One Lane Bridge (2020) s01e04 Episode Script
Fall
I said no public.
This is a cordoned-off area.
Some people say the bridge
is a link to the other side.
It awakens second sight.
It's just a bridge.
And the dead are the dead.
Oh, fuck.
Jesus.
I'm pretty sure Dad's a hawk.
It was circling overhead
the whole time at the funeral.
I know this is crap timing,
but I've got someone that
wants to buy the farm.
Grub agreed to the sale.
I loved him.
Everyone loved Grub-
And he loved me.
Fuckin' faggot!
Hey! Whoa!
Real men don't fuck other men!
Get out here, fag!
I'm gonna give up the booze.
Captions by Tash Keddy.
Edited by Maeve Kelly.
Captions were made with
the support of NZ On Air.
Copyright Able 2020
I like it. This is good.
Mm.
Do you wanna get some?
I'll do it, if you like.
Cheers.
My office. One hour.
Coffee?
Yeah.
Where've you been?
Out.
You've been in and out for two days.
Have we confirmed numbers
with the caterers?
Are we still going through with it?
Yeah.
For Grub. For Dad.
I'll give them a call this morning.
We've still got plenty of booze
left over from the wake.
Oh, let's just keep it small.
When do we wanna meet
with Charlotte?
We need to discuss the sale.
One way or another.
Tomorrow?
Mm-hm.
Hey.
Hey.
You?
Oh, ordered.
Thanks.
Uh, long black?
Sure.
That probably
shouldn't have happened.
No.
Here ya go.
Thanks.
Hey, you didn't tell-?
Uh, we shouldn't do this here.
Listen, if you change your mind,
you can still press charges.
Nah.
So what happened to Dermot?
He won't say.
Rob and Haggis taught him
a lesson, no doubt.
Jesus.
I should suspend you.
You don't go AWOL
in the middle of a case.
What's going on?
I don't know.
Won't happen again.
It won't.
Everybody gets one fuck-up.
That was yours.
Dermot was the last one
to see Grub alive.
According to his statement,
they left the hut at 2am.
They drove back to the cottage,
where they went their separate ways.
Rob's still a possibility,
although he reckons he has an
alibi - slept with some young
tourist. Didn't get a name.
I tried to locate her,
but she may have left town.
Could've been a woman.
We've been through this.
They'd have to be pretty strong
to get him over the bridge.
There's someone here
to see you at reception.
Hey.
Hey.
Thought you might need these.
Oh, mate.
How'd you get this?
You called me.
To pick you up?
After you'd been in a bar fight?
Thanks, mate.
What you got there?
It's my kaitiaki.
He's making good progress.
Not that I'd expect
you to understand.
- Is Dermot around?
At least I know why I'm lost.
Do you?
I don't have a cell phone.
Grub made me keep one in the ute,
though, in case of emergencies.
You said that the sheep got out,
but those fences look like they're
in pretty good nick.
Yeah.
That was our code.
European girl, about 160cm,
uh, brownish hair?
Excuse me.
They all fit that description.
Hey.
Maybe she left town?
That's if she ever existed
in the first place.
Hey, I spoke with Dermot.
Pulled the location on the
phone that he keeps in his ute,
which confirms his statement.
His ute wasn't anywhere near the
bridge the night of Grub's death.
Doesn't mean he didn't
travel there some other way.
It's a bit far to walk.
I mean, if he wanted to kill Grub,
he could've just done it at the hut.
Spent enough time together.
Yeah.
I jumped cos he dared me to.
I didn't want to.
I do blame him.
Ariki.
Welcome home.
Hey.
Could Lois have been
involved somehow?
My Lois?
She has a motive - first love.
Grub's the reason
she's in a wheelchair.
Right.
So how did she get there?
Did Grub pick her up?
Did she wheel herself out there?
Maybe she caught a taxi?
How'd she get there?
How'd she lift Grub over the bridge?
She's pretty strong.
Fuck's sake.
DI David Preston will be here
in the morning. You can assist.
Yeah, hi, Fran.
Yeah, thanks for calling back.
Uh, look, I need to move
our meeting back tomorrow.
Mm. How's, um, early afternoon?
Actually, um, let's make it
day after tomorrow, eh?
Great. Yeah, I'll see you then.
OK, thanks. Bye.
Mm-mm.
I'm not finished.
