Bay of Fires (2023) s02e08 Episode Script
All's Well That Ends
There's not enough here.
All of this can be argued.
Is there anyone who can
corroborate any of this?
Former CEO of ProsperAus.
Anika van Cleef?
How safe is she?
So, what's the good news? How did we go?
I sold when you told me to, but
you lost $0.96 on the dollar.
Shit.
Lorena sent me this the
night she disappeared.
Maybe she wanted me to find this.
Oh, hello. Yes. I'd
like to speak to George.
And you are?
(EXHALES) Three minutes!
Where are the kids? We need to go.
We're not coming.
- This is bullshit.
- You should go now.
We need to go right now.
We have eyes on her.
- She won't be alone.
- What?
WOMAN: She'll be 25 today.
It's always what I thought
happened with my Evelyn.
22 years gone now.
She went to the corner
shop for a roast chicken -
just never came back.
I know I should have paid your
father, and other people as well.
Stop! It is way too late for that.
Where will you go?
That's not your concern.
What if I make it my concern?
You pay out on all those claims,
you won't have a company to run.
I won't let the company go under.
If you really want to get the people
responsible for Graham's death,
we need to go to ProsperAus and
take them for everything they've got.
Anyone who's interested, we
need to leave an hour from now.
- Where are we going?
- I'll brief you on the plane.
(KNOCKS)
Anika?
Come, come Come in, come in.
You can't be here.
They'll find you.
I expect they will.
So we don't have long.
Why are you still alive?
Maybe because I pose no threat to them.
How's Mum?
She died, Anika, six months ago.
She wouldn't have known you anyway.
Where is Mum buried?
Family plot.
Family?
Would you like a drink?
I finished all the good scotch.
I'm not here for Scotch.
Then what is it you want of me?
Information, changes
to security, passwords,
your passkey for ProsperAus.
You can't seriously be
thinking of going in there.
I haven't been for years.
And my passkey only works
for the lower floors.
Still get me to the 15th floor.
Why the 15th?
There's nothing but dead claims.
Anything you would want
is on the 29th floor,
in an air-locked room.
But my key won't help you in there.
The moment you enter,
the doors are sealed.
If you don't have the code,
the oxygen is sucked out.
I know.
For three minutes.
No.
Three and a half.
(ENGINE APPROACHES)
And they're punctual.
I'll give them that.
- (GRUNTS)
- (AIR HISSES)
(AIR HISSES)
(HEARTBEAT PULSES)
(GASPS)
(BELLS PEAL)
Are you OK?
Yeah, it's It's just so beautiful.
It's just a car park
down there, isn't it?
Yeah. That's the most beautiful
car park I've seen in 16 years.
Hey, how are you? I'll have an
omelette with the works, please.
This is all included
in the buffet, yeah?
- Yeah, absolutely.
- Yeah.
Chuck a sausage on
there as well, with that.
Here we go.
Yeah. Chuck a couple on!
Like it. Cheeky.
Here's a business card Brony knocked up.
How good a shot are you these days?
Ooh, old days, I could clip
the wing off a fly at 200m.
Would have been top five, I reckon.
Oh, there might be one
bloke in front of me.
A little Latino guy called Jose Alvarez.
And now, with your trigger finger.
349th.
I need you to be really good.
Can you put eight shots in the
same spot from a distance of 50m?
(EXHALES) 80-20, at best.
Which way?
You don't want to know.
Ooh, here it comes.
I trust you all slept well.
Don't worry. This is all
paid for, courtesy of Frankie.
How much?
There'll be more later on.
This is to let you enjoy
your first day of freedom.
And if your plan goes wrong, our last.
You all set?
Can I trust them?
No, not in the slightest.
But they have a cash
incentive, so we should be fine.
(CLAPS LOUDLY) Come
on! Come on, you lot.
I've got things to do today.
(GROANING) What things?
It's just minor things.
Come on, sweetie.
Why isn't Jeremiah here?
We've been through this.
He wanted to go to Luang Prabang.
- Yeah. With us.
- Yeah. He should be here.
I know he should.
Then why'd you send him away?
Because he's safer
He's happy where he is.
- Are we safe?
- Yes.
Very, just
Just stay in the room, alright?
I'll be back in a while.
- Can we get room service?
- No.
Why not? We're here all day.
We might starve to death.
Alright, but just in moderation.
Whatever moderation
is for a 17-year-old.
There are 15,000 students
at this university.
How will you possibly recognise her?
I will.
It's been
21 years?
Yes.
She may not be here today.
Well, then, I will keep
coming back until I find her.
We are missing an exhibition
of Estonian pottery from 1918,
sourcing the influences
of the preceding German
and Danish occupations.
Well, then, you go.
I've wasted so much of my life.
I'm not wasting a moment longer.
Is that how you see things?
A waste?
Don't wait for me. I'll
meet you back at the hotel.
Can you wait?
I don't know how long I'll be.
It's a, uh, an old lover.
He's got a body of a Greek god.
Just don't know if he'll want to see me.
Yeah, I was key witness at his trial,
and, um, he ended up
doing a 12-year stretch.
Are you sure you should be going in?
Well, I'm hoping that he remembers
how good it was before that.
You know, we had this
wild physical connection,
and that just can't disappear, can it?
OK.
Raoul?
MAN: Who's asking?
(AIR HISSES)
Raoul?
You! Fuck.
- Yes, me.
- (COUGHS VIOLENTLY)
You, you fuck!
- Yeah. You've already covered that.
- (COUGHING)
What the hell happened to you?
You, you dirty bitch! You put me inside.
Yeah. You were being an arsehole.
You are dead woman! I
will slit your throat.
I'll (COUGHS VIOLENTLY)
Unlikely.
(COUGHING CONTINUES)
Nice seeing you again, Raoul.
Raol's not doing so good.
Hey! Long time no see!
- Oh, man.
- How are you, man?
