01x04 - An Aquarium on Your Back

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Berlin". Aired: 29 December 2023.*
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Set in an "undefined past" before the events of Money Heist,[3] Berlin focuses on Berlin while at his prime, as he prepares one of his most extraordinary heists in his career as a robber: stealing €44 million in jewels as if it was an illusionism act.
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01x04 - An Aquarium on Your Back

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[dramatic instrumental music rising]

[lively, rhythmic music playing]

[brakes squeak]

[music dies down]

That's the last jewel of the lot.

[dramatic music continues]

[box snaps closed]

[dramatic music fades]

[tense music playing]

- Where have you been?
- Is that the last of the jewels?

Polignac just dropped off
the Elena of Savoy diamond tiara.

[vault door closes heavily]

The vault will remain closed
for the next 15 hours until the appraisal.

[keypad beeps]

[scanner hums, beeps]

[vault door locks]

Thank you, Alain.

[softly] Just perfect timing.

That's our cue, everyone.

You disappeared for two full days.
Where have you been?

Exploring the city.

Mrs. Polignac has also been away
for the past two days.

Coincidence, perhaps?

You were with her, right?

That's why you got here so late.

You told me you wouldn't put us
in any danger.

But you did it anyway.

Stop acting like a jealous girlfriend.
What's wrong with you?

Have you removed our cameras
from Polignac's apartment?

No.

I wasn't expecting to steal the jewels
for another two nights.

And you say
I'm the one putting us in danger.

I'll take care of the cameras
while you weld the antechamber,

even though it's not my job.

Everyone, suit up.

[dramatic string music playing]

[disinfectant mist hisses]

All right. I've started recording
a loop of the full vault.

Let me know when you're ready,

and I'll put it up
on the security guards' monitors.

[phone ringing]

[Alain] Hello?

- It's for you, sir.
- Okay. Thanks.

François Polignac.

[disinfectant mist hisses]

Keila, in position.

- Antechamber loop, ready.
- [control panel beeps]

All good.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Polignac] Looking forward to it.
That'll be perfect.

Yes. Thanks for calling.

Have a nice evening. Goodbye.

Thanks.

We're ready to enter the vault, Keila.

- Ready.
- Cameron.

[crane whirring]

Leave each box exactly where you found it.

They can't be moved. Not even an inch.

- [whirring stops]
- [makeshift door clangs]

[fast-paced, intense music pulsing]

[high-pitched ringing resonates]

[intense music building]

[sounds distort]

[sounds distort]

[music stops abruptly]

They must be in exactly the same position
when Keila stops the loop.

Let's do it.

[energetic instrumental music playing]

[chuckles]

Exhibit 26.

Exhibit 56.

[Cameron] Exhibit number five.

Exhibit number 59.

Exhibit 46.

[Roi] Exhibit number 53.

[Damián] Exhibit 23.

[Cameron] Exhibit 36.

Eleanor of Avignon.

[Berlin] Exhibit 39.

Beatrice of Bologna's necklace.

That, my friends,
is something worth living for.

[Damián huffs]

Oh yeah? What would you know
about worthiness?

You're the kind of assh*le who,
after three days in Paris with a woman,

destroys ten years of a happy marriage.

[nervously] Exhibit... 62.

[Damián] Who seduces her
out of pure conceit,


making her believe
that what she has is worthless.

This affair is not conceit.

I am hopelessly in love with this woman.

Show some respect. Get a grip on yourself.

What kind of love would destroy a life?

Exhibit 11.

[Damián] How can you call it love
when everything is a lie?

Your name. Your phone number.

And in two days,
you'll disappear, and she'll have nothing.

I would never refuse
a single moment of love

just because I knew
that the relationship would end.

And when it ends,
I will sink into an abyss of pain.

But until then, I will be alive.

Here. The last deposit.

You're just a selfish bastard.
A sick egomaniac.

Is this relationship worth
all the pain it'll cause?

Of course it is.

Five minutes with Camille has more passion

than in 20 years
of that masquerade you call a marriage.

And poor, sweet Carmen only hangs around
because she hasn't found anyone better.

[grunts]

[clattering inside vault]

- [panting]
- [tense music playing]

Did you hear that?

What exactly, sir?

I heard something inside.

It's probably just the metal expanding.
It happens sometimes.

Careful. They just heard you.

[tense music pulsating]

You see? There's nothing.

- [music dies down]
- Open it.

