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♪ Raven haven

♪ I love you no more

♪ Dreamer redeemer

♪ Return to before

♪ Is it you?

♪ Is it you that I hear?

♪ Calling from a
distant shore. ♪

The atmosphere each year,

which makes it...

Hello?

Hello?

You're keen, Jay. You
never normally first here.

Well, you know how it is.
Early bird catches the worm.

Race you! First to get set
up - winner buys breakfast.

Where's the challenge in that?

Weird.

They're Gerda's.

She can't still be
here, can't she?

I wouldn't put it past
her to work all night.

Gerda?

Gerda?

Gerda?

Gerda!

I take it you're not
here for a swim.

Sounds like your
gasket's about to blow.

Ugh...

I don't know, just got a...

..a lot on my mind
at the moment.

I meant the car. Your
gasket's about to blow.

What you on about?
This car's a classic.

It's neglected, is what it is.

When did you last
have her serviced?

Uh...

Hey.

Victim is Gerda Schalk,

found by her business
partner, Danielle Panhoff.

How's that cough of yours?

Gone the way of the dodo.

Extinct.

Oh, good.

She's dead. Yeah.

Yeah, I noticed that.

So, is... is that it?

It depends on
your belief system.

Cultures have
pondered it for millennia,

whether death is the
end or just the beginning.

I tend to think of it as
a return to the source.

Yeah, I meant more...

..nothing about a penetrating
wound, jagged edges

or, I don't know, whatever it
is you normally bang on about.

Yeah.

We got a murder weapon?

Oh, maybe the, uh,
neck of a smashed bottle,

2 or 3 inches in length,
spattered in blood.

So, what was the victim doing
here in the dead of night, anyway?

Preparing for the
Global Wildlife Congress.

OK, well, there's got to be
CCTV, right, in a place like this?

Disabled. Cut dead
just after midnight.

Gives us a loose
time of death, I guess.

What's all, uh, all this?

Oh, it's a bird exhibit
connected to a video floor.

So how do you switch this on?

Here...

What's that spell?

Cob...

Colin...

Cobalt? What?

I don't know.

What about next of kin?

Ah, family live abroad,
but Danielle Panhoff

forwarded me this
photo of her partner,

from Gerda's
socials. Flinn Bovens.

They share an apartment,
address near Vondelpark.

OK. We'll have a word.

First time I've ever known
Hendrik not put on a show.

Well, it was still a show.

Just not the usual one.

Oh! Reckon that's
a foul, don't you?

Flinn Bovens, right?

Your neighbour said
we might find you here.

It's about Gerda.

Do the words 'col' or 'cob'
mean anything to either of you?

A trade name,
nickname, or a bird name?

Not really, no.
No. Nothing at all.

Who else might have
been here late at night?

All sorts, before a conference.

Did Gerda have any enemies?
Why would she have enemies?

The campaign group you ran.

Were there any people or groups
who might have disagreed with you?

Not violently.

We're both just passionate about

keeping wildlife in
its natural habitat.

Passionate? Does
that mean militant?

Ecological campaigners
can upset people.

We're activists, not extremists.

We're all just doing our best,
trying to build a better world.

When did you last see Gerda?

A few days ago.

Even though you lived together?

We were on a break, OK?

I've been staying with friends.

Things not good between you?
What's that got to do with you?

You know, we have to
do this conversation a lot.

Ever since we gave you
the news, you've been...

..kind of distracted.

Wouldn't you be?

You've just told me
my partner's dead, OK?

I'm trying... trying
to process it.

Let us help you
process it, then.

Tell us what you're thinking.

Gerda had been
behaving strangely recently.

I don't know, it's hard
to put a finger on it.

She's been distant.

Just... different.

If you were on a break,

how come you're hanging
out here in your local pool hall?

I wanted to see her.

Just came here to...

..to get my head straight first.

Could Gerda have been
seeing someone else?

Just asking.

I don't know.

Maybe.

We'll need to take a
look at your apartment.

Check out Gerda's
belongings, her computer.

Wait here. We'll take a look.

Which one's your apartment?

Second floor, room at the back.

From the look on your
face, I guess this isn't just, uh,

you guys being messy.

Either Gerda upset
someone, or you did.

Someone's looking for something.

Does that make any sense
to you? No, no, I swear. This...

Where were you
last night? At work.

I'm a barman at
Icecap, on the Singel.

What time did you finish? I
don't know. About three-ish.

I came home, I crashed out.

We'll send forensics down here.

You OK?

Do you need us to get an
officer to come and sit with you?

No, I'll be fine.

Flinn Bovens, do some digging.

Speak to his boss at Icecap.
See what time he left last night.

Will do. So...

Gerda Schalk campaigned
against wildlife trafficking -

fourth-largest criminal
activity in the world, apparently,

worth tens of billions
of dollars a year.

And she was particularly vocal
about the illegal trade in birds.

OK, let's see if we can
find anyone specifically

she might have upset.

What's all this?

The CCTV was
disabled inside the venue,

but there was one road
camera working nearby.

The coverage is limited, but
managed to catch three people.

Let's circulate images at the
venue, see if anyone recognises them.

Yeah, but before that...

Hang with me a sec.

Tell me, am I going mad,
or is that Cobie Stegenga?

