White Lies (2024) s01e08 Episode Script

1
So this white guy.
Is it Macky Hofmeyer?
I don't know. This is in-house.
Check his payroll. Who works for him.
Maybe he knows someone else
that knows someone else.
What happened to you out there today?
I'm not scared anymore.
Might not be able to beat the system.
But this guy. I can beat him.
Olivia has woken up.
Mom? Mom, wake up.
Mom?
[screaming:] No! No!
She loved you
Was Daniel wasn't it?
The child you gave away.
I see it in the way you look at him.
Detective Bell is suspended
for gross insubordination.
Nervous about the
interview to be honest.
Never done it before.
You like my brother, don't you?
Is it obvious?
Yeah. Well it is to me
[screams]
Don't come between us.
You'll bleed more than
you can ever fucking imagine.
Morgan, it's infected.
[Daniel]: Jaime slashed
the guy with the rake.
Morgan Witbooi is the killer.
We should go inside.
Not yet.
- There's no escape.
- Oh Morgan. I'm pregnant.
I'm pregnant, please.
Please.
Why would you bring
a baby into this world?
Edie I got you.
Answer me. Wh, why
would you do that? Why?
Just jump.
I'm scared.
Maybe the world can't change.
But we can.
[whispers:] We could choose to change.
Choose?
Choose? Wh, what choice?
It just keeps going like a wheel,
it turns and it turns
but nothing changes.
We can choose to change. We can.
I'm gonna love this baby.
I'm gonna love this baby.
I'm gonna show it how to love.
I'm not gonna pass down to it
what was given to me.
- I won't.
- No, no, no, no, no. No.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't.
[whispers:] You could choose.
[whispers:] We can change.
Ma'am, we fight.
And we fight and we fight
but nothing changes.
You don't have to
fight alone anymore.
I'm gonna fight with you.
I'm gonna fight with you.
I'm scared too.
But we're gonna
help each other. Right?
You're gonna help me
[whispers:] and I'm gonna help you.
And together we're
gonna write the ending.
Maybe I'll come out in China.
- No!
- [gunshot]
[screams]
It's okay.
[Ms. Geraghty]:
Take the pressure off it.
It's alright. There you go.
Alright?
Are you alright?
- My face
- It's okay, it's just scratched.
Greta, are you, are you okay?
What happened?
[whispers in background:]
What's going on?
I must have slipped.
I ju
- Greta, are you okay?
- Don't touch me.
- [whispers:] Did you see what happened?
- I'm fine.
Greta, you'll be fine for the play.
We can't do it without you.
I'm, I'm fine. I'm fine.
Come. Come. Come.
Let's get some ice on it.
[mysterious music playing]
[police siren]
[Forty]: He was right there and
no one ever saw him, even me.
I was thinking, is it a white guy,
is it a Black guy?
Black, white. He was
right in front of me.
I hired him to protect her.
So he confessed to both killings?
Andrew and Olivia?
I'll bring her in tomorrow
to make a statement.
[background chatter]
[sombre music playing]
Jaime?
What happened to Greta?
[sombre music continues]
[sombre music continues]
Look at a jury like that
and see how far you get.
I've had enough of this
This long face.
A man doesn't carry on like that.
[Nonzi]: Werner.
He's unhappy.
Well,
is the world here to make us happy?
Ah.
Okay.
I see you are angry with me.
So
let's sort it out.
Come on.
Hit me.
Free hit. I won't hit you back.
Come on!
[shouts:] Get it out!
For once in your life.
Be a man!
Hit me now!
[shouting:] This is the moment,
you pathetic human being.
You fucking hit me.
[shouts:] Hit me!
We have found the killer.
[Avi]: I know it's a lot to take in.
It doesn't make sense.
My father always told me that
only weak people kill themselves.
Losers. He hated losers.
Why would he do that?
He was murdered.
People hate the things inside
them they're most ashamed
Oh, shut up, Edie.
You claim to tell the truth
but all you do is lie.
[shouts:] Lie, lie, lie, lie!
I think you should calm down.
I think you should
shut the fuck up, Avi.
I'm sick and tired of outsiders
making shit up about my family.
- Never speak about my parents again!
- Okay back off.
- Don't fucking touch me, Avi!
