Annabelle Maxwell, daughter of 1 SAVANNAH: Previously on Filthy Rich ` Annabelle Maxwell, daughter of Lloyd. The packaging princess. (GRUNTS) JOE: You just stay away from her, all right? Are you worried I'm gonna teach her a few new tricks? What? If you hear anything... Like this Lloyd Maxwell guy. ANNABELLE: He's planning to take over Truebridge Hunt. You betrayed my trust. Now it's over. GRACE: Who hangs out with a 15-year-old girl? If he does it again... Maybe we should make sure he doesn't get the chance. I'm sorry to say your mother can't confirm her whereabouts the day of Karl's death. I'm gonna tell the truth. Vannah, please. I haven't been telling the truth either. I'm not your brother. I love you, Savannah! You can't say that. What's the emergency? This had better be urgent. It's about Savannah. Let's take this through. Savannah's gone to see the cops. She what?! She's gonna say she did it ` killed Karl. Christ almighty. I tried to stop her, but she wouldn't listen. INTRIGUING MUSIC Is that from Savannah? What's it say? Shit. INTRIGUING MUSIC CONTINUES Hey. Apologies. I got caught up. It's a good thing that you're here. OK. Have you heard from your mother lately? Today ` a bit earlier. I've been trying to get in touch with her. We, uh, sent a car round to pick her up, but she wasn't at home. OK, look, I have some things that I need to tell you which I should have said before. I did take the money to Karl. Yep, that was in your statement. We had an argument. He ended up saying some things that were upsetting, and he got violent. Uh, look, maybe you're trying to spare other people. I've had information forwarded to me this morning from Mrs Truebridge's QC which shows your mother moving Mr Reichman's body. PHONE RINGS That was afterwards, but... Gary Considene. Hey. Thank you for calling me back. Sorry, will you please excuse me? (SIGHS) Lorna, how's it going? Yeah, OK. Well, I was wondering if you might come down to the station. I've got a few questions for you. Yeah, no, I thought you might. So, where are you now? Nah, it doesn't matter now. Look, I wanna tell you... I wanna tell you what happened with me and Karl that night. No, sure. SOBS: With Karl and Savannah. And about what I did. Lorna's cell location ` I need the tracking now. Yeah, no, I'm listening. I'm listening. That bastard. I showed him. OK, so you're saying that` He never loved me, that prick. Uh... Oh dear. Has somebody died? Don't joke about it. I've finally wrangled a lawyer. They're meeting me there. I wanna come. No, stay out of it ` at least until we know more. Look, can we just get this over with, please? Do you know where your mother is right now? No. I've just had a conversation with her, and she's made a full confession. No, she's lying. She says she fought with Mr Reichman, she stabbed him, moved the body, framed Mrs Truebridge with the bag and the knife. She did that but not the rest of it. Everything she says corresponds with the facts. She says she has the money with her. KNOCK AT DOOR Excuse me, sir. Yeah. Really? < Is that...? < Is it about my mum? What's happened? Uh... Is she all right? Uh, it's, um... It's bad news, I'm afraid. (BREATHES SHAKILY) No. ENGINE STARTS There's been a report of an accident with a car that matches your mother's registration. She drove off the road. No. SOBS: No. No. No. Please. (GASPS) Copyright Able 2016 This place is so John Jr. How do you mean? Try-hard man cave. Or should that be try-hard man ho? Hello, Annabelle. How delightful to see you. Ooh, that little bit of extra weight you're carrying, it really really suits you. Shame I can't say the same for you. Ouch. Hey, what gives, buster? I'm shifting. Wham-bam. That was fast. Annabelle helped me find a place. Yeah? You wanna watch out for the Anaconda. Once she gets a grip... Well, mate,... all the best. Hey, thanks for everything. Really? Yeah, you've taught me a lot. Oh, nada. We still have shared interests, right? Mm-hm. World domination. Yeah, sure. Yeah? Catch ya soon, bro. What a prize wanker. Don't worry about him. Why do I get the feeling you're up to something? Me? Nah, I'm just a simple man trying to learn the ropes. Bullshit. Ah, Mrs Truebridge. I understand my stepdaughter, Savannah Truebridge, was coming