Folklore (2018) s02e05 Episode Script

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Oh, don't worry. Mum seems happy too.
She'll get to make new friends
at the nursing home.
What?
I'll call you again soon.
OK bye.
I'd rather stay at home, Lena.
Mum, we've discussed this a million times.
I can sit back, have tea
and keep an eye on the workers
who are renovating the house.
Thomas said the renovation
will only be for a few weeks.
This arrangement is temporary, so relax.
I know this is just the beginning.
First, he gets rid of me.
Then, he marries my one and only daughter
takes all the inheritance
and cast me aside, just like that.
That's enough. Mum!
Grandma Salma.
What are you doing out here?
Why don't we wait inside?
That way, you can sit down and rest.
They will be here.
Let's go inside.
Come on.
That was Grandma Salma.
Her family never visits.
Her children are always busy.
But they send her
her favourite flowers every day.
How are you today, Grandma Ningsih?
Grandma Ningsih
this is your new roommate, Marni.
Marni, this is Ningsih.
I'm Marni.
I'll leave you to settle in.
Oh, yes dinner will be served at six.
Ningsih?
Where are you going?
I need fresh air.
Do you need company?
Happy birthday
Happy birthday
Happy birthday, Util
Let's blow out the candle for Util.
Ningsih?
Thank you, Marni.
Where did you go last night?
I went out for some fresh air.
I know, but all that soil on your feet
Where did you go?
It summoned me.
Ningsih.
I know how it feels to be all alone.
It can be very hard.
We all need a listening ear sometimes.
So, if you need someone to talk to
you can always come to me.
Ningsih?
This cat is loved by everyone.
Will it be enough to satisfy you?
It's alive, if nothing else.
Good morning, Marni.
M-M-Morning
May I borrow your hairbrush?
Y-Yeah sure.
I lost mine.
It's in there.
That's my daughter, Lena.
She's pretty.
Thank you.
Ningsih.
Do you have children?
Yes, I do.
One.
A very handsome
and loving son.
He got married, had kids.
My life was perfect with my dearest son, David
and my two sweet grandchildren, Atta and Ayla.
Everything changed
after that woman appeared
and got married to my David.
My presence was a threat to her.
Grandma, please don't go.
Please don't leave us.
Don't be sad, my angels.
You'll be visiting me every weekend.
All right?
All right?
Right, David?
She wanted to get rid of me.
Take me away from my angels
so she could take my place in their hearts.
Please, Grandma. Stay.
Please, Grandma. Don't leave us.
Nothing hurts more
than having to leave my angels.
I've tried called them
but she's always there, blocking my calls.
Maybe
Maybe she's afraid of me.
So, how is it being roommates with Ningsih?
What?
Don't you find it scary to be around her?
I've heard her talking to the nurses.
She sees and hears things that aren't there.
Marni, look who's here.
Hi, Mum.
How have you been?
How's the stay so far? Do you like it here?
Thomas is here too, Mum.
Thomas thought you might have
a lot of spare time here
so he brought you all of your favourite books.
Hi, ma'am.
What is this? How long do you think
I'm going to be here?
It's not like that, Mum.
Why don't you just bring all my stuff here
and stick me in here for good
so I'll never get to set foot
in my own house again?
Mum, please
How could you do this to me, Lena?
Mum
Look at you. All those tattoos.
I wonder what the people here think of you.
Ask them, why don't you?
-Mum, Thomas said -Thomas?
Thomas Thomas!
He's the only one you listen to now!
Why can't you listen to me instead?
Why? All you say is Thomas Thomas!
Our Father in Heaven
we are thankful for the food we have.
May this food be blessed
and all of us be healthy and well.
Ningsih?
Ningsih?
Grandma Ningsih?
Mrs Nita, the reports are all done.
I've already arranged for
a substitute nurse to be here
on New Year's night.
There will only be two residents here that night.
If there's nothing else, I'll excuse myself.
Grandma Ningsih?
Is there anything I can help you with?
No!
What's going on?
I told you.
Do you believe me now?
Yes.
Palasiks prey on pregnant women
and feed on their unborn child
causing them to have a miscarriage.
That's not all.
Palasiks also feed on children
by sucking energy from their head.
These children become weak and feverish.
They waste away and die.
A palasik will also attack anybody
who gets in her way.
Are you saying Ningsih is responsible
for Mrs Nita's miscarriage
There's one more thing you must know.
It is said that if a palasik
does not return to her body before sunrise
she won't be able to do so by herself.
Somebody must place her head back onto her body.
