01x01 - The Klatts

[bunniefuu]

DAY 84

[vehicle approaches]

[door closes]

[ladder clatters]

[doorbell buzzes]

[dog barking]

Hello.

In Germany, every year over 400 people

die because of a fire at home.

We're not trying to sell anything.

We're here to check your smoke detectors.

Free of charge.

[in unison] Don't let a dead battery

become a dead you.

Mm-hmm.

But, wait. I know you.

Oh, my God.

You're the couple who

Sorry.

Come in, please.

[door creaks]

KLATT & SON ELECTRICS

[ladder clattering]

Do you live here with your husband?

With my boyfriend.

[exhales] Well, if you can call him that.

We're on and off.

One minute we're on, the next we're off.

[slurps]

- Thanks for the tea.

- You're welcome.

- Hmm.

- [ladder clattering]

[sighs]

When is the big day?

It's supposed to be

another couple of weeks,

but it's almost like she's ready

to come out any minute.

[growling and barking]

- [exhales]

- Puppy!

Oh! My Wanda was exactly like that too.

Wanda, my daughter. The one who's missing.

Yeah. She could never stay still.

Not even in the womb.

- [barking]

- Go away!

[yelps]

[dog growling]

- Give me that thing, you.

- [barks]

Hey.

Hello, Baby.

[dog growls]

- Come here.

- [Carlotta] What a lovely bump. Firm.

- [door closes]

- You must be thrilled.

To be honest, I'm scared to death.

Yeah. As soon as your kids are born,

you'll spend every second scared to death.

[chuckles]

You're constantly waiting

for something tragic to happen to them.

And then

And then when

When it happens

I'm so sorry

for what you're going through.

How are you doing?

[clicks]

Um

[exhales]

Good. I'm doing good.

I hate it when they recognize us.

[both chuckle awkwardly]

That little rat bit off

a chunk of my ankle.

I think I might need a tetanus shot.

[female voiceover] These are the Klatts.

They used to be normal.

Whatever that means.

They were just like you.

They paid their taxes,

drove a mid-size car,

and had coffee and cake on Sundays.

[cell phone chimes]

[voiceover] Then things got

DAD HOUSE 22 CONNECTED

[inhales] complicated.

Really complicated.

[video] That poor woman,

just losing their daughter like that.

One day she's there and the next, gone.

What would you do?

[voiceover] But ask yourself,

how far would you go

if you lost someone you loved?

["Mania", Alice Merton]

[female voiceover] This is Sundersheim.

The normal town,

where the normal Klatts live.

[crowd cheering]

I guarantee you know a place like this.

- [whistle]

- It's the kind of town

where you support the local team.

["Takahashi Timing", YN YN]

You drink beer at the local pub.

And, if you grow a big enough pumpkin,

you'll probably get your picture

in the local paper.

Sundersheim even has its own local legend.

This guy, the Nuppelwocken,

a horny beast who lives in the woods

and once a year, on Nuppelwocken Night,

creeps into town and steals away

the fairest maiden to eat.

- [drumbeat]

- [crowd shout]

[voiceover] Or is it marry?

I can never remember.

Anyway, Nuppelwocken Night

is a big deal in Sundersheim.

Everyone dresses up, gets drunk,

and there's this big parade where a man

in an unnecessarily tight costume

pretends to abduct a child.

Which, I guess, when you say it like that,

sounds pretty creepy.

But, then, all the best stories

start with a monster, right?

Although, in those stories,

it's usually the monster who meets

a grisly fate,

not the fair maiden.

DAY 0

[whirring]

[woman] Wanda?

[radio] Good morning

- Does breakfast have to be so loud?

- Hey!

Pancakes, they're nice and quiet.

[radio] It's the most important

day in the Sundersheim calendar.

[signs] Where is your jersey?

Your costume

makes you look like you have a big gut.

Where's your costume?

[radio] expect clouds this morning.

- The rest I'll put on after the game.

- The adults' picnic begins at noon, Dedo.

- I thought it was 2:00!

- No.

It's totally fine. Kickoff is at 10:30,

plus half time,

I should be at the school by 12:35.

- Mm.

