must behaving so much fun,
playing two boys off against each other.
- It belonged to Dora.
- This is you training for the regionals, is it?
- I'm totally on it.
You wait till champs, Bianca. - Why wait till then?
- Go!
- A race. Let's settle it once and for all.
- How did Nicole do that?! It's basically a handbrake turn.
- Whoo!
- Good luck at regionals, Caroline.
You lot better start clearing yourself out ofourtack room.
- If anything happens to this horse, Tom, you're finished.
['MYSTIC' THEME MUSIC]
Captions by Able. www.able.co.nz
- ♪ Ride a cock-horse to
♪ Banbury Cross,
♪ to see a lady
♪ upon a fine horse.
♪ With rings on her fingers and
♪ bells on her toes, she shall have
♪ music wherever she goes.
- Dora?
- ♪ She shall have music
♪ wherever she goes.
- [THUD!]
- [SIGHS]
[KEYPAD CLICKS]
[POIGNANT MUSIC]
[KEYPAD CLICKS, PHONE LINE RINGS]
- VOICEMAIL: Please leave a short message,
and I'll call as soon as possible. Thank you.
- Uh, hi, Cay. Um...
big favour. Can you let Blaze out?
I need to go by Miri's this morning.
I need to sort something.
- You're rushing it. Do it again.
- I know Tom's checked out over
the racehorse being sick and all,
but at least we don't have Ginty training us.
- Is the racehorse coming back? - Nah,
it's moved to other stables.
- Two, three.
- Are you fond of penguins? - Sorry?
- I recommend you stop bobbing about like one.
Regional selections are only a week away,
and I've got to say that I am not optimistic.
- Regional selections? What? - Yeah,
Nicole's taking my spot.
Ginty had a word with the organisers.
Surprised you're showing your face, Caroline,
after embarrassing yourself at the race.
- No, that's enough.
Go and clean the storeroom with Bianca.
- Really? But I... - See?
It's a thumbs-up from Bianca.
Because her thumb was up. Very funny [!]
- [SIGHS] You know,
the chances of Nicole making regionals are slim,
but yours are non-existent.
- [SCOFFS] Why is she even hanging around here?
She can't even ride. - Yeah. Don't listen to her.
- Yeah, it's fine. It's whatever, right?
It was a total fluke Nicole won.
I'm not worried at all. [CHUCKLES]
- She is gonna get on the team, right?
- Sweet. That will be $4.50. [KEYPAD BEEPS]
- [SIGHS]
Hi. - Hey.
- Do you think we could...?
Things have been really off between us.
And the thing is... Well, basically, Gabe is-
- Put these in the display, will you, love?
Don't use your fingers.
- Morena, guys. Mary! - Miri.
- Yes. Let's talk business. Are you still up for the tour?
- Sure, sure.
- He wants to set up some kinda pretentious,
catered-camping thing.
So, um, how was the race?
- Brilliant [!] We lost the tack room.
- Oh. Well, that didn't go as we thought.
- No. No, it really didn't.
- [SCOFFS] - [SIGHS]
- Uh, hey, dude.
What's a kumara? - A kumara?
- Mm. - It's sweet potato.
- Would you recommend it? - I don't know.
Do you like sweet potatoes?
- [SCOFFS] All right.
Uh...
just this, then.
Hey, I'll, um... I'll grab us a couch, yeah?
- Oh, we're not- - Oh, no, no. It's fine.
You know, just let me know if you two want anything else.
- I am so excited, Mary.
You are exactly the kind of supplier we need for
the glamping site.
It's gonna be totally on trend with the Zarkoff brand -
local and authentic.
- [CHUCKLES] Well, yes, you scream that. [CHUCKLES]
- So, we're in business? - Oh, fantastic.
- WHISPERS: Yes. - Thank you.
- [CHUCKLES] - You know, I actually thought
you were only here on holiday. - Well, so did I.
But, you know,
when the universe sends you something like this,
you don't say no.
Te tiro atu to kanohi ki tairawhiti
ana tera whiti te ra
kite ataata ka hinga ki
muri kia koe. - Mm.
- Mm. Am I right, chief?
- Oh, I-I-I don't- - Oh, it's beautiful.
