The Ridge (2025) s01e06 Episode Script

1
Flight time today will be
approximately 14 hours
and we're hoping for a smooth
ride for most of the trip.
For now, sit back and relax.
# You spot me on the hillside
# La, la
# You've stolen all the sunlight
# La, la
# And now I'm in the woodchipper
# La, la, la
# That's OK, you betcha
# La, la #
SHE GROANS
MOBILE PHONE RINGS
Cass?
Cass?
Cassy?
Sorry, ma'am, you'll have
to switch your phone off.
Yeah, sure, no problem.
Sir, you need to sit down.
PHONE RINGS
Cass?
Ma'am. Ma'am. Yeah, sure, sure.
PHONE RINGS
Hey, this is Mia. Leave a message.
Help. Help, Mia.
Help, Mia.
BUTTON DINGS
SHE WHIMPERS
DEAD TONE BEEPS
SHE GROANS
My God
How could you do this to me?!
I'm so sorry. How long has this been
going on? Years.
Look, I wanted to tell you, I did.
Then why didn't you?!
What else have you been lying about?
Have there been other men?
It was It was only you and Teddy.
I didn't tell you
because I didn't want to hurt you.
Were you ever even attracted to me?
Or was I just convenient?
Was I just like a front
for the trustworthy undertaker?
It was never that.
Who else knows?
Aside from bloody Mia.
I bet she's laughing it up at me
looking like a fool.
Teddy reckons Louise does
but I don't see it.
Oh, brilliant.
Thank you for that.
God!
How could I not know?
I'm your wife. I'm a cop. I'm
supposed to pick up on this stuff.
You trusted me and I lied to you.
It's as simple as that.
Nah, I'm bloody delusional.
That's what I've always been.
You know how much I love you
No!
What do you want to do now, huh?
Do you want to split up?
What do you want?
I love you so much, Lib, and Sadie.
So much.
Yeah, I know. I know you do.
MOBILE PHONE RINGS
Look, ignore it.
It's Ewan.
Shit.
Are those for me?
Just coming in to check
on our little project.
Do I look like a guy
who would let you down?
Right now?
Oh.
Just getting those pictures
out of my head, sis, that's all.
You good?
Yeah, of course.
Thank you.
Jesus.
That's beyond horrific.
A wild boar.
We can't say for certain.
It'll be clear
after the postmortem.
Hey. No
Well, you know how this works,
it's due process.
They'll want to take bite
and saliva tests.
Establish what exactly?
What you already bloody know.
The point is
that we don't know for sure.
The ministry will want to destroy
the animal and get proof that
we've taken every possible step to
prevent this from happening again.
The ministry?
Can't you pull some strings?
Not if I want to keep my job.
My mother
..Libby, will not go through
the indignity of a postmortem.
Her body has been
mauled by an animal.
This is family.
And you fucking owe us.
Annot never saw me as family,
we both know that.
You know what, Libby?
You really are as useless as
everyone in this town says you are.
I want my mother's body home.
DOOR SLAMS SHU
No-one's going to give a fuck,
Harry.
Ewan might kick off,
like he's defending his sister
but everyone knows he's an arsehole.
Yeah. What about your mum? Hmm?
Well, I can handle her.
People are weird about this
kind of thing. They're not.
The only person who's weird
about this is you.
Don't piss away 15 years
like it means nothing.
You're better than that, Harry.
WE'RE better than that.
G'day, Harry. What are you doing
here?
Just in time.
I'm going to put the kettle on.
I'm sorry, there's someone
I need to talk with.
SHE SIGHS
What's up with him?
Oh, marriage problems.
Turned to the expert, did he?
I'll sort you out that cuppa, eh?
Have a seat.
Is this a formal line of inquiry
or No.
Personal.
You strong-armed my husband
into coming out?
Oh, come on, Libby.
He was living a lie and so were you.
That is not your call to make.
You should be thanking me.
LIBBY LAUGHS
You really are a monster,
aren't you?
