02x04 - Can You Bring a Child to Prison?

[bunniefuu]

[sombre music playing]

[wind whistling]

[man] Watch where you're going!

[Helle] Um we are close to our clients.

We have time,

and we take you seriously, always.

It's both the time and the relationships

[loud drilling outside]

[music fades out]

[huffs]

[under breath] Piss.

Hello?

- [sighs] f*ck.

- Has he rang?

[Nana] No, no, no.

It was the right thing, wasn't it?

It was for the best?

The right thing to do?

It I It was so It was so good.

Yeah.

He'll come round to it. That's, um

[Nana] I hope you're right.

[Simone] Just give him some time.

- [Nana] Mmm.

- [Simone] Right?

He just found out

that he's he's a father.

[Nana] Yeah.

[Simone] Yeah.

If he wants to be a father.

[gentle music playing]

[loud crash]

- [Nana] sh*t.

- Yeah. I'll go check, um

- See you later?

- [sighs] Yeah. Thanks.

[gentle music rises]

BABY FEVER

Baby, I'll do anything for you ♪

- [quietly] Simone.

- [Simone] Listen, the thing is, I'm sure

Simone!

- Like, for instance

- [Nana] Simone!

Could you get me a cup of coffee?

Can't you Can't you get

your own cup of coffee?

No, I can't. I'm scared of Helle.

That serious talk?

- Yeah.

- Nana, have you two minutes?

Mm, of course.

And then I took her

her blood tests and sent them out.

There was a bit of a delay getting them,

but everything seems okay.

As you can see, nothing is showing up

as abnormal, which is

The thing is Well, there is

something else, more physical.

Every time I try to insert the speculum,

she's in a lot of pain.

Okay. I'll take it from here. Thanks.

- Hi, Laura. My name is Nana.

- Hi.

I'm a doctor here.

Um, I gathered from my colleague

that it hurts when she attempts

to insert instruments?

Yeah. I'm sorry, it's not very good.

Sorry I'm so difficult.

No, no, no. No need.

You don't need to apologise.

This pain you experience,

does it occur at other times as well?

If you've been to the gynaecologist

or if you've had penetrative sex,

for example?

- Mm-hm.

- And it hurts in the same manner?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

I've read your medical file

and talked to my colleague,

and, um have you heard of a condition

called vaginismus?

Vaginismus? No.

So, it's when the pelvic floor,

uh, tightens up and goes into spasm

and so it can hurt, in fact, really hurt,

when something is inserted

into the vag*na.

- Okay.

- [Nana] It's not dangerous at all.

And there's actually many people

who suffer with it.

Not many talk about it, which is sad.

Okay.

Have you got a partner?

- But we've not had sex for a long time.

- [Nana] Because of the pain?

Yeah. It's like it's got a lot worse

after we started trying for a baby.

Maybe because it's that sex

becomes a thing that

has to happen at certain times, you know?

So then

And so many of my clients

say precisely the same thing.

- Is that true?

- [Nana] Mmm.

Well, not that it

that it makes it any easier. I mean

It can be comforting,

I mean, to know you're not alone.

[Laura] That's good.

- Thank you.

- It's fine.

- Your mobile has rung several times.

- Okay. Thanks.

MATHIAS

MISSED CALL

ANSWER PHONE

TEXT MESSAGE

[automated voice] One voice message.

Received today at 8:40 a.m.

[Mathias] Nana!

What the f*ck are you doing?

What you have done is completely insane.

I don't I don't know who you are anymore.

It's Well, it's Well, it's criminal.

So It's so so deeply criminal that I

I'm f*cking reporting you to the police.

[mailbox beeps]

[high-pitched ringing]

- How long can you be in for? How long?

- You're not going to jail.

f*ck!

He's he's probably dead drunk now

in a bar with an all-night licence.

So when he's had a bit of sleep

- Oh, I feel sick. I feel sick.

- Okay.

Um take a very deep breath now.

- [Nana groans]

- [takes a deep breath]

- Come.

- I need to get a lawyer.

Um I think I think we must calm

just calm down a little.

So, do you just google

"lawyer, Copenhagen"?

There's one here.

[line ringing]

- Here, you take it. You take it.

