02x03 - Dark Clouds

[bunniefuu]

I don't want to forgive anyone.
They are going to pay.

Previously on Cleverman.

- Get your hands off of me.
- Harry, let her go!

- It is alive?
- Very much so.

You destroyed us...

Jesus, I come in peace.

Here you see a Hairy male
before treatment.

I believe the results
speak for themselves.

Look like you've seen a ghost.

- (water trickling)
- (fire crackling)

♪

(CA radio chirps)

Hairy!

(all shouting)

Guard: Hands on your head!

- Stop it!
- Come up!

You must submit to the CA!

Hands on your head!

(man singing in native language)

♪ Take the head
and the body will follow ♪

♪ Take the head ♪

♪ Take the head
and the body will follow ♪

♪ Take the head ♪

♪ Take me home ♪

♪ Take me home. ♪

(footsteps approaching)

- Hey, hey, hey,
- What happened?

It's okay, it's okay, you're fine.

You're fine. Baby's fine.

Have you run any tests?

Nobody's run anything.

I checked your vitals
and hid you away in here.

Kept everybody else at arm's length...

including your husband.

I can't go home.

Well, there's no rush.

No, I mean I can't go home.

It's not safe.

(phone buzzing)

Charlotte, can we talk?

Give me a chance to apologize.

I hate arguing with you.

♪

Are we ready to go if we need to?

We're prepped for fetal extraction.

And this group is being set
up to mimic a subhuman womb.

The fetus will continue
to develop normally?

Exactly as if it were
in a healthy mother.

No danger to the mother
with this procedure?

Any surgical intervention
carries a certain risk,

but the risk is not
significantly greater here.

- (beeping)
- Excellent.

♪

(high-pitched ringing)

(groaning)

Ah, you hear that, boy?

It's k*lling me.

Means the past is reaching out to you,

trying to show you something.

- It's tied to this land, boy...
- (grunting)

...and connecting to it
will make you stronger.

Could you tell the past
to be a little bit quieter?

It'll stop when you're
strong enough to go home, boy.

(ringing continues)

(distant horn honks)

(distant chatter)

(machines beeping)

Drink.

Now, drink this.

You'll get a warm,
tingly feeling in your mouth,

but it'll go away soon.

Okay. Thank you.

Hello, Aunty.

Now, you don't mind if we film, eh?

Of course, dear.

Is it just you today
or is your family here?

Just me.

You from around here?

My people have always
lived on this land.

Moved out west when the boats came.

Your mob stayed out there?

Most of them.

Can't be jumping around,
hiding all the time.

Too old for that these days.

- is not that old.
- (chuckles)

Smooth-talker, aren't you?

Are you comfortable with the procedure?

Yes.

They said the blue stuff goes in

and the green comes out.

Sounds simple enough.

Simpler than what's going on out there.

You must've seen a lot in your time.

The thing I remember the most...

was this little human girl.

My family told me

never to make contact with the humans.

But I used to watch them
whenever I got the chance.

She had long, curly hair.

She was wearing
the most beautiful dress.

That dress was the whitest
thing you've ever seen.

And it had a blue ribbon wrapped
around her like a belt.

Well, you don't see much
of those dresses anymore, Aunty.

(speaking native language) _

_

_

_

_

(chatter)

♪

(chatter continues)

- (boy shouting)
- (speaking native language)

(growls)

(birds chirping)

(speaking native language)

(grunts)

(high-pitched ringing)

(groans)

(man speaking native language)

(native language continues)

(native language continues)

(growls)

(grunting)

(speaks native language)

(grunting)

(high-pitched ringing)

(grunts, groans)

(grunts)

(high-pitched ringing)

(murmuring)

Drink up.

- Can I?
- Come on.

(metal clanging)

(water pouring)

(footsteps approaching)

Hey, what do you think you're doing?

I'm thirsty.

- What?
- I'm thirsty.

Hey.

She's already had water today.

She'll learn the rules.

Just because Koen wants her here

doesn't mean she gets
special privileges.

Watch yourself.

My boy's just looking after people.

Come on, girl. Come with me.

