01x01 - Episode 1

[bunniefuu]

[energetic drumming]

[orchestral music builds]

[musical stab]

[music echoes and fades]

[soothing melodic music plays]

[rooster crows]

[birds chirping]

[in Pidgin] What are you
supposed to do when you wake up?

I'm talking to you.

[in Pidgin] I'm
supposed to pray.

[in Pidgin] And you?

Are you eyeing me? I'd slap you.

[woman] Now pray to God
for blessings today.

[expl*si*n]

Mummy.

[distant shouting]

[woman, in Pidgin] Kunle,
go and pack, quickly.

Please.

Please, sir, I don't have
anything, I'm a trader.

[man, in Pidgin] You have
something interesting to offer me.

Something I'll appreciate.

You'll take off
your wrapper for me.

[distant g*nshots]

I want to see that contraband.

[screams]

Inem, come, we can't stay
here longer, let's go now.

[Mama Inem] Okay.

[Mama Inem mumbles]

- [g*ns firing]
- [loud boom]

- [distant screaming]
- [g*ns firing]

- [expl*si*n]
- [firing continues]

[man groaning]

[groaning]

[panting]

[g*nsh*t]

[screaming]

[groaning]

[screaming continues]

[screaming and
groaning continue]

- [firing continues]
- [sobbing]

[g*nsh*t]

No.

[sobbing]

[man chuckling]

[in Yoruba] Good morning, Ma.

[chuckling]

- Scar.
- Comrade.

[Mama Inem and child sobbing]

[haunting melodic music plays]

[menacing music builds
in and intensifies]

[double g*nshots]

[ominous music plays]

[phone rings]

[phone continues ringing]

[woman moaning]

[phone buzzes and rings]

- [beep]
- [woman continues moaning]

Yes?

Okay.

[woman groaning and sucking]

[Scar groans]

[Scar] Ashanti.

Colorado.

[Colorado, in Pidgin]
Make way for the man.

[Scar, in Pidgin] The
accountant is here.

[menacing music plays]

[Scar] Accountant.

[accountant, in
Pidgin] I'm uneasy.

Everything is in order, I hope?

And the books?

[accountant] Interesting.

Sales seem to be on the
rise, as one expects.

[phone rings]

Hello, sir.

Everything is in order, sir.

Okay, sir.

Chief said you should
see him tonight,

at 8 p.m.

Not a second more.

Make way for the man.

Scar.

[in Pidgin] Let's celebrate.

[cheering]

[in Pidgin] Everything is set.

Everything.

[indistinct chatter]

[prison officer] I have known
you for some months now,

and this is still madness.

[woman] Please…

- [prison officer] Amanda…
- Call me Inem.

That's not even the way
she speaks. [scoffs]

Can you please give me the gum?

[Inem] Please.

Yes, sure.

Help yourself.

Officer.

[in Pidgin] A naked person

doesn't put his
hand in his pocket.

Look at me,

I am a prost*tute.

And I'm not ashamed.

What is it?

I'm not crazy.

This is not a joke for me.

You stopping me is out
of your jurisdiction.

I just need a few things

before I leave.

What do you need?

A pack of cigarettes
and a phone call.

[upbeat music playing]

[indistinct chatter]

- [g*nshots]
- [children clamoring]

[children cheering]

[sniffs]

[groans]

[sighs]

[Colorado, in Pidgin]
Make way for the man.

- [Scar] Colorado.
- General.

[in Pidgin] What's going on?

[in Pidgin] Jackie is here.

[Scar] Our Jackie?

Let her in.

[in Pidgin] All right.

All good, sir.

My Jackie.

[Scar, in Pidgin] Mummy T has
broken your covenant with us, right?

[Jackie] Yes, sir.

[Scar] Jackie.

[Scar] My Jackie.

[in Pidgin] You know you'll
be missed in Shanty Town.

I'll also miss you a lot.

Hey.

[in Igbo] Great a*s.

[in Pidgin] Just look at this.

All these wigs you guys wear.

Jackie.

Freedom.

For all your services
to Shanty Town.

Thank you.

- [Afrobeat music starts]
- [cheering]

[music intensifies]

- [music stops]
- [women shout]

[Ene, in Pidgin]
Forget about the music.

