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I'm leaving a large part of myself behind

in this wonderful village.

That part I now place in your hands, Dolf.

I know you can do it.

From now on, you're the ambassador of Our Lord's never-ending grace.

And I hope that on the day you say your own goodbyes

you will do it with as much love and compassion as I do now.

Hey. Dustin?

Are you okay?

Oh, my poor lad.

Everything will be all right.

It will. Everything will be all right.

Really.

Shall I take this from you? -Please.

Okay? -Yes.

Yes, that's right. I'll take it.

You know what? Let's go for a walk, you and I.

Come.

Come.

Come with me.

Look here.

Would you like to sit here? -Yes.

You do? -Yes.

Okay. Come on, in you go. I'll be right with you.

See you in a bit.

I've never actually been in an ambulance like this.

Heart attack. Heart rate's fairly stable now.

Take him straight to the ICU and hook him up.

Mummy's back.

We must hurry. Come on.

I'm coming with you. I'm staying with Mum.

Right.

Where's my daughter? Hello? Anyone?

Where's my daughter?

Has the curate been round? -Yes.

Did he put you in the closet? -Well... I wanted to myself.

Where's your gun? -Oh. Well, uh...

I think that Dolf must have taken it.

Did he also take Mrs Verhage and Rianne with him?

I don't know about that. I was in there.

But where they've gone... -Yeah...

What the hell is going on here? Where is my wife?

With her mother.

Els Franck is alive.

She and Rianne are probably in a car with Father Lindemann.

Mrs Verhage is Els Franck.

Els Franck is Mrs Verhage? -What?

I think that Lindemann...

Where is Leopold?

Els Franck is still alive? But...

That's impossible. I was at her funeral.

I think Leopold knows what's going on and where Lindemann went.

So what is going on?

Rianne. It's Rianne.

Hello?

Hello, Rianne?

Listen, where are you? -Yes. I'm en route.

Hello? Rianne? Just listen to me. -What?

Everyone's looking for you. I'm at the hospital.

Is that Rick? Can you pass him on? -Can you tell me where you are?

Hello? Rianne?

What...

I'm sorry. It's just too dangerous.

They want to separate you, you understand?

I will always be there for you, Els.

Now more than ever.

Rest and love. That is all that you need.

I don't get it. How do you know where they're going?

There's only one place connecting Leopold, Dolf and Els.

Ah.

What? One place? What...

We can get there by morning.

They're going back to where it started. Leopold, Lindemann, Els and Rianne.

To the house with the sad bird.

Right.

He seems stable.

I think he'll be here a while yet.

I still don't get it at all. How can Els still be alive?

I just wanted to say, Mr Jackson, how much I loved your presentation.

Amazing how you managed to turn something terrible

into a wonderful story.

Okay! Can anyone please tell me why... How...

How can Els Franck be alive?

I suspect Els Franck committed the murders

thinking this would save her daughter, her only living child, Rianne

from a gruesome fate.

She was so afraid of also losing her fourth child

and to her deluded mind, the murders must have seemed like a sacrifice.

Three lost children, the fourth one alive. Four elements.

It needed to culminate in the ultimate sacrifice: her own death.

Burned by fire.

Earth, water, air and fire.

So that the child may live.

Wait. So Els is the murderer?

But Els Franck is, or was...

So how can Els suddenly be alive?

It took me a long time to get there.

Mrs Verhage was the first victim.

A year ago, when Els had just moved to the convent.

Lindemann found Els with the body.

In that moment, he took a quick and extremely bold decision.

He wanted to protect Els

and he saw a chance to keep her to himself.

He buried the body and swapped the identities of the two women.

The circumstances were ideal.

He had the facilities of the convent at his disposal.

No one knew Mrs Verhage. She had no relatives.

You were the one to identify Mrs Verhage? -Barely recognisable.

Once the body was buried, the great manipulation game kicked off.

He knew Leopold would do anything to protect his reputation.

To hide the truth.

He counted on Leopold accepting there was no time to see his wife's body.

In this way, he made Leopold believe that Mrs Verhage's grave was Els's.

Leopold and Rianne allowed themselves to be deceived by a sly manipulator

who was blinded by his obsession for the girl he could never have

and who he kept hidden in a part of the convent where no one ever went.

I think Leopold will realise by now how badly he was deceived.

We held a commemorative service.

We stood there, looking at her photo. Some clothes.

There I was, trying to comfort.

Did Rianne really get so carried away by her father...

If you will permit me to speak boldly, Mr Mayor?

If she managed to deceive you for so long

perhaps this also says something about her?

But what about the dancing on the grave?

Well... If you'll permit me to speak my mind?

Maybe Rianne used her mother's diaries to be closer to her father?

To get his attention?

Maybe she was the one to come up with these rituals.

Maybe she was the one who wanted to move to Spulne.

Maybe she blamed her father

for neglecting her mother after everything she'd been through.

Oh, come off it.

That is complete...

Do you really think...?

