
Episode 3
11/1/2026 | 42m 58sVideo has Closed Captions
Joan desperately needs space from Darby but finds herself alone and in danger.
Overwhelmed by new details about her late husband's past, Joan desperately needs space from Darby but finds herself alone and in danger when thieves target her motorhome.
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Episode 3
11/1/2026 | 42m 58sVideo has Closed Captions
Overwhelmed by new details about her late husband's past, Joan desperately needs space from Darby but finds herself alone and in danger when thieves target her motorhome.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipJoan: We have some information about where he might have been going.
Perhaps I can piece together his whereabouts, and maybe even find somebody he met along the way.
Rebecca: We are never going to know why Dad lied about being in Australia.
Joan: Oh, yes, we will.
If I have anything to do with it.
How long ago was your heart attack?
Jack: Private.
Felicity: My sister was a Mrs.
Darby a few wives back.
Joan: How many times has he been married?
Felicity: Two-and-a-half, I suppose.
Jack: Time for bed.
Come on.
Joan: [ Laughs ] Oh, wait, watch that, mister.
I'm a married woman.
Jack: I know.
To Ian.
Think I'll tag along and just make sure you don't get into any more scrapes.
So, what did your Ian get up to?
Joan: What if Ian is someone I never knew?
Or wouldn't want to know?
[ Tranquil instrumental music playing ] ♪♪ ♪♪ This is where Ian grew up?
It can't be.
Jack: Mm-hmm.
Small town, only one Ian Kirkhope.
♪♪ Joan: [ Sighs ] I'll get us some lemons.
[ Birds chirping ] [ Children chatting ] ♪♪ [ Tense music plays ] Jack: The publican says they're the only Kirkhopes in town.
Been here three generations.
♪♪ Joan: Doesn't seem right.
Jack: You said Ian was born here.
Joan: Yeah, but he left when he was 20.
He told me he didn't have any family here anymore.
♪♪ It's a mistake.
It has to be.
♪♪ [ Children playing, dog barks ] Jack!
[ Whispering loudly ] Don't you dare!
Stop!
♪♪ [ Scoffs ] Bloody pillock!
♪♪ [ Exhales sharply ] [ Breathing deeply ] ♪♪ ♪♪ You had no right!
It's none of your business, quite frankly, and I don't know why you'd... [ Seatbelt hisses, clicks ] What did she say?
Jack: Her name is Lucy Kirkhope.
♪♪ Ian Kirkhope was her father.
Joan: [ Sighs ] ♪♪ Ian would never.
He wasn't the type.
♪♪ I know who my husband was.
♪♪ [ Theme music plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Man at Work's "Who Can It Be Now?"
playing ] ♪♪ ♪ Who can it be knocking at my door?
♪ ♪ Go 'way ♪ ♪ Don't come 'round here no more ♪ ♪ Can't you see that it's late at night?
♪ ♪ I'm very tired and I'm... ♪ Jack: Ian's quite the mystery, isn't he?
Joan: We traveled the world together.
He never once wanted to come to Australia.
He said there was nothing here for him.
[ Sighs ] It was all a lie.
Everything.
[ Sighs ] I mean, how many times was he here with them when he told me he was somewhere else?
Why do men do that?
Jack: Do what?
Joan: Run away from the truth.
Isn't it easier if you just be honest?
Jack: Well, I'm sure he wasn't trying to hurt you.
Joan: [ Scoffs ] Look, I-I can't bear to do small talk now, okay?
Gina: Uh, y-you need to watch out.
Joan: Mm?
Gina: We had a snake sighting this morning.
You can't be out and about in those.
Joan: Oh.
Gina: I'm Gina.
You two doing The Big Lap?
Joan: The what?
Ellie: Oh, she means driving right the way 'round.
Jack: No, no, we're sort of doing a zigzag at the moment.
Gina: [ Chuckles ] Ellie: Oh.
Gina: Well, don't wait for a formal invitation.
Go and get a glass and come and join us.
Joan: Alright, well, I'll go and put my blunnies on.
