City of Blood (2026) s01e02 Episode Script

1
PREVIOUSLY ON CITY OF BLOOD
Fifteen years, no contact.
Why give me your kidney
if you don't want to talk to me?
Did Laura tell you that?
She didn't want to adopt two kids and you
were the one who was sick. No contact.
-You're dealing blood?
-Please, just leave.
I don't want you getting involved.
[reporter] The race in Berlin
FIGHT OVER SECOND DOME
enters a critical phase.
As Secretary of Construction,
what do you say?
Why did your party approve the Dome?
This is the blood of someone forced
to sell it on the black market to survive.
-Are you out of your mind?
-You left her on her own?
-Johan Moderson.
-Are you a friend of my father's?
I've followed your husband's career
for some time now.
-I'd like you to have my support.
-Just like that?
SHE'S ABOUT TO GET HERE.
It feels good to be back here.
[Phoebe's boss]
Look what your sister's done.
Look at it!
Take her to the boss with the others.
This way.
[recording] Hey, it's Phoebe. Can't talk,
so leave a message after the beep.
[car revving]
[Johan] Where is she?
Give me the coat.
I apologize for being late.
You can't just sit here covered in blood.
[eerie music plays]
How long now before sunrise?
[theme music plays]
[music fades]
[police officer 1]
All units in Sector G7,
we have a 32-40 at Uferstrasse 5.
Perpetrators are on the run.
Please cordon off the entire area.
[police officer 2] Copy, 12-14 to 0-1.
We'll cover the south side.
ETA, three minutes.
[police radio chirping]
[police officer 3] 5-17 to 0-1,
do you copy? I have a combined request.
[Bea] Hi.
[police officer 3]
5-17. Check passengers
So, how's everything going at home?
[chuckles]
Wow. Man, you really put on a show
out there.
I loved the theatrics.
Politics is always so bloodless.
[police officer 2]
12-14 requesting backup.
[police officer 1]
Copy that, 12-14. Mobilizing backup units.
Everything okay with your sister?
Come on, let's go.
The shop's one of Zocha's.
-[aircraft droning overhead]
-[car revving]
These are dangerous guys,
keep your distance.
Okay.
Just let me do the talking, all right?
[motorcycle revving]
Evening.
-Been a while, huh?
-We're looking for Phoebe Kaya.
She works here.
[Phoebe's boss] She's not here.
Well, we have a witness who saw
one of your men drag her out of here.
-Oh, yeah? What kind of witness?
-That one, over there.
-[Phoebe's boss] Kevin?
-[Bea] No. He took her away.
Ah, so you must be the witness.
Kevin, come here.
[light music playing over speakers]
Yeah? What's going on?
It's about your girlfriend.
-Yeah, which one?
-[Phoebe's boss] The one you fight with.
They're always arguing.
Phoebe's jealous of one
of my female colleagues.
She just freaked out.
[police officer] Where is she?
No idea.
Probably somewhere just shooting up.
No way Phoebe would be with him.
[Kevin] You don't know me.
Okay. Anything else I can do for you?
[police officer] What's there?
-Mind if we look?
-[goon 1] I do.
[grunts]
Carl! Come on, let's go.
-[goon 2] Get out.
-Let me know if she shows up.
[Phoebe's boss] We'll call.
Come on.
What now?
There might have been an argument.
She could show up tomorrow.
That was bullshit.
Okay, I'm taking you home
and then, I swear,
-I will search for her. I promise.
-You didn't see the video.
If nothing had happened,
no one would have sent it.
Come on, we're leaving. Let's go.
[tense music plays]
[bottles clinking]
[faint rock music playing
over speakers]
-Want some?
-No, I'm good.
Hey, party people.
Everybody relax. We're not at a funeral.
[chuckles]
[slurps]
Why don't we lighten the mood?
[host] You helped yourself.
[man groans]
[spits]
[chuckles]
[coughs]
[coughs]
-[menacing music plays]
-[man screaming]
[menacing music continues]
[menacing music continues]
[music fades]
[henchwoman] Come.
