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PREVIOUSLY

[shouting] No! Fuck! No!

Who ordered you to do this? Hepner?

Just tell us how it all happened and we'll leave you alone.

[Dorothy] Serafin, he fought beautifully.

And he died beautifully as well.

[shouting] I'll kill you! You're dead!

Miki has a disease...

Congenital bleeding diathesis.

It can be treated. In Boston.

On the first floor in the study you will find a Beksiński painting.

A very valuable image, so it's insured.

[Agata] And if it's stolen...

The owner will be compensated.

You're fucking awesome.

[Agata moans]

Bart, if you leave now, then you'll have nothing to come back to.

- It'll be the end. Hear me? - Basia, it's all over anyway.

I'm sorry about your brother's death.

If you hadn't dragged him into your dirty business,

he'd still be alive.

Find the link between the death of the younger Kraszecki and Hepner!

I saw him and Rabczuk pull Marek out of the house.

[sobbing] He was already dead.

- Was Hepner there as well? - Yes.

I know it's you, motherfucker.

Natalia told me that she saw Rabczuk and Hepner

carry your brother's body out of the summerhouse.

I'm gonna kill him!

Hepner is untouchable.

- You let him go? - I had no choice.

- Sienna... - No, don't do anything stupid.

[Alicia] I have to go tell him that this is not over yet.

What are you doing here?

After all, your daughter likes demented fuckers.

- You wouldn't touch her. - I'll take good care of her.

[Alicia grunts]

- [Sienna] Tell me who did it. - Me.

- Not true. I did. - No, I did it myself.

No, I did it.

- [inmate 1] I did it. - [inmate 2] It was me.

[grunts repeatedly]

How many more times do I have to say it? Tell me.

Okay, here we go again.

I grabbed the statuette and hit him on the head. That's it.

That's all I remember. I was under really strong emotions.

All I remember is that he turned around and then...

Okay, so I grabbed the Themis, and smashed it...

[Agata] I smashed that freaking statue

against his fucking bald head.

It was me though.

- [Pati sighs] - [Agata sniffs and exhales]

I was under strong emotions. I can't remember the details.

How many more times do I have to tell you the same thing?

[Pati] I remember he turned around...

and he was on the ground.

Like I said, I was under strong emotions.

- Very strong. - I'll say it again.

How many more times? It was me who killed...

- Sylwester... - Hepner.

No.

No, I killed him.

[Sobecki sighs]

My boss is expecting someone's head, okay?

They've been leading us by the nose for a month like fucking amateurs!

No, no, thank you.

They're each facing several years in prison if they don't turn her in.

She got anything on them?

Nothing, Mazur knows how to win people over.

Maybe they need to be pushed harder. I don't know.

Maybe we could just change tactics.

Instead of keeping them isolated, maybe let them go at each other.

Let them stew in their own juices.

Let's play their loved ones.

Let's do anything or they'll kick me out.

And if I get kicked out, so will you.

TVN AND MAX PRESENT

A SERIES INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY

THE CONVICT

EPISODE 1

[indistinct chatter]

[guard] The door, please.

[indistinct chatter continues]

Come on in.

[poignant music plays]

I learned everything by heart and...

I fired the agreed version like a rocket, you know? It's all I said.

And you?

Who the fuck d'you think I am?

- You're Shiv. - I did too.

Shitheads are up to somethin'.

Otherwise they wouldn't have let us out of custody

and put us in the same cell.

- 304? - Yeah.

They're definitely up to something.

But we ain't gonna blab, no fuckin' way.

No. Listen, this is pointless.

Pointless. Forget about it. Just tell the truth.

Aluta, what truth is that?

We have... We have one truth.

- [Pati] The established one. Right? - [Agata] Mhm-mm.

And if there's no culprit?

Then the guilt will be divided between us three.

How much will we get? Two years at the most.

Fifteen years, Pati. Fifteen years for complicity.

[Agata] I'm not gonna rat though.

Thanks to you, Miki's going to Boston.

I owe you a lot.

Aluta, listen, we're family, all right?

Yeah, no shit. Right, girls?

I wasn't talking to you, but...

[Agata] We're family, fuck.

Who did your hair while in custody?

Oh...

Some chick...

It's not that bad.

[moans]

[pensive soft music plays]

Now that you're on medication and fully conscious,

do you have any regrets for what you've done?

[sobs softly]

[whispering] Very much.

[in a normal tone] Very much.

[in a broken voice] Of course, I regret it.

First of all, I know that I hurt a lot of people.

I took away their loved ones...

And I would really like to apologize to everyone.

