mean, it was his boat. Why?

Is something wrong?

Just cross-checking statements.

Alrighty. I'll let you
get back to your holiday.

- [man] Okay.
- Enjoy.

Brokenridge 250 to Brokenridge 900.

[Stella over radio] Brokenridge 900.

[Andie] Just been with
the Pappases, Stell.

The ski ropes are not a match.

I want you to get onto
the houseboat hire.

I want the Pappases'
boat's full GPS history

and their, uh, back-to-base
tracking logs.

Okay, on it.

And, Stell,
I need their precise location

at the time of the murders.

Right away, Sarge.

[receiver clatters]

[phone buzzing]

[mouths]

Sergeant Andie Whitford.

[hushed piano notes]

[solemn piano music]

[exhales deeply]

[laboured rattling breathing]

[inhales raspily]

[slow exhale]

[solemn music continues]

Oh, Mum.

[inhales and exhales deeply]

- [music fades]
- [buzzer chimes distantly]

[phones ringing]

[knocking]

She's gone.

[soft pensive music builds]

[insects chirping]

[Kirra sighs]

I can't imagine ever
losing you or Mum.

It scares me thinking about it.

We're not going anywhere.

[birds calling]

[phone buzzing]

- What have you got?

- [Stella] Looks like
the Pappases lied.

Hire company GPS logs show
that the Pappases and the Gilmours

were moored in this
same spot last week.

- Up near Bonnie Doon.
- It wasn't just them.

Locals filed noise complaints.

Apparently, there was half a dozen
houseboats moored there

having a three-day bender.

Where'd the Gilmours go after that?

Brokenridge Arm. Right down here.

A few days later,
the Pappases rejoined them

only to leave a few hours
before the Gilmours were m*rder*d.

When they went to Goughs Bay.

So they're about, what,

seven to eight k's away
when the crime happened?

Hm.

[Reza] Sarge!

What have you got for me, Rez?

Leo and Kat met on a Caribbean cruise
eight months ago.

Married in Bali last month.

Caribbean, Bali... Bonnie Doon.
The high life continues.

Any link to the Gilmours?

[Reza] No tags. No comments. No likes.

Wait. Go back one.

Pineapples.

The c*ck, on his shorts,
all those balloons before...

They're swingers.

You know, swingers are...

Yeah, I know what a swinger is, but...

Well, the pineapple is the universal
symbol for the lifestyle.

Kat had a pineapple pendant
on yesterday.

How do you know this?

Oh, I'm a millennial. We all dabble
in ethical non-monogamy.

[scoffs] I'm a millennial. I don't...

Oh, but there is still time, Rez.
[clicks tongue]

[insects buzzing]

[soft music]

[Kirra] Oh, my God.

It's like watching a ghost appear.

So cool.

I'd say she's ready.

Okay.

[Kirra murmurs softly]

Ah! Not bad. Not bad at all.

- I'd say you're a natural.
- Can I do another one?

- Yeah, of course you can.
- Okay.

Wow.

- Brilliant.
- Hm-hm!

How's the family?

Didn't Andie tell you?

Tell me what?

Nanna Lizzy passed away yesterday.

- [exhales softly]
- I'm sorry, Sam.

- I thought that...
- Oh... [stammers]

[Sam sighs]

How is Andie holding up?

- I'm worried about her.
- Mmm.

And not even just because of...

All she does is work. She
doesn't really have much of a life.

[Sam] Yeah.

[low uneasy music]

Why do you have that?

Oh... [huffs]

Must have fallen out of some old
file when I was rearranging things.

Come on.

He's back, you know?

I saw him out on the street.

- He speak to you?
- No.

- Did he hurt you?
- No.

- But he scared me.
- Yeah.

Listen to me.

I will not let Nash Mason harm you

or anyone in your family.

I promise.

[Kirra exhales] Okay.

Come on.

[Andie] We can place
you and your wife on the lake

with Tom and Sarah Gilmour
most of that day.

It wasn't just a houseboat holiday.
It was a swingers' hook-up.

Am I right?

Tom and Sarah hosted.
It's an annual thing.

Yes, it's... unconventional.

No, it's not ill*gal.
Nobody's getting hurt.

So why lie?

The Gilmours are private people.

So are we.
We wanted to respect that.

Not end up as... clickbait.

[uneasy music builds]

You see, I don't
see swinging as dirty.

Sadly, a lot of people do.

No-one's judging.
You've got nothing to be ashamed of.

Oh, I'm not ashamed.

[chuckles]

It's honest.

No secrets. No double lives.

[Andie] Your boat
shadowed the Gilmours for days.

Even trailed them from Bonnie Doon.

Then a few hours before the m*rder,
you peel off. Why?

Yeah, we left because, um...

..Tom was getting, uh,

pushy... with Kat.

- Pushy?
- Mmm.

[Andie] Tell me about
your relationship with Tom Gilmour.

- I didn't have one.
- So you didn't...?

