Detective Hole (2026) s01e06 Episode Script

[Harry groans]
[indistinct whispering in Harry's head]
[woman] Five.
Five.
Five.
[Harry tries to speak]
[breathes rapidly]
[intriguing intro music playing]
["Light My Fire" by the Doors playing]
[phone vibrating]
-You've got Oslo Taxi.
-[Harry] Are you alone right now?
I've got company. The best band ever.
The Doors aren't the best band ever,
they're the most overrated band ever.
You got anything nice to say
or should I just hang up?
L.A. Woman was alright. Has its moments.
Whatcha want?
Flunipam. Guaranteed sleep.
Thanks.
I'm curious.
-Have you done any decoding?
-Hm?
You've done that, right?
A little, I guess. Yeah.
You mean hacking?
Yeah, this… This serial killer I'm after…
At every scene…
I think he's leaving codes for us.
We found these pentagrams.
One near each of the victims.
You think I can tell you the meaning?
Yeah. That would be
really fucking nice. [chuckles]
The codes I hacked were
mathematical problems,
I would deal with numbers.
But interpersonal coding…
Well, that's something different.
And if it's both types of code?
You're gonna need two things
to decipher this code.
You're mainly looking at intuition.
Your subconscious.
The things you don't know
that deep down you know.
Then you gotta combine that
with linear thinking,
pattern recognition.
Trance, you heard about it?
Uhh…
Not as much as you have.
It once took me about a month
to hack into the computers at Danish Bank.
I needed a little help
from a small drop of frozen LSD.
Doors of perception.
Your subconscious can crack a code
and the answer reveals itself.
So…
trance, huh?
Harry, look at me.
No more than two.
[eerie music playing]
[distorted voice] If you want to stop me…
open your eyes.
It is a simple pattern.
A red guiding star,
a five-pointed cross
will show you the way.
[Bjørn] No, I think it's just more
of what we've already analyzed.
[Beate] You ever regret picking
this career path, Bjørn?
[Bjørn chuckles]
Well, you can get used to anything.
Stand in the shit long enough,
you get used to the smell.
[Beate] I guess.
Okay… so…
The only thing we've learned
is that this came from a white male
who likes eating seeds.
Yeah. And then we have the TV store.
The fingerprints there matched
the ones in Loen's apartment.
Can you give us a couple of minutes?
Yeah, have it the rest of the day
for all I care, I'm finished here.
-Perfect.
-Right. See you, Beate.
I was thinking about
when you found that fingerprint.
Why did you call Hole first
when it's my investigation?
-Well, I thought that I would--
-No, no, no.
You didn't think, did you?
See, that's the problem.
So, was there anything else you spoke
to Hole about instead of telling me?
Hm?
We did get the result of the contents
under Lisbeth Barli's nail.
-Oh? So what was it?
-Excrement.
Excrement?
Where'd it come from?
[chuckles] I know where it came from.
Who from?
Uh… it had traces of blood,
so it could be from a hemorrhoid.
Uhm…
Blood type B.
Found in seven percent of the population.
Willy Barli's a registered donor.
Do you miss me?
-[soft piano music playing]
-[guests chatting quietly]
-Hi, Willy.
-Hi, Harry.
-Hi.
-Hungry?
-Herring?
-[sighs] No, thanks.
They said at the theater you'd be here.
-Yep, every Wednesday for 15 years.
-Yeah, the staff mentioned that.
It's Thursday.
That's a first.
Yeah…
How are you?
Not great, to be honest.
Yeah.
The show is an absolute disaster
and I'm an absolute disaster.
So sorry, look at me, just…
This is truly the best, try some.
The only restaurant in all of Norway
where you can get real fennel bread.
Where they actually use
the whole seeds for it.
-Yeah, I've already eaten.
-Okay.
Right…
We found some excrement and blood
underneath Lisbeth's nail.
Mm-hmm.
The analysis matches your blood type,
so I do have to ask
if we need to test your DNA?
No need.
Lisbeth and I both enjoy
the act of postilion.
She fingerfucked my ass.
God… Harry.
I don't know how to go on.
I miss her so much.
-[clears throat] Forgive me.
-Of course.
So who is it that you miss?
-What makes you--
-It's in your eyes.
My mother.
Ellen, a colleague.
Rakel, my girlfriend.
-This Rakel's not your ex then?
-I really don't know anymore.
Yeah, I'm trying to get her
to take me back.
Right.
Why does she want you gone?
Uhh…
I guess the short version is…
she wants me to change.
You know what? I'm inviting you
and your girlfriend to the premiere.
You are?
Pygmalion is based on a Greek myth
about a sculptor who falls in love
with one of his own sculptures.
