The Darkness (2024) s01e03 Episode Script
Beautiful girls
1
( dramatic theme playing )
( indistinct chatter )
( woman crying quietly )
It's going to be okay.
( sniffles )
( speaks Russian )
( woman continues
crying quietly )
Hello?
I'm okay.
Katja?
I'm sorry.
Sorry.
( shrieks )
( thumping, clattering )
( muffled screaming )
WOMAN ( on recording ):
I'm sorry. I
I d-- I didn't mean to.
I didn't mean to.
( P.A. chimes )
ANNOUNCER ( over P.A. ):
Dear guests,
the ice rink will be closing
in ten minutes
due to hockey practice.
( ominous theme playing )
( buzzer sounds )
ANNOUNCER ( over P.A. ):
The ice rink is closing
due to hockey practice.
( dramatic theme playing )
( dramatic theme playing )
( car approaching )
( engine idling )
What?
LUKAS: Come on.
We need to go
to the station. Now.
Elena is missing.
What?
We've got Rudi down
at the station.
Oh, okay.
Okay.
So, I've tried to, uh,
talk to him,
but he's just
not responding at all.
I mean,
he's almost catatonic.
Poor kid.
Mm.
How long was he there for?
Well, the employee
that called it in
said that she'd seen him alone,
like, an hour before,
but she just assumed
that Elena was there.
Apparently, they're regulars.
Did she have any idea
where Elena went?
No. No, none whatsoever.
You tracked her phone?
Rudi has it.
Fuck.
Can we get over it?
What?
Dinner party from hell.
Sure.
Uh, I found this by the glacier.
What do you
make of it?
Why scribble all over it
and put it back?
Someone's messing with us.
Yeah.
MAGNUS:
Uh, Rudi, I need you
to calm down, please.
Hey, Rudi? Y-You
( speaking in Russian )
Uh, the IHS
is sending someone over.
Do you want to sit?
It'll be okay.
You want your mother, sweetie?
I know. I know.
I know.
( crying )
It's okay.
It's okay.
MAGNUS: Uh
probably shouldn't
tou-touch him.
HULDA:
It's okay.
You're okay.
You're okay.
( phones ringing in distance )
( indistinct chatter )
( dramatic theme playing )
Hello, mate.
You okay?
( chuckles )
You hungry? Food?
All right.
All right.
( laughs )
What an idiot.
Yeah.
HULDA:
Magnus, I need more resources.
We need to establish
a crime scene
where Elena was abducted.
MAGNUS:
Okay, take it easy, Hulda.
We don't even know
if anything illegal happened.
Well, given her connection
to Katja,
I think
it's pretty obvious.
Well, first of all,
Katja's death
is still filed
as an accident
until you find proof
of otherwise.
HULDA:
I've found plenty of proof.
Yeah, all circumstantial.
Well, so get
the autopsy done already.
MAGNUS:
You know as well as I do
we're stretched as it is.
Katja has to get in line.
This should be
our top priority.
MAGNUS:
Secondly, need I remind you
that most refugees--
they are desperate?
Oh
Perhaps even more so
if-if their dear friend
just died.
And Elena has a record.
She's an asylum seeker
from Russia,
what do you expect?
There's a good chance
Elena went missing
because she knows
she and Rudi
will be sent back home.
A mother would never
willingly leave her child.
No?
No.
Not if Rudi gets a citizenship
on the spot
No.
and not be
sent back to Russia?
No.
No.
Magnus, I need
to investigate this.
Please. Please.
You help her.
ALEXANDER: Me?
Yes, you.
I got shitloads
of paperwork on that suicide.
I Yeah, that's an order.
You happy now?
I have to get help from the
worst detective in the country?
Yeah, I'm ecstatic.
Yeah, take it or leave it.
Thanks, fine.
Worst detective in the country?
♪ ♪
We'll go in here.
One of these?
What do you want to eat?
Do you know?
WOMAN:
Anything else? Thank you.
Hi.
Hi.
Point.
( speaks Russian )
You want Eh?
This one?
( speaks Russian )
Uh, two, please.
Yeah?
( indistinct chatter )
What's your favorite food?
LUKAS:
Cake.
( gasps )
Mine, too.
What are the odds?
( chuckles )
Oh. Thank you, Rudi.
Rudi, I need to ask you
a few things.
Is that okay?
Do you know
where your mommy went?
Bathroom.
Okay.
Was anyone with your mommy?
No?
Did your mommy ever meet anyone?
What's "meet"?
Oh,
it's when you see someone
and you start talking to them.
Like Auntie Katja?
Like Auntie Katja.
LUKAS: Mm-hmm.
HULDA:
Yeah, yeah.
And big red man.
What did you say?
And big red man.
Big red man?
Was he a friend
of your mommy's?
Uh, how-how was the man big?
HULDA:
Was he tall?
LUKAS: What, he was tall?
Like this?
Tall.
Whoa. High up.
Hulda, social services
are here.
Hi.
What's going on here?
We need to see how he is feeling
HULDA: Of course.
before you start
interrogating him.
We weren't interrogating him,
we just wanted to know if he
knew something or not.
It's best if I take over.
HULDA: Yeah, we get it.
LUKAS: Mm-hmm. Yeah, sure.
Yeah, yeah, that's fine.
See you later.
Hey.
Are you all right?
Okay.
( dramatic theme playing )
Big, red man. Have you any
idea what he's talking about?
We need to contact the IHS,
find out how Rudi adapts.
