Baby Farm (2025) s01e04 Episode Script

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[in Pidgin] You didn't come to dinner?
[Ebun sighs]
[Ebun] I'm not hungry.
I thought it was for the best.
For who?
For you.
For everybody.
For our family.
Ebun, they are not your family.
They love us.
Ebun, they beat you.
That's not love.
[moans]
Please don't cry.
Please don't cry.
Please don't cry.
What would you say if I told you
I was going to escape again?
-I don't want to know.
-Ebun…
-Don't tell me.
-I trust you.
I don't want you to trust me.
Don't tell me anything.
I'm not strong like you.
That's why I trust you.
Because if you were a spy,
you would want to know.
I have to trust someone, or I'll go mad.
So I choose to trust you.
Someone left a master key on my
clothes while I was showering.
I think it's to the main gate.
That's a setup.
Why would they bother?
If they want to kill me, they can kill me.
Why bother giving me a key?
I think it's real.
I have to try.
And I'm not going to leave you behind.
Do you hear me?
You deserve love.
Real love.
Mm-mmm.
You have to come with me.
Ebun, please try. Ebun…
[Bolade, in English] Maker Ebun.
Come with me.
For what?
Come with me.
I have been bending over
backwards to protect you, haven't I?
Right from the start,
haven't I done everything for you?
You're my girl.
[chuckles]
All these years…
We've given you a home.
A safe place.
Shelter.
Food.
An education.
Is this how you repay my protection?
My love.
Aren't we family?
Aren't you my favorite daughter?
You're still here, aren't you?
Even though you've given us nothing.
Then tell me, Eb…
[Ebun sniffles]
How is she planning to escape?
[in Pidgin] I think she has help.
[in English] Who?
[cries]
You'll find out.
By tomorrow morning.
[in Pidgin] It must be tonight.
[kisses]
[in English] I'm just thinking…
The sooner we pull out,
the better, you know, huh?
I want a family, Akin.
Babe, we're on the brink of getting
everything we've ever dreamed of.
Here you go again.
Look, if it was a choice between having
a family and giving everything else up,
I would give everything else up.
What about you?
Come on. Baby, I've sacrificed too.
I took the fall for that drug issue.
And this is who
you've become today. A star.
Babe, we could be something in this world.
No, I don't want what you want.
I want something I can love
that would love me back unconditionally.
Something real, Akin. Something honest.
And I thought you did too.
How d… I do.
Yeah, babe, I do.
That's why we are a team, right?
If we want different things,
then how are we a team?
What are you saying to me?
I'm saying
I'm going to have a family, Akin.
And if you won't be a part of it,
step out of the way.
'Cause I'm going to do this
with or without you.
[Chinedu] Good night, makers.
Sleep well.
And sweet dreams.
[chuckles]
Um…
I can't be at my place
on my own right now.
I know I called you a bitch, but…
[sighs]
-Can I?
-Yeah.
Thank you.
-You know you look like shit, by the way?
-I've been a mess.
I'm going out of my mind. I can't sleep.
Fine, you can stay here.
But just for tonight.
Fine.
I'll order takeaway.
Watch some TV.
I'll get you one of my pills.
Just get some sleep.
[Itunu, in Pidgin] Where are you going?
[Ebun] Let's go back to sleep.
What's happening?
Are you escaping?
Please, I want to come with you.
Don't leave me behind.
Let's go.
[speaks Pidgin]
[guards chatter]
[guards chatter]
[Ebun] You ready?
Come, quick.
Now.
[Itunu screams]
[guard laughing, wheezing]
[camera beeping]
[Ebun] Now.
Get over.
[Itunu grunts]
[Ebun] Come.
-[Itunu whimpers]
-[Ebun shushing]
[Itunu breathing heavily]
-[guards chatter]
-[Itunu screams]
Make another sound and
I will bash your head in.
[Itunu screaming]
[Itunu grunting]
[door rattles loudly]
[door rattles]
[guard gasps] Look here.
How did she get here?
-How did you get here?
-[Itunu] They are escaping.
-Who's escaping?
-They're escaping!
-[guard] Come!
-[guard 2 shouting]
[Itunu] They're escaping!
You know the girls that go into that place
and that they don't come out again?
-Right?
-Mm-hmm.
They're all pregnant,
like your sister, yeah?
