Bite Club (2018) s01e07 Episode Script
Episode 7
- - JIM: This is Bob Anderson.
Found in a drain two nights ago.
Forensics tell us he's been dead at least two weeks.
Strangled, then frozen, and dumped three days ago.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
WOMAN: Which emergency service do you require? - STEPHEN [IN AUSSIE ACCENT.]
: Police.
- Directing you.
I was walking my dog, and, uh, I think it's a dead body.
It's in a drain on Middle Head.
Please send somebody.
Well, if this is our guy, it means he set the whole thing up.
Yeah, like some sort of game.
ZOE: Why wait six months? So let's just do it.
We finally get a strike force up and running, and she runs off to Tahiti for her wedding.
- Zo - No, you can't do this to me now.
- I'm sorry.
- It needs to be now.
You are all that I think about.
I kissed Dan.
Don't tell me it didn't mean anything.
No, it was my fault too.
I I just I just feel really confused.
I'm not waiting around for you to make a decision.
Well, you show me yours and I'll show you mine.
That is a 2m reef shark.
Pff, it's a scratch.
- [GASPS.]
- So, that's a 4m, and that's a great white.
- You win! - I win.
- Snap! - Snap.
Is Dan here? No.
[YELPS.]
[TENSE MUSIC.]
MAN: Call an ambulance! [PEOPLE YELLING INDISTINCTLY.]
- [WOMAN COUGHING AND GASPING.]
- It's OK.
It's OK.
It's OK.
Get back.
Get back.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
[PEOPLE YELLING INDISTINCTLY.]
ZOE: Bec Phillips.
She was pulled from the water at 9:30 this morning.
Wasn't breathing.
A lifesaver revived her, and then according to witnesses, she had a massive seizure and died.
Drugs? Well, still waiting on the toxicology.
So what makes it suspicious? Well, she wasn't wearing any bathers, just underwear.
And she had a bruise on her right cheek and both arms.
OK, so maybe she was attacked, and she runs to the water to escape? - Listen, Zoe - No.
You don't even know what I was gonna say.
WOMAN: OK, there's some kind of stamp on her wrist.
Ink.
It looks like the letter B.
That's the Buzz Bar.
Have you seen this girl around? Hmm, nah, I don't think so.
Busy last night? Fifth anniversary.
Ten bucks at the door.
Half-price shots.
- Your cameras work? - Just the one at the entrance and this one pointed at the till.
Employees with sticky fingers? Yeah.
Not good for business.
Well, neither is serving underage drinkers.
I guess that's a good enough reason not to turn the other cameras on, right? So if we were to organise some random underage compliance checks, you'd be fine with that.
Wanna try again? Yeah, actually, I do remember her.
She got pretty wasted.
Yeah, half-price shots will do that.
One of my doormen might have got a little rough with her.
What do you mean, "rough"? She was drunk, I had no choice.
I had to kick her and her friend out.
Wait, what friend? That explains the bruises.
- That's Bec Phillips? - Yep.
- Do we have an ID on the other woman? - Not yet.
What about Miss Phillips's social media? Well, there was plenty of photos.
She was obviously a party girl.
But none of them match the friend.
CLAIRE: Read on the toxicology, the victim had ecstasy and Rohypnol in her system.
- Rohypnol? - Date rape drug of choice.
Yeah, not likely to have taken voluntarily.
Alright, well, let's get her face on the news.
At the very least, she could be a witness, but I want to make sure she's OK.
We'll set up a command on the beach, fill in the gaps between them leaving the bar and Bec Phillips's death.
Hey, Anna.
- Can I speak to you? - Strike force meeting.
JIM: The current status of our serial case, we have victim number four, Bob Anderson.
Now, we've looked at him from every angle.
Social media, work, environmental activism, friends, the few that he has, family.
But so far, we've been unable to connect him in any way - to the previous three victims.
- Sorry I'm late.
Oh, that's alright, mate.
We're just, um Well, we're trying to connect victim number four, Bob Anderson, to the other three murders.
DAN: What if he isn't connected? We know our killer's an obsessive.
It's in your profile.
Well, he fixates on an individual.
Gets rid of people who stand in his way.
And then deliberately sabotages situations to get what he wants.
So, our guy was obsessed with Melody Gibbs, so he killed the boyfriend to get him out of the way.
And once he killed Melody, obsession ended.
So Bob Anderson is part of a new obsession? Is that the theory? Hey, what about Amber? Remember he was trolling her - the week before he was murdered.
- It's possible.
I could talk to her.
Find out if she's had any weird boyfriends recently.
Probably better if I talk to her.
Yeah, good idea.
Alright, well, given there's new information, I think we should look again at everyone that Bob was trolling.
OK? Not just Amber.
Alright? Good.
Hopefully it'll throw up some new leads.
Can we talk? - Yeah, that'd be great.
- I want to organise a time to come round and grab my stuff.
You've made it pretty clear you're confused.
You don't want to get married.
Yeah, I don't want to get married right now, but maybe You want me to wait around until you decide whether you're in love with Dan or not? - Sorry.
- No, don't go.
Let's have that chat Zoe wanted to have so badly.
- Can you not? - Come on, Dan.
Tell us how you feel now you've got everything you wanted.
ANNA: I understand that the situation's tricky for you.
- [SCOFFS.]
Tricky.
- You have my sympathy, Zoe.
Yeah, well, I'd prefer some time off.
- Maybe a couple of weeks.
- Not possible.
I shouldn't even be here now.
I'm getting plenty of heat from upstairs.
If we don't get a result from the strike force soon, some of us will be getting a long holiday.
You're just gonna have to suck it up.
Put the personal to one side.
