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AILEEN: I went looking for the mountain murderer. Did I find him?

Derry!

Cause of death was a single bullet.

The Fallons will be on the warpath, looking for you.

Someone's out there with a gun.

- If you could have saved your mum. - How dare you?

- I love you! - I won't be just another distraction

for you - you need to face this.

I was wondering if I could have a word.

- Could we stay? - I'll get your room ready.

The phone, Emma Wilson's number?

It's been switched on.

I've got a trace.

It's Mum's.

(DISTANT CROWD SHOUTING, JEERING)

SINEAD: Backpackers Hostel, Mount Affinity.

Have you stayed here?

Maybe you saw Mervin.

Maybe you didn't.

But he saw you.

Bruce, he's got cameras in all the bedrooms, the showers.

- MERVIN: Come on, guys. - He tried to run

but they tied him up.

Hurry up, this is trouble.

MERVIN: Let me go. I'm sorry. What are you doing?

MERVIN: You're fucking crazy!

Sinead, what are you doing?

How far away are you, Bruce? Seriously.

- GINGE: Sinead! - MERVIN: I'm sorry, OK?

Someone untie me, for God's sake!

GINGE: Don't do it, Sinead.

No, don't!

Let me out!

(SIREN APPROACHING)

- Untie me. - Everybody move! On the stairs!

Nobody inside, nobody leaves!

Fucking untie me! Crazy fucking bitch!

- MERVIN: I didn't do anything. - BRUCE: Get in the fucking car!

Thank you.

It's hers, Emma Wilson.

First victim of the mountain murderer.

We're going to figure this out.

Diana, the bones aren't your mother's.

- How can you know? - Discolouration, the deterioration.

I can't give an exact date until we do carbon dating,

but these bones are at least a century old.

Very probably more,

and given the size and thickness, they likely belong to a male.

And there's something else - looks like puncture damage.

- A violent impact? - Some kind of sharp pointed weapon.

Century-old bones, violent impact.

The bones were left facing east.

It's all leading us to one place.

Yeah.

Feel like I'm missing half the equation here.

Ah, I'll explain. Come on.

BRUCE: I need you to answer the questions, Mervin. Let's try again.

As the manager, you have access to all the rooms and the facilities.

- Right? - Yeah, I run the place.

Were you aware of any hidden cameras or recording devices in the hostel?

No - no clue.

Could anyone else have placed the cameras?

Well, I don't want to speak ill of the dead, but...

- that druggie Ronan, honestly... - Bullshit!

Witnesses say the feed was transmitting to your computers.

Is there anything left of my tech?

You're not arresting me?

Due to the damage, I don't have sufficient evidence to charge you.

Did I say something funny?

- No. - Then wipe that smile off your face.

Yeah.

I don't have sufficient evidence to charge you... yet.

But believe me, we will keep looking, Mervin.

Interview was terminated at 13:05.

DIANA: There's a lake due east.

In the middle of it is an island with a cave on it.

That's the resting place for dozens of Māori men, women and children

who were slaughtered by the British 160 years ago.

You think the bones came from that island?

Someone is leaving us a roadmap, Richter.

OK.

So, we think Frank Pastors has blood on his hands.

You think he knows something about what happened to your mother,

but he's behind a 20-foot wire fence,

so who the hell is leaving us this roadmap?

- I don't know. - OK, so we go out to that island,

- look for what they want us to see. - No one goes out there.

The massacred remains cannot be disturbed.

It's what islanders call Motutapu. Tapu as in sacred.

So, what, we don't go into the cave?

We have to go out.

We just have to find a way to do it safely.

BRUCE: Yeah, she's here now. I'm just waiting for Judge Martin.

Yeah, no worries, all right.

- I'm sorry.

- BRUCE: OK, I'll get back to you later.

- I'm sorry. - Sinead.

It's OK, love.

Stay away from my daughter.

BRUCE: Judge Martin, thanks for coming.

The banshees?

In your head?

You've got to make them go away before you hurt someone.

Or yourself.

DIANA: Tell us who went to the island, Frank.

We know you have someone on the outside.

Nothing to say?

Stay silent,

and when I hunt down Derry Fallon's killer,

you'll go down as an accomplice.

No recommendations of leniency for your cooperation.

Tell us who we're looking for,

and some day you might actually get out of this place.

I don't know what you're talking about.

What did you and your friend do to my mother?

ANITA: Aileen!

- Hey, stop! - Aileen, we need to talk.

- I need you to talk to me. - I'm not here to talk to you.

Aileen.

Ugh!

- Are you fucking joking me? - Detective Richter.

- We need you at the motel. - What happened with you and Derry?

Answer me!

- Hey, you. - Hey.

- Can I come in? - Yeah.

