01x08 - Episode 8

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A PRIVATE AFFAIR

Who are you talking about?

The fleur-de-lis k*ller.

She has the flower engraved.

How is that possible?

He's been active for over 30 years.

Margo, you need to tell us
everything you remember about the case.

Who is she?

Sonia Ramos.

She worked with us at the House of Water.

I was only a child back then.

The House of Water was in Ourense,
and a local man confessed to her m*rder.

He was locked up in an asylum.

And after that,
they took us away from there.

They said she was brutally stabbed.

We should check if the craftsman's drawing
matches my father's book.

That could connect
the old case with the new one.

Voila.

Remember that your father
worked in Ourense at that time.

As did Ramirez.

Detective Ramirez.

Sonia Ramos. How could you hide
her case from us all this time?

Marina?

What do you know about her?

Where did you get that name?

Why didn't you tell us?

I don't know what you're talking about.

I know she was
the fleur-de-lis k*ller's

first victim 30 years ago.

We found a photo of the crime
among my father's books,

and the fleur-de-lis is on her chest.

-Where are you?
-At home.

-I'll be right there.
-No.

We're going to Ourense.

Wait!

Meet me in 20 minutes
at the Santa Maria crossroads.

Why aren't you coming?

It's your brother's birthday.

If neither one of us is there,
he might think we're still investigating.

But we'll find all the answers in Ourense.

Who knows...

Perhaps I will be
of better help from home.

Am I really talking to Hector Hugo?

And am I talking to Miss Quiroga?

All right.

Be careful.

I'll call you when we find something.

I'll be waiting.

Of course I knew of her death.

But I didn't know
the fleur-de-lis was on her.

How could you not have known?

I wasn't involved in the investigation.

Your father wanted
to keep the case top secret.

Who was the man who turned himself in?

How do you know all this?

We're here to talk about the case, right?

The boy who committed that crime

was a young man
who worked with us at the station.

A handyman. He came
to do odd jobs every once in a while.

His name was Santiago Melero.

He wanted to be a police officer.

But he was a bit slow.

Your father was very fond of him.

He taught him to read and write.

That's why this case
was particularly difficult for him.

He was sent to a mental institution
instead of jail.

Are you saying
my father acted dishonestly?

Your father was human.

And he would've never allowed you
to continue this investigation

as it was very delicate for him.

What are you suggesting?

That you stay here.

-I'll go.
-I take it that's an order.

You're correct, Detective.

Don't expect me to give up now.

It's up to you whether
we go to Ourense ourselves,

or we all go together
so we don't miss anything.

What will it be, Detective?

I don't know why my parents
never returned here.

I was six the last time I came to Ourense.

The cake trays look lovely.

Truly amazing, Lourditas.

Perfect. Let's see this table.

One, two, three, four.

But we aren't four.

Hector, we aren't four.

The thing is...

Marina will not be
joining you at the table.

What?

The young lady is feeling unwell.

How can she miss her brother's birthday?

She has a horrible headache.

-I'll go check on her.
-No!

It's better to let her rest,

and maybe later
she can come down for the cake.

I'll finish getting dressed.

God, why did you have
to get a headache today, my girl?

Hector!

Marina.

She's not here.

What were you doing there?

I'm preparing Marina's alibi.

I have to talk to her.

-I remembered something.
-You did?

Sonia Ramos had a son.

He was only three years old,
but he witnessed the crime.

If the case involved a minor,
it must be perfectly archived.

Where?

That is the question.

Leave it to me.

Be careful, you're going to fall!

See you later.

Watch it, girl!

ALFONSO QUIROGA
COMMISSIONER

-I won!
-You cheated!

Okay, miss.

Why were you arrested this time?

MOTHER'S NAME: SONIA

Who is that?

Do not play with my cases.

Who was that boy, Dad?

I bet his parents died.

You never fear they'll hurt you?

Never.

And if I'm ever scared, I open this drawer

and all my fears go away
when I see you two.

