Blood & Water (2020) s04e04 Episode Script
Just Act Normal
1
[heavy breathing]
["Hologram" by Tyler Page plays]
I wish you were a hologram ♪
So you couldn't hurt me ♪
I know I am addicted to the pain
Yet I'm always looking for a savior ♪
I miss you
Regardless of the terrible things ♪
How terrible can I be ♪
What the fuck am I doing?
[sighs]
Just being reckless ♪
Running after specters ♪
Only living for the moment ♪
Walking into flames ♪
[Thandeka] The exams
are starting this week.
Exams are only for matrics, Ma.
Oh.
[cell phone chimes]
[Thandeka] No phones at the table.
[anxious droning music plays]
[softly] Look at your phone.
[mouthing] Phone.
[moaning on video]
[music intensifies]
Ma.
[musical swell plays]
[theme song plays]
[school bell rings]
- [students chatter and laugh]
- [cell phones chime]
[bold music plays]
- [laughs] Dude, that's crazy.
- Hey. What's up?
Dude, I think the celeb status
has gone to Puleng's head.
She's doing sex tapes now.
- [laughs]
- Shit.
[line rings]
[dial tone pulses]
You should go check on Puleng.
Yeah.
There's money coming in from the sales,
but not enough yet.
I mean, selling to other schools helps.
At R500 a pop, we just need 600 kids.
Yeah. Yeah, but he wants it today.
- That's the problem.
- Well, fuck it. Stall him.
- You know he doesn't fuck with that, bro.
- Just message him please.
[keyboard app clicking]
[beeps]
[phone vibrates and chimes]
- Awesome. We have until tomorrow.
- [Wendy] You have until tomorrow for what?
We, uh We
We're talking about, uh, KB's song
not getting enough traction.
We need a new marketing strategy
by tomorrow.
Okay.
[phone vibrates and chimes]
[sighs]
[phone chimes]
What?
No, this this can't be Puleng.
The school should have systems in place to
protect our children from cyberbullying.
It's not really a Parkhurst matter.
It happened online.
[Thandeka] It was posted
on the school's magazine website!
You're the principal. Didn't you say
you'd turn things around at the school?
If you can't do anything about it,
I'm getting the police involved.
No. I'll investigate.
["Look Away" by Lana McDonagh plays]
[teacher] Hey, off your phone.
You need to be more serious in class.
The final exams are upon us.
[whispers] Hey. Dude.
Act normal.
This is normal.
Look away, look away, look away ♪
[teacher] Hey! I said off your phone.
Look away ♪
[keyboard app clacking]
[Grootboom on speaker] Tahira Kahn,
to my office, please.
- I heard someone's selling exam papers.
- We should definitely get our hands on it.
- Hi.
- Hi. Do you want to come with me?
[young woman]it's literally the worst.
Ugh. Loser alert.
[melancholic music plays]
[Asanda] You shouldn't have come.
I'm sorry. I'll see you later.
[Grootboom] Good day, Mrs. Khumalo.
We will be in touch.
- Hey.
- Hey.
You wanted to see me, sir?
You'll be speaking to the matrics
at assembly.
- But we don't have one today.
- We do now.
["I Can Change" by Looceedee plays]
Uh, I'm not quite sure what
Part of your responsibility is to be
a role model for your fellow students.
You will speak to the student body
about integrity. Keep it short.
It'll be good
if it's coming from one of the learners.
I can change ♪
I don't have much faith in Mr. Grootboom.
Ma, please, just Just stop, okay?
You're making it worse.
In a few years,
everyone will forget about this.
Okay.
See you later.
[Grootboom] It has been brought
to my attention that there is a video
making the rounds at the school.
We will be conducting an investigation.
- [students chatter]
- Quiet.
Parkhurst has a reputation to uphold,
and we will be taking this matter
- [yells] Quiet!
- [students go silent]
As a result, mobile phones
will no longer be permitted in class.
- [students exclaim]
- I will now hand you over to Miss Kahn.
[Tahira] "Integrity."
A simple word that means so much.
What is success without integrity?
Nothing.
We live in a world
where the end justifies the means.
- [phone buzzes]
- We search for instant gratification.
But at what cost?
So to the matrics,
good luck with the exams starting today.
I hope that we may lead with integrity,
and find the courage of our conviction
to always do what is right.
[sighs]
I can change ♪
I can change my spots ♪
[breathing heavily]
I'm not a leopard ♪
Leopard ♪
[young man] Slut.
[ethereal music plays]
[sobs softly]
Hey, hey! Put that fucking phone away.
Stop watching that, bro.
- KB. It's okay.
- [student scoffs]
["Umcebo" by Sjava plays]
[sighs] Look, um
It's going to be all right. Yeah?
It'll pass.
Thanks.
[Fikile] Hey.
Trust me,
everyone is going to forget eventually.
I would know. Remember mine?
I think you're not in high school
if you haven't been
in at least one humiliating video.
[chuckles softly]
[sniffles]
He can't hurt you anymore.
Okay?
He says he didn't do it.
- That it must have been someone else.
- Someone else?
He's lying, clearly. Like, he's literally
the only one who could have done it.
Yeah.
If he thinks
I'm just gonna roll over and take this,
then he has another thing coming.
No. Just
[sighs]
Let it go.
Please, just let it go.
[sighs]
Everything's gonna be fine, okay?
- [sniffles]
- Yeah.
[sent tone plays]
[students chatter indistinctly]
Hey. Um, so I found out
that the video was sent
from the Magazine Society's computer
here at Parkhurst, actually.
Wasn't it just PoolBoy hacking the system?
Can't he do that?
Y-Yeah, but then the janitor told me
that he actually heard someone
lurking around during that time.
M-Maybe it was him.
[suspenseful music plays]
No, it wasn't.
- Hey! Leigh-Anne! It was you, right?
- What the fuck?
You think it's funny
to fuck around with my life?
It wasn't me! [groans]
Puleng! It wasn't [screams]
["Khula" by Bello no Gallo
feat. Niseni plays]
I swear to God I'll
[man groans]
You think this is a game?
- Puleng, I didn't
- Hey! Hey! Puleng!
- Puleng!
- Puleng, stop!
Let go of me. I'm fine!
Puleng, no! No!
Hey! Leave me.
Please, I didn't do it.
- Brian is right.
- Thandeka, hold on a second.
The last time I checked, Fikile was fine.
He owes me an apology.
Don't drive a wedge
between your daughter and her father.
- I'm her father!
- Then act like you are.
Because right now,
you're just making her unhappy.
So you can decide to stay stubborn.
[gasps]
Or you can have
a relationship with Fikile.
- It's hard enough for her having two dads.
- Oh, really?
- Now you know the story of my life.
- What's that mean?
Why didn't you return
after we spent the night together?
[in Xhosa] Huh?
I just want to know, Thandeka.
- [English] What difference would it make?
- What, that you were married or that
[tender music plays]
Or that I was in love with you?