The musician.
Thought she was dead.

Yeah, but it looks
just like her, right?

And what if Gerda Schalk

was trying to write
'Cobie' on the floor

with her fingers, in blood?

I mean, that's not
a coincidence, is it?

It might be. Only you
don't believe in them.

Well, there's a first
time for everything.

OK. How about this?

Blue feather in her left ear.

Cobie Stegenga always wore
one in memory of her mum.

Woman from last
night has the same.

OK. Remind me.

Two years ago, Cobie
Stegenga went missing.

General consensus was
she committed suicide.

Personally, I
don't think she did.

Four years ago, she
released two albums,

had a couple of big hits.

Wings Of Freedom,
Torch Of Peace. Right.

She was about to go on her
first world tour, but went missing.

Car found parked
by a flooding river.

She was prone to bouts of
depression, known to self harm,

and had doubts about the tour.

Sounds like suicide to me.

Yeah, but her body
was never found, was it?

And some of her family insists
she'd never commit suicide.

You mean her dad? I
certainly remember him.

I think we all do, don't we?

I think she faked her own death

because of the
pressure of going on tour.

In fact, I'm sure of it, 100%.

I was a...

..bit of a fan.

What's that got to do with
Gerda Schalk's murder?

It's just a CCTV image.

That woman could
be a lookalike, a fake.

Christ, there could be any
number of explanations.

Well, whoever she is, she
was in the vicinity last night.

And the last
thing the victim did

was maybe start
writing 'Cobie' in blood.

Why would you do that?
To identify the killer, maybe.

OK, let's just take
it one step at a time.

Whoever this woman
is, we need to find her.

Great. Great.

So our prime suspect is someone
who's been missing, presumed dead

for two years.

Gerda's passion was campaigning
against animal trafficking,

particularly rare birds.

Flinn wanted to monetise that.

How?

By setting up a charitable
organisation and ask for donations.

He was more interested in the
money than the cause, so we said no.

Well, he wasn't really
happy about that.

You know any of these people?

They were caught on
CCTV outside last night.

Looks like that singer.

The one that committed
suicide. Cobie.

Cobie Stegenga.

It does, doesn't it?

Whoever it is, have you
seen her around here?

No. And I'd remember her.

I used to like her music.

Yeah. Me too.

What about him?

Yes.

I saw him once.

And where was this?

We were at a
different conference.

Sweden, I think.

Did Gerda know him too?

No, she wasn't
there for that one.

He was... He was talking
with Jay at the airport.

I just remember that he didn't
want to say his real name.

Said to call him Meatball.

Meatball?

OK.

What am I meant to do?

Ask the police if I can
take my stash of cash now?

Just sit tight, OK?

Jay, shut up! They
want their money, Jay.

They wanted it at
10:00 this morning.

They'll be coming
for me next, and you.

Hey! Thanks.

Hey. Yeah! Good. Come on.

Flinn Bovens checks out.

Icecap manager confirms he
was there till after three last night.

So, person A, we can rule out -

it's a local resident on their
way home after a night out.

B, we're still searching.

And C - you figured out how
to find our missing person yet?

No.

But I have read up on arguments

for why Cobie Stegenga
might still be alive.

Persuasive?

One - she'd been obsessed with
the idea of becoming a recluse

since childhood.

I mean, she was scared
of open spaces and crowds.

Agoraphobic, basically.

Which is not ideal when
you're about to go on tour.

Two - every day for a week
before she disappeared,

she withdrew 200 euros
from a cash machine.

Why do that if you're
about to commit suicide?

Maybe the cash was
for something else

and the suicide was a
spur-of-the-moment decision.

OK. Then there's three -

sightings.

Oh. Several fan
sightings in Goa, right?

Not long after she
went missing. Yeah.

But there was also a sighting at a
mental health clinic in Groningen.

Someone contacted
them asking for help,

but bottled on arrival.

And it fits her
description perfectly.

But if it is her, what is her
connection to Gerda Schalk?

You know, Cobie goes missing
and is in touch with no-one,

not even her family.

And then, maybe
kills Gerda. Why?

Don't know.

But if we're serious
that she's a suspect,

we're going to need to
speak to her father, Marcus.

Really? Why wouldn't we?

Because that man's
heart was broken

in a way which was
too painful to watch,

stubbornly convinced
his daughter was still alive.

Yeah. But now we think she is.

Don't.

Stay. Stay.

Good girl.

Be back soon.

You're not going to show Marcus
Stegenga the photo, are you?

We can't give him
false hope. Great.

My neighbour isn't in. Oh.

Do you know when he'll be
back or where we can find him?

He'll be in his
workshop in the Jordaan.

It's on Tuinstraat.

That's a... long way from here.

He likes the walk.

Takes his mind off other things.

This isn't about
another sighting, is it?

No, no. No, we just need a word.

Thanks.

Meatball?

Never heard of him.
Danielle must be confused.

Maybe with everything
that's happened.

I have no idea who
that is. Are you sure?

She says you met him
at an airport in Sweden.

I swear to God, mate,
I've never seen him before.

She must be confusing
me with someone else.

I get why people go missing.

I mean, I can kind of
relate to that myself.

Figures.

