Hot Skull (2022) s01e07 Episode Script

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A NETFLIX SERIES
The swelling's gone down.
She's at home.
How you been?
All right.
You wanna talk about it?
I'm fine, man.
Hey!
Wow. Hectic youth.
And busy too.
I think this will do.
All right. Are we square on payment?
The stuff you gave me
was enough for a factory.
You know,
I really don't know what your deal is.
You came to me for some records,
and now it's all become
an adrenaline fest.
With cash. My favorite.
Eh? Wait a minute.
Let's check our list for everything.
'Cause money is no longer an issue.
You need simit? I'll handle that.
Ah I've done almost everything
you asked me to do.
Fazıl Eryılmaz.
What do you know about him?
He's a true Machiavellian.
His career skyrocketed with the epidemic.
They say he was responsible for Kocaeli.
He helped found the Operation Council.
He was cut off after that assignment.
But you can't be sure of these things
when it comes to the AEI.
He could give you a bad headache.
Mark my words.
I'm used to headaches. Not a problem.
We are asking for
an explanation of the scandal
that took place inside the AEI building.
I'm guessing to carry out this operation,
Plus 1 may have had inside help.
I've suspended all the security staff
who were on duty
when the event in question occurred.
We've begun an administrative
investigation to resolve this.
I promise that
we'll apprehend this outlaw.
This scandal will not be known
to anyone outside the AEI.
The new laboratory, every AEI building.
I want you to probe
all possible targets of an attack.
I'll make this guy regret
the day he was born.
Such nice puzzles
in the sixth zone to work on.
Murat, who's that girl?
I have no idea where you've taken me
or when you're going to tell me
what the heck is going on No.
I'll find us a place soon enough.
But we'll have to settle here for now.
Thank God.
Hey, asshole!
You've got the code to the place,
but you go and blow our stash?
Worse still, you've got
the goddamn AEI up your ass.
You motherfucker,
what the hell are you up to?
Nothing.
My mother.
I didn't know you were here. I'm sorry.
And prostitution's honest work.
I did it before the epidemic.
How nice.
Please, we'd like a word with Murat.
Hm?
Özgür. Yasemin.
Özgür? But
You mean the dearly departed?
Not so dead, I see.
So what's going on?
You just disappeared? Huh?
This is my son. You remember?
Is he going to help you?
Listen to me. You had better help my son.
Can you come with me?
Uh, come on.
Gimme a light to smoke, will you?
No.
Cigarettes are terrible for you.
Why didn't you tell me about the AEI?
Why would you lie to me?
Don't talk about lying.
You're the one who played dead for years.
Dammit, I'm trying to survive here!
And so am I. They had my mother.
Don't you understand that?
Huh? They had your mother?
Dude, I'm scared even asking about it.
What's your deal?
I need to know what's up!
You show up asking me
to help you with your skull
- But the AEI's after you?
- No, Özgür!
"No, Özgür"?
Yeah?
Do you know how much I sacrificed?
Do you know how much
I gave up to protect you?
I know exactly, Özgür.
Then I have one last thing
to ask you, Murat.
Choose your side.
Don Quixotes and windmills
Morons who think
that they're fighting one side.
But I'm the other.
Choose your side.
What is it?
Murat sent you this.
In an hour, I'll be in Cağaloğlu.
Five minutes, Serhat.
Thank you.
Murat sent you this.
Is he okay?
He got away.
The AEI is in an uproar, man.
Since the verdict on the ban,
we have petitioned countless times
to regain our right to demonstrate.
The authorities are not responding at all.
Our request
will now become a proclamation.
I don't care if they approve it.
Now on behalf
of every single member here in Plus 1
I will be marching.
I will not ask for anyone's permission
to commemorate the ones we lost.
THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE
ON AIR
And I will face the repercussions.
That day, on behalf of all of you,
I'll be marching to the Kocaeli Monument
so they don't forget us.
They sent you this.
Hey!
Aslı and her crew
are planning an attack on the AEI.
Tell me what you know about it.
This is serious.
Don't know anything about it.
Arif, this isn't some joke.
Look, you think they have it coming,
so you think this will help us out,
but it won't. I'm telling you that.
And so I'm begging you to help us,
before it's too late.
- Arif.
- Arif what, man?
I did what you asked.
And I brought you
another message from Anton.
But you?
I thought you were gonna help cure my dad.
- Özgür has problems.
- Problems?
Yeah, that's what I thought, man.
You two are the same.
All you do is talk.
Please, leave me alone.
So what's up with this message?
I don't want anybody
left behind on this one.
