- Emilio Gordon.

- I know you?

- [Jay] What's the story with Westside Trucking?

- Emilio Gordon?

Built that trucking company up.

- How?

- Mr.

Lindwall won't be answering any more questions.

Come with me.

(tense music) - [Dylan] Say what you like, I didn't cut his head off.

- Who said anything about Clarry having his head chopped off?

- [Dylan] Tony, no, I don't know anything!

(engines roaring) (vocalists vocalizing) - [Sandra] This justifies the entire dig.

- What else you hiding here?

That's big trouble, big trouble, that one.

That one sorry business.

Somebody put that there.

You don't muck around with this one.

(tense music) - [Fran] We found the remains of a body.

It's in a bag at the church.

It's my cousin, Zoe.

(vocalists humming) (vocalists continue humming) ♪ And the devil been watching ♪ I can feel his eyes ♪ And his army's been marching ♪ Through my dreams at night ♪ Voices and visions ♪ Dancing through my mind ♪ And all I see is the setting sun ♪ ♪ And a graveyard full of dreams ♪ ♪ I been meaning to carry on ♪ But the devil got his hands on me ♪ ♪ And the battle is raging ♪ And my body goes cold ♪ When the dead awaken ♪ Heaven help us, please ♪ 'Cause I been meaning to cross that bridge ♪ ♪ Where the water runs too deep ♪ ♪ I been meaning to carry on ♪ But the devil got his hands on me ♪ (gravel crunching) (cow mooing) (bird chirping) (gravel crunching) (birds squawking) (cattle lowing) - Vehicle registration number's been scratched off.

No plates.

Burnt out.

Could this be the one that picked up Dylan?

(solemn music) (solemn music continues) (solemn music continues) (solemn music continues) (solemn music continues) (people chattering) (solemn music continues) (truck engine rumbling) (footsteps plodding) - You want something?

- You own a white four-wheel drive, don't you?

- Lent it to a mate a few weeks ago.

- Oh, you don't mind giving me your mate's name and his number and I can verify that?

- [Emilio] Haven't got it.

- Well, find it.

You know why I'm in town, Emilio?

- Our famous sunset?

- The last few years, I've investigated a few murder cases, outback towns.

The thing is, they all revolved around ice distribution, used trucks, dirty cops.

Sophisticated business.

- [Worker] Now hurry up, now hurry up!

- What I haven't been able to work out is who are the bosses, or the boss.

- [Worker] Hurry up, (indistinct)!

- That's an interesting story.

- And then I come here.

Transient population.

Lots of boats in and out.

And here you are, and you own a trucking business.

(Emilio sighs) - Ask around about me down south.

I'll do the same about you.

Let's see where we find ourselves.

(footsteps plodding) - I just need to do a background check on a former police officer.

Simon Rowland.

Yeah.

No.

Yeah, thanks.

- Alkemi's lawyers have filed complaints against you for trespassing, harassment, and intimidation.

I've had Professional Standards on the phone scr... Are you listening to me?

You need to answer your phone.

You're in a lot of trouble.

- You know that tech equipment that Alkemi had?

It looked like surveillance tech for tracking shipments.

- He was in Special Forces in Timor, and he went back there after he left the army.

Has a sort of charity now.

Sends all sorts of equipment up there.

(phone ringing) - [Owen] Gideon Police.

- Jay.

I need your help.

(cellphone vibrates) - [Owen] Keep trying his mobile.

- Was that Professional Standards?

- What do you want?

- It's my cousin, Zoe.

Those bones are hers, I know it.

(phone ringing) - Yeah?

Okay.

- This is a cold case.

We're currently working on a murder investigation.

- She was family.

- I understand.

But get Perth to activate it, and they'll send up some cold case detectives.

- They're not gonna care about another dead Aboriginal girl.

(cellphone vibrating) I'll do all the work.

I just need to run some things past you, that's it.

- [Jay] Detective Swan.

ID 65489.

Yeah, I need some records on cellmates and known associates of Clarry Stewart, former inmate.

