02x08 - Serendipity

[bunniefuu]

I'm here, Roxane. It's me.

DOCTOR: What've you got?
- 42-year-old, no medical history.

g*nsh*t wound, thorax.
Low blood pressure.

Tachycardia.
Tissue loss.

OK, we need to move.

Send for a scan and prepare for surgery.
Let's go.

Stay here please.

You have to eat something.

What can I get you?

I don't want anything, thanks,
that's nice of you.

What's that?

It's Romain's case file.
- Romain's?

My Romain?
- Yes.

Roxane's been looking into him
for several weeks.

Why? I don't understand.

The coroner who examined his
body in 2005

now thinks there should be corrections.

We've stabilized her for now,
but she's still critical.

We need you to fill out a form.

Yes; yes.
- Go with the nurse?

DOCTOR: (Thank you.)

Will you watch Roxane's things?

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\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWHO? \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hABDOMEN

CELINE: I need your
full attention, please.

Right. Cmdr. Roxane Ascher
was attacked last night

at 11:15 by a biker on Rue des Moines.

I want everyone to focus on this case,

coordinate with Daphne and Gilles.

DAPHNE: I reviewed all the CCTV
around the karaoke bar,

for the moment we
have nothing on the sh**ter.

We'll have to go door-to-door for info.

CELINE: Everyone on this, guys.

This guy attacked one of ours.

We ignore no leads. Thank you.

GILLES: Let's go!
CELINE: Get to work!

How is she?

They removed the b*llet,
it hit nothing else vital.

on the other hand she lost a lot of blood,
nothing clear on her mobility,

and we don't know when
she will regain consciousness,

"SERENDIPITY"
or in what state.

So no decisions on what comes next.

ADAM: Roxane has investigated...

...

DAPHNE: Here is what we
already know:

Romain Destat was arrested
Nov. 5, 2005 in a room near Amiens.

Officially he was released the next
morning, except no one ever saw him.

And 24 hours later

his body was found in a canal
in Dunkirk by Adeline Morin,

a student out jogging.

The autopsy was performed by a Dr. Facchin,

So the trail to follow is Facchin.
Excuse me.

According to the morgue registry,

Roxane visited the day before yesterday.

He'd know of any suspicions she had.

I understand. Of course.

What're we waiting for?
CELINE: Absolutely.

For sure someone tried to k*ll Roxane
as part of a cover up.

We should question him, right?

No, we are not.

That was the prosecutor.

He's aware of
Roxane's closeness to our team,

so we're off the case at request
of the Oversight Authority.

It's 'procedere,' you know.

'Procedure' my a*s.

Okay.

CELINE: Adam!

This goes for you too, Morgane.

Morgane? Alright?

School, I've got to get the kids...

MORGANE: Hey sweetie!

You know you're at your dad's tonight?

Yeah yeah yeah!
- See you Monday, okay?

Have a good "weekend"!

ELLIOT: Relax!

No, wait, I have to tell you something.

If it's about the bill for my mobile,
I can explain.

No, it's not about your mobile.

Uh... No.

It's about Romain.

You remember I told you
his death was accidental?

But it turns out, it's more
complicated than that.

If it wasn't accidental, what was it?
- I don't know!

I don't know, I'm sidelined.

You're putting me on, sidelined?

I'm not allowed to investigate.

Since when do you let that stop you?

(You're right.)

(Right, of course!)

UNDERTAKER ENTRANCE

MEDICAL EXAMINER
AUTOPSIES

Sssh! Don't scream!

f*ck, Karadec! You scared me,
what're you doing here?

What're YOU doing here?
Looking for what?

What about you? We're
not allowed to investigate!

Don't give me that! Get out right now!
- Why, this is about Romain's death!

Leave it to the police!

Just a minute,
you're investigating illegally,

You can't ignore orders,
then say it's professionals-only!

HE GROWLS

Glove up!
- Yeah, I'm good, okay.

ADAM: Oh f*ck.

According to Facchin's schedule he starts
work at 10am today, that's in 20 minutes.

He's coming, okay?

No, he won't be coming.
- What? What's that?

I don't have forever.

Morgane?

Morgane, what're you doing in here?

I'm looking for the suspect!

That's not him.

You saw the scalpels on his bench,

they're arranged by blade size

in order to find them easily.

Except blade No.21
was to the left of No. 10,

not in the right order!

