Vaka (2026) s01e06 Episode Script

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- Is everyone okay?
- I think so.
Prime Minister. You have to come with us.
We have to leave now!
- What's going on?
- Clear!
Get down!
Watch out!
Not far to go.
- I'll take command. You can go.
- Roger that.
Outer post.
The Prime Minister has been secured.
Understood.
- I'll take command. You may leave.
- Affirmative, Major.
Welcome, Prime Minister. I'm Major Rosén.
- What happens now?
- The colonel is on his way.
He'll be here in 30 minutes.
- What about the rest of the government?
- We got a message from our ground team.
The Minister of Agriculture
was seriously injured and didn't make it.
- Oh, my God.
- We're trying to find the others.
Thank you. I need an update
on the situation in the city ASAP.
Of course, as soon as the colonel is here.
- Good.
- We've prepared a room for you.
If you would like to follow me.
Yes, please.
- A doctor is on his way to see you.
- Okay.
WAKE
to prevent the virus
to spread beyond Sweden's borders.
We interrupt this program to bring news
of a massive explosion
near the government headquarters
where Prime Minister Saga Bergqvist
gave her speech.
It's unclear if she made it out or not.
This is a breaking story
that we will continue to monitor.
Witnesses say there is a link between
the explosion and the protest
that's been going on
for a few hours outside the building.
The government buildings
and surrounding buildings
have been severely damaged,
but it's yet unclear
how many people
have been killed or injured.
Several ambulances are on route
to different hospitals in Stockholm,
and Region Stockholm
are pleading to the public
to all the injured.
After the explosion, a number of people
entered the government building.
- You're pinching me! Ow!
- Please, Moa.
Stop it, Elin!
- Let me go!
- Calm down. I'm trying to help.
- I don't care. Let me go.
- It's stuck.
There.
You have to calm down before we go out.
How can you stay so calm?
I'm in shambles.
It affects everyone differently.
- I'm so afraid, Elin.
- I know.
- I just want this to be over.
- I know.
What are you doing?
I want you to have this.
For luck.
Where's the propofol? Morphine?
Backordered. All opioids.
Out of stock.
Help me with the IV.
It's colder than I thought in here.
They will be scared.
What shall we do without propofol?
They will convulse.
This is insane.
It's the best we have.
We'll have to tie them down.
It's the only way.
- There.
- Thank you.
- Now for the blood test.
- Blood test? Why?
A hormone test.
Elevated levels of cortisol
can predict a Vaka infection.
Your arm, please?
Let's see.
Relax. Thank you.
- Is that okay?
- Yes.
It'll be quick.
You'll feel a prick.
Dad
I'm sorry.
I didn't see that it was you.
What are you doing here?
- Pull me in.
- No.
- We have to get out.
- Listen to me. We have to hide.
Help me in.
Help me. Close the door.
We have to be sure.
We're checking all rooms.
I'll start here.
Lindholm, Frykman, come in?
Lindholm here, over.
We need you back at checkpoint B, over.
We haven't secured the area yet, over.
We'll do that later.
Leave the prison at once.
Understood. We're leaving. Over and out.
What the hell?
No, no, no! Fuck! Come on! No!
The phone is dead.
Okay
This has happened before.
It's that bloody engine.
What the hell?
- What is it?
- How could I be so stupid?
Water's leaking in.
I shot a bloody hole in the hull.
We have to get to land,
but we don't have a sail.
It will be okay.
How will it be okay?
It's just something my mom used to say.
- Dad.
- Yes?
I haven't slept since I arrived.
- Okay
- I think I have
- I think I have Vaka.
- Wait.
Look at me.
Look into my eyes.
Your eyes aren't red.
Do you sleep at all?
You don't have it, Hugo.
In here.
FIRST AID
Damn it.
TEMPORARY INTERRUPTION
Fuck.
Push down here.
New reports of thousands of deaths
are coming from the field hospitals
around Stockholm.
Region Stockholm is now warning
that the morgues are over capacity
and the risk for further infection
is very high.
Hi. I need to talk to you
about the blood test.
Sure.
- Am I infected?
- No.
But you're pregnant.
- Are you sure?
- Yes.
Do you have any idea
when you might've become pregnant?
I'm not sure. Why?
Could the father have had Vaka?
During the moment of conception.
