02x01 - Episode 1

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "The Bridge". Aired: 21 September 2011 – 18 February 2018.*
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A body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin and Swedish Saga have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the k*ller.
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02x01 - Episode 1

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A YEAR AND A MONTH AGO

It's me

It's been awhile, Martin

-You're doing well I hear.
-Let August go, Jens.

Don't hurt my son.
Punish me

That's what I'm doing

Stay seated

Why?
I need to know why

Is it because she chose me?

Have you k*lled
all those people because...

..your wife left you?

It wasn't just my wife.
I lost my son

My job, my friends.
Is that enough for you?

Where is he?
Where is August?

He is no more

You'll never know
whether he suffered

Whether he was scared.
Whether he cried

Whether his death was long
and painful

You'll never have
a body to bury.

You'll never have
a grave to visit.

Shut up

You'll live forever
in doubt.

Shut up!
Shut up!

Martin
We've found August

-No, you haven't.
-Yes, we have.

He's in the Ejborgsvej garage.

-Is August alive?
-Yes

Can you tell me honestly
that August is alive, Saga?

Is August really alive?


It's leaving the fairway

-Which one?
-This one

-They gave me the Kullen signal.
-Try on channel 16

Faxborg...

Sending out DSC

What the hell?

-What do they have on board?
-I don't know

We need to close
the bridge

No!
She's heading right for the bridge

Saga Nor?n,
Malm? police

Kaj Lindahl
from Coast Guard

Can you hear me.
Do you speak Swedish?

Yes

Saga Nor?n,
Malm? County police

What happened here?

Hello!

-Do you know who they are?
-They have no IDs

-You did great
-I could always do better

-Did that ship run aground?
-I don't know

-You've got that maths test today?
-Yes

Why are you sailing in the morning
when you're so busy?

-I don't have any classes this morning
-As long as you can cope

I can cope
Or am I missing something?

-No
-Right that's what I thought.

-Gdansk to Turku.

He's not British.
He pronounced 'Abo' like a Dane

Where were they
when they made contact?

They were going south,
towards Kullen Lighthouse

They came from Halmstad.

-So they abandoned the ship at some point after?
-Yes, and probably on a smaller vessel

-They don't register on our screen
-So you really can't help us at all?

Thanks

Saga, what's the story with the boat?

Ship, It was a ship.
Maritime law defines ships as 40 by 13 foot vessels and above

-Okay, what did you find on the ship.
-Five people chained below deck.

-How did the crew explan that?
-There was no crew. The ship was abandoned

John, get me a list
of missing persons, ages 17 to 25

How far back?

Three months.
Make it chronological with pictures.

Beate!

Can I work with someone else,
rather than Christian?

We'll get a 12,
but I'll have done all the work

-I'm sure Christian will help.
-With what?

-Find someone at my level
-No

Why not?

I'm actually capable of evaluating
your individual contributions

And he's also learning
from you

Making sure he learns is your job

What's difficult?
Get the overtime list from the last quarter

-I know who they were, on the ship
-I'm in the middle of something

We'll do this later

I know who they were.
The crew member, Victor Bergstr?m

disappeared along
with two friends,

his Danish girlfriend
and her friend.

One of his friends,
Fredrik Lundblad,

was reported missing
on Saturday

Svante Kallen could not be located...

...for questioning in Lundblad's disappearance

They've been missing
since Friday

The girls on the ship were
a Danish woman and her friend?

I think so

Ok, I'll inform
their parents

I'll go to Copenhagen...

...for more information on the girls

-Why?
-To prepare before I question them

Shouldn't you let it go?
Five kids went missing, now they're found.

Kidnapped more likey.
And chained to a ship set to run aground

They're not just "found"

I'm here for Martin Rohde

That's his boss, right there

-Saga, it's been a long time.
-Yes, it's been 13 months

-It's nice to see you again
-I'm here to see Martin

Right, so I heard
Come with me

When did you last see each other?

At August's funeral

-You haven't met since?
-No

What's it about?

A ship crashed into the bridge...

...with five people in chains

Two women
are from Denmark

-And we have two missing persons
-What do you want from him?

