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[discordant music plays]

-[digging] -[Moritz pants]

[ominous music plays]

[breathes shakily]

This is how it goes.

Everything you do has a price.

Question is...

What are you willing to pay to do it?

A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES

[upbeat music plays]

[stirring classical music plays]

You knew my son?

[classical music continues in background]

[woman] You grew up here.

You'd think you would have met my Buba, wouldn't you?

[coughs]

No.

But we heard about what happened.

Yeah, sorry.

Don't be sorry.

-It's not your-- -Yeah, it was suicide!

...fault.

No?

[horse neighs outside]

-No? -In Albania,

when your head's shaking, "yes". And this is "no".

-Albania? -Mm, I've heard about that before.

In a Fun Fact Reddit. It's crazy, no?

And did you know, that in sex,

an "Albanian" is when you rub your dick behind the other person's knee?

You knew, right?

-[neighing] -Or not.

[siren ringtone sounds]

Enough of this nonsense.

-[woman] I'll tell you what I do know. -[tense music plays]

I know that you had a lot of ecstasy in your company's garage.

Two hundred pills.

And I also know you had something to do with the death of my son.

Now, you're going to tell me something I don't know.

You're in charge here, right?

Um...

[scoffs]

[Dan yells]

[Dan splutters, gasps]

-[Moritz] Okay! We... -[Dan pants]

We admit it! We...

-We're drug dealers. -Hm?

[Dan] No, no, no!

-[Dan screams] -[laughs]

-Oh really? You're the boss? -[whimpers]

-He doesn't look like the boss. -[Moritz] And so-- [yells]

-This is so unhygienic! -Oh, hey!

-Spit it out then. -[groans]

We sell ecstasy.

I'm the boss. Daniel handles the packaging, and...

Lenny ensures that we get the goods to our buyers.

-How much do you actually sell? -Oh, we're... very successful.

-Uh... -[Lenny] Hm?

In a good month, we can sell...

[gulps]

About 100 pills. The whole school buys from us.

But what about Buba?

[electro music plays]

Buba was our supplier. But there was a dispute.

[Moritz] Because Buba wanted to expand.

He even, uh...

He even forced us to go and sell in clubs.

Um... for example, at...

-At Monkey's! -Monkey's, right.

Next to McDonald's on the motorway. But the owner is completely unpredictable.

-He's called... -He's called Frank.

Buba was scared of him.

So he asked Lenny to get a gun for him on the Darknet.

[groans]

One of those things from a 3D printer. Because the police confiscated Buba's gun.

Anyway, I told Buba he should be careful, because these guns seem very dangerous,

but then he was waving it around, and...

He...

Well, you see the rest of it in the... [gulps] video.

Thank you.

For being honest with me.

Honesty is important.

Honesty is definitely the most important thing.

It's what makes a family stay as a family, you know?

When my Ilir betrayed me,

he came to me straight away and told me everything.

And if it weren't for you, then our Buba would still be alive. Huh?

-[whimpers] -[suspenseful music plays]

-Are you going to kill us? -No, so that...

No.

-That's a no! That Albanian thing, yeah? -What? No. Yeah!

Yeah! So you won't kill us?

Yeah. No. No!

-I didn't mean that we're not-- -Double negative?

-[Ilir] Huh? -[gasps]

-[Abnor] So... -No, no, please, no!

-Fuck! -[Moritz] We'll find a solution!

-[guns cock] -We've got some money saved!

And so how much do you think my Buba's life is worth?

-Huh? -[exhales]

[Moritz] Five...

Fifty?

[Moritz] Fifty.

Fifty thousand!

-Fifty thousand euros! -[Lenny] Yeah!

[Moritz] Doro, we..

We also know what it feels like...

I mean, we lost Buba as well.

Well, before he accidentally shot himself, we were also a kind of... family.

Can't we pick up where we left off, before this happened?

[Moritz] Keep selling your stuff?

[Lenny] Coke.

So now we're fucking coke dealers?

The Dutch are going to kill us. They'll finish us off, one by one!

Lenny, we'll find a solution. I just need some time to think.

I was talking to Dan!

I only talk to people who haven't got off with my girlfriend!

-We kissed too, remember? -Well, that was different!

For the last time, Kira and I weren't getting off!

Lenny, I've already explained this.

