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The drum is Nate's been made a Level 5,

so, the powers that be have bumped him to Health,

which means Brenda has been shunted sideways to Social Services.

But more importantly, that means Rani, who is a Level 4,

is now answerable to Harris's replacement,

Gus Dennon.

Ooh-hoo! That sets the cat amongst the pigeons.

Gus Dennon as their uber fuhrer.

Mate, we live in interesting times.

Congratulations on making the indoor cricket finals!

Very much a team effort!

Gentlemen.

West Wyalong?

It has a population of 2,819 people. That's still too many.

Uh... Rainbow.

Population 600 and falling.

It's on the way to a national park.

There is the ever-present danger somebody might drop in.

Alright, look. Allow me to repeat this mantra from places upon high.

We need a town that nobody's ever heard of,

boasts no features

and no outsider wants to visit.

You're talking about half the country.

Orange, then?

That has a rail line, Norm. I reckon people might find it.

Jurien Bay... It's a swimmable beach!

Please, I need... Somebody, help me. I need better.

Wycliffe. Gurley Station. Silverton.

That's only 50 people.

It has 'silver' in the title.

Has the government considered the risks in doing this?

I mean, it is a bit dangerous, isn't it?

To put all of them in once place?

Let's leave such conversations to those of us, um...

..a little bit more qualified.

Might be a little bit above your pay grade, Irene.

Airini.

It's Airini.

My name is Airini.

Oh!

Tasmania.

Tassie? Oh, it's a bit jokey.

Jess and I went there for a week's holiday

and spent five days of it trying to change our return flight.

There's nothing there!

There's a town we hit by accident.

Rains 324 days a year.

Show me.

Hey, who would like an old-fashioned humbug to suck on?

Huh?

Hello?!

Is anyone with me here?

Alright, fine. I will have one all to myself.

Mmm-mmm!

You know, when I was a very little girl,

humbugs were my very favourite things in the whole entire world.

Your grandma would take me to that little lolly shop in Collins Street

and buy a whole bag for me.

And my face would be all sticky

and my... my teeth black from the aniseeds,

and I was so happy.

It was wonderful memories.

Iris, stop crying!

And to think, you know, they still make them right here in Tasmania.

Isn't it great?

Oh, it's so pretty here.

It's got trees, mountains, snow.

It's like a... It's like a winter wonderland. Don't you think, kids?

Alright, let the adventure continue.

Why don't we play a game?

Uh... Let's pretend we're different people,

a whole different family with new names.

Sounds like fun, doesn't it?

I'll be Princess Abigail from Moldavia.

I'll get adopted to another family.

No, uh... better. I'll... I'll be called Stella.

I've always loved that name.

Stella...

..Heiken-inen.

Because we love to hike.

When have we ever hiked anywhere?

It's a game, Otis.

Shit, look out!

Agh!

It came out of nowhere.

No. It was sitting in the middle of the road minding its own business.

Well, it shouldn't have been.

Are we gonna bury it and say something kind about it?

No, darling.

We're gonna leave it on the side of the road

where it should have been in the first place.

I would like to acknowledge the Traditional Owners

of the land on which we stand today,

the Peoples of the Kulin Nation,

and pay my respects to their elders, past and present.

Like, seriously, why not just give them their land back?

Start with the tennis court. She doesn't even play.

And let me welcome you to the first

of what I hope becomes many

informal ProsperAus management gatherings,

where you get to know me, I get to know you,

and we share ideas.

Thank you. Thanks for coming.

It's so good to see you. It's been ages.

Thank you.

You never want them thinking of you as a friend, Annika.

It's alright, Father. I've poisoned their drinks.

I never did anything like this

in my day when I was running the company.

You can't be soft, Annika.

The bushfire payouts.

There is a difference between compassion

and sensible business practice.

You paid out way too quickly. I thought you'd retired.

I remember a badly attended farewell.

I'll stop by the office first thing in the morning.

We'll to go through some of this stuff.

No, please, don't.

About 9:30.

Kumar, what are you doing here?

What you discovered, Ms Van Cleef, what you asked me to check up on...

No, it'll have to wait.

This is a private do for senior management.

..it is so much worse than ever you imagined.