- No, no, no! I don't, um

- It's best if you

- I'll take it.

[man on phone] Hello,

Jensen, Skjold & Partners.

Yeah, hi. This, uh, is, uh, Nana Jessen.

I was wondering

if I could talk to one of your lawyers?

You're talking to Skjold.

- Okay. Should I just explain?

- Yes.

- So, yeah.

- Just say it.

I'm a fertility doctor,

and, uh, about a year ago, I found out

that my egg reserve is quite low,

and then just ran into my ex

who had just deposited some sperm

at the sperm bank that's there as well,

because he had cancer.

And then I got really drunk

with a friend and I

so I came up with this really bad idea

that I would steal some sperm for myself.

Um and then I inseminated myself

with that sperm,

and now there's

yeah, I mean, you could say

[sighs] A baby.

And now you need to sell the house?

No, no, no. It We don't live together.

Because you've already sold the house?

What? No. I live on my own.

You've called Jensen, Skjold & Partners

who specialise in real estate law.

My dad might know some good lawyers.

- I can give him a ring later, all right?

- Thanks.

[Helle] There is no indication

on the website.

That's the message

I kind of want to get across,

which is why I asked

No. Can you just write what I've written?

Um, thanks.

Good.

[gasps]

Hi, Nana.

Hi, Helle.

It's just perhaps that, uh,

unpleasant, serious talk, um, yes,

that neither you or I are wanting to have,

I think we should have it now?

I think so too.

That's great. Really great.

[door slides closed]

[Helle inhales sharply, sighs]

[sighs] Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah, I would

I would like to start by saying that, um

Yeah, of course,

I'm very sorry about yesterday, and I

Yeah, I've got some problems at home.

Um, I get it. I

I know, um, what it's like.

I know about the sleepless nights.

I know about

the endless guilty conscience,

the boredom, the tiredness, the feeling

of not being able to feel your own body,

that it's spinning around

on the inside and outside.

Yeah.

But, Nana, we're fighting

in the same camp, right?

Work-life balance.

Yeah.

It's just that And so, if there's

to be a balance between work and life,

it's an imperative that you leave

your private life at home.

That's clear. [chuckles]

[door opens]

[waiting room music playing]

[grunts]

So if you choose to take work home

with you, I mean it's up to to you.

That's none of my business, actually.

- Yeah, I'll be staying out of that one.

- Yeah.

Where is my old Nana?!

Where is my old Nana hiding?

She, um isn't in right now.

- Oh?

- No.

- She's working from home today.

- [Mathias] Okay.

How do you work from home

in this job?

Is she in there still?

Is she?

Hello?

- I'll find her myself.

- But No, no, no, no.

No, don't do that. I'll ring her,

and then you can come along with me.

Come with me outside.

Hold it right there!

I'm all right in here.

Well, I'll sit there.

Um, okay. I mean

- [clicks tongue]

- Am I fired?

I um So you should

Nana, you should take this,

uh, serious talk we're undertaking now

- Mm-hm. Yeah.

- [sighs]

Yes. You should take it as a chance.

- Yeah?

- No, okay, wait a minute.

How should I It's half a chance.

- Mm-hmm.

- Well, it See it as half a chance.

Because you had one more chance

and something like

So so

- But I'm giving you half a chance more.

- That's

- Mm-hmm?

- Okay!

- Thanks.

- [knocking on door]

- [Helle] Yes, come in.

- Yeah.

Um, Nana, would you like to, uh

come out to reception?

- [gentle music playing]

- [snoring]

- Hi. Hi.

- Hi.

[Nana sighs, clears throat]

Hey.

- Hi.

- Hi.

Could we just Could we just go outside?

- I feel it'd be nice to go outside. Come.

- [muttering]

Let's do that so we can chat.

- [sighs]

- Shall we go out?

You do know she's stolen my sperm, right?

- Shh.

- That you put aside because I had cancer.

- And now I have a daughter.

- It's not, uh

- It's He's You've been drinking.

- Just follow me.

- You have been drinking a lot.

- Where's the chief?

I know it's unforgivable,

and so I'll explain it again.

Just outside with me, not in here.

Please, please!

- Don't go in there!

