Reyka (2021) s01e06 Episode Script

[Hector] Pillay took the
sample from one of your fields.
-8
- A
Drenched in poison.
This is from field 6C.
It's clean.
Pillay's soil sample
has gone missing.
An officer must have
tampered with it.
It was me.
Ma, do you remember
Portia Maseko?
Speelman's co-conspirator?
I need to find her.
Why?
Angus promised to tell
me where Lucy's buried.
She's in witness protection.
You checking out my wife?
For goodness' sakes, Alex!
Don't be like that.
He's just doing his job.
Uh-uh, no.
Go, you're fired.
Go.
Pack your shit and go.
[Heart monitor flat lines]
Hey!
-[glass smashing]
-[Mob shouts]
Move!
Now!
[suspenseful music]
[phone vibrates]
[woman sings]
Let me help.
[Portia] He wouldn't like that.
It's harvest time.
He hasn't been back
before sunset all week.
[Portia] Rules are rules.
I won't tell if you won't.
How about we make some lemonade?
["Cello suite No. 1" - Bach]
[Reyka] Do you know this music?
[Portia] Of course.
Bach's his favourite.
It's beautiful.
It's my favourite too.
How are you doing
with those lemons?
Not enough.
I picked six.
I'll go.
["Cello suite No. 1" - Bach]
[ominous music]
Lucy!
Lucy!
Reyka!
Reyka!
Reyka!
What's she doing outside?
[Reyka pants]
It's my fault.
I tricked her into
unlocking my door.
You tricked her?
I said I was ill.
Period pains.
She barged passed me.
Have I not raised
you to be honest?
Angus.
You got something to say?
I only have your best
interests at heart.
Shall we?
Don't mind if I do, sir.
[suspenseful music]
[suspenseful music intensifies]
[engine roars]
Reyka.
Reyka, you can't park here!
[Nandi's mother sobs]
[Nandi's mother wails]
Where have you two been?
Most likely a stroke.
But she was conscious.
Doctors think the
blow to her skull
caused serious damage to
the vessels in her neck.
Fate can be cruel.
[Reyka] We should go in.
-[suspenseful music]
-[Nandi's mother sobs]
Mr and Mrs Cele, I'm
so sorry for your loss.
-[suspenseful music]
-[Nandi's mother sobs]
[Nandi Voiceover] Sam,
you've got my range.
[Sam Voiceover] Nandi.
Nandi!
[Nandi Voiceover] Sam.
Sam!
[Glass smashes]
[suspenseful music]
I really thought she
was gonna make it.
Reyka, this came for you.
Thanks.
Where did it come from?
The front desk.
[suspenseful music]
[dogs barking]
[wood crashes]
[glass smashes]
Alex, what was that?
Stay here.
What about Jess?
Call the police.
-Where you going?
-Stay here.
Stay.
-[suspenseful music]
-[dogs barking]
Oh, shit!
Where's my gun?
I don't know.
Well, help me, damn it!
-[suspenseful music]
-[dogs barking]
-[man grunts]
-[fist thumps]
[suspenseful music]
Just take everything.
It's over there.
Hey!
-[Beth whimpers]
-[suspenseful music]
Fuck you!
Get off me!
Help us!
Please!
The Tyrone household!
[gun clicks]
-[men grunting]
-[suspenseful music]
-[gun fires]
-[John groans]
John!
[John grunts]
John.
[Beth sobs]
Is this it?
Full disclosure.
We're waiting on DNA results.
On a discarded beer
bottle that was
found in a sugarcane field?
It might link Soda
Mvaba to the area
where bodies were discovered.
Soda's been kept
in police custody
for more than 48 hours
without being charged.
That's a Rule 1 contravention.
We'll see about a civil suit
for police brutality once
we've met with my client.
-[door knocks]
-Sir, home invasion.
Tyrones.
[Hector] Solly.
Release Soda Mvaba.
Yes.
Right.
Thank you.
All right, thank you.
There's gonna be
some nerve damage,
but the bullet went
straight through his leg.
It's okay, sweetheart.
Grandpa's gonna be okay.
Maybe just take her into the
kitchen for something to eat?
Okay.
Did Jessica witness anything?
I don't know.
But I knew something
was wrong in my gut,
the moment I heard the dogs.
Dogs?
At which point of entry
did you hear them?
From the front or the back?
They were in their cages.
Why were the dogs
in their cages?
Alex took them for their
rabies booster yesterday.
They were off their food.
