MAN: Reckon he's been gone at least three days.
Marley Thompson.
Works on the, uh, property.
They sent him out to do the bore run Saturday morning.
Check the tanks and the water pumps...
Yeah, I know what a bore runner does.
Right.
No-one even noticed he was missing until he didn't turn up
for his mum's birthday dinner in town on Saturday night.
You found the ute? Nah, a couple of station hands.
Backpackers.
Did they open the doors?
Said it was just like that.
I had a bit of a look around.
But the boss told me not to touch anything, so...
I turned the engine over, checked the fuel.
It's empty.
So he walked for help? Oh, no. He wouldn't have done that.
No, he's a local kid. Aboriginal boy.
He knows to stay with the vehicle.
Besides, there's a two-way radio in there, so you'd just use that.
You're that bloke from down south, aren't you?
The one who did away with those bikies a while ago.
Senior Sergeant Emma James. Hey, boss.
This is the detective they sent us. Jay Swan.
EMMA: Detective.
I was waiting for you at the station.
I left a message. I said I was coming straight here.
I didn't want to waste any time.
You wasted mine.
Hey, boss, um...
..given him the long and short of everything so he's up to speed.
Thank you, Senior Constable Muller. We'll meet you back at Tony's.
Tony? Tony Ballantyne.
He owns this cattle station.
We based the search out of here.
And you don't think he walked?
If he did, why not walk back to the nearest trough?
There's a webcam on every pump. Could've signalled he needed help.
No sign of a fight.
Doesn't mean he wasn't taken.
I mean, look. There's tracks everywhere.
Anything could've happened out here. We wouldn't know.
Kid just walked, right? I don't believe that.
We've had every vehicle on this property searching for two days.
Nothing.
I called in a detective
'cause I think something has gone badly wrong here.
I don't think he just walked.
Hi. Hey.
This is Tony Ballantyne. Detective Jay Swan.
Detective.
So, this is the search area
we've covered from the air and the ground.
20-kay radius from the ute.
That's the furthest Marley could've walked in the time.
How big is this station?
Quarter-million acres.
The two backpackers that found the ute -
a bloke called Eric, a girl called Genevieve -
are on their way right now.
So, they found the ute on Sunday? Yeah.
24 hours after you sent Marley out.
It's a big operation, you know.
I can't know where everyone is every minute of the day.
Slow on that! Slow!
I'm Detective Swan.
I want to ask you a few questions about the abandoned ute.
We just found it there.
We don't know anything else.
Was there anything odd about the vehicle?
Yeah, everything was odd, eh?
The doors open like that.
Both doors.
Did you touch anything? No. Nothing.
Because he wasn't there, so we drove around a bit.
No sign, so we left.
Have you seen this before?
GENEVIEVE: Yeah, you have.
It's Marley's. He wears it all the time.
One of the workers wanted to buy it off him.
He said he'd never sell it.
Why is that? What does it mean to him?
Never said.
WOMAN: Linda to Tony. Good to go.
All sorted. Right.
Linda's got the footage up.
OK. We're going up to the house.
Right. So, take a look at this.
This is Marley arriving at the first pump.
See, he's supposed to be cleaning that pump out,
not just checking it's working.
All these kids want to do is party.
Bugger getting any work out of them -
Brits being the worst.
This is the next trough.
Here we go.
Oh, yeah. More good work.
Who's he talking to? Can you go back, please?
And just pause.
Someone's with him.
There's no-one else missing.
Would you know?
Generally.
Yep.
Go to the next one, Linda. Mm-hm.
So who the hell is that?
Bloody Reese Dale. I thought he'd cleared out.
I sacked him last Thursday. What for?
That sort of stuff. Look. Mucking around, not working.
Who is he? Oh, he's an Aussie kid.
Dubbo, I think. He's Marley's roommate.
I'll need his employment details and a copy of all these videos.
Mm-hm. There'll be hours of it.
Where's their room?
Hmm.
Teenage boys.
Hard to tell if it's a crime scene or just a poor attitude to washing.
You got kids?
Nuh.
Marley!
I got Reese's details. Oh, thanks.
Hey, you had a chance to think about that other thing?
Not now.
It's a pretty good offer, Em. Yeah, that's not the problem.
Genevieve.
You know when you found the ute,
why didn't one of you just drive it back?
Because it was out of fuel.
Well, if you didn't touch anything, how do you know that?
No... I wasn't talking to you.
Genevieve? The keys.
It was still turned on.
Thank you.
What?
So, your senior constable told me that when he found the ute,
the ignition was turned of.
Yep.
But Genevieve just told me that when she found the ute...
..the ignition was turned on.
So the boys left the ute
with the engine running and the aircon on.
Which they've either done on purpose,
or they were taken, fast -
too fast to turn anything off.
So, you've wasted two days on a search
because your offsider wouldn't keep his fingers out of the crime scene.
Muller! Boss?
Did you turn the ignition off in the ute?
Uh, told you that, didn't I?
No.
My mistake.
Pack up the search.
You and me will talk about this later.
MAN: Watch your step, mate. MAN 2: Oh, yeah.
MAN: Senior Sergeant. Who is it?
It's good old Spud Jackson.
His wife said he didn't make it home from the pub.
Mm. Well, he won't be coming home now.