To everyone... [sniffs]

that I have harmed. [sobs]

Like Alicja Mazur.

You mentioned her before.

- Who is she, a friend from prison? - No, she's a lot more than that.

We actually shared a cell.

We were like sisters.

[sobs and sniffs]

She was like an older sister to me.

[clears her throat]

If I believed in God, I would go to church and confess.

Well, but I don't.

And I think I will choose to make a different kind of confession.

[breathes deeply]

I would like to write a book.

Oh, yeah. It's going to be an interesting book.

Just like my life. [sniffs]

Maybe I'll make money from it. Who knows?

Money is a powerful thing, right?

Yeah.

And I have a lot of it.

So much of it.

[chuckles]

[radio news] For a month now, investigations have been underway

into the brutal murder of the newly appointed head

of the Bureau of Prisons, Sylvester Hepner.

The incident took place in the women's ward at Zabrze Prison.

[phone rings]

The identity of the perpetrator and the motives for the murder

are still undetermined.

It remains unknown how many people were involved in the incident.

- Hello? - [Dorothy] Good morning.

[Dorothy] It's Dorothy. Wojcik.

- Sorry, do we know each other? - [Dorothy chuckles]

[Dorothy] Well, don't tell me you haven't heard.

Uh... How did you get my number?

[Dorothy] From our mutual publisher.

Actually, I mean, my future publisher.

You know, I happen to have, well, um, many talents, although...

writing isn't one of them. That's why I called you.

Besides, we have a friend in common.

[sighs]

I would really like you to help me write a memoir.

I think people have the right to know.

They deserve to know.

And I can assure you that

it will be the most extensive, the deepest...

and the most honest confession in the whole world.

We're all so messed up in our heads.

[Cristina over PA system] Good morning, good morning!

Rise and shine, ladies! A new, wonderful day has begun in...

Ugh, shut the fuck up!

[Pati yawns]

[Cristina over PA system] Wake up, girls!

Got off on the wrong foot?

Come get some brekky and it'll uplift your mood!

[Pati] Hey, Aluta... [sniffs]

[Agata] Maybe they'll cut us some slack today.

[pop music plays over the PA system]

Everyone sticks to their version again, am I right?

[Pati and Alicia moan]

Well, I'm sticking to it.

We started it together, we'll end it together.

You sound like you're talking to yourself.

And to whom else?

[cell door opens]

Shiv, get dressed. You'll be interrogated in a minute.

No shower, no breakfast?

Don't complain. The stink won't kill anyone.

You two, get ready, you're going in a moment.

[gasps]

May I ask what the fuck you're doing?

I know you're not the one who killed Hepner.

Why, didn't he deserve it?

You had no reason to.

Maybe I did it just for pleasure.

You're not a bad person, Shiv.

What, are you afraid our son will be like me?

Our son begins treatment in a few days.

I know.

Yeah. They'll take care of him. And then we'll come back.

And he's gonna need his mother.

So do you wanna spend the rest of your life in jail?

For something you didn't do?

[sighs]

If you don't do it for yourself, then at least do it for him.

[poignant music plays]

Everything I do, I...

I do it for him. Everything.

Well, I haven't officially been promoted yet.

However, I'm the acting chief warden now.

[sighs loudly]

I haven't had the opportunity to thank you yet.

For what?

Well, you didn't testify...

that I'm the one who brought Hepner to you. Thank you.

But if I hadn't listened to you back then and put you in solitary,

all this probably wouldn't have happened, right?

Maybe.

Maybe not.

I need you to get me sleeping pills.

I need strong ones though.

All right.

[Sobecki] We'll let Cichy and Mazur go free,

and you'll be getting 25 years to life then.

It's been way too long now and we'll need a culprit.

And when the sentence becomes final,

we'll transfer you to Grudziadz.

And I can guarantee you that...

you'll only see your son in pictures for the rest of your time served.

[gulps slowly]

That's a dogshit blackmail.

Maybe if I see some document with a fucking stamp

and two signatures on it, then I'll believe what you're saying.

Alright.

[softly] This is bullshit.

Fuck.

[gate opens]

[indistinct background chatter]

They finally let us see each other.

So then are you wired?

Hence the visit?

[scoffs] Do you seriously think I'd go along with something like that?

[sighs]

So how are you feeling?

Are you at least sleeping well?

Alicia, I got a very strange phone call yesterday

from a woman named Wojcik.

What did she want?

[sighs]

She's talking to some publishing house.

They want her to publish a book.

And she asked if I could be her ghostwriter.

- Did you agree? - Of course not.

That's good.

