Balaraw: Blood Island (2026) s01e04 Episode Script

[foreboding music playing]
[all chanting]
[suspenseful music playing]
[shaky breathing]
[retches]
[gasps]
[breathes heavily]
[pants heavily]
[sighs wearily]
[rumbling]
[all gasp]
[dramatic sting]
[wheezing]
[grunts]
[knife scrapes]
[Javier] Ramon.
You packed Dad's weapons, right?
-[woman screams] Stop!
-[gasps]
[woman sobbing]
No!
[gasps]
[screams] Lay off!
Fuck! Let her go!
[suspenseful music playing]
[Javier breathing heavily]
Ramon, what are we gonna do?
[breathing heavily]
Run! Now!
[Javier] Rafael! Hey!
-Andres!
-Wait, wait!
Come on. Come on.
[Andres] Hurry up. Let's go.
[all panting]
-[bone creaks]
-[all gasping]
[whimpers]
-[thumping]
-[all gasp]
[branch breaks]
[all groaning, panting]
-[yelps]
-[gasps]
[all gasping, panting]
Captain! Captain!
No! Wait!
Stop! Let me go!
[Ramon] Forget him. Just come on.
Come on, come on.
Go!
-No, wait!
-[grunts]
[suspenseful music playing]
-[Tessa] Who could that--
-[screaming]
-[both screaming]
-[Andres] Javier!
-Javier!
-No! No!
[screaming]
-What are you doing?
-[pants]
The captain was taken by that one.
They also took Violeta.
It's kill or be killed,
if you want to survive.
[bird hooting]
[Ramon] Javier.
We'll get you all fixed up
when we get home.
Doesn't look that bad.
Easy for you to say, Andres.
[Tessa breathing heavily]
Tessa.
[breathing stops]
Ramon, we knew
she was never going to make it.
The same thing will happen to us
unless we get out of here.
[Rafael] There was no way
she could have survived.
I don't want to end up like her.
We have nothing to eat.
Maybe we shouldn't waste the flesh.
What are you saying?
Huh?
You lost your mind? Hey?
-I think Rafael's right.
-What? You as well now?
You want to ask the locals for help?
We have nothing to eat here
and no actual plan.
[gasps] Fuck!
[grunting]
[growls]
[screams] No!
[gasps]
Ramon!
Ramon! Ramon!
[gasping]
[Javier] Oh, shit. What the fuck is that?
[Javier screams, pants]
[footsteps receding]
[mysterious music playing]
[thunder rumbling]
[Ramon] "And I say that the things
which the gentiles sacrifice…
are to the devil and not to God."
[thunder rumbling]
[man groaning]
[Ramon] "And I say that ye shall not…"
[man screams]
[pants]
[Ramon] "…have fellowship with devils."
[man grunts, pants]
"I say he cannot
drink from the cup of the Lord,
and also from that…
of devils."
"And neither shall ye be part acres
at the Lord's table…
and at the table of devils."
[snarls]
[panting]
[sighs in relief]
[thunder rumbling]
[Ramon] "Let every man seek the wealth
or another."
[glorious music playing]
[opening theme music playing]
BALARAW: BLOOD ISLAND
[woman groans]
[grunts]
[panting]
[groans]
[pants]
Here, use this.
[Sabina grunts]
[gentle waves crashing]
[Vedasto] Rebecca.
Rebecca?
You're making that face.
You're making that face, too.
I get worried when you do.
I didn't keep anything from Mama or Papa.
After they've gone,
seeing their things always made me cry.
I get upset even now.
It's just us two, now.
It was wrong not to take anything.
Vedasto, what are you doing?
[sighs]
Oh, I'm fine. I don't need it.
-Don't worry.
-Mm-hm.
[both chuckle]
Okay?
It's just to stop you crying.
When you're asleep, I'll take it back.
-[Vedasto chuckles]
-[sighs]
I honestly don't get your obsession
with Babang Yawa,
the Bermuda Triangle of the Philippines.
