Original subtitles

Previously on City Homicide...

Dane Majors.

Yeah, you always get your man, don't you?

Is that the guy who killed his wife? Cricket legend?

Bashed his wife's head in with a golf club?

Five iron.

Juliette Gardiner, the 'Tribune'. I'm doing a feature on Dane Majors.

So you're saying Bruce Dalton and Nick Buchanan set you up?

They planted evidence.

That evidence, it was straight-up.

Now, you ought to know, mate, because you found it.

After you sent me there.

She said she had information that evidence was planted.

I told her she was dreaming.

(WHISPERS) Nick Buchanan, he's not as clean as you think.

If I were you, I'd go back to the source

and make them tell you exactly where they're getting their info from.

(PHONE RINGS)

What have you got for me? (GUNSHOT)

(RAPID GUNFIRE)

It's OK, Juliette. It's gonna be OK.

(SIREN WAILS)

MATT: Radio for more cars. I want all entrances sealed off.

No-one gets in or out,

and we need more people to search the place - every floor.

You're wasting your time. Whoever shot her took off.

OK, work with uniforms,

there's nothing we can do until Crime Scene and Pathology arrive.

I'll talk to security. Shots came from over there.

You OK? Been better.

You want this?

Evidence bag.

It hasn't been fired.

So what did you see, Nick?

She met someone - a man, I think.

I didn't sight him.

They just started to talk and... there was a shot.

A bunch of shots. A bunch?

Four. First shot took her down.

I heard a car door slam, I came running down the ramp.

I didn't see any one.

I... I want my hands swabbed for residue.

We don't want any unanswered questions here, Matt.

Juliette was working on a story that might implicate me in corruption.

Bloody hell.

I should have seen this coming, Jen.

So, Buchanan, enlighten me.

I was following Juliette.

I was trying to work out who was feeding her information

about the Dane Majors case.

That was the '10 Long Years in Jail' story, wasn't it?

Yeah. Turned out to be a bit more than that.

And you decided to check it out?

Mapplethorpe. Take Dick Tracy here back down to Homicide.

Put him in an interview room.

Nobody talks to him till I get there.

Sir. Problem with that?

No, sir.

That's good, 'cause I'm covering your arse here.

Sir, there's nothing to help us except the mobile phone,

which was found in the driver's seat.

Calls? The phone's locked.

Techs'll have to get into it.

According to Nick, Juliette met up with someone

before being shot at by a third party.

OK. What do we think?

There were four shell casings found over there next to the exit door.

Now, that proves the fact

that the person she was meeting up with wasn't the shooter.

Buchanan's gun - clean?

And he's volunteered to have his hands swabbed.

OK.

You two head over to the newspaper offices,

get hold of Little Ms Stickybeak's files, notebooks, computer.

Right. Let's go.

Sergeant here and I have got an interview to conduct.

We started with all the formalities

because this is a formal interview, Detective Buchanan.

Understood? Understood.

JARVIS: Already been tested for gun residue?

Yes.

And we're awaiting the results of those tests.

They'll be negative. I haven't fired my gun.

OK.

Detective Buchanan, could you explain to us

why you were in the car park next to Juliette Gardiner's body?

We were in a relationship.

Well, not a relationship, a, uh... fling, I guess.

Sexual relationship? That's right.

We slept together a couple of times, I knocked it on the head.

Why?

Came face-to-face with the journo.

She had an agenda.

What was her angle on the Dane Majors case?

She thought he'd been set up - by police.

Set up how?

She thought Dalton and I had planted the murder weapon.

Did she say who her source was? No. She refused to.

Which is when you decided to start following her

to find out who she was talking to -

an unauthorised surveillance.

Yes, unfortunately.

Very unfortunately.

Did you find out who her source was? No.

Or if she was right?

Detective Buchanan...

..was the Majors investigation tainted?

I don't know.

You don't know, or you're not prepared to say?

I don't know.

Crime Scene searched the house, the murder weapon wasn't found.

We were well into the trial

before I was sent back to search again - bingo.

I found the golf club in the roof's crawl space.

Handy.

No reason then to think it wasn't kosher.

And now? Now?

Now I think Juliette was killed

because she was getting too close to the truth.

Somebody wanted to stop that story.