Thanks.

- Zoe was 17 when she went missing.

I know you give a. I just need some guidance.

Please.

- You've got until Corrections get back to me or we find the whereabouts of Dylan.

Come on.

(vehicle whooshing) So when Zoe took off, who reported her missing?

- No one.

- What about her family?

- Oh, she hadn't been with them for a while.

She was with Amos and Pansy.

- Are they family?

- Nah, nothing.

She was number two wife.

- Number two wife?

- The old men, they promised her to Amos.

- So did Amos and his wife report her missing?

- No.

Hello!

(knuckles rapping) - Franny.

What now?

- [Fran] Just want to have a yarn.

- What about?

- Zoe.

Big detective, look.

- I did everything I could to welcome her into our home.

Pretty little thing.

But straight away she let us know that she wanted to bolt down south.

- Whereabouts?

- She talked about Perth a lot.

Is this about the bones that were taken to the church?

Do you think it's Zoe?

- We don't know whose they are.

- [Jay] Do you think they could be Zoe's?

- I don't know what to think.

I hope they're not.

- We'd like to talk to Amos, as well.

- He's down at the dig site.

Oh, that poor girl.

Did you talk to Reverend Tom?

He and Zoe were close.

She once talked about him wanting her to move in with him.

- Do you think something was going on between them two?

- (chuckles) I never said anything like that.

He's a good man.

- How do you feel about Amos bringing another woman into your home?

- It's our lore.

No one forced her on to us.

(vocalists humming) ♪ I'm going down ♪ Down to the river ♪ Where my soul can be at peace ♪ ♪ I'm going down ♪ Down to the river ♪ Feel that sweet breeze ♪ All my friends ♪ Come and join me ♪ Gonna lay our burdens down ♪ Lay my ashes in that river - [Jay] Hey!

♪ Back in my old town ♪ I'm going down ♪ Down to the river - [Sandra] Yes, here.

- [Jessica] You were looking for bread?

- [Sandra] Ground ovens and remains of grain.

- [Jessica] Can I record this?

It'll just be for my uni assignment.

- Yeah.

So, the Sumerians were called the world's first bakers, and I came to this women's site to test a theory that the local Indigenous people used ground ovens to bake bread thousands of years before the Sumerians.

We found, or I found, a, a grindstone from the Pleistocene age that puts this site amongst the oldest in the world.

(bird chirping) ♪ I fell down (children chattering) ♪ From the mountain ♪ All the fault was mine ♪ I went looking ♪ For trouble ♪ I knew can't be found ♪ I went looking for something ♪ But the dream time was all I found ♪ (vocalists humming) - [Woman] Hey, Uncles?

- [Woman] What you got, Uncle?

- (indistinct) you fellas need.

- [Woman] Thank you, Uncle.

- Alright.

(vocalists humming) - And here, we found kangaroo bones that's been eaten.

All the way back.

Unbroken culture.

- I can't believe it.

It's like we're standing in history.

- Mm-hmm, I know.

(rocks clattering) Wah!

Hey!

Stop!

What are you doing?

♪ The river ♪ Where my soul can be at peace ♪ ♪ Oh, yeah (vocalists humming) - Why did you take those bones to the church?

- Well, there was a crucifix.

It just felt like the right thing to do.

- She did wrong.

She's got to go.

- Look, if I need more permissions, Mr... - No, we're shutting you down, woman.

- What?

No.

No, you can't.

(door creaking) (footsteps shuffling) Amos, you know how important this is.

Please give them back.

- That's Black fella business.

(siren wails) Keep your mouth shut.

(people chattering) - Everything alright?

- Yeah, we're good.

- Can I help you with anything?

- Just here to yarn to Amos.

- Excuse me, then.

- This Jimmy 2.

He big boss.

- Detective Jay Swan.

- You got to ask permission before you visit somebody's country.

- I got permission.

- Not from me you didn't, boy.

- Nice to meet you, Jimmy 2.

(footsteps shuffling) - What do you want, Mook-Mook?

