Wild at Heart (2006) s07e02 Episode Script

I bought the place.
I mean, imagine me, you, the whole family, living here.
It's completely and utterly impractical and it's falling apart.
Hey You'll have to apologise.
Over my dead body.
Preferably his.
Peters It's Rowan, he's had a car accident.
Is he OK? He's in intensive care.
I'll come with you.
You can't go.
Why not? You know why not.
You've really gone and done it now.
You forgot to put these in.
Thanks for burying him for me, Dup.
Ah, Dup.
Nice and early.
Again! Lucky for you that I am.
You've got to get a move on, OK? You've got to pick up Danny and the girls, remember? Keep your hair on.
What's your hurry? You can't be late, Dup.
And you should have done more around the house before they got here.
What's wrong with it? It looks like a bomb hit it.
I like the look.
And you spent most of your time in bed the whole time.
I need my beauty sleep.
The only thing we've actually done is collect the giraffe and Danny arranged that before he left this place.
If you're so worried about the mess you've got a few hours to clean it up.
OK, fine.
I'll try.
Dup, Dup, stop here.
Stop here.
Now the house is just around the next bend.
But this this is the land.
Danny, it's amazing.
Wait till you see the house.
I can't wait to see what you've done with the place.
Hey, guys! Welcome to your new home.
This is it.
Yeah, it's very modern.
It's bloody brilliant! And how have you been? Fine.
You? Fine, all things considered.
But hey, they're all here now, and we've got a new home to build.
When I left it was er still pretty basic.
And still is.
I can see it's missed Alice's domestic touch.
Oh, Rowan Rowan is out of intensive care but he's going to need his sister's TLC for a few weeks.
And she sends her love, of course.
And some Brown Ale for Dup.
Yes! So what the hell has been happening? I wondered why you were off with me at the airport, now I know, it's because you haven't lifted a finger.
I tried to get him to sort his stuff, but he wouldn't.
I had things on my mind.
Like what? We've got a new home to get going what could get in the way of that? Exactly.
Would you like to see the view? Yes! Straight through here.
This is us, light and airy.
But it hasn't got a roof.
Like I said, light and airy.
It'll be romantic, lying in bed at night, looking at the stars.
Will the vulture be joining us too? Go on.
Go away, go, go! This place is a disaster.
I can't believe we don't have running water.
Anything else I should know about? The electricity cuts out.
Usually when Dup opens the fridge.
What you actually need is a project manager, somebody to get this place back into shape.
Or a demolition man.
Now you're back I can help get everything back together.
I'll get the water fixed.
Don't be ridiculous, Cedric.
This place will be a full time job.
And what about Buhle and the boys? Let alone the bar.
They'll be fine.
Thabo, you'll help out, won't you? Er yeah.
I suppose.
Er, no.
We haven't seen each other in weeks.
I want to explore.
Can't the plumbing wait? Not really, darling, no.
We've just travelled 6,000 miles, I need a bath.
Danny! Ssh, ssh, ssh Well, what have we here? Cape vulture, a young one by the look of it.
He can be our first pet.
No he bloody can't.
Get rid of him.
Easy, Dup.
I think he's cute.
I'd better take a look at him, he could just be lost.
Or maybe a harbinger of doom.
Who the hell is he? Don't know, looks official though.
Can we help you? I'm looking for Danny Trevanion and Anders Du Plessis.
Thabiso Mabaso, the head of internal affairs for Afrispec.
Well, you've found us.
What do you want? To talk.
In private.
Of course.
Come inside.
Gentlemen, I believe you know Mr Christian Peeters? Our paths have crossed, yeah.
Well, Mr Peeters is missing.
He disappeared last week, we have no idea where he went and we need to find him.
He's got some difficult questions to answer.
Well, he's not here if that's what you're thinking.
No, but my team has been tracing his movements and according to our information you were among the last people to see him.
How was he? Did he seem like a man on the brink? On the edge? Well, he was Definitely.
Definitely man on the edge.
Yeah, he was twitchy.
Peeters? Absolutely.
Huh.
Come on come on come on Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, yeah, there you go.
OK, now what? Now we wait and see what that man wants.
Don't worry, they're not going to take you home again.
Are they? Well, thank you for your time, gentlemen.
If you think of anything that might be relevant Of course.
Let us know if there's anything we can do.
So what's up with you? What were you like in there? You're a fine one to talk.
You must have ice in your bloody veins.
"No, he was fine"! What a piece of work are you.
What are you on about? You know what I'm on about.
