01x01 - Pilot

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- [Robber] Just ring it up.

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Hurry up.

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- Good day, boys.

You idiots are under arrest.

You don't have to say anything,

but anything you do say may be used

against you as evidence in court.

Get outta the car, dickhead.

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- [Donna Voiceover] Not a soul where I'm going

has ever seen this face before, which is kind of sexy.

I don't know whether I'm gonna be able to pull this off.

Whether I'm gonna end up straight on my ass.

Shut up.

It's called a challenge.

I'm Donna Parry and I'm kind of sexy.

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- [Eddie Voiceover] You start out with nice, clean lines.

Good and bad.

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Black and white.

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Then you end up wanting a man dead.

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You look at yourself and you wonder,

will it be today?

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- [Donna] Excuse me, did you see who grabbed my bag?

- [Bus Driver] No, I haven't.

- I just left it just there.

- Sorry, ma'am, that'd be your mistake.

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- sh*t.

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- Where did you go after the academy?

- Tamworth.

- And after that?

- Bingara.

I know this is different and it's gonna be more demanding.

- Don't drink on duty.

No long lunches.

Any complaints, make them straight to me.

You'll be fine.

This is you.

No luggage.

You found somewhere to stay then?

- Yeah, I'm onto it.

- [Sharon] I'll let you settle in.

When Eddie gets back, he'll take you

through the finer details.

- Thanks.

- Country girl Donna.

- [Donna] Yeah.

- Upstairs.

Mercia, he's upstairs.

You spend much time in the city?

- Not a lot.

- It's a big place.

Can all get a bit overwhelming unless you've got people

that'll help you get acclimatized.

So, I can guarantee you Mercia's not gonna hold your hand,

so maybe we can get a bite to eat after work

and I can help you, you know, show you the ropes.

- Maybe some other time, Shane.

I'm thinking if I follow the country advice,

which is don't sleep with mates or animals,

then I'll probably be right finding my own way,

but I appreciate your offer.

- Guy in the sharp suit.

Mercia.

- [Mercia] I got it, okay.

I'm onto it.

All right, thanks.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Okay, so they're still a man down, are they?

Yeah, no, no, you're not telling anything on me, mate.

It's fine.

I've stuck my head out for this one.

All right, thanks.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Right, bye.

- [Donna] Hi.

- Hey.

- I'm Donna.

Donna Parry, your new partner.

- You all right?

- Great to meet you.

We've got a job on.

I'll explain in the car.

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- Get your ass out here now.

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- Aziz.

Aziz, what's going on?

I thought we had a deal.

- [Man] This is wrong, man.

I'm telling you this is wrong.

- Look, would you shut up?

Just shut up.

- Hey, look me in the face.

You promised me no v*olence, okay?

- There's no v*olence.

- This is different, all right.

It's about family now.

My sister.

She's promised to Mohammed

and she's up there with Johnny Nguyen.

Okay, that's why we're here.

It's got nothing to do with our deal.

I didn't break it.

Nothing.

- She's in there?

- [Aziz] She's up there now, yes.

- [Man] Yeah, she better come down

'cause when I leave I'm gonna fill it up.

- [Eddie] All right, she's gonna come down.

She's coming down.

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- You're the one falling to pieces over a girl.

- [Man] Listen.

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- Police, let me in.

- Let me in, huh?

- [Donna] Let me in.

Where's Fatima?

(crowd chattering)

I'll find her myself.

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- Look, I'm not gonna pretend

to understand the finer details

of what is going on here, okay,

but from what I can gather you have one foot

either side of the cultural line.

- I'm in love with Johnny and that's why I'm here.

My mother said if he converted, it'd be all right.

- Is your mother here now?

- That's not the point.

- There are guys out there thinking with their dicks.

The point is--

- It's not.

I'm not going anywhere.

I'm staying here.

- Listen to me.

I want you to talk to me woman to woman.

You're not a girl anymore

and you have to take responsibility.

They're out there fighting because of you.

The longer you stay in here, something is going to happen

and I don't want anything to happen to any of you, okay.

I want you to understand that.

sh*t is gonna hit the fan.

I need you to go home.

(crowd chattering)

- Listen, listen, listen.

What's his name?

- Have patience.

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- Excuse me.

She's gone home out the back way.

- How do we know that?

How do we know--

- You don't.

You go home.

If she's not there, you come down to the station.

(crowd chattering)

Go see for yourself.

Get out of here.

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- Mercia.

I'll be there in .

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- [Man] You've gotta leave sooner or later.

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- Where to now?

Maybe I'm oversensitive.

Maybe your last partner was telepathic.

Call me old fashioned but having some vague idea

of what we're doing actually allows me to be involved.

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- Eddie.

Her mom and dad came in this morning.

Had a meeting with Dr. Jackson.

It's set for eight o'clock tonight.

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- Where's Jackson?

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Maybe you guys have done all you can.

Maybe we gotta get someone from overseas.

I don't care, okay.

I don't care what you do.

You're not doing this now.

- She's been unconscious for too long

and it's nothing to suggest

that anything is going to change.

Not here, not overseas.

She's gone, Eddie.

- No.

- It's not your call, Eddie.

The medical team met with her parents.

Everyone is in agreement.

The decision has been made.

- I don't care what any of those people say.

You understand?

This is wrong and it's not gonna happen.

Do you hear me?

All right?

It's not happening.

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I'm sorry I didn't make it last night.

Got caught up at work.

It's been sightings of Malouf around town.

Didn't come to anything.

But it will.

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Sooner or later it will, I promise.

