02x05 - Amigos Para Siempre

[bunniefuu]

Went back to your place,

found your little Brothers Grimm trail
of Fruity Juice wrappers

all the way at the Don's donga.

You got anything to say about that?

Someone gave Frank a lift home.

Frank had an accomplice!

You were at the donga
the night Don was m*rder*d.

What happened then, eh?
Did you give Frank a hand?

-Oh, you're accusing
me
now?
-Yeah!

Frank and I were long gone
when Don arrived.

Wait! Miki!

You and Frank didn't do it,
so we're good, yeah?

That's clearly been stolen.
I'm going to write down that VIN number.

-Just leave it.
-It's due diligence!

I've been a little bit preoccupied
all day, Eddie,

because Bushy's service g*n
was found in the river yesterday.

[Abby] I got access to the d*ck-bum
and I ran a tox report on Don Darrell.

He was poisoned.
Red meat laced with glyphosate.

It's the organophosphorus compound
that's present in weed k*ller.

I think someone put it
in Don's steak cake.

[Pat] Last time I saw that vehicle

was the night I pulled
the silly bugger over for drink-driving.

[Culkin, over phone]
That b*llet, it was
fired from Detective Bushman's g*n.

Bushy didn't commit suicide.

We're looking at a homicide here.

Where did you find that b*llet?

In a Land Cruiser...

...registered to Eddie.

[papers shuffle]

[woman 1] So, you and Redcliffe
started working together in Canberra.

[woman 2] Uh, no, Rachel, Tasmania.

Detective Collins gave those details
in her statement.

Oh. Apologies, Detective.

We took the red-eye from Adelaide.

-Ah.
-Mm.

Darwin Airport really comes alive
at 3am, doesn't it?

Yes, it's the perfect time
for a fishbowl margarita.

[chuckling]

Ah, yes, so since you started
on the Barra Creek case,

the detective's behaviour's been
a little erratic, would you agree?

Oh, she's just had quite a bit on,
I think.

[screams]

[Rachel] She discharged her firearm
and failed to report it,

stole a drone, entered it into evidence,

conducted multiple
unauthorised property searches.

[woman 2] It looks like she's also had
near-daily complaints lodged against her.

Workplace harassment,
intimidation of a witness,

poor grooming, profane language.

There's reports of her being intoxicated
whilst on duty.

Oh, no, no, the can in her stubby holder
is definitely just cola.

I can confirm that
because she often spills it on me.

[chuckling]

[woman 2] Well, several other incidents
were reported

during Detective Redcliffe's tenure
at Darwin HQ.

Yes, it says here she'd been
blackout-drunk on multiple occasions

leading up to Detective Bushman's death,

including driving intoxicated
to East Point

and arresting a jogger on suspicion
of being the Poinciana Woman.

Oh, I checked that,
that's a local man-hating ghost.

Right! Did she disclose any of this
to you, Detective?

Uh, no.

Which parts did she not mention?

Uh... most of it.

-You f*cking f*cked it!
-[thunder rumbles]

You f*cked f*cking f*ck!

So, it was your team that found
Detective Bushman's g*n in Barra Creek?

Yes, we pulled it from the river
with a big magnet.

Right, and you discovered
the missing b*llet from that g*n

in Detective Redcliffe's
abandoned Land Cruiser?

Mm. In the driver's seat footwell.

[Rachel] Erin, look at this.

The Barra Creek sergeant pulled over
Detective Redcliffe for drink-driving

on the night of
Detective Bushman's death.

Right.

[Rachel] They left the Land Cruiser
on the side of the road.

Detective, has your partner
ever offered an explanation

as to what she was doing at Barra Creek
the night Detective Bushman was shot?

Uh, no, she hasn't.

Do you have any theories?

Um...

No.

Uh, no, I don't.

OK.

[thunder rumbles]

Just rain already,
you f*cking cloud c**ts!

f*cking rain!

[Rachel] OK. Let me ask you,

were Detectives Bushman and Redcliffe
romantically involved?

Oh, no. No, they-- Uh-uh.

Uh, they weren't, no. Definitely not.

So, you returned to the DRR yesterday
to check the Land Cruiser's VIN number.

-Mm-hm.
-You don't have to say "VIN number".

-What?
-It's like saying "ATM machine".

Vehicle identification number. [laughs]

-Number.
-Of course. Thank you, Erin.

No worries. Yeah.

OK, so you returned to check the...
the VIN?

Yes, I did.

I thought that it may have belonged to
the Swedish nationals.

Right, you didn't think to check it
when you first located the vehicle?

Oh, well, I wanted to
but, um, Eddie wanted to...

uh, leave.

We were losing light

and there was some concern that mosquitoes
were going to bite my person...

personal area.

So she prevented you from recording
the vehicle identification number?

Uh, no, she didn't prevent me, per se.

But yesterday you discovered that
the Land Cruiser had been torched

in the intervening hours,
along with any evidence.

Is that correct?

Yes, that is correct.

[breathes heavily]

[interviewers] Alright.
I think that's everything.

Will you be speaking with Eddie?

At this stage, we are just
piecing together a picture.

[theme music plays]

[small engine whirs]

[Luke] You're free to go, Mr McAllister.

[Frank] Don't you bloody worry! I'm going.

[Roger] The free press will be informed

of this violation of my client's
freedoms and liberties!

-Oi! Oi!
-Mr Mainwaring, I ask that...

