All language subtitles for Van der Valk S04E04

Did Gerda have any enemies?

We're activists,

not extremists.

I just helped ship

some songbirds from Indonesia
via Amsterdam.

The cash was payment
for that.

Did Gerda discover the money?

We need to know
who took her life.

Is this about last night?

I think I saw someone.

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,

whom Meatball could identify...

...well, he becomes
a very loose end.

Mmm.

I think you're
gonna 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, okay?

I haven't used it
since yesterday.

Someone has.

To kill Carl Simons.

Hmm.

Dead meat now.

Yeah, someone must have
stolen it.

I don't know,
they're trying to frame me.

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

I 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 organize 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 gonna
be like now?

Think he's telling
the truth about the car?

Annoyingly, yeah.

I mean, killers aren't renowned
for their intelligence,

but using your own car
as a murder weapon?

Maybe he panicked.

He's clearly stressed out.

He's not necessarily
thinking straight.

If that was the case,
I think he'd be panicking

even more, wouldn't he?

Whereas he just looks
lost and confused.

Wow.

Just wow, look at you

and your maturity
and emotional intelligence.

Maybe you should think
about parenting.

I'm gonna pretend
I didn't hear that.

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 okay

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."

Right, 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.

Right, 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's
going on with Hendrik.

Can't quite put my finger on it.

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

Hm.

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

Why do I get a 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 around here.

A 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've been
a detective.

So, 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.

Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay.

How do 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?

All right.

All right, listen.

Listen, we, we don't, we don't,
we don't have to talk about it,

if you don't want to.

I feel small and alone,
if you must know.

You know, waking up
in the morning

and feeling okay,

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 gonna feel that again.

I mean, what, is this it?

Is this all there is?

Or more to
the point...

Ooh!

Was that it?

Yeah.

What time do you call this?

Slept in.

Sniffer's snoring's
off the scale.

Is everything
all right?

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

I, 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?
Mm-hmm.

When did her issues start?

Uh, when she was
about six or seven.

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.

The journals,
are they still around?

Oh, I don't have any.

Marcus or Mum might.

I mean, I get that

introversion fits with writing,
but performing?

Uh, you've got
to confront your fears,

she used to say.

But yeah, performing
was never gonna 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.

My love weaves

a delicate breath

singing tales of life

and songs of death.

Was Hendrik okay
when he told you about it?

Uh, pretty matter of fact.

He self-diagnosed.
Really?

What, so it's
not official?

Ah, I 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 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.

Yeah.

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's
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 okay

out of the sculptures?

Yeah, sells well,

internationally.

Not that he's bothered.

They're creatives, 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 on a boat
just round the corner.

Yeah, I know.

Look at me.

I don't know.

It's all a bit, uh,
incestuous, maybe?

Hm.

Try this lot--
fan heaven.
Okay.

Couple of things.

We had Flinn Bovens
tailed last night.

He didn't go home.

Hm, that doesn't surprise me.

He went to see
Jesse Bergen.

Stayed about
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?
Do 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.

Right.

Nice work.

Thanks.

♪ Darkness comes ♪

♪ How could you leave me? ♪

♪ Where can I find you? ♪

♪ Do you grieve me? ♪

♪ Why aren't your dreams here ♪

♪ When I need them? ♪

♪ Where did you bury
my high 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 ♪

Are we in the right place?

Well, this is where
tech indicated.

It's the middle of nowhere.

Maybe the Caged Bird
comes here to get a signal.

Maybe this is the first place
she 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.

Okay.

Yes.

Is 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 I...
It's all right, Hassell.

I saw Doc Rosler last week.

The works.

Oh.

Okay.

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
gonna 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.

Okay.

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

Me? No, no.

Just, just...

Just Lucienne.

Okay.

So, can we get back
to spitballing 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 it 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, the sax solo
bleeds in, hmm?

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?

For 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.

That 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 grieve me? ♪

Marcus wears black,
right?

