01x09 - The Cut Finger

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[Previously on The Frog]

- Did you claim to be able to hypnotize?
- No.

Didn't you want to know how I hypnotize?

- What's his name?
- Shams Abadi.

He is a prisoner.

He only has one temporary leave
which is today.

He is pushing to see me no matter what

They won't smash the car windows next time.

They will surely tear me up into pieces.

The way you talk about the guy,
it must mean that he's smart.

He must be waiting for you
to do something strange.

I'm sure if he doesn't get what he wants,

- he will put you in trouble.
- What do you want?

Everything.

I want you to get someone's consent.

- Who's consent?
- The victim's family.

There's a checkbook in the table drawer.
Bring it to me.

Do you know what you're doing?

Where did you take the stamp from?

Are you late?

You jerks are onto something.

Tell your dogs right now
that the cops are suspicious

and they need to evacuate the place.

People who see everything
with their own eyes

and still doubt it,

are brainless.

I, Amirali Shams Abadi,

confess to participating
in three cases of m*rder.

I ordered three boys to be k*lled.

Why is there some blood here?

Here?

Wouldn't it be better if
you focus on the finger

instead of me?

- Who took the address?
- Soroush.

A cut-off finger that he was probably the
only one who knew it had been in the car.

Get out of my house.

[Episode 09]
[A cut-off finger]

A very thin cat used to live
in our neighborhood.

The kids on the block had spun
the poor thing from its tail a few times.

It didn't trust anyone.

It couldn't even be tricked with
a piece of meat in its last days.

It would wait until midnight
to check the trash bin.

It would rather starve but not get help

as it couldn't tell if
the one giving it food

was going to hurt it or not.

For it to trust you,
you had to tempt it first

using a bigger bite.

A bite it could never find in the garbage.

You should leave the food
exactly when it's looking at you.

Then you should turn around and go.

Sure, sir.

Go back inside.
He doesn't want you to leave.

He wants to speak with you upstairs.

Then it's the greed

that makes it come back to the food.

Regna?

Where's the finger?

I showed you the video.

I threw it out to the highway.

I want it.

Don't worry. I won't go after it.

Nothing's left of it anyway
for me to go after it.

I'm sure too many cars have already run
over it and nothing's left of it by now.

Just tell me where it is.

- It might still be in one piece.
- It isn't.

Why do you insist on disagreeing with me?

Insist? I was standing on Modiriat bridge
in the middle of Chamran highway.

Go and pick it up.

If I throw myself down the bridge now,

the cars cross with so much speed
that nothing would be left of me.

Let alone a single finger.

I showed you the video.

I said the finger didn't work.

What are you worried about?

I'm worried about Soroush.

Didn't you say he's after the finger?

He says he doesn't know anything about it.

I want to get him the finger no matter what

just to find out what his intention is.

I wanna find out

what he had planned to do with the finger.

Isn't it obvious what
he wanted to do with it?

No, it isn't.

It's so obvious.

He had plans to ditch you.

Why didn't he then?

He didn't have the time.

He was waiting for an opportunity.

I have always had arguments with Soroush.

Soroush is like a brother to me.

A brother who has his eyes on your sister.

Soroush cut off someone's finger.

Someone I don't know
but you must know him well.

Yet you act like you don't know him.

He had been monitoring you

and already knew that you
use something to influence people.

So he cut the guy's finger off to
take advantage of it at the right time.

He had enough time.

Why did he put it in the car?

I would hide it, too if I were him.

It's not like a g*n to grab
and walk in the street

and k*ll people like bang bang.

He had been waiting
for the perfect opportunity.

You were his target.

He wanted to get you.

He knew you wouldn't allow him to get close

if you get suspicious of him.

He wants to get you.

Soroush is full of crap.

He has a kind heart, though.

Are you really that thin
not to understand he wants your seat?

You have more money than he has hair.

What does that have to do with anything?

I have always had the money.

You have power.

It's nothing new.

It has always been like that.

Before this, he used to think it was a gift
but he knows it's caused by a drug now.

You're wrong.

I'm not wrong.

You don't want to believe it.

I'm sure he planned to
do something else with it.

Like what?

I don't know.

Kick him out, Nouri.

Don't let him hang around.

He's not worth it.

Kick him out? Just like that?

If I find out that he has plans for me,

we will have a problem with each other.

How do you wanna make sure?

When you return the finger
to where you took it from.

The issue is that there isn't a finger
for me to return to where it was anymore.

Find another one then.

Cut one off if necessary.

I don't care whose it would be.

What's important is that

I need a new finger now.

