- I will ensure the safety of this forest.
- MITCH: This is your father, Gordon.
- What was he like?
- He can be manipulative.
- I have to sell the stables.
- Can't you do anything? - It's been decided.
- It's all happening. I had this vision. There was a bracelet.
Natasha was wearing it yesterday.
- CALEB: As long as she's at home, she's safe.
- It was arsenic poisoning.
- CAROLINE: That's the racehorse!
- They'll have to give Tom back his licence now.
- We need to call him.
[RUMBLING] - What's going on?
The message - it's changed.
We need to go back to the mine now!
Natasha!
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- Come on. We can still stop this.
- No! Wait.
We need to get help. - Hey, Aramis. You OK, boy?
- There's no signal.
- It's the earthquake. Networks could be jammed.
- [SIGHS] - Let's try from your landline.
- Yeah, tech billionaires tend to be
a little more high-spec than that.
- [SIGHS] So what do we do?
- I could get to the road and try and flag someone down.
- No, that's gonna take ages.
- No, Issie!
It's way too dangerous. - Natasha might be in trouble!
- But an aftershock could happen at any minute. Issie!
- GABE: Wait!
- Stella, you try and get someone here fast.
- [PANTS] Natasha?
- Guys, we really shouldn't be in here.
- Natasha?
- CALEB: Natasha?
[DISTANT WHIMPERING]
[LOW, TENSE MUSIC]
- [SIGHS]
[ROCKS CRUNCH]
No.
- Can you see anything? - Is that her?
[TENDER STRING MUSIC]
- [BREATHES SHAKILY]
Natasha?
[SIGHS] - [NATASHA WHIMPERS]
- [SOBS]
- She's here. - CALEB: Thank goodness.
- [CAROLINE SIGHS] - GASPS: The walls -
they were shaking.
- It's OK. - [SOBS SOFTLY]
- Here, Natasha.
[GROUND RUMBLES, FOUNDATIONS CREAK]
[BOTH GASP]
- What was that?
[ALL GASP, BREATHE SHAKILY, WOOD CREAKS]
- [BREATHES ANXIOUSLY]
[WOOD CREAKS] - OK.
Hey, listen to me. I need you to come towards me. OK?
- [GASPS FEARFULLY]
- Please! Natasha!
[GROUND RUMBLES] - Aah!
- It's an aftershock!
- OK, Issie, Natasha, remember -
drop, cover, hold! [ROCKS CRASH, DIRT PATTERS]
[CRASHING SLOWS]
- [BREATHES HEAVILY] - DAN: Uh, I think it stopped.
- [COUGHS]
- You guys OK?
- [BREATHES SHAKILY]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
I think so.
[WOOD CREAKS SLOWLY]
[CRACK!]
No!
[BOTH YELP]
[CRASH!]
- What happened?! - Issie! Natasha!
[COUGHS]
[TENSE MUSIC]
[COUGHS] [GIRLS COUGH HEAVILY]
- ISSIE, WEAKLY: We're fine. - [SOBS]
- They're trapped! [GROUND RUMBLES]
- Guys, protect your heads! [GIRLS SCREAM]
[NATASHA WHIMPERS, DEBRIS CRUMBLES]
- OK. OK, listen. We're gonna get you out of here.
Hey, look, guys. We have to be very careful - slow and steady.
[SIGHS]
- Oh, maybe a little faster than that, amigo.
[NATASHA WHIMPERS] - OK. You guys go that side.
- Ow. [GASPS]
- Ready? One, two, three. [ALL GRUNT]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[ALL STRAIN, GRUNT]
- Come on. One more. One more. Three, two...
[ALL GRUNT, PANT]
[SOMBRE MUSIC]
- It's too heavy. [ALL PANT]
- So, what are we gonna do?
- There must be some way to, like, lever it up or something.
- Maybe we could rig up a pulley system.
- Hey, Alex has some climbing ropes.
- I'll come with you.
- Hurry. - [GASPS]
- There's coffee everywhere.
I'll have to print these out again.
[GROANS SOFTLY]
It's broken. [CAR DOOR SHUTS DISTANTLY]
- Yeah. Thanks [!]
- SIGHS: Hey. - Hey.
- Oh, you're late. - But alive. I had to pull over.
