Treasure & Dirt (2026) s01e05 Episode Script

1
Before he died,
Jonas told me that he buried
Zeke alone to protect David.
You think David's
the best donor match for Bess?
So you need him out of here.
I did my part. Now you do yours.
Irishman's car?
Yeah. He's trying to skip town.
100 million on an unproven
rare earth mine.
Miss Chen and Mr Zhao here
just want to take one last look
at their investment opportunity.
It is the way of the future.
And so you just thought you'd go
and raid Jonas' mine?
Uh, yeah. Just enough to get us out.
Murder victim's ute.
Were there any keys? No.
What the hell?
Stanley's gone.
What do you mean, Stanley's gone?
Jonas' ute's gone from the lockup.
Hey
Yeah
Hey, yeah. ♪
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
1, 2. Testing, 1, 2.1, 2.
Next we have, uh, Patty and Ray.
Let's give 'em a warm Port Augusta
welcome, folks. Uh, Patty and Ray.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(SINGS OPERATIC MUSIC)
(OPERATIC MUSIC CONTINUES)
Gary, gloves.
It'll make my hands smell.
Tell me things, Carol.
Yeah, this is a clean-up job.
Someone's trying
to hide their dirty work
before we can even begin forensics.
Sounds like Stanley.
What, like he broke out of lockup
and hot wired the car?
Nope. Why's that?
'Cause the key showed up. Where?
In the ignition.
Ah.
Could be the key
to the investigation.
(SIGHS) Shooting star.
Make a wish.
(OPERATIC MUSIC)
(SCOFFS)
Hello, Patricia.
Naughty. Naughty, naughty.
But it ain't me, babe
No, no, no, it ain't me, babe
It ain't me you're lookin' for. ♪
(AUDIENCE CHEERS WILDLY)
(DOOR CLATTERS OPEN)
(MEOWS)
Hello, Gordon.
You look hungry.
WOMAN: Well, I don't
(MUFFLED SPEAKING)
like it at all and No.
Is that correct?
No. No, that's not what I'm saying.
I understand.
Please repeat the issue
you are experiencing.
OK, listen, I don't OK.
I don't know what you're
training it on over there,
but this thing only knows
how to talk to people
like they're a child or
like they're a psychiatric patient.
And that is not my situation, OK?
I am a perfectly healthy,
functioning adult,
and the only thing that
I am looking for is some
Some what? ..Intimacy.
I understand.
We actually offer
an alternative model
designed
for romantic companionship.
Please confirm if this is
what you're looking for.
Hello? Are we still connected?
(SCREAMS)
Nell.
Are you making friends?
Everywhere I go.
I don't have any food for you.
(PURRS)
I have food at my house.
Gordon. Oh, oh, hey.
It's Ivan.
Gordon doesn't have any food.
Can you go over to my house, please?
It's in the kitchen.
Good.
Thank you.
Give him a pat for me.
Good.
Your cat?
Gordon.
Gordon? Is he alright?
I can't lose that cat.
You won't. It's gonna be fine.
I love that cat. Can you open this?
Yes. Sorry.
Station?
Kalingra.
OK. What about Stanley?
Let's talk to Kyle.
Ah.
Something tells me he'll know
where Stanley is.
(HAUNTING MUSIC)
David.
David.
David.
The haematologist called.
What'd she say?
She said you're a match,
which means you can keep
your granddaughter alive, David.
Are you about to ask me
to defy God's will?
Are you asking me to go back
to the police
and tell them I lied for you?
I'm sure they'd understand.
A desperate mother lying
to save her child.
Mmm.
Oi, Elsie.
Elsie.
Come here.
No.
You answer to me now.
How did you get my number?
Phone book.
No, I can usually reach people
no one else can contact.
Wow. Do they take your calls?
Straight to MessageBank, actually.
OK.
Where are you?
I'm about to fly out.
It's a big day tomorrow.
Kalingra finally goes live, and I
was wondering if you want to come.
Bess, too. Of course.
