02x01 - Cuberdon

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I'm off to the warehouse.

Go see your dad,
make sure he's OK.

Daan.

Daan.

- It's all my fault.
- It was his decision to go alone.

Then I shouldn't get the blame
for letting a serial k*ller get away.

If you see him,
send him to see me.

Let go of him, damn it.

Let go of him, damn it.

Let go of him, damn it.

Are you sure?

I waited for my own m*rder*r
to see what it would be like.

See you soon.

I waited for my own m*rder*r
to see what it would be like.

Sometimes people
have to go to the extreme

to understand themselves.

See you soon.

- Ever been to Venice?
- You know I don't like to travel.

So you're dumb, or trying
to destabilise me for some reason.

Why don't we sit down, first of all?

And I don't mean ‘we’ literally.

Before we start, I'd like
to say this'll be our last session.

And I most certainly
mean last literally.

We're done.

I've done just about
everything you asked me to.

- Have you?
- Absolutely.

Does anybody want
to share their feelings with Patrick?

- Jasper.
- I agree with Patrick entirely.

Contrary to what you're trying
to make him believe,

his bipolar disorder
is sadly incurable.

As for Martine,
someone has to tell her

that auras that protect one
from evil spirits don't exist.

6 months is more than enough.

- It feels like a sentence?
- Absolutely.

- And today I'm setting myself free.
- We've made no progress.

You haven't.

I explained to you before,

'we' is a concept that means nothing to me.

Outside, it's all about 'we'.

Outside, it's all about 'we'.

That's what a society is:
one group, one big 'we'.

It's each man for himself.

This endless nattering
won't change that.

What do you mean?

Sometimes an insult
is simply an insult, Helena.

Sometimes an insult
is simply an effect, Jasper,

a peripheral phenomenon.

Psychiatrists
mustn't be led by effects.

Interesting.

Patients use them
to cover up the causes.

That does nothing
to change my mind.

It's an open institution,
I can't stop you.

But I really must insist that you come
to see me at least once a week.

Just for a chat.

I don't think so.

That's a shame.

They're here.

- Daan, we're all so glad you're back.
- So is he. Aren't you?

It's going to be tough,
but it'll work out. Step by step.

Or wheel by wheel, eh?

Yes.

If you need anything,
you know where to find me.

Thanks.

Wheel by wheel?

Paul.

Daan.

- I'm glad you're back.
- Thanks.

Are you going to stand there
until I say I'm glad to see you back?

In that case, grab a chair.

WELCOME BACK

I forgot this.

What child did you abuse for this?

The free, happy, cheerful child
within myself, Professor.

Is there cause for celebration?

I wouldn't know.

- Mrs Sneyers?
- Professor?

You may inform, the Dean
that I'm back.

Looking forward to it.

Nothing special.
She was on her home trainer

- and probably had a heart attack.
- Any signs of violence?

Nope, nothing.

Hey, you could have said,
I'd have sent a trainee.

Check out her husband's voicemail.
She tried to phone him.

- What did he say?
- That she phoned her husband.

- What did he say?
- That she phoned her husband.

- What did he say?
- That she phoned her husband.

- What'd she say?
- Can you come home... ?

She was drunk.

- It's unbelievable.
- Annelies?

Are you coming home?

Are you coming home?

- Come here.
- What?

Just come here.

I need to pee.

Faster, I really need to go.

- Professor.
- Colleague.

- How are you?
- Very well.

I'm so glad to see you.

Jasper?

Dean.

- Am I interrupting?
- Of course.

I heard that you were back.

- That's sooner than expected.
- My doctor says I'm fully cured.

That's good news.

My capacity for empathy
in particular has improved.

I'm now pretty good at judging
when people feel uncomfortable.

Like you right now, for instance.

- The Faculty Board has...
- Who replaced me, Dean?

Well, it was not so simple.

Theories must correspond
to the relevant empirical findings.

Van der Weyden.

That is the only way
we can get a grip on reality.

As I said,

As I said,

well...

As I said.

it was...

A good choice.

Yes.

Yes. Yes, I agree.

I'm glad you're back.

I'm glad you're back.

He thinks it's a good choice, too.
I thought he would.

You realise
this will come back to bite you.

- Do you think so?
- Oh, yes, like a boomerang...

From hell!

Theories, therefore.

serve to coherently explain
the phenomena that they describe.

