Kommissar Rex (Inspector Rex) (1994) s10e03 Episode Script

Series 10, Episode 3

INSPECTOR REX AT LAST THR BRAST lS DRAD Okay, my boy.
Have a good day.
Come on, Sasha! - Good morning, Sasha.
- Hey, restrain yourself! Do you need to lick my daughter in front of everyone? You should be grateful you're not in prison, Mr Zartmann.
Luisa! Two red jelly cakes and a hot chocolate.
- Anything else? - No thanks.
Coming through! - Can't you watch out? - Sorry.
Luisa! The same for the young man.
It's on us.
Cool! Did you hear that? - Good morning.
- Good morning, Mr Zartmann.
Jürgen! Yes? If you think I'll sign this, you're mistaken.
- We discussed it yesterday.
- You know what I think.
Are you crazy? It's the contract for the Schelling Street shop.
You can't always do as you like.
No longer! - And after last night - Shut your mouth! Sorry, Karl! Yes, Christine? Look I'm sorry about last night.
But I had too much to drink.
What do you mean you're getting all the locks changed? I Christine? Christine! Yes? - You, Goiser? - I'm already here, Zartmann.
Better wear something warm.
It isn't that cold, though.
It must be the humidity or the wind.
That icy westerly What did you say? So eleven on the dot? As always! What is it, Rex? Who are you? Have a look, Rex.
He looks a bit like Kunz.
A little thinner, though.
We'll call him Fritz.
Hofmann here.
Hi, Kunz.
What? I know where it is.
We'll be right there.
Hi.
- Who found him? - Mr Heller.
He's a nurse at the clinic over there.
I'd just finished my shift.
I was on my way home.
I practically tripped over him.
That's all I can tell you.
Thanks.
Our witnesses never see or hear a thing! - Did Rex become a dad? - This is Fritz.
- We've adopted him.
- How come Fritz? Why Fritz? Who's the victim? Zartmann.
Jürgen.
- Don't you know him? - No.
He's that confectioner who's so in with the kids now.
He had 1 0,000 euros on him.
Robbery wasn't the motive.
- Three shots.
- Two of them fatal.
Oh, the doctor Thank you kindly.
One through the parietal lobe.
No chance! Another right through the heart.
A serious job.
You'll have more after I've had him on the table.
What a sweet little thing! - Is Rex to be congratulated? - No, we found him.
- Oh.
- Guess what? He's called Fritz.
Fritz? Like you, Kunz? How fitting! Have a nice day.
The shots came from the tree.
- Any cartridges? - Three from a 9 mm Glock.
Any shoe prints? Sports shoes and also tracks from a cross-country bike.
Rex has got something.
Very good, Rex.
The culprit was waiting here for Zartmann.
Mrs Zartmann I have one more question.
Can you tell me where your husband was going? I don't know.
Your husband left with the children this morning.
The workman was here till noon.
I've already told you all that.
- Please leave me alone.
- Sorry.
I do understand.
We'll see you later.
Sasha mustn't find out.
Give me a few days' time to tell him his father is dead.
Of course.
Mama? Mama? There's a great big dog outside with his baby.
- Why are you crying? - It's nothing.
Sasha I'm Marc.
The dogs out there are mine.
When we come back you can play with them.
- I promise.
- Great! Thanks.
- Shots from six metres at most.
- lmpossible to miss! He must have turned to have been shot in the chest.
Maybe he knew the culprit.
- Those are scratch marks.
- No more than 24 hours old.
- Results of a struggle? - Possibly.
I found traces of salmon-coloured nail polish.
One per thousand residual alcohol.
- Nail polish analysis? - Being carried out.
Thank you for coming so quickly.
This way.
Had you and your husband fought recently? Was violence involved? Any idea where the scratches came from? I don't know.
How was his relationship with Sasha and Tanya? We're We were a very normal family.
You're Tanya, right? - Yes.
- My condolences.
Jürgen Zartmann.
He owns fifteen of these coffee shops.
He co-owns them with a certain Karl Dvorak who has 30?/?.
Meaning what? The chain is flourishing.
Red jelly cakes They're awful.
- Too sweet! - Right.
So where was Zartmann going with 1 0,000 euros? - To the bank? - No.