Make it work.
You know, when the going gets tough and all that.
[SIGHS.]
AMBER: What do you mean, a list? Of anyone who's acted strangely around you.
Define 'strange'.
Any of your surfing fans been bothering you? This isn't about the troll, is it? Dan said his murder had nothing to do with me.
And it probably doesn't.
We just need to look at all possibilities.
- Right.
- More photos in there, guys.
Keep showing them around.
Has this got something to do with it? No, different case.
- Do you recognise her? - No, sorry.
Alright, good luck.
Hey, you wanted to see us? Just wanted to double-check if any of you recognise her from the beach this morning.
She's a friend of the girl you attempted to save.
No, don't think so.
Hey, Jimbo.
All ready for the big derby this weekend? Man United versus City.
75,000 people all singing in unison.
Thatcher's Yeah, probably end up as a nil-all draw, then they'll riot out of boredom.
Hey, get this.
New tissue analysis indicates that Bob's body was dumped in that drain no more than ten minutes before he started to defrost.
What does that mean? Get the team together.
The drain where Bob's body was found.
Now, his body was dumped there only ten minutes after the killer removed it from his freezer.
Now, we know it takes five minutes to drive along this track here from the main road to the drain.
Which means? The killer lives within five minutes of that main road.
Give the man a cigar.
OK, so, let's be conservative, alright? So, 5km radius.
- Ooh, big area.
- Yeah, hang on.
Now, Bob was last seen at his gym just here, and his car was found not far away, so I'd say he was murdered somewhere along that route, OK? Initial forensics tell us he was frozen within 30 minutes of being dead.
Alright? So given the time it might take to wrangle a body in and out of a car, I'd say ten minutes' travel time.
10km radius.
Now, where these two circles intersect Is where the killer lives.
Or has a place where he froze the body.
That's impressive, Jim.
That's why you're still living under my shadow, Dan.
Well, big shadow, too.
[CHUCKLES.]
Well, still a big area.
What is there, 1,000 houses in that area? More like 3,000.
Well, I'd say we can rule out apartments.
And we'll base our search on Kristof's profile.
Single white male living alone.
With a large freezer.
[CHUCKLES.]
With a large freezer, exactly.
So some good old-fashioned legwork, and we might just get lucky.
Uh, I live in that area.
Am I a suspect? Well, you do fit the profile, Stephen.
But then again, so do I, mate.
And I've got a big freezer.
- Maybe we should both be worried.
- [LAUGHS.]
[PHONE RINGS.]
Hey, Zo.
Yeah, hey, Claire.
Alright, we're on our way.
We've got a lead on our missing girl.
- Alice Clarke? - The missing friend.
Where was this found? On the beach.
Apparently it got handed to lost property.
On the beach where? Not far from where we found the dead girl's clothes.
So where's Alice now? I already sent uniforms to the address on her licence.
- And? - Apartment's empty.
They speak to neighbours? No-one's seen or heard from her since yesterday.
So maybe she went in swimming with a friend.
Let's get the water police in to do a search.
- Anything? - Nup.
MAN [OVER RADIO.]
: Yeah, so, we've searched the south end, and there's nothing there.
Over.
What about the dive sweep? The divers are still down below.
We'll let you know.
Copy that.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
[DELICATE PIANO MUSIC.]
Yeah, hey, Pia.
It's me again.
I'm at your house, but you're Obviously you're not home.
We need to talk.
Can you call me? Bye.
Hey.
No.
Not feeding time yet.
Souvenir from Bob.
That might come in handy, eh, Denver? ['TAKE ME OUT' BY PIERCE BROTHERS PLAYS.]
Hey.
[SIGHS.]
Feel like the oldest person at the party? Yeah, and the least cool.
Hey! Thanks for coming.
Oh, man, I'm gonna miss you guys so much.
Congratulations on the wildcard entry.
Thank you.
First round of the women's world qualifiers.
Amazing.
And it's on the Sunshine Coast as well.
I heard it's got some great stuff going for it.
Sun, for example.
- See, that's what I'm gonna miss.
- It's got a coast [CHUCKLES.]
Where's Pia? Um, can I talk to you for a second? Yeah.
You good? - Yeah, I've got a drink.
- Cool.
So, we might have been wrong about Bob the troll.
But you said that guy's murder had nothing to do with me.
- Yeah, and it might not.
- But? But it's It's a possibility.
What, so you're saying if the serial killer murdered him, he wants to murder me next? We don't know.
Well, I'm leaving soon, so it shouldn't matter, right? What? We don't think you should leave.
Is that an order? It's a strong suggestion.
OK, well, what the hell am I supposed to do with that, Dan? Thanks.
- Hey, you OK? - Yeah Pizza and beer.
We can be the perfect slobs.
Hey.
I'll get the pizza.
Do you want to stay for some? I've already eaten.
Just want to get my stuff.
Um You should probably have this back.
[SOLEMN PIANO MUSIC.]
[TEXT MESSAGE SENT TONE.]
Nothing like a bit of break-up sex.
Did I do the right thing? Don't be so hard on yourself.
No lo lamento? Exactly.
No regrets.
What? See ya.
[LAUGHS.]
It's a door knock.
I can't do it by myself.
Yeah, I know, but 30 uniforms? Do you know how much that's gonna cost? Oh, OK, what's the cost of not doing it, then? Hmm? Another victim? Can you imagine the media on that? "Serial killer strikes again.
"Police do nothing.
" Well, do you think it's our best shot? Right now it's our only shot.
Anna, look, we're onto something, OK? Bob Anderson's body was still frozen when it was found in that drain.
The killer had to put him somewhere.