I was just keeping
an eye on them.
[Hector] Have you any idea
what the intruders have taken?
Anything they could
get their hands on.
Phone, wallet, the
TV, her jewellery.
[Beth] But how?
This place is supposed
to be a fortress.
It's an inside job.
It has to be.
It's probably one
of Msomi's men.
[Hector] I think
it's not wise to jump
to conclusions at this stage.
[Alex] Jump to conclusions?
Have you forgotten his mob tried
to burn Gogo Pamphatha
out of her home?
Okay?
He thinks the murders
are witchcraft.
In his head, we're
harbouring a killer!
Are you okay?
Did something happen
while Alex was downstairs?
He put his hands under my dress.
I can still feel his
hands on my legs.
What?
Beth?
This guy, did he rape you?
That is not what she
said, Mr. Tyrone.
He touched me.
You mustn't blame yourself.
Okay?
Why would I?
You okay?
Ma'am?
Sorry.
Did your workers cause
you any troubles lately?
Alex fired one of the workers
yesterday for leering at me.
[Alex] Hey.
Thank you.
Sir!
Nandi positively
identified Soda Mvaba
from police line-up photos!
And now she's dead.
At his hands.
We have no material
evidence that links
Soda Mvaba to any of
our female victims.
Boss, have you taken a look
outside the window this morning?
I'm well aware of the damage.
Mvaba murders eight
women in cold blood
and somehow we're the enemy.
I know we are all upset.
We have lost an
exceptional officer.
A great friend.
So, where next?
Identify any weak
lines of inquiry.
Fill in the gaps.
The victims' personal effects
are back from the lab.
I'll start there.
Did you track down the workers
used by the Tyrone family?
Yeah.
Spoke to the boss.
Positively identified the
guy Alex Tyrone fired.
Sanele Dube.
Assault, handling stolen goods,
driving without a licence.
Issue a warrant for his arrest.
Already done.
You're the lead in this case.
But I know this
case inside and out.
I have something
else in mind for you.
Call my informant, Zakes.
Task him to keep an
eye on Soda Mvaba.
[Hector] Okay.
So, what's the plan?
Sam!
About last night.
Forget it.
Forget what?
It's fine.
You don't do commitment.
That makes two of us.
That was easy.
Hmm.
[Pastor] You're not safe here.
The police have turned
the community against you.
[suspenseful music]
[Soda sighs]
Just a free special
introductory offer.
I'm not interested in tip-offs.
I want Soda.
I heard that he's in a bad way.
Soda is tougher than we thought.
He covers his tracks.
We need evidence connecting
him to his victims.
I want to know where
he goes, who he sees.
24-hour lookout?
Hey, Captain.
It won't be easy.
It won't be cheap.
You're wasting my time.
[Zakes laughs]
Zakes will find a way.
Get out.
[suspenseful music]
[Tanner] You got a
girlfriend, Mr. Dube?
The women in my area are lazy.
They want to spend all my money,
and then complain that I'm poor.
Well, you're not exactly
God's gift to
women, now, are you?
No offence.
What does your dream
woman look like?
Tall?
Curvy?
[Tanner] White?
-No.
-Well, Alex Tyrone said
he fired you for
staring at his wife.
You went back to seek revenge.
No.
I was at home, asleep.
You can ask my Aunt Hlengiwe.
She woke me up.
Don't lie to us, Sanele.
I'm innocent.
[Tanner] You have a record.
Mrs Tyrone was sexually
assaulted in the raid.
That's not me.
We've taken swabs.
[Tanner] Are we gonna find
your DNA all over her?
That's not who I am.
So.
If the police don't find you,
Soda, Msomi's guards will.
Guards?
Chief Msomi's still
mourning his niece.
Bra Zakes.
If I run away, the world
will think that I'm guilty.
Please, let me help you.
-Where was your nephew at 6
- AM?
In bed.
Does he drive a van?
Sanele walks to work.
He's a very sweet boy.
He always looks after me.
This is Kagiso, the lodger.
Were you here when Sanele
left for work this morning?
Yes.
What time did he leave?
Uh, half past six.
Half past six.
Hey, whoa.
Whoa?
This is my life savings.
So what?
As the Lord is my witness,
it's the only safe
place in this township.
Maybe.
Can you do me a favour, ma'am?
Can you give me change for this?
Savings, my arse.
The auntie's covering
for her nephew.
Crispy 100-rand notes.
Consecutive serial numbers,
so it's from the same source.
He's already sold the jewellery
and she's storing the cash.
