01x02 - Episode 2

[bunniefuu]

- [RAIN TRICKLING]
- [WATER BURBLING]

-WALDEK: Here, hurry up. Let's try this side.
-SEARCHER: Light, please.

- OFFICER: Yes.
- SEARCHER: Light over to the left.

- Once you're done over here, let's keep moving.
- [INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]

- About six or seven hours.
- ♪ [TENSE MUSIC PLAYING] ♪

SEARCHER: Come on, quick.

- Behind the dam.
- Okay, I'll send them that way.

SEARCHER: I think I
saw something. Hold this.

To the right now!

♪ [MUSIC DARKENS] ♪

WALDEK: Let her through!

[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]

♪ [MUSIC BUILDS] ♪

♪ [SOMBER MUSIC OVERLAPPING] ♪

♪ [MUSIC CONTINUES] ♪

Stop doing that.

Michal, I said stop.

Dad will be mad
if you ruin the table.

Michal!

THE TORMENT

♪ [MUSIC CONCLUDES] ♪

[DISTANT DOG BARKING]

I didn't think you'd be here.

This.

MICHAL: What do you want?

Hmm. Still not enough for you?

Haven't you done enough yet?

[SCOFFS]

I just want to talk.

About what, Kama?

What the hell... am I supposed
to talk to you about?

[SCOFFS]

You just threw accusations
yesterday at the bar.

- Don't I deserve an explanation?
- Well, I was drunk.

You're still drunk.

♪ [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING] ♪

Please move.

No, not until you f*cking
tell me why.

[SOBS]
Why did you do that to me, huh?

What are you talking about?

We were friends
and you betrayed me!

We were friends, right?

Michal,
I'm truly sorry that, um

♪ [MUSIC DARKENS] ♪
you

you feel that way,
but please let me leave.

You're not going anywhere!
f*ck no!

You came to talk,
so let's f*cking do that, Kama!

Let's f*cking talk!

Once you're sober,
we'll have this conversation.

Let's talk about that day.

About all the f*cking
lies you told.

You and your father
didn't give it a second thought.

You two ruined my life.

No!

MICHAL: You...

You told everyone

that I kept bullying him.

I... I swear I never said that.

I can't. I can't.
You're lying again.

[SOBS]

Jesus, I saw everything
in the case file.

- [KAMA GRUNTS]
- [MICHAL SCREAMS, SOBS]

- [GRUNTS]
- [KAMA YELPS]

- [MICHAL GROANING]
- ♪ [MUSIC INTENSIFIES] ♪

[SHOUTING] Where's your
Toward the Truth now, Kama?

Words tell the whole truth!

[GROANS]

[DISTANT DOG BARKING]

- [VEHICLE APPROACHING]
- ♪ [INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING] ♪

[PANTS]

Thank you.

[SIGHS HEAVILY, PANTS]

[ZIPPER OPENS]

Hi, Aldona.

[SIGHS] I know it's late.

Sorry to bother you.

I'm gonna need
Korcz's phone number.

I owe you one.

♪ [SOMBER MUSIC OVERLAPPING] ♪

[CAR DOORS CLOSING]

[CAR ENGINE RUMBLING]

[VEHICLE BACK-UP ALARM BEEPING]

♪ [MUSIC FADES] ♪

[FAINT CHATTER]

WALDEK: Nothing was found.

I called in everyone I could.

But by morning,

they were all exhausted
and soaked through.

Uh, did the divers search
near the dam?

These are the camp cabins,
the river is here.

And this tiny little line
is the dam, correct?

Yes.

If the boy had fallen
into the water

and been swept away with it,

the dam would have stopped
the body, wouldn't it?

That's why
we searched the stretch

between the bend and the dam.

Why did you
even assume he drowned, huh?

Well, we knew that the kids
had been playing hide-and-seek.

Hide-and-seek? Teenagers?

I guess they felt like it.

Piotrek and Michal were thinking
along the same lines.

They both hid
right by the shore.

At some point, Michal
changed position slightly,

and he loses sight
of his friend.

Only Piotrek's shoes were found.

According to
your daughter's declaration.

WALDEK:
Ryszard Knap found the shoes.

I mentioned it right there.

KORCZ: So you and your daughter
checked the Knap family's cabin

and the Bak family's cabin,
and at that moment

you heard Ryszard Knap yell

and you ran
to the creek, correct?

Yes.

You saw him standing right there
with his son's shoes

in his... in his hands.

Yes.

Since Ryszard found the shoes,

I assumed that Piotrek
didn't want to get them wet.

He must have had a wild idea
and decided to hide

in the water
or across the creek.

