HPI Haut Potentiel Intellectuel (2021) s01e02 Episode Script

Spectacular.
- Brand new carburettor.
Impressive.
How did that miracle happen?
Expense report, Henri.
- I am very proud of you.
You finally benefit from the system.
- Exactly.
Bye, Henry.
- Have a nice day, Henri.
I hired Morgane as a consultant.
- Counselor? Morgane Alvaro?
Yes, the contract has been signed.
She starts today.
The Chief Inspector is behind it?
Explain.
- She saved us on the last case.
No, she stole evidence and
polluted and make almost everything fail.
I have another position, I have to deliver.
That woman cannot be sent.
- That's right.
That's why she's on your team.
You can handle her.
She is aware and will be watching.
Hey.
What are you doing?
What are you doing here with that baby?
- I had taken her to the nursery.
But it is the adjustment week.
She wouldn't be quite used to it yet.
I think so.
Get out.
- Come on, I drove 50 km.
You traumatize that child. Get out of here.
It's just a man in a bath.
And the baby?
- At your colleague. He wasn't busy.
What are you doing?
- Establish the first facts.
Obviously suicide.
- Here we go again.
Look at the floor, no traces.
That is unprocessed tropical hardwood.
Difficult to clean.
Walking over it leaves traces.
- And his body?
So it is worn.
Or
It has to do with that.
- The towels?
Is there nothing that catches your eye?
It is folded in half and the rest
in quarters. A maid doesn't do that.
The perpetrator must use a towel
have covered his tracks.
And then put it back. Look.
- Put back.
He's still wet. Then feel.
Yes, still wet.
That glass
is different from the rest in the room.
You see?
Your corpse has a glass at the bar
drunk before he got here.
He wasn't alone.
He must have rented that luxury suite
to impress a girl.
Speculation.
- Funny.
The same was said of Einstein's theory of relativity.
Einstein, yes. You consider yourself a lot.
Do not be jealous.
Benjamin Winckler,
born 1979. From Liège. Gilles?
After this you call Belgium,
look at the surveillance footage
and send this to the lab.
- Come on, sweetie.
And now gone.
Sir can't laugh, can you?
Yes, regular customer. He drank here
yesterday around 7pm.
Was he alone?
- With a woman.
Brown hair, in her forties, quite handsome.
Romantic or business date?
- No idea.
Anything else
- Can you heat these up for me?
Yes of course.
I'm working.
- What do you think I'm doing?
In those 30 seconds, he'll probably think of something else.
I think that man quite
was tipsy when he left.
Look. Thanks.
- Just him or her too?
Only him.
- What about her?
Her first name was something with 'is'.
Candice, Iris
Inspector, do you have a minute?
I found this on the surveillance video.
8:02 p.m.
This half an hour later, at 8.33 pm.
According to the doorman she came
with a red car at 7pm.
She stood in front of the hotel in a place
where you were not allowed to park.
And then?
- Nothing.
The tow service came, but left the car.
Then it could be two things.
And not many officers drive a red car.
So it's
- A physician.
Gladys Puget, surgeon at Saint-Louis?
- Indeed.
Your husband died in a fatal accident nine months ago.
And now your lover has drowned
found in a bathtub.
That's a strange coincidence, isn't it?
Do you think it was me?
- I don't think anything.
Benjamin Winckler lay dead in the hotel room
which, according to the surveillance images
entered with you. Can you explain that?
We met three months ago
get to know in the hotel.
I had a hard time then.
Our orders were mixed up,
that's how we clicked.
Did it click?
- We slept together.
Was it just a sexual relationship?
- No no.
It was much more.
Benjamin was curator of a Bruges museum.
Usually I let myself be seduced by boring,
married men. He was single
funny attentive and naturally developed.
Everything.
- It would be a romantic evening.
Our evening.
We ran the bath, but
he was drunk. He slept right away.
And then?
