S]
I saw someone run off, and they looked like the horse rustler.
[HOOVES THUNDER]
- Where are they, this herd?
- We will find them.
- Julia - she told us
the borehole was gonna be the new water source
and then lied to us, and so did you.
Hexronn is gonna destroy Kauri Point,
and you're one of the bad guys.
- That's what I'm talking about.
- That's why I like him - because he's cute.
- Yeah, he is.
- Children will go off the rails when a parent dies.
- How does she...?
[INTRIGUING THEME MUSIC]
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[MUSIC CONTINUES]
- You all right, love? You want a hand?
- No, I'm just imagining this is Julia's head.
- Brutal. - Yeah, well...
if she thinks I'm working for that company again... I'm done.
- Really? You're quitting? - Mm-hmm.
- Wow, Mum. That's really cool. - Yeah, well, I am cool.
I'm cool as a...
- Don't push it. - Yeah.
- OK. This is how it's gonna go down.
- What?
You go in there, you quit...
and accidentally drop your pass by the bins,
where I'll be secreted.
- In the bin? - Possibly.
- Then I'll go in, have a look round.
- What? - Find their files on land ownership,
then I'll slip out before they cancel your security clearance.
- I don't work at the Pentagon. - I want to come.
- Not a bad idea.
You could create a diversion, buy me some time.
- Stop it! Nobody is breaking in anywhere, OK?
- There is a better and,
more importantly, legal way to do this.
- Sue them! - No.
Put in a property sales information request.
Should be in the public domain,
and they have to give it to you.
- Or we- - No!
Promise me you won't go rogue.
Both of you.
- Fine. - Fine.
- But Gran's way is much more fun.
[MYSTICAL MUSIC]
[HORSE NICKERS]
[CELLPHONE RINGS]
- Sup, 'Nish.
- Hey, um, what happened to the campaign website? It's gone.
- Yep, they took it down.
- What?! But they can't.
That sucks. I'm sorry, but Hexronn are totally dodge.
- Yeah, and you haven't seen the boss lady they sent over either.
Do you remember Angelina Jolie in that movie
where she was super evil and had horns?
- Yikes.
Also, you didn't tell me about Dan.
- I did. - Yeah,
but you didn't tell me how cute he was.
- He's a friend. - Yeah, a really fit friend.
- You should totally ask him out.
- What? No. - Yes.
- No. - Yes!
- No. OK, I've gotta now.
- Bye. - All right, bye.
[PHONE BEEPS]
- Hey, Tim. How ya going, bro? Good to see ya.
[CELLPHONE RINGS]
- Hello?
OK.
[FOREBODING MUSIC]
'Is it done?'
Is what done?
[CAR ENGINE STARTS]
- [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS] - See you later. Thank you.
[UNEASY MUSIC]
Got you a muffin. Just careful of the crumbs.
You're gonna have to talk to me one day, you know.
- I didn't want anything.
- Well, I thought you might get hungry,
and there's nothing at the office.
- I'm not going to the office. I need to go to the stables.
- Look, I'll take you there later,
but I don't want you there all day hanging out with that lot.
- [SCOFFS] What? And so Aramis just has to wait to be fed?
- Can't Tom do it?
Isn't that what we pay him for? - No, he's my horse.
- I have to look after him. - Fine.
But I'm moving him as soon as we find another stable.
- Whatever. - And I want you straight home
when you're done.
Ah- [SIGHS]
- Sorry.
[LIGHT MUSIC]
- Hey. You all right? - Me? Yeah.
- Uh, so, did Stella have any luck
getting the website back up?
- Nah. They've blocked everything.
- It gives me the chills, the things that they get away with.
- Have you seen her?
- Who? - Caroline.
She just left without me.
- Oh? - Cycled off.
- Sorry.
- [SIGHS]
- So you and Caroline are still arguing?
- [SIGHS] She's just upset that
I came out to you and not to her.
- I feel bad. - No, it's my secret.
I'll tell who I want. - Yeah, I guess.
- But she's not even speaking to me.
It's weird. I hate it.
- Tom's on the warpath. Apparently, Gally's bandages are all over the floor.
- I know! I just got here.
- Don't shoot the messenger.
It's weird - Caroline coming in without Caleb.
- They're usually joined at the hip.