We need to talk to him again
as soon as possible.
LUKAS:
Mm.
( phone chimes )
♪ ♪
Okay, fine.
Okay, stay here
and somebody else
will come to meet you.
( clears throat )
Yeah, young lady, would you,
uh, come with me.
And, uh
were you working here
last night?
( toilet flushes )
Did you check all of them?
LUKAS: Mm-hmm.
Let's check
the maintenance records.
Who cares that a toilet
got fixed a month ago?
Someone taped an
"out of order" sign to the door.
How the hell do you know that?
What else would you tape
to the door
of a public restroom?
Maybe the scrap
is from last month.
Have you consider that?
Looked brand-new.
You're grasping
at straws.
Hulda, Hulda, look.
Here.
Rudi's big, red man.
HULDA: Can you rewind?
OPERATOR:
Mm-hmm.
LUKAS: Pause.
HULDA: That's our guy.
And Elena must
be in that trolley.
Uh, were there other cameras?
OPERATOR: Yeah, there were,
uh, two more.
HULDA:
Check them out. We need to know
what car he's driving.
Okay.
Uh, see if the trolley
is still somewhere around.
We need to scan it
for prints, DNA.
The ladies room, too,
and-and I want the floor
of the basement corridor
photographed.
( scoffs )
Is there a problem?
Can we get
a clearer visual?
OPERATOR:
I'm not sure.
This is pretty low-res,
but I'll-I'll see
what I can find.
You okay?
Yeah.
Come on.
You should go home.
You have been up
since 4 a.m.
You too.
I'm 31.
Come on.
Jon needs you, too.
( Hulda groans )
Okay.
Go.
( clears throat )
This is good.
♪ Time does flow backwards ♪
♪ Like a wake of bulls ♪
( knocking )
♪ Why don't you
Feel fine first? ♪
♪ Feel fine first ♪
Abel, hi. What
Oh, I'm not a stalker,
I promise.
Just had a really good time
the other night,
and I couldn't find you online,
so I came by to give you
this.
Right. Thanks.
I know you're new here,
so if you need a friend or
( chuckles )
whatever
Yeah, sure. Um
look, I'm not really
looking for anything.
Ah, totally get it.
I just--
I've got a lot in the works,
so I'm focusing on that.
You don't need to explain.
Um, if you're not into this,
just say.
Wanna come in for a beer or
So, I'm gonna go
Good luck with the job.
♪ I say hey ♪
♪ Hey ♪
♪ Hey ♪
♪ Hey ♪
♪ 'Cause I said hey ♪
♪ Hey ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
( dramatic them playing )
Hi.
You shouldn't be up.
Can't lie in bed all day.
Doctor's orders.
Screw the doctors.
Here you go.
Got anything stronger?
Oh, yeah.
Uh-oh.
( Hulda chuckles )
( Jon sighs )
Mmm.
I should take a shower.
Okay.
Mm-hmm.
I'll have it,
I-I promise.
Oh, yeah.
Hulda.
Oh, watch it.
You need to lay down.
Come on.
( sighs )
Come on.
I'm okay. I'm-I'm okay.
No, you're not.
JON:
Come on.
Here you go.
( grunting )
Get some rest now.
( exhales )
Thanks.
( sighs )
( playful chatter )
( sniffles )
( line beeps )
I found it.
( ominous theme playing )
( scratching )
( Moa barking )
HULDA:
Moa. Moa.
Moa.
( clicks tongue )
( laughs, babbles )
You know, I don't think
she likes me very much.
No, it's not that. It's just,
she likes me way more.
( laughs )
( kisses )
Okay. Thanks.
Oh, um
Do you want to
Do you want to come in,
have a drink?
I've just opened
a bottle of wine.
It's pretty damn good.
( laughs )
( Petur mutters )
How did you feel about retiring?
I felt pretty ready.
See, when I look at you,
though,
I-I don't see that.
I see
somebody who feels
they still have
lots of good things
to give.
What about you?
I mean, how are you feeling?
I think I'm still processing
all of this.
( chuckles )
Dimma was our
little miracle baby.
Four rounds of IVFs.
Oh, Christ.
But I never lost hope.
I knew she'd come.
I-I-I just knew it.
Really? How?
I could feel it.
All around me.
Sometimes
I could even see her.
Like she was already there,
just waiting to come.
That's great.
Mm-hmm.
Wh-When my wife died
she told me that she had an
affair with one of our friends.
With my friend.
But
Fuck.
Death kind of
clears the decks.
I think.
So I nursed her
until the end.
And I still feel like,
when I look back,
that I had a good marriage.
But I couldn't
stay there.
In the house.
So I decided
to move out here
and get away from the city
and get closer to nature.
It was a good decision.
Otherwise I wouldn't have
got to meet you.
( chuckles )
( sighs )
I'm so sorry.
( laughs )
Um
( stammers )
I'm-- I better go.
Oh, no.
I sh-shouldn't have done that.
Okay, okay,
well, I'll see you.
Jesus.
Jesus.
♪ Get up on it
And get onto it now ♪
♪ There ain't no truce ♪
♪ For a rainy day ♪
♪ Oh, won't you get up on it
Get up on it ♪
♪ And get onto it now ♪
♪ End roads are paved
With broken flowers ♪
♪ And fragment glass ♪
♪ That blinds us
With their echoes ♪
♪ Of the sun ♪
♪ E-O, E-O, get it down ♪
♪ Oh, won't you get up
Get up ♪
( incoming message chime )
♪ Get it down, won't you ♪
♪ E-O, E-O, get it now ♪
( chuckles )
♪ Oh, won't you get up now ♪
( grunts )
♪ And get down ♪
♪ On your knees ♪
♪ Red flowers wrap like vines
Around their heads ♪
( whispers ):
Fuck you.