Shame.
OK, I'm heading back to the station.
Thanks.
So, how's it going with the new boyfriend?
Man of few words.
Right.
Hi, Kerry.
How you doing?
OK? Mm-hm.
No, it's just there's a detective who's come from...
Detective?
This is Detective Jay Swan.
This is Kerry Thompson.
Hey, Kerry.
Beautiful chillies. Thank you.
Why have you called off the search?
What?
Have you?
That's Marley's.
This is Detective Jay Swan.
Keith Groves, chair of the local Aboriginal Corporation.
If there's anything you want, give me a call.
So, what's going on, Emma?
It's looking like Marley left the vehicle
with the engine still running.
What does that mean?
Kerry, he wasn't alone.
There was another boy with him - a backpacker, Reese Dale.
Do you know him?
No. I don't think so.
MAN: Yeah, he's that shithead white kid.
Sorry, Mum.
Marley's been hanging out with him.
He should be playing footy.
What's he doing out at that station?
I just want to know where he is.
Don't...
..touch me.
You don't care about our family. You never have.
He's good?
Top 10 draft pick.
So, why do you think he's working at that station?
No idea.
What do your parents think?
Uncle Keith? No, he's not our dad.
He's always been around ever since...
Since what?
Well, since Dad pissed off.
And our real uncle, well, he's in jail.
Been gone 10 years now.
What did he do?
Don't know.
So, where do you think your brother is, Cedric?
I don't know.
You see, when someone in a family goes missing,
usually someone in that family knows stuff everyone else doesn't.
They have a fair idea what happened.
I don't know.
So, when was the last time you saw him?
He was here... last week for dinner.
Are you going to help me find your brother, or what?
Friday night at the pub.
What?
What? I ran into him at the pub. No big deal.
What did you talk about? I don't remember.
Did you boys have a fight? Maybe a little one.
Ced... What?
I told him to get his shit together.
Be at your birthday.
Was he with Reese? He's always with Reese.
Wherever Marley is, it's Reese's fault.
What's her brother in jail for?
Persistent sexual abuse of a 13-year-old girl.
When she threatened to tell, he bashed her and left her to die.
You locked him up?
How much longer has he got to go?
Gets out this week.
Nephew goes missing the week he's due home.
No, he's not coming home.
Prison transport is taking him into the city.
No-one wants him here. Not even his family.
10 years inside, not one of them ever saw him.
Are you sure about that?
I'll find out.
I'll show you the station. No, I'll see you later.
I'm going to talk to Marley's mates.
Oh, well, do you want me to...? No, I'll be right.
Is there a reward yet?
Sure, Vince. How much do you think they're worth?
Are you Tipper?
Yeah.
Cedric said you're a mate of his brother.
You got any dogs? Nuh.
No dogs, huh?
They're not mine.
WOMAN: Get out of it! Piss off!
Get out of it, you mongrels!
You know Marley's missing?
Copper.
Have you seen Marley lately?
Nuh.
He's too famous now.
How you going, boys?
BOY 1: Good. BOY 2: Good.
My name's Jay. I'm a policeman.
Oh. Where'd you get that car from?
I got that car from work.
Is that a real gun?
Yeah, it's a real gun.
Are you going to shoot us?
No, I'm not going to shoot you.
Can I ask you a couple of questions? BOTH: Yeah.
Yeah? Do you know who Marley is?
Yeah. The best football player.
He's the best football player, is he? BOTH: Yeah.
Does he have a girlfriend? BOTH: Yeah.
What's her name? Um, Jaz.
Her name is Jaz? Yeah.
Oh, yeah? Do you know where she hangs out?
How's Ava? Good.
She's in school now.
Oh! Time goes fast.
Listen, Shevorne, the backpackers out at Ballantyne Station,
do they come in here often?
Do you know a Reese Dale?
Aussie kid? Mm.
Know anything about him?
Not really. Why?
Looks like he's gone missing with Marley.
I heard Marley was alone.
So did we.
We also heard that Reese got fired on Thursday.
He shouldn't have been out there at all.
Well, I wouldn't know anything about that.
No.
Um, would you remember if Reese was in here Saturday night
drinking up his wages?
Hear any talk?
What about Friday?
Marley got into a fight with his brother, apparently.
I wasn't working Friday. I have Ava on Friday.
Ah.
Is there any reason you can think of
that Reese and Marley would go missing together?
No. OK. Thanks.
OK. See you later.
See ya. Bye.
You can't come behind the counter, mate.
I'm licensed. She's not underage.
I'm not after you.
Jaz, you Marley's girlfriend?
I better be.
You think Marley will like it?
What, Marley doesn't know?
Thought I'd surprise him. He'll be stoked.
When was the last time you saw Marley?
Two weeks ago. But we text all the time.
So, you didn't see him on Friday night
when he was down the pub?
He got into a fight with his brother, Cedric.
You didn't tell me Marley was at the pub.
I didn't know.
Hey.
If you hear from him, let me know.
I am his girlfriend, after all.
Yeah.
Get some chips. With sauce!
Hey, Lana.
Jaz is still in there. I want to talk to you.
Where do you think Marley is? I don't know.
Seems to be spending a lot of time with Reese.
You think Marley's gay?
No.