Even the Bermuda Triangle,
that's been well
and truly debunked, you know?
And ours isn't real.
Ours is a fake.
There's proof of it, all right?
There are conspiracy theories.
You came along, though.
[Jonas] Ah, shit!
Yeah, shit. Jonas!
-[Jonas] Damn it!
-[Ding] You said it!
Stop the boat! It's over there!
Leave it to me.
Be careful out there!
Rebecca.
Let's do this now.
It's too dangerous.
Becca?
-[groans]
-[Vedasto] Becca!
You be careful.
You hear me?
[pants]
[Vedasto] Just grab it and swim back here!
-It's over there!
-Where?
[Brian] It's getting rough.
The waves are building.
[Vedasto] Hurry, Rebecca!
[pants]
[Vedasto] Come on, you got it.
Now get back here quickly!
-Rebecca, hurry!
-Oh, yeah!
[men cheering]
[Vedasto] Rebecca, watch out!
There's a wave coming!
Swim back now, quickly!
What? [gasps]
[Vedasto] Swim back! Swim!
[panting]
[suspenseful music playing]
Hey.
Vedasto!
Hey!
[panting]
[wind howling]
[breathes heavily]
[muffled sinister music playing]
[coughing]
[gasps]
[coughing]
[mysterious music playing]
Vedasto?
[pants]
Vedasto?
Vedasto!
[suspenseful music playing]
[gasps]
[gasps]
[low growl]
[gasps]
[low growl]
[body thuds]
[whimpering]
[suspenseful music playing]
Vedasto?
Vedasto…
[snores softly]
[suspenseful music continues]
[Ramon] Who's the president now?
-I doubt you'd be able to work it out.
-Mmm.
Okay, I'll give you a clue.
Mmm.
It's an entertainer.
[chuckles]
I don't even want to try.
[men laughing]
[Rebecca] Vedasto?
[Vedasto] Becca!
[Ding] Becca, let's eat.
Good idea.
Sit here.
Rebecca, this is Señor Ramon.
Just Ramon.
She your sister?
My youngest.
Rebecca, Mr. Ramon.
Ramon Cardoma.
Sit down, please.
Diwa, bring up more food.
-[footsteps receding]
-[wooden floor creaking]
Where are we, Señor Ramon?
We're on Balaraw.
I've never heard of it.
It's shaped like a dagger.
So that's what the locals named it.
I didn't notice.
If you're here for much longer, you will.
We won't be staying.
[chuckles]
How long have you been here?
It was something like, two years ago.
We decided to stay for good.
[Rebecca] But… don't you all want to…
go back to Manila?
[scoffs]
We have nothing to go back to.
Balaraw is our home now.
You're on the run, are you? [chuckles]
-Are you in debt?
-Yeah, loan sharks.
[men laughing]
My brothers and I,
and Diwa, and Crisanto,
all of us, this is our home.
This is our island now.
[Andres] Yeah.
It wasn't a first choice,
but we got used to it.
-[footsteps approaching]
-[wooden floor creaking]
The world outside was in chaos
-when we left.
-Thank you.
-[Vedasto] Yes. Thank you.
-That's not any better than here.
-[footsteps]
-[wooden floor creaking]
[Ramon] Rebecca.
Eat.
[fork scrapes]
When I was in the jungle…
I think I saw a person.
A person, though…
[groans]
They had huge wings,
like a gigantic bat.
I'm not sure if I remember correctly, but…
Sorry. I'm…
It sounds absurd.
I'm probably tired.
It's not absurd.
Come with me when you've finished eating.
I can eat later.
Are you sure?
Then, let's go.
This is Rafael, our eldest brother.
He's the doctor I was talking about.
My brother is the only doctor we have.
Dr. Vedasto Tejeros.
But I'm not that kind of doctor.
[groans]
She's asking about the, uh,
the creature.
She wants to see it.
-Wait, Ramon.
-[Vedasto] Go on then.
Ramon, wait.
-Should I go as well?
-Ramon.
This one's dead.
It died around a week ago.
