Banksters (2026) s01e04 Episode Script

1
[uneasy music playing]
[hip-hop music playing]
Stacking up cash
Leave your trouble all behind ♪
Star of my life
You can see how I shine ♪
Never paid in time
I didn't even do the crime ♪
You and me, live it up
Live it my way ♪
Stack money, get cash
In the best way ♪
Stack it up, stack it up
Get your money right ♪
Getting paid every day
It's the money life ♪
You might want to listen.
You're welcome. [chuckles]
[Mohammed] Is it possible that
this isn't about the break-in?
- Papa?
- [Kramer] You tell me.
- What do you think this is about?
- Papa, don't tell him anything!
When did you last talk to your son?
Which son do you mean?
[sighs]
Pictures say more than words.
And they don't lie.
Everywhere I go
I got money on my mind ♪
Stacking up cash
Leave your trouble all behind ♪
Star of my life
You can see how I shine ♪
Never paid in time
I didn't even do the crime ♪
You and me, live it up
Live it my way ♪
[Kramer] Six robberies.
Over a million.
Stack money, get cash
In the best way ♪
Stack it up, stack it up ♪
Mr. Arslan, I have a son too.
I'm not sure how to tell you this.
Getting paid every day
It's the money life ♪
Live it up, live it up
Better do it right ♪
I don't know this person.
That's not my son.
No, that is Yusuf.
Take a closer look.
This is a misunderstanding.
- We done here?
- No, you can't leave yet.
There's the matter of complicity.
Who pays for your restaurant?
I may not be as bright
as you police officers,
but I have to wonder,
why break into a construction site
and not make out
with any electric tools?
Who has no taste whatsoever
and only takes one bite
out of the best simit in town?
Let me be crystal clear.
I'll get you both.
Your coffee is shit.
Everywhere I go
Got money on my mind ♪
Stacking up cash
Leave your trouble all behind ♪
Star of my life
You can see how I shine ♪
- Yeah?
- Papa? It's me.
[whispering]
Yusuf? Are you in prison?
Don't believe anything that man says.
Don't say anything.
Mr. Arslan? Wait a minute.
You think I'm stupid? I'm not
telling anything to the police.
- You're in the photos.
- Papa
I'm sorry.
Where are you?
Moabit. In custody.
How many times did I say
I didn't want your money?
Does Mama know?
Who are you talking to?
I don't need to answer that.
Phone calls are forbidden.
[door closes, then locks]
[sighs]
MAIN ENTRANCE
BERLIN POLICE DEPARTMEN
[engine starting]
[cell phone ringing]
[pensive music playing]
Hey.
Um, can we meet up?
I know about Yusuf.
We have to get him out of there.
[sighs]
[suspenseful music playing]
[dramatic music playing]
He lives up there.
We need a weapon.
- Take one of those.
- Okay.
- This way, right?
- Mm-hm.
He's really dangerous.
I bet he's the one
who ratted him out.
Here. Atalay.
[doorbell buzzing]
[doorbell buzzing]
I hear something.
[yelling] Open up!
Yeah?
- [in normal voice] Who are you?
- Kramer. Cem's cousin.
Where's Cem?
Not here.
Where is he?
- What are you doing?
- Where are you, Cem?
Where is Yusuf's money? Where is he?
[Kramer]
His sister will show up here.
- Hmm.
- His whole family's in on it.
The father is stubborn,
just like his son.
I wonder if the others are too.
It's quite a jump from valedictorian
to prison for Yusuf Arslan.
- And in such a short time.
- I've seen stranger things.
Wait until you're my age.
Well, there's got to be more to it.
Ah.
I think if we understood
the underlying motive,
and ask the question why, then
Today, it's a bank.
That's how I see it.
Bingo.
She's meeting one of his guys.
I said I'd text you
when I had the time.
Sorry, love.
[scoffs] You didn't do anything.
Don't apologize.
Well, I would like to explain.
Mm.
He doesn't look
like a criminal to me.
She kind of reminds me of my sister.
She's chief physician at the Charité.
Congratulations.
Can we focus for a second?
I've wondered if I'm to blame,
for how you've been acting?
- [sighs] I'm gonna be late for class.
- I feel emotionally rejected,
which is one thing. That's okay,
it's on me. So, it's not your fault.
