Dead Places (2021) s01e08 Episode Script

1
[phone beeping]
[sighs]
Mum. Someone’s coming.
-[relieved sigh] Thank God.
-Wait.
-What if it’s a psycho?
-It’s going to be fine. It’s fine.
[car tires crunching on gravel]
Thank you so much for stopping.
I haven’t seen another car
on this road for ages.
You ladies okay? What’s the problem?
Oh no, we’re fine. It’s just
it sounded like something broke
and then, uh
Do you know anything about cars?
Don’t worry. If it’s got an engine,
he can fix it.
[man] Let’s see what we have here.
Hello, sweetie.
Hi.
I like your hair.
Thanks.
[man] Here’s your problem.
No oil. Dry as a bone.
No, but that’s impossible.
I had it checked a couple of days ago.
Did you watch while they checked?
[woman] It’s so sad.
You can’t trust people these days.
You’ve always got to be watching.
[mother] Maybe there’s a leak.
[man] No
this engine has been drained.
How do you know?
Because I did it last night.
Mum!
[mother] Please! If you want money,
my bag’s in the car and
-Please, just don’t hurt us.
-Mum.
Mum!
[man] We’re not going to hurt you.
You’ve both been chosen
for something very special.
It will all make sense in the end.
-[loud thud]
-[daughter screams] No!
[woman] Let’s go honey.
I can’t wait to show you your room.
[muffled screams] No! No!
[muffled screams]
[opening theme music playing]
[music ends]
Mama told me
I should be aware ♪
I'll tell you a story
About mean people ♪
They take you so ♪
Innocent girls ♪
Don't mean to scare you but be careful ♪
Maybe think twice
Before you walk alone ♪
Call somebody to take you home ♪
Look over your shoulder
When you go that way ♪
Cause the world might take you
To a bad bad place ♪
Then you told me ♪
Things your mama said ♪
She never gave you ♪
[song continues softly in background]
Stephen.
Stephen Cragg.
[whispers] Stephen Cragg?
Stephen Cragg.
[unsettling music playing]
[somber music playing]
[young Will] This is boring.
Why don’t we do something else?
[Rose] It’s not boring!
Just read the questions.
[young Will] Why?
Because if anything ever happens to us,
people need to know who we were.
[young Will] Okay, okay.
What’s your favorite color?
[Rose] Yellow.
-[young Will] What’s your favorite food?
-[Rose] Spaghetti.
-[young Will] Why would someone even care?
-Will!
[young Will] What’s your favorite animal?
A horse.
[young Will] Why?
Because they’re the closest things
we have to magic.
When you’re riding them,
you feel like you’re flying.
And I’m going to have one when I’m older.
I already have a name for it.
-[young Will] What?
-Umoya.
[young Will] Okay. Whatever.
How do you want people to remember you
when you’re older?
I was kind. I did my best.
And as much as my family annoys me,
especially my brother,
I love them very much.
[computer call ringing]
[Damons] I got your mail.
"Went to the tunnel. Found nothing.
No point in talking about it."
I didn’t want to waste your time.
So, let me understand this.
You went to the exact place
that your sister was taken,
a place that’s tormented you for years,
that has been the epicenter
of all our work,
and suddenly
you don’t want to talk about it?
I just There was nothing there.
You weren’t expecting
to find her body, were you?
No. I just didn’t feel anything.
Whatever happened in there,
there’s nothing left.
So it’s, had no effect on you?
On everything
we’ve been trying to achieve?
No.
Do you know,
all the years we’ve been talking,
you’ve never asked me what this is.
Do you know what it is?
I don’t care.
A pendulum wave.
A seemingly random phenomenon
caused by gravity and inertia.
Except it’s not.
It’s based on precise physics.
Because the chaos you think you’re seeing,
isn’t chaos at all.
There’s a design behind it.
Okay. So what?
Just because you can’t see
the physics at work,
doesn’t mean it isn’t there.
It’s my job to explore it.
To help you understand
the things you can’t.
[tense music playing]
All right.
[inhales] Tell me everything.
