The Dreaming

G'day.

Follow me please.

What happened?

(Drowned out by helicopter whirring)

A whole live chain were wider than a head of the crane

just beyond the entrance.

When we reached it, we found that it had been sealed ahead.

The aborigines sealed it?

Yeah, well it fits the timeframe.

But look, there's something that's just...

Here, you better have a look at it first.

I don't wanna tally up perceptions, professor.

- You've got something here about wall paintings.

- What's the story? - That's right.

Well we found some in sector b of the grand chamber.

They're very corrupt, very recent.

How recent?

- Well quite frankly, professor, recent enough

for me to believe that this should be classified

in anthropology department dig.

What?

No, no, no.

This is not an anthropology department dig.

This is my dig.

Hey Bob.

Thank you.

Anthropology department.

- Good morning. - Morning.

Well there it is.

Where?

On the far wall.

It's so obvious.

I'm surprised we missed it.

Okay.

All right, professor.

Is he really coming?

C'mon!

Hey!

Hey you, hold it right there.

Put it down, girly.

Just put it down.

Put it down.

That's all right.

She's big and strong.

What happened to her?

No one knows.

She was unconscious when they found her.

Who's they?

Police.

There was a break-in at the university.

She broke in?

Yeah, that's what it looks like.

She may need to be intubated.

Right.

Is there a police report?

Think so.

Right.

The question is was she unconscious

before they found her or after?

I wouldn't know.

This one's something to do

with the boys in blue, isn't it?

A suicide?

(Scoffs) I'm ordering x-rays

cervical spine through to lumber.

- Listen, we need to expedite this one fairly quickly.

You just check her over and I'll handle the papennork.

Look at her injuries, John.

How could she do that to herself?

Well few cuts and bruises.

So?

Hey listen, Cathy.

Don't make too many waves.

I want those x-rays fast.

Right.

-All right, we'll handle it your way: The hard way.

Thanks, John.

- So professor, what exactly is missing?

Few artifacts.

In money terms, they mean nothing.

Inspector, I'd appreciate it

if you could keep this as quiet as possible

and you realize how sensitive these things can be.

Hate the press to get hold of it.

- Certainly. - Excuse me.

Bernard,

what on earth are you doing here?

I thought you were in Singapore or somewhere.

Mexico.

What?

Mexico.

Well it's happened.

When I closed down the dig,

I told you how sensitive this stuff was.

Yes, I remember.

So

Having problems, are we, Eric?

Problems?

No.

A group of black activists breaks into the museum,

steals the artifact.

And in the course of that,

a young woman gets beaten half to death

by our security guards.

But problems?

No.

Nothing I can't handle, Bernard.

I'm quite sure you'll handle everything

in your usual bureaucratic fashion, Eric.

In my usual bureaucratic fashion,

I closed down the dig.

Now I'm putting the whole island off-limit.

You can't do that.

I'm the head of the department.

I'm on the university council.

I have friends in very high places.

You consider it done, Bernard.

Well there's nothing much to see here.

Maybe the witch doctor pointed the (indistinct) At her.

Hold her still.

Sister.

What's going on?

Look at the ecg.

Hold her down.

She's in vt, come on.

Leave that. Get the Diazepam.

- Yes, doctor. - 10 mils.

Come on, girl.

Keep her still.

Keep her still.

God, she's arrested.

Finish up here please, sister.

And take her to base six when you've tidied up.

I want an autopsy.

Well we can leave it to the coroner.

But if we-

I won't sweep it under the mat.

I won't.

(Sighs) Okay.

It's your privilege.

But from now on, it's all your papennork

and your funeral.

Look at her.

There was a gash.

Hey, it's nice to know you're human.

Look, if there's anything worrying you.

Problems with Geoff?

If you don't mind my saying so,

perhaps you should go and have a chat with old Morrison.

You know, maybe your instinct and your ego are out to lunch.

I do mind your saying so

and I don't need a chat with the resident shrink.

I know what I saw.

(Clock ticking)