Look, it's us!

This is me, and this is both of us. Look.

But I don't want
anything to happen to you.

We're all going to die, Marina.

Who wants to go to the lab?

Me!

What, you don't want to go?

-I'm going to win again!
-No!

I'll be right back.

Stay right here.

Marina, where are you going?

He just told us to stay here.

Yeah, right.

That's why I came, to sit in a car.

It's not our station.

We can't wander around like it's ours.

-I can't wait any longer.
-No. Marina!

You're going to...

Here, over here!

-Hello.
-Hello.

How can I help you?

Hello. I'm Detective Pablo Zarco.

We're looking for Detective Ramirez,

he just came in to see the commissioner.

Thank you.

Please wait there.

Of course.

Please wait here. Thank you.

See how easy that was?

If I had that badge,
I would move mountains.

I'm sure you would.

But if Ramirez told us to wait,
I don't think they'll let us in.

What are we waiting for, then?

Good question. Marina, no!

Marina! Marina...

Hello.

Thank you for accompanying me, Detective.
I'm so nervous...

Good afternoon.

They took my purse in broad daylight!

I'll get in trouble for disobeying
an order from a superior.

That was it.

TECHNICAL SECRETARY

-What?
-My father's office.

No, don't...

Marina, don't even think about it.

Marina, please, don't!

Please, don't!

We can't open this door.

We can't be in this office.
Marina! Marina!

Marina, are you listening to me?

Are you listening to me?

No, she's not listening.

Marina, what are you looking for?

I don't know yet.

Great. She doesn't know.

Sometimes you sense things...

Things?

If you pay attention to them,

life can give you...

Voila.

much more than you expected.

What is that?

It's me and my brother.

Look at this.

Who is that boy?

Damian Ramos.

VIOLENT HOMICIDE WITNESS

It's Sonia Ramos' son.

Don't tell me.

You couldn't find the bathroom.

What are you doing here?

-What are you looking for?
-You, Detective.

Right. Inside that box?

Stop this nonsense
and get out of this office right now.

Come on.

We'll finally find the m*rder*r.

And be sanctioned, Zarco.

-No, please.
-Yes, indeed.

While you were on your
unauthorized tour of the station,

I convinced the commissioner

to sign a warrant for the hospital.

Great!

It's a shame we can't
reach it for the time being.

What do you mean?

It's in quite an isolated place.

Only one road leads to it,

but it's impossible to drive there now.

The recent storms
have caused a few trees to fall.

So the patients are isolated there?

-It seems so.
-What if there's an emergency?

If that happens,

there's a woman with a boat.

Let's go see her.

No, forget about it.

It's not part of the plan.

Ramirez, a policeman's job
is to improvise.

See, Castano taught me that.

Yeah? And what else did he teach you?

-I don't like this.
-What's wrong?

He's hiding information from us.

Not all officers like working with you.

First he didn't
want us to come to Ourense,

then he left us outside,

now he doesn't want us here.

Why didn't he tell us
that Sonia Ramos had a son?

All right.

-What if he didn't know?
-How could he not?

Ramirez was my father's
right hand in every case.

I believe he had access to everything.

And why is he talking to her for so long?

That man is loyal to your father.

He didn't want anyone
snooping into the case.

I don't know.

-There's something fishy going on.
-Marina, Zarco, let's go!

Come on.

Pay attention to everything,
as Hector would've done.

CHILD CASES
ARCHIVED


CHILD CASES

OURENSE CASES
CONFIDENTIAL

Voila.

Surprise!

Mr. Arturo.

Happy birthday, my love!

Happy birthday.

I swear, I'd forgotten today...

-Forgot it was November 23rd?
-Yes.

It's your birthday, dear.
Time sure flies.

Now, blow out these candles
and make a wish.

Wonderful!

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday, sir.

Sparkling wine will liven this up!

Where's Marina?

She's unwell.
She has a headache.