♪ And the lead is like a ♪
( dramatic theme playing )
Where were you last night?
I went looking for you.
I went for a swim.
A swim?
In the darkness?
I needed to clear my mind.
And was that good?
I was careful.
( phone chimes )
( grunts )
( ominous theme playing )
( exhales )
♪ ♪
LUKAS:
What about her?
MANAGER:
No. Sorry.
LUKAS:
And what about her?
No. Uh, I mean, I serve
a lot of people here, so
And him? Do you remember
seeing him at all?
MANAGER:
No. Sorry.
Anything else
I can do for you?
Uh, no. Thanks.
Excuse me.
Can I ask you about this
I'm sorry.
It's just that, uh,
I really have to get this done
before the morning traffic.
We can always do it down
at the station, if you prefer.
Uh
No? Okay.
Oh, wait.
I actually do know her.
It's Luljeta.
Yeah, she comes in,
like, really often and
she spends big.
Can you find her receipts?
Hmm.
Yeah, sure. No problem.
Great.
( indistinct chatter )
Hi.
Hi.
You were such a good friend.
And she loved you so much.
I miss her so much.
Me, too.
I still have her things.
I really think
you should get them.
Sure.
Uh, I'm a bit busy
these days.
So could I ask you
to drop them off at my house?
Jon's there.
No. No, you have
to pick them up.
Okay.
I'll text you.
( footsteps receding )
LUKAS:
This is the best
that Tech could get.
And the other cameras?
No. We couldn't find him
anywhere.
And his car?
Neither.
Alexander? Any info?
Yeah.
( grunts )
I found the trolley,
but forensics couldn't get
a single DNA sample of it.
Nor the tape and paper scrap.
Of course he was wearing gloves.
ALEXANDER:
And the restroom has prints
and DNA
from half of the country.
Log it.
What? That'll take weeks.
I don't care.
And the photos, too.
You're not my fucking boss.
No, Magnus is,
and he told you to help me,
so get fucking helpful.
MAGNUS: Hulda.
Lukas.
HULDA:
Go.
( Magnus sighs )
Yeah?
MAGNUS:
I'm calling it off.
Calling what off?
Elena. There's no evidence
of any crime.
I need my staff elsewhere.
She entered a public restroom
and was never seen again.
Maybe she didn't want
to be seen,
for the sake
of her son's future.
A woman is missing, Magnus.
No. It hasn't been 48 hours yet.
And that's why we need
to use the time.
No.
You need to back off.
Do you know
who just contacted us?
Aki Haraldsson's lawyer.
He's accused you of trespassing
and threatening him.
He's made a complaint
against us.
What the hell were you thinking?
Threatening him?
And not to mention,
you put yourselves in danger
without letting anyone
know where you were.
Well, actually,
Lukas wasn't even aware of
No, no, no.
We're sorry, sir.
Won't happen again.
Better not. Or you're both out.
Now go.
Not you, Hulda.
Sit down.
( door closes )
( Hulda sighs )
Go see a therapist.
( snorts )
What?
This is not a request.
I'm ordering you to go
for the sake of your job.
( scoffs )
The sake of my job?
I'm retiring.
If you wish
to keep working here until then,
you're going.
Birna.
Uh
Did Aki's lawyer call you?
No.
He called Alexander. Why?
He called Alexander. Why?
ALEXANDER:
If you could do that. Yeah.
And just send me the files
when you have
when you have the time.
It's, uh
Why did Aki's lawyer call you?
What did you say?
Why did Aki's lawyer
call you?
I'll get back to you in a sec.
What's your problem?
Just answer the question.
He called the department
and I picked up. So?
So he didn't call your number?
Who the fuck cares?
I care.
I can't fucking wait to get your
senile ass out of the office.
You went there alone?
Really?
W-We're on the same team.
You know that, right?
At least tell me
it was worth it.
Aki confirmed the prostitution
of the refugees,
but then he kept a tight lip.
I think that's what's going on.
But Elena said
I know what she said.
She's so scared.
Lukas, all she has is you and I.
We need to follow through.
I have something
I think might help.
Here.
It's a lead on the clothing.
( dramatic theme playing )
HULDA:
So how much did Luljeta spend?
About five grand.
Five?
Mm.
That's a lot of money,
especially for a refugee
waiting for a visa, right?
It looks like she was cashing in
some pretty big paychecks.
Look. This receipt
is for a boy's parka.
Exactly the same type Rudi has.
Luljeta paid for it?
Yeah. Looks that way.
Why did Rudi say
that Katja gave it to him?
Well, I don't know.
Maybe she did.
Maybe she was helping
Luljeta out.
But look at the dates.
Looks like she goes
once a week.
Mm-hmm.
Wow.
And always on a Saturday.
Maybe she makes her money
Friday nights
and likes to splash out
the following day.
Good work.
Thanks.
( chuckles ):
Are you crying?
Well, maybe.
I mean, you don't
tend to dish out the compliments
very often, do you?
No. Must be getting soft.
Mm.
Hey, look, there she is.
Where's she going?
HULDA:
What is she doing?
Is she changing?
LUKAS:
A black 4x4.
HULDA:
Can you see the license plate?