-You bring that scooter back here!
-...you and your client clear the area.

-That's mine!
-You don't even need a scooter,
you lazy f*ck!

I need it for me angina.

What vag*na? You don't have a vag*na.

Objection, speculation!

Vacate the area, sir,
or I will detain you...

You happy with yourself? Hm?

Making us run around after you like
a couple of dickless dicks for two days?

-That's your fault.
-Oh, bullshit.

For thinking I'd done it!

I can barely get a piss out of me,
let alone do a f*cking m*rder,

can I, Rog?

My client has a weak stream
by reason of an enlarged prostate.

If I hadn't been f*ck farting around
with your croc justice sh*t,

I could have sorted out who stitched you
for the chainsaw, catch who planted it!

Oh, yeah, like you and your partner Bushy
sorted it out

by booking me for croc poaching!

You had a headless croc in your shed.

-That was a stitch-up too.
-Oh, yeah, really?

OK, who stitched you up that time, Frank?

Hey? The same person who snuck


The same person who dumped 20 dunnies
in our backyard?

-They were bidets! French bum ones.
-Or
was it the same person,

same person
who kept you
drinking on at the pub

when you should have been there
to pick Mum up?

I wonder what alcoholic bar fly

let Mum walk along the highway
in the dark?

Oh, hang on.

I think I can find him.

Let me grab you a f*cking mirror.

[Roger] Come on, Frank.
I'll do you a chop.

[Frank] Yeah.

Yeah, f*ck for the memories!

You mightn't have m*rder*d Don Darrell,

but I know you k*lled those crocs
in the cool room, you shithouse rat.

[squeezes pump trigger quickly
and releases]

[squeezes pump trigger]

[squeezes pump trigger]

-Big Eyes.
-[squeezes pump trigger]

Oh, no!

What's with the pillow?
Did you sleep in your car?

Yes, because I have to
collect the chainsaw

so I can take it back to forensics
and fingerprint it.

[sniffs] But I also super can't afford
to pay for petrol right now

to go back to town,
so I'm kind of stuck here.

Nup, this is good.

I've been waiting around
like a bra-less tit for Collins

so we can interview those Arsenic Annies
in the pub

about how they poisoned Don's steak cake.

But you're here. You can be her.

-So come on, let's go.
-Yes!

-Leave all that sh*t, come on.
-Huh?

[Lynn] Is it in the roof?
Have some possums died in a clump?

I don't know, but now
the smell's everywhere.

-It's like a fart in a car.
-Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!

Will you two stop flapping around
like a couple of manta rays

and answer my question?

Did you m*rder Don Darrell

by putting gyno paste in his steak cake
on Sunday night?

-[Lynn] What?
-Oh, no, ma'am.

The poison in the steak cake
wasn't enough to k*ll Don.

Just made him sh*t blood.

-I put all this in the group chat.
-So? They didn't put in for the tang.

-[Lynn and Mary continue]
-[Eddie] You put weed k*ller in food
to k*ll.

Look at them. They're not scientists.
They c*ck up the dosage.

[Abby] Excuse me, Mary?

How do you prepare the steak cake?

Oh, well, I par-cook the meat
in the morning.

And before I plate it, I pop it
in the deep fryer and crisp it up.

Ma'am, extreme temperatures
reduce the potency of glyphosate.

-See, I was right. Cuff 'em, Big Eyes.
-No, ma'am.

-I'm not in the police anymore.
-[Lynn] What? Excuse me!

What have we done now?

You mucked up poisoning Don Darrell.

So you followed him to the donga

and stabbed him with
one of your kitchen knives, probably.

And then you chopped him up in that
fenced-off bit at the caravan park.

I know you're up to something out there.

-It's supposed to be a surprise.
-We're building a pool!

[Lynn] I have a lot of regrets about that.

-Well, you know that Bunnings
has those pre-made pools?
-Hey.

-How much?
-Hey, you two! Oi!

So if you didn't do it,
then who snuck into the kitchen

and poisoned the steak cake then, hey?

That French chef rat?

-Ratatouille, ma'am?
-Yeah! Ratatooti?

The steak cake wasn't even in the kitchen.

Well, where the f*ck was it, then?

-In the cool room.
-In the cool room.

Ma'am, I texted a high-interest loan
repayment company to ask for some money.

But while I wait for them to reply,

I'm going to go fingerprint the chainsaw
at the station.

Yeah, just show Luke your badge
and get him to hand it over.

No, ma'am. I'm not police.

OK, bye.

Bullshit.

[groans]

Look at this joint!

No locks. Shot-out cameras.

Anybody could have poisoned
that steak cake.

f*ck me! I've had enough.
More dead ends than a dead man's d*ck.

[Dulcie] Eddie.

Oh! Where in the loving a**l f*ck
have you been?

Oh, I had to do this--

You what? You had a... a what?

-Uh, just a--
-Two words?

-A thing.
-A thing? A what?

-An appointment?
-Yes.

For your thrush.

-Yes.
-Did you sort it?

-I did, yes.
-[sighs]

Yep, I am proudly thrushless.

f*ck', finally! What was the fix?
They put a borax pill up you?

Putting fire retardant up your vajutz
is a mindfuck at first,

but probably not the worst thing
you've put up there, so...

Oh, great. Great.
Um, so what have I missed?

[DJ, on video]
I bought it. I fixed it up.

I've done a few things.
I've got some awesome chairs in there.

[Dulcie] What are they all looking at?

