A Place to Call Home (2013–2018): Season 5, Episode 6 - Demons of the Dark - full transcript

It is a work of fiction.

It is also steamy and vacuous,

without any semblance
of discretion.

- What have you done?
- I've reworked it.

- You've destroyed it.
- I haven't destroyed it.

There's a contract.

I will be publishing
the manuscript as it is.

- You can't.
- Watch me.

There is no excuse
for leaving patients in the dark

about the gravity
of their illness.

It's immoral.



Oh, don't talk to me
about morality.

Your sort wouldn't know
the meaning of the world.

Am I dying?

I didn't want to say.

Bang!
Up she goes.

Doesn't take much guessing
to figure out what happened.

Stan O'Rourke
and his scaly mates.

I'm feeding Sir Richard
information. I'm on your side.

- Please, George, you're a fool!
- Leave us alone! Leave us alone!

I hate
to fly. It makes me very sick.

Really, I thought
we would never get here.

What is it?

They told me
there are kangaroos.

That woman.



She was a guard.

At Ravensbrück.

It's her.

I know it's her.

- Sarah...
- What if...

- Sarah, listen.
- What if she saw me?

Listen to me.

You're safe.
You are safe.

She'll kill me.

You're here with me now
in Canberra.

And you have
a very happy little boy.

David.

You don't believe me.

If you think
she was the guard...

She was.

Frieda Neudeck.
The worst.

No, I won't hide.

Wait. Wait!

We made a promise to each other.
All the women.

If we ever saw one of them.

That was 13 years ago.

Are you absolutely sure?

13 years is a heartbeat.
It's her.

I believe you.

In there drinking champagne
as if nothing happened.

Sarah, wait!
Stop. Stop.

I need you to listen to me.

We have to be clever
about this.

You going in there and
accusing her, she'll deny it.

More than likely,
they'll believe her.

The wife of
an American diplomat.

You're worried
about what they'll think.

No.
I only care for you.

And we will work out
what to do.

But first things first.

You need to be sure.

Now, can you go in there again?

Perhaps I was wrong.
I-I don't think it's her.

- You were so certain.
- I'm sorry. I know.

You're not just saying this?

It's the stress.

All this, Regina,
and that woman's voice.

The accent, it threw me.
I'm sorry.

What would you like to do?

Leave.

Elizabeth said
you had some questions.

How long have I got?

Don't tell me
it's in God's hands.

I'm in yours
for the time being.

I think attitude's
got a lot to do with it.

Oh, give me the best number,

based on the best attitude,
of years.

Months?

Weeks?

Months.

Will I make Christmas?

Darling, I'd like to speak
to Jack for a few moments.

Alone.
Would you mind?

Of course not.
I'll organize some tea.

Okay, no bull now, Jack.

I want you to tell me
what happens at the end.

How bad does it get?

Huh?

We have drugs
that'll make you comfortable.

And we'll manage the pain.

Don't make promises
you can't keep.

I need your help.

I've seen men die
terrible deaths.

I'm not afraid of that.

But poor Lizzie.
I can't put her through it.

If you're asking what
I think you're asking, I...

I can't.

I took an oath.

Oh, I'm not asking you
to be my dispatcher!

I just need the wherewithal.

I'm sorry.

Just trust us, hmm?

Douglas knows the truth.

Good.

He asked me
to hurry things along.

Somewhere along the line
you must have given

one of your patients
a gentle nudge into the beyond.

Of course not.

You have?

Doing no harm can also mean
alleviating extreme suffering.

So you approve of euthanasia?

- In some cases.
- It's a crime.

You've seen people die
with lung cancer, Jack.

Douglas will be
on high doses of morphine.

His moments of lucidity will be
fraught with excruciating pain.

In his final stages,
he'll feel like he's drowning.

His organs will start
to break down,

his family will watch
and wait for his last breath,

wishing that
it would happen sooner

so that everyone can be
put out of their misery.

It's a cruel
and unnecessary end.

We all die, Jack.

And when we die and how we die
is out of our hands.

You know, medicine evolves.

Should Douglas die in my care,
to reassure you,

I'll be ordering an autopsy.

I spoke out of turn earlier.

Duly noted.

If you'll excuse me,
I have work to do.

Stop it. Ohh.

Stop it.

Stop.

Aah!

Oh!

Aah!

Sir Richard.
Anna Bligh.

Anna!

George yesterday arvo,
you this morning.

Never can get enough
of the Blighs.

Where've you been hiding away?

I haven't seen your pretty face
about the past few months.

I've been keeping my head down.

Society's the worse for it.

