Bad Apples (2021) s01e04 Episode Script

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- Onerva
- Did you take Kari to the hayloft?
A romantic Mrs Serafina Kuikka.
How does it sound?
So he's Lundsten's son. I'm shocked.
When you were on your home visit,
I thought I saw you at the bunker.
Were you there?
We don't have curtains.
We don't have any curtains!
Eat up.
Alma's chickens.
Alma treats you well.
Alma would never
chop off your heads.
When you get to heaven, you'll lay
golden eggs for the Lord above.
And from your perches in the clouds,
you'll shit on the likes of them.
There are bad men
out in that field.
You must not go into the barn.
- You must not go into the barn!
- Let me go, Alma!
God damn it, I didn't
get to finish my porridge.
One day you're asked
to wake up early and such a fuss!
- Who's coming?
- President Kekkonen.
The government is interested in the
mental state of mad women like us.
Keep up the good spirit!
- Ulla Parvilinna's coming.
- Who is she?
- Lundsten's boss.
- I thought he was the boss.
Alright now. Let's not ruin
a great morning by bickering.
I don't need it.
Good morning!
Good morning.
- How was your trip?
- It went well.
Excellent.
It's great that you came today.
You see, there are
a couple of things
that I would like to discuss
with you at length.
So lovely of you to be standing
there for my sake.
So she's the boss?
Maybe I should go and talk to her.
Don't get too excited.
- Have you been keeping warm?
- Plenty warm.
- So, how are things?
- Well
Serafina has progressed
wonderfully in her treatment.
As have many others.
- Do we have any new arrivals?
- I'm not sure we have any
I'm new!
- I'm Onerva Poikelus.
- Where are you from?
Helsinki.
I study sociology at the university.
- A smart young lady
- Smart with a nice ass.
- Shut up!
- Alright, calm down.
We have a special programme for today
in Director Parvilinna's honour.
- Lead the way, Alaska.
- Let's go.
What do you have planned?
Be more careful where
you stick your fingers.
Oh shut up!
I know who you're screwing secretly.
And soon Lundsten will know it too.
- Where's Marjorie?
- She's resting.
Do you think she knows what's
going on here? She visits so rarely.
Well, what is going on here?
I'll talk to her.
Doctor, Vera wants a word.
What is it?
I just want to ask
about art therapy
I think it's great that Eaglerock
has a female director.
Happy to hear that.
It creates a totally different
level of trust than with Lundsten.
Lundsten is completely
worthy of your trust.
Yes, but I feel the best thing for me
would be to get my life back.
- To get back home.
- That's what we all want.
Or is there something troubling you?
These home visits
When I had my trip home,
I was given strong medication
so I'm not at all sure
where I actually went.
So you don't really know
where you were at the time?
What is it you see over there?
I mean
It would be best for me if I knew
Onerva. We have the best treatment
in the country here.
Gösta has studied
in the United States.
But for the mind to heal
- It takes time.
- I understand that.
- But it's important for me to know
- Is there a problem?
Do we have a problem?
A problem? No.
Great. Let's continue our journey.
We're almost there.
- What if they kill me?
- They're just ordinary people.
- What if they kill me anyway?
- They won't kill anyone.
This way. Come to our farm.
Alright, let's assemble in the yard
to divide the tasks.
Serafina,
do you want to see Alma's chickens?
- Is this Kuikka's home?
- Yeah, a proper estate.
Haven't you told her yet?
There's nothing
to tell so don't start.
Get to work.
Special task.
What is it?
The onions.
- You can't smoke here.
- I won't tell if you don't.
- What is it?
- I was just thinking
- Are you crazy?
- Are you?
Maybe. I don't know.
- Do you want to see this place?
- Yes.
Come.
Onerva
Mum
This is a safe place
This is a safe place
Mum
What is it?
What?
Why don't you get any medication?
Or hypnosis?
You never have sessions
with Lundsten in his office.
- Lunch!
