Last Seen (2026) s01e06 Episode Script

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[melancholy music plays]
- [chattering on radio]
- You all right?
Deb, I'm just gonna go check
I'll be two seconds.
[breathes shakily]
- [shutter clicks]
- [police radio chatter]
[sighs]
[breathes shakily]
[whimpers]
[whimpers, chuckling]
[sighs]
[Ben] You okay?
[breathes shakily]
I think she was happy here.
[stammers]
[theme song playing]
[birds chirping]
[sniffles]
[crying]
[breathes heavily]
[breathes heavily]
Please, tell me.
Will Ma die?
[sniffles]
[somber music plays]
Tell me!
- [Henry] Hey.
- [cries]
We've rested longer than we should've.
- We need to push on now.
- [sniffles]
Yeah?
So last night, old man from number 32
reported what he reckons
- was gunshots from somewhere in the area.
- All right.
We had a patrol car nearby.
They drove past,
didn't spot anything unusual.
Okay, what about that church?
Anyone talked to them?
I thought I'd phone the bloke that
does the bookings for the church hall.
Got a list of people with a key.
The local AA branch showed up,
which has Donald Reid listed
as the contact person.
Okay. All right, you two,
around the back, yeah?
- Check that out.
- Yes, ma'am.
Come with me.
Good work.
Yeah.
[tense music plays]
[Izzy] Hello?
- Police. Anyone here?
- [door closes]
Hello?
[constable] Police.
[constable] Clear.
[Izzy] There's no one here.
[constable] Clear.
[phone vibrating]
Ben.
Hi, I've just dropped Debbie at home
and, uh, it turns out that Ian was here.
And, uh, he took Bill's gun.
Any idea where he's heading?
Uh, no. But he is driving a vehicle
belonging to his son, Dean.
[Izzy] Put an alert out on the car.
I'm serious, Ben.
I don't care. Whatever it takes.
Yep, I'm on it.
- Yeah.
- [sighs]
[Donnie]
Should be about another two hours, okay?
[Ian groans]
Your shoulder hurting?
It's just I reckon you might have, uh,
burst through some of those stitches.
I don't give a shit.
Okay.
[Ian] What are you doing?
What are you doing?
Donald, what the fuck are you doing?
- I wanna know what happened, Ian.
- Drive the car, or I will shoot you.
Fucking do it.
You don't know where we're going.
You shoot me, you're fucked.
Oh, you wanna know what's going on?
I'll tell you.
Your brother, Henry,
has killed a police officer.
Bill McCracken is dead.
I got shot. And Henry's wife got shot.
Now you're up to speed.
Um
Uh [stammers] well, is she all right?
Was Henry's wife okay?
I don't know, Don.
I was too busy bleeding out on the ground
to check if his wife was okay.
We should go to the police, mate.
Yeah. Don, you should've thought of that
when I begged you to help me.
- I begged you.
- I know, mate.
And I'm sorry for that. I really am.
But we need to
- Are you sorry? I'm sorry too.
- we need to finish this thing.
Now, drive.
Okay.
There's no more water.
[clears throat] Well,
we're back on the main road now.
We can stop and refuel soon.
Get some water, food too, snacks.
- [Henry sighs]
- She shouldn't still be asleep.
After all this time,
she should've woken up.
She's going to be fine. Trust me.
What if she's dying?
She needs a doctor. A hospital.
- 'Cause she's getting worse.
- Okay.
Okay, I'll tell you something.
I'm taking us home.
Home to my father's property.
Your grandfather.
Your grandfather is a great man.
He's a prophet and a healer.
You know, I have seen him heal people
a lot sicker than your mother is.
We're making good time
and soon we'll be safe.
And so will your mum.
You just have to have a little faith
in your old man, okay?
That's all.
Ah, here we go. I knew it. I told you.
Hey, listen to me.
No matter what happens,
you do not leave this car.
And don't draw any attention
to yourself, yes?
- Yes.
- Thank you, possum.
Look after your mother.
[breathing heavily]
[breathes heavily]
[Sarah] Ma?
[customers chattering]
Ma? You okay?
- Hey.
- Hi.
We were so selfish.
What we did to you--
Ma, listen to me.
You need to tell Da
that you need a hospital.
I've been telling him.
And if we both say it,
he'll take us there and you'll be okay.
- No, no, no, no. [shushing]
- Okay, but it's really, really important
that you tell him.
Mm-mmm.
[sighs, groans]
- [footsteps approaching]
- Let's look ahead, mate.
