Les Temoins AKA Witnesses (2014) s01e03 Episode Script

Episode 3

1 - Excuse me - PIease PIease Is this the third show home? Yes.
I can confirm that.
Can you teII me the other victims' names? Yes.
We've spoken to the famiIies.
They're being offered counseIIing.
In the third show home we recovered the body of Sylvie Tourneux who died severaI days ago at the age of 45, after a Iong iIIness.
And the body of MeIissa Vernet who aIso died a few days ago, at the age of 16.
What was the cause of the girI's death? What wouId you say to IocaI peopIe who are about to bury a reIative? What are you doing to protect our dead? I think that we aII need time to reflect on this.
Excuse me, madam PIease House number three.
Two bodies.
A woman sat on the sofa a teenage girI Iaid out on the dining tabIe and a funeraI urn.
EternaI rest? If onIy.
Witnesses Series created by Hervé Hadmar I must keep you under observation.
I'm sorry, I just don't have time.
You're free to do as you wish but at Ieast wait for your test resuIts.
Thanks.
Excuse me.
Thanks very much.
I know, Eric.
You're right.
I'm sorry.
What? Don't worry.
I'm fine.
I'II expIain Iater.
OK? I need to go.
I'II caII you Iater.
OK? I Iove you.
Send ChIoé my Iove.
WeII? ApparentIy, I'm fine.
I'm Iimping a bit, but it's fine.
I toId you, I'm fine.
Where's this third house? 40km north.
OK.
Sandra, they found a funeraI urn there.
How do I expIain it? Gorbier's a compIete sicko, that's aII.
He and Serano dig up bodies from the IocaI cemetery and pose them in homes.
But the men have been carefuIIy chosen.
Muse and Weber, from the other houses, were murdered.
- But by whom? We don't know - Agreed.
So, Gorbier and Serano are digging up a murderer's victims.
Why? They know the murderer's identity and want PauI to catch him.
OK.
Why? Gorbier wants PauI to be the detective he once was.
He wants revenge on the PauI Maisonneuve who was a tough copper not the guy who's been in rehabiIitation.
Yes.
That fits.
But Iast night, Gorbier crashes into me.
He gives me a message.
And within haIf an hour, 60km away a gIass door is smashed, Richard LapIace's ashes are stoIen And they end up here.
CouId someone be heIping them? It's possibIe.
Sandra? Sandra, are you OK? Come on.
I'm taking you to the hospitaI.
- No, I'm fine.
- No, you're not! Justin, I'm fine.
- Look.
- What? The bodies have been moved.
- Yes, of course.
- What do you mean? Maisonneuve said it was OK.
WeII, if Maisonneuve said so Where is he? Upstairs, I think.
Have you found anything? No.
Perhaps he didn't Ieave a message.
There must be one.
There wasn't one in the first house.
Or maybe you just didn't find it.
Did Gorbier say anything? "TeII PauI that the ghosts are back".
You Iook rough.
You couId have waited before you moved the bodies.
Yeah, I couId have.
So, Gorbier wants to see you suffer.
What's his game? I don't know.
What is it? My son drew that.
Thomas, where are you? I need to taIk to you.
CaII me as soon as you can.
What's going on? What's going on? WeII? He's not at work.
He's not at work, he's not at home Where the fuck is he? Where did Gorbier find this drawing? Was it in storage? PossibIy.
My wife kept them in a cardboard box.
He must have taken it with the photo he Ieft in the second house.
Do we know how Gorbier got hoId of a second key for the storage unit? If we knew that, it wouId be a breakthrough.
PauI, he must have come to the rehab centre.
He escapes from prison with Serano, then visits you without your knowing.
Maybe you weren't in your room or were asIeep.
He's right there.
He couId kiII you but doesn't.
That wouId be too easy.
He has other pIans.
Do you think that's possibIe? It's possibIe, isn't it? That's how he works.
My father's ashes were on the manteI.
I heard a noise so I got up.
His ashes were gone.
The French window was open.
I Iooked out into the garden.
That's when I saw the woIf.
In 20 years, PauI Maisonneuve caught over 230 guys.
So, why Gorbier? What did PauI do? Why wouId he want to make PauI suffer? Gorbier's a sicko.
Maxine, I'm fed up of hearing how "Gorbier's a sicko" and "PauI destroyed his famiIy".
How did he "destroy" his famiIy? What did he do to his famiIy? You reaIIy have it in for Maisonneuve, don't you? What happened between you eight years ago, during your training He pushed you too far.
That doesn't make him guiIty.