Somewhere close.
Alright, fine.
Find me a freezer.
Will do.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR.]
[TENSE MUSIC.]
Yeah, hi.
I wanted to speak to one of your employees.
Pia.
What? How long for? Well, do you know why she hasn't been at work? OK, alright.
Thank you.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
Pia! Hello? Pia? [TENSE MUSIC.]
[PHONE RINGS.]
Hello.
ZOE: We think we found Alice Clarke.
So, police divers found the body about an hour ago.
It was tangled up in one of the shark nets.
Think it's our missing girl? Young woman, blonde hair.
I'd say it's a pretty good bet.
Are you OK? I think something really bad's happened.
What? [TENSE MUSIC.]
[EXHALES.]
Pia.
[SOMBRE MUSIC.]
She was dead before she went in the water.
You two really shouldn't be in here.
Dan, let's wait outside.
What do you see? Um, she's missing an earring.
Look inside her mouth.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
She's missing a tooth.
[SNIFFLING, BREATHING SHAKILY.]
What the hell is going on? How did you know about that tooth? 'Cause that piece of shit killed her because of me.
What? I don't understand.
Why? 'Cause this is a game to him.
He thinks he's smarter than us.
Why would he kill Pia? He didn't pick her randomly.
The prick's been watching me.
And Amber is definitely at risk now too.
I'll organise some protection.
- I'm going to Pia's.
- Crime Scene are there examining it.
That's why I'm gonna go there.
You can't be part of this investigation.
- Are you sidelining me? - You are the victim's boyfriend.
Look, we'll talk about this afterwards.
[SIGHS.]
The Conduct Commission are sending over a couple of detectives to take your statement.
It has to be impartial.
[MOUTHS SILENTLY.]
[DELICATE PIANO MUSIC.]
AMBER: You're really freaking me out, Claire.
Can you just tell me what's going on, please? [SIGHS.]
I can't right now.
It's an ongoing investigation.
I saw something on the telly about someone being dragged out of the water.
They were saying that it was linked to the serial killer.
We don't know that.
Not for sure.
And that he takes teeth? [EXHALES.]
[OUTGOING CALL TONE.]
- Who are you calling? - Dan.
[SIGHS.]
It keeps going to voicemail.
That's because he can't take your call right now.
Why not? Amber, please.
If I could tell you, I would.
The boss is organising a couple of officers to be parked outside.
In the meantime, promise me you'll stay safe.
Don't let in any strangers.
OK? OK.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
I tried to get a hold of her for a couple of days.
MAN: You went to her house? Yeah, last night.
Right, and you didn't see anything to arouse your suspicions? Other than she, you know, wasn't answering her phone or her door.
WOMAN: Did she have any reason to be avoiding you? - No.
- We've listened to your messages.
It seems you were pretty keen to talk to her about something.
Can you tell us what? Um, I was Gonna break up with her.
Why? It wasn't working.
Well, that would have upset her.
Well, I never got the chance to tell her.
How long have you known the victim? Not long.
So you started up a relationship with her only recently? Yeah, a few weeks ago.
Why are you asking me this? Well, just trying to get a picture.
- Am I a suspect? - It's just background information.
Uh, thank you, superintendent, but you're here as a witness support only.
Was your relationship of a sexual nature? Yeah.
So in a relatively short period of time, you met and engaged in a sexual relationship with the victim then broke it off with her? Well, I told you, I didn't actually You planned to break it off with her.
What has this got to do with anything? - Just answer the question.
- Fine, yes.
- And you met the victim - Her name's Pia.
Do you mind not calling her 'the victim', please? Right, so you met Pia at Bite Club, is it? Correct.
And that's a support group for people who have survived Yeah, it's a support group.
But we're wasting our time.
You should be out there looking for the guy who actually did this.
- Hey, you believe this shit? - Ah, it's crazy.
They can't honestly think Dan had anything to do with this.
- I mean, what evidence do they have? - They don't have any, as far as I can tell.
Just a lot of dick swinging.
I've gotta coordinate 30 uniforms for this freezer search.
- The boss approved it? - Yeah.
Yeah, you'll be with us.
No, I have to follow up on this list that Amber gave us.
Oh, OK.
Cool.
Alright.
- Good news, though.
- Yeah.
Cheers.
Cheers.
[ENGINE STARTS.]
[DELICATE PIANO MUSIC.]
'Scuse me, do you know when the next ferry will be? Uh, about 15 minutes.
[SIREN WAILS.]
[FRENETIC MUSIC.]
'Scuse me.
Alice? Alice Clarke? I'm Detective Rawlings.
I need you to come and have a chat to me about Bec Phillips.
Will you do that, please? - Thanks, guys.
- WOMAN: Please come with us.
What are you doing? No-one will tell me what's really going on, Claire, so The body that was pulled from the water, it's Pia.
She was murdered.
What? I did it.
I killed Bec.
You killed her how? I gave her an E.
She didn't really want it.
She was happy doing shots, but I talked her into it.
So why did you disappear off the beach? When Bec died like that, I just [SIGHS.]
I panicked.
And what about the Rohypnol? Did you give her that, too? That was also found in your friend's system.
No! And where did you get the ecstasy from? Oh, the guy who owned the bar gave it to me.
- Toby? - Yeah.
Right.
So you and your friend, you got high at the bar, and then you got kicked out.
What happened then? We crossed the road to the beach.
Sat on the sand.
It was still warm.
Bec Bec flaked it.
Was there anyone else on that beach? It was 3:00 in the morning.
I need you to think really carefully, Alice.
Did someone follow you from the bar? There was no-one else on that beach.
The only thing there was was, um A boat.