[Jenna groans, breathes heavily]
[suspenseful music plays]
[Donnie] You getting hungry?
[gasps]
I'll be back in a minute.
[person] Are you okay?
[breathes heavily]
- I told you to stay in the car.
- Is that Donald?
- Uncle Donald's there. He can help her.
- No. Uncle Donald
- Mags! Maggie!
- [grunts]
- Get in the car and lock the door.
- Mags!
- Lock the door!
- Maggie, no!
No, no, no, no, no. Maggie, open the door.
Open the door. Open the door.
Unlock the door.
Maggie, open the door!
- [engine starts]
- Please, unlock! I can help! It's okay!
- Maggie, open up!
- [tires squeal]
- [engine revs]
- Maggie!
[bystander] Someone call the police!
Get in the car.
Now! Now!
Why was Uncle Donald with that man?
- Why?
- Because your uncle Donald is a weak man.
- That's why.
- They must've been following us.
How else would they have been
at the same place?
- It doesn't matter.
- It does matter! What is going on?
Da?
The fact is they were on their own
without the police.
That means they haven't told anybody
where we're going.
That's the important thing.
Now, I know a shortcut up here.
It will get us there faster.
When we get there,
Grandpa will protect us, okay?
That's the plan.
[Izzy] Dean, your dad took Bill's gun.
Why didn't you call us?
We could have figured something out.
My father didn't have much faith
in this investigation.
Can't say I disagree.
Sorry, but it's true.
Did your father say anything
that suggested
he knew where they were heading?
Dean? Please.
No.
I wanted to help,
but he didn't want me involved, okay?
Sorry.
Excuse me, boss. Can I?
Yeah, just give me a second.
Yeah?
I just got a crime report
from a service station near Naracoorte.
Two men creating a disturbance, one armed.
Witnesses say he had
a heavily injured shoulder.
Uh, we're leaving.
Um, we'll be in touch, yeah?
[sighs]
- [breathing heavily]
- If we don't do something
about your shoulder,
you're gonna bleed out.
[car door closes]
- Come on.
- [grunting]
- Out you come.
- [grunts, groans]
- Yeah.
- [groans]
I'm just gonna pull this back.
[groaning]
Okay, can you hold this?
- Just put the gun down, would you?
- [breathing heavily]
I'm on your side.
[groans]
Now, this is really gonna hurt.
- [breathing heavily]
- All righty, one, two
[groaning] Fuck!
[groaning, panting]
There we go.
All right. Where is it?
[groaning]
Yep. Yep, yep, yep.
[groans, huffs]
[groans]
[sighs]
You're on my side, are you?
- Yeah.
- [pants]
Oh, what a relief.
[sighs]
Jenna Reid came to visit me yesterday.
She came to say goodbye.
[breathes heavily] We used to be lovers.
She told me why they took Mags.
Go on.
They had a little girl of their own.
Her name was Sarah.
[inhales deeply]
And she was outside playing
and she caught her neck
between two fence posts.
And she died.
Oh, okay.
Okay.
Well, then Then that
That's all right then.
They should've said.
I-I should forget what they've done.
- That's not what I'm saying.
- Isn't it?
Oh, sorry. What are you saying?
What are you saying, Donnie?
- I understand.
- No, you don't.
No, you don't understand.
You don't understand, Donnie.
Nobody understands.
Because Maggie was my baby.
- [wistful music plays]
- She was my baby.
She was my child.
She was perfect.
She was my perfect child
who looked up to me and loved me.
She needed me.
She trusted me.
And I failed her.
'Cause she was taken away from me.
She was torn away from me.
And I've grieved her for 11 years
and I've grieved myself.
And I've blown up my life
and I've eaten myself alive.
And what am I supposed
to do with that, Donnie?
What am I supposed to do with that?
Because even when I get her back
that baby is still lost.
To me.
Forever.
So, what am I supposed to do
to make that right?
I don't know, mate.
You don't know
because you don't understand.
[whispers] I'm sorry.
I should've told you
as soon as I found out about Sarah.
If you're sorry, Donnie,
you tell me where they're going.
Okay.
They're going to my father's compound.
Where's that?
Um, it's about 20Ks down the road.
You come to a big gully.
It's just to the left of that.
Ian. Ian, listen.
- Listen, I wanna help you, mate.
- Step away, Donnie.
N-No, I wanna help you.
But going in there and shooting
Step away. Donald, step the fuck away!
