Something terrible happened to my parents.
[Audrey] Those bloodstains, they might not be a lead.
Check the label of the dress.
[Veronika] Model Gowns was the label
for Finch & Sons department stores.
[Jan] Good jobs for girls were scarce.
You did what you had to do.
Mr Finch... copped a breadboard at the back of the head.
[Enigma] Do you think you might be taking him for granted?
Callum doesn't resent me. You do.
Am I a bad mother, Rose?
Good mothers put their children's interests first,
at their own expense.
I'm actually thinking about signing up for a photography class.
It's really wonderful. They all are.
Oh, you met Zeke?
- Sophie's after a husband. - With Zeke?
[Sophie] I just brought a little cake.
[Grace] Oh, thank you. That's so sweet.
- [hyperventilating] - Hey, what's in that? Get it out.
She's anaphylactic. Anything with nuts in it.
It's my fault. I should have said something.
[Grace] So glad...
...you moved to the island.
["These Boots Are Made For Walking" by The Supremes]
You keep saying you've got something for me
Something you call love but confess
You've been messin' where you shouldn't have been messin'
And now someone else is getting all your best
These boots are made for walking
And that's just what they'll do
One of these days these boots
Are going to walk all over you
[door locking]
[Mr Finch] I asked for you
to report to me in your tea break, Rose.
Sorry, Sir.
I thought they must have had the wrong girl.
You're a friend of Alice Munro's?
No, Sir.
Did Alice tell you why she left our employ?
[Alice] He fired me because I said
that he cannot touch me anymore.
[Alice sniffing]
What am I going to do, Rose?
[Mr. Finch] You look like a smart girl, Rose.
Thank you, Sir.
I look after my special girls.
I don't want to be special, if that's okay, Sir.
Well, that hurts my feelings, Rose.
Whoopsie.
Whoopsie...
[birds calling]
[reporter] In 1967, Sydney businessman Arthur Finch
was bludgeoned to death - with a breadboard.
[Veronika] See! Breadboard Man! This is who I was talking about.
[man] I was so young when my father died -
to everyone else, he was 'Breadboard Man',
but to me he was more than just the way he died.
He was my dad.
[reporter] A son in pain still looking for answers.
[Sophie] And you just found this on YouTube?
[Veronika] Hm-mm.
It's in the eyes. It's Enigma's eyes.
I mean, do you see it? It's a perfect match.
His dad got Alice pregnant and then fired her.
And then after she had the baby,
he killed her and Jack to cover his tracks.
How do we prove that?
I'm going to talk to Audrey.
Get her to contact him
and tell him that the police are following a new lead.
Request his DNA, you know, just make it sound police-y.
- You're diabolical. - Thank you.
But do you think Enigma is just going to hand over her DNA?
- Oh, we won't ask Enigma. - [mobile phone chimes]
Hey, family meeting!
Perfect timing.
I'd ask your mum, but it's a much better hook for the podcast
if we reveal the results in real time.
So...
I just need your spit, so I can sent it off.
[Margie] Okay, as most of you know,
except perhaps Sophie,
every year we have a big anniversary party
in honour of Enigma joining the family...
[sensual music playing through headphones]
For so long
You and me been finding each other for so long
- [Margie] First point of order! - [music stops]
- First point of order. - Yeah.
[Margie] I've divided all the anniversary party jobs
into three main categories.
Catering, entertainment, and souvenir sales.
[mobile ringing] Ah, I need to take this.
[Ron] Hello!
[Ron] Hey. No, no. Yeah, just give me a second.
[Sophie] I can do that entertainment logistics, Margie.
I'm cool for that too, actually.
[baby gurgling]
My phone died. Has anyone seen my charger?
You look exhausted, Callum! Why don't you give him to Grace?
We're okay.
[Ron] Sorry about that. Work thing.
I'm sure Sophie wants a hold.
She keeps looking that way.
Yeah, hand him over.
Being a bit of an asshole this morning.
[Sophie] Oh, darling.
Are you being grumpy, boy?
