Reyka (2021) s01e08 Episode Script

[Reporter] After 22 years,
in Westfield Prison,
Angus Speelman's going home.
Stop, stop, stop.
[Woman] Mr. H, what's going on?
[Man] We need a honey trap.
No. No, no. Who's the bait?
Me.
[Man] Bravo One,
this is command.
I have eyes on you.
[car engine starts]
A man comes here to meet Umani.
Well dressed, smart, charmer.
I know him.
Let me show you.
I though you were taking
me across the field.
Oh, this is the drug cartel-
We've got the wrong guy.
We've got the wrong guy!
[soft music]
Beautiful.
Love that blue dress,
it's so pretty.
[people clapping]
Come on darling.
Come on, hey?
Let me see.
That's perfect.
[Peter] Angus.
Oh Peter, it's been a year
the last time I saw you.
Reyka, my love.
Reyka?
Come.
Do you hear me?
Come back.
[quivering breathing]
[door creaking]
[keys jangling]
[gun clicking]
[Angus shouting]
Reyka.
Reyka my love.
There's no way out.
I wasn't the only one.
[man groaning]
[dramatic music]
Reyka.
[gun firing]
[dripping water]
[woman coughing]
[man hushing]
[phone ringing]
Sewsunker, we have
a new suspect.
Zulu male, former employee
six foot two or three,
mid thirties, lean.
Goes by the name Zakes last
name and Gombe Ol Guala.
Informant is on file.
Check for home address.
Got it. Alfred Zakhele Gwala.
House number nine, Pinky Street.
Where's Samuel?
In the box.
Get him in the field.
An eye witness pointed
you out, Mr. Pillay.
The report that we have is
that you attacked a woman
in the cane fields.
Do you like that?
What the fuck did you say?
I said do you like that?
[woman choking]
Mbali wanted to have the baby
and I, I love my family.
So you killed her?
No.
Why were you at the fields?
To collect soil samples.
To collect soil samples.
Okay, I believe you.
I think something else
happened in the field that day
while you were taking the soil.
You stumbled upon a dead body.
One of the cane killer's
victims and you thought,
I could get away with my
problems with Mbali Msomi
by hanging it on
a serial killer.
[dramatic music]
[man whistles]
Saraj Pillay,
DNA evidence proves that you are
the father of Mbali
Msomi's unborn baby.
You are under arrest for
the murder of Mbali Msomi.
[dogs barking]
[deep breathing]
Good.
[door crashing]
Come to the rank.
We need an address for
Zakes' friend, Gogo.
The driver, Andale
Hunweiner might know.
[door crashing]
He sold her those
handbags for Zakes.
Where does Zakes
friend Gogo stay?
[door opens]
[Man] Who raised you?
My mom.
Tell me about her.
Did she love you?
Of course.
Did she feed you?
Yes.
Sing you to bed.
Do you even look like her?
Because you are a half Brit,
a mongrel.
Like you.
Half man, half boy.
What do you know about me?
I know a lot about you.
I know how you do it.
I know you can't stop.
And I know why you talk so much.
Why?
Why?
You do it to protect yourself.
That's what you fear.
I'm not scared of anything.
You're scared of your mother.
[dramatic music]
I know me.
I'm a man not a boy.
I'm from the blood of great
kings who came before me.
You don't know me.
[Man] Which room?
Which fucking room?
Dertoli knows where,
he said it's the house
at the top of Pinky Street.
[man heavy breathing]
But do you know
your father's eggs?
My father died when I was seven.
Left a hole inside
me until I was 12.
I went to stay with a man.
And he looked after
me, he loved me.
For the first time in my
life I didn't miss my father.
This man, he made
me feel beautiful.
He taught me how to love.
He touched me in
a way that made me
feel like we'd be
together forever.
But I was so young.
I didn't know that the
man had a bad heart
and the way that he touched me,
it wasn't right.
And I never said a word.
I once read a story
about a boy like that.
That's not me.
No, no you're educated,
a charmer.
