Right next to the forest, my stables.
- And my cottage!
- What about the borehole in the forest?
- We need to find a primary new water source for the expansion.
- CALEB: Here. Look. - DAN: Hexronn's moving into
single-use plastics now.
- Like, what do I say? 'Hey, everybody, I'm gay?'
- Yeah, but when you're ready.
- Have you heard the name Marchetti? - Marchetti?
- Uh, hi. I'm Frankie Pines.
She's registered to me. You just saw that.
- Blaze is wild! You know she is.
- She can't be, Issie. She's chipped.
- You'll never believe this. The kid's done a runner
on the horse.
- Yep. I'm on it. I'm on it. Go! [DOG BARKS]
[INTRIGUING THEME MUSIC]
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[TENSE MUSIC SWELLS]
[WIND WHISTLES GENTLY]
[BELL CLANGS] - Open the hold!
[HORSE WHINNIES]
- Hey, are you OK?
[HORSE GRUNTS SOFTLY, PANTS]
[BREATHES HEAVILY]
[HORSE NEIGHS]
[THUD!]
- Take it to the others. Tell them we've got to move on this.
- What about the girl? - ECHOES: Just leave her.
[STRING MUSIC RESONATES]
- Issie?
Hey. Thanks for letting me stay. I couldn't face Dad.
- Why are you dressed like a fortune teller?
- It's your Gran's.
She, like, forced me into it when I woke up.
[CHUCKLES] Apparently,
I need to release my inner gold dust woman.
I didn't want to offend her. [CHUCKLES]
- You know you can stay for however long you like, right?
- [SCOFFS] I can't believe Dad -
about the plastics, and...
He's such a liar.
He's been texting me all morning.
- It's 10 o'clock.
- Yeah, you probably needed the sleep.
What were you dreaming about?
You were making noises all night.
- It was about Blaze and the rest of the herd.
They're in danger - I know it.
It's that Frankie whatever. She's got to be stopped.
I need to talk to Tom. - OK, let's do it.
I'm in.
- Uh... [CHUCKLES]
Do you wanna borrow some clothes?
- Yes.
- Hey, Mum.
- Did you fill up the car? - Oh, um...
- Amanda! - I will. I will. I promise.
So, what's all this?
- This is everything I could get my hands on -
you know, about all the land Hexronn have bought up.
- We moving out? - No, we're just-
Wait, where are you going?
- Uh, to the stables. - No, Is.
I want you here today, with me, with us.
- Mum, I have to.
- Issie, you were concussed yesterday after galloping off,
which, even, by your standards- - My standards?
What does that mean?
- I should- Should I go?
- Oh, they'll work it out, possum.
What happened to the dress?
- I need to find Blaze. - Oh, Issie.
- She was stolen, Mum! I saw it. That Frankie took her.
- Yeah, that Frankie is Blaze's legal owner.
- No, she's not. Why don't you believe me?
- Tom spoke to Frankie. She doesn't know where Blaze is.
- She's lying.
- Issie, I'm sorry, but no.
- What? - You're staying home today.
- Don't look at me like that. Hey, this isn't a punishment.
You need to rest. Your friends can come here.
Issie, wait.
I'm sorry about Blaze, OK? I really am.
I know it's hard, but you have to leave this alone.
- [SIGHS]
- [EXHALES FIRMLY]
- You wanna what?
- Call Frankie, meet her face to face.
- She's not gonna tell you where Blaze is.
- No, but I can keep her busy
while you search her place for clues.
There's gotta be something that can tell us
where she's keeping Blaze and the rest of the horses.
[SIGHS] Look, I know you think this is a bad idea,
but this is all we've got - bad ideas.
- How are we supposed to call her? We don't have her number.
- Or know where she's staying.
- Yeah, there's a few holes here.
- Her number's on the bill of sale in Tom's office.
- Cool, let's ask him for it.
- If we ask him, he's gonna want to know why.
And we'll say what?
'Oh, we want to lure her out and ransack her hotel room?'
He's gonna love that [!]
- Yeah, the adults don't believe in us now -
not after barn night. We have credibility issues.
- So, we're sneaking into Tom's office.
- Oh, good [!]
- [SIGHS]
We do it now.
Stella, I need you and Dan to go to the stables.
You cannot let Tom catch you.
[LIVELY STRING MUSIC]
Just get the number.
OK. So,
who do the adults think is most trustworthy out of all of us?
- Oh, guys. [CHUCKLES]
OK,
maybe they do listen to me a bit more.
I can talk to them on their wavelength.
- Great. Then you can get intel. - Oh, I see.
No, I...
I don't- I don't do well under pressure.
