Banksters (2026) s01e03 Episode Script

1
Hey
Hanna.
What's up?
Why am I here at this lakeside hotel?
What's up with the kids?
They missed me
and wanted some time alone with me.
And they didn't know how to tell you.
They miss us being a family.
I do too.
I'm worried about Yusuf, Hanna.
He's okay!
I'm coming back.
No, absolutely not.
Take a break for a couple of days, yeah?
Yeah.
No.
Shit.
Probably a false alarm.
Looks like it is being renovated.
Police!
Come out!
I should have taken better care
of Yusuf. I'm sorry.
Yusuf is 18.
He's not a child anymore.
Still.
I'm going to see Malte tomorrow.
If the others don't turn themselves in,
I will go to the police.
That's pretty creepy.
Sorry, I didn't know where
Well
Where to look?
Yes.
Coffee?
How long have you been awake?
Not too long.
I was thinking
about what you said yesterday.
When? All you've done is sleep.
Where would you want to run away to?
My first thought was looking
for countries without extradition.
I don't want to say the wrong thing
'cause if I say Singapore or Russia
and you don't like it there
A military dictatorship
would be the smartest option.
A dictatorship?
-Seriously?
-Yeah.
Can I touch you like this?
Do you want to know
where I'd like to go?
I'd like to go on a boat. With no plan.
Here today, there tomorrow.
We spend the night at sea,
then back to the harbor,
and, when it gets cold,
we move to a warm place.
Have you been on a boat before?
You?
But you can swim?
Twenty-five hundred.
That's all I have left.
Just about enough for a pedal boat.
-The rest of the money?
-I spent it on my mom
All of it just on her?
I wanted to do something nice for her.
Rent a nice car,
a trip to the countryside.
What type of car was it?
I get the feeling none of it helped.
Since my father died,
she's stopped laughing and talking.
Those fucking pills.
Two weeks ago,
she accidentally took too many.
Well, I think it was accidentally.
Or maybe it was just too early.
It was like she was on speed.
What's messed up
about psychotropic drugs
is that you don't know what's happening
Where does the money come from?
Hey.
Hey, hey
Hey
Come inside with me. Come on.
Afterwards,
she just collapsed on the sofa.
She couldn't remember any of it.
Why did he die?
Why not me?
Why not me?
I feel for her.
And for you.
Here.
Did you make them?
Pretty good.
You've used the same surname.
I thought it would be more believable.
Like a married couple.
Or siblings.
What do you think?
Whatever we do,
whether we give Yusuf's sister
the money or run away,
we have to get my money back.
Stop that shit!
Did I wake you?
Open up.
I'm Yusuf's sister.
Why do the internship?
Everything comes at a price.
Malte!
How's it going?
Are you ready to go again
after last week's debacle?
Come on, let's go!
I didn't mean to interrupt.
Jakob, I'm his dad.
I'm Selda.
Lovely.
Pleased to meet you.
Very.
Well, have a nice afternoon,
sweethearts.
The coach will just have to suffer then.
Bye.
Okay, can we talk now?
You all have to turn yourselves in.
And we need the money.
But that shouldn't be a problem.
Everything's fine?
Every
Everything's fine.
-You've got a stutter?
-No.
Because of him?
Welcome to my kingdom.
Dad bought this place ten years ago
and forgot about it.
Why did a guy like you
get involved in this?
Villa, boathouse, your posh car.
You've got money coming out your ass.
It's not about the money.
Malte's my middle name.
I've got the same name as my father.
He's got the same name as his father.
Complicated. Easy to get confused.
We're completely interchangeable.
And your mother?
Cancer.
EIGHT MONTHS BEFORE THE ARRES
It was cool,
the three of us hanging out.
Yusuf needed money for your father.
And not just small change.
He wanted to score big.
He'd already come up with the idea.
There are so many stores
in the area around my branch.
Especially small retail stores.
They don't want to leave money
in the store over the weekend.
So they take it to the bank
on Friday morning.
It won't go into the vault,
because the branch manager
goes fishing on Fridays.
We could get 100,000 out of there.
In one afternoon.
I can use it to pay off
my father's debts.
Start-up capital, a second chance.
That's an awesome idea, dude.
Like you say, Friday afternoon,
no one's in the bank
except the interns,
and maybe the odd person
who didn't leave fast enough.
Hardly any customers.
It'd be a matter of one
or two minutes at most.
A heist.
We need a hiding place.
My father has an old boathouse.
What if they recognize us?
We all work at different branches.
