04x02 - Mark of the Chosen

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SEILANIEMI MENTAL ASYLUM
1981

See, I have engraved you
on the palms of my hands, Lord;

your walls are ever before me.

Father, I was afraid
you'd be angry at me.

When they took you away from me
to this ungodly place,

I was angry.

But I prayed the Lord,

and the good Lord
guided and blessed us.

You were the last one
in our family.

But now,
the family name will go on.

This is a criminal matter.

The pregnancy was discovered
too late for an ab*rtion...

- ab*rtion?
- Yes.

Our internal investigation
is going nowhere.

Many are sure about
who fathered Kerttu's child.

Well, that's crystal clear.

The girl has been
committed here for four years.

Had Mary had been
in a closed ward,

would that have prevented God
from begetting a son to her?

The Bible's Mary?

That child was fathered
by God himself.

Let me know when it's born.

The National Bureau of Investigation

PRESENT DAY

wants me to lead the investigation
into the nursing home mass m*rder.

The accident turning into a m*rder
investigation will be kept a secret.

It will only be shared
on a need to know basis.

We have to keep it secret
until we have the perps.

I will get two detectives to guard
the SpaceGuard conference,

but I need a couple of locals
on the m*rder investigation.

Open Sesame,
Arabic for beginners.

You're learning Arabic.

Sesame is also Finnish.

They use sesame seeds in rolls
and to bread the tins.

Director Saana Hyry

machinated carbon monoxide poisoning
of 24 people.

She had a partner in crime.
Our priority is to catch the perp.

Of course, but Helsinki doesn't
want people to panic.

There'll be a witch hunt
and neighbors turning in neighbors.

It's hard to keep
a m*rder investigation a secret.

Aikio tells everything to his wife,
and when Alma knows, the town knows.

Well, sweet!

Let them continue
investigating the accident

and you'll represent the local police
in the m*rder case.

Okay. But outsiders stick out here.

I know someone
we can ask for help.

- Is it someone who can
keep their mouth shut? - Yes.

You went through the conference
participant list with the organizers.

Did they tell you
why the comet shines so bright?

My Venla is worried about that.

They're gas bursts,
that's totally normal.

Tell Venla the gravitational fields
in the solar system

are tearing the comet apart.

The gas bursts mean NASA's Sprout
who was coming to the conference

will stay home
to observe them.

- He will only come
for the last two days. - Okay.

There's 15 minutes left
of breakfast, eat something.

HEALTH CENTRE

Let's go, dad.

Sure. Okay.

Where are we going?

Home.

It's the wrong way.

To me and Marita's place.
I told you, you're moving in with us.

When can I go to my own home?

Well, you tended to leave
your keys inside all the time,

and sometimes
you forgot your shoes.

The worst was when you left
the stove on.

That wasn't me.
I don't use the stove.

Right.

Venla's room is bigger,
but she has so much stuff.

- How about this?
- Where are my law books?

Your law books are all in here,
it's all okay.

I need my portable radio.

He means his mobile phone,
in his jacket pocket.

I need to call Hilkka,
let her know where I am.

I'll go get your phone.

Someone needs to watch him
all the time.

Can't you look for a new job
from home?

Look for a new job?

Our life is about to change.
We need a regular income.

You don't have to worry
about me finding work.

- Right?
- Don't I?

No!

- Where are you going?
- To kick at stones outside.

Ossi!
I'm going to make dinner.

24 people died: of carbon monoxide
poisoning in Keirmatta nursing home.

They'd been moved to
a dining hall with a fireplace,

as the oil burner was broken.

Some survived in a smaller room
with electric heaters in it.

Director Saana Hyry
was among the deceased.

The deceased are long-timer
residents of Ivalo,

and there's nobody here
who didn't know them

as friends, family members,
ex-colleagues, relatives.

This is an immense grief.

I know what this" is about.
Heaven's Gate, the cult in the US.

The Hale Bopp
visited the solar system in 1997.

You were supposed to report
on Hyry and other victims.

The cult leader had
convinced his followers,

that behind the comet is a spaceship
that will take the souls to safety.

An exciting story.
What does it have to do...

All of them overdosed
on phenobarbital.

The cult leader used to be
a music teacher.

To the cult members,
he was reincarnation of Christ.

Hey. Cut that out.

Think. Mass suicide.

Maybe Hyry promised the old people
the UFOs will restore their memory.

