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Hey, I like that tattoo.

It's just something that my... my brother drew.

- Didn't know you had a brother. - Yeah.

We haven't spoken for a while.

When we get back to Sydney,

there's something I need you to have a look at.

Of course.

Whatever you need.

Been looking for you.

I'm gonna miss all of you so much.

Except Doc, obviously.

So I'm resigning.

Eli. Faith.

Faith, up you get.

Faith, come on.

Up you get. We've gotta go.

Gotta go, quick sticks. Shhh.

Robert!

Robert, don't be stupid.

Come on. Come on, come on, come on!

- Let's go, come on. - Dad, wait.

- Quick, Eli! - Ow!

- Eli! - Come on, Eli.

You've gotta get up, mate. Let's go, Faith.

Robert!

Okay. Here, here, here.

All right.

You stay here.

I'm gonna draw them away

and I'm gonna come back for you, yeah?

Don't leave us, Dad.

No, I'll be back, promise.

Look after your brother.

Where are you?

Hey! Oi!

Robert?

I'm scared. We should go back.

Dad said to wait.

Get to the fence line!

He's heading for the gate! Come back!

Someone get him back. Quick! Quick!

Faith. Eli. Oh, my God.

What has your dad done to you this time?

Come here. Come here.

Oh!

Come on, Faith. Come here.

- Where's Dad? - Come here, sweetheart.

Come on.

Don't be scared. Come on.

- Come on. - Where is he?

That's it. That's it.

Bluebird!

You there?

Oh, you should be home, Blue.

It's Wednesday, it's Survivor night.

Blue!

Bloody hell!

Hey, you right? What's going on down here, bro?

Ah, I'm just looking for a friend... bro.

Yeah, well, keep it down, will ya?

I got a kid trying to sleep up here.

Drop the weapon!

Now!

All right.

Oh, why is it

I can always find a copper when I never want one?

I keep telling him it's not the '70s anymore, you know?

What are you gonna do? He's an old bloke. He's harmless.

Harmless?

He broke into the flat.

Yeah, on a welfare check.

With a crowbar.

He's really fond of the girl that lives here.

Good look.

Not the first time.

- Hm. - I told you, didn't I?

Something's happened to her.

Left her makeup behind.

Not very Blue.

They are, though.

That's the Gemini constellation.

Twin stars.

Just upside down.

How do you know that?

'Cause I'm a Gemini, obviously.

Hey, check it out.

Hold this.

Give me a hand.

Take that.

- Give me a boost. - Really?

Come on!

No, you do you.

I am.

And stop looking at my arse.

I'm definitely not looking at your arse,

or your ass for that matter.

You must be a Sagittarius, then.

- How do you figure that? - Pathological liars.

She didn't just leave her makeup behind.

Now, I'll know for sure when I get the DNA results,

but at this stage, I'm pretty certain

this is more than one person.

That's a female hemipelvis

and that skull is almost certainly a male.

The question is why does Blue have

a box of bones in her bathroom?

It's not the only question.

What about whether any of these bones

belong to US Navy personnel?

Really?

You're looking for jurisdiction?

I'm looking for any way not to kick this back to local PD.

Come on, Sarge. We'll be hanging Blue out to dry.

Yeah, I mean, they'll assume

she's some kind of serial killer.

Wait, she's not some kind of serial killer, is she?

Of course she's not.

But she's in trouble, clearly.

Just trying to figure out a way to help her.

Well, we won't do it by abandoning her.

Yeah, we're not abandoning her.

We don't even know where she is, Doc.

JD's right - unidentified human remains

makes this a local police matter, open and shut.

So,

what if we haven't found the bones yet?

We, uh... kind of already did, boss.

Did we?

What if we find them, I don't know, say... tomorrow?

"I don't make things complicated.

"That's just the way things get all by themselves."

Lethal Weapon?

- Right. - Oh.

Let me guess. You're Riggs.

Why doesn't that surprise me?

Any thoughts as to why Blue had these stashed away?

She was acting a little strange in Darwin.

Strange how?

She asked me to have a look at something when we got back.

What, you think she was talking about these?

I don't know, mate.

But...

...she was scared.

I know that much.

And she did mention...

...a brother.

Blue has a brother?

News to me until Darwin.

Where is he? Are they close?

I have no idea.

But she told me

they hadn't spoken in a long time.

Are you sure it's a familial match?

Two matches.