A boat? What kind of boat? Maybe a half cabin cruiser? She said she saw it.
- She was high as a kite.
- Ecstasy can heighten the senses.
Pia's body went into the water sometime that night.
So you're saying our serial killer took a boat out around the Heads in the middle of the night to dump Pia's body in the ocean? Yeah, so it would wash up right under our noses.
Alright, well, I'll get a couple of - detectives to follow it through.
- [KNOCKING ON DOOR.]
The water bottle in Alice's backpack, just had it tested.
- And? - Contains traces of Rohypnol.
Alright, go back.
Talk to the bar owner.
OK.
You've got the wrong guy.
I've got one of your customers on record.
Alright, well, you better lock up the bar.
Manslaughter charge, you might be gone for a while.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, listen.
Alright, OK.
I sold those girls ecstasy, OK? I didn't want to, but they were hassling me.
And the Rohypnol? Makes no sense.
They're bad for business.
People pass out.
Why would I want that? Do you sell water here? Free of charge.
Well, do you know anywhere near here that does? [SIGHS.]
What, is that it? Expect a visit from the drug squad.
I got those drowning stats you asked for.
Even allowing for alcohol and naive tourists, the last three months has seen a spike.
Let's talk to the lifesavers again and get their take.
[INDISTINCT POLICE RADIO CHATTER.]
- Dan.
- Depak.
Sorry for your loss, mate.
Have you got anything? Unfortunately, this place was scrubbed with bleach to within an inch of its life.
I mean, I could probably eat off the floors in here.
Not that I would.
No, detective, you can't be here.
Look, I've already admitted to being in the house over the past few weeks, so my DNA is bound to be everywhere.
You lied to us, Detective Cooper.
You told us you were only in this house last night.
Techies got a ping off your phone from this morning.
Guess where? Right here.
So, detective, we tracked your phone.
It puts you at the victim's house this morning.
Why didn't you tell us that? I did.
No, you said you went around there last night.
You do realise this guy's messing with me? This is all a distraction.
He was obsessed with Melody Gibbs, and now he wants Amber.
We found this torn up and in the bin at Pia's house.
Yeah, the killer planted it.
- Why would they do that? - Oh, why do you think? Or perhaps your new girlfriend found out about your obsession with Amber and tore it up out of anger.
My obsession? Well, you came back after three years away because of her, didn't you? No, not entirely.
Well, you did come back to help her.
Yeah.
- Because of what she went through.
- The shark attack.
- Same as you, same as our victim.
- Yeah.
Did you have anything to do with your girlfriend's murder? Do you really think I'm a serial killer? Maybe you killed Pia and then staged it to make it look like your serial killer.
This is bullshit! Sit back down.
Do you have any objection to a search of your belongings? - No.
No objection.
- And what about where you live? Well, you better check with Jim.
JIM: My place? Any objections? They'll get a search warrant if they have to.
Nah, no objections.
Nah, search away.
Maybe you can find my cordless drill while you're there.
- Sorry.
- Nah, that's alright.
There's definitely been an increase in rescue attempts.
I checked with the lifesavers, and they've all said it's been an unusually high year.
So maybe someone spikes the water and watches while their targets almost drown.
Guess who's rescued most of them? So, you've had a busy few months.
Oh, some people never learn, you know? Swim between the flags.
How hard is that? So what happened to Bec? I saw her struggling.
She kept going under.
You know, I knew she was in trouble.
I wish I could have saved her.
Right, so did you talk to Bec Phillips before she went in the water? We have witnesses, don't we, Detective Hobson? Yes, they saw you talking to her and her friend.
Maybe.
I mean, it's hard to remember everyone I have a chat with.
Really? Two pretty girls hardly wearing anything? That describes half the beach.
Yeah, but it was first thing in the morning.
I'm sure there was hardly anyone down here.
DEPAK: Hey.
You good? [TENSE, SOFT PIANO MUSIC.]
Sorry about this, mate.
No, don't be sorry.
It's fine.
Oi, do you mind? It's my kid's drawing.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
ZOE: Do you like being a hero? Oh, look, I don't really think of myself like that.
Yeah, but do you like the feeling? It's nice to be appreciated.
Sure.
Yeah, it gives you a buzz, doesn't it? All that attention, everyone talking about you.
- Matt the hero.
- I wouldn't go that far.
I think you would.
You like the thrill, don't you? Uh, Depak, do you want to check the freezer? - I'm gonna go inside.
- Copy that.
Can you check the barbecue? The side, everywhere.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
ZOE: It was already hot.
They partied all night.
Slept on the beach.
No doubt they looked dehydrated.
Did you offer them water, Matt? How much Rohypnol did you use? I suspect it wasn't that much.
You didn't want her to actually die, did you? You just wanted her to get into enough trouble so that you could save her.
Just like all those other people you saved.
You gave them spiked water too, didn't you? It was an accident.
I didn't mean for any of this stuff to happen.
STEPHEN: Someone's in trouble.
Finally been converted to the greatest sport in the world, I see? Did you watch this? They are Reynolds.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
Detective Dan Cooper, you are under arrest for the murder of Bob Anderson.
Anything you say or do will be recorded and may be used as evidence in court.
Do you understand? [TENSE MUSIC.]
[EXHALES.]
What's going on? They found a SIM card during the search.
- Matched Bob Anderson's missing phone.
- What? And they found hair fibres in the freezer.
Oh, for God's sake, are the handcuffs necessary? Would you prefer special treatment for him? No.
Just a bit of common sense.
Take them off.
Um, I've gotta get out of here.
Hey, do you guys know anything about this? No? WONG: OK.
