Go Ahead, Brother (2024) s01e01 Episode Script

1
[footsteps approaching]
[train horn blares in distance]
[drone blades whirring]
[officer] Three, two, one
[suspenseful music playing]
[electricity crackles]
Clear.
Clear.
POLICE
[panting]
[high-pitched ringing]
- What's wrong, Gwiazda?
- Something wrong with the headphones.
[ringing subsides]
[high-pitched ringing resumes]
[Gwiazda breathing shakily]
[high-pitched ringing subsides]
[superior] The prosecutor
is taking Sylwek's testimony.
And when he's done, they'll talk to you.
- But we have some time.
- [Gwiazda] How's Sokół?
[sighs]
We're waiting. They're operating.
Is this your entire action report?
Not much.
All right, Gwiazda.
Let's write it together.
Okay? So nobody can give you any shit.
- I need to know what happened in there.
- I don't know.
The headphones were malfunctioning.
My head was spinning.
- Your head?
- No, my ass!
- [panting]
- [high-pitched ringing]
[static crackles]
[screams]
[muffled gunfire]
[sounds distort]
[attacker screams]
[man] Gwiazda,
I don't particularly like you.
But I'm trying to help you.
You were supposed to cover Sokół's ass.
So what went wrong?
Why was he hit?
[cell phone vibrating]
Marecki. Yes?
[Gwiazda inhales sharply]
[somber music playing]
[Gwiazda exhales]
[high-pitched ringing]
[attacker groans]
[muffled gunfire]
[Gwiazda gasps]
[superior] When? Okay.
We'll let the family know.
[somber music playing]
[sniffles]
Sokół?
Sokół?
You said your head was spinning.
The headphones were broken,
maybe you fucking tripped
over your shoelaces.
I don't know.
[sounds distort]
[Gwiazda panting]
- [groans]
- [superior] I'll tell you what happened.
You shit your pants, you little asshole.
Thanks to you, our colleague is dead.
So be a man and stop making excuses
like a pussy!
[both grunting]
Chill the fuck out, Gwiazda. Chill out!
[both grunting]
[Sylwek] Gwiazda! Gwiazda!
- Hey, hey, hey, hey!
- [Gwiazda] grunts
- What the fuck are you doing?
- [panting]
[superior] You're fuckin' finished,
Gwiazda.
You're done in this section.
[man] Aspirant Gwiazda, come here!
Prosecutor wants to question you.
[introspective music playing]
GO AHEAD, BROTHER
[clock ticking]
[kids chattering outside]
[door opens]
[door closes]
[door closes]
[Gwiazda] How much today?
Why are you sitting in the dark, son?
Something wrong?
How much did you lose today, Dad?
It's a simple question.
[chuckles]
If you really have to know,
it was a relatively good night.
A bit in the black.
[Gwiazda sniffles]
Okay. Who gave you the money, then?
A friend.
And who will pay off your friend?
[chuckles] May I?
Thanks.
[exhales]
Hm. Did something happen at work?
- Why are you interested all of a sudden?
- [scoffs]
I'm always interested.
In that case, from now on,
you have to pay off your friends yourself.
Uh Listen, son
Mm. It might not seem like it,
but I'm grateful for your assistance
Come on. You can fucking try this flattery
with your creditors, not me.
[father] Hold on. Hold on. Oskar!
[Gwiazda breathing shakily]
I just need a few more weeks to
- I'm gonna break even soon.
- You wanna break even?
Put the house on the market.
Pay back Marta and Sylwek.
You say that as if it were nothing more
than a couple of bricks.
[Gwiazda] It's just a pile of bricks, Dad.
You're a fucking cancer.
You've completely ruined my life.
You've ruined Marta's life. Hmm?
You ruin everything.
If I'm causing you so much trouble,
what do you think I should do?
[chuckles sadly] Should I kill myself?
Come on. Go for it.
DAD
OSKAR
[alarm ringing]
[gasps]
[grunts]
[somber music playing]
[grunts]
[sounds distort]
[exhales sharply]
Dad?
