Bite Club (2018) s01e06 Episode Script

- - Three and a half years ago, we pulled a dead guy out of an old well.
Serial victim number two, Melody Gibbs.
Both of them have missing teeth.
That's the connection.
Teeth are an archetypal symbol of impotence.
Alright, OK, we need to be on the look-out for a limp prick.
[BREATHLESS.]
People can see us Only if they're looking.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]
Look, I was walking my dog I think it's a dead body.
This is Bob Anderson, found in a drain two nights ago after an anonymous tip.
Is that a bite mark? And? You might be aware that we're in the process of setting up a strike force.
Serial killer.
That's what we'll be investigating.
I know you want to be a detective.
You've shown initiative and persistence.
I trust that you've learned from your mistakes.
Yes, ma'am.
Shit.
I'm sorry.
Bye.
You know what? Why wait six months? Who wants a big wedding anyway? Not me.
So let's just do it.
You, me, a few friends, Bora Bora - When? - Next week? [BOTH LAUGH.]
[FOREBODING MUSIC.]
[PENSIVE MUSIC.]
Found this over there.
Next to a towel, shirt and some shoes.
Yep.
Simon Keynes.
He's 37, he's a local.
Financial consultant.
Who found the body? Came down for a swim around five.
No other witnesses.
It's messy.
It's caved in the back of his skull.
Slipped on the edge of the pool, maybe? Here we go.
- It's waterlogged.
- Detective Rawlings? There goes my theory.
Bag it up.
We might get some DNA.
See what you can do with that.
- You got that address? - Yep.
Let's go.
You should know that I've had my leave approved.
I'll be finishing up tomorrow for a couple of weeks.
I thought you weren't going on holiday until after the wedding.
We are, we decided to bring the wedding forward.
We're going to get married while we're away.
Right.
So why the sudden rush? Well, why wait? You're not pregnant, are you? Hey, check this out.
That's an original.
I'll take your word for it.
What's it worth? Dunno, maybe 30, 40 grand.
We're in the wrong line of work.
Yeah.
Who are you? Is there anyone we can call? Simon's parents No, I'll call them.
It should come from me.
This is just It's not real.
I can't Sorry.
Olivia, we need to ask you some questions about Simon.
Is that OK? He was the gentlest, kindest, loveliest guy you'd ever meet.
And how long have you lived together? Um Nearly two years.
We met in our 20s.
We didn't date then.
And is there anyone you can think of who might have reason to hurt him? No.
God no.
Everyone loves Simon.
Everyone.
I know people say that, but with Simon, it's true.
When's the last time you saw him? Um, last night.
And what time did he leave this morning? I don't know.
He normally goes for a swim early.
You didn't hear him get up? I'm a sound sleeper.
Look, Olivia, we're going to need a formal identification.
Do you think you're going to be up to that? Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
OK.
So tonight, engagement drinks? You don't have to come.
Yeah, it'd be weird if I was there.
Not for me.
It'd be weirder if everyone else was there and you're not.
Can I bring a friend? Sure.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
[SAD MUSIC.]
[SOBS.]
Yes, it's It's Simon.
Sorry, can I have a few moments? Simon, I'm so sorry.
What do you think she's sorry about? Sorry for killing him? JIM: 'How the hunted become the hunters.
' STEPHEN: That's a great picture.
Certainly got a pound of flesh.
Yeah, about ten pound less than the shark.
Hey, how'd you go with the victim's phone? Oh, yeah, I'm just dragging it out in the gel but it's going to take a bit of time.
I found a link in our serial killer case.
Two of the killer's victims were in a rehab group together.
Rehab? Melody Gibbs had a mild form of spinal stenosis and Aaron Lindon was recovering from a motorbike accident at the same time.
Same hospital.
Doesn't mean that they knew each other.
I spoke to the admitting nurse.
She said that they did.
They've got a stack of files that haven't been digitised yet sitting in records.
Great, Claire.
Keep me updated.
Thought I'd go to the hospital, see what I can dig up.
Hey, I'll come with you.
Make it easier with two people.
Yeah, good idea.
Well done, Claire.
[FOREBODING MUSIC.]
What? Gonna have to watch out for you.
What do you mean? Showing me up like that.
I wasn't, I was just I'm just joking.
Seriously, though I'll keep my eye on you.
Good one.
Claire, how about you speak to the admitting nurse, I'll go to the records room, see what we can find? Don't you want to hear what she has to say? I just want to speed things along.