What I don't get, given how
hard it must be for the families,

is why they stay missing,

with no contact at all.

Maybe they feel they
just can't go back.

No-one chooses to
have mental health issues.

Maybe they see staying
away as a form of self-care

instead of seeking
professional help.

Mr Stegenga?

Nice to meet you.
Inspector Hassell.

Commissaris van der
Valk. Have you found Cobie?

No. No, we just wanted
to ask some questions.

About Cobie. Do you have a lead?

Is that what this is about? No.

Then why are you here?
Leave me in peace, otherwise.

Does the name Gerda
Schalk mean anything?

Should it?

She was killed last night at a
conference centre outside of town.

What's a murder got to do
with me and my daughter?

Well, we're not sure yet.

Victim was an expert in birds.

You're clearly a fan, too.

Birds were Cobie's passion.

Their songs were the only
thing that could calm her down

when she had her episodes.

I mean, no offence, but, uh...

..shouldn't birds be
in forests, not cages?

Wouldn't they
rather be flying free?

Wouldn't a dog
rather be off its lead?

Besides, this one
was born in captivity.

To release it now, it might
not know how to survive.

Some can, some can't.

Really.

I mean, this little fella, he
looks like he can handle himself.

HERself.

I'm keeping her for
when Cobie gets back.

About the episodes you
mentioned - what form did they take?

My daughter had multiple issues
with anxiety and panic attacks.

Which got worse
with her success.

That's why she disappeared.

To get away from the spotlight.

It's Cobie's mother around?

No, she died when
Cobie was little.

Cobie's still alive.
You know that, right?

Before she disappeared,

she was talking about new songs.

She'd just bought a new bed.

You don't buy a new bed if
you're going to commit suicide.

You might.

Feelings can overwhelm,

and push someone over
the edge in an instant.

She is not dead.

A parent just
knows these things.

If you believe your
daughter's alive,

why do you think
she's still missing?

Why not get in touch
to say she's OK?

I don't know.

Maybe she thinks
I'm angry. I'm not.

I just want her back.

Came across this image.

The image was captured last
night at the conference centre.

Took your time. Apologies.

You know, it might
not be her. It's her!

And you know it, or
wouldn't have shown it to me.

It's compelling.
I'll give you that.

But I don't know for sure.

I do.

In here.

Can I keep it?

Yeah.

But I'd prefer if you
kept it to yourself.

Of course. You can trust me.

You know, we don't
know where she is.

We don't know what
she's involved in.

But I have to be
honest with you...

..your daughter is the prime
suspect in a murder investigation.

My daughter is not a murderer.

So you're convinced the
woman in the photo is Cobie?

I don't know.

I don't think you have to
be a parent to sense that it is.

Talking of which...

You thought any
more about that, uh,

you know, that... that
thing you mentioned?

What thing I mentioned?

You know.

Parenting.

Exercising your
biological right to go for it.

You mean have a baby, Piet?

Yeah, that's the one.

Yeah, I have actually.

I was thinking
about it this morning.

I've made the decision.

I'm going to start looking
for a surrogate father.

I mean, ideally, someone I know.

Someone with
good bone structure,

decent genes, generally,
qualities to admire.

I don't know. What do you think?

W...

Hard to find one of
those these days, isn't it?

Mmm. I think you're better off,

you know, a good sense of humour
- I mean, that's important, isn't it?

That's overrated,
I think. Really?

Funnily enough, I
know a strong contender.

Do you?

Tall, dark and handsome,

rather than short,
fair and slim?

Yeah. You're winding me up.

Course I am.

Stop asking me stupid
questions about it, will you?

You're like my gran.

Believe me, I will never,
never mention it again.

For a few seconds
there, the universe went...

..very, very strange.

Good. Brrr!

♪ Bury my wings of freedom

♪ I want to beat
my heart into feeling

♪ I want to beat my soul... ♪

I was just listening to
one of Cobie's songs.

Think of it as research.

Well, I definitely don't
think of it as singing.

Does anyone at the
conference recognise Cobie?

A couple of people
spotted the resemblance,

but nobody said they
saw her at the venue,

and they would have remembered.

How about you guys? Anything?

Your man here is convinced
the woman in the photo

is indeed Cobie Stegenga.

Is he, now?

Mmm. Though, Cobie's father
insists she isn't a murderer -

which, he would, wouldn't he?

And if she isn't, then what was
she doing at a conference centre

late last night.

Seeing Gerda Schalk,
maybe. Connection being...?

Birds. Cobie Stegenga was
into them, as was Gerda Schalk.

Maybe Cobie's afraid
of crowded spaces.

That's why she
went there at night.

Alright, let's go over
Gerda Schalk's computer,

see if anyone's communicated
with her about our feathered friends.

How come you look like the cat
that got the cream all of a sudden?

I did a trawl of known
animal traffickers -

in particular, bird smugglers.

And guess what?

Carl Simons - AKA Meatball -

loan shark and smuggler.

Now, he did three years in
prison for importing rare birds

and selling them onto
the exotic pet market.

Any connection to Gerda Schalk?

She was part of the undercover
operation that got him caught.

Wow! OK, well, that
gives him motive.

What's odd, though,

is Danielle Panoff thought
she recognised him -

someone she'd seen at another
conference, with Jay Waldock.