to see you. You understand correctly. A lawyer will be here any minute. Won't be necessary. She has a right to a defence, and you should disregard any statement she has made without one present. OK, she's not actually here any more. She's gone. You just let her go? Well, she hasn't done anything wrong ` as you'd know from your own enquiries. Yes, of course. Where is she now? I'm not sure. I offered to call someone for her, but... Because? She's had some rather bad news. SLOW, SOMBRE MUSIC SOMBRE MUSIC BUILDS (WHIMPERS) Well, hello, lovely ladies! You're late. Mm-hm. Hey there. And what do our star tenants think of their potential new pad? They're real happy. Marvellous. Right, to the important bit. Photo time. All right, guys. Just move in there, closer together. LAID-BACK ROCK MUSIC CAMERA CLICKS KIDS LAUGH Bye! Oh. What an amazing woman ` three small children and caring for a blind relative. I mean... (CHUCKLES) What? Come on, can't you take anything I say at face value? I'm sorry, and this` this is great. Yeah. This is Anton. He's doing the contract work for the house. Gidday. Good on ya, sport. You could go for a little bit of that. (GRUNTS) I don't think so. I can't believe this is really happening. I know. All I needed was a little bit of motivation. < OK, so, we're done here? Uh, you didn't get anything in the social pages. I wasn't controlling that, John. What's this? Um, just, uh, coverage of the charity function. Yeah. Oh, guess who got pole position? Look at that. Yeah. Annabelle Maxwell and Joe Tamatoa. How the mighty are made shallow. Um, I should go. You don't wanna take a tour of the house? Um, not now. OK. Well, maybe come to mine later. Don't worry, His Holiness has moved on out. Joe's moved out already? Where to? Uh, some pad in Maxim Tce, I think. I think, uh, Annabelle actually fixed him up with it. Right. Anyway, we're all systems go here. (CHUCKLES) So boom! Yeah, great. Bye. INTRIGUING MUSIC (BREATHES SHALLOWLY) INTENSE MUSIC (GRUNTS ANGRILY) SLOW HEAVY ROCK MUSIC MAN WOLF-WHISTLES TENSE MUSIC (BREATHES DEEPLY) (GRUNTS) 1 (MUMBLES AFFECTIONATELY) Good girl. (SMOOCHES) Good girl. Well, well. How nice to see you. Did a bit of digging about the Maxwell connection. I heard you'd made a contact. From Vivian? She wasn't overly impressed, but I thought it showed initiative. Yeah, you gotta do what you gotta do. And? Lloyd Maxwell isn't behind the takeover bid. You know this for sure? The source is close to Lloyd Maxwell. The daughter? Someone in the company. That's rather confusing. All the rumours are pointing that way. Yeah, well, maybe they're just rumours to destabilise us. And I needed to let you know there may be changes afoot... with the board. Like what? A change of personnel. And I'd like to shore things up in advance. I'm up for whatever you need. < Good man. Lorna's dead? Good lord. How did it happen? She drove off the road. An accident, apparently. But the timing` That is not our concern. The main thing is she'd made a full confession. KENNEDY: Savannah's mum? She did? I, for one, am treating it as a positive. Savannah is no longer under suspicion. She hasn't contacted you? No. We need to get in touch, get her to come home. I'll go see if I can find her. Oh, that poor girl. Savannah, I just wanted to say how sorry we all are for your loss. You have our unconditional support, and we just wanna know you're OK. Call us when you can. INTRIGUING MUSIC Hey. Hi there. Uh, just brought Grace around. Is everything OK? That is so sad. I know. But in the long run, it'll be better for Savannah. How do you figure that? > Lorna held her daughter back. That's harsh. I never liked Lorna. I'd be a hypocrite to pretend otherwise. If you think I'm a bitch, you can bail. (SIGHS) I think you're brutally... honest. But, no,... I don't wanna bail. In fact... There is one positive here. What's that? We don't have to reveal our little secret. Actually, that kind of suits me better too. I've been approached about standing. For parliament? I'm still thinking it over. Oh, I'm not the only one with ambitions. I see it as my civic duty. I cannot wait to get back to work and stick it to Sir Douglas and his sycophants. (GROANS) This is getting you hot, isn't it? Mm. BOTH CHUCKLE Let's