The Twelve (2022) s01e09 Episode Script

They're gonna be in my house.
How did you let that happen?
You're getting outplayed.
You know this could cause a mistrial?
There's actually nothing in the jury act
about incidental contact.
My wife and son are still in Iraq.
What? What is it?
Sweetheart, hey, what happened?
Dad!
What the hell were you thinking, Ava?
What about your boyfriend being there?
He's a guy you're not seeing anymore.
We had an illegal labourer on site.
He fell. He died a few hours later.
I think we killed him.
What do you think about having
your entire debt cleared?
What about the banker?
Can you put pressure on him?
Knocking people off the jury
was not part of the agreement.
Ripley! Zeus!
It all just happened so fast
I have photographs of Alice's arm.
Fucking stop! No! No!
You need to leave immediately.
- What happened?
- Jamie's angry.
- He's punishing me.
- You should just stay at mine.
Claire was upset because
she'd found something out.
Claire told me her father
was having an affair.
Who was he having an affair with?
Kate.
I love that. I love that.
That's fantastic.
Can you make it a little tighter?
- Yeah, wait.
- With your hand, a little bit.
- OK, stay in that position.
- Yeah?
- Yep, keep it tight.
- Yeah.
- Wait.
- It has to look real.
That's great.
Try that one.
That should be fine.
We don't have to set out to
prove that Nathan killed Claire.
We just have to convince the jury
that he had a motive to do so,
and therefore, give
them reasonable doubt.
But it does mean, I'm afraid,
leaning into your affair.
You sure you want to risk that?
Oh, the damage with
Diane is already done,
so I'll make it up to her, sometime.
But I need to get acquitted, first.
So you need to use this
to take Nathan down.
What I'm saying, Kate,
is recalling any witness without
due preparation is always dangerous.
But isn't it enough that he lied?
To give the jury reasonable doubt?
As long as the jury believe
that Nathan's the liar and not
Claire and the house mistress.
Then make them believe it.
20 minutes.
We need to pack up.
I think I've found something.
Is it pertinent to this testimony?
No.
But I think you need to look.
This is 12 minutes after Kate
left in her car with Amita.
Watch.
Is that a flash? Is that a camera flash?
Every ten seconds, for six minutes.
So what do you think? Is this Claire?
She was the only one there.
Welcome back, Mr. Spears.
Earlier in your evidence,
you said that you met
Kate Lawson at art school
before you met her sister, Diane.
Is that correct? That's correct.
And you admitted an affair,
one affair, during your
marriage to Diane Spears.
Yes, I also said that I regretted it.
Was that affair with Kate Lawson?
No.
Then who was it with?
It was with my wife, Sonia.
So you are a liar and an adulterer.
I'm not a liar.
Did you lie to your wife, Diane,
about an affair with your wife, Sonia?
Yes.
So you are an adulterer and a liar.
That is established.
Can the witness be
shown exhibit A, please?
Now, Mr. Spears, you
will be shown the footage
of you attending Ms Lawson's
house on the night of 14 September,
in response to the online video
Claire had posted that afternoon.
Now, here you are seen dragging Claire
away from Ms Lawson's house, correct?
That's correct.
But here, Kate interrupts
and you are unable to
finish your argument.
That must have been
frustrating, was it not?
Well, we were both emotional.
I just decided to let it go.
Were you emotional
because Claire told you
she knew about your
affair with her aunt,
and she was threatening
to tell your wife?
No.
So what were you arguing about?
I just told her that
Sonia was losing the baby
that she was carrying at the time.
Claire didn't want to come
home. She was uncomfortable.
She said she didn't know
what she would say to Sonia.
I told her she should
come home, but she refused.
That is not the evidence
that you gave before, is it?
- No.
- So you perjured yourself.
Yes.
Why, then, did you choose to lie?
Because as you can see,
my wife is in a
delicate condition again.
The loss of a baby is
a very private thing.
I didn't think it was fair to expose it
when it wasn't relevant to anyone
else but myself and my wife.