You happy crashing with this mob?

Yeah.

I saw your son at the warehouse.

The blue light thing
coming from his chest,

smashing through steel
like it was nothing.

Can you do it, too?

What are you looking at?

Something's happened.

Yeah, no kidding.

Everything's gone to sh*t.

Genocide is what's happening,

and my husband's in the middle of it.

Maybe he doesn't have a choice.

There's always a choice.

Why are you helping us?

Because you're decent people.

And Latani?

She's just like anybody else
as far as I can see.

Very few people see Hairies that way.

Well, most have never met one,

at least that they knew was a Hairy.

I mean, that's why
the government's been so successful

in stirring things up.

Nerida, there are some decent
people in this city,

- and there is hope in that.
- We need way more than hope.

Yeah.

But it only takes
one person to show others

there's something worth
being happy about.

♪

(monitor chirping)

(nulla nulla creaking)

(machines beeping)

(soft music playing)

Man: From Mr. West.

Okay, no smiling for the photo.

This is for your ID.

Come on, no smile and we'll all be done.

Okay, good.

- Hold it.
- (shutter clicks)

Congratulations.

Bye-bye, Yani,

and hello to Gwen.

It's a beautiful name
they've chosen for you.

My name is Gwen.

(laughs)

(panting)

Trev, make sure you unpack
that other truck.

And mop the floors when you're done.

(pants, grunts)

Man: Put your back into it, Trev.

(men snickering)

(grunting)

(men chattering)

- Manager: Come on, Trev, today!
- (men chuckle)

♪

(CA radio chirping)

- Female voice: Confirm ID.
- (chirping)

- ID confirmed.

- Diaz: ...fingerprint and hand
recognition standing.

This is Trevor. Would you mind
having a couple of words with us?

We were hoping that
you might be able to tell us

how it's been settling
into Bennelong House.

Are you on your way home from work?

- Boondee: Excuse me.
- (door opens)

(door closes)

(sighs)

♪

So, before this city went to hell,
what did you do for work?

(scoffs)

What do you do?

A security guard.

- Pretend policeman.
- I was once.

- And that's it?
- Now I do security.

(chuckles)

So, you left the police
force because...?

Well, when all the new security measures

were brought in by the government,

hundreds of police were redeployed

whether we liked it or not.

If we objected, we lost
all our entitlements

and any other chance of government work.

I got security. (chuckles)

Aunty Linda: Come on, then, I'm
gonna b*at your Hairy ass.

Diaz: ...from here
to their various places of work.

- That your bishop?
- Yeah.

Could've sworn
it was your knight before.

You gonna argue with an old lady?

(chuckles)

(news report continues)

And this is Trevor.

Would you mind having
a few of words with us, Trevor?

Can you tell us how it
feels now to be a human?

♪

Trevor, can we have
a look at your place?

(continues indistinctly)

- (beeps)
- Excuse me.

...observe the same customs,

and join in the hopes,
beliefs, and loyalties

that are the very things
that make us human

and set us apart from the animals.

(Araluen crying)

(crickets chirping)

(distant dog barks)

♪

I'll tell you two good
things about the curfew.

What's that?

The city's dead quiet.

No cars, no sirens.

Nothing.

(chuckles)

The second thing is...

all the city lights are out,

so you can finally see the stars.

Makes me feel like I'm back on country.

You see that big emu up there?

It's there, running full pelt.

All I see is the Milky Way
and the Southern Cross.

You've gotta look at the dark clouds,

not the stars.

(chuckles)

All I see is stars.

♪

(bats screeching)

You're powerful, boy.

Doesn't feel like it.

Don't have accuracy when
I use the blue blast thing.

It's not a w*apon.

It works like a w*apon.

It's a power not to be messed with, boy.

Anyone who's caught in its blast

can no longer move on from this life.

So, what, they become immortal?

Opposite.

They lose their essence.

(speaking native language)

- Their soul?
- (speaking native language)

Once they die, that's it.

They can't join their ancestors,

they don't move on.

They simply cease to exist.

So, there's no trace of them left?

They've been obliterated?

- Slade?
- Mm.

