01x06 - Babette

[bunniefuu]

[Carola] Good evening, Mrs. Struyck.

-[uneasy music playing]
-I'm Detective Carola Visser.

We're investigating
Hanneke Lemstra's fall.

Could we

speak alone for a moment?

Mm. Okay.

We're ready, Detective.

Come with us.

{\an8}THE PERFECT LIE

[haunting music playing]

[door closes]

So sorry about the hour.

This won't take long.

[tapping on keypad]

[cell phone dialing]

[Simon] As you can hear,
I can't answer the phone right now.

Please leave a message after the tone

and I'll call you back
just as soon as I can.

[answerphone beeps]

Hey, Simon, it's me. Um, I…

I lied to the police.

I said I was home all night with Babette.

And they're talking to her right now,

and I don't know what she's going to say.

Call me.

[music fades]

What do you want me to say?

Well, first, we would like for you
to tell us where you were last night.

At home.

I… I just… I was here.

[coffee machine whirs]

They think that one of us did it.
That's f*cking insane.

A neighbor heard Hanneke arguing
with someone before she fell.

And there was the open door, just…
They think she knew the person who did it.

They kept that from you?

Yeah.

f*cking sh*t! Sorry.

[Michel sighs]

You heard what Hanneke said?
About Simon and the money.

-Drugs, right?
-Mm-hmm.

-And running the thing through the gym.
-Do you think he did it?

-What?
-Do you think he pushed Hanneke?

-No, he wouldn't.
-He could have done it.

He's always pulling some stunt.
He's capable of anything.

Simon didn't do it.

Patricia said they were together, right?
At their beach house?

Then who was at the apartment? Babette?

[unsettling music playing]

She was with you all night, right?

Did she leave without you? It only takes
a half hour to get there and back.

We were here at the house.

-[knocking on door]
-[Karen] Can I come in?

-[music stops]
-[door opens]

Coffee?

Thank you.

Thank you, hon.

Yeah.

It's an enormous comfort.

My friends are good to me.

Keep your back straight.

And take a long inhale.

And exhale.

And now the other side.

And come back.

Bring your hands in front of your heart
in anjali mudra.

And thank yourself for being here today.

For taking this hour to be present in body

and mindful of spirit here today.

Beautiful work. Have a good day.

[indistinct chatter]

-Hey.
-Hey.

How you doing?

All right.

[Karen] I haven't seen you in a while.
Since the Christmas show.

Are you okay?

And the boys?

Yeah.

I called you,
but you never called me back.

Sorry, I…

I really don't know
how to make peace with it.

Ah, yeah, you mean--

You and Simon.

[Ivo] Hey, ladies. Have fun at yoga?

Hey, Ivo.

-You back again?
-[Ivo] Yeah.

[Babette] Nice job. Looking good.

[Ivo chuckles]

It was a mistake. I just… I…

It… It's over now. It's… It's done.

Yeah?

Yeah.

[Babette chuckles]

But, uh, you didn't tell anyone else?

No. It's your secret.

[Hanneke] Karen!

You went to yoga?

Hey. Uh, yeah.

[Hanneke] Well, I tried calling you
earlier. I would have picked you up.

Oh, well.

-You're here.
-[Karen chuckles]

[Hanneke] Am I interrupting?

No.

[Babette] Hm.

Is it gonna be awkward
every time we're in the same place?

I have no problem with you.

All right.

What were you talking about?

Oh, just Evert.

[Hanneke] Mm.

And how much he misses the boys.

They want him back at the house.
They can't wait until he's home again.

And neither can I.

[tense music playing]

[Carola] I see your husband listed Hanneke
as his emergency contact at therapy.

Is that so unusual?

Well, did he?

Yeah.

[Carola] What was that like for you?

[music fades]

[Beau] Luuk, give it back!

Come on!

Luuk, it was mine first.

[grunting]

[Luuk] Ouch!

-I'm gonna pinch you.
-[Luuk grunts]

[Luuk] Ow, ouch!

If you boys can't get along,
then give me my phone.

I… I wanted to find out the time.

Give it to me! You need to stop lying.
You wanted to play a game.

-But Papa always lets us.
-Oh?

Well, I'm not your father.

[car door opens]

Come here, Luuk.

-Did he hurt you?
-[Luuk] Yeah.

-Hello, monkeys!
-[Beau] Daddy!

[Evert grunts]

Mmm, mwah, mwah, mwah!

Mwah!

