Code 37 (2009) s01e04 Episode Script

Sure, we'll demand compensation.
I'll do an interview later for TV.
I'm going to launch that idea immediately.
No, I'll call you back later For further details, okay? Good day.
Sir, a DVD's arrived.
That's Caroline, no? Yes I don't want to offend you, Mr.
Stals, but your daughter is clearly - A prostitute? I already figured that out.
There must be a mistake.
The idea Caroline would do that is ridiculous.
You understand what impact these images may have? If that gets out, the reputation of my office will be soap.
I do a lot of public procurement, for the city, county, the Flemish government.
- Walter? Could the DVD come from a rival? Someone who wants you to plummet, and wants to steal your clients? Are you married or divorced? - What's that got to do with it? Yes, sorry, no, divorced.
My ex lives abroad.
Sorry, Mark, but this is clearly a matter for the local police.
I want this handled discreetly that's why I came to Mark.
Hannah, I promised to keep this case low profile.
We'll handle the complaint ourselves and that's my responsibility.
Okay.
How is your relationship with your daughter? We've had differences of opinion already.
You know how young people are.
Yes, well, can we conclude? I have a few interviews and I must go to court.
- We know what to do.
Come on, this really isn't a case for us? Hello? No, no.
Sorry, sorry.
Come.
Yes, Kevin, that was slightly over the top.
- They were still cries? What is your name? - Maarten.
And where do you live? - Below, in the basement.
And your brown sugar's run out or what? Take a shower you, We'll come to you directly.
What are these men doing here? - Drawing me.
I'm an artists' model.
Is that a job? - Yes, that's a profession.
I do it at the academy and in private.
Maarten, who was right here, didn't pay you for drawing.
Or didn't see his pencil? - Very funny.
Maarten is just my fuck bunny.
We have casual sex.
No strings attached.
Say, are these all yours or are they your friends'? Those are mine.
I am a girl with healthy enthusiasms, why not? Sure, sure.
Any idea who could have filmed this? No.
Does your father know you're an artists' model? Yes.
- And your mother? She lives in London.
Anything else? Is Maarten Belen your boyfriend? - No.
Caroline my dear? No.
Come on, well, I mean That's just fuck bunny casual sex.
No strings attached.
- I just heard an echo.
And how many rabbits is Caroline hopping around with? I don't know.
Just me, anyway, I think.
I hope.
Those guys in here and outside, what do they do? Caroline is a model they come here to draw There's really an echo.
- That's nice.
I think customers pay Caroline for sex.
Do you? I don't know nothing.
- I don't believe him.
He's a little nervous.
Shall we take him to the station? No, I need to be at work in half an hour.
That's no problem.
We'll call your boss and tell him you're arrested.
Where do you work again? - In the Quick.
Wait a minute Damn.
Tell us.
- Yes, I pay Caroline for sex.
And all those other men? - Also whore runners.
Why did you lie to us? - You shouldn't lie, eh, Maarten? Caroline is just a good girl, I wanted to help her.
Have you ever seen anything suspicious on the street? Someone with a camera filming anything? No.
Sorry, but can I please be allowed to leave? I really need to begin my shift at work.
Why don't we go back to Caroline's immediately? She lied, huh.
I think it was filmed from about here.
This was where it was filmed.
Start a neighbourhood survey, I'll call Charles to help you out.
House by house, doorbell by doorbell? Yes, you have a problem with that? - No, no.
Nothing arrived, please.
- I have urgent need for information About the Stals case.
- Stals? Here, wait, here.
That's the girl Here, Caroline Stals, she's 20.
She studied part-time at art college or something And then she started up as an independent.
Artistic consultant.
- That's original, huh.
And she is the daughter of none the less Do you mind? than Walter Stals.
- Who I've met.
Stals is a family with money.
Do you know them? Lawyers from father to son.
And no small matter.
He was on TV last week in the case of those damage claims.
Is that Walter Stals ? - Yes, that is, he's half of the Co Ltd.
Attends parties more than the court.
That explains why Mark wants us to keep it discreet.
Okay, have you got any news about the DVD? - Yes.
I recognized some customers on that video.
Nice clients, just whore runners.
But he's no ordinary guy here.
Franky Terloo.
Convicted last year convicted.
He beat up a hooker.
Okay, bring him in for questioning.
- Yes, I will do that.
Did it work out well.
Any news about Walter Stals? - Bob knows all about it.
Walter Stals, Bob.
- Can't you see I'm busy.
Yes? - Good afternoon, Mr.
van Aken.
Ghent Police, can we ask some questions? Yes, that's good, I'll just come down.