I went to her to find out if she's a threat.

-And yeah, thanks to you, she is! -I'm still not going to talk to you!

To him.

Because he just turned us into fucking murderers!

-Huh? -[Lenny] In Mexico,

34 people a day are killed by weapons bought with coke money.

Think about that.

[Lenny] Haven't you seen Narcos?

-Cocaine is a fucking blood drug! -[Moritz] Yeah?

And the cobalt in your smartphone was mined by child labourers in the Congo.

-So what? -So what?! It's a drug for idiots.

Name me one cokehead who's cool.

[braying]

Robert Downey Jr.

Yeah, pre-Iron Man. Nobody likes pre-Iron Man Robert Downey Jr.

In Ally McBeal he was good. That's pre-Iron Man.

-[Moritz] Yeah, see? -Ally McBeal?! What are you, forty?

[laughs] Ally McBeal...

Okay, Pablo. What's your coke plan?

Let me think about it. I'm sure we can use it to our advantage.

Just get rid of it and say we sold it.

Who cares if we owe the Albanians €4,000 a month?

At least the Dutch won't kill us.

That's an idea. No wonder the Albanians thought Dan was the boss.

They're not Albanian! Why does everybody keep talking about Albania?

I didn't get that with Buba either.

But I read that all German cocaine traffic is controlled by Albanian families.

-Like a cartel or something. -What?!

And now we have a fucking cartel after us?

Huh?

It's good that our CEO knew who they were

before getting us involved in fucking coke deals!

Okay, we just destroy the stuff. Happy?

Hey! You just worry about the 50,000 you promised Doro.

"Bitcoins to cash is a complicated, dangerous conversion".

We're the most pathetic dealers ever.

We only have virtual money and none of us drives a cool car.

-Hey. What about my Tiguan? -It's a Tiguan.

For the disabled.

Uh...

Uh... Sorry, that's... Not what I meant, I...

Crypto-Lenny will sort the cash thing out.

One moment. You said it's impossible to do without leaving a trace.

Yeah... and no.

[Moritz] Everyone sees Bitcoin as the anonymous online currency.

But it's not really that anonymous.

Every transaction is saved somewhere and can therefore theoretically be found.

Cash is much more anonymous.

Do you know who the last three people were to touch the €10 note in your wallet?

But if you want to convert Bitcoins into cash,

you have to give up your identity.

Unless you know how it all works.

But that's constantly changing.

In the early days, for example,

you could go on localbitcoins.com and arrange to meet with strangers

to anonymously trade your Bitcoins for cash.

You had to meet with real people. In real life.

[old-fashioned music plays]

Thank God we don't have to do that anymore.

[retro pop music plays]

[Moritz] Then there was this weird period

where all you needed was a fake ID to register with dodgy online banks,

like N26 or Fidor.

With just a few clicks, the money was in your account.

The only problem was that you could only withdraw small amounts of cash.

[futuristic music plays]

[Moritz] Nowadays, it's best to go to Holland or Austria,

where they have Bitcoin ATMs which let you withdraw cash.

You can register with a mobile phone number.

So all you need to do is buy a few prepaid SIM cards

and keep making withdrawals until the ATM is empty.

But that's hardly discreet.

Identification!

[Moritz] To be 100% safe, you need someone with technical super powers.

Let's go.

[Moritz] Someone who knows how to cover their tracks on the internet.

[Moritz] If I understand it right, it's not that complicated.

Okay, first we need a bank account with a high transfer limit. For Bonus Life.

-Hey, your mum works at the bank! -Forget it.

-I'm not involving my family. -It's not illegal.

We're using another bank! End of the discussion.

It's the perfect cover. You're the son--

Let's just move on to the next item on our endless fuck-up list, okay?

What do we do about Kira? Hey!

-Hm? -Kira.

I'm done with her.

You are not. Do you know what's worse than a girlfriend who knows about MyDrugs?

-An ex-girlfriend who knows about MyDrugs! -Could you be any louder?!

As long as we don't have a plan, you need to keep an eye on her.

The best way to do that is to get back together.

-Wait, is he serious? -You'll just have to pretend.

Of course, you're right. That's okay, then.

How do you geniuses imagine that working? It's not just me who's done with her.

Thanks to you, she's finished with me!