Leave nothing out.
[quick exhale]
[tense music playing]
[bangs on door] Will!
[banging on door]
[Kelly] Hey.
-[Will] Hey.
-[Kelly] We need to talk.
Look, I’m sorry for barging in like this,
but I really needed to tell you this
in person.
All right.
[sighs] You should sit down.
-I’m fine.
-[Kelly] Will.
Sit down.
[tense music playing]
[Kelly breathes hard]
Okay.
You know the chain,
that I found in the tunnel?
-Yeah.
-Yeah, okay,
so I took it home
and managed to get it cleaned up,
and it turns out
that it’s a medical bracelet
that belonged to a guy
named Stephen Cragg.
Who’s Stephen Cragg?
[frustrated sigh]
[sighs]
When Jeremy Shaw abducted me,
Stephen Cragg was the police profiler
on the case.
I did a few sessions with him.
Look, at first I thought
that it was pure coincidence.
That he must’ve been working
on your sister’s case
andsomehow, lost the bracelet
in the tunnel. I don’t know.
But then I realized, police profilers
don’t work on accidental deaths.
He had no reason to be there.
[sighs]
Okay, so I did some digging, all right,
and I found this on the internet.
I don’t know how
the police missed it, but
[exhales]
Stephen Cragg and Jeremy Shaw
were friends.
Stephen had an aunt
that lived in the same building
as Jeremy when they were growing up,
and that’s how they met.
Will,
I think that they were partners
in the abductions.
That’s why Jeremy got away with it so long
because Stephen was on the inside
covering for him.
[sighs] You were right.
Your sister didn’t drown.
Your sister and I?
We were abducted by the same men.
When Jeremy killed himself,
everyone thought that it was over.
That he was working alone,
there was no one else, but there was.
And Cragg is still out there.
[tense music playing]
[scared breathing]
[whimpering]
[Stephen] I’m not what you think.
I’m a psychiatrist.
I used to work with the police.
It was my job to get inside the minds
of some of the worst criminals
you can imagine.
And do you know what I discovered?
They’re not that interesting.
They’re just broken products
of an abnormal background.
But their victims?
Now that’s interesting.
[whimpering]
Do you know what neuroplasticity is?
It’s the brain’s ability to rewire itself
after crippling emotional trauma.
But sometimes those wires get crossed.
And can trigger almost anything.
Believe me.
The most fascinating traumas
are the ones that never end.
[whimpering]
Like a mother forever searching
for her missing child.
Never knowing what’s happened to her.
You’re part of a revolutionary experiment
to measure the effect
of total emotional annihilation.
-It’s my life’s work,
-[crying]
and soon the world will know the results.
And you, and your mother
will be immortalized.
Along with all the others.
Congratulations.
[crying]
-[outgoing phone call ringing]
-[music ends]
[outgoing phone call ringing]
Come on, Max.
[outgoing phone call ringing]
[Joe] Hey.
Hey. Where’s Kelly?
[Will] She’s looking over
some old financial records.
See if she can find an address for Cragg.
It’s a long shot, but um, it might--
Joe, I’m getting tired
of these favors now?
[Joe] I know. I know. I’m sorry.
Look, it’s important.
I wouldn’t be calling you otherwise.
[sighs]
Fine. Don’t let this get back to me.
It won’t. Unless you want it to.
And you might. Believe me.
Okay.
The password is shadow.
shadow
What, like the show?
[Max] You really want to give me
shit right now?
I’m in. Thanks.
Don’t make me regret this.
[Joe] You won’t.
I’ll explain everything later.
Okay. Bye.
-[Will] Surely it can’t be that easy?
-You know how they caught Ted Bundy?
No.
Random traffic stop.
-Stephen Cragg.
-[tense music playing]
There it is. Last known address.
Is it current?
Don’t know.
[paper ripping]
[Joe] Yeah, about that.
Look, I’ve been thinking
that I want to bring Max in on this.
Why?
Because if you’re right,
we’re talking dozens of victims.
Because this is a big case
and we don’t want to fuck it up.
I don’t care.