They were kidnapped.
I want an investigation

-If possible...
-Someone else could help you

-Why not Martin?
-He has other tasks

What?

He is in the group
that coordinates

the police efforts
at the European Council

-Isn't he here?
-Yes, but...

Saga, his recovery
took a long time

It's been a long time,

I don't know how
he's going to react

I was carrying out
an investigation

I know I could've
done that differently,

but the outcome would have
been the same

No one is blaming you.
Not even Martin

Why can't I see him then?

He's in there

-g*dd*mn, it's been ages!
-Yes, one year and one month

Right

Want to step outside?

Good to see you.
What brings you here?

I'm investigating a kidnapping

Two Danish females should be reported missing

Got their names?

Sure, we'll help you.
Come on

-It's great to see you again
-Right, you said so

In here

Maria Holst and Vibecce Nielsen

-You could have just sent me a message
-How?

You could've emailed me

I wanted to visit

-You wanted to see me?
-Yes

Why haven't you come before?

The investigations didn't
involve Denmark before

The manager saw them leaving
the Mainstreet club at 3:45 am

Do you know where it is?

-Mainstreet?
-Yes

-I don't know
-She was with four men

Only three men
were chained in the ship

Saga Nor?n,
Malm? police

When?
Great, thank you

Maria Holst has d*ed

So we have
a m*rder investigation

-How was that with Saga?
-Fine

She's waiting in her car

-For you?
-Yes

Yes, she wants me
to go to Helsingor

Is that ok?

I don't know.
Is that what you want?

I think it's a good idea then,
Martin

Okay

-How is it going?
-Good

-Are you working a lot?
-Yes

-You're completely yourself.
-Yes

-You've gone grey
-No, Saga. I've gone silver

We haven't seen
each other for a year

Don't you have
anything new to tell me?

I want to catch up

-I don't live with Mette anymore
-Are you divorced?

We just don't live
together anymore

Have you betrayed her again?

No

I'm just not good for her
and our children anymore

We had twins, you know?
Sanne and Simon

-I'm living with Jakob Sandberg
-The flower guy?

-No, that was Anton.
-How did you guys meet?

In a bar,
a little over seven months ago

-Are you living together?
-Yes

Full time?

Yes, since last Wednesday

-And how's that going?
-Good

Great.

Now I know

-Christian Fischer?
-Yes

Martin Rohde, Copenhagen police.
This is Saga Nor?n from Malmo

We'd like to talk
about Vibecce Nielsen

According to your statement,
you saw her leaving here at 3:45am?

Yes

You stated she and a firend
left with four men

-Yes.
-Are these three of them?

No idea. Do you know how many
guys come here every day?

The sign by the door says
the maximum capacity is 950.

Exactly

And this place is packed
every weekend so...

-But you recall her?
-Yes, what was her name? Vibecce?

She and I happened to be out for a smoke

We chatted.
I think she liked me

Because she talked to you?

Because of the way she talked to me

-Do you recall any of the guys?
-Sorry, I don't pay attention to guys

Do you have cameras
at the entrance?

No

-Or inside the premises?
-No, no cameras anywhere

There is a camera there

-Another there
-They're police cameras

I'll talk to Barbara
about it

No, I'll talk to John.
It's important

Okay

Hey, check this out

What is that?

Let me see.
What the hell is that?

-I put it on Youtube.
-You tagged a wall. You'll get 5 hits.

-Can you do better?
-Of course.

-I wanna see your apps.
-Did you watch the Barcelona game?

Messi was awesome.

-You don't have any pay channels.
-Let's go.

Wait, I'll get my coat.

Wait!

Hey, why did you do that to me?

-My cell phone.
-You cellphone what?

-You're hiding it.
-No.

-Come on.
-I left it on the bench.

So what?

Maybe someone grabbed it.

What's up?

Do you still think about
what happened here a year ago?

No, not anymore.
But you do?

Yes

You can't just shut it out

I just think about
what I want.

You're lucky.

Saga told me you're back.
Weren't you leaving?

Yes, to be closer to my grandchildren.
But then my sone got a job down here.

