Mystery Road
Blood Ties
Season 1 Episode 2 | 53m 23sVideo has Closed Captions
Marley's uncle is released from prison, but the town is less than enthusiastic to receive him back.
Marley's uncle, Larry, is released from prison, but the town is less than enthusiastic to receive him back. Jay and Emma investigate whose blood they found on the road, then Reese's girlfriend, Georgia, arrives in town and gives the police information about him.
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Blood Ties
Season 1 Episode 2 | 53m 23sVideo has Closed Captions
Marley's uncle, Larry, is released from prison, but the town is less than enthusiastic to receive him back. Jay and Emma investigate whose blood they found on the road, then Reese's girlfriend, Georgia, arrives in town and gives the police information about him.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(dramatic music) - [Speaker] Marley Thompson, no one even noticed he was missing until he didn't turn up for his mom's birthday dinner in town on Saturday night.
Senior Sergeant Emma James, Jay Swan.
- He should be playing footy.
What's he doing out at that station?
- Someone's with him.
- [Tony] Bloody Reese Dale, I thought he cleared out.
I sacked him last Thursday.
- She says she's your daughter, but since you said you didn't have any kids.
- Put out your hand.
- I thought you'd stopped.
- I have.
- Well, it doesn't look like it!
This is a trafficable quantity of crystal meth.
- That's not mine.
Reese and Marley, they're the dealers.
- [Emma] I've already talked to Shevorne, she doesn't know Reese.
- That's funny since she's his girlfriend.
- There are four Dale families in Dubbo and one even has a Reese, but he's not a backpacker and he's not missing.
- Looks like some sort of collision.
Quad bike, trail bike?
- Look at this.
- [Reporter] In other news, two teenagers are missing from a cattle station in the remote Northwest.
Police are treating the matter as suspicious.
(gentle music) ♪ Go down to the gates of the garden ♪ ♪ Go down to the gates of the garden ♪ ♪ And wait for dawn to come ♪ ♪ Believe ♪ ♪ Believe ♪ ♪ That we will be pardoned ♪ ♪ That we will be pardoned ♪ ♪ Let the morning break ♪ ♪ Let the morning break ♪ ♪ Let the morning break ♪ ♪ Let the morning break ♪ ♪ Let the morning break ♪ ♪ Let the morning break ♪ ♪ Let the morning break ♪ ♪ Let the morning break ♪ (buzzer beeps) (dramatic music) (door slams) (gun banging) (dramatic music continues) (dramatic music continues) (birds chirping) (camera shuttering) - Are you for real, let go.
- Ow!
- Let it go.
- Okay, Jesus.
- Gimme your phone.
- No!
- Gimme your phone, Crystal!
- Jesus, have you heard of privacy?
- This is not a game.
Oh, bloody stupid.
No responsibility whatsoever.
Pack your bags.
Your mother's coming to get you this afternoon.
- I don't wanna go.
- I don't care, you're going.
(door slams) (Crystal screams) (phone beeps) (phone beeps) (ominous music) (footsteps clacking) (door slams) (melancholy music) (screen door creaks) - Please don't.
- We need to know Marley's blood type.
(Kerry sobs) - It's okay, it's okay.
- We don't know anything, not for sure - It might not be him.
It could be that other kid.
- I don't know what it is, A negative, I can't remember.
- I rang Marley's football club in Melbourne.
Mum's right, it's A negative.
Pathology will get back to us today about the blood samples from the crossroads.
- Thanks.
- Oh, one more thing.
They asked if he changed his mind.
- About what?
- Apparently, he bailed at the end of the season.
He wasn't going back to play footy in the city.
(melancholy music) (melancholy music continues) (passengers chatting) - Could you grab the purple one please?
Thank you.
Could you also tell me where the police station is?
- Wouldn't know.
(boot creaks) (melancholy music continues) (melancholy music continues) (tense music) (screen door creaks) (knock on door) (door creaks) Good day, sis.