Hello, Ghent police, I have just a few questions? Come on.
Hello.
- Good day, ma'am.
Ghent Police, I would like to ask some questions? Yes, what? - Shall we just go inside? The area search was complete waste of time.
No one saw the filmmaker.
I called the men on the DVD.
Maurice and Jakke admit they had sex with Caroline and paid her but nobody saw the camera man.
And Franky Terloo? - No, he can't be reached.
And that guy has no voice mail.
I suggest we call him in, in writing.
From the Sexual Crime Unit? And that won't fly? Ah well, congratulations, Charles, that was a cool trick with these parking fines.
We have pictures of you at the house of Caroline Stals.
Caroline, sex machine.
Yes, she's currently the hottest truffle in Ghent.
I come there a couple of times a week.
Do you get it? I come there a couple of times a week.
Have you ever seen anyone watching with a camera? Catch Caroline so she can get caught? Yes, sorry, but I know nothing about it.
Someone on the street filmed you when you went there.
into the home of Caroline Stals.
- Yes? Yes, no.
I saw nobody.
Yes, say, then? Everyone knows I visit the girls.
yesterday I went prospecting fresh meat on Glasstraat.
I climbed into the showcase of a negress Go on, a significant improvement.
I heard earlier you beat up the black woman.
Miss, timeout, hey.
That was because I was attacked.
If she attacks me, then I defend myself.
Okay, I walk up to the window of that negress and say: How much is it? She says: 100.
I say: That is still cheap for double glazing.
Go on, Charles, double glazing, that's good.
Yes, I get paid for sex.
Now are you content? Are you in need of money? - No.
Why do you do that? Do you how much I make every month? So money is money, no matter what you have to do.
If you occasionally take a shower, it's a job like any other.
Is Maarten Belen your pimp? - Maarten? A pimp, seriously? Someone other than you? - No, no.
I am independent.
- Yes, I read that somewhere.
Artistic consultant.
- The child must have a name.
That's true.
And even then, I don't do anything illegal.
Right.
If everything indicates, VAT's paid, have a trade permit That's all arranged.
Anything else? - Yes, your father Walter Stals.
- Walter Stals is an asshole.
You understand it's bad news for your dad that you're known as a prostitute.
- And what do I care? Did you quarrel with your father or something? - Yes.
Didn't he tell you? Well, he told us everything was okay between you.
So he has hitched you to his cart.
Typical.
What's the fight about? I was supposed to go to law school after I completed secondary and I wanted to go to art college.
Now I don't exist for him.
He's come to us with these DVDs because he was worried about damage to his image, not to me.
Of course we'll appeal.
And then Strasbourg.
We'll litigate until they are just tired Yes, five minutes.
But no, in this environment, we'll always win.
We'll find someone with long hair and sandals to confirm that.
Sir, the police are there for you.
I hope you made it clear they should stop it.
She is of age.
Legally it seems she's doing nothing criminal wrong.
You should know that.
- I do know that.
I was hoping Listen, this must stop.
I think a very good idea to talk to your daughter but we aren't social services.
And the DVD? You should find out as quickly as possible who made it, I want the original and all the copies.
Imagine if tomorrow it's posted on the Internet or sent to a newspaper, I just can't imagine.
There is another possibility, it's a blackmail attempt.
Then I'll pay immediately.
- I wouldn't do that.
Then the blackmailer will stick to you.
Here for the logo, yes? Okay? Good day, Mr.
Stals.
- Good day, ma'am.
Good day, sir.
Please help.
Help me.
- Mama? We have to do more, Dad.
You've done everything you could.
- Not enough.
Mama? Mama? Mama? Mama? Say what? What say you, Mama? Widow - Widow? Mama? Widow.
Widow? Do you know what she meant? - No.
And why do you say now? Because I've never asked you.
I know I've called late.
I can be reached at my office until closing.
As many as last time.
Yes, yes, no, same Come on, a cop.
A profession like any other.
- Yes.
I'm going to take a picture.
- Go on, come, no.
No, I don't find that amusing.
- Yes, yes.
Voilà, see.
Say, and is Mr.
Maes, a cop or not? A rabbit, a Flemish giant.
No, there is no Mr.
Maes.
I didn't really have time.
No time.
And you? - I have time.
I'll go get some beers.
Voilà, see.
I'm going home.
- Seriously? I just wanted to invite you to get something to eat, there is a new Japanese.
Another time perhaps.
Good evening.
- Good evening, thank you.
It's okay, though.
No, it's good.
Thank you.
Enjoy.
- Thank you.
Sir? I ordered a pepperoni.
Yes, Mark.
- Hannah, problems.