- No, no, no.

Wait. I'll leave ten minutes

before it ends.

That's a good idea.

If I can make a cask full of potato salad,

the least you can do is show up on time.

Katarina Vinson put you

on potato salad duty again, hmm?

[whirring]

Wanda!

If you don't get your a*s down here

in ten seconds,

I'll

You'll what?

[female voiceover] So, that's

Okay. Keep going.

A little more. Okay. Stop.

- One back.

- [tape rewinding]

Perfect. So, that's me.

You've already met Carlotta and Dedo.

Or Mom and Dad, as I like to call them.

They look almost happy here,

yet they have no idea of the shitstorm

that's about to hit them.

[game sounds]

The nerd over there

is my little brother Ole.

He's deaf and has hearing A*DS,

although he often turns them off.

He prefers the quiet. I can't blame him.

Do you like my costume?

I'm the fairest maiden.

Yeah, it's, uh, nice.

- [Wanda] Mm.

- Tight.

[Carlotta] Why do teenage girls have

to make their costumes so sexual?

Don't be a sl*t-shamer.

It doesn't suit you.

[signing] Good morning, Peahead.

What's your problem, dude?

Cool outfit.

You're dressed as what? A virgin?

[chuckles]

- Wanda!

- Hmm?

- Will you be at the picnic?

- I don't know.

- Where are you going now?

- To see friends.

- What friends?

- What's it to you?

I know you think

you're already an adult

- I'm an adult.

- You're 17.

- I'm old enough to vote, drink, drive

- Wanda

- Old enough to have sex.

- Enough.

Why can't you treat me like an equal?

Because you're not an equal!

- Okay, okay

- [both] No.

- This woman says this sh*t every day!

- [Dedo] Wanda

- This woman is your mother.

- [Dedo] Calm down.

- [both argue]

- Stop, let's talk about

[sound muffled]

[Wanda, voiceover] Okay. You get the idea.

["Oh!", The Linda Lindas]

[revving]

My little town,

where everybody knows everybody.

At least, that's what I thought.

But how well do you

ever really know your neighbors?

All those people

living so close to one another

in such a small space.

Don't you sometimes wonder

what they're up to behind closed doors?

Which brings us back to our story.

And, as you can probably guess

from how carefree I look,

some bad sh*t's about to go down.

- [music stops]

- [engine revs]

53 MINUTES LATER

[wind rustling]

DAY 0

DAY 5

- A question for Mrs. Klatt.

- Yes, please.

Mrs. Klatt, how does it feel knowing that

you may never see your daughter again?

It's

unimaginable.

Though

I am truly convinced that our

Wanda will be back in our arms very soon.

[reporter] Mr. Klatt, as a father,

do you feel the same way?

You can't begin to imagine

[Wanda]

Now, we could start the story here,

but, to be honest, it's kinda depressing.

So I'm just gonna skip forward a bit.

Yeah, yeah, we got it. Girl is missing.

Posters everywhere.

[groans] I hate this photo!

Candles, concerned neighbors.

It's weird how many people

express their sympathy through lasagna.

That's what I asked you! [shouting]

[Wanda] Emotional yelling!

DAY 68

No, thank you. Let's just skip

to where it got really weird.

Until Wanda Klatt disappeared one morning

without leaving a trace,

the Klatts were a perfect family.

[Wanda] I mean, perfect's a stretch.

searching for clues leading

to the whereabouts of their daughter.

Seventeen-year-old Wanda

Did they use too much makeup?

- I don't look like Donald Trump, do I?

- No.

- You look like you were out in the sun.

- Oh.

A lot.

[host] But this picture-postcard town

has been rocked by recent events.

I thought you quit those.

I used the gum to quit smoking

but now I'm addicted to these.

[host] The Klatt family is desperate.

[Carlotta sighs]

Hey, come on. This is a good thing.

I can feel it.

[host] But first,

we would like to recap

- Hmm.

- what happened exactly.

[narrator] It was just a regular morning

in the Klatt household.

It was Nuppelwocken Night.

A traditional

- She doesn't look anything like me.

- [narrator] in Sundersheim,

and the father, Dedo Klatt,

was in high spirits.

