Baby Farm (2025) s01e03 Episode Script

1
-[Barbara] Stop the truck!
-[tires squeal]
Open up the back!
Adanna, come out.
I know you're in there.
Come out, you ungrateful girl!
Get her out!
Quickly.
You're all fired.
Go home. You're fired.
[panting]
[in Pidgin]
Please, please. I don't want any trouble.
Take my phone! Take my bag!
Please, please!
Madame.
-I don't want to see you…
-[horn honks]
-Hey! Sister!
-…near this place again.
I've been looking for you,
come let me drop you off.
[grunts]
Hop in!
[in English] We have a high-profile client
being photographed on our doorstep.
We have some kind of stalker
watching the building.
And now we have a trouble-maker
trying to escape.
She didn't even make it
past the front gate.
Oh, she… made it into a laundry basket
as big as a house.
Cameras everywhere and this happens.
It's enough. The girl needs to be removed.
-All right. If you like.
-I do!
It's just a pity since she's the one
carrying the twins and they're almost due.
Twins.
The actress does want twins, doesn't she?
[breathes heavily]
This is not the time to be taking risks.
Is it a bigger risk to keep the girl
or to lose Cherise Uko?
[Joy] So who were those guys?
I don't know.
I think they're from the clinic.
[Joy] Mmm.
I'm looking for my sister.
Her name is Emem.
She got into some trouble with drugs
and my parents threw her out of the house.
I was working in London at the time
so I didn't know what was going on.
But then I came back to try to help her.
She was already on the streets.
[exhales deeply] She got pregnant and…
some girl said she might be in that
clinic. But they won't tell me anything.
And nobody has seen her ever since.
But the girls on the streets say that
when girls go into that clinic,
they don't come out.
[Joy] Mmm.
Who are you?
I'm Joy.
From JoyToTheWorld.com.
Its a vlog. Celebrity news.
Gossip?
Stories that interest people.
And speaking of interesting stories,
there's a story of interest here
with that Cherise Uko--
Listen.
Thank you so much for saving me.
I appreciate it.
But I don't care much for gossip.
-[chuckles, laughs]
-I just want to find my sister.
Don't worry about that.
I think we can help each other. Eh?
-Don't worry about that. Hmm?
-[engine starts]
[Evans]
We are all family here, are we not?
Don't we bend over backwards
to give you everything you need?
Food,
medicine,
a bed instead of an alleyway.
And is this how you repay us?
With such disrespect.
Things have become too relaxed.
We have spared the rod
and spoiled the child.
But no more.
Due to Maker Adanna's behavior,
all privileges are revoked.
If you want this to be a prison,
it'll be a prison.
From food rations
to cold showers.
No television,
no salon,
no lotions,
no books…
Nothing.
You are here for one thing
and one thing only.
Making babies.
And if you want to know who to thank,
well, here she is.
[Barbara] That's not all.
It is the community's responsibility
to ensure that individuals
don't ruin the community.
The community failed to prevent
Maker Adanna from attempting to escape,
and so the community must be punished.
We cannot inflict physical discipline
on the makers
who are carrying blessed children,
so the helpers and the makers who are not
pregnant must carry the burden instead.
What?
Well, these are your sisters.
They must take the pain for you.
N-no, no, no.
Dayo.
Dayo will take your punishment.
[Adanna cries] No. No, this is not fair.
And also your friend.
N-no, no. Sister Barb,
-she didn't do anything--
-When rules are broken,
someone has to pay.
You did this to Ebun.
You did this to all of them.
[Adanna breathes shakily]
-Take her.
-[Adanna cries]
Wait. No, no, no.
[Ebun cries]
-[striking]
-[yelping]
[shrieks, cries]
No. No.
[shrieking]
Open your eyes and see what you have done.
The beatings will continue until you look.
[Adanna crying]
[Ebun weeping]
You think that I'm cruel,
but I just saved your life.
-[Ebun shrieking]
-Now maybe you understand.
If you continue to resist,
there will be pain for your friends,
and when your babies are born,
there will be pain for you.
