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How's it working out with your new boss? What's his name?

I produce the finest raw honey in tasmania.

Great. An environmental drug dealer. Heroin has lost its cachet.

We are still cooking the gear? Yeah, we're almost ready.

I remember a time when we used to be so close.

Who is this? What?

The little village that appeared overnight.

They breed rabbits and eat them.

When did we start fraternising with outsiders?

Let's just get them drugged and out of here.

You know her.

They're sending a talisman out after her.

Only six in the world and no-one knows who they are.

God. No!

Want me to call you? Giddy up, will ya?

Connor?

They're gone. And the drugs have gone.

You're the one who let them into the town, pet.

We were just about to deliver and then it all gets stolen

and all you can do is hum a tune.

I understand why you're so tense.

Terrible position to be in. I don't envy you one iota.

Us. No, no. You, dear,

you're our new number one.

I'm just here being neighbourly,

offering my support, hoping to find my mix master.

You're enjoying this, aren't you?

It's always lovely to have a nice day out, hey.

Don't you worry.

There's nowhere on this island they can hide

without me finding them.

Rubber ball! That's it!

That's them.

Told you I'd find them.

Alright.

My mix master is here.

Seriously? Is that all you're worried about?

I find I have to gravitate towards the little wins

now I'm not very popular, you see.

Nobody came to my party

because you organised something else.

I had to do something to get rid of them.

On the night of my big opening. Sorry, I forgot.

And your grand plan?

Did that include them stealing everything from the entire town?

Well, there's no sign of blood or wounds. It's...

This is a professional hit.

Could the new boss have done it?

No.

This is an outsider.

Five bodies just out of town.

Place will be swarming with cops if we don't get rid of them.

You will just have to learn to move on.

Last night, I had sex with tarquin.

Right.

Are you concerned it's too soon after reg?

No. I'm concerned it was tarquin.

And that he was surprising, for a stupid man.

I'll never get over it.

I could never love any man the way I loved him.

You and reg were married for a long time.

My god, not reg! Reg is dead to me.

Raoul.

Hang on, hang on.

Wasn't... wasn't raoul the man

that you and reg went into witness protection for?

Yeah. Well, I always regretted that.

Raoul... He oozed latino passion.

He was an extraordinary lover. He taught me so much.

I can still feel him, you know.

Let's... Let's take a breath and have a cup of tea.

Yeah. Why not?

Where's the kettle?

My tea caddy's been moved. Are you missing something?

I found the drugs.

That's a pity.

My god.

Tarquin, I need your help now. Bring kerry.

I remember, even with bev, and we were so happy,

there were times when one or both of us

had to remember it was a mutual thing.

It's just realising that you're just two halves of a whole.

I remember bev once saying to me... Kerry?

Bugger.

For you to fully grasp the story of my escape, jez,

I need to paint a picture.

You've been through an ordeal. Alright, relax.

Well, I'm not sick, am I? Just bilious.

Too many funerals.

Too many curried egg sandwiches. I'm full of wind.

Who steals a jumper?! Anyway, there I am,

in this dingy little three-storey hotel

run by this tasty little short called Bella.

She's an identical twin.

Just tell me how you got away. Yeah, right.

So there's three gunmen, ok, surrounding the hotel.

Well, not completely, because there's, like,

half acre of car park to take into account.

You'd probably need five men to effectively surround it.

Eight would be optimum.

The bastards have stolen the pram. Why? They don't even have kids.

Well, they were good with buzz, though.

Jason, just shut up and go find the stuff.

Yeah...

Actually, wasn't there a table and chairs here?

Was there? Don't remember.

Anyway, this is where it gets really interesting.

I mean, the one thing in my favour is none of these three are a talisman.

But I mean they're still... Sorry?

Yeah. So, I mean, that's industry speak.

They're the elite of the elite. Us in the know call them talisman.

Like the one they've hired to kill Stella.

But none of these three blokes are talisman, ok...

But hang on. Talisman killing Stella?

I mean, I found out all about this when I was in Melbourne.

Didn't let on I knew Stella, obviously.

I need to warn her. Find out who's after her.

Well, you can't. I mean, these people, they just come in,

they research the target, and they kill them,

often, like, leaving no trace... Bastards!

