Maigret (2025) s01e04 Episode Script

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She's been missing three
days we don't have a single lead.
The girl you cannot find.
Fumal has been
receiving death threats.
I would like you to
investigate them.
He's a vile human being.
He gets
away with blackmail.
What do you want me to do?
Stop him.
He sent himself
the death threats.
I'm withdrawing my
team from your case.
Boss,
the police were called
to Fumal's house an hour
ago.
He's been shot.
Who called it in?
Victor Ricou.
I'm sorry, boss.
Can you get Victor?
When did you find him?
I got up at 4:30,
like I usually do, to
take him his coffee.
But his bed wasn't slept in.
So, I checked the office, and
Was the safe closed?
Yes.
When did you last see him alive?
About 11:00 last night.
When I let Roger Gaillardin in.
Gaillardin came here?
He turned up,
demanded a meeting.
Did you show him out afterwards?
No.
Monsieur Fumal said
I could go to bed.
So I did.
Is Madame Fumal awake?
No.
She always takes a pill.
At least three gunshots, and
none of you heard anything?
Get the team here.
Mm-hmm. Call the pathologist,
check CCTV,
get Moers to open the safe.
They're to stay in their rooms
until they've been searched
and statements taken.
Put an officer
outside each room.
Take their phones.
Tell Torrence to find
out where Gaillardin is.
Then call me.
Where are you going?
I've got a doctor's appointment.
Sweetheart.
Mm?
I'm sorry you had to
get here on your own.
I'm
not an invalid.
Everything all right?
Yeah, everything's fine.
Morning, morning.
Are we ready?
We're ready.
Now, this might be a bit chilly.
Let's
see how baby's doing.
Do you want one?
No, I'll share yours.
We will try again,
of course.
No.
It's too much.
The injections, the
hormone changes,
everything.
We're fine as we are.
More than fine.
I know.
But we will try again.
Shocking news has just come in.
Retail billionaire
Ferdinand Fumal
has been found dead
in his luxury home Not Fumal?
on Rue de Courcelles.
-We hear that police
-Yes.
were called to the
house early this morning
Killed last night.
after reports of gunshots
Go.
I'll be fine.
Go, love.
Do what you do.
Prosector Kernavel.
Police have
confirmed that Ferdinand Fumal
died of gunshot
wounds in his home
You said Fumal was only in
danger in his imagination.
Did he imagine this? No.
I trusted you.
You came highly recommended.
I'm not responsible for other
people's recommendations.
So you're not
responsible for Fumal's death?
For that, I am responsible.
I withdrew my team, he's dead.
Any idea who did it?
No.
Roger Gaillardin
was the last person
to see Fumal last night.
He would kill Fumal
just because he was trying
to take over his business?
This was on Fumal's desk.
Report into an accident on
the Côte d'Azur 30 years ago.
A boy on a motorbike was killed,
A boy on a motorbike was killed,
Gaillardin driving the
car that killed him.
It was hushed up.
30 years ago?
And Fumal found this out?
Like I said, he
collects secrets.
Now, Gaillardin didn't
go home last night,
and his wife says his
handgun is missing.
Now, my detectives are
already at his office,
so, if you'll excuse me.
He's in his office, boss.
Door's locked and he's
not answering his phone.
And he's got a gun on his desk.
Come this way, you can see in.
Boss.
Gaillardin's secretary said
he had a call with
his board last night.
They said Fumal had
been threatening
to release information that
would destroy Gaillardin
and wreck the
company's share price.
They told him if he didn't
resign, they'd remove him.
Boss?
Right.
I'll speak to Gaillardin,
to distract him,
if nothing else.
Torrence, call a negotiator.
Janvier, come with me.
Ask them to stay in their
offices, doors closed.
Okay, I need you guys
to clear the corridors.
Monsieur Gaillardin?
It's Maigret. Will
you let me come in?
Please go away.
Well, I can't go away.
But if you won't let me in,
will you at least talk to me?
I know what Fumal had on you.
The accident.
The boy on the bike.
How your family covered it up.
I hear Fumal is dead.
Yes.
He's dead.
And what happened will come out,
but people will understand.
Will the parents of the
boy I killed understand?
