Devil's Playground (2014) s01e01 Episode Script

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# There's a light # There's a light # Under the ocean # Under the ocean # There's a light # There's a light # Inside that tree # Inside that tree # But a brighter, a brighter light is shining Inside you, yeah, inside me Body of Christ.
Amen.
Body of Christ.
Amen.
Body of Christ.
Amen.
Body of Christ.
Amen.
Body of Christ.
Amen.
Hello, Miss Bridie Allen.
Do you know where Peter is? Oh, that boy! He promised Father he'd do altar service this week.
Well, David has decided that he's an atheist now, hasn't he, Bridie? Yeah.
Are you the 23rd? Sorry, should I know this? Parent-teacher night.
I thought if you were, we could take one car.
Sure, sure.
Oi! I know what time 'Doctor Who' starts, Miss.
I'll see you later, Tom.
Bye.
See ya.
What about Edith for my confirmation name? Edith? Oh, Bridie! Um, Dad, it's Mrs.
Kelly.
Thanks, sweetie.
Hey, what's up? Peter's not over there, is he? No, why? I thought this would stop once Joe moved out.
Well, Peter never stays away for long, does he? No.
Do you want me to pop over? Father Andrassi's here.
OK.
I'd better get off the line.
Look, I'll leave the back door open and the light on just in case he turns up.
Thanks, Tom.
Bye.
Righto, boys, give him some encouragement! Up that hill to Calvary! Oh, yes.
Well done, Mr.
Darcy, well done.
That's the way.
Who's next? Me! Me! Me! How about Cavanagh? Mind your toes.
Whoops, sorry about that.
Are you alright? My tummy doesn't feel so good, Father.
Oh, really, Cavanagh? What do you think the Romans would have done if Christ said, "Oh, no, thanks, Centurion, my tummy doesn't feel too good.
" Go on! Jesus took up the painful weight of all our sins, willingly, with courage, no matter how upset his tummy was.
Hm? Yes, Father.
Good boy.
Give him some encouragement, he's gonna do it.
Off you go! Good boy! Go for it, Cavanagh! And Turner, you're next.
Come on, everybody, no stragglers.
That's the boy.
You're next, Turner.
Keep going.
Good boy.
Well done.
I could go to jail for this.
Well, isn't that what you want? To be punished? Why would you say that? Well, your life growing up was very unstable, wasn't it? You had to follow the rules, or there'd be violent consequences.
You left your father's house many years ago, but it sounds to me like you've taken the need to be perfect with you.
And Anthony, that is That's just an impossible way to live.
Here's an idea.
What if you were the one to come clean to them? That make a difference? It's a-it's a huge institution.
I'm sure there's nothing your boss hasn't heard, hasn't-hasn't dealt with.
And if they get rid of me? What do I do then? Who am I then? I need to pray.
I'll pray with you.
Brother.
Good morning, Brother.
Morning, boys.
Hey, Brother.
Good morning, Sergeant.
Boys.
Morning, Brother.
Mr.
Darcy, wait over here, please.
Morning, Brother.
Quick, quick, quick.
Morning, Brother.
Morning.
Morning.
Morning, Brother.
Morning.
Quick as you can.
Morning, Brother.
Did you know Peter Kelly didn't come home last night? No, Brother.
Elliott's Peter's best friend.
Not really, Brother.
Well, uh, has Peter ever mentioned where he goes when he runs away? He's not in trouble.
We just want to find him.
You have no idea where he is? Well, perhaps we can, uh, speak to some of the other boys.
I'm trying to understand, My Lord, when you said, "If the law of today is corrupt or immoral, you have a duty to God not to obey it.
" Yes.
But isn't that civil disobedience? I can explain it this way.
Ah, ya tosser! If there's a conflict between your conscience and a bad law, there's no conflict.
Oh, My Lord, I'm so-I'm so Always follow the guidance of Rome.
Aw, your loss.
His Worship, Bishop Vincent Quaid.
"To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary.
To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
" St.
Thomas Aquinas, great teacher of men.
St.
Thomas, of course, who was locked in a tower by his family, to temper the fervour of his calling.
A tower that was meant to break him instead made him stronger.
That tower, surrounded by evil and falsehood, became the symbol of his faith.
This college of Opus Dei is a tower for our times.
You young men are the defenders of that tower.
Cos out there, on your campus, abortion, perversion, homosexuality, moral depravity, dressed up as personal conscience.
Not half a mile away, drug addicts are given needles to inject their poison, funded by our government! But in here, is the one true church.
The one Holy Catholic church.
Remember the words of our Lord, "Veni mittere ignem in terram.
" "I come to spread fire on this earth!" Genocide! Gays and lesbians under attack! What do we do? Act up! Fight back! We are dealing with genocide! This way, My Lord.
Tom Allen to see Bishop McNally.
Just take a seat.