- [Jaime]: Daniel.
[quietly:] You are nothing to me.
You understand?
As far as I'm concerned,
we're not even related anymore.
I hate you, Edie.
I fucking hate you!
Enough!
Enough.
Tell him.
You were born in the early
hours of the 8th of April.
You were 40 weeks and one day.
You weighed 3.4 kilograms.
What are you talking about?
You were frowning.
And when they put you in my arms,
you started crying and
you didn't want to stop.
And I thought you hated me already.
I was 16.
And I gave you to my
brother and Olivia because
they thought
they couldn't have children.
[Daniel]: No.
And I loved you.
I thought I was going to die today.
I thought I was going to die and
you were never going to know.
- You have to understand that
- Don't fucking touch me.
[car engine starts]
[sombre music playing]
[Daniel]: Why hasn't she been here?
- Daniel.
- Where has she been?!
Daniel, Edie is broken.
She's lonely and bitter and
she messed up her own life
so now she wants some of ours.
Edie is nothing.
She doesn't matter.
What if she's my mother?
[inhales] Daniel.
You were always
the centre of the family.
You were always more
their child than I was.
And
I've only ever had you.
I've only ever had you.
[inhales]
It's going to be okay.
Just breathe.
In and out.
Everything's going to be fine.
Just stay calm.
Listen to my voice.
Everything is going to be fine.
I promise.
[radio in background]
I called Errol.
I said you must come over for a braai
so that we can talk about
you working for him.
It won't be so bad.
You'll be at home every night
and you'll be working
for people who love you.
Being a cop is all I know.
Well
Okay.
Truth time.
I don't want you to be a cop.
I don't think you've been keeping
that secret as well as you think.
I don't want to worry anymore.
I want you to watch
your daughters grow up.
We don't watch them.
They watch us.
[radio in background]
One last thing I have to do.
[dramatic music playing]
[phones ringing]
Forty.
You're still suspended.
Eddie Hanson will make a statement
that Morgan Whitboy
confessed to the murders.
- It's over.
- That's not your concern.
But there's still Macky Hofmeyer.
He's going to destroy the
community if we don't stop him.
[door shuts]
The only reason you
might still have a pension
is because I'm going to bet for you.
You're burning your fingers here, Forty.
Your whole arm is on fire.
I know you had pressure
to close this case quickly.
Keep scrutiny of Hofmeyer's company.
I know Hofmeyer
has you all in his pocket.
That's enough.
But Andrew Mckenzie was
going to turn state witness.
We can use that to arrest
Hofmeyer for corruption.
The community can make a
challenge and stop construction.
Go home, Forty.
So we can't get justice, fine.
But we can do this one good thing.
You know, make some noise.
Leak it to the press.
Even the General can't stop that.
Don't you understand
what you're dealing with?
Hmm?
You think this all
stops with the General?
Grow up, Forty.
Must I call the Premier to
come and speak to you?
The Premier?
If you keep getting in the way,
something will happen.
Maybe one night you're driving home.
The squad car pulls you over.
They want to breathalyze you,
but you refuse, you're aggressive.
You pull your weapon.
What can they do
but protect themselves?
Number one lesson in this country.
Don't stop rich people getting richer.
Let Hofmeyer win this one.
Maybe next time he's not so connected.
You with me?
Ma'am.
Here's Madame's smoothie.
Thank you.
If you
have a client
You're not allowed to divulge
anything they tell you.
Hmm-hmm.
So I'd like to hire you as my lawyer.
Do you accept me as your client?
[Avi snickers]
I'm under your instruction.
Okay.
Morgan didn't kill Olivia.
He said he killed Andrew.
Then he heard the family and he left.
And who killed Olivia?
Some men
don't like to admit when
they kill women and children.
Maybe he just didn't want to say it.
The family came home early,
she walked in on Morgan,
so he killed her.
- It has to be that.
- Right.
Right?
Why does he use a telescope
and not just shoot her?
Not everything has to make sense.
Especially when people are involved.
Yeah.
- Okay.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
We have to get you to the
station to make your statement.
Okay.
You should wear the blue one.
So
No drama, just straight talk.
I don't want you to do this interview.
I don't want you to go
and leave me behind.
But
you choose and I'll support you.