- I want to talk about Zoe Mead.

(engine rumbling) (door clicking) (Emilio sighing) - Detective Swan.

- What are you doing?

- Following you.

So I did a bit of calling around.

Sounds like you got no friends.

Not in law enforcement, not in your own community.

- You trying to hurt my feelings?

- No, not your feelings.

But I have been thinking about this bigger picture of yours.

Drugs, dirty cops, massive distribution.

And for a cop like you, just seems like a dangerous position, that's all.

No one will miss you, no one will mourn you.

And you're pissing someone off who's got the means and the will to disappear you pretty quick.

- I felt sorry for her.

She was mixed up, she didn't want to be with us.

She was another kind, doing stupid things.

- [Fran] What kind of things?

- Drugs.

Boys.

We got bricks through the window there at home.

- You know why?

When was the last time you saw her?

- I bought her a ticket there, put her on a bus to Perth.

- You put her on a bus?

What for?

- Too much trouble here for her.

- [Fran] When was that?

- I don't know, long time, Pansy will tell you.

- I just spoke to Pansy.

She never said anything about you putting her on a bus.

- Well, I did.

- She never contacted you since?

- No, nothing.

Why would she do that?

She hated me.

- We cut that girl down twice.

Poor thing.

She needed looking after.

- Zoe tried to kill herself?

- Yeah, like too many kids here.

She was mixed up, we were just trying to help her.

- You didn't think to tell her family?

- They done nothing for her.

And that Reverend Tom was sniffing around.

- So what was going on between her and Reverend Tom?

- We're done.

Amos, we're going.

(footsteps shuffling) (car door thudding) - Your daughter's in Sydney, yeah?

And your wife's here in town, isn't she?

(sighs) Anyway, take care of your family.

- You just made a big mistake.

- We'll see.

- Detective Swan.

(rotors whirring) (bird calling) No, thanks.

(water lapping) - Big crocodile.

Just came up on shore and regurgitated that.

He's a big bastard, too.

He's still out there.

Wants to come back and get it.

I'm a bit surprised to see you here, Detective.

Thought you were barred from my property.

- I checked out your work in Timor.

Aid projects.

Schools.

Humanitarian work.

- It was a privilege to help.

They're good people.

- Looks like your house guest, Dylan, didn't go south then.

- I didn't think he'd leave.

The man lacked imagination.

If there's anything more you need from me, Detective, just sing out.

(water lapping) (door latch clicking) (PA announcer speaking indistinctly) (people chattering softly) (machine beeping) - [Simon] Hey.

- Hey.

- Just here to see Mum.

- Oh, is that right?

- Could have had another agenda.

Dinner tonight?

- Well, it's Friday night.

Maybe I'm busy.

- Pick you up at 7:30?

- 7:35.

Go on, piss off, I've got to work.

(footsteps shuffling) (engine rumbling) - [Fran] One young fella found another body part this morning.

- [Jay] Dylan?

- [Fran] No, I doubt it.

That croc wouldn't have come this far.

(tense music) (children chattering) - [Jay] Alkemi could have bailed Dylan to keep him away from someone.

- [Fran] Are you saying Emilio and Alkemi are against each other?

- [Jay] There you go.

Blood.

- We need to get Forensics down here.

(soft tense music) - Fran.

(camera shutter clicks) (soft tense music) - Is that... (soft tense music) (Jay grunts) - Yep.

Clarry Stewart's head.

- [Fran] What is that?

- You've never left a receipt at the bottom of a shopping bag before?

(tense music) (insects chirping) (birds chirping) (vehicle engine humming) (vocalists singing indistinctly) (handbrake clicks) (car door slams) - So, you found an arm, a head.

Just need a leg and you got the trifecta.

(chuckles) Coroner's on her way.

These came for you.

You're welcome.

- It's all taped off.

- Can you take care of this for me?

- Mm.

- What's that?

- In the bag with the head.

Found a receipt.

- Give us a look.

Bloody hell.

Big D's Hardware.

Franny, get down there.

Take a look.

