Original subtitles

[HAUNTING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

MEGHAN: What can I do about it?

Just ignore the trolls. Don't engage.

JULES: Shouldn't you be up there,

waiting for the birth?

HAYDEN: No, she's already had him.

-What? -Yeah, she had the baby.

Well, I've got spare keys. Come on down.

Here he is.

Here he is.

GRACE: Please don't tell me

you bought a DNA kit with you.

I warned her.

Simon, don't be a dick!

AGGIE: [AUSTRALIAN ACCENT] It's just

a routine blood test.

You're welcome to come with me.

Oh, no, no, that's...

[KISSES] Bye.

MEGHAN: Our baby was taken for a blood test.

When will he be back?

NURSE: Who took him? JACK: A nurse.

[BABY CRIES]

NURSE: Your baby wasn't scheduled for a blood test.

-JACK: But the nurse said... -Where is our baby?

[ALARM BLARES]

Jack?

NURSE: I'm sure there's a totally logical explanation.

MEGHAN: Where is my husband?

Get me a fucking wheelchair now!

[SIREN WAILS]

REPORTER: The search is widening today

for a baby who was abducted from St Adeline's Hospital,

in Sydney's northern suburbs yesterday.

The new-born was allegedly taken

while the mother was in the shower.

Police have serious concerns for the baby's welfare.

[HEART MONITOR BEEPS]

[HAUNTING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

Jack?

Oh!

WOMAN: The toilet on the administration floor

looks like it didn't flush.

[VOICES MURMUR]

MAN: Get Forensics...

Have you found my baby?

Whoa! Hey, you're not meant to be out of bed.

I'm Detective Soussa. We met last night.

This is Detective Chief Inspector MacAteer.

What is it? What have you found?

We found his tag in the bathroom upstairs.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS]

MEGHAN: Oh!

Nurse!

MacATEER: That's right. Lean on me.

MEGHAN: Where's Jack?

-Oh! I'm sorry! -Watch it.

GRACE: Mum's taken Lucy and Lachie to the movies

to keep them distracted from everything.

What if he's been dumped somewhere?

Left on a doorstep or in a bin.

What if he's buried under leaves

or in a car somewhere?

[HAUNTING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

A baby can't ask for help.

He can't... He can't find his way home.

Megs, we can't... We can't think like that.

We... We can't.

What if Simon's got him?

Simon came here with a DNA kit.

What?

I sent him away, but, Megs, you have to tell the police.

[HAUNTING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

♪ I just can't get you out of my head

♪ Oh, your loving is all I think about

♪ I just can't get you out of my head

♪ Oh, it's more than I dare to think about

♪ Set me free

♪ Oh, la, la

♪ La, la, la, la, la

♪ La, la, la

♪ La, la, la, la, la

[HAUNTING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

[DOG BARKS]

Aggie? It's Hayden.

[LINE RINGING]

AGGIE: Hi. This is Agatha.

I'm not available right now. Leave me a message.

[BEEP]

HAYDEN: What the fuck, Aggie? What's going on? Call me back.

[HAUNTING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

[MOBILE PHONE CHIMES]

[HAUNTING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

MAN: Can we find someone

inside the hospital who'll talk?

What can you tell me about Jack Shaughnessy?

The TV sports guy.

[MOBILE PHONE RINGS]

Yes?

Jack, Jeremy Clay.

Have they got anything

that might help them find your baby?

No. No, they haven't.

So, the missing baby is yours?

Look, I'm so sorry to do this,

but do you have anything to say to the kidnapper?

-Can I get a quote? -Fuck off!

GRACE: Simon!

You can't keep me away, Grace.

-Do you have the baby? -What are you doing?

-What the hell? -Meghan's baby!

What are you talking about?

The missing baby.

You must have heard.

JACK: Simon.

Hey!

-Hey! -Someone's taken my boy.

Jack, Meg's in there.

She needs you.

Sorry, it's family only.

But I need my phone.