He's gonna be stood down, isn't he, ma'am?

He'll be suspended. (CLEARS THROAT)

Alright, well, we're gonna need everything that Juliette had.

Oh, she had a half-eaten ham, cheese and tomato in the fridge -

do you want that?

Alright, Tim.

We need her computer, her files

and any notepads she might've been using.

Sure. Yeah, just take 'em off her desk.

Great - which one is that? Um... I can't remember.

Look, we can get a warrant,

and then you'll be forced to give us everything anyway.

I wouldn't count my chickens on that score, Detectives.

I'm Alan Sullivan, editor here.

Is this supposed to be a shakedown, or a death knock?

Police radio's been going crazy.

The word is a reporter's been killed.

No way.

We can't give any information at this point. I'm sorry.

Oh, come on - you're Homicide.

Someone's been shot - a female reporter.

Now our Juliette Gardiner's missing in action.

She was sent out on a story and she's not answering her phone, so...

And again, we can't comment.

This is a Homicide enquiry, but... No, no, no.

This is a member of my staff

and I've got every bloody right to know whether she's been killed.

We can't give you any details on the deceased

until we've contacted next-of-kin.

Is it Juliette or not?

Now, you say that she had a meeting tonight.

Do you know who that was with? No bloody idea.

And since you're here asking,

I reckon this does have something to do with Juliette,

and you've got no bloody idea either, have you?

So why don't you just go away -

we'll find out for ourselves what's happening.

Hey! Come on.

We'll be back with that warrant. Yeah, yeah. Good luck with that.

Get into her computer -

this has have something to do with the Dane Majors thing.

Now, if it's worth killing for, she must have been on to something big.

I'm on it.

(GROANS) Bloody brilliant - now I'm down a reporter.

But, boss...

My slate's clear. I could take over.

You wanna have a piece of this case,

even though Gardiner probably took a bullet for it?

Yeah. Yeah, I do.

OK, good. For Christ's sake, wear a jacket.

Try to look like you mean it. You're in the big time now, boy.

I can't give you any information. Oh, come on, Bernie - this is me.

We go back to when I was police roundsman, as green as Tim here...

And I was just a humble detective. Play another card, Alan.

And given your long experience,

you should know better than to ask me for details.

This is a murder investigation.

We wanna know if it's Juliette. Shut up, Tim.

The paper's just like this place, Bernie.

It's a family and we're missing one of our family.

You of all people should understand how that feels.

Yeah, alright. As a courtesy... to you.

Bugger off, Tim.

Go on.

My condolences, Alan - it is Juliette Gardiner who's been killed.

But before you ask me, I don't have any details.

You must have some information. Sketchy.

And funnily enough, you're sounding more like a newspaperman

than a family member.

I won't play the game. I mentored that girl.

She was like a daughter...

For goodness sake, you are digging for a story

and I am not going to give you one.

OK, I may be after a story, but you're protecting one of your own -

Nick Buchanan.

Oh, she's a bit of a headmistress, isn't she?

Mind you, the position, the power.

It's kind of... kind of hot. Please stop talking.

Hey, there's nothing wrong with older women, mate.

Look, Jules and I were like that, you know?

You owe me the truth, man - is she dead or what?

Yeah, OK. OK. You probably don't know - you're just a rookie.

Yeah, I get that.

What are you, like, 22? I'm older than you are.

Oh, let's end this conversation right now, shall we?

Juliette was digging into the Dane Majors case.

What do you know about that? Nothing.

As I told you, we are investigating a murder - full stop.

Now, I suggest you leave.

Every time you people are backed into a corner, you close ranks.

I'll say as much in my editorial tomorrow.

You can bet on that. You can bet on this.

If I have to, I will issue an injunction against your newspaper

to stop any public speculation

about a murder investigation that's only just begun.

Detective Levitt, will you escort these gentlemen out of the building?

Public have a right to know. (CHUCKLES)

Do you teach them this platitudinous crap, Alan?

The public doesn't have a right to know, young man,

not if what you're telling them is speculation.

And if I have something concrete to give you, you will get it.

Goodnight.

It's OK, Detective. You don't have to show us out.

We do know the way.

Fine. Bye-bye, Detective.

What are you smirking about?

(CLEARS THROAT) Must've left it on.

