Detective Hole (2026) s01e03 Episode Script

-[gun fires]
-[water rippling]
Uh, Wulf?
I saw the neighbors had an alibi,
but there was nothing about the janitor.
He also has a key to Camilla's unit.
Can you check that out?
You think it was him?
No.
[Wulf] Okay. Right away, Mr. Hole.
I'll call you.
Is this the one…
Camilla was shot with?
Yeah, we're pretty sure about that.
We just have to double check,
'cause it's difficult to know
with point-blank shots
to the cranium like this.
Yeah.
It was the same thing with Ellen, so…
What makes someone
hold a loaded pistol to a defenseless
woman's head and just pull the trigger?
[man] Fucked if I know.
Usual stuff, I guess.
Hate.
-[gun fires loudly]
-Love.
Madness.
What do you think?
Silence.
He wanted to silence those goddamn voices.
Just guessing.
Um…
Hey, um,
that diamond that was
found in Camilla's eye.
What are you thinking?
Well, I'm thinking it's a diamond.
Anyway, it's all there in the report, so…
Yeah, but I want to know if you
have anything that didn't make the report.
[man] Uh, well…
Yeah, actually there might be something.
Step into my office.
There was something carved into…
the beam right above the bed
that looked off to me.
Yeah, and it looks like a kid carved it,
not a girl in her twenties.
[Harry] Okay.
Okay, but, um…
the diamond there…
that was for us.
[man] What do you mean?
Well, he left the water running
to wash away everything
he didn't want us to find,
but he wanted us to find that.
And then there was the…
Yeah, the finger, right?
But that was more like, uh…
Well, a trophy.
It sounds like
you think this guy could end up…
killing again.
Why would I think that?
You studied serial killers
during your time in America, so…
you see a pattern in one place…
Then you start
to see it everywhere else, right?
No.
Doesn't fit here.
Why not?
Kind of a special case, right?
Yeah, but serial killers are, um…
like white whales.
They're very rare.
[man] Hmm.
Is a small part of you
hoping this is a white whale?
Just curious.
There's…
There's no white whale.
-Really?
-I don't want there to be one either.
But this guy's telling us something.
[darkly intriguing music playing]
[Tom] I don't like this.
[man on phone] I know it's not ideal,
but with Olsen out of the picture,
you need to handle the weapon sales.
We just raided it, though.
Exactly, that means
it'll be the last place they look.
We get the two
biggest gangs in Oslo to go to war,
they kill each other,
and do our jobs for us.
Give Dearpmis and Korps automatic rifles,
that way the cops will be allowed
to bring their own firepower to the party.
Okay. It's a plan.
["Season of the Witch" by Donovan playing]
[woman] Wait here for a sec.
[Tom] You have the money?
[woman] Not until you show me the goods.
["Season of The Witch" continues playing]
[Tom] Odin.
[sniffing] Are you a cop?
I smell pig all over you.
Goods are inside.
Let's have a look.
Looks about right?
[woman] Now we're talking.
Word on the street is that Korps…
recently got ahold of automatic weapons.
-What do you know about that?
-Curious motherfucker, aren't you?
-Yeah.
-You want the guns or not?
-When's the next delivery?
-[Tom] Next week.
Here.
Did you have to pick a place
where a bunch of guys
have put their dicks
through fucking glory holes?
Yeah, I did, actually.
-This is perfect.
-[man moaning in background]
["Season of The Witch" continues playing]
The Korps won't get their
automatic weapons until tomorrow.
So this is your chance
to clean up the competition.
Must be the season of the witch… ♪
[man on phone] Yeah, Prince?
Yeah, trap is set.
Okay. Nice work.
We have to find another method here.
I'm too exposed like this.
Next week's delivery's eight times bigger.
I can't risk it.
-Someone else has to do it.
-Do you have someone in mind?
Yeah, I have an idea, but…
it might take a little convincing.
[song fades]
-Hi.
