Eden (AU) (2021) s01e04 Episode Script

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[distant shouting]
[Lou Gracie] We are making an urgent
request for your continuing help today
in the search for Scout Lewis
and Hedwig Shelly.
[female voice] Hedwig!
[male voice] Scout!
[Gracie] Last seen at a party
here on this beach.
[woman] Welcome to Eden.
["My Own Private I Don't Know"
by Fascinator plays]
You hit me and it felt like a fist ♪
I could taste every finger ♪
My own private I don't know ♪
I don't know anything ♪
Saw you and I was born again ♪
Like when god was still a thing ♪
My own private I don't know ♪
I don't know anything ♪
[heavy breathing]
Oh, fuck. Yes.
[heavy breathing]
[Gracie] I think
I'd like you inside me next time.
If you want.
Don't go yet.
[Cam] Sorry. Gotta run.
[phone rings]
[phone rings]
[phone rings]
[phone rings]
-Yeah.
-[woman] Morning, sir.
We've had a phone report of a dead body.
Male. Gunshot wound.
Where?
[theme music]
["Blute Nur" from the St Matthew Passion
by The Swingle Singers plays]
[Gracie] The kid's name is Tom Mulvaney.
He's 22 years old and a known drug dealer.
Got a gunshot wound to the head,
and we're treating this
as a suspected homicide.
The body was found by a dog walker
in the water catchment
near the temple squat
with these in his pocket.
We need to get those squatters in here,
talking.
Sgt Drysdale
will be leading the investigation.
Boss.
[Gracie] Until we know more,
we need to keep a lid on this thing.
No media.
Copy that.
-[woman 1] Get out of here.
-[man] What do you want?
[woman 2] Here we go, here we go.
This gate is closed,
and you're not welcome in here.
You're not coming in here.
Don't let 'em in here, guys.
This is harassment.
[Constable O'Shea] Come on.
We want you to come in voluntarily.
[woman 2] We didn't do anything.
He was our friend.
[Gracie] If you don't come now,
we'll come back with a warrant.
[Gracie] And an eviction notice.
Yeah, you would.
[indistinct chatter]
[Sgt Drysdale] When was the last time
you saw Tom?
At the squat.
-[O'Shea] When was that?
-Yesterday.
-[O'Shea] Time exactly?
When he wasn't dead.
Did Tom have any enemies?
-Isn't it your job to find out?
-[O'Shea] I'm asking you.
-Do you have enemies?
-[O'Shea] I don't think so.
You live in the squat, Hedwig?
[Hedwig] On and off.
[O'Shea] What goes on there?
It's the only pure place in this town.
[O'Shea] Tell us, were you aware
that Tom was dealing drugs?
It's not really my business.
It's not really my thing.
[scoffs]
You fucking kidding me?
[Constable Murray] Were you aware
Tom was dealing drugs, Cam?
No.
[pilot] Ladies and gentlemen,
we have commenced our descent.
Weather in Eden is, suffice to say,
glorious.
However, we do have a couple
of storms forecast for the coming days.
Cabin crew, please prepare the cabin
for landing.
[Lily] Daddy!
[Gracie] Hello, sweetheart.
-Jump in the car.
-OK.
-Hello.
-Hey.
You OK?
All things considered, I'm fine.
[Octavia] Girls? Girls. Seatbelts on.
[Lily] Grandma's going to die soon, Dad.
-[Evie] Lily!
-[Lily] She is. Even the doctor said so.
[Lily] I'm gonna be first upstairs!
[Evie] Lily, don't go into my room.
[girls chatter]
Anthrax?
[Gracie] Hope not.
Look after Ezra. He's fragile.
-I know.
-OK.
-See you tonight.
-OK.
-[Octavia] Love you.
[heavy breathing]
[male voice] Yeah.
[gasping]
[phone rings]
[Cam] Yo, this is Cam. Leave a message.
[phone rings]
[Cam] Yo, this is Cam. Leave a message.
[gasping]
[groaning]
[muffled male voice] Lads,
you do not realise how lucky we are
just to be in the presence of,
of an internet sensation.
[laughter]
[group singing "Happy Birthday"]
[whimpers]
[man laughing loudly]
Oi.
Get it off.
Hey, mate. You made it.
-Hey, thanks.
-[Gracie] Welcome.
-Thanks so much.
-Happy to have you.
[Gracie] This is Detective Constable
Ezra Katz.
Gosh, it's been a while.
What happened?
[Ezra] A spectacular fall from grace.
[phone rings]
[Cam] Yo, it's Cam. Leave a message.
[phone rings]
[Cam] Yo, it's Cam. Leave a message.
-[Cam] You gotta go.
-[Cora] Course.
