01x02 - Below Is a Dark, Wooden Crown

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JULY 8TH - DAY 2

- There you are. I hope you enjoy.

- Thanks.

- I'll do it.

- Okay.

Black as always?

Carla?

What are you doing here?

This is my place.

May I sit down?

Uh, hmm.

So then, still with the police?

Who would've thought it?

Is it the Engel girl

that brought you here?

Did you know her?

We all know each other in Mënscht.

And how are things for you?

It's not very complicated.

It won't be long before I leave.

How long is it?

- Twelve, fifteen years?

- Fifteen.

Fifteen years without anything.

I shouldn't have left you

without saying anything.

I'm sorry, Luc.

Not enough to get in touch with me.

And you even changed your name.

As Carla Pereira is no Sofia Santos.

You heard, then?

I'm still with the police.

I was scared.

And now I'm used to it.

I searched for

your whereabouts for so long.

I was worried, stupid idiot that I am.

I went back to Portugal, you know.

I went away.

I just needed to get away.

I've been back

in the country for seven years.

As easy as that?

Listen, Luc, I have nothing owed to you.

Are you f*cking with me?

Do you have any idea

what I've been through since then?

It's not my fault

you've had a miserable life, is it?

Capitani.

Luc, 113 reports

a suicide in Manscheid.

- What?

- They're waiting for you.

Yeah, on my way.

Hello, Rexi.

You're early.

My shift work's over.

I work for an inspector from the city now.

And you're working

on that gruesome affair.

That can't be good for you.

Mum, I'm a policewoman.

It's just when I think

what poor Nadine is going through.

I'll be doing more

than thinking about it. I'm helping.

I'm helping, too.

Pit called earlier,

they still need people to help

with the search in the woods, he said.

We're doing that together,

me and you, Rexi?

Do you know that Gilles is back from uni?

Oh, no, Mum, not again.

Sorry, it's just…

You were so good together.

Are you all right?

I just need to eat something.

It was over seven years ago, Mum. Seven.

Yeah?

Ley, you've got exactly

two minutes to get to the Kinsch house.

You already have the address.

I'll see you there.

Hmm.

A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES

Who wants to bet?

His computer is filled

with child p*rn*graphy.

Like on the news.

And the wife. I feel sorry for her.

Her kids are dead, and her man's a paedo.

You can hold your theories back.

And that goes for all of you.

If I hear any rumours circulating,

it'll be me you're dealing with.

f*cking city guy.

I'm southern, if you don't mind.

Leave your emotions elsewhere.

It's only a body.

Look for evidence instead.

It's Rob. And I know that.

No letter has been found.

We've searched everywhere.

- Who was the body found by?

- By the cleaner.

She opened the attic door

and found the rope.

She called the police right away.

Do you really think Rob had anything

to do with Jenny's death?

Well, sometimes things

are as easy as they seem.

What are you looking for?

Nothing specific.

I just want to get an impression.

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL

What do Jenny and Tanja have in common?

And what separates them?

- What do you think?

- Yeah.

- Different atmosphere.

- It's messier.

The furniture is arranged differently.

Hmm.

The mayor is on his way.

Good number of us here anyway.

Didn't expect to see you around here.

Thank you for coming

in such great numbers.

You probably heard

the terrible news about Rob already.

But that's not why we're gathered.

It's about Tanja.

Our Mick spent the whole night

in the forest. It's up to us to take over.

So please, could I ask everyone

to get in a row two metres apart.

The police will lead.

Please follow their instructions.

- Tanja!

- Tanja!

Tanja!

Tanja!

- Tanja!

- Tanja!

Tanja!

Tanja!

Inside… Inside

Know nothing yet.

Please let me pass.

Know nothing yet, inside there.

Usch, we must speak with Nadine.

It's really important.

- Know nothing yet.

- Do you understand?

Sorry.

Know nothing yet.

- Come on, that's enough. That's enough!

- They know nothing yet!

- Usch, calm down.

- They don't know yet.

Here, my boy.

Know nothing yet.

Is he always so irritable?

Everyone in the village

is finding it difficult.

How is Madam Kinsch?

Nadine is slowly recovering.

We pray an awful lot.

That means she doesn't know yet.

Of what?

A good wife must cry, I'm sure.

I don't have any more.

Madam Kinsch, we're here

for your deposition, I'm afraid.

And I'm on my way to the forest

to go and look for my daughter.

Somebody's got to do something.

All of us are looking

for your daughter,

you can assure yourself.

- As well as half the village looking.

- That's correct.

Nadine, you'll help yourself and us

much more by telling us what you know.

So that we can rule out evidence.

Because otherwise,

everything seems possible.

- What on Earth do you mean?

- You know what she's saying.

This'll be the gossip of the village

while they're doing their shopping.

You're out of your mind

if you think Rob touched the girls

and you're wasting your time here.

