The Mallorca Files (2019) s01e09 Episode Script

I went to the doctor's, he said, "Mike, you, drink too much.
" "You need to do something about that.
" So I've made a will.
My wife's got a black belt in cookery - lethal, one chop'll kill you.
This is not cabaret.
I'll take that It's British cabaret.
We're not actually here for the act, Max.
I can't cook either.
I boiled an egg and burnt the water.
Last time I roasted the chicken, the neighbour called the RSPCA.
Only bloke in history prosecuted for cruelty to a dead animal.
I love Monty Python, but this isn't Monty Python and this isn't cabaret.
Making myself hungry now.
Making short work of that burger, sir.
You want to try chewing it next time? This is a crime against entertainment.
Will you just pay attention to the potential drug deal in the corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, you might think you know everything there is to know about belly dancing, but you would be mistaken.
I give you Jasmina.
Are you ready? I'll get the waiter.
Low key, Max.
You heard Ines.
We remove them quickly and quietly.
Sit down! Stay there! Oh! Oh! You're lucky that he got to you first, Jimmy.
Little sod's only been here two months.
I'm Rob King.
This is my dad's place, but I'm in charge now, so I'd appreciate you giving me a heads-up next time there's a drugs bust in my club.
If I lose business cos of this, I'm suing, right? Friendly guy.
Mm.
Look, I can't go to prison.
Mm? Oh, then let's forget the whole thing.
It's overcrowded anyway.
Miranda, we're going to let Jimmy go.
Yeah, all right, I've got some information on Charlie King.
Charlie King, the other brother, killed his girlfriend, skipped the country.
You seriously ain't heard of Mallorca's most wanted man? Mallorca has a most wanted list.
Yeah, but there's a pretty big drop off.
Second-placed guy held up two petrol stations in Cala Millor.
This waiter, Jimmy, says the club owner, Terry King, is in hospital with a brain tumour.
So, Jimmy overheard a phone call.
Terry wanted Charlie King, who's on the run for murder, to come back to see him before he dies.
He is coming home.
Mallorca's most wanted is coming back to Mallorca.
We cannot let him go again.
? When the moonlight shines ? Down on the sea ? And you think that you got ? A shot at me ? Then set me free ? You've got to set me free ? I'm surrender ? Surrender.
? Seriously? On the hearsay of a drug pusher? Do you really think a man facing a murder charge is going to risk a life sentence to say goodbye to his dad? Come on! I mean, I get it, they're embarrassed for letting Charlie King escape, but Ines has really lost the Thanks.
Detective Ramon Hernandez, Detective Winter, Detective Blake.
Ramon retired from the Palma force just before detective Winter arrived here.
He was in charge of the investigation into the murder of Gabriela Fuentes, Charlie King's girlfriend.
When I retired from the force, I asked to still be kept informed of any news on the King case.
But then I also get a call from Gabriela's father saying there are flowers on Gabriela's grave.
Signed "To Gab".
This is how Charlie King called her.
We have the card.
So, that's why there's 50 people out there? Interflora.
Detective Hernandez.
My friend Rico.
It was an honour to work for this man.
Thank you.
OK, so it was an ordinary bouquet, except it included wild gladioli.
Only two florists on the island have it.
One of them provided me with this CCTV.
Yes, definitely him.
Thank you, Federico.
So, he's here, and we are sure he will next be in contact with his family.
Um how do we know he hasn't already seen his father? Hospital CCTV has been checked.
He's due to be released today at the King family villa compound outside Magaluf.
The villa has been searched and is under surveillance.
They think there will be an attempt to sneak Charlie King in to see his dying father.
OK, well, Max and I can do a round of interviews of known associates This is a Mallorca police matter.
He's a British citizen.
Who murdered a Mallorcan girl.
But if you really do want to help Yeah, course I do.
you can take over surveillance.
Thank you so much.
Oh, such a waste of our time, Max.
Do you have your pocket knife, Miss Girl Scout? No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! Not while I have to sit in this car.
With my knife! But it's Rohwurst schnitffest.
That's exactly what it smells like.
Put it away! Give it back! That's not the smell.
I was so lucky.
There's a place about a kilometre from the station, they sell proper German Bierocks.
It's a beautiful bread, stuffed with meat and cabbage.
Mm, try some.