Once the vault is closed,
we can't open it for another 15 minutes.

No, I mean the antechamber.
See if everything's okay.

They're going to the antechamber.
Bruce, Cameron, you gotta shut it down!

- Go, go!
- [suspenseful music playing]

[switch clicks]

[crane whirring]

[reader beeps]

[crane whirring]

[suspenseful music building]

Loop off.

[door squeaks open]

[low, tense music playing]

[breathing shakily]

[antechamber door closes heavily]

Everything's fine.

- Yeah. I saw that.
- I can override the vault lock.

Oh my God. They're gonna open the vault.

[tense music rising]

- [phone ringing]
- [music cuts out]

That won't be necessary.

- I'm heading home. Good night, Alain.
- Good night, sir.

[Keila] Polignac's leaving.

- [sighs]
- [exhales sharply]

Good night.

Bertrand.

[Keila] He's at the main entrance.
Going home.

Proceed. [sighs]

[tense music resumes]

I'll finish the job because of the kids.

But this is our last score together.

Once we have secured
all the jewels from the vault,

then Roi and I will take everything

to the hotel
while you dismantle the setup.

[energetic lo-fi music playing]

We have four hours
to leave everything like we found it.

[water sloshing underfoot]

[music crescendos, fades]

["b*ll*ts and Flowers" playing]

MONEY HEIST
BERLIN

♪ True love and flowers ♪

♪ b*ll*ts instead ♪

♪ Breaking through my chest ♪

♪ Would you ever cry for me? ♪

♪ There is no other way ♪

♪ There is nothing I can say ♪

♪ Gonna pray for all I did ♪

♪ I will beg down on my knees ♪

♪ Never knew to draw the line ♪

♪ Too many troubles on my mind ♪

♪ No regret that I can give ♪

♪ But someday, I will forgive ♪

♪ Myself ♪

[theme song fades]

[tense music playing]

- [key card reader beeps]
- [door opens]

I put all the jewels in Damián's room.

[Berlin] Hmm.

- He's asleep now.
- [music intensifies]

[Berlin] Let's go.

[lock rattles]

[lock clicks open]

[Quentin whimpers, barks]

[whispers] Come here, fella.
That's it. Shh.

[Quentin whines, scampers away]

[breathing through mask]

[tense music building]

[Polignac sniffs]

- [quietly] Let's go.
- [tense music fades]

Once we have all the jewels,
we backtrack and erase our steps.

We leave everything
exactly as we found it.

We weld back the steel slab.

[torch crackling]

We finish and polish the steel,
then add a coat of paint,

leaving the vault perfectly sealed.

[grinder whirring]

The final act of our magic show.

If nobody can prove
we ever entered the vault,

then how can we be considered suspects?

- All done except the bedroom.
- I'll take care of the bedroom.

You take these
and dispose of them carefully.

Are you sure about this?

What?

The chloroform wasn't part of the plan.

Damián's right.

Your affair is compromising the job.

[quietly] What's this?

Does my apprentice disapprove?

You, judging me?

I appreciate it
when my dog shows character.

But it seems to me you have forgotten
when you were, hmm,

holding up gas stations
with a... pocket Kn*fe?

[Roi grunts]

And one more thing, my illiterate friend.

Don't you ever judge me again.

Get out of here.

You do your part of the plan,
and I'll do mine.

[softly] Come here, little doggy.

Come here.
You're such a nice dog. So pretty.

Come with me. Come on. This way.

[car alarm chirps]

RECENT DESTINATIONS

GO TO THIS ADDRESS?

YES

[engine purrs]

[energetic, rhythmic music playing]

[energetic music fades]

[engine turns off]

[keys jangle]

[lock rattles, clicks]

[suspenseful music playing]

[lighter clicks]

[blows]

[flame sizzles out]

[toilet flushes]

[suspenseful music fades]

- [crickets chirping]
- [dog barking in distance]

- [tense music swells, fades]
- [engine starts]

And once everything is done,
we leave it spotless.

- [vacuum whirring]
- [energetic, rhythmic music resumes]

And when do we remove
the security cam relays?

Once that's done,
they'll see us on the monitors.

Unless, of course,
something unexpected happens.

Something we call the pièce de résistance.

Under the auction house
runs a high-voltage power line.


Buried under the streets of Paris.

With a capacity of 20 kilovolts.

