Secrets & Lies (AU) (2014) s01e04 Episode Script

A 4-year-old boy
has been found dead in bushland
not far from the brisbane river.
The cause of thom's death
was blunt force trauma
to the back of the skull.
Didn't we get you a kit
with one like this?
Gone.
What's going on?
Apparently the police won't let
them take our rubbish.
Well, he must like her -
he had a child with her.
I should go.
Thom's real dad was me.
You're incredible.
Tash.
You and mum can't break up.
That's not meant to happen.
Tasha!
What are you doing?
I said no to this!
Let her go, man!
Dad!
I did not touch her.
Get out of my house!
Dad?
Dad?
Hey.
Are you ok?
Yeah. What's up?
You'd better come to the pool.
Ok.
Yeah. Just one sec.
Why didn't you fish it out?
You're the expert at
getting rid of stuff.
I've got muffins in the oven.
Are you hungry?
Where's your mum?
Did you speak with Cooper?
Haven't spoken to anyone.
I'm poison right now, thanks to you.
I told you not to go to that party.
You embarrassed me
in front of everyone I know.
Your life might be shit, but some
of us are still trying to have one.
I just don't ever want to
see you get hurt.
You can't just
Throw yourself at guys.
You don't have the right to tell me
who to sleep with.
Listen, did you
..See anybody near the back
of my ute last night
when Dave brought you home?
No. I don't know, I didn't notice.
I've gotta go. Watch eva?
Ben. It's Ryan carr
from the house you're painting.
Taylor and I are pretty concerned
about your progress,
so can you give us a call?
Hi, pat.
You look dreadful.
Is that wife of yours
looking after you?
Yes.
It's all that rubbish they're
writing about you in the papers.
Not fit to wipe your arse with.
As if you could have done
a thing like that!
Good lord.
That poor boy.
Dave!
I'm on the loo!
Well, what are you doing in there -
knitting a jumper?
Hurry up, you've got a visitor.
Ok, all this Tasha business
Did you put something in my ute?
What?
Did you put something in my ute?
What are you talking about?
I'm not dicking around, ok?
Last night,
after you brought Tash home.
Ok, nothing happened with Tasha.
Seriously, she's your daughter.
Ok! Did you put anything
in my back toolbox?!
I don't know what you're
talking about!
Did you?!
Jesus. Look at yourself.
You kicked me out of your house, you
told me to never come back again.
2.2 seconds later you're in here
accusing me of what?
What did I put in your ute?
What did you find?
What? You can't even tell me?
Mate, what is going on
with you, mate?
Look, this whole thom stuff
is awful, I know that
..But you're acting nuts.
You're running around,
you're accusing people of shit.
Look at yourself.
Look how you're treating the people
that care about you.
I shouldn't have come.
Yeah, well, tell me, Ben.
What is going on? What did you find?
Thank your mum.
Hey, mr carr.
I'm sorry, I'm on my way.
Don't bother.
What's that?
Don't bother going to the house.
I said I'd have it done
by Christmas, and I will.
Seriously?
You seriously think that's possible?
I've
Because I don't.
I just I've got some issues right
now. I just need a day or two
Yeah, well, we're gonna
find somebody else.
Look, we had a deal.
Take us to court.
Hey. What's going on?
They're in your workshop.
I've actually gotta go out,
so I can't really help you
with that tonight.
Are you expecting him
home anytime soon?
No, not really.
He's gonna be at work for at least,
I don't know, two or three hours.
I've gotta run off, myself, so
Mr gundelach.
Just the person we want to see.
Do you have the key to this locker?
What are you looking for?
It's something to do
with your torch.
Is there a problem, mr gundelach?
Righto, let's get these receipts.
Store receipts,
handwritten receipts,
print-offs of online purchases.
I said I didn't have a problem
with them having a look.
When did you say
you bought the torch?
I don't remember,
ask our accountant.
And you don't remember,
mr gundelach?
Last year two years ago?
Three?
Are you alright, mr gundelach?
You're bleeding again.
I'm fine.
Perhaps we could take these with us
and you could take mr gundelach
to a doctor.
Thank you for your time.
Thank you for your time.
Why are you home so early?
I, um
..I lost the job
at the new farm house.
What are you doing, Ben?
I'll get another job.
You'll screw it up
running around trying to do
the police's job for them.
They think I did it.
You didn't do it.
I know that!
Then let it go.
I hate this. It's ruining us.
It's just speeding things up.
You know that.
We need to get you to dr Turner.
I can get there myself.
Ok.
How are you?
I'm good. How are you?
You look beautiful.
Thank you.
Thank you.
All set?
Yeah.
Let's go.
You've been through
a lot lately.
The whole street's been through
a lot lately.
We'll live.
How about your family?