She hasn't fully recovered,

and she keeps overexerting herself,
so it's no wonder.

Excuse me, I need to go to the bathroom.

Of course.

Please, don't tell anyone.

Where is Marina?

Still working on that damn case, right?

Hector, if you want to protect her,
tell me where she is.

-She went out.
-Yeah, I can see that.

Where did she go?

Hector, don't you see the danger she's in?

You don't know
who the suspects are now.

Come on, Hector, come on!

I'm asking you, please, Hector.

Where did she go?

To Ourense, to investigate
a case from 30 years ago

in which the victim
had a fleur-de-lis engraved on her chest.

Ourense?

Don't worry. She was traveling
with Detective Zarco

and with Ramirez.

With Ramirez?

Please tell my mother
that I must leave the party.

I need the library ready
so I can start a search operation.

Right away.

We have arrived.

It's over there.

PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENCE
OF THE SIL RIVER

I told you this wasn't a good idea.

Let's go.

Right, as we can see,

all of the symptoms are compatible
with the theory we presented earlier.

Therefore, the patient must continue
with the treatment we had prescribed.

Yes?

Sir, some people
would like to speak to you.

If you'll excuse me.

Detective. I haven't seen you in a while.

I believe it was...

I'm here
with Mr. Alfonso Quiroga's daughter.

Nice to meet you.

How can I be of help?

Santiago Melero was mentally weak.

Excuse me, that's inappropriate
and also imprecise.

I'm interested in his medical diagnosis.

And why did you say "was?"

Is this a new police trick?

To send an attractive secretary
for interrogations?

Could you just answer the question?

All in due time, miss.

Santiago Melero's case
is one of extreme schizoid insanity,

with solipsistic behavior,
lacking any signs of emotion,

he had no cognitive capacity,

and he had a tendency to self-harm.

He even lost one of his fingers.

Is that okay for you, miss?

Or should I use a different terminology
so that you can follow?

Obsessive, emotional solitude,
lack of empathy...

Instead of schizophrenia or insanity,

it sounds like what Austrian psychiatrist
Leo Kanner called autism. Heard of it?

Or should I use other terminology
so you can follow?

Women shouldn't read
about things they don't understand.

Sure, but a man with an office
covered in diplomas should.

It's over there.

Santiago Melero is over there.

Dead.

Dead?

What do you mean? He's dead?

The patient died just over a year ago.

But that's not possible.

I'm afraid it is, miss.

I attended his funeral,
I was the only one there.

He didn't have any family or friends.

That man's continued murdering women--

You cannot share details about the case.

All right. I think that's all
that we needed to know.

Thank you so much for your kindness.

-We won't take any more of your time.
-It was my pleasure.

We should go home.

-Marina, let's go.
-What?

-Let's go.
-Already? But...

Come on.

We shouldn't have left so soon.

Marina, be as stubborn as you want,

but our investigation in Ourense is over.

What if that man lied to us?

What if Melero didn't die, but escaped?

Marina, please,
don't start with your crazy theories!

I see Santiago Melero every day.

At night, I see him walking barefoot.

Walking?

With others.

Each of them carries a lit candle.

Yeah, right. And leading them is a mortal

who holds a cross
and a cauldron of holy water.

Please, this woman is crazy.

She's talking about the Holy Company.

Don't tell me that you...

You believe all those...

Can't you sense
the aroma of wax in the air?

City folk.

You don't know anything.

Could you take us to the cemetery?

What the hell?

The one on the other side.
Could you?

I'm not leaving until seeing
if Santiago's still alive.

Santiago is dead.

He's not the fleur-de-lis k*ller.

Who is it, then?

I gave the order over an hour ago!

They can't find her in Ourense!

Sweep the entire province.

I brought you a whisky and a coffee.

Do you realize the mess you've made?

Pack her things, we're leaving tonight.

Right away. Excuse me.

-Rosa.
-What's wrong?

Go home and wait for me there.

You're scaring me, what's going on?