Yo!
Yo, this place is so cool.
Do you want room service?
Anything you want. You name it.
Otis, I don't think Mum
wants other people here.
I mean, she just said stay in the room.
I'm in the room.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
That looks very difficult.
It is beyond difficult.
May I?
Uh, are you a mathematician?
A hobby.
Oh
It bridges several
mathematical theories.
Mmm! Ramsey. And a touch
of a Euclidean plane theory.
The answer will be somewhere
in there, I suspect.
Yes, that's what I was thinking!
Are you from a
mathematical family at all?
My dad's a scientist,
studying neural waves.
And your mother?
Stepmum.
She's a dentist.
So, medical science-based.
She keeps mine and Dad's teeth in line.
What are you studying?
Reading histories. Pliny.
Younger or older?
Both. Eruption of Vesuvius.
Oh!
Sorry, but I have to get back to this.
I have a dissertation
to deliver at five.
Well, it was very nice
to meet you, Charlotte.
How do you know my name?
It's on your book.
I do hope we meet again.
Yeah.
I'd like that.
I'd look at the fractionated integer
using x as the unknown factor.
Thanks.
Yes, I was speaking to somebody
from your accounts department.
I don't remember who, Mr Bennett.
Yes. He wanted me to check some
wiring issue on the 15th floor.
- How are you?
- I'm OK.
Someone can show me up. Won't take long.
Yeah. Cheers.
Are you still here?
Estonian pottery will be there tomorrow.
How easy it is now.
Well?
She's so beautiful!
Of course she is.
I saw your name, handwritten
on the files Airini sent
just before she died.
She didn't DIE, Anika, she was murdered.
Trying, as I understand it, to save you.
I need to make this right.
Oh, you've left that a bit late.
I want to flush out all the
people that are behind this.
What? You are proposing,
single-handedly,
to stop a Russian cartel?
We'll slow them down. If
we bring down ProsperAus,
it'll leave them with no-one
to launder their money.
And how exactly are you
going to manage that?
Well, we used to call the 15th
floor our holding-pattern room.
Was legitimate claims that
we let circle the earth
but never allowed to land.
If we pay them all out in one
hit, we will cripple the company.
They will kill you.
Well, they've been trying
to do that for long enough.
Why, exactly, are you coming to me?
Well, firstly, I need to know that
my children will be looked after
if anything happens to me.
And secondly?
I could really use some help.
Airini's death haunts me like no other.
And I do have an enormous
capacity for hatred.
Tell me what you are proposing.
Lovely view up here.
Uh-huh.
Yeah, I've got you, Stella.
29th floor.
Roger that.
(MUSIC PLAYS INDISTINCTLY)
(BOYS SHOUT AND LAUGH INDISTINCTLY)
(LOUD MUSIC PLAYS)
- IRIS: Otis, Otis, Otis!
- BOY: Stop, stop, stop!
(MUSIC STOPS)
I haven't had a party
for my last two birthdays.
Just
Just keep the noise down.
You don't want management
coming up and stopping the fun.
You're not mad?
No.
But that's probably enough food.
Alright, I'll go out
for a couple of hours
and everyone can stay until I get back.
- OK.
- We'll keep it down.
Uh-huh.
Thanks, Mum.
That was close.
(LAUGHTER AND GRUNTING)
(SLOW JAZZ MUSIC PLAYS)
Can we really afford this place?
Well
We already paid for the babysitter
and it was really expensive.
It's the first time we've
been out, just the two of us.
And I wanted this to be a special night.
Be really special if we can't afford it.
Well, I've saved, Bron.
And tomorrow, you know, we
might be really good for money.
Jason, have you seen these prices?
It doesn't matter, Brony.
The three of us, moving into
a proper house together is
Wow! $68 for fish?
Look, it's been a magical time.
Magical?
What part of it was
magical? The roof leaking?
Buzz crying all the time?
What are you doing?
Get up.
Stella told us not to make a scene.
Brony McIvor
I've loved you from the day
I first met you when I was 14.
Oh!
Oh! Sorry!
Careful!
Ah
WOMAN: Are you alright?
Will you at least consider it?
Fire!
Same.
(EXHALES)
Strange being back here, isn't it?
I saw my daughter today.
I haven't seen her since
she was three years old.
I didn't know you had a daughter.
How was it? Did you speak to her?
I told her to look at
the fractionated integer
using X as the unknown.
Could I say,
"Sorry for missing your whole life"?
I was so happy being a mum, Stella.
And then it was stolen from me
because I was witness to a crime.
And I wish to God I'd just
turned my back and walked away.
Maybe once this is all over, you
can reconnect properly with her.
Listen, if it goes pear-shaped
tomorrow and something happens
Will you keep an eye on my kids?
But if something happens to you,
it presumably happens to us all, but
yes, of course I would
keep an eye on them.
How would Magda handle that?
Mm.
She's Russian.
They live for suffering.
I researched the investment
recommendation that I gave you -
the one to bail out the town.
The one you told me that crashed.
I vaguely remember.
It didn't bottom out, did it?
No.
No, it was all pretty
good, as it turned out.
And you pocketed the money?
Yeah, close to 100K.
(SIGHS)
We have a big day tomorrow.
Everyone is relying on you.
I know.
8:45 tomorrow night.
9:45.
Got you.
(GUNSHOTS, GLASS BREAKING)
WOMAN: Hold these.
What happened to beekeeper's outfit?
Too expensive. The koala was cheaper.
Can you even see through that?
Not so good.
This them, is it?
Yeah. Brazilian ones.
VERY aggressive.
Some got inside the koala.
Security room's on the ground floor.
There's an air duct
just around the corner.
Go!
Ugh
Ah! Is my head on straight?
Try not to attract attention.
Hey! What are you doing, sir?
This is private property.
Well, that's fitting,
'cause I'm part of a
private investigation.
"Pirate investigator"?
Yeah, that's right.