Look, I’ll call Max.
We’ll put a team together.
-It won’t take long.
-Okay,
but she better be quick.
I’m not hanging around
waiting for this guy to get away.
[huffs]
[tense music playing]
[unsettling music playing]
-[keys rattling]
-[woman laughs]
Hey! I told you. [loud bang]
No hands on bars.
I’ll put you back in the hole. [clicks]
[whimpers]
[woman] Oh, look at her.
They grow up so fast.
[soft crying]
Hey, sweetie.
[crying]
The first month’s the worst, hey.
-[crying]
-[thuds]
[soft laughter]
Kis-kis-kis.
Are you ready to behave? Huh?
[loud bang on bars]
[woman] You still haven’t told me.
Why did you choose them?
They’ve only been together
for about a year.
The girl used to live with her father.
If I’m right, the mother will return
to her normal life in a couple of weeks.
[inhales]
And forget that she ever had a child.
[chuckles]
And
her daughter will get to see it all.
[chuckles]
I’m going to the house.
Do you need anything?
No. I’m good.
[sighs][laughs]
[disturbing music playing]
[rattling]
[tense music playing]
[rattling]
[tense music continues]
[door rattles]
[gasps]
Please don'tdon’t hurt me!
Shit, yeah, no. II'm
I’m not here to hurt you. I’m so sorry.
II’mI’m looking for someone.
I thought you were somebody else.
I’m an investigator.
His name’s Stephen Cragg.
He used to live here. Do you know him?
Er, he, owns this place.
I I rent it from him.
Okay, that'sthat’s good. That’s great.
Do you mind if I ask you
a couple ofa couple of questions?
Um
It’s critical that I speak to him.
[scared] What has he done?
[music grows louder and ends]
So what happened?
[Max] Apparently he had
some sort of breakdown.
Started crossing lines.
Became obsessed, but
not with the perps,
but with the victims.
And he would interview them for hours
on end, asking all sorts of crazy shit.
So he got fired?
No. He was scheduled for a hearing,
but he ended up resigning.
He went into the private sector
for a while, but then lost his license.
And uh, yeah. That’s all we know for now.
How soon can you guys get a warrant?
Tomorrow. Shouldn’t be a problem.
I want in.
Even if it’s just the background.
Jesus, Joe. Is there anything else
that I can do for you?
You want a foot rub? Shall I cook for you?
What is it?
Fine. I will get on it.
Thanks, Max.
Uh-huh.
So why do you think
there’s something wrong with him?
It’s the way he looks at me.
The things he says.
He’s uh, he’s definitely
not right in the head.
And he lived here before you?
Yeah, heleft some of his stuff behind.
A lot of it’s, disgusting.
Couldcould youcould you show
it to me? It might help.
Sure, but keep your distance okay.
Sorry. Sure.
[tense music playing]
By the way,
Rose had the softest skin.
What?
[gunshots]
[laughs]
[somber music playing]
[woman][echoing] By the way,
Rose had the softest skin.
[gunshots]
[Joe] Will! Wake up!
-[Will screams]
-Okay. [grunts] I got you!
-I got you!
-Joe. Joe. Joe! Where is she?
Huh?
-[Will grunts]
-[Joe] Who?
It wasn’t Cragg. There’s a woman.
She’s working with him.
We have to find her.
No, no, no. The only thing
we need to do right now
-is get you to a hospital, all right?
-No, no, no.
We have to find her,
otherwise they'll disappear.
Look, I’ve got an address.
I’ve got an address.
Okay, okay, okay. All right, fine.
You’ve got an address.
-Can you get up?
-Mmm.
-Can you walk?
-[Will] We’re wasting time. Help me up.
-Help me up!
-[Joe grunts]
[groaning]
[tense music playing]
[computer keys clacking]
[soft gasp] Shit.
[deep inhale]
[car horns sounding]
[phone ringing]
[heavy breathing]
Kelly.
Hey. Listen, I’veI've combed through
everything that I can find on Cragg
and I found two addresses,
but it looks like they’re both fake.