Yeah, it's been running since we went in there.

Tim Padgett, that is highly unethical.

Still, I suppose it can't hurt to listen to it.

I don't remember her using the words "off the record".

I know it's late but we need to work out strategies for tomorrow.

So where are we at? The CCTV footage is a bust, Sarge.

Only useful bit

is our victim driving in with Nick on her tail, dousing his lights.

The shell casings, they were 9mm.

Yeah, but both Nick's swab and gun turned up clean, so...

So, first and foremost, Nick's off the board.

He's not a suspect in the actual shooting.

So why is he still on suspension?

The super's sorting a warrant for Juliette's computer and notes

but I don't want us getting totally fixated on her news story.

I want a check on her background, professional and personal.

Yeah, but hold on. The story has to be our main focus, surely.

I mean, there were four shots fired

and Nick said the first shots took Juliette out.

So perhaps she wasn't even the intended target.

Maybe it was her source.

Deep Throat.

OK, we'll call him 'Deep Throat'.

The Watergate informer or the porn star?

Maybe an intended victim

or maybe a useful witness to the murder of Juliette.

Well, either way, we need to find him and talk to him.

What suspects do we have for the shooting?

Well, Bruce Dalton. He was the lead detective on the Majors case.

Juliette was talking about evidence tampering.

So I'd say Dalton's got the strongest motive so far.

Let's get him out of bed.

Are you up for a late one? Looks like it.

None of you blokes have a home to go to?

We just love our work, Detective Senior Sergeant.

And I love my bed. So what's so important that I'm not there?

Dane Majors. (CHUCKLES) That old chestnut.

I thought that was well and truly roasted.

It's popped up again in another case, as you well know.

I'm a very busy man. I'm not across everything that happens in this town.

So what are you talking about? A reporter. Juliette Gardiner.

She's dead. Ah. I see.

So that's why I'm here.

How was she killed? She was shot.

And you think I have something to do with that?

Did you? Get a grip, Detective.

When did it happen?

Why don't you tell us about your day first?

(LAUGHS) Well, OK.

Um... I got up, had some breakfast. Cornflakes with banana on.

Very nice. (LAUGHS) A cup of tea and, er...

Does that help?

First up, I went to the station.

Then I came and saw Buchanan.

Then I went straight to Bacchus Marsh.

I got back and got your call.

And really, you know, not to put too fine a point on it,

I'm a little pissed off that you would drag me in here over that,

being a fellow member and all, really.

As a fellow member, I'm asking you to sit down.

Please.

Try looking at it from our point of view.

Juliette Gardiner was talking about irregularities

in the discovery of a murder weapon.

The five iron.

The one that Dane Majors said that the investigative team planted.

Your team. My team was straight-up.

You ask Buchanan.

Dane Majors' defence team would do anything

to convince that court he was innocent.

Juliette Gardiner was looking into this case.

That's why she was killed. You know that for sure, do you?

Hey?

You do some proper police work and stop wasting my time.

Did you fill out your day book

detailing this investigation you were on today?

Now, you listen to me, you smarmy, jumped-up little prick.

I filled out my day book like I do every day

and no, not you or Flash Harry here is going to get a look at it.

I told you what I did today and I told you what I did 10 years ago.

So we're done.

About me and Juliette... No, no.

We don't need to talk about that, Nick,

other than from a professional angle.

I know you feel guilty about what happened to her.

But take some advice - do not go rogue on this one.

You just... you just sit it out. Mmm. Well.

I've done enough stupid things already. I'll behave.

But I have got copies of all the Dane Majors material.

Case notes, trial transcripts. (CLEARS THROAT)

Can't see any harm in going through them.

Can you?

How'd you get those?

Illegally.

If this murder was about the story Juliette thought she had,

then the story is the key

and that has to be about the evidence that turned up doing the trial,

in which case it focuses on me and Bruce Dalton.

You know you acted in good faith.

I just can't believe Bruce would be bent.

He was a...

..Stanley Wolfe to me.

A mentor, straight-shooter.

For him to plant evidence, let alone murder Juliette...

OK. Maybe it's a good thing for you to go over the paperwork.

Illegally obtained or not.

I guess you just have to keep going after the truth...

..even if it turns out to be something you don't want to know.

Guess so.

I've got to go.