- What are you doing here?
When did you get out?
- I heard the news.
Have you found him?
- Come here.
- Okay.
(tense music) (tense music continues) - [Kerry] He's family!
- [Cedric] He's a pedophile.
- [Kerry] No he's not.
- [Cedric] No one in town thinks he didn't do it.
- [Kerry] He's here to help.
- What, 'cause I'm doing nothing?
I'm out there every day and every night, driving around looking for Marley, huh?
We haven't seen him in years!
- He's my brother, your uncle, and he's staying here.
- I'm going out for a walk.
- I'm not calling him uncle!
(melancholy music) (door slams) (birds chirping) - Definitely male.
And what's the blood type?
You sure?
Thanks Ray.
It's not Marley.
It's not his blood type.
So what are we thinking, a hit and run?
- Maybe the driver didn't realize they hit anyone.
- Yeah, but then we would've found the body and the bike.
Somebody's cleaned up the whole site, hidden the body, dumped the bike.
Detective, where are you going?
Can I have a word?
(door slams) Charmer, go to Kerry and tell her it's not her son's blood.
- [Charmer] On it, boss.
(door slams) - You do good work, Jay, got good instinct.
But I think it's best you go back home.
- You asked for a detective.
- Yeah, I just didn't know it was gonna be you.
- So you think you can do this yourself?
- Well, I may as well.
You never tell me where you're going.
You went off and spoke to Shevorne without talking to me first.
- Yeah, and I found out that Reese is her boyfriend, which you didn't know.
- Well, that may be.
But if you'd had the respect to consult me, I could have told you that girl has a very troubled past.
She's the 13-year-old Marley's uncle raped.
Just 'cause you're Aboriginal doesn't mean you know Aboriginal people in this town.
Some people need to be handled sensitively.
- I know how to do my job!
- The way you do your job gets people killed.
You shot six bikers.
Muller thinks you're a hero.
I think you're a cowboy.
The only way you could have got yourself into a situation like that 'cause you didn't call for backup.
Well, I won't work with someone like that.
- I'm not leaving until I find that kid.
- Which one?
There are two missing boys, Jay.
You only see the Aboriginal one.
- I'm not leaving.
If you wanna get rid of me, call the boss.
(knock on door) - What?
- Sorry boss, there's a girl here to see you.
- Who is she?
- Reese's girlfriend.
She's here from Queensland, arrived on the overnight bus.
(camera shutters) - Hello.
- Hi, I'm Georgia Kennedy.
I won't waste your time, I know how this works.
Your missing person, Reese Dale is my boyfriend.
His real name is Simon Lancaster.
He was last seen here, right?
- Whoa, stop, gimme your phone.
(phone buttons clacking) Okay, let's start from the beginning.
(ominous music) (dog barking) (people chatting) - [Emma] When did you last see Simon?
- [Georgia] It was two years ago.
- Did you report him missing?
- [Georgia] Of course.
- You got a copy of that report?
- Queensland Police haven't exactly been helpful.
It took days for them to take me seriously.
I thought he'd just run off with someone else until they found he hadn't used his bank account or his phone since that day.
- Does Simon have any medical issues?
- Depression, anxiety?
I've been through it all with the Queensland detectives, no.
And if he had committed suicide, then why hasn't anyone found his body?
- [Jay] What about drugs?
- He didn't take them, he didn't deal them.
We were happy.
He wouldn't have just driven away from that.
- But if Simon is Reese, he did drive away, came all the way across here, changed his name.
Why wouldn't he have contacted you?
- I don't know.
I need to get out there, see where he was living.
- Stop, we need to do this our way, okay?
So before we do anything else, we need to know Simon's blood type.
- Why?
What's happened?
Is there blood?
- Blood type.
- I don't know.
- Right, okay.
- So should we tell her Reese is dead?
- Why would we do that?
We don't know for sure he is.
- It's an awful lot of blood.
- Not necessarily his.
