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Some things have recently come to light in regards to my sister's death.

There were no traces of drugs in her system. But there were traces.

I was persuaded to leave them out of the report. Persuaded? By who?

Luke. Ehaka. Cooper. Nice to meet you. Likewise.

I was engaged to him for a while. I broke it off.

He married my best friend about a year later. It's no problem.

I'm skating on a frozen lake and everything is perfect.

But I am so scared of what's under the ice.

He most certainly has a concussion. No, I'm good to go. So lie down.

Why didn't you tell me about Lynn? You can't hide an addiction like that. What?

Mum, I am just trying to find out what happened to her. She died in an

accident. Mum, I am trying to help, but you have to be honest with me.

Just go.

I'll find them.

I promise.

Cody Palmer, you called the police?

Yeah, lucky I had cell coverage.

Jack's dead.

I don't know what the hell happened, but they said I was going to be taken down,

so... Yeah, Detective Mallory, we just need to get a statement off you before

you go back down.

You can talk to Sergeant Levata here.

Yeah. Well, I don't know what happened.

I was asleep.

Yeah, we still need a full statement from you.

I'll be back in a minute.

Detective, eh?

Pretty cool.

Yeah, not a pretty sight. You must have got a bit of a shock.

Make that a fucking big shock.

I'm sorry about your friend.

Ah, he's not a friend, really. We just met on the mountain.

Right. And you didn't know the other guy?

Never seen him before.

Fun times.

You can get closer soon.

We're still photographing blood patterns at the moment.

Okay.

Camo pants and a hunting jacket.

Clothes who suggest a hunter, yeah.

And the blood pattern sell us he landed on top of him.

from a considerable height rather cut short as day yeah and jack's apparently

the one underneath is called jack oh well so jack had a big night before our

hunter dropped in joints scattered bottle of bourbon smashed okay got a

team flying in we'll set up a grid and search around the scene although it

might not be very useful if he fell out of the sky

He's supposed to be taking it easy. What are you doing, Jared?

You've got a concussion. So?

Simon's got a cracked rib.

Yeah, I wasn't going to let the team down.

No way.

But two murders back to back, eh?

Well, this one might just be a freak accident.

You reckon he fell from the sky?

How? Well, this area's popular with hunters.

Some of them are pretty loose with safety.

Yeah, he could have just come out of a chopper. What, shooting from the air?

Door wide open?

Foot on the skid.

Bit of a buzz, eh?

Respect for disaster, Mola.

Yeah, but if that did happen, there has to be a rifle somewhere.

Yeah, and why wouldn't they have landed to try to find them?

Do you want to set up the grid search, Juana?

Half K radius from here? No worries.

What can I do?

You can stay put. You're not even meant to be here.

Nah, I'm good.

Stuck head.

Say that again?

Oof. Apparently, they had had a big night on the booze.

Cody fell asleep with his headphones on.

Didn't hear a thing until his make-off flattened.

Oof. Nasty.

Yeah.

Any follow-up on that baggie from the other day?

No, why?

I saw the evidence bag on the boss's desk.

Oh. She just wanted to check a note in the report.

The arrest brief that you put in on the Connery Templeton homicides.

You made no mention of this piece of evidence collected at the scene of

Connery's death.

It wasn't at the scene exactly.

No, where was it exactly?

It was outside, a wee way away from the mine entrance.

It turned out to be irrelevant, but I can add it to the brief if you

feel like it's important.

I do.

I also note that the hard copy file on your sister's accident is missing.

Yeah, I have that.

I wanted to read it.

It's not affecting my casework.

Does this have any relevance to your sister's death or the death of your

father?

Why would it?

Oh, it's surprising that the prints on it belong to Alan Sauter.

It's very odd, especially considering how long he's been in jail.

It's probably just an old score someone dropped.

Do you believe in coincidences, Anais?

I do.

Yeah, they happen. I don't trust them.

Be very careful, Detective.

It's not worth blowing an excellent career.

on a misguided suspicion.

Okay, boss.

If you can stick around for a bit, that'd be really helpful. No worries.

What about my tent and stuff?

We'll get your stuff back to you when the scene's been cleared.

Oh, thanks.

Cute and efficient, eh?

All right, Mr Palmer, we'll... Cody, and you are?

Very busy.

We'll get you down the hill.

Our boss will set you up in town until you get your gears back. Well, maybe

until we need to speak again. Over a drink, maybe?

If we need to talk more, we can do it at the station. Thanks for your help, Cody.

Worth a shot, eh? Okay.

Cute and efficient mummy.

Far out.

But you... I'm normally such a night owl.

I know.

But when Maya said she was making you do the 5am class, I figured you'd probably

need a recovery coffee. I do have a machine, you know. This is quicker and

easier.

And, um, Luke has a proposition for you.

Hmm. A date.

For the arts festival dinner tomorrow.

Are you two trying to coax me out of my shell or something?

Oh, absolutely.

Right. I have an old business associate in town. He's a great guy. A lot of fun.

Yeah, I don't think so, Luke.

I would be the worst date.

You know I'm nominated as chair of the committee. Yes, there would be another

dead set vote in the room. Now come on, you'll love Harry.

And you do need just a little coaxing.

Have you heard from Anais?

No, no, no.

I've taken your husband's advice and I'm just giving us both some time to let

things settle.

Good for you.

Our man who fell out of the sky is Snapes. He's a local man.

And potions master of Hogwarts, eh?

Sorry.

Tough crowd, tough crowd.

Look to the head doesn't seem to have made a difference, Rena.

Snapes, sounds familiar.

Yeah, um, that is what he used to look like.

Doug Snapes, snapper to his mates. He's 42.