'Turn your face to the sun,
'and the shadows will fall behind you.'
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
Sort of.
- So tourists know more te reo than me.
- So, Dan, about before, what I meant-
- I've gotta go help in the kitchen.
- [SIGHS]
[INDIE MUSIC PLAYS]
[FOOTSTEPS CLICK]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
- READS: Arsenic trioxide.
What?
Ah. Tack room's off limits, remember?
You know where your new home is.
[FLOORBOARD CREAKS]
- I cannot wait for them to leave. [GROANS]
- [CHUCKLES] Yeah.
Only one more month. - Seriously.
I leave you guys foroneafternoon.
- Could you get Mystic to get rid of them?
- [CHUCKLES] I wish.
Yeah, it doesn't really work like that.
And plus, Mystic's got a load on his mind at the moment.
- What do you mean?
- Uh, well...
Are there any tunnels around here?
- Not that I know of.
- Uh, grey sand? - You mean black sand?
- No, definitely grey.
- So you've had more visions? - Shh.
- This isn't a clubhouse. Why aren't you in the tack room?
- Well, um...
Issie. - Uh...
we...
I bet Dulmoth Park that...
Nicole couldn't beat Caroline in a race.
Nicole won, and so now they have the tack room.
- I specifically asked you to be good hosts...
and you couldn't even do that.
- It wasn't just Issie's fault. We all agreed to it.
- Oh, awesome [!] Then you're all a pack of idiots.
- But Caroline should have won. She's the better rider.
- Oh, yeah. Well, Caroline is talented,
but sometimes talent isn't enough,
because she's lazy, and she coasts.
- That's not fair. - Really?
Well, have you seen her put the work in? No.
So maybe she's not cut out to be in the big league,
cos not everybody is capable of putting the graft in,
because I've given her every tool,
but I can't do it for her.
- Hi, Mum. I filled up the car. - [CHUCKLES] Finally.
How's Tom? - Cross.
- Yeah, it's a terrible run of luck.
- Yeah.
Yeah, it sucks. - Mm.
- Gran, has there ever been a massive earthquake
in Kauri Point?
- Well, not since, um, I think, the 1800s.
Left half the town homeless, apparently.
- Dora, she was around back then, right?
- Oh, yeah, possibly.
- Uh, did she have a daughter?
- Must've had a child of some sort, cos we're here.
You know, the quake the other day,
it's nothing to worry about.
We get small ones like that all the time.
- What?! That was fast.
- What? - The house. The deal's done.
- Wait. So... So it's definitely happening?
- That is the quickest house sale ever.
I don't know how my solicitor pulled that off.
I'd never get through the paperwork so fast.
- Well, maybe she's just a really good lawyer.
- Cheers, Mum.
MOCKINGLY: 'Maybe she's just a really good lawyer.'
- You know what, Callum?
- Caleb. - Yes.
I think we should workshop this.
- Yes, we should.
- Yes. - Amazing.
Thank you.
- Well, I think I signed it,
but I've also sent it somewhere,
cos it made a whoosh sound.
- Guess what. Alex wants to workshop
our pony trekking tours.
Is this is about what Bianca said?
Cos she doesn't know what she's talking about.
Tom thinks you're really talented.
- Well, clearly not,
since I'm not cut out for the big league.
- Oh, Caz, no,
he was just wound up about the tack room and stuff. He-
- It doesn't matter. I don't care.
- Caz- - Just leave it, Caleb!
[CELL PHONE RINGS] - Oh.
[CELL PHONE RINGS]
- Caroline Burford's phone. - Hi, yeah,
it's Karen from the Regional Selections Committee.
I'm just reading about
Caroline's changes to her registration.
- Yeah, I'm... I hear ya, all right?
Look, you can get the lawyers if you want,
but there's nothing wrong with my fences.
Gary? Gary?
- Hey, guys. Have you seen Caroline?
- No.
- I'm worried. She was locked in her room all night.
And also, she pulled out of regionals.
- What?! - I don't know what's going on.
I've never seen her like this.
- [SIGHS] It's all because of that stupid race with Nicole.
- Issie strikes again.
- What?
- You had to make that bet, didn't you?
- Seriously? Wait. This is all my fault?