That's not a half-bad theory, Annemiek.

Well...

It's all rather sick, if you ask me. The whole thing.

Goddammit.

So, you're back.

Where am I? -You want the full story?

It was quite a to-do.

We found you horizontal and had to defibrillate.

We're happy to have you back.

Where's my phone? -Your personal effects are in the drawer.

I've never had a woman.

That's right.

And I don't think I ever will now. Not after this mess.

Hey. You're back.

Yeah. Where are you? -On our way to France.

La Maison de l'Oiseau Triste.

Dustin, Annemiek, the mayor and I.

Send me the address. I'll meet you there.

Yeah. Alone, for the rest of my life.

Dustin, what you are doing is making assumptions about the future.

That's always useless. No one can predict the future.

I mean, look at us.

Would you have predicted this this morning?

No.

Oh! What the... -Sorry.

Did I hear you say, 'I'll be right there'?

I mean, I'm an optimist myself, but that's taking it too far.

You are rather determined, I see.

Let me see if I can give you some blood thinners to go.

I need a car.

You can borrow mine.

No, no. You put the gear stick into first

and halfway through, you let the clutch come up and then you start it.

Go.

That's it.

Voilà.

So put it into gear... -You drive.

Where are we going? -South.

One moment.

We're here.

Home at last.

It's been a long day. -But a good one.

Yeah.

It's been a good one.

I suggest you don't say a word, Dolf.

I am taking Els and Rianne, and I...

Daddy! Mummy's here, too.

I was protecting her, Leopold.

My god.

Els? Rianne? Come.

What will you do with her?

She needs 24-hour care and attention. You can't even spare 24 minutes.

You brought her to me, Leopold.

I trusted you.

I thought you were a friend. You lied.

You pronounced my wife dead and locked her up. You are sick.

You only started to see her when she was dead.

Comforting yourself with those weird rituals.

Which would have been unnecessary if you had been there for her.

I was there for her. You wanted to be rid of her.

You might say I did you a favour.

Els?

Rianne? Come. -Els, stay.

Let her go, Dolf.

I will always be there for you, Els.

Always.

Let her go, Dolf.

Will you finally stop acting like you're the boss around here, Leopold?

Els...

I'm sorry, Els.

I'm so sorry.

Think you'll win out again, Leopold?

Do you really think you'll win out again?

Let's stay calm, Dolf.

Stay where you are.

I'm warning you.

Dolf, let her go.

Dolf, let her go.

Stop!

Dolf? -Just stop walking.

Right. It's best if we all get some sleep now.

No one's slept last night. -Give me something to stay awake.

But half your ear was shot off... -I'm not asking for advice.

I'm asking that you give me something so I can do my job.

Well, in that case...

Because it's for EMB, I may be able to do a little something extra.

This is used in horse breeding to keep the stallions on their toes.

So expect to be razor sharp now.

And you, if you're looking to stay awake as well

you can get yourself a pill from the blue jar with the yellow lid in my car.

No more than two.

Do you have any idea where the curate might go?

Father Dunckers.

He's bound to go to Father Dunckers.

Dolf?

I've strayed so far from the path

that I don't know how I can ever find my way back.

All for the love of a woman.

Isn't that in essence what we are all about, Dolf?

That there is always a way back?

She never loved me back.

She never...

While I loved her with everything I had.

I loved her all through her deranged delusions.

How in God's name is it possible to love somebody so much

without that person loving you back?

Maybe that is exactly how Our Lord loves you.

I always knew that love is giving.

I knew that. -Yes.

Sometimes you give without receiving anything in return

and sometimes you receive what you do not deserve.

It's good that you came here, Dolf. -Yes.

The grace of the Lord is inexhaustible.

Dolf?

Dolf? Look at me.

What is that thing that you have in your hand?

Oh...

That is a gun.

It belongs to police officer Poncke.

To Dustin?

Yes. -Oh.

Let me see?

Dustin Poncke.

Hm.

I still miss Spulne.

Can you still save me?

Can you help me get back onto the path of righteousness?

Dolf, there is always a...

Congratulations.

Very well done. You've left no stone unturned.

Some stones were harder to shift than others, but it's done.

Thanks to you, things have returned to normal.

Spulne can go back to being Spulne.

It didn't go completely smoothly, but no matter.

I mean, Lex Laurens didn't have all that many fans.

Father Dunckers, on the other hand, cost us more.

Anyhow. We've gotten to the bottom of it and all that no longer matters.

Also:

We already have something new lined up for you.

Reykjavik.

I hope it has done you some good.

I think you were a good match, am I right?

Right.

You can go back to your owner.

Do you know who are the best agents?

Agents who have focus.

And do you know how they get their focus?

To have as little else as possible.

Take it!

Take it!

Take it away!

Get rid of it! Enough!

Oh, yes. Yes! -Enjoy.

Rianne's been admitted to the same place as her mother.

Oh?

She'll be there a while yet. -You think?

I went to visit her. -And?

What can I say? Not too bad.