[ticking]
- I'm gonna fucking kill you! - [screaming and commotion]
- [man] Enough! - [Toni] He's dead! You know it!
- [groaning] Don't you dare touch me! - [dramatic music playing]
[music stops]
[echoing] It was fun while it lasted.
MURDER MINDFULLY
- [contemplative music playing] - [woodpecker pecking]
[birds cawing]
- [cell phone ringing] - [music fades]
ACCEPT
[sighs]
Hello, Papa.
- Hiya. Hey. - [melancholic music playing]
Hey, Papa, why aren't you coming to the zoo?
Papa has silly old work. I'm sorry, sweetheart.
Can't you leave it in the car like last time?
[Björn] Mm-mm. But I wish I could.
We'll have fun soon though, okay? I swear.
We'll spend some quality time together.
Okay. I love you, Papa.
[kiss]
I love you so much, honey.
- See you. Have fun. - [Emily] Bye!
[melancholic music continues]
[sighs]
[Björn] There were a few good reasons why I couldn't go to the zoo with my daughter.
[inhaling] Most of them had rap sheets.
I'd come here to think things through.
- [woodpecker pecking] - [breathing deeply]
[Joschka] The first step to finding a solution
is to make sure you have an actual problem.
[meditative music playing]
Many times, we find ourselves struggling to find answers,
when what we should be doing is posing questions.
When we know what to ask,
the next step is to try to think of multiple, possible answers.
Explore every possibility, and follow each lead.
The perfect solution will come to you.
- What if I don't have that much time? - Then I have an exercise for you.
Stand up, on your feet.
Go out for a walk. Moving your body will stir your mind.
[upbeat music playing]
Invite all your problems to go on that walk with you.
And then, listen.
You might find that your problems have some ideas of their own.
See what they have to say.
Bring me to the boss.
No way. See, the issue with that is, Dragan is dead.
Then make me the boss.
Yeah, nice try. If I made you the boss, you'd make me a corpse.
Well then, why not kill me?
Bring me to Dragan.
Is there an alternative?
Yeah. Kill me, too.
Is there another alternative?
If you ask me, Björn…
murder seems like the answer to all your problems.
Besides the fact that I'm not a killer.
Who are you fooling, lawyer? Hm?
Whoa.
[Björn groans]
The problem with you is that I'm still not sure how much you've figured out.
Which makes me very anxious.
At least you don't want to kill me though.
You could always just tell me the truth.
Mmm. [chuckles]
If I advised a client to go turn himself in, what kind of lawyer would I be?
I can't do that.
Then, there's always the alternative.
No, Nicole, you know I can't kill you. Come on.
[breathing deeply]
[upbeat music continues]
I think it's best to ignore me.
I'm not really much of a threat to you.
Oh my God. I just went through a whole 12-week course on mindfulness,
all about how to stop ignoring my issues.
- Then turn me in. - [alert on cell phone]
No. You're not worth the effort.
CALL ME!
I'd have to find enough evidence, and that would mean dissecting my phone log.
And that would then open me up to more scrutiny.
No, thank you.
Fine. Then blackmail me and put me under your thumb.
Nah. You deserve much worse.
You put Emily in harm's way.
- I think I could kill you without remorse. - [buzzing sound]
[upbeat music continues]
The hell?
[grunts]
- [music stops] - [drone buzzes]
Hey! What'd you do?
[gasping]
Oh!
- You demolished my drone, man! - Because you were chasing me with it.
Damn!
What are you even doing here? Why are you in the woods with this piece of crap?
This thing is a birthday present for my son. Where else would I go test it?
Inside my apartment?
Is that a camera?
Were you recording me with that?
No, of course not.
I was streaming to my phone, but only as a live feed.
Nothing got saved, 'kay?
- [Björn] What did it cost ya? - 400 euros.
On sale.
In the future, don't test out your toys on people you don't know.
Not everyone's as forgiving as me.
[quiet dramatic music playing]
Maybe I should just kill the whole lot of them.
[rock music playing]
♪ I ♪
♪ I won't lie ♪
LAWYER
♪ Now I ♪
♪ I'm on the run ♪
FROM ME
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE IF PROBLEM
♪ I ♪
♪ Thought I'd try ♪
- [siren blaring] - [rock music stops]
[cell phone ringing]
- Hey, lawyer. - [Björn] Hey, Sascha.