But I won't go with you.
And if you decide to go with Greta
- or whatever,
- Jaime.
I'll stay here.
On my own.
Daniel Mckenzie?
I'm ready if you are.
[Daniel sighs]
Hey.
- Don't be nervous.
- Thank you.
Is he in already?
You shouldn't be here.
It was stupid how I told him.
I was emotional.
- Please just leave.
- Jaime.
We're going to have to deal with this.
So, Daniel.
This uh, isn't an inquisition.
Just a conversation.
Yeah?
So, why is this scholarship
important to you?
I'm his mother, okay?
I am his mother.
What does that even mean?
You know,
ever since you came into our lives,
things have been getting worse.
That's not fair.
I don't care about fair.
I care about us.
You haven't cared
for him his whole life.
Your parents didn't
want me to know him.
Your father kept me away.
- You stayed away.
- I was 16.
I was your age.
Maybe you would have the
strength to do it differently.
I don't know, but I didn't.
I wasn't strong enough.
I wasn't strong enough.
- And when I did get strong
- You need to leave.
Daniel's on the edge
and he's very sensitive.
- I know he gets sensitive.
- You don't know anything.
You don't know what he can do.
I'm the only one who can control him.
What do you mean, control him?
He always used to tell me that
this was a way to
put myself in a position
where I could contribute to
my community and my country.
- And
- [voices in the background]
I think that's very important.
[mumbling outside office:]
He's not like other people.
- He's different.
- Different how?
You're an outsider.
You're just a visitor.
You um, appear to be distracted.
Sorry.
Perhaps we should address
the elephant in the room.
We're all aware of the
tragedy in your family.
Our commiserations.
Thank you.
But we should talk about this.
He's in there right now trying
to live my father's dream for him.
And you are not a part of that.
That is for me to handle.
He'd do anything for your father.
He would turn himself inside out.
What would he do if
someone betrayed Andrew?
Your mother, for instance?
Everybody makes mistakes.
I guess it's just
I guess it's just how we deal with
them that defines us as a person.
I want to help you. I really do.
You've got to let me in.
I can see. I can see how hard it is.
Let me help you.
Okay?
Both of you, what you've been through.
His soul has been
hollowed out by that world.
You don't know anything
about Daniel's soul.
I know enough.
You know nothing.
If you knew what he did,
you'd be disgusted.
You would turn your back
and walk away from him.
All over again.
What's he done that's so terrible?
- You don't want to know.
- I do want to know. Tell me.
[muffled voices]
I'm so sorry. There seems
to be some kind of um
Excuse me.
Can we have some quiet?
Tell me he's done.
What are you saying?
[door shuts]
I didn't say anything.
He's your own son.
You accused him.
I didn't say it.
She's not with us.
She's not welcome here.
- Come with me.
- Did he?
Jaime, did he?
Ma'am?
- [whispers:] Jaime.
- [shouts:] Leave, Edie!
Ma'am.
Ma'am.
[footsteps]
Detective Bell is here right now
[dramatic music playing]
- [indistinct chatter]
- Mr. Hofmeyer.
Detective Bell.
My commander suggested
I come and tell you
that the investigation is closed.
I know.
And that there won't be
any second investigation
arising from the inquiry.
Mmm-hmm.
If there was any misunderstanding,
I wish to apologise.
Everyone's just doing their job.
Andrew Mckenzie wrote a
confession before he died.
Lists all the bribes paid
by Hofmeyer Mckenzie.
The government officials
The money trail leading from you
all the way to the highest
officers in the province.
Have you seen this list?
No, but I know what's in it.
And I can get it for you if you want.
I don't believe you.
Edie Hanson has it.
She gets around.
You can get this list.
- I can.
- Copies?
I can make sure
that there aren't any.
You get that list.
You get rid of her
and a hundred K is yours.
Flat.
Five hundred.
Don't fucking haggle with me.
I'm retiring from the police.
I need to take care of my future.
Five hundred.
But detective
If you get the smart idea to
keep something back from me
so that you can make
more money from me later,
I'll bury your fucking
head in my concrete.
Just so we're clear.
[pensive music playing]
Good morning, everyone.
Brian.
We break ground in two days.