So that way…
your girlfriend can see what happens
when you try to change someone.
Ahh. It's a sad ending?
Harry, I make sure my show
always have a happy ending.
It's my life motto.
[somber music playing]
Hey, it's Ellen Gjelten.
I'm not here, leave a message.
[Harry] You can see everything now, right?
So tell me.
What does it mean?
Why did he choose those locations?
Why doesn't he sexually abuse the women?
What do the pentagrams mean?
The diamonds?
The fingers?
The cassette?
I've been made an offer for my soul.
What do you think about that?
[Tom] It's missing 3,000.
[man] We don't need knives, just guns.
That's all that's on the streets.
[Harry] What do people like you and I…
owe anyone?
[tense music playing]
[man] Yeah, Prince?
Consider this our last transaction.
You got it?
It's not working.
[Tom chuckles]
-Hi.
-Hi.
Don't you want to step
into the light over here with me?
Wow, you really are an exquisite creature,
do you know that?
[coughs]
[chuckles]
You haven't smoked in a while, have you?
More like never.
Obviously.
Hey, I haven't seen you out in a while.
How long's it been?
Oh.
It was serious.
What was his name?
Lars.
Close your eyes.
Daddy's here, big boy.
Hey, listen, this isn't a big deal.
So…
Wanna go to my place?
Yeah.
I'm George.
-My name is--
-Tom.
Tom Waaler.
How… how do you know…
[chuckles] I've seen you on the news.
You're investigating those murders.
So…
Your business here, Tom? It's a secret.
I swear I won't say anything about it.
You know…
I've fantasized about being
a client of yours down there.
Could we do that first?
["Heartbeats" by José González playing]
Come. Leave the dog.
Stay.
[dog whines]
One night to be confused
One night to speed up truth ♪
We had a promise made
Four hands and then away ♪
Both under influence
We had divine scent ♪
To know what to say
Mind is a razor blade ♪
To call for hands of above
To lean on ♪
Wouldn't be good enough
For me, no ♪
One night of magic rush
The start a simple touch ♪
[screaming]
And then relief ♪
Ten days of perfect tunes
The colors red and blue ♪
We had a promise made
We were in love ♪
To call for hands of above
To lean on ♪
Wouldn't be good enough
For me, no ♪
To call for hands of above
To lean on ♪
Wouldn't be good enough
And you ♪
you knew the hand of the devil ♪
And you, kept us awake with wolf teeth ♪
Sharing different heartbeats ♪
[song fades]
[Harry's friend] Harry, look at me.
No more than two. [echoes]
[eerie music playing]
No more than two.
[voices and sounds
are distorted and echoing]
[Rakel] You're the problem.
[Harry's friend] No more than two.
[Oleg] I want you to come back.
[Ellen] You gotta seize this opportunity,
one of us has a chance to be happy.
[Lars] We're trailing 500 feet behind,
near the Majorstua intersection.
[Vibeke] Eggs and blood coagulate
when you cook them.
Eggs and blood coagulate
when you cook them.
[woman] Five.
[distorted voice] A red guiding star…
[Beate] A small red gemstone
cut into the shape of a star.
[Harry] I had a dream about Camilla Loen
and the diamond you found.
[Rakel] You're the problem.
[priest] Pentagrams, my son,
are extremely old religious symbols.
-Evil teachings void of wisdom.
-[Harry] Found the finger yet?
[Tom] Around five.
[Beate] A small red gemstone,
cut into the shape of a star.
[Tom] Around five o'clock.
[Harry] It happened some time
between 4.55 and 5 p.m.
-[car tires whining]
-[car crashes]
[priest] When the pentagram
is turned upside-down,
and the points on the bottom are up,
it becomes a sign that you're entering
the field of demonology.
Evil teachings void of wisdom.
[Beate] A small red gemstone,
cut into the shape of a star.
[distorted voice] A red guiding star…
[Beate] A small red gemstone…
[Rakel] You're the problem.
[Beate] A small red gemstone…
[woman] Five.
[priest] Pentagrams, my son…
[woman] Five.
Five.
[Beate] A small red gemstone,
cut into the shape of a star.
-[voices blending together]
-[eerie music reaching climax]
[voices get louder and more intense]
Five.
Five.
[silence]
POLICE
[reporter] What is happening in Oslo?
The streets are filled with trash,
and the rising crime
is holding the city hostage.
And no one's doing anything.
The police still have no clues
about the courier killer.
We need results and we need 'em now.
[woman on radio] This murderer
has been terrorizing the city
and we're getting no information.
-At the bottom of the stairs.
-Yep.