- Oh sweetheart. - [Callum] Thanks.
Shh, shh, shh...
Do you need some milk?
[Sophie] Is this okay?
[baby gurgling happily]
[Margie] Onto music, the band we used last year have informed me
that they've changed their creative direction.
[Enigma] Yeah, so we need a new band.
Well, isn't Callum a professional musician?
I mean, why aren't we asking him?
- [Margie] Of course. - Yep.
I'll put you and Sophie down in charge of entertainment.
Oh I mean, I'm sure Sophie's got it.
Oh no, no, no, you can do that. I'll help with souvenirs.
[Ron] I'm just curious, Margie.
How many tickets have we sold so far?
It'd be a couple of hundred at least. Margie?
26 in total.
- [Enigma] 26! - Yeah.
That's barely more than extended family.
[Margie] 10 of those are kid's tickets.
- [Enigma sighing] - Maybe we should call it off.
[Ron] Connie's dead - end of an era.
[Enigma] Okay, we have a party every year,
to celebrate the day I was discovered.
We're definitely having it this year in Connie's honour.
Right, Rose?
[Enigma] Rose?
Maybe we should make this the last one.
[pensive music]
["Riverside" by Agnes Obel playing]
Down by the river by the boat
Where everybody goes to be alone
Where you won't see any rising sun
Down to the river we will run
Oh my God I see down by the riverside
["Tiger Rag" by The Mills Brothers playing]
[baby crying]
Where's that tiger! Where's that tiger!
[singer scatting]
[baby gurgling]
[baby crying]
No no no no hold that tiger
- I'm mostly okay. - Are you breastfeeding?
Oh, bit of a disaster that...
I don't normally recommend sedatives for new mothers -
who's going to wake up when baby cries
and you're knocked down.
Is he being helpful generally - Dad?
No, he's terrific.
- Great. - Pretty perfect.
Very comfortable being a Dad.
Yeah, I just, it's the lack of sleep that feels overwhelming.
[Grace] Just a little.
Alright.
Have you taken sleeping tablets before?
I think so - a while ago.
Take a half tablet only.
Oh and nothing after 3:00 AM or you'll be groggy and cranky.
[Grace] I just need one good sleep.
We can do this for as long as you need.
It's fine.
Thanks.
- I'm sorry. - For what?
[bottle rattling]
[gentle music]
[music turns tense]
["Rollercoaster" by Machine Gun Fellatio playing]
In a big four-poster bed
[moaning and groaning]
[Zeke shouting] Sophie!
- Do you cook? - It's too early for questions.
I've already told you my love language.
[laughing] That wasn't your love language,
that was your attachment strategy.
Right, yeah...
Whatever, I was just making conversation.
I have to pee.
- Did you see my ring? - Hmm?
I usually put it up here.
It'll turn up.
["Rollercoaster" by Machine Gun Fellatio playing]
[loud moaning and groaning]
[phone chiming]
[Sophie] Holy shit!
Hey! Look.
- [softly] Oh my God! - Island acoustics.
[phone chimes]
[Sophie and Zeke moaning and laughing]
So when's Deborrah coming back from her parents?
I'm working Mum, and it's Deb-orr-ah, just Deb-orr-ah.
Three syllables, okay?
- You're not cheating on her? - No.
What? Don't ask me that.
Well, you are still here, sweetheart.
So it must have been a big fight.
Yes! She'd like a break and I'm giving it to her,
because that's like, what good marriages do.
It's give and take, okay? It's not like you and Dad.
That's not where we're modelling ourselves off.
- [Sophie] Hi. - Hey.
- Good morning. - Can I come in?
Sounds like a fun day.
Ah, yeah. Yep.
[Sophie] I think I might have a poltergeist.
Yeah, at first it was the septic tank
then it was flickering lights, my phone charger's vanished,
and now I can't find my Mum's ring anywhere.
I looked all morning.
Yeah, well you've inherited a dead woman's house,
so I don't know what you'd expect.
Okay...