Right, OK.

Tomorrow, in the office. We can talk there.

Your Sangiovese, Madame. Ah, merci.

We'll sort it out first thing in the morning.

My mother's vindaloo recipe.

As promised.

Who is he?

Oh, he's just a tech guy.

I had him check something out.

Oh.

Well, "it takes something more than intelligence

"to act intelligently.

Another quote?

Dostoyevsky?

But of course.

This USB...

..haven't seen one since the '90s.

Um...

Sorry, I... I'll just be a second.

Iris! Put that down!

This is how Samurai practise.

Not at a work cocktail party they don't.

Well, you told me to practise.

Yes, the piano.

I've told you a million times.

Listen, you were supposed to be minding them.

She could have killed someone.

They all look pretty dead anyway.

OK, you need to get that thing out of my face,

and look after your sister and grandmother.

I thought that was YOUR job.

Here, can you hold that?

Have you eaten anything, Mum?

I had an octopus before and several cucumbers.

Great.

Thank you.

Iris.

The very first step

to any curry you're ever going to cook

is to put in some mustard seed.

My mother says the secret to a great vindaloo

is about what you leave out.

So, I've got some ghee heated in the pan here already.

So, you're just going to want to make sure that that...

Mmm...

Mm.

Mm!

Mmm.

..very quickly.

Excellent.

Now, once you've got the onion cooking...

If you are hoping for anything more than hot chocolate tonight,

you will be disappointed.

A day with my father telling me how to run the company

has poured oil on any passion.

Maybe you could pour some of that oil onto me,

see if we can kickstart things again, hm?

You have saved this company.

Your father, he did some good things for the company a decade ago.

What, that he hired you?

Well...

..maybe he did one good thing.

But what you've been able to achieve

in the eight months that you've been around

is nothing short of remarkable.

Because you're amazing.

And they all love you.

I'll keep the light on.

Ingredient in my mum's vindaloo...

..um... tomato.

Oh!

We see her.

No, Kumar...

Kumar, sorry, I slept in. Now I'm running late.

Did you look at the USB I gave you?

No, I have glanced at it. I'm just not a huge curry person.

It's not just a recipe... Look, can we just talk in the office?

I've got to pick up some provolone.

The codes you wanted investigated. Uh... The custodian registry, yes.

It's not only the four you found.

Sorry, Kumar, I can barely hear you.

400.

Sorry, I've left my phone in the car.

Sorry, Kumar!

I've dropped my keys!

It's not just the recipe. It's the codes.

Look, I can't hear you!

I'm coming into the office

and we'll speak as soon as I get in, yeah?

Ms Van Cleef, you must not come in.

Do not...

Right.

Ohh...

Oh! Oh!

Ooh!

That's $57.90, thanks. On card, please.

There's a fire at the back. You have to run.

Uh...

Go, go, go! We're closed. Go.

Run, run, run.

Sula, I can still only see farmed salmon.

They say it's ethically sourced.

Well, don't believe everything you read on the packet.

I can put you in touch with some dear friends

who can supply the real thing...

I need you to listen to me very carefully.

The two... Sorry, I have...

Shh. No.

The two men who just entered are here to kill you.

What... Just trust me

and come with me.

I certainly will not.

Hey!

I beg your pardon. If you want to live,

if you ever want to see Iris and Otis again,

then move.

What are you doing? Closed today, sweetheart.

We're not closed.

Live or die. Your choice. Open those doors now.

OK. OK.

So... let's go.

Let's go.

OK, hide behind the box.

Argh!

OK, let's go, Annika!

Pull over.

What happened back there?

Who were they?

Hired hitmen. Russian, most probably Chechen.

Those sort do it for the airline food over here.

What can you tell me? Nothing. I...

Bankers, insurance brokers - that's MY world.

Not Chechen.

What? Hit men?

We have to get you out right now.

You must not go home.

They will be waiting for you.

I'm calling the police.

Fine, you visit them, you make a full report in triplicate

and, in the fullness of time, they will investigate

not what happened back there

but your murder.

My... My kids are still at school.

Otis has a sports day.

Then pick them up.

If you stay here, you will die and so will your family.