I didn't come to see him
see sleep. I left.
When you left, he was asleep.
Or was he dead?
I'm a doctor, I can really make that distinction.
The problem is that no one
that room entered or exited after you.
How do you explain that?
I have no idea.
And our deal?
- Polite please, and knock first.
Are you serious?
Within.
Please allow me to come here to
ask if you keep the appointment.
I have been in contact with Missing persons.
No trace of your friend. No bill,
tax bill, insurance, nothing.
He went up in smoke.
The last track dates from 2005.
Does it stick to that?
- If he's abroad, yes.
Wait a second.
Romain would never leave Théa and me.
If you're sure he's not gone
you have to consider something serious.
The police made him cold.
- You have to explain that.
We took part in an occupation at
Amiens against the construction of a highway.
After a few days, the police intervened harshly.
One argued with Romain. He became
arrested and disappeared. Nov 5, 2005.
And that's the fault of the police?
That's bullshit.
Oh yeah? How so?
- The police don't just kill people.
I will make inquiries and will prove you wrong.
Do you have other things from Romain
photos, letters, whatever?
Even if they don't seem important.
How's Inspector Karadec?
- Great.
He wants me to get to know all aspects of the trade.
We have two keys.
The key to an armored door,
with green plastic on the sides.
On four points. And a beeper. Gray.
Antracite grey?
- No, more mouse gray.
According to the Belgians, Benjamin is still alive,
he only misses his identity card.
Who is the victim then?
- He was living under a false name.
Check his fingerprints, DNA and everything.
- And what do I do?
You? You take that baby to the
nursery or home. But away from here.
What does the wanted persons list say?
Nothing yet, not even DNA.
Maybe he's nowhere to be found.
The surgeon?
- In pre-trial detention.
If she knew about that fake name
we may have a motive.
Tell me what game are you playing
with Morgan? Still no hazing?
Seals are important, Céline.
You wanted this. Transfer her elsewhere.
- That won't work.
Why did she want to work here?
- It's a job, pay.
She's against police. Then why here?
- That's my business.
Hell, the sealed pieces.
What do we have here?
You see, that's designer clothes.
But it is worn out and has been repaired everywhere.
That's crazy, because if you have money,
do you buy another one?
I think so.
What is that?
Pollen. This plant
- Pollen from the acacia.
Crazy, they are late this year.
Not even bloomed yet.
Except when they face south.
Well done.
There you have that puss again.
I'm getting sick of you. you grab
that evidence without protection.
Against all the rules.
- I'm wearing gloves, right?
That way you can pollute evidence.
Let me think, because you disturb me.
To find that name, I have to concentrate.
You're only causing me trouble.
Traces of cement under the soles.
Clearly there was construction going on in his neighbourhood.
All right, what else do we have?
A zoom that has been placed in it.
But craftsmanship, seems to come from a studio.
And look, the wires
do not cross each other. Strange.
That reminds me of a superstition.
I had a colleague from Madagascar
who never crossed the wires.
That way you didn't have twins.
Don't ask me why, just that
brings bad luck in southern Madagascar.
Just find a list of adjusters from Madagascar.
They are not really sorted by country.
Come sit next to me.
All right, now we're looking for the longest names.
In Madagascar they always have long names.
And everyone has a unique name.
Even two brothers don't have the same last name.
Take, for example, Mrs. Rakotomalala.
We click on that.
- And Mr. Ravinjandinnanan.
We'll take that too. Well done.
Who has their studio near a park on the south?
I look like an 'expert', don't I?
Do you know this man?
- Mister Vincent, I have no address.
Last name?
Sorry.
- Day.
Do you hear that?
Birds?
- No, work.
What do we do now, Sherlock Holmes?
Luckily I have the keys.
26, B7
Vincent Berger. B7.
Daddy
- Excuse me. Bye, miss.
Come here, Lily.
- Sorry to startle you.
Karadec, Lille detective.