We don't have to worry.

The kill order on Stella went out about two months ago.

Why the hell wouldn't I worry?

Because if they knew she was here, she'd be dead by now. Yeah.

Anyway, these...

What happened back there?

Haven't you got more pressing things to concern yourself with?

This is so much less than we promised him.

And it's got half the tarkine forest in it.

That's the second shipment you've ruined.

How are you going to explain that to your big new boss, hey?

You get off here. What...?

We're... we're three k's out of town.

The walk will clear your head. This is my car.

We're business partners.

You're going to have to learn to share resources

if we're going to work together.

Out you pop.

I've got an errand to run.

Any sign of her? Can't tell. They stole my computers.

They have absconded with the majority of the town's contents.

Hey. Where is everyone?

They're not there, any of them.

Where were you?

Anyway, tallulah, you are under arrest

for stealing all the town's stuff.

By what right?

Well, by the power invested in me by this state,

through the instrumentality...

No-one's invested any power in you, Jason.

You just keep her safe, yeah? Safe?

Who would want to hurt me?

Well, look around you and take your pick.

Come on. Why is everyone freaking out?

Look after you.

Yes, you can buy many things cheaply at the supermarket, can't you?

I suppose it depends on whether your palate can taste the difference

between raw, unheated, unfiltered wildflower honey

or some processed, mass-produced dross from a squeezy bottle.

Well, that's your opinion.

If you were going to kill the hippies,

you could have at least warned me.

I have no idea what you're talking about.

I've got a field back there with five dead bodies in it,

and most of the contents of the town.

Well, it appears we have competition.

Were they after the drugs?

I took the decoy batch.

The poodle thinks she's lost

half of what she's going to be delivering to you.

The poor thing doesn't know the difference

between icing sugar and smack.

And you're still on track for the real thing?

Of course.

And after I deliver,

can we please stop all this nonsense with Stella?

Frankie, I didn't bring you back too soon, did I?

No.

I'm right as rain.

In the meantime, I'm going to need you two to stay close.

Like peas in a pod.

Get on top of this.

Righto.

What happened?

Ok, tell me what happened.

They're all dead.

All of them.

How? How the fuck do I know?

Do you think any of this makes any sense? There was no...

There was no blood. There was no bruising, no guns.

Just talk me through it.

Ok, I woke up this morning

and found five dead bodies draped across a field.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I need a shower.

Connor thinks there's a trained assassin trying to track you down.

Well, Connor also thinks there's a civilisation

of interplanetary beings living under his laundry.

Yeah, this time he could be right.

You can't explain any of what you've just seen.

Seriously? You think I don't have enough problems

without listening to what Connor thinks?

I mean, why did he even come back?

Nothing but murder and mayhem live here.

Hi, mum. What are you doing?

Just the usual, sweetheart.

Otis, can you take that skateboard out onto the veranda, please?

The caravans are gone. Well, there goes all the fun.

Why don't I cook us up some breakfast?

I love it when we have real food.

Ok, everyone, can you get out?

I just I want to get changed.

Let her out, Jason. She deserves everything that's coming.

Yeah, she ransacked Berlin, and then she took my outdoor broom.

Hey, I'm gonna caution you both once more.

Brony! Brony! Move away.

Or what? What are you gonna do, little man?

Oi! Don't pick on him.

But what are you gonna do?

I'm just saying,

allow the full weight of the law to handle this.

We take her to trial. No theatre trials.

No more plastic bags on someone's head.

Listen, kerry and tarquin are bringing your stuff back right now.

Ok, then.

That's all you care about? Stuff.

What about the rest of her lot?

Dead. Five of them, at least.

You hungry?

Yeah. Sure. Go on.

Is this the work of your talisman? Wouldn't have thought so.

Don't tend to draw attention to themselves like that.

Right, so not someone

Stella needs to be worried about immediately, yet?

No. Definitely not. Alright.

Unless they're already in town

and the others works out who the talisman was.

There's a thought.

We buried the bodies.

What's happening out there? One of the travellers is still here.

You like your work, Jason?

It's a calling, the force.

Shit.

Open that up for me, pet. Frankie, she's...

She's in police custody right now. Key!

No, I can't.

