Secrets & Lies

Secrets and Lies 1x01 "The Track"

Help!

Help!

Ugh!

Christy!

Christy!

-Ben! -God, where's the phone?

-Man: Ben! -You alright?

Thanks, yeah.

So it was...Thom?

I'll talk to you later, ok?

-Do they know what happened? -Is it true?

-Dad, is it true? -Later.

There's someone here.

Mr gundelach.

Detective sergeant ian cornielle.

-Hey. -This won't take long.

H-have a seat.

-Want tea? -Are you having one?

-No. -Well, I'd love one.

I received your notes from officers at the scene.

Quite a shock.

Yeah.

He was...

God, um...

Thom lived across the road with his mum.

-And he used to come here? -Yeah.

Yeah, my daughter tash babysat him,

Like, two, three afternoons a week.

Jess, thom's mum, works part-time, so it gives...

..Gave her a break.

-You want milk? -Black.

Babysat here?

Yeah, yeah, here and there.

She has a key.

Couldn't sleep?

Beg your pardon?

You weren't going for a run this morning, your wife said.

Oh, no, no, I usually only run every second day, yeah.

-No, I couldn't sleep. -Why's that?

Well, I had a few drinks last night

So I wanted to run them off.

Dark at that time.

Well, I know the track pretty well, so...

Even after a few drinks?

Yeah.

Well, you're very lucky

You didn't break your neck when you came across him.

I don't feel particularly lucky.

Of course.

How did you know?

What?

How did you know he was dead?

It was dark, it was wet.

I felt the back of his head.

So you moved the body?

Yeah, I tried to resuscitate him.

And was that before or after you felt the back of his head?

Before.

Oh, it's ok, sweetie. That's my youngest daughter.

Eva!

It's ok.

-Honey, this is detective cor... -Cornielle.

Do you know what happened?

That what he's going to find out.

Woman: Jesus, take it easy down there!

You gave it enough trouble last night!

Dave!

Morning.

Christy: He needs reminding of the rules.

-Ben: Yeah. -And the rent.

-And the pool's a mess. -He's sorting himself out.

Well, he's your friend. You should sort him out.

Why do they have to take my clothes?

I'm sure it's just normal procedure.

That poor woman.

Are you ok?

Yeah.

We've gotta say something.

-Ben... -I found him.

Jess?

-Cornielle: Mr gundelach. -What? Jess.

Newsreader: Karen ferber with the midday news update.

A four-year-old boy has been found dead in bushland

Not far from the brisbane river.

The body of thomas murnane was discovered

Within walking distance of his home

By a jogger early this morning.

The boy's mother had been unaware

He'd gone missing in the early hours.

Cause of death has not been released,

But homicide detectives were on the scene.

Police appeal for anyone who may have seen the child

To come forward.

The federal opposition leader...

You're kidding me.

there he is!

Woman: What are the police telling you?

Woman 2: Hey, over here!

-Ben! Talk to us. -No!

Can you believe it? Our street's, like, famous.

Don't talk to them.

Reporter: Long-time resident and neighbour...

-I can't believe thommy's dead. -Are you ok?

Police say the man has been assisting them

With their inquiries, but no charges have been laid.

Look, there's our house.

..No immediate details of the case

Can be released at this stage

Until the state coroner determines the cause of death.

However, police are treating the death as suspicious.

-It's boiling! -We're not made of money.

Anyone with information to contact...

Right, I'll give them a bell right now.

Yeah, I'll call you and let you know how it goes. 'bye.

Were you going to tell me? About the gauntlet out there?

I just got home myself.

-The girls ok? -I don't know.

I saw eva fiddling with her window lock.

We should talk to them.

I'd rather you looked at the locks.

-We've got to say something. -What is there to say?

That there's someone out there killing kids?

-Heya. -Hey!

It's like a bikini kill concert out there.

Angry chicks, ponces in make-up.

Thanks for cleaning the pool, mate.

Well, I did get the hint

When christy gave me the hairy eyeball.

About this morning, mate, we overslept.

Just try not to let the girls see it, will ya?

We're at least pretending to raise them right.

-Poor little kid, eh? - Hmm.

Whoever did that to him.

I don't know, maybe if I'd run faster,

I would have got there quicker, could have stopped it.

They'll catch the bastard.

Yeah.

-You alright? -No.

But thanks for asking.

Ok, we'd better talk about thom.

-Do we have to? He's dead. -Tash.

I don't want to talk about it. It's macabre, what happened.

I don't want to eat.

Listen...

They don't know who did it, do they?

No, not yet.

But whoever it is is probably a long way away by now.

Just don't go out by yourself, ok?

We are still gonna do the tree?

The christmas tree and the christmas lunch?

I don't think

We should be talking about christmas right now.

Christy: Good talk.

Hey.

Bed.

it's ok.

It's ok.

What happened?

This morning?

Just like I said.

That's all?

Yeah. What do you mean?

Nothing.

I've always said you shouldn't go running on that track.

Oh, come on!

Someone else could have found...

Well, it was me!

Malcolm's fine for after christmas.

I don't want to talk about your brother.

He's happy to take me and the girls next week.

No, jesus! Let's...

Let's just have one last christmas together.

We agreed on that.

Jess on voicemail: Hi, this is jess...

Thom on voicemail: Mum's a jam-head!

..And thom. Please leave...

-Thom: Mum's a bread-head! -Jess: Leave a message!

-Morning. -Mm-hm.

-Not running today? -You kidding?

Oh, shit, sorry, mate.

Hey, listen, I'm a little behind

On this house I'm painting today.

-You want to give me a hand? -Yeah, I'd love to, mate.

But I'm in the middle of rewriting a song.

Sony's pretty interested.

what's that about?

-Hello, ben. -Vanessa.

How are you going, you poor man?

What's going on?

Oh, the police won't let them take our rubbish.

They want to go through our bins.

-Let them. -Really? Oh, I suppose so.

Uh, he's running late for work.

Come on, hurry up, you two.

-How do I look? -Like a slut.

Eva! It's too late to get changed now.

You guys coming with me or mum?

-Mum. -I'll go with you.

You can both come with me. I'll drop you off.