A Man of Vision Cleverman

This programme contains strong language and some violent scenes

Charlotte Slade?

Hi. How are we today?

Uh, a little bit nervous, I've been through this quite a few times.

We've managed to harvest and fertilise very impressive embryos.

I have full confidence.

Oh, this is my husband.

Jarrod Slade. Pleased to meet you.

And you.

Come through.

Thinking of England?

Think boy or girl.

All right, Charlotte, I'm just going got ask you to relax.

-OK.

-Keep steady.

Mm-hmm.

Here we go.

Oh!

-I love you.

-I love you.

# Take the head and The body will follow

# Take the head and the...

# Take the head and The body will follow

# Take the head and the...

# Take me home

# Take me. #

I can't imagine what it must be like to look at this view every day.

No, a couple of years, a few more melted polar ice caps,

then we'll be the ones with waterfront.

-Perhaps we should be selling, Charlotte.

-Yes.

It's a lovely meal.

Oh, thank you, but Jarrod takes the credit for lunch.

-Oh...

-You can cook, too? Waruu here can't boil an egg?

I enjoy the alchemy of the kitchen.

Be back in just a tick.

SHE RETCHES

You need a GPS to find yourself round here.

-Is everything OK?

-I'm pregnant!

Oh! God!

OK, well, that was about three months premature.

I won't say a thing.

-Is it something you want?

-Oh, God, yeah, I just...

-I didn't think I could.

-Oh.

Well, I'm really happy for you.

Congratulations!

Oh, God, I hope it sticks.

-Um...

-Sorry. Um...

-I'm just after the bathroom.

-Yes, um...

-Great.

-Down this way, it's just down here.

Ooh!

SHE LAUGHS

-So exciting.

-Yes! It's pretty cool.

-It's just through there.

-OK.

-OK, see you in a minute.

-OK.

Cops should be crawling all over the place.

Blair, wait. Blair, we don't know who's in there!

Blair!

-Grab something to hold her.

-We gotta go, brother.

I'm not leaving her here like this.

So, why are we here?

If I said the pleasure of your company, would you believe me?

If this is about throwing my car keys into a bowl,

I don't think Nerida's going to go for it.

I don't think my wife would either.

Listen...

Charlotte's filled me in with what you're trying to do in the Zone.

The issues you're facing with the lack of basic amenities,

the ongoing accommodation crisis.

I'd like to help you out.

You offering me money?

Mmm. I'm always on the lookout for worthy philanthropic projects.

Yours is a good cause,

right in my own back yard, too.

Well, not quite your back yard.

Come on. You tell me how much you need to kick-start some real

improvements in the Zone.

300,000.

From what I understand of the situation, 300 won't touch the sides.

3 million.

You're a man of vision, Waruu.

Why don't we add another zero to that?

I can't take that much money.

30 million. Now you can leverage off that capital,

turn it into 300 million, build a citadel.

I don't care what left-wing liberals say.

Freehold title is the only land rights this country respects.

I'm giving you the chance to have a real stake in your people's future,

before people like Matthews take that away, too.

I would feel comfortable with less.

Moses led the Israelites out of the wilderness,

he didn't just drop them off at the bus stop mid-way.

Take the money, Waruu.

Unless you're mucking about.

And what do you want in return?

Your brother.

SHE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE

I still don't understand a word you're saying.

Let's go.

If we go into the Zone half-cocked, we will lose personnel.

Then do your job properly.

You promised me air support, tear gas.

For three kids. Come on.

HE WINCES

-What happened to you?

-Subhuman encounter.

Send a couple of cars in.

I don't care about collateral damage, I can work with that,

but three hairy boys loose in the streets,

tearing people's hearts out...

They didn't.

I did.

You killed Dickson?

No, I just made the best of a bad situation.

That symbol on the wall, that was you?

Your approval rating went up ten percentage points after your

press release, after that image went viral.

Now, did I do the wrong thing?

-ON THE SCREEN:

-Hey!

-Hey, dickheads!

-Look here!

Get me those boys.

Come on, come on!

-Welcome to the Zone guys, welcome to the Zone.

-Let's get the subbies!

-Show us your hands!

-Hey, stop!

Boys, no!

-Oi!

-That's assaulting an officer!

Ah!

Ahhhh!

-Get him! Get him!

-Arrggh! Get off me!

You don't touch a CA officer, you black bastard!

-OK.

-Arrgh!

Max, I'm going to need you to keep your eyes open, OK?

Can you try it? It's going to hurt.

-OK? Let me just get the milk in there.

