- When a social worker is murdered on Bonfire Night, suspicion immediately turns to an Aboriginal teen. But as Doctor Blake investigates he finds there was more than one person in attendance that night with murder in their heart.
- When social worker Emma Keneally is shot on Bonfire Night, and Aboriginal teen Winston Cummings is caught holding a smoking gun, it seems an open and shut case. But when Blake investigates further he'll find that not only does Winston seem innocent, but that Emma may not even have been the murderer's target. To discover more he and the police will need to dig deeper into Ballarat's notorious Aboriginal orphanage, and into the racism buried at the heart of the community.
- Emma Keneally is shot dead at a Bonfire Night celebration; she was with Mattie and some young children. Sergeant Bill Hobart arrests Winston Cummings, an Aboriginal boy from the orphanage seen holding a gun in his hand. Hobart is rough with the boy. Blake observes at the scene that it was a left-handed shooter, after Charlie Davis finds the gun, a Luger from the war. A boy, Tommy, gives false testimony that he saw Winston shoot; Charlie points out that was not possible given where Tommy was placed. Blake visits the orphanage and does health checks on the children, with Mattie. Mattie finds Mary Jackson in tears at Winston's bed, where his book by Martin Luther King, Jr. sits, with a love letter in it. Jean receives a letter that her son Christopher's wife is expecting a baby. Mrs Olivia Goldsmith comes in with an injury from Bonfire Night; he drives her home and talks with Mr Ian Goldsmith, who has been advocating for the aboriginal children to be enrolled in the public schools, meeting much opposition. There was an explosion in the bonfire; Blake figures out that a can of gunpowder tossed into the bonfire made an explosion with a blue flame. Winston tossed that into the bonfire, leaving an odour of gunpowder on him. Blake then demonstrates that Winston needs eyeglasses, being shortsighted. His eyesight does not support an ability to make the shots that killed Emma. Blake and Mattie visit a shop run by Tommy and his dad Kevin Van Der Hayden, who tackled Winston. Charlie tells Blake that Olivia Goldsmith is a member of the local gun club, while Mattie looks at Emma's diary. Then Sergeant Bill Hobart angrily pushes Blake out. At home, Blake suggests turning their dinner of vegetables into soup for the children at the orphanage run by Catholic nuns. Maroopna is the town that was home to the orphans. Munro tells Charlie that he knew Charlie's late father, working a police beat, emphasising how he was his own man, trying to break Charlie's trust of Blake. Blake writes to his daughter Lee in China. Mrs Goldsmith was taping at the Bonfire Night; Blake finds the tape in her trash bin. The tape reveals that the gunshots happened before the explosion in the bonfire, knocking down a theory that the explosion was meant to cover the noise of the shots. Blake and Mattie seek Mary, who has run to her brothers in Maroopna; she slept outdoors with no coat, which triggers Mattie to recall that Mary gave her coat to Emma on Bonfire Night. Mary was the intended target, not Emma. At the Van Der Hayden's shop, Tommy admits he is in love with Mary, but she loves Winston; he wrote the love letter to her. He brought his grandfather's Luger pistol to Bonfire Night, and shot the wrong young woman. At home, Blake reflects on his own daughter's difficult life in orphanages in China, a girl half-white and half-Chinese, mother dead and father gone.
- Emma Keneally is shot dead at a Bonfire Night celebration; she was with Mattie and some young children. Sergeant Bill Hobart arrests Winston Cummings, an Aboriginal boy from the orphanage seen holding a gun in his hand. Hobart is rough with the boy. Blake observes at the scene that it was a left-handed shooter, after Charlie Davis finds the gun, a Luger from the war. A boy, Tommy, gives false testimony that he saw Winston shoot; Charlie points out that was not possible given where Tommy was placed. Blake visits the orphanage and does health checks on the children, with Mattie. Mattie finds Mary Jackson in tears at Winston's bed, where his book by Martin Luther King, Jr. sits, with a love letter in it. Jean receives a letter that her son Christopher's wife is expecting a baby. Mrs Olivia Goldsmith comes in with an injury from Bonfire Night; he drives her home and talks with Mr Ian Goldsmith, who has been advocating for the aboriginal children to be enrolled in the public schools, meeting much opposition. There was an explosion in the bonfire; Blake figures out that a can of gunpowder tossed into the bonfire made an explosion with a blue flame. Winston tossed that into the bonfire, leaving an odour of gunpowder on him. Blake then demonstrates that Winston needs eyeglasses, being shortsighted. His eyesight does not support an ability to make the shots that killed Emma. Blake and Mattie visit a shop run by Tommy and his dad Kevin Van Der Hayden, who tackled Winston. Charlie tells Blake that Olivia Goldsmith is a member of the local gun club, while Mattie looks at Emma's diary. Then Sergeant Bill Hobart angrily pushes Blake out. At home, Blake suggests turning their dinner of vegetables into soup for the children at the orphanage run by Catholic nuns. Maroopna is the town that was home to the orphans. Munro tells Charlie that he knew Charlie's late father, working a police beat, emphasising how he was his own man, trying to break Charlie's trust of Blake. Blake writes to his daughter Lee in China. Mrs Goldsmith was taping at the Bonfire Night; Blake finds the tape in her trash bin. The tape reveals that the gunshots happened before the explosion in the bonfire, knocking down a theory that the explosion was meant to cover the noise of the shots. Blake and Mattie seek Mary, who has run to her brothers in Maroopna; she slept outdoors with no coat, which triggers Mattie to recall that Mary gave her coat to Emma on Bonfire Night. Mary was the intended target, not Emma. At the Van Der Hayden's shop, Tommy admits he is in love with Mary, but she loves Winston; he wrote the love letter to her. He brought his grandfather's Luger pistol to Bonfire Night, and shot the wrong young woman. At home, Blake reflects on his own daughter's difficult life in orphanages in China, a girl half-white and half-Chinese, mother dead and father gone.
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