I don't know because I wasn't there.

So this happened,
and then Don immediately called you?



OK, play the message again.

[Don, on recording]
Leon, it's Don Darrell.

I've just come in to
some very interesting information

about what's been going on around here.

It's about the lights in the sky.

-Let's just say--
-[engine roars loudly]

[indistinct voice on recording]

[Don]
The people behind this

will try and k*ll me
to keep the truth from getting out.

The NUA aren't happy. They've booted--

-That's my job.
-"Very interesting information."

What does he know? What does Don know?

Don't know.
I've listened to this all morning

and I still can't understand what
he's saying under the duckboat revving.

Well, I'm disappointed, my mentos.
You've failed me.

Come on, let's reroute to Big Eyes.

Wait! But who wanted Don dead?

Uh, no, no!
The NUA, but it wasn't the NUA.

[Dulcie] What about
the lights in the sky?

[Eddie] It's a cooker thing.
Whoa, that pong!

Alright. Let's step this out.

Collins, I know Don says
the NUA wanted him dead.

But I checked yesterday.
Roger and his cookers weren't involved.

No, no, Don said,

"someone will try to k*ll me
to keep the truth from getting out."

Then he said, "the NUA aren't happy."

They are two separate,
borderline-unrelated thoughts.

Well, that's a f*cking discombobulating
communication style, isn't it?

Hey, you should get Cath
to insert your vajutz pill.

-She's up there anyway all the time.
-Yeah, Eddie, listen...

What if Don's phone calls to Leo,

the voice message,
his interaction with the backpackers,

what if they're all
connected to Don's death?

What if-- What if the k*ller's motive

was to stop Don
from getting the truth out?

The truth about what, Collins?

What could Don be talking about
with two 24-year-old backpackers?

Where to get half-priced shots
on a Tuesday?

-How to ride a mechanical bull?
-I don't know.

But... the three people who do know
what was said are either missing or dead.

Yeah. We need to find out
what's on Leo's voicemail.

I agree.

OK, so the first thing
that we have to do is get all the--

[Erin] Detective Redcliffe?

Detective Wilson. We'd like a word.

[Erin] Detective?

[Pat] Come on, DJ!
The weather's getting to all of us, mate.

Every year before the rains come,

you know, we all want to bash stuff
with an axe, don't we?

Nah, this axe isn't just
mango madness, Pat.

'Cause Jason Wade
blew up my firework shed,

I'm going to destroy his Croc-o-Train!

I can't let you onto the Croc-o-Train
with... with an axe, mate.

There'll be children.

-You won't be able to
prove it's me who did it, will you?
-Yeah, I will, DJ,

because of this right here.

Look, I know
you've had a rough trot, mate,

but it's my last couple of days
on the job.

My retirement party's tonight,
which I'd love to see you at.

And my baby niece Roxy's
coming into town at any minute.

Oh, come on, love.
I've known you since you were 10.

We always sort these hiccups out,
don't we?

So put the axe down, and I can drive you

-back to your mum's place.
-[phone rings]

[DJ] Who the f*ck's this?

Hello?

[distorted voice]
I know what you did.

Who is this?

Hello?

[distorted voice]
I know what you did.

[Pat] Oh, good boy! Thank you. Jump in.

Now, would you like to
choose a song to play?

-[DJ] Red Hot Chilli Peppers.
-[thunder rumbles]

[Pat] Great.

[woman, on recording]
Of course, most
fatal injuries occur to the chest cavity,

as the upper torso contains the major
organs of respiration and circulation.

As a vital spot on the human body,

injuries to the upper torso
can quickly lead to death

due to severe blood loss or disruption
of the critical bodily functions,

with thoracic trauma being the cause
of 25-50% of all fatal injuries,

making it the leading cause of death.

-[revving]
-[don speaks indistinctly]

[replays clip]

-[Don]
Let's just say I know...
-[revving continues]

[Don]
Let's just say I know...

[Abby] Ma'ams!

Oh.
You're
here.

Mmm. I'm deciphering a message
from Don Darrell.

He knew something important.

Cool, you're not listening.

So, what's happening?

Why? What's it to you?

Just making human conversation.

[sighs] OK, well,
I'm looking for the ma'ams

because the fingerprints on the chainsaw
aren't in the system,

and one set of fingerprints
belongs to a person with adermatoglyphia.

I don't have time
to explain to you what that is.

-No worries.
-It's when a person has no fingerprints,

and it's caused by genetics, wear and tear
from work, age, chemotherapy...

[electronic voice]
Searching for Bluetooth device.

OK, rude!

[woman, on TV]
So, Johannes, what
happened when you proposed to Ebba?

[Johannes]
Ebba started crying.

She said we both deserved to be happy,
and I agreed. I said...

[Cath] Did you hear that?

She cried and said
they both deserve to be happy, Rabbit.

Clearly, Ebba broke up with
that Swedish man before she left.

Oh, my God, it's getting worse!

This smell, it's like hot diarrhoea.

Lynn, I'm just going to close these doors
to seal off the bar!

[Lynn] Right-o, Cath!

[woman, on TV]
...stopping en-route
at a petrol station in Dirk's River,

where a witness called Allira says
they purchased supplies and pool noodles.

Detective Blunt says Taskforce Hammare
are now scouring bushland

towards the Western Australian border,

where they strongly expect
to find remains.

Rabbit, what's this waterfall?

It's Patterson Falls.