[light music playing
Foreigner "I Want To Know What Love Is"]
["I Want To Know What Love Is"
continues]
It keeps me warm as life grows colder ♪
In my life ♪
There's been heartache and pain ♪
I don't know if I can face it again ♪
Can't stop now, I've traveled so far ♪
To change this lonely life ♪
I wanna know what love is ♪
I want you to show me ♪
[music continues]
[door opens]
[lock beeps]
[door creaks shut]
[siren wailing]
[eerie high-pitched music plays]
Are you ready?
[shutters whirring]
[soft momentous music plays]
[soft momentous music continues]
This will change everything.
Yes
it will.
It's been so long.
[announcer] Good morning. It's 7 a.m.
The Dome is now open for visitors.
Please do respect the Dome rules
and behave appropriately.
Have a wonderful day.
In here, we can finally live like them.
We aren't like them.
Darkness has always protected us.
Nature made us creatures of the night
for a reason.
They can't find out about us.
Then go and talk to your son.
Zeno is erratic and reckless.
All the people
in his organization are sloppy.
And until the blood trade is legalized,
we have to rely on his network.
And the legalizing? Can you do it?
Lawal is perfect.
He's greedy, he wants power,
and he can inspire.
It's a great risk
to give humans your full trust.
[door closes]
-Good morning.
-Morning.
-[Oliver] Espresso?
-[Farah] Uh-um.
Unfortunately, I have to run.
Does this mean we're not having
morning coffee together anymore?
-How long ago did that stop?
-You just have to get up earlier.
[phone buzzes]
After what happened yesterday,
this is a good time to talk to Klein.
Hoffmann's extended an offer
and their party is having a hard time
finding coalition partners.
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT MY OFFER? JM
Hmm.
She doesn't have options
if she wants to stay in government.
Okay, yeah, yeah.
And please be nice. She'll put up
a fight to avoid looking weak.
So, uh, who was
that snooty guy last night?
You and him spent
most of the evening on the terrace.
I have no idea. He was a fan of yours.
Really?
Mm-hmm.
So why did he talk to you and not me?
I don't know. You were busy
with your phone, Oliver.
Hmm.
And was he interesting?
As a supporter.
His card's somewhere around here, I think.
Stella can call.
I doubt it will go anywhere.
-Talk to Klein. It's important.
-[Oliver] Mm-hmm.
[door closes]
PANKOW-HEINERSDORF STATION
[Carl] Oh, shit.
-[policeman] Hey.
-What's the reporter doing?
We can't get rid of him, sir.
Let's go.
Come on.
[reporter] As you can see,
Chief Detective Carl Hoffman
is arriving at the crime scene.
-What can you tell us?
-You're driving me nuts.
-Go away, please.
-Can you share some details--?
[Carl] Stay out of my crime scene.
How come I don't have more units here?
There's more than ten bodies.
I understand.
Yeah, fuck off.
[Becht] We're here just trying
to get more information
Becht!
[Becht] Twelve burned bodies were found.
They haven't been identified,
according to the authorities.
BODY FOUND
ON OUTSKIRTS OF BERLIN
The mayor of Berlin
conveyed surprise and dismay,
and demanded an immediate investigation
into the case.
However, some say
the increasing crime rate
and mounting number of unsolved cases
show that the police are losing control
of public safety in--
[remote clatters]
Phoebe. It's me again.
Please answer the phone.
I just want to know
if everything is all right.
We can't postpone the appointment
[sighs]
[water trickling]
You know what I can't get out of my head?
You only helped her to get clean
to get me a kidney.
[scoffs]
That's ridiculous. Really.
All we want is for you to get well.
I'm gonna look for Phoebe.
[clattering]
[Laura] Bea!
-[door shuts]
-[sighs]
[people clamoring]
-[Oliver] Madam Prime Minister.
-Mr. Lawal, now is not a good time.
Oh, it won't take long.
But ever since
Miss Hoffmann indicated to us
that her party would consider
our campaign issues,
- I thought I should take a shot.
-What do you want?
Well, I thought
maybe we could discuss over dinner.
-Dinner?
-Yeah.
[laughs]
I haven't gone out for dinner in ages.
What was the name of that little
restaurant that went out of business?
They had incredible lasagna.