- Well, it might be.
- So where's the body?
- Oh, somewhere.
What, do you want me to get rid of her then?
- No, Muller, I want you to take an official statement about the boyfriend, any identifying birth marks.
You know the drill, don't you?
- Yep.
- Oh, and Muller, be nice.
I'm gonna go and question my brother.
You can either come with me or you can go off and do whatever it is you do when you go off by yourself.
(footsteps crunching) (ominous music) (ominous music continues) - Are you ready, Bub?
- Yep.
- Okay, almost done.
Put on your shoes.
Got everything?
- Yep.
- [Shevorne] Did you go to the toilet?
Okay, let's go.
(ominous music continues) (ominous music continues) (cattle mooing) (dogs barking) - Come on (whistles)!
(car engine roars) (herders shouting) (doors slam) (horses bray) (herders whistle) (door creaks) - Em, we gotta make up our minds on this really.
Got another call from Keith last night.
I think we're running outta options.
- Who knows?
- Yeah, well, but talking about it, it's not gonna kill you, is it?
- Family stuff.
(cattle moo) - [Tony] Anyway, what do you want?
I'm in the middle of work.
- You got two missing boys on your property.
- Yeah, and I've got a station to run.
You know, the world can't stop 'cause two stupid kids decide to go walkabout.
- Walkabout, that's very funny.
- Oh, don't start.
Look, can we hurry this up?
- Yeah, we're looking for a missing vehicle, either a quad bike or a motorbike.
You got anything missing or stolen?
- No, why?
- 'Cause we think the boys ended up at the crossroads near Black Springs.
We found blood on the road.
- Whose is it?
- Well, it's not Marley's.
- That's 30K from their ute.
How'd they even get there?
- [Emma] It's what we're trying to find out.
- [Tony] Well, there's nothing missing from our place.
I'm sure of that.
- Is he licensed?
- Yeah, and the gun's registered, so I wouldn't go down that track.
- What's he doing with it?
- Steer broke his leg, so $2,000 worth of steak for dinner.
I've gotta get back to work.
You all right for this lot, Errol?
- Yeah, mate.
- Okay.
- How many rifles you got on the property?
- [Tony] It's a working station, mate.
- Where do you keep 'em?
- You serious?
(tense music) (footsteps clacking) - That's Mick Chiporola, taught me to ride.
And that's my great-grandfather, Bill Ballantyne.
His granddad was a head stockman with my great-granddad, so one big family.
- Hey Linda, Linda, you got a minute, you about?
- What's this?
- Water test samples.
- What for?
- Always do them, test the salt content of the borehole water.
Anyway, thought time was of the essence, missing kids, blood.
Hey Linda.
- Yeah?
- Hi.
- Hey.
- You know where the keys to the gun safe are?
- Yeah, sure, they are right here.
- What didn't I think of that?
Thank you.
- Linda, do you have a license?
- Christ no, can you see me shooting a croc?
- You need a license to access the gun safe.
- Oh, I thought we were doing everything right.
We've got a firearms log book.
- We'll go through it later.
- So how many rifles do you have?
- 10.
- And how many do you have checked out?
- Just the one Ken took out.
- There's another one missing.
- Let's take a look in here.
Okay, that rifle was last put back on Friday night.
- So someone took it out the day the boys went missing?
- [Linda] Mm-mm.
- Who?
- Marley.
- There was no rifle in the ute.
- I thought you didn't touch anything, and remember you're on bail.
- We didn't, there's a rack behind the seat, that's where it would've been.
- Why would you even notice?
- Because I knew Marley took one that day.
I was filling out time sheets in the office.
Marley came in, got a 223 from the safe.
- He knew where the keys are kept?
- Everyone knows, we just get them when we want them.
What, is this about the fight?
- What fight?
- Reese and Tony, yeah, they were going at it about something a couple of days before, then Reese got sacked.
- [Jay] Over what?
- I don't know, maybe about the pay, it's always late.
