Reyka (2021–…): Season 1, Episode 7 - Episode #1.7 - full transcript

Reyka re-enacts the shooting of Soda and is shocked to discover that all the evidence leads back to one suspect close to her.

Pastor Zik, he cares for us.

And Soda Mvaba?

He cares for Soda the most.

They are like father and son.

Pastor Zik loves the boy.

Who attacked you?

Nandi?

Lucy

There was no Lucy.

I heard her voice.

That was me. I
dressed up for him.



I put on the voice.

I'm not bad.

And no net ensnares me.

I'm a free human being
with an independent will,

which I now

exert to leave you.

Surprise.

A gift?

Angus, it's beautiful.

We

are going out.

Out?

Out.

Leave it natural.



It's exotic.

I don't want it to look common.

Let me look at you.

You look beautiful.

Oh, take a photograph
Portia. Quickly

Come on, let's drink to it.

She's too young.

Oh don't be a party pooper.

Here's

to 1998.

1998!

What's the matter?

She's a little tipsy.

Wait a minute, Reyka.

Don't worry about her.
Tonight is about us.

Shall we?

It's Detective Zwane.

Thank you.

Ma?

Yeah?

Can I go on the school trip?

No.

Listen to her.

Where to?

To Marine World.

You don't like fish.

No, ma. I don't
like to eat fish.

What's the difference?

Everyone is going.

You know my feelings on this.

I do, but it's three hours

and Nina will be
there to chaperone.

Is she allowed?

I asked and they understand.

But ma, I'm going to be the
only one with my Au pair.

If you want to go,
that's the deal.

Ma, there's something else.

Yep?

I wanted to go and spend
some time with daddy.

Mom.

I didn't know.

Have you been speaking to him?

A bit.

Did you call him?

Yes.

We spoke to you about this.

Hector, can I call you back?

I'm on my way.

Your dad has his own life.

Msomi says you
killed Soda Mvaba.

Now I need you to
remember what happened.

Did he attack you?

Was this self defence?

I'm asking you.

Did you shoot Soda
Mvaba in self defence?

He fled, baba.

I shot at his legs.

You shot at his legs and
hit him in the chest?

Is that your story?

In the chest? He was running
away baba, it was dark.

I was trying to stop him.

See for yourself.

Directories all wrong.

So Soda flees Samuel's car,

and runs into the
field over to here?

Even if Soda had a
few seconds headstart,

It wouldn't have taken Samuel
long to chase him down.

Brigadier!

He could have apprehended him
without drawing the weapon.

It was pitch dark.
Soda's dangerous.

How does a low shot to the legs,

end up as a chest wound?

He tripped, his body spun
round as he got shot.

There's two distinct
tracks on the road.

There was another car?

Yes.

But it's impossible to
determine how old the tracks are

until further testing.

What do you want to do, boss?

Tanner, lock him up.

But no charges until we
get the ballistics report.

Take him to the police station.

Now.

Thank you for calling in
the situation with my son.

Zwane, you've got a
conflict of interest.

Not if I follow the law.

I'm the real authority
in this area.

Of course, Chief.

This is far deeper, than
your laws and rules.

The Msomi lineage, stems
hundreds and hundreds of years.

It is understood that if any
of my people commit crime,

your new constitution will
hold them accountable.

But until that happens,

you are going to respect
our rites and customs.

Did we fail you?

When your son came, to arrest
me in front of my people,

he broke that bond of trust

that's been built between
the new world and the old.

He'll be punished for that.

And assassinate
him in cold blood.

He was very lucky that I got
there before anybody else.

You have always
been a fair leader.

But what does your son's
behaviour say to my people?

That I can't protect them?

Well Samuel is young,
he doesn't understand.

You robbed me of my power.

Left me at the mercy of
a crooked police officer.

Crooked?

Nine women dead, Hector.

My son had nothing
to do with it.

I know my blood,
like you know yours.

Your blood?

What kind of a father
are you to that boy?

When that boy looks at
you, what does he see?

Your loyalties are
so diluted, Hector,

your blood is like water.

Do you actually
know who you are?

My niece has been dead for days!

And you have done
nothing about it.

I heard, Hector's boy.
Has he been charged?

Not yet.

You think he murdered
that cane worker?

