One Lane Bridge

I said no public. This is a cordoned-off area.

Some people say the bridge is a link to the other side. It awakens second sight.

It's just a bridge.

And the dead are the dead.

Oh, fuck.

Jesus. I'm pretty sure Dad's a hawk.

It was circling overhead the whole time at the funeral.

I know this is crap timing, but I've got someone that wants to buy the farm.

Grub agreed to the sale.

I loved him.

Everyone loved Grub- And he loved me.

Fuckin' faggot! Hey! Whoa!

Real men don't fuck other men!

Get out here, fag!

I'm gonna give up the booze.

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I like it. This is good. Mm.

Do you wanna get some? I'll do it, if you like.

Cheers.

My office. One hour.

Coffee? Yeah.

Where've you been?

Out. You've been in and out for two days.

Have we confirmed numbers with the caterers? Are we still going through with it?

Yeah.

For Grub. For Dad.

I'll give them a call this morning. We've still got plenty of booze left over from the wake.

Oh, let's just keep it small.

When do we wanna meet with Charlotte?

We need to discuss the sale. One way or another.

Tomorrow? Mm-hm.

Hey. Hey.

You...? Oh, ordered.

Thanks.

Uh, long black? Sure.

That probably shouldn't have happened. No.

Here ya go. Thanks.

Hey, you didn't tell-? Uh, we shouldn't do this here.

Listen, if you change your mind, you can still press charges.

Nah.

So what happened to Dermot?

He won't say.

Rob and Haggis taught him a lesson, no doubt. Jesus.

I should suspend you.

You don't go AWOL in the middle of a case.

What's going on?

I don't know.

Won't happen again.

It won't.

Everybody gets one fuck-up. That was yours.

Dermot was the last one to see Grub alive.

According to his statement, they left the hut at 2am.

They drove back to the cottage, where they went their separate ways.

Rob's still a possibility,

although he reckons he has an alibi - slept with some young tourist. Didn't get a name.

I tried to locate her, but she may have left town.

Could've been a woman. We've been through this.

They'd have to be pretty strong to get him over the bridge.

There's someone here to see you at reception.

Hey. Hey.

Thought you might need these. Oh, mate.

How'd you get this? You called me.

To pick you up?

After you'd been in a bar fight?

Thanks, mate.

What you got there? It's my kaitiaki.

He's making good progress.

Not that I'd expect you to understand.

Is Dermot around?

At least I know why I'm lost.

Do you?

I don't have a cell phone.

Grub made me keep one in the ute, though, in case of emergencies.

You said that the sheep got out, but those fences look like they're in pretty good nick.

Yeah.

That was our code.

European girl, about 160cm,

uh, brownish hair? Excuse me. They all fit that description.

Hey.

Maybe she left town? That's if she ever existed in the first place.

Hey, I spoke with Dermot. Pulled the location on the phone that he keeps in his ute,

which confirms his statement.

His ute wasn't anywhere near the bridge the night of Grub's death.

Doesn't mean he didn't travel there some other way. It's a bit far to walk.

I mean, if he wanted to kill Grub, he could've just done it at the hut.

Spent enough time together. Yeah.

I jumped cos he dared me to.

I didn't want to.

I do blame him.

Ariki.

Welcome home.

Hey.

Could Lois have been involved somehow?

My Lois?

She has a motive - first love.

Grub's the reason she's in a wheelchair.

Right.

So how did she get there?

Did Grub pick her up? Did she wheel herself out there? Maybe she caught a taxi?

How'd she get there?

How'd she lift Grub over the bridge?

She's pretty strong.

Fuck's sake.

DI David Preston will be here in the morning. You can assist.

Yeah, hi, Fran.

Yeah, thanks for calling back.

Uh, look, I need to move our meeting back tomorrow.

Mm. How's, um, early afternoon?

Actually, um, let's make it day after tomorrow, eh?

Great. Yeah, I'll see you then.

OK, thanks. Bye.

Mm-mm.

I'm not finished.

I don't know what you think you saw, but it doesn't mean anything.

I guess we'll find out tomorrow.

I've left five messages for him, but he's never replied to me.

I'll see ya soon.

Sir. Big call, getting the boss's wife in.

Very brave or very stupid.

We'll see which one.

Stephen and Ariki went up the gondola.

Left me with the dishes.

I was in bed by about 11, but up and down a bit. I don't sleep much.

Did you leave the house during the evening?

No. I did not.

Let's get to the point, shall we? Could I have done it? I mean, isn't that what you want to know?

Could I physically have committed the crime?

Cos I'm a cripple.

That's not a word I'd use.

Let's give it a go, shall we?

What, like a re-enactment?

Sure. Why not?

This is roughly the height of One Lane Bridge.

Ariki, why don't you be Grub?

Wheelchair is on the bridge, next to Andrew Ryder.

Can you push him, then?

Guess we'll find out.

Lois has been cleared from the investigation.

You must be desperate, to get your own wife.