[EXPECTANT STRING MUSIC]
- It's been decided. The visions are different to last time.
You ghosted me, and ever since you came back,
everything's changed.
- If anything happens to this horse, Tom, you're finished.
- It was arsenic poisoning. - Your licence will be revoked.
- I'm selling the stables.
- It's my brother's little project.
- There's a toll for using this road.
Alex Zarkoff doesn't own the forest.
- You are so selfish, Issie. - But I...
- Hey, cool bracelet. - Here - have it.
- Take it off. Now.
['MYSTIC' THEME MUSIC]
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[HAUNTING MUSIC]
[GLASS SHATTERS]
[CLATTERING]
- [SIGHS]
- PHONE: Hi, it's Natasha. Please leave a message.
- Hey, Natasha. It's me...
again.
Listen, we need to talk.
The bracelet, OK, it's not what you think.
Just call me back. Yeah?
[POIGNANT MUSIC]
- I think we should be the ones to tell her.
- Isn't it up to Tom, sweetheart?
- I think it's better coming from us.
- What's better? - Oh, Izz, sit down, will you?
- I'll get that tea. - Yeah, thanks, Mum.
- Well, at least you two are talking. What's going on?
- So Tom,
he's gonna have...
See, the thing is -
he's had a bit of a rough patch with the insurance.
- He's selling the stables, love.
- Wait. What? No. No, he can't.
- He doesn't want to. - He doesn't have a choice.
- I've gotta get my stuff. I need to get down there.
- Izz, are you OK? - Just let her be with
her friends, love.
[CELL PHONE CHIMES]
- Hmm. - Everything OK?
- Yeah, it's just Tom - wants to meet for coffee at Miri's.
- Ooh, I'll give you a lift. Or I can buy your breakfast first.
Bye, love!
Look, Amanda, we really need to talk about your dad
at some point.
- No, Mum, we really don't. - Please.
- Just leave it, will you?
[CLATTERING]
[CONTEMPLATIVE MUSIC]
[CLATTERING]
[CUTLERY CLINKS]
- Oh, Izz.
- I'm sorry - it fell.
- No, it's all right, love. Don't worry. You go on.
WHISPERS: You go.
[WIND CHIME TINKLES]
[CONTEMPLATIVE MUSIC]
[KEY CLICKS]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACH]
[TENSE MUSIC]
- So, Alex Zarkoff,
how does it feel to be the most hated man in Kauri Point?
- You can talk, after the stunt you pulled yesterday.
Oh, you can give me your driver's licence, by the way.
- What? - Yeah, you can have it back
when you're 60. - Oh, come on.
Well, that's about as long as it's gonna take you to pay off
that car you damaged. You're just lucky
the police didn't get involved.
- Oh, national roll-out and projected profit margins?
Wow. I hope you have a light show
to go with that presentation [!]
- This meeting could take
the Zarkoff brand all over New Zealand.
- Alex,
you're not a brand; you're a man.
I mean, you're an idiot.
- You know what? I'm getting really sick of your snarking,
Gabe. This brand
pays for your whole life, buddy.
- I never wanted your money, Alex -
I just wanted you to show up from time to time;
you know, maybe not leave me to deal with Mom on my own.
- OK, you know what? I'm not getting into this.
I will be back later.
- What, are you gonna surf to Auckland [?]
- No, actually, you know,
some people are capable of doing
more than two things in a day - three, even.
You know, later on, I'm going to your stables to buy a horse.
- Wait. What? - Yeah.
I know - it must just blow the mind
of somebody who toasts a waffle and thinks their day is done.
- No, why are you buying a horse?
- It's a tracker.
It's business, and it is none of yours.
- [SIGHS]
- [WHINNIES]
- This is absolutely hopeless.
- What are you doing to Blaze? - Disciplining her.
She is far too headstrong. - She's not.
She's spirited, and you can't take that away from her.