You've got balls, though,
I'll give you that.
I haven't told Sadie
if that's what you're Good.
Because that is not your job,
that is ours.
OK.
Sometimes
..I don't realise how my behaviour
can affect other people.
Upsetting people,
letting them down
..is something I excel at.
Like Cassy?
Look, I don't know
if this is the right time but
I'm worried about Ewan.
He seems very bleak.
He keeps saying that he can't go on.
I think he needs professional help.
Yeah, well, there's no telling
what Ewan's capable of right now.
What are you saying, Libby?
Hera Olsen was my
best friend at school.
I assume you saw everything
when you snuck through her files.
If you're talking
about the suicide note, yes.
Have you read it?
Some of us respect
other people's privacy.
Why did no-one give it
to Brenda Olsen?
The guys that worked here then
thought it was kinder not to.
A parent doesn't have
every right to
The town was different back then.
You saw Hera had been pregnant.
Was it Ewan's? Mm-hm.
But when he told his father,
he was ridiculed.
Told that he'd gotten
himself trapped
and that his bastard would never be
recognised by the family.
Sound familiar? Wow. Hmm.
Your father. Ewan's father.
Ewan stood up to him
for the first time in his life.
Then Hera lost the baby.
She didn't have feelings for him,
she'd always been up front
about that.
But then our father,
found out about that too.
And ridiculed Ewan even more?
Then Ewan and Hera
went up the ridge
You've seen the rest.
Sorry, are you saying what I think
you're saying, Libby?
Stupidly, I didn't want
to believe it.
Ewan's still my only family.
And now he's done it again.
I have no proof, Mia.
Unbelievable!
WOLF WHINES
WOLF WHIMPERS
Go.
Go!
Go!
GO!
Fuck!
Fuck! Fuck!
Thanks.
Hey, Mum.
Hey, Sadie.
You OK? Yeah, of course.
Is Dad OK?
Do you think Uncle Ewan would
like me to do Annot's make-up
for the funeral?
I'msure that he would love that.
That's very considerate of you.
I'm actually a little bit
busy right now.
Found this on the doorstep.
Just put it over there.
How are you feeling?
Isa escaped.
I think she
I think that it was what
You think Isa attacked your mother?
Yeah.
God.
I should have secured her better,
Mia.
No. Don't do that to yourself.
They were accidents.
Horrible random accidents.
What if someone finds out
that we've been hiding Isa?
We're the only ones that know.
How would they find out?
I've got you.
Yeah? I mean it.
I had acommemorative plaque
carved for Cassy.
From that guy Eru.
I thought we could lay it
up on the ridge.
Maybe get you out of the house.
Take your mind off things for a bit.
I don't know.
I mean, people are popping in.
They want to talk about Mum.
Do something for yourself
for a change.
OK. I mean I would
like to go back up.
Hmm. It'll help.
I think it will.
I'll go get ready.
MOBILE PHONE RINGS
Hello, stranger.
Hello, Mia.
I'm sure you've heard by now that
I have been fully cleared
by Jacky and the board.
Of course you have.
Boards are boards,
no matter what hospital.
They never want a fuss or a scandal.
Mia, I need you to know that I've
thought long and hard about this.
I have to tell Jacky it was you
who took the Duranyl.
Are you bullshitting me?
No.
I'll be struck off.
No. Worse.
I'm going to suggest that she look
at the information in relation
to the perioperative death
that you have just been cleared of.
Please It has to stop.
Don't, don't
OK. You're right, you're right.
I need help.
I'll get counselling.
This is over, Mia.
I've got no choice.
I'll lose my fucking job.
I'll be arrested.
You're meant to be my friend.
Don't give me that.
I've never known you at all.
Oh, my
Riz, I am going through hell here.
I wish you the best.
I really do.
But this is
the end of the road for us.
Fine. OK, fine. Do it.
I dare you. Go on.
PHONE GOES DEAD
I'm ready. Let's go. Shit.
