01x05 - Episode 5

[bunniefuu]

[Rumi breathing heavily]

Rumi?

What happened?

Garlic?

[Rumi] I puked it all out.

- Body is rejecting everything.
- Oh, no.

Here, have some.

You'll feel better, trust me.

- Listen to me. Here, quickly.
- It'll hurt.

Take me to the Blood Bar.

There is no point.

Human blood doesn't have
any effect on garlic.

Come on, hurry up. We have no time.

Rumi, do it now. Now! Don't waste time.

[hissing]

[groans]

[thuds]

Are you lost, Doc Roy?

[thuds]

[opening theme music playing]

You... stay away from me.

Stay away from me, okay?

Someone... Someone, please!
Please, help!

- Save me!
- Don't be so dramatic, Roy.

No one's here.
The last train has left the station.

All the gates are locked from the outside,

but I'll keep my distance
from you, okay? To make you feel safe.

So... So, you're gonna bite me?

To be honest,

the original plan was to bite you
and drink your blood.

Your virgin blood, you know.

Unbelievable.

This virginity will be the death of me.
I'll lose it, really.

Stop panicking, Roy.

I'm still the same Rumi. I won't hurt you.

Are you some kind of a monster?

Huh?

- A monster?
- Yeah.

Your police friend told me about this.

How lovely!

So, I'm just a monster to you
and nothing else?

What else are you, huh?

What are you, Rumi?
Come on, tell me.

I should have known
something was wrong here.

When this love story went from one-sided
to two-sided, I should have known.

Baba was right.

Nothing good ever happens
in my bloody life.

- Your Baba knows nothing about you.
- You know everything about me?

I've seen you naked, remember?

You've only seen me...

seen me in my weakest moments, that's all.

You fixed my tooth, Roy.

Is there any other dentist up there

who can claim
that they fixed a "monster's" tooth?

Anyone could have done that.
But, no! You needed to screw up my life.

[Rumi] It's not just about the tooth.

I came to meet you before
and after you fixed it.

Exactly. Why? Why did you come?

I treated you, you should have left.

My feelings were real, Roy.

When I met you...

I felt happy.

And not in the ten years
I've spent Below,

nor in my entire human life
have I felt this way.

And now that I'm not even human,

I've fallen in love with you.

[chuckles]

Sorry, what did you say?

You've fallen in love with me?

Can you hear yourself?

I really love you, Roy.

Look, I don't know much about you people,
but I know for a fact

you guys fall into the category
of ghouls and vampires.

Who come out at night
and hunt human beings.

And the last time I checked,
I... I'm a human being, okay?

I'm human.

Rumi, you know, the thing is, you and I...
[stutters]

We're like, we're like...

we're like fire and gasoline.

We shouldn't be anywhere near each other.

Okay, enough, Roy.

If you don't have any feelings for me...

I have feelings. That's why it hurts.

I do have feelings for you
and you know that.

But that was when...

I didn't know who you exactly were.

You're a monster, Rumi.

A monster.

The first train is at 7:00,
the station gates will open before that.

And then, you can f*ck off!

[pensive Hindi song playing]

♪ Whatever happened ♪

♪ At night ♪

♪ Will rewrite in the light of the
mornings ♪

♪ Leaving everything behind ♪

♪ Mind is scared ♪

♪ But there are ♪

♪ Dreams still alive ♪

♪ All these hopes ♪

♪ All these desires ♪

♪ May be in the garb of lies ♪

♪ Make them come true ♪

♪ Love, love ♪

♪ Milady, what is love? ♪

♪ Is that only full of pain? ♪

[Baba Roy] Hey, your Lordship.

You're back? Thank you.

We don't say anything,
so you take advantage?

Oof, will you please stop?

You still haven't understood what it means
to be in love.

Weren't you with Rumi all night?

She's a really good girl, really.

But don't do anything
before you get married.

Oof...

What is the point
of teaching this idiot anything?

Will you keep quiet?

This is the right time to have
a conversation with your son

about what grown-ups do.

The right time has passed.

He's already...

How old are you?

- Twenty-six.
- There. At his age, I was...

Yeah, yeah. Go on, tell him.

Tell him about all your antics
when you were his age. Tell him.

[Baba Roy] Everything is my fault?

What about the green car
that was always parked outside your house?

What is it?

Did we embarrass him?