-That's great.
-What about you?

You know what happened,
but otherwise, I'm OK.

The four in hospital have come to.
Apparently it's hard to talk to them.

-Maria d*ed of what?
-Her body was sent for autopsy.

Faxborg was moored in Halmstad.

It was stolen during the night,
no cameras, no witnesses.

-Who owns the boat?
-Ship.

-What?
-Faxborg is a ship.

It measures over 40 by 13 feet,

a ship in maritime law terms,
not a boat.

-Is that relevant?
-It could be.

-Is it relevant right now, though?
-No.

Who owns the boat?

Marcus Stenberg,
he lives in Ystad.

Martin, what are you assigned to?

Should you be working on this?

I'm on the group coordinating...

..police efforts at the EU Summit

So yeah, they can make do without me.

-But you weren't referring to that?
-Well, in part.

-I'd like to be in on this.
-I'll double-check with Lilian.

You do that

The ship was to be moored another week,
so noone was there

How many people
knew it was emptyt?

The crew, my office staff

The Halmstad harbour staff.

When bees see smoke, they think there's a fire.
It soothes them

It is easy to steal
a ship of that size?

It was supposed to be guarded,
I don't know how they did that.

How many people are required to sail it?

In theory, a single person.

-And in practice?
-A single person with knowledge.

But to start and move it out,
it needs two.

My wife...
Marcus Stenberg.

Do you like bees?

-Don't know. I never think about bees.
-You should

Albert Einstein said
that if bees disappear from earth,

we would be extinct in four years.

Without oxygen,
we would die in four minutes.

-I don't go around liking air.
-No, right

Sorry, that was my wife.
Can we do this another time?

Do you know any of these people?

No

Why would anyone steal your ship,
chain five people up and run it aground?

I have no idea,
but I really need to...

Why don't you take my card?
This is for the office

They've got crew lists.
Talk to Linda, she'll get what you need

-He lied about the phone call
-What do you mean?

That wasn't his wife

How do you know that?

When you see Mette is calling you,
if she still calls you...

...you don't state your full name

-Find your phone?
-No, why?

You just sent a text.

What are you on about?
Let me see

What the f*ck?

I WANT SEX WITH
AMANDA R IN 7C

Here's your phone.

-How many did you send it to?
-All your contacts.

Come on,
it was just a joke.

See you tomorrow,
loser.

I thought they had come to

It's all relative.
They're still weak and confused.

Why?

They were dehydrated,
hypothermic,

We found traces
of lysergic acid in their blood.

-Precursor of LSD?
-I don't know what they ingested.

It was like a combination

of dr*gs and external influences.

They're talking about
flashing lights and loud noises.

It's pretty incoherent

We need to talk to them.

Fredrik Lundblad is still
pretty much unconscious.

-Svante Kallen has a high fever.
-We'll talk to the other two.

I'm Saga Nor?n,
from Malm? County Police

Can you tell me what happened?

Vibecce, can you tell me
what happened?

Lights...

Flashing...

Ok, lights flashing.
Try again.

A fox and...

A fox...
A fox...

Saga, that's enough.

You left Mainstreet with someone.

Do you remember
who it was?

-Maria.
-No, it was a man.

-Where is Maria?
-She's fine. Maria's doing fine.

She's in the next room,
she says hi

Mainstreet, Victor

Who did you leave with?

It's flashing

Yes, it's flashing

Come on, there has to be more.
Where have you been?

What happened?

Thank you,
that's enough.

Come on

-We didn't get a lot out of them.
-No

They go in and out of conciousness

They can't remember anything

Flashing lights? You'd think
they were abducted by aliens

What's that?
I'm getting a coffee

What was that?

You made a joke, right?
About the aliens?

Yes,I did.
But you didn't find it funny

-Could you tell?
-Yes.

It's nice to work
with you again, Saga.

It's nice working with you, too

-I'm not being nice. I mean it
-So do I

You still treat me the same as before.
I appreciate that

How else would I treat you?

Not many people are capable of it,
not after what happened with August

Thanks to you,
we're standing here today

If you hadn't sh*t me,

I'd have k*lled Jens on the bridge

Yes, I know

Hey, please come!