Maybe the current
carried him off.

So you didn't actually see

that Ryszard Knap
find his son's shoes?

♪ [SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING] ♪

Your opinion about others
is really low, son.

I feel sorry for you.

Why wasn't
a K-9 unit brought in?

-I did bring them.
-KORCZ: The next day. What took you so long?

WALDEK:
First of all, it was pouring.

They wouldn't have
picked up the scent.

KORCZ: Oh. Maybe, maybe not.

WALDEK: You don't seem to
realize how things were back then.

At that time, nobody here knew
about air-scenting or anything.

We didn't have
man-trailing hounds trained

like they are now.
Things were very different.

We brought in
all available resources.

KORCZ: Right.

WALDEK:
From all over the region.

KORCZ: All right,
so you searched Knap's cabin?

WALDEK: Of course, first thing.

- KORCZ: Bak's cabin?
- WALDEK: All of them.

Of course.

All of them.

But you forgot yours.

Yeah, why does it matter?

I'm just curious
why your cabin wasn't inspected.

You're joking, right?

No, I'm establishing the facts.

Why not let the dogs
into your cabin?

Don't you consider
that a gross negligence?

[CELL PHONE RINGING] -Am I
a suspect, detective? Be honest.

I think we're done here.

I've got more questions,
and you can help me.

Go do your job
and ask someone else.

I need to take my meds and rest.

[CELL PHONE CONTINUES RINGING]

[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]

Korcz.

♪ [MUSIC FADES] ♪

♪ [PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING] ♪

[DISTANT SIREN WAILING]

[BREATHES HEAVILY]

[SIREN GROWS LOUDER]

- [CAR BRAKES SQUEAL]
- [SIREN CHIRPS]

[SIREN CHIRPS]

[VAN DOOR SLIDING OPEN]

[VAN DOOR SLIDING SHUT]

[GATE CREAKING]

[RADIO CHIRPS]

[DOOR RATTLING]

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

OFFICER: Police!

- [BOTTLE CLINKS]
- OFFICER: Police! Open up!

[BANGING ON DOOR]

♪ [MUSIC CONTINUES] ♪

[SIGHS]

♪ [SOFT PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING] ♪

[PHONE BEEPS]

Michal Bak.

Emotionally crushed.

If he's the one who hit Knap,
why wait until now?

[EKG MONITOR BEEPING]

Do you know what time it is?
Sir, you can't be here.

Sir.

[MUFFLED] You need to leave.

Are you listening to me?

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

♪ [MUSIC FADES] ♪

Hey, where are you going?

I'm not hungry.

WALDEK: Sit down.

You should have a sandwich.

Come on, just eat it.

After breakfast,
we're going to Torun.

But I've got plans
with the boys.

We've got plans.
Doing laundry, going shopping,

getting the mail,

visiting the cemetery
for your mother's birthday.

You can see the boys
when we get back.

We'll get back
really late tonight.

Sweetie, the summer's
only just started.

Hey, how is Piotrek?

Why are you asking me that?

He spent some time
at the hospital

and missed school.
I just want to know.

Is this a hunger strike?

Yeah, I'm not hungry. Whatever.

Why?

You're ruining my life.

Oof.

Thank God it's nothing serious.

Okay, now eat,
or you'll be whining

that you're hungry in the car.

Fine, just go.

Thank you.

♪ [EERIE MUSIC PLAYING] ♪

♪ [MUSIC FADES] ♪

Kama, get in!

KAMA: You're out of your mind!

Get in, please!

I'm not wearing a swimsuit.

[WATER SPLASHES]

♪ [SOFT PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING] ♪

Hey, man.
Let's play a prank on her.

- The one we talked about the other day?
- YOUNG MICHAL: Yeah, right.

Do you mind if we go back
to the campsite for a moment?

I forgot to put on sunscreen.

No, what are you doing?
Just stop it!

No, I don't want to get in!

No, no!
Stop, stop, stop, stop!

BOTH: One, two, three!

- [GASPS]
- [VOICES ECHO]

- ♪ [MUSIC FADES] ♪
- [WATER SPLASHING]

[BREATHES HEAVILY]

CALLING KORCZ

VOICEMAIL: The number
you are calling is unavailable.

[TRAFFIC WHIZZING]

[GRUNTS]

[SIGHS]

♪ [SOFT JAUNTY MUSIC PLAYING] ♪

♪ [MUSIC RISES] ♪

- ♪ [MUSIC ENDS ABRUPTLY] ♪
- [CELL PHONE RINGING]

[CELL PHONE CONTINUES RINGING]

KAMA: Hello?

Tomasz Korcz, calling you back.