No more vigilante justice. We're playing by the book nowadays.

You're coming with me, pet.

I didn't do anything. Frankie!

I most strenuously object.

I mean, surely it was an accident. Not from what I saw.

The pretty one in that caravan will have the answers.

Just leave her with me. No, I'll come with you.

Listen, I made a career in Russia out of breaking people.

I think I can handle our little boho seductress on my own.

Just let me get to the bottom

of her little vaudeville fortune telling act.

She is a mistress of interrogation. She manipulates the frontal lobe.

No. Beyond that. I like to get to the cerebellum.

Interesting. So, bypassing the hypothalamus?

No. Rupturing it.

You know, you just target the same place over and over again.

Even bullet-proof glass shatters

if you hit the same spot eight times.

I think I'll start with the.,

you know, "we share the same date of birth" ploy.

Establish commonality.

Old spy trick.

There's a bit of an issue vis a vis... Vis a vis what?

Vis a vis, Frankie has taken tallulah.

Who put you up to this?

I've already told you, I don't know. I find that hard to believe.

Who are you? No-one.

But I know who you are, Vicky stiles.

Ooh. Now, that is interesting.

It's not you I'm here for. That's lovely to hear.

Who is it you are especially here for, dear?

Shall I give you some thinking time?

Jesus Christ, you're gonna kill her!

Frankie! Stop!

Frankie! Let go of her!

Get off her, you mad fuck!

Who do you think you are?

Why couldn't you just stay dead?

Evil psycho!

None of his business.

That boy needs to be taught a lesson or two.

He's gonna pay for this.

So, nothing to say, any of you?

Nothing of note during the day?

We weren't allowed to talk at the table.

It was a sin against the prophet.

For those who were too frightened and weak to stand up to him.

Well, this prophet likes to chat at the table, you know,

sing and laugh.

How about a song?

Frankie!

Jeremiah. Just in time for tea.

You mad bloody cow!

You dropped a 100-year-old radiata pine on my house.

Guilty as charged.

What is wrong with you?

Would you like some rissoles to make up for it?

You have lost it. You know what? You are not worth my anger.

I almost feel sorry for you.

Keep singing.

Nobody feels sorry for me.

I'm doing just fine, thank you, sweetheart.

I have a house full of kids who I adore and who worship me.

And you? You have nothing.

Yes. Not even a fucking house now.

I've apologised. What more could you want from me?

You have a sad little life.

No-one to love.

I hope you haven't deluded yourself

that that poodle would ever be with you out of choice.

Shut up, you little suck toads.

I thought we had a system. Yeah, but this is next level.

So if we put it across here, it'll alert us to visitors.

How am I not meant to trip over all of this?

Because we're putting this here, so you'll know where it is.

And if I forget? Don't.

The Egyptians called their land kengir, which means.

Country of the noble lords.

This is so stupid. Where do you get all of this?

Heather.

Right.

More instant noodles?

Yeah. Boil some water and pour it over.

Egypt only had three kingdoms.

You guys stay here.

Fuck me.

You alright?

What the hell are the Christmas decorations about?

It's to warn us of intruders. You could have warned me.

What are you doing here? I wanted to talk to you.

Well, if it's about me and Frankie working together...

No, I wanted to talk to you about

I was thinking about... Shh. About what?

I was thinking maybe... Maybe what?

We should try living together for a while.

Give it a run. Like a car?

Will you give it a shot?

Ok. Living together is more nuanced than that.

Yes. He can live with us and cook.

Yeah, he can stay in my room.

Well, maybe we could start with a short-term trial.

Yeah. Yeah.

When were you thinking?

Why not start tonight?

Why suddenly tonight?

Because once we've made the decision,

we should jump in head first, commit.

Yeah. What am I missing?

Frankie chainsawed a tree onto my house.

I will make up the spare room. Thank you.

Alright, Iris... Yes?

Can you please grab two of those carrots

and peel them for me?

Absolutely. Big help. Thank you.

Right. I need another fry pan to seal the chicken.

Give it a crust. You've used my only two fry pans.

Well, another saucepan then. Otis, do you mind, mate? Saucepan?

Ta.

No, I need one with a heavier base.

You've used the lump sum in total of my culinary utensils.