Niilo! Seriously.

I could accept that offer
when I'm older.

- I got to take this.
- It was an accident.

Don't start spreading your theories.

Don't even tell Alma!
And specifically not her.

People are crazy with grief,
let's not make it any worse. Get it?

Well. Hyry, Saana.
Lived in Ivalo all her life.

No children, trained
as a psychiatric nurse.

16 years at the nursing home.
No criminal record, nothing.

- Good, thanks.
- There are so many victims.

I'll email their info as soon as
I get it for survivors and victims.

- Thanks.
- Comets make people do crazy things.

At Heaven's Gate, everyone
was wearing Nike's sneakers.

Good. Our victims weren't.

Yes, so this is it.

Here have we machine
for filter coffee,

this white one.

And then we have this
espresso cooker.

Here, if you like.

This is a bit far from town,
so some people maybe not like,

but you are
our first Airbnb guest.

This is perfect.

- Why are you here?
- I'm a journalist.

I just ask because

I heard that American people
are in love to talk.

And I heard Finnish people
don't like to talk at all,

which is why I'm here.

Oh.
Are you married?

- Could I have the keys, please?
- Yes, of course. Sorry.

Hey, enjoy, enjoy.
Call me any time.

Thank you.

Were you talking to God?

When are we ready
for the next phase?

God is happy.

Now we just have to wait
for a while.

You need to go get
saline solution.

- Where do I get that?
- From the pharmacy.

- Yes?
- I thought you'd come to dinner.

I'm going to...

This crisis therapy or whatever,
the town offers it.

- But your dad made it.
- I don't know.

They're offering this
to the survivors' families as well.

- I could be long.
- I see.

BAR

Tell about dad when he was little.

He was always running away.

Even as a child?
He ran away when I was born.

But he came back
and saved my life.

- That's good to hear.
- Where did he run away from then?

From everywhere.
From school, from home.

Once even
during a holiday trip.

He always had his best friend
with him.

A boy of the same age, Jarmo.

The longest they reached

- was when they hitchhiked
to Denmark. - Oh?

Yes.
They were only 14 then.

Jarmo's family moved here
from Tornio.

They bought a house
right next to ours.

Hilkka didn't like Jarmo.

She didn't like
that he was so quiet.

I had a buyer for the tires.
They were disappointed.

I told you a year ago

we can't store them
in my f*cking garage.

The f*cking rat who ratted me out.
I know exactly who it was.

- I'll k*ll him.
- No, you won't.

It was Marita.

Of course it was her.
She was afraid of moving to Sweden.

She wanted me to lose my job.

It's just a good thing
Maybe.

It's a... new start.

What do you mean new?

Too many things are going on here.
People are sad and angry.

You can't take Pumpkin
to your work.

I have to travel again tomorrow,
so I was thinking what if I...

- Take Pumpkin with me to Vienna.
- No!

- Listen! I can handle him.
- Of course, but no!

It's easy to carry him around.
I got one of these.

I don't want Pumpkin
in cold ice rinks...

- They're not cold.
- Horrible noise.

I'll protect his ears.

No way!
I can't be apart from him for a week.

- Five days.
- No. We have a place in daycare.

You said
Santeri is too small to go.

He's getting bigger by the day.

I enrolled him in the daycare.

- Hey, that's a big thing.
- Yes.

Yes!
Wohoo!

You'll be a real team player now,
right?

Yes!

Why are you looking
so sinfully good here?

Is this some apology?

For ratting me out?

Stealing is a sin,
but I didn't rat you out.

- You did! You snitched
to Testing Land. - No.

I don't mind, it's just good.

Being a test driver
was a lousy job.

Drive there, go here.

I'll buy me a new tractor.
So there.

- For your truck?
- I've missed being on the road.

- With what money?
- I've got savings.

Truck tractors
cost an awful lot.

We ran the tire business
for two years...

- We can't afford it.
- Yes we can.

- What can't you afford?
- Tractor.

- Don't interrupt!
- You started it.

We have to make a baby now!

What do you mean a baby?

Esko, listen...

- I believe.
- Have you talked to the doctors?

No, I feel
we could do it now.

- Now!
- Now?

You know why I became
a truck driver?

Well, why?

This is so damn corny,

but ever since a little boy,
I've had this feeling

that someone is
following me all the time.

Except if I get
far away from here.

What's far enough?

