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Previously on "The Sounds"...
It appears there is a problem with the fishery.
The deal's signed, so what went wrong?
Yes, the deal's signed.
But without the report, there is no deal.
Tom bribed this guy?
Then Skelton tripled his fee.
Just get it.
Take care of it, Esther.
Kath found something at Matai Bay.
Aroha Kelliher, Ru's daughter.
Oh, they caught the murderer... Ryan Kottle.
Mitch is gonna find you, you know that right?
Mum, aunty Zoe's done a runner again.
Any idea where I would find her?
If she knows you're looking for her, you won't find her.
Bugger the lot of them.
You all good there, bro?
Yeah. Yeah, no, I'm fine.
- Just taking five. - You don't look fine.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Easy.
Take it easy, friend.
I got a hut that's not that far away.
Or do you want me to walk on by?
Well, that's not my way.
You coming?
_
It makes no sense for him to lose interest.
Not when he thinks he's this close to another payoff.
What does it matter?
I don't have the money. You don't have the money.
- It's over. - Don't do this to me, Stuart.
To you? I'm about to lose everything.
- The house, the car, the... - Okay, I lost Tom!
Do you think that I'm also going to let everything
that he was working for slip away from me?
You're right, I'm sorry. I apologize.
We just need to get our hands on the report, that's all.
Yeah, sure, simple as that.
The fishery is Tom's legacy.
I'm going to fight for it as hard as I can.
Those farms, the factory.
That's everything that we've been working for.
Annette.
I'm sorry.
It's alright, sweetheart.
It's okay. It's alright.
I'm sorry.
Come on.
Stuart, would you like me to call a doctor?
No.
Are you sure?
It's fine. I'll take care of her.
Okay?
They found another body that's not his?
What's the matter with this place?
Good question.
So that's it? It's all over?
We could maintain a private search,
but the locals say it would be a waste of money.
Why?
There's not going to be anything left to recover.
We can expect a coroner's report in a few weeks' time
but other than that...
Okay, so what, I guess, what?
We plan a memorial service?
I don't want a damn memorial service.
Esther, where is, where's Maggie in all this?
She seems to be having trouble
accepting the situation.
It's her fault he was there in the first place!
Tom didn't give two hoots about the environment
- till she got her hooks to him. - Dad, Dad, come on.
What's happening with the fishery?
Mission accomplished.
You're sure?
In every which way.
Skelton took the bait.
Well, then, I guess you're coming home.
I know you're upset but...
Upset is for children.
I'm angry.
Thank you.
Is she okay?
She's, um...
she's had troubles.
Since Aroha died.
She was there.
Dane told me.
Must have been awful.
Tom used to drink.
So I actually know what you're going through.
Yeah.
All the more reason not to give up on the business.
Anything else that you can tell me about this Skelton guy?
Tom dealt with him.
As far as I know,
he is a bona fide environmental specialist.
But he calls me on a cellphone with no caller ID so...
Anything else at all?
Tom said he was greedy.
But yesterday, he didn't seem greedy,
he seemed desperate, you know?
Frightened.
_
Hi, um, Jeremy Skelton's office please.
Right.
You wouldn't happen to have, um,
forwarding contact info for his new office?
- Who owns this place? - I dunno.
I never even noticed it till yesterday.
It's probably not permitted,
like the rest of them.
Looks like a landslide made a mess of that.
Forensics have their work cut out down the hill.
Find the owner of this and see if it was here 15 years ago.
Got that?
Yeah.
"Not too far away?"
Famous Kiwi understatement, eh?
You're not a Kiwi.
No.
American.
Brad.
"Ngaherehere".
Means man of the bush.
You take a bullet?
No!
Rusty nails.
Is that what you're hunting? Nails?
Pigs, deer.
Same as you.
Shall we?
Got a heck of a fever there, bro.
What are you doing?
We need to boil some water.
Look at that arm.
No, no, I'm fine.