How's Christy and the girls?
I wish they didn't have to
see it all.
No, it's not fair.
But you can't do
anything about that, can you?
I wish I could. But this -
you should have seen me sooner.
Headaches?
Yep.
Are you self-medicating?
Yep.
Let's have a look.
We don't want to see
a detached retina.
Ok, look over there.
Now, are you seeing
any floaters in your eye?
Those squiggly things
that drift in your vision.
No.
Ok. Other eye.
And no flashes or black spots?
No.
Ok.
Retina looks fine, which is good.
But I'm gonna write you
a script for those headaches.
Back in a tick.
You can get that filled in
next door.
I'll
Thanks.
Hello?
Mr gundelach, Ian cornielle.
You're not on your way to a job,
are you?
What do you want?
This is a receipt we found
in your files this morning.
It just says 'torch kit' on there
..But we contacted
the hardware chain
and they verified that
the product code at that date
..Was the light chief 22.
That's the same make
that forensic services determined
was used to kill thom murnane.
So, we have the case
..We have the receipt
..We have the forensic report
..And you own the torch
that was used to kill thom.
So what?
Maybe it's the same model,
I don't know.
But I bet you asked
that hardware chain
how many of those torches
they sell, right?
Hundreds?
I mean, there's gotta be
hundreds of them out there.
Yes, mine is missing,
but that doesn't mean it was used
to kill thom.
I don't know what happened to it,
I don't know who took it.
I don't know where it is.
Thank you for your time,
mr gundelach.
How dare they? How dare they?
I had to just go straight down
to the newspaper and tell them.
Who needs to know that?
Who needs to read
that my little boy's head
was smashed by multiple blows?
Who needs to read that?
Jess, the police released it
for a reason.
They just want to smoke out
whoever they think did it
by letting them know
they know what was used.
Where are your tablets?
The sedatives that dr Turner
prescribed.
I don't need drugs.
Come on, Jess.
They're in my bag.
Here.
This whole thing is just
cutting me into pieces.
I can't eat, I can't sleep.
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Hi, Jess.
Hi, Vanessa.
I was just hi, Ben.
Hey.
I was just wondering
if you possibly had a ladder.
I was just wondering
if you possibly had a ladder.
I was just wondering
if you possibly had a ladder.
Maybe you have one, Ben.
It's always the way, isn't it?
Disaster strikes when you've got
a million things to do.
Ha! Isn't it?
We've got a Christmas dinner
tonight, Tim's practice.
It's our turn to host.
Of course he's not here,
he's gone from the clinic
straight to drinks at the hospital.
Sorry about the chaos.
Try having kids.
There's our bloody little niagara.
There's a manhole
through there to the roof.
Do you have a torch?
No.
Thank you so much for doing this.
No worries.
I think I see it!
Hey, there's a box up here
getting wet.
Really?
Yeah, I'll move it.
Yeah,
you've lost a roofing screw.
Is that bad?
Well, I can stop the leak
pretty easy with some silicone,
but you're gonna have to replace
the sheet of iron.
Are you ok?
Here you go.
Careful, the bottom's falling out.
Who's the boy?
I've no idea.
It must be the previous owner's.
We've never been up there.
Let's have a look?
No, really, Ben, it's fine.
Thank you,
you've done so much already.
What about the leak?
I'll call a roofer.
Really, Ben, you've been
a great help. Thank you.
Yeah.
Hey.
Hi.
Where's your sister?
I don't know. She went out.
Cooper came over
and she dropped everything.
Didn't you hear his car?
No, I was helping mrs Turner.
Tash was gonna take me shopping.
Uncle Malcolm's Christmas party's
tonight.
It's tonight.
He always gets me a great present,
I have to get him something.
Ok, ok, just put your shoes on.
If he says I can have a sip
of champagne again, is that ok?
We'll see.
Did you find it?
Come on, man, you barrel in tense
as shit to my house this morning,
asking me if I put something
in your ute.
You found it, didn't you?
Don't be insane.
Mate, we've got a lot of stuff
to sort out, ok?
But this is bigger than that
bullshit. If you've found
Keep your voice down.
If you have that torch,
it will put you away for life,
do you understand that?
If you've got it,
you've got to get rid of it.
I don't have it.
Mate, this is not a matter of the
facts, alright? It's how it looks.
Jesus, give it to me,
I'll get rid of it.
Get rid of it.
You're not ready?
Yeah, give me a minute.
You smell bad.
So, what do you want to get
Uncle Malcolm?
I don't know. What do you think?
This isn't the way to the shops.
No. Don't worry, we'll get there.
Is that mr and mrs Turner?
Shh, shh, shh, shh.
This is what Ben found
in our attic.
What?!
Just get rid of it.
No, please.
Today.
Wait here. Lock the doors.
