(YOU'VE GOT A WOMAN BY LION PLAYS)
* Working on this dream with you
* Oh, baby * Baby, baby, baby
* Wanna spend my life with you
* Oh, baby * Baby, baby, baby
* I can see the stars all shining
* You and me could be
* Happy like the bees together
* You've got a woman
* You've got a woman... *
(CONTINUES FAINTLY) * Woman, woman, woman
* Always on my mind
* Woman, woman, woman... *
- GARY: OK. - (CLANKING, ROLLING)
Alright. Hey.
Alright, so we have two days
until the next full moon.
Now the baby's due somewhere right around here.
That gives us two weeks
until the next full moon after that.
Now, Doctor Stenning says
that we can start discussing induction at around week 39.
But that means that for the next two days,
we need to keep you calm and relaxed.
No stress. No pressure.
Nothing that's gonna make you anxious.
Now, I've been doing some research
into the kinds of stress that can cause preterm labour.
Acute stress and chronic stress can both be contributing factors,
but that doesn't mean that you can't have both at the same time.
- Gary? - So we're going to monitor... Yes?
THIS is making me stressed.
- Which part? - All of it.
You want me to run you a bath?
Hey. Dad and I are going to get the chickens after school.
Oh, honey, I can come with you. I wanted to get the chickens...
GARY: No, no. YOU are gonna stay here and you're gonna relax, OK?
Let's get out of her hair.
Have a fun day at school, sweetie.
- I will. - Alright, love you.
* I can see the stars all shining... *
(IF I HAD A TAIL BY QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE PLAYS)
I feel like we should tell Aunty Sarah about Mary.
(LAUGHS) No.
I know she and Ray will understand.
How do you know that?
Because they're always trying to help.
Right. OK. Um...
Do you remember how hard it was for us to...
to wrap our heads around this?
This is a big thing
for people to take on.
And we'd need to ask Mary.
I've already talked to her about it.
You did?
What... What did she say?
She said that we'll know when the right time is.
I feel like that time is now.
- Mmm. - Hey, guys.
Hey, Abigail.
- Hi. - Hey!
- What class do you have first? - Science, I think.
(BELL RINGS)
See you at recess.
- Em. - Yeah.
- Thank you. - What for?
For always looking out for us.
Your mom would be so proud.
I love you, Dad.
I love you too.
(PHONE RINGS)
- Hello? - WOMAN: Gary Fletcher?
- Yeah, speaking. - Gary, hi.
My name's Detective Kate Cross,
with the South Australian police.
Have I called at a bad time?
No. No, not at all.
Uh, but what is this about?
DET. CROSS: We've just had a new piece of information
for a homicide investigation
that's been active for the last six months.
- Homicide? - Yes.
I was wondering if you could meet with me and my partner.
WOMAN: (SOOTHINGLY) Just breathe.
Relax.
Remain calm.
Listen to my voice
as we begin this guided meditation
- designed to boost your... - (PHONE RINGS)
- I'm in the bath! - GARY: Y... What?
I'm in the bath, like you told me to!
I'm relaxing in the bath.
- Oh, great. - It's really relaxing.
GARY: Great. Great. Hey, uh, I've actually got...
I've got some shit news. Um...
What? Everything OK?
GARY: Yeah. Yeah, something just come up at work,
so I don't think I can pick up Emma anymore.
Well, that's OK. I can get her.
GARY: Well, we have to go to the farm, though.
So I could see about postponing it till tomorrow.
No, no, I can go. Emma and I can go.
Ah, yeah, sorry about that.
MARY: No, no, don't apologise. It' gonna be fun for us.
Right. Good.
Yeah, um, I love you. I'll call you later, OK?
MARY: OK, bye.
(SIREN WAILS)
MAN: Oh, yeah.
- (BEEPING) - Thank you.
No worries.
DET. CROSS: Mr Fletcher!
Hey.
- Hey. - Hi.
- Kate Cross. - Gary.
You guys meet already?
G'day, mate. Detective Robert Pattinson.
Yeah, I know, we look alike. I'm not Batman, or a vampire.
What?
I've got the same name as that actor.
Um... What... What actor?
The one that plays Batman.
Christian Bale?
