03x02 - De troonopvolger, deel 2

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Miss, Abi Benali’s room, please.

- He’s in room number 462, sir.
- Thank you.

- What happened? What happened?
- He was hit by a car.

- Where?
- In front of the shop.

I'd sent him to the baker's
and the car hit him.

- And what now?
- I don't know.

The doctor said
his condition is critical.

The first 36 hours are crucial.

I don't know what I'll do
if he doesn't get better.

There'll be no permanent damage.

It'll be all right.

It'll be all right.

I know who ran him over.

I've seen him.

Who was it?

The men who were at our house.

They did it.

They did it on purpose.

- Does Adam know?
- No.

“Come, let’s run away to prison.”

“We two alone will sing
like birds in the cage.”

King Lear.

John?

Leo Derwael.
Shot dead on his canal barge.

No witnesses.
We do have DNA traces.

Adam Benali.

Interpol claims he works
for an international drug cartel.

We also know that Benali
lost 200 kilos of cocaine.

Literally.

We found traces of cocaine
on Derwael’s boat.

Right, our theory Is that Benali
uses Derwael as his carrier.

Derwael keeps the drugs.
Benali's not amused.

We questioned him,
but he denies it for now.

- For now.
- And then there’s Youssef Benali.

- For now.
- And then there’s Youssef Benali.

His younger brother. No criminal record.
He has an alibi for that night.

He may know more.
We'll bring him in for questioning.

closed due to
unforeseen circumstances

Jasper, please...

We'd really like to help
but we can’t if you don't speak.

- I mean, I'm sorry, but...
- Stan is right, Jasper.

Who did that? And why?

We want to avoid such things
but we can't if you don't cooperate.

Okay, that’s the end
of this conversation, then.

He hasn't eaten or drunk anything
in the three days since his arrival.

Is that true, Jasper?

Austerity is enjoying things that arent
there. A blessing for body and soul.

Just ask your fish and your plants.
Your excess is k*lling them en masse.

It's a curse of weak folk.

They can only choose
between nothing and too much.

- Stan, do keep an eye on him.
- Certainly.

You do know why you had
an unexpected visit last night, right?

I'll explain. That's what we do
with rats who cooperate with the cops.

Cops who saw to it
that I can no longer see my little one.

It is said
that the less developed kind

time and time again attributes
his own failure to someone else.

A correct hypothesis, so it seems.

You'll stop laughing soon enough, pal.

- Everything okay, chaps?
- Of course.

- Just having a chat with our friend.
- Mark...

You both have visitors.

Right...

Hi, Dad.

What those women see in that nutcase
is beyond me.

- What nutcase?
- Nothing. Why are you here?

- There's something you should know.
- Did you get the 500 kilos?

I cancelled that.

- What?
- There's just no profit with hash.

The route through Spain and France

is becoming more and more difficult.

- You're lucky if half of it arrives.
- Always consult me.

I had to be quick.
An opportunity presented itself.

- Bart, what have you done?
- Coke.

Have you gone mad?
What do you know about coke?

Sure, he thinks I can’t do it.
What else is new?

Not surprising, is it?
You always do stupid things.

God damn it, Bart.

I know you mean well
but it's more complex than you think.

You still haven't figured it out.
I'm the only one you've got left.

Your lady and that ridiculous kid
moved in with someone else ages ago.

- Impossible.
- Yeah?

- Lindsay was here yesterday.
- Right. And tomorrow?

Will she be here tomorrow?

- Bart. Bart, come back.
- I'm incompetent, right?

That's what you're thinking.
But I'm going home now.

What are your plans?

- And?
- You need to give me more time.

The deal was today.

The deal wasn’t that
my nephew was still alive.

Listen, my brother said
he lost those 200 kilos.

But that’s not true. It’s a lie.

I'll find them
and bring them back to you.

You go to Morocco

and tell your boss to contact me
if something is up.

Understood?

- And Adam?
- Leave that to me.

I'm counting on you.

I don’t work with mules.
You got that?

He’s got a nerve. Such a bigmouth!

- Hello?
- Hello, Dina?

How are you?

Something terrible has happened.

It's okay, darling.
Tell me what happened. Tell me.

Those men who were at our house...

What do they want?

Hello?

I'm still here.

- I'm listening.
- What do they want from us?

I've got to go now.
I don't have much time.

I'll take care of it. Don’t be afraid.

Trust me.

Tell me you trust me.

I trust you.

What happened?

We've got to get out of here.
As soon as possible.

John van Humbeeck.

Okay.

Yes.

Okay, thanks.

Lauwers was deranged. He wasn't
planning on sharing with Rabet

He went there
to put a b*llet in his head

Benali's son is in hospital.
He's severely injured.

He was run over outside their door.

- An attack?
- To put pressure on Benali?