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Jess.

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Jess.

(g*n f*ring)

Jess.

No, you bastard.

(g*n f*ring)

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I don't know how much they're telling you

about what they wanna do.

Time's come, Jess.

All right?

We were brought together.

All right?

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Here.

Play you a little song.

It's your favorite.

All right?

I'm just gonna sit here, okay.

You tell me what you wanna do.

All right?

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- [Donna] Your mobile switched off.

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- You said you wanted to know about my last partner.

There's my last partner.

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Let's go.

- Madeline Delaney to see Detective Mercia.

He's expecting me.

Oh, it's okay.

It's okay, thank you.

Hey.

- Hey, Madeline, thanks for coming.

- [Madeline] That's okay.

- Look, I wanted to come see you, but I called through--

- That's okay.

I got your message.

- You got the message.

Thank you.

They're switching off the machines tonight.

Okay.

Jess' life support is coming off tonight at eight o'clock.

- I'm sorry.

- Okay, I wanna take out an injunction.

Get the courts to stop it.

Can you help me?

- [Madeline] Eddie, I can't.

- I could've gone and seen another lawyer about this, okay.

I haven't got the time and it's in your interest anyway.

You're looking after Malouf's wife.

If they switch off the machines tonight,

he's looking at a m*rder charge, okay.

- Is there somewhere else we can talk about this?

- Look, all I'm trying to do is just buy some time.

Okay, that's all I want.

If we give her time, I know she can pull through.

- I've got a conflict of interest over this.

- There's no conflict of interest.

Did you hear me?

If they switch the machines off,

he's looking at a m*rder charge.

All right?

I don't want them to switch the machines off, okay.

Can you help me please?

- You know, I'll see what I can do.

- Anything. - I'll look into it.

I don't know.

- Anything at all.

Okay.

- Okay.

- All right, I haven't got much time, okay.

Eight o'clock tonight.

Madeline.

- All right.

- [Eddie] Thanks.

- Look after yourself.

- That's Madeline.

She's representing Malouf's wife.

Guy who sh*t Jess.

He busted out of the bay four weeks ago.

Four weeks he spent for putting one in her spine.

He's back out on the street walking again.

- I know a lot of you are friends of Jess Simpson.

We'll all be thinking of her today and tonight,

but I don't want that to get in the way of good police work.

At eight o'clock tonight the charges will go

from attempted m*rder to m*rder of a police officer.

- Started early.

- Our latest info has Malouf asking questions about

countries that have no extradition agreement with Australia.

So the airports will obviously come onboard with that one.

And weapons.

He's been asking questions about weapons.

We need to stay cool on this, people.

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That is not advised.

Now for those of you who have forgotten

or who came onboard after the sh**ting, Nicholas Malouf.

Right.

Thank you, that's it.

I don't think you should be getting in on this right now.

- Yeah, I know you don't.

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What is this?

This is where you're staying?

- Yeah.

Could be a palace inside?

Okay well.

Good luck with the.

Situation tonight.

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- Thanks for not asking too many questions.

- It's one of my strengths.

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- Thanks, love.

Have a good month.

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- Yeah, people are great.

Partner and I get straight away.

Hey, did you get the clutch on the tractor fixed?

What?

That's insane.

You can buy a new one for that.

Yeah, yeah.

Okay.

Love you, too.

Good day, mom.

Yup, day one down.

Yeah, found somewhere great to stay.

It's got a super view right across the city.

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Yes, that's all good.

It's plenty of new stuff to get used to.

Lots to do.

Course I miss you.

Hey, give Kenny a big belting for me, hey.

And tell Dad to get a second quote on the clutch.

All right.

Love you, too.

Bye.

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- [Madeline] Hey.

Come in.

- Thanks.

- Everyone says pretty much the same thing.

There's not a lot you can do.

Look, it might be possible to call a hour injunction,

but your chances are pretty slim.

- But it's not impossible.

- No.

But simply draws out the inevitable

and I don't think I could do it anyway.

You'd have to find someone else.

Jess is gone.

You have to let her go.

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Do you wanna stay here for awhile?

We could have a drink or not talk.

Or whatever.

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- I'm just gonna go home.

- Okay.

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- [Eddie Voiceover] Sometimes what a man did,

even if you know it's wrong,

even if you know it's sinful.

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- We should wait for backup.

- [Eddie] We have no time.

Malouf could run again.

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- For Christ sake, talk to 'em Jess, will ya?

- [Jess] This is Eddie's call.

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- Let's get going.

Get out of here.

- There's another stairwell over there.

Okay, you take that one.

Okay, take the other stairwell.

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Jess.

Jess.

(g*n f*ring)

Jess.

Malouf, you bastard.

(g*ns f*ring)

- Don't move.

- Jess.

Jess.

It's okay.

I'm here.

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- There's some paperwork for you to do back at the station

and then I think you should go shopping.

Your suitcase has been handed in.

What's left of it.

Most of your clothes are missing.

Assuming you don't wanna wash your shirt out every night.

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- Where's Eddie?

- He's in the car.

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- Mrs. Simpson.

Father.

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Sorry.

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- [Christine] Who is it?

- It's Eddie Mercia.

- Hey, Eddie.

- [Eddie] Christine.

Nick home?

- No.

- [Nick] All these sightings around town,

he hasn't dropped in for a couple with his wife?

Hey.

- [Christine] No.

- You listen to me, all right.

Next time you see him, all right,

you pass on a little message for me, okay.

You tell him that if he thinks he's gonna run off

to South America he's got another thing coming, okay.

