Wild at Heart (2006) s07e01 Episode Script

Peeters' mining company have made us an offer.
Three million rand.
They're going to build an access road through our land linking the Conference Centre to the mine.
You're not getting Leopard's Den.
The time for offers is over.
I'm taking you to the high court.
We're gonna force the sale.
Title in Leopard's Den shall move to Afrispec.
This isn't justice.
This is legalised theft! We should all go to England, just until we get something sorted here.
I will use every sinew to track you somewhere to live.
Afrispec are already employing a poacher.
Why don't we just keep this amongst ourselves until there's been a full investigation into the poaching? They're holding off the work.
Question is for how long.
I buried it under the verandah in case of emergencies and this is an emergency.
Dup! Dup Dup Fence works.
Look, Dup, maybe this is a bad idea.
Nonsense, man.
We'll tunnel our way in.
Come on.
We've got him.
What the hell were you doing? I was trying to get your elephant back.
By running in front of it?! Well, I didn't have a lot of choice.
He just saw me and went for me.
Well, we work as a team here.
You nearly got yourself and others killed.
I got him back, didn't I?! Well, next time, if there is a next time, do it properly, OK?! I didn't have to bail out the great bunny-hugging Danny Trevanion.
I did you a favour.
Don't blow it! Mr Lynch? Can I have a word? No, don't apologize, I don't want to hear it.
I wasn't going to.
There just might be a problem with the elephant.
Obviously-he keeps escaping.
No, but what if there's a reason? Well, clearly there is.
Our fences aren't strong enough.
More than that, what if deep down behind the obvious Deep down?! What do you want me to do? Look at its motivation? Well, yes, actually.
If it's unhappy Unhappy? It's a little elephant.
I'm a vet, not a counsellor.
Sorry to bother you, Mr Lynch.
Yeah, I'm coming.
If you'll excuse me, I'm late for a caesarian on a lion.
I can assist if you like.
I've got it covered.
But we do have a problem with haematomyzus porci you can look at.
Sorry, haematomyzus Latin was never my strong suit.
Dup! Where the hell have you been? Sorry.
Can't stop.
Gotta run.
Where? Just try not to get sacked, OK? We need the money, remember? How could I forget? Urban coffins.
No land.
No point.
I guess beggars can't be choosers.
This thing doesn't work.
Ah, hah.
Actually I've got a better job for you something more suited perhaps.
Meet me outside in ten.
Yes, Sir.
Excuse me! Sorry, after you.
Argh! Come on! If I do a thousand of these, I can win 'Employee of the Month'.
I missed Alice's call.
Why didn't you answer it? Trevanion, I can lie as well as the next person.
In fact, better.
But I'm tired of pretending to your pregnant wife that you're running this place and I'm the Head Tracker.
Yeah well.
She'd make us quit if she knew the truth.
Any news of the National Park job? No, not yet.
But I think I've got a good chance.
That'd be the answer to our prayers.
We can buy new land and start again.
Then we can tell Mr Stick Up His Arse Sergeant Major Mr Du Plessis, is there a problem? No, no, we're fine.
We've had a report.
It's a little unwanted pet problem I think.
Unwanted pet? He used to be the State Vet.
Yes, yes, but as I understand it he quit.
The two of you lost your game reserve.
Seeing as taking unwanted pets is part of the 'Big Five' service Think you can manage that.
No problem.
I'd like to give him a big five.
Yes, I'm all over it.
Just hang on in there.
It won't be forever.
Thanks.
Yes, Sir.
Easy on the brakes.
Dup, what the hell are you playing at?! Escaping.
What do you think? You'll get the sack.
Good.
Sooner we're out of that zoo the better.
Where did you get that? Me and Fatani liberated it from Leopard's Den.
Have you completely lost your mind?! Not yet.
You want to watch that stuff.
Don't be ridiculous.
I'll be fine.
Wake up Dup, we're here.
Where's here? The back of beyond.
Hello? Hello? Anyone home? Hello? Dup! You know that little unwanted pet problem.
That's a big little unwanted pet problem.
Where's the owner? Has he eaten him? I don't think he's eaten for days and that chain's been biting into his neck.
We need to dart him, take a look at that wound and get him to Big Five now.
We need to get him into surgery.