Well... In my own truck,

let's say somewhere
on the Turkish-Greek border.

Far enough somewhere
I've finally felt

that I'm not being watched,
at least all the time.

Aren't you a big boy?

Mom doesn't want you to learn
to lie or to cheat.

But mom went to the daycare
and the bulletin board was full of

notices of lice, noro virus
and human pinworms.

Children catch also other things
besides bad habits from daycare.

So let's not make daddy nervous,
he's far away.

It's better that you continue
riding with mom, right?

Excuse me? Sorry,
can't find the g*n section.

I need to purchase a g*n.

Nothing special,
just a hand g*n, some a*mo.

You can't buy g*ns in markets
in Finland.

What?

Well, there's a special store
for them,

but even then,
you can't buy a g*n.

Unless you are a long-time
member of the sh**ting club

or a hunting club,
you know like for sports.

- This is just a short stay.
- I'm so sorry.

No, you don't understand.
I really, really need a g*n.

There must be somewhere!

No. You're better off
without a g*n, lady.

This is a safe country,
and even if it wasn't,

this is the only protection
you really need.

- Niilo, hey!
- Oh!

- Was it in the bathroom?
- Yes.

My lower back has been aching.

- Might have slipped a disc.
- You have to lock the g*n up.

It's always the same long sentence,
repeated again and again.

Let's see what we can find.

I was in Rome for work
last summer and...

I can't remember anything
about the last night.

It was just a boring evening,
but I don't remember it.

- I wonder if they did something to me.
- Like what?

Planted some kind of tech.

Does the scan reveal
tech implants and such?

Let's just scan your brain.

How come this is locked?

- Yes?
- Why is the door locked?

I'm in the middle of something.
Did you want something?

The nursing home ordered firewood
from the Hovattas across the lake.

They've always ordered
wood for their sauna.

But when the snow mobile fell
in the ice near Kermatta,

they fished out
Tuomas Hovatta.

He had a load of firewood
he was taking across the lake.

- Were they going to the nursing home?
- We don't know yet, but...

What makes it suspicious
the snow mobile fell in the ice

the day before
the home's oil burner broke.

Thanks, Niilo. Good work!
I'll talk to the people on the farm.

Thanks.

- Until tomorrow!
- Tomorrow.

VICTIMS

WHAT'S THE BLOOD FOR?

Why would anyone want to k*ll
people who would die soon anyway?

We need your help
to figure that out.

Well...

The survivors...

Axar Patel. I've met him,
I know he's a Hindu.

Then there's Miss Nisametdin.

I don't know, but her name suggests
she's a Tatar and a Muslim.

Leena Huvanto,
bookkeeper at the local bank.

It was a scandal when she turned
Buddhist and got divorced.

Then there's our old
police chief Kangasniemi,

who was very much
frowned upon

when he and his late wife
left the church.

At least four
of these six survivors

Hyry carted out of the dining hall

are not members of the church.

What's your point?

It also looks like all the victims
were church members in this parish.

- Each and every one.
- Good catch.

Then there's the blood.

What could that mean?

Have the Christians had
some upsets among them lately?

- Upsets?
- Yes.

I thought you might know,
being a Laestadian.

Well... The Laestadians rely on
God's creative grace.

All children are born believers.

To us, all life is sacred,
much more than to Sunday Christians.

I need more information.

You could talk to Martti Sonka.

He's our ex general practitioner,
retired for a long time.

He has studied the history of
revivalists all over Lapland.

No tumors,
no other findings

and none of the technical
gadgets you suspected.

- f*ck this.
- Many people would be relieved.

If there was something extra,
we could just cut it away.

- My dad got schizophrenia
when I was 10. - Okay.

Sorry to hear that.

I know it's hereditary.

Late onset schizophrenia
is very rare.

I wonder how the American is doing.

Don't worry about her,
she'll be fine.

I would just like to know.

It's not our business.
Can I take your car?

- To work?
- Yes, a stakeout.

Of course.

- Where are the keys?
- In the kitchen.

Professor Assad?
That would be me.

- We need you to come with us.
- Oh, great.

I didn't know that somebody
will come pick me up.

- Do you work for the conference?
- No.

We're from the Finnish police.

- Okay. What's going on?
- This way.

Where are we going?

Your detectives from Helsinki

arrested a Lebanese participant
to the conference.

- Yes.
- Why?

