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01x05 - Episode 5

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Banksters". Aired: February 20, 2026.*
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Berlin, 2004. Yusuf is arrested during a soccer game, accused of multiple bank robberies.

01x05 - Episode 5

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[intriguing music playing]

[Hanna] The question now is

whether you testify or not, right?

What did your lawyer say?

Follow Mama's advice for once, okay?

You're better off telling the truth.

Listen.

[Muhammed] You're talking

over each other. Let him talk.

[Hanna] He has to testify.

[Muhammed]

You need to talk one at a time.

-Hello?

-Hello?

-Yusuf?

-Can you hear me?

I've got a plan.

He doesn't need a plan.

-What do you need a plan for now?

-What are you doing?

I want to talk to him alone.

Put Yusuf on speaker, Papa.

We need to do this

as a family. All together.

He planned all of this for me.

Come on.

Yusuf.

-Papa.

-We're alone now.

Okay. I'm telling you, I have a plan.

What f*cking plan is that?

Where my son, my son, goes to prison.

As a criminal!

A bank robber!

How many times

did I tell you not to help me?

You lied to me.

Day trading was a load of bullshit.

What other crap you may have done,

I don't even want to try to imagine.

I'm sorry.

[pensive music playing]

I should have shown you more respect.

[speaks Turkish]

Respect is something that's earned.

I let you all down. That's--

I'm sorry.

[sighs]

What did your lawyer say?

How long will you serve?

Depends on what they can prove.

Just the first one.

As far as the rest go,

there's no evidence.

That's it. So no one can testify.

And then we stand a chance.

-How many years?

-Two instead of ten.

And we'd have to give back the money

from the first robbery.

-How much is that?

-A hundred twenty thousand.

If everyone chips in,

then we'd have enough.

And you're confident?

You think you can plan anything,

right?

-You can predict it?

-Everything's predictable, Papa.

Your friends have empty pockets.

No money. Nothing.

Yeah. How good is your plan now?

What's next?

Oğul, every detail in life can't

be planned. And that's a good thing.

Maybe you were wrong about me too.

Ask yourself:

Do you think I spent

any of the money you gave me

when I didn't know

where you got it from?

[inaudible dialogue]

You told me, "Make a plan."

And I did.

Everyone contributed.

I never spent any of your money,

oğul.

I kept it so I could give it back

to you whenever you wanted.

How did you know something was off?

Papa,

did you sign the contract already?

Stupid agent keeps taking forever

with the contract.

You haven't signed it yet,

but you've already started the work?

We shook on it. Trust me.

Yeah?

Okay.

Dariusz, you used to have

your own business, right?

[Muhammed] I mean, look, you wanted

to disguise where the money came from

and run the business through Dariusz.

Oğul, I'm not a fool.

I wasn't born yesterday.

When Dariusz asked me

what my business plan looked like

and when I expected to break even,

that's when I knew it was coming

from you and you talked him into it.

That you were trying to protect me,

but something was wrong

with the money.

Thank you, Papa.

Thank you.

I'll get the money

to your lawyer tomorrow.

I'll get you out, Yusuf.

[suspenseful music playing]

I've had enough. I'm done.

[sighs]

[Katrin] Holy sh*t. Wait a minute.

I know I've seen her

somewhere before.

-I'm a genius.

-Hmm?

I know how the robberies happened.

I know who the others are.

Ten years!

According to his sister

and the prosecutor.

You don't care at all.

I don't believe for one second

that you didn't do it.

Stabbing your friend in the back

is just like your style.

Because you know

that someone like Yusuf

would not let you hang like that.

Why do you keep dragging

other people into this

when all you want

is Papa's attention?

Why do you always need

to make yourself the victim?

Will you tell me the truth?

-It was you, wasn't it?

-No, I told you before!

[somber music playing]

I think you're full of it.

-You know what?

-Hmm.

Maybe you need to get real problems.

Not some spoiled rich kid,

father-son mindfuck.

Hello.

Do you accept tips

on active investigations,

or can you tell me who does?

In Berlin.

You better come clean with it.

-Did you rat him out to the police?

-You're in love with him, right?

That's why you're acting this way.

Or else you wouldn't give a sh*t.

I don't know who I am.

Do you understand?

That's my problem.

I don't feel anything.

Zero.

Except sometimes.

Sometimes a little. When we win.

[alarm wailing]

Chasing all of my dreams

Leaving doubts behind

Rewriting the rule

Make my own design

Grab the prize

It's my time to shine

[howling]

On the floor!