Robert Pattinson.
Where do I know you from?
- Sorry? - Where do I know you?
I'm not sure.
Mmm.
Oh, well. Let's go chat. Hey? Shouldn't take long.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
DET. CROSS: We'll be in room D.
(CHATTER CONTINUES)
MAN: No, they haven't found the bodies.
MAN 2: It's a big area.
Yeah. Just sit over there.
- Sure. - Um...
- You want a tea or water or something? - No, thank you.
DET. PATTINSON: You don't mind if we eat, do you?
No.
Yeah. We had an early call-out.
- Fuck. - What?
- Mustard. - I told her, no mustard.
They're idiots.
- You want a ham sandwich? - No, thanks.
Oh, well, guess I'm skipping breakfast.
So, why are you here?
- Um... - (CHUCKLES) It's rhetorical.
You know, I mean, you don't know why you're here, do you?
Nup.
- Do you want half of mine? - I can't do dairy.
- Just pick the cheese off. - What?
- Pick the cheese off. - No, I can't do butter.
Butter gives me the squirts.
- Oh. - Sorry, Mr Fletcher.
Gary, please.
Um, have you ever been to the Yarramundi camping grounds?
Yarramundi camping grounds...
Yeah, it's about 300km north of here.
Oh, we've been a lot of different places.
- I'm trying to... - Yeah.
Well, on the 21st of January,
you called the RAA saying you had a flat battery near...
the Yarramundi camping grounds.
Yes. Yeah. Ah...
That's right. Um...
The name completely escaped me.
Ah, we... we spent one night there.
Ah, right. Yeah, but...
RAA didn't end up sending anyone out there, did they?
No, ah, my wife's...
girlfriend's car broke down.
- Oh. - (BANG!)
That's it! Birthing class.
Red-haired girlfriend. Hah! I knew I'd seen you before.
(CHUCKLES) Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
Must be happening soon, yeah?
- What? - The birth.
You guys were further along than Anna.
- Anna? - My wife, Anna.
She and your missus went to the organic café.
Oh, right, yeah.
We're um...
We're due very soon.
(LAUGHS) Small world. OK, alright, carry on.
Ah, did you see these gentlemen at the camping grounds?
Yeah, um...
They jump-started our car for us.
They did?
Yeah. Why are you asking?
Their bodies were found at the Yarramundi camping grounds
on the 23rd of January.
Two days after you'd been there.
- Oh, my gosh. - Yeah.
Um... What happened to them?
Animal attack, we think.
I mean, the wounds are consistent enough to suggest that.
There's a couple of odd details we're still trying to get to the bottom of, but...
- Like... Like what? - Ah, it's not your problem.
But these guys, like, what were they like?
How much... How much time do you reckon you spent with them?
Not... Not a lot, actually. Yeah, they seemed nice.
They saw that our Jeep needed to be started,
and they jump-started our car for us and, ah...
- Yeah, then we left them there. - Oh.
And what time do you think that would have been?
God, that was so long ago. Um...
Night.
Maybe just night.
Yeah, I remember we got home very late.
OK. Alright, well...
Thanks for coming in, Gary.
Of course.
Uh, Mr Fletcher!
Just, um, just one more thing.
Um...
What kind of vehicle did you say you were driving?
Ah, a Jeep. Our Jeep.
Do you own a sky-blue coloured Volvo?
Yeah, that's my car. We also have a Jeep and...
my girlfriend drives the Jeep.
Yeah, it's just on the call to the RAA,
you mentioned a sky-blue coloured Volvo.
D... Did I?
I must have been delirious.
Must have been delirious?
Yeah, I'd been walking a long way in the heat,
trying to find service.
Um...
Yeah it was a... bit of a dead spot.
Yeah.
It was.
I won't keep you any longer, Gary.
Let me get that for you, mate.
(BEEPING)
Hey, ah, good luck with the birth.
Hey, you too.
If I don't see you before then.
Hmm.
(DOORBELL RINGS)
Oh, ah... Hey, guys.
Hey. Um, we were wanting to talk to you about something.
Hmm.
Are you going to let us in?
Oh, ah, yeah. Come, come.
- Come on in. - You OK.
Me? Fine, just work stuff, yeah?