Oh, for God's sake, please! Put it away! Charlie King's back on the island for two days and he doesn't go to the hospital? No-one knew he was here, he could've got away with it.
Still too exposed.
Yeah, but it's practically guaranteed someone's going to see him.
Mm, talking of which Don't you think you've done enough damage at the club? Tweedle Dumb and Tweedle Dumber.
Mr King, your brother's a murder suspect.
We're not going to stop looking for him, or apologise for where we do it.
If he showed up, I'd get him to turn himself in, just like I would've done if he'd shown up after Gabriela got killed.
Why would we risk everything we've got on this island? Family? My dad's dying.
That's the only family I've got time for.
Now, if you lot could show some respect.
Well, he hasn't shown up here, so he must have somewhere to stay.
Someone looking out for him, maybe the same person who hid him before he disappeared.
OK.
We need the case file.
See who they might have missed.
This is Detective Blake on surveillance at the King residence.
Detective Winter has food poisoning from a suspect German sausage I told him not to eat, but you know what he's like.
We're going to need a replacement team.
Recibido.
What's that? Some German delicacy made from distilled sauerkraut? That's what you got.
I got lemonade.
And you're welcome.
Ines isn't going to be happy we skipped out of surveillance.
To help apprehend Charlie King - it's called using your initiative.
What? It's a witness statement from a friend of Gabriela working at the cabaret bar at the time of the murder.
Her friend was murdered by Mallorca's most wanted man.
You'd think that would be something my girlfriend might mention.
So, she is your girlfriend now? See, two people actually have to talk for these things to come up.
We talk.
Look, and it goes both ways, Max.
What have you actually told her about you? Does she know what your dad thought about you becoming a cop? It hasn't come up.
That you can quote that Monty Python dead owl sketch by heart? Parrot.
Norwegian Blue parrot.
How can you not know that? See, the real question, Max, is how does your girlfriend, of nearly a year, not know these things? Hola.
It's one in the afternoon, Max, not one in the morning.
You miss me so much? Miranda, if you help me make five mojitos, you can have one on the house.
Just don't tell my dad.
Actually, we're here for you.
I don't know how I can help.
I told Detective Hernandez everything I knew four years ago.
And you didn't want to tell me? At all? It didn't come up in conversation, Max.
We'd like to hear it now, Carmen.
This is to help find the man accused of murdering your friend.
I know what he did.
And thank you for talking about her like she's another file on your desk.
We're doing this for Gabriela.
She was already dating Charlie King when she got me the job at the club.
What did you think of him? Better than the usual man.
So, what changed? Charlie got angry that she was seeing an ex-boyfriend.
He yelled at her and she came to work with a bruise on her face.
I told her, "You have to leave him.
" But she said she loved him, she wasn't cheating, she was going to tell Charlie she was with him, only him.
So, she went to tell him that she loved him and he stabbed her in the heart.
We suspect Charlie has found someone on the island to help hide him.
Can you think of anyone Charlie would trust that much? Only family.
It was all about family.
He didn't really have any Maybe Mike.
Maybe go talk to Mike at the club.
Why? Charlie got him his job.
Mike had been in prison in the UK, and Charlie's father, he didn't want anyone who could cause trouble for him, but Charlie said that he was good, that he should trust him.
Mike has always been grateful.
We heard it was Charlie King who got you the job at the club, but his dad wasn't so keen because you have a criminal record.
Ya, it was Charlie King's that got me the job at the club, that's correct.
Two jail terms for forgery.
Done your research.
Charlie was a good guy, he believed in giving folks second chances.
Helping you like that must have inspired a lot of loyalty? Maybe enough to sort him out with a false passport.
He would never have risked arriving in mainland Spain on his own documents.
And, of course, coming back to the island, he'd need somewhere to stay, preferably somewhere below the radar.
You think I'd put myself that much in the hole just cos he got me a job? Look, Charlie's a good guy, but I've not seen him since he skipped out four year ago.
I like my life simple these days.
Fishing, a few beers, this job and that's it.
It works for me and I'm not going to risk that for anyone.
You won't mind us checking out your apartment, then? Lock sticks a bit.
Oh, and feed the cat, yeah? I tried this morning, but I didn't have enough product in my hair.
Couldn't see where I was going.
Charlie King's bigger than that.
I'm looking for the cat food.
I think he might have been joking.