When researchers int...

When researchers interpret the data
they have gathered a priori,

and want to make them
absolutely consistent

with their new hypothesis,

then we have a problem.

They are then
no longer analysing reality,

but trying only
to prove their new theory.

And that approach, obviously,

won't yield any new insights.

Tania Kintaert, 40, housewife,
found dead at home in her bedroom.

Tania Kintaert, 40, housewife,
found dead at home in her bedroom.

Anna Maenthout, 39, nurse,
died while on duty.

Anna Maenhout, 39, nurse,
died while on duty.

And we have another victim:
Jorre Beels, 14 this time.

Found dead in the toilets at school.

Found dead itn the toilets at school.

Hakan Yilmaz, 43.
He fell from the first floor.

And Anita Cooremans, 82.
She died in her home.

What's that?

Any connections?

Any connections?

- Nothing linking the victims.
- A random k*ller?

- Nothing linking the victims.
- A random k*ller?

- Or just really bad luck.
- I don't know.

- Or just really bad luck.
- I don't Know.

- Or just really bad luck.
- I don't Know.

A production flaw? Food poisoning?

A production flaw? Food poisoning?

There are one or two similarities.

Dizziness, unsteadiness,
Strange, confused talking.

- Or they were all drunk.
- The boy too?

- He was acting very strangely.
- Teenagers drink too.

We have the housewife's autopsy,
negative for alcohol.

Hang on, I listened to her voicemail
and she was plastered.

Cause of death?

- Natural causes, for now.
- Another one.

A fireman.
He died while on duty.

- Extinguished.
- All right.

I'll inform the Home Office.

Find me links.

Bars, shops, friends, family, pets.

I don't care where,
there has to be a link.

I don't care where,
there has to be a link.

- Annelies, Daan.
- Yes?

In my office.

Well...

This may be a wild guess,
but let's check for ethylene.

Why?

Alcoholics drink a diluted form of it
when they can find nothing else.

It's in antifreeze
and stuff like that.

I wasn't completely hopeless,
you know.

- OK.
- I'll get onto the lab.

- Wait, let me.
- No, I can manage.

I know. Later.

First, let's prevent
any more funerals, OK?

OK,

There we are.

Katrien, not now.
It's almost dinnertime.

There'll be plenty of sweets tomorrow.

It's a shame the really important
things aren't posted on here.

That's an opinion I share
with you, Mrs Sneyers.

such as that the Faculty is in decline

with an incompetent man
teaching your class.

Van der Weyden
isn't my responsibility.

What about
your responsibility to society?

If our criminologists

are going to be taught by parrot
lacking all inspiration,

then we may as well
all buy g*ns, ASAP.

That's the responsibility
of a professor

who won't fight for his students.

see you tomorrow.

The good news is that there have been
no new victims in the past 15 hours.

The good news is that there have been
no new victims in the past 15 hours.

So we have six victims, all probably
poisoned using ethylene glycol.

So we have six victims, all probably
poisoned using ethylene glycol.

- But, how was it administered?
- There's no pattern in their diets.

- Some overlaps, but nothing useful.
- Any links?

Not in the direct vicinity,
but we're broadening our scope.

shouldn't we go public?

The crisis team discussed it.

The crisis team discussed it.

To avoid panic, we won't go public
until we know the cause.

To avoid panic, we won't go public
until we know the cause.

- So we just let people die?
- It's not our decision, Daan.

- So we just let people die?
- It's not our decision, Daan. I :

And no leaks,
that's the last thing we need.

And no leaks,
that's the last thing we need.

The boy and the fireman both ate
a chocolate-paste sandwich.

Hakan, the housewife
and the old lady,

they'd all eaten apples.

Ta-da, let's hear it
for our two little helpers.

You can sit down again.

Our little dove is very tired now.

Let's all wave at him,
because he's going to go to sleep.

Right, and...

Right, and...

wow.

FOR THE BEST GRANDPA

- Jasper.
- Christina.

- Jasper.
- Christina.

I didn't realise
your treatment was over.

Even strait jackets become boring.

- Did you call him?
- I know nothing.

- I called him.
- You?

- We don't have much choice.

- We don't have much choice.
- OK.

Right then,
why don't you two fill him in.

- OK.
- I'm glad to see you back.

I think it's horrible for you to be
paralysed for the rest of your life.

Perhaps we should focus
on the case.

