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[Harrow] Previously, on Harrow...

Do you know how he fell?

- No. - Was he alone?

Well, we don't know. There was a car outside.

It's at the compound, and we're checking it for prints.

Were you aware that you had a son?

[Harrow] It's complicated.

Can you help me get in touch

with your son's mother?

Tanya. We met in London.

She was pregnant, and that she was going home.

Every time I think that we're good,

that all the secrets are out,

you just magic up another one.

- Where is he now? - In the morgue.

[Hinton] QIFM's new manager, Renee Warrington.

Hi, everyone.

Dr Fairley, you'll be supervising Dr Harrow.

If you want to stay working here,

I will tolerate no more secrets.

[James] Dr Harrow, have the DNA results come in?

- Who are you? - I'm James.

I'm your son.

[ominous music]

[floorboards creaking beneath footsteps]

[coffin lid creaking]

[moans]

Aaah!

[theme music]

[disquieting music]

- [keyboard clicks] - [mobile phone rings]

Harrow.

What is this place?

Looks like a haunted house.

Hey, Steve.

My God.

That armchair's an 18th-century Beauvais.

And this vase is a Fazzoletto.

And that is an original Pembroke table.

Do you know expensive those are?

Oh, be about five grand for a late Georgian.

Be seven if you wanted the mahogany.

What? You thought I was an IKEA guy?

I thought you were somewhere on the flat pack spectrum.

Yeah, a simple man can still have taste, Harrow.

And whoever lived here had excellent taste.

And a thing for vampires.

[Nichols] Funny you should say that.

Is that...

Blood.

Human?

We're checking.

Someone was drinking it?

Looks that way.

And why would anyone drink blood?

You're kidding me.

Check the teeth.

[camera clicks]

[Harrow] Fangs.

They don't feel like crowns.

Something else in here.

Garlic?

Enemy number one if you're a vampire.

Have you ID'd him yet?

[Nichols] Sebastian Wells, 29.

Online antique dealer.

He's been here a few hours. Who found him?

A delivery driver found the body.

A sharp knife did this.

This blood spatter suggests he was killed in situ.

But what was he doing in this coffin?

The lid's been hinged.

Handy for repeated opening and closing.

He was sleeping in it.

Well, like you said, he had a thing for vampires.

Yellow rose petals.

Traditionally stuffed into a vampire's chest

to ensure their demise,

after their heart was removed.

What, there's no heart?

No, it's gone.

There's something in its place.

Oh, hello.

There's a name on here.

A priest?

A church.

[bell tolling]

Yes, do, okay.

Take care in the heat, won't you?

[Nichols] Reverend Mercado?

Detective Nichols. You got my message?

Please, call me Josh.

How can I help, Detective?

Do you recognise this?

I don't understand.

That cross has been displayed here for years.

And this is the first you've noticed it missing?

Yes.

Who else has access to the church,

apart from yourself?

Well, everyone.

I never lock the doors.

Most churches do these days.

Not mine.

St. Hilary's is one of the oldest churches in the city.

We get lots of visitors through here.

Families of the deceased, amateur historians,

worshippers, tourists.

I want everyone to know that God's doors are always open,

day or night.

So anyone could have just walked in.

Well, we've never had any trouble before.

Nothing else has been stolen.

Not that I'm aware of.

Where were you last night, Reverend?

At home. In the presbytery.

[Nichols] Can anyone confirm that?

No. I was alone.

Is this about the young man that was killed this morning?

On Blackburn Street?

How do you know about that?

Well, it's a small suburb. People talk.

Did you know that young man?

Sebastian Wells?

No. I'd never met him.

But I'd heard the rumours.

That he thought he was a vampire.

Slept in a coffin, drank blood. All that.

Do you believe in vampires?

Of course not.

I'm a man of faith, not superstition.

If you could give me a list of your parishioners,

I'd like to talk to them.

Of course.

Anything else, just let me know.

[dog barking]

Hey! Hey! I've told you before,

keep your dog out of there! I'll call the council!

But he wants to be a gravedigger.

- Get it out of there now! - Come on, let's go!

[laughing]

[dog barking]

No respect for the dead.

Ballsy little prick.

Reminds me of you.

[doors creak]

[thud]

Exam Room One is ready for you, Harrow.

Shall we get started?

We still have to measure and weigh.

Really? You know I'm supervising today?

Yes, I got the 6,000 emails you sent to remind me.

Yes, we don't want to rush proper process.

No, of course not.

It's just that I've booked a colour consultant for 12:00.

Hair?

Paint. For my new office.

It's upstairs.

It's Maxine's old...