That night, when Gorbier said to me, "The ghosts are back" The "ghosts" who are behind this are doing it because they think Maisonneuve is guiIty.
Of what, I don't know.
But they bIame him for something.
I know that Gorbier and Serano aren't aIone.
A third man is heIping them and doing Gorbier's bidding.
They took LapIace's ashes and put them in the third house, with the drawing.
But who? Someone Gorbier has dragged into his pIan who has something against Maisonneuve.
Someone with a woIf? Yes.
Someone with a woIf.
Max, we've traced Maisonneuve's son's mobiIe.
Go! - WeII? - We're tracing it.
He's here.
Head down Rue Basse.
- HeIIo.
This is Thomas.
- Fuck.
Yeah? PauI, we've got him.
First Ieft.
Why are you here? Why didn't you pick up? What do you mean? Tasty.
Good, aren't they? Wow! I Iove chew pastry.
It's "choux" pastry.
- Sorry, but we caII it chew pastry.
- Come off it! That's not how you say it.
- Isn't "chou" a cabbage? - No.
That's how you say it.
Is he the one Ieaving bodies in show homes? Yes.
That's him.
Why go after me? Maybe he just wants to scare you.
No.
He's not just trying to scare me.
I want you to Ieave here and go as far away as possibIe No.
I don't want to.
If you don't, you'II need poIice protection.
- For how Iong? - I don't know.
- As Iong as it takes.
- No way.
- Two years ago tomorrow, Mum - Yes.
I know.
I miss her.
I miss her, too.
The other day, I waIked past a woman wearing her perfume.
I went to her grave the other day.
The man I'm Iooking for He wants to hurt us.
He's been going there.
He's the one who Ieft the flowers.
He knows not to go out and to teII no one where he is.
Tonight, I'II stay in the room next door.
When I'm not here don't Iet him out of your sight.
Do you know the guy you're Iooking for? No.
Do you know why he put red roses on Mum's grave? No.
Dad didn't want us to go to her grave.
He said it was bad Iuck and we shouId remember her as she was.
He said we shouId imagine her with us, not shut up in a coffin.
I know why this guy did it.
Why? They were my mum's favourite flowers.
Gorbier won't stop there.
What's his pIan? To scare Maisonneuve? If he wanted to get at his son, why wait untiI he's in a safe house? What's his next move? Show up at the hoteI and bump everyone off? - Fuck.
- Sandra? Sandra, are you OK? Are you OK? No internaI Iesions Your body has had a shock but nothing's broken.
So, I'm fine? WeII, yes.
Why are you Iaughing? You're going to have to take it easy.
What do you mean? You're pregnant.
Sorry? You're pregnant.
OnIy two weeks gone.
- Are you OK? - Fine.
Do you have chiIdren? Yes.
I have a IittIe girI.
Any terminations? Sorry? I mean, have you ever had a miscarriage? - Yes.
I had one.
- How Iong ago? - Eight years ago.
- How did it happen? Tiredness, stress Myjob's demanding.
AII the more reason to take it easy.
- WiII you be OK? - Yes.
Fine.
Thank you.
- Take this.
- Thanks.
How can you teII if an eIephant is in your fridge? Look for footprints in the butter.
- Hadn't you heard that one? - No.
You've hurt yourseIf.
A IittIe bit.
It's nothing.
How did you hurt yourseIf? On the stairs at work.
I feII down them.
It's nothing.
What? I don't get it.
It's not a big deaI.
What's wrong? I'm not asking a Iot.
I just want to borrow your car.
It's not about the fucking car.
You're cIearIy annoyed.
I don't want a car I'm not used to.
For work, I need a car I know how to handIe.
- Stop it.
- What? Quit that fucking job.
Let's not have that argument now.
When, then? When are we going to taIk about it? You get attacked by a guy who Ieaves you for dead on the road and I can't say a word? I onIy found out the next day! This has to be a joke.
You're right.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
What is it that you want? If you want a normaI, happy famiIy Iife you need to Ieave this shittyjob.
Don't try to bIackmaiI me.
I thought the perfect famiIy didn't exist.
Stop it, pIease.
If I don't Ieave work, what then? You'II Ieave me and take my chiId? WiII you see other women, too? - You knew I wanted to do this job.
- I know.
Did you think I'd just be heIping oId Iadies across the road? It pisses you off too, doesn't it? You're aII pissed off that a girI can do this job.
I'm not Maisonneuve.
What went on eight years ago is irreIevant.
It's very reIevant, Eric.
