The Ridge (2025) s01e05 Episode Script

1
# I cannot breathe,
please step off of my chest
# Loosen the noose
tightening round my neck
# I wish for freedom
and to sing my song
# We're prisoners
on the very land we're from
# Baldhead
# You're so well fed on
my destruction
# Fetishize
# Our women
# Silence our children #
No, Mia!
Morning, Mia.
Morning.
Kia ora, Lib.
Brenda.
So, Mia,
the autopsy results are back.
Thought I'd come right over
and let you know.
As expected, Cassy suffered
unsurvivable injuries,
head trauma compatible with
a fall from height, so
Yeah.
Official cause of death
is an accident.
Cassy fell while hiking.
BOTTLES CLUNK
As expected.
Don't shoot the messenger, eh?
What would it have said
in my postmortem, if I hadn't been
so lucky
and not got out of that eco-pod?
Would that have been another
"accident", too?
I'm still looking into the fire.
That investigation is ongoing.
Are you? Cos it looks like you're
just standing here, telling me
nothing of any use or interest.
Well, at least it's provided you
with some closure.
Closure? This isn't closure.
This is system failure.
Should I have expected anything
else from my experience? No.
Where's my copy of the report?
Well, you can order one from
the Coroner's Office.
There might be a small fee to pay.
I'm not sure.
Or you could just give it to me.
No. There's a process.
Immediate family can order a copy
of the report
from the Coroner's Office. You know,
in Scotland, medical professionals,
like myself, can be given it now.
No fee to pay, no form to fill out.
Well, you're not
in Scotland, are you?
I want to see my sister's
autopsy results for myself.
And I have outlined the process!
Well, you know where to find me.
Sorry, Mia.
I don't want to
Just brings it right back, you know?
It wasn't Libby that came to see me.
CAR STARTS
She was still young,
hadn't even been to
police college yet.
It was Sergeant Davies.
It was the same thing.
Same words.
"Unsurvivable injuries,
as expected.
"Consistent with a jump."
Sorry.
Me being here, it must bring
all of that back up for you.
No, no, I
I can move on.
You shouldn't have to do that.
I like having you here.
I've loved it, actually.
Can I show you something?
OK.
Couldn't bring myself
to change a thing.
Long time to be in denial, eh?
Here, I want you to have something.
Oh.
It's beautiful.
It was Hera's, obviously.
Oh. That's very sweet and
thoughtful, but II can't.
No, I want you to take it.
Wear it for me, please?
These things have been packed
away for far too long.
High time I had a clean out anyway.
Then I can put both rooms on Airbnb,
not just the sleep-out.
That's very practical.
Well, like I said,
it's been nice having a young person
around the house.
She was beautiful, my Hera.
Inside and out.
She was so happy that day, Mia.
She was Queen of the Festival,
back when there was such a thing.
She didn't jump.
She would never have done that.
I know my Hera.
MOBILE RINGS
Mia Beaton.
Good evening, Mia, it's Jacky
Oh, it's morning over there,
isn't it?
How are you holding up?
Oh, you know, I'm getting there.
Look, I'll cut
straight to the point.
The family are dropping the enquiry
into the Boyd Coulter incident.
Our legal team went in hard
and I believe that they realised it
was going to be an expensive battle.
Oh, that is great news, Jacky.
Thank you so much for your support.
Let's get lunch or something
when you get back.
I would love to.
You take care of yourself, Mia.
Ah! Good morning, Harry.
You're looking well today.
Anyway, I was just
on my way to see your boyfriend.
Oh, don't worry, I don't really give
a shit about who you sleep with.
Mum's the word.
Look, Teddy and I have been
friends for a long time,
so whatever you think you saw
I love how you know who
I was talking about
when I never said his name.
When even was this, huh?
At the Whitebait Festival,
when you were
so pissed you fell off the stage?
Relax, Harry.
I'm not here to
blow your life apart.
You are so far out of line.
Maybe your secret would be so much
safer if Cassy just disappeared.
You've got issues.
Oh, you have no idea.
So, where were you really
when Cassy died?
I was workingwith Sadie.
Shall I ask her?
You Don't you dare ask her
questions.
You leave her out of this.
I have to, Harry, because you
and Teddy have different stories,
so one of you is lying.
You're a joke!
Go home.