Thank you.

Yes, I-- I have, yes.

No, I don't read the regional

newspapers. I really don't.

All right, but please calm down.

Okay?

Listen,

I don't care if the board thinks

that we need to hold

a special meeting.

That's-- It's unnecessary. Seriously.

POLICE CLUELESS, BANKS HELPLESS.

MONEY'S GONE.

Every board member

can call me personally,

and I'm happy to explain that we're

doing everything humanly possible

to protect our customers' deposits.

[muffled applause]

-Where are you going? When?

-I was gonna tell you.

-The chairman is your dad?

-[Steven] Your father!

Do you know what they'll do to us

when they find out?

Malte, why are you doing this?

[Jakob] Malte!

-Are these your friends?

-It was a great speech.

You're Yusuf Arslan, right?

Right.

Class valedictorian.

Borchert told me.

-[Yusuf] I qualified because I--

-I know. I know. I was too.

Let's talk alone for a minute.

If you don't mind.

Please excuse us.

Borchert had

interesting things to say.

The finances in your community

aren't very good.

And most of the money is sent back

as undeclared income.

And you've been helping him

get his foot in the door

with your community.

-[Steven] f*ck.

-[Melanie] We're screwed.

[Steven] First the dye pack

in the stash, then the sh*t with Cem.

Now your father.

Can you at least explain

why you're doing all this?

Don't we need to wipe it all

to get rid of the fingerprints?

The cops are on to us anyway!

What's the point of all this, huh?

-f*cking as*h*le! Come on!

-Steven.

[Yusuf] Hey, guys.

I can hear you from the street.

Where have you been?

Until five minutes ago,

with Malte's father.

-He wouldn't stop talking.

-What did he want?

To talk about the future and banking.

-Jackass.

-[Steven] Then it's all over, right?

Now he's got his eye on you.

Malte. Is that it?

-We have to steal so much that he--

-Gets fired?

And then what?

And that's as far as you got?

I want to tell my dad

what we've been doing.

-What do you think?

-This isn't just about you!

Get off him.

Steven's right.

We're in this together.

We've been able to come this far

because we've relied on each other.

There's no way

that I'm trusting him again.

-He's out.

-He's not out.

This is bullshit.

[Melanie] Okay. That's it.

[Yusuf] Melanie.

You're not going after them?

They'll come back.

I'm not sure you really get it.

Your father's different and he's cool

and lets you be who you are.

That's pretty rare.

Your father invited me over

for dinner tomorrow night.

Can you handle it?

[Malte] Yusuf's my ride-or-die.

Dad's trying to steal him from me.

What?

-Yusuf?

-Yeah, Yusuf.

I would never betray him.

He's my friend.

I can't believe

you would accuse me of that.

[pensive music playing]

[Charlotte sighs]

Why can't you see Papa loves you?

You know, one time

I went with him to your mom's grave.

He told me, "We've got

to take good care of Malte.

He's our little chick." [chuckles]

I'm grilled chicken to him.

Nothing else.

He doesn't know how to show it.

[engine stops, car door opens]

[Jakob] Hello, Yusuf.

[car door closes]

-I brought this.

-You shouldn't have.

But that's kind. Thank you. Come on.

I'm in the last generation who

learned the job from the ground up.

After me, it was just graduate nerds,

and [chuckles] even worse are

the algorithms and computers.

It's madness. Where will it end?

Eat. It's delicious.

It's warm out today.

Gotta stay hydrated.

Mm. [chuckles]

I admire that about you, Yusuf.

You took the rocky path

from the bottom up.

-Same as Malte.

-Well, it wasn't his idea.

How would you know that?

-You talk and talk and talk!

-Your steak's getting cold.

[chuckles]

It's amazing, isn't it?

When he's drunk, he doesn't stutter.

It's really incredible. His therapist

can't explain it either.

Of course, being a drunk isn't

the best solution.

I never asked you for steak.

I never asked you to come to

the dinner table in a drunken state.

I wanted Yusuf over

for a quiet chat. You can go.

We can do this another time.

I'm fine to come back. Malte,

I'm sure you want to head out too.

There's no need.

Dad,

that smell is all over the house.

The vegan. My daughter, Charlotte.

[chair drags]

Hi.

Yusuf.

[Charlotte] Malte!

[Yusuf]

Malte! Malte, wait, I'll help you.

-Hey, what's wrong? You okay?