-Ah! Ah!

OK? Oh, I know it hurts, I know it hurts!

Just try to keep them open. What happened?

We were just fooling around and the guards just pulled out the guns,

then in went Uncle Max. Kicked him on the ground and stuff.

You right, Uncle?

HE MOANS

We gotta go, brother. Come on, we can't stick around here,

let me drop you somewhere.

-Get rid of me?

-It's not safe for you where I gotta go.

-Dump and run time.

-I got shit to deal with, Blair.

And it doesn't involve you.

-It's a bit late...

-Blair.

-..for that.

-Blair?

-You knew what was going to happen to Ash, didn't you?

That's why you had the gun.

You knew and you didn't tell me.

Did he know?

SHE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE

See?

Kora knows you're an arse.

-Don't you, Kora?

-Arse.

I remember when I first met him.

I was 13, sleeping rough under a bridge,

but it was better than sleeping at home with the randy old man.

It was cold.

"Freeze a witch's tit off" cold.

And this guy comes up asking for somewhere to sleep,

but he didn't have anything.

-I'd just split the Zone.

-He was full of the same old Koen shit.

Telling stories, making us laugh.

You're a funny bastard when you want something, aren't you, Koen?

Then he wanted my sleeping bag.

And then he wanted my girlfriend.

-I knew.

-No.

No.

Come on, brother, you got that wrong.

That's not what she's saying.

Kora, do you concur?

SHE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE

Kora concurs, so that's three against one says you lie.

-We need to go.

-I'm not going anywhere until you say you screwed Ash.

KNOCK ON DOOR

-We're not open!

-Say it!

-OK, whatever.

-Not good enough.

Say, "I fucked Ash."

I fucked Ash.

How many times? You lose count?

It didn't mean anything.

So you screwed my girlfriend and it didn't mean anything.

-Is that what you're saying?

-Arse!

HE APPLAUDS

Cleverman.

Blair.

SHE HUMS A MELODY

No, I'm at work.

Didn't you hear me? I'm at work.

Because I want to speak to him, that's why.

OK, he has to call me back.

No, no, listen to me.

He has to because I can't, because my phone's almost out of credit.

Jesus, Jordan!

OK, that's both hands, you're good to go.

-CROWD CHANTING:

-Hairies out! Hairies out! Hairies out...

SHE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE

IDs, please.

Hey!

Hey, which one of you used capsicum spray on an unarmed man?

-Maybe you just need to calm down.

-Was it you?

No, I'm not going to calm down. I want your names, I want your ranks,

-I want them right now.

-Ma'am, you need to back off, OK,

-I'm warning you.

-I'm not going to back off.

Excuse me, sir. We have a slight situation on our hands.

-Back off, OK?

-I'm not going to back off.

No-one is to touch a hair on her head.

Do you understand me?

OK, I suggest you go back and do your job and let us do ours!

Firing on innocent children, macing old men.

You people are a disgrace!

The Zoners, they're no different from you, they're just trying

to raise their families as best they can.

And now you've stopped food trucks from getting in! There's children in there!

What ever happened to "live and let live"? Whatever happened...?

Stop helping subbies!

You're the ones that are subhuman!

You're the ones that are subhuman!

You're the ones that are subhuman!

Get back inside, you hairy-lover!

Welcome to the Zone.

KNOCK KNOCK

Just push it.

Oh, here's trouble.

Hey, I'm Blair.

This is Ash.

We're operating under the idea that her name's Kora,

but we've got no idea.

You understand her?

Where did you say you know her from?

-We sort of picked her up.

-Picked her up where?

Arse.

Suck it up.

No.

This is not good.

She's not from here.

This is old spiritual stuff here.

She's like some kind of ancestral spirit.

You didn't screw her, did you, boy?

He fucks anything that moves.

Where's my phone, you hairy bitch?

You're going to regret this.

Get up.

Get up!

If I find out that you're lying to me...

You're lying to me about this...

-What's the problem?

-She's got my phone.

I had it on me when I was doing her nails. She must've hidden it someplace.

I'll ask you once.

Do you have her phone?

-You lying...

-Shut up, Rowena.

If I find out you're lying to me about the phone...

Who would I call?

You're off your face.

PROD FIRES

SHE MOANS

How many times do we have to have this conversation, Rowena?

No doing drugs in Frankie's house!

PROD FIRES

SHE MEWLS

Here.

You going to send her back, huh?

Back?

-Where, Auntie?

-To her home, her dimension.

Back home, Cleverman.

Send her home.

Use your fancy stick.