- Although, if you're scared
- Why would I be scared?
Well, socioculturally,
there's so much that divides us.
Like inter-generational trauma.
How much do you know
about your grandparents' history?
It's really interesting,
how both you and I grew up,
all the baggage since the '60s,
how West Germany
dealt with immigrants.
- Oh, she's looking.
- So?
- Act inconspicuous. Be cool.
- Inconspicuous.
Rhubarb, rhubarb
So that's why I've
I want you to see that I'm serious.
[Selda] "Successfully Shaping
Intercultural Relationships.
Concepts, Theories,
Fields of Application."
For me?
No, for me. Because you mean so much.
It'll help us get closer.
I think it'll be good for us if we go
to Greifswald together. Don't you?
Who is that?
Read through the first chapters
and text me. Hmm?
Cool. And what about Greifswald?
I need to talk to my classmate.
- [Kramer clears throat]
- [engine starts]
Okay, do we split up or what?
No, he tried to give her something.
Let's grab it.
[intriguing music playing]
Steven and Malte figured out
who might have Yusuf's money
and betrayed him.
- Do you know Cem?
- Cem?
Yeah.
[tires screeching]
Didn't expect to see us, huh?
What? No, it depends.
Who are you guys?
Criminal Investigators. Hello.
Wanna go see your buddy Yusuf?
Come with us.
- Who's Yusuf?
- Did you hear that?
We want to question you
about a criminal case.
- Want to do it here or come with us?
- Wait a minute.
What criminal case?
Show us your ID?
Yeah.
Hold on, you can't do that.
- Securing evidence. Give me your bag!
- You can't do that.
Ah. Here it is.
[Katrin] Yeah.
Did you find Cem?
Or any idea how to find him?
Not easy.
- How come?
- Prison.
Why would you guys
get involved with him?
Had no choice, needed his help.
04 MONTHS
BEFORE THE ARRES
[suspenseful music playing]
[breathing heavily]
[alarm blaring]
[Malte] Go!
[Yusuf] Malte! I can't see anything!
- There's too much smoke!
- [tires screeching]
I got, I got money ♪
I got money ♪
Don't be gentle, it's a rental.
Can you just shut the fuck up?
Aren't we confident
all of a sudden?
Maybe we should all calm down.
Here. The Evening Express.
Fuck.
[Steven] The bank and the police
had us on their radar.
LATE EDITION BERLIN PRESS
IDIOTS ON THE RUN!
Of course we made the papers.
They weren't going to tolerate it.
[tense music playing]
After the failed robbery
with the exploding dye pack,
we knew we couldn't keep
going like that.
Never thought about quitting.
Wasn't an option.
It's like we were intoxicated.
It was more like, "We have a problem.
What's the solution?"
[Malte] Anyone have a can opener?
- [Steven] What's in there?
- I'm sure nothing good.
I have no idea.
I found it.
- It hasn't expired just yet.
- Let me try.
[Steven] And like always, while the
three of us were racking our brains,
Yusuf already had a plan.
[dramatic music playing]
Every class had a genius like Yusuf.
And there was always someone
like Cem.
Heart of gold, but he could crack
any bike lock since the second grade.
- [man 1] We're dividing up the roles.
- Cool, okay. Let's get it.
- [man 1] Cem, outside. Yusuf, center.
- Let's go!
[Steven] We needed a can opener.
Cem was the can opener.
There are all different kinds.
Some just need a lock pick,
- others a crowbar or explosives.
- [Malte] Explosives? Are you crazy?
[Cem] Fine, then scope it out first.
Are there any cameras?
[Steven]
No, not in the safety deposit rooms.
[door lock buzzing]
[scanner beeps, then door unlocks]
These are the deposit boxes.
The cool thing
about safety deposit boxes
is that it's like getting a surprise.
You never know what's inside.
The lock is on the left.
And on the other side by the hinges
is the weak point.
[camera shutter clicking]
That's where you crack them open.
[camera shutter clicks]
[dramatic music playing]
- Can I help you, dear?
- No.
I was looking for financing papers
for Dr. Rainer but I just found them.
Good.
[Selda] Okay, but I don't understand.
If you and Cem
were such a great team
then why would Cem betray him?
Because we told him no violence.
Yeah.
[ominous music playing]
- He's totally stoned.
- He's always stoned.
