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(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
NARRATOR: Previously on Hunted...
We're just after a place where we can camp for this evening.
The fugitives that are still standing,
their fatigue, their mental load, that tends to take its toll.
The hardest part is missing my family.
There will be tensions.
There will be arguments.
It can't just always be your way. What do you mean?
This is when making sound decisions
is going to be the greatest challenge.
Did you wanna turn the phone on quick to check the messages?
Sure.
Tracking Bayan and Eesha's burner phone...
Bayan and Eesha are going down. WOMAN: Alright!
..led the hunters to Warrnambool.
There's no hunters here.
But despite their best efforts...
We're gonna throw everything at this tonight.
MAN: Come on! WOMAN: Come on!
Go, go, go! Let's go.
..Bayan and Eesha
remained on the run.
Did you see that?
And that's what you call a dry hole.
But a late-night stakeout... (DOG BARKS)
This is Ops. When ready, go, go.
..saw the hunters swoop in on Sonja and Elerrina.
GROUND HUNTER: Elerrina. What?
Your time on the run is over.
(ALL CHEER)
Stop clapping. (BOTH LAUGH)
With only six days to extraction...
You got cash? Yep, I've got it.
..eight fugitives remain.
Anything less than a clean sweep is a fail.
(DOG BARKS) Who will be next to be captured?
(TENSE MUSIC)
CHIEF: OK, we're coming to crunch time.
We're getting very, very close to extraction day.
Soon, it's gonna ramp up. The extraction day's gonna come.
The details are gonna come out. Locations are gonna be revealed.
We need to ramp up the pressure.
We are the apex predator.
We will hunt them down.
This is our game, not theirs.
Let's take them bloody well out.
With Sonja and Elerrina the last of six pairs
to be captured by the hunters,
there are now eight fugitives on the run across the state of Victoria.
Take out my nervous energy on the rocks.
These fugitives have just six days remaining to evade capture...
You helping us out, are ya? Are you helping us out?
..and reach a still unknown extraction point,
which will be revealed to the fugitives
24 hours before
they must arrive there.
The hunters have no idea
where it is located.
Three, two, one. Say 'beach boxes'! BOTH: Beach boxes!
Whoever makes it in time will share the cash prize.
When we come back with $100,000, it'll all be worth it.
Yep. (CHUCKLES)
CHIEF: Ben, did you wanna kick off with Holly and Joshua?
BEN: We know they've been in Woodend quite some time.
They've been hiding in amongst the paramedic network
and doing a good job so far.
VIKKI: They might be leaning on Holly's network.
And if we do find that there's any reason to go to their main house,
that could be something to look into.
Yeah, I think, guys, Victoria-based pair,
getting ground hunters to their property
to find any clues of any planning.
We've not actually deployed this tactic before,
so they won't be expecting it.
What we want to do then is send
our ugliest ground hunter unit that we can...
I don't think we've got one, Chief.
HOLLY: Oh, yeah.
If the hunters came right now,
we could definitely bribe them with fast food.
You know, they're hungry too.
Hunters don't eat or sleep. Don't you know that?
So true.
Let's go on to Ed and Jimi now.
We've had nothing on these guys for weeks.
Actually, for the entire run, they've been off the radar,
so to speak.
Sort of, uh, supporting two hypotheses here -
either that they are truly winging it
or that they are using a very out-there associate network as well.
I'm not underestimating Ed and Jimi.
I think they're...not winging it.
Um, I think that's a little bit...
..lulled us into a false sense of security with these two.
I'll be the first to admit I underestimated these two.
JIMI: I've always wanted to have strawberry blond hair.
Is this my vibe? Does it suit... suit my colour scheme?
ED: You look like Pauline Hanson.
(LAUGHS) "Please explain."
(ED AND ASSOCIATE LAUGH)
(JIMI LAUGHS)
Let's go on to Bayan and Eesha.
I've had a gutful of these two.
We've thrown a lot of resources into it.
My view is we don't change horses midstream.
We stay on that horse and we get to the other side,
and that horse is all guns blazing on these two.
Ben, what have you got planned?
The strategy today is to cover off all the individuals we know of,
from the burner phone, that they've interacted with.
So, actually, when it does light up,
we're actually physically closer this time
rather than sending the car, two hours, we get there, it's gone.
Let me make it very clear -
I have got a thirst for a capture and I want it quenched today.
(INSECTS CHIRP)
EESHA: Just imagine a big screen...
..that allows you to see
what the hunters are up to.
And set the intention...
..to get to extraction day...
..when we've won...
..and feel how exciting it feels.
(MYSTICAL MUSIC)
Feel the celebration in your body.
The extraction is complete
and you did it.