Roxane came a few days ago,
maybe she found he was negligent.

f*ck, this one who just came in
is really young.

Right, someone's been
negligent, but it's not him.

Well, they're not gonna move, right?

No, because in the trash bin,

I found a plastic bag, for bodybags.

Ten, according to the label.

According to the pathologists' list,

Only four bodies came into
the morgue yesterday afternoon.

So, that's all that should be here.

We have five on the tables here.

Well?

So?

If I may take this one...

Well, there's suspect No.1, dead.

Yeah, amazing.

He's close to it.

Who discovered the body is unknown?

Very well.

Very well, thanks for
keeping me informed, Mr. Prosecutor.

Of course; goodbye.

An anonymous call?

I've managed to cover up your BS.

Had to improvise.

So long as no one saw.

Well,

according to the prosecutor,

we have until 10pm.
But on top of everything,

a motorcycle racing out
of a parking lot at that hour?

OK; I don't know, two people were
seeking info about Romain,

what do they have in common?

Is it my case??

Yes and no.

For now his thinking is like ours:
Facchin's death

and the attack on Roxane

are linked to autopsy tampering.

But we may have dozens of falsified
autopsies over the last 20 years.

Sadly, choosing which one
is another matter.

Wait, where's this leading?

No investigation of Romain?
Is this a joke?

Not at the moment.
- But I-

OK, what do we know
about Romain's life?

We talk to the cop who
investigated him at that time,

Capt. Devos.
MORGANE: It's him!

It's him, I tell you,
it's him, he k*lled him,

he greased the palm of the pathologist

so he'd put 'ruptured
aneurysm' in his report!

It's him! f*ck!

Let's go, we're not stopping..
- Morgane, I don't know how

to tell you, actually;

we can't investigate this case,
neither you, Karadec, nor me.

Wait, technically
that's not quite true.

OK, we've been removed
from the investigation on Roxane.

but what prevents us from
investigating Romain Destat?

Celine?

OK, you can go talk to Devos.
BUT!

There is no question of arresting
anyone, and you

ask no questions about Facchin,
or about Roxane. Is that clear?

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\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hYeah, what?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMorgane?

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\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hthis situation, okay?

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hYeah, I won't kick
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hhim in the ba*ls.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hYeah, I won't kick\h\h\h\h\h\hOr elsewhere.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hhim in the ba*ls.

DEVOS: Yes, try to see her.

No? No, I haven't seen her.

I can't, no.

OK, well ask for Cedric.

Yes yes yes yes, nothing.

Well yes, yes, yes, I'll release him.

CROSSTALK, SHOUTING

He'll be released!

...

Morgane!

I'll call you back, I have to go.

DEVOS: See you.
- Hello.

DEVOS: Hello?

ADAM: Captain Devos?
DEVOS: Yes...?

DIPJ, Cmdr. Karadec.

On the phone?

Have a seat, if you want.
- Yes.

Thanks for seeing me.

We want to ask
some questions about a man

whom you took into custody in 2005.

Why this?

I thought the case was closed last year.

The judge issued instructions
about descriptions and identifications.

I have the file.

Just some details
from you about the arrest.

It speaks for itself.

I was still a brigadier at the time.

We had report of a
disturbance, we went to check.

They started throwing rocks at us,
so we took them in.

Rocks thrown at you? No.

No, you had nothing at all!

So we talked to persons who were
present that day and they all said that

Romain Destat had done
nothing provocative on his part.

It's a closed case, why reopen it?

That depends on what we find.

Okay.

I lied about the reasons for
the arrest to protect a source.

It had to look like an arrest by chance,

I had reason to believe
he was dangerous.

How dangerous?

That morning, a woman
came to the station

and told us that Romain Destat
was involved in criminal cases.

I created a pretext arrest
in order to look into it.

I didn't find anything suspicious.

I put the matter to rest.

Who was your witness?

Who was it?

Oh, hi honey!

How could you do that to me?
- What?

I went to see the cop who arrested
Romain 15 years ago, he told me.

You went to see him that day and
told him that Romain was a criminal.

Listen, you did it to yourself.

Romain dabbled in shady stuff.

Italians are trouble here.

Stop always lying! Stop lying!

I swear, it's true!

At the time this guy came by the house.

He told me Romain worked for him,

and there was some scam.

If it didn't go well, he'd hurt us.

I- I- I told the cops before
things went wrong here. There!

That's really sick.