- When she's a Dulmoth Park horse,
she's gonna need to be obedient.
She'll be fine. - [NEIGHS]
Not acceptable.
- [SIGHS]
- It's not even theirs yet. - Did you hear he's selling?
- Yeah. I'm not sticking around when Ginty's the owner.
- Oh, me neither. It's all gonna change.
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]
- It's all happening. - Yeah,
and it's not even supposed to happen till Friday.
- No, no, no. You don't get it. This morning,
the wind chime I told you about - I saw it.
And then this - Mystic showed me this before.
- Issie. I need to talk to you.
- It's all right; I know. Can't you do anything?
- Look, I'm sorry.
It's been decided.
Horses still need mucking out, though.
- You all heard that, right? It's been decided.
- You mean, like the eight ball?
- It's all coming true.
- So that's what it's all about, then -
Mystic knew we were gonna lose the stables.
- No, there's something else. Natasha.
- What about her? - I feel like she's in trouble.
I could feel something bad coming.
I have this vision, you know, of the tunnel.
And it was, like, crumbling,
and there was a bracelet lying in the rubble.
Natasha was wearing it yesterday.
- Where is she?
[CELL PHONE BUZZES]
- [SIGHS]
[CELL PHONE BUZZES] - [CLEARS THROAT]
[CELL PHONE BUZZES]
- Hello. - Natasha?
- Well, no, clearly. Is this Caleb?
- Yes. - She's asleep.
- Still in bed? - Yes.
- Good. Good. That's great.
Look, why doesn't she stay home today with you?
- Excuse me? - Take the day off,
maybe the week. We'll look after Aramis for her.
- OK. - I mean, I'm not a doctor...
at all, but I think bed rest is the key here
after what happened.
- Right. OK. Well...
thank you for the advice, Caleb.
I want to keep an eye on her today anyway.
- Music to my ears, Sam. OK, then. Bye-bye now.
- Wait. We need to speak to her.
- If we tell her she's in danger,
it's just gonna freak her out.
As long as she's at home, she's safe.
Right? - I guess. But how long for?
I mean, if the vision's really are coming true, then-
- Can we even stop them? - We have to try.
- What about this tunnel? - I don't know where it is.
- Alex - Alex is digging underground.
He has this cave, and he's turning it into a dining room.
- What? - Yeah, I know.
But could it be that?
- Uh, it's where my vision started up.
But, Caleb, could you get him to let us check it out?
I mean, we don't wanna be arrested for trespassing.
- Don't worry - he's away in Auckland today.
It was the last thing he yelled at me
before he hung up this morning.
- Ouch. - He rang because apparently,
he found my resignation text rude.
- He also said it was moronic and that-
- Yes, yes, we don't have to relive the whole thing.
- Well, if Gabe is there,
we can ask him if we can look around.
- Right, Izz? - Yeah.
Uh, the thing is -
I haven't actually told him about the visions.
- So if he asks why, then- - Wait. Really?
You didn't tell him? - No.
- [DRAMATIC MUSIC]
- [PATS POCKET] I'll tell him we're coming.
- Oh, hey, darling. Your phone's been going all morning.
- Oh.
Oh, it's Issie.
- And Caleb called. He thinks you need bed rest.
- What? - Yeah,
I thought it was a bit weird.
Listen, sweetheart, are you OK?
I know it's been tough, and I'm sorry.
- What for?
- I shouldn't have pushed you towards your mum.
You don't have to see her if you don't want to.
- Really?
- I guess I was just trying to make Happy Families,
but that's not us.
- No, it is us;
it's just it's you and me.
- Oh, I thought I was doing the right thing
by making excuses for your mum.
But Amanda was right - I was just making things worse.
- Amanda? - Hey, all right, kiddo.
Leave it alone. - OK.
- Come on - let's go get some breakfast.
- Sure. I just... I want to do something first.
- [PHONE LINE RINGS]
- PHONE: Please leave your message.