Three steps back.
Don't fucking move.
Mate, pl--
Please.
[car door opens]
Ian.
- Thanks for driving.
- Ian.
- Ian, you're gonna-- [sighs]
- [engine starts]
[pensive music plays]
Okay, the service station is here, right?
Both vehicles exited
the freeway heading north,
and we established roadblocks
on the main routes out,
but neither vehicle's been sighted.
Sizemore.
We did a search for known associates.
Okay, we came up with one name.
Gareth Reid.
This is Henry's father.
Now, he was involved in some Here we are
Some religious group back in the day.
The Church of the Chosen Apostles.
2017, allegations that they were
depriving children of education
and proper medical care.
A number of charges laid,
and the group broke up.
But at that time,
they were based right here.
- That's Three Mile Hill.
- That's, like, 40Ks.
Yeah, from there to there.
The report we got is
- that Three Mile Hill was abandoned.
- Yeah, clearly not.
Lewis, get a tactical unit up there
and the perimeter locked down.
Let's roll out, yeah? We know what to do?
- Okay. Let's go.
- Yes, Sarge. We'll head out with you.
[suspenseful music plays]
Look, there it is.
I thought you said
lots of people live here.
I did say that, but they're probably
all out working in the fields.
That's what we do here.
See? There's the church.
We're here.
Dad! Dad!
I'm Henry. I'm Henry.
I'm Henry. It's Henry.
Dad.
What do you want?
I'll explain everything,
but I I Come here.
I need your help, Dad.
Jenna You remember Jenna?
She's been hurt.
This is your granddaughter, Sarah.
She's in there. She's been hurt.
Can you help us, please?
Can you help?
[grunts]
Do we pray for her, Dad? Or
Dad?
What happened here?
She was shot.
Can you help us?
I can't help you, boy.
Your wife's dead.
No.
No. Ma, wake up.
Ma. Come on. Ma, wake up, please. Mama
Please wake up. Ma. Ma, wake up.
[breathes shakily]
Ma!
You promised me that he would heal her!
Wake up, Ma.
- You can't leave me here.
- [groaning]
Ma, wake up.
- [crying]
- Your child needs you.
Sarah.
Sarah. Sarah, you gotta let go.
No! Ma! [cries]
[sobbing] You promised me.
You promised me she would be okay.
You promised me that she would be okay.
[sobbing continues]
[Gareth]
Why is this guy following you? Why?
Well, he claims he's her father.
Now, why would he say that? Is he?
No, he's friends with Donald, Dad.
He's an addict and he's sick in the head.
Why are you looking at me like that?
I'm her father. I brought her up!
Where is everyone, Dad?
It's empty here.
Few years ago, the government came,
took the children.
Congregation deserted me.
I'm sorry I turned my back on you, Dad.
I was weak.
I was faithless.
I'm sorry, but
I'm here now.
And I need you, Dad. I need you.
What do you want from me?
I want you to help me stop him.
You know what these people can do.
The government. The police.
- [sighs]
- He wants to take my daughter away.
He wants to take your granddaughter away.
And I can't let him do that.
And we won't.
[sinister music plays]
[grunting]
[inhales deeply]
Sarah, we need to go now, please.
How did I get to be with you
if the man chasing us is my father?
Sarah, I will explain everything,
but we need to go now, please.
You taught me that lying was a sin.
But you've lied to me for my entire life.
We have to go now!
I'm not going anywhere
until you tell me the truth.
Okay, okay.
- God led me to you.
- [scoffs]
When I first saw you
through the light of the window,
I knew in my heart
that I had to protect you.
That that was my life's purpose.
So, God told you to kidnap me?
He told you to steal me from my home?
I won't regret it.
I will not regret our family,
no matter what happens.
And the girl in the forest
that you told me about?
The one you said was murdered.
Did you do something to her?
Did I
Did you kill her?
[somber music plays]
The girl I told you about,
her name was Sarah.
And she was our daughter.
And a very terrible thing happened to her.
There was an accident.
So I buried her away from the farm,
to not upset your mother.
What about my real family?
Did you even think about them?
Sarah, we are your real family.
Don't you remember?
I fathered you.
So I am your father.
You were happy, weren't you?
Weren't you, Sarah?
[door opens]
- What's going on?
- Sarah, you were happy.
What is going on?
He's coming.
Grandpa and I are going to protect you.
But you need to do
what the adults tell you.
[Gareth] Rebecca, take the girl.
- Come on. Come on.