-What's going on?
-Hurry

Watch out

What is happening?
Victor!

Calm down!

Calm down,
we'll handle this nice and easy

Okay?

Hostage situation. Ward 76.
Send back-up

-First, let Anne-Louise go
-No

Release Anne-Louise now!

Get them out of here

Victor, can you hear me?

Let Anne-Louise go
and then we can talk, nice and easy

-Put the scissors down
-No

-What do you want?
-I want to get out of here.

Okay, you'll get out

Just let Anne-Louise go.

Let her go!
No, no.

I want to get out of here!

I'll put these on,
and the two of us will get out of here, OK?

-Martin, what are you doing?
-I'm cuffed, see?

-No.
-Let her go and take me.

I'm coming, Victor.
Look at me. Martin.

Release Anne-Louise
and take me. Let her go.

You want to see
Maria, right?

Yes

Let her go,
and you will see Maria.

Let her go,
and you will see Maria.

Let Anne-Louise go!

-Do you want know what happened to Maria?
-Turn around.

Well, she's dead!

So f*cking sorry!

He traded places
with the hostage?

I couldn't stop him.

You don't have to work with him
if you don't want to

-What did Hans say?
-He said I don't have to work with you

-Why did you change places?
-It was a good idea.

-It was a bad and dangerous one.
-I'm better trained for it than her

Not with your hands cuffed
behind your back

It turned out ok, so...

-Do you want a ride home?
-No, thanks

I think I'll take the train.
Say hi to Jakob.

-He doesn't know who you are.
-Say hi anyway.

Axel?
-Hi Daddy, it's me.

-Are you on your way home?
-Not quite

-Why not
-Tina wanted me to go to the stables with her

After sailing,
going to school and working?

-Just for a few hours.
Tina and I haven't hung out in a while

-Ok. See you at eleven?
-Yeah. Bye, Daddy

Faxborg crashed into
?resund bridge this morning.

It happened
when traffic control

lost contact with the ship.

The ship didn't have
a captain or any crew on board.

The Coast Guard found five
exhausted teenagers below deck

They are being treated
at the University Hospital in Malmo

The police won't disclose
any more details

I didn't think you could
make it tonight.

I'm at the stables with Tina

-You're not very talkative
-No.

You don't think it's helping?

You know it takes time.
It's a process.

I worked with Saga today

-Saga Nor?n?
-Yes

How did that make you feel?

It felt like a few hours with her
were more useful

than a whole year with you.

Good, then you should keep doing it

And I will.
But you and me, we're done

Ok

For this evening.
See you next week.

He's struggling
with the aftermath, no doubt

But he would never allow anything
to happen to Saga or anyone else

He won't let anything happen
to anyone but himself

You're here!

Nikolaj!
Your father is here.

Where are the others?

Carl and Johanne
are playing tennis.

I have to get them
in 45 minutes.

-How are you, buddy?
-I'm cooking with Anna-Dea.

-What are you cooking?
-Spaghetti.

Spaghetti!

-Hi.
-Are you staying for supper?

Not tonight..
I just wanted to talk to Mette

Okay.
Come on, Nikolaj

-Bye, buddy.
-Bye

I won't attend tomorrow's
couples therapy.

How should I interpret this?

-You don't believe in us?
-You know I do

-But you don't want to work at it?
-Not this way.

-I'm not going back to my own therapist, either
-It helped you a lot.

-Helped?
-Yes, of course.

No because it's a lie

I've only learned to lie
to myself and to others

But inside, nothing's happening.
And I want to move forward

And how are we supposed
to move forward?

Lillian is letting me work with Saga.

I'm back working homicide.

I want you
to give me a break.

Martin, sh*t.

I've waited longer than most would

I know

Hi!

-How was your day?
-Good.What are you doing?

Unpacking my stuff.

-I don't want those books there.
-Where, then?

You can leave them
in the box.

We live together and you only want
your stuff unpacked?

No, carry on.

-Are you working tonight?
-No.

-Do you want to do something?
-What?

You decide.