Meet me at the Barkly skatepark at 5:00PM sharp.

And if I can't make it by 5:00?

Then I will presume you are dead.

Gina! You need to go!

Now. Hurry!

I've only just started, Annika.

Go now! I'll explain later!

OK.

Right.

Hi, Tobias.

Um... I know we haven't exactly bonded.

But now would be a really good time.

So...

OK.

Oh, my God.

Argh! Agh! No!

Argh! Argh!

Argh! Argh! Argh! Argh!

Oh, my God. Gina.

Hey!

Hm?

Annika?

Hey!

Hey!

You let my kids out!

Agh!

Oh, Marion. Hi.

Hi. Annika, I'm sorry, I was just giving them a lift home.

I usually do the after-sport drop-offs.

Yes, I remember that now. It's always very helpful.

It's just today we've had a slight change of plans.

Hop out, kids. Come on.

Are you alright there, Annika?

Great. Terrific. You?

Otis, Iris, out. Now.

Come on. Out.

Out you hop.

Hi, sweetie.

Thank you so much.

Say hi to Sam, yeah.

Mum, have you been cooking?

I'll tell you later, sweetie. You hop in the car now. Come on, let's go.

You forgot their school bags!

Get in the car!

Alright, here we go.

Listen, we're going away for a while, OK?

A surprise holiday.

Can we at least go home first? I'm in my soccer uniform.

No! No. We, uh... We can't.

The truth is that a...

..pipe has burst,

a water pipe,

and the whole house is completely flooded.

What about Tobias? Tobias is fine.

I... I left him with a friend.

And we can buy new clothes. It's all part of the adventure.

OK, she's here.

OK.

She has completely lost it.

Three tickets on tonight's ferry.

Ferry?

Tasmania. Your new home.

I have a perfectly fine home already.

Well, now you have a new one in a place called Mystery Bay.

I transferred it into your new name.

You'll get the keys off a Francis Pike.

Sorry, what... what new name? What are you talking about?

Heikkinen.

Stella Heikkinen.

It's all here. Your complete new history.

Read it, learn it, burn it.

Stella... Heika... Heikkininnin.

Heikkinenin?

Heikkinen. It's a Dutch name.

I thought you'd be familiar with Dutch names.

My family left Holland 120 years ago.

Heineken. Stella. It sounds like two beers.

Alright, what about... What about my kids?

They can keep their first names.

Just make sure they remember their new last names.

Deed to the house. New driver's licence. Money.

All that I could get out of your personal account.

How did you access my account?

Give me your phone and your credit cards and I'll show you.

Hey! No!

No...

Cash only.

There's a special phone in there

with my private number and four SIM cards.

They will expire after each call.

Only use them in an absolute emergency.

Mum! Mum, look! Look - I'm balancing!

Remove all their identification,

everything that links them or you to Melbourne.

Phones, iPads - destroy them.

And what... And what if I want to phone a friend?

You're really not getting this, are you?

Today is the day you cut off ties to everything and everyone you know.

First you tell me why.

No. You tell me. How? I don't know anything.

Yes, you do, and at some point I'm going to need you to give testimony

and hand over every bit of information you have

about ProsperAus and the way it conducts its business.

In the meantime, trust no-one.

Including you.

Who are you?

The only person currently trying to keep you alive.

An entire mountain obliterated

just so some asshole can have a belt buckle.

It's pronounced ARSE-hole.

There's no reception.

You need to get higher.

Oh!

Oh, hang on, I got a bar.

♪ Holy. ♪

What's wrong? Did they follow you?

My car has broken down.

You're kidding. No!

No, a wallaby ran right...

You wasted a call to tell me that you have an issue with your car?

I am not a bloody mechanic.

This is not an emergency. This IS an emergency!

I am in the middle of nowhere and you smashed my phone.

I can see where you are.

I'll find someone.

How can you see?

Stop wasting calls.

Hop out, kids.

OK.

You Hatkins?

Hi.

We are so glad to see you.

Yeah, very excited.

How many tattoos have you got?

Come away.

Why people choose to put art on their body

they wouldn't hang in their living room, right?

Oh.

Half a wallaby still under here.

Ugh. I'll have to tow it to Strahan.