It's somewhere in MacMacman National Park,

but it got taken off the map
'cause tourists kept dying out there.

...of finding human remains this time
in Western Australia

is a lot stronger than
his strong expectation last time...

[TV continues indistinctly]

[whispers] Holy sh*t.

Abby!

I think the backpackers
went to Breathless Falls.

Ebba borrowed this book too,

and she underlined the places
the w*r widows passed to get to the falls.

Oh, my gosh! It's a real place?

[Cath] Yes, and I think
she's used the book to get directions.

I'm going to mark it all.

I'm also going to mark in the bits
where they took f*ck breaks, Abs,

just in case
it awakens something in you.

-OK, sure.
-[electronic voice] Bluetooth connected.

-Leo!
-Sorry.

[Don, on recording]
Let's just say

I know who's k*lling
all those skinny little girls

and I've got proof!

-I'm not going to say any more...
-[Abby] "Skinny little girls"?

[Cath] Oh, sh*t.

[Abby] He's talking about the backpackers.

-[Cath] Someone needs to
get out to that waterfall.
-Yeah, I'll go get my stuff.

Wait! I need to tell Dulcie and Eddie
straightaway.

-Do you know where they are, Leo?
-Oh, I thought you knew.

Knew what?

[phone rings]

Waste of my f*cking time!

Come on, let's go.

-What was that about?
-Who knows?

I haven't been asked
that many tedious questions since '96,

when I went for a job
on the bloody salad tongs at Sizzler.

I told them,
"We're working on a m*rder here.

I don't have time to f*cking
sit around and sh**t the sh*t

over a cup of f*cking oolong."

OK, but what did they say, Eddie?
Why did they want to talk to you?

Get this! They're reopening Bushy's case.

Yeah. They found the other b*llet
out at Barra Creek.

-Right.
-Oh, I'm f*cking furious!

I knew something crook went down.

I f*cking knew there was no way
Bushy topped himself.

I told them someone bumped him off,

and I asked them
where they found the b*llet,

and they said, "Oh, in a Land Cruiser."

And I was like, "Well, that doesn't
f*cking narrow it down, does it, mates?"

And then one of them said, "Oh,

the Land Cruiser was yours, actually."

-What?
-Yeah!

They found the f*cking b*llet
in
my
Land Cruiser, mate.

The one out at the DRR.

Apparently Pat found out about it
and looked up the VIN,

and it belongs to me.

That's why they got me in.

As if I know what
happened to my f*cking Land Cruiser

and why it was out in Barra Creek
with f*ck' Bushy's b*llet in it.

It was stolen ages ago, wasn't it?

I mean, I didn't even know that
you had a Land Cruiser, so...

How the f*ck did Pat know
that my Cruiser was out there?

Moonboot.

-Moonboot was in the car with Miki
when she picked us up.
-Uh... Eddie, it could have been anyone.

Yeah, OK, well, thanks to this
anyone,

those two detectives in there
have me pegged as a person of interest

in Bushy's m*rder,
so that's f*cking great.

Eddie, I'm sure that just
putting together a picture

and that picture will show that
you're not in the picture.

No, no, no, no, mate,
I am f*cking front and centre.

I told them their theory was bullshit,
and I said if I was heading this,

I'd be asking why Bushy
was out in Barra Creek in the first place,

'cause that's the million dollar-buck
question, isn't it?

It is definitely one of those questions.

He was f*cking acting weird
and f*cking secretive and sh*t,

and I told them this, I said,

"You know, I reckon he was
having an affair out of Barra Creek."

He was doing weird stuff,
like wearing no socks with his shoes

and putting on that stinky f*cking
jaw water.

-Aftershave?
-Yeah!

And doing morning exercise, and there was
some chick's name on a beer coaster

in that box of sh*t that Holly gave us.

I told them all that stuff,
but they didn't care.

They were just like, "Where were you
the night Bushy died?

-What were your movements?"
-Yeah, what did you say?

I said I wasn't in Barra Creek, was I?

Why didn't Pat tell me
about my Land Cruiser?

She didn't need to call it in.

Um...

Well, I... I suppose she had to report it,
given it got torched.

Yeah, well, I've been stood down now.

It's just bullshit.
I'm still going to keep working.

That's just rules.
Rules don't apply to me.

f*ck rules.

Wait?

How did you know the Cruiser was torched?

Uh, you said it. Y... You...
You just said it before, when--

No.

You went back out to the Cruiser
without me, didn't you?

Uh, no. I... I...

Um...

Yes. But I tried to contact you, Eddie,
and I--

It was you that called it in.

Well, procedurally, if evidence
is collected, Eddie,

then... then...
then it explicitly states that I--

f*ck procedure!

You f*cking knew and you chose to
tell them instead of me?

-Well, I--
-That's where you were this morning,
wasn't it?

You weren't getting f*cking thrush
blasted out of your vag! That was a lie!

You were stitching me up, pretending that
none of this was going to happen.

You were just lying in my face,
like a rat-faced f*cking liar.

-Oh, I'm the liar? Really?
-Yeah.

Really, Eddie? Because you lied about
Barra Creek being your hometown,

about... about your mum dying,
about your dad being a crim,

-about pretty much everything, actually.
-OK, that is not lying!

Then it's just not banging on about sh*t

that doesn't need to be
banged on about, alright?

That's just f*cking family sh*t.
It's none of your f*cking business.

[Dulcie] OK, alright, great.