What can I do for you?

I need some legal advice on
getting out of a tight contract,

and I thought you might
be able to help.

Well, you rang the right man.

I'll put you onto my secretary.
She takes care of my diary.

It is rather urgent.

Well, you are keen, aren't you?

How about we have lunch?

- Today?
- Why not?

Give Bunny your address,
and I'll pick you up about 1:00.

I'll bring my legal eagle
with me.

He's a Houdini
with watertight contracts.

That would be lovely.
Thank you so much.

Well, don't you
worry about it now.

I look forward to seeing you.

Get Miss Bligh's details

and cancel all my engagements
after lunch.

It's not too cold
out there for him?

No, he's rugged up.

He's so happy
playing with Douglas's plane,

he wouldn't notice the ice age.

My driver.

You have the car.

Why don't the three of you
go for a bit of a pootle?

See what there is to see.

Sorry.
What was that?

I was just suggesting
you get out of the house.

Pack yourself a picnic lunch
and enjoy the sights.

Yes, that's a good idea.

Are you dwelling
on last night still?

No, of course not.

It was a case
of mistaken identity.

I'm relieved, for your sake.

Over here!
Over here!

I see you.

George?

David wants to go down
to those swings.

Oh, good.
Why don't you take him?

Come here, darling.

You know how much
Mummy loves you.

- All right, off you go.
- Come on.

- I'll race you!
- You can't catch me!

Hilda Schmidt, Rosa Karvan,
Rosa Abravenel,

Olive Scheinman,
Esther van Els, Vera Leduc,

Veronica...

...Blumfield.

Colette Charron.

Carmel Dubsky.

Helena Martin, Elise Beauchere.

Lotte...

Lotte...

Right, you. Out.

You can't just kidnap me.
It's against the law.

So is burning down
a man's house,

particularly when that man
fought for this country.

Yeah, well, you got no proof.

You were seen driving
out of town with Stan O'Rourke.

So what?

You don't think the cops'll
work out where you went?

I'd be taking you
down there right now

if I didn't think there was
a good kid in there somewhere.

What are you gonna do, then?

Get in.

- G'day.
- G'day.

This lot ought to
get you started.

What's this?

Place burns down,
people chip in.

There's a lot more
where this comes from.

I was just gonna
send Tommo a letter

and let him know
and just head off.

Well, it's up to you.

Who's the young fella?

Out you get.

Cat got your tongue?

Uh, you're getting a new place.

Uh, we're gonna help
build it for you.

I reckon you should stay.

Do you?

You're that young fella

that was at the petrol station
with Stan O'Rourke.

Well, Stan can be
pretty persuasive.

This lot's
not gonna lift itself.

You done this a lot?

What, build houses?

No, burn 'em down.

Seen a lot of young blokes
go to jail for a lot less.

100 over 70, sir.

Is that good?

Oh, it's perfect.
As is your heart.

I have a favor to ask, Henry.

Ah.

You know what I'm gonna say?

I think I do, yes.

I'm worried about Lizzie.

I mean, it's... it's not as if
I'm gonna recover, is it?

I just want to cut out
the best way I can.

And you're not afraid of dying?

I think I would be.

Don't think so.

Mind you,
I've never died before.

No, it's the getting to the
end bit that's the problem.

You know we will do our best
to make you comfortable.

You know there'll come a time

when I won't be able
to tell you,

anyone, how I'm feeling.

I want to go
before it gets to that.

Just to know I've got something
I could take.

You just have to point me
to the medicine cabinet.

For what it's worth, Douglas,
I agree with you 100%.

If I could help you, I would.

But you can't?

One can't ask a person,

doctor or not,

intentionally to kill
another person.

How about unintentionally?

Just kidding.

We will do
our best for you, Douglas.

Oh, damn.

I thought we said 11:00
every day.

I'm sorry.

It took longer than I expected
to walk here.

Oh, get the ruddy phone on.

I'm on a very long list.

I'll be prompt tomorrow.

I hope the Jew didn't cause
any trouble in Canberra.

Well, she hoodwinked Pattie.
The PM wasn't too chirpy.

I gave George an earful.

Now, tell me, what's the
good oil on Anna from your end?

Anna?

I haven't heard anything
except she spent time here

writing another book.

Why?

Oh, so that's it.

Out of the blue she rings me
and asks me out to lunch.

Oh. When?

Today.

I hear around the traps I'm just
the age she likes her men.

You still there?

You're not her type, Dickie.

Oh, once, maybe.

She's turned into a slut.
Just like her mother.

This could cause
all sorts of complications.