Has Libby made any progress?
It's pretty obvious to me.
Lib just doesn't want to do
her job properly.
Don't be a dick.
Teddy wouldn't deliberately try
and kill someone.
Wake the fuck up, Natalie.
Of course he's capable.
Unless of course you're
going to tell me
you're the one that lit the fire.
Nice way to speak to the person
who's keeping your project going.
Hey.
I just lost my partner.
Yeah? Cut me a bit of slack.
Sorry.
You know, Nat, it'd just be
nice to know you got my back.
I mean,
you're one of the few people here
I can actually
count on at the moment.
Yeah, of course.
Hey, can I ask you a question?
Yeah.
Cassy and Teddy.
Did you know about it?
No.
I would have told you,
you know that.
I just don't even know if I'm
allowed to grieve anymore, you know?
Ewan.
I'm fine with you taking
the limelight, but I won't be used.
You can draw from my knowledge,
experience, but
I need to know you're still
committed.
I can't lead this on my own
with Cassy gone.
We need you back.
Yeah, yeah, of course.
And, yeah, you're right.
I have, um
..been dragging the chain a bit.
DOOR OPENS
MIA: Hello?
In here.
Hey.
Just came to say, uhthank you
for letting me wear your
verybeautiful dress.
Uh, and I'm
..sorry for doing whatever
it was I did.
Going after Josh
and Ava in front of everyone,
or trashing my dress with puke?
Shit.
Sorry.
Ah, Sadie, the thing is,
I was going through withdrawals.
I still am, actually.
You're really off the drugs?
Yeah.
I am.
Ishouldn't have launched
myself at your friends, either.
They're not my friends.
Did something happen?
After the festival, Josh and Ava
wanted to go up the mountain.
Ava had nicked booze from her
dad, and Josh had your stuff.
Anyway, we were just sitting around,
and then I went for a wee
in the bushes,
and I said that I would keep talking
so that they knew that I was OK.
But then they weren't talking,
and they'd gone.
Gone where? Home.
They left me up there.
You taking the piss?
Josh - you saw what he was like -
he kept scaring me
and saying that there were things
on the mountain, in the mist.
So they left you up there,
when people are being?
Cassy was murdered up there!
The Grey Man.
No, listen.
Those arseholes are putting
the fear in you.
Cassy was killed by a real person.
Not a ghost.
It was probably the same person
that tried to set me on fire,
which the one fucking cop in this
town seems to have
a very relaxed attitude about.
I'm sorry.
Sadie
..do you think you could help me
with something?
You know anything about missing
goats? Eh?
The Wilsons are on at me again.
I'm not saying it's you,
but if there's anyone on your team
that might have gone a bit rogue,
Louise reckons she's lost two in the
past week.
Yeah, well, you know what that
does prove, Lib?
That it wasn't Cassy, was it?
I never suggested it was.
I know what those arseholes
have been saying about her.
Look, I just had to ask
the question, OK?
I have to be seen to be
doing my job.
Yeah, yeah, I know.
Want coffee?
Yeah. Come on.
Louise swears the fire
wasn't her or Teddy.
Yeah, of course she bloody does.
Maybe try a bit harder, eh?
OK, give me a break, Ewan.
I'm getting enough
grief from Cassy's sister.
Well, she's got a right, you know.
The thing almost took her out, Lib.
Yeah, well, maybe it's the shock
making her so
She's quite aggressive.
Bloody rude, actually.
I mean, I get that she's grieving,
but, honestly
Yeah, well,
don't take it personally, eh?
I mean, me, myself, sometimes I feel
like I'm gonna bloody explode.
Even had a bit of a go at Nat
this morning.
Yeah, well, be careful, eh?
There's something about Mia.
She's got
like, an edge to her or something.
Be great if she went back
to Scotland, actually.
Not sure why she's still
hanging around.
FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
You didn't say we had company.
G'day, Annot.
Anyway
you sure you didn't see
anything that night?
Yeah, I mean,
I saw the smoke and the fire.
That's why I booted it down there.
What's this about?
The, uh,
fire down at the Eco Village?
Oh, dear. It's fine, Mum.
No-one was hurt.
I was the one who saw the smoke.
You were already there.
No, Mum.
He was.
I was looking for him, to tell him,
but he was already there.
Mm-hm.
Thanks for that info, Annot.