How do you feel?
Mentally cleansed.
There's all, like, hippies and crystals and incense
and all that kind of stuff, which...
..which is totally contrasting to my background.
But you know what? I'm open to it.
I'll hear her out. (CHUCKLES)
Feels pretty good, right? (LAUGHS) Hmm.
Like, they just have no idea.
NARRATOR: As Bayan and Eesha plan their escape from Warrnambool...
I don't think we're safe in Warrnambool anymore.
I feel like we've definitely got pinged here.
..the frustration in HQ continues to rise.
My God.
CARTER:
I know.
This is the woman that we can't catch right now.
How messed-up is that?
Well, it's not her. It's him.
Yeah, well, she's with him. Yeah.
We can't catch THIS lady?
Are you kidding?
Yeah, it's pretty demoralising, to be honest.
Yeah.
You can probably sense the emotion in this room, and tension,
about Bayan and Eesha.
CARTER:
(OTHERS LAUGH)
Can I have that, mate? Thanks, buddy.
WOMAN: Now can you tell us where she is?
Yeah, she's in Warrnambool. (LAUGHS) She's...
We weren't at the lap of the gods and didn't have any luck in Warrnambool.
This would block anyone trying to get our phone signals
in headquarters as well, wouldn't it?
(WOMAN LAUGHS) The location things are turned off.
Oh, brilliant. OK. They are now.
But we're still monitoring the handset
that Bayan and Eesha have access to.
The strategy - we just get in front of everyone
that we know they've contacted.
WOMAN: And we've been in touch with Angus,
so he's not going to risk doing that again.
What we've seen previously with Bayan and Eesha
is a series of phone calls, new SIM card activations,
phone calls to associates, moving location.
Bayan and Eesha have been on the run for quite some time.
They are gonna make a mistake
and we are gonna capitalise on that.
(BAYAN CHEWS GUM NOISILY)
That gum-chewing is starting to get a little annoying.
What, the sound? Oh, yeah.
The sound of it, is it annoying? Very annoying.
I will try to be mindful to chew it quietly.
Time to find greener pastures in Richmond.
Yep. It's here.
It's here? Very good.
Can confirm Mike and Arani's house key.
Very good. Very good.
NARRATOR: From a lucky interaction at a campground...
Mike. Mike.
WOMAN: Arani. Arani.
That's a nice name. Nice.
NARRATOR: ..Bayan and Eesha have access to an inner-city apartment
in Melbourne.
ARANI:
EESHA: Perfect.
You guys are actually gold, I've gotta tell you.
You guys know how to help fugitives.
(ARANI LAUGHS)
And having arrived in Richmond...
..they plan to stay mostly indoors for the next 48 hours.
I just think the more central we are, the higher risk it is
because it's just high density,
more people can see you,
more CCTV.
But it seems that we don't really have much of a choice right now.
We are running out of helpers.
And so we do need to make sure that we leave enough resources available
for that last 48 hours.
That one
might have SIM cards.
I'm pretty damned determined to get to extraction.
Winning means that we've beat the best of the best.
Get the supplies that we need that she potentially has.
I wouldn't say resources are getting limited.
We still have options,
but they are slightly higher risk.
Bayan... (SNORTS)
He's giving me the irits.
Get you on the ground.
He'll get a punch in the undies if I ever come across him.
(CARTER LAUGHS)
NARRATOR: In the rural town of Woodend...
..fugitive couple Holly and Josh
are earning money for their final push to the end.
HOLLY: Oh! I'm gonna get ya! Whoo!
(GIBBERS PLAYFULLY)
Got you! (LAUGHS)
HOLLY: I, um, had, like, 10 hours sleep.
Feeling pretty good right now.
Coming into it, I had so many friends tell me,
"Oh, you won't last two days."
Or I had so many people saying,
"Oh, you have absolutely no skills for this.
"Josh has all the skills for this.
"You're just there along for the ride."
And honestly that hurts and I really wanna prove them wrong.
It's funny, I feel like when we first started it,
we were just kind of like,
"I hope we make it through the first 48 hours."
And that soon turned into "I hope we make it past the first week."
And now I'm just, like, we need to make it all the way to the end.
Like, six more days to go.
There are no other options. That is the only option.
Like, we have to win at this point.
REECE: Maybe it's a little bit of a frustration at this end
that I just wanna bash heads, but we're not allowed to.
NARRATOR: Back at HQ,
after days of dead ends on Holly and Josh...
We're gonna do a...a combined task on Holly and Joshua's residence.
..the hunters are preparing to infiltrate their home address
to look for any intel
that could bring them back on their radar.
Charlie, once you are there,
you've got the technical skills that we need
to take the lead and conduct surreptitious entry.