Okay

By the way, Martin says hi.
He's a Danish colleague

-Were you thinking about him?
-Yes.

-When we f*cked?
-Not, it was after the sex.

Do you think about others
when we have sex?

No, no do you?

-No, never
-Good

-Ciao, bello. How's it going?
-I'm fine, thanks.

-Any messages for me?
-No, sorry.

-What are you doing?
-Reading.

"Relationship
competence"?

"Emotions
and social relations."

"Codes for a better
relationship."

-Where did you get these?
The library. There's tons of them

Why are you reading them?

-I want to be good at this
-At what? Living together?

At having a relationship

You are good at it

-How could I be?
-I don't know, but you are

This is the first one I've read
and I've no prior experience

Come back to bed

Listen to this

-You're here early
-I'm waiting for you

Okay

I decided to stop going to therapy

Niels hasn't said anything

He doesn't think it's up to me

It's not.
We have an agreement

I know what I want instead.
I want to talk to Jens in prison

That's out of the question

You know I'm haven't lived
with my family for a year now

Mette has a nanny to cope.
Something needs to happen now with us

With me. And it's not

You've just begun a homicide case

One thing at a time

I want to see him in his cell,
you know,behind bars and locked up.

-You know he's there.
-That's not enough.

Niels has to agree
or it's a no go.

Okay.

None of their relatives knows
why they would've gone missing

Marcus Stenberg seems clean.
Check it out for yourselves

So there's no connection
between him and the victims?

None that I could find

Keep watching him, anyway.

-Have you got the footage?
-Waiting for the Danes to send it

-Did you say it was important?
-Yes.

-Martin here
-I've talked to Niels.

He'll be with you every time

We'll do continuous assessments..

..and you'll do as he says

-I get to see him?
-At 2:00 pm

Has he made any demands?

No, the director said that he
said yes, right away

Really?

At 2:00 pm.
Neils will meet you there

I'm allowed
to see Jens.

Jens, the guy
who k*lled your son?

-Yes.
-What for?

Something good could
come out...

..of a meeting between
victim and perpetrator.

Not with m*rder.
Studies show it only works when the perpetrator admits guilt

-Jens won't do that.
-No, maybe not

No.

Why do you want
to see him, then?

Because I keep seeing him.
Everwhere. He's in here

-Understand?
-No.

I need to see that he is human.
Do you know what I mean?

No. That's a bad idea.

I have to go.

I'm serious.
It's a really bad idea.

-What do you want to show us?
-Hold this.

Why?

Wait, you film it.

Here.

What the hell are you doing?

Put out the fire!
Put it out!

Help me! Put it out, Albin!
Put out the fire.

I can't.
It's locked!

The extinguisher is locked.
Don't move.

The extinguisher is locked!

Stop filming
and help me!

Excuse me.

Is Linus Svensson here?
I'm Niklas, his brother.

Ok, so he doesn't
have any parents?

No, just me.
How is he?

He suffered 1st and
2nd degree burns.

-That's good, right?
-It'll hurt for awhile.

But he won't need surgery.

Come, I'll show you
where he is.

Sorry

Saga, you have a guest.

Hi

Saga Nor?n,
Malm? Count Police

Axel Mollberg,
I've got some footage for you

-What was time then?
-8:30 am

Did you see if it was heading
for Sweden or Denmark?

No, I was there
filming my daughter

Shame.
John!

I need to show you this footage

Saga, you need
to come with me now!

-No, I need to...
-You need to come with me now!

Shall we go in?

You know he's looking forward to seeing you?

I'm doing this because
it's something you believe will help.

-But are you sure?
-Yes, I want to see him

-Saga, I'm busy.
-Go to the hospital

-Two of them have d*ed.
-We'll talk later...

You need to come
to the hospital

They d*ed from an aggressive
form of pneumonic plague

What the hell
are you talking about?

Severe pneumonia
caused by plague bacteria

We are to be quarantined

sh*t, I went to see my ex-wife and children.
The plague?

Yes, pneumonic plague.

Non-existent here.
Someone deliberately infected them

Someone wants to create
an outbreak of pneumonic plague.
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