Lord of the Flies (2026) s01e03 Episode Script
Simon
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FOOTSTEPS ON CONCRETE
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THEY HARMONISE: Sanctus
Sanctus
Sanctus
Dominus Deus
Sabaoth
Pleni sunt caeli et terra
Gloria tua
Hosanna in excelsis
Hosanna in excelsis
Hosanna in excelsis. ♪
RADIO STATIC HISSES
INDISTINCT VOICES IN STATIC
SIMON: December 15th.
Holiday is declared.
Parents pull pupils away
until only Jack and I are left.
He did not talk to me
until supper,
but then made a fine joke
about bread and butter pudding.
I tried not to play grateful
as I laughed.
He talked of plans,
how we were going to make this
the best of Christmases.
I said little.
I was called to the office after,
for a phone from home.
Mother wanted to speak before
they left for Switzerland.
She said Father was tired and would
speak to me in the new year.
She sounded not her best.
THEY LAUGH
I increasingly believe that bathing
is the only sensible thing
to do on this island.
Until what?
Why should we be
the only grown-ups?
I say eat, sleep and bathe.
You don't mean that.
I could mean that.
I SHOULD mean that.
I don't like those clouds.
It rains here. You may have noticed.
I'm not worried about rain.
I'm worried about a storm.
A storm is coming!
Mind my specs!
If I get water on the glass,
I've got to get out and clean it.
It was funny. Only if
you're in the mood for funny.
I've got a pain in my brain.
Ralph, don't Ralph!
Stop it!
There was a big storm.
The biggest
Simon Camborne had ever known.
He found it quite exciting.
He put on his galoshes
and his rain hat and his mack
and went out in it.
And he was amazed
at what he saw.
The whole of his garden
was a pond,
and full of fish.
He was frightened for a moment,
but then fish swam up to him,
smiled, and said
"Isn't it lovely here?"
LAUGHTER
And Simon felt good.
But then Simon Camborne
saw a problem.
His garden gate had orange toads
sitting all over it.
A problem I'll tell you about
tomorrow.
ALL PROTES
I will, I will, I will,
I promise.
Now, has everyone been
to the toilet?
BOYS: Yes.
Percival, have you?
I've forgotten my telephone number.
Buriton 623 Percival?
Yes, I went to the toilet.
Thank you.
All right, a bit of quiet now.
Now, remember, if you can't sleep,
doesn't mean the boy next to you
can't. So try not to disturb them.
Unless you need the loo.
Unless you need the loo.
BOYS GIGGLE
HE SIGHS
SIMON: Why has he got my name?
RALPH: Who? The boy Piggy's been
telling stories about.
Oh, I think Piggy's
just working his way through
everyone in the register. A
different story for each, you know?
Does he know how it ends?
I don't know. I think he just
makes it up as he goes along.
He has an enormous facility.
Did you mean it?
What you said about doing less?
Cos we've got the second shelter to
secure, signal fire to keep going
Jack's camp's not worrying
about anything like that.
My father took me
into his study one day.
My mother was there.
She was in tears.
She had a bruise just there.
He asked me to tell him
who I preferred - him or her.
I took a moment
and I told them
I couldn't decide who I preferred.
It's a hard
It's not that hard.
I loved her, and I hated him.
But I didn't say that.
Instead, I said I couldn't decide.
I was a coward.
My father told me that we're all
cowards, at least some of the time.
He pulled her up by the hair
and he said, "Do you hear that?"
"Even your precious boy
doesn't love you properly."
And walked away and slammed
the door, and she looked at me,
and then shouted and went after him,
begging him for something.
My point The point is
I'm a coward.
And I know that Jack is one, too.
And he'd hate me for telling you
that, but he is,
and you're not, Ralph.
You don't know that.
And we all, all the little 'uns,
need you. I need you.
I don't understand you and Jack.
We were alone a lot
in the long vacs.
We were friendly
when no-one else was there.
Then the others would come back
and he'd drop me like a stone.
I never minded.
He is nicer than people know.
But there is something.
SHOUTING
What? What?
We've seen it! We saw the beast!
We were up at the signal fire.
There's a beast on this island.
FLIES BUZZ
FLIES BUZZ LOUDLY
HE HOOTS
HE HOOTS
HOOTING REPEATS
Jack!
Jack! They're coming.
Why are you holding a leaf?
It was Piggy's idea.
THEY LAUGH
We wanted to show you
that we come to parley.
What do you wish to parley about?
The beast. There's been a sighting.
The fire was bright.
We'd just made it up. The fire.
We laid more sticks on
Keeping to Piggy's schedule.
BOTH: For the signal.
Then we saw the eyes.
Teeth. Claws. Halfway between
maybe a gorilla and a lion,
but like neither of them.
We ran as fast as we could.
Bashed into things. It followed us.
Did it do that?
No! That was a bush.
You definitely saw it? The beast?
You aren't pulling our legs?
BOTH: We saw it.
I believe them.