Um...
Do you guys want some tea?
I made myself some coffee or... or some cake?
Um, we just thought it would be better
to come and talk in person.
Sure.
Do you still want us to have Emma this Saturday?
Yeah, uh, you know, if that's OK.
- Yeah it is, of course. - Great.
Is everything OK?
How do you mean?
We've just noticed a lot of strange things with you,
with Mary, all of you.
That night I came over and everything was locked up.
You were bleeding.
Oh, you know, that was...
I told you, the security shutters.
I got... I just got caught up in them but...
Emma didn't want me to come over that night.
She wanted to come here on her own.
She's been doing really well, you know,
we've noticed that.
But that night, when she was having a panic attack...
she got even worse when she thought we were coming here.
And then there was that guy at the baby shower.
- Anton? - What about Anton?
You were both so weird when he showed up,
and then he just left.
You know, Anton... Here's the deal.
Anton is an ex of Mary's, so it's probably because of that.
Ray saw you stealing a shopping cart full of groceries.
- With a homeless man. - What?
(LAUGHS) I don't know any homeless people.
I called out "Gary!" and then you looked at me.
Uh. Uh-uh.
Is there a basement here?
Who has a basement, Sarah? Why...
Why would we build a basement?
Gary. I can tell when you're hiding things from me.
We just want to know what's going on.
Are you OK?
Because you don't seem OK.
- (DOOR OPENS) - MARY: Gary! We're back!
(PIG GRUNTS) MARY: My God, she is SO noisy.
Come, piggy! You're such a good piggy!
She had cancer and they were gonna put her down,
the poor piggy.
So... You poor little piggy, piggy!
You're making so much noise,
we're gonna have to put you in the basement!
Oh.
So you do have a basement.
No, I mean, metaphorically. Hi.
Hey, guys. Uh...
Sarah and Ray were just asking some interesting questions
about a lot of different things.
Oh, what sorts of questions?
You know, like whether or not we have a basement. Um...
About the incident on the full moon.
Who said anything about a full moon?
You just did.
- We should tell them. - Tell us what?
You said that we'll know when the right time is.
- GARY: Emma... - We can't keep doing this. We need their help.
- Tell us what? - Em.
Mary turns into a wolf.
(SIGHS) Come on, Emma.
I'm serious. She does. Every full moon.
Emma, please. This is serious.
EMMA: I know. That's why I'm telling you.
- She turns into a wolf. - SARAH: I don't know what you're doing, Emma.
I don't know why you're covering for them,
but this isn't a game.
EMMA: Dad!
Let me take the pig outside.
Um... Hang on, I just...
OK. Um...
OK, so...
This is going to sound crazy...
..but, um,
before Gary and I met, I... I lived alone,
for 12 years.
And the reason that I did that is, uh...
Um...
You know about my husband, David,
how he was killed by a wild animal?
Well, ah, that wild animal...
it... it was me.
You... You killed your husband?
Um, yes.
I mean, no. Well, in a way, yes.
I got bit by a dog a month before he died,
and then the next full moon, I...
..I turned into a wolf and I killed David.
And then there was another incident
the following full moon...
At a Holiday Inn.
Right, and I suddenly realised what was happening to me,
which was that every full moon, my body would change
and I would turn into a wolf,
and that's why I was living alone.
So then I built a basement
so that I could keep other people safe.
But we had to build a basement here.
SARAH: Stop.
I don't know what you two are doing...
No, it's the truth. Come and see.
SARAH: Stop!
- Is it a sex thing? - No.
What's with the door?
Oh, I understand the confusion there.
That's her old door. I got that back.
That wasn't always on that door.
That's not even the part I'm worried about.
I'm actually finding it insulting
that you would make something up,
something as ridiculous as Mary turning into a wolf
instead of just telling us
what the truth is.
- Sarah, it's true. - It's true, Aunty Sarah.
Why do you think that we let you take Emma
every full moon?
- We take her every full moon? - GARY: For date nights.
It's a sex thing. You're fucking that pig in the fuck room.
MARY: No, it's really not a sex thing.
I'm a wolf, and that pig is... it's dinner.
That time we went camping.
There was a full moon, but Mary protected us.
What are you talking about?