Oh, you mean the one
with the blue marquee?
-Marquee?
-Yeah, it's by
-What was that street?
-Schlüter?
No, no, no, that's not it.
I meant that one Italian place.
-Pablo? Paolo?
-[sighs]
Pedro.
Pedro, yes. Guess I forgot.
Look, Lawal, that's a very tempting offer,
but we don't have much to say
to each other.
[tense music playing]
[upbeat music playing over speakers]
[door creaks open]
[friend] Hey, Yassin. What's up?
-[Yassin] Not much. You?
-Not a lot.
-[Yassin] Here?
-Of course not.
[suspenseful music plays]
[equipment whirring]
Here you go, sweetheart.
-Thanks, man. See you later.
-Quicker next time, okay?
[tense music plays]
[Bea] Oh, fuck.
[music stops]
[motorcycle engine revving]
[door creaks open]
[low tense music plays]
[low tense music continues]
[object clatters]
[Oliver] behind the curtain,
under the sheen of democracy,
there's nothing
but incompetence and weakness.
This government clearly doesn't care
[Hilda] You leaving?
-Got a second?
-Yeah.
What's the strategy with Lawal?
You sent me to make overtures,
now you're blowing him off.
Bea's actions were extremely damaging.
He shouldn't think that we depend on him
or that he calls the shots.
And if we have to enter
into a coalition with him,
then it has to be on our terms.
We can't afford
any other blunders. Period.
[Oliver] Look out the window.
We can all see thousands
of desperate Berliners
who've spent months out in our streets
to hold demonstrations.
REPUBLIC OF BERLIN
Here, in front of Parliament,
in front of the Dome,
and across the whole city.
What is it that binds them together?
They are sick and tired.
They've had enough.
The fact that they come back every day
shows us they don't feel heard,
shows that they're deeply dissatisfied
with their government
and its useless leaders.
And what happens? What happens next?
Nothing happens.
Early this morning,
the authorities had the misfortune
-of discovering 12 burnt, 12
-[phone chiming]
They found a truck with 12 burned
burned bodies, and
Hey!
If you don't care about our city
and its residents, why are you even here?
[politician] That's right!
Shit, it's hot in here.
[people laughing]
Early this morning, a truck was found
that contained burned bodies.
And under the present circumstances,
we will never find out
who murdered 12 innocent people
or the identities of the victims.
And that's all because you,
Madam Prime Minister.
And your cronies on the stage,
don't invest a single cent
in local police resources.
Oh, but they'll open the borders
to admit even more criminals
into the country.
There's a war raging in our streets.
And what is she doing about it? Oh, right.
She's doing nothing.
[applause rises]
[Oliver] We need to Thank you.
We need to take tougher action.
We need to take any action at all.
We need change. We do.
And I can tell that everybody in here
is starting to understand that.
Look, even the daughter of the Secretary
of Construction is getting it.
[scattered laughter]
Madam Prime Minister,
there is some good news.
You seem to have finally understood
that if you work alone,
you just can't handle these problems.
Hilda Klein has made an offer to form
a coalition with us for this exact reason.
And do you want to know what I think
of that, Madam Prime Minister?
My candid opinion?
Really, I wanna be honest.
I think your best days are far behind you
and there's nothing productive
about any of your politics.
And I hereby declare that Aufbruch Berlin
refuses the offer
your party has put forward.
We strongly reject the coalition.
Thank you!
[people clamoring]
[news anchor]
In a long, impassioned speech,
Oliver Lawal,
lead candidate of Aufbruch Berlin,
has made it unmistakably clear
how he feels about the alleged
coalition offer from Hilda Klein.
I thought the plan was to work toward
a coalition with Klein. What happened?
Plans change.
[glass clinks]
[staff] At least they're loving it
on social media.
[dramatic music plays]
[telephones ringing]
[music stops]
[captive bangs on door]
Hey!
Hey! She just fell.
She just collapsed, I don't know.
Look.
I don't know, she just fell over.
[both grunting]
[straining]
[yells]
[panting]
He doesn't have a key.
Fuck.
God damn it.
Hey!
[tense music plays]
[beeps]
[captive] Wait, don't go. Please. Please.
