Don't Come Home (2024) s01e05 Episode Script

[cell phone vibrating]
[cell phone vibrating]
[eerie musical sting]
[cell phone continues vibrating]
[Fah inhales deeply]
Hello?
[Varee] Officer,
there's someone inside my house.
VAREE
- Ms. Varee, what happened?
- [Varee breathes shakily]
[whispering] I said there's someone
inside my house!
[Fah] Huh? What did you say?
[uneasy music playing]
Are there still officers at your house?
They all left earlier this evening.
Ms. Varee, find a place to hide for now.
Don't do anything now.
Wait until I get there.
Maybe it's my daughter.
What if it's not?
[suspenseful music playing]
[Varee] I have a gun.
Ms. Varee.
- [Min] One
- [Varee screams]
- [Min] two
- [electronic static]
[call disconnects]
Ms. Varee?
What happened?
Ms. Varee!
[suspenseful music building]
Goddamn.
[tires screeching]
- [pounding on door]
- Ms. Varee, open the door.
[uneasy music playing softly]
[door creaking]
[Fah exhales heavily, grunts]
[strained breathing]
[exhales heavily]
[water dripping]
[window slams in distance]
[water continues dripping]
[eerie music playing]
- [faucet squeaks]
- [water stops]
[sighs]
[cell phone vibrating in distance]
[cell phone vibrating louder]
[cell phone continues vibrating]
[dark music playing]
[cell phone vibrates loudly]
[Fah exhales strenuously]
What the hell?
[sirens approaching]
TAKUA PA POLICE STATION
[truck engines idling, turning off]
[terrifying music playing]
[opening theme song playing]
DON'T COME HOME
[lightbulbs flickering]
[Varee sighs]
[gasps]
Ma!
[foreboding music playing]
[Varee] Mom, it's me.
Who are you?
Why are you calling me mom?
[Varee breathing heavily]
[dark music playing]
[Panida breathing unevenly]
Don't be scared, Mom.
This this is just for self-defense.
- You can take it.
- Put the gun on the floor.
[Varee breathing heavily]
Step back further. Into the corner.
This is
Am I dead? Am I?
Wait, how did I get here?
Turn around.
[Varee whimpers]
Am I dead?
- [lock clicking]
- Mo Mom? Mom! what are you doing?
[crying] Mom! Mom!
It's me, Varee! I'm Varee!
[Varee sobs]
You How did you know my daughter's name?
[Varee sighs] Well, I'm Varee, that's why.
I'm your daughter!
[Panida hyperventilating]
[Varee] Mom, don't you recognize me?
- No!
- [Varee] I'm Varee.
No! No!
[Varee sobbing]
Mom, don't you understand, Mom?
I'm Varee! [crying]
Mom!
[sobbing] Mom!
Mom! Mom, come back!
Mom!
Mom!
Mom! [sobbing]
I'm Varee, your daughter!
Mom! Mom!
[Panida breathing heavily]
[unsettling music playing]
[sound of clock ticking growing louder]
[Fah retching]
[coughing]
[sniffles]
- [groans, sighs]
- [water splashing]
[faucet squeaks]
[Aof] Inspector.
What?
[Aof] You need to come and see this.
[Fah] Wow.
How much is that?
More than a million baht, I'd say.
[mysterious music playing]
APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF DIVORCE
What are those documents?
Divorce papers.
Aof, take this back to the station
and secure it.
Yes, Inspector.
It's a lot of money.
If she was gonna run away,
she would have taken it.
Yeah.
I heard a strange sound
when she called me last night.
I couldn't make it out.
What sound?
A child counting.
Could it be that
she's already found the girl?
So where is she now?
Now they've both disappeared?
The car's here.
And all their belongings.
Mm, right.
It's like she vanished just like that.
[mysterious music continues]
[music stops]
[mysterious music resumes]
All this goes to the station.
Yes, Inspector.
They look like funeral photos.
Who are these people?
I don't know.
Probably the previous owners.
[unsettling music building]
[music fades]
[Fah breathing heavily]
[uneasy music playing]
[pen clicks]
- [terrifying sting]
- [gasps] Fuck.
What are you doing here?
Jesus. You scared me.
Sir, have you seen the owner?
You mean Ms. Varee?
Her car's here. Is she not inside?
She's nowhere to be found.
And she's left her phone here.
[Natee] So where did she go?
Exactly.
I'd like to know.
Sir, what did the previous owner
do in the basement?
You know there's a basement in the house.
I do.
It was always forbidden to enter.
Mrs. Panida?
Who is she?
The owner. Ms. Varee's mother.
And tell me who she was.
What did she do for a living?
She was a professor,
and an engineer at a hydroelectric dam.