- Yep.
- No, really, they were - medically.
- Were they? - [LAUGHS] No.
- Oh, you are so easy to wind up. - [LAUGHS]
- Yeah, my friend Anisha says that.
- Oh, Anisha. She was cool.
- Yeah. Everyone loves Anisha.
You know, you should be flattered.
She thinks you're cute.
- Yeah? She's got a point.
- Oh, pleased with yourself much?
- Well, I am very appealing to horses, so...
- Yeah, well, horses like me too, so what does that say?
- I don't know. Maybe you are as well.
- What, cute?
- Oh, no.
- You just called me cute. - No, I didn't.
- Yes, you did.
- Fine. Maybe you are.
- Oh.
- Usually, you say it back.
- OK, fine.
You are also attractive
to horses. - [BOTH LAUGH]
[LIGHT MUSIC]
- Hamish could come home with the Heartland Shield.
He must be so psyched.
- Yeah, he's wearing his lucky hair mousse.
- Yeah, yeah.
- What's going on?
- BOTH: Nothing.
- So, it's the rugby finals, eh? Go West Valley.
[CELLPHONES CHIME]
- It's from Natasha.
- Guys, I just got this text from Natasha - really cryptic.
- To meet here? Yeah, we all did.
- I think she's got something on Hexronn.
- Maybe more Julia lies. - Maybe.
My mum thinks we're just twisting stuff
and Hexronn's all fine.
- Yeah, our mum and dad think we're obsessed,
like we've got some sort of group hysteria.
- Which is, frankly, insulting.
- Hey, look at this.
- What is it?
- It's a text my dad sent to someone called 'A'.
- You went through your dad's phone?
- Yeah. He was acting really weird.
He's obviously up to something.
- Where is that? - The bush -
basically, in the middle of nowhere.
- Why would he send it? - Dunno,
but I think it's got something to do with that.
- 'Is it done?' - Really sus, right?
Maybe a Hexronn cover-up.
- This could be the proof we need. We should go.
- What, go out to the pin drop?
- Guys, I'm out. Mum will be here in a minute.
- I gotta go watch Hamish play the finals.
- Yeah, wish him luck. I'll see you there later.
- OK. Be careful, yeah?
- Oi, you lot, this is not a youth club.
This is a stables. Horses - remember them?
Get out of here.
- Someone's Mr Grumpy.
- And what, exactly, are you two doing?
- Uh, Natasha's just really upset at the moment.
- Um, that's true. I'm feeling really fragile today.
- OK. Yeah, good. Good, good, good. Well, you... you...
you just do that.
- [BOTH GIGGLE] - That was fun.
- Hey, I'm glad you're here.
- I've just come to get my stuff.
- I can't work for this company any more.
- Oh, hey. No, come on.
You don't need to do that.
Look, it was a mistake.
I shouldn't have said anything to Julia about Issie.
But come on, this doesn't mean you need to quit.
- I can't trust you, Sam...
if everything I say is gonna be broadcast to the entire town.
- She's a child, for heaven's sake.
- Just give me a chance to explain.
- And say what? - That I...
- What about us? - [SIGHS]
- Hey, you know that night during the storm?
Thanks for that. - That's OK.
- Um, I just wanted to check that
you hadn't said anything to anyone.
- No, of course not.
- Can I ask you a question?
- Sure.
- Do you like Dan?
- What? No.
- Cos, you know, when we were in the tractor shed,
you said you thought he was cute.
- Did I? - Well, I mean, you agreed.
- No, no. I just said that cos you did.
- OK. Cool.
Cos, I mean, that would be weird -
if you two got together. - Yeah.
- See you out there.
- Oh. - Oh, sorry.
- Oh, you got kai.
Good one, London.
- Ha, yeah.
- Hey, so, um...
maybe we could hang out after the stables sometime?
- Only if you wanted to. - Uh, yeah.
- Sweet. - We should all do that -
all of us.
- OK.
I-I was meaning maybe you and I-
- I know, but I think it would be fun if all of us...
- Right.
Yeah.
OK.
I'll see you out there.
[SIGHS] Better check out that pin drop.
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]
[BIRDSONG]
- This wasn't what I was expecting.
- What were you expecting?
- I don't know. Another borehole? Not a caravan.