Even if he's not hiding the guy Urgh! I think he made him a passport.
Mike mentioned fishing.
Do you think that's his boat? That's it.
OK, call it in, request surveillance.
Have you got gloves? The car.
Charlie King? Police! Stop there! Charlie! Is this what you want for the rest of your life? Come in and we'll talk, help us sort this out.
Gracias.
Oh, nice, that's my favourite face of hers.
Move or I'm going to shoot you, bang! We used some initiative and we found Charlie King.
And let him escape.
Thank you, Detective, so much for sharing your plan with me.
Now we have evidence on the compere at the club who was aiding and abetting.
He can deny he knew King was using the boat.
Charlie King's face on a police ID.
What the hell is he going to do with a police ID? Maybe let us try and find out? I can't wait! So, from what I hear, you gave the guy dealing drugs in my club a free pass? Then you come back and arrest me, my family and my staff.
Well, you know where we live if you want to make a formal complaint.
This is easy for us now, you should know that.
You have a criminal record for forgery and your fingerprints are on the police ID.
Why does Charlie King have fake police ID? He's looking for someone.
Posing as a Mallorcan policeman? You want to keep talking.
The man Gabi was seeing before she dated Charlie.
And you helped him do that.
What do you think he's going to do when he finds him? Hm? Buy him lunch? He said he just wanted to talk to the fella.
I wouldn't be helping Charlie, if I thought he was going to hurt the guy.
I never believed he killed Gabi.
He could be jealous, but so what? He's not a murderer.
I hope you're right, Mikey boy.
Things are going to get pretty real if you helped him do it twice.
Gabi never told me who Senor Ex was.
She knew I didn't approve not just because he was married, because he treated her badly.
And Charlie King was jealous of her relationship with him, even though it was long over? But she said he felt she was seeing him again.
Was she? No.
She said that they met the night before she died.
She needed to talk to him.
Charlie was suspicious.
She'd bought herself a designer handbag and some new boots.
She said it was savings, but Charlie thought they were gifts from this man.
Carmen.
Look, I really have to work.
Was there anything else that could have made Charlie think that she'd been with this guy? He saw a matchbook in her bag from the hotel she used to meet him.
Mondays and Wednesdays when he told his wife he was working late.
Do you remember the name of the hotel, my sweet? Some out of the way place, um I think it was called The Araxa.
March 15th, four years ago.
Guests staying that day and someone who booked a room Monday and Wednesday every week for six months before that.
Er, OK, so I tell the other guy we only have the computer for one year.
Paper records always before that.
The rest I write them myself.
Hang on other guy? Yes, he lose his notes, huh? Er, so you want er, four years ago? Yes? Another policeman has been here? Yes.
You have a lot of English police.
I showed him this.
Er Joan Severa.
But I told him this address can't be right.
This street is derelict.
He was going to talk to my night manager, Miguel.
His address.
Now! Miguel? We're police.
You're OK, you're safe.
Oh, my God.
Gracias.
Thank you.
The man who did this, a British man, is that right? Si.
Yes.
Did he want to know about Joan Severa? I knew that was not his name.
I mean, I never knew his real name.
Every time he came to the hotel, I asked him for ID and he just gave me 20 euros.
Describe him, please.
Older guy.
I think maybe he was a policeman.
I told this to your English man.
Let's go look at some pictures.
Come with us.
OK.
We can't do this somewhere else? Finding photos of serving police? You don't have a laptop? An officer's life might be at risk, Miguel, we're doing it here.
That's him.
That's the guy.
Gabriela and I had an affair for two years.
Nita and I were having problems.
But that's no excuse.
You should be ashamed.
I know I should have spoken up about my connection with Gabriela but the relationship was over.
I was trying to protect my family, you understand that, Ines? If the relationship was over, why did you meet with Gabi the night before she died? Gabriela asked to see me.
She told me she was not happy with Charlie King.
She seemed scared of him.
She wanted us to be together.
But I couldn't get involved again.
I should have helped her.
I wish I had not been such a coward.
From what Miguel told us, even with his half a description, it's possible that Charlie King now knows who you are.
I'm a friend of Gabriela's family.
He would have seen me with her.
It would not have been difficult for him to make that connection.
It's likely he's coming after you, Ramon.
Let him come.
Use me, as long as Nita and the kids are safe, I'm happy to be the bait.
No, no, no.