Anyone who catches a palasik's head
before she returns to her body
will be granted a wish by the palasik.
Any kind of wish?
There is this viral video
of a whole village
chasing after a palasik's head.
You want to see it?
I have an idea.
Why don't we film Ningsih
performing her ritual
and show it to the police?
I'll follow her into the forest tonight.
-Will you come with me? -Oh
but I sleep like a log at night.
How about you?
Sure of course.
Come to our room
to wake us up, will you?
Isn't that a good idea, Poppy?
Yes come over and wake us up tonight.
You have to believe me, Lena!
Mum, please.
I've told you, the renovation isn't done yet.
But she's evil!
There's something wrong with her, Lena.
Listen, she took Mrs Nita's baby.
Since when do you believe such things?
I saw it myself! I did!
Mrs Nita was passed out on the floor
covered in blood.
No, Mum. She had a miscarriage
because she worked too hard.
That's all.
Why won't you listen to me?
Mum, I'm busy right now.
I don't have time for this mumbo jumbo.
I have to pack up your room.
What?
Huh?
Are you clearing out my room?
I'm sorry, I forgot to tell you about this.
We're changing your room.
So, your room is going be Thomas' room
and you will be
Lena, how could you do this to me?
First, you send me to a nursing home
and now you're giving my room
to your boyfriend!
Where am I going to sleep when I get back?
Where are you going to put me?
In the garage?
Mum, will you let me finish?
Are you and Thomas planning on
leaving me here forever?
I'm not done talking.
Can you calm down and just listen?
No! You listen to me!
I want everything back in its place!
Mum?
N-Ningsih
If I had listened to my grandchildren
I wouldn't have ended up here.
My daughter never listens to me.
She only listens to her boyfriend.
Do you ever listen to her?
She's no longer a little girl.
I raised her. I know what's best for her.
But
But?
Do you really think you're in the position
to tell me what to do?
Do you realise how people look at you?
You have to learn to listen, Marni.
You have no right to tell me
how I should handle my daughter.
We're in the same shoes, Marni.
I know how you feel.
We still have a chance
to make up for our mistakes.
Good night, Marni.
Poppy. Linda.
Hey! It's time.
Poppy. Linda.
This is pure evil.
I've only seen this kind of thing
in horror movies.
Marni, we should back off.
Well, the both of you
had already backed off last night.
I'm sorry, dear, we fell asleep.
We sleep like the dead.
What if she takes another victim?
Another pregnant woman or child in this area.
What do we do then?
Maybe we should find her head
and keep it until morning?
"We"?
Yes, we.
We?
No, Marni.
We're not doing that.
We're old and wearing adult diapers as it is.
I don't want to be meeting my late husband
and ex-husbands early.
Grandma Poppy, Grandma Linda.
The bus is here.
Marni, why don't you come with us?
Even Salma has been picked up by her family.
Finally!
Lena will pick me up tonight.
We've always spent Christmas eve together.
Has she called you yet?
OK then.
-Take care of yourself. -See you.
What's wrong?
No one will believe this video's real.
I got a better video from the security guard.
Do you want to see?
Hey
Wait, Grandma Marni.
Let me introduce you to Satrio.
He's standing in for Nurse Wati.
He'll be covering the year-end shift.
Yes, ma'am. I'm Satrio.
This is my wife, Ratna
and my five-year-old son, Jaka.
Come here.
Are you pregnant?
Pardon me?
We'll go to our room and settle in first.
If you need any help, just call me.
Excuse us.
Where are you, Lena?
It's already so late.
When are you picking me up?
Mum
I don't think we can pick you up tonight.
Thomas is unwell.
And he said
Not Thomas again!
Ningsih.
Did you
break the cross and leave it there?
Is everything OK with you, Ningsih?
Of course.
Are you practising black magic?
I've told you.
I have something I need to do.
What is it?
I've found a way to make up for my folly.
Atta, Alya.
Open the window.
Grandma?
Everything I did
was just so I could see them
and read them a bedtime story.
Once there was a fish
It's Christmas eve today.
Usually, I'd be giving
my grandchildren gifts on this day.
My husband and I got divorced
when my daughter, Lena, was seven.
My daughter and I were close.
We didn't need a man in our life.
I could provide her with all the love she needed.
We belonged to each other.
Until Thomas showed up.
He's trying to steal her away from me.
Ningsih.
I'm like you. I would go to any lengths
to get my angel back
but please don't hurt anyone else.
No!
You have no right to tell me what to do.