It’s okay. Don’t worry about it.
Joe and I might have something.
What do you mean?
It’s a long story but there’s a woman.
We’re pretty sure
she’s working with Cragg.
She owns some property.
We’re heading there now.
Why didn’t you call me?
I should be with you.
-[car horn sounding]
-Watch out!
[grunts] Listen, I can handle it.
Excuse me? Will, you’re not going
to take this away from me.
I’m just trying to keep you safe.
[gasps] I can’t believe you’re doing this.
I’m doing the right thing.
No, you’re not!
You’re trying to take control
of everything. Just like you always do.
It’s fucking bullshit!
Give me the address.
No. If roles were reversed,
you’d be doing
exactly the same thing, Kelly.
No I wouldn’t Will! Give me, the address.
Kelly! I’ve already got enough reasons
not to sleep at night.
I don’t need another one.
-Will.
-[multiple beeps]
You f--
Fuck!
[heavy breathing]
[sinister music playing]
[phone vibrating]
[phone vibrating]
[thuds]
[tense music playing]
[gun cartridge clicks]
[tense music continues]
[metal clangs]
[whispers] Sorry.
Shh.
[Will whispers] Fuck.
[garage door rattles]
[Will] Nothing!
[Will] What are we even doing here?
Hey, it’s all right. We’ll find him.
No, we won’t!
This was it. This was my chance
and I fucked it up.
Okay. You need to calm down, all right?
Calm down? He killed my sister!
What part of that don’t you get, Joe?
And I let it happen.
So yes, this? This is all my fault!
Calm the fuck down!
Just shut up and listen.
All right?
You did nothing wrong. You understand me?
It’s all on that motherfucker out there.
All on him.
You were just a kid, Will.
It’s not your fault.
The only reason she was down
in those tunnels was because of me.
So I might as well have killed her myself.
So yes, it is my fault.
It’s all my fucking fault!
[heavy breathing]
-[frustrated scream]
-[wood splinters]
[tense music playing]
Huh.
Uh-huh.
Son of a bitch.
[tense music continues]
[gasps]
[heavy breathing]
[music grows more sinister]
[door creaks]
[muffled talking]
Shh.
Hey, hey, hey. We’re here to help,
but I need you to be quiet
because they might still be here. Okay?
It’s a trap.
[gunshots]
-[gunshots]
-[grunts]
-[grunts]
-[Joe yells] Will.
[Will] Joe, Joe, Joe. Joe.
Yeah. I’m fine, I’m fine, I’m fine.
Just, here, go get him.
Go!
[dramatic action music playing]
[gunshots]
[grunts]
[gunshots]
[gunshots]
[gunshots]
[gun clicks]
-[Joe grunts]
-[chains rattle]
[groans]
[Will] Put the gun down.
[tense music playing]
Hello, Will. How’re you doing?
Put it down!
[big exhale]
You know what?
I’m ready. Call the police.
The world needs to see my work.
What do you think you’re doing?
You’re not going to shoot me.
I’ve been studying you for years.
You haven’t got it in you.
[heavy breathing]
[Rose][echoing] Nothing’s going to happen.
There’s no such thing as monsters.
[distant scream]
[music grows more urgent]
[gunshot]
[gun drops]
[somber music playing]
[Joe][distant] Will?
[Joe] Will? Will?
[heavy breathing]
Did you get him?
Yeah.
I got him.
How’re you holding up?
Well. My shirt’s ruined.
-It’s a shit shirt.
-[Joe chuckles]
What about you? How’re you doing?
Uh. I’m--
[Jocelyn] Hey! What have you done?
[screams] What have you done?
-[thud]
-[screams]
[heavy breathing]
I told you. You don’t get to decide.
Kelly.
[heavy breathing]
How the hell did you find us?
I tracked your phones.
Right. Good job.
-[groans] God.
-What happened? Are you okay?
-Oh my god. Sorry!
-[Joe grunts]
I’ll live.
We need to call this in.
We should search the place.
You go that way.
Stay close, yeah? Let’s go.
[somber music playing]
Oh my god!