-Hey.
Why don't you walk with me?
I have to jump into a meeting.
Oh, okay.
Listen, I feel like I should tell you
that if Haugen and Vik
weren't on summer vacation right now…
I wouldn't have given this case to you
since you're brand new.
Okay.
But the Camilla Loen murder
is currently our biggest case,
and you said you wanted to be on crime.
I do.
So what do you think?
[woman] Well,
we have all the right ingredients.
It's been four days.
All the police have
is the gun they found in the trash
that turned out to be the murder weapon.
There's nobody strange
hanging around the building.
Only one neighbor says they might have
heard something like a gunshot.
-Mmm-hmm.
-No signs of armed robbery.
So the police think
she let the perpetrator inside herself,
but her whole friend group's
pretty much been ruled out.
And everybody's alibis make sense.
Okay.
Maya Ek, don't let me down.
[laughs softly]
Keep us posted 24/7.
Yeah, absolutely.
Good.
See ya.
[Bjarne] Any suspects yet?
[Tom] Nothing.
We've knocked
on every door in the building.
We've talked to the local shop owners.
We questioned all the cab drivers
that work that neighborhood.
We checked every alibi
of the people in her circle
and we've still got nothing.
I don't get it.
They're talking about new evidence here.
Aftenposten knows about the finger
and about the diamond under her eyelid.
There's gotta be a leak, don't you think?
Maybe it's just some…
alcoholic that needs some money
to buy a bottle of booze.
[Bjarne chuckles softly]
[Bjarne] I could've sworn I fired you.
Well, as long as I'm getting paid
through the end of the month,
I figured I might as well
try to make some progress here.
If you think I wasn't serious about that,
you're wrong.
Your ID card will expire
on the last day of the month,
at which time you will hand in
your service weapon at the armory office.
Okay?
I don't know how you do it.
Drinking yourself
half to death again and again…
then you just stop?
Okay, if you think you can be useful
around here, that's fine with me.
You get paid until the end of the month.
But no more
looking into the Camilla Loen case.
-Why not?
-Waaler is on that case.
And I don't want you
getting into a pissing contest.
Got it?
[scoffs]
Sorry, the crime unit
handles missing persons.
We're investigating a murder--
They'll have to call someone back
from vacation. I can't afford to lose…
[sputters] Uh, hold on, hold on…
Yeah, what's the address?
I might have someone.
I actually do have an officer
who's available.
POLICE
[intercom ringing]
-[man on intercom] Yeah?
-It's the police.
Top of the building, fifth floor.
Ugh. Of course it is.
[lock buzzing]
[opera music playing in background]
-Hi.
-Hi.
-Willy Barli.
-Uh, yeah. Captain Hole.
[sighs] Uh, right.
So, um…
Lisbeth has gone missing.
I called her cell a bunch,
and it turns out she,
left it at home, and…
I tried calling the grocery store
and three different police stations.
Eventually, I called the National Theater
to make sure she wasn't down there.
The premiere is in eleven days,
she just wants to keep rehearsing.
She hasn't been sleeping…
So is that her?
-Mmm-hmm.
-Ah.
And soon everyone's gonna know about this,
that's why I called right away,
'cause I need help.
-The two of you are living here alone?
-Yes.
So this where you last saw her?
Yeah.
-This is where she would--
-[woman] Hey, there!
Hey.
So when did you last see her?
Uh, two hours, maybe a bit more than that.
What?
-So two hours and you call the police?
-Yeah.
I know it's not long,
but she was just going down to the Kiwi
to buy potato salad for dinner tonight.
You've called hospitals and the police?
Have you tried her friends?
-Maybe she bumped into someone--
-No, she didn't.
You hear of someone
walking out in a bikini
to buy potato salad for pork chops
that are already on the grill,
and then just deciding to run off?
[Willy stifling tears]
I gotta make a call.
-[Beate] Hey, there.
-Hey! Oh good Lord. Hot in here, huh?
