(GRUNTS) Who's that? It's me, Sam. - Recognise him? - Did he have something to do...? - It's Mum's. It means she's still here. - Nah, mate. - Who died here? - I'm sorry, mate. - Yes? - Frank Warlie? (GRUNTS) - Herb? - I'm looking for Frank War` - (GRUNTS) - (GASPS) (GROANS) Oh, why... Why isn't he breathing? Ray? (WHIMPERS) - (MELANCHOLIC MUSIC) (MELANCHOLIC MUSIC) (SOMBRE MUSIC) (NO AUDIO) (SOMBRE MUSIC) Captions by Able. Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. www.able.co.nz Copyright Able - (FOOTSTEPS APPROACH) - Love, you should try to eat. I'll put it up here for when you get hungry. I have to go out for a bit. I'll be as quick as I can. - (SIGHS) - (SOMBRE MUSIC) (TENSE MUSIC) - Lorrie, love. For the distress I've caused you... - I'm not distressed. I'm exhausted. And you don't have to apologise. You were obviously corrupted by` - No, I wasn't, Lorrie. - No, no, Herb, that wasn't you. - (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION) - Isaac, I just need to ask you a few questions. Is that OK? The person who showed you this, it was Tommy Brydon, the man who was tied up outside your fort? I need to find him. Do you have any idea where he might be? - (UNSETTLING MUSIC) - (DOOR RATTLES) - No! No, no, no! - Please listen. - Get out! Get out! - Tina, I'm not gonna hurt you! - Get out! Get back! I swear I will kill you! - I would never hurt you, OK? - Get the fuck back! - Whatever you want. - You are a monster, what you did to my husband. - I'm trying to tell you, I didn't touch him. - You're a liar! - Tina, I'm not lying! OK, there are some things that I didn't tell the truth about, like being a marginally older man. - I'm calling the police. - No, don't... OK, all right. OK. You can call the cops... if that's what you want to do, but not before you tell me that you believe me. - (SCOFFS) - Cos I did not... I did not kill him. I did take him to the station to return him to you so my DNA's all over him so when they catch me, that's it. I'm done. For good. So, please... tell me you believe me. - Why does it matter? - Cos... I care about you. I care... about you. - How did you do this? - It's in the caravan. The plant. It's yours now. You do with it what you will. - (KNOCK AT DOOR) - Just wait here. - Yeah. - (TENSE MUSIC) - Hey. - Um. Now's really not a good time. - No doubt. How are you holding up? - Um. (SIGHS) Um. Barely. I keep thinking I'm going to wake up and Griffo's going to tell me it's all a stupid joke. - Guess he wouldn't be laughing if he knew Tommy Brydon had given you this. Well, not old Tommy, of course, but a younger, more manipulative version, if your husband was correct. He stole it from a dead woman's body to give to you. No matter how much of a smooth talker he is, Tina, he killed Griffo. - No, he said he'd... - Do you know where Tommy is? - (SIGHS) - (TENSE MUSIC) - (MAGPIES WARBLE) - (SOMBRE MUSIC) (MELANCHOLIC MUSIC) - OK. I, um... I'm a coward, Ray, because I should be saying this to you in person, but every time I try to, all I can see is your eyes willing me, imploring me not to give up, to fight. But soon I won't be able to feed myself, to talk. When I get to the point where I no longer know who I am... I don't want you to be there. You have put me first for more than 50 years, and now I want you to put yourself first. I need you to put me in care and get the hell out, cut and run. Because I know you, I know you so well. I know that you won't give up and I want you to give up. I want you to find your own life, Ray. I love you. - (SOMBRE MUSIC) - You are trespassing. - Farida. Farida, I'm Ray, Gwen's husband. Remember Gwen? She... was in the room next to you at the care home. - Yes, I do. You walked past my room every day. Not as much as a hello. - I didn't realise. - I was alone in that