And that's the man - Sam Tucker. He's letting it happen.
- You really believe she's got some special connection?
- I just don't understand. How did she get out?
- You've been acting really weird.
- I see a horse. It's kind of mystic, ghostly.
- This mystic horse helped you find Blaze.
Maybe you shouldn't be afraid of it.
[INTRIGUING THEME MUSIC]
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- AMANDA: Oh, come on. [GROANS]
Come on!
STRAINS: Why is this not working?
Oh, this thing! [GASPS, SIGHS]
Why can't Mum just have an electric coffee grinder
like everyone else?
- Kills the life force of the bean. Gran's words.
- What's that you're reading? - Uh...
Spiritual midwifery. Gran said to read it.
- Give it.
Right now.
[SIGHS] Mum!
Right. OK.
Let there be coffee!
[ELECTRICITY ZAPS]
[COFFEE GURGLES]
Fine. Good. Right.
- You're not actually- - Yep.
[SLURPS LOUDLY]
[EXHALES SHARPLY] Fine. - Mm.
- [STOMACH GURGLES]
Oh, I was thinking, um,
about us looking at, um, houses.
- What? Why?
- Yeah. Well, don't you want to get a place of our own?
- So I finally set up my room and you wanna make me move?
Again? - Yeah, look, I know. I know.
It's just that your gran - she likes things a certain way,
and we don't always agree on what that looks like.
- Is this about the coffee machine? - No.
- Is it about Gran using your toothbrush?
- Gran uses my toothbrush? - Is it about the composting toilet?
- No. I mean- Well, it's about a lot of things, really.
- So you just don't live with her any more?
- That's not what I said.
- Sounded like it.
- Gran's very...
authentic. A very- A very calm and respectful person.
[HORN HONKS]
[RUNNING FOOTSTEPS]
- Murderer!
Don't set foot on this property, killer!
- Mum, what are you doing? - It's his fault.
It's your fault. - Mitch, please stop yelling at me.
- It's his water bottling plant, I know it.
- I was just dropping something off. - It's the noise,
or maybe the truck fumes.
I've moved my bees once already,
and I've still lost two hives.
- Well, it's probably Varroa mite.
- Corporate lies!
- OK. God, Mum, stop it. This is ridiculous.
Sam, I am so sorry. - I'm not flaming sorry!
- So, this- this is for you. - Ah, thanks.
- What's that? - It's nothing.
- You don't tell me that's nothing.
- Just go back inside.
We'll talk about it later- - Amanda Rose Brown.
- [SCOFFS LIGHTLY]
- [SIGHS]
Sam has offered me a job,
which I have accepted, and I am grateful for.
- What? - It's a contract.
- What the- Devil! - Stop it! Stop.
- I would never sell out for a paycheque.
- [HUFFS]
Issie, tell your grandmother that I understand
she is an outstanding and virtuous person.
- Issie, tell your mother
she perfectly exemplifies the capitalist regime.
- Can I get a lift to the stables?
You ready, Blaze?
- All right, take this slowly. - Dan, I've got this.
- Of course you do, Issie.
You're the Kauri Point under-5s champion [!]
[TEENS SNICKER]
- Mount with confidence.
All right. So, now, um...
relax your back. Sit up straight.
Just no tension. Close your eyes and imagine you're floating.
- [CHUCKLES]
[EERIE MUSIC]
[HORSE WHINNIES]
[HORROR TONES]
- [EXHALES STRONGLY] - Issie, you OK?
- Yeah. Yeah.
I just need some water.
- SOFTLY: Drama.
- WHISPERS: Did you just have a vision?
- What? - Like, you totally spaced out.
- No.
Yeah. I mean, I just-
I don't know what I-
- What are you whispering about? What vision?
- [CLEARS THROAT]
Honestly, it's nothing.
Things are just a little weird right now.
- Why are they weird?
- Oh, you know. - Mm, not really.
- You should tell them.
- Um... Yeah.
Yeah, all right.
Um,
there's this horse, Mystic.
He's, like, kind of like a... - Like a ghost horse.
- No.
Well, I don't know.
But he shows me things. - What things?
Um... visions, I guess.
I just had one about a beach. I don't know why.
- That's how she found Blaze when she ran off.
I was there. - Mystic helped me find her.
- And Mystic's a ghost? - Yes.
No, more like a spirit.
I dunno. He just... is.
I know that sounds weird.
- I think you're dehydrated. - I'm not dehydrated,
and I'm not making this up.
- I've seen Mystic. - You have [?]