Hey.
-Ivan Bratteng.
-Yeah, Harry Hole, hi.
So where do we start? Where's the husband?
Well, he's in there,
choosing some of her clothes to show us.
The dog doesn't need
to know her scent in particular.
Uh, let's not turn this into a big deal.
His wife could be anywhere, but still…
Sweep the building,
talk to the neighbors, and look around.
And while you're at it,
get another patrol officer up here.
I'll keep an eye on him, and then talk
to the neighbors across the yard.
-They have a good view of this unit.
-Mmm.
[quietly] So you suspect the husband?
By principle,
I always suspect the husband.
-[Ivan] Why's that?
-[Beate] It's always the husband.
Hole's first commandment.
-Could we please get going?
-[Beate] Yup. Yes.
Start upstairs, Beate.
-[Beate] Let's head back to the stairwell.
-[Ivan] Let's go.
-[wistful music playing]
-[door opens]
[door closes]
Everything okay, Harry?
Yeah.
[clears throat] Yeah.
You look kind of shaky.
You might need more iron in your diet.
[Harry] Mmm-hmm.
I told…
I say that to Lisbeth.
I stopped myself just now.
I almost said "told."
[woman] Frank, it's the police.
-[Frank] What?
-Yes.
-Frank.
-Harry Hole.
Lisbeth's gone missing, you know that?
We just saw her on the balcony
a couple hours ago.
Yeah.
We hear them all the time,
their balcony door's always open.
[Harry] Yeah.
She was wearing a bikini,
according to the husband.
Also high heels. She won't leave the house
without high heels on.
[Beate] What did
the neighbors on the balcony say?
[Harry] They saw her leave.
He was home the whole time.
[indistinct chatter]
[Beate gently] You think this one
could be an exception to your rule?
Maybe it's not the husband?
I'm worried you might be right.
Okay.
And if it's not the husband,
do you think there could be
a connection to the other murder?
-Why would you ask?
-'Cause I think you think that.
[Ivan] If he doesn't alert, that doesn't
mean your wife hasn't been here,
I just want to make that clear.
It's tough for him
to distinguish one smell.
Okay.
I don't think there's much more
we can do for you right now.
[Beate] Sir, it's gonna be okay.
No, it's not. I've tried everything.
I've called everybody I know.
-And no one's seen my wife.
-All our patrol cars have been notified.
We're doing absolutely
everything we can to find her, okay?
-Okay.
-She hadn't put anything on?
Just shoes and a bikini?
-She was wearing nail polish.
-[dog barking]
It looks just like mine,
only it says "Willy" right here.
-[Ivan] He's got something!
-On her right hand.
[barking continues]
-[ominous music playing]
-[barking continues]
[darkly intriguing music playing]
[Willy exclaims]
Oh my God, this is bad.
Oh, Jesus Christ.
She's not coming back, is she?
This is really bad.
Oh my God, I'm gonna be sick.
[intriguing music building]
[distorted male voice]
Book of Revelations, chapter 16.
"And the third angel poured out
his bowl into the rivers and the springs,
turning them into blood."
"Come ye, and witness
the judgment of the Great Harlot…
who sits upon the waters."
[darkly intriguing music continues]
[somber music playing]
[somber music continues]
-[knock on window]
-[man] Hey, are you available?
-What does it look like?
-Really?
Fucking dick.
[muttering] Turn your light off.
Hey! Can I get a ride?
Where to, stranger?
[exhales] To, uh…
Dreamland.
Or, no, Sleepville actually.
I'd rather not dream at all.
-[exhales]
-You having nightmares?
Uh…
I want to be completely knocked out.
But not by booze.
You got anything?
Do I look like I'm a criminal?
-[glove compartment opens]
-[objects rattling]
All right, so what's this?
Put it this way, if you take half of one,
you'll sleep like a rock.
Take a whole one and your…
your lights will be out
for a good long time.
Okay.