Sorry, Bryan.

Oh, Renee.

Good morning.

Dr Fairley.

Uh, Bryan Nichols. CIB.

I know who you are, Detective.

I'm sorry, is there a problem?

No, not at all.

I believe I'm replacing the problem.

Dr Harrow. I hear you attended a crime scene this morning.

On the request of Detective Nichols, yes.

While I understand that is part of the job,

do be aware that we all have work targets to meet.

And I expect everyone to keep on top of their quotas.

No need to worry about us.

We're all right behind you.

Thank you, Dr Fairley.

Oh, mon plaisir.

Jesus, what was that?

Haven't you heard about our new taskmaster?

She's quite a charmer.

She certainly is.

[blues song playing]

[male singer] ♪ Gonna see my baby ♪

Oh, that's what we're listening to?

If you don't like it,

you can always use the observation room.

Ahh.

- [pen clicks] - What is that?

It's Harrow's performance report.

- You're kidding me. - Nope.

And I'm already up to page four.

You're loving this, aren't you?

Let's have a look at these fangs.

♪ Oh, when I need her, oh ♪

Oh, my God, they look real.

Yes, very convincing.

Bring up the CT scan of his skull.

See those screws in his upper jaw?

[Grace] Mm, dental implants.

His original canines have been removed

and replaced with vampire fangs.

That's dedication to the role.

[Edwina] Check that out.

Looks like some kind of burn.

[Edwina] Sunburn.

Makes sense. Vampires hate the sun.

Mythologically speaking, a vampire would turn to dust

if exposed to sunlight, so we can rule that theory out.

Shall we move on?

Healthy musculature.

Skin pallor consistent with significant blood loss.

One large incision into the chest,

twenty centimetres in length, slightly left of the sternum.

[Edwina] What's this tattoo on his left calf?

"Aeternum."

It's Latin for "eternal life."

So this guy really thought he was a vampire?

That he'd live forever?

Well, perhaps.

Or perhaps he was a devoted lifestyle vampire.

They're part of the Goth subculture.

People who identify as vampires.

They dress like them, live like them,

take part in vampirical rituals, even drink blood.

But they do not turn into bats or have supernatural powers.

That is pure folklore.

- [mobile phone chimes] - Oh...

Oh, my colour consultant's here.

Carry on.

[door opens and closes]

Peace at last. Right.

Take bloods and urine, and we'll open him up.

No heart?

It's been cut out.

Look at the damage to the ribs,

directly over where the heart would be.

Looks like a penetration wound.

But it's not consistent with a narrow blade.

A stake through the heart, maybe.

Maybe.

But without the heart, we can't know.

These cuts are very neat.

Yes. Whoever did this

has worked with bones and tissues before.

Let's remove the stomach and see what he's been eating.

Oh, blood?

He wasn't bleeding internally, was he?

No. He'd been drinking it.

Is it human?

Scientific haven't sent through their results yet,

but we don't have to wait.

Here. Put one end into the blood.

If it contains human haemoglobin,

the markers will show up positive.

If he had been consuming human blood on a regular basis,

then his liver should be quite badly damaged.

Yes, because the liver can't break down the iron in human blood.

And here's the proof.

[Grace] Severe liver cirrhosis.

Uh, you may want to rethink that theory.

The markers are negative.

It's not human blood.

Let me have a look at that.

[phone rings]

[rings]

Dr Molyneux.

He's coming here?

Oh, no, no, no, that, uh... that's fine.

Sorry to have to do this,

but there's something that I need to take care of.

Everything okay?

Yeah, absolutely.

[Edwina] I don't get it.

If he hasn't been consuming human blood

then why is his liver so badly damaged?

[suspenseful music]

Pass me the urine sample.

Dr Harrow?

Where are you going?

Wait for me!

[Harrow] There is only one blood disease

that causes acute sensitivity to sunlight,

as well as chronic liver damage.

What disease?

Dr Haz?

Erythropoietic protoporphyria.

Proto-what?

Porphyria.

It's an extremely rare blood disorder

where the sufferer's skin becomes incredibly sensitive to UV light.

If exposed, their blood starts to boil,

attacks the nerve endings in the skin, rips them apart,

giving the appearance of sunburn.

Now, sufferers have to spend their entire lives indoors

and require frequent blood transfusions

to remove the porphyria toxins.

Oh, that's crazy!

[Harrow] In less informed times, the only treatment

was to drink animal blood and avoid daylight,

but sufferers were often persecuted, even killed,

because people believed they drank human blood, too,

fuelling vampire folklore.

Is that what you think happened to Sebastian?