And as for you.

- Yeah?

- We've been friends and everything but that's on notice.

All right?

'Cause if you help him, that's it.

All bets are off.

You tell that to your husband, Christine.

All bets are off.

This is it.

He's not gonna walk away from this.

You hear me?

He's not walking away from this.

- Nice shirt.

- Thanks.

Be falling off me by the end of the week though

'cause I can't afford to eat now.

- All his reps saw him yesterday.

Yeah, tell him I wanna talk to him.

All right, direct.

Give him my number, it's fine.

Yeah.

All right, thanks.

- Malouf called?

(phone ringing)

- What are you doing here?

- My job.

Why?

- You need to sleep, Eddie.

- Yeah when I can, I will.

- First time he yawns, take him home.

- You okay?

- Yeah, I'm fine.

Listen, thanks again for yesterday, all right.

(phone ringing)

- Donna Parry.

Yup.

Okay.

Brawl on Lee Street car park.

Your people I think.

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- [Dispatcher] Team A this is well north.

There are about to kids outside in our way.

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- Get off the car.

Get off.

- Get up, bro.

Come on, man, get up.

Get up, Jamon.

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- Eddie, this kid's still alive.

- Southwest urgent.

- [Dispatcher] Southwest only.

- Yeah, we need an ambulance at the Lee Street car park.

- Get 'em here fast, Eddie.

This one's going.

- [Dispatcher] Copy that, Southwest .

Calling an ambulance now.

We'll give you an ETA.

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- Sorry, Donna.

- But I heard a pulse on both of them.

- Look, I hear one's Lib and one's Lebanese.

- Step back please.

Show a little respect for the families, okay.

Keep it down, all right.

- [Donna] You know any of these guys?

- [Eddie] Yeah, a couple of big g*ns from Lebanese gangs.

Here to pay their respect.

There's Aziz and his sister.

Now I wonder if this is about her or it's about dr*gs.

- [Donna] Either way she's gonna blame herself.

- [Dispatcher] In regards to relation to early reports,

saw the escapee Nicholas Malouf.

Sighting was false.

I repeat, sighting was false.

No need to acknowledge.

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(speaking in foreign language)

- Sir, Detective Mercia.

This is Detective Parry.

We're investigating the incident

that took the young man's life.

We wanna understand the reasons

because there's talk of g*ng warfare.

- When young people meet their friends,

that does not mean that they are a g*ng.

- We agree, sir, but we don't want this to escalate.

You know, we need to find out where the problems lie.

- When Anglo-Saxon youth gather and break the law,

do you speak to the community like this?

- No, sir.

Normally we'd wanna speak to the families.

So is this your daughter?

- My brother's daughter.

- That your brother?

- This is my son Aziz.

- [Eddie Voiceover] I could see myself years ago.

Which way are you gonna fall?

- [Dispatcher] SPG One, SPG Two.

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- Bullshit, man.

This is rubbish.

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- [Officer] Police.

A little work search.

- [Man] What's going on detectives?

- [Eddie] We know nothing about this.

- [Officer] We understand there's Aziz Najah in the house.

- [Eddie] PG.

What's SPG doing here?

- Detective Stevens.

We have a warrant to search the house.

- Detective Mercia.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, hey.

Don't push me.

- You don't get out of the way, you'll be under arrest.

- What the hell is going on?

- Look, we're checking all the houses for dr*gs and weapons.

Then ask if Aziz Najah's in the house.

- Yeah, that's me, bro.

- [Man] You organize this?

- No, sir.

I'm telling you I know nothing about this going down.

Please.

- You're under arrest in relation

to the stabbing of Johnny Nguyen.

I want you to understand you're not obliged

to say or do anything.

As anything you say or do may be recorded

and used in evidence later.

Do you understand that?

- He's only .

- Listen, don't say anything without a lawyer present, okay.

- We don't have a lawyer.

- That's okay.

I'll organize a lawyer for you, okay.

I'll get you a lawyer.

- They'll k*ll him this time.

Last time he sh*t that cop

and this time they'll k*ll him for it.

(phone ringing)

- Excuse me just a minute.

Madeline Delaney.

- [Eddie] Madeline, it's Eddie.

I'm down at Hayden Street.

We got SPG down here doing a house to house search.

- [Madeline] What for?

- It's about the stabbings.

Mohammad and Johnny.

They arrested this year old kid named Aziz

who's on his way down to the station right now.

- And you volunteered me to represent him?

- [Eddie] Afraid so.

- [Dispatcher] Possible sighting of Nicholas Malouf.

- Check that out.

- They don't want you anywhere near it.

- That's two blocks away.

Let's go.

He was trying to stop the fight.

SPG just trying to scare out a witness.

- All right, well I'm on my way.

Christine, I have to go.

You can call me anytime.

- Ah yeah, sure.

- I mean it.

Nick's best chance would be to give himself up.

- The way he's feeling now, he'll never do that.

- Thought you said you hadn't heard from him.

Bring him in.

- Eddie, Malouf may not even be here.

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Come on, let's wait.

I don't think they want us getting involved.

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- We're the first ones on the scene.

We gotta look around.

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- [Weson] Keep making so much noise,

I should sh**t you just to learn your lesson.

- What are you doing here, Weson?

- Same reason you are, our past.

Been here minutes.

Decided it was bullshit.

See you, Donna.

- [Stevens] We have a witness

who says you held Johnny Nguyen

while your cousin stabbed him--

- Who's your witness?

- Did you know Johnny Nguyen?

- Yeah, of course I knew him.