If we connect it to the building's power
and bypass the differential switch,


it will generate
such a massive surge of electricity

that everything in the auction house
will be fried.

However, before our pièce de résistance,
we will need to create a small diversion.

We will call the security guards,
pretending to be from headquarters.

And, as you all know,
we'll be asked for passwords.

They give their password,
and you give yours.

[Damián] And by that time,
Keila will have memorized them all.

- [control panel beeps]
- [line ringing]

Attention, this is HQ calling. Password?

Big Bunny, 33. Yours?

North Pole, 74.

What's wrong?

We've just picked up unusual activity
outside of the building.

Suspicious individuals entering next door.

Requesting immediate intervention
to investigate.

On it.

[Berlin] So when the police ask them
if they were in front of their monitors


for the entire evening,

they'll have to say,

"We were away two, maybe three minutes."

Then they'll start to think,
"Did they use the back door to get in?"

- Alain?
- I got a call from HQ.

- What's going on?
- [Alain] Follow me.

Call the others.

[tense, energetic music playing]

[Bertrand] Alain.

There's nothing.

[tense music subsides]

[Berlin] And at that moment,

at three in the morning,
we're gonna create such a buzz,

it'll blow our boys in uniforms' hats off.

[electricity crackles]

[Alain] Whoa!

[power thrums, fades]

[suspenseful music playing]

[electricity crackles]

[extinguisher sprays]

Bertrand? Hey! Bertrand, can you hear me?

Not only will we bring

the entire surveillance system
crashing down,

we'll also disable the system
that opens the vault doors.

- [Bertrand] Alain, everything okay?
- [Alain] It's stuck.

- What?
- It's stuck.

What do you mean, "stuck"? Try again.

[Alain] sh*t.

[Damián] They'll have to call
the technicians.


If you take into account the time

and the fact that the company
is in Geneva,

it will take them six or seven hours
before they can open the vault.


Best-case scenario.

And so, we can continue working
without a care in the world

to remove the relays.

[upbeat, funky music playing]

Time to close up shop.

[rover whirs]

[torches sizzling]

All sealed.

AUCTION HOUSE
DECLINE, ACCEPT

[cell phone ringing]

[alarm beeping]

[Berlin] Once we've finished
with the wiring,


time to move on to the masonry.

[Damián] We will seal up
the entrance to the service area


and leave it exactly as we found it.

We will use antique bricks
identical to the ones we demolished.

And inside the tunnel,
we will leave all our equipment.


The crane, the pulleys,
the two-pole motor, the diamond slicer...


- The rover.
- Mm. The rover.

Then we seal up the tunnel.

It'll be like burying
the logistics aspects of our plan.


Can you imagine the feeling
of someone who discovers all this


500 or 600 years from now?

Heist fossils from another age.
We will have our place in history.

[funky music continues]

- [line ringing]
- [alarm beeping]

[flashlight clicks off]

[tense music playing]

[Quentin whimpers]

AUCTION HOUSE

[cell phone ringing and vibrating]

["Blinded by the Sun"
by Nick Nolan playing]

[high-energy rock groove continues]

[Berlin] By the time we will have
finished, it'll be early morning.


We'll return to our hotel
in separate groups.


That night, you will remain in your rooms.

No one leaves.

♪ Well, I can't crawl
Into a deep hole fast enough ♪


♪ You won't listen
But I'm never gonna give you up... ♪


[Damián] The next day,
we all check out separately.


Between 9:00 and 10:00 a.m.

We don't wanna raise any suspicions
by leaving at night.


[Berlin] Before then, we will pack
all the jewels


and clean our rooms meticulously.

♪ 'Cause I'm blinded by the sun ♪

[Berlin] We cannot leave any evidence.
And no loose ends.


♪ Blinded by the sun ♪

[steam cleaner hissing]

♪ Well ♪

- [song ends]
- [knocking on door]

I have a loose end. We need to talk.

Right now?

I need your help. Let's go.

I'm in my pj's.

- Okay. Let me in.
- No.

- Just for a moment.
- Not now.

Please. Just for a minute. C'mon.

Let me in.

[Cameron] Hey, Bruce.

I can't leave Paris.

Yes, you can.

- We're all leaving tomorrow.
- I don't think so.

I went to the bike rental place to get
my passport, but they have an alarm.

So I came back for you.

In case I f*ck up.

The instructions are very clear.
We can't leave.

So what do I do? Sit back and relax?