-Get out.
-Sorry.
[starts engine]
[siren wails]
[siren wails]
[honking horn]
[honking horn]
[honking horns]
[exhales]
Morning, boss.
What the fuck are you doing here?
That's a bit harsh.
Just thought we could have a nice coffee
and a catch-up.
I don't want to do this here.
[Drysdale] So I looked up that Katz guy.
It seems before he hit the booze,
he was talented.
And a snitch.
Which, I don't know, just kind of seems
bad for business.
Yours and mine.
He's my wife's cousin.
I've got no choice.
I've got him bound to a desk.
His career is done, Ben.
So what, now we're running
a fucking alco cop retirement home?
You look fucked, Grace.
You OK?
Get me a suspect for the Mulvaney murder.
I want it gone.
Yeah, so watch him.
Or it's on you.
[Drysdale] Scout, why don't you, uh,
start by telling us, uh,
everything that went on that night.
-Everything that you remember.
-[Scout] Is my mum coming?
[O'Shea] She'll be here soon.
Just concentrate for a minute, love.
I need to see my mum.
-[Drysdale] You and Hedwig
were at Andy Dolan's place, right?
-[Drysdale] Just having a good time.
-[Scout] Andy was wasted.
[Scout] He was angry.
Have you spoken to him?
-[O'Shea] We were told you were angry
with Hedwig that night.
[muffled voices]
[Scout] She's my friend and I wouldn't,
[sobs] I would never
There was this guy, and his name is Cam.
-[Drysdale] Excuse me?
-[Scout] And, um,
Hedwig was on the phone to him
at the beach,
and I think that she was gonna meet him.
-This guy?
-[Scout] Mm-hm.
[Scout] Look, I just um, I need to go home.
I need to go home.
[Saranya] Why didn't you call me?
-[Gracie] Saranya, we're here.
-Where is she?
-How long's she been here?
[Gracie] OK.
She's gonna be out in a minute.
Take a seat.
She's gonna be out in a minute.
I'll be right with you.
[Cam's voice echoing] Yo, this is Cam.
Leave a message.
[gasping]
-Hi.
I missed you.
I'm not ready yet.
Slow down.
Touch me?
Look at me.
Look at me, Lou.
Something I can do?
OK, just
It's OK, Lou.
[forcefully] Stop.
Don't worry about it.
[mysterious music plays]
[man] Bring it down. Bring it down.
[Drysdale] Well, nobody's in the car.
[O'Shea] Cat didn't make it.
[Drysdale] O'Shea?
[Drysdale] One bullet missing.
Step back, please.
Let's go. Keep moving, thank you.
It's a live crime scene.
Cam Okah. Remember him?
[Drysdale] Hmm. Same pills we found
on Tom Mulvaney.
[splash]
No bodies down there.
[Drysdale] Yeah, reckon he's ditched
the car, taken off with that Hedwig girl?
I think we found our suspects, Grace.
Thanks for meeting me.
No problem.
You alright, Lou?
You don't quite seem yourself.
I'm fine.
Pointy little murder case
you've got. [chuckles]
[chuckles] Yeah.
Well, it seems like we know
what happened now. So.
Do you, though?
Gun matches the bullet in Mulvaney's head.
OK, so it goes,
these two young kids, Cam and Hedwig,
[whispers] murdered Mulvaney?
[Ezra] Then hung around in town
partying for a week or two,
then packed all their worldly possessions
into a car
and then drove it into the lake
and then vanished entirely. Is that it?
[Gracie inhales]
How's your mum?
I don't trust Drysdale.
-Yes, well I think--
-He's a bad cop, Gracie.
-Why?
-I know bad cops.
That's why I'm friendless.
And a drinker.
And a mildly entertaining meme.
Who lives at his demented mother's house.
I'll keep an eye on him.
Thank you.
I'd better be getting back to the girls.
[Gracie] We'll get you over
for that dinner soon.
-Say, say hi for me.
-[Gracie] Will do.
[Saranya] Ezra.
-[Ezra] Hi.
-What's wrong?
[Ezra] I'm here to have a word with Scout,
if you don't mind.
Just to go over her statement
in a little bit more detail.
[Saranya] Ez, I'd rather
you gave her some space. She's exhausted.
[Scout] Mum.
It's OK.
Thank you.
[Ezra groans]
My mum acts bizarre around you.
How are you holding up?
It's been quite the ordeal.
Hedwig's not a murderer.
That's why I wanted to talk to you
about what happened that night.
Off the record.
I know you didn't want to talk
to Sgt. Drysdale.
Do you know why Hedwig's stuff
would be in that car?
I don't know anything.
I didn't have a clue about Andy Dolan.