Dad?
Dad!
[engine running]
Dad!
No! [grunts]
[coughing]
[Gwiazda grunting]
[panting]
[sounds fade]
[somber music peaks, fades]
[vehicle approaches]
POLICE
[parking brake clicks]
[sighs]
[exhales]
[sighs]
[Marta] This time, he wasn't bluffing.
[sighs]
[papers rustling]
CREDIT PAYMENTS
[Marta sighs]
Okay.
Life insurance, 50,000.
Plus what he had left,
some 52,000 and some change.
He intentionally went
against his own best interests,
so no insurance company will pay out.
Thanks for your input,
but maybe let's first have a look
at the contract, hmm?
Mr. Pessimist.
Okay. Um
Dad's loans with banks and shadow banks.
Rounding up, 200,000.
Our loan
Is that seriously
the most important thing right now?
[Sylwek] Oskar, it's not
the most important thing,
but it is quite crucial.
After all, Romek did spend
all of our fucking money.
Because of him,
we have to live off an allotment.
- [Marta] How much did he get out of you?
- No damn clue.
I gave his friends money,
I don't know how much, to pay them off.
Oskar, we talked about it.
You promised
you wouldn't keep helping him.
Somebody had to, right?
- What's that mean?
- [Gwiazda] I lost what I lost.
- Let's not talk about it anymore.
- [Marta] Fine.
Dad was opposed to selling the house.
Now we're free to do it.
Marta, it's our home.
Oskar, try to understand.
We have two options. Option A?
Sell the house and accept the inheritance
with all its responsibilities.
Option B?
We reject the inheritance. No Option C.
- [Sylwek] Unless you have
- [Gwiazda] Yeah, thanks for your advice.
[Marta] But it's not a discussion, Oskar.
If everything goes well,
we sell the house for a million.
Um minus 200,000
for the banks and shadow banks.
Minus 400 for our loan.
That leaves around 200 per person.
[pensive music playing]
MISSED CALLS: 6
[Gwiazda] Minus all the stuff
we don't know about, right?
PROMISSORY NOTE
[Marta] This is some kind of joke, right?
100,000 ZLOTY
[Marta] Dad lost his company a year ago.
Since then, he's had no income.
Who in their right mind would lend
this kind of money to a man
who has 0 creditworthiness?
Do you think this gentleman
is some kind of financial advisor?
He's nothing but a loan shark.
Hmm. Well what's the reason
for the immediate disparagement?
Until recently,
your father paid off his debt
more or less on schedule.
Yes, obviously,
he was a compulsive gambler,
no one denies that,
although he did get some big wins
every once in a while.
From there, we were able to build up
a level of trust with one another.
What trust? What are you talking about?
Come on, this
- This is absurd.
- [loan shark] Oh my.
[door slams]
[sighs]
"God bestowed a woman
with hysteria as a token of his love."
Do you know that quote?
The Brothers Karamazov.
"Say one more word about my sister,
and I'll break your neck, you fucker."
The Brother Gwiazda.
I assume that two million is an amount
outside you and your sister's reach.
And you might be considering
rejecting the inheritance,
but that wouldn't be beneficial.
To either side, for that matter.
Personally, I think
I think you know what I do.
You're fully aware
that this is not the type of debt
that can be declined at a notary's office.
Of course, you could go ahead
and give it a shot, but what for?
I'll show up anyway.
My advice?
Take the inheritance, sell the house,
pay off a portion of the debt you owe me.
As for the rest of the sum, well,
I'm sure we can work something out here.
Aren't you employed as a police officer?
I liked your father.
Really. Swear to god.
Say what you will about him
he was a man of honor.
[sounds distort]
[echoing] Everything all right?
[high-pitched ringing]
- [high-pitched ringing subsides]
- [sniffles]
I'll pay him off. I'll pay you off.
I don't know how yet, but I will.
It's our home.
- [Marta] You won't be able to!
- It is our home!
Giving it up isn't an option.
[Marta] You won't be able to pay him off!
