Gone with the Wind

"Gone with the Wind" is the third episode of the first season of Australia S-Unit. It was written and directed by Daniel Isaac and is the first episode to reveal the identity of Mr Greene.

Story
Derek continues to look into the files of Mr Greene, hoping to secure a lead. Unable to however, Derek and Marcus are assigned to find kidnapped girl Cassandra Blake. The two head over to her step father's house, Jonathan Blake. They question him however and find no leads on the case.

The two return home where Marcus is attacked in the house by a masked man, initially believed to be the kidnapper or an associate of his. Marcus beats the attacker who escapes later on. Marcus and Derek watch the tape from pub Cassandra was at the previous night in hopes of finding a lead. However they instead watch a rerecorded tape of the kidnapper threatening Derek and Marcus.

Derek and Marcus return to Jonathan to tell him the news. Jonathan says he got a call from the kidnapper requesting ransom money, he also says he believes the kidnapper to be Cassandra's boyfriend, Carl Baxter. Derek and Marcus visit Carl, who flees the scene before being caught by Derek and Marcus. They question him and learn that Jonathan Blake is in fact a con man who marries women and the kills them for their money. Marcus also realises that Carl is Jonathan's partner and Derek pursues a fleeing Carl. The team stop Carl and arrest him. Learning where Cassandra is, Derek and Marcus go to arrest Jonathan and save Cassandra.

At the location, just as Jonathan is about to kill Cassandra, Derek and Marcus barge in to stop him. Derek soots Jonathan however in retaliation to him shooting and fatally wounding Marcus. Derek holds a dying Marcus in his hands and Marcus closes his eyes, accepting his fate.

Outside, Derek stands still long after the ambulance has taken a dead Marcus away. A black suited man with an umbrella soon approaches Derek and reveals himself to be Mr Greene. As Greene walks away, having mocked Marcus' death, Derek slowly charges after him.

Reception
Gone with the Wind received mixed to positive reviews. Viewers criticised the episode for having "worse acting" than the previous episode stating disappointing acting from Thomas Davis and Daniel Lawrence. Viewers however praised the introduction of Mr Greene in person and Goodridge's acting for the character. Viewers ended describing the episode as being a "minor step back in the lead up to the confrontation with Mr Greene."

Daniel Isaac has stated he has a fondness for the episode as he sees it as being the only "stand-alone" episode of the series thus far, with near to no links to the story arc.