All language subtitles for Itch.S01E05_English

VOICEOVER:Previously, on Itch...

All we need is a distraction

to get Flowerdew
out of the classroom

and then swipe the rock.

What exactly are you making?

It's a noise grenade.

(EXPLOSION)

The rock,
I think it's a new element.

Nothing yet. We'll keep looking.

I'm so sorry about Cake. He sent
a message to go see him,

and I didn't know he was your
dad.

I'm telling them about the rock.

He said no-one could know.

We have to get the
rock out of here.

I can get the rock.

I just need more time.

We'll get the rock tested,

give any information
we find to the hospital.

I'll do it.

Meet me at the Mining Institute
in an hour.

It's perfect.

Here.

(METAL CLANGS)

Lucy!

Hey.

Hi.

So, who are we meeting?

Dr Alexander. He and Dad
used to work together.

Lucy.

Dr Alexander.

Why don't you come with me?

I've got it in sight.

Sending the location now.

This rock you were
telling me about,

you said it was somehow special,
one of a kind.

We did some tests.

The Geiger count was more
than 10,000 clicks per second.

Are you sure? That's unheard of.

Let's take a look at it.

If I hadn't seen it myself,

I wouldn't have believed it.

It can't be a new element...

That's what we think.

Where on Earth did you find it?

Cake found it after the
earthquake, near the old mines.

Don't know exactly where.

Ever since that earthquake
a couple of weeks ago,

Greencorp have taken
over the area.

My team wanted to
do some tests -

they were denied access.

Why wouldn't Greencorp
want you doing tests?

Do you think there could be
more rocks there?

I can't begin to imagine what
it might mean if there were.

This one rock alone
could power entire cities,

start 10 nuclear reactors.

It's quite possibly

the most powerful energy source
on the planet.

It could change the world.

Wait, you said nuclear reactors.

That means it could be used
for nuclear weapons too, right?

In theory, all powerful energy
can be used as a weapon.

That's why Cake didn't want
anyone to know about it.

Because that power can do more
than change the world -

it can destroy it.

It's imperative
that we keep it somewhere safe.

Wait here.

(ELECTRICITY BUZZES)

(DOOR BUZZES)

Yes, right away.

Puts our school lab to shame.

They have holmium oxide!

Oh, it's one of my favourites.
Mine too.

And it's so hard
to get in its pure form.

Oh, you're joking.

Yes.

Did you know holmium has the
highest magnetic permeability

of any element?

Did you know I'm really thirsty?

Got any money?

Get something I'll like.

What, like sparkling mercury?

That would actually kill you.

What's taking Dr
Alexander so long?

(DOOR BUZZES)

Hey.

We've got a problem.

The biker guys
that have been following us,

they're here.

(WHISPERS) They want the rock.

(PHONE RINGS)

(STAMMERS)

GIRLS: They're coming.

Get the door.
Quick!

Everyone hold it.

Hey, dorkus,

Mum's starting to ask questions

about why you've
been gone so long.

OK, see ya.

I have an idea.

This isn't the time to add
to your element collection.

Defensive supplies.
Who knows what we might need?

Oi! In here.

Guys, I found a fire door.
Through the back. Go.

Come on!

I'll buy you time.
I can hold them off.

Taekwondo champion, remember?

Use this if you have to.
What is it?

Sodium chloride,
hydrogen and oxygen.

What? No way.

It's just salt water,
but they don't know that.

It's OK, I'm here to help.

Yeah, how? By putting Itch
in the hospital again?

OK.

Easy.

I know what I did was wrong.

And I'm so sorry, Itch,

but I told you
these people were dangerous.

And I don't want that rock
ending up in their hands any
more than you do.

Now, I'll explain everything
later, but we need to go - now.

Stop.

This is sodium chloride,
hydrogen and oxygen.

One more step and I'll throw it.

Don't come any closer.

I will throw this.

My car's right here.

Please.

Good thinking, Itch.

You're a nice girl.

You won't hurt us.

You're wrong.

(GASPS)

It's just salt water.
Smart kid.

ITCH: Are you OK?

JACK: Yeah, I'm fine,
but they're coming after you.

Where'd you go?

We're with Flowerdew.

What?
Yeah, he helped us get away.

Hey!

You need to hang up.

They can track your phone.

You have no idea what these
people are capable of,

or what technology
they've got access to.

I've got to go.

I'll call you later,
but don't talk to anyone.

Don't tell anyone anything.

We're going to have to stick
to the back roads

so those bikers don't catch up.

Give me your phones
so I can stop them

from using them to find you.

Can't we just turn them off?

They could still
detect a signal.

Here, pass them up.

What's the deal with this car?

(CHUCKLES) It's the best I
could do at short notice.

Hey!
What?!

It's the only way to make sure
they don't follow us.

Did you speak to Itch?

Still waiting on
him to call back.

He's probably just trying to
learn how to do a fly kick.

Well, when he does finally
resurface, can you tell him

that I just got
a call from the police?

They want to speak to him.

What do they want?

They have questions about Lucy's
father. Apparently, Itch

was one of the ones who found
him when he got so sick.

That boy is a
magnet for trouble.

I don't know who they were.

And you?

Given the rock's
potential capability,

it could be
any number of organisations.

And what about Itch?

Where is he now?

We need to find him,
and this rock everyone's after.

I don't know where he is.