Now! How bad is he? Malnourished, got lacerations on the neck and he's dehydrated.
He'll need emergency fluids and antibiotics.
I'll take it.
I was hoping to oversee this.
I've had quite a bit of experience with big cats.
What, tigers? Well, not so much as lions.
Probably best I take it then.
Hello, Danny.
Du Plessis.
What are you doing all the way out here? Afrispec planning to buy this place for peanuts as well? I'm here for a board meeting.
A board meeting? Since when have you or Afrispec cared about animal parks? We're involved in a number of conservation programs across several provinces actually.
It's a role we take very seriously.
You mean it's good PR after evicting us.
We had the investigation.
The road is going ahead whether you like it or not.
That investigation was a white wash, Peeters, and you know it.
And you two.
What are you doing here? Day out.
Nice shirts.
This is temporary.
Danny here has a shoe in for a brand new job.
Glad to hear it.
Head Vet in the National Parks no less.
So, you haven't heard then? About what? Well, that's one of the programs we're involved in.
And? There were some very good candidates Several of them South African.
What's that got to do with anything? I'm sorry, Danny.
You didn't get the job.
Hey, Trevanion.
Sober up! It's Alice.
Tell her I'll call her back.
Tell her yourself.
She's here.
Here?! Here! What's she doing here? Dup, you're gonna have to speak to her.
Why me? I'm not married to her.
Dup, she can't see me like this.
I can hardly see.
I can barely feel me legs.
Tell her you just had a shower.
Alice, how are you? Great, you? Bearing up.
How are you?! What are you doing here? You are supposed to be in the UK? I just thought I'd surprise you.
You certainly did.
Totally.
So, how's it all going here? Here's great, isn't it? Like nothing I've ever experienced before.
Looks more like a zoo than a conservation park.
Yeah, we're still in transition.
Guys, take that billboard down.
I told you about that weeks ago.
I'm pretty whacked from the flight, so I could do with a lie down.
Where's your quarters? I'll leave you to it.
Straight through there.
OK.
I'll get the bags.
All right, brilliant.
Thank you.
You're joking me.
Well, why do you sleep here? Well, it's just easier if we're with the men.
It's good for morale, more democratic.
Too nice that's your problem.
Danny, you're needed.
What for? We don't want to get Lynched.
Lynched? Oh yeah, demand, demand, demand.
OK, on you go, I'll be fine.
Right.
That elephant's tried to escape again.
He won't let anyone near.
He could charge any second.
Why's he acting like this? He's clearly sick.
Research has shown elephants react like this when in pain.
Research has also shown that elephants are intelligent enough to knock a tree into a fence when they want to escape.
He's an elephant, not Steve McQueen.
Steve McQueen, The Great Escape how brilliant is he? I think she likes you.
What?! So, what are you gonna do? Don't be absurd.
I'm old enough to be her father.
I meant the elephant.
Oh, I see.
I'm going to have to dart him.
Dart him? Why would you do that? To examine him properly.
I'll get the gun.
But I don't think there's anything physically wrong with him.
Look, I just said I wanted backup.
Something's bugging that elephant, but I don't think it's ill.
Let me examine him.
Danny.
I'll show you that he's fine.
What have you got to lose? If you get trampled on, I'm not accountable.
Very well.
Thanks for your support.
Are you still drunk or what? It's OK.
Sshh, sshh, sshh, sshh.
Well? Respiratory rate seems normal.
No obvious swellings.
Foot seems OK.
Trunk normal range of movement.
The tongue and the inside of the mouth rosy pink.
It could be an eye infection.
Eyes clear and responsive.
Small amount of moisture, but that's normal.
All in all you've a physically healthy elephant, but something's unsettling him and you've got to work out what it is.
Otherwise he's just gonna keep breaking out again and again.
Hey! You can't just keep disappearing.
You're on thin ice, Du Plessis.
Sorry, Boss.
Nice work back there especially with a hangover.
All that touchy-feely stuff isn't quite my forte.
I'm sort of better with props.
Well, we all have our areas of expertise.
How's he doing? Keeping him sedated.
Dehydration and colic.
Clearly abdominal pain caused by Gastrointestinal obstruction.
Yeah, we just don't know what.
Well, there was a lot of chewed furniture in the house including a metal bowl.
Why didn't you say?! I didn't get the chance.
