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SHE GASPS
Cassy! Let me go!
CAT PURRS
ALARM BEEPS
MUSIC: A Girl Like You by Edwyn Collins
# You give me just a taste so I want more
# Now my hands are bleeding and my knees are raw
# Cos now you got me crawling, crawling on the floor
# And I've never known a girl like you before... #
Bye-bye, Iggy.
# You made me acknowledge the devil in me... #
PHONE BUZZES
# And I've never known a girl like you before... #
SIREN WAILS
# Never, never, never
# Never known a girl like you before... #
OK. 53-year-old male.
Multiple stab wounds.
- No allergies. When did he last eat? - No idea.
- Anything else to relay? - It's his court date next week.
It'd be helpful if he lived to see it.
Boyd Coulter, 53, male, prison transfer, clinically obese,
smoker, IVDA.
Separate stab wounds in his leg, arm, and as we can see, his abdomen.
I think we can all agree that the knife has missed his liver,
otherwise he'd be dead.
Are you good to go?
Pulse and BP are stable.
Got Duranyl, propofol and roc being prepared.
- Yes, on it. - Can I get an 8.5 too, please?
- Two-minute timer started. - OK, here we go.
Pass me, pass me the...
We need that out of here.
Clear that, we need as much space as possible.
Clear, on it.
Apply some cricoid pressure.
Just keep it quiet here.
Mia.
Checking.
Yeah, all good.
Right.
First things first.
Stand by with gauze.
How the hell did that happen? Get him secure.
Let go of her!
PATIENT GASPS
OK, let's all keep calm.
I've got this.
Are you hurt?
No, I'm OK.
Are you sure?
OK, he's definitely asleep now.
Scalpel, please.
HR and BP, return to baseline.
There's no pulse.
He's in cardiac arrest. Get the defib.
On it.
Stand back! Coming through!
Clear.
We're going to give him a second shot. Stand clear.
Clear.
SOFT WEEPING
If I go, are you still OK to look after Iggy?
Mackerel and water.
I love cats.
You don't think I should stay for the review?
No, it'll be fine.
They don't look very happy.
It's your sister's wedding.
Real life goes on.
He was clinically obese.
That's what causes heart attack. I know it and you know it.
Yes, Doc.
The multiple stab wounds didn't help.
True. Go.
She doesn't know I'm coming.
- Your sister? - Mm-hm. - Why?
I wasn't sure I was going.
Go.
- Thanks. - Take care.
LOCK BEEPS
Cabin crew, please prepare for take-off.
PHONE RINGS
Cassy? Cass?
Sorry, ma'am, you'll have to switch your phone off.
Yeah, sure.
PHONE RINGS
Cass?
- Ma'am. - Yeah, sure, sure, sure.
Sir, you need to sit down.
We're about to take off.
Ladies and gentlemen,
the seat belt sign is now on.
And you must remain seated at all times...
PHONE ALERT
AUTOMATED: You have one new message.
- FAINT: - H-Help, Mia. H-H-Help, Mia...
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
Flight time today will be approximately 14 hours.
- How can I help, Miss Beaton? - Do you have Wi-Fi?
- No Wi-Fi, sorry. - Great.
I... I think my sister is in serious trouble.
Um, I want to check in with her.
OK, where exactly is she?
New Zealand.
I don't know, South Island.
H-Help, Mia. H-H-Help, Mia.
You have an address you're going to be staying in?
Yeah, I have an Airbnb and I have her fiance's address.
She sounds hurt, doesn't she? Please can you help?
I'll talk to the captain.
Can you give me her name and those addresses?
This is a hospital, if you hadn't noticed.
People die here every day.
Not people like Boyd Coulter.
We treat humans, not gangsters.
His family see him as a husband, a dad.
Three separate stab wounds isn't normal for a dad.
He was attacked in prison.
It wasn't a casual stabbing.
If there's ever such a thing.
- Are you confident in your team? - Of course.
Mia Beaton?
Well, she's one of the best.
Boyd Coulter's family want answers
and they're used to getting the answers they want.
It's not going to bring him back.
Riz, my job is to make sure that you follow procedures correctly.
And we did.
He woke up during surgery.
Jacky, I was pulling a six-inch blade from his chest at the time.
And he should have been asleep.
We didn't have time to prepare normally.
It was a highly intense situation.
It was battlefield surgery.
You're paid to cope.
Sure, but anaesthetic drugs don't distribute in the same way
with someone who's got a high body fat percentage.
Drug dosages are challenging at the best of times.
Desaturation, high blood pressure,
all exaggerated factors with Coulter.
You need to help me more.
I checked it through with Mia.
She administered the correct
and standard dosages at the correct and standard time.