So I guess it's none of my business

why my investigative partner
doesn't drive, then.

-No, it's not.
-Right.

I guess it's also none of my business
that the reason she doesn't...

She/ they.

...that the reason they don't drive

is because Barra Creek
Senior Sergeant Pat Heffernan

pulled them over for drink-driving

and they had their license suspended.

I guess it's also none of my business

that the night Pat pulled you over
was the same night that Bushy died.

You were in Barra Creek that night, Eddie.

That is not just refraining from
telling me a little bit of colour.

From the moment we met,

you have consistently
and repeatedly lied to me.

You think I k*lled Bushy?

-Why were you in Barra Creek?
-Go f*ck yourself!

-You just tell me the truth!
-No.

We're done. You're f*cking dead to me.

[exhales]

What do you think we're going to find
out there at the waterfall?

Leo, I don't have time for your trademark
passive aggression right now. OK?

I didn't force you to drive us.

Well, you did,
because you can't afford petrol.

I just meant, is there a chance we're
going to see some dead bodies out there?

Probably! I don't know.

OK, let's just agree to disagree.

OK.

Leo, I'm sorry. Can we start over?

This animosity between us,
it isn't healthy.

Abby, I have zero animosity towards you.

You've been creating your own energy
with this, like a plant.

Sorry, I'm just working really hard
and no-one seems to care.

And then you just swan on in
and you take my spot

and my friends and my vibe.

Abby, trust me, I am not after your vibe.

First of all, your job is
full of dead bodies, which is disgusting.

-No!
-Yes.

Can I make an observation?

Sure.

You seem really burnt out.

I'm not. I just want to bury myself
in the dirt for a bit.

[Leo] Mm-hm.

Have you ever considered
quitting everything immediately?

But what about my career?
What about the ma'ams?

Yeah, that dynamic could do with a reset
anyway. It's really weird.

What, with me? And the ma'ams?

-Yeah. Mm-hm.
-No, it's not.

-It is?
-Mm-hm.

Oh...

Leo, this conversation
has been so helpful.

You're a really great friend.

I'm going to add you
to our group WhatsApp.

[recording]
This is Leo Lee.
Don't leave a message.

[beep]

[Eddie] Leo! Answer your phone, mate.

How are you going on Don's voice message?
sh*t!

Stab me and I'll stab you,
you f*cking rock!

OK. Listen up.

Me, you, Big Eyes, not Collins, OK?
Not her.

We're going to f*cking zero-in
on this Don Darrell case

like a... like a laser frying off
a f*cking vag pube, OK?

So you get on...

Agh! [grunts]

[Miki, faintly] Oi!
Learn to drive, you c**t!

Jesus Christ! Are you OK?
That was so close.

These m*rder highways, with no footpaths,

cars breaking the f*cking sound barrier.

I'm fine. I'm fine. I'm good.

No, you're not all good.
You nearly got cleaned up just then,

like it was a game of f*cking poison ball.
Come on.

-He missed me by heaps of millimetres.
-Yeah, righto.

Yakai. Oi! Come back here.
Get in the car. You need to cool down.

No, I'm fine. I just need to walk it off.

Listen, I might be sour on you, Reddy,
but I'm not going to leave you out here

for your frontal lobe
to bake like a jacket potato.

Keep your legs moving.

What's wrong with you,
out here acting brand-new?

[Eddie] I'm not!

-[Miki] You right?
-[Eddie] Yes.

[Miki] Get in.

You see the chat?

[men laugh]

[man] We'll get done for that.

[Culkin] There was no tea
in their kitchen.

So I microwaved
a carton of iced coffee instead.

It's not very good.

Look, again, I am just so sorry, Dulce.

I had no idea Wilson and Green
were bringing Eddie in.

You know, I'm not happy about it.
They completely blindsided me.

But, um, look...

They found something on
the security cameras at the HQ car park.

It shows Bushy leaving in his ute,

and then, soon after,
Eddie drives out after him in a Cruiser.

So Eddie followed Bushy to Barra Creek.

Why, Col?

Col, why would she
go to Barra Creek if not--

Hey, look, Dulcie,
I know she's your partner.

And whatever happens next,
this is not your fault, OK?

It's like what the Boss says,
you
didn't start the fire.

I think that's Billy Joel,
not Bruce Springsteen.

-Is it?
-Yeah.

Right. I think I always thought
they were the same person.

-No, no.
-OK.

Well, look, I know what
your answer is going to be.

-But if you need a break from work--
-No, I'm good. Thank you.

OK. Well, at least one of us will
still be here to fight the good fight.

Huh?

Well, given what's happened with this,

I suspect Cotton's going to
try and push me out.

He's had it in for me ever since he saw me
take a flier from one of the Greens

at the Parap Markets.

Maybe retirement
won't be such a bad thing, you know?

I think about birds a lot lately.

It just completely comes out of nowhere.

Finches, honey eaters, curlews.

I mean, I think that might be a sign
it's time to retire, eh?

Oh! Wow. That is just too sweet.

-No, that's undrinkable. Give it here.
-OK.

That's going down the sink.

Look, I've got to go.
But I will keep in contact.

You just hang in there, Dulce. Alright?

-Col?
-Yeah.

Um...

Eddie and Bushy weren't
romantically involved, were they?

Uh, no.

[laughs] I mean, from all reports,
they were at each other's throats.

What gave the impression
that they were, uh, entwined.