I'll drop you off
at the station.
[engine rumbles]
[suspenseful music]
[engine roars]
[Reyka pants]
[Reyka exhales]
-[door knocks]
-[spade clangs]
[Portia] Yeah?
[Reyka pants]
[Reyka] Portia?
[Portia] What?
It's Reyka.
[Reyka laughs]
[Reyka yells]
My child.
My beautiful baby girl.
It's okay.
How did you find me?
I work with the police.
Are you here to arrest me?
No.
My angel.
I was such a bad mother to you.
You weren't my mother, Portia.
You were my captor.
I'm so sorry.
It was such a crazy time.
A strange time.
The country was free.
Everyone was so excited.
And you came into our
lives and we were reborn.
I was singled out.
I was taken from my life.
I was kept from my ma.
Did we not look after you?
In the beginning.
Angus.
Angus lost it in the end.
[Reyka sighs]
Portia.
Did you tell the
cops everything?
Of course.
Well, some things
were kept from me.
Angus was very secretive.
Oh, he had to be.
He had a lot to hide.
It was such a long time ago.
The happiest time of my life.
Do you remember things?
Yes.
[chuckles] Do you
remember the curry?
Do you remember the music?
Instant camera.
The books.
Did you love him?
Yes.
Were you trapped there?
You mean, could I leave?
Angus wanted a family.
You couldn't have kids?
No.
Angus didn't want a
baby in the house.
He wanted us to be a family.
He loved you.
No, no, no.
He did not love me.
The things he did for you.
I have my own daughter now
and I don't know how to love her
Because of what
Angus stole from me.
And who knows who else?
No one else.
Lucy.
There was no Lucy.
No, I heard her voice.
No.
No, it was me.
I was Lucy.
You kept her in the shed.
I saw her face at the window.
Did you, Reyka?
That was me.
I dressed up for him.
I did the voice.
No, you're lying.
You're lying.
He knows where she's buried.
He gave me this map.
He asked me to get your number.
No, no, no.
No.
I have a new life.
Portia!
His attorney.
If you change your mind.
My baby.
[Reyka sighs]
[Elsa] You're so late.
Yeah, I know, Ma.
I'm sorry.
How's Thuli?
You said you'd pick
her up from school.
As it was, Nina was
20 minutes late.
I, fuck!
Mum.
It just completely,
like, slipped my-
You know what's happening soon?
Look at the fridge.
Yeah, I know.
I'm ready.
It's the last part
of the process.
We're gonna nail it.
The interview is to
evaluate you, not me.
Okay, got it.
Thanks for clearing that up.
I know being a mum isn't
easy for you, love,
But Thuli needs you.
She has friends, she has you.
I'm not her mother.
Could've fooled me.
Be angry at me, not her.
I'm not angry at you, Ma.
[Elsa] Well you
have reason to be.
[Reyka] I'm not, Ma.
I didn't find you.
Yeah, you searched for
me for over three years.
I gave up.
No, you didn't.
I thought you were dead.
We all fucked up, Ma.
Now I'm trying to hang
on to my own daughter
and she's right in front of me.
It was me that made them
confiscate your baby.
Why did you go
visit Angus in jail?
I had to meet him.
Speak to him face to face.
I don't need you
to protect me, Mum.
[eerie music]
Soda Mvaba!
[door squeaks]
[suspenseful music]
[Sewsunker] Intruders
left fingerprints
all over the place,
but none of them
belong to Sanele Dube.
Without forensics, we can't
place him on the scene.
Maybe he wasn't involved.
What's wrong with this picture?
Based on this one.
Cathleen's jewellery,
clearly seen
from the gunman's position.
Sanele's fingerprints
aren't on the scene
because he didn't intend
on stealing anything.
You think his objective
was to murder Tyrone?
A hit made to look
like a robbery.
Sanele's 48 hours in
custody is nearly up.
I don't want another
baying mob at our door.
Nandi's bag.
Where'd you get that?
Worker compound.
No, no.
We checked the whole place.
[Samuel] You must have
missed the outside toilet.
[Tanner] Why would Soda keep it?
The victims' personal effects.
I sorted them according
to their identical DNA.
Purse, make-up,
lipsticks, combs,
too much to carry in pockets.
But none of the items were
contaminated by foreign DNA.
I assumed the killer
wore gloves, unless-
Exactly.
He tipped out the contents.
He's fixated by the handbags.
[Tanner] Like a trophy?
No.
No.