Well, only if
I don't play my cards right.

- I just mean...
- Oh, what do you care?

After the way she treated you?

I'll let you know how I go.

Slow down, girls.
You'll hurt yourselves.

Can we go
to the park now, Miss Pierce?

I want to see
a movie too. Can we?

Now, come, girls. You must
be good for Miss Pierce.

We've got lots
of lovely things to do first.

Perhaps another one
of those milkshakes.

First a kiss for Mommy.

Behave yourselves.

Come on.

Can I help you?

You're very good.

I'm sorry?

You remember me, don't you?

No.
Please, you're frightening me.

Ah!

Read it.

Now!

Out loud so I can hear.

Hilda S-Schmidt.
Rosa Karvan.

Rosa Abravenel.

Olive Scheinman.
Colette Charron.

Elise Beauchere.
Helena Martin.

- Please, what are you doing?
- Esther van Els.

Vera Leduc, Veronica Blumfield,
Carmel Dubsky.

What have I done to you?
You are insane.

Your name is Frieda Neudeck.

You were a guard at
Ravensbrück concentration camp

from 1944 to 1945.

These are the names
of some of the women you killed.

I am... I am Gerda Davis.

What do you know
of these things?

You were there.
You and your dog, Greif.

No, no, you are wrong.

I've had this once before.
You poor thing.

Do you remember
little Rosa Karvan?

- Greif ripped her throat out.
- There's some confusion.

- You kept our scraps of food...
- I know what you are thinking.

...and you fed them
to your dog.

I had nothing to do
with the Nazis!

You are Frieda Neudeck.

And you know who I am.

I'm going to tell you something.
You must stay calm.

I know the camp.

My family has lived with this
since the war.

My sister was a guard
at Ravensbrück.

She is the one
that you remember.

Yes, Frieda, my older sister.

I've never even told
my husband this.

We only knew that
she found a job near Berlin.

Then she was killed
when the Russians came.

Your story is terrible,
but I promise you,

I am not her.

My sister is dead.

Her body was sent back to us.

Oh, no.

- You have to eat something.
- I'm too busy.

I'm making sure we can set this
up as a proper hospital room.

And we can.

Now something more cheerful.

We're going to have a party.

Are we?

On the 15th of next month.
Thank you.

It's always a big day
at the refuge, VP Day.

Victory in the Pacific.

Douglas won't be well enough
to go to them,

so I'll invite them here.

Last year they dressed up
in silly grass skirts.

What do you think?

It's a brilliant idea.
We'll do it together.

Someone to see you, Mrs. Duncan.

Who is it?

She's at the front door.
She won't come in.

She looks so different.

Leave it to me.

What the hell
are you doing here?

I have something
important to tell...

You can't possibly have anything
useful to say to any of us,

so please go.

I'm trying to help.

If you don't leave
this instant,

I will have you
physically removed.

Mother.

I've been waiting for
the right moment to see you.

- Go!
- This isn't how I wanted it.

Oh, well, it's how it is.

I'm trying to help.
I'm worried...

- Now! Get out of here!
- Mother. Mother. Come inside.

Never come here again!

I'm worried for Anna.
Please, I...

Anna Bligh speaking.

Anna, it's Regina.

Why are you calling me?

You're seeing Sir Richard today.

I don't know
what you're talking about.

Anna, I know
you're seeing him for lunch.

You have to be careful.

I have to go.

Don't go.
Please listen.

I'm hanging up now.

Sir Richard means you harm.
Keep pepper to hand.

Coming!

Anna.
Looking ravishing, as ever.

Oh, Sir Richard.

Ah, weren't you bringing
your solicitor?

Oh, he's making his own way.

Aren't you gonna invite me in?

Oh, yes.
Of course.

We Germans are so ashamed.

But me, my family,
it's even worse.

We didn't know.
We didn't know.

Please believe me.

There has been too much death,
too much hatred.

You ran.

You escaped
before the Russians came.

Why do you Jews
never believe us?

Why do you think I'm a Jew?

We were everything there,
not just Jews.

In here!
In here!

Aah!

Du dumme Judensau.

See what happens when you do not
let go of the past?

Oh, the trouble
you will be in.

Mind you, I have been
expecting one of you.

One we didn't finish off.
And now it's you.

My favorite.

I kept some sugar
for you, Sarah.

What do you say?

Danke.

I saved your life, you know?

The last July the Reichsführer
was making a visit.

"No Jews still alive."
That was the order.

You owe me.

Me, for not sending you
to the gassing vans that day.

- Why didn't you?
- "Why didn't you, Frau Neudeck?"