When they learn how
a rich family just
covered up a murder?
My job is to
understand, not judge.
I went there to kill him.
And he flaunted my
past in my face.
He gloated.
I felt the gun in my pocket.
I felt the handle
and the trigger.
And I wasn't brave.
Just like 30 years ago.
When I hid from blame.
At least
I didn't have to hide
from the guilt.
Do you think that will
count in my favor?
Gaillardin,
please keep talking to me.
I am talking to you.
I've finally
decided to be brave.
Don't!
Gaillardin!
Detective Janvier.
Need an ambulance at
Gaillardin and Co.
So he's not a suspect,
but he went to Fumal's
house with a gun.
He said he didn't use
it and I believe him.
Ballistics will prove
me right or wrong.
So far, I've just been wrong.
When I spoke to Madame
Fumal, there were two glasses
on her breakfast tray.
Half of the cigarettes
in her ashtray
had lipstick on
them, half didn't.
Fumal later told me she
had a gentleman friend.
I didn't follow up.
Torrence, follow up. You mean
I mean find him.
Fumal, he had a mistress.
He wouldn't tell me who she was.
I didn't follow up.
No, you asked me to.
Her name is Martine Gilloux,
and she's willing to talk to us.
Celine, Felix
they're lovers.
Fumal said they'd been
stealing from him for years.
Cavre, speak to them
both separately.
Look for inconsistencies.
Yeah.
Lies.
House is full of lies.
Victor, the bodyguard,
what's his lie?
Boss.
Development in the Layla case.
Police in Aulnay-du-Bois say
there's a mob outside Marcus
Desailly's parents' house,
accusing them of hiding him.
Marcus.
As in Layla and Marcus?
Both been missing for four days.
Yeah Janvier and
Lapointe, get out there.
I need you to take
the lead on this.
Interview Marcus's parents.
Actually, Maigret, maybe
I should go with Lapointe.
Janvier can handle these two.
What?
We're the ones who ID'd Marcus.
We should interview his parents.
You need a certain level
of experience to see
What are you talking
about, level of experience?
Well, it's self-evident what
I'm talking about, isn't it?
Yeah, enough.
Interview Celine and Felix,
then interview Victor.
Janvier and Lapointe,
interview Marcus's parents.
We will interview
Martine Gilloux.
Martine Gilloux?
I'm Sergeant Lucas,
this is Chief Inspector
Maigret, Police Judiciaire.
Hello.
You wanted to talk
about Ferdinand Fumal.
I hear he's dead.
I hear he's dead.
Killed last night
where were you?
I was at home, in my apartment.
There's CCTV on the
front and back entrances,
so you can see I didn't go out.
When did you meet Fumal?
About six months ago.
I'm an escort, and he
hired me for the night.
Did you sleep with him?
It was included in
the price, but no.
And he was embarrassed
about his body.
He said he was
laughed at as a kid.
Nicknames.
Fatty Fumal.
Oink-Oink.
Eventually we did have
sex, and it was fine.
But he was happier talking.
Did he talk about anyone
who may want to harm him?
He said everyone
either hated him
or looked down
their noses at him.
Okay, what about his wife?
Definitely hated him.
He said he would have
liked children, but
she found him so repulsive
that he gave up trying.
Did you ever go to
Rue de Courcelles?
No.
He said it was like
living in a glass house,
everyone always watching.
He talked about
escaping to the country,
buying the place he grew up in.
Saint-something?
But I don't think he
could ever have escaped.
And he didn't.
You liked him.
I was a transaction.
He didn't make silly promises:
"Come to the country,
live in my big house,
be my wife."
He was honest.
But he could be
generous, and kind,
so yes, I did like him.
I'm sad he's dead,
and I'm sorry his
last few months
were full of fear.
I'm even more sorry that
when he asked for help,
help didn't come.
Well, thank you
for talking to us.
We may need to
talk to you again.
You said he couldn't
have escaped.
Why?
Why did he need to keep going?
Because, Jules Maigret,
he needed to show the
people who despised him
they were wrong.
That he was better than
them.
Lucas.
Boss?
Torrence has got
something on Madame Fumal.
Okay.