What's wrong?

Saeed is mourning.

Poor you.

Your father?

His uncle.

Your uncle Armin?

His father's uncle.

Okay, mate. I thought
it was something serious.

Look how miserable he is, Ramin.

Shut your mouth.

Stop playing around.

My heart breaks when you
talk to me like this, mate.

Is that how you talk to me now?
What do you mean by "Stop playing around"?

Can't you see I'm wearing black?

- Where are you going, Saeed?
- Leave me alone.

Let him go. That's even better.

Did you bring it?

Yeah.

- Mom didn't find out about it. Did she?
- No.

My passport?

Here.

Why didn't you come home
to pick them up yourself?

I obviously have my reasons.

Do I have to explain them to you, too?

Dad said you were wanted.

He talks a lot.

You would have taken them yourself
if you hadn't been.

It wouldn't have cost you like now, too.

What cost?

Saeed should have gone to the graveyard.

I told him to give me a lift.

So I have to pay him fare now?

No. But I promised him to borrow
some money from you for him.

For what?

For all the favors he
has done for our family.

- I don't have any money.
- He doesn't want it for himself.

He wants it for the funeral
of his poor uncle.

Doesn't his father's uncle have anyone
else but him? How's that possible?

It's just his uncle, Saeed, and his dad.

That's even better.

They don't need a funeral
for just three people.

They can eat Koobideh
in the restaurant as a treat.

What about the burial expenses?

Raheleh?

The whole world knows
your husband is a freeloader.

The idiot that you are
haven't figured it out yet?

Whatever Saeed does is for our happiness.

I hope you live happily ever after.

- I don't have any money.
- You do.

I have your money.

I don't have money to give away.

I pity him. Borrow him some, please.

Has he found out that you have my money?

No.

Swear on my life?

I swear on your life I'm telling the truth.

Take three million Tomans of it.

Spend it yourself.

Don't let him find out where the money is.

Okay. Love you so much.

Be careful not to lose the finger.

Mom will be mad if you lose it.

Saeed? My love?

Let's go.

What now?

- What the hell are you doing here?
- d*uche.

What are you doing?
I said why are you here?

You were supposed to let me know.

We never agreed on anything.

Okay. Leave it to me then.

Alright. Go now. I'll let you know
if anything happens.

- You lying jerk.
- Faranak?

I'm doing everything to make him trust me.

Yet you came here at his door?

If he sees we're talking to each other,

- Don't talk to me then.
- then only god can save you.

- I've tried my best to make things work.
- Hello?

- Now you should only look for a miracle.
- Thanks.

I'll be on my way.

- Sure.
- Good girl.

Go, darling. Go.

- Why did you lock the door, you animal?
- Because I wanted to.

What's wrong? You go wherever you want
and I'll go wherever I want.

But you're going straight to the house.

- Walk another damn way.
- I'm here to get some air.

- You better not follow me.
- Alright. Shut up.

Is the lady with you?

No. I was trying to help her.
You do it if you can.

Excuse me. What can I do for you?

Is Mr. Nouri inside?

Yes. Why?

I have a meeting with him.

Who should I say is here?

His doctor.

Where is she?

She had some business to attend
so I'm filling in.

What kind of business?

She may not want me to tell you.

Why do you care? You need to have
a blood test each month anyway.

I do care.

Isn't she a nurse, too?

She is.

But you're a doctor.

Yes. So?

Does it seem logical to you

if a doctor does the job of a nurse?

No, it's not logical.

I'm just here to fulfill my duty.

Excuse me. What is your duty?

Something was spotted in your last test.

Am I sick?

Not yet.

What is it then?

It's something like
a microorganism or an allergy.

Something has easily entered your blood.

What could it do to me?

It may cause your illness to return
or make you weak.

What's my disease?

Leukemia.

You used to have Leukemia. Didn't you?

You're looking at me in a way that
makes me feel I'm mistaken.

Has anyone ever had
Leukemia in your family?

My mother.

What should we do now?

I need to collect samples.

I need to look for
whatever you're exposed to.

Very well.

Come with me. I'll show you around.

How did you find this place?

You find the address first
and then the owner's name.

Then you go to the laboratories
of your co-workers.

Simple as that.

I know some people, too, honey.

Shut up.

How did you find out he was sick?

I checked his tests.

How did you find his tests?

Each family would take a urinalysis once
at least at their local laboratories.

I found his test and I found out
he had cancer.

He takes a monthly test to check
if the cancer is back.

Why didn't you tell me you were coming?

You should make your mind up
about the partnership first.

I'm in.