The reason I ask is because
we don't fully understand the results.
We know too little
about the transmission mode.
- There is a concern that
- What?
What do you mean?
You don't have elevated cortisol.
Other blood values are normal.
However, some antibodies have reacted.
We need to bring in a midwife
to talk to you about your options.
- My options?
- As I said
We can't make a proper assessment
of the fetus.
We need to bring in a specialist,
but it will take some time.
If you choose to terminate the pregnancy,
we want you to have that opportunity here.
- This stays between us. Right?
- Of course.
Thank you.
The network is overloaded
and we can't connect your call right now.
Please
Take a seat.
We need to get the nearest hospital.
- There's no point.
- What?
The hospitals cannot operate anymore.
It's chaos.
- It's chaos everywhere.
- There has to be a doctor somewhere.
There may be a small clinic in Vithammar.
Up north.
I have some clothes for you in the trunk.
Lay down, Dad.
Ow, shit.
You will be equipped
with cooling caps and we will inject
a cold saline solution
to lower your body temperature.
Hopefully, it will reduce
the redness in your eyes and slow down
the development of the infection.
Yes?
How can you be sure
we won't freeze to death?
We will closely monitor
your temperature throughout the process.
When the test is over,
we'll warm you and you will wake.
But as you saw in your form,
there are risks.
- I'm sorry. I can't.
- Hey!
- There's no reason to panic.
- Wait, stop!
Listen.
This is terrifying. We all think so.
But we have a chance.
And I
I'm an ambulance nurse
and I see people every day
hover between life and death,
and I know that in situations like this,
you just have to make a decision
and go for it.
Okay?
If you only dare,
it usually leads to something good. Right?
This isn't just about us.
It's bigger than that.
- Are you okay?
- I don't know.
Are you sure about this?
Yeah, I am.
I am.
Let me out.
- Let me out.
- No.
Moa.
Let me out.
Honey, it's for your own good.
- I don't want to.
- Calm.
- Let me go.
- Stay calm, honey.
The bindings are to contract
the convulsions.
I hate you.
Honey, I'll see you soon.
Right?
I'll see you soon, honey. Afterwards.
I love you.
I love you.
I love you.
- It's time.
- Okay.
Can you put me closer to her?
Breathe, honey.
Now we will start
with the saline solution.
Your bodies will now be cooled down
very fast.
ENGINE
Linda!
- What?
- Linda!
Try starting the engine!
What are you saying?
Try starting the engine.
You may be an adult,
but you don't know everything.
I'm not an adult, but you're right.
Genius! Come on.
Let's head towards land.
Remember when I found you in the middle
of the night at the back of our old house?
- What?
- You had managed to open the door
and reached the shed.
Standing there
with a water can in your hand.
In your sleep.
We had a wake-up word.
Do you remember it?
A what?
We had come up with a waking word
that we told you, so you wouldn't
be scared when we woke you up.
- Don't you remember it?
- No.
No
We should have given you
a brother or sister.
There's a lot
we should have done differently.
Dad Dad!
Dad. Don't leave me!
Come on, Dad.
Fuck!
The facility was practically empty.
About 400 inmates are missing.
- The search is ongoing.
- Water and equipment?
Armed drones will be sent out
to clear the streets,
so that convoys can get through.
- Yes?
- What do you mean, "clear the streets"?
Understood.
The chaos continues.
We need people to stay at home.
We don't have enough troops
to control Stockholm.
Thank you. Colonel
We lost control at checkpoint 27.
It was our former Prime Minister
who made it through the barrage.
Christian?
He was asked to show his QR code,
but just drove straight through it.
He's on his way to his son.
On his way to his son? What do you mean?
His son Hugo is one of the inmates
at the prison where there were riots.
Can you find him and bring them both here?
I beg you. Please.
Send a unit immediately.
- Drones too.
- Thank you.
- Where are we?
- I don't know.
I'm cold.
I know, buddy.
Here. Take this.
Put your arm in.
Come. Let's go this way.
- Turn left.
- Here?
Left here.
- What the hell is this place?
- Keep driving.
Stop at the barrier.
- This must be wrong.
- Listen, Hugo.
A friend of mine has a helicopter here.
No! We have to get you to a
- Sit down, Dad.
- Calm!
We need to get to the house on Gotland.
We have everything we need there.
Our own well.