OK, so, she's gone, but she wants to know what happened.

I was the reason Derry was up there, so that makes sense.

Look, I need her to cooperate, so...

Well, maybe you could bring me up there to hers.

- Yeah, OK. Thanks. - Thank you.

Listen...

Don't forget that that piece of shit went up there to kill you!

Jesus, he fucking really paid the price for it, didn't he?

- God, Aileen. - What?

You have a choice here.

You can either choose to bury yourself in this guilt

or you can choose to be happy that you're alive,

cos it's a fucking miracle that you survived.

A fucking miracle!

(SIGHS)

I'm sorry, OK.

I'm sorry about last night, you know.

I shouldn't have interrogated you, it was the wrong moment.

All that stuff that I said, it just kind of came out because...

I didn't know if I was ever going to see you again,

then suddenly there you were.

I'm not saying we have to be together.

But I don't want to lose you.

Yeah.

I don't want to lose you, either.

(DOOR SHUTS)

Hey, Di.

Are you OK?

I was just passing by and I, um...

I'm OK.

What's happened?

- It was lashed to a set of human bones.

- What?

The bones aren't Mum's, but the taonga, that's definitely hers.

Val, you can't.

I don't care about the fucking rules.

I loved your mum, too.

It's the mountain murderer, Val.

The real one this time.

It has to be. He's sending me a message.

And every time we think we have him, the rules change.

We knew she didn't kill herself, eh?

Eh?

We always knew that.

Have you told Wiki and Buster?

How do I do that?

(CRYING) I don't even know how to do that.

I know.

Val, come inside, you'll catch a chill.

I'm fine. I'm feeling fine, Mum.

It's not in anyone's interest

for you to have ongoing contact with my daughter.

So, please, don't come here again, Detective.

Come on.

Can you verify your whereabouts at 1:45pm yesterday?

You can ask the horse I had to put down after a nasty fall.

I use the gun to euthanise animals, not people.

Yeah, no offence, Vaughan. I have to ask, mate.

You'll get your weapon back when forensics have cleared it, all right?

All righty. Cheers, mate.

OK.

- How are you, Phil? - Good thanks, Bruce.

(BEEPING)

(BEEPING)

RAY: Your fitness and health markers

indicate that you're in exceptional shape.

And you are not yet symptomatic for Huntington's.

I've done some research. I know there's things I can do

to keep it at bay.

RAY: Regular exercise, healthy diet

and stress management will help.

Exercise and diet isn't going to be enough.

RAY: There's counselling - coming to terms with what lies ahead.

Planning for it.

I already have a plan.

If you're suggesting what I think you're suggesting, Theo,

- I have to take that very seriously. - I'm not suicidal, I'm practical.

I'll hang around for as long as I'm useful.

Useful?

That's an interesting word to use.

You know you're more than useful to the people that love you, Theo.

All due respect, Doc, you don't know anything about me.

Fair call, but I don't need to know you to work out what scares you.

Losing control. Becoming a burden?

- And that's understandable, Theo. - All right.

So, help me find something that

will hold this off for as long as possible.

Let's get your blood work back.

Yeah? Then I'll call a friend of mine.

They're a specialist in the field.

OK. Thanks.

- It seems like you're a fighter, Theo.

- Huh! Does it matter?

Yeah.

It does.

WIKI:

BRUCE: You always believed your mum didn't hurt herself.

You were right, my girl.

WIKI: So, um...

If the remains that you found weren't your mum's, then whose?

They were over a century old. (CLEARS THROAT)

Whoever took Mum, they're leading a trail of breadcrumbs

and I don't know who or why they're doing it

after so long, but...

..we need to go to the island.

I need your help.

Oh, you'll need more than our help.

DIANA: That's why Gwenda's here.

DIANA: We need to let the dead rest.

I know it's not going to be easy.

WIKI: Yeah, but to find out why you're being led to the island?

Has to be done, eh?

ELDER: Tū mai awa, tū mai moana ko koe I takahianoatianoatia e au

Tupe au nuku, tupe au rangi

Whati ki runga, whati ki raro Urumārangaranga

Pūrā hoki taku manu nui nā Tāne Ka tatau atu ki roto o te wao tapu

Mai a whiwhia

Mai a rawea...

- So, Wiki's tribe are the locals? - Mm.

RICHTER: So, why the bad blood with Gwenda's tribe?

BRUCE: Gwenda's people were collaborators with the British.

They lured Wiki's tribe to the island under false pretences,

and the British were waiting.

(SHE CONTINUES IN MĀORI)

BRUCE: Her whole family were killed, except for one little girl.

Her great-great grandmother.

There was a civil war in Ireland, back in my grandmother's time.

It tore the country apart.

Now we just have a few drinks, sing a few rebel songs, tell a few stories.

