We have one man dead, one woman in a coma.
No footage.
No one sees the killer come or go.
No witnesses.
What did you see?
White boy.
But we had the maid and the boyfriend who ran across the border.
We don't need another du Toit situation here.
Do you know about the du Toit case?
Do you know what your boss here did?
Did she ruin your life?
You know she did.
I know she wrote about it.
Dude I told you, I can't talk.
My card, okay?
Who was that?
Arrest this woman for theft,
obstructing of justice and potential conspiracy to murder.
Jamie?
He's gone.
Daniel's gone.
Jealousy is one of the primal drives.
It's the only one of the seven deadly sins
that brings the sinner no pleasure.
Not even briefly.
It brings only pain.
Only destruction.
Um... Sorry. Can I...
Can I go to the bathroom?
Sure, but first tell me what do you think?
Is Othello jealous by nature?
Um, Iago makes him jealous.
Hmm.
Is that the nature-nurture debate?
Sir, I'm sorry.
Just a moment, Robert. We're nearly finished.
Oh, Robert.
Sorry, I just had to...
I know you've been very upset about the Mackenzie's.
I've organised a group encounter session
where we can all come together and
share our feelings in a mutually sympathetic circle.
Okay.
It takes a village to grieve a loss, Robert.
We can hold space for each other.
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Yeah, so when can...
Can I finish my sentence?
When can I expect it?
This is ridiculous.
How can we do our work?
Those assholes can't even spell D-L-A.
Breathe.
Okay, so what do you think?
Where's your money? Who did it?
You want my opinion?
Okay.
It's Pearl.
Pearl and her boyfriend did it.
They stole the money.
And he's on the run.
Maybe.
It's logical.
Maybe.
But can't you smell it?
When those kids are in the room, you can smell it on their skin.
There's something rotting.
Behind the doors and the walls,
there is something rotten.
Under the roses and the perfume, you can smell it.
Okay, we need to find him before Forty Bell finds out.
Daniel wouldn't like this.
He's very private.
Yeah?
Let's see how he enjoys his privacy in jail.
Can you get into his email?
Not now.
Hey, I need a response for tomorrow's piece.
Um, do you think you can get it from him or must I call?
Did you come to their house today?
Yeah.
Um, I also called, the hospital. There's no change in the mother.
You need to stay away.
They don't trust you. They'll talk to me.
If he thinks I'm getting the story, he won't come snooping around.
I said that to protect you.
What's that?
A poem.
Had I the heavens embroidered cloths,
I would spread the cloths under your feet.
But I, being poor, have only my dreams.
I have spread my dreams under your feet,
tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
That's Yeats.
Is that Daniel's handwriting?
No.
Is he seeing someone?
No.
Then your brother has a secret admirer.
Uh-huh.
Evening.
I'm really sorry to interrupt.
Is-Is Daniel here?
Robert?
Miss Hansen here is looking for your friend.
Have you seen Daniel?
Is he... Is he missing?
I mean, we're just looking for him. But...
Can you tell me, does he have a girlfriend?
- Uh... - A boyfriend?
I- I wouldn't know.
What about this?
Recognise his handwriting?
- There's no one at school? - I don't know.
Please. Do you have any idea where he could be right now?
We don't really hang out that much anymore, you know.
Maybe-maybe he's at a party.
What party?
Daniel goes to all the parties.
Well, what does that mean?
I... I don't know. I just...
I don't have... I don't know anything. I'm just...
It's just he's popular. You know, that's all.
I- I don't know where he is.
Okay, I-I'm sorry to interrupt.
Listen, if you have any idea where he might be,
can you just text Jamie, please?
Okay, thank you.
I- I hope you find him.
No one's having a party tonight.
Who are Daniel's friends at school?
He doesn't really hang out.
But Robert said he was popular.
He's just obsessed with that scholarship.
It's like all he thinks about.
The Oxford Africa?
Yeah. Same one Dad did.
I think...
I'm Daniel's best friend.
Your dad and I were close once, too.
What was he like when he was young?
He could be kind.
Sometimes.
He protected me from our parents when...
Well...
He was very driven.
Andrew always wanted more.
He always wanted to live in Bishopscourt,
even from when we were small.