We can lay low there for a while.
You think we will fly to Gotland?
There is no other way.
There are no ferries,
and you've trained to become a pilot.
Dad I haven't flown in four years.
I don't have a licence.
We need to get you to a hospital.
- Get back in the car.
- We need to clean this.
Maybe there's a first aid kit
in the hangar?
Wait here.
Ow, shit.
- Stop!
- Chill!
- Drop your weapon.
- Don't move!
Take one step closer
and I'll put a bullet in your head.
Listen
My dad is out there and he's hurt.
We need a first aid kit.
Please
It's my fault.
I beg you.
Please, help us.
Ambulance paramedics are used
to improvise and solve the most urgent.
That's why I believed in Elin's idea.
What do you mean?
You know what it's like
when something like this happens.
It's like a global countdown
to find a cure.
But until you find it,
you have to put all your resources
into trying to find a treatment.
That's what we're doing.
Jesus Christ.
Keep your distance!
You didn't say your dad was sick.
His eyes.
Would you have helped us if you knew?
Is there alcohol?
I need to sew.
Is there a needle and thread?
Tell me something, Hugo
Anything. I need a distraction.
How have you been?
How have I been?
Terrible. I've been
suffering through withdrawal in prison.
Banana magnet.
I knew you would remember.
I knew you would remember.
Banana what?
That was my secret code word.
When he was little and sleepwalking.
I used to use it to wake him up.
I thought you aren't supposed to
wake someone sleepwalking.
I used to just take him back
to bed when he did it.
Does he sleepwalk?
Yes, and talk.
He's not infected, is he?
No.
Nor are you?
No.
- Do you also sleepwalk?
- No.
But I don't drink tap water, so
I don't know, Dad.
I've never flown this model.
We don't even have a key.
Come. I'm going to show you something.
Open the door.
Look between the seats.
Linus was an old friend of your mom's.
He always left the keys.
Mom's.
- You saved it?
- You can do it.
I know you can.
Listen to me.
Take them with you.
- To Gotland.
- What are you talking about?
If we're going to fly,
and I don't think we should,
we won't have enough room.
You can see that.
I'm staying.
Listen, Hugo.
You're still not sick.
Neither are they.
You and that little boy
are probably immune.
I have
I won't make it.
- You can't say that. You don't know.
- I know.
Listen to me.
None of this is your fault.
Do you understand?
I should've been there for you.
With Mom, and everything.
I should've protected you, but I failed.
I'm sorry, Hugo.
Take them with you, Hugo.
It's the right thing to do.
I don't even have
an air traffic controller.
I can be your ATC.
Or whatever it's called.
- Air traffic control?
- Yes.
You're going to do that?
You don't even know
how a radio like this works.
What about the animal studies
in Hannover? The antivirals?
Not promising, unfortunately.
Do we have any updates on deaths?
About 80,000 is our current estimate.
- Eighty?
- Yes.
We'll speak again tonight
after the cooling attempt.
Hopefully, Beatrice has positive news.
Yes, let's hope so.
Okay.
She's convulsing. Get her out of here.
Come on.
I got her.
Moa?
Moa!
Cardiac arrest. Get the emergency cart.
- Starting CPR.
- Okay.
One, two, three, four, five, six
A surveillance drone has located
Elwing's car at an airfield in Vithammar.
- A team is going there now.
- Have they found him?
Correct.
Colonel
We have intelligence information
that neighboring countries
will close their borders within 24 hours.
I'm sure you'll hear from them
soon enough, but I wanted you to know.
We tried to cushion the fall, at least.
They should've woken up by now.
Give them a few more minutes.
Moa?
No
Moa?
Moa?
Elin. We did everything we could,
but we couldn't save her.
Moa?
We're sorry.
There's almost no red left in your eyes.
Can I have a look?
Your eyes look much better.
It looks good.
Good.
You mean a lot to me - Christian
Dad? Can you hear me?
Wow, Dad. That was terrible.
- Let's go.
- Do you know what you're doing?
I hope so.
Come on, Hugo. You can do this.
Beautiful, Hugo!
Dad.
Your navigation is totally fucked.
Look out to your left. That's southeast.
You don't need any damn navigation.
Dad.
Thank you for never giving up on me.
I love you.
I love you, Hugo.
Wow.
Dad
The view is
It's so damn beautiful.