You know what the boss is like.
Time is money.
- I'll meet you there.
- OK.
It's alphabetical and by year.
OK, um Julian.
I can take it from here.
Sure.
Need anything else? Nah, I think I'm good.
I'll give you a shout.
- OK.
- Cheers.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]
Here we go.
Stephen? Stephen? Boo.
[EXHALES.]
Hey.
Find anything interesting? Not a lot.
They don't seem to have extensive records on them.
Well, I found something pretty interesting.
Oh, yeah? Yeah, the nurse remembers Melody and Aaron.
Said they were a cute couple.
- Couple.
- She also said that Melody complained several times to staff that some guy was stalking her.
What do you mean stalking? Hassling her, you know? And there was a doctor, Melody's orthopaedic surgeon.
Apparently he confronted this guy one day in the carpark.
Does she remember what he looked like? No, I don't think she ever saw him.
But the doctor obviously did.
He's still here? No, he transferred not too long after this.
We need to track him down, get an ID on the stalker.
This is important.
I know it is.
I think you're right.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
Got an update on our floater.
Well, I interviewed everyone at Simon Keynes' work.
His girlfriend was right, he's universally loved.
He comes from a good family.
His father's a lay preacher.
No debts, no drugs, no disgruntled clients.
- So what got him killed? - Hmm? What got him killed? I don't know, random? Got into an argument with someone? Depak got it working.
Have a look.
'Meet me at the pool at five'.
Not random, then.
Who sent it? It's from a blocked number.
Depak's on it.
Maybe Olivia could enlighten us.
[KNOCKING.]
Hi.
Hey, Olivia.
We were wondering if we could ask you a few more questions, if that's OK? No, that's not OK.
And who are you? John Martinotti.
I'm Olivia's lawyer.
Is that true? Yes.
Well we'd like to ask Olivia a few questions about a message that her boyfriend received.
Well, that's not going to happen because I've advised my client not to speak to the police.
And why would you advise that? If you want to question my client, detectives, you're going to have to arrest her.
Otherwise this conversation ends here.
Hey.
Check this out.
So this is Olivia Hall's social media, right? There's heaps of pictures of her and Simon together but they're all at functions and formal occasions.
They're never on their own, like selfies, holiday snaps.
Just feels like there's something missing.
Maybe they didn't take any.
So this is us.
[EXHALES.]
[SAD MUSIC.]
Kept those, huh? What do you see? None of that's there.
Well then if they weren't a couple, then why the charade? Well, she's a flight attendant.
She travels a lot.
Hey, you ready? Shit, I just need five minutes to change.
Bora Bora.
Yeah.
Can't come soon enough.
[FUN, FUNKY MUSIC.]
The admitting nurse remembered them, said Melody and Aaron were a couple but some guy was also in love with her.
Wouldn't leave her alone.
Hey, enough about work.
I've seen them and I've seen all the Twilights, as well.
- Oh, God.
- Love 'em.
Breaking Dawn Number two, number three.
All of them.
I love Kristen Stewart.
I'm actually in love with her.
- Me, too.
- I think she likes girls.
- I don't mind at all.
- Yeah, that's cool.
Could I get everyone's attention please? I would love to propose a toast.
Now, most of us know Zoe as a cop who always gets her man.
So, no exception here.
[CHUCKLING.]
But, seriously, I'm sure that you will all join me in wishing Kristof and Zoe every happiness in their future together.
May your marriage be loving and strong and remember, on the bad days, always be kind to each other.
[ROOM REACTS WARMLY.]
[MUSIC RESUMES.]
- Oh, I'm sorry.
- Oh, I'm so sorry.
Are you OK? Sorry.
Hi.
- Sorry I'm late.
- That's OK.
So, this must be the lucky guy.
- Hi, I'm Pia.
- Kristof and Zoe.
Oh, yeah, old mates.
[DRY CHUCKLES.]
AMBER: Uh, so Kate, how do you know everyone? I live with Zoe and I've known Dan and Kristof for years and I'm having sex with Stephen.
Mind you, he hasn't returned any of my calls.
I've been working.
I've been busy.
Stephen! Holding out on me, dude.
Top score, though.
What? Is that wrong? WOMEN: Yes.
Sorry.
JIM: Nice speech.
Shame about the reality.
Yeah, well, marriages don't all have to end that badly, do they? You know that photo of us that went around the office? Karen got wind of it.
She's using it as an excuse to move the kids interstate, to be closer to her sister.