Yes. I believe them, too.
So the question is whether
to retreat or attack.
Where are you retreating to,
Captain? Another island?
Have you seen another island,
Maurice? I thought I did once,
but it was just a fly in my eye.
The beast has never come down here.
If we stay here, united
What, and be cramped in?
How should we get our food, Roger?
Maybe the pigs would come to us
if we asked nicely.
LAUGHTER
It's time to hunt.
The hunters will go. We've weapons.
Those spears are only made of wood.
You're frightened for us. How sweet.
I just don't see what good attacking
a beast with matchsticks will do.
So you agree with your pig?
You say we wait the beast out?
Did I say that? Yes.
I just think we need to think!
Tally ho! Onward,
Christian soldiers!
And the little 'uns, Jack?
Think of them.
If we go, and the beast comes
down Sucks to the little 'uns.
Stop! Everyone's shouting.
We should hold a proper meeting
with the conch. Sucks to the conch!
We know who ought to say things.
What good has Simon ever done
talking? Or Bill?
It's time some people leave
deciding things to the rest of us.
That was cruel.
He's choir.
He should have come to me.
Besides, I'm bored of worrying
about being cruel.
Time to get waxy. Adieu!
You're not thinking this through.
Where can it be?
Where can it live
that we haven't seen?
Thank you, Ralph.
You've given us our starting point.
The only place we haven't been.
Do you remember, Maurice?
The tail-end part of the island,
where the rocks are all piled up.
Yes, I know it.
You have realised the worst thing
about the beast
being on the mountain
is that the signal fire's out?
It's our duty to relight the fire.
Or are you done
with the rescue idea?
Then we all go.
Then all of us big 'uns go.
We all have to kill the beast.
Good.
CHOIR VOCALISES
Everywhere we go! ♪
No.
Not with them.
You can see why this is the only bit
of the island left unexplored.
HE BREATHES UNSTEADILY
I'm chief.
I'll go. Stay here.
Stay hidden.
Wait for me.
Do you think any of this
is about finding the beast?
WIND WHISTLES
ROCKS CRUMBLE UNDERFOO
ROCKS FALL BEHIND
I'm the head hunter.
I couldn't let you do it
on your own.
HE BREATHES UNSTEADILY
HE BREATHES UNSTEADILY
BOYS CLAP AND CHEER
HE BREATHES RAGGEDLY
WIND WHISTLES
LOUD CHEERING
Yes, Jack!
Yes! Yes, Jack!
Well, there's no beast here.
No, but what a wizard place
for a fort.
You're welcome to it.
I'm never visiting.
Once here, who'd need to leave?
There's no fresh water.
What's that, then?
WATER TRICKLES
You could put a coconut shell there,
filling all the time.
There are no coconuts!
Nor is there fruit, and nor pigs.
We'd have to travel for food.
We'll go back and climb
the mountain. Maurice was wrong.
Better to start
where the twins first saw it.
Pity you didn't try there first.
It was closer to camp.
You want me to reprimand Maurice?
HE SCOFFS
I don't think it was Maurice's idea.
You play brave, Chief.
But you're as scared as they come,
really. Aren't you?
And you're not as hardened
as you'd like us to think.
And who told you that?
INSECTS BUZZ, BIRDS CALL
SIMON: December 18th.
We've decided to call
the large oak in Pilgrim Court
the Tree of Destiny.
Jack has a plan to remap
the whole of the grounds.
The next week is to be Genesis,
our Genesis,
and we will rename and rebirth
everything inside the grounds
as if it is newly hatched.
He had us both stand on the hill
behind the cathedral and shout,
"Let there be light!"
He looked tremendous,
his yellow hair shining
like the sun itself.
He said, "We are as gods,
because if we are not gods",
"then how else
will the world be made?"
PIGGY: This is stupid.
We don't know where we're going.
ROGER: You're just fat and unfit.
Why are we stopping?
We were here before.
I remember.
If you cut through
You remember the pig run?
Went on for miles. Find them
and we'll find a route
all the way to the signal fire.
RALPH: Do we know where we're going?
We're following Jack.
Pig runs. Pig runs!
BOYS WHOOP AND SHOU
CHOIR VOCALISES
Jack! The sun's getting low.
We're all tired.
We're looking for the beast.
Looking needs light.
I'm hungry.
If we leave now, we can
get back to camp before dark.
We'll sleep, and then tomorrow
we can climb. It's a good idea.
If you're frightened,
of course we can turn back.
Do you have to make everything
into a com pet? Let him go.
Your Simon says to let me go.
Your pig gives you a reason
to turn back.
Your decision.
King Ralph.
A smaller group will move faster.
The rest should return to camp.
Good. We need volunteers.
Thank you.
Come on, Fatty.
You're not fast enough.
The little 'uns will need you
back at camp. They will.
We played rugger together.
You know I can do it.
You promise you won't faint?
Five seems a good number.
Give it back.
Give what back?
I can't even remember what I wrote.