Oh? Did you forget what you said last time?

You said you didn't want a partner.

I was wrong, Faranak.

I want a partner now.

Weren't you supposed to leave the country?

You said that. Didn't you?

But I didn't.

Partners?

Partners don't have dark points
in their relationship.

If you wanted us to be partners,
why didn't you let me know before this?

Because I had just come here.
They were suspicious of me.

I would call you if you were a bit patient.

I'm done being patient.

Whoever came into my life tried to trip me.

I have made up my mind.

I don't want a partner anymore.

You're acting like this because
you found the honeycomb. Don't you?

Don't make me sell you out to him.

- Let's see what you can do.
- Faranak?

Be a human for once.

Neither I can do it without you
nor you can do it without me.

But you said you could do it without me.

I was wrong. It's not possible without you.

But I can do it without you.

I don't care about you.

- Is his illness really back?
- No.

Why did you tell that to him then?

You're such an idiot you can't figure out
I said it to be able to take samples.

I cannot believe this.

- That I lie so easily?
- Exactly.

I've been learning from you.

When will we get the news then?

- The news about?
- The news about your death.

- d*uche.
- The news about the samples you took.

You can sit and hope to hear from me.

Are you okay?

Yeah.

Do you need anything?

You've become too friendly too soon.

I didn't mean anything. I just pity you.

You said you'd keep an eye
on the doctor earlier, too.

I thought you'd need a job.

- Do you want money?
- I thought she was a cop.

You already know they're really after me.

I asked her. She said it hadn't returned.

What hadn't returned?

The cancer.

She said it won't return.

My mother had blood cancer.

She suffered a lot.

Very much.

I was so young back then.

I watched her shrink
by the day in front of me.

Doctors couldn't do anything more
about it at a point.

My father stopped paying
for the expenses, too.

He said it would be pointless.

He said he didn't have any more money.

He didn't even approve of the chemotherapy.

He just let go.

He watched her die slowly.

I haven't forgotten those days.

My mother died

and my father just told me one thing.

That she was in peace.

She must have been in a lot of pain
that he said such a thing.

My mother wasn't in peace.

My father was.

He found another wife very soon.

My stepmom k*lled herself because of him.

My father is the worst person I have
ever seen on the face of the Earth.

He didn't even want to spend his money

to keep his wife alive.

He might not have any money.

He had a house, a store,

a car.

He could have sold them all.

Where is your father now?

Is he alive?

I just wanted to say
that I don't have cancer.

I take the tests because I'm afraid
I would end up like my mother.

What was the doctor talking about then?

She's your friend. Why are you asking me?

Why did she lie?

What was she after?

She's after me.

She wanted to see if I was in one piece.

Who is she?

She's my fiancee'.

How did she find out where you were?

She is a woman.

She followed me.

You can check the cameras.

I had an argument with her outside
the house to stop her from coming inside.

She had good medical knowledge.

- She is a doctor.
- She is a doctor and she's with you?

You aren't a match.

She looked more materialistic than that.

She looks like that.

But she's dumber than that.

She would have read my file more carefully
if she hadn't been dumb.

Tests are different than the cancer itself.

I told you. She's dumb.

Yes, sir? What can I do for you?

- Where are you?
- Wherever you want me to be, sir.

The apartment in Ekbatan.

- Yes. What about it?
- Do you remember?

Yes. The strange family
who sleep on the roof.

Yes. I remember.

You may need to go back to them.

Sure. Just say the word.

I'll be there whenever you say.

Does your fiancee' have the videos?

I'll give you her address.
You can go there and check everything.

If you find any videos,
you can cut my head off first

then hers and then everyone else's.

Nouri?

I swear on our friendship,
that was the only copy I gave you.

I don't have a friendship with you.

I've never had and I don't.

You don't now but you used to have.

That's why I'm here now.

Trust me, Nouri.

I only want to help. That's it.

Hello.

Hello, Abad.

- Hello.
- Are you feeling better?

I'm okay.

Do you need help?

No, thanks. I'll take him.

Go back to cleaning the windows.

Could you let go?

I can walk.

Bring his stuff inside.

He isn't staying. He needs to leave.

I have to return to the hospital

to stay for a few more nights to be tested.

I've had an MS relapse.

Why? Do you plan to take
blood money from me?

Take blood money?

From you?

You either don't know me yet

or the one singing in your ear

has been feeding you false stuff.

Are you talking about me?

Yeah. He's talking about you.

Weren't you supposed to leave?

- I was about to leave.
- I told him to stay.

You did the right thing.

I'm leaving.