Walter Stals.
I got a blow on my head and the next thing I knew, I woke up and And? They surgically removed something last night.
From my backside.
- What? A dildo.
But I know me who did it.
Franky who came to bother Caroline yesterday.
Franky Terloo? And how do you know? - Because I was there.
I went to talk to Caroline and suddenly Franky was there, too.
Honey.
- Today I won't go.
We agreed? - Yes, sorry.
The Russians are in the country? But that doesn't bother me, though.
Would you leave? - Pa Dirty slut.
Does that fool pay more than me? Shit, you prefer someone with an expensive suit? Watch your words, sir.
- Or what? What will you do? What will it be? Come.
Arrest that bastard.
- Have you heard his voice? No, but he attacked me, who else could it be? Sorry I just interrupt.
Mr.
Stals, your phone was found on the stairs.
Last night between nine and ten you missed three calls from Xandra escort agency.
Yes, we represent the owner of that company at a trial.
You told us you only did business with the government? Yes, that's right, but my partners do ordinary criminal cases.
We also found a digital camera in your briefcase.
I use that to film damage.
And I hope you have found the culprit.
Yes, yes, by the surgeon.
Say, that's the second time you're bothering me.
Where were you yesterday at 21:00? At home, there was football on TV.
- Can anyone confirm that? And not the coach of Anderlecht or the chairman of Standard.
- No, I was alone.
Did you force this up Walter Stals' backside? What? No, I have never seen it.
Say, Walter Stals, is that the ? - Yes, the father of Caroline Stals.
You got that right.
Did you quarrel with him yesterday ? Oh, Miss, he started it.
I had an appointment.
I thought he had snapped up my spot.
Besides, he started it.
He says however was pushed.
And what is that? Spectacular, hey, for a boost.
It won't go today.
- Will you please leave? What is that? Does that sucker pay more than me or what? Shit, you prefer someone with an expensive suit? Piss off, moron.
- Or what? What are you going to do? Franky, go home.
- What will he do? Shut up.
Go inside, you.
You keep your hands off my daughter.
Understand? To me that's a motive.
You were rejected by his daughter.
He beat you up and you have no alibi.
And in 2006 you were charged with rape.
That negress again.
Congratulations.
You know what? I'd never use that trash, she is a tart.
And I'm no "john", huh.
Did you film his daughter? - What are you getting at now? Was it your intention, to extort money from him? I don't know what you're talking about.
- Then you can think about that in the cell.
But I didn't do anything.
I'm innocent.
He attacked me, I'm the victim here.
Hey, get off me, fucking cops.
What is it now? I'm working.
Us too.
May we come in? Thank you.
- Can't you wait, no? Would you prefer to go to the station? Hello, police.
- The lesson is over.
Everyone go outside to play.
Go and play outside.
Come on, yes, go ahead.
Thank you.
- Do you think that's normal? Caroline, your father was raped with a dildo.
Raped with a dildo? When did you see your father last? - Yesterday afternoon.
He was here suddenly at the door.
He wanted to talk.
Or rather: give a sermon.
- And what's that about? My dad was frustrated I didn't want to stop.
Then he gave me a slap.
- That's assault.
Do you want to file a complaint? - That he can't dismiss.
I'll give him that pleasure.
Where were you yesterday around 21:00? Here, posing.
- For whom? Do you think I raped my dad with a dildo? Come on, say.
Charles, put it back.
You know where it's been.
Shoved up the ass.
Up there, huh.
Drop it.
Such a piece.
- Poor Stals.
Can we just focus? - Yes, we're here.
Do we believe Franky Terloo? - Franky has everything against him Is Franky's too primitive for blackmail? I think Mr.
Stals is lying.
- Yes, he isn't telling everything.
He lied about his relationship with his daughter and has a camera.
He didn't do that to himself Come on, not with that? No, Kevin, he didn't do that .
Okay.
Bob, can you drop by the Xandra escort agency and inquire if Stals represents them in a court case? Kevin, you should check where this nice copy comes from.
Erotica shops and so on.
That looks more like something to be custom ordered on the internet.
What is it, Kevin? Experience? You shouldn't feel ashamed.
With such a thing you won't ever come to work.
If you want to wait in the court, yes.
Yes, try it, that size can't hurt a bit? Why do so many women want a Tarzan in their bed? Isn't it true, Hannah? - No, Bob, you are wrong in there.
A Tarzan is what men think women want.
Today there is better and smaller It fits in our pocket.
Why do you think women are more relaxed in traffic jams? Come with me.
- Sorry.
Here, problems, huh, guys.
Unrest in the Josephplaats isn't that Caroline Stals' street? Yes, the regional TV called me.