It would cause her too much distress.
But the fact remains that
you lied to this court
when you were under
oath to tell the truth.
And, when you were first
interviewed by the police,
your wife was not, then, in
a delicate condition, was she?
No.
So why did you lie to the police?
I'd lost two children inside 24 hours.
By the time I was interviewed
about that footage,
our lives were spread all over the news.
So if I chose to protect my wife
by keeping our personal tragedy
to myself, would you blame me?
I put it to you that your
two explanations are different
because they are two different lies.
That's not true.
True, not true, those
are just words to a liar.
I know the difference.
I will ask you again, Mr. Spears.
Did you have a longstanding
affair with your sister-in-law,
the defendant, Kate Lawson?
No.
Claire's house mistress
said your daughter told her
you were having an affair with her aunt.
Now, who's telling the lie?
Is it the house mistress?
No, I don't think so.
Is it Claire that's lying, then?
Claire lied about a lot of things.
Now, is your current wife wealthy?
- Yes.
- She is. How is that?
Her family are involved
in the Italian automotive industry.
So do you have a prenuptial agreement
that states that if you commit adultery
and the marriage ends in divorce,
you forfeit any right to
a financial settlement?
Yes. But I haven't committed adultery.
Look, the police had access to
my phone, to Kate's records, too.
You can check. There was nothing.
No contact except about Claire.
Hand me a note.
And don't answer.
Mr. Spears, are you aware that
there are apps on mobile phones
that allow you to send
messages that cannot be traced?
No.
So you don't know of
Wick
What is this, wick
Wick
I'm sorry, your honour, there
seems to be a typographical
- Wickr.
- Wickr. Wickr.
So you are aware of this app.
I've heard of it.
Did you and Ms Lawson use the wickr app
to conduct a secret liaison
that could not be traced?
No.
Then why is the wickr app on your phone?
I don't know. I mean,
Claire may have uploaded it.
She did that sometimes. I don't know.
Mr. Spears, in the
course of a few moments,
you've accused your daughter,
your 14-year-old daughter,
of being a liar.
And now you're accusing her
of tampering with your phone.
Is it your intention to use Claire,
who can't answer for herself,
to use Claire to cover
all the inconsistencies
in your evidence?
I'm not using Claire.
Now, since we've established
that you've lied to your
wife about your affairs,
and you've lied here under oath,
why should the jury believe
you are now telling the truth?
I lost my daughter, thanks to Kate.
And by that, I mean
long before she died.
Why would I have an affair
with someone that I hated?
No more questions, your honour.
I have no further
questions, your honour,
and that is the close
of the crown's case.
So do we think he was actually
having an affair with her?
Well, she must be saying they were,
or the defence wouldn't call him back.
It's a bit of a he said, she said sitch.
Mm, people fuck who
they hate all the time.
Exactly. And he's a gold-digger.
If they were having an affair,
they could be in it together.
Well, everything I hear just makes me
more convinced that she's guilty.
Goodbye.
When's your wife get here?
She's getting on a plane tomorrow.
She said just now to thank you
again for introducing us to Neil.
It's a miracle he got us this far.
Oh, dude, you just give me advice
for my appeal and we're square.
Tell me what you need.
Do you need a hand?
Oh, no thank you.
I can manage.
Tell her that she can
go, but with the girls only.
And be home by 11.
- I'll um, I'll see you tomorrow.
- Bye.
So the idea is that
you send them a letter,
threatening legal action.
Then you don't have to take the
action that you're threatening.
Got it. And plan B is getting a job.
Get a rideshare licence.
Then you have a job.
But no car.
When my wife gets
here, I give you my car.
You do night shifts.
Serious?
Well, yeah, I didn't
wait so long for this
and then going to spend my
evenings away from my family.
Use my car.
Alright.
I didn't miscarry until two days
after you went to the cinema.
So whatever you and Claire
fought about that night,
it wasn't the baby.
Nathan!
I lied for you.
Where were you that night?
You came home from the cinema, late.