Olé, olé, olé, olé, olé ♪

Okay. I'm off to the pub.

[narrator] Dedo was heading

to a local pub, the Captain,

to watch the local soccer team

play an important match.

Hi, Mom.

- I'm heading out. Don't wait for me.

- Where are you going?

Mrs. Klatt, Mr. Klatt,

good to see you. Welcome.

Do you mind following me?

I'll show you over here.

- Come back here, young lady!

- I hate you!

[Dedo whispers] Carlotta!

- [woman] Mrs. Klatt.

- [blows air] Yes.

[narrator]

After the clash with her mother,

Wanda leaves the house and drives away

Yes, to the front.

on her red Vespa scooter.

Sit in this chair. Is it the right height?

[chair squeaks]

- Could it be higher?

- Bernie, could you, please? Quick.

We can't have that.

[narrator] This is the last time

Mr. and Mrs. Klatt will see Wanda.

- Okay, yeah?

- Thank you.

Okay, great.

Just try to be yourself, okay?

Be natural. It's just television.

We're all here to support you.

Mrs. Klatt, if you need to,

don't be afraid to let the feelings flow.

- Okay?

- [narrator continues]

And we are live

in five

four

- [chair squeaks]

- [whimpers] I

[audience applause]

[theme music]

A genuinely mysterious and tragic affair.

Tonight, Wanda's parents are here

with us in the studio.

Mr. and Mrs. Klatt,

- thank you for joining us.

- Mm-hmm.

Carlotta, please, tell us what happened

on the morning of her disappearance.

Yes. So, that morning, I woke up,

uh, as normal, and then

I made breakfast for Wanda and for Ole.

And is it true that on that morning

you had a pretty intense fight with Wanda?

Yes. She's a teenage girl.

We fight almost every morning.

[Peter] Right, of course.

Also with us today in the studio

is Chief Inspector Michelle Rauch.

Hello and welcome.

Ms. Rauch, this case is a real mystery,

isn't it?

What do we know of the facts?

We know that Wanda left the house

on her red Vespa around 9:45.

[chair squeaks]

Around 10:20 she was seen at a coffee shop

on Main Street where her phone was found.

[rumbling]

After that, she's sets off again,

driving south.

[chair squeaks]

That's the last confirmed sighting.

You're presuming Wanda was taken

against her will?

That's definitely a possible scenario.

But with a girl her age,

we can't rule out that she acted of

her own free will and ran away.

Hold on. Wanda would never just disappear

without telling us.

- Until we have evidence

- She was abducted.

- We cannot rule out

- She was abducted.

- she acted on her own free will

- Abducted!

[audience murmuring]

Dedo, statistically,

we know that the chances

of finding a missing person alive

after the first 100 days

drops to below 10%.

What does that feel like?

[sighs] Well

What do you think it feels like?

I'll tell you, it feels like sh*t.

[murmuring]

Carlotta, if Wanda is watching this,

what would you like to tell her?

[gulps]

Please, speak directly to the camera.

[director] Camera 2, slowly zoom in

on the mother.

Wanda

if you are watching this,

we want you to know that [inhales]

we love you very much.

We love you and we really miss you and

[sighs] we are doing everything we can

to find you and bring you home.

- Mm.

- And if there is anyone out there

who knows something, anything,

even if you don't think it's important,

speak up, please, will you?

I don't think you can understand

what it's like when your child is missing.

The crushing realization that

the one person in the world

who needs me most,

and who I am responsible for,

is no longer here.

Because I didn't keep her safe.

- [Carlotta weeps]

- [he sighs]

I'm so sorry, I

I can't do this. I can't

I don't know what else there is to

[mouths words]

Um, what's that sign?

[whispers] More. More.

More?

What should I do more of?

Should I scream or should I freak out?

[chuckles]

Okay, we should continue now with a

Do you want to know what it feels

like, Peter Genswein, really?

Everyone's staring at us

or whispering behind our backs.

Or asking us stupid questions

like we're some kind of circus freaks.

[exhales]

Did you get enough emotions, huh?

Have I

Have I let the feelings flow enough?

Hey! Here. I'm talking to you.