- I'm starving.
- Isn't it nice?
- Yes.
What do you do up here?
All sorts of things.
- Do you ever spend the night here?
- No. Mum won't let me.
Do you always do
what Mum tells you?
- Usually.
- Me too. Usually.
But the one time I didn't obey,
I was sent to the nuthouse.
- Really?
- Really.
But guess what?
If you always do what
everyone else tells you to,
that will really drive you crazy.
- You're right.
- I knew you'd get it.
Come on, show me.
Come and see Alma's sheep.
His name's Sulo.
- Alright, alright
- You can stroke him.
Quiet! The doctor is speaking!
Thank you, Alaska
Head Nurse Alanen.
First of all, I'd like
to take the opportunity
to thank the Kuikka farm
for hosting us so generously.
And especially for having taken
our Alma under their wing.
Alma, come up here.
"Nearer my God to thee"
Thank you, Alma. Thank you.
Please, sit down.
Alma's trial period here at the
Kuikka farm has been a huge success.
Alma is doing much better now
and she no longer exhibits
any pyromaniac tendencies.
Alma is able to lend a hand with
the farm work at her own pace.
It's no exaggeration to say
that Alma's feeling much
better than last autumn.
You're not supposed to be here.
I was just thirsty.
You're supposed to come eat.
I'd like to tell you something.
Or
Actually I could show you.
Will you come with me?
It's based on modern and gentle
ways of treating mental illness.
In the past, patients had to endure
cold baths and straitjackets.
This is for your eyes only.
You can't tell anyone else.
The successful therapy sessions have
improved Alma's state so much
that soon we can
consider releasing her.
Good!
Wouldn't Alma like that, too?
Home!
Alma won't go home!
Kuikka!
Help!
Gösta!
Erkki!
Alma won't go home!
Kuikka, help!
Sulo will go home!
Alma won't go home!
Goodbye.
Off she went.
I just wanted to know
what's going on here.
Yeah.
When you were on your home visit,
I thought I saw you
at the door of the bunker.
Onerva, seriously.
Snap out of it, okay?
Play a card. That's clubs,
you fucking nutter. Play diamonds.
Your turn.
Play a card.
No! That's hearts.
Play it there.
We should try.
What?
To get into the bunker.
I want to see what's in there.
- How?
- I could try to sneak out tonight.
- You can't sneak out at night.
- Let's see who's on guard duty.
- It's your turn.
- You'll get caught.
Wait.
Daddy came home
and told Alma
Come to Vera.
Sit down.
No one is going to send Alma away
if Alma doesn't want them to.
Don't worry.
Let me stroke these lovely
little sausages you have here.
That made Alma feel bad.
For fuck's sake
Hey, poet girl,
read us a few lines.
- The ghosts in the bunker are real.
- What?
"The possessed souls of
the dead tuberculosis patients
haunted the wounded
at the military hospital."
"The nightly howls in the corridors
drove many patients to insanity."
"Bodies disappeared from
the bunker in calmer times."
Alma?
No, she said 'calmer'.
Alma's made it into the book.
Where did you get that?
From Kuikka. "Bodies taken
to the bunker disappeared
and they were never buried
in consecrated ground."
"During the war a young nurse
went in there with a patient"
To fuck?
"The next morning,
only one of them came out."
Give me the lighter.
You can't take it.
"The possessed women licked
each others' leprous loins"
Time to go outside!
Onerva, did you hear?
- Leprous loins
- Enough.
I need to use the phone.
It's private.
Mäntsälä town.
Serafina Sundnäs. Thank you.
Is this the Sundnäses'?
This is Head Nurse Alanen
from the sanatorium at Eaglerock.
I'm calling about Serafina.
Yes, it has been a long time
I would like to confirm the time
for Serafina's home visit
Oh?
There's been some confusion
over the timetables.
Really?
Goodbye.
Onerva.
Serafina hasn't been
home in over a year.
What?
I called them. Serafina's family.