- Let's hide our bikes here and have a look around.
- I hope there's a bathroom in there.
- Go wild.
- Oh, thanks [!]
[CURIOUS MUSIC]
- Come on.
[TENSE MUSIC]
- [SIGHS]
- Can't see any movement.
- Hello?
- Now, remember - nobody touch anything.
- We can't leave any trace. - [TOILET FLUSHES]
- What?
Well, I'm not gonna go outside.
[COMPUTER BEEPS]
- DAN: Guys, should we be doing this?
[COMPUTER BEEPS]
- Oh, try 'hellhound',
but with ones as Ls and a zero instead of the O.
- [COMPUTER CHIMES] - I'm in.
- You're a genius. - [CHUCKLES] I'm not a genius.
This person's just an idiot.
- Yuck! Who lives here? - Someone with nail fungus.
- And no idea how to make a bed.
- I reckon he's a bit of a loner.
- Yeah, doesn't look after himself.
I'm thinking low self-esteem. He's a tortured soul.
- Oh, and a big fan of rom-coms.
- OK, that's a curveball. - Mm-hmm.
- It's Adam Carter.
- Adam Carter - like our old farrier?
- Uh, farrier? - Someone who shoes horses.
- Adam was so shady.
- He broke in one night and stole some equipment.
Tom fired him.
- Why do you think it's Adam Carter?
- I found a bank transfer. Look.
[SOMBRE MUSIC]
- That's from my dad.
- Oh, he's back!
- That's the guy that tried to take Blaze.
- The horse rustler? That's Adam Carter.
- Why are we still talking? Let's go.
- DAN: This way.
[DOG BARKS]
- Hades. Hades!
- In here. In here. - [DOG CONTINUES BARKING]
- Hades, get. Get over here, now!
Oi! [DOG CONTINUES BARKING]
- [ALL PANT HEAVILY]
[HORSE NICKERS]
[WONDROUS MUSIC]
- It's them -
the Kauri Point herd!
I don't believe it.
- No way.
- [CHUCKLES]
- Stupid mutt! Get out of it! - [DOOR BANGS]
Quiet! Go on! Get out of it!
Get out! - [DOG BARKS]
- [HORSE NICKERS]
[TENSE MUSIC]
[HORSE GRUMBLES]
- It's just the horses, you idiot.
- [ALL SIGH]
- [SIGHS]
Hey.
We've been looking for you all for such a long time.
I'm gonna take you home to Blaze.
[HORSES SNORT]
[SEAGULLS CAW]
- I've done it - I've quit. - Good on you, love.
Let's get you a cappuccino.
- What? Where did this come from?
- [BLOWS] Oh, I've had it for ages.
- Well, why didn't you say so? - Oh, actually,
I'd forgotten all about it till the other day.
Then you were being annoying.
Well, you were.
- Hmm. Great. Well, this is a light read [!]
Where's Issie? Shouldn't she be back by now?
[DOG GROWLS] - It's still there.
Oh, I can't believe the match is about to start.
- Well, there's always next year.
- Yeah, thanks [!]
- Wait, so A in your dad's phone is Adam Carter?
- Did you know he was talking to Adam?
- Of course not.
- There must be some explanation.
- Yeah, there is - my dad's a liar and a horse thief.
Why would he do this?
I guessyourdad wouldn't know anything.
- We're not talking.
He's pretty rarked up about the whole meeting.
Apparently, I'm gonna get him sacked.
- [SIGHS] Dads, eh? - Yeah.
- So that was why Adam was chasing Blaze
that first time I saw her?
Because he was after the whole herd.
He's gonna come back for her, isn't he?
- That would make sense. - No, we can't let him do that.
- [CELL PHONE CHIMES] - A text.
Guys, a text. I've got reception!
- Text Tom. - Tell him
we're about to be murdered by Adam Carter.
- Yeah, and tell him about the herd.
- Tell him I was against this from the start. - OK, OK. It's sending.
- Did it go through? - No, the thing's going round.
It's downloading. I'm downloading something!
- You know you've only got 1%? - I know. I just-
- ...contour below the cheekbone here...
- Stop it, you're wasting battery.
- I know! I can't! - ...make-up brush or a sponge,
but I like to just take my finger. - [GROANS]
[PHONE POWERS DOWN]
- I think your phone just died. - Sorry.
