Don't Come Home (2024) s01e04 Episode Script

Panida

1
[Varee panting]
[foreboding music playing]
Min?
Min, are you in here?
[ghostly whoosh]
- [Min yells]
- [Varee screams]
[loud thudding]
[cell phone vibrating]
[clock ticking]
[electricity crackling]
Have you packed a towel
and a change of fresh clothes?
You'll need them
after you have swum in the sea.
Yes, and I'm going to bring
all my new toys with me.
[phone ringing]
[TV reporter speaking indistinctly]
- [phone continues ringing]
- Aon, finish Varee's hair for me.
[reporter on TV] The Prime Minister
is prepared to take an oath of allegiance
Hello?
before His Majesty the King
How did it happen?
[reporter] in a C130 transport aircraft
[sighs] Okay.
Tell everyone to stay put. I'm on my way.
[reporter] It is Saturday,
the 23rd of February, 1991.
All set?
Let's head off before it gets too hot.
There's a problem at the plant.
They need me there.
[reporter] On this historic day,
the army has seized power
in a coup d'état led by General Sunthorn
of the National Peacekeeping Council.
[sighs]
[gentle music playing]
[sighs]
Natee, get the car.
Mr. Wat and Miss Varee are not coming?
The beach is off. Take me to the plant.
[engine turns over]
[melancholy music playing]
Mom, where are you going?
Mom, don't go!
[Wat] Varee!
[sighs]
It's okay, dear.
We'll go to the beach later.
[reporter on radio] Reports to hand
indicate there were five main reasons
for seizing and controlling
the administrative power of the country
- and carrying out the coup d'état
- Natee, turn it off.
- on February 23rd, 1991.
- Yes, ma'am.
[radio turns off]
[pensive music playing]
RESTRICTED AREA
The electrical voltage is very unstable.
It drops when we run the machine.
[alarm blaring]
[metallic clanking]
Shut down the whole system.
Begin to run a test series.
Let's see what happens then.
[woman on PA] All personnel,
please make preparations.
We are commencing test number 36 now.
- [gear clanks]
- [engines whirring]
[metal grinding loudly]
[ominous music playing]
[electricity crackling]
[foreboding music playing]
- [electricity crackling]
- [wind whistling]
[engines power down]
[alarm blaring]
[music stops]
[young Varee] Mom!
Varee, go back to bed.
I have to work.
[tender piano music playing]
Why did you throw the book like that?
What's wrong, sweetie? Tell me.
Mom didn't want to read me the story.
She broke her promise again.
Show me the story.
I'll read it.
This is the new book Mom bought.
Write your name in it.
VAREE
Varee.
[chuckles tenderly]
[glass shatters in distance]
[tense music playing]
[Wat] Have you forgotten
how hard it was for us to have this child?
[mother] So what do you want me to do?
[door creaking]
You want me to quit
and raise her full-time?
That's a possibility.
And you could earn enough to feed us?
[door creaking]
[mother gasps]
Mom.
[mother crying softly]
[somber music playing]
[mother sniffles]
[glass crunches]
[mother continues crying]
[sobbing]
[cries out]
Mom, look how pretty this is!
["Goodbye Song" by Byrd & Heart
playing on radio]
Which one do you like?
I don't know. What's your favorite?
- And you could be right about him too ♪
- I want you to choose.
Whichever.
Loving you was more than I could say ♪
Why did you come? So you can sulk?
Or do, but will you still ♪
I'm here now. Isn't that enough?
♪though we're through ♪
I didn't force you to come.
When you said goodbye ♪
[Wat] This is hopeless. Let's turn back.
Fine, turn around.
I don't want to go home.
I want to go to the sea!
Okay, dear.
For the last time, let me say ♪
At least try and pretend to be happy.
And so I sing this goodbye song to you ♪
Pull over.
- You would not see my love ♪
- What now?
- I said pull over! Stop the car!
- What are you doing? Don't!
[Wat] Are you crazy?! Stop it!
[young Varee] Mom, where are you going?
Please stay.
How can I ♪
- [tires screeching]
- [metal crashing]
My only love has gone ♪
- So now I long for yesterday ♪
- Varee! [gasps]
- And so I play this goodbye song ♪
- [mother wails]
To you ♪
[opening theme song playing]
DON'T COME HOME
[fire crackling]
[mother] March 14, 1991.
March 14, 1991.
March 14, 1991.
TAKUA PA POWER PLAN
[mother] March 14, 1991.