- I will, Marta.
- How?
You heard what that man said.
You saw Dad's debts. Can you count?
It is not just a pile of bricks.
I reject the inheritance.
Do what you want.
[engine starts]
[ominous music playing]
TWO MONTHS LATER
DAD
OSKAR
[alarm ringing]
[sniffles]
[sighs, grunts]
[exhales]
[dance music playing]
[music stops]
[gentle music playing]
[excited chatter]
[Gwiazda] Excuse me!
I'm looking for entrance 24.
- [man] Yeva!
- You found it, 24.
Thanks.
Enjoy.
- [banging on hood]
- Hey, moron. Get this wreck outta here.
[Gwiazda] Don't bang on my hood, man.
- Got a problem?
- Think I'm parking?
- No, I'm leaving.
- Get the fuck out now!
I'm rolling. I'm going.
I'm going, I'm going. I'm going.
[sighs]
SECURITY
- Hey. You the new guy?
- Oskar Gwiazda.
Call me Władek. I'm supposed to train you.
All right? Then follow me. Let's go.
Here.
What are you standing around for?
Come on! Move it, move it!
["My Sharona" by The Knack playing]
Ooh, my little pretty one, pretty one ♪
When you gonna give me
Some time, Sharona? ♪
Ooh, you make my motor run
My motor run ♪
Gun it coming off of the line, Sharona ♪
Never gonna stop
Give it up, such a dirty mind ♪
I always get it up
For the touch of the younger kind ♪
My, my, my, I, yi, whoo! ♪
M-m-m-my Sharona ♪
Come a little closer, huh?
Ah, will ya, huh? ♪
Close enough to look
In my eyes, Sharona ♪
Keeping it a mystery gets to me ♪
Running down the length
Of my thighs, Sharona ♪
Never gonna stop
Give it up, such a dirty mind ♪
I always get it up
For the touch of the younger kind ♪
My, my, my, I, yi, whoo! ♪
M-m-m-my Sharona ♪
M-m-m-my Sharona ♪
[song fades]
[Yeva] Maybe you'd like that one?
[customer] Yeah, it's nice.
Is the fabric good quality?
[Yeva] Mm-hmm.
- Could be for your wife.
- [man] For my wife? For many wives.
[both chuckle]
- Okay, we'll take them. All of them.
- All right.
Very good choice.
Boss.
The gentleman wants to pay.
[counter beeps]
[phone ringing]
Hello?
No, I didn't get any notification.
And do you have any proof
that my father took out such a loan?
Then please send me the proof.
Yeah, I do disagree with the claim.
Where'd you wander off to, Gwiazda?
Got a special mission for you.
[siren wailing in distance]
[line ringing]
[cell phone ringing]
[drill whirring]
Maybe he wants
to wish you a happy birthday.
Jesus, you're as stubborn as a mule.
I've got my reasons.
Speaking of birthday wishes,
I'd like our loan repaid.
That's awesome, maybe next year.
This year, how about something
more realistic, like peace in the family?
Hmm?
And I'll throw in, uh
a birthday blowie in silk stockings.
Who's the woman? Do I know her?
You're such a dummy, seriously.
[both laugh]
I know he did something stupid,
but Sylwek, he needs us.
Please, could you have
a conversation with him?
[Sylwek] Your father ruined us.
We'll spend 20 years paying off
a loan that we get nothing from.
Oskar could've gotten us out of it.
- But he chose not to.
- Sylwek.
I talked to Gołaś.
He'll be dismantling
a shed on his allotment,
and he'll give us the wood.
I can insulate the house before winter.
[Marta grunts]
[energetic music playing]
[sirens wailing]
TAX AND CUSTOMS SERVICE
[man on PA] Attention please!
Dear customers, the customs inspectors
have arrived at our mall.
We would like to remind you
that you are required
to have a receipt
or other proof of purchase.
I repeat.
An inspection team from customs
has arrived at our mall.
We would like to remind you
that you are required
to have a receipt or other proof of order.
Want a sip?