Gina: Your wife has such a lovely accent.
[ Vehicle door shuts ] Jack: She's not my wife.
I'm her security.
[ Acoustic music playing ] ♪♪ ♪♪ Joan: [ Sighs ] [ Birds chirping ] [ Ambient music playing ] ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Knock at door ] ♪♪ Sue: Is it true?
Your own private security guard?
We're all wondering.
Joan: Jack -- Sue: I don't suppose you're a smoker?
Joan: No, not anymore.
Sue: [ Sighs ] My sister's forcing me to give up.
Joan: God save us from bossy sisters.
Sue: [ Chuckles ] She means well, but there's nothing that calms my nerves quite like a -- Joan: Is something making you nervous?
Sue: Oh, nothing a G&T wouldn't fix.
Do you mind?
[ Acoustic music playing ] ♪♪ Man: Tayla.
Tayla, what did I say?
Tayla!
Tayla.
Psst!
♪♪ Tayla: You're the one who'll get us noticed.
Ellie: You get all sorts on the road.
Jack: And what sort's that?
Ellie: Just saying.
Kate: You can't go two seconds without splashing your money around.
Who needs a fishing boat in the mountains anyway?
Nick: Well, you're always in it, aren't you?
Kate: How are we supposed to get it back?
Nick: We'll figure it out.
Ellie: Just goes to show that money doesn't make marriage any easier.
Jack: Can't make it worse.
Ellie: [ Chuckles ] Sue: We come bearing lemons.
Gina: Hallelujah.
Jack: Excuse me.
Sue: You've met my sister.
Gina: Hello.
Jack, for you.
Jack: Thank you.
Gina: Now, Joan, would you like a G&T?
Joan: I'd love one.
Sue: [ Giggling ] Make mine a large.
Gina: Don't worry about Ellie, Jack, she's like that with everyone.
Jack: Like what?
Gina: Borderline rude.
Her husband died, I understand.
But at least he didn't run away with her accountant.
[ Chuckles ] What about you?
What's your story?
Joan: Yeah, I'd like to hear your story.
How exactly do you get married two-and-a-half times?
Jack: Just lucky, I guess.
Sue: Nick and Kate have another barney?
Gina: Oh, I could put up with a little bit of bickering for all that luxury.
Sue: Oh, not me.
I wouldn't marry again.
No, not for any money.
Jack: I'll toast to that.
Sue: Cheers.
[ Laughter ] ♪♪ [ Tense music playing ] ♪♪ Jack: Oi, there.
♪♪ Joan: Is there a problem?
Trent: Need to sort your payment.
Charged the off-peak rate by mistake.
Joan: You can't just raise the price out of nowhere.
Trent: Plenty of other parks if you want.
Joan: [ Scoffs softly ] Jack: Hey, I'll tell you what.
Why don't you just give us the new charges in writing and a receipt?
Like a park manager usually does.
Trent: [ Scoffs ] Yeah, nah.
It can wait till morning.
Joan: What kind of place are you running here?
He's trying to rip us off.
[ Sighs ] I'm going to bed.
Jack: Good night.
Joan: Yeah.
[ Door slams ] [ Indistinct conversations ] [ Insects chirping ] [ Tense music playing ] ♪♪ You were supposed to be in Spain.
♪♪ That's Ian Kirkhope.
♪♪ My husband.
♪♪ Gina: Ah-ha, you poor man.
Is she making you sleep out here?
Jack: Oh, I don't know, I like it underneath the stars.
Gina: Well, there's plenty of room in ours if... Sue: Oh, Gina!
Oh, fine.
Do whatever you want.
Gina: [ Chuckles ] Don't mind Sue.
She thinks all men are bad news.
Jack: She might be right.
Gina: Yeah, but not you.
I hear you're a policeman or something.
Jack: Ex.
Retired.
Gina: Ah.
I thought you were a man who could handle a little trouble.
Jack: [ Chuckles ] Gina: What are you really doing here?
Investigating a juicy case?
Jack: Something like that.