We went to the same school.

We worked at the fish markets together.

- [Stevens] Until his g*ng ripped off Mohammed's.

- Excuse me, Detective.

I'm representing Aziz Najah.

I'd like to speak to my client alone.

- We're in the process of conducting an interview here.

- Yes, I can see that, Detective.

I can also see it's being conducted in breach of the law.

So if you wanna use anything you get in here,

give me a moment with my client.

- We're talking pretty serious offenses here.

g*ng v*olence, m*rder.

- All the more reason to do it by the book.

I could make a list as long as my arm

to get you in the sh*t.

Taking a juvenile from a wake.

Being culturally insensitive.

- Whose been blowing in your ear?

Mercia?

- Let me speak to my client.

- I thought we were supposed to be on the same team.

You ran the same boat.

Who side are you on?

- Not yours, mate.

Not the morals that sent you either.

- Two kids are dead.

Headquarters wants value for money on this one.

The SPG operation--

- Yeah, and the blessing of all

the headline hunting politicians, talk back jocks--

- Commission is blessing.

The same commission that wants you two in here

changing the way things are done.

- So what?

Today you just let some jack book it all the way?

- [Stevens] You know the orders

and this is zero tolerance policing.

- More like zero intelligence.

- [Donna] Guaranteed to bring out the crazies.

- You two are edgy, okay.

g*ng activity has gone up in the west %

in the last six months.

There's Johnny Nguyen.

There's Mohammed Najah.

The two kids who were stabbed.

- Where's Aziz Najah?

The one that you dragged in here.

Where is he?

- Just haven't caught him yet.

- So you decided to put a crosshair on his chest?

Force him to talk to you.

- What do you mean?

- You drag him here.

Word gets around on the street

that he's been talking to you guys

and how long do you think he's gonna last?

That's another one for your stats.

- Are they laying charges?

- They'd like to.

There's a distinct lack of anything resembling evidence.

- They're gonna be all over me out there

if they think I talked to you.

You know that right? - All right, all right.

You run into any problems, you just give me a call.

Okay, here's my card.

- What are you gonna do?

Hold my hand when I'm crossing the street.

Walk me to school.

There's nothing you can do, bro.

(phone ringing)

- Southwest, Mercia.

Hello.

- [Malouf] Are you having a good day?

- Can I help you with something?

- [Malouf] Probably not.

You pricks aren't much good for anything in my experience.

Probably doing the world a favor to get rid of you all.

- Malouf.

Malouf.

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- You sure it was Malouf?

It's been a big few days.

You're redlining at the moment, Eddie.

It wouldn't be surprising if he was front

and center of your thinking.

How long since you've slept, Eddie?

- I'm sleeping fine.

- [Sharon] Bullshit.

It's written all over you.

- It was Malouf, okay.

It was Malouf.

I know his voice.

All right?

I had to stand up in court and swear for it.

No.

Fair enough but in my guts, I know.

Okay?

- What do you think he wants?

Trace the call.

If you come up with anything,

we'll send whatever it is you want done then.

- All right thanks.

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- Jimmy Tan called me about that Chinatown m*rder.

Yeah.

Weson.

- [Malouf] Get some binoculars and look out the window.

- [Weson] Binoculars, what are you talking about?

- [Malouf] Right across the street.

- [Weson] Who is this?

- [Malouf] Freeway.

- [Weson] Who am I talking to, you idiot?

- Open your big, fat eyes.

All cops are toast.

I'd start running.

- sh*t.

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(g*n f*ring)

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- Police.

Drop the g*n.

Drop the g*n.

Get down.

Get down.

Get down.

Get down.

Get down.

(g*n f*ring)

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- After them, mate.

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(woman screaming)

- Well boys and girls, I think this may be

beyond the talents of our regular cleaning lady.

Hey Eddie red eye Mercia and the wonderful Donna.

Hey Donna, welcome to Beirut.

What's the matter?

What I'd say?

- You know who that was up there?

You know who I just sh*t?

Nick Malouf.

- So what's the problem?

That camel jockey should be dead.

You're a hero.

Well done, Donna.

- [Man] Good work, good work.

- Congratulations, Mercia.

These t*rrorists act as pipe bag

'cause we've been swinging the red light territories.

You got him the right answer, mate.

- [Eddie] Malouf didn't care about any g*ng sh**ting, okay.

He's just busted out of prison for f*ck's sake.

- Didn't know.

- So what?

You're gonna blame the Lebanese

every time a lunatic breaks out?

We're talking bullshit.

- Why'd he do it then?

- [Eddie] I don't know.

- [Sharon] You think this is personal against you?

- No.

I don't know.

I mean, some people might try to push it that way.

- I'll tell you why Malouf was on that freeway.

The drug gangs busted him out.

He returns the favor

because the crazy psycho's got nothing to lose.

If that had been a direct hit, we'd all be dead.

I'll bet you get a medal for this, Eddie.

It was self defense, wasn't it?

- Yeah.

- Donna?

- I didn't see it, but I'm sure it was.

- What do you mean you didn't see it?

- [Donna] Well I dived out of the way, didn't I?

I didn't see the actual moment, but it was clean.

I mean, Malouf had a r*fle.

He was sh**ting at people.

- You make sure you say that to the critical incident team.

You know the drill.

- Yup.

- [Sharon] Two detectives from the night wing patrol.

They're on their way here.

Detective Smart and Martin.

- This could be get squared like.

Malouf's sh*t Mercia's path and Mercia sh**t Malouf.

Bang.

- He had a freaking rocket launcher, Guido.