- KAMA: Oh, hello.
- It's Kama Kosowska.

Uh, I wanted to ask
when we can meet.

Uh, when are you planning
to leave the city?

KAMA: I'm not planning
to leave yet.

All right then, I'll reach out
to see you soon.

- Till then.
- Uh, I was wondering

if the information I gave you
was useful at all.

Oh, yeah. Yeah, very much.

And thank you once again,
for your help.

Take care.

Welcome, Michal.

You know him?

Do you remember hitting him?

♪ [BROODING MUSIC PLAYING] ♪

[BIRDS CALLING]

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

Oh, hey.

- How did it go yesterday?
- ♪ [MUSIC FADES] ♪

He's relentless.
He kept nitpicking, trying to

point out my mistakes.

Did he tell you anything?

Any new evidence, or even...

He wasn't found years ago,

so he surely won't be
at this point.

Being stubborn is your thing.

- WALDEK:
- You two want to prove

I screwed up the investigation.

Yet I'm sure
I did nothing wrong.

Had it been you
instead of Piotrek...

I would have followed
the exact same process.

I found a picture of Mom,
you know.

The one that

of the three of us,
next to the Fiat.

I remember.

A beautiful day.

I think I'll stay
a few more days.

To dig through the old stuff.

I mean, bits and pieces.

Some letters, a diary, photos.

Do you still keep
that stuff at home?

WALDEK: I brought
some boxes down to the basement.

[CHILDREN CHATTERING
IN DISTANCE]

♪ [INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING] ♪

[SWITCH CLICKS]

♪ [MUSIC CONTINUES] ♪

♪ [MUSIC FADES] ♪

Michal!

♪ [ROCK MUSIC PLAYING
OVER HEADPHONES] ♪

For me, really?

♪ [SOFT PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING] ♪

♪ [MUSIC CONTINUES] ♪

[OBJECTS RATTLING]

FROM: MICHAL BAK

♪ [MUSIC CONTINUES] ♪

[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]

PIOTREK: Hmm.

Can I help?

What are you doing here?

My mom made a cake,
told me to share it with you.

Need help?

YOUNG MICHAL: Kama!

Kama, are you coming?

♪ [MUSIC FADES] ♪

Well, my workshop is,
uh, five minutes

from the cemetery.

I regularly drive past it
and sometimes I stop by.

Uh, to visit Piotrek.

Knap was there then?

Didn't you see him
at the cemetery that day?

No, I didn't see him, no.

You both walked out
at the same time.

You made it safely to your car,
and, um, he didn't.

No, no, no. I didn't see him.

[SIGHS] I mean, I...
I was distracted, I guess.

KORCZ: At the cemetery
or while driving?

I was distracted, in general.

Lately, it feels like
I'm just running on, uh...

[GROANS] On autopilot.

I read that it's a form
of dissociation.

In theory, you go
about your day as usual.

Apparently, you don't remember
some things you did.

It's weird.
Like a section of the route.

[CLEARS THROAT]
It's really strange.

So, uh,
hitting him was an accident?

Maybe it's about time
I play the lottery.

KORCZ:
Why did you flee from the scene?

[DISTANT SIREN WAILING]

[KORCZ CLEARS THROAT]

Can you explain one thing to me?

When I questioned you
about this last week,

you were sober, cheerful,

excited about
your daughter's birthday.

You were in good shape,
overall speaking.

Just a few days later,

you brought all that drama
to the school event

and you ended up drunk in jail.

And then you get involved
in a hit-and-run

with a guy who blamed you
for his son's death

almost 30 years ago.

[SIGHS]

KORCZ: Care to explain?

[GROANS HEAVILY]

With time, I guess I managed
to convince myself

that perhaps
the bad times were over

and the bad luck was gone,
and that finally,

I don't know, life,

the universe [SCOFFS]

God,

would even things out.

I can't always be
a victim of circumstance.

Even things out for what?

Everything I've been through.

[MICHAL SCOFFS]

But you know,
there are moments like this

when I realize
that I'm not truly a victim

of the circumstance,
but of specific people

and their behavior
and their choices.

Our last conversation
was one of those... moments.

There are days
when I can't even remember

who I went out drinking with,

and I guess I talked
out of turn.

'Cause next day,
my garage got tagged.

I ditched work,
ignored my client's calls.

I missed my daughter's birthday
in Bydgoszcz.

I was spitting blood
and too wasted to call her.

I just sent my kid a message.

I was boozing
for the rest of the day

until I saw Kama's

story on the app on my phone.

I went there
to share my thoughts,

and you know the rest.

When you say you're a... victim

of specific people,
who do you mean?