Thank you.
Dr Allen's here.
Dr Allen.
I appreciate you coming in.
Not at all.
So you found the place alright? Yes, My Lord.
John, please.
Actually, your secretary didn't say why you wanted to see me.
It's ready, My Lord.
Could you get Betty to make two copies, please? I understand you've been treating Father Donoghue.
We weren't aware of it.
Well, I, I see Anthony privately.
Is that a problem? No, not at all.
In fact, I wanted to thank you personally.
Anthony's a good priest.
Take a seat.
We don't see any need to involve the police.
So, he has spoken to you? The amount of money involved is trivial.
The Cathedral will ensure that the parish is not out of pocket.
I understand it was you who convinced him to confess? Oh, well I can't actually reveal the content of sessions, John, but I can say that it- it took a lot of courage for Anthony to come and see you.
Oh, he couldn't have gotten away with it for much longer.
Although, as a psychiatrist, aren't you duty-bound to report a crime? Well, depends on the seriousness of the crime and whether or not I felt Father Anthony would offend again.
The law can be quite accommodating to psychiatrists.
Not only priests, then.
Well.
Treat any other clergy? Well, I actually didn't know that Anthony was a priest at first.
Oh? I thought you'd spot a religious with your background.
Milk? Uh, and sugar, please.
On track to become a Brother at one time, weren't you? How did you know that? "Practically an angel.
" Was how one of your classmates remembered you.
Well, that didn't quite work out, unfortunately.
My vocation, I mean.
You still attend mass? Yes.
Take the sacraments? Confession all too rarely, I'm afraid.
Ah, a thoroughly modern Australian Catholic.
Are you a person who supports the Church's attempts to reform herself? Am I at confession now, John? I do apologise.
And now it's my turn to confess, I suppose.
The last 25 years have been a difficult and stressful time for many of us clergy.
Vatican II asked priests to change, to turn and face the people.
Literally.
To become of the congregation and not above it.
It was quite a profound transformation.
Superman to Clark Kent, almost.
Exactly.
Added to that the falling number of vocations, smaller presbyteries, equals a lot of confused and very lonely priests who I think would benefit from seeing someone and, and to talk about how they're travelling.
You want me to become the church psychiatrist? For one priest, initially.
Well, poor fellow's been having fainting spells associated with his ministry, but if therapy's successful it could run to more.
Many more.
Now, I know you've got a family and a busy practice.
It's a big decision.
Take the week to think about it.
Let me give you a blessing before you leave, Dr Allen.
Holy Father, guide your servant, Tom, in his work, as he who honours man, honours you.
Help him with his healing, through Christ our Lord, amen.
Amen.
Thank you, Tom.
Been a pleasure, John.
Terribly sorry to hear about your wife.
How's everything at home? Rachel excited about her Holy Communion? Yes, Brother.
Good, good.
I was an only child myself.
There was no-one I could- I could muck around with or talk to, growing up.
No-one I could share my feelings with.
Wasn't until I was a man before I had hundreds of brothers.
You feel you can trust me, don't you, Elliot? Yes, Brother.
Why did you tell the police that you and Peter aren't good friends? We're not anymore.
Do you know where Peter is? His mum and dad are very worried.
You do, don't you? Can I go now, Brother? We'll talk again in the morning.
Hey, get out of here! Yes? Have you hired a new Doctor, for Father Joyce? If Matteo had bothered to eavesdrop effectively, he would know that the man is a psychiatrist.
Mm-hm.
Anthony Donoghue's been stealing money from the St.
Patrick's Foundation.
This man convinced him to confess to it.
I've decided he should see other priests.
You can't be serious.
This is my decision, Vince.
When the laity play the role of a clergy, what is the purpose of priests? Perhaps you can tell me.
Cardinal offence bishop involved in angry uni punch-up Will you take afternoon tea now? Not now please, Father.
Guess what? You're mad and I'm not.
Timothy Crawley is such an idiot.
He said to Sister Genoulis Dad.
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"If God's everywhere, is he in this banana?" Then he ate the banana.
That's a very old trick, Bridie.
God is not in a banana.
Well he is, but not when you eat it.
Peter Kelly at school today? David? David? Maybe he is in the banana when you eat it? He must know he might get eaten, cos he knows everything.
Did he know what was going to happen to Mum? What? Did God know what was going to happen to Mum? Apologise, please.
She can't have it both ways.
I said apologise, David.
Sorry.
Look, we all miss her, OK? But you do not take it out on your sister.
That is not fair.
Is there something else going on with you, mate? The police came to school today.
What for? Asking the Year 7s about Peter.
I'm, uh, gonna have to pop out for a bit, then.
To Alice's? Yes.
To Alice's.
Oh, look, her son is missing.
Just grow up for God's sake, will you? Father.
Tom.
Brother.
We met years ago.
