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Are you excited? Are you cold?

- No. - Don't go too far.

FACE TO FACE

That's the whole point.

Not too far. You have to get back in.

- Bye, sweetie. - Hi, Max.

Hi.

- What are you doing here? - I need to talk to you.

- You shouldn't be here. - It'll only take five minutes.

- We have nothing to talk about. - It's not about you. It's a case.

Susanne, we shouldn't be talking.

Especially not about police business.

- I just need to know what you know. - Don't touch me.

It's me, for God's sake.

I need your help.

Five minutes, then I'm off to work.

It's been a long time.

Yes, and thank God for that.

You've had a witness who claimed her friend was murdered.

She identified a man. Do you know what case I'm talking about?

- Why do you want to know? - I have to find the man.

Why?

- I think I met him. - So what are you doing here?

You should talk to HQ.

Richard sent me to you because it was your case.

- You spoke to Richard? - Yes.

That makes no sense. He'd never send you to an officer.

What's this about?

I've come straight from Richard. You can call anybody...

But it was never a case.

What do you mean?

It was impossible to prove foul play. There were no leads.

And the witness disappeared, so it was a whole lot of nothing.

- What did the witness tell you? - My shift is about to start.

You need to leave now, I've already told you all I know.

Susanne.

- How's Max? - Don't start. I won't go there.

Has he started bringing home friends?

Please leave.

What the hell are you doing?

Stop that.

- How are you? - You're not my therapist.

- Haven't I always been there for you? - No. You haven't.

Just leave, Susanne.

- I'm sorry if I hurt you... - You're sorry if you hurt me?

I don't want to talk about this.

- Tell me about the girl, and I'll go. - There's nothing to tell. She lied.

- She lied? - Yes.

Could she have been scared? Could you have missed something?

- So the witness lied? - Yes, she lied.

- And all along you thought she lied. - Maybe not all along, but...

Not all along? So when?

- When she disappeared. - But that was after...

Who cares? It was a big lie. What do you want me to say?

How do you know she lied?

Why did you believe her at first? You're sharp, you're experienced.

You've met loads of people you won't talk to or listen to.

Why did you listen to her?

Louise, I'll be there in ten minutes. Don't keep me waiting today.

Yes, see you.

Ten minutes.

Louise, please tell me where you met her and what she told you.

I was on my way home from the night shift

and I see a distraught girl running, so I stop to ask what happened.

- Did you talk to her alone? - Yes. My partner had gone home.

She rambles on about how her friend from Ukraine was just killed.

She's clearly drugged up on coke and stuff.

I comfort her and ask if it happened that day or even at all.

I bring her to a pub and buy her a cup of coffee, and she calms down.

She tells me

that the night before they'd been at her friend's place

when the door was kicked in.

And then a stranger took off with her friend.

She hadn't been able to reach her after that.

- How did she describe the man? - Well...

Ordinary. Yes.

- Dark-haired? - Dark-haired. In his 50s.

I don't know.

Did he have a mark on his face?

A birth mark right here underneath the eye?

She didn't mention that.

- Nothing about a mark on his face? - No.

No.

Did she give you a name?

And her and her friend? Did you get a name?

- Nothing. - Nothing?! Louise, you're an officer!

- You're a professional! - I'd been on a stakeout all night.

I went to the bathroom, and she took off.

- You let her go. - No, she ran, dammit!

I couldn't have known. She'd just ordered breakfast.

And you didn't follow up on it?

Yes, the following days I tried to locate her, but no one knew her.

And no one recognized the description of the man.

I found out her friend was an escort

and her landlord said she'd gone back home.

- And that was that. - That was that?

A woman may be dead and her landlord says she went back to Ukraine.

- And you do nothing? - That's not what happened.

Tell me what happened.

At what point did you believe the witness had lied?

It obviously wasn't the first couple of days, so when?

It was my accumulated impression.

I want to know the exact moment

when you started thinking the witness lied!

When you realized she'd tricked you. When was that?

Because if the girl told the truth

there's a case about a dead girl that hasn't been investigated.

Susanne, people tell stories left and right.

And afterwards we find out, through a lot of hard work

that it was all a big fat lie.

That's just how it is.

I have nothing.

I'm really sorry.

Susanne?

I'm sorry about Christina.

I am excruciatingly miserable.

Life is a living nightmare with people dying all around me.

I feel like someone's testing me to see if I'm a good person.

Like someone wants me to do something. Take action.

It won't bring Christina back to meddle about in a case

that's not even a case.

A girl will die if I don't do something. He told me!

John. That's the name of the man I met.

I think he's the man the witness talked about.

I sat right across from him, he told me he'll kill someone tonight.

- Did he say that? - Yes, he said that.

Maybe he just likes to scare people.

Maybe he enjoys scaring people

and that's all there is.

- You're not the first to say that. - That may be because it's the truth.