I can't let you do that.
It's too dangerous.
We'll put surveillance on your house and the station and see if we can pick him up that way.
Don't worry, you are excused.
He knows your faces.
You can take er, what do you call it, you British? Er, a tea break.
Thank you.
You said English tea, right? No, because I live to disappoint you.
So, you don't believe Gabi went to see Hernandez because she wanted him back? Contradicts everything Carmen told us.
No.
Carmen said Gabi seemed to have extra money.
What if she got it from blackmailing Hernandez? Over the relationship? Why not? He was Chief of Police.
We know Charlie was getting suspicious, so she knew she had to knock it on the head.
What if, the night before she died, she asked him for a final payoff? He killed her rather than pay up? And then he's put in charge of the investigation and perfectly placed to put Charlie King in the frame? No, I don't buy it.
The guy's a cheat for sure, but a killer? What? You don't think police officers can be dirty? Hernandez is too smart.
He'd just deny the affair happened.
It would need more than Gabi's word against his.
She would've had to have proof of their relationship.
We need her phone.
We already have it.
But it would have been examined already.
Only for evidence on Charlie King.
We're looking for anything - messages, photos, deleted from Gabriela's phone the day of her death or after.
Is that possible? This is a request from Villegas, yes? Um we need to keep Ines out of this.
Then I feel unable to help.
Rico we wouldn't ask if this wasn't very important.
You have never called me Rico.
It's what your friends call you.
Charlie King, atrapado por Guardia Civil como el hombre mas buscado de Mallorca, fue hoy detenido en una cafeteria en las afueras de Palma.
King ha sido acusado He was caught in an internet cafe five minutes away from her home.
I hope the bastard will now get his justice.
Charlie King is in custody, but he refuses to speak unless it's to the blonde, British, female cop.
It looked like you wanted to help me.
You know I didn't kill Gabi.
You have to explain yourself in this room so we can investigate.
Unfortunately, we have a witness saying you were extremely jealous of Gabi's contact with an ex-boyfriend that you may have assaulted her shortly before she was killed and, when she did turn up dead, instead of proving your innocence, you skipped the country.
I hit her.
It was the last thing I thought I'd ever do.
We were both yelling.
I asked if she'd slept with an ex, and she said maybe she should because I didn't believe her anyway and I saw red and my hand went up, I I will never forgive myself.
You've got to listen, OK? I didn't kill her! I I think Hernandez, the copper in charge of the case, I think he's involved in her murder and he framed me for it.
All I've been trying to do coming back is prove to my dad that I'm innocent before he dies.
Will you help me? Please.
You believe this rubbish? It warrants further investigation.
Despite the fact that Hernandez was on shift with me the night Gabriela was killed, so, there is no possible way he could have been involved.
Unless you want to call me a liar, too.
I know you were run out of the Met because you exposed a dirty cop.
That's unfair.
I feel bad.
But you will not bring this obsession here and destroy the reputation of a good officer that I admire! The admiration is blinding you.
You make trouble for Hernandez, you will have created an enemy in me.
How would I know the difference? Oh, believe me, you would know.
You let it go now, yeah? Especially when you see the file from Rico.
They're the only photographs he found deleted from Gabi's phone.
Drinks consignments.
Well, yeah, but, most importantly, nothing that incriminates Hernandez.
He's in the clear.
Isn't Bonito Drinks Co the supplier for King's Cabaret? Oh, Miranda, please No, listen! When Rob King was kicking off about continual harassment, I looked into the Two years ago, there was a tip-off that King's Cabaret was using counterfeit booze.
They were raided, but everything was found to be legit.
But now, with these, I'm wondering if that's why Gabi had extra cash taking backhanders to keep quiet.
Then she decided to take it to Hernandez.
So you're saying he was involved? Someone in the know had to tip off the Kings about the raid.
It could be him, Max.
We have to go and check out Bonito.
No.
I'm with Ines on this.
You're chasing half-facts trying to make them fit.
Max I'm trying No! There's a man in custody for Gabi's murder, and we should just leave it there.
Is this about upsetting Carmen? Good luck on your wild goose chase.
Thank you.
I'm not driving you.
I don't need you to.
Five minutes.
OK, senor, this is meant to be a celebration.
What's up? Sure, I know Bonito.
Rob King persuaded his father to switch to them.