Does Jaz?
No, he can't be. They have sex all the time.
Not for some time, by the sound of it.
Come on, Lana. What's really going on?
She thinks there's another girl.
Here?
In the city?
Thanks.
Please take me off hold.
Lucky it's just two missing kids.
Not putting out an alert for a rampaging bloody serial killer.
Hey. Oi!
This new bloke - what do you reckon?
Well, he's not BLACK black, is he?
He's not like a real Aborigine.
Hold on, hold on. I'm not INDIAN Indian, right?
I don't even like curry.
Just saying, how did he get to detective so fast?
What, maybe he was fast-tracked
'cause he's darker than the rest of us.
Or smarter.
He's not smarter. Mm-hm?
Might be smarter than you. Oh, really?
I imagine so. Mm-hm.
Oh, can we help you, ma'am?
I'm looking for my dad.
Oh, yeah? Who's your dad?
Jay Swan. He's a detective.
Right. I'll leave you with Senior Constable Muller, then.
VOICEMAIL: You have two new voicemail...
VOICEMAIL: You have one saved...
She says she's your daughter.
But since you said you didn't have any kids...
I was going to come over anyway.
There's something I need to show you at the station.
Can you give me a minute?
Sure.
What are you doing here?
I went to crash at yours, but you'd gone.
How did you get here? Stole a car.
Just kidding. I hitched.
Well, look, you can't stay here. I'm working.
Fine. I'll hitch back.
Just... Just wait. Sit down.
Does your mother know that you're here?
She won't care.
Well, look, I've got to go. Just call her, and I'll be back soon.
Well, I don't have any credit.
There's a service station on the corner.
Straight there and straight back, Crystal.
I don't want you going anywhere else, you hear?
Where else would I go? This town's shit.
No kids, huh?
I went through the webcam feeds
from all the troughs Marley and Reese worked on,
and I found this.
Where was this? The last trough they were at.
There. 10 kay from the ute.
Right.
Chris. Hey.
Find those boys yet? Not yet.
Tony thought they might have come in on Saturday.
I was off.
Luke would know.
OK. Thanks.
Hey, Luke.
Working late?
The boss drives me hard.
Bullshit!
Listen, Luke,
did those two boys from the station
come in here on Saturday?
They were supposed to replace a pump part.
Yep, came in right on opening. 7:00.
They buy anything else?
Steel fittings, pipes.
The sort of stuff to make repairs.
How did they seem?
Same as normal.
Fighting with each other? Arguing?
Nah. Nothing like that.
Well, you know Marley. He's always kidding around.
Mm.
They talk about anything?
Plans for the day? Anything other than work?
No.
OK, thanks.
You know, Reese used to work on a pearl farm up north.
Pearls, cattle.
Maybe he decided to move on to the next big thing.
Which pearl farm?
Don't think he ever said.
See you, Chris. Bye.
Excuse me, madam.
Excuse me!
Sorry. Didn't mean to scare you, but...
Can you please close the door?
Right.
Hey, Crystal, you play? Yeah, sure.
Great. Let's do it, yeah?
Crystal, drink? Uh, no.
Hello. Two rounds of beer...
Who's that one?
No idea.
I don't have any money. Hey...
I don't have any money. Don't worry.
It's on me. Proost.
I can't reach either of them.
I don't know.
Hey, bub?
No.
Hey, put out your hand.
Oh! Nice shot!
Alright. We're on.
Your shot.
♪ I put a spell on you
♪ Because you're mine
Ja! Crystal!
Hey!
Hey-hey!
♪ Stop the things you do... ♪
OK, here we go.
Whoo!
Slut.
Stay out of my way.
Ugh!
Agh!
Bitch!
MAN: Hey! Hey, stop it! Get off me!
Break it up! Get off her! Fuck off! Let me go!
You fucking slut! What?!
Bitch!
JAY: Hey, she's with me.
That's my daughter. MAN: Who's this guy?
Yeah?
You can have her.
Knock it off.
Crystal!
I can't leave you alone for two seconds.
I didn't do anything.
I wasn't drinking. I can smell it on you.
OK, one. It's no big deal.
I've got a job to do,
and you're not even supposed to be here.
You don't want me anywhere.
It's your fault, anyway.
You didn't give me enough money, so Eric had to pay for my food.
Eric? Yeah.
The backpacker? I don't know where he's from.
Dad, just...
I thought you'd stopped. I have.
Well, it doesn't look like it.
♪ Hunger, won't you let me sleep
♪ The pride is not enough to eat
♪ Weather told me get inside
♪ All my fears know where I hide
♪ Morning never let me sleep
♪ I don't want your summer breeze
♪ A concrete pillow, rocky floor
♪ Another casualty of war
♪ Vagrant, sinner, peasant
♪ Wise man, servant, holy, violent
♪ He'll let you throw his stone-ment
♪ Helmet, shame him
♪ And unknown poets sang it
♪ And told it, a prophet story. ♪
EMMA: You're being charged under section 10 of the Crimes Act,
with possess and supply of class 1 prohibited substance,
namely crystal methamphetamine.
Do you understand that?
I didn't sell it.
Doesn't matter.
Charge is the same, whether you receive money or not.
I didn't do anything. She's lying.
He said, she said.