I got your message.
Yeah.
I did some digging on that guy that owned that tiger.
You need to speak to his lawyer.
Look there's one more thing I'd like you to do for me.
I'm not stealing again.
Of course not.
Think of this more as community service.
You are going to operate, right? Surely whatever's in there is better out.
Obviously.
I don't think he'll survive surgery.
We'll wait until he's a bit stronger.
Have you done a gastrotomy before? Not on a tiger.
If it comes to it maybe we should do it together.
All right.
OK, thank you very much.
It's a pleasure doing business with you.
Bye.
You OK, Dup? What you up to? Me? Work.
If you must know, I was trying to check up who that tiger belongs to.
It's a guy called Harry Lawton.
He's in the circus.
When they gave him the boot he arranged to keep a tiger for a pet.
Which is illegal.
It is, but according to him so is us taking it.
Now he's accusing us of stealing his tiger.
What?! Maybe he wants to cause trouble about it.
We need to go and smooth things over, which is why I've arranged to meet him at his farm Clear water.
But I was gonna check up on Alice.
There's no time.
Come, we've got to go now.
What? Get in! Follow me.
Hey, shouldn't we knock first? He's not here.
I thought he was meeting us.
No, he can't.
He's six feet under.
He died suddenly three weeks ago.
Hence the abandoned tiger.
But you said I know what I said, but that was just to get you here.
If I'd told you the real reason you wouldn't have come.
And what is the real reason? This.
Danny? Who are you? I was about to ask you the same question.
I'm the boss's wife.
No, I think I'd know about that if you were.
No reason why you should.
No, I've just arrived from the UK.
Right.
But I'm not married.
Well, I'm sure you'll find the right girl one day, Mr Lynch.
Ed Lynch.
There seems to have been a bit of a misunderstanding.
I run this place.
I'm the boss.
What? Imagine.
You, me, the whole family, living here.
There's lots of space.
And it's for sale.
But it looks like an air raid shelter and there's great big holes in the roof.
Listen, beggars can't be choosers, you said.
Anyway now you're splitting hairs.
Have you had a good look around this place? Yah, isn't it great?! You actually like it? Come on, Trevanion, where's your sense of vision? This place has got potential, it's got space, it's got land, lots of land and it's a bargain.
Well, it's completely and utterly impractical and it's falling apart.
So am I and you've coped with me for years.
You're serious, aren't you? I've never been more serious in my life.
You know, Leopard's Den is gone.
And Caroline I miss her so much my bones ache.
Now Alice is back, she can't carry on sleeping in that dormitory? No, she can't.
But a place like this Doesn't come up very often, which is why I made an executive decision.
You did what? I wired them the money this morning.
I bought the place.
Tell me you're joking, Du Plessis.
Welcome home, Trevanion.
Alice! Fatani.
Hi.
Hi.
Do you want to tell me what's going on? You could have told me you were buying it.
You'd have just said no.
Danny, Mr Lynch was looking for you.
It's the tiger.
Thanks.
I thought we agreed we were going to operate on him together.
You weren't around.
I did come looking.
So, what happened here? His temperature went up, so I decided to go ahead.
Anyway, you were right about the metal bowl.
There's more than one obstruction.
Care to give me a hand? Course.
Tell me what you were doing posing as the man who runs this place.
I'm sorry? I met your wife.
Excellent work, Fatani, things are looking up.
Look there's something I know.
It's brilliant, isn't it? Danny's in charge of this place and you Head Tracker.
Hey, even Fatani's helping out in the shop.
Really great.
We decided to stick with people we can trust.
Ah, because trust is important, isn't it? Absolutely.
If you can't trust people She knows.
I meant he whole world depend son What did you say, Fatani? He said I know.
That's what I thought he said.
Why didn't you tell me? It must have slipped my mind.
Oh, where's Danny? In an operation.
Oh, is that for real? Or is that just another lie? Either way, you can tell him I'll be at the B&B in town.
I don't know who was more surprised Her or me.
Sorry about that.
Just crossed wires really.
We've got the pregnancy, we're 3,000 miles apart.
You know how it is.
Anyone else you've been telling you're in charge? No.
Can we just focus on the tiger.
I think I've got it or I should say them.
House keys? And I think that's everything.
Good.
Do you want to close him up? Course.