I am trying to prevent that.
Help me to help you.
-Next!
-[Ebun wails]
-[crying]
-[Adanna] No. No, please, please. No.
[crying] Please!
Please!
-[Barbara] Next!
-[Adanna crying] Please!
Please! Miss, I'm begging you. Please.
Please, I'm begging.
[continues crying]
I'm so sorry. I'm sorry.
-[screams]
-[Adanna wailing]
[Barbara, echoing] Next!
[in Pidgin] Comfort! Please.
I didn't know this would happen.
Please, don't be angry.
Dayo.
Dayo! Please, don't be angry,
let me help you.
[Adanna sniffles]
See this stunt you pulled…
if you try it again…
If you try it again…
Me, Aishat, will deal with you.
-Aishat! I am not your enemy.
-Yes you are!
Now you see your belly.
I will ruin your pregnancy.
And then you will see
what it's like in here with a miscarriage.
[Adanna sniffles]
-Please, you guys. Don't be angry. I…
-Adanna.
Adanna.
Please.
You have done…
Adanna. You have done enough harm.
Please!
Dayo, let me help you climb into bed.
[exclaims] Sorry.
[Ebun breathing heavily]
-[crying]
-Ebun, I'm so sorry.
Sorry, please don't be angry.
Sorry, please don't be angry.
It's okay.
You tried to warn me, but I didn't listen.
See what they've done to you. Sorry.
Everything we do affects everybody.
We're a family.
[exhales sharply]
Those girls don't treat me like family.
[sniffles] They will, if you don't
cause trouble for them.
I will stop.
We've have each other's back here.
-[groaning]
-Sorry!
-[cries]
-Jesus.
I am so sorry, Ebun!
It's better to be obedient.
To… To do what they say.
Sorry.
"Don't trust Ebun.
Ebun is their spy, she betrayed you.
Trust nobody!"
All makers, beside your bed.
Surprise inspection.
Itunu, please don't be offended,
what is happening?
Inspection. A search for contraband.
[stammers] But they've already taken
everything from us.
[Itunu] You wanted prison,
now you've got one.
-Go and stand by your bed.
-Beside your bed, now.
All makers, at attention by your bedside.
Anyone caught with contraband
shall be punished immediately.
-[grunting, shouting]
-Eniye!
Stop it.
Maker Eniye!
Stop it.
[shrieking]
Give it to me. Quick!
Grab her!
-Stop it.
-[grunting, shouting continues]
Let us see if Maker Adanna
is hiding anything from us.
[whispers] Thank you.
[Evans, in English] She's a blogger.
Celebrity gossip rubbish.
She used to have a high readership
until she annoyed the wrong person
and was blacklisted.
Is she the one making all the noise
on social media?
Yeah. There's nothing on her website
about us.
But there's something on her Instagram
about Cherise, who she claims attacked her
when asked if she was adopting.
-A real vermin, this one.
-[scoffs]
So what if Cherise comes to see us?
After today, there'll be
a perfectly good explanation for that.
I'm setting up
the press conference right now.
Maybe you're right.
Maybe this isn't the time to be drawing
more attention to ourselves.
-Oh, but attention is good.
-[chuckles]
Attention is money.
And, anyway,
when people look at what you show them,
that's all they really see.
-[exhales] You know, Oliver, I'm worried.
-Oh.
You let me do the worrying…
and you just keep things nice and tight
here on the inside.
[sibling]
I think we need to keep a low profile…
-Eh, eh, eh. [tuts]
-…until I can find out more.
Low profile for what?
Who is keeping low profile with you?
Me? Keep a low profile?
At this point in my career.
After all this work that I've done.
Please!
-This is not about your career.
-[clicks tongue]
-It's ab--
-[chattering outside]
Who are they?
Let me see.
[in Pidgin] They're just street guys.
They're always there.
There's nothing there. You're too worried.
-You're so paranoid.
-[groans]
I think we need to go to the police.
[laughs, cackles]
[coughing]
This woman is cracking me up.
You think the police will listen to us?
