The Clearing (2023–…): Season 1, Episode 2 - Episode #1.2 - full transcript

- Asha!
- Asha, come out now.

Asha, where are you?

Asha, where are you?

Asha!

- Asha.
- Asha!

Asha!

We're moving the
search to the other side.

Asha hated it here.

Once she meets Mommy,
she won't hate it.

She said she had television.

- Dolls. Food whenever she wanted...
- Asha has the Devil in her, Amy.



She was tempting you, trying
to turn your back to the light.

Come on.

Come on!

- Asha?
- Asha.

Asha!

Hello?

We've just turned off
the freeway, Hannah.

Please have the children ready,

and tell Asha Mommy's
very excited to meet her.

Your mother's coming.

Go tell them, Aaron.

Go.

Go!

Mommy's coming.



- Asha!
- Asha!

Asha!

- Asha!
- Asha!

- Mommy's coming!
- Asha!

Asha!

Asha!

For every minute your sister's not
found, it's an hour in the Hole.

- Asha?
- Asha!

- Where are you?
- Asha!

- Asha!
- Asha!

Asha?

Asha!

- Asha?
- Asha.

- Asha!
- Asha!

Asha!

Asha! Asha! Asha!

Asha!

Come on!

Fan out in a straight line.

Follow me. Follow me.

I've found her!

Can I please, please,
please have a lunch order?

No. No, I made you

- a very yummy cheese sandwich.
- There are no new leads

in the search for missing
Woodfield girl, Carrie Anderson.

Her family are pleading

- for any information.
- But Harry has one every Friday.

If
anyone has seen anything,

- or knows anything...
- Grab your bag, Bilbo.

All right, have a good day.

Bye, Mama.

Harry!

Hi, Billy.

- Billy, how are you?
- Bye bye.

- Good?
- Good.

Oh. Hey, Freya.

Um, the Moms of 2C, we were saying we
deserve a night out. What do you think?

Yeah, sounds great.

Yeah, leave the hard
work to the dads for once.

Geoff is so seriously useless.

At Harry's birthday, he got a
migraine from blowing up one balloon.

- Like, one balloon.
- Yeah.

- Careful, kids.
- I mean, not that I'm complaining.

I mean, being a single
parent, I can't imagine...

Oh, it's fine.

It's all I've ever known.

Get to class.

Oh, was it a one-night stand?

Oof. What I would do to
have one of those right now.

Freya?

Have you got time
for a quick word?

- Oh, text me.
- Yeah.

- Hey.
- Hey.

Um, I just want to
check in with you.

- Okay.
- Yeah. Um...

Is everything all right at home?

- Yeah. Yeah.
- Yeah?

Yeah.

It's just that, um,
it's school protocol...

to follow up on any injury.

Oh, you're talking
about Billy's black eye.

- Mm.
- Yeah, um...

He was behind the door
and... And I opened the door

and I didn't realize
he was behind it.

Yeah, of course. I
totally understand.

Sole parenting is hard.

It was an accident.

That's all.

My mom was right there.
She saw the whole thing.

Have we got your
mom's details on file?

No.

Uh, no.

- You don't.
- Perhaps you can add them to Billy's file?

- Yeah.
- In case we have to verify anything

- for our report...
- Sorry, I actually have to get this.

Hey Mo, is everything okay?

Hello?

Freya, hey.

I found her tracker
in the laundry basket.

Mrs. Beaufort is not safe
wandering around out there

- on her own.
- Yeah, I know.

I'll have to put it on my daily
report and if this keeps happening,

- the agency will insist on 24-hour care...
- It's okay, Mo, it's okay.

You don't have to do that.
I'll find her. I always do.

Hands down.

Have you been
eating sweets again?

Come here, my darling.

Welcome home, my angel.

We're so happy to have you here.

Go back in the line.

I found her
for you, Mommy.

Asha ran away.

She was hiding up a
tree, but I found her.

You make your mother
very proud, Anton.

Maitreya, I can explain.

Not only do you kidnap a
child, but then you allow her to escape.

- It was Amy's job to take care of Asha...
- Do you want to destroy us, is that it?

No.

Abigail's roots are showing,
Annabelle's getting fat

and Adam is scratching
like a leper.