place. No one came to visit. - Farida, I need your help with Gwen. You know she needs this. Remember how sick she was? - So, what is it that you are prepared to do? - Look, I know how difficult this must be for you... Ranjeet dying here. - No. It's not. Because I'm free. And if you come here again... I will not be so gracious. - (TENSE MUSIC) - She had suitcases. (WHIMPERS) She was leaving me. - No, no, honey, no, she... She was leaving me. I'm sorry I lied to you, Zacky. But you remember how much we were fighting, don't you? She found a new job in the city. A place of her own. She wanted me to tell you after she left, but... when we lost her... But she was gonna call you as soon as she got settled and see you as much as she could. - Then why didn't she take me? - Because we both wanted you. And I couldn't live without you. So this is not about you. We just stopped making each other happy. - What if I stop making you happy? - You can make me as miserable as you like, and I'm not going nowhere. I promise you. - (DISTANT CHATTER, YELLING) (COUGHING) - Are you my mummy? - (SOMBRE MUSIC) - 'I don't... I don't belong in this place. What is this place? 'No, no, stop it, stop it! 'No. No, no. no! 'Stop it! Stop it!' - (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION) - (TENSE MUSIC) (TENSE MUSIC) - Oi! Hey, kid! (GRUNTS) I've been looking for you everywhere. - Get away from me! - Yeah, that's all right. That's all right. I get it. I'd hate me guts too. I knew I should have told you way earlier, but I just wanted to... I just wanted to see you again, you know? (PANTS) For probably the last time. Hey, listen to me. You deserve some fun now, all right? To be a regular kid. And do... regular kid shit. Not that you're a regular kid at all, you know. (GRUNTS) Oh, sh... So, uh, take care of yourself. I'll see you around, all right? You be a good man. That's OK. Bye. (GROANS) - (TENSE MUSIC) - (GROANS) - (SIREN HOWLS) - (GRUNTS, GROANS) - (TENSE MUSIC) - What are you doing with that? - I need it, Max. - What for? - To help Gwen. - It doesn't leave here without me. - (SIREN HOWLS DISTANTLY) (SIREN HOWLS) - (PANTS) - (SIREN HOWLS) - (TENSE MUSIC) - (SIREN HOWLS) - (GRUNTS) - (SIREN HOWLS) - (GROANS) - Sam! Tommy! - Sam! - (PANTS) (GROANS) (GROANS) (GROANS) (GROANS) - (TENSE MUSIC) - (SNIFFLES) Well... I see you're still you. Or not you, more to the point. - I lost the baby. (SOBS) If there was one thing that I wanted more in this world... a baby. The one thing I should have given up everything for and I didn't. - I'm sorry. Oh. We all like to think our time's unlimited, but... it's not. You know, I can remember seeing you in a Christmas concert once. We were both teenagers. And I thought, 'If only 'I could be so brave. 'If only I had your gift.' And look where it took you. Children are wonderful, but they leave you. Then what do you have? And your Ray, there's nothing he wouldn't do for you. - (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) (SCOFFS) (SIGHS) Thank you. - Tommy Brydon's been arrested. - Good. That's good. - It is. Interesting character, isn't he? Both versions of him. Cos that's not news to you, is it? That the young fella you were seeing is also old Tommy? Which leaves us with something very alarming going on here. - Yeah. If it's true. - Tina, for Griffo's sake, to prove that he was right and that he wasn't insane, you need to tell me. 