Something unexpected.
I have to deal with it.

It'll be a long night.

-But...
-Don't worry, everything's fine.

-Mother, walk her out?
-Certainly.

There's a car's waiting.

Come on, let's go, let's go.

What happened?

The investigation has become complicated.

I must make sure you'll be safe.

We're leaving.

Do you have what I asked?

I'll wait for you at the back door.

Hector is grabbing your things.

Rosa is in the car, Son.

We can't go on like this.

I know this is a difficult time for you,

but you have to let yourself be happy.

I need to go out.

I must do something
at the station. I'll be back.

This isn't a good time to go.

I will not do that, Mother.

I promise.

Good.

I'll be right back.

We should split up.

Are you sure?

I'm sure that the answer
to everything is in that grave.

SANTIAGO MELERO


"Santiago Melero."

Don't come any closer! Don't!

What?

You've been holding us back
since we left. Stay away!

What happened?

-What's going on?
-We found the grave.

Are you okay?

We'll get to the bottom of this.
I promise.

We're in luck.

The recent rain has softened the ground.

Digging won't be hard.

I didn't know you were
a gravedigger prior to detective.

My uncle and aunt owned a funeral parlor.

But I preferred investigating dead people
rather than burying them.

Okay.

Let's see how many fingers this body has.

What?

If it's Santiago,
he'll have four fingers on one hand.

Sciatica.

Boy, you're going to have to do it.

Me? What am I, the team mule?

I mean, Marina is perfectly capable
of doing everything a man can do, right?

-I could.
-Good.

Please, Detective.

Behave. You should be ashamed.

Women and their halfway liberation. Jesus.

Come on, we'll take turns.

Will you let me help you
before it starts pouring?

No.

The coffin. I've reached it.

-Take it out.
-What?

Take it out, quickly.

No. I'm not taking it out on my own.

Here. Right here.

Gently.

Zarco, how many fingers on that hand?

Five.

And the other hand?

Four.

There's no doubt about it.

Santiago Melero
can't be the current m*rder*r.

Hold on, wait a minute.

What's this?

This man's throat was slit.

He was m*rder*d?

The fleur-de-lis.

It can't be.

Think, Marina, think.

You have to look
beyond what meets the eye.

Okay.

Sonia Ramos,
the woman from the House of Water,

m*rder*d 30 years ago,
the fleur-de-lis engraved on her.

Melero was guilty of that m*rder.

He was caught red-handed.

But 30 years later, another k*ller

attacks women from the House of Water.

And Santiago,
who was the first one to die a year ago.

The women were k*lled after, but why?

Why?

Alastor, the demon of vengeance.

Who would want to avenge
the death of Sonia Ramos?

More importantly, who would
be capable of waiting 30 years

to carry out their vengeance?

Her son!

Sonia Ramos' son
is the fleur-de-lis k*ller.

What is it?

I had just hoped that I was wrong.

Don't you recognize that boy?

Arturo.

Did my mother see you?

Don't worry, I left her in her room.

Sir, have you heard anything
from Miss Marina?

Let's go!

Sir...

Be careful.

Marina, slow down, you'll k*ll us.

I shouldn't have let you drive.

Stop the car.

We don't have time.

In the glovebox you'll find
your new passport and money.

Are you scared?

There's nothing to worry about.

And where exactly are you leaving me?

At the border.

PASSPORT
SPAIN

What is this?

Someone has to help you cross the country.

Where's mine?

All in due time.

VIOLENT HOMICIDE WITNESS

VIOLENT DEATH WITH MARK ON THE CHEST

WITNESS TO m*rder
OF HIS MOTHER

Margo! Margo!

Hector!

Marina, sweetheart!

Marina! I'm in here!

Mom! Where's Margo?

-Where's my friend?
-She left with your brother.

-What's wrong?
-Where did they go?

What's going on?

Why didn't you tell me
that my brother was adopted?

Marina, for God's sake.
Tell me what's going on.

