Secrets & Lies (AU) (2014) s01e05 Episode Script

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REPORTER: A four-year-old boy
has been found dead in bushland
not far from the Brisbane River.
You found it, didn't you?
Mate, it's not a matter of the
facts, alright? It's how it looks.
It will put you away for life.
Do you understand that?
I got Paul Murnane taken in
by the cops.
You and Jess.
He trusted you and you killed him!
No, you're wrong!
He was my son.
Six people verified Doctor Turner
was on shift in the hospital
the night your son was killed.
She's furious!
She said you attacked Cooper.
Oh!
Get out!
Chris.
What's going on with everybody?
Why can't things just be
normal again?
I just want to know
what I should be telling people
in case you end up in jail.
If you've got it,
you've got to get rid of it.
Hey.
Hey.
Whoa! Under control.
What are you doing now?
So welcome to your first Christmas
on thrilling Blackwood Crescent.
I like it.
So where's
Paul?
Yeah. I thought he was back, no?
He was supposed to be.
I don't know,
some stupid hold-up in Kandahar.
What about Christy and the girls?
Sunny coast. School holiday.
I'm going up tomorrow.
Oh, shit!
Sorry, shaving.
I told you to check the gas bottle.
I've got a bottle. I'll go get it.
They said to get
an extension cord too.
(RUSTLING)
(SIGHS)
(MAN YELLS)
Hello?
(DOOR CLOSES)
(MIAOWS)
(THUMP!)
Anyone there?
Hello?
(CREAKING)
Argh!
Hey, stop!
Hey! Stop!
Argh!
(YELLS)
WOMAN: And do you know the owner?
It's a deceased estate.
Bailey was her name. Mrs Bailey.
She's been gone for years.
I think her son listed it.
And you've seen no-one
at the premises?
No, we all thought it was vacant.
(MAN YELLS)
Who is he?
Did you get the jacket?
Pardon?
The blue jacket.
In the laundry.
Sir, it's time to go.
Sir!
Sir.
Think they got him, Chris.
I think they got the guy.
How long do you think
he's been hiding there for?
I don't know.
Merry Christmas.
Hey, we should wait
till your mother's ready.
Thanks!
Are there any more headache tablets?
Don't look at me.
It's a face cleaner.
You'll get zits soon.
It's a face cleaner.
You'll get zits soon.
Oh, cool!
Watch these.
Hey, wait until your mother's here.
What happened up at Mrs Bailey's
house? Who was that fat guy?
I'm sure the police will find out.
Do you think
he could have killed Tom?
Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas!
Wow.
Did you burn them?
No.
Tasha, Eva, go and pack a bag each.
What?
Go and pack a bag.
We're going to Uncle Malcolm's.
Christy.
What are you talking about?
Now!
Chris.
We're going.
Now? Come on,
they just arrested a guy.
I'm not blind.
You can't do this, OK? It's
Christmas. What do I have to do?
Tell me what was in the bag
that you threw in the river.
And don't lie to me.
If you want any relationship
with me, with the girls,
do not lie to me.
(CAR HORN BEEPS)
We're going!
We're going!
Eva, you have to go.
I said we're going.
I don't want to.
Eva, come on.
I want to be with Dad.
Eva!
No, this isn't right!
Come on, Eva!
This isn't right! Off me!
Get in the car.
Dad! Dad!
MAN: Maybe I should come back later?
No, we're going.
OK, come on, sweetheart.
(SOBS)
Hey. I'll fix it, OK?
(SOBS)
Hey. I'll fix it, OK?
I'll try and sort this all out.
But just go, just
for a little while, OK?
OK?
It's OK.
I don't want to go.
Come on, Eva.
Come on.
I don't want to.
I love you. I love you.
Fuck!
(SIGHS)
What colour was it?
Blue.
Men's? Women's?
I don't know.
And the stains on it?
Blood stains. Excuse me.
OK.
How are those headaches of yours?
That eye? Getting blurry vision?
Do you know who the guy is?
You've never seen him before?
No.
Would you like to continue
to search upstairs?
Was the door locked?
No.
So you didn't break in?
No, I didn't.
Where's your family this morning?
It's Christmas. They're out.
Ah, yes.
Off to your brother-in-law's.
And why aren't you with your family,
Cornielle?
Hmm? Aren't they missing you?
You've looked here, haven't you?
Not personally.
Finished?
You don't think there was a jacket.
You're trying very hard
to do something, Mr Gundelach.
Keep going into places
you're not invited.
Finding things, losing things.
Have you found your lost torch yet?
There was a jacket.
It had blood on it.
WOMAN: Ben! Ben!
What are you doing? Kevin!
I'll call the police. Ben!
No, you wouldn't have done it.
But I bet you hated that boy.
Tom was fine.
But I'll be glad when that slut
of a mother of his is gone.