Did you notice I've changed my Iipstick? No.
You didn't notice.
I don't Iike it when you fight.
It's nothing, darIing.
Your dad and I are just taIking.
It's nothing, kiddo.
- Come on.
- It's not serious.
AII right? - Hi.
- You Iook tired.
I need to know whose number this is.
- Do you need it now? - Yes, pIease.
It's urgent.
Let's see WanderwiIt, Laurence.
- WanderwiIt? - Yes.
- Ring any beIIs? - What? Ring any beIIs? No.
- Are you OK? - Yeah.
- Thanks.
- No probIem.
Do you have any news on Muse, Weber or LapIace? Different towns, different schooIs, different buiIding sites They didn't have the same hobbies or contacts.
The wives and kids didn't know each other.
But we checked their bank records.
For two years, every six months each man paid a Iarge sum into their account - By bank transfer? - No, cash deposits.
We compared their phone caIendars.
18th September, the day Muse, Weber and LapIace got the same sum they had meetings in the same town.
Muse at 2pm.
, Weber at 4.
30pm and LapIace at 7pm.
Where? - In Le Tréport? - Yes.
A bistro caIIed Le TribaI.
Weber, Muse and LapIace at this bistro So, what's your theory? A guy who knows aII three? A guy they aII work for? A guy who gives them enveIopes fuII of cash? But why kiII someone who's offering you work? Picture the scene.
They work for this guy.
This guy does something something awfuI.
If anyone found out, he'd Iose everything - famiIy, job, reputation.
Weber, Muse and LapIace bIackmaiI him.
- For years? - Yeah, for years.
Yeah.
That fits.
These cash deposits into your father's account Did you ever hear of them? No.
My parents didn't discuss money in front of me.
Do you have any ideas? Someone who used to caII round often, who might have given your dad cash? No.
How's your mother? We might head south for a few weeks.
She can't cope here.
Yes.
I understand.
Don't you want to eat with your son? He wants to be aIone.
Listen Sandra's right Gorbier knows we're hiding Thomas.
He wouIdn't come here.
He must have something eIse up his sIeeve.
Like what? Gorbier's famiIy There's a team with them, 24/7.
I'II go and see his wife and son.
Are you sure? Hi, Iads.
Mrs Gorbier, has he tried to get in contact with you? Have you received anonymous caIIs? No, no.
Have you had any caIIs where there's just breathing or siIence? Someone hanging up? Do you feeI Iike you're being foIIowed or watched? Mrs Gorbier, excuse my asking, but do you Iive here aIone with Jérémie? No.
I've moved on.
My son and I came back here.
It's a famiIy home.
I met someone.
Does this person Iive with you? Yes.
My husband Do you think he might carry on doing what he did before? Yes.
If we don't stop him, I think he'II start up again When he escaped, he'd have needed money.
Who might he have asked? CertainIy not me.
- Your son - He's upstairs, in his room.
Do you remember me? Yes.
WiII you be OK? Yes.
Did you visit your dad in prison? No.
I couIdn't.
Considering what I know You know, Jérémie, if you need to taIk you can aIways caII the psychoIogist the one who Iooked after you five years ago.
Yes.
Don't worry.
She's there for you.
Sometimes I dream about him.
I dream that he comes to me to take me away.
I wish he was dead.
Do you think he'II come for them? Yes, once he's finished with me.
- This way, pIease.
- Thanks.
- Does PauI know you're here? - Of course.
Three of my homes and sites.
This is getting weird.
Mr Norbert, do you have any enemies? Someone who might want to harm you? I'm head of one of the region's biggest firms I'm invoIved in IocaI poIitics and I'm standing in the eIections.
In my position, enemies are aII I have.
But if you're asking "Do you know someone who wouId put bodies in your houses?" my answer is the same as it was when you first asked me - no.
Richard LapIace I take it you didn't know him either? - I don't think so.
Who is he? - He's one of the victims.
The three men found in the show homes worked in the same industry as you.
Are you sure you didn't know them? I'm sure.
I'm quite sure.
Sandra.
Here's a Iist of aII the tradespeopIe and entrepreneurs in the area.
FinanciaIIy, they can't match Henri Norbert.
But a good 30 of them might have come across Weber, Muse and LapIace.
Is there anyone on the Iist who might know Kaz Gorbier? Here.
This is the Iast of them.
Thanks, Denis.
You're a sweetheart.
Happy reading! Case fiIe - Kaz Gorbier Interrogation - Kaz Gorbier 20th June 2008 Investigating officer Inspector P.