[chuckles softly]
Seems he didn't get any last night.

- Hey, shut up!
- [giggles]

Hey, Inspector Pal, you're back.

You know, I used to call your father
by the same name.

Even when he wasn't an inspector anymore.

[chuckles]

Is the investigation over?

No, it's still going on.
I'm reading another book.

Reading books is all very well.

But any information on the dentist?

I went to see him at his clinic.

I got nothing.

Hmm...

In that case, I guess I need to
visit the dentist myself.

And anyway, look.
My teeth have all turned black.

They need a good cleaning, right?

Look, Haru Kaka, don't go
and do something foolish, please.

At my age,

there isn't much difference
between wisdom and foolishness.

If I could destroy just one more
of those creatures,

then my life will have been well-lived.

[sighs]

I thought I had finally found
my dream girl.

But forget about my dream,
she's not even a girl. She's not a human.

Actually, I should have known that
this is my love story, it has to be sad.

[sighs]

I like your ability to laugh at yourself,

but clearly you're overreacting here.

I'm in love with a monster who sees me
as four bottles of blood, you know?

Despite knowing everything,
I can't stop thinking about her.

I feel like my life

has got...

Motherfu...

My mother, she wants to make Rumi
her daughter-in-law in just two meetings.

My parents are already discussing
about my future children

and their dental college.

And you're saying I'm overreacting?
Am I overreacting? Huh?

You know, Roy,
the world's best coffee beans

comes from a civet cat's faeces.

Here I am... My heart is broken
like a jigsaw puzzle,

and you're talking
about cat-sh*t coffee?

- What the hell are you talking about?
- I am saying that...

the test of the pudding is in the tasting,

not in the making.

What are you saying?
What are you saying?

If your son was about to marry a monster,

would you tell him the same?
Come on, tell me.

[sobbing]

Sorry.

- Sorry...
- You're correct.

I have a son.

It's just that I don't know if Ryan
is married to a human or a monster.

I shouldn't have...

[exhales]

I'm sorry.

Roy...

I do realize that your heart is broken.

But you have to decide
what you're going to do now.

All I know is that two teeth popping out
doesn't make one a monster.

What's important is what's within her.

And if she has given you some happiness,

then surely, there's still some humanity
left in that girl.

Right?

What's wrong? Why do you look
like you're falling apart?

Did David not tell you what happened?

I haven't seen him since last night. Why?

Last night, a human...

came down here.

Where is that human?

He's gone. Uh...

He's not coming back.

But who was he?

Rumi?

Doc Roy.

Meera...

Meera. Meera.

Meera, I'm telling you
he won't tell anyone. I trust him.

Have you not learnt anything from me?

Come on, Meera. Didn't you ever feel
anything for a human in all these years?

Yes, I have. But no human
has ever come down here with me.

Meera, I didn't bring him down here.
I swear.

He just followed me.

And you are telling me
that you trust him?

He's harmless. He won't do anything.

In fact, I have no intention
of seeing him again.

So, you don't feel for him anymore?

[sighs]

He knows my truth.

[Meera scoffs]

He saw with his own eyes what I really am.

And what are you, Rumi?

- A monster...
- A monster.

...of the ghoul and vampire category.

Far removed from his world.

Is that what you see
when you look at yourself?

That's what I see in his eyes.

Then his eyes are not worthy
of looking at you.

You will meet hundreds
and thousands of humans.

Every night spent Above will be beautiful.

These nights of desire
come in many colours.

Then why would you waste all your beauty
on just one of them, my love?

[Meera scoffs] Mmm.

[dramatic music playing]

[stutters] Hey, Rumi, this is a surprise.

Why?

Think only the police know
how to find an address?

Actually, I got it from the police,
your station.

You went to my station? Why?

This!

This is good.

It's good because you came.

[chuckles softly]

[thunder rumbling]

So, what happened
about your investigation?

Uh, were you able to find out what those
old people were doing in Roy's clinic?

I thought she came as a friend
to keep me company,

but her friendship has strings attached.
Right?

[chuckles]

Aren't you taking
a little too much interest in this case?

[tuts]

It's so weird that...

I mean, two people just randomly
entered someone's clinic.

They must have wandered in.

And anyway, nothing was stolen
except for that family pen.

And if the dentist isn't bothered,
then why are you overthinking, Rumi?

Let it go.

By the way, how did you get involved
with floppy Mr. Toothpaste? Huh?