But Waldock denies
any knowledge of him.

You got an address for Meatball?

I'm working on it.

Oh.

You showed Marcus
Stegenga the photo, then.

What? Yeah. Press
office just sent this.

On Marcus's website.

"Police confirm new sighting."

Thank God Dahlman's away.

Right. Come on. We'd better find him
before he causes any more problems.

What's this?

What's it look like?
Autopsy report.

And?

You can read, can't you?

There you go, sir. Thank you.

Hey! What you got? I need help.

Which do you want?

Cobie Stegenga
song lyrics, or...

..blogs about songbirds.

Songbirds.

Takes me back to my childhood.

Alright.

Want a drink? A coffee, please.

Sure.

Hey! Marcus in this time?

No. Following a
lead, apparently.

Ah. Why do I not
like the sound of that?

A fan contacted his website

saying they thought they knew
where the new photo was taken.

He's gone there. Been quite
a response to his website.

Local press have been here too.

Whoever showed him
that photo should be shot.

Couldn't agree more.

I mean, how does some idiot think
that showing Marcus that photograph

is a good idea?

What is wrong with
people? Ah, I don't know.

Probably just an
innocent mistake.

Marcus needs to be
left to get on with his life.

Cobie wouldn't have
wanted any of this.

Uh, sorry, um...

Who are you?

This is my son, Jesse,
visiting his mama.

So you two knew her
well? Of course we did.

We practically grew up together.

So you think she's dead?

I'm sorry to say
it, but, yes, I do.

Every year on my birthday.

Wherever she was, wherever
I was, she'd be in touch.

Without fail,
she'd never miss it.

She's gone. I know she's gone.

Oh, Jesse. It's OK, darling.

I haven't seen her.

Thanks.

What do you think
you're playing at?

I asked you to keep
the photo to yourself.

You asked. I didn't say I would.

Uh, yes, you did. You
said I could trust you.

You know, I could arrest you
for obstructing an investigation.

Or you could help me find Cobie.

Well, I am your best
chance of finding her.

No.

I'm her best chance.

She's my priority.

Everything else comes second.

Including you.

We're trying to find Cobie.

You going public doesn't
help. Don't see why.

Well, she's managed
to stay missing this long.

You interfering, I don't
know, it might set her back.

She needs to know I'm looking.

And that I'm still here for her.

What is it, girl?

It's him?

Go on, then. Go on.

Ugh... You going somewhere? No.

What's wrong with
this stupid dog?

There's nothing
wrong with this dog.

She's called
Sniffer for a reason.

She's particularly
partial to drugs and cash.

So, which is it?

Want to show us what's
in your holdall, then?

Look, it's nothing to do with
me. I'm just a middleman.

Middleman for who?

And about what?

OK, let's look
at it another way.

You may just be the middleman,

but you're also the
only one in custody.

So, right now, you need
to start helping yourself.

Well, I don't know anything.

Try harder.

I mean, you're
into sustainability.

Try to sustain your
chances of freedom.

You lied when you said you didn't
know Carl Meatball Simons, right?

Are you selling or buying?

And who's the money for?

Come on, get smart. You
may as well come clean.

We know trafficking birds
is Meatball's speciality.

Is it yours as well?

Being one of the good guys,

that's got to be a good
front for trafficking.

No-one's going to suspect an
expert in sustainability, are they?

It's no big deal.

I just helped source and ship
some songbirds from Indonesia

via Amsterdam to Brazil.

The cash was payment for that.

Via Meatball? So
you do know him?

Why the nickname?
He got it in prison.

So, what happened last night?

Did Gerda discover the money?

Did Meatball get a little
jumpy and silence her?

Or was the plan
always to kill her?

I don't know.

I don't know what the
hell happened last night.

Then Meatball might.

So... Address, please.

I can't do that.

Yes, you can.

You see, I'm no
trafficking expert,

I mean, that...
that is not my bag,

but murder is.

And right now, there's a
body of a young woman

lying on a slab in our path lab.

And we need to
know who took her life.

So, if you don't mind...

..address.

Let go, you bastard!

Eddie!

Mr Meatball!

Hey.

Halt! Don't move!

Hey!

Let's go.

Oi!

Hey!

Hey!

Halt!

Guys, guys!

I didn't do anything. Yeah.

Save it for the judge.

Is this about last night,
at the conference centre?

I think I saw someone.

Saw who?

Get the plate.

Two very different victims -

Gerda Schalk,
environmental campaigner

and Meatball, animal trafficker.

That she helped send to prison.

I mean, there's got
to be a connection.

Why kill Meatball?

He fulfilled his end of
the bargain didn't he?

He dropped the
money off, as planned?

Maybe he wasn't meant
to kill Gerda Schalk.

If it was him that did it.

Well, if we're to believe
what he just said,

there was someone
else there too.

Yeah.

And if that was the killer,

who Meatball could identify...

Well, he becomes
a very loose end.

Hmm.

I think you're
going to like this.

The car that mowed him down -

guess who it's registered to.

Gerda's boyfriend, Flinn Bovens.

I have absolutely no idea what
my car was doing across town, OK?

I haven't used it
since yesterday.