Why?

You weren't a real Jew.

You were an Aryan
shaming your race

but still an Aryan.

Lass es, du Judensau.

You haven't the guts, Jew.

Judensau.

Coward.

How wrong you are.

I was a Jew then,
and I'm a Jew now.

- Here we are.
- Ta.

- You're not having anything?
- I'll wait until lunch.

Cheers.

So let me get this straight.

You want to get out of
the publishing contract

because you, the author, want to
cut sections from the book,

but your publisher refuses
to countenance it.

I know it sounds crazy.

If my journalists
had that attitude,

I'd have an easier job
but a duller one.

Yes.

Can I ask why?

I was far too risqué in parts,

and I don't want to embarrass
my family like that,

especially now Douglas is ill.

What on earth have you written?
"Peyton Place"?

No!
And I don't want it to be.

I think the book's actually
helped by the cuts I've made.

Your solicitor's rather late,
and I'm famished.

- Oh.
- Might he meet us there?

I'll give him five
and then I'll ring him.

Of course.

And this morning's crossword.

Here.

Come sit with me.

Oh, no, you only say that

when you're going to tell me
something I won't like.

Oh, dear, you are.

It's you.

You I'm worried about,
my darling.

My dying.

- Don't say that.
- But I am.

I won't have it drive you
to the grave before me.

Oh, Douglas.

Oh, darling.

Please don't think I'm weak.

Heh.
I know you're not.

Neither am I.

There's no easy way to say this.

I want to go at a time
of my own choosing.

Absolutely not.
N-No.

- Please...
- No.

Hear me out.

I wouldn't dream of
getting you to do anything.

You know that.

It's just...

At the moment,
I've got my marbles.

We can have a laugh.

But that won't last.

Jack and Henry can promise
what they like,

but the end won't be good.

And getting there'll
be even worse.

I'd like to go before then.

On one of
our sweet, perfect days.

I will farewell you

just as if I were going off
to the land of Nod...

...and you will wave me goodbye.

But I don't want you to go.

Oh, nor do I.

But the good Lord
has other plans.

What's the matter?
What is it?

Call the nurse, Lizzie.

I've had an accident.

Oh, darling, I'm here.
I can fix it.

No, no.
Get the nurse, Lizzie.

I don't want you
to see me like this.

Please. Please.

God.

"With one hand, he held her
against the laundry tub

and the other bolted
the wooden door.

He shoved her hard,

bundling her skirt up her back

as her tore her slip from her."

I think that's enough.

Very nice.

Why?
You wrote it.

I know, but hearing it
read aloud like that,

I know I'm right.

Look what it's done to me.

Should we ring
your solicitor now?

What do we need him for, eh?

My God, you're gorgeous.
You really are.

Please, stop it.

Your mother's taught you
her tricks, has she?

Go all virginal,
then moaning at the end.

"He bundled her skirt
up her back," eh?

"Pulled her panties
to the knees."

You had that page in red
for a reason.

Be a little prick teaser.

Mother's girl.

I hear your publisher

had a lot more than the rights
to your book, hmm?

Time to share 'em 'round.

You monster.

Oh! Jesus Christ!

Here to give us a hand,
are you?

No, I'm not.

You sure
you don't want to chip in?

We could do with a roofer.

Not for a boong,
thanks all the same.

- Come on, mate.
- It's just a word.

So, what are you
doing here, Buddy Holly?

He's helping.

Each to his own.

You know right now
I'm keeping you out of jail.

She's clumsy.

Right? You want to stop
going on about it.

No, not for wife bashing.

Burning down
your neighbor's house.

- Bullshit.
- We made a mistake.

Got no idea
what you're talking about.

Look, if the cops ask,
I'm gonna tell them we did it.

Well, front-page news,
sunshine...

Cops don't worry
about blackfellas.

He saw your tire tracks.

That proves nothing.

And your footprints.

Who asked you?

Two of them.

One in your size,
the other one smaller.

Right near
where the fire started.

Could be anybody's.

Well, we made plaster casts.

We'll get the cops to check them
against your boots,

and that'll clear that up.

If I see so much
as a scratch on Sheila again,

you'll see that charge of arson.

Understood?

And if I hear
your missus screaming,

I'm gonna
run across this paddock.

I'm gonna jump the fence.

Oh, piss off.

The lot of youse.

What are you doing out here?

Aren't you cold?

No.

Where's David?

He's in his room with Leah.

What's happened?

There's something
I need to tell you.

Say it.

"I took the lives of these women
and many, many more."

Say the words.