I don't know what you think you saw,
but it doesn't mean anything.
I guess we'll find out tomorrow.
I've left five messages for him,
but he's never replied to me.
I'll see ya soon.
Sir.
Big call, getting
the boss's wife in.
Very brave or very stupid.
We'll see which one.
Stephen and Ariki
went up the gondola.
Left me with the dishes.
I was in bed by about 11, but up
and down a bit. I don't sleep much.
Did you leave the house
during the evening?
No. I did not.
Let's get to the point, shall
we? Could I have done it? I mean,
isn't that what you want to know?
Could I physically
have committed the crime?
Cos I'm a cripple.
That's not a word I'd use.
Let's give it a go, shall we?
What, like a re-enactment?
Sure. Why not?
This is roughly the height
of One Lane Bridge.
Ariki, why don't you be Grub?
Wheelchair is on the bridge,
next to Andrew Ryder.
Can you push him, then?
Guess we'll find out.
Lois has been cleared
from the investigation.
You must be desperate,
to get your own wife.
My colleague pointed the finger.
I thought I'd do the right thing.
Good idea, after last time.
You need to get things moving. I
thought I could stay, help you out.
Nah, I'm all over it.
Great. OK, bye.
DI Preston has cleared Lois.
It's not feasible.
You were right. Someone would
have had to drive her there.
So, who haven't we considered?
Kate, Jackie.
What makes you think
it was a female?
Well, we haven't had much
luck with the men, have we?
Jackie wasn't in town
the night of the murder.
Jackie was in town that night.
She was speaking with the
family lawyer about trying to get
her shares out of the farm.
Right. And when did
she tell you this?
After the wake.
Oh, please tell me you
didn't sleep with her.
Please tell me you didn't sleep with
a suspect in the middle of a case.
You're suspended.
Pending investigation.
Don't forget Charlotte's coming.
Hello?
Hey, it's Ariki.
How did you get my number?
I'm a cop.
Look, Stephen's on his way
over now. He knows you were in
town the night that Grub died.
He also knows that you
and I slept together, so Just
thought I'd give you a heads-up.
I could lose my job.
I should have told you earlier.
I'm sorry. I just thought it would
raise more questions than answers.
I need you to come
down to the station.
{ I just told you
all about the night Grub died.
You can check with the hotel.
My lawyer will confirm our meeting.
About 4.30?
It's about another matter.
No luck with your alibi.
She must have left town.
It's your problem, not mine.
Dermot's not pressing charges.
Nothing else to talk about.
You weren't surprised
about me and Grub.
And you've known about us
from the start.
Fuck off.
What do they want our land for?
They like privacy.
Views.
Bullshit.
They're gonna come down here
and they're gonna rape our land.
Emma!
They will. Mine for gold,
turn it into a fuckin' dairy farm.
Look, I know that there are a lot
of issues to consider, but Jackie
felt it was worth a discussion.
Grub had me get a market valuation.
They'd be prepared to pay double.
Just let me know
what you decide, eh?
Wonder what her and Haggis
are getting out of this.
Certainly not doing it out of
the kindness of their hearts.
How about we sell?
No.
It will give us a lot of options.
We'll pay off our debt.
No.
I can't do this any more.
What about Poppa?
Our whole family is buried here.
Dad's buried here.
So who's gonna tell Jack?
This is Tilly Gardener. She'll be
taking some notes, if that's OK.
Are you OK if we record
this interview?
Yeah, sure.
Uh, now, I'm not sure
if you're aware,
but Detective Davis has been
suspended after a serious breach
of the Police Code of Conduct.
What kind of breach?
Sexual misconduct.
He informed me that the two
of you had sexual intercourse
the night of the wake.
What?!
Why would he say that?
So that's not what happened?
No.
Why don't you tell me
your version of events?
Um we bumped into each other
at a club after the wake.
Had a bit of a dance.
Um, later, he walked me to a taxi.
Uh
I asked him to come home with me,
didn't want to be alone. He said no.
Called him a wanker, or words to
that effect. Uh, got in the cab,
went home, cried into my pillow.
So why would he say
that you slept together?
I dunno.
Ego? Maybe he just doesn't
remember. He was completely wasted.
So nothing happened?
No.
I chewed his ear off over
a few drinks, we had a bit of a
boogie, but nothing sexual, no.
You left Stephen no option.
