Savage River (2022) s01e02 Episode Script

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- I'm here to sign in.
- Once a week, until your parole's up.
Go the meatworks as well.
They'll have jobs going.
You'll be spending most
of your time up here.
Just watch out for the smell.
- Oi, Adam. Seen the fresh meat?
- Jesus Christ, Nick. Shut up.
Miki killed his sister.
What happened to her? Laila?
Did you get bored of your
little prison charity project?
It's your first time.
It's off.
You took my daughter from me.
Hugh, I'm sorry.
Ooh! Hugh?
Mum?
Morning, everyone!
Good morning, Chardy.
- Morning!
- Morning!
Angel! Angel, come on.
Come on. Angel! Angel. Come here.
Come on. Breakfast.
Breakfast. Good girl.
Oh, god.
In breaking news,
there has been a volcanic
eruption in Java, Indonesia.
Authorities are doing what
Hugh?
Adam?
Adam!
Oh, Jesus. Is that you, Mum?
It's really early.
Have you, uh did you
see your father last night?
No. Why?
Well he hasn't come home.
His phone's going straight to
voicemail. He hasn't had his meal.
His car probably broke down somewhere.
Yes.
I'll go for a drive round.
Alright.
What are you doing?
- I'm coming with you.
- I'll be alright. You've got work.
- So do you.
- Come on. They won't fire both of us.
Hey.
This is my family.
Not yours.
OK.
Whatever you want.
I'll see you later, then.
Morning. Brought you
some breakfast things.
- Oh, really?
- Don't want it?
No, no. Sure. I do.
Thank you.
Ocean! Grandma's back!
There's nothing on the
news. Town's pretty quiet.
I keep thinking maybe
I could have done something.
Maybe it wasn't too late.
There's no point wondering
about that now, is there?
I have to go to the police.
It's not gonna change
what happened to Hugh Lang
and it's just going
to put you in the shit.
But I didn't do anything!
And who's gonna believe
that, given your history?
I'm telling the truth.
You want to go to prison again?
Be my guest.
You need to get up, Miki.
You need to go to work.
Keep your head down.
Oh!
Hello? Colleen!
Ah, hi!
I'm so sorry to call so early.
I'm just wondering, um, have you
have you heard from Hugh?
No. Why?
Oh, I just
..I just need to know if he's called
you since his visit to Melbourne.
Look, I haven't spoken to him in months.
You mean not since he came to
visit you a couple of days ago?
Matthew? Are you there?
Oh, look, I don't know
what I'm getting into the
middle of here, Colleen,
but whatever my brother has told you,
he hasn't been to see me
not in a long time.
Oh! I I'm so sorry.
I, um
I just I've obviously
made a mistake and
- Bye.
- Bye.
Salim!
Hey, Salim.
Jesus. Some mess you
made. Look at my car!
I told you I would bring it
back to the meatworks later.
Yeah, well, thought I'd
come and get what you owe me.
Come on.
Good night, was it?
Oh! Jeez.
Oh, look, do me a favour and
grab the shield, will you?
It's for the summer
celebrations tonight.
I spent half the night
polishing these things.
Got something to tell me?
Uh
I got a job. Supposed to
inform you straightaway.
Let me guess.
- The meatworks.
- Started yesterday.
Mmm, yeah. Better hustle.
You don't want to be late for day two.
Is there something else?
Oh, good morning, Colleen.
Everything OK?
Well it's Hugh.
He left his glucose meter behind.
He would never go far without that.
Most likely he's
had some car trouble.
Hit a roo or something. You
know what these roads are like.
Well, Adam's Adam's
out looking now, so
Great. What were his
movements yesterday?
- Do you know?
- Yes.
He was in the shop with me,
then he went and delivered a donated
washing machine out to the refugees.
What then?
Well, then I went to the book club.
I put his meal out for
him but it was untouched.
Now, listen
cars break down,
phones run flat.
This is not the time to be worried yet.
I'll let you know when it is.
And he was OK, otherwise?
No bad news, no big arguments?
You know he he
had a fight, uh, with
..Miki.
That was the day before yesterday.
If you could call it a fight.
- What about?
- It was my fault.
I, um
..I pushed him to forgive her.
He wasn't ready.
I can't say I blame him for that.
You still cold from last night?
I'll warm you up, killer.
Town murderer.
You know what'll sort you out?
Nah, I'm good, thanks.
Suit yourself.
I, uh I ate something dodgy.
Can you cover for me for a bit?
Hair of the dog, honey. Never fails.