- Or you're coordinating your stories. - You sound completely paranoid!

What's up with you? What are you so afraid of?

Know who I'm afraid of? You, Susanne.

- Me? - Yes. Does that surprise you?

But I apolo...

I apologized to you. I'm sorry. Really.

Yes?

Yes, of course.

Yes, I...

I will.

Yes, of course.

Yes.

Right, see you later.

Okay. Bye.

Does he call you often? Richard? Does he often call you directly?

It happens. He's my boss.

Odd coincidence. He just called me.

He called to warn me that you'd come.

You saw him but he kicked you out. Right?

Yes, he wouldn't listen to me. He won't lift a finger!

There's probably a good reason for that.

A good reason for not investigating a potential homicide?

I think he called you to caution you not to talk to me about...

Don't stick your nose in stuff you don't know about.

Are you involved in it?

Is that why no one does anything? You get paid to let it go?

- Are you calling me corrupt? - Maybe.

Nothing happened because she lied, dammit!

You're the one who's lying.

It's so obvious.

Ever since I brought up the case, I've seen in you

a big cloud of a guilty conscience.

What are you not telling me?

I can't trust you.

Yes, you can.

I can?

- I almost lost Max. - That wasn't me.

You went behind my back. Talked to the school and to Richard.

- I was trying to help. - It's my son.

I was trying to prevent people from knowing how bad things were.

How sick you were. I was just trying to help.

Why did you go behind my back?

Why?

I worried about you and your family. And Max.

I risked my job to convince people you were okay and on top of things.

You should've talked to me.

- You were out of it. - Yes, but you should have.

The rape was destroying you.

Every night you left home with your gun.

Stood outside his house ready to break in and shoot him.

I could never have killed him.

Never.

I know that.

You should've come to me.

I tried.

I couldn't talk to your work or you'd be fired.

I could've suggested a sick leave, but I...

The school investigated if Max was being neglected.

Yes, that was a mistake.

A young psychologist misunderstood me.

I fixed it. I called the school and said:

"Don't pursue it, it's all a misunderstanding."

I fixed it.

You have absolutely no boundaries.

You have no boundaries.

- I don't know about that. - You don't get it.

How much it costs your loved ones that you are the way you are.

Including Christina.

I would've done anything for Christina. And for you.

You made me your daughter because you had a rotten relationship her.

You had to meddle in my life to feel better about yourself.

What you said was mean.

I just lost her.

That's not how I saw it. I've always had your back.

I've always looked out for you, you know that.

And I'm looking out for you now.

Louise.

God.

Why is that case so difficult for you?

What was I supposed to do?

- No body, no witnesses! - You should've fought for the girl!

You, of all people!

What is it?

Is it the man the witness talked about?

Does it remind you of your own case?

Does it remind you of your rape?

I should've counselled you better.

You should've reported him back then.

That was my mistake, too.

I need your help. We mustn't make that mistake again.

The case was...

The case was downgraded.

The police didn't have time to investigate a murder?

We didn't know there was a murder.

- Were you ordered to drop it? - No.

But you believed there was a case, and it wasn't investigated.

What happened?

I wanted to go to the escort agency where her friend worked

to find out how they sold themselves online, but it cost man hours.

And they weren't allotted to the case.

- Where did they sell themselves? - On something called Black Net.

Christina was behind Black Net.

Christina was behind it?

Yes, she was the one who...

- Was that why she died? - I don't know.

All I know is that she started it, and then she wanted out.

Why kill girls who make money for you?

Because they're difficult, to shut up the other girls. It's a huge market.

Where there's money, there are motives.

Who stopped the investigation? Was it Richard?

- I have nothing more to tell you. - Tell me who it was.

- Hello! Louise! - Who's that?

- My partner. He's here to pick me up. - I've waited over ten minutes.

- Does he always come to the door? - No.

No? Richard called him. He knows I'm here.

- Susanne, stop it. - He doesn't want the case to get out.

He's covering over corrupt officers. Not everyone is like you.

Louise, are you okay?

- I can't, I can't. - Open the door.

- Trust me. - I can't. He'll kill Max.

- Who? - Is anyone with you?

John was here. The man you met.

I came home, and he'd been in our garden.

He'd played soccer with Max who said he had a mark on his face.

- When was this? - When the case was closed.

- How did he know that? - He must know someone in the police.

If he finds out I talked, he'll kill Max.

He won't know where I got it. I'll find him, and stop him.

- I'll find him, and I'll stop him. - Find the witness.

Find the witness. I'll send you a picture of her.

- Where do I go? - Talk to Bjørn.

- How does he know? - Bjørn knows her pimp, Sebastian.

Are you in there?

Open the door, dammit.

What? Calm down, would you?

- Is someone here with you? - No! I was in the bathroom!

- You could've made coffee. - Calm down, man.

Subtitles: Tina Goldberg Edited by: Priscila Rossi - www.plint.com