Someone who's clinically obese,
their bodies react in idiosyncratic ways.
So you want me to tell his family that he died
because of an idiosyncrasy?
Lifestyle choices.
I'm sorry?
Three stab wounds and he ate too many pies.
Right.
Look, we tried to save him.
We did our best.
And it didn't work.
We're expecting some turbulence ahead
so we're switching on the seat belt sign.
Please return to your seats
and ensure your seat belt is securely fastened.
Dr Beaton? I'll need to pop you into your seat now.
Yeah, yeah, just one second.
SCREAMS: Cassy!
BABY CRIES
Can I get you a drink?
No, I don't.
Ma'am?
Uh, yeah, you don't mind?
No.
Double brandy on the rocks, please.
Thank you.
It's your sister's wedding? You mentioned fiance.
Oh...
- ..right. - Can I see her?
Sure. That's her.
Uh, that's him. I haven't actually met him.
She looks as though she can handle herself.
I'm sure she'll be OK.
Welcome to New Zealand.
If you're coming home, welcome back.
Just confirming, the police are waiting for you in arrivals.
I hope everything works out.
Did they say anything other than she's missing?
That's all. Sorry.
WHISPERS: OK.
- Dr Mia Beaton? - Yeah, have you found her?
Uh, not exactly. She's missing in the mountains.
OK.
SIREN WAILS
Anything?
No, nothing.
It's Cassy, leave a voice message,
then use your voice to save the planet.
Cass, I'm in New Zealand. I'm coming towards you.
Drop me a text, yeah?
3-5 to base.
We've got a tractor on fire,
location's about halfway down Ruthies Road.
Copy, 3-5. We'll get a car there as soon as one's available
A suspect spotted running from the scene.
Advise Fire Services, over.
Roger. Fire Services on the way.
SHE EXHALES
DOORS BANG
I've got the sister in the car.
- Thanks, mate. - Yeah, how you doing?
POLICE CHATTER
- Have you found her? - We will.
She's experienced. She knows the ridge.
Hey, we find most people within 48 hours.
- OK, got it. - Look, she's in good hands, OK? - Cassy!
- There's lots of people up there already looking. - Cassy!
She's called you too. That's a good sign.
Oh... What? It's this way?
- Oi! Oi! - Uh, this way? - Hold your horses.
BIRDS CRY
Cassy!
Cassy! Oh!
- Hey, hey! I've got you, I've got you. - What the... - Come on.
..fuck? Get off me! Get off me!
Get off me!
- Hey, hey, it's Ewan. It's Ewan. - Cassy?
Have you found her?
No, but we will, OK? I promise.
Hey, uh, Ewan to Harry. I've got Mia.
Bottom of, uh, Follets Gully, over.
Travelling.
We didn't think you were coming.
Surprise!
Yeah, not exactly the way I'd imagined I'd meet my sister-in-law.
- I just want to find her. - Yeah, hey, hey, hey.
No disrespect, but you being up here right now...
..is not exactly going to help the search party.
OK, no disrespect, but I'm going to find her.
Yeah, hey.
Honestly, she won't be far, all right?
She's been up here 100 times before.
- Hey. - Hey.
Here he is. This is Harry.
He's going to walk you back to the car park, all right?
Here you go.
Right.
Grab some sleep, yeah?
As soon as we find her, I'll come get you.
By the way, I'm, uh...
..kind of your sister-in-law, or will be.
I don't understand.
I'm Ewan's half-sister.
We share the same dearly departed old man.
Right.
Yep.
H-Help, Mia.
H-H-Help, Mia.
SHE SIGHS
Let's call it $200 a week cash.
You OK?
Yeah, just hot.
The whole town's up in arms.
You should be catching the mongrel who's torching our bloody tractors.
Not out here searching for some shit-stirring tourist.
Locals come first.
This is her sister.
Ignore her.
Just what we need, two of them.
Anything?
No, but my team's all over it.
You're bloody useless, Libby.
- Where's Ewan? - Up on the ridge, still searching.
Ground team three to ground leader.
Go ahead, Harry.
What is it? Where is she?
Watch it, watch it. Look, over there.
That's hers.
Hey, give it here. I'm...
- ..I'm going down. - You don't want to go down there.
- It's not your call to make. - Get me a harness!
Whoa, whoa, whoa. You got experience? You've done it before?
I'm a fucking doctor.
Get me down there. We're coming, Cassy!
Mia! Mia, slow down!
Cassy!
Help me turn her over.
Cassy? It's Mia. Watch her neck.
- She needs an ambulance. Now! - We need an ambulance!
NEARBY CHATTER
Huh...
Oh. Your phone. Yes.
LAUGHTER AND CHATTER
What have you come as?