- No healing Irish rituals, then? - No, we don't confront the past.

We bury it.

We all have our ways, mate.

BRUCE: The ceremony will have eased any restless spirits on the island.

Even after that, Diana and Gwenda won't feel safe going near the cave.

A woman can get sick going to the tapu place, Mate Māori.

And get passed from generation to generation.

Hence...

we've got a job to do.

DIANA: (ON RADIO) 'Richter,

you'll need to dock on the east side of the island.'

There's a stream that will lead you up the hill to the cave.

- BRUCE: 'Diana, Gwenda, still got us?'

- DIANA: Loud and clear.

'Copy.'

'Roger that. We're heading in.'

(WATER DRIPPING)

- You guys still there? - Yeah, we got you.

'Copy.'

Doesn't look like anything's been disturbed over here.

BRUCE: 'Richter, come here.'

You guys seeing this?

Recent digging?

'It looks like some remains have been disturbed here.'

RICHTER: 'There's got to be more. Let's keep looking.'

Diana.

'Looks like we found our weapon.

'It's the sniper rifle that took out Derry.'

(CHANTING IN MĀORI)

DIANA: Any matches for the prints on the gun?

Nothing. If this is the gun that killed Derry Fallon,

the shooter has no priors.

We still don't know who Frank Pastors has on the outside working for him.

- He's not going to tell us. - Then we need to go looking.

(MUSIC OVER SPEECH)

Theo, can I have a word?

Yeah, sure. Yeah.

Look... your blood tests.

There's some indications in the proteins

that some of the brain changes may have already started.

This can't be happening already. Not yet.

I've spoken with a friend of mine.

He's involved in a gene silencing therapy.

Now, he mentioned several trials,

most of them tackling symptoms after onset.

The involuntary movements, cognitive changes,

mood swings.

But the goal of gene silencing is to stop the disease

from even getting that far.

- I mean, it's early days but... - OK.

OK, um...

What do we do, how do we get on this?

To be eligible, you have to be a New Zealand citizen.

So, I'm not eligible because of my passport?

Come on, there has to be something we can do.

I'm working on it, right?

In the meantime, try and stay positive. It helps.

You know where to find me, mate.

Sinead, I'd like a word.

Sinead, please put your phone away.

You could have killed that man yesterday.

- But I didn't. - This wasn't the first time.

You stole a gun. You brought it to Valerie Armstrong's house.

I didn't shoot her!

You can't keep taking the law into your own hands.

You don't get to judge me.

- Let me help you. - Help me?!

Why do I have to explain this to you? You are my problem!

You put your job over us every time.

You took the risks and we live with the consequences.

Vaughan! You here, mate?

- Just Bruce, dropping off your gun. - VAUGHAN: Be right with you, Bruce.

No worries.

(SHUTTER CLICKS)

(SHUTTER CLICKS)

VAUGHAN: Just feeding a couple of the overnight animals.

BRUCE: Yeah.

Hey.

You all right?

Yeah, yeah.

Your gun, the ESR tests are fine.

Oh, so I didn't kill the guy? That's a relief!

So...

- Cuppa? - No, no.

- I'd best be going. - Righto.

- It's good to see you. - Yeah, you too.

(CAR DOORS SLAM)

If it gets too much, or she gets out of hand...

You'll be there, I know.

Thanks.

(KNOCKING)

Anita.

So, do you know who killed my husband?

Not yet, but we're looking under every rock, and in Dublin.

Do you think it had something to do with Dublin, Aileen?

No, I don't think it does.

Start at the beginning.

He thought I was writing another article about him.

I wasn't.

- So, what were you doing up there? - It wasn't to meet him, Anita.

But somebody just...

Someone put us there together.

- Why? - I don't know.

But Anita, I'd like to know that I'm safe to go home.

Why wouldn't you be?

Careful, Anita.

What happened up there?

We just spent the entire time trying to get out of there.

We had no choice. We were stuck there together.

If he was going to meet you... why didn't he tell me?

- I can't help you there, Anita.

- What's this article supposed to be about?

- I don't know. - Don't fucking lie to me!

All right, we're done here.

- This conversation isn't over. - Go on.

Richter! RICHTER!

A liaison officer will be travelling over to assist you.

- Tell them not bother. We're going home.

- What, to Dublin?

That's where home is, Aileen.

Aileen.

(CHILDREN SHOUTING PLAYFULLY)

What?

I need to speak to her alone.

Trust me, please.

OK.

Derry thought I knew something about your brother, Brian.

What about him? Do you know where he is?

Where is he?

Derry killed him.

Brian snitched, Anita.

Bounce said he was going to kill you if he didn't do it.

It's why he brought you out here,

and it's why he didn't tell you where he was going, OK?