We fed the participants
into Interpol's database.

His name was
immediately redflagged.

He has prior arrests.

He was categorized a security risk
in his home country 15 years ago.

Okay, in Lebanon. Why?
Connections to t*rrorists?

The info was not public,
we have to talk to him.

You know what I'm thinking?

Remember the words from the alleged
t*rror1st's whiteboard in DC?

Estimated number of casualties
35 - 50.

What if the number doesn't refer
to the SpaceGuard conference

but the nursing home victims?

What if the number of casualties is
a sign of worse things yet to come?

Nothing connects the nursing home
deaths to SpaceGuard conference.

Not directly.

- Mom, a car.
- Who's in there?

One of them is a woman
with her tit in a baby's mouth.

Just a simple question:

was your son delivering
the firewood to the nursing home?

- On the 14th of November?
- When he fell through the ice.

It's not that long ago.

We deliver wood
to several places.

That's where it went.

Was there something
special about the order?

What would there be
about a firewood order?

They need firewood.

Has the child been baptized?

Yes, he has.

Are you church members?

Leave that brat alone!

The husband shot himself.

The son didn't finish 9th grade.

Had they told me beforehand

that belonging to the church

would save my poor family
from these trials

I'm sure we would have
rushed to join the church.

Thanks!

We take comfort in thinking

Kalervo didn't have to make
his journey to heaven alone.

He did it together
with his best friends.

There is no gate as wide
as Heaven's gate.

And now, 24 people
walked in hand in hand.

I wonder who is next?

Who will they bury next?

"A child wanders alone
in the vast wilderness."

"A lovely God's angel
is taking her home."

The journey so long,
no sight of the home

"but the lovely God's angel
walks right by her side."

I try to be as good a Muslim
as I can.

What do you mean by that?

Quran was written
in different times.

It's hard
to understand it sometimes.

Have you been contacting anyone
in United States lately?

A lot.
Goes with the job.

We astrophysicists,
we keep contact with each other.

Space is our true home country

and mathematics is the language
we use to describe it.

Do you have any close friends
or relatives living there in US?

Close friends, no,
relatives, yes.

Any of them
living in Washington?

Not to my knowledge.

What is this about?
Why am I here?

You have been arrested
several times

by the Lebanese security police
and also imprisoned.

I was arrested because of my...

Fiancé.

My boyfriend.

Oh.

It's against the law
to be h*m* in Lebanon.

True.

But the law hasn't been
carried out for many years.

I was arrested and imprisoned
not because I'm g*y,

but because my boyfriend
is Israeli.

Luther's big discovery was

that we don't need the church
between God and people.

Any person has
a direct connection to God.

The revivalist movements
took the same idea much further.

Charismatic lay preachers
went around meetings,

spreading their own
take on the Bible,

absolving people.

People had visions,
heard voices, saw angels,

went into trance.

But when they
interpreted the Bible's teachings

in a new way
with a very strong slant

around the Northen Scandinavia,

this resulted of course
in quite many truths.

There are dozens
of these sects.

- Santeri! - Don't worry.
Let him read by all means.

Do we know if any of these sects
encouraged violence in teachings?

No.
Well..

All communities
have their horror stories.

I've studied the history of
revivalist movements for 40 years.

Here and there I found rumors

about a sect around
the early Laestadian movement.

The leading preacher was called
Anders Antti Taimen.

His followers were called
Taimenians.

Taimen's ideas
were so severe

- that the elders of Lapland denied...
- Elders of Lapland?

The leading lay preachers
in Northern Scandinavia

toward the end
of the 19th century.

And what did this Taimen teach?

Taimen is a historians' nightmare.

The believers were told to destroy
all written possession about Taimen

and erase their memory
both of Taimen

and every encounter with him.

All that remains are
old minutes with lines drawn over,

burned letters,
some inane pictures.

I can try to look into it,

but it might just be a story
invented as a warning example.

If you try and extend one finger,
just one at a time.

Let's try.

When your hands are crossed,
nothing is sin.

When your baby is born,
you need your hands to care for it.

The pinkie finger.

- Will you help me?
- I will.

No!
Help me, pull it straight.

- We need the doctor here.
- No! No doctor.

Kerttu! The skin in your hands
has grown together.

How can I care for my baby?

I won't let the baby
be harmed in any way.

I promise.

A Scania, R-series.

The second generation
was introduced in 2016,

and it won't break.