It's the saddest story I ever read.
That's what you wrote.
You're tired.
If you don't want to go on,
I'll go up by myself.
I'll be with you, Jack.
Me too. I'm not tired.
Do they do anything you ask?
Don't yours?
Simon. You're a good dog.
You'd follow Ralph anywhere,
wouldn't you?
Go on, then. The three of you, go.
Fight the beast.
You see? You don't want to do this
without me.
Ralph, we don't need to.
Now you're my dog.
Ralph
Good idea.
Can you see anything?
There was no rock there. Am I right?
WIND BLOWS
WIND GUSTS
CONCH TRUMPETS
Jack, don't scare people.
Don't scare people?!
They've a right to be scared.
CONCH TRUMPETS
I've called this meeting There is
no meeting. I've got the conch!
You hate the conch.
First, you all need to know
we've seen the beast.
We were only a few feet away.
It sat up and looked at us.
Will you be quiet?! This is
important, and I have the conch!
We don't know what this beast does.
We don't even know what it is.
It comes from the sea. Hunting.
Maybe the beast is
Yes. It's hunting.
That's what it's doing.
The beast is a hunter
and there's only one thing
to do with hunters.
Hunt back. Kill or be killed.
ALL CHEER.
Says the man
who ran faster than anyone.
So Ralph thinks
all my hunters are no good.
What? I never said that. You liar!
Ralph thinks all my hunters
are cowards!
Run-away cowards!
Jack, will you let me speak?
Ralph is Piggy.
He says things like Piggy
because Piggy tells him
what to say.
LAUGHTER
Would you elect Piggy
as your leader?
No. Of course not.
All this talk, talk, talk. Who
wanted it? Who called this meeting?
Ralph oughtn't be your chief!
Do you hear?!
You already have your own camp.
Give me the conch.
BOYS SHOU
HE COUGHS
There's only one person
who can protect you from the beast,
and it isn't your chief.
Come on!
We never should have come!
Everywhere we go
ALL: Everywhere we go
People always ask us
People always ask us
Who we are Who we are
Where we come from
Where we come from ♪
QUIET RUSTLING
CROAKING
"December 26th.
"Jack remains ill.
"I'm reading him
Huckleberry Finn.
"There was a part where
I started doing funny voices,
"and Jack really laughed,
so I kept at it.
"They've said to keep him cool,
"but then he complains
about feeling cold,
"so I put the blankets on him.
I'd rather he be comfortable.
"I have taken
to leaving my curtains drawn
"so that if he needs me,
I can be there for him.
"He does not need much,
"just a comforting word
if he is frightened.
"Last night he accidentally
called me Mother"
"and we both laughed like drains."
"I lay with him until he slept."
Where would you be
if you were not here?
In a cottage
on the edge of Dartmoor.
My father worked the boats
in Plymouth.
A cottage? Sounds nice.
About the size of Simon's gatehouse,
I imagine.
We did have a gatehouse.
When it snowed,
we had to work darn hard,
make sure we wouldn't
get snowed in.
Father and I would be out there
till late
clearing and salting the paths.
But then once we'd done that,
we'd have cornflakes with sugar
and cream in front of the fire.
Cornflakes with sugar and cream?
HE SIGHS
What I'd give for that.
I think that's where I'd be.
Where would you, Simon?
I know where I'd be.
Behind the counter in the sweet shop
helping your auntie?
Whilst helping yourself
to a few of the fizzy snakes
and strawberry bootlaces. Chocolate
wheels. Sherbet flying saucers.
PIGGY LAUGHS
Go on, then, Simon.
I think, all told
if I could be anywhere
I'd choose here.
I've been happy here.
You'll get back to the, um
The cottage.
You'll get back
to where you came from.
Got a ship in your pocket?
HE LAUGHS
SHOUTING
The conch!
HE SHOUTS
SHOUTING CONTINUES
HE SHOUTS
HE HOWLS
Listen to me, all of you.
You're thieves, vagabonds.
Pathetic creatures.
Tonight we're having a feast.
We've killed a pig, and we've got
the fire to cook it with.
You can come and eat with us.
BOTH: The Chief has spoken!
Does that mean you're keeping
a signal fire going?
Does stealing our fire
mean that you're taking
responsibility for a beach signal
now we can't go up
the mountain? Jack!
Jack! Ralph.
You're batty, Simon.
Where is everyone?
Perhaps they're lying
in the shelter.
No.
The lake, then. Or the toilet.
Where's Samneric? Jack's party.
Why did you have to say that?
Why should we know and he not?
Let them go. I don't care.
What if we were to? It's a trap.
It's meat.
You hate him.
Yeah, but I don't hate meat.
We don't have to do anything else
except take and eat.
That's how we get stronger.
Bullies only have control
if you give them control.
I think bad things will happen.
But you're batty,
and Ralph's chief.
What do you think, Chief?
I think
I think
I think I wish I knew what makes
things break-up like they do.
They just They just do.
Sorry.