Form? Yeah, going back to his teens, just minor stuff.

Then a few more serious assaults.

Two of the assaults in Wanaka four years ago were committed with his best mate

back then.

Who's his best mate?

A younger guy, currently in jail for drug offences and manslaughter.

I'm sorry, Vanessa, the best mate I'm talking about was... Alan Souter.

Yeah Who's Ellen so shut up man just an ass my office

What's going on

who's selling seltzer he's the man that killed Mallory's father Maybe we

should both start believing in coincidences.

I'm taking you off this I'll call in a team from Christchurch to work with

Simon. Come on, boss. I can handle it.

Alan Sowder's in jail anyway. He can't be connected to this.

Still too close.

Look.

I know HQ is waiting to see how a Queenstown homicide unit pans out before

they fully commit to it, right?

So if you call for extra resource from Christchurch, everything falls apart.

Trust me, I will be fine.

All right, even if this was an accident, failure to render assistance is a crime,

so we'll start with the helicopter charters. All right, well, there's five

commercial outfits here and dozens more in operating distance.

Plus, there's privately owned machines.

I'll give you guys a hand, hey? OK, thanks, boss.

We'll also need Snape's records and any notes on his earlier charges.

You might help us get a handle on associates, find next of kin, check

recent movements and so on.

What about me?

You, Jared, are on light duties.

Keep the computer happy.

What? No, detective.

No, uh... Okay, you can come with us. Awesome.

Where?

Have you attended a full autopsy yet?

No.

Jack Laidlaw.

I don't want to wait.

Do you want to grab a seat, Constable?

Um, I'll be fine.

Probably because I got a concussion, yeah. You okay if we continue?

Oh, yeah, for sure.

Yeah, um... I might actually take a seat for a minute or two.

Actually, Doc, do you mind if I borrow this? Of course.

Awesome.

I really appreciate you letting me be in your space and that.

Got to learn to handle it sometime.

So, um, I guess this one's pretty much open and shut, huh?

Mm-mm.

We still give him the attention he needs.

So, massive crush injuries, almost every rib broken.

Sternum was driven close to the spine, so death would have been instant.

I'll run bloods, but given the photos from the scene, I imagine we'll find

evidence of both marijuana and alcohol.

I will update you when I have the results.

Both of us.

Of course. Yes, sure.

You agree with Soko's estimate of time of death?

Yeah. Yeah, I mean, given the degree of rigor and core temperature, allowing for

the cold up there, yeah, I would say around dawn.

Well, that fits our witness statement.

Yeah.

When will he be able to get to our other guy?

Snapes, the man who fell from the sky.

Hoping to get to him this afternoon.

I've started cataloging the personal belongings here.

The jacket's new, but torn.

Yes, we noticed the pocket hanging loose and a missing button.

Right. The envelope was in his inside jacket pocket.

Mm-hmm.

We'll run some prints on that. How much was in it? $10,000.

OK.

Thanks, Anjali.

You have that?

Doc? Detective?

Hey, I just sent you a photo.

Can you keep an eye out for a matching button?

There's nothing in George's scene report, but check anyway.

Will do.

Anything from grid search?

Not yet. It's pretty rough ground. We're doing full 360s, spiralling out so we

could be a while.

OK, well, keep at it.

What now?

Getting an address from Snates's licence.

Feeling better?

Yeah, good as.

Good as, yeah.

Concussion.

Funny thing they do.

Yeah.

the grand residence of douglas snapes

the

credit card in the left thing's on it's only used with just cause man is dead

lovely ambience yeah place could do with a bloody good claim

sends a candle at least huh right what are we looking for jared

Evidence. Clues.

Like, for instance, if he left a note saying

that he was going to jump out of a chopper and kill himself because he was

so depressed about living in a dump like this, then boom shakalaka.

Case solved.

And well done us.

But I won't be holding my breath.

TV dinners, no TV.

Wasn't exactly living the high life, was he?

Not till he fell out of the sky.

Hey Simon, were there any cigarettes in his personal belongings?

No.

Let's lift some prints off the glasses by the ashtray.

Two glasses, two dinners, cigarettes.

I think he had a visitor.

Yo, here's a member of Snapshots.

Nice one, Jared.

The shooting range?

Give him a call. We won't be here long.

I'll do the range.

Hey, check this out.

Some kind of diary.

Doug and his brother Len used to be members.

Good shots.

Haven't seen them for a while though.

Snapper, is he alright?

Why do you ask?

Well, you know, cops come sniffing around.

Tend to assume the worst.

Well, I wouldn't count on him renewing his membership.

He's dead, I'm afraid.

Dead?

What happened?

That is what we're trying to figure out. We're also trying to find his brother.

Any ideas?

Len.

He moved south a while ago, I think.

Invercargill, maybe?

And anyone else that he used to bring here or hang out with?

Snapper was a wild man.

Him and his brother Len.

Mad fuckers.

And did Doug have his own gun?

Sure did.

Zastava. M85.

How'd you go?

Hey, that reminds me.

Snapper was hanging out with a kid here a while back.

Bit older than that one.

Teaching him stuff.

Do you remember his name?

It was Ben.

Ben. Ben Souter.

Brother of that guy who got done for murder.

Look, you're probably going to say no, I'm on duty, but I couldn't offer you a

free shot, could I?

That's fucking hot Is

Sharon

here? No

Finn Sauter. Alan Sauter's brother.

You okay?

My dad's file.

Where's the hard copy?

Why do you want the hard copy?

Call me old-fashioned, I just prefer a hard copy when I'm working on a case.

Makes it more real.

I'd have thought the last thing you'd want to make more real would be your

dad's death. Anais, just calm down.

Sorry,

Simon.

No.