I work on the land and the sea.
Can I see your
credentials, please, miss?
Yeah.
Well, Dawn Rosen, if
that is your real name,
can't say too much.
I'm looking into the disappearance
of a certain former
woman in charge here.
- Wh This is Anika van Cleef?
- Whoa, whoa, whoa!
- Shh!
- (WHISPERS) Wow.
They said she was 'sick'.
Yeah, well, they say a
lot of things, don't they?
(GRUNTS)
(HUMMING)
So my agency has reason to
believe that she was abducted.
By who?
Lots of different theories.
Well, yeah, we've had a lot of Russians
sniffing around here recently.
Yeah. Yeah, well, that's one of them.
- Mm.
- That's a very popular one
..to be honest.
Me, personally, I like to think
outside the box on these things.
Why necessarily human?
What are you saying?
Nothing.
Maybe everything.
She disappeared on a harvest moon.
- Clever girl. Indeed.
- Mm.
- Maximum nocturnal light.
- Exactly.
Guiding their ships.
Following the beam.
Right.
So, there's an entrance here. One here.
And this one is the one that
gives us our safest access.
No, it doesn't.
With respect, I worked there.
Without respect, 18 months ago,
and I was there last night and
did a proper reconnaissance.
- You did?
- Yeah.
This is your best point of access
Oh!
Pass the berries.
Oh, look who tested the springs
on the big hotel bed last night.
Oh
This plan shouldn't involve
him if you want to succeed.
I said I was sorry, Bron!
So at 9pm, we'll assemble
at this side lane.
Tallulah will get us in at 9:15.
Jason and Brony, sweep security at 9:30.
Sammi will enter once
he gets the all clear.
We'll regroup at 9:45 on the 15th floor.
Yeah. Most of the
building should be empty,
except for the cleaners, so
(DOOR OPENS)
Ah. Nice of you to join us.
Well, that's all well and good,
but once we get to the 15th floor,
what are we expected to do?
We access all the old claims.
Got my father's pass key, which
should open the file room door.
We will then proceed to process
every claim to the maximum,
all the ones that ProsperAus
refused to pay out on.
Ooh, that you refused to pay out on.
Yes, that I refused to pay out on.
- How many claims are we talking?
- Around 4,000.
And doing this, we crash the company?
At least give it a major
stock market shudder,
maybe start a full investigation.
Their security will not give you
enough time to process 4,000 claims.
Jason and Brony will
hopefully buy us some time.
Hopefully?
You are putting all of us in
the firing line, not just you,
on 'hopefully'.
There will be time.
I'll make sure of it.
Sammi can automate the claims
so the computers accept
them and pay them all out.
I've filled in extra
claims for everyone here,
and that should be enough to give you
a start out there in the real world.
If it all goes to plan,
we meet for one last drink
and go our separate ways.
You wait inside the cafe
until they tell you it's safe for
you to enter with your equipment.
Mm-hm.
And what time is it tonight?
10:45.
9:45. 9:45.
OK. Well, it depends what
part of the world I'm in.
(BURNING BY THE YEAH YEAH YEAHS PLAYS)
What's this about, Frankie?
(SONG CONTINUES)
(SONG ENDS)
OK. Passes.
Alright. His dad was
a friend of my dad's.
They think we're trainees.
OK. Let's go.
Thank you.
You've done your bit already.
If we get caught, let
that be our problem.
Uh, how do I know you
won't all just piss off?
This is a list of all the bank accounts
this lot need to access their money.
Now you are the only one who has them.
OK.
Good luck.
(CHUCKLES)
Sammi better be on his way.
We've got to go in.
Without him
we're just cleaning the 15th floor.
(LOUD DANCE MUSIC PLAYS)
(VACUUM WHIRS)
Agh!
Just let it go. Let it go, let it go.
All good. All good. Let it go.
Are you OK? Yeah?
Sorry. Thanks.
You really have no idea, have you?
That's, uh
That's a lot.
Yeah.
Are you
You are Anika van Cleef!
Oh, no. No, I'm not.
Oh, my God, you are!
Zulal! Hi.
I used to clean your office every night.
Of course!
I know that this must
be so hard for you.
You know, coming back and
starting at the very bottom again.
Yeah.
But good on you, girl!
Let me do the polishing, yeah?
You can mop.
Thank you.
You put your foot on the
pedal to balance it out.
I know. It's foot-operated.
9:19, yes. Thank you, Magda.
(INDISTINCT)
regret it, so fuck that.
Mm!
Thank you.
(INHALES)
Ooh! Tasty.
(DING!)
Shit! There's a camera.
One moment.
Yeah, it's an old spy trick.
They'll get suspicious after
about three minutes, but
..that'll give us enough
time to get the files out.
(WHISPERS) OK, go, go, go!
(BEEPING)
Yes!
Alright
- Through here.
- Great.
(INDISTINCT WHISPERING)
- Out.
- Yep.
OK. OK.
Time check?
On target.
Connor?
Yeah, I can see Jason and Brony.
No sign of Sammi at the caf, though.
(LOUD BUZZING)
I take it you're pest
control? They're everywhere!
IDs, please.
Yep. Righto.
How long is this going to take?
An hour. You gotta go.
(LAUGHS) No, no, no. We
don't leave our stations.
Oh, no, no, no. You gotta go.
We stay. Spray around us.
Ah, yeah It's OK.
Yeah. The spray might not affect them.
Uh, have you had your kids?
How safe is it?
Uh fairly. I guess.
How are you with chlorpyrifos?
Dimethylate? Diazinon?
How about malathion?
How long can you hold your breath?
(LAUGHS) Who wants to live
till they're 60, anyway?
Oh
(COUGHS) Alright, guys, guys,
we're gonna head out for an hour.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Do what you got to do.
(MUFFLED) Probably for the best.
How do you know all those names?
They're in air freshener
Bong Cha in the motel.