Bounce forced Derry to cross the line

and Derry didn't want that for his son, he just...

He just wanted a better life for you and the kids, that's all.

Leave.

OK.

(CHATTER, LAUGHTER, CUTLERY SCRAPING)

It was so funny! I genuinely like...

(CHATTER STOPS)

(CLEARS THROAT)

I want to come home.

And we want you to come home.

Good boy.

You know, we left your bed made up.

You're on potatoes for the next three years, boy!

(LAUGHTER)

Come here.

So, did you go somewhere?

I didn't even notice. That shows how memorable you are!

Ah, shut up, you.

Tell me something good!

Anything!

I took your advice.

Went to see a doctor.

Well, it's about bloody time! (SHE LAUGHS)

That's really good.

I'm not here for a fight.

I need your help.

- Why would I help you? - I found something out today.

Derry killed me brother.

He killed Brian. Bounce made him do it.

So, Bounce is not just your problem, Judge.

Not any more.

Sit down.

You put Bounce behind bars, but he's still in charge.

I know you know that.

Look, I'm not going to pretend I give a shit about you,

I care about me kids.

We're not safe.

I need to know me options.

Witness protection isn't free.

Are you prepared to help dismantle the Fallon organisation?

- Not if I want to live. - If you won't help...

I can't.

I was warned to walk away from that case, but I didn't.

I provided victims with closure and I got shot in the process.

So, don't tell me you can't.

That's the thing, there is no closure, not for them, not for us.

Then run.

- Take your children and vanish. - Derry ran. That didn't work out.

In an ideal world... Bounce would be gone.

Then you and I would have a clean slate.

Right now, we don't live in an ideal world, do we?

Good night, Judge.

(FRONT DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)

Ah, hey, hey. I'll pour you a glass.

- RAY: I saw what you did yesterday. - Hm?

- With Diana. - (CHUCKLES)

Somebody had to give the girl a message, she crossed the line.

Yeah, that's, er... That's not what was happening.

OK, then. You tell me.

Diana looked like she was about to forgive Val.

You couldn't have that, could you?

What are you saying?

You want to punish your daughter for what happened to your son.

(SCOFFS) You're ridiculous!

- Yeah, and you're drunk. - Don't diagnose me, Doctor!

You took everything you felt for your dead husband and you gave it to Ken,

and there was nothing left for Val.

- That's not even remotely true. - Ken put a knife in a man.

Because you wanted him to be the saviour of this town.

And Val?

Oh, she did everything she did to save your son.

For you.

For you, Michaela.

You know what you're doing is wrong.

That's why a box of wine is delivered to this house every three days.

Look, I love you, Michaela, I really do.

But I hate what you're doing to your daughter.

It pisses me off, having to let Mervin walk out that door.

- You had no choice.

- But I know the bugger did what they say.

We just have to prove it.

- Long day, huh? - Yeah, for all of us.

- We have fingerprinted 99% of the town.

- And the others?

Nine residents at the retirement home.

Didn't rate them as prime suspects.

- Maybe it's not a local. - Hang on, I've got something.

One of Mervin's drives has actually loaded up.

There's a folder with saved voice messages from someone called Tanya.

WOMAN: 'Get a gun, something powerful.

- 'Go up the valley to the hut.' - When is that from?

The day before Aileen and Derry were at the hut.

- Did we ever get Mervin's prints?

- Didn't have enough to arrest him on.

- He left straight after. - Where did you question him?

BRUCE: I don't want to believe it. You think Mervin is the shooter?

We're about to find out.

- (BEEP) - What's that mean?

It's a match.

So, Mervin's prints are on the gun that killed Derry.

He's Frank's operative.

Mervin's been here his whole life. Both parents are dead.

His dad was a farmer, he still lives in the same house.

Mervin gets a job at the Backpackers, for reasons we now know.

The two Goatman victims were backpackers.

He would have known them.

And he would have had every chance to have met Pastors over the years.

Pastors and Mervin were working together on the original killings?

Frank Pastors is in jail. Mervin takes up the baton.

- How far is Mervin's? - Twenty minutes.

But we'll make it in ten.

(SIREN WAILS)

DIANA: We go armed. He may have other weapons.

Mervin!

Mervin, open up, it's the police!

TANYA: 'I want to be with you, Mervin.

'But I need you to prove you want to be part of the darkness

as much as I.'

He's gone.

GWENDA: Diana! Richter!

'We're meant to explore the darker things that happen there.

'Together.'

Who the hell are you, Tanya?

- DIANA: You got something? - GWENDA: Notice anything?

The new bales are stacked on top of the old ones.

No one ever does that.

It's a bloody museum.

It's the history of the mountain murderer.

(♪ "Lyfjaberg" by Wardruna)