Little bird tells me you've got
visitors coming to check the place out.
Oh, yeah?
That's a noisy bird.
If it is what I think it is,
I hope you're not forgetting
my little loan from last year.
I haven't.
You'll get yours. It's just
it's gotta go through first.
Course, I'll have to
calculate the interest,
once the sale goes through.
This the kind of outfit
that's gonna sack everyone
and then hire 'em back for
more hours and less pay?
It'd be a problem if they were?
As I said, I'll have to calculate.
Max, I will look after you.
OK? I always do.
I will pay you back.
Your grandfather built this
meatworks up from nothing.
It's the foundation
this town's built on.
I know you've had some
tough times but, uh
I feel it in my waters
this is gonna be a good thing.
Long as you don't botch it up.
Just so you know, I'm
not usually such a slut.
- What?
- Well, I put out too early.
That's why you're off me, right?
Not really.
Coming to the fireworks tonight?
It's not my thing.
Oh, come on. Who doesn't like fireworks?
Explosions in the sky
Look, just leave me alone. OK?
Sure. Whatever you want.
Whoops. Don't mind me.
I just don't see why
things have to change.
He's been with us three years.
Yeah. He'll be 18 in
two more and then
And then, I don't want
him to stop being our son.
He went through four
foster homes before us.
- He's tougher than he looks.
- So?
Tim doesn't need a family?
He No, of course he does. I
All I'm saying is, be
prepared to let him go.
Bye.
- Oh.
- Bye, Tim.
Have a good day at school, Timbo.
See you at the fireworks, mate.
Yep.
Any news?
Mm-mm.
- What is that?
- I don't know.
Hmm.
Oh!
Oh!
- They're not sending you away.
- Yeah, that's what it sounds like.
No way. Why would they?
I wish my parents would leave
me alone for five seconds.
Oh, then there's Chandra.
"I'm not here to take
your mother's place, Ivy.
"I'm here to be your friend."
At least Chandra is a nice step-mum.
So, time for pills?
- Time for pills.
- Yes!
Alrighty. We've got up, down, all round.
Top quality. Back room at work.
Yeah.
Uh hey, what if Connor catches you?
He won't.
Well, be careful. You
don't want to lose your job.
I'd get in there, if I were you.
Today's special's parmigiana.
And those boys are like a
swarm of locusts for my parmi.
Hey, you, uh, must get up pretty
early to set the breakfast up.
I've been getting before dawn
more than I care to remember.
Do you I don't know.
Do you get here first? Do you have
a key? Does someone let you in?
I've got a key to the back door.
Kevin's not good with mornings.
So, uh so you were
here first this morning?
No-one else?
If you think that I want anything to do
with the shenanigans
that go on around here
- What do you mean?
- I run my own business.
I do not steal and I don't want
nothing to do with anyone that does.
Is that clear enough for you?
Ooh, your heart's going so fast.
How about mine?
Faster and faster.
Now yours.
You wish.
My boyfriend would kick both your arses.
- What?
- Wait! What boyfriend?
- You don't have a boyfriend!
- Yes, I do!
Tim! Tim!
No!
Yes!
Oh!
- Gimme some of that.
- Ivy! Ivy!
Whoa!
- What was that?
- Oh, my god!
Oh, shit.
- Oh, it won't start!
- Because you crashed it?
Oh, no. It must be out
of petrol or something.
Maybe there's a spare
can of petrol in the back.
- Oh, true!
- Yeah? Yeah?
Oh, shit!
Oh, hey. Shhh.
Shit. Sorry.
- Fuckin' hell.
- What?
Come look.
Oh, shit.
Is that real?
Are you crazy?
Guys, that's a a lot of blood.
Hey, uh
..can we leave now?
Hey, just pull up, would youse? Pull up!
Has anyone seen my dad since yesterday?
Hugh.
Hugh Lang. You know him.
He's been missing since last night.
His car's gone. Not answering his phone.
Sorry, Adam, but we ain't seen him.
I just want to find him.
That's all.
Thank you. Keep moving.
You alright?
I'm sure it's nothing, mate.
Um maybe he just wanted to get
away for a couple of days, you know?
Look, if you want to talk,
just give us a shout, OK?
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
Miki.
OK. Guess I deserve the cold shoulder.
But for what it's worth, you're wrong.
You do mean shit to me.
- That's kind of the problem.
- What does that mean?
I was your teacher
and I'm the assistant principal now.
It makes things awkward.
OK. Well I'm not in school anymore.
Oi. You guys coming to
the fireworks tonight?
We're gonna light shit up!