- Yes, Issie. Cos this is what you do, isn't it?
You do whatever you want, and stuff everybody else.
- Yeah, well, don't hold back [!]
- He didn't mean that. - No.
I mean, he's right - it is my fault.
[SIGHS] I need to talk to Caroline.
- So, things are awkward with you and Dan, then?
- He hates me. - He doesn't.
Thought you'd come back to the scene of the crime.
- Oh, so I'm a criminal now? Thanks [!]
- Only in the fashion sense.
Sorry. [CLEARS THROAT]
- Seriously, Caz, why are you letting all of this get to you?
You're Caroline; you're unstoppable.
- Yeah, well, clearly not.
- Almost no one gets invited to Team Selections,
and you're throwing it all away. - Look, Caz, I get it.
The regionals feeds into the Olympic team,
and it's something you've wanted forever.
Of course, you're scared. - You can talk [!]
- What?
- Mum and Dad don't even know you're gay, andI'mthe coward?
- Hey, Caz, that is totally different.
- Yeah, well, maybe he should fix his own life
and stop trying to fix mine.
- It's not like I haven't tried.
I'm just waiting for the right time. It's hard.
- I'm sorry. That was a stupid thing to say.
Look, thanks for trying to help,
but it's too late anyway.
I pulled out.
- I signed you back up. - What?
But it's only a week away. - A week is heaps of time.
- It's not; it's nothing.
I can't do it.
Please just go.
Go! - SOFTLY: OK.
Come on.
- It's gonna be OK.
- [SIGHS]
[GENTLE MUSIC]
- Why did you give her that photo?
What are you up to, Hester? [KNOCK AT DOOR]
Uh, no, don't you give me that. That was a warning shot.
- IN DISTANCE: Mum?
- Yeah, I will tell her, but in my own time.
[KNOCK AT DOOR] Mum, door!
- Yeah, OK. Uh, right.
Lovely to catch up. [CHUCKLES] All right, then, yeah.
- I'll get it, shall I [?] - Speak soon. Uh, mm.
Bye for now.
[CAR ENGINE RECEDES]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
- Mum, I think Gretchen's turned up!
And all your other creepy stuff.
[BIRDS TWEET]
- [SIGHS]
I'll get a shovel.
- Hey.
I need your help.
Please?
- OK.
We're here. - First of all,
sorry.
You were right, Cay.
I am scared.
I'm not ready for regionals. I just-
I don't know where to start.
- Tom will know. - No, please.
I've let him down already. Can we just leave him out of this?
- OK, we can train you up. We have Tom's schedule.
And, Dan, you're a riding instructor.
- Yeah, for little kids.
- I've been acting like one of them. [CHUCKLES]
- Good point. - [CHUCKLES]
- So, where do we start?
- Uh... the race.
Let's work out where it went wrong in the first place.
- That's actually a really good idea.
OK, so, that boulder's where Nicole got her advantage.
- And the jump-off will be full of turns like that.
- Mm. - You'll need perfect balance
and to be super-fit. We've got six days.
So we're gonna have to train all day, every day.
- Caroline. - Argh!
- We start first thing. No excuses.
- [GROANS]
- And we go back to basics.
One, go. Let's go, Caroline. Here we go. Let's go!
- [GROANS]
- OK. No, we can work with that. We can work with that.
It's early on. You see, you're a better rider, but Nicole,
she works out every day. And you?
well, I'm not gonna say 'lazy', but...
- [PANTS]
- 'Nicole saw that boulder and calculated when to turn.'
Right now!
'She passed within millimetres.'
[ALARM BEEPS]
- [GRUNTS]
Whoa!
- BOTH: Come on, Caroline. - Here we go! Here we go!
Here we go! - Let's go! Let's go!
- BOTH: Yes! - ALL: Oh.
- Oh. Oh no.
- Here we go. Here we go. Yes. - You've got it. You've got it.
- Yes. Here we go. - [SQUEALS]
[THUD!]
- Now! Nice.
[ALARM BEEPS] - [CHUCKLES]
[GIGGLES]
- Let's go! Here we go, Caroline! Here we go!
- BOTH: Come on, Caroline! Come on!
- Yes! - That's a good time.
- She's gonna do it. Where-?