He had to suspend you.
Why did you think I killed Grub?
There is something going on with you
and that bridge. There is something
going on with that bridge full stop,
and it is messing with me.
I went back there
yesterday, to find my wallet.
And when I turned around,
there were these two people
just standing there, watching me.
I've seen them before.
Young couple.
She was pregnant.
Did they have anything
to do with Grub's death?
I doubt it.
They're dead.
They've been dead for 70 years.
Stay away from One Lane Bridge.
I'm serious. It's not safe.
What do you mean
it's a link to the other side?
All I know is that it changes you.
This is Annabel Martinez. Rob told
her to come see you about spending
the other night together.
Oh, hi. Rob finally
tracked you down, eh?
I've been in Te Anau.
Lovely. Do you have
any ID on you, Annabel?
Thank you.
You killed him. We killed him.
It was just a bird.
It was Dad's spirit.
Emma.
How else do you explain it?
It was fit, healthy,
and as soon as you decide
to sell the farm, it dies.
God, I need a drink.
Go. Get wasted. Cause some more shit
you can't remember in the morning.
Do you think I could have done it?
Done what?
Killed Grub. Not remembered it.
Maybe that's why they
can't find who did it?
Don't be stupid.
I should just fuckin' leave.
Why? You won't be suspended forever.
Nah, I'll be fired.
What were you thinking?
You sure you should be training? You
might have wrecked your shoulder.
I'll catch you up.
Don't take it personally.
I've let down everyone's tyres.
I just can't be here any more.
What's going on?
They haven't told you?
They're selling the farm.
You knew?
Yeah. Grub mentioned
it was a possibility.
Five generations
of Braithwaites
have worked this land.
Our bones are in that graveyard.
Same as yours.
You're the only one
that understands.
You really loved him, didn't you?
Joe!
Joe!
Ah, shit.
I don't believe in this shit!
Fuck.
Emma!
Emma! Emma!
Emma!
Emma!
Emma?
Emma.
I'm a black-out drunk too.
Detective Davis?
Where's Emma? Did she make it?
Why do we do it?
Shut up!
I hate this fucking place.
I can't do it without you.
You've covered up worse.
Was it Kate?
Captions were made with the
support of NZ On Air.
This is a cordoned-off area.
Some people say the bridge
is a link to the other side.
It awakens second sight.
It's just a bridge.
And the dead are the dead.
Oh, fuck.
Jesus.
I'm pretty sure Dad's a hawk.
It was circling overhead
the whole time at the funeral.
I know this is crap timing,
but I've got someone that
wants to buy the farm.
Grub agreed to the sale.
I loved him.
Everyone loved Grub-
And he loved me.
Fuckin' faggot!
Hey! Whoa!
Real men don't fuck other men!
Get out here, fag!
I'm gonna give up the booze.
Captions by Tash Keddy.
Edited by Maeve Kelly.
Captions were made with
the support of NZ On Air.
Copyright Able 2020
I like it. This is good.
Mm.
Do you wanna get some?
I'll do it, if you like.
Cheers.
My office. One hour.
Coffee?
Yeah.
Where've you been?
Out.
You've been in and out for two days.
Have we confirmed numbers
with the caterers?
Are we still going through with it?
Yeah.
For Grub. For Dad.
I'll give them a call this morning.
We've still got plenty of booze
left over from the wake.
Oh, let's just keep it small.
When do we wanna meet
with Charlotte?
We need to discuss the sale.
One way or another.
Tomorrow?
Mm-hm.
Hey.
Hey.
You?
Oh, ordered.
Thanks.
Uh, long black?
Sure.
That probably
shouldn't have happened.
No.
Here ya go.
Thanks.
Hey, you didn't tell-?
Uh, we shouldn't do this here.
Listen, if you change your mind,
you can still press charges.
Nah.
So what happened to Dermot?
He won't say.
Rob and Haggis taught him
a lesson, no doubt.
Jesus.
I should suspend you.
You don't go AWOL
in the middle of a case.
What's going on?
I don't know.
Won't happen again.
It won't.
Everybody gets one fuck-up.
That was yours.
Dermot was the last one
to see Grub alive.
According to his statement,
they left the hut at 2am.
They drove back to the cottage,
where they went their separate ways.
Rob's still a possibility,
although he reckons he has an
alibi - slept with some young
tourist. Didn't get a name.