Know what? I never want to hear
from you again, you'll hear from me only!

Morgane, I swear it's true!

The guy had a weird accent, and
was missing 3 fingers on one hand.

I was missing you a lot, I- listen,
it was for you!

I was sure of it! Believe me!

Forget it! FORGET IT!

AGNES: Morgane!

A shady story!

Seriously? It's like a different Romain.

His deal then was building
amphibian dams

to protect the tree frogs
of the Somme Estuary,

so that tells you the
dude's level of 'shady.'

She told herself she was protecting me.

In any event, you dress up
a lie and go from there.

Yeah, but, sorry Morgan,
if you'll permit me,

the relationship with
your mom is super-strained,

have you considered

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\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hto confront...

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(What?)\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h(Stop it.)

Okay, let's review.

According to Capt. Devos, Romain
was released the day after his arrest.

We traced his calls, but there's nothing.

The trail's cold until
24 hours later in Dunkirk.

So I tried to trace the jogger,
but she left to do

an internship in England
just after Romain's death.

It's like she evaporated.

OK, maybe she saw something back then.

We need to find her, keep looking.

This story your mom told you
about a scam, what was that?

No, it's nothing, it's her usual bullshit.

A story involving a guy with
3 fingers and a weird accent,

In my opinion she fell asleep in front
of a documentary on the Russian mafia

and turned it into a lie with me.

Two fingers on one
hand and a strong accent.

The Belgian.

Who?

Daphne?
- What is it?

Start a search on
Arnaud Tenon, alias 'The Belgian.'

See if he's still in prison.
- Right.

What? Wait, who's 'The Belgian'?

He's a former mob godfather in Lille.

The nickname is probably
because of his strong accent.

He went down for
money laundering in 2012.

He matches what you described.

Well no, no it's just a coincidence.

If we start looking for 3-fingered guys,
we'll find them on every street corner.

Well, the info on The Belgian is
he's not in prison.

He was granted parole 8 months ago.

OK, we need the address of this guy,
if he's linked to Romain's death,

and if he has any connection
to Roxane's case.

Stay calm, okay?
The Belgian is dangerous.

He's on probation:

if you want to talk to him you would need

authorization from the
sentence enforcement judge.

OK, let's go!
- No!

What, do you have another idea?

We think, we calm down,
and find a strategy.

You need rest.
You haven't slept in 36 hours.

Don't worry, I will not let Roxane down.

I'm going to the hospital.

GILLES: Morgane? Sorry...

As I was saying,
technically your mother was right-

(Gilles!)
- No, wait,

it might be good
if I gave you a therapist's number-

(Gilles!)
- It really helped us with my sister.

I know- Aie aie aie! I'm only
trying to help!

This is an overreaction!
BICKERING

(f*ck, my earrings!)

Anyone here?

Yoo-hoo!

Anyone here?

Yoo-hoo!

Can I help you?
- Ah!

Yes, I'm Morgane...

...Freeman.

I have some questions to ask you.

Hmm.

'Butterfly,' like this, okay?

Go ahead, 'butterfly.'
- Like this?

Like this!

Honey, a little less loud, please.

But dad, it's my birthday!

'Sorry, huh?

Getting ready for the
little one's birthday party.

Don't touch!

Just a nibble!

Huh!

Feels like prison, frankly!

What can I do for you?

I'm investigating the death
of this man, 15 years ago in 2005.

Does his face look familiar?

What service are you again?

The PJ.
- Ah.

It's just an attempt to identify him.

Yeah... this guy.

'Des-something', something like that.
- Seriously?

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\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hUh...

Romaine!
- Yes!

That's it!
- That's it.

It's been a long time, I remember.

HEY SWEETHEART! I TOLD YOU,
LESS LOUDLY!

But it wasn't us, dad!
- Don't talk to your father like that.

Honey?
- Hmm?

Can you get some Morceau
from the cellar for our guest?

The Morceau?
- Noooo, no, no,

No no no, whites make me
feel crummy in 2 seconds.

And not while on duty, obviously.

Well, we can go to your place.

So, you were saying?
- Yeah, uh...

uh, Romaine- what was it?
- Romaine Destat.

Destat, that's it.
- Yeah.

This boy...

not very reliable; but nice!

What was it you did with him?

Oh, I loaned him €50,000.

Fifty-thousand.
- Uh-huh.

To do what?

THPPT
I don't know.