Someone has. To
kill Karl Carl Simons.

Dead meat, now.

Yeah, someone
must have stolen it.

I don't know. They're
trying to frame me!

Right.

Are you saying you
didn't kill Meatball.

Of course I didn't!

And what about Gerda?

A man she helped imprison
was at the scene of her murder.

She's dead, and now he is, too.

Your car being used
as a murder weapon -

I mean, it's not
sounding great, is it?

You involved with Jay
Waldock trafficking birds?

No! What?

I hardly know the guy.

I've met him a couple of times,
through Gerda, but that's it.

I'll tell you what, why
don't I go and get a spade

and then you can dig
yourself a bigger hole.

Does that sound like a plan?
What's he on about? Is he for real?

Sadly, I think he's
on about the fact that

we borrowed Jay Waldock's
phone to track you down just now,

and couldn't help noticing that
between your girlfriend's murder

and Jay's arrest with
a holdall full of cash,

you rang each other
a total of 17 times.

I mean, I don't think that was to
organise a game of pool, was it?

Jay Waldock told
us about the birds

smuggled in and sold
on through Meatball.

What WE don't know is
where that money is heading.

You know, I can't help wondering

if it's meant to go to whoever
trashed your apartment,

who's maybe annoyed
not to have it yet.

What are they
going to be like now?

Go on, then.

Maybe we should ask the boss

if she can get Sniffer
back into circulation.

I doubt it.

We know she gets
carried away on the drugs.

It's Amsterdam. Who doesn't?

Just going through the bird
stuff on Gerda's computer -

a lot of people
communicated with her,

but this one's interesting.

Caged Bird.

A lot of questions,
very argumentative.

Since when? And
argumentative in what way?

Over the last few months,

mainly about whether it's OK
to keep a bird in a cage or not.

Cultural reasons
for and against.

It's a big deal in the
Surinamese community.

We love, we cherish,
we treasure our songbirds.

So, what was
Gerda Schalk's take?

Against. Unlike Caged Bird,

who talks about
confinement being a release,

containment sparking passion,

suffering inspiring beauty.

Cobie Stegenga's
song, Wings Of Freedom,

it's got this line -

"Suffering is my passion
"Struggle my release."

That's pretty similar, right?

So Caged Bird could be Cobie
Stegenga under another name.

When was the last
communication? Um...

Last night.

"Good to talk.
Maybe you're right.

"I'm really scared, but
maybe it's time to be free."

Uh... Get tech to see if
there's any way of locating

from where those
messages were sent.

I might have something too.

Gerda's emails - she sent
one the day before yesterday,

to Jesse Bergen, asking to meet.

What did he say?
He didn't reply.

Alright, let's have a
word with him tomorrow.

Where's Hendrik?

He went home. Must be tired.

He never goes home early.

Especially when he's tired.

♪ Raven haven

♪ I love you no more

♪ Dreamer redeemer

♪ Return to before

♪ Heart over heart

♪ And blood over blood

♪ Shield me from fear

♪ And hold me so good... ♪

You're a long way away.

There's something
going on with Hendrik.

Can't quite put my finger on it.

I don't know, maybe
I'm just stressed.

Well, some of the team
handle stress better than others.

Why do I get the feeling
this isn't a coincidence?

You got something
you want to tell me?

Not really.

Go on.

Indulge me.

You know you want to.

I always liked it round here.

Good vibe and energy.

Sort of place that
makes you feel alive.

Wow.

Could you just be a
little more dramatic?

I mean, just build up
the tension even more.

If you insist.

I, um...

..had a bit of a cough.

I noticed.

It's gone away.

But you have slightly
smaller pupils than usual,

and you're taking pills.

My guess is morphine
to ease the cough.

You should have
been a detective.

I did a slide analysis
of some saliva,

throat swabs,

cytology of cells present.

Sent my bloods off.

Don't tell me -

man flu.

Squamous cell carcinoma.

Obviously, it's still better
than some of the alternatives.

Obviously.

Actually, uh...

..I'm none the wiser.

Throat cancer, Piet.

I've got throat cancer.

Right.

Right.

OK. OK. OK. OK, OK.

How'd you feel about that?

How do I feel about it?

I mean, what sort
of a question's that?

And since when did you ever
want to talk about feelings, hmm?

Plenty of times.

Lots! Yeah, right.

Several, at least.

Once?

Alright, alright. Listen...

Listen, we... we don't...

..we don't have to talk
about it if you don't want to.

It feels small and
alone, if you must know.

You know, waking up
in the morning, and...

..feeling OK...

..feeling well...

..and waking up and your health
not even crossing your mind...

..it turns out that's really,
really underestimated.

Well, I'm sure that you...

..you're going
to feel that again.

I mean, what... Is this it?

Is this all there is?

Or, more to the point...

Ooh! Was that it?

Heh...

Yeah.

What time do you call this?

Slept in.

Sniffer's snoring's
off the scale.

Is everything alright?

Yeah. Yeah, fine.

Piet, this is me
you're talking to.

Hendrik's got throat cancer.

Good morning. Come in.

We're actually here to
talk about Gerda Schalk.

Does that name ring a bell?

Uh, yeah, she emailed me a
couple of days ago, out of the blue.

We know. Asking to meet.

