He Had It Coming (2025) s01e08 Episode Script

1
BARBARA: I'm going to a meeting
for people like me.
I'm here to support
my best friend, Barbara.
Aren't any of you angry?
This group isn't
about fixing the system.
JARED: I think that
I really like you, Prue.
PRUE: No, dude.
BARBARA: Why don't you try
standing for something for once?
Like, use your fucking voice.
Mum, I I think
I want to come home.
MAN: Some archaeology
students doing a dig.
They've dug up spray paint and
masks wrapped in a drop sheet.
Who are you to judge me?
What have you done?
Who do you think took down
the biggest predator on campus?
What have you done, Shep?
(DRAMATIC STING)
SONG: You got that
roller coaster in
You got that roller coaster in
You got
that roller coaster in
You got that roller coaster in
You got
that roller coaster in
You got that roller coaster in
You got
that roller coaster in
You got that roller coaster in
You got
that roller coaster in
You got that roller coaster in
Down, down, down, heh-heh ♪
(SPED-UP ELECTRONIC MUSIC)
(SPED-UP RAP)
Hey, hey, you're meant
to be protecting students.
Oh!
Kill all men!
Ooh! Just ask me out.
I might say yes.
You never know.
Where are you taking me, bitch?
Call my father!
Call my father, you dumb fuck!
Ugh!
(TASER CRACKLES)
(HEAD HITS ROCK)
Oh!
(UNSETTLING MUSIC)
(HAUNTING MUSIC)
(PHONE RINGS)
Oh. Hello?
MAN: Shep?
Hey, if you're still
on the campus,
can you check out the art quad?
We think one of
the security cameras is down.
Really?
And don't forget, it's
Tom's birthday drinks tonight.
Love to see you there.
OK, yeah, I'll try and swing by.
Tom's been asking about you.
Sure thing.
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
(UNSETTLING MUSIC)
(SHEPHERD GRUNTS)
(INTENSE MUSIC)
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYS SOFTLY)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
SHEPHERD: Hey, team.
('U SHOULD NOT BE DOING THAT'
BY AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS)
Why aren't we dancing?
SONG: I was in Naarm
Working on my shit
While you were down in Tassie
Saying, "Flash those tits!"
I was in Gadigal
Showing off my flesh
While you were up in Brissie
Trying to show me
I can't do it like that ♪
(ROCK MUSIC)
SHEPHERD: This is Ivy Shepherd.
Leave a message.
(RECORD MESSAGE TONE SOUNDS)
Shep, I won't stop calling.
I understand better than anyone
what it's like
when you care too much,
when it becomes all you can see.
Just call me back.
I want to help.
Hi. Police.
Which one of you
spoke to my colleague
who picked up the evidence
late last night?
I spoke to her.
She was wearing a badge, though.
Hey?
Are you sure you're a cop?
Fuck.
Um, my name is Detective Roach.
Are you all called
Detective Roach?
Listen, do you know who I am?
-They made a TV show about me.
-I haven't heard of you.
Well, I've been away
and now I'm back,
so tell me
what my colleague collected
or I'll have you up
for obstructing
a police investigation.
It was just paint stuff.
And a bracelet.
It had a name on it.
Barbara.
Right.
Shep, I'm gonna find you
and we can talk this out,
but please just don't hurt
anybody else.
(INTENSE MUSIC)
(MALE CHOIR INTONES)
Rory, what the fuck?
I, um, I just came to say
that I think I'm gonna
give today a miss.
No, no, no. No, no.
Heh.
You can't do that, right?
It's tradition.
If we don't all participate,
then the team will be cursed.
Do you want us all to be cursed?
No, I just don't think that
Then go put your fucking
suit on. Right now.
The rest of the team's
almost here.
Stick with it, Rory.
-Oh, goodbye, Nicole.
-Oh!
My jumper.
Oh.
I have something for you.
It was meant to be
for your birthday, but
Not really a gift, is it?
Returning something you stole.
Hmm.
You kept me up
all night making those.
You're just gonna
throw them out?
Yeah, they were dumb anyway.
NICOLE: Really?
I thought the clothes
on the nudes thing was cool.
Mm.
JENNY: Hey!
Listen up, Ellen Degenerate.
Your lover has deleted all
our Jenny's Garden content.
Where is she?
It says she's in the art rooms,
but I can't find her.
Wait, how did you
Malware, baby girl.
I put it on her phone
when I gave her my bank details.
Aren't you going to help me?
I'm trying to
find your lover friend.
I don't have any friends.
(PENSIVE MUSIC)
(CLATTERING)
Ladies, can I please
have your attention?
Thank you for your patience,
Prue.
