Population: 11 (2024) s01e08 Episode Script

DOM: Tell me you found him.
More importantly, the money.
GERALDINE: You show up.
Hugo goes missing.
ANDY: Somebody framed me.
Do you think that Andy
killed his own father?
- Oh, yeah.
- Hallelujah.
Alrighty, here we go.
You don't wanna miss
one of Maureen's cocktails.
ANDY: Trevor picked me up.
He started smoking
the same brand cigarette
as whoever
was watching us at Hugo's.
If Trevor did it,
then the money might be here.
Found me.
What did you put
in the cocktail?
I'm not a smoker.
ANDY: So if it wasn't yours,
who gave you the cigarette?
CASSIE: Something's going on
with Gareth and Leon.
They have way more money
than an unemployed deadshit
and a station hand
would normally have.
(KOOKABURRAS SQUAWK)
(SPARSE, EERIE MUSIC)
(MOANS QUIETLY)
(SOFTLY) Oh, God.
(SIGHS)
(PHONE PIPS)
I've woken up in the Earth Room.
I'm still a bit out of it.
The big question is
(UNSETTLING MUSIC)
what the hell is xylazine?
I think I have the answer.
(KNOCK AT DOOR)
(SINGSONGS) Cassie!
Would you like some coffee?
No, thanks.
I don't know what's in it.
(CHUCKLES AWKWARDLY)
It was just a microdose.
Didn't feel very micro to me.
Yeah, well, first time
can throw you a bit.
What, you didn't have
a good time?
I wouldn't know.
Well, I would.
- And I reckon you did.
- Yeah, I reckon you did too.
- And we took good care of you.
- MAUREEN: Yes.
We always take good care
of our guests.
We found you out in the street,
so we brought you back inside.
MAUREEN: Put you
straight to bed.
Where's Andy?
Uh, yeah, well, um
(CLEARS THROAT)
Yeah, Andy and Trevor had a
barney about some cigarettes.
Cigarette.
Just one particular cigarette.
A cigarette?
Yeah, it was one
that I bummed off Gareth.
Then Andy said he was going out
for a whiz
and, uh, well, didn't see him
again after that.
So when he didn't
come back, I, um
- CASSIE: Thanks for everything.
- Oh.
Well, no coffee, then?
- Oh, I'll have it.
- Will you?
You gonna sneak off and have
a little cigarette with it too?
Don't be like that.
Jesus, you fuck one goat.
MAUREEN: You don't get cancer
from fucking a goat.
- (BIRDS CAW)
- (UNSETTLING MUSIC)
Xylazine.
A common cattle tranquilliser
that some thrillseekers
like to take in microdoses.
(BIRDS CAW)
I could tell you
the history of the drug,
but right now
I need to find Andy.
Is he wasted somewhere?
Passed out from all the fun?
Or is he like his father
dead?
(ROCK MUSIC POUNDS FAINTLY)
Shit. That's dark.
(ROCK MUSIC GROWS LOUDER)
(LOUDLY) Hello?!
Life is bad, so it seems ♪
Andy!
- Make you shout, make you ♪
- Andy?!
Little voice in your brain
Driving you insane! ♪
(TURNS TAP ON)
(TURNS TAP OFF)
Just deal with it! ♪
(PUTS GLASS DOWN)
For like one minute
Ohh, ohh
Just deal with it
Ohh, oh-oh
'Cause no-one gives up ♪
- (TOILET FLUSHES)
- (WHISPERS) Shit.
Oh, hi.
I'm looking for Gareth.
Yeah, right.
Well, he's not here.
OK, no, that No worries.
Thanks. (LAUGHS AWKWARDLY)
LEON: What what did you
want with him?
I didn't think
you two were, um
Oh, no, no. Nothing like that.
Um I was gonna
interview him, actually,
for my podcast.
Right.
What, about cattle and shit?
Oh, no. Um, just about the town.
Said he was gonna tell me
about the people here.
The history of the place.