LUKAS:
Uh, yeah. It's KH-K71.
( engine starts )
LUKAS:
You can hurry up.
The license plate's
not registered.
Shocker.
I could have seen it,
by the way.
The license plate. Before.
But what, you weren't wearing
your reading glasses?
Fuck you.
( laughs )
HULDA:
I'm going in.
LUKAS:
Isn't it better
if they don't know about us?
No. I want them
to be scared.
Scared people
make mistakes.
Bloody hell.
( techno music playing )
We're here for the party.
GUARD: It's a private event.
GUARD 2: Not for you.
LUKAS ( whispers ): That's him.
HULDA: Ah!
What is problem?
There's been a noise complaint.
Wait.
Do you want to wait?
Not particularly.
Okay.
Thank you.
Thank you.
( lively chatter )
( music continues )
HULDA: Where is he?
LUKAS: I don't know.
The guy at the door?
Those tattoos?
Russian prison tattoos.
They don't hand them out
to just anyone.
Hey there, I'm Gunnar.
What seems to be the problem?
HULDA:
We've had a noise complaint.
You're joking.
I mean, we are in the basement.
You'd be amazed
how sound travels.
It's Friday night.
HULDA: It's 11 p.m.
It's noise.
So what?
The police sends
two detectives over?
No, no.
We were coming anyway.
This is just a bonus,
so, a surprise.
We need to fill out
a noise complaint form.
Full name,
identification number.
Yeah.
Should we move over here?
Can we move in here, please?
HULDA:
Did a Russian woman
named Katja Popova ever attend
one of your parties?
GUNNAR:
I can't know the names
of all my guests.
LUKAS:
What about Elena Dubrovsky?
Did she come
to one of your parties?
Hmm. Maybe.
Does the name ring a bell?
No, I can't say it does.
Hmm. Your details.
( Gunnar clears throat )
Do you have a daughter?
GUNNAR:
Yeah, two, actually.
How old are they?
Just turned 19.
Mm.
Such a beautiful age.
LUKAS:
Thank you.
HULDA:
We need to confiscate
your sound system.
GUNNAR:
You're fucking kidding me.
This is harassment.
He's fetching it for you now.
LUKAS: Thank you.
( feedback )
Here you are.
Thank you.
That's the stereo?
Yeah.
You'd be amazed
how sound travels.
Here you go.
LUKAS: Thanks.
What a cock.
The Russian?
Mm.
We got his prints.
Now I want his name.
He got super weird
when I mentioned Katja.
Yeah, and he's big.
A big, red man.
I want to do a deep dive.
LUKAS:
And our friend Gunnar?
He's just a client,
but we'll nail that creep
for solicitation.
( Lukas chuckles )
( dramatic theme playing )
( knocks )
Come in.
You're early.
( sighs )
My daughter killed herself
a year ago.
Uh, my husband had
a heart attack four days ago
that almost killed him.
And I'm being pushed out
of my job
by ageist, sexist pigs.
I had a fucked-up childhood,
too.
Can you wave your little
magic wand and fix any of that?
( phone chimes )
Oh. I just have to-- sorry.
Shit, shit.
I got to go.
Um, this was helpful.
( suspenseful theme playing )
You have to put
the search back on.
Why?
A refugee named Luljeta Shehi
didn't come back
to the hostel last night.
This is the third woman
to go missing from this hostel.
No one's reported her missing.
The man who runs
the hostel just notified us.
We need to act now.
( sighs )
Hi. I'm trying
to locate a, uh
Luljeta Shehi.
Luljeta Shehi,
an asylum seeker from
( whispering ):
Albania.
Albania. Yes.
Right.
Thank you.
( clears throat )
She's being deported.
What?
She isn't missing.
Her visa got denied.
She's not part
of some elaborate murder case.
She's in a holding cell waiting
to be flown back to Albania.
I-I want talk to her.
That's out of the question.
I need to ask her
what happened.
What are you on about?
People get sent back.
That's just how it is.
No, this is different.
Different how?
Look, Hulda, we've known
each other for a long time,
so I'll be honest with you.
You're spiraling about something
that, that isn't there.
A murder
that isn't a murder.
A-a missing person
that isn't missing.
You know what
you should be doing right now?
You should be planning
your golden years with Jon.
That's what you
should be doing.
She's being sent back
to Albania.
What the hell?
This can't be a coincidence.
Talk to a lawyer,
find out who's behind it.
Sure.
Hey, look, I found our guy.
Misha Volkov.
So, he has a record
but for some petty stuff.
Jesus, he's got more ink
than skin.
Yeah.
But get this.
He served time in Russia
for assault and kidnapping.
Let's find him and bring him in.
( phone chimes )
Shit.
Oh, shit.
Is there somewhere
you need to be?
No, it's just
my daughter's friend.
Well, go.
I can keep working on Misha.
No way.
Hulda, come on.
I've got this. Trust me.
I'll be right back.
Yeah.
( melancholy theme playing )
( door opens )
( gasps, grunts )
( sighs, sniffles )
Thank you, Vera,
for watching her things.
( inhales deeply )
( inhales deeply )
( sighs, sniffles )
Hulda?
I know why she did it.
It was him.
( ominous theme playing )
( footsteps approaching )
( man breathes loudly )
( gasps )
♪ ♪
♪ Now crawl to life ♪
♪ But speak so careful ♪
♪ Those whitened forces ♪
♪ Descent unstable ♪
♪ Come alive ♪
♪ Fallen wild sons ♪
♪ Fall ♪
( dramatic theme playing )
( indistinct chatter )
( woman crying quietly )
It's going to be okay.