-Do your magic thing.

-You want another drink, buru?

Hey, don't be a smartarse.

Take her where Jimmy used to take you and Waruu.

Look, all I know is she gotta get home

and you're the one make it happen.

I don't know shit.

Pretty accurate.

SHE WINCES

Ow.

THE BABY'S HEART BEATS

Clean functioning housing for everyone in the Zone.

It's everything we've ever dreamed of.

More.

It's big money you're talking about.

How much is Slade offering?

Enough to get a business plan together, to redevelop,

to approach the bank for a loan...

How much?

30 million.

And, what? Jarrod Slade's just going to hand over the money,

just like that?

It's already in our bank account.

What?

When a white man gives a black man that kind of money,

he wants something back.

-What does he get?

-He's a philanthropist.

-What does he get?!

-I'm trying to create a viable future her for our

people and you're asking me questions...?

-It's a simple question - what does he get?

-What options do we have, Nerida?

Hey. What are you doing up?

-You all right? You want something to eat?

-No, I'm good.

I'm here to speak with my son.

He won't even look at me.

What do you want?

Some bad shit's been going down.

Jimmy. He's messed things up.

-What are you on about?

-Koen.

He needs your help.

Koen's here, in the Zone?

Right next door.

He says he found her in some sort of laboratory,

tied to a bed, tubes sticking out of her.

Mean anything to you?

-No.

-Jimmy, did he mention...?

Jimmy stopped making any sense a long time ago.

How did you find this place?

She called me.

Got inside my head,

calling over and over.

What else?

I grabbed her,

took her to the bar,

then nothing, till...

this guy came around looking for her.

He had a gun.

He killed my friend.

-So we shot him.

-That was smart.

-There was this other dude.

-You shoot him, too?

Different bloke.

Tall.

Spoke with his head up his arse.

Come in offering condolences for Jimmy.

Told me he was a friend of his.

Offered me a job, too.

Straight out of the blue.

-And what did you tell him?

-I told him to go fuck himself.

You seen a guy like that?

Well, Kora needs to be sent back.

First things first,

you have to get rid of the Namorrodor.

That's your job...

Cleverman.

It always comes back to that.

Killing it's the only thing that's going to save the Hairies.

-We should do it tonight.

-Now?

Why not?

Before more people get killed.

Your call.

And leave her at home.

I was thinking...

Maybe it's time you wound up your work at the Zone.

At least till after the baby.

That's eight and a half months away.

What am I going to do instead?

Stay home and crochet?

-There's a thought.

-I intend to work until the day I drop.

If you were working in an office or a GP practice, maybe.

Oh, come on.

It's a dangerous place.

It's not your battle.

Someone needs to take a stand.

Those CA animals used capsicum spray on an unarmed man today.

Exactly, a volatile situation.

There's not just you to consider.

Are you thinking about your heir?

You are, aren't you?

Our baby is in the rudest of rude health, OK?

I did an ultrasound today and its development is off the charts.

Must be my good genes.

What are you going to be like in eight and a half months, eh?

A monster.

So we lure this thing.

Say it comes...

then what?

Then you kill it.

And it goes back to wherever it came from...?

Yep.

And Kora?

You'll be in your full powers.

You open up the portal, you send her back.

That's not going to work.

You bring the nulla nulla?

-It's in the boot.

-It's in the boot.

You better go and get it.

So, what, I just club it to death?

-I guess.

-Is that all the advice you're going to give me?

It's quick...

and it goes for the heart.

HE CHANTS

ON SCREEN: A MAN SHOUTS

Fuck. Fuck.

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

Oh, fuck.

It's not working.

It's not coming, Waruu. Something's wrong.

It's probably your chanting.

You want to do this, or not?

Because you don't look like you do. Looks like you want to run.

Stuff you.

Go on, then. Take it.

Go on, take it.

Uncle Jimmy fucked up, this is your chance to un-fuck it.

Take the nulla nulla, Waruu.

Go on, be the Cleverman. Brrrrr-ah.

Take it.

That's not how this works.

What?

Am I supposed to die first, is that it?

That's what you're waiting for, isn't it, you dog?

I know I die.

I've seen it.

What you see and what eventually...

-It's not always...

-So how does it work then, brother, huh?

Tell me, do I get mauled to death and then you take over?

Be the man you've always wanted to be?

Take it!

Yeah, run!

That's what you're good at, boy!

You're a sell out, Koen. You'd sell your own mother if you could.

Even when we were kids...

It's always been about my mother, eh?