That sort of thing.
(SCOFFS)
You should have
fuckin' asked me.
I've lived in this town
way longer than bloody Gareth.
Fuck, he's never here anyway.
If you wanna know
what goes down in Bidgee,
I'm your man.
Right. OK.
Yeah?
Grab a pew.
(UNSETTLING MUSIC)
(LEON SNORTS)
(SIGHS)
Uh do you wanna get
dressed first?
Oh.
Well, what would be
better for the
Definitely fully clothed.
Fully clothed. No worries.
Make yourself comfy.
Won't be long.
(UNSETTLING MUSIC)
(UTE ENGINE DRONES)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(EXHALES)
(ZIPPER FASTENS)
(DOOR OPENS)
(INTENSE MUSIC)
(GARETH SIGHS)
(PULLS DOOR HANDLE)
(HOUSE DOOR OPENS)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(KEYS JANGLE)
- (UTE DOOR SLAMS)
- (UTE ENGINE STARTS)
(ENGINE REVS)
(INTENSE MUSIC CONTINUES)
GARETH: Nuh, I've got
the cash with me.
Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
So I'll meet you at the port
in an hour.
The tide will still be up, so
(ENGINE IDLES)
No, no, it's
the southern platform.
I'll meet you
at the southern platform.
It's where they load
the livestock, you know?
Yeah, yeah, that's the one.
Wait, if the boat's
already there, tie it up.
I'll drop the rope down
with the cash.
You take the boat offshore
to the cruiser and
Oh, you are fucking kidding me!
- (REVS ENGINE)
- GARETH: Oi! Stop!
- (HEAVY METAL MUSIC PLAYS)
- (YELLS) Oi! Oi!
Oi, what are you doing?
Where are you going?
One, two
Just trying to make it
through the weekend
So I can close my eyes ♪
(LAUGHS MANIACALLY)
Fuck you,
you fucking smurf cowboy!
(CACKLES)
Yes. Yes, yes, yes,
yes, yes, yes! Ha!
Argh!
(GRUNTS)
(MESSAGE SEND TONE WHOOSHES)
- (PHONE NOTIFICATION DINGS)
- (UNSETTLING MUSIC)
DRIVER: So airport, then?
Uh, yeah. International, please.
(MESSAGE SEND TONE WHOOSHES)
(PHONE NOTIFICATION DINGS)
(EMOJI WHOOSHES)
(LEON CACKLES)
Here, this bit coming up
is bloody good.
Watch this bit with Noely.
(CACKLES)
I love pissing off Noel, man.
Is this the sort of shit
you're after?
It's a sound recording.
Oh, right. Oh, yeah.
Yeah, yeah. Sorry. Yeah.
Fuckin' stupid. (CHUCKLES)
I want to paint a picture
of the murdered man.
So tell me about you and Hugo.
You're both into UFOs.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
(IGNITES LIGHTER)
(WATER BUBBLES)
(SPLUTTERS)
Oh, fuck.
First one always canes.
(SNORTS)
Yeah. He was in contact
with the Alpha 'Centurians'.
Centaurians?
Yeah. Centurians. Yeah.
OK. Um, so actual contact?
Yeah, like, been communicating
with them for months.
Ask, uh, Shoshanna.
She worked for him.
Have you seen anything?
I see what you did there.
What did I do?
Yeah, the way you flipped it
from Hugo and back to me.
You're pretty bloody good
at this, aren't ya?
Thanks. (CHUCKLES)
Yeah.
(SLURPS) Mm.
I've seen 'em.
Yeah. And not just the lights.
Like, actual fully
functional spacecrafts.
You stick around here
long enough,
you'll fuckin' see 'em too.
Why do you think they're
so, uh, interested in Bidgee?
Oh, well, that's the thing
with Alpha Cennies, mate.
Unpredictable.
The Greys, they're different.
They're pretty much like
you'd expect.
You know, they hang around
America and Sweden.
They don't like
our hemisphere very much.