You know, you never did tell me
why you and Cass fell out.
Er
She was working for a beaver
reintroduction programme
in Scotland.
Usually where people would laugh.
Ah.
But Cassy couldn't stick to the
beaver reintroduction areas
and the farmers
started to get pissed off.
And they started
shooting beavers dead.
And you can only imagine how much
Cassy kicked off at that.
Hmm.
Wouldn't be long before they turned
one of the guns on her.
Exactly. That's what I said.
Um, so then obviously
I became the bad guy.
Well, not the bad guy,
more the, um
..the wasted
unfeeling junkie
who had no human decency
or care for the planet.
Ouch.
Yeah. Ah
Anyway, she hooked off
to New Zealand
to find people who would understand.
Well, she definitely found that.
Mm.
Yeah, and I'm pleased she actually
found people who cared for her.
But you know
..I can't help but think though,
maybe it's me being the
selfish one again, but
..without all of that
..me and you
wouldn't have found each other.
That's a very sweet thing to say.
Yeah. It can take a while but
I can be sweet.
SHE SIGHS
ETHEREAL MUSIC PLAYS
Sadie.
I'm sorry about before.
MUSIC FADES
I should have been
up front with you.
I know you're not a kid any more.
Your dad's
..a good man.
Hope you know that.
What's happening?
Is Dad leaving us?
Just tell me.
Sadie
..your dad doesn't want to
hurt you or me.
He's always put us first
and he's always done what's right
and he could not love you more. OK?
OK.
Thank God.
What's happening?
I'm scared.
Um
..I've been seeing someone.
You lied
and you cheated on Mum.
There's a lot
we need to work through.
Together as a family.
SADIE SOBS
Come here.
MIA PANTS
You want to turn back?
No.
All right.
Follow me, then.
Try and keep three points
of contact at all times.
SHE GASPS
You all right?
Here.
I've got you.
Don't look down.
I know.
OK.
I shouldn't have looked down.
Come on.
Take my hand.
I want to show you something.
A little bit further up.
I don't remember this section.
There's different ascent paths.
I like this way for a change.
Come on.
Hey Where did you go?
Ewan? Stop fucking about.
ECHOING GROWLING AND PANTING
Ewan?
Ewan!
GUNSHO
DISTANT GUNSHO
Did you hear that?
Yeah.
You disappeared.
Couldn't keep up.
Thirsty?
Yeah, parched.
Two cups this time.
Yeah.
We need to keep things civilised,
don't we?
Want to make things nice,
for Cassy.
Huh. Looks just like you.
Doing a good job there, doc.
Very precise.
Nah-ah. Cheers.
Oi, give us a hand.
Yeah, after this.
No, now.
I shot a wolf.
What?
Are you deaf or something?
A wolf.
Good-sized bastard, too.
Well, bitch, actually.
Oh, not the Johnston's dog?
Jeez, Mum.
It's a bloody wolf. I'm not feeble.
There's no wolves in New Zealand.
Not any more, there's not.
It's probably what killed Annot.
Poor woman.
It's not the way I'd choose to go.
Oh, yeah?
And where the hell did it come from?
Rewilders. Isn't it obvious?
I mean, they stole our goats
to feed the bugger.
Why would the rewilders bring
a wolf into a country
where there's no wolves?
It goes against everything
they stand for.
You tell me.
Your friggin' people.
Those pines down at the south fence,
it's time to reclaim the pasture.
Establish natives
as a shelterbelt instead.
Well, your grandfather built
this farm up from nothing.
Those conifers,
they're the work of your dad.
Well, let's mill it. Use the money.
This is for the land, Mum.
We want to repair it.
She really brainwashed you,
didn't she? That Scot.
She lured you into her bed
and that was it.
We both know that didn't happen.
Me and Harry are a couple.
We have been since school.
I'm sure you know.
Yeah, well, I didn't come down
in the last shower, did I?
Then all this talk of Cassy?