Forget the alcohol.

The reason we are
here is freedom.

[cheering]

Jackie's freedom.

[women cheering]

I know life isn't
easy in Shanty Town.

- Yes.
- [Ene] It's not easy.

[women chatter indistinctly]

But when you go somewhere else,

you'll know you've
learned something.

[women cheering]

[Ene] And so therefore,

by the power vested in me

by our pope, Scar,

I declare Jackie free.

[cheering]

[women chanting]
Jackie! Jackie! Jackie!

- [Ene] So...
- [phone rings]

Customer. Please hold on.

[women] Mama the mama!

Hello, yes how can I help you?

[Inem, in Ibibio] Eniewan.

Ene, it's Inemesit.

Yes, Alhaji hold on, please.

[in Pidgin] Shalewa,
come please.

[Ene] Nothing, I've
something to take care of.

[Inem, in Pidgin] Ene,
what is wrong with you?

Do you think I'd leave
prison and then lie to you?

[in Ibibio] I heard you died.

[Inem in Pidgin] It's
their mother who is dead.

I did not die.

[in Pidgin] Were you
released from prison?

[in Pidgin] Ene, I am free.

Good behavior.

Besides, I only dealt
drugs, I didn't k*ll anyone.

[in Ibibio] So, where are you?

[Inem, in Pidgin] Ene,
this is not a wow matter,

I have nowhere to go.

After ten years of
prostitution, I have nothing.

[in Ibibio] Wait for
me, I'll be on my way.

[in Pidgin] I'm just about
leaving the police station.

[Ene in Ibibio]
Okay, wait for me.

- I'm coming.
- [Inem] Wait.

Ehm,

Enewan,

[in Pidgin] how about Scar?

[in Ibibio] We'll talk about
that when we see each other.

[line disconnects]

[sighs]

[Shalewa, in Pidgin] I
know I'll join you soon.

My money will soon be
complete, sometime next month.

I'll be out of here.

I'll have freedom. They'll
celebrate me like this.

[in Pidgin] Shalewa,
why are you still here?

[in Pidgin] It's not my fault.

I still have about five
hundred thousand to pay Scar.

[in Pidgin] Do you want to tell
me that you don't have any money?

[in Pidgin] Why are
you talking like this?

Have you forgotten what
we go through here, eh?

By the time I pay security fees,

[in Pidgin] pay the man,

and then pay Scar
60%, what is left?

Where will I find
the money to save?

Please.

[in Pidgin] My bad, don't let me
stop you from dying in this place.

[in Pidgin] Why are you
talking to me like this?

Just look around you, Shalewa.

The more you stay here, the
more you become like them.

[in Pidgin] Is this how you want
to end your life in Shanty Town?

Okay, where is the money you
saved up to open your own bar?

Can't you use it to
get your freedom first?

Can a dead person own a bar?

You have to be alive
to be a mixologist.

But…

the…

[in Pidgin] What
exactly are you saying?

Don't worry, I'll
lend you the money.

It's better to owe
me than to owe Scar.

At least, I won't
take 60% from you.

Or tell you who to sleep with.

Now, is your time.

Thank you.

[in Pidgin] I had no idea I'd
be leaving here this early.

[upbeat music playing]

- [Inem in Ibibio] Ene, is this you?
- Inemsco!

[in Ibibio] You look surprised, it's
me. Oh my God, I've missed you so much.

[in Ibibio] What are
you looking at? It's me.

[in Ibibio] You got a
tattoo? From prison?

[in Ibibio] Forget about it, it's
just one of the prison activities.

[in Ibibio] Scar told
me you were dead.

[in Ibibio] He's the
one that is dead.

His mother is dead.

His family is dead.

Scar.

I was in that hellhole for three
years. God will punish Scar.

Scar will die on the
road like a chicken.

His death will be disgraceful.
It will not be well with him.

He put me in prison
for three years.

He owes me.

-Relax -I swear.

- [in Pidgin] Scar owes me, sister.
- [in Ibibio] Calm down.

Here's 100,000.

For what?

You asked for help,
take this and lay low.

Me?

[Inem laughs]

You want me to go
away to do what?

Eh? For what reason?

Do you want me to go
and become a farmer?