Roger that, boss.
I have a location for you. Prepare to copy.
Residential address for Holly and Joshua is Footscray area.
Yeah, copy that.
Charlie, Delta - good copy. Thanks. Out.
Ops out to you, Delta. Delta, this is Charlie.
We are 10 minutes from your loc.
(TWO-WAY TRILLS) Yeah, copy that.
This is exciting. This is good.
The ground hunters will use covert means
to get access to that premises.
There's secret ways of getting into premises
we won't delve too far into.
Getting inside there will open up Pandora's box.
Just when they think there's nothing to go on,
there's always something to go on.
They always leave a clue even when they think they don't.
HOLLY: I'm definitely getting more tired the longer this goes on.
I just think that we've got a few 007s out there
that have access to everything at the click of a finger
and could find us at any point in time.
Righto, Delta, let's have this. Let's get this done.
Let's go, Charlie.
HOLLY: I think pressure is building every day.
And now they're gonna be focusing all their attention on us.
Um...
Looks good.
There are no rooms for slip-ups.
That's my biggest fear, is that Josh and I will make a mindless mistake.
And that just can't happen in the final week
because that will get us caught.
(SOFTLY) Just here.
HOLLY: So the pressure is definitely building.
And I'm getting more and more worried that the hunters are right behind us.
(TWO-WAY TRILLS) Headquarters, this is Charlie.
We are in. We're in.
The wolves are about to come out and play.
(TENSE MUSIC)
NARRATOR: In Footscray...
..ground hunter teams Charlie and Delta...
(SOFTLY) Just here.
..are executing a covert entry
into fugitive couple Holly and Josh's residence.
Clear. Hmm? Good.
Charlie, good copy.
For your SA, we have just made entry.
(MICHELLE WHISPERS) Let's go.
Going in now.
Hey, guys. Welcome.
We're obviously looking for any historical data,
anything that will help us get a link to where they're going.
BOTH: Yep.
Let's just build a picture on who they are.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
There's nothing in here.
Who puts Shapes in the freezers?
(SIGHS) This could be interesting.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
Nuh. There's nothing in there.
This guy's got a sock issue.
They just fall out of everywhere.
Call record. (PANEL BEEPS)
Oh, here we go.
(PANEL BEEPS)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CRESCENDOS)
Gold dust, people. Gold dust.
I just found a diary hidden in one of the drawers in the bedroom.
Reference numbers, hotels,
their itinerary.
Oh, sensational.
KELLIE: Contacts. Helpers.
(MICHELLE GASPS) Wow.
That is fabulous.
Stop there. I didn't get that page.
Well done, Howie. That's awesome.
They're going down, these two.
They're going down.
How did we get on with the covert entry?
Outstanding. Fantastic.
Howie found a diary which had a lot of good stuff in it as well.
Yes! Gold.
Found the diary with the itinerary,
everywhere they've been and all their contacts.
Nice, mate.
Looks like they've got a few networks there, that's for sure.
Alright, understood.
The big thing for me that I can get the guys to work on
is the people on that list -
potentially these are networks that'll be helping them.
Yeah. Thanks, guys. Good debrief.
The best thing I've done today is gone through someone's drawer.
(LAUGHS)
VIKKI: Why else would you write your friend's name in a notebook
for no reason?
NARRATOR: In HQ, it's Vikki's job
to analyse the pages of contacts and associates listed in Holly's diary.
Hey, Vikki? Yes?
The Armstrong Creek address that you wanted me to check
belongs to Ally, the one that's in the notebook.
Oh, that's pretty cool.
Hey, Ben. There is a note written by Holly that just says 'Ally - 16'
and then an address.
It seems pretty likely they're gonna do that.
So this is a friend of Holly? Yes, it is a friend of Holly.
If you agree, Chief... Yeah, bring 'em on.
Sort of technical on the vehicle. Yeah, yeah.
If they're gonna be in play on the 16th,
which is in two days, so let's go and see her now.
'Cause they'll think, "They've spoken to me already.
"I'm still good for the 16th."
This is the first decent, tangible lead we've had on Holly and Josh
for quite some time.
We need to capitalise on this.
We need to put the right resources and the right focus on this
just in case it is in plain sight
and they are actually going to meet Ally as they described in that diary.
Because if they do, that's when we move in and say hello.
(BIRDSONG)
JORDAN: It's good.
I don't know what the flavour is, but...
NARRATOR: Father-and-son fugitives Tharren and Jordan
have been relying on the kindness of strangers
to stay off the grid.
These are the times you kind of miss the, uh...
..creature comforts of home.
They've avoided technology
and even modern comforts.
Oh, yeah, that's gonna be cold.