Jen.

Goodnight.

See you.

"The public doesn't have a right to know."

Commander Waverley.

Ouch.

Oh, ouch. Oh, yeah! You can bet Aunty will be pissed off about that.

There's a lot of word-for-word stuff in there

that suggests the bastards were recording her.

Looks like any type of injunction's a bit late now, sir?

Are you taking the piss, Freeman?

Because your mate Buchanan's knob is on the block after this article.

And from this point on,

you can bet that these newspaper bastards

are gonna try and make all of Homicide look like black hats.

That's a declaration of war.

All the more reason to put this case to bed ASAP, then, sir.

I've been speaking to some of the editorial assistants

down at the 'Tribune'.

And?

Apparently Graham Proctor was in at the newspaper a few days ago,

going nuts at Juliette for stirring up the Dane Majors case.

Proctor? Tahnee Majors' father.

Oh, and he didn't appreciate Miss Stickybeak

trying to spring his daughter's murderer from jail.

Put him on the list.

One of the assistants also said she saw Graham Proctor again

on her way home, sitting inside his car outside the newspaper office.

I threatened to sue her, not kill her.

RHYS: So why were you waiting outside?

I was hoping to talk to Sullivan, her editor,

in a slightly calmer frame of mind.

I waited around for a bit and then I went home.

Still angry? Of course.

Dane Majors... murdered my daughter.

He beat her to death with a golf club!

The biggest mistake she ever made was marrying that bastard.

He was a womaniser and a wife-beater,

all of which came out at the trial.

I begged Tahnee to leave him on countless occasions

but she always refused.

She loved him. (SCOFFS)

He was trying to change. Yes, right!

Big head. Big fists.

Do you own a gun?

No. No, I don't.

So where were you yesterday from six o'clock on?

I told you - I went home. I was upset!

I went home and I got drunk.

Were you alone?

Best way to get drunk, isn't it?

FREEMAN: Sarge, no luck with Juliette's belongings.

We seized her computer, no notebooks at her work

or any at her apartment.

Her boss probably hid them if they're there.

I'd say so.

It was her visits to Dane Majors that kicked this whole thing off.

Well, I'll go and see what he knows.

I know! I know she's dead.

Her mate from the paper beat you to it.

Her mate? Was that Tim Padgett?

Cocky little runt! Yeah, that sounds like Tim.

The one person who ever listened to me and now she's been killed.

You think it's related?

Course it's related!

She was going to help me and somebody stopped her.

How was she going to help you?

By exposing the crooked cops who framed me.

And they were...? Oh, look, you're Buchanan's mate.

You're gonna try and bury this. Well, you're too late.

What do you mean?

Tim Padgett wanted to know if I knew who shot Juliette Gardiner.

Well, I told him to have a look at two detectives -

Bruce Dalton and Nick Buchanan.

And Juliette's source. Is that someone you kick-started?

I've got no idea who she's been talking to, apart from me!

You'll have to play nice with her colleagues if you want that.

So in other words, you've got nothing.

You're making a mistake backing your mate.

You know that?

I mean, think about it.

He warned Juliette Gardiner off the story, she didn't listen.

Next minute, she'd dead!

Doesn't take a genius.

Well, I'll say one thing for Tim Padgett - the guy's quick.

Yeah.

Juliette's chair's still warm, he's already jumped all over her story.

An ambitious journalist - who would have thunk it?

I think he's worth bringing in.

To interview? Yeah.

He claimed that he and Juliette were close

but I asked around her friends at the office

and they all claimed that he had the hots for her.

And?

And they went out for a drink - he made his move, she turned him down

and he's been badmouthing her ever since.

Badmouthing her how?

By suggesting that she got a leg-up by throwing the leg over.

Over Alan Sullivan? Yeah.

You'd have to have pretty long legs.

Well, true or not, she had the story and now she's dead.

And now he's got the story.

I'm on the story now! Be very afraid.

You did very well professionally from Juliette's death, didn't you?

What happened to her isn't gonna stop us

exposing Nick Buchanan and Bruce Dalton's behaviour.

You know, corruption? Capital 'C'?

We're more interested in murder. Capital 'M'.

Any comment?

Well, if you think trying to intimidate me is gonna shut me down,

you can forget it!