- Say what?
- You've been right all along.
Lights out at nine,
and the doors are locked.
At that time Kuikka is
Are you guys fucking in here?
- We'll talk later.
- Okay.
Calm down, Ritva.
"Calm down, Ritva."
- Ritva
- You know what's an obsession?
- You have one now.
- I'm just worried for your safety.
You don't know everything
about your new friend.
I see.
Haven't you ever wondered
why she's here?
Why is she allowed to call
whoever she wants?
Why is her room
full of her own stuff
and she never has therapy
with Lundsten?
Why is a rich bitch like her
stuck here with us
small-town nutcases?
Maybe it's just accepted that there
are problems in all social classes.
Oh, yeah, you're a communist.
Well, scrawl this
across your red flag:
Vera von Clause is a murderer.
- And I'm supposed to believe you?
- You're not. Ask her.
- Ask her who it was she killed.
- I will.
Onerva.
I just don't want you to be next.
- Is this place just a holiday for you?
- What do you mean?
You've never said
why you were sent here.
- Oh, you mean my diagnosis?
- For starters.
Housewife anxiety.
Officially I suffer from the
same symptoms as Serafina.
Sometimes happy,
sometimes a bit depressed.
- So did you do something?
- No.
So I'm here trying to help you
get into that bunker
- so you can prove your wild theory
- Alright, alright. I'm sorry.
I know Ritva's a liar
and a manipulator
but she just told me
you killed someone.
Is it true?
Of course not.
Okay.
I'm coming with you
to the bunker tonight.
Really?
Where are you two going?
- Tell him.
- You tell him.
No, you tell him.
We have this little problem here
As you know, Kuikka,
the rooms have a lot of echo
and we would like some time alone.
It's all the same to me, but you know
that no one goes out at this time.
- And the downstairs door stays locked.
- Come on, Kuikka.
You didn't see anything.
Just let us pass.
Go to your room!
Listen, Emil.
Which is the lesser of two evils?
You letting us pass, or having to
explain to your wife and Lundsten
what games
you're playing with Serafina?
- I'm not playing any games.
- I know that.
But who's going to believe you?
The downstairs door is locked.
You can always get through here.
- Is this where you saw Serafina?
- Yes, I think so.
- Should I come?
- You keep watch.
- Take this.
- Thank you.
Onerva
Vera von Clause is a murderer
Onerva, calm down!
Let's get out of here.
Come on.
There's nothing here. It's empty.
I've just imagined it all.
There's nothing here.
Don't worry. It's
just your illness.
It's just my illness
Nothing to worry about.
Now let's go to bed.
You need some sleep.
It's just my illness
Nothing to worry about.
I understand you're depressed
but your life's not over.
I understand
You don't understand
anything. You're not sick.
Are you praying to
Jesus for salvation?
Go away.
Be quiet, you killer.
I know what you two are doing.
How did you get Kuikka
to let both of you go out?
Did you go down on him?
Did you suck his cock, Onerva?
Did you slurp on Kuikka's
- Do you have to ruin everything?
- Guard! Guard!
God damn it!
Be quiet.
- Be quiet.
- Be quiet.
Be quiet!
You fucking bitch!
- Can I come in? To read.
- Yes.
You poor thing. You're freezing.
"converted in the 1950s into a
hospital for the mentally unstable."
They're right.
Why didn't I realise it before?
Listen to me now.
You're upset.
No one's coming to
get me from this place.
I'm crazy.
But you're also Onerva.
Intelligent, wonderful Onerva.
I see my brother all the time.
And hear him.
I saw you, too.
You scared me.
- Who did you kill?
- Is that what's bothering you?
I was just wondering,
because you're my friend.
And I've opened up to you.
Tell me the truth.
Who did you kill?
My husband.
- So it's true?
- Yes.
I killed my husband.
- You lied to me.
- Onerva, I didn't
Alright now. Leave.
We'll soon be done here.
Just another minute.