They have a scan of my passport.
Fake, but with this kisser. My kisser.

Well, imagine after stealing


we get nabbed
for breaking into some seedy car rental?

Imagine we get nabbed for not doin' it.

- Keila.
- No.

- It'll be super easy.
- No.

You deactivate the alarm,
we go in, you hack the computer,

and we're outta there.
Much easier than stealing jewels.

What do I tell Cameron?

She's friends with Damián.
What if she snitches?

- Just tell her we're going out.
- What if she wants to come?

She's game for anything.

[Bruce inhales sharply]

[sighs]

[door bangs]

Keila...

[whimsical music playing]

[door banging loudly]

[whirring stops]

[loud banging continues]

- [Bruce exhales]
- [sounds distort]

- [kisses]
- [pendant clanging]

[bright instrumental music playing]

[making kissing sounds]

Keila... [sighs, echoes]

[banging continues]

[Cameron giggles]

Let's go to my room.

[whispers] Say no.

No.

- [door clatters]
- [kisses]

- [loud bang]
- Way to go, Keila.

- [steamer clicks on]
- [whirring resumes]

[quietly] I'll wait outside.

We're gonna... go outside
and talk so we won't disturb you.

No problem. I'll just keep on cleaning.

Keila.

Beware of the wolf.

[whimsical music playing]

- [howls playfully, snickers]
- [wolf howl echoes]

[nervously] Oh my God.

I'm so embarrassed.

Cameron's going to think
I'm the hussy in the g*ng.

Relax! She's seen a lot worse.
Let's get the keys to the car in my room.

Hang on. Roi's in there, yeah?

What if he tells Berlin?

I got this.

[card reader beeps]

[steam cleaner hissing]

Roi, can you leave us
the room for a while?

[chuckles softly]

[tense music playing]

- What for?
- Because, um...

We're gonna f*ck.

[chuckles awkwardly]

I think you should go for a walk.

A really, really long walk.

I'll take off the do not disturb sign
once we're done. Okay?

We good? [pats shoulder]

[Keila] Well,
maybe we won't go all the way.

You never know.

I'm not really the type
who plans things in advance.

You know. Go with the flow.
Play it by ear.

Some hugs, some kissing. You know.

We'll see what happens.

- [Roi sighs]
- [whimsical, upbeat music playing]

Make sure you clean up when you're done.

["Que C'est Triste Venise"
by Charles Aznavour playing on radio]

[vacuum sealer whirring]

- [wistful French ballad continues]
- [shudders]

[sighs, sniffles]

[device beeps, whirring]

[exhales sharply]

[knocking on door]

[music dies down]

[sniffles]

[door beeps]

[Roi] Hey, Damián. How are you?

What do you want?

Do you want some help cleaning?

- Or with the tins?
- No, thanks. I'm fine for now.

Damián, wait...

Uh, you see...

Yeah... [scoffs]

Bruce and Keila are... talking.

- In my room.
- [Damián sighs, sniffles]

Would you mind, um, if I slept here?

What are you thinking?

You wanna share a hot bed
in a five-star luxury hotel

so you can leave your toxins everywhere?

- Toxins?
- Yes. Toxins, Roi.

Sweat, skin, toxins, earwax!

To each his own,
and may God take the rest.

["Que C'est Triste Venise" continues]

- [Cameron breathing shakily]
- [muffled French ballad continues nearby]

[dialing]

[phone beeps]

[line ringing]

[sighs]

[on phone] Hey, it's Jimmy.
I can't talk right now.


But if you have
a life-changing message for me,


you know what to do.

After the beep.

[voicemail box beeps]

[somber piano music playing]

DON'T LOOK AT ME

[knocking on door]

[somber music fades]

Well, well. Mr. Lieutenant.

So, tonight,
would you prefer the corridor,

or would you like to come inside?

Tonight, I'd prefer to be inside.

[funky music playing]

I'm sleeping here.

You're sleeping here?

Hang on. [scoffs]

Let me get this straight.

Are you telling me that,
after successfully stealing millions,

we are the only two people
who are not going to celebrate?

Yes. You're absolutely right.

[music fades]

And who are you?

I'm just curious to find out.

[Roi sighs]

Like, what is that glove hiding?

Driving glove.

Oops. Sorry.

And what are these driving gloves hiding?

A past life as a child thug?

A tough guy from skid row?

[both chuckle]

[tender piano music playing]

These fists must've seen some action.