I tried to call. - All the networks are busy.
- Is Issie here? Is she all right?
- Oh, she went off with, um,
the one with the glasses and... the others.
- Well, then she'll be fine.
Those kids know what to do in a quake.
- Good. Right. Well, now that we've cleared that up,
shall we get on with the sale? - You seem in a bit of a hurry.
- Uh, yeah, I've got a builder coming at 4.
- Builder? - I'm remodelling the place.
I'm... [CHUCKLES] quite the eager beaver.
[TENSE ACTION MUSIC]
[METAL CLANGS]
- I reckon we can make a hoist out of this stuff.
- Is this all new? - Yeah.
Well, he bought it for a brothers' climbing trip
at Yosemite, but what do you know? Work came up. Come on.
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
- [BREATHES SHAKILY]
- Oh, she's shaking.
- [SIGHS] I think she's in shock.
[TENSE MUSIC]
- Thank you. [BREATHES HEAVILY]
- You OK?
- [SIGHS] Yeah, but, uh, my leg's just gone to sleep.
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
Guys, you've got to get out of here, OK?
There might be another tremor. - Yeah, but-
- There's no point in us all getting trapped. OK?
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACH]
- We got it! [METAL JANGLES]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
- [PANTS] We're gonna need another karabiner.
- Yeah, that's a good call. - How are you doing in there?
- I mean, I didn't go to Girl Guides, but I think it's secure.
- OK, then.
- [SIGHS]
- [PANTS]
[ARAMIS SNORTS] - Right, Aramis. You're up.
[TENSE MUSIC FADES]
- Ooh, actually, um, before we get into that,
there's something I just need to finalise with Tom.
- Yep.
[BOTH EXHALE DEEPLY]
- I'm really sorry about all of this.
- Nah.
I'm sorry.
I let you down.
- Yeah. [SNIFFLES]
Well, you've kind of made it up to me now.
- [CHUCKLES] Yeah, well, you know, next time,
I'll just send you flowers. - [LAUGHS, SNIFFLES]
[GENTLE MUSIC]
[EXCITING, PERCUSSIVE MUSIC]
- YELLS: Ready!
- Ready. - OK, guys. Here we go.
- Do this for Natasha, please.
[ARAMIS WHINNIES]
[EXCITING MUSIC CONTINUES]
- Yes! - [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
[ROPE STRAINS]
[WOOD RUMBLES]
- It's moving!
[ROCKS CRUMBLE]
[WOOD CREAKS]
[YELPS] No.
No. What happened?
- [NEIGHS]
- Why's he stopped? - It's too heavy for him.
- Aramis must've stopped for a second.
- [SIGHS] - [ARAMIS NEIGHS DISTANTLY]
- Hang on. - Hey, Dan.
[NATASHA WHIMPERS SOFTLY]
- Maybe we should wait for help.
Every time we do this, the structure is getting weaker.
This whole cave could collapse.
- The whole cave could collapse anyway with them in there.
Look, we don't have time to wait.
- OK. Good point.
I guess that's just a risk we'll have to take.
- Hey, Natasha. How are you doing?
- Yeah, I'm fine, I think.
- And, London, how about you? How's your leg?
- Just a bit numb. - WHISPERS: OK.
OK.
[TENSE MUSIC]
- Hey, Dan.
What is it?
- [SIGHS]
- Just tell us straight.
- OK. We try this again, the whole place could come down
and you're toast. - That was subtle [!]
- What? She said she wanted it straight.
- Look, when the beam goes up,
just get to us as fast as you can,
and we'll pull you through.
- OK. [SNIFFLES]
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
- SOFTLY: I don't think I can.
WHISPERS: My leg's gone completely dead.
- [BREATHES SHAKILY]
We're gonna get you out of here.
[GROUND RUMBLES] - [BOTH GASP, WHIMPER]
- PODCAST PRESENTER: True authenticity is the gift
you're given when you take the time to notice...
and to connect.
Open your heart.
- GROANS: For the love of...
- Hold the world in your kindness.
[REFLECTIVE AMBIENT MUSIC]
- Hi. - Hi.
- CALEB: Come on, Aramis. - [WHINNIES]
- [GRUNTS]
- You gotta get that horse to move now!
- He won't. I think he's scared.
- Well, you need to make him.