This is no set up.

- Well you reckon they ended up

on that freeway by coincidence.

- Could be.

Life is full of strange events.

Like here I am working with you on a critical incident team

in a lose lose situation.

I did not join the cops to work over other cops.

- So did Malouf hate all cops or just you?

- [Eddie] You think that rocket was aimed at me?

- You were here.

- Yeah, and so were other cops.

If his motive was revenge, there's three of us

that work in this station who arrested him.

There's me and Detective Weson--

- Detectives Weson and Murphy

didn't sh**t him just now, did they?

- Listen, Malouf robbed banks, okay.

And that was his job.

And I put him away.

That was my job.

That's all there was to it.

- So that rocket didn't have your name on it?

- I don't feud with criminals.

All right?

(gentle music)

- Think he owns his under decks?

(gentle music)

- [Eddie Voiceover] Partner dies.

Go to sleep.

Wake up.

Look the same.

Go to work.

sh**t a man.

- You've had a big first few days, haven't you?

Guess that'll be partnering up with Mercia.

- [Cameron] What about this decision

not to wait for back up?

- What about it?

- Well, see we've got a pretty clear idea

why Eddie's you know launched head long

into the heart of things.

But we're not too sure about you.

I mean, why didn't you wait for backup?

- Well in Bingara when your partner goes, you go.

Maybe you guys do things differently down here.

- Also, don't understand why you didn't see the sh**ting.

- I told you I was down on the ground when it happened.

- [Guido] Yeah well see, that's the bit I don't get.

- Yeah, why did Detective Mercia

make you get down on the ground?

- What do you think it was

that he actually didn't want you to see?

- My read is that Eddie knew Malouf was capable

of sh**ting us both on the spot.

He made a decision to save one of us.

- That's a fair account.

- He could've k*lled people.

He could've come down onto the street

and kept f*ring until he used up all his b*ll*ts.

But you guys, you're copying on about someone

who risked their life to stop that from happening

instead of hiding under his desk like everyone else.

- That Malouf needed to be stopped isn't the question.

The question is whether Detective Mercia

had the choice to bring him in or not.

- No, he didn't.

- It's whether he emptied his g*n.

Six b*ll*ts.

You know because he had to or because he wanted to.

- Well that's a question that's very easy to ask

from the safety of a station, isn't it?

- How long have we been partners?

- I don't know.

Two weeks.

- Two weeks.

And Eddie's managed to cultivate a tremendous swag

of loyalty in just two days.

Wonder what that's all about, huh.

- Probably a d*ck thing.

- A d*ck thing.

- [Weson] You on the turn, Mercia?

- You got binoculars on your desk.

- [Weson] Yeah, so what?

There's a Catholic girl school down the street.

I like to have a peep.

- You were looking at the freeway.

He called you up, didn't he?

You know, we can check the phone records

and see what time you took the call.

What time the station was rocketed.

- Mate, he rang the station.

I happened to pick up.

- Yeah?

So why he'd fire at the station?

What'd he say?

- I don't know.

Something about all coppers being dogs

and well then he just pointed that bazooka at us.

- He didn't mention anything about his wife?

- What are you saying?

- I'm saying that after we put him inside,

a lot of talk went around about you hanging around his wife.

- Listen fancy pants.

You have the luck with the ladies.

Isn't that right, Donna?

- [Eddie] What are you trying to say?

- [Weson] Just compare the mobile phone records.

See who talked to Christine more.

Wasn't me.

(gentle music)

- When we got to know his wife,

put her under surveillance.

- You?

- [Eddie] I got, you know.

I got to know his wife.

That's what Weson was talking about in the locker rooms.

- All right and so she led you to Malouf's hideout, yeah?

- Yeah basically.

So we got there and we didn't have any backup,

but we decided to go in.

Jess and me with Weson.

Malouf tried to run.

Jess got in the way,

and that's when he gave one in the spine.

- So that's why you screamed at me on the freeway.

- Yeah, when I saw his face I lost it, didn't I?

- I am not Jess.

I can cover my own ass, all right.

- Yeah well so could she.

- Instead of two on one, you made it one on one.

Now I can't even act as a witness for you.

I was eating gravel off the freeway.

Jesus man, you could've gotten yourself k*lled.

(gentle music)

- Hey.

Hey on my wind screen.

I got the lip prints of the biggest grasshopper in Sydney.

Remember me?

Listen, we're not here to arrest anybody, okay.

All right?

I want you to know that.

We got two kids dead here.

I don't wanna see it happen again.

All right, what I do wanna know is why it went down

or how it went down?

(gentle music)

Okay, whether you believe it or not,

we're actually we're trying to help.

- Lebo talk too much.

Talk out our business.

You tell that to Lebo.

Very dangerous to talk.

(gentle music)

- Johnny, we sat together in math.

You always made me laugh.

I'll miss you heaps and I'll never forget you.

Your friend, Peter.

Eddie.

(suspenseful music)

- Yeah, I was sh**ting then I heard this expl*si*n

and then there was these r*fle sh*ts.

- Mr. Flynn.

- Please me like this.

- [Cameron] What next?

Mr. Flynn, can we get a bit of focus here please?

- [Flynn] Sorry what?

- What next?

- Just keep going, babe.

Came over here.

I see this guy running along the freeway.

Then he throws a rope over the side.

And there's this other guy and girl

running along the freeway and they were shouting

and they had handguns.

The woman, she just dives out of sight.

That's it, kitten.

Now you're purring.

Keep going.

Come on, baby.