I know why women trust you.
They see what I see.
Hard worker, clean, a reliable,
persuasive amount of status,
protected by the police.
No, this boy, he didn't
have a dad and his mother,
she got a man who brought money
into the house, but the man,
the man was more interested
in the boy than the mother.
And he forced the boy
to lie down with him.
The boy tried to stop it
but the man, he
threatened to leave
and take all of
his money with him
and the boy didn't
know what to do.
And then one day he
got enough courage
to tell his mother the truth.
He told her that her
boyfriend was a bad man.
But she blamed the boy and
she beat him and beat him,
but not with a belt
or with a club.
She beat him with her handbag.
Fuck you, that's not me.
The boy knew that he'd been bad
and he wanted a
proper punishment
but what she did to him,
beating him with her handbag.
That was the ultimate disgrace.
The boy knew then that he
wasn't man enough to get a belt
or a club.
He wasn't a man at all.
I could end this right
now and no one would know.
If you kill me, you won't
find the other boys.
[slow dreamy music]
What could I see? ♪
There is a great
devouring cloud above us ♪
But I'm asleep ♪
Cicadas ringing in
the air about us ♪
Good day.
I am Brigadier Hector Zwane
with the [speaks foreign
language] police department.
We are here to announce
the arrest of a man
who we believe committed
at least eight murders
in the cane fields of [speaks
foreign language] as well.
Because of good policing,
my people up here with me,
our streets are safer today.
The suspect is Alfred
Zaquel Igual from Shapaz.
Eight deaths, all women.
Fighting gender based
violence in South Africa
needs to be our top priority.
How can we look
back when our women
are brutalised and killed?
This is not just
the responsibility
of law enforcement.
This is the responsibility
of all of us
and how we choose
to live together.
Let me take a minute to
recognise the victims.
Let's bow down our heads.
Those we were able to
identify is Iybana Tistorde,
Priti Shabalal, Tandon
Tulli, Christina Taberta,
Sharon Mahamba,
Petricia Nzibande-
In a tied in metta case
that also took place
in our cane fields, the
[speaks foreign language]
police department
would like to recognise
another tragic
victim of violence.
Mbali Msomi, the niece
of the Msomi Chief.
Nine deaths.
Nine deaths.
[water running]
If there was something good ♪
If there was anything ♪
How's Thuli?
Excited about a trip
to Marine World.
You think it's a good idea?
Well, Nina is
there to chaperone.
So I heard back
from the publishers.
They want it on the
shelves before Christmas.
That's amazing.
But I'm not gonna do it.
Why?
It's not my story.
After tomorrow I thought
I'd travel a bit.
I've always wanted
to see Madagascar.
Your father would
be proud of me.
When last time you showered mum?
Father, we come before you,
because of the
promise you made to us
in the book of revelations
that you will wipe
every tear from our eyes
and death will be no more.
Together we're here, father,
to tell the spirit
of the diseased
that you'd purify them
and send them home.
In the name of our
lord Jesus Christ.
Amen.
And amen.
[sorrowful African music]
Thank you.
So, Tanner reckons
this is some kind of
set after Kent record.
Closing a serial killer
case in five points.
Is that a compliment?
No.
It sure sounded like one.
I don't do compliments.
Like I don't do commitment.
You're committed to this case.
Anyways.
I just wanted to say, well done.
Yeah.
Teamwork.
Yeah.
You okay?
Yeah I'm okay.
Listen-
It's okay, you don't,
you don't have to.
Hector believes in you.
He always has.
Maybe when all of this is over.
Reyka.
Yeah?
No, it's okay, just forget it.
You, don't have, forget it.
We've ID'd one of the bodies.
Onge Comede.
I've informed her grandma.
Okay.
[Woman] Shall we go?
[people clapping]
Ah, there she is.
Ms. Gamma.
This is Martha.
Hi.
How was Marine World?
They're not home yet.
-Oh.
-[Martha] Problem?
No, no, no.
They promised they'd
be back by now.