I mean, he was self-controlled, but he had a temper.
Daniel has, too.
What does vit seen mean in Afrikaans?
It means white boy, doesn't it?
White boy, yes.
Yeah.
When I spoke to Banjo about that night, the attack,
he said he saw a white boy.
Who's Banjo?
Is it possible that Daniel lost his temper...
with your parents?
- What? - I just...
I need to ask in case.
Fuck this.
I just... I just need to know.
How could you even think that?
You're supposed to be our aunt.
I'm sorry, but it makes sense if I...
You know, maybe if you'd been here for the last 18 years,
you would know that he could never do something like that.
- Jamie. - No, I'm going home.
Jamie, wait.
Please, I just... Wait.
It's not safe.
It's safe. It's Bishopscourt.
Magiet, no. Stop!
I think he's thirsty.
This will teach you not to take other people's money.
Fuck's sake.
Drown the young man.
Breathe deep man.
I think he's still thirsty. Drink some more water.
Hey!
What are you guys doing there?
- Magiet. - Shame, man.
Let him breathe.
Please don't...
Forty?
I got something for you.
- The Live Young Crew. - You and your shit.
They got a new shipment in
and they mobilised new soldiers from Primrose.
I'm not in the gang unit anymore, talk to Jantjies.
But they caught a white boy.
Not my circus, talk to Jantjies.
Come on, Forty, man. This is good info.
Just give me a buffalo. Huh?
Excuse me, Sir.
We'll bring in the boy. Take him through his story again.
Why?
Because teenagers always think of better details
to try and make the story more convincing.
The more they talk, the more you open them up.
Stick with me, son.
I'll make a Hawk out of you.
Yes, Sir.
Detective Bell?
Trying to get a hold of your nephew but he's not answering his phone.
Still have a few more questions for him.
Daniel is having a hard time right now.
He's not coming out of his room.
Yeah but I need to see him at his earliest convenience.
I could send a car.
No, no, that won't be necessary.
I'll bring him as soon as he's up.
Thank you.
Forty.
There's a body in St. James.
I'm on a case.
Everyone's busy.
Commander says yours is wrapping up.
Oh, God please.
_
Miss Hansen, the Principal is ready for you.
Daniel is having a very hard time at the moment.
He won't talk.
He hardly comes out of his room.
I'd really like to just talk to some of his classmates
to get some idea as to how I can help him.
I understand.
But I can't just let you talk to the learners,
not without consulting the parents.
I appreciate that.
I'm...
God, it's all just so...
To be honest with you, I'm getting a little bit desperate.
I'm really worried about what he might do.
Look...
Miss Geraghty has organised what she calls
an encounter session for Jamie and Daniel's classes.
Perhaps you can sit in.
Please, that would be great.
No talking to the learners.
I promise.
Thank you for your valuable time
and your precious emotional energy.
Let's start with how we feel about what happened.
What it raises in us.
Who'd like to start?
Hmm...
It's difficult to open up, isn't it?
Because what if it all comes pouring out, right?
But there's no shame.
Our vulnerability is our strength.
Robert, maybe you want to get the ball rolling.
Not-Not really, no.
Actually, it's made me feel quite unsafe.
Helen.
Well-Tell us more.
Okay. Um...
Well, I get these nightmares.
I'm like...
I wake up sweating with rashes on my body everywhere.
And I'm-I'm anxious.
You okay?
Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine.
Yeah. Um, you were yakking pretty hard.
Yeah, it must have been something I ate.
Bruh, you're...
You're like pregnant.
What? No.
Yeah, I have four little brothers.
My mum chews ice cubes when she feels sick.
Maybe that'll help.
I'm not...
Hey, listen, do you know Daniel McKenzie?
Well...
I- I'm in his class but I don't really know him.
What about his girlfriend?
Didn't know he had one.
Boyfriend?
Okay, so um...
If he were to bunk school,
who might know where he'd be?
No, he wouldn't.
Golden Boy does everything perfectly.
In school.
- Anyway. - In school?
What does he do outside of school?
Yeah, um...
I'm not a snitch.
Like some.
And remember, no glove, no love.
Constable.
He washed up at high tide.
Witnesses?
We had a report someone was being drowned in the pool last night.