-Well, well, I've missed you two.
-[Beau] Are we having pizza?

Of course, pizza! Gonna do
lots of pizza eating. You were late.

I'll bring them home tomorrow at ten.

-Do you mean to our home?
-Our place. Of course.

Evert… Sorry.

I just find this whole situation
a little bit weird.

Yeah.

-Let's go upstairs.
-Do you mind if I come?

I'd be just a minute.

I don't think that's a good idea.

Okay, love. You heard your dad.

It's not a good time right now. You can
show me the PlayStation another day, okay?

[Luuk] Dad, please!

[chuckles softly]

[Babette] "You only
have to change one thing."

"Everything."

Does it work?

[Evert] For me, it does.

And those group meetings?
What do you talk about?

How is the gym going?

You don't have to worry about that
in the middle--

Ah, yeah, no worries, yeah.

I don't need to be involved in my own gym.

Hey, nothing strange is going on.
I can watch over things.

Babette, it's my thing!

-[Babette] Hm.
-[Evert] I'm sorry.

Sorry, I just…

I don't trust Simon anymore.

I'm losing sleep over it.

The place is on fire.
Simon's gonna burn down the whole thing.

Hey, that's just the therapy, honey.

It messes with your head. It's okay.

-Hey.
-[Evert sighs]

You look good now.

[Evert sighs]

I'm learning.

About myself.

About us.

[Beau] Dad?

Are you better now?

'Cause Mama said, when you're better,
you can leave here and come home with us.

Yeah…

-Give one to your brother, okay?
-Yeah.

-[Evert] Drink up. We'll go to the movies.
-[Beau] Okay.

Don't make the kids promises.

They're worried about you.
I mean, what should I say?

Hey.

I want to be there for you.

[cell phone buzzes]

[Evert sighs]

Hanneke's coming soon.

-She's joining us for the movie. Boys?
-[uneasy music playing]

Did you finish your drinks?
Let's put on some shoes!

Hanneke's coming.

Hey, guys.

Hey, how are you doing?

That's a strong hug.

[Babette] Evert didn't want to talk to me.
But he would talk to her.

That… made me insecure.

[music fades]

Did you think there was
something between Evert and Hanneke?

[melancholy music playing]

Mrs. Struyck,

did you suspect
he and Hanneke were having an affair?

Have you ever loved someone?

How could that be relevant?

It makes you so vulnerable.

[music fades]

She went with them to the movies. It was
so humiliating, seeing them like that.

Come on. Evert loves you. You know that.

-I should never have made that video.
-Hey. That was really brave of you.

Even now that he's sober, it's so…

[sighs]

…manipulative.

How he's using Hanneke.

He's a narcissist.

Jesus.

[uneasy music playing]

Why are you keeping Hanneke in the dark
about you and Simon?

-Don't you trust her?
-Of course.

Everybody knows she's judgmental.
I get it.

Well, I wouldn't have told either of you.

But then…

[Karen sighs]

I just don't want anybody to know.

Hey. Don't you worry. I won't tell.

I won't say anything to Hanneke.

And I trust
you'll keep our conversations private?

Yeah.

Of course I will.

[Karen breathes shakily]

[music fades]

What brought this on?

[breathes shakily]

I love Hanneke.

What was that?

I love Hanneke.

I've been thinking for a while about this.

[sniffs] About what? What do you mean?

[Carola] I've been thinking

about what kind of person you are
when things get tough.

[Karen exhales] I, uh…

[scoffs] I always thought
I was an honest person.

[haunting music playing]

Then the lies piled up,
and I began to just…

drown beneath it all.

[Michel] Wow.

-[chuckles]
-[music fades]

What, uh… What are we
dressing up for, miss?

[Karen chuckles]

g*dd*mn. Have you… taken a lover?

[Karen chuckles] I wish
it were that exciting.

[sighs]

I have an appointment
with a lawyer at Cantua.

[Michel] Oh, lucky him.

-Her.
-[Michel] Hm.

Is this about you going back to work?

I really don't think I can go back, Miche.

[Michel sighs]

Hey, why don't I just pick you up? Hm?

Then we'll go get a decadent lunch
in town with, um…

with wine and cognac--

Wow, so fancy.

This meeting will take a while.

And you have to pick up Sophie anyway.

-Didn't you have a meeting too?
-Oh.

Yeah, but Simon just backed out of it.

-Oh.
-It's always something with him.