No motive, it
doesn't make sense.

Hector must be furious.

I found it buried,
on a farm in Eshowe.

The Speelman's farm?

Close by.

Is it yours?

I don't remember.

I do know it's important because
Angus wanted me to find it.

Why?

Because he wanted me to know

that I don't
remember everything.

He wants me to retract my
statement at tomorrow's hearing

so that he's released.

No.

Reyka,

what about other girls?
What about Thuli?

He won't get near Thuli.

He won't change!
You told me that!

I can't keep him locked
up based on a lie.

Portia dressed up for
Angus and put on a voice.

It was an act, ma.

Portia was Lucy.

But you saw Lucy at the
window in that out house.

Did I? Maybe I imagined it.

Reyka!

What if Lucy is a lie?

Lucy was real to
you at the time.

She helped you survive three
and a half years in that house.

Hello?

Portia.

Angus.

It's good to hear your
voice. You're in Durban?

Yes.

Where?

I live by myself now.

It's a simple life,
but it's a good one.

Bravo. You deserve that.

I'm proud of you, Portia.

I heard you had a
special visitor.

Yes.

Our girl, all grown up.

She's very beautiful.

Did she tell you about
her daughter, Thulisile?

We're grandparents.

Let Reyka be, Angus.

Portia?

Yes?

They're letting me out soon.

You've served your time.

I'm going home.

You must come and stay,
like the old days.

I don't think so.

Oh come
on, it'll be fun.

No, Angus.

Don't be like that, Portia.

You can't choose your family.

Hey,

I forgive you.

Mama?

Mama!

Mama!

Ssh, ssh, brave girl.

Again?

Same dream?

Those people in the cane fields?

What happened this time?

Beth, you need
to go to the police.

She's already been
through so much hell.

And her father's in jail.

She needs
to talk about it.

It could be nothing.

We'll let Hector decide.

Do you have a photo
of your granddaughter?

Oh yes, yes.

Thank you.

What was her last whereabouts?

Taxi rank.

Was she leaving town?

No, she went with an,
what we call in English,

employment agent.

She said he got her a
job from the sugar field.

What did he look like?

I couldn't see,
because he was far.

Excuse me. Can we get
some assistance please?

I've been here for over an hour.

Excuse me?

I'd like to speak to
Brigadier Zwane please.

What's it about?

My daughter.

She witnessed an assault.

Okay, just have a
seat Mrs. Tyrone,

we'll be with you just now.

Soda Mvaba is dead.

Ezekiel.

Murdered!

We're still waiting for
forensics to confirm...

Is killing innocent men

part of your son's job
description, Zwane?

I'm not one of your congregants.

Soda Mvaba is the prime suspect
in a serial murder case.

The prosecutor is waiting
for ballistics report.

Are you serious?

You expect us to
trust the rule of law.

Should I remind you that you
were the one who was trying to

cover up Soda Mvaba's assault

whilst he was in police custody.

We demand an independent
investigation.

We don't work on assumptions
or conspiracy theories.

We work with evidence!

In your church I'm
sure you can decree

that something is so simply
because you can say it is so.

But that's not how
police work happens.

Rest assured, Pastor Zik,
if my son murdered Soda,

I will not shield him
from the consequences.

How can I trust that?

Coming from a father who's
already lost one child?

In which case we can
make arrangements

for Mr. Speelman's
earliest release.

Dr. Gama,

I understand you've chosen
to retract your statement on

Angus Speelman's parole.

Yes, Sir.

Why?

I accept that Lucy was a
figment of my imagination.

What made you change
your statement?

I accept that Lucy was a
figment of my imagination.

I was convinced that Lucy
was on the farm with me.

I realise now that I
never saw her in person

and the voice I heard was a
delusion I created in my mind

to cope with the trauma
that I was experiencing.

Do you accept therefore
that during the period,

April 27th, 1994 and
January 1st, 1998,

there were only ever three
occupants of the farmhouse?

Yes I do.

For the record, who
were those occupants?

Angus Speelman, Portia Masako,

and me.

In that case, this parole
board will now adjourn

to consider the matter and
issue a ruling in due course.

I have one request.

To visit Speelman once
more, before he's released.

Mr. Bloom?

Agreed.