- Hi, Mum. Um... there's no need to ring me back;
I just wanted to let you know that
I'm not coming to Soraya's birthday party, because...
because I don't want to.
And also, I like my clothes,
and I like my friends.
So, yeah, that's all.
Bye.
Right. Come on -
let's go. - OK.
[FOOTSTEPS RETREAT]
- Go easy on her, eh. She's been through a lot.
- She's a horse, Tom.
Good news - my lawyers checked through the contract,
so we can finalise the sale this afternoon.
- But we said Friday.
- Oh, you haven't been able to clear your name,
you're mired in vet's bills -
you don't have an alternative, do you?
[BIRDS CHIRP]
- It's just up here.
- So, how blown is your mind right now?
- Yeah, well,
if Issie's right and her visions really are a thing,
then I've kind of messed up. - Why?
- Well, I gave Natasha the bracelet.
- Oh, that's weird. - You OK?
- Is it? - Yeah,
I think you got a puncture.
- Great [!]
- So, why didn't you wanna tell them about your visions before?
- It just didn't feel right.
- Look, about what you said back at the marae -
you're right.
When I was in Oz, I was a real idiot.
I should have called you or messaged back, but, you know,
it just got so busy and...
No, you know what? No excuses.
Issie, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have just let us drop.
I really liked us.
- Yeah, I liked us too.
- Let me have a look at that bike.
- Mm-hm.
- Yeah, that's not good. - #BillionairesDen!
- [INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
- Alex is definitely gone, right?
- Yeah, he's um... He's gone all day.
He's, um, pretending to surf
and going down to the stables
and buying a horse and taking over Auckland.
- Buying a horse? Which horse? - I don't know.
He said it was a tracker.
- Blaze. He's buying Blaze. - Issie's Blaze?
Oh, that'll kill her. - Maybe don't tell her now, eh?
- OK, let's do this.
- [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
- Welcome...
to the Etruscan dining cave. It's a billionaire must-have.
- WHISPERS: No.
[PANTS]
- [WHINNIES]
[CLANG!]
[RUMBLING]
- [WHINNIES]
[WHINNIES]
[RUMBLING] - [WHINNIES]
[CRASH!]
[RUMBLING]
- No! - Is?
- Is, what's happened? - [PANTS]
- Now, let me get you a sandwich or something.
- Oh, stop it, Mum. A sandwich is not gonna fix anything.
- Just talk to me, Amanda.
- OK, fine.
You're selfish, Mum.
You kept your little secret for you.
You didn't think about me,
and you didn't think about Issie.
And I'm done talking about this.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
- Well, maybe I'm done too.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
- Ken, I thought you said you talked to Alex.
- Yeah, well, he's actually a really difficult man
to pin down.
- Because I've just come from Forest Rd,
and the tollbooth is still there.
- What's wrong with the world?!
- And there's a big security bloke manning it.
Alex is definitely upping his game.
- Yeah, I don't think so. I'm gonna find out what's going on.
- Yeah, good idea. I've got your back, Tipene.
Heads will roll. - Ta, Mitch.
Kenny, you gonna let him get away with it?
- No. No, I am also gonna
stand beh- beside you. - Yeah.
- [INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
- Are you gonna take him a cupcake [?]
- [MUMBLES MOCKINGLY]
- That one. - No. Don't.
- Now, this all looks fine.
- So you can make it this afternoon to witness.
- Yeah, of course - whatever you need.
Look, don't worry. You've tried your best. The kids know that.
- You think? - Of course.
They adore you.
I'm just gonna check...
- Wait. So, you saw Mystic in a tunnel?
- You just keep having these visions, huh?
- Yeah. And Meredith was there too.
- OK, back up. Who's Meredith, again?
- Dora's daughter.
She's a little girl Issie saw reading the book,
but this time she was older.
So Meredith would be your
great-great-great-great- grandmother.