[Melanie] We had to do it
during opening hours.
The only question was:
how to cause a distraction.
Yusuf said
that if my colleague was helpful,
to take advantage of that.
Oh!
Uh, oh! Oh, my goodness.
How did that happen? Ai-yai-yai.
- [intriguing music playing]
- Oh, no.
And just like that, the boys were in.
- What's all this?
- [Melanie] Yeah, I know. It's a mess.
[Rebecca]
How did you manage to do this?
I don't know. It just happened.
Hallelujah.
Ms. Werner, you're always so helpful.
Thank you so much. Really.
[Malte laughs]
[Malte] Yeah! Dude!
I could marry you!
[Cem] Make out later.
I'll show you what to do.
Livin' the life right now ♪
Come take a ride
In my lifestyle ♪
- If you can go--
- Who gives a shit?
[laughing]
Gosh, I honestly was just
about to refill them too.
- I really am so sorry about this.
- There's so much.
[Melanie laughs]
Oh, my goodness.
[Cem] Come on, go, go, go!
We need to speed it up.
[Malte] One more, man.
[Cem] Here. Faster, hurry.
[grunting]
[giggling]
- This is useless.
- Yep.
Where are you going?
Vacuum cleaner.
This stays between us.
Otherwise, we'll be here
until midnight. Like Cinderella.
No one's counting them.
Shit.
[thudding in distance]
[thudding continues]
[screaming]
[suspenseful music playing]
[Rebecca] You won't
get away with it! Stay here!
Ms. Hübner! We're being robbed!
[Rebecca screaming]
Ms. Hübner, help! Stop him!
[screaming]
[Cem] Hey!
Is this your own money, or what?
[screaming]
[in Turkish] What the hell was that?
[in English] Fuck. Run dude, run!
Let's go!
- [alarm ringing]
- Run!
Go, go, go! Pedal to the metal!
Drive, Steven, drive!
[tires screeching]
Yes, I did say it'll be important.
Right, yeah.
Mm-hm.
All right. Fine, thank you.
That's great, I really appreciate it.
Thank you.
Yes. Have a nice day.
Bye.
So, she's in the hospital
and that's all they know.
Okay, hospital is good.
It means she's alive.
The same shit keeps happening.
Yeah, because you were stoned.
What kind of movie are you living in?
You're out of luck.
Violence requires punishment.
[snickers] Tell Mom I'm sorry.
What? You're sorry?
Even if we're caught,
then "sorry" won't help us out.
- [bangs table]
- [tense music playing]
Are you trying to fuck me over?
Where were you? Where were you?
What would've happened
if I hadn't done that?
She wouldn't be in the hospital!
- [Cem] You have no idea!
- What were you thinking?
- [Cem] What are you talking about?
- That's enough!
[Melanie] Yusuf.
He's out.
We said no violence.
Yeah, if they ever catch us,
this changes everything in court.
- What if she died? We'd be screwed.
- Steven. She's in the hospital.
Would you calm down, please?
You're still giving him a cut?
- I thought we hit the jackpot, but
- Hey, this is better, just calm down.
- It's better to give him his share.
- What does he get for that stunt?
He's out. Okay?
[Melanie] Yusuf seemed really mad,
but maybe he was just scared.
How come Cem only betrayed Yusuf?
He only knew Yusuf's name,
he didn't know ours.
Yeah, but he knows
you guys all work at a bank.
He saw you there, didn't he?
Yeah, maybe he's waiting for us
to make contact
so he can make more money off of us.
- His priors will keep him in jail.
- He probably has a plea deal.
- No doubt.
- Yep.
Makes sense.
[cell door closes]
- [alarm buzzes]
- [indistinct chatter]
[intriguing music playing]
What's with that face?
- I swear I was sober.
- I know.
[man] Hey, Cem, what's good?
Why are you in here?
Bro, why are you in here?
Casino.
I got a tear in my gloves.
They've got my DNA and fingerprints.
I'm fucked.
My lawyer says five years.
A tear in your glove.
Someone turned me in.
I'm not blaming you, all right?
I'm totally screwed.
What do I do now?
I always mess things up like this.
What if she doesn't recover?
- I don't know.
- That makes me a murderer.
You're not a murderer.
Hope for the best, okay?
Hey.
It doesn't matter what they think.