Do you mind if I ask Nickie?
Who's Nickie? Me.
I'm Nickie.
That's my name.
I don't know, really, Ralph.
I expect it's him.
Jack? Jack.
And is he everything?
Is he all of it? No.
Look, we just got to go on,
Ralph, that's all.
That's what grown-ups do.
DISTANT YELLING AND WHOOPING
ALL CHAN
SHOUTING
PIG SIZZLES
CHANTING CONTINUES
We want to say thank you!
ALL: Thank you!
For the gift of this pig.
ALL: Thank you!
This fierce fire!
Thank you!
This succulent meat.
ALL: Thank you!
That is so good to eat!
ALL: Thank you!
SHOUTING
We want to say thank you!
Thank you!
Ralph, would you like first flesh?
As Mother says,
always feed the guests first.
And your mother was quite the lady.
BOYS LAUGH
Wa-ooo!
ALL: Wa-ooo!
BOY: Come on!
LAUGHTER
CHEERING
Kill the beast!
Yeah, come on! Kill the beast!
SHOUTING
Pig is good.
THUNDER RUMBLES
One, two, three, four, five
THUNDER CRASHES
FLIES BUZZ
WHISPERING VOICE:
You are a silly little boy.
Just an ignorant,
silly little boy.
You'd better run off
and play with the others.
They already think you're batty.
You don't want Ralph to think
you're more batty, do you?
Aren't you afraid of me?
I'm the Beast.
No! You're just a pig's head
on a stick.
The pig was good!
CHEERING
There will be more pig
for those who join my tribe.
Who will join my tribe
and have fun?
CHEERING
I'm chief!
You're hunters. That was your job.
We've decided to not be frightened
of the beast.
We've decided
we're strong enough to kill it!
CHEERING
Who will join my tribe
and not be afraid?
CHEERING
Who will join my tribe
and not be afraid?
CHEERING
Kill the beast!
ALL: Cut its throat!
Spill its blood!
FLIES BUZZ
WHISPERING VOICE: Ignorant.
So ignorant.
All of you.
Fancy thinking the Beast was
something you could hunt and kill.
You knew. Stop!
But you didn't make them listen,
because you're weak.
THUNDER CRACKS
Run along now, Simon Camborne.
Run!
BOYS SHOU
Whoo!
A storm is coming!
Are you happy
with your shelter, Jack? Whoo!
This is a bad camp.
This is a bad camp for bad people!
Do our dance!
Dance!
WHOOPING
MALE CHOIR: Hallelujah
Hallelu Ha!
..jah ♪
Ha!
Ha!
Hallelujah, hallelu ♪
Ha! Ha-ha! ..jah ♪
Ha!
Ha-ha! Ha!
Ha! Ha-ha!
Hallelujah, hallelujah ♪
HE PANTS
THUNDER CRASHES
HE SHOUTS AND WHOOPS
Ha-ha!
CHANTING CONTINUES
CHOIR CONTINUES FAINTLY
MUTED CHEERING
INDISTINCT SHOUTING
ALL: Kill the beast!
Cut its throat! Spill its blood!
Kill the beast! Cut its throat!
Spill its blood!
Kill the beast!
Cut its throat! Spill its blood!
Kill the beast! Cut its throat!
Spill its blood!
Kill the beast!
Cut its throat! Spill its blood!
HE PANTS
Kill the beast! Cut its throat!
Spill its blood!
Kill the beast!
Cut its throat! Spill its blood!
Kill the beast! Cut its throat!
Spill its blood!
Kill the beast!
Cut its throat! Spill its blood!
Kill the beast!
HE PANTS
There! There!
ALL: Cut its throat!
Spill its blood!
Kill the beast! Cut its throat!
Spill its blood! Kill the beast!
No! Cut its throat! Spill its blood!
Kill the beast! Cut its throat!
Spill its blood!
Kill the beast!
Cut its throat! Spill its blood!
CHANTING AND SHOUTING
MUSIC DROWNS SPEECH
DISTANT CONVERSATION
HE BREATHES UNSTEADILY
SIMON: January 4th.
Lent term begins tomorrow,
so slowly, children will return
to where they should be.
Jack was kind at breakfast,
but by lunch he was readying himself
for the arrival of the others.
I asked him to meet me
at the Tree of Destiny,
and he said he did not know
which tree I talked of.
I tried to show little response.
Maurice was the first
of his platoon to appear.
He had cake from his cook,
which the two shared whilst
talking loudly of the adventures
of Maurice's Christmas.
I sat close enough to listen
and then returned to the dorm alone.