( sniffles )
( speaks Russian )
( woman continues
crying quietly )
Hello?
I'm okay.
Katja?
I'm sorry.
Sorry.
( shrieks )
( thumping, clattering )
( muffled screaming )
WOMAN ( on recording ):
I'm sorry. I
I d-- I didn't mean to.
I didn't mean to.
( P.A. chimes )
ANNOUNCER ( over P.A. ):
Dear guests,
the ice rink will be closing
in ten minutes
due to hockey practice.
( ominous theme playing )
( buzzer sounds )
ANNOUNCER ( over P.A. ):
The ice rink is closing
due to hockey practice.
( dramatic theme playing )
( dramatic theme playing )
( car approaching )
( engine idling )
What?
LUKAS: Come on.
We need to go
to the station. Now.
Elena is missing.
What?
We've got Rudi down
at the station.
Oh, okay.
Okay.
So, I've tried to, uh,
talk to him,
but he's just
not responding at all.
I mean,
he's almost catatonic.
Poor kid.
Mm.
How long was he there for?
Well, the employee
that called it in
said that she'd seen him alone,
like, an hour before,
but she just assumed
that Elena was there.
Apparently, they're regulars.
Did she have any idea
where Elena went?
No. No, none whatsoever.
You tracked her phone?
Rudi has it.
Fuck.
Can we get over it?
What?
Dinner party from hell.
Sure.
Uh, I found this by the glacier.
What do you
make of it?
Why scribble all over it
and put it back?
Someone's messing with us.
Yeah.
MAGNUS:
Uh, Rudi, I need you
to calm down, please.
Hey, Rudi? Y-You
( speaking in Russian )
Uh, the IHS
is sending someone over.
Do you want to sit?
It'll be okay.
You want your mother, sweetie?
I know. I know.
I know.
( crying )
It's okay.
It's okay.
MAGNUS: Uh
probably shouldn't
tou-touch him.
HULDA:
It's okay.
You're okay.
You're okay.
( phones ringing in distance )
( indistinct chatter )
( dramatic theme playing )
Hello, mate.
You okay?
( chuckles )
You hungry? Food?
All right.
All right.
( laughs )
What an idiot.
Yeah.
HULDA:
Magnus, I need more resources.
We need to establish
a crime scene
where Elena was abducted.
MAGNUS:
Okay, take it easy, Hulda.
We don't even know
if anything illegal happened.
Well, given her connection
to Katja,
I think
it's pretty obvious.
Well, first of all,
Katja's death
is still filed
as an accident
until you find proof
of otherwise.
HULDA:
I've found plenty of proof.
Yeah, all circumstantial.
Well, so get
the autopsy done already.
MAGNUS:
You know as well as I do
we're stretched as it is.
Katja has to get in line.
This should be
our top priority.
MAGNUS:
Secondly, need I remind you
that most refugees--
they are desperate?
Oh
Perhaps even more so
if-if their dear friend
just died.
And Elena has a record.
She's an asylum seeker
from Russia,
what do you expect?
There's a good chance
Elena went missing
because she knows
she and Rudi
will be sent back home.
A mother would never
willingly leave her child.
No?
No.
Not if Rudi gets a citizenship
on the spot
No.
and not be
sent back to Russia?
No.
No.
Magnus, I need
to investigate this.
Please. Please.
You help her.
ALEXANDER: Me?
Yes, you.
I got shitloads
of paperwork on that suicide.
I Yeah, that's an order.
You happy now?
I have to get help from the
worst detective in the country?
Yeah, I'm ecstatic.
Yeah, take it or leave it.
Thanks, fine.
Worst detective in the country?
♪ ♪
We'll go in here.
One of these?
What do you want to eat?
Do you know?
WOMAN:
Anything else? Thank you.
Hi.
Hi.
Point.
( speaks Russian )
You want Eh?
This one?
( speaks Russian )
Uh, two, please.
Yeah?
( indistinct chatter )
What's your favorite food?
LUKAS:
Cake.
( gasps )
Mine, too.
What are the odds?
( chuckles )
Oh. Thank you, Rudi.
Rudi, I need to ask you
a few things.
Is that okay?
Do you know
where your mommy went?
Bathroom.
Okay.
Was anyone with your mommy?
No?
Did your mommy ever meet anyone?
What's "meet"?
Oh,
it's when you see someone
and you start talking to them.
Like Auntie Katja?
Like Auntie Katja.
LUKAS: Mm-hmm.
HULDA:
Yeah, yeah.
And big red man.
What did you say?
And big red man.
Big red man?
Was he a friend
of your mommy's?
Uh, how-how was the man big?
HULDA:
Was he tall?
LUKAS: What, he was tall?
Like this?
Tall.
Whoa. High up.
Hulda, social services
are here.
Hi.
What's going on here?
We need to see how he is feeling
HULDA: Of course.
before you start
interrogating him.
We weren't interrogating him,
we just wanted to know if he
knew something or not.
It's best if I take over.
HULDA: Yeah, we get it.
LUKAS: Mm-hmm. Yeah, sure.
Yeah, yeah, that's fine.
See you later.
Hey.
Are you all right?
Okay.
( dramatic theme playing )
Big, red man. Have you any
idea what he's talking about?
We need to contact the IHS,
find out how Rudi adapts.
We need to talk to him again
as soon as possible.
