The Gulf

The bones were old. The grave's not.

Why would you move a body to somewhere as risky as a dope plot?

A girl between 7 and 9 years old.

Jan '81, she arrives, and her name is Dawn,

but then from September '81, she just... disappears.

No one we know would have anything to do with that.

Ah.

Is it true they found another body?

Hmm.

I just wanted to see if this photograph...

brought back any memories.

Oh, oh, Papa.

Come on, come on.

He's not well.

Oh, it's Dawn.

Do you remember her?

Well, yeah, yes, she was like my little shadow.

She followed me around everywhere.

Do you remember when she was at the commune?

Early '80s.

I know she was there at my 12th birthday party.

So that was... 1981, June.

And then...

Then... what?

We were told that she went into state care.

Detective Savage to base. Stand by to collect

remains. We're landing in two minutes.

Copy that.

- Hey, Dolores. - Hang on.

Petrie asked me to pick up his internal mail for

him. There's something really urgent in there.

Irregular.

Yeah, he's got a meeting with the commissioner.

Already gone. Tell him it'll be in his office by 11.

OK, thanks.

Anthony. How's it going, Jess?

OK.

I need another weapon issued.

Sure. How much paperwork do you want?

What are my options?

Well, Bushmaster M4, you get a novel, but the glock I can do for a signature.

Glock it is.

All right, you sign this,

and I get the goods.

Got you a G4. Short frame trigger - for the little hands.

OK.

- Is this yours? - Nope.

A boat like this was involved in an incident at the fish factory.

Anyone use it yesterday?

I don't think so.

You sure?

Still wet under there.

You had a sister.

Died in 1981.

That's her over there.

Paitahi.

We were out by the pins.

She loved her fishing. She was in the water, spearfishing.

She got a big kingie.

Wound the line around her arm and... took off.

I don't know what you're looking for, but if it involves that boat out there...

You can ask anyone.

I haven't been in a boat since I was 10 years old.

I don't even take the fucking ferry.

We have to investigate these things.

Taiaroa.

Do you think I'd leave Paitahi here in the ground, alone?

I'd give anything to have her bones,

put her with her tupuna, where she belongs.

Yeah, hey.

No, he's here. He's dropping off the mail now.

Graham, yeah.

No, I'll wait. It's all right.

- On the warpath? - Yeah.

Good luck.

- Harding. - Sir.

What do you two want?

We've had a breakthrough in the case, sir.

We believe we found a burial site in the old commune grounds.

OK, what do you need?

We need to dig up the whole place - everything.

So we need warrants, you know, extra manpower, gear - the lot.

Do you agree?

It's a significant breakthrough.

All right, I'll authorise the budget with Specialist Search.

Good work, you two. Thank you, sir.

That letter was from someone who's blackmailing me...

for money, of course.

What could anyone possibly want to blackmail you over?

Do you know who?

Just do what you need to do.

Look.

I think the right thing to do would be to...

to find this scumbag with you and sort them out.

We're partners, Jess.

We're meant to have each other's backs.

This is the old ablutions block. They probably just dug it up for compost.

Sorry, do you mind just taking a step back from the tape?

Like, a proper step back.

Thank you.

Wait, wait.

This is fresh soil.

Looks like there could've been a body underneath.

We're gonna need to take soil samples from that hole,

send them to the lab, compare them with the residue on our skeletons. Sure.

You were right. Do a full site search.

Dig up anything where you think there's been recent activity.

- Not our trees. - Including your trees.

Look, Rosie, you're going to have to vacate and clear the premises.

We need to do a full site examination. Look, we will cooperate,

but we can't just leave. We need to know what else is here.

You got a private place we can talk?

It's the old meeting room.

- You knew Dawn. - Mm, mm.

We believe that it's Dawn's remains that we found.

What do you remember about her - anything?

Did she have any favourite objects or toys or...?

Yeah, she had a doll.

She used to carry that round.

I need your help, Rosie.

He couldn't have. He just couldn't have.

- Joseph? - None of them.

They loved those children.

Heya.

It's an adult male, 20s.

And the time period matches that of the child's skeleton - about 40 years ago.

- Cause of death? - Unknown at this stage.

The remains are far more deteriorated than the child,

probably due to the bones having been through a fish grinder.

His name is Matt Robins, Australian

Went missing around 1981.

Last anyone knew, he went AWOL to a commune somewhere in New Zealand.

It's all in there.

You think you could be our skeleton?

Yeah, hard to tell.

Mm. Or that one.

I mean, it could be any one of them, really, couldn't it?

- Dental records? - Yeah, but...

- You don't have a skull. - Yeah, correct.

Harding, take a look.

Dig it up.

Ops 6 here. We've identified another site.

We need a digger. Over.

- Yeah? - Hey.

They found another grave.

- Is it empty? - Yeah.

But it's smaller, looks like the child's grave.

They're sending the soil samples back to the lab with the others.

OK. Check your email.

We think we've ID'd the adult body.

All right, will do.

Hey, um, about that thing on the ferry,

just let me know when you wanna make a plan, all right?

You're welcome!

Oh!

No, Miss Savage.

My baby's gonna be dead; it's so cold. Can you turn the light on?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- Don't use all the hot water. - OK. - Don't use all the hot water!

- Hey. - Hey.

You all right?

I think I freaked your mum out. Why?

Hey, Mum. Hey.

- What's all this? - Oh, I saw them in your room,

cos AJ wanted to see what I looked like as a baby.

- Oh, right. - Oh, look, look.

I found, oh, this one of you.

What a chunker.

- This is your mum, right? - Yeah, Crazy Bobby.

She wasn't crazy.

Oh, yeah, she doesn't look all that crazy here. Mm-mm.

A look?

- Oh, far out. - Yeah.

Oh, was... Was she pregnant with you there?

- Yeah. - Oh.

Grandma was cool. Yeah, and hot.

No, she can't be cool and hot.

She can.

- It looks like you, babe. - Mm. - Mm.

These yours?

Yeah, thanks.

Stamps, pretty old-school.

Yeah, job applications.

Boomers like hard copies.

- Goodnight. - Night.

- Morning. - Morning.

You want some?

- Is this for me? - Mm.

- What do you want? - What?

Well, AJ and I have been talking.

He's been looking for flats for us, but they're really expensive,

and I think we should stay put and save that money for the baby.

- What about that place in Auckland? - Just missed out.

Yeah, OK, sure.

You're OK with it?

- OK with what? - AJ moving in.

- None of your words said that. - No, but...

Cos he practically lives here, and that way we can all be together with the baby.

- Ooooh. - Mum.

You said you'd support me.