What the hell were you thinking
telling Claire about us?
If you think you can
abuse me, you can fuck off.
Claire was guessing and it was your
reaction that gave everything away.
You know what? You're not worth this.
You're not worth losing Sonia over.
You let Claire say whatever she likes.
We deny it, Nathan.
We deny it. We deny it!
No, you listen to me, right?
You don't fix this and I lose Sonia,
then I swear to fucken god, I am
gonna make your life hell, Kate.
Do you understand me?
You already make my life hell.
We make all of our lives hell.
You know what?
We're done.
For good.
You have told so many lies.
All I can do is promise.
Promise you I will never do
anything to hurt you again.
No more lies.
I don't know how many
more ways I can say it.
For you to take the stand
is the worst possible idea.
I don't even think I should
be listening to you anymore.
Mr. Colby's protecting you.
Oh, is he Ezekiel?
Is that he hasn't called a
single witness to defend me?
I mean, maybe we should
have brought up my past.
Maybe then one of those jurors
would actually understand my art.
Maybe burying that was a huge mistake.
We agreed on a strategy
Look, Nathan is lying and
I want to speak for myself.
Kate, I strongly advise
you, do not testify.
As things stand now, we have a very
good shot at a not guilty verdict.
Please, stop pacing!
Now, on the prosecution evidence,
they cannot dismiss the
idea that she just ran away.
It might make you feel
better to call Nathan a liar,
but if you take the stand,
you open yourself up to
cross-examination by the crown,
and if any juror on the fence
sees you as untrustworthy
under questioning,
that is the difference between
freedom and a lifetime in jail.
And if any juror still
sitting on the fence
sees me in a good light,
then that can make a
difference too, yes?
Can he stop me?
It's your choice.
Then I want to take the stand.
Mummy!
Hello, little cupcakes!
Why aren't you home?
You weren't home last night, either.
I'm on a work trip.
Is daddy there?
Tell her I'm busy.
Whose bedroom is that?
OK kids, chop-chop.
Dinner's on the table.
Come on. Say goodbye. Bye mummy.
Bye, mum.
- Off you go.
- Bye, darlings.
Where are you?
I thought I told you to stay in a hotel.
I am.
It would be very silly to
lie to me right now, Georgina.
Please, just don't
start. I rang to speak to the kids.
Well, the children are eating.
Did you speak to the kids?
Yeah, they were having dinner, so
I might be going out on a limb
here and stating the obvious,
but you deserve better.
He doesn't hit me, if
that's what you're thinking.
I love him, Garry.
He's not a bad person.
I just
I just want my life back,
and my family together.
George, you're a catch.
And he treats you like
shit. Can't you see that?
Really, I mean, you are a great bird.
I'll just be a minute.
Probably just this
package I'm expecting.
Where are my fucken dogs?
Where are my fucken dogs?
Hey, you'll get em,
but first things first.
Otto's flipping over the
affair with the brother-in-law.
How did it go down?
Not well for Kate.
Come on, man, my dogs?
Mate, Otto asked you for full names
and details of the people
we should target, brother.
And so far, we've gotten zip from ya.
Yeah, but you know I can't do that.
The juror you're shagging in there.
- Which way is she voting?
- Not guilty.
All the way.
Shit's getting real, brother.
I don't want to take your dogs
for a little trip to the farm.
So just give me names, mate.
Names of the ones most
likely to be voting guilty.
Thanks.
Running late.
Where's the grumpy Princess?
Ah, she um, she didn't
come home last night.
What do you mean? I said home by 11:00.
Yeah, well I didn't hear her come in.
I thought she was just late,
but the bed's not slept in.
Have you called her?
Yeah, I tried.
She's not answering. Her phone's off.
I called the girls and they said
she never made it to the movie.
I've tried the boyfriend. No answer.
Sorry.
Sorry, everyone.
Business taking a hit?
My daughter didn't come home last night.
Can't get onto her.
We don't know where she is.
OK, now that we're all
here, shall we ah, get to court?