- Yes, yes! We know! - He won't listen!
- That mine could collapse any minute.
[ETHEREAL AMBIENT MUSIC]
[ARAMIS WHINNIES, SNORTS]
[WHINNYING ECHOES]
- Aramis, what is it? - What's he doing?
- I don't know.
[ARAMIS NEIGHS]
- He's moving! He's moving!
Come on, Aramis. You got this.
[ARAMIS NEIGHS DISTANTLY] - Now!
Come on now! Come! - Come! Come on!
[WOOD CREAKS, DEBRIS CRUMBLES]
- OK, come on, then. Come on. - All right. Let's go.
- Come on. [ROCKS CRUMBLE]
Quick! Now! Hurry!
- Come on! Come on, let's go! - Come on, you can do it.
You're almost there. You've gotta hurry. Hurry!
[DRAMATIC STRING MUSIC]
[CRASH!] - Go! Go!
- Gotcha.
[CRASH!]
[ROCKS CRUMBLE]
- Hey, you OK? - Yeah.
[CRASH!]
[ALL COUGH, PANT]
- [SIGHS]
[REFLECTIVE STRING MUSIC]
- [SOBS]
- Where's Gabe? - You guys OK?
- Where's Gabe? - I'm here.
- Would you stop scaring the living daylights out of me?
[SIGHS]
[BIRDS TWITTER]
What are you all doing here anyway? You shouldn't be here.
- Don't even, Alex. This is all your fault.
You started this whole thing - the arsenic and everything.
- What? Arsenic?
I literally have no idea what you're talking about.
- Gabe, it's OK.
We can save the stables now, right?
- Yeah, yeah, we have proof now.
- No. No.
- No, we do. We found a photo.
- No, I mean I came to tell you.
Tom and Ginty - the sale's happening right now.
[APPREHENSIVE GUITAR MUSIC]
- Any more requests?
- No. No, that's, um... that's all I need.
- Right, then.
Sign here.
- [EXHALES HEAVILY]
- But Tom's not picking up.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, dude.
Fingers off the glass.
- And... here.
And here.
[TENSE MUSIC]
And here.
- ISSIE: OK, so that horse that you took a photo of?
It was the racehorse.
- NATASHA: Does this thing go any faster?
- ALEX: I don't wanna stress the motor.
[ISSIE, GABE GROAN] - CALEB: What?
- Are we done? - Almost. Just...
one more.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[PEN SCRIBBLES RAPIDLY]
- It's run out of ink.
- Oh, um...
Oh, uh, it's Issie's from our old house. Sorry.
- [SIGHS]
[CAR HORN HONKS]
- CALEB: Wait! - Tom!
- NATASHA: Don't sell! You didn't poison
the racehorse! - DAN: There's a gold mine!
- And it wasn't your fault!
- There's tailings. - Tom, please!
- It's OK! - Tom?
- What is going on?
- So, the arsenic wasn't from here.
- It came from Alex's.
- What?!
- Uh, this is all news to me.
- When the racehorse got out, it went to Alex's,
and it drank from a puddle
that had arsenic in it from his gold mine.
- It's an extraction process that leaves a gritty compound,
also known as tailings. Usually-
- Look, all you need to know is that it wasn't your fault.
- It is actually quite interesting.
- You have a gold mine? - Yes, so it seems.
- Are we too late?
Is it done?
Tom, have you sold the stables?
[TENSE MUSIC BUILDS]
- Not today.
The sale's off.
[CHILDREN CHEER]
- Well, this has been a colossal waste of my time.
[SIGHS]
- Why are you riding Aramis?
- Oh, because Natasha was so shaken
when the beam fell on her and Issie, and-
- What? - I'm fine, Mum.
- Aramis and I had to winch them out,
which was really tricky. - Excuse me.
- There were other people involved in
this daring rescue, Caroline.
- Yeah, sure. I mean, you were all great - really helpful.
- Sorry. Where were you when
the kids were winching themselves
out of your gold mine? - Yeah, mate.
You've got some explaining to do.
- Yeah, um...
Yeah, people keep telling me that.
You know, I came to New Zealand for
the mountains and the honey.
I didn't realise that it was gonna be this complicated.
- Well, you shouldn't have angered the earthquake god.