He was a boy with a big heart,
I trusted him,

a great deal, huh?
Thanks honey!

I'm stuck, because he left with my
money and I never saw again.

Why do you have a picture
of this boy?

Oh yeah?

He was dating a beautiful girl.

She was "rockin'."

Kinda like you.

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\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNo, it wasn't me.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIf you get any
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hnews about

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hyour boyfriend,
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\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBecause I'm getting
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hmy money back!

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGet outta here.

MONITOR BEEPS

Roxane?

A nurse, please!

Nurse!

How do you feel?
ROXANE: Uh...

Like I took a few licks
in the chest, I'm not clear.

LAUGHS

That may be.

What's the size of things?

We left karaoke, a man
on a motorcycle tried to k*ll you.

We don't know who he was,
we're searching.

Now you.

ROXANE: I don't know who
to entrust this case to.

I won't be able to stay on
the investigation.

- Don't worry, it'll make me
happy to do it.

A little progress since
I met you, right?

Don't worry.

A little something I want to ask you-

- I'll do all the talking.

The doctor wants you to rest.

Anything else?

Do some yoga.

It's not much:

We can't find Romaine, he's untraceable.

Part of the autopsy file is wrong.

And the records on
Romaine's case destroyed.

We stirred up something.
- Yes.

No...

I need a phone.

Please.

Well?

Any news on Roxane?
Is she awake?

Yes, yes I just left her, she'll
be OK.

Ah, cool. Great.

Morgane, we have
something to tell you.

Yeah, OK, OK, alright, I shouldn't
have gone to see The Belgian alone.

What? You saw The Belgian alone!?

I couldn't not do anything!
I had to find...

Impossible! You never listen
to what I tell you!

We have something to show you.

What?

It's everything we have on Romaine,
and what he had the day he died.

CELINE: We thought
it'd been destroyed.

But, like when we were under
investigation, IGPN kept them.

We'll wait for you to go through
them, at your speed.

CELINE: That's it.

Okay...

He was wearing this
the last time we were together.

He never put it on,
he looked like a penguin.

Why was he wearing it?

CELINE: What is it?

"Waiting For You Casino,"

in Dunkirk.

It's 20 minutes from where
Romaine's body was found.

Hello madam, Cmdr. Karadec,
Judicial Police.

MARINA:
Hello, what can I do for you?

We're looking for a man who
played in your establishment in 2005.

15 years ago?
- ADAM: Yes.

Are you kidding, do you know

how many people pass
through here every day?

Yes madam, but

you never know.
Maybe his face will ring a bell?

Hmm?

ADAM: Do you know him?

Oh yes.

I remember.

There: 6th of November, 2005.

I watch the video at some point every day.

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Ah, that's him.

He changed €50,000 all at once,

a big one like that
doesn't come in every day.

He started playing blackjack,

in less than 2 hours
he pocketed €1,000,000.

I know he was up to something.

You think he was counting cards?

MARINA: Had to be.

He couldn't even remember
my phone number, honey.

Card counters are hard to spot.

We have six different games.

An accomplice?

We switched croupiers twice,

We checked people earlier
but found nothing. Therefore-

Wait. There! Go back.

Replay it.

More...

MARINA: No?
MORGANE: No... no... There!

Look, when people
around him clap, he loses.

He doesn't know how to play.

He doesn't know what to play
because he can't hear.

He has an accomplice, they're
using a beep code.

Do you have videos of nearby tables?

Yes, videos of all of them
that night.

Show me the guy at the bar.
- Mm-hmm.

The ring on the glass. Look:

one tap,

Romain takes one card.

That's what's going on,
he's the accomplice.

My goodness.

Wait, what's he doing there?

Caliber... sugar... apple juice...

Champagne!

A Serendipity.

I want to find these guys. Where are
the cameras exactly?

Hat guy and the dodo.

Karadec, can I speak to you?

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHe drank a
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSerendipity.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIt can't be
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\ha coincidence.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOnly one person I
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hknow drinks them:

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hthat f*cking
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hcard-counter.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWho is he?

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMy father.

King of diamonds.

And this?
- 8 of hearts.

Your memory's like a computer!

Queen of spades.

Oh, you never make a mistake!

No one is a match for what
you can do with a deck of cards!

I told you, this guy's a genius,

He knows things without fussing
about it. At his age!

My brain walks on its own and
I run after it. LAUGHS

You'd wreak havoc at poker,
why don't you?