-Come on.

Nothing's okay. Never.

-How drunk are you?

-[Yusuf] Get up.

-Let's go inside so you can rest.

-[Malte] You always do that.

You act like I'm clueless

about banking.

-[Yusuf] Hey. Stop it.

-[tense music playing]

Go ahead. So, what do you know about?

I know everything and so much more!

Stuff you have no clue about.

What's in safety deposit boxes.

-What are you saying?

-Dye packs in all the money bags.

-Credit card numbers of rich clients.

-Yeah, you wish you knew.

Tell me this.

Do you know the bank's office hours?

We'll keep stealing

until they push you out.

[Malte retching]

Can you please take him upstairs?

I'm sorry, Yusuf.

We'll do this again.

Just the two of us. Another time.

Charlotte, please see him out, okay?

-I can show myself out.

-Stop right there.

Is it true about

what Malte was just saying?

-He's just hammered.

-Please stop. Stay here.

[footsteps leaving]

[strums guitar]

[rock music playing on record player]

Are you still sick?

Did you see how he looked?

His face.

Malte, is it really true what you

just said? Are you robbing banks?

You can't leave me hanging, okay?

[pensive music playing]

[Steven] So Melanie

and I thought this through.

It's like the loan-granting process,

but it's an assessment.

What's the risk-to-reward ratio?

[Melanie] The risk has been too big

for the small rewards.

Think about it. Cem, dye packs,

deposit boxes, violence.

[Malte] Anyone know how much cash

Germans keep

in their safety-deposit boxes?

-[Steven] Fifty billion.

-[Melanie] 216 billion.

Calculating for anyone over 18,

that equals around 1500 euros.

[Melanie]

It sounds like a lot at first,

but if we open 50 deposit boxes

and they only have the average,

-it's not worth it.

-Nope.

We need to know who owns which box

and how much is inside them.

-If it's worth it.

-[Steven] Exactly.

Knowing who the boxes belong to

changes the probability.

That doesn't change

the probability at all.

You can still have an empty box

if you're rich.

[Charlotte]

It depends on the owner, doesn't it?

But the question is,

whose deposit box is actually full?

-Guess where I'll be in two weeks.

-I'm going there too.

It's wild, but right here

is where all the Berlin jewelers have

their deposit boxes.

And all those boxes are always full.

[Steven] Right on the outskirts,

near the highway in Grunewald Forest.

How would all of you smart-asses know

which box belongs to a jeweler?

There's a list, a directory,

in every bank.

Yeah, that's normal at most banks.

But the Berlin jewelers directory

is in--

The hands of the branch manager.

And it'll be hard to get.

-I don't know.

-[Malte] What do you mean, you don't?

I think it sounds genius.

They'll figure it out.

-Let's go.

-Are you hearing this?

Do you guys think

you're really geniuses?

I mean, your plan is totally weak.

It's a crapshoot.

Has anyone thought

about what would happen

if the manager were to catch you

with this directory?

What would you say to them?

"Oops. How did this end up

in my arms?" Or what?

So how would you do it?

[footsteps approaching]

[knocking on door]

[Dobberstein] Yes. What is it?

Sir, excuse me,

can you help me open an account?

Don't bother me

with things like that, Ms. Hübner.

It's actually a different kind

of an account.

From abroad.

Okay, then watch

and learn how it's done.

Enchanté.

[intriguing music playing]

-How can I help?

-Must I repeat it again?

My father sent me to Berlin to study.

He's opening an account here

'cause he loves Berlin.

Okay, we'll open an account

and his money can be transferred.

Not a problem.

He's bringing the cash here.

-Himself?

-Is that a problem?

How much is it?

[chuckles]

I'm sure that we can make it work

within the German legal system.

We'll find a solution.

You'll be needing

a large safety-deposit box.

Or several.

Let's take a look.

Ms. Hübner, go get the directory.

Follow me.

[music intensifies]

I've been to Moscow a few times.

It was wonderful.

Business was great there.

[Charlotte] Oh, yeah? Interesting.

Four fifteen, Prema Jewelers.

[suspenseful music playing]

Weimann Jewelers.

Four sixteen.

-Four fourteen, König Jewelers.

-König?

-König Jewelers?

-Yeah, yeah.

-Malte.

-Shut up.

Get down. Get down!

Hurry!

[Malte] sh*t, it's my father! f*ck!

[Malte shouts]

Would you mind letting

Mr. Dobberstein know

-I'm here to see him?

