The Clearing (2023–…): Season 1, Episode 8 - Episode #1.8 - full transcript

Searching for Billy, Freya finds Adrienne on a private island relaunching The Kindred.

Oh, bugger.

Possums got into the broccoli again.

Cecilia, you had
one bloody job, hey? Come here.

I reckon they climb on her back
to get over the fence.

I reckon
she's after a share of the profits, hey?

Who's that?

I'll go see.

Billy!

Let's get you back home, Miss Heywood.

Billy!

Do you have any idea
of his whereabouts?



I don't know where he is,
but Wayne's got nothing to do with this.

When was the last time
that you saw mister...

That's him. That's him.

- Wayne Dhurrkay?
- Yeah.

It's Billy. He's gone.

- Where have you come from this morning?
- He's gone!

- What are you talking about?
- He's... he's gone!

Mr. Dhurrkay!

- Out for a jog.
- They can't find him.

- Christine, tell me what's going on.
- We don't know. We don't know.

- So you need a ute to go out jogging?
- He's just gone. He's gone missing.

- Did you speak to Freya?
- Look, we're gonna need you

- to come back to the station.
- No, I...

- Go to Freya's.
- Please, please find him.



Find out what happened.

- I'll call you from the station.
- Okay, all right.

Leo!

Where's Billy?

Billy?

Henrik Wilczek has been sleeping
in my son's treehouse.

He's a convicted criminal
right out of jail.

Get forensics to check out the treehouse.

- Okay.
- Have a seat, Miss Heywood.

I need to ask you a few questions.

Henrik is a part of The Kindred cult.

They take children. That is what they do.

Can you think of any reason
why Billy might have run away?

He hasn't run away.
I just told you, he was abducted!

Did you see
anyone suspicious near the lake?

I don't know. I was swimming.

I was underwater.

How long were you underwater for?

Six, seven, eight...

I don't know.

Two minutes.

Billy times me.

Billy was sitting on the bank
when you went underwater

and two minutes later, when you surfaced,
he was gone.

Before your swim,
did you and Billy have any angry words?

What?

No.

And do you have an older child, Maxine?

Maxine was the subject
of a custody dispute

between you and her father,
Wayne Dhurrkay.

Parental access was denied to you
due to a history of mistreatment.

Is there someone who can verify

that Billy was at the lake with you
this morning?

Other than you, who was the last person

- to see Billy?
- Don't try and stop me!

I'm her mother.

Come here.

My daughter will not say another word
without a lawyer present.

Come on.

Yep. Keep him in there.

Don't let her leave, constable.

No, I need to speak to...

They have taken Wayne in for questioning.

What?

- He's got nothing to do with it.
- I know.

I heard on the radio

that a dog walker
saw a Kombi leaving the lake.

Oh, my God.

This is Anton.
If I like you,

I might call you back.

Call me immediately.

The police say I can't leave.

That Kombi is Anton's.

The Kindred have Billy, Christine.

You know what they're capable of.

If Billy comes home, I'll be here.

- Okay?
- Thank you.

- Constable Troy, is it?
- Mm-hm.

- My daughter just needs to have a shower.
- Okay.

Uh, can I get you a coffee
while you're waiting?

Oh, great, thank you.

- Uh, how do you have it?
- Uh, little bit of milk.

Christ!

Can anyone confirm your whereabouts
this morning, Mr. Dhurrkay?

Must have come as a shock to you

discovering you had another child
after all these years.

Thinking of applying for custody?

I can understand why you would.

Billy's bruised eye.

Your ex's history of abuse.

All any parent wants
is to keep their child safe.

You've had to make that decision before,
haven't you, Mr. Dhurrkay?

Do you know how many missing children's
cases are custody matters?

80%.

And the other 20?

So, what the fuck are you doing
questioning me,

when you should be out there
finding my boy?

Freya!

- Where is she?
- I just got here.

It was all here yesterday.

What happened?

- She doesn't have dementia.
- I know that.

- I tried to tell you.
- I know.

And I am so sorry for what I said to you.

She threatened me.

I was protecting Billy.

I could lose my job
for not reporting it, Freya.

She has my little boy.

I need your help.

If you can remember anything at all.

Any conversations, visitors,
phone calls...

I write down words that I hear
that I don't know the meaning of.

Mrs. Beaufort spoke a lot about birds,
animals, and strange things.

- I look them up to improve my English.
- "Sciatica, belvedere, korela."

Korela. It is a small cockatoo.

The pastoral life
always suited you, Tamsin.

It's quiet, but we enjoy it.

Solitude is essential
for refining the soul's journey.

Not that I'd know.