CHOIR HARMONISES: Sanctus
Sanctus
Sanctus
Dominus Deus Sabaoth
Pleni sunt caeli et terra
Gloria tua
Hosanna in excelsis
Hosanna in excelsis
Hosanna in excelsis
Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus
Pleni sunt caeli et terra
Gloria tua
Hosanna in excelsis. ♪
RADIO STATIC HISSES
INDISTINCT VOICES IN STATIC
RUSTLING
FOOTSTEPS ON CONCRETE
RUSTLING
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THEY HARMONISE: Sanctus
Sanctus
Sanctus
Dominus Deus
Sabaoth
Pleni sunt caeli et terra
Gloria tua
Hosanna in excelsis
Hosanna in excelsis
Hosanna in excelsis. ♪
RADIO STATIC HISSES
INDISTINCT VOICES IN STATIC
SIMON: December 15th.
Holiday is declared.
Parents pull pupils away
until only Jack and I are left.
He did not talk to me
until supper,
but then made a fine joke
about bread and butter pudding.
I tried not to play grateful
as I laughed.
He talked of plans,
how we were going to make this
the best of Christmases.
I said little.
I was called to the office after,
for a phone from home.
Mother wanted to speak before
they left for Switzerland.
She said Father was tired and would
speak to me in the new year.
She sounded not her best.
THEY LAUGH
I increasingly believe that bathing
is the only sensible thing
to do on this island.
Until what?
Why should we be
the only grown-ups?
I say eat, sleep and bathe.
You don't mean that.
I could mean that.
I SHOULD mean that.
I don't like those clouds.
It rains here. You may have noticed.
I'm not worried about rain.
I'm worried about a storm.
A storm is coming!
Mind my specs!
If I get water on the glass,
I've got to get out and clean it.
It was funny. Only if
you're in the mood for funny.
I've got a pain in my brain.
Ralph, don't Ralph!
Stop it!
There was a big storm.
The biggest
Simon Camborne had ever known.
He found it quite exciting.
He put on his galoshes
and his rain hat and his mack
and went out in it.
And he was amazed
at what he saw.
The whole of his garden
was a pond,
and full of fish.
He was frightened for a moment,
but then fish swam up to him,
smiled, and said
"Isn't it lovely here?"
LAUGHTER
And Simon felt good.
But then Simon Camborne
saw a problem.
His garden gate had orange toads
sitting all over it.
A problem I'll tell you about
tomorrow.
ALL PROTES
I will, I will, I will,
I promise.
Now, has everyone been
to the toilet?
BOYS: Yes.
Percival, have you?
I've forgotten my telephone number.
Buriton 623 Percival?
Yes, I went to the toilet.
Thank you.
All right, a bit of quiet now.
Now, remember, if you can't sleep,
doesn't mean the boy next to you
can't. So try not to disturb them.
Unless you need the loo.
Unless you need the loo.
BOYS GIGGLE
HE SIGHS
SIMON: Why has he got my name?
RALPH: Who? The boy Piggy's been
telling stories about.
Oh, I think Piggy's
just working his way through
everyone in the register. A
different story for each, you know?
Does he know how it ends?
I don't know. I think he just
makes it up as he goes along.
He has an enormous facility.
Did you mean it?
What you said about doing less?
Cos we've got the second shelter to
secure, signal fire to keep going
Jack's camp's not worrying
about anything like that.
My father took me
into his study one day.
My mother was there.
She was in tears.
She had a bruise just there.
He asked me to tell him
who I preferred - him or her.
I took a moment
and I told them
I couldn't decide who I preferred.
It's a hard
It's not that hard.
I loved her, and I hated him.
But I didn't say that.
Instead, I said I couldn't decide.
I was a coward.
My father told me that we're all
cowards, at least some of the time.
He pulled her up by the hair
and he said, "Do you hear that?"
"Even your precious boy
doesn't love you properly."
And walked away and slammed
the door, and she looked at me,
and then shouted and went after him,
begging him for something.
My point The point is
I'm a coward.
And I know that Jack is one, too.
And he'd hate me for telling you
that, but he is,
and you're not, Ralph.
You don't know that.
And we all, all the little 'uns,
need you. I need you.
I don't understand you and Jack.
We were alone a lot
in the long vacs.
We were friendly
when no-one else was there.
Then the others would come back
and he'd drop me like a stone.
I never minded.
He is nicer than people know.
But there is something.
SHOUTING
What? What?
We've seen it! We saw the beast!
We were up at the signal fire.
There's a beast on this island.
FLIES BUZZ
FLIES BUZZ LOUDLY
HE HOOTS
HE HOOTS
HOOTING REPEATS
Jack!
Jack! They're coming.
Why are you holding a leaf?
It was Piggy's idea.
THEY LAUGH
We wanted to show you
that we come to parley.
What do you wish to parley about?
The beast. There's been a sighting.
The fire was bright.
We'd just made it up. The fire.
We laid more sticks on
Keeping to Piggy's schedule.
BOTH: For the signal.
Then we saw the eyes.
Teeth. Claws. Halfway between
maybe a gorilla and a lion,
but like neither of them.
We ran as fast as we could.
Bashed into things. It followed us.
Did it do that?
No! That was a bush.
You definitely saw it? The beast?
You aren't pulling our legs?
BOTH: We saw it.
I believe them.
Yes. I believe them, too.