[scoffs softly]
[in Xhosa] Thandeka. Thandeka,
you thought it was just a one-night stand?
[in English] I can't do this
with you right now, Tony.
You can't? Or you won't?
My daughter's most intimate moment
is plastered all over the Internet.
I don't have the energy
to argue with you right now.
Wait, I'm not trying to argue with you.
What are you
I ju just can't do this, Tony. I can't.
- [sobs]
- Thandeka, whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa, hey.
Look at me, look at me.
I don't know what you're talking about.
But whatever it is, it's going to be okay.
It's going to be fine.
[phone chimes]
It's Puleng.
Yes, but Thandeka.
[students fighting on video]
[Puleng] Let go of me. I'm fine!
- [KB] Puleng, no!
- [sighs] Puleng!
[Puleng] I swear to God,
I'll fucking kill you, Leigh-Anne!
[Leigh-Anne] It wasn't me!
Puleng, I swear, I didn't do anything!
- [Puleng grunts]
- [Leigh-Anne] Puleng!
[video stops]
[phone clatters softly on desk]
Fortunately,
Miss Valentine won't be pressing charges.
It won't happen again.
Uh, Puleng is seeing her therapist today.
I'll make sure of that.
[ominous music plays]
- [phone vibrates]
- [Thandeka] And, to be clear
my daughter is the one being bullied here.
- [phone vibrates]
- Isn't it, Puleng?
Puleng?
Puleng?
Is Leigh-Anne the one who recorded you?
I don't know.
[upbeat pop music plays]
Crush it ♪
Girl, you got it ♪
Crush it ♪
Girl, you got it ♪
Crush, crush, crush it ♪
Girl, you got it ♪
Crush it ♪
Girl, you got it ♪
Dance, dance, dance ♪
[Tahira sighs]
One down, many more to go.
Yep. And whatever happens now
is just the way it should be, I guess.
["Zero to C Note" by OB Magik plays]
Told my mama I'mma be a hero ♪
There you go. Yeah, keep it there.
Cool. You?
- Right, two, three.
- [phones chime]
Fuck off. Let him go.
You see how that went down? Subtle.
No one knows what's happening.
Come on, let's go.
We need to check for other people,
try and get them in as well.
- [Wendy] What you doing?
- [Chris] Oh. Hey.
Nothing.
- Don't do that.
- [Chris] What?
[Wendy] Just lately you've been
[scoffs] No, it's fine.
Maybe I'm just being paranoid.
Tell her, Chris.
Tell me what?
What?
My parents didn't give me the money, okay?
Or at least they haven't yet.
- I thought you said that they would
- I lied.
A little. Okay, I'm sorry.
Why do you always make
such stupid decisions, Chris?
See, this is exactly why
I didn't want to tell you.
Y-You think I'm stupid or something.
- Oh, I I didn't
- I'm not stupid, okay?
I know both of you
don't take me seriously, but I'm all in.
What the fuck? Why am I catching strays?
You think I haven't noticed
the way you're looking at me
ever since I suggested being your manager?
Come on, bro.
I don't think that you're stupid.
- Yeah
- Whatever.
- Chis
- Chris. Bro.
["Haibo" by Kiddo CSA plays]
[student] You send them the cash,
and they'll send you the exam papers.
Yeah ♪
Back, to just go sit, think about it
Work, I gotta go and stack it ♪
I'm about it, different how I get it
I was stuck, made it out ♪
Run to the top
Get the money when you poppin' ♪
- Hey.
- [Wade grunts]
Hey.
Hey.
[music stops]
- You okay?
- Yeah. Why? Why wouldn't I be?
I don't know. I just
You just what?
Well, I'm kind of busy,
so I'm gonna get back to that.
Cool.
Life is different, we get it
We really get it ♪
Been about the pocket
The pocket is really pocketing ♪
Bags under my eyes, walking backsides ♪
Thinkin' about times
When I had nothing ♪
Asanda, wait.
[music fades]
Why did you turn your back on me earlier?
Why is it whenever I try to touch you
or take your hand in public, you pull away
like I'm some kind of disease?
Wade, it's it's complicated.
I like you, you like me, finish and klaar.
Seems simple to me.
I think I'm gonna leave you
to your training.
[sniffs]
Haibo ♪
Haibo, Haibo ♪
Haibo, Haibo ♪
Haibo ♪
[sighs heavily] Why does life
have to be so complicated?
Chris lied to me,
and he thinks I forced him into it.
Phew! Well, that that sounds
like gaslighting to me.
You think so?
You know, he's been making
a lot of decisions that are
Ah, you know what? Never mind.
[mysterious music plays]
What would you do
if you found out someone's cheating?
What do you mean by cheating? As in
- [whispers]sleeping around?
- No. Exam cheating.
Who?
I just need your advice.
I don't know what to do.
[sighs] Well, what is there to do?
I can't let them get away with it.
It's not fair, Tahira.
We've been sitting here
for weeks, studying,
and they get a free pass
because they bought exam papers?
Do you have any idea
as to who might be selling the papers?
No.
Well, then just let it be, Wendy.
There's no need to get anyone in trouble.
Like you said,
the end does not justify the means.
Yeah, but life's
not all black and white, right?
Like you said, it's complicated.
You know, maybe this is
why Chris lies to you all the time.
Jeez!
Since when do you think like that?
People change, Wendy.
[cell phone chimes]
[phone clatters on desk]
[sighs]
[Wade] Hey.
You all right?
- I don't know why I snapped like that.
- Yeah, Puleng, you could've killed her.
- I'm sorry. Okay?
- Don't say sorry to me.
Well, I'm not apologizing to her.
She deserved it, Wade.
Plus, I've been wanting to slap her
for the longest time.
It felt good.
I still don't think Leigh-Anne did it.
I mean, she she has
nothing to gain in it.
What if this PoolBoy wants us
to believe that it's Leigh-Anne?
He doesn't, actually.
I've been going through the file.
Something about this Gregory Dickson guy
isn't adding up.
- [phone chimes]
- You were here during this time, right?
Yeah.
Do you remember anything from that time?
Puleng, I don't remember
what I had for supper last night.
You expect me
to remember something from 2019?
What's up with the attitude?
Just stuff.
[sighs] Come on, Wade, think.
I'll check my brain extension.
[Puleng] "PoolBoy."
Maybe this has something to do with it.
That That's a near-drowning incident.
You think Gregory Dickson almost drowned?
I don't know. But I want to find out.
[suspenseful music plays]
- You're selling papers now?
- What are you smoking?
Well, who's selling the papers?
Listen, don't act dumb, okay?
You guys are messing
with my university career.
Fuck you on about uni for?
Who even cares about that?
'Cause we don't. Fuck that, and fuck you.
This was a mistake.
[suspenseful music continues]
Sir, there's something I need to tell you.
[Tahira, softly] Shit!
[door closes]
Shit, shit, shit, shit!
- Someone stole the exam papers?
- [Wendy] Yes, sir.
- Who?