- No. Don't do this.
Do they know who he is? Who he really is?
You stay here until I tell you it's safe.
[door closes, locks]
[breathing heavily]
What's she mean by that?
Nothing.
Nothing.
Okay, let's go.
[ominous music plays]
I love you.
[door closes]
[tense music plays]
[panting]
[panting continues]
Oh, no, no, no, no. Sarah.
[mouthing] No, no, no. Get
[gasps]
[panting]
- Hey! Hey, watch out!
- Maggie!
Watch out, they're gonna shoot!
- They're gonna shoot!
- What?
- They're gonna shoot you!
- Who? Hey, where? Where? Where?
- Dad, no!
- Go, go, go, go, go! Go, go!
No, Dad!
Here, here, here.
[gunshots firing]
- Okay, come.
- [panting]
Dad, no! It's Sarah!
Don't shoot, Dad! Dad, no!
Go, go, go.
No, Dad!
Dad, no! It's Sarah, Dad.
You brought this trouble here.
I'll finish it.
Eli, around the front.
- John, take the back of the shed.
- Got it.
You, stay here and hide.
Dad!
[Ian] Go. Here, quick.
Run. Run. [pants] Stay.
[panting]
Stay here. Here, here.
Stay in the center of the room, okay?
[breathing shakily]
[panting] I can't see them.
Is this all my fault? [whimpers]
What? No.
I ran away from home,
and that's what started this whole thing.
No. Bad things happened to you.
And they were done by bad people.
None of this is your fault.
You're a child.
This is not your fault.
[breathes shakily] Okay? Okay?
The toy you showed me. I remember it.
At least the tune.
Yeah, of course you do. You loved it.
You kept asking me to play it.
You kept saying, "Again, again."
You remember?
You remember me? Maybe a little bit?
Maybe.
You've got a mum.
You've got a brother. [breathes shakily]
And they love you so much. Look, look.
See? That's you. That's you.
Do you remember?
That's you. We're all together.
We're family. Look.
I've missed you so much.
I've missed you so much.
[clattering]
[tense music plays]
- Up, up. Come on.
- [breathes shakily]
How many are there? How many are there?
- Why? What are you gonna do?
- I have to stop them.
They're gonna kill us otherwise, okay?
How many?
Three? Uh, maybe four.
Okay, come on. This way.
- [pants]
- [shushes]
Okay, stop. Sit here.
Okay, stay here. Okay? Just stay quiet.
Don't leave me alone.
I have to leave you, but I'll be back.
I promise I'll be back. Okay?
Just stay here and be brave. Okay?
Stay here.
- [whimpers]
- [panting]
[clattering]
[yelps]
[screaming] My eye!
- [groaning]
- Stay down. Show me your hands.
- [screaming continues]
- Show me your hands.
- Show me your fucking hands.
- My eye!
Show me your fucking hands.
- Shit! [whimpering]
- Shut the fuck up.
- Shut the fuck up or I'll kill you.
- [crying]
[breathing shakily] Ian?
Da? [breathes shakily]
- [gasps]
- Quiet.
[tense music plays]
When we get out of here,
I'm gonna tell you
to scream your lungs out,
and you're gonna have to do that.
You understand?
'Cause if you don't,
you're gonna be in trouble.
- You understand?
- Dad.
- Dad, what are you doing?
- Oh, shut up.
- Dad, you're hurting her.
- Hurting her?
I'll break her neck if that's
what it takes to flush him outta here.
- Stop it.
- Help me!
- Oh. Look at you.
- Da!
You come here asking for help,
and when you have to do
what's needed, you can't do it.
- [gasps]
- [grunting]
- [gasps]
- [Henry] Dad?
[panting]
Dad, I'm sorry.
But you
You made me do it, Dad.
You were hurting her, Dad.
You made me.
Sarah?
Possum?
You in here?
I'm so sorry. Can you come out now?
And I'll I'll make it up to you.
We'll We'll start again.
- We'll go somewhere new, and you--
- [Ian] Drop the weapon.
[gun cocks]
Drop the weapon, or I'll shoot you. Now.
- Now.
- I'm doing it.
- Now. Now.
- Okay.
[grunts]
[groaning]
- Look at me. Look at me.
- [grunts]
- Look at me. Look at me.
- [groans]
- [panting]
- Yeah.
Yeah.
[breathing shakily]
I've been dreaming about this moment
for so fucking long.
- So long.
- [grunts]
Please.
- Stop. Stop.