Mom.

You can't keep leaving
the house on your own.

She's not on her own.

If you want to take Mom out,
you need to inform the agency.

- They have a duty of care.
- As do you.

Looking after your mother doesn't
involve locking her up in a dark house

with a... with a tracking device,
like some sort of criminal.

Exercise, sunshine and
intellectual stimulation.

In my book, that's duty of care.

Come on, Mom.
Let's get you home.

- Come on.
- Careful. Careful.

Wonderful to see you, Maitreya.

Lovely to meet you.

As always.

Is Mommy
coming to pick me up?

You'll be surrounded by carers
24/7 if you keep disappearing.

You don't want that, do you?

No, Amy.

No elkhounds in the morning.

Sit!

Asha.

Darling, come.

Asha?

Abigail,
wash. Adam, dry.

Angela, sweep. Aaron,
put the bins out.

Neatly, please.

Gently.

A present, for
my favorite, special,

beautiful Princess Asha.

You're Mommy's favorite.

Come in, Amy.

Run along, my angel.

Shut the
door behind you.

The van matches the
description of the one

that abducted Carrie
Anderson near Woodfield.

The same van
has been hanging around my house.

- Right.
- Detective Joe Saad called the station.

Requested you look into it.

Who's he?

Well, he's retired now, but
he... He pulled some favors.

No, it doesn't work like that.

He'd have to file a
report like anyone else.

And...

there's nothing in the system.

How are you, Amy?

Good.

Good is closely
aligned with right.

Is it possible, I wonder, to feel
good when one hasn't done right?

No.

So what are you, Amy?

Not good.

Do you think "sorry" might be
the word you're looking for?

Yes. I'm sorry.

For?

For not realigning Asha.

No, Amy.

For not watching Asha.

For not finding Asha?

You're not trying
hard enough, Amy.

I wanna go home!

Do you
want me to help you?

Did you betray your family?

- Yes.
- Did you betray yourself?

Yes.

And?

I
betrayed you, Mommy.

There we go.

Mommy, your love binds us
together as one family, one heart.

Together, we are united.
Alone, we are blighted.

That's my girl.

Now go and
clean yourself up.

And lower your hem.

You look like a whore
in that short skirt.

Joe!

- Joe!
- You must have a sixth sense!

Caught way more than I can eat.

Check this catch out.

You never called the cops.

- Freya...
- I'm not a child.

You don't need to pretend.

Look, you know, you'd gotten
yourself into such a state.

- I... I was just trying to reassure you.
- Lying to me isn't reassuring.

Okay.

You made me doubt
what I saw, made me...

made me feel crazy.

- I saw the van, Joe.
- Freya, I did do some digging.

It's real.

There was no sighting of any
vehicle taking that little girl.

- There was no white van?
- No.

This Carrie Anderson...

she's disappeared
from Woodfield.

I just think you assumed,

- because...
- Asha.

Come on.

Stay for lunch.

I'll barbecue these
beauties up for us.

I'm actually flattered you thought
the police would act on my orders.

My name's pretty much dirt.

Oh, it's worse than dirt.
They hadn't even heard of you.

Don't hold back, will you?

Oh, their loss I reckon.

Henrik's parole
has been approved.

You think that might
have triggered something?

You a psychiatrist now?

To be honest, I think
you make a better chef.

This is really good.

22 years for a crime you were
brainwashed into committing.

If I were Henrik, I'd be
looking for some compensation.

Maybe a cut of The
Kindred's missing millions.

He still committed a crime.

Sure.

We all know the real
criminal got off scot-free.

Had any contact with her?

No.

If I could get near
that mad old bitch,

I'd happily strangle the
millions out of her myself.

You know, you don't have
to be angry at me to come visit.

Bring Billy next time.

- I'll take him fishing.
- Yeah. Yeah, he'd love that.

Freya.

Carrie Anderson... she's
probably lost in the woods.

She'll make her way home.

Yeah.

Thanks, Joe.

Mom, do you like ants?

Sure, as long as
they're not in the honey.

Did you close the gate

- after we left this morning?
- Yep.

- Did you know ants don't have ears?
- No.