Oh yeah, yeah.

The guy.

The first guy.

The guy with the r*fle.

He throws the r*fle down

and then he throws his hands up in the air

and the cop just sh**t him.

Bang bang bang.

- [Cameron] How'd you know it was a cop?

- [Flynn] I didn't.

Not at the time.

- And you can see all this from here?

- [Flynn] Through the lens.

millis.

As close to you to me.

- And you're sure of that sequence of events?

- Got the pictures to prove it.

- The first guy, he's throwing down the r*fle.

He's raised his hands and then the copper sh*t him.

Is that correct?

- [Flynn] Yup.

Beautiful.

That's it.

That's it, baby.

- We'll need the negatives of this.

- Sorry?

- The negatives.

- It's not possible.

They're with my agent in New York.

Syndication.

But you've got my sworn statement.

What I saw was an execution.

(camera shutter clicking)

(gentle music)

- Got a call from Fatima and she's freaking out.

Word is that Aziz tipped them off.

- Look, Mohammed's in paradise

and Johnny knows he can't take care of it.

Just leave it alone, all right.

- Mrs. Nguyen said--

- Look.

If Mrs. Nguyen said what was true,

I would've k*lled Johnny all right.

Not Mohammed.

I would have.

Now leave it alone, all right.

- Aziz, come on.

We just want you to talk to her.

- No, I'm not talking to her.

Leave me alone.

Fatima, stay inside and shut up.

Don't say nothing, all right.

- Hey, hey, hey, don't you be going anywhere.

- Listen Johnny Nguyen was an okay guy, all right.

It was just a total screw up.

- How was it a screw up?

- Now they want a place on my ass, all right.

Now leave me alone, all right.

- Let's talk about it.

Let's talk about it.

- Get in, come on.

- Listen to me.

Hey listen.

Listen.

Hey, hey, hey.

- Don't touch me, bro.

- Listen to me.

You go with these guys now,

you're gonna get in more trouble, right.

Just stay with your parents.

- How can I stay with my parents?

They think I'm a drug dealer thanks to you two, all right.

- [Man] Just get in.

Get in.

(bright music)

- Hang on, mate.

I should've said it before.

Mercia's gotta problem with m*rder.

Hey, where are you?

Yeah.

Yeah.

- [Guido] Did you ever ask your ex partner,

Jess Simpson, to marry you?

- That's none of your business.

- We've spoken to Jess' mother.

You asked her before the coma.

She said she turned you down

because she didn't want you marrying her just out of guilt.

- I can understand it, mate.

I mean, this bastard.

He's m*rder*d your woman.

I mean, here it is later.

You get a chance to blown him away.

I mean, this guy.

He's a psycho.

He's on the freeway.

I mean, he's got a rocket launcher.

Geez, I mean.

Any man would've done what you did, Eddie.

- Is that how you got it all figured out?

- Yes and maybe Malouf has dropped the r*fle,

raised his hands, and you sh*t him.

- I know about you.

I know all about you.

(gentle music)

- Eddie, it's what the photographs show, okay.

It's what the photographer says happened.

- [Eddie] He was late on the scene.

- Swears he wasn't.

Says he saw it all.

- [Eddie] He's lying.

- [Guido] Do you know Christine Malouf?

- [Eddie] Yeah, of course I do.

- You ever had sexual relations with her?

- Who told you that?

- We know you're obsessed with Malouf

that you studied him and that you got alongside his wife.

That you missed your first chance to nail him,

but hey you got lucky.

You got a second chance.

So come on, Eddie, come on.

Tell us the truth.

If you got a problem with women, you can tell us, Eddie.

- If I've got a problem with women?

- Yeah, mate.

- That's pretty rich coming from you.

You wouldn't know the truth if somebody stuck it in ya.

Would ya?

You know anything about this man?

Do you?

No.

Do you know what he's been doing for the last months?

No.

He's been lying.

Undercover for months infiltrating

a drug dealer's family.

Sleeping with the drug dealer's daughter.

- Who the hell have you been talking to?

What is this anyway?

- You're walking around with a target on your back.

I'd be very careful if I were you

'cause there's a lot of things about your partner

that you don't know.

You wanna talk about the truth?

Are you people gonna charge me with m*rder?

Are you people gonna charge me with m*rder?

Maybe we should do this again sometime.

In the meantime, good lines--

- Sit down, Eddie.

- [Eddie] Oh, you don't believe a word

this dog is saying, do you?

- Sit down, Eddie.

It doesn't matter what I believe.

Something's not right here and I want you

to stick your head in it until I sort it out.

- Ah, hell with that.

I'm not staying out of this.

I am-- - Eddie.

If you were Mr. Mercia instead of Detective Mercia,

you'd be in the dark and charged by now.

I want you to stay out of sight.

- Is it true?

- Yeah is what true?

- Don't sh*t me, Guido.

- Yeah, Mercia's up to his eyeballs in crap.

He just wants to fling it about wherever he can.

(gentle music)

Why was your husband on that freeway?

- I don't know.

- [Guido] Can I tell you a little story?

Just a story just to work out my--

- Suit yourself.

I got a feeling I don't have a choice.

- Okay.

One day Nick was in a ways top man

when he went into Long Bay, wouldn't he?

I mean, he was a good stick up merchant.

He was put a cop in coma.

He was top man.

Things changed after that, didn't they?

I mean, word got out that there was

a detective hanging round you.

- Do I have to answer that?

- No.

- So one day we got Nick is king.

He's the man.

And then next day he's nothing.

That has to eat at a man, doesn't it?

