Borrowed Time Cleverman

This programme contains some violent scenes.

MUSIC: Take Me Home by A B Original

He was going to...

..hurt the baby.

He wanted to...

He wanted to take it out of me.

I think we better call the police.

No, no. Wait, wait, wait. Erm...

You're not going to tell them, are you?

Perhaps we could come up with a story, or...

Oh, God, I'm sorry.

Why did he want to remove your child?

I don't know.

I think maybe he didn't trust me.

Why not?

Why did you let him drag you into all this mess?

Hmm?

Let you be the face of the Initiative?

-After all that work you did in the Zone, Rory.

-What good did that do?

The Initiative's the only way I could see to save the Hairies.

Well, he isn't going...

He wasn't going to save anyone.

Is your child Hairy?

Makes sense.

All the experimenting he's been doing.

He didn't tell you, did he?

You're not going to tell anyone, are you?

Don't worry.

I won't tell a soul.

You can trust me.

All that time we worked together in the Zone.

Yes.

SHE SIGHS

But you should go.

SHE GASPS

PAINED, DEEP BREATHING

So what now?

Still got to sort out my brother.

See if he's come to his senses.

I might leave you to that.

Probably best if you go to the others.

I'll go get the van first.

The clinic will be crawling with security.

-Just stay out of trouble.

-Bit late for that.

Charlie.

Charlie!

You want to find your mother?

My mother?

-I'll go tell my father.

-Can't tell no-one!

They'll stop us.

I'll find your mother.

And everyone else they locked up.

You with me?

Waruu!

Waruu!

You're alive!

He's not here.

Where's your mum?

I'll show you.

And you reckon this CA fellow Dolan will help me?

-I don't know.

-Where's Latani?

They separated us.

Come on.

-You're coming with me.

-It goes off if I step outside the house.

He's holding you here?

Well, then we smash it off.

That'll set off the alarm, too.

I'm not leaving you here with him.

Go find Mum.

When you're all together, you can work out what to do.

You said you'd deal with him.

Government facilities have been destroyed.

News crews are camped outside the building.

-I take full responsibility.

-We look weak!

Out of control! We look like we don't know what we're doing!

I'll find him, neutralize him,

or I'll resign.

These are just words.

You know, what have you actually done about this?

I'm working on a number of leads.

SHE GROANS

You're a born politician.

You know there's more spin in you

than there is in the rest of us put together.

I will find him.

There's a girl with him.

I haven't seen her before, in any of our footage.

-Who is she?

-Audrey Martin.

No criminal record.

And her whereabouts?

No fixed address.

I've put out an urgent call to locate her.

We should let the staff at the clinic know to keep an eye out

in case she returns.

Are we not reopening the clinic?

Replacing the equipment will be simple enough.

-A couple of days at most.

-I visited the clinic.

And I saw no monsters.

Exactly!

That's what the Initiative does.

Makes them like us, so that we feel as you do now.

At the clinic, were you under attack?

Were they in full flight?

Razor-sharp fingernails out?

Faster and more powerful than anything you could imagine?

Were they wanting to rip your heart out, Marion?

Of course not.

Then you have not seen a Hairy.

Mr West! Mr West, over here!

-Can we have a comment, please?

-Is the clinic reopened?

Following this cowardly attack on the Inclusion Clinic,

the Department of Human Safety today declares that inclusion will now

be compulsory for all subhumans.

We will not be intimidated by terrorist activities

from Hairy sympathisers. We will not change who we are,

or how we live.

Any subhuman found will be arrested,

and escorted by armed guard to the clinic.

To further protect our citizens,

Bennelong House will now be under 24-hour guard.

No residents of Bennelong House

will be permitted to leave the premises for any reason whatsoever.

I will not be taking any questions.

-Thank you.

-What do you mean you're not taking any questions?

-Mr West, can we have a comment?

-Mr West?

-What caused the attack?

-Mr West?!

-But Linda's there, yeah?

-Yeah, she's fine.

Keeping everyone in line.

We need blankets, though.

-That hallway cupboard.

-Sure.

-How many are there altogether?

-About 20 of us.

Shit, is that all?

Yeah.

We need to get Alinta out of Waruu's place.

Dolan says he's hacking the system,

-deactivating the tag.

-You trust him?

But if he can get the tag off...

..then let's go.

-Now we get six or...

-313 in progress.

-Request immediate assistance.

-Copy that! Trembley, load up.

ELECTRONIC LOCK BEEPS

-AUTOMATED VOICE:

-Enter secure ID.

Officer Hendricks. Secure ID confirmed.

Record not found.

Create new record?

Complete and enter details.

PC BEEPING

Home arrest order 252.

Reconfirm ID to access.

-Denied.

-PINGING

Secure ID not applicable to this order.

LOCK BLEEPS DOOR OPENS

Dolan 249, right?

Yeah, just doing a favour for a mate.

Level four.

-Are you going to be long?

-No, not too long.