- I don't know.
- Did you witness it?
- No, sir.
Someone told you about it?
No, sir, but I overheard
some students talking about it.
Could you point them out to me?
I couldn't see their faces,
but I heard them talk about it.
- [Tahira] We need to talk.
- I thought you don't mingle with our kind.
We need to talk now.
[tense ethereal music plays]
[Wade] "Swimming gold medalist."
"Student was drunk."
- "Won't be returning to school."
- No names?
No. They said they were all underage,
so they can't reveal their identities.
[sighs heavily] Shit.
Why don't you ask someone else
who was also at the school
during that time,
or more specifically,
on the swimming team?
- Fiks?
- Yeah.
Yeah, that's a good idea.
Let me try to call her.
[phone beeps]
[busy signal beeps]
- [phone beeps]
- Oh.
- Hey, can you do me a favor?
- Mm-hmm.
Do you mind asking your mom
if she knows anything about this?
Yeah, sure.
[tense ethereal music continues]
[exhales]
[phone chimes repeatedly]
[ominous music plays]
Hey. Has anyone seen Fiks?
[male student] Uh, that's weird.
She was just here.
[Puleng sighs]
[sighs]
[therapist] Let's talk
about your behavior today.
There's nothing to talk about.
And strangling a fellow student
doesn't qualify?
Why did you do it, Puleng?
Because she made me angry,
and she deserved it.
You know, I thought that telling
your mother about the tape set you free.
[sighs]
You reacted very strongly.
[Leigh-Anne] Get off of me!
[Puleng] I swear to God,
I'll fucking kill you.
[audio distorts and fades]
[Puleng] I felt like I was
on the ship again.
I felt powerless and and trapped.
I don't like feeling that way.
Like when your father died?
My dad has got nothing to do with this.
I think you're wrong.
["Red Heart Blue"
by Lana McDonagh and Toby Horton plays]
You're so angry, but with who?
Who are you so angry at, Puleng?
Dawn is breaking
But it's taking my heart with it too ♪
[sniffles]
[sighs]
Dawn is breaking
But it's taking my heart with it too ♪
So I put the photographs away ♪
Or should I look at them again? ♪
They just remind me that it's the end ♪
[phone chimes]
[clicks tongue]
[sighs heavily]
To walk away ♪
And paint my red heart blue ♪
[in Xhosa] Hey, what's wrong?
[weakly] Nothing.
No, Bhelekazi. Talk.
[in English] What would you do if
if you accidentally did something
to hurt someone you care about?
Would you tell the truth?
[in Xhosa] The truth sets the heart free.
[in English] Actually, um
can you please take me
to Anthony tomorrow?
[scoffs]
Am I not allowed to see Anthony?
[in Xhosa] No, I don't have
a problem with him.
[in English] My only responsibility is
to make sure that you're happy and safe.
[in Xhosa] Whenever you're with Anthony,
you go a bit crazy.
- [in English] It's fine.
- Fikile.
I won't go.
- Bhelekazi.
- Goodnight, Tata.
[clicks tongue]
[ominous music plays]
[phone chimes]
- [clattering]
- [gasps]
[dog barks]
[breath trembling]
[dog continues barking]
[suspenseful musical swell plays]
[cans rattle]
[sighs]
[light jazzy piano music plays faintly]
Uh, Mummy, do you maybe remember
something about a near-drowning incident,
a student, few years ago?
Mummy was still, uh, principal
at Parkhurst.
It was a student that went swimming
when he was drunk.
Mummy maybe remember a name?
Goodness. I can't, actually.
Why do you bring it up?
Um, no, I just heard some some kids
talking about it at school.
Thought I'd ask.
Oh, by the way, um,
an Asanda called the house today.
[in Afrikaans] Asanda.
She can call, it's all right.
[in English] Well, she seemed
very desperate to talk to you.
She wanted to know
if you want to go to the beach.
Are you and Asanda together?
Uh, um
[chuckles nervously]
Okay.
Uh
Do the two of you
Are you and Asanda
Are we what?
Are you using protection, Wade?
Yes?
SPF 30, Mummy.
[laughs]
["Never Play Round" by Klikzo plays]
[school bell rings]
[Grootboom] Once you're finished
with the photocopies,
I'll need you to file the documents
by tomorrow morning.
If you don't need anything else, sir,
then I'll be on my way.
Before you go,
send me the results of all the matrics
from grade eight to matric.
Yes, sir.
[Grootboom] The exam papers
have been leaked.
It seems as though someone
used my photocopier code during the gala.
Miss Zwane is the only person
who had access,
so she's been suspended.
When I find all the students
that got their hands on that exam paper,
I will report them to the department,
and they can kiss their futures goodbye.
You may go, Miss Kahn.
Oh, and Miss Kahn? [inhales sharply]
This stays between the two of us for now.
[keyboard clacking]
I'm so sorry, ma'am.
It's not your fault, dear.
[students chattering]
You told Grootboom?
It's the right thing to do.
[scoffs] Wendy,
you've just ruined those kids' lives.
Yeah, but they should have thought
about it before they cheated, right?
Right?
- [groans]
- Tahira!
Forget about the rumors.
No one's been found out.
I want my money back,
or I'mma tell Grootboom
you were selling the papers.
Just Just give him
his fucking money back, bro.
["What Do They Know"
by My. Heinz feat. Chad Da Don plays]
[Chris sighs]
- [phone chimes]
- [Chris] Happy?
- Yes.
- Yeah, now fuck off.
Well, we're hemorrhaging through the cash.
We're meeting Ruff Beats later today.
We're gonna have fuck all left.
What do you mean? How many others
have asked for their money back?
Actually, how much do we have left now?
250,000?
Lower.
200,000?
[sighs]
Bro, we are fucked.
He hasn't even phoned us yet.
[phone rings]
Oh, would you look at that?
Just Just great, huh?
Sending shots
We sending the shots over ♪
Flowing like the wind
They hoping I blow over ♪
She just hit me back
For looking over her skouer ♪
I chise Chad, then he wysed me ♪
Hey, Chris, um, have you seen Fiks?
No.
Do you remember
a student named, uh, Gregory Dickson?
Oh, uh, yeah, yeah, yeah, The Dick.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. The guy was a legend.
[tense ethereal music plays]
Do you remember an incident
where he nearly drowned?
No. No, no, no,
the dude swims like a fish.
He drinks like one too.
Um, I've got to go.
[teacher] Uh, listen up, everybody.
The principal would like to see
the following students in his office ASAP.
["3 Steppin'" by Eddie Soul feat.
YungKiddReezy & Horid The Messiah plays]
Yes, sir!
I know a couple ♪
[Grootboom] Do you know why you're here?
I've combed through all your marks
since you first got here in grade eight,
and what I've found is that your marks
miraculously improved this year.
So, unless some supernatural event
has befallen you,
I suggest you start talking.
It was Chris and KB!