Is this what you saw?
Mm-hm.
This is the last of its kind
here on Balaraw.
[mysterious music playing]
If this is the last…
what was it that I saw?
Maybe this island
was trying to talk to you.
Will you let me touch it?
[breathing heavily]
[calm music playing]
There's something different
about the soil here.
This is really sticky,
like it's got sap in it.
Do you mind if we get a sample?
We can study it when we get back home.
Be my guest.
[Ding] Has our boat been found?
They're still looking but don't worry.
We can assist you
if there's anything at all wrong with it.
Javier is an excellent engineer.
I could help, too.
[Ramon] So you're the bravest
amongst you, hm?
You're the one who got the camera.
-[Rebecca] Oh, well.
-[Ramon chuckles]
-[Rebecca] You know, I'm a strong swimmer.
-[both chuckling]
[crickets chirping]
You know, my brother
doesn't believe in Babang Yawa.
Is your brother religious?
Ah-- [chuckles]
-What is it?
-[laughs]
No, the opposite.
He hasn't had faith in any God
since we were young.
That was my mother's cross to bear.
She was a very strict Catholic.
[scoffs] I see.
My brother and I are the same,
but I just didn't tell my mother.
Yet you believe in Babang Yawa.
There has to be a scientific
explanation, though,
as to why a lot of ships
get shipwrecked here.
Yours.
Ours.
I guess it's--
Yeah, but…
We were on an airplane.
A plane?
Here we are.
Oh, wow.
It's gorgeous.
What?
[chuckles]
Come on.
Yes. [chuckles]
Careful now.
-[yelps]
-Oh!
[crickets chirping]
[exhales sharply]
That's mine.
Ah.
I got it from Señor Rafael.
Where did you get yours?
My brother.
[indistinct chatter, laughter]
Catch me if you can!
-[laughs]
-Come get me.
-[man laughs]
-[boy laughs]
-Think you can catch me?
-[boy] I'm gonna get you.
-[laughter]
-You could do this.
[Rebecca] Hm?
[Jonas] It's like the soil
has kind of sap in it, right?
You mustn't rush it
or you'll cut yourself.
-Watch it--
-Rebecca! Vedasto!
-Look what I got.
-[Vedasto] Does it work?
-[Ding] It was in my bag.
-Is it working?
[Ding] Of course it does.
Interesting. Get in the picture.
-Come out.
-Here we go.
-Okay, look over there. It's a camera.
-Stand close together.
You ready?
-One, two.
-Look over there.
-[Ding] Here we go.
-[camera clicks]
Nice!
Did it work?
[Ding] You wanna see it?
And the picture hasn't come up yet.
[sighs] It's so hot.
There.
You're hot. [laughs]
[Vedasto] It has a special surface
and when the light hits it,
it creates a picture.
[Ding] There's not much film left.
-[Vedasto] How much left?
-[Ding] Only four.
Hey, can you take this?
You can keep it.
Look how well it's developed.
Ah. Look there.
[woman] You're the one
who saw the creature?
I was.
What sort of creature is it?
The brothers said nothing.
[Rebecca] No, ma'am.
But there was a dead one in their house.
That's Talas.
That's what it's called?
I liked Talas.
But he was a little reckless.
He knew it was dangerous
to go out on his own.
He? What do you mean?
[woman] He went
to the other side of the island.
There was an accident.
He got injured.
And nobody knew.
And then…
he transformed.
Transformed?
Wait. Are you saying that
that thing in the house is human?
Not anymore.
If the wound isn't taken care of,
then we transform.
The wound will heal,
but we're changed forever.
What if one of you passes on?
It's no different.
But that hardly ever happens now.
We know the cure now.
Holy meat.
Meat?
But there's no livestock here on Balaraw.
-[snickers]
-[suspenseful music playing]
There's a lot of us around.
How is she?
[Sabina] She'll be all right for now.
But her wound is serious.
It could get infected.
Only the Cardomas can help her this time.
Let's get off this island.
Got a boat here?
Where?
At the beach.