- It's nothing, pay was two days late.
- And the guns?
- Come on Em, hey.
I mean, sometimes after work, the boys shoot a few roos.
Who's it gonna hurt?
- So this happened a lot?
- It's not a big deal.
Reese and Marley, they went spotlighting all the time.
- It's not a big deal until the boys go missing with the rifle that you let them have illegally.
(Tony sighs) (Emma sighs) (pensive music) - Ahoy.
- Keith Groves, big boss-man now, huh?
- [Keith] You're not supposed to be here.
- Yeah, well, I'm a free man.
- You got a lot of nerve turning up here, Larry.
After what you did to this town, any decent bloke would leave us in peace.
- Well, my nephew's missing.
- Oh yeah, we're all concerned about Marley, but he disowned you along with the rest of the town.
You see, no one likes a pedophile.
You're at the bottom of the rung, lower than a cockroach.
So you listen to me.
If you so much as touch a child in this town, this mob will string you up.
Yeah, go on, take in the sights, have a look at the river, say hello to your hometown, and then say goodbye.
(ominous music) (ominous music continues) (ominous music continues) (dramatic music) (dramatic music continues) (door slams) - Mommy, look what I found.
- That's beautiful, bub, let's go.
(dog barking) - Shevorne, this your daughter?
- This is Ava.
- Hey Ava, how you going?
My name's Jay.
- Hi.
- Isn't she in care?
- I've got her two days a week, and every second weekend.
But soon you'll be with mommy all the time, won't you, Bubby?
- [Ava] Mm-mm.
- Not in school?
- No, she's got a cough.
I'm taking her to the doctor, so... - Oh, I just wanna ask you some questions about Reese's job.
- I don't wanna miss this appointment.
- Oh, it'll only take a minute please.
Did he say anything about trouble on the Ballantyne property or with his boss?
- Oh, complained about never getting paid on time.
- That's it?
- Something about the water, I don't know.
- Water?
- Yeah, you should ask Keith or Arnie Dot.
Their corporation's buying the place.
I've gotta go.
- See you, Ava.
- Bye (coughs).
- Shevorne, one more question.
What do you know about Reese's real identity?
- I don't know anything about that.
He was always Reese to me.
- So he lied to you too.
(dramatic music) (dramatic music continues) (birds chirping) (dog barking) (knock on door) - Can I help you?
- [Jay] Is Keith about?
- Yeah.
- I'm Jay Swan, I'm a detective.
- I know who you are.
You found our boy yet?
- You are Arnie Dot?
- Mm-mm.
- You know Marley well?
- He's a good kid.
Good family, they've been through a bit.
- Was he mixed up in anything, or drugs or bad friends?
- When he was younger, stolen cars, but that was years ago.
- There's another kid with him.
He's a backpacker, Reese Dale.
You know anything about him?
- Nope.
- So who can tell me about Marley and where his head's at?
- Try his girlfriend.
- Jaz, yeah, no luck there.
Keith Groves, he's been the chair for 10 years.
He does a bit for the community, eh?
- Does a bit for himself.
Drives a flashy car, lords it over everybody.
A bit of a misogynist, but he gets stuff done.
- There's a four year gap.
What happened to the bloke before him?
He die?
- He may as well have.
Larry went to jail.
- Marley's uncle?
- [Arnie] He fooled us all.
- He's getting outta jail this week.
- Better not come back here then.
Is that all?
- Yeah, that's all.
(dramatic music) - Yeah, sure.
(knock on door) Oh, detective Swan.
Good day.
Oh, you know Chris here.
- Anything on the boys?
- Still following a few leads.
- Oh, have a seat, have a seat.
- I just wanted to know more about the Ballantyne Station sale.
- Well, that's exactly what we're talking about here.
I mean, Chris here has been organizing the- - Oh, the infrastructure.
- [Keith] Infrastructure side of it all.
- Emma didn't say anything about selling the property.