We're not trying to intimidate you, Mr Padgett.

We're following a legitimate line of enquiry.

You were jealous of Juliette, weren't you?

And, hey, she rejected your advances.

What was her reason? You too short?

I was just out for a bit of fun. Yeah?

She was at that age girls get when they start looking for 'the one'.

You know - her age. (SCOFFS)

So you rejected her, not the other way round?

You do realise that lying to police is an offence?

It was a mutual decision. Oh?

Jules and I sparred a lot

and professional rivalry often generates chemistry between people.

Right.

OK, so you're saying that you were attracted to each other?

I'm saying there was some unresolved sexual tension, yeah.

Rubbish!

Your colleagues told us she referred to you as,

"An ambitious, ferret-faced little ballbag."

She respected my work, and she respected me.

No! No, she didn't! She burned you!

So you murdered her and you took her story, didn't you?

Tell us about your day yesterday, Tim.

All of it.

We thought there might be something

in Tim Padgett jumping on Juliette's story so quickly,

so we put the frighteners on him and suggested he might be a suspect.

Give you anything? Entertainment.

Rhys and Padgett got into some kind of weird pissing competition.

I was putting pressure on him. Oh, is it pressure?

Did Padgett give you any indication of what Juliette had?

No, he didn't. So we're at a dead end.

Well... Well, not necessarily.

What about Deep Throat?

He's an eyewitness to this murder and potentially the intended target.

How are we going with Juliette's phone?

So Tech's pulled the contacts list

and we've got call information from the memory.

There's several numbers on there without IDs.

And one was an unanswered call right before the shooting.

Which is probably the ready signal from her source,

but it's a prepaid phone so we can't trace the owner.

But we could try calling it.

Getting in contact with this bloke will narrow down the motives, Sarge.

He's not going to talk to police. Yeah.

But he might talk to Juliette's replacement.

What - you?

No.

Why not?

Too dangerous. What if Deep Throat knows Padgett?

Tim Padgett's a nobody! That's his problem.

There's no photo beside his byline. There's no kudos.

Come on, Sarge. It's worth a try.

I mean, we're nowhere anyway, Sarge.

Alright. Let's give it a go.

(PHONE RINGS)

MAN: (ON PHONE) Who's this? My name's Tim Padgett.

I worked with Juliette. I think you know what I'm talking about.

(SIGHS)

(WHISPERS) How come you have her phone?

The cops gave it to me, with her belongings.

Look, Juliette and I were very close,

and she told me what she was working on.

I think we need to meet up, keep this thing moving.

(HISSES) No! It's too dangerous.

Well, we need to do this for Juliette.

Hey, I've just been shot at!

Yeah, and she took the bullet for you.

(SIGHS)

Keep her phone with you.

(LINE CLICKS)

Yes, yes, yes, I'm here, Bernice. Look, I've got nothing to give you.

I know you want an update... That's not why I got you here.

I am not the one applying the pressure.

We have been summoned by the State Attorney-General.

Oh, come on, Bernice! What, is he running for premier?

Wants to make sure this case doesn't come back and bite him on the bum?

That may be so, but whatever his motives,

we can't ignore him, so polish your shoes.

Practise your manners. Come on. (GROANS)

Alright, well, I won't waste anyone's time here.

I need to know the status of your investigation

into the murder of Juliette Gardiner.

Well, these are early days yet, sir.

I need you to be straight with me, Bernice,

because what the 'Tribune' is spinning is pretty unsettling.

This article says reporter Juliette Gardiner was close

to uncovering corruption in regards to the Majors conviction.

What do you know about that?

(MUTTERS) As much as you do.

Sir.

What you read in the paper is their take on the motive for this murder.

Speculation that we're trying to stop.

Is there anything in your investigation which supports this?

Yes, there is, but 'investigation' is the keyword.

No facts yet, just the possibilities.

And it's just one line of enquiry.

Is there a police cover-up or not?

I can't answer that yet, sir.

You know that I was a prosecutor in the Dane Majors case?

I am aware of that, yes.

That trial had a profound effect on many people.

For me personally, it gave me a public profile,

enabled my move into politics.

Hence your interest.

It's not just my reputation that I'm concerned about, Commander.

I hold the position of Attorney-General.

I am the custodian of law in this state.