No, look, uh... My bad.

Stupid, I shouldn't have said that.

Hey, the, um... The file's in the boss's desk.

She pulled it.

Once she found out you took the one on your sister.

How do you know about that?

Maybe I'm not as dumb as you think I am.

Look, she sees you flipping out like this, she really will pull you off the

case.

So if you're determined to review your dad's file, let's do it on the system

using my access code.

Okay?

Okay.

Okay.

Sorry.

It's fine, okay?

We're good, we're good.

I might just take a minute.

This is Veronica. Please leave a message.

Wish me luck darling.

Veronica.

Harry. Harry Grayson. Must. Pleasure.

All mine.

The others are in the car.

I demanded some time to say hello and give you the opportunity to run for your

life or change your mind or whatever.

Well, maybe I can decide that over the course of the evening.

Well, that sounds like a great idea.

Shall we?

Interesting little book.

No names, just dates, payments, two grand a month. It's a kind of ledger.

There's some pages missing, too.

Hey, I got a read on the prints on that glass.

It's his brother, Len.

Oh, so his brother's got a record.

No, no, it was just an elimination print. He was a witness to an armed

robbery. He took the guy down, though. Must be a bit of a nutter.

Ex-military.

Hey, look.

Here we go.

Ben Sauter.

Just one link to his interview in your dad's case. I told you I don't know

anything about any meth lab.

You might as well face up, Ben, because we will find out. There's nothing to

find out. Alan doesn't tell me anything.

He's just a kid.

What, 15?

16, which makes him about 20, you know?

You can't bloody talk to me. You should have my mum in here if you want to do

this. And four years after this, he's mates with his brother's old partner in

crime.

The boss and I were having a chat about coincidences.

I told her I believe in them.

I lied. I don't.

So let's go talk to her.

No, I'm going with you, okay? So then if the boss asks, it was me who made the

connection.

Why would you do that?

To cover your ass.

I mean, you can astound this no matter what, right?

And I'd hate to see you go down.

Come on then, or do I have to slap you again?

Yeah, even me out.

Okay, thanks, boss.

Yeah, I'll tell him.

No, I'm just following up on our possible ways.

Yeah, okay.

Well, Ben Sautis still lives at home, but he's out.

Yeah, they're doing all right.

It's expensive around here.

Yeah.

Hey, that was Juana.

Nothing from the grid search yet.

They're losing light.

It's freezing up there, so they're going to wrap it up for the day.

Anything from private shoppers?

No.

I mean, either this dude didn't fall out of one, or somebody's lying about not

being in the air.

Well... Ben's mum said he's gone into town for a drink and some music.

So.

So what?

What? No.

Now. Yeah. Seriously?

Yeah. It's better than sitting on our hands waiting for him to show up.

Or we could be enjoying a beer or a wine somewhere.

Or, I don't know, dinner maybe?

No? Okay. Yep. Let's go.

Parking's going to be crap.

I told you we'd have a walk on our hands.

You did.

Do you know how many bars and clubs there are in Queenstown?

Oh, it has been a long time since I went to a club, Simon.

Enlighten me.

Last count, dozens.

Oh.

What? Hello.

While you're in emergency and that, you probably get all the crazy guys like me.

Constable Renner!

Shit. Oh, shit.

Sorry, did I get you? No, water did though.

Hi,

Nurse Simon.

Detective. Yeah, sorry.

Shelby, this is... I saw them at the hospital.

Hi, I'm Shelby.

You were one of his nurses, right?

Yeah. Yeah, just finished two weeks of night shift rotation.

We're having dinner. Yeah.

So we see.

Cool. So good timing then, eh? Your accident?

Oh, not that good. I won't let him drink wine. Not so soon after a concussion.

I'm glad you're looking after him. Someone has to. Yeah.

Wouldn't want him getting nauseous or anything now, would we?

Well, you guys enjoy your evening.

Thanks. You too.

Oh, no. No, no, no. Oh, no, no. We're still on the job.

Yeah. we're heading into town actually so i mean where do you reckon the best

music is these days around here like if you happen to be 20.

um bunnies yeah or the caxton and you might want to check the lakefront on the

way too they all preload there before they hit the clubs okay great enjoy your

pizza

You sure about the wine?

Because, like, I've got a tough head.

Yes, I am sure, Jared.

Hey, um, are you guys bitching with me?

And I was like, excuse me, excuse me.

Look, you don't own this thing, actually.

And it's, like, even angry.

And it's, like, throwing.

That's it.

Ben.

Ben Salter.

Need a chat.

What?

Police. I'd like a word.

Why? I haven't done anything.

Now. Piss off!

Fucking prick!

Get me out!

Get off of me!

Settle down.

Alright, you're under arrest.

Roll him in.

Yep, we need a car.

Yeah, great, brilliant.

You didn't need to arrest him, Simon. He shoved me. That's assault police.

It's not assault police if you forget it happened. We're trying to get

information out of him about the Snapes brothers.

Charging him is not going to help get his cooperation, is it?

Okay. Fine, I'll stick him in an interview room.

I'll be back up.

Hi, Mum.

Anais, hi.

I just need to chat to my daughter. I'll catch up, all right? Of course.

Hi, guys.

We're off to the Arts Festival dinner.

Oh, great.

Right, well, we'll just go see if everyone's arrived yet.

I've been trying to call you to apologise.

You haven't answered.

I know.

I've made some decisions.

I'm trying to move on with my life, Anais.

I really think you need to as well, so I'm giving you the space and the time to

do that.

But when you're ready, I'll be more than happy to resume normal relations.

So have a lovely evening and I'll see you soon, I hope.

Okay.

Doug Snapes.

What about him? Do you know him?

