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Never Let Him Go

In 1988, the body of Scott Johnson, a 27-year-old gay American doctoral student, was found sprawled below a cliff on a rugged beach in Sydney, Australia.

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Genre

documentary, crime, history

Production

ABC News Studios,Blackfella Films,Show of Force

Awards

1 nomination

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https://www.hulu.com/series/never-let-him-go-a04d05c1-cd8e-4aba-9475-d110abbdc1d3

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♪ light, solemn music playing ♪ - Never Let Him Go

♪ light, solemn music playing ♪

- Twenty-five years
ago, my brother, Scott, - Never Let Him Go

- Twenty-five years ago, my brother, Scott,

It's really the only surviving
home movie that we have. - Never Let Him Go

It's really the only surviving home movie that we have.

My brother was gay and
he's... - Never Let Him Go

My brother was gay and he's...

Scott was fairly
fearless all of his life. - Never Let Him Go

Scott was fairly fearless all of his life.

REPORTER 1: In 1988,
the American's body was found at the... - Never Let Him Go

REPORTER 1: In 1988, the American's body was found at t...

Ah, this is great,
leftover spaghetti. Yum. - Never Let Him Go

Ah, this is great, leftover spaghetti. Yum.

And my dad followed him, - Never Let Him Go

And my dad followed him,

I just really,
really miss you - Never Let Him Go

I just really, really miss you

It has been a part-time
job for decades. - Never Let Him Go

It has been a part-time job for decades.

He's just havin'
a nice little walk - Never Let Him Go

He's just havin' a nice little walk

We now believe he was thrown
from those majestic cliffs - Never Let Him Go

We now believe he was thrown from those majestic cliffs

I always
knew that my Uncle Scott - Never Let Him Go

I always knew that my Uncle Scott

And who the heck knows when he
would've finally decided he was lost. - Never Let Him Go

And who the heck knows when he would've finally decided...

Well, I've been living with the
mystery of what happened to Scott - Never Let Him Go

Well, I've been living with the mystery of what happene...

So, we wanted to double up
on, on, uh, public pressure, - Never Let Him Go

So, we wanted to double up on, on, uh, public pressure,

It's really challenging
to watch your father - Never Let Him Go

It's really challenging to watch your father

In many of the most
important ways, - Never Let Him Go

In many of the most important ways,

Public attention's gonna
provide the ballast, - Never Let Him Go

Public attention's gonna provide the ballast,

Our hotel room - Never Let Him Go

To watch someone in your
family be consumed by grief - Never Let Him Go

To watch someone in your family be consumed by grief

This view is...
momentous. - Never Let Him Go

This view is... momentous.

And I just can't imagine - Never Let Him Go

And I just can't imagine

It's just this
ever-present ghost. - Never Let Him Go

It's just this ever-present ghost.

- Around the second inquest,
it felt important to me - Never Let Him Go

- Around the second inquest, it felt important to me

I mean, it's affected
everything about my dad's life, - Never Let Him Go

I mean, it's affected everything about my dad's li...

So, to have that
viewpoint totally shaken - Never Let Him Go

So, to have that viewpoint totally shaken

For 30 years, this mystery about
what happened to my brother - Never Let Him Go

For 30 years, this mystery about what happened to my brother

I got married and cut
my honeymoon short - Never Let Him Go

I got married and cut my honeymoon short

I did
spend a lotta time by myself - Never Let Him Go

I did spend a lotta time by myself

As soon as I heard, in 2005, about
the similar deaths in Australia, - Never Let Him Go

As soon as I heard, in 2005, about the similar deaths in Aus...

Becca,
who's a lawyer, - Never Let Him Go

Becca, who's a lawyer,

It was a meteor
crashing into my life. - Never Let Him Go

It was a meteor crashing into my life.

That it had not been suicide,
but it had been a hate crime. - Never Let Him Go

That it had not been suicide, but it had been a hate crime.

- I think my dad is just a f... A
fundamentally different person today - Never Let Him Go

- I think my dad is just a f... A fundamentally different pe...

John Allan
Russell, Ross Bradley Warren, - Never Let Him Go

John Allan Russell, Ross Bradley Warren,

Had he lived, Scott Johnson would've
celebrated his 60th birthday - Never Let Him Go

Had he lived, Scott Johnson would've celebrated his 60t...

Don't know if my dad
would ever stop trying. - Never Let Him Go

Don't know if my dad would ever stop trying.

Police say the cases have
striking similarities. - Never Let Him Go

Police say the cases have striking similarities.

And, and I love him for it. - Never Let Him Go

And, and I love him for it.

Because of the actions
of the offender, - Never Let Him Go

Because of the actions of the offender,

I didn't question that it was
possible my uncle had committed suicide - Never Let Him Go

I didn't question that it was possible my uncle had com...