-Huh? -Fine, I'll tell her what happened.

But then it's up to you.

[shouts] Fuck!

[female voice] Next stop: Rinseln, Goethe Street.

Marie, sweetheart... Life is one big cycle. [inhales]

Every living thing is born, then it lives out its life on the Earth

-and must eventually return to-- -A better place. I get it.

Remember, I'm not ten anymore, Dad. I'm 12.

Pedro's gone. He died. Yeah. The nice old lady from the farm rang.

She wanted to come by and tell you herself,

but then we tried to work out a time when I'd be home,

or when your brother would be home, so there'd be someone to comfort you.

And then we went through our diaries,

but unfortunately we couldn't find a time that worked, so...

He died in his sleep.

-[horse neighs] -[shot fires]

What?

[rattling, whining]

[gasps] Daddy! A dog? Oh, it's so sweet! Is it ours?

Yeah. This is Susi!

She was a police dog.

She's a bit older now, but she's still in good form!

-[Jens laughs] -[Susi sniffs]

[Susi yelps]

[Jens] I think...

[Susi whines]

[barking]

-[Susi whines] -[Jens] Susi!

-[Susi barks] -Quiet!

[barks]

[chuckles]

Oh Susi, are you barking because of Moritz?

He's a bit weird, but you'll get used to him.

-[Marie] Susi. Come on, Susi! -[barking continues]

[soft music plays]

[Marco] It's a misunderstanding, it's...

Yeah, look. I'm coming to Frankfurt for a few days.

We can discuss it in person. Okay?

Yeah, um... Wait a moment.

Okay, uh-- No, not you.

I'll be in touch. Yeah.

Why are you limping?

-I fell over. -I thought you at least knew how to walk.

Mr. Kowinski called.

Your bio teacher?

-Yeah, I know who my biology teacher is. -Oh yeah? Your grades say otherwise.

-He said you might have to redo the year. -I've just been busy with Bonus Life.

Ooh! And what are you going to do about it?

Maybe less Boner Life and more Bio Life?

Bonus Life, my start-up. It's going well, thanks for asking.

-I'm earning my own money now. -As if you could start up a company.

You gave up the FC Dortmund youth programme to get your A-levels.

So sort your shit out!

I don't want to listen to your mum's nagging,

I've got enough to deal with!

[Marco, mocking] Ooh, I run a successful start-up, I'm making loads of cash!

-[Marco] Moron! -[engine roars]

[tyres squeal, horn blares]

-[Susi barks, whines] -[female radio presenter] ...but first,

we're giving you the chance to win ten grand. That's right!

We're playing The Secret Sound.

I'll play it for you again...

-[whining continues] -[ominous music plays]

[whining, scratching]

[sighs]

Search.

[rummaging, whining]

-[Susi barks] -[tense music plays]

It might be good if people know how much we're making.

-Who? -Yeah. People.

-Which people? -Well, you know... My parents.

Why your parents? They have their own money.

-[Dan] You just don't get it. -€150,000?

-What are you doing? -Nothing.

DETACHED HOUSE IN QUIET LOCATION FOR SALE

Right. We have this, which is called the Junior Boss account.

That might be the right thing for you. It's a good match.

[Frauke] Here.

You get online banking,

a bank card with the company's name on it...

Are you sure you have time for this? I mean, with...

exams, and all that?

[inhales]

[Dan] Mum, we'll manage.

Um, I was wondering if there's a transfer limit?

With the Junior Boss you can't go into overdraft.

Oh no, I mean, um...

What's the highest amount that our customers could transfer to us at once?

Yeah, for a bulk order, for example.

-A bulk order for nutritional supplements? -Yes, it's a growing market.

Okay...

For international transfers,

we need to report anything over €12,000 to the Central Bank.

For domestic transfers we only look closely if it's over €10,000,

if we suspect money laundering.

But of course, I won't have to worry about that in your case, gentlemen.

[Frauke laughs]

[all laugh awkwardly]

Okay guys, back to work. You take care of the Bitcoins,

and we'll do deliveries. We're behind. Customers are--

No.

I have to go home and take care of the Kira situation.

Oh, and I really have to study for biology.

And I have to figure out how to get rid of the Albanians' coke.

[all sigh]

[church bell rings]

Yeah.

See ya!

Bye.