MISS VAREE JARUKANAN
[mournful music playing]
[psychiatrist] Have you taken
the medication I've given you?
And have you had any sleep?
[groans softly]
We're leaving now. Good night, ma'am.
March 14, 1991.
[cries] March 14, 1991.
[sobbing] March 14, 1991.
[psychiatrist] What is that?
[breathing heavily, sobs]
[mother] The day.
The day my daughter and my husband died.
Are you ready to talk about it?
What's the point of talking?
Is talking going to
bring back my daughter?
The person I want to bring back is you.
What happened was an accident.
No one wanted this thing to happen.
Nothing is going to happen
until something moves.
And what happened
[sobs]
was because of me.
[sobbing]
Because I'm an evil mother.
[sobbing continues]
I understand you feel that way.
You must remember
we can't go back to correct the past.
I want you to let go.
I can't turn back time.
That's why I can't let go.
How dare you tell me to let go!
[sighs tearfully]
I made my daughter die.
[inhales sharply] I killed her.
[sobbing]
- [water lapping]
- [birds chirping]
- [dark music playing]
- [mother whimpering]
[grunts in pain]
[grunts angrily]
[groaning]
[panting, whimpering]
[wind whistling]
[dark music intensifies]
[electricity crackling]
[gasps]
[panting]
[gasps]
[dramatic music building]
- [music fades out]
- [insects chirping]
What's your project?
Why such a huge generator?
[mysterious music playing]
MARCH 14, 1991
- [gear clanks]
- [intriguing music playing]
- [electricity buzzing]
- [mother gasps]
[gear clanks]
[distant siren wailing]
[lightbulbs buzzing]
[electricity crackling]
[thrilling music playing]
Fourteenth of March, 1991.
Fourteenth of March, 1991.
- Fourteenth of March, 1991.
- [generator powering up]
Fourteenth of March, 1991.
[generator powering down]
[mother whimpers]
[screams in anger]
[sobbing]
[screaming in anger]
[continues screaming]
[sobs]
- [sobbing, screaming]
- [pounding generator]
[electricity crackling]
- [screaming]
- [pounding generator]
[electricity crackling]
[intense music playing]
[generator powering down]
[mother breathing shakily]
[tender music playing]
[birds chirping]
Mom?
[mother] You're awake. You've woken up.
Is Mom here?
I want Mom.
Mom! [whimpers]
Mom!
[Min crying]
Mom!
Are you here? Mom?
[crying]
Mom?
Mom!
Mom!
[crying] Mom?
Mom!
Don't run. You'll fall.
[Min] Mom!
[insects chirping]
- [mournful string music playing]
- Mom!
[crying]
Mom! [sobbing]
- [mother] Little girl, don't cry.
- Mom! [sobbing]
[mother] Don't cry.
[Min sobbing] I want my mom.
- Your clothes are all dirty. Come.
- [Min sobbing]
Tell me your name.
My name is Min. Mintira.
- And how old are you?
- I'm five.
This should fit you nicely.
Put this on for now.
I'll take you
to buy some new clothes later.
We're going on a little trip into town.
I'm going to buy you some nice clothes.
Just for you.
[gentle music playing]
[indistinct chattering]
Come.
Good afternoon.
Let's take a look, okay?
[mother chuckles]
TAKUA PA BOUTIQUE
How old is your daughter?
Oh! She's not my
She's five.
A beauty like her mother.
Thanks.
DOLLS FOR KIDS
I used to play with this.
Let's buy it and play together.
[mother chuckles]
I'll have these.
This one should fit you.
Do you like it?
[chuckles softly]
Mrs. Panida, you should have called
so I could drive you.
[car door closes]
It's fine. I just got a few things.
[Panida chuckles]
Who's this girl?
My niece.
Her parents asked me to look after her.
Uh, Aon.
Put these in the house.
You can put the car away now.
[night chirping]
You must be very hungry.
And tired, right?
What are you looking at?
Nothing.
[silverware clatters]
Oh! What would you like for breakfast?
I want to call my mom.
What's this thing?
It's a telephone.
You said you wanted to call your mother.
It doesn't have any buttons.
[Panida] Here they are.
What's your mom's number?
Zero, 9, 7, 9, 4, 1, 7, 1, 4, 4.
[disconnected tone playing]
- [phone receiver clatters]
- Are you sure this is right?
It's your mom's number?
Yes, my mom.
She told me I must remember it.
Where is your home?
In Bangkok.