SOUSSA: This is an exact replacement,

and we'll be doing the same for your husband.

Why?

MacATEER: We'll go through it for leads,

things you may not have noticed,

like people in the background of photos, things like that.

MEGHAN: Jack! Where have you been?

Uh... Looking.

Would you mind? We'd like to take a look at your phone.

I'm Detective Soussa.

This is Detective Chief Inspector MacAteer.

I'm the police psychological profiler, Cyrus Haven.

MacATEER: We really need your phones.

There may be a ransom demand.

Uh, we're... We're not rich.

That's probably not what they think.

Do you suspect anyone you know?

No.

She's had sickos trolling her website this whole pregnancy.

Yeah, we're looking into that.

-Why us? -It's probably just bad luck.

Wrong place, wrong time.

We were wondering if you'd decided

on a name for your baby yet.

No, no, we haven't. Why?

MacATEER: For the public appeal.

It helps to have a name.

-To personalise the story. -CYRUS: Yes.

You want us to name our baby right now?

Um, we were thinking of...

Benjamin.

-Baby Ben. That's good. -[PHONE VIBRATES]

Sir.

MacATEER: I'm afraid the press have just announced your names

and details of your family.

I'm so sorry.

We will need to make that press statement now.

-I can't say anything. -JACK: I'll do it.

-I don't... -I'll do anything. Yep.

SOUSSA: OK.

JACK: Um...

Where did you go?

I'll be back.

[HAUNTING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

[JOURNALISTS CLAMOUR]

[CAMERAS CLICK]

No-one should...

Should ever have to make an appeal like this.

Um...

Our little boy...

Poor Meghan! Can you believe it?

It's just devastating.

...eight hours old when he was taken.

[HAUNTING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

[BABY CRIES]

Hello!

Please... Please bring him back.

Just take him to a police station

or just leave him at a hospital.

We don't have to know who you are.

Just please, please, bring him back.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS]

[MOBILE PHONE RINGS]

Hey!

Hello.

-Where are you? -Back in Sydney.

Where have you been?

At my mum's, up in the mountains.

Did you get my text?

-Yeah! I've been back for... -I'm sorry.

The signal was terrible up there,

and my phone died, and I didn't have my charger.

I can't wait to see you. Where are you?

I'm at your flat.

You're actually in my flat?

Yeah. Your neighbour, Jules, gave me a spare key.

Right now I'm outside,

fitting a baby capsule in the car.

I'll come pick you both up. Are you at Central Station?

No, er... No, we're already in a cab.

All right.

I'll see you soon.

[HAUNTING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

Are you ready to go meet your daddy?

Do you wanna say hello to your little boy?

What do you think?

Rory, meet your dad.

He's so little.

Yeah.

Look at his tiny little feet.

With all your weirdness,

I thought you were making him up.

Hello, Rory boy.

Look at you.

[DOOR SLAMS, KEYS JANGLE]

AGGIE: Those flowers are lovely.

HAYDEN: Yeah, yeah, the big one's from me.

Who's Nicky?

Oh! He's my uncle.

Where's Jules?

Her and Kevin went away to see her folks.

She tried to call you.

[BABY CRIES]

Why did you run away like that?

I didn't.

I... I had a premonition that I was gonna give birth early.

So, I went to Katoomba. I wanted to be there.

Well, I wanted to be there too.

I got scared.

Scared of what?

Scared that if you saw me in childbirth,

you might not wanna touch me again.

I wasn't looking my best.

In a birthing pool, screaming my head off.

What if it grossed you out?

I wouldn't have been.

We hadn't seen each other in the longest time, I...

It's cool, it's cool.

-We good? -Yeah.

[BABY GURGLES]

Do you wanna hold him?

Uhh... I might drop him.

You won't.

OK, now, you need to support his head.

His neck's not strong enough to support himself now.

Put him in the crook of your arm.

AGGIE: Hey.

You can breathe.

Do you like him?

