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Someone else's reality.

It'll have as much power over you as you let it.

It'll stay as real as much meaning you give it.

To get rid of it?

Not to turn it down...

But to replace it with something of your own.

It's okay, I know this man. Please get in the car, Ilya Nikolayevich.

These gestures will lead to nothing, don't you get it?

Kosyrev will be granted parole in a week.

And in a month, we'll forget all this.

Of course I understand how stressed you are after what happened.

I doubt it.

What's this?

Listen to it.

We won't meet again.

And you need to understand what I expect from you.

Kosyrev must be held in prison for life, as he is now.

How you'll do it...

How you'll rewind the process...

I don't care.

I don't think it's possible.

Take it.

Or I'll take this recording to TV.

Or somewhere else.

Take it.

TEACH ME HOW TO LIVE

Who are you?

Who are you?

Who are you?

EPISODE 9

Who are you?

9 DAYS EARLIER

- Nikushin. - This is general Kazantsev. - Yes.

- Investigator Storozheva works for you? - Yes.

Take her off the case immediately.

I've just got a request from Moscow.

Want a sandwich?

I need the information about the new victim.

Okay.

No muscle relaxants in her blood.

Bruises on her arms, legs, stomach, head, and back.

Signs of struggle all over her body.

Pieces of skin under her nails.

Everything is very dirty.

But there's enough material to run a match.

- So it looks like it's a different killer? - And did you expect something else?

I need to connect these three victims.

- What about the weapon? - Well, it's a pointed or bladed weapon.

The blade is 20 cm in length and 3 cm in width.

The presence of multiple wounds allows us to say it with certainty.

And the most important thing...

It's half-sharpened and with a groove near the spine.

And can you confirm that all three murders are connected with the same weapon?

Rita, how can take such a responsibility?

Bring me the murder weapon.

Bring it to me, and I'll tell you yes or no.

- Yes, Sonya. - Storozheva, where are you?

I just came out of the lab.

Nikushin wants to see you terribly urgently.

Terribly urgently? About what?

How do I know? He went upstairs and came back dark and angry.

He's asking about you every 10 minutes.

I see. Tell him I'll be at the station in half and hour.

Yes, Rita, hi!

Nikushin is in the office. I think he'll be there for a while.

- You can go to your wife. - Thank you, Rita.

Thank you.

You called for me?

Do you have suspects?

- I'm working on it. - Three victims. Working isn't enough.

Everyone needs results.

I'm not even sure that you have a plan.

- I have leads, I just need to... - That's great.

Tell investigator Levada about them.

Hand over all of your case files to him tomorrow.

Are you suspending me?

Yes.

Storozheva, what's the matter?

Call me when Nikushin leaves.

Okay, I will.

Yes, Storozheva.

Rita, this is Ira, your downstairs neighbor.

I'm ringing your doorbell, but nobody answers.

- What do you mean? - Nobody answers. You're flooding us!

I'll be right over.

Mom!

Mom!

Rita!

You're early.

Are you washing the floor?

- Mom! - Yes.

You left the water running.

I've been calling you, but you didn't answer.

The neighbors came and knocked. but you didn’t open the door.

They are lying.

Why wouldn't I open the door to them?

Because that’s what happened.

- Why are you yelling at me? - I'm not yelling at you.

- Don't you dare yell at me. - I'm not yelling at you, Mom!

Rita, your phone is ringing!

Will you answer?

Rita, will you answer it or not?

Pick it up already.

Hello!

Hello! Rita?

- It's me. - Hello!

Why aren't you picking up?

Okay, listen up. Here's what I found.

I went to Nikushin's apartment.

Got the security footage.

There's no footage from the night of the first murder.

But there's footage from the night Plotnikova was murdered.

Until 10 p.m., there's a truck parked that blocks the view.

So I can't tell whether Nikushin left the house or not.

Hold on. There's a man.

But that's definitely not him.

Look, I'll send to footage to the IT team.

Let them do the work.

Hello! Storozheva, are you asleep there?