Yesterday, your life was broken apart.

But your husband didn't come to see you.

Not even with fresh clothes,

or bring you any food.

I wonder, what kind of husband

doesn't visit his wife at the hospital.

The kind who'd wait

for his daughter to return.

So, tell us what you did

the evening they went missing.

It was about midnight that I came home.

And, yes, I'd had something to drink.

But only maybe

two or three glasses of wine.

Two or three?

Three.

I watched some TV downstairs,

then I fell asleep.

And it was 3 o'clock when I went upstairs.

Rob was in bed, as normal.

Was he there at midnight?

His car was there on the drive.

I don't know.

I didn't check that he was in.

Did you often fight?

- Not exactly fight.

- Then what?

We didn't spend much time

with each other anymore.

Was it hard for him, do you think?

Yeah, as it was for me.

But Rob wasn't the type of man

for great emotional expression.

Not like Mick, that's why

things worked so well in the beginning.

And the girls?

I don't know if it even mattered to them.

In front of them,

we always managed to get along.

How long had you been together?

Eight years, six of them, we were married.

He's got nothing to do with this.

Why didn't you have any children together?

What?

Rob didn't want his own children.

And two was fine for me.

They were more than enough.

There's been

another development

with the investigation in Mënscht.

Barely 24 hours

after the body of a 15-year-old girl

was found in a forest near Mënscht,

with the girl's sister still missing,

another tragic incident

occurred in this town.

According to our information,

the stepfather of the girls has been

found dead in the family home.

As things stand, an external inquiry…

We were really hard on Nadine.

Your question was right,

even if it was uncomfortable.

Rob was my teacher

for two years during secondary school.

He wouldn't have hurt a fly. I know that.

He was a good guy.

Few people are how they appear.

- You have to learn how

- No emotions, I know.

Thank you.

All right.

This is Léa Holmes.

- Hi, Léa.

- Morning.

Morning, Léa.

You don't have to say anything

if you don't want to.

Your mother's on her way over.

We can wait.

We can wait, but Tanja can't.

She's been missing two days.

I don't know any more

than I already told you yesterday.

Léa, you are best friends.

Every detail matters, you see.

How would you say they were lately?

Tanja's always the quiet one,

but the one who calls the shots.

Always over 50 in every exam.

"Calls the shots"?

Well, I guess, by that I mean

the bell is always rung by one of them.

- "It's us," she says. That was her.

- Hmm.

And Jenny?

I noticed she was often

absent from school now.

For what?

No idea. Er, she said she didn't

want to go to school any more.

"What do teachers know about life?"

Stuff like that.

She hated French class especially.

Were there problems at home?

Her mother annoyed her and stuff.

And her stepfather?

I don't know.

Actually, I would like

to wait for my mother.

I understand.

How were things, would you say,

between Tanja and Jenny?

Good. What else?

Any drugs involved?

Hey, Inspector!

Yeah, sorry, Claude,

but God really isn't my thing.

I'd like you to speak to me.

If you have a second, that is.

I guess you've heard about Rob?

Yeah.

- Do you also think that Rob

- Of course.

I can add two and two together.

Are you joining the hunt tomorrow?

Yeah.

Only slept for two hours.

None of this makes any sense.

The dogs are running around in circles,

that's all.

You know that Usch

is often out alone in the evening.

Yeah. And?

You know how Usch can get.

I guess sometimes he gets upset.

I thought we donated all that money

to you to look after him,

not for you to betray him.

But you must see…

I've known Usch since we were children.

He's known my girls…

…since their birth.

- He's different from us.

- Stop it.

I think it'd be better now

for me to be alone.

Yes, as you wish.

I'm praying for Jenny and Tanja.

When was Mr Berens last seen?

The day of the girls' disappearance.

About half-past six, I'd say.

That's when I went.

Then Rob had teacher

conferences with the parents.

For how many hours?

Till what time was that?

I guess it was about… Could've been

9:00 or 10:00, I'd have to find out.

I will find out for you.

Was he popular?

Well, as popular

as a professor is, I'd say.

In my time, he was, yeah.

With his colleagues? What about them?

Well, I…

Honestly, if you're asking me personally,

I prefer other staff members.

He was too smooth around the edges for me.

Are the students still hanging out

behind the canteen to smoke?

Aren't you answering this one?

I don't understand what Elsa's asking me.

You know what I'm asking you.

Every school has got its drug problems.

We're not any different.

Is it still mostly grass? No new drugs?

Of course not.

They smoke during their lunch hour

and then sit in class

all dozy, and end up

in detention every day.

That's all.

We always used to have a drink

before our religion classes.

Have I done everything I can for you?

Some, Mr Weyrich.

Brigadier Ley would

very much like to see their lockers.

That's Jenny's and Mr Berens'.

Of course, Brigadier Ley.

Police judiciaire, how can I help?

