(DISTANT CHATTER) (OMINOUS MUSIC) (WOMAN CRIES) (POIGNANT MUSIC) (WOMAN CRIES) - Gwen? What happened? They're all waiting for you. Love, whatever it is... - (EXHALES HEAVILY) - ...it's gonna be fine. Did someone do something? - My life is over. - (BREATHES HEAVILY) (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) - I-I couldn't help it. Don't. Please don't come any closer. Please. (BOTH YELL, GRUNT) - Aah! - (GRUNTS) (EERIE MUSIC) ('BLOOM' THEME MUSIC) Captions by Able. Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. www.able.co.nz Copyright Able (DOOR OPENS) - BEN: What have you done? - Just shut up and let me think. - This is insane. - Yeah, I know, Ben, but I didn't have a choice. She was gonna leave. - You know, you made me an accessory by bringing her here, and now this is a crime scene too. There'll be blood and fibres everywhere. - OK, do you want the berry or not? - Then what? Huh? If it grows, you can't just leave her here. - OK, then I will get rid of the evidence. OK, she is the source, and this is what we need, and it will grow. So forget blood samples, we have the real thing. We just have to wait. - (SIGHS) (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) - OLD GWEN: I ruined... half a day's filming. I... Yesterday, complete write-off. I can't remember my lines. - Oh, fair enough. You've got a lot to memorize. And so much pressure. It's normal; I keep losing my keys. - No, it's not normal to forget the word 'pen' or... or to stand in the shower for an hour wondering if you've washed your hair. No. - You just need a proper rest. - I've been going to doctors. Quite a few times. - When was this? - I-I'm sorry I didn't tell you, love. I... Ah. (SIGHS SHAKILY) It's Alzheimer's. (MELANCHOLIC MUSIC) So I... I'll have to tell the producers I can't work any more, and then we're going to have to think about what we're going to do. - No. - (EXHALES) - I'll retire. - What? You're not gonna do that. - I'll adapt. I'll change. You know how good I am at changing. I'll come to the set every day, I'll read your lines to you. It'll be good, really. I'll be your memory for you. (GROANS LIGHTLY) (SOMBRE MUSIC) Ah! (BREATHES RAPIDLY) - Marty, what do you mean you found her? - (STAMMERS) I found her. Gwen Reed, I found her body, but, please, just pack some things. - What? Where? - (SIGHS) - (STAMMERS) Did you call the police? - No, I... - Martin, just stop! - On the side` On the side of the road. I don't know if there was an accident, but I don't know. But this, this is your chance Anne. - Oh, God. - (SIGHS HEAVILY) - Oh. What's that? - OK, listen. Listen to me, Anne, I took her body. That's a crime, OK? So we can't stay here. Just tell Evie that we're moving to the Lab. - SHAKILY: You... You did this, didn't you? You didn't just find her body. You did it! - OK, there's a leaf, and soon there'll be a berry. It will save you Anne. And we'll be a family again. We have to go. Eva! Can you... pack your bags? - VOICEMAIL: You've called Sgt Rhonda Stokes. Please leave a message after the tone. - (EXHALES SOFTLY) (ENGINE TURNS OVER) - (SNORES LIGHTLY) (DISHES CLATTER) (FOOTSTEPS APPROACH) - Look. A couple of googies. Toast soldiers, how you like 'em. - Dad, can you` can you just undo this now please? - Yeah, I think we need to talk first, love. (BOTTLES CLINK) Top drawer of your dresser. Desk at work. The boot of your police car. (BOTTLES CLINK) - Are you seriously gonna lecture me? You are in no position to comment whatsoever on any of that. - You're tormented by this magic berry. Is it so bad? - I think... it's the end of the world. (SOFT, SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) - No darling, it's the beginning. Some things don't need explaining; you just go with it. Clearly, you're not ready to continue working in this state. I'm gonna keep you safe. (CELL PHONE RINGS) - Dad, give me my phone. Please. Dad! (CELL PHONE STOPS RINGING) Dad. Can you come... Dad! - GWEN: My star man. - Gwen? It's Ray. I've got something for you. It's a medicine. - GWEN: You did this to me, remember? (SOMBRE MUSIC) (MUSIC FADES) - I know it's basic, but, uh, it'll be good. A bit like camping, Evie. (EERIE MUSIC) - Anne, you're gonna wanna see this. - Um, sweetheart, listen, can you stay here, please? - No, I'm coming in with you. - No, darling. - But you said you'd trust me. - You need to trust me. We're trialling something very important, and I'm not ready for you to see it. OK? - Ah... It's OK, Evie, we... we won't be long. (OMINOUS MUSIC) - (EXHALES) Oh my God. (EXHALES