HAYDEN: Yeah. AGGIE: Yeah.

Yeah, he's awesome.

[HAYDEN SNIFFLES]

[HAUNTING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

[BABY CRIES]

The baby that was taken from

St Adeline's Hospital yesterday

has been named as Ben Shaughnessy...

Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh.

[SCREAMS]

...who runs the popular

parenting website Mucky Kids...

[BABY SCREAMS]

He's got lungs on him.

Sometimes when he cries, he wants you to pick him up.

Jack and Meghan Shaughnessy

have been married for eight years

and have two kids.

The police urge any member of the public who has...

I know that woman.

-She's in my yoga class. -Bullshit!

It's true. I was at her house a few weeks ago.

She gave me some baby clothes.

What's she like?

She's lovely. Really kind.

You should give her a call.

I wouldn't know what to say.

HAYDEN: Those parents are gonna sue that hospital

for all its worth.

Oh, by the way,

I said we'd go to Mum and Dad's tomorrow for lunch.

He's not really settled yet.

Yeah, I said tomorrow, not now.

Can't it just be us for the first few days?

Mum's dying to see him.

She really wanted to be at the birth.

Sure. OK.

MAN 1 ON RADIO: Welcome back. It's just past 7:00 a.m.

We have Jane from Five Dock on the line.

WOMAN 1 ON RADIO: The hospital was clearly negligent.

I reckon there'll be a lawsuit.

WOMAN 2: I was supposed to have my baby there tomorrow.

What am I supposed to do now?

MAN 2: Super dodgy,

and the parents are suspects for sure...

WOMAN 3: Honestly, something like this

was bound to happen...

WOMAN 4: I had a dream about Baby Ben last night...

[HAUNTING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

Do you think we'll get him back today?

With all my heart, I hope we do.

[HAUNTING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

[BABY SCREAMS]

Shh! OK!

[BABY SCREAMS]

Aggie said he hasn't settled yet.

Oh, darl, it's normal for babies to cry.

You never stopped.

[LAUGHS]

No, it's music to Grandma's ears.

Yeah. No, it's all good. No drama.

Screaming his head off.

[CHUCKLES]

-Argh! -Oh, give it a rest, boys!

-[BABY CRIES] -Shh, shh.

RENEE: Is he having trouble feeding?

I'm so sorry about this.

He won't take the breast?

Well, I don't have much milk,

and the formula's good, if he'd just take the bottle.

Oh, you poor thing.

You should have a lie-down. I can feed him.

But you've made that lovely lunch...

Oh, who cares about the lunch? It can wait.

This is about taking care of you.

[BABY CRIES]

You have a break, come on.

Come on, darling.

That's the boy. Yeah!

That's the boy.

[BABY GURGLES]

[CHUCKLES]

CYRUS: Historically,

a classic reason for a woman to steal a baby

is if she can't have one.

And-or she's possibly

trying to keep a relationship together.

What do you actually know?

The police are studying the forensics.

My job is to look for the psychological clues,

narrow down the search.

This is the best CCTV footage we have of the kidnapper.

Jack, you've given your description.

Do you, Meghan, do you recognise anything about...

No, I don't! She's not familiar to me!

What about Meghan's troll? Have you found them?

We're looking into those leads.

OK.

What we're probably looking for

is a woman who's an outsider.

She would seek a baby to fill an emotional hole in her life.

Sound like you sympathise with her, mate.

I'm just trying to understand her.

Is she gonna hurt him?

Unlikely.

If it reassures you at all,

a woman like this will love him, take care of him.

You should know the police have made the call

to release this CCTV footage to the media.

Well, that's a good thing, right?

Has its positives and its negatives.

Well, if someone recognises her and we get him back,

what's the negative?

We don't want her to panic.

Whoever took Ben is watching the news,

reading the newspapers,

listening to everything.

We need to keep her calm.