It was never up to me
to force it out of you,
but maybe I was trying.
I'm sorry.
Why couldn't you tell
your own mother?
You don't make it easy.
SHE CHUCKLES
I love you, Son.
Oh, God, poor bloody Libby, eh?
Yeah. What that woman
must be going through.
Yeah, it's news to her too.
I know I have to make things right.
I just, I don't know what to do.
Oh, you'll do the right thing,
whatever you decide.
But, uh, it's up to you, Teddy.
Right. Are you going
to come have a look
what a hulking dead wolf looks like?
Or not?
Weighs more than you think.
I'll drive.
Oh! Yeah, right.
You've gone a bit quiet.
Something on your mind?
You know what I can't work out?
Why Annot mentioned that
you were at the pod
when it was set on fire.
She said that?
We talk, sometimes.
I gave her her scarf back.
And for the record,
you weren't at the house.
She was calling for you.
She was looking for you.
You know, I really wish you'd met
Mum before she lost it.
She was
..really an amazing woman.
Smart as a whip.
She seemed lucid to me.
Why would I set the fire, Mia?
Because if everyone thought
the farmers did it,
it'd be a good rallying point
for you.
Keep all your troops in your corner.
My team is loyal.
Most of them are volunteers,
I don't buy their support.
I mean, it's obvious it was
one of the farmers, isn't it?
And besides,
if I hadn't heard you shouting,
we might have lost you too.
I don't remember shouting.
I definitely heard you.
The door was locked.
Are you sure?
Maybe it warped from the heat.
This is a bit of imaginative
foreplay.
Hmm? Is that what this is?
Come on, what's the rush?
What was your father like?
That's one way to kill the mood.
Ah-ha.
Did he bully you? Why?
You said he was a piece of work.
He was an absolute prick
until I stood up to him.
He never fucked with me
again, after that.
Ever.
I got you.
Let's go.
Grimes to base. Heading out
to investigate a gunshot.
Probably just a farmer.
ON RADIO: Yeah, copy that, Libby.
Oh, shit.
CAR LOCK BEEPS
There?
SHE SIGHS
The shadows flee away.
It's beautiful.
She would have loved it.
Definitely a better artist
than a drug dealer.
You really think I don't know?
That you found Mum's scarf?
What was left of it
in Isa's enclosure.
You didn't know about this either,
did you?
Look familiar?
My knife.
Guess you're not as smart
as you think you are, doctor.
Why did you sleep with me?
Cos you're irresistible.
And why do you keep wearing
her jacket?
To unsettle you.
More chance of you making a mistake.
I don't make mistakes.
You sent the video to Cassy.
Or you paid some teenagers
to do it for you.
I could never have anticipated
that you, Mia,
out of everyone,
would be the one who found it.
I mean, we didn't even think
you were coming.
But you bought it, right?
You believed Teddy
killed your sister out of jealousy.
Convenient.
And all I had to do, Mia
..was play it like she slipped.
LIBBY PANTS
Fuck you.
What are you going to do now, Mia?
Hmm?
Got any more tricks up your sleeve?
I know you put bats in my room.
I know it was you that set the fire.
You tried to kill me,
but you failed.
Because you are piss-weak, Ewan.
Oh, you're so hot, you know that?
HE LAUGHS
What happened to my sister?
What happened to your sister?
She taunted me.
She teased me, Mia, just like you.
I wanted her to be part of me,
part of my family.
I gave her my grandmother's ring,
so precious to my family.
But oh, no,
she doesn't wear jewellery, Mia.
But Teddy's greenstone?
Something borrowed?
Oh, she flaunted that.
She shamed me, Mia.
She used me.
She disrespected everything that
I loved, Mia.
MIA CRIES OU
And then she kept pushing.
She kept pushing.
And pushing.
You're a selfish fucking narcissist.
Oh, I'm a narcissist?
Yeah! You're a selfish fucking
You're a
Until I finally broke.
You're a fake.