Wilson and Green mentioned it.

But Eddie suspected that Bushy
was having an affair

with someone out of Barra Creek.

Hm! What makes you say that?

Uh, they found a woman's name on a coaster
in a box of Bushy's stuff.

OK. Right.

News to me.

[woman, on radio]
And finally,
the Territory's gearing

up for the first proper storm
of the wet season tomorrow.

It's expected to get pretty wild,

so locals are urged to
stay across updates.

-That's the latest!
-[music plays on radio]

So what happened to your cop mate?

The one who
wanders around like a sad moose.

We're exploring separate leads
on the Don Darrell investigation.

Oh, so you mob don't think it was me
that k*lled him anymore then, huh?

Hang on, hang on. Let me turn this down
so I can hear your apology louder.

[music stops]

Obviously, that was a...
a miscalculated misstep,

and I regretfully regret... that.

But, you know, there were
mitigating circumcisions and...

beyond my control, which I...

And Pat f*cked that. Pat f*cked it.

Wow. Touching.

Well, good. Yeah, great.

Thanks for the water.
You can drop me off at the pub.

[phone rings]

Why do family services
always call from a random number

like they're calling in a b*mb threat?

Don't listen to this, you.
This is private.

How am I supposed to action that?

Hello. This is Mikaela Evans speaking.

-[Cherry]
Mum.
-Cherry?

Can you get Zooper Doopers?

I checked in the big freezer,
but there's only dead crocodiles in there.

Uh, Cherry, what?

Yeah, you put them in there, Mum.

You said don't look at them
because one of them doesn't have a head,

then I looked in there,
and one of them doesn't have a head.

So, Mum, can you get Zooper Doopers?

[cupboard doors bang]

-[rattling]
-[Cath] Oh, bloody broken door.

Oh, Dulcie, I've been calling you!

Leo said Eddie's been picked up
by detectives. What's going on?

Um, uh...

They think that Eddie
was somehow involved in Bushy's death.

-What?
-I know. I know.

I feel as betrayed as you.

Is Eddie OK? This is insane.
How are they even thinking that?

Well, a dumped vehicle was found

and it contained evidence
that was linked to Bushy's death.

And when they ran the VIN
through the system,

it showed that the vehicle
belonged to Eddie.

-Oh, my God, who found the car?
-Uh, I did. I found it.

OK, so what did Eddie say
when you asked about it?

I didn't ask about it.
I followed procedure

and I called the Land Cruiser in
and things just went from there.

And now Eddie's under suspicion
for m*rder?

Oh, that was out of my control, Cath!

OK.

Look, I'm quite busy, so if you are
once again upset with me for doing my job,

then we will just have to
reschedule this fight for another time.

-A conversation isn't a fight, Dulce.
-Look, I had to do it, Cath!

Have you seen this box of... of...
of Bushy's stuff?

We need it for evidence.

And you know it's not just
a b*llet in the car, Cath.

Eddie
was
in Barra Creek
when Bushy was m*rder*d.

Eddie lied to me.
Eddie lied to both of us.

Dulcie, Eddie's our family.

No. Just because we are arm-pit deep
in that person's old sports bras

does not make them family.

I mean, we've known Eddie for what?
What? A few months?

We don't actually
even really know who Eddie is.

You think Eddie k*lled Bushy?

I think that we need to
let the investigation run its course.

And if Eddie is innocent,
then they have nothing to worry about.

-Well, I hope you're right, Dulce.
-Oh, good.

'Cause you've just handed Eddie over
to a system

which we both know
treats people like you and me

very differently to people like Eddie.

Christ, Cath! Wh--
I mean, what do you want from me?

I don't want anything
from
you.
I want things
for
you.

Oh, you want things for...
What does that--

I mean, what does that even mean?

That is Schrodinger's
bloody opaque statement, Cath.

Dulce,

when you started as a cop,
I was scared shitless for you.

I had no idea how a principled g*y woman
would survive

in a moral f*ck like that.

I thought you'd quit immediately
and become a postie.

But you stayed, and now I realise that
I was worried about the wrong thing.

Because you are burying yourself
so deep in being a cop,

speeding from one case to another,

to avoid ever having to be Dulcie.

Which makes total sense,
given you come from a family

who only ever gave you
their weird half-love

when you were working overtime
not to be yourself.

But fear and shame
make life small and sh*t, Dulce, and...

I don't want that for you.

All I've ever wanted

is for you to love all of you like I do.

But your job has made you shed

all these big, important parts
of who you are.

By the end, there'll be none of you left.

I'm scared that's happening already,

'cause Dulcie would
never have done that to Eddie.

I don't see Dulcie at all
in this decision.

I just see a cop.

I'm going to try and get onto Eddie,

and then I'm going to Google
a c*ck sauce recipe for Pat's prawns,

although I suspect it's just
mayonnaise and tomato sauce.

Maybe Tabasco's involved.

-I love you.
-[bead rattle]

[door closes]

[gentle, melancholic music plays]

Ugh!

[sighs]

[exhales]

[line rings]

[recording]
Yes, this is
Detective Eddie Redcliffe.

Leave a message at the tone.

-[beep]
-Eddie, um...

I'm so sorry. I, um...

I... I know that you didn't k*ll Bushy.

Of course you didn't k*ll Bushy.

I just, um... I'm...

I'm just very hot, and...

these socks are... my pants, my buttons,

they're a little...
they're a little bit tight.

And... and my pants...