No, I don't.
You've been acting weird ever since you got back.
I'm surprised you came back.
What? Don't come the innocent with me.
Do you want me to spell it out for you? Yes, because I haven't got a clue what you're talking about.
You killed Peeters.
I what? What makes you think I? He's just missing, he's not dead.
No, he is very dead.
I know, because I found the body.
Don't be ridiculous.
He was floating in the pool at Leopard's Den where you left him before you fled the country.
What are you talking about? You left our dormitory in the middle of the night.
To operate on a tiger.
And you punched him.
And and you said to him, er er you'll apologise over his dead body.
I heard you.
It's a figure of speech! What's wrong with you? What did you do with him? I took the body in the veldt and I buried it.
Peeters dead? Why didn't you just report it? Because I thought you'd done it You thought wrong! So you definitely had nothing to do with Peeters' death? Course I didn't! What have you done? You know, I was protecting you.
I didn't need protecting, I'm innocent! How could you think I killed someone, Dup? I saw the body and the blood on the veranda and the what was I supposed to think? Well, not that your best friend, a man not normally known as a callous murderer, bumped him off.
Anyway, how do you know that anyone killed him? He was lying face down in the pool.
Listen, Sherlock, it was night time, maybe he fell in.
Maybe he just keeled over, bad heart, hit his head, staggered about, splash.
Tragic accident, not murder! So what are we going to do? Why is it"we"? What's Caroline going to say? She's not going to know.
You have to tell her.
If you don't, I will.
You can't tell anyone! I can do what I want! Well? Fine, thanks.
You? No, "well", as in, "well, what did he want?" Who? Oh, he just came to tell us Peeters has done a runner.
Peeters has? Mr Mabaso, he wanted our opinions on him.
I hope you said he can rot in Hell.
Sort of.
We weren't sure what to do.
Gave him some water, Charlotte reckoned we should try blood.
Well, vultures do drink water but they get most of their moisture from meat so you're both right.
I think he's fine, but he's just lost his group and we should help him find them.
Besides, it'll be good to get out and about.
Can I come? Yeah, me too.
What? Why? Because er many hands make light work.
I'll drive.
So, why would Peeters suddenly disappear? And where would he go? I don't know.
Dup, any ideas? No.
You look out that way, we'll check this side.
Yes, Anders, I get the general idea.
Thanks very much for putting me on the spot like that! Would you rather I told her? No! You can't just leave him in a hole in the ground.
Why not? Where's he going to go? Anyway, what are we going to do? What are"we"going? What are YOU going to do? YOU are going to go to the police station and you're going to tell them that you made a mistake.
Trevalion, I buried a body.
It's not like running a red light.
This is a serious crime, I can go to prison.
Is this OK? Do you need to get home or something? Er I wasn't sure what would be happening today, that's all.
I thought you guys might want to rest or time on your own.
Rest? You're joking.
Anyway, I want us to check the place out.
Yeah, cool.
Not yet, you two.
I've located an old borehole.
Follow me.
What the hell's going on here? Why haven't they flown away? There must be something wrong, they look pretty lethargic to me.
This one looks pretty dead to me.
And this one.
We'll need to take the others back and one of the dead ones.
I'll do a postmortem and take tissue samples.
Or maybe we should just bury it.
This borehole must have dried up.
I'm more likely to strike oil than water.
Let me check the plans, two seconds.
What do you say we make a run for it? OK er Hey! Hey! How's it going? This one's got a tracking collar so if we can find out where it's been we might be able to figure out what the problem is.
Good.
What I don't get is how you sleep at night.
That's just it, I don't.
I have nightmares about you.
Nightmares about me? Can I trust you, Trevanion? I won't lie for you, Dup.
Ssh Not interrupting am I? No.
Straight onto the table, Dup.
OK.
There we go.
OK, I've got it.
What do you want then? Bloody pest.
I know, I know I have to tell Caroline, don't I? I see I have a rival for your affections.
I think it's rather sweet.
Listen, Caroline, there's something I must tell you.
Anders, if you're going to tell me that your feelings for the vulture are reciprocated Caroline, this is serious.
Yes, sorry.
What were you going to say? While you were gone I came across a I buried I I Buried what? My feelings.
I buried my feelings for you too deep.
I'm sorry.
Anders, that's all right.
I didn't give you a second thought while I was away.
You what? Hey, let's go for a swim.
I I don't know.
Why not? Come on.
Are you coming? No, no.
No, thanks.
I'm fine.