We're not going to Strahan.

I like the drawings on your arm.

This one...

..I copied off a picture

I've got hanging in my living room.

I draw a lot. Probably because I'm 10.

I'm Iris. Do you have a name?

Yes.

We're heading to Mystery Bay.

Well, surely there's a mechanic there.

Mystery Bay?

How far is it from here?

Oh, icy road. Couple of hours.

Is there a safer route we can take?

Safer?

Oh, over the mountain.

Good. Let's do that then. I wouldn't. Takes four hours.

We actually bought a house there.

Why would you do that?

Yeah, why would you do that?

Well, people buy houses every day. Is that so unusual?

Here? Yes, it's insane.

Seriously?

Where'd you buy it?

On Old Sanders Road.

Do you know it?

Come on, come on.

Hang on! Hang on! You can't leave us here!

We're going with you!

Oh, my...

Dinner.

What?

Disgusting.

Oh!

Alright, get in. Not too close.

Alright, hop on my lap.

Stay here.

Ooh.

Nice bag. Travelling light.

I'm a minimalist.

Ahh...

Better.

Hm.

Alrighty.

Bob's your uncle.

What do they mean by 'low-level radiation area'?

Not that much.

Jeremiah? Connor.

This lady insisted I bring the car to you.

Why?

She's bought a place here.

Here? Yeah, on Sanders Road.

We had an accident. With a... wallaby.

Got it with you? I took it.

It's dead.

Shame. Would have saved me buying sausages.

OK, my car?

Not till Thursday...

Seriously?

..week.

Told her to take it to Strahan.

Well, can't you look at it now? You don't seem that busy.

Well, I guess I'm busy in ways you don't understand.

Well, do you have a car that I could lease in the meantime?

What did she say?

Do you kids need something healthy to nibble on?

What sort of food have you got in here?

Potato chips, maybe.

Agh.

So, you run a laundromat as well.

Is this one working?

No. Just out of 'out of order' signs.

We'll get these.

Let's go.

You gonna pay for those or what?

These chips expired pre-pandemic.

So, don't eat them.

Why is everyone staring at us?

Because she's a Toorak wanker and we're private-school dickheads.

Why WOULDN'T you look?

Just ignore them. Country people are notoriously shy.

And we will buy new clothes as promised.

What is 'rabies'?

We don't have it in Australia.

THEY do.

No, they...

Well maybe just don't... pat the dogs.

Oh, my God! What's its name?!

Truffles, dear.

Because they can smell them a mile away.

It's not a dog!

It certainly is not.

Hello there. I'm Stella Hei... hi... Hi!

Um... My daughter's an animal lover.

We're in the process of moving here and she's overly excited.

You're moving here?

To live?

Here?

I know what you're thinking -

we bought in the market at the most expensive time.

But we were craving a change.

That wasn't exactly what I was thinking.

Uh... Do you know any place where we could get some warmer apparel?

Here?

You could try the op shop.

Sometimes Tarquin has some... apparel.

Come on, Truffles. Come on.

Do you have your phone? What's wrong with yours?

Can you give it to me?

Give.

Thank you.

Hello?

Francis Pike?

It might be.

Who's talking?

Uh... Stella.

Heikkinen.

Oh, right. The new owner of the Gurvan place.

Who is currently standing outside your office

to collect the keys to our new house.

Right. Right.

Right. Right. That's how you got my number.

How old are these places?

Look at the cars.

They look prehistoric.

That's a Commodore.

You guys, you go find yourselves some practical clothes.

Off you go.

Sorry. Um... Unfortunately, we had a car accident.

No-one was hurt, thankfully,

but we are without one.

Right.

Well, you could walk.

I mean, it's only a short way out of town.

No. Thank you. I don't know where it is.

Uh... Well, I'll, uh... I'll come and get you.

Just give me a moment to arrange things.

Well, what are you arranging?

Meet me at the front in 15 minutes.

Are these bullet holes in the back?

No, it's moths.

You want it or not?

Well, that is heaps more practical, you guys.

Neither of you will stand out now.

And we got a whole bag of clothes for you.

Oh! That's very thoughtful of you.

Iris picked them out.

Oh.