[HAUNTING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

[BABY WHEEZES]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS]

[BREATHES HEAVILY]

[TELEVISION MURMURS FAINTLY]

NEWSREADER: Police are appealing tonight

for the kidnapper of Ben Shaughnessy

to come forward.

The baby was...

I must have been asleep for ages.

That's exactly what you needed. Sit down.

This footage is of the woman

believed to have taken baby Ben Shaughnessy

from the maternity ward.

AGGIE: What was he saying?

HAYDEN: Don't worry about it.

He's always been a dickhead.

Hey! Language.

[HEARTBEAT THUDS]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS]

MAN 1 ON RADIO: Police urge members of the public

to come forward...

WOMAN 1 ON RADIO: The search today continues

for Baby Ben. Social media...

MAN 2: Given how time-sensitive this case is,

a special police task force has been set up.

WOMAN 2: Parents around Australia are asking,

"How did this happen?"

HAYDEN: Police are offering a reward of 100 grand

for Baby Ben.

That'd be nice.

They're trying to whip up interest.

They're wasting their money.

Why do you say that?

He was probably stolen to order

because some rich wankers wanted a baby boy.

Do you think so?

You can't just bring a strange baby home.

Guess not.

Hey! Hey.

Come on. Come on, my darling.

Mum's amazing with Rory, isn't she?

Babies have their good days and their bad.

-Okay. -[CRIES]

Sorry.

Let's go out.

Again? It's quite cold.

Well, when it warms up a bit.

There's somewhere I wanna take him.

[SIREN WAILS]

[GENTLE PIANO MUSIC]

HAYDEN: So, your great-great-grandfather

helped put that lens

in the Tasman Lighthouse in 1905.

Hey, that's a cool fact, huh?

You see, every single little part of it

had to be hauled up a 250-metre cliff.

Mostly by him, according to Cole family legend.

Thank you for bringing us here.

It's a bit selfish of me.

No, not at all.

There's something I haven't told you.

I wrote to the navy yesterday and resigned my commission.

I'm gonna get a job closer to home,

so I can be with you and Rory.

Really?

Yeah, we can get married, and have a honeymoon...

In a lighthouse, maybe.

Are you asking me to marry you?

No. No, you'll know when I'm asking you.

I'm just... Sounding you out.

OK.

Hey.

You're looking tired. Should get you home.

[GENTLE PIANO MUSIC]

Hey, come on.

Does this look familiar?

Oh, my God!

That's Ben's.

It was found in a trolley on a train carriage.

There's DNA evidence on it

that should turn out to be the perp's.

So far it's not a match to anything in the system,

but it's progress.

But we just need one of you to give us your DNA

to double-check against Ben's and the perp's.

-It's just a mouth swab. -Sure.

I'll do it.

Mother, father, makes no difference...

No, I'll do it. I want to.

[MOBILE PHONE CHIMES]

[HAUNTING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

Detective Soussa? They're at the flat.

She's been sighted.

Wait! Is it my baby?

It's a line of enquiry,

but we've traced the troll

who's been sending you those pictures.

-Who is it? -SOUSSA: A woman.

She fits the profile,

and she has a prior for attempting to abduct a child.

MacATEER: Please don't get your hopes up...

-I'm gonna come with you. -I'm coming too.

No, no, I'm sorry.

It's just not safe. We have to go.

SOUSSA: Hold tight.

[TYRES SCREECH]

Hey, look at us, we're matching.

[BOTH LAUGH]

Do you think he'll join the navy too, like his dad?

Well, if he does, I hope it's for different reasons.

Didn't you want to?

Hell no.

I sort of had to.

Tell me everything.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS]

I had some trouble with the pigs.

-Finished up in court. -Right.

[TYRES SCREECH]

[RADIO CHATTER]

HAYDEN: The solicitor told the magistrate

I was hoping to join the Australian Navy,

which would be hard

if I had a criminal conviction.

So, suddenly I was in the navy.

What were you charged with?

It was nothing... It was criminal damage.

I set fire to my teacher's car.