We made all of
these notebooks full of timelines - Never Let Him Go

We made all of these notebooks full of timelines

Understanding
what happened to my brother - Never Let Him Go

Understanding what happened to my brother

If there was somebody
involved with his death, - Never Let Him Go

If there was somebody involved with his death,

- They reached out to
people like myself, - Never Let Him Go

- They reached out to people like myself,

He is described as a
brilliant mathematician - Never Let Him Go

He is described as a brilliant mathematician

The thought that someone with
so much to offer the world - Never Let Him Go

The thought that someone with so much to offer the world

With Dr. Johnson's death,
the world lost a mind - Never Let Him Go

With Dr. Johnson's death, the world lost a mind

It was quite
remarkable that we had - Never Let Him Go

It was quite remarkable that we had

There
are people you expect - Never Let Him Go

There are people you expect

Steve had fought
through frustration, I suspect, - Never Let Him Go

Steve had fought through frustration, I suspect,

Definitely, Uncle Scott was
one of those people for my dad. - Never Let Him Go

Definitely, Uncle Scott was one of those people for my dad.

But what he worked out is,
how do I get around it? - Never Let Him Go

But what he worked out is, how do I get around it?

Yeah, it's straight ahead,
and there's a wall coming up - Never Let Him Go

Yeah, it's straight ahead, and there's a wall comi...

Twenty-six years is
a long time to hold out hope, - Never Let Him Go

Twenty-six years is a long time to hold out hope,

Steve had an American
accent and he had lots of money - Never Let Him Go

Steve had an American accent and he had lots of money

- So, this wall... really provided sort
of a privacy barrier, um, to the beat. - Never Let Him Go

- So, this wall... really provided sort of a privacy barrier...

This mystery
about what happened to my brother - Never Let Him Go

This mystery about what happened to my brother

We think that the police
spent a lot more time - Never Let Him Go

We think that the police spent a lot more time

This mystery... that had
hung over the family. - Never Let Him Go

This mystery... that had hung over the family.

STEVE:
Can't look at that drop - Never Let Him Go

STEVE: Can't look at that drop

Um, we had submitted more than
50 names of persons of interest. - Never Let Him Go

Um, we had submitted more than 50 names of persons of intere...

Uh, the police... talked
to all of those people - Never Let Him Go

Uh, the police... talked to all of those people

I didn't even realize
how emotional I was - Never Let Him Go

I didn't even realize how emotional I was

- They'll be questioned at this
third and hopefully, final inquest, - Never Let Him Go

- They'll be questioned at this third and hopefully, fi...

Did he trip? Was he pushed? - Never Let Him Go

Did he trip? Was he pushed?

On my daughter Emma's spring
break, 2006, we went to Sydney. - Never Let Him Go

On my daughter Emma's spring break, 2006, we went to Sy...

I was 17. I was a
senior in high school. - Never Let Him Go

I was 17. I was a senior in high school.

And so, it was unfamiliar
to us that we were gonna get - Never Let Him Go

And so, it was unfamiliar to us that we were gonna get

My dad and I were very close, - Never Let Him Go

My dad and I were very close,

And we went shopping, uh,
for a lawyer in Australia - Never Let Him Go

And we went shopping, uh, for a lawyer in Australia

I was, I was really invested
in finding out more, um. - Never Let Him Go

I was, I was really invested in finding out more, um.

- In early 2013, I was a detective
chief inspector at the homicide squad. - Never Let Him Go

- In early 2013, I was a detective chief inspector at the ho...

And we finally got him on the
phone and he interviewed us. - Never Let Him Go

And we finally got him on the phone and he interviewed us.

And he said it
was not quite up his alley, - Never Let Him Go

And he said it was not quite up his alley,

And there's no way to undo it. - Never Let Him Go

And there's no way to undo it.

I did hear talk in the office
about Professor Scott Johnson, - Never Let Him Go

I did hear talk in the office about Professor Scott Johnson,

We visited the spot where
my Uncle Scott died. - Never Let Him Go

We visited the spot where my Uncle Scott died.

- Steve was thoroughly committed
to Scott in, in every way. - Never Let Him Go

- Steve was thoroughly committed to Scott in, in every way.

That part of the trip was
very powerful and moving. - Never Let Him Go

That part of the trip was very powerful and moving.

♪ gentle music playing ♪ - Never Let Him Go

♪ gentle music playing ♪

I was concerned about him
maybe not understanding - Never Let Him Go

I was concerned about him maybe not understanding

Where the ferry leaves you off, you
can see the cliff where Scott died. - Never Let Him Go

Where the ferry leaves you off, you can see the cliff where ...

I joined the New South
Wales police force - Never Let Him Go

I joined the New South Wales police force

And we marched into
the police station - Never Let Him Go

And we marched into the police station

At the start of my career
in the homicide squad, - Never Let Him Go

At the start of my career in the homicide squad,

He's one of the most famous
barristers in Australia. - Never Let Him Go

He's one of the most famous barristers in Australia.

We explained all the
details of Scott's death, - Never Let Him Go

We explained all the details of Scott's death,

During the '90s,
there was commission - Never Let Him Go

During the '90s, there was commission

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In 1988, the body of Scott Johnson, a 27-year-old gay American doctoral student, was found sprawled below a cliff on a rugged beach in Sydney, Australia.

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Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

Production: ABC News Studios,Blackfella Films,Show of Force

Genre: documentary, crime, history

Year: 2023

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.1

BoxOffice:

Released: 06 Sep 2023

Awards: 1 nomination

Homepage: https://www.hulu.com/series/never-let-him-go-a04d05c1-cd8e-4aba-9475-d110abbdc1d3