Sometimes a Young Live Crew comes here to perform the water method.
This guy didn't drown.
No.
No sign of the drowned guy either.
Do you know how many people were killed in Cape Town last year?
Four thousand one hundred and seventy.
Do you know how many of them were shot? Half.
Do you know how many of them we solve?
One shooting, one person missing.
We presume drowning.
Drowned?
I just heard on the radio
theres a drowning in the Salt River morgue.
Excuse me, can I just talk to you about Daniel?
Maybe you're looking in the wrong place.
And where should I be looking?
Well, maybe Daniel doesn't always hang around the right people.
How-How is Mrs. Mackenzie?
She's still the same.
Robert, what aren't you telling me about Daniel?
Well, if he's in trouble, you know, maybe it's his own fault.
Maybe the Golden Boy isn't so perfect after all.
What did you mean last night, he goes to all the parties?
I need to get to class.
I need you to show me his locker.
Argh...
Even his locker's tidy.
Miss Hanson?
You and I had an agreement.
Edie Hanson.
This is Reza Ahmed from the Salt River Morgue.
What?
Is it possible for you to identify a body?
He was uh... He was brought in this morning.
Drowned.
Can I get you a glass of water?
Uh-No, no thank you. Just um...
Just show me.
Are you sure?
I am-I'm so sorry.
He has no identification. We just um... We just found this.
His name's Banjo.
I thought it was Daniel. I thought it was Daniel.
You thought it was Daniel?
I thought he's not coming out of his bedroom so where is he?
This is too far.
Aiding and abetting a fugitive.
That is conspiring to defeat the ends of justice.
Forty, don't exaggerate.
The last time I was in a murder case,
you tore it down from the outside.
You chipped and you chipped and you worked it for me to fall.
Now you're doing it from the inside.
No, no, no, no, Miss Hanson. No.
Forty, I'm sorry.
You will call me Detective Bell.
I understand you're angry. I would be too.
I don't care what you would be.
From the beginning, you've been trying to distract this investigation.
I'm worried about Daniel, okay?
I think he's doing something stupid.
Answer your phone.
No, listen to me, please.
- I think he's in trouble. - Yes, he's in trouble, alright.
He's a fugitive from the law.
Now answer your phone.
Avi, I can't talk right now. I...
What? When?
That's what he said?
Okay, I'll call you straight back.
That was the lawyer.
It was Daniel. He's asking for money.
Fifty thousand rand.
- He's running. - No, what if he isn't?
What if they're making him call?
Zondo.
Hurry up, man.
This woman is under arrest for obstructing justice.
You're joking.
Take her in and process her.
Yes, Sir.
Forty!
If he's in danger and you're ignoring this,
then you're finished. I'll have your job.
You're finished!
What now?
I'm sorry, we must go to the station.
You want to take my car? I'll drive.
No, no, I can't let the suspect drive.
Did someone steal your car?
When they were stealing your car, where was your firearm? Hey?
You should have shot them, policeman.
Pow! Pow! Pow! Pow!
Where's Daniel?
Tell me about that white boy that was taken.
Yes, she's...
I mean, no.
She's here.
And she's not happy.
And he's not going to be happy when I'm finished with him?
I'm going to go check something out.
It might just be a coincidence.
But a source just told me that
the Young Live Crew are holding a white boy.
Do you want backup?
What? No, no, no, no.
I don't want to call someone out on a hunch.
And look like a fool.
Copy that, Sir.
Okay.
Where's he at? The casino?
He doesn't gamble.
You know, you should pick your heroes more carefully.
Just wait till the pressure starts on him.
Forty Bell under pressure is like a sandcastle coming in.
And I'm the tide.
Actually...
Right now he's investigating a white boy held by the Live Young Crew.
Okay.
- Hello, my love. - Hey, old man.
You left your lunch at home.
Oh, I forgot.
How's work?
Oh, boring old day. Nothing special.
I'll bring your lunch to the station, hey?
No, no, no. It's fine. I'll...
I'll get a pie from the garage or something.
Hey. You know what the doctor said, hey?
No, it's fine.
I'll get a mushroom pie.
It's got vegetables.
Okay, listen, um-I've got to go, okay?
Okay. Bye.