Do you know Vincent Berger?
- Yes, my husband. How so?
Can we come in for a second?
That's Mustache, that one too, that Castor
and that Basil, my favorite stuffed animal.
I got it from my dad for my fifth birthday.
When nightmares come, Basil stops them.
What a whopper, that Basil.
Some more tea, Your Majesty?
We were together for almost 15 years.
We did everything together.
What did your husband do for work?
- Real estate advisor.
He worked hard.
Especially since we bought this house.
The mortgage is a burden.
But he didn't mind.
Weren't you worried when he didn't come home?
He was often in Paris for client appointments.
Several times a week.
Do you know this woman?
No?
Gladys Puget.
Doesn't that mean anything to you? Surgeon.
Vincent was not in Paris last night.
He was with this woman at the Hotel des Bois-Blancs.
That's where we found him.
I thought I was the blunt farmer on our team.
'Treat the witnesses
with a little more respect.'
Do you remember? Those were your words.
What do you want to tell me?
She just learned that her husband is dead.
She doesn't need to hear that he too
had a mistress. A little tact.
How did you know she didn't know yet?
She was very unstable. Do you see her doing it?
- She had every reason to be angry.
I wanted to see her reaction.
- Stop at that bus stop.
It's okay. As for that seal,
that stays between us.
Thanks to you, we have his identity.
Thank you, Alvaro.
But one more time and I'll throw you out.
Yes? We are not friends, not partners.
As long as it doesn't bother you.
See you tomorrow. On time and without baby.
Still, it's weird, that fake name.
Who needs that to cheat on his wife?
I think that's where the key lies.
- Maybe it was for something else.
Good, see you tomorrow.
Female whales have a lot
food for all their work.
They can eat up to three tons of food a day.
They filter small organisms with their baleen.
But if necessary, they can also go without food
Can I?
- Yes, just this and then.
The MA The construction of the A24
means 147 km of asphalt
and 2000 ha nature reserve and
two endangered species less.
That's why we demand
Look.
- Why are you watching that old video?
You see, when he smiles, he has
just like those laugh lines like you.
I do not like it. It's morbid,
you have to stop.
That's your father, Thea.
- It's nobody, I don't know him.
He can be stolen from me.
You ruin everything because of him.
With Ludo, with the others.
You drive me crazy with your ghost.
She moves.
Kiss.
How are things in there?
Vincent Berger drowned.
No alcohol in his blood.
He was a horn, wasn't he?
- No drugs either.
Yes: GBL. That's what the lab thought
on the glass in the room.
GBL?
- Gamma-butyrolactone.
To clean car rims
to make. And a hip recreational drug.
You are there. Hello, little ones.
Fancy a cream puff?
No thanks.
- Yes.
It does the same thing as GHB.
Excitement, willingness, amnesia, coma.
And just like GHB
Like GHB, after a few hours
no longer found in the blood.
What have I missed?
- GBL, a cheap drug.
And the time of death?
- Between 9.30 pm and 10.30 pm.
The surgeon left at 8:33 p.m.
She is not.
How did anyone get in after that?
- Question of the day.
Through the window.
- How?
The net curtain of one of the windows moved.
The window was probably not closed properly.
Why didn't you say that before?
- It was a feeling.
If I keep saying that, you'll get mad.
Try anyway.
So I have the idea that Vincent had money problems.
If you look at his clothes.
- Not if you look at their finances.
Then my feeling just isn't right.
All right, continue. Gilles, look at that window
at the hotel and you come along.
We're going to Vincent Berger's office.
Vincent Berger rents this.
But his company went bankrupt.
The contract was canceled six months ago.
Not such a bad feeling after all, eh?
Vincent Berger was really down.
He hasn't said anything to anyone.
- No, not even to his wife.
I have the company's bills
Viewed. That had been silent for a year.
Still, it was just money
his business to the family account.
Why, without customers?
- Money did come in.