I've gotta go. Bye.
Your honour, I call the
accused, Kate Lawson.
Ms Lawson, we've heard
conflicting evidence.
Did you, in fact, have an
affair with Nathan Spears?
I did. We did.
Do you have any records
or text messages between you and
Mr. Spears to support this claim?
- No.
- Why not?
Because both of us were afraid
that my sister would find out,
and so we used the
wickr app on our phones.
How often did you and Mr. Spears
engage in sexual activities?
It was sporadic.
It wasn't romantic, because we both
felt terrible whenever it happened.
So there were gaps of
months, sometimes even years.
Now on the night of 14 September,
Claire refused to go with her father,
but then he suddenly gave his consent.
Did she say why?
Did she explain why?
Yes, she had threatened to
expose the affair to her mother
and to her stepmother,
unless Nathan let her stay.
Ms Lawson, prior to
the testimony of Fiona West,
the house mistress at school,
had you admitted this affair
to the police or to your family,
or to anyone in this room?
No, I'd never told anyone.
You had not in fact even
told any of your legal team, had you?
Correct.
So can you explain why you
have chosen to tell the truth now?
Because when I witnessed
Nathan lying under oath,
I started to doubt other things
that he'd said about Claire.
Now, how would you
describe Claire's relationship
with her father?
Ah, it was very stormy.
It was volatile.
Nathan has a terrible temper
and he puts his own interests
first above everyone's,
especially Claire's.
When Claire was reported missing,
what was Nathan's reaction?
Oh, he was furious.
He, ah, he said he
believed that she'd run away
and she would come home
when she was hungry.
Did he make an effort to
call the police, or to look for her?
No, he didn't.
No, Diane and I called the police.
We went looking for Claire,
and Nathan stayed at home with Sonia.
Now, Ms Lawson, I must ask you this.
Did you kill your niece, Claire Spears?
No, I would never hurt Claire.
Never.
The reason she wanted to be with me
was that we shared similar interests.
She loved me very, very much
and she found my life very exciting
Oh, I'm ahead of you, madam crown.
You will speak only in
response to questions
asked of you, Ms Lawson.
Sorry.
When they called Kate to the stand,
I was expecting way more from Colby.
Uber anti-climax.
But he can't just go in hard-core.
He has to keep it soft and easy.
Yeah, so she doesn't hang herself.
Has anyone else noticed
the shift in attitude
or expression from
Kate's sister toward her?
Brutal. Like, "fuck you, bitch."
I wonder if she'll be telling a
different story on the stand, now.
Is anyone wondering what
we're even doing here?
A few 100 years ago they used
to burn witches at the stake.
400. Middle ages.
400. Middle ages. Thank you, Margaret.
Who knows what it'll
be 400 years from now?
Maybe people will just be like,
"that was that person's fate."
To die.
And no one needs to be punished.
It's not only about punishment.
It's about deterring crime.
Otherwise anybody could Willy-nilly
kill whoever they wanted.
Yeah, I would have Willy-nilly
killed a few people by now. Dozens.
Decent people expect to be
punished for what they did.
That's not necessarily true.
You have no idea what
you're talking about
because you've never
been in that situation.
Yes!
Farrad.
They're reinstating my scholarship.
We did it.
Everything OK?
She was stopped at the airport.
They wouldn't let her on the plane.
They're not telling us why.
The lawyer's trying to
find out more details.
And I'm stuck in this.
I can't do anything.
Man, fuck, I'm so sorry.
Sorry.
You're an arsehole.
I know.
We need to talk.
Did you go there? Did you see Joe?
He's bullshitting.
She has to be with him.
Yeah, I know, I know.
I just
So where the fuck is she, then?
Gidday, mate.
It's Trevor, isn't it?
Yes? What's the emergency?
You know we can't be seen together.
I have a reputation to protect, OK?
Tell me Allen didn't
do something stupid.
Sorry, what are you talking about?
I gave him the names of two jurors.
One of their daughters has gone missing.
