Savage River (2022) s01e06 Episode Script

I see Kevin. He was putting
something inside Hugh's car.
- Something big.
- Get off my property.
I'm arresting you on suspicion
of the murder of Hugh Lang.
Yeah, I just found Hugh Lang's car.
We need to get a forensic team up here.
I want to tell the world about us.
She told me that you guys
were sleeping together.
Miki, you have to believe
me. I never touched her.
Is that what you've
thought all this time?
Want to play a game?
Who's got the biggest secret?
- We're moving to Bali.
- What?!
We're not taking Ivy.
- Thought you'd just dump her on me?
- We're not dumping her on anyone!
It was Jas's idea, the time capsule.
We buried it in the backyard.
Yeah.
Uh, we need to talk.
Where are you?
I'm not saying a word, Bill.
Let me rule you out then you
can go home to your family.
Oh, you can start with
..what were you doing?
Well, I had a
conference call with the buyers.
It started about 7pm.
And then when that finished,
I had some paperwork to do
and then I locked up and went home.
You told Detective Sergeant
Kennedy that you left the meatworks
between 9:00, 9:30.
I told Rachel that I
wasn't sure what time I left.
I said, uh, probably 9:30.
I want to see Kevin.
Right now. I mean it.
- He's being interviewed.
- Well, this is ridiculous!
It might take a while.
You can wait, if you'd like.
You really think Kevin could
have done something to Hugh?
Happy voting day!
Vote for Max Englert. That'll be me.
- There you go, mate.
- No, thanks, Max.
Vote for a bigger and
better Savage River.
Smile. You're dragging the mood down.
- Sorry.
- Uh, happy voting day.
Don't forget to come to the pub tonight.
First round's on the winner.
Reckon I owe Miki Anderson a thankyou.
She's costing Deb a fair
whack of votes, I'll bet.
Are you gonna tell me what's
got your knickers in a knot?
You need a girlfriend.
That's what you need.
Thanks.
Happy voting day!
Here we go.
- Max Englert.
- Hello.
- 15 years on the job. 15 years.
- I'm Deborah. How are you?
Right.
Now, I've confirmed
that conference call.
And I've been told
..that it finished at 8:15.
OK. If they say so.
Now, the thing is
that your car's onboard computer
doesn't have you leaving
the meatworks until 2am.
Well, you didn't see
what Nick did to it?
I mean, it could say I
drove to the moon and back,
but it doesn't make it so,
Bill, 'cause it blew up.
Yes. Fair point.
Come on, Bill.
It's not easy being the boss, hey?
Yeah.
Tell me about it.
Most people round here,
they wouldn't have taken on all
those refugees, like you did.
Not that I get much credit for it.
Then you get Hugh Lang on your back
about pay and conditions and whatnot.
Well, I'm sure he meant well.
Didn't piss you off?
Lot of things piss me
off, Bill, a lot of things.
And you got one of
them stealing from you.
- Excuse me?
- Salim.
Admitted it.
Nicking meat and selling it
under the table next town over.
Since when?
One minute.
- That's some ex-wife you have there.
- Mmm.
Mmm. What, she telling
you what to do, is she?
Yeah, that's why I divorced you.
Always thinking that you know better.
We're still interviewing Kevin.
You have to ask him about Jasmine.
Jasmine? Why?
I think they were sleeping together.
Kevin?
That
..that's not possible.
Jasmine told me
..that day, at the river, that
she was sleeping with an older man.
I thought it was Simon, but it wasn't.
It definitely wasn't Kevin.
- You don't know that.
- No, I do.
Um
..we were getting divorced then.
No, I mean, he pissed off to Bali.
He didn't come back. Probably
'cause he met Chandra.
He was gone that whole year.
He wasn't even in the country.
..anywhere, and now he wants a lawyer
Something I should know?
No.
My mistake.
There you go, Bill.
Oh.
Erm, Sergeant Kirby, uh, speaking.
Uh
..yeah, no.
How many goats?
Rachel wouldn't have dragged
Kev down to the police station
if they didn't have something.
Thanks, Charlie.
That's yours.
- Enjoy.
- Thanks, mate.
You reckon he did it?
I don't know.
But
..but the, um
..security camera at the boatshed,
uh, caught Miki
Go on.