Polyester blend was a...
was a huge mistake, and...

you know, I thought it wouldn't wrinkle,
and it doesn't, but at what cost?

It is definitely giving me thrush.
I am riddled with it. I lied.

I'm, uh, I'm just, I'm really,
I'm so sorry.

[sobs] I'm really sorry about everything.

I'm... I'm a bit lost, I think, and...

I, uh, I am going to fix this, so...

Yeah. Ugh.

You're completely right.

Everybody should be asking
why Bushy was in Barra Creek.

It doesn't matter
why you were in Barra Creek.

[laughs]

Oh, God. OK.

You're not going to listen to this. Right.

[Eddie] What the f*ck's going on here?

Well, some psycho was
k*lling and mutilating salties.

These are the crocs
from Mary and Lynn's cool room.

-Mm-hm.
-It was you keeping them there.

You were the one who moved them.

Yeah, because I didn't want you
all up in my business.

-Why?
-Oh, you know,

I just thought you had enough
on your plate.

-Because I don't like cops.
-Yeah, alright.

Well, it's my totem!
Cops don't give a sh*t.

I do! My brother's a crocodile.

-That's not the same.
-[Cherry] Yes! She's here.

-[Miki] Yes.
-Mum, did you get Zooper Doopers?

Yeah, I did, but I just put them
in the freezer.

-So, turn around,
walk back inside, please.
-Nothing to see.

This is adult stuff we're talking about.
Tax returns and... and day procedures.

-Go on.
-Really boring.

-[Cherry] Have you had a blue one?
-[Clay] Yeah. Tastes like blue.

[Eddie] Well, how many are there?

Three here, five at work,
then there's a little female

that those horrors white women ran off
with yesterday, she's still missing.

This sicko must really get off
on k*lling them,

because that's nine protected species,

each one representing about ten years
jail sentence or 200,000 in fines.



I think you and I both know
what that equals.

-Yeah. Right.
-Yeah.

-Frank.
-Uh, no! No.

Before you go teeing off at your father,

some of these turned up
while he was still in lockup, OK?

So, he's innocent.

You leave him alone,

otherwise, truest God,
I will sacrifice all the work,

all the growth, all the inner peace,

and I will f*cking ram you
into the PE cupboard like I did in 2001.

Alright! Relax your lats. f*ck.

Well, so who's the psycho
k*lling these crocs, then?

Ugh! I simply would have led with that
if I knew.

-Oh, you simply would have led with that.
-[Clay] Mum!

Are the Zooper Doopers ready yet?

No, Clay, they've been in there
for about 40 seconds, mate.

The thing is,
I don't recognise these crocs.

Like, they're not juveniles,
but they're small and they're skinny.

I don't know, maybe I'm just...

sh*t at my job and I'm missing them
when I do my counts along the river.

[Cherry] Mum, where are the scissors?

On the string, Cherry,
unless you cut them off again.

Did you cut them
off the string again, Cherry?

Hang on, why do you need scissors?

[Cherry] For the Zooper Doopers!

[Miki] They're not even frozen yet!
Oh, my God!

-You're not sh*t at your job.
-Huh?

These crocs aren't from the river.

There's holes in their scutes.

I reckon it's from one of these.

It's a tracking device.

The psycho's getting them
from a f*cking croc farm.

[Dulcie] Hi. I was wondering
if Lisa's here.

-Lisa?
-Yeah.

I think you might have
made a wrong turn somewhere.

Lisa's not here.

Ah, right, OK. Um...

Do you have an address?

I'll give you a lift.

Uh...

No, there's no need.
You've got all this hosing to do.

I'm going to Lisa anyway.
The van's just there.

[faintly] OK.

[Abby] OK, chapter 38
is a lot of nipple play.

Cath's underlined the whole thing.

Chapter 39... Ooh, nature.

"The path wound through
a forest of delicate monsoonal trees

that rose like a lover's fingers,

ready to caress
the women's pendulous milky--"

-No, not milky. Ugh, not milky.
-Uh, get it away from me, Leo.

I know I syringe dead people's eyeballs,

but this colonial orgasm book
is f*cking rank!

-Why is everything in it so wet?
-[faint susurration]

Wait, Leo, do you hear water?

That's it. Give it to me!

-No, no, please, no, Abby! Ugh.
-Give it back to me!

"They penetrated the bush towards
the cl*max of a curvaceous mound--"

[Leo] Read it in your head!

"Dripping with desire, they mounted
the banks of an ancient waterhole.

Greta parted her moist lips.

'This', she whispered,
'is Breathless Falls.'"

Oh, for f*ck's sake!

[woman screaming]

[screaming]

[moaning]

[screaming]

[screaming]

-[moaning]
-[gasps]

-[Abby] Oh, you're alive!
-[women exclaim]

[Abby] We've been looking for you!

[woman] What? Close the f*cking door!
Who the f*ck are you?

-f*ck off!
-I'm from Tasmania.

-[Leo] Abby, close the door!
-[Abby] Sorry!

[indistinct chatter]

Yes, it looks like
you've had a bit on, Rox.

[Rox] Mm.

-OK, who wants prawns?
-Oh, yeah, th... that'd be great.

Thanks, Cath.

-Is Dulce coming?
-Uh, she wishes she could.

She's just tied up with work
at the moment.

Oh, yeah, yeah. No, no, of course.
[chuckles]

[phone buzzes and rings]

[laughs] That'll be them.