Now, I want to make sure
that absolutely every detail
- Macky Hofmayer.
- is in place.
I'm charging you under the
Prevention and Combating
of Corrupt Activities Act of 2004.
What the bloody hell is this, man?
Hey, Marelize, get my lawyer.
You are so out of your depth.
Hey?
- Zondo, arrest this man.
- Yes, sir.
Yeah, we'll see.
What the fuck are
you looking at, Brian?
Don't you get involved
too, boy. There's
He's got no evidence.
This will finish you too.
You get that list.
You get rid of her
- and a hundred K
- Ah, please man. That's childish.
It's inadmissible.
I'll be back in the office in two hours.
- What the hell is this?
- Mr. Hofmeyer.
One second, Mr. Hofmeyer.
Must have been some anonymous leak.
Mr. Hofmeyer, do you have any
comment on your arrest, Mr. Hofmeyer?
What do you have
to say, Mr. Hofmeyer?
Get that out of my face.
Do you have any
statements, Detective Bell?
Yes, indeed.
Let's hope your investors
and your business partners
don't get to hear about this.
Thank you.
- What does this mean for Macky Const
- Get out of my face.
[knock on door]
[Werner]: Robert?
[sighs] It's closed.
[door opens]
The other day you said
you wanted to talk, so
Okay.
What do you want to say?
Okay, so
What do you want me to say?
You win.
I'm here, I'm talking.
It's too late, Papa.
[Werner clears throat]
You, you say I don't talk but
you don't either.
And that's all right.
Not everyone talks.
We aren't talkers.
You can't say that
- that I haven't tried.
- [Robert sighs]
[Werner clears throat]
[knock on door]
[Werner coughs]
I need to ask you some
questions about Daniel.
Daniel is
not what he seems.
He He has a hidden side.
He can be so
So violent.
He attacked me.
Why?
Um
Because he wanted me to
stay away from his family.
It, it, it was Olivia.
But he thought it was Jaime.
Same, same difference.
So he was just trying to protect her?
[Robert scoffs]
You see, everybody thinks
that Daniel is the boss.
Jaime
She She's stronger than him.
She, she holds them together.
You know, that's
why they, they're so intense.
They cut everybody out
so that no one can ever see
what Daniel is really like.
[birds chirping]
It was easy.
I knew exactly what
they wanted to hear.
My father had this scholarship.
He was always my
biggest role model and
- So do you think you'll get it?
- No.
But you just said you nailed it.
I did.
I just can't do this.
I'm sorry for wasting your time.
I'm sorry. Thank you.
Because I wanted to stay
with you.
[phone ringing]
Hey, where are you?
You're supposed to give your statement.
[Edie]: I can't.
Why not?
He did it.
Daniel killed Olivia.
- What?
- It's all worse than I thought.
What do you mean?
You're just saying that 'cause
you think you need to look after me.
No.
I want you to stay
because you want to stay.
I do want to stay.
I promise you.
[sombre music playing]
I'm scared!
Just jump!
[sombre music continues]
Edie.
[shouts:] Edie!
[Edie cries in pain]
[shouts:] Edie!
I can't have this baby.
Jaime and Daniel, they're
not like brother and sister.
They're more like mother and son.
She's been trying
to hold him together
because underneath, he's a monster.
I made a monster.
No, no, you didn't.
It's my bad blood.
He was raised in that house.
They made him.
But I gave him to them.
He's no good because I'm no good.
- This baby's gonna be no good.
- It's okay.
Okay.
Let's say that there is
such a thing as bad blood.
There isn't but let's say it.
Let's say that you're bad.
Let's say that you're absolutely
rotten and selfish and a bad person
and you're the worst mother
and you're incapable of love.
Let's say it.
Fine. You've got
bad blood.
I
on the other hand
have very good blood.
Really just exceptional blood.
Some of the best blood, I think.
[Edie chuckles]
Your bad blood.
My good blood.
I think this kid has a chance.
What do you think?
[sombre music playing]
[cheering and clapping]
Guys, I am so excited. It's opening night.
Now I'm not gonna give you a
pep talk because you don't need it.
Daniel, Jaime, Bongani, all of you.
Break a leg tonight and
make this a night to remember!
[cheering]
Get some rest.