You were my son David's home room teacher, Year 7.
Oh, Mr.
Allen.
Any news? Finton! Finton, have you got it? Joe.
G'day.
I heard about the police.
Yeah.
It's here, Dad.
Oh, there it is, mate.
OK.
Where are you going? It's working.
Yeah, alright.
You're not even going to tell me? Look, Alice, we're just going to the park again, OK? Don't worry about it.
We'll find him and I'll get him back.
Are you ready, mate? Let's go.
Be safe.
Yep.
You know, running away from home at Peter's age is almost a rite of passage.
I did it.
Most of the boys I knew did it, too.
Peter's at that age where he doesn't want to be treated like a child anymore.
He still has trains on his pyjamas.
Has anyone looked up at Kings Cross? Oh, that You think he could be up there? It's worth a look.
I did outreach work in Darlinghurst.
I know where some of those street kids congregate.
What do you reckon? You'll need a photo.
I'll be careful with it.
Hey, guys.
Uh, listen, we're looking for a-a boy we think might have come up here.
It's this photo.
Nuh.
Never seen him.
No, me neither.
Nah, doesn't look too familiar.
Is he a D? Cos I've got fuck all on us, eh.
No, I'm not the police.
So, you're just here having a sticky, like Father Perve? Yeah! Like what you see, mate? Hey! Damn! May God keep you safe.
Thank you.
Goodnight.
Um, I'm trying to get home to Bankstown, actually.
Uh, do you reckon I could scab the cash off you? Ten be enough? Ace.
Buy a sandwich at Central with the change, huh? There's a squat behind Les Girls.
There's a new surfer kid staying up there.
Thanks.
Is this it? I don't know.
I mean, well, Peter's such a positive element in the class.
He's always smiling, always full of life.
I can't picture him here.
Um, we're looking for someone.
Um, we're told that he might be up here.
Tom.
We're looking for a 13-year-old boy.
It's his photo.
His mum's really worried about him.
Ask him where he is.
Fuck off! Yeah, we're leaving.
Geez.
Did you know that kid? Yeah.
Well, not-not really.
We caught him breaking into St.
Vennies a few weeks back looking for some money.
He's always hanging around the school.
Brother, you don't know where Peter is, do you? What? Of course not.
This kid up the Cross thought they might have seen Peter, but We also tried the local police.
They said they'll put on an extra patrol.
They also said not to worry.
I should have looked for him that first night.
He was probably in the park down the road.
Is everything alright? Who're you talking to? Bastard.
Joe just told me that a few weeks ago, when Peter was staying at his new place, they had a huge fight.
Apparently Peter said he'd kill him.
He knew where he could get a gun, and he'd do it.
What was the fight about? He can't remember.
He'd had a couple of beers.
You know what that means.
I once caught Joe chasing Peter around with an extension cord, whacking him with the end.
After the fight, Peter ran off.
He was away the whole weekend.
Joe didn't even tell me until now.
Why don't you and Finton come and stay with us tonight, huh? Don't be stupid.
What happened? They couldn't find him.
Tom and Warner.
But why are Tom and Warner even involved in this? Because they care, Joe.
They care? And so what, they've got more information about it than I have? Shit! Jesus! What-what have you? Our son's missing! I was going out looking for him! .
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or something! They're trying to help, Joe.
They're trying to help.
OK? Don't you want everyone looking for him? What if he's dead? Shhh.
Shush! Oi, stop it! Stop! Rachel's drawing horns again! Didn't we talk about the horns? Oww, Mum! Shhh! Love, I've got church council tonight, so there's a ham and pineapple defrosting in the fridge, OK? I need 10 dollars.
It's for the zoo.
Think we'll have to ask kitty.
For that sort of money you'd better bring back a monkey.
We've got two of them already.
What we don't have, though, is a lion.
Morning, boys.
Morning, Brother.
Ready for another day? Morning.
Morning, Brother.
Come on, Leeds.
Morning, Brother.
Morning, Brother.
Placed the whole mechanism because he put, um, a glued 10-cent piece.
Right? You haven't seen Peter, have you? Not today.
He always turns up, though.
And Super Turbo's fixed too, mate.
Um, I had to use, uh, acetone.
Someone told me that that breaks down the glue.
So, that fixed it up.
Margaret.
How are you? You know Anne? Yes, lovely to see you.
Give strength to my hands, O Lord, that being freed of all stain I might serve you with purity of mind.
My comments were for a particular audience, Eminence.
I never expected them to be reported.
"I come to bring fire to this earth.
" Do you actually believe that, Vincent? It was meant as inspiration.
And the punch? Vincent, need I remind you of the promise you made when you became a bishop? I know you have strong opinions.
I appreciate that.
But don't think our enemies won't seize on your words and distort them.
I want you to apologise and to say you were misquoted.
You'll pledge allegiance to the Church and to myself, and that will be the end of that.