- Don't.
Stop. No, no, no, no.
[breathes shakily]
I know what he did was wrong. I know.
[breathes shakily]
But I love him.
Sweetheart, this man isn't your father.
I'm your father.
Maybe,
but I don't know you.
You did once.
We're a family,
and we're gonna be family again.
Please.
My ma is already gone.
That woman was not your mother.
I don't care. [sobs]
I loved her, and now she's dead.
I have lost so much already.
I can't lose him too.
Please. Please.
Stay down. Stay down.
[Sarah cries]
[breathes shakily] Mags--
Stop calling me Mags.
[Sarah sobbing]
My name is Sarah.
Sarah.
I'm so sorry.
[whimpers]
Da, we need to go.
Come on.
[grunts]
Let's go. Let's go.
[breathing shakily]
[gentle music plays]
[sniffles]
Your family looks nice.
I wish I could have met them.
[breathing shakily]
[Ian sniffles]
[crying]
[music swells]
[helicopter whirring]
All persons in the vehicle, stop there.
Do not exit the vehicle
unless you are instructed.
Maybe we should just give up.
I'll go to a normal school.
I'll do everything
that the government wants, and
maybe we can even go back to the farm.
[huffs]
Occupants, I want you
to step out of the vehicle, one at a time.
Only as directed.
[negotiator] Driver only,
slowly exit the vehicle
with your hands raised.
[breathes shakily]
It won't be so bad, will it?
[negotiator] Take three steps
away from the vehicle
and lay on your stomach
with your hands outstretched.
Sarah, I need you to get
under the dash for me, please.
- Da, we have to give up.
- Just do what I say
and get down under the dash,
please, darling. Come on.
What are you gonna do? [whimpers]
- I love you so much.
- [shakily] No.
- Please. No. I still need you.
- And I'm sorry. I'm sorry for everything.
You're gonna be great.
[negotiator] Slowly.
- You're gonna be so great. You are great.
- Show me your hands!
- [crying, breathes shakily]
- [negotiator] Drop the gun!
Drop the gun now!
- Don't move!
- [gunfire]
[sobs]
[dramatic music plays]
[distorted] Get on the ground!
Put your hands in the air!
[no audible dialogue]
[music fades]
- Hi.
- Hello, how are you?
[Deb] Good, come on in.
Do you want me to
[Deb] No, it's fine.
- [Dean] Hey.
- How have you been?
- Good.
- Just head down there.
Do you want, uh, a drink?
Water or tea or something?
Juice, or Hmm?
Well, how about I leave you to it?
You need me, just ask Debbie to call.
- [Sarah] Mm-hmm.
- All right?
- Great.
- [social worker] No problem.
- [Dean] I can see you out.
- Oh, no, that's okay. That's okay.
[door opens, closes]
[Deb] We've been getting
your room together upstairs.
Your easel
and the beautiful piano is there.
Can I see the baby?
[Deb] Yeah. Yeah, of course.
- [baby babbles]
- [Deb] She's just in here.
Do you wanna hold her?
- I'll just look, if that's okay.
- Mmm.
[baby fussing]
Was I a good sleeper?
- [chuckles] No.
- [Dean chuckling]
[chuckling]
No, you used to keep me up all night,
wanting to be fed.
- Sorry.
- [chuckles]
I used to look at you and you had
such determination.
Such character.
I knew you'd be a world beater.
Um, later on,
you're going to your husband's memorial?
I'd like to come. If that's okay.
That would be wonderful.
[chattering]
[Deb speaking indistinctly]
That's sweet. Thank you.
Thank you for everything. It's good.
Thank you. Thank you for everything.
Excuse me, Father.
I don't know where these go.
Thank you.
Thank you, girls. This is Sarah.
Hi. Nice to meet you.
[Deb] We'll see.
[inhales shakily]
Sarah. Deb.
Just wanted to say how sorry I am, again.
For both your losses.
Thanks.
[Deb cries]
I'll see you.
I'm so sorry.
Hey.
- Sam.
- Hey.
Hey.
- How's she, um
- Hey.
How's she going, do you think?
[Dean] As good as you can hope.
[Tommy chattering]
Give her some time. She'll find her way.
- [sighs]
- [Ian] Come here.
I love you, Deano.
[Dean] Love you, Dad.
[Ian] Sam. Cheers, mate.
[gentle music plays]
["Prelude In C Major" playing on piano]
[music continues]
[music ends]
["The Body Keeps The Score" playing]