- Was it blackmail money? - His partner will tell us.
We need all the alibis.
From family members, partners, employees and so forth.
And we need witnesses.
Someone must have seen something that day.
Maybe we'll get lucky and the bike rider will call in.
- Rxcuse me - I'll be right with you.
- Where's the office? - Straight back there.
Thanks.
I'm not sure I understood your question correctly.
- Here.
- Thank you.
I'll rephrase it.
Your boss was a very attractive man.
- Were other women involved? - I wasn't into his private life.
- Any suspicions? - I know one thing.
- Oh? - He wasn't my type.
My taste is different - Want to know something? - What? I'd like to see Mr Zartmann's office.
- I want to take this calendar.
- Are you allowed to? Zartmann won't notice.
What can you tell me about the company's finances? Sorry, but you'll need to ask our new boss, Mr Dvorak.
The new boss? How did he and Zartmann get along? You couldn't say they'd got along at all lately.
Did they fight? - Then what was it about? - Ask him yourself.
Well, Rex? Coming? You'll have to decide.
It's not easy to combine family and job.
Were you with a client at 1 1 a.
m.
yesterday? No.
I wanted to see about flour deliveries in Wiener Neustadt.
- But you never got there.
- Rxactly.
Favoriten Street was blocked.
Ask your traffic mates.
You fought with Mr Zartmann recently.
Right? Oh Modra.
Couldn't keep her mouth shut again.
Yes or no? You see Zartmann invested very aggressively.
Opening a coffee shop each month without a contract - That's risky.
- You worried about your share.
He kept withdrawing money for himself.
- What for? - Whatever he needed it for.
Women or who knows? - May l? - Go ahead.
Hoffmann.
Hi, Kunz.
How interesting.
Does the name Goiser ring a bell? Why Goiser? Goiser's used to be a famous Viennese pastry shop.
Okay we'll be in touch.
Thanks, I'll find my way out.
It's me.
The fellow from Homicide was here.
It's seen better times.
The confectioner said Zartmann was an apprentice here.
He allegedly stole the recipe for the famous Goiser rolls.
- And opened up shop.
- How do you figure that? Why else would he steal the recipe? The old man was deeply hurt and soon died.
The shop never picked up after that.
That's not all.
His son, Anton Goiser, told everyone he'd make Zartmann pay.
Oh? Let's go talk to junior.
There.
Good day, gentlemen.
- What'll it be? - Two Goiser rolls and Don't touch! - You said two? - Yes.
Right away.
- We also want to see Mr Goiser.
- I don't know if he's still here.
It's important.
Hoffmann here.
on bike towards Spittelberg.
Hey, you can't just Outrageous! Rasy, for Pete's sake.
- Hey! There he is! - Rasy.
Hoffmann here.
We lost him.
Organise a search of the city.
Anton Goiser.
Got that? Thanks.
Calm down! Look.
- Fritz survived it.
- So did the Goiser rolls.
- So your boss wasn't here? - He only comes now and then.
- Who manages everything? - No one.
Anton's thing is bikes.
The confectioner's art He loves them.
- He even pedalled to Portugal.
- Alone? With his club.
They're all mad too.
- What sort of club is it? - A bike club.
I'd like to collect the money for the rolls.
My partner will pay.
Any trace of Goiser? Did you check the bike clubs? Then extend the search! The envelopes are identical to Zartmann's.
So check this out.
Here Here And here.
Always with a G at 1 1 a.
m.
on a Wednesday.
- He always met with a G.
- Rxactly.
G as in Goiser.
- Yesterday was Wednesday.
- Goiser blackmailed him? - They always met in a park.
- And yesterday he shot him.
Still I don't know.
Blackmailed or shot in full public view - What for? - The Goiser rolls.
I still haven't tried them! Want some? Not you.
Look, Rex.
It's barely enough for one.
Yes, he sometimes sat here.
His photo was in the papers because of the murder.
Another guy used to sit with him.
- This one? - Rxactly! - Was he here yesterday? - I've no idea.
I was working in the hospital greenhouse.
Okay, thanks.
- Mr Heller? I need to see you.
- Yes.
Go find another game.
- Well? - Rver seen this man? Sorry.
I don't know him.
Look at your dog.