So, stairs lead
up to the back garden,
there's a low wall
behind the pool house,
and easy access onto the street.
Plus, this door doesn't
have a camera on it.
Was the key in the lock?
The key was in Madame
Fumal's underwear drawer,
which is also her
drinks cabinet.
Okay, so she comes down,
lets whoever it is in.
How do they get back to her
room without being seen?
This way leads through
the boiler room
to the service lift.
And the service lift
leads to
Madame Fumal's dressing room.
So this person
can get into and out of the house
without ever being seen.
Did Madame Fumal
tell you who it is?
Madame Fumal can't even
tell what day it is.
Who is he?
Who is who?
The man who shares your food,
your drink, your cigarettes.
Who shares your room.
Sit down, Chief Inspector.
Mm, have a drink.
You like a drink.
Give me his name.
You're boring.
Go away.
A man has been murdered.
I will arrest you.
I will tear this house apart.
Tell me who shares your room.
Emile.
My brother.
He, uh,
he lost his job when that
bastard bought our firm.
I support him.
Sometimes he crashes here.
That's it.
Did he crash here
last night? No.
I gave him 100 euros he'd
have been busy drinking it.
What's his address?
56D Avenue Raymond.
Don't.
Don't you judge me.
I don't.
I'm trying to understand.
What is there to understand?
I have been living in hell.
I spoke to your
husband's mistress.
She said he wanted children,
but that you found
him repulsive.
Did you ask her how
much he paid her
not to find him repulsive?
You forget what I told you.
I was in love with him.
I didn't care what
he looked like.
But, um,
try making love to a man
who has broken your
father's heart.
Ruined him.
Put him in hospital.
Put him in hospital.
Why don't you ask his mistress
what she'd charge for that?
Nice place.
Pity you couldn't
keep the owner alive.
Got your ballistics.
Gaillardin's gun was
a nine-millimeter.
Fumal was killed by a .45.
Which you still haven't found.
A .45?
A .45 would be loud.
It would.
Have you opened the safe?
Not yet.
Don't you have the combination?
Fumal's combination
no longer works.
Either he changed it
or someone else did.
Maybe the same someone who
wiped the keypad clean.
I'm getting the lock
drilled this afternoon.
Why would they change
the combination?
To hide what's in it.
Or not in it.
Call me when you
have the safe open.
Yes, Janvier.
Hi, boss we interviewed
Marcus's parents.
Marcus.
Yes, Layla's stalker
and/or kidnapper.
Just tell me.
Two Layla groupies
were sitting in a car
outside Marcus's parents' house.
2:00 last night, they
saw lights come on,
people moving around,
and then someone
slipping out the back.
They posted it on the
Layla Facebook page.
By morning,
there were 40 people
outside, banging on the door.
Local police have now
moved everyone on.
We interviewed
the parents.
They said they
hadn't seen Marcus,
and no one had
come to the house.
But I got a look at his old room
and his old computer.
It was used at 2:15 this
morning to search the website
of the Directorate
for Competition,
Consumer Affairs, and Fraud.
He visited his parents'
house at 2:00 in the morning
to do an internet search?
His cellphone's switched off,
his apartment's being watched,
his face is all over Paris.
Their house is one place
he thought he'd be safe.
What did he
search for on the website?
The regulations about how
influencers like Layla
can make money.
Marcus is
investigating Layla?
Marcus is
investigating Layla?
Layla doesn't
run her business.
Her parents do.
Then he's
going after the parents?
Or they are.
Marcus and Layla are.
You think Marcus
and Layla are together?
Working together?
We do.
Well, keep digging.
And well done.
Hello.
Didn't hear you come in.
Layla?
Don't worry about me, Maigret.
I'll
get back in the swing.
I just need to mourn
for a little bit.
She helps.
It was only posted this morning.
So?
So her parents are still
making money off her.
Using film they shot
when she was what,
eight, nine?
You're upset.
Yes.
With the baby, of course.
Then Layla, Fumal, Gaillardin.
Everywhere, failure.
You're doing everything you can.
Well, I could've
done more for Fumal.
But I didn't.
Now, he was loathsome,
and I loathed him,
and I did a bad job.