Tell him to gather his stuff from
the attic and move them to my room.

Where do you plan to go?

I told you. To the hospital.
I need to be under treatment.

I'm here to pack my stuff.

I won't take much. I'll just take my books.

What about the rest?

The rest of them smell like death.

I don't need them.

Either throw them out

or if he likes them,

he can use them.

What's the rush?

You could have taken the books later.

I'm not here just for the books.

I mostly came to say goodbye.

Are you going to leave and never come back?

I'll see you again.

No, mate.

I don't see it happening.

I don't have anything else
to do in this house.

Abad doesn't exist anymore.

Give it to me.

I just brought the books. Is that all?

Can you walk?

Are you okay?

Give me a cigarette.

Since when do you smoke?

Why don't you let Ramin go?

He'll sell us out if I let him go.

Why don't you ask him where
the rest of the videos are?

I did.

They are with someone
and he doesn't know where the guy is.

He really doesn't know.

Now what?

He has been threatened enough.

He'll stay for a week
until he gets his passport.

Then I'll let him go.

Is there anything I can do?

No.

Are you upset with me?

Have you done anything to make me upset?

No, but you're acting weird.

I'm fine.

I just can't stop thinking.

Don't worry about it.

We'll fix it together.

Is there anything else?

If you ever find out
that I have betrayed you,

What would you do?

You better don't.

What if I find out that
you have betrayed me?

I better don't.

Did he hang up on you?

He was busy.

He'll call when he sees it.

What do you want to tell him
just so he doesn't get suspicious?

I don't know. I'll say something.

I'm sure he has already searched

the trunk to find the finger.

Did you put it somewhere obvious
for him to easily find?

No. It's not that obvious.

Hello? Why aren't you answering your phone?

You didn't hear it then
but you heard it now?

Search the trunk and check
if the house keys are inside.

He had the keys in his pocket.

He thinks he dropped them while
putting the books in the trunk.

See if it's there.

Hello? No. There's nothing here.

Why are you lying?

You didn't even search.
You're full of crap.

- I didn't search? How do you know?
- How do I know?

It hasn't even been a minute
since I told you to search.

How are you saying that you searched
and didn't find it?

Search carefully.

It's a small key.

Search carefully.

He found it.

Did you find it?

He must have dropped
it somewhere then. It's okay.

Where are you now?

Okay. Bye.

I told you he would take it.

So what? I would have taken it, too.

Wouldn't you say that you took it?

Wouldn't you say that you found
a finger in the trunk?

b*stard.

Why did he go back inside?

He went to take his test results.

He'll go home after that.

He'll surely test it on someone
to see if it still works.

I would have done the same.

He hasn't had it for a while.

He wants to see if it still works.

I'll do my best to get close to him

so that I'll be the one he tests it on

to see what he wants from you.

No. If you get close to him
he will think that I sent you.

I'll do my best not to make him suspicious.

I'll do whatever is needed.

You only need to find out
what his intentions are.

It's you.

For the thousandth time.

What if it's not me?

It is. I have no doubt.

What's the address to his house?

Hello? Are you going home, Soroush?

Ramin will come to search the trunk
to see if he can find the key.

It's important that I say so.

You can't see properly.

I'll give him the address. He'll be there.

It's open. Go.

Did you really think that I'm such
an idiot to drop the key in the car?

What do you mean?

He sent me to find out stuff about you.

What for?

Isn't it idiotic in your idea

to send me to you for a small key?

Why would he want
to find out stuff about me?

Haven't you found out yet
how much he hates you?

He hates me?

Did he tell you that?

Isn't it obvious from how he treats you?

We've been having our differences for a
while but these things don't concern you.

If he told you to find out
stuff about me, then do it.

You do as he says. He surely knew
something that he told you to do so.

He knows that you know about the drug.

What the hell are you talking about?
What drug?

I know about it, too.

I know he has a drug
that looks like a powder

and he rubs it on people to influence them.

I have read about it. I know what it does.

You know about it, too.

What's in it for you in this?

Who are you?

You've been here for two days
and you consider yourself one of us.

Nouri is an idiot to trust you.

Go away.

So,

you're the one he should trust?

He already expects me to ditch him.

That's why he's monitoring me.

He knows I won't set a foot wrong

because my family is now in this, too.

He threatens me but
he doesn't expect you to betray him.

Suppose I know stuff.

So what?

I know many things that I don't talk about.

He thinks you're trying to take his place.

He thinks you're waiting for
an opportunity to betray him.

Why would he think like that?

Did you whisper in his ears?

I didn't think the story about
the finger would be connected to you.