No, I'm not asleep.

You sound weird.

No, I'm not.

Are you all right?

Yes, I'm all right.

Have you been crying?

- No. - Rita!

Okay, I'll meet you at the station.

Bye, Tolya!

Katya, open the door.

Katya, open the door. It's me.

Let me in. We need to talk.

Katya, let me in! We need to talk!

Katya, we need to talk.

Talk.

Please pack your things.

You need to come with me right now.

- That's what you want to say? - Listen to me.

Listen! Listen to me!

I've been listening to you for a long time. Listening and understanding.

Now you want to convince me... Of what?

We're no longer husband and wife.

We're nothing to each other.

But you're still pretending that we have something left.

There's nothing left!

And you have no right to act like this!

- It's not that. - Really?

- This isn't about us. - Not that? Then what?

You came to me yesterday, didn't you?

You said that we need to start living again.

I tried to start living.

And here you are again.

What do you mean then?

You can't be with Nikushin.

Do you hear yourself?

Do I have to ask for your permission?

Sleep with whoever you want!

This is about Nikushin, not you.

What do you know about him?

What do you know about him?

What are you saying?

What are you saying?

Do you suspect him?

You're crazy.

What did he tell you about himself? Do you know who he is?

- Did you talk? - I don't need your questionnaires!

There was a time when I knew nothing about you either.

And I still don't know anything.

Nothing then?

You don't know anything?

And that this is his house?

Not some imaginary friends'.

You don't know that?

Then we'll have to find it out by ourselves.

Don't make a scene!

Sonya! Where's Nikushin? Where's his car? When did he leave?

Oh my God, Storozheva. Maybe half an hour ago.

- I told you to call me! - I'm sorry, I forgot.

- You're sorry? - Yes, I'm sorry! I apologize!

What are you going to do?

So?

Oh my God, Ilya, what are you doing? Stop making a scene!

Ilya! Listen to me!

You're out of your mind. Listen to me.

Ilya, stop it! You won't find anything there.

Oh my God, what are you going? Stop it! Please! Your phone is ringing!

- What's in there? - I don't know.

Nothing. And you don't need to know what's in there.

Did he tell you about his family?

About his wife and daughter?

That's what I thought. You have know idea who you're sleeping with.

Oh my God, Ilya, stop it please!

What's this?

This is obsession.

These are my wife and daughter.

Only one person left Nikushin's house around 2 a.m.

There he is, look.

And here's his license plate number.

I ran the plate. The car belongs to Govorov.

Govorov...

Govorov...

A key person in the local administration.

And concurrently the father of Nikushin's late wife.

Here's an order to discontinue the case.

Compulsory therapy.

And a statement by Leonid Stanislavovich Govorov vouching for Nikushin.

Leonid Stanislavovich?

Tolya, I need his number.

I've been thinking a lot about how it will be.

- Apparently it's the best way. - The best way for what?

To explain everything.

Okay, we'll talk.

But Katya has to leave the room.

I won't talk to you if she doesn't leave the room.

Please go.

Do you suspect me?

I'm guilty, but not of what you think.

Here's my fault.

I don't know where to start.

My daughter was six. Yes, probably with that.

When you say it, you realize that your life isn't going the way it should.

I saw the breaking path, there...

Either she was going too fast...

But that can't be it. She always drove very carefully.

Especially since she was with our daughter.

Or the brake system was damaged.

Do you know what I mean?

Hello! Leonid Stanislavovich Govorov?

Hello! This is investigator Storozheva.

Yes. I need to meet you as soon as possible.

Yes, I know your address.

I'll be right over. Goodbye!

Tolya, I need you to find a person.

He's in a mental health facility.

Don't wait for me, I'll get back by myself.

I'm handing over the case to Levada tomorrow.

So I really need you to get there as soon as possible.

Okay.

Rita!

Do you want to talk?

About your suspension.

This facility is situated in the Center for Social and Forensic Psychiatry.

Where Lavrov used to work.

Check it, Tolya.