I flicked some of the skull samples

to my mate at head office and, uh, he got a couple hits.

First is to Louise Mullens.

Thinking that's Skull Man's mum?

Computer says yes.

And the other match?

Some street kid.

Jane Doe.

And, uh,

most certainly Skull Man's daughter.

But there's more.

I've got a mate who works at the Children's Court

who owed me a favor and...

Wait, do you know her?

How have they got Blue's DNA?

I guess from when she was in prison.

Okay, kid, give us a name.

If we don't get a name, we're never going home.

What were you gonna do with it? Hmm?

Big black market for portable bone density scanners?

I wasn't gonna keep it.

Oh, you were just borrowing it, were you?

And why did you attack the night guard?

I didn't mean to.

You smashed a beaker

over his head by accident?

He was holding me down,

saying that he was gonna call the cops.

Yeah. That's what happens to criminals.

I'm not a criminal.

Tell that to the night guard.

I never meant to hurt him.

Well, you did. 12 stitches in his forehead.

He's not gonna forget you in a hurry.

She looks like she needs a hug.

- Oh, she looks terrified. - Who wouldn't be?

17 and just arrested for aggravated B&E?

And what's going on with her hair?

Not your first run-in with university security, is it?

Thrown out of lectures, stealing library books

and now breaking into the science lab.

What's with that?

I like science.

There she is.

Got a home?

I've got a patrol says they might have seen you

sleeping in a bus shelter in Redfern.

Come on.

Macka.

Come on, kid.

Just so I have something to write on this.

It gets worse.

Worse than discovering Blue's a convicted criminal?

How did she make it through AFP vetting?

How would anyone know?

Her juvie file was sealed.

The thing is she went into juvie Jane Doe,

came out Bluebird Gleeson.

Okay, so she came clean about who she was.

How is that worse?

It's not who she was.

There is no Bluebird Gleeson. She made her up.

Birth certificate,

school records,

vaccination schedule.

These are all fake?

Fake as fairies.

Based on those lies, she joined the AFP.

Fake name, criminal record,

human remains in her bathroom.

Who the hell are you, Bluebird Gleeson?

Can I help you?

- Louise Mullens? - Mm-hm.

I'm Special Agent Mackey, NCIS.

This is my partner, Sergeant Dempsey, AFP.

You've found him, haven't you, hmm?

You've found my Rob?

We've found remains we think may belong to your son.

I never stopped hoping he'd

walk back in the door someday.

Where'd you find him?

We can't disclose that at this point.

Where was he when you last heard from him?

Out bush.

Rob and Heather were traveling around,

looking for a place to live close to nature.

Heather?

His partner.

Chalk and cheese, those two.

Rob, all spiritual.

A hippie, basically.

Heather, a scientist, but somehow they made it work.

Scientist and a hippie, huh?

Explains a lot.

I don't understand.

Ms. Mullens, we work with Rob's daughter.

Rob had a daughter?

And a son too, we believe.

I have grandchildren?

Where are they? Can I see them?

Your granddaughter is missing.

That's why we're here.

Do you mind if I take a photo?

No.

My granddaughter. What's her name?

Bluebird.

Bluebird.

This is her.

Oh.

She's beautiful.

I'd love to meet her.

You will.

You see, that's why I love Australia.

You know, you really look after your people.

In the US, when people die,

we usually cut off their Social Security.

If they even had it in the first place.

True dat.

I've got something.

You first.

We did a deep dive on Blue's dad.

He's a nifty bloke, despite being well and truly dead.

He's still claiming government benefits every week,

then withdrawing cash from an ATM in...

Bilpin?

Bilpin.

It's the soil analysis.

The soil analysis taken from the bones.

It shows traces of pollen

from a very particular apple variety.

Years ago, you could find them in a number of places.

Now, only in six orchards in the lower Blue Mountains.

Bilpin, to be exact.

Got your color back already.

You must be hungry, yeah?

Cleanse is hard, I know.

The lunar cycle can feel like forever.

Hm.

But it's nature's way and it's beautiful.

Important to wash the outside world off.

Place has changed a bit since you left.

Mmm.

Eight years is a long time.

Bet you missed it.

I'm so glad you're back, Faith.

Can I see him now?

Eli.

Faith.

Look at you, big sister!

By seven minutes.

How was the cleanse?

How do you reckon?

Mmm. Whole month with liquids only. No, thanks.

Yeah. If I never see another cup of dandelion tea,

it'll be too soon.