Holy dooley!
How fast?
Whoa! Whoo-hoo!
Oh, it's actually not bad.
OK, you know, it's crazy.
Whoo!
OK. Wah! OK, a little bit more.
OK, that's enough. That's enough.
Did you do under your arms? Yeah, yeah.
JORDAN: Going on the run and dealing with the paranoia
that people are chasing us,
it's really hard, it is really difficult.
But we are in the final week.
And, you know, without Dad,
it would be a very different story.
Thanks, Dad. Nah, perfect.
Nah, nah, happy to help.
What a shower! What a shower.
I'm loving time together.
It's time that we really don't get
and it's something that I've missed.
Our goal is to achieve and win this thing,
but it's also we get 21 days together.
This is 21 days that we will never forget.
Nice, Dad.
We're both happy, we're both confident
and we're now on the home stretch.
We need to plan.
OK, so... We're here.
With only six days remaining to evade the hunters,
Tharren and Jordan have the ultimate decoy
to throw them off their scent...
Post office must be just in here.
..a decoy they've been preparing since day one.
No, this is lovely. I've got a township map of Colac.
One of the things we've planned is send postcards.
Yep. Cause a little bit of misdirection.
If we can allow them to go,
"OK, there's postcards from multiple different little towns..."
Bulla's a nice little place.
That we drove through. Drove through.
(LAUGHS)
..locations that they kind of have to look into
wastes time.
Wastes time and resources.
And I'm sure that the Bacchus Hill Winery is lovely,
but we won't be going there. (LAUGHS)
I'll be back soon.
They're now ready to deploy their tourist trap
in a small rural town...
We wanna access the post office.
..hoping to avoid CCTV cameras
in case the hunters trace where the package is posted from.
Hi, guys. How are we doing?
Um, post office - just go through here?
Yeah, cool.
Um, hey, I'm looking just for a post bag
to send 200g, probably.
It won't...it's not heavy.
(TENSE MUSIC)
If I can pay cash and keep moving.
(BEEP!)
Thank you.
Sorry, I'm just in a bit of a hurry. Thank you, mate. Thank you.
MAN: No worries, mate.
Um...
We've gotta move.
Did not like that at all.
I was too slow. I was too indecisive.
Plus, there are cameras about.
We could be very compromised.
Let's be honest. Hunters aren't smart people.
No. They're just not.
Ben Owen, if he is a hunter this year,
his career could be in tatters because...
Because of us? ..they couldn't catch us!
"Hello, it's me, Ben Owen." (LAUGHS)
"I can't catch a couple of boys
"when literally everyone in town's talking about them."
(LAUGHS)
Ohh.
REECE: How we looking, mate?
BEN: Um, it's not great. I'll make you a cup of tea.
You're gonna make me... Today? Yeah.
I'm gonna put that in the diary.
"Today, Reece made me..."
BOTH: "..a cup of tea."
Uh, right, what was I just about to do?
NARRATOR: Having uncovered a list of contacts
from Holly and Josh's hidden diary...
HUNTER: G'day, Ben.
HQ are deploying Team Bravo
to investigate an associate they believe
the fugitives may visit soon.
We've identified Ally.
And then it says '16th'.
And then it gives her address.
The hope is either Ally goes towards Holly and Josh
or Holly and Josh go to Ally.
And if we're so close, we may as well cover that off.
Bravo. Roger, moving now.
Let's have it!
In Woodend,
the fugitive couple have asked their helper, Jenny,
to book a hotel room for them.
"Pre-check-in has been completed for your stay
"and your room will be available from 2pm."
Amazing! Awesome. Thank you.
"Please make your way to reception on arrival.
"We look forward to welcoming you."
So hopefully you won't have to do anything, you'll just...
We'll just say, "Hey, we're going under 'Jenny'."
We're off again.
We're definitely glad to be getting out of Woodend,
changing our plan, really, and tactic overall.
Yeah, this is gonna be our first motel that we're staying at.
What do you think of the hair? Do you like it?
Yeah! Oh, my gosh.
Who is she?
Black widow.
We need to mix it up.
Like, we've been...we've been kinda doing the same thing,
doing the same pattern for the past few weeks.
And I think we really need to be unpredictable
and switch it up and...
In that case, they won't be able to track or trace us
or even anticipate our movements.
So it's good to switch up our tactics.
I agree.
Thank you so much! Really appreciate it.
Thank you, Jenny. I'll see you afterwards, no doubt.
Hi! How you going?
WOMAN: Good, and you? Good.
WOMAN:
Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Just here for accommodation.
Uh, no, I don't have ID, but the booking name's under Jenny.
My friend booked it in for us.
OK, um...