Lydia, my darling.
You know what today is?
Today is the first day
of the rest of our lives.
Beautiful.
I'm gonna need you
to count all the zeros.
Where do you want to go first?
Should we go to the Seychelles?
Maybe Ibiza.
Somewhere with snow.
Oh, I like that. Alright.
OK.
Doug, where's the money?
Robbie's fucking us, Doug. Fix it!
Bloody Inglis.
What the fuck are you playing at?
Howdy, cowboy. Robbie in there?
None of your business.
Everything's my business, Ray.
Where you've been, what you've done.
What you feed that dog of yours.
I've got eyes everywhere.
But I block my ears
for country music.
He's not in there. Robbie
I want a word.
Lord, I'm a gambler
I'm a long way from ♪
How are you, Doug?
What are you playing at, Pat?
Where the hell's Robbie?
Well, he very kindly lent us
his limo last night.
Now, what have
you done with my Irishman?
Your Irishman?
Mmm. There's a food chain here.
My justice comes first.
Must have done a runner.
Saw your calling card
in the boot of his car?
Well, you know what they say.
Imitation is the sincerest form
of flattery.
Don't push it.
I can shut you down.
Can you but? Compromised as you are.
Destroying key evidence
in a murder investigation.
Oh, Patricia, Patricia,
you're playing with fire.
We used to have ♪
You tell your boss,
I want my share allocation
before they list Kalingra tomorrow.
We had a deal,
and I don't like being fucked over.
I want to see him before
he flies out. You tell him that.
Nobody gets to tell
Robbie Inglis what to do.
I'm telling you what to do, Ray.
Let's go.
What did he want with you?
Nothing.
Nothing.
(OVER RADIO) Mr. Inglis
says no visitors.
We can just drive around it, Kyle.
Kyle.
What's up?
Where is everybody? This is it.
So this is Kalingra.
Nobody works here.
Don't ask me. They're all
in bloody Sydney, I don't know.
Where's Stanley, Kyle?
What, did he bust out on you again,
huh?
Listen, it's really important
that you tell us where Stanley is.
He wouldn't have gone far.
He's got the Iron Ring
tomorrow night.
He'd never miss that.
He's a murder suspect, Kyle.
I told you he didn't do it.
Well,
then he has nothing to worry about.
Why is that locked?
So you can't get in. That's why.
(CLATTERING)
Thank you, Kyle.
I get that you're trying to look out
for your friend,
but the longer
that Stanley is on the run,
the worse this is going to get
for him.
Do you understand that?
Where is he?
Hmm?
Is there anybody
that he would be with?
Look, I know he looks after his mum.
His mum?
Kalingra Investors' Memorandum.
Mmm.
(READS) "My journey
in mining began with my father."
Oh, right.
Everything's a journey.
Nobody's going anywhere.
They're all on a journey.
How about that, Kyle?
I'm gonna see if I can track
down Stanley's mum.
Mmm.
What's this?
I don't know, it just looks like
a whole lot of dirt to me, OK?
Ivan.
Soil. Geochemistry system.
Shall we check out
the local wildlife?
So we've got no signature yet
from Delaney.
Nothing in writing.
What about her CFO?
Weren't you the one
who played golf with him
or some boomer shit
in Dubai last year?
Look, get it done.
Get her on the hook. She's so close.
I can feel it. Yeah, OK.
I'll talk to you from the plane.
Detectives.
Welcome to my pied-a-dirt.
This is a nice set-up.
Not quite the golden view,
but it's close.
This is very impressive.
It's a good shot.
Ah! Now, where did you get that,
detective?
That is commercial-in-confidence,
I'll have you know.
I didn't know you were
in the market.
Ah, funny.
What about you, highway patrol?
Oh, I guess I'm old fashioned.
I prefer real money.
Ooh. Catching strays
everywhere today. Jesus.
We are a highly regulated industry,
I'll have you know.
Hmm. It's true.
Have any local investors? Local?
Um
No, not that I know of.
We're asking everybody.
