02x08 - The Shadow and the Preys

[bunniefuu]

[sinister music playing]

[car engine running]

Léa?

Léa.

What are you doing?

Hm?

Léa?

Léa, look at me, honey.

What's wrong? Talk to me.

[Leila clears throat]

There are no visible injuries,
but... she's in a state of shock.

The baby, is he okay?

The heart's b*ating, but we need a scan.

What happened to her?

I don't know.

Come, I need to talk to you.

[Léa] I saw him...

He was moving towards me like an animal...

With that horrible noise...

He had antlers...

[Bertrand] What the hell is this crap?

[Bertrand] Can you explain this to me?

I've tried to tell you before.

I'm pretty sure it's the same guy
who assaulted Teddy Bear and me.

Who is he? What does he want?
Why would he leave this here?

I have no idea.

But it's only the beginning.

[tense music playing]

[Sabine] Why the long face?

-It's Samonios today.
-[chuckles]

You know, I already hate Christmas,

so I don't care much
for forgotten pagan festivals...

I also heard your Day of the Dead...
is going to be brutal this year, right?

Have a drink, you'll feel better.

I'm going to miss this...
undrinkable liquid.

Don't tell me you're leaving us?

Gérald Steiner is in a corner...

As soon as his son finds the toxic waste,

the judges will get him and won't let go.
And I... I'll finally be able to go home.

You really think your honeymoon
with the mayor's gonna last?

It's in his best interest
to neutralize his father.

After the time you've spent here,
you still don't get it?

That's not the way
things change around here.

[sinister music playing]

[fast beeping]

[man over phone] Villefranche?
Where's that?

[Teddy Bear] No... It's not important...
I left you a message,

about Sylvain Tessier,
who went missing in '96.

-Oh, right! Did you find the kid?
-No.

Back then,
did you ever consider any other leads?

What were you thinking about?

A kidnapping, for instance.

Of course I considered that.

I never knew if it was linked to our case,

but a week earlier, we got a phone call
about some prowler near the home.

A prowler?

Yes! We did follow that lead,
but nothing turned up.

Hold on, are you sure?
In the file, the prowler isn't mentioned.

[unsettling music playing]

[Hermann over radio] Hermann to Laurène.

Yeah, Hermann. I'm listening.

We have some new info on Sylvain Tessier.

Teddy Bear called the investigator.
He said it could've been a kidnapping.

We must have something in common.
We weren't picked randomly.

What about the deer spine at the Steiners?

The spine is a thr*at.

Well, actually...

The phone keeps ringing,
go check on the town.

All right, I'm on my way.

[unsettling music playing]

[indistinct talking]

[woman] Major? Come and see this.

Look at what I found near my front door.

What do you think this is?
It's weird, right?

[man] Look at that thing,
it gives me the creeps!

[man] I've never seen anything like that.

Hello.

[man 2] Hello.
I found this at my home this morning.

Same goes for everybody here.

[music intensifies]

[music fades out]

Are you okay?

Leila told me the baby was fine.

I was scared.

I was so scared.

Why were your suitcases in the trunk?

For 20 years, I've been fighting
to exist between you and Laurène.

I'm tired.

Do you remember when your father
wanted to send you abroad?

You wouldn't go,
he institutionalized you.

-Nothing's changed.
-That was 20 years ago.

I tried, Bertrand.

There's no room for me.

You're the only one who can't see that.

It's over.

[melancholic music playing]

[Laurène] We had about 15 calls from
people who found them.

Most of them work in the quarry
and in local factories.

-[Siriani] Major, let's keep a cool head.
-He picked them! Bertrand.

Bertrand!

Fifteen people have already called us.
People are scared.

It's true.
They're raving about the horned beast!

We can't just do nothing,
Hermann and I can't patrol alone!

A man hunt could make things worse!

Remember that Lieutenant Colonel Soutard
is on to you.

But you're not from around here.
How could you understand?

Nobody will come and help us now,
we got to fix this ourselves.

Bertrand...

You're the only one who can help us.

If you manage to gather enough people,
we can go and look for him in the forest.

[stutters] Well, I'm on his list too,
so...

All right.