That he was murdered because somebody thought he was a vampire?

I don't know.

Look, ask the lab to confirm porphyria and check with CIB.

See if they've found a missing heart.

[card reader beeps]

Hello, can I help you?

All good. I'm just waiting for Dr Molyneux.

Oh. And you are?

Ben. Ben Patterson.

I'm her husband.

Ex-husband?

Not yet.

Harrow. Uh, I see you've met--

Your husband, apparently.

Ben was just telling me--

- Uh, we really should be going. - [elevator bell rings]

Nice to meet you, Dr Harrow.

Yes, definitely.

It was most illuminating.

[Nichols] We've just finished searching Sebastian's house.

Any sign of that missing heart?

No. But, uh, we found his mother's contact details.

She's on her way in now.

[sombre music]

Oh, Sebastian.

He was just a toddler

when I first realised something was wrong.

I took him to the pool.

And for no reason, he just started screaming.

Wouldn't stop.

When we got home,

I saw his arms and legs were covered in blisters.

But it wasn't sunburn.

Porphyria.

Everything changed after that.

He couldn't go outside during the day.

Can you imagine what that's like as a child?

Living your entire life in the dark?

No school.

No picnics in the park.

No trips to the beach.

A lonely way to grow up.

He was seven when the blood transfusions began.

Every two weeks. Baz hated it.

I tried bribing him with ice cream and lollies,

but it still hurt.

And drinking animal blood?

He said it gave him some relief,

so I encouraged it.

I know how that sounds.

Oh, no, no, I understand.

The extra haemoglobin would have eased his symptoms.

We used to call him my little vampire.

I even found a children's book in the library.

The Lonely Vampire. I saw it in his collection.

He loved that book.

So you knew about the teeth and sleeping in the coffin?

Yes.

I'd be lying if I said I understood it. I didn't.

But it seemed to make him happy.

He had a house, a job, and--

And for the first time in his life,

he had some friends.

[Harrow] You knew about his condition?

We thought it was kinda cool.

Like he was the real deal, you know.

A real-life vampire.

And he loved the fact that we were okay with it.

Was there ever any trouble, with the neighbours, other residents?

All the time. [scoffs]

There was heaps of people in the suburb

who thought that Baz was a weirdo.

And he was always getting anonymous letters,

telling him to move out.

Do you have any idea who sent them?

No. But Baz didn't care.

He loved that everyone thought he was a real vampire.

And the blood drinking, that really played into it.

Do either of you drink blood?

No, I'm...

I'm more of a lager man.

Where did he get the blood from?

His girlfriend, Monika.

[Nichols] And where can we find her?

[loud chops]

[Nichols] And you definitely didn't get any texts

or phone calls from her?

Thanks for your time. Appreciate it.

That's her, Monika Skouras.

Employee of the Month.

Yeah, one of the best workers, apparently.

Knows how to handle a knife.

She used to do deliveries to Sebastian's house.

That's where she met him.

He'd order all this weird stuff, you know,

like marrow bones, lamb brains, blood,

and eventually, just blood.

How long were they together?

Oh, a couple of months. But get this.

Monika doesn't turn up for work this morning.

No one knows where she is, including her flatmate.

- She's done a runner. - Yeah, looks like it.

So I'll get onto Craig at the local branch.

See if they can track her down.

Oh, Harrow. Listen, about your son.

I've spoken to the Met about the addresses

- you gave me for his mother. - Okay.

Well, with everything they've got going on,

it's not really a high priority at the moment.

It's going to take a little bit longer than I expected.

So, look, is there anything else you could think of

that might help speed up the process?

Not off the top of my head, no, but, uh, thank you.

Oh.

You haven't been answering your phone.

Sorry, been busy.

Working.

Is that what you'd do if I was in there?

Go to work the next day?

- Fern. - I want to see him.

You can't.

He's my brother.

He's not.

Your brother is still alive.

What makes you so sure this guy is your son?

- He could be anyone. - It's him.

He looked like me, and like his mother.

Did he say who's after him?

No.

Then who's that dead guy in the cold room?

I don't know.

And that passport?

Why was your name on it?

I don't know!

Then what do you know?

His name.

It's James.

Bub, I know this is a lot to take in,

but I didn't want to lie to you again.

And if what he's telling me is true,

then I have to help him.

[mobile phone ringing]

Hello?

[Leo] She's ready. Bring cash.

It's all there.

Never hurts to double check.

[rock music]

Can I see now?

Oh, Leo. This is...

This is...

Jesus, Harrow, don't get all blubbery on me.

The grille, it looks original.

And the badging. Where did you find them?