just say I have a few scores to settle. Christ, you're,... What? ...mmm, inspiring. (CHUCKLES) Mmm. There are these guys in England. They're not even cops, and they've got paedophiles arrested. How? Pretending to be kids, you know? Like, luring them in on Facebook and stuff. Alan Griever's clever. He wouldn't go for that. Well, we still need to get it out there, let people know what Griever's really like. It's not that easy. You tell what happened. Put it online with his photo. He'd twist it, say it never happened or blame me. Do you wanna give up on this? No. But we need to find a way to do it that's gonna work. BOTH BREATHE HEAVILY What are you thinking about? I think we should tell the kids about us. You're thinking about this now? I'm multitasking. I thought you wanted to keep it a secret. I think it's the right thing to do. (SIGHS) Your moral compass is constantly on the move. Moving is good. BOTH BREATHE HEAVILY RELAXED ROCK MUSIC That's it. Home sweet home. God, it would take me a semi-trailer at least. (CHUCKLES) Nah, I don't need stuff ` apart from food, maybe. I got you these. Oh, you're amazing. I'm not some cling-on, you know. I didn't think that. The anaconda joke ` it's what my ex used to call me. Well, I think that you're better off without him anyway. LAID-BACK MUSIC PLAYS Mmm. And now let's go out, get dinner. Uh-huh. (CLEARS THROAT) Sounds good. Those olives weren't really gonna cut it. No. But fortunately God invented restaurants. SMASH! Shit! Oh my God. Someone threw that. Stay here. I'm just` I'm gonna check outside. FOOTSTEPS RECEDE KNOCK ON DOOR (KNOCKS ON WINDOW) Savannah, are you in there? SLOW, GLOOMY MUSIC If you're in there, I just need to talk to ya. MUSIC CONTINUES Vannah, please. SOMBRE MUSIC 1 Did you see anyone? Nah. Maybe we should call the cops. Really? Yeah. It's just I've` I've got a bit of blow in my bag. The cops aren't gonna search your bag. They might. (CHUCKLES) I've got a bit of history. What's obvious, sweetie, is that whoever did this doesn't like you or me. I dunno. It could've just been some drunk idiot. Maybe. What are you doing? Instagram. Now let's get dinner. Uh, I gotta board up this window. You don't have to do that. I'll call someone and leave a key. Right. I know it's hard, but you will get used to having money. And you do have to eat. (SIGHS) I guess. Hey, guys. Any sign of her? She wasn't at Lorna's place. Or she's not answering the door. Well, maybe she just needs space, and we'll try again tomorrow. Yeah, I guess. I'll get Cherry to start investigating funeral arrangements. There's some food in the kitchen, if you're hungry. Cheers. Thanks. That was a really great dinner. Can we go? Actually, Sam and I have something we need to tell you. Sam? Uh, I know this might come as a bit of a shock` You're doing it? (CHUCKLES) Well... Well, yeah. CHUCKLES: Oh my God, talk about shock (!) And you're OK with this? Do I have a choice? Just hold back on the embarrassing PDAs. We'll try. (LAUGHS) Embarrassing? (CHUCKLES) Hey, thanks so much for coming at such short notice. That's really great. Night, Annabelle. Yeah. Night. SLOW INTRIGUING MUSIC INTRIGUING MUSIC BUILDS Come on. We need to get your uniform. Well, if you're gonna be staying over, maybe I could keep one here. Ah, great idea. Later. See you. Oh, I see. You have comment? It's hardly a surprise, but I am pleased for you. Thanks. Hey, any more trouble at school and you call me immediately. I'll be fine. No, I mean it. If anyone tries to bully or hurt you, I will deal to them, OK? Thanks, Mum. (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) Bye. Anything from Savannah? No. I've left her three messages. Well, we'll just have to keep trying. Call me any time. I might be in meetings, but I will get straight back to you. Oh, good luck. I don't need luck. (LORNA) DREAMILY: # I have # to go, # and I will # miss you so. # Vannah. Hey, sleeping beauty. How is my little princess? I always said you'd be a princess, didn't I? KNOCK ON DOOR KNOCK ON DOOR BIRDS CHIRP HIGH HEELS CLIP-CLOP You're back! Indeed. Ah. The queen returns. Good morning. FISHER: Good to see you. Alan just dropped in to give us an update on the casino project. And now I'm back, I can take care of it. (CHUCKLES) I don't