-Of course.

-Thank you.

-[tense music playing]

[Charlotte] It looks perfect.

My father will like it.

Wonderful.

Where have you been?

Yeah. Now it's too late.

All your magazines were in the way.

Uh, um, yeah. How about we discuss

this over a glass of champagne?

What do you say?

Dr. Kaiser has arrived.

[Dobberstein] I completely forgot.

Show him to my desk.

Go on! Don't make him wait!

Dr. Kaiser. If you'd like

to follow me to his office.

That's fine, thanks.

How much longer will he be?

Can I get you a coffee or a tea?

Thanks.

I don't drink that kind of thing.

[car horn honking]

-Hello, Dr. Kaiser. How are you?

-Mr. Dobberstein.

-[Dobberstein] Is that your car?

-[Jakob] I hope not.

-That's my father.

-Yeah.

Um, I'll distract him. You hurry up.

Can I get you anything?

-Tea? Coffee? Water?

-A chair would be good.

Stop it. Stop!

We need to go.

We have to get out of here right now!

-Steven, get off him.

-Not yet!

-We have to wait for Charlotte.

-Malte's right.

Charlotte can do it.

[Melanie] What a pleasant surprise

to see you again.

[Jakob] You as well.

[suspenseful music playing]

-Thank you, Ms. Hübner.

-My pleasure.

We need to leave, Yusuf.

[yells] Yusuf!

Open the door. Open the door.

Did he see you? Did he recognize you?

Come on. Go, go, go!

-[Yusuf] Tell us what happened.

-[Charlotte shouting]

[Charlotte] Stop the f*cking car

right now! Stop the car now!

[sobbing]

-Hey, come on.

-[Charlotte] f*ck off, you as*h*le!

-Charlotte.

-[Charlotte] Just f*ck off!

[Charlotte continues sobbing]

[intriguing music playing]

[Malte] We can't leave without her.

Yeah

Come on

Oh, you thought

That we was playing around?

I got the money and the power

Trying to get out of town

We put the middle finger up

We changed the rules

They wanna throw us into prison

But we gotta refuse

So let's go, let's go

After that, we just kept going.

Yusuf wanted to know exactly

what was inside and where.

Come on, I'm really

Living the life right now

Come take a ride

Into my lifestyle

It gets crazy, it gets wild

Too fast, I can't slow down

[scanner beeps, then door unlocks]

Come take a ride

Into my lifestyle

-[Melanie] Hello.

-Hello.

So let's go

Ain't no looking back

Fill up on the gas, hundred miles

And we going fast

Get up out the way

You know it's all or nothing

If you ain't know it by now

A storm is coming, yeah

[indistinct shouting]

[whistle blowing]

[pensive music playing]

[Charlotte] I'm sorry.

It wasn't your fault.

I went into the bank.

No one could have predicted

my father showing up.

Forgive me?

Forgiven.

-You can open them yourself, yeah?

-[chuckles]

This is the first time

I've used any of the money.

-You're a real wild guy.

-Come with me.

No one can cook

as well as my dad. No joke.

-[Charlotte] Father complex.

-Yeah. So what?

His generation never had

the chances I've had.

Why didn't he get a loan

from the bank like everyone else?

He had no chance.

My dad was in debt.

The banks screwed him over

and bled him dry.

They saw that I was Turkish,

which is why I got the job.

Using me to generate new customers.

Selling mortgage savings contracts,

opening accounts.

The bank's profits doubled.

The customers have just enough left

to keep from drowning.

You get it?

Yeah.

[tender music playing]

I couldn't see a way out.

Now it's like

I'm being taken for granted,

and it just keeps going and going.

-Is it time for bed?

-No, I'm not tired.

You thinking of him?

He's really special.

If that's true,

then why run away again?

[car door closes]

Romantic.

You think?

Yeah.

Wow.

Teach me how to do that.

-Cheers.

-Cheers.

What do you want to do

with your life?

What does Yusuf Arslan really want?

For yourself. Hmm?

I have no idea.

I've never really had the time

to think about it.

[pensive music playing]

We'll drink our beers here

and get something to eat.

On the weekend, we can go to the

movies or the theater or whatever.

I would like that very much.

Except I won't get a meal with you

or go see a movie or whatever

if you don't stop all this.

Call everyone now and cancel it.

Everyone listens to what you say,

Yusuf.

And if you don't stop, I can't

promise you that I won't turn you in.