HEAVILY) (BREATHES SHAKILY) Oh. - Annie. - Oh God. - Annie, hey. Hey. - How could you do this to her, to us, to Eva? How do we get back from that? - Because I had to. Please, please take the berry. - And then what? We're like teenagers? What about Eva? - OK, what happens to Eva if you die, Anne? - Anne, listen. We need to propagate this. That was the plan. This is still your best chance for a cure, and we may never get another one of these. - But what if you can't, Ben? What if you ruin it, and then there's nothing else? Please, please take the berry, Anne. - Jesus, what are you... - Ben, stop. Annie, please. Please just eat it. - (EXHALES SHAKILY) - Look... OK, this is your life that we're talking about. Look, I don't care. I don't care what happens to me. I've done so much to hurt you, Anne, please... Please let me make this right. - No. No, don't. Give me the berry. - Stop, don't. Don't. - Give it to me. - Don't, Ben. It'll save you, Annie. (EERIE MUSIC) - (GROANS) - Oh my God. - (GROANS) - Marty. Marty? - Oh my God. - (PULLS BRAKE) - Are you all right, mate? What happened? - I need to speak to Rhonda. - Mate, she's not here. She's out of town. She took an urgent call. What is it? - My wife was killed last night. - Jesus, where? - I know who you are. - Look, mate, I don't know what you're talking about, OK? - I know who you are, and my wife was the same as you. And she's been murdered by a young guy in a grey van. - A VW? - Yeah. - Yeah, I know the one. It's connected to a drug dealer I busted. It's a secret grow house. Look, you just leave it to me. I'll go and find the bastard and bring her back, OK? (FOOTSTEPS RECEDE) (CAR DOOR OPENS, ENGINE TURNS OVER) (CAR DRIVES AWAY) - This is today's newspaper, so you know that I'm not filming this in the past. Because I know how hard it will be for people to... to believe. But I promise you, it's real. I'm... I'm real. I think this happened to give... people a... a second chance. But time itself is meaningless. A year, a month, a day without love, without loving others. It's all that matters. It... came from a plant, which grew after a flood in places where people died. - That's extraordinary. - ANNIE: Marty. Are you all right? - I think so. Oh. (GROANS) (PANTS) - Here. - You've killed Gwen for this, and it doesn't even last. - I did it to save your life. - Dad? - Eva, darling. - Sweetheart, y-you don't understand. - Stay away from me. (MYSTERIOUS MUSIC) (MUSIC CONTINUES) - As Christians, miracles are part of our doctrine, our foundation. But wherever this miracle came from, it's not a Catholic miracle. This is just not something we can condone. Eternal life, eternal youth can only be granted in heaven, not on earth. - I understand, but how can you deny people something that is proven. And soon there'll be competition; others will find this. - You wanted to be the saviour, The face of this, didn't you? - - Of course not. - This is the work of the devil. And that's not just my opinion, it's the Vatican's. The very idea would tear the church apart. - I just don't agree. - Well, you don't have to. I'll make it simple. You're to return to your parish and bury this. - SHANE: He's just one man. - FATHER JOHN: He's not just one man. - Well, OK, then I'll upload it. I'll release it, and then it can't come back on you. - No, Shane, you don't touch it. - What? You're really gonna give in to this? - He is the archbishop, and maybe he's right. - So all these people, all of them living in their miserable little heads, you're gonna stop them from seeing this, the promise of a rebirth, the biggest news ever. - RECITES FROM CORINTHIANS: 'For we walk by faith, not by sight.' They don't need to see this to believe in God. - You know, I thought you were different. I thought you had guts. (SCOFFS) I'll make my own way back. (CAR ENGINE RUMBLES) (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS) - WOMAN: Isabella? Isabella, if I could... - What... What the actual... - Um, if you could just please listen. Also, I really don't feel like you should be leaving your door unlocked in this area. - What is wrong with you? - Look, Ella I... Something... indescribably strange has happened. I was transformed into my younger self. (STAMMERS) I'm... I'm your grandmother. - I'm calling the cops. - Uh... You hate peas. Your favourite colour is violet, you had a pet snake. What kind of a pet is a snake anyway, but... it was a carpet python, I believe. - So you've trolled my social media. - You have a heart-shaped birthmark on your left buttock. I