-Mom.
-Tell me.

Arturo...

-Arturo...
-Is the fleur-de-lis k*ller.

-No!
-Mom!

Mom!

Mom, listen to me.

Look at me.

A woman's in danger
and we need to help her.

Look at me, please! Look at me!

Mom, my brother, Arturo,

he goes somewhere
on his birthday every year.

Where does he go?

He goes to the Monastery
of San Lourenzo de Carboeiro.

Because that's where his mother is buried.

A church? What are we doing here?

There's something I must do.

That wasn't the deal.

Shut up.

Let's go.

Did you know they buried
poor people at this church?

Let go of me!

Of course, they didn't do it inside,
they did it out here!

In mass graves.

Bodies thrown away like trash.

People like my mother!

No...

Asuncion isn't...

Who said anything about Asuncion?

Sonia Ramos was my mother.

You and your friends let her die.

And now you're going to apologize to her.

Apologize to her!

Apologize to her!

I'm sorry! I'm sorry!

I'm sorry! I'm sorry!

Let me go and I won't tell anyone.

-I swear.
-You won't tell anyone?

-I swear.
-Like when my mother was k*lled?

No.

None of those b*tches that I k*lled

screamed even half as much
as she did that night.

I know because I was there.

I saw everything.

How could you leave him alone with her?

That's not true.

That's not true.

I didn't know anything.

You're lying.

He paid you.

He paid you so he could k*ll her.

I was a child,
and she was a helpless woman.

Don't you see?

I was a child too.

I looked after you!

You were like the rest.

You did nothing. Nothing!

You left me alone.

It's over.

Arturo!

Arturo, let her go!

One more step and I'll k*ll her!

Nobody is going to sh**t you! Nobody!

Don't hurt her.

Put the g*ns down!

Please...

Arturo, I just want to talk.

"Always protect the innocent," remember?

Dad taught us that.

I wish he'd done that.

Why do you say that?

Get back!

You don't know, Marina.

You don't know anything.

Let me help you.

Release Margo. It's not too late yet.

Not too late?

It's not too late to do justice, Marina.

That's all I can still do.

-Get back!
-Arturo!

Get back!

You have no idea, Marina,

what it's like to be
totally alone in this world.

-Please.
-To have your mother k*lled like a dog.

What would you have done, Marina?

What would you do?

Answer me! What would you do?

Arturo.

Arturo, I understand the pain
you must be feeling, but this isn't--

You don't understand anything, Marina.

All those women
knew he was threatening her,

and they let him k*ll her.
And so did Dad.

No, that can't be how it happened.

Your dad could've saved my mom.
He didn't.

You know Dad
would never do something like that.

Why do you think he took me in, Marina?

Because he loved me?

Please...

He did it to ease his guilt, Marina.

But of course he loved you, Arturo.

Dad loved you very much.

And so do I. I love you so much.

I wouldn't be the same without you.

Without your hugs during storms, remember?

And without all those times
we played cops and robbers.

Marina, this isn't your fantasy world.

This isn't a game. It's real life.

Please, listen to me. Please.

You're going to have a baby.

I have to put an end to this.

No!

Marina!

Ramirez! No!

Arturo!

Arturo, don't move.

Look at me. Look at me!

It's okay. You're okay.

It's okay.

Don't strain yourself. Look at me.

Finally the great Quiroga
solved the mystery.

What kind of nonsense is that?

This is how
detective stories end, isn't it?

No.

No. The bad guy can't die.

The bad guy has to be tried.
Dad taught us that, remember?

Dad wasn't the person you think he was.

It's okay. Arturo.

Arturo!

Arturo.

Arturo!

Arturo!

Arturo!

No!

I see they let you out.

Thanks to your fine work, Miss Quiroga.

I hope all this hasn't
made you consider giving up.

This life isn't for us, right, Hector?

Right.

I know you touched your ear.

A PRIVATE AFFAIR
EPISODE 8: FAMILY SECRETS