You wouldn't have anything to do
with why these hills are crawling with cops, would you?
No!
Honestly, they're not after me.
They found some bones.
Human?
Yeah, I think so.
Where?
Matai Bay.
It's got nothing to do with me, I swear.
But I don't exactly want to advertise my whereabouts.
I get it.
No cops.
And I'm guessing no doctor.
Hi. Maggie Cabbott.
I called about a replacement credit card.
Where are you from in America, Brad?
Colorado.
Nice.
Where abouts in Colorado?
Denver.
You've been there?
Red Rocks, heaps of times.
You been to the Red Rocks?
I'm not sure, man.
I'll take it from here.
Guess you're not much of a music fan.
Hey, I'm grateful for your help,
but this whole life story thing...
I get it.
We've all got reasons to keep it to ourselves.
I should go.
No one's going to find you here.
You should get some shut-eye, eh.
I promise I won't attack you in your sleep.
_
I will start with a thousand, please.
House wins.
Bad luck.
Mr. Skelton, isn't it?
What are you doing here?
Playing the odds.
You had a deal with my husband.
Which he couldn't keep.
And yet, you seem to be in the money all the same.
Must be a good businessman.
I know my worth.
The best men do.
Can you leave?
I can tell you're going to bring me bad luck.
Or I'm bringing you more of what you're after.
How's that?
You're a man who likes to double dip,
isn't that right?
Maybe even, given the opportunity,
go for a triple?
Do you mean what I think you mean?
I mean there's a serious arrangement to be worked out.
House pays 20.
There are better places for luck than a casino, Mr. Skelton.
Stuart, it's Maggie.
Um, this may seem a little bit out of left field,
but I need you to call me in 10 minutes with a weather update.
A weather update?
10 minutes. Can you do that?
- Sure, why? - On the dot.
It's important.
So...
about this agreement?
I think it's only fair that first you tell me
about any other agreement.
Eh?
There must be a reason why you'd fly off the radar
so close to your prize.
I just assumed someone else had intervened.
Do you want to tell me about Esther Ishikawa?
I don't know what you're talking about.
Please, just drop it, Mr. Skelton.
It's not how I play.
She turned up out of the blue.
Just like you.
You'll pay me to not give him the report?
Deal of the century, right?
Deal of the century.
My deal is better because I very much want
the salmon farms to go ahead.
So you'll pay me more... again...
to give you the report?
What did you think I was doing here?
Just for my own peace of mind, though,
I would like to know if the salmon farms
are truly ecologically sound.
Of course they are.
Would a less "flexible" environmentalist agree?
Look, your husband is... sorry...
was really on to something.
The world needs sustainable farming,
and this is as good as it gets,
which is exactly what I spell out in very compelling form.
Hence my fee.
Which suddenly tripled,
putting our entire business in jeopardy.
Can we just do this?
Do what?
You give me the money, I give you the completed report,
and we shuffle back to our corners.
Sorry.
Hello... ?
So, yeah, 20 degrees, and it's raining off and on.
Not much more to say, really.
Thank you.
I'll send the file right now.
Yeah. Maggie, are you okay?
Yeah, no, I'm just tying up that last loose end.
What the hell?
Uh, okay.
So, about the money.
You're not going to see another cent.
That little conversation that we just had
where you so kindly laid out your demand?
I've just emailed a recording of that to my lawyer.
So here's what happens next.
You're going to furnish me with a hard copy of the full report,
and then you're going to email a soft copy
to the District Council.
Right now.
Are you insane?
Why would I?
Because if my lawyer doesn't hear from me
in the next five minutes,
he will be contacting the police.
Clock's ticking, Mr. Skelton.
The phone call last night... the weather.
What was that all about?
Yeah, sorry about that. Um...
As it turns out...
the forecast is extremely promising.
_
You paid him off?
Sometimes, and it's a rarity, money is not the answer.
Can this come back on you?