Come on, let's get you a proper feed.

Here she is! The prodigal sister returns.

The twins are reunited!

- Good to see you again, Faith. - You remember everyone, yeah?

There will be a quiz.

All right. Let's get this show on the road, hey?

- Bring some things out. - Hi!

David, could you get the hampers from the back?

Hi, Winston.

Welcome back, kid.

Ooh. Ohh! Hi! Sorry.

Hey, Faith.

Sorry. Oh!

I saved this for you to thank you for coming back.

Oh, wow. Thank you.

- What's your name? - Angel.

Of course it is.

- Thank you, Angel. - It's okay.

Hey, Faith.

- Hey. - Hi.

So, is everything okay?

Are you okay?

Am I okay?

Yeah. Aspira told me...

I came back here because she said that you needed me.

Yeah, she's right. I need you here. We need to be together.

Why? What's wrong?

Well, now that you're here, nothing at all.

I'm sorry.

I was 17.

I...felt trapped here and I couldn't think for myself.

There's no need to apologize.

I didn't want to leave you on your own.

I was never on my own.

How could I be? The whole world's right here.

I mean, yeah, it's beautiful, but...

...the world beyond the fence line,

there's beauty there too, Eli.

Like, it's not like how they told us growing up.

The people, the places, everything, it's...

Corrupted.

You left here perfect

and look what they did to you.

It... I did this.

This is me, Eli. This is all part of my story. Good and bad.

I made friends. Actual friends.

I have a whole life in the city.

Talk to me, Trigger.

So I spoke to a mate at AUSTRAC who did some digging.

Pulled footage from the ATM camera in Bilpin

where the benefits are being withdrawn.

Just sent a photo to your phone.

- We got a clearer image, bro? - Afraid not.

ATM camera only comes on when you take the cash out.

This is all we got.

Can you punch in on the background?

Yeah, tried that already.

Car drives in and out on the same axis.

No way to make out the plates.

Don't be too sure.

Run the plates.

It's registered to a group in the Blue Mountains.

The Bilpin Collective.

"Multiple occupancy farming commune."

It's a bunch of hippies who all threw in for a block of land

so they can run around naked, eating alfalfa.

Does that sound like Blue to you?

This is the last place that we saw Dad.

Do you think about him?

Not anymore.

Too much going on to worry about the past.

I think about him, Eli. I think about him a lot.

You know those bones that I found before I ran away?

I took them with me, to the city.

Get any answers?

- I haven't tested them yet. - Why not?

Eli, dad promised me that he would come back.

He wasn't a liar.

He was sick, Faith.

When Mum died, he went crazy and tried to take us from here.

No. Eli, he loved us.

He was... he was scared for us that night,

and I swear that something happened to him.

You wanna know why you never tested those bones?

Because you couldn't face finding out

that they're not Dad's.

Because that would mean

accepting the fact that he abandoned us.

That's what happened, Faith.

Our father left us here under that tree and never came back.

I'm okay with it now. I've accepted it.

Really, I hope your coming back here

means you're finally ready to accept it too.

Now, I can't make you believe me.

I can't make you do anything.

Never could.

But I hope you're ready to let go of the past,

live in the present.

Especially now the Gemini twins are rejoined.

- Trigger? - What do you have?

Spoke to a mate at the AFP.

How many mates have you got?

And he fast-tracked our DNA results

on the rest of the bones found at Blue's.

They're from three people.

Three people?

And just like

Blue's dad,

they're all still collecting social benefits

despite being, you know, dead.

What the hell has Blue got herself into?

I don't know,

but I feel the need...

...the need for speed.

Did you just quote the...

Did you like the pomegranate?

I did. Thank you. It was... little pops of yumminess.

This is for you too.

Oh, wow!

Thank you! Aren't I lucky?

You deserve it. You're our queen.

Oh, yes, I'm very queenly.

You are.

And look, there's you up there,

one of the Gemini twins.

Right.

We're very floaty, aren't we?

You're not floating, you're ascending.

And look, there's me.

You're ascending too?

Course I am.

First comes reunification, then the ascension.

Angel, I'm a little bit silly and a bit forgetful.

What's the ascension again?

You know, the prophecy?

When we fly up to the stars all together?

Come on.

Take the truck, recce the joint.

Exits, fence lines, bordering properties, the lot.

Copy that.

You gotta be kidding me.

I thought we had a deal you'd stay out of this.