After that, I expect
the parole board

to impose a protection
order on the prisoner.

For you?

No, Sir, for my daughter.

Hector.

The minister wants to know

if we have lost
control of this case.

We haven't.

Do I need to replace
you, Brigadier?

That's not necessary.

Your subjectivity is an issue.

I respectfully disagree.

Hector, we have got
police killing suspects,

and young women popping up
all over the cane fields.

It's true, we
have our hands full.

Our team is currently
investigating

the serial murder of nine women.

Dr. Gama, the last time
that you were in this room,

I asked you if this
was a serial murderer

and you assured me it was not.

New evidence has...

I think that you've known
from the very beginning

that we're looking
for a serial murderer,

but you deceived me.

Maxine, the is case
testing the resources

of our police station
to the absolute maximum.

We have many lines of
inquiry and many suspects.

If our methods seem
unconventional,

then it's because of
strict instructions

to deliver a quick conviction

so that the Tyrone land
deal can go through.

Don't you dare

threaten me.

Everyone has a
finger in this pie,

the Tyrone's, the Msomi local
government and the police,

everyone, except
for Detective Zwane,

he's got nothing to gain.

That's why I know he
did not murder that boy.

I want a full investigation
into Detective Zwane.

Not only for the
murder of Soda Mvaba,

but for all nine women.

There is no evidence that
links Detective Zwane

to the nine women.

Then find the evidence.

Do your job Brigadier,

or otherwise I will
find somebody else

to do it for you.

Detective Zwane claims he
shot at the deceased's legs.

It was dark and he
accidentally struck

the suspect in the chest.

The bullet trajectory is
inconsistent Zwane's account.

What?

Brigadier, this
wasn't an accident.

It was intentional.

Mvaba was shot execution-style
from close range.

Sir, the latest cane field
victim found this morning.

Yes?

The attackers DNA is
all over the body.

It's a match with
Detective Zwane.

I'm sorry, sir.

Hector, DNA can be planted.

He knows someone was
booted out of Inanda.

Unlawful arrest and
assault off a suspect.

Charges were dropped.

I pulled strings, got him off.

That's what fathers do.

It fits the profile.

He's educated.

He's a man of state, has an
authority, a charmer boy.

He's persuasive.

He could lure young woman
into the fields with him.

Especially as a policeman,
they'll do just as he asked.

He arrived at the
station the same time

Mbali Msomi's arm was found.

He's very close to this case.

He knows every move we've made.

How do you explain the
Indian Naval fishing knots?

He could have added
-it to his M.
- O,

as soon as soon as Suresh
Pillay became a suspect.

To pin it on Pillay.

Sam is a good detective.

All he wants to do
is make you proud.

He does not fit the
psychological profile

of a serial killer.

You say that, but how
well do you know him?

That boy is tormented by ghosts.

No one knows what
he's capable of.

My daughter Rosie drowned.

She was just there on the beach.

The next minute she was gone.

Swept out to sea on
election day, April, 1994.

You were abducted.

Your case gave me
meaning and purpose,

but I lost my wife and my son.

The day,

the day Rosie died,

I was supposed to be
with her and Samuel.

I think it was my visiting
day with the kids,

but I wasn't.

I was with your
mother at the hotel.

We will clear him, Hector.

Even if the DNA was planted,

if Samuel executed Soda,
as a revenge for Nandi,

we won't be able to clear him.

He will spend the rest
of his life behind bars.

Detective Samuel Zwane.

Brigadier.

You've been charged on suspicion

of one count of
culpable homicide,

and nine counts of murder.

You will appear in front
of a Magistrates court.

I'm being framed, Brigadier.

Soda is the killer, not me.

Nandi even pointed him out.

Your DNA was all
over the crime scene.

He could have planted it!

Zwane.

Zwane!

It's about Rosie.

Not everything
is about her.

For Samuel it is.

We have DNA and
a ballistics report.

Samuel's not a killer.

Zwane was present when
the original six bodies

were found the cane fields.

He was present when
Nandi was attacked

at the worker compound

and he was present
when Soda was murdered.

Okay, motive?

Samuel was nine years old when
his sister, Rosie, drowned.

What if,

he targets women who are the
same age as Rosie would be now?

Why?

Samuel was helpless to save
Rosie's life as a girl.