[radio] How many more women have to die?
[Bjørn] Waaler, what are you doing?
You're contaminating the crime scene.
Half the city's DNA is in here.
[Bjørn] Hate crime?
[Tom] No.
It's your classic sexual homicide.
Targeting the gay community.
[phone ringing]
Hi.
[Rakel] I just wanted
to thank you for the invite.
But I… I'm not gonna join you.
-Have you quit drinking?
-Yeah.
I would have liked to think that…
that it was because of me.
And Oleg.
But it's not.
It's the murders, isn't it?
The only thing that could
ever make you quit drinking.
[eerie music playing]
I miss you.
Harry?
Harry, are you there?
[Harry] Hi, Beate.
I need you to draw a pentagram on a folio.
Seventy-two degrees between the points.
Turn on the projector.
I'll be there in five.
-You done?
-Yeah.
Give me two seconds.
[Tom] Harry, I need you to do
a few interrogations.
I don't have time.
Why? What are you doing?
I'm seeing if our man
is a fan of the Celts.
Did he say Celts?
-[Harry] Move the projector closer.
-[Beate] Yeah.
-You been drinking?
-No.
-[sniffs]
-So the Celts…
The Celts would use a pentagram
to decide where to place their cathedrals.
On the cassette, he said a five-star cross
would show the way, right?
Look. Camilla Loen,
Lisbeth Barli, Barbara Svendssen.
He's drawing us a map.
Go get everyone.
It all connects.
There's a code.
We should have seen it a long time ago.
He literally spelled it out for us.
Everyone who is killed
is marked with a diamond.
-And our diamond is?
-Five-pointed.
[Harry] Each victim has
a different finger cut off.
The number of days between
the disappearance and the murders
were equal, respectively
Friday, Wednesday, and Monday.
-How many days in-between each?
-Five.
-Time of day?
-[Beate] Around five.
That's the code, the number five.
The victims' addresses
seemed completely random at first,
but they actually share one detail.
It's not the address.
The victims live on the…
-[Beate] Fifth floor.
-Fifth floor.
But why five?
It's an evil number, is that it?
Actually yes, it's very common
in witchcraft and dark magic, satanism.
We have five senses, five stages of life.
-[Tom snores]
-Acupuncture has…
The pattern that is most crucial is this.
The killer drew a pentagram
and laid it over the city
and the points indicate
where he would kill his victims.
And so he waited.
For the right day and the right time.
He dressed up as a bike courier,
and he went to Ullevålsveien,
rang up to the fifth floor,
and who answered was Camilla Loen.
So what about Lisbeth Barli?
She was abducted from the street.
-He couldn't know what her floor was.
-[Beate] Not from the street.
He waited in the hallway, the elevator
came down from the fifth floor.
That's when he followed her
onto the street.
He's not targeting them,
he kills based off locations he's chosen.
I mean, if Willy Barli took
the elevator that day and not his wife,
he would have been the victim.
Now that we have the code,
we not only have the location
of the next two murders, but also…
we have the day.
Five days between each murder, next is…
-Saturday.
-Tomorrow.
And he works clockwise.
So we can assume
the next kill will take place here.
It's a student dorm at Kampen.
[Bjarne] I'll brief
the investigation team.
[Harry] No. We can't afford another leak,
so Tom and Delta will take the dorm.
Beate and I will head
to the fifth address.
-Talk to me.
-[Tom] We're here.
There's lots of dorms, but the students
are gone for the summer break.
There's not a fifth floor here.
There's a house inside the station here.
-But there's no fifth floor here either.
-Okay.
We'll go in and see if there's anything.
-Afternoon.
-[Beate] Hi.
Hi. We're with the police.
May we ask you a few questions?
According to the city planning office,
it was built in 1934
as a tuberculosis clinic.
It's been converted
to student housing since.
That's my son in that picture.
He was just a boy then.
Right… So…
Yeah, you must've read about
the murders over the last few weeks?
Yeah, I've certainly heard about them,
but I don't like
to read that kind of news.
We have reason to think
it might be a serial killer,
-and that one of his next two targets is--
-[Beate clears throat]
So…
Can your son stay here
with you starting tomorrow?
Or maybe you can stay with him?
He lives in another country.
That'll be a no then.
But would it be a problem
if one of us stayed here?
Not at all. What is going on tomorrow?
Is something happening?
[Harry] Most likely nothing.
Thank you.
Were you gonna tell her that she's
the next target of a serial killer?
Sometimes it's kinder to lie to someone.
-That's something Ellen used to say.
-At least try to be better next time.
I guess I've never been good
at sugarcoating.
Your wife was shot at close range,
we don't know why he did it.