Şule, I have to help Anton.
Come on.
What are you doing?
Well, since we can't talk
Come on. What are you waiting for?
Şule, please,
you're not thinking this through.
They won't let you near the place
without the right authorization.
I understand that fine, thank you.
You could be arrested.
Doesn't matter.
Hey, of course it matters!
Well, there has to be something here.
And when we find it,
at least I'll know that I stood up to them
with all that I have in me.
That's what Plus 1 is about.
Wait a minute.
Looks like the last one.
Use the instruction manual.
Let's go, come on.
What are you people up to? Hm?
Tell me or I'll beat it out of you.
Are you guys out of your minds?
You're planning something like this
on behalf of Plus 1
without anyone's consent?
You're imagining things.
Aslı, you're planning some kind of attack.
I'm not gonna watch you throw away
everything we've accomplished.
Stay out of our business.
Best stick to what you know.
We've been trying to fight
for all these years.
Defending people's rights against the AEI,
finding a cure, spreading hope
Isn't that why
we built Plus 1 to begin with?
The people are losing patience
with your strategy.
The AEI wants to make us give up.
They're planning against us too.
And what are you promising?
Just hollow words and empty hopes?
You're making a serious mistake.
Call this off.
Stop this if you can.
Don't do this.
I beg you.
Please, Aslı, I'm asking you to stop this.
This attack sends
a clear message to them, Şule.
Something that the AEI
and the public can truly understand.
You don't think the rally
will be a message on its own?
Look around you!
You're wasting your time with that.
Shit!
You memorized all of it?
I think so.
You've basically recorded it.
Hopefully.
So you have
a photographic memory or something?
Mine is like IDT.
Huh?
Hold, please.
S.
The lab's clear. We checked everywhere.
How about all the other buildings we own?
Yeah, nothing suspicious in any of them.
What if Murat's just misleading us
with a fake attack tip?
PASSWORDS WILL BE ACTIVATED
The date of the rally.
And the date
of the grand opening of the lab.
"Release the rats, lock the doors."
What does that mean? Rats?
Test rats.
They'll release the hospital test
jabberers on the crowd at the opening.
Then it's up to us.
Focus on the rally. Leave this to me.
Huh?
You can't take of this all by yourself.
Please, Şule.
The initial number of jabberers requested
has been transferred to the lab already.
After the grand opening,
every three weeks,
we will need
the same number of new jabberers.
We'll have plenty of new ones. What else?
Sir, something else.
About Suat.
Should we invite him to the opening?
No.
I won't have that man's name
connected with this lab.
AEI
THE NEW MARMARA LAB
Hello?
Go ahead.
I already told you.
I will only give the information to Anton.
How can I verify the information
that you give won't be fake?
You can't.
I want Anton to be at the old docks
and on the İsmail Hakkı Durusu ferry
at 3:00 p.m.
Alone.
Murat called.
He wants to see you.
He has information.
Murat called
so you're sending me on a mission?
Once he's given it to you,
you will kill him.
He's the only one
that might have a cure for this and
you wanna kill him. That right?
There is no cure for this disease.
Overly dramatic people like you
are why it spreads.
That's it.
You want to see your family again?
Then do as you're told.
Take your squad.
He tries to run without killing Murat,
you kill the two of them.
Fazıl.
This will only draw attention to us.
Suat's already digging.
Screw that motherfucker.
How do they know about our plan?
Maybe they overheard.
Huh? Look at me.
You chickened out before.
You a spy? Is that it?
Are you leaking information?
No! I didn't talk about
the plan with anybody.
- Hey! Tell me the truth!
- That's enough!
Back off.
We're taking him with us.
You'll be coming with us tomorrow.
Please don't make a move
unless you hear from me.
Keep your radios online.
Your cards.
Your cards!
So, you should've told me
what your plan was, Murat.
Well, you could've ruined it.
And what do you think of this?
Fazıl gave me an order to kill you today.
You planning to?
They're holding my family in prison.
They're watching us.
Hold onto something.
As strong as I can.
Shame there's no one left to feed them
'cause they are all starving.
Who the fuck are you?
We take care of ships, like this one.
You have the money, we can tow it.
Return it to the dock.
Well, that's not what he wants.
Over there. Over there!
Get down. Down!
Psst.
Anton sends his regards.
Ooh!
Pass me the simit.
Anton, why didn't you tell me
from the start that your family was safe?
Well, you could have ruined it.
How'd you get Fazıl to believe you?
Nobody takes a good look
at the jabberers, Murat.
We haven't been honest with each other.
Now we're in the same boat.