- [baby crying]

No. No!

- You can't be here!

- Nana, I've rang a million times!

Have you come with her favourite dummy?

Because she won't stop cry

She's hungry, but she didn't want to eat

because she's been crying so much.

- Yeah, here.

- Oh, hi, Mathias!

It's good to see you.

- Listen, I'll come in a minute.

- Lise LaCour!

- Oh God.

- To what do we owe this honour?

Ah! Jens-Martin, it's you!

No, it's Niels-Anders,

but it doesn't matter when it's you.

Could I have five minutes?

It would be really nice.

Yes. Can I offer the beautiful songstress

a cortado at the machine?

- Oh! Yes. I can't say no to that.

- Good idea.

- No, no! Mum, Mum!

- [Niels-Anders] Then come this way.

- [Nana] I can't take her!

- Yes, let me show you. It's this way.

Nana forgot to leave the favourite dummy

at home with us, so it's been chaos.

[sighs]

[baby fusses]

Yeah, um I have to deal with this here.

[baby crying]

[Nana breathing shakily]

What's up, hey?

Better?

[baby coos]

[gentle music playing]

[Nana sighs]

[sighs]

[baby fussing]

[energetic music playing]

- [door opens]

- [gasps]

Which of these will do?

[sighs] Mum, I'm tired.

Can't we talk clothes tomorrow?

[Lise] Just your first thought.

- Which one is best?

- [Nana sighs]

Will it be this one here?

Sparkly, so sparkly.

But then this one

Mm, much more, much, much more.

I don't know.

Then I think the green one's best.

You know what?

I think you need to see it on me.

Because when it is just draped like that,

just hanging,

you can't really tell how it looks on.

You need to see how it sort of clings

to me here and there and there.

[takes a deep breath]

Ta-da!

No, I think

the green one's better, actually.

Okay.

But it's kind of like, um, my lucky top.

Your lucky top?

Yeah. When I'm wearing it,

I definitely will pull.

- Ugh, Mum!

- Hey, don't be so uptight!

- I have a sex life.

- No.

- You should be happy for me.

- Ew. I'm not happy for you. I It's

- Why do you even need to wear it?

- Because that chap, um

Oh, what is it now? Him there.

It's your handsome co-worker.

Asked me out for a glass of wine tomorrow.

Niels-Anders?

Yeah. Sanders.

His name is Niels-Anders, not Sanders.

Niels-Anders?

- Niels-Anders, Anders, Anders ♪

- Don't do a sexy dance, please.

- Why not? Good night!

- Mum! God, you're so weird. Good night.

- Mum, good night!

- [exhales]

- [chuckles]

- [door closes]

[energetic music playing]

[phone dialling]

[line ringing]

Okay. So if I get convicted for this,

I can go to jail, or what?

[lawyer] Yes. You could be charged

under Section 276 and 276A.

Okay, and do you know how long

that sentence could be?

I'd estimate that the penalty

is up to a year and a half in prison.

Hey! You! Watching the f*cking road!

[yelps]

[groans]

Hello?

I can get a year and a half in prison.

That's insane!

- Right? Ouch.

- There's blood coming out.

- Yeah, I actually

- But what did you say?

I could get a year and a half.

I've spoken to a lawyer.

- You can't get a year and a half.

- I could! Unless I plead not guilty.

[grunts, huffs]

- What do you mean?

- I don't know if if he, um

- Lie.

- No, I'd be denying it.

- It's different.

- No, I think it's called a lie.

- I think it's the same. Lying is

- No. Different words, different meanings.

I mean, that is absolutely the problem

in this situation, yeah?

- [Nana] That what?

- That you have a conflicted view of lying?

You can't do that.

You have to talk to Mathias. Right?

- I don't want to.

- [sighs] Give me your phone, yeah?

- Uh-uh. Don't.

- Where's your phone?

- [Nana] Stop it! It's not there either.

- Move your arm.

- [scoffs] You're so strict.

- What's your PIN?

- [Nana sighs] I won't tell you.

- Your birthday?

Yep.

"Hi, Mathias. What I have done, I admit,

is unforgivable, I know."

Full stop.

"But I need to talk to you

to ask if you're going,

um, to report me to the police?"