Maybe she just wants us to let her go.
Have you heard from her?
-Sure you haven't heard from her?
-I said I haven't.
OK.
Maybe you can let me know if you do.
Yeah.
[groans] Oh.
-No, I'm good, thanks.
-[chuckles]
Hey, were you and my mum
together?
[laughs] No.
We weren't together.
It's, uh, not like that.
Sorry. I should go.
[rings buzzer]
-[man] Yeah?
-Detective Ezra Katz.
[Ezra] You, uh, moving back to Hollywood?
-Italy.
-[Ezra] Italy. Oh.
Shall we make this quick?
Yeah, sorry, uh
Hedwig Shelly lived here for a time,
correct?
As your, uh, partner?
[scoffs]
Mm-hm.
I'm just trying to get a clear picture
from someone who knows her well.
Oh, Hedwig was enigmatic.
You just used the past tense.
[laughs]
Come on. Look, I told Constable Drysdale
back when she first went missing,
it'll be something to do
with the guy in the red Mercedes.
And lo and behold, she goes off
with the guy in the red Mercedes,
and they fucking shoot someone.
[Ezra] Yeah, it's a big deal,
shooting someone.
[Ezra] Not many people find that they can.
You know they found her cat
that drowned in that car?
They said on the news, uh,
that they dumped the car
and ran off somewhere.
Yeah, well, that's the theory.
Didn't mention the cat.
Uh.
She wouldn't let it drown.
She loved that cat.
So what do you think happened?
Like I said,
talk to the guy with the red Mercedes.
Ah.
[indistinct chatter]
[laughter]
[chatting and laughing]
-[man] Oh!
-[Ezra] Aw!
-[Ezra] Aw, geez.
-[laughs]
-Are there cleaning paraphernalia?
-[laughter]
[suspenseful music plays]
[keys clattering]
What are you doing?
I was looking for this darn mop.
It's right behind you.
Oh, yeah.
Ezra?
Yes, it's me, mum.
[sighs]
Hi, Ezra!
[gasps] You were a little boy
swimming at night.
[sighs]
All the bright stars.
Yeah, I remember.
The, the phosphorescence.
You're sad.
No.
It's hot.
-It's hot.
-[Ezra] Mum.
-Mum, mum, mum, mum.
-Too hot!
Mardi! Mardi! Mardi!
[gasping]
[Mardi] It's OK, darling. It's OK.
It's alright. Let's go to your room.
-Let's go to your room.
-[groaning]
-[Mardi] It's OK.
-[Florence groaning]
[Florence] He should be here. Where is he?
-[Florence] Where is he?
-[Mardi] He's not here, darling.
[inhales]
[ominous music plays]
[Scout's voice echoing] Hey, were you
and my mum together?
[groans]
[Ezra's voice echoing]
We weren't together.
[Saranya's voice echoing] Find her Ezra.
Please.
[Ezra's voice echoing]
I'll do everything I can.
[Ezra's voice echoing]
I'll look after you. I promise.
[car door slams]
[dog barking]
[Ezra] Mr Shelly?
Michael?
[Michael] Oi. What do you want?
[Ezra] Mr Shelly?
Hey, hey, hey. Easy.
My name's Detective Ezra Katz,
and I'm here to talk to you
about your daughter Hedwig.
I, I'm sorry,
mate, I'm sorry if I disturbed ya. OK?
Well, she's not here.
Well, do you know where she might be?
I told her to leave, so she left.
OK.
She told you she was going?
Brought me supplies.
Enough to last a lifetime.
Must have cost a fortune.
She's a good girl.
[Ezra] When was this?
[Michael] I don't know. Fuck, a week,
two weeks ago.
You know Hedwig's been implicated
in a murder, Michael?
[Michael] It's just a fucking
imbecile lie!
[shouts] That is
[angry grunting]
They're murderers, they're fucking just,
just, just corrupt, just rotten!
Fuckin' fuckery.
[Ezra] Did she say where she was going?
And it doesn't matter
because they're never gonna find her.
Because she'll outsmart ya.
[Michael] She's fucking spectacular.
She's better than anyone in this town.
She's, she's gonna be a movie star.
[Michael] One day this planet's gonna annihilate
every last human soul from the face of the earth.
[Michael] And all that's left
will be the monkeys.
Until they fuck us over. They'll start evolving
'Cause you know they're entering their fucking stone age, right now!
[Michael] Fucking Stone Age you know, Wig told me that.
[Michael mumbles]
[Michael] There's fucking bad people here.
There's fucking bad people here.
What sort of bad people?
What kind of bad people?
Bad that fucking pull your fingernails off
if you don't talk, which I didn't,
and so there you go, that's fucked.