So we have a problem.
What? They need to see ID.
Well, do we show it? I don't know.
It's just...I really don't wanna show them the name,
'cause that's just a direct trail.
We haven't had to show our name anywhere as of yet.
Yeah, I'm just worried this is the thing that's gonna get us caught.
I think we risk it because they don't have, like,
a database of every single hotel
and they, like, see our names and it just pops up.
Yeah, but that's the only way we would get caught.
Like, what we've been doing so far has been working.
This is, like, actually traceable.
The CCTV footage, all the people that were round,
like, so many people identified me and saw me
and I'm sure they could tip off the hunters,
bring them to St Albans area.
Yeah. We gotta get out of here.
So, what do you wanna do?
(SIGHS) Do you wanna just go with a contact?
Yep, I think I wanna get a stranger
and use their phone and call Ally.
(SIGHS) Um...
I think we have to do it, I think as annoying as it is.
I have no social media contact with her whatsoever.
So it would be good to stay with her.
Yeah.
We just...go Ally.
NARRATOR: Ally is Holly's family friend
and a key contact before the fugitives plan to reach extraction.
HQ, Bravo. Good copy.
Moving in for soft knock now. One minute, one minute.
I'll secure the rear. You knock on the front.
Let me know when you're there and I'll come around.
Good.
And she's about to meet Team Bravo.
Rabs, Blue. In position at the rear.
Righto, stand by. Going in now.
(SNIFFS)
HQ, Bravo. That's us moving for a soft knock.
Ally. G'day.
How are ya? Yeah, good. How are you?
Good, thanks. Good. That's good.
Ally, I'm looking for Josh and Holly.
No, I haven't seen 'em. Haven't seen 'em?
No. Have you heard from 'em?
No, actually. I thought they were gonna call, but...
OK. Yeah. Yeah.
Are we able to have a look to make sure they're not here at the moment?
Yeah, go ahead. Thank you.
No worries.
Yeah, Blue, move around the front, mate. House clear.
Yeah, Blue moving.
So tell me about Josh and Holly.
Where are they?
No idea? Nuh.
Oh, right. When's the last time you spoke to them?
Years? Yeah.
Yep. Yeah.
Excuse me, mate.
We're just wondering - could we borrow your phone
just to make one phone call?
Thanks, man. HOLLY: Thanks so much.
I appreciate that a lot. Really appreciate it.
Are you happy if we look through your phone?
Yeah.
(LINE RINGS)
(PHONE BUZZES)
You just missed a call.
(LINE RINGS)
NARRATOR: Holly and Josh are attempting to contact
family friend Ally...
..unaware Ground Hunter Team Bravo
have beaten them to her.
You just missed a call.
That's alright. I can get back to that later.
Can I just ask you a few more questions?
RECORDED VOICE: The person you are calling is not available.
Wanna just call Narelle?
'Cause Yarraville to here, how long is that?
20 minutes?
Yeah, it's not far.
Sound good? Sounds good.
NARRATOR: With Ally not picking up,
the fugitives change tack to call Narelle,
previously a stranger to them until they met while camping.
Andy, Narelle, nice to meet you.
Holly and Josh. Where are you guys from?
Oh, amazing! Same us - we're from Footscray.
Josh and I are actually fugitives on the run
and we'd love to ask you guys
if we could maybe stay at your place?
Yeah.
(LINE RINGS)
..person you are calling is not available. Please...
OK. OK.
Might just...
Sorry, is it alright we send a text message to that same person?
Is that alright? Thank you, my friend. We really appreciate that.
"Just your camping friends in a bit of a pickle,
"may need your help, sorry to be a pain."
They gave a thumbs-up,
so I reckon it's possible they might actually come.
Perfect.
Maybe we should say we'll meet them on the corner of Andrea Street.
A-N-D-R-E-A.
Andrea Street. Yeah.
St Albans.
All done, my friend. Thank you so much, brother.
What about the call logs, Josh?
Are the call logs deleted?
Um... Oh, that's...that's fine.
Did you delete the call logs?
I deleted the messages.
But not the calls.
My gut was telling me that you're playing a bigger part in this.
Yep.
Thanks so much for your help. No worries.
Appreciate it. Thanks for your time.
Didn't get much out of that, eh?
Nothing.
Nah, that's a load of shit, I reckon.
Bravo, what did you guys get down in that area?
Roger, Ben. So we conducted that soft knock. Spoke to Ally.
Good, good, good.
Ally hasn't had any contact with them directly, or so she says.
She definitely had a guilty conscience.
Mate, she's definitely part of it somehow.
She was being really cagey. Poker face. Gave us nothing.
From her reaction, it tells us
that perhaps she is the one next in line to help.