Have you tried Nina?
This is the last
interview to apply for
the sole custody of your
daughter Thuli Seelen.
Great.
[Woman] Nina's on voicemail.
Thuli?.
[Woman] I tried her.
-Principle.
-Yeah.
Let me get hold of the school.
[Martha] There's bound to
be a simple explanation.
Teenagers, hey?
[Martha] We can do
this later if you-
Nope. This is great.
I can't wait to answer
all of your questions.
The principal says Thuli
didn't arrive at Marine World.
What?
She was the only one absent.
Hector, I can't find Thuli,
something's happened.
Speelman, it must be Speelman.
It's Brigadier Hector Zwane.
I need the address
Angus Speelman provided
for his parole.
[Voicemail] Portia, phone
me urgently, please.
Where is the old farm house?
I need the address.
I don't remember.
Portia please.
He's got my baby.
Samuel, get to Westville prison.
See if you can find
anything in Speelman's cell.
He may have taken
Reyka's daughter.
[dramatic music]
[papers rustling]
Sewsunker, get the house.
Guys.
To my dearest Angus,
your plan seems to be working.
I have ended the
trust of the family.
Can't wait to be with you.
All my love, N.
Reyka.
Mum, where's Nina live?
[Mum] What's going on?
Nina's got Thuli.
Well, that's great.
No, mum.
Thuli's not safe.
[Mum] Where are they?
I need that address.
[Mum] Wait, wait, it's here,
on her invoice.
This was your mum's home.
Home?
She lived here when
she was your age.
[dramatic music]
[door rattling]
Who is that?
Hello there.
Your mum told you about Angus.
Angus Speelman?
Angus this is Thuli.
So happy to meet you Thuli.
Know your mother very well.
You are the spitting
image of her.
What has she told you?
Angus looked after your mum.
She was like a daughter to me.
I know, let's call her.
Give me your phone.
Give uncle Angus your phone.
Give me the phone Thuli.
Thank you.
Would you like to see
your mother's bedroom?
I've got a lot of work to do
to make this place a home again.
Nina.
I want to go home.
In a minute.
No, I want to go now.
I thought we'd
spend a little time
getting to know each other.
She's going after him.
[door creaks]
[woman screams]
[glass smashing]
She's on the
outskirts of Eshowe.
Moving south fast.
Eshowe, it's a drive.
Call the minister.
Leave this to me Elsa.
Tell ma, we'll approve
a chopper rescue.
How do you know?
He and Reyka, Thuli.
What?
Just do it Hector.
I'm not leaving my daughter
out there on her own.
[chopper propellers whirring]
[engine stopping]
Get ready on comms.
[phone ringing]
What?
Reyka, we are close.
Don't move, stay where you are.
Hector.
[Hector] Stay put.
He left letters at the prison.
He wants you wants
to follow him.
You don't know
what he's planning.
Just wait.
You know I can't do that.
[Hector] Reyka.
Keep us on comms.
Don't ever-
[dramatic music]
[chains rattling]
[muffled voices talking]
[Girl] I wanna call mum.
[Man] She doesn't want you.
Everything out there
is a threat to us.
[Reyka] I'm armed.
Raise your hands.
Reyka.
Above your head.
Come here sweetie.
I'm here.
Don't be scared.
It's okay.
What are you doing?
You need to leave here.
Get out.
Thuli look at me.
Do it now.
We can be a family again.
There are things
I could tell you.
Things you've forgotten.
Things I know you wanna hear.
Send them away,
this is between us.
I remember everything Angus.
My love, I made you.
I'm not going anywhere
without you Reyka.
Do it.
Do it now.
[Lucy] Angus.
No, Lucy.
Put the gun down.
Don't be silly just,
this is between us.
Lucy, this needs to stop.
Leave us now.
But Angus.
Lucy, get out.
Get out there.
Get out.
Right now, I'll be
with you forever.
Please just pull the
trigger, my love.
Angus.
Angus!
[gun fires]
[slow African music]