Bad boy.

[chuckles]

And this tattoo?

Let me see.

A wild buck with twisted horns.

And what has happened to these hands
that would scar them for life?

[inhales sharply]

[sighs]

Let's see.

What's this peeking out?

A tentacle.

Oh!

An octopus!

[both laugh]

Do you have
an entire aquarium on your back?

Or are those your ex-pets
that... [makes choking sound]

Let's try something.

Have you seen The Purge?

Well, basically, in the movie, one day,
every year, you can do whatever you want.

- Great film.
- Great film.

[chuckles]

Tonight could be that night.

To unleash the slumbering beast
inside you.

And tomorrow, you can go back
to playing nice, sweet Cinderella.

The self-restrained little boy,
Cameron's babysitter,

Berlin's obedient lieutenant.

[Roi exhales]

You know what?

What?

Maybe I'm tired of being
Berlin's obedient bitch.

So tonight, it's time
to pump up the voltage.

And how does one pump up the voltage?

It depends on your level of craziness.

Tonight, I'd say I'm at... [sighs]

...nine out of ten.

Well, I'm at 10.7 and increasing.

[chuckles]

Time to go, Lieutenant.

[Roi chuckles]

Get changed. But don't change the hair.

Tonight, we fly under the radar.

[engine revs]

[suspenseful music playing]

[engine turns off]

- [Keila] Psst! Here.
- [Bruce] Okay.

- [tablet chimes]
- I don't believe it.

- What?
- It's not connected.

- What do you mean, not connected?
- You could've done it on your own.

[Bruce] On my own?

And who would delete my passport
from the hard drive?

That's the computer.

That's where they took my info.

[PC tower humming, beeps]

It's password-protected.

[PC chimes]

[program whirring, beeps]

CLIENTS, VEHICLES

[tense music building]

- [men speaking indistinctly]
- [guard inhales sharply]

[tense music fades]

Psst! Keila!

Keila! Downstairs, there's a bunch
of guys playing poker.

- Give me a minute, guys.
- [man 1] The show must go on.

[man 2] You think you can leave
with your money just like that?

Just you wait.

[guard sighs]

[man 3] Quick. Check his cards.

Where the hell did he get all these aces?

[tense music swells]

Who the hell are you?

Amélie. The new girl.

I came in early
to get started on the invoicing.

[calculator keys clacking]

And Michelle?

Where is she?

Um, she's...

she's injured.

Doesn't surprise me.

I'm tellin' you, that woman,
she won't stop until she can lift a bus.

[laughs nervously]

[chuckles]

[tense music continues]

Could you make me a cup of coffee?

I'm a little nervous.

I'm... I'm kinda stressing out.

[sighs] Sure.

I'll get you a cup of coffee.

- My pleasure.
- Thanks. [sighs]

- [clears throat]
- Don't worry so much.

Everyone goes through first-day jitters.

[chuckles]

Hey, boys.

Let me introduce you to Amélie.

She's the new girl.

In accounting.

Salut. Hello, Amélie.

Hello.

- Anyone want a beer?
- Nah, thanks.

[static crackles on radio]

Want one?

No, thanks. I'm good.

[fridge closes]

[bottles clink]

["Habanera" from Carmen playing on radio]

You came in early?

Huh?

[louder] You're in early.

Yeah.

Yeah, you're right.

They told me there was
a problem with the invoices. [chuckles]

- [coffee maker whirs]
- Anyone for roast chicken?

I'd love some. Your wife's a great cook.

- [man 2] I don't eat chicken, thanks.
- [guard] Why not?

You a vegan?

Nah, I'm not vegan.

I saw a documentary.
Do you know they're being sued?

They use syringes and inject this sh*t
into them, and then two weeks later,

they already weigh two kilos.

And then we eat that sh*t.

And we become obese.

[error messages dinging rapidly]

[background sounds fade]

[alert dings]

[mouse clicks]

[French aria building]

[coffee maker percolating]

[muffled chatter]

[alert dings]

[rambling indistinctly]

[microwave whirring]

[error messages dinging rapidly]

[typing]

[aria crescendos, dies down]

Something wrong?

It's, uh, some kind of bug.

Well, you know,

I learned a technique
that debugs everything.

And it works every time.

You unplug it and plug it back in.

And it works.

It's, uh... infallible.

Check this.

[aria swells, concludes]

[energetic rock music playing]

[song ends]
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