That wasn't Charlie's idea? No.
Rob always dealt with supplies.
It was the only thing he was really in charge of.
Everyone knew Charlie was his dad's favourite.
Miranda seriously thinks Gabi was killed for this? Yeah, I told her she's mad.
Good.
Then I will get the wine and we can celebrate properly.
Enough talking about work, it's time for It looks like Tweedledum is trying to get ahold of you.
How do you want to handle this? Well we cannot let her go.
Big money in counterfeit booze.
Supplying other clubs, too, not just the family business.
Yes, a smart idea, and bringing a cop in for tip-offs.
Nice sideline, Hernandez.
Well, you know, I'm retired.
I must think of my family.
Yeah.
Bad luck for Gabi, though! I'm guessing she discovered your scam, which is why you were paying her off.
She was happy to take it.
Until she realised she couldn't take your money and still see Charlie, so she went to a cop she knew and trusted, and thought she'd let him report it, right? Yeah, you're an excellent detective.
But Rob! It was you who killed her.
Hernandez only helped you frame your brother for it afterwards.
Why don't you shut your mouth? If that's Max, he'll keep ringing.
And if I don't answer, he'll come looking for me.
I moved her car off the road.
There's no sign that she was there, but Villegas says there's a thing between them, so he probably will come looking for her.
Let her speak to him.
I'm sure she can be sensible.
Max, what's up? "What's up?" Why the hell haven't you been answering the phone? I'm cooking dinner.
Those Bierock things, they look delicious.
Anyway, they're ready now.
So, um, thanks for the tip.
Speak tomorrow, bye.
No-one's going to believe that I've just disappeared.
I don't know.
Villegas says you've never really been a fit here.
Another row with your boss today, you've decided to walk away.
Jefe! Hold on.
Someone's been found sneaking around outside the gates.
Safety standards on this island.
Hernandez, you really want to kill two cops? You're not MY cops.
You know, this is going to look suspicious as hell.
By the time this place goes up, there will be nothing to find.
And even if there is, I still have a few friends who can help me deal with inconvenient evidence.
The insurance will cover the damage.
We'll lose nothing.
I don't know! I was thinking maybe one of us should have a plan.
Here.
If we can break a bottle, we could use the broken glass.
Oh, my God.
Of course.
You going to tell me what you're doing? Oh, reach into my back left pocket.
Swiss Army knife.
I take back anything I ever said about you .
.
or thought about you.
Do you have to rub your hand around like that?! I'm bending my arm the wrong way! You think I'm pausing to feel your butt?! You want to hurry that up?! Yeah! Take it out on me, cos this could have gone very, very wrong.
Well, we wouldn't even be here if you got my code.
What code?! The fact that I told you I had that disgusting cabbage meat thing for dinner! Did that not tip you off that something was wrong? How am I supposed to know that? I was thinking you were actually going to open your mind and give something new a try.
Oh, as if, Max! At least tell me you called for backup before you came looking for me.
Will you let me focus? You're supposed to know me! If you knew me, we wouldn't be about to You called it in? Yeah, of course! You knew it was code.
Why the hell didn't you tell me?! Just wanted to see how close I had to get to dying before I admitted I know you! And quite well, too.
My dad's back in hospital or he's dying, I have to see him.
You can sort that, right? Right?! Ines, I want to explain.
Please.
Ines, maybe she'll listen to you.
She's been knocked unconscious.
She needs to go to the hospital.
I'm fine.
Can I talk to Detective Blake, please? I need to apologise.
Really, you don't have to.
I do.
You were right about Ramon.
My admiration for him.
I couldn't see because of it.
We were all fooled.
Not you.
I think your Metropolitan Police, they made a mistake.
I will tell them that.
Thank you.
I'm sorry about your friend.
Detective Winter.
Take Detective Blake to hospital.
Kicking and screaming, if you have to.
All right.
OK, I'm going.
We need to make a stop.
I have to speak to Charlie.
I'm so sorry, Dad.
Oh, bless you, Charlie.
Good to see you.
A rather nice message from my old boss congratulating me on the case.
Wow, that must have hurt her.
Mm.
So eight missed calls from Carmen.
I should go.
Unless you want me to stay with you.
I wouldn't mind.
I'll be fine, Max.
Go.
OK.
Just until you get seen? Really, I am fine on my own.
Carmen needs you.