The Glass Dome (2025) s01e01 Episode Script

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[heartbeat pulses]
[sombre music playing]
[shopkeeper] Hi, Lejla.
-Cigarettes for your mum?
-Hi. Hmm.
-Have you come from school?
-[Lejla] No, after-school club.
Mum's at work.
-There. Here you go.
-Thanks.
-[shopkeeper] Say hi to your mum.
-I will.
["Line of Fire" by Junip playing]
What would you do ♪
If it all came back to you? ♪
[elevator beeps]
Each crest of each wave ♪
Bright as lightning ♪
What would you say ♪
If you had to leave today? ♪
Hello?
Hey, Mum?
Even though for once, you're shining ♪
Standing on higher ground ♪
-[dramatic sting]
-[girl screams, moans]
[harrowing music rises]
[music fades out slowly]
[low thrumming tone]
[heartbeat pulses]
[heartbeat accelerates]
Hello?
Hello?
Let me out of here!
Hello?
[tense music rises]
THE GLASS DOME
[indistinct background chatter]
[man] Ladies and gentlemen,
I am delighted to introduce
our new resident lecturer,
Miss Lejla Ness.
Miss Ness is conducting research
on the minds of predatory child abductors.
And the psychological factors
that drive these individuals.
Miss Ness brings a unique perspective,
as she herself was abducted as a child.
Please join me in welcoming Lejla Ness.
[mouthing] Thank you.
Thank you for having me.
MOTIVE, PATTERNS AND PROCESS
Child abductors were not born monsters.
These people struggle
with complex emotional traumas.
And one thing they all have in common
is a highly unhealthy view
of power and control.
[mobile phone rings]
-Hi?
-[man] Hey.
Hello there.
Ann-Marie died last night.
-What?
-It happened so fast.
-I… It just feels…
-Okay.
But I thought that…
Can… Can you please just come home?
Yeah, yeah. Yes. Absolutely.
I'm booking my flights.
[sighs]
[gloomy string music playing]
[engine cuts out]
[door opens]
[sighs]
Hi.
Hi.
-Did you arrive now?
-Mm-hmm.
I didn't hear anything.
I didn't expect you for another hour.
-All right?
-Yeah.
For you.
Thanks.
How was your flight, then?
Good.
It's nice to be home.
How about a cup of coffee
and a nice fresh bun, all right?
Mm.
Is it finished?
Nearly. It's coming along.
[heartbeat pulses]
[gasps]
[Lejla] Shouldn't you take
all of this down now?
I know I should.
It's just not easy for me to let it go…
when I didn't catch that bastard,
you know?
[Lejla] Mm.
Look, I got these here.
Noise-cancelling ones.
-What have you got on there?
-Joe Rogan.
-Joe Rogan?
-Yeah.
[laughs]
Okay.
I read somewhere
that he was number one on a list,
and so I thought…
perhaps it could be something…
I could listen to.
I see. And do you like him?
Well, he's a bit of a loon, isn't he?
-Mouths off a bit.
-[chuckles]
Well, there are plenty of Americans
who are like that.
-You should know.
-I do.
Just how it is.
I guess.
It's good to have you back.
[poignant music playing]
[Lejla] Hey.
Shall we stretch our legs?
[fishing lines whine]
Remember that day
you fell in the water, over there?
The first winter after we adopted you?
Mm.
Ann-Marie was so worried
you might get frostbite.
You really did mean the world to her.
Oh, and did you know that the whole river
round here is going to be drained?
'Cause they're expanding the mine.
[Lejla] What? Really?
It's just crazy.
Hmm.
If you ask me,
there's some things that should…
just stay as they are.
[tense music playing]
[sniffs]
[sharp distortion]
[man sighs]
[clears throat]
Ann-Marie, well,
she kept absolutely everything.
This here isn't mine.
It's your stuff,
so I thought you might want to have it.
Yeah. Thanks.
[Lejla sighs]
[chuckles softly]
Tomorrow, do you think maybe
you'd be able to say a few words?
Oh, um, I haven't prepared.
It would be nice.
Hmm.
Well… good night.
Good night.
LEJLA HOMEWORK
YOU ARE PRECIOUS
MISSING GIRL FOUND ALIVE
LEJLA WHO WAS MISSING
ADOPTED BY POLICE COMMISSIONER
Hmm.
[gloomy music playing]
[high-pitched tone rising]
-[distortion]
-[scream echoes]
[grim music plays]
[muffled screaming]
[Lejla shrieks]
[gasps]
[sighs]
[Lejla] Hmm.