Where were you last Tuesday?
It's fine. I respect the process.
Uh, last Tuesday,
I was watching my investors
tear strips off Colleen Delaney
in a bidding war over lunch
before they flew back to Shanghai.
Alright, well, thank you,
Mr. Inglis.
Mr. Inglis. You get that, dad?
She's wishing you a good day.
Robbie. Thank you, detective.
Ah!
Here he is, my little songbird.
You heard the good news?
He got a record deal.
Is that right?
It's the Sunday residency, boss.
No, you stop that.
My Razor, he has the voice
just like Johnny Cash.
He spent some time in prison, yeah?
Even the good guys can end up
in prison sometimes.
Isn't that right, detective?
Very good.
Thank you for your time, Robbie.
My pleasure.
Uh, I am going to need that back,
detective.
I'll hold on to it for
when I come into 300K.
What am I gonna do about the mayor?
Call the pilot.
Wheels up as soon
as we hit the tarmac.
Yo, baldy.
How's it going?
Oi, baldy. Have you got
your aeroplane goggles on?
Huh?
Hello. Hello.
Sorry, that was just my broker.
Just with some Sydney
Anyway
Absolutely fine.
..thank you for waiting.
Razor doesn't really give me much
of a choice, but you're welcome.
You're welcome.
So you like being a big boy,
summoning people?
Yeah, when it's presidents
and prime ministers, sure.
It's a lot of fun, but they
usually make their own way here.
You got a lift so you're special.
Mm-hm.
What is this, Robbie?
Is this pity? What?
Is it a knight in shining
armour thing?
No. It is.
No, it's not. What is it, then?
Do you like slumming it? Hmm?
Well, no offence,
but everyone I hang out with,
I'm kind of slumming it.
Uh, no, I
I, I mean, I came from nothing,
right?
I come from a dusty old town just
like this one with
the same mean-spirited,
selfish people.
And they called me queer
and said that I was just nothing
but a dead miner's kid, you know?
And then I sold my first start-up
for $300 million
and all of a sudden they
were calling me a unicorn.
Robbie, I'm living in a cave
with the fucked
religious order that raised me.
I hitchhiked here.
You came on a private jet.
You have a choice, and I don't.
I'm trying to give you
No, no, no.
A choice, the best choice.
All I needed was to find
a donor for Bess and I found one.
What? Who?
Her grandfather.
And, yes, it might just be another
one of his miracles, I don't know.
But I need to stay here.
Jonas is gone. Zeke is gone.
David is Bess's best chance.
Yeah, yeah. Of course. OK.
That's great.
Bess, we're gonna go.
But we just got here.
Yes, yes, we did.
But Robbie is very busy,
and we've taken enough of his time.
I know, but Robbie is gonna drop us
off on his way to the airport.
What's he got in there?
A bunch of fluff. (PHONE BUZZES)
Fluff sells everything. Yeah.
Renata.
OK.
Gordon was OK?
Good.
Thank you.
Gordon's alright?
Feeder was full.
Already? Mmm.
Does someone else have a key?
No.
Nathan.
Entering my place without a warrant.
Bold.
He's not your cat.
Who was that?
That was Nathan Phelan,
internal investigation bureau.
Yeah.
He went into your house. Maybe.
Why would he do that?
He's someone I used to know.
Alright, let's go find Stanley.
And the Irishman.
(OPERATIC MUSIC PLAYS)
Here he is.
Hey.
What have you got here?
Yeah, I'm sorry about that.
I ate before I came, so you know.
Well, we need you fighting fit
for the ring, son.
(SWITCHES OFF MUSIC)
Oh, that's one of my favourites,
Mr. Mayor.
Hey, look, I was just wondering,
I'm more of a lover than a fighter.
You know, if you put me in the ring,
I'll just embarrass you, mate.
Yeah. Make you look silly.
Well, you might be right.
But every slaughter needs its lamb.
And you know what?
We all got worries, Irish.