He was an arsehole.

AGGIE: You're a man with a past.

I'm not the only one.

What do you mean?

You've got secrets. You've done bad things.

[WHISPERS] I'm gonna call your mum

and ask her to tell me everything about you.

[LAUGHS] Guilty much?

Well, I haven't been convicted of anything.

Oh, I knew you had something to hide!

Don't be ridiculous.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS]

Give him here. I'll feed him.

[KNOCKING AT DOOR]

[BANGING AT DOOR]

[BANGING AT DOOR]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS]

For the baby! Where is he?

[RADIO CHATTER]

[HAUNTING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

Ahh, fuck!

[DOOR CLOSES]

What's happened?

Um... He wasn't there.

No.

No, no, you call them back.

She's lying. She could be hiding him.

Meg, the police are certain...

My baby could be anywhere! Do something about it!

-Our baby. -[SIGHS]

And we're supposed to get him back.

This is his coming home outfit!

You should have checked.

You should have checked that she was a real nurse.

You should have looked at her ID!

She said... She said I could go with her...

Yeah, but you didn't, Jack.

You didn't, did you?

I'm sorry.

Excuse me.

[HAUNTING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

[HAUNTING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

JEREMY: Jack and Meghan Shaughnessy

are living every parents' nightmare.

They came here to this hospital to have a child,

and then they leave without their new-born son.

I'm watching that.

I had something more fun in mind.

What about Rory?

He's asleep.

Well, he might hear us.

He's a baby.

Stand to attention for me.

Are you sure? I don't wanna hurt you.

I wasn't thinking that.

[OMINOUS MUSIC BUILDS]

HAYDEN: I love you.

[HAUNTING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

JACK: I spoke to your mum.

The kids are fine.

I think the cops are watching us.

JACK: Must be to keep us safe.

Or maybe they think she'll turn up here with him.

Or that we had something to do with it.

I miss the kids.

What are we gonna tell them tomorrow?

[MEGHAN SIGHS]

That I lost their brother?

AGGIE: Hi, Meghan. I heard the news.

I'm so sorry about what you're going through.

If there is anything I can do, anything at all.

PS, I'm sure whoever took Ben will be looking after him.

I'm sure he's fine.

[BABY SCREAMS]

[HAUNTING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

-[BABY GURGLES] -AGGIE: Shh, shh, shh, shh.

He looks like me.

He does.

Maybe he should sleep with us.

No!

It's dangerous to let the baby sleep with you.

You could roll over and suffocate them.

Well, I wouldn't do that.

It happens. It's not happening to him.

All right, just...

[MOBILE PHONE RINGS]

Shit! I'm trying to get him to sleep!

-Who's this? -MAN: It's Nicky.

Is Aggie there?

It's Nicky, of the flowers.

[BABY CRIES]

Hello?

Hey!

-[BABY CRIES] -Agatha?

Yeah.

Hi!

How are you?

I'm good, and you?

Yeah, I'm good. I'm busy, with the baby.

-I thought I'd... -Where are you?

Sorry, you first.

-[BABY CRIES] -Did you get my flowers?

Er, yeah, I did. Thank you.

Congratulations. You must be so happy.

Yeah, I am.

Can we meet? I'd love to see the baby.

Er, I'm a bit busy, like I said.

Oh, that's OK. I could drop round, bring coffee.

Er...

Wanna meet this miracle baby.

AGGIE: I could bring him to your place.

Oh, but I'm in the neighbourhood already.

I could be at yours in five minutes.

No, no, don't come here. It's a mess.

Er... I'll come to you.

OK, great.

Let's say Cafe Eastrose. That's close to yours.

Yeah, great.

Bye.

[BABY SCREAMS]

[HAUNTING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

[BABY SCREAMS]

[HAUNTING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

[HAUNTING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

Sorry, you've got a visitor.

Simon.

Says he's a close mate of yours.

I don't wanna see him.

Gotcha.