- It was a hit and run. No plates.
- He's obviously in trouble.

That could be to our advantage.

This time in the hospital.

Okay. Will do.

I know why you didn't say
anything to the warden.

I guess it's your way
of paying for what you've done.

You always suffered from
an oversensitive conscience.

That conscience is a weak link
in our evolution.

The faster we get rid of it, the better.

- Why aren't you talking?
- You're an hallucination.

I can't discuss matters
with an illusion.

- You'd better leave now.
- Why?

Can't you hear how quiet it’s gone.
They all know what's going to happen.

Even Dany has gone out,
which he never does.

It won't be a pretty sight, Mum.

Teerlinck. Come with me.

Adam Benali.

Professor Teerlinck.

You help the cops solve complex cases.
I was wrongfully convicted for m*rder.

I want you to prove my innocence.
In exchange for protection.

I don’t see how I could solve
a m*rder case from prison.

You'll find a way.

There's someone else
who wants to talk to you.

- Remember me?
- Johan Vermarcke.

Convicted for murdering
a plastic Surgeon.

Shall we go for a walk?

That's a good idea.

“It was a town of red brick.
It contained several large streets”

“all very like one another, inhabited
by people equally like one another”

“who all went in and out
at the same hours,”

“with the same sound
upon the same pavements,”

“for whom every day was the same
as yesterday and tomorrow”

“and every year the counterpart
of the last and the next.”

Hard Times. Charles Dickens. 1854.

“If goodness can't be found,
we have to escape in beauty.”

“One evening I took beauty in my arms
and I thought her bitter”

“and I insulted her.”

Arthur Rimbaud.

- A Season in Hell, 1873.
- Right.

Did you tell the Moroccan about me?

- Yes.
- Why?

I’m responsible for the library.
It's pretty quiet there.

- And things are discussed there.
- I knew he was in trouble.

Will you do it?

I think I'll open up the library.

He'll want to protect his child.

So what? That doesn’t matter.

- f*ck this.
- We know what happened to your son.

Adam, you won't be able
to protect your family from jail.

We can do that for you.

Confess to the m*rder of Leo Derwael
and we I'll arrange protection.

I didn't do it.

- One call...
- I didn't do it.

That's all it takes. One phone call.

Adam...

What if I confessed
to something else?

That depends.

- If we can use it...
- I know why Derwael was k*lled.

- We're listening.
- He was transporting coke for me.

But it never arrived.

someone took my 200 kilos.
Find my stuff and you'll have your k*ller.

So you confess
that you're importing cocaine?

- Mr Rabet? Your appointment's here.
- Okay.

- Appointment?
- Someone in here misses me terribly.

Professor?

John. Paul.

- Everything okay?
- Perfect. You?

- Fine.
- Oh, that sucks.

You can go if you want, John.
I'll get home on my own.

Boy, you don't look very well,
I must Say.

I didn't ask you to come here
to discuss my health.

- So why did you ask me?
- Adam Benali.

- Yes. What about him?
- He’s suspected of m*rder.

- Yes.
- I'd like to see his file.

- Why?
- He says he's innocent.

Three-quarters of the inmates
say they're innocent.

He wasn't planning on sharing
with Rabet. He was there to sh**t him.

- Mark Desmedt. You know the name?
- Course.

He says that Lauwers
wanted to k*ll me.

So by sh**ting that b*stard,
you saved my life.

- That was not my intention.
- No, I’m sure it wasn't.

But it is a reason for me
to give you that file.

But they've been after Benali
for years

so you won't make many friends
if you help him.

You don't need many friends.

One is enough.

- Could you give me a hand?
- What do you need?

I'm in urgent need of rest.
Could you put the mattress on the floor?

- Why?
- Dany...

- It's Mario.
- No, it's Dany.

You really don't want to eat anything?

Its a waste to just let it sit there.

No. No, wait.

- There.
- Is that with apples?

Yes, with golden reinette.

Yes. We'll do it like that, then.

Come with me.

- He doesn't want to see me.
- Yes, I was afraid of that.

I talked to the warden.
Geertrui Wellens, I know her.

say, Conny, is this a 1 or a 7?
It's for a cake. Not to make concrete.

Walter, he’s not well.

- He can't eat, he can't sleep...
- I know.

Ms Sneyers went to visit him as well.

- And you?
- No, not yet.

- It's rather busy here and...
- He hasn't got the nerve.

- Thank you, Ms Sneyers.
- You haven't got the nerve?

- I don't know what to say.
- I'll clear your schedule so you can go.

Thanks.

All right, then.

He always was our prime suspect,
but now we re not so sure.

And everything goes through me, okay?

How is Christina doing?

Apologies for yesterday.

- Lindsay's not answering.
- She changed her number.

- You don’t know where she is?
- She got what she could and took off.