It's quite possible you don't know him
as well as you think you do.

He could be very dangerous.

Roy and dangerous?

[thunderclap]

No chance.

Hey, these ones who look all innocent,
they're usually the most twisted.

If he is, then I'll handle it.

- You don't need to be concerned.
- I already am, madam.

That's not changing.

By the way, can I say something?
Don't take it the wrong way.

You and him... [clicks tongue]
I don't get it.

I can see you, Rumi.
I see the kind of girl you are.

You've... You've seen life.
You know how ugly it can be.

No one else sees what I see in you.

When I look at you,
I remember my own pain.

Only pain recognizes pain.

You're different.

We are different.

From everyone else.

Oh, Baba!

[inhaling deeply]

What are you doing here?

One day your pyjama drawstrings
are going to be a noose around my neck.

Come on, let's go inside. Come on.

[Rumi] My feelings were real, Roy.

[Ian] And if she has given you
a little happiness,

then there's some humanity left in her.

[Rumi] I really love you, Roy.

[Roy] You're a monster, Rumi.

A monster.

Sorry about Baba.
He has Alzheimer's, so...

He tends to forget things very quickly.

- That's why I moved here from Faridabad.
- Good.

Good?

I mean, if he remembers what happened
on the balcony,

then it could be
a bit of a problem, right?

Yeah.

Look, if you want to go home,
I can drop you.

It's raining and it's past midnight, so...

This night is all we have.

[quirky music playing]

[thunder crashes]

[indistinct radio chatter]

Hey, Doctor Babu.
No coriander leaves fritters today?

Um... No, thanks.
I'm not in the mood today.

Oh, Doctor Babu.

Have one. You will feel better
in the morning, I promise.

What are you making?

The brinjal one you make is very good.

- Make two for me. Mmm.
- It's ready.

[exhales deeply]

[chuckles nervously]

Can I ask you something?

Hmm?

This thing that we were doing,
uh, did we finish?

I mean, till the end?

What I mean is...

Everything happened so quickly that...

I couldn't tell.

Come on, tell me.

What's done is done.

What's the point of investigating now?

Forget about it.

Huh.

You're still thinking about that dentist?

Hold on.

Let me tell you about my investigation
into the Roy Dental Clinic.

- But you said...
- That's the official statement.

Look, I don't want to scare you, okay?
So...

This has to stay between us, okay?

This wasn't your everyday robbery.

Those people
committed a m*rder that night.

And we still don't know
if your dentist was involved.

So what exactly do you know?

Did you find out who
the two murderers were?

I did. The woman was Luna Luka.

I went to her house
and I interrogated her.

And? You left.

You didn't even arrest her?

But how could I arrest her?

There isn't any punishment
for k*lling the dead in this country.

The girl who was m*rder*d
that night, she was a monster.

Monster...

You know, a bloodsucker.

Of course.

- [sighs deeply]
- There are others like her.

They have a group that comes out at night
and turn humans into vampires.

[laughs]

Come on, Kartik.

Why are you making up this bullshit?

Rumi, I'm not joking.

I have the girl's genome report with me.

She had different types
of blood in her stomach.

I mean, her skin was burnt by sunlight.

Kartik,

are any of your senior officers
involved in this investigation?

What was his name? Kundu?

Come on, Rumi. I found a long canine, too.

Remember when I showed my foot
to your dentist, at his clinic?

The place where it cut me,

the wound is still there.

Here, look.

Why don't you look?

But it was right here.

It was right here!

I have to go.

But can I say one thing?

Don't take it the wrong way.

But from now on,
less rum, more water. Hmm?

Back so early?

- You want to eat something?
- I just felt like

coming home early.

Do you know who I saw
in my dream this afternoon?

How am I supposed to know?

I saw Rumi Maa in my dream.

Rumi's mother?

No, you silly boy.

Rumi in the form of Maa,
the Mother Goddess.

Long flowing hair, big blood-red eyes.

As if she was in a terrible rage.

Are you lost, Doc Roy?

I saw her, too.

Huh?

You saw her, too?

What are you saying, Maa?

I told you, didn't I? That I've seen her
somewhere before.

Because she has always been present
throughout my life, Babu Shona.

She's not like us, you know?

Yes, that's very true.

She's not at all like us.

Now listen, don't waste time.
Marry her as soon as possible.