'No more left,' that's what Tommy said to me. No more what? - I don't know. Magic beans? Sorry, it's... It's just too crazy. - Yeah. - Find the toilet. - Hey. - It'll grow. Take the whole thing. - That'll kill it. - Not if we protect the roots. Take the whole thing. - (CAR APPROACHES) - (TENSE MUSIC) - Oh, Christ. - No, no. - Look at you both. Two strong men. - Look, it doesn't have to be like this. We` Max! - (GROANS) - No! - (GROANS) - (GUN CLICKS) - (TENSE MUSIC) - (GUN CLICKS) - (GROANS) - (DRAMATIC MUSIC) - I'm sorry. I'm sorry. - Christ, Max. - I'm sorry. - I'll get help. - I wasn't lying to you. I wouldn't even let myself think it. Whenever it entered my head, I'd... I'd condemn the very thought. I'd hear my father's words. His... his disgust. - Did you ever love me? - Of course I love you. You've been my life for the last 52 years. My best friend. I'm only sorry that... that you didn't have someone who could've offered you more, if I wasn't enough. And I'll understand it if you want to leave me. - (SCOFFS) Well, that's ridiculous. And go where? I suppose I did consider it. You weren't like other men. I think that's probably why I loved you. You listened to me. You understood me. (SNIFFLES) And I felt as if... I was home. (SIGHS) And... I think a roast would be nice. - (SOMBRE MUSIC) - (SIRENS HOWL) (INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER) - What really happened here, Ray? What the hell's going on? Farida Korrapati did this? A 92-year-old woman. It's where her husband died. Did you know that? It was horrific. Trapped in the toilet. All bloated. I found Farida clinging to the roof. Silent. Couldn't get a word out of her. Look, it just won't stop. The pain from that day. - You found... You found them all, the bodies? - Worst nightmare. In your home town. - And Tina's sister. You found her on the riverbank? I mean, that's what they said. - No, Griffo's caravan. Why? - (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION) - We'll talk after, Rhonda. - No, no, Ray, we haven't finished, mate. Ray! - Gwen. Come with me. - That's Max! What happened? - Up here. Karen did not die by the river. - What are you talking about? Karen... - We've still got one chance. - No, I don't... I don't want to... I don't want to do this, Ray, please. I'm sorry that I hurt you, and I love you, but I don't want to do this any more. I just... I just want to go home. - Yeah. - (ENGINE STARTS) - (TENSE MUSIC) - Ray, please. It's OK. - It was here. - Ray. - It's gone. - I don't want to do this any more. Please. - What, why? - I just want to go home. I just want to spend time together. While we still can. - But I only just got you back. - (DRAMATIC MUSIC) - Down there. There it is. Tina, I think you've got something in there that we really need. - Uh, I can't help you, I'm sorry. - It's for Gwen. - (TENSE MUSIC) - This is my chance to get the hell out of Mullan, have a new life. - And I don't want to take that away from you. But when she ages back, she'll be gone. - Yeah, when it runs out, well, what then? - Oh, Tina. I'm begging you. I just need more time. - OK. - Thank you. - Ray. Ray. - (GUNSHOT) - (SCREAMS) - Get down! - (TENSE MUSIC) - Farida. Come on. Put it down. Put the gun down. Don't do this. - Give it to me! What you stole. - I can't. It's not for you alone. - Give me the plant! - Farida. - No! No! - (GUNSHOT) - Ray. - Stop! - (TENSE MUSIC) (OMINOUS MUSIC) (DRAMATIC MUSIC) (SOMBRE MUSIC) (NO AUDIO) (POIGNANT MUSIC) (NO AUDIO) (NOSTALGIC MUSIC) - (GROANS) (GROANS) - I am sorry. - Don't be. It is what it is, Ray. - (PILLS RATTLE) - I can't go back to that, Ray. - Oh, no, love. No. - It's the only way. It is. - But I'll look after you. - I know you will. And that's why I have to do this, for both of us. And at least now we can say a proper goodbye to each other. (SOBS) My beautiful, beautiful husband. - (POIGNANT MUSIC) - (BIRDSONG) - Does it hurt? - No. (INHALES RASPILY) Remember our deal, OK? - To cut and run. - Hmm. And never look back. And thank you. Thank you. - (SIGHS) - Thank you. - (SOMBRE MUSIC) (POIGNANT MUSIC) (SOMBRE MUSIC) - My Star Man. - Yep. Your Star Man. 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