Children sense he won't hurt them.
- Why are the kids here? - This is a children's home.
They're all victims.
Abandoned, neglected, abused There are many forms of child abuse.
So these are your new friends, Rex? Hi.
Sorry.
Sure I got that.
The expensive one.
Zartmann's secretary used cheap nail polish.
The one at Dvorak's was the one on Zartmann's body.
It's very simple.
I think our doctor needs a holiday.
- What else is new? - Listen.
If the nail polish we found at Dvorak's is the one on the body, then - Dvorak and Mrs Zartmann - Not necessarily.
Then again - Why did the Zartmanns fight? - Because of Dvorak.
Dvorak and Mrs Zartmann Hence the fights.
What's the motive? Jealousy? Duck! No, Mummy, I'm not alone.
Rex is here.
He just arrived.
I'm hanging up.
Mummy is always worried about me.
Is she? Why? - The other night, too? - I covered my ears, like this.
- Did your parents fight? - I don't know.
- May I always play with Rex? - Sure.
Come on, Rex.
I'll show you my police car.
- No idea.
- We'll have a look.
Hi.
I'm sorry.
I came to see your mother.
She's not here.
I won't be long.
I have a query.
What was the fight between your parents about? What fight? I went to bed early.
What about you? You knew Mr Zartmann too.
No.
Felix never met my father.
Oh I see.
So he knew nothing about you two.
Rxcuse me.
Hoffmann here.
Oh? Terrific.
I'll be right there.
Yes.
I was in the park at the time of the crime.
- But I didn't shoot Zartmann.
- So why stage that escape? When I read about the murder in the papers I lost my nerve.
That's human, isn't it? Look, Mr Goiser.
Not even the dog believes you.
Your tyre tracks were found near the corpse.
I rode up to him on my bike.
- But he was already dead.
- You came to get the money.
- What money? - You were blackmailing him.
Blackmailing him? That was compensation.
He killed my father and ruined my whole life.
How did you blackmail him? He sold schnapps to kids.
- What? - In Goiser rolls.
There's schnapps in those cakes.
Why do you think Vienna was crazy about them? Dad's recipe! in every 1 00 g of mixture.
Zartmann reinvented them as red jelly cakes and sold them to kids? Schnapps makes happy.
He was a pig in every way! There I've had it.
I'm tired.
We decide when it's over.
He didn't do it.
What if Zartmann refused to pay? Bang! Rnd of story.
I just don't think so.
What about Dvorak's alibi? The traffic jam checked out.
I still think Hi, Fritz he's having us on.
- What about the handyman? - He was in Zartmann's villa.
I checked it out.
He changed all the locks.
Oh? And Mrs Zartmann was there looking on? How would he know? He was working.
Yes Mrs Zartmann.
She saw a lawyer the day before to ask for a quick divorce.
But there's a contract If she divorces him she loses the lot.
She only inherits if she's still his wife when he dies.
Oh? We'll need to have another talk with her.
Let's continue in there.
I think Goiser has something else against Zartmann.
Why is that? I have this hunch.
Yes, I've used that brand for years.
So? Tanya, please get ready for school.
We found this bottle in Dvorak's flat.
I Karl and l He's a good friend.
I think you had an affair with Mr Dvorak.
That's why you saw a lawyer.
Yes.
I wanted a divorce.
Once again.
What happened on the night before the murder? My husband was drunk.
He forced himself on me.
He ripped my blouse.
He wanted to rape you? Yes.
I defended myself.
He didn't accept our marriage breakdown.
Please go to your room, Tanya.
And then? Go on.
I didn't love my husband any more, but I didn't kill him.
Mrs Zartmann! Wasn't it that your husband forced himself on your daughter? Tanya? Am I right? Your husband was a pedophile.
That's why he was being blackmailed.
We've received a testimony confirming it.
Please leave now.
I've told you everything.
Hey, Rex, what are you doing here? Do you mind if Rex and l take Sasha to school? - But - Cool! In a police car.
- Cool parking spot.
- We're the police after all.
Does your dad fight with your mum too? Yes, parents fight sometimes.
What can you do? - Was it about Tanya? - Yes, because of Felix.
Otherwise everything's great.