Maybe.

He was teaching you to shoot.

Shoot better. I was already good.

You ever go hunting with him?

I don't have to answer any of this. I didn't do anything. You assaulted a

police officer. You were drinking in a public place. You want me to charge you

now? Lock you up? Is that it? We done?

Did you ever go hunting with him, Ben?

Couple of times.

Her man, Lin.

Me and Doug were planning a trip, but I couldn't afford it.

Been out of a job for a bit.

You know where his brother is?

No.

No bloody idea.

Doug Snape was on a hunting trip this morning.

And a chopper. Guess he went anyway, then. Without you.

So where were you at the mall today?

In bed, where were you?

Do you have any idea who would have flown him?

No.

Okay, can I arrest him now? What's all this about anyway?

Doug Snapes is dead, Ben.

Sorry.

We talked to this foreign bloke.

Snapper thought he might do him a deal, but he said no.

You remember his name?

No. It was like...

Russian or some shit.

It was an itch to like, no.

We met him at a pub.

What pub?

Bookings with Linda in the office.

We're not after a booking. We're after a conversation.

I don't know anybody names names.

What about Ben Sauter?

Nope. That's odd.

Because my partner here uploaded the CCTV footage last night.

Nice blow up for you.

This is the guys you're talking about? Yeah.

They bought you a drink.

Doesn't mean he knows their name.

Snipes thought you might offer him a discount on a flight.

Why would he think that if he didn't know you?

I don't give discounts.

I told him that, so... No deal.

I left.

End of the story.

Did you fly yesterday morning?

No. I was busy.

Is this your only helicopter?

For now, yes.

You mind if we take a look at it?

Sure.

Simon,

we're going to need a warrant.

A warrant?

To forensically examine his chopper and go through his flight logs. Yeah.

What grounds?

He lied to us about not knowing one of the victims. We have footage of them

together. Yeah, it's flimsy. No, it'll fly.

No pun intended on that one.

Look, it's the weekend boss.

There's no magistrate. It's just a JP, okay?

They'll grant a warrant.

Okay, I'll see if I can get it happening.

Now, more prints turned up from that envelope with the 10K.

Just snakes, but there are some smudges.

Gloves. Someone's being very careful.

Yeah.

We'll run some background checks on Ivanovich too. He's Russian.

We'll make some inquiries over there.

Development.

Witness found the gun.

Trajectory to the blood patterns suggested a flight direction.

Now if the gun was tossed after Snape's was, it'd have to be that way. So I

extended the grid out there.

Brilliant. And?

It was about 600 metres away.

Landed in some scrubs, eh? She's in pretty good nick.

Simon's running the serial number and organising the prints.

Okay, so Snipes wasn't shooting off the skid or dangling from a kill.

He either fell or he was thrown out.

Torn pocket, missing button, could mean a struggle.

And what's the $10,000 all about? Great question.

Simon? I got a response to the serial number on the Zastava. It's not Snipes'

gun.

But it's in M85, like we were told.

Yeah, it's not his.

It's registered to Alan Sauter.

Prince, I don't belong to Alan Sauter.

Snapple was hanging out with Fitly a while back. Ben, Ben Sauter.

Brother of that guy who got done for murder. Doug Snapes is dead, Ben.

A few more serious assaults with his best mate back then.

Alan Sauter.

of the Father.

Hi. Hey.

Hi.

Um.

Ehaka.

Nice. You okay?

Yes. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. I will be.

Um.

Oh, sorry. Are you free to, um, come to the lot?

Sorry, we just had a rock climbing fatality come in. Oh. Oh, okay. Sorry.

That's okay. Hey, of course. Of course. Of course I can.

I will be down by six.

Is that okay?

Are you sure you're... Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm okay. I'm okay. Six is good.

See you then.

Bye.

How am I supposed to do my job without a computer?

She's right.

You screwing my business.

Read the warrant. Any complaints, call our boss.

You'll get them, Beth.

Maybe you should have cooperated, eh?

Why only the logs and files? What happened to the search of the chopper?

Warrant officer flexing her muscles.

She said the evidence from the flight logs might be enough to authorise a

wider search. Glad she'll think about it then.

No, everything.

All of it.

I've got to go.

Where is your boss?

Mr. Ivanovich, clearly we don't have a warrant to search your chopper, but

would you consider cooperating voluntarily?

You speak Russian, right?

So you understand.

So stoked Ivanovich didn't make this easy on us by giving us his computer's

access code.

Yeah, why would he do that?

In the spirit of cooperation, Jared.

As if.

The Nais prefers working with hard copies anyway.

I have to go out for a minute.

Keep at it. I want to know how often this guy scratches his pants.

And what's your cheek, eh?

Oh!

Sorry,

excuse me.

Anais, hi.

Everything all right?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, I'm just here to see Luke.

Right. Are you leaving?

No, I'm going to powder my nose.

Be right back.

Sorry to interrupt the party again.

Yeah, not why don't you join us?

I'm here for work like I need a word Goodness you didn't bring your handcuffs

So,

how can I help you and Maya?

are regular customers of F.I. Air.

Your name's in the flight logs.

They're a helicopter charter company owned by... Vader. Yes, of course. Yes,

we are.

So what do you use that for?

Flying. I mean, flying us on occasion.

Business trips to Christchurch, the odd weekend up with the sounds, taking

visiting friends outside, seeing why.

Hunting?

No. I don't like hunting. Remember? Your dad's trophies used to freak me out.

But I do think Fader does take out hunters.

And how would you describe him?

A great pilot, professional.

I think he's a bit direct sometimes.

I think it's just a language thing, though.

Why, is he in some kind of trouble?

Enjoy your lunch.

Constable? How you going?