We're talking about rich, rich foreigners.
[clicks tongue, laughs]
You worry too much, ignore that.
The only thing that you should be
focusing on is this story.
And the story is about a rich actress,
who's trying to buy a baby.
Thank you.
I promise, that wasn't my knife.
I didn't know it was there.
I believe you.
[sucks teeth]
[whispers] It was a setup.
Are you thinking what I am thinking?
Who else?
Why does Aishat hate me so much?
Some people just want to be queen.
So you really want to get out, huh?
N-no. Don't worry.
I won't try again, I promised Ebun.
[whispers] If you do,
I want to come with you.
Huh?
But they must not catch us.
Did you leave the note on my pillow?
It wasn't you?
Let me see it.
We need to know who wrote it.
It could be a friend, or a setup.
Adanna, you can trust me.
-[in English] Accreditation?
-Come on.
This is an open press conference.
[sighs]
-I'm with him.
-Don't make a nuisance of yourself.
[reporter] Ms. Cherise, tell us
about your upcoming movie.
[Cherise]
Oh, it's going very well actually.
I think we'll wrap in a few days.
Ah. Maker Adanna, good morning to you.
-Nurse Chinedu, good morning.
-Mmm.
[in Pidgin]
Please I'll like to have a word with you.
I feel like someone here wants to be my…
Someone here wants to be my friend.
But I don't know if I can trust them.
Do you know what I'm talking about?
-Do you trust Ebun?
-Should I trust her?
-[Ebun grunts]
-Ah, Maker Ebun.
Good to see you're doing better.
-[exhales deeply] Nurse, good morning.
-Morning to you too.
How are you?
[pants] The doctor said I can walk around,
I was going crazy in there.
You all right?
Someone left me a note.
[Ebun] Eh.
Saying what?
[groans]
That I should be
careful about who I trust.
You should be careful!
There are spies everywhere.
Don't trust anybody, even your helper.
The note said I cannot trust you.
Me?
I'm the only one you should trust!
Let me see the note.
Let me see the note!
You believe some person
you don't even know?
Who leaves you a note on your bed?
-How do you know it was my bed?
-Where else would it be?
Who else have you been talking to?
-Who?
-Nobody.
-Who, Ada?
-No one…
What is it? The baby.
-[groans]
-Sorry. Ah, ah.
Help! Nurse! Help!
-Nurse, please help!
-[groaning]
-Mother. Sorry.
-[groaning]
-[breathes shakily, crying]
-[Ebun] Sorry. Breathe.
-[Adanna crying]
-[Ebun] Sorry.
-Sorry. Take her.
-[Chinedu] Let's go.
-[Adanna speaks indistinctly]
-[Ebun] Sorry.
-It hurts.
-I'm right here.
-[Ebun] Hmm?
-[crying]
[Evans, in English] I am very pleased
to announce that the Evans Foundation
has appointed
its first ever global ambassador.
And who better
than the queen of the screen,
a woman known throughout the world
for her charitable works
and her commitment to social justice.
Ladies and gentlemen,
I give you Miss Cherise Uko.
[applause]
Thank you.
[sighs]
I think most of you know I've had…
[sighs]
We've had our struggles
with trying to conceive.
-I've had a miscarriage--
-[Joy] Actually, five.
[audience grumbles]
What?
Yes.
Five miscarriages.
So I know what it feels like
to long for something that you can't have.
Something that means the world to you.
I know what it feels like to be broken.
So I know that the work the foundation
does is nothing short of a miracle.
I would like to announce
that in two days I'll be hosting
a fundraiser at the Evans Foundation.
Press packs are available at the back
with more information.
[Cherise] Yes.
I will also be recruiting more people
around the world
to partner with the Evans Foundation.
-Perhaps even in Hollywood.
-Yes.
-[laughs]
-Thank you.
Yeah but, Cherise, is that the only work
you are doing with the Evans Foundation?
I think the world would be a better place
if we pay more attention
to more important issues
than celebrity dirt.
What could be more important
than celebrity dirt?