I tried to locate her,
but she may have left town.
Could've been a woman.
We've been through this.
They'd have to be pretty strong
to get him over the bridge.
There's someone here
to see you at reception.
Hey.
Hey.
Thought you might need these.
Oh, mate.
How'd you get this?
You called me.
To pick you up?
After you'd been in a bar fight?
Thanks, mate.
What you got there?
It's my kaitiaki.
He's making good progress.
Not that I'd expect
you to understand.
- Is Dermot around?
At least I know why I'm lost.
Do you?
I don't have a cell phone.
Grub made me keep one in the ute,
though, in case of emergencies.
You said that the sheep got out,
but those fences look like they're
in pretty good nick.
Yeah.
That was our code.
European girl, about 160cm,
uh, brownish hair?
Excuse me.
They all fit that description.
Hey.
Maybe she left town?
That's if she ever existed
in the first place.
Hey, I spoke with Dermot.
Pulled the location on the
phone that he keeps in his ute,
which confirms his statement.
His ute wasn't anywhere near the
bridge the night of Grub's death.
Doesn't mean he didn't
travel there some other way.
It's a bit far to walk.
I mean, if he wanted to kill Grub,
he could've just done it at the hut.
Spent enough time together.
Yeah.
I jumped cos he dared me to.
I didn't want to.
I do blame him.
Ariki.
Welcome home.
Hey.
Could Lois have been
involved somehow?
My Lois?
She has a motive - first love.
Grub's the reason
she's in a wheelchair.
Right.
So how did she get there?
Did Grub pick her up?
Did she wheel herself out there?
Maybe she caught a taxi?
How'd she get there?
How'd she lift Grub over the bridge?
She's pretty strong.
Fuck's sake.
DI David Preston will be here
in the morning. You can assist.
Yeah, hi, Fran.
Yeah, thanks for calling back.
Uh, look, I need to move
our meeting back tomorrow.
Mm. How's, um, early afternoon?
Actually, um, let's make it
day after tomorrow, eh?
Great. Yeah, I'll see you then.
OK, thanks. Bye.
Mm-mm.
I'm not finished.
I don't know what you think you saw,
but it doesn't mean anything.
I guess we'll find out tomorrow.
I've left five messages for him,
but he's never replied to me.
I'll see ya soon.
Sir.
Big call, getting
the boss's wife in.
Very brave or very stupid.
We'll see which one.
Stephen and Ariki
went up the gondola.
Left me with the dishes.
I was in bed by about 11, but up
and down a bit. I don't sleep much.
Did you leave the house
during the evening?
No. I did not.
Let's get to the point, shall
we? Could I have done it? I mean,
isn't that what you want to know?
Could I physically
have committed the crime?
Cos I'm a cripple.
That's not a word I'd use.
Let's give it a go, shall we?
What, like a re-enactment?
Sure. Why not?
This is roughly the height
of One Lane Bridge.
Ariki, why don't you be Grub?
Wheelchair is on the bridge,
next to Andrew Ryder.
Can you push him, then?
Guess we'll find out.
Lois has been cleared
from the investigation.
You must be desperate,
to get your own wife.
My colleague pointed the finger.
I thought I'd do the right thing.
Good idea, after last time.
You need to get things moving. I
thought I could stay, help you out.
Nah, I'm all over it.
Great. OK, bye.
DI Preston has cleared Lois.
It's not feasible.
You were right. Someone would
have had to drive her there.
So, who haven't we considered?
Kate, Jackie.
What makes you think
it was a female?
Well, we haven't had much
luck with the men, have we?
Jackie wasn't in town
the night of the murder.
Jackie was in town that night.
She was speaking with the
family lawyer about trying to get
her shares out of the farm.
Right. And when did
she tell you this?
After the wake.
Oh, please tell me you
didn't sleep with her.
Please tell me you didn't sleep with
a suspect in the middle of a case.
You're suspended.
Pending investigation.
Don't forget Charlotte's coming.
Hello?
Hey, it's Ariki.
How did you get my number?
I'm a cop.
Look, Stephen's on his way
over now. He knows you were in
town the night that Grub died.
He also knows that you
and I slept together, so Just
thought I'd give you a heads-up.
I could lose my job.
I should have told you earlier.
I'm sorry. I just thought it would
raise more questions than answers.
I need you to come
down to the station.