From savings and three months ago
- 80,000 euros.
Transfer from Eve Ribois.
Do you happen to have her address?
rest home?
Top. Thank you.
Chloe. C-h-l
Sorry, I just wanted to inform
No, it's just her first
daycare and I still hadn't heard anything.
Okay.
My babysitters always called.
For example, what is she doing now?
How cute.
Can you send me a photo?
Okay, good.
- Are we going, Alvaro?
I have to hang up.
- You'll never guess what I found at the hotel.
It looks like flour, but it's magnesium.
Used with climbing.
The TC must find traces on the wall.
- There is more.
That window wasn't locked. through the roof
is risky, but possible. She was right.
How could it be different.
That was it.
- Fine.
Where are you going?
- Just ask Daphne.
Madam Ribois?
Karadec, detective.
Do you mind if I record it?
Mrs. Ribois, do you know Vincent Berger?
No no.
That doesn't tell you anything. And Benjamin Winckler?
Yes, that's my friend. he comes to me
so pick up to eat oysters
in Trouville.
Still, Erwan?
How late will he come?
- He'll be right there, Mom.
Is my bag packed?
- Yes, don't worry.
Erwan, has your mother been here long?
Two months.
Can she go on trips?
- No not yet.
According to the doctors, that is still too early.
- Is my bag ready?
Yes, your bag is ready, Mom.
Mrs. Ribois, you have 80,000 euros
transferred to your friend. How so?
For my son. A studio
in the center of Lille.
Rue Jean Bart 6.
An investment on the advice of Benjamin.
I gave him the money
and he would handle the paperwork.
I wanted to surprise you, honey.
He's coming soon. Is my bag ready?
I have to go, mom.
I'll be back tomorrow.
Can I have a word with you?
In private?
Hello Miss.
I wish you a nice day.
Has she been like this for long?
- Yes.
Since she's here.
What exactly happened?
She had a stroke early this year.
Shortly afterwards I started with business administration.
I couldn't take care of her anymore.
Then she met Benjamin.
Do you know how they meet
have met? True?
Didn't you mistrust it?
- Yes. My mother had been alone for years.
But you couldn't say anything about it.
He was great, very attentive.
But suddenly he was gone.
We haven't heard from him for three months.
My mother had a relapse.
The doctors are talking about dementia.
Every day she thinks he's her
picks up to go to sea.
Your mother's ex-boyfriend had a false name.
His real name was Vincent Berger.
He was murdered two days ago.
All right, let's go now.
Wait a second. And the apartment?
What happens with that?
- Let's find out.
Don't say anything to my mother, that will kill her.
Which is good.
This official report has been signed by Romain.
He was released the day after his arrest.
Do you recognize his handwriting?
The most likely
so it seems he wanted to disappear.
But we keep looking.
The studio he had bought
by Eve Ribois was not for sale.
He had rented it for a day through Airbnb.
He says to do the paperwork and takes the money.
Taking a sick 80 grand, class.
He rented the studio again last weekend.
- Another victim?
The surgeon, Gladys. Widow since
nine months, the ideal prey.
She is vulnerable, he seduces her
and mirrors that investment to her.
But she wasn't in the hotel
at the time of the murder.
Anything not to admit to being broke?
- I'm not telling his wife the truth.
The little one of four:
Daddy dead and mommy broken. Horrible.
Small of five.
- Not yet. In three days.
Then why did he give her a present?
Hey hello, sweetie. How are you?
Mom is tired, so I'm not going to school.
Mom will be better soon, I promise.
I want to ask you something.
Could I perhaps borrow Basil from you?
I have a job for him.
- Good.
Awesome. Thank you.
What kind of job is it?
Daddy told Basil a secret
and he must tell the police.
Good. Mommy says that daddy isn't anymore
comes back. Is that true?
That's right, honey.
If you're dead, is that forever?
That's difficult.
Everyone thinks differently about that.
