PREVIOUSLY
This is something new.
Next murder. Freddie and the baby.
Who is the third one?
Poor, poor girl.
My investigation is done. It will be handed over to a prosecutor.
I think your dad's death, your mom's murder, the internal investigation, and then Hans...
It's been too much.
My girls are here.
I think it's the stuff about Holst and his baby
that tears open old wounds inside me.
Come out, damn it!
L369G42.
Hello!
The donor was Freddie Holst. There is one confirmed pregnancy.
And the mother?
Anna Maria Larsson.
Hello, Dad.
EPISODE 10
Rasmus?
I know where they are. Raffinaderivej.
There's a shutdown factory here. Concrete factory.
Are Emil and the baby there?
No, I haven't see them. I haven't seen anyone.
OK. Stay where you are.
Wait for backup.
OK.
Change your clothes.
Why? I don't hold anything that can...
Please, just do it.
Mum always said my dad was a prince who lived in a castle in France.
Sort of like Santa.
At first you believe it,
then you realise that he doesn't exist.
Please don't hurt him.
Did you see where they went?
He shot me.
But you wore the vest.
- Have you ever been shot? - Yes.
It hurts quite a bit, even if you wear a vest.
Did you see the car?
It was a silver Peugeot Partner.
Licence plate?
Think.
Swedish...
Yes.
- Come on! Damn it! - Wait.
HUB 382.
Did you just come up with that?
Cut it out!
Henrik.
- What's going on? - We've lost them because of him.
Annika Melander is awake. We're going there now.
Good.
"Wait for backup". Is that so difficult to understand?
I'm sorry. I...
We lived in the same foster home...
We know who Emil is. Tell me what happened.
I was going to Gothenburg, and we met. We hadn't seen each other in years.
I had time to have a cup of coffee...
Then I woke up in that room.
- You were both fostered at the Johanssons? - Yes.
Did you treat him badly there?
No one was treated well there.
That wasn't my question.
No, I...
I treated him like I treated all the others.
Why do you want to know?
Emil is targeting everyone he thinks has hurt him.
I didn't do anything.
He kidnapped you and tried to frame you for several murders.
I don't know why.
So you don't know where he might be?
No.
Was I reported missing when I was gone?
No.
Claes Sandberg, he didn't report me missing?
No, he seemed relieved that you were gone.
She lied about not treating Emil badly at the foster home.
It suggests that they haven't done it together, and that he wants to hurt her.
We maintain surveillance anyway.
He had built an exact copy of the room in the cellar.
Correct.
How does the original room look now?
We have removed the cordoning and pulled the surveillance.
If it means so much to him, maybe that's where he is.
I had a painting in my room.
A copy of an old, kitschy oil painting, by a Danish artist who, rightly, is forgotten.
But that painting was the only thing that was beautiful in my life.
- You think I'm exaggerating? - No.
Yes, you do.
I used to imagine how it looked in there.
It could hold everything. Anything could happen there.
And now we are there. In the painting.
It's kind of magic, I feel.
Do you want to hold him?
And then that nut case, Morten Anker, came.
I found out about you.
The interest in art...
That it was hereditary.
Then it was like everything died.
Do you understand?
I wanted to make what you love ugly,
distorted, and I was hoping you would see that.
Damn it, you're an art expert.
Why didn't you see it, Dad?
- Wasn't I good enough? - I don't know.
No, I wasn't good enough.
House secured. It is empty.
Do you think Emil lived down here?
Perhaps. Or it was a time-out room.
Time-out room. What's that?
A boring room where you place a child for a while, to stop unwanted behaviour.
As punishment?
Some scientists mean that the child sees it as a consequence of destructive behaviour.
OK.
They are wrong.
The painting.
What about it?
It's the same as the one in the other room.
- Everything is the same. - No.
The bed and the bucket are different brands.
They look alike but they are not the same.
But the painting is exactly the same.
The car Rasmus saw was reported stolen yesterday morning in Lomma.
- And there is no clue? - Not yet.
- What is that? - A painting.
- Yes, I can see that. - It's from the foster home where Emil lived.
Find out who the artist is, its title, if it shows an actual location, and, if so, where it is.
OK.
Everything we had on Annika Melander fits with Emil Larsson, too.
And he is connected to Helle Anker.
We had him, and let him go, twice.
You had no reason to suspect him then.
It doesn't change the fact that it was a failure.
Saga, Henrik, come here.
I scanned the signature, and found this.
Claus Arnesen, Danish artist.
Has painted thousands of landscapes like this.
Does it have a title?
A Really Nice Day from '93.
Where was it painted?
Have no idea. Don't know where to start. He has painted these all over Scandinavia.
Is he alive?
Yes, he turns 76 this year.
Since his retirement, he lives on Saltholm, between Malmö and Copenhagen.
- Do you have a phone number? - I'll send it to you.
Saltholm... Is it even possible to live there?
Yes, obviously.
- Saga Norén, Malmö CID. - Linn Björkman?
Yes, that's me.
I'm from forensics. Lund.
This is regarding a painting of yours.
- Do you have a minute? - Not really.