[STAMMERS] Maybe Dan can-
- I need you to go into the store.
Everyone in KP passes through there, right?
So if anyone knows where Frankie is staying, it's Miri.
All you have to say is...
- I'm looking for Frankie,
because she left her sunglasses behind at the stables.
- Miri will tell you everything.
OK. So, I'm gonna text Frankie
and I'm gonna tell her that we have information on Blaze.
- Say you want to go to the police.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, but keep it open-ended.
Then she'll be worried.
- I'll do it. I'll meet with Frankie.
- Really? Cos she could be dangerous.
- Look, you said Caleb could help
cos he was the most trustworthy.
Well, I'm the most...
- Loud? - Annoying? - Full of it?
- Tall?
- I was gonna say 'talkative'. - Sorry.
- Caleb, you call me a motormouth.
That's my thing! Nobody else tells stories as well as me.
- True.
- And Frankie and I totally vibed.
I can keep her talking forever.
- I guess if you're gonna meet her at the store,
it won't be too dangerous.
- You're our secret weapon. - [CHUCKLES]
- OK.
- This is just gibberish.
If only I had a daughter that was a lawyer who could help me.
- Well, consultancy fees aren't cheap, you know.
- Neither are avocados.
I mean, it looks to me like Hexronn have bought up
lots of the forest, but that would be...
- No, they haven't bought lots of it.
- Well, good.
- They bought all of it. - Have they?
[DOOR OPENS]
Why would they need that much land?
[DOOR SHUTS]
- Hello, hello. Just, uh...
[FOOTSTEPS RECEDE] - Was that weird?
- Those kids are up to something. I know it.
- How do you spell 'rendezvous'?
- Just say 'meet.'
[DOOR OPENS] - I got it!
She's staying at a holiday rental just out of town.
- Send it.
- Can you believe Dad made me stay here?
This place is feral as.
- ON PHONE: I thought he was loaded.
- Yeah, and super tight.
He wanted me to blend in. Whatever.
[CELL PHONE CHIMES] Babe, hang on.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
- Hey, guys, give me your phones.
- Why?
- So I can set up a tracking app.
- Wow. [CHUCKLES] That's not stalkery [!]
- It can link up our phones.
- So everyone can see where everyone is. Cool.
- Except me. I dropped my phone in a grain silo this morning.
[CELL PHONE CHIMES]
- Hold on. Sorry, I just...
Never mind.
Dad. 'Are you avoiding me?' Blah, blah.
- It's OK to be angry. Just maybe talk to him?
- Why? What's he gonna say - sorry?
Like that means anything.
- I know what he did. That- Yeah, it was stupid.
- He is stupid.
[SCOFFS] He...
- Yeah. Well, even when they are idiots, dads matter.
Go talk to him.
- But I said I'd help. - Oh, we've got it.
Honest. [CELL PHONE CHIMES]
- READS: 'The police seem extreme.
'Let's meet at the cafe for hot chocolate and a chat -
'30 minutes.'
Hot chocolate? What a creep.
- Caroline, stall Frankie for as long as you can.
Dan, Caleb, go with her. Keep watch.
- Yeah, good.
Oh, um, hey, um...
I like your room.
- Uh,... thanks.
- OK.
- Issie, your mum said she's not letting you out the door.
- Guess I won't use it then.
[BIRDSONG]
[SWEEPING STRING MUSIC]
- [SIGHS]
- Hey, you wanna stay with your friends, fine,
but you answer your phone when I call, all right?
- Don't have a go at me, Dad.
I was coming to find you. - Oh, really? Why?
- We found pellets, Dad -
the kind used to make plastic bottles.
Treacle ate them and nearly died.
- I don't know what you think you found.
You and your friends are very eco-conscious, which is great-
- Wow, that's not patronising [!]
- I'm just saying that it's complicated
when you're an adult and you're trying to- - When I'm an adult,
I'm going to make sure I don't lie to the people I love,
which, as a concept, doesn't feel that complicated.
- Where did you find this?
- Dan and Caleb found it on Forest Rd.
- I don't know anything about this.
- Plastic, Dad? You promised you wouldn't. You're a liar.
- No, I didn't lie to you.
- Well, someone lied to you, then.
- Yes, yes. I'm beginning to see that.
I found something else. They're planning to ship it abroad.
So that's why they want to use plastic.
- Ah, that would make sense.
- But they'd need a whole second plant to do that. It'd have to be huge.
- Well, where would they put it?
- Well, if I was them, I'd put it next to
the primary water source. - But that's...
- I have to get down there. - I want to come with you.
- OK.
I'd like that.