Sammi's a no-show.
We were right for him to enter,
but he's not answering his phone.
We got the security
desk cleared, though.
Jason did. He was so good. He'd
make a really great criminal.
- Yeah. Thanks, I appreciate that.
- (PHONE RINGS)
It's him.
How could you let us down like this?
Hey, where are you?
I'm at my grandpa's
house. He's not well.
Keep the noise down, Grandpa.
You promised me.
(LAUGHS) I promised to help.
How can you help me
from a nightclub toilet?
You know what? Just put
Magda or Heather on the phone.
Why?
Hi. It's Magda.
OK, have you got the stuff I gave you?
She's got it. Which one?
So, use the one with the smaller head
and plug it into any one of
the terminals marked 4ETH-J.
Oh! This tune, though!
OK, now give the phone back to Stella.
OK, go.
Plug in the thumb drive, then
type in your old man's passcode.
(WHISPERS) This is the thumb drive.
OK.
- No, it's not working.
- (MURMURING)
They've probably
upgraded some equipment.
Have you got an old file there?
Well, there are hundreds of them.
Type in the file code
at the top of an old one.
- Then use your father's old password.
- (BURPS)
RPO
Password.
(TYPES)
MAN: Come on, mate.
Other people have to go.
Fuck off, Grandpa!
And, boom! Done.
Sending all the software to you now.
(BEEPING)
(EXHALES) I can't believe it.
- Yes!
- (ALL EXCLAIM)
Well, alright, everyone,
get to work. Go!
JASON: Let's get to it. Come on.
OK, Bron, here we go. Type this
(ALL READ NUMBERS, DISCUSS SOFTLY)
(CHIMING)
- JASON: I'm just saying numbers!
- Well don't.
Jason, you can't say
the numbers out loud.
Shut up.
This keyboard's too slow.
(CHIMING CONTINUES)
Hey, where are you going?
We haven't got through
a quarter of them.
You will.
I'm going where I
should have gone day one.
The 29th floor.
You can't! They monitor
that 24 hours a day.
Yes,
I'm counting on it.
Sammi. Give me the lift code.
You've unlocked the door?
(BEEP!)
Thank you.
And enjoy the money.
I'm here and I'm about to enter.
(INHALES, EXHALES DEEPLY)
(GROANS)
(LINE RINGS)
IRIS: Hi, Mum!
How are you guys doing?
We're watching a scary movie.
No! Whose idea was that?
Otis's. It's quite interesting.
The girl can make her head
turn all the way around.
Wow.
You know those films
can give you nightmares?
No, I love it.
Otis is hiding behind a pillow, though.
Will you look after him for me, OK?
I wish I could make my head turn around.
Can you ask her when she's coming back?
There'll be someone
with you shortly. Yeah?
I love you both so much.
I love you too, Mum. Bye!
Bye.
ELECTRONIC VOICE: Entry detected.
Please enter authorisation code.
Please enter authorisation code.
Please enter authorisation code.
(ALARM BLARES)
Alert - oxygen depletion commenced.
Oxygen level 90
Oxygen level 80%.
Oxygen level 70
Oxygen level 30%.
(FIRES SHOT)
Oxygen level 10%.
Oxygen level 0%.
- (GULPS)
- Oxygen depletion complete.
Oxygen will resume after
three minutes and 30 seconds.
(HEARTBEAT)
(FIRES SHOT)
(GLASS BREAKING)
(GASPS)
(HEARTBEAT SLOWS)
(SIREN WAILS)
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(PHONE RINGS)
I guess we have to pay
for these drinks, then.
You are unbelievable.
Just let me grieve in my own way.
OK.
Goodbye, everyone.
Yeah. No point hanging around, huh?
Well, I guess this is goodbye, then.
After 21 years!
All the best, everyone.
So, where is Stella, do you think?
I guess that depends on whether
you believe in an afterlife.
BOTH: Stella is not dead.
How do you know?
BOTH: The paramedics.
MAGDA: They didn't cover her face
until just before they
put her in the ambulance.
They wanted her to be seen.
And those uniforms?
Their epaulettes were
missing the caduceus.
- JASON: What
- Insignia on the shoulder.
Bad attention to detail.
- We knew she had to have
- BOTH: A better plan.
MAGDA: I'm off to bed.
You know, you should marry him.
He loves you. He's
ordinary. You're ordinary.
He will treat you well.
Maybe just stick with one child.
Mm.
That was very sweet of you.
Ah
So, you survived.
All that breathing practice paid off!
No. I lasted two minutes and 39 seconds.
Mum!
Oh!
Hi, sweetie.
Oh. Mwah!
So how, then?
The 349th best in the
world pulled it off.
Even with his missing finger.
OK, you've got a few hours to
say goodbye to your old house
and grab whatever you want from it.
Before long, the Russians
will find the bullet hole
and realise that you set them up,
and they'll start hunting
the globe to find you.
Not to mention you cost them billions.
Hop in.
Is this our plane?
You can keep it for the day.
This may not be forever.
If it goes to trial, you might
finally get your own lives back.
We're in no hurry.
Here are your new identities.
Florence Pa
Paarde bek?
Seriously?
Paardebek. It's Dutch.
I thought that might
make it easy for you.
That was 150 years ago!
(OVER RADIO) Sierra Uniform.
Expect clearance above taxi
It means 'horse's mouth'.
I thought it appropriate,
as you're going to be our star witness.
Fine.
You can tell the pilot your destination.
He has been cleared.
Good luck, Florence.
(RADIO CHATTER CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)
(ENGINE WHIRS LOUDER)
Luang Prabang, please.
(LAUGHS)
Well, it is a belief
that our forebears
are from the Calbatrox races,
not the Galactic Confederacy.
Federation. Yeah, I'd heard that too.
- Yeah.
- They were formed a lot more recently,
I think.
I think I might be ready
to try chicken again.
Oh. I know a place.