Right, ethylene-glycol poisoning.

Yes, six victims, no links.

But we don't know
how they were poisoned.

We're going round in circles
because we don't know where to start.

CEREALS

- It's something with lots of sugar.
- Why?

Ethylene is sweet.

Sugar is a perfect carrier for someone
attempting mass poisoning.

One problem: one of the victims
was on a sugar-free diet.

She was in a Facebook group,
‘100 days without sugar’.

It was Day 43.

Addicts do everything they can
to hide that they're using.

As intensely as possible.

Hakan worked in a factory
where they make candy noses.

- Noses?
- Noses, they're called cuberdons.

So it's the noses.

- OK, I'll phone the lab.
- I'll be right back.

Professor.

I wanted to come and visit you,

but the Dean said you didn't
want to see anybody.

That must've been quite a relief.

A relief, why?

For the same reason
Rabet called me in, not you.

You were right.

It was the cuberdons.

We've found a number of boxes each
containing one or two poisoned sweets.

From different shops.

It's not blackmail,
nobody has been approached.

It's not blackmail,
nobody has been approached.

Why would a blackmailer
k*ll victims first?

- The opposite is more logical.
- I don't know.

Unless the k*ller is mentally ill.
Nut jobs can be very unpredictable.

That's true.

You're looking good.

You're looking good.

Thank you.

Those 6 months,

were good for you.

- We're conversing without blame.
- That's funny.

- What is?
- Dr Gijselbrecht predicted this.

Tell people what they want
to hear and they'll like you.

But you do look good.

I'll let you know
when we've got a suspect.

All the stops.

All what stops?

They pulled out all the stops
to find the cause of my condition.

But don't worry, I didn't say a word.

Hang on, go back a bit.
The guy with his cap on backwards.

- No, it's nothing.
- This is a waste of time.

Guys, that guy from the factory,
you wanted to know

Guys, that guy from the factory,
you wanted to know

- why he had so much money on him.
- Yes, 2,000 euros.

He wasn't an employee,
he was one of the owners.

k*lled by his own sweets,
how ironic.

k*lled by his own sweets,
how ironic.

Come on, let's go.

Go on, off you go without the cr*pple.
He'll be fine, stuck at his desk.

Excuse me,
we're looking for Ergtin Ozat.

Up the steps
behind the sliding door.

Thank you.

- Come on, let me do this.
- Man.

Ergin Ozat?

- Yes?
- Annelies Donckers, Homicide.

- Can we ask you some questions?
- Of course, come on up.

- Sir.
- Yes?

2,000 euros?

Maybe he was sending it
to his family.

I spoke to his mother
on the phone. Horrible.

- Was it perhaps dirty money?
- Madam...

if you know any companies
that don't want invoices, tell me.

- I'll give you a percentage.
- Yeah.

Sir.

Sir.

I'm from the police.
Can I ask you a couple of questions?

Not speak Dutch.

Your partner, Mr Yilmaz,
did he taste the cuberdons?

Yes, he was our quality controller.

Is there anyone here
who speaks Dutch?

Rik is there.

- Back there?
- There.

Thank you.

- How long have you owned the factory?
- 4 years. We worked here first.

Hakan always said it was...

our European dream.

Were there any people who weren't
so keen on your European dream?

- Our competitors aren't happy.
- Sure, but no feuds with anyone?

No conflicts?
You or your partner?

The former owner, Jan de Vlieger.

He wasn't happy he went bankrupt.
He said it was mine and Hakan's fault.

Excuse me?

Hello? Excuse me?

I'm from the Federal Police.
I'd like to ask you a few questions.

Hey!

Annelies.

Annelies.

Are you alright?

- Are you all right?
- Yes, get after him.

Stop, police.

Hey.

Stay down, hands on your head.

Rik Verstappen.

- We've got a problem, man.
- Yes, I know.

I shouldn't have poured
that syrup onto you, sorry.

Sorry won't get you off the hook.

Normally, people don't run off
when we come to visit them.

Unless they have something to hide.

OK.

You'll find out anyway.

Find out what?

There was a bag of speed
in my locker.

Are you kidding?

We've got six dead bodies
and you go on about a bit of speed?

I sometimes sell a bit
to the guys at work.

I thought they'd told.

400 grams, that's not
for personal use, is it?

I used to be...
I used to be the foreman.