So I think we picked the right person in the network to go for.
She does have a vehicle.
I think it'd be a well-worth exercise
to go and pop a tracking device on it.
We can then put units near to Ally
so if that vehicle moves, we can track that vehicle
and hopefully take us to Holly and Josh.
I reckon we're onto 'em.
JOSH: Oh, boy.
What a time to be alive, right?
If this all goes to plan and Narelle and Andy pick us up,
we've dodged a massive bullet just then.
I think that place was way too hot.
The only loss there was $155, which kinda hurts,
'cause we're low on cash, but also
I'd rather lose that cash than lose the game and $100,000 cash.
So we stay there for the night.
Yep. Two nights camping.
And then we've got Saturday/Sunday potentially with...
Ally. ..Ally.
Yeah. This is good. Yeah, I like it.
Is that... Is that them?
Oh! Yay!
(EXCLAIMS INDISTINCTLY) You came! Yay! Thank you!
We have to tell you about the day we've had.
We'll tell you in the car. Oh, it has been so interesting.
I can't wait to tell you. It's been wild, hey?
to become a braver person, a more independent person.
And for that, I'm really excited to kinda see where it goes.
Thank you so much. This is great.
(RADIO TRILLS)
Alpha got in position, ID'd that vehicle, 223.
They are now placing that tracker on.
Roger.
The track is being placed on
the vehicle in regards to Ally.
Nice.
Our strategy is to cover Ally,
put her under surveillance.
We have a tracker on her vehicle.
Everywhere she goes, whether she's going to the gym,
she's going grocery shopping or she goes home for a sleep,
we're gonna know about it.
We've been dreaming of pizza
for the past how many nights we've been camping,
eating the same mee goreng noodles.
Well, enjoy! Amazing. Thank you so much.
Honestly, we will.
(RADIO TRILLS) HQ. HQ, Alpha.
Successful deployment of that tracker.
Awesome. Good to go.
Is that a military thing? Good to go. Let's ramp it up.
Oh, I need to adjust my chair so I can do that.
(LAUGHS)
We've been struggling. We finally found our feet.
We're now one step ahead.
VOICEOVER: Watch every adrenaline-pumping moment
of the thrilling second series of Hunted Australia
with full episodes on 10 play.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
NARRATOR: Near the rural town of Meredith...
THARREN: New and improved, 2.0.
..Tharren and Jordan are ready for a new look...
Oh, hair brush. Haven't used one of these for a while.
Oh, luxury.
..and a new location.
JORDAN: Goodbye, sweet home.
On the road again.
We're leaving the safety of the ranch.
The hunters will be zeroing in on us,
so the game play is to waste more of the hunters' time.
DRIVER: See you, guys. See ya.
Take care. Thank you.
We've left a few postcards to make it seem like we're moving south,
but we are really going in the complete different direction.
We weren't meant to be here, right? No.
So if we're not meant to be here,
we're kind of in the right place.
Yeah, we're in the perfect place.
So let's make the most of a perfect place, eh?
OK, yeah, I like that.
There is a hotel at the end of this.
I work as a chaplain at the juvenile detention centre.
I meet a number of really wonderful, wonderful young people
that have had very few opportunities in life,
and I just want to be able to help them and better understand them.
So, just looking if we could potentially work for a bit of stay.
We don't have much money.
Let me ask the guys inside... Please.
..and I'll come back. Thank you. Thank you.
Being on the run, I'm certainly getting an idea
of how they feel at times,
and what life's like for them in uncomfortable moments.
Be a bit more empathetic to their situations.
Though I promise not to steal a car.
(BOTH LAUGH)
WOMAN: Hi, how are you? Yeah, good, yourself?
Good.
We're looking for a night's accommodation, potentially,
and if we can work for it...
For a discount. Sure, we'll give you a night.
Sure? Really? Yeah.
That would be incredible. OK.
The Daylesford Hotel saved us.
Oh, you're joking me.
(THARREN LAUGHS)
We'll be safe.
(LAUGHS) Good. Oh, man!
We had fruit boxes up next to us the other night.
I was worried about the rats gnawing on the side of the tent.
We've got mail
from Tharren and Jordan.
Oh, nice.
Let's have a look inside.
Looks like they've been on a little collection mission.
From Colac.
"Dear hunters, while we've been travelling,
"Jordan and I have learnt so much
"and are continuing to learn about our great country."
We'll have a look at where all these places are on the map.
This is good intel.
I want to know how we got it and where it was posted.
Forensically process the envelope. Yeah, absolutely.
Receiving mail from Tharren and Jordan,
that is a ballsy move.
I want to track CCTV cameras at the time of postage,
who actually posted it, and we'll knock it out of the bag.