What was she doing here?
[Natee] I don't know.
The basement has long been sealed shut,
since she moved out 30 years ago.
[mysterious music playing]
[Tae] So, who are these two people?
That's her biological daughter
and her husband.
He's dead, right?
He died 30 years ago.
[Fah] Is this girl Ms. Varee's sister?
[ominous music playing]
[rapping on glass]
[Panida] Move to the other side.
[door unlocking]
[door squeaking]
Mom! Mom! Why are you locking me up?
Don't do this, please!
Please let me go!
Stop talking. Just eat.
[Varee breathing heavily]
Where are you from?
I live in this house,
but I have no idea
how I ended up in this room.
I was looking for my daughter upstairs
and suddenly fell down here.
Your daughter?
Yes, my daughter.
Have you seen her here?
Her name is Min, and she's five years old.
- Her name is Min.
- Enough.
Mom!
[Panida breathing shakily] That's enough.
Mom.
[birds chirping]
[unsettling discordant music playing]
[gasps in distress]
[breathing shakily]
[discordant music continues]
[Panida inhales sharply]
- [bottle crashes]
- [Panida groans loudly] No!
[whimpering] No, she's not.
[discordant music intensifies]
[music stops abruptly]
Natee,
I need your help.
[Fah exhales]
[mysterious music playing]
[sighs deeply]
[intriguing music playing]
What now?
I still don't get it.
What happened to the mother and child?
- [Tae] Let me help you.
- [Fah] Mm.
MISSING SINCE OCT 18
MISSING SINCE OCT 16
VAREE IN 1992
CIVIL REGISTRATION RECORD
OF MISSING PERSON
DIED IN 1991
DIED IN 1991
Are they relevant?
I still don't know how they're related.
VAREE IN 1992
[Fah] What's wrong with this house?
DIED IN 1991- DIED IN 1991
[Fah] Aof.
[Aof] Yes, Inspector?
Where's the suitcase?
Where's the cash?
Huh?
[phone ringing]
[phone continues ringing]
Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.
[knocking on door]
[Danai] Come in.
Good morning.
Inspector Fah is in charge of this case.
Hello, sir.
[Danai] This is Colonel Yutthachai,
Ms. Varee's husband.
Right.
Regarding Colonel Yutthachai's
missing daughter,
have there been any updates?
It's not just his daughter now.
His wife is also missing.
What do you mean?
I was contacted by Ms. Varee.
Once I arrived, she was gone.
You searched well?
Everywhere, sir.
Including the surrounding areas.
We found no trace of her,
and her car was still there.
How capable are you?
Hm?
The suitcase
is critical evidence.
I must take it back.
[Yutthachai] But the money
in the suitcase is mine.
Stolen money
should be returned to its owner.
So are you concerned about money
or your family?
[uneasy music playing]
Is this officer fit for duty
in such a heavily pregnant state?
Hm?
It appears not to me.
Our job is to investigate
and track down missing persons,
not to make them disappear.
What do you mean by that?
May I know the date and time
you arrived in this town?
Why do you ask?
Inspector, you should leave.
When Ms. Varee contacted me,
she said there was someone
inside her house.
And so?
On the day she went missing,
a black car
appeared in front of her house.
The same car
is parked outside the station now.
May I ask is it your car?
Have I become a suspect now?
Hm?
Are you saying
I kidnapped my own wife and child?
If you have an alibi
that you weren't at the house last night,
we can remove you from the suspect list.
Last night,
the colonel was at the hotel in town.
I am his alibi.
You should return to work.
I wanted you two
to get to know each other.
That's all.
I think I know him well enough.
Excuse me.
[Yutthachai] Why would I want the girl?
What do you mean?
She isn't even my daughter.
[intriguing music playing]
[bangs fist]
[grunts in frustration]
[sighs]
TRESPASSING CASE
UNDECIDED CASES OF TRESPASSING ON LAND
PEOPLE
A SERIOUS OFFENSE
JARUKANANT HOUSE - MAY 25, 1992
CASE FILE SUMMARY
JARUKANANT HOUSE - MAY 25, 1992
WEAPON IS A .38 REVOLVER
EVIDENCE BOX NO. 1
[keys jingling]
[Varee] You who are you?
You're here to help me, right?
[mysterious music playing]
- [banging glass loudly]
- Hey!
Please let me out. [exhales sharply]
Please.
[loud knocking on glass]
[hits glass]
[cutlery clattering softly]
- [weakly] Help.
- [banging on glass]
Help. [panting]
Help. Help!
[breathing unevenly]
Help! Help!
I can't breathe.
