One Lane Bridge

- What brings you to Queenstown? - Just wanna learn from the best.

Right.

I have a gift.

A what?

We could use it as a tool.

- Found this in his fist. - Is that a tooth?

Not his.

I thought you did things by the book here.

You don't know the place, you don't know the people,

and you don't know me.

I've got someone that wants to buy the farm.

Did you get the sale in writing?

I had to do what's right for the town.

- We're meant to be partners. - Should've got the sale in writing.

Jesus.

It's me. Joe.

We were drunk. Joyriding.

I was the only one who survived.

Some people say the bridge is a link to the other side...

it awakens matakite.

- Second sight. - It's just a bridge.

And the dead are the dead.

Welcome home.

This case was solved by Dermot's confession.

Not your mumbo-jumbo bullshit.

- All right, mate? - Stop the timer!

- What do you need? - Uh, water.

10 seconds.

- You all good? - Yeah.

20 seconds.

Gels.

- All right. Go for it. - Ha-ha!

- Whoo! - 30 seconds.

Whoo!

Those transitions are getting better.

Oh, you're gonna crush your goal time.

You make it look easy.

Maybe, uh, next year, I'll give it a go.

Do it.

How did the rest of the session go?

Smashed it.

Hey.

- Bit full on. - The situation's full on.

Mm.

Davis. What is it?

Look, stop.

Listen to me. I'm fine.

Yes, I promise.

All right.

Right.

- We've got 4000 signatures. - Their time's up.

Everyone warned me Lois was a snake.

Well, Stephen's the one to blame.

He's an enabler. Lets her get away with anything.

- No more cowboys. - No more cowboys!

- 50 high-end lifestyle blocks. - Million-dollar views,

easy access from the bridge,

boutiques, farmers' markets,

a golf course...

and Haggis is doing a collab with a chef from Sydney.

It's shrunk.

You told us it was 150.

Uh, yeah, the Ryders refused to sell the farm.

We'll make it make in phase two and three.

We moved the pumphouse, as requested,

costing us a small fortune.

Can't put a price on flora and fauna.

No wastewater entering the ecosystem?

Individual sewage tanks.

We're applying for a million litres of water a day. That still OK?

Yeah.

Oi!

This is the Police! Remove that sign and come down here now!

I won't ask you again!

- You in charge? - We've got permission to be here.

You're creating a public disturbance. I'm shutting this down.

So the petition's true.

Everybody move out! Party's over.

Even I've been here long enough to know you're a crook.

- Cover-ups, corruption, favouritism! - Complete favouritism.

- Mm. - We are well within our rights.

Stop yapping, lady. Hop it.

Hey, maybe it's a bit more diplomatic

if we just let them go ahead.

You're supposed to back me up in public.

Please tell me one thing I've done wrong.

- Sometimes you take liberties. - My town, my rules.

That's not the way the world works anymore.

Whose side are you on?

You're so lucky to be here.

- Whyaml here? - I had no choice.

It was a diversity hire.

Mate, you're a dinosaur.

An entitled old white guy past his use-by date.

Lois.

I've just been removed.

As Chair, from the water rights meeting tomorrow. You know about that?

They asked me if I thought there was a conflict of interest.

I said yes.

My hands were tied. You must've known there'd be some fallout.

How can you get into bed with Charlotte?

I would've thought you would be opposed to the river being drained.

- I've done the maths. - The river can handle it.

We're prepared to trade some natural resources if it gets the moko the jobs.

I might be a relic, but it's still my town.

Preston called.

You need to go to Christchurch. They're launching an inquiry

because of that bloody petition.

- Fucking McCraes. - When?

First thing tomorrow.

Stephen?

Hope it goes well today.

You look very handsome.

Hey. Sorry about yesterday.

Stephen was out of line.

- Really matters to you, eh? - Being a good cop?

Yeah.

You OK?

Ariki.

You've reached the phone of DSS Stephen Tremaine.

Please leave a message. Thank you.

Stephen!

Stephen!

No... Stephen!

- I got you. - Let me jump. Let me jump!

- Let me jump! - It's all right.

I got you.

It's OK.

Can't stop thinking about Stephen.

Hangin' off that bridge.

What, is he dead?

Can't even do that right, huh?

- Bad taste, O. - Keep your mouth shut.

Good luck.

Think we're gonna win?

No way they're gonna green-light it.

It'd be an ecological disaster.

- Hi, Charlotte. Hi. - Hi, Emma.

Hey.

- Do I look nervous? - You look like

a mover and a shaker who knows her shit.

Have you heard which way the water rights might go?

I'm just a junior.

You and your party can wait over there.

How'd you know I was gonna jump?

Right place, right time.

Oh, darling.

- I'm fine. - Yeah.

I just had a bit of a wobble.

Yeah.

I don't want this getting out.

Doctor's with him.

Should've seen this coming.

I said some things.

Yeah, we all said some things.

I've been distracted.

Thank you.

I don't know what I would've done.

I saw him.

Hanging, at the bridge.

Stephen? When?

Started a couple months ago, while I was kayaking.

He was with the other ghosts.

I thought he was dead.

So I kept calling him, checking if he was all right. I kept seeing him.

Mostly he was just there at the bridge, scaring the shit out of me.

- But this morning was different. - Why didn't you tell me this before?

I didn't know what it meant,

or when or how it was gonna happen.

And it's heavy shit.

I just didn't think it was right to burden you with it.

Let's just hope this is the end of it.

OK, back off!

Back off, please!

OK, enough! Enough!

- We're helping this town... - You're raping our rivers.

...rebuilding the economy, you dumb hippy loser. And...

- This is all about lining your pockets! - It's over! We won!

And we will drain that fucking river dry if we want to.

- Fuck... - Don't you fuckin' touch her!

Really?

- Just... come on. - We got what we wanted.

Stephen.

Hi. Hey, can I speak to him?

Yeah, I just wanted to give him a heads-up that...

there might be some angry tourists coming his way.

What happened?

And the boat was in good working order?

Yeah, strange.

Yeah, I'm glad everyone's all right.

You take good care.

- Rob. Near miss at One Lane Bridge. - It's nothing for you to worry about.

Being picked up for the airport in 10 minutes.

I can cover, if you like.

Yeah, I s'pose. Yeah.

DI Preston.

Hey, it's Detective Ariki Davis, Queenstown CIB.

Yeah, Stephen Tremaine won't be able to make it up for the inquiry today.

Migraine.

Yeah. Doctor's advised he take a couple weeks off,