So the question is whether
to retreat or attack.
Where are you retreating to,
Captain? Another island?
Have you seen another island,
Maurice? I thought I did once,
but it was just a fly in my eye.
The beast has never come down here.
If we stay here, united
What, and be cramped in?
How should we get our food, Roger?
Maybe the pigs would come to us
if we asked nicely.
LAUGHTER
It's time to hunt.
The hunters will go. We've weapons.
Those spears are only made of wood.
You're frightened for us. How sweet.
I just don't see what good attacking
a beast with matchsticks will do.
So you agree with your pig?
You say we wait the beast out?
Did I say that? Yes.
I just think we need to think!
Tally ho! Onward,
Christian soldiers!
And the little 'uns, Jack?
Think of them.
If we go, and the beast comes
down Sucks to the little 'uns.
Stop! Everyone's shouting.
We should hold a proper meeting
with the conch. Sucks to the conch!
We know who ought to say things.
What good has Simon ever done
talking? Or Bill?
It's time some people leave
deciding things to the rest of us.
That was cruel.
He's choir.
He should have come to me.
Besides, I'm bored of worrying
about being cruel.
Time to get waxy. Adieu!
You're not thinking this through.
Where can it be?
Where can it live
that we haven't seen?
Thank you, Ralph.
You've given us our starting point.
The only place we haven't been.
Do you remember, Maurice?
The tail-end part of the island,
where the rocks are all piled up.
Yes, I know it.
You have realised the worst thing
about the beast
being on the mountain
is that the signal fire's out?
It's our duty to relight the fire.
Or are you done
with the rescue idea?
Then we all go.
Then all of us big 'uns go.
We all have to kill the beast.
Good.
CHOIR VOCALISES
Everywhere we go! ♪
No.
Not with them.
You can see why this is the only bit
of the island left unexplored.
HE BREATHES UNSTEADILY
I'm chief.
I'll go. Stay here.
Stay hidden.
Wait for me.
Do you think any of this
is about finding the beast?
WIND WHISTLES
ROCKS CRUMBLE UNDERFOO
ROCKS FALL BEHIND
I'm the head hunter.
I couldn't let you do it
on your own.
HE BREATHES UNSTEADILY
HE BREATHES UNSTEADILY
BOYS CLAP AND CHEER
HE BREATHES RAGGEDLY
WIND WHISTLES
LOUD CHEERING
Yes, Jack!
Yes! Yes, Jack!
Well, there's no beast here.
No, but what a wizard place
for a fort.
You're welcome to it.
I'm never visiting.
Once here, who'd need to leave?
There's no fresh water.
What's that, then?
WATER TRICKLES
You could put a coconut shell there,
filling all the time.
There are no coconuts!
Nor is there fruit, and nor pigs.
We'd have to travel for food.
We'll go back and climb
the mountain. Maurice was wrong.
Better to start
where the twins first saw it.
Pity you didn't try there first.
It was closer to camp.
You want me to reprimand Maurice?
HE SCOFFS
I don't think it was Maurice's idea.
You play brave, Chief.
But you're as scared as they come,
really. Aren't you?
And you're not as hardened
as you'd like us to think.
And who told you that?
INSECTS BUZZ, BIRDS CALL
SIMON: December 18th.
We've decided to call
the large oak in Pilgrim Court
the Tree of Destiny.
Jack has a plan to remap
the whole of the grounds.
The next week is to be Genesis,
our Genesis,
and we will rename and rebirth
everything inside the grounds
as if it is newly hatched.
He had us both stand on the hill
behind the cathedral and shout,
"Let there be light!"
He looked tremendous,
his yellow hair shining
like the sun itself.
He said, "We are as gods,
because if we are not gods",
"then how else
will the world be made?"
PIGGY: This is stupid.
We don't know where we're going.
ROGER: You're just fat and unfit.
Why are we stopping?
We were here before.
I remember.
If you cut through
You remember the pig run?
Went on for miles. Find them
and we'll find a route
all the way to the signal fire.
RALPH: Do we know where we're going?
We're following Jack.
Pig runs. Pig runs!
BOYS WHOOP AND SHOU
CHOIR VOCALISES
Jack! The sun's getting low.
We're all tired.
We're looking for the beast.
Looking needs light.
I'm hungry.
If we leave now, we can
get back to camp before dark.
We'll sleep, and then tomorrow
we can climb. It's a good idea.
If you're frightened,
of course we can turn back.
Do you have to make everything
into a com pet? Let him go.
Your Simon says to let me go.
Your pig gives you a reason
to turn back.
Your decision.
King Ralph.
A smaller group will move faster.
The rest should return to camp.
Good. We need volunteers.
Thank you.
Come on, Fatty.
You're not fast enough.
The little 'uns will need you
back at camp. They will.
We played rugger together.
You know I can do it.
You promise you won't faint?
Five seems a good number.
Give it back.
Give what back?
I can't even remember what I wrote.
It's the saddest story I ever read.
