(UNSETTLING MUSIC) LOIS: Some people say the bridge is a link to the other side ` it awakens matakite, second sight. (PANTS) - (CLATTERING) - (GRUNTS) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (NO AUDIO) Dermot was the last one to see Grub alive. If he wanted to kill Grub, he could've done it at the hut. They spent enough time together. Rob's still a possibility, although he reckons he has an alibi ` slept with some young tourist. Haggis has motive. Do we know for certain that Charlotte was having an affair with Grub? What's important is he believed the rumours. Sorry for your loss. Could've been a woman. Could Lois have been involved somehow? We've been through this. Anyway, they'd have to be pretty strong to get him over the bridge. (GRUNTS) Shut up! So who haven't we considered? You can check with the hotel. My lawyer will confirm our meeting. Jackie wasn't in town the night of the murder. Jackie was in town that night. Fuckin' faggot! Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa! That's enough! You're probably the reason he's dead, you fuckin' homo! You've known about us from the start. KATE: I can't remember anything from the night Grub died. I killed him. I bought a lock. I wanted us to do the lock ceremony. You told me that whole night was a blank. The shirt brought it back. It ripped when he went over. Who the fuck killed you? Eat it. (MOURNFUL, FOREBODING MUSIC) Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. www.able.co.nz Copyright Able 2020 (SOFT, UNSETTLING MUSIC) (MUSIC BECOMES TENSE) (PUFFS) (TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES) (MUSIC BECOMES BROODING) (SPITS) (EXHALES) (SIGHS SOFTLY, CHUCKLES) It's not her. I know. STEPHEN: What are you doing? We have a confession. It doesn't add up. It's in the hands of the courts. Leave it. (SIGHS SOFTLY) (BUTTONS CLICK, BLIPPING) I'm not hungry. Here, come on. I'm not fuckin' hungry. I know you didn't kill him, Kate. I hated that fucker. You know, false confessions are a lot more common than you'd think. Don't you dare take this away from me. What about Emma? (BROODING MUSIC) She feels guilty. About her drinking, her blackouts. She's convinced herself that she's done it. It's a high price to pay for enjoying your drink. She wants the case closed. We all do. We're taking the easy way out. There's no evidence telling us otherwise. (SCOFFS) She's gonna rot in that cell for 20 years for something she didn't do while the person who actually killed Grub walks away scot-free. I have a gift. A what? They call it matakite. Second sight. (LOW, UNSETTLING MUSIC) (PADLOCKS CLINK SOFTLY) (AMPLIFIED CLATTERING) I can see things and I can hear things that other people can't. Well, it wasn't on your CV. We can use it as a tool. No. With my visions, we can build evidence around that, use it as a starting point. The case is closed. (SOFT, BROODING MUSIC) (LOW, UNSETTLING MUSIC) (OMINOUS TONE) (MUSIC INTENSIFIES) (TELEPHONE RINGS IN DISTANCE) (SOFT CHATTER) (SIGHS) Seen Lois? WOMAN: I think she's out. (CELL PHONE UNLOCKS, KEYPAD CLICKS) (RINGING TONE) (CELL PHONE RINGS) Oh, excuse me. Have a seat. I'll, um... (PEOPLE CHATTER IN DISTANCE) (RINGING CONTINUES) Hi? Yeah, now he's telling me he's got a gift ` a... a second sight. LOIS: Well, maybe he has. (SIGHS) Not with this airy-fairy bullshit again. Just because he's a cop doesn't make him any less susceptible. Stephen, you pride yourself on having an open mind. He will need facts to back anything up. (SIGHS) Yeah, yeah, yeah. I s'pose. Yeah. And you