That's very helpful.
I'm not a child, Elizabeth.
No, Mum, but you do get confused.
She's still the bastard
of your philandering father.
I'm not confused about that.
Mum, it's a beautiful day outside.
Why don't you go and do
a bit of your yoga in the garden?
BEEPING
Be quick.
She could be back any minute.
Cassy
Cassy was interviewed about
a stolen goat, three weeks ago.
Yeah, Rory had lost his goat.
Vandalised fencing statements taken,
but nothing about her being
pushed off a cliff.
My mum says the mountain
is dangerous.
Yeah, it is, if you're a woman
connected to Teddy Wilson.
There are older ones through there.
Hera Olsen's file might be in there.
They're locked. Oh.
OK.
Here.
OK
Hera Olsen.
People there -
Libby, Teddy, Harry
"Libby lost sight of Hera
"but she heard a scream"
Holy shit!
I am literally never going up there
again, no matter what.
No-one saw Hera jump.
Tox report clean, not even alcohol.
Elevated HCG.
Shit!
What does that mean?
Increased hormone
level in the blood.
It means that just before Hera
jumped, or was pushed
..she'd been pregnant.
But not when she was found?
No foetus present.
It's a note to her mum.
But Mrs O was adamant
that she didn't jump.
Maybe the police never showed this
to her, but God knows why.
OK.
Thanks, Sadie.
Jesus, not again.
Hera Olsen terminated her pregnancy
right before she fell
from that ridge.
How the hell would you know that?
Quick squizz in her police file.
Why?
Because her and my sister
died in exactly the same way.
And neither of them
are here to tell me what happened,
so that is over to you, Teddy.
What was it? You wanted to keep
the baby and she didn't?
She got rid of it,
so you got rid of her?
I can look you in the eye and swear
I never knew anything about a baby.
Why wouldn't she tell you about it?
I don't know.
I thought we told each other
everything,
but we kind of grew apart.
Because?
Because she loved me
and I didn't love her back.
Not in the way she wanted me to.
Not in the way that you love
Harry Grimes,
now that you've found yourself.
What's the deal there, then? Scared
of your mum? Homophobe, is she?
I could see that.
Mum knows who I am.
I just don't shout about it.
It's Harry.
You may have noticed he has a wife.
So why was Cassy
shouting at you to come clean?
It's got nothing to do with
me and Harry.
She knew about us
and she supported us.
So what was the argument about,
then? Rewilding.
A few months ago, I jumped waka.
I was working with Cassy,
not sleeping with her.
Cassy thought it would be this
massive coup
if the farmers lost
one of their own to the rewilders.
But you didn't want to go
public with that?
Have you met my mum?
That video, that was Cass
and I washing the petrol off us
after we'd just torched the tractor.
So why didn't you just
tell Ewan that
when he's coming at you
with a spade?!
It's not like I could get a word in.
You know
..Ewan told me that he ditched Hera,
broke her heart.
Bullshit.
Ewan's main-character energy
is next level, eh?
He's either dreaming or he's
rewritten history.
KNOCKING AT DOOR
Afternoon, Annot.
Mia. Cassy's sister.
Yes.
Is Ewan home?
Annot, it's urgent.
Do you like them?
Honestlyreally
creeping me out.
Hera,
Cassy.
These are yours?
I worked very hard on them.
Who's the third one for, Annot?
Where did you get this?
Brenda Olsen, the Airbnb owner,
gave it to me.
It's mine.
My husband bought it for me
in London.
No. It was given to me, by her.
Hera and I were just having a chat.
This is Mia, remember?
Cassy's sister.
Is everything OK?
I've been worried about you.
Come on.
There is something seriously wrong
and disturbing
about your mother's art.
I leave her to it.
Keeps her occupied.
You seemed a bit
upset at the festival.
You try going cold turkey
and see how you feel.
I honestly thought I was doing the
right thing,
disposing of that stuff.
Oh, yeah.
Rather than just asking me
what it was for. Hm.
What if it was for pain management,
or I'm recovering from surgery?
But you're not.
You're an addict.
I'll get you a glass of water, eh?
I mean, honestly
..I really thought it's what Cassy
would have wanted me to do.
She often spoke of you two -
growing up,
what you both went through.
You did a good job
in raising her, Mia.
She was certainly one of a kind.