Meat lovers or Hawaiian?

One of each. We're working late tonight.

Bummer. Detective Mallory as well?

Nah, she's out in the field. Out in the field, yeah.

Well, that'd be nice, eh?

Out in the field, blanket, pizza, bottle of wine. I mean, that'd be the go,

right?

Nah, Detective Mallory's more like frills.

Crispy crust, but no spice, OK?

No spice, cool. Yeah, yeah, I'm down on that kind of stuff.

Yeah, good. Yeah.

Whatever it is.

I never told you because you never asked.

Right.

So, your brother gave you the gun when you went to jail.

He said I could have it until he gets parole.

Which he will get.

Not for a good long while.

Doug, Snapes' prints are on that gun.

So are yours.

Match to your shoplifting, age 17.

Why'd you lend it to him? He knows the make.

That's how we got to be mates, same guns.

And? Well, the scope mount on his rifle got munted, so I lent him mine.

Your brother's.

It's registered to him.

The rego isn't up.

Not for a couple of months, so the gun's legal.

Did your brother ever mention a man named Luke Staunton?

Who?

No, I've never heard of him.

You have a good day, Ben.

How'd you go?

Anything useful?

Nope, I thought so, but dead end.

How'd you go with Snape's next of kin?

We keep trying at Lens Last Known. It's in Invercargill.

Yeah, they've been trying to find him too, but no luck.

Well, maybe that's because he's still here.

Put out a WTI.

What? I found a pattern in the manifests.

Different solar passenger, regular as clockwork. Every two months.

Oh.

Look at this.

Ah, interesting.

Passenger Smith, Jones, Brown, another Smith.

Yeah, and look where they're all heading.

Millsden. There's nothing much in Millsden except... The Regional

Correctional Facility, Helen Souther.

There you go. Thank you.

Yes, so?

So now, quite possibly, I have to go to Milston to interview my father's killer.

Jesus.

No wonder you bloody needed to talk.

I needed to talk even before I found out about that.

I think I had kind of a panic attack, and I...

I wanted to call someone, but I didn't know who to call, so I called you.

Well, I'm glad you did.

Why the panic attack?

Everything just keeps folding in on itself.

It's like I'm in a maze, and every time I turn a corner, the same people are

there.

But I'm the only one that's lost. They know exactly where they are and I'm

starting to think one of them built the fucking maze in the first place and it's

just... Who are they?

These people, who are they?

I don't know.

What? You think you know?

I don't have any proof.

So I shouldn't even be talking about it really, but I had to talk to someone

because I don't... talk to anyone i'm glad you can talk to me

then and i am glad that you came back

i'm a detective i'm supposed to be good at

puzzles today i raced off to talk to lurk his name was just one

on a booking list It didn't show up any more than some of the others, but it was

him, and I just felt like, I don't know, I had to look him in the eye when I

asked him questions or something.

Good.

It's good.

Yeah, it's called instinct, Anais. You should listen to it.

I do, in my job.

Yeah, but you deal in physical evidence and facts.

Yeah, but instinct is what leads me to love.

It's good.

Well done.

Mallory. Hey, Brian Makepeace here from Regional Corrections.

Regarding your inquiry about visits to Alan Seltzer.

Yes. Well, he did have visits on the dates that you gave us.

Yeah, every time. So, um, did you still want to arrange that interview?

Uh, yes.

Yes, I do.

I will be out this morning, if that's okay.

I'll call with an ETA.

Oh, all good.

He's not going anywhere.

No. Bye.

Um, okay, thanks.

Simon?

You're not going to believe this.

When can we get into the main wreck?

Just waiting for CAA to give us clearance.

We're ready to go.

When you do, can you swab the seats for potential DNA?

We can place Snapes in that machine. We're a step closer to figuring out his

death. On my list, detective.

Thank you. And the button, too, from our other murder victim.

I'll send you a picture, Georgia.

So you're treating this as a murder, then?

We certainly don't think it was an accident.

So you think this whole thing goes back to Alan Sauter?

Well, let's join the dots for a second.

OK, a dead hiker.

Killed. When Doug Snapes is thrown out of a helicopter.

By Fedor Ivanovich.

Yeah.

Now, Doug Snapes is loaned a firearm by Alan Sauter's brother, Ben.

Ivanovich has regularly been flying Snapes to see Alan Sauter in jail.

Yeah, and when we find that out, he's killed too.

I think someone is tying off loose ends.

And I think it's the same person who's paying for this out of silence.

Well, maybe Doug's brother Len Snipes knows who it is.

Well, there is only one way to find out.

I'll put it at WTO.

Thanks.

Veronica. Hey.

Lovely as always. Thanks.

And I'm, uh...

Eight minutes early.

Sorry my tour of apartments with best views of the lake is discussed

yesterday. Yes Well, luckily I'm ten minutes early so we can get going great.

Okay Well, I've hired a convertible so we can enjoy the day And if you have

time, perhaps we could do lunch again after that sounds lovely. I'll just grab

my bag Okay,

all set great After you Thanks We think we need to find out where

Ivanovich was headed Check to see if he logged the flight, yeah?

Yeah. Check at his office, too.

We have his computers, but maybe he reverted to good old hard copy.

Oh, no.

And, um, boss...

Um...

I need authorisation for a helicopter flight of my own.

To?

Milston. For an interview.

No, Inez, it's getting ridiculous.

Evenovich took regular trips to the RCF. They coincide with dates of visits to

Ellen Sauter. No, Inez, I am not having you interviewed. I can interview her.

It's a legitimate part of the inquiry. I'll go with her.

She can listen in while I talk to her.

I can handle it. Be quiet, Inez, while I'm still standing here listening.