Good.

Hurry! Hurry! Hop in, quick, please.

Francis Pike?

Yes, nice to meet you, Mrs Hagendaaz.

Quick, please. Quicker than that.

Ow!

You certainly took your time.

Well, I don't have a stopwatch.

Little town has almost everything you need.

Public toilets.

Soon to reopen.

Uh... The Thai restaurant.

Hotel.

Post office, which does banking and some groceries.

Look, kids - a theatre.

Is that still in use?

Uh... Yeah, yeah.

You'll find that we're mostly a friendly bunch.

Most of us. Um...

Once you get to know us.

But kind of...

..hold off...

..just for a while.

Where's the school? School?

We're going to school here? Uh... Yeah, that'd be in Strahan.

Um... Primary and secondary all in one.

Uh... Just a few kilometres up the road.

37 kays.

Um...

Manfred drives the kiddies every day at 7:45AM.

Oh. Perfect.

It is perfect, isn't it?

Alright.

There you go. Flips out.

Sorry, bub.

I love it, Mummy! I think we've done OK.

Welcome to your new forever home.

Please, no.

Now, if there's anything you need, just don't hesitate to... to ask.

There's a goat in our yard!

I have a goat! Yeah, it comes with the house.

Iris, we don't want a goat.

Alright, who wants to see the house?

I do!

They've left all their furniture here.

So, we have everything we need.

We've got fresh milk.

Why have they left all this food?

Because they are country people. Country hospitality.

That's how it is here.

Baked beans, baked beans, baked beans...

Oh! This one's special.

Baked beans and ham.

Finally something you can cook.

Piss off!

Otis, there are no power points in this house!

That's impossible.

There's one over here. Help me move this.

No way.

It's all rotten.

Can I help you?

I was going past. Thought I'd drop in.

I don't know what arrangement you had with the previous owner,

but I'm not a kind of 'drop-in' sort of person.

So, if you have something you need to see me about,

you should arrange a time.

Wow.

Just wanted to drop off these jackets.

Or should I leave them with your secretary?

Yeah, fine.

Thanks.

They're old.

But they're warm.

Gets bitter cold here at night.

- Hey, what the hell... - Don't move!

Don't move.

Why? The floor.

What has happened here?

You bought a house that's totally fucked.

Lose the language, please.

Follow my lead.

What?

To get across you have to walk in between the white lines.

It's like... Indiana Jones.

We marked out all the bad parts we could find.

Well, now we know why he threw the furniture in for free.

So... not country hospitality.

♪ Lord, God Almighty

♪ Early in the morning

♪ Our song shall rise to thee

♪ Holy, holy

♪ Holy... ♪

♪ Merciful and mighty... ♪

♪ God in three persons... ♪

♪ Blessed trinity

♪ Holy, holy, holy... ♪

Yes?

The floors in this house are rotten and we are completely freezing.

I don't give a rat's about your floor.

I don't fix floors.

I'm not a mechanic. I'm not a carpenter.

Sort this out yourself.

That's two cards you've wasted.

I have not wasted...

You...

Stop hanging up on me!

Anything in the mail?

Another love letter from the bank.

The whole world's gone to shite.

The only time these days people send you a letter

is when they want to get money off you

or sell you face cream.

Mm.

There used to be a time when people

wrote proper letters to one another,

and they'd put in it things

like, you know, about this and that...

Oh, whoever wrote you a letter?

Well, no-one.

And now the damn banks do.

Yeah, Dad, I'll handle it. Don't worry.

There's devils out there tonight.

You hear 'em? Yeah.

Good.

They can take some of the rabbits down the river paddock.

Where are YOU going?

To write you a letter.

Ohh, cheeky bastard.

It's Wednesday.

I know it's Wednesday.

You're late.

I thought we had an understanding.

Can't a person make one mistake?

Not in this lady's world.

This lady demands a lot from a man like you.

Well, I'm sorry, lady, but I don't operate that way.

Well, that's a real shame

'cause now I'm in a real quandary.

God, are you gonna shoot me or talk me to death?

I'm gonna shoot.

Mm. And then what would I do next Wednesday, eh?!

That seems like your real quandary, you know?

Oh, Jesus Christ.