[coughing]
[heavy breathing]
You alright?
[coughing]
The next person that comes here
hunting my angel girl,
I'm gonna fuckin' do it!
Righto.
[phone rings]
-[Octavia] Hey, Ez?
-Hi.
-[Octavia] Hi.
-Hi. Yeah, yeah.
-[Octavia] How you doing?
-Yeah, I was just calling to say hi.
-[Octavia] I'm actually
just getting dinner ready. Are you OK?
Oh, that's fine. I'll, I'll let you go.
Yeah, I was just calling to say hello.
[Octavia] No, no. Why don't,
why don't you join us?
I mean, it's nothing special,
but you're always welcome.
That'd be great. I've, I've,
I've got a birthday present for Lily,
actually.
[Octavia] OK, great. I'll see you soon.
OK.
[sighs] I'm sorry it's so impromptu.
I mean, I've been meaning
to give you a proper welcome, but
-Welcome.
-Oh, cheers.
-[Ezra] Feel a bit like a cockroach.
-No. Don't, Ez.
-[sighs]
-[Octavia] You OK?
-Oh, yeah. Yeah.
-[Octavia] Yeah?
How's Lou? All good?
He's fine.
Well, sometimes
he brings it home with him, but
How's your mum? I'm so sorry.
I've been meaning to check in on her,
but
Ah. You know,
dementia's just desperately shit.
Yeah.
What about Aunty Pat?
Um,
I don't know, she's dying.
It's just awful.
I'm so scared of not having a mum.
Yeah.
[Evie] I told you I should've done it!
[Gracie shouting]
What the hell are you doing in here?
-[Gracie] How many times have I told you?
-I'm sorry. Sorry.
No, no. No. It's
[Lily] I'm sorry.
[Gracie] You're making it worse.
Give me that.
-[Lily crying]
-[Octavia] Oh.
Oh, god.
I'm sorry. I tried to clean it up.
What possessed you to buy a fountain pen
for an eight-year-old?
I'll, I'll cover the costs. Sorry.
Just leave him alone, Lou. Can you go get,
uh, paper towels or something?
-Is there anything that I can?
-[Octavia] Don't touch anything.
Go and wash your hands.
Evie, what are you doing in here?
Out. Can you help your sister?
Fuck.
[solemn cello music plays]
[solemn cello music continues]
[door opens]
[rustling]
[Scout] Hello?
[panting]
[thud]
Shit.
Who's there?
I know you're there. I can hear you.
[Scout] Katz!
-I, uh
-What are you doing? Poking around?
Are you obsessed with her?
-No.
-[Scout] You're stalking us.
No, I actually wanted to talk to you.
[Ezra] But you're right.
This is, this is
I shouldn't be here like this, now,
right now.
-I'm so sorry.
-Wait, Katz. Katz.
-I'm so sorry.
-What did you want to talk to me about?
-Hedwig?
-Yeah.
Something happen?
This is hers. From Cam's car.
Doesn't make any sense to me.
I thought maybe you could look at it,
and you might see something
that you recognise that could help.
Can I keep this?
If you can tell me what it means.
Listen, I know you don't want
to get her into trouble,
but I shouldn't even
be investigating this.
If you know she's OK,
that's, that's all I want to know.
I'll drop it.
She texted me.
It's, uh, it's not her number
but she had another phone, I think,
for, for dealing.
So you think it might be from her,
but you're not completely sure?
Yeah. Beastie, that's what she calls me,
but she doesn't usually sign off
with an X.
So have you tried to call the number?
-Yeah, a lot. It's off.
-OK.
She said to let her go.
I don't know. I just, I don't want police
going after her.
What if it's not her?
-I know.
-Let me help you. Please.
-OK.
-Thank you.
Thank you. I want you to look through
every page in that book, OK?
OK.
[Ezra] Thank you. Thank you.
[keyboard clicking]
[Ezra] Hey, um, I forgot my password
on my Tracker.
Can I just borrow yours?
I need to check something.
Thanks.
[Ezra] Thank you. Right.
[thunder rumbles]
[thunder rumbles]
[sound of chimes]
[Ezra] Hey.
[Scout] Hey.
You alright?
I'm
I'm worried something bad's happened.
Why?
Found out some, some things last night.
What?
You can't be a cop. OK?
[Scout] Promise that you're safe.
I promise.
[Scout] Come on.
[phone rings]
[phone rings]
[Ezra] Eugh!
[Ezra] Hi, Octavia.
-[Octavia crying]
-[Ezra] What's wrong?
[Octavia] Mum died. She's dead.
-[Octavia crying]
-[Ezra] I'm so sorry.
[Octavia crying]
[scrubbing sounds]
[menacing music plays]