I remember how we used
to laugh at him
when he was a boy.
Did we turn him
into the man he was?
You were children.
Hardly responsible.
Children know when
they're being cruel.
I was wondering why
he asked for me.
Was it to see if I'd changed?
If I could see who
he was underneath?
Maigret, he asked for you
because he wanted to show
you what a big shot he was.
Maybe.
I met someone who
knew another Fumal.
Said he was scared
and looking for help,
and I didn't help.
I let him be killed.
Do you have any idea who did it?
Someone in the house.
What is it?
I just thought of someone
who wasn't in the house.
You're leaving?
Yes.
Back to Saint-Fiacre?
What do you want?
Yesterday,
I asked for your help,
and you wouldn't give it.
But now
Now fate has intervened, I
don't need your help anymore.
I don't want to
thank a murderer,
but nonetheless,
I'm grateful to him.
Or her.
Where were you last night?
Are you serious?
Yes.
Where were you?
Where were you?
When I heard about
the death of Fumal,
for a moment, I thought
that rather than lamely
saying he couldn't help,
Jules Maigret actually
defended a woman
in distress, but
I was wrong.
Wasn't I?
Yes.
So, where were you last night?
Janos?
Can you come here, please?
This is Janos Varga.
Janos,
where was I last night,
after I met the chief inspector?
You were here.
Where, exactly?
In bed.
Maigret?
I'm sorry, but
you deserved that.
Was that your father's?
Do you ever smoke it?
It's generally
frowned upon.
Can I ask, do you
remember Fumal,
as a boy, at Saint-Fiacre?
Not really.
I remember his father.
You dealt with him?
You dealt with him?
My husband did.
When the refugees came.
The Bosnian children?
Winter of
'94?
'95?
We put up about a dozen.
You know my husband.
Always keen to lend a hand,
even when his own home was
falling about his ears.
So, he made a deal
with Fumal's father
to feed them.
Fumal's dad took the money
and gave them scraps.
Horse meat.
Like father, like son.
What happened to the children?
I think most of them
went home after the war.
Some got jobs in Paris or Lyon.
There wasn't much going
on in Saint-Fiacre.
But you're going back.
Fumal woke me up
to that, at least.
Woke me up to what's important.
And I'm going to fight
for Saint-Fiacre.
I think it's worth fighting for.
Don't you?
Yes.
Bye, Jules.
I'm sorry.
Are you?
Boss, we tracked
down Madame Fumal's brother
and we got his statement.
He did not kill Fumal. TORRENCE:
He was in a police cell
all last night,
drunk and disorderly.
Fine, knock him off the list.
What are you looking for?
Search inventories
for Fumal's house.
Who did Victor Ricou's room?
I did hardly anything in it.
What's this, "postcard"?
So you're looking at Victor now?
That's Stari Most.
Mostar.
Victor Ricou, born in Paris.
Didn't strike you as odd
that a man born in Paris
that a man born in Paris
has only one thing in his room,
a picture of a Bosnian village?
Sorry, boss, I'll
look into it now.
Inspector Cavre tells me
that Fumal's staff are
being held in their rooms
and not allowed
access to lawyers.
They're not under arrest.
Then why are you holding them?
Because I'm hoping Fumal's
safe, which no one can open,
will tell us something
once it is open.
I also want to know if
someone in that house
really is who he says he is.
Well, okay.
Then hold them.
Now Layla it's
been four days.
Are we at your
"worst-case scenario"?
Janvier, Lapointe,
you got anything?
Layla's parents
are being investigated
for breaking a new law
about how influencers
can make money.
Article 2023-451
says that influencers
have to declare
if they're being paid to
promote goods or services.
Like anything from
Bitcoin to Botox.
Lots of Layla's videos
broke the rules.
What are the penalties?
They're serious:
fines of up to 300,000
or two years in jail.
Is that why she ran?
Well, we think she ran to
try to stop her parents
doing what they're doing.
But you said her disappearance
made her more popular.
So, how you know
she isn't in on it?
We just don't think she is.
You just don't think she is?
I'm sorry, we're ignoring
the obvious here,
that she's been kidnapped,
and then we're just going with
the wildly speculative,
that her parents
are the bad guys?