But I can come and help you with that later on if you'd like.
- Yeah... Ah Veronica's... - Living room.
[Veronika] Finally! Close the door.
So Zeke and I are having dinner tomorrow night?
Do you want to come?
- "Zeke and I" - Yeah.
You read too many romance novels.
Don't go trying to make him your boyfriend.
I was thinking Detective Audrey could come.
I mean, yeah, I'll get back to you.
We have boxing tomorrow. Anyway...
While you've been happily fucking the gardener
in my grandmother's bed.
My God, I really have.
I have news!
DNA results.
[Veronika] Robin, the guy from the video,
is Enigma's half brother -
same Father, Arthur Finch.
[gasping]
A half brother?
[sighing]
[Sophie] It's okay, take your time.
[Enigma] I always envied friends at school
who could ask their big brothers for lifts to parties
and flirt with their friends. Someone to protect them.
Okay, that, that is great.
Let's just get it one more time for safety.
[Enigma] I'm not acting!
- [Enigma] Turn it off. - [Veronika] No, no, no...
I mean the lighting is so good.
[birds calling] [gentle music]
[Sophie] Rose?
[Rose] That man's father...
He used his power against Alice.
I don't think it's hit Enigma yet.
She wasn't born out of any love - just fear.
So you knew Jack wasn't Enigma's father?
Connie and I wanted to protect her from that.
[Sophie] Of course, when she's a child.
But what if she wants to know now?
This is not your family!
[gentle music]
You're right, Rose.
Except I don't have a family.
So I understand the need to find people to belong to.
[Enigma] Rose! We just called my brother,
and invited him to lunch, with his mother Elizabeth,
they're coming out to the island.
[birds calling] [tense music rising]
[tense music continues]
[Rose sighing]
Tell them - it's time.
- Stop... - It's time.
- Stop it! - Tell them.
[pensive music]
[Connie] It's time.
[Rose groaning]
- Where are you? - [Connie] Tell them.
- Connie? - [Connie] It's time.
Connie!
[Rose screaming] Connie. Connie!
Rose?
[Rose exclaiming]
[Ron] Can't say I'm surprised.
I feel like there's been a decline. Poor love.
Do you think she's okay?
Well she has been a bit off.
I mean, first she told me I was a bad mother.
Now she's trying to put an end to the anniversary.
Exactly, I'm not saying she's lost the plot,
but maybe a change of scenery.
[Grace] You sure this is okay?
We'll be fine. You can help me get ready for dinner.
Thank you, with a smile.
Hey, do you happen to know if Zeke is vegetarian?
He kind of gives off that vibe.
You're still seeing Zeke?
Because he's not boyfriend material.
I mean, that's not going to happen.
Yeah, so everyone keeps telling me.
I just mean, you deserve better than Zeke.
- Ah. - Not to sound judgy, but...
No, no, I get it.
Anyway, what's your ah, what's your interview for?
Are you writing a new book or?
Hm-mm, but don't mention it to anyone.
[Sophie] Oh...
Hey, do you have a hat I could borrow?
Yeah. Yeah, I have one.
I am going to take that baby with me everywhere,
like a creep, he is ridiculously beautiful.
- Sorry, it's not very fancy. - Thank you.
- Hey, good luck. - Thanks.
[tense music]
[Ronald] The human form, male and female.
Endlessly compelling.
So, this week work on the body as a landscape,
however you want to interpret that.
[bell ringing]
Alright, that's it for today. I'll see you next week.
- Margie. - Hey.
You okay today? You seem distracted.
Shh, shh, shh...
Right! Let's go, Connie.
["Ghosts" by Laura Marling playing]
He walked down a busy street staring solely at his feet
Clutching pictures of past lovers at his side
Presents her with the pictures and says
These are just ghosts that broke my heart
Before I met you
Oh my God!
- Shh, shh, shh... - [baby gurgling]
It was done after it was over We were just two lovers
Crying on each other's shoulder
We did it. Go team!
It's not like I ever believed in everlasting love
[Ronald] My dear Mum said, you should never marry anyone
you don't want to divorce.