- Where did she go? - [CHUCKLES]
[ALL CHEER] - [EXCLAIMS]
- Yeah! Here we go! - Yes!
- [GRUNTS, CHUCKLES] [ALL CHEER]
- All right, now we put in the jump.
Come on. Here we go. - Come on, Caroline.
- Here we go. Here we go.
Come on. Come on. Come on.
Here we go. Yes.
Yes, yes, yes. Come on. - Oh yes!
- Make the jump. Make the jump. - BOTH: Come on! Come on!
- [ALL CHEER]
- Whoo! - Let's go!
- Well done, Caroline.
- [CHUCKLES]
- TOM: Hey. - Oh, that was so good.
- You rest that horse, eh.
We gotta leave first thing in the morning.
- But I've only done it once. I need to practise.
- No, you don't. You've worked hard; now get some sleep.
You deserve it.
- [CHUCKLES] Thanks. - Away you go.
- [CHUCKLES]
[GENTLE MUSIC]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]
[GENTLE MUSIC CONTINUES]
- Caroline. Go and walk the course.
- Come on. I'll go with you.
- Thanks.
- [SIGHS]
[TENSE MUSIC]
[HORSE WHINNIES]
- Are you OK?
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
- I should have started training earlier.
[SIGHS]
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
- Focus, Nicole. Don't let me down.
[APPLAUSE]
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
- Yes, Nicole! [APPLAUSE]
- BOTH: Go, Nicole! - You got this.
[CHEERS, APPLAUSE]
- Come on, Nicole! - Yeah!
- [BOTH CHEER]
- Good luck.
- She looks nervous, do you think?
- She's Caroline; she's never nervous.
- PA: From Kauri Point Stables,
Caroline Burford riding Lord William III.
- Let's go, Caz! Here we go! - BOTH: Oh, come on, Caz!
- Here we go! - Whoo!
[CHEERS, APPLAUSE]
[BELL RINGS]
- [PANTS]
[APPLAUSE]
[PANTS]
[POLE RATTLES]
- Ooh, that can't be good. Is it?
- No, it's OK. It stayed on.
- That was close.
- You must introduce me to your friend. Don't worry -
I won't embarrass you.
- Come on. Here we go.
Here we go. - Come on, Caroline!
- Here we go. - Go, Caz!
- BOTH: Yes!
- [PANTS] - Yes, Caroline.
[CHEERS, APPLAUSE]
[POLE RATTLES] - Come on, Caz!
[CHEERS, APPLAUSE] - [CHUCKLES]
- She's clear. I held my breath her entire round.
- Wait. So, she's made it to the jump-off, right?
- Yeah, she's through. - Yes.
- That's against the clock, eh? - Yeah. Fewer jumps,
but it's harder, so you've gotta be more precise.
- I hope the nerves aren't getting to her.
- No, nerves are good, if you can handle them.
Just Caroline's not used to them,
so this might give her the push she needs or...
- Whoa, that's crazy tight, Nicole.
- Yeah. - Everyone's saying
this jump-off's gonna be, like, super-fast.
How are you feeling, Caroline?
You looked really jumpy out there.
Maybe you're just not up to it. - Oh, look, Bianca...
- OK. Caroline,
let's go get Treacle ready.
Just keep your head in the game.
[SCATTERED APPLAUSE] - [GRUNTS, GROANS]
- Here.
Let me.
She's a funny girl, that Bianca.
Reminds me of this fulla that I used to train with -
super-talented but never quite believed in himself,
so he used to mess with people. And he really... [CHUCKLES]
He really didn't like me.
And I let him into my head once -
Stopped listening to my instincts;
stopped listening to my horse.
It's the biggest mistake of my career, really.
But you know what I figured out?
- What?
- He did it because he thought I was a threat.
So every time he tried to undermine me...
it was actually a compliment.
I know you're scared, Caroline. So is everybody.
But that just means
you're about to do something worthwhile,
something brave.
- But I heard you -
you said I wasn't cut out for the big league.
- OK.
Do I think you rely on natural talent over hard work?
Yes, I do.
But you surprised me. Could you be better? Absolutely.
Do I believe in you? Always.
- Do you think I could be as good as you?