Well, the water is not so cold,
but...
And now?
Denzel, you're still on the gang beat?
Yeah. Where's the Live Young Crew HQ in Athlone these days?
Yeah?
Great. Can you text it to me?
Sorry, Aunty.
Can I have some water?
It is hot today.
Wait here.
I'll get you some.
Sorry Aunty, I don't want water. I am looking for a shortcut.
Hey!
Fuck.
Hello. Hi. I brought Forty his lunch.
He can't eat garage pies.
It gives him heartburn and he's already not sleeping.
Where is he?
I will give it to him.
Oh...
No, no, wait.
Let me say hello to my husband, man.
Call him for me.
Daniel.
Daniel. Hey, wake up.
Wake up.
Hey, hey, hey. Hey! Wake up.
Shh.
Who are you?
My brother, I am not looking for trouble.
I am just here for the boy.
Whats going on here isn't my business.
Trust me brother, you don't want drama.
Shooting a cop is asking for trouble.
On your knees.
Brother, listen to me.
On your knees, pig.
It's my lucky day.
I've been wanting to kill a pig for a long time.
Constable!
I have been waiting out there for 15 minutes.
Oh, I'm so sorry.
He's out on a case.
Who's his partner?
I am. I'm his partner.
Are you telling me that he is out there on a job without backup?
Thanks.
Hello, sweetheart.
Who are you looking for?
Brother listen here, I have a wife.
You going to miss her.
I have two small girls. Please, brother.
Don't worry.
I'll be their daddy.
Brother listen.
I'll be your friend in the department. I swear I can help you.
What?
On of you pigs killed my brother.
Now you want to be my brother?
Say goodbye to your wife and kids.
You dirty pig!
You are a dirty pig.
So this is your hero?
This is who came save you!
Look here. I found another one.
Please.
I'm the boy's mother.
Listen, brother. Let these two go, you've got me.
They haven't done anything to you.
Mother to mother, just let him go.
We haven't done anything to you.
Magiet. Please.
She's a good mother. Just leave her.
Alright, I'll make it right. I'll make it right. Please.
I still have business with you.
But first I'll deal with this one.
Move!
And shut up.
Police!
Fuck Magiet, is the police.
Police!
What are you trying?
Mmm! Mmm!
Please. These are our sons. We have to keep them alive.
Put the gun down.
Magiet!
You assholes!
Mommy is here.
Hey, hey, hey. It's okay. It's okay.
So you're a cowboy now, huh?
A vigilante.
No, it's-there's no trouble
Was routine, it's...
I just forgot my phone in the car, that's all.
I'm just waiting to hear how the boy's doing.
And you are?
Oh, um...
Hi, I'm Edie Hansen.
Oh, it's about time.
I've only been hearing all the stories about you.
They're probably true.
You know what you're doing tonight?
You're coming to dinner.
- No. - No.
Yes.
I want to see the woman up close who gives my husband nightmares.
I've got to write a story for tomorrow. I...
Seven o'clock.
Hey? Forty, does she have our address?
He'll text it to you.
This is good.
Okay. We'll eat, we'll bread bread.
We'll get to the bottom of what happened today.
We need to take you back there tomorrow.
First thing. They're going to have some questions for you.
Thank you for coming for me.
So do you think we're ready for some conversation yet?
Your father always wanted to do everything himself.
And he did.
And he put up walls so...
people couldn't see he wasn't alright.
So fine, people can't see in.
What's inside is still there.
Please.
I don't say please very often.
I owed them money.
Coke?
How long have you been using?
A year.
Maybe two.
Okay.
I'll help you if you let me.
Oh my god, Daniel.
It's okay.
I knew you'd be here when I woke up.
You need to talk to someone.
I'm writing my report.
A therapist.
Someone like that.
Look, there's no shame, okay? We have someone here.
I'm okay.
You're a good man.
Good men don't shoot people and then they're just okay.
Look, I've been a police officer for almost 20 years
and I've never shot anyone.
Half the time I don't even carry a gun.
Because when you carry a gun, that's when shooting happens.
I promised my wife I'd stay away from danger.
You are allowed to feel bad.
But he was going to kill me.
He was.
So thank you.
My wife and kids thank you.