Come on, Emma. It's less than two grams.
This is a waste of time. It'll be thrown out in court.
For the record, Detective Jay Swan has entered the room.
This is trafficable quantity of crystal meth.
It was found in your room, Eric.
You can't conduct a search unless you've got...
Oh, I've got a warrant. It's all been done by the book.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
That's not mine.
This is totally out of order.
Did you authorise this?
If the detective got a search warrant,
it means a magistrate authorised it.
We'll be opposing bail, and as a foreign national,
your embassy will have to be... No, seriously.
That's not mine.
I found it, yesterday.
Where?
In Reese's room.
Reese and Marley, they're the dealers.
Well, I need to talk to my client.
And, uh, you take this all the way to court,
I'll want to question your witness.
Of course.
Who is she, anyway? The details will be in the brief.
She better be good on the stand.
She will be.
Who is that prick, anyway?
My ex-husband.
Speaking of pricks, that little stunt you pulled -
I hope you actually had a warrant.
Of course.
Didn't see it fit to give me the heads up?
Doesn't really matter, anyway. We ended up with the same result.
Really, yeah?
He gets to make up a story about Reese and Marley.
Well, maybe it's not a story.
Maybe that's the reason why they're missing.
I've called your mum. She's on her way to pick you up.
You stay here until she does.
There's two boys missing.
That's what you're here for - to find them?
One of them is Reese, right?
Yes.
But we don't know much about him.
Well, why don't you just ask his girlfriend?
Who?
Shevorne.
She works at the pub.
Reese has been gone for four days now, Shevorne.
Aren't you worried about him?
Is there anything you know?
You know Reese has been selling drugs?
No way. That's a lie.
I'm not interested in charging him, or you.
I just want to find him. Just want to make sure he's OK.
I don't know where Reese is, and I don't know why he's gone.
Ebony... WOMAN: Yeah?
..can you help me restock that fridge out the back, please?
Yeah, righto.
I've already talked to Shevorne.
She wasn't working Friday night,
so she doesn't know anything about the fight.
And she doesn't know Reese.
Really?
That's funny.
Since she's his girlfriend.
There's another thing.
Tony called. He's missing a mob of cattle.
He reckons they went missing
around about the same time as the boys.
Stolen?
Well, where are they supposed to be?
Well, that's where the ute is, right?
There is the nearest water trough.
Cattle won't go far from their water source,
so they should be somewhere around this area.
One mob is still there.
The other one has completely disappeared.
How many are we talking? About 100.
Has that's been happening, cattle rustling?
Mm, especially now when the cattle prices are up.
Maybe the boys stumbled across something they shouldn't have.
So, if we track where the cattle went,
what do you reckon?
That's worth a shot.
Can you ride a horse?
That hat's got to be good for something.
I reckon they head west. What do you think?
We'll get a good view from up there.
Ah.
I reckon that's them.
Down there.
So, not stolen.
No. There goes that theory.
Found, anyway.
What's the name of that waterhole down there?
Black Springs.
Beautiful, eh?
We used to swim in it when we were kids.
"We"?
Me and my brother...
..Tony.
Tony Ballantyne, the station owner? Uh-huh. Yep.
The two boys go missing on your family property...
..and you're investigating that?
Listen, it was either me or no-one.
I mean, an Aboriginal kid and a backpacker -
no-one's sending out a squad of their best and brightest.
No offence.
The boss knows.
Doesn't worry him.
What's that?
There's something down there on the side of the road.
Hmm.
Looks like some sort of collision.
Road trains go through here.
Someone got cleaned up.
Bike mirror.
Quad bike, trail bike.
Look at this.
We got a call back from Dubbo, finally.
Yeah. What - have they informed Reese's family?
No. There is no family.
There are four Dale families in Dubbo,
and one even has a Reese,
but he's not a backpacker and he's not missing.
Then who's our missing white boy?
I called Shevorne. She said she's only ever known him as Reese.
Muller, I want you to get this on the news tonight.
Get his face out there. Someone must know who he is.
NEWS PRESENTER: In other news,
two teenagers are missing from a cattle station
in the remote North-West.
One is the star footballer Marley Thompson.
Thompson had only recently returned home from his city club
for the end-of-season break.
The other is a travelling backpacker known as Reese Dale,
but the police are yet to confirm his identity.
The boys were last seen in the town of Patterson
around 7am last Saturday morning,
before their vehicle was found abandoned on a local station
the following day.
Police are treating the matter as suspicious.
♪ Go down to the gates of the garden
♪ Wait for the dawn to come
♪ Believe ♪ Believe
♪ That we will be pardoned
♪ Let the morning break
♪ Mm-hmm-hmm
♪ Let the morning break
♪ Mm-hmm-hmm
♪ Let the morning break
♪ Mm-hmm-hmm
♪ Let the morning break
♪ Mm-hmm-hmm
♪ Mm-hmm-hmm. ♪
Are you for real? Let go.
Ow! Let it go.
OK.
Jesus.
Give me your phone. No!
Give me your phone, Crystal!
Jesus! Have you heard of privacy?!
This is not a game.
Oh! Bloody stupid.
No responsibility whatsoever.
Pack your bags. Your mother's coming to get you this afternoon.
I don't want to go.
I don't care. You're going.
Please don't.