She's right!

No firearms.
We find him, and then I arrest him.

You're making a big mistake.

In the meantime, what I'm interested in
is the quarry.

We have far more serious problems
to deal with, Mr. Siriani.

I know you went there yesterday.
Did you find anything?

Nothing.

The drums you're looking for
are nonexistent.

[sinister music playing]

I beg your pardon?

You heard what I just said.

The drums you're looking for
never existed.

So the quarry will operate as always,

because there's no reason
for that to change.

Mr. Mayor...

this may be your last opportunity...

to honor the memory of your daughter.

You're not going to waste

by letting the town
and its people rot, are you?

Have you seen these people?

All they're interested in is money...

whether from Centurion or another,
they don't care, they just want to feast.

My daughter's dead,
and they want to feast.

So the people, they'll...

get what they deserve.

All right.

I guess we're going to resume our...
little dance.

And... don't get me wrong...

it'll be a Death Dance.

[melancholic music playing]

[Gérald] What do you want?

Bertrand made it known
to everyone that all our deals are off.

We got a month to pack our bags.

-Should I tell the other guys?
-No.

You shut up and don't make a move
until I tell you to.

You're gonna appeal or something?

[Gérald scoffs]

My son's playing
with the tiny amount of power he has.

Now we'll see
if he's able to hold on to it.

-[deep sigh] Are you going on the hunt?
-I got a vertebra.

It's an invitation, right?

Ah.

There's something else.

Delphine Garnier.

She came back.

[tense music playing]

[melancholic music playing]

I had specifically asked
for a non-smoking room.

Hello, Franck.

You don't seem happy to see me.

I can still feel the Kn*fe
you twisted in my back.

What are you doing here?

I'm here to help you nail the Steiners.

I find your change of heart
hard to believe.

And yet, it's the truth.

I can't control anything anymore.

Are you injured?

Yesterday,
a man was waiting for me at my place.

I managed to escape,
but it means that Steiner found me.

You came back
because you fear for your life.

This does sound more like you.

No, no, no! Wait, wait...

I can give you the location
of all the toxic waste drums,

the contracts
between Steiner and Centurion

for the illegal storage,

the phone numbers
of the people on his payroll.

Everything you need to get back
in your higher-ups' good books.

I'll give you everything you want.

Can you write it down?

[softly] Yes...

I haven't slept in two days,
I don't know where to go, who I can trust.

Get me arrested if that's what you want.

But I need to get some sleep.

-[sighs]
-[tense music playing]

[music intensifies]

[Roman] We're doing it tonight.

I hope you know what you're doing.

We're only blowing up the machinery.

Nobody will get hurt?

If Sabine wants to do this,
why can't she do it herself?

Not so loud.

And don't say that.

Sabine sacrificed far more
than the rest of us.

How so?

She never talks about it, but...

she lost a kid, a long time ago.

l[sinister music playing]

[dog barking]

[Roman] What's he doing here?

Is that how you thank me for freeing you?

I'm the one who asked him to come here.

[Rudy] I can help you get inside
the quarry.

Unless you want
to handle everything yourself...

with the cameras... the guards...

One day, you gotta stop flip-flopping.

Don't worry.

I'm not doing this for you,
or for your little w*r.

The bones that were sent,

-was that him?
-Yeah.

That was him.

You can't leave the house
until tomorrow morning, okay?

Will you have other people with you?

All the people Bertrand convinced.
Don't worry.

What if we lock ourselves in...

and let them handle it?

It's going to be fine.

-You're not afraid?
-Of course I am...

But I need to do this, understand?

I love you.

I love you too.

[dramatic music playing]

[Laurène] You're going to walk in pairs,
with ten meters between every pair.

Stay within sight.

Who knows if he's armed.

If you see or hear anything, call us.

We want to catch him alive.

[Bertrand] Gentlemen!

Some people claim
that the guy we're looking for

is some kind of...

supernatural creature.

But, trust me, it's just a man.

A man who enjoys spooking us.

But today, we're gonna be spooking him.

Bellan.

Come on, let's go.

[indistinct talking]

Hold on, Bertrand...

Dammit, we said "no g*ns".