No one will rob their own bank.
That's why there's zero risk.
I've got a lot of stuff left over
from a party. We can use that.
-Alright, boys.
-What kind of party was that?
Hands up.
Hands up.
Hands up!
-Coffee?
-Yes.
Hands up! This is a heist!
Put all the money in there.
On the floor!
I said everyone on the floor.
Hey!
I said, get on the floor.
Come on, open the safe!
Come on! Get in there.
Hey, on the floor.
He's alone. We can overpower him.
Me from the front, you from behind.
Are you mad?
You can see he's got a weapon.
Hey, stop talking!
Open up the safe.
Go on!
Hey, on the floor! On the floor!
Come on!
Come on. Hurry up!
That's all there is.
Give it to me.
On the floor!
On the floor!
Thank you.
Shit.
-So?
-What do you mean, so? Drive!
How could you be so stupid?
So you've got no money?
I get what I earn
and a bit of pocket money.
I'll call the others.
They'll bring the money here.
Don't worry. Wait here.
I want you to confess everything.
What you did, who was with you.
And you have to pay the money back.
Stay out of it, please.
Your sister's running around out there
for you.
You're in prison, Yusuf.
Has that sunk in yet?
My son is in prison.
For how long?
Ten years?
You should take a look
at Dad's restaurant.
He's getting back on his feet.
No debt.
Who gave him the money, I wonder,
Yusuf?
It was all for him.
Mom.
For us.
He deserves a chance.
Go see him.
Please.
I'm sorry, Mom.
Whatever you've promised your friends,
you have to think about yourself.
About us.
You have to tell them everything.
Okay, got it. See you later.
That was Malte.
He's with Yusuf's sister.
He wants us to meet up at the boathouse.
-Did he message you too?
-No, it's Olaf.
What if he calls your friends?
He can't even remember
my friends' names.
My girls. My boys.
If it was me,
I'd want to know your friends' names.
I hope the money's still there.
I'm sure it is.
How often do they empty these things?
Hardly ever, right?
Is that the one?
Yes.
Why did you do that?
When I heard Yusuf had been arrested,
I thought I had to get rid of the money
I mean, that's the proof, right?
And if the bills were numbered
-You haven't spent any?
-No, I've got it all.
I've always done everything I should.
Just like my parents did.
Don't ask questions,
and you don't get stupid answers.
Olaf and I have known each other
since kindergarten.
His father made money
after the reunification.
We even have our own house.
We want to get married next year.
And when I finish my internship,
I'll get pregnant.
Definitely.
Actually, it's pretty okay.
But okay isn't everything.
I just wanted to feel something.
Like when you steal a lipstick.
But much bigger than that.
FIVE MONTHS BEFORE THE ARRES
I know what you've done.
Don't worry. I've done it too.
Who are the others?
How much time goes by
since the money is deposited
until the review at head office?
That can take up to 24 hours.
Longer, if it's over the weekend.
Did you hear what I said?
Who are the others?
Do they do it too?
Not that I think
you couldn't do it on your own, but
Relax.
I won't rat you out.
I just thought maybe
we could join forces.
At least, come to an arrangement.
I'm Melanie, by the way.
Steven.
Nice to meet you.
So, will you let me know?
If it's okay?
And if not, that's fine as well.
Hey.
That was fast.
We rob banks. Do you want to join us?
YES
I know, by the way.
You can speak freely.
Melanie.
We needed someone with your nerve.
The others could see you were cool.
You'd have taken
the money in broad daylight.
Steven says
you want to rob another bank.
Steven?
The only question is:
Who's getting the party started?
Malte!
Stop it now!
Yusuf needed 50,000 to start with.
So we did everything as usual.
A walk in the park, we thought.
He wanted to rob a specific bank.
Give me the money.
-Have you got an account with us?
-What?
And the word is "excuse me"!
If you've got an account,
you can get money.
If you haven't
This is a heist.
This isn't a heist.
How old are you?
Twelve?
My suggestion?
Get lost!
I'm going to count to five,
then I'll call the police. Okay?
-Hurry up. I need to go to the toilet.
-Give me the money!
Four
He's got a gun.
Move your hands away
from the switch now!
Move it!
Come on! Give me the money!
Nobody wants to die
for the insurance. Go on!
Get on with it!
Jump!
I just needed to do something
to make me feel alive.
Why did you need to do that?
Do you want to go home?
Hello, darling.
Hi.
It's good to see you again.
Yeah, the accommodation wasn't great.