So then what exactly happens to them?
'Cause I… I can't…
Oh, wait.
You know, there have been
reports in the media
of several busts of these things
called baby farms.
-What, as in baby factory?
-Mm-hmm.
It's like you have lost it.
Oh, clearly you only listen
to your own news.
It's these people who take
pregnant young girls in,
and when they have the babies,
they take the babies and they sell them.
What if they sell to people
like Cherise Uko for big bucks?
Now do you get it?
You know these things happen.
That's why they don't want anyone
to find out about it.
Ah!
[laughs] I'm gonna tell this story.
-[knocks on door]
-[Ify] Hey, wait.
[Joy] What?
You don't know who that is.
-It's the pizza guy.
-No, wait. Don't open the door.
Relax. You're too worried.
It's the pizza guy.
Joy!
It's the pizza guy. You're too worried,
you're afraid of your own shadow.
Hey? [chuckles]
You are here fast.
[Ify gasps]
[phone buzzes]
-[Ify shouts]
-[skillet thuds]
[phone buzzes]
[guard groans]
-[in Pidgin] I can't carry on.
-[Ebun muttering]
[Ebun] Ada, we have to go.
I can't. My babies are coming.
Please, you have to stand up.
We're outside already.
If they catch us now,
it's going to be brutal.
-Okay.
-Please try.
Let's go.
[Adanna moaning]
[moaning]
[Ebun mutters]
Listen to me, Ebun…
If I don't get medical help,
the babies could die.
It doesn't matter what they do to me.
I have to save my babies.
But you have to go.
Go, Ebun, you have to go.
Get away from here.
No, you can't leave me alone out here.
Ebun.
Go find help.
Go find someone who can help us.
Tell them we're in here. Tell the world.
For the sake of my babies.
I can't, Adanna.
I can't make it on my own.
Ebun!
You can!
Do you hear me?
You survived everything
they've done to you.
You'll survive.
So you can go.
Go! You're our only hope.
-Wait.
-[Ebun sobs]
Call the number on this flyer.
She's looking for Emem.
Call the number and tell her everything.
Just be brave.
Ebun, go before they come.
Go!
Ebun, go!
[baby cries]
[Adanna mutters]
[baby crying]
Please, are they all right?
They're fine. You did well.
Please, let me just hold them.
I'm sorry.
[crying]
[in English] How did they get through
the security doors and the gates?
Hmm?
I want you to give the order
if there's another attempted escape,
you shoot to kill, do you understand?
To kill. Or do I
have to do everything myself?
No problem sorting out that issue?
No.
[sighs] Good.
Good. There'll be a good reward for you.
A nice little bonus.
At least someone around here
knows how to do their fucking job!
[knocks on door]
You have any news about Ebun?
What news were you expecting, darling?
Um, the boys are out looking for her.
She won't go far. She hasn't been
out in the world in years.
She'll stay close to home.
I let you play house with this girl
like she's your child
and this is what I get.
Things are going to fucking-well change
around here!
Love, you're being ridiculous.
I don't think--
I don't care what you think!
You're on thin ice with me.
[breathes shakily]
Dear Lord, please.
Please bring Ebun safely back to me.
[door opens]
Please help me to support my husband.
Help me to obey him.
Help me to always strive to do his will.
Amen.
I didn't know you were there.
I shouldn't have struck you like that
in front of the staff.
It's just a lot of pressure right now.
Losing the twins would've lost us
a lot of money and traction.
We have the fundraiser tomorrow
and we need everything in order
and locked down.
Everything will go back to normal soon.
If not, I'll have to start
taking more drastic measures.
That man, he's the one that you used to…
to do you dirty work, isn't he?
He does what I tell him.
What did you tell him?
Do you really want to know?
'Cause I get the impression you'd rather
not know how certain things are done
so that…
you can keep saying your prayers.
Telling yourself you're innocent.
But I can tell you
if you really want to know.
Ebun has been here too long.
She thinks she can escape,
but soon she'll come running back to us,
asking for forgiveness.
[in Pidgin] Hey! Get up!
Where do you think you are?
I'm sorry, ma'am. I'm hungry.
Hunger my ass! Get out of here!
[owner] Imagine.
[in English] I don't understand
why I have to do this.
It's very painful.
-The babies need the milk.