that's entirely` It's sorted, then? Your legal issues? Entirely. So what's going on? Just a couple of wrinkles we need to iron out. I've left you a report. Great. Well, perhaps you can join us for a drink later. I'll do my best. Gentlemen. Sir Douglas. Mr Brankovich. This is a little awkward. I don't see how. Well, officially you are no longer working here. My position will be ratified at this afternoon's meeting. I see. Is that on the agenda? It is now. And this is still my office, and the casino is still my project. And I'd like you to leave. Now. I'll see you later on, then. Can't wait (!) Smug old prick. I'll be demanding a big fat apology from him and his cringing cronies. Then we show them the door. How's Savannah? We haven't heard from her, unfortunately. What about her resignation? > Oh, the board doesn't have to accept it. In fact, I'll be insisting on it. It is good to have you back. See? It's easy. One minute, it's broken, and then it's not. It's like magic. Yeah, it's great. Something interesting? You could say that. More top-secret business? I did have a thought about that. How would you like to meet the ogre himself ` Lloyd Maxwell? I thought you hated your father. Mm, yeah. He's a misogynistic old bastard. But I'm prepared to put that aside if it helps your prospects. Yeah, sure. I'll see what I can do. CELL PHONE BEEPS Gosh, I'm so popular today. (CHUCKLES) Unknown number. This is interesting. I don't get it. Well, I'm not an actual detective, but I'm now fairly sure we have a strong lead on who chucked that brick. Punchy girl. Ariana? No. Who else? No, she wouldn't. Wouldn't she? SLOW, MYSTERIOUS MUSIC Hey, um, Ariana will get back to you about the paint. Sweet. Hey. What are you doing here? I called Marnie at school. She said you were here. She shouldn't have done that. Can I speak to you? Uh, we're actually a bit busy here, mate. It's OK, John. I'm sorry if I hurt you. You're sorry? Yeah, I'm just doing what I have to do. What, screwing rich whores in your new place? Wait, what do you mean? You and her ` you put it in the paper, and then you're at it where anyone can see you. What, so it was you? Oh, leave me alone. No, listen, you need to leave Annabelle alone. You're defending her?! This is crazy! You need to stop this! Oh, piss off, Joe. Hey, you heard the lady. No, no, you stay out of this. No, no, no, no, no. This is private property, so you're trespassing. You need to leave. Come on. All right, fine. But you need to get yourself under control. I don't want anyone getting hurt. Oh, a bit late for that, you arsehole! SLOW ROCK MUSIC MUSIC INTENSIFIES 1 Hey. Hey. How was art? Mm, boring, as usual. But I had a lot of time to think about our problem. Sure. We don't go online. We do it for real, like, at some kind of meeting or function, like, somewhere with media. I had another idea. We throw eggs at him? Maybe I should tell my mum. Why? Because she's powerful and kick-ass, and she'll know what to do. Mm, doesn't sound as much fun. This isn't fun for me. I feel like such an idiot for being so stupid. You're not. (SIGHS) And if it's what you wanna do... It is. I went to Joe's house, and I threw a brick through his window. (CHUCKLES) OMG. Why would you do that? Cos it's so wrong that he's with her, and I can't stand it. And... I texted her, and I said she was a whore. That's not an insult; that's a fact. (CHUCKLES) OK, hey, I get that this is big for you. This is the worst thing that's ever happened to me. Yes, yes, yes, but you hate Joe. No, I love him still. Oh, no. Shh, shh. Hey, you've got it all wrong. It's like a habit. Doing this kind of shit can only go bad places. Trust me. I know. Oh, hey, hey. Beautiful girl. You need to get over this bastard. You're too good to sink to his level ` or Annabelle's. I know. You're right. 