This was extremely
regrettable behaviour
and action has been taken.
So that arsehole is in jail?
His parents and I have agreed
that therapy
is the best course of action.
He held her hostage
in a room and was violent.
You have to understand
that the past few weeks
have presented an extremely
traumatic environment
for these boys.
I ask that you show Jared
some compassion.
Now, you'll receive comms
about this imminently,
but we are asking that all women
stay off campus
or in their rooms
for the next 48 hours.
You can't be serious.
The Federation Games
present a unique threat matrix
for the killer.
Then cancel the fucking games.
Thank you for your cooperation!
EMERALD: She can't cancel women.
CAROLINE: This is against
our basic human rights.
DONNA: We should sue
the university.
We should smash
her fucking office.
What do you think, Prue?
I think I might
go home for a bit.
Maybe, uh,
you should all do the same.
Stop, thief!
ELISE: Oh.
No, I'm kidding.
(CHUCKLES)
So, you going somewhere?
Home.
Cool.
(ZIPPER BUZZES)
Hey, you know what?
You should come
check out my exhibition.
Yeah?
Behold, my masterpieces.
No, not not the murders,
obviously.
The art.
Yeah, see, I've been
documenting, reframing,
reworking, re-splicing
and creating conversations.
(UNSETTLING MUSIC)
What are you doing?
Oh, come on.
I mean, look,
it was unethical before
when we were teacher-student,
but now, I mean
This isn't your work.
Um
This is my art.
I made
the Kill All Men sculpture.
OK.
I mean, I guess,
in a way, we all did.
The environment
on campus created
No, no.
Literally, this is my art.
Mine and Barbara's.
(LAUGHS)
Oh, c Come on.
Elise, you don't have to
impress me.
I mean, we we both know
that you could never create
something like this. (LAUGHS)
You lord it over students
because women your own age
think you're ridiculous.
You're a phoney
and you're a hypocrite,
and you chase the light
and talent in everyone else
because you are
an irrelevant insect
who doesn't have any of his own.
You pretend to be this feminist
and co-opt women's art,
but, really,
you've got nothing to say.
Your own work is derivative,
it's mediocre and it's cowardly.
And I always
had something to say.
I always stood for something.
So so screw you, Barbara.
What?
P.A.: Attention, female students
are to return to their
dormitories immediately.
Thank you.
Changed my mind.
I decided I need
to speak to Barbara.
OK, kooky Brit, she's in here.
(DOOR RATTLES)
Hello!
Tegan and Sarah!
Wait, wait, wait.
Phoenix's creep key.
-(DOOR OPENS)
-(BARBARA GRUNTS)
ELISE: Oh, my God!
(ELISE GASPS)
-(DOOR CLOSES)
-Oh!
-What happened?
-Thank you.
Shepherd's the killer.
(GASPS)
Turns out if you deal
with sexual violence
day in and day out, one day
you might just snap and and
Kill Lyle? And Scott? And Ivan?
-But but why Ivan?
-I don't know.
She didn't exactly talk things
out before she tasered me.
She did what?
She hates me because of
what happened with Maya.
Oh.
Hey.
You You're leaving?
Yeah, yeah, I-I decided
No, no, you you can't leave.
I need you.
Well, I've come here to
tell you that I don't need you.
-Please.
-I've had an epiphany.
And I think
you might be bad for me.
Elise
Oh, my God, why don't
we just go to the cops?
Because she is the cops.
I really think
I can reason with her.
In a way, I I kind of
understand why she did it.
You understand
why she tasered you,
killed three men
and cut their dicks off?
-We'll talk.
-Not so fast!
I need my post.
Jenny, I'm gonna make you
a deal, OK?
I will give you my phone
and my passwords,
but you have to help us first.
Uh
BARBARA: We need to
get in there.
ELISE: How do we even know
if she's in there?
We don't, but we need to find
her, or find out where she is.
Jenny, we're gonna need
some kind of distraction.
Oh, not now!
ELISE: Oh, my God.
JENNY: Oh!
(JENNY GRUNTS)
Hey, no women on campus!
What are you doing?
Go back to your room!
OFFICER JACOBS: Go back.
-OK, we're doing this now, yep.
-Yes!
OFFICER JACOBS: Oi!
Oh, over here.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
-Boom. Boom?
-Boom, like like a bomb.
But why is it on a plate?
Because she's gonna blow up
the football team!
-What? How
-My God.
Every year they have
this gross lunch ritual
the day before the big game.
All the jocks in one room.
It's the, um,
the the Captain's Luncheon.
What the hell
is the Captain's Luncheon?
-(GONG REVERBERATES)
-(MALE CHOIR INTONES)
Welcome, gentlemen,
to the Captain's Luncheon.