Head right, out of the cave.
It's near the shoreline.
That's where I hid it.
Why didn't you just leave this place?
I kept searching for you.
You think I didn't try?
Is Ramon my real father?
[Ding] Hold on.
Are you saying you were a millionaire
and you lived in a mansion?
-Mm.
-Oh.
-You're rich.
-Not just that.
And your folks are connected.
-He's a millionaire.
-Really well-connected.
[men laughing]
Pour me another one.
-And you turned your backs on all of this?
-[Jonas] No, no, no, next to you.
Is that how it goes?
You're crazy to do that.
-[laughs]
-Hey, don't call it crazy.
But look at what we have.
Well, it's your choice.
[sighs]
Our airplane crashed here, Vedasto.
That's how we ended up here.
You and I are different.
I have faith in the Holy Word.
I don't have faith in accidents
or chance.
I believe that we were all
brought here by the Lord.
And so I think all this occurred for…
a reason.
And it's not for me to question that.
Cheers, Don Ramon.
-Hand me the bottle.
-[Ding] To Señor Ramon!
Come on. Hand it over.
-[Vedasto] Cheers.
-[Ding] Glass half full, huh?
-But you're here all alone.
-[Ding] When I become a millionaire,
every day, I'm gonna eat bulalo.
You know, all of you here,
don't you ever get lonely by yourself?
[men laughing]
Isn't that obvious?
You're full of "bull-alo."
[men laughing]
Ramon?
Ding?
Brian!
Vedasto!
[pants]
[tense rhythmic music playing]
Diwa?
Diwa.
Have you seen my brother?
What about Señor Ramon?
Where are they?
Do you know?
Diwa, you have to tell me.
I need your help, Diwa.
Tell me where they are! Please.
[bird hooting]
No!
-Please, have mercy.
-Get in!
Come on!
[Vedasto coughing]
[punches landing]
-[grunts]
-[groans]
[grunts]
[Vedasto wheezes, coughs]
[grunts]
-Vedasto!
-Don't struggle.
-[Rebecca] Let me go!
-[Ramon] Don't fight me.
-[Rebecca] Let go of me, you bastard!
-[Ramon] Calm down, Rebecca.
[Rebecca] Ramon, fuck you! Let me go!
[Ramon] Calm down!
[gasps]
-I don't want--
-Asshole, let my sister go!
[yelps]
-[Rebecca] Vedasto!
-[Ramon] Don't do it, Vedasto.
[whimpers]
[Vedasto] You fucking piece of shit!
Let my sister go!
Yeah, yeah, keep squirming,
and I'll slit your neck.
Is that something you understand, huh?
Get it, moron?
Brother?
Rebecca, run!
I'm older than you.
When I say you have to go, then go!
Rebecca!
I said go!
I can't. [sobs]
-Don't come any closer-- [groans]
-Ah!
[Javier panting]
[Vedasto breathing heavily]
[grunts]
[panting]
[pants]
[loud shrieking]
[suspenseful music playing]
[pants]
[Crisanto] She went in.
She's gone, Ramon
[Ramon] Crisanto.
Anyone ever gotten out of there?
No one.
This is all your fault, motherfucker.
This was none of your business.
We were going to let your sister go.
Don't shoot.
It's too easy for him.
No one touches these assholes
until I say so.
You're allowed to live, Vedasto.
But your friends, though?
I'm going to kill them very slowly,
one by one, in front of you.
You only die…
when I say you die.
You don't believe in the Lord, right?
Well, now I am your Lord.
[retches, coughs]
[inhales sharply]
[breathing heavily]
[groans]
[crickets chirping]
[suspenseful music playing]
Hey, look. What is that?
[fisherman 1] Oh, yeah.
She's dead, all right.
-[fisherman 2] I wonder what happened.
-[sighs]
[suspenseful music playing]
[coughs]
[fisherman 2] She's still alive.
-How can that be?
-[moans]
[monitor beeps]
[gasps]
[sighs]
[doctor] Ms. Tejeros.