So he finds women who
remind him of her.

And he takes control of
their lives by ending them.

But why was Zwane so
intent on targeting Soda?

Did Soda have something on him?

Something so bad he
needed to shut him up?

Phone up Msomi.

He was the first person
on the scene last night.

PJX 5-6-2-1-9-9-8.

Oh.

You found it, my love.

Who buried it?

I did.

Why?

You don't remember?

I'm trying, Angus.

It was a gift,

from me to you.

The day of the farmer's banquet?

New Year's Eve.

You gave it to me in my
bedroom, before we left.

And I wore the blue dress.

I've never been prouder of you.

And we walked
outside to the truck.

And I saw Lucy's
face in the window.

Portia said you were
too young for alcohol.

Angus, why didn't Portia
come into the hall with us?

I sent her on an errand.

On New Year's Eve?

Yeah, Portia didn't
like parties.

What happened at the banquet?

You saw someone.

The photograph on the wall.

Reyka, my love.

Let it go.

Angus, please, just tell me.

Who did I see?

You need to leave this alone.

For both our sakes.

No more.

Okay?

Speelman? It's time.

Angus,

please.

Tell me .

It's finished,

my love.

Please explain to me.

How did you know Detective
Zwane was in the cane fields?

I heard gunshots.

Gun... shot?

Two gunshots.

Wait, wait.

Okay. So you're saying
you heard two gunshots?

Close together, like an echo.

Tell me about
your sister, Rosie.

She drowned.

She was six?

You're not going to find
the keys to this case

in my childhood.

Did you love her?

She was my sister.

So?

I loved her most of the time.

And the rest of the time?

Rosie was the favourite.

You were jealous?

I was nine years old.

They loved her more than you?

She needed extra attention.

Why?

Epilepsy.

Rosie had seizures?

Yeah.

And that made you angry?

Sometimes.

You tried to save
her but you didn't.

I didn't know how to swim.

That's not your fault.

They wanted me to learn.

I refused.

The pool was far away and

it was only for white people.

So you couldn't learn,
even if you wanted to?

I didn't push back.

Didn't say no.

I just took things
the way they were.

You were just a child, Sam.

You had all these
mixed up feelings.

I should have learned to swim.

I would have saved her. I
would have saved my sister.

I want to
tell you a story.

About a young woman
that comes to Durban

to seek her fortune.

She gets out of a taxi,
lonely and scared,

and she sees a policeman,

a man of status and authority.

Just a handsome charmer.

He makes her feel safe.

He leads her down a footpath,
into the cane field.

Samuel.

Do you know this man?

I would never hurt
a woman, Reyka.

Never.

Sir?

Not now.

The bullet taken
from Soda's chest,

it doesn't match
Detective Zwane's gun.

Msomi confirmed
there were two shots.

Fresh tracks on the road,

they don't match
your police vehicle.

There was a second person
in the cane that night.

Why did Bongi agree
to meet with this man?

Because she was
desperate for work.

So he offered her a job?

That's what she said.

No one has money.
Jobs are hard to get.

My Bongi thought that
this was her best chance.

And why did you
decide to go with her?

Because I was worried.
He's a stranger.

Okay.

I want to show you something.

Can you identify the man
Bongi met at the taxi rank?

No.

I didn't see his face.

Are you sure?

Yeah, I couldn't see
because he was far.

Just take your time.

Take a closer look.
Was this man perhaps?

No.

Um,

ma'am,

do you want us to catch the man
who took your granddaughter?

-Eyewitness I.
- D'd this man

as the employment
agent at the rank.

We've interviewed
this guy already.

Yeah, Andile Hlongwane,

the taxi driver went past
through all the handbags,

claimed they were lost
property or something...

What's going on?

Positive I.D.

The hustler
gave them to him?

Look, Andile
said the hustler

has an obsession with bags.

Now, handbags are an
essential part of this case.

What if there is no hustler?

And Andile is the
one who's obsessed?

There's just one detail
that doesn't make sense.

Eyewitness claimed that
the suspect rode a bicycle?

Andile's a taxi driver, why
would he need a bicycle?

Maybe it's part of his disguise.

Tanner, eyes on him.

Commander, this is Tanner.
I'm at Godon Ngezu taxi rank.