Leave.
Hi.
Hi, Alma.
The Doctor told me
you'll soon be going home.
- That's wonderful.
- Alma doesn't want to go home.
There are bad men there.
Show me your pretty sausages.
Oh, they're so lovely!
But Lundsten said you're going home
because you're feeling better.
And Mummy and Daddy are eagerly
waiting for you to come home.
Alma doesn't believe Ritva.
Ritva lies so much that her sausages
pop from their casings.
Vera also said you're going home.
Vera doesn't lie.
- Vera wouldn't lie to Alma.
- No, she wouldn't.
Vera said if you don't
want to go home
Alma doesn't want to go.
Then you need to show the Doctor
that you're not better after all.
Isn't that right?
Good. Come.
- Home visits.
- Yes?
I don't know where you're taking
them, but it's not home!
I'm glad you came to me,
so we can immediately find out
where this rumour started
It's not a rumour. I know.
Onerva was completely sane
when she arrived.
Now she's seeing
little men everywhere.
- What sort of little men?
- You're lying to the families!
You will be held accountable. Society
has changed, you can't just
There appears to be all manner of
unsubstantiated speculation here.
- What are you blathering about?
- Blathering?
Do you want to stoop
to the level of the other patients?
I called Serafina's family.
They haven't seen her in over a year.
They've asked to visit her, but
you haven't given permission!
Listen.
Sometimes during
an intensive treatment period,
external influences on patients must
be minimised so as not to disrupt
This whole shithole is
going to be shut down.
The pacifying room!
That's what
this is going to lead to.
I'll tell my father everything.
Everything about
your questionable activities.
Then we'll see
what's speculation and what isn't.
We're about to make
a breakthrough in curing
some very complex mental disorders.
Don't you try to interfere with this
in any way! You don't understand!
What's to understand?
This is crystal clear.
As your attending physician, I must
say, based on our meeting today,
we'll have to review your treatment
methods, Miss von Clause.
No one here is going to touch
me with a ten-foot pole!
Vera told me to give this to you.
Vera said I'm not allowed to take it.
Now you're allowed.
You must take it.
Vera said you have
to burn something.
Something small.
Then Alma won't have to go home.
You can stay.
You have to burn something.
Something very small, Alma.
Then Lundsten will understand
you're not well yet.
Something small, Alma.
- Rich bitch.
- Psychopath.
Onerva.
Onerva, get up.
- You were right all along. I was right.
- What?
- This whole institution is a scam.
- What are you saying?
I'm getting us out of here.
I'm getting all of us out of here.
This ends now.
Vera von Clause.
Yes?
What?
Don't you even try!
Don't!
Fire alarm!
Everyone out!
- What's going on?
- I don't know.
Fire alarm!
Everyone out!
Erkki, let's take the car!
Kuikka's house is on fire.
- Where's Julia?
- I don't know.
You don't know?
Where's Julia?
- God damn!
- Is she inside?
- Where's Julia?
- Form a chain!
Hurry, hurry!
Get the water!
- Don't go too close! Ritva!
- Don't go there!
Julia!
Julia!
Are you awake?
Look at me!
Hold on to me!
Daddy!
Daddy!
My darling! Everything's okay!
Alma
Did Alma light the fire?
Alma will not go home.
Alma is not feeling better.
Alma lit the fire in the barn.
- God's angels
- God damn it!
Who?
Who gave this to Alma?
- Vera.
- What?
Vera.
Vera told Alma that
if Alma burns the barn
Alma can stay.
- Alma's delusional. She's in shock.
- Was this your idea?
Kuikka.
- Julia almost
- Kuikka.
Kuikka, come on!
Vera, is this your lighter or not?
- It is, but
- I see.
It's all clear.
- What is clear?
- Erkki.
Hey, Lundsten. Seriously.
Vera helped me.
Vera spoke the truth.
Alma did well.
I'm sure Vera is very proud of Alma.
Alma will stay here.