That's what you wrote.
You're tired.
If you don't want to go on,
I'll go up by myself.
I'll be with you, Jack.
Me too. I'm not tired.
Do they do anything you ask?
Don't yours?
Simon. You're a good dog.
You'd follow Ralph anywhere,
wouldn't you?
Go on, then. The three of you, go.
Fight the beast.
You see? You don't want to do this
without me.
Ralph, we don't need to.
Now you're my dog.
Ralph
Good idea.
Can you see anything?
There was no rock there. Am I right?
WIND BLOWS
WIND GUSTS
CONCH TRUMPETS
Jack, don't scare people.
Don't scare people?!
They've a right to be scared.
CONCH TRUMPETS
I've called this meeting There is
no meeting. I've got the conch!
You hate the conch.
First, you all need to know
we've seen the beast.
We were only a few feet away.
It sat up and looked at us.
Will you be quiet?! This is
important, and I have the conch!
We don't know what this beast does.
We don't even know what it is.
It comes from the sea. Hunting.
Maybe the beast is
Yes. It's hunting.
That's what it's doing.
The beast is a hunter
and there's only one thing
to do with hunters.
Hunt back. Kill or be killed.
ALL CHEER.
Says the man
who ran faster than anyone.
So Ralph thinks
all my hunters are no good.
What? I never said that. You liar!
Ralph thinks all my hunters
are cowards!
Run-away cowards!
Jack, will you let me speak?
Ralph is Piggy.
He says things like Piggy
because Piggy tells him
what to say.
LAUGHTER
Would you elect Piggy
as your leader?
No. Of course not.
All this talk, talk, talk. Who
wanted it? Who called this meeting?
Ralph oughtn't be your chief!
Do you hear?!
You already have your own camp.
Give me the conch.
BOYS SHOU
HE COUGHS
There's only one person
who can protect you from the beast,
and it isn't your chief.
Come on!
We never should have come!
Everywhere we go
ALL: Everywhere we go
People always ask us
People always ask us
Who we are Who we are
Where we come from
Where we come from ♪
QUIET RUSTLING
CROAKING
"December 26th.
"Jack remains ill.
"I'm reading him
Huckleberry Finn.
"There was a part where
I started doing funny voices,
"and Jack really laughed,
so I kept at it.
"They've said to keep him cool,
"but then he complains
about feeling cold,
"so I put the blankets on him.
I'd rather he be comfortable.
"I have taken
to leaving my curtains drawn
"so that if he needs me,
I can be there for him.
"He does not need much,
"just a comforting word
if he is frightened.
"Last night he accidentally
called me Mother"
"and we both laughed like drains."
"I lay with him until he slept."
Where would you be
if you were not here?
In a cottage
on the edge of Dartmoor.
My father worked the boats
in Plymouth.
A cottage? Sounds nice.
About the size of Simon's gatehouse,
I imagine.
We did have a gatehouse.
When it snowed,
we had to work darn hard,
make sure we wouldn't
get snowed in.
Father and I would be out there
till late
clearing and salting the paths.
But then once we'd done that,
we'd have cornflakes with sugar
and cream in front of the fire.
Cornflakes with sugar and cream?
HE SIGHS
What I'd give for that.
I think that's where I'd be.
Where would you, Simon?
I know where I'd be.
Behind the counter in the sweet shop
helping your auntie?
Whilst helping yourself
to a few of the fizzy snakes
and strawberry bootlaces. Chocolate
wheels. Sherbet flying saucers.
PIGGY LAUGHS
Go on, then, Simon.
I think, all told
if I could be anywhere
I'd choose here.
I've been happy here.
You'll get back to the, um
The cottage.
You'll get back
to where you came from.
Got a ship in your pocket?
HE LAUGHS
SHOUTING
The conch!
HE SHOUTS
SHOUTING CONTINUES
HE SHOUTS
HE HOWLS
Listen to me, all of you.
You're thieves, vagabonds.
Pathetic creatures.
Tonight we're having a feast.
We've killed a pig, and we've got
the fire to cook it with.
You can come and eat with us.
BOTH: The Chief has spoken!
Does that mean you're keeping
a signal fire going?
Does stealing our fire
mean that you're taking
responsibility for a beach signal
now we can't go up
the mountain? Jack!
Jack! Ralph.
You're batty, Simon.
Where is everyone?
Perhaps they're lying
in the shelter.
No.
The lake, then. Or the toilet.
Where's Samneric? Jack's party.
Why did you have to say that?
Why should we know and he not?
Let them go. I don't care.
What if we were to? It's a trap.
It's meat.
You hate him.
Yeah, but I don't hate meat.
We don't have to do anything else
except take and eat.
That's how we get stronger.
Bullies only have control
if you give them control.
I think bad things will happen.
But you're batty,
and Ralph's chief.
What do you think, Chief?
I think
I think
I think I wish I knew what makes
things break-up like they do.
They just They just do.
Sorry.
Do you mind if I ask Nickie?