So, um, about the biology exam tomorrow...

[Moritz] Hm?

-It's not my strongest subject, you know? -Oh, really?

Yeah, and if I don't pass, then I can forget about my A-levels.

I see.

-You're really good at biology. -Yep. Very.

Well, Lenny dropped biology, and...

Maybe, I mean... I was thinking...

That the loser, of all people, would help you study, hm?

[phone chimes]

[Moritz] I'll be at yours at 8. See you later.

[mellow electro music plays]

[siren ringtone sounds]

[Moritz] This is Moritz Zimmermann's voicemail. Please leave a message.

POLICE

[soft electro music plays]

-[tapping] -[grunts]

[tapping]

[whines]

So who are you?

-[Susi whines] -Hey!

-[dramatic classical music plays] -[Susi barks, whines]

[barking]

[clattering]

There's a fucking dog in our office, and it's taking everything apart.

-[crashing] -[Susi whines]

No idea where it came from.

It's a drug dog. It lives with you now. It's called Susi.

What?!

[crashing continues]

Fuck!

[Moritz] Three... two... one...

[yawns]

Did you just ignore Marlene?

She's been calling all day, but we have bigger problems.

Moritz, are you mad? They'll kill us!

Huh? Why?

Oh! Right, yeah. I'll call her in a second.

[Moritz] Hey. And what are we going to do with you?

[groans]

[Moritz] This is Moritz Zimmermann's--

-[Beeke] Are they still not picking up? -[sighs]

"Please go fuck yourself with an anchor or something".

-[Beeke] Oh, Jesus! -[Marlene] "Where is my order?"

[Beeke] "No sign of life in days, I'm sure M1000 disappeared..."

[Marlene] "Fucking scam."

[Beeke] "I'll have to go back to buying on the street. M1000 has totally lost it".

[Marlene] "For weeks. I bet they're in prison." Hm.

[Beeke] "Are you looking for a more reliable supplier? Try YourDrugs."

-[Marlene] What the fuck? -[electro music plays]

[Moritz pants]

[Lenny] What are we doing?

[Moritz] It's normal for new dogs to run off. [grunts]

And everything will be okay.

When this is behind us, everything will be-- [yelps]

[groans]

[groans]

What are you doing, exactly?

[Lenny] Right. So how are you going to do it?

Huh?

I think... the hammer would be fastest, no?

[yelps]

What?

I thought that you...

-Because you've crossed that line-- -What?

[Susi whines]

You shot Buba.

-No I did not. -You did, you pulled the trigger!

[Moritz] The gun just didn't go off. If it had, you'd have--

Yeah, but it didn't!

Right. It's one of those "who shot first" numbers.

-Han or Greedo? -Exactly.

There's nothing to discuss. It's crystal clear.

[whimpers]

Susi's cold.

-What the hell are we even doing here? -[Susi groans]

[inhales] I'm sorry.

-[Susi whimpers] -What?

-I'm an arsehole! -[Susi yelps]

I'm really sorry about that thing with Kira.

I shouldn't have gone to see her.

[Moritz] I wanted to protect us, but that was stupid. I never wanted...

It was like giving my sister a kiss.

Okay. I could've done without that mental image.

I'm sorry, too, for... for telling her everything about MyDrugs.

-[soft music plays] -Mm. It's okay.

[sniffling] I kind of understand.

I'm sorry I've been such a shitty friend.

-[Susi whimpers] -[sobs quietly]

Are you crying?

[Moritz sobs]

What? No!

[Moritz sobs]

[Lenny] Moritz!

Moritz!

It's okay, man.

I'm sorry too, for lying to you.

From now on, let's always be honest with each other.

[Moritz sobs]

It's bad enough being threatened by the Albanian cartel

and some crazy Dutch guys wanting to kill us.

-Let's not lie to each other as well. -Mm-hm.

-[Susi groans] -[Lenny sighs]

-Shouldn't we just let her go? -Mm-hm.

I should have been home ages ago anyway. Lisa wanted to pick her stuff up, and...

Oh, fuck! Dan!

-[crashing] -[Moritz grunts]

[phone chimes]

He's going to kill me.

[electro music plays]

Here, hold this!

[Moritz, panting] Hey, Dan, um...

Sorry, something came up. Got to pop home quickly, then I'll come over, okay?