Superintendent, you're welcome to join us as an observer.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
[TENSE THEME MUSIC.]
Found in a drain two nights ago.
Forensics tell us he's been dead at least two weeks.
Strangled, then frozen, and dumped three days ago.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
WOMAN: Which emergency service do you require? - STEPHEN [IN AUSSIE ACCENT.]
: Police.
- Directing you.
I was walking my dog, and, uh, I think it's a dead body.
It's in a drain on Middle Head.
Please send somebody.
Well, if this is our guy, it means he set the whole thing up.
Yeah, like some sort of game.
ZOE: Why wait six months? So let's just do it.
We finally get a strike force up and running, and she runs off to Tahiti for her wedding.
- Zo - No, you can't do this to me now.
- I'm sorry.
- It needs to be now.
You are all that I think about.
I kissed Dan.
Don't tell me it didn't mean anything.
No, it was my fault too.
I I just I just feel really confused.
I'm not waiting around for you to make a decision.
Well, you show me yours and I'll show you mine.
That is a 2m reef shark.
Pff, it's a scratch.
- [GASPS.]
- So, that's a 4m, and that's a great white.
- You win! - I win.
- Snap! - Snap.
Is Dan here? No.
[YELPS.]
[TENSE MUSIC.]
MAN: Call an ambulance! [PEOPLE YELLING INDISTINCTLY.]
- [WOMAN COUGHING AND GASPING.]
- It's OK.
It's OK.
It's OK.
Get back.
Get back.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
[PEOPLE YELLING INDISTINCTLY.]
ZOE: Bec Phillips.
She was pulled from the water at 9:30 this morning.
Wasn't breathing.
A lifesaver revived her, and then according to witnesses, she had a massive seizure and died.
Drugs? Well, still waiting on the toxicology.
So what makes it suspicious? Well, she wasn't wearing any bathers, just underwear.
And she had a bruise on her right cheek and both arms.
OK, so maybe she was attacked, and she runs to the water to escape? - Listen, Zoe - No.
You don't even know what I was gonna say.
WOMAN: OK, there's some kind of stamp on her wrist.
Ink.
It looks like the letter B.
That's the Buzz Bar.
Have you seen this girl around? Hmm, nah, I don't think so.
Busy last night? Fifth anniversary.
Ten bucks at the door.
Half-price shots.
- Your cameras work? - Just the one at the entrance and this one pointed at the till.
Employees with sticky fingers? Yeah.
Not good for business.
Well, neither is serving underage drinkers.
I guess that's a good enough reason not to turn the other cameras on, right? So if we were to organise some random underage compliance checks, you'd be fine with that.
Wanna try again? Yeah, actually, I do remember her.
She got pretty wasted.
Yeah, half-price shots will do that.
One of my doormen might have got a little rough with her.
What do you mean, "rough"? She was drunk, I had no choice.
I had to kick her and her friend out.
Wait, what friend? That explains the bruises.
- That's Bec Phillips? - Yep.
- Do we have an ID on the other woman? - Not yet.
What about Miss Phillips's social media? Well, there was plenty of photos.
She was obviously a party girl.
But none of them match the friend.
CLAIRE: Read on the toxicology, the victim had ecstasy and Rohypnol in her system.
- Rohypnol? - Date rape drug of choice.
Yeah, not likely to have taken voluntarily.
Alright, well, let's get her face on the news.
At the very least, she could be a witness, but I want to make sure she's OK.
We'll set up a command on the beach, fill in the gaps between them leaving the bar and Bec Phillips's death.
Hey, Anna.
- Can I speak to you? - Strike force meeting.
JIM: The current status of our serial case, we have victim number four, Bob Anderson.
Now, we've looked at him from every angle.
Social media, work, environmental activism, friends, the few that he has, family.
But so far, we've been unable to connect him in any way - to the previous three victims.
- Sorry I'm late.
Oh, that's alright, mate.
We're just, um Well, we're trying to connect victim number four, Bob Anderson, to the other three murders.
DAN: What if he isn't connected? We know our killer's an obsessive.
It's in your profile.
Well, he fixates on an individual.
Gets rid of people who stand in his way.
And then deliberately sabotages situations to get what he wants.
So, our guy was obsessed with Melody Gibbs, so he killed the boyfriend to get him out of the way.
And once he killed Melody, obsession ended.
So Bob Anderson is part of a new obsession? Is that the theory? Hey, what about Amber? Remember he was trolling her - the week before he was murdered.
- It's possible.
I could talk to her.
Find out if she's had any weird boyfriends recently.
Probably better if I talk to her.
Yeah, good idea.
Alright, well, given there's new information, I think we should look again at everyone that Bob was trolling.
OK? Not just Amber.
Alright? Good.
Hopefully it'll throw up some new leads.
Can we talk? - Yeah, that'd be great.
- I want to organise a time to come round and grab my stuff.
You've made it pretty clear you're confused.
You don't want to get married.
Yeah, I don't want to get married right now, but maybe You want me to wait around until you decide whether you're in love with Dan or not? - Sorry.
- No, don't go.
Let's have that chat Zoe wanted to have so badly.
- Can you not? - Come on, Dan.
Tell us how you feel now you've got everything you wanted.
ANNA: I understand that the situation's tricky for you.
- [SCOFFS.]
Tricky.
- You have my sympathy, Zoe.
Yeah, well, I'd prefer some time off.
- Maybe a couple of weeks.
- Not possible.
I shouldn't even be here now.
I'm getting plenty of heat from upstairs.
If we don't get a result from the strike force soon, some of us will be getting a long holiday.
You're just gonna have to suck it up.
Put the personal to one side.
Make it work.
You know, when the going gets tough and all that.