Come on, Rosie. You're a forensic pathologist.

Not today, I'm not.

You screw this up and I'll put you in a body bag.

Promises, promises.

Welcome.

- Eli. Good to meet you. - Jim Dempsey, AFP.

- Michelle Mackey, NCIS. - G'day.

So, ah, how big's your spread?

450 acres. God's country.

Not a lot of big blocks left out this way now, huh?

We didn't drive up here just to

talk about real estate, though, did we?

No.

We're looking for one of our people.

Bluebird Gleeson.

We have reason

to believe she's here.

I think perhaps they mean Faith.

Faith?

My sister.

You're her work colleagues, right?

She mentioned you.

We're her friends

and we'd like to know if she's okay.

She's doing great. In fact, I think she's...

Go find Faith and bring her here for me, would you, love?

We didn't meet.

Special Agent Mackey, NCIS.

I'm Aspira. No title necessary.

- You're the boss here? - Oh, gosh, no.

More like the collective's very own Mother Hubbard.

I did some research.

I'm nothing like a Sagittarius.

You know, I'm more of a Scorpio.

Protective and gentle.

Intensely sexual and passionate.

Is your birthday between October 23 and November 21?

Uh, no, as it happens.

Then you're not a Scorpio.

When is it?

D?

Your birthday. When is it?

I'm not telling you what you should already know.

Why? What are you hiding?

I ain't hiding nothing.

You're a Virgo.

Virgo the Virgin.

I ain't no virgin.

Astrology doesn't lie.

Whoa, stop, stop, stop.

Something's cooking.

So how many people are part of your, uh...

What do you call it, your collective?

Oh, we call call it home.

45 souls, at last count.

At last count?

Well, we're multi-generational.

People are born here. People die here.

Circle of life, Agent Mackey.

People ever leave?

From time to time.

It's a sanctuary, not a prison.

Come on!

Here you are.

Hello, Bluebird.

Your friends drove all the way out here

to make sure you're okay.

I'm fine.

I think they're worried

we're keeping you here against your will.

I mean, that's why you're here, right?

You know you can leave at any time. Right now, if you want.

Yeah. Yeah.

Right, well, why don't I get someone to

walk you back down to the gate?

You, um...

You just said that

people, they can leave anytime.

- Hmm? - Yeah.

This place isn't for everyone.

What about... Robert Mullens?

Did he just leave here?

I guess he must have.

Because I have his skull

sitting on my desk as we speak.

Our father was...

...troubled.

We don't know what happened to him after he left us.

Come on, Bluebird. Come on.

Stop calling her that. That's not her name.

Her name's Faith.

You're not leaving, are you?

Okay, then.

One for the memory wall.

See you, kiddo.

Let's go.

Evie.

Blue there?

- Is she coming? - Yes. And no.

- How'd you go? - I scoped the perimeter.

Five-strand barbed wire all around. No neighbors for miles.

Sounds about right. Wack-job compound 101.

On that - far side of the property,

we spotted a work shed.

Couple of guys working on an outside table.

They were drying fruit, grinding something.

And that's wacky why, exactly?

They were wearing PPE masks.

It's gotta be drugs, right? Poppy?

It's impossible to say at that distance,

but it sure wasn't apricots.

Wanna take a closer look?

- No. - No?

Listen, we just got escorted off the property.

We go back in uninvited and discover a drug network,

we're likely to ruin any subsequent investigation.

Yeah, I'm with Sarge on this one.

Any unwarranted search will taint the evidence.

"Fruit of the poisonous tree." Literally.

The fruit they were drying. Look like that?

- Yeah, I think so. - I found this in the garden.

Strychnos nux-vomica.

Strychnine?

You grind the seeds of this,

you end up with the main ingredient in rat poison.

Let's go.

- What? - Just get in the car, Doc.

Smiles all around. Nothing to see here. Come on.

You heard what he said, right?

Dad didn't abandon us. He died that night in the orchard.

I'm sorry he's dead, Faith, but it doesn't change anything.

It changes everything, Eli.

Aspira lied to us. She told us that Dad ran away.

How are you not hearing me? Aspira lied. It's all lies, Eli.

- Eli! - I have to go.

This whole prophecy thing, the Gemini twins rejoining.

When did it start?

Eli.

Eli! When did it start?

It didn't start. It's the prophecy.

- We've always believed it. - Really?

Because I don't remember it

from the whole time that I lived here.

- You've forgotten. - No, I haven't.