They'll be all caught up in
those roadworks on the freeway.

Hello.

[distorted voice] I know what you did.

[plastic clinks dully]

Happy birthday, Pat.

OK, piss sh*t.

[Miki] Come on, you kids
sit down over there.

What do you know
about this tracking device?

I found it in your scooter.

Look...

I know you didn't
k*ll those crocs I pinned you for, OK?

Some other psycho, probably...
the same psycho

who stitched you up for Don's m*rder.

There's something else going on.

So, I got it wrong. I got it wrong.

Happy?

Oh, come on. Rift and repair.

f*ck! Fine, I'm sorry!

-Don't say it to me, say it to him!
-Christ.

-I'm sorry. Yeah, OK?
-For what?

For putting him in jail!

Christ! f*cking hell,
I did a f*cking sorry.

-You happy?
-Not forgiven.

Ugh, f*ck me dead.

-Frank.
-Oh, g'day, Miki.

Yep. Where did you get this tag?

I found it on a dead croc.

Sickly little girl.

This one was lying dead on the bank
near my joint.

That's ten.

When I saw it, I thought
someone's stitching me up again.

-Probably that cunting b*stard Darrell.
-[phone rings]

-[Mary] Frank, your order's up.
-So, I returned her to sender.

Put her in his donga.

[phone continues ringing]

-Backpack.
-[Abby]
No, Eddie, ma'am, it's Abby.

Leo figured out Don's message.

He was saying he knew who k*lled
those "skinny little girls".

His words, not mine. He said he had...
[continues speaking]

Don knew which psycho
was k*lling those salties.

We thought
he was talking about the backpackers,

but Leo and I just found Astrid and Ebba.

Don was wrong.

f*ck! They're still alive.

-Yeah! And they're lesbians.
-You guys, listen.

Don was talking about crocodiles.

Drill the backpackers. Find out
what he was telling them in DJ's video.

Just wring 'em out like a tea towel,

because whoever k*lled those crocs
k*lled Don Darrell too.

[rustling]

[phone rings]

[man] Yep.

[indistinct]

[Dulcie whispers] Jesus.

[starts engine]

[Eddie] Right, you two, start talking.

Well, we spoke to the backpackers.

Wait, should we wait for Dulcie-ma'am?

[Eddie] Nah, forget about her. Bin her.

She's a rat-faced c**t liar

who thinks I k*lled Bushy
and because of that, I've been stood down.

And now I'm a suspect in Bushy's m*rder.

-[Abby] What?
-You f*ck' what now?

So, it's just the four of us now?
The awesome foursome.

Remember that? '92 Olympics.

Banger of a theme tune that year!

[sings loudly] ♪
Amigos para siempre
means we'll always be good friends
♪

♪
Amigos para siempre
means I love that...

f*ck me! What is that smell?

Ugh, it's everywhere!

It's like a dead chicken
fingered and even deader fish.

Yes. That's exactly what it is.

-What? Where are you going?
-I'll be back.

I know what the smell is!

Eddie, Astrid and Ebba said that
Don didn't tell them anything.

They
were actually showing Don
this business card.

[Abby] It's a phone number ending in 888

that's crossed out and there's
a new number written underneath.

Yeah, I can read that.
But where did this card come from?

They said that some guy gave it to them
when they were working here at the pub.

The guy said he was the liaison
for this business called LISA.

[Man] Missed the induction.

[Eddie] OK, Big Eyes, but why did
the liaison approach the backpackers?

What-- What did he want from them?

[Abby] Well, Astrid said
he was offering them a job.

-[Eddie] A job?
-[Abby] Yeah.

He was recruiting them to work at LISA.

But what is LISA? What job
was he trying to get them to do?

[Abby] It was working as hostesses
on these tours.

Well, they said the liaison
called
them tours,

but they didn't pursue it further
'cause it sounded ill*gal.

[Eddie] What do you mean?
Why did they think it was ill*gal?

[Abby] Because they were
going up in helicopters

and sh**ting crocodiles.

[thunder rumbles]

I found the missing croc.
This 308 was in her skull.

That's a long-range cartridge.

-They're hunting them.
-[Miki] Yep, trophy hunting.

f*cking rich c**ts!

Big Eyes, did they say who's behind this?

Who this f*cking liaison is?

Well, they said it was a male man.

-That it was-- It wasn't a mail man.
-[phone rings]
-[Leo] Yeah, they get it.

[Eddie] Who's this c**t?

Wait. Give us that card, Backpack.

Holy f*ck, it's the same number,
the one that's crossed out.

-Oh, sh*t!
-The liaison!

Hello?

[distorted voice]
I know what you did.

-Who is this? Who is it?
-[line beeps]

-Who--
-[phone rings]

-It's my phone.
-Ah, yep.

-It's the same 888 number.
-Answer it.

Hello?

-[distorted voice]
I know what you did.
-[faintly] ...you did.

Hear an echo?

Cherry?

-I know what you did.
-[kids laugh]

They said they found it out bush
two days ago.

They wouldn't say where.

It's a burner, ma'am.

The call history shows that before today
it was only used to call one other number.

Call it. Call the number, Big Eyes.

[line rings]

-[phone rings]
-[thunder rumbles]

Who the f*ck is this?

b*ll s*ck? Is that you?

If you'd just come this way, please,
we'll get you sorted with a r*fle.

Here. We'll be airborne soon.

[theme music plays]

[music ends]