We need to know Marley's blood type.
Oh, no. It's OK, bub. It's OK.
We don't know anything. Not for sure.
It might not be him. It...
It could be that other kid's, right?
I don't know what it is.
A, A-negative. I can't remember.
I rang Marley's football club in Melbourne.
Mum's right. It's A-negative.
Pathology will get back to us today
about the blood sample from the crossroads.
Thanks. Oh, one more thing.
They asked if he'd changed his mind.
About what?
Apparently, he bailed at the end of the season.
He wasn't going back to play footy in the city.
Hmm.
Oh, um, could you grab the purple one, please?
Thank you.
Uh, could you also tell me where the police station is?
Wouldn't know.
G'day, sis.
What are you doing here?
When did you get out?
I heard the news. Have you found him?
Come here. OK.
He's family. CEDRIC: He's a paedophile!
No, he's not.
You're the only one in town who thinks he didn't do it.
He's here to help. What, 'cause I'm doing nothing?
I'm out there every day
and every night driving around looking for Marley.
Huh?
He hasn't seen him in years.
He's my brother, your uncle, and he's staying here.
I'm going out for a walk. I'm not calling him 'uncle'.
Definitely male.
And what's the blood type?
Are you sure?
Thanks, Ray.
It's not Marley. It's not his blood type.
So, what are we thinking? A hit-and-run?
Maybe the driver didn't realise they hit anyone.
Yeah, but then we would've found the body and the bike.
Somebody has cleaned up the whole site.
Hidden in the body, dumped the bike.
Detective...
..where are you going?
Can I have a word?
Sharma, go to Kerry and tell her it's not her son's blood.
SHARMA: On it, boss.
You do good work, Jay.
You've got good instincts.
But I think it's best you go back home.
You asked for a detective.
Yeah. I just didn't know it was going to be you.
So you think you can do this yourself?
Well, I may as well.
You never tell me where you're going.
You went off and spoke to Shevorne without talking to me first.
Yeah, and I found out that Reese is her boyfriend,
which you didn't know.
Well, that may be, but if you'd had the respect to consult me,
I could've told you that girl has a very troubled past.
She's the 13-year-old Marley's uncle raped.
Just 'cause you're Aboriginal
doesn't mean you know Aboriginal people in this town.
Some people need to be handled sensitively.
I know how to do my job.
The way you do your job gets people killed.
You shot six bikies.
Muller thinks you're a hero.
I think you're a cowboy.
The only way you could've got yourself into a situation like that
is 'cause you didn't call for backup.
Well, I won't work with someone like that.
I'm not leaving till I find that kid.
Which one? There are two missing boys, Jay.
You only see the Aboriginal one.
I'm not leaving.
Try to get rid of me.
Call the boss.
What? Sorry, boss.
There's a girl here to see you.
Ugh. Who is she?
Reese's girlfriend. She's here from Queensland.
Arrived on the overnight bus.
Hello. Hi.
Georgia Kennedy.
I won't waste your time. I know how this works.
Your missing person, Reese Dale, is my boyfriend.
His real name is Simon Lancaster.
He was last seen here, right? Whoa.
Stop. Give me your phone.
OK. Let's start from the beginning.
When did you last see Simon? It was two years ago.
Did you report him missing? Of course.
You got a copy of that report?
Queensland Police haven't exactly been helpful.
It took days for them to take me seriously.
They thought he'd just run off with someone else.
Until they found he hadn't used his bank account or his phone
since that day.
Does Simon have any medical issues?
Depression. Anxiety.
I've been through it all with the Queensland detectives. No.
And... if he had committed suicide,
then why hasn't anyone found his body?
What about drugs?
He didn't take them. He didn't deal them.
We were happy.
He wouldn't have just driven away from that.
But if Simon is Reese, he did drive away.
Came all the way across here, changed his name.
Why wouldn't he have contacted you?
I don't know.
I need to get out there, see where he was living.
No, stop.
We need to do this our way.
OK?
So, before we do anything else, we need to know Simon's blood type.
Why?
What's happened?
Is there blood? Blood type.
I don't know.
Right.
OK.
So, should we tell her Reese is dead?
Why would we do that? We don't know for sure he is.
It's an awful lot of blood.
Not necessarily his.
Well, it might be.
So, where's the body?
Well, somewhere.
Well, do you want me to get rid of her, then?
No, Muller.
I want you to take an official statement about the boyfriend.
Any identifying birthmarks.
You know the drill, don't you? Yeah.
Oh, and, Muller?
Be nice.
I'm going to go and question my brother.
You can either come with me or you can go off
and do whatever it is you do when you go off by yourself.
SHEVORNE: Are you ready, bub? AVA: Yeah.
OK.
Almost done. One more shoe.
Got everything? Yep.
Go toilet? Yep.
OK. Let's go.
MAN: Come on!
Em, we've got to make up our minds on this, really.
I got another call from Keith last night.
I think we're running out of options.
Who knows?
Yeah, well, talking about it is not going to kill you, is it?
It's a bit...
Family stuff.
Anyway, what do you want? I'm in the middle of work.
You've got two missing boys on your property.
Yeah, and I've got a station to run.
You know, the world can't stop
'cause two stupid kids decided to go walkabout.
Walkabout - that's very funny.