[ Thud, crashing sounds ] Joan?
You alright?
[ Soft instrumental music plays ] ♪♪ Gina: Is she okay in there?
Jack: Yeah.
I'm sure.
Joan: [ Sighs ] ♪♪ Jack: Yeah, it's getting late.
Time to hit the swag.
♪♪ Sorry.
Gina: Don't be.
You're not really available, are you?
Jack: I'm security.
Gina: [ Chuckles ] Good night.
Jack: Good night.
♪♪ [ Birds chirping ] ♪♪ Nick: Where's all our stuff?
Kate: What's happened?
Nick: Where's the caravan?
Wh... Kate: How can it just be gone?
Nick: Well, it's not here, is it?
Has anyone... Ugh!
Kate: My phone.
My laptop.
Ellie: You probably left the door unlocked.
Nick: I am not an idiot.
Kate: [ Scoffs ] Nick: Oh, my God, I'm calling the cops.
Camper: This is terrible!
Camper #2: He's calling cops.
Joan: Did someone steal their van?
Jack: Remove the plates and logos and you can resell them for a mint.
Sue: Insurance will cover it.
Don't you worry.
Come on.
Nick: You!
Why aren't you calling the cops?
You're in charge, aren't you?
Man: Tayla.
Let's go.
Nick: It was you, wasn't it?
I bet you told your crim mates that we were out of the way.
Man: I don't know what you're talking about, mate.
Jack: Hey!
[ Tense music plays ] Nick: Watch it, you.
♪♪ [ Knock at door ] Jack: How you going?
♪♪ If you give us a look at the CCTV, I'll sort this out.
Trent: Why do you care?
Jack: Force of habit.
Trent: Well, there's no CCTV.
Jack: What about the cameras?
Trent: Don't work.
Jack: Joking.
Trent: Well, they don't need to, do they?
As long as people think they do.
♪♪ Joan: Not leaving, are you, Ellie?
Ellie: Oh, there'll be cops all over the place.
I don't need the drama.
Joan: They might want a statement from you.
Ellie: Why?
I didn't see anything.
Joan: Better safe than sorry?
Ellie: Safe?
What makes you think anything in this world is ever safe?
♪♪ Joan: Are you traveling alone all the way out here?
♪♪ Ellie: It's easier that way.
♪♪ [ Sighs ] Ever since my Tom died, I... I don't have much patience for other people's company.
♪♪ I am getting a dog, though.
Joan: [ Chuckles lightly ] ♪♪ [ Van door slams shut ] ♪♪ Joan: Hello.
I wondered... could I talk to you about your father, Ian?
♪♪ Ian Kirkhope?
Lucy: Sure, Ian was my dad, but I have no idea who that guy is.
Joan: That's not him?
Lucy: No.
Joan: [ Exhales deeply ] [ Chuckling ] I knew it wouldn't be him.
Lucy: What is this about?
Joan: May I come in?
Lucy: My dad had a stroke five years ago.
He never recovered.
Joan: Oh, I'm sorry.
Lucy: Mm.
He only went overseas once.
To Bali, for his honeymoon.
Joan: Two Ian Kirkhopes growing up around here.
What are the odds?
Lucy: Well, I've never heard of two.
Joan: When was your dad's birthday?
Lucy: Fifth of May.
Joan: 19... Lucy: 51.
[ Soft instrumental music plays ] Joan: [ Sighs ] ♪♪ Lucy: I don't know what you'll possibly find.
♪♪ My dad worked on dive boats for a while after he left school.
♪♪ Joan: Th-That's him.
That's my Ian.
[ Music turns tense ] May I?
Lucy: Yeah.
♪♪ "Ian and Rob.
The Lindwall, 1974."
Lucy: So this Rob guy was your husband?
♪♪ Why on earth would he take my dad's name?
Joan: I have no idea.
♪♪ [ Sighs ] ♪♪ ♪♪ I mean, there I was, standing in the glaring sun, realizing that I'm not even Mrs.
Kirkhope.
Not really.
I'm just... I'm just nothing.