On this day in 1890,
Bobby 'Bayonet' Jones,
the very first Buck Captain,
held his sacred lunch
in this very space.
We honour him
with our first course.
What is it?
I can't tell you that,
but they're round
and each kangaroo
has two of them, huh?
TOMMO: What about
girl kangaroos?
STRETCH: Shut the fuck up,
Tommo.
(TOMMO LAUGHS)
What if we don't want to eat it?
Then you're off
the fucking team, Rory.
Alright, boys.
-Who's ready to dig in?
-BUCKS: Yeah!
-TOMMO: Yes! Yes!
-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(MALE CHOIR INTONES)
Oh, shit!
I forgot there's no women
allowed on campus today.
This is insane!
It's so obnoxious.
Why would she use a bomb?
All the other murders
have been stabbings.
Maybe she wants to take things
to the next level.
Like, what's a stronger message
than blowing up
a decades-old man ritual?
I should find my bag.
-I need to catch my flight.
-No, Elise!
OK, if we go in there
and there's no bomb,
you can go straight
to the airport, OK?
Come on, let's try the back way.
(LIQUID POURS)
-Hey, hey.
-Barbara?
Oh, and, uh
Elise!
OK, listen, we need
to get into the ceremony.
Oh, my God, no way.
This is really special
for the boys.
Just because you're out, hon,
doesn't mean you're gonna
screw up our spots.
Debbie, it's a long story,
but we think they're in danger.
(LAUGHS) Of what?
Them not seeing your
latest CJUDS performance?
Yeah, we think they're fine.
OK, just let them
go through, Debbie.
Gosh, for once in your life,
just stop being such a bitch.
(DEBBIE SCOFFS)
OK, I think I have a plan.
(GONG REVERBERATES)
And now, after our delectable
feast, my own special liqueur.
Anywhere on the table,
thanks, girls.
The last Buck to finish
his balls and chaser
will be named the team bitch
and receive the punishment
he deserves.
(BUCKS YELL)
No.
-BUCK: Oh!
-(SILENCE)
STRETCH:
What was that, Rory, mate?
-I said no. I'm not eating it.
-You have to!
How many times have I told you,
it's fucking tradition, mate?!
Maybe there's something wrong
with our traditions.
I don't want to
drop my pants at midnight.
And I don't want to drink
a cup of your cum.
And the way we treat women,
it's not right.
Oh, my God!
You've been fucked in the head
since Scott died.
Maybe it's made me right.
I've realised
that Scott wasn't a nice guy.
I understand why they wrote
"kill all men"
on all the bodies.
-What the fuck, Rory?!
-It's a metaphor, right?
Maybe we should kill
all this dumb shit that we do.
STRETCH: Well, boys,
I think we just found
our team bitch.
STRETCH: Bitch. Bitch.
(BUCKS CHANT)
Bitch. Bitch. Bitch. Bitch.
Bitch. Bitch.
Bitch. Bitch.
Bitch. Bitch. Bitch. Bitch.
Bitch! Bitch!
Bitch! Bitch!
Everyone, listen to us.
There's a bomb!
(CHANTING CONTINUES)
(GONG REVERBERATES)
There's a fucking bomb.
Barbara.
Girls, if you want to be
in here,
for God's sake,
put on a red dress!
Lads, there's a bomb.
We just said that.
STRETCH: Fuck! What do we do?
-Why didn't someone tell us?
-No, no, everyone, stop.
Why don't we all just leave?
-She's right.
-(HUBBUB)
This way!
Barbara, Barbara, wait!
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
I just wanted to tell you
that the system is broken
and I'm gonna do everything
I can from now on to fix it.
Look, I know that
we've never really been
"I love you" people,
but I love you, Barbara.
Um, I'm not really
in the headspace
to love anyone right now.
But that was the most romantic
thing anyone's ever done for me,
so maybe we can talk
next semester?
-RORY: OK.
-Barbara, Barbara, it's Shep.
Look, we should catch her
around the back.
Wait, let's get these off.
Come on.
See you next semester, then!
There's a bomb, Rory.
(WOMEN WHISPER)
OK, come on, guys, hurry.
-Find that power outlet?
-Yeah, OK.
-Quick!
-Get in positions, everybody.
OK, I'm laying the text. Wait.
Wait, which one was he?
I'm laying the text
-over the images now.
-Come on!
Vice-chancellor,
we have a problem.
-WOMAN: That looks so good.
-WOMAN 2: I love it.
It looks amazing.
What the hell?
WOMAN: Fuck, yes.
That's my art.
Pretty good.
Yeah, I know.
OK, let's go.