Not just for this life,
but for all eternity.

[stutters]

There are...

hundreds...

thousands, I mean millions out...

of girls out there.

Yeah.

Who are normal human beings.

So, why are we just...

- focusing on who...
- Stop.

Are you out of your mind?

Have you gone completely crazy?

Don't you have any shame?

You want millions of girls? Is that it?

- When did I say that?
- And especially when

the Mother Goddess herself is wanting
to become a part of your life?

But I never said that.

Do you know what a big sin
this would be, Babu Shona?

- Maa!
- Joy Maa, Joy Maa, please forgive him.

Joy Maa, save him, save him.

Listen, you just bring
my Mother Goddess home.

I don't want to hear anything else.

A million girls!

Normal!

You're here?

I was waiting for you.

Why?

Would you come back home with me, please?

What's the plan this time?

An engagement,
or straight for the honeymoon?

No, I just want to put an end
to this charade.

Look, the more we drag this out,
the more my parents will get worked up.

If you come home
and break up with me, then it's over.

I'll come over.

And anyway, I have to return
your mother's choker.

Actually, yeah...

About that...

choker... I wanted...

It's fake.

What really worked well was the garlic.

A little too well.

I'm sorry.

But I had to test.

You could have asked.

Come on, Rumi. You're talking
like you answer all my questions.

Everything about you has been a mystery.

Right from the moment you walked through
that clinic door, everything.

I didn't want to scare you.

I never planned to come to your clinic
so many times.

But when Sreela was beheaded there,
I just had to...

What?

What did you say?

Beheaded?

Sreela, who is she?

Doesn't matter now.

Yeah. "Doesn't matter now."

[stutters] There you go proving my point.

She was my friend.

She was also a monster, or vampire,
or whatever.

She was beheaded in your clinic.

So, I... How am I supposed to go
back there? Huh?

Couldn't you find any other clinic?

If Baba finds out what happened
at his clinic...

- Calm down, please.
- Easy for you to say "calm down."

You care? You pop your teeth out,
suck someone's blood.

- That's about it.
- I've met you so many times.

Have I ever done that?

I ate garlic so that you and your family
wouldn't find out about me.

Rumi, you've no idea
what you've gotten me into.

But I didn't do it to you on purpose.

What am I gonna tell, Baba?

Hey, what's going on here, huh?

Couldn't you find any other place
except this station for your lover's tiff?

This is all we needed.

Oh, this is the last train of the night.

Yeah, yeah. It's okay.

Why are you both sitting here?
The train is going.

- I'll call the police.
- Uncle, why call them?

- I'm sure we can...
- Who you calling "Uncle?"

Do I look like an "Uncle" to you, huh?

I'm nicely telling you to leave.

- We're leaving.
- So, f*ck off!

Mind your language.
Or better still, just shut up.

Why should I shut up?
Why should I listen to a girl like you?

- Coming down here in your tiny...
- You can't say such things.

- This is a public place.
- Easy, easy...

Don't your parents say anything to you?
Get out!

- Why don't you talk...
- [Rumi grunts]

[flesh squelches]

[man groans, thuds]

- Don't worry, he'll be fine.
- Yeah.

[stuttering] He looks totally fine.

I've only done a little Deep-Hyp on him.
I didn't even suck his blood, okay?

He won't remember anything.

But I'll remember everything.

- Roy...
- No, don't.

Why did he go down to the metro station?

What did he do there?

Who did he meet?

Why didn't you follow him there?

Luna di,
the station doesn't have an escalator.

So if I had to follow him down,

then I would have
had to climb up the stairs.

My asthma, you see. That's why.

- Colonel...
- [Colonel Sarkar] Yeah...

Tell me why didn't you
try to follow that girl?

For a second, I thought
she looked like the girl

who was up in the balcony with Kartik Pal.

But it was so dark,
I just couldn't be sure.

Do you remember
anything special about her?

Anything special?

She was carrying a handbag, a small one.

And on that bag, there was
an embroidered logo of a bird

flying out of flames.

Phoenix!

Luna di, tell me, why are we keeping
a watch on Birendar's son?

There is something about that man.

I don't know if I can trust him
completely, or not.

He hasn't decided yet
if he is on our side or on theirs.

By the way, where is Utpal da?

Is he still at the hospital?

Good morning, Mr. Dutta.

Yeah, good morning.

How are you feeling?