-I'm going now.
-Mm-hmm.
-[man] I'll see you later.
-[Lejla] Yeah.
WELCOME TO GRANÅS
[gloomy string music playing]
POLICE
[teen 1] Stop it. Stop recording.
-[teen 2 responds indistinctly]
-No, you can't.
-[teen 2] You said I could go with you.
-[teen 1] I didn't.
-[music ends]
-[indistinct chattering]
YOU ARE PRECIOUS AND LOVED
FOR WHO YOU ARE
STOP THE EXPANSION TO NORRTJÄRN
-[shopkeeper] Hi.
-Hey.
Uh, I'm picking up an order for Ness.
Ah, for Valter. Of course.
I'm sorry for your loss.
Here you go.
-[chuckles softly]
-One minute.
Thanks.
Hi.
[man] No way.
Hi.
[gasps]
Hi! Wow, it's been a while.
Yeah.
[chuckles]
Yeah, I ran into, uh, Valter.
He said you'd be back for the funeral.
Yeah, pay my respects.
The funeral's today, yeah?
Uh, yeah.
Aino's going. Uh, I've got to work, but…
I'm really sorry.
Uh…
[inhales] Come on, then.
How's it going in America?
Yeah, brilliant.
Okay. Good.
What about you?
How are you all doing? Uh…
Aino and, um…
Isla.
Yeah, we're doing really well.
-We've got another one on the way.
-[knocking on window]
Adde, are you coming?
Yeah, I… I'm just talking to, um…
[chuckles]
-Lejla!
-Hi.
[Adde] Well, so, uh…
-[door opens]
-[sighs]
Girl in the box
Girl in the box ♪
-What are you doing? ♪
-[laughs sarcastically]
You asleep or what? ♪
-[Adde] Stop it.
-Jim. Cool.
Still the same old song. Yup.
[inhales deeply]
[Adde] Well, it was nice to see you.
-Same here.
-Huh.
Say hi to Aino and, uh…
-Isla.
-Isla.
Of course I will.
All right.
-[Jim] You coming now or what?
-Yeah. Bye.
[Jim] Girl in the box
What are you doing? ♪
[shopkeeper] Order to collect
for Valter Ness.
Yeah.
Thank you.
[gloomy string music playing]
GRANÅS - ROOTS IN THE FUTURE
EXPLOSIONS ON WEEKDAYS 9 AM TO 3 PM
[faint beeping]
[beeping intensifies]
-[Lejla] Hey.
-Hi.
[explosion booms]
I heard that you were coming back.
I'm sorry for your loss.
Welcome home.
VETO VANADIN
STOP THE EXPANSION TO NORRTJÄRN
SVEA VANADICK
[sharp distortion]
[tense music pulsates]
[breathes deeply]
[tense music fades]
-[Valter] I just can't believe it.
-Hi.
-Hi.
-[Valter] What did you pay for this shit?
Look. Huh? This is useless.
-Hi, Tomas.
-Hi.
-[Valter] They're half dead.
-I know.
-These, here.
-What's going on there?
I've obviously failed.
How the hell could you go
and buy half-dead flowers?
I gave you one job.
Flowers are important and…
I said that I was sorry, Valter.
I… I didn't see what they were like,
that they were like that.
Should I go see if they've got anymore?
-We don't have time. I'll take this. Here.
-There's not much I can do then.
[Tomas sighs]
It looks like all hands on deck
to get it done in time.
Looks that way.
So you came back?
-Yeah.
-How does it feel?
[Valter groans] Half of them are rotten.
Well, it feels… [sighs]
Yeah, not too bad.
It's Granås, so it's quiet.
[Valter] Fucking disaster.
And I have this old-age pensioner
to look after.
And how did he convince you
to take over from him as inspector?
-I mean, that was decided already.
-[Valter sighs]
Valter's a little stressed.
Oh, dear.
["Blott en dag" playing on accordion]
[whispers] Hey.
[mouthing] Hi.
This is nice.
[music fades]
[woman 1] What a beautiful service.
And the food was delicious.
-Oh…
-Mm.
-[woman 2] I want to go.
-Come on, stop. Well, I'm staying here.
-Enough! That's enough. I'm going.
-Oh, no.
It's good to see you.
I'll go and talk to her.
-I said I will.
-You do that, Said.
I will. See you soon.
-[Valter] Bye.
-Thank you, Valter.
[Valter] Hi.
Oh, you know, right,
I'm always here for you.
[Valter] Yeah.