- Is it important? - Yes.
Is it regarding our case?
No, but it is important.
Can I send you a photo of it?
Keep me informed constantly.
Thank you.
What did he want?
He wanted to speak to Linn. What did he say?
He has made hundreds of paintings called A Really Nice Day.
He has no computer or mobile, so we can't send a photo. We have to go there.
Wasn't the helicopter from Gothenburg down here?
Yes.
John...
What does it take to get you to stop?
When was the last time you were scared?
I'm scared now.
I have been scared every day since I was five.
No one should have to experience that.
You can't punish people for something they didn't know about.
I am not punishing you. I am correcting mistakes.
Stand up!
Get up! Get up!
There, there.
- Claus Arnesen? - Yes?
Saga Norén, Malmö CID. This is my colleague from the Copenhagen police, Henrik Sabroe.
What did you say?
Saga Norén, Malmö CID. This is my colleague, Henrik Sabroe.
I called you earlier. Do you recognise this?
I can't see that. Come in.
Let's find my glasses.
- No, they are not there. - Are they not here?
No, they are not there.
Do you have any idea where they might be?
Maybe by the bed.
Why do you want to know about my pictures?
One is part of a murder investigation.
- What? - One is part of a murder investigation.
OK.
- Let's have a look. - Do you recognise this?
- Yes, that's mine. - Yes...
1993. Do you remember where you painted it?
No, sorry,
I don't remember that. I have made hundreds of those pictures.
There is a building in the background. Do you recognise it?
Yes. I see that.
- Do you know where it is? - Yes, over there.
Where?
South. On the eastern side.
On this island?
Is that barn on this island?
Yes, yes. Only a few kilometres away.
What should we do? The helicopter?
If he is there, he will hear us.
Yes, but it's faster.
If he is there, he will hear us. He has Freddie and the baby.
OK.
Calm down.
There, there.
Stop!
Saga called. We think we know where they are.
- Where? - Saltholm.
Get up there.
No.
Then I'll shoot you, and you'll never know what happened to my little brother.
Put the noose on.
Don't do this.
I must.
Nobody is forced to do anything.
You make your own choices. You always have a choice.
Only if you have power. Powerless people can never choose.
They just have to reconcile.
Calm down.
You can hold him.
As long as you are conscious.
Then I suppose you'll drop him.
He won't make it if I drop him.
No. Not everyone can take the fall.
Go to sleep.
You and I together, in a painting,
A Really Nice Day.
What do we do? Backup is on the way.
We can't wait.
Come. Hold him.
Saga. Help Emil.
Saga! Help Emil! Put him down and help Emil!
He killed Hans.
Help Emil! Help him for goodness' sake!
Saga. Help Emil.
Do it! Do it!
Let go. We've got them.
Were you going to let him die?
Saga?
I shot them. I had to.
I didn't know any of them,
except for Morten, a little.
OK.
What about these?
My artworks.
I tried to get his attention.
Freddie's?
But no one understood.
Nor did you.
So I had to help you.
I had 172 pills,
different kinds, that I was about to take, when he arrived.
- When who arrived? - My half-brother, Morten.
OK.
His mum
felt remorse because he had lost his mind in Afghanistan.
- His mother, Helle Anker? - She wanted to tell who he really was.
Gave him a code.
Wanted to tell about his roots.
I didn't really listen,
but he said one thing.
He said,
"Why am I tormented, when those responsible for my suffering aren't?"
OK.
It was these people who were responsible for your suffering?
We already know about the Johanssons.
Hans Pettersson drove you back when you ran away?
That's when I ended up in the cellar.
Have you seen the cellar?
- Yes. - OK.
Then there is Lars-Ove Abrahamsson. He abused you.
He abused me for four years.
Yes, and Håkan Ekdahl placed you with the Johanssons?
Placed, and kept me there.
What about these two?
Freddie Holst and Helle Anker. Why those two?
My creators...
Your creators...
Yes.
But why those two, Emil?
Do you remember your mother?
Yes.
How was she?
She loved me.
So if she hadn't died, you would have had a good life?
She just collapsed, in the kitchen, making me breakfast.
That wasn't Freddie Holst's fault.
Why are we talking about this?
Was there no one to take care of you, maybe grandparents?
You think that's why?
You think I punished him because he was absent when I grew up.
Didn't you?
I am not punishing anyone. The others did not take their responsibility.
It was justice, not punishment. Do you see the difference?
And Freddie Holst? Helle Anker?
- Consequences. - I don't understand that.
They...
There was a way to avoid all this.
All the pain, the fear, all the death.
What is that?
I shouldn't have been born.
I don't know what you know,
but here he is. He's been saved.
Do you want to hold him?
No.
I don't want to see him.
I can take him.
OK. I'll be with you in a minute.
The receipt for the money transfer.
I added a bit more.
I'm very sorry for what has happened.
I'm serious.
Yes.
Thank you.
I have typed your interrogation. You need to sign it.
You still don't want a lawyer?
No.
You knew Hans Pettersson?
Yes.
You liked him?
Yes.
Did he like you?