Question mark. "Kind regards, Nana."

- Okay?

- [Nana] Mmm.

Then you can just send it.

- [phone chimes]

- [Simone] Done.

[client] I teach history

and Danish at secondary school.

Oh, that's great. It sounds good.

- And you're having the baby alone?

- Yes.

I'm 37, so I can't go on waiting

for love any longer.

No. I felt that way.

- [client] Mm.

- [Nana sighs]

Uh, and I see from your medical records

that you take lithium?

Yes, I'm bipolar.

- How do you react to the medication?

- It's not always pleasant to go through.

I mean, um I have it under control.

That's good.

I have to say that, as lithium

is one of the more acute medications,

uh, I'm going to need a statement

from your psychiatrist

before we can proceed.

Okay. So the fact is, because of therapy,

you can't help me have a baby?

I would love to help you have a baby,

but I'm afraid it's standard procedure.

So it's basically up to a man I'd say

I speak to ten minutes maybe twice a year

whether I'm allowed to become a mother?

- I know it's annoying.

- Every parent is going to have issues.

Yeah.

But because I don't have a partner,

I'm here in this lousy system.

There are so many people out there

who shouldn't be parents.

My sister, she, uh

Now, she knew a woman who went to prison.

Her little two-year-old child

went in there with her.

But I'm apparently unfit

to become a mother.

It's totally f*cked.

And did she take her baby

with her to prison?

- Yeah.

- And where where is it? The prison?

Um, I think it's a women's prison

in Jyderup.

Oh, in Jyderup? Okay. Yeah.

So, are there other babies,

or was it just her on her own or?

What I mean

is that I am undergoing therapy.

- Yeah. That's clear.

- Yes. Yeah.

Do they have playgroups or babysitters

or, like, daycare or

while the mums are in prison,

do you think?

Or playgrounds?

I think so.

Everyone eats at the same table.

You think so?

Uh, well, you have to hope

Yeah. I know. I don't know.

- One does hope so, right?

- Yeah.

Yeah. If there are a lot of children

and many adults, so it could be good.

- Might be, yes.

- Where you eat with the same people.

Where you know everyone and

But then also I get a feeling

that there could be, I don't know,

a higher risk of becoming a m*rder*r

if you're around murderers.

If you're always surrounded by murderers,

if you're in a playgroup

with other murderers

- I guess there's genes and environment

- It also might be good.

That some of the murderers are cool

and you don't know they're murderers.

You're just a child.

You see them as people.

You don't define them by,

"Who did you k*ll? Who didn't you k*ll?"

- [inhales sharply] Yeah.

- And you also forgive your parents.

They're the only parents you have.

Yeah. That is, even if you have

to go to prison with them.

[client sighs]

[gentle music playing]

[door closes]

[bed squeaking]

[distant moaning]

[Lise cries out]

Oh!

- Ew, ew, ew, ew, yuck, yuck, yuck

- [phone chimes]

[Niels-Anders moans]

Oh, Mrs. LaCour!

Yeah!

Yeah! Oh! Oh!

[Lise] Yes. It's me. It's me, yes.

- [Niels-Anders] It's you!

- [Lise] Yes, it's me. Yes! Yes It's me!

OKAY LET'S MEET TOMORROW AND TALK

[Lise and Niels-Anders] Yes! Yes!

[cries fade]

[birds singing outside]

- [Niels-Anders] Goodbye.

- [Lise] Goodbye.

- [Lise] Got everything?

- [Niels-Anders] Yes.

- [Lise] It was nice.

- [Niels-Anders] Very nice.

- [Lise] Mm.

- [door opens]

- [Niels-Anders] See you.

- [Lise] I'll see you.

[door closes]

[Lise humming]

- Morning.

- [Nana] Good morning.

[Lise] See what I said?

It works.

He was very on time here at 8:00

I think she's crying, Mum. Would you mind?

Oh. Yes, yeah. Of course.

[gentle music playing]

[gulls crying]

[Nana sighs]

[music fades]

- So, I'm very sorry I am the way I am.

- Try and hear me.

I am so pissed off

with you saying you're sorry.

That doesn't make it okay,

what you've done.

No. No, I'm aware of that. It's clear.