{ I just told you
all about the night Grub died.
You can check with the hotel.
My lawyer will confirm our meeting.
About 4.30?
It's about another matter.
No luck with your alibi.
She must have left town.
It's your problem, not mine.
Dermot's not pressing charges.
Nothing else to talk about.
You weren't surprised
about me and Grub.
And you've known about us
from the start.
Fuck off.
What do they want our land for?
They like privacy.
Views.
Bullshit.
They're gonna come down here
and they're gonna rape our land.
Emma!
They will. Mine for gold,
turn it into a fuckin' dairy farm.
Look, I know that there are a lot
of issues to consider, but Jackie
felt it was worth a discussion.
Grub had me get a market valuation.
They'd be prepared to pay double.
Just let me know
what you decide, eh?
Wonder what her and Haggis
are getting out of this.
Certainly not doing it out of
the kindness of their hearts.
How about we sell?
No.
It will give us a lot of options.
We'll pay off our debt.
No.
I can't do this any more.
What about Poppa?
Our whole family is buried here.
Dad's buried here.
So who's gonna tell Jack?
This is Tilly Gardener. She'll be
taking some notes, if that's OK.
Are you OK if we record
this interview?
Yeah, sure.
Uh, now, I'm not sure
if you're aware,
but Detective Davis has been
suspended after a serious breach
of the Police Code of Conduct.
What kind of breach?
Sexual misconduct.
He informed me that the two
of you had sexual intercourse
the night of the wake.
What?!
Why would he say that?
So that's not what happened?
No.
Why don't you tell me
your version of events?
Um we bumped into each other
at a club after the wake.
Had a bit of a dance.
Um, later, he walked me to a taxi.
Uh
I asked him to come home with me,
didn't want to be alone. He said no.
Called him a wanker, or words to
that effect. Uh, got in the cab,
went home, cried into my pillow.
So why would he say
that you slept together?
I dunno.
Ego? Maybe he just doesn't
remember. He was completely wasted.
So nothing happened?
No.
I chewed his ear off over
a few drinks, we had a bit of a
boogie, but nothing sexual, no.
You left Stephen no option.
He had to suspend you.
Why did you think I killed Grub?
There is something going on with you
and that bridge. There is something
going on with that bridge full stop,
and it is messing with me.
I went back there
yesterday, to find my wallet.
And when I turned around,
there were these two people
just standing there, watching me.
I've seen them before.
Young couple.
She was pregnant.
Did they have anything
to do with Grub's death?
I doubt it.
They're dead.
They've been dead for 70 years.
Stay away from One Lane Bridge.
I'm serious. It's not safe.
What do you mean
it's a link to the other side?
All I know is that it changes you.
This is Annabel Martinez. Rob told
her to come see you about spending
the other night together.
Oh, hi. Rob finally
tracked you down, eh?
I've been in Te Anau.
Lovely. Do you have
any ID on you, Annabel?
Thank you.
You killed him. We killed him.
It was just a bird.
It was Dad's spirit.
Emma.
How else do you explain it?
It was fit, healthy,
and as soon as you decide
to sell the farm, it dies.
God, I need a drink.
Go. Get wasted. Cause some more shit
you can't remember in the morning.
Do you think I could have done it?
Done what?
Killed Grub. Not remembered it.
Maybe that's why they
can't find who did it?
Don't be stupid.
I should just fuckin' leave.
Why? You won't be suspended forever.
Nah, I'll be fired.
What were you thinking?
You sure you should be training? You
might have wrecked your shoulder.
I'll catch you up.
Don't take it personally.
I've let down everyone's tyres.
I just can't be here any more.
What's going on?
They haven't told you?
They're selling the farm.
You knew?
Yeah. Grub mentioned
it was a possibility.
Five generations
of Braithwaites
have worked this land.
Our bones are in that graveyard.
Same as yours.
You're the only one
that understands.
You really loved him, didn't you?
Joe!
Joe!
Ah, shit.
I don't believe in this shit!
Fuck.
Emma!
Emma! Emma!
Emma!
Emma!
Emma?
Emma.
I'm a black-out drunk too.
Detective Davis?
Where's Emma? Did she make it?
Why do we do it?
Shut up!
I hate this fucking place.
I can't do it without you.
You've covered up worse.
Was it Kate?
Captions were made with the
support of NZ On Air.