This used to be such a nice street.
The sooner you're behind bars,
the better.
(PHONE RINGS)
Hi, it's Christy Gundelach.
Sorry I can't take your call.
Leave a brief message
and I'll get back to you.
(BEEP!)
Call me. Please.
(PHONE RINGS)
Hello?
Stuart, it's Ben Gundelach.
Ben.
I didn't expect to get you today.
I thought I'd get your voicemail.
No, no, no. That's OK.
What can I do for you, Ben?
I don't know if you know,
but the cops arrested a guy
up the road from us.
Yes. Yeah, I heard.
But nothing else.
Listen, umChristy has moved out.
With the girls and, uh
Stuart, do you want a top-up?
Uh
Sorry.
Ben
She's engaging you
for the divorce, isn't she?
Come on, Ben. Let me explain.
You're a rat, Stuart.
I don't really think
I can represent you
in this other matter, Ben.
Oh, you mean the murder charges
coming up at me?
Look, I know this really good crim
defence lawyer. He's reasonable.
Yeah, well, why don't you have
a chat with Christy about selling
the house, then I can figure out
how I can pay for a barrister.
Ben
(PHONE RINGS)
What?
WOMAN: Hi. It's me, Jess.
I heard the others leave.
Eva.
Yeah.
You OK?
No.
Are you?
I've been watching the news since
I saw the cop cars this morning.
Was it him?
I don't know.
Jess
..I found a jacket.
With blood on it.
That might prove that he did it.
It went missing.
I don't know how.
I mean, maybe the guy
doubled back for it,
but I can't see how he could have.
I mean, maybe.
But when I got back and after
they took him away, it was gone.
II don't understand.
Jess, I think someone
is trying to set me up.
What?
Well, you know that torch
that was in the paper?
I had one like it and it went
missing too out of my ute.
Why you?
I guess
..I found Tom.
No. That can't happen.
It can't work out like that.
Can't.
They've got him.
Yeah.
Wait here.
Uhhere.
He didn't make presents
for everyone.
Just a few.
I'd better go.
(CRIES)
Who is he?
Who's who?
The guy you arrested in my street.
Oh, we didn't arrest him.
Thank you.
Take a seat, Mr Gundelach.
This is Mr Felix Lanagas.
He's a former resident
of Gowan Brae,
a mental health facility
that closed last month.
Sisters determined
he could look after himself.
His parents are deceased.
When he went to visit the home
of his aunt, Maureen Bailey,
he found it for sale.
And with nowhere else to go,
he broke in.
This is where Mr Lanagas was
when Tom was murdered.
The store clerk verified
that he sat outside until 7am -
three hours after Tom's death.
Mr Lanagas was already frightened.
Did you touch him?
Did you threaten him verbally?
No.
Did you threaten him physically?
OK, I went in, I knocked,
I called out and I went in.
He was hiding in the wardrobe.
He ran. I didn't make him run.
And what about the jacket?
Where did he get the jacket?
Mr Lanagas doesn't remember
a jacket.
Well, then, he's lying.
I'm sorry, he must have hid it.
He has the mental capability
of a child.
You can stay, Mr Gundelach.
We can talk some more.
No.
Does Jess know you're here?
This has to happen.
She can do it in her own time.
She'll never do it. She'll wallow
in it for months, years.
Then let her.
Are you serious?
You have no idea, do you?
I know how to look after her.
No, you know how
to look after her husband.
You have no idea about that either.
Oh, what?
How hard it is to be a soldier?
How hard it is to be with Jess.
Is she on her meds?
What do you mean?
You've got it all ahead of you.
What?
You'll figure it out.
Where is she?
She's inside.
Tash?
Whoa! What's going on?
Shit. Thought you weren't home.
What are you guys doing?
She wanted to get some clothes,
so I made her bring me.
Does your mother know?
You should talk her into
coming with us tonight.
She's got to come.
We go every year, right?
Come on.
I'm staying.
You should stay too.
It's Boxing Day.
I knew bringing you
would be a disaster.
Tash.
Mum's gonna kill you.
I'll deal with your mother.
Yeah, 'cause that's a great idea.
Oh, like bringing Eva here
in the first place.
Don't you want me here?
Of course I do!
I want you both here.
But Mum and I have some stuff
to sort out.
Eva, you should come back with us.
This is over.
Don't say that! Dad!
Tash.
You'd better phone Mum.
She doesn't trust you anymore.
(PHONE RINGS)
Hello.
Eva's here.
What?
How did she get there?
Can you put her on, please?
What?
Are you OK?
Yes.
Look, we'll talk when you get home.
I'll come and get you
as soon as Malcolm's back.
Dad's taking me to Kangaroo Point.
No, he's not.
He's taking me to see
the fireworks like we do every year
or I swear I won't come back at all!