I'm a little light on money,
but I'll hit you later if--
Hey, relax, my man. Jesus.
That's what friends are for,
to give you pills on a shitty day, eh?
[laughing]
Yeah.
Hey, uh…
You have anything that can…
turn it off?
I don't like this.
That look on your face, it's--
Nah, come on.
Is it Rakel?
-Why would you ask that?
-I don't know.
I mean, I've only
known you since primary school, so…
-What's going on?
-[exhaling anxiously]
Sorry, Harry,
I don't think there's a drug for that.
-One thing comes to mind, I guess…
-A bullet? [laughs softly]
I was gonna say "yourself."
No.
I fucking need it.
["Keep The Streets Empty For Me"
by Fever Ray playing]
[lighter flicks]
[man 1] You're fucking hammered.
Attila's gonna kick you out.
[man 2] I don't fucking care.
Who's that?
-[cars approaching]
-Hey, who the fuck is that?
[man 3] Dearpmis is so fucked.
[man 4] Why do you say that?
[man 3] Attila has the firepower.
Get your stuff and I'll show you.
[man 4] Okay.
[car approaching]
Fuck!
Hawk!
It's Dearpmis! Run!
[man 1] Attila!
-[somber song continues]
-For bruises, asses, handclaps ♪
I will never disappear ♪
-For forever, I'll be here… ♪
-[automatic rifles firing]
[man yelling] Let's go!
-Come on! Go, go, go!
-[somber song continues]
-[gunfire continues in background]
-[man] I need ammo!
Attila! Here!
[gunfire continues]
There!
[man yelling] Fuck!
They're packing real heat!
[Odin] Loke!
Get back! For fuck's sake!
[man] Let's get out of here!
Get back!
[gunfire continues]
-[rifle firing]
-[man groans]
No! Fuck! Loke!
[somber song continues]
On a bed of spider web ♪
I think of how to change myself… ♪
-[gunfire continues]
-[glass shattering]
A lot of hope in a one-man tent ♪
[Odin yelling] Hurry, get him in the car!
Hospital now!
Drive!
[gunfire continues]
-[somber song continues]
-[tires squealing]
[man] Wait, please…
[flames igniting]
[man screaming]
[somber song continues]
Morning, keep the streets empty ♪
For me ♪
[phone vibrating]
-Hey.
-[man] Yeah, Prince?
-Less than we hoped for.
-[man sighs]
But there'll be more in the future, so…
We have a few casualties.
Well done.
Okay.
[somber song continues playing]
[song fading]
[reporter] A young man lost
his life a few hours ago
in the overnight shooting
between rival gangs Dearpmis and Korps.
According to police intelligence,
tensions between gangs
has been on the rise recently…
[man] Ah, early bird.
[reporter] The search
for Lisbeth Barli continues.
Investigators say they can't
release any more details at this time,
but Lisbeth's sister Toya…
MISSING FOR THE SECOND DAY
How many views did VG get on their story
about the sister of Lisbeth Barli?
Uh, 400,000.
[woman] Okay.
Drop what you're doing.
I want you on the Lisbeth Barli story.
-[Maya] Barli? But…
-Mmm-hmm.
-She's just missing, what's going on?
-Did you not hear those numbers?
Those sisters have gone
from B to A-list celebrities overnight.
Get a comment from one of them.
I want to hit some numbers.
[exhales]
[phone vibrating]
Maya Ek, Aftenposten.
[distorted male voice] Hello, Ek.
I have a tip for you.
Okay. What is it?
The shooting at the biker club yesterday.
They were using flamethrowers
and automatic rifles.
So the question is,
"What will the Minister of Justice do
in terms of arming the police?"
"And how will they defend the city
against these thugs?"
Interesting.
Who is this? How do you know
about the weapons they were using?
[Tom] I'm on the inside, Ek.
That's all you need to know.