- Did your dad know Felix? - Yes, they almost had a brawl.
The other day here at school.
Okay, come on.
Bye, Rex.
- Will you always be taking me? - No.
But I promise to get you this afternoon.
Bye.
Hey, just a minute! Wait! Thanks.
Rverything's okay.
We've got them now.
Park Street.
1 0.
47 a.
m.
That proves they were near the crime scene only minutes before the murder.
- They lied.
- They're all lying.
Dvorak has a gun licence.
Same calibre as the murder weapon.
Why aren't you happy? Dvorak isn't stupid enough to use his own gun.
Let him explain that one! You look after Fritz.
Do you have a gun? - I've had a Glock for years.
- I'd like to see it.
- I've mislaid it.
- Oh? - Mr Dvorak please! - l Haven't you got anything to do? - You think I shot Zartmann? - His death is to your benefit.
The shops, the widow, her inheritance Correct, but I didn't do it.
Then explain how you were stuck in traffic on Favoriten Street while you were also caught on a speed camera in Park Street.
Our traffic colleagues are pretty vigilant.
Did you know Mr Zartmann was a pedophile? I won't answer without a lawyer.
Always the threat of lawyers.
Wait, Kunz.
- Do you believe it? - What? What Goiser told us.
- That Zartmann went for kids.
- Sure I do.
The number one grounds for blackmail.
Then maybe he went for his own kids.
Sasha doesn't show any signs of sexual abuse.
On the other hand, you're right.
His resistance to bodily contact is noticeable.
I saw how strongly he reacts to being touched.
If I read you correctly you don't exclude abuse.
I can't deliver a complete psychological profile while strolling in the park.
Of course.
If a father abuses his daughter, does that mean He leaves his son alone? Unfortunately not.
Pedophiles don't distinguish between male and female.
It's the child that arouses them.
Are Rex and Fritz allowed to stay? - Only if you look after them.
- Mama won't allow it.
I'll sort that out.
Marc? - Will you be my friend? - Gladly.
- Would you like that? - I'll show you around, Fritz.
Okay, Rex, it's your go now.
Come on, let's get to work.
Smell this.
You were the one who found it.
Search.
We'll meet up later.
Why don't we get them all in here and question them till one of them confesses? It's only a question of hours.
We need more than circumstantial evidence.
Firstly, to whom do the fibres we found belong? Then, where's the gun? The Zartmann villa needs to be watched day and night! - Rex is already there.
- Rex? Come on! We can't find you, Rex.
Rex, where are you? I can't find you.
Where are you hiding? Why don't you bark? You found a great hiding place.
Are you behind this flower pot? No! So there you are, Rex.
It's our turn to hide now.
Don't come yet.
What is it, Rex? Oh dear.
You both better hide.
I'll need to speak to Mama alone.
Come on.
Hurry! Sasha? Keep an eye on Fritz.
Sasha? Sasha! I'm here, Mama! What are you doing out here? May I sleep in the tree house? It's much too cold.
I'll get my blanket and sleeping bag.
Oh, Sasha What is it, Rex? Why are you here in the garden? I get it.
Bravo, Rex.
Well done! Go and watch over Sasha and Fritz.
They'll never guess who it was.
Never! Wrong! You're badly mistaken.
This here this is a Glock 1 7.
There's no question it belonged to you, Dvorak.
But you didn't shoot.
It was me.
I shot the pig.
No! Don't believe him.
I did it.
- My husband was an animal.
- I believe you But the culprit is someone else.
We found traces of this jumper at the scene.
- It belongs to Tanya.
- How can you know that? Stop it, Mama.
The whole thing is useless now.
You took Mr Dvorak's gun which your mother had brought home.
You knew why and where your father met Goiser.
You went to the park during recess.
What my father What my father did to me for years I somehow managed to cope with it.
But that my brother should now When I saw him in his room that night What is vital now is that Sasha never finds out why his father died.
I'll think of something to explain why the police have been here.
Hey, Sasha.
Come in.
Come on.
There.
I have a surprise for you.
The family council has met.
It decided that you may keep Fritz.
For good! - Really? - Yes.
Look, Mama.
Why are you all crying? Because we're so happy for you.
When we grow up we're going to be cops like you and Rex.
Right, Fritz?
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