[chuckles] No, thanks.
[sighs]
- Thank you.
- [man] Thanks.
- Hey, how you doing? Later.
- [Gwiazda] Do these raids happen often?
[Władek] About once a month.
This is how you kill
the spirit of enterprise.
[tense music playing]
[exhales]
[tense music fades]
- All right, take care. See you tomorrow.
- Bye, Yeva.
[Yeva sighs]
Do you want a ride?
- Thank you, but I have a bike.
- I can fold the back seats down.
Don't worry yourself. I don't live far.
It's cool I'm not worried. [chuckles]
Are you making fun of me?
I'm Oskar.
Okay.
It was nice to meet you.
[man 1] Hold on, hold on.
[Marta] That was supposed
to be included in the trip, wasn't it?
[woman] That's what I thought.
That's what I thought,
but I guess, it wasn't.
[man 2] Beautiful place
you got here, Sylwek,
but what's gonna happen
in the winter, then?
If you need it, my sister has
a studio apartment to rent.
- She might lower the price for you.
- Yeah. Sure, where is it? In Łódź?
- [man 2] In Chojny.
- [Sylwek] We have everything here.
I'll insulate it
before winter, and we'll be fine.
That's right. Don't worry about us.
We'll do a lot of hugging.
[Sylwek] Uh-huh. [chuckles]
But I'm not so sure the shed's
big enough to accommodate a baby crib.
[Marta clears throat]
So how's Sokół's wife doing?
Does anybody know?
We saw her yesterday.
[man 3] She brought her son over.
- He's a cool kid.
- [woman] But the mother's shitty.
- She arrived with her child drunk.
- Sad.
How would you behave?
If I didn't come back from action?
Would it wash over you?
- [woman] Stop it.
- We're just having a chat.
- [woman] No, we're not.
- Come on. Give it a rest, please.
[vehicle approaches]
- [Sylwek] Well Here we go.
- [man 2] Yeah. I'll give it a rest.
- [Sylwek] Oh, fucking hell.
- Sylwek!
- Where are you going?
- [man 2] What?
[Sylwek sighs]
Sylwek, you've got guests,
so why don't you act like a host, huh?
Okay.
[mellow music playing on radio]
Happy birthday, bro.
- Oh, fuck me.
- Well, at least your beer is free.
[Marta clears throat]
To Sokół.
Keep going.
All right, what's the deal
with that whole "keep going" thing?
May I?
Sokół told us too much about himself
one time when he was drunk.
They're seniors in high school.
They get a female gym teacher,
fresh out of college.
And he [laughs]
he made a bet with the other guys
that he'd bang her
before the year was out.
So, he kept going after her,
all flirty and shit.
Finally, she invited him back to her room
while they were at some sporting event.
- He was a handsome guy.
- Yeah.
So, Sokół is doing his thing,
and suddenly,
there's this banging on the door.
And Sokół can hear his buddy go,
"Come on Sokół, let's go."
"Keep going. Keep going."
And Sokół shouts out loud [laughs]
"I am going. I am going."
And he smacks her on the ass.
[group laughing]
I wanted to apologize to you guys.
I know I fucked up.
I know I can't do anything to change it.
But every day, I think about Sokół,
about what happened and [hesitates]
[phones ringing]
[Marta] Really? Today?
- [man 1] Yeah?
- [man 2] Yeah?
- [man 3] 'Sup?
- Gołaś.
- [man 2] On my way.
- [man 1] Okay.
[Sylwek] Okay.
Be there in half an hour. Bye.
Okay.
Later. Bye.
- Okay. Too bad.
- [Marta] Okay.
[somber music playing]
- [man 1] Bye.
- [woman] Bye.
- Please be careful, okay?
- [Sylwek] Mm-hmm.
[Gołaś] Bye, Marta.
See ya.
Always.
[woman] Bye, guys.
Take care of yourselves.
[Sylwek] Bye.
[quietly] You know it changes nothing.
Thanks.
[Gwiazda sighs]
[Marta] You'd like to go with them?