[dark music playing]
MISSING
CONTACT THE POLICE
[singing "You're Still The One"
by Shania Twain on video]
[phone beeps]
[on voicemail] Hi, Harry.
This is Willy Barli calling.
I think it would be a good idea
to put more officers on the search.
-Because I've heard that the first--
-[phone beeps]
Hi, Harry. It's Willy Barli again.
I was thinking maybe we should set up
some sort of monetary reward.
-I'm willing--
-[phone beeps]
Hi, it's me again.
I was just speaking to a clairvoyant
that the Danish police have used before,
and apparently she's seeing Lisbeth
in the water or something.
-Can you get in touch with her?
-[phone beeps]
[man breathing indistinctly on voicemail]
[breathing continues]
[phone beeps]
[man breathing indistinctly on voicemail]
-So annoying when they don't say anything.
-[phone beeps]
[tense music playing]
I heard you were quitting.
Yeah.
So what are you gonna do instead?
Same old stuff?
Debt collector? Hmm?
Maybe a security firm?
-[Harry laughs softly]
-Insurance?
Gotta be plenty of opportunities
for a famous investigator
with a legal background.
'Cause they don't know
you killed a colleague
while driving under the influence.
Not yet anyway.
We've never seen eye to eye.
Right?
[tense music continues]
But…
[laughs softly] …I respect you a lot.
[laughs]
We're not that different.
We're both intelligent, and…
we don't give a shit
about what anyone thinks.
You…
You don't know how to make money.
-What do you want?
-I want to help you.
We don't have to be enemies.
Sjølid might not sign your dismissal
if I help out.
Understand?
But I do have a little project
that I'm gonna need some help with.
Think about it.
[pensive music playing]
[somber music playing]
[on radio] Sjølid, crime squad.
What's the situation?
[officer 1] M207 here.
Patrol car Bravo 42 just crashed
on the train tracks at Majorstua station.
The driver's injuries aren't serious,
but the passenger's deceased.
-[Harry groans]
-[officer 2] Can you hear me, Harry?
[officer 1] Yeah, I think so.
There's no one and I smell alcohol.
[officer 2] I'll be right here
until the ambulance arrives.
-[officer 1] There's no one in the area.
-[officer 2] Don't worry. Don't move.
[somber music continues]
[sobbing softly]
[officer 1] Roger that.
No, I heard you, Chief. Understood.
Okay, we're going to move the body
into the driver's seat.
-[officer 2] What?
-[officer 1] It's an order.
-[officer 2] No, we can't just move…
-[voices fade]
[somber music continues]
What did you do?
This is your fucking fault!
You did this!
He's fucking dead! You killed him!
[somber music continues]
-[church bell tolling]
-[somber music continues]
ELLEN GJELTEN
REST IN PEACE
[Ellen] Thank God humans
were made to survive almost anything.
Despite it all, we survive and carry on.
[phone ringing]
-[clears throat] Talk to me.
-Yeah, hi. Ivan Bratteng here.
-Yeah.
-So we're at Sognsvann right now.
But we're not finding anything.
How would you like us to proceed?
Just move on and keep me posted.
Yeah. I'm on it.
[clears throat]
[dissonant music playing]
[darkly intriguing music playing]
[distorted male voice]
Open your eyes and behold.
The pattern is simple.
A red star that guides you.
A five-pointed devil's cross.
It will show you the way.
[music fades]
[Rakel] How did it go?
-Huh?
-Not good. I froze.
It's okay.
Why do adults drink?
-Hmm?
-Like Harry does.
I don't know, Oleg.
There must be some way to get him to quit.
Well, sure.
He does quit.
Only it's temporary.
Yeah, but does he want to get that drunk?
'Cause it looks like
it fucking sucks, honestly.
[pensive music playing]
[automated voice]
You have one new message.
Yeah, hi, it's Møller. Listen, Harry.
You can't mobilize the entire department
because a person's
been missing for 24 hours.
Stop treating this like a murder case.