The bullet splattered
her brains all over the desk…
[man sobbing]
[Ellen sighs]
-Hey, there.
-Hey.
-Look who it is.
-I think I cracked that code.
But…
But what?
Well…
It's like I can see the clues
but can't decipher the meaning.
-Say more.
-I feel like one of his victims is hidden.
Yeah, well, he removes
one finger from each victim's hand.
Always the left one.
First the pointer finger,
then the middle finger,
and then the ring finger.
He's following a pattern then.
I'm confused why the thumb wasn't first.
A code is like a woman.
You gotta crack her first
or she'll crack you.
-You've said that before.
-It was good the first time, wasn't it?
[church bells chiming in the distance]
-I have something to tell you.
-Okay.
Promise you won't be angry.
-Promise!
-I can't promise that.
I'm pregnant.
I…
Please, say something.
-Visit my mother.
-What?
You've always wondered
what I do when I go away.
I go to visit my mother.
You have a mother in that city?
It's hard to be honest.
What?
But since you are carrying
our child now I need you to know
exactly what I do.
What I really am.
[dramatic music building]
What are you doing?
[music fades]
Instant coffee?
Maybe it's time you try something better.
Yeah, well, yeah. You're right.
But who's got the time for it.
Yeah.
That goes for life in general.
["Shipbuilding" by Elvis Costello
playing on the record player]
This, Harry, is real coffee.
It's a thousand times better
than your instant coffee.
It's how we made it back at the farm.
He doesn't like it when I move.
-What?
-Whenever I make love to Anders.
I'm not allowed to move,
I need to stay quiet.
He says it's a turn-off for him
if he notices I'm turned on.
When we're turned on,
we're turned on, right?
Harry.
I like the way you look at me.
I like looking in your eyes.
Those blue eyes.
I…
I can't.
I don't know what you think I have but…
I don't have it.
Ugh, you're just like me, Harry.
[laughing]
A walking cliché.
[phone vibrates]
Is that Rakel?
Ah…
Jesus, it's so bright in here.
What's she texting you?
Now, she wants to come with me
to the play on Sunday.
[phone vibrates]
OLEG
1 NEW VOICEMAIL
One second, I'm sorry…
You have one new message.
Received at 7.45 p.m.
[Oleg slurring] Hi.
Uh, forget it.
[somber music playing]
Hey.
How did you find me?
The crow's nest.
What are you doing here?
What are you doing here?
[music fades]
Do you like it?
Why do you and Dad like it?
I don't get it.
So you wanted to find out?
Mm-hm.
You fallen in love yet?
And her?
This is just like with a girl.
She's pretty.
But at the same time, she's…
dangerous for people like me.
And you.
Uhm…
[sighs]
I guess what I'm trying to say is…
This lady here has done more damage
to my life than you can ever know.
Now you've met her.
Now you walk away.
It stops here, okay?
What if I can't stop, like you?
If you never drink again…
I won't either.
[emotional music playing]
I got a better idea.
If you and my mom get back together,
then I won't ever drink again.
[eerie music playing]
[Otto] I haven't set up any microphones.
[Tom] We don't need sound, just visuals.
[Otto] There's no signal, so I couldn't
set up any cameras in the elevator either.
And the residents all know
to stay in their rooms from four to six?
Yep.
Everything in place?
Yeah. We'll be there well before 5 p.m.
Twenty-four men stationed,
three for every unit,
on every floor, every hallway.
MP3s, gas masks, tear gas.
They should be ready for anyone
knocking on a door or entering a unit.
Now we wait until five o'clock.
[Harry] Listen, about tomorrow.
Can I pick you up around six?
[Rakel] That works.
What are you going to wear?
Well, I thought I'd put on a suit.
What about the one I bought
in Hegdehaugsveien back in May?
The dark one.
-Yeah, it's the only one you own.
-It'll definitely be that one, then.
Yep.
But hey…
Yeah?
I said yes because of a…
Well, I have something I need to…
There's something I need to tell you.
Okay?
Yeah. But we'll do it in person.
-Yeah. Bye.
-Bye.
[soft emotional music playing]
[dark music playing]
Any news?
We've been stationed
around the area since last night.
Only movement has been from the residents.
The girl in 303 had a man with her,
but told the guard it's her boyfriend.
Otherwise, still waiting.
-[woman] The tea is ready soon.
-Great.
-Do you like tea?
-Yes, I love tea.
Good.
[tense music building]
[Beate] What was life like
when your son was little?
I'm sure you have some fond memories.
Well, actually, he didn't grow up with me.
I got pregnant when I was just fifteen.
Yeah… It was quite the scandal.