Ah no, no, I don't play that,
that's all over.

ASTONISHED
- I'd win often, it's true, but

after a while we get bored.
No no.

What are you, some spoiled
15-year-old American sh*t?

Come on, we can make some money!

It's been 20 years since he spent

a day at the casino, back in 2000!

It's not worth it now.

Well yeah, you know why:

Money is all fiction. Aristotle.

Yeah...?
No, but seriously!

I'll finance you, we split 50-50.

What do you need?

Do it this one time!

We can talk about it
again tomorrow at my place.

You gotta play and bet big!

It's like 30 minutes, and then you're done!

Trust me, that'll be the end.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hEh...

ENCOURAGING

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAhhhhh!

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFine then.

The problem is I have to be home by 3 pm,

I host a book club for seniors on theater.

So we shouldn't waste time, eh?

Do you know Balzac?

Oh, 'Balzac,' that has
nothing the f*ck to do with

what I'm saying-

Have you got to 'Aristotle'?

Sorry?

That's usually what he calls his pigeons.

Pigeon? What pigeon?

Well, 'pigeon.'

He's banned by every casino in France,
he didn't tell you?

MORGANE: Yes,
he has a banking ban, too.

I'll tell you what's going to happen:

you're going to withdraw your money,
and then there'll be some urgent need

requiring you to move quickly.

Before you know it, you'll be
separated from your money.

It's good, nice.

How are you, honey?

Well it's not good, because
I'm calling the cops!

BARMAN: Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Not that word!

CROSSTALK

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hClear off.\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h...ba*ls some day.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBelieve it!

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGo on.\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI don't
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hknow when...

Doin' alright, dad?

Yeah, I'm alright.

SIGHS
How's little Thea, huh? Thea!

The last time- what's your
youngest one's name, Elliot?

Is he walking now?
- Yeah,

he's walking, he's ten years old.

LAUGHS

Did you know he has a
little sister?

A little sister? Oh!

Serge, what kind of mess did
you get Romain into 15 years ago?

It's hazy... who's telling you such
bullshit, Morgane?

Because I was 'hands off' Romain.
'Hands off'!

You trust me?
- No.

Did I tell you about my new job?

SERGE QUIZZICAL
- Oh, yeah.

ADAM: Sir, I've found
about 20 cases involving you.

Attempted swindling, fraud in 2006-

I recall cases of that type,
claims against me were feeble.

CHORTLES

ADAM: Insurance fraud;

identity theft; real estate fraud;
and so on.

Yeah, alright, I get it, you have
a file on me as long as your arm.

And if I wanted to trade you
some info? Wipe the slate clean?

Is that it? I'm used to it.

Yes.

It's a bit like that, yeah.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hShe's been waiting
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h15 years for answers

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hmaybe you can
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hmake an effort.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI've given you so
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hmuch, princess-

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI never asked
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hyou for anything!

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTen years...

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI just want to
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hsay something:

it was Romain who came to me,
not the reverse, OK? Right.

To ask me for some money.

With a surprising story.

If you're like me, getting
into a game means a deposit.

The problem is I've never been
rolling in money. Well, yeah.

To stay in business
you have to keep at it.

Except that Romain had another idea.

At the time I had a relationship
with a type of guy,

a "rose window,"

a tempermental Belgian.

He was done with lending to me.

He didn't know Romain,

and wasn't against lending
him a little money, yeah?

Wait, you introduced Romain
to a mobster?

I was doing him a favor, excuse me!

Stop this right now, Morgane!

It was a beautiful plan!
Beautiful, my god!

Romain borrows
€50,000 from The Belgian.

We make it grow at the casino.

The next day, 24 hours later,

The Belgian gets back double
what he had at the start.

And we...

Who wouldn't, he was a good kid,
it was great!

It was... great!

That m*therf*cking casino.
LAUGHS

They never knew what happened.

It was a sure thing! One million euros!

One million!

Okay, then what happened?

Well, after...

I was out in the parking lot waiting,

a car pulls up.

he couldn't get away.

They forced him into the car.

I didn't understand why.

What, that's all?
He was forced into a car?

That's all you have to trade?

Come on, think!

Well okay...

That's it!

It was a '95 Saab, black,

scratches on the back-left fender.

That's all I remember.

MORGANE: That's all? Think!

A black '95 Saab, license number...

BL-362-TH.