We'll see you all back
here at 6 pm sharp.
[Robert sighs]
It's, um
It's the opening night of the school play.
I'm not going to any play.
I don't, I don't know
how you stay with this guy.
Whatever, it's, it's your life.
But I'm sorry.
I'm sorry that I haven't
been a better friend to you.
And you don't know how to be a dad.
And I get it.
And I'll stop expecting things
from you that you can't give.
But our neighbours are in a show,
a show that I should
have been in. [scoffs]
And we're gonna go support
them as a, as a family.
You can give that.
[pensive music playing]
Detective?
Is she here?
So Macky Hofmeyer has been arrested.
He was charged for
taking a hit out on you.
- You sure you don't want the tape?
- No. Give it to Edgar.
I'm not a journalist anymore.
I'm not a cop anymore either.
Thanks.
What?
Can I talk to you
not as a journalist and a cop
but as two friends?
Two friends and a lawyer.
So, here's the scenario.
Let's just say that Morgan Witbooi
didn't confess to both
murders, hypothetically.
- Okay. Hypothetically.
- And hypothetically
When I was speaking to Robert Webber,
he was talking about
the day of the murder,
the rehearsal of the play at the school.
[Robert]: Olivia
arrived early, right in
the middle of practice.
Daniel, Jaime.
She was, she was so upset.
Come on.
What?
I've never seen her like that before.
- [Jaime]: You can't just
- We're going now.
Get your bags now!
- She was so pissed off.
- Go, go, come!
That's why they arrived home early.
Because she fetched them
from the rehearsal early,
because something was
happening within the family.
Like what?
Daniel found that poem.
He thinks his mother's
having an affair,
so maybe he says something,
maybe he threatened to tell his dad.
[shouting in background]
Daniel, leave it alone!
- Where are you going? I'm talking to you!
- Stop it, Daniel.
[Edie]: So now they're
angry and they're fighting,
and they arrive home
and they find Andrew dead.
Andrew!
Who knows what's going through his head.
Daniel! [crying]
Rage, it's shock.
His father's dead in front of him
and here's this woman
who betrayed him.
We don't have any proof.
But we can't pretend
like we don't know.
The boy needs help.
Maybe just just to
acknowledge it to himself.
Catch.
Is Daniel right-handed too?
Um, yeah. Yes. Yes, he is.
Okay, so Olivia Mckenzie
is struck in the frontal lobe.
Direction of impact from the left.
So the blow has to come from the left.
A right-hander and the blow
would have come from the right.
The killer's left-handed.
Morgan's left-handed.
He wore his gun on his left hip.
Well, then he killed both.
He only got face to one,
but he killed them both.
- Oh, my God.
- Well, hypothetically speaking, that is.
Oh, my God!
Thank you,
friend.
Right.
I have to go and speak to him.
I have to make this right.
- Five minutes?
- Yeah.
[pensive music playing]
You want me to come in with you?
No, you can go. I'll Uber back.
I think I'll wait.
I'll play Snake.
[upbeat music in background]
- Good evening. Here's your pizza.
- Hi.
- Thank you so much.
- Cool.
- Okay. Bye.
- Bye.
I'll open the gate for you now.
Daniel!
Jaime!
Daniel!
[music muffled]
Guys!
Hey, guys!
Da
[Jaime]: Daniel, hurry
up. We're gonna be late.
Come on, let's eat.
We've got to get to school.
It's our big night!
- You only got one pizza?
- I mean, yeah, we can share. [giggles]
- Hey.
- Hey.
[kiss]
Or we can just stay here.
Together, just me and you.
Just me and you.
[sombre music playing].
What did he say?
Hey?
They weren't there. No one was there.
[car engine starts]
- So nice to see you.
- You should have known!
- Oh, my goodness.
-
So, I hear you resigned from your job.
Yeah, I sent in my
resignation this afternoon.
With handcuffs on it.
[Ms. G]: Please,
everybody, take your seats.
You wanna go in?
Yeah?
Remember what I told you.
Get out of Bishopscourt,
get as far as you can,
and don't ever let it pull you back.
Are you okay?
You're better than
all of them, Robert.
You're better than the whole
damn bunch of them put together.
Whatever it is,
whenever you're ready,
you can talk to me.