Some people think
that you will be born again.
As a butterfly, as a fish, whatever you want.
- Me as a whale, nobody can eat it.
Very good choice.
We'll let your mom get some rest.
Before Basil sets off,
he needs to eat something first. Good?
Tell me, what does Basil like to eat?
- Fruits.
Pretty easy, I say.
Please.
- That's sweet.
Thank you for dealing with her.
You're welcome.
- I don't have the energy for anything.
That makes sense.
- He loved me more than anything.
I was crazy enough to believe him.
He slept with several women.
- Were there any more?
To take money from them, he was broke.
His company was bankrupt
and he didn't want you to know.
Why?
I'm not a psychic, but maybe
didn't want to be a loser in your eyes.
He must have been afraid of losing you.
Very stupid, but he loved you.
Can you give me those peanuts?
Thanks.
What the hell are we doing here?
- Relax, let's have a drink.
Here?
- The one night you don't eat at home.
On Wednesdays you always eat Indian.
A samosa, a biryani and a mango lassi.
All for 13.50, right?
The same for him.
An apple juice and a mineral water, please.
Are you spying on me?
No, I've been cleaning in the office for months
and know all the receipts from your trash.
Do you realize what strangers may know about you?
You are no stranger.
Not bad. Even more?
unmarried, no children,
lives with one Sofiane
who doesn't seem to be your friend.
- My brother.
Living together at that age
- He's in trouble.
Well, what are we doing here?
- Meeting a stranger like me.
Our dead has Gladys and Eve
met here, in this bar.
Two rich, but vulnerable women.
An excellent prey.
Coincidentally someone saw them,
someone she knew very well.
Look, I found this with Vincent's wife.
Please.
- Thank you.
Stop, I tell you.
Come on.
What are you doing?
- I'm not going to jail anymore.
This will help, yes.
Go on, Gilles.
An apple juice and a mineral water.
Who drinks that now?
- Alvaro?
Oh yes, Germans.
Geez, you could have been dead.
Couldn't you have informed me? Than
we had caught him outside the hotel.
Come on.
- No, nothing come on.
It's a miracle there were no injuries.
Isn't that a bit too dramatic?
- Am I too dramatic?
You've put lives on the line.
I didn't have my gun with me.
I almost had a knife in my stomach.
- I get it.
I did not follow the procedure
and you are not happy.
It's not a game, madam the gifted.
That's how you endanger lives.
Here, a present.
I wanted to say
- I bet you're sorry.
Are you doing it on purpose or something?
Your colleague is right. This is not for me.
You're not ruining everything, are you?
Your daughter's father.
He wanted to leave himself, didn't he?
- Thats not sure.
What did you say?
- She's putting me in danger.
She's not coming back.
- That's up to you, right?
No. Fifteen years ago
her husband was arrested and disappeared.
That was the deal: She works
for us and I'm looking for her guy.
He seems to have left of his own free will.
So she has no reason anymore
to stay. She withdraws.
That's what you wanted, right?
- Yes.
mortal sin.
- Yes, that's what I wanted.
I want to be able to work well
without her risking my life.
Get dressed again.
Abuse, blackmail, healing
Does the hotel not check its staff?
And murder.
- I have nothing to do with that.
How did it go?
You found the target he seduced?
Don't like the stupid.
Gladys confirmed that you switched the potions.
Vincent had money problems.
A friend helps you.
So I suggested that deal to him.
We would do fifty-fifty.
I thought it went well.
- Decently?
Is that what you call taking advantage of weakness?
Vincent had more trouble with it
and wanted to stop.
I do not think so.
- How so?
Would you tell his wife everything?
Did you blackmail him?
He would show Gladys the house,
but never came.
Bad luck.
He had a dip, but recovered.
- I do not think so.
This was in his daughter's hug:
Cash and three plane tickets.
One way Argentina for the whole family.
For when?