Yeah. Got that?

Champion memory, eh?

Look at who the owner is.

I should've known.

I should've known.

f*ck, I should've known.

Capt. Devos, he was
taking us for a ride.

He knew all about the casino job.

He knew where to find them,

he followed them, stole the money,

and took care of witnesses.
CELINE: f*cking cold.

DAPHNE: Nothing from
Amiens station.

Devos didn't show up for work
this morning and he's unreachable.

I checked, he's not booked on
any flights leaving France.

Your turn, Gilles. What've you got?

I haven't found him, but I
managed to find his garage: look.

That's it!

We can't lose him!

HEY, SWEETHEART!
- Party...

some Morceau from the cellar...
Thanks honey!

Party... f*ck!

f*ck, it was right in
front of me, I didn't see it!

f*ck it, yes!
Okay...

Is she in shock?

Thirty percent off!

The wine bottle!

The tea towel, the f*cking tea towel!
- Don't touch!

It's crazy, of course! sh*t,
it's the solution! Okay, right:

When I went to
The Belgian's house yesterday,

there was a promotional flyer
on his windshield,

at the time it didn't register,

but it was the same
as the ones on the street

in front of the station
where we questioned Devos.

Therefore, The Belgian parked on
that street the same day, agreed?

Then, we were
talking in his living room,

and I heard a noise,
"boom," it was startling.

Right after, he asked his wife to go down

to the cellar for a bottle of Morceau,
MY a*s!

There was a cold one he
could see in the fridge!

MRS. TENON: A Morceau? There!

Oh jeez! When she went out
she had a kitchen towel.

Later it wasn't in her apron pocket.
Therefore,

that means she wasn't
going down to get a bottle of wine,

but to shut up Devos! That's why!

Because when the as*h*le cop
left the police station,

he was kidnapped by The Belgian!

That's it! That's it! It could
only be that! sh*t!

CELINE: Hold on, hold on--

you're saying a Mafioso
on probation is holding a cop?

For what reason?

Because Roxane was on his trail!

He realized that Devos stole a
million euros from him 15 years ago

and he wanted
to get it back, that's why!

"ALL TIME CHAMPION"
BY HARDY, JORDAN & BOYES

...

...

...

...

GIRLS CHEERING

CELINE: (f*ck.)

Hello.

Where's my money, cop? Huh?

Aw, don't be dumb.

You better answer me, huh?

ADAM: POLICE! Any others?

Let him go. Get back!

Get back!

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHe's breathing!
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCall medics fast!

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFast!

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h Don't move.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOh f*ck.

Here, you're going.

I have your things.

CLEARS THROAT

I guess I won't get Father
Of The Year in 2022 either.

Uh... I have something... uh...

This isn't easy, but

I'm sorry,

sorry I concealed what I knew.

I shouldn't have. Yeah.

How's your mother?

Swimmingly.
HE LAUGHS

She deceived me for 15 years too.

Next time you see her,
give her a kiss for me.

Sure.
SERGE: Like in the Army.

I have nothing.

SERGE: Well?
- King of hearts.

Bravo! Very good.
- Yeah.

Who has my heart? You have it, girl.

CHUCKLES

SERGE: Come on.

Oh, I need €40, for a taxi.

Last night I got my Blue Card blocked.

So if you could...
- Are you kidding me?

No, I'll take
the metro, you're right.

Yeah.

MORGANE: So.

See you next time?
- Yes, you've got a deal.

Take it easy.

Oh, and Morgane?

Try to call me before
your next delivery, if possible.

HE LAUGHS

Well... hey.

All right.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGoodbye.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGoodbye.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGoodbye.

Wait, where's Devos?
CELINE: In the hospital.

He was in bad shape, we
had to call emergency services.

And Morgane, the prosecutor is
aware that we investigated on the sly.

You can't go see him.

ADAM: Morgane?

Morgane?

Devos regained consciousness.

He'll be questioned.

All the evidence is against him.

Do you really believe it?

He had to have done it, yeah.

He's a cop; he won't give up anything.

He'll lie.

It'll be fine.

It's possible

Sorry.
- It's not your fault.

I know you did the "max."

It's just that I-

We finally found out who k*lled Romain,

and that will be the end of it.

I mean, do you believe in love?

I don't put it like that.

I keep my eyes open,
I don't have many illusions.

Daphne searched Devos's accounts

for the million euros he
took from Romain,

and found something strange.