That code is not for Bangkok.
It's a mobile number.
Mobile.
You mean a mobile phone?
Okay. Let's try again.
Give me the number again.
Zero, 9, 7, 9, 4, 1, 7, 1, 4, 4.
[disconnected tone playing]
[phone receiver clatters]
It's not connecting.
I want to call my mom. I want to go home.
[tender music playing]
Don't worry, sweetie.
I miss my mom. [sniffles]
I miss my daughter too.
Where's your daughter, Auntie?
She's somewhere far away.
Very far away.
[tender music fades]
I don't want to sleep here alone.
I want you to sleep here too.
I will.
[Panida sighs]
[gentle music playing]
[Panida breathes emotionally]
FEB 1992
[Min and Aon giggling]
What are you coloring?
- [Min squeals]
- [Panida laughing] Is it cold?
- Yay!
- [Min giggling]
[Panida chuckling]
Let's make the biggest sandcastle.
[both giggling]
[Natee] Her parents,
they still haven't come to take her back.
What are you saying?
The girl's parents.
I'm her mother now. Her parents
They gave her to me to look after.
They're too poor to raise her properly.
Don't ever bring this up again.
Understood?
Yes, ma'am.
Mom, where are you?
I'm here, sweetie.
Your mother's here.
I want my mom.
[uneasy music playing]
[door slams shut]
What, sweetie?
[eerie music plays]
- [bird tweeting]
- [wings flapping rapidly]
- [ominous music playing]
- [bird continues tweeting]
[Min] This way. Come this way.
[wings flapping rapidly]
- [bird slams window, body thuds]
- [foreboding music playing]
[Min sobs]
[Panida] One, two,
three, four,
five,
six, seven,
eight, nine,
ten, 11, 12,
thirteen, 14,
fifteen,
sixteen,
seventeen,
eighteen, 19, 20!
I'm opening my eyes now.
Are you ready?
Where is my little girl hiding?
Where are you?
I'll find you.
Where are you? [laughs playfully]
- [Min giggling]
- [Panida gasps]
[Panida laughing]
Ah, ah, ah!
Ah! [laughing] Found you.
[laughing]
Oh! [laughing]
Mm. [chuckles]
I used to have this book,
but this one is newer.
[gentle music playing]
VAREE
[Min] Who does this book belong to?
Can you read it for me?
Of course.
"Oh dear.
What nonsense was it that I uttered?"
"In that second,
Alice's head touched the ceiling."
"In fact, she was almost nine feet tall."
"In fact, she was now
rather more than nine feet tall."
VAREE
Mom.
[music turns melancholy]
Mom!
[generator powering up]
[engine rumbling]
[switch clicks]
[lightbulbs flickering]
[unsettling music playing]
MARCH 14, 1991
[switches clicking]
[gears cranking]
[Panida panting]
[electricity crackling]
[Panida breathing shakily]
[Min] One, two,
- three, four
- [electricity crackling]
- [Min 2 laughing]
- [Min 1]five, six,
seven, eight,
- nine, ten, 11, 12
- [electricity buzzing]
- [Min 1]thirteen, 14, 15
- [Min 2 laughing]
- [Min 1]sixteen, 17
- [Varee] Min.
[Min 1]eighteen, 19
[Varee breathing shakily]
[Min yells]
[furniture crashes]
[lightbulbs buzzing]
[metallic clank]
[lightbulbs flickering]
[eerie music playing]
Ma!
[music fades]
["Goodbye Song" by Byrd & Heart playing]
You may be right about me, baby ♪
And you could be right about him too ♪
Lovin' you was more than I could say ♪
Or do ♪
But will you still miss me
Though we're through? ♪
When you said goodbye, I was blue ♪
His love gets you high
But mine can't do ♪
For the last time
Let me say that I love you ♪
And so I sing this goodbye song to you ♪
You would not see my love in every way ♪
But I won't blame your heart
In any way ♪
All that I dreamed has gone away ♪
How can I go on when you won't stay? ♪
My only love has gone ♪
So now I long for yesterday ♪
And so I'll play
This goodbye song to you ♪
[song continues instrumentally]
You would not see my love in every way ♪
But I won't blame your heart
In any way ♪
All that I dreamed has gone away ♪
How can I go on when you won't stay? ♪
My only love has gone
So now I long for yesterday ♪
And so I'll play
This goodbye song to you ♪
And so I'll play
This goodbye song to you ♪
Ooh ♪
[song ends]
[closing theme music playing]
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