The Luminaries

If two people were to be born at the exact same instant

and very near to one another,

they would become what's known as "Astral Twins".

They would share a destiny.

Where's my gold?

It's on the ship.

The Godspeed, down on the quay. She leaves tomorrow morning.

I find...my gold.

He says he found this on your claim.

You found this on Aurora?

If she gave his half to her, she should have it.

The gold, we lost. Wells, we lost.

But the ship, we won.

That ship was sold to Crosbie Wells.

Where's Crosbie Wells?!

He's up north on Maori land, by the river.

It's the name of a claim. The man who owns it

hasn't been seen since the night Mr.Wells died.

She planted it, to set me up.

You're lying.

I'll shoot you.

Get out of the way!

Go down the hold if you're sick!

There's less movement down there.

Hello in there?

Anna, for Christ's sake, put the gun away.

Where is it? Where did it go?

Oh God!

Anna.

Anna!

It's been three months, Anna. Time to get on.

I've put your price up...

10 times what the other girls are asking.

The whole stage to yourself.

It'll be the easiest money you ever made.

I don't want to make money.

You've got debts to pay.

It's so heavy.

What is?

The dress.

Come on.

It's what you do best.

You were talking in your sleep.

What did I say?

I don't know. It was Cantonese.

Mm.

What's that?

Lauderback is running for Westland.

So?

So he's gonna make his voyage overland, not by sea.

Look at the map.

His route is gonna take him right down the Arahura River...

Maori land, where Crosbie is.

Crosbie can't find out about the Godspeed, Francis.

We can't risk them meeting face to face. We'll lose everything.

If they realize what we've done,

you'll go to prison, we both will.

Francis,

you have to get there first.

I miss him...the man I fell for,

the man who could sail a brigantine against the wind

faster than the lightest schooner on the swiftest tide,

who never stayed in my bed for more than two nights

because he couldn't bear being apart from the ocean...

who tasted like salt and...

tar and oak and...

iron,

who was insatiable...

and so proud.

I miss that man.

You're not a convict, Francis,

you're a Captain.

I need a Captain.

No. Not you.

I only want to talk.

I can't do this. Please.

Look, I was swindled too, same as you.

The same as me?

Everything that's happened...

I hate it. I want to put it right.

You can't. - Why?

Because you paid for it.

I promise you, I only want to talk.

All right. You wanna talk?

What do I say? You're paying.

Tell me what you want me to say.

Whatever you like.

I don't know. If I knew in advance...

The day we met...on deck, in the dawn light,

with the albatross...you were so alive and open and free.

You're still that person.

You don't know anything about me.

What does it matter if I want to, if I'm here?

You wanna rescue me.

You see me like this, and you think,

"I wanna save her life, and she's gonna thank me for it".

But you can't change anything. I'll still be in debt.

Same as with Mr.Mannering...

first I'm in his pocket, then I'm in yours.

This is who I am...

this moment,

right here,

and nowhere else.

You know what I think are the two saddest words in the English language?

"Too late"...

I never want to say those words to anybody,

certainly not to you.

That's all I wanted to say.

Goodnight, Miss Wetherell.

Anna!

Anna.

I've been looking for you everywhere.

What the hell happened up there?

I killed him.

Oh Jesus.

I didn't mean to hurt him.

I meant to hurt myself.

I don't understand.

I don't understand what's happening to me.

Why'd you give it to him?

Give what to him?

The laudanum.

I didn't.

You just told me that you did.

Not Crosbie, Emery.

What?

I killed Emery Staines.

Anna, what's going on?

Anna, come back here!

You're burning a hell of a lot of bridges, Anna Wetherell.

I sure hope you know how to swim!

I need a room.

Dormitory or on your own?

On my own.

Good news, Alistair...your luggage has arrived.

Have it sent up to my room.

Well, it did arrive, and then it left again, I should have said.

We know where it is.

What?

Here's the rub.

It actually beat you here. Yeah.

Only there was a mix-up, you see,

between goods going out and goods coming in, and, well,

the long and short of it is that it was loaded on to the Godspeed.

What?

Well, you can see how it happened.

You know, your name, your ship.

Godspeed was here?

Yes. She's a regular, back and forth from Dunedin. She left the morning you arrived.

Anyway, the good news is she's back, just offshore.

She's back?

Just waiting for the tide to turn.

And as soon as it does, we'll have your luggage in to shore,

and all this will be put to rest. I promise.

Lydia!

He promised me I would never see that ship again.

What's it doing here?

At least tell me his name...the man who blackmailed me.

I suppose he named himself Captain?

I suppose he's here too, just offshore, hey?

I'm afraid I haven't the slightest idea what you're talking about.

Just for one second,

would you stop it with this performance and talk to me?

But it was always a performance, Mr.Lauderback.

Couldn't you tell?

You're a bitch. You know that? You're a callous, cold-hearted...

Save it for your wife.

You know what happens to people like you,

people who think they're untouchable?

They get touched?

Anna Wetherell.

She's not here.

Where is she?

I don't know.

I'm not her keeper.

No.

I am.

We got a live one, she's done a runner,

which means that we are on the scent.

The purse was low,

even for you.

Unannounced and uninvited.

It seems old habits die hard.

Jesus Christ, Lydia, this is a human life we're talking about.

You want to see her hang?

You burned down the Hotel Oriental...

bought it for a song, ran it to the ground,

then set the fires yourself to claim on the insurance.

What's that? Blackmail?

Not at all, I'm simply drawing an analogy.

Why are you here?

To make my fortune, Mr.Mannering...just the same as you.

So take it. You're his widow, there's no children...

the money's yours.

If only it were that simple.

What do you mean?

Aurora was a tailing pile. She never turned £4000.

Well, the circumstances...

I know that for a fact, Charlie. That claim belonged to me.

Please, just lower your voice.