[chuckles] Don't ask.

[sighs]

Original dash.

How did you...

Try not to set it on fire again.

I'll do my best.

["Call Me The Breeze" by Lynyrd Skynyrd playing]

[motor revving]

♪ Call me the breeze ♪

♪ I keep rollin' Down the road ♪

[laughing]

♪ Well, now, They call me the breeze ♪

♪ I keep rollin' Down the road ♪

[mobile phone ringing]

Harrow.

[Nichols] Good news. We found Sebastian's girlfriend.

[Nichols] Can you tell me where you were two nights ago?

Can't remember.

Is that your bank account?

That's my name on it.

Yeah, I noticed that.

Two night ago,

28,000 dollars was transferred into it

from an account belonging to a Mr Sebastian Wells.

Can you explain that?

It was a gift.

[Harrow] Your necklace.

Was that a gift too?

Mm-hmm.

Eighteenth-century Georgian glass.

Very expensive.

Sebastian likes pretty things.

And pretty pennies.

Yeah, he's very generous.

When was the last time you spoke to Mr Wells?

Look, I'm not an idiot.

The money was a gift. This was a gift.

Ask him yourself.

Well, I'm afraid we can't do that.

Mr Wells was found dead yesterday.

[ominous music]

I'm not saying anything else until my lawyer gets here.

Lab results.

They have confirmed Erythropoietic Protoporphyria.

God, I love saying that.

Did the police find his girlfriend?

Yes, but I don't think she killed him.

Well, she doesn't seem like the type who believes in vampires.

What's that got to do with anything?

Well, everything.

The garlic, the rose petals, the crucifix in the chest.

Now, either this is one of the most unnecessarily elaborate murders

I have ever seen,

or whoever did this

genuinely believed they were killing a vampire.

Have the police found the heart yet?

Oh. No, but that could be anywhere.

What did they used to do with it,

after they cut it out?

- Who? - Vampire slayers.

You know, Buffy, Van Helsing.

Those two cute guys from Supernatural.

Well, traditionally speaking,

a vampire's heart would be burned, eaten

or buried in sanctified grounds.

[bell tolls]

[Edwina] What?

- [bell tolls] - Reverend!

Reverend!

[dog barking]

No, no, wait. Wait, don't go!

You're a cop.

No, no. I'm with the Coroner's office.

You don't like the Reverend very much, do you?

He doesn't like me.

[dog whines]

Or Cannoli.

Or anyone who doesn't go to the church.

Like that vampire guy.

Sebastian Wells?

How do you know the Reverend doesn't like him?

Because I saw them arguing.

Dracula caught him leaving hate mail on his doorstep.

[dog barking]

What's he got?

Drop it.

Come on, drop it!

[Justin] What is that?

It's a heart.

[suspenseful music]

A stake through the heart.

Okay, now I've seen everything.

[Harrow] Managed to pick up the Reverend?

Oh, he's on his way to CIB now.

You know, I can't believe that he lied

about not knowing the victim.

Let's see if he lied about not believing in vampires.

Uh, good job, by the way.

[exhales]

Do you know how many autopsies

you should have completed by now?

Three.

And how many have you completed?

One.

And how many are you going to have to complete

by the end of the day to meet your quota?

There's a quota?

I want M-300176 prepped and ready for examination

in five minutes or else.

Or else what?

Oh, no.

Oh, no, not the red pen.

Please, anything but the red pen!

Five... minutes.

[Harrow] Fresh contusion to the forehead,

approximately two centimetres by

three centimetres.

Good.

[sighs]

This looks like dried blood.

Do you mind helping me with these buttons?

Oh, that looks like a snakebite.

Perhaps it's the work of a vampire.

Oh, honestly, Harrow.

If this was the work of a vampire,

she'd be alive right now,

not lying here dead on an autopsy table.

- Aah! - Aah!

- Aah! - Aah!

How long have you been a pathologist, Dr Fairley?

Twenty-three years.

And how long have you been examining the dead, Dr Harrow?

Twenty-three years.

And in all this time, have either of you

ever admitted a live person into the morgue?

- No. - Once.

Just tell me how a 65-year-old woman

ends up spending the night in our cold room

without anyone noticing she was alive.

As my supervisor, I think Dr Fairley should explain.

Thank you, Dr Harrow.

Yes, it's really...

it's quite straightforward, really.

- M-300176-- - Mrs Kovacs.

Mrs Kovacs had been bitten by snake at her home,

and her husband called the family physician,

who was unable to find a pulse,

so he declared her dead at the scene.