I was Mr De Viieger's right-hand man.

And now I'm on
the production line for a pittance.

I have bills to pay too, you know.

Just as medical scientists
study the causes of disease,

Just as medical scientists
study the causes of disease,

Just as medical scientists
study the causes of disease,

criminologists analyse

the factors out of which
crime originates.

Just as with disease,
there are often a number of factors,

Cuckoo.

that need to be considered to make...

Cuckoo.

...to make a correct diagnosis.

It is important...

It is important to remember
that when there's just one cause...

Cuckoo.

This is not amusing.

IDENTITY DATA

Daan, I may have something else.
Are you coming?

No, I have things to do here.

You have to take the first tax.
Those are the rules.

Mr De Vlieger?

Annelies Donckers, Federal Police.

I had my meter calibrated last month.

It's about cuberdons.

It's about cuberdons.

You're a bit late,
that game went bust.

How's your relationship
with the new owners?

I want nothing to do
with those arseholes.

Why is that?

I was good to them, I taught them
everything about the business,

and at the first opportunity,
they took everything away from me.

So you're pretty pissed at them?

Above all,
I'm angry with myself, madam.

I drive this taxi now,

I drive this taxi now,

because I didn't realise those Turks
would sell their own mothers.

Hakan is dead.

He was poisoned.

Where've you been
in the past few days?

Either in this taxi or with my wife.
I have no time for anything else.

Check out my logbook.

It's all in there.

I don't have GPS in my arsehole, do I?

Thank you.

Psychology can contribute greatly
to criminology,

but that hasn't always been the case.
Until the 20th century...

Jasper?

I know you're there.

Have a minute?

Does the parrot have a complaint?

Does the parrot have a complaint?

Were you present when the students
started throwing pistachio nuts?

Peanuts.

Right, OK.
What were you doing there?

Listening to my own paper.
It calms me.

Listening to my own paper.
It calms me.

Did you give the students those nuts?

- Jasper?
- I don't think so.

You don't think so?

I've struggled with memory loss
Since therapy.

Memory loss?
Yes, right. OK.

Then I'll have to investigate further.

6 months.

For 6 months things were quiet here.

You've been back one day and there
are pistachios flying through the air.

Peanuts.

- You'll have to...
- Ms Donckers.

Say you're here to keep him busy.

- That's precisely why I'm here.
- Really? Great, that's great.

And don't let him fob you off, OK?

- Like a boomerang.
- From hell. I know, Ingrid. I know.

Professor?

Professor?

OK, you were right.

OK, you were right.

I wanted to call you, but didn't dare.

I wanted to call you, but didn't dare.

Because you were afraid
I'd tell the truth?

That I, unlike
all the well-intentioned weaklings,

That I, unlike
all'the well-intentioned weaklings,

wouldn't conceal that it's your fault
Daan's in a wheelchair.

wouldn't conceal that it's your fault
Daan's in a wheelchair.

6 months.

I've been waiting

6 months to be blamed.

For him to get angry, or something.

I want him to scream and shout
that it's my fault, but he doesn't.

He stays silent.

He doesn't even look me in the eye.

He'll be in a wheelchair for the rest
of his life, and it's my fault.

Daan, can you hear me?
Call an ambulance.

We're not a couple
going through a rough patch, OK?

We're on the edge of an abyss.
And those f*cking cuberdons.

The answer's there, I know.
But I can't see it.

I know that it would do Daan
So much good if... if only he...

Isn't that too simple?
Daan solves the case,

Isn't that too simple?
Daan solves the case,

Daan feels useful again and
everybody lives happily ever after?

Daan feels useful again and
everybody lives happily ever after?

What am I supposed to do? Eh?

Wouldn't it be better
if he faced the fact

that he’s no longer
suited to the job?

Daan is a good cop,
with or without a wheelchair.

I'll see what I can do.

Thank you.

Thank you.

- Hey.
- Hey.

Sorry, that took longer than expected.

Are you ready?

My mum's coming to get me.
I'm staying there for a few days.

- I think that's a bad idea.
- Why?

You won't have to take care of me,
you'll finally have some time to yourself.

But I don't want time to myself.

I don't want you to go
to your mother's.

I need some time to think, Annelies.

- Daan.
- Annelies, don't.

Daan.

Come on. Daan.

You can't be serious.

There are better ways
to clean up your desk, Annelies.