You, the one who's waving

like an air traffic controller.

Do you want more tears? Huh? More snot?

- [audience murmuring]

- Here.

Zoom in again

on my despairing face.

Was that a good enough shot?

Or Or come even closer.

Closer, yeah.

Take a good look.

Take a look at the poor, washed-out mother

of the girl who's missing.

Doesn't she look terrible?

Ah, screw this!

- [audience gasping]

- I'm done with this, I'm out!

- Mrs. Klatt, calm down.

- I'm not a

- We still have

- I've had enough!

- [cries out]

- Stop recording me!

- [mic feedback]

- Screw you, all of you!

- [chair squeaks]

- Mm.

[audience murmuring]

I've had enough!

Stop recording me!

[Carlotta inhales]

Don't say anything.

I wasn't.

I knew right away this was a shitty idea.

I came across like a crazy woman.

No!

On television!

And that's good!

[scoffs]

It's okay to get upset.

It shows you're hurting, which is great.

We want the public's sympathy.

- And since everyone

- I don't want any more sympathy, Dedo!

- Results, that's what we need.

- Yeah. I agree.

Yeah. So why aren't we doing anything?

We are doing things!

We hang posters on the walls

and light a bunch of candles,

and we let that Peter g*dd*mn Genswein

make fools of us!

Hey, leave Peter Genswein out of this,

will you?

That man is a tireless public servant.

- [hearing A*DS chirp]

- [sound muffled]

She's still alive, right?

Yes.

Yes, she's still alive.

[sighs]

[Carlotta] I can't sleep.

My head's all over the place.

[footsteps receding]

[door opens]

ME AND GRANDDAD

I miss you

my little girl.

Keep an eye on her for me, Dad.

I can't lose her.

[inhales]

[exhales]

- [birdsong]

- [dog barking]

[snorts]

- [Carlotta] Dedo!

- Huh?

- Dedo!

- [grunts]

What? What is it?

They found something!

After your appearance last night,

we received a lot of phone calls.

But we shouldn't get ahead of ourselves.

These TV appeals tend to shake

the crazy tree.

Yeah, I believe it.

One man claimed that Wanda's disappearance

is linked to a conspiracy of

a Satanic pedophile cult.

He called our dispatcher

a "puppet of the Deep State", no less.

There is, however,

one lead that looks promising.

- Schellenberg?

- Mm.

We can't be 100% sure

this is Wanda's t-shirt

yet.

Oh.

There.

It's hers.

The marks here, the red ones.

That's pomegranate.

I tried to get Dedo to drink some

for his blood pressure.

Very tart, that stuff.

Then the juice spilled on the table

and there was this drama

about the few drops on the t-shirt.

I would recognize these marks

in my sleep.

- I must have scrubbed them for an hour.

- Where did you find it?

Came from a shop called Second Chance.

The owner thinks it would have been

thrown into a clothing donation container,

here, at some point in the last 30 days.

[Carlotta]

Wait a minute. Are you saying that

Wanda's t-shirt was thrown into

an old clothing container

here in Sundersheim?

In the last 30 days?

Dedo, she's somewhere here.

[Rauch] Let's not jump to conclusions.

We have to search all the houses

close to the store.

We're checking the security cameras

in the area.

Officers are canvassing the neighborhood.

Hold up. Canvassing?

Sorry, but what do you expect?

"Excuse us, but did you kidnap

this little girl by any chance?"

"Oh, yes, Officer.

She's down in my cellar.

Would you like to have her back?"

Yes, I agree. Look.

We have to get into those houses

and turn them upside down.

We can't go in and search people's houses

without probable cause.

This is your probable cause.

To find a needle in a haystack,

you don't go in with a leaf blower.

You go in with tweezers.

What the hell are you talking about?

[Rauch] Mrs. Klatt,

I can assure you we are doing

everything within our power

to find Wanda.

We have several persons of interest

that we're closely looking at.

[Carlotta] What are we supposed to do?

[Rauch] Mrs. Klatt, this is good news.

This is our first breakthrough.

So what would be most helpful

is for you two to sit tight

and let us work the case.

[Carlotta] Hmm.