Look, I owe Allen money.
But at the end of the day,
I don't owe you nothin'.
So if someone gets hurt out of this,
I will burn down your gallery, your
house and your fucking reputation!
Would you describe yourself
as a caring aunt, Ms Lawson?
Yes, I would.
And did your niece, Claire,
rely on you for most of
her emotional support?
Yes she did.
And did you give her that support?
Always.
Always.
On the night of Saturday September 14th,
where was Claire when you returned
from dropping Amita back at school?
I assumed she was sleeping.
But you told the court
that you and Claire had
had, well, an argument,
that she was angry with you
over your affair with her father
that night, isn't that right?
She was acting out, yes.
And Amita also testified
that you and Claire had an altercation
which resulted in you
having to drop Amita
back to school early.
Is that also correct?
That is correct, yes.
And yet you told the police
when you returned home
from dropping Amita back, you
didn't go in to check on Claire.
No, her door was closed, and
I didn't want to wake her,
or start an argument that late at night.
Well, Claire was a 14-year-old
girl who, by your own testimony,
was upset and emotional
and yet you, her guardian,
her sole caregiver,
didn't go in to check to
see if Claire was alright.
No, I didn't.
And because of that,
the alarm wasn't raised
until late the next day. Is that so?
Yes, that's right.
So if you had have returned
from dropping Amita,
and gone to check on Claire,
you would have raised the alarm
a lot earlier, wouldn't you?
Of course.
Ms Lawson, you have just told the court
that you always provided
emotional support to your niece,
and yet on this one
occasion, you did not,
which left enough time
for a murder to occur,
a body to be disposed of, and
the evidence trail to go cold.
Would you not agree that this one lapse
in emotional support seems convenient?
Well sometimes, providing
emotional support
to a teenager means giving them space
when they're overwrought.
Surely as a mother you know that?
Surely you know by now that I'm the one
who asks the questions,
not you, Ms Lawson.
I'm so sorry.
Do you consider yourself a fit guardian
for a 14-year-old girl?
Yes, I do.
Well the court has heard that you suffer
from borderline personality disorder.
Is that right?
Well, that's a label
that gets thrown around.
That's one doctor's opinion.
It's not something I have to agree with.
Were you diagnosed with
the disorder, Ms Lawson?
I mean, do I have to
say yes if I don't agree?
Can you please object?
Ms Lawson, you are required to
answer the question directly.
You can't ask counsel to object.
- Continue, madam crown.
- Thank you, your honour.
The expert witness told us traits
that are associated with BPD
include unstable relationships,
self-harm, impulsive behaviours,
extreme emotional swings,
explosive anger, among others.
Are these things you
have struggled with, Kate?
I wouldn't call them struggles.
They are parts of my temperament
that actually help me
become a better artist.
Oh, so you embrace your extreme moods
and behaviour as part of your art?
I have to. Yes, I do.
You've described Claire as your muse,
in artistic statements, haven't you?
She's one of my muses.
But you relied on her exclusively
for the exhibition you were working
on at the time of her disappearance.
- That's correct?
- Yes.
Excessive fear of abandonment
is also a trait of BPD, isn't it?
Well, you've googled it. You tell me.
Your honour, objection.
My client is not an expert witness
in borderline personality
disorder, so called.
I'll rephrase the question, your honour.
Was fear of abandonment described
as part of your diagnosis?
Maybe, I cannot recall.
So when Claire rebelled against you,
it must have appeared as
if you were losing your muse
and, fearing abandonment,
did you take her life in
a fit of explosive rage?
That is a ridiculous question.
- Ms Lawson.
- Of course I didn't.
Of course I didn't. It
doesn't even make sense.
If I had a fear of abandonment,
why would I kill her?
It makes no sense at all.
How would that help my art?
Why did he put her on the stand?
It's not like she did
herself any favours.
Look, she's a bit of an oddball,
granted, but she's not a murderer.
Detective Chedid, can we speak?
I'm so sorry but we can't be talking.
No, no, it's not about the case.