- Uh It's okay. I'm dealing with it.
- Hmm.
And how's your new job?
Everyone in the mall is committing
tax fraud right in front of me.
It's fucking demeaning.
I get you made the decision you made,
but you must understand
it doesn't make sense, right?
And what should I do?
- Declare bankruptcy and sell
- Or just kill myself like Dad did, right?
Oskar, declare bankruptcy
and sell the house.
- Okay, I'll pitch a tent over there.
- You are as stubborn as a mule!
Tomczyk will use you
until you can't handle it.
[Gwiazda] If I don't, he'll come for you.
It doesn't matter what you give him,
the debt won't go away. Oskar!
Moron!
When was the Georgian supposed
to leave the hotel?
My contact scheduled a meeting
with him at 11:00 p.m.
The guy's in no fucking hurry.
[woman scoffs]
This might be the only situation
where I envy you men.
[man] Gotta do what you gotta do.
[urinating]
[man 2 on radio] Go ahead, Commissioner.
No one's gonna look.
[scoffs] Yeah, right. You wish.
[laughs]
[sighs]
There.
[pensive music playing]
[commissioner] What's going on?
Did you instruct someone
to go to this room?
[man 2] No, we didn't send anyone
to his room.
- Let's go, lock and load.
- Let's go, gentlemen.
And I want that waiter apprehended.
[energetic music playing]
[Gołaś] To the elevator.
Get downstairs, now.
- [man 3] Police, get down!
- [Gołaś] On the ground!
- [man 5] Don't move! Police!
- [man 4] Show me your hands!
[music cuts out]
[Gołaś] Clear.
The target is dead.
We're clearing the room.
[sighs] Oh, son of a fuck.
[exhales]
[line ringing]
[commissioner] They killed the Georgian.
[sirens wailing]
- You said yourself there was no other way.
- Because there wasn't. Drive.
- [engine starts]
- [sighs]
[dance music playing]
[speaking inaudibly]
Want a smoke?
No thanks, Bobek.
- The sink in the bathroom is clogged.
- Do I look like a plumber?
I'll give Mr. Tomczyk a call.
Tell him that.
You agreed to work at a brothel,
so don't bother me.
[upbeat music playing on stereo]
[client] Hey. Move aside, handyman.
[client] Okay.
[client] You asked for a bonus.
Here. Your bonus.
[Gwiazda sighs]
[horn beeps]
[tense music playing]
[parking brake clicks]
[sighs]
[nearby chatter]
[car alarm blaring]
POLICE
[officer] What the fuck?
[suspenseful music playing]
ŁÓDŹ COUNTERTERRORISM UNI
[Gwiazda] Okay.
[exhales]
[music fades]
[intense music playing]
UKRAINIAN PHRASEBOOK
[Gwiazda in Ukrainian]
You look much pretty today.
You look much pretty today.
Much pre Very pretty? Very pretty.
You look very pretty today.
[energetic music playing]
There he is.
Dad. Let me take care of it.
Oleg.
[car doors close]
Do you think we're
a bunch of fucking idiots?
- That you can steal from us?
- What do you mean?
[groans]
[grunting]
Hit him, Grigoriy.
[groaning]
[cries out]
You fucker!
[woman] This is the emergency service.
Please hold for an operator.
This is the
[pensive music playing]
[air hissing]
[music fades]
[Yeva] What are you up to? Heading home?
- I'm gonna buy some bread.
- Okay. Take care.
Yeah.
[Yeva] Oh, fuck.
What the fuck?
Do you need some help?
How long have you been in Poland?
Just a few months.
And, uh and your family?
They're not here.
And how are they treating you at work?
Well?
Because your boss seems
like a real butthead.
"Butthead"?
Well, you know scum.
Scum.
No, he's harmless.
- [Sylwek] I'm taking it off.
- [Marta] Mm-hmm.
- Now, I'm gonna look.
- [Marta] Mm-hmm.
Okay, then. Looking.
[both laugh]
Okay.