What's the GPS show? That this fella has been to the Kruger, Mozambique and Swaziland, so that narrows it down.
What's wrong with them? It's hard to tell until we get the tests back but this one had signs of visceral gout.
I'd say it died of kidney failure.
Kidney failure? They could have been poisoned by something they ate.
I saw one of them feeding on a nguni carcass.
Haven't got ourselves a sick herd of cattle, have we? We could have.
Laughton had a pet tiger chained to his kitchen wall he's hardly going to be farmer of the year, is he? I saw the giraffe.
Seems to be settling in OK.
Anything I can do? You can label these samples for me while I go and check on the nguni.
OK.
We are going to be OK without Alice for a bit, aren't we? Course we are.
We have to be, we have to make this place work.
I'm going down for this, I know it.
I can feel it in my bones.
I just can't, all right? It's not your freedom at stake, you know.
OK, OK.
I'll go to the bloody police.
Bloody hell, man.
I said I was going to the police, didn't I? I don't need you getting up on me now.
Now go! Go! Come on! Did you check on the nguni? Yeah, and they've got a fever.
So what are you looking there for? Trying to find whatever it was Laughton treated them with.
Hello Diclofenac.
It poisons vultures if they eat the carcasses of animals treated with it.
Which our nguni clearly were.
See, little Miss Marple, you're getting the hang of this.
Oh, for crying out loud.
Just give me a break, will you? I'm going, I'm going Anders Du Plessis.
What are you doing here? Er haircut.
And you? Making an official statement to the police.
Police? Is that strictly necessary? I think so, yes.
That's it, I've had enough of you.
Get lost! Go on! Go! What's Fatani doing out there? Dowsing.
He's trying to locate an alternate water source.
I didn't know he could do that.
He can't.
He's been wandering around out there for hours.
Cedric! You can call it a day now.
OK, OK.
Where are you going? To put polly wally doo-dah here to bed.
I think we should give him a name.
Let's call him Peeters.
Let's not.
Dup, where have you been? You've got to do something about this.
Yeah, I know.
That's why I went to the police.
What did they say? I couldn't go through with it.
Mabaso was there, making a report.
What? I mean, think about it.
If I go and confess now my fingerprints are all over the body.
You can explain all that.
The fat finger of suspicion will be pointing directly at me.
They won't think it's just an accidental death I covered up.
They'll think I killed him.
This is a lot more serious than we thought.
Oh, I always thought it was serious.
The point is, you can't just leave him out there, rotting.
It isn't right.
It's not like he's a saint.
The man didn't even have any family, they'll stop looking soon.
And that's it, it just goes away? Hopefully.
What does he want? What are you going to say? I told you, I won't lie for you.
Think about the family we just got back.
Think about this place we just got.
Think about everything we've worked for Hi, sorry to intrude so late.
No haircut? No, they were closed.
Is there a problem? No, no.
Although are these yours? Only when I came out of the station they were on the ground right where we were talking.
Were they? And yet you had clearly driven off, so? No, I I They're mine.
He's always running off with them.
Thank you.
So how's it going? Actually, you should probably know.
We've now completed our own internal audit and as we suspected, it seems that Mr Peeters isn't the only thing that's gone missing.
A whole lot of money has gone, too.
Looks like he was embezzling funds.
So if you have any new information you need to contact the police from now on.
Of course, no problem.
Thank you.
So what are these? Peeters' car keys.
I had to dump it.
You did what? What else was I supposed to do? Anyway, thanks for covering for me Just don't! All right? I don't want to hear it.
This is all very romantic.
Not Leopard's Den though, is it? I heard that Afrispec is way over budget already and work's barely begun there now that Peeters has legged it.
We should all stop talking about Peeters and Leopard's Den.
We all need to move on.
I agree.
I think this place is going to be great.
No-one cares about Peeters anyway.
Apart from that stupid vulture.
Dup! You were dreaming.
You OK? I just keep thinking about Leopard's Den.
Well, at least we're not still in England.
Got clear water now, new beginning.
Yes.
And we all need to move on and start afresh.
I understand that, it's just it's just taking me time to adjust, that's all.
Maybe you should go back there, say hello.
Or more to the point, goodbye.
OK, team, ready for day two? No can do today.
I've got to get back home.
I'm giving him a lift.
Hey, Peeters, try this.
Might make you fly away faster.
Are you sure Buhle is OK about you doing this? It can't be very good for business.
Yeah, yeah.
She's fine.
Business is booming.
Liv, can you show me where you last saw the giraffe? I can't find her.