Yes.
So, you were friends?
Why did you save me, then?
I am a police officer.
You wanted to die.
I didn't want to die.
I wanted never to have been born.
It's not quite the same thing.
Do you understand?
No, you don't understand.
You had a friend, someone who needed you. Pen.
Just so you know, Annika Melander is dismissed, and Claes Sandberg let go.
Did he choose to be happy?
Thank you for your time.
My pleasure.
Has Lillian reached you?
Yes, I'm going there now.
Good.
Well done. Really.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
Hans will be buried tomorrow.
Yes, I know.
Have you ever been to a funeral?
I've been to a few. Haven't you?
No.
- What about your sister's? - I didn't go to her funeral.
- Why? - I couldn't.
But you will go to Hans'?
Can you come with me?
- Do you want me to? - Yes.
Then I will.
- I'll see you tomorrow. - Yes.
- Hi. - Hi.
What's this about?
Let's talk inside.
Thank you.
- Can I get you anything? - No, thank you.
Can we sit down?
Yes, of course.
A few weeks ago, during some road works in Sweden, a skeleton was unearthed.
OK. That's fine.
But I would really like just a few days off. Could you find someone else?
They estimate that it's been there for five to six years.
She has been identified using DNA.
- It's Alice. - No.
No, it's not.
No.
No, it's not.
- I'm really sorry. - No, it isn't.
- They're wrong. - We are trying to help.
Listen, they are mistaken.
And you are mistaken.
Where are my girls?
But they were together!
So where are they? They must have been with her.
- We don't know, Henrik. - Where was she found?
OK. Let's go there. Follow me.
They have stopped looking.
They've been digging in all directions, used dogs and radars. They aren't here.
They have to be here.
Victims buried in separate places are usually further apart.
Yes.
And, since they haven't been found, they are likely to be alive.
I know that. It's possibly even worse.
I know that you are alone.
But it was a completely ordinary day.
I went to work.
And your mother had to...
When someone takes the life of someone we love,
the heart is easily filled with darkness.
We want to harm that person.
Anger takes over the sorrow
and pushes the good memories of Hans away.
Ones we need so badly.
Hans wouldn't have wanted that.
He always tried, despite his profession,
to see the good in every person.
You gave him life.
Receive him in your peace,
and give him, for Jesus' sake,
a joyful resurrection.
Goodbye.
Saga.
- How are you? - Henrik didn't show.
But...
I thought you'd talked?
About what?
Henrik Sabroe. I'm unavailable. Leave your name and number.
They've found Alice.
I thought
they might be dead.
But I thought they would be together.
So whatever happened they would have been together.
Now that their mother is gone, I don't know how they'll manage.
Do you use narcotics?
Stimulants.
And sleeping pills to be able to relax.
For how long have you been taking drugs?
Since they disappeared.
Have you been under the influence while we worked together?
All the time.
That is gross misconduct, criminal.
And things like that have to be reported.
Or what do you think?
Do you remember that we talked about why I don't
let people get close to me?
Yes.
Do you remember why?
Because everyone had either left you or hurt you.
Are you here?
How was the funeral?
I don't know. I don't have that much to compare it to.
I thought you were going to take the rest of the day off.
No. I need to finish the case with Emil. I am behind with the report.
Emil is dead. He killed himself in the cell.
How?
He cut his wrist. Somehow he got a hold of a paper clip.
Is everything all right?
No.
He got the paper clip from me. I don't know if he took it, or if I left it behind.
Come with me.
There is something I have to tell you.
As you know, Kjell Grankvist has turned his report over to the prosecutor.
Yes.
I don't think you have done anything to your mum,
but one cannot disregard the technical evidence that exists.
They will start an investigation.
Both you and I know that that may be all that happens.
But I am innocent. I had hoped that would be enough.
But I will be investigated and removed from duty.
I'm really sorry.
I had motive, no alibi,
and they have technical evidence. I will be sentenced.
Let's not get ahead of ourselves.
Saga!
Saga! Saga!
- Why? - Why do you think?
You know I can't let you look, even a week.
Can't you? You won't give me leave?
No.
OK.
I quit, effective immediately.
- Henrik. - I'll write something formal.
But...
John. Is Saga here?
Haven't you heard?
Heard what?
Saga. It's me.
Saga.
Hey there.
Why are you here again?
I've quit.
I really like my job.
Not like you, though.
But I like to be an investigator.
But it wasn't all I was.
I was also Alice's husband.
And I was the father
of two girls.
And they were taken away from me.
You think that you're losing everything.
But, you know what, fuck it.
Because you shouldn't just give up.
Saga, I really need you.
You and I can find my daughters. So don't give up. OK?
- Stay there! - Saga.
- Stay there! - Don't do it.
Stay there!
Saga.
Saga! Are you listening?
I need you!
Saga!
Look at this.
A car was stolen 10 minutes from our house the morning they disappeared.
Let's go.
It's a car theft. Six years ago.
I know.
Even if we find it, there is only a minimal chance that it leads anywhere.
Yes, I know.
I have nothing else to do.
Do you?
No.