'Course I am. (SIGHS) Just here. (KNOCKS ON DOOR) You all right? She looks so normal. Death would have been instantaneous. These are her things. We're still holding the money for the time being. KEYS JINGLE LIGHTLY LIGHTS CLICK ON CELL PHONE RINGS Hey, Vader. Vannah. Oh, I've been so worried about you. I'm OK. Well, you can't be. I mean, your mum... She took the blame for everything. She took herself out. Nah, it was an accident. Yeah, right. (CHUCKLES QUIETLY) I thought I was being so clever, you know? That I'd get stuff back for her. But I screwed it, all of it. Where are you? I'm at the club. I'll come get you. No, I don't wanna see you. But` Just stay away from me. Well, thank you for attending. And welcome, Brady. Pleased to be here. The first item on the agenda is the resignation of Ms Savannah Truebridge. > < Which we are under no obligation to accept. Given her colourful past, I move that the board accept Ms Truebridge's resignation, effective immediately. Seconded? Thank you. All those in favour. You can't do this. I think we can. One of the conditions of floating the company was that John's natural children have a place on the board. Yes, yes. I haven't forgotten that. Good afternoon, all. I'd like to introduce Joe Tamatoa. Joe has kindly agreed to join us as the family representative. If everyone is in favour...? It's unanimous. Welcome, Joe. Now item two ` the reinstatement of Brady Truebridge as the CEO of the Truebridge Hunt Corporation. Let us review the situation. Brady's in a board meeting, if you wanna wait. Not much point. And yesterday was really great for me, you know, being with you. But if it wasn't so great for you, then` Oh, nah, it was. But if you don't wanna keep seeing me, that's OK as well. Oh, 'course I do. You wanna get a drink somewhere or something? Sure. (CHUCKLES) Oh, but I don't know when I'll be able to leave. You've got a very important appointment at 5. Do I? Oh. (CHUCKLES) Yeah! I do. HEAVY ROCK MUSIC PLAYS John? Did you not even think about knocking? You gave me the code. Oh yeah. Just give us a minute, will ya? (MOANS, CHUCKLES) I won't be long. Oh! Well, that was surprising. I said you could have him, and you turned me down. I thought you were keen on Ariana. Well, yeah, of course. There are different levels to this kind of thing. Sex and more sex? Anton was just performing basic needs. What, like eating or taking a dump? I don't have to explain myself to you. Anyway, we are here to do good works. And I was thinking some kind of, uh, women's magazine thing about Ariana. Well, she's not exactly famous. Yeah, but she's gorgeous. So you like her? 'Like' ` what a feeble word. You love her? She's virtuous, but she is smart and just... beautiful. And... she's almost a virgin. Right. I am just going crazy with anticipation. (CHUCKLES) So why are you waiting? Well, I want her to come to me, lay down her principles and her panties. I want her to just, you know, beg me to make her feel better. I was not found to be guilty of anything. In fact, it's the opposite. And I demand an apology. SIR DOUGLAS: We, of course, apologise for any inconvenience. > But this kind of about-face would look bad. > What are you talking about? We need to hold our course. You need to show your faith in me. This isn't a popularity contest. We need to demonstrate our stability at a time when our share price has plunged. < It will recover. You may, of course, resume your seat on the board. But there is a strong feeling that I remain as executive chairman in the meantime. Shall we test that feeling? There is a motion on the table. Do we have a seconder? All those in favour of Mrs Truebridge being reappointed. All those against. The motion is defeated. On to the next item of business. 1 Tell me, do you have some complaint about my performance as CEO? None at all. This is about what's best for the company in the short term. I wouldn't have thought you and Sir Douglas had much in common. We don't, apart from business. Oh, and I did say I wanted to be more involved. Well, now you are. Alan, you're leaving us already? A lot of cabinet papers with my name on them. Meet Joe Tamatoa, son of John, newly on the board. Well, hello. Hello. Alan Griever is helping our project through cabinet. Mm. You'll be a help as well, especially with the iwi. (CHUCKLES) Sorry, I'm` I'm not actually Maori. Oh, how embarrassing. No, it's fine. That's` That's OK. Still, it's always good to have some diversity. We think so. Hey, I look forward to reading your report. It was tabled, and there's a lot of complex issues around this project. Indeed. You're one to watch, aren't you? HUBBUB Kennedy, hi. Did you need a ride home or something? I just