Yeah.
From hiding a broken bird
in a shoe box
to hiding a great big wolf in a
country with no natural predators.
What other secrets
do you have, Ewan?
Hera Olsen - were you with her
when she jumped?
No.
What's this all about?
Just trying to get my head
around all the coincidences
andthe connections.
Well, it's treacherous terrain.
I mean, accidents happen up there.
That mountain is known
to take people.
Who else?
It's taken two of your girlfriends.
Come on, you can
hardly compare a girl
I might have had a bit of
a crush on at high school
with the woman that
I was about to marry.
I'mI'm just wondering where the
stories are of other hikers that
have died on that ridge.
Are you taking
anything at the moment, Mia?
Anything for the withdrawals?
Lib saw you this morning.
She said you're still on edge.
I mean, it's OK, I get it.
It's been a
crazy, crazy time.
Did you manage to sort out
your work thing back at home?
Hm. They're dropping the enquiry.
Oh, that's amazing.
I mean, that's good, right?
Yeah.
That must've been a lot,
especially with everything
that's been happening here.
You know I'm on your side, right?
Ewan, no.
Things are clearer now.
It's OK.
I'm not gonna
I mean it.
We can't go there again.
Mia, there's nothing
wrong with this No.
I'm not OK with it.
We shouldn't have.
I wasn't in my right mind.
Neither were you.
She never wanted me, Mia.
She was having an affair.
I'm not so sure about that now.
Excuse me.
CHAINSAW BUZZES
Hey.
Ewan said that you were
together once,
and that he dumped you the night
Cassy arrived?
NATALIE SCOFFS
Is it true?
When Cassy arrived and took
his attention, I thanked God.
Why? Because he's a
super-controlling narcissist.
Why don't you just leave here,
make a clean break from him?
It's always the same
with these things. You
You get a movement going
and you need the brains,
you need the worker bees.
You need a leader.
Someone with charisma
just to front it.
That's something Ewan has.
What about Cassy?
Was she trying to walk away?
From Ewan or rewilding?
Either.
You know Cassy.
She was passionate beyond words
for the wildlife.
They seemed happy enough. I
I don't know.
Getting your steps in?
I don't go past
the end of the driveway.
Annot.
This scarf
It's beautiful. It's
It's Christian Dior.
Hm. It was Hera Olsen's.
Remember I said?
Well, Ewan must have given
it to her.
Or maybe I said he could.
I don't know.
It's a long time ago.
You have it.
It was yours once.
Now it is again.
Oh, you lovely girl!
What the fuck?!
GRUNTING, YELLING
What were you looking for?!
Drugs!
Drugs. I was looking for drugs.
There's no drugs!
Don't fucking move!
Ah! I was going to leave money!
There was nobody home!
Oh, oh, oh, oh, of course you were,
you little shit!
Now, what you did to Sadie Grimes
the other night
was highly inappropriate.
What?!
You heard me!
It was a joke. It was a
It was a joke. It was a joke. Oh?!
It was a joke. It was a joke.
It was a joke!
Oh. Well, it wasn't very funny.
Now, if you hurt her again
..I'll kill you.
OK. OK? Yeah. Sorry.
Off you go.
HE YELLS, SHE GASPS
SHE PLAYS SATIE'S "GYMNOPEDIE No.1"
I need you to stop
talking about Hera.
All right?
"The life of the dead
"is placed in the memory
of the living."
Who said that?
Mum, stop.
No more Hera.
SHE PLAYS DISCORDANT NOTES
Take that thing
off from around your neck.
Please.
Take it off. Don't touch me!
You stay away from me!
Mum.
Take it off.
I know that look.
I know.
Two of them.
There were two.
I'm sorry.
Two girls.
So sorry.
Dead.
I'll get you a cup of tea.
Beautiful Hera.
Mum, no.
We all thought
..what a tragedy!
You want a tea or something
stronger? I'll get you a whisky.
And you were so cross with her.
What have you done, Ewan?
Nothing.
No!
Mum, don't.
I know what I saw!
Please, come on.
I know!
I'll just
I know!
We'll go for a drink.
I know!
Don't Don't Don't cry.
SOBBING: I know.
Please, don't cry.
How could you?
Let's go for a walk, eh?
We'll go for a walk, Mum.