[breath trembles]
Yes, sir! I know a couple of people
Are holding me back ♪
I don't even wanna listen to y'all ♪
- [Puleng] Hey, guys.
- [Wendy] Hey.
Sorry to bother you, but, um,
do you remember a near-drowning incident
that happened at the school?
It was around the same time that you won
your debate competition in 2019.
Yeah, we even sent him
a get-well-soon card.
But I found the whole thing dodgy.
In what way?
Damian was super focused.
If he wasn't swimming,
he was at the library.
I always thought he and Tahira
would make a cute couple.
- Sorry, huh?
- [chuckles]
Did you say Damian?
I was talking about Gregory Dickson.
No, that was the swim captain.
He didn't drown. It was definitely Damian.
[mysterious music plays]
Hey. Where have you been?
I've been looking all over for you.
Why haven't you answered my messages?
[Fikile] Oh, uh, my phone died. Sorry.
[Puleng sighs]
So, I think I might have figured out
what this whole PoolBoy thing is about.
- I thought you were letting it go.
- No.
It has something to do with that student
who nearly drowned, Damian.
Supposedly, he was drunk at school,
but I heard something different
from Wendy and Tahira.
- Are you okay?
- Yeah. Um, what did they tell you exactly?
That he didn't drink.
Do you know if he was by himself
when he almost drowned?
[Puleng] Yes?
- [Fikile] No, nothing. I'm sorry.
- [phone chimes]
[Puleng] Do you remember anything
that happened in 2019 around that event?
[Fikile] No, I don't know. It must have
been before I joined the swimming team.
- So you've never met Gregory or Damian?
- I really don't remember.
I I have to go, guys.
So, why would
a near-drowning incident report
about Damian be in Gregory's file?
Yeah, at this point,
one plus one equals three.
Um, where can we find pictures of Gregory?
- Or Damian maybe?
- Um
The photography club
normally has negatives
of all the teams and classes.
We keep them in the dark room.
All right, let's go.
Listen, I'm thinking let's go for a treat.
[both breathe heavily]
- Maybe get some ice cream?
- Um, you can go ahead.
[suspenseful music plays]
I'm gonna keep going.
Fiks. Fiks!
Fiks!
What?!
- What's wrong?
- Nothing.
[sighs] It's fine, Sam.
You want to go for ice cream? Let's go.
["Lavis Drive By?" by Mr. Heinz plays]
I thought you guys
would have bailed by now.
We'd never do that, sir.
[in Afrikaans] So? Where's my money?
Oh.
- [in English] Gotta love technology.
- [phone chimes]
All right, uh, I think, uh
I think we should be getting
back to class, so
What is this?
Don't they teach you how to count
at this fancy school of yours?
Look, man, we we'll
we'll come up with the rest.
We promise.
I have a better idea.
[engine starts]
[tires squeal]
["Loveless" by Lana McDonagh
and Toby Horton plays on speakers]
Another one.
Okay. What's up with you?
You know, I hate lying cheats.
Is this Chris?
No. Why would you say that?
Mmm. [mutters]
Lunga, is there something
that you know about Chris?
Wendy
Chris and I kissed.
[breathes deeply]
You haven't been listening ♪
And I've been feeling so distant ♪
[door opens]
Like I'm in the background ♪
- [Asanda] What are you doing?
- Nothing.
Do you mind closing the door, please?
We're checking negatives.
So if you're gonna stay, please help out.
[Asanda] What am I looking for?
Swim team, 2019.
[sighs]
Why did you delete your comment?
Do you guys mind
taking your issues outside or whatever?
- Why, Wade?
- Must we do this here?
I don't see why not. You seem to be
spending all your time with her lately.
- So
- Guys, I have a genuine crisis, okay?
So if you're worried about Wade
untagging you in some stupid photo,
then please
It's not a stupid photo.
And by the way, I found it.
What?
Wait. I have an idea.
[app clicks on phone]
[beeps and clicks]
Th-There it is.
[tense music plays]
What?
[gasps]
So, what is it about Puleng
that doesn't make you acknowledge
our relationship, hmm?
Nothing, but I mean,
why is she even in the front seat?
Guys, please.
[mellow music plays]
[Puleng sighs heavily]
[Asanda sighs heavily]
So the incident report in Gregory's file
is about a student
who nearly drowned, Damian.
I think that Gregory Dickson
had a hand in it,
or he was there when it happened.
This is the mystery
that PoolBoy wanted me to uncover.
PoolBoy is Damian.
- [exhales]
- Yeah.
But why does he want me to uncover
something that he knows already?
[Asanda] Maybe he tried himself,
and no one listened.
[groans] Anyways, why are you even trying
to fix something that's not broken?
We're fine as we are.
Fine? But you don't want
to be seen with me in public.
Are you ashamed of me?
[in Afrikaans] Look, I'm just gonna
drop you off at home, okay?
[in English] Absolutely not.
I found the picture.
I'm useful. I'm staying.
Look, if you don't think
I'm cool enough or whatever,
then maybe we must reevaluate
this whole relationship thing.
Wade!
Fiks lied
about knowing Gregory and Damian.
Do you think she was part of the cover-up?
[sighs] I don't know.
I mean, there's a reason
PoolBoy wants me to uncover all of this.
He keeps saying
that the truth is closer than I think.
I think Fiks had something
to do with what happened.
Do you think that maybe she
That maybe she what?
[Sam] What's really going on, Fiks?
You've been acting very strange lately.
[exhales sharply]
I just
[phone vibrates and chimes]
[anxious droning music plays]
[gasps]
- [breath trembles]
- Hey, you okay?
[chimes]
[phone vibrates]
[phone beeps]
[through distortion] Finally.
I was starting to think
we backed the wrong player.
I know why you asked me to dig into it.
It's about Fiks.
What did she do?
Doesn't matter anyway.
Because I'm done.
Whatever happened to you,
whatever Fiks did to you
doesn't justify the sick shit
that you do to people.
What you made Leigh-Anne
do to me [scoffs]
You don't deserve justice, so fuck off.
[Damian] Careful, Puleng.
Or what?
What?
That's exactly what I thought.
- [phone beeps]
- [dial tone pulses]
[sighs]
Sam, there's something you should know.
I leaked Puleng's sex tape.
[suspenseful music plays]
What?
Why?
She was gonna find out about the past,
and I I just
- I just needed time to think and [gasps]
- [tires squeal]
- Please, don't Please, don't hurt us.
- [Sam] Make it quick, guys.
[groans]
- [Fikile] Help me!
- [man] Let's go!
- Fiks!
- Let's go, let's go!
- Sam!
- Fiks!
[groans]
- Let's go, let's go!
- Sam! Sam!
[car fades into distance]
[desolate musical flourish plays]
Let me find you in our story ♪
Where our souls intertwine in glory ♪
I can feel you in my spirit ♪
My heart is bruised ♪
And you're my healing ♪
Blood ♪
Blood and water ♪
Blood ♪
Blood and water ♪
Blood ♪
Blood and water ♪
Blood ♪
Blood and water ♪
[ominous music plays]
[heavy breathing]
["Hologram" by Tyler Page plays]
I wish you were a hologram ♪
So you couldn't hurt me ♪
I know I am addicted to the pain
Yet I'm always looking for a savior ♪
I miss you
Regardless of the terrible things ♪
How terrible can I be ♪
What the fuck am I doing?