Oh, don't start.
Look, can we hurry this up?
Yeah. We're looking for a missing vehicle.
Either a quad bike or a motorbike.
You got anything missing or stolen?
No. Why?
Because we think the boys ended up at the crossroads
near Black Springs.
We found blood on the road. Shit.
Whose is it? Well, it's not Marley's.
That's 30 kay from their ute. How did they even get there?
That's what we're trying to find out.
Well, there's nothing missing from our place.
I'm sure of that.
Is he licensed?
Yeah, and the gun's registered.
So I wouldn't go down that track.
What's he doing with it?
Steer broke his leg, so $2,000 worth of steak for dinner.
I've got to get back to work.
You right for this lot, Erroll?
ERROLL: Yeah, mate. OK.
How many rifles have you got on the property?
It's a working station, mate.
Where do you keep them?
Are you serious?
That's Mick Jubarula. Taught me to ride.
And that's my great-grandfather, Bill Ballantyne.
His grandad was a head stockman for my great-grandad.
It's all one big family.
Hey, Linda?
Linda, you got a minute? You about?
What's this? Uh, water test samples.
What for? Always do them.
Test the salt content in the bore water.
Anyway, I thought time was of the essence -
missing kids, blood...
Hey, Linda. Hi.
Yes. Hey.
Do you know where the keys to the gun safe are?
Yeah, sure.
They are...
..right here.
Why didn't I think of that?
Thank you.
Linda, do you have a licence? Christ, no.
Can you see me shooting a croc?
You need a licence to access the gun safe.
Oh. I thought we were doing everything right.
We've got a firearms logbook.
We'll go through it later.
So, how many rifles do you have? 10.
And how many do you have checked out?
Just the one Ken took out.
There's another one missing.
Let's take a look in here.
OK, that rifle was last put back on... Friday night.
So, someone took it out the day the boys went missing?
Mm-hm. Who?
Marley.
There was no rifle in the ute.
I thought you didn't touch anything.
And remember, you're on bail. We didn't.
There's a rack behind the seat. That's where it would have been.
Why would you even notice?
'Cause I knew Marley took one that day.
I was filling out timesheets in the office, Marley came in.
Got a .223 from the safe.
He knew where the keys were kept?
Everyone knows. We just get them when we want them.
What, is this about the fight?
What fight?
Reese and Tony, yeah,
they were going at it about something
a couple of days before.
Then Reese got sacked.
Over what?
I don't know.
Maybe about the pay. It's always late.
That's nothing. The pay was two days late.
And the guns?
Come on, Em, eh?
I mean, sometimes after work, the boys shoot a few roos.
Who's it going to hurt?
So, this happened a lot?
It's not a big deal.
Reese and Marley, they went spotlighting all the time.
That's not a big deal...
..till the boys go missing with a rifle
that you let them have...
..illegally.
KEITH: Oi.
Keith Groves. Big boss man now, huh?
You're not supposed to be here.
Yeah, well, I'm a free man.
You got a lot of nerve turning up here, Larry.
After what you did to this town?
Any decent bloke would leave us in peace.
Well, my nephew is missing.
Oh, yeah, we're all concerned about Marley.
But he disowned you - along with the rest of the town.
You see, no-one likes a paedophile.
You're at the bottom of the rung.
Lower than a cockroach.
So, you listen to me.
If you so much as touch a child in this town,
this mob will string you up.
Yeah, go on. Take in the sights.
Have a look at the river.
Say hello to your home town, and then say goodbye.
AVA: Mummy, look what I found.
That's beautiful, bub. Let's go.
Shevorne.
This your daughter?
This is Ava.
Hey, Ava. How you going? My name's Jay.
Hi.
Isn't she in care?
I've got her two days a week, and every second weekend.
But soon you'll be with Mummy all the time, won't you, bubby?
Mm-hm.
Not in school? No. She's got a cough.
I'm taking her to the doctor, so...
Oh, I just wanted to ask you some questions about Reese's job.
I don't want to miss this appointment.
Oh, it'll only take a minute. Please?
Did he say anything about trouble on the Ballantyne property,
or with his boss?
Oh, complained about never getting paid on time.
That's it?
Something about the water. I don't know.
Water?
Yeah.
You should ask Keith or Auntie Dot.
Their corporation is buying the place.
I've got to go.
Uh-huh.
- See you, Ava. - Bye.
Shevorne, one more question.
What do you know about Reese's real identity?
I don't know anything about that.
He was always Reese to me.
So he lied to you, too.
Can I help you?
JAY: Is Keith about?
Yeah.
I'm Jay Swan. I'm a detective.
I know who you are.
You found our boy yet?
You're Auntie Dot. Mm-hm.
You know Marley well.
He's a good kid.
Good family.
They've been through a bit.
Was he mixed up in anything?
Drugs or bad friends?
When he was younger.
Stolen cars. But that was years ago.
There's another kid with him.
He's a backpacker.
Reese Dale.
You know anything about him?
No.
So, who could tell me about Marley and where his head's at?
Try his girlfriend. Jaz?
Yeah, no luck there.
Keith Groves.
He's been the chair for 10 years.
He does a bit for the community, eh?
Does a bit for himself.
Drives a flash car.
Lords it over everybody.