Spit it out.
..washing blood off herself.
Like
..like, a lot of blood.
Jesus.
I really didn't
Um, yeah, I know she was in prison, yes.
But the
..thing with Jasmine,
it's hardly stabbing
someone in the guts.
Right?
I just I really didn't think she'd
be capable of something like that.
What are you gonna do?
What would you do?
Kev's our mate.
It's a no-brainer.
Did you see, uh, Hugh Lang's car in
the car park when you were leaving?
No.
Did you, erm, take it
for a drive anywhere?
I just said I didn't see it, Bill.
You take anything
..unusual out of the meatworks?
No.
Meat for home?
- No.
- You sure about that?
Yes.
I've got a witness who
saw you put something big
in the boot of Hugh
Lang's car and drive away.
What was it? What did
you put in Hugh's car?
Whoever drove Hugh's
car from the meatworks,
well, they they wiped
down the steering wheel,
the doorhandle, the gearstick,
but, uh, it was a rush
job by the looks of it.
I'm guessing they
couldn't do anything about
Hugh's blood soaking into the boot.
And there was a handprint
on the driver's window.
Looks like a grown man's.
Are you willing to give a DNA sample
and fingerprints for comparison?
If I say no?
Innocent people usually say yes.
Colleen.
- Please leave. I don't want you here.
- I know, OK?
- I will call the police.
- Look, I'll go.
I just need to ask you one
thing and then I promise I'll go.
OK?
I just need to ask you if
Bill and Jasmine were close.
Bill? Kirby?
And Jasmine?
Close?
Did she ever mention him?
Was he ever at the house?
What on earth is this about?
Look, Jasmine kept a diary.
OK? She put one in the time capsule
and then she started another.
Well, I I looked in the the
time capsule and there was no diary.
Hugh must have taken it
with him when he dug it up.
How did you get that?
Because he knew who 'K' was.
Look.
"Jasmine Lang" and 'K'.
'K'?
'K'?
Whoever that is
..I think they killed Hugh
so no-one would find out.
This this this 'K', this
this can't have been Bill, surely.
I mean, he's just
..so much older than her and
..and he's nursing his
wife with the, uh
..with the cancer at the time.
He barely left the house
except to go to work.
It has to be a different 'K'.
8:47pm.
Shoots a pretty big hole
in the alibi Lynne gave her.
Thank you for bringing this in.
Um
..you, uh
..you won't tell her, will you?
Where where you got this?
I won't lie.
But maybe it won't come up.
Well done, mate.
Owe you a beer.
There's no way of knowing
that's Hugh Lang's blood.
Could be sheep's blood, for all we know.
There was no blood in the
driver's seat of the car, plus
..Miki can't drive.
There's no way she could have
driven Hugh's body down to the river
and dumped it, not by herself, at least.
You show this to a jury,
she's cactus no matter what.
Hi.
Hello?
Sorry.
Um
..family shit.
Uh, I'm just looking for Connor.
He's over at the voting.
Um, something I can help you with?
Uh, no.
I just, um
..remember my friend
Jasmine used to work here.
Oh, yeah, the dead girl?
Yeah, I remember her.
She was, um
..she was pretty.
Does, uh
..does Connor ever mention her, Jasmine?
No. Why would he?
G'day, Lynne. Miki here?
No. Just me and Ocean this afternoon.
Know where she is?
Why?
You looking for something
else to blame her for?
You lied to my face about where Miki
was the night Hugh Lang went missing.
Careful what you say next, Lynne.
I say that as a friend.
We've got CCTV footage of Miki
outside the boatshed, just before 10.
What time did she really come home?
You're not helping her, Lynne.
I appreciate your concern.
But I will do what I have to do.
You tell Miki I'm looking for her.
Here you go, champion.
Thank you.
What if
..Connor was Jasmine's 'K'?
I don't know about that.
He's always seemed like a
pretty decent bloke to me.
And Jasmine worked for him.
Look, he's older. She would
have had to keep it a secret.
You know you can't just start
randomly accusing people?
I have her diary!
Yeah, and all it says is 'K', right?
I mean that could be anything.
I know, OK? The the one I
have only has a couple of pages.
But the one that Hugh had was full.
You said it's not at Colleen's anymore?