We're not going fishing, Hermann.

Laurène, you're not budging?

All the local thugs are here.
What if it goes sideways?

We have no choice.

I want my answers, that's all.

Dammit, you're busting my balls!

I can't protect you, Delphine.

First-name basis, that's a start.

I'm not kidding.

You're aware that the last witness
I tried to protect was sh*t dead.

Despite all the hatred

and all the contempt you inspire me.

I don't want you to be sh*t dead.

-Hatred and contempt?
-What did you expect?

You slept with me to get some intel.

What did you expect?

There was nothing fake
in what happened between us.

Unless that was the case for you.

That's irrelevant.

[loud knock on door]

[unsettling music playing]

[Sabine] It's me, Mr. Prosecutor.

I can hear you behind the door.

[relieved sigh]

Are you sick?

-No, I'm fine.
-Oh yeah?

You know Steiner's guys

have been looking for your girlfriend
all around town?

You know, the inspector lady?

They were scary guys.

So I bet she wasn't stupid enough
to come back here, huh...

Yes, indeed...

And if she did,

I bet she wouldn't have parked
her foreign car behind my bar.

No.

That wouldn't be wise.

Right.

-Thanks, Sabine.
-Mm.

[unsettling music playing]

[Siriani] This radio tower never worked,

nobody ever comes here.

At least you'll be safe.

The hunt is about to end,
there could be some casualties.

I'll be back.

As soon as I can.

[Bertrand] I keep thinking about it,
and I just don't understand.

How did I find you again
in the same place 20 years later?

It's nuts, right?

[Laurène] Yeah, no... I don't know either.

[Bertrand] Do you remember what happened
before I found you back then?

-Why are you asking me this?
-Because it's been eating away at you.

You do realize that, right?

I should've helped you...

I didn't realize.

It was tough.

Cause my mom was sick

and my father went crazy
after what happened to me.

I recovered
but wasn't allowed to talk to anyone,

especially not you.

And then... Then, you left.

I left because they lied to us.

They all lied to us, to keep us apart.

Wait.

Listen.

For the past 20 years,
I did what I was told.

But it's over now, I know what I want.

What I want is to be with you.

I want to live with you.

I want to start over with you.

[short whistle]

[Gaspard] Bertrand!

-What?
-Can you come over here? We need you.

It's over between Léa and me.

[gentle music playing]

You shouldn't go so deep into the forest
with your pacemaker.

It's not very wise, Dad.

The forest...

We've known each other for years.

For many, many years!

But right now...

I have a more pressing matter
to deal with.

[Bertrand] You're here to punish me?

You're gonna b*at me up. I get it.

I deserve that...

Go ahead.

No...

I didn't come here to b*at you up.

You think I should've loved you
just because you're my son?

You gotta work for a father's love!

You gotta earn it,
just like everything else!

But you...

You never had what it takes.

[clicks]

[clicking]

Yeah...

[tense music playing]

I did learn a couple things from you.

Gaspard...

I knew you were dumb, but not that dumb.

Yup.

I realized I was sick and tired
of being treated like a dog.

You're bad with human resources,
as they say.

[groans]

[grunting]

[panting]

[grunting and groaning]

You think it's going to end like this,
you old whore?

[pacemaker buzzing]

[chokes]

[buzzing stops]

Is that all you got?

[animal growling]

[laughs]

[birds chirping]

[rumbling]

[strange animal rattling sound]

[eerie whispering in wind]

[man screams]

[intense dramatic music playing]

-[screams]
-[strange rattling noise]

-[growl]
-[screams]

[animal screeches]

-[groans]
-[strange rattling noise]

-[slicing noise]
-[thud]

[strange rattling noise]

-[slicing noise]
-[thud]

[strange rattling noise]

[shouts] We agreed not to sh**t!

Stop sh**ting ! Stop it!

[strange rattling noise]

No sh**ting!

[strange rattling noise]

-[tense music playing]
-[gasps]

[man shouts] Get the flares out!

Go to the car!

Go and help them!

f*ck...

There's a guy wounded here!

[strange rattling noise]

[music intensifies]

[exhilarating music playing]

Are you okay? Stay with me... Hey, hey!

