01x02 - Cora & Damian

[bunniefuu]

[ambient music]

[muffled yelling]

[tense music]

[female voice] Welcome to Eden.

[keyboard typing]

Hey, look.

Look!

It's beautiful.

[Stewardess] Ladies and gentlemen,

we have commenced our descent..

Weather in Eden is,

suffice to say, glorious.

However we do have a couple of storms

forecast for the coming days.

Cabin crew, please prepare

the cabin for landing.

[Cora sighing]

[light electronic music]

Thank you.

[Cora] That's the only car that you have?

-[Cora] It's so expensive.

-[Damian] Cora

-[woman] As I said

-Cora, come on. It's fine. Come on.

Thank you.

[woman on phone]: Hey mum, um, I'm here.

[light electronic music continues]

[Cora] f*ck, I did good.

[Damian] You did good

[birds chirping]

Do you wanna maybe f*ck outside?

Let me shower first.

I don't care.

I do.

[woman moaning on video]

[Cora gently moaning]

[woman moaning on video intensifies]

[Cora sighing]

Damian?

[theme music]

[gentle music]

Cora?

Cora?

[gentle music continues]

[seagull chirping]

[woman laughing in the distance]

[indistinct chatter]

[Cora] Excuse me?

Excuse me?

Hey!

You good?

I saw you up there, I was wondering

if you could um, help me out.

Get in the car.

You know, I do have something much more

special than just coke,

-if you want.

-Yeah?

[Dealer] Yeah. If you're interested.

I can organise it for you later.

-OK.

-[Dealer] Give me your arm.

Call this number,

and then she'll come to you.

[car pulling up]

-Alright, you've gotta go.

-[Cora] Of course.

-Get out.

-Sorry.

[starting car]

[aggressive typing]

[indistinct muttering]

[computer beeping]

[Cora] They're all frolicking around

up there like the world doesn't exist.

b*stards.

[female server] I'm sorry, there is no

smoking here.

[Cora] I, um,

got us a present.

Got a number for something

even better too.

Might be a fun way to, um,

you know.

[Damian clearing throat]

You found a drug dealer on our

first day here?

Not into it?

I guess I just had more of a 'dinner and

too much wine' kind of thing in my head.

OK. We can do that.

-You think we need it?

-Yeah, I think we need something.

Call the number.

-[Cora] Yeah?

-Yeah.

f*ck it.

What the

-[Damian] Who the f*ck is that?

-[Cora] Must be the dealer.

Hey!

[Damian] There we go. 300.

So where are you guys from?

Sydney. Just here for a couple of weeks.

-Having fun?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Yeah, it's beautiful.

So beautiful.

You guys are bored.

[Cora] OK, we're maybe a tiny bit bored.

[laughing]

-Any tips?

-Maybe.

We were just about to have

dinner, actually.

You should join us.

OK.

[Cora] I'll grab you a plate.

[Hedwig] Thanks.

[soft music playing on radio]

What kind of stuff do you write?

Uh It's um, uhm, miserable drama, mostly.

-It's character stuff.

-I'm an actor.

[Damian] Oh yeah? Oh cool.

-[Damian] And what have you done?

-Nothing.

Right.

Well, if you're ever in town and you

want me to introduce you to some people

-Yeah?

-[Damian] Of course! Yeah, let me know.

Excuse me for a sec.

[Cora] I mean you really should.

He's always on the hunt for new actors,

and you're just his thing.

His thing?

[Cora] Well, I mean you seem interesting,

and his characters are always different

and, you know, beautiful.

Which you are.

Thank you.

How long have you guys been together?

-Nine years.

-[Hedwig] Jesus.

Yeah.

We started opening up

the relationship last year.

And which one of you is devastated

by that arrangement?

[Cora] No one.

Pleasure is pleasure, isn't it?

I was just oversharing with Hedwig.

[Damian] Oh yeah? What about?

No judgement here.

Oh, that.

[phone chiming]

Uh, I better go. Thanks for dinner.

[Damian] Lovely to meet you, Hedwig.

And I mean it, if you're ever in town,

give me a call.

Yeah, maybe I will.

There's a there's a party tonight at the mansion

at the top of York street.

You guys should come.

[Damian] Thanks.

Well that was f*cking weird.

She's cool.

Did you fancy her?

What?

No, I dunno. Did you?

Mm We should go to that party.

[slow dramatic music]

-Taxi's two minutes away.

-OK.

-You look nice.

-[Cora] Thanks.

[loud French hip hop playing]

Wait wait wait wait wait.

Let's, um Let's do another one.

-[Damian] Another one?

-Yeah.

[woman] Name please?

[indistinct chatter]

How do you spell that?

Hang on.

[loud French hip hop continues]

[slow dramatic music]

-Hey. You're Andy, um The actor, right?

-Uh-huh.

What are you doing here?

This is my f*cking house.

What are you doing here?

Oh, it's your party!

-A friend of ours invited us.

-What friend?

-Hedwig?

-Ah, Hedwig

Andy Dolan?

