01x08 - Episode 8

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Babylon Berlin". Aired: 13 October 2017 – present.*
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Police commissioner Gereon Rath is transferred from Cologne to Berlin, the epicenter of political and social change in the Golden Twenties.
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01x08 - Episode 8

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Previously on Babylon Berlin.

- I'm Fritz.
- Greta.

Greta. Nice name.

I don't have to tell you that
everything you hear in this house

- is highly confidential.
- No, I know that.

In those sheds there are
13 cases of treason,

due to the illegal import
of warfare agents.

Anti-aircraft g*ns, tanks, heavy g*ns.
And now... poison gas.

- Where is the film?
- You don't know who you're dealing with.

They only ever made one copy
of each of König's films.

The courier always took them.

You know I guaranteed that we would solve
this problem before the elections.

Bruno? I need your help.

- Krajewski is the key.
- Finally.

Stay calm. Nothing
will happen to you.

Relax your body.

All fetters fall off you.

Inhale very deeply...

and exhale.

Yes.

Good. Your body is relaxing.

And all fetters fall off
you, if you want it.

Now focus on your eyes,

on the little muscles behind
your eyes, as they loosen up.

And when you notice

that your eyes won't open anymore,
even if you want them to,

then nod.

I will take the
blindfold off now.

But you will notice that
your eyes are so relaxed

that they won't open anymore.

And now we will further enhance
this state of relaxation

which is flowing through
your entire body now, by you

opening your eyes once very
briefly and closing them again.

When you close them, you will enter
an even deeper state of relaxation.

Open your eyes

now.

First of all you need
to dust the library.

But be careful.

Many of the tomes
are very valuable.

OK.

And then, like we said,
a basic cleaning.

First the stairs, then the
skirting boards, then the floors,

take the rugs out and b*at them. Then
do the silver like I showed you.

You were able to shine
it so wonderfully.

Children, get into the taxi.

Dinner at 8 p.m. Cheese and
salad, as always, cucumber,

but no pickles, they're too salty.
And Greta?

I know he will ask for it,
but he mustn't have meat.

Not even ham or cold meats.

Dr. Hutten has emphasized it again.
So, no exceptions.

Tell him there is nothing in the house
and that I prepared the dinner,

- so he won't get the wrong idea. Yes?
- Yes.

And now I'll leave you alone.

Right, my dears, off we go.

Please go.

Nice dress.

Thanks. I need to be back
for half past seven.

Matter of honor.

Eight at the latest, when
the old man comes home.

Young man, remember, last
trip back in 60 minutes.

If you're not here on time, you
and your girl will have to swim.

Please get in, ladies
and gentlemen.

Tickets, please.

The way here was free, the
return trip is double the price.

Mrs. Benda doesn't mean it.

She's just very exact.

Girl, they're bigwigs.
They're born to bully.

I just want to do
it all correctly.

That's exactly their method,
that you defend them in the end.

Stop. Don't say that.

But that's the way it is.

I'm glad to have
any work at all.

You are listed as accused now.

This means, you don't
have to make a statement.

The police has the
burden of proof, not us.

When do I get out?

I made an appointment with the magistrate
after the hearing, and if he complies...

When do I get out of here?

I know that man.

Which doesn't mean
he will comply.

- This way.
- One moment. Why this way?

Where are you taking Mr. Nyssen?

- I demand an explanation.
- Round the front.

- Through the entrance hall?
- That's the instruction.

That can't be true.

- There he is!
- Step aside.

Step aside, out of the way.

Switch off your devices.

- What are you accused of?
- He is presumed innocent!

I don't believe this!

None of these pictures
must be published.

Who arranged this? Who
informed the press? Did you?

We have freedom of the
press in the German Reich.

They led us through the
main entrance on purpose.

This is a put-up job.

Let's get to the point. This is
the analysis of the freight.

You behave as if
this was a trifle.

For whom does Nyssen AG or rather you, Mr.
Nyssen, order chemical weaponry?

Importing pesticides is
neither banned nor limited.

Please let your client
speak for himself.

For whom is the poison gas?
Who is the recipient?

I was duped.

I ordered pesticides.

Right. What for?

For pest control.

Nyssen AG deals with iron, steel.
You produce heavy goods.

My mother's corporation has
nothing to do with this.

No? I know your mother.

She would be amazed
at the things

that are smuggled through
the country in her name.

We won't make a statement, as long
as you have Mr. Nyssen registered as

accused. I just want to make sure Mr.
Nyssen is willing to face the mus

for the people who
are behind this.

I'm taking my client
to the magistrate now.

He will put this untenable matter
to bed without batting an eye.

The results of the analysis are
unambiguous. Please sit down, solicitor.