- Anyone else got any bars?
- Nope. - Nothing.
- Nah. - [DOG BARKS]
- [SIGHS]
- You guys have some serious reception problems
in this country.
[SIGHS]
- I wanna know what she was gonna do with her finger.
- [SIGHS]
- Natasha?
- She's not here. Probably out with the kids.
- Ugh. But I told her to...
I'll wait.
- Suit yourself.
- Just to let you know - I'll be removing Aramis soon.
- Right, cos that'll solve everything [!]
- Excuse me?
- The kids have found you out, and you can't handle it.
- Nah, I'm helping the community, Tom,
so why don't you just go play with your ponies?
- Don't you come to my stables and tell me what...
- Oh, um, I didn't know...
- Amanda. Hi.
- Is Issie about?
- Uh, nah, all the kids are out.
- Mm, I was just gonna give her a lift.
- Oh, look, I can run her back.
I've gotta wait for Natasha anyway.
- No, it's fine. I can wait.
[UNEASY MUSIC]
- NATASHA: [LAUGHS] No,
go above your cheekbone. - [DOG BARKS]
- DAN: No, that's what I'm doing.
- [LAUGHS] What? Where do you think your cheekbone is?
- It's there. - That's not-
What do you think holds up your face?
- The jaw.
- [SPLUTTERS] - What? - Your cheekbone's here.
- Oh! - [BOTH LAUGH]
- Guys, the dog's still out there. It's getting late.
- How long have we been here? - Hours.
- The olds are gonna go nuts. - Yeah,
and I promised I wouldn't go rogue today.
My mum is gonna kill me.
- If the dog doesn't eat us first.
[DOG CONTINUES BARKING]
[HORSE NICKERS]
- [SIGHS]
- Look, it's a balance.
- Things aren't great with Jake and Dan and me at the moment.
But I thought he'd at least come home for dinner.
- Yeah, Ken said there's no sign of
the twins at home either.
- It's just so strange that no one's heard from them.
- Let's just sit tight. I'll get us a cup of tea.
Perhaps you could wash up some mugs, Tom.
- I'll give you a hand.
[MUGS CLINK]
- Yeah, let's give them a bit longer. They'll be back.
- [SIGHS] She'll be OK. She's a good kid.
They all are.
- Yeah, it's really unusual.
Anyway, I still think we just give them a bit more time.
[DOG BARKS]
- [SIGHS]
- So, Issie, why you?
- What?
- Why did Mystic, of the Kauri Point herd,
choose you, when you're from Sailor's Bush?
- Shepherd's Bush.
- You're, like, the only one here who can't ride.
- That makes zero sense. - No, I know.
It made zero sense to me for a while.
OK, this is weird.
Remember I told you about the shipwreck -
the one that Mystic was on?
- Yeah. - Well, there was a girl there,
and she was the only one that survived.
- Really? - Yeah, and she's in my visions.
She's wearing a ring - this one.
- Wait, so the girl in your visions...
is wearing that actual ring? - Mm-hm.
- Where did you get it? - I found it in my gran's attic.
Apparently, it's my great-great- great-great-great-grandmother's.
- No way.
- [CHUCKLES] Caleb, your head exploded yet?
- Thanks, but no, I'm fine.
I'm willing to concede that
there are one or two things that are
as yet unexplained by science.
- I guess that explains your connection with Blaze.
I'm gonna check on the dog.
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]
[DOOR CREAKS]
- Can't see anything.
- Maybe it's gone round the side.
- [SIGHS]
- You like him, don't you? - What? No.
- Issie.
[CHUCKLES]
- Yeah, I guess.
Please don't say anything, though.
- You think I can't keep a secret?
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
- Guys, we can make a break for it. It's gone.
- [SIGHS]
OK, it's time to get you out.
[DOOR CREAKS]
[TENSE MUSIC]
Let's get the main doors open.
- [PANTS]
- Let's try the side door. - We'll never get them through.
[DOG BARKS]
[HORSE WHINNIES]
- Oh no, it's too late.
- [DOG BARKS] - Hades, what is it?
What is it? Who's there?
[DOOR BANGS OPEN]
- WHISPERS: Quick, he's in the barn.
- [DOG BARKS] - OK, we need to go now.