Because when I stop listening, nobody goes.

Anais. What's this all about, Simon? Are you still covering my ass or what?

This was the only way it was going to happen. I have to interview Sauter. Me.

It's not just about this case.

I know that, okay? But sometimes you have to let people help you, Anais.

Like I said, it was the only way.

So are we doing this or not?

Yeah.

Be a pretty cool job, eh?

Flying choppers.

Yeah, I don't like them.

They seem even less likely to stay up in the air than planes do.

Not afraid of flying, are you?

If God wanted us to fly, we'd have feathers.

There's nothing here.

You sure he didn't take the booking, Linda?

No.

Came through feet, it was fine.

He didn't say who.

Oh, we're too.

Right, and you pump your own AV gas? Look, I just don't feel like answering

these questions right now, okay?

I'm sorry. It's just that we're trying to get to the bottom of this accident.

So the gas?

Yes.

We pump our own AV gas.

Thank you. Where's it stored? In drums.

Around the side.

It's not used so far, and it's not likely to be now either, is it?

Your boss logged the flight to Wanaka, right?

Yeah. Yeah.

Just tell them that's all we got.

I'll check out the drums, you take the workspace, okay?

Video logs.

So these are the most relevant ones from the last six months.

Three visits on the dates that you gave me.

Same person each time.

His uncle.

That's our guy, Snipes.

a.k.a. Smith, a.k.a. Jones, a.k.a. Brown.

None of them uncles.

How's Sata going with personal comforts and support?

He's doing pretty well for himself.

That is a lot of perks.

There is an observation window, but the observer has to be visible at all times

because of the regulations.

Here you go.

Okay, thanks.

But I think I'll do the observing.

I feel a bit crazy after the flight.

I get air sick.

Do you want me to come in?

No, no, I'm fine.

Okay. It's right outside.

Just in case, eh?

Mr. Sauter, I'm a detective with Queenstown Police.

I have some questions about... I

have some questions... I know.

You were a detective on my case for a minute before that other prick shunted

you off.

I have some questions about visits you received on a regular basis.

Personal involvement, wasn't it?

You know you're in charge, eh?

Detective Mallory.

Hey, can you give us a minute, Brian?

Yeah, no problem.

Uh, buzz the gate. They'll let you through.

Hey, you took good f- I let him get to me. No.

Well, okay, maybe a little bit.

You nearly got him.

You will be in deep shit if Sharon finds out you did that.

We better not tell her then, eh?

So, um, if I said you owe me one, would it spoil the moment? Yeah, definitely.

Right, okay, yeah.

We should get to the chopper and head back.

Sharon's paying an old top gun out there to sit on the ground and wait for us.

Hey, Simon.

I owe you one.

What about this?

Possibility? Give it a call?

Asked him about his relationship with Snopes.

Now you're in charge, eh?

Detective Mallory.

You know exactly who I am, so I would be really fucking careful if I were you.

Shall we try again?

You receive regular visits from Douglas Nates.

Doug? Yeah, every couple of months. He's a good mate.

And it's really hard to find good mates nowadays.

He provides you with all of your comfort packages, doesn't he?

Used to be cigarettes.

Before they got banned, what's the currency now?

Chocolates?

Kitchen appliances?

Fancy shampoo?

I happen to know your cell is fitted out with more personal gear than any other

cage in this zoo.

Mm.

I'd do okay.

Yeah, so do your mum and baby brother.

It's a nice house, all paid for.

Even though your mum hasn't had a regular job for years and your brother's

currently unemployed.

I better have a word with him. Lazy little bugger. So where does it all come

from?

All this largesse?

I told you.

Doug's a good mate.

Oh, don't give me that. Doug hasn't got a pot to shit in.

He spends what he's being given and he's being given plenty.

Who by?

You've got a lively imagination today. Tell me about Luke Staunton.

Who? You know who I'm talking about.

Oh, is he that fancy restaurant guy?

Do not fucking bullshit me, Sauter. Everything is about to change for you.

You're about to lose your fucking privileges because your good mate Doug

is dead.

Someone chucked him out of a helicopter.

And do you know why he's dead, Alan?

He's dead because someone is tying up loose ends.

Loose ends left over from your fuck-up four years ago.

Snapes was involved in that meth lab, wasn't he?

And that makes him a loose end.

His body was meant to lie on the side of that mountain for a good long time,

before it was discovered, if ever.

And now that came unstuck, and guess what?

The pilot who kept bringing him to see you, he's dead too.

Because killing Snapes made him another loose end.

So who does that leave, Alan?

Leaves you.

You are the last person left who knows exactly what was going on four years

back.

You know who was bankrolling all of this.

So why don't you tell me who really pays for your silence and

all these little comforts you and your family receive.

And I can take them out at play.

Then maybe you won't get tied up like all those other loose ends.

You help me, maybe you'll stay alive.

Fuck you.

So, it was inconclusive.

He didn't confirm or deny anything, but you could see it in his eyes.

You could see that, could you, Anas?

I mean, I'll always... You could see it in his whole body language, quite

clearly. You could see that. And, you know, obviously he's lying about Snaps

being his sponsor, but somebody's looking after him and his family. Yeah.

And another big payout's probably waiting for him too when he gets out.

Some bank account somewhere.

You think the person who gave $10,000 to Snapes is the same person bank-crawling

Saura? Possibly, yes.

Saura gets paid to keep his mouth shut, but Snapes had to be taken out of the

picture completely for some reason, so the money, the free hunting trip, that's

bait to get him into that chopper so he could be killed. Someone was prepared to

shove $10,000 out the door with him. Maybe $10,000 is nothing in the scheme

of things.

Yeah. What things are those?