BIRDS TWEE
MUSIC: Gymnopedie No.1
by Erik Satie
Come on.
We could tell someone
about what you've done.
We can tell Libby.
She can help.
Yeah, Mum. We'll tell Libby.
It's all right.
Everything's gonna be all right.
It smells terrible in here.
This way, Mum.
Go on.
What's in here?
GROWLING
ANNOT WHIMPERS
GROWLING INTENSIFIES
SNARLING, SCREAMING
What are you doing in here?
It just doesn't make sense to me.
Two women fall off the same cliff,
years apart,
but dying in the same way.
Sorry
if it looks like I'm snooping.
I just thought
I'd be able to find an answer.
It's been 18 years, Mia.
If the answer was sitting
here in this room the whole time,
I'd have found it.
You never found a note or
a letter or anything?
No. No note.
Hera's diary.
For a long time,
I couldn't bring myself to read it.
Felt like I was intruding.
But then, one day, I took a look.
And?
"Birthday list, 2007.
"New Harry Potter book.
"Final edition, cannot wait.
"Sunken Water, Pluto CD." Kiwi band.
She had a crush on the singer,
or the drummer.
One of them.
THEY CHUCKLE
She was a good, happy girl.
Happy that she was pregnant?
It was a surprise.
But she talked to me.
We'd have made it work.
I'm really sorry.
My moko's buried under a tree.
Hera miscarried before she passed.
May I?
Afterwards, Hera wanted
to go to Auckland,
go to art school.
Was it Teddy's baby?
No.
They never went that far.
What about Ewan?
Hera wouldn't tell me.
Anyway
maybe you'll find something
I didn't.
Huh!
Hello?
Ewan?
Annot?
Anyone home?
WHISPERING: You total, total arse!
Fuck!
Surprise!
I was trying to deny it, but
you were right.
SHE SIGHS
The connection we have is
I couldn't stop thinking about it.
About you.
About your hands,
on me.
# My country, she cries,
it's a holy war
# We cannot return
where we were before
# Let us look above
to the parting skies
# Look upon the face
of our Jesus Christ
# They shall be ashamed
# Like trees with bitter fruit
# Enemies will crumble
# She will remain true
# My country, she cries,
it's a holy war
# We cannot return where
we were before
# Let us look above
to the parting skies
# Look upon the face
of our Jesus Christ
# War shall be no more,
peace shall reign supreme
# Peace for those who've died,
peace for all who bleed
# War shall be no more,
peace shall reign supreme
# Peace for those who've died,
peace for all who bleed
# They shall be ashamed
# Like trees with bitter fruit
# Enemies will crumble
# Still remaining true
# They shall be ashamed
# Like trees with bitter fruit #
HE GASPS, EXCLAIMS
KNOCKING ON DOOR
KNOCKING CONTINUES
LIBBY: Ewan!
KNOCKING CONTINUES
Ewan?
KNOCKING CONTINUES
Ewan!
Hey. Can I come in?
Yeah.
I don't know how
to tell you this, mate.
What?
Your mum
Yeah. Lib, she's upstairs. Why?
She's not upstairs, Ewan.
Mum?
Mum!
Where is she, Lib?
The forest.
She must have gone wandering,
and an animal got her.
Maybe a boar, maybe a feral dog.
I don't know.
Is she OK?
No.
Oh, fuck
Oh, fuck!
Mum
I thought she was upstairs!
HE SOBS
Oh, my God!
She didn't deserve this.
# Everything has changed
right in front of my eyes
# And when it's the same,
it's my turn to change
# Take me away to feel again
# Feel again for a moment
# Everything will change
when I see you again
# And when it's the same,
it's my turn to change
# When it's the same,
it's my turn to change
# When it's the same,
it's my turn to change
# I'll trade it all
to clear my mind
# Clear my mind
of the rough times
# Everything around me
feels like it's offline
# And when it's the same,
it's my turn to change
# When it's the same,
it's my turn to change
# Couldn't you just give me a break?
# Couldn't you just
give me a break?
# Everything around me is strange
# And when it's the same,
it's my turn to change
# When it's the same,
it's my turn to change
# When it's the same,
it's my turn to change #
SNARLING
# When it's the same,
it's my turn to change
# When it's the same,
it's my turn to change
# When it's the same,
it's my turn to change. #
SNARLING