Doctor, where's my chain?
We have it.
How am I doing, doc?
Well, the good news is,
your condition is stable now.
I was worried because your fever
was very high the other day,
but it's gone down now.
There's no more water in your lungs,
and all the small wounds you had
have now completely healed.
And you've regained consciousness.
Is there bad news?
That depends.
Depends on?
If you plan on having a child or not.
You're pregnant, Ms. Tejeros.
[officer] That place you're talking about.
Well, there isn't--
There just isn't any island mass
in that area,
let alone an island that big.
I was there.
And I know my brother is still there.
Uh, yes. Dr. Vedasto Tejeros.
You were together on a research trip.
There is a report, actually, that…
uh, the local authorities lost contact
with the vessel's crew members.
You're the only one that was found.
They're alive.
I know they are.
My brother, the Cardomas.
And they're not the only ones there, too.
There are people.
There are lots of other people.
There was even--
There was a man who…
had bat wings.
He had the wings of a bat.
Bat wings.
Shit.
-Shit, shit, shit, shit.
-Miss, are you okay?
Now I'm hearing my own story.
I can't believe what I'm saying.
Why would you believe me?
But I'm not delirious.
And I'm not making this up.
And I understand you must think
I'm crazy and I'm wasting your time.
Miss, you were reported missing
two weeks ago.
You were picked up
in the middle of the ocean.
You should be dead.
But here you are, talking to me.
So, are you new?
I am. Yeah.
I recently moved here from Sagay.
I just graduated. [chuckles]
Uh, is it that obvious?
That's why the police
are giving you the crazy ones?
[scoffs]
You know, miss,
my gut's telling me you're not crazy.
Sorry, what was your name again?
Uh, Syquija, Ms. Tejeros.
Arturo Syquija.
[singing] Dandansoy ♪
My young dear ♪
I'm afraid ♪
I have to leave you now ♪
I'll go back to Payao ♪
Though I yearn for ♪
"Sabrina," huh?
I can't believe
they spelled it incorrectly.
It's the right spelling.
-Maybe read it as written.
-Yeah.
It's Sabina, no R.
Oh, shit. Sabina.
Very fancy.
[shushes] Don't swear
in front of your goddaughter.
Sorry.
Goddaughter?
You can't say no.
Don't I get a choice here?
Like I had a choice?
You're the only one I know here.
Well, it looks like we're even.
[Sabina crying]
She's cute.
She looks like you.
-[Sabina babbling]
-[Arturo] Here.
[Sabina singing]
I'm starting to think,
if there is a God,
then Sabina is His way
of saying sorry for Vedasto.
If there's a God, I think
He's more complicated than that.
God isn't complicated.
People, yes. God, no
How long before I can let my brother go?
It's been years,
but I know that he's still alive.
At least, I hope he is.
If I can get Vedasto home,
maybe he'll meet his niece.
My brother's had my back my whole life.
I've never done anything for him.
But where will you start, Rebecca?
Aren't you a cop?
You tell me.
[Arturo groans]
[suspenseful music playing]
[Sabina] Why didn't you tell me
all of this before?
Would you have believed me?
I would have tried to understand.
You never would have let me out, Sabina.
You would have trussed me up
so I couldn't go anywhere.
I know you.
-I wouldn't--
-Tell me I'm wrong.
[sighs]
I'm not.
I didn't tell you anything,
and yet you still managed
to track me down.
You shouldn't have followed me.
Well, we're here now.
Let's just focus on getting back again.
[groans]
What is it?
-[groans in pain]
-Ma!
Ma!
[Rebecca groans]
[muted groan]
-[groans]
-Ma!
[both panting]
Just try to walk.
[Rebecca pants]
Is this where it is?
Yes. The boat, it's over there.
[groaning]
Ma, let's go home.
I'll return later for Bulak and Uncle Art.
-No, wait.
-Later.
[sighs]
[Diwa chokes]
[groans]
[gasps]
[snarling]
[screams]
[screams louder]
[closing theme music playing]