Yeah.

HE SIGHS

-QUIETLY:

-Come on...

That's weird.

Aunty?

SNIFFING

SHE SOBS

SHE SOBS SLOWLY

Aunty, come on.

Come on.

SHE WEEPS LOUDLY

SHE WAILS

Shh, shh, shh.

ENGINE RUNNING

Aunty!

Alinta?

Latani?

Waruu's got Alinta locked up at his place.

Latani, I don't know.

-But we're going to get them back.

-Yeah, come on.

Later.

The Department of Human Safety today declares that inclusion will now

be compulsory for all subhumans.

Any subhuman found will be arrested

and escorted by armed guard to the clinic.

I will not be taking any questions. Thank you.

Mr West...

-Mr West!

-Mr West?

JOURNALISTS CLAMOUR

INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER

INDISTINCT SHOUTING

DOOR OPENS

-Hey, bub.

-Hey!

-Got some takeaway.

-Good.

I was going to cook.

HE SPEAKS OTHER LANGUAGE

-Want to help me get some bowls?

-Sure.

COMPUTER: Denied.

Denied.

HE SIGHS HEAVILY

Security tag deactivated.

SIREN

You're giving alcohol to kids now?

Just treating you like an adult.

You know, I saw footage of the attack on the CA vans.

I don't know how you survived.

You left us for dead.

They were going to kill us.

And you just left.

You're right.

Is this where you say you're going to make it all better?

No, I can't make it better.

Truth is, I screwed up.

PHONE BUZZES

PHONE BEEPING

But I found you.

And I got them to release you to me, and now you're here.

So when you're done being angry with me,

you might want to think about what happens next.

Your tag hurting you, bub?

-No, it's fine.

-You sure?

-Yeah.

It's not always going to be like this.

It's because I'm in the government now.

You could be a target. You need protection.

We're a family. You, your mum, me.

I know that's not what you want to hear.

That's how it is.

I was so scared.

Of course you were.

I didn't know where you'd gone,

why you'd left.

I know. But I'm here now.

City is on high alert.

It's not safe. But everything I do is for us.

You know that, don't you?

-HE WHISPERS:

-I love you.

I love you, too.

That's my girl.

RADIO: All clear front entrance. Activity redirected.

Confirm, dispatch, no activity.

The entrance is clear.

KNOCKING

-Hey!

-Hey.

Going to have to buy you some pyjamas.

Guess so.

Goodnight.

Goodnight, Dad.

It's good to have you back.

Quick, quick!

-Anyone here?

-Quick, now!

What's going on?

No. I'm not going.

HE SHOUTS IN OWN LANGUAGE

Latani.

THEY SOB

Mum...

I'm sorry.

We need to get off the streets.

Nearly there.

CA. Lights, lights.

Turn it off, turn it off, turn it off.

SCREAMING

INDISTINCT SHOUTING

-MAN:

-You're powerful, boy.

Allow the powers to come through.

How do I get out?

Koen!

There's been a disturbance at Bennelong House.

One officer has been killed.

There are intruders in the building, assumed to be subhumans.

The number is unknown at this stage.

Requesting reinforcements.

Approved.

KNOCKING

Alinta! Alinta, I've got to go to the office.

Alinta.

I want to know why my daughter's security tag has malfunctioned

-and where the hell she is.

-Mr West, the system notified us of

a problem with the device when we activated the tracking function.

-That's her.

-Where is that?

-25 Miller Street, Jubilee.

Send a CA crew to pick her up.

-Erm...

-What?

It's the home of a CA officer.

-Going in!

-Check the exits.

-Nerida, Alinta. What the hell?

-Dad?

-MAN 1:

-Bedroom's clear.

MAN 2: Clear!

Well, this is cosy, isn't it?

You've been harbouring Hairy sympathisers.

Did you realise?

Dangerous fugitives.

Serious penalties for that, especially for a CA man.

-Just leave him alone.

-You should have thought about that before you

muscled your way in on my family.

Get him out of here.

Going to be a hero, Tim?

Come on, let's go.

You know, they're not the enemy, you are.

-Keep it going.

-Move, move.

-What do you want?

-You.

-Alinta.

-It's never going to happen.

We made a vow.

Take them.

Stay down!

SHOUTING AND SCREAMING

Put your hands behind your back.

-MAN:

-Calm down!

NERIDA: Alinta, don't fight. It's OK.

-MAN:

-Behind your back! OK, let's go.

What about this one?

Don't worry about her.

She'll be dead soon enough.

DOOR CLOSES

Go, go, go!

Clear visual. Shoot to kill.

Target on site. Shoot to kill!

INDISTINCT RADIO AND SIRENS

Is this everyone?

That's here in the building now, yes.

You all ready to travel?

-Where to?

-Bindawu for now,

but we'll be back to fight for the rest of our land.

Bindawu?

We won't be allowed there.

I'm changing things.

Come on, let's go.

Quickly!