"Koen's a coconut." "Koen's got a white-slut mother."

But I never had a chance to meet her,

so I don't know how you're such an expert. Huh?

Your mother was a whore...

..and you're the living proof.

Bastard.

What are you going to do? Bastard?

Fuck you!

Fuck!

Arrrrgh! Fuck!

What, do you want to keep going then, bro?

It's not over yet, brother.

Ssshhhh. Go to sleep.

Hey, who's this?

Who's this?

Hey, little one.

How about I make the pain go away?

I know a special way.

I used to help my sister Jyra when she had tummy trouble.

You interested?

I'm going to let you in on a secret.

I can fly.

Yeah. You don't believe me?

Well, when we fly...

the pain just goes away.

You want to try?

Go on.

Are you ready? Yeah?

Are you ready? One...

two...three...

Let's go! Vrooom!

HE MAKES PLANE NOISES

Djukara!

OK, bub, Djukara's out of fuel, now.

Mungo.

It all go down how you wanted?

What's happened to you?

-I can explain.

-No need.

I saw the tape.

You killed that guard with your bare hands.

No, no. It wasn't like that.

-I saw how it was!

-Nerida, I swear I had no choice.

-You have to believe me.

-Believe you?

How can I?

Well, come on, then.

Give me your reason.

Level with me.

Tell me what's going on.

Hmm?

Tell me about this deal you've got with Slade!

Tell me!

Must be pretty fucking bad if you can't tell me.

Is it worse than killing a man with your bare hands?!

It was him or me!

I thought I knew you.

I've no fucking idea who you are.

-Fuck. Nerida.

-No, don't you touch me.

Hey.

It's your fault my sister's dead.

You have destroyed everything!

Shoot.

Go on.

Do it.

Do it!

GUNFIRE

What happened out there?

Nothing.

It never was going to.

I'm not the one.

I'm just a fuck-up.

-Don't say that.

-I couldn't save Ash.

I couldn't save Ash.

And a kid...

A little Hairy girl is dead because of me.

I sold her family out to the CA for some extra cash.

CA might have pulled the trigger, but it's my fault that she died.

Doesn't sound so Clever to me.

She was just a kid.

And the last thing that she said to me...

She thanked me.

OK.

Come here.

PHONE RINGS

-Minister.

-Your man McIntyre needs to be pulled into line.

He's refusing to send armed squads into the Zone.

The brief has always been one of containment.

Situations change, therefore responses must change.

You go in there armed and it'll be carnage.

-That's the idea.

-Assets will be destroyed.

The general public won't like that.

Right now we have the Zone population like fish in a barrel.

What are you guys up to in there?

Don't worry, our interests are not mutually exclusive.

I want the Zone cleared.

If your company won't do it, I'll find one that can.

And risk losing the support of my network?

We have to keep playing this game.

The public want to feel safe in their homes and on the streets,

and I'm going to make that happen.

The Zone will be cleansed.

And after it's empty...

..this.

Top floor penthouse I've set aside.

Wonderful, isn't it?

Sweeping 360 views of the city,

the harbour.

You reckon you're going to be happy living there?

I've been talking to Frankie about purchasing you.

Outright.

OK, so you take these twice a day...

And some valium while you're at it.

OK.

Eve?

There's something weird on his skin, scratches.

They're getting bigger.

Hey. Are you OK?

Ooooh, doesn't look good.

-When did it happen?

-I don't know.

Ssshhhh.

Come on, lie back.

Alinta, go get Koen.

Now.

Eve, you still got them eucalyptus leaves I gave you?

-What do I tell him?

-Tell him to get here now or I'll kick his arse into

tomorrow. Go on, get him.

Do you know what this is?

Yeah. I'm afraid there's nothing in your bag of tricks to fix this.

It's not a what, it's a who.

You've been to a smoking ceremony before, haven't you?

Yeah.

Good. You're running this one.

There's a young boy in there

in a whole lot of pain, something wrong about it all.

-Go and get your dad, he should be doing this.

-No.

Time for you to step up.

I am not the one, get Waruu.

We don't always get a chance to do good.

If I was you, I'd grab this opportunity with both hands.

I know, right?

OK, everyone's gotta get out now.

OK, clear out.

Go on, get, now!

-All of you!

-Go on.

You too, darling, it's not safe for you. You have to go.

Over to you. I can't.

SHE SINGS IN OWN LANGUAGE

Whoever's in there, it's safe to come out.

Follow the smoke, it'll set you free.

I'm so sorry.

Please forgive me.

The smoke will lead you where you need to go.