I'm not prepared to say at the minute, boss. It's still very much speculation.

Well, when you are prepared to say, yeah.

I'll be right here waiting to hear it.

Okay. Yeah, okay. Sounds good.

You realise you were speeding, madam?

No, I recognise the G.

We got some info from the Choppedudes place.

Yeah, sorry about old Comedy Central over here.

Got something we might want to follow up on with Linda.

She was listening to us on our last visit and then she made a phone call.

Well, she reckons the spare drums of Avgas haven't been touched, but they

could have been, easily.

So I've tagged them and got a uniform watching them till we're ready to pick

them up.

Okay. Although there's another way we could go with that.

Hey, what about Egalo Me? The number?

Ivanovich drops things down on his notice board and Jared found a phone

number. Yeah, we've been calling. Finally got a reply.

And? A Wanaka number.

It's the customer he was supposed to pick up. Of course, he never showed.

Anyone we know?

No, a Meredith Frampton. He was flying her back to spend some time down here.

Yeah, with your friend. She was the one that organised the flight.

The one from the gym.

Maya.

Hey, Anais. Hey.

I suppose they do a matcha latte.

No, I got your coffee though.

The pies are awesome.

Oh, I'm not really hungry.

Sorry,

I was all the way at Five Mile when you called.

Ah, but it sounded urgent.

So what did you want to talk about?

Should we... Look,

we've been out of step since I got back.

I'm sorry, that's the way it's worked out, Maya.

Okay, yeah, me too.

I guess it was always going to be awkward.

You, me, Luke.

Yeah, I guess so.

And just so you know, I didn't expect it or actively pursue it.

When I got back from Europe, you... I buggered off.

Yeah.

He still talks about you sometimes, so I get jealous too.

I'm not jealous.

No, I'm concerned for you.

I'm sorry? Look.

It was either meet here and chat or go to the station and make it an official

interview.

I don't understand.

I ended things with Luke because he consistently refused to be honest with

me. I had no idea what was going on in his life apart from the superficial

things. The palatable things.

Is that how it is with you?

No.

It's not.

I hope that's true.

I hope you're not involved in anything he's got going.

You booked a flight for Meredith Frampton to come down from Wanaka.

So what are you suggesting?

That we had something to do with the accident?

I'm sorry, Anais, that's insane.

We always use Vidal.

Whose idea was Meredith's trip?

Hers? Yours?

Luke's?

Look, Luke loves me.

He used to love you.

I'm sorry if that's made you feel uncertain about him. Maybe you should

ask Luke some of the questions I've been asking you for your own sake, Maya.

Copy's on me.

They let you park there?

Yeah, for free.

Wow. Cool ride.

Suits you. Thank you.

Yeah, they haven't got me a car yet, but I like the Jeep anyway.

Are you stalking me?

Well, I'm sitting outside enjoying the sunshine.

They said I wasn't needed anymore.

Gave me all my gear back.

So thank you and good night.

But yes, I am persistent.

So, come on.

Come and have a drink with me.

I, uh, I'm busy with a murder inquiry.

Thanks, but no thanks.

That is disappointing.

I'm crying real tears here.

Okay, bye.

It's entered as evidence. You can't have it. What gives you the right to keep the

bloody thing?

The law.

The law?

Is this still about that gun?

I want it back. It's not fair. Life's not fair, Ben.

What about this?

Screw you and leave my brother alone, okay? Get off his back. All right, out.

Now. Okay, yeah.

If you can send me the images, the in situ and the clean shot, that'd be

great. Yeah, thanks.

Hey. Hey. Three useful findings. The chopper crashed because of engine

failure, contaminated fuel.

Coffee? Uh, no thanks. What was it contaminated with? They're still doing

an analysis.

Either bad luck or someone's messed with it, eh? Yeah, quite possible.

Probable, even. Plus, they checked the lower ball joint bolt assembly on the

passenger door. It looks like that door has been removed and replaced several

times. You said three useful things. Did we find Len Snape's?

No. But Georgia found something useful at the wreckage.

Check this out.

Oh, what's that it's pointing to?

The missing button.

Bit burnt, but it matches.

Doug Snapes was in that chopper two days ago.

We just need to find out who put him there. You don't reckon this was just an

argument between Evan Novich and... No, no, no, no. Evan Novich shoved him out

for sure. This was not a fight.

This was an execution.

Maybe it's time you shared all your thoughts with the boss.

Yeah.

Maybe it is.

She got a call and had to head out.

Yeah. Okay.

Well, I might just shake a tree, see what falls out.

But first, there's something I want you all to do tonight.

It's alright, it's alright.

I've got it.

Oh, shit.

I need to talk to Luke. I've already talked to him.

I think you've done enough damage for one day. I want you to leave, Anais.

Now. I have questions that need to be answered, Luke. I know all about your

questions. Maya's already asked me your questions and we had a screaming

argument thanks to your totally paranoid, unfounded notions.

Boss. Now this is exactly the kind of harassment I'm talking about. This is

why I called you.

Mr Staunton's right. You should leave. No, no, no, boss. I was going to talk to

you about this, okay?

Snapes was definitely in that helicopter.

We have the evidence. We know how it all went down. We're checking the fuel drums

in the morning.

Hey, what was the 10 grand, Luke?

A bonus for all those years of service keeping Alan Sauter happy in jail?

Free hunting trip with a nice little goodbye sweetener make him feel secure

enough to get in the chopper? You see what I'm talking about? How was it all

set up?

The door was already off and then, what, one good punch.

Just stun him, toss him out.

What are you doing, bro? Stop!

Then if he is found, it's just an accident no one's owning up to.

Mallory. Anais, enough.

Why would he have somebody do that?

