McLeod's Daughters

Hey, you two. Bus is leaving.

Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas.

See you soon. See ya.

THUNDER CLAPS

You and Kate look cosy.

Slippery. Very.

Guys, shut up!

Grace!

Tayler!

Tayler!

Patrick!

You're alright. You're gonna be OK.

What happened? Deep breaths.

Phil! Grace! You're safe now.

Grace! Grace, are you OK?

Grace.

Grace. Where's Riley?

What? Where's Riley?!

Riley! Riley! Riley!

Riley! Riley!

Riley!

In all the years I've been here this windmill has never fallen down.

Blades have bent, the wheel's stopped turning,

but it's never fallen.

Five days straight - floods and rain.

I'm starting to think the drought wasn't so bad.

Well, if the rains hadn't come, we would have lost Drovers.

Maybe not straightaway, but eventually.

Yeah, but Riley'd still be here.

What time did Kate head out this morning?

The usual. Crack of dawn.

Do you think there's any chance she's right?

Riley's OK?

Well, I'd like to hope so.

Kate can't go on like this. She's exhausted.

It looks so normal.

Like nothing ever happened.

What are you doing?

I just wanted to... Just wanted to what?

Say goodbye?

Riley's not dead, Tayler, he's missing.

He's out there somewhere waiting for us to find him.

Kate...

Why am I the only one still looking for him?

I can't believe you've all just given up.

How'd you go?

Any sign? Not yet.

Well, if you wanna grab some breakfast,

I'll take care of Charlie.

I'm heading back out. Then I'll come with you.

I don't want your help, Grace.

Please, Kate, let me help you.

Alright, so you believe he's alive, do ya?

It's not a hard question.

Righto, let's saddle up, get out there

and see what stock we've got left, eh?

In case you've forgotten,

that enormous bump on the front of you is a baby.

You shouldn't ride.

There's no fuel. I have no choice.

Besides, Alex and I have talked about it

and it is fine for me to ride.

I'll take it at a snail's pace. You two can do the rounding up.

Oh, actually, I just came to grab something to eat.

I've got a lot of ground to cover. Sorry.

Well, fair enough. Just take it easy out there, OK?

Yep.

Riley's parents just called on the satphone.

They're stuck outside of Fisher till the roads open.

So do we pack up his stuff or what?

Yeah, I guess.

I'm sure his dad will appreciate it.

I promised Alex I'd see how Stevie's doing as soon as I could.

Ingrid's gonna come and check on the stock.

If we can find them.

She'll be riding over Hercules. That's always worth a laugh.

Unless they've cloned themselves,

we've inherited some of Killarney's sheep.

Oh, right.

Well, we'll get them back to the yards,

keep an eye on them and we'll draught 'em back there, eh?

Hey!

G'day, strangers. Hi.

G'day.

G'day. Hey.

Whoa! You got a bit fatter in the last couple of days.

Hey!

Hey, I'm under strict instructions from my brother.

There's a place at Killarney if you want it.

Yeah, and you know what I'm going to say to that.

But thank you.

How's Drovers doing?

No phones, fuel's been contaminated with water,

no power, except for what the gennie can cough up,

canned food, downed windmill.

You? Uh, not too bad.

Apart from Ingrid, who's been forcing herself on my hospitality...

I've been stuck at Killarney since the rain started.

Oh, well, makes the place not so empty.

Yeah. They heard anything?

I keep expecting to see him -

working with the sheep, coming out of the shed, you know?

I know.

Oi! Oi!

Oi! Oi! Oi! Oi!

Hey! Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! Easy.

Easy. Here! Here!

Grace, it looks like you'll have to be rescuer.

Thanks.

Come on, now, Milly, I'm trying to help you.

Oh! SPLASH!

HOOFS CLATTER

You OK?

There was a horse. At the river.

I heard it.

OK, so the car went into the river here

but it got washed further along and the SES pulled it out here.

And we've searched along the banks from here to here but...

..what if Riley got washed further along?

Kate, if he was washed down that far...

We just need to widen the search area.

Or we could leave it to the SES.

I mean, they've got the training, the right equipment, that should...

Shh. Shh. ENGINE PURRS IN DISTANCE

You hear that? That's a car. The roads are open.

How did you get here? Has the flooding gone down?

Oh, that's a nice welcome.

So the roads are open?

The highway's gonna be closed for a day or two.

Hang on, when did you join the SES?

A few months back. Thought I'd do my bit.

I think you've already done more than that.

You deserve a medal for saving Grace.

Yeah, well, anyone else would have done the same.

Yeah, but nobody else was there.

Accept the praise when it's offered, mate.

Moira, Kate, this is... Dan.

Dan. G'day.

We're getting to as many properties as we can today.

Checking on powerlines, busted roofs.

Fantastic. How many tarps have you got?

'Cause, honestly, our roof's pretty banged up.

Sorry, why are you wasting your time on this? Riley is still missing.

We have to scale down the search, Kate.

What?

We have to prioritise our resources.

Prioritise? There's a man missing out there.

I'm really sorry, Kate. Look, I'll get cracking on the roof.

I'll give you a hand with the tarps.

Was Riley conscious when you found the car?

Look, Kate, I know you're upset, but we had no choice.

The SES has strict guidelines...

Yeah, and if the SES won't find him, I will.

So, in the car, when you helped Grace, was Riley conscious?

I don't know. It's all a bit of a blur.

Phil!

At the river, did you see a horse?

What?

I heard it, I think.

It would have been just after you pulled me out.

Grace, you were off with the pixies.

There was no horse.

Look, I'm sorry, I can't help either of you.

I've got a roof to fix.

What else do you remember? Just the horse.

Please, Kate, I'm trying. I want to remember. Let me help you.

I don't want your help. You're the one...

Kate, this isn't helping.

If you've got something to say to me, spit it out.

No, I got nothing to say to you. Go on, Kate. Say it.

Say it! You drove that car into the river.

Riley's lost because of you and if he's gone, it's your fault.

That is enough, Kate.

Sorry.

Look, I was going to check your roof.

You had any rain coming in?

Not that I've noticed. Right.

Uh, it's a difficult time for everyone.

I didn't know Riley, but from what the other blokes have been saying,

it's a big loss.

He's gonna be really missed.

Yeah, everyone's so ready to write him off.

He's not dead, alright?

Yeah, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it like that.

I'm just saying if you want a friendly ear,

well, I'm always available.

What is that, some sort of pick-up line? Oh, my God!

No, I promise you, that's not where I was going.

Oh! I want to speak to my husband! Stupid.

Here. Oh. Thank you.

I should have taken Alex up on that offer for a satphone.

Well, the phone lines won't be down forever.

You know Kate is only lashing out.

Don't take anything she said to heart.

I was driving, Stevie.

The car didn't swerve itself.

I have to try and remember what happened.

Yeah, and until then?