LUKAS:
Mm.
( phone chimes )
♪ ♪
Okay, fine.
Okay, stay here
and somebody else
will come to meet you.
( clears throat )
Yeah, young lady, would you,
uh, come with me.
And, uh
were you working here
last night?
( toilet flushes )
Did you check all of them?
LUKAS: Mm-hmm.
Let's check
the maintenance records.
Who cares that a toilet
got fixed a month ago?
Someone taped an
"out of order" sign to the door.
How the hell do you know that?
What else would you tape
to the door
of a public restroom?
Maybe the scrap
is from last month.
Have you consider that?
Looked brand-new.
You're grasping
at straws.
Hulda, Hulda, look.
Here.
Rudi's big, red man.
HULDA: Can you rewind?
OPERATOR:
Mm-hmm.
LUKAS: Pause.
HULDA: That's our guy.
And Elena must
be in that trolley.
Uh, were there other cameras?
OPERATOR: Yeah, there were,
uh, two more.
HULDA:
Check them out. We need to know
what car he's driving.
Okay.
Uh, see if the trolley
is still somewhere around.
We need to scan it
for prints, DNA.
The ladies room, too,
and-and I want the floor
of the basement corridor
photographed.
( scoffs )
Is there a problem?
Can we get
a clearer visual?
OPERATOR:
I'm not sure.
This is pretty low-res,
but I'll-I'll see
what I can find.
You okay?
Yeah.
Come on.
You should go home.
You have been up
since 4 a.m.
You too.
I'm 31.
Come on.
Jon needs you, too.
( Hulda groans )
Okay.
Go.
( clears throat )
This is good.
♪ Time does flow backwards ♪
♪ Like a wake of bulls ♪
( knocking )
♪ Why don't you
Feel fine first? ♪
♪ Feel fine first ♪
Abel, hi. What
Oh, I'm not a stalker,
I promise.
Just had a really good time
the other night,
and I couldn't find you online,
so I came by to give you
this.
Right. Thanks.
I know you're new here,
so if you need a friend or
( chuckles )
whatever
Yeah, sure. Um
look, I'm not really
looking for anything.
Ah, totally get it.
I just--
I've got a lot in the works,
so I'm focusing on that.
You don't need to explain.
Um, if you're not into this,
just say.
Wanna come in for a beer or
So, I'm gonna go
Good luck with the job.
♪ I say hey ♪
♪ Hey ♪
♪ Hey ♪
♪ Hey ♪
♪ 'Cause I said hey ♪
♪ Hey ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
( dramatic them playing )
Hi.
You shouldn't be up.
Can't lie in bed all day.
Doctor's orders.
Screw the doctors.
Here you go.
Got anything stronger?
Oh, yeah.
Uh-oh.
( Hulda chuckles )
( Jon sighs )
Mmm.
I should take a shower.
Okay.
Mm-hmm.
I'll have it,
I-I promise.
Oh, yeah.
Hulda.
Oh, watch it.
You need to lay down.
Come on.
( sighs )
Come on.
I'm okay. I'm-I'm okay.
No, you're not.
JON:
Come on.
Here you go.
( grunting )
Get some rest now.
( exhales )
Thanks.
( sighs )
( playful chatter )
( sniffles )
( line beeps )
I found it.
( ominous theme playing )
( scratching )
( Moa barking )
HULDA:
Moa. Moa.
Moa.
( clicks tongue )
( laughs, babbles )
You know, I don't think
she likes me very much.
No, it's not that. It's just,
she likes me way more.
( laughs )
( kisses )
Okay. Thanks.
Oh, um
Do you want to
Do you want to come in,
have a drink?
I've just opened
a bottle of wine.
It's pretty damn good.
( laughs )
( Petur mutters )
How did you feel about retiring?
I felt pretty ready.
See, when I look at you,
though,
I-I don't see that.
I see
somebody who feels
they still have
lots of good things
to give.
What about you?
I mean, how are you feeling?
I think I'm still processing
all of this.
( chuckles )
Dimma was our
little miracle baby.
Four rounds of IVFs.
Oh, Christ.
But I never lost hope.
I knew she'd come.
I-I-I just knew it.
Really? How?
I could feel it.
All around me.
Sometimes
I could even see her.
Like she was already there,
just waiting to come.
That's great.
Mm-hmm.
Wh-When my wife died
she told me that she had an
affair with one of our friends.
With my friend.
But
Fuck.
Death kind of
clears the decks.
I think.
So I nursed her
until the end.
And I still feel like,
when I look back,
that I had a good marriage.
But I couldn't
stay there.
In the house.
So I decided
to move out here
and get away from the city
and get closer to nature.
It was a good decision.
Otherwise I wouldn't have
got to meet you.
( chuckles )
( sighs )
I'm so sorry.
( laughs )
Um
( stammers )
I'm-- I better go.
Oh, no.
I sh-shouldn't have done that.
Okay, okay,
well, I'll see you.
Jesus.
Jesus.
♪ Get up on it
And get onto it now ♪
♪ There ain't no truce ♪
♪ For a rainy day ♪
♪ Oh, won't you get up on it
Get up on it ♪
♪ And get onto it now ♪
♪ End roads are paved
With broken flowers ♪
♪ And fragment glass ♪
♪ That blinds us
With their echoes ♪
♪ Of the sun ♪
♪ E-O, E-O, get it down ♪
♪ Oh, won't you get up
Get up ♪
( incoming message chime )
♪ Get it down, won't you ♪
♪ E-O, E-O, get it now ♪
( chuckles )
♪ Oh, won't you get up now ♪
( grunts )
♪ And get down ♪
♪ On your knees ♪
♪ Red flowers wrap like vines
Around their heads ♪
( whispers ):
Fuck you.