Can you put your dad back on,
please?
Yeah.
Christy.
Fine. Take her.
Have her home by 8:00.
8:01, I call the police.
I don't like it at Uncle Malcolm's.
I know.
Hey, come on.
He said that you wanted
to be with Jess more than Mum.
No.
Tom was my brother.
You had sex with her.
Oh
Chooka.
The sexwas a mistake.
Tom was not.
Jess loved him. We all loved him.
And I love your mother still.
And I want us
to be together more than anything.
But
She has a boyfriend.
I know.
Mum and I
..we did a lot of things wrong.
But we did two things
perfectly right.
Hey.
Merry Christmas, Chook!
(SQUEALS)
Hey?
Thank you!
Will Dave still be playing tonight?
I'd say so. He's there every year.
Can we say hello?
Well, we'll see, huh?
(ENGINE SPUTTERS)
Oh, come on.
Shit.
I heard you trying to start it.
Whoo!
Eva!
Your kid?
Eva?
What?
I should have just dropped you off.
No, she'll be OK.
No, no, I get it now.
This is supposed to be
a family thing.
And instead, she's got
half her family and me.
She's having a hard time.
But I'm glad you came.
MAN: Yeah!
That's right.
Yeah. Yeah!
Yeah!
Oh, you go on
and have your fun, baby ♪
Want to get a slushie?
Well, why don't you get one
and we'll go find a table, yeah?
Whoa. Whoa! Yeah.
Yeah, baby,
go on and have your fun
Do anything you want to do
Oh, yeah
'Cause it's my last night to cry,
baby
I'm really through
With you. ♪
Leave my spare key on the table with
my favourite CDs and my T-shirt.
Just get out!
(APPLAUSE)
Thank you!
I'll be back in five. Thank you.
Maybe I'll go get us a table.
Thanks.
Hey.
Hey.
Sounding good.
Really?
Been here since five.
Bastard manager won't spring
for a beer.
I'm thinking of doing a Norah Jones
number out of spite.
I know why you're here, mate,
and it's all cool.
I didn't tell him anything.
What are you talking about?
They put me through the wringer.
But I was a rock, bro.
But you're right,
Cornielle is a tough prick.
What did he want?
Don't worry. I didn't say
anything about the torch.
Dave
They just wanted to know
about the night before.
Before you found Tom.
When we went out,
where we went,
what you had to drink.
OK, I should go.
No. Stay.
No, no, no, no.
Have another drink!
Edison, he wants another drink.
Cornielle knows I had a few.
I mean, I told him.
So what else did he want to know?
How you got home.
I was in a cab with you
and what's-her-name, right?
Yeah, we didn't go with you, mate.
I put you in a cab.
Keep the change.
Hi, Jess.
Hi, Dave.
Are you taking requests?
If you request Coldplay, Chisel
or Zep, I will electrocute you.
(SQUEALING)
Hey, hey, hey! What's going on?
She dropped her camera.
What's your problem?
Sorry.
Hey, hey, Eva.
I want to go home.
It's OK. What happened?
(YELLS) I want to go home!
(CRIES) I want to go home.
OK, OK. We'll go, we'll go.
Tell Mum you want to be with me.
I do.
But I can't do that.
Hey.
I'm sorry, angel.
Just give me one sec.
Sweetie.
Do you love her?
I can get in by myself.
Mum doesn't want to see you.
Shit. Cornielle.
I'd better go.
Mr Gundelach.
I hope this is about that jacket.
It is.
Are you lying?
Did you find one or didn't you?
I found a jacket.
I found a jacket.
And it had blood on it
and it went missing.
(SIGHS)
It's no small thing having people
think you killed someone, is it?
No.
I've seen a lot of men and women
get accused with murder.
Almost all of them
insisted they were innocent.
Most of them saw the writing
on the wall
and pretty quickly
changed their plea.
Some persisted.
Put up a token defence.
A few of them actually tried quite
hard to prove they didn't do it.
But none of them, I remember,
ever went as far as you.
Doctor and Mrs Turner,
they've gone to ground.
Their past in the UK that you dug up
will probably ruin his practice.
Felix Lanagas, who knows
where he'll end up now.
Paul Murnane, you go over there,
you get into a physical fight
with the man
and you accuse him of murder.
Now he's free.
But he's gone.
And you
..your own family
..gone.
You are running out of track, Ben.
It's the finish line.
When are you gonna stop?
When you find the guy
that killed Tom.
What do you think, Cornielle?
Do you think I killed my son?
I think you'd better forget
about that jacket.
And hope I don't find that torch.
Hey.
That's when we made him.
Yeah.
We could have another.
What?
What?
Nothing.
Nothing. Nothing, nothing.
Nothing.
JustI'm just being stupid.
(SHOWER RUNS)