[chuckles awkwardly]

["Die for You"
by Isabel van Gelder playing]

[sighs]

-[Simon roars]
-[Karen laughs]

[both laugh]

[Simon growls] You're f*cking incredible.

-[Simon grunts]
-[both laugh]

♪ I lay on the floor
As you crawl through my head ♪

♪ Feels like you hold my heart
In the palm of your hand ♪

♪ Oh, how I wish
That I had a moment to touch you ♪

♪ How I wish
That I could unlearn how to love you… ♪

-Ha!
-No! It's way too cold.

Come in with me.

♪ …when you walk in the room… ♪

Woohoo!

-Come on!
-[sighs] f*ck it!

[Simon] It's good for ya.

[Simon laughs] Whoo!

Yeah!

♪ That I'd die for you ♪

♪ Bleed myself dry for you ♪

♪ Do anything you want me to ♪

♪ I promise you
Take all I have to give ♪

♪ I'll do anything ♪

[music fades]

[exhales] So…

[Simon chuckles]

Mmm.

I can't keep doing this.

[sighs]

This isn't who I am.

[cell phone buzzing]

[Karen sighs]

Hey, Han.

[gasps]

Yeah.

No, I, uh… I'll… I'll be there. Sorry.

-[sighs]
-What?

Soph. [chuckles wryly]

[door closes]

-Hey!
-Hey.

-[Karen] Sorry.
-Oh, yeah, it's fine.

-You want some grilled cheese?
-[Karen] No, thank you.

-A lighter shade of green.
-Hi!

-That's why I would…
-Hey, honey.

-What beautiful mess are you making?
-[Sophie] You forgot about me.

No, I didn't.

They kept me ages.

-[Samantha] Oh, I like that.
-Yeah, the lawyers just drone on forever.

-[Anne] The green works really well.
-[Samantha] Thanks. My mom taught me.

-[Patricia] Boo!
-[gasps] f*ck!

[laughs]

-Scared the sh*t out of you, didn't I?
-[Karen] Yeah.

-Sophie's handiwork.
-Oh.

-[Patricia] Nice, right?
-[Karen] Yeah.

-Are you done?
-[Sophie] Not yet.

[Patricia] Oh, looks great.

Five, six, seven…

Isn't this Simon's office?

Yeah, but it's my gym.

[chuckles] Oh?

What's going on?

Are the yoga mats packed away, or do you
need me to give you another chore?

Hm?

-[man 1] I didn't take any of your sh*t!
-[man 2] Stop!

[man 1] Get off me, man!

-[Wolf] Give me that!
-[man 2] Stop!

-[man 1] Seriously?
-[Wolf] I'll f*ck you up!

Hey, hey, hey. Hey! Easy!
Cut it out, guys. Come on.

-[man 1 grunts]
-Just…

-He came after me!
-All right, easy. Calm down.

-Hey. Wolf.
-I'm coming for you.

I'll f*cking k*ll you!

What's your problem, man?

-[man 2] Hey, hey!
-[Wolf groans]

[man 2] Stop it! No!

Cool it. Right now.

-Hey.
-[metal scrapes]

-Whoa! Wolf…
-[Wolf] I'm gonna k*ll you, man.

-Wolf!
-Somebody call the police.

The cops, now!

[Babette] Wolf!

[tense music playing]

-[exhales] f*ck!
-[knife clatters]

[Babette] The police are coming.
They wanna question you.

-And--
-f*ck, man.

Hey.

Take it easy.

[music stops]

What exactly happened back there?

Listen.

Wolf, you can't
just pull a knife on someone.

I'm hoping they won't file charges,
but, look, everyone saw you.

That as*h*le, he stole my stash
from my locker today.

Stash?

What? Drugs?

-Wolf, you're messing with drugs?
-Anabolics.

You're pushing anabolics?

Wolf?

-In our gym?
-[sniffles]

What the f*ck were you thinking?

What is it? "Evert is out,
so I can run rampant here"?

[Wolf sighs]

Jesus. If the police find out
about this, you're f*cked.

-What are you doing?
-Calling Simon.

No, don't!

They're for him.

I'm selling them for Simon.

[Wolf exhales]

[tense music playing]

He was stealing your gym shoes.

What?

[Babette] Wolf,
that's gonna be your story.

Understand?

-[cop] Good afternoon.
-Hello. Good afternoon.

-Babette.
-Pieter.

-Hi. Wolf.
-[Pieter] Hello.

[dog barks]

[music fades]

[dog barks]

And what did he say?

-Huh?
-Your lawyer.