Be sure to do it well though.
He's gonna be a star here.
We may have to call ourselves 'Big Six'.
Well, how do you mean? He isn't yours.
Sorry? Well, you have to notify the State Vet's department.
I would've been all over this if I was still in that job.
Yeah, but you're not any more, are you? This tiger's probably not even licensed.
Exactly.
No-one seems to know he exists.
You can't just take him.
Why not? Because he isn't yours to take.
Don't get on your high horse.
When I first came here all I heard was the other Brit vet who always put the animals first.
What? The State Vet who always did everything by the book, but what good did that do you? Damn it! What? Some of the gut contents filled into the abdomen.
Warm up some saline, we'll flush out the abdomen.
It's all right.
Step aside.
There's no need.
I said step aside, leave it to me! I'll take it from here.
Before you screw up any more.
Alice? No, please.
I don't want to hear it.
I can explain.
Forget it, Danny.
Please don't do this.
I want a word with you lot.
Not now, Peeters.
Yes, now.
We've found evidence of people breaking into Leopard's Den.
Anything to do with you? It was me.
What of it? I should have known.
Meaning what? You were never more than a common criminal, were you? Hey! What are you doing?! You said stand up to people.
Yeah, but I didn't say assault them.
Yeah, well, he's had it coming.
You'll have to apologize to him.
To Peeters? Over my dead body.
Or preferably his.
Dup, pull over here for a second.
Just here, just here, whoa.
Why are we stopping? Him.
I can't figure out why he just keeps standing there looking out.
What's over there? It's a National Park, isn't it? Watch out for the fence.
They electrified it.
There must be a circuit box somewhere.
Are you sure about this? Our new home needs a roof and they're not going to need this here once they bulldoze the place.
I didn't think you approved of coming here stealing.
Afrispec owe us.
Anyway it's not stealing, it's liberating.
When I said I wanted to see some fire in your belly, I didn't exactly mean this, you know.
Tough.
Feels odd, eh? History.
We've moved on.
Exactly.
New house.
Fresh start.
It's just bricks and mortar talking of which Roof.
I've come to apologize about the operation.
I'm annoyed about you jumping to conclusions about me.
My concerns were for the tiger.
Well, so were mine.
Really? Yes, I may be a vet who runs a commercial enterprise, but I still know what's best.
No animal here is malnourished or mistreated.
I want the tiger as an attraction, but who wouldn't? I also know that he's better off here than in a holding pen while some bureaucrat decides where to stick him.
Even if at the moment it doesn't really matter where he is.
We may have to put him down.
Oh, no, there must be something you can do.
I'm happy to setup-You can leave the tiger's treatment to me.
OK? Your elephant where did you get him? He came from the National Park.
He wants to go back there.
You're gonna have to relocate him or you'll have a disturbed elephant.
Just remember your position.
That animal will injure itself and maybe others if you don't do anything about it.
We've got a new house, we've got a new project.
Alice is back.
It's all coming together.
That house is a disaster.
And me and Alice aren't speaking.
Maybe you should talk to her.
Not at the moment.
She needs time.
And I need time to get my head round everything.
Who am I kidding? Do you know what I really want? I want us all to be back home in Leopard's Den.
That's what I want.
Trevanion? Trevanion? Hello?'Hi, this is Alice.
Please leave a message.
' Dup, you woke me in the night for this? Are you trying to get me arrested? This is important.
Danny has disappeared.
He was talking about going home.
He's in a bad way, man.
I need some moral support.
I don't like this, Dup.
I don't Dup, the fence! Don't worry, don't worry, there's a cutout switch here somewhere.
He must be here.
What makes you so sure? Well, it's off.
I mean, who else would have done that? There we go.
What's going on? Why didn't you just call Lynch? It's my fault the tiger's in this state and I wanted to put it right.
Lynch would sack me on the spot if he knew I was here.
Are you OK to scrubin? Course.
Psst.
What?! I wasn't psst'ing you, I was psst'ing Trevanion.
Sorry, sorry.
Are you OK? Course I'm bloody OK, no thanks to you! What is it? Nothing.
Sshh! Sshh! Do you hear that? Listen, you wait there by the steps and keep your bloody eyes open.
I'll go and check it out.
No, no, no, no, no Hey! You can't leave me here by myself.