Yeah, sure.
I won't be long, can you wait? Of course.
No sweat.
She still hasn't touched her food.
She seemed fine yesterday.
To me, anyway.
Giraffe's don't eat dead cattle.
So this isn't because of the diclo-wotsit? Exactly, but it has to be the same disease affecting the nguni.
I'll just have to take more samples.
I think it might be viral.
This place gets dodgier by the minute.
Just don't tell Caroline.
About what? She's missing Leopard's Den, she's gone back to say her goodbyes.
She's what? Peeters, you and me must have a little chat.
I want you to go for good, understand? Dup, it's Caroline.
She's on her way to Leopard's Den.
She can't! She is.
What if she finds the body? She won't, it's hidden.
What if she finds something else? Didn't you mention blood somewhere? Oh no Anything else? Any other vehicles you've forgotten to mention? Any other bodies I should know about? No need to be sarcastic.
There's every need to be sarcastic! And were you talking to a vulture? No.
Come on.
Not this time, Peeters.
Just go.
I never want to see you again, ever.
I hope I haven't made you late for whatever it is you're doing.
No, no, it's fine.
Pull in over here.
Here? Why are we stopping here? What's going on? Clearly something.
I'm running around like mad and you've obviously got the hump.
I well, I've got a job.
Fantastic.
Why didn't you just say that? It's not that simple.
It's what it is, really How bad can it be? You're not a stripper or something, are you? I'm working for Afrispec.
You're not? Have you forgotten what that place did to us? They threw us out, they evicted us! I didn't have any choice.
I can't believe you've done that.
Get out.
No, hold on Get out! Excuse me.
Can I help you, Mrs? Du Plessis.
No, not really, I just wanted to have a last look before before you knock it down.
I didn't mean to interrupt.
I'm behind as it is, but you've got a couple of minutes before I show the board members around.
There she is.
There's Mabaso.
What's he doing here? It's not just him, is it? There's coach loads.
Where's the blood? On thever and a by the steps.
Straight where they're heading! Come on We heard you were over budget and behind schedule.
We had some financial setbacks in the current climate but who hasn't? But I am sure that we will weather the storm, too.
Sad to see it like this.
What are those two doing? Are they here to look around as well? Danny, Anders? Here, found it Good What are you two doing here? We were looking for you.
And how are you? Been busy? Yes.
In fact, I have to wrap up a meeting.
You've got to go.
I think we should all go.
Look! Did you see that? What? What is it? Not another vulture? No, no, it's A Rufous-bellied night heron.
Very rare round these parts.
Really? Very good.
Right, well, we have to continue.
Ladies and gentlemen, follow me.
What are you two up to? We were worried about you.
Isn't that Peeters? Yeah.
Oh, no Aw, you seem sad to see him go.
No, I'm glad to see the back of him.
Bloody pest.
Caroline! Great news! I found the perfect place to sink a borehole.
Dup, I need you to dig.
Everything OK? Then guni and giraffe are salivating excessively, they have severe diarrhoea and their blood show high levels of mercuric chloride.
I'll take that as a "no", then.
Not exactly.
Now I know the cause, I can start the treatment.
The problem is I don't know where it's coming from.
You OK? What was the real reason you and Dup came to Leopard's Den? When we were at the Big Five, Dup and I we broke into Leopard's Den and we stole some stuff from the roof for here and we didn't want you to find out.
We just thought it would upset you.
Oh, I see.
OK.
Fatani, why is the bar shut? Oh, Buhle has taken the kids to the beach for a couple of days.
Thabo get into town all right? Yes.
And I hope he stays there.
Ah! There we go.
Cool! No, they're chemicals.
That's not good.
Are you sure about this? Yeah, come on, Dup.
What are those two up to? The water source has got to be up here somewhere.
It had better be.
Cedric has located a natural spring, but it's full of chemicals.
What sort of chemicals? I don't know, bubbling ones that smell disgusting.
And they're infecting the water supply, right? Could be and they could be mercuric chloride.
How could that get in the water? Does the spring lead down to the river? Probably.
Why? I don't feel that well, that's all.
My head hurts, my stomach aches.
And I went for a swim.
Dup.
Yeah? Eureka.
It smells, eh? It's all leaking into the ground.
It's disgusting.
There's a doctor on his way.
OK.
Why on earth would anyone agree to have an illegal landfill on their property? Money presumably.
So if I connected that spring to your water supply then You would have poisoned us, just like the nguni and the giraffe must have been.