Bit of a misogynist, but... he gets stuff done.
There's a four-year gap.
What happened to the bloke before him?
He die?
He may as well have.
Larry went to jail.
Marley's uncle?
He fooled us all.
He's getting out of jail this week.
Better not come back here, then.
Is that all?
Yeah, that's all.
KEITH: Yeah, sure.
Oh, Detective Swan.
G'day.
Oh, you know Chris here.
Anything on the boys?
Still following a few leads. Mm.
Oh, have a seat. Have a seat.
I just wanted to know more about the Ballantyne Station sale.
Well, that's exactly what we're talking about here.
I mean, Chris here has been organising the...
Oh, the infrastructure. ..infrastructure side of it all.
Emma didn't say anything about selling the property.
Yeah, well, that's a sticking point, really.
I mean, we'd offered them a substantial amount of money,
hoping that would get some signatures happening.
What's so special about the place?
Well, what else, if you come from out this way, mate?
The water. Yeah.
There's a massive aquifer underneath that property.
I mean, that way, we don't have to pay the government for water rights.
Then we'd be able to buy all our land back in no time.
Has anyone seen Detective Swan?
No, but I've got this.
Missing persons report from Queensland.
The day Simon disappeared, emptied his bank account.
And that's not all.
♪ Way down in the water
♪ Way down in a hole
♪ Way down in the water
♪ Far away from any soul
♪ I'm coming back from the fire
♪ Crawling back from the shame
♪ Coming back from the fire And I burn you down, burn you down
♪ Way down in the water
♪ Far away from any soul. ♪
What?
Simon's missing person report.
Is there a particular reason
you didn't want us to see a copy of that?
Like the fact that at the time he disappeared,
Simon was a registered child sex offender
and you were the victim?
Is that why you're looking for him? Some kind of revenge?
No.
What, then? And don't lie this time.
I'm not a victim.
He is not a perpetrator. It's all... wrong.
We started dating at school.
We sent each other pictures.
My parents found them, they went crazy.
They got him charged. Sexting.
We hadn't even had sex.
But technically, I was underage.
He was two years older.
They made me testify. Mm.
He only got community service.
Wasn't the conviction that did us in.
It was that stupid register.
A couple of texts and photos
and he's the same as some dirty paedo
that's had sex with five-year-olds?
He's 18 and he's on it for the next 15 years.
It was so hard.
He'd get a job, they'd find out, he'd get sacked.
And the night he disappeared?
Exactly like I said - he rang me and then he never came home.
Georgia, what do you think really happened to him?
I thought he must've killed himself.
But then I saw the news.
I just want to...
..tell him I'm sorry.
I started it all.
I sent the first photo.
Buy her a ticket home. She can't help us.
All her information is two years old.
That would explain why Simon Lancaster changed his name.
Couldn't get a legitimate job,
so he started his own - ice trafficking.
Yeah. A new town, new slate, then drags Marley into it. Great.
Have you got anything to report? No.
SHARMA: Boss?
You wanted to know about Larry's Dime visitors?
Well, he only had one,
just a week before the boys went missing.
Marley.
Just got a link to the footage.
It's out there? My computer.
How long does it go on for? 45 minutes.
Patterson Police.
They talked for 45 minutes,
then a week later, Marley disappears.
Where? Are you sure?
Maybe you're right. Maybe it is connected.
Why would Larry be talking to Marley about anything?
You could ask him yourself.
Larry Dime's back in town.
What are you doing back in town?
Maybe I wanted to see my family.
Yeah? Yeah.
So, who's the coconut cop?
Detective Swan... Detective?
Locking up your own people, eh?
Selling out to the whitefella.
That's worse than being a paedo.
Listen, Larry, you can call me all the names you want,
but I'm here to find Marley.
Why did your nephew visit you in jail?
Yeah, we know about that. What did you two talk about?
Nothing.
We're trying to find him.
Where is he, then?
You tell us.
I don't help dogs.
Get in the car.
What happened? Nothing.
Oh, and, Larry?
If you remember anything else from Marley's visit the other week,
please let us know.
Marley, what?
What was that?
Hand grenade.
Now we can watch it go off.
My Marley?
What's she talking about, Larry? Did you see him?
Is Larry the father of Shevorne's daughter?
No, no. She was born two years after Larry went to jail.
So, Shevorne was 15 when she got pregnant.
Don't use that tone.
What tone?
Oh, like you know what sort of girl Shevorne is.
Yeah, she went off the rails for a while. Who wouldn't?
I mean, she had a massive trauma.
She pulled herself back together,
and she's nearly got back full custody of her daughter as well.
So, you don't know who the father is?
That's Shevorne's business.
So you don't know.
Here! Don't forget your shit!
Eh? Where is he? Eh?
Hey!
Oi, oi, oi! Hey!
Break it up. Break it up.
Sorry, Larry. It's all good, sis.
I'll go to Two Mile. Detective Swan will take you.
I'll walk. It's not optional.
Come on, Larry.
He's all yours.
What?
Why are we here?
Just want to use the boardroom. Oh, OK.
Sit down, Larry.
Your photo used to be up here on this wall.
Used to be right here.
This place was on its knees before I took it on.
And now Keith Groves... he's taking all the credit.
Larry Dime, the community man.
