Iwaju (2024) s01e04 Episode Script
Tunde
1
[horns honking]
Sister Chioma, I dey tell you, huh?
Once I get this job, everything go change.
And not only for me, oh.
[chuckles]
My guy, you never wan relax? Ah.
Do you? Because I know say
you no become officer just to relax.
[both chuckle]
Na true.
[sniffs] Uh-uh!
Sister, this Agege bread sweet
no be small, oh.
-Ah!
-[vendor chuckles] You wan change abi?
Make una pay for ya bread.
[chuckles] Okay, okay.
Chai! I don dey late, oh.
[chuckles]
Mr. Change. Always late.
Ooh. See me see wahala!
Wetin you go do now?
Um
Huh? Mm-mmm.
[mechanisms beeping]
[chuckles]
Ah! Oh.
-[Tunde grunts]
-[chickens squawk]
That boy and his wahala.
-Ah!
-[Chioma chuckles]
-[loud thuds]
-[mechanisms squeaking]
[grunts]
[child] Whoa!
[sighs]
[people chattering]
[sighs]
Hmm.
[exhales deeply]
[grunting]
-[knocking]
-[Mrs. Usman] Yes?
Hello, ma. I am Tunde Martins,
and I deserve this job.
You're late.
I'm sorry. It's just that [grunts]
I-I had to come here from
You were not given permission to sit.
Ooh! Sorry. Ah. [chuckles]
The inability to be on time
is a sign of mediocrity.
Are you mediocre, Mr. Martins? Hmm?
No, ma.
Excuse me?
Sorry. Mrs. Usman.
Do you know what we do here?
You use technology to change the world.
The things you do with AI
and robotics Ah.
You help so many people.
If you want to do charity work [chuckles]
you had better go home, my friend.
No. I want to work here.
I believe technology brings opportunity.
This is a business.
Our priority is to create value
for our shareholders.
That is the price
for change and opportunity.
I'm ready to work hard.
Did you make those?
Yes. If I can just show you how they work.
Oh. Oh, no. [grunts]
[scoffs]
Oh. Uh [chuckles] this is
something new I've been working on.
[device humming]
[chuckles] It's supposed to do that.
[beeps]
Stand up.
You are an Ajegunle boy, right?
[chuckles] I am.
Not anymore.
Welcome to Greenwood Tech.
[inhales sharply]
[beeps, buzzes]
If you let me down, you're done.
[beeping]
Um, I'm sure Otin is fine.
[Mrs. Usman, on phone] You're sure?
Because going offline on the mainland
sounds the opposite of fine.
I will find her.
This is why we wanted to do live testing,
right?
To, uh, expose any weaknesses.
Babatunde, you will not make a fool
out of me or this company.
[line disconnects]
-Call Godspower.
-[Godspower] Yes, sa.
What are you doing
on the mainland with Otin and Tola?
Ah, sorry, sa. [stammers]
She said you said it was okay.
[Tunde] What do you mean? What was okay?
-[child grunts]
-[gasps] Ah.
To go to the restaurant with Kole.
[stammers] I'm sure I go find them, sa.
[stammers] Find ke?
What are you saying? Where is Tola?
[beeping]
Eh?
[sighs] Tola.
-[beeps, whirs]
-Ah!
[Bode through device] Ah, Mr. Martins.
Who is this?
You are not an easy man to find.
It is good your daughter
couldn't say the same.
I want to speak to her. Now.
Not until I get what I want.
Which is what?
Uh, 50 million seems fair.
Fifty?
Ah, ah.
A big man like you can afford it, eh?
Please. Please, let me talk to her. Huh?
Just for a moment.
Two hours. No police.
[line beeps, disconnects]
Hello? Hello? Hello? Argh.
[chuckling]
Money? What happened to your big plan?
Ah. This is how to fish in large rivers.
[Bode chuckles]
[sighs]
-[gasps]
-[beeping]
[sighs] Argh.
Tola, you just had to go.
If you had just waited
until Daddy took you Argh.
[breathes shakily]
[sniffs]
[gasps]
[sighs]
I hope you're okay, Kole.
Mmm, what was it that you said?
"You do what the elders say.
Don't talk back.
Pay attention to everything."
Yes. Okay, I can do that.
-[door opens]
-[gasps]
Come with me.
Yes, Auntie.
[Bode] And what did I tell you?
[all] You will never let us struggle.
[chair whirring]
Tell me,
are you just another problem
for your father to throw money at? Hmm?
No. I'm OmoTola Abike Martins.
Good afternoon, Uncle.
Eh?
I don't know why I am here
or what you need,
but I will not be any trouble.
[groans]
Well, you are here because your father
needs to be taught a lesson
in fairness and generosity.
Well, if there's one thing
my daddy believes in, it's education.
[chuckling]
Happiness, you hear this?