Oh, uh… Well, yeah…

You know?

The complaints have been withdrawn.

So, did they say
there's gonna be a retraction or what?

-Nope.
-[Ivo] Bye.

-Where are you going?
-There are a few things I need.

-Back at the shop.
-Ah. Huh.

-[Patricia] Bye.
-Bye.

See ya.

-[door closes]
-So, how's Evert?

Yeah, uh, he seems fine.

And, uh, yeah, he's doing better.

Now that he has some distance,
he can actually see what's going on there.

-Now that he's not drinking.
-[Patricia] Like what?

Well, that bite on his hand
that you thought Beau gave him.

Turns out it was Babette.

-What?
-What?

That's why he's so freaked out
about her filming that video.

Babette's manipulative.

She checks everything.
His phone, his email. All of it.

I think she may be bipolar
or a narcissist.

Han, that's a little excessive.

He said he's afraid of her.

-Well, there are two sides to every story.
-I know what he told me.

-Yeah. His side.
-[Hanneke] Mm-hmm.

His lawyer advised him
to tape their fights.

-[tense music playing]
-She's not the only one with proof.

And it is heavy. What she yells at him
and the names she calls him.

-His lawyer?
-Sorry, he tapes their phone calls?

Yeah, well, she films him too.

-[scoffs]
-But you must keep this a secret.

If she finds out about this, she could…
I don't know. Attempt to take the kids.

Yeah, then maybe
you shouldn't be saying this, Han.

Jesus.

We shouldn't hide this from Babette.

[scoffs] Well, I'm out.

[music fades]

Wolf.

What happened?

Nothing serious. Someone tried
to steal from his locker.

But you're okay?

What? What did he steal?

My new gym shoes.

Oh. Your gym shoes?

[Babette] Yeah, and things
got out of hand.

They're not charging him,
so we're just gonna move on.

We both think
this is the best course of action.

Wolf will apologize
if we all agree to put this behind us.

[sighs] Uh…

Take the keys to the car. Brainstorm about
how we're gonna tell your mom about this.

Hey, he's going through a tough time.
Don't be too rough on him.

[Ivo sighs]

He mentioned the problems
with you and Hanneke.

Kids see these things. [chuckles]

Yeah.

You know, Evert is lonely right now.

And Hanneke…

He just needs a shoulder to cry on.

[Ivo] Hm.

Well…

Huh?

[Babette] Hanneke was in love with Evert.

A feeling he didn't share.

She wasn't happy at all
with, um… With Ivo.

And Wolf, well,
he's always mad at his mother.

We thought it's because
he never knew his own father.

[clacking on keyboard]

But it was difficult for her.

In what sense?

Hanneke was so tough.

And she could be prickly sometimes.

Hard on herself, and everyone.

What are you insinuating precisely?

-[haunting music playing]
-[Babette] I, uh…

[sighs]

[cell phone dials]

[Simon] As you can hear, I can't answer--

[sighs]

[huffs]

[cell phone dials]

[beep]

Goddammit, as*h*le.

CAN YOU CALL ME?
WHY AREN'T YOU PICKING UP?

WE NEED TO TALK NOW.

[message sending tone]

[crying]

[music fades]

[crying continues]

[Michel sniffs]

[sniffs, groans]

I'm in trouble, Karen.
Real trouble. I'm sorry.

[Michel cries]

[Michel sniffles]

Everything Hanneke said about Simon
is all true, but…

It's all true. [sniffles]

And, um…

And I helped him do it.

[somber music playing]

[breathes shakily] I helped him
launder his money.

I signed my f*cking name under…

[Michel sniffles]

If they find out, we'll lose everything.
And I'll never get another job.

What if I end up going to prison? [sobs]

I just know that I love you
and I love Sophie.

Without you two, I'd die.

[sniffles]

[Michel cries]

Can we please move back to the city?
Please, just…

The three of us?

[Michel crying]

[breathes shakily]

Maybe you should get a little sleep.

Okay?

[Michel breathing shakily]

[Michel] Karen?

I'm sorry, my love.

No more secrets. Okay?

[somber music builds]

[cries]

Mommy?

[music fades]

Are you worried about Hanneke?

Did Papa tell you that?

Maybe I could see her? In the hospital?

Uh, she's in a coma.

-I know.
-[door opens]

Who's that?

That's, uh, the police.

Everything's okay. They just have
a few questions. Come on.

Back to bed. Sleep well, okay?

Good night. Good night.