This is my colleague Steven.
I just bumped into him.
Hi, I'm Olaf. How are you?
Hi. Good.
You were about to leave, right?
See you later.
I've bought steaks if you want.
No, we don't know each other that well.
Right We don't know.
What's he like then?
He's He's a bit odd.
-An IT nerd?
-Yeah.
Ms. Rieger.
Right.
Mr. Arslan.
Spandau bank robbery.
Charlottenburg bank robbery.
Heinersdorf, Buch.
All locations where it took the police
a long time to arrive on scene.
Suddenly a change of strategy.
Safety deposit boxes in Friedenau.
Hello.
Do you want to comment on that?
Who are your accomplices?
Where is the money?
Have you seen this before?
Is that a yes?
Is this evidence?
Yes, of course.
Did your father lease a restaurant
from this realtor?
His father didn't lease a restaurant.
He got himself a straw man,
but we're softening him up nicely.
It's quite a mess, am I right?
It swallows up a lot of money,
in my opinion.
Your dad must be a great cook
to make it worth it.
Or maybe it doesn't matter
if he can cook,
since you're paying anyway?
That's supposition.
My client does not need to answer.
If you continue to remain silent,
I'll have a word with Daddy.
Enough. Can you do something?
Either as defendant or witness.
-Leave my dad alone!
-Yusuf!
A confession would be good
at this point, Mr. Arslan.
Are you trying to tell me
that your dad has no idea?
Hey, take it easy there.
Where are you going?
Everything's okay.
He can't do that.
My dad's not involved!
Of course he can.
Do you really think you'll get away
without your father finding out?
If he asks my father
My father can't lie.
What could he say?
What exactly does he know?
It's a home run.
You don't have a clue about baseball.
What concrete evidence
do you have against him?
Precisely one robbery,
based on that passport photo.
And that wasn't your investigative work,
but a gift from the gods.
What do you do with it?
Instead of keeping him
under surveillance,
maybe catching him in the act,
you arrest him as soon as you can.
Should I have let him run
into the next bank?
Good idea.
The father will give in. Definitely.
I promise you.
Dariusz!
A break-in, boss.
Shit.
What did they steal?
Nothing.
-Nothing?
-Nope.
They want you to call them.
The cops said it was very important.
I'm not up to that now.
You do it, please.
Thanks.
Since when do you eat simit?
I don't eat that crap.
Typical cops.
They want to talk to you.
You need to go to the station.
Sure. Break-in? It must be a Turk.
You think so, yeah?
Hi.
-What about Melanie?
-She’s having steaks. It's date night.
Have you got the money?
Yes.
And hers?
That's all there is, 2500.
I think I
I need a minute.
Would you like one?
We've got 2500 euros?
Cause one of you gambled it all away,
one let it rain,
and the third one recycled it?
-We won't let Yusuf down.
-I'm not feeling that.
If he serves ten years for you lot,
my parents will jump off the balcony.
If I go to prison,
my mom will jump off the balcony.
Maybe you three ratted him out.
You're playing dumb,
then you'll laugh your heads off later.
No way.
I don't want to hear another word.
I'm only going to say this once.
If you don't want to help my brother,
then you'll answer to me.
Then I'll need to decide
whether to go to the cops
and tell them your names.
Selda Selda, wait,
we need to decide together
Selda
We need to come up with a plan.
You better let me go.
We screwed up.
We need to burn the stuff.
We need to help Yusuf!
Stevie.
Testing. Deathclaw, testing.
That's great, 120 over 80.
I'll see you next week. Take care.
Bye.
And?
-Finished?
-Yes.
Mom, is it okay
if I stay over at a friend's tonight?
Yes, which friend?
My
My friend He's
You know him.
What's that?
Nothing.
Your friend's not called Yusuf
by any chance?
Mom, what else are we going to do?
Come here.
HEISMER
REALTORS
-Mr. Kramer?
-Mr. Arslan?
-Yes.
-Kramer. Great you could come so soon.
Shall we have a coffee?
Yes.
Good. Then come with me.
Okay.
You know what I'm thinking?
Whoever ratted him out will rat on us,
sooner or later.
And if it wasn't you two dopes,
who's left?
The same shit happens to me every time.
Because you were totally stoned.
What the hell's going on with you?
Come on, I'm sorry.
What do you mean, you're sorry?
Are you trying to fuck me over?
Where were you lot?
Where were you?
What would've happened
if I hadn't done that?
-What would have happened?
-You have no idea!
Stop it!
What about Cem?