[SIGHS.]
AMBER: What do you mean, a list? Of anyone who's acted strangely around you.
Define 'strange'.
Any of your surfing fans been bothering you? This isn't about the troll, is it? Dan said his murder had nothing to do with me.
And it probably doesn't.
We just need to look at all possibilities.
- Right.
- More photos in there, guys.
Keep showing them around.
Has this got something to do with it? No, different case.
- Do you recognise her? - No, sorry.
Alright, good luck.
Hey, you wanted to see us? Just wanted to double-check if any of you recognise her from the beach this morning.
She's a friend of the girl you attempted to save.
No, don't think so.
Hey, Jimbo.
All ready for the big derby this weekend? Man United versus City.
75,000 people all singing in unison.
Thatcher's Yeah, probably end up as a nil-all draw, then they'll riot out of boredom.
Hey, get this.
New tissue analysis indicates that Bob's body was dumped in that drain no more than ten minutes before he started to defrost.
What does that mean? Get the team together.
The drain where Bob's body was found.
Now, his body was dumped there only ten minutes after the killer removed it from his freezer.
Now, we know it takes five minutes to drive along this track here from the main road to the drain.
Which means? The killer lives within five minutes of that main road.
Give the man a cigar.
OK, so, let's be conservative, alright? So, 5km radius.
- Ooh, big area.
- Yeah, hang on.
Now, Bob was last seen at his gym just here, and his car was found not far away, so I'd say he was murdered somewhere along that route, OK? Initial forensics tell us he was frozen within 30 minutes of being dead.
Alright? So given the time it might take to wrangle a body in and out of a car, I'd say ten minutes' travel time.
10km radius.
Now, where these two circles intersect Is where the killer lives.
Or has a place where he froze the body.
That's impressive, Jim.
That's why you're still living under my shadow, Dan.
Well, big shadow, too.
[CHUCKLES.]
Well, still a big area.
What is there, 1,000 houses in that area? More like 3,000.
Well, I'd say we can rule out apartments.
And we'll base our search on Kristof's profile.
Single white male living alone.
With a large freezer.
[CHUCKLES.]
With a large freezer, exactly.
So some good old-fashioned legwork, and we might just get lucky.
Uh, I live in that area.
Am I a suspect? Well, you do fit the profile, Stephen.
But then again, so do I, mate.
And I've got a big freezer.
- Maybe we should both be worried.
- [LAUGHS.]
[PHONE RINGS.]
Hey, Zo.
Yeah, hey, Claire.
Alright, we're on our way.
We've got a lead on our missing girl.
- Alice Clarke? - The missing friend.
Where was this found? On the beach.
Apparently it got handed to lost property.
On the beach where? Not far from where we found the dead girl's clothes.
So where's Alice now? I already sent uniforms to the address on her licence.
- And? - Apartment's empty.
They speak to neighbours? No-one's seen or heard from her since yesterday.
So maybe she went in swimming with a friend.
Let's get the water police in to do a search.
- Anything? - Nup.
MAN [OVER RADIO.]
: Yeah, so, we've searched the south end, and there's nothing there.
Over.
What about the dive sweep? The divers are still down below.
We'll let you know.
Copy that.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
[DELICATE PIANO MUSIC.]
Yeah, hey, Pia.
It's me again.
I'm at your house, but you're Obviously you're not home.
We need to talk.
Can you call me? Bye.
Hey.
No.
Not feeding time yet.
Souvenir from Bob.
That might come in handy, eh, Denver? ['TAKE ME OUT' BY PIERCE BROTHERS PLAYS.]
Hey.
[SIGHS.]
Feel like the oldest person at the party? Yeah, and the least cool.
Hey! Thanks for coming.
Oh, man, I'm gonna miss you guys so much.
Congratulations on the wildcard entry.
Thank you.
First round of the women's world qualifiers.
Amazing.
And it's on the Sunshine Coast as well.
I heard it's got some great stuff going for it.
Sun, for example.
- See, that's what I'm gonna miss.
- It's got a coast [CHUCKLES.]
Where's Pia? Um, can I talk to you for a second? Yeah.
You good? - Yeah, I've got a drink.
- Cool.
So, we might have been wrong about Bob the troll.
But you said that guy's murder had nothing to do with me.
- Yeah, and it might not.
- But? But it's It's a possibility.
What, so you're saying if the serial killer murdered him, he wants to murder me next? We don't know.
Well, I'm leaving soon, so it shouldn't matter, right? What? We don't think you should leave.
Is that an order? It's a strong suggestion.
OK, well, what the hell am I supposed to do with that, Dan? Thanks.
- Hey, you OK? - Yeah Pizza and beer.
We can be the perfect slobs.
Hey.
I'll get the pizza.
Do you want to stay for some? I've already eaten.
Just want to get my stuff.
Um You should probably have this back.
[SOLEMN PIANO MUSIC.]
[TEXT MESSAGE SENT TONE.]
Nothing like a bit of break-up sex.
Did I do the right thing? Don't be so hard on yourself.
No lo lamento? Exactly.
No regrets.
What? See ya.
[LAUGHS.]
It's a door knock.
I can't do it by myself.
Yeah, I know, but 30 uniforms? Do you know how much that's gonna cost? Oh, OK, what's the cost of not doing it, then? Hmm? Another victim? Can you imagine the media on that? "Serial killer strikes again.
"Police do nothing.
" Well, do you think it's our best shot? Right now it's our only shot.
Anna, look, we're onto something, OK? Bob Anderson's body was still frozen when it was found in that drain.
The killer had to put him somewhere.
Somewhere close.
Alright, fine.
Find me a freezer.