Funny.
You're the sister, right?
I liked her.
So did I.
Hey.
Are you all right?
That's Cassy's fleece, isn't it?
What's all this?
Oh, it's just, um, volunteers.
You want to come say hi?
Some sort of local custom?
Sorry?
Someone dies and you have a party?
Oh, no.
It's just a few drinks for the search party.
Say thanks.
It was a tough day for them too, yeah?
I still feel like I'm sleepwalking.
Yeah, me too.
Do you want a wine or a beer or...
No.
Water's fine.
PIANO BEGINS
Uh shit, sorry, my mum. I... I'll be back.
So, you did show up, then.
Mum. Mum.
- Sorry? - Cassy was stressing about it.
So was he.
Not like they didn't have enough stress already with the wedding.
- I work with them with the planting. - Yeah. I... I...
Ewan will show you the nursery.
We've got rimu, totara, miro, kahikatea, puriri.
You should definitely check it out sometime.
Native trees.
To be honest, right now,
I don't really give a shit about native trees.
They were the... the centre of your sister's world.
Not the time, eh, Nats?
She's all right.
She shouldn't really drink.
And who are you?
Um, one of the good guys, I hope.
Uh, Teddy. I...
..I was up on the mountain with you.
Oh, yeah.
I've seen you in some of her pictures.
Forgive me, I wasn't feeling very sociable.
I found her.
Oh, you're the one that saw her water bottle?
You have good eyes.
She was a good climber.
One of the most natural I've ever seen.
We're up there 100 times and...
..she knew it really well.
Hey, um, do you mind saying a few words?
Oh, uh, no, I won't. It's...
No, no, it's fine, it's fine.
I mean, it'll be OK.
They all loved her too, you know.
Come on, I'll help. Come on.
Uh, sorry to interrupt.
I just want to say a few words.
Oh, not another speech, love.
Thanks, Mum.
Well, this is so...
..so awfully surreal, eh?
I, uh, you know, everybody just...
..gave their absolute everything out there today and I'm...
I'm...
so, so bloody humbled by it.
Uh, Mia...
..we welcome you today.
Um...
..as a friend...
..and as a sister...
..and we want you to know that we share in your pain.
I'm Mia...
..uh...
..Cassy's sister.
Um...
I actually had something prepared to say at the wedding.
Today.
But it doesn't feel right...
..now.
Um...I'm just...
..I'm really grateful... grateful.
Oh, well said, Cassy, love!
Awkward.
Excuse me.
So where is she?
She'll be at the funeral home in town.
- Where was she living? - Here.
Not in your room. Her clothes weren't there.
Yes, she got a bit funny before the wedding.
Wanted to go traditional, so she moved into one of my eco-pods.
Was everything all right between the two of you?
Yeah, apart from that, we were inseparable.
Hey. Yeah, thanks, Natalie.
- See you soon, eh. - Yeah.
I mean, you left her up a mountain.
It was a crazy day.
Yeah, I had the wedding planners here.
They were finishing up. I had to see to my mum.
Cassy had been up and down that hill, by herself, 100 times.
- She was a good climber. - I know.
Cassy!
PHONE CHIMES
Your birthday?
My birthday?
No wonder Dad left you.
What did you say?
Not mum's birthday, surely?
Cassy, be careful!
CHUCKLES
LAUGHTER
Cassy!
Cassy? It's just me.
Cassy? Cassy? Cassy, my darling, where have you been?
I've missed you so much.
They wouldn't tell me where you were.
I can't wait for your wedding day.
Everyone will be so happy, especially Ewan.
But do you know how happy you've made him?
How happy?
You should reach out to...
What's her name, your sister, for the wedding?
Mia?
Yes, Mia.
You said how important she was to you.
Was?
In your childhood.
- What did I say? - Well, that...
..that you thought you would be dead without her.
But then she lost her way.
I tried to convince her to get help.
She's addicted.
What? The drugs aren't the problem.
The drugs are the solution.
The drugs dull the memory of...
..of the pain.
Whatever happened to your sister,
the drugs are her solution to her pain.
But what do you want, Cassy?
Peace.
And you think Mia wants war?
No.
Well, then invite her to the wedding.
I could ask her to be my maid of honour...make a speech.
That's the way. Hera just made a lovely speech at the house.
You know, these days I...
..I see a lot of people that I thought I used to know,
and some of them turn out to be the sons
and the daughters of the people that I thought they were,
and the people I thought they were are long since dead.
Does that mean I'm seeing ghosts?
- Brought your hired car. Thought it might be helpful. - Thanks.
Didn't think you'd want it left behind.
- It's OK, Mum. - Cassy's stuff, for the next of kin.