[Susi whimpers]

[Jens] First Susi takes off, and now Moritz isn't here.

Do you know where he is? I can't get hold of him.

No idea. We aren't exactly speaking at the moment.

Moritz... Where have you been? Why haven't you been answering your calls?

Moritz, what's going on?

Lisa, we have to--

No, we're going to the kitchen. We have something to discuss.

No, I have to go to Dan's for the biology exam--

Moritz, we're going to talk now, you hear?

[tense music plays]

[Jens] And Lisa, you too, please.

It's probably better if you hear this too.

I know about the drugs, Moritz.

-[tense music plays] -[beeping]

-Boo! -[yelps] God...

Not bad. 1.2 million.

Yeah. Have you ever heard of knocking?

If I wanted to steal your money, I'd have done it a long time ago.

That's true.

You look tired.

I know. Relationship stress. My girlfriend was lying to me.

About everything.

What a stupid cow.

[groans] Yeah, I know I fucked everything up, okay?!

I'm sorry, really.

I just get so nervous when people want to get into my system.

And so I built a firewall to make sure no one can.

A fucking firewall?

You've air-gapped. I don't know who you are.

-Know how shit that feels? -That's not true.

I gave you a fake IP address, but the contents of my server are real.

Enough metaphors. No one talks like that.

Yeah. We do.

What are you doing?

-Can I help? -No.

You won't get far just using the Bitcoin tumbler.

You still have to put money through different--

Oh, come on.

You're the best thing that's happened to me in years.

You and Yakuza 6.

Okay.

Fine, you can help me. But you can only help me on two conditions.

First, don't tell Moritz you helped me. And two, never kiss Moritz ever again.

Are you mad? I'm done with him.

It was just a one-time thing.

[chuckles]

["Is This Love" by Cid Rim ft. Jessica Winter plays]

♪ Is this love? ♪

♪ It's enough for me ♪

RINSELN BANK

I know you deleted everything from that dead dealer's laptop,

when you were supposed to be helping us crack it.

[exhales] What makes you think I…

[sighs]

Um, Jens, I should probably clear this up.

Please, let me finish. This is a serious situation.

You bought marijuana from this dead drug dealer.

That's why your name was on the computer, right?

-I'm not sure what dealer you mean, but-- -That's right.

-Mo, that is-- -I was so scared...

That it would come out that I used to regularly buy weed from him.

[voice breaking] I don't know what's going on. I think I have a real problem.

[breathes shakily]

With marijuana.

Bullshit.

Since when do you have a drug problem?

A while now.

Of course, you didn't notice, what with America and everything.

Looking back, it all makes sense.

The secretive behaviour.

The locked doors, and the lock under your bed.

Also the fact that you've been so listless and unreliable recently.

[inhales]

I'm sure it's also one of the reasons Lisa broke up with you.

I broke up with her.

You did it?

What is going on, Moritz?!

[sighs]

[sighs] Can't we talk about this on our own, just the two of us?

-As... family. -Lisa is family.

I'm concerned that you've made a lot of bad decisions of late. [sighs]

You don't notice how badly you're hurting those around you.

Yours wasn't the only name on that laptop.

That deleting trick erased any trace of information

that could have helped the federal police catch an international online drug dealer!

That stays between us, of course. It's top secret.

What kind of online drug dealer?

Ecstasy, on a massive scale.

[Jens] They sell bags full of the stuff.

-Uh-huh... -[tense electro music plays]

[Jens] What we found on your friend Daniel is nothing compared to this.

[Jens] The federal police has even been called in for this MyDrugs case.

It's a really big fish. There's a lot of money involved.

I don't even know the last time the federal police were here in Rinseln.

Sorry, I've just realised I actually have to go home. It's urgent.

-Lisa... -No. Let her go.

Lisa has to process all of this.

And you should just be happy that you don't have to keep lying anymore.

Moritz, I'm worried about you!

You have to be careful with the decisions you make.

My boy.

You have to be honest with the people you care about.

Even if it's the hardest thing in the whole world.

[Moritz] Lisa!

-[dramatic classical music plays] -Hey, Lisa! Wait!

Lisa!

[echoing] Lisa!

Otherwise you find yourself alone.

[softly] Lisa...

[Moritz] Oh, man...

[classical music resumes]