His story is that the gang saw him on the news.
Saw the house.
Rich boy. Snatched him for the ransom.
Nothing to do with the murder.
And what do you think?
I think that story came out of a male cow.
Magiet said the kid owed him money.
And Magiet is dead.
I think the boy hired the gang to kill his parents
and then he just simply refused to pay up.
Why didn't you just tell me?
Since when do we keep secrets from each other?
It's just better you didn't know James.
It's never better.
- She was looking through your room. - What?
And she found a poem.
You got a girlfriend?
No. What do you mean she was looking...
Tell me Daniel, you got a girlfriend?
- I don't. - Tell the truth.
- I don't. I don't. - You've got a girlfriend.
- Tell me. - Chill out.
- Tell the truth, Daniel. - Relax. Okay. Okay. Ah!
Tell me.
I don't.
I found the poem in the garden.
I think Mom dropped it.
Mom?
I think somebody wrote it to her.
Jamie, I think Mom was having an affair.
You know what Edgar?
I can't really talk right now.
Okay?
There's an alert on the boy.
The cops are looking for him.
Well, that's news to me. I'll check with the kids.
Maybe I should speak to them.
No, look, you've done enough, alright? Look, if there's anything...
- I'll let you know, okay? - Will you?
You have to learn to trust your partner.
Bye.
Now isn't this nice?
That was so good. I haven't had home cooking in so long.
And...
We're all sitting around the same table
and no one's killed anyone yet.
It's not nice to kill, Mummy.
No, it's not.
And if you do, your father will catch you.
Oh, he'll probably let you get away with it.
Be-Because he loves you, not because...
Do you know why he's called Forty?
Bernice.
Well, I assumed it was because he was born 40 years old.
It's hard to imagine someone like him ever being young.
It's short for...
No!
Fortune.
Fortune Bell.
Okay, young ladies, it's time for bed. Go brush your teeth.
You help your sister.
I wanted Forty to leave the police years ago.
My brother has a job for him.
But we compromised.
He promised me he'd never put himself in a dangerous situation.
Do you know he's never even fired his gun?
Well, here's to never putting yourself in a dangerous situation.
Dad, we're done.
Okay, jump in the bed. I'm on my way.
Ladies, excuse me.
You know I respect Edie, right?
I think she's...
She's great.
I only look up to her.
Of course.
But she's cutting me out, right?
And she's protecting those kids. It's...
She's the best reporter we've ever had.
Yeah?
Yeah, she was a star, for sure.
She was.
But that was the past.
Papers are different now. Readers are different.
The world is different and she's...
An old white woman from England.
She's not that old.
If you want the paper to grow again,
she can't be the star anymore.
You need a new star.
Hmm.
You know, he hasn't had a drink in two years.
But sometimes Mama needs a little medicine, huh?
It was hard after the Du Toit case.
I watched my husband, this...
big, strong man fall apart.
I was just doing my job.
Forty is a good man.
And the drinking didn't bother me so much.
But after he got fired from the Hawks,
I would wake up and he'd be gone.
To the casino.
And just gambling the whole night.
He lost everything.
God, he was so ashamed.
But my family helped us and...
He pulled himself together.
That takes strength.
I'm glad.
I won't let that happen to my family again.
Do you have a family?
Not yet or...?
I don't want one.
I mean, some women are supposed to be mothers
and not all of us.
What do you think a mother is?
Someone who loves.
Someone who knows how to love.
I don't think I'm capable of a love like that.
- Why? - I'm too selfish.
I mean, okay, maybe I was born like that or maybe I learned it.
And that makes you so different.
We're all selfish.
But everyone can love.
Everyone can be loved.
Sometimes that's harder.
You're right.
Not everyone needs to have children.
But everyone needs a family.
And the fish said,
"Because you let me go,
I will grant you anything you desire."
"Anything?", said the poor fisherman.
"Anything at all.", said the fish.
And with that...
they put it back into the clear water.
And the flounder disappeared to the bottom.
And then the fisherman got up
and went home to his wife...
Hey, how are you?
I, uh...
No, don't worry. The party's inside.
You don't want to hide in the shadows. Come.
Just in here.
Do you want a drink?
- Yeah. - Cool, I'll get them.
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