-[audience gasps, grumbles]
-[Joy] Hmm?
Ladies and gentlemen,
thank you so much for coming.
Please remember
to take your press packs on the way out.
Thank you.
-Yeah. Thank you.
-[Barbara] Thank you. That was wonderful.
[chattering continues]
[in Pidgin] Sister and the doctor will
see you once they return.
Uh. Is the baby all right?
We'll wait for the doctor.
[sighs]
Listen.
I know when a baby's going
to be okay, all right?
How do you know?
I've been pregnant six times.
And every time,
I believed that,
everything would be all right.
But I knew…
I could feel it.
I can feel the life inside you.
Ebun,
are you telling the truth?
You were pregnant six times?
You mean outside?
In here.
I don't understand…
How long have you been here?
Six years.
Six?
This is my home.
-I was the first girl here.
-[stammers]
I still don't understand.
How could you have been
pregnant six times in here?
[in English] There you go, girl.
My seed should make for
a very attractive baby.
[Barbara sighs, speaks indistinctly]
You promised you'd stop seeding the world.
Here you go, darling.
That should whet your appetite a little.
Keep your horse stable for a minute.
Good work, girl.
[Ebun, in Pidgin] It doesn't matter…
because I lost the baby every time.
But it's all right.
I must wait.
If I endure this with grace,
God will lift the curse from me.
Which curse?
How could my stepfather do what he did?
What kind of man would do
that to a little girl?
My mother said I bewitched him.
That he was a good man
and I bewitched him to do evil.
That's why I had to leave the house.
Ebun…
But you said you were only…
only twelve years old.
Twelve years is old enough for evil!
Don't worry.
God brought me here
gave me a new home,
new family.
And I may be the first patient
of this place,
but now I am the guide for all
the makers who come.
Sister Barb has been good to me.
But you…
you are not cursed.
You will give birth to light.
[Joy hums]
That whole press conference is a sham.
Yeah, they know that I'm on to them.
They all made up that foolish story
of Cherise being some ambassador
just to justify what she's doing
at the foundation.
[chuckles] She's trying to adopt a baby.
What does any of this have to do
with my sister?
How does your sister concern me?
Didn't you hear what I said?
My sister went into that clinic pregnant
and she just vanished into thin air.
And when I tried to go there,
they just stone-walled me completely.
Okay, that's sad but your sister
is not the story.
Cherise Uko is the story.
You don't understand what I'm saying.
-[clamors]
-Yo, mami.
Wow.
Damn. Wow.
-Come hang out with us, baby.
-Eh, eh, eh.
-Dirty corner boy.
-[speaks indistinctly]
-Go, go, go.
-Cool, baby!
[whoops]
It's all your fault.
If you want guys to stop looking at you.
Maybe you should lose some weight first.
-[speaks indistinctly]
-Bitch!
[Joy] Ah, why? If--
Thank you. Wait!
Why are you upset?
You don't want your food?
I'm sorry!
[heartbeat thumping]
[Evans, in English] No, it's all fine.
Yes. You're further along
than anticipated.
You're just a slip of a thing too,
so you had us all fooled.
These babies will soon be here.
The cramping was caused
by high blood pressure,
which increases the chances
of placental abruption.
You know, more than 60% of twins
are born prematurely.
W-What can I do to pre…
-Twins…
-You can stay calm,
reduce activity…
-You need to avoid stress.
-Wait. Did you say twins?
Yes.
Twins.
Hmm. You're going to have twins.
Now carrying twins can be harder,
but as long as you have expert
medical attention during the delivery,
-it'll be fine.
-Thank you, Father.
It's a pleasure. We're each a small part
in the great machine.
As long as you play your part in it, well,
you'll be rewarded
like the prodigal daughter.
[Barbara clears throat]
We have a visitor.
Ah. She's going to be fine.
She can rejoin the others.
[nurse speaks indistinctly]
[Akin] Cherise is quite nervous
after what happened.
She's nervous?
Or you are?
As her manager and husband,
I speak for my wife.
-That woman at the conference…
-Never mind her.