[chuckles] This girl get sense.
[sighs deeply]
Um, Uncle,
where is my friend, Kole? Is Is he okay?
You should be more careful
who you call "friend."
-[people chattering]
-[horn honks]
[Kole panting]
[panting]
No. Where are you?
[breathes shakily]
-[Godspower clears throat] Hey.
-Uncle G!
Where you people come go? Huh?
Ah, Tola is not with you?
[breathes shakily]
I messed up, and bad men took her.
Huh? Oh, chai, chai! [sighs]
Na my fault be this, oh.
[pants]
I should not have trusted you people.
Ah! We gats find Tola now now.
Yes. But, abeg, I need your help first.
Lae lae. You no go fool me again.
Na my mama.
Your mama ke? Wetin dey happen?
They don vex bad bad
and d-dey come for her.
-[Kole] Hmm?
-[Godspower sighs]
Oya. I go help.
But Tola's still the priority, oh.
Enter.
Kia kia. [sighs]
[whooshing]
[people chattering]
Eh?
Hmm.
[hums]
[parent] Nyama!
That thing is nasty and dead.
But I love lizards, nah.
[buzzes]
[coughs]
[breathes shakily]
[exhales sharply] Kole.
[gasps] Na wah oh.
Why your oga let you use his car?
-[distant shouting]
-What's going on?
[Godspower clears throat]
[whooshing]
[Kole gasps]
I go find you for the house.
Don't worry, sister. My name is Mr. G.
-I dey here for you.
-[coughs]
Which kind of music do you like?
[grunts]
[gasps, panting]
[pants]
[grunts]
[grunts, panting]
[children shouting]
[children clamoring]
O n bo o, e sare, e sare.
[sighs]
Babatunde, what is this about?
[sighs] I can't say.
Look, just go back to the island.
Whatever this thing is,
you do not want to involve yourself.
I'm risking a lot just coming here.
I need your help.
You come to me for a favor after 30 years?
Oh, my days. Let's not make this personal.
Come, make you tell me,
did you change the world, huh?
Or just the island?
[car door opens, closes]
[all laughing]
Ehen! Oya, oya! Chop 'em. Chop 'em!
[Tola] Mm-hmm.
Hmm.
Oh, no, no, no. Wait.
Can I put this one down instead?
[grunts]
[chuckles]
Eh, o-oh, okay.
[chuckles]
-Huh?
-I won!
-Hey! Nneka! Why, nah?
-Oh. Which card see be dis na?
Did you? Or did you take advantage
of someone's kindness?
[chiming, beeping]
You manipulated Nneka with your smile
just to get what you wanted.
Kosi bi omode se le ni aso to,
ko leni akisa bi agba.
[Bode chuckling]
Uh Uh [stammers] Well, m maybe.
[sighs] I'm sorry, Auntie Nneka.
Eh? chuckles
[Bode chuckles]
An islander that accepts responsibility
for her actions.
Your father knows that, uh,
you can gamble this way?
Hmm? Careful not to disappoint him, oh.
He might decide to leave you here with me.
[whispers indistinctly]
[groans]
Come on. You said two hours. Huh?
Ring.
-[whooshing]
-[ringing]
[clicks tongue, groans]
[sighs]
[chiming, beeping]
[sighs]
Play voicemail.
You have yet to give me an update. Eh?
-Babatunde.
-[groans]
So, I want you and the lizard
in my office first thing tomorrow.
-Huh?
-Did I not tell you?
I told you, don't let me down.
-[groans] Ah-ah.
-[ringing]
I have the money.
[Bode]
What was my only instruction to you?
Huh? Uh. Oh. No, no, no, no, no.
I just went to see a friend.
Just a friend.
Your daughter's been kidnapped,
and you decide to go and visit a friend?
If her life doesn't matter to you,
maybe it shouldn't matter to me either?
I'm ready to pay. Please.
Good.
Because now I want 250 million.
What? I don't have access
to that kind of cash.
But you have stocks in your company.
That I can't easily sell!
That one is not my concern. One hour.
[screams]
[grunting]
[chiming, beeping]
[flies buzzing]
-Kole!
-[dial tone ringing]
-[Kole] Come now. Come now.
-Make you no vex me, oh!
-[breathing heavily]
-[disconnect tone]
[operator] Sorry, but your call
cannot be completed at the moment.
-Please try again later.
-Chai.
Why network dey fall my hand now, nah?
-Kole.
-[gasps]
You know you're my guy, nah.
If you come with me now,
nothing go happen to you,
-swear down. Hmm?
-[squealing]
[grunting]
[chuckles]
[grunting]
[Kole grunts]
[kisses]
[grunts]
[breathes heavily]
[groans]
[shouts]
[grunting, shouts]
[grunts]
[gasping]
Where is Tola?