Mm.
And what about
the other people here?
(SCOFFS)
Bunch of fuckin' losers, mate.
They'll probably say, "Oh, it's
a weather balloon or some shit."
They just they don't
want to believe,
no matter
how bloody obvious it is.
OK.
Apart from extraterrestrials,
any other memorable moments?
(WATER BUBBLES)
Uh (EXHALES)
Hippies?
Yeah, there was this one time
over at Charmaine's,
these hippies booked out
two caravans.
They go to bed, they leave the
candle on - fucking dumb arses -
and whooshka!
The whole place goes up, right?
Both caravans burnt down
to the fuckin' ground.
I wondered
what happened to those.
Yeah, but
the weird thing is, right?
This is what's really weird.
Nobody remembers
seeing any hippies.
So Not that that
really means anything, though.
Can be pretty bloody hard
to keep track of people
around here.
Do you think it's a coincidence
that the caravans burnt down
and Hugo's body turns up
in his burnt-out car?
Fuck. Incineration.
You're a bloody natural at this,
Cassandra, aren't ya?
(UNEASY MUSIC)
Shit.
No, no, no!
God, no! Argh!
- (RADIATOR HISSES)
- (BIRDS SCREECH IN DISTANCE)
Dammit.
- God.
- (COCKATOOS SCREECH)
(GROANS)
(UNEASY MUSIC CONTINUES)
(UNSETTLING MUSIC)
(CHEERFULLY) Alrighty!
Here we go.
Little peppermint tea
for a special lady.
- (CHUCKLES)
- Thanks.
LEON: OK.
So I feel like I've given you
all the goss
on everyone in town,
so what else?
Well, what about you and Gareth?
Any secrets you wanna share?
Well, why would me and Gareth
have secrets?
Oh, no reason.
I just thought maybe
What if you tell me
a little bit about you.
- Me?
- Yeah.
(STAMMERS) About?
Like, what the fuck
are you doing here?
Oh. (CHUCKLES)
I'm here for the podcast.
Bullshit.
No, seriously, I heard about
the missing man, Hugo,
and thought
Not Bidgee.
Here.
My house? What are you doing
at my house?
I thought Andy came over here.
Nah.
Not Andy. No.
Wouldn't know where he is. So
(CHUCKLES)
(BIRD TRILLS)
(SPARSE MUSIC)
(SIGHS)
(PANTS)
Well, thanks for that info.
I'm I'm just gonna
Hey, did Gareth tell you
about his plans for Indonesia?
A little.
Um, are you going with him?
Did he say I was going
with him, did he?
He didn't mention it.
He didn't?
No.
Sorry. So he said I wasn't going
or he didn't mention it?
Which fucking one?
Uh he said he was going.
He said he was thinking
about going.
Without me?
He did mention something
about you and him.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Well, what about me and him?
Oh, just
I don't know. (LAUGHS NERVOUSLY)
You wanna know,
though, don't ya?
Nah, not really.
I just need to get going.
Got stuff to do.
Alright.
Come on, then.
Where are we going?
Out the back.
Out the back why?
Because that's where
the shed is.
What's in the shed?
All your answers.
You said you wanted
to know about me
and and and Gareth and Indo,
so, yeah, we gotta
go out the shed.
Can't you just tell me?
Well, yeah, I could.
- (PHONE PIPS)
- But, um
I wanna show you, Cassandra,
so let's go.
It's just through the back door.
What? It lives in the shed.
I'm taking it back. Come on.
(TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES)
AUDREY: Yoo-hoo!
Pies.
- Cassie.
- (EXHALES) Audrey.
Oh. If I knew
you were here, I
Nah, nah, it's alright.
I'm leaving.
- Yeah.
- Thanks for all your help.
No worries. Catch you later, eh?
What was she doing here?
Uh, she's bloody looking
for Gareth.
What?
- (BLEAK MUSIC)
- (ANDY BREATHES LABORIOUSLY)
(ENGINE DRONES)
Hey!