- Want to grab a bite?
- Yeah.
All of this can be argued.
Is there anyone who can
corroborate any of this?
Former CEO of ProsperAus.
Anika van Cleef?
How safe is she?
So, what's the good news? How did we go?
I sold when you told me to, but
you lost $0.96 on the dollar.
Shit.
Lorena sent me this the
night she disappeared.
Maybe she wanted me to find this.
Oh, hello. Yes. I'd
like to speak to George.
And you are?
(EXHALES) Three minutes!
Where are the kids? We need to go.
We're not coming.
- This is bullshit.
- You should go now.
We need to go right now.
We have eyes on her.
- She won't be alone.
- What?
WOMAN: She'll be 25 today.
It's always what I thought
happened with my Evelyn.
22 years gone now.
She went to the corner
shop for a roast chicken -
just never came back.
I know I should have paid your
father, and other people as well.
Stop! It is way too late for that.
Where will you go?
That's not your concern.
What if I make it my concern?
You pay out on all those claims,
you won't have a company to run.
I won't let the company go under.
If you really want to get the people
responsible for Graham's death,
we need to go to ProsperAus and
take them for everything they've got.
Anyone who's interested, we
need to leave an hour from now.
- Where are we going?
- I'll brief you on the plane.
(KNOCKS)
Anika?
Come, come Come in, come in.
You can't be here.
They'll find you.
I expect they will.
So we don't have long.
Why are you still alive?
Maybe because I pose no threat to them.
How's Mum?
She died, Anika, six months ago.
She wouldn't have known you anyway.
Where is Mum buried?
Family plot.
Family?
Would you like a drink?
I finished all the good scotch.
I'm not here for Scotch.
Then what is it you want of me?
Information, changes
to security, passwords,
your passkey for ProsperAus.
You can't seriously be
thinking of going in there.
I haven't been for years.
And my passkey only works
for the lower floors.
Still get me to the 15th floor.
Why the 15th?
There's nothing but dead claims.
Anything you would want
is on the 29th floor,
in an air-locked room.
But my key won't help you in there.
The moment you enter,
the doors are sealed.
If you don't have the code,
the oxygen is sucked out.
I know.
For three minutes.
No.
Three and a half.
(ENGINE APPROACHES)
And they're punctual.
I'll give them that.
- (GRUNTS)
- (AIR HISSES)
(AIR HISSES)
(HEARTBEAT PULSES)
(GASPS)
(BELLS PEAL)
Are you OK?
Yeah, it's It's just so beautiful.
It's just a car park
down there, isn't it?
Yeah. That's the most beautiful
car park I've seen in 16 years.
Hey, how are you? I'll have an
omelette with the works, please.
This is all included
in the buffet, yeah?
- Yeah, absolutely.
- Yeah.
Chuck a sausage on
there as well, with that.
Here we go.
Yeah. Chuck a couple on!
Like it. Cheeky.
Here's a business card Brony knocked up.
How good a shot are you these days?
Ooh, old days, I could clip
the wing off a fly at 200m.
Would have been top five, I reckon.
Oh, there might be one
bloke in front of me.
A little Latino guy called Jose Alvarez.
And now, with your trigger finger.
349th.
I need you to be really good.
Can you put eight shots in the
same spot from a distance of 50m?
(EXHALES) 80-20, at best.
Which way?
You don't want to know.
Ooh, here it comes.
I trust you all slept well.
Don't worry. This is all
paid for, courtesy of Frankie.
How much?
There'll be more later on.
This is to let you enjoy
your first day of freedom.
And if your plan goes wrong, our last.
You all set?
Can I trust them?
No, not in the slightest.
But they have a cash
incentive, so we should be fine.
(CLAPS LOUDLY) Come
on! Come on, you lot.
I've got things to do today.
(GROANING) What things?
It's just minor things.
Come on, sweetie.
Why isn't Jeremiah here?
We've been through this.
He wanted to go to Luang Prabang.
- Yeah. With us.
- Yeah. He should be here.
I know he should.
Then why'd you send him away?
Because he's safer
He's happy where he is.
- Are we safe?
- Yes.
Very, just
Just stay in the room, alright?
I'll be back in a while.
- Can we get room service?
- No.
Why not? We're here all day.
We might starve to death.
Alright, but just in moderation.
Whatever moderation
is for a 17-year-old.
There are 15,000 students
at this university.
How will you possibly recognise her?
I will.
It's been
21 years?
Yes.
She may not be here today.
Well, then, I will keep
coming back until I find her.
We are missing an exhibition
of Estonian pottery from 1918,
sourcing the influences
of the preceding German
and Danish occupations.
Well, then, you go.
I've wasted so much of my life.
I'm not wasting a moment longer.
Is that how you see things?
A waste?
Don't wait for me. I'll
meet you back at the hotel.
Can you wait?
I don't know how long I'll be.
It's a, uh, an old lover.
He's got a body of a Greek god.
Just don't know if he'll want to see me.
Yeah, I was key witness at his trial,
and, um, he ended up
doing a 12-year stretch.
Are you sure you should be going in?
Well, I'm hoping that he remembers
how good it was before that.
You know, we had this
wild physical connection,
and that just can't disappear, can it?
OK.
Raoul?
MAN: Who's asking?
(AIR HISSES)
Raoul?
You! Fuck.
- Yes, me.
- (COUGHS VIOLENTLY)
You, you fuck!
- Yeah. You've already covered that.
- (COUGHING)
What the hell happened to you?
You, you dirty bitch! You put me inside.
Yeah. You were being an arsehole.
You are dead woman! I
will slit your throat.
I'll (COUGHS VIOLENTLY)
Unlikely.
(COUGHING CONTINUES)
Nice seeing you again, Raoul.
Raol's not doing so good.
Hey! Long time no see!
- Oh, man.
- How are you, man?
Yo!
Yo, this place is so cool.
Do you want room service?