[Koos] We're not at liberty to discuss it,

but if there's any news,
we know where to find you.

Have Karen and Michel, uh… gone to bed?

[Babette] Yes.

-Thank you.
-[Babette] Of course.

-Thanks.
-[Koos] We'll be in touch.

[door creaks, closes]

Kare?

-[somber music playing]
-Hey, you're trembling.

What, uh… Babette,
did you tell them anything?

I said I was here.

-With you.
-[gasps]

The whole night.

[sobs]

[Babette] Oh, honey.

[Karen sobs]

Oh, sweetheart.

[Karen cries]

I lied to the police.

Yeah, me too.

For you. [chuckles]

[music fades]

Hey.

Do you think Patricia knows?
About you and Simon?

-I'm not sure.
-Did they come together to the hospital?

And then she immediately said
they were together all night?

No, uh, Simon said it.

So that's the story they agreed upon.

So, why would she lie for him then?

Or is he lying for her?

You think Patricia was with Hanneke?

It's her apartment. She has a key.

But why would Patricia
want to hurt Hanneke anyway?

I don't see it.

Hanneke's been really depressed.

What?

No.

No. Hanneke would never do that.

She has kids.

So did Evert.

Boys? Papa is here.

[quiet pop song plays on radio]

Hi.

[Babette] Hi.

Have a seat.

This is your home, you know.

I made too much for lunch.

Should I make you a plate?
Or do you have to go?

It looks great.

I heard that, um…

That Wolf got into a fight at the gym.

Oh. Yeah. A guy stole Wolf's gym shoes
from his locker. No big deal.

And you kept this from me why?

Well, I'm telling you now.

Whenever something happens at the gym,
I want to know first.

Okay.

-Noted.
-[Evert] Great.

Are you worried
I'm keeping things from you?

Hm? Like you did with me, Ev?

Okay, I wanna get the kids.

With Hanneke and the real reason
you're in that apartment!

Hey, stop! I'm not interested
in Hanneke. Stop!

Does she know that?
'Cause I'm not sure Hanneke would agree.

Jesus, Babette, Hanneke is the one
who's sticking up for you!

She says, "Go to therapy. Get to work.
Marriage is important to fix."

What a f*cking hopeful sign
if Hanneke thinks we could make it.

[Beau] Daddy!

Hey, kiddos. Hi, darling.

[Evert exhales] Mm.

Okay, get your stuff.
Let's move to the car, yeah?

{\an8}-Okay.
-Go give Mom a kiss.

-[Luuk] Bye, Mom!
-[Beau] Bye, Mama!

Evert, Evert, Ev. I was going to tell you
about Wolf. Sorry, I wasn't thinking.

-Don't get mad at me.
-[door slams]

Hey?

[sighs]

-[Babette] I'm sorry.
-[sighs]

[Babette] Really.

Hey…

It's still you and me.

Yeah?

Just come home.

We can go to therapy.

Hey…

-[somber music playing]
-Evert.

Talk to me.

[door opens]

[breathes shakily]

[Beau] Daddy?

Yes, love?

[breathes heavily]

[cell phone chimes]

[cell phone chimes]

[cell phone chimes]

[Sophie] Mom?

[Karen] No!

It's my cell phone.

Jesus, what's your problem?

[cell phone chimes]

[music stops]

BABETTE: EVERYTHING IS RUINED.
IT'S OVER.

I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE.

-[tense music playing]
-[door slams]

[cell phone dialing]

Hi, you've reached Babette's voicemail.
Leave your message after the tone, please.

[cell phone dialing]

Hi, you've reached Babette's voicemail.
Leave your message after the tone, please.

[doorbell rings]

Babette?

Babette?

[Babette whimpers]

Hey, sweetie.

Oh, honey. Come here.

[Babette cries] Hanneke…

He'll never come back. [cries]

-She's ruined everything.
-[Karen] Hey.

[Babette] He has… [sobs]

And I think they're together.

[Babette cries]

[music stops]

[Karen] What did you say to Evert?

What are you doing? He has a family.

Yeah, I'm his friend.
I'm helping him to cope.

So you have to meet him
at the movies for it?

-[Hanneke] Yeah.
-With his kids present?

It shouldn't shock you, then,

that Babette, well, yeah,
that she thought…

[scoffs] Thought what? Thinks…

That we were having an affair?
That I had sex with him?

[Hanneke sighs]

[sighs, tuts]

Okay, now, I… Yeah, I may have
kissed him once, sure, but…

[sighs] Or I did,
but he was just being nice.