-But I'm here.
What are you going to do with the babies?
We need this bed. She's ready to go back
to the general ward.
Sister Barb. Please.
I'm very sorry I tried to escape.
I made a mistake.
Please, if you just let me see my babies,
-I promise, no more trouble from me.
-[Barbara] Take her back to the ward.
Let it be known that she is to be shunned.
No one is to speak to her
or offer her kindness
under threat of punishment.
There will be further consequences
for you actions, Maker Adanna.
I can't protect you if you won't listen.
Please just tell me where the baby--
Up.
[Akin] You know,
once we host this fundraiser,
we'll be tied to that foundation forever.
There's no backing out.
Akin. I'm not backing out.
I'm having my babies.
And like I told you, I am doing this
with or without you.
So feel free to walk away.
From all of it.
I'm not walking away.
Good.
[Joy] I'm going to go
to that fundraiser tomorrow
and I will confront Cherise Uko again.
You know, she's actually afraid of me.
[in Pidgin] So you had to do it again.
You don't care what happens to us.
[Comfort] Adanna.
Ebun…
Where's Ebun?
She escaped.
And now what?
Now I must be punished for you. Again?
Slap.
Slap!
Slap!
[Adanna screams]
[through monitor] Slap!
She's a spy!
She reports to them! She's not one of us!
This girl's mad!
She tries to escape
and gets us into trouble,
[through monitor] …now she blames me!
All this trouble only started
when she arrived!
-Yes!
-No, don't listen to her.
They want to divide us because
they're scared of us.
But if we work together,
we will be too strong for them.
[Dayo] What about us?
[Adanna] Dayo, I'm not your enemy.
They're the enemy.
They are holding us prisoner, not me!
Comfort.
-Please listen to me.
-[Comfort grunts]
[Itunu] Move!
Dayo, you're supposed to be my helper,
we're supposed to be friends.
Oh, shut up!
Shut up!
You don't have any friends here.
Understood?
Nobody will help you.
[Dayo] Move.
Hello.
So lovely to see you both.
Thank you for coming. You have champagne?
[soft jazz plays]
It's a good turnout for such short notice.
Yes, it is.
-Hello again.
-Hello. Welcome.
So lovely to see you.
Please get a glass of champagne.
Ah, Cherise,
allow me to introduce Chief Aremu.
One of the foundation's
largest benefactors.
Oh, welcome.
-Pleased to meet you.
-Thanks for all you do for the foundation.
Oh, Akin. This is Eniye.
She's one of our girls.
Nice to meet you.
She has cognitive difficulties.
We let her accompany the staff
on their duties.
And it's nice for the donors to see
one of the girls that they're helping.
Ah. Yes.
[doorman] Good day.
You have your invitation?
Yes. I have it right, um…
Yes, you can go in, madam.
I'm sorry, Adanna.
I'm not strong enough.
-Hello.
-Hi.
It's wonderful to meet you.
Uh, welcome. Thanks for supporting
the Evans Foundation.
I can tell you're a good woman
and you care about women and children.
Well, that's why I've decided
to represent the foundation.
Please forgive me
for what I'm about to say, but…
I don't think these people are
who you think they are.
[Chinedu] You did really good.
[in Pidgin] I've worked it out.
You're the one who's been helping me.
You're the only one who could
have gotten those keys.
I just want to say thank you.
[in English] It's nearly time for dinner,
makers.
[Ify] Don't be frightened.
Do you recognize her?
Is this a joke?
She's the one
that was trying to ask you questions.
You remember her?
They killed her last night
because she was getting too close.
Please. I'm not crazy.
I really need you to listen to me.
Get away from me.
Get the fuck away from me.
My sister came to this place for help,
and now I can't find her.
And they killed her
because this place takes babies
and sells them.
I had to come here and tell you
that there are girls being hurt.
What are you saying?
This is a baby factory.
Who was that?
[Cherise] Oh, I have to go.
It just started.
Yeah. Mm-hmm.
I have to go. Right now.
-We're leaving.
-What happened?
What did that woman say?
This is extremely unprofessional.
[phone rings]
Hello?
[in Pidgin] I have your flyer about Em.
I know her. Please, I need your help.
-Who's this?
-My name's Ebun.
I don't know you.
I escaped from the Evans Foundation.