Yeah, he always turns up at the same spot - that beach.
Um, the one behind Seagull Rock.
Maybe that's what your vision was of.
- You're serious? - Yeah, I just-
I didn't think anyone would believe me.
- I don't believe you. - It's true.
He's there all the time. - I've seen a ghost horse!
- Really? - CALEB: Come on.
- Issie, we should go there and look for him.
- Oh, OK, you are clearly making this up.
- You know, Caleb, not everything can be explained by science.
- Yes, it can, Natasha.
It's science. - Fine.
We'll prove it. - We will?
Oh, absolutely. Please do. Get a- Get a picture.
Prove this... Mystic's real.
- That's a great idea, right, Issie?
- Yeah, I guess. - OK, great.
Let's meet at the beach at 1?
- OK.
[RELAXED COUNTRY-STYLE MUSIC]
- Gran, can you tell Mum I'll be back in, like, an hour?
- You'll have to tell her yourself.
Your mum's sold her soul to a corporate muttonhead,
so we're no longer talking.
- K.
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
[PHONE BEEPS]
Unbelievable.
[PHONE CHIMES]
You trash bag.
[SOMBRE PIANO]
[WAVES SPLASH]
[SEAGULLS CAW]
[HORSE WHINNIES]
[EERIE MUSIC]
- You are here.
Come on, just one picture.
I won't tag you.
OK, then. - [MYSTIC NEIGHS]
- What do you want, horse?
[NEIGHING]
OK, fine. Fine.
- Shouldn't you be at the beach? - I'm going to the airport.
- Oh. And to think we were on the edge of
a paranormal breakthrough.
- I told Izzy to meet me there at 1, but then,
oh no, I couldn't make it. Sad emoji. [CHUCKLES]
- The tide's coming in. - So?
- So you have to stop her. - I can't.
I'm flying to stupid Queenstown to see my stupid mum.
- You know how high the tide can get.
Issie'll be trapped on the beach.
- Well, she'll fly out on her magic horse.
- I'm serious. [CAR HORN HONKS]
- [SIGHS] Look, Caleb, it was a stupid joke.
All Issie will do is take a big walk, that's all.
- But there's no phone service on that bay.
What if she gets in trouble and tries to swim out?
- You're the one who said she should try and get a picture.
- OK, no, I said you should. - Caleb, she'll be fine.
There are warning signs, like, everywhere.
What's she gonna do - just ignore them?
[FOOTSTEPS RETREAT]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[FOREBODING TONE]
[NEIGHING ECHOES]
- Well, this is lovely.
Doesn't feel like somewhere I might die [!]
[NEIGHING ECHOES]
- OK, if this is where you want me to go.
[DARK TONE]
[TENSE MUSIC]
[WAVES CRASH]
- Issie!
Issie!
[CHILLING MUSIC]
[CREEPY MUSIC]
- [SCREAMS, GASPS]
What was that?!
[GROANS] Not OK!
[GROANS IN FRUSTRATION]
[HORSE NEIGHS DISTANTLY]
[DISTANT BELL CLANGS]
[BELL CLANGING INTENSIFIES]
[BELLS END]
[EERIE MUSIC]
[DARK TONE]
[BELL CLANGS]
- Issie! - Caleb.
- We need to go. Come on. - Wait, hang on.
I- - Nope. Like, now.
- Whoa, what is the rush? - We got to hurry.
Trust me on this.
[INTENSE MUSIC]
We need to go faster. - I'm going as fast as I can.
[WAVES CRASH]
Wait, wait, wait. What was that?
- The tide.
The cave is flooding. - OK, so...
So we swim. - No. Are you crazy?!
You'll get sucked out to sea. We've got to turn back.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[WAVES CRASH]
That was close.
- So how long are we gonna be stuck up here for?
- Five hours. - Five hours? Are you kidding?
- I mean, maybe. - Maybe you're kidding?
- No, I mean, it could be six hours. Depends on the moon.
- [GROANS] This is rubbish. - Yeah.
People get trapped here every summer. Tourists, usually.
- Wait, what are you even doing here?
- Uh...
It was a joke - sending you to the beach.
- Yeah, I got that.
- Natasha never saw a magic horse.
- OK, I never said magic horse.
- All right. Ghost horse - whatever.
- And were you all in on it? - What? No.
Why would you think that? - Caroline said she saw Mystic too.
- [SCOFFS] Caroline said she saw
Lady Gaga at the Kauri Point flea market, so...
- You told me to get a picture.
- I didn't mean- think you'd actually do it.