Looks like we're using this. Thanks, mate.

You need more? I'll bring some.

I'm perfectly capable of cooking without all of your clutter.

Except you don't cook.

You just pour hot water over ramen noodles.

Thank you. I'm sure it's just as tasty

as what Jeremiah's destroying the kitchen for now.

This is unbelievable. It's just mulligatawny.

I learned it off a Scottish bloke

when I was working in the Bering straits.

This is the best meal I've ever eaten.

Like, ever.

Wow. We're safe tonight. She's asleep.

Though I note she has flexible circadian rhythms.

Consistent with trauma, historical and current.

She's been exposed to numerous accents

from a very young age.

You know, the upward inflection of several of her vowel digraphs.

Indicating she's moved around frequently.

Consistent with what we know of a talisman.

She doesn't have the nous. Yeah, I mean, she's smart,

but I don't buy her as a murderer.

Maybe that's part of her act.

I'll break her in the morning.

Well, just... Don't be too brutal. Yeah.

How gorgeous.

Iris wrote this. It's very sweet.

Yeah, I'm sure it is. Just turn out the light.

So, Jeremiah, do you have a five?

What is it? A five?

Go fish. No.

Yeah. That's it. My gosh.

Guys, my cards are so hot, they've gotta cool down.

Check it out.

You're all going down. Actually... Yes.

Goodnight.

Is this.

Normality?

What's normal? Wednesday bin night.

Gas bills and, "I see

Jenny and Ian have bought themselves a new leaf blower."

Well, I would settle for that.

Feeling safe. Not living in constant fear.

Like.

Breakfast at a cafe, drink with friends,

night out, that sort of thing, I guess.

Yeah. Overrated.

Yeah.

Compared with...

"Well, how was your day?" "Well, today I saw

"the people that I spent the night partying with murdered."

"How was yours?"

I'm really scared.

And I'm not sleeping.

Sleeping...

Sleeping a couple of hours every night, so...

Surely, all this danger is telling us

to grab on to the good stuff

and hold on to it for dear life.

Yeah.

Yeah, I have to,

deliver a load of premium heroin to a drug lord tomorrow.

And this is all I have.

Where's the normal in that?

I'll come with you.

What? So you become like me?

No way. We're in this together still.

If I have to negotiate my way out of this, I'lll do it alone, but.

Thank you.

Goodnight.

Stella?

Should I blame myself

for the shit that's gone down in this town?

Am I in any way responsible, do you think?

Yes.

Well, that's hardly fair. Well, you asked.

I expected a modicum of consideration for my situation.

Well, if you're looking for absolution,

there's a priest in strahan.

People come to you.

And all of them claim it was none of their fault.

You feel like you're the victim in all this, do you?

I care about the people in this town.

And I have gone out of my way to help them.

By returning them all to crime.

I told you a year ago,

that is exactly what Frankie said when she arrived.

I am not Frankie. Nor was she.

You know, unless... Unless you're a young person,

very unlucky in life - and you are far from either

I find that most lives usually go off kilter

by making bad line calls,

small moral choices that just seem to escalate.

I am stuck in this town

because I questioned some corruption in my company,

and I never got the chance to correct it.

Fine.

Then you are absolved.

Graham!

Where is this place?

What is she...?

All over the place!

God.

You've got to be kidding me.

Jesus. Alright, here we go.

What's he doing here?

Well, that was some of the worst driving ever.

Well, you try driving with a map.

Now get back in your truck and go home.

No. I'm doing this.

Stay here. No!

He's gonna kill you. Possibly.

No, no, you stop it! You give me...

Stop being so pig-headed.

Terrific.

I thank you, sir Galahad. You've saved the day.

Fuck. Fuck! That's...

That's icing sugar into pepper Berry.

Alright, alright.

Good. You stay here.

I can...

Well, here I am, your bunny, your mule.

And you know I don't, I don't care,

but I think there's a better way for us to synergize our.

Relationship.

My queen, you look startled. Don't worry about the bees.

It's only if they sense tension in a person that there's any threat.

Except, of course, for the Brazilian bee,

which will attack anything.

That looks like less than a fifth of what I was promised.

Yes, you're right. I'm sorry, the bag tore.