Go on, do your worst.
Jack: What?
Joan: Well, he's a criminal, isn't he?
That's what you're thinking.
Jack: No, I'm not.
Joan: Well, who else steals someone's identity and has all that cash?
[ Sighs ] What does it say about me that I could be so wrong about him?
[ Sighs ] I'm just a fool who married a liar.
♪♪ [ Country music playing through radio ] [ Indistinct chatting ] Wine.
I need wine.
Lots of it.
♪♪ Gina: Hello!
Joan: I haven't got a bottle.
Gina: Now, this is a nice, cold one, and I can... ♪♪ [ Camera shutter clicking ] Jack: What did the police have to say?
Nick: They'd do their best, blah, blah, blah.
Not exactly a high priority.
Jack: Photos, for the insurance?
Nick: Yeah.
Jack: Lucky you didn't leave it in the van.
Nick: Yeah, I took it with me to the water hole.
Jack: Wallet, too.
♪♪ Nick: What exactly are you getting at?
Jack: Nothing.
[ Acoustic music playing ] ♪♪ Man: You all right there?
Jack: Looks like you've been on the road a while.
Man: Couple of months.
Jack: Got any hot tips?
Man: No, not really.
♪♪ Jack: What about your friend?
♪♪ Man: Why don't you just leave it, okay?
♪♪ Jack: Sure.
[ Tense music plays ] ♪♪ [ Dog barking ] Hey.
Be careful.
Behind you.
Tayla: [ Screams ] Okay.
[ Dog barking ] Jack: No, it's alright.
It's alright.
The thing about snakes is they won't bother you if you don't bother them.
Can't say the same about people.
[ Dog continues barking ] You know, um... If you need help, if you're scared, or someone's hurting you, I can do something about that.
I promise.
Jack Darby's my name.
[ Acoustic music playing ] Tayla: Tayla.
Jack: Tayla.
♪♪ You know, Tayla, I mean it.
Whatever it is.
I'm police, or I was police.
Tayla: I'm fine.
♪♪ Joan: 40 years of marriage, and... turns out, he's a complete stranger.
Just, a liar.
Probably a criminal.
I feel so angry.
I just, I just... I'm boiling with it.
Gina: Oh!
[ Laughs ] Joan: Oh, bloody... Perfect.
Sue: You have every right to be mad at the bastard.
Joan: Not him.
Me.
I mean, how could I not see it?
How could I not know it?
Gina: Happens to the best of us.
Joan: What, your husband changed his name and identity, too?
You can't beat that.
Gina: Not exactly.
But he did leave me with nothing.
No savings.
Nothing.
And then he went off to Thailand with his bimbo.
Joan: What about yours?
Dregs go to the winner.
Sue: Gambling habit.
I thought I could fix it.
You know what I got for my trouble?
A pile of debt when he carked it.
Joan: Well, at least you knew their names.
Gina: You might not believe this now, but "woe is me" really doesn't get you anywhere.
Sue: And trust us, we did it for years.
Gina: Until we sold up, bought the caravan, and took charge of our future.
Sue: Never been happier.
Joan: I thought I was happy.
Gina: Whatever your husband was, a liar, who cares?
He's gone now.
The only thing that matters is who you want to be.
Sue: You know what will help?
A sunrise hike to the top of the mountain.
Joan: Urgh, I never saw the appeal of sunrises.
They're just like sunsets, only bloody early.
Gina: [ Laughs ] You must.
It'll give you a whole new perspective, you'll see.
Oh.
What about you, Jack?
Are you up for it?
Joan: Of course he is.
He's up for anything.
Jack: Yeah, I'm up for a drink.
Is that alright?
Gina: Absolutely.
I've got a beer right here for you.
[ Ambient music playing ] ♪♪ [ Owl hoots ] Joan: I've solved it.
Jack: Let's hear it.
Joan: So, Nick, who has to buy all those fancy toys all the time, and he'd spent all his money, and so Kate was gonna leave him, so, he gets it stolen to get the insurance money.