[sighs]
Just being reckless ♪
Running after specters ♪
Only living for the moment ♪
Walking into flames ♪
[Thandeka] The exams
are starting this week.
Exams are only for matrics, Ma.
Oh.
[cell phone chimes]
[Thandeka] No phones at the table.
[anxious droning music plays]
[softly] Look at your phone.
[mouthing] Phone.
[moaning on video]
[music intensifies]
Ma.
[musical swell plays]
[theme song plays]
[school bell rings]
- [students chatter and laugh]
- [cell phones chime]
[bold music plays]
- [laughs] Dude, that's crazy.
- Hey. What's up?
Dude, I think the celeb status
has gone to Puleng's head.
She's doing sex tapes now.
- [laughs]
- Shit.
[line rings]
[dial tone pulses]
You should go check on Puleng.
Yeah.
There's money coming in from the sales,
but not enough yet.
I mean, selling to other schools helps.
At R500 a pop, we just need 600 kids.
Yeah. Yeah, but he wants it today.
- That's the problem.
- Well, fuck it. Stall him.
- You know he doesn't fuck with that, bro.
- Just message him please.
[keyboard app clicking]
[beeps]
[phone vibrates and chimes]
- Awesome. We have until tomorrow.
- [Wendy] You have until tomorrow for what?
We, uh We
We're talking about, uh, KB's song
not getting enough traction.
We need a new marketing strategy
by tomorrow.
Okay.
[phone vibrates and chimes]
[sighs]
[phone chimes]
What?
No, this this can't be Puleng.
The school should have systems in place to
protect our children from cyberbullying.
It's not really a Parkhurst matter.
It happened online.
[Thandeka] It was posted
on the school's magazine website!
You're the principal. Didn't you say
you'd turn things around at the school?
If you can't do anything about it,
I'm getting the police involved.
No. I'll investigate.
["Look Away" by Lana McDonagh plays]
[teacher] Hey, off your phone.
You need to be more serious in class.
The final exams are upon us.
[whispers] Hey. Dude.
Act normal.
This is normal.
Look away, look away, look away ♪
[teacher] Hey! I said off your phone.
Look away ♪
[keyboard app clacking]
[Grootboom on speaker] Tahira Kahn,
to my office, please.
- I heard someone's selling exam papers.
- We should definitely get our hands on it.
- Hi.
- Hi. Do you want to come with me?
[young woman]it's literally the worst.
Ugh. Loser alert.
[melancholic music plays]
[Asanda] You shouldn't have come.
I'm sorry. I'll see you later.
[Grootboom] Good day, Mrs. Khumalo.
We will be in touch.
- Hey.
- Hey.
You wanted to see me, sir?
You'll be speaking to the matrics
at assembly.
- But we don't have one today.
- We do now.
["I Can Change" by Looceedee plays]
Uh, I'm not quite sure what
Part of your responsibility is to be
a role model for your fellow students.
You will speak to the student body
about integrity. Keep it short.
It'll be good
if it's coming from one of the learners.
I can change ♪
I don't have much faith in Mr. Grootboom.
Ma, please, just Just stop, okay?
You're making it worse.
In a few years,
everyone will forget about this.
Okay.
See you later.
[Grootboom] It has been brought
to my attention that there is a video
making the rounds at the school.
We will be conducting an investigation.
- [students chatter]
- Quiet.
Parkhurst has a reputation to uphold,
and we will be taking this matter
- [yells] Quiet!
- [students go silent]
As a result, mobile phones
will no longer be permitted in class.
- [students exclaim]
- I will now hand you over to Miss Kahn.
[Tahira] "Integrity."
A simple word that means so much.
What is success without integrity?
Nothing.
We live in a world
where the end justifies the means.
- [phone buzzes]
- We search for instant gratification.
But at what cost?
So to the matrics,
good luck with the exams starting today.
I hope that we may lead with integrity,
and find the courage of our conviction
to always do what is right.
[sighs]
I can change ♪
I can change my spots ♪
[breathing heavily]
I'm not a leopard ♪
Leopard ♪
[young man] Slut.
[ethereal music plays]
[sobs softly]
Hey, hey! Put that fucking phone away.
Stop watching that, bro.
- KB. It's okay.
- [student scoffs]
["Umcebo" by Sjava plays]
[sighs] Look, um
It's going to be all right. Yeah?
It'll pass.
Thanks.
[Fikile] Hey.
Trust me,
everyone is going to forget eventually.
I would know. Remember mine?
I think you're not in high school
if you haven't been
in at least one humiliating video.
[chuckles softly]
[sniffles]
He can't hurt you anymore.
Okay?
He says he didn't do it.
- That it must have been someone else.
- Someone else?
He's lying, clearly. Like, he's literally
the only one who could have done it.
Yeah.
If he thinks
I'm just gonna roll over and take this,
then he has another thing coming.
No. Just
[sighs]
Let it go.
Please, just let it go.
[sighs]
Everything's gonna be fine, okay?
- [sniffles]
- Yeah.
[sent tone plays]
[students chatter indistinctly]
Hey. Um, so I found out
that the video was sent
from the Magazine Society's computer
here at Parkhurst, actually.
Wasn't it just PoolBoy hacking the system?
Can't he do that?
Y-Yeah, but then the janitor told me
that he actually heard someone
lurking around during that time.
M-Maybe it was him.
[suspenseful music plays]
No, it wasn't.
- Hey! Leigh-Anne! It was you, right?
- What the fuck?
You think it's funny
to fuck around with my life?
It wasn't me! [groans]
Puleng! It wasn't [screams]
["Khula" by Bello no Gallo
feat. Niseni plays]
I swear to God I'll
[man groans]
You think this is a game?
- Puleng, I didn't
- Hey! Hey! Puleng!
- Puleng!
- Puleng, stop!
Let go of me. I'm fine!
Puleng, no! No!
Hey! Leave me.
Please, I didn't do it.
- Brian is right.
- Thandeka, hold on a second.
The last time I checked, Fikile was fine.
He owes me an apology.
Don't drive a wedge
between your daughter and her father.
- I'm her father!
- Then act like you are.
Because right now,
you're just making her unhappy.
So you can decide to stay stubborn.
[gasps]
Or you can have
a relationship with Fikile.
- It's hard enough for her having two dads.
- Oh, really?
- Now you know the story of my life.
- What's that mean?
Why didn't you return
after we spent the night together?
[in Xhosa] Huh?
I just want to know, Thandeka.
- [English] What difference would it make?
- What, that you were married or that
[tender music plays]
Or that I was in love with you?
[scoffs softly]
[in Xhosa] Thandeka. Thandeka,
you thought it was just a one-night stand?