Hey, stop.
(MUSIC DARKENS)
(VEHICLE RUMBLES LOUDLY)
- Shit. Argh!
- (GRITTY ROCK MUSIC)
I woke up early this morning
Found out
I wasn't woke out all
So I drove to work
in my big black hearse
Parked my privilege
down the hall
It's a ribald intervention
And Samson killed the lion
They asked me for my pronoun
I sang,
"Me, myself, and I" ♪
(ANDY SPLUTTERS AND GROANS)
- Double dreaming ♪
- GARETH: Whoo!
- Double dreaming ♪
- (GARETH GRUNTS)
(ANDY SPLUTTERS AND GROANS)
(BOTH PANT)
Well, that that's mine.
(ANDY GRUNTS)
Did you kill my dad
for the money?
This ain't your dad's money.
(SPLUTTERS)
Hugo never had
any fucking money.
It was my money!
Yeah, well, this ain't it.
(FASTENS ZIPPER)
I don't care.
I need it. Please.
You're delusional, mate.
I'll pay you back.
I'll pay you back with interest.
- I'll buy you a boat.
- Double dreaming ♪
Bloody Yanks. Think you can just
buy everyone off, don't ya?
Shake down, shake down
the undergrowth
Break down,
break down the animals
Shake down, shake down
the undergrowth
Break down, break down
the animals
Shake down, shake down
the undergrowth
Break down,
break down the ♪
ANDY ON VOICEMAIL: Leave
a message and have a great day.
- (TONE BEEPS)
- Andy, where are you?
Listen, Maureen's cocktails
were spiked with
cattle tranquilliser
from Gareth's work.
He and Leon are selling them
on the black market,
I'm pretty sure.
What that has to do with
Hugo's death, I don't know yet.
But will you
just call me back?
You're starting to scare me.
(BLEAK MUSIC)
(BLEAK MUSIC CONTINUES)
GARETH: Yeah, I'm sorry,
it's a 10-metre tide.
I can't help that.
(GULLS CAW)
Mate, I
I cannot come back tomorrow.
Do you know how fucking long
it takes to get out here?
Yes, the tide will be back up
in an hour.
Just bring the runabout.
(BOTH GROAN)
I'm sorry.
GARETH: Oh. Oh. Fuck.
(ANDY GRUNTS) I'm sorry.
(GROANS) You are
pissing me off now.
- I need this more than you.
- I'm gonna fuck you up.
Come here.
Andy, where you goin'?
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
GARETH: Andy, come here.
Come here, Andy!
Alright.
(PANTS)
I get half.
Me and Leon did all the work
and you waltz in and take half?
It's not happening.
Stay back or I drop it.
Well, then, you won't get
any of it, will ya?
Neither will you.
Alright, Mr Bank Man. Put it
down. I'll split it with ya.
- Get back.
- Yeah, yeah. OK.
Yeah, yeah. Yeah.
OK. (UNFASTENS ZIPPER)
I counted roughly
(ANDY GROANS AND SIGHS)
How's your stitches?
What?
Leon was right.
I should have finished you off
when I had the chance.
(GARETH GRUNTS)
You left me out there to die!
You planted evidence
to get me arrested.
(ANDY GRUNTS)
God!
Don't drop me.
Andy, don't drop me.
- God.
- Andy, pull me up.
- Pull me up!
- I'm trying.
Argh, fuck! Argh!
(GARETH SCREAMS)
(SICKENING THUD)
(QUIRKY JAZZ MUSIC)
The sea, the sea, the sea
Is such a salty, magic place
If you find yourself
going under
You'll remember the taste
The waves, the waves,
the waves
How they're putting out
my flames
Whoa!
That's OK
I should be more tame
So, Poseidon, give me life
Let me breathe like
a Pisces with blue eyes
Or the Cancer
Who's crawling by
So I'm asking you this time
Please don't you
Let my love run dry
I'm so tired of you
Leaving me with a sigh ♪