Nup.
What if Connor has it?
The other diary. That would prove it.
You know you don't have
to do this on your own?
Mmm.
It's sweet.
I'm not gonna mess up your life.
Thanks.
Uh, that's not what I meant.
I meant maybe you
should speak to the police?
You keep digging around like this,
it's only gonna make
you look guilty, again.
Thanks. Nice, uh nice advice.
Miki. Wait.
Just be careful.
Oh. Thanks for minding him, Dale.
Oh. No worries.
- How much do I owe you?
- Oh, forget it.
- You sure?
- Yeah.
I helped myself to a couple of
those fancy beers in the fridge.
Is Ivy home?
Oh, I haven't seen her.
So
..they letting Kevin out or what?
Oh.
Love.
Miki. Hi.
- Uh
- What's what's up?
Is Connor here?
No.
Um
..can I come in?
Oh, look, I'm I'm just getting
ready. It's an election night.
Please.
It's important.
Right. Yep. Yep, sure.
What's going on?
Um
..look, you were right.
I I have to tell the
police the whole truth.
OK.
Good.
Um, I need you to help me
write my statement, you know,
make sure I don't say anything stupid.
Yes.
What, now?
I mean, you're my lawyer.
Uh
I mean, look, if I
if I don't say it now,
I just feel like I'm
not gonna say it, so
No OK.
Erm look, sit down.
And I
..um
OK. So why don't you make a start?
Now, I've got to jump in the
shower, and then I'll come back.
- Mm-hm.
- ..and see how you've gone.
OK. Yeah?
Yep.
Hey, Deb.
Whose bike is it out the front?
Miki.
Uh
..I was just, um I was
just doing some stuff with Deb.
Oh!
You finished already?
- Yeah. Thanks.
- Finished what?
Can I read it later?
- We really have to get a move on.
- Sure. Sure.
- Um good luck with tonight.
- Thank thanks.
- What was that about?
- Not now.
You have 10 minutes to
get showered and changed.
Sorry to bother you, Rachel.
I'm really worried about Ivy.
Well, she was just
so upset this morning.
Shop's closed.
I'm very worried
something is going on with Ivy.
Yeah. No, she's probably just
with friends or something.
No, I rang Tim. I rang Kaji.
- Chandra, I'll call you back.
- No, wait. Rachel.
Miki!
I've been looking for you.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
I've been looking for YOU.
This is not enough.
Connor was sleeping with Jasmine!
Look, he was her older guy. That's
why she couldn't tell anyone.
OK, she was protecting him.
Look, Hugh must have read
it in Jasmine's diary,
and when he went to confront
him, Connor killed him
and took the other
diary or destroyed it,
but he didn't know about this one.
You you've got her diary.
They were sleeping together.
He cleaned the knife.
All of that is speculation, Miki.
Do you know what I
have that's undeniable,
is CCTV footage of you covered
in blood outside the boatshed.
Look, I can explain that.
Can you?
Look, the night that Hugh died,
Nick locked me in the freezer.
Mm-hm.
When I got out, no-one was there.
And then I heard
..these noises
and Hugh fell on top
of me covered in blood.
He was dead, OK?
I I ran. I know I shouldn't have run.
I didn't tell you because
you wouldn't believe me.
No, what you should have done was
told me all of this at the beginning.
Come to the station right now.
Come and we'll get all of
Are you not listening
to what I'm saying?
If Connor killed Hugh, then Bill's
not gonna do anything about it.
He's Connor's dad.
What are you doing?
- Texting Connor.
- What?
You need more proof. I'm gonna get it.
Will you help me?
Max will get all the
good seats if we don't leave now.
You go. I'll catch you up.
No!
I want you with me
when they announce the new mayor.
Yeah. I will be.
I promise.
Alright.
You go and snag all the good seats.
Oh!
OK. That tie matches my blouse.
- Hint, hint.
- Perfect.
Now go!
I'm gonna order a forensic
search of the meatworks.
I'm shutting it down as of now.
Any
..particular reason?
Meatworks knife. Meatworks boot print.
What Salim saw. Everything points to it.
Oh, bit of a
..long bow, but if it's what you want.
Yeah.
So
Oh. Chandra rang.
Bit of a tizzy.
Still no sign of Ivy?