But I don't know what you are going to bake with this icing sugar.

But when I realised

the icing sugar was just a decoy batch,

like the abalone was for your black tar heroin,

I thought, "I don't mind",

"whatever I can do to help your organisation thrive."

You know, I've been.

I've been thinking.

About what... Well, the scale of what you're trying to achieve.

And you know, I just can't shake from my mind

what you said to me the first time we met.

What was that?

You're right.

Heroin has lost its cachet as a glamour drug.

And I-I started to wonder

what we could do together to lift its appeal.

So, I thought, and I know it's crazy,

but what if we infused it with natural herbs?

And then I thought, well, hey, what about natural flavour?

I mean, they do it with vapes.

So imagine heroin with pepper Berry or eucalyptus.

And then it hit me.

Your honey, the best honey in the market,

and my heroin, the best heroin available.

And all the benefits of both.

"Hey, I've got a cold."

"Here, have some honey to soothe your throat."

"And infused with heroin to lighten the mood."

"All in one jar."

I've been experimenting for hours

trying to get the balance right,

and so I thought if I...

Next time, leave your drone at home.

We need to get out of here. You alright to drive?

Yeah.

I thank you both very much for your hospitality,

even if I'm technically a prisoner.

If I'd gone with them, I would be dead now.

But you didn't, did you?

But if I'd gone,

perhaps I could have helped them or stopped it.

Yes, quite possibly. No, that's unlikely.

Sometimes it can make all the difference.

I'll make a fresh pot of tea.

I was very impressed with your, fortune telling at the party.

I don't know how accurate it is, but...

You know, it's just observation, isn't it?

You follow up on something you see in a person to a logical conclusion.

For example, I can tell that you are from regional new south wales,

probably somewhere near parkes.

No way.

Can I ask, what's your star sign? Aquarius.

Wow. Me too. Aquarius. Yeah.

Really?

I wouldn't have picked it.

What date are you?

12th of February.

No way. You're kidding.

That's the same as me.

Wow. Really?

Who'd have thought?

That's so weird.

Because, no offence,

but you really seem like a scorpio.

Why do you say that?

With a moon in libra and a gemini rising.

You were born in the northern hemisphere, yes?

If you want, I can read your tarot.

Got them right here. It's not my sort of card game.

Wow, you keep those close.

Yeah.

Yeah, they, helped me navigate my way.

Ok. Pick up a card.

Put some intention into it. Mhm.

Queen of swords. That's very interesting.

Pick up another one and then another.

Brava.

This is weird.

I see you dying.

Only it's not... It's not you.

You didn't have a twin, did you?

A sister who was taken from you, maybe?

Violently.

I'm feeling a really terrible sense of guilt about it,

like you feel responsible.

It's made you keep others at a distance.

You try to control them with your intellect,

but you can't really show love.

You're frightened of something.

No, you're terrified of something.

I am never that.

So you're not worried about losing what's most precious to you?

But someone seems to be moving on from you,

and it's hurting you quite a lot.

Not me at all.

Utter nonsense.

As you say, it's just... It's all guesswork.

It's just guesswork.

I hope I haven't upset her.

She asked for a reading

and I think she took it too seriously.

She's a scorpio, isn't she? Yes.

They feel very deeply.

I know you didn't kill your friends,

but you knew they were leaving, didn't you?

Maybe. I didn't want to stay with them too long.

And there is something about this place.

It just seems doomed.

And yet you stayed.

Come on.

Bong cha?

She stays here. 24-hour surveillance.

Fine, but she's getting Adelaide.

I couldn't sleep for excitement.

I see you're the same.

Your brainchild.

Heroin honey, it's quite pro me the an.

Honey, of course, being a natural preservative.

They found it in tutankhamen's tomb. Still edible.

Right.

Our challenge will be to attract the youth.

You want to market it to children as well?

It's healthier than fizzy drinks.

Well, neither is exactly good for them.

Understand, I am no performer,

so try to imagine me as the pop starlet of your dreams.

Hey, cats, don't go for dark web psychedelics.

What I've got here has all the nutrition of honey

combined with the subtle lift of heroin.

And at this point I think we might introduce

some contemporary visuals and modern music.

