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Episode 2

November 16, 2023 (Stan)
Written by Kelsey Munro
Directed by Greg McLean

Martin’s investigation leads to a series of revelations that draw him deeper into the scrublands and the secrets of Riversend.

Martin’s investigation leads him to the scrublands — sparse, stunted Eucalypt country and refuge for outcasts — and the nearby colonial homestead Springfields, where he speaks with landowner Harley Reagan. Harley is defensive and accuses Martin of exploiting trauma. A flat tyre on the way back to town leads Martin to a shocking discovery — two skeletons, with bullet wounds to the head. Martin suspects they’re two young travellers who went missing shortly before the church massacre and that Byron Swift was responsible. Despite Mandy’s insistence Byron couldn’t have killed them, Martin’s newly assigned partner, 
Beth Ramachandran, publishes a story implying as much. The article provokes a series of discoveries: after the church massacre, an official investigation on Swift was stonewalled, Swift poured inexplicably large sums of money into the community claiming it was from ‘donations’, and Mandy and Byron were involved: she is his alibi for the travellers’ murders. On a visit to Mandy’s house, Martin discovers another secret — Byron’s hidden go-bag containing clothes, money, a gun, a British passport and a photo of Byron in army fatigues.

Cast (in order of appearance):

  • Luke Ward as Damian Alfarno
  • Kylah Day as Jill Manderson
  • Luke Arnold as Martin Scarsden
  • Eliza Matengu as Jane Gibson
  • Bella Heathcote as Mandy Bond
  • Ella Ferris as Shaz McIntyre
  • Liam McCarthy as Jason Mears
  • Robert Taylor as Harley Reagan
  • Zane Ciarma as Jamie Landers
  • Victoria Thaine as Fran Landers
  • Freya Stafford as Snr Sgt Monica Piccini
  • Adam Zwar as Constable Robbie Haus-Jones
  • Jay Ryan as Byron Swift
  • Nicholas Bell as Max Fuller
  • Duke Larkin as Luke McIntyre
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  • Lucia Sault as Brianna
  • Zane Blumeris as Jesse
  • Genevieve Morris as Flick
  • Ferdinand Hoang as Errol Ryding
  • Sara Terry as Renee McIntyre
  • Patrick & Matilda McCashney as Baby Liam
  • Asher & Oliver Curtis as Baby Liam
  • Toby Truslove as Doug Monkton
  • Sarah Roberts as Beth Ramachandran
  • Martin Copping as Craig Landers