I have eyes on the suspect.
I need backup, now.

Cancel that,
Commander, false alarm.

Cancel the backup. Sorry.

Mrs. Tyrone, I'm sorry
to keep you waiting.

The Brigadier is not
available, but I can help you.

Jessica?

Hi.

Why has it taken you
this long to report it?

There are always
people in our fields

and my daughter didn't know if

what she was seeing
was innocent.

But when the cops said
there were dead bodies

in the cane fields?

I know, I'm sorry.

We should have come
forward sooner.

Johanna.

I was so worried, but
I couldn't jump in

because I couldn't swim.

Do you want
some more tea?

No thank you.

Okay.

Suresh?

Asha, take Keshav! Take Keshav!

Come come come!

Stop, stop, stop!

Suresh, what's going on?

Please, please, where
are you taking him?

It's going to be okay, Asha.

Dad, dad!

Suresh!

Where are
you going, dad?

It's going to be okay.

Andile Hlongwane, finds
women at the rank,

lures them to the fields.

We need to catch him in the act.

Keep up
the surveillance.

We need a honey trap.

No, no, no.

Not after Nandi.

We can do this, sir.

Who is the bait?

Me?

I'm not losing another
officer in an undercover op.

Sir, it's the only way.

We can get
undercover ops from...

It has to be me!

No, Reyka!

I know what to look for.

I know his MO. Send
me out there, Hector.

Yeah, I miss you too.

Okay, wrap it up Thuli.

Okay, I've got to go.
I love you too, daddy.

Get ready for bed.

Reyka.

After 22
Years in Westport prison,

Angus Speelman is going home.

It was on this remote
banana farm, outside Eshowe,

that Angus Speelman hid his
child victim from the world.

On April 27th, 1994,

the day South Africa
voted for freedom,

Reyka Gama, a 12 year
old, from Musgrave, Durban

was abducted and
held in this house

for three and a half
traumatic years.

Bravo One?
This is Command.

I have eyes on you, over.

Copy that, Command.

All units, Bravo One
is on the move, over.

Bravo Two is in position.
We've got eyes on Bravo One.

Confirm Bravo Two. Bravo
One is in position, over.

Hey.

Bravo One, confirm.

The man you are speaking
to, Andile Hlongwane, over.

You look like someone I know.

Are you sure you haven't
been here before?

Bravo One,
confirm, Andile Hlongwane.

No bicycle, not Andile.
I repeat, not Andile.

Get away from that man, over.

Negative, Command, continue
with mission, over.

Have you solved your problem?

I can help if you're
looking for work.

You see that cane
field over there.

There's a sugar factory
on the other side.

I can take you there. Come.

No, no, no, wait, wait wait!

Hey, hey.

What are you doing?

Hey, beautiful lady,
it's me, Zakes.

Hector's boy.

Zakes.

My queen, what are
you doing here?

I am working. Leave me, please!

Ah, come on.

Let me help you.

You see? This?

This is my house.

Zakes, a man comes
here to meet women.

While dressed smart, charmer.

Offers them jobs.

Talking about that Pillay.

I know him.

Come on, really?

Yeah.

He rides a bicycle.

In fact, he was here.

When?

Earlier on.

Where?

Cane fields.

Show me.

Bravo Five, who is
Bravo One speaking to?

She's not with the vendor?

Negative, sir.

Send a picture,
Bravo Five, thank you.

Come, let me show you.

I'm not
taking your hand.

I'm trying
to protect you.

Okay, we've got trouble coming.

What are you doing?

Get back!

Jeez, we're not gonna bust
your electricity, relax.

I thought you were taking
me across the field?

Oh, this
is the shortcut.

They're bending the
sugar canes outside.

Okay. Just checking.

Zakes!

Come, this way.

Okay.

Your call
has been forwarded to the...

Come on!

Get back, guys! Get back!

We're not turning your
electricity off...

Bravo One, Reyka?

Get back.

Hey! Drop the rocks! Get back!

Hector, Reyka's...

Tanner, we've got the wrong
guy. We've got the wrong guy!

Bravo Three, Four, Five, check
the rank, check the rank!

Hey, hey, hey! Go right,
go right, go right!

Go, go, go!

Brigadier!

I'm taking the middle, okay?