These guys came.
They were banging on the door. They wanted to hurt us.
But Mary turned into a wolf, and she saved us.
Do we need to take Emma for longer?
So you can sort your shit out?
Because you really need to.
Sarah, we don't need you to do that.
You have your 12-year-old daughter
believing that Mary turns into a wolf.
Hey, we care about her health just as much as you...
I can't deal with this!
We are here to help,
but you clearly don't want that.
Ray, let's go.
Guys! Guys, the incident with the bleeding...
OK, there was an incident with the fuck room door.
Mary tried to eat me. Come back inside.
Just hear us out, OK?
If there's one thing you know about me, I'm not a liar.
When have I lied to you...
Mr Fletcher.
Your sky blue Volvo looks like
it's sustained a bit of damage, mate.
We had some accidents.
Yeah. Well, we've got a warrant to take it away with us.
Um, hi, I'm sorry. Who are you?
Kate Cross, SA Homicide.
This is my partner, Detective Pattinson.
Yeah, we met with Mr Fletcher earlier today to
talk about some people you encountered
at the Yarramundi camping grounds.
- That's right, we... - PATTINSON: They were killed.
Yeah, so forensics are going to give your vehicle a once-over.
Hey guys, we'll call you, OK?
We normally turn these things around in a couple of days,
but, um...
you're not planning on going anywhere, are you?
No.
She's due any minute.
- Congratulations. - Thank you.
PATTINSON: There's a pig loose in your front yard.
Is that your pig?
MARY: What do you mean, you didn't want to freak me out?
I didn't know what they were going to say.
Well, what did you tell them?
I didn't tell them anything.
Then why have they taken our car?
I... OK, I told them we saw them.
They jump-started our car, and then we left.
That's all I said. I, ah...
- What? What? - I...
OK, I thought it might be safer to tell them
it was your car instead of mine.
Why would it be safer to tell her it was my car?
I don't know. They put pictures of those guys in front of me
and it just, it threw me!
I... I tried to cover for it.
I told them I was confused.
But then Robert fucking Pattinson
kept staring at me with those piercing grey-blue eyes.
- Who? - Batman!
- And it... And it threw me! - Jesus, Gary!
Look, the bottom line is they're not going to find anything on the car.
- Well, how do you know that? - Because... Because the car's been washed.
It's been washed a lot.
How could you keep it secret from me?
We don't keep secrets from each other.
Look, I was just trying to help.
Oh, f...
Oh, shit.
- What? - Gary.
- What? - This is bad.
What?
I left a loaded gun in the glove compartment.
Where did you get a loaded... Why did you get a loaded gun?
It was preventative. I thought if I gave birth and I tried to eat my baby,
that you could shoot me.
What the fuck are you talking about?
Why is the gun in the glove compartment?
- I... I... Baby brain? - Baby brain?
- I wasn't thinking straight. - Jesus Christ.
- OK.
OK, we just need to go.
Let's go to the abandoned mine shaft
and we can work it out from there.
If we disappear, won't they suspect us more?
If they find something, my secret's out. I'm fucked!
(EXHALES) Alright.
- It's going to be OK. - OK.
- OK? - Yeah.
Oh, you've got to be kidding me.
Goddammit!
Where's Emma? She's coming with us.
Sarah, now is not the time.
Gary, seriously, all that shit you were talking about before -
Mary killing her husband and now the police?
This is not a safe environment for Emma.
OK, I'm gonna say this again, alright? You do not understand...
- I don't want to hear it! - ..what is happening.
I didn't look after your daughter for six months
while her mother, my sister, died
and you just fucked off.
You've put her mental health in jeopardy before
and I will not let you do it again.
- Really? - EMMA: What's happening?
- Emma, get back inside. - I'm not leaving. - Ray.
Just get back inside the house.
Ray, get away from my daughter, Ray!
- (EMMA SCREAMS) - Sarah, get off of me! - No!
Ray! You put my daughter down, Ray!
- Stop! Let go of me! - MARY: Guys!
- Put her down! - MARY: (SHOUTS) Guys!
- It's happening, Gary. - EMMA: Get off!
(DRIPPING)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
EMMA: What is it? What's happening?
Oh, shit.