Ferry.
We're in the same ferry.
Last night, you saved my life. Thank you.
The information you promised Fazıl
could give him the Marmara Branch
for another session.
You know that, don't you?
If he does what I ask,
the information will be irrelevant.
That thing will never happen.
My good sir,
the tugboat's time is almost up.
We have those guys
all gift wrapped in there.
We're carrying on, right?
Otherwise, we're gonna problems.
They should still be
on their cruise, right?
Let them keep drifting on their cruise.
They'll have time to appreciate
they're still alive.
Okay, then.
Sefa, listen. You can back up and leave.
Thank you.
I've been looking for a way
to save my family.
We've been waiting far too long, Murat.
Is there any hope?
Even a chance?
The slightest possibility?
If I'm gonna keep going,
you have to tell me.
Is there a real hope for a cure, Murat?
I'm not sure.
Well, there's you.
So you're probably thinking
that the information
I'm about to give you will be false.
Where is Anton?
He left. Didn't want to become a murderer.
By the way, your men are drifting through
the Golden Horn right now.
Might wanna rescue them.
Now, if the circus act is over,
we can cut to the chase.
Do you want the information?
Or do you wanna risk it?
I've had everywhere swept.
There's no bomb.
Who said it would be something
as dimwitted as that?
I promise you, the next one
will put all of you to shame.
Just think about
what happened to you yesterday.
But it will be more unexpected than that.
If you can halt the attack,
you may get your good name back.
If you follow my instructions
down to the very last details I give you,
I'll share it to you.
Go ahead.
Agreed.
- What should I do with them?
- Get rid of them.
As you wish. I'll deal with them.
Thanks.
I can never repay you.
Well, you're always
welcome here, you know.
The red wage whose moved
together midst from darkness.
Pizza moves the spirit
Well, stop running and wobble the oranges,
and put out their gasses, and that's it.
Well, am I?
will void the grassy
check tomorrow.
But fruitful that deep void made
We've seen our share of intelligence,
and they say gas, but not ice.
The carousels are jumping first up
then went down.
Tomatoes coming down
the walls of the field, in the sky.
I want to see where
the carousel flies to under the sun.
Call Suat.
Tell him that he's invited
to the grand opening.
They're ready for you.
It is my firm belief that
the council should reevaluate this.
Explain your reasoning, then.
If we don't allow
this rally to take place,
then Plus 1 will surely use this
as part of their propaganda
to gain public support.
It was your idea to ban the rally
in the first place.
What changed now?
You're right.
In our battle with Plus 1,
intelligence recommends
that we reconsider our tactics.
An opportunity's in front of us.
Let's authorize the rally,
and even ignore their efforts
to foment a revolt.
That way, we'll see
the reaction they receive,
enabling us to rapidly
identify their supporters.
We don't want any disorder
on the streets on the day
of the lab's grand opening.
Let's try to act more strategically.
Let them rally.
When I lost my Engin, I planted a rose.
Part of me would bloom,
even as the other withered.
Now the rose can reunite
with the earth at last.
And when it finds its place,
I'll feel relieved.
Those who took him away from me
They want to wither us away.
They say there's no other way.
The darkness,
we mustn't give into it.
We must hold on to hope.
You are that which you chase after.
working tirelessly
day and night for our people.
What is it?
There's a rather persistent
request for a rally.
Considering that the number
of legal applications is high,
and even though it's on the day
of the grand opening
of our new laboratory,
we will allow this rally to occur.
Naturally, it will be under strict control
to avoid any aggression
I'm almost certain there's a catch.
They want us to go there voluntarily
so they can wipe us all out.
In line with our struggle
against the disease
We'll keep alert for any provocations
and the AEI won't be able to touch us.
This could be good.
Call off the attack, Aslı, please.
Don't you see this is a trap?
Why authorize this rally the night before?
I don't trust any of them at all.
So just save your breath.
We can't stop anything.
Besides, I told you,
we mean no harm to anyone.
This is just a message.
Aslı, we know about your plan.
They'll start shooting
every single one of the jabberers
that you release
on everybody at the grand opening.
It'll be on you, all those deaths.
That's why we're doing it.
Debunking the AEI, that's the point.
Jabberers are going to die. Please!
Debunking? What does that even mean?
All of them are going to die
in the laboratory tests anyway, Şule!
Okay, let's say that even happened.
That makes us no better than them, yeah?
This isn't who we are.
That's not what we're about.
Call off the attack, Aslı.
I'll consider calling it off
on one condition.
And that's if,
by some miracle,
we finish the rally
and we get home safe and sound.