Shit, Jim, I'm sorry.
Yeah.
It's alright.
It's not going to happen.
- I won't let it.
- This is a nightmare.
[CHUCKLES.]
That's what she said.
[EXHALES.]
Thinks everyone's laughing at her.
You know, I'm almost, what, 21 and I don't know how to drive.
I'll teach you.
I'll pick you up tomorrow, eight o'clock.
- Really? - Yeah.
You'll be driving like that.
It's easy.
Hey.
I would offer but I don't have a car.
Mmm.
OK.
- See you tomorrow.
- Yeah, OK.
Sounds good.
- See you.
- OK, bye.
See you, Claire.
- Cheers.
- Yeah, cheers.
- DAN: You off? - AMBER: Yep.
Good to see you.
So, you and Pia, huh? Uh, what about you and Stephen? [LAUGHS.]
What? You're kidding, right? Oh, is this because you're going to be going on tour? - Staying focused? - If I go.
- What do you mean? - [SIGHS.]
I don't know.
I just - I'll talk to you about it soon.
- What? [SAD MUSIC.]
Rah! Hey.
Hey.
What's your name? - Gus.
- JIM: Gus? - Hi, Gus.
- Oh, no.
Hey, mate.
Come on, it's time to get dressed.
Your clothes are on your bed, OK? Good boy.
[SIGHS.]
Sorry about that.
Ah, Gus! How did you get in here? OK, thanks, bye.
Hey, so that painting in the victim's apartment is genuine.
But I was wrong about the price.
It sold for 95 thousand.
It was purchased at an auction house by one John Martinotti.
- What? - Yep.
- Shall we? - [SIGHS.]
Jim? Hey.
Where did you get to, mister? Hmm? Jim, seriously, this is a homicide office.
There are things a six-year-old shouldn't be looking at.
I'm almost seven.
That's right, you are, little lad.
Give me five minutes, alright? I'll call his mum.
Hey, Jim, I'll get it.
Hey, Gus.
Check this out.
Do you want to jump up there? Have a look at this.
A shark radar.
Have a look at this one.
Do you know what shark it is? - A great white? - A great white.
Mr.
Martinotti.
Ah, detectives.
I told you my client won't speak with you.
It's not your client we'd like to talk to.
It's you.
Oh.
Would you give me a moment? If you call my office, they can arrange a time for us to talk.
But as you can see, I'm going to have breakfast with my wife.
Perhaps she'd like to know what a $95,000 painting that you purchased is doing in Simon Keynes' apartment.
That was a gift for Olivia.
Why are you lavishing gifts on his girlfriend? Because we're seeing each other.
We're in love.
It didn't sound like it the other day.
Come on.
We were both very upset.
News of Simon's death was shocking.
You do realise you've just given us a motive? No.
Did you kill Simon? Well, of course not.
I would never We'd like you to come down to make a formal statement.
- Sorry, am I being charged? - Not yet.
Well, then I'm going to go and have breakfast with my wife and you can call my lawyer.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
Great, now we've got a lawyer lawyering up.
Yeah, but he's lying.
His whole body's saying it.
OK, OK.
I'm really doing this.
You're doing great.
- You were right.
This is easy.
- I told you.
- Oh! - Sorry.
OK, so don't, what you did there [TIRES SCREECH.]
Maybe not so easy.
[GIGGLES.]
No, it's alright.
You'll get there.
Smooth it out a little bit.
Don't smash the brake.
- OK, OK.
- [PHONE TONE.]
So you and Kate, huh? You kept that one quiet.
No wonder you weren't interested in Claire.
Oh, no, it's I don't know why she would say that.
That's not true.
Oh, what, you and her didn't - Sorry.
- It's OK.
Hey, while we're here, you want to see something cool? Yeah.
You can just pull over here.
Just here's great.
- Good? - Yeah.
OK? Jump out.
[TENSE, EERIE MUSIC.]
Where are we going? This way.
Come on.
Ooh Alright, this is creepy.
Why are we here? This is where that guy who was trolling you was found.
What? In there.
It's fitting, right? Disgusting, like him.
This is really horrible.
It's alright.
He got what he deserved.
No, he didn't.
No one deserves to murdered and then dumped like an old piece of garbage.
You're right.
I'm sorry.
I shouldn't have brought you here.
I wasn't thinking.
Please don't tell anyone.
I don't want to get my arse kicked.
Been digging on Martinotti.
There's nothing.