No, I didn't do anything illegal.
I told you.
I'm going to fight for my husband's business.
Whether it's against his family
or some crooked little opportunist.
His family?
Esther is a problem, Stuart.
We need to keep an eye on her
and I think we should work together.
So you're not going to go home?
It might sound strange,
but I actually feel closer to Tom here.
Of course.
Anything you need.
We're in business.
- Thanks, Don. - Okay.
Come on, Charlene. Just help me out.
That's not even enough to pay what you owe.
Well, I'll just give you the rest next time, okay?
No, not okay.
Come on, Charlene. I need to get out of town.
You running away from that Canadian lady?
No, why?
She was asking about you.
- Was anyone else? - No.
Can you just please give me a bus ticket to anywhere?
Motueka.
Leaves in 40 minutes.
And don't talk about me to anyone.
E mihi ana ki a koe e Tane.
Tane Whakapiripiri Tane Te Waiora
Tane pataka kai.
Tena koe tena koe.
Bit too early for that, eh?
Who were you talking to?
Put the gun down, bro.
Who were you talking to?
"Tane, God of the forest, source of life,
provider of food, I greet you".
It's a prayer.
Oh.
Sorry.
Apology accepted.
That smells good.
Just caught it, 50 meters off the point.
You've got a boat?
How's the fever?
Good, good.
Yeah, much better.
Hey, any chance you could run me over
to the other side of the Sound?
Let's have breakfast first, eh?
You're gonna need something a lot more gruntier than that.
I need to get across the Sound.
You know how septicemia works, eh?
Starts off in your arm, then it goes to your liver.
And then into your kidneys.
And then into your heart. And then...
I'll be fine, just... can you take me or not?
Yeah.
No worries.
Where are you going?
It's okay, bro.
I told you, you're safe here.
Hey! Hey!
Hey!
_
Looks like you missed the bus.
A cup of your finest coffee, please.
You're chirpy this morning.
I'm leaving.
Oh, so soon? What a shame.
You must've heard our good news.
Good news?
... as much overtime as they like.
Whatever you do, don't say anything to this woman.
- What are you doing here? - I live here.
No, what are you doing here?
Lady, I've got a boss. And you ain't it.
This is Brendan.
Ah, Ms. Ishikawa.
Look, I don't know what you did, but the report arrived
on all the right desks first thing this morning.
The loan has been drawn down,
and it's full steam ahead.
Tell the Cabbotts congratulations.
_
You have reached a number that has been disconnected.
You should have seen her face when I told her
that the factory was back on.
It was priceless.
I've been a bit distracted, and I'm so sorry.
I... I thought I was done for.
No. It's okay.
I understand more than you think.
Things have been so shitty for so long, you know?
Mum died and Zoe went nuts,
and, man, I married two complete and utter boneheads.
And Dad... I mean, how do you be a workaholic in Pelorus?
Still no sign of Zoe?
No, she is gone-burger.
Eh, bubba?
It's a misunderstanding, that's all.
Seriously, I didn't do anything wrong.
Save it for the boss.
Hey, Maggie.
You holding up okay?
Yeah, helps to have this gorgeous girl
to look after, that's for sure.
Hello, Bella.
How's Ru?
He'll get there.
His whanau's taking over.
His family.
15 years is a long time to wait for closure.
I don't even know if I believe in closure.
Yeah, me neither.
Listen, I'm just about to head out onto the Sound,
but I'll catch you at the pub later?
Yeah, that would be great.
- You go. - Thank you.
Oi.
Can I help you with something?
How could you let this happen?
I paid the guy to not release the report.
With my money!
Yes, we had a deal, and he... bailed on it.
But the trust account is frozen,
I'm watching the business partner's books,
- and nothing has moved. - It's Maggie, I know it.
The question is why?
Well, it is her company, or it will be.
You were right about the life insurance.
I was?