Whoo-hoo!
Come on!
Look, I'll I'll see you there.
Yeah?
Yeah, look, it's probably nothing
but I'd like to flag a
potential missing person
uh, Hugh Lang, a 65-year-old white male,
possibly driving a silver
2000 Holden Commodore wagon.
Papa-India-Zulu 6-5-3.
Yeah, if you'd just,
uh keep an eye out?
Yeah, ta.
Can I help you?
Yes?
- Who's this?
- My sister, Laila.
She's gone. Like Hugh Lang.
Like What do you what
do you mean, "Like Hugh"?
- Gone where?
- Please look. Please.
Well I can't do anything today
I have a few words to say
tonight, if you wouldn't mind.
I would mind. Thanks, anyway.
The town deserves to hear from me, Max.
This isn't a campaign event, Deborah.
It's a celebration of Savage River.
Wouldn't be appropriate.
Ooh, you've got a little something
Looks like a moustache.
Oh! There you go.
- You OK?
- Yeah.
Wayan, slow down! Wait for me.
I missed one afternoon at school.
It's not like I'm
getting B's or anything.
Ami and Pathi aren't here anymore.
I'm the one who has to
make sure you're doing well.
I'm not the one our parents
would have a problem with, am I?
That Ivy girl is a bad influence.
Here we are. You bring
the heat, I bring the meat.
That'd better be the top-shelf stuff.
What, for you lot? Absolutely not.
Something smells good.
Oh, I've already offered
Salim 5 bucks for a taste.
Here. Please, have some on me.
Uh, no, mate, you keep the
halal bizzo to yourself.
We've, um we've got our own meat.
I'll have a crack. Cheers.
Oh!
I am writing down the recipe
for that marinade, mate.
It's good.
Mmm.
Uh, and what about you?
Where's your hot date?
- No hot date?
- If you can believe it.
I can, actually. Yeah.
- Actually, I can too.
- Oh, great.
Lovely.
- Did they mess up the order?
- No, I got more.
- Good work.
- The good stuff, mate.
- Not bad, eh?
- Cool, fireworks!
Oh, what have they got?
Hey, hey! Hey, whoa, whoa,
whoa. Sorry. Sorry. Back up.
- Back up.
- Oh, can we just have a look?
Authorised personnel only. Piss off.
- Oh!
- We just want to, like
Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa!
No, look, they got, um
face-painting over there.
Why don't you go check that out?
Come on. On your bike.
OK.
I don't know. Maybe he did leave town.
Left Mum and he's living
it up in the city somewhere.
I'll help you look tomorrow.
- And here we are.
- Yay! We're here!
Oh, I can see face-paint as well.
Daddy, get my seatbelt off.
- Let's go.
- Oh, this is gonna be so much fun.
Here we go. Alright, baby. Arms up.
Rah! There you go.
OK. Daddy first. Come here.
Ooh!
Beautiful. OK. Let's go. Come on.
- Terry.
- What?
- This is a bad idea.
- No.
You have every right to be here, Miki.
- Look, everyone here hates me.
- Hey, Miki!
Nah, see?
- Not everyone.
- Oh.
- Come on.
- Can we just go home and watch TV?
Ocean, do you want to go
home and watch some TV?
- Games!
- Ooh! Games. Sorry. I gotta go.
- Hey!
- Bubbles!
Baby, slow down! Not so fast.
Be careful!
Thank you so much.
I don't understand what's happening.
Oh, it's, like, a like, a
historical battle, or something.
Oh.
Well, the actual history of this
town's a lot bloodier than that.
Come on. Let's dance, alright?
Let's dance!
Come on! Get up!
My, my ♪
Where'd it all go wrong? ♪
My, my ♪
Where'd it all go wrong ♪
Yeah.
Yeah, I played the field ♪
Now I got one shoe on ♪
Alright ♪
Step on over I'm gone ♪
Little bugger's kicking
up a storm in here.
Do you want to feel?
Just grab my number I'm gone ♪
Yeah, best we keep our hands
to ourselves from now on ♪
It's going!
Alright It's alright ♪
You knew what was going on ♪
Oh, Miki's here.
See you later.
Hey.
Do you think coming here's a good idea?
Terry made me do it.
Then just act normal.
What?
Just feels like I dreamed it.
Well, the blood on your
clothes was real enough.
Well, don't hang around
here! You're bad for business.
And that's Dale's chair, by the way.
- Where is he?
- What?
He's gone because of you, isn't he?
I I don't know, Colleen.
- I don't I don't know where he is.