Dragan wants me to host an officer meeting this evening.
- There'll be newspapers for everyone. - Officer meeting.
- Okay, cool. I'll let the others know. - Thank you.
Wait a sec. Toni too?
- Especially Toni. - [contemplative music playing]
Understood.
[techno music playing]
[man] Toni.
Hm?
[low growl]
Don't look him in the eyes. He'll take that as a threat.
[barks]
[growling]
So, Klaus, did you find something?
[barking]
IDENTIFICATION PROCESS DISCOVERY OF HUMAN REMAINS
[Möller] Doesn't bode well for the rest of him.
[inhaling]
That's very unfortunate. How sad.
- [techno music stops] - [dog barking]
LIKE A FISH IN WATER CHILDCARE
[Björn] Here they were, Dragan's officers.
At this little round table.
They each had their specialty.
[intriguing music playing]
Walter, ex-military man,
currently oversees all the gang's arms dealing.
Stanislav, smuggler extraordinaire,
running everything from cash, to humans, to stolen toasters.
Carla, former hooker who handles the sex work division.
Toni, drugs, shake-downs, and general intimidation.
And the newest officer, Sascha, kindergartens.
To ice out Toni, I'd have to get the rest of them on my side.
[breathing deeply]
[intriguing music fades]
I'd like to start out by welcoming you on behalf of Dragan.
He's grateful you could make it on such short notice.
And although I'm sure you all understand why he can't be here,
please know that he's here in spirit.
He'd sure love to see you in these tiny chairs.
[man chuckles]
[chuckling] What's with all this?
Why are we in a fucking kindergarten?
This might just be the only place that the cops haven't staked out.
[Carla] Hmm.
- Good point. - [Björn] Mm-hm.
All right.
We've got a lot of business today. Why don't we start with something fun?
[intriguing music playing]
Compliments of Dragan's kitchen.
- What is this shit? - Soul food, Toni.
- [Toni sighs] - [Carla chuckles]
[Walter chuckles] Man, I love fish sticks.
When you're attempting to ice one person out of a group,
you've gotta use one simple trick. Mobbing.
God, I can't stand this fucking shit.
[Carla] Come on, Toni.
Fish fingers make me feel like a kid again. Lighten up.
- [Toni groans] - [Björn] Look, Toni.
If you're not hungry, then maybe you can grab me my briefcase. With the newspapers.
[person] Mmm. Mmm.
- [Carla] This is a treat. - [person] Mm-hm.
- Tasty, right? Yeah? - Mm-hm. Mm-hm.
[Walter] Great.
Toni, if you're not gonna eat yours… Hm?
- [gentle rock music playing] - [person sighs]
Come on.
- Hmm. Sorry, that's the wrong bag. - [gasps]
- I wanted the one over by the playpen. - [music stops]
[laughter]
- Don't get up. I was messing with you. - [people chuckling]
[tense music playing]
[people chattering]
[Möller sighs]
We still haven't found anything.
Wherever he is, I don't think it's here.
If you ask me, they must've dumped his corpse.
Mm.
Maybe they didn't have to stray too far.
[dramatic music playing]
Divers?
Yeah.
Sure.
Möller?
[Möller] Hmm?
I'm still surprised the only prints they found in this entire villa were Diemel's.
- Well… - Huh?
Um… Well, he did bring his daughter here.
[chuckles faintly]
- [slurping noisily] - [dramatic music stops]
Thank you.
So…
We have gathered here because there's been a few major disruptions
to our day-to-day business these past few days that merit discussion.
- It all began with the ambush. - [people scream]
[tense music playing]
Followed by Murat's death.
[muffled gun blast]
Then the hand grenade blasting through my ex-colleague's apartment.
[man screams]
Which brings us up to date, minus my car exploding
- during an obvious attempt on my life. - [tense music stops]
That all reeks of Boris.
[intriguing music playing]
[Björn] Dragan will sort things out with Boris.
And only Dragan. Through me. Understood?
Dragan wants business to continue as usual.
Now, to that end, I have orders for each of you from Dragan.
I'll pass those out shortly. He addressed this paper to us as a whole.
I'll read this one out loud first.