-f*ck man, what are you doing here?

-[Cora] Hey, this is my partner Damian.

He's a writer, actually.

He's written this screenplay,

you should read it.

Oh wow. It's time to go.

What the f*ck man? We're, we're cool.

Yeah, well I don't like you,

so get the f*ck out of my house.

-What?

-Andy

Ah, let's go.

Hey. Come on.

-Come on, let's just go.

-Come on.

No We were, no!

-We were f*cking invited to this party!

-[woman] Alright.

Don't touch me.

-Jesus, where the f*ck have you been?

-Hey. Hey!

-Tell them that you invited us.

-They're trash. He wants them out.

-Come with us.

-Come on, let's go.

-Damian

-Why'd you get so wasted?

-f*ck you.

-Where are you going?

Hey!

Hey!

[Cora] What, you wanna go home so you can

read a book and f*cking masturbate?

[Damian] Oh, you are hard work tonight.

Come here!

[tense music]

What are you going to do,

are you going to break back in?

-No.

-Stop!

[Cora] Let go!

Stop grabbing at me.

You're embarrassing yourself.

I guess I should be pleased you're

touching me at all, right?

What's that supposed to mean?

[Cora] This holiday was about us

having fun, and we're not.

[Damian] So what? You wanna chase down

the little drug dealer girl,

-is that it?

-No.

-You wanna f*ck her?

-f*ck off.

Or you want me to f*ck her?

You tell me, Cora.

This isn't about me being messed up.

This is about you.

This is about Jack.

And maybe it was a mistake

f*cking a friend, but we did it.

We did it.

He f*cked me and you watched.

And I loved it.

[Damian] So what? You want me to f*ck

someone else so you feel less guilty?

I just want to see someone desire you.

Thought it might remind me why I ever did.

Damian.

Damian, wait, I didn't mean that.

[pulsating music]

Damian?

[Hedwig] Hey.

I need to borrow your car.

[Damian] Uh, it's a rental.

[Hedwig] Just say it was stolen.

You are insured, right?

-[Damian] Yeah.

-[Hedwig] Yeah.

[Damian] I mean, I can drive you somewhere

if you need me to.

No, no, no. Fine. f*ck it.

-I need your car.

-You're bleeding.

-I need to borrow your car now.

-Sit down.

-No, no, no.

-Sit down. It's OK. It's OK.

Just breathe.

[Hedwig] Let me borrow

your f*cking car, please.

[Cora] You should wait until

you're OK to drive.

Just hang out here a while.

Stay here with us

and and then you can take the car.

["Funnel of Love" by Squrl playing]

Here I go falling down down down ♪

My mind is blank ♪

My head is spinning around and around ♪

As I go deep into the funnel of love ♪

It's such a crazy crazy feeling ♪

I get weak in the knees ♪

My poor old head is reeling ♪

As I go deep into the funnel of love ♪

Damian.

Look at me.

Damian.

Damian.

[moaning]

Wait.

Wait. Stop.

Wait. Damian.

Damian!

-[Damian] What?

-Get the f*ck

-[Damian] OK.

-Get the f*ck

[Hedwig] Where are the keys?

[Cora] These?

[Hedwig] Give me those f*cking keys.

-[laughs]

-[Hedwig] You f*cking promised.

Give me the f*cking keys now.

[Cora] Wait!

[Cora] Come back!

-Wait!

-We had a deal!

What are you going to do, where you going?

What do you care? You pimped me out

to your crazy boyfriend.

That's, that's not true.

[Hedwig] You people think you can do

anything you want with me?

Your relationship isn't open. It's f*cked.

[Cora] Hey, come back!

[mysterious music]

[distant high-pitched whistle]

[g*n shot]

[man 1] We're making an urgent appeal

for your continuing help

in the search for Scout Lewis

and Hedwig Shelley,

both 20 years of age,

missing for two days.

[woman 1] I do not know where they are.

It's the worst kind of nightmare.

If you know something,

if you saw anything, please help us.

[bird squawks]

[animal howls]

[woman in distance] Hedwig!

[distant shouting]

[woman] Scout!

[man in distance] Hedwig!

[woman] Scout!

[man] Hedwig!

[door closes]

You a cop?

Ah, testing, testing, one, two, three.

This is Sgt Ben Drysdale.

I'm interviewing Scout Lewis

December 16th, 2020.

Have you found her? Is Hedwig here?

[Sgt Drysdale] Not yet.

Scout, why don't you uh, start by telling us uh

everything that went on that night,

everything that you remember.

-Is my mum coming?

-[Constable O'Shea] She'll be here soon.

Just concentrate for a minute, love.

[Scout] I need to see my mum.

You and Hedwig were

at uh, Andy Dolan's place, right?

Just having a good time,

taking a few drugs.

[vocalises]

[Ezra] (sighs) Morning.

Any news on the girls?

[Constable Murray] They brought one in.

-[Ezra] Which one?

-[Constable Murray] Scout.

Has anyone notified the mother?

They wanted to interview her first,

I guess.