♪ And the lead is like a ♪
( dramatic theme playing )
Where were you last night?
I went looking for you.
I went for a swim.
A swim?
In the darkness?
I needed to clear my mind.
And was that good?
I was careful.
( phone chimes )
( grunts )
( ominous theme playing )
( exhales )
♪ ♪
LUKAS:
What about her?
MANAGER:
No. Sorry.
LUKAS:
And what about her?
No. Uh, I mean, I serve
a lot of people here, so
And him? Do you remember
seeing him at all?
MANAGER:
No. Sorry.
Anything else
I can do for you?
Uh, no. Thanks.
Excuse me.
Can I ask you about this
I'm sorry.
It's just that, uh,
I really have to get this done
before the morning traffic.
We can always do it down
at the station, if you prefer.
Uh
No? Okay.
Oh, wait.
I actually do know her.
It's Luljeta.
Yeah, she comes in,
like, really often and
she spends big.
Can you find her receipts?
Hmm.
Yeah, sure. No problem.
Great.
( indistinct chatter )
Hi.
Hi.
You were such a good friend.
And she loved you so much.
I miss her so much.
Me, too.
I still have her things.
I really think
you should get them.
Sure.
Uh, I'm a bit busy
these days.
So could I ask you
to drop them off at my house?
Jon's there.
No. No, you have
to pick them up.
Okay.
I'll text you.
( footsteps receding )
LUKAS:
This is the best
that Tech could get.
And the other cameras?
No. We couldn't find him
anywhere.
And his car?
Neither.
Alexander? Any info?
Yeah.
( grunts )
I found the trolley,
but forensics couldn't get
a single DNA sample of it.
Nor the tape and paper scrap.
Of course he was wearing gloves.
ALEXANDER:
And the restroom has prints
and DNA
from half of the country.
Log it.
What? That'll take weeks.
I don't care.
And the photos, too.
You're not my fucking boss.
No, Magnus is,
and he told you to help me,
so get fucking helpful.
MAGNUS: Hulda.
Lukas.
HULDA:
Go.
( Magnus sighs )
Yeah?
MAGNUS:
I'm calling it off.
Calling what off?
Elena. There's no evidence
of any crime.
I need my staff elsewhere.
She entered a public restroom
and was never seen again.
Maybe she didn't want
to be seen,
for the sake
of her son's future.
A woman is missing, Magnus.
No. It hasn't been 48 hours yet.
And that's why we need
to use the time.
No.
You need to back off.
Do you know
who just contacted us?
Aki Haraldsson's lawyer.
He's accused you of trespassing
and threatening him.
He's made a complaint
against us.
What the hell were you thinking?
Threatening him?
And not to mention,
you put yourselves in danger
without letting anyone
know where you were.
Well, actually,
Lukas wasn't even aware of
No, no, no.
We're sorry, sir.
Won't happen again.
Better not. Or you're both out.
Now go.
Not you, Hulda.
Sit down.
( door closes )
( Hulda sighs )
Go see a therapist.
( snorts )
What?
This is not a request.
I'm ordering you to go
for the sake of your job.
( scoffs )
The sake of my job?
I'm retiring.
If you wish
to keep working here until then,
you're going.
Birna.
Uh
Did Aki's lawyer call you?
No.
He called Alexander. Why?
He called Alexander. Why?
ALEXANDER:
If you could do that. Yeah.
And just send me the files
when you have
when you have the time.
It's, uh
Why did Aki's lawyer call you?
What did you say?
Why did Aki's lawyer
call you?
I'll get back to you in a sec.
What's your problem?
Just answer the question.
He called the department
and I picked up. So?
So he didn't call your number?
Who the fuck cares?
I care.
I can't fucking wait to get your
senile ass out of the office.
You went there alone?
Really?
W-We're on the same team.
You know that, right?
At least tell me
it was worth it.
Aki confirmed the prostitution
of the refugees,
but then he kept a tight lip.
I think that's what's going on.
But Elena said
I know what she said.
She's so scared.
Lukas, all she has is you and I.
We need to follow through.
I have something
I think might help.
Here.
It's a lead on the clothing.
( dramatic theme playing )
HULDA:
So how much did Luljeta spend?
About five grand.
Five?
Mm.
That's a lot of money,
especially for a refugee
waiting for a visa, right?
It looks like she was cashing in
some pretty big paychecks.
Look. This receipt
is for a boy's parka.
Exactly the same type Rudi has.
Luljeta paid for it?
Yeah. Looks that way.
Why did Rudi say
that Katja gave it to him?
Well, I don't know.
Maybe she did.
Maybe she was helping
Luljeta out.
But look at the dates.
Looks like she goes
once a week.
Mm-hmm.
Wow.
And always on a Saturday.
Maybe she makes her money
Friday nights
and likes to splash out
the following day.
Good work.
Thanks.
( chuckles ):
Are you crying?
Well, maybe.
I mean, you don't
tend to dish out the compliments
very often, do you?
No. Must be getting soft.
Mm.
Hey, look, there she is.
Where's she going?
HULDA:
What is she doing?
Is she changing?
LUKAS:
A black 4x4.
HULDA:
Can you see the license plate?
LUKAS:
Uh, yeah. It's KH-K71.