Maisonneuve My famiIy didn't suspect a thing.
I couId have gone on.
A good father and husband during the day and at night a woIf amongst woIves.
Does my wife know? She knows.
She won't see me.
Did you teII her? Yes.
I toId her.
What did she say? Nothing.
She cried.
Do you have a son, too? How oId is he? You know, one day I'II do to your famiIy what you've done to mine.
Do you know why? What you did to my son I don't beIieve it What you did to my son - Fred.
- Yes? Weren't you seeing a girI who was some sort of Ianguage speciaIist? - Yes.
A maxiIIoIabiaI speciaIist.
- That was it.
- Why? - I need some heIp.
Sorry.
We spIit up.
- Did it end badIy? - You couId say that.
- It was her fauIt, of course.
- Of course.
CouId you caII her for me? PIease Fred was teIIing me you're a maxiIIoIabiaI speciaIist.
Yes, but speech therapist is fine.
- Can aII speech therapists Iip-read.
- Oh, no.
It's a different speciaIism.
It's this bit.
"My son" Wait.
- ShaII I rewind it? - Yes, pIease.
I'm a bit Iost.
- Here? Is that OK? - Perfect.
"My son "What you did to him to find me "I promise you, one day you're going to regret it.
"One day, I promise you, you'II be the one crying".
Yes.
That's it.
Jérémie, where did PauI Maisonneuve take you, five years ago? To a flat.
What flat? A poIiceman's flat.
The one who sounds BeIgian He took you, then what did you do? What did he teII you? He toId me what my dad did to women at night.
He said I had to heIp him.
HeIp him, how? To find my father.
He said if I didn't, he'd kiII again.
I didn't want to, at first.
I didn't want to say.
Then, he showed me the photos.
Photos? What photos? Photos of the women my dad had kiIIed.
My dad came to see me a few times.
He came to my schooI.
He came at breaktime.
He'd wave from a distance.
No one knew.
Maisonneuve made me teII him.
Are you from Le Tréport? Yes.
2km that way.
The first time we met you toId me you knew the peopIe here and aII their secrets.
You know what they're saying in town.
Yes.
Maybe I do.
Someone around here with a woIf - A woIf? - Heard anything about that? No.
Why? I just wondered.
Who put the bodies in the houses? - It's Laura, isn't it? - Yes.
Do you aIways stare at girIs my age? Sorry.
You remind me of someone I Ioved.
She was your age when I met her.
Who is she? She's no Ionger with us.
Have you finished? I'm tired.
I'm off to bed.
We're Ieaving tomorrow.
You and your son can't stay here.
You need to get away untiI they catch him.
Piece of shit I'II rip you apart.
I'II destroy you, you piece of shit.
Who's that guy you're shagging? What a piece of shit.
Happy birthday Do you have a cigarette? I found out.
I know.
What do you know? Five years ago, when you caught Gorbier, you used Jérémie.
You used his son.
You fetched an eight-year-oId boy from schooI and took him away.
You toId him what his dad did at night, not sparing any detaiIs.
It wasn't enough.
He wouIdn't taIk.
So, you showed him photos expIicit photos of raped and butchered women.
You forced a chiId of eight to turn in his father.
What did you teII Gorbier when you caught him? "Come with me if you want your son to Iive"? - Who toId you that? - Is that what you did, PauI? Look me straight in the eye and teII me whether you bIoody did it or not! I see.
The mystery of PauI Maisonneuve That's why he's after you.
That's why he's after your son, isn't it? Am I wrong? No.
You're not wrong.
If I hadn't forced the boy to taIk we wouIdn't have caught Gorbier.
He'd have raped and murdered more women.
How many more victims? Two? Five? Ten? PauI, he won't give up.
He's stronger than us, than you, than aII of us.
He's had years to pIan this.
Yesterday, today, tomorrow - it's aII mapped out.
No one is safe - not you, nor your son, nor me.
Look at me.
Can you see how furious you've made him? He'II do whatever it takes for revenge.
So, get your brain in gear, now.
What does.
.
? What does Gorbier know that you don't? Why's Serano stiII here? What does Gorbier want? 100th anniversary of the CarnivaI of the Sea Did you hear me? Go and see if Thomas is stiII in his room.
HeIIo? HeIIo? Serano.
Drop the gun.
Put down your gun.
Stay here.
Don't move.
Serano.
Look at me.
Don't do it, Serano.
Look at me.
Where's Gorbier? Serano, drop your gun.
Where's Gorbier, Serano? Drop your gun.
Do you hear me?
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