Now, the public need to have absolute faith in my integrity

and therefore the integrity of the justice system.

I agree, sir. There can be no questions.

Everything gets done swiftly and by the book.

Deep Throat sent a message a few minutes ago.

He's agreed to meet up - just waiting on details.

Who are you meeting? Juliette Gardiner's source, ma'am.

Deep Throat.

We've made contact. Rhys is posing as Tim Padgett.

Am I hearing you correctly, Sergeant?

Yes, ma'am, you are.

Deep Throat thinks he was the shooter's target,

so he may have an idea who the shooter is.

So you've got one of your detectives impersonating a journalist?

Is this really the best avenue of enquiry?

Well, at the moment, ma'am, it's our only avenue of enquiry.

We need to use the paper to our advantage somehow.

They're not giving us anything.

Yeah, they're too busy taping private conversations.

This is a really good opportunity for us.

(PHONE RINGS) Oh, sorry!

Mapplethorpe.

Jen, I think I've found something. Can you meet me?

Er, yeah. Where?

The morgue. I'll be waiting for you.

OK. I'm on my way.

Sorry, Sarge. Got a lead. Go.

Excuse me.

Ma'am. So what are you planning?

Well, once we've established the meeting place,

we'll position people at all the exit points.

(PHONE RINGS) It's him.

(PHONE CONTINUES RINGING)

Go on.

Answer it.

Tim speaking. Queens Park. City.

When?

3pm.

(LINE CLICKS)

(DOOR OPENS) JEN: Hi.

Ronnie pulled some strings. Why here?

We can't exactly do this in the office.

I know this place has always been busy,

but this cannot be the attendant's logs for one week.

(LAUGHS) Whole of that year, sorry.

The guy in Document Storage said that they had a problem

with silverfish infestations in the facility.

Things got moved around - this year got muddled up.

Infestations? Lovely.

So what week are we looking for?

Second week of July.

And when we find it? OK.

Dane Majors claimed the discovery of the murder weapon was a set-up.

He said that the club that I found wasn't his,

even though the same one, the same brand, was missing from his golf bag.

And that relates to morgue attendants records how?

DNA and blood samples from Tahnee's autopsy

were stored in the morgue labs.

Right. And?

When I found that murder weapon, I was supercareful -

I wore gloves, did everything by the numbers,

bagged it, tagged it -

I know that it wasn't tampered with.

What clinched it as a piece of evidence?

Tiny trace of Tahnee's blood on the club head,

even though it looked like it had been vigorously cleaned.

So you're wondering, if the club you found had been planted,

how did her blood come to be present on it?

Right.

If it was a fix, someone had to access those blood samples.

Second week of July.

Third bench along.

In position, Sarge.

You get that, Dunnie? Loud and clear, Sarge.

DUNCAN: Anyone see possibles who fit?

Let's just keep watching Rhys.

Once we realise he's talking to Deep Throat, we'll move in.

Yes, Sarge.

Who do you think Deep Throat is? We're about to find out.

(PHONE RINGS)

Stand by. Tim speaking.

DEEP THROAT: (ON PHONE) The next bench along.

Yeah, OK.

Hold position, Duncan.

Alright.

There's a bin in front of you.

In the bin, a blue plastic bag. OK.

He's a no-show.

I won't be meeting you. Maybe the next instalment.

I'll be in touch.

(MOBILE PHONE RINGS)

Sarge. What's he left us?

Yeah, I don't know yet.

Let's hope it's a smoking gun.

It's a police roster from 2001.

Yeah, it's Nick's old crew.

Dalton and Nick - they're both listed.

So why is this guy circled?

Jack Enderby would have worked the Dane Majors case too,

but according to this roster,

he was on leave when the case went to court.

So why does Deep Throat want us to know that?

Let's look him up in the system and found out where he is.

NICK: Matt... You shouldn't be here.

Yeah, I know, but you need to hear this.

This is a copy of the morgue attendance log, 12th July 2001.

The day before Nick found the murder weapon.

The person that signed in was Jack Enderby.

Now, he was a detective on our team. This is our breakthrough, Matt.

We believe that Jack Enderby

accessed Tahnee Majors blood samples from the morgue lab.

He put the blood on the golf club

and planted it in the Majors house for me to find.