-Oh my

-[Constable Murray] Katz.

They don't want to be disturbed.

[Ezra] Sorry. Yeah, fair enough.

[phone rings]

-[woman] Hello?

-Saranya, it's me.

-[woman] Who?

-Ezra.

Andy was wasted.

Yeah, he was angry. Have you spoken to him?

You mean he was taking the drugs

that you and Hedwig brought to the party

for him?

Well.

Um, no. I, um, (sighs)

look, you need to speak to Andy, OK?

-Because he was angry with her.

-We have.

We were told you were angry with Hedwig

that night.

-What?

-[Sgt Drysdale] Scout,

several people saw you

physically attack her

-before you guys went off into the scrub.

-No.

I wouldn't.

She's my friend and I wouldn't,

I would never.

[screams]

We were high and, um,

I don't know. I

[Scout] I don't know. I don't remember.

It's been um, it's been two days

and I just, um

I need you to find Hedwig, please.

[Sgt Drysdale] Scout, if she's hurt

we need to know. We can still help her.

We want to help you, too.

There was this guy, and his name is Cam.

Excuse me?

[Scout] And, um,

Hedwig was on the phone to him

at the beach

and I think that she was gonna meet him.

-[Constable O'Shea] This guy?

Mm-hm. Yeah.

I don't know, um,

he, uh, he took us

to Andy Dolan's party earlier, as well.

[Scout] Look, I just, um,

I need to go home.

I need to go home.

You were there.

You were f*cking there,

and you were f*cking hitting on me.

[door opens]

[door closes]

Listen to me very carefully.

Our misunderstanding at the party,

it was nothing. Agreed?

Now, what is important is that

you were the last person that was with her

and I just feel like you're lying to me

about what happened that night.

I'm not lying.

You better not be.

We'll see, sweetheart.

[Saranya] Oh, my god. Oh, god. Oh, baby.

[Saranya] You should be ashamed

of yourself.

[Saranya] Thank you, Ezra.

Incompetent f*ck.

[Hedwig] Hi, this is Hedwig.

I'm not around. Text me.

[phone beeps]

Off the phone, sweetie.

Let's get you cleaned up.

[Saranya] They're organizing

another search.

They'll find her.

Mum, I don't know what happened.

What if I hurt her?

I wouldn't.

-I couldn't hurt her could I, Mum?

-Of course, you couldn't.

You didn't do anything, Scout.

You wouldn't.

You think you did?

I don't know.

[knocking]

[man] Saranya,

can I bring you guys anything?

Mum.

I'll make you something to eat,

OK, darling?

[Scout] Mum!

[Saranya] I'm coming back.

[Scout] Mum!

[phone rings]

[phone rings]

[Saranya] Hello?

Oh, hi Katia.

Thanks for calling.

Well, yeah, she's pretty upset, obviously.

Oh, I don't understand.

She says she can't remember.

[newsreader] The search resumes

for Eden woman, Hedwig Shelley,

whose friend Scout Lewis was discovered

in thick bushland yesterday

but was unable to shed any light

on what happened to her friend.

There are now grave concerns

for Ms Shelley's well-being.

[Constable] I would encourage anyone

with any information

to contact police immediately.

[Damian] Cora?

[newsreader] Police have confirmed

Ms Hedwig Shelley

[Indistinct radio chatter]

[Ezra] Scout.

Scout.

[Scout] Look, I've already spoken

to the police, OK?

-Yeah, I know. I just--

-I told them everything I remember.

Yeah, I just wanted to check

that you were OK.

And I'm not sure if you know this,

but your mum and me go way back. And--

He's a liar.

Sorry?

He's a piece of sh*t.

[woman] Where's she going?

Hey.

You OK?

[Scout] Just, um, scared, you know?

You need to tell us what happened, Scout.

I remember, um, us fighting.

That wasn't friends fighting.

You were out of control.

You attacked Fred when he tried to help.

You weren't yourself.

-Fred, I--

-She seemed pretty desperate.

What happened?

[Daylah] You were all over her, Scout.

She was pushing you off,

and you were smothering her.

She was trying to get away.

Well, none of you were even

her f*cking friends anymore.

You're so f*cked up, Scout.

f*ck you!

[Daylah] Let's go.

[Scout] Is anyone there?

[sighs]

Get off me!

[crying]

[rustling]

I know you.

I saw you at the party.

[Scout] Hedwig knows you.

[Cora] I don't know her.

I'm not even from here.

You told her to come with you.

Where were you going?

Nowhere.

We were just wasted.

What do you remember?

What do you remember?

[whistle blows]

[woman] Everyone get out of the way.

[whistle blows]

[indistinct chatter]

We didn't do anything wrong, Cora.

Did we?

[Damian] It's all over, isn't it?

I'm sorry.

Me, too.

Good luck with your play.

Thank you.

I'll leave you the car.

[car horn]

[car engine running]

[distant high-pitched whistle]

[dog growls]

[dog barks]

[growls]

[gasps]

[barks]

[gasps]