No, come back!
-Hey. Here. Let us out.
-[captive] Open the door!
-Unlock it, please.
-Come on, hurry!
Don't leave!
[door buzzer beeps]
[door clanging]
[tense music plays]
[doors clanging]
[door creaks]
[tense music continues]
[music fades]
[door creaks]
[pants]
[indistinct chatter]
-Hey, stop! I said, stop!
-[suspenseful music plays]
[panting]
[grunts] Open the fucking door!
[breathing heavily]
[creaks]
[Phoebe gasps]
-[aircraft droning overhead]
-[sirens wailing]
[Stella] Need help?
Yeah. [chuckles]
Here, thank you.
[Stella] Big plans?
Uh
Um, we have a visitor.
Should I send him up?
-Yeah, go ahead, we're all set.
-[staff] Okay.
I'll be here.
Let me know if you need anything.
Yeah, thanks.
Okay.
[staff] Here we are.
Mr. Lawal is expecting you.
[chuckles]
-[Oliver] How are you?
-Good evening, Mr. Lawal.
[Johan]
Quite an amazing place you have here.
Guess so, yeah. Yeah.
But with water, it's even better. [laughs]
I used to jump from that tower
when I was a boy.
Oh, yeah? I'm glad you could take
a meeting this late at night.
Yeah. Last night, it seemed like
you were more focused on my wife.
Is she not here?
Uh-uh.
Thanks. None for me.
[liquid trickling]
[clicks]
[bottle clinks]
[Oliver] So how can I help you?
You know, I was surprised by what you said
in Parliament this morning.
But I'm not interested
in investing in the opposition.
[glass taps]
Who says we'll
be the opposition forever?
Ultimately,
this is what it boils down to
Hilda Klein can't form
a functioning state without us.
The non-voter precincts,
we have huge support.
I watched your speech closely.
Your dismissal of Klein's offer
wasn't planned, was it?
A spontaneous, emotional reaction.
Extremely effective.
-Gives you credibility.
-That's what matters, isn't it?
Appealing to people
who don't feel their voices are heard
by the Hilda Kleins of the world.
Tell me, does
the name Dr. Theobald sound familiar?
Or, uh, Susanne Bauer?
Erol Yilmaz, Gesine Schweiger?
The law firm of Meyer & Partners?
I guess what I'm asking is, have you
ever met your major donors in person?
[pensive music plays]
I recognized your potential early,
Mr. Lawal.
[pensive music continues]
And what do you want from me?
This here is what I'll invest
in the coming weeks
to give your party and its representatives
the push you need.
[pensive music continues]
[Oliver] Hm.
Why, though?
Like I told your wife already,
I believe that you're the best man
for Berlin.
Would you like to speak
to your wife about it first?
My wife has a, uh, advisory position.
[low foreboding music plays]
THE POWER TO BUILD
A SOUND ECONOMY
We'll come up with something better.
[low foreboding music continues]
[footsteps receding]
[music fades]
[train announcer]
Now arriving at Warschauer Strasse.
Please take care when exiting the train.
SUBWAY STATION KOTTBUSSER TOR
[hip-hop music playing over speaker]
Shit.
[phone ringing, buzzing]
Laura.
[Laura] Hey, did you hear from Phoebe?
Any updates?
No, and she wasn't home either.
Now what?
I can't get a hold of Bea either.
-My colleagues are doing their best--
-[Laura] Really? What?
-I have to go. I'll call back.
-[Laura] Hang on--
[music stops]
[Hilda] Any news yet?
She won't abandon Bea.
Have you called the police?
-Carl's on it.
-Oh.
[phone chimes, buzzes]
-What's this?
-[Hilda] New social media analysis.
DAILY STATS
Lawal's outburst in Parliament
has brought him more support.
-Oh, shit.
-Yeah.
You should have denied
the coalition rumors directly.
But then he'd have the platform
he wanted.
We need to attack him harder.
He covers every issue
Berliners are concerned about.
It's not just the issues, trust me.
It's not just what he says.
It's his anger, his conviction,
and his his absurd level
of self-confidence that draws people.
Yes, but that's not our strategy.
Our strategy is about competence.