Oh. She thought she might
be here, visiting Kevin.
Ivy's not answering
her phone, apparently.
Turned her location sharing off.
I told her, teenage girls are
gonna give you grief no matter what.
Ivy's got a good head on her shoulders.
Do you know where Ivy is?
Case you've forgotten,
I've been in here all day.
Yep. I know that.
I I just mean
..is there a place that she
goes when she's upset or
Usually to her room.
Calls me a few choice names
then she slams the door.
I'm worried, Kev.
Well, then, let me out.
I'll go find her.
Are you and Miki in this together?
In what together?
Miki killed Hugh Lang at the meatworks,
but she would have needed
help to move his body.
Is that what happened?
Why are you talking about
this when Ivy's missing?
Will we find your prints
on Hugh Lang's car?
Will we?
Fuck.
Um, I moved his body.
But I don't know who killed him.
I just moved his body.
Ah!
What time did you really
leave the meatworks?
Well, after the conference
call ended, I, um
..had a few beers.
Hugh Lang?
Erm
..as I was leaving
..his his body
..I mean, I saw I saw him just
..he was lying
..near the chiller, and
..he wasn't breathing.
So I checked his pulse.
But there wasn't anything I
could do. He he was gone.
So I panicked.
And, uh
..I dragged him to his car.
I washed all the blood away.
And then I drove him down to the river.
I just figured that, um,
someone else would find him.
'Cause he'd wash up
somewhere, you know, and
..that way, the meatworks
wouldn't have to be involved.
Kevin, I'm really
..really trying to understand here.
I'm in debt.
Up to my eyeballs.
Kevin
Look, I just
..I'm gonna lose everything, aren't I?
Well, there'll be charges.
Charges relating to
interfering with a crime scene,
charges relating to giving
a false statement to police.
But if you didn't kill him
I didn't.
I swear to God I didn't.
OK.
Can you let me out now?
So I can find Ivy?
No, you're not going anywhere.
I just want to be with Ivy.
What do you think?
I think I am the luckiest
bastard in this town.
I spent two hours at the
hairdresser too, so
..better appreciate it.
I really want this to be special.
Me too.
Hey.
Why don't we go somewhere?
I thought this was our chance
while everyone's at the pub.
You know what? I've
had enough of this town.
Let's leave,
just the two of us, right now.
Well, what about Deborah and Tim?
They'll be OK.
Where would we go?
Drive up the coast.
A friend has a boat up north.
We could go island-hopping.
Yeah. OK.
Um I'll go get my stuff.
No. Leave your stuff.
I'll buy you new stuff.
OK.
So will there be, like,
a ceremony or something?
Uh, I think it's just lots of paperwork.
- Oh.
- Yeah.
I thought people only adopted babies.
Yeah. Me too.
Before the results come
in, I'd just like to say,
this town has been good to my family.
Having the opportunity
to give something back
has meant the world to
me this last 15 years.
Savage River is in my heart.
- Good on ya, mate!
- It's in my veins!
- The same goddamn speech every time.
- I know.
This town is
- Mum.
- ..so much more than a meatworks.
But the meatworks is
this town's beating heart.
- Yeah.
- It's OUR bloody beating heart.
Savage River doesn't need
to just move with the times.
It needs to get ahead of them.
I tell ya, this town'll die
if we don't act to save it.
Ivy? Where are you?
Can you call me, please?
Oh, fuck.
Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on.
Yeah. They kissed.
You, uh you saw this?
I saw it. They had a few suitcases.
Sorry.
For real?
Yeah.
I can't wait to be on an
island somewhere with you.
Mm-hm.
Just got to make a quick stop.
Just wait here.
- OK?
- OK.
I'm sorry, Rachel.
I really am.
It was Connor who sent
me the anonymous text
and planted the knife in Miki's locker.
Oh, Jesus.
Why didn't you tell me about this?
He's my son.
I love him.
Why are you showing me this now?
I won't stop ya, but, uh, I can't
..I can't help.
He's got Ivy with him.
Hello?
What do you want?
Where's the diary?
I could ask you the same thing.
What?
You know, the one I have is interesting.
The one Hugh had, I bet
that has it all laid out.
I haven't got time for this.
You killed Hugh to
get that diary, didn't you?