- Happy birthday ♪
- [both laughing]
To you ♪
[giggling] Happy birthday to you ♪
Happy birthday, Mr. Sylwek ♪
Happy birthday to you ♪
Come here.
Thank you.
Of course.
Stop, stop, stop!
Bike, bike, bike! Stop! Stop!
Stop! [laughs]
- [both laughing]
- [Yeva] Hey!
[pensive music playing]
[music fades]
You going plum-picking
in the middle of the night?
I'm gonna steal from a fuckin' thief.
[Sylwek] Hmm.
Funny thing, Gwiazda.
You remember when we were soldiers
and took the train back to the base,
and someone
someone stole my knife?
Remember?
And what did I tell you
when you wanted to ask Marta out?
That if I touched your sister,
you'd take something important from me.
And you chose a knife.
The one I got
from the closest person I know?
Dude, you had
nothing else back then. Nothing.
- I've gotta get going.
- If you really must
[Gwiazda grunts]
How are you dealing with this situation?
Well, let's call it what it is.
- A brothel, Sylwek. A brothel.
- That's not what I meant.
Then what?
Because I'm fucking done atoning.
What is it? Tell me.
That you could've helped us.
It's not even about me, man.
You could have helped your sister,
who's pregnant.
But you're so stubborn
and wanted to keep the house.
Actually, you had to, right?
My father committed suicide
in that house, so sorry.
But yeah, I had to keep it.
[somber music playing]
Oh yeah.
See, Dad? Ebony.
[both laugh]
A bit more here. No, here.
I'm constantly overlooked for everything,
as if I'm some idiot.
And I can do anything, Dad.
You can't do shit, Grzesiu.
- You're not cut out for it.
- Oh
[splutters] Holy fucking shit.
- Here's a towel.
- Give it.
- Gently wipe it off.
- [sighs]
You can't even fucking do this.
[door opens]
[groaning]
- What the fuck are you doing?
- Hey.
Show me.
You see? I hurt my hand
when I bashed his brains in.
I crushed that little shit. He thought
The fucking moron
thought he could steal from us.
Who's that?
Damian.
I'm painting him ebony. [laughs]
Come, take a look. Hey, Oleg.
- What's up?
- Here, come here.
[chuckling]
[pensive music playing]
Have a drink with us, son.
We can send Oleg for some sushi.
You'll leave in the morning. Huh?
You guys had to beat up the driver?
You think I don't know how
to take care of the family?
I'm the one who'll have to explain it,
not you.
Come on, Damian, you'd better decide
who you're working for.
For Bogdan or the family.
You know who I'm working for.
- I'll come over in a week.
- I wonder what you'll do when
Bogdan tells you to off me
the way you did the Georgian.
What did the Georgian do to him?
His land deals alone netted Bogdan
a cool 20 million or perhaps even more.
Yeah, but the cops
were following him around.
So fucking what? He wasn't a damn rat.
Maybe he was, maybe he wasn't.
[music fades out]
I might require your services again soon,
my friend.
[chuckles] Take care.
You too.
[ominous music playing]
[calls out]
[grunts, laughs]
Damian, come on, stop it, come on.
Damian!
- [grunts, choking]
- [music fades out]
[distant whistling]
[coughing]
- [Gwiazda] Where's the money?
- Do you know who I am?
- You moron.
- [Gwiazda] I don't give a shit.
- Where's the money?
- You're dead, you piece of shit.
[Gwiazda] Where's the money?
Look for it.
Look for the money, asshole. [laughs]
[Gwiazda panting]
[tense, rhythmic music playing]
Jesus fucking Christ.
[sighs]
God damn it.
[distant grunting]
[nearby clattering]
[suspenseful music rises]
- [music cuts out]
- [floorboard creaks]
[both grunting]
[intense music playing]
- [high-pitched ringing]
- [Gwiazda moans]
- [gun fires]
- [ringing ends]
[thud]
[panting]
[ominous music playing]
[breathing shakily]
[ominous music continues]
Subtitle translation by: Krzysiek Igielski
and Kamil Borek