So, why didn't you reply?

I hadn't got round to it.

But also, I don't know her,

and I had no idea why
she'd want to meet me.

I don't even know
how she got my name.

Could it have been about work?

I mean, what is it you do?

I'm a trader. Stocks and shares.

Not about that, then.

You knew Cobie as a kid, right?

When did her issues start?

Uh, when she was about 6 or 7.

Then her mum passed,
which was tough for her.

It was social situations
that really got to her.

If she went near them, she was
pretty isolated for the most part,

used to get teased a lot.

So she retreated into writing.

Journals, poetry and music.

Journals, are they still around?

I don't have any.

Marcus or Mum might.

I mean, I get that introversion
fits with writing, but...

..performing?

Ah, you've got to
confront your fears,

she used to say.

But, yeah, performing
was never going to work.

The tour was a terrible idea.

She wasn't ready.
She couldn't cope.

So she took her own life.

When Cobie was teased.

How did she react?

Violently.

A love of weaves,
a delicate breath.

So he tells a lie...

And songs of death.

Was Hendrik OK when
he told you about it?

Ah, yeah, pretty matter-of-fact.
He self-diagnosed.

Really? So it's not official.

Ah, didn't ask.

Although he is a doctor,

and he is generally infallible.

Mr Stegenga! You're in!

That's a first.

You going somewhere?

Found Cobie yet?

Working on it.

You? No.

So I need to go on.

Thing is, there's
been a second murder.

What's that to do with Marcus?

Maybe nothing. Maybe something.

Just saying.

Say something else.

We want to ask about Cobie's
lyrics and writing, from the early days.

Did you keep anything
- notebooks, journals?

Couldn't help but notice you've
got nothing about Cobie here.

Nothing wrong
with your eyesight.

Bit unusual, though,
wouldn't you say?

No, I wouldn't.

That would be sentimental.

And I don't do sentiment.

It's too like... nostalgia,

and nostalgia is too like...

accepting something's over.

Anyway, I gave
all that stuff to Anki.

Everything I have is in here.

Notebooks, scrap bits of paper
she'd scribble on, photo albums.

Do you mind if we take these?

Um, as long... as long
as I can get them back.

They're all we have. You'll
get them back, I promise.

Thank you.

She meant a lot to you
and your son, didn't she?

I don't think Jesse ever
got over what happened.

Were Jesse and Cobie lovers.

Not that I know of, but I...

I think they might
have ended up together.

There's been
no-one else for Jesse.

He sort of fell
apart after she went.

Fell apart in what way?

Drink and drugs, mostly.
But he's over that now.

And he's not going back.

What about you and Marcus?

You two lovers?

We're friends. Good
friends, but that's all.

Does Marcus do OK
out of the sculptures?

Yeah.

Sells well, internationally.

Not that he's bothered.

They're creators, aren't they?

Do it for the love.

Like father, like daughter.

Something bothers me about
that whole houseboat setup.

Marcus, Anki, Jesse, Cobie.

You live my boat
just around the corner.

Yeah, I know. Look at me.

I don't know,
it's all a bit, uh...

..incestuous, maybe.

Try this lot. Fan heaven. OK.

A couple of things.

We had Flinn Bovens
tailed last night.

He didn't go home.
That doesn't surprise me.

He went to see Jesse Bergen.

Stayed about an hour
and a half, and then left.

How do they know each other?

Well, Jesse Bergen told
us he didn't know Gerda,

and then he gets a visit from
her boyfriend - what's that about?

We go back? No. Not yet.

His mother said his world fell
apart after Cobie disappeared.

Check his financials.
Check the lot of them.

What else?

Tech have used cell-site
location to find a possible area

from where the Caged
Bird sent messages.

Let's check it out.

Great. Nice work.

Thanks.

♪ Darkness comes

♪ How could you leave me?

♪ Where can I find you?

♪ Do you crave me?

♪ Why aren't your dreams
here when I need them?

♪ Where did you bury
my wings of freedom?

♪ Hold me again,
my delicate lover

♪ I want to beat
my heart into feeling

♪ I want to beat my
soul into healing... ♪

We in the right place?

This is where tech indicated.

The middle of nowhere.

Maybe the Caged Bird
comes here to get a signal.

Maybe this is the first
place you can do that.

Which would imply she's...

out there somewhere.

It's pretty off-grid.

It's a good place
to stay missing.

Pretty vast.

Yep. OK.

Yes.

She smelling drugs or cash?

Maybe something else.

Hey, Hendrik.

Told her, then?

You getting it checked? Do I
check when someone's dead?

This is slightly different.
Even you can't self-diagnose.

You need an official diagnosis.

If you want me to
come with you, then...

It's alright, Hassell.

I saw Doc Rosler
last week - the works.

Oh. OK.

What stage?

I'm at the 'not wanting to
talk about it right now' stage.

Understood.

I've been thinking about it.

You'll be fine.

There's no way you're going
to shuffle off your mortal coil

without giving me hell.

Probably over many years - I
mean, maybe even decades.

It won't be fast.

It'll be slow and
painful for us all.

Is that supposed to
make me feel better?

Not really. No.

OK. So, just so I know,
have you told anyone else?

Me? No.

No, just...