[Margie] Smart woman.
I can't believe his name's Ron.
I know!
He's had affairs.
In fact, I think he's having one right now.
Well, that's fucked.
Hey, maybe we should spy on him.
Shoot some incriminating photos.
I have some good zoom lenses somewhere.
I think I prefer to just sit here
and drink with you, actually.
Same.
It seems potentially problematic,
having this Robin Fitch guy to lunch.
He's technically family.
[Sophie] Unlike me, who's not even invited. Thanks Enigma.
But you're saying that his father sexually assaulted Alice,
suggesting he maybe killed her and Jack or vice versa.
That's the implication.
We won't say any of that at the lunch, obviously.
Well, I mean, only if it comes up organically.
Ideally when I have a mic in his face.
You need a bodyguard.
- Offering? - Maybe.
- [Sophie] Where is he? - [knocking]
[Sophie] Jesus, finally.
- Who is this Zeke person? - Gardener.
Geez!
Oh fuck! Sorry. I was, oh, I was expecting...
Hey...
Grace, this is Audrey.
- Hi. - [Audrey] Hey.
- Grace, my cousin. - Daughter of Enigma.
You pay attention.
[Sophie] I hope you don't mind, he wasn't loving the pram.
Looks like you did everything right.
[Sophie] Hey, how'd the interview go?
Oh yeah, I don't think I'm going to take it.
[Sophie] Oh...
[baby gurgling]
[Sophie] Hey, you should stay for a drink or dinner?
I cooked and it's actually edible
for the first time in my entire life.
I channelled Connie.
No nuts, I promise.
No, I'll let you get back to your evening.
Zeke! Finally.
Well, thanks again.
- I owe you. - No, not at all.
[Grace] Hi. Bye.
[Zeke] I'm sorry. I had some bad news about the garbage tender.
And I got a bit, spaced.
[Zeke] Old Finchy - he murders Alice,
and Jack - who murders him?
The whole mystery thing - locals think it's weird.
Connie making all that money off an abandoned baby.
Island women - we're resourceful.
Yeah, true. Always on the make.
[Zeke chuckling]
I'm sorry, what does that mean, 'on the make'?
[Zeke chuckling]
Anyway, shifting topics.
I actually, I got us some tickets
to this like, music experience tomorrow.
Thought it might be fun...
If you can make it, but if not, it's fine.
The tickets were cheap anyway, so...
Yeah, don't think I can.
That's fine.
- You? - Hmm.
- Lesbian? - Guilty.
Love lesbians.
Oh, thanks. We appreciate the support.
You guys still want sperm...
...but you ask for it, directly.
[Veronika] Wow! Are you inundated with offers?
On Facebook the other day, for one, my mate's sister -
she and her lady, wanted to give me 25K.
And hopefully they do a drug test first.
So you think straight women are trying to get your sperm?
Well, I don't want to start a war.
No, go on.
Women of a certain age are known for...
Wow.
It's not your fault. Biology fucks you.
Hey Audrey, is 'sperm entrapment' a crime?
- I'll have to look that up. - Don't get offended.
It's just a dinner party conversation.
[Veronika] Oh, is it?
And you go to dinner parties often, Zeke?
- Not if I can help it. - Yeah, I can tell.
Oh no! Yeah, is that the...
I don't want to miss the last water taxi.
[Veronika] I should walk you down there.
Yeah. No this, this...
[Audrey] Yeah, thank you so much for dinner.
- Really. - This, this has been delicious.
Bye.
[door closing]
I love a bit of other people's conflict.
- Oh yeah. - Mm.
You think they're fighting?
Oh, they're definitely hate fucking.
- You think? - Yeah.
Yes, that's probably true.
What are you doing?
Waiting for you to defend yourself.
Come on. Let's see your footwork.
[exhaling]
What? I don't want to hit you.
- Uh... - Oh...
What are you going to do?
I'm not...
Ah, I mean I'm...
I'm straight.
Okay.