[Joe] Jesus!
[Kelly] Hey. We’re here to help.
[chains clang on ground]
Okay, I’ve got this. I’ve got this.
[heavy breathing]
I’m here to help, okay?
Can you stand? Can I help you up?
-[whispers] Yeah.
-[Kelly] Come on.
Okay. Okay.
[heavy breathing]
[lock breaks]
Hey. [fingers snap]
Kelly!
[door creaks]
[dramatic music playing]
[Damons] All the years we’ve been talking,
you’ve never asked me what this is.
A pendulum wave.
A seemingly random phenomenon
caused by gravity and inertia.
Except it’s not.
It’s based on precise physics.
Because the chaos you think you’re seeing
isn’t chaos at all.
There’s a design behind it.
[dramatic music playing]
[music grows more urgent]
[frustrated scream]
-[door creaks]
-[Will screams]
[frustrated screams]
-[heavy breathing]
-[music quiets down]
[tense music playing]
[whispers] Rose.
[door creaks]
[somber music playing]
[young Will][echoing] What’s your
favorite animal?
[Rose] A horse.
[young Will] Why?
[Rose] Because they’re the closest things
we have to magic.
When you’re riding them
you feel like you’re flying.
And I’m going to have one when I’m older.
I already have a name for it.
Umoya.
[somber music continues]
[echoing] I knew you’d come.
Rose.
[echoing] Hello, Will.
[inhales] I’m so sorry.
[echoing] You have nothing
to be sorry about.
It was my fault.
[echoing] No, it wasn’t.
I should’ve listened to you.
[struggling]
[echoing] You need to stop
blaming yourself.
[Will sniffs]
I miss you so much.
[echoing] I miss you, too.
[echoing] This place
can’t hurt me anymore.
Really?
[echoing] You need to
move on with your life.
[crying] I don’t know how.
[echoing] Yes, you do.
[echoing] You just need
to forgive yourself.
Am I going to see you again?
[echoing] Of course.
[echoing] But not for a while.
[echoing] I love you, Will.
I love you too.
[emotional music playing]
[Joe] Hey.
You good?
Yeah. I, uh, III’m good, thanks.
Look, wewe found another four victims.
The cops are on their way.
That’s good, Joe. That’s good.
[sighs]
You sure you’re good?
Yeah, brother. I’m okay. Thank you.
[huffs]
[Will] Are you okay?
[faint laugh]
I’ll let you know.
[somber music playing]
[big sigh]
[sniffs]
That was Joe.
[laughs] You’d really like him.
I’ll see you soon, Sis.
[somber music playing]
[crickets chirping]
Okay, cool, we’re rolling.
So go when you’re ready.
It’s been ten days
since the forensic team
began excavating for bodies
at this now infamous smallholding
just outside Johannesburg.
By yesterday evening, the remains
of 29 victims had been found.
This is more than half from the mass grave
you now see behind me.
As investigators continue
to sift through years of evidence;
interrogate the many videos
and findings from Stephen Cragg,
only one thing remains clear.
Their work has just begun.
The only consolation
for the families, however,
is that their loved ones,
may finally be laid to rest.
Got it. Nice.
That felt good. Thank you.
[relieved exhale]
My god, what a monster!
[sighs]
[somber music playing]
[Will] Are coincidences truly random?
Or are they connections
that we don’t understand?
Roots, that travel unseen beneath our feet
and guide our lives.
One has to wonder
if we’re even in control.
Or if the outcomes
have already been decided.
I suppose in the end all we can do is
lift our heads
and look to the horizon.
And hope that fate favors us,
at least for a while.
I’ll see you soon, Rose.
The end of the world
at the palm of my hand ♪
When it all goes to hell
Will you still be my friend ♪
Let it go, let it go ♪
My face to the sea
And my back's to the land ♪
And if you can't come with me ♪
How will I stand ♪
You and me at the door ♪
We don't have to say much ♪
And if you have to go, have to go ♪
I'll let you go, let you go ♪
Let you go, let you go ♪
If we didn't know what we know ♪