Our sole purpose
is for our laboratory
to enjoy a dignified grand opening.
Peace and calm.
That's all we're asking for.
What are you hiding now,
you little fucker?
Thank you, everyone.
Anyone who has a thirst for peace
should be out on the streets tomorrow.
Pay no heed to the provocations
and keep your eyes open
for any kind of excessive behavior
We have a historic opportunity, you know.
I still can't wrap my head around
exactly how this happened.
I'm almost inclined to say it was
a miracle that the petition was accepted,
but there are no miracles.
What about you?
Şule, I haven't told you this before.
The day when they raided my mother's,
I wasn't afraid of getting arrested.
I was scared I wouldn't
be able to see you ever gain.
A snowdrop means
hope against all odds.
You'll march
against all odds tomorrow, Şule.
So other snowdrops
can grow in other places.
This was the beginning
of everything for me.
May it give you good fortune.
I guess I'd better go.
It's going to be a long day.
Get some rest.
Şule
I really do appreciate
you letting us stay here. Thank you.
And tomorrow, good luck with the rally.
Thank you. Good night.
Good night.
I'm glad to have you here.
Thank you.
You made all this happen?
Sadly, you never met Safiye.
She'd turn anything, anything into a game.
She would play against
a five-year-old kid,
take them to the cleaners,
play against a much older man
and take all their cash too.
She just loved playing games.
Know what her motto was?
"The winner of the game is
the one who makes
the second-to-last mistake."
And if you got what you really wanted,
you should think twice.
Did they lose the game?
Or just a piece?
Wow.
There I go talking about her now.
I'm feeling weirdly restless tonight.
Anything I can do to help you?
Stuffed grape leaves.
Can you make
stuffed grape leaves for me, Mom?
Oh, probably not.
But I'll try.
Got a big day tomorrow.
It's gonna be hard to sleep.
You've emerged from your slumber, son.
I think that's it.
Coffee?
Today is the big day.
Time to wake up.
Here you go.
One of them was the high school
sweetheart of another.
And the other,
a mother to a nursing infant.
Some of us had to bury
their dearest friends.
Sisters, brothers were lost.
Families destroyed.
There was too much pain.
We led our lives
like there was no tomorrow.
Our mortgage payments and credit card debt
were all we cared about.
Some worried about their barren land,
and some about how
their coffee order was always wrong.
Then it struck us,
out of the blue,
that our reality could crumble
into pieces just like that.
The epidemic put everything
we thought we knew to the test.
It had us asking question after question.
What is human?
What is consciousness?
And then it taught us.
Once we had lost the things
that we used to brag about,
all that remained
was our connection to each other.
And Kocaeli
was the struggle for that bond.
To say, "Stop."
To say, "No. You will not do this."
"That's my mother,
that's my father, my child,
someone's sibling, their beloved,
and their friend."
To those who forced this order on us
those who ignored their consciences,
those who established their tyranny
by using this disease as an excuse
PEACE WILL PREVAIL
this was to say, "We are here,
and we are not scared of you."
It has been exactly five years.
The pain we feel
for every life we lost is still fresh,
and they all have
a special place in our hearts.
I'm sure of this.
Today, just like you did five years ago,
you will defy them again.
Once again, without fear,
with your head held high,
with thousands beside you,
you will be one again.
Today is the fifth anniversary
of the Kocaeli incident.
And despite all the naysayers,
there is still hope.
We stand against those who trade on fear
and derive their power
from empty promises.
We defy all of them.
Today we can be hand in hand,
shoulder to shoulder.
Born from a stream as thin as a thread,
we are the gushing waters of a river.
Today, we walk toward the sun.
To those who have come out of the shadows
and walk toward the sun with us,
we hail you.
The turnout is extraordinary.
Peacefully, they march to Kocaeli today.
People come here
to hang headphones on the monument
in memory of their loved ones
who lost their lives in those events.
A big crowd gathers every year.
But believe me, never have these streets
borne witness to such a crowd.
I hope you know what you're up to.
There's a commotion.
AEI forces have intercepted
the Plus 1 procession in the main area.
They're beating people.
The crowd is in a frenzy.
I dropped the rose! Wait a minute!
The rose I dropped it!
- I dropped the rose.
- Şule, keep moving!
- I have to find it!
- There's nothing you can do!
You'll never get there unless you go now!
Let's go!
Everyone is doing their best
to keep things under control.
The resilience is incredible.
I lost it. I lost the rose!
Come on. We should go.
Don't worry about that now.
It is relatively calm now.
The composure of the people
during the interference has
thankfully prevented further escalation.