- Yeah, well, that's a sticking point really.
I mean, we'd offer them a substantial amount of money.
I mean, hoping that would get some signatures happening.
- What's so special about the place?
- Well, what else have you come from out this way, mate?
The water.
There's a massive aquifer underneath that property.
I mean, that way, we don't have to pay the government for water rights.
Then we'll be able to buy all our land back in no time.
(dramatic music) (engine roars) - Has anyone seen Detective Swan?
- No, but I've got this, missing person's report from Queensland.
Day Simon disappeared, emptied his bank account, and that's not all.
(dramatic music continues) ♪ Way down in the water ♪ ♪ Way down in the hole ♪ ♪ Way down in the water ♪ ♪ Far away from any soul ♪ (banging on tank) ♪ I'm coming back from the fire ♪ ♪ Crawling back from the shame ♪ ♪ Coming back from the fire ♪ ♪ And I burn you down ♪ ♪ Burn you down ♪ ♪ Way down in the water ♪ ♪ Far away from any soul ♪ (door slams) - What?
- Simon's missing person report.
Is there a particular reason you didn't want us to see a copy of that?
Like the fact that at the time he disappeared, Simon was a registered child sex offender, and you were the victim?
Is that why you're looking for him, some kind of revenge?
- No.
- What then?
And don't lie this time.
- I'm not a victim.
He's not a perpetrator.
It's all wrong.
We started dating at school.
We sent each other pictures.
My parents found 'em, and they went crazy.
They got him charged, sexting.
We hadn't even had sex.
But technically, I was underage.
He was two years older.
They made me testify.
- Mm, he only got community service.
- It wasn't the conviction that did us in, it was that stupid register.
A couple of texts and photos, and he's the same as some dirty pedo that's had sex with five year olds?
He's 18 and he's on it for the next 15 years.
It was so hard.
He'd get a job, they'd find out, he'd get sacked.
- And the night he disappeared?
- Exactly like I said, he rang me and then he never came home.
- Georgia, what do you think really happened to him?
- I thought he must have killed himself.
But then I saw the news.
I just wanna tell him I'm sorry.
I started it all.
I sent the first photo.
(dramatic music) (dramatic music continues) (door clicks) (door slams) - Buy her a ticket home.
She can't help us.
All her information's two years old.
- That would explain why Simon Lancaster changed his name, couldn't get a legitimate job, so he started his own, now he's trafficking.
- Yeah, new town, new slate, then drags Marley into it, great.
You got anything to report?
- No.
- Boss, you wanted to know about Larry Dime's visitors?
Well, he only had one, just a week before the boys went missing, Marley.
Just got a link to the footage.
- It's out there?
- My computer.
(dramatic music) (phone rings) - How long does it go on for?
- 45 minutes.
Addison Police.
- They talked for 45 minutes.
Then a week later, Marley disappears.
- [Cop] Where?
Are you sure.
- [Emma] Maybe you're right, maybe it is connected.
- [Jay] Why would Larry be talking to Marley about anything?
- You could ask him himself.
Larry Dime is back in town.
(dramatic music) - What are you doing back in town?
- Maybe I wanted to see my family.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
So who's the coconut cop?
- Detective Swan.
- Detective?
Looking after your own people, hey, selling out to the White fella, that's worse than being a pedo.
- Listen Larry, you can call me all the names you want, but I'm here to find Marley.
- Why did your nephew visit you in jail?
Yeah, we know about that.
What'd you two talk about?
- Nothing.
- We're trying to find him.
- Well, where is he then?
- You tell us.
- I don't help dogs.
- Get in the car.
(car engine roars) (door slams) (doors slam) - What happened?
- Nothing.
- Oh, and Larry, if you remember anything else from Marley's visit the other week, please let us know.
- Marley what?
- What was that?
- Hand grenade, now we can watch it go off.
- My Marley?.
What's she talking about, Larry?
Did you see him?