To go and do what?

I have no father
or mother anywhere.

Enewan,

Shanty Town is my home,

and nobody can scare me off.

I choose to stay in Shanty
Town and that's what I'll do.

[in Ibibio] You see that Scar…
[in Pidgin] Scar owes me.

[in Ibibio] Please, let's go.

Get into the car. Baba Ibeji.

Sit here.

[Colorado, in Pidgin]
Where are you going?

[in Pidgin] I'll hit
you. Are you mad?

[in Pidgin] What is it?

[in Pidgin] It is Shalewa.
She is misbehaving.

[in Pidgin] Why?

[Colorado, in Pidgin] Behave.

- Focus, focus, focus.
- [Shalewa groaning]

[coughs]

I said, focus!

- [Shalewa gasps]
- [in Pidgin] All good, sir.

[in Pidgin] I want to
pay for my freedom.

[in Pidgin] What?

[in Pidgin] I said I…

[clears throat]

I want to pay for
my freedom, sir.

- You want to pay for your freedom?
- [Shalewa] Yes, sir.

Is that so?

Ah, ah, ah…

Shalewa.

[in Yoruba] We both know you've
never made this kind of money.

You've been cheating me.

[in Pidgin] And
stealing from me.

No, sir.

[in Pidgin] Jackie lent me some
money to add to my savings.

We summed it up to 500,000

so I can settle
my father's debt.

Just so I can get my freedom
and leave Shanty Town, sir.

- [Scar groans]
- [Jackie] Yes, sir.

[in Pidgin] Is that true?

Did you say your remaining
debt was only 500,000?

Yes.

[in Yoruba] What about you?

[in Pidgin] I don't know.
I don't understand, sir.

- [in Pidgin] You don't understand?
- Yes, sir.

You'll understand pretty soon.

Colorado.

Get me a calculator.

- [Colorado] Everything is fine.
- Uh huh.

[in Yoruba] Listen
to me properly,

[in Pidgin] while
I enlighten you.

[in Yoruba] Food.

[in Pidgin] How much food do you
eat in Shanty Town every day?

Let's say 3,000, right?

You'll multiply it by 365 days

and multiply it again,

by two and a half years.

Let's round it up
to three years,

multiplied by three years.

Your rent in Shanty Town.

How about insurance?

Let's add all the treatments
Ene has been giving you.

[sniffs]

[in Pidgin and Yoruba] All the
ab*rtion. You had five, right?

You had one gonorrhea
and syphilis treatment.

[in Pidgin] Did you
think it was free?

What about security?

You wouldn't survive a minute.

Security.

The interest on
your father's debt,

we'll add it.

[keyboard clicks]

Fine.

Mama T's protection.

Ah?

All the protection Mama
T has been giving you.

[in Yoruba] Your
safety back and forth…

[in Pidgin] …are not free.
You renew it every year.

Multiplied by three years.

All right.

Now you know how
much you owe me.

Jesus!

Your debt is 15,000,000 naira.

[Shalewa] Jesus.

Scar,

how will I make this
amount from prostitution?

You are beginning to
understand it now.

Scar…

[Scar, in Pidgin] Let
me explain it to you.

I own you.

This is mine.

[in Yoruba] Do you understand?

The fact that you
are breathing alone

[in Pidgin] is because of Scar.

[coughs]

So,

[in Yoruba] if I hear

that you suddenly feel like

you can settle your
debt with Scar,

you are dead.

[in Pidgin] Do you understand?

[in Yoruba] Go
and hustle for me.

Stupid m*therf*cker.

You want to settle Scar.

Colorado.

[Colorado, in Pidgin]
Make way for the man.

[in Pidgin] Is my water ready?

[Colorado] It is ready, boss.

Good.

Whoever tries me will
be punished, I'm angry.

♪ Make nobody go
across my circle ♪

♪ If you cross am kpere
You must enter trouble ♪

[mellow Afrobeat
music continues]

[music fades]

[in Yoruba] Everything you
touch becomes a success.

The hand goes to and from
the mouth without stress.

- You shall go in peace.
- Amen!

- And return in peace.
- Amen!

Onala, make this
a success for me.

[music fades up]

[theme music plays]

[music fades]