And then the presenter might wink at the camera.

What do you think? Yes, yes, that might work.

What I need from you is to secure the high-profile star to front it.

I was thinking this woman.

She's come out pretty heavily against drugs.

I will put some feelers out first thing tomorrow.

Luther here - I don't know if that's his real name,

I've never bothered to ask

he'll be with you 24 hours for support.

Great.

He'll send me the odd photo to monitor your progress.

Some mountain men stole two of my manuka hives,

so I'm going to need an arsonist.

The flame-haired one, tarquin.

He'll do. Tell him to burn the hives.

For god's sake...

Don't think this is normal. No.

The new man in my life. A gift at 3am.

We're off to Heather's. She's teaching us French.

She's teaching me about thermodynamics after lunch.

Yeah? Do you need me to make you a special sandwich?

God, no.

She's making Turkish eggs

with some homemade feta from their goat.

Bonjour, monsieur.

How dangerous is this guy?

His boss wants me to approach a pop star to flog his drug honey.

That's a joke.

Didn't feel very jokey.

It feels like some bizarre game he's playing with me.

Why the hell would he do that?

I guess I'll know when I finally break.

Welcome to our new normal.

The thickness of the cream cheese

sort of overpowers your honey.

Deirdre, darling, what do you think, a stronger honey?

More tea, everyone?

I'll pour.

Did you get to the bottom of the dead bohemians?

No. Not yet.

I don't even think it was about the drugs.

There's talk of a trained assassin.

Targeting whom? Stella.

With any luck, whoever it is will save us the bother.

It's no bother. No, I'm quite looking forward to it.

The confusion in her eyes as the light dims

and her last breath dissipates in the frigid air.

You're absolutely right, Deirdre.

Not manuka. Leatherwood.

Leatherwood.

Hop in. Where are we going?

Here, put this on.

Have you been to the toilet? We've got a long drive ahead.

Alright, the celebrity casting agent

has agreed to meet in this coffee shop.

I'll be back in an hour.

Ok.

No, they were very clear. One person only.

We will stay in the car.

We'll be back in an hour.

Unless you need more time.

No. An hour is perfect.

Hi. What can I get you?

Do you have a coffee? Yeah, name it.

We can do macchiato, piccolo, latte, flat white.

Whatever you want, with any milk.

I'll have a macchiato, please.

Yeah. So, we've got two different blends.

We've got a Colombian and a Brazilian.

My favourite;S a combo of the two,

because it's like these notes of chocolate with, like,

a hint of Berry.

Sorry, I sound a bit like a wanker.

No, what you're saying sounds really beautiful.

Bit of a a tough day there?

A bit of a tough couple of years, actually.

Well, you just relax and enjoy.

Thank you.

Thank you. Good one. Thanks, dom. See you next time.

There you go. I made it a double. Thank you.

That's a cute little pattern. Yeah.

On the house.

No, I want to pay, I must pay.

I just I need this to be normal. Ok.

You can just pay when you're ready. Thanks.

Tallulah? How did you know it was me?

Your scent. Sandalwood with a hint of coconut shampoo.

That's impressive.

You're returning my files.

I wondered how you knew so much about everyone here.

I just... I like learning things about people, that's all.

And yet we've learned so little about you.

Who did these drawings?

My granddaughter Iris.

But she's not really your granddaughter, is she?

Yeah. Well, as good as.

I mean, there's nothing more important than true family.

And without it, we are nothing more than orphans.

Where's your family? They're not here any more.

What happened? They were killed.

How were they killed?

How... how were they killed?

Tallulah!

So how'd it go?

It was perfect.

Her people were very intrigued.

There's a couple of sticking points

around being the face of heroin honey,

but I'm sure I can massage that.

Still, it's early days.

Yeah. Probably needs some more meetings.

From time to time, a hive begins to perform poorly

until finally it ceases to produce at all.

I had such high hopes for you.

Your ravenous need to succeed.

Lack of any great morality. What went wrong?

So, what's the plan, Frankie?

We should try to go back.

What? And get lost.

That could be disastrous and very dangerous.

Tarquin, can you hear me?

I've given you more than enough chances to redeem yourself.

Careless people make mistakes. And I'm not a careless person.

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