It's better for you if you're
not involved in this anymore, okay?
Use it to do something good.
[intriguing music playing]
If they catch you, I'll do your time.
I don't care what you say.
[Cem] Just say the word,
and I'll talk to my lawyer.
Let me take the blame.
I'll keep my promise.
If you talk on the stand,
that's proof you're involved.
It's better to say nothing.
I need a favor.
Your phone.
[in Turkish] Okay.
[Dariusz] Boss?
- Coffee break?
- [door opens]
- [Hanna] Hello.
- [door closes]
[sobbing] I feel so terrible.
We both failed our son.
You did nothing wrong, Hanna.
He's a good kid.
He just wanted to help.
Make a plan, he said.
Did he give you all the money
for all of this?
You should have known.
[somber music playing]
What should I have known?
That our son was robbing banks?
That he doesn't tell the truth?
More importantly,
how do we get him out?
He didn't do it alone,
Yusuf was betrayed.
Momo, you have to help him.
He's just like you.
He'd rather go to prison
than betray any of his friends.
He learned that from you.
You have to sell the restaurant.
The money you'd get for it,
Yusuf's money
he might get a lighter sentence
if you give it to his lawyer.
I'm sorry.
[intriguing music playing]
- [Dariusz] Boss!
- What the hell?
- Why are you doing that?
- What's gotten into you?
Where's that cash from?
[wheels squeaking]
[door unlocks]
Your lawyer's waiting.
Come on!
[claps aggressively]
I'm pretty annoyed, Mr. Arslan.
- Looks that way.
- Clever remarks aren't appreciated.
I was having a very good day
up until two hours ago.
I looked over
the district attorney's documents.
They've got nothing on you.
Besides the first robbery, where
you can be ID'd just okay on video
as you're leaving the scene,
there's not much else to go on.
Then there's this.
[ominous music playing]
Who is she?
What did the police say?
Nothing.
And according to them,
she gained access to a branch
using a false identity.
You never said a word about this.
And please don't tell me
it's just a coincidence.
That's all it is, in fact.
Who is she to you?
No one.
What are you doing here?
Are you on a semester break?
Come on, let's drink.
I'll get the glasses.
Malte, cut it out.
SERIES OF BANK ROBBERIES IN BERLIN
PERPETRATORS CAUGH
When were you going to tell me, huh?
You did this?
Did you give up Yusuf
to the fucking police?
03 MONTHS
BEFORE THE ARRES
[indistinct chatter]
The chairman's giving a speech today?
What chairman?
Of the Berlin banks. The chairman.
[all applauding]
[all cheering]
[applause fades]
Thank you, thank you.
Have a seat.
My fellow colleagues,
do you know how privileged you are
to be working here?
Think we should rob him?
So privileged that even my son
has an apprenticeship here.
You want to bet
he calls him to the front?
Yeah.
Malte, come up here.
[tense music playing]
[muffled applause]
Hey. Where are you going, huh?
- Where are you going?
- I was going to tell you.
- When? When, huh?
- The chairman is your dad?
Do you know what they'll do to us
when they find out?
Malte, why are you doing this?
[Jakob] Malte?
Are these your friends?
[Melanie] It was a great speech.
This is [clears throat]
- Her name
- Melanie Hübner.
Nice to meet you.
Steven Wedemeyer.
Steven. Pleasure.
You're Yusuf Arslan, right?
Right.
Class valedictorian.
Borchert told me.
[Yusuf chuckles]
I qualified because I--
I know, I know. I was too.
Let's talk alone for a minute.
If you don't mind. Please excuse us.
[ominous music playing]
[inaudible dialogue]
- What's going on?
- No idea.
[Jakob] Hello?
- Papa!
- Hey!
I thought I heard something.
How wonderful that you're here.
- When did you get in?
- Just now.
You could have said something,
Malte, huh?
What's this?
Wow. Excellent wine.
[chuckles] We'll be right down.
Okay, I'll open the bottle.
See you in a bit.
- Okay. All right.
- [Jakob] A nice glass of wine
with my daughter and son?
What a treat!
Why do you think I betrayed him?
Because you're fucking jealous,
Malte.
So, now we're alone. Admit it.
- You know who he is.
- I don't know Selda's brother.
And her dad? You're saying that you
don't know your girlfriend's father?