Say that again!
Until I finally pushed her back!
Fuck!
CASSY SCREAMS
You OK there, Ewan?
Oh.
That's your plan, is it?
Why did you kill Hera?
What? Cos she didn't love you?
Hera didn't want you.
Or because she miscarried
your child?
And neither did Cassy.
Because you're damaged, Ewan.
Even your own mother.
Oh, she had your number, didn't she?
She knew.
EWAN RETCHES
SHE EXHALES LOUDLY
No-one wants fucking Ewan
because he's pure fucking evil.
Steeping Duranyl in boiling water
increases its absorption rate.
That's how all the
local kids are taking it.
It's not a bad idea, actually.
Goes nice in a cup of tea.
See, my Duranyl tolerance
is sky-high.
But youyou have none.
You'd never guess
where I found these.
SHE SIGHS
Everyone thinks our mother
died in an accident.
Well, that's what we tell people.
GASPS
Maybe if I'd called an ambulance
straight away,
she would have survived.
But then what would have happened?
Nothing would have changed.
No.
EWAN GRUNTS
That wound couldn't have killed her.
But I knew what would.
The fumes killed her.
I killed her.
SHE GURGLES
Oh, Ewan, you know
..see, the thing is,
when it comes to my mishaps
Oh! ..I did know what I was doing
and who I was doing it to.
SHOUTING, MACHINE BEEPS
SHE GRUNTS
Why should these people get to live
and cause pain?
You see, Ewan, that's the
difference between you and me.
You kill for rage.
I kill for mercy.
That last patient
..felt everything.
When the surgeon started cutting
SHE GROANS
..he was awake.
Could feel everything.
Some of my best work, actually.
MACHINE FLATLINES
Yeah.
You're starting to look
properly cooked now.
Cardio.
Helped get the Duranyl
through your system quicker.
OK, then.
SHE GROANS LOUDLY
Oh, no.
You're just feeling
sorry for yourself now.
Because I know what happened.
Cassy saw the Grey Man, Ewan.
And it was you.
Mia!
What are you doing?
I loved her!
So much!
MIA SCREAMS
LOUD THUD
Fuck you!
SHE WHIMPERS
Oh!
Ah!
Mm.
It's impossible.
These are emergency room surgeries.
Unplanned.
Her actions were on the fly.
All but one an incoming prisoner.
Instant decisions.
This is hard on you, Riz.
Don't ignore the pattern here,
Jacky.
If it were drug theft alone, then
I think you're going to need
some more time off.
Let's not hide this any longer.
Leave it with me.
You sure about this?
# I'm on my way
# From misery to happiness today
# Ah-hah, ah-ha, ah-ha#
CHAINSAW MOTOR REVS
# I'm on my way
from misery to happiness today
# Ah-hah, ah-ha, ah-ha #
I'll take it.
Well, give me some time
and I'll clear some space.
Make some room for your own stuff.
Are you kidding?
It'sit's perfect.
# Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
# To keep my feet
# From jumping from the ground, dear
# To keep my heart
# From jumping through my mouth,
dear
# To keep the past #
Last one.
See you soon, Lib.
# To try and learn
# When you teach me a lesson
# And now that I don't want
# For anything
# Ooh
# I'd have Al Jolson sing
# I'm sitting
on top of the world #
Thank you. Thank you.
# I'm on my way
# From misery to happiness today
# Ah-ha, ah-hah, ah-hah
# I'm on my way
# From misery to happiness today
# Yeah, I'm on my way
# To what I want from this world
# And years from now
# You'll make it
to the next world #
SHE CHUCKLES
# And everything that you receive
up yonder #
Hah!
SHE LAUGHS LOUDLY
# I'm on my way
# To what I want from this world
# And years from now
# You'll make it to the next world
# And everything
# That you receive up yonder
# Is what you gave
# To me the day I wandered
# I'm on my way
# Yeah, I'm on my way
# I'm on my way
# I'm on my way. #