- [CHUCKLES] Nah, kid.
You could be better - Heaps better.
[INSPIRING MUSIC]
- Whoa. That was surreal.
Tom's never shared that much, ever.
[CHEERS, APPLAUSE]
- Come on.
- Hey, Cay, ask your friend,
what the Dulmoth Park girl's time was.
- Bianca's not my friend, but Nicole's time was 39.6 seconds.
- Ooh, that's good, isn't it?
- Hmm? - Yeah, it's good.
- We can do this. - PA: Next in the jump-off,
for Kauri Point Stables, Caroline Burford.
[APPLAUSE]
- Come on, Caroline! - Let's go, Caz! Let's go!
- You got this. Come on!
[CHEERING]
- [RINGS BELL] - Come on, Caroline.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
- [PANTS]
- What's she gotta make?
- She's gotta get under 40 seconds.
- [PANTS]
[POLE RATTLES] - [GASPS]
- Oh, OK.
- [PANTS] - Go.
Go. - [PANTS]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
- [PANTS]
- Seven to 11. That's the tightest turn, right?
- Oh, I can't watch.
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
[CHEERS, APPLAUSE]
[ALL CHEER]
- Let's go, Caz! [CHEERS, LAUGHTER]
- Let's go, Caroline! - Let's go! Let's go! Whoo!
- Caroline, 38.4!
- You made the team!
- You nailed that turn. - Smile!
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS] I'll send that to Stella.
- You did yourself proud. - Oh, you're a star!
- Oh, we'll cool him down.
- Congrats. [CHUCKLES]
- Well done. - Thank you. [GIGGLES]
- Hey, you did it. You know, you're a really good teacher.
- Yeah, well, you got her back into the stables, so...
Hey, look, I, um... I'm sorry I was harsh earlier.
- You weren't. Itwasmy fault -
the bet, the race; everything.
- I think you've put it right now.
- You were like a blimmin' Road Runner out there.
[BOTH LAUGH] - My brilliant girl.
- [GIGGLES] Aw.
Bring on the Olympics. I'm basically ready.
- [LAUGHS] - I mean,
with a lot of work. [LAUGHS]
- You were amazing out there - so brave.
- You were. You really were, Caz.
Um, Mum, Dad...
I need to tell you something.
OK, so...
OK, the thing is...
I'm gay. - Gay?
- I didn't know how to- I didn't know how to tell you.
- Caleb, look at me.
I love you. Nothing will ever change that,
especially being gay.
You're exactly who you're meant to be. Do you understand?
[GENTLE MUSIC]
- That took a lot of guts.
I couldn't be prouder.
- Aw. [LAUGHTER]
- No, stop. Personal space! Personal space.
- [GIGGLES] - [GASPS]
Kauri Point Pride Parade.
- No, that is not a thing. - No, no, hear me out.
We've got a lovely town. We've got a nice B&B.
I mean, it's a great cash cow for Sydney.
- [CHUCKLES] Dad, what is wrong with you?
[GIGGLES]
- Maybe you and I could go to regional's one day.
What do you reckon, Blaze?
- So weird. - What's weird?
- The blood results just came back.
You know, on the racehorse? - Mm-hm.
- It was arsenic poisoning. - What?! That is weird.
- Maybe not.
- She's the gift that keeps on giving, eh?
- [SCOFFS] - Look, I gotta go.
I'll see you later.
[SIGN CREAKS]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
- [SIGHS]
- [WHINNIES]
[SMASH!]
[PANTS]
- You found thiswhere?
- When we were cleaning the storeroom.
One of the ingredients is arsenic.
It's what poisoned the racehorse, right?
- Well, there we are, then. - There we are, then, what?
This is a coincidence.
- But it will look like negligence.
- I didn't even know this stuff was here.
And look -
it's ancient.
- I have no choice but to report this.
You do understand, Tom?
- No, what I don't understand is
how the racehorse even got to it.
- Your licence will be revoked, pending an investigation.
- [SIGHS]
Look, Ginty, can you, uh...?
Can you take over the stables? Just while I-
Just while I sort this stuff out, eh?
- I think that would be best.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
['MYSTIC' THEME MUSIC]
Captions by Able. www.able.co.nz