Yeah, will do, Chief, we'll get it off to the lab.
Thanks, Chief. Thanks, Leigha. Very interesting.
Awesome.
Every little piece of evidence leaves a trail,
so whether that's the Australia Post tracking,
the fingerprints or the DNA,
every contact is a trace, and we'll follow that down.
It only takes one thing and game's over.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Oh! I'm putting on my wig. I'm putting my wig on.
I look like I'm about to hold up a liquor store.
Hm!
The hat gives you a very country bumpkin look.
It's great. I love it.
NARRATOR: In Richmond, fugitives Bayan and Eesha
are venturing outside for some fresh air.
EESHA: I feel like everything's gonna be great today.
It feels like a good day.
They're unaware their burner phone is on full intercept.
However, out of an abundance of caution,
they're staking out a nearby public payphone.
We do have a few phone calls to make,
so if this location is deemed safe,
we may make a couple of calls off the payphone.
Hey, free Telstra wi-fi.
We can google here.
There's no cameras in here.
No cameras here.
It looks safe.
Alright, so we've got a phone booth.
There's no cameras.
If we've got a wi-fi connection here,
what's to stop us from VPN-ing...
..and making calls on Signal?
While a VPN or virtual private network
is a useful tool to hide a device's true location...
Does that actually work? No, might not.
I wish I knew more about how VPNs work.
..with their handset on intercept,
the hunters have access to any internet activity they make.
You know what?
We could, off the hotspot of this, you could google how VPNs work,
if you want to learn about it.
Do you want to do that now? Yeah, if you want.
Alright, I'm gonna make a private window.
Yeah, do that.
I have intel, Bayan and Eesha, a public wi-fi hit.
In Richmond.
At 13:26 today.
Today. Today.
They did google,
and they were searching how VPNs work with public wi-fi.
(LAUGHS)
Sending it through to you, Carter.
Do we have an exact address in Richmond,
or is that just the general area that they've logged in?
There are coordinates
and there is a closest street location.
Whoo-hoo-hoo!
They could have DM'd me. I could have told them.
CHIEF: It's a good pick-up, guys. We are closing the gap on these two.
Stand by.
How VPNs work in public wi-fi.
They're playing an A-grade game.
We're gonna play an A-plus game.
13:26, they could be there, then. They could still be there.
Simpfy. Yeah?
Would you mind looking at cameras around the area, please?
I will, mate.
EESHA: Oh, it does work.
OK, so it says here,
how to get a VPN for public wi-fi hotspots.
Find a secure VPN, NordVPN, which we have.
Right.
Open the VPN app, and then you can just do it off the wi-fi.
And it masks your location? Yeah.
Alright, let's go.
Are we hungry? (CHUCKLES)
Let's go, let's go.
BEN: The fugitives this time around may have done their homework,
but they cannot forget that this is our job as well.
This is what we've been doing for years.
The people in this room, ground hunters out there on the ground,
this is their area of expertise.
Whatever they think they've genned up on or educated themselves on,
we're already one step ahead.
Ben. Yeah?
We have CCTV at the same location. Yes!
I'll pop it on the screen.
So this is, I think,
the block of flats is to the back of the camera here,
and that's where the connection on the wi-fi took place.
Oh, there they are. Down under the tree.
MAN: In the distance.
They've got no backpacks.
They're walking slowly.
Can't see them towards the vehicle.
CHIEF: That's the first time we've seen them since the first footage.
Now we're on the money. We are on the money.
What about we literally throw in the kitchen sink
and throw three units towards it?
Yeah, just shake some shit up.
Send everyone.
All units.
Camera CCTV sighting, Bayan and Eesha
in the Richmond area.
(GASPS)
Junction of Highett Street and Belgium Avenue.
Charlie, as soon as possible, could you start tracking north
on Hoddle Street?
Echo are gonna start on the eastern side, travelling west.
Charlie, do you copy?
Echo, received.
Let's do it, brother.
Alpha, can you get a long look and eyes down on that phone box?
But we're here. We're literally on it.
We're on it, we're on it, we're on it.
Good find with the camera, mate.
Well done. Yeah, really good work, Simpf.
You'll make a good police officer one day.
I'm retired, Chief, I'm not dead.
BEN: We've got three ground-hunter units moving in as we speak.
Got the CCTV. We're in the right area.
We are on top of Bayan and Eesha finally.
That was a very fruitful little exercise we've just conducted.
Mm.
I'm liking these Telstra phone boxes.
Yeah, learned something new today. Good little fugitive tool.
BEN: Charlie, do you read?
Roger.
Guys, how far off of that location are you?
Three seconds.