It's a good theory - trouble is it's contradicted

by a document we received from Deep Throat today.

What document?

The police roster says that Enderby was on leave in July 2001.

Yeah, he spent a year working in Cyprus.

So he couldn't have tampered with the evidence.

OK, so we need to find Enderby and check out his story.

Well, his story ended in 2006.

He finished up in the job 2004.

And then he died two years later of a heart attack.

This is his retirement letter here.

Damn. Sorry, mate.

No, no. Hang on. Look.

If that is Enderby's signature, then THAT definitely isn't.

MATT: Someone falsified the entry,

forges Enderby's signature, knowing he was away overseas.

Someone with an understanding of morgue procedures.

Familiar enough with security

that they didn't bother to check his sign-in.

(SIGHS) Bruce Dalton.

OK, Jennifer, take Duncan, pick up Dalton.

It's time to talk to him again.

And, YOU, go home.

MAN: Dane Majors killed my daughter.

MAN TWO: Mr Proctor, your son-in-law has always claimed he...

No, look, don't even call him that, OK?

As far as I'm concerned, he was never that.

He may have been a hero to you people

but to me he was a vicious thug - end of story.

Yeah, not quite.

Print media are suggesting that they may have been wrong

in condemning Dane Majors 10 years ago.

Yeah, well, the fact that they've changed their tune

is more about them jumping on the bandwagon

than it is about the truth!

Oh, they're full of it!

Matt, how are we going with Bruce Dalton?

Dalton wasn't at home and he didn't show up for his shift today, either.

(KNOCK AT DOOR) Anyone have any idea where he is?

No, we've put a KALOF out - him and his car.

If he's not at his house, I'll let you know when we find him.

OK, thanks. Get some sleep.

Bruce.

Been reading the papers, Nicky?

Listened to the radio or TV?

Wanna come in?

Gonna ask you

why your Homicide buddies are knocking on my door, mate.

They're coming to my office, asking questions about me.

You'd have to ask them that. I've been suspended.

(CHUCKLES) Temporarily.

They're after my skin...

..permanently.

They asked me to present myself for an interview...

..again.

Just some details, that's all. So you do know.

I know...

..that somebody signed in to the morgue

during the Dane Majors trial.

I think, whoever that was, got some blood samples

to use as trace evidence on a golf club.

And I think that that golf club was planted FOR ME TO FIND!

You think that, do you?

Well, let me tell you...

..I don't think I can be the scapegoat

for this Dane Majors thing.

Why would you be used as a scapegoat, Bruce,

unless you've got something to hide?

How many times have you seen a man walk on a technicality?

We all knew the bastard did it.

He was just a low-life, hiding behind his celebrity.

Bruce.

Don't pretend you didn't twig to that evidence.

You wanted him convicted as much as I did.

I'm not going down, Bruce.

I'm taking you in.

I've already informed my sergeant about the planted evidence.

I just need to know, Bruce...

..did you kill Juliette Gardiner?

Did you deliberately let him go? Does it look like it, ma'am?

Detective Buchanan was unconscious for a short time, ma'am.

He called me when he came to.

We dispatched cars to the scene but Dalton had gone.

And Dalton all but confessed to you that he planted the trace evidence

and faked the murder weapon?

Which is an obvious motive in the Juliette Gardiner killing.

Yes, ma'am. Bloody hell.

(PHONE RINGS)

Sorry, ma'am. Take it.

Superintendent Jarvis and I have been asked

to keep the Attorney General abreast of any developments.

Yeah.

Especially in relation to the Majors case.

Buchanan, did you collude in the planting of that golf club?

No, ma'am.

But if push comes to shove,

and Dalton wants to take me down with him,

it'll be his word against mine.

Well, it isn't looking too good, then, is it?

We found Dalton.

Hey, Bruce...

..you wanna talk about this?

Come on, Bruce.

You wanna step out of the car?

I didn't mean to shoot the girl.

I was aiming for him.

No! (GUNSHOT CRACKS)

Dalton's wife said that she wanted to do the ID.

(DOOR OPENS)

This was stuck to the seat of his pants.

He was sitting on it.

We have to wait till they move his body to find his suicide note?

This is not just a suicide note, this is a hand grenade.

(REDS) "This looks like the best idea right now.