Shut your mouth!
What? You gonna kill me to get this one?
Shut up, you stupid bitch.
How many girls were there
between Jasmine and Ivy?
She was 15.
She loved you and you don't even care.
Of course I fuckin' loved her!
You have no idea how much I loved her.
No-one else means
anything compared to her.
Fuck.
Let's just be reasonable.
OK?
I'm not gonna hurt you.
Just give me the phone and the
diary and we can both go home.
Hey, Connor?
Where are you? What's
taking you so long?
Ivy?
Just go back to the car, OK?
Everything's fine.
I'll be out in a second.
I'm not the bad guy.
Hugh was going to kill ME.
He ambushed me here.
He was the one who had the knife.
I was only defending myself.
Miki?
I know you're there.
- Connor. What are you doing?
- Shit.
You're creeping me out now.
Ivy, what are you doing here?
I told you to wait in the car.
I don't want to stay in the car.
I want to go. Can we just go?
OK. I know.
I've just got one thing to do here
and then I'll go, with you. OK?
- You shouldn't be here.
- Ivy. Go home.
Connor, what the fuck?
I'll have that phone.
Give me the diary
or I'll shoot this bolt
through your head right now.
Where's the fuckin' diary?
It's in my bag in my locker.
Ivy.
Can you go and find it, please?
We're gonna finish this.
We'll get out of here
and we never have to think
about this town ever again.
Ivy, for fuck's sake!
- Do what I say and find the diary.
- Ivy?
Mum!
No.
It's OK.
Don't look.
This is a great day for Savage River!
Yes!
Thank you for trusting me.
Thank you for voting for me.
Together, we are gonna take this
town into a bright, exciting future.
You didn't make it to Hugh's funeral.
Whole town was there.
Didn't think they'd notice.
I noticed.
You're gonna miss me. You know it.
Here it is, job site, filtered for
regional only anywhere in the state.
But, um, the town's
gonna buy the meatworks.
I can't risk losing time.
I have to be working so I can
qualify for the student visa.
So I've been learning
Arabic for nothing?
What have you learned?
What? Did I say it wrong?
Your accent is terrible.
That's what I said.
Yeah. Very good.
- You are gorgeous.
- Oh, your accent's spot-on.
You know you can stay,
for as long as you want.
I know.
This will always be your room.
Slash my home office.
Give, um, Ocean another
big hug for me, will ya?
Oh.
Think you squeezed all the
stuffing out of her this morning.
Yeah, well
..she's tough.
Yes, she is.
Um yeah.
Will you just
..let her know I'll
call when I get there?
I will.
It's over.
Let it go.
Called your parole officer in the city.
Worded him up.
He's gonna take good care of you.
Thanks.
I'm moving back here,
for Ivy, so
..least until Kevin gets released.
Is she OK?
Well, you know.
Couple of bad dreams.
She's not the only one.
So, listen.
I was looking over your old arrest file.
There was something that
had been nagging at me.
Um
..there was a page missing
from the autopsy report.
So?
Somebody should have picked it up.
I should have picked that up.
And I'm so sorry that I didn't.
But you had confessed already.
There was no trial to worry about.
And I I trusted Bill.
I shouldn't have trusted
him, but I trusted him.
What about Bill?
Bill took the page
from the autopsy report.
To protect Connor.
There's something in it, Miki,
something that changes things.
There may not have been
enough water in Jasmine's lungs
for a secondary drowning.
What there was was a
..a partial feather.
It wasn't conclusive, but
..it looked like she
might have been suffocated.
Uh, are you are you sure?
Not 100%. I can't be.
Jasmine was gonna tell
everyone she was in love.
She said that?
That's how our fight started.
She was gonna tell me, but she couldn't,
because she had to convince
the guy that it was gonna be OK.
And I thought it was Simon because
..you know, I had a crush on him
and she was rubbing it in my face.
I'm so sorry.
I should have been better. I
should have done my job better.
It's unforgivable.
So I didn't kill her?
Probably not.
Look, I can't give you back
all the years that you lost,
but I can reopen the case.
I can get to the truth. I can
make sure you're exonerated.
I can
..I owe you that much.
Stay. Look.
I haven't really thought
this through, but
..stay.
Don't let this town beat you.