Dad!
I'll be back in a sec.
Tim.
Ben, what are you doing here?
Why did you do that?
Who was that boy?
Why'd you have his stuff?
It's none of your business.
Why did you burn it? Tell me.
Hey, leave me alone.
What did you do to that boy?
Ben, it's not your business!
Eva!
Hello?
I said wait in the car!
You left me alone! Why would you do
that?! I didn't know where you went!
I was coming back. Come on,
of course I was coming back.
No, don't!
I didn't know where you went.
I'm sorry.
What's going on with everybody?
Why can't things just be
normal again?
Sweetie, things won't be normal
for a long time, you know that.
But you need to be.
I'm sorry, ok?
We can still go shopping.
It's ok.
What the
This one's incredible.
But this one's my favourite, here.
Yeah.
Ben. Um this is my friend Oliver,
from uni.
Hey. How are you going?
Is this the guy you're
sleeping with?
Ben!
Listen, I should probably go.
I need the computer.
What?
Exactly. What?
What has gotten into you?
What's gotten into me?
Why don't you go relax
with your boyfriend?
Oliver is my friend.
You brought him into our house,
Chris.
And where did you sleep with Jess?
Do you have any idea
how bad things are?
Yeah, and you keep on
making them worse.
I'm trying to make them better!
How?
How?
You have no idea.
You're right.
My God.
Ben, it's not a good time.
Where is he?
He's not here! Ben, please
let me sit down and explain.
You lied to me!
We haven't done anything.
Turner!
Tim!
Ben.
Would you, um come with me?
Um Ben, listen.
Jamie kemp.
The little boy in falmouth.
The boy you molested.
I did not molest him.
His mother said you did.
Well, she's wrong.
I'm not in jail, am I?
The papers said it was a mistrial.
You left england,
you changed your name.
I dropped half my name legally.
And you came here.
Did you touch him?
I never hurt Jamie.
What about thom?
He trusted you and you killed him!
Ben! No!
And you used my fucking torch!
No, you're wrong!
He was my son!
Tim.
No.
You're finished.
Ben! Ben, stop.
How can you live with him?
Tim hasn't done anything wrong.
You don't believe that.
You were as surprised as I was
when you saw that box.
You think you know, but you don't.
I know enough.
You don't know anything.
Ben, please!
Get over here.
I know who killed thom.
I don't believe it.
He's your doctor.
He's our children's doctor.
And he was hounded out of the uk.
But he's not in jail.
He will be.
What is going on with you, Ben?
I found a photo.
Eva said you left her alone
at the hospital.
Do you have any idea what
she's going through?
Are you even listening to me?!
There's a fucking paedophile
living across the street.
Benjamin!
You really have to stop all this.
We're going to Malcolm's tonight.
I'm not going to your brother's.
Eva wants us all to go.
Don't let her down again.
You're not arresting him?
What for?
Six people verified dr Turner
was on shift in the hospital
the night your son was killed.
We established that
one day after you found thom.
But the boy in england.
And we knew about that.
There was no conviction recorded,
so as far as we're concerned
dr Turner is an innocent man.
Although I'm not sure the press
will leave it at that
'cause they love a scandal.
I'm sure you can imagine
how hard it is to work
when everyone thinks
you committed a crime.
Dr Turner said something
very interesting to me.
He told me what you said to him.
It was in the heat of the moment,
admittedly
..But you said, "you killed him
"..And you used my fucking torch."
So now you do think your torch
was used to murder thom.
That's what you told me.
Right?
Mr gundelach what
aren't you telling me?
I have a family dinner.
I'd make the most of that.
It can't have gone missing!
I bought it yesterday.
I don't know where it is.
Have you looked in your room?
Yes, I have looked in my room!
Well, look again!
Yes, eva, I said
we could get a present.
Good. Where?
I don't know.
We'll stop somewhere along the way.
Hey, guys hey,
I'm not really ready.
Well, we're late.
Chris
Ben, come on.
No.
No.
No.
Yeah.
This is shit.
No, it's not.
Tasha.
Where are we going to stop?
What for?
Eva doesn't have a present
for Malcolm.
Right.
Hey, can we get him some wine?
No.
What about a subscription to fuse?
Come on, let's go.
I'll wait here.
Are you going to jail?
What?
We need to know. I need to know.
I'm not going to jail.
Everyone thinks you're crazy.
I'm going through some stuff, ok?
Cooper's terrified of you,
mum's a wreck,
and the turners -
what did you do to them?
People are saying I did something
I didn't do.
Yeah, well, you're doing things
you wouldn't normally do.
Hitting people, accusing people.
So what are we supposed to think?
Tash, I didn't
Listen.
I just want to know
what I should be telling people
in case you end up in jail.
I was just having a piss.