[in English] I can't do this
with you right now, Tony.
You can't? Or you won't?
My daughter's most intimate moment
is plastered all over the Internet.
I don't have the energy
to argue with you right now.
Wait, I'm not trying to argue with you.
What are you
I ju just can't do this, Tony. I can't.
- [sobs]
- Thandeka, whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa, hey.
Look at me, look at me.
I don't know what you're talking about.
But whatever it is, it's going to be okay.
It's going to be fine.
[phone chimes]
It's Puleng.
Yes, but Thandeka.
[students fighting on video]
[Puleng] Let go of me. I'm fine!
- [KB] Puleng, no!
- [sighs] Puleng!
[Puleng] I swear to God,
I'll fucking kill you, Leigh-Anne!
[Leigh-Anne] It wasn't me!
Puleng, I swear, I didn't do anything!
- [Puleng grunts]
- [Leigh-Anne] Puleng!
[video stops]
[phone clatters softly on desk]
Fortunately,
Miss Valentine won't be pressing charges.
It won't happen again.
Uh, Puleng is seeing her therapist today.
I'll make sure of that.
[ominous music plays]
- [phone vibrates]
- [Thandeka] And, to be clear
my daughter is the one being bullied here.
- [phone vibrates]
- Isn't it, Puleng?
Puleng?
Puleng?
Is Leigh-Anne the one who recorded you?
I don't know.
[upbeat pop music plays]
Crush it ♪
Girl, you got it ♪
Crush it ♪
Girl, you got it ♪
Crush, crush, crush it ♪
Girl, you got it ♪
Crush it ♪
Girl, you got it ♪
Dance, dance, dance ♪
[Tahira sighs]
One down, many more to go.
Yep. And whatever happens now
is just the way it should be, I guess.
["Zero to C Note" by OB Magik plays]
Told my mama I'mma be a hero ♪
There you go. Yeah, keep it there.
Cool. You?
- Right, two, three.
- [phones chime]
Fuck off. Let him go.
You see how that went down? Subtle.
No one knows what's happening.
Come on, let's go.
We need to check for other people,
try and get them in as well.
- [Wendy] What you doing?
- [Chris] Oh. Hey.
Nothing.
- Don't do that.
- [Chris] What?
[Wendy] Just lately you've been
[scoffs] No, it's fine.
Maybe I'm just being paranoid.
Tell her, Chris.
Tell me what?
What?
My parents didn't give me the money, okay?
Or at least they haven't yet.
- I thought you said that they would
- I lied.
A little. Okay, I'm sorry.
Why do you always make
such stupid decisions, Chris?
See, this is exactly why
I didn't want to tell you.
Y-You think I'm stupid or something.
- Oh, I I didn't
- I'm not stupid, okay?
I know both of you
don't take me seriously, but I'm all in.
What the fuck? Why am I catching strays?
You think I haven't noticed
the way you're looking at me
ever since I suggested being your manager?
Come on, bro.
I don't think that you're stupid.
- Yeah
- Whatever.
- Chis
- Chris. Bro.
["Haibo" by Kiddo CSA plays]
[student] You send them the cash,
and they'll send you the exam papers.
Yeah ♪
Back, to just go sit, think about it
Work, I gotta go and stack it ♪
I'm about it, different how I get it
I was stuck, made it out ♪
Run to the top
Get the money when you poppin' ♪
- Hey.
- [Wade grunts]
Hey.
Hey.
[music stops]
- You okay?
- Yeah. Why? Why wouldn't I be?
I don't know. I just
You just what?
Well, I'm kind of busy,
so I'm gonna get back to that.
Cool.
Life is different, we get it
We really get it ♪
Been about the pocket
The pocket is really pocketing ♪
Bags under my eyes, walking backsides ♪
Thinkin' about times
When I had nothing ♪
Asanda, wait.
[music fades]
Why did you turn your back on me earlier?
Why is it whenever I try to touch you
or take your hand in public, you pull away
like I'm some kind of disease?
Wade, it's it's complicated.
I like you, you like me, finish and klaar.
Seems simple to me.
I think I'm gonna leave you
to your training.
[sniffs]
Haibo ♪
Haibo, Haibo ♪
Haibo, Haibo ♪
Haibo ♪
[sighs heavily] Why does life
have to be so complicated?
Chris lied to me,
and he thinks I forced him into it.
Phew! Well, that that sounds
like gaslighting to me.
You think so?
You know, he's been making
a lot of decisions that are
Ah, you know what? Never mind.
[mysterious music plays]
What would you do
if you found out someone's cheating?
What do you mean by cheating? As in
- [whispers]sleeping around?
- No. Exam cheating.
Who?
I just need your advice.
I don't know what to do.
[sighs] Well, what is there to do?
I can't let them get away with it.
It's not fair, Tahira.
We've been sitting here
for weeks, studying,
and they get a free pass
because they bought exam papers?
Do you have any idea
as to who might be selling the papers?
No.
Well, then just let it be, Wendy.
There's no need to get anyone in trouble.
Like you said,
the end does not justify the means.
Yeah, but life's
not all black and white, right?
Like you said, it's complicated.
You know, maybe this is
why Chris lies to you all the time.
Jeez!
Since when do you think like that?
People change, Wendy.
[cell phone chimes]
[phone clatters on desk]
[sighs]
[Wade] Hey.
You all right?
- I don't know why I snapped like that.
- Yeah, Puleng, you could've killed her.
- I'm sorry. Okay?
- Don't say sorry to me.
Well, I'm not apologizing to her.
She deserved it, Wade.
Plus, I've been wanting to slap her
for the longest time.
It felt good.
I still don't think Leigh-Anne did it.
I mean, she she has
nothing to gain in it.
What if this PoolBoy wants us
to believe that it's Leigh-Anne?
He doesn't, actually.
I've been going through the file.
Something about this Gregory Dickson guy
isn't adding up.
- [phone chimes]
- You were here during this time, right?
Yeah.
Do you remember anything from that time?
Puleng, I don't remember
what I had for supper last night.
You expect me
to remember something from 2019?
What's up with the attitude?
Just stuff.
[sighs] Come on, Wade, think.
I'll check my brain extension.
[Puleng] "PoolBoy."
Maybe this has something to do with it.
That That's a near-drowning incident.
You think Gregory Dickson almost drowned?
I don't know. But I want to find out.
[suspenseful music plays]
- You're selling papers now?
- What are you smoking?
Well, who's selling the papers?
Listen, don't act dumb, okay?
You guys are messing
with my university career.
Fuck you on about uni for?
Who even cares about that?
'Cause we don't. Fuck that, and fuck you.
This was a mistake.
[suspenseful music continues]
Sir, there's something I need to tell you.
[Tahira, softly] Shit!
[door closes]
Shit, shit, shit, shit!
- Someone stole the exam papers?
- [Wendy] Yes, sir.
- Who?
- I don't know.
- Did you witness it?