My daughter has gone missing,
absent without contact since last night
and that's never happened before.
You're going to have to contact
your local police station.
I'm very sorry.
I hope Ava's OK.
I can't help but feel responsible.
- I take it that's your husband?
- You just have a cigarette,
and just don't act
like you're interested
or pay any attention, OK?
Why are you here?
Which hotel are you staying at?
Jamie, you threw me out.
If you want me to come home, just say.
Who's that dickwad?
Garry. He's just one of the jurors.
Garry who?
I barely know him.
Just tell me his name.
If you've got nothing to hide,
there shouldn't be a problem.
We're not actually meant to
reveal any of the juror's names.
That's convenient, isn't it?
Fuck the anonymity bullshit.
It's making me anxious, George.
Jamie.
I've gotta go.
Georgina, if you want to
speak to your children, hmm.
Thorne.
His name's Garry Thorne, OK?
OK.
That doesn't help, you know?
It's just all a bloody guessing game,
without some kind of guidance, Trevor.
But we don't know without a body.
That's why she can't be guilty.
Yeah, but you always said she was.
No, thank you.
I've got my own lunch.
I owe you an apology.
Look, I don't understand your behaviour,
but it's really too late
for an explanation now.
Margaret, the night you
came to dinner, I was
Afterwards, I couldn't sleep.
I felt
This is silly, but I felt like
I'd been cheating on my wife.
Having you there, having dinner.
I realised I was enjoying myself.
Flirting, even.
God forbid in her our house.
Do you understand?
I had a bad reaction and I just
It's taken me a while, you know, to
It's taken me a while to, ah
Find the words?
I hope you can forgive me,
and that, ah, well,
if it's not too late to, uhm
Court is recommencing.
This is bloody insane.
Sorry. My daughter has disappeared.
She didn't show up to school today.
It's really out of character.
Tried her, ah, her
boyfriend and her friends
and, uhm
Is it ironic, or is it just me?
We're hearing about a teenage girl
who goes missing and never comes back.
And the cop who investigated it,
she won't even bloody talk to me.
We need to start moving back
in, ladies and gentlemen.
Yeah, OK.
Maybe they said that
in these long cases,
they're usually sympathetic
towards family crises.
You should tell them. Tell them.
- You think they'll let me go?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, man.
Pull out. Your kid's more important.
Did Claire and Amita
drink under your roof
on the night of September 14th?
Well, we've all seen the video.
I was holed up with
a deadline that night.
What was the title of the
piece that you were working on?
That's great. I love
how taut it is there.
- It's so great.
- I think I'm actually gonna make my deadline.
You know, that's what
you should call it.
Deadline.
Yeah, that's pretty good, actually.
It was called deadline.
Oh, I see.
Was that a bit of meta
whimsy on your part,
or the execution of a long-held
artistic goal in your career?
What does that mean?
Do you recall an interview you
did with the journal 'artiste'
in December 2012?
Ah, vaguely.
Could the accused please be
passed exhibit L, your honour.
Would you please read the
highlighted text, Ms Lawson?
Of course.
"Getting too attached to certain
concepts is detrimental to art.
"There's an expression writers use,
"'kill your favourite children'
"and I think the same holds true in art.
"'Kill the muse' is my new mantra.
"We must kill the muse
"that inspires in order
to reach true inspiration."
I think you're taking this
a little bit too literally.
Turn the page and read the next
highlighted section, please.
Hey.
"That's exactly what I'm saying.
"Death is the masterpiece.
"If the muse were here in tangible form,
"I'd kill it and capture it forever."
Claire Spears was the muse
for deadline, wasn't she?
Objection.
This question has been asked and
this question has been answered.
Upheld. Move on, madam crown.
She was a muse, not the muse.
She was the sacrifice to
achieve your ultimate work of art
on sex and morbidity, wasn't she?
No, she was not.
You came home, you went
in and killed the muse
with hours to go before your deadline
No.
..And then you took the boat
and you disposed of the body.