I need you to meet him in person.

Why made you think that you were guilty in the death of your family?

Wasn't I?

I put them in the car.

I wished them a safe journey.

Here. Maybe there are more.

I still have a lot of questions. But now I know more than I used to.

This is my friend. He visited us the day before the crash.

He could get down to the garage.

He followed the investigation and could falsify the records.

She used to work in our department.

I fired her and launched an internal investigation.

Was she looking for revenge? Yes, of course, she was.

Okay. Hold on.

Here. The independent expert.

Why was he invited to carry out the inspection?

Who's behind him? He, he, or he?

We live nearby.

When I found out about the accident, I went straight to the hospital.

Because I thought that someone survived.

Slava wasn't there.

He spent the whole day at the sight of the crash.

I was told that he stood there for two hours watching.

He didn't move. Just watched.

Maybe that was when he got this idea.

I even believed him at first.

He sounded like he knew it for sure.

It wasn't an accident.

They were traveling in his car.

And people of his profession tend to have enemies.

But no. The examination was thorough.

I checked.

It was an accident.

Maybe she got distracted. The road was slippery...

Like you said, follow them when they think that on one sees them.

I followed them. But I don't understand. They are ordinary people, like you and me.

But one of them destroyed my family.

And at some point, I realized that I would kill every one of them.

Even if I couldn't prove their guilt.

And then you decided to contact me?

No one believes me.

And you would, because you, of all people, know that killers....

Usually hide behind a mask of sanity.

I tried to contact you, but I was told that you no longer help the police.

Then I started looking for a case that would definitely interest you.

- A serial killing? - A serial killing.

Was I waiting for it? Yes.

But I never thought that it would have anything to do with you.

Let alone that it would involve...

Katya?

Katya.

Do you see it?

What were you doing here?

Meeting Nikushin's father-in-law.

Checking his alibi.

And how did it go?

You no longer suspect him either?

Is Katya with him?

Do you think his family was really murdered?

No.

But he can't accept it.

Because he would have to admit that it was fate, not the fault of a particular person.

And it would mean that life has no meaning and order.

There's only chaos.

And there's no way to control it.

Are you afraid of this too?

Of chaos?

The order that we create is scarier that chaos.

Nikushin's reality is controlled by the imaginary killer.

And the longer he lives in this reality, the more he submits to its logic.

And acts according to its laws.

But you let her stay with him.

Do I have the right to decide?

I was suspended today.

But it doesn't matter, does it?

We'll finish it and find the killer anyway, right?

Where are we going?

To my place.

Rita, I will no longer participate in the investigation.

Look, everyone makes mistakes.

We must finish this.

You haven't even seen the last case file.

I know that you don't think it's one of the series.

But I'm absolutely sure that you were right.

Rita...

Don't we have anything else to talk about?

He has finally made a mistake.

Our killer has made a mistake.

It means that you were right about Kosyrev.

Stop it, Rita. Stop it.

I've already told you everything.

I don't know why you don't see it.

I'm the cause of the problem, not the solution.

I'm not helping. I'm making it more complicated.

And all you're doing is correcting my mistakes.

Alik, Starostin, Nikushin.

I'm making them all guilty.

You're chasing my ghosts.

You wanted an answer?

Here's my answer.

I tricked everyone.

I understand absolutely nothing.

You brought me here to tell me this?

No, I didn't want to tell you anything.

I thought you would figure it out.

You have time to feel sorry for yourself? Really?

And I don't.

Don't follow me. I can get home by myself.

The waitress's case.

Plotnikova's case. And the forest case.

Do you really think it's effective?

How long will it take Levada to study all these cases?

And will he get along with Lavrov?

I didn't say that.

But you got along with him?

Did he tell you anything about me?

It's none of my business.

My job is to find the killer.

And I have a theory.

A psycho veterinarian from Lavrov's past who attacked his wife.

ILCHEVSK 5

Is anyone here?

Yes.

Hello!

Hello!

Hello!

Where's everyone? Is the hospital open?