Who's Nickie? Me.
I'm Nickie.
That's my name.
I don't know, really, Ralph.
I expect it's him.
Jack? Jack.
And is he everything?
Is he all of it? No.
Look, we just got to go on,
Ralph, that's all.
That's what grown-ups do.
DISTANT YELLING AND WHOOPING
ALL CHAN
SHOUTING
PIG SIZZLES
CHANTING CONTINUES
We want to say thank you!
ALL: Thank you!
For the gift of this pig.
ALL: Thank you!
This fierce fire!
Thank you!
This succulent meat.
ALL: Thank you!
That is so good to eat!
ALL: Thank you!
SHOUTING
We want to say thank you!
Thank you!
Ralph, would you like first flesh?
As Mother says,
always feed the guests first.
And your mother was quite the lady.
BOYS LAUGH
Wa-ooo!
ALL: Wa-ooo!
BOY: Come on!
LAUGHTER
CHEERING
Kill the beast!
Yeah, come on! Kill the beast!
SHOUTING
Pig is good.
THUNDER RUMBLES
One, two, three, four, five
THUNDER CRASHES
FLIES BUZZ
WHISPERING VOICE:
You are a silly little boy.
Just an ignorant,
silly little boy.
You'd better run off
and play with the others.
They already think you're batty.
You don't want Ralph to think
you're more batty, do you?
Aren't you afraid of me?
I'm the Beast.
No! You're just a pig's head
on a stick.
The pig was good!
CHEERING
There will be more pig
for those who join my tribe.
Who will join my tribe
and have fun?
CHEERING
I'm chief!
You're hunters. That was your job.
We've decided to not be frightened
of the beast.
We've decided
we're strong enough to kill it!
CHEERING
Who will join my tribe
and not be afraid?
CHEERING
Who will join my tribe
and not be afraid?
CHEERING
Kill the beast!
ALL: Cut its throat!
Spill its blood!
FLIES BUZZ
WHISPERING VOICE: Ignorant.
So ignorant.
All of you.
Fancy thinking the Beast was
something you could hunt and kill.
You knew. Stop!
But you didn't make them listen,
because you're weak.
THUNDER CRACKS
Run along now, Simon Camborne.
Run!
BOYS SHOU
Whoo!
A storm is coming!
Are you happy
with your shelter, Jack? Whoo!
This is a bad camp.
This is a bad camp for bad people!
Do our dance!
Dance!
WHOOPING
MALE CHOIR: Hallelujah
Hallelu Ha!
..jah ♪
Ha!
Ha!
Hallelujah, hallelu ♪
Ha! Ha-ha! ..jah ♪
Ha!
Ha-ha! Ha!
Ha! Ha-ha!
Hallelujah, hallelujah ♪
HE PANTS
THUNDER CRASHES
HE SHOUTS AND WHOOPS
Ha-ha!
CHANTING CONTINUES
CHOIR CONTINUES FAINTLY
MUTED CHEERING
INDISTINCT SHOUTING
ALL: Kill the beast!
Cut its throat! Spill its blood!
Kill the beast! Cut its throat!
Spill its blood!
Kill the beast!
Cut its throat! Spill its blood!
Kill the beast! Cut its throat!
Spill its blood!
Kill the beast!
Cut its throat! Spill its blood!
HE PANTS
Kill the beast! Cut its throat!
Spill its blood!
Kill the beast!
Cut its throat! Spill its blood!
Kill the beast! Cut its throat!
Spill its blood!
Kill the beast!
Cut its throat! Spill its blood!
Kill the beast!
HE PANTS
There! There!
ALL: Cut its throat!
Spill its blood!
Kill the beast! Cut its throat!
Spill its blood! Kill the beast!
No! Cut its throat! Spill its blood!
Kill the beast! Cut its throat!
Spill its blood!
Kill the beast!
Cut its throat! Spill its blood!
CHANTING AND SHOUTING
MUSIC DROWNS SPEECH
DISTANT CONVERSATION
HE BREATHES UNSTEADILY
SIMON: January 4th.
Lent term begins tomorrow,
so slowly, children will return
to where they should be.
Jack was kind at breakfast,
but by lunch he was readying himself
for the arrival of the others.
I asked him to meet me
at the Tree of Destiny,
and he said he did not know
which tree I talked of.
I tried to show little response.
Maurice was the first
of his platoon to appear.
He had cake from his cook,
which the two shared whilst
talking loudly of the adventures
of Maurice's Christmas.
I sat close enough to listen
and then returned to the dorm alone.
CHOIR HARMONISES: Sanctus
Sanctus
Sanctus
Dominus Deus Sabaoth
Pleni sunt caeli et terra
Gloria tua
Hosanna in excelsis
Hosanna in excelsis
Hosanna in excelsis
Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus
Pleni sunt caeli et terra
Gloria tua
Hosanna in excelsis. ♪
RADIO STATIC HISSES
INDISTINCT VOICES IN STATIC