That is not true. And you
are now trying to frame
not just an innocent man
but Claire's own father.
No. No. No. I was
The witness will take her seat.
No! No! No!
I have to get out of this
box. Please? Please? Please?
Sit down, Ms Lawson.
I can't.
Ms Lawson
Your honour, I request a recess
to assess the capacity
of my client to continue.
Your honour.
I have a note from a juror.
I'll take the note, sheriff.
Mr. Colby, your request is granted.
But as one of the jurors
is experiencing personal difficulties,
we will adjourn for the day.
All rise.
Court dismissed.
Diane, I need to speak with you.
Let me speak to my sister.
Diane refuses to see you.
On the plus side,
the judge has excused you
from further testimony,
since there've been no requests
to continue from the crown.
Because she thinks she's won.
Kate, I need to ask you something.
What was on your camera,
when you came home the night
that Claire disappeared?
What do you mean?
No, the reason I ask is that
Ezekiel has found some flashes
on the cctv footage, 12 minutes
after you left the house.
They're ten seconds apart.
There's 36 all up. Now
that's a roll of film.
They're subtle, but they're there.
And what we believe is that police
have fast forwarded that footage
between the arrivals and
departures from the house,
and they missed them.
Now the only person that was home
at the time when those
flashes went off, was Claire.
Did she take any photos on your camera?
She did.
I found the film and I developed it,
enlarged a couple of the
prints, but it was nothing.
She'd turned the camera around
and she'd triggered the auto-timer.
She was trying to ruin my final set-up.
It was 36 shots of nothing.
What happened to those photos?
- I burnt them.
- You burnt them?
Well, I do that with any pictures
that I don't want
catalogued in my collection.
It keeps the value intact.
And what about the negatives?
I assume the police took them.
No, no, no, I looked
through the police evidence
and there's nothing that
fits your description.
So where else could they be?
You should ask my sister.
What was that?
What?
Vanessa, you saw me in the
court. I waited for you after.
I called. I texted.
Why would you leave without me?
I didn't know you were coming,
so I just assumed you
were doing your own thing.
I'm sorry.
That was weird, and rude and hurtful.
Why were you there?
I mean, were you just
trying to spy on me?
Oh, god.
I thought I'd show an interest
in this whole Kate thing
you've been getting upset about.
She's borderline.
I'm trying to understand you.
I'm trying to find some way to
get on your page with this shit.
You can't get on my page.
I don't know what I want.
I don't even know who I am
as a person myself anymore.
And I feel like I'm just trying to
be this thing just to please you.
Like with babies and
domestics and pretence.
And you know what? I don't
know if I can pull that off.
You're the one who wanted babies.
OK?
I feel like I'm being
totally gaslit right now.
Yeah?
Then just go.
Go? What, go where?
What, what, leave you?
If that's what you want.
OK.
So, yeah, he's not
letting me see the kids.
It's been over 48 hours.
This is really tearing me apart.
Yeah, that's a lot.
I was thinking we need
compo for jury duty trauma.
You trying to fuck my wife, Garry?
Oh, mate, don't come at me
with something like that.
I'm not your mate.
You threw her out. I'm just
giving a friend somewhere to stay.
- Yeah?
- You seem real fucken friendly.
Jamie, come on.
You are out of here, right now.
You get the fuck out
of here, you parasite.
She's sick of your shit.
Jamie.
You shouldn't have hit him.
Are you OK?
- George.
- Hey, hey, hey, are you OK?
George, please come home. Please.
Please come home. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
We need you. I need you, please.
I shouldn't have thrown
you out, I shouldn't have.
I'll do anything to make
it up to you, I promise.
I will do anything, George. Please.
Please. Please. Please.
He's really sorry, Garry.
He's hurting. Look, it's
OK. I know what to do.
Yeah, no, good.
Keep the cycle of abuse
going. Sounds healthy to me.
Don't judge me.
I really appreciate your help.
- Jarrod.
- Hey. My appeal was successful,
but I just need you to sign a
form agreeing to me deferring
and repeating your course next semester.