- Yes, boss.

- [Owen] So tell me, anyone you got your eye on?

- [Jay] Nothing concrete.

- Yeah, but anyone you suspect?

- Everyone's a suspect, Owen.

(mellow music) (crow squawks) (mellow music) ♪ Sweet thoughts of comfort and grace it never takes much ♪ ♪ We'd get drunk on a diet of lust we never needed much ♪ - Hey, Flo.

- Gidday, Franny.

What's the news?

- I was just wondering if you were working last Tuesday.

- I would have been.

- [Fran] Around 1:00 pm?

- Yep.

- So someone came in at 1:14 and bought fencing pliers, triple braid rope, 100-pound line, and mozzie coils.

- How do you know that?

- Do you know who it was?

- I don't know, we would have had a few customers, I think.

- Was Emilio Gordon in that day?

- Ah, maybe.

(items thudding) - Flo, can I see the CCTV footage from last Tuesday?

- Is Emilio in trouble?

- I can wait.

(footsteps shuffling) (no audio) (no audio) (paper rustles) (soft tense music) (tense music) (paper rustles) (tense music) (birds calling) - [Fran] So if you see him, just, ah, just give us a call, eh?

Right, thank you.

Enjoy your day.

Sorry to interrupt.

We're just looking for this individual.

Have you seen him anywhere?

- No.

- No, sorry.

- Thank you.

You have a good morning.

- You too.

- Thanks.

- Pat!

(intense music) Stop!

Owen!

(intense music) (tires squeal) Pat!

Pat!

Stop.

(intense music) (siren wails) (Pat groans) - Is this what I look like?

Jesus, meth's evil.

- That bag with the receipt in it, we found it down at the waterhole with Clarry Stewart's head in it.

- No.

I don't know nothin' about that, alright?

Some bloke just told us to get some stuff.

That's it, alright?

Then he gave us 50 each.

- Who?

- Pat, you're going down for accessory to murder, if not murder.

(gravel crunching) (people chattering softly) (car whooshing) (fists thudding) - How's the Ross River?

- It's a nightmare.

The guards are holding my meds.

So I'm depressed as, but, you know, that could just be this place, couldn't it?

- How long did you get?

- Like you don't know.

(laughs) - Good behavior.

Four to go.

That's a life sentence.

(fists thudding) - What do you want?

- Clarry Stewart.

- What about him?

- He your mate?

Clarry's dead.

I found his head today in a plastic bag in the scrub.

What can you tell me about him?

- He was a good bloke.

He gambled a bit too much.

He tried to mix it with the big boys.

He never hurt no one.

He didn't deserve to die like that.

Where'd they get him?

- Gideon.

You know anybody up there?

Lain Crossing.

Sam Bailey, Pete Bailey.

Mahmoud Stephens.

Benny Munro.

You know who they are?

- Yeah, they're the bikies you killed.

- It's all wrapped up in your little world of ice dealing, Errol, isn't it?

You and your best mate Clarry, who's no longer with us.

You see, I reckon you all work for the same people.

It goes back up the chain, back to Gideon.

- Trucking business, hey.

- Emilio Gordon's trucking business?

- You'll never get him.

- Why not?

- 'Cause he's too big.

- Oh, well, we're done here then.

- I'm sick of this.

I'm sick, I'm sick of this place.

I'm sick of this life.

Just want to get out.

- You'll go witness?

- What do I say?

- You say who the boss is.

- Can you give me protection?

- You got my word.

- I'll go witness.

(tense music) (fist thudding) (tense music) (tense music continues) (tense music continues) - I suspected Zoe was involved in things she shouldn't have been, but I never pushed her to tell me about it.

- Do you know she tried to commit suicide?

Twice.

- She was lost.

I tried to help her, I tried to protect her.

- From who?

- Herself.

- Pansy told me you asked her to move in with you.

- It wasn't like that.

I said she could stay in the spare room for a while if she wanted.

- In your house.

Alone with you.

- I cared for her.

I did nothing but try to help her.

I mean, she was lost.