She's been following us.
-She knows something.
-She knows nothing.
She's just a poisonous toad.
If you don't lick the toad,
you won't get poisoned.
Now, soon you'll have your babies
and all of this will be far behind you.
Dr. Evans--
This vlogger is not a serious person.
She's looking for a bribe.
I know these kinds of people.
She will be dealt with.
Don't worry.
He's right to be worried.
That woman is a bulldog.
She's nothing. No one will remember her
when she's gone.
What do you mean, Oliver?
You're not gonna do anything.
Mmm. Pay her to go away, that's all.
That's what her kind understand.
Do you promise?
[chuckles] Do you doubt me?
[chuckling] No.
No, of course not.
[exclaims]
-[in Pidgin] Ada.
-Mm-hmm.
Have you been discharged?
-There you go.
-Thank you.
[Adanna groans]
What did the doctor say?
He said I just have to rest
and avoid stress.
You see?
What is it?
I'm having twins.
[screams]
Twins! Ada!
-That's a blessing!
-[laughs]
-I can't believe it! Twins!
-[gasps]
You see…
I told you.
You are the one who walks in light.
Your light shines so bright!
Your light is also shining!
[Ebun] No…
I am the cursed one.
I just want to say thank you.
Thank you for looking after me.
I was scared and you were there.
You are my sister.
Sisters.
-Sisters.
-[squeals, laughs]
I'll be right back. [chuckles]
[Itunu] Adanna.
I found out who betrayed you.
How did they know you were escaping?
How did they know you
were in the laundry basket?
Ebun told them.
How do you know?
Why do you think she spends so much
time trying to get you to trust her?
Watch after lunch.
She always leaves the food hall
just before we finish eating.
Follow her.
You'll see.
[sibling] My sister was kidnapped
by very powerful people
and now I think
they might be after me too.
[officer]
You want to report a missing person?
No, no. I already did.
-I reported her missing.
-Mmm.
But nobody did anything about it.
She went into that clinic
and no one ever saw her again.
-Which clinic?
-The Evans Foundation clinic
-for single mothers.
-Mmm.
Is your sister a prostitute?
No!
Mmm.
No, she's not. And even if she was--
A lot of girls come from the village,
and land on the streets
and do not want to see
their families again.
-But they were trying to kill me!
-The hospital tried to kill you?
No they sent dogs, you know. Muggers.
[officer] Eh. You got mugged.
So you want me to arrest a doctor, right?
[sucks teeth] This woman
watches too many movies.
Oh. N-No, no, no. I'm not crazy.
I'm not crazy. Officer, please.
I need help.
Officer, please!
Watch.
[speaks indistinctly]
I need to rest. I don't want any stress.
Adanna, if you don't want to know,
then you don't want to know.
[door beeps]
[in English] I need someone taken care of.
Use the boys?
Tell no one else about it.
Ebun.
Ebun.
Ada…
[in Pidgin] You and Sister Barb.
You spend a lot of time together.
Huh?
No.
No?
Why-Why are you asking?
You're lying to me!
I saw you!
I saw you with her!
Every day after lunch you report to her.
I was asking her to give us more food…
You told her I was escaping!
-That's how she knew I was in the van.
-Mm-mmm.
You're her spy.
That's why you pretend to be my friend.
I am your friend! I am!
-You're my sister!
-Don't lie to me any more.
-[exclaims] Please, take it easy!
-[groans] Leave me alone!
You betrayed me!
Please. Please, the babies.
The doctor said--
Ebun! Don't you ever talk
to me about my babies!
It's my job to look after my babies.
It's my job to protect them.
You betrayed us.
-Ada--
-Leave me alone!
[Adanna sniffles, breathes shakily]
[Adanna] It's all right ♪
Your mama's going to take care of you ♪
Don't worry.
I'm here to protect you, my children. Hmm?
Everything will be okay.
Everything will be okay.
[door opens]
Is anyone there?
Everything will be okay.
Everything will be okay.
"The key opens the metal door.
Trust no one. You are in danger."