Will do.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR.]
[TENSE MUSIC.]
Yeah, hi.
I wanted to speak to one of your employees.
Pia.
What? How long for? Well, do you know why she hasn't been at work? OK, alright.
Thank you.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
Pia! Hello? Pia? [TENSE MUSIC.]
[PHONE RINGS.]
Hello.
ZOE: We think we found Alice Clarke.
So, police divers found the body about an hour ago.
It was tangled up in one of the shark nets.
Think it's our missing girl? Young woman, blonde hair.
I'd say it's a pretty good bet.
Are you OK? I think something really bad's happened.
What? [TENSE MUSIC.]
[EXHALES.]
Pia.
[SOMBRE MUSIC.]
She was dead before she went in the water.
You two really shouldn't be in here.
Dan, let's wait outside.
What do you see? Um, she's missing an earring.
Look inside her mouth.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
She's missing a tooth.
[SNIFFLING, BREATHING SHAKILY.]
What the hell is going on? How did you know about that tooth? 'Cause that piece of shit killed her because of me.
What? I don't understand.
Why? 'Cause this is a game to him.
He thinks he's smarter than us.
Why would he kill Pia? He didn't pick her randomly.
The prick's been watching me.
And Amber is definitely at risk now too.
I'll organise some protection.
- I'm going to Pia's.
- Crime Scene are there examining it.
That's why I'm gonna go there.
You can't be part of this investigation.
- Are you sidelining me? - You are the victim's boyfriend.
Look, we'll talk about this afterwards.
[SIGHS.]
The Conduct Commission are sending over a couple of detectives to take your statement.
It has to be impartial.
[MOUTHS SILENTLY.]
[DELICATE PIANO MUSIC.]
AMBER: You're really freaking me out, Claire.
Can you just tell me what's going on, please? [SIGHS.]
I can't right now.
It's an ongoing investigation.
I saw something on the telly about someone being dragged out of the water.
They were saying that it was linked to the serial killer.
We don't know that.
Not for sure.
And that he takes teeth? [EXHALES.]
[OUTGOING CALL TONE.]
- Who are you calling? - Dan.
[SIGHS.]
It keeps going to voicemail.
That's because he can't take your call right now.
Why not? Amber, please.
If I could tell you, I would.
The boss is organising a couple of officers to be parked outside.
In the meantime, promise me you'll stay safe.
Don't let in any strangers.
OK? OK.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
I tried to get a hold of her for a couple of days.
MAN: You went to her house? Yeah, last night.
Right, and you didn't see anything to arouse your suspicions? Other than she, you know, wasn't answering her phone or her door.
WOMAN: Did she have any reason to be avoiding you? - No.
- We've listened to your messages.
It seems you were pretty keen to talk to her about something.
Can you tell us what? Um, I was Gonna break up with her.
Why? It wasn't working.
Well, that would have upset her.
Well, I never got the chance to tell her.
How long have you known the victim? Not long.
So you started up a relationship with her only recently? Yeah, a few weeks ago.
Why are you asking me this? Well, just trying to get a picture.
- Am I a suspect? - It's just background information.
Uh, thank you, superintendent, but you're here as a witness support only.
Was your relationship of a sexual nature? Yeah.
So in a relatively short period of time, you met and engaged in a sexual relationship with the victim then broke it off with her? Well, I told you, I didn't actually You planned to break it off with her.
What has this got to do with anything? - Just answer the question.
- Fine, yes.
- And you met the victim - Her name's Pia.
Do you mind not calling her 'the victim', please? Right, so you met Pia at Bite Club, is it? Correct.
And that's a support group for people who have survived Yeah, it's a support group.
But we're wasting our time.
You should be out there looking for the guy who actually did this.
- Hey, you believe this shit? - Ah, it's crazy.
They can't honestly think Dan had anything to do with this.
- I mean, what evidence do they have? - They don't have any, as far as I can tell.
Just a lot of dick swinging.
I've gotta coordinate 30 uniforms for this freezer search.
- The boss approved it? - Yeah.
Yeah, you'll be with us.
No, I have to follow up on this list that Amber gave us.
Oh, OK.
Cool.
Alright.
- Good news, though.
- Yeah.
Cheers.
Cheers.
[ENGINE STARTS.]
[DELICATE PIANO MUSIC.]
'Scuse me, do you know when the next ferry will be? Uh, about 15 minutes.
[SIREN WAILS.]
[FRENETIC MUSIC.]
'Scuse me.
Alice? Alice Clarke? I'm Detective Rawlings.
I need you to come and have a chat to me about Bec Phillips.
Will you do that, please? - Thanks, guys.
- WOMAN: Please come with us.
What are you doing? No-one will tell me what's really going on, Claire, so The body that was pulled from the water, it's Pia.
She was murdered.
What? I did it.
I killed Bec.
You killed her how? I gave her an E.
She didn't really want it.
She was happy doing shots, but I talked her into it.
So why did you disappear off the beach? When Bec died like that, I just [SIGHS.]
I panicked.
And what about the Rohypnol? Did you give her that, too? That was also found in your friend's system.
No! And where did you get the ecstasy from? Oh, the guy who owned the bar gave it to me.
- Toby? - Yeah.
Right.
So you and your friend, you got high at the bar, and then you got kicked out.
What happened then? We crossed the road to the beach.
Sat on the sand.
It was still warm.
Bec Bec flaked it.
Was there anyone else on that beach? It was 3:00 in the morning.
I need you to think really carefully, Alice.
Did someone follow you from the bar? There was no-one else on that beach.
The only thing there was was, um A boat.
A boat? What kind of boat? Maybe a half cabin cruiser? She said she saw it.