There are still enough Berliners
who appreciate that.
-Five more weeks to go.
-Yeah, I'm aware.
Tomorrow, I'm meeting
with the Climate Party
and the Party for Social Affairs.
Let's pray they get over
the 5% hurdle, right?
Yeah.
[opera music plays]
[gate lock buzzes]
[captives whimpering]
[opera music continues]
[applauding]
Finally.
Zeno.
[boss] it's a shame
you weren't there this morning.
I would have loved to share
that moment with my son.
[indistinct chatter in background]
I'm sure it was an incredible experience.
Thank you for the invitation.
[boss] Oh, how I've missed Berlin.
[crowd cheers, applauds]
I came back to Berlin
because I could sense
that a new era has begun for us.
More than a century ago now,
I met a young, ambitious architect
here in Berlin.
He was hungry and driven, and I could tell
he was ready to become one of us.
[crowd cheers, applauds]
He wanted to use his unlimited time
and resources
to understand our shared vision
and make it a reality.
That vision was to find a place
where we could move freely,
not only at night but also during the day.
No longer confined to the shadows.
This place has become so much more.
It can save us all.
The time of darkness is over,
and the era of light has begun.
[crowd cheers, applauds]
[boss] Nevertheless, we can't be careless.
-Even if we can finally live like them
-Farid.
because of the Dome,
-our existence must remain secret.
-I know him.
-Remain vigilant.
-[Phoebe] What are you doing here?
A moment of negligence
threatens our prosperity.
[boss] But that is worth it
for the chance to live in the light.
-[Phoebe] Help me.
-[boss] And offer a future to people
whose blood we depend on.
[crowd cheers, applauds]
Johan, this Dome is
your greatest achievement.
You've spent every minute
working on it for decades,
and now you've finished it.
But this is only the prototype.
Soon, these will be all over the world.
[captive] Oh my God, he got her.
Let her go!
Let her go!
[suspenseful music plays]
[captive crying]
[boss] Zeno.
-[captive] Help. Help. Help, please!
-Excuse me.
[crying continues]
[Zeno] You know how important tonight is.
[Farid] You promised
to make me a part of it.
[Zeno] Come with me.
He's young. He has to learn.
[boss] Leave him to me.
But enough talk.
[boss] It's time to celebrate
the new era.
And most importantly, happy hunting.
[crowd cheers, applauds]
[upbeat music plays]
Let go. You have to.
They're looking for me.
You honestly think someone will miss you?
Bea Hoffmann is my sister,
daughter of Secretary of Construction!
They're looking for me.
No!
[Zeno] I think that's the one for you.
[upbeat music continues]
Or did you already pick someone else?
Oh, my mistake. You have things to do.
Yes, I should be leaving now.
[upbeat music intensifies]
[captives gasping]
[captives screaming]
[music fades]
[distant sirens wailing]
[sighs]
[aircraft droning outside]
[door creaking]
[tense music plays]
[indistinct chatter]
[vehicle engine starts]
[pop music playing over speakers]
-[music stops]
-[Phoebe panting]
No. Wait.
No.
[crying]
No.
No.
Shit.
-[arrow whizzing]
-[captive groans]
-[arrow whooshing]
-[groans]
[groans]
[captive] Let me go.
[eerie tense music plays]
[eerie tense music continues]
[music fades]
[light switch clicks]
[pop music playing over speakers]
[music stops]
[car doors open]
[machines whirring]
[door buzzes open]
[mercenary 1]
With what he's paying us, who cares?
-[mercenary 2] I can't lose this job.
-[mercenary 1] I hear you.
[mercenary 1] Damn it.
-I'm so fucking hungry.
-[mercenary 2] Yeah, same.
[mercenary 1] How's your wife?
You know, still fighting with her sister.
[Bea breathing sharply]
[beeps]
[crunching]
[Bea whimpering]
[Phoebe gasps]
[both grunting]
[grunts]
[both grunting]
[groans]
[groaning]
[groans]
[suspenseful music plays]
[breathing heavily]
[tires screeching]
-[groans]
-[music stops]
[groaning]
[tense meaningful music plays]
[closing theme music plays]