He went through the fire exit,
and that's the last I saw of
him.

Can I go now?

My mum will be worried.
OK.

But if you hear from Itch,
tell him to call.

ITCH: (ON VOICEMAIL) You've
called Itch. Please leave a
message.

Where are we going?

You said you'd
explain everything.

We're heading for Perth.

I have a friend
who runs a lab there.

We can run more extensive tests
on the rock,

find out the true extent
of its power.

Can we trust this
friend of yours?

I've known Professor Isaacs
for years.

We went to university together.

(MACHINE BEEPS)

Hey, I think you've got
the wrong room.

I'm Jack, Itch's cousin.
Is he OK?

Yeah, he's fine,
no thanks to you.

That rock's serious trouble.
You could have warned him.

You can turn down the
aggro a notch, eh?

I'm a sick man,
remember? (COUGHS)

Look, I didn't know
the rock was poisonous, honest.

I ran some tests on it.

I think that's what did me over.

It took a while for the effects
to kick in,

but once I realised,
I...I tried to get it back.

Fine.

Please tell me he's still got it
or it's somewhere safe.

Itch has it. He got away.

Yeah, good.

Where is he now?

Where? Please, I need to know.

He didn't say, but he's
with our teacher, Flowerdew.

What? No!

Flowerdew's the one
who's after the rock.

Time to go.
Visiting hours are over.

I just need five...

Yeah, he needs his rest.

You can come back later.

Jack.

You have to warn Itch.

Can I help you?
I only want five minutes.

Sorry, we have visiting hours
for a reason.

He needs his rest.

Do you have any idea how much
my company donate to this place?

Itch, call me.

And ditch Flowerdew, ASAP.

OK, go ahead.

Yes, I'll have confirmation of
those figures for you shortly.

What about the stipulations
in my email?

That's your best offer?

Do you have any idea
how rare that rock is?

It's the only one of its kind.

Yeah, well, listen, you call me
when you're ready to do
business.

You're going to sell it.
Yes.

Yes, I am.

And it's going to make me
unbelievably wealthy.

Oh, and if you're thinking
of escaping, don't bother.

Aside from the dangers of
jumping from a moving vehicle,

that door won't open
from the inside.

(CLICKING)

What are you going
to do with us?

Well, that depends.

If you sit there quietly,
everything will be fine.

But if not...

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Oh, Jack.

What's up?

I hear Flowerdew attacked
your cousin.

What's it to you?
Nothing.

Just glad someone finally
took care of him.

Why don't you just back off?

Maybe I would if he stopped
trying to crack onto my
girlfriend.

Scared she might
actually like him?

Just tell him
he'd better watch his back.

Or what?

Thought so.

We hope Itch is OK.

Hey, is Itch back?

No, and he's not answering
his phone.

OK, thanks.
Wait.

You have to tell me
what's happening.

The cops want to talk to him,
and Mum's cracking it.

Um, he's...

Jack, is he OK?

He was when I last spoke to him.

You know that rock he had?
Yeah.

Turns out it's a new element

that could either solve
climate change

or be turned into a
doomsday weapon.

It's so powerful a whole heap
of people are after it.

Itch got away
and is trying to keep it safe.

I helped him escape from them.

But...?

But he escaped with Flowerdew.

Are you kidding me?

Itch said he helped him,
but then I went to hospital,

and Cake said Flowerdew's part
of it all.

Part of what?

I don't know exactly.

It's all to do with that rock.

Flowerdew used to work
for Greencorp.

Maybe that's something
to do with it.

OK. Time to do some digging.

How can you just sell it?

It's the greatest discovery
of all time!

Which is why
the rock's worth millions.

You did me a favour
by stealing it, Lofte.

If I'd just given
it to Greencorp,

I would have just got
my old job back.

This way, I can sell it
to the highest bidder.

You could use it to create clean
energy and still make money.

It's not just about the money.

My terms include a world-class
lab in which I'll head up

the research into element 126.

What more could a
scientist want?

After all, isn't that why you
broke into school to get it
back?

We have more in common
than you think, Lofte.

Got it. Here's an article

about Flowerdew being fired
from Greencorp.

"Dr Nathaniel Flowerdew,
Greencorp scientist"

"was acquitted of all charges"

"relating to the Malaysia
oil spill."

I remember that spill
being on the news.

It was massive.

People died.

And Greencorp was behind it.

But I thought Greencorp
did good stuff.

They sponsor the music program

and all those environmental days
at school.

Maybe it's trying to make up
for its mistake?

Wait.

I know that woman.

She was at the lab today.

She works for Greencorp.

And Roshanna Wing
was at the hospital.

She must have been there
to see Cake.

They're after the rock, too.

We haven't been able
to talk to Cake,

so we can't confirm if he
found the rock at our site.

MAN: (OVER SPEAKER) Our readings
suggest it's likely.

But YOU haven't been able
to uncover more like it.

Then we'll keep looking.

If more rocks are found,

we'll start studying
their green energy capabilities.

We're more interested
in its military capabilities.

You want to weaponise the rock?

Do you have a problem with that?

No, sir, I just didn't realise
the extent of your vision.

Good.

We don't care how you do it,
just get us that rock.

Yes, sir.

(SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Compressed air.

Do either of you have any mints?

What are you doing back there?

Nothing. Just having a drink.

Now.

Ah!

Hey, get away!

Let go!

(TYRES SQUEAL)

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