We'll solve that later.
First the other problem.

There is no problem, Dad.

What about the coke?

- I managed to get hold of 200 kilos.
- 200 kilos? How?

- Doesn't matter.
- Bart, how?

Listen, Dad, I'm serious when I say
you can't make a cent with hash now.

Do we want to make a profit?
Do we want to make some money?

Then we have to do coke.

We won't be trumped
by a few Moroccans, right?

A few Moroccans with a monopoly.
They won't just let you take it.

Flush those 200 kilos
down the toilet.

Or throw them in the river,
for all I care.

When you start peddling that stuff,
I can arrange your funeral.

God damn it, Bart.

Could I have a word?

In fact, we're colleagues. I know
what you do and you know what I do.

- What's your point?
- Could you do something for me?

It depends what it is.

My son got his hands
on 200 kilos of coke.

Don't ask me how
or who he bought it from.

If you could keep your ears open
so I know who he got it from,

I can arrange something,
a reimbursement.

Do you have children?

Then you know very well
what you're willing to do for them.

Just keep your ears open.

Everything has a price, you know.

- Hello, Youssef. It's Adam.
- Hello.

- How's Abi?
- Hang on.

- Watch it, the snitch.
- One moment.

Hello, Youssef.

Hey, the cops are here.

They guard him 24 hours a day.

- Any news?
- No, nothing has changed.

I've got this number now
and the 200 kilos that I found.

Listen, I'll tell you what I’ve heard.

- Do you understand?
- Yes, yes.

- Sure?
- I'll take care of it.

- Okay, bye.
- Hey, don't worry.

What's up?

It's not important.

Mummy...

Abi! My baby!

Thank God.

My baby.

- Boss?
- Ah, John. Sit down.

Right, I won't beat around the bush.
I don't think Flamant will be coming back.

- That depends on the investigation.
- I'm telling you...

The case will be dropped and Flamant
will be promoted out of the way.

So chances are
that I'll stay in this chair for a while.

I can't combine that with the job
of team leader. Are you interested?

- Team leader?
- Yes. Why not?

- That's only for chief inspectors.
- All the info is in here. Exams and all.

If you don't do it, we'll get an outsider.
That's risky.

- I'll think about it.
- That's the spirit.

Jesus!

What's the emergency?

Those 200 kilos,
do you still have them?

Yes. Why?

My brother promised them
to someone else.

What's sold, stays sold.

This is 5 million euros.

An extra 20 percent.

That's a million euros
for which you've had to do nothing.

All right.

Okay.

But I need it now.

I ran into an unpleasant Albanian.

- I know someone with a van.
- Congratulations.

I'll have stickers made. Sneyers
Laundry. I'll pick up the bed linen...

- You'll be in amongst it.
- In the dirty sheets?

Yeah, well, I need to work out
the plan a bit more, of course.

I’m in the middle of an investigation.

Did you eat my cake?

I asked if you'd eaten my cake.

That's good. I made a fresh one.

I'm getting better at it, too.
With apples. Lots of them.

- Conny’s recipe?
- Well, she helped a little.

- Who do I make it out to?
- Alba, please.

She helped me peel the apples
and do the dishes.

And what was the name again?
Teerlinck with a C, right?

Lay it on thick.
Unhealthy can be nice for a change.

- I don't have much time.
- A busy schedule?

- Yes, quite.
- Don't drive yourself too hard.

- I'm not there to protect you.
- I've got a sturdy Moroccan for that.

A sturdy Moroccan?

sure, they can come in handy
from time to time.

- And Abi?
- It'll all be fine, inshallah.

Thank God.

I have news.

You're a fast learner.

We've lost those 200 kilos.

They're gone.

They can't be.
Bart Desmedt has them.

That's the problem.

Bart Desmedt is dead.

- How did he die?
- Just like you said.

There was a lot of police.

And the cocaine?

I think the drug cartel knows
Bart Desmedt stole the cocaine.

Now they're going to leave us alone.

That's good news, right?

Desmedt can't die.
He's the one who k*lled that bargeman.

Without him,
I can't prove my innocence.

- And?
- b*ll*ts in the back and the head.

- A hit?
- Probably.

- Calibre?
- Ballistics will be in tomorrow.

But I know that guy. I've seen him.

Bart Desmedt.

John, that’s Mark Desmedt’s son.
Of course.

- He had Benali's coke?
- A plot with the skipper?

Benali finds out
and has them both k*lled.

And what about his DNA?

The first he did himself
and the second was a contract?

God damn it, if these are contract killings,
we're finished. Damn.

They'll be abroad by now.

Tell me about your family.

My family is everything for me.
Dina and Abi are my life.

- And Youssef?
- I've always taken care of him.

He's always had it hard.
His relationship with Dad was tough.

You okay?

Professor...