can't afford to lose another colleague, can you? (PEOPLE CHATTER IN DISTANCE) Hey, is the rabbit shoot still on? D'you think we should cancel? Why would we cancel? Dunno. Just feels a bit much. Grub's gone, Kate's sitting in a cell. (RIFLE CLATTERS) Nah. I reckon people will appreciate the distraction. (CARTRIDGES CLUNK) Well, you be careful out there, yeah? (UNEASY MUSIC) (MAGAZINE CLICKS) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (FLASK THUNKS) Oi, oi! Taxi's here! ROB: Yep. On my way. Jeez, you're armed to kill, mate. You got it. Good hunting. (PELLETS CLATTER) May your eye be sharp and your aim be true. (BIRDS TWITTER IN DISTANCE) OK, show pony. Let's see this gift. Come on. Otherwise I'll never hear the end of it. I'll drive. (PENSIVE MUSIC) So, what, do you just... ask the bridge who killed him? It doesn't always work. You're not gonna levitate, are ya? (SCOFFS) Well? (OMINOUS TONE) Not much of a gift, is it? (FOREBODING MUSIC) (MUSIC SWELLS) (BABY BABBLES) Who made parenting so complicated? At Karicare Toddler, we believe good doesn't need to be complicated, especially when it comes to nutrition. That's why we put in the ingredients that matter and leave out the added preservatives and artificial flavours. Karicare Toddler milk - only what matters. * (SOFT, UNEASY MUSIC) (EXHALES SHARPLY) (CELL PHONE RINGS) Hey. STEPHEN: Uh, you back yet? No. I'm still at the house. Can you get my boots from the gym? Yeah, sure. I'll grab 'em on the way out. The key's by the cupboard. All right. (MUSIC CONTINUES) (TAPS FLOORBOARD) (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) (GRUNTS, ITEMS CLATTER) (GRUNTS) (EXCLAIMS SOFTLY) (UNSETTLING MUSIC) (MUSIC SWELLS) (BREATHES SHAKILY) Find what you're looking for? Yeah. Stephen just wanted me to get his boots. (BIRDS TWITTER IN DISTANCE) (PEOPLE CHATTER IN DISTANCE) (QUIET, TENSE MUSIC) (CELL PHONE CAMERA CLICKS) (OMINOUS MUSIC) (MUFFLED CLICKING) (PAPER RUSTLES) (UNSETTLING MUSIC) ECHOING: Found this in his fist. Thank you. (DOOR CLOSES) (EXHALES HEAVILY) (SIGHS) It's gonna be fine. How? How will it be fine? It will be fine. I promise. (SIGHS) Can I get a lift home with you? Mm. I mean, jump in with Stephen and Lois. Sure it'll be OK. OK. Let me just say goodbye to Mum. Hm. Hey, how you doing? Yeah, OK. (CHUCKLES GENTLY) (BUTTONS CLACK, BLIPPING) (DOOR OPENS) Kate. This is Dr Patterson. You must be Emma. Yep. Hi, Kate. Nice to meet you. Has it been explained to you why I'm here? To see if I'm nuts? Something like that. She didn't kill Dad. Why don't we go somewhere a bit more comfortable to have a talk? I loved the buzz, then the numbness. (SIGHS) (SOMBRE MUSIC) But really, I drank because I needed the black holes. I blamed everyone else, the farm, our debt, the isolation, but really, it was me, imploding my own life. I did that all on my own. I was in denial for such a long time. And now I need to own my own mess ` the mess I made with Grub, (VOICE BREAKS) with Emma... (BREATHES SHAKILY) (SOBS) Fuck. Do you think I did it? I think you're the best person to answer that. I don't know. I` I really don't know. (SIGHS) Yeah. Riki was in your office. He was going through your desk. How long was he in here for? Long enough. OK. Thanks. (BOOTS THUNK) (SOFT, OMINOUS TONE) (UNEASY MUSIC) SIGHS: Oh, for fuck's sake. (BROODING MUSIC) Hey. (QUIET, TENSE MUSIC) (MUSIC CONTINUES) Hey, you know of a good dentist? Yeah, there's a few around. You lost any teeth? No. Lucky. (TIN CLUNKS) (UNSETTLING MUSIC) Sorry! Just getting my eye in. (TIN