- Is Larry the father of Shevorne's daughter?
- No, no, she was born two years after Larry went to jail.
- So Shevorne was 15 when she got pregnant?
- Don't use that tone.
- What tone?
- Well, like you know what sort of girl Shevorne is?
Yeah, she went off the rails for a while.
Who wouldn't?
I mean, she had a massive trauma.
She pulled herself back together and she's nearly got back full custody of her daughter as well.
- So you don't dunno who the father is.
- That's Shevorne's business.
- So you don't know.
(people shouting) - Here, don't forget this (bleep)!
Where is he?
- Hey!
- Hey, hey, hey!
- Hey, break it up, break it up.
(dog barking) - Sorry Larry.
- It's all good sis, I'm going out to Two Mile.
- Detective Swan will take you.
- I'll walk.
- It's not optional.
- Come on, Larry.
- He's all yours.
(melancholy music) - What?
- Why are we here?
(door slams) - Just wanna use the boardroom.
- Oh, okay.
- Sit down, Larry.
Your photo used to be up here on this wall, used to be right here.
- This place was on its knees before I took it on.
- And now Keith Groves, he's taken all the credit.
Larry Dime, the community man.
Chairperson.
A righteous man makes the perfect predator, eh?
(tense music) And now you're back, and there's your nephew, Marley who's missing with his White mate who's dating Shevorne, the girl that you raped, beat and left for dead.
You see, there's this nasty little circle and I keep going round it, and I keep coming back to Marley visiting you in jail a week before he went missing.
Somehow Larry, you are right in the middle of that circle, and I wanna know how now.
- Them White cops, did they tell you, you're one of the good ones?
- Not really, I tend to piss people off.
- Maybe you are a real Black man, and this is an appeal to the righteous man.
- Maybe.
- Well, that man is dead.
(tense music) (tense music continues) (birds chirping) - You told me that he wasn't coming back to this town.
- Well, he's here because of Marley, so the sooner we find Reese and Marley, the sooner he goes.
- Well, I already told that Black cop that I don't know anything.
- Detective Swan, he spoke to you today, what about?
- Don't you lot talk to each other?
I don't know, something about the station, trouble out there.
- Ballantyne Station.
- Yeah, I've gotta work.
- Shevorne, you used to hang around with Reese and Marley, yeah?
Did Marley ever talk about Larry?
Did he ever mention visiting him in jail?
- No, he wouldn't.
Did he?
- A week ago.
- Well, I don't know why he would do that, that's just crazy.
- If there's anything you know about Marley and Larry and you're not telling me.
- What, are you calling me a liar?
- Shevorne, you looked me right in the eye and you told me you barely knew who Reese was, and then I find out he's your boyfriend.
If that's not a definition of lying, I dunno what is.
- Yeah, well, you lied to me as well because you told me that the man who raped me wasn't coming back to this town!
(dramatic music) (singer harmonizing) ♪ Let the breeze blow sideways ♪ ♪ On a ramp with no railing ♪ ♪ I see you wanna reverse plank ♪ ♪ Where the (indistinct) stop wailing ♪ ♪ Leave a ramp upon (indistinct) ♪ ♪ Coming for the (indistinct) ♪ ♪ In the wake of a faded nation nobody knows ♪ ♪ I said nobody knows ♪ ♪ I said nobody knows ♪ (singer vocalizing) ♪ I said nobody knows ♪ ♪ I said nobody knows ♪ (knocking on door) - Jay!
(knocking on door) - You're looking for that detective?
- Yeah, you seen him?
- Not lately.
- You okay?
You got someone looking after you?
- I did have, don't really know where he is.
- That's the story of my life.
I hope you find him, eh.
(patrons chatting) - Thank you.
What will it be?
- Just a glass of house wine, thanks.
(patrons chatting) (Emma sighs) (keyboard keys clacking) - Any word from Detective Swan?
- No.
(Emma sighs) (gentle music) - Your table number.