Well, my dear, now that I've seen you,
I feel a lot better.

[chuckles]

I must say Utpal Babu,
you're a very big flirt.

What is this?

This is actually
a magic potion for a blood disorder.

You see, once you take this,
you'll want more of it.

Will we have to come here for it?

Of course. It's not been approved yet.

Hmm? Hmm!

[groans softly]

Thank you.

Look, because this is already
such an advanced drug c*ck,

if we try to get better results than this,

then people won't require
booster shots anymore.

And that will put a dent in our sales.

And I'm assuming Mr. Zhang and I have
the same objective. Profits.

[speaking foreign language]

[in English] Mr. Zhang is concerned
about the production volume.

And he is of the opinion that if you are
willing to do a technology transfer,

then he could increase the production
of Hemalin in China, by volume.

[chuckles]

Even if I were to transfer the technology,

where would Mr. Zhang
source the raw material from?

There's only one source
for the raw material required

to make this miracle medicine.
That's me.

Tell Mr. Zhang to go ahead
and sign the agreement.

And I will increase production myself.

We will start by supplying small batches,

so that Mr. Zhang can control the price
in the market.

[speaking in Chinese]

[speaking in Hindi]

No.

[speaking in Bengali]

[laughing]

[in English] Hello,

Aunty?

Oh, Rumi!

I've been thinking about you all day.

But Babu Shona isn't at home.

I know. I came to meet you and Uncle.

Oh, my! Really? What a sweetheart.

But Uncle isn't here either.

He had a meeting at the club today,
so he's gone to the CCFC.

But first, you have to come with me.

- Aunty...
- Come. Come on!

Dr. Roy, you're back?

You're alone again?

Yeah.

I prefer to vent my frustration alone.

Let me find you a partner.

No need.

I'll be your partner.

[upbeat music playing]

[laser firing]

[laser firing]

You have been such a blessing
for our whole family, Rumi Maa.

Mother Goddess told me herself.

- Mother Goddess?
- Yes.

Just yesterday. I was...
[sighs]

Just look...

I'm getting everything mixed up.

One minute, wait. Wait.

[conch shell sound swells]

Maa, what are you doing?

Sit down, you came to say something.

I...

brought this.

This will look nice on you.

Come. Let me put it on you.

I got a little emotional, didn't I?

I've never got so much love in my life.

[grunts softly]

My own life had been so sad that...

I thought everyone must be sad like me.

But then I met all of you.

All of you are so, so happy.

So full of love.

And here I was thinking...

you wanted to say something
to me about my Babu Shona.

Doc Roy?

What do I say about him?

I love him with all my heart.

And if I do get the chance...

[exhales softly]
...I'll make him very happy.

What do you mean "chance?"

He's already yours, my dear.

Now, all that's left is for us
to meet your parents.

We'll sit down and finalize everything.

Hmm?

[masked man] There was a girl
who was once bright and happy.

She always had a spark in her eyes.

The spark of life.

Then suddenly one day,

those eyes were filled with darkness.

What do you mean? Like how?

You know this thing
called "love," partner?

It's a very strange phenomenon.

And the girl in our story
fell victim to it.

But it was such a love,
that it ended in pregnancy.

When her boyfriend left her to her fate,

she had to abort the child.

You should have drowned yourself

in the Hugli River
instead of coming to us!

[exclaims in disgust]

[masked man] The girl's parents
got rid of her.

Don't talk back to me.

[masked man] And married her off
to such a man,

who broke her completely
from the inside and outside.

How did I get stuck with you?

[masked man] And forget love,

she didn't even have the strength
to hate anymore.

[crying]

[wailing]

[masked man] And when
she lost her second child

as soon as it came into the world,

she could no longer find a reason to live.

And then one night,
she set off to take her own life.

[sorrowful music playing]

[water splashing]

[wind howling]

And then?

Were you able to save her or not?

[exhales heavily]

- It's okay, Doctor, it's okay.
- Oof!

I'm not going to do anything to you.

And Rumi won't do anything either.

She's no longer human.

Because humans never
showed her any humanity.

Luna di?

Yeah, the same girl.

The bag with a bird on it, yeah.

Outside the dentist's house.

Yeah, don't worry.

[child wailing in distance]

[suspenseful music playing]

[roaring]

- [Haru groans, screams]
- [flesh squelching]

[closing theme music playing]