Chairperson.
A righteous man makes the perfect predator, eh?
And now you're back.
And there's your nephew Marley who's missing...
..with his white mate, who's dating Shevorne -
the girl that you raped, beat, and left for dead.
You see, there's this nasty little circle,
and I keep going around it.
And I keep coming back to Marley visiting you in jail
a week before he went missing.
Somehow, Larry, you're right in the middle of that circle.
And I want to know how.
Them white cops,
did they tell you you're one of the good ones?
Not really.
I tend to piss people off.
Maybe you are a real black man,
and this is an appeal to the righteous man.
Maybe.
Well, that man is dead.
You told me that he wasn't coming back to this town.
Well, he's here because of Marley,
so the sooner we find Reese and Marley, the sooner he goes.
Well, I already told that black cop that I don't know anything.
Detective Swan? He spoke to you today?
What about?
Don't you lot talk to each other?
I don't know what.
Something about the station, trouble out there.
Ballantyne Station?
Yeah.
I've got to work.
Shevorne...
..you used to hang around with Reese and Marley, yeah?
Did Marley ever talk about Larry?
Did he ever mention visiting him in jail?
No. He wouldn't.
Did he? Mm. A week ago.
Well, I don't know why he would do that. That's just crazy.
Mm.
If there's anything you know about Marley and Larry
and you're not telling me... What, are you calling me a liar?
Shevorne, you looked me right in the eye
and you told me you barely knew who Reese was.
And then I find out he's your boyfriend.
If that's not the definition of lying, I don't know what is.
Yeah?
Well, you lied to me as well, because you told me
that the man who raped me wasn't coming back to this town.
Jay!
Are you looking for that detective?
Yeah. You seen him? Not lately.
You OK? You got someone to look after you?
I did have. Don't really know where he is.
That's the story of my life.
I hope you find him, eh?
MAN: Two more.
Thank you.
What will it be?
Uh, just a glass of house wine, thanks.
Any word from Detective Swan?
Nup.
Your table number.
Wow. This place is jumping.
Best roast in town, they say.
I don't think Detective Swan is going to change.
Yeah, but it's not a question of skill.
Yep. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I understand.
Yep. OK. Yeah, same to you.
OK. Bye.
Shit.
I'm going on my break.
LARRY: What do you want?!
Come and get me! I'm right here!
MAN: Fuck off, paedo!
Come on, you dogs!
Fuck off! No-one wants you here!
Come here, you dogs!
Yeah, piss off!
Hey, I've seen you before.
I don't think so. Yeah.
You're that girlfriend of that missing boy.
How come you're not out there searching?
What?
Well, if it was me, I'd be out there looking for him.
Unless you know something.
About where he really is.
Do you?
My shift's over.
G'day, Katie.
Hi, Sarge. How are you this evening?
Would you like the special for your dinner?
What is it? Roast pork.
Again? Surprise!
Not really.
OK, thanks.
There you go. Pleasure.
Detective Swan.
Crystal, you remember Sergeant Emma James.
Yeah.
I wasn't sure where you were.
Well, I'm having dinner with my daughter.
Here, Sarge. Oh, no. I'm not...
Thanks.
Do you mind?
Anything from Larry?
Find out anything else?
No.
See anyone else?
No.
What did you do all day?
Listen, Emma, if you've got a problem with me...
..then call your boss.
I did.
Seems you're a popular boy.
And it looks like you'll be with us for just a bit longer.
That's great.
You like it here?
It's better than back home.
Crystal, your mother's coming to get you.
Dad, I could stay here and get a job.
No, you can't do that.
Oh, well, there's actually quite a bit of work around at the minute.
Yeah. 'Cause the rodeo starts tomorrow.
Plenty of jobs there. Oh, yeah?
Yeah, yeah. They always need help at the bar.
I could line her up with Shevorne, if you want.
That'd be great. Yeah?
Dad, I can stay here with you now.
Wow.
Here we all are.
Mum? There's my sweet daughter.
Yeah, come on. Don't let me interrupt you.
You mob keep on talking about whatever you were talking about.
Mum, I'm getting a job at the rodeo. Really?
Well, looks like I'm staying around, then.
Someone's got to look after our daughter.
Mary, don't be like that.
Like what?
What?
What am I being, Jay?
So, who got you the job, anyway?
Mary, this is Senior Sergeant Emma James.
Nice to meet you. Hi.
SENIOR Sergeant?
Shit. Look out.
No, it's good.
It's good to see a woman in charge, eh?
Someone's got to keep these fellas in line.
How has this one been treating you?
He's been...
..helpful.
Sorry.
Shevorne?
Shevorne, are you OK?
I'm on my way. Detective.
I've got to go. Yeah.
Yeah, course you do.
SHEVORNE: What are you doing here?!
Get out! Get off me!
Get out of my house!
Stop!
No!
MAN: I want to be rich, my girl by my side.
I think that's Two Mile.
Ice. Or what's left of it.
Where did they go?
Don't know. Don't care.
JAY: So, your brother, he's extremely helpful, isn't he?
Your family's squeaky clean, are they?
MARY: Do you really want to be alone?
No, I don't. Nor do I.
JAZ: Brayden Cooper?
He's coming for you, slut.
No, no! No, no!