What's the point in having this gift

if you can't use it the way you need to?

Stop forcing things.

Allow the powers to come through.

♪

- You can't go out there.
- I'm going to Bennelong House.

The place will be
swarming with security.

You won't get anywhere
near your husband.

- I'm going.
- I know Waruu.

He knows your people.

He'll make it impossible.

How do you know that?

- He's my son.
- Koen and Waruu?

I'm sorry.

Does that make you feel better?

It doesn't help me at all.

I'm just letting you know
what you're up against.

I know what I'm up against.

Ignorance, fear, hatred.

There's none of that here.

And you need to remember
who you're talking to.

Yes...

the mother who shaped those two sons.

I'm not proud.

You're human.

You can drive me to Bennelong House.

- (scoffs) I can't.
- You owe me.

I am not my son.

Take me to Bennelong House!

Audie: I'll do it.

Why should I trust you?

Because I'm the only one
in this place who has valid ID.

- I'm glad we could help.
- It's very impressive.

- I'm a fast learner, Minister.
- Don't be so modest.

Ever since the announcement,
we've had a large number of Hairies

come forward for the Initiative.

Well, you're making us both look good.

I'd call that a win-win, wouldn't you?

That's exactly what I'd call it.

Well, there's been
some pushback, of course.

People worry that we're
exacerbating the problem

by making Hairies practically invisible.

We're making them practically human,

negating the thr*at.

Subhumans were merely a myth a year ago.

(beeping)

- (grunting)
- What else is out there?

- (grunting continues)
- Koen's voice: Hey!

Get away with him!

This is footage of an att*ck
on some civilians a few days ago.

(shouts)

Frith: I need to know
who or what that is.

Waruu?

Waruu?

Absolutely, Minister.
I'll get right onto it.

♪

(grunts)

Uncle Jimmy's voice: "Two hunters
would travel far from the camp

to collect food for their family."

(bats screeching)

"The older hunter
would always bring more back.

This was because
he had a special boomerang.

His was much faster

and would never miss.

The younger hunter asked the old people

where he could get
a boomerang like this."

"The old people told him
of a special tree,

so the younger hunter headed out

to cut himself a stronger
and much larger boomerang.

But the younger hunter did not notice

that the tree's blood ran hot
and poured like lava.

It was the blood

that made the older hunter's
boomerang so powerful.

It would cut through his prey,
k*lling them instantly."

♪

Araluen, wait! It's not...

(grunts)

(CA radio chatter)

♪

(door closes)

Hendricks: I haven't seen you
in such a good mood in ages.

You got laid, didn't you?

All right, just pull up over here, okay?

We've got sections ,
, and to do today.

Come on, focus.

(engine turns off)

(CA radio chatter)

So, where did you guys meet?

I said legit, man, you gotta drop it.

- You are giving me nothing.
- Yeah.

And it will remain that way.

Hey, heads up.

Hendricks.

- Mm, in trouble?
- (car door closes)

Sir?

(grunting)

Now, what you do
in your own time is up to you.

I'm interested in the guy in the hoodie.

Him, I don't know.
He was just there with a Subbie.

Drives a red minivan,
had a woman with him.

Last numbers on the plate
were something like .

So, where's your boyfriend?

You don't know anything about him.

Alinta.

♪

Mum!

What are you doing?

He's CA.

Grab your stuff.

(screeching)

Uncle Jimmy: Culture
is difficult to control,

and being a Cleverman forces
you to be consumed by it.

How's that?

Ah, you listen to the voices
in your head.

Some people think that you're crazy.

The more they say it,
the more you believe it,

and you find yourself in a dark place

where no words can help you.

If you couldn't handle everything,
what makes you think I can?

Well, you've been dealing
with this your whole life...

people talking about you,
putting you down,

"the whore's child."

But it's molded you,

shaped you for this role.

You're ready for this.

(high-pitched ringing)

♪

- (voices whispering)
- (inhales, grunts)

(exhales)

(chuckles)

(both grunting)

- (trills)
- (shouts)

- (trills)
- (grunts)

(trills, roars)

♪

(voices whispering)

(grunts)

(whispering continues)

- (scanner beeps)
- Female voice: ID confirmed.