- [CHUCKLES]
[BRIGHT STRING MUSIC]
- You're not gonna give that a clean first?
- No. - OK. Just wondering.
[BLAZE SNORTS]
- That horrible Dulmoth Park lot can't get you any more.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
- Issie.
We need to talk.
Gabe said that Alex is...
I think Blaze has been sold. - What?
Have you done it?
- What? - Did you sell Blaze?
- Yeah. - After everything?
You traitor. - Hey, wait a minute.
- Issie. - Did it have to be Blaze,
Alex?
- OK, OK, just- - Well, you don't care
who you trample, do you?
That horse means everything to Issie.
This is so out of line, man. - OK, enough.
He didn't buy Blaze. - You said you sold her.
- I did. - To who?
- To me.
[DELICATE PIANO MUSIC]
When Tom said he was selling the stables,
I adopted Blaze for you.
- She officially becomes yours today.
- Wait, Blaze belongs to me? - Yeah.
Yours to groom; yours to muck out.
Yours to exercise in the rain when you'd rather stay in bed.
[TENDER MUSIC]
[DISTANT BIRDSONG]
[MUSIC FADES]
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
[BIRDSONG CONTINUES]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS]
[MUSIC DISTORTS]
- [INHALES HEAVILY]
- MEREDITH: To my dearest mother. How can you forgive me?
I so deeply regret ever having gone against your wishes,
but I had to take him with me.
I needed to change our fortunes.
I was desperate.
[DEBRIS CRASHES, MYSTIC WHINNIES]
- But I know his death is on my hands,
and there is nothing I can do to change that.
My heart will remain forever broken.
[REFLECTIVE MUSIC]
- [WHICKERS]
[WHICKERS]
- [EXHALES HEAVILY]
- [WHICKERS SOFTLY]
- [SIGHS]
[WARM GUITAR MUSIC]
Come on, Blaze. Let's go.
[MUSIC FADES]
- Thanks.
[GENTLE FOLK MUSIC PLAYS]
- Hey. - Hey.
- [CHUCKLES] Issie seems happier these days.
- Yeah, well, you'd know more than me.
Can't get her away from the stables.
- Well, you should come down. You... We could do lunch.
- Lunch? - Yeah.
Do you... you still eat it? Or do you just do coffees?
- No, I mean, [STAMMERS] I have lunch.
I mean, probably just a sandwich or something
unless it's, like, a really busy day,
and then in which case,
I might just jump straight to dinner.
- Oh, well, then we could just skip and go straight to-
- Hey, Tom. Uh, you got a minute?
- Um, I'll see you at the forest.
- OK. Yeah, sure.
- I'm checking out of town today,
but I just wanted to make sure
that the, uh- the money went through.
- Oh, yeah. Yeah, it did. Thanks.
- Great.
Again, man, I just wanna say that I'm really sorry about
everything - um, you know, like the horse, and...
But we're sweet, though, right? You're, uh...
You're not gonna go post any, uh, bad...
- Well, you know, I'm very rarely off social media,
but I'll do my best to stop myself.
- Right. [CHUCKLES]
Phenomenal.
[FOOTSTEPS RECEDE]
- [SIGHS]
[UPBEAT GUITAR MUSIC]
- What is this - an aerial walkway?
- Yeah, and you pretty much zip-line all the way from
the car park!
- Maybe we should stick with a nature trail.
- Yeah. - How's the pony trek looking,
kids?
- Sorted! - Well, it's early stages.
- We tried it this morning. - Blaze is amazing.
- This is starting to look good.
- See? I told you I'd fix it all up. [CHUCKLES] And I've put a-
- Waited for a billionaire to drive by
and leave thousands of dollars of building material?
[CHUCKLES]
- Hey, have you been to a waerea?
- A what?
- Come with me.
- Uh, yeah. I was heading that way too.
- NATASHA: So, what's he like, your grandad?
- ISSIE: Gran says he's like an adventurer.
- Cool. Are you gonna meet him?
- I want to. But Mum, she's...
She doesn't want anything to do with him.
- What's that about? - I don't know.
I think she might be... scared.
Mum's not much of a risk-taker. - That really sucks.
Maybe she'll change her mind? - Yeah.
Uh, hey, I'll catch you up?