So, why didn't you tell me you weren't in charge? I didn't want you to worry about anything.
Of course, I was ashamed of the truth.
I was working for someone else being treated like a lackey.
I knew if I'd told you, you wouldn't let me do it.
But we need every penny.
That house is gonna need work.
What house?! Danny? Danny? Is that you? Hey, come on! Go away! Foot sac! Argh! Bloody hell, you're supposed to be the lookout.
What's wrong with you? I heard a shout.
Yeah, it was me.
Now, go and look out! Now? Yes, now! Anything else I need to know about? No.
Medication? Anti-inflammatories, antibiotics.
I think that'll be enough.
They'll have to be.
I think he's going to be OK.
Yeah, I think so.
Glad to see you still know how to show a girl a good time.
You know me, nothing like a bit of peritonitis to break the ice.
So, in return for helping you out here and for letting you off the hook, I want you to do something for me.
I want you to quit.
Yeah No, I'm being serious, you don't belong here.
I want you to leave this place.
Right now.
OK.
But there's something that I need to do first.
OK.
Come on, work, damn it! Hey! Peeters! Trevanian you've really gone and done it now.
Hi.
No sign of Danny then, huh? What? Danny? The reason we're here.
Remember? No, no, he's not here.
Good.
Now, we can go home.
No well, yes, you can go back.
There's no point in both of us staying here.
I'm going to hang around here for a while.
What?! Watch the dawn.
You go back.
Danny will turn up soon.
Are you sure? Of course.
Go, go on, go on, go, go.
OK.
It's OK.
Sssh, sshh, sshh.
Come on, come with me.
That's it, come on.
Come on, come on, keep coming.
Come on.
Sshh, sshh, sshh.
I'm taking you home.
I've got to get out of here.
I've got to Come along, come along.
He could be anywhere by now.
Move it! Where's Danny? He's still in bed.
Why? Is there a problem? An elephant has gone AWOL.
Is this anything to do with him? Of course not.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, bloody hell! Come on, we better press on.
That's it.
Come on, keep coming.
There's a good boy, come on, my boy.
There's a good boy.
Come on, come on.
Come on, come.
Come on, come on.
There Good boy, good boy.
There's a good boy.
There's a good boy.
What is it with you stealing my elephant?! I told you.
He wants to be over there.
He can't.
He's ours.
We paid good money for him and we look after him.
That's not enough.
And if you won't listen The river is the boundary of our land.
At the moment, Travanion, you've just been sacked.
Any further and I'll have you arrested.
Will you? Even though you know I'm right.
You said no animals were mistreated here.
This one is.
You can't just take him.
All those things you said about me.
You were right.
And I'm proud that I put the animals first.
But you were wrong about one thing.
I don't always do things by the book.
I'm warning you! Dup?! Dup?! Dup? Dup I've been looking for you everywhere.
Ah, ah, ah What have you been doing? I fell asleep on an ant hill.
What are you doing here? Well I've got some bad news, Dup.
It's Alice's brother.
Rowan? Yeah, Rowan.
Come on.
Well, what do you think? Well, it clearly needs a lot of work.
Not exactly what I imagined.
But do you know what? I love it.
I absolutely love it.
I am so relieved.
At least we've got a home again.
Yeah.
Urgh, you look terrible.
You been sleeping out in the bush? Something like that.
I'm so sorry.
Caroline couldn't get hold of you, so she rang me.
It's Rowan.
He's had a car accident.
Is he OK? How bad is it? He's in intensive care.
What happened? I don't know, but Caroline's looking into flights for you.
Of course.
I'll come with you.
You can't go! Why not? You know why not.
No, I don't.
Well, because this is what we've all worked for.
This is our new home.
Yeah.
Dup, this house is our future, and we will sort it, but I have to do this first.
You can get started on it while we're gone.
I can help.
After all, Dup, we're in this together, right? Of course.
It'll all be fine.
Come on.
This is it! It hasn't got a roof.
Well, like I said light and airy.
What the hell's going on here? They could have been poisoned.
This place gets dodgier by the minute.
You've got to stop following me around.
The Head of Internal Affairs for Afrispec.
Mr Peeters is missing.
And according to our information, you were among the last people to see him.
I put the body in the bush and I buried him.
They'll think I killed him.
This is a lot more serious than we thought.