If you two are gonna start shaking the nails loose again,

keep it down.

I wanna catch the weather.

We're going out. We'll shake the nails there.

Yeah.

Did you pull those jackets out of the bin

after me specifically telling you they'll give you cholera?

But they're really warm. I'M not cold.

You're shivering. I'm fine.

Argh!

Well, we will wait for him.

What?!

Until morning?

It's night-time. He won't be here.

It's not that late, it just gets dark here early.

It says he'll be back here in 15 minutes.

Just phone him.

I don't have a phone. You have mine.

The pub will have a phone.

Where is my phone?

This is where the action is.

Let me show you the inside of a country pub.

We'll have a counter meal, we'll meet some locals,

and then we'll head back.

Where is my phone?

Where is it?!

Hi.

Where is everybody?

Everybody? I can hear them, but I can't... I...

Yeah? Hello.

Do... Do you serve counter meals?

Not tonight.

Is there anywhere in town that's serving a meal?

Tonight?

Yes.

No.

Do you have a phone that I could use?

Right.

What night DO you serve counter meals?

Fridays.

Sometimes.

Great.

Lovely.

We will join you then.

Up to you.

Let's go. Let's go.

Burn and turn.

Our new arrival was just here with her kids.

What'd she want?

Dinner.

But it's not Friday.

Who is this woman, Francis?

I don't know. She seemed nice enough.

- What, she come up through Graham? - And I raise you 10.

Ooh.

Francis. What?

Did she? Hm?

- Graham knows nothing about her. - Gotta be trouble then.

What did Frankie say about you selling her an 'ouse?

I don't need to run everything past Frankie.

Alright? I'm an independent man. Those days are over.

Oh, my God. You didn't tell Frankie?

What sort of idiot are you? You saw what happened last time.

I'm not frightened of her. Times are very different now.

What'd you make of her?

Busted transmission pan. 250 bucks.

Nice. You are such a reader of women.

And another 20.

We spoke to her.

Did ya?

Anything beyond Jeremiah's rich insight?

No, nothing much.

Kids at private schools. Jimmy Choo shoes. Prada top.

Watch was second-order Cartier.

Yes, Dutch ancestry from way back.

One adopted child.

The other one's definitely her blood.

Melbourne education, possibly Lauriston.

A couple of years in London and I suspect a year quite recently

at either Harvard or Yale.

Have you noticed that too? Yeah.

It was the diphthong 'ar' in the way she said 'apparel'.

Boston pronunciation? Yep. Probably in MBA for a year.

That's all you picked up on then, eh?

Nothing about a transmission pan?

Oh. No.

What?

Well, we only spoke for a minute.

I'll keep you honest, Magda. Let's have a look.

Three jacks.

Come on. That's why. That's why.

I don't know why I bother playing. She remembers every bloody card.

OK, so, is she dangerous or not?

She's frightened of something.

Pfft. That's just gonna get worse coming here.

Another round?

Yeah.

Yeah. Alright.

Why not?

Mum, I'm so cold.

Here, have my coat.

I want my phone.

I, uh...

..accidentally dropped it.

What?

We don't have a charger anyway.

Can you just tell me what's going on, please?

The house didn't really flood, did it?

And this so doesn't feel like a holiday.

Let's all go to bed.

A good night's sleep,

and the world will look very different.

Come on.

It already does look different.

Iris?

Mum, it's huge trucks. There's three of them.

Why are they driving through our garden?

What are they doing here?

I'll go and talk to them.

Don't move.

Mum! Mum! Mum! Are you OK?!

Mum! Mum!

Are you OK?

Mum?

I'm OK!

OK. Just, uh...

..throw me down a torch!

Thanks, bubba.

OK.

Fuck.

We're not staying here long, anyway.

What place next, a meth lab maybe?

Francis Pike sold you the Gurvan place.

A woman rang me. Out of the blue.

I didn't do anything wrong.

Shit. Shit.

I'm your new neighbour!

I brought you a welcome casserole.

Might be exciting to have a few new faces in town.

Do you have any idea what you have put us in?

If you want to stay alive, learn to adapt and help me.

Oh, my God.

Captions by Red Bee Media

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