SCREAMING

HE ROARS

SCREAMING

-I want him alive.

-That might not be possible.

We need to question him.

Hesitate and you'll be seen as weak.

It's a risk I'm willing to take.

And make sure the on-site commanding officer knows that.

HEAVY BREATHING

SQUAWKING

You.

SHOUTING

GASPS

What kind of skin are you?

-Koen?

-Latani, you're safe.

You know him?

DOOR BANGS

You've ignored six calls from me.

I'm here now.

Same Hairy who hit the vans with his own prisoners.

I'm well aware of that.

Your impromptu unauthorised announcement to the press,

-what the hell was that?

-Tough measures needed to be taken.

And then you made yourself completely un-contactable.

What is it you've actually done?

Other than be the frontman for a procedure invented by Slade?

You couldn't help with the attack on the vans,

you found no information on the blue light creature,

everything you've been in charge of has come under attack.

First the clinic and now this.

You're a liability.

And you're done if you don't get me that Hairy rebel alive.

Now!

INDISTINCT RADIO

Copy that.

-What's the situation?

-They're still inside.

The ringleader's taken them all to the ground floor apartment.

-We have it covered.

-Tell your men to hold their fire.

-He's subhuman and armed.

-That's an order.

-Hold your fire.

I repeat, hold your fire.

You told them.

You skin.

-No.

-You come from outside.

Place is guarded.

How did you do it?

No-one asked you to come.

We can make them listen.

It's not your fight.

SNIFFLING

Move.

Wait.

You can't go out there.

They'll kill you.

-Hairy!

-Hold your fire.

Out of my way.

I'm a proud Bindawu man. My people?

We've lived here for thousands of years.

And I'm here to take back what's ours.

Hold your fire!

The creature responsible for

the bloody ambush on the Containment Authority

transport vehicles is operating a coordinated hostage situation out of

Bennelong House. Crossing live now

to the scene where the CA have the hostage site surrounded.

I want your men to move in. There's one human amongst them.

He must be taken alive.

No-one fires unless it's on my command.

Copy that.

Stand by. Move it out. Let's go.

Let's go! Stand to, stand to.

We need to make decisions now or these people will die.

We fight.

If they do, they'll be killed.

We are here because you didn't fight for our culture.

Where's your pride?

HE WHISPERS IN OTHER LANGUAGE

-We kill them all.

-No, we won't.

-You with me?

-No.

You are Bindawu.

This is our land.

And we will have it back.

-Without skins.

-Killing more people won't change anything.

We fight now. We fight for sovereignty.

That won't get you anything but bloodshed.

When has this land ever not had bloodshed on it?

You'll kill some of them.

Sure.

But then they'll kill all of you.

And they'll start here. And when all of you included are gone,

and they've bled the city dry, they'll move out to the mountains,

to the mobs in the deserts and the plains.

They'll wipe you all out and for what?

It's OK to fight,

but if you're going to fight, be smart.

Koen is right.

We're outnumbered.

We fight,

-we will all die.

-You trust this skin?

You think he can save you?

I have no love for this man.

But I will not now offer myself up as a sacrifice to the humans.

We need to leave.

They can't fight.

Their strength has been taken.

Like scared little children.

-I know a way out of here. I've used it before.

-Then we run.

No-one's running.

What are you going to do? Are you going to force them to stay?

Kill your own people if they resist you?

Jarli, come with us.

-We need you.

-You can't get out anyway without fighting.

You can if the CA are distracted.

You give me two minutes and then you lead everyone out of here, OK?

Let's go.

Will you come with us?

I will not run.

Forward position, go!

-Hold your fire.

-Fall back! Go!

Move in. Go!

The people in this building did nothing wrong.

People?

Subhumans. They killed an innocent man here last night.

You've taken everything away from them.

-What do you want?

-The government needs to sit down and negotiate a

-treaty with the Hairy people.

-Our people don't even have a treaty.

What makes you think the Hairies will get one?

I'll surrender myself to the government.

You'll be the man that saved the city.

Do you have the authority to make that deal,

or do I have to talk to your boss?

I have the authority.

Prove that I can trust you.

What did you see?

Enough.

I surrender.

Guards, contain this man.

Wait. No, Mum, Mum, wait!

Mum, wait!

-I'll go first.

-We don't know if they've got the exit covered.

I know.

What are you going to say to your bosses when they can't find me?

I'll think of something.

HE GROANS

-What have you done?

-You're not the only one who's special,

-little brother.

-You used to fight for the right reasons, Waruu.

The younger hunter, he crafted a stronger,

much larger boomerang.

Takes the boomerang, spills blood all over it like lava.

It travels so fast and with so much power...

..cuts through the hunter,

killing him instantly.

You never did listen to Uncle Jimmy's stories.

HE SHOUTS

Brrrrr-ah...

HE SCREAMS

GRUNTING

HE GROANS

SCREAMING

VOICES WHISPER

HE CHUCKLES

No!