It's an easy mistake.
A little bit drunk.
[boat chugging in distance]
Um, I think the water taxi's here.
[hooting]
But call me.
I want to hear how that, that lunch goes.
Yeah.
I, I will call you.
Bye. Fun night.
Do you want another drink?
I think we made it through your half bottle of wine.
Who brings half a bottle of wine to dinner?
You're a fucking teenager.
Well, you inherited a whole wine cellar.
Maybe I shouldn't have brought anything.
[objects crashing]
You live on your little boat.
Yeah?
All happy and free,
selling weed to all the old ladies down the river.
How cool...
I don't want your sperm, okay?
Good to know.
[groaning and moaning]
[Zeke] Thanks for dinner.
Hey Zeke...
Did you take my mum's ring?
I won't be angry if you did, I just...
I just need to get it back.
[door slamming shut]
[gentle jazzy music]
["Cry Me A River" by Julie London playing]
Now you say you're lonely
You cry the whole night through
Well you can cry me a river [mobile phone ringing]
- Hey. - Hey.
I just wanted to apologise for being rude about Zeke.
Oh no, I wasn't offended.
[Grace] He's not a bad guy, it's like I said,
you deserve better.
Sorry, if that's an overstep.
Oh, no...
Callum agrees, for what it's worth.
He keeps saying you're a real catch.
Which is true of course.
He was all weird and protective
when he heard that you and Zeke are a thing.
Oh...
Hey, I um, I actually have two tickets to something tomorrow.
I wasn't planning on going,
but maybe I should give them to you and Callum.
You guys could go after the lunch, have a date night.
Any excuse to hang out with Ollie again.
Well, fuck that. Why don't we go together?
I think it's shit Mum didn't invite you.
So I told her I'm not going either.
Out of protest.
[Sophie] Sure.
[Robin on TV] I was only six years old at the time,
so I've only been able to recover the memories
through hypnosis.
But, this is where my father was murdered.
He was bleeding on the table.
Whoever did it came in through an open door
and must have--
Look at this. My brother!
That's where my dad died - at the kitchen table.
[Robin] But nothing was stolen. So that, that part's quite odd.
I'm going to bed.
I picked out a nice dress for you to wear tomorrow.
It's on the chair.
[TV presenter] There had been rumours of infidelity,
that his wife, Elizabeth...
[Rose] Tomorrow?
[TV presenter] ..that this was not a crime of passion.
[Enigma] Lunch! With the Finches.
[TV presenter] And the police investigated for years.
[Alice] What am I going to do, Rose?
[foreboding music]
[suspenseful music]
You like that?
Did you get a good sleep?
You did, didn't you?
Is she the one?
[Callum] Hey!
Grace packed us a bag.
We've got sunscreen, towels, water, snacks.
Us? Ah...
[Callum] Oh, she was going to message you.
She felt guilty about missing the lunch with her mum, so...
She sent me.
Is that cool?
Yeah.
- Okay, cool. - Fun.
Where are you going?
I'm skipping lunch, sorry. I've got business in the city.
Don't worry, I'll meet them.
Jesus Christ, Rose!
Oh my God. What have you done to yourself?
- You look incredible. - What sparked this?
[Rose] Feels better in the water.
They're here!
Oh wait, no, the ferry's not due until 12:15.
Yeah, it would appear they've brought their own boat.
- Their own boat? - What?
- Oh my God. - You okay?
They're very rich.
Hello...
[Enigma] My brother...
Hey!
Robin! Mrs. Finch! I'm Veronika.
I'm the one doing the podcast.
- [Robin] Veronika, hello. - Thanks so much for coming.
We're so excited to have you guys.
[young Connie] Now you can look, be intrigued,
but please do not touch.
Don't touch, Robin. You heard the lady?
[young Connie] Note the clothes still hanging in the wardrobe.
Note the bloodstains on the floor.
The only clue that something violent might have occurred.
[young Rose] Enigma, come here.
[young Connie] Note the marble cake
that my sister Rose and I found cooling...