I mean, you made it up, right? - I didn't make it up.
- You can't expect people to believe that
you saw a magic horse.
- Oh, stop saying that! I never said magic.
Mystic's like a spirit or something. I don't know.
And you know what? I know how that sounds, OK?
I'm not stupid. But I did see him.
And I actually thought you'd understand.
I trusted you, all of you.
I put myself out there by saying something,
and now I feel like an even bigger loser,
an outsider - not that you'd know how that feels.
- Sorry.
- You know what? I'm climbing out of here.
- Seriously, do you have a death wish?
That cliff's super unstable. - [SCOFFS]
It's not even that high.
- You know you can break bones from a 3-inch fall
with the right velocity? - OK.
Well, I'll try and keep my velocity to a minimum.
- Just come on. Please don't. - Whatever, chicken boy.
I'll wave from the top.
[ACTION MUSIC]
- [GRUNTS]
[PANTS]
[HUFFS] - Do you need a boost?
- No, I'm good.
- Had no idea you were so athletic.
- PUFFS: Yeah, it comes naturally.
[YELPS]
[THUD!]
[SEAGULLS CALL]
[GRUNTS]
Ohh, there's no reception!
- [GRUNTS] It's the cliffs.
I told you, they block the signal.
STRAINS: If you want to help get this out... [SIGHS]
- Do I want nasty bell tetanus? No, I don't. Thank you.
- You know, rust itself doesn't actually give you tetanus. - Oh, yeah, yeah. Whatever.
- [SIGHS]
Thank you.
- Sure glad I nearly drowned
so I could slowly burn to death here.
[GROANS] It's hotter than Chris Hemsworth.
- There's a massive hole in the ozone layer
right above New Zealand. - Oh, great.
- So we have a really fast burn time. - Oh.
- We could build a shade shelter.
There's wood down the beach. - What are you, 5 years old?
I'm not doing that.
- 1820. Wow, that's old school. I wonder how it got here.
- Who cares? It's creepy.
- Aren't you even kind of curious?
- Are you hungry? - Yeah, starving.
- It's Gran's homemade bubble slice.
- Yum.
[CRUNCHES LOUDLY]
[COUGHS, SPLUTTERS] - [GIGGLES]
- It's sticking to my mouth like concrete.
- Yeah, Gran's cooking's a bit hit and miss.
- [CHUCKLES]
Hey, are you still mad?
- You have amnesty
for saving me from being sucked out to sea.
- I bet that came from an old ship.
[BELL CLANGS]
There used to be heaps of ships off the West Coast, like way back.
Whalers, sealers. Pretty much a superhighway.
[BELL INTENSIFIES]
- Open the hold!
[DOOR BANGS]
[WIND HOWLS, BELL CLANGS]
- [HORSE WHINNIES IN DISTRESS] - ECHOES: Open the hold!
- [PANTS] - Are you OK?
- Yeah, I just... [BREATHES HEAVILY]
- You should have some water.
It could be sunstroke. - No, I'm- I'm fine.
I just... had a vision
from Mystic.
- Um, now?
- Yeah.
- OK. Yeah, yeah. No, a vision.
Yeah, right. Let's talk about that.
- [EXHALES DEEPLY] There was a storm...
and a ship in trouble. I think- I think it was sinking.
Mystic showed me where that was.
I think it has something to do with the visions - and Blaze.
- So what does it mean, then?
- I don't know.
Um, I want... ice cream.
- I want... air conditioning.
- Um... a fan.
- Um, breathable clothing.
[GROANS] It's so hot. [HUFFS]
[ENERGETIC MUSIC]
[ISSIE SHRIEKS]
- What? You said you were hot.
[SCREAMS PLAYFULLY]
[BIRDS SQUAWK]
[PEACEFUL MUSIC]
- Hey. [CHUCKLES]
- I've been thinking about what you said earlier,
about trusting us and...
you know, feeling like an outsider and stuff.
I do feel like that sometimes.
- You don't need to say that just to make me feel better.
- I'm not. - Oh, come on.
This is your home, your friends.
I... I'm just the weird girl that everyone thinks is a liar.
- [SIGHS] I'm weird too.
- Come on. Like, what's going on with you? Tell me.
- I'm- I'm gay, I think.
No, I- I know I am.
Gay? [LAUGHS]
As in, T Swizzle's coming and we need to pre-book?
- OK, I don't know what that is,
but I'm pretty sure you just stereotyped me.
- Oh, I'm sorry. Sorry, I...