Nobody can stop me
from seeing my grandchildren.
Marni.
Unleash the darkness in you.
You'll feel better when you do.
Nobody needs to know about this.
Nobody
Ningsih no! Don't you dare!
If you do that again
I will show this to the police!
Ma'am?
Come on come with me.
You have to be careful tonight.
There's a palasik on the loose
in this nursing home.
-What? A palasik? -Yes.
Get your son back into your room
and lock the door!
Let go of my son!
You need to lock him up!
Let him go!
Take him to your room!
Let go of him, you crazy old lady!
Listen to me.
You can't let him play out here!
It's not safe!
Listen to me.
It's for your son's safety.
Jaka?
Where are you?
Did you go to the toilet?
Jaka!
Jaka!
Jaka!
Jaka!
Jaka!
Let's get him to the infirmary.
No, you must take him to a hospital!
Take him to a hospital!
Grandma, don't you want to hug us?
I really want to, but I can't right now.
Grandma just came to wish you
Merry Christmas.
But I really want to hug you.
Soon my angel.
Grandma needs a little more time.
I promise.
This ends here, Ningsih.
You're coming with me.
No more victims! No more!
Stop it!
Marni!
Let me go, Marni.
My daughter cancelled on me.
She's spending Christmas with her boyfriend.
So now, it's just you and me here.
I have an offer for you.
What offer?
We really don't need to be
picking my mum up at this hour.
Don't be like that.
It's gonna be OK, honey.
We'll pick her up
have a fancy breakfast together and
What was that?
What was that?
What's that sound?
Stay here. I'm going out to take a look.
Be careful, Thomas.
Thomas! Behind you!
Thomas!
Hey.
Hey.
Mum, where is Thomas?
Thomas is in the ICU.
He's in critical condition.
The doctor said
he was attacked by a wild animal.
No, no
None of this would've happened
if we didn't go to pick you up.
It's OK, Lena, calm down.
Everything will be OK, sweetheart.
It's not OK! I want to see Thomas.
We'll be going home soon.
We'll be together again.
I'll never leave you.
Enough, Mum.
I'm not your little girl anymore.
So cut this out.
I don't get it, Mum.
Why do you hate Thomas so much?
What has he done that's so wrong?
You're not well yet. You need to rest.
This is not about Thomas at all.
It's all about yourself.
Just so you know
Thomas suggested renovating our house
and moving your room
from the second floor to the first
so it's easier for you to go to the bathroom
and do things downstairs.
Thomas is paying for the renovation.
And the nursing home
Thomas is paying to make your stay comfortable
while we renovate the house.
I just don't want to lose you.
You weren't going to lose me, Mum.
But if you continue acting like this, you will!
I just don't want you to get hurt.
I'm not hurt, Mum.
You are!
You still feel guilty
for everything that happened
since Dad left us.
You blame it on me, on us.
So you dare not trust any man
that comes into my life.
That's what you do
even when it costs me my happiness!
You don't need Thomas.
You have me!
I'm here, like always.
I'm always by your side
No, I want you to leave, Mum.
I'm here for you, sweetheart
Enough. Leave me alone!
Lena.
Lena.
Please, sweetheart.
I'm your mother.
Do you want your hairbrush back?
Why are you glaring at me like that?
Everything has its consequences, Marni.
Soon my angel.
Grandma needs a little more time.
I promise.
OK, come closer.
Come, I'll give you a quick hug.
Please don't be afraid.
It's me, it's Grandma.
It breaks your heart, doesn't it?
To see your loved ones cry.
Well
I'll just have to think of another way
to see my angels. To be with them.
To hug them.
People make mistakes
but they'll always have a chance
to redeem themselves.
Incoming call: Nursing Home
I messed up.
I couldn't resist the urge
to hold and kiss them.
Now my grandchildren see me as a monster.
Is there some way
for me to keep seeing them?
Any way at all?
Stop!
There will be no more victims!
I have a chance to end this.
I warned you, Ningsih.
I told you to stop hurting people.
Marni, how can you say this
after you asked me to get rid of Thomas?
You think you're doing the right thing here?
You think you're better than me?
Stop it!
Stop it, Ningsih!
We're the same, Marni.
I'm your mirror.
You don't even know
what you really want anymore.
Help me.
Help me.
Your hatred
fear
and pain.
That's exactly what I need.
The darkness in you
runs deeper than it does in me.
Ningsih
Good, Marni. Revel in the darkness.
Come on, twist the blade in.
Now you're cursed, just like me.
I am not like you!
Hello, my angels.