( engine starts )
LUKAS:
You can hurry up.
The license plate's
not registered.
Shocker.
I could have seen it,
by the way.
The license plate. Before.
But what, you weren't wearing
your reading glasses?
Fuck you.
( laughs )
HULDA:
I'm going in.
LUKAS:
Isn't it better
if they don't know about us?
No. I want them
to be scared.
Scared people
make mistakes.
Bloody hell.
( techno music playing )
We're here for the party.
GUARD: It's a private event.
GUARD 2: Not for you.
LUKAS ( whispers ): That's him.
HULDA: Ah!
What is problem?
There's been a noise complaint.
Wait.
Do you want to wait?
Not particularly.
Okay.
Thank you.
Thank you.
( lively chatter )
( music continues )
HULDA: Where is he?
LUKAS: I don't know.
The guy at the door?
Those tattoos?
Russian prison tattoos.
They don't hand them out
to just anyone.
Hey there, I'm Gunnar.
What seems to be the problem?
HULDA:
We've had a noise complaint.
You're joking.
I mean, we are in the basement.
You'd be amazed
how sound travels.
It's Friday night.
HULDA: It's 11 p.m.
It's noise.
So what?
The police sends
two detectives over?
No, no.
We were coming anyway.
This is just a bonus,
so, a surprise.
We need to fill out
a noise complaint form.
Full name,
identification number.
Yeah.
Should we move over here?
Can we move in here, please?
HULDA:
Did a Russian woman
named Katja Popova ever attend
one of your parties?
GUNNAR:
I can't know the names
of all my guests.
LUKAS:
What about Elena Dubrovsky?
Did she come
to one of your parties?
Hmm. Maybe.
Does the name ring a bell?
No, I can't say it does.
Hmm. Your details.
( Gunnar clears throat )
Do you have a daughter?
GUNNAR:
Yeah, two, actually.
How old are they?
Just turned 19.
Mm.
Such a beautiful age.
LUKAS:
Thank you.
HULDA:
We need to confiscate
your sound system.
GUNNAR:
You're fucking kidding me.
This is harassment.
He's fetching it for you now.
LUKAS: Thank you.
( feedback )
Here you are.
Thank you.
That's the stereo?
Yeah.
You'd be amazed
how sound travels.
Here you go.
LUKAS: Thanks.
What a cock.
The Russian?
Mm.
We got his prints.
Now I want his name.
He got super weird
when I mentioned Katja.
Yeah, and he's big.
A big, red man.
I want to do a deep dive.
LUKAS:
And our friend Gunnar?
He's just a client,
but we'll nail that creep
for solicitation.
( Lukas chuckles )
( dramatic theme playing )
( knocks )
Come in.
You're early.
( sighs )
My daughter killed herself
a year ago.
Uh, my husband had
a heart attack four days ago
that almost killed him.
And I'm being pushed out
of my job
by ageist, sexist pigs.
I had a fucked-up childhood,
too.
Can you wave your little
magic wand and fix any of that?
( phone chimes )
Oh. I just have to-- sorry.
Shit, shit.
I got to go.
Um, this was helpful.
( suspenseful theme playing )
You have to put
the search back on.
Why?
A refugee named Luljeta Shehi
didn't come back
to the hostel last night.
This is the third woman
to go missing from this hostel.
No one's reported her missing.
The man who runs
the hostel just notified us.
We need to act now.
( sighs )
Hi. I'm trying
to locate a, uh
Luljeta Shehi.
Luljeta Shehi,
an asylum seeker from
( whispering ):
Albania.
Albania. Yes.
Right.
Thank you.
( clears throat )
She's being deported.
What?
She isn't missing.
Her visa got denied.
She's not part
of some elaborate murder case.
She's in a holding cell waiting
to be flown back to Albania.
I-I want talk to her.
That's out of the question.
I need to ask her
what happened.
What are you on about?
People get sent back.
That's just how it is.
No, this is different.
Different how?
Look, Hulda, we've known
each other for a long time,
so I'll be honest with you.
You're spiraling about something
that, that isn't there.
A murder
that isn't a murder.
A-a missing person
that isn't missing.
You know what
you should be doing right now?
You should be planning
your golden years with Jon.
That's what you
should be doing.
She's being sent back
to Albania.
What the hell?
This can't be a coincidence.
Talk to a lawyer,
find out who's behind it.
Sure.
Hey, look, I found our guy.
Misha Volkov.
So, he has a record
but for some petty stuff.
Jesus, he's got more ink
than skin.
Yeah.
But get this.
He served time in Russia
for assault and kidnapping.
Let's find him and bring him in.
( phone chimes )
Shit.
Oh, shit.
Is there somewhere
you need to be?
No, it's just
my daughter's friend.
Well, go.
I can keep working on Misha.
No way.
Hulda, come on.
I've got this. Trust me.
I'll be right back.
Yeah.
( melancholy theme playing )
( door opens )
( gasps, grunts )
( sighs, sniffles )
Thank you, Vera,
for watching her things.
( inhales deeply )
( inhales deeply )
( sighs, sniffles )
Hulda?
I know why she did it.
It was him.
( ominous theme playing )
( footsteps approaching )
( man breathes loudly )
( gasps )
♪ ♪
♪ Now crawl to life ♪
♪ But speak so careful ♪
♪ Those whitened forces ♪
♪ Descent unstable ♪
♪ Come alive ♪
♪ Fallen wild sons ♪
♪ Fall ♪