saw it when you were a baby. It was... It was really quite sweet. - The street we lived on when I was born. - Samuel Street, number 40. - My teacher's name in primary school. - Which one? - All of them. - Uh... To be honest, I... I don't know very much because Julie barely let me see you. I did call you Baby-Bell on the odd occasion I was allowed to visit. (POIGNANT MUSIC) - So hectic. - I know. I know, it is. And speaking of hectic, I would very much like to see Julie. - (CHUCKLES) Good luck with that. - I know she thinks I'm judgemental. - You reckon? And racist. - I'm not racist. - Mum said that you pretty much abandoned her when she got pregnant with me, so was that the no-real-dad thing or the not-white thing? - Darling, I don't care about your ethnicity. It was never about that. - It doesn't matter anyway. She's never gonna believe that you're you. - But you could convince her. You and she seem very close. I never had that. Not with my mother, and not with Julie. And yes, probably because I'm judgemental. Bella, please, I need your help. - You... You slept with my boyfriend. - Well, yes, I did, and I can't seem to control that. - Well, yeah. - Look, honestly, it's like the devil's inside of me. - Or just my ex-boyfriend. - Please, will you telephone Julie? - And say what? - Her mother needs her? (CURIOUS MUSIC) - Eva. - Eva! You just let me talk to her first, OK? Eva, darling. Eva, sweetheart. Eva! Eva! - Hello? Hello? - BEN: Eva? She's not out back. Where did she go? - I don't know, I don't know. Eva, darling? (GRUNTS SOFTLY) - Annie? - (EXCLAIMS SOFTLY) (EXHALES SHAKILY) - I gave it to you, the thing that could save you. Maybe that's why I reverted back. Because I was meant to help you. I'm turning myself in. I'm gonna tell them all that I killed her. It's the only way to protect you and Eva. We're already divorced. I'll say that I just flipped out, keep you both right out of it. - I... I don't know, I just know that we should do what's best for Eva. (LOW MUSIC) (EERIE MUSIC) - EVA: Dear God, I think my dad has committed a mortal sin. And I don't know what to do. (SNIFFS SOFTLY) - RAY: Gwen's been murdered. - Ray, that's... - By a kid, and he took her body away in a grey van. And somehow, he's connected to Ben. Where's Ben? - Well, I don't... I don't... - I've been to Ben's house, and it's been cleared out. Where's your laboratory gone now? - Well, I-I mean, it wasn't working. I've dismantled the whole thing. - Anne? - Who are you? - This is Martin. He's my ex-husband. He's here to see Eva. We had argument, she took off. We don't know where she is. - Excuse us, we really should go. - I'm sorry. Wait. Ray. What happened, it's horrible. (FOOTSTEPS RECEDE) (OMINOUS MUSIC) - Wait. Wait! Stop! (ENGINE TURNS OVER) (TYRES SQUEAL) - (GRUNTS) (ENGINE RUMBLES) (DOOR OPENS) (DOOR CLOSES) - How you getting on? (SIGHS) Rhon, I got some bad news. Gwen Reed's been murdered. - Jesus, Dad. (EXHALES SHAKILY) - I spoke to Ray, the poor sod. - Oh, God. He'd be shattered. - Yeah, he said it was a young male, took off with the body in a grey van. Which, thanks to me, said van's been located. Someone torched it, burned it out, and can't find the murder weapon. - Where is he now? - Oh, Rhonnie. - What are you doing? - I'm freeing ya. As long as we can be partners. - Yeah, (STAMMERS) OK, fine. You see how bad this thing is now, yeah? - I see someone who needs to get back in the saddle, that's for sure. It's time to face your fears. - OK, just hurry up. (BELL DINGS) - Mm. (INDISTINCT CHATTER) - Please, sit. Uh, what can I get you to drink? A stiff Brandy or a beer, perhaps? - You've got two minutes. - All right, well, I, uh... (CLEARS THROAT) I... I ate something I probably never should've eaten, and... It's` It's difficult to explain or... imagine, even. (SIGHS) For goodness sake. It's me, Loris, your mother. You said yourself that I looked like her. Well, actually, I am... her. Me. - You are completely psychotic. - Julie, I can prove it. Just ask Isabella. - You stay away from my daughter. Do you understand? She's moving back in with me so that I can keep her safe. - And I think that's lovely. I do. I-I wish that you and I could've been that close. I... I wish I could take back so many things. I wish that... - I don't know what kind of sick joke this is or why you're doing it, but my mother is dead to me. And it's been that way for a long time. (FOOTSTEPS RECEDE) (DOOR OPENS, CLOSES) - I won't be long. Keep a lookout for her. Eva! Eva! Eva? - MAN: Hello. (POIGNANT ORCHSTRAL MUSIC) (NO