Anything you want. You name it.
Otis, I don't think Mum
wants other people here.
I mean, she just said stay in the room.
I'm in the room.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
That looks very difficult.
It is beyond difficult.
May I?
Uh, are you a mathematician?
A hobby.
Oh
It bridges several
mathematical theories.
Mmm! Ramsey. And a touch
of a Euclidean plane theory.
The answer will be somewhere
in there, I suspect.
Yes, that's what I was thinking!
Are you from a
mathematical family at all?
My dad's a scientist,
studying neural waves.
And your mother?
Stepmum.
She's a dentist.
So, medical science-based.
She keeps mine and Dad's teeth in line.
What are you studying?
Reading histories. Pliny.
Younger or older?
Both. Eruption of Vesuvius.
Oh!
Sorry, but I have to get back to this.
I have a dissertation
to deliver at five.
Well, it was very nice
to meet you, Charlotte.
How do you know my name?
It's on your book.
I do hope we meet again.
Yeah.
I'd like that.
I'd look at the fractionated integer
using x as the unknown factor.
Thanks.
Yes, I was speaking to somebody
from your accounts department.
I don't remember who, Mr Bennett.
Yes. He wanted me to check some
wiring issue on the 15th floor.
- How are you?
- I'm OK.
Someone can show me up. Won't take long.
Yeah. Cheers.
Are you still here?
Estonian pottery will be there tomorrow.
How easy it is now.
Well?
She's so beautiful!
Of course she is.
I saw your name, handwritten
on the files Airini sent
just before she died.
She didn't DIE, Anika, she was murdered.
Trying, as I understand it, to save you.
I need to make this right.
Oh, you've left that a bit late.
I want to flush out all the
people that are behind this.
What? You are proposing,
single-handedly,
to stop a Russian cartel?
We'll slow them down. If
we bring down ProsperAus,
it'll leave them with no-one
to launder their money.
And how exactly are you
going to manage that?
Well, we used to call the 15th
floor our holding-pattern room.
Was legitimate claims that
we let circle the earth
but never allowed to land.
If we pay them all out in one
hit, we will cripple the company.
They will kill you.
Well, they've been trying
to do that for long enough.
Why, exactly, are you coming to me?
Well, firstly, I need to know that
my children will be looked after
if anything happens to me.
And secondly?
I could really use some help.
Airini's death haunts me like no other.
And I do have an enormous
capacity for hatred.
Tell me what you are proposing.
Lovely view up here.
Uh-huh.
Yeah, I've got you, Stella.
29th floor.
Roger that.
(MUSIC PLAYS INDISTINCTLY)
(BOYS SHOUT AND LAUGH INDISTINCTLY)
(LOUD MUSIC PLAYS)
- IRIS: Otis, Otis, Otis!
- BOY: Stop, stop, stop!
(MUSIC STOPS)
I haven't had a party
for my last two birthdays.
Just
Just keep the noise down.
You don't want management
coming up and stopping the fun.
You're not mad?
No.
But that's probably enough food.
Alright, I'll go out
for a couple of hours
and everyone can stay until I get back.
- OK.
- We'll keep it down.
Uh-huh.
Thanks, Mum.
That was close.
(LAUGHTER AND GRUNTING)
(SLOW JAZZ MUSIC PLAYS)
Can we really afford this place?
Well
We already paid for the babysitter
and it was really expensive.
It's the first time we've
been out, just the two of us.
And I wanted this to be a special night.
Be really special if we can't afford it.
Well, I've saved, Bron.
And tomorrow, you know, we
might be really good for money.
Jason, have you seen these prices?
It doesn't matter, Brony.
The three of us, moving into
a proper house together is
Wow! $68 for fish?
Look, it's been a magical time.
Magical?
What part of it was
magical? The roof leaking?
Buzz crying all the time?
What are you doing?
Get up.
Stella told us not to make a scene.
Brony McIvor
I've loved you from the day
I first met you when I was 14.
Oh!
Oh! Sorry!
Careful!
Ah
WOMAN: Are you alright?
Will you at least consider it?
Fire!
Same.
(EXHALES)
Strange being back here, isn't it?
I saw my daughter today.
I haven't seen her since
she was three years old.
I didn't know you had a daughter.
How was it? Did you speak to her?
I told her to look at
the fractionated integer
using X as the unknown.
Could I say,
"Sorry for missing your whole life"?
I was so happy being a mum, Stella.
And then it was stolen from me
because I was witness to a crime.
And I wish to God I'd just
turned my back and walked away.
Maybe once this is all over, you
can reconnect properly with her.
Listen, if it goes pear-shaped
tomorrow and something happens
Will you keep an eye on my kids?
But if something happens to you,
it presumably happens to us all, but
yes, of course I would
keep an eye on them.
How would Magda handle that?
Mm.
She's Russian.
They live for suffering.
I researched the investment
recommendation that I gave you -
the one to bail out the town.
The one you told me that crashed.
I vaguely remember.
It didn't bottom out, did it?
No.
No, it was all pretty
good, as it turned out.
And you pocketed the money?
Yeah, close to 100K.
(SIGHS)
We have a big day tomorrow.
Everyone is relying on you.
I know.
8:45 tomorrow night.
9:45.
Got you.
(GUNSHOTS, GLASS BREAKING)
WOMAN: Hold these.
What happened to beekeeper's outfit?
Too expensive. The koala was cheaper.
Can you even see through that?
Not so good.
This them, is it?
Yeah. Brazilian ones.
VERY aggressive.
Some got inside the koala.
Security room's on the ground floor.
There's an air duct
just around the corner.
Go!
Ugh
Ah! Is my head on straight?
Try not to attract attention.
Hey! What are you doing, sir?
This is private property.
Well, that's fitting,
'cause I'm part of a
private investigation.
"Pirate investigator"?
Yeah, that's right.
I work on the land and the sea.