If that woman thinks that

I'm just going to sit tight,

then she has another thing coming.

I'm done sitting tight.

Dominik Bartels, Claudius Street, 37.

What?

A pen. I need a pen.

Dominik Bartels, 37 Claudius Street.

- What are you doing?

- Dominik Bartels.

37 Claudius Street.

I saw his file at the station.

He's one of the persons of interest.

A suspect in the case.

Ah.

Okay.

So what do we do now?

I don't know.

You don't know?

I don't know, I mean

What would we do when we get there?

Yeah. I've no idea.

It's near that shop where you got

the candle that stinks like Aunt Margaret.

Mm.

Claudius Street.

[exhales] Do you mean

we should go take a look?

No, no, no, no. Wait.

Unless you think we should go take a look.

- [stutters]

- Yeah, well, I mean

We could

- I don't know. Maybe

- Maybe we could drive by.

- Nothing else.

- Yeah, that's it.

I mean, then

we wouldn't do anything that could

compromise the investigation.

- No, course not.

- Right.

- All we're doing is driving by.

- Mm-hmm.

- I mean, it can't hurt, right?

- No.

- I think

- It's actually better if we are the ones.

- Because

- Because

We have to beat the police to it in case

that guy is keeping Wanda in his house.

The police would make the guy too nervous.

You're right. That's a great point.

Yeah, and who knows what would happen.

Because we don't want him

to panic or something.

Yes! Absolutely!

[Carlotta exhales]

I mean, we're just taking a peek.

Mm. Exactly.

In, out. I mean, it won't hurt anyone.

- Looking doesn't hurt.

- Yeah.

Dedo

She's still here.

She's always been here.

Right under our noses.

[engine starts up]

[Carlotta] She could be anywhere, Dedo.

[Carlotta] It could be anyone.

- [Dedo] Which one is it?

- Over there.

That one.

The one that looks pretty rundown.

[engine shuts off]

Hey! What are you doing?

I'm just looking.

You can't do that.

Have you never seen a crime show?

You don't just go and ring the door.

What did we just say?

If he's got Wanda, then we don't

want him to panic, right?

- Right.

- Let's wait for a while.

Stake out the house.

Maybe we should get some donuts.

What do you say?

[Carlotta sighs]

[Carlotta sighs]

What's that?

I found it in Wanda's bedroom.

She must have taken it out of

an old family album at some point.

Can I see?

[Carlotta sighs]

Oh, my God.

Oh.

Seems like it was a different time.

And also like it was just yesterday.

Such a cute smile, huh?

[Carlotta sighs]

Oh, man. Where did the years go?

[door closes]

[footsteps approaching]

[Carlotta] Dedo.

- Duck!

- Oh!

I have to get lower, lower!

[gate lock clicks]

[Dedo] That's him.

He looks like the kind of guy

who keeps girls in his basement.

[engine starts up]

[Carlotta exhales]

[sighs in relief]

Screw it. I'll I'll look around.

I thought we were gonna wait

and observe the house?

Yes, you do that and when

If he comes back, just honk twice.

We're a team, right?

Like Turner and Hooch.

Yeah.

Wait, wasn't one of them a dog?

Oh, God.

[breathes heavily]

[lock rattles]

[children shouting in distance]

[Dedo] No!

[Dedo groans]

[dog barks in distance]

[whispers] I'll go around the house.

No. Come.

Come back.

Oh, God.

Oh, God.

[blows air]

[bird chirping]

[breathes heavily]

[yelping sound]

[yelping]

[yelping]

Wanda?

[yelping]

Wanda!

Are you in there?

[yelping]

What are you hiding? [grunts]

Son of a b*tch!

[groans]

[clattering]

[yelping sound]

[exhales]

[exhales]

[breathes heavily]

Wanda?

Are you in here?

[yelping]

[rodent squeaks]

[exhales]

[rodents squeaking]

- [groans]

- [rodent chirps]

[gasps]

[creature chirping]

[loud squeak]

[exhales]

- [hisses]

- [cries out]

[cries out]

Oh, sh*t.

Oh, no.

- [powering down]

- [gasps]

[gasps]

[hisses]

- sh*t.