Oh, um, that's mine, really.
- Sorry. - Of course, no probs.
I'll leave a word with the coroner.
We don't need to put you through an autopsy.
OK, yeah, appreciate it, thanks.
It was an accident. It happens here.
I'd better head off.
Just so you know, she's my half-sister.
She's cool.
You know, we get on. Kind of have to, eh?
Small towns.
Yeah.
Uh, who's Hera, by the way?
Hera? She's the girl we all went to school with.
Mia? Oh, sorry, I'm Brenda Olsen, the owner.
Uh, I bought you these.
Oh, thanks.
- Relish. Cassy loved them. - Oh.
If you need anything, I'm right here.
I'm so sorry about your sister.
The cucumber was her favourite.
OK, thank you.
PHONE ALERT
SHE SIGHS
PHONE RINGS
Hey.
I've lost track of when the wedding is.
- Is this OK? - Yeah.
Sorry to disturb. They've had a morbidity and mortality meeting.
The risk management team need to investigate further,
which means they may initiate a serious adverse event review.
And the patient was a legit badass.
Here, check this link.
His oxygen stats on the, uh,
on the anaesthetic record seemed a bit inconsistent.
His family's not happy.
Riz, Cassy's dead.
What?
She fell off a cliff.
And she's dead.
I don't know what to do.
I'm on the other side of the world, and...
..she was carted off in a hearse this morning.
Oh, God, Mia.
What do I do? I don't know if she fell...
..or if she was pushed.
Pushed? My goodness.
What did the police say?
Oh, they're worse than useless.
They're all bloody related, and it's just total shit.
Listen, I can't deal with this hospital crap right now.
Of...of course. Uh...
Jesus, Mia, this is huge.
Is there someone there to take care of you?
What can I do?
- How's Iggy? - Uh...
He's not eating much.
Missing you.
Why don't I see if I can...
..I can fly over?
No.
I need sleep.
Of course.
I'll take care of the work stuff, OK?
Thanks, Riz.
You're such a pal.
Oh, forget it. Sleep.
I'll check back on you tomorrow, OK?
- Mia, how you doing, mate? - I want to see my dead sister.
Sure. I...I haven't, you know, started working on her yet, though.
- Might be a bit... - I can handle it.
OK.
This way.
Do you mind if I...
..have a moment alone with her?
Of course.
I'll be through there if you need.
SHE CLEARS THROAT
You silly arse.
I wanted us to die together somewhere in the Highlands.
On a beach, as the sun was going down.
Probably with the whisky that we weren't allowed to drink.
In peace. At last.
There's no chance of that now.
- Hi. - Hi.
So you're his half-sister?
Mm-hm.
- And you're...? - Libby's husband.
And Little Red Riding Hood over there?
Our daughter.
So the policewoman's married to the undertaker?
And the policewoman who doesn't want a postmortem is the half-sister
to the fiance that was the last person to see my dead sister alive?
Uh, yeah. That about sums it up.
Hmm.
I have... So I have a question.
Are you a pathologist, Ewan?
- No. - No.
Well, I'm a doctor, which does give me a little bit of knowledge.
My sister, that I used to call Spider-Woman because she was
so good at climbing, was found
dead at the bottom of a hill that she could've climbed in her sleep.
And her head is broken.
So you're questioning whether she fell?
No, I'm questioning how and why she fell.
Do you know what happened to her up there, Ewan?
I don't.
No, then we have to find out.
What if you weren't the last person to see her alive?
Now, if this turns out to be an accident, then I will happily
fuck off back to Scotland, and you never have to see me again.
But until then, who around here decides if we do a postmortem?
I do, as the senior officer.
Or the coroner, or the family can request one.
Oh, well, that's me.
Seeing as Cassy and Ewan never actually got married,
unless the pathologist is your fucking auntie or uncle.
GIGGLES
- Hey. - Oh, and by the way,
I WILL be staying here with my sister for the night.
Uh...uh, you can't.
No, I'm sorry. That's against the rules.
I'm sure we can make an exception.
And we'll, uh, we'll get that postmortem sorted out, too, eh?
Just pull the front door shut if you leave.
There's beers in the fridge.
Thanks, I don't drink.
Just, uh, just shout out and I'll come, OK?
Thanks.
Would it be good to light a few candles?
It would.
Did you ever drink?
To Olympic levels.
World records were broken.
I'd like to have seen that.
Me getting rid of boyfriends was something to see.
People came and watched.
Cassy believed in the Grey Man.
The Grey Man?
He lives in the mountain.
Comes down with the mist.
Cassy believed in that stuff.
She said she saw him.
ETHEREAL SCORE
TROLLEY SQUEAKS
THUNDER RUMBLES