Every year for
15 years he's made transfers

to an account in England.
- England?

Like the student who found Romain?
- Precisely.

The account is in a false name,

the bank sent us a photo.

It could be her.

So she could've witnessed the
m*rder, and blackmailed Devos.

We can find out.

"Do you have a passport, Morgane?"

MORGANE: Yeah, so you'll
pick them up from school, OK?

Yes, it's for a case,
it's routine, so... that's it.

Okay?

Good. Thanks, mom.

Yes. Good- goodbye.

This is all I found: Smoky bacon "chips."

Nice, I like those.

Palm oil-free, apparently.

So what'd your mom say?

It was quick, not much.

That's good, right?

We connected.
- Ah.

f*ck, Karadec, I see Dover!

"I'm the king of the world!"

You're the only guy in the
world who hasn't seen Titanic?

Of course I've seen Titanic.

Oh, well then! Finally.

What's wrong?
- Uh, no, nothing!

MORGANE: Karadec?
- Hmm?

You're on the right.
- Yeah? So?

Here they drive on the left.
- Oh sh*t!

Okay Karadec, we're lost.

No, not at all. No, no.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hC'mon Karadec,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hhurry up!

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMy GPS says
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hit's close.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hThere's only one street,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hit's gotta be one of these!

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h"Twenty-one..."

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hThere it is.

Hello!

Hello. Uh...

Sorry to bother.

We are with the French police,

and we are looking for this woman.
Do you know her?

Her name is Adeline Morin.

Sorry, I don't know...
- No?

Sorry.
- Mommy, let's go!

Hi! You're sure?

MAN: No no no!
- I have no idea.

Wait a minute.
- No no no. Liam! Leave your mum!

Come get your coat!

ADAM: Hi Roxane, guess what?
Romain's in Brighton.

In Brighton?

He opened an account in England,
where Devos sent money,

under a false name.

He's been alive all this time?
- Yeah.

Why did he never show up?

It's not clear.

All we know at the moment is
that Devos robbed him in 2005.

We need to do more
on the money transfers.

Okay, got it. Adam?
- Yes?

Morgane, how is she?

I don't really know.

Fine, see you soon.
- See you.

Well go ahead, explain it to me!

What happened that night,
after the casino?

That cop jumped me in the parking lot.

He beat me up and took everything.

Your father found me,
I was half-dead.

I had several broken
ribs and couldn't breathe.

The cop had the money, I couldn't
pay back The Belgian.

He'd k*ll me.

Why didn't you tell me?

Between us we would have
found a solution.

I don't know, I was scared,
Morgane. Understand?

Your father panicked too.

He said The Belgian would k*ll us.

So you paid off the medical examiner

so you could disappear?

Yes.

I don't know how many
times I thought of you.

Your father said to go somewhere
The Belgian couldn't trace me,

and that I not contact you.

I was dying to tell you.

Then why didn't you, huh?

Fifteen years to think
about what happened!

Oh yeah, classy guy.

Evidence to the contrary, right?

ROMAIN: Living in
France was too "risky."

I told Kristin nothing.

It was simpler.
- Simpler?

That was nice! That's what
you wanted in life, simplicity?

How's Thea?
SHE GASPS

You remember her name!

She's like me, actually.

She's fine.

She always says we both
get along very well, that she

didn't need a father. She was right.

Do you understand I've spent
15 years of my life looking for you?

I kept going to the cops to find you.

(I did everything.)

Karadec, let's go home!

Morgane-
- Leave me.

What are you doing?

Leave me, I'll walk home!

That's nonsense, Lille is an hour away.

If you walk it'll take 2 days.

Morgane!

sh*t, I just can't...

What?
- What's the matter?

This is really unbearable.

I'm here, speak.

It's my nature.
- Ah.

My mother is right.

I'm always so dumb.

I realized 15 years ago,

the only explanations
for Romain's disappearance was

he'd been k*lled, or
he wanted to leave everything.

He didn't want me enough and left.

Left and rebuilt his life.

He rebuilt his life
because I wasn't important to him.

It's like I'm in a cheap novel.

I can't even blame him.

You're the first to say
I'm unmanageable, that I'm-

I'm annoying,

I'm difficult...

Not only!

I only make Serge proud!

What a little baby, huh?

Who-

You have so much
going for you, Morgane.

"BOOM BOOM" BY JOHN LEE HOOKER