Don't hasten your irrelevance, Vincent.
When we eat this bread and drink this cup, we proclaim your death, O Lord, until you come again.
May he make us an everlasting gift to you, and enable us to share in the inheritance of your saints.
Lord, may this sacrifice, which has made our peace with you, advance the peace and salvation of all the world.
Through him, and with him and in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honour is yours, Almighty Father, forever and ever.
Well, it gives me great joy to address you and to say a few words about our beloved Cardinal Neville, while celebrating his imminent retirement.
He's served this city loyally for so many years.
Under his great dignity and wisdom, Eminence has a fine sense of humour.
And he also has a nickname.
When he was a young boy, he loved 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarves'.
Can you guess? Sleepy? Happy? Dopey? Grumpy? Plenty of woodwork Catholics out here today.
Hm.
Who's that with Bishop NcNally? That's the recently appointed Justice Minister, Dr Pantano, and the Member for Sydney, Margaret Wallace.
I see the Papal Nuncio's got the Premier's attention.
Hm.
That's the psychiatrist.
Mm.
Oh, it was wonderful, John.
It was really very moving.
Good.
Have you given any thought to what we? It's a big decision, but, uh, it'd be my honour.
Excellent.
Thank you.
I'm sure you- you'll be of great service.
I have to go Of course, yeah.
Can we talk details later? Certainly.
Vincent! Nuncio.
Oh, three priests.
I didn't know if I was at mass or Commedia dell'Arte.
Vatican II has revived many interesting customs indeed.
Eh, at least you kept your equanimity, eh? The congregation of bishops seeking advice on its list of names for the terna.
Hasn't the next Archbishop already been determined? Bishop NcNally is the favourite.
But the processes of canon law must still be observed.
A terna of three names must be submitted to the Vatican for its approval.
My Lord, I hope one of those names on that list is Bishop Quaid.
Father Matteo.
You know the Holy City.
Un poco, My Lord.
So you understand ufficiale and ufficioso? Ufficiale is the official position of the Vatican, ufficioso is the mind of the Holy Father, and that is never written down.
And so, ufficiale, the terna is needed, even if the outcome is already determined, and Bishop NcNally will be the next Archbishop.
Ufficioso, Bishop NcNally, he is more liberal in his thinking than is desirable.
If he were to be involved in any unorthodoxy, any scandal, it wouldn't matter what the Australian church wished.
The Holy Father could choose another to the top of the list.
As long as that name were known for his for his obedience, discretion.
Your time will come, but until then, I would keep our public comment to a minimum.
I must butter my bread.
See ya, mate.
I'll tell him you're looking for him.
What were you saying? Cheeky little bastard.
Slowly this time.
Better luck next time.
You're not getting any younger, Dad.
Hey.
Are you OK? My house has been invaded by these women from the church.
All fussing around.
Do I want a cup of tea? Am I hungry? Am I sure I don't want a cup of tea? I know they mean well.
It's just I'm going out of my mind.
Listen, do you, uh, do you want to stay for dinner? No.
No, I should go.
Bye, Bridie.
He'll come back.
How do you know? Every time I close my eyes I see him lying in a ditch.
Alice.
The police came.
What'd they say? Were Joe and me having problems? Did things ever get violent? Did he ever hit the kids? Did he ever hit me? Does he hit you? No.
They took him to the station.
That was four hours ago.
They're just doing their job, you know.
Isn't their job to find my son? Alice, you don't think that Joe? You'd love that, wouldn't you? I know you're frustrated.
I understand that.
But this isn't a punishment.
And behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness and smote the four corners of the house.
Oh, you're hardly Job! I've suffered, Jack.
This church has put me through the mangle.
You've stood by and let it! This doctor is discreet.
No-one else in the diocese will know.
No.
Marco.
I don't want it.
I won't.
You can't make me.
I can make you and you're going.
Now calm down, please.
Just see this is for your own good.
Marco.
Marco! If I have something to deal with, Jack, then so do we all.
Hello, Elliot.
I brought Peter some homework.
For when he gets back.
Thank you.
Was there something else? I left my Spiderman comic here.
Of course.
Come in.
He keeps them under his bed.
How have you been? Good, Mrs.
Kelly.
Sorry, I have to get that.
Will you be OK? Yeah.
How'd you go? I have to get it later.
Why are you here, Elliot? Homework.
Really? Where is he? If you're hiding something Please.
Elliot, think.
Where could he be? Mrs.
Kelly Please.
Elliot.
I don't-I don't know.
Peter! Peter! Do you need something? I did what you asked.
I didn't ask you to do anything.
Yes, you did.
I want the money.
You don't want me to start shouting, do ya? Who knows what I might say? Sshhh.
Come on! Po-police! There's a body in Manly Dam.
His body! Somebody did it to him.
I know who it was.