And that's why I want her and I
to learn about each other.
- Intercultural silence--
- Shut your mouth.
Tell me what's going on.
You can cut the bullshit!
We'll call you a cab.
You're free to go, sir.
- You just released our best lead!
- Oh, yeah? I'm sorry.
It took four officers.
It's a book.
No secret messages and no code.
It's just a book
that guy barely started reading.
- Are you finished?
- No.
Look familiar?
Of course not.
This woman in Zehlendorf used
false papers to rent a deposit box.
I imagine if you had kept
Yusuf Arslan
under surveillance a few more days,
you could have arrested him
in this branch.
Take care of this.
When you find her,
then you'll find the others.
What are you doing, man?
No scammers yet?
I'd have arrested them
in a couple hours.
- We need to get to the Arslans.
- Who is that?
That's for later.
Move it!
- [Koszi] I feel sorry for you.
- Yeah, you too.
[dramatic music playing]
She actually looks pretty nice, right?
What was that about your sister?
The chief physician?
Oh, yeah. The underlying motive.
There was no way that either of us
would ever be able to finish school.
So my sister got a job
at an ice-cream parlor.
Undeclared income. Money laundering.
She came home
with three thousand marks a month.
For serving ice-cream?
Not that.
It's from the money laundering.
Now, would she deserve
10 years for that?
What I'm trying to say is, from that,
she supports my parents, studies,
graduates, and then the Charité.
Underlying motivation.
Ice-cream pays that well, huh?
Oh, Kramer.
No, I know what you mean.
But Yusuf Arslan, he's shameless.
This situation's different.
I'm sure of it.
- [Mohammed] How are you?
- [Hanna] Yusuf? Hi, it's Mama.
Selda? Mama and Papa
are talking to Yusuf.
- Mama?
- Yeah. Mama.
- She's here?
- Yeah, they're both here.
[Mohammed] Son, can you hear me?
- Listen. We're going to get you out.
- What's going on?
- Yusuf.
- [whispering] It's okay, hold on.
[Selda] Where'd you get that money?
[Yusuf over phone] Selda?
You should sit down. We have to talk.
I have a plan.
Stack money, get cash
It's the best way ♪
Stack it up, stack it up
Get your money right ♪
Getting paid every day
It's the money life ♪
Live it up, live it up
Better do it right ♪
Stack it up, stack it up
Get your money right ♪
Stack it up, stack it up
Get your money right ♪
Getting paid every day
It's the money life ♪
Live it up, live it up
Beter do it right ♪
Stack it up, stack it up
Get your money right ♪
I get the cash
Money in the bag ♪
Stacking up paper
Run up the tab ♪
I get the cash
Money in the bag ♪
Stacking up paper
Run up the tab ♪
No looking back now ♪
It's all or nothing ♪
We know what we gotta do ♪
Yeah ♪
Look at my life ♪
How I survive ♪
Put in the work
Then I leave it behind ♪
It won't be forever
I know in my mind ♪
But I am an outlaw
Ride or die ♪
Outlaw, outlaw
Living like an outlaw ♪
Outlaw, outlaw
Living like an outlaw ♪
Outlaw, outlaw
Moving like an outlaw ♪
Outlaw, outlaw
Yes, I am an outlaw ♪
F the law, F the man
They just want to hold me down ♪
Get the cheese, get the cash
Then we ducking out of town ♪
Break the rules we don't need
Governmental policies ♪
Doing what we gotta do
Being who we gotta be ♪
Outlaws on the run ♪
Hide out if they come
And this work is never done ♪
Outlaws on the run
Hide out if they come ♪
And this work is never done
Never done ♪
I can no longer pretend ♪
I know they don't want me to win
The system I'm in ♪
We never play by the rules
We break 'em and do it again ♪
Me and my friends
Cameras watching, they see it all ♪
We stay platinum
Breaking the law ♪
I don't recycle when I say
"I want the biggest score, yeah" ♪
You see how they playin' us?
I can feel they're getting closer ♪
We about to change everything
With a shift to the culture ♪
And we about to take the power back
Bet they won't know how to act ♪
Made moves like a big dog ♪
Got me yelling out
"Where the dollars at?" ♪
F the law, F the man
They just wanna hold me down ♪
Get the cheese, get the cash
Then we ducking out of town ♪