- Colleen, let me get you a drink.
Isn't it enough that
you've killed our daughter?
- What kind of evil are you?
- OK, Colleen.
- Colleen, we know
- Where is he?!
OK. It's OK. It's OK. Come on. Let's go.
- It's not OK!
- It's alright.
He's gonna turn up,
hon. He's gonna turn up.
Let's get a cuppa.
- You alright?
- Yeah. I'm fine.
Whoo!
Do you mind just waiting there?
Ivy.
Ivy. Ivy!
- Come on. Come on.
- What are you doing?
- Are you drunk?
- Smell.
Well, there's no excuse, is there?
It's a joke. We're having fun.
- This is fun, is it?
- Mmm.
Do you want to end up like her?
You got Mum pregnant when
she was younger than that.
No, I didn't.
- Mmm.
- Can I just remind you?
You were the one who wanted
to come and live with me.
OK?
This is unacceptable.
Go and look after your brother.
I'm not your slave, you know.
Never fear Tim's here.
Where'd you get that?
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our
annual celebration of Savage River!
I hope you're all having a wonderful
time on this glorious evening.
It has been an honour and a privilege
to be your mayor for the last 15 years.
Yeah!
So, are you usually that
popular with all the locals?
Yeah. They love me.
You had to expect a bit of grief, right?
Coming back?
Believe me, if I had
somewhere else to go
Yeah but also, I've got my brother here.
And I've got a niece.
Your mum must be happy to see you.
Hmm.
Well, I'm happy you're here.
Oh, you don't think I'm evil?
You didn't mean to do it, right?
I think you've done your time
and now you get to live your life.
And you shouldn't let anyone
take that away from you.
And in honour of our celebrations,
a spectacular fireworks display!
Thanks, Bill.
Thank you, Bill.
Here.
Here. Drink this.
Ah.
It's so great to see you all here,
celebrating our fantastic community.
I'd just like to start first
with acknowledging the
traditional custodians
of the land on which
we're gathered here tonight
and pay my respects to the
elders, past, present and emerging.
We have so much to
celebrate in this town.
We are
Oh, god.
Just be careful. I'm not
fishing you out if you fall in.
..we don't just embrace change.
We really do welcome it.
Because we know that
if we welcome change
What?
What is that?
Shit.
Tim, have you got a light on your phone?
Yeah.
Jesus. Help!
- Help! Help!
- Over here! Help!
Help!
Give us a hand to get him up!
Give me a hand, mate.
- Dad!
- OK. Are you ready to put him up?
- OK. Let's go.
- Hey! We need a hand down here!
Please!
Ready? OK. Are you ready to pull him up?
There we go.
Get him on. Let's go.
- Jesus.
- Everyone, stay back, please.
Hey. Ocean's in the car. Let's go.
I really think we should
get out of here now, Miki.
Oh, piss off.
Rachel?
Huh. Did I wake you?
No, of course not.
Liar.
What do you want?
I'm about an hour out of town.
I thought you'd appreciate the heads-up.
Are you coming because of Hugh Lang?
Yeah.
Call came in last night.
Thought I knew the terrain.
OK. Well, I guess I'll
see you soon, then.
Hey, um
..don't tell Ivy, OK?
I want to surprise her.
OK. Um, look, Chandra will probably
want to have you round for a meal.
Mm-hm. Lie number two.
Tell her I'd love to.
- Lie number three.
- Ha!
Oh, bloody hell!
Bastards!
Someone left dog shit in the mailbox.
- Here we are.
- Thanks.
Made us some toast as well. Vegemite.
I didn't kill Hugh.
- Just in case you were wondering.
- Oh, fuck. Thank god.
- Oh, my god. Yeah, I was, actually.
- Arsehole.
So, what do we do now?
Hey, you should have
seen the shit they pulled
after you went to prison.
Slashed Lynne's tyres more
times than I can count.
And finally she moved into
the animal sanctuary full-time.
- What about you?
- Ah.
I got beat up, nearly.
Adam and his mates.
Nothing I couldn't handle, though.
Terry, you OD'd.
Not everything in my life is about you.
Just the shit stuff, right?
Mum, the neighbours are
here. They brought food.
Mum?
- Here?
- Yeah.
He's been missing since
the night before last.
The exact time of death
will have to wait a while,
seeing he's been in the water.
- Mmm.
- Footprints at the scene
A dog's breakfast.
Yeah.
What?
I'm proud of you, I guess.
- Am I allowed to say that nowadays?
- Yeah, sure. Why not?
You'll be senior sergeant
soon enough, you know.