Eat at him enough to break out.

Go on a su1c1de run.

sh**t a rocket at us.

So were you having sex with the detective?

- I can see you're scared.

I know you didn't want any part of this.

I know you loved Nick, okay,

but if someone's threatening you, Christine,

we can protect you.

- Oh yeah, sure you can.

- If it's by thr*at, that makes it r*pe,

and we want that man arrested and out of the police service.

- What about my kids?

Who's gonna protect them?

- [Guido] Is it Eddie Mercia who's raping you?

- Who said it was Eddie?

- Mrs. Malouf, have you had or ever had

sexual relation with a detective?

Do you want the question repeated?

- I can't tell you.

- What, is that a yes?

Yes, you are.

- I can't tell you.

He said that he'd k*ll me.

I believe him.

- Christine, please.

Okay, just give us a name so we can help you.

- You can't help me.

Nick is dead.

He tried to help and you k*lled him.

Look.

I just wanna talk to my lawyer, okay.

Please.

Now.

Tell me about you and Eddie Mercia.

- There's nothing between us.

- When Eddie first advised me to see you,

like you should've heard the way he spoke about you.

- [Madeline] You're telling me that Detective Mercia

is the one threatening you?

- If he was?

- Look, a corrupt detective or a bench charge,

they're the enemy and if it is Eddie

who's forcing you, who's raping you,

then you know I'll nail him to the wall.

- Even though you're in love with him?

Oh come on, I saw your face when they said his name.

- If it's Eddie, Christine, just tell me.

- It's not him.

- Why would you put me through this?

- Because I was scared of being k*lled

and I needed to know if you could be trusted.

You call Eddie, okay.

Tell him.

Weson's dumping him in it.

(gentle music)

I know why Nick rocketed the station.

(gentle music)

After Nick was arrested,

Weson started coming round my house.

- You keep on coming into watch me dress, Mercia.

People are starting to talk.

- Let's go.

- I'd give him coffee and tell him nothing, you know.

Then Weson and his partner both started showing up.

- You know what I'm talking about, scumbag.

(dramatic music)

- Like they made some bet as to

who'd screw me first, you know.

I told them to piss off.

(dramatic music)

He said that if I slept with him,

he could lose evidence and get a key witness to disappear.

- And he didn't come good on his promise?

- Are you kidding?

(dramatic music)

Nicholas was convicted big time.

Like three big bank jobs and sh**ting that woman detective.

With truth and sentencing, he was gonna be an old man

by the time he got out.

I told Weson no more, no more,

but I think that he liked it better when I pushed him away.

(dramatic music)

- [Cameron] He started raping you?

- Yeah.

- [Cameron] Your husband find out?

(gentle music)

- It was.

It was Weson who k*lled my husband.

He put Nick on that freeway.

(dramatic music)

- No, no, get out of here.

Come on.

Come on.

Couple of you not smart about this.

You're playing straight into their hands you realize.

Ouch.

- [Eddie] Sorry.

- If you think going around belting people up

is making you look any better,

then you're dumber than I thought.

- I know.

- Yeah well, I'm not interested in what you know.

I'm interested in what you do.

- [Eddie] All right, okay.

- How do I look?

- Like you box.

- The coroner's gonna be very interested

that Nick Malouf was driven out onto that freeway

by the actions of a corrupt detective.

- Malouf rocketed a police station.

He's not a victim here.

- There are several victims.

One of them's Eddie Mercia.

If Weson hadn't acted the way he did--

- Yeah, but Weson was not on the freeway.

- What I'm saying--

- I know what you're saying.

I might even agree with you, but this changes nothing.

The circumstances, the sh**ting

are still under investigation.

- Getting all of this for this walk, boy?

- Don't wanna humiliate you.

- You humiliate yourself, mate,

taking that slut's word over mine.

Donna.

So fire me.

Boss.

Pete.

(gentle music)

(phone ringing) (gentle music)

- Detective Mercia.

(gentle music)

(dramatic music)

- [Donna] Police.

Let him go.

Police, back it up.

(crowd chattering) (dramatic music)

- I didn't say nothing, man.

- Get on your knees.

On your knees.

- Get on your knees.

Get down on your knees.

- [Eddie] You know, when's it gonna end?

- It's ended, man.

It's finished.

- Is that what you think?

- You let them go.

I did the right thing by them.

Everything's even now.

- What's there to?

What's there to be even about?

We didn't even talk in the first place.

- Sometimes you gotta pay back

for things you didn't even do.

It's the way it is.

And what am I gonna do?

Hide under my bed and cry.

Hide for the rest of my life.

- Yeah, I think you're right.

(gentle music)

- Heard you k*lled a guy.

- Yeah.

- What'd that feel like?

- You don't wanna know.

(gentle music)

Believe me.

- You're in trouble for it, aren't you?

I can give you the photographer.

(gentle music)

- [Eddie] What?

- I was just wondering.

Jess was the first person you've slept with whose d*ed.

(gentle music)

I slept with a guy once.

Couple of times actually.

A few months later a tractor rolled on him.

I was really flown.

Made me nervous the next time around.

You know?

I was just trying to work out

with this partner thing because

I don't plan on sleeping with you.

- Here all right.

It's good that we get those things cleared up then, huh.

- You remind me of one of my brothers.

(gentle music)

(man whistling)

(bright music)

Let's drive together.

(bright music)

- Just busted our key witness.

- At will.

We saw the story.

We just couldn't walk away.

- Looking for a suspect, white male, years old.

Suit and tie.

Face a little bit like yours.