They want to make a report.
They asked me: Why don't the police do something? Suspicious person - How to know who? Wait, according to local resident Roger van Aken strange things happen in his street.
Roger van Aken.
Why haven't we talked to him? Did you do a door-to-door or not? Yes, he was here already that one and the other.
Yesterday there was a fight here on the street, there And that was a real fight and pull out the stumps or what? Fighting.
One wore a suit, the other was on the ground.
You have said the press were here.
Strange things happened, tell me.
A black Saab's been there for days and there was always someone in it watching all the time.
Do you get the license plate? - No, that was too far away.
Would you recognize this man? - No, from above through the window.
I could only see his hands.
- He never got out of his car? No, that don't.
But there is here another weird guy walking around.
And he was always on foot.
- And then there was so weird? He sat here behind those cars, squatting.
With a kind of camera or so.
And took pictures of the house right about here.
Describe him.
- Ah, no, nothing seen.
He always had a hood on.
- Yesterday we visited and you said nothing about it.
- I know.
Someone rang on the intercom, I said I was coming But, even with my bad back.
- Okay, Mr.
van Aken, thank you.
That's friendly.
- You've helped us.
Yes, just a minute, now you are here - How did that happen, how did what? I have done the opposite.
Go inside, Mr.
.
van Aken.
Kevin or what? So Stals is lying.
He's not involved in the escort agency lawsuit.
But Mr.
Stals himself is a regular customer.
- You're kidding.
So he is himself a whore runner.
- And not small time.
Listen to me.
I have the service vehicle registration number.
The Saab the neighbour saw belongs to Stals.
He drives a black Saab.
- Okay.
So Stals has probably been observing his own daughter, and saw men come and go.
So Stals knew his daughter was a prostitute even before he saw the DVD.
- Would he have shot it himself? No, because they were filmed on the streets.
And the neighbour Roger van Aken said he sat in his car.
An accomplice, perhaps? - I can't say.
Watching from your car is one thing, but hidden in the street with a hood over your head filming, I don't see Stals doing that.
Who did it? - Good question.
What was Maarten Belen wearing when we caught him at Caroline Stals? Not much.
- Seriously, Kevin.
Say, if I can't make no joke.
Bob doesn't say anything else.
A joke is when people laugh.
Someone laughed? I will again ask again.
What was Maarten Belen wearing? A black sweatshirt with hood.
- Thank you.
Do you know anything about that dildo? - Yes.
There are three sex shops that sell the 9" Malibu Double Spunk Fest Dongs.
A total of 21 were sold this month.
How many? - 21.
Are there cameras in the shops? - That's bad for their clientele.
I can check who paid by credit card.
Bob, you do that? Kevin, follow me to my office.
Area search, what don't you understand about it? Let me finish, what does that mean? Is that so hard to understand? - Hannah, listen now.
The information we got yesterday damn we should have already had it.
and that's completely your fault we're treading water.
Are you too young, eh? Why are you out to fuck this up? You can't do it.
Unsuitable.
Problems? No, we are just talking.
It's what they hear on the street.
- With their ears on the sly.
Yes, I knew what Caroline did.
I saw those men go in and out.
Do you know Maarten Belen? - I've seen he lived there.
I approached him and asked if he wanted to film with my camera.
I wanted to pay him but he did it for free.
And why did you let your secretary find the DVD? Why the hoax? So nobody would suspect me.
And then I could go with DVD to Mark.
I was hoping it would scare Caroline.
when the Sexual Crime Unit came to her door.
So you could persuade her to continue studying.
Yeah, you're not only concerned about your image, you also want a successor.
Like any father, surely? An increasing show, lying, cheating, using us a false complaint.
- Correction.
I reported a moral issue not a complaint, yes? The legal system isn't there for nothing.
- In addition to assault and battery.
Come on, say, I gave Caroline a slap.
I didn't do that.
- That fight with Franky Terloo Did you attack him or was it vice versa? I was furious.
Coming face to face with a man who wants to fuck your daughter.
That's an irresistible urge, right? Good thing you stopped lying.
The judge will exonerate you, eh, Mr.
Stals.
And best of all.
Mr.
Stals asked me if I wanted to help, but that was to get his daughter to quit prostitution, so I filmed it.
But you go to Caroline and pay her.
You want her for yourself alone? - I am not a naive bastard, huh.
I find Caroline nice and I wanted to help her, period.
Where were you yesterday around 21:00? At my work, I was on the late shift.
Why? - Just like that.
I never had a father.
Dad was always at work.
Supposedly.
Later I found out he didn't only work hard.