- [squeaking]

No, no, no, no, no.

[cries out]

Oh, God.

- [hissing]

- No, no.

Oh, sh*t. Oh, sh*t.

[cries out]

[Dedo] Carlotta.

- Dedo!

- Carlotta!

What the hell are you doing?

How did you know I was here?

I heard you screaming.

The whole town knows.

- I did something bad.

- Give me your hand.

Pull me up.

[hissing]

- Pull!

- That's what I'm doing.

- Pull!

- [strains]

- [loud hiss]

- [cries out]

- What was that?

- Something bit me.

What do you mean, "bit you"?

- [screams]

- Why are you yelling?

[both scream]

Get it off me!

- But how?

- With your hand!

I'm not touching a snake.

Get the damn snake!

[whimpers] Oh, God.

[whimpers]

Hold still! [whimpers]

[whimpers] Now what?

Get rid of it!

- Where?

- No!

- Wait. No, no, no!

- [hisses]

We have to bring it with us.

If it's poisonous, they'll need to know

which snake bit me,

so they can give me an antidote.

I'm not driving with a poisonous snake to

a hospital that's all the way across town.

No freaking way!

[tires screech]

[engine shuts off]

- [indistinct announcement]

- [Carlotta sighs]

[inhales] I

Uh-uh.

[Carlotta sighs]

- We wanted to

- Shh.

The damage that was caused

to Mr. Bartels' storage room,

is estimated somewhere

between 15,000 and 20,000 euros.

Not to mention the trauma to the snakes,

and to the neighbor,

who saw a cobra in his bathroom toilet.

- Ms. Rauch, I

- Fortunately, for whoever broke in,

more than half the snakes

were illegally owned.

And, as such, Mr. Bartels will not be

in a position to press charges.

It's clear that you've both been

under enormous stress.

For that reason,

I'll put this down

to a temporary episode of insanity

and leave it at that.

- Thank you

- But if you interfere

with my investigation again,

I'll kick your a*s so hard,

that my shoe will come out of your mouth.

Do you understand?

Good. And now I would suggest

that you go home.

And maybe check in on your other kid.

[game sounds]

[door opens]

[door closes]

[footsteps approaching]

Hi.

[Dedo] Hi.

Uh

Your mother was bit by a snake today,

but she's okay now.

Cool.

[keys jingling]

[fanfare]

[weeps softly]

[sniffs]

[sighs]

[knocking]

[door opens]

Can we talk?

Not now, I

I can't I can't hear it.

"I told you so, Carlotta."

"What were you thinking?"

"You need to get ahold of yourself."

I I know all that, Dedo.

[sighs]

There's something you need to see.

DONATION BIN

[footsteps approaching]

What is this?

This is our plan.

Your father always told me

that the key to birdwatching

lies in patience.

Patience and endurance.

You have to learn about birds' habits,

their environment.

- Uh, yeah.

- Right.

Tomorrow is day 70.

And Peter Genswein said

that after 100 days,

the chances that we find her alive

are less than 10%.

So we've still got about four weeks.

Here is the clothing container.

Could you please hold this? Here.

Here. Great. Okay.

Inside this circle,

there are 62 single-family homes,

42 multi-family homes,

and 12 apartment buildings.

Can you please finish the circle?

I figure that

if you're gonna kidnap someone,

especially someone as loud

as our daughter,

you're not gonna take her

to where the walls are paper-thin.

Plus surveillance cameras,

neighbors, and janitors.

So what I'm saying is we should focus

on the single-family homes.

[chuckles softly]

I was worried you thought I was crazy.

Uh, yes, I do.

But I also know you're stubborn.

And I also know that you won't rest

until we've done everything possible

to find her, so

- [exhales]

- But

I will handle the next house, because

you really do suck at burglaries.

Yes.

Thirty days.

We'll search all the houses in that zone

until we find her.

Whatever it takes.

[Wanda, voiceover] And what it took

would change the Klatts' lives forever.

[g*nsh*t]

[Wanda]

Because not everyone gets out alive.

[growling]

[heavy breathing]

[growling]

["His Name Is King", Luis Baclov]