wanted to talk to Mum, but` Oh, she's in a board meeting ` drinkies, blah-blah. ALAN: We'll talk soon. Hello. Kennedy, isn't it? Yes. And how are your studies going? > Good. I'll be in Auckland for the next few days, if there's anything you need to send over. Thanks for letting us know. And could you be a sweetie and call me a cab? Actually, I have an appointment, but help yourself. How rude. I sometimes wonder why Brady keeps that girl on. Walk with me to the lift, please. I hope you're being a good girl and keeping your head down. Yes. That's good, cos I'd hate to have to tell your mother about your mental health issues. I don't have issues. You see, I gave you a lift once, from a bar. And after that, you started harassing me. It's most unfortunate. And remember ` your mother has a lot riding on my support. Talk to you soon, Colin. Look at your daughter ` all grown-up. Isn't she? Well, I must be going. Lovely to see you again, Kennedy. LIFT DINGS What are you doing here? I was in town, and I thought I could get a ride home. Yeah, sure, if you wait. Are you all right? I'm fine. I might just go. OK. Well, I'll see you at home. Cool. ROCK MUSIC PLAYS Hey. Hey. You escaped. Just in time. He was in the office. Who? The minister, Alan Griever. Brady still talks to that creep? Guess she still has to. Seeing him just makes me wanna do something violent, you know? But that wouldn't be very professional. (CHUCKLES) I think that girl's staring at you. Nah. (CHUCKLES) I think she is. Probably cos you're such a spunk. (CHUCKLES) Hey` Hey, um, could we, maybe get out of here? Uh... Zac? Zac Bryce? Nah. Uh, it's Kirsty, remember? From Westport. I don't, uh... Nah, sorry, um... Let's go. Sorry. KNIFE TAPS CHOPPING BOARD Ooh, hello, darling. Hey. I'm experimenting for dinner. It's all going to be entirely raw. Yeah, and I talked to him, and he totally freaked me out. Well, did you talk to your mum? No. If I do, he's gonna make up a whole lot of shit about me. Your mum will believe you. He might try get at her as well. He wouldn't. Yeah, he would. Maybe we should just give up on this whole thing. You can't. And like you said, what if he does it to someone else? I know, but` He doesn't know me, right? I can do something. We` We just need him to be in town. He is. Perfect. It's a nice place. Thanks. For you. House-warming thing. It's not booby-trapped. (CHUCKLES) (CHUCKLES) Thanks. Remember when you were beating yourself up about losing control? That's exactly what I've done. Shit happens. Yeah, but I'm not like that. Yeah, I know. And I'm trying to pray for guidance, and there's this silence ` just nothing. You're upset. It'll come back. I miss... talking to you... about my kids, things at church... and the real stuff. (SIGHS) I sound tragic. I miss it too. You're just saying that. When I ended things, I was just` I was in a bad place. I needed to do things, but there was this hold over me. Me? No, no, not you. What sort of thing? It's complicated. But I don't want you to hate me. I don't hate you, Joe. I'm willing to forgive you anything. How very modern ` inviting the stalker into the house. We were just talking. Well, here I am, the trollop herself. So go on ` take a pop if you want to. I don't want to. Oh, you're no fun. Don't go. We should talk, get to know each other a little better. Please get out of my way. What if I won't? What are you doing?! SLAP! Annabelle! (GRUNTS) (YELPS) You dish it, but you can't take it! Is that right? BOTH GRUNT I heard about your mum. Yeah. It's pretty shitty. It's nothing to do with me, I swear it. I know. I've got no one to blame but myself. Oh, well, when someone goes, it's natural to have regrets. You talked to me about reopening this place. Yeah. You told me to shove it. I told you I'd think about it. Cos of the girls? And I don't have a whole lot else going on. Well, what about that flash job? Oh, that's over. It was never really me anyway. But this place... You wanna come back? It's my inheritance ` sort of. You want a drink? Sure. (SIGHS) OMINOUS MUSIC GLASSES CLINK You wouldn't have a little pick-me-up on you? You're kidding me, right? Not even. You sure? The lady wants, the lady gets. OMINOUS ROCK MUSIC Let's talk new beginnings. OMINOUS MUSIC SWELLS, LINGERS