Can I see your
credentials, please, miss?
Yeah.
Well, Dawn Rosen, if
that is your real name,
can't say too much.
I'm looking into the disappearance
of a certain former
woman in charge here.
- Wh This is Anika van Cleef?
- Whoa, whoa, whoa!
- Shh!
- (WHISPERS) Wow.
They said she was 'sick'.
Yeah, well, they say a
lot of things, don't they?
(GRUNTS)
(HUMMING)
So my agency has reason to
believe that she was abducted.
By who?
Lots of different theories.
Well, yeah, we've had a lot of Russians
sniffing around here recently.
Yeah. Yeah, well, that's one of them.
- Mm.
- That's a very popular one
..to be honest.
Me, personally, I like to think
outside the box on these things.
Why necessarily human?
What are you saying?
Nothing.
Maybe everything.
She disappeared on a harvest moon.
- Clever girl. Indeed.
- Mm.
- Maximum nocturnal light.
- Exactly.
Guiding their ships.
Following the beam.
Right.
So, there's an entrance here. One here.
And this one is the one that
gives us our safest access.
No, it doesn't.
With respect, I worked there.
Without respect, 18 months ago,
and I was there last night and
did a proper reconnaissance.
- You did?
- Yeah.
This is your best point of access
Oh!
Pass the berries.
Oh, look who tested the springs
on the big hotel bed last night.
Oh
This plan shouldn't involve
him if you want to succeed.
I said I was sorry, Bron!
So at 9pm, we'll assemble
at this side lane.
Tallulah will get us in at 9:15.
Jason and Brony, sweep security at 9:30.
Sammi will enter once
he gets the all clear.
We'll regroup at 9:45 on the 15th floor.
Yeah. Most of the
building should be empty,
except for the cleaners, so
(DOOR OPENS)
Ah. Nice of you to join us.
Well, that's all well and good,
but once we get to the 15th floor,
what are we expected to do?
We access all the old claims.
Got my father's pass key, which
should open the file room door.
We will then proceed to process
every claim to the maximum,
all the ones that ProsperAus
refused to pay out on.
Ooh, that you refused to pay out on.
Yes, that I refused to pay out on.
- How many claims are we talking?
- Around 4,000.
And doing this, we crash the company?
At least give it a major
stock market shudder,
maybe start a full investigation.
Their security will not give you
enough time to process 4,000 claims.
Jason and Brony will
hopefully buy us some time.
Hopefully?
You are putting all of us in
the firing line, not just you,
on 'hopefully'.
There will be time.
I'll make sure of it.
Sammi can automate the claims
so the computers accept
them and pay them all out.
I've filled in extra
claims for everyone here,
and that should be enough to give you
a start out there in the real world.
If it all goes to plan,
we meet for one last drink
and go our separate ways.
You wait inside the cafe
until they tell you it's safe for
you to enter with your equipment.
Mm-hm.
And what time is it tonight?
10:45.
9:45. 9:45.
OK. Well, it depends what
part of the world I'm in.
(BURNING BY THE YEAH YEAH YEAHS PLAYS)
What's this about, Frankie?
(SONG CONTINUES)
(SONG ENDS)
OK. Passes.
Alright. His dad was
a friend of my dad's.
They think we're trainees.
OK. Let's go.
Thank you.
You've done your bit already.
If we get caught, let
that be our problem.
Uh, how do I know you
won't all just piss off?
This is a list of all the bank accounts
this lot need to access their money.
Now you are the only one who has them.
OK.
Good luck.
(CHUCKLES)
Sammi better be on his way.
We've got to go in.
Without him
we're just cleaning the 15th floor.
(LOUD DANCE MUSIC PLAYS)
(VACUUM WHIRS)
Agh!
Just let it go. Let it go, let it go.
All good. All good. Let it go.
Are you OK? Yeah?
Sorry. Thanks.
You really have no idea, have you?
That's, uh
That's a lot.
Yeah.
Are you
You are Anika van Cleef!
Oh, no. No, I'm not.
Oh, my God, you are!
Zulal! Hi.
I used to clean your office every night.
Of course!
I know that this must
be so hard for you.
You know, coming back and
starting at the very bottom again.
Yeah.
But good on you, girl!
Let me do the polishing, yeah?
You can mop.
Thank you.
You put your foot on the
pedal to balance it out.
I know. It's foot-operated.
9:19, yes. Thank you, Magda.
(INDISTINCT)
regret it, so fuck that.
Mm!
Thank you.
(INHALES)
Ooh! Tasty.
(DING!)
Shit! There's a camera.
One moment.
Yeah, it's an old spy trick.
They'll get suspicious after
about three minutes, but
..that'll give us enough
time to get the files out.
(WHISPERS) OK, go, go, go!
(BEEPING)
Yes!
Alright
- Through here.
- Great.
(INDISTINCT WHISPERING)
- Out.
- Yep.
OK. OK.
Time check?
On target.
Connor?
Yeah, I can see Jason and Brony.
No sign of Sammi at the caf, though.
(LOUD BUZZING)
I take it you're pest
control? They're everywhere!
IDs, please.
Yep. Righto.
How long is this going to take?
An hour. You gotta go.
(LAUGHS) No, no, no. We
don't leave our stations.
Oh, no, no, no. You gotta go.
We stay. Spray around us.
Ah, yeah It's OK.
Yeah. The spray might not affect them.
Uh, have you had your kids?
How safe is it?
Uh fairly. I guess.
How are you with chlorpyrifos?
Dimethylate? Diazinon?
How about malathion?
How long can you hold your breath?
(LAUGHS) Who wants to live
till they're 60, anyway?
Oh
(COUGHS) Alright, guys, guys,
we're gonna head out for an hour.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Do what you got to do.
(MUFFLED) Probably for the best.
How do you know all those names?
They're in air freshener
Bong Cha in the motel.
Sammi's a no-show.