[Kole gasps]
[horns honking]
Sister Chioma, I dey tell you, huh?
Once I get this job, everything go change.
And not only for me, oh.
[chuckles]
My guy, you never wan relax? Ah.
Do you? Because I know say
you no become officer just to relax.
[both chuckle]
Na true.
[sniffs] Uh-uh!
Sister, this Agege bread sweet
no be small, oh.
-Ah!
-[vendor chuckles] You wan change abi?
Make una pay for ya bread.
[chuckles] Okay, okay.
Chai! I don dey late, oh.
[chuckles]
Mr. Change. Always late.
Ooh. See me see wahala!
Wetin you go do now?
Um
Huh? Mm-mmm.
[mechanisms beeping]
[chuckles]
Ah! Oh.
-[Tunde grunts]
-[chickens squawk]
That boy and his wahala.
-Ah!
-[Chioma chuckles]
-[loud thuds]
-[mechanisms squeaking]
[grunts]
[child] Whoa!
[sighs]
[people chattering]
[sighs]
Hmm.
[exhales deeply]
[grunting]
-[knocking]
-[Mrs. Usman] Yes?
Hello, ma. I am Tunde Martins,
and I deserve this job.
You're late.
I'm sorry. It's just that [grunts]
I-I had to come here from
You were not given permission to sit.
Ooh! Sorry. Ah. [chuckles]
The inability to be on time
is a sign of mediocrity.
Are you mediocre, Mr. Martins? Hmm?
No, ma.
Excuse me?
Sorry. Mrs. Usman.
Do you know what we do here?
You use technology to change the world.
The things you do with AI
and robotics Ah.
You help so many people.
If you want to do charity work [chuckles]
you had better go home, my friend.
No. I want to work here.
I believe technology brings opportunity.
This is a business.
Our priority is to create value
for our shareholders.
That is the price
for change and opportunity.
I'm ready to work hard.
Did you make those?
Yes. If I can just show you how they work.
Oh. Oh, no. [grunts]
[scoffs]
Oh. Uh [chuckles] this is
something new I've been working on.
[device humming]
[chuckles] It's supposed to do that.
[beeps]
Stand up.
You are an Ajegunle boy, right?
[chuckles] I am.
Not anymore.
Welcome to Greenwood Tech.
[inhales sharply]
[beeps, buzzes]
If you let me down, you're done.
[beeping]
Um, I'm sure Otin is fine.
[Mrs. Usman, on phone] You're sure?
Because going offline on the mainland
sounds the opposite of fine.
I will find her.
This is why we wanted to do live testing,
right?
To, uh, expose any weaknesses.
Babatunde, you will not make a fool
out of me or this company.
[line disconnects]
-Call Godspower.
-[Godspower] Yes, sa.
What are you doing
on the mainland with Otin and Tola?
Ah, sorry, sa. [stammers]
She said you said it was okay.
[Tunde] What do you mean? What was okay?
-[child grunts]
-[gasps] Ah.
To go to the restaurant with Kole.
[stammers] I'm sure I go find them, sa.
[stammers] Find ke?
What are you saying? Where is Tola?
[beeping]
Eh?
[sighs] Tola.
-[beeps, whirs]
-Ah!
[Bode through device] Ah, Mr. Martins.
Who is this?
You are not an easy man to find.
It is good your daughter
couldn't say the same.
I want to speak to her. Now.
Not until I get what I want.
Which is what?
Uh, 50 million seems fair.
Fifty?
Ah, ah.
A big man like you can afford it, eh?
Please. Please, let me talk to her. Huh?
Just for a moment.
Two hours. No police.
[line beeps, disconnects]
Hello? Hello? Hello? Argh.
[chuckling]
Money? What happened to your big plan?
Ah. This is how to fish in large rivers.
[Bode chuckles]
[sighs]
-[gasps]
-[beeping]
[sighs] Argh.
Tola, you just had to go.
If you had just waited
until Daddy took you Argh.
[breathes shakily]
[sniffs]
[gasps]
[sighs]
I hope you're okay, Kole.
Mmm, what was it that you said?
"You do what the elders say.
Don't talk back.
Pay attention to everything."
Yes. Okay, I can do that.
-[door opens]
-[gasps]
Come with me.
Yes, Auntie.
[Bode] And what did I tell you?
[all] You will never let us struggle.
[chair whirring]
Tell me,
are you just another problem
for your father to throw money at? Hmm?
No. I'm OmoTola Abike Martins.
Good afternoon, Uncle.
Eh?
I don't know why I am here
or what you need,
but I will not be any trouble.
[groans]
Well, you are here because your father
needs to be taught a lesson
in fairness and generosity.
Well, if there's one thing
my daddy believes in, it's education.
[chuckling]
Happiness, you hear this?