"Never fear. Keep on keeping on."
"We now have…
our own kindergarten."
"All questions can go
to the lawyer."
Okay?
- Carla. - [Carla] Mm-hm.
Stani.
So we're all up to date,
let's each pass our newspapers counterclockwise,
and read out loud to the group.
I figured that this would be a fun way to all find out what the boss is thinking.
- Toni, start us off. - [breathing deeply]
"Sascha is now officer."
"For his long years of service,
he will now take over Like a Fish…
[paper ruffling]
in Water."
Is that why we're at this fucking school?
Toni, before we jump into the Q and A section,
can we please finish reading all our messages first? Sound good? Thank you.
- Carla. - [intriguing music continues]
[Carla clears her throat]
"Keep… mouth and feet… still."
[snickering]
"Just wait."
- "When responsible ones are found… - [gentle rock music playing]
…then… react."
[Björn] Mm-hm. Stani.
"Brothel some… other location. Not the school."
- [Carla sighs] - [Björn] Mm-hm.
"Wait for more instructions from lawyer."
That's all. [clears his throat]
"Just protect… officers."
Mm-hm.
"Lawyer will still be my
mouthpiece."
"Whatever… he says…
comes… from… me."
- Mm-hm. Good. - [gentle rock music fades]
Right. So, what's the word on Boris?
What are you getting at?
Murat discovered that Boris wants to step on my turf.
That's how all this crap started. What's Dragan's plan?
- Did he say anything in the newspapers? - No, of course not!
Mm. Carla, what do you have there again, for Toni?
- Hmm? - Um…
- "Keep… mouth and feet… still." - [snickering]
[snickering and chuckling]
Ah. Thanks.
Any more questions?
- So the brothel isn't happening? - [Björn] Not here, no.
A housing bigwig has two kids here.
Without him, it'd be a real uphill battle securing the necessary renovation permits.
But I don't see why he wouldn't assist us in converting a different location
into a brothel soon.
Look, once you've got somebody's kids in the picture,
they tend to become much easier to manipulate.
Mm, for sure.
And that's why Dragan wants to expand his portfolio
and continue to disrupt the kindergarten sector.
And there's only one man he could see in charge.
- Sascha. - [Walter] Do you have any spots available?
I've got a couple of kids.
[snickering] From two women.
And there's Natascha's little ones, too.
Yep, consider it done.
Good. Well, if that was all your questions…
Actually, I've got another question.
How long do you plan to keep up this fucking charade?
The piggies found Dragan's severed finger.
This bastard is playing us all for fools.
[tense music playing]
[Carla] Shit.
Why are you announcing this information, this late in the meeting?
I was waiting to see how much bullshit you'd try spewing out at us.
[Walter] Hey, come on. [taps gun]
Is what he's saying true?
- Huh? - [tense music stops]
Yeah.
Yeah, it's true.
Toni's right.
Hm.
At least, in so far as
the fact that the cops did, indeed, find a finger
- with Dragan's ring wedged onto it. - Huh?
Sure, it's his ring, but
obviously, it's not his finger.
You are so full of shit.
Dragan was forced into hiding,
because, as you all know,
the cops are trying to stick a manslaughter charge on him.
You've got three options when faced with that type of charge.
None of them are pretty.
You can face trial. Which is its own hell.
- [Toni breathing deeply] - You can get charges dropped.
But with all those videos, that was never gonna fly.
Finally,
you can die before they catch you.
Or, at least make it seem like you're dead.
By dropping clues strategically.
Like, for instance, planting your signature ring
- on a dead guy's finger. Idiot. - [man chuckling]
[Stanislav] That checks out.
And how, pray tell, did Dragan pull the ring off his fat, bloated finger?
The same way you've been crawling up his ass all these years.
With a smile, and with lots of Vaseline.
[Walter and Stanislav laughing]
- I'm gonna fucking kill you! - [screaming and commotion]
- [Stanislav] Calm down! - [Toni] He's dead! You know!
- Don't you dare touch me! - Easy!
- Get off of me! - Chill!
- [tense music playing] - The hell?
Just calm down.
The police believe that it's Dragan's finger.
And you can't prove that you didn't chop it off him.
You can't even prove that Dragan's still alive.
Dragan is dead.
I think you had…
something to do with it.