[BICYCLE GEARS CLICK]
[SHEEP BLEATS DISTANTLY]
[TYRES SKID]
- This is the place Caleb said.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[DOOR SHUTS]
[CAR DOOR SHUTS, ENGINE STARTS]
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
- Just keep her busy; that's all you have to do.
- I know. I know. Stop worrying.
- How can you eat? - I can always eat.
- [SIGHS]
- [EXHALES HEAVILY]
- This place is gross. - Yeah, it suits her.
- Can't see any wild horses.
- No. Well, she's probably not keeping them here.
[EXCLAIMS SOFTLY]
Come on. Let's look inside.
[INQUISITIVE MUSIC]
We search everything.
- Caroline. I'm so glad you texted.
- It was my civic duty.
- So, you said my horse was stolen. You have evidence?
- [SIGHS EXASPERATEDLY] We're missing something.
I'm gonna check the other room.
- I wonder what they're talking about.
- Looks serious, eh?
- But, cos I got diarrhoea,
I had to hide my undies in the forest,
and then the orienteering group found them,
and cos my mum had written my initials on the tag,
everyone knew they were mine.
[SIGHS] I just feel like I can tell you anything.
- All right. Caroline, can we talk about Darcy?
- Oh, you mean Blaze? - Blaze. Sure.
You said you were going to the police.
- Oh, yeah. Big time.
The whole situation - Blaze being stolen.
- I mean, I'm not doubting you,
but you said you have evidence, right?
- Totally do.
- Well, what evidence? What is it?
- We know who stole Blaze.
- You do?
- SOFTLY: He calls himself the Goblin.
- What? - Yeah.
You see, my dad - he's part of the Air Force,
but, like, not the New Zealand Air Force,
cos we only have one plane; the International Air Force,
and he has access to this military-grade drone.
I've been using it to run field calls,
and that's when I found out what he was doing.
Adam can't get away with this, not while-
- Adam?
Who's Adam?
- What? - You said Adam.
- Did I? I-I meant, the Goblin.
- OK, we're done. - Maybe we could talk a little longer?
- That can't be good. - No.
- This is way too early. She's gonna catch Issie and Stella.
Dan, text Issie - now.
[SPLAT!]
- [SQUEALS] - Come!
- You little mongrel!
- [SIGHS]
Nothing under the bed. - Nothing in there.
- Ha! Look at this.
Vampire chick lit.
- OK, this woman is damaged. [CELL PHONE CHIMES]
Oh.
Oh, it's Dan.
Frankie's ditched Caroline. She's on her way back.
No, we can't leave - not yet. We need more time.
- What's this?
- Rachel Marchetti?
So she's not Frankie Pines at all.
- We should send this to Tom.
- Yeah, but then he'll know we've been up to stuff.
- At least he'll know Frankie's a fake.
- OK. Send him a picture. I'm gonna search the kitchen.
- OK.
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
[DIRT RUSTLES]
[CELL PHONE CHIMES]
- Marchetti?
[HORSE WHINNIES IN DISTANCE]
- [GROANS]
- Anything?
OK. We'd better go, then.
- I know. [VEHICLE APPROACHES]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
- Your phone, Issie! - What?
- I must have dropped it.
It was in my pocket, in the bedroom.
[CAR DOOR CLOSES] Sorry.
- OK, go. Get the others. - But...
[DOOR SHUTS]
[MUSIC FADES]
- Hey, this could be something. Kauri Point Herd.
- What?
READS: 'Henceforth, the forest shall be protected homeland of
'the free-roaming Kauri Point Herd.
'For as long as the horses remain,
'it shall not be lawful for any persons to disturb or destroy
'the fauna and flora within the forest.
'Any person offending against
'any of the provisions on this section shall be liable.'
So they can't do anything to the land
if the horses are there.
Mum, do you think the herd was really out there?
- This is exactly what Issie's been trying to tell us.
- The barn. - Yeah.
So they were there. Somebody must have moved them.
Hexronn.
- Sam.
[KNOCK ON DOOR] - Issie? I...
[TENSE MUSIC BUILDS]
- Ooh, I panicked. I forgot my talking points.
- But then, bam! Custard in the face. What a legend!
- Not really. - Yes, you are, dude.
Come on, say it. 'I'm a legend.'
- Actually, I'm... - Dude. 'I'm a legend.'
- BOTH: 'I'm a legend. I'm a legend.
'I'm a legend! I'm a legend!'
- 'I'm a legend. I'm-' - Gay.
I'm gay. Um...
So, uh, yeah. Just...
SIGHS: You know, by the way. [CHUCKLES DRILY]
I don't know if that... We don't-
We don't have to talk about it or anything. I...
- Dude, you egg.