This is sexual.
They turn him on.
[Tanner] The handbags?
[Samuel] Soda got
rid of this one.
Maybe he dumps them
after he's gotten
sexual gratification.
And maybe the missing
handbags found
their way on to
the black market.
I'll swing by the
taxi rank later.
Good work.
Tanner.
Could you hold off
releasing Sanele for now?
You heard the boss.
I only need an hour.
Soda Mvaba!
Soda Mvaba!
Soda Mvaba!
Soda Mvaba!
Shh!
You have no right to be here.
Where's your warrant?
Okay.
How did you get
those facial scars?
Uh, battery acid.
[Reyka] Which garage?
Uh.
I forgot.
You're disfigured for life
and you can't remember?
How long have you been
Ma Hlengiwe's lodger?
Nine months or so.
Okay.
Where do you sleep?
[Kagiso] Uh, in the bedroom.
What about Sanele?
There's only one bed.
I sleep on the floor.
Your name came up on our
system as a victim of crime.
An acid attack in the street.
Yeah, but I didn't
make a complaint.
Okay.
It's okay.
The officer who went to
the scene, I spoke to her.
She's new on the
job, very thorough.
And she filed it
as intelligence.
Suspected it was a
homophobic crime.
You're not the lodger, are you?
You're Sanele's boyfriend.
[Kagiso Sighs]
It's okay.
So, Hlengiwe knew
that her nephew
was gay since he was knee-high.
She just wanted
them to be happy.
You're telling me
that the lady of faith
let them sleep
under the same roof?
Yeah, they were gonna use
the money to get out of KZN.
But get this, Kagiso says Sanele
was paid in advance to
arrange a home invasion.
By who?
Kagiso swears he doesn't know.
So, it was definitely
a hit on John Tyrone?
Let's put it to Sanele.
The charges won't stick
unless we find a gun.
Ace, don't get too comfortable.
I need a search team.
I assured Brigadier
Zwane that we would
not take the law
into our own hands.
So, was that before
or after Macingwane
burned down the inyanga's shack?
Captain Zwane, I found his cap.
[whispers] Where is he?
Samuel, stop!
Stop.
What are you doing?
Soda was wearing this
when he was released.
My guards found
that in the fields.
You expect me to believe that?
No, I expect you
to know your place.
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
What the hell, Samuel!
I'm arresting you
on suspicions of
abduction and murder.
I hope you know
what you're doing.
[phone rings]
[Zakes] It's Zakes.
Trouble is coming for your son.
The boy has put his
head in a bee's nest.
Msomi?
[Zakes] They say
Samuel is on the edge.
A bushfire rages in his heart.
He must be careful.
Thank you, Zakes.
Where is Soda Mvaba?
Does he lie butchered
somewhere in the hills?
We haven't found him yet.
If he dies by your hand, Msomi,
your only kingdom
will be a prison cell.
And what happens if
he dies by your hand?
You get a promotion?
I uphold the law, Msomi.
Then we have something
in common, Samuel.
I wasn't talking about
your customary laws.
You seem to forget that
they are yours too.
I am not Msomi.
And if you're not up to the
job, I'm happy to oblige.
[Hector] Do you
want to bring a war
to the steps of the station?
Not only do you
arrest the chief,
but you have the
audacity to kick down
the doors of his ministry!
-I'm sorry, Brigadier.
-Hey!
Sorry won't appease
Pastor Ezekiel!
He's called a community meeting
to discuss on how
to deal with you!
I'll go and speak to him.
No, no!
Desk duties from now on.
Certainly you won't need that.
You are an embarrassment
to the service.
[Sewsunker] Look, boss.
[Hector] No, not now!
[Reyka] What is it?
You know those banknotes
seized from Sanele's place?
Yeah, Tanner?
I checked out the serial numbers
against the national database.
And?
They were delivered
to the Nationwide Bank
in Durban last week.
Loaded into their
ATM on Tuesday.
Mm-hmm, CCTV?
[Sewsunker] Take a look.
Why would Alex have
his father murdered?
I think I know why.
Oh, come on.
Hector!
You had no right to take
Samuel out of the field.
I have to get somewhere,
try to salvage my
son's reputation.
What, like Samuel saved yours?
Get in the car.
Pillay's soil sample proves
that the nitrates in the
soil poisoned his son.
The Supreme Court
could award him
damages running into millions.
You think I'm
captured, is that it?
Then why remove the soil sample?
The Msomi tribe must have
what is rightfully theirs.