This is, this is stupid.
I've met her
parents, you haven't.
So what's your theory?
She's with him, and
working with him.
Do you agree?
Marcus went to his
parents' house at 2:00 a.m.
just to read up on article 451.
Why would he do that if Layla
hadn't told him about it?
So how do we use it?
Put out a press release
from the Police Judiciaire.
Say we're no longer
concerned for Layla's safety
and we're closing
the investigation.
But that, that's
just irresponsible.
If she wishes to
contact me directly,
she should call
20-23-
45-14-51.
Okay.
I'll talk to the press
office.
Janvier, Lapointe, come with me.
Lucas.
Good we're on our way.
They'll have Fumal's
safe open in ten minutes.
Whoa, whoa, no, wait,
wait, wait, wait!
I just, I just
called that number.
It's not a real number.
It's real to Layla.
The number is the
number of the new law:
2023-451.
Right.
Get Goldman.
He should know what
was in the safe.
Lucas, you were first
here this morning.
Were the blinds open?
Yes.
What, is that it?
Is that all that was
in the safe last night?
No.
There were five million euros.
Uh, what for?
Payoffs.
To Gaillardin's board.
To Gaillardin's board.
So they'd dump Gaillardin.
Lucas, get Victor.
Bring him to Celine's room.
Well, come in.
You can see his office.
And the safe.
And his bedroom lucky me.
One of your goons
searched it already.
You looking for something?
You were always one
step ahead, weren't you?
Did you see who shot him?
Remember, you
blush when you lie.
Why don't you tell
me who shot him?
You're the detective.
Okay.
Not Madame Fumal, or Noemi.
Perhaps Felix,
angry at how Fumal
humiliates you.
Or Goldman,
worried his insider
trading would be found out.
Or you.
No, you're like a jackal:
let others do the killing
and wait for the scraps.
Who have I left out?
Victor Ricou.
The bodyguard
who didn't guard the body.
Yes, Torrence.
Right, thank you.
Victor's gone.
He went out the
window, over the roof,
don't know how long ago.
I do.
He went as soon as they
started to drill the safe.
You tipped him off
where's he gone?
I have no idea.
And even if I did know,
I'd never tell you.
And I hope you never catch him.
So this was still
in Victor's room.
Torrence called.
He found out that
till eight years ago,
Victor Ricou was
called Victor Bajic.
He's Bosnian.
That's where he'll go.
He won't risk a plane.
He'll train or bus to Sarajevo.
Gare de I'Est? Yes.
Get his picture out,
get everyone there.
Janvier, Lapointe everyone.
We've got officers going
through station CCTV.
Victor bought a ticket
for the 18:48 to Strasbourg.
Train
hasn't got in yet,
so he should still
be here waiting.
Keep the CCTV search going.
You think he'll
still have the gun?
Yes he had all night
to hide the money and the gun.
A RAID team is
coming from Bièvres.
It'll be 30 minutes.
That's too long.
So what do you want us to do?
Where's Lapointe?
Kernavel told
him to stay at the office
because of the
Layla press release.
Boss, what do you want us to do?
Boss?
This is
a security announcement.
Due to a suspicious package,
passengers are required
to evacuate the station
as quickly and
calmly as possible
until the
police have resolved the situation.
Excuse me, excuse
me, have you seen this man?
Excuse me, ma'am,
have you seen this man?
Excuse me, folks,
if you could just
look at this photo.
It's him.
Okay, apparently,
that's an old waiting
room he's going into.
There.
Uh, no.
Boss, he's armed no.
RAID will be here by now.
Ask them to make sure
he doesn't shoot me.
This is Lucas, come in.
RAID OFFICER : Receiving.
Target is in the
old waiting room,
east side of the
station, on platform 14.
One of our team is going
in can you cover?
Moving
into position.
You ever been
on a sleeper train before?
No.
But I'd like to.
Where would we go?
Anywhere.
Boss,
RAID team's in place.
Okay.
Hello, Victor.
I'd say
come and help yourself, but
you've got your hands full.
Sorry I didn't
recognize you sooner.
Could have saved
everyone a lot of grief.
Victor.