[sighs heavily]

Alicia... Listen...

I want you to know you did exactly what I would've liked to do myself.

If you hadn't stopped me then, I would've...

I'll get 15 to 20 years.

Fifteen to 20 years.

- You don't know that. - Actually, I do.

Stay away from Wojcik, okay?

She killed Serafin. She can do it to anyone.

And stay away from me, too, Michael.

Alicia...

Alicia!

[Christian whispers] Hey...

Listen to me, Pati. I know you like her...

I love her, Christian.

Well, even if that's true...

Now is the time for you to tell all the truth.

You have to do it for yourself...

And for me...

[Pati] Christian... [sighs]

I think about us a lot, but you have to understand...

that she was there during that fire, holding my hand tight

until the very end, do you get that?

- She was with me... - I know!

And that's why you're gonna rot in here?

So you wanna spend your whole life in here 'cause she held your hand?

And me?

I also need you.

[tense music plays]

You have to do this.

You have to... tell me who really killed him.

I know you're not capable of doing such things.

What do you want from me, huh?

I don't wanna lose you. You get it? I don't wanna lose you, I just don't!

[Christian] Does that surprise you?

Testify. Testify the truth to the police, please.

Please do it. Come on.

All right.

[sighs]

I'll just tell the girls to stop

covering for me because I'm the one who killed Gargamel.

Oh, fuck!

[phone rings]

Hello?

Did I catch you at a bad time?

Want me to call you later?

No, no. I'm sorry, a bad day.

Go on.

[Viki] Yeah, well, it happens.

I've been thinking about your offer.

[Viki] I wanna testify.

That just made my day.

And when can we meet up?

[ominous music plays]

[sighs] The sooner, the better.

That Sobecki is a real dick.

They think we don't have our honor.

I do all sorts of things, but I don't rat.

They wired my Christian too.

They're pushing hard. They got their asses on the line.

[footsteps approaching]

[cell door opening]

Which one can't sleep?

I need something really strong.

- Strong, huh? - Mhm-mm.

Roll up your sleeve.

Apparently, Ms. Doctor already got her divorce papers.

Apparently.

How long have you had insomnia for?

For long.

Seems like a long time.

Such a harmonious marriage, huh?

So many years.

Why? So you think you'll be taking my place soon?

Maybe. Hm? [chuckles]

He'll never get involved with you.

With a criminal who gets screwed

'cause she thinks she'll have more privileges in pen?

You're a fuck-up.

Your blood pressure's too high. That could be the cause.

This "criminal" and this "fuck-up" is the mother of his baby.

But I guess she'll be in the pen for a long time, huh?

How many years for killing Hepner, huh?

One in the morning an hour before breakfast.

Is that what you prescribed her? Fuckin' herbs? Really?

So what?

Why don't you sing her lullabies at bedtime?

You, bitch.

But not on a leash. [clicks her tongue]

[muted video]

[knocking]

Someone's here to see you.

[door closes]

I'm so glad you finally called.

I didn't really wanna come over here.

Sit down.

[sighs] But while I was sitting at the bus station

and holding a ticket...

I realized that if I got on that damn bus,

I'd be running away my whole life.

And I'm too tired to keep doing that.

Everything's gonna be okay.

He poured acid on me and sent flowers to the hospital.

So that I would remember he was there.

He always got what he wanted.

He could nail anyone.

Rabczuk.

Serafin.

And Paul Witkowski.

Patricia Cichy.

Cichy?

Well, when she started digging into his past,

he did the same thing to her.

What thing?

Patricia Cichy served time for car theft, among other things.

When she got out on parole,

it was clear that if she did the same thing,

she'd go straight back to jail.

So he stole a car, he stunned her, and put her inside it.

And then, as if nothing ever happened, he called the cops.

He did it himself?

Him?

He would never get his hands dirty. He had men for that.

[chuckles] That's right.

[sighs] He could bribe anyone, he had a lot of money.

In fact, that's all he cared about.

Moolah and power.

But you two were a couple, right?

[clears her throat]

Yeah, but he didn't talk about himself much.

He didn't confide in me.

In fact, if there's anyone that knows anything about him,

it's that woman...

Dorothy Wojcik.

They had some sick fling.

Maybe he was even into her.

And she's uglier than me, isn't she?

Right?

[sighs]

Right.

Serafin...

he died beautifully.

[chuckles]

[distorted electronic sounds]

[sounds fade out]

[indistinct prison voices]

- Let's talk. - Can't, I'm walking.

Listen, this has to stop now.

The interrogations are taking too long.

They have to find out who did it.