"Check the gun. It'll be a match to the one that killed the reporter.

"That was an accident.

"I was after her informer, trying to stop the truth coming out."

Juliette was collateral damage.

Oh, there's more.

"I spent my life going after the truth.

"We were sure Majors killed his wife.

"We just didn't have the proof.

"But we should never have planted that evidence.

(SIGHS)

"Now it's time to pay the price."

NICK: We?

'We' should never have planted that evidence?

This doesn't have to send you to the wall, Nick.

Of course it will. People will assume it's me.

I'm the natural co-conspirator.

Well, not necessarily.

Oh, come on, Jen.

You've seen the papers. They're lining me up.

And you know what? I probably deserve it.

I didn't even consider that Bruce might have crossed the line.

Why would you? He was your senior sergeant, and he was your mentor.

And if I learned from him, then what does that make me?

Nick...

If I'd been half the cop that I pretend to be...

..Dane Majors would be free, Bruce Dalton would be in jail

and Juliette Gardiner...

..would be alive.

How is he?

Oh, yeah, he's doing OK.

Well, I might go round there later, drag him down the pub.

Maybe give him a day or two.

(PHONE BEEPS)

Hey, guys, we got something new from Deep Throat.

He texted to say he's got more information on the planted evidence.

Well, where is it? He said he's just sent it.

Well, that's good, isn't it? To Tim Padgett at the newspaper.

(CLEARS THROAT) Can I help you, Detective?

Are you looking for a package? Well, you can't have it.

I think you'll find that package is related to our murder enquiry.

Your murder enquiry's over,

and I think you'll find the package was actually addressed to me, mate.

OK, look, Padgett... He already read the content, lads.

And he's shown them to me.

So I have a sneaking suspicion

that you and your squad have a bit of explaining to do.

It doesn't take much nous to figure out

that one of your so-called detectives is impersonating Tim Padgett.

Now, Bernice, that is illegal.

Look, this was... this still is a legitimate line of enquiry,

and we need whatever evidence is in that envelope.

No, I'm sorry.

See, from our point of view right now,

what's in that envelope is personal correspondence, not evidence,

and so if you want to read it, you'll have to get a warrant.

And to do that, you'll have to tell a judge

exactly how you know the nature of those contents.

Wouldn't it be easier just to read tomorrow morning's edition?

Oh, by the way, catch the TV news tonight - there's a press conference.

Might interest you.

Now, I'll keep this brief -

10 years ago, I prosecuted this case on behalf of the Crown,

and a man went to jail.

I acted in good faith, as did the men and women of the jury.

But it now appears Mr Majors was convicted and sentenced

on the basis of false evidence.

Given this revelation,

I've ordered a full enquiry into the handling of this matter,

and the reopening of the investigation

of the death of Tahnee Majors.

MAN: And where does that leave Dane Majors?

Well, not in prison, that's for certain.

I've ordered his release

and it should be effected first thing tomorrow.

And what about sanctions against police?

Well, that's yet to be determined.

Look, I believe more than one detective

was involved in this conspiracy.

Now, if that's the case, they will be dealt with.

There is no room for corruption anywhere in police ranks.

Homicide is no exception.

Everyone in Homicide gets tarred with the same brush.

No, not if we can get to the truth.

Yeah, I thought I had, but hey... (CHUCKLES)

..everything I thought about being a homicide cop,

everything I've done has been based on a lie.

You weren't complicit in the lie. Yes, I was!

I knew.

Deep down somewhere.

I knew.

Mrs Dalton, you are aware

that your husband has suffered serious head injuries?

SONG: ? Slowly dead murkily

? Round and around

? The head starts its filtering

? His body is shivering

? Someone please show him some light

? He's drinking with misery

? All through the night

? It's heading for a mercy kill

? He's shattered, yet purposeful

? Blurred like an overcast day

? 'Cause this is

? The slow way

? We go down

? 'Cause this is

? The slow way

? To fall down... ?

Excuse me, ma'am, sir.

What's that?

I should have dealt with this 10 years ago, but I didn't.

I let Dalton fool me.

That's my resignation.

Hey, hey... Buchanan.

No, ma'am. You need to accept that for everyone's sake.

This is my mess.

And it's only gonna get dirtier.

Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0