I've talked to a lawyer,

and she says I can plead not guilty.

But of course, I wouldn't do it.

I couldn't do that.

Nana, I'm not reporting it.

- Really?

- I can't send you to prison.

- Thanks.

- [scoffs] "Thanks." No worries.

In the past 24 hours,

my life has been turned upside down.

- Yeah.

- I have no idea what the hell to do.

- I have a life with Lucia in Guatemala.

- I know that.

- I can't forget about it.

- No, of course. I know that.

- I do know that.

- But why did you do it?

What were you thinking about?

I haven't a clue.

I just believe

I really regret doing it,

or I truly regret

that I went about it like that.

- Yeah.

- It's absolutely insane.

- It really is.

- I know.

[scoffs, sighs]

- I do know that.

- Hmm. You know that?

[sighs]

[baby fussing]

Oh f*ck.

She needs changing, and as soon as I can.

Um

- Will you come?

- Yeah.

- [Nana] There you go.

- [laughs]

Huh?

Can you make sure she doesn't fall?

I need to get some wet wipes.

- Just watch her. One minute.

- Sure.

Thanks.

- [baby fusses]

- Hi.

- [laughs]

- [Mathias] Hi.

- [chuckles]

- [baby cooing]

Hi. What's up, you?

[baby babbling happily]

[Mathias] What are you saying?

What are you saying to me?

Huh? Lying there and chatting?

Lying there chatting?

Huh? Yes, you're pretty.

Yes, you're pretty. You're so pretty.

You're very beautiful. Yes!

Give it a go?

- What? As in..?

- [Nana] Yeah, to change her.

- Yeah?

- [Nana] It's not

- Yup. Easy.

- Um

- So, remove that one.

- These ones, here?

- It's a nappy.

- Are there any more? Thanks.

- [chuckles] You're welcome.

- Yeah.

[baby fusses]

Okay.

- Holy sh*t.

- Yeah, I know. It's so very much.

- [Mathias] There.

- Now just fold that one up.

- It's the last one.

- The last one, okay.

Now I need a new nappy.

- [Nana] Mm-hm.

- [Mathias] Then it's on, yeah?

[baby exclaims]

- [Mathias] Like that, right?

- [Nana] Mm-hm.

Yeah. [chuckles]

There you go. Right? Like that?

- These ones

- Yeah. Yeah, you, um just press it up.

Fine.

Yup.

Yeah. It was simple.

- And you are so cute.

- [exclaims]

What's that now?

What are you saying to me?

- Huh?

- [Nana laughs]

Okay? What did you do then?

- Huh?

- [baby babbles]

[laughs]

[blows raspberry]

[baby and Nana laugh]

[bright music playing]

- [Nana] Strawberry?

- [Mathias] Well remembered.

- [Nana] Yeah, right?

- Yes.

- [Nana] I remember well, you see.

- [Mathias chuckles]

- And she still doesn't have a name?

- [Nana] Uh-uh.

But if I haven't found a name

after six months,

she'll be named Margrethe.

After Queen Margrethe.

- [Mathias] Margrethe. That's okay.

- Uh

- Daisy.

- [laughs]

- [Mathias] And your mum? Is she well?

- [Nana] Um, yeah. She's good.

She's the same as ever.

We're actually roomies now.

Yeah.

And how how's that going?

Can't she be a bit intense?

A bit intense?

Oh, totally, yeah.

For instance, she's told me

that my father never lived in Bangkok.

How so?

Well, he lives in Bagsværd.

- So your mum lied?

- Mm-hm.

- Okay. It runs in the family, I guess.

- Oh, okay. Yeah.

[Mathias laughs]

I mean, it's weird, yeah?

That he's been living close by all along.

Yeah.

- Do you want to find him?

- Nah.

He may not want to see me.

Of course he does.

Have you tried googling him?

- Nah.

- [Mathias] Why not?

[Nana] What if he

doesn't like me? [chuckles]

You never know.

[sighs]

I mean, I I'd try to find him

if it were me.

- Really? You would?

- Mm-hm.

Give him a chance to meet his baby.

I think he would really appreciate it.

Because I did.

[energetic music playing]

[instrumental music fades]