There is phosgene
in those wagons.

According to the Geneva Protocol
and the Treaty of Versailles

it's a banned chemical
warfare agent.

With this quantity you could wipe out
all life in a city the size of Berlin.

You will have to
answer for this.

No one would let anything like
this go without batting an eye.

Right. Would you give
us a minute in private?

I'm outside the door
if you need me.

I know who people like
you think of as pests.

I also know what drives the
men in your environment.

But if I inform the allied g*n control
commission and the League of Nations...

Then you wouldn't do
yourself any favors.

You feel protected by
your friends, do you?

What makes you so sure
you're not mistaken?

I know lots of these men. For them
you are nothing but a puppet.

You're the puppet.

The puppet of a democratic aberration
which has taken hold of this country.

No.

Nyssen, undress.

Everything.

I give you all of this.

The water, the clouds, the sun.

And this shack.

Sooner or later, it will all
be expropriated anyway.

Oh my God.

The ferry!

We have to go back or I
won't make it for eight.

You're home by eight. I promise.

I have to go to work or they'll sack me.
Fritz, please!

You can trust me.

I only mean you well.

- This is the last one.
- Yes. So?

- I can't swim across.
- Greta. Do you trust me?

Watch.

Fritz?

Hang on, doll. Patience.

Fritz? Almost ready.

One second.

- You knew about this.
- Here you are.

- What?
- You've been here before.

I had to arrange your
return trip somehow.

Yeah, the bread is old,
but the beer is cold.

There's the shore.

Careful at the trees.

Come on, come on!

It'll be tight.

You have my word, Greta.

The next one is in two minutes.

Otto. Have you
been waiting long?

Right, let's try these.

- Barbituric acid derivate.
- What is it?

For people like you
it's pure nerve gold.

Give me two more
of those, please.

Six to eight drops.

It'll take a while until
you find the right dose.

Keep the change.

Thank you. Bye.

Tomorrow morning, 7 a.m.
Good night, Krüger.

- Hello?
- Coming!

Good evening, Mr. Councillor.

Miss Overbeck.

Everyone is gone.

- Your wife prepared some dinner for you.
- No, certainly not.

Please fry... these for me.

I've been looking forward
to them all week.

And please get me a beer from the
cellar, on the left, behind the coal.

Thank you, Greta.

- Nearly done.
- What a lovely smell.

I always get them from Scheunenviertel.
It's the only place.

Have you eaten, Miss Overbeck?

- Me? No, later, when you have eaten...
- Would you keep me company?

I'll get another beer.

Here, they taste best right
here in the kitchen. Come on.

By the way, Greta.

No word to anyone.

We're surrounded by
enemies of the state.

You have a visitor.

Ten minutes, no bodily contact.

What's up?

These are hard times for me.

They'll get worse now.

You have no idea how
bad it is already.

Yes, I have.

I'm to blame.

No.

No, Svetlana, you're not.
You're not to...

Be silent and listen to me.

You trusted me.

I betrayed you.

What are you talking about?

I'm talking about the train.

What do you know
about the train?

Everything.

Come here!

Get the coppers! Do you hear me?
Come here!

Come here at last, come here!

Are you ready?

Yes, get the coppers,
I need my stuff!

In there? That's impossible.

What kind of place is this?

It's where the bigwigs go.

First they chat and eat,
then they dance and screw.

Politicians,
bankers, our bosses.

- Where is the film?
- This will be trouble.

Behind the restaurant, up the
stairs, there are rooms.

Where are the films stored?

In the Armenian's room.

sh*t.

- What Armenian? Who is he?
- Listen.

We'll go home, get
the official papers,

and we'll come back tomorrow
with a full team...

- Where's the room?
- Past the bar,

there is a hallway with a door
on the other side of the room.

- Can I have my bloody stuff already?
- In that room...

where are the films?

There is a rock, a huge boulder,

and all the stuff is in there.

- A safe?
- Something like that.

- And the Armenian has the key?
- No, it's in the golden thingies...

I don't know, moons.

No, don't go.

No, don't go!

Stay here, you arseholes.
You promised!

I'll go in first.

You'll send him in after.

- Good evening, sir.
- I have a reservation.

How about you go in
and kick up a fuss?

- When you come back, I'll give you this.
- No.

But not before, and only then.

- Thank you.
- You're welcome.

Mocha, please.

Coming right up.

Right, off you go.

Forget it, man.

- Get the maıtre.
- Like hell I will.

Tell him, the Armenian
is expecting me.

Wait.

Crazy my child You
must go to Berlin

Where the crazies are
That's where you belong

What is it, Franz?

Evening, Edgar. I have
something for you.