[Robin] ...and I wouldn't be meeting
my half-sister in the first place.
[laughing]
I can't believe you're an actress.
[Enigma] Oh well, was - retired.
[Robin] And I always wanted to be one.
[loud laughter]
Didn't I, Mum?
What else?
Well, we've both been left by our no good husbands.
[Robin] Both ageless. Gorgeous.
Obviously.
Apart from...
This might sound a little bit silly,
but you don't have a strange toe do you?
[Robin] Ta-dah!
[screaming loudly] Look!
[both exclaiming loudly]
Go on without me, yeah.
[Enigma] Show it to me. Look, it's the same!
[Robin] You are my sister.
[Thomas] Can I get in on that. Is that okay? Sorry, sorry.
[Enigma] Look, it's the toe, it's the same toe.
[people chattering and laughing]
[dance music playing] [people chattering]
[Callum] Hey, thank you. Cheers.
I am so genuinely sorry.
Someone told me this was going to be good.
It's just so much skin everywhere.
It's like a sea of cheeks.
It's social media.
I never had an arse like that. I didn't know I needed one.
You're sounding real old there, Soph.
You know, I so desperately just want to say like,
"Hey guys, drink some water. Line your chiselled abs."
[Callum] This music sucks!
[both chuckling]
So er, should we do it?
The pool?
Oh! Yeah, yeah. Yeah, okay
Okay.
And now I've got to suck in my gut.
Oh yeah, I'm sure you do.
Can I just say objectively, you know,
if you're wondering, you did have an arse like that.
I don't think you can say that anymore.
[Callum] You're right. Sorry.
No, but thank you, my former arse appreciates it.
You know, to be honest, I think about that trip sometimes.
Yeah?
Why didn't you email me? I, I gave you my Hotmail.
Oh man, I was young. I wasn't ready.
Ah yeah, same.
It's cold.
- Is it? - Yeah.
- You want a hand? - Okay.
[both laughing]
- You right? - Yes.
[Sophie] So how long were you and Grace together
before you knew that she was your future missus?
Um, not long. She was a mystery.
I never really knew where I stood,
and that kind of made it...
[Sophie] Intoxicating?
[Callum] Yeah.
She's still a mystery, even up close.
[Sophie] Keeps things interesting.
- [Sophie] Should we get a drink? - Yeah. Yeah.
Yo! Buddy?
[distant laughter]
[people chattering]
[gasping]
Where is she?
Who?
Alice.
She disappeared.
Didn't you pay attention to the tour?
I know what you've done.
I can end all this...
...anytime I like.
Your husband raped Alice in the storeroom.
Rose!
He didn't actually, that was her story.
They had a fling.
It was before we got together.
[Enigma] So he told you that she was pregnant with me?
No, we found that out when you got in touch.
If it's even true.
He was not a good man.
Alice was a gold digger.
[Mrs Finch] She lifted her skirt.
[Robin] Threw herself at him.
Have you seen a photo of your dad?
Why would a beautiful girl like my mother
want to have sex with him?
Because she was a gold digger.
[Margie] That doesn't add up.
She didn't take anything from you.
When her brother Jack died of appendicitis,
my husband took pity on her.
He gave her a job,
and she was a little tart.
[Enigma exhaling]
I'm sorry, but if you're going to speak like that
about my mother, you can leave.
[Robin] Excuse me,
after what she said about my father.
Just leave right now. You've eaten enough cake.
Just take your big bloody catamaran and your ancient ideas
and fuck right off our island.
Alice Munro - my mother - was an extraordinary woman.
Gone too soon. This is my family and you are not welcome.
[gentle guitar music]
["Like Real People Do" by Hozier playing]
I had a thought dear However scary
About that night The bugs and the dirt
Why were you digging? What did you bury
Before those hands pulled me from the earth?
I knew that look dear Eyes always seeking
Was there in someone That dug long ago
[Enigma] I wish Connie was here.
So I will not ask you why you were creeping
In some sad way I already know
Push it down to your toes.