My lawyers tell me that my late wife took out a policy on Tom
many years ago without my knowledge.
Maggie now stands to benefit.
This isn't my area.
Something stinks, Esther.
You need to flush out what it is.
She does seem close with the local cop.
What, the one who says there's no foul play?
Exactly.
Take it up the chain, Esther.
I meant to come yesterday.
I got side-tracked.
All good. I just got here myself.
Just the usual stuff, brother.
What's keeping you so busy?
Canadian bloke drowned kayaking.
You haven't seen anything, have ya?
Nah, think I'd notice a floating Canadian.
Yeah, well.
Caucasian. Early 40s.
Dark hair.
Is that what that action was down at Matai Bay?
How do you know about that?
Word travels, even in the bush.
Bones, I heard.
Was it Aroha's?
I'm sorry, Ryan.
Matai Bay, eh?
I did pretty well to get there and back by 3:00 a.m.
Detective Pilau's back.
Blunt force trauma to the head,
consistent with the bloodied rock found at the scene.
Even if he was fully intoxicated.
If there was a boat anywhere between there and there...
and we both know that that's more than likely,
he could've got to Matai Bay, buried her in a shallow grave,
and made it back to camp by the time Dane said he was.
Just.
Just is all I need.
No one wants to reopen this case.
Well, there goes my pardon.
Won't make a difference anyway.
Can't get those 12 years back.
Hey, I bet Mum's kicking up a stink.
I keep an eye on her.
She'd love that.
If you see anything...
Floating Canadians?
... let me know.
Hey, do you still keep that flash medical kit in your boat?
You all right?
Can you spare it?
You know, just to be prepared.
In case things don't go my way.
It's happened before.
Yeah.
Thanks.
- Yeah. - Just a sec.
Yeah.
Hi, Esther, can I get you a drink?
Celebrating?
No.
No, I'm not celebrating. It's a bar.
It's a mistake to make an enemy of the Cabbotts.
And how exactly have I done that?
I don't know. Yet.
But I'll find out.
Here we go. Here's to Pelorus, eh.
- To Pelorus! - On ya. Cheers.
You know, I just think it's really nice to see
these people smiling again, okay?
I suppose grief affects everyone differently.
Yeah, Esther, that's really insightful.
I'm surprised.
And I agree.
So if Frank Cabbott wants to turn his pain
into a personal vendetta, then I guess I can't stop him.
And if you want to turn your pain into...
whatever he is.
Excuse me?
Not such a fan of my insight now?
Are you alright, Maggie?
Hey?
Yeah, I should go.
Okay, give me a minute, eh.
I didn't do anything wrong.
It wasn't my fault.
If you didn't do anything wrong,
what's not your fault?
I don't know, I...
They kidnapped me from the bus stop!
Waiting for a bus, heading in the opposite direction
to the woman that you owe half a kilo of product to?
That's what wasn't my fault!
You bought the bus ticket.
No, the gear.
I know how it looks,
and I shouldn't have shot through but...
I did most of the deliveries, no problem.
Like usual.
And then what, hon?
I haven't got all day.
My dipshit boyfriend pulled a knife on me.
Now that's toxic masculinity.
Yeah, he's threatened me,
and then he did a runner with the gear and left me
just like in the middle of nowhere.
He ripped me off.
Ripped us both off.
Sounds like you've been really unlucky.
Unfortunately for you, I don't believe in luck.
But I'm telling the truth!
We'll see about that.
Can you go and get that thing from the shed?
Oh, this little runt is letting the whole team down.
Oh, easy Lucas.
You don't have to be so rough.
Please, Mitch, don't hurt me.
Hurt you?
Young Hayden here did this to himself, trying to run away.
Go on.
Tell her.
It's true.
Turns out Hayden's quite good at telling the truth.
He says there was no knife,
just a party with the wrong guy,
and the next morning,
a silly little girl with a very sore head.
They must've been in on it together.