[woman 3] Just like you and Ann-Marie
were for me when Ralph died.
-And for Lejla.
-[Valter] Exactly.
What a big turnout.
-Mm.
-[Valter] Yeah, she knows that.
[woman 3] Yes, it takes a while.
[irritated arguing]
[clicking]
Mm. [breathes deeply, exhales]
-Oh, what a relief.
-[giggles]
-How is it?
-Okay, I suppose.
Uh, the one I'm worried for is Valter.
I wasn't very close… with Anne-Marie.
And you? How are things?
The truth? Uh…
Well, ready for an honest answer, are you?
-Yeah?
-Mm-hmm.
I mean,
it's a big fucking disaster, that's what.
It's dreadful, actually.
An absolute nightmare.
-What is?
-Mm…
Well, moving back here, of course
Are you kidding me?
-How long are you staying here?
-We said two years.
-Hmm.
-But that's not…
[sighs] If I think about staying here
for even another fucking second,
I just feel like I want to
shoot myself in the head.
How didn't we see that
when we were growing up here?
We never actually realised.
People don't have any perspective.
The mine, they're obsessed with it.
It's all they ever want to talk about.
People are so outraged, huh?
It's like a fucking psychosis.
I swear to you. Look at this. Look, look.
See for yourself. Have a look.
They've egged Said's car.
I mean, you see how it is?
It's just like… people are so angry.
Loads of things. That's one example.
I put up with all of that.
No one says hello to me.
What do I have to do with this mine?
It's Mum's and Said's fucking great idea.
I'm so f… Why do they have to drag me
into this fucking thing?
It's not my fault. So, uh…
-[Lejla] Hmm.
-Mm.
Anyway, forget all that.
I want to know all about you.
[mockingly] How is it in America?
[Lejla giggles]
[exhales] Yeah.
It's going well.
I'm just so free.
-I can relax.
-Mm-hmm.
-I feel so light.
-[footsteps approach]
Oh shit!
-Hi.
-Hi.
-Are you smoking?
-No, no. It's, uh…
Well, it really stinks
of cigarettes from here.
Well, uh… Come on, come here.
So then, now, do you remember Lejla?
Mum's old friend?
-Remember her?
-Uh-huh.
Yeah? The thing is,
Lejla lives in the USA, so…
-[girl] Mm-hmm?
-She brought over these, uh…
special cigarettes
that aren't bad for you.
-Isn't that right?
-Yeah.
-So, that's why… Yep. They're, uh… Mm-hmm.
-Yup. Mm-hmm.
But so… Uh…
Wh… Why don't you pop in tomorrow
before you leave?
We can perhaps have a coffee or something?
-Uh, sure. Sure, yeah. Sure I can.
-Mm.
I can take A… Alicia to my mum's.
And then,
maybe we can have a catch-up, just us two?
Mm.
[TV plays indistinctly]
[knocking at door]
What time did you say
that you're leaving in the morning?
At nine.
-I'll stop by at Louise's as well.
-Mm.
It was lovely today.
And the flowers, they were beautiful.
It was very nice.
Shall I turn the light out?
Yes.
All right.
[breathing heavily]
[breathing quickens]
Um…
[sobs] I don't…
I don't know why…
[sobs]
I'm so afraid that…
I'm so afraid that it was me…
that, uh, got in between
you and Ann-Marie.
[sighs] I had a mum already.
-Yeah.
-Yes.
I didn't have a dad.
-No.
-No.
-Okay.
-What I wanted was a dad.
[sobbing] Yes, I know.
[sniffs]
[Valter stifles sobs]
[Valter] I miss her.
[melancholy music plays]
-I'll let you know when I'm safe home.
-Mm.
Have a safe journey.
Mm.
[music fades]
-Tell Tomas I said bye.
-I will.
I'll go back in
and kick some life into him.
[both chuckle]
-Will you?
-Mm-hmm.
-So, um… Okay.
-Yeah.
[poignant music playing]
[dance music plays inside the house]
[doorbell rings]
Hello?
[loud dance music continues]
[Lejla] Hello?
Louise?
Hello?
No! No! No.
Fuck!
[sobs] Fuck!
Oh, shit!
[yells, grunts]
[panting]
Louise!
Hello!
Can you hear me?
Louise is dead.
There's blood all over the place.
Hello?
[dance music becomes distorted]
[panting continues]
-[Valter] Lejla?
-[music cuts off]
[panting]
Please, Dad, can you come?
[sobbingly] Please.
-Where is she?