If only to make you stop.

Out with the sun

Rise and grind

Chasing all of my dreams

Leave my doubts behind

Rewriting the rule

Make my own design

[Katrin] Who was in the bank

and when?

During the theft.

Which of the trainees?

The criminals worked within the bank.

Yusuf Arslan is an insider.

And it's only logical

that the others are too, right?

Everyone was inside their banks

when they were committing

each one of the robberies.

Yeah. Hübner, Melanie.

Wedemeyer, Steven. And

Kaiser, Malte. Here.

You'd have figured it out too.

It's a coincidence.

Congratulations.

Really good work.

-Well done.

-Thank you.

-What are you doing here?

-I was arrested.

You?

Did your brother rob some banks?

Out with the sun

Rise and grind

Chasing all of my dreams

Leaving doubts behind

Rewriting the rule

Make my own design

Hustle hard, grab the prize

It's my time to shine

Out with the sun

Rise and grind

Chasing all of my dreams

Leaving doubts behind

I still don't understand.

Okay.

I think I owe you an explanation.

Look, Peter, you and I

If you want to be with me

if we go to Greifswald together

-Mm-hm?

-it won't be easy to get away.

My parents. My brothers.

How all of you get along.

Would you like that?

Lately, there hasn't been much time

to think about it.

So crazy about your brother.

And you knew about it the whole time?

Yep.

And someone betrayed him?

You know what I thought

when they kept asking me

the same thing over and over?

That there's one person

who has the ba*ls

to turn your brother into the police,

get him to quit

and do the moral thing.

The only person

I could think of was

Me?

Why don't we watch them first?

Collect evidence.

Not get caught off guard.

And let them keep playing

their games with us?

Today is payday.

Idiot.

[sighs]

[doorbell rings]

[Charlotte] Malte! Malte!

Wait a minute.

Hey, listen to me.

I didn't turn Yusuf in

to the police, all right?

He said that

he couldn't let you down.

We both had a good cry

and then I came back home and packed.

And I went straight to London 'cause

I didn't want to see any of you guys.

Of course, everything has turned out

exactly like I thought it would.

I'm lucky

that my brother's still here.

But what is next?

Will Yusuf stay in prison?

-Hmm?

-[sighs]

-What are you offering?

-[Rieger] Let's cut to the chase.

You can't prove anything

other than the first robbery.

My client is offering to take

full responsibility for that robbery.

A confession of guilt, remorse,

and repayment of funds.

Two years on probation.

Saves us the headache of the trial.

It makes sense,

given his lack of priors.

I would like to make you both

an offer as well.

-Wedemeyer, Steven.

-[hip-hop music playing]

No looking back now

It's all or nothing

We know what we gotta do

Yeah

[Ryang] Hübner, Melanie.

F the law, F the man

They just want to hold me down

Get the cheese, get the cash

Then we ducking out of town

Break the rules we don't need

[Katrin]

Good afternoon. Berlin police.

-Are you trying to run?

-What do you want?

Olaf, leave it.

Ms. Hübner, you are under arrest.

Cuff her.

[handcuffs clicking]

Olaf, I don't think

things will work out with us.

F the law, F the man

They just wanna hold me down

[Ryang] Kaiser, Malte.

Then we ducking out of town

Break the rules we don't need

Governmental policies

Doing what we gotta do

Being who we gotta be

Outlaws on the run

Hide out if they come

And this work is never done

Outlaws on the run

Hide out if they come

And this work is never done

Never done

Outlaw, outlaw

Living like an outlaw

Outlaw, outlaw

Feeling like an outlaw

Outlaw, outlaw

Moving like an outlaw

Outlaw, outlaw

Yes, I am an outlaw

Look at my life

How I survive

Put in the work

Then I leave it behind

It won't be forever

I know in my mind

But I am an outlaw

Ride or die

Ride or die

Outlaw, me and the team

Hey

We ride together, we die together

That's for life

[song ends]

[intriguing music playing]

Out with the sun

Rise and grind

Chasing all of my dreams

Leaving doubts behind

Rewriting the rule

Make my own design

Stack it up, stack it up

Get your money right

Getting paid every day

It's the money life

Live it up, live it up

Better do it right

Stack it up, stack it up

Get your money right

I get the cash

Money in the bag

Stacking up paper

Run up a tab

I get the cash

Money in the bag

Stacking up paper

Run up a tab

I get the cash

Money in the bag

Stacking up paper

Run up a tab