I don't know.

Maybe Snape's got greedy, demanded more money, or threatened to expose you.

Expose me?

About what?

Ivanovich needed to be silenced too, hey, once we discovered all those

regular flights.

Anais, that is enough.

No, no, it's okay, Inspector.

I finally get it.

I can finally see what it is your mother's been so upset about since you

got back.

She's been telling us about your obsessiveness, your fixation on Lynne's

accident. And now this. And this is what, another bloody conspiracy theory?

A whole new obsession with your dad's death too? Because, Anais, I know what

this is really about.

You weren't there for Lynn.

I was.

But the past is the past.

You ended our relationship, and I'm happy now.

And I wish you could be, too, and maybe you can be if you just let all this go

and accept that in spite of everything, I remained a good friend to your mother

and done everything I can to help her.

So...

Why would I want to have anything to do with the man who killed her husband?

That's the question, isn't it? At the middle of the maze.

Jesus.

She's delusional. And all of this, as I said, is harassment.

She needs to back off before I lodge a formal complaint with someone higher up

than you.

I'll make sure she does.

I am not.

Letting this go.

Simon, is it all in place?

We're here.

Okay.

I'll be there when it goes down.

If it goes down.

Do not go to the station and do not go anywhere but home. And do not try and

contact Mr. Staunt or his wife again.

Boss, we... We will talk in the morning.

Now do as I say, Mallory.

Still on our toes?

All good.

He's got these bloody hands.

Heads up.

There she is.

We're set. Stand by.

Do not move! Is that where you are?

Hey! Hey, mate!

Stop!

Stop!

Hey, get back!

Move!

What the hell?

He's supposed to be in the morgue.

Shit. Damn it.

What happened?

Oh, you should have seen it. He came at me, but it was such a dictum. Snape's

brother. And what? He's a twin.

Only difference is a little birthmark. And he's refusing to say anything apart

from guilty as charged.

We'll see about that. You with me.

Oh, shh.

No comment.

You have already admitted guilt.

So why don't you just tell us, why did you target Ivanovich?

Okay, one comment.

That prick killed my brother.

Yeah, but this wasn't just revenge for Doug, was it?

No comment.

Who told you he killed your brother?

No comment.

It was the same person who told you we were going to find the evidence, wasn't

it? Who told you about the drums?

No comment. I want a lawyer. Who was it? Anais.

It was Luke Staunton, wasn't it?

Just say it.

No comment. Say it! Detective.

Nurse, what's going on? Oh, no fucking comment.

Look, um, the boss is on a rampage.

I just had a few strips torn off me.

Sorry. Mallory!

Sit.

I've written Luke Staunton a formal apology.

Apology? And given him my assurances that all this harassment's gonna stop.

I've also given Detective Delaney a bollocking and flagged his file.

Why? He willfully disobeyed me by allowing you to interview Alan Sauter.

Which brings me to you.

Everything in your record, Inez, tells me you're a good detective. So I'm

forced to question why it's you who suddenly seems to have lost the plot.

Len Snapes didn't do this off his own bat.

Someone tipped him off. It's solved, Mallory.

It's a daisy chain.

Jack Laidlaw was collateral damage when Ivanovich killed Doug Snapes. Then

Ivanovich was killed by Len Snapes. Yes, but someone had to have fed him the

information, both about Ivanovich and about us checking the fuel drums. And

Luke Staunton is the only person who knew about that.

I thought he was going to deal with the drums on his own, but clearly he

handballed it off to Len.

You don't know that. Think about it, boss. Why was Len in town?

Why is he scared now, refusing to say anything except nod comment?

He has said enough. He's admitted guilt.

Listen.

You have an outstanding question to deal with.

The same one you've been asking for some time.

Who's pulling the strings? Who's behind all of this?

You're still convinced it's Luke Staunton, yes?

I am, yes.

But you still don't have any evidence.

There is maybe one thing that I'm working on.

Otherwise it's all circumstantial, connected to other things.

The things I've explicitly told you to leave alone, but you've continued to

look into?

And it's very hard to ignore instinct. Yes, but instinct's not evidence.

You make a move without hard evidence, it'll all come crashing down.

Informally instructing you to desist.

You're not to ruffle any of Mr Staunton's feathers again.

Do you understand?

Yes, boss, yes.

Informally.

I think you should trust those instincts.

But tread bloody carefully on us.

And keep me fully informed, clear?

Clear. Yes, yes, Claire, yes.

All right.

As far as the others are concerned, you just got a bollocking too.

That's all, Detective.

Come in.

Hey. Hi.

Have you got a minute?

Uh-huh, uh-huh. If it's about Mr.

Ivanovich, I'm still waiting on bloods. Oh, no, no, no, it's not about that.

We've pretty much wrapped that up.

Okay.

Um, I don't know why I'm doing this. I just sort of feel like I should, or I

don't know.

Um, I had sex with someone.

I don't, um, don't regret it. It was fine, but I just felt like I should be

honest about it.

Um, there are so many lies, there are so many hidden things around me all the

time, and I just didn't want there to be anything hidden between us.

I don't know why it's not like we're in a relationship or anything.

No.

But I like you. Yeah,

I like you too. And, you know, maybe that could be you. It could just be

the sex, because I'm just not really up for the emotional

complications. I just can't really do them

right now.

I'll bear that in mind.

Hi, Mum. Anais.

Have you been sleeping in?

Ah, yes.

It's not me, my bad.

Are you all right?

Yes. I just haven't been getting much sleep.

Oh, sweetheart.

Normal relations.

Good.

Mum.

I love you, Mum.

And I need your help. Okay?

I have to make sense of this.

And my every instinct is telling me that you can help me.

No.