He does.

Such a shame, I think.

Same with you.

You could afford to play
with a bit of color,

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 colorful,

back in the day.

Really quite dapper.

♪ Why aren't 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.

Well, thanks.

Ooh, 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.

Trader or not,

Jesse Bergen has
gambling debts a mile high.

And I just got off the phone
with customs.

I think he might have
a sideline.

A lot of trips abroad.

So he travels-- what of it?

Well, 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.

Okay, let's get
over there.

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, 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
then what, source the birds?

Your stock market crashed,
did it?

Or your gambling debts
get too big?

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.

Well, you were into Cobie,
right?

The man in black.

That's you.
Years ago.

It, 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.

Conman 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,
all right,

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 has 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?

What was she, like,
a, a mother figure?

Totally.

Marcus could be
really strict.

Cobie turned to Mum.

Idolized her, really.

And how was your mum
with Cobie's issues?

In charge.

Cobie relied on her.

She did everything
Mum said.

When Cobie disappeared,

how did your mum take it?

Was she angry?

I guess.

We all were.

Right, 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.

Okay.

Thanks.

So Anki went to kill Gerda
at the conference center.

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 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.

Oh, not again.

No, it's fine, it's fine.

It'll be, uh,
it'll be okay.

You think?

Classic, you said.

Sorted.

Yep, I told you
the gasket was a problem.

Cobie?

Where are you?

Cobie?

Cobie.

Cobie?

Cobie!

Cobie?

Cobie!

Cobie.

Cobie, it's okay.

Don't listen
to them.

They're fakes.

Come, 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.

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?

Yeah, why did you allow that?

'Cause, 'cause I asked.

'Cause...

'Cause I was lonely.

And I always do what's best
for you, don't I?

Cobie, let's get
in the car.

Cobie! Come on!

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!
- Come on.

Gerda's dead!

She killed her!

Go for the tires.

What did,
what did they mean?

What did you do to Gerda?

I should never have
let you see that woman.

Stop the car.

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.

But I miss Dad.

I miss everyone.

So, I contacted you,

'cause I had
no 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.

But you said...

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

You said that Dad
was angry and that,

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!

Okay.

It's okay, it's over.

You can go home now.

Hey.

Hey.

You okay?
Mm-hmm.

You missed your chance
to say hello.

No, that's the last thing
she needs.

Let's go.

Hi, Dad.

It is good
to have you back.

Your bird has been
driving me up the wall.

As has he.

Come on, Sniffer.

Let's go.

Come on.

I love you.

I love you, too.

♪ Raven haven ♪
Tap, tippity, tap, tap.

♪ I love you no more... ♪
Every time you tap,
rotisserie chicken...

Tap a tip... Tap, tap...

Tap, tippity, tap, tap.

Every time you tap, rotis...
Now shush.

Tap, tippity, tap, tap,

every time you tap,
rotisserie chicken.

Tap, tippity, tap, tap,

every time you tap,
rotisserie chicken.

That's pretty good,
that's...

Hi, Hendrik.

Oh, come on,

I thought...
Well...

I might've mentioned it

to Lena, as well, yeah.

Anyone else?

Sniffer, too, eh?

Well, no, but...

Well, she might've 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 doc
told him to stop drinking.

So, why lie?

It's all right,
it's all right.

I think he's scared.

He may well be right
about his diagnosis.

But even if he is,

early treatment is crucial

to his chance of survival.

You got to get him
to a clinic.

And I thought solving
murders was difficult.

He's even more stubborn
than you.

But he's family.

I'll have to think
of something.

You were there, Cliff,
you remember, that guy,

he was off his head!

Come on.

Did you see him
trying to...

We have a moral
obligation to the world.

Somebody better start talking.

Move!

Two dead bodies
in quick succession.

He'd stop anyone
getting close.

You're lying!

You can't tell me that!

It's my life, Piet.

Let me deal with it
my way.

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