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Never Let Him Go

It was an absolutehornet's nest

It was an absolute
hornet's nest

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It was an absolute hornet's nest.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:49
Uploaded
Mar 09, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary, crime, history
Production
ABC News Studios,Blackfella Films,Show of Force

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Movie Summary

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.
S01 • E04 And... basically, the lights went down, um. - Never Let Him Go 00:07
And... basically, the lights went down, um.
S01 • E01 So, it wasn't like a package deal, I wouldn't say that, - Never Let Him Go 00:08
So, it wasn't like a package deal, I wouldn't say ...
S01 • E04 That was the, the end of the formal part of the, of the inquest. - Never Let Him Go 00:06
That was the, the end of the formal part of the, of the inqu...
S01 • E02 One of the first things I did was, you know, - Never Let Him Go 00:07
One of the first things I did was, you know,
S01 • E01 I just have to tell you that he couldn't order at a restaurant. - Never Let Him Go 00:06
I just have to tell you that he couldn't order at a res...
S01 • E03 - I'd never been invited to a minister's office ever before. - Never Let Him Go 00:07
- I'd never been invited to a minister's office ev...
S01 • E02 I was trying to shake the international dateline - Never Let Him Go 00:07
I was trying to shake the international dateline
S01 • E01 But everything that we did, he was game to do, - Never Let Him Go 00:15
But everything that we did, he was game to do,
S01 • E03 I was... quite keen to go - Never Let Him Go 00:10
I was... quite keen to go
S01 • E04 Because the coroner had been so opaque, - Never Let Him Go 00:09
Because the coroner had been so opaque,
S01 • E02 I ran up the hill to get a sense of the place. - Never Let Him Go 00:06
I ran up the hill to get a sense of the place.
S01 • E03 - When I first met Steve, he didn't know me from a bar of soap. - Never Let Him Go 00:05
- When I first met Steve, he didn't know me from a bar ...
S01 • E04 Our team knew that if he kept it open, it was over for us. - Never Let Him Go 00:06
Our team knew that if he kept it open, it was over for us.
S01 • E01 And he also, like... Steve has a big personality, - Never Let Him Go 00:09
And he also, like... Steve has a big personality,
S01 • E02 It's an incredibly beautiful place. - Never Let Him Go 00:06
It's an incredibly beautiful place.
S01 • E04 My guess is we would never get an investigation from the police. - Never Let Him Go 00:06
My guess is we would never get an investigation from the pol...
S01 • E01 And it was clear that Scott would defer to Steve. - Never Let Him Go 00:07
And it was clear that Scott would defer to Steve.
S01 • E04 And if he called it a homicide, we had a pretty good shot, - Never Let Him Go 00:09
And if he called it a homicide, we had a pretty good shot,
S01 • E02 You can just go for days and not hit any land at all. - Never Let Him Go 00:07
You can just go for days and not hit any land at all.
S01 • E01 And very often my role, I felt, was to try to bring Scott out, - Never Let Him Go 00:15
And very often my role, I felt, was to try to bring Scott ou...