He was also a whore runner.
After their separation Mom moved to London.
Then I was all alone.
Why did you go to art school? The school was an after thought.
I just didn't want to go to law school.
To drive your father nuts.
How could I fuck my dad better than become a whore myself? And he shouldn't think now I want to get pity.
You know about those DVDs? - Yes, Maarten.
Sorry, I only wanted to help you.
I know, Maarten.
I understand.
Maarten, one of our colleagues has checked who purchased them in the last days at the erotica shops.
739-001-4837-94.
That is your bank account.
It could be, yes.
You were there yesterday evening, at 19:05 bought this dildo at the Venus erotica shop.
I was at work.
- Ah, yes? According to your boss at Quick, Mr.
de Schrijver, you left at 18:30 because you were feeling ill.
Did you rape Walter Stals with this dildo, or not? No.
Did you insert this thing up his ass? Walter Stals is a bastard, you know that as well as I.
He is a whore runner he beats up his daughter.
You could do less than stab a dildo up his ass.
I'd do the same myself.
We understand that, eh, Charles? Really.
Did you do that? - No.
Are you in love with Caroline Stals? She's a beautiful girl, a sweet girl.
You live next door.
Are you in love? Come on.
Yes, right? I see it in your eyes.
Yes, yes.
Then you still have every reason to do so.
Did you do that? Listen, he just doesn't deserve better.
What I don't understand is: Why you made that DVD? If you were going to beat him up after.
Because he damn well didn't keep his word.
We agreed to scare Caroline not to beat her up.
You're going to law school.
- Not in a hundred years.
And stop trying to play daddy.
You're twenty years too late.
You'll do what I say.
Or I'll send the tax inspection after you.
And the VAT control, everything.
- Then I'll go sit in prison.
Or better yet: I go to mom.
- Keep your mother out of this here.
She'd be devastated if she knew her daughter worked a dirty whore.
You still like that, whores.
You've got a season ticket for whores.
Piss off.
How are you? Did he do that because you wouldn't comply.
Should I call a doctor? Never mind.
- Honey, should I call a doctor? Leave me alone, Maarten.
Caroline knows nothing about it, I did it alone.
So you beat up and raped Stals.
And I'd do the same right now.
No, you know what? I'd beat him up three more times.
Do you realize how hard you're going to be punished? I don't care.
I just did what I had to.
No, you know what you should do? You should say to Caroline you like the way she looks.
Walter Stals wants an update.
Hannah, look, Walter Stals is a friend of the prosecutor, everyone knows that.
Now the case closed you should just brief him, huh.
Anyway, it would give me great pleasure to do so.
Okay.
Say, Hannah, the fight with Kevin yesterday, did it have to do with the investigation? Will you give penalize him? - No, because it was my fault.
I briefed him wrong.
It's good style to defend your colleagues but it's not good for your career, huh.
We can't all be Chief Commissioners, Chief Commissioner.
Maarten.
Who'd have thought that? If the press discovers our deal, it will be a battlefield.
Well, the main thing that it's solved.
No, the question is why he did it.
He loves your daughter.
And I don't? Why do you think I made the DVD I brought you? I want a better life for my daughter.
If she becomes a lawyer, she'll have a golden future.
Then she'll inherit my practice.
- That's your dream.
Have you ever wondered what her dreams are? What's this? Child rearing advice from the cops? Look, hey, I'm here to - Because I'm a bad father.
Because you have important friends and acquaintances and because you mean something to people who need something from you.
But I don't need anything from you.
I think you're a sleazy whore runner.
I have no right to call you a poor father, but it's a pretence to think you could be a solid father.
And I also think your popularity in the media is large enough both to save your career and to recover your daughter.
Yes, I made that DVD.
I manipulated my daughter and I molested myself in a place I'd recommend to no one.
I'd keep silent, to save my image , but that doesn't interest me.
If I loose customers because of it, too bad, the only thing I want is for my daughter to give me a second chance.
I thank you.
- If you dare, He's a big man.
No, but you can say, that's especially good advertising.
How are you? Thank you for keeping Maarten out of prison.
You don't have to thank me, but your father.
He didn't make a complaint against Maarten.
Can we go home? - Yes, free as a bird.
Hannah, thanks, huh.
- For? I've heard you saved my skin with Vermaelen.
The area search was stupidity, I'll make sure it doesn't happen again.
I like you.
And another thing: act normal.
One Bob's enough.
Yes, that's not always easy.
Bob and Charles have lots of experience.
Yes, and you're young, and learn every day.
Just, relax.
Go partying, find a lover.
- That's easily said.
Imagine you have one.
- I don't think that works.