-[Lejla] Up there. In the bathroom.
Hey, Valter, stay here. Only police
allowed inside. You should know that.
[Lejla] We can't go in there?
The bathroom, yeah.
[tense music playing]
What are they doing?
[Valter] They're doing their job,
ask them.
[car approaches]
What's going on? Where is she?
Is she in there?
-Kristina.
-Where is she?
-Kristina, wait.
-Where is she?
Let me go! I need to get in there!
-[cries] Let me go!
-I know, I know.
[Kristina] I need to get in there.
Where is she? In there?
I have to get in there!
-Let me go! I need to get in there!
-[Valter] I know, just calm…
-[Kristina sobs]
-[Valter] You'll have to wait.
-Where's Alicia?
-[Kristina] I don't know.
-Wasn't she at your place?
-She never…
I thought she was at your place!
[panting]
Alicia?
[ominous music playing]
Alicia?
Alicia!
[shouts] Alicia!
[rescue leader] This is Alicia.
She went missing
at some point during the night.
She's approximately four-foot-seven
and she has dark hair.
LOUISE IS BES
She is possibly wearing
pink wellington boots
and a purple and pink raincoat.
[search dogs barking]
[ominous music rises]
[search party] Alicia!
-Alicia!
-Alicia!
-Alicia!
-Alicia!
Alicia!
Alicia!
Alicia!
Alicia!
Alicia!
Alicia!
Alicia! It's your dad!
Alicia!
Alicia!
[distantly] Alicia!
[woman] Alicia!
[man] Alicia!
[search party repeating] Alicia!
Alicia!
[rescue leader on radio]
So, section two stops here.
-Confirming no sighting of missing girl.
-Stop!
[scattered] Stop!
[man] We're going to take a break.
Are you okay?
-Hmm.
-There's soup over there.
Come on.
[sombre music playing]
[man on radio] We think we've found
something of interest.
One of our volunteers spotted it.
-[Tomas] Yes? We're on our way now.
-I'll send you over the location now.
-Björn!
-Yeah?
[Tomas] They've found something.
-Okay.
-Let's get going.
Yeah. Coming.
[tense music builds]
-[exhales]
-[tense music fades]
-Hi.
-Hi.
[woman giggles]
-What brings you here?
-I was just wondering how you are.
How's it going?
As the old inspector, I'm curious.
Yeah, well…
We think Alicia found
her mother's dead body and ran away.
Forensics will be here tomorrow, though.
Okay.
Uh, these are leftovers from yesterday.
I thought maybe…
Oh, my. [chuckles] Thank you.
I don't suppose
I can come and have a look?
Uh… Go on. That should be fine.
-But don't tell Tomas.
-No, no.
How's my brother doing?
He has his own way of doing things.
But good, I suppose.
[continuous beeping]
-Show me.
-[man] Okay. Over here.
[beeping stops]
Just shows how little we know each other.
How we're feeling inside.
[mobile phone ringing]
We never realise how bad things can be.
Hi, Tomas.
Listen, Björn and I are at
one of the entrances to the mine, and…
we've got something.
Björn!
Yeah? We need to cordon this off.
We're now treating the disappearance
of Alicia as a crime.
Yeah.
Thanks!
-Hi.
-Hi there.
I heard it was you who found Louise.
Yeah.
If you don't find a missing child
within 48 hours, then you've no chance.
But it's not always the case.
[car doors slam]
Okay.
[Tomas clears throat]
Said, I'd like you to come with us.
-Has something happened?
-Just come with us, Said.
[Said] Why? What's happened?
Do you have Alicia?
[Tomas] I want you to come with us.
Why can't you tell me what you have?
Have you located her?
We don't know where she is.
Come with us.
But I want to be here searching for her.
Either you come of your own free will,
or we'll make you come.
[calmly] Said,
just come with us to the car, okay?
-Tomas, what's this about, then?
-Not now.
[sombre music playing]
[mobile phone ringing]
[man speaking on TV]
[Valter] Hello, you.
Hi. Were you asleep?
No. How are things going?
They've just moved the search
further north.
I'm on my way there.
Tomas took away Said. Why'd he do that?
They found Alicia's clothes and shoes.
-What?
-Mm.
Found where?
Åsdammen, at the mine,
in front of one of the entrances.
According to Jorun.
So, someone has taken her.
Open up!
[panicked breathing]
[screams]
[panting]
[heartbeat pulses]
-[sharp distortion]
-[screaming]
[scream echoes]
[gloomy string music playing]
[music fades]