He's a perfect family man.
He's respected by his peers.
He's known for his integrity.
Yeah, and his privacy.
Rarely photographed but I did manage to find this one photo of him at an art gallery opening.
That's Martinotti and that's our victim, Simon Keynes.
Then maybe he met Olivia through Simon.
Hey, I traced the source of the anonymous message your victim was sent.
The 'meet me at the pool' one.
John Martinotti.
So, do we call his lawyer? Simon received a text message the night before he was murdered.
'Meet me at the pool at five.
' I didn't send it.
[SCOFFS.]
Come on, Mr.
Martinotti.
You know what the penalties are for making a false statement to the police.
I didn't send it.
What was it? Jealousy? He didn't want you to see Olivia? Or maybe she didn't want to be with you.
So you text Simon to meet you at the pool.
You wait for him, then you smash him over the head with a rock.
No.
Now's your chance to tell us your side of the story.
Maybe there's mitigating circumstances.
That's a nice watch.
Didn't we see that at the house yesterday? It's mine.
I left it at Simon's apartment.
You left it at Simon's? That's right.
Not Olivia's? You said that you were shocked by his death.
Why's that? That's obvious, isn't it? No one expects somebody they know to be murdered.
Mmm, especially when it's someone they love.
Olivia described Simon as her best friend.
I think they really were.
It wasn't Olivia you were having an affair with, was it? [SAD MUSIC.]
Why'd you lie? Because Simon couldn't tell his family.
His background, they wouldn't understand.
And I didn't want to hurt my wife.
This was our secret.
Nobody needed to know.
Can we keep this amongst ourselves, please? If this gets out, this will damage a lot of people.
A man is dead.
But I didn't kill him.
We don't have enough to charge him.
What do you need? A search warrant for his house and law offices.
It's gonna get very public.
He might be innocent.
Nah, I didn't see the second one.
I saw the first one.
Too many wizards.
- I didn't like it.
- I tracked down Melody Gibbs' doctor.
Oh, yeah? He's dead.
A hit-and-run a couple of weeks after he confronted her stalker.
But his widow was very helpful.
Apparently he kept meticulous records.
Let's hope he made mention of him.
Yeah, let's hope.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]
It says here, 'I'm concerned for Melody.
' Then he makes mention of getting the police involved.
Mmm, can I see? Hey, are you hungry? You hungry? Do you want Want to ask Jim? I'll order Chinese or something.
[MUSIC INTENSIFIES.]
Jim said he'll have whatever's ordered.
Oh, yeah.
I'll just get Chinese, yeah? How can a billion Chinese people be wrong? Whoa, guys, you can't go in here.
We're here to execute a search warrant on these offices.
Oh, shit.
Called in about an hour ago.
Woman out there found the body.
OLIVIA: I came to give him the rest of his things.
He left them at the apartment.
I thought he had left his watch and his phone, too.
He was frantic to get them back, didn't want them to be found in Simon's room.
What were you arguing about when we turned up yesterday? I asked if he had anything to do with it.
He got angry.
Do you think that he had something to do with Simon's death? I don't know.
And why were you pretending to be Simon's girlfriend? It suited both of us.
I got to live rent free in a great apartment with my best friend, and Simon's mum and dad thought that their heterosexual son had a nice girlfriend.
Is there any reason why he would have killed himself? Maybe he was scared it was all going to get out.
The humiliation would have been too much for him.
[PHONE TONE.]
[CALL DISCONNECTS.]
There's nothing in the doctor's files.
I thought his widow said he was meticulous, - wrote down everything.
- [SCOFFS.]
I think his widow has a distorted view of her husband's attention to detail.
OK, so two weeks after the doctor confronts Melody's stalker, - he's killed in a hit-and-run, right? - Yeah.
Police never caught the driver.
What if Melody's stalker was the driver? So the killer forms an obsession with Melody.
The first thing he does is get rid of his main rival.
Could you pass me that photo? He then kills the only obstacle standing in his way, giving him a clear run at Melody.
Only she goes overseas.
Melody was in Switzerland for most of the next three years getting treatment for her spinal condition.
And when she eventually returned, he murdered her.
After three years? Why? Maybe he was angry she left.
Or he was no longer interested in her because her condition improved.
The treatment in Europe strengthened her spine.
When she got back, she was not the same vulnerable woman who left.
Are you saying he targeted Melody because she was vulnerable? Well, it fits the profile.
He's sexually insecure with women.