[labored breaths]
- [keys jingling]
- [Natee panting nervously]
- [terrifying sting]
- [Natee yells]
- [suspenseful music playing]
- [Varee panting]
[Min] One, two, three,
- four, five, six
- Min? Min!
Min! Min, is that you, dear?
[Min]nine, ten.
[door rattles]
[Varee] Min is that you?!
Min! Min!
- [Varee wails desperately]
- [pounding on door]
[Varee sobbing]
[pounding on door]
[Varee panting]
M
- [Min gasps]
- [Varee muffled sobbing]
[music fades to silence]
[birds chirping]
What are you doing?
[Min] I saw someone.
There was someone in there.
No, honey.
There's no one in there.
I don't want you playing
near this door again.
It's dangerous for kids in there.
You and Aon go and play
with your paper dolls upstairs.
[in sign language] Take her upstairs.
[haunting music playing]
[keys rattling]
- [door slams wall]
- [muffled screams]
I want her gone. Don't let her back here.
[muffled screaming]
What type of gun's this?
Let's ask Aof. He'll know.
- Hey, Aof.
- Yeah?
Uh, it's a .38 Smith & Wesson revolver.
Based on this serial number,
it would have been produced
in the early 2000s.
JARUKANANT HOUSE - MAY 1992
[Tae] Buddhist year 2535.
What year is that?
Impossible.
Something isn't right.
It was legally registered,
but the serial number has faded.
I'll check it out.
[Fah] Mm.
WEAPON IS .38 REVOLVER
Is it the same gun?
A SERIOUS OFFENSE
OFFICER IN CHARGE
POL. MAJ. VICHAI ARAYAKIJ
It is.
Where are you going? I'll drive.
It's okay. I can drive.
[keys jingle]
Why are we here?
Show me last night's camera footage.
Um, I'll go and fetch my manager.
The superintendent.
[intriguing music playing]
And who's that?
Some shithead colonel.
Varee's husband.
[Tae] You think he kidnapped
his own wife and child?
I don't know.
I just wanted to check
if he really came here yesterday.
I also need to check
the dining room footage.
Here.
[Tae] Did they leave the hotel after this?
[security guard] Um, no.
They stayed overnight
and checked out late this morning.
[no audible dialog]
[melancholy music playing]
[Fah breathing heavily]
Fah.
Tae, go back to the station.
I need to take care of some business.
Are you okay?
When will you stop this?
Excuse me?
You know what I'm saying.
Is this your business?
I don't want to see you like this.
Are you my commanding officer?
Now giving me orders?
[somber music playing]
Sorry, Inspector.
[seatbelt clicks]
[engine turns over]
OFFICER IN CHARGE
POL. MAJ. VICHAI ARAYAKIJ
[engine revving]
- [tires screeching]
- [horn honking]
[unsettling music playing]
[radio reporter] Amidst losses
of life and property,
the period of 47 days under
General Suchinda Kraprayoon's government
- has come to an end today.
- [Varee whimpering]
[reporter, with volume increased]
At 11:15 this morning,
- the general announced his resignation
- [Varee moaning]
from the position of prime minister.
We are crossing now, live,
to the prime minister's headquarters.
- [general] Dearly beloved Thai people.
- [Varee moaning desperately]
[general] I sincerely hope
that from now on
[Varee panting]
all conflicts will be resolved
with all sides
working towards harmony
and cooperating
- [intense music building]
- Hey!
[tires screeching]
[silence]
[uneasy music playing softly]
[Varee panting]
[Varee moans, breathes heavily]
[groans]
[breathing shakily, moaning]
[panting]
[panting]
[groans, continues panting]
[grunts]
[general, faintly over radio] In order
to show my political responsibility
and facilitate a
[dark music playing]
[general] I have submitted a petition
to His Majesty
detailing my resignation
from the position of prime minister.
[radio reporter 2] That's our news report
for this May 24, 1992.
Thank you for listening.
'92?
[tense music playing]
[breathes heavily]
[panting]
[suspenseful music playing]
[Panida crying softly]
[startles]
[sniffles, chuckles emotionally]
Hello, my dear.
[Min] Is Aon in here?
[Panida] No, darling, she's not.
[Min] Well, where is she?
[eerie, rhythmic music playing]
[Panida] Min.
Min! Where are you going?
- [birds chirping]
- [Varee panting]
[desolate music playing]
[panting]
[whimpers softly]
[desolate music fades]
[birds chirping]
[gentle piano music playing]
Min.
- [gun thumps]
- [Varee gasps]
[body thuds]
[birds chirping]
[Panida] What are you doing here?
Let's get back inside.
- [birds chirping]
- [foreboding music playing]
[foreboding music building]
- Min. [panting]
- [music fades]
[closing theme music playing]
[music fades]