(door opens)

(door closes)

Boondee.

♪

(speaking native language) _

It's still me.

I thought I'd never see you again.

I'm here to take you home.

There is no home.

Latani and Djukara?

Djukara.

(gasps)

Oh, my boy.

(exhales)

Oh, I told him...

I told him to be calm.

Shh.

- (sighs)
- Latani.

There's Latani.

We need to find her.

But you're safe?

When you look like me...

the CA don't sh**t.

They prefer to pretend
that I'm not here.

You are here.

(phone ringing)

(footsteps approaching)

If you give me your keys
and a list of things you need,

I'm happy to go get them.

I can't ask you to do that.

It's fine.

I better go.

You're really scared of him, aren't you?

What's happened?

I can't say.

Might make you less scared
if you talk about it.

♪

(alarm chirps)

(engine starts)

(tires screeching)

(fire crackling)

♪

♪

(crying)

(engine turns off)

♪

- (light switch clicks)
- (gasps)

(footsteps approaching)

Slade: Why are you sitting
here in the dark?

Are you all right?

Not really.

What can I get you?

My DNA comes up
as positive for subhuman.

Why is that?

My darling, we're having a baby,

just like we dreamed of.

Oh, my God.

It's gonna be the healthiest
child that's ever been born.

You did this?

- For us, I did it for us.
- Don't touch me!

Look, I know this
is a shock, but once you...

You implanted something in me
without my knowledge,

something not human.

And that clinic, the doctors?

How many people, Jarrod?

How many people know what I'm carrying?

No one else knows,
just you, me, and our doctor.

- You can trust him, I promise you.
- Trust?

You did this to your wife!

So that we can raise our child together.

We can be an example
to those that come after.

When were you gonna tell me?

- What, after it was born?
- I wanted to tell you, believe me,

but you were so happy.

I... I didn't want to confuse you.

I didn't know how you'd react.

Can I carry this baby safely to term?

How long is the term?

Do you know? Do you know any of that?

Or is it just cross your fingers
and hope for the best?

And you say that you love me!

I wouldn't do this
unless I was sure it was safe.

- I'd never hurt you.
- You're experimenting on me!

(sobs) You're risking my life!

You'll be safe, I promise you.

All right, show me, then.

What?

I said show me. I wanna see everything.

♪

(alarm chirps)

(heavy breathing)

(grunting)

(gasps)

(grunting)

- Jarrod!
- (Jarli shouts)

(grunts)

(gasps) Oh, my God!

(screams)

- (grunting)
- No! No, please!

(screaming) No, no!

- (screams)
- (growls)

No, don't k*ll me! I'm pregnant!

Please don't hurt me!

My child's a Hairy! Please!

♪

(high-pitched ringing)

- (volume increases)
- (groans)

(gasping)

(voices whispering)

(grunts)

(panting)

(exhales)

Mum? (crying)

You can't fix the situation.

It's happened.

Learn from it.

♪

(engine turns off)

(alarm chirps)

(scanner beeps)

You knew, didn't you?

- Take it easy.
- Did she k*ll them?

Answer me!

Did Linda k*ll my parents?

Yeah, she did.

Well done, little brother.

You finally figured it out.

Linda's never been
the woman you thought she was.

She's cold-blooded.

She knew exactly what she was doing
when she rammed their car.

She was after you, too.

The unborn child of the woman
sleeping with her husband.

Sheer luck you're still here.

It's curfew.

I'm getting a drink.

You lied to me all my life.

I know why you came here.

Do you?

There's only one person in the world

who knows how you feel right now...

me.

We're brothers.

Nothing changes that.

Is that why you sold me to Slade?

And then abandoned your family...

all of us... to the CA?

Nerida, 'Linta.

Why'd you do it?

I was lost.

Made a mistake.

(scoffs)

Look at this place.

(grunting, panting)

- No!
- (both grunting)

(choking, gasping)

(wheezing)

(grunts, gasps)

- (sap sizzling)
- (gasping)

This is my place.

My place.