- No, sir.
Someone told you about it?
No, sir, but I overheard
some students talking about it.
Could you point them out to me?
I couldn't see their faces,
but I heard them talk about it.
- [Tahira] We need to talk.
- I thought you don't mingle with our kind.
We need to talk now.
[tense ethereal music plays]
[Wade] "Swimming gold medalist."
"Student was drunk."
- "Won't be returning to school."
- No names?
No. They said they were all underage,
so they can't reveal their identities.
[sighs heavily] Shit.
Why don't you ask someone else
who was also at the school
during that time,
or more specifically,
on the swimming team?
- Fiks?
- Yeah.
Yeah, that's a good idea.
Let me try to call her.
[phone beeps]
[busy signal beeps]
- [phone beeps]
- Oh.
- Hey, can you do me a favor?
- Mm-hmm.
Do you mind asking your mom
if she knows anything about this?
Yeah, sure.
[tense ethereal music continues]
[exhales]
[phone chimes repeatedly]
[ominous music plays]
Hey. Has anyone seen Fiks?
[male student] Uh, that's weird.
She was just here.
[Puleng sighs]
[sighs]
[therapist] Let's talk
about your behavior today.
There's nothing to talk about.
And strangling a fellow student
doesn't qualify?
Why did you do it, Puleng?
Because she made me angry,
and she deserved it.
You know, I thought that telling
your mother about the tape set you free.
[sighs]
You reacted very strongly.
[Leigh-Anne] Get off of me!
[Puleng] I swear to God,
I'll fucking kill you.
[audio distorts and fades]
[Puleng] I felt like I was
on the ship again.
I felt powerless and and trapped.
I don't like feeling that way.
Like when your father died?
My dad has got nothing to do with this.
I think you're wrong.
["Red Heart Blue"
by Lana McDonagh and Toby Horton plays]
You're so angry, but with who?
Who are you so angry at, Puleng?
Dawn is breaking
But it's taking my heart with it too ♪
[sniffles]
[sighs]
Dawn is breaking
But it's taking my heart with it too ♪
So I put the photographs away ♪
Or should I look at them again? ♪
They just remind me that it's the end ♪
[phone chimes]
[clicks tongue]
[sighs heavily]
To walk away ♪
And paint my red heart blue ♪
[in Xhosa] Hey, what's wrong?
[weakly] Nothing.
No, Bhelekazi. Talk.
[in English] What would you do if
if you accidentally did something
to hurt someone you care about?
Would you tell the truth?
[in Xhosa] The truth sets the heart free.
[in English] Actually, um
can you please take me
to Anthony tomorrow?
[scoffs]
Am I not allowed to see Anthony?
[in Xhosa] No, I don't have
a problem with him.
[in English] My only responsibility is
to make sure that you're happy and safe.
[in Xhosa] Whenever you're with Anthony,
you go a bit crazy.
- [in English] It's fine.
- Fikile.
I won't go.
- Bhelekazi.
- Goodnight, Tata.
[clicks tongue]
[ominous music plays]
[phone chimes]
- [clattering]
- [gasps]
[dog barks]
[breath trembling]
[dog continues barking]
[suspenseful musical swell plays]
[cans rattle]
[sighs]
[light jazzy piano music plays faintly]
Uh, Mummy, do you maybe remember
something about a near-drowning incident,
a student, few years ago?
Mummy was still, uh, principal
at Parkhurst.
It was a student that went swimming
when he was drunk.
Mummy maybe remember a name?
Goodness. I can't, actually.
Why do you bring it up?
Um, no, I just heard some some kids
talking about it at school.
Thought I'd ask.
Oh, by the way, um,
an Asanda called the house today.
[in Afrikaans] Asanda.
She can call, it's all right.
[in English] Well, she seemed
very desperate to talk to you.
She wanted to know
if you want to go to the beach.
Are you and Asanda together?
Uh, um
[chuckles nervously]
Okay.
Uh
Do the two of you
Are you and Asanda
Are we what?
Are you using protection, Wade?
Yes?
SPF 30, Mummy.
[laughs]
["Never Play Round" by Klikzo plays]
[school bell rings]
[Grootboom] Once you're finished
with the photocopies,
I'll need you to file the documents
by tomorrow morning.
If you don't need anything else, sir,
then I'll be on my way.
Before you go,
send me the results of all the matrics
from grade eight to matric.
Yes, sir.
[Grootboom] The exam papers
have been leaked.
It seems as though someone
used my photocopier code during the gala.
Miss Zwane is the only person
who had access,
so she's been suspended.
When I find all the students
that got their hands on that exam paper,
I will report them to the department,
and they can kiss their futures goodbye.
You may go, Miss Kahn.
Oh, and Miss Kahn? [inhales sharply]
This stays between the two of us for now.
[keyboard clacking]
I'm so sorry, ma'am.
It's not your fault, dear.
[students chattering]
You told Grootboom?
It's the right thing to do.
[scoffs] Wendy,
you've just ruined those kids' lives.
Yeah, but they should have thought
about it before they cheated, right?
Right?
- [groans]
- Tahira!
Forget about the rumors.
No one's been found out.
I want my money back,
or I'mma tell Grootboom
you were selling the papers.
Just Just give him
his fucking money back, bro.
["What Do They Know"
by My. Heinz feat. Chad Da Don plays]
[Chris sighs]
- [phone chimes]
- [Chris] Happy?
- Yes.
- Yeah, now fuck off.
Well, we're hemorrhaging through the cash.
We're meeting Ruff Beats later today.
We're gonna have fuck all left.
What do you mean? How many others
have asked for their money back?
Actually, how much do we have left now?
250,000?
Lower.
200,000?
[sighs]
Bro, we are fucked.
He hasn't even phoned us yet.
[phone rings]
Oh, would you look at that?
Just Just great, huh?
Sending shots
We sending the shots over ♪
Flowing like the wind
They hoping I blow over ♪
She just hit me back
For looking over her skouer ♪
I chise Chad, then he wysed me ♪
Hey, Chris, um, have you seen Fiks?
No.
Do you remember
a student named, uh, Gregory Dickson?
Oh, uh, yeah, yeah, yeah, The Dick.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. The guy was a legend.
[tense ethereal music plays]
Do you remember an incident
where he nearly drowned?
No. No, no, no,
the dude swims like a fish.
He drinks like one too.
Um, I've got to go.
[teacher] Uh, listen up, everybody.
The principal would like to see
the following students in his office ASAP.
["3 Steppin'" by Eddie Soul feat.
YungKiddReezy & Horid The Messiah plays]
Yes, sir!
I know a couple ♪
[Grootboom] Do you know why you're here?
I've combed through all your marks
since you first got here in grade eight,
and what I've found is that your marks
miraculously improved this year.
So, unless some supernatural event
has befallen you,
I suggest you start talking.
It was Chris and KB!
[breath trembles]
Yes, sir! I know a couple of people
Are holding me back ♪
I don't even wanna listen to y'all ♪
- [Puleng] Hey, guys.