He never wanted me. Okay?

How would you feel if I blamed you for
something like this happening with Simon?

[somber music playing]

Hm?

Hanneke saw right through me.

I couldn't handle it.

I disappointed her.

She needed me, but I was…

I should have been there for her.

But I was only thinking about Simon.

WHY ARE YOU LYING?
SIMON??

[uneasy music playing]

[music fades]

[hand brake grinds]

[breathes deeply]

[tapping on keypad]

I'M IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE,
COME OUTSIDE OR I'LL RING THE DOORBELL.

[cell phone buzzes]

I'M COMING!

[door opens]

[breathing shakily]

[vehicle passing in distance]

[gate beeps]

[gate creaks]

[gate clanks]

[tense music playing]

[Karen] No. No!

[tense music builds]

[yells]

[panicked breathing]

[yells]

[uneasy music playing]

[engine starts]

[Patricia screams]

-[Simon] Patricia!
-[Patricia breathes heavily]

[Simon] Hey!

Patricia! What…

What the f*ck are you doing?

What the f*ck?!

[sword scrapes ground]

[Patricia grunts]

-[locks clank]
-[keys jangle]

[music stops]

[Babette] She could have k*lled you.
Oh, honey.

Hanneke was right.

So was Evert.

Simon was using the gym
for money laundering.

How do you know?

Michel was helping him.

Michel?

We have to go to the police.

If Patricia actually hurt Hanneke,
I will never forgive myself.

But what if she didn't do it?

If you go to the police now,
everything will be exposed,

including you and Simon.

Think of Sophie.

I mean, think of Michel.

You could lose everything.

I could lose the gym. I…

We have to just wait
until Hanneke wakes up.

-She can tell us herself then.
-[somber music playing]

[inaudible speech]

[music fades]

[gasps]

[footsteps approach]

Hey.

Did you get any sleep?

I, um…

I'm going to the hospital.

-[Michel] Hm.
-See Hanneke. With Soph.

Yeah.

Uh, I'll take your car. Okay?

Can I? I… I'm having starter problems.

Okay.

I, um… Yeah. Mm-hmm.

Soph?

[Sophie] Yeah, I'm coming.

And a red one's nice, too,
since that's her favorite color.

-Hi.
-[Sophie] And we could buy a balloon.

Go get in the car. I'll be a sec.

Sorry, I, uh… I wasn't trying to…

Hey,

!sis.

-For you.
-[Karen] Oh, how thoughtful.

-Lovely.
-[!sis] Yeah.

Sorry, I had meant to stop by.

Not at all. I appreciate you being here.
You're the first.

[both chuckle awkwardly]

Never realized I was
so popular in the newsroom.

Well, Bram told me
you made the decision not to return?

Yeah.

But the complaints were withdrawn.

Yeah, but the trust is gone.

Don't you think you could get it back?

[scoffs] After all the stories
they printed about me?

Yeah.

You know who they are.

[sighs] Yeah, it was, uh…

-[somber music playing]
-It was me.

I could never do anything right.

I really tried my best,
but… it wasn't good enough.

You could always do it better.

And you gave my assignments to others.

-You were so damn critical.
-That's called feedback.

You know you could have just talked to me.

That was the problem.

-Because every time, you'd explode.
-Ah, so you go to the press, then.

No, I didn't.

I didn't.

I filed a complaint with HR.

There are a lot of people at the office
who find you

a complicated person.

Going to the press was their idea.

I didn't agree with them.

Things just got out of hand.

[Karen] My career is over.
My entire life is ruined. My marriage.

My kid is being bullied at school!

You want to hand me some flowers
and call it even?!

[inaudible speech]

[Sophie] Why was that lady upset?

Was it because of you?

That woman was upset because

she lied about something, and she knew it.

But she was too afraid to tell the truth.

All because she put herself first.

That was why she cried.

[music fades]

[machine beeping]

[haunting music playing]

[door closes]

Mom?

I'll be there in a bit.

I have to do something.

[Sophie] Oh, okay.

Bye.

-[car door closes]
-See ya.

-[Michel] Hey.
-[Sophie] Dad!

[exhales]

[dramatic music playing]

[Carola] Mrs. Van der Made?

[inaudible speech]

Well, then,

what would you like to tell us?

Everything.

[music fades]

BASED ON THE NOVEL
'THE DINNER CLUB' BY SASKIA NOORT

[haunting song playing]

[music fades]