You know, before I sign that,
I'd like to know why
you chose English lit.
I like books and I like reading.
And you got a scholarship
with accommodation.
You know, I'm the only
aboriginal professor
in the history of this
university's English faculty?
It hasn't been easy, or quick.
Or even sensible.
But I'm fucking passionate about it,
and that's what gets me
through all the red tape.
All the whitefella bureaucracy.
Passion.
You know, you're welcome
in my course next semester,
but before you come back,
I want you to ask yourself
what you really want from life, Jarrod.
What are you doing at my chambers?
I drove you home.
Do you remember what we talked about?
Yes, I remember.
Do you remember we agreed
that never happened?
I'm sorry.
I'm desperate
Look, I told you I
can't afford a mistrial.
My wife, she has the
same name as some woman
on the Australian Isis watchlist.
They won't let her into the
country. They won't listen to us.
They
I need a top immigration lawyer to
I can't, I can't help you.
OK? I just, I
I can't help you.
Will no one in this country help me?
No one?
Yeah, hi, I need to speak to
someone from missing persons, please.
Thank you.
Mm, smells amazing. Thank you.
Yeah, I mean, all I can really smell
is the stench of your
rarefied guilty conscience.
Wow, can we not?
I'm just, I'm tired.
I'm not really in the mood for your
theories on crime and punishment.
Jesus, what the fuck was that?
Just getting your attention.
Look, you didn't play by the
rules and someone got hurt.
But he wasn't playing
by the rules either.
OK, if he wasn't illegal,
you would have taken
him to the hospital.
Look, I appreciate what you're
trying to do, but he's dead.
I have to live with that,
for the rest of my life.
And I know you've
been through some shit.
I get it.
But you were not to blame.
I am.
You think you're the only
one with guilty secrets?
That story that I tell about my parents?
Even I've started to believe it.
I was having a shitty week and
I wanted to blow off some steam,
so I got in touch with
some random dealer.
He turned up. I got in the car.
We drove around the block a few times.
Got chatting.
Did a couple of bumps together.
But I wasn't thinking straight.
My parents were away
and I invited him inside.
He must have seen the
house and seen money.
He cased the place and
came back two weeks later.
I brought him to this house, Alexi.
I need help!
And he tried to Rob us
and my dad caught him,
and then he killed both of my parents.
How'd you know it was him?
The police identified fingerprints
and then they showed me a photo.
The guy pleaded guilty and
the case never went to trial
and he didn't mention me, either.
Must be some kind of drug dealer code.
I've never told anyone.
I don't know what to say.
Nothing.
There's nothing you can say.
Thank you for coming over,
Diane. Thank you for the help.
We appreciate it.
I don't know why she told you to ask me.
I don't know where
she keeps her negative.
Why are you looking now?
Well, we're looking for
anything at this stage,
and the camera was on automatic,
so maybe there's something on there
to indicate that Claire left the studio,
which would strengthen
our case that she ran away,
or maybe someone else turns up.
Nathan, for instance.
We just don't know.
Mr. Colby.
Justice for Steve Dokic has
just posted this news story.
Oh, shit.
What is it?
"Kate Lawson has killed before."
Why?
Why? Why would you do that?
- Why shouldn't I?
- Because it's special.
That is our work.
It's not some stupid game
you can play with your
little friend, Claire.
- It's precious.
- Yeah, but I can explain it to her.
It's too late. I can tell her
- It's too late! ..
- Not to tell anyone!
I'm taking Amita home.
You know not everything belongs to you.
It was my idea.
You know, and I have
my own thing going on,
and I can do what I want.
You are such a narcissist.
What are you doing?
I'm not doing the final
piece now. You've ruined it.
You destroyed it.
Do you think that I get off
at pretending to be Belinda,
so that you can play out
your fucked up sex fetishes?
What, you think I don't see it?
You're using me.
I'm not your muse,
I'm just some dead
girl you can't get over.
Don't ever push me.