I'm, like, foot-in-mouth girl. Not the disease, the other one.
- [CHUCKLES] - When I don't know what to say,
I just say the wrong thing.
Can I try again?
[BREATHES DEEPLY] Thank you for telling me.
It must have been really hard.
- You can't tell anyone, though.
- What - you haven't told anyone else? Not even Caroline?
- I don't want them to feel weird, or...
- Well, I don't feel weird.
Look, I know this is a big deal - like, huge -
but honestly, Caleb, no one will even care.
Being gay is... I mean,
it's like one little piece of who you are -
a good piece.
You know that, right?
- Maybe. - No, not maybe. Definitely.
And I promise I won't say anything.
Just take your time. No pressure.
- Thanks.
Who's T Swizzle? - [SCOFFS]
We have so much to talk about. - [BOTH CHUCKLE]
- I can't believe I'm the first person you told.
[PEACEFUL MUSIC]
- You know T Swizzle is Taylor Swift, right?
- Oh, OK. - Yeah,
that's what everybody calls her back home.
- That makes more sense. - Yeah. [LAUGHS]
I mean, technically it's a cake,
but, like, a biscuit size.
Oh, and also those pineapple things
that everyone here loves -
they don't actually taste like pineapple.
- Yes!
- So, do you believe me now about Mystic?
- Um, I don't not believe.
I just think if you really want to convince people,
then you need evidence. Like, did you get a photo, or...?
- No. - Yeah.
So you need a photo or, like, a recording or something, you know?
- I know how to prove Mystic's real.
- Yeah?
- Mystic was at the stables,
and Tom has security cameras, right?
[LIGHT MUSIC]
- He keeps it in here somewhere.
OK... - [SIGHS]
[PHONE RINGS]
- Oh, reception's back.
Yeah, Mum's not happy.
Is your mum gonna be worried? - Nah, it's fine.
My mum and Gran are so busy arguing
they probably won't even notice I'm still out.
[PHONE CHIMES]
- Ugh, or not.
Ohh, she's not happy.
Mm... 'At the stables.
'Lost track of the time.
'Be home soon.
'So lucky my mum is like my best friend.
'Smile emoji.' Is that too much?
- [SCOFFS] Way too much. - All right. OK.
- Yes!
- [KEYS JINGLE] Got 'em.
- Bingo. [CHUCKLES]
[SNIFFS, GAGS] Tom, that is why you're single.
- Um, what am I looking for? What date?
- Uh, try family fun day.
'Clean office, shave legs.'
- No way. Tom would actually kill us if he knew we were here.
And that you were eating his hokey-pokey.
- [GROANS]
- Ah, I think this might be the fun day.
[CAR ENGINE APPROACHES]
Tom. - Quickly.
Copy it. - No, we don't-
we don't have time. - Just copy it. Just go!
Quick! Oh, no.
Caleb, hurry.
Hurry, Caleb!
[ENGINE GETS LOUDER]
- OK, it's in. It's in.
[TENSE MUSIC]
- Am I in trouble? - [SCOFFS] This is ground zero.
- It was Natasha's fault. She-
- Stop trying to blame other people.
- But you're not listening to me.
- Oh, we're listening.
- You have no sense of responsibility, Issie.
Do you have any idea how worried I was? I mean, do you?
- Yes, because you've told me a bunch of times.
- I don't think she does. - Yeah, neither do I.
- What have you got to say, Caleb?
- I don't think she does either.
- Thanks [!] - Sorry.
- And I thought you two weren't talking to each other.
- Of course we're talking to each other.
- Yeah, and you might try the same,
starting with, 'I'm sorry'! - OK, I'm sorry.
I'm not perfect. BOTH: 'Nobody's asking you
'to be perfect, Missy.'
[CAR ENGINE TURNS OVER]
WHISPERS: 'Missy'?
- Oh, I don't know. It's just like it was back home,
you know - she doesn't communicate with me,
she doesn't tell me what she's thinking.
I don't know what's going on inside of her head,
I mean... - Sweetheart, she's safe.
- Yeah. But, I mean, what if...?
- She came back. She's home.
[LAUGHS] Just like you.
- Was I this bad? - Oh, you were a little witch.
[GRUMBLES]
- All right, Mystic. Where are you?
[SLOW PIANO MUSIC]
Hmm.
[TAPS KEY]
- Wait, what the...?
[INTRIGUING MUSIC]
It was Natasha. She let Blaze out.
Oh, I am so gonna get you.
[INTRIGUING THEME MUSIC]
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