[chuckles] This girl get sense.
[sighs deeply]
Um, Uncle,
where is my friend, Kole? Is Is he okay?
You should be more careful
who you call "friend."
-[people chattering]
-[horn honks]
[Kole panting]
[panting]
No. Where are you?
[breathes shakily]
-[Godspower clears throat] Hey.
-Uncle G!
Where you people come go? Huh?
Ah, Tola is not with you?
[breathes shakily]
I messed up, and bad men took her.
Huh? Oh, chai, chai! [sighs]
Na my fault be this, oh.
[pants]
I should not have trusted you people.
Ah! We gats find Tola now now.
Yes. But, abeg, I need your help first.
Lae lae. You no go fool me again.
Na my mama.
Your mama ke? Wetin dey happen?
They don vex bad bad
and d-dey come for her.
-[Kole] Hmm?
-[Godspower sighs]
Oya. I go help.
But Tola's still the priority, oh.
Enter.
Kia kia. [sighs]
[whooshing]
[people chattering]
Eh?
Hmm.
[hums]
[parent] Nyama!
That thing is nasty and dead.
But I love lizards, nah.
[buzzes]
[coughs]
[breathes shakily]
[exhales sharply] Kole.
[gasps] Na wah oh.
Why your oga let you use his car?
-[distant shouting]
-What's going on?
[Godspower clears throat]
[whooshing]
[Kole gasps]
I go find you for the house.
Don't worry, sister. My name is Mr. G.
-I dey here for you.
-[coughs]
Which kind of music do you like?
[grunts]
[gasps, panting]
[pants]
[grunts]
[grunts, panting]
[children shouting]
[children clamoring]
O n bo o, e sare, e sare.
[sighs]
Babatunde, what is this about?
[sighs] I can't say.
Look, just go back to the island.
Whatever this thing is,
you do not want to involve yourself.
I'm risking a lot just coming here.
I need your help.
You come to me for a favor after 30 years?
Oh, my days. Let's not make this personal.
Come, make you tell me,
did you change the world, huh?
Or just the island?
[car door opens, closes]
[all laughing]
Ehen! Oya, oya! Chop 'em. Chop 'em!
[Tola] Mm-hmm.
Hmm.
Oh, no, no, no. Wait.
Can I put this one down instead?
[grunts]
[chuckles]
Eh, o-oh, okay.
[chuckles]
-Huh?
-I won!
-Hey! Nneka! Why, nah?
-Oh. Which card see be dis na?
Did you? Or did you take advantage
of someone's kindness?
[chiming, beeping]
You manipulated Nneka with your smile
just to get what you wanted.
Kosi bi omode se le ni aso to,
ko leni akisa bi agba.
[Bode chuckling]
Uh Uh [stammers] Well, m maybe.
[sighs] I'm sorry, Auntie Nneka.
Eh? chuckles
[Bode chuckles]
An islander that accepts responsibility
for her actions.
Your father knows that, uh,
you can gamble this way?
Hmm? Careful not to disappoint him, oh.
He might decide to leave you here with me.
[whispers indistinctly]
[groans]
Come on. You said two hours. Huh?
Ring.
-[whooshing]
-[ringing]
[clicks tongue, groans]
[sighs]
[chiming, beeping]
[sighs]
Play voicemail.
You have yet to give me an update. Eh?
-Babatunde.
-[groans]
So, I want you and the lizard
in my office first thing tomorrow.
-Huh?
-Did I not tell you?
I told you, don't let me down.
-[groans] Ah-ah.
-[ringing]
I have the money.
[Bode]
What was my only instruction to you?
Huh? Uh. Oh. No, no, no, no, no.
I just went to see a friend.
Just a friend.
Your daughter's been kidnapped,
and you decide to go and visit a friend?
If her life doesn't matter to you,
maybe it shouldn't matter to me either?
I'm ready to pay. Please.
Good.
Because now I want 250 million.
What? I don't have access
to that kind of cash.
But you have stocks in your company.
That I can't easily sell!
That one is not my concern. One hour.
[screams]
[grunting]
[chiming, beeping]
[flies buzzing]
-Kole!
-[dial tone ringing]
-[Kole] Come now. Come now.
-Make you no vex me, oh!
-[breathing heavily]
-[disconnect tone]
[operator] Sorry, but your call
cannot be completed at the moment.
-Please try again later.
-Chai.
Why network dey fall my hand now, nah?
-Kole.
-[gasps]
You know you're my guy, nah.
If you come with me now,
nothing go happen to you,
-swear down. Hmm?
-[squealing]
[grunting]
[chuckles]
[grunting]
[Kole grunts]
[kisses]
[grunts]
[breathes heavily]
[groans]
[shouts]
[grunting, shouts]
[grunts]
[gasping]
Where is Tola?
[Kole gasps]