They made me send him away.
Wow.
I can't even imagine.
I mean, being that young and…
Having to send your child away.
[scoffs] What other option was there?
They pretended I had a choice, they said,
"You always have a choice."
I let him down.
And he'll never forget that.
So what does he do?
He sources products from overseas.
Yeah.
I think he's in charge of importing goods
from Eastern Europe.
It's going well, despite everything.
It wasn't always like this.
I'm sure all that information
is in your records.
A difficult childhood doesn't mean
he'll have a difficult life.
People can change,
they can turn things around.
I hope you're right.
When it comes to his own life,
he tends to stay quiet.
But I think he's found
a girl he really likes.
He told me that he had some news.
He didn't want to say anything
before coming here.
Here? So he's coming here?
Yes, he'll be here tonight.
Actually, he has a meeting first,
and then he'll stay
in the city until tomorrow.
And then, he heads back.
-To where?
-To Prague.
[Otto] It's way past five now.
Doesn't look like he's coming.
[Tom] What if he's already here?
That girl's boyfriend,
did he leave room 303?
[Otto] Nah, not yet.
I want 303 checked out again.
It's not necessary.
That guy's not a threat.
Now.
Alpha to Charlie 2, come in. Over.
-Charlie 2.
-Clear room 303.
Roger that, clearing 303.
[intense music playing]
Police! Hands in the air! Now!
303 cleared.
A girl and a boy, both unarmed.
Naked and very much… alive.
Fuck!
Fall back in position.
Tell 'em to put clothes on, Charlie 2.
Roger that.
[Harry] What's that? Somebody walked
straight into the elevator.
Alpha to all units.
Possible target in the elevator. Stand by.
["Blister In The Sun"
by Violent Femmes playing]
When I'm out walking… ♪
[song is muffled in the hallway]
[Delta leader] The suspect
is entering Bravo 2's sector.
[tense music playing]
Possible concealed weapon,
their hand is in their pocket,
approach with caution.
Now.
-["Blister In The Sun" resumes]
-[knocks on door]
-Police! Down on the ground!
-[tense music playing]
-Get down, now!
-Don't shoot!
-I'm a student!
-I said, get down!
What's that in your hand?
Take off your bag, now!
It's not him.
-What's that?
-Room 205.
We tried to contact them
but they never called us back.
According to the list,
his name is Odd Einar Lillebostad.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news,
but I'll bet Odd Einar Lillebostad
just got home.
-[Marius] You sure it's for me?
-["Blister In The Sun" resumes]
You got a pen?
I really love it when Martin visits,
now that I'm alone.
Yep.
I can imagine it gets
a little lonely in this big house.
Yes, but with Martin coming here
as often as he does, it's quite nice.
But he's around more lately,
he's been visiting you here?
Yes.
He's been here at least once a week
this past month now that I think of it.
If I'm remembering correctly,
he comes by once every five days.
Last time he was here,
he brought me this broach.
Apparently,
they only cut gems like this in Prague.
[eerie music playing]
"Hi! Don't hate me, okay?"
"I just met a guy
and I'm leaving tonight."
"We're going to Morocco."
"His name is Georg,
and we're going to stay
with his family
in a village called Hassane."
"We won't have service in the mountains."
"I'll be in touch as soon
as I'm back home."
"Marius."
["Blister In The Sun" playing]
When I'm out walking
I strut my stuff ♪
And I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite ♪
[volume increases]
…stop to check you out ♪
When I'm out walking I strut my stuff
And I'm so strung out ♪
I'm high as a kite
I just might stop to check you out ♪
No!
Body and beats, I stain my sheets
I don't even know why ♪
LISBETH HAS HER DEBUT IN PYGMALION
She is starting to cry ♪
When I'm out walking I strut my stuff
And I'm so strung out ♪
[door closes]
I'm high as a kite
I just might stop to check you out ♪
Let me go on
Like I blister in the sun ♪
Let me go on
Big hands, I know you're the one ♪
Body and beats, I stain my sheets
I don't even know why ♪
My girlfriend, she's at the end
She is starting to cry ♪
Let me go on
Like I blister in the sun ♪
Let me go on
Big hands, I know you're the one ♪
When I'm out walking I strut my stuff
And I'm so strung out ♪
I'm high as a kite
I just might stop to check you out ♪
When I'm out walking I strut my stuff
And I'm so strung out ♪
I'm high as a kite
I just might stop to check you out ♪
Body and beats, I stain my sheets
I don't even know why ♪
My girlfriend, she's at the end
She is starting to cry ♪
When I'm out walking I strut my stuff
And I'm so strung out ♪
[song fades]