Jack: Maybe.
Joan: Or it was that weird manager guy who wanted to sell it for parts.
Jack: Well, he had the opportunity.
Joan: Or maybe they were all in it together.
Jack: Yeah, well, maybe one finds the target, eh?
Joan: Yeah, and someone else steals it when no one else is around.
Oh, we make a good team, don't we?
Jack: I'll get you a glass of water.
Joan: You know, when I first met you... Jack: Here you go.
Joan: I thought you were arrogant, rude, unintelligent... Jack: Well, you got that right.
Joan: No, but seriously.
I was wrong about you.
[ Sighs ] Like I've been wrong about everything.
♪♪ I'm glad you crashed into me, Jack Darby.
Jack: You crashed into me.
Joan: Oh, don't be ridiculous.
Jack: Give me your foot.
Joan: God, for a detective, you're not very observant, are you?
♪♪ What was it like, hmm, being a detective?
Jack: It was alright.
Joan: No, really.
What was it like?
♪♪ Jack: Lonely.
♪♪ Joan: Lonely.
♪♪ I'm sorry.
Jack: It's alright.
We all say stupid things.
Joan: Stupid things?
Joan: Sleep it off.
Joan: What do you mean, stupid?
Jack: Just sleep it off.
I'll see you in the morning.
Joan: [ Scoffs ] You sleep it off!
Ugh!
"Stupid things."
[ Sighs ] Pillock.
♪♪ Jack: Alright, so I stuffed up.
You don't have to look at me like that.
♪♪ [ Groans ] ♪♪ [ Indistinct chatter ] ♪♪ Gina: Are we all ready for our walk?
Is this everyone?
Sue: Oh, Ellie, are you going to join us?
Ellie: Ha!
No way.
I'm just going to the loo.
You're all flaming mad.
Joan: Are there going to be snakes about?
Gina: No, Joan.
No, no.
Sue: Maybe.
Gina: Don't say that.
Jack: Morning.
Joan: I suppose some fresh air will be good for me.
Kate: [ Gasps ] Oh!
Joan: Oh, sorry!
Kate: Don't mind us.
Nick: No memory foam mattress, no nothing, and I slept like a log, can you believe it?
Kate: Not exactly like a log, honey.
Nick: [ Laughs ] Yeah.
Joan: How sweet.
Kate: On second thought... who needs a sunrise?
Come on.
Nick: Yeah.
Kate: Let's go back to the tent.
Jack: His insurance must have just come through.
Joan: Oh, ever the romantic.
Jack: I can do romance... if I have to.
Joan: One-night-stands hardly constitute a romantic.
Jack: How's the head?
Joan: Oh.
Jack: That good, eh?
Now I know what a snit is.
Joan: Urgh!
You just can't do it, can you?
Jack: Do what?
Joan: Can't have a normal conversation about... feelings, about who you really are.
Jack: This is about your dead husband, isn't it?
Not about me.
Joan: Oh!
Forget it, I can't do this.
Jack: Where are you going?
Joan: I can't be around you.
♪♪ [ Door slams ] ♪♪ [ Sighs ] ♪♪ [ Exhales sharply ] ♪♪ [ Birds chirping ] ♪♪ Gina: You don't get to decide this.
Sue: We agreed, and it's time.
Time to move on.
Gina: Sue.
No.
Hi, Jack.
You can decide this.
Sue wants to go inland.
Sue: Mm-hmm.
Gina: I want coast.
Sue: Which road would you take?
Jack: I'd go bush because that's where the best fly fishing is.
Sue: See?
[ Chatting, birds chirping ] Jack: Hey, what are you doing here?
Man: Same as you.
Jack: Where's Tayla?
Sue: Let's get a group shot.
Come on, yeah.
Come on, Jackie.
Come.
[ Camera shutter clicks ] [ Tense music playing ] ♪♪ Person: Let's go before anyone else gets back.
[ Engine turns over ] [ Engine revs ] ♪♪ ♪♪ Jack: What?
♪♪ Gina: Where's Joan?
Jack: Good question.