Gaspard, do something!
Don't just stay here!

Move it, goddammit!

[gasping and panting]

[rustling and shuffling]

[strange rattling noise]

-[screeches]
-[g*n sh*t]

[animal shrieks]

[strange rattling noise]

[ominous music playing]

Bertrand!

[eerie whispering in wind]

[ominous music playing]

[strange rattling noise]

[panicked breathing]

[low grunting]

[strange rattling noise]

[heavy breathing]

[whispers] What do you want?

[wheezing]

[gasps and wheezing]

Sylvain?

[melancholic music playing]

[strange rattling noise]

[sinister music playing]

I don't know what it was.

I'm sure that I hit him though.

That shithead
can go and die somewhere else.

[melancholic music playing]

So, are you proud of yourself?

You like getting people k*lled, huh...

Teddy Bear wasn't enough?

Hey, I'm talking to you.

I see lots of f*cked up sh*t
in Villefranche.

But the most dangerous place
is around you.

[unsettling music playing]

Did you see it?

[melancholic music playing]

[fluttering]

[crow squawking]

[tense music playing]

[Laurène] Six people dead,
including the victim of the stray b*llet.

What are we going to tell the families?

In any case...

this whole disaster is my fault.

Samonios could've been much deadlier
without your intervention.

[Siriani] I called my higher-ups.

I'll see what I can do
to smooth out the edges...

but there will be consequences.

I didn't think you'd react that way.

I'm not judging you.

And, as you know, I'm not from here.

You've come a long way
since you first got here.

Maybe you'll make something of yourself
in Villefranche.

Maybe, yeah...

I'm sorry, but...

I've got to go.

Take care, Major.

Goodbye.

[gentle music playing]

[Laurène] I saw him.

Right in front of me.

That creature in the forest...

I'm pretty sure it's Sylvain.

I can't explain why, but I can feel it.

I don't even know if he's still alive.

If you were chained up together...

he couldn't have been the guy
who kidnapped you.

There had to be someone else.

Why would he kidnap both of us?

I don't know.

It makes no sense...

[footsteps approaching]

[Leila] Laurène?

Can I talk to you?

[Laurène] I'll be right back.

What's going on?

[Leila clears throat]

-I got the results of the DNA test.
-Already?

Yeah, my ex at the lab
put it at the top of the pile.

What does it say?

Perfect match between
your Wood Man and Sylvain Tessier.

Well, at least we know he's not a god.

There was something else...

Another profile was a 50% match.

Who is it?

You, Laurène.

[gentle music playing]

[Leila stutters] I don't know how
it's possible, but...

you guys are family.

[Leila whispers] Do you understand
what I'm saying?

[music intensifies]

[ominous music playing]

[wind howling]

[Roman] We can't detonate them
from a distance because of the static.

We'll have to move out real quick, okay?

Let's go. Go!

Cora.

I'm sorry... I was so tough on you.

[Cora sighs]

It's just that...

it would be hard for me
to have something to lose...

[melancholic music playing]

that I care about.

Do you understand?

So...

be careful, all right?

[tense music playing]

[Rudy] Come on, hurry up.

[beeping]

[beeping]

[g*nsh*t blasts]

What the hell are you doing here,
you shitheads?

-[beeping]
-[heavy breathing]

[man] Let's get out of here!

Get the f*ck out here!

Get out!

Rudy?

What are you doing?

-[groaning]
-[exhilarating music playing]

[beeping]

[grunting and groaning]

I think it's time for us
to leave this place.

[sighs]

[somber music playing]

[phone vibrating]

[Laurène] Siriani?

It's me, Major Weiss.

I have some news.

We need to talk.

Are you there?

I'm not too far away.

Are you sure everything's fine?

Yes...

I'm just a bit tired...

I need a breather.

Oh, all right...

Call me back... whenever you can.

[sinister music playing]

[music intensifies]

[sobbing]

[ominous music playing]

[somber music playing]

[door clicks open]

[shrieks]

[beeping]

[loud expl*si*n]

[distant expl*si*n]

[melancholic music playing]

[sighs]

[gloomy music playing]