- What about the herd? - We'll come back for them.
- Ahh... - [DOG BARKS]
- Adam's gonna be out of there any second.
We can't outrun his truck.
- ADAM: There's no one here. What's wrong with you?!
- Issie, where are you going?
- Get out!
- What the-?! Let me out! - [ALL GRUNT]
[ALL CLAMOUR]
- CALEB: Put it in! Quick!
- [GROANS] - [DOG BARKS]
- [ALL CLAMOUR] - Push!
- [ALL GRUNT, YELL] - [GRUNTS]
[YELLS]
[HORSE WHINNIES]
[MYSTICAL MUSIC]
[HORSE NICKERS]
- We have to go back.
- What?! - But... Adam.
- I know, but...
[ADAM GRUNTS, BANGS ON DOOR]
[HORSE NICKERS]
- Come on. We've gotta go. - [POUNDING ON DOOR]
- OK, fine. Let's go.
- [YELLS] - [DOG BARKS]
- [BREATHES RAGGEDLY] - [DOG BARKS AGGRESSIVELY]
- You never think of riding again, Tom?
- No. Not since...
It's more about the horses for me these days, you know?
Rehabilitation...
- Lost your nerve, eh, Tom?
- Look, I'm sorry, but it's getting late.
I'm starting to... - [CELL PHONE RINGS]
- Is that Natasha?
- No, it's work. Sorry, guys. I'll just be a second.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
- [GROANS] Where are they?
- What do you mean they were there?
Did you follow them?
[SIGHS] Where are they now?
Well, just get back to the barn.
Yeah, I've already sorted this once, Adam. Just fix it.
[SIGHS]
- [SIGHS] - Don't beat yourself up.
Adam would have caught us.
- Yeah, but Mystic wanted me to save them, and I just left.
- You had no choice. - I made a mistake.
- Mystic's with them.
We'll tell Tom and head straight back now.
- Oh no. Mum's car's here. - ISSIE AND DAN: And mine.
- Dad.
Let's just tell them what happened. They'll understand.
- TOM: We'll start the search here.
- Come on, let's just give them a bit longer.
- I'm not gonna just sit and wait.
- No, me neither.
- Uh, OK. I'm happy to drive everyone around.
- I can get five of us in the Jeep.
- Well, that doesn't make any sense.
- Let's split up - cover more ground.
- It's gonna be dark soon.
So you want Amanda to drive around
in a place she doesn't know on her own?
- Yeah, I don't need your protection, thanks.
- Hey. - Issie, where have you been? - Oh, finally!
- You two are in big trouble.
- OK, before you go off on one, we found the Kauri Point herd.
- Adam Carter has them. - Adam?!
- We saved them. Well, nearly. - Daniel, where have you been?
Actually, I don't wanna know. Come on, let's go.
- Mum, the herd. - Oh, not those horses again.
- You had me so worried.
- What do you mean, Adam Carter?
- He has them in the barn.
- You have to come with us, Tom. We have to rescue them.
- What barn? Where? - Ask my dad. He knows.
- What do you mean?
- That secret pin drop you sent Adam.
- Secret pin drop?
- Give me your phone.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
How do you explain this, Dad?
- Yeah, all right.
Look, the land and the barn on it were bought by Hexronn,
which is why I have the location.
And it had to be cleared, which is why I hired Adam.
But I don't know anything about horses.
- But you- - But if you've found some...
that you think are in trouble, then, yeah,
we should check it out, but tomorrow.
- No, now. We can't wait.
- It's getting late.
- And it'll be dark. Let's not indulge this.
- Yeah, these kids need to get home.
- Mum, I'm sorry I went a bit rogue today. Please?
- I'll go with you, Issie.
- OK. Me too. - [SIGHS] Thanks, Mum.
- Mum, I swear to you that they're there.
- Sounds like tired minds exaggerating to me,
but fine,
let's get on with this.
[OPTIMISTIC MUSIC]
- So, Mum, what was the...?
- We won, 24-21. - [LAUGHS]
- Still cross, Caroline.
[DOOR CREAKS]
- [BREATHES HEAVILY]
Where are they?
[BREATHES HEAVILY]
[LOW, OMINOUS MUSIC]
[MUSIC BUILDS]
[INTRIGUING THEME MUSIC]
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