Sue: Oh, whoops.
Has she ditched you?
Gina: Well, maybe she went into town.
Jack: She was in no state to drive.
Sue: I couldn't help overhearing.
You two had a little blow-up.
Jack: She wouldn't go without me.
Gina: Ring her.
Apologize.
That's my advice.
Sue: She probably just went to get some hair of the dog.
Hey, no offense, puppy, eh?
No offense.
♪♪ [ Phone line trilling ] [ Cellphone buzzing ] [ Buzzing continues ] Person: Scored a phone, too.
Person #2: Sweet.
Person: I'll take the SIM card out of the iPad, as well.
♪♪ Person #2: Give us that scanner thingo.
We need to find the tracker.
Make this thing bloody impossible to find.
Person: Can you pick up the pace?
Person #2: Keep your hair on.
Person: Got heaps to do, and you're driving like you're in a bloody school zone.
♪♪ Bit hairy, Rooster, taking two from the same place.
Rooster: We just have to make sure we don't get done for them.
Person: We won't be.
Why?
Because I know what I'm bloody doing.
Rooster: Anything?
Person: Just... Just drive the van, okay?
I've got this.
♪♪ Rooster: Have you found the bloody tracker yet?
Person: No, I haven't found the bloody tracker yet.
I'm still looking.
Rooster: It's gotta be here somewhere.
It's usually under the steering.
♪♪ Joan: [ Sighs ] Person: [ Laughs ] Got ya!
[ Laughs ] Rooster: Let's get some music going.
[ Rose Tattoo's "We Can't Be Beaten" playing through radio ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ If you want to be in my game ♪ ♪ Stand up with me ♪ ♪ We'll start a revolution and make the streets free ♪ ♪ We'll never weaken we'll give it our best ♪ ♪ Can't be defeated ♪ ♪ We're better than the rest ♪ ♪ Shoulder to shoulder we're gonna... ♪ [ Siren wailing in distance ] [ Cellphone buzzing ] [ Tense music playing ] Rebecca: Hello?
Joan: [ Whispering ] Becca, it's me.
Rebecca: Mum?
What's wrong?
Why are you calling me on Dad's phone?
You almost gave me a heart attack.
Frida: What's going on?
Rebecca: It's Mum.
Frida: Is she okay?
Joan: [ Whispering ] Darling, please, listen... Rebecca: Where are you?
Why are you whispering?
Joan: I need you to find out the number for Mansfield Caravan Park, Queensland.
Call the office and ask for Jack Darby.
Two men have stolen my van with me in the back of it.
Rebecca: Wha-- Mum!
Oh, my God!
You need to call the police!
Joan: Please.
[ Tense music playing ] Rebecca: She said all that she could see was road and trees.
Jack: Nothing else?
Rebecca: I'm sorry, but who are you?
And how do you even know my mother?
Jack: We can worry about that later when we get her back.
Rebecca: I just don't understand why she's asked me to call you and not the police.
Jack: Do you have her password?
I mean, they can track her phone.
Rebecca: I have tried that.
Her phone is switched off, and then Dad's phone lost the signal on the call.
Jack: What about the rental company?
I mean, they'll have a tracker on the van, and you're her daughter.
They'll give you the info.
Rebecca: Okay.
I think I have those details somewhere.
Jack: Okay, I'll ring the police from here.
You were here all morning?
♪♪ Trent: Yeah, the back.
Jack: Didn't see anyone hanging 'round?
Second van in two days?
You don't have a clue?
Trent: Look, mate, I told you... Jack: You are making money on the side, and it's not just from hiking prices off the books.
The police look into this... ♪♪ Trent: I sell a little oxy to the gray nomads.
It helps them out.
That's all.
Jack: Who you selling to now?
Trent: Ellie.
She comes around every couple of months.
♪♪ Jack: Diesel, you keep an eye on this bloke.
[ Dog growls ] ♪♪ Leaving?
Ellie: Yes.
Jack: How do you afford the oxycodone?
♪♪ Ellie: Pardon?