No, we did not.

Well, it's not a free-for-all.
You know, consent matters.

And Tom wasn't happy about that?

He was the host,
so I guess he felt... entitled.

And you got jealous?

Jealous people don't
last long in this lifestyle.

But we do have rules.

And...

..Tom was trying to bend them.

[Andie] And how did your husband
react to Tom's sense of entitlement?

Well, he didn't get a chance to react.

The Gilmours' daughter rocked up.

- Emily?
- It was unexpected.

Sarah asked us to leave.
[inhales] It was no a big deal.

Uh, how was Emily?

What was her behaviour like?
Her interaction with her parents?

Um, did anything
strike you as unusual?

We didn't even speak to her.

When we left,
they were all alive and well.

- [glasses clinking]
- [hushed indistinct chatter]

[Helen] Alrighty.

- [tablet clicks off]
- One catch of the day.

Late lunch or early dinner?

- Both.
- Oh.

You're Helen Hartley, aren't you?

Glenn Gilmour.

Oh, my gosh. I am...
I'm so sorry for your loss.

Thanks. And I'm sorry
for what you went through.

- The Artemis case.
- Oh.

You and your daughter, brave as hell.

Well, don't know about that.

I read the file a while back.

Yeah, Rose De Vigny,
real piece of work.

[sucks lips]

It's a funny thing -
I, um... I ran into her a few times.

She pretended to be, you know,
the big art benefactor type.

I like your work, by the way.
I saw it online.

I mean, I can't draw a stick figure
myself, so who am I to say?

I run a weekly art class
at the Memorial Hall, if you're keen.

Yeah, Rose had
everyone fooled, didn't she?

Yeah. Yeah, she was very persuasive.

[Glenn] That's what
the manipulators do.

They make you feel like you're
the only one that matters and then...

Anyway, I'm sorry to...

No, no, it's fine.
I just feel a bit stupid.

No, don't. I mean,
even Dyson missed it.

It was happening
under his nose for 50 years.

Almost... unbelievable, isn't it?

- I wouldn't know.
- Oi, Gilmour!

Stop hittin' on my staff.

- For God's sake.
- [Helen chuckles]

Get outta here, Helen.

[uneasy music builds]

- [music fades]
- [bottles clinking]

[bottle fizzes, cap clatters]

Ahh!

[phone chimes]

- Hell yeah!
- What are you up to?

[Ben] Oh, nothin' much.

You know, I just thought
I'd hang out here tonight.

- Is that your first?
- Yeah.

Some of the blokes wanted me to go
down to the pub with them after work.

- I said no.
- [microwave beeping]

You hungry? There's plenty of grub.

Nah, I'm not hungry.

I thought we agreed, though,
no drinking during the week.

This came for you.

- Oh, yeah!
- More sneakers?

Got more bloody feet than a centipede.

[Ben chuckles]

- [upbeat rock music playing]
- [light indistinct chatter]

- Hey!
- Hey!

[clears throat]

Whisky, neat.

Yep.

The good stuff?

- I'm on a pension, mate.
- [chuckles]

- I'll get it.
- [man] Thanks, mate. Cheers.

- Fill her up, mate.
- Yeah, yeah. No worries.

[lowly] I hear you went after Kirra,
you gobshite.

You go anywhere near her again...

..and you'll wish you were
buried with your brother.

Okay?

[tense music]

[siren wailing in distance]

- [can rattles]
- [siren approaching]

[siren whoops, then stops]

[handbrake cranks]

[indistinct chatter on radio]

[footsteps approaching]

You got a tail-light out.
And your tyres look shot too.

Due for a service.

- [Glenn] A few years back.
- Hm.

You were at the pub, The Lodge.

- Only had a couple of beers.

- Looking pretty
chummy with Sam Dyson.

Him and Rose De Vigny,
were they ever an item?

I mean, you and your little brother,
you were pretty tight with Rose.

I mean, she trusted you.
Did she trust Dyson too?

[scoffs]

I don't... I don't know sh*t
about Dyson.

He was just threatening me
at the pub.

Mm-hm.

[Nash] You gonna write me up or what?

If Dyson ever gives you grief,
you let me know.

[tense music continues]

[music fades]

- [light chatter]
- [blues music playing softly]

Hey, you.

Hey.

Oh. You're looking tired.

Are you taking any time off work?

I'm in the middle of a case, Helen.

Andie, you don't have to
hold it together every single second.

Not with me.

Yeah. You're right.

Thanks for being there with Mum.
It meant a lot.

Yeah, of course. We
wanted to be there.

Hey, Sarge... Oh.

Oh, sorry, am I... am I crashing?

No, it was... Yep. Back to work.

- Usual?
- Thanks.

What's happened?

Command's just called time
on the search of the lake.

It's been six days.
They're not gonna go for a seventh.

Divers are pulling the pin tonight.

They're saying...

..they're saying that Emily's body

might just turn up
as the water keeps dropping.