We were right for him to enter,
but he's not answering his phone.
We got the security
desk cleared, though.
Jason did. He was so good. He'd
make a really great criminal.
- Yeah. Thanks, I appreciate that.
- (PHONE RINGS)
It's him.
How could you let us down like this?
Hey, where are you?
I'm at my grandpa's
house. He's not well.
Keep the noise down, Grandpa.
You promised me.
(LAUGHS) I promised to help.
How can you help me
from a nightclub toilet?
You know what? Just put
Magda or Heather on the phone.
Why?
Hi. It's Magda.
OK, have you got the stuff I gave you?
She's got it. Which one?
So, use the one with the smaller head
and plug it into any one of
the terminals marked 4ETH-J.
Oh! This tune, though!
OK, now give the phone back to Stella.
OK, go.
Plug in the thumb drive, then
type in your old man's passcode.
(WHISPERS) This is the thumb drive.
OK.
- No, it's not working.
- (MURMURING)
They've probably
upgraded some equipment.
Have you got an old file there?
Well, there are hundreds of them.
Type in the file code
at the top of an old one.
- Then use your father's old password.
- (BURPS)
RPO
Password.
(TYPES)
MAN: Come on, mate.
Other people have to go.
Fuck off, Grandpa!
And, boom! Done.
Sending all the software to you now.
(BEEPING)
(EXHALES) I can't believe it.
- Yes!
- (ALL EXCLAIM)
Well, alright, everyone,
get to work. Go!
JASON: Let's get to it. Come on.
OK, Bron, here we go. Type this
(ALL READ NUMBERS, DISCUSS SOFTLY)
(CHIMING)
- JASON: I'm just saying numbers!
- Well don't.
Jason, you can't say
the numbers out loud.
Shut up.
This keyboard's too slow.
(CHIMING CONTINUES)
Hey, where are you going?
We haven't got through
a quarter of them.
You will.
I'm going where I
should have gone day one.
The 29th floor.
You can't! They monitor
that 24 hours a day.
Yes,
I'm counting on it.
Sammi. Give me the lift code.
You've unlocked the door?
(BEEP!)
Thank you.
And enjoy the money.
I'm here and I'm about to enter.
(INHALES, EXHALES DEEPLY)
(GROANS)
(LINE RINGS)
IRIS: Hi, Mum!
How are you guys doing?
We're watching a scary movie.
No! Whose idea was that?
Otis's. It's quite interesting.
The girl can make her head
turn all the way around.
Wow.
You know those films
can give you nightmares?
No, I love it.
Otis is hiding behind a pillow, though.
Will you look after him for me, OK?
I wish I could make my head turn around.
Can you ask her when she's coming back?
There'll be someone
with you shortly. Yeah?
I love you both so much.
I love you too, Mum. Bye!
Bye.
ELECTRONIC VOICE: Entry detected.
Please enter authorisation code.
Please enter authorisation code.
Please enter authorisation code.
(ALARM BLARES)
Alert - oxygen depletion commenced.
Oxygen level 90
Oxygen level 80%.
Oxygen level 70
Oxygen level 30%.
(FIRES SHOT)
Oxygen level 10%.
Oxygen level 0%.
- (GULPS)
- Oxygen depletion complete.
Oxygen will resume after
three minutes and 30 seconds.
(HEARTBEAT)
(FIRES SHOT)
(GLASS BREAKING)
(GASPS)
(HEARTBEAT SLOWS)
(SIREN WAILS)
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(PHONE RINGS)
I guess we have to pay
for these drinks, then.
You are unbelievable.
Just let me grieve in my own way.
OK.
Goodbye, everyone.
Yeah. No point hanging around, huh?
Well, I guess this is goodbye, then.
After 21 years!
All the best, everyone.
So, where is Stella, do you think?
I guess that depends on whether
you believe in an afterlife.
BOTH: Stella is not dead.
How do you know?
BOTH: The paramedics.
MAGDA: They didn't cover her face
until just before they
put her in the ambulance.
They wanted her to be seen.
And those uniforms?
Their epaulettes were
missing the caduceus.
- JASON: What
- Insignia on the shoulder.
Bad attention to detail.
- We knew she had to have
- BOTH: A better plan.
MAGDA: I'm off to bed.
You know, you should marry him.
He loves you. He's
ordinary. You're ordinary.
He will treat you well.
Maybe just stick with one child.
Mm.
That was very sweet of you.
Ah
So, you survived.
All that breathing practice paid off!
No. I lasted two minutes and 39 seconds.
Mum!
Oh!
Hi, sweetie.
Oh. Mwah!
So how, then?
The 349th best in the
world pulled it off.
Even with his missing finger.
OK, you've got a few hours to
say goodbye to your old house
and grab whatever you want from it.
Before long, the Russians
will find the bullet hole
and realise that you set them up,
and they'll start hunting
the globe to find you.
Not to mention you cost them billions.
Hop in.
Is this our plane?
You can keep it for the day.
This may not be forever.
If it goes to trial, you might
finally get your own lives back.
We're in no hurry.
Here are your new identities.
Florence Pa
Paarde bek?
Seriously?
Paardebek. It's Dutch.
I thought that might
make it easy for you.
That was 150 years ago!
(OVER RADIO) Sierra Uniform.
Expect clearance above taxi
It means 'horse's mouth'.
I thought it appropriate,
as you're going to be our star witness.
Fine.
You can tell the pilot your destination.
He has been cleared.
Good luck, Florence.
(RADIO CHATTER CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)
(ENGINE WHIRS LOUDER)
Luang Prabang, please.
(LAUGHS)
Well, it is a belief
that our forebears
are from the Calbatrox races,
not the Galactic Confederacy.
Federation. Yeah, I'd heard that too.
- Yeah.
- They were formed a lot more recently,
I think.
I think I might be ready
to try chicken again.
Oh. I know a place.
- Want to grab a bite?
- Yeah.