I've had my every move monitored
for years.

Preferable to prison, I'm sure.

Preferable?

For who?

All roads lead to Rome.

And all documents lead to Tamsin Latham.

A trial would have seen you
in prison for life.

I made sure that never happened.

We're family.

The search for 8-year-old Billy Heywood

has intensified with police confirming

that the missing child's mother,
Freya Heywood,

disappeared after...

Henrik's been sleeping
in Billy's treehouse.

Anton's Kombi was seen at the lake,
Adrienne's disappeared,

and the cops won't follow up on any of it.

Well, Adrienne knew the game was up
and she ran.

- She's done it before.
- No.

It doesn't mean she has Billy.

Anton and Henrik are doing
Adrienne's dirty work.

- Just like they have always done.
- Why would Adrienne want Billy?

Because you publicly exposed her, Joe!

- I told you this would happen!
- What did you expect me to do?

- Keep her dirty fucking secrets?
- Yes!

This is my last chance, Freya.

I've finally got her.

Deception.

False testimony.

Obstructing the course of justice.

This is my chance to put her away
for life.

Did you really think
I was gonna stay silent?

If it meant protecting Billy, yes.

Please.

I need you.

The detective thinks it was me.

They have my history. All of it.

I've got nowhere else to go.

There'll be an alert out on your car.

Lay low here.

Thank you.

If The Kindred have Billy...

I'll get him back.

They have him.

She's laying low here.

Yeah, okay.

I'll need your help
to bring her in, Colin.

She's on the run.
She needs to face what she's done.

We're going to get her this time.

Don't say a word to anyone.

Run the Mercedes' plates.

Adrienne can't have got far
without her passport.

Fuck!

I need to find my son.

I know my rights!

You can't hold me here without charge.

Where have you taken him?

Where is he?

Billy?

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

Where is he?

Amy, what are you doing here?

Where's Billy?

- Where?
- I would never hurt him!

You broke into my house.

You were sleeping in the treehouse.
Where is he?

I-I was watching over you and Billy.

You mean waiting for your chance?

No. I knew they would come.

I didn't... I just didn't know when.

You know,
I know how The Kindred work, Amy.

When you threaten them...

they just take away
the thing that you love the most.

- Where have they taken him?
- I don't know.

You must know.

You've stayed a part of it
all these years.

Kept Adrienne's secrets.

She has something I needed, Amy.

And it's something important.

In the beginning,

I truly believed
that we could change the world.

I just never realized
that beauty could be so dangerous,

and Adrienne, she played the reed
and I danced to her tune.

And when Hannah and I had children,

had a perfect boy and a perfect girl...

you know, we should have walked away.

But Adrienne, she...

she convinced us
that they would grow up and be stronger,

without the parental stain,
and they would be loved

and they would be cherished
by a community...

Where are your children now?

No.

- No.
- You have to believe me.

Everything I did was to protect you.

All those years, at Blackmarsh.

You never once protected me!

That judge should have put you away
for life.

Yes.

He should.

Corella. It is a small cockatoo.

"Corella."

Floods, fires, droughts,

catastrophes of Biblical proportion.

The end of the physical world is nigh.

No one can deny this.

Do we fight it?

An unwinnable fight
against neo-Capitalism,

greed, corruption.

Or do we embrace that our new world,

the world we can preserve, lies inside us?

Here, without distraction,

we can discover
the... the planes of existence

that, in the real world,
lie just beyond our reach.

Together, we can accept the end of days

and... and find
an alternate world of serenity,

purity, and wisdom.

Together, we must find the courage,
open the door to meaning...

Together, we must find the courage
to seek an alternative

to the cataclysmic failure
that this world offers.

Amy.

Welcome.

Tamsin's come home.

Just like you.

It's been a long time

but the light has held strong
in all of us.

- Now we can all be together again.
- Where is Billy?

I wouldn't go making
unfounded accusations, Amy.

They're not unfounded.

You threatened to take Billy if I...

Betrayed me?

And did you?

Please tell me where he is,

and I'll go.

I won't say a word. I...

I'll leave.

Given your history, I would have thought
you'd kept a better eye on Billy.

You want someone to blame, don't you, Amy?

But the truth is, you've never known
how to look after your children.

You know why, don't you?

Because you've never been cleared.

Help.

When tragedy befalls your children,
you brush it off as an accident.

Someone else's fault.

When will you realize
it all comes back to you?

Your failings.

Your refusal to go through.

The question is,
what have you done to Billy, Amy?

I know you took him.

If I did...

I'm sure you'll find him.

Mom. Mom.

Mom? Mom! Mom!

Billy?

Amy.

Mom.