[whispers:] I'm just not used to talking.
I don't know how sometimes.
[whispers:] It doesn't have to be perfect.
[footsteps]
When I was younger
and more vulnerable,
my father gave me some advice.
Whenever you feel
like criticising anyone,
remember that everyone in the world
hasn't had the advantage that you have.
[dark music playing]
[rousing music playing]
[Jaime giggles]
I'm Daniel's best friend.
Everybody thinks
that Daniel is the boss.
I'm the only one who can control him.
Jaime?
She, she's stronger than him.
Gatsby, where have you been?
I've been right in front
of you this whole time.
You just had to look.
[rousing music playing]
[Forty]: Is Daniel right-handed too?
[applause]
[background chatter]
Did you see her mom in the front row?
[giggling]
- She's sitting right there.
- I know.
[background chatter]
Can I have the room, please?
[background chatter]
[shouts:] Everyone
out right now. Get out!
What are you doing here?
I was wrong.
I thought you did it.
I thought Jaime was protecting
you because she's the strong one.
- I don't know what you're saying.
- I saw you today.
I saw you in the sunroom.
Both of you. On the couch.
Olivia called me that night
because she found out
about the two of you.
She called the birth mother.
When the world falls apart, a
mother turns to another mother.
But she couldn't reach me.
So she dragged you
out of the rehearsal.
And what did she say?
[shouts:] We love each other!
We trust each other!
[shouts:] You are sick in your head!
[Edie]: Was she going to separate you?
- She wanted to send me away.
- Jaime, be quiet.
- She said we were sick.
- Shut up.
She doesn't have any proof.
She can't prove anything!
Andrew!
Daniel! Jaime!
[sniffling] Call the police!
It was you.
It was you all along.
[Olivia gasps]
[body thuds]
There it is.
Your real face.
I see it now.
You want everyone to see.
You're tired.
Tired of hiding.
You picked up the gun and you hid it.
And then you planted
it in Robert's locker.
[breathing heavily]
What did you use in the hospital?
I didn't kill my mum.
I wanted her to wake up.
Even if she told,
I still wanted her to wake up.
You don't think so.
You think she killed her.
I didn't say that.
You're not sure?
- James, I
- Don't listen to her.
She's trying to drive us apart.
And it's not going to work.
Daniel knows me.
But you're my son, Daniel. I've got
to start being a mother some time.
It's too late.
What's going on in here?
Please, we're busy.
I must ask you to leave immediately.
[shouts] Get the fuck out!
Don't say anything, okay?
Call the security.
It's not wrong, Edie.
It's not wrong.
What we have
We're the only good
thing we have in this world.
Daniel, I'm sorry.
You know I have to tell someone.
- No, you don't.
- They
Listen to me.
They won't lock her up. She's a minor.
I'm going to help you
explain it wasn't your fault.
Growing up in that place,
in that fucking house,
in that family with all those
secrets, weird, fucked up
They'll separate us, Edie.
Please.
Please, Edie.
Don't turn on us.
We can be a family.
I can still be your son.
If you tell
It's over.
It's, uh
It's starting.
[a catch in the throat:]
There's still a chance for you.
For both of you.
[sombre music playing]
[Edie sighs]
Okay, we're going to eat soon.
Okay. I should better go help Mum.
Yes, please. Come help me.
[sombre music continues]
[phone ringing]
Constable Zona speaking.
Mmm-hmm.
Y- Yes, sir.
Careless people.
They smash things and creatures
and they retreated
back to their money.
Vast carelessness.
Whatever that is that
kept them together.
And they let other people clean
up the mess that they had made.
[applause]
[cheering]
Yes.
Yes, baby. Well done.
[applause]
- Did she
- No.
What the fuck are you doing?
Daniel!
Daniel?
Daniel!
What?
The colour of my mind ♪
The colour of all that's left behind ♪
The colour of my lies ♪
Not white, not blue ♪
The darkness holds the truth ♪
The tangled webs we weave ♪
The quiet where our hearts deceive ♪
The labyrinth of alibis ♪
We find our refuge in white lies ♪
Now the past remains ♪
To remind us how the future
fell apart by the seams ♪
Black and blue,
the colours of our youth ♪
The colour of my mind ♪