She wasn't getting the support she needed.

I didn't know I was going to be treated like a suspect, Franny.

Do I need to call a lawyer?

- That's up to you.

When was the last time you saw her?

- The last time I saw her, we... It was unpleasant.

I'd heard she'd been going down to the truck stop.

You know what the girls do down there?

They prostitute their bodies.

For money, for alcohol, for drugs.

I was furious.

I, I, I was unforgiving.

And she left.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Are you alright?

- I've always had this idea of her, in my head.

For years.

Now everyone's telling me I have no idea who she was.

- This town has always been broken.

The only thing people like you and I can do is, anything we can.

Would you like a whisky?

- No.

- Then you can leave, 'cause I need one.

(Fran sighs) (footsteps shuffling) (footsteps continue shuffling) (footsteps shuffle) (mellow music) ♪ Feels like getting up ♪ Looking in to the mirror ♪ But the face you see ♪ Don't belong to a rock 'n' roll star ♪ ♪ Dim-lit rooms and the water is cold ♪ ♪ Need to get out and change some things ♪ ♪ I've been living this dream for too long ♪ ♪ I've been living this dream for too long ♪ - Hey, sweet one.

There's a nice little wine bar up the road.

Might make you feel a little bit more at home.

- I'll have a double gin tonic.

- I don't do table service.

- Hey, this one's on me.

- No, I'm fine.

- Just want to say, uh, you're real pretty.

(chuckles) - Hey!

You heard her, Cluny, you.

Knock it off.

- I'll be waiting for your drought to break.

- [Suzi-John] Go on.

I'll get you a drink.

Don't move.

- [Cowboy] Hey, hey, Suzi, Suzi, don't be like that!

♪ I want to be cruising down the street ♪ ♪ In a big white Cadillac ♪ I want to eat in all those fancy places ♪ ♪ That I could only ever look at ♪ ♪ 'Cause this ain't no life for a rock 'n' roll star ♪ (crowd cheering and applauding) - Can I join you?

Listen, I... I shouldn't have put the bones at the church.

I'm sorry, if I could take it back, I would.

- You don't belong here.

(crowd cheers and whistles) - Behave yourselves, Watch how a real deadly does it.

- [Woman] Hey, sexy!

- Hey.

- Love you, Suzi!

(mellow music) ♪ You was born to be a cowboy ♪ Riding high on the rodeo ♪ Facing the circuit ♪ Wherever it goes ♪ It's a hard, hard life - I have $3,000.

I'm not trying to buy you off or insult you or anything.

I just need those artifacts back.

Be careful.

- These worth 3 grand, you reckon?

- Yes, they are.

- Why they important to you?

- Because they let me see into deep time.

- Deep time?

- Mm.

- Ain't no such thing as time.

Time helps you white fellas put a measurement on something you have no control over.

- We both want the same thing.

I don't want the police tracing those bones down to the dig site 'cause they'll destroy all my work.

And you are involved with those bones somehow.

I don't want to know.

- I reckon these'd be better to stay on country.

- You don't want me to dig because there's more down there, is that it?

What is it?

What is it?

(Sandra gasps) - Now you listen to me.

I've been putting up with you, but no more.

You're gone tomorrow, or I'll come for you.

- Hey, hey, hey.

Hey, hey, hey, hey!

Hey!

Let her go, old man!

I got two more songs to sing.

These mob come to watch me, not you.

(insects chirping) (insects continue chirping) (footsteps plodding) (chair scraping) (no audio) (keys clacking) (footsteps shuffling) - [Fran] Hello!

(light switch clicks) Oh.

Phillip.

You scared me.

- Is it true?

Are those her bones?

- We don't know yet.

- Don't me!

Everyone's saying it.

Did they murder her?

- Did who murder her?

- I'm not dealing with this.

- Oi, come on, calm down, I can help.

- How're you gonna help, Mook-Mook?

- Just sit down.

Let's talk about this.

- About what?

- I know you're caught up in something.

Did you know Clarry?

The body we found in the mangrove?