(GASPS) Get 'em.
Could be on, guys, could be on.
Come out, come out, wherever you are.
No-one gets away, team.
We've got to maintain the pressure on them.
We are red hot. We're not gonna get this close again.
NARRATOR: In Richmond...
Keep your eyes wide open, mate.
Wide open.
Dark clothes, shorts.
Three ground-hunter units have been deployed to the area
to search for fugitives Bayan and Eesha
after they were detected on CCTV footage
near a public payphone.
BEN: And that's where the connection took place.
If they're near to that payphone, they can get the connection, right?
(BEEP) HQ, Alpha.
Go ahead, Alpha.
Been up and down multiple times. Both ends cut off.
There's zero sighting at the moment.
We've got the phone box under constant monitoring.
If there's any more activity, we'll get that.
Just remain in position, keep eyes down. Thank you.
Yeah, roger.
We've got three ground-hunter units in Richmond,
we've got a CCTV sighting of Bayan and Eesha not long ago.
We think they're still in the area.
We're scouring the streets.
So, it's that telephone booth right there.
There's the block of flats there. And those units.
They could just be doing a big loop, you know,
and then they walk back down here.
Check the cars, mate.
Check the cars. See if anyone's in a car.
Keep your eyes open, mate. They could be anywhere just here.
I'll go back to the last ping location.
It might be worth getting out on foot and doing a walk-through, mate.
There are quite a few people in the middle of this massive unit complex.
Your call, Jase, let's go.
Roger, mate, cheers.
HQ, Echo.
Should I proceed on foot, search out a few of those hiding holes, over?
Yep.
(TENSE MUSIC)
BEN: There is always a risk
when we plough a lot of resources into one area.
It's high risk
because we have many hunters going in and around them streets
of Richmond.
We could be spotted before we see the fugitives.
On the other hand, if we only send one unit in,
there's a likeliness that we will not see them.
We've committed, so we'll make it work.
GROUND HUNTER: Yeah, just looking for a couple of people.
You haven't seen anyone trying to hide?
They'll be worried about cameras,
but the heat might get the better of them.
That's true.
They'll be in the shade, wherever they are, they'll be in the shade.
Black clothing.
There were some people in dark clothing
moving backwards and forwards across the street just earlier.
Dark clothes. Shorts. Definitely not him.
Did you see that? What do you mean?
This car's acting suspiciously. It was coming this way.
The silver car heading east on York Street,
a silver vehicle east on York Street,
towards Echo's position.
GROUND HUNTER: Yeah, we're coming round from Lennox as well.
BEN: Come on. I love it when you old mates come together.
Yeah, Jase, you've got the call on the ground, mate. Take control.
Is that now? Yeah.
Stop that vehicle. Stop that vehicle.
Yeah, stop him now.
Is it that one? Yeah.
That Nissan QASHQAI seems to be not in the hunt, over.
Yeah, roger that.
It was just moving suspiciously,
and somebody ducked down in the back seat, that's all I saw.
Yeah, it's a dad with three kids in the back, mate. All good.
(LAUGHTER)
Roger.
HQ, Echo, just be advised,
we've got a massive footprint on the ground here.
NARRATOR: Three ground-hunter units
now surround a 2km radius
from the last CCTV sighting
of Bayan and Eesha,
and the fugitives have no idea
that the hunters are just around the corner.
Maybe I'll keep a lookout for when they arrive.
Yeah, if I see them around here,
I can yell out to them.
Hoping that a neighbour will come home from work at some stage,
and I can potentially borrow their telephone
for a quick phone call.
Who do I hear there?
I hear a person.
(INTENSE MUSIC)
I swear I saw somebody.
I thought I... I thought I may have seen a hunter, eh?
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
GROUND HUNTER: Yeah, Ben, you've got Echo on the eastern end, mate,
you've got Charlie on the western end.
And we're just roaming, mate.
Oh, I've got 'em. Eyes on, eyes on! Come down your side!
Come down close!
Eyes on, eyes on!
Go! Shit.
NARRATOR: It's a race against the clock...
It literally feels like we're at the end.
If we get through the next 24 hours,
we will make extraction.
..as the hunt reaches its final critical hours.
This is game on.
Hey, let's get out of here right now.
All units, all units, do not let them out.
How far will the fugitives go...
That's how it's done.
Quite frankly, guys, I'm up to pussy's bow with these two.
So many diversion tactics going on here.
We could be being played.
..to evade capture...
Feels like they are super-hot on our trail.
(DOG BARKS) I think we have to split.
We need to do anything we can to survive.
..and win $100,000?
Eyes on, eyes on! Go, go, go, go!
(INTENSE MUSIC)
Captions by Red Bee Media