Kosowski and Knap.

♪ [PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING] ♪

They set me up from the start.

And Kama?

It's funny.
I used to bring her books.

I pointed her
toward interesting stuff,

not those ridiculous books
for kids.

Adventure, mystery,
something worth reading.

I wanted to be a journalist.

I even shared that
with her in confidence.

Turns out that she made
better use of it than I did.

Were you in love
with Kama Kosowska?

I mentioned earlier
those moments in my life,

the moments of hope

and

she was that for me,
that moment.

And what about Piotrek?

[SOFTLY] Hmm.

Oh, gosh. Yeah, Piotrek.

Hmm.

- [BIRDS CHIRPING]
- ♪ [MUSIC FADES] ♪

YOUNG MICHAL:
We don't need Piotrek.

This is a surprise just for you.

YOUNG KAMA: Uh, have you heard
that he got held back?

He was sick,
had to go to the hospital,

and he failed
seventh grade, apparently.

I bet his old man locked him up
in that madhouse of his.

Stop it. Piotrek is not crazy.

[WATER RUSHING]

Give me your hand.
I'll help you.

Don't worry, it'll be fun.

Watch your step.

[PIGEONS COOING]

- YOUNG MICHAL: Wait.
- What?

Wanna throw?

Take it.

- YOUNG MICHAL: Yeah.
- Whoa!

YOUNG MICHAL: Let's keep going.
[CHUCKLES]

- [PIGEONS COOING]
- [WINGS FLAPPING]

[GASPS]

This is so cool.

YOUNG MICHAL: It's for you.

Can I ask you something?

Yeah.

Will you be my... my girlfriend?

Is that a no?

It's not like that.

Do you like Piotrek?

It's not that.

So why not?

- I didn't say no.
- You didn't say yes either.

[SOFT RATTLE]

♪ [UNSETTLING MUSIC PLAYING] ♪

Michal, someone's there.

Michal, someone's there.

[SOFT FOOTSTEPS]

[METAL RATTLING]

- [GROANS WEAKLY]
- ♪ [MUSIC RISES] ♪

Kama, run, quick!

Michal! Michal!

[STRANGER GROANS SHAKILY]

♪ [MUSIC CONCLUDES] ♪

[DISTANT SIRENS WAILING]

♪ [SOFT INTRIGUING MUSIC
PLAYING] ♪

[ENGINE REVVING]

PASSERBY:
Then it's already closed, babe.

[DOORBELL BUZZES]

[DOOR UNLOCKS]

Good evening, Mrs. Bak.

[SIGHS]
I'm not sure you recognize me.

No.

- Mrs. Bak.
- [DOOR SLAMS SHUT]

I just want to speak with you!

[DOORBELL BUZZES]

I'd like to talk about Michal.

It's very important.

Please give me five minutes.

I want to help Michal.

♪ [MUSIC FADES] ♪

♪ [BROODING MUSIC PLAYING] ♪

[FOOTSTEPS DEPARTING]

♪ [MUSIC FADES] ♪

Come in.

TERESA: How do you think
you can help him?

I don't know yet.

And I guess
the only way to find out

is to piece together
what happened

during that summer
when we were kids.

That summer robbed him
of everything.

A carefree childhood,
plans and dreams,

people he trusted,

curiosity and innocence.

It was almost as if [SIGHS]

Someone had suddenly
switched off the light

inside that little boy.

After that summer,

the police would come
every now and then

and take him in for questioning.

You know, it's a small town,
small neighborhood,

so someone sniffed out
what they accused him of,

word spread,
and reached the school.

Of course, the parents
wouldn't let their kids

be friends with Michal.

They'd come to school and say...

♪ [SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING] ♪

they didn't want a m*rder*r
in their class.

[SIGHS] I didn't know that.

I'm sorry.

TERESA: He got kicked out
of school, of course.

After that, he came to me
and said, "Mom, you know,

I don't want this life."

I sent him
to my sister's in Bydgoszcz.

He finished elementary school.

Then he got into
an automotive technical school.

But the past
never stopped haunting him.

He started a family,
started drinking.

In secret at first,
but then he didn't care anymore.

His wife kicked him out.

All the time,
your father and Knap,

they made my son look
like a monster.

No.

And you helped them, be honest.

- Listen, Teresa. [SCOFFS]
- ♪ [MUSIC FADES] ♪

Had he been an adult
in '94, Michal...

He would have faced trial,

and he would
have been found guilty

based on
circumstantial evidence.

- Everything led back to him.
- Do you really believe that?

They let him off
because he wasn't an adult.