Just put my application in.
Oh, Connor never showed any interest
in following in my footsteps.
It's nice to know I've mentored someone.
- Cause of death?
- Uh, stab wound to the stomach.
Alright.
Only we can't confirm that's what
killed him until we get the autopsy.
Ah.
No sign of a knife but we're looking.
And his car's still missing.
I've put a keep-on-the-lookout out.
Sure.
Who found the body?
Uh, Connor and Tim.
- Tim?
- Oh, he's a great kid.
Oh.
Uh, Connor and Deb, they, uh
they fostered him a couple of years ago.
Did you get a statement?
Oh, there was nothing in
it. They didn't see anything.
Did anybody?
Well, we had the whole
town out here last night
but so far, nothing of note.
Anybody have any reason to kill him?
No.
Well, you know what Hugh was like.
Even before Jasmine died, he
he never had a bad word
to say about anyone.
Anything else I should know?
Well
it could be a coincidence
but, uh, Miki's back.
Got back three days ago.
Haven't had a
Haven't had a homicide in
Savage River since she
..did what she did to Jasmine.
Hmm. Alright.
Hey.
Do you just want that
one on the account?
Yeah, on the tab.
The minute this kid's born, I'm
having a beer and a cigarette.
- No, you're not.
- No, I'm not.
You look grown-up.
Happens, apparently.
No, but I like it.
In your face but I
Does Dad know you're here?
Yeah. I mean, I'm here for work
but, um but I thought we could
We could watch a movie one night, maybe?
Uh-huh.
Uh-huh.
- Rachel.
- Hi, Connor.
What can I do for you?
Oh, I'm just saying hello
on my way to the station.
Yeah. Yeah, it's awful.
- He was a good man.
- Yeah.
You found him is that right?
Yeah. Tim had nightmares
all night last night.
Ooh. Well, I'll read your statement.
If I've got any more
questions, I'll come back in.
Poor Colleen.
Can't imagine what this is like for her.
Yeah.
Oh! Ooh
I really only need one of you.
I can do it.
I knew it wouldn't be him.
Just some tourist gone just
gone fishing in the wrong spot.
Mum
I don't know why we're
wasting our time here.
- We should be out looking for him.
- Mum. Stop it.
- It's him.
- It can't be.
It's Dad.
- I saw his body.
- No.
- Go in there and look.
- No.
- Please.
- No. I'll be in the car.
- Mum
- No.
- Adam, you are hurting me. No. No!
- I need you to see this!
Please. Look at me.
You have to see.
It's Dad.
No!
Can I help you?
G'day, Miki.
Welcome home.
What do you want?
I want to ask you a couple of questions.
About Hugh Lang.
Did you see him at all?
Pleasant catch-up, was it?
Yeah, I saw him.
Guess he wasn't
thrilled that I was back.
Why are you back?
Career opportunities.
You know how this looks, don't you?
No. I don't.
You're a violent person.
You and I both know that.
In prison for manslaughter.
Grievous bodily harm on a
guard while you were in there.
You get out and two days
later, a man is dead.
Father of your first victim.
I didn't do anything.
Maybe you did.
Maybe you didn't.
I'm gonna be all over
you till I find out.
Bitch.
What were you arguing about?
Several witnesses say they saw
you and Jasmine in the river.
It looked like you were having a fight.
The cause of death
was pulmonary oedema
..as a result of secondary drowning,
which apparently can
occur up to 48 hours
after a person's taken
water into their lungs.
It starts with a shortness of breath,
vomiting,
loss of consciousness
..and finally death.
You held her head
underwater, didn't you, Miki?
I was only trying to scare her.
- You tried to drown Jasmine Lang
- No. No! No, that's not what I did!
Shouldn't we wait for Homicide?
We can sort this out ourselves.
Miki, just tell him
the truth, for god's sake.
I didn't mean to kill her!
I can't take this.
Ooh! Fuck.
What the fuck?
Oh!
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Arrest her. She'll confess
like she did last time.
Without a motive or a
witness? I've got Buckley's.
There's also some money missing,
from the savings account.
Someone left a bloody bull's head
on my front lawn this morning.
I don't know anything
It has to have something to do
with your fuckin' side project!
I understand you want
to protect your daughter
but there are serious consequences
for perverting the course of justice.
You know how you said you
needed to find Hugh Lang's car?
Is there still no sign of Laila?
Mum! What happened?
I'm not scared of you.
You probably should go.
Alright. Let's talk to him.
But we watch what we say this time.
No putting words in a suspect's mouth.