What finger?

The finger.

The one in the trunk.

He saw the finger and he knows
whose finger it is.

He knows you betrayed him.

He doesn't trust you anymore.

He may be planning to send
someone to deal with you.

He probably sent me to somehow
take you back there.

Why do you think he wants to see you?

Why did you cut the finger off
in the first place?

Do whatever you had planned
to do with it.

What?

What did you cut the finger off for?

To take him down?

Take him down. Now's the time.

If you don't do it, then he will.

Why should I take him down?

I didn't want to do anything to Nouri.
I wanted the finger for myself.

But that's not what he thinks.

Okay. I'll talk to him and I'll explain.

He's now past the time to be spoken to.

Try to walk in his shoes.

Imagine you trusted someone
who has now betrayed you.

Wouldn't you get mad?
Could you trust him again?

Why do you keep talking in my ear?

Why do you keep talking
without even taking a breath?

Would you shut up for a moment?

Don't you know anything else
other than grabbing people by the collar?

It was the umpteenth time you did this.

Did you only learn to grow vertically?

Don't you know a little wisdom and manners?

I'm telling you

he's waiting for you to go back there
to make you uncomfortable, you idiot.

Yet you're saying I'm talking in your ear?

Why should I trust you, cutie?

Because I'm telling the truth.

Because you're an idiot not to trust me.

Because nobody tells the truth.

Why do you love me so much all of a sudden?

Love you?

I like your head chopped off.

I'm just looking for a partner.

I'm not a partner for
your greedy intentions.

Get out.

The hell with you.

- Hello?
- Yes?

What happened?

He hid the finger.

He isn't suspicious.

He thinks this is the real finger.

Make him use it somehow.

Persuade him to find out
what he wanted to do with it.

Sure.

What did you want to do with it?

What do you mean
this finger isn't the finger?

Do you think he's so naive
to put the real finger in the car

so that you'd take it
and do whatever you want with it?

You are not supposed to know
that the finger doesn't work.

The story is supposed to go forward

in a way that you rub the finger on me
first, then on him, and then the others.

So what?

To empty the safe?

I don't want money.

There is no money in the safe. It's drugs.

Why are you helping me now?

What help? I want my share.

We'll screw him and take
half of whatever's there each.

- Then everyone goes their way.
- How?

The finger doesn't work.

He thinks you don't know about that.

Act like you have the original finger.

- So what?
- He's waiting for that.

He wants to pretend you have influenced him

to find out what you wanted to do.
That's it.

Why should I tell him then?

Say whatever you have
always wanted to say to him.

- Buy some time.
- What for?

- For me to find it.
- and what is "It"?

"It" is the drug. The real drugs.

To do what with it?

To influence Nouri to do as we say.

So that he would open
the safe with no trouble.

And then do something to himself.

Just like what he did to my friends.

Do you have the drug to influence him?

I thought you had some.

Me?

I wouldn't cut the guy's finger off
if I had any.

Think a little.

The night my friends and I
went there for the robbery,

Nouri had a white card.

He said that was the key to the safe.

He asked us to touch the card.

I'm sure it would be possible
using the card.

I haven't seen any cards.

There must be one.

Someone who leaves something somewhere
once, will leave it somewhere else again.

I don't remember anything.

I mean I would have remembered it
if I had seen anything.

I have never seen a white card.

but I think the stamp
would work if you find it.

What stamp?

The stamp. There's a bit of the drug
under the stamp's foam.

I just don't know where the stamp is.

I'm sure I've seen it somewhere.

In the kitchen.

I know I can find it if I look for it.

I'll get it to you.

You just try to distract him

I'll rub the stamp on him from behind.

Without any trouble.

We'll influence him.

We'll make him show us the path.

Then he will open the safe.

The place where we have
always been waiting to find.

We'll take half of whatever there is each.

Then we'll give him the g*n.

We'll order him

to sh**t himself.

Suicide without anyone's interference.

Cheese.

a white material with holes
that makes the mice go crazy.

It distracts them from the trap.

From death.

Because they're hungry.

They don't understand that
the nice-smelling white piece

is not supposed to help them survive.

It is supposed to work as a weapon.

A weapon against them.

It's only then that a simple white
nice-smelling sponge piece

isn't called cheese anymore.

It's a weapon of mass destruction.

So every ordinary object
isn't necessarily simple.

Your first friend isn't your best friend.

Your first path isn't your best path.

But it's the freshest one.

Fresh

like a plant.

Green.

Similar to a flower like no other flowers.

Just like you

who isn't like anyone else.