Ants are my favorite.
They're the most dangerous.

Some of them don't have eyes.

Really?

Do you know
what they use instead?

Their antenna.

Ants feel vibrations through their feet.
That's how they know if danger's coming.

Oh, yeah? You've been
learning about ants at school?

No, my friend
tells me stuff about them.

- What friend, Harry?
- No, my friend at the fence.

What fence?

The school fence?

Yeah.

Billy...

what does your friend look like?

Is that what your friend did?

Billy, what did he say to you?

- Ow!
- Tell me!

Ms. Le says, "My
body, my boundaries."

Yes.

Ms. Le is absolutely right.

There's tiny sandwiches.

And cake with cream inside.
Have you tasted cake before?

First, we sing.

Then Mommy speaks and
then what do we all say?

We are one, Mother and united.

- No, Asha.
- I don't want to.

Ow!

Repeat after me.

Mother, your love binds
us together as one family.

- One heart.
- One heart.

- Together, we are united.
- Together, we are united.

- Alone, we are blighted.
- Alone, we are blighted.

There we go.

Go and join the others.

Good to see you.

- Slow down. Line up.
- She sells seashells

on the seashore.

You're in front of me.

Take me round the back, Tavi.

Physicists like myself
understand structures

to be malleable
and ever-forming.

They must be, in
order to survive.

Society, however, has convinced us that
structures are fixed and immutable.

- Remember, follow me.
- Therefore, it must follow

that, to accept this... is
to accept our own death.

But it doesn't have
to only be this way.

The reason we are here today is
because our spiritual leader,

Maitreya, is showing
us an alternative.

An alternative.

As members of The Kindred,
and under Maitreya's guidance,

we have the freedom and the power to
reinvent the structures of society

that so many assume
cannot be changed.

And what better way to achieve
this than through a new generation.

Pleasure to see you.

Lovely to see you.

Walk along.

Welcome. My Kindred.

Welcome, all of you.

It's such a great honor to
see so many of you here today.

I see so much
wisdom in this room.

The wisdom of those
who are not afraid.

I have had the great privilege of
guiding many of your Clearings,

and I see how tall
you stand afterwards.

The light that shines from you.

How life opens up

when you are truly
able to let go.

Because it is only once
we have been cleared

that you are ready
to begin again.

These children, my
children...

they are as pure and untainted
as it is possible to be.

A generation raised away from
the suffocating rules of society,

nurtured under the most
perfect conditions.

These children are our
Kindred, all of us.

Mother, your love binds
us together as one family.

She's a liar. She's not my mother.

- Stop!
- Come with me.

Stop. Let me go!

- Let go of me! Ow.
- Goodness.

Oh, I'm sorry to say even I haven't cured
the world of mother-daughter conflict.

♪ Close the door, light the light,
we're staying home tonight ♪

♪ Far away from the bustle
and the bright city lights ♪

♪ Let them all fade away,
just leave us alone ♪

♪ And we'll live in
a world of our own ♪

♪ We'll build a world of our
own that no one else can share ♪

♪ All our sorrows will
leave far behind us there ♪

♪ And I know you will find,
there'll be peace of mind ♪

♪ When we live
in a world of our own ♪

♪ We'll build a
world of our own ♪

♪ That no one else can share ♪

Don't supposed the
enlightened get cancer.

Detective Saad.
Fancy seeing you here.

Fancy.

Mind you, I shouldn't
be surprised.

Mongrel dogs do tend to hang around
back doors, waiting for scraps.

Scraps?

I'm way past scraps.

I've got a dossier on you
the size of 10 phone books.

Goodness.

I'd say that's
bordering on obsession.

What's
your wife think?

She must be craving
some of your attention.

Plenty of time for that
when you're all behind bars.

Buy Dina some flowers
on your way home.

Show her this other
woman means nothing to you.

She's the one you really love.

I thought it was him, but
I'm the one holding the knife.

And I'm not sorry.

I'm elated.

I'm dancing on a corpse and
it's not his, it's mine.

You've been reborn.

Know thyself, Judith, and
thou shalt know the universe.

- Sorry.
- It's okay. Come, come.

Judith, darling. Colin is hurting
and I must clear him now, okay?