Actually...

Yeah, you can... You can let him through, that's fine.

SOUSSA: Yep.

What do you want?

SIMON: Are you OK? I'm concerned about you.

Where's Jack?

He's picking up the kids.

The house was too quiet.

[TRAIN RATTLES]

I'm worried about the baby.

-You have to involve me. -No, I don't.

[VOICES MURMUR]

Well, maybe I should take my concerns to the police.

They'd be interested in what I have to say.

Someone has taken my baby...

And you're blackmailing me.

Get the fuck out.

I know you are going through hell, and...

Is everything OK?

Yeah, it's fine.

I'm going.

[OMINOUS MUSIC BUILDS]

[DOOR SLAMS]

[HAUNTING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

[SCREAMS]

So, what, this Nicky guy just calls and you go out?

He's my uncle.

You close the door when you're talking to your uncle?

I closed the door

when you were trying to get the baby to sleep.

And that huge bunch of flowers that he sent you?

-He's family. -OK, then I'll come too.

No, no, you'd only be bored.

Look, it's better if I go on my own.

Hey?

[BABY SCREAMS]

LUCY: Hi, Mummy!

Lachie got nits, and then I got nits,

which means I got nits from him!

I can feel them crawling on my head.

They got nits. I may not have mentioned that.

I saw Grandpa in his undies!

Oh, dear. Well, we all have to wear undies, don't we?

Oh, I missed you both very much.

[KISSES] Come here. I need a cuddle.

Oh! Oh!

Oh! I missed you very much.

What's that?

Oh.

Where's the baby?

Your... Your brother, um...

He's missing right now.

LUCY: Didn't I guess that?

I heard Grandma and Grandpa talking.

Someone stole him.

The police are looking for him.

LACHIE: Who stole him?

Um, somebody who was very lonely

because they couldn't have a baby.

Will he be gone forever?

No.

No, he won't.

[HAUNTING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

[SOBS]

[MEGHAN SOBS]

Meg, can I come in?

No. No, just... I just need to be alone.

Please! [SOBS]

[MELANCHOLY PIANO MUSIC]

NICKY: He's beautiful, Agatha.

Shame you didn't bring him.

No, he hasn't been feeding well,

and finally got him off to sleep.

So, I left him.

-I really can't stay long. -Of course.

I'm surprised you let him out of your sight

with all the Baby Ben drama going on.

-I haven't been following. -How can you not?

It's the biggest story in the country.

I've had my hands full myself.

I'm sure.

Who answered the phone when I called?

My boyfriend.

Oh, I thought you got a donor.

I didn't say my boyfriend was Rory's father.

It's always hard to follow your stories.

I'm so happy for you.

I know nothing will replace Chloe...

But I'm glad you're a mum.

You remember how crazy we both were when we lost her.

Where'd you have him?

Here in Sydney.

Oh, someone said something on Facebook about Katoomba.

Yeah, I had him in Katoomba and then I came back here.

Well, you know the supermarket you're working at?

It's practically around the corner

from where Baby Ben's parents live.

That's terrible.

-Strange coincidence... -Look, I really have to go.

Are you headed to the station?

NICKY: Yeah.

OK.

Your mum must be thrilled.

I'll call her and congratulate her.

[HAUNTING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

This has been lovely.

Safe trip home. Bye!

Bye.

[HAUNTING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

WOMAN: [ON PA SYSTEM] The next train

to arrive on Platform 1

is an express service to Central Station.

[HAUNTING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

[WHISTLE TOOTS]

[OMINOUS MUSIC BUILDS]

Your safety is our top priority.

[OMINOUS MUSIC BUILDS]

Please stand behind the yellow line

and mind the gap when boarding.

[OMINOUS MUSIC BUILDS]

[TRAIN RATTLES]

[SINISTER MUSIC SWELLS]

[GASPS]

[SCREAMING]

WOMAN: Step back, step back.

[OMINOUS MUSIC CONTINUES]