I'm worried
about finding real black opals
to replace my earrings because
they're my signature, you see.
Nothing feels right without 'em.
I understand. I do understand.
Do you? Those are your thing.
Yeah. They were you.
Everyone saying they're so great.
Yeah.
Dangling around your lobes
the whole time.
They're just pieces of crap
waving around in the wind.
Almost silly.
Listen to me.
I gave the Franks the name of
the ratter,
the one who found Jonas.
So this little party,
I don't know what you want from me.
(LAUGHS)
You really think you're in
a position to negotiate, don't you?
You really do.
Listen to me.
You made fake opals, son.
Now that's a council matter
but making me look like a fool,
that's personal, Irish, yeah?
Like I'm old school. Eye for an eye.
In your case, ear for an ear.
Oi, mate, listen, listen, listen.
If the black opals weren't so bad,
he can find that
there's much more of that
Just the lobe.
Hey, listen to me. Listen to me.
No, no, wait, wait, wait.
(YELLS)
No earrings for you, Irish.
No earrings for you.
You want pickle on this?
Surprise me.
Ah, just the person I wanted to see.
Oh, yeah.
On the house, is it?
Why would it be?
On account of that special sauce
you dribbled all over it?
Mmm.
You burgers get better and better,
Billie.
Oh, thank you, Dougie.
Walk with me.
Let's talk entrepreneur
to entrepreneur.
Boys.
See, your trade is in pleasure.
Mine is information.
My business is to keep an ear
to the ground, you know,
so I know what's going on
in my town.
Certain things have come
to my attention.
I didn't realise that being a lady
of the night included ratting.
Just letting you know you've been
in my room, Doug.
Half the town's been in your room,
Billie.
But now you work for me.
All of Jonas McGee's opals
and his whole
you bring to me, alright?
Starting tonight.
Why don't I tell you to shove it
up your hole?
A word goes out,
your son is the ratter.
And you know what we do with them.
Piss off.
(OPERATIC RING TONE)
Fine.
The Mayor.
Mr. Mayor. He's leaving now.
What, as in right now? Yes, yes.
Where was my bloody heads up, Yuri?
This is it, Mr. Mayor. Shit.
Shit!
Don't disappoint me.
VOICEMAIL: This is Robbie.
I didn't answer. Call me, eh?
We had a deal, Robbie.
Don't you dare leave town on me.
One job, Yuri. One job!
He was in a hurry
to get to Sydney.
Tomorrow is his big day.
(PLANE ENGINE ROARS)
Sorry, Doug. You just missed him.
You tell him to turn
that fucking plane around.
I told you before, you don't get
to tell Robbie Inglis what to do.
He's a serious player. You're
just the mayor of Little Town.
You and Pat been keeping secrets
from each other?
Hey, Ray? I wouldn't do that
in a marriage if I was you.
Take it from me.
Been there three times.
You can't touch us, Doug.
She's the law around here, not you.
I keep seeing him.
Wandering out there alone for days.
No water
no food.
Lost.
Alone.
What do you think's after death,
Miriam?
Nothing?
We, each of us,
are preparing
for a life beyond flesh.
None of us are exempt from that.
I can't I can't eat these.
Sit down.
Every Sunday for ten years,
you led us out to that tree
in the desert,
letting us believe
that he was still alive.
Careful.
You're a liar! You're a fucking liar!
Even if that were true
He sacrificed his son.
He sacrificed his son
to prove his purpose.
I know what you did.
You buried him because he had
what you wanted.
You know what you wanted, David.
You know.
Is this what you want?
Is that what you want, Miriam?
You want to
demean me?
Demean everything we have
worked toward.
You're not a seer.
You're a weak little man.
Should have been you
left to rot out in that desert.
Mrs. Honeywell.
WOMAN: Oh. Oh!
Stanley, a word.
Outside. Not in front of mum.
Oh.
Let's talk to the neighbours.
We just spoke
with your mum's neighbour.
She said you were with your mum
at the hospital
the day that Jonas was killed.