CLUNKS) (MUSIC SWELLS) I was` ...taking it` ...slow. Stealth as. Pretty chill. Hung a right. Left. Boom. (SIREN WHOOPS) (BRAKES WHINE SOFTLY) SOFTLY: Oh no, no, no, no, no. (BREATHALYSER BEEPS) OK. That is a fail. (SIGHS SOFTLY) (EXHALES SHARPLY) (INDISTINCT RADIO TRANSMISSION) (SCOFFS SOFTLY) RT: We're just gonna go 4Q. (SIGHS SOFTLY) (GUNSHOTS) (BULLETS CLANK) (BANG!) All right. One last drink, and that's us. (BANG!) (CHUCKLES) (CHUCKLES) (SNIFFS) CHUCKLES: You gotta relax. (EXHALES) Oh, your shoulders are hugging your ears. Come on. Lower. OK. And breathe in. (INHALES, EXHALES) Empty everything out and feel like a vacuum. That's when you squeeze the trigger. (FOOTSTEPS RETREAT) (BANG!) (CHATTER, LAUGHTER) Hey. Hey. Cheese roll? Yeah. (CHUCKLES) Hm. Thank you. (SIGHS) Stephen says you have a gift. Do you? (SIGHS) (UNEASY MUSIC) Yeah. Matakite. Been seeing signs, people. Don't spend too much time with the dead. (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) Now it's not just the dead. It's the living. Something's changed. (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) I ate a gecko. Oh! Yep. At the bridge. Mm-mm. (CHUCKLES) CHUCKLES: Are we not feeding you enough? (BOTH CHUCKLE) Oh, I need the extra protein. (CHUCKLES) Mm. Ugh. Just gonna head off. Yes. (FOOTSTEPS RETREAT) (BROODING MUSIC) Shit. Sorry. The lock's broken. (GRUNTS) (SIGHS) Uh` (SIGHS SOFTLY) TREMULOUSLY: Sorry. Em. Hey, it's fine. Really. It's not fine. Sorry if I gave you the wrong idea. You didn't. Come on. We could both use a cheese roll. (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) Thanks for being so nice. That's all right, Em. (CHUCKLES GENTLY) I wish Mum was here. (SOMBRE MUSIC) I wish they both were. I'm surprised she changed her mind. What Grub wanted... She's thinking of Jack. (SIGHS) You don't need to worry about Huan and Yuyan. They saw something they liked on Gregor Station. They'll be with the lawyers now. They had to do what's right for the town. We're meant to be partners. Should've got the sale in writing. (SCOFFS) DERMOT: Haggis, uh, why don't you take Jackie and, uh, Rob here? And Stephen, Ariki, you're with me. Actually, if you guys, uh... You just follow me, all right? SOFTLY: Ariki. He knows. What? Stephen told me you suspect him, and he's pretty pissed off. (CAR DOOR SHUTS) (CAR DOORS SHUT) Hey, I think I should give this a miss. I don't even know my way around a gun. Nah. You gotta learn sometime. Nah, I'd just hold you back. I need you up there. (TENSE MUSIC) Well, I'll jump in the back. No, you'll be fine. (GRUNTS) Eyes open, ears on. (CAR DOOR SHUTS) (ENGINE STARTS) (LOW, UNSETTLING MUSIC) (KEYS JANGLE) (SOFT, BROODING MUSIC) (SIGHS SOFTLY) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (NO AUDIO) (BLOWS LOW NOTE) (SOFT, OMINOUS MUSIC) STEPHEN: Jackie. Haggis. Rob? SIGHS: All right. Haggis. You and Rob take the Eastern Gully; Stephen, Ariki, Northern Circuit; and we'll go west, shall we? JACKIE: Mm-hm. Good hunting. This is for you, bro! (BOTTLE THUNKS) Let's whack some bunnies. (SIGHS) Don't want you getting hurt. (CLATTERING) Or anyone else. You're a lousy shot for a cop. (MOURNFUL, OMINOUS MUSIC) (QUIET, TENSE MUSIC) (BANG!) Just put it in the sack. (MAGAZINE CLICKS) (MUSIC INTENSIFIES) (BANG!) And that one. Right, I'm off to Poachers' Gorge. Just deal with those. This bag's pretty full. Yeah, just pull the tails off. Count 'em later. See you back at the hut. (GRUNTS) (GRUNTS) (LOW, UNSETTLING MUSIC) (GUNSHOT ECHOES IN DISTANCE) (GUNSHOTS ECHO) (DISTANT