Mmm.

[haunting vocalisations]

- [Andie] Who made the call?
- [man on phone] I did.

Could've given me a heads up.

Half a dozen divers in the water
is an expensive business, Andie.

Yeah, I get the budget
issue, but can't

we find money just for two divers?

- [knocking at door]
- Alright. I'll give you two.

For two more days, and that is it.

[Andie] Understood. Thanks.

Sarge, that pineapple pendant,

it wasn't on
Sarah Gilmour's insurance list,

but there was a theft report
filed with Eildon Police last week -

jewellery stolen off a houseboat
in Bonnie Doon.

A different job?

Eildon sent photos of the
stolen items. Mostly gold stuff.

Huh, that's it.

[Reza] It wasn't just
the Gilmours' safe that got hit.

Busy, busy!

- [sirens wailing]
- [tense music builds]

[tense music continues]

[Reza] Sarge!

What the f*ck is that?

Kat, what is that?

[Kat sighs]

Leo has nothing to do with this.

He's... he's never stolen
a thing in his life.

He's literally a crypto bro.

How'd you know
the combination to Tom's safe?

He was in and out of it all week.

And that's where he kept his stash

of, I don't know, coke,

um... a truckload of V.

Why take Sarah's jewellery?

- 'Cause he crossed the line.

- And the other
couples you ripped off?

They were wasted. Easy pickings.

Not your first rodeo?

Where's the money?

There wasn't any money.

I didn't even expect
to find jewellery, just the coke.

Two people are dead.

A young woman is still missing.

You and your husband
are the last to see them alive.

I'll tell you what I think.

You hit every couple at that party
except the Gilmours

because Tom was
guarding his safe like a hawk.

When the party broke, you followed.

Bailed when Emily showed.

Came back on your jet ski
between 1:00 and 3:00am,

k*lled the Gilmours
and took what you wanted.

No. You're wrong.

Am I?

We didn't k*ll them. I swear.

And I've got twelve hundred alibis
to prove it.

The Pappases reckon they were
livestreaming during the murders.

What, like Insta
or some sort of adult streaming site?

I don't care.

I just need to know if they were
on camera when the Gilmours died.

Take a look at their statement,
check it out for me. Please.

[sighs]

Call on line one, Sarge.
Alpine Valley Funerals in Mansfield.

Thanks.

[solemn music]

Andie Whitford.

Yeah, sorry.
Um, thanks for following up.

Uh... perhaps cremation?

[music darkens]

[softly] Yes, you are. Hey, good boy.

[horse grunts]

You a good boy, Solomon, hey?

Haven't seen you for
a while, mate, hey?

- G'day, stranger.
- Hey.

Sorry for your loss.

Kirra told Ben.

- You right?
- Yeah. Thanks.

I was riding up the spur yesterday.
Good spot to watch the sun come up.

That's your country
up there, you know?

There's a community meeting
in Mansfield. You should come.

Be good for ya.

I'll be there.
I'll introduce ya to the mob.

Let me think about it, hey?

No pressure.

I got a lamb roast in the Weber
if you wanna stay for a feed.

Thanks, but I got a bit on tonight.

Look after yourself, hey?

- You look knackered, Andie.
- [chuckles]

Your, uh, honesty's
always appreciated, Owen.

[chuckles]

[phone buzzing]

Hey, Rez.

[Reza] Uh, the Pappases'
alibi checks out.

- Oh, they were streaming?
- [Kat moaning on video]

Two solid hours.

Uh, timestamped.

Hundreds watching.
Live comments. Tips.

- Tips?
- Yeah, money.

- For requests and stuff.
- Okay.

Each to their own. Thanks, Rez.

- [Kat moaning loudly on video]
- [receiver clatters]

[sniffs]

[solemn piano music]

[exhales softly]

[fondly] Hmm.

Okay.

[solemn piano music continues]

[Andie] Elizabeth Whitford was my mum.

But not by birth.

I don't know if she meant
for me to find out, but...

..here's what I do know.

Lizzy fought her demons.

She made mistakes.

And I loved her.

So today I say goodbye
to the woman who raised me.

Rest easy, Mum.

[birds calling]

[tone beeps]

[Stella] Sarge, just letting you know
that Operations called.

They've officially pulled the pin
on the search of the lake for Emily.

It's over.

[sighs] I'm so sorry.

[tone beeps]

[soft chuckle]

[softly] Where are you, Emily?

[slow dark music builds]

- [dripping]
- [metal clunking]

[blade scraping]

[dark music continues]

[engine rumbles in distance]

[frogs chirping, insects buzzing]

[handbrake cranks]

[engine idling]

[exhales]

[eerie whooshing]

[soundscape muffles]

[distant muted g*nsh*t]

[uneasy haunting music]

[voices whispering eerily]

[haunting music builds]

[frogs chirping, insects buzzing]

- [voice whispering] Andie!
- [Andie gasps]

[slow mysterious music]