[CHUCKLES] I thought you were gonna say something bad
for a second. Your face!
That's great.
- [SCOFFS] Don't look at me like that. It's weird.
[LAUGHS] Stop.
- You are a legend.
- Where's Issie? - What's wrong?
- It's all my fault.
- FRANKIE: She said the name Adam.
No, don't tell me not to... [BAG ZIPS]
Oh, the police?
No, she wants to-
No. She-
No, you listen to me. You get the vet on site now!
[SCOFFS] If he wants to get paid, he will.
Because they need a final inspection
before they can travel. [DOOR CREAKS]
[PAPER RUSTLES]
READS: 'Equine blood tests - clear.
'Export approval - Newhill Docks to Port Wallaroo.'
- Well, do that then!
Yes. [DOOR CREAKS]
Congratulations, Adam.
You have the ability to think independently!
- We go into town; we tell everybody.
Somebody has to know something about the horses.
- Issie. Just- She does whatever she pleases.
- You call, you'll only say something you'll regret later.
- I'm just texting her.
I'm just gonna tell her to come home... nicely.
- Well, tell her about the horses.
Tell her we believe her.
- I'll tell her about that when she deigns to come home.
- [SCOFFS] Give it here! - Mum!
- Yes, I'll be there in 15.
[SCOFFS] Loser.
[BAG JANGLES]
[CELL PHONE CHIMES, VIBRATES]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[BAG RATTLES]
READS: Issie, guess what? You were right.
The KP Herd are real.
Found proof.
Hexronn wanted the forest, so got rid of them.
If you find them, Hexronn must stop.
[CELL PHONE CHIMES, VIBRATES]
Oh, and this one's from Mum. Oh.
READS: Issie, windows are not doors. Get home now.
Issie, Issie, Issie.
You send your friend to meet me,
and then you come here to what?
Find your horse?
Smart.
But then you leave your phone behind. Aww.
Scratch, scratch, little mouse.
Where could you be?
OK. Out, now.
[DOOR CREAKS]
- I know you've got the herd.
- [SCOFFS] Hilarious.
Because, Issie, I don't see any horses around here.
- Well, Frankie, or is it Rachel?
I guess you wouldn't mind me telling everyone that
you're keeping the herd at Newhill Dock, right?
- You really are annoying.
- And you read vampire chick lit.
Sad.
[TENSE ACTION MUSIC]
- Get back here!
[EXCLAIMS] - [YELPS]
[GRUNTS] Let me go!
- Gladly.
- [YELPS]
No! [DOOR CLATTERS]
Let me out!
- Oh, Issie.
You're locked up just like your horse.
She's fast - Blaze. Yeah.
Dad's gonna get a lot of cash for her.
[DOOR SLAMS] - [GRUNTS] She doesn't belong to you!
- Well, she's far too valuable for
a little Bieber like you to be riding round on.
- I'm gonna call the police. - Cool. Well,
the herd's only in New Zealand for another 45 minutes,
and you have no phone or car, so good luck with that.
Oh, and the cleaners come Thursday. Ciao!
[FOOTSTEPS RECEDE] - No. Wait.
[DOOR CLATTERS] SCREAMS: Wait! Wait!
[BIRDSONG]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[NETTING RUSTLES]
- I just gotta make a quick call.
Hi. Get me Julia.
What? Why not?
[SIGHS FRUSTRATEDLY] OK.
I need to pop into the office, see Julia.
- Dad. - Mm-hm?
- What it this?
[OMINOUS MUSIC SWELLS]
[MUSIC SOFTENS]
- [SIGHS]
[DOOR SHUTS]
[TENSE MUSIC]
[BIKE CLATTERS]
No. [EXCLAIMS SOFTLY]
[ENGINE STARTS, REVS]
[GASPS]
[SOBS]
[GASPS]
[DETERMINED STRING MUSIC]
[WOOD CLATTERS]
[GRUNTS, PANTS]
[MUSIC BUILDS]
[GRUNTS]
[PANTS]
[SIGHS]
Newhill Docks.
Oh, it's so far.
[SUSPENSEFUL ACTION MUSIC]
[PANTS]
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
[YELPS]
[SPLASH!]
[EERIE MUSIC RESONATES]
[WATER LAPS]
[SOMBRE STRING MUSIC]
[PANTS]
[HORSE NEIGHS]
ECHOING: You're here.
[HORSE WHINNIES]
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
[HORSE GRUNTS]
[MUSIC BUILDS]
[HORSE SNORTS]
[MUSIC SWELLS]
[HORSE SNORTS]
[INSPIRING STRING MUSIC]
I know where they are.
[WHINNYING ECHOES]
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
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