DIALOGUE) - Who are you? I saw you drowning someone. - Can you give me a chance to show you who I really am? (TRAFFIC NOISE) (CELL PHONE RINGS) - Rhonda. - ON PHONE: Ray. I-I heard about Gwen. - I lost him. - L-Lost who? - The people who killed her. - I'm gonna do everything I can t-to get her back and find the people who did this. - You were right about the berry. I gave her one, and it destroyed her. - No, you were just trying to put her out of her pain. Mate, anyone would've done that. Ray? - Do you know where else she might go? The river? Does she go swimming? Anne, are you OK? - I need your help. With... Eva. - Of course. - Her father is not dead. - She told me he was. - He was to her. She lied to you because of our divorce. Martin, her father, hurt her very badly. Hurt both of us, but then he... he came back into our life and... I... I don't think she will... ever be able to forgive him. - Of course, I'll talk to her. - Thank you, because she's going to need him. I'm dying, actually. So... It's in my bones, my liver, my brain. And I might just well have ruined my one chance to live. - Anne, I'm truly sorry. But what do you mean your one chance? - A miracle. - Me too. I thought I'd found one. But I was wrong. (MYSTERIOUS MUSIC) - I have to find Eva. (FOOTSTEPS RECEDE) - RAY: It was Anne Carter's husband. He` He was a young kid, he took a berry, and now he's back to being who he is. - Oh, God. Where are you? I` I'll come and get you. (DOOR CHIMES) Ray? - I'll talk to you later. (CELL PHONE RINGS) (CAR DOOR OPENS) - (GROANS LIGHTLY) Oh! (CELL PHONE CONTINUES RINGING) Eva? (FOOTSTEPS APPROACH) You're Eva, right? Mum not around? Uh, I'm Ray. My wife's Gwen. Look, where have they taken her? No, no, no, sorry. Sorry. I shouldn't have done that. I just wanna know where they've taken her. Please, please tell me. I... I just want her back, that's all. I don't care about anything else. All right? - An old tomato growers, near the rail yards. - Near the rail yards. - Mum didn't do anything. - No, no. No, she didn't. Thank you. (CAR DOOR OPENS) (WRESTLING BAG RATTLES) - What happened? - Oh, it's Donnie. It's OK. I'm sure it's worse than it looks. - I'll get you some ice. - No, don't bother. No, I'm used to the pain. You know what really freaks them out? Is when you just sit there and take it. - Nobody should have to take that. - Like you. Like the archbishop. I get it. He's too powerful. - Yes, but he's also scared of what I might do. - That's right. That's exactly right. And he's probably just envious that this came to you, and not him. But you're stronger. You're as strong as Jesus. And he started his own religion. (MYSTERIOUS MUSIC) - (EXHALES) - (EXHALES) (EERIE MUSIC) (CELL PHONE RINGS) - Ben, is Eva there? - Uh, no, I haven't seen her. But, Anne, you're not gonna believe this. It's working. The propagation. (CHUCKLES) - What? - Yeah, I've` I've never seen anything grow this fast. I mean, there are tiny berries already, and they're growing. (MYSTERIOUS MUSIC) (MUSIC FADES) (CICADAS BUZZ) (LIGHT, OMINOUS MUSIC) - (BREATHES HEAVILY) (SUSPENSEFUL CHORD) - GWEN ON RECORDING: Gwen. Gwendolyn Reed. It came from a plant, which grew after a flood in places where people died. It's the most remarkable thing. I think this happened to give... people a... a second chance. (CHUCKLES) A second chance at life. It's what we all want, isn't it? - (CLANGS) - GWEN ON RECORDING: A chance to make things right, a chance to live more bravely, to love... love more deeply, to do all the things that we've never done before. And I was ready to let go and to accept my fate, God's... God's plan. (POIGNANT MUSIC) (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) - (GRUNTS SOFTLY) - Ray? - I'm taking my wife. - I-I can't` I can't let you do that. - You can either help or get out of the way. - What then? So, you go straight to the police? - Get out! (YELLS) (RAY EXCLAIMS PAINFULLY) Don't take her! (GROANS) (GRUNTS) (GRUNTS) (BREATHES HEAVILY) (EERIE MUSIC) - (GROANS) (BREATHES HEAVILY) (EERIE MUSIC BUILDS) (MOMENTOUS MUSIC) - (GROANS) (EXHALES) (SENTIMENTAL MUSIC) (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) - Anne? (CAR DOOR CREAKS) Ray's found us. - ANNE ON PHONE: What? - Ray, he just... He's here. He just turned up. (GRUNTS) - What? Ben? Ben, can you hear me? - (CLATTERS) - Ben, are you there? Ben? - Anne. - Who is this? - It's Ray Reed. Tell your husband I know what he did. (OMINOUS MUSIC) (SOFT, EERIE MUSIC) Captions by Able. Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air.