Oh, they basically let him off

because they didn't
find the body,

and because they knew
that no judge on this planet

would ever believe

a 14-year-old hid a body so well

that a hundred officers
were unable to find it.

♪ [LOW DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING] ♪

They waited
for the body to surface.

And it didn't. Guess why?

Because my son
didn't k*ll the boy,

and your father
knew that very well.

You're putting all the blame
on my father.

But he was only doing his job.

You knew him. Perfectly well.

He promised me something
and did the exact opposite.

What did he promise?

- Yeah, sure, but he's underage.
- It's not about that, Teresa.

He would be hiding
behind his mother,

and I need him to speak freely.

No, no, no. He's...
He's my son, Waldek. No!

[CLOSES DOOR]

Teresa, Piotreks's life
is at stake.

♪ [MUSIC CONTINUES] ♪

Don't you know me?

I won't let him be harmed.

Calm down and wait here.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[DOOR OPENS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

You can tell me the truth, kid.

Please just tell me
what you did.

♪ [MUSIC FADES] ♪

And my son kept saying,
"I didn't do it, boss.

I didn't do it, boss.
I promise I didn't do it, boss."

But to your father,
that meant nothing.

He didn't care about my son.

He didn't want
to find that tattooed psycho.

Michal!

TERESA: He only wanted
to prove Michal's guilt.

KAMA: Really? Why?

TERESA: What do you mean, why?

Because you said that he had
been bullying Piotrek,

and your father believed you.

I never said
anything about that.

We were just teenagers.

[HESITATES]
Sometimes tensions flared,

but... but I never said
he was bullied by Michal.

TERESA: [SIGHS]
Perhaps your memory betrays you.

Or maybe
your irresponsible father

just blew through protocol
and twisted information.

♪ [BROODING MUSIC PLAYING] ♪

- [PIETROK GRUNTS]
- [STRANGER GROANS]

STRANGER: [PANTS] I'll get you!

[SLURRING]
I'll k*ll you! You little sh*t!

- [BOTH PANTING]
- ♪ [MUSIC CONTINUES] ♪

[PANTS SHAKILY]

MICHAL:
I came across as a total coward.

KORCZ: Kama chose Piotrek.

Well, that brought them
closer, for sure.

Were you very jealous?

[SIGHS] Yeah.

- KORCZ: Were you angry?
- ♪ [MUSIC FADES] ♪

With myself.

Let's go back to the day of

the disappearance.

[SIGHS] Did you hurt him?

Are you implying
that I m*rder*d Piotrek?

No, I didn't k*ll him.

Push him into the water?

If I pushed him into the water,
how did he run back home?

Excuse me?

We both hid in the same place,
behind the boat.

We fought over the spot.

I said something.
He called me a coward.

I hit him on the arm.
He hit my nose.

When my nose started bleeding,

he panicked and ran
toward his house.

Please continue. I'm listening.

Go on.

Kama started looking for us,
and I waited and waited.

Then I thought
they forgot about me.

I came out.

No one was there,
so I ran to the cabin.

After a while,
I found out everyone was looking

for Piotrek and me,
and all of a sudden, hell

broke loose.

So you're telling me that

that Piotrek saw blood,
panicked,

and ran toward the cabins?

Yeah, about,
I think, uh, ten minutes in.

This fragment is
from your 1994 statement.

"I hit Piotrek in the back
and ran to my cabin.

He stayed by the creek."

No, that's false.

There's no mention
of Piotrek hitting you.

- Nor of the blood.
- But that's false.

I told Kosowski everything.

I said I had thrown my bloody
T-shirt into the water

to avoid at all cost
my mother's rage.

They said Kama saw it later
and that's what Kosowski used.

That proves Kosowski tried
to frame me.

Why didn't you mention
that fact, Michal,

when I first questioned you?

MICHAL:
Because it seemed obvious to me

that you have read
all that in the police file.

[SIGHS]

You're no different
than Kosowski.

You're just the same as him.

Just like that man.

♪ [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING] ♪

WALDEK KOSOWSKI

I KNOW WHAT YOU DID

CONTACTS
DAD

[DIAL TONE RINGING]

- [DIAL TONE CLICKS]
- WALDEK: Hello?

- Hello?
- [SIGHS SHARPLY]

Kama? Are you there?

♪ [MUSIC CONTINUES] ♪

TRAGIC ACCIDENT
ON OLSZTYNSKA STREET

TORUN

♪ [DARK INTRIGUING MUSIC
OVERLAPPING] ♪

♪ [MUSIC FADES] ♪

♪ [THEME MUSIC PLAYING] ♪

♪ [THEME MUSIC CONCLUDES] ♪