Treasure & Dirt

I don't know what happened.

I woke up underneath a tree. Someone left this.

I didn't know if they were trying to hurt me or help me,

but they knew about David's little Sunday session.

What's this?

License plate from Jonas McGee's ute.

Gary's looking for the rest of it.

Who did this to your face? Mick the brick shithouse.

Alright, you pair of bastards.

I want to help you, but I need you to help me.

Talk to him. Get close to him.

He didn't even tell me he had a kid.

The kid's dead, detective. His son was murdered.

Miriam, where is Zeke?

A stem cell transplant is her best chance of life.

It's from Zeke. America?

That's where he went after he did penance.

No, no, no. Not now. Hide it. Why?

Because David thinks I destroyed it.

David made Zeke do his penance in the desert.

He never came back.

Zeke doesn't exist. We need a grave digger.

What did you? OK, OK, OK, OK, OK.

# In that dear little town

# In the old county down

# It will linger way down in my heart

# Though it never was grand It is my very land

# Just a wonderful world set apart

# Oh, my island of dreams

# You are with me, it seems

# And I care not

# For fame or renown

# Like the black sheep of old

# I'll come back now. #

I'll ask you again.

How many biological children do you have?

You only ask questions you know the answer to.

When's the last time you saw your son?

Ten years ago.

When he went into the desert.

To do what? Penance.

Penance.

Penance.

Did Elsie do penance?

Or did Jonas take her away before you could execute that penance?

He had a lapse in judgement. Did he?

Sounds like he needed punishment. Did you punish him with a penance?

I never had to.

Well, you know, God took care of that.

God took care of that.

Takes care of a lot of things, this God.

How did he take care of it?

Well, Jonas caused an accident

that killed two people, spent years in prison.

His daughter was exiled.

Now his granddaughter's sick.

And we're here talking because he got his head cut off.

You think God is punishing Jonas by making Beth sick?

Sins of the father. All that.

Sins of the father? Mm-hm.

You never reported Zeke missing? No.

Why? He wasn't missing.

He wasn't missing? No.

Where was he?

Well, I received a letter from him from a commune in Arizona.

Saying he was healthy.

Saying he was well.

He wrote you a letter to tell you he was healthy and well

and he sent it from a commune in Arizona

so that he could fly back and then bury himself under your tree?

Does that make you feel superior? What is that?

To be glib.

When I've just watched you dig up the remains of my son?

Do you still have that letter from Zeke, David?

No.

Why not? Why would I keep it?

Did you write that letter?

Why would I write a letter to myself?

Do you only ask questions that you know the answer to, David?

What are you talking about?

Why did you write that letter?

You wrote that letter because you killed your son.

Your penance killed your son. You buried your son.

You wrote that letter.

What happened to my son was his choice.

He brought it on himself.

What happened to him was God's will.

Just as what happens to all of us is God's will.

Was that God's will?

Is that God's will? What are you doing?

Is that God's will? What are you doing?

Is it? Stop! Stop!

Is that God's will? Get him away from me!

Get him away from me! I wanna leave!

I wanna leave! I wanna leave!

Stay away from me. Gary!

Stay away! Is that God's will?

What is it that you did? Take him to holding now.

Why do you hate God's will? Why do you hate God's will?

Come on, bugalugs.

What is it that you did? What'd you do, detective?

What did you do that you can't live with?

What'd you do? Come on.

What did you do? What did you do? What did you do? What did you do?

Hey.

Get him away from her! Get him away from her!

Get up, get up! Stand up!

Come with me.

This way, Miriam, this way. I've got it.

It's alright.

What are you doing? I was just getting him a drink.

You had one job. One job? I didn't...

Get him in there, Gary.

Here's your drink, Gary. Gary.

Gary. OK.

Come on.

# In that dear little town

# In the old county down... #

You like my car?

You ever been in a car like this? You ever seen a car this nice?

On the telly. Oh, on the telly.

Information. Thank you.

They let you watch telly in there, do they?

Huh? Back in Adelaide. Ah.

You know, when I was your age, I used to think that if I got a car

with Italian leather like this, then that meant I had officially made it.

Made what?

That's a great question, buddy.

# Like the black sheep... #

So how come your mum moved in with the troglodytes?

Had to come back because someone dropped her dad's head off.

It's cheaper than staying in a motel.

Plus, she grew up there.

Huh?

And let me guess? You don't want to grow up there.

Hmm. Probably not gonna grow up.

You hungry?

Cheers.

Some chips. Thanks, Bill.

Thank you.

Who's your little plus one? This is a runaway from Bible camp.

I'm not a this.

Fair enough. You OK?

She was hungry. I'm taking her home.

So...

Do I get to know your name yet?

Bess.

Bess. I like that. It's a good name. I'm Robbie.

Hi.

What are you, like four? No, I'm nine.

Serious, huh?

Ah, your wig's a little...

Surprised?

Not really.

You got a good head for it. Thank you.

So, um, what you got?

Leukaemia?

Acute lymphoblastic or myeloid? Lymphoblastic.

How many chemo cycles?

Two. The doctors say I'm in relapsed ALL.

But they want to do stem cell transplant.

Classic. Yeah.

You got a donor?

Nuh. Mum can't do it.

It's technically why we're here. Just like my dad.

Hmm.

These are really good chips. I know, right.

Can I have one? Hmm.

Billie's the best in the business.

Hey. Alright, we've gotta get you back there soon.

Just... You stay right here.

Hey, Bill. Can I get some chips for the road?

'Cause she won't let me have any.

Hey, blondie, do you want anything for the road?

A burger.

Wait. Make that two.

Where is it? I don't know.

The letter from your son.

Last you heard from him?

You don't know where it is?

We don't keep earthly possessions.

What did you mean

when you asked David what he did to your son?

I don't know.

His death was God's choice.

God didn't bury him, though.

You can go.

She's lying.

We need that letter. Mm-hm.

Prove it's a forgery. Put David away for Zeke.

And Jonas. Yeah.

What if he knew?

What if he knew David's little secret and David found out.

Jonas was a dead man walking.

Don't stop.

Keep going.

If you can do it in front of God...

..if you have no shame,

you can do it in front of me.

You broken something?