- She was high as a kite.
- Ecstasy can heighten the senses.
Pia's body went into the water sometime that night.
So you're saying our serial killer took a boat out around the Heads in the middle of the night to dump Pia's body in the ocean? Yeah, so it would wash up right under our noses.
Alright, well, I'll get a couple of - detectives to follow it through.
- [KNOCKING ON DOOR.]
The water bottle in Alice's backpack, just had it tested.
- And? - Contains traces of Rohypnol.
Alright, go back.
Talk to the bar owner.
OK.
You've got the wrong guy.
I've got one of your customers on record.
Alright, well, you better lock up the bar.
Manslaughter charge, you might be gone for a while.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, listen.
Alright, OK.
I sold those girls ecstasy, OK? I didn't want to, but they were hassling me.
And the Rohypnol? Makes no sense.
They're bad for business.
People pass out.
Why would I want that? Do you sell water here? Free of charge.
Well, do you know anywhere near here that does? [SIGHS.]
What, is that it? Expect a visit from the drug squad.
I got those drowning stats you asked for.
Even allowing for alcohol and naive tourists, the last three months has seen a spike.
Let's talk to the lifesavers again and get their take.
[INDISTINCT POLICE RADIO CHATTER.]
- Dan.
- Depak.
Sorry for your loss, mate.
Have you got anything? Unfortunately, this place was scrubbed with bleach to within an inch of its life.
I mean, I could probably eat off the floors in here.
Not that I would.
No, detective, you can't be here.
Look, I've already admitted to being in the house over the past few weeks, so my DNA is bound to be everywhere.
You lied to us, Detective Cooper.
You told us you were only in this house last night.
Techies got a ping off your phone from this morning.
Guess where? Right here.
So, detective, we tracked your phone.
It puts you at the victim's house this morning.
Why didn't you tell us that? I did.
No, you said you went around there last night.
You do realise this guy's messing with me? This is all a distraction.
He was obsessed with Melody Gibbs, and now he wants Amber.
We found this torn up and in the bin at Pia's house.
Yeah, the killer planted it.
- Why would they do that? - Oh, why do you think? Or perhaps your new girlfriend found out about your obsession with Amber and tore it up out of anger.
My obsession? Well, you came back after three years away because of her, didn't you? No, not entirely.
Well, you did come back to help her.
Yeah.
- Because of what she went through.
- The shark attack.
- Same as you, same as our victim.
- Yeah.
Did you have anything to do with your girlfriend's murder? Do you really think I'm a serial killer? Maybe you killed Pia and then staged it to make it look like your serial killer.
This is bullshit! Sit back down.
Do you have any objection to a search of your belongings? - No.
No objection.
- And what about where you live? Well, you better check with Jim.
JIM: My place? Any objections? They'll get a search warrant if they have to.
Nah, no objections.
Nah, search away.
Maybe you can find my cordless drill while you're there.
- Sorry.
- Nah, that's alright.
There's definitely been an increase in rescue attempts.
I checked with the lifesavers, and they've all said it's been an unusually high year.
So maybe someone spikes the water and watches while their targets almost drown.
Guess who's rescued most of them? So, you've had a busy few months.
Oh, some people never learn, you know? Swim between the flags.
How hard is that? So what happened to Bec? I saw her struggling.
She kept going under.
You know, I knew she was in trouble.
I wish I could have saved her.
Right, so did you talk to Bec Phillips before she went in the water? We have witnesses, don't we, Detective Hobson? Yes, they saw you talking to her and her friend.
Maybe.
I mean, it's hard to remember everyone I have a chat with.
Really? Two pretty girls hardly wearing anything? That describes half the beach.
Yeah, but it was first thing in the morning.
I'm sure there was hardly anyone down here.
DEPAK: Hey.
You good? [TENSE, SOFT PIANO MUSIC.]
Sorry about this, mate.
No, don't be sorry.
It's fine.
Oi, do you mind? It's my kid's drawing.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
ZOE: Do you like being a hero? Oh, look, I don't really think of myself like that.
Yeah, but do you like the feeling? It's nice to be appreciated.
Sure.
Yeah, it gives you a buzz, doesn't it? All that attention, everyone talking about you.
- Matt the hero.
- I wouldn't go that far.
I think you would.
You like the thrill, don't you? Uh, Depak, do you want to check the freezer? - I'm gonna go inside.
- Copy that.
Can you check the barbecue? The side, everywhere.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
ZOE: It was already hot.
They partied all night.
Slept on the beach.
No doubt they looked dehydrated.
Did you offer them water, Matt? How much Rohypnol did you use? I suspect it wasn't that much.
You didn't want her to actually die, did you? You just wanted her to get into enough trouble so that you could save her.
Just like all those other people you saved.
You gave them spiked water too, didn't you? It was an accident.
I didn't mean for any of this stuff to happen.
STEPHEN: Someone's in trouble.
Finally been converted to the greatest sport in the world, I see? Did you watch this? They are Reynolds.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
Detective Dan Cooper, you are under arrest for the murder of Bob Anderson.
Anything you say or do will be recorded and may be used as evidence in court.
Do you understand? [TENSE MUSIC.]
[EXHALES.]
What's going on? They found a SIM card during the search.
- Matched Bob Anderson's missing phone.
- What? And they found hair fibres in the freezer.
Oh, for God's sake, are the handcuffs necessary? Would you prefer special treatment for him? No.
Just a bit of common sense.
Take them off.
Um, I've gotta get out of here.
Hey, do you guys know anything about this? No? WONG: OK.
Superintendent, you're welcome to join us as an observer.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
[TENSE THEME MUSIC.]