Jack: Well, I'm sure Trent's charging double the street price.
Ellie: [ Scoffs ] I don't know what you're talking about.
Jack: Look, if you're knocking off caravans because you've got a problem, you'd better tell me now.
♪♪ Ellie: [ Sighs ] I buy the pills from Trent.
Takes the edge off my back pain.
That's all.
I use my own money, and I don't steal.
[ Engine turns over ] Jack: Okay.
Well, I hope your back gets better.
Ellie: Thanks.
Me, too.
[ Diesel growling ] ♪♪ Jack: Where did you get those plates?
Someone around here selling them?
Someone with a garage, maybe?
Dad: You just don't know when to back off, do you?
Tayla: Dad!
Stop!
Please.
Dad: Tayla, I'm just trying to protect you, okay?
Tayla: I don't want this.
♪♪ Dad: Okay, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Jack: My friend Joan is in trouble.
All I want to know about is the license plates.
Those plates are too new for this vehicle.
♪♪ Tayla: We stole them.
In Mount Isa.
Dad: Tayla... Tayla: I'm on parole.
Dad: [ Sighs ] They put her in this halfway house full of junkies.
She would have ended up straight back inside if I'd left her there so we just... I don't know, we just took off.
We just want to be left alone, alright, mate?
♪♪ Come on.
♪♪ Tayla: We didn't see anything.
Sorry.
I hope you find your friend.
♪♪ [ Cellphone ringing ] ♪♪ Rooster: Yeah?
So what if we did?
We don't take orders from you, alright?
You find 'em, we take 'em.
That's it.
[ Cellphone thuds ] Joan: [ Muffled shout ] ♪♪ Person: What was that?
Rooster: What?
Person: Something in the back.
Did you hear it?
Rooster: I didn't hear anything.
Person: Must have run over something.
Rooster; More brilliant driving, eh, boofhead?
Joan: [ Breath shaking ] Sue: I hope Joan's okay.
Jack: They'll need somewhere nearby to stash it.
They can't be on the road in a stolen van.
Gina: You think it's the same people who took Nick and Kate's?
Jack: Makes sense, doesn't it?
Sue: I guess they have a taste for it.
Gina: Poor Joan, she must be absolutely terrified.
I can't even imagine.
Sue: Oh, terrible.
Jack: If they're stealing multiple vans, then they need a large space to rebadge it and repaint it.
They got Joan's motorhome, they got Nick and Kate's caravan... Gina: That's a bit more than a caravan.
Mint condition sterling.
[ Chuckles ] Well, when you've been on the road for a while, you get to know these things.
♪♪ Jack: Right.
♪♪ ♪♪ Rooster: You heard from the buyer?
Person: Yeah, he's coming tonight.
Rooster: Alright.
Better work fast.
[ Doors shut, footsteps in gravel ] Joan: [ Grunts ] [ Metal clanking, machine whirring ] ♪♪ [ Metal squealing ] ♪♪ [ Squealing continues ] [ Noises stop ] [ Hinges creaking ] [ Tense percussive music playing ] ♪♪ [ Metal crashing in distance ] ♪♪ Joan: [ Breath shaking ] ♪♪ [ Music intensifies ] ♪♪ Gina: I don't know where I'm going.
Jack: Just keep driving.
♪♪ Joan: [ Gasps softly ] It's Kate and Nick's.
♪♪ ♪♪ [ Cellphone ringing ] ♪♪ Jack: Rebecca?
Rebecca: No luck on the GPS.
Jack: So, they're tracing her.
Rebecca: Oh, no, that's what I mean.
They can't.
It seems like the thieves must have disabled the tracker.
Jack: So they can tell you exactly where it is right now?
Rebecca: What are you talking about?
No.
Hello?
Jack: Tell me where.
Rebecca: Well, the -- the last known location was the highway, the M5 just before the off-ramp.
But that was ages ago.
So, they've driven past there now.
It's irrelevant.
Look... [ Call disconnects ] Jack: Make a left at the next intersection.
Gina: Left?