- They won't. They won't break us. - Anyone can be broken.

- Let me go! - [guard] Mazur, there's no talking!

Pati, listen.

Christian is waiting out there. You still have a chance.

But I'm not gonna leave you just like that, okay?

You have to, understand?

Make it work in your favor. Make a deal with the prosecutor.

You have to be kidding!

If you snitch on me...

then he'll work out a parole grant for you. I know that.

Uh-uh.

- Do it. - I can't...

Do it before Shiv does. You know she's got a little kid.

- I can't! Get it? - You have to! Get it?

- Quiet. I can see you, Mazur! - Let me go!

[pants]

And who do we have here?

Hi, baby. Hi, sweetheart!

Look, honey, do you recognize Mommy?

Of course, he does. He ain't stupid.

Hey, sweetie. You're going to fly on a plane soon. That's so cool.

Mommy's never flown before.

[Mikey cries]

- And you never will if you keep... - Stop it.

- Playing the prosecution. - Just tell me how he's doing?

I don't know. He didn't sleep well last night.

It's like he could sense something was up.

And have you heard from the hospital?

Yes, they called yesterday to confirm.

As soon as we land, they'll take him in for a check-up.

Wrap up, okay?

Mikey, you'll get well soon.

I love you!

- Come on. Wave to Mummy. - Take care of yourselves.

And come back.

I'll be here.

- Shiv, I... Um... - What?

Come on, tell me.

Uh... [sighs]

I love you, too. You owe me two weekend shifts. Goodbye!

[foreboding music plays]

[music fades out]

Just like I promised.

Here's your immediate transfer to Grudziadz,

with a stamp and two signatures.

[tense music crescendo]

[grunts]

And if I testify who whacked Hepner, then what?

Hm... You made yourself at home quickly.

Uh... So, lieutenant, have you come on a specific matter or to visit?

[Mario sighs and clicks his tongue]

Officer Smentoch... uh... testified that

at the time of the murder of Sylwester Hepner, well...

Alicia Mazur should have been in solitary confinement,

but she wasn't.

In the meantime, you led Sylvester Hepner out of the room

where the ceremony was taking place.

So this is an interrogation. Right?

Well, no... It can be a friendly conversation.

I'm listening.

Do you know what happened to the CCTV footage

from that day, by any chance?

We reported much earlier, right after the fire actually,

that the surveillance system needed to be repaired.

Of course.

But there were no funds for that.

Someone had to facilitate Mazur's contact with Hepner.

And it had to be a member of the staff.

And you think it was me, right?

It doesn't really matter what I think, ma'am.

But the footage of the concert

shows you approaching Hepner whispering something in his ear.

Then he gets up, you leave together...

And he dies right after.

I went there just to tell him that the cameras had stopped working.

But he wanted to check them himself. That's it.

Anything else?

[sighs] I'd like to show something to Alicia Mazur.

I think it's very important evidence in the case

And it wouldn't hurt if you saw it too.

Could you bring her in here?

Did they press you?

Not more than usual.

And what does that mean?

Well, they didn't shove a hot straightener up my ass,

- if that's what you're asking. - [sighs nervously]

But you repeated the same shit, right?

Cut me some slack, Cichy. I'm exhausted, okay?

Oh, dammit! Are you fuckin' nuts?

You fuckin' ratted out! [chuckles]

How much shorter are you serving now, huh?

A year?

Or maybe two?

And you?

What?

How much did they promise you?

This footage is freedom for Pati.

Did the prosecutor see it?

They framed her.

However, Patricia Cichy's position is that,

for the moment, she is one of the suspects

in the Sylwester Hepner murder case.

It wasn't her.

You're well aware it was me.

But as long as she says otherwise, you know my hands are tied.

Especially because the murder weapon bore also her fingerprints.

That means...

either we finally find a credible witness...

or proof that you were the last one to talk to Hepner, or else...

these recordings won't see the light of day.

Are you serious?

[tense music plays]

Just think about it, girls.

I'm off.

Oh, and thank you for your help.

- [door closes] - [Alicia sighs]

No. I can't do it.

You have to.

No, I can't do it. No. You know I can't do it.

[sighs]

I protected you but you must do it.

I can't. I'll lose my job. Everything. I have a child too.

Pati will lose her life.

You killed him, right?

And then they decided to take the blame,

but I have nothing to do with that.

This is something between you three.

But she shouldn't be here in the first place.

If you don't help her, who would you become?

ONE MONTH LATER

[judge] The accused lured him to the scene

where she and the now-deceased got into an argument

and then she struck a blow with a brass statuette,

causing extensive damage to his head,

[somber music plays]

which was pronounced the direct cause

of Sylvester Hepner's death.