I... found something out.

Something... big.

It's about heaps of money.

- But I want a share of it.
- Is that all?

Hey!

My valuable life time is ticking
by, and I don't know what for.

So get to the point.

The police are channelling off
weapons from their storehouse.

What I said about the weapons and
the police, it's true, I swear.

What is this?

I know the storehouse.
I can take you there.

I don't need your connections
with the police.

I own the police.

Don't show your face here again.

Don't touch your g*n.

Don't turn around.

I'll sh**t you on the spot.

To the window.

The curtain. Down.

Spread it.

The inspector from Cologne.

Put the films on the fabric.

- All of them.
- Forget it.

Do it.

- sh*t, you bastards.
- Why are you back already?

- sh*t!
- Where is Rath?

They'll k*ll us all.

- Pull yourself together.
- I want to get away. Away!

- Give me my stuff already!
- Shut up.

Stay here. Hey! Stay here!

Get a move on.

Boss, is everything alright?

Boss?

Yes, everything is fine.

Get lost.

What's going on?

How do you want to
get out of here?

Together with you. Off we go.

Gereon Rath. We know
everything about you.

We know where you live, where you work,
when you sleep, when you sh*t...

- Shut up! -we know
your pub, your father,

your sister-in-law, your
nephew, everything.

Keep going.

Yucatan.

Move it, go on.

Get down!

Stop! Knock it off!

No one sh**t again.

Drop your g*ns.

Don't overdo it, boy.

Tell them to drop their g*ns.

Go on.

Drop the g*ns.

I said, drop the g*ns!

Pick it up.

Keep playing.

Stay calm, mate. Stay calm.

Go to the car over there.

Right, what will
you do with him?

Get lost.

Get out.

Here. Take this.

Go some place.

It's best if you
disappear for a while.

Do something with it.

You really are something.

What do we do with the films now?
There are politicians in them.

It's a kind of life insurance.

We'll watch them.

Come on. Let's go.

I know him.

He... is a city councilman.

I even know his wife.

Oh, wonderful! Everybody
who's anybody is in this.

How many more do we have?

It's the last one.

PUBLIC TELEPHONE

Please give me Cologne, 13-0-8.

- I'm listening.
- It's me.

Gereon.

I've got the film.

- All of it?
- Yes.

Negative and positive.

Destroyed.

You destroyed everything
there and then?

Gereon?

Of course.

Thank you, my son.

When are you coming back?

I won't come back.

Sure?

If you want to close my place
down, today's the wrong day.

Bruno, I have to
ask you something.

Where did you get
my medicine from?

From your girl.

The little cheeky
one, Charlotte.

Look at it this way:

A guy like me must sure as hell know
who is looking over his shoulder.

But that's water over the dam.

What's that in English?

Sex and crime.

Edgar.

I can see you're very upset.
I get it.

I'm really very sorry
this happened.

I'm very grateful to you
for acting so prudently.

I owe you my thanks.
Forever, and you know that.

That's how capacities
complete each other.

- Boss?
- Yes?

- We've got them.
- Where?

-At the Pepita Bar.

Cheers.

- Where is he?
- They're sitting over there.

We will further enhance
this state of relaxation,

which is flowing through
your entire body now,

by you opening your eyes once very
briefly and closing them again.

When you close them, you will enter
an even deeper state of relaxation.

Open your eyes

now. Good.

Close your eyes,

but don't try to fight it.

I'll count backwards now.

One hundred...

What happened? Can you hear me?

Can you hear me?

- Where did you get my medication from?
- From your girl.

- Can I ask you a favor?
- You don't have to. I get it.

- Ninety-nine...
- You lied to me.

- I didn't.
- No?

Ninety-eight...

Ninety-seven...

Hey, Mr. Rath.

Hello?

Wake up.

Gereon.

What happened?
What's the matter?

Where have you been all night?

Shall I open it for you?

Get lost.

- What's wrong?
- Go away!

- I'll get help...
- I don't want to see you again.

Get lost!

Dearest Helga,

my thoughts have been churning
in my head for days and weeks,

of me, of us. They're almost
falling over each other.

But one of them has caught
on and become solid.

I can't live our secrecy anymore,
I don't want to live it anymore.

You say, you can't simply
start from scratch in Berlin.

I have to understand that,
even though I find it hard.

But I can't return
to Cologne, either.

Back to a life which shirks
the truth, hides from it.

Forgive me. Gereon.

No

This is not the end of the world

Stranded in life and art

And the game goes on

As we know

Many most beautiful
re-encounters

No

This is not the end of the world

Stranded in life and art

And the game goes on

As we know

Many most beautiful
re-encounters
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