Not yet. It's closed for repairs.

I see.

- Enjoy your meal. - Thank you. Goodbye!

Goodbye!

It wasn't my decision to take you off the case.

The thing is that Kosyrev's attorney didn't like your trips to prison.

Maybe we should talk to him and find out who's behind him?

We really shouldn't do that.

But if you gave me a good reason not to take you off the case...

Well...

The forest case.

The signature suggests that this murder isn't part of the series.

Because Lavrov doesn't know the victim.

That's what Lavrov says.

And the medical examiner isn't sure that we need to group them together.

And you?

And I have no proof.

So you think that you shouldn't hand over the forest case to Levada, right?

Okay, we won't group these cases together.

Storozheva!

Tell me please, why did you make me drive so far?

What?

What I said. It was in vain.

The hospital is closed for repairs. The patients were moved. And our Nafeev too.

- Did you find out where? - No.

I was waiting for you to tell me.

To Kemanovsk. Kemanovsk hospital.

- Is Kemanovsk far from Ilchevsk? - No.

Let's go there.

- Listen, I'm hungry. - You can eat on our way there.

Yes, Storozheva.

Hello, girl! This is Puchkov.

Hello, Mikhail Aleksandrovich!

You have a beautiful voice. I've got a call from my friend in prison.

Kosyrev wrote a letter.

For the first time since he's been there.

There's only one sentence in it.

"Who are you?"

It's about to be sent.

A P.O.В. at Post Office No. 2 in Ilchevsk.

- What post office? - Post Office No. 2 in Ilchevsk.

And do you know who the addressee is?

Anna.

So we need to go there and see who comes for it.

No, we can't do that, girl.

The problem is that this post office was closed around 5 years ago.

Kosyrev knew nothing about it, and Anna didn't tell him that.

And one more thing.

There's the number 247 written on the envelope next to the name.

I don't know what it means.

- The house number? - Just the number without the street name?

Ilchevsk is a small town. There aren't so many houses.

- That's weird. - Think, girl.

Bye!

Don't sleep, you'll freeze to death. Are we going or not?

We should have been going already. Have you got a map?

I've got everything except for sandwiches.

In the glove box.

And I'm raking all these leaves.

Raking, and raking, and raking.

And there are more leaves underneath them.

And more. And more.

And in my dream I thought that I would never rake them up.

Never.

Doctor, should I tell you the second dream too?

Second?

- Yes please. - Well...

Do you want me to stop?

This must be the main building

How are you?

I see.

- Do you know who this Nafeev is? - No.

The Golovlyovsk killer's copycat.

Who was very disappointed that his role model was caught.

And you know who helped catch him? Lavrov.

- And you think... - I don't.

I really hope that we'll see him securely locked up.

But I don't like that he got so close to Lavrov.

Maybe we should call Lavrov then?

We don't know anything yet.

How many patients do you have here?

In compulsory care.

Semyon Valeryevich Nafeev.

Admitted on February 12.

On March 22, transferred to outpatient care after an examination.

So he isn't here?

No, he's not. But it doesn't mean that his treatment is over.

So you're saying that against all recommendations...

You let an insane person go home?

If he really was dangerous to himself or others, we wouldn't have let him go.

And for your information, in order to transfer a person from a hospital...

One needs a huge pile of medical assessment reports.

Now listen to me.

I need every file you've got on Nafeev.

His address, visiting times, everything.

And what authority do you have?

You wouldn't want me to have the authority to accuse you of negligence...

That lead to the death of two or more people.

Article 293, paragraph 3.

Up to 5 years in prison.

Damn it! What are they even thinking?

Rita!

- Rita! Rita! - What?

Look.

Do you recognize him?

Do you need help?

Get out of here!

That's our volunteer from yesterday.

Looks like him. Registered in our town.

16 Sokolova Street. A dorm.

Yes, it's me.

I've just had visitors from the Investigation Committee.

This is Storozheva.

Send a SWAT team to 16 Sokolova Street.