- [Wendy] Hey.
Sorry to bother you, but, um,
do you remember a near-drowning incident
that happened at the school?
It was around the same time that you won
your debate competition in 2019.
Yeah, we even sent him
a get-well-soon card.
But I found the whole thing dodgy.
In what way?
Damian was super focused.
If he wasn't swimming,
he was at the library.
I always thought he and Tahira
would make a cute couple.
- Sorry, huh?
- [chuckles]
Did you say Damian?
I was talking about Gregory Dickson.
No, that was the swim captain.
He didn't drown. It was definitely Damian.
[mysterious music plays]
Hey. Where have you been?
I've been looking all over for you.
Why haven't you answered my messages?
[Fikile] Oh, uh, my phone died. Sorry.
[Puleng sighs]
So, I think I might have figured out
what this whole PoolBoy thing is about.
- I thought you were letting it go.
- No.
It has something to do with that student
who nearly drowned, Damian.
Supposedly, he was drunk at school,
but I heard something different
from Wendy and Tahira.
- Are you okay?
- Yeah. Um, what did they tell you exactly?
That he didn't drink.
Do you know if he was by himself
when he almost drowned?
[Puleng] Yes?
- [Fikile] No, nothing. I'm sorry.
- [phone chimes]
[Puleng] Do you remember anything
that happened in 2019 around that event?
[Fikile] No, I don't know. It must have
been before I joined the swimming team.
- So you've never met Gregory or Damian?
- I really don't remember.
I I have to go, guys.
So, why would
a near-drowning incident report
about Damian be in Gregory's file?
Yeah, at this point,
one plus one equals three.
Um, where can we find pictures of Gregory?
- Or Damian maybe?
- Um
The photography club
normally has negatives
of all the teams and classes.
We keep them in the dark room.
All right, let's go.
Listen, I'm thinking let's go for a treat.
[both breathe heavily]
- Maybe get some ice cream?
- Um, you can go ahead.
[suspenseful music plays]
I'm gonna keep going.
Fiks. Fiks!
Fiks!
What?!
- What's wrong?
- Nothing.
[sighs] It's fine, Sam.
You want to go for ice cream? Let's go.
["Lavis Drive By?" by Mr. Heinz plays]
I thought you guys
would have bailed by now.
We'd never do that, sir.
[in Afrikaans] So? Where's my money?
Oh.
- [in English] Gotta love technology.
- [phone chimes]
All right, uh, I think, uh
I think we should be getting
back to class, so
What is this?
Don't they teach you how to count
at this fancy school of yours?
Look, man, we we'll
we'll come up with the rest.
We promise.
I have a better idea.
[engine starts]
[tires squeal]
["Loveless" by Lana McDonagh
and Toby Horton plays on speakers]
Another one.
Okay. What's up with you?
You know, I hate lying cheats.
Is this Chris?
No. Why would you say that?
Mmm. [mutters]
Lunga, is there something
that you know about Chris?
Wendy
Chris and I kissed.
[breathes deeply]
You haven't been listening ♪
And I've been feeling so distant ♪
[door opens]
Like I'm in the background ♪
- [Asanda] What are you doing?
- Nothing.
Do you mind closing the door, please?
We're checking negatives.
So if you're gonna stay, please help out.
[Asanda] What am I looking for?
Swim team, 2019.
[sighs]
Why did you delete your comment?
Do you guys mind
taking your issues outside or whatever?
- Why, Wade?
- Must we do this here?
I don't see why not. You seem to be
spending all your time with her lately.
- So
- Guys, I have a genuine crisis, okay?
So if you're worried about Wade
untagging you in some stupid photo,
then please
It's not a stupid photo.
And by the way, I found it.
What?
Wait. I have an idea.
[app clicks on phone]
[beeps and clicks]
Th-There it is.
[tense music plays]
What?
[gasps]
So, what is it about Puleng
that doesn't make you acknowledge
our relationship, hmm?
Nothing, but I mean,
why is she even in the front seat?
Guys, please.
[mellow music plays]
[Puleng sighs heavily]
[Asanda sighs heavily]
So the incident report in Gregory's file
is about a student
who nearly drowned, Damian.
I think that Gregory Dickson
had a hand in it,
or he was there when it happened.
This is the mystery
that PoolBoy wanted me to uncover.
PoolBoy is Damian.
- [exhales]
- Yeah.
But why does he want me to uncover
something that he knows already?
[Asanda] Maybe he tried himself,
and no one listened.
[groans] Anyways, why are you even trying
to fix something that's not broken?
We're fine as we are.
Fine? But you don't want
to be seen with me in public.
Are you ashamed of me?
[in Afrikaans] Look, I'm just gonna
drop you off at home, okay?
[in English] Absolutely not.
I found the picture.
I'm useful. I'm staying.
Look, if you don't think
I'm cool enough or whatever,
then maybe we must reevaluate
this whole relationship thing.
Wade!
Fiks lied
about knowing Gregory and Damian.
Do you think she was part of the cover-up?
[sighs] I don't know.
I mean, there's a reason
PoolBoy wants me to uncover all of this.
He keeps saying
that the truth is closer than I think.
I think Fiks had something
to do with what happened.
Do you think that maybe she
That maybe she what?
[Sam] What's really going on, Fiks?
You've been acting very strange lately.
[exhales sharply]
I just
[phone vibrates and chimes]
[anxious droning music plays]
[gasps]
- [breath trembles]
- Hey, you okay?
[chimes]
[phone vibrates]
[phone beeps]
[through distortion] Finally.
I was starting to think
we backed the wrong player.
I know why you asked me to dig into it.
It's about Fiks.
What did she do?
Doesn't matter anyway.
Because I'm done.
Whatever happened to you,
whatever Fiks did to you
doesn't justify the sick shit
that you do to people.
What you made Leigh-Anne
do to me [scoffs]
You don't deserve justice, so fuck off.
[Damian] Careful, Puleng.
Or what?
What?
That's exactly what I thought.
- [phone beeps]
- [dial tone pulses]
[sighs]
Sam, there's something you should know.
I leaked Puleng's sex tape.
[suspenseful music plays]
What?
Why?
She was gonna find out about the past,
and I I just
- I just needed time to think and [gasps]
- [tires squeal]
- Please, don't Please, don't hurt us.
- [Sam] Make it quick, guys.
[groans]
- [Fikile] Help me!
- [man] Let's go!
- Fiks!
- Let's go, let's go!
- Sam!
- Fiks!
[groans]
- Let's go, let's go!
- Sam! Sam!
[car fades into distance]
[desolate musical flourish plays]
Let me find you in our story ♪
Where our souls intertwine in glory ♪
I can feel you in my spirit ♪
My heart is bruised ♪
And you're my healing ♪
Blood ♪
Blood and water ♪
Blood ♪
Blood and water ♪
Blood ♪
Blood and water ♪
Blood ♪
Blood and water ♪
[ominous music plays]