This is amateur-level behavior.
It's a standard missing person's case.
You know 99% of the time
they come back after two days.
So here's deal. I'm giving the case
to the missing person's department.
You don't need to come into work anymore.
This arrangement was a bad idea.
Remember to turn in your service weapon.
Goodbye.
[phone beeps]
[somber music playing]
[man] Well, well.
Another career comes to an end.
For all you know, I could just be
getting a new service weapon.
No, I know the look in peoples' eyes.
I know whether they're moving up or down.
How long you been working here?
Way too long.
Are you proud of your career?
Nah, it's been average. Lots of…
hit-and-miss, you know the story.
Oh, yeah? Homicide division?
Least you're around
a lot of good folks there.
That was pretty hit-and-miss as well.
Hope the rest of your life
is nice and aimless, Harry Hole.
-[reporters clamoring]
-[Bjarne] Please quiet down, everyone.
One person at a time, thank you. VG?
[reporter 1] Camilla Loen has been
murdered, and Lisbeth Barli is missing.
Is it true you haven't made significant
progress in either investigation?
Uh, following up on leads
and exploring tips
is the process used to narrow down
potential persons of interest.
We consider that progress.
[dark music playing]
MURDER INVESTIGATION CHIEF
POLICE HQ
[reporter 2] Lisbeth Barli's
been missing for a while.
What are the chances she's still alive?
[Bjarne] All I can say is we have
our best detectives working day and night
to solve these two cases.
POSTAL SERVICE
[woman] We're giving
the next question to Aftenposten.
We received a tip
which claimed that automatic weapons
and flamethrowers were used
during the shooting at the biker club.
What is the view of the administration
on the rules regarding arming the police?
Due to the active investigation,
we have no comment at this time.
But it must feel like a risk
to send out vulnerable, unarmed police…
[woman] That will conclude
our press conference. Thank you.
[Maya] …with so
many weapons in the street.
["Hand of God" by Nick Cave
& Warren Ellis playing]
And I'm going to the river
Where the current rushes by ♪
MISSING
CONTACT THE POLICE
I'm going to the river
Where the current rushes by ♪
I'm gonna swim to the middle
Where the water is real high ♪
Hand of God coming from thе sky… ♪
[Tom] Camilla Loen, what do we know?
We know that she was found
with a gunshot wound in her shower,
and her finger was likely cut off
before she was murdered.
-[Tom] Beate?
-[Beate] Nothing.
No fingerprints. No DNA.
Okay.
-Wulf?
-We've got nothing.
-["Hand of God" continues playing]
-Goin' way down low… ♪
MURDER INVESTIGATION CHIEF
POLICE HQ, 0190 OSLO
Let the river cast its spell ♪
On me ♪
Hand of God, hand of God, hand of God ♪
[darkly suspenseful song continues]
[phone ringing]
Dad, what's going on?
Uh-huh. No, I don't think so.
Don't be. No need to worry.
Singin' boy sitting on the bridge ♪
[song fading]
-[bartender] Hi.
-Hi.
A lager.
-One lager.
-[phone vibrating]
-Hi.
-Hey.
[Vibeke] You're here.
[vibrating continues]
-[vibrating stops]
-Thanks.
[softly] Fuck you, Harry.
[indistinct chatter]
[Bjarne] Okay.
-Did he answer?
-No.
Listen, let's agree that nobody
working the case discusses this
until we know how to proceed.
[ominous music playing]
[ominous music continues]
["Down by the Water" by PJ Harvey playing]
I lost my heart under the bridge ♪
To that little girl ♪
So much to me ♪
And now I moan ♪
And now I holler ♪
She'll never know ♪
Just what I found ♪
That blue-eyed girl ♪
She said, "No more" ♪
And that blue-eyed girl ♪
Became blue-eyed whore ♪
Down by the water ♪
I took her hand ♪
Just like my daughter ♪
Won't see her again ♪
[song continues]
[song fades]