[SOFT PIANO MUSIC]
- So, you're leaving. - Yeah.
Turns out the whole arsenic thing is a bit of a downer for
Alex's brand, so he's heading on out.
It's a billionaire's life.
Where ever he hangs his handmade alpaca hat
is his home.
- [LAUGHS]
So where next?
- We're going climbing in Yosemite.
- Sick! - [CHUCKLES]
- And then?
- Alex said that I can live with him in Palo Alto,
so... yeah.
It's all good. - Wow. I didn't see that coming.
- Right? I mean,
I think he sees it as his chance to redeem himself
as my guide and mentor.
I give us till Friday. - [LAUGHS]
It's been fun having you around.
- It's true. I'm a hoot. - [CHUCKLES]
- Well, um...
good luck. [CAR PANEL BEEPS, DOOR WHIRRS]
- Nice hat.
- Oh, thank you. - [CHUCKLES]
- I actually got this in Machu Picchu at a rescue centre-
- Oh, get in the car. - [LAUGHS]
- Goodbye.
- [CHUCKLES] Hmm.
- Oh, that is an intuitive neck pouffe.
You actually connect it to your tablet and you-
- I want to get out. - [CHUCKLES]
- Put your seatbelt on.
[CAR DOOR SHUTS]
- Help me [!] - [CHUCKLES]
[GENTLE MUSIC]
[DOOR SHUTS, SEATBELT CLICKS]
Bye.
[GENTLE MUSIC BUILDS]
- Kia hikina te tapu, kia hikina te rahui...
- It's a waerea,
restoring the mauri or the life force of the forest.
- ...tu ake nei, ko Papatuanuku e takoto nei.
E tuturu whakamaua kia tina. - ALL: Tina.
- Haumi e, hui e...
- ALL: ...taiki e.
- Haere mai, whanau.
- Hey, um, how do you- how do you feel about lunch?
- Why is everyone so worried about my lunch? I enjoy lunch.
- OK, cool. [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
Um, would you enjoy it with me?
- Oh.
- Uh, look, I know we did this before, but I would love if
we could try again, you know?
It's just that I find you pretty great.
- Hmm. Thank you. - You're smart. You're funny.
You're insanely caffeinated,
and you don't let me get away with anything,
and I love that. - Gosh. [CHUCKLES]
- So what do you say?
- OK, then.
[UNSETTLED MUSIC BUILDS]
- So, Gabe's gone, then?
I'm sorry. - We weren't ever gonna-
- Yeah, I guess he was never gonna stay.
- No, it wasn't because of that. We weren't because-
- Hey, you don't have to explain it to me.
I'm just glad we can be mates again.
- Yeah. Mates.
[PENSIVE STRING MUSIC]
- See ya later, losers.
- I, um... I'm sorry I ate your lamingtons.
- What lamingtons? - You ate my lamingtons?
- Oh no.
Um...
thanks for having us.
[STRING MUSIC BUILDS]
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
- Hello, uncomfortable sofa.
- Hello, dodgy stain on the ceiling. [ALL LAUGH]
- Oh, it's good to be back.
- So they're gone? - They're all gone!
[ALL CHEER]
[BRIGHT STRING MUSIC]
[ALL CHATTER]
- Look at us, KP! [ALL CHEER, LAUGH]
- I'm gonna miss them. - Oh, what?
[LAUGHTER]
[BRIGHT MUSIC FADES]
- Gordon's email address, in case you wanted it.
- But I thought- - No, no, you're right.
You're a grown woman. You can make up your own mind.
- Thanks, Mum.
But I hear you. If you don't think it's a good idea,
I- I don't want to invite trouble back into our lives,
not while we're getting back on track.
- No, you keep it. You might change your mind.
He is your dad.
It is your choice, love. - Ew.
- BOTH: Not on the table!
- You know what?
I think I preferred it when you two weren't talking. [CHUCKLES]
- [GROANS] Issie.
- What? - [SIGHS]
- You're not gonna use the machine, are you?
- No, Mum. I'm gonna take them down to the sea
and bang them against the rocks [!]
- You over-wash, you know? - Well, you under-wash.
[REFLECTIVE STRING MUSIC]
- [INHALES DEEPLY]
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
[WHOOSH PLAYS ON PHONE]
[MUSIC SWELLS]
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