Yes, Capitani here.

I was supposed to call the office.

Oh, hi, Luc, I see you've never

been assigned a partner.

- No, I don't need a partner.

- What do you mean?

Everything's under control.

Okay. If you're sure,

you'll have to speak…

Yeah, what else?

Sorry, Luc, you're gonna have

to hold a press conference.

- What do I care about journalists?

- They get desperate

- 'cause you've not given anything.

- Yeah?

If you don't give them something

they'll make it up.

- Okay. Fine, I'll do it.

- As soon as possible, you have to.

Jenny loves liquorice. Otherwise, nothing

out of the ordinary that I could see.

When I was here, those weren't there.

Everybody

knows everybody around here,

but nobody knows anything about anyone.

Anyway, I've got to hold

a press conference now.

FROM STEVE

And, Ley, if you want to text with

your boyfriend, do it on your own time.

TO STEVE

SEND

Sorry.

Let's go and see what kind of

office Mores has arranged for us.

Capitani, central judicial

police department.

Uh, good morning. I'm here in Mënscht

at the Elementary School

which we've repurposed into our office

for the investigation, er,

concerning Jenny Engel.

First are the facts.

Yesterday morning, Jenny Engel,

a girl of 15 years was found dead

in the Dürer forest.

We are in the middle of our investigation,

but I would like to stress that so far

nothing in our investigation

points towards abuse.

Her twin sister, Tanja Engel,

so far remains missing.

But we continue to search

for her whereabouts.

And furthermore, I'd like to emphasise

that for the moment there is absolutely

no evidence to link this affair

and the recent suicide

of their stepfather.

Any questions?

Surely, the timeline…

You have to provide

a little more information than this.

Can you elaborate

on your suspicion?

Tanja!

Tanja!

Tanja!

- Tanja!

- Tanja!

Tanja!

Tanja!

Tanja!

There's something here.

Rexi, come on.

Rob had some just like these.

What is it?

They're Rob's.

I'm sure of it.

15 YEARS

What we know so far. Rob Berens had

parent-teacher appointments

till quarter to 10:00.

By 3 o'clock his wife and him

were in bed together.

That leaves a gap of five hours.

Neighbours saw Rob's grey Renault

after 10:30 in front of their house.

They can all confirm.

And there was also

a light on in the house.

Do we know if the girls

were in the house around that time?

Check the post.

So, the signal locates Jenny's

mobile phone at home until 10:38 p.m.

Then it disappears.

And Tanja?

The signal goes into the house

after school until 10:55 p.m.

Then through the village.

And then disappears at 11:01 p.m.

But that doesn't mean anything.

There's no signal behind the hills.

Everything's dead.

And Rob's phone places him

from 10:23 p.m. at home.

- Hmm.

- Until the morning.

Which doesn't

necessarily mean he was there.

Only his phone.

Which means, theoretically,

he could've been in the woods

with one or both of them at the same time.

Is Rob's car especially dirty?

Well, he could have washed it.

In the middle of the night?

- Hmm. Probably not.

- Yeah.

We found something.

The people from the village

think they're Rob's glasses.

These are Rob's, yeah.

But I saw them this morning

in his locker, I swear.

You have a photo, yeah?

Ley, you serious?

Why are you here?

Just came here to offer you my help.

If you need anything, just ask.

We found Rob's glasses in the woods.

The police have them.

Who would've thought?

It's good that they found something.

Or not?

Are these Rob's, do you know?

You can get them

for 25 euros at my boutique.

They're sustainable wood.

I sold more than a dozen pairs of them.

These were found in the woods just now.

Not far from the place

where Jenny was found.

As I said, he did have the same model.

But this is a false picture.

My thanks, Madam Kinsch.

When I have more info…

I'll be sure to let you know.

Capitani.

Yes, hello.

This is forensics from Dudelange.

I wanted to keep you up to date

on, er, Jenny Engel.

The toxicological report

came back from the lab.

There are traces of drugs in the blood,

a synthetic but rather rare drug.

Yeah, some drugs were found.

The levels are high

but it's not an overdose.

The actual autopsy is tomorrow,

then we'll know more.

Externally, we can see a number

of scratches and haematomas

and the right leg's been dislocated.

So she fell, after all.

Any signs of a struggle?

No, only the marks I just told you about.

- Suicide?

- That's your job now.

You'll get the final report

as soon as possible.

JENNY, YOU LEFT US WAY TOO SOON

But I would like to stress that so far

nothing in our investigation

points towards abuse.

LUC CAPITANI

POLICE DETECTIVE

Her twin sister, Tanja Engel,

so far remains missing.

But we continue to search

for her whereabouts.

And furthermore, I'd like to emphasise

that for the moment there is absolutely

no evidence to link this affair

and the recent suicide

of their stepfather.

Any questions?

BENEATH IS DARK, WOODEN CROWN