Just Lucienne.

OK.

Som can we get back
to spit-balling now?

Because Eddie thinks he's got
something on Cobie's early lyrics.

Yeah, some really
troubling stuff.

There's a lot -
and I mean a lot -

about being oppressed
by the 'man in black'.

Make any sense to you?

I just thought it was
a generic image,

but... features a lot.

Marcus Stegenga
always wears black.

Never seen him in anything else.

Oppression and control
from the man in black.

Isn't that one of hers?

Before the sax solo bleeds in?

Yeah, maybe his
obsession with finding her

is blacker than we think,

and his website's just a -
what, a screwed-up front?

Maybe he's found Cobie,

and he wants to
keep her all to himself.

Pretty dark, Hendrik.
And your point is?

He could still be angry
with her for what she did,

and wants to make sure
she never leaves again.

Well, to do that,

he would have to be
very, very, very controlling.

He's in.

Actually, it's you
we've come to see.

Do you, uh, always
do Marcus's ironing?

Sure. Ironing,
shopping, housework.

Keeps me busy, now I'm retired.

Retired from?

I was a teacher.

Poetry and literature.

As a parent, how did Marcus get on
with Cobie when she was younger?

Did they argue?

No more than any
other parent and child.

Why are you asking?

We're just trying to get a handle
on how things were before Cobie left.

Marcus was on his own, right?

After the death of his wife.

I was there for him, but...

Yeah.

Losing the person you love,

it can't have been easy.

I don't think it was.

And it would make you
worry for your child, wouldn't it?

Over-worry even.

Absolutely.

She was everything to him.

So, was he possessive
in any way? Controlling?

Marcus? No. That's
not what I meant.

I mean, not really, anyway.

So, what did you mean?

I mean, he was protective.

Protective and possessive...

..hard to know where the
line is between them, right?

What's that? Marcus.

It's his way of telling
me he wants lunch.

Let me get this right.

He rings a bell, and
you make him lunch?

Yeah.

Cute, isn't it?

♪ How could you leave me?

♪ Where can I find you?

♪ Do you crave me... ♪

Marcus wears black, right?

He does. Such a shame, I think.

Same with you.

You could afford to
play with a bit of colour.

Make those eyes of yours pop.

Yeah, well, let's just stick
with Marcus, shall we?

Has he always worn black? No.

He used to be so
colourful, back in the day.

Really quite dapper.

♪ ..want your dreams
here when I need them... ♪

Things changed when
Cobie went missing.

Marcus changed.

That's when he
started wearing black.

Symbolic, he says.

Just so we're clear,

Marcus definitely
wasn't wearing black

when Cobie started
writing songs and stuff?

No.

Um, thanks.

Oh, by the way,

does the name Flinn
Bovens mean anything to you?

Never heard of him. Why?

We thought maybe
he knew your son.

Sorry, can't help.

Checked his financials.

And, trader or not, Jesse Bergin
has gambling debts a mile high.

And I just got off the
phone with customs.

Think he might have a
sideline. A lot of trips abroad.

So he travels. What of it?

He travels regularly
between two countries -

Indonesia and Brazil.

Same countries Jay Waldock
admitted smuggling from and to.

So he's in on it too.

I'm pretty sure Flinn
Bovens is as well.

Makes sense why he
was there, at Jesse's place.

OK, let's get over there.

But that's not all.

The young Jesse Bergen
went through a goth phase.

The man in black.

Sorry to bother you,
but we're coming in.

Please don't get up.
Paying another visit, are we?

Hey, what is this?

Smuggling HQ,
that's what this is.

You want to tell us the
routine, or can we guess?

You travel to Indonesia,
and, what, source the birds?

Your stock market crash, did it?
Or your gambling debts get too big?

W... What's it to you?
What do you want?

What do I want? I want to charge
both of you with animal trafficking.

But first, I want to
know where Cobie fits in.

I... I don't know what you mean.

You were into Cobie, right?
The man in black - that's you.

Years ago. It was a
phase. I got over it.

The obsession with
birds - was that a phase?

Did Cobie get that from you?

I got it from her, after
she died, in her memory.

AFTER she died? Yes.
Like I told these guys.

But we don't think she's dead.

And that she got in
touch with Gerda Schalk.

So, how did you two meet?

Meatball introduced us.

Con man that he was, we
ended up owing him money,

and he blackmailed us into
smuggling as a way of paying him back.

He approached me
in a bar out of the blue.

Well, I'm not sure it
was out of the blue.

Gerda helped put
him away in prison.

Took his revenge on
you, alright. And her.

Using Bird Woman's
boyfriend to smuggle birds.

Who trashed the flat?

The traffickers who
sourced the birds.

We had to pay them back
yesterday morning, first thing,

or else...

How long's this been going on?
Months. It's been a nightmare.

I've had to hide out on
his mum's boat sometimes.

Anki? You know his mum?

Of course.

How was your mum with Cobie?

Was she, like, a mother figure?

Totally.

Marcus could be really strict.

Cobie turned to Mum,
idolised her, really.

And how was your
mum with Cobie's issues?

In charge.

Cobie relied on her, and
she did everything Mum said.

When Cobie disappeared,
how did your mum take it?

Was she angry?

I guess.