Victor Bajic.
The skinny kid from Bosnia.
The only one who looked
out for Ferdy Fumal.
And Ferdy hated you for it.
Hated you and was scared
to be without you.
That's why he kept you with him.
Did he make you
change your name?
He said he was a big deal now,
and if I wanted to
stay as his bodyguard,
and if I wanted to
stay as his bodyguard,
I had better become
a real Frenchman.
You knew who I was
from the start.
Why didn't you say anything?
I learned early.
Better not to talk.
I'm sorry.
Why?
You didn't do anything.
I mean back in Saint-Fiacre.
I wasn't kind.
When you're young, it's
easier to run with the pack.
You think you can talk me down
by pretending you're sorry
about stuff that
happened 30 years ago?
I'm not trying to talk you down.
I'm just saying I'm sorry.
I'm going to finish my drink
and leave the rest to you.
There are armed police
out there, snipers.
If you want to go down
in a blaze of glory,
then have at it.
I hope you don't.
He treated you like
a dog for 30 years.
That's a defense.
Why?
I mean, why last night?
After
Gaillardin left
I went in to see
if Monsieur Fumal
needed anything.
The safe was open.
I could see all the money in it.
He said
"Sneaking up on me again?
Come to rob me, have you?"
Ha.
No, you're just a little sneak.
You don't have the
guts you never did.
So I showed him
I did.
See?
It's better to talk.
What did you say to him?
Lapointe.
Boss, I've got a call.
She says she'll
only talk to you.
Think it's her.
Ah
Put her on.
Hello?
It's Maigret.
I got your message.
I am safe you don't
need to worry about me.
I'm glad.
But I still need to
see you face-to-face.
Just you and me.
I hear you salvaged
your reputation.
Just about.
Did you find his will?
Only one page.
Altered a month ago.
Wait, um, what am
I to do with this?
What is it?
Fumal's dirty dossier.
Everyone's on it,
including Minister Moreau.
Hey, that's
destroying evidence.
Thank you, Moers.
Well done.
Not really.
Well, you worked it out in
the end.
Fumal's abuse of Victor
will be taken into
account at sentencing.
I'll make sure of it.
Thank you.
Is this Fumal's will?
He left everything he
owned to Martine Gilloux.
His mistress.
Everything?
Everything except a monthly
allowance for his wife
and money for her to take care
of her father and brother.
You know who else got
a monthly allowance?
The man who killed him.
Victor.
So I didn't work out Fumal.
Not really.
And Layla?
She called me.
I'm going to see her.
I'm going to see her.
Good.
Hi.
Hi.
I'm Louise.
This is Maigret.
Please.
Marcus is making tea.
Take your coat off, Maigret.
That what you call him?
What else?
You've caused
us a lot of trouble.
I know.
Sorry.
So, I need to know you're okay,
really okay,
so I can close the case.
You usually bring
your wife with you
when you close a case?
I work a lot
with divided families.
Troubled teenagers,
young adults.
So you're here to assess me.
If you were my daughter,
I would want to know
that the decisions you've
made were made freely
with knowledge of
the consequences.
I hope no one takes milk,
'cause we don't have any.
I decided to do this.
Marcus supported me.
We're happy together.
Will we be together in
five years, who knows?
And will we be living
in this camper van in winter?
No.
We'll go back to real life.
But in our own time.
In our own way.
Do you have a message
for your parents?
They used me.
Even when I begged them to stop,
even when I disappeared,
they went on using me.
So, right now, I don't
want to talk to them.
But I don't want them to worry.
So if you talk to them,
tell them that I love them
and I'm happy.
But also tell them
that I have the right
to be forgotten.
And I'm exercising it.
Is that enough?
Yes.
And if you were my daughter,
I would be so proud of you.
Do you have any children?
Not yet,
but we're, we're going to.
Tea's okay, but, uh,
do you have anything stronger?
For God's sake.
What?
Drink it it's lovely.
Hey, kid, wouldn't be
listening to us, would you?
The gang killed Batille
because they saw him listening
to their conversation,
but left the recorder
which has their voices on it.
Are you insane? I
know your mother.
That does not give you
license to go poking your nose
into my family's affairs.
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