- You know, for a sceptic, you're really paying attention.
[LAUGHS]
- Well, all data's potentially useful.
- This isn't quite right.
Wait. Hang on.
- [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Guys, there's another tunnel.
- Here.
- [MUSIC BUILDS]
- Whoa.
- I don't think we should be in here.
- Oh, cool.
This is ancient. - That is not Alex's.
He doesn't like anything old,
unless it comes with a legend and a display case.
- Hey, do you think this is a mine? Like, a gold mine?
- Caleb said there weren't any.
- I didn't think there were in KP,
but there are in Greenfield, so...
I guess it could be.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
- Hey, look.
- Mystic.
This must have been the tunnel he was in.
- But then he left his shoe behind,
like a horse Cinderella.
I'm sorry. I didn't read the room.
- Do you remember that letter I told you about,
the one that Meredith wrote to Dora? She was so upset.
She brought someone here, and they died.
- Do you think she was talking about Mystic?
- She tried to save him, but she couldn't.
[POIGNANT MUSIC]
- You said anything.
- But pancakes, French toast and fries - that's disgusting.
- I nearly died yesterday, Dad.
- Hmm.
- Hi. - Oh. hey, Natasha. How are you?
- I'm fine. Dad's been really amazing.
- Oh, good.
- Thanks for being there for him.
I know you two have been hanging out.
- Yeah.
- Wait. What is that?
The sale of... You're selling the stables, Tom?
- I'm sorry.
- When? To who? - This afternoon. Dulmoth Park.
- No, Tom. - Hey, what's going on?
- I have to sell the stables.
- Oh, mate. No, I'm sorry. That's tough.
- Yeah. Thanks, bro.
- I need to get down there. - I'm going back there now.
I can take her. - OK.
- Yeah, I'm just gonna pop home and
get the- - Yeah.
- You take it easy, OK? OK? - Mm.
- So, things better with you two?
- Well, he'll never be my favourite.
- I meant Natasha.
- Oh, yeah, right - [CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY] Natasha.
Yeah, yeah, we're good. I owe you one.
See, Amanda, I was... - [CLEARS THROAT]
I'm going. - What, now?
- Yep. So if you want a lift.
Or are you busy speed dating?
- Mum.
Sorry, Sam. - Of course. No, no worries.
- I can't believe you just said that, Mum. [SCOFFS]
- Did Meredith say how he died, in the letter?
- Um, no,
but in my vision, part of the mine collapsed around him.
- An earthquake? - My gran did say that
there was a huge earthquake in Kauri Point around that time.
- Probably because of the mining.
- Really? - Oh, for Maori,
land is sacred; it's tapu.
And we believe that when you violate it,
like mining, you get punished.
- With an earthquake? - Yeah, well, um...
well, there's a haka about Ruamoko.
It's the god of earthquakes,
who turns in his sleep when things go wrong.
- Hey, there was a quake a couple of weeks ago, right?
- Mm. - Around the time
Alex started to dig out this place.
Oh. Well done, Alex [!] You angered the god of earthquakes.
- Wasn't gold mines on that list we made?
You know, the one about where you can get arsenic.
- She's right. - I am.
- So when the racehorse got out, it came here and...
what, licked the walls?
- Alex said he saw a horse around this cave.
He thought it was one of the wild herd.
- Oh, no way - they wouldn't come out this far.
- So it could have been the racehorse.
- Well, yeah. And if it was,
then Tom wasn't responsible for the arsenic; this place was.
We can still save the stables. - But how do we prove it?
- I may have an idea.
[EXPECTANT STRING MUSIC]
[DOOR SHUTS]
[FOOTSTEPS CRUNCH]
- Guys?
Where is everyone?
- No idea.
- Alex Zarkoff's. What are you doing there?
Where?
[EXPECTANT STRING MUSIC]
[THUD!]
- Gabe, um... - It's OK.
I get it. And you made your choice, huh?