GUNSHOTS CONTINUE) (MUSIC SWELLS) Oh! I just went and got some milk. Just like a chocolate milkshake, only crunchy! Who won the race to the shop? BOTH: I did. (STREAM BURBLES QUIETLY) (HAWK CRIES) (CRIES) (HAWK CRIES CONTINUE) (LOW, OMINOUS MUSIC) (TENSE MUSIC) (RIFLE COCKS) Dermot! Dermot, get down! ROB: This is for you, bro. Get down, get down, get down! (BANG!) (GRUNTS) (UNEASY MUSIC) (WHEEZES, PUFFS) (GRUNTS, GROANS) GRUB, ECHOING: I've had enough. I want out of the farm. DERMOT, ECHOING: Five generations of Braithwaites have worked this land. My sweat is on every blade of grass. It's bleeding money! Well, it's not yours to fuckin' sell! (GRUNTS) (UNSETTLING MUSIC) I loved him, and he loved me. My bones are in that graveyard, same as yours. The Ryders! ALL, ECHOING: The Ryders! And the Braithwaites. (RUNNING FOOTSTEPS APPROACH) What's going on? (DERMOT GROANS SOFTLY) It was you. (GROANS) You should've let him shoot me. (PANTS) You and Grub went to the bridge that night to do the lock ceremony. (UNSETTLING MUSIC) It was an accident. We were fighting about the farm, about him trying to sell it out from underneath me. We were kissing and then... shoving. I love this land just as much as he did. More, cos I-I don't... don't even know who I am without this.... (SCUFFS SHOES) ...dirt under my feet. Dermot Braithwaite, I'm arresting you for the murder of Andrew Ryder. No. No, no, no! Drop it. Drop it! Drop it, Dermot! (TENSE MUSIC) I killed him for nothing. Dermot! - Don't! - (BANG!) (HAUNTING MUSIC) (HAWK CRIES) (CRIES) (HAWK CRIES) (SOMBRE MUSIC) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (CLATTERING, KEYS JANGLE) (EERIE MUSIC) (KEYS CLINK) (WIND HOWLS SOFTLY) Riki told me what happened. Don't know what you mean. (SIGHS) You took a potshot at him, Rob. That's illegal. (SIGHS) I swear I didn't see him. The only thing I was trying to kill was a bunny. (SCOFFS) Aim's been all over the place. Too much drinking. All right. We'll put it down to a hunting accident. (SNIFFS) Hey, we'll see you there! Let them know you're comin'. (UNEASY MUSIC) The ute never left the hut, which is why we missed it the first time. They took the quad bike. But what about the tooth? I've got no idea how that tooth got into Grub's hand. JOE, ECHOING: Car accident. CHUCKLES: They're still pickin' teeth and bone out of One Lane Bridge. CHUCKLES: Yes! (TABLET KEYBOARD CLICKS) This for the car? No. (UPBEAT MUSIC) Yeah? (DOG GRUMBLES) Nooo. (FLOOR SQUEAKS) (HUMS SOFTLY) 'Zero rhythm?' (PHONE CHIMES) Yeah? Nah. (GRUNTS) (SCOFFS) (DOG BARKS) Take a right. No, you want to go left. * (CAR ENGINE RUMBLES) Now, I don't know what you think you saw, but let's be very clear. This case was solved by Dermot's confession. And the supporting evidence. Not your mumbo jumbo bullshit. (BROODING MUSIC) OK? (MUSIC INTENSIFIES) (BIRDS TWITTER IN DISTANCE) (BIRDS TWITTER IN DISTANCE) So how do you fit in? I don't know. Yet. I saw some things ` people that weren't connected to the case, a wheelchair floating under the bridge. See, the signs are always connected somehow. Just not the way you first think. (SIGHS SOFTLY) Thank you for having me. It's my absolute pleasure. (SOFT, UNEASY MUSIC) WHISPERS: I wanna show you something. (UNSETTLING TONE) (UNEASY MUSIC CONTINUES) We're on. We'll take two cars. (SOFT, BROODING MUSIC) Why did you think I killed Grub? It's always the dodgy cop. (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) Keeping an eye on me, were you, son? Ariki. 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