- [Diner] I would like it if you would make the main.
- Oh.
- Wow, this place is jumping.
- Best roast in town they say.
- I don't think Detective Swan's gonna change.
Yeah, but it's not a question of skill.
Yep, yeah, yeah, yeah, I understand.
Yep, okay, yeah, same to you, okay, bye.
(phone clicks) I'm going on my break.
(door creaks) (flame hisses) (engine roars) (ominous music) (engine revs) - What do you want?
Come and get me!
I'm right here!
(engine roars) What are you doing?
Yeah, piss off!
(footsteps crunching) (shovel clanks) (Larry panting) (tense music) (tense music continues) (tense music continues) (patrons chatting) - Hey, I've seen you before.
- I don't think so.
- Yeah, you're that girlfriend of that missing boy.
How come you're not out there searching?
- What?
- Well, if it was me, I'd be out there looking for him.
Unless you know something about where he really is.
Do you?
- My shift's over.
- Good day, Katie.
- Oh, hi Sarge.
How are you this evening?
Would you like the special for your dinner?
- What is it?
- Braised pork.
- Again?
- Surprise.
- (chuckles) Not really.
(Katie chuckles) Okay, thanks.
Detective Swan.
- Crystal, you remember Sergeant Emma James?
- Yeah.
- I wasn't sure where you were.
- Well, I'm having dinner with my daughter.
- Here, Sarge.
- Oh no, I'm not.
Thanks.
Do you mind?
♪ You make my life complete ♪ (dog barking) (footsteps crunching) (car whooshes) (ominous music) (dog continues barking) (ominous music continues) (gentle music) - Anything from Larry?
Find out anything else?
- No.
- See anyone else?
- No.
- What'd you do all day?
- Listen now, if you've got a problem with me, then call your boss.
- I did.
Seems you're a popular boy, and it looks like you'll be with us for just a bit longer.
- That's great.
- You like it here?
- It's better than back home.
- Crystal, your mother's coming to get you.
- Dad, I could stay here, and get a job.
- You can't do that.
- Oh, well, there's actually quite a bit of work around at the minute.
Yeah, 'cause the Rodeo starts tomorrow, plenty of jobs there.
- [Crystal] Oh yeah?
- Yeah, yeah, they always need help at the bar.
(gentle music) I could line it up with Shevorne if you want.
- That'd be great.
- Yeah?
- Dad, I can stay here with you now.
(Crystal chuckles) - Well, here we all are.
- Mom?
- There's my sweet daughter.
Come on, don't let me interrupt you.
You lot keep on talking about whatever you're talking about.
- Mom, I'm getting a job at the Rodeo.
- Really?
Well, it looks like I'm staying around then.
Someone's gonna look after our daughter.
- Mary, don't be like that.
- Like what?
What?
What am I being Jay?
So, who got you the job anyway?
- Mary, this is Senior Sergeant Emma James.
- Nice to meet you, hi.
- Senior Sergeant?
Yeah, that's good.
It's good to see a woman in charge, eh?
Someone's gotta keep these fellas in line.
(Emma chuckles) How's this one been treating you?
- He's been helpful.
(Mary scoffs) (objects clatter) (ominous music) (objects clatter) (switch clicks) (phone ringing) - Sorry.
Shevorne?
Shevorne, are you okay?
I'm on my way.
Detective.
- I've gotta go.
- Yeah, of course you do.
- [Shevorne] What are you doing here?
Get out, get off me!
Get out of my house!
(Shevorne screams) (singer vocalizing) - I wanna be rich, my girl by my side.
- I think that's Two Mile.
Ice or what's left of it.
Where'd they go?
- Dunno, don't care.
- [Jay] So your brother, he's extremely helpful, isn't he?
- Your family's squeaky clean are they?
- [Mary] Do you really wanna be alone?
- [Jay] No, I don't.
- Nor do I.
- Brayden Cooper.
- He's coming for you.
- No, get away, no, no!
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