So the more vulnerable they are The less threatening they are, - the more interested he is.
- Exactly.
OK, so what about Bob Anderson? How does he fit into all of this? Because Melody was already dead when he was murdered.
- Safe flight.
- Oh, thank you.
Have fun.
I'm jealous.
- See you, Stephen.
- See you.
- Have a great time at Bora Bora.
- Thank you, mate.
Nicely done, mate.
Mate, all the best.
Yes.
- Don't do anything I wouldn't do.
- No, no, no.
She won't.
I'll be watching.
[SAD MUSIC.]
Hey.
We finally get a strike force up and running and she runs off to Tahiti for a wedding.
Well, you only get married once.
At least the first time.
You seen the boss? No.
Right.
Right, I'll catch you, mate.
Hey, Anna.
Hey, hey, wait up.
So, what are you doing tonight? Home.
I'm going to have an early one.
I'm exhausted.
Oh, sounds like you need the Jim Russo special.
Yeah, I need to sleep.
Someone to warm your side of the bed, then? Maybe you should work it out with your wife, Jim.
[SAD MUSIC.]
Hey.
So if you don't compete again, what are you going to do? I don't know.
Look, you're scared, Amber.
I know all about that.
Now you can lie to me all you want, but you can't lie to yourself.
Why not? You do.
You can stop it from happening if you're honest with her.
- We're not talking about me.
- Right.
I'll get back in the surf if you come with me.
What? I'll go back on the tour if you get in the water with me? - [SIGHS.]
- Once.
You're deflecting.
OK, well, you'd know all about that, wouldn't you, mate? I came back for you.
I came back to Sydney to help you.
Come on, you know who you came back for.
- Nah.
- It's OK.
Come on.
It's OK.
[EERIE MUSIC.]
[ROCK MUSIC.]
[TENSE MUSIC.]
[RECORDED MESSAGE.]
Hey, it's Kate again.
Um Give me a call back when you can.
Bye.
[GASPS.]
What do you want from me? Hey? What do you want? This? Hey? You want this? Stop phoning me.
Zo No, you can't do this to me now, I'm sorry.
It needs to be now.
Please.
[SAD MUSIC.]
Hey How many times are we going to do this? Just listen to me.
You're all that I think about.
Every moment of every day.
[EXHALES.]
No, no, just [TENSE MUSIC.]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]
We gonna be here much longer? We can close the book on this, right? So Martinotti arranges Simon to meet him here.
Somehow they get into an argument.
He picks up a rock and smashes his head in.
That's what happened? Well, love will do that to you.
Maybe it's for the best, Dan.
Zoe, getting married, moving on.
It will give you a chance to do the same thing.
[SIGHS.]
Bugger these coffees.
Come on, let me get you a beer.
It's 11 o'clock.
Yeah, well, commiserating starts at any time.
Hey, Jim.
Olivia said Martinotti came over to her apartment to collect some things, hmm? There's a watch, some cufflinks and his phone.
Yeah and we know he got his watch.
Except she didn't have his phone.
Martinotti just thought that he left it there.
So if he didn't have a phone, then he couldn't have sent that text message to Simon.
So who did? Someone who had access to it.
Someone who had the most to lose from his secret life being known.
How long had you known? [EXHALES.]
We had a good life together.
A nice house, two beautiful children.
Didn't bother you that you were living a lie? You got used to it.
Most of the time, I didn't even think about it.
So if you knew about the relationship, what changed? I just wanted to warn him to stay away from my husband.
He said he couldn't do that Wouldn't do that.
He said that they were going to bring it out into the open.
Everyone would know that my life was a lie.
He said that they were going to move in together without shame.
What about my shame? And that's when you picked up the rock.
[SAD MUSIC.]
Cab will be here in five.
Did you pack your bathers? I kissed Dan.
He came around last night and it just happened.
Bullshit.
- I'm going to knock him out.
- No, Kristof Don't tell me it didn't mean anything.
No, it was my fault, too.
I just I just feel really confused.
It doesn't mean that I don't love you or that I don't want to marry you, I just, I I don't know what else to do.
Well, let me help you out.
I'm not waiting around for you to make a decision.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]
[SAD MUSIC.]
[PENSIVE MUSIC.]
Hi.
Stephen.
That's right.
Is Dan here? No.
So, you're home alone? Yeah.
Is everything OK? Could you hold this? [GASPS.]
[TENSE MUSIC BUILDS.]
[PENSIVE MUSIC.]