Him and the other guy. They could've worked it all out.
Oh, don't be stupid, Zoe.
You owe me my missing product or $330,000.
- That much? - That's wholesale.
I'd have every right to charge you retail.
I tried... I tried to get it.
- I thought... - What?
That your father would give it to you.
But he said cops don't make that much?
Do you know how hard it's been for me
to set up this business with all the competition
I've got out there?
I've been trying to do it nicely,
but I can't afford to not deliver.
So, if you can't reimburse me,
you're gonna have to be paying off your debt
in that back shed with your boyfriend here
for years and years and years.
Oh, go on, get rid of them.
Wait! I can pay you back.
I really can.
Tomorrow. I promise.
I know who to get it from.
I'll make it all good.
I swear.
Can I have a word?
Who are you?
Someone who wants to report a crime.
Unless it's a murder, it can wait till the morning.
Well, it might be a murder.
That is the most ridiculous thing I ever heard.
That a wife killed her husband for financial advantage?
It seems like an obvious line of inquiry.
No, that Maggie did it!
Maggie was seen on her yacht at 8:00 a.m.
the day he disappeared.
Tom Cabbott was seen going hell for leather
up past Kowhai Inlet around the same time.
His dry bag was in the Strait.
It was a line of inquiry
but Maggie did not kill her husband.
Yeah, so Ms. Ishikawa thinks that you may have more
than a passing interest in the grieving Mrs. Cabbott.
I know you don't like me,
and I frankly, I don't give a shit.
But if you've learned so much in the last 15 years,
why not try and show it?
I'm your superior officer, Senior Constable McGregor,
so I'll thank you to address me appropriately.
Maggie's not some drugged-up teenager
who's going to drop a cooked-up confession on your lap,
Detective Senior Sergeant Pilau.
We'll see about that.
You look cold.
You look serious.
We've got a problem.
Frank hates me.
You know he hates me because I dare to challenge him.
And Esther's just doing his bidding.
They don't care about Tom. They just care about the money.
That's all it is with these people. It's about the money.
Okay.
Look, this detective from Wellington...
Alright, she's sniffing around.
It doesn't look good, Maggie.
So I need to know.
Did you know about the insurance money?
No, I didn't.
And can you prove that?
You can't prove non-existence!
Do you think I killed my husband?
No. I don't.
Thank you.
But this Detective Pilau, she's a rottweiler, Maggie.
And she's not gonna go away.
I'm sick of rottweilers.
Mrs. Cabbott, DSS Pilau.
Thanks for coming.
First of all, you don't need to be here.
Ah, actually, she can stay.
No, not because I'm about to confess to a murder,
although there are some members of Tom's family
who certainly at times are asking for it.
Some will continue to do so.
Okay.
I was raised by a single mom
who worked three jobs to support us.
I was happy.
I didn't care about Tom's money when we got married.
I don't care about it now.
So let's do this shall we?
Witnessed by... Jack, do you mind?
"I, Maggie Cabbott, declare any proceeds
of the life insurance policy
held in the name of Thomas Cabbott,
be paid to his father, Frank Cabbott,
furthermore..."
She's disclaiming any interest in the family money.
Now and forever.
The Cabbotts can keep their toxic millions.
I really just never want to see or hear from them again.
The yacht is ours,
and we built the fishery together
as husband and wife,
so stay away from it.
There goes your motivation.
Good morning, sunshine.
There's nothing good about it.
The fishery just saved our town.
Isn't that worth...
... smiling about?
_
A buyer?
"Nobody needs a fish factory at the bottom of the world".
Maggie, have you seen Dad?
Just now at the police station.
He's not answering his phone
and everything's fallen apart at work.
And I just, I don't know what I...
Here, it's no trouble.
It's my pleasure.
Go to work, we're gonna be fine.
Say bye, Aunty Hannah.
You're a saint.
Hey.
Yeah.
I've been looking for you.
And now you've found me.
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