Hurry, Elise.
Live stream, bitches!
('FAR WITH NOTHING'
BY LUPO.THE BOY)
I wanna know
if you think of me too
I wanna know
if you think of me too
I wanna know
if you think of me too
-I wanna know ♪
-Do it now.
I wanna know
if you think of me too
I wanna know
if you think of me, think of me
I wanna know
if you think of me too ♪
What do you want me to do?
Vice-Chancellor?
Thank God you're here.
Can you get
the vice-chancellor some water?
Fuck off, Johnson!
Look at this.
150K views.
How?
It's on Barbara's account.
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
(LAUGHS)
Barbara, wait!
I can't believe
I'm doing this again.
-Doing what?
-Following you.
Doing what you say.
You don't even like me.
Are you serious, Elise?
You think I'm a joke.
You think I'm a stalker.
You think I don't have a voice.
OK.
I shouldn't have said that.
Of course you have a voice.
You're just different.
That's why
I love you.
I thought you weren't in
the headspace for "I love you".
I guess I can make an exception
for my best friend.
(TENDER MUSIC)
Let's finish what we started.
Hell, yeah.
(INTENSE MUSIC)
BARBARA: Shepherd!
-Don't come any closer.
-BARBARA: It's over.
Now, just put the gun down.
-No.
-I get it.
I get it.
The system's broken.
You're right.
But if we use violence,
it makes us just like them.
Maybe that's what we need.
An eye for an eye.
Makes the whole world blind.
I don't know who you are.
What are you doing in this room?
Ivan was innocent!
-What is wrong with you?
-I know that!
You don't think
I fucking know that?!
Shep, it's me.
The way the murders changed,
your reaction to Ivan's death,
you lost control, didn't you?
And there was someone
working with you.
(CLINKING NOISE)
What are you doing, Lyle?
Nothing, Officer.
Dropping off a gift
for my friends.
The women's therapy room.
-Is that
-Yeah.
I've been working on it
for a while.
Hope they appreciate it.
You have eight sexual harassment
complaints against you, Lyle.
That's a lot.
Apparently, consent
is a spectrum nowadays.
No stress. I have recordings
of those women saying yes.
Do those women know you have
intimate recordings of them?
(WOMAN SINGS) Arggh!
Yeah
Yeah ♪
MAN: I'm a big fan
-Oh!
-..of your work.
I must warn you,
I am streaming to the cloud,
and I'm very lax with security.
Give me the phone
and we can talk.
MAN: That's not going to happen,
but I'd love to help you
pick your next victim.
No.
No fucking way.
Shepherd, just give me the gun.
No, I can't do that.
If I give you the gun,
he'll just keep going.
What? Who will?
SHEPHERD: Somebody took it over.
I don't know who he is.
I don't even know his name.
(LOUD CLUNK)
Ivan was innocent!
Who the fuck are you?!
MAN ON PHONE:
That's not your concern.
I want to take things
in a different direction.
(BEEPING)
-(SHEPHERD GRUNTS)
-(DEVICE DROPS, BEEPING STOPS)
ELISE: Barbara, it's Shep.
SHEPHERD: I stopped the bomb,
but he's still out there.
What what are you
talking about? Who?
Oh, don't you get it?
We're the same.
We both just wanted
to do some good, right?
We both just tried
to make a statement.
-And then somebody took it.
-(STABS)
-(BOTH GASP)
-(KNIFE CLATTERS)
-BARBARA: Shepherd! Oh, my God!
-ELISE: Oh! Oh. Oh!
-BARBARA: Oh, my God! Shepherd!
-ELISE: You're gonna be OK.
-BARBARA: Shepherd!
-ELISE: I can't believe
-BARBARA: Shepherd?
-I just
wanted to help.
-ELISE: Oh, my God.
-BARBARA: No, no, no, no.
-Just tell us who he is.
-ELISE: She's losing blood.
I'm sorry.
BARBARA: Tell us his name!
-Back! Hands!
-ELISE: Ah!
Show me your fucking hands.
(GASPING)
I know it was you, Barbara.
I know you were
working with her.
We we we know
how this looks.
('MEET YOUR MAKER' BY DEVAURA)
Oh!
Meet your maker
Meet your maker
First they love you
Then they try to imitate ya
Nah-nah, nah, nah-nah, nah
Nah-nah, nah-nah, nah
Meet your maker
Meet your maker
Watch your back 'fore
they try to duplicate ya
Nah-nah, nah, nah-nah, nah
Nah-nah, nah-nah, nah
Who mad? Who bad?
Well, get to steppin'
This a full band
Up front, I'm independent
In the back line
Got a crew
of hungry bandits ♪