Didn't we do a survey of the land before we bought it? I was worried somebody else would beat us to it.
I I just wanted everything to be all right again.
Oh, Anders How long will something like this take to clear up? That's just it, I don't think it will.
It can't be that bad, surely? I mean, it'll take years.
I'm sorry.
There's no way we can keep animals here.
Is that you making that noise? No, it wasn't! It's the same noise I heard last night.
I think it might be Peeters' ghost.
Don't you? No, I do not.
Hey! Fatani! I can explain.
What are you doing here? I tried to sleep at the end of the track but there were lots of animal noises so I snuck in here.
Cedric! Why aren't you at home? Buhle left me.
She took the kids.
I told you not to be here so much.
No, that's why I've been here so much.
I slept here last night as well.
So, when did all this happen? She left me weeks ago, Caroline.
I could never seem to do enough for her.
Nothing was ever right, something had to give I guess.
I'm so, so sorry.
I'm sorry, too.
Why did you listen to me, you stupid bird? How are you feeling, darling? Did you sleep? Yeah, I'm feeling a bit better actually.
It must be the medication kicking in.
Good.
Do you want me to ring Thabo? No.
What is it, Liv? Eh? What happened? Nothing.
How's Dup? Is he OK? Not really.
I don't know what he's doing out there.
Come back! I didn't mean it! Any of it! What's going on? I messed up and I know I did.
You're all angry at me.
It was me who buried the body, it was me who messed up on the house.
And I was horrible to a vulture that never did anything wrong.
Dup, this is no good.
You need to come clean.
I can't.
Then I'll do it for you.
And I'll get the blame.
It's got to better than this.
You're losing it.
I'm fine.
You're not sleeping, you think you're being haunted by Peeters So it was Fatani, how was I supposed to know? And you were just talking to a vulture that's nowhere to be seen.
You can't go on like this.
So where is it? What? The body.
You shouldn't rush into this, Trevalion.
We have to deal with this for your sake.
For my sake? If you're worried about me, just leave the body where it is.
I'll be fine! Hello looks like I'm getting warmer.
Look, what I did was stupid and I'm sorry.
I wasn't thinking about the family and well, thinking about Caroline What were you thinking about? You! Yeah, that I was a murderer.
No! That you are my friend, and to keep you out of prison, and keep our dreams back on track, well, I'll do anything.
And at that moment in my stupid, thick skull I thought burying Peeters' body was the right thing to do.
I did it for you, Danny.
I did it for you! You've got a nerve coming here.
We'll leave you two to it.
No, no, no.
I came to see you all.
To tell them what? The truth? Go on then, I dare you.
I took a job working for Afrispec.
I know I shouldn't after everything they put you through and everything you've done for me.
You probably needed the work.
It was a mistake.
We all make mistakes.
You don't owe us anything, Thabo.
Yes, I do.
I owe you this, the news that I don't have to work for Afrispec anymore because they're pulling out of the mine.
What? As we speak, they're packing up and pulling out.
We got laid off.
Some big meeting they had apparently.
Leopard's Den is going back on the market.
We can get it back.
That's fantastic.
It's great, but can we afford it? Well, we can try and sell this place.
We can beg, steal and borrow.
I'm sure we'll work it out.
At least we've got a chance.
Thanks for agreeing to see us.
And what can I do for you all? We've heard about what's been happening and we'd like to buy the place back.
So there's no need to put it on the market, we'll find the money and take it off your hands.
It means a lot to us I'd better stop you right there.
The board's already made a decision, it's going back on the market as a joint lot with Mara so if you want to buy it, you have to buy both, or none at all.
There's no way we can afford them both.
We'll just have to try.
At least with these clean carcasses the vultures won't get sick again.
I wonder if Peeters my little fella all right, the bloody vulture, is there amongst them? I'd say definitely not.
How can you be so sure? Ah hey, it's good to see you, my friend.
You OK? I'll be fine.
If we get Leopard's Den back, what are we going to do with the body? We won't have a choice, Dup.
It's got to stay hidden.
So we go for it? I know it's wrong, but I think we have to.
If we get this pitch right today we'll be able to afford to make an offer of our own.
We need to get to that meeting.
What about the lion? I think we're drawing attention to ourselves.
The pharmaceutical company are going to think we're a joke.
This is Caroline Du Plessis.
From the Big Five, your old boss? This was too good an opportunity to miss.
Good luck.
Sorry to interupt We're busy.
Er, there's a lion in the carpark and I think it's yours.
This isn't exactly how we thought this would go.