We all were.

Alright. Get these two
down to the station.

You got Danielle Panhoff's
telephone number? I need it. Now.

Sure.

Hey. Thanks for
agreeing to meet us.

Any news on Gerda?

Maybe.

People contacted
Gerda about birds, right?

All the time. In person?

Sometimes, yes.

Did, um...

..this person ever
come by, by any chance?

Yeah. I spoke with
her, months ago.

She had a friend who wanted
to get in touch with Gerda,

but it had to be
strictly confidential.

And did she say why?

No, but she was insistent.

OK. Thanks.

So Anki went to kill Gerda
at the conference centre.

Meatball was there,
dropping the money.

She must have seen him.

And he saw her.

Yeah.

Anki's a control freak.

And he made himself a
problem she needed to solve.

She knows Flinn, steals his car,

and takes Meatball out.

Are you sure you
don't just want to go in?

No.

If Anki introduced
Cobie to Gerda Schalk,

she knows where Cobie is.

Maybe that's where
she disappears off to.

And we want her
to take us there.

So, Anki wanted Marcus
and Jesse all to herself.

Yep.

And she doesn't want
Cobie to get in the way of that.

Ugh. Not again.

Ah, yeah, it's fine, it's fine.

It'll be, uh... It'll be OK.

You think?

Classic, you said.

Sorted!

Yeah.

I told you the gasket
was a problem.

Cobie?

Where are you?

Cobie?

Cobie?

Cobie!

Cobie?

Cobie!

Cobie? Cobie, it's OK.

Don't listen to
them. They're fakes.

Come on, let's get in the car.

Cobie, come on.

Come on.

I want to go home,
Anki. I know. I'll take you.

I'll take you right now.

Don't believe her.

Don't listen to them!

Cobie... You know I'm right.

You know that you can trust me.

You always have, ever
since you were little.

Piet, I don't have a shot.

Cobie, tell us about Gerda.

G-G-G... Gerda's my friend.

She teaches me about birds,
about how they think and feel.

That's right. I introduced
you to her, didn't I?

What did Gerda say
to you two nights ago?

It was time for me to go
home. That I was ready.

And it is. I'll take
you right now.

Gerda's there.

She's on the boat with your dad,

and they're all waiting for you.

She's lying. They're at home.

Yeah. Don't believe her!

Gerda's dead! She killed her.

Go for the tyres.

What did they mean?
What did you do to Gerda?

I should never have
let you see that woman.

You're not taking
me home, are you?

Anki! Stop the car!

Classic?

You!

You... You left
Marcus and Jesse.

You broke their hearts.

You ruined their lives.

How could you do that?

I wasn't well. I
needed to be alone.

I miss Dad. I miss everyone!

So I contacted you, 'cause
I had no-one else to turn to.

You were in love with
Marcus, weren't you?

He's all I ever wanted.

But as soon as she went,
that was it. He shut down.

But couldn't you
figure it all out together?

It wouldn't work like that.

It would be over
for me and Marcus!

We wouldn't have
what little we have now!

You said you...

You said it wasn't time
for me to come back.

You said that Dad was angry,
and that he didn't want me.

You said he hated me and he
never wanted to see me again.

She lied.

Your father has
never forgotten you.

He never gave up the search.

He never gave up on you.

I want to see Dad.

And Jesse.

You stay away from my Jesse.

Agh! Oh!

It's OK. It's over.

You can go home now.

Hey. Hey.

You OK? Mm-hm.

You missed your
chance to say hello.

No. That's the last
thing she needs.

Let's go.

Hi, Dad.

It's good to have you back.

Your bird has been
driving me up the wall.

As has he.

Come on, Sniffer, let's go.

Go on.

I love you.

I love you too.

Tap... Oh, no. Tap,
tippety, tap, tap.

Every time you tap...

Tapetty, t... Tap, tap...

Every time you tap... Oh, shush.

Tap, tippety, tap, tap.

Every time you tap,
rotisserie chicken.

Tap, tippety, tap, tap.

Every time you tap,
rotisserie chicken.

That's pretty good. Hi, Henrik.

Oh, come on! I thought...

I might have mentioned
it to Lena as well.

Yeah? Yeah.

Anyone else?

Sniffer too. Well,
no. But, uh...

Well, she might
have overheard it.

I haven't told Cliff, though.

Yeah, well, Cliff knows
because I told him.

He knew before anyone.

Why didn't you tell me?
Hendrik asked me not to.

Yeah, unlike you, Piet, Cliff
knows how to keep a secret.

Fair play.

Cheers.

Cheers.

Come on.

Hey. Did you, uh...

Did you speak to Doc Rosler?

Yeah, I did.

What did he say?

He said he hasn't spoken
to Hendrik in three years.

Hendrik refuses to see him,

ever since the doctor
warned him to stop drinking.

So why lie?

I think he's scared.

He may well be right
about his diagnosis.

But even if he is,

early treatment is crucial
to his chances of survival.

You've got to get
him to the clinic.

And I thought solving
murders was difficult.

Yeah.

He's even more
stubborn than you.

He doesn't do anything to...

But his family...

I'll have to think of something.

You were there,
Cliff, you remember,

that guy he was off his head!

Completely off his head.

Come on.

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