Episodes
Mystery Road: Origin Episode 3 (ABC TV Sunday 17 July 2022)
In episode 3 of Mystery Road: Origin, reeling from Jack’s apparent suicide, Jay (Mark Coles Smith) goes to Jack’s station and is horrified to find his older brother, Sputty (Clarence Ryan), selling Jack’s possessions to townsfolk.
Jay is drawn back to the saltpan where he picked up Jack days before. Cigarette butts and horse tracks lead him to the remains of a ganja crop. He’s confronted by a wired, half mad woman: Ziggy (Megan Wilding). Ziggy reveals the crop was recently destroyed and then flees.
Jay goes to Peter (Steve Bisley) and suggests SOS, who control the local weed trade, had a motive to harm Jack. Peter dismisses the idea and reveals Jack tried to kill himself once before. Deflated, Jay says he’ll stop investigating if the autopsy is clear. Jay is furious when he discovers Geraldine (Caroline Brazier) is Jack’s executor and she’s resisting an autopsy.
Meanwhile, Anousha (Salme Geransar) attempts to speak with residents near the waste ground where Josh Allen’s body was found. She also tracks down the former Legal Aid solicitor. He gives her a thinly veiled warning.
Geraldine and Jay reach a truce at Jack’s memorial service. After the service Jay visits his mother, Fiona (Nina Young), for the first time in a long time. Peter arrives outside Fiona’s to inform Jay that someone has confessed to Jack’s murder.
Airdate: Sunday 17 July 2022 at 8.30pm on ABC TV.
Season 1 Episode 3