- I'm sorry.
- We would've made a cute couple.
- [CHUCKLES] - My looks
and your accent. - [LAUGHS]
[INTENSE MUSIC]
- [SNORTS]
- Now, where did I put my boots?
- Don't be long, Mum. [SIGHS] I wanna get to the stables.
- Yes, ma'am [!]
Ooh, what's that? The stables sale?
- No, it's something else.
- I'm the one keeping the secrets, eh [?]
[COMPUTER KEYS CLICK]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[INTENSE MUSIC]
- [SIGHS]
- You OK? - Mm-hm.
[SIGHS] I'm just glad Natasha's not here.
[SIGHS]
- Whoa.
Oh no.
- The forest belongs to everyone, Alex.
You can't just cut off our access!
- Yeah, and charge us for it! - Hey! Guys, listen-
- And you welshed on the catering contract, Alex.
- Did you get my message? Cos this isn't what we agreed.
- Yeah. We need to have a talk, my bro.
It's a lovely car.
- OK, um... [CHUCKLES]
- Whoa. Up to? - Whoa, whoa, whoa. Really?
- OK. I'm just gonna go. - We just wanna
have a talk, bro! - Sorry, guys.
- You gotta face the music, mate!
- Come on, Alex! Oh! Oh, OK. - You can't just drive off!
- See ya. Goodbye!
[KEYPAD BEEPS, PHONE LINE RINGS]
- [SIGHS]
- This is Ginty. - Oh, hi. This is Alex Zarkoff.
Um, I was actually on my way over to you.
I was interested in buying one of your horses.
Are... Are you there? - Yes.
- Oh. Uh, OK. Well,
I'm actually having a bit of trouble
getting to you, and I'm late for a meeting in Auckland.
Is there any way that we could do this over the phone?
[BIRDS SING]
- What are you guys doing here?
[BUCKLES CLINK]
[BIRD SINGS]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACH]
- Time to sign your soul over, Tom.
That was a joke.
You look serious. I was trying to lighten the mood.
- Ooh, got it. - That's it -
that's the racehorse.
- Wait. I've seen that pile of sand in the rain.
It was in my vision.
- It could be tailings. - What?
- Although usually they take them away,
throw them in a river or something,
but if they had to leave in a hurry -
like if they had to abandon the mine -
they might throw them back in.
- What are you talking about - tailings?
- I found an article.
It's the stuff you have left over when you extract gold,
and it's full of arsenic.
- So Mystic was showing me the tailings.
He was telling me how the racehorse got poisoned.
- They will have to give Tom back his licence now.
- We need to call him.
- Well, let's get on with it.
[CELL PHONE VIBRATES]
[RUMBLING]
- Hey, get under the desk! It's titanium!
- Hey, what's going on?
- Mum? What is happening? - It's an earthquake.
Get under the table! Come on!
[RUMBLING]
[TINKLING]
- Issie, quick! Protect your head!
[INTENSE MUSIC]
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
[RUMBLING]
- This isn't supposed to happen.
READS: The future is in your hands.
The message - it's changed.
- Oh, Mum, I don't wanna die angry with you!
- You're not gonna die. - Yeah,
but I am angry with you!
Why didn't you tell me?!
- Truth is...
I'm scared to let Gordon back into our lives.
He can be manipulative...
and deceitful.
I didn't want you to get hurt.
But you're right - I have been selfish.
I guess I always wanted to feel like...
like I was enough for you.
- Oh, Mum.
[SNIFFLES]
You are enough for me -
Too much, even. [BOTH CHUCKLE]
- Well, I think it's over.
- I don't wanna point any fingers,
but someone had a little garlic this morning?
- Oh, sorry.
- [PANTS]
[HOOVES THUNDER]
- We need to go back to the mine.
- It might not be safe. - Now!
I've had another vision.
[INTENSE MUSIC]
- Aramis.
Natasha?!
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