Jack: Yeah, left.
Gina: I-I... Jack: The truth.
Come on.
Now.
♪♪ Sue: They were never supposed to take Joan's.
♪♪ Jack: Where is she?
♪♪ Sue: They were only meant to take Nick and Kate's van.
They'd never hurt Joan.
Jack: Oh, and you can guarantee that, can you?
♪♪ Rooster: I'll get going with the boat.
[ Metal clanging ] Beemer after that.
You start on the motorhome, alright?
Then we both do the yuppy's sanding, soon as.
♪♪ Okay?
Do the plates on that one.
Person: The one right ahead?
Joan: Drop your gun!
Person: Oh!
Rooster: Where did you come from, sweetheart?
Person: What gun?
Joan: I know you've got one.
Person: You must be confused, okay?
Why don't you just sit down?
We'll get you a cup of tea.
Joan: [ Screams ] ♪♪ Rooster: It's not even loaded.
Joan: But this one is.
[ Gun cocks ] Rooster: Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Joan: Now, I mean it.
Drop your gun, sweetheart.
Rooster: Okay.
♪♪ Joan: Now kick it away.
I'm not going to ask you twice.
♪♪ Hey, you, back off now.
I mean it.
♪♪ [ Both grunt ] ♪♪ Joan: There she is.
Rooster: Get after her!
Go!
Person: [ Coughing ] Hey, stop!
Come here!
Jack: Drive between them.
When I tell you, brake hard.
Now.
♪♪ Person: [ Groans ] Joan: Jack!
Jack!
Person: [ Groans ] Joan: Oof.
Person: What are you doing?
Joan: Watch out!
There's one in the shed!
He's got a gun!
Jack: In your van.
In the wardrobe.
There's a rifle.
Sue: Are you okay?
Joan: They're in on it, too.
You can't trust them.
Jack: I know.
I know.
Joan: Watch out!
[ Rock music playing ] Rooster: Idiots!
[ Gun cocks ] You brought him here.
[ Engine revs ] ♪♪ [ Groans ] Jack: Go!
[ Grunting ] ♪♪ Rooster: [ Coughs ] ♪♪ Sue: Where are you going?
Gina: I'm trying to get -- Okay-kay-kay.
G-Get... Sue: Gina.
Joan: [ Panting ] Gina: What do I do?
What do I do?
What do I do?
Okay, okay, okay.
Here we go.
Watch this.
Sue: Move it!
Gina: Okay, here we go.
[ Siren wailing ] ♪♪ Joan: You stop right there.
[ Siren stops ] ♪♪ Jack: You okay?
Joan: [ Panting ] [ Calm music playing ] [ Indistinct radio chatter ] ♪♪ I can't believe I just did that.
[ Sighs ] ♪♪ Is this the time to tell you that... I went back and got the money?
♪♪ Jack: You did what?
Joan: Well, you hid a gun.
♪♪ Jack: [ Chuckles ] ♪♪ Joan: I'm perfectly fine.
It was actually quite invigorating.
Rebecca: Don't sugar-coat it.
Something very bad could have happened to you.
Joan: But it didn't.
Rebecca: Will you please come home, Mum?
Whatever you're looking for out there, it's not going to bring Dad back.
Joan: That's not what it's about.
I need to find out what he was hiding from me.
From both of us.
♪♪ [ Sighs ] It's just breathtaking.
Incredible.
♪♪ Jack: I got something for you.
♪♪ Joan: What?
Jack: You know, keep the glare out of your eyes.
♪♪ Wow.
Now you look the part.
Joan: [ Chuckles ] And what part's that?
Jack: Part-Australian.
[ Chuckles ] Joan: A Sheila.
[ Both laughing ] ♪♪ You really thought I'd driven off without you.
Jack: For a bit, yeah.
I wanted to say how much I liked your daughter.
I thought she was lovely.
Joan: Yeah, she's not so sure about you.
Jack: Well, she doesn't know me yet, does she?
♪♪ [ Whispers ] Does she?
[ Theme music plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪♪
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