You stayed with her all night.
Why didn't you tell us you had
an alibi?
You're free to go.
He does not like you.
Mmm.
What do we do with
the shoebox of cash?
She ruined his life.
And he's still rubbing her feet.
He can keep the money.
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This. OK. Her. That woman.
That woman was in Robbie Inglis's
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(PHONE BUZZES)
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Stay there.
Got someone down Janice's mine.
Really?
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(ADS CONTINUE) (PHONE BUZZES)
MAN ON TV: Get a bed.
Just get a, uh, I don't know
Come stay with us for the
MAN: Evening, Buchanan.
What have you got?
Buchanan, are you with him?
Buchanan.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
You good?
MAN ON TV: Anything you need.
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..for all your equipment needs.
Oh, my God. Rafiq.
Hedda.
What's all this then?
How many ways can one person
fuck this town?
Oh, Jesus. Take it easy.
Talk to me, Hedda.
No, no, no. I'll tell you
what's going to happen.
You're going to take this bitch
down to the station,
you're gonna process her,
and you're going to make sure
that everybody knows that
she is the ratter, not my Kyle.
(KNOCK AT DOOR)
(KNOCK AT DOOR)
Hey, sweetheart. Hello.
Where's your mum, kid?
She's inside asleep. Ooh.
Nah, she's not sleeping, mate.
She's working.
Got herself ready.
What are you talking about?
She's on her way down to the pigpen.
So you need to get on
that little bike of yours
and deliver a message
to her from me.
You tell her if she so much
as mentions my name,
you'll be an orphan before sunrise.
You got that?
I didn't know what else to do,
honestly.
If Richter had taken me in,
What would have happened to Rafiq?
Hmm.
And I knew that I could
trust you both
not to let word get out
that it was him.
Because I didn't want him to
get the shit beaten out of him
like Kyle did.
How did you know Jonas
had struck black opal?
He was a client, Ivan.
Jonas was a client?
Yeah, the man needed to be held.
Everyone needs to be held
every now and then.
Yeah, yeah. Yeah.
So he told you he had black opal?
No, but he paid me with it once.
Oh, got it.
And you started ratting after that?
I didn't want to hurt anyone.
I just wanted to make enough money
to get the fuck out of here.
Get on a plane and go far, far away
and start again.
Anyone else know about
the black opal?
Uh
The Irishman. Irishman?
Yeah, I had to sell anything
that I found so
What was the plan tonight?
He's missing.
He's been missing since Sunday.
Someone put you up to it,
didn't they?
Someone who got your name
from the Irishman.
Someone who knows where he is, yeah?
(DOORBELL BUZZES) I've got it.
And I don't think there's anything
down there?
Down where?
I don't know where Jonas
was getting his black from,
but it was definitely not
down that mine.
Mum! Hey.
Alright.
Have a seat, mate.
They know.
We'll have a word with The Mayor,
won't we, Ivan?
Ivan?
(TYRES SCREECH)
What was that? I'll go check.
Hey, would you get me a water
when you're up?
Please.
Oh, no!
I'm gonna kill him.
I'm gonna fucking kill him.
Did he say why he wanted to speak
so urgently with Robbie?
Why?
He said Robbie promised him
shares in Kalingra.
Yeah. Something like that.
It's a shakedown. Shakedown.
We all know we're just shit
on the soles of Robbie's shoes.
But Doug thinks he's equal.
No, he's just
He's never forgiven you
for leaving his crew.
Where are you going?
Oh.
He killed our fuckin' dog.
No, Ray, just, just
Just dial it back.
I will handle this.
I am the law around here.
Give me the gun.
Give me the gun. Thank you.
(KNOCK AT DOOR) It's open.
(DOOR CREAKS)
Ah, detective.
What a pleasant surprise.
There's been a robbery
at the Golden View Motel.
You know about that?
So what, have you been transferred
from homicide into burglary,
now have you?
Douglas? Careful, Narelle.
Give Billie her money back
and leave her alone.