But her pulse was suppressed by snake venom,

which wasn't sufficient to kill her,

but enough to render her into a death-like coma.

And then you put her in the cold room.

Yes, but, technically, the examining doctor

did sign her extinction certificate.

That is true.

[exhales]

Mrs Kovacs is insisting on going home,

but she doesn't want an ambulance.

Now, I have spoken to her husband,

who is understandably shocked

to learn of her recovery,

but he doesn't drive.

So she is going to need to be escorted home.

I'll take her.

Thank you.

Get a statement from the doctor.

I want it in writing that QIFM is in no way responsible for this mess.

You better hope she doesn't sue.

That went well.

I thought we were going to be in trouble.

[Bradley, on phone] I'm sorry, but it was madness.

I kept trying to check her vitals,

but her husband wouldn't stop yelling at me in--

Romanian?

Yes. He kept saying that Ruth had been bitten

by a, uh, var-something?

Varc?

Varcolac?

[Bradley] That's it.

I think it means snake?

No. It means vampire.

Where did you say they lived?

Mitchelton.

Andrei works as a groundskeeper at the local church.

St. Hilary's?

Yeah. How did you know?

Oh, no.

Oh! Andrei!

[crying] Andrei!

[suspenseful music]

[speaking Romanian]

Oh, this is Edwina.

She kindly dropped me home.

I should be getting back.

Nonsense.

Put the kettle on, Andrei.

[mobile phone ringing]

- Pick up, pick up, pick up! - [line ringing]

[Edwina] Mm, beautiful painting.

Ah, it was Andrei's mother's.

It's from the family home in Romania.

[ominous music]

Where in Romania is Andrei from?

[grunts]

You've called Bryan Nichols.

- Please leave a message. - Shit!

Andrei! [pleading in Romanian]

[sobbing]

Andrei!

[speaking Romanian]

You're one of them!

[shouting in Romanian]

Un Vârcolac! Un Vârcolac!

[sobbing]

[pleading in Romanian]

Un Vârcolac!

[groaning]

[sobbing]

Mrs Kovacs.

It's over.

Everything's fine.

That's the last time I volunteer for anything.

[sirens approaching]

How are they?

Not too bad, considering.

Edwina's getting an x-ray as a precaution,

but she'll be fine.

And Ruth?

Disappointed in the institution of marriage, I suspect.

Oh, well, at least she's still alive, thanks to you.

Did he admit to killing Sebastian?

Yep.

So when he found out

that a vampire had moved into the neighbourhood,

he wasn't too thrilled about it.

And then when Ruth appeared dead

with that bite mark on her neck...

He thought Sebastian killed her.

So he broke into his house and drove

a stake through his heart.

I think he genuinely believed he was killing a vampire.

Yeah, well, who knows what stories he was told growing up.

That, and the trauma of thinking

he'd lost his wife of 50 years.

And an innocent young man has his life cut short.

[sombre music]

Do you have children, Dr Harrow?

Yes.

Then you understand.

You love them, no matter what.

You never gave up on him.

Neither did you.

Thank you.

[Harrow] Sydney?

Uh, yeah, just for a few days.

To sort out the house.

You own a house together?

Yeah. We were married for five years.

Ben's been living in it since the split.

Why did you separate?

Was it his height?

I mean, he's very tall.

Uh, just didn't work out.

Listen, I was going to tell you sooner,

but I just... with everything going on with your son,

I just didn't want to drop this on you as well.

That's very sweet.

But I'll be fine.

You sure?

Anyway, it's probably for the best you're sorting this out.

Last thing I need right now

is to get involved with a married woman.

I've got my reputation to think of.

Uh, what reputation?

Just call, if you need to talk.

I will.

You won't even miss me.

Everything okay?

No. We need to talk to you.

About an email.

Dr Fairley was sent an email

from the DNA Office this afternoon.

Well, they'd sent it last night, apparently,

but I didn't get that one.

And?

We may not be able to release the body

from the shipyard as quickly as we thought.

Why not?

There's no easy way to say this, Harrow,

but the young man in the cold room?

His DNA does not match yours.

He's not your son.

Has anyone tried to contact you in the past couple of days?

No. Why?

This is from the police vehicle compound

where the stolen car from the shipyard is being held.

What's he looking for?

We don't know.

But whatever it is, he didn't find it

because everything in that car was transferred

to the evidence lock-up two days ago.

Did he break into any other vehicles?

No, only this one.

Which makes me think

there was more than one person at the shipyard

when our victim fell to his death.

We need to find this guy.

You think he might have some information on our victim?

I think he might be involved in his death.

[suspenseful music]

Hi, Dad.

[theme music]