- I had nothing to do with that.

- You know who did?

- My sister's dead, and you're putting this on me?

- Do you know why I put on this uniform?

- Why?

- For Zoe.

I kept asking questions.

Everyone told me to shut up.

So I thought, "I'll make you listen to me.

You'll have to listen to me now."

- Do you know who killed her then?

- Phillip.

(footsteps plodding) (fire crackling) (fire continues crackling) (soft music) ♪ Shadows (fire crackling) (vocalists singing indistinctly) (vocalists continue singing indistinctly) (vocalists continue singing indistinctly) (vocalists continue singing indistinctly) (engine rumbling) (door thuds) (gravel crunching) (choir singing indistinctly) (choir continues singing indistinctly) (choir continues singing indistinctly) (Sandra grunting) (Sandra panting) (choir continues singing indistinctly) (Sandra grunting) (choir continues singing indistinctly) (Sandra grunting) (choir continues singing indistinctly) (Sandra panting) (choir continues singing indistinctly) (choir continues singing indistinctly) (choir continues singing indistinctly) (choir continues singing indistinctly) (choir continues singing indistinctly) (choir continues singing indistinctly) (choir continues singing indistinctly) (camera shutter clicking) (choir continues singing indistinctly) (choir continues singing indistinctly) (choir continues singing indistinctly) - [Receptionist] What do you think you're doing?

- Where's your boss?

- Gone to Perth.

Can I help you, mate?

(cellphone vibrating) Jay Swan.

- You can leave now, alright?

- Yep.

Right.

- Stay under a hundred.

- Sure.

- Good on you.

- How'd you go, Trent?

Are you sure?

Okay.

Thanks.

- How's your case going?

- So were you a good cop?

- Yeah, I was.

- 'Cause I heard from a mate of mine, and there's no record of any officer by the name of Simon Rowland.

So who the hell are you, really?

- Yeah, that's not my name, 'cause I got a new one when I left undercover.

So you and your good mate can get.

Mary deserves better than you.

- You say you worked drugs, but you can't see what's going on in this town?

The trucking business, the meth that's coming out of here.

There's 20 different types of drugs that are flowing through this town, and you keep your head down.

- I lost my wife, my kids, everything to that job.

So yeah, I keep my head down 'cause it's better than getting it kicked in.

I may not have been the best cop, but I know where I'd look first.

- Will you show me?

(intense music) - Just go around there.

So it's been a bad season.

Prawns aren't out there, prawners are struggling, except for these guys.

They've got boats going in and out, trucks coming and going.

Their employees come into town.

They got the look, the tats.

They're all cashed up.

- And you didn't mention this to anyone?

- No.

(tense music) Hey, hold on, cowboy.

Call it in.

Get the Drug Squad, you know, and get the Feds up here.

- No.

- These are serious people, mate.

You need back up.

- Hold the ladder for me will you, boss?

- [Dockhand] Sure.

(footsteps plodding) - [Dockhand] Just gonna carry on doing what I do.

(people chattering) (footsteps plodding) (people chattering) (no audio) (footsteps shuffling) - [Dockhand] Hey.

(people chattering) (footsteps shuffling) (gate creaking) (footsteps plodding) (no audio) (gate creaking) (footsteps plodding) (footsteps continue plodding) (water dripping) (water splashing) (water rippling) (door clacking) (door clacks) (container lid thuds) (knuckles rapping) (knuckles continue rapping) (tense music) (foot thudding) (gun clicks) (tense music) (door creaking) (tense music) (liquid bubbling) (tense music) (fist thudding) (Jay grunts) (Jay groans) (gun clatters) - I could have liked you, Jay Swan.

- You killed Dylan.

And Clarry.

(gunshot booming) (Emilio groans) - Emilio!

(Emilio gagging) Stay with me!

Stay with me!

Stay with me!

Breathe, breathe, breathe, breathe.

(tense music) (Emilio gagging) (tense music) (intense music) (intense music continues) (intense music continues) (intense music continues) (intense music continues) (no audio)