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The Dark Creator

Episode 5 of 6

Mystery drama series. Robin is back on the case. Matt gathers troops to hunt for Tui while her friends trek deep into the mountains to celebrate her birthday.

Robin returns from the funeral of her mother. Matt Mitcham flagellates himself at his mother's grave, guilty at the loss of his daughter and the misuse of his family land.

Jamie is arrested for shoplifting. As well as food in his bag there are some illegal drugs. He resists Robin's questioning and breaks into a self-harming rage when accused of raping Tui. Al Parker takes over. His more brutal methods, though humiliating for Jamie, don't make him talk. Jamie is sent home on a warning.

The next day he has left home, we follow him into the bush, where for the first time we see him join up with Tui.

Robin becomes convinced that Matt Mitcham and his drug-trafficking operation must be connected to Tui's disappearance. She's determined to go after him. Bob Platt's widow has allowed Robin access to her husband's computer files. With the help of some computer hacking friends, Robin discovers disturbing images of some kind of strange nightclub.

Matt is determined to send a bigger party into the bush to find Tui, he hires a gang of hunters to go in to find her.

Robin tries to question the women who work for Matt. They know that she knows they work for him making drugs but won't give anything away. That evening Robin is shot at in her house - a lethal kind of warning.

Tui and Jamie make their way to the women's camp. Tui needs advice on how to give birth. When the Mitcham boys turn up at the camp Tui retreats back into the woods. A group of Tui's friends secretly join her and Jamie in the bush to celebrate her birthday, trying to bring some joy to her. They all sense the danger she will be in if she stays in hiding to have her baby.

Some of Matt's men intercept Tui's friends as they return to civilization. With fresh intelligence on where she's hiding, Matt launches a full-scale search party.

Al Parker has arranged to meet Robin down on the wharf, instead he takes her out on his boat. Out in the middle of the water, he reveals that Matt Mitcham is on board - Matt has something to say to her and something Al wants her to hear. Johnno arrives before she gets to hear him out. He takes her straight into the bush to search for Tui, he knows Matt's men are out there. It is now a race to get to Tui.

Cornered by Matt's men, Tui makes a run for it, while Jamie tries to distract them. Spotted by Johnno as she runs along a precipice, Johnno begs her to come back. Pursued from all sides she can't stop, she loses her footing and falls.

58 minutes

Credits

Role Contributor
Robin Elisabeth Moss
Al David Wenham
Matt Peter Mullan
Johnno Thomas M Wright
GJ Holly Hunter
Jamie Luke Buchanan
Tui Jacqueline Joe
Simone Mirrah Foulkes
Bunny Genevieve Lemon
Melissa Georgi Kay
Luke Kip Chapman
Mark Jay Ryan
Turangi Calvin Tuteao
Officer Pete Stephen Lovatt
Delia Dra McKay
Big Shane Andrew Beattie
Little Shane Matt Whelan
Jase Sam Dickson
Gemma Alice Ward
Terry Ben Barrington
Scuzz Edwin Wright
Grishna Skye Wansey
Putty Edward Campbell
Daniel Layne Opetaia
Tegan Sydney Telfer
Director Garth Davis
Writer Jane Campion
Writer Gerard Lee
Producer Philippa Campbell
Executive Producer Emile Sherman
Executive Producer Iain Canning
Executive Producer Jane Campion

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