So, you compromise
your entire career
for the sake of a land deal.
In a few years,
nothing will grow.
This is more than just the soil.
It's about restitution.
History will be corrected.
I will have done my duty.
And you call your son an
embarrassment to the service.
And put Samuel
back in the field.
All those bloody
mutis are so powerful,
they've left me so
thirsty I could deal
with a yard of ale, my boy.
[John laughs]
[Reyka] Mr. Tyrone!
Can this not wait?
I'm tired, I want to go home.
Actually, it's your son I need
to speak to down at
the police station.
[Mrs. Tyrone] What's going on?
Alexander Tyrone,
I'm arresting you for
conspiracy to murder.
This is madness!
I have no idea what
they're talking about.
We have a worker in custody.
He alleges that you're behind
the attempted murder
of your father.
This is insane.
That's insane!
Dad, tell them!
When did the dogs last
have their rabies shots?
Uh, last month.
Why?
You're positive about this?
I took them to the vet myself.
Let's go.
You gave up on
everything we built.
Our land, our home.
The Tyrone name.
For what?
Peace of mind?
You gonna sleep better now?
Yes, son.
I tried to call it off, I swear!
I tried to call it off.
I tried to phone them and they
wouldn't pick up the phone.
I tried!
I tried to call it off!
You got to check the voicemails!
You got to check my voicemails!
We demand your
resignation, Zwane.
The community deserves
someone they can trust.
Like you?
I'm a servant of God.
He sees into my heart.
What does he see?
A man who incites violence
to distract his
extramarital affairs?
The police are a family.
Like the church is a family.
Detective Zwane lost a colleague
at the hands of Soda Mvaba.
We found fresh evidence
at Mvaba's place.
Material evidence.
Like what?
A handbag belonging
to one of the victims.
A plant.
Yet again, corruption
and deceit.
She is someone's daughter.
Think of your own women.
They are not safe, but if
you know his whereabouts,
I'm asking you to
tell me where he is.
Keep up the good work, Pastor.
-[horns beeping]
-All right, all right.
Calm down!
The sooner you cooperate,
the sooner I leave, yeah?
[people shouting]
Hey, relax.
Reggie, you know I
have a job to do.
The sooner you cooperate,
the sooner I go.
Help me help you.
Go, get out of here.
Open up here.
Open up here.
Hey, hey, relax.
[people shouting]
Geez, you look like
you're in a hurry.
Got a side business
or something?
Like what?
Huh?
I got a party hidden in there.
Yeah?
Get up.
Show me your ID.
Move.
[suspenseful music]
What did I do?
You're under arrest.
For what?
Shut up!
Let's go.
[men talking]
Soda!
Field 8A.
-8
- A
Where did you get the handbags?
Passenger lost property.
Who gave them to you?
Nobody.
So they're yours?
A hustler gave them to me.
What hustler?
[Hlongwane] Some guy.
I don't know him.
Have you heard about
the sugar cane killer?
Yeah, so?
So, he keeps the
handbags of his victims
and he dumps them
after he's used them.
Used them for what?
Sexual arousal.
Mr. Hlongwane, have
a look at these.
Nah, it's not him.
Are you sure?
Yeah, I'm sure.
So, do you have somebody?
Like a boyfriend?
Thank you.
[suspenseful music]
[Zakes whistles]
Soda?
Hey, Bra Zakes.
[Soda yells]
Bra Zakes!
Bra Zakes!
Bra Zakes!
Bra Zakes!
-[suspenseful music]
-[fists thumping]
[gun fires]
Nobody moves.
[Soda sobs]
Soda.
Anything happens to him,
your chieftaincy
will be crawling
with police officers
tomorrow morning.
[plastic rustles]
[Reyka gasps]
[Reyka exhales]
[Music box plays]
["Dance of the Sugar Plum
Fairy" - Tchaikovsky]
[engine rumbles]
[suspenseful music]
[engines roaring]
[cars crashing]
Shit.
[suspenseful music]
[Soda screams]
[Soda groans]
Soda!
[gun fires]
["One Last Time" -
Ships & Wolfgang Black]
I drew another breath ♪
You led me to
the water's edge ♪
Soda?
With heavy hands and heart ♪
Lay me down ♪
One last time ♪
Lay me down ♪
One last time ♪
And now my heart,
it fades to black ♪
Hangs heavy in the night ♪
I told you not
to play my mind ♪
Now I'm done with being kind ♪
Lay me down ♪
One last time ♪