Taking all of this into account, the court finds...

the just punishment to be fifteen years' imprisonment.

Please take a seat.

Does the accused wish to speak?

Yes, Your Honor.

[camera shutter clicks multiple times]

When I was first charged with murder some time ago...

I was innocent.

But today I stand before the judge

and accept the deserved sentence because I did kill him.

Nobody, no human being,

has the right to take another human being's life,

even when they're evil and committed atrocities.

But I am also aware that...

any one of you...

could be in my position right now.

It only takes an off-guard moment.

And life changes in just the blink of an eye.

Once and for all.

Will the wronged ever get their justice?

Can the suffering of so many be finally compensated?

This I don't know.

But I do know that the flawed system that got me here in the first place

should be held accountable.

And anyone who knows the truth should shout it out

to the people responsible for creating that system.

The evidence I have gathered proves that Sylvester Hepner was guilty.

Uh... He was a man involved in human trafficking

and smuggling opium from Afghanistan.

He was also an accomplice in the murder of Marek Kraszecki.

Moreover, he bears responsibility for the permanent bodily harm

caused by sulfuric acid.

And I'm sure this will be best told by the victim herself.

Go ahead.

My name is Victoria Panek...

[Garbarczyk] Louder.

May I ask you to stand up and speak louder?

My name is Victoria Panek.

I was employed by Sylvester Hepner as an assistant in women trafficking.

Can you provide any evidence?

I didn't sign an employment contract.

However, I've been in touch with my supervisor directly

on many occasions.

I would say he liked me. Maybe he even loved me.

If a person like that is capable of loving.

And when I wanted to testify against him, he poured acid on me.

And do you have any visible marks of this act?

[haunting music plays]

[Glowny clears his throat]

[sigsh] So? What happens now?

Now I'll take care of the next ones.

But first, let's eat.

[officer] Inspector Mario Piotrowski?

- Who's asking? - Colleagues from Internal Affairs.

You are gonna be taken in for an interrogation

No, no. It must be a mistake. Let's go.

Well... This was inside your car.

Hm.

I see you're back to your old habits.

And you to your old methods, you dickheads.

- Let's go. - Hey, hey, hey, get the fuck off me.

What's this all about?

I'm exposing all these wackos to you,

and you fuck me up like this just when I'm about to close the case?

Let me finally finish this.

I put way too much effort in all this to sweep it under the rug now.

I'll lock up whoever I need to and then I'll leave.

I understand, uh, that you were just leaving.

Please, walk him out, gentlemen.

Who else are you gonna cover for, huh?

- Let's go! - Off me.

- Let's go! - Who are you covering for?

Who the fuck are you covering for?

ONE WEEK LATER

Don't cry.

[poignant music plays]

I can't go out and just leave you in here.

But I can handle it.

Is Christian waiting for you outside?

No, I told him that I was [chuckling] leaving tomorrow

'cause I wanted to surprise him.

- Are you stupid? - We've known that for a while.

Like I'm happy, but somethin' feels weird.

You're supposed to be happy. I'm telling you, go now.

[Christina over the PA system] Attention, please!

Every time she went out, she'd come right back!

And now let's hear it for Pati from cell 304!

Let me hear you make some noise, girls!

Pati, don't you ever come back here again!

[inmates cheering and clapping]

[poignant music fades into dance music]

What the fuck, man?

Hey, what the fuck?!

Why is that guy here?

- Who? - [sniffs] Richter.

I don't know. It hurts. Ouch! Let me go!

- What is he doing here? - Let me go!

- What the fuck are you up to? - I'm up to nothing. Leave me alone.

Nothing? Come on.

Oh, fuck!

Tell me, what the fuck is going on here?

Were you looking for a promotion?

Look, whatever you do, it's always a clusterfuck, alright?

Jeez, girl. Don't you get it? He's a murderer.

He should've been rotting in jail for a while now.

It's not my fault he went after me. He knew I was with Hepner!

And why's he back?

Why is he back?

He said something about Hepner's cash.

Okay. What cash?

He said Hepner left a lot of money behind.

- Who, Hepner? Where? What? - [sighs]

I really don't know. Believe me.

- But where did he leave the cash? - I don't know!

- I'm scared of him. - What did you get yourself into?

It's okay.

[dance music fades out]

[ominous music plays]

[Pati] Well, I won't be seeing you again, Mr. Mirosław.

[Pati shouting] Ah! Let me go!

Subtitles: Lidia Bogucka-Teklińska