I'm sorry.

Come on.

Give him time.

Give yourself some time.

Let's have a coffee.

Maybe something stronger?

Something stronger.

Ah, my colleague.
You decided to come after all.

Only because you want
to apologise to me.

Yes, the apology you demanded.

It won't happen, I fear.

- But Mrs Sneyers said...
- Then I'm afraid you misunderstood.

I'm going to see to it personally
that you're suspended.

I'm going to see to it personally
that you're suspended.

I'm going to see to it personally
that you're suspended.

I can prove that I'm innocent.

The effects of an action
often camouflage the cause.

In this case, the cause:
Is your conviction...

that you're incapable
of succeeding me.

The nut-throwing was the means,

and the fact that you stopped
the lecture was the intended result.

And is there a conclusion, colleague?

Certainly.

You yourself gave the students
the nuts to camouflage the fact

you don't understand my syllabus.

That's...

the lamest hypothesis
I've ever heard.

But one that offers perspective.

Imagine that you realise
you're not qualified to succeed me.

Now, instead of drawing
the correct conclusion,

you decide to adopt
the role of victim and as a result,

you can keep lecturing
and I'm unjustly suspended.

I'll see you
at the Faculty Board meeting.

I'll see you
at the Faculty Board meeting.

2 minutes, boys.

As a token of appreciation,
Julius, the flying hamster,

or flying squirrel,

is now an honorary member
of Santa's brigade.

What?

Professor.

Come in.

Dad, we have a visitor.

- This is Jasper Teerlinck.
- Hello there, sir.

He's not having the best day.
Would you like some coffee?

- What did you find?
- Wasn't Daan going to solve the case?

- Professor.
- Daan.

What if the victims turn out
to be mere collateral damage,

and the intended effect was
something completely different?

- Like what?
- What's the cause?

For that's where
we'll find the solution.

- Meaning?
- An example.

What is the cause of your guilt?

I don't know.

- Your feelings of guilt towards Daan?

- What did you take from him?
- I don't know. His legs?

That's an effect.
You have to dig deeper.

I don't see it.

His sense of pride.

Whose sense of pride was
most heavily damaged in this case?

The previous owner,
who now drives a taxi.

But I spoke to him, he's innocent.

Somebody else, perhaps?

Did you notice anything
in the investigation that wasn't normal?

Don't think about effects,
just something you found out.

The 2,000 euros
Hakan had on him?

Cause is motive.

There was a bag of speed
In my locker.

That's why he confessed
to the drugs so quickly.

Keep an eye on him, OK?

Anna Maenhout.

Nurse.

This is Tania.
Tania left behind two daughters.

This is Tanita.
Tania left behind two daughters.

Rob.

Rob once rescued an entire family
from a burning house.

Jorre.

Jorre.

He was going
to his first party next week.

He was going
to his first party next week.

Not anymore, thanks to you.

You were really just after this guy,
Hakan Yilmaz, isn't that right?

It is, isn't it?

You know, if you tell us the truth,

you'll start to feel a lot better.

Cuberdon?

- Paul?
- Delicious, thanks.

Look, it's...

It's not what you think.

It's not what you think.

I just wanted to...

People weren't supposed to die,
they were just supposed to fall ill.

Ah, OK!
You should have said so.

So it was an accident?
Well, in that case...

Those two Turks took everything I had.

They gave me a choice.
Either the production line or out.

And when Hakan found out
I was earning cash selling...

selling speed,

he wanted in.

80%.

That day, I paid.

2,000 euros.

I was livid. I...

It... it just had to stop.

I wanted to do to them
what they had done to me.

And so I injected antifreeze
into 50 or so cuberdons.

It was my intention to make
people ill. I never meant...

Then I returned the prepped cuberdons
to the production line.

I knew that they'd end up
in lots of different boxes.

Hakan always took samples,

for testing, straight
from the production line.

And I hoped, with all my heart,

that he'd pick a bad one.

And that he'd become seriously ill.

But it was never my intention.

I wanted them...

to feel what it's like
to be in the sh*t.

And to lose everything.

When you heard people were dying,
you could've done something.

You could've told us
and saved people.

I know.

If you think that this act
will make me sympathise with you,

forget it, man.

It's over.

I'd better get going.

Above all,

it betrays
a complete lack of respect,

not just towards me, but worse,
towards the Faculty as a whole.