It was fun while it lasted.
[Sascha] I can prove it.
Dragan just hit me up. This morning.
Bullshit.
[breathing deeply]
What, are you calling me a liar?
I'm out. But I'll call you.
[tense music continues]
[music stops]
Ah.
For an officer meeting, things could have gone a lot worse, you know?
[door slams]
[contemplative music playing]
I still have one more thing you'll wanna see.
[buzzer rings]
[contemplative music stops]
- Hi. - Hi.
Long time, no see.
Yeah. Been a bit.
- Björn isn't around. - Well, I, um,
wanted to speak with, um, Emily.
- Could I? - With Emmy? What for?
Yeah, so, as part of the ongoing investigation, it's become clear
that we need to talk to her. We could go to the station, but I thought…
What's this about?
The lake that she went to with Björn, well,
it's crucial to our investigation that we get all the facts.
I just want to ask if she saw anything unusual. No big deal.
- So? - No.
I see. I'd hoped that we could sort this out here. Um…
- Without involving any subpoenas. - [forced chuckle]
- But your call. - [intriguing music playing]
Glad you're well. Ciao.
Wait a sec.
- [Björn] Why did Murat have to go? - [Malte] You've got me all wrong. I'm a--
- [electrical zapping] - [Malte gasping]
- [zapping stops] - [panting]
Toni found out that he was planning to come clean.
So, I was asked to whack you and Murat at that game reserve.
Too bad you weren't there.
I'd'a killed him for saying that.
Then I'd've killed Toni.
We should go visit his club and fucking massacre him.
I'd love to, but that privilege belongs to Boris.
It's our job to bring him that traitor in one piece,
if we want to avoid the mother of all gang wars.
And Dragan will tell us…
what we should do next.
[dramatic music playing]
[music fades]
[Nicole] Hello, Emily.
- [Emily] Hello. - [Nicole] Hello.
For you. I heard that yours flew away.
- Mmm! Plappi! - [chuckling]
Your mama said I could ask you a few questions.
- Is that okay? - [Emily] Mm-hm.
You went to the lake with your papa, last weekend, right?
[intriguing music playing]
And, um… was there anyone else with you?
Besides your Papa?
- Plappi! - [Nicole, chuckling] Of course.
Anyone else?
A man, maybe?
No.
And do you remember anything that was, well…
maybe a little odd or funny, or, uh…
Uh, no?
Papa had a bunch of work locked in the trunk,
but he left it in there while we played.
[chuckles]
Well, sounds like you had a good time then, uh-huh?
- [Emily] Mm-hm. - [Nicole chuckles]
[clicks teeth]
Good.
- Thank you, Emily. - [Emily] Bye.
[intriguing music fades]
Well…
So, um… did you say you spoke to Dragan this morning?
Look, man.
I don't know what's happening.
[quiet dramatic music playing]
And to tell you the truth, I don't wanna know.
All I know is, we're a whole lot better off
with your mindset than with Toni's.
So, don't ask me any more questions about this shit again.
And I won't question you.
Okay.
[ethereal music playing]
[distant dog barking]
Papa?
No.
It's me. Mama.
[chuckles faintly]
[ethereal music continues]
[Björn] Leaving the kindergarten, I felt a wave of relief wash over me.
Somehow, everything had gone exactly as I'd planned.
Toni thought he pulled a trump card on me, but I had the better hand.
I swear, I could literally feel the stress leave my body.
And, you know, I mean literally literally.
I felt loose, warm, and on top of the world.
Finally, I had it all under control.
[tense music playing]
But that feeling didn't last long.
[door creaking]
Hello, lawyer.
[tense music building to a climax]
[music stops]
[rock music playing]
♪ I ♪
♪ I won't lie ♪
♪ These jobs just wear me out ♪
♪ Now I ♪
♪ I'm on the run ♪
♪ They're after me No doubt ♪
♪ I ♪
♪ Thought I'd try ♪
♪ By playing by the rules ♪
♪ I ♪
♪ Bought their lies ♪
♪ Turned good men into crooks ♪
♪ I ♪
♪ Thought I'd try ♪
♪ By playing by the rules ♪
♪ I ♪
♪ Bought their lies ♪
♪ Turned good men into crooks ♪
[rock music ends]