- These two are totally out of control.

- Depends if they can make it stick.

- Child protection wanna talk to the girl

and as far as I'm aware sexual intercourse

with a minor is still a crime in this state.

- I think we should get a search warrant for his place

and see what else he's got stashed away in there, eh.

- Fine.

You two, nowhere near it.

- Fine.

- Thank you.

(bright music)

- Video.

Get a light on that.

- Planted.

Probably by Mercia.

- [Guido] Yeah, yeah.

- Look, you tell your blokes to go easy here.

This stuff's expensive, right.

If they damage it--

- Video here.

We've got kiddie p*rn, boss.

Think I recognize the girl.

- How much did they give you for the photos?

- More than you got in your pension.

Hey, it's a camera with a lens on it.

Takes photos, all right.

(bright music)

- Did you get double for framing a policeman?

You're in more sh*t than you can handle.

You tell me what you really saw on that freeway

and maybe I might be able to help you out some.

- What I really saw?

Look, you go sensible here and I'll tell you

what you want to.

- I want the truth.

Did Malouf hold the g*n to Detective Mercia?

- Course he did.

One of them wasn't getting off that freeway.

(bright music)

- They've had to make a deal with the filthy bastard.

Now he tells us the truth about what he saw on the freeway,

we'll forget about the drug buy.

Now I admit that it's not the perfect solution,

but it is the real world and well bad guy gets

to do some time for kiddie p*rn

and well you get off on self defense.

Mercia, if you're hoping for an apology,

you're not gonna get one.

I mean, well this matter had to be investigated.

It was.

And well you've been cleared.

- [Sharon] It's the best we can do, Eddie.

- It's not good enough.

Sorry.

You know why?

Because everyone's gonna think that I still did it

and that by reducing this guy's sentence,

just looks like you've bribed him to change his story.

- No.

- [Eddie] That's what it looks like.

- I don't think you did it and neither will the coroner.

- What about Aziz?

Are you gonna call the dogs off him?

- Aziz isn't their fault.

- It's the same thing, right.

Because he's on his own just like I am.

- A difficult personality.

- Mm.

You better get used to it because you're assigned

to this station now on a permanent basis.

- Boss look, we've done the job.

We've nailed two corrupt officers.

I mean--

- As a result, I'm short two detectives.

- You've gotta be kidding.

- But they hate us here.

I mean, no one's gonna trust us.

- Well, you'll have to earn their respect.

The paperwork's all gone through.

Welcome to the station.

(gentle music)

- [Madeline] Hey.

- Hi.

- These guys wanted to come and see you.

- [Eddie] Yeah sure, what's up?

- My sister's got something to tell you.

- Johnny and I loved each other a lot.

And my mom said that if had converted,

it would be all right.

My cousin, Mohammed, got very jealous once he heard this,

and they both had their ears to the street

and they k*lled each other.

- [Eddie Voiceover] I know you don't believe me,

but you don't have to do it alone.

You don't.

- Listen, whatever you did to get

Christine Malouf to talk, thanks.

- No worries.

It's my pleasure.

- I was wondering maybe after some time passes,

if you'd like I'd take you

and your boyfriend out for dinner.

- Yeah, well I guess.

I mean, I'd be surprised if he's gay or straight or married.

- I'll be sure to question then.

- Going for a drink.

Anyone?

(gentle music)

Probably burst into flames but what the hell.

- It's been years since my last confession.

- Welcome home.

- Or maybe you don't want me home.

I k*lled a man.

I'm a detective.

I was working.

This man.

He k*lled my partner.

So when I was pulling the trigger.

I felt.

- Felt hatred in your heart towards this man?

- Yeah.

Yeah, I felt it.

And I know that when you hate them.

When you hate them, you go crazy.

- We're asking for your forgiveness,

for your grace, for your mercy.

Fill him with wisdom and grant him peace of mind.

And by the power of this same holy spirit,

I absolve you of all your sins

in the name of the father and of the son

and of the holy spirit amen.

- Amen.

(gentle music)

- Did you tell him about all your drinking and fornication?

- Nah, didn't get around to that.

What are you doing here?

- Oh, I was just having a chat to our lady.

It's always tough who his mom is.

Parry.

Yeah okay, copy that.

We'll be right there.

Time to roll.

(bright music)

- [Dispatcher] SPG in relation

to that armed robbery you're intending,

detectives are being contacted.

Southwest will be there shortly.

(bright music)

(gentle music)

- What are you two been talking about me, have you?

- I'm curious that's all.

- We're not all mates, Guido.

- Yeah, we're not all mates.

We never will be.

- So this isn't something personal between you and Eddie?

- It's about doing the job.

(gentle music)

- [Cameron] Do you wanna hear about my new boyfriend?

- No.

- Thursday's good.

- [Madeline] Pick me up at seven.

(gentle music)

- [Cameron] How do you expect me to believe anything you say

when you tell me nothing?

- [Guido] I don't.

You just don't wanna be a part of it.

- I'm already a part of this, okay.

I'm the used part.

- Stop that.

I'll cooperate, Mr. Mercia.

Just call her off.

- I've got nothing against rich people.

I really, really don't.

- Piss off.

(gentle music)

- Eat me, baby.

- Is that an offer?

- [Woman] You interested in art, are you, Detective?

- I don't go looking for it, but you know to see it.

(gentle music)

- [Eddie] What is that?

- Speed.

You want some?

(gentle music)

- [Donna] I'm supposed to be prepared

to take a b*llet for you, so am I your partner?

(bright music)

(gentle music)