We were all young.
Following orders.

I-I think of them
every night in my prayers.

So when you gave birth
to your two pretty girls...

Don't bring them
into this, please.

...did you remember drowning
newborn babies in buckets?

Those babies
would never have lived.

This is the past.

Your girls will know
who you are.

- No.
- Your husband...

- Please, no.
- ...will divorce you...

- You and I can work this out.
- ...and take them with him.

One day
they will know the truth.

I admit. I admit.
Yes, whatever you say.

Yes, I did it.

"I took the lives of these
women and many, many more."

I took away the lives of these
women and many more.

But they don't need to know
any of it!

It's already under way,
I'm afraid.

Did you know that there are
small bands of Jews

traveling the earth?

They call themselves Nokmim.

The Nokmim.
Do you know what it means?

- No.
- The Avengers.

Hunting down Nazi murderers
in their smug little lives.

I'm not sure
when they'll come for you.

But they will.

Oh!

And that is my gift to you.

There was a woman whose...

whose last name
I can't remember.

Lotte.

She was in the hospital.

She was
part of the experiments.

They'd insert glass
and wood into her

to see what would happen.

Frieda forced her to roll call,

and she was in terrible pain.

I saw Lotte look
at the electric fence.

Women used to
throw themselves at it

when they couldn't
bear it anymore.

But on this particular day,

we'd heard strong rumors
that we were to be liberated,

so everyone was holding on.

I saw Lotte one minute
just walking around in circles.

And the next, she ran.

Frieda shot her
before she even made it.

My poor darling.

Frieda Neudeck
will be brought to trial.

If an assassin
doesn't find her first.

Darling!
You've only just gone.

I didn't expect you back
for days.

I know. I just
suddenly needed to be here.

I'm glad you are.
What's happened?

Hmm?
What is it?

You have enough to worry about.

Anna, tell me.

Hey, can I ask you something,
Mr. Briggs?

Depends on what it is.

Did you, uh, really make
them plaster casts?

No!

Quick on your feet
for an old duffer.

You'll be one yourself
one day.

And I didn't see
any footprints, either.

But you keep that
under your hat.

Oh, you put the wind up him,
all right.

Hey, how come you never
put the cops on me?

If you asked them,
they would have.

Well, Tommo, the bloke that owns
this place, he gave me a break.

I'm passing it on.

All right. Every weekend
till we're done, then.

Sounds about right.

- Did he hurt you?
- No.

No, he, um... I gave him
a faceful of pepper, and I...

He... He fell
to the bottom of the stairs.

But did he...

- No. No.
- Anna, please.

Please tell me the truth.

He tried, but I fought him off.

Thank God.

Oh, that bastard!

Mama?

He said that he...

You. He said...

Did he?

Yes.

I still wish he was
at the bottom of those stairs

with a broken neck.

Yes, so do I.

Regina telephoned to warn me.

I owe her.

She came here earlier today
wanting to talk.

We sent her away.

Regina...

I wanted to thank you.
For warning me.

I didn't think you'd heard.

I almost didn't.

Are you all right?

Did as you suggested.
It worked.

Thank God.

I keep trying to tell George.

Sir Richard is out
to ruin the family,

to wreak havoc on all of you,

particularly through
your finances somehow.

Go through your accounts
with a fine-tooth comb.

Investments, loans, everything.

How do you know?

He's hinted at it
in his bragging.

It's why I'm keeping
close to him.

To try to get details.

The woman
you're suspicious of...

...she no longer exists.

After all that has happened.

I want to believe you.

I am different now.

I am.

There are three accounts
on one statement.

Do you know whose money
you've actually borrowed?

They're private lenders

who lend via
the Solicitor's Mortgage Fund.

Frederick Stern
is completely reputable.

They wouldn't put us
in any danger.

Yes, but do they know?
We should find out.

That might not be so easy.

Well, it can't hurt
to do some searching.

So you're saying
there's cause to trust Regina?

And not trust him?
Yes.

Then dig. Deep.

Let's make sure we're safe.

Surely goodness
and mercy shall follow me

all the days of my life,

and I will dwell in the house
of the Lord forever.

Judgment is yours, I know.

But, dear Lord,
how can you judge a man

as decent as Douglas?

As loving.

As good.

Do not reject him
if this is his choice.

I wanted to kill her.

To take justice
into your own hands?

Yes.

We have an obligation
to the dead.

What about the living?

I had to choose.

I chose us.

I think I heard an elephant,
a real one.

Goodness!

You come snuggle in here.

Lotte Geschmay.

Lotte Geschmay.