- In two days. With wife and child.
He wanted to start a new life.
Vincent wanted to stop and tell Gladys everything.
You couldn't allow that. In the evening
from his death you put GBL in his glass.
You made sure to leave the window open.
You finished the job and let Gladys pay for it.
I want a lawyer.
The lawyer is here. Still
try to get a confession.
He took a break at 11 p.m. We have
not all results, but there is one thing:
He was not in the room at 10 pm.
- How strange that Morgane isn't here yet.
Didn't find anything on Greg's account?
- He probably got it in cash from Vincent.
Okay, I screwed up.
I apologize.
I understand what you said about
responsibility and knives in bellies.
Can't you see we're busy?
- Yes, but I know who the killer is.
And I haven't done anything illegal now.
- Tell.
On paper, the bartender is the ideal offender.
He could easily do drugs in Vincents
glass do and know the hotel.
But one thing kept me busy:
His right hand. He has long nails.
Good for playing guitar, but not for climbing.
No trace of him at climbing clubs.
- Well, at the university club.
Théa, my daughter, knows what GBL is.
So it is used by young people.
She always wants to help me
so she picked something up for me.
She went to business administration
and talked to young people there.
They sat there at the climbing club and look:
Does he tell you something?
That angel who wanted to avenge his mother.
Erwan.
- Lucky the window was open.
I wasn't really thinking about luck.
- Previously to an accomplice.
Who else could be mad
on Vincent Berger than Erwan?
Who else?
Who was furious to like a slut
getting ripped off by a guy?
Maybe a girl with a name
ending in 'is': Iris
gladys.
- Bingo.
Good.
We didn't tell your mother.
Gladys has confessed everything.
How did you come into contact with her while looking for Vincent?
Did you tell me what he did to your mother?
- How she got screwed?
Why didn't she take it?
And then your plan.
That you wanted to kill him.
The GBL, the window that remained open when she left.
And now you are here.
He deserved it, that dude.
I owe my mother to that guy
left and now she sits there.
She's there, but she's not there anymore.
The doctors can't do anything for her anymore.
It's all because of him.
That's all his fault.
It is my fault.
I should have taken care of her.
It's not your fault what happened to her.
Do you want to say hello to her?
Go ahead.
Do you leave the door open?
Mom?
I am going abroad for school.
To Shanghai.
What amazing.
- We can't see each other that much.
But I'll call you.
And I write to you.
Do you promise you'll get better?
Do you do your exercises?
- Yes of course.
Don't worry so much about me.
You have to think about yourself.
Do not worry.
I love you mom.
- I love you too.
What do we demand?
- Cancellation of plans.
Are you ready?
- Yes.
Some paperwork, but not much.
About that Roman.
His last traces date back to 2005?
From fifteen years ago?
Are you interested?
- Pure curiosity.
If you want, I can give you the file.
- Fine.
What?
- Do you feel guilty?
Not at all.
Just curious.
Have a nice evening then.
- You too.
Celine?
- We're leaving, Agnes.
I'm taking Morgane with me
to the other end of the world.
I'm tired of it, Agnes. Do you hear me?
That was at the end of the tape.
She probably never saw that.
Tell me, is that nanny warm
did you finish your bottle?
Sure?
Because otherwise you'll have to roar.
It is very important to make yourself heard.
What are we eating?
- Pasta.
Again?
- I didn't have time for groceries.
Then you have something delivered.
You now have work and money.
I work for the French police.
Not for the FBI or anything.
What is it?
- Come to the station right away.
Really now?
- Yes, really now.
It is very important.
Okay I am on my way.
I'm sorry, I'll be right back.
- It does not matter.
I'm sick of it. Leave us alone, Agnes.
We are leaving. I'm taking Morgane with me
away from here. You'll never see her again.
I'm tired of it, Agnes.
Do you hear me?
I've never seen this.
Does the name Agnès mean anything to you?
This is my mother.