Aspira made it up.

Eli, I didn't come back here because of a prophecy.

I came back because Aspira broke into my flat

and told me that you needed me.

I did. I do, for the reunification of the twins.

What does that even mean, Eli?

Think about it. Why does Aspira want us back together?

What does she gain from that?

Same as all of us. Ascension to the stars.

It is foretold that when the Gemini twins are reunified,

like magic from heaven,

we can ascend and bathe in the stars' celestial light.

Eli. Eli!

There is no celestial light waiting for you up there.

I'm sorry you feel that way,

but I have to prepare.

It's happening tonight.

No, Eli, please trust me.

I'm trying to help you.

You already have.

The ascension is happening

because the Gemini twin returned.

It can't be undone.

Come or don't come.

It's up to you.

A suicide cult? For real?

Yeah, I'm with Evie, boss.

No way Blue's chilling with her peeps if that's what's up.

No?

Then what does this look like to you?

How about a bunch of people leaving this life?

Add in PPE and secret strychnine and...

And Bilpin Collective's end of days is upon us.

Yeah, and what's worse?

Our visit might have moved up their timeline.

Come, come, come. Please, please.

Here we go, everyone.

There's gotta be a phone in here somewhere.

Come on.

There we go. Lucky last, yeah?

Here she is.

Our queen.

Let's all stand.

Thank you.

Sit, everyone.

How long have we all waited for this?

Here we are together, as it should be, as it was foretold.

Our lives here have been prelude to

something so much better.

All we have to do now is reach out to meet it.

I love every one of you...

...and drink this for you...

...and with you.

Actually, before we begin, I...

...I want to say a few words.

Um...

I just want to thank you all

for taking me back.

Um...

Juice cleanse aside, very grateful.

Oh, the place is...

What you've all done with it

is... so cool.

When I was here, it was just weeds.

Very different now.

So I think that all deserves a round of applause.

So as the older of the Gemini twins

by a whole

seven minutes...

...I'll start.

Faith, that's mine.

I know.

One cat-dog.

Two cat-dog.

Three cat-dog.

How long does it take to kick in, Aspira?

Not feeling anything.

Are you sure you put enough poison in it?

Here, why don't you have a big swig?

And you tell me what you think.

Faith, what are you doing?

I drained her cup and yet here I am.

And now I've poured one for her and she won't drink it.

Why do you think that is?

This is nonsense. Drink up, everyone.

You first.

Faith.

It's been decided. We will all ascend together.

We won't.

Her cup wasn't poisoned. You saw it.

She has no intention of dying,

but she wants all of you to die instead.

What? What?

She wants you all dead

so she can sell your beautiful land

and keep it for her and her alone.

She's the poison!

Right there.

We must stay true.

Come on, darling.

You show everyone how it's done.

Our lives in the stars await.

Drink it for me. Come on.

Angel! No, no, no, no, no, no.

No!

You didn't drink any, did you?

NCIS, open up!

Go, go, go!

Eli!

No, Eli!

No, no, no.

Come on, let me through.

Out of the way.

Doc, help!

How long since he drank it?

30 seconds. Help him, Rosie, he's dying!

Call the medevac chopper. You, water, please.

Clean water.

Circle of life, my ass.

Really?

How do you come up with these?

Oh, natural talent and a love of '80s action movies.

Yippy ki-yay, Mother Hubbard.

Hi. How is he? Is he...

- Will he... - He's stable. He's asleep.

But you can go see him if you want.

Okay. Thank you.

Uh, do you want me to stay until she gets here?

Yeah, definitely.

Actually, no, because what if she doesn't like me

or I say something stupid

or, I don't know, criticize her football team?

But I don't even like football, so then I'm, like,

what are we gonna talk about if we're talking about football?

Mmm.

She will...

...love you.

How could she not?

Go on, Bluebird.

Go spread your wings.

You must be...

Terrified. Yes.

Uh, and... and also Bluebird.

I'm terrified too!

And also... Nana, I guess.

Yeah.

Hello! Hello. Hello.

Should we go and see your brother?

Yeah. Um, first, though, Nana,

I want you to meet someone.

Rosie.

This is Dr Roy Penrose.

He's family too.

Is this about my love of '80s action films?

Uh, it's a lot longer conversation.

So why the cloak and dagger?

Why do you think?

It turns out a beloved member of our law-enforcement team

is also an ex-felon.

And nobody knows it except us.