Şule.
Please don't be hard on yourself.
It wasn't meant to be, is all.
Hey, just now, I dropped a rose plant!
If anyone's seen that flower in a pot,
please send it to the front.
It's to help us commemorate the memorial.
We need to find it.
Suzan, the grandmother
of Engin Gökhanlı, is in the crowd.
She's here today
hoping to plant the rose
she has grown for her grandson.
Unless I'm mistaken,
a single rose has been raised above
in the area near the monument.
Yes, they're trying to tell something
to the people in the street.
I think
they got the message through.
What I'm witnessing here right now
is something you'll probably never
be able to watch on TV.
Maybe this is the proper thing to ask.
Have you ever seen a rose
float through the air
just to unite with the earth?
A truly spectacular scene.
The rose, which is almost flying,
is being passed
to the other end of the street.
KOCAELİ MONUMEN
If Engin is watching
from eternity today,
he should know
that this is where he lies now.
The rose has united with the earth.
A truly spectacular moment
is what we are witnessing here.
To be united together with one heart,
that is what this is.
Are you still intent
on carrying out the attack today?
No, we won't.
Go ahead.
So you didn't interfere
and you kept your word today.
They will attack the new
laboratory building later this afternoon.
At about two o'clock,
six people will enter the lab
dressed up as lab staff.
Their ID card numbers will be
Hakan. Hakan.
Hakan, listen.
Maybe we should rethink this.
The rally went fine.
Now, nobody needs to get hurt.
Listen to me.
Everyone who's there at the grand opening,
they've all got this coming.
You understand?
You hear me?
Look, don't worry.
We're doing this.
Hakan, abort mission.
The hawk won't take flight.
I repeat, abort mission.
The hawk
Move out.
We're green to go.
Murat.
They're not answering.
I can't abort the mission.
What?
Shit!
Where's Arif?
He wasn't at the rally. Something happen?
What is it?
Aslı can't abort the mission.
And Arif is with them.
Wait here.
Murat.
Murat!
Here is the list of their ID card numbers.
Arrest them all.
Ah, shit.
- No answer?
- Nope.
Damn it, Aslı.
For once, just give it a rest.
You warned me, I know.
AEI - NEW MARMARA LAB
Everyone is seated.
Your speech is already
up there on the dais.
This is an AEI operation!
we're here by Fazıl Eryılmaz's orders!
Hands in the air! Now!
Out of the vehicle!
Out! Move it, move!
Get over here, come! Go! Take him!
This laboratory, to me, is the high point
of my work over these years.
The AEI has been my home.
AEI
ANTI-EPIDEMIC AGENCY
Now that it's finished,
perhaps I'll retire
to watch the achievements
of this piece of art.
I've no doubt
that my shoes will be filled
by a worthy successor.
And for that,
Suat, please come up to the stage.
Suat Gürbay!
Fazıl, wow.
Thank you, sir.
This is a genuine surprise for me.
Get over there! Out!
Hurry up!
Get over there, move! Move!
Move!
Get down! Move!
Take this.
Anything you want to say?
Last chance.
That's enough.
Murat?
Murat, I told him we should give up!
I didn't mean for any of this!
I know. I know.
Fazıl brought incredible honor
through his accomplishments
and years of service
We need to talk.
But this facility could arguably be
more important than all of them.
Something's not right.
A shuttle was stopped
by a team at the front gate.
Problem is, I didn't order that
and they took away four or five people.
And you got it all prepared?
It's all set.
rest assured, I will not stop
until we have lifted this plague.
Are you all right?
Truly, I'm sorry.
Don't think about it.
It's going to be okay.
Fazıl. This unexpected gesture
was surprising,
yet pleasant nonetheless.
I heard that you've extended
the inquiry into Project X.
- Is that right?
- That's right.
There are suspicions that the laboratory
fire was started deliberately.
If you need my assistance, just ask.
Seriously.
Please, shall we cut the ribbon?
Please.
Hi.
Thank you for that.
They're just looking
for something to criticize.
I think the AEI is doing
I'm gonna need to stop you there
as we interrupt our normal at this time
with breaking news.
Reports are coming in
of a possible explosion
at the grand opening
of the new laboratory.
We'll be bringing you the latest reports.
An explosion that could be seen
and heard from every part of town.
The authorities would like to advise
Yes, him too.
Unfortunately, Suat was also inside.
It's sheer luck that I survived.
Now, I need you to
get the council assembled.
Code emergency.
We will avenge everyone
who died in that building.
Subtitle translation by: Doğa Uludağ