Mom!

Billy?

Billy.

Billy.

Amy! Help me!

The truth is, you've never known
how to look after your children.

Sit down!

- I want to go home!
- Down!

You've failed in your duty, Amy.

You've failed to realign Asha.

And your failure has put us all at risk.

- I'm sorry!
- Sorry's a hopeless word.

The only way to right a wrong
is through actions, Amy, not words.

You must baptize Asha
into The Kindred tonight.

Clear her of her sins
and make her one of us.

I don't want to be here!
I hate this place, and I hate you all!

Clear her of her sins
and make her one of us.

Hold your breath.

One, two, three.

No.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to.

- What have you done?
- Don't leave me!

- Answer me! What have you done?
- I'm sorry!

I killed Asha. I killed her!

I'm sorry! I'm sorry!

Again.

Again.

I'm sorry! I'm sorry!

If you could forget that,
then what else have you forgotten?

Billy.

Billy's not here, Amy.

We would never make that mistake twice.

I hurt them all.

Asha. Max.

Billy.

I'm sorry.

I don't let the past define me, Amy,
and you mustn't either.

The future is what matters.

Where is she?

With Maitreya.

You know if she returns to the mainland,
she'll tell the Blue Devils everything.

Maitreya must be protected at all costs.

We cannot allow Amy to leave the island.

I've been following the money trail.

You'd think given Bryce
is Adrienne's power of attorney,

he'd be in control of Kindred assets,
but Adrienne is way too smart for that.

After the trial was aborted,
everything moved off-shore

and was put into dummy names.

Ada Atkins, Ada Smith, Evelyn Smith.

Yeah, anything to stop those kids
getting a cent.

Then, in the past two years,
property in Brighton, France,

the UK, the Dandenongs,
it's all been sold.

80 million dollars' worth.

Where's the money now?

That I don't know.

Money's all she's ever cared about.

We figure out where that 80 million is,
we find Adrienne.

So glad you're here, Ames.

Hey, here.

Max will be happy to see you.

Max?

You thought she came to see you,
didn't you?

But Mommy told her to come.

I took her to... see her.

Mommy.

They connected instantly.

Mommy told her all about
what we were doing out here.

Max was so excited.

- She wants to be a part of it.
- No.

No, she would never. She...

She's gone home on the bus.

No, I met her at Horsham.

I left her with my Kombi,
and now she's coming to join us.

Max has the Kombi?

Yeah.

Yeah, she should be here by now.

Hope she's okay.

Max has Billy.

- Max...
- Hey.

Max was lost, but now she's found.

What have you done to me?

Family need to stick together, Ames.

Adrienne is not our mother.

Henrik and Hannah gave us up.

Don't say that.

Don't ever say that.

You're not going anywhere, Amy.

I didn't hurt Billy.

He's okay. He's with Max.

Adrienne made me believe that I did,
but it's not true.

Maitreya can make anyone believe anything.

What did she make you believe?

That children should be starved?

Drugged? Beaten?

That I was empty,

and that her light would fill me.

And did it?

But you still came back.

Because I love her.

And because I'm weak.

Maybe both, I don't know.

She'll never love you back, aunty.

I know that.

You just watched.

You stood there and you watched as Asha...

Sara.

Her name was Sara.

Please.

I need to find my little boy.

One, two, three, four, five,

six, seven, eight, nine, ten.

27, 28, 29...

I didn't kill Billy.

I know you didn't.

Max took him.

To... to protect him.

We need back-up via air.

Yes, five kilometers south of...

Colin's put an alert out
on Anton's Kombi.

They'll find Max.

Henrik came to see me.

He told me about the tape.

He confessed to Asha's kidnapping
on the condition

Adrienne would never show the tape
to anyone.

I killed Asha.

No, you didn't.

Adrienne did.

If anything's happened to my boy,
I'll hold you personally responsible.

You want me to lock you up
for threatening a police officer?

Go fuck yourself.

We are all searching for an elsewhere.

A place where wonder can deepen.

Maitreya.

We must close our eyes,

knowing our existence
continues on another plane.

Let us walk on together.

No. No, I'm not seeing anything.

All right, all right.

Keep, keep going.

Right there. Over there.

Yeah, we've got it, we've got it.
Thank you so much, Colin. Thank you.

Billy!

Mom!

It's okay, Max.

You're not in trouble.

Max taught me how to make a fire!

Did she? Did she?

Hey, little man.

Good to see you.

Max taught me how to make a fire.

And it's a pretty good fire.

- Wow.
- He doesn't belong to them, Mom.

No. He doesn't.

I think he's...

I reckon he's a friend.

None of us do.