Too hot, too cold,
no matter what.

You can drive it on a battleground,
not a scratch.

And if you mean to take on
a very long haul...

- Do you.
- Yes.

Then the Highline model
is the best truck tractor ever.

There's plenty of room
for a little travel companion.

- Buy that.
- New ones are too expensive.

They are so good,
they're hard to find second-hand.

I guess I have to settle
for an older Scania,

or Volvo or Mann,
they're good, too.

- I have to see what we can find.
- They're ugly.

They're tools,
not Miss Truck pageants.

And you can never find
the best deals online.

- You remember my old pal Jarmo?
- Yes.

He has contacts to trucking people
all over Northern Finland.

He could help us look.

We just need to find a reliable
judge to help us decide.

- I can come.
- Can you? It would be great.

And you should come,
this is a family investment, right?

Antti Taimen.
Never heard of a preacher that name.

Not many have,
the early Laestadian elders saw to it.

There are Taimens around here,
at least when I was young.

- Here? - Yes, in Ivalo.
The area behind Rajakangas is...

- Called Taimenperä!
- Yes.

That's true!
I'll look into the local Taimens.

Can you dig into
Saana Hyry's background?

Full work history, family,
everything she has done.

And find out about
Raakel Hovatta.

- The m*rder investigation
moves forward. - Yes.

- I let the professor go,
he's not a security risk. - Okay.

Are you okay?

- Yes.
- Nina! And Mr. Stenius...

I need to show you something.

They are from Saana Hyry's apartment.

She was embroidering
these framed quotes.

All of them have
a religious theme.

But she was still working on one.

D/24 UN302,

The official name
of our comet.

The truth about
the comet D/24 UN302 erase all...

Niilo, can you stay with
Pumpkin for a while?

- Of course.
- Thanks.

They're gaining too much headway.

Professor Granqvist,
you didn't pick up our calls.

I can't talk now,

the conference
kicks off tomorrow.

You know and I also heard

that you two
arrested one of our attendees,

Professor Assad. That's...

That's what we do
when we believe

that someone is
withholding information from us.

So, please, have a seat.

Would you two give us
a couple of minutes, please?

Oh! We need to have
good snacks for a stakeout.

Was there something
you didn't tell us last time?

About the comet
or about this conference.

Something important
you left out?

Why do you ask?

You probably heard about
the 24 dead people

at the local retirement home.

Yes, I...
It's a ghastly accident.

No, it wasn't.
They were m*rder*d.

And the people who did it
are still on the loose.

- But everyone said
it was an accident. - Yeah.

If you promise
to keep our secret,

we promise to keep yours.

The mass m*rder,
it was religiously motivated.

And it connects
directly to your comet.

24 dead people.

Please.
What are you not telling us?

Is the comet somehow related
to Christianity? Help us.

Comet D/24 UN302
is the star of Betlehem.

- What?
- It's the star of Betlehem.

Yeah,
the light in the night sky

that guided
the wise men of the Bible

to find the infant Jesus,

that is if you believe
in such things.

The truth of the comet will
erase all disbelief on the Earth.

- What's that?
- Nothing.

When the comet was discovered
1.5 years ago here in Ivalo,

we calculated
when it had visited

our solar system
the previous time.

And that was in the year 4 BC.

Now, in that year,

from February until April,
it shone bright in the sky.

Definitely in Judea, too.

The historians today,

they date
the birth of historic Jesus

to be somewhere between
7-2 BC. So...

So you published false data
about the comet's last visit?

Why didn't you go public

about the tragedy
in the retirement home

as a mass m*rder,
I mean, that's pretty important.

Because nobody except you
had any use for that fact.

Right?

And we also worried that people
would react too strongly

and in too many
unpredictable ways if they knew

that the star that witnessed
Christ's birth

was back in the sky.

So we decided not to risk it.

One more push.

It was not
an easy decision to make.

And why are you guys
meeting now?

To discuss how
and when to reveal the truth

about the previous visit
of the comet.

And also how to explain away
our earlier miscalculations.

Give it to me!

Can you wait a second?

No, now! Now!

- Kerttu...
- Give me the baby!

We have to bandage these.

Give me my baby!

Hi there.

Hello.

You are mine.

Yes, mine!
Not my father's.

Not God's.

Mine!

All mine.

You're a perfect child.

You are one, too.
A perfect child.