- Are you okay, Jasper?
- Are you all right?

- Youssef always had a speech defect?
- Yes, always. Why?

I've made a new schedule.
It's not perfect yet...

It's the only possibility I found...

Is it possible that this is last week's?

Did I bring the wrong one?

But you get the principle, right?

Fons, give me a moment.

Thanks, anyway.

- Mark, shall we sit down?
- Did something happen to Bart?

The police found him
in the parking lot of his company.

It's not clear what happened
and who did it, but the police...

Mark...

Mark, calm down.

I hate when things
are in the wrong place.

Order is a pleasure of the mind

and disorder is a pleasure
of the imagination.

Yes, but Paul Claudel didn't work here!

Le Souler de Satin. 1929.

I'd like to borrow a book.

For your investigation?

I'm afraid I don't have
a lot of relevant books. Mostly crime.

I'm looking for the Bible.

The Bible.

The Old Testament.

Books are like painted people.

They appear to be alive, but they don't
answer the questions we ask them.

Let's hope Plato is wrong this time.

“Quite some time after that,
Cain offered a sacrifice to Yahweh...”

Louder.

Louder, he says.

“Abel also brought
of the first born of his flock”

“and of their fat portions, and the Lord
had regard for Abel and his...”

- Stop.
- You can stop, he says.

I need to make an urgent phone call.

I need to make a call. Now.

According to Youssef Benali’s alibi,
he was on holiday at the time of m*rder.

That's right. In Sharm-el-Sheikh.

- Did you check the flight data?
- I asked. No answer yet.

- Then check again.
- Okay.

- What were you doing, John?
- Thinking.

And now?

Drinking.

- What were you drinking?
- Water.

- Water is good for you.
- Yes, that’s true.

Oh...

God damn it.

Does Mark Desmedt know
his son is dead?

He was k*lled.

Why?

I wouldn't do that if I were you.

- He k*lled my son.
- It's more complicated than that.

stop.

“There's an apple on a dish
before an open window.”

“If it could think,
the apple would think,”

“is this being sleepy,
a numb sensation like this?”

“A hand picks him up, turns him around
and throws him out the window.”

“Evening falls,
worms start to come nearer.”

“And he would think,
if I could still shine, I would shine now.”

“And that would be his last thought.”

From a slow Fall, Toon Tellegen.

Do you know the story
of Cain and Abel?

Two brothers.
Something about a bad sacrifice.

And then Cain k*lled Abel.

And as a punishment,
Yahweh gave Cain a mark.

Criminologists have looked for it
for centuries.

Criminals were said to have
different lines on their hands,

fixed ear lobes

and speech defects.

My brother has nothing to do with this.

Do you know what Cain means
in Hebrew?

It's jealousy, envy.

Is it correct that you were your dad's
favourite and Youssef was the outcast?

- It's not possible.
- Did you wonder why your DNA

was found at the crime scene
when you'd never been there?

This is Professor Teerlinck.
He wants to talk to you.

First, you might as well admit
the child isn't Adam’s but Youssef’s.

I admit that was a bit of a gamble.

But it had to be
or my hypothesis wouldn't fly.

Must I listen to this nonsense?

Of course, it’s more than a hypothesis.
I've got plenty of evidence.

For starters,
the tire print at the crime scene.

It wasn't Adam's but Youssef's.

Forensics is looking into that.

- I was in Egypt.
- You weren't in Egypt.

You bought tickets to Sharm-el-Sheikh
but never got there.

Your name does appear
on a passenger list to Tangier.

You returned
a day earlier than planned.

Enough time to k*ll Leo Derwael,
plant your brothers DNA there

and sell the drugs to Bart Desmedt.

What did you do in Tangier?

I'll tell you what he did in Tangier.
He introduced himself to the Rif cartel.

As the new leader.

- Did you know that?
- The answer is no. She didn’t know.

Because she could never live
with the consequences.

Do you think Youssef didn't foresee
the cartel would retaliate?

And with Adam in jail,
that your son would be the victim?

Is that true?

If Abi were gone, his unborn son
would be the successor.

- Did you sacrifice him?
- Absolutely.

A very inferior offering,
just like Cain’s.

Youssef, tell me why.

Why?

I was tired of living
on the scraps of others.

I want it to be ours.

Ours?

Youssef Benali, I arrest you
for the m*rder of Leo Derwael

and the attempted m*rder of Abi Benali.

You will be held
pending the investigation.

You have a right to the services
of a lawyer.

You have the right to inform a confidant
and to medical assistance.

Adam, I'm so sorry.

Women are genetically prompted

to not always make a moral choice
who fathers their children.

Just thought I'd mention it.

- Hi, Jasper.
- Dean.

Right, I'll just give you a moment.

Miss, please...

- You okay?
- Excellent. Couldn’t be better.