- Good job.
- Thank you, Maitreya.

Come.

Have you got it?

My wife, Elena.

I think she's...

beginning to suspect
who I really am.

You must release
her from her pain, Colin.

You can't live a lie and
you can't expect her to.

Your family is here,

surrounded by those who
love and accept you.

Find your strength, Colin.

Hmm.

Yes, yes.

How was it?

What do you think
they'll do to Asha?

The Hole.

She deserves it.

She wouldn't be punished
if you'd let her go.

She wouldn't be punished
if you'd aligned her.

I wonder who'll get the worst
punishment, you or Asha.

Leave me alone!
You're hurting me!

You're hurting me! No!

Get in!

Back!

No!

Stop!

- Stop!
- Get down!

Don't you ever disrespect
Maitreya again.

No! No.

No, let me out!

Don't leave me here.

No!

I want my mom!

Let me out of here!

Help me!

Help!

Don't leave me here.

No!

No!

Mate, you're
drawing a long bow

if you think they're
connected to the missing kid.

You reckon?

Come
on. Let's grab a beer.

- My shout.
- You go, then.

If I find something,

Wilkes will have to
approve a search warrant.

We get into Blackmarsh,
we find Sara McFetridge.

See you down there.

Forgive me, Amy.

I put too much
responsibility on you.

I expected you to
behave like a grown-up.

To be Asha's teacher,

when you're only
a child yourself.

How could I not
have realized this?

Do you want to grow up, Amy?

You are my oldest daughter, the
heir to everything that is mine.

It is you who must carry on The
Kindred when I am no longer able.

But to do that, you
must be initiated.

Are you ready for your Clearing?

Yes.

In order to go through, you must
be cleared of all your sins.

That takes great courage.

Do you have that, Amy?

Yes. Yes, I do.

Then you are ready.

Open your mouth.

The light shines
brightest on you, Amy,

because you are the chosen one.

Help!

Let me out!

Amy!

Amy!

Help!

I know you won't disappoint me.

- Amy! Amy!
- Let me out, please!

You'll never go through if you
let fear overtake you, Amy.

The light
shines on you, Amy.

Did you betray your family?

Help!

Help.

Amy, help me!

You're not
working hard enough, Amy.

You're not working
hard enough, Amy.

Amy!

My name is Sara.

Amy, help me!

Leave me alone!

I wanna go home!

Help.

Amy, help me!

I want to go home! I hate
this place and I hate you all!

Where's Asha?

Where do you think she is, Amy?

I don't know.

You have no idea?

No.

She's gone home.

You let her go?

She didn't belong here.
She was never one of us.

I'm sorry.

I failed. I can try harder.

Hello?

Amy, it's Wayne.
Please don't hang up.

How did you get this number?

Look, just hear me out, okay?

The number you
have called is not available.

Fuck.

Freya.

You
gave Wayne my number.

Yeah, he needed to speak to you.

Whatever Wayne needs, nothing's
changed. You want him to take Billy?

- What?
- Is that it?

Of course not. No.

The black eye was an accident.
You were right there!

Look, did you let him
tell you why he wanted...

You have no right to
interfere in my life.

Look, I was just, I was just trying
to do what I thought was best for you.

- I'm your mother, you understand...
- No, you are not.

- Hello.
- Hey.

Thanks for this, Chris. Beats
forking out for a motel.

Of course. We're
family. Come on.

- Hello?
- Hey.

Any jailbreaks today?

Nope, but it is only midday.

Did you want to take your break
now? I can... I can grab her lunch.

Are you sure?

Yeah, yeah. Yeah.

Wayne knows.

Christine told him and now,
he's come to get Billy.

He's been following us,

talking to Billy
at the school gate.

He knows where we live.

I can't let him do it again.

If I lose Billy...

Billy doesn't belong to Wayne.

Losing a child is the greatest
pain a mother can bear.

And we know
that more than anyone.

Wayne will never take
Billy from you, Amy.

I promise.

Thank you.

Now, make me a gin and tonic
before what's-his-name comes back.

Can't stand the baby food
he shoves down my throat.

His name's Mohamed.

Are you here, my darling?

Yeah, I'm here.