The only person who's stolen money
around here is your boss.
Yeah.
We're still carrying his debt
from the bets
that he made at the Iron Ring.
You ask him.
Transparency, it's always best.
We both know you drugged me.
You sure you weren't just partying
with Robbie?
Nah. Another fella
who doesn't like paying his debts.
But all my bad debts get paid,
detective.
One way or another.
See, we're reasonable people here,
but it's very hard to turn
a blind eye when we see
Oh.
Fucking
Where are ya?
That's not a detective,
that's a very naughty boy.
You think I'm threatened?
No one's above the law, detective.
Not in my town.
If you wanna threaten me
(GUN CLICKS)
It's loaded.
Threaten me.
Isn't this fun?
Go on, pick it up.
Pick it up, pick it up.
Touch it, pick it up,
pick it up, pick it up.
Threaten me.
You want to threaten me?
Come on, threaten me.
Do you want to threaten me?
Threaten me.
Where's my coin?
Where is my coin?
Lydia, give him the fucking coin.
Open your mouth.
Open your mouth.
I've been keeping it
nice and warm for you.
Thank you.
You're weak.
He's weak.
Go, Narelle. Get out of here.
What is that?
This? Mm-hm.
Ten dinar.
OK. It's yours?
It is now.
It was my son's.
My dad gave it to him
for his 10th birthday.
Are you close with your dad?
No.
He's in prison.
He'll die in there.
A violent man.
The butcher bird.
Do you know what a butcher bird
does to its prey?
Yeah. They stab, right? Yeah.
It impales them on a branch
above its nest.
And it strips the flesh off.
Like a butcher.
Mm-hm.
There's this small town
called Vukovar on the Danube,
and it's beside the Serbian border.
OK.
It was invaded by Bosnian
Serb forces, '91. I was ten.
It was after the Croatians
declared independence.
There was this Serbian commander.
His name is Joseph Lucic.
And they call him the butcher bird.
That's my dad.
The butcher bird.
Mmm.
You keep the coin.
I keep the coin.
I don't have anything like that.
There's no record
of anything.
No objects, no places.
No people.
There's nothing there.
It's just me.
I know what that's like. Mmm.
It's hard.
Yeah.
You do me a favour?
Yeah, of course.
Next time you talk to Phelan,
why don't you tell him I said hello?
(DRAMATIC MUSICAL STING)
Let's go.
(ENGINE STARTS)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(HAUNTING MUSIC)
(WHISPERED PRAYERS)
(CONTINUES PRAYING)
(WHISPERED PRAYERS)
(CONTINUES PRAYING)
(WHISPERED PRAYERS)
And eunuchs made by men and
eunuchs who have made themselves
so for the sake of the kingdom
of Heaven.
For there are eunuchs made
from their mother's womb
and eunuchs made by men and eunuchs.
(SCREAMS)
Looks like you've been stewing
in your own juices there,
Dougie boy.
Why don't you just fuck off,
Patricia?
Oh.
I think you probably need a top up.
Oh!
Oh.
(MUSIC BEGINS)
And I stood there waiting
all night
And the morning comes
Now I'm up in the air
And I've painted my hair
I got nowhere to go
I can't go anywhere
It'll be alright
When the morning comes
Just in passing, I'm not asking
that you be anyone but you ♪
(THUNDER CRACKS)
When you go home,
try to come home alone
So much better with two
Now I'm out in the cold
and I'm getting old
I'm standing here waiting on you
It'll be alright
when the morning comes
Oh
When the morning comes
Oh!
Hoo hoo hoo
When the morning comes
We're missing something.
How long was he in the tub?
This isn't anything to do
with your case.
I think they're connected.
Take a seat, Luc.
It shouldn't take long.
It's very sloppy, Nathan.
Ivan
I can explain if you just let me.
I don't have anyone else
so I need you to answer the phone.
(PHONE BUZZES)
Oh.
Did you lose your special
coin again?
Oh.
Did you lose your special boy again?
(GUNSHOT)
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