The Glass Dome (2025) s01e03 Episode Script

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[heartbeat pulses]
[heavy breathing]
[whirring]
[whirring intensifies]
-[sharp distortion]
-[Lejla cries]
-[chuckles]
-Mm.
[tense music playing]
[woman] My sweetheart.
It's cold. Shouldn't you come inside?
[music fades]
DEAR MUM
[metal box drags open]
[closes]
[footsteps recede]
[door opens, closes]
Hello. Come back here!
[screams]
I am going to kill you! Come back!
Take my letter!
Come back!
[young Lejla's voice echoes]
THE GLASS DOME
[Valter] Did you listen to the news?
-[Lejla] No.
-There's a leak.
-What?
-Wastewater is leaking from the mine.
That's why that bloody alarm
went off last night. [sighs]
-What?
-The council's holding a meeting.
Now we can't even drink
our own damn water.
So that's that.
DRINKING WATER
[handbrake clicks]
Why can't you take me home?
Uh, I can't yet, 'cause Tomas needs
to talk to you about something.
And we haven't finished
at your house yet, so…
Yeah.
[sighs]
You can sit here and wait.
-I'll get you a glass of water.
-Mm.
[Tomas] Said.
Take a seat, please.
-[Björn] Right, there you go.
-Thanks.
-You know you're not a suspect anymore?
-Yeah.
Your phone was in Stockholm
when Louise died.
So, um, do you want to speak
to Crisis Support at all?
You have a right to request it.
Uh, no.
[Tomas sighs]
So…
I'd like to apologise
for what you went through. It was, um…
messy.
So, the thing is that, um…
When you were in custody,
someone made contact about Alicia.
What… What do you mean?
He's sent through an email
with a video clip attached to it.
What kind of video?
-To Kristina.
-What kind of clip?
She appears to be unharmed.
[sniffs] How…
[Tomas] It's sent
from an encrypted server.
-We're trying to track it but, uh…
-[stifled sob]
[sniffs]
My little girl.
It's a positive sign…
if the kidnapper makes contact
and wants to communicate.
-[sniffs]
-It gives us something more to go on, so…
[sobs]
Who the fuck is that?
And where the fuck are they?
[sobs] Is he the one
who killed Louise too?
Who is it? We have to fucking find him!
Jorun] Is there anyone
who might have a personal motive
to hurt you and your family?
[man 1] Stop the mine.
Stop the mine.
[Jim] Here, mate. Stop the mine.
Take the leaflet. Have a read, yeah?
-Stop the mine.
-[man] We're on the right side.
[Jim] Stop… Stop the mine. Take this.
[man 1] What you gonna do
with all that toilet paper, Kjell?
Seeing as you've gone
and sold your soul to the mine,
why don't you wipe your arse
with all that money?
[men laugh]
[chanting] Vanadin is bullshit!
Vanadin is bullshit!
[fading] Vanadin is bullshit!
-[Valter] What are you saying?
-[Kristina sighs]
[inhales deeply] She looked like
she was asleep,
but who knows if she was drugged.
But at least she was alive.
And they've released Said, thankfully.
[Valter] What the hell…
[reporter] The search
for Alicia Kamran from Grånäs,
who went missing last Tuesday,
has been cancelled with immediate effect.
[Kristina] What are they saying?
Wastewater contaminated with lead
has leaked from a nearby mine,
and the authorities cannot assure
the safety of the search and rescue team.
-[Kristina] But they can't do that!
-Yeah, but that's just for the moment.
And the police
will just go on with their work.
[indistinct radio report continues]
-Kristina…
-Yes?
Surely someone else can do this.
No. Absolutely not.
[breathes deeply]
This is my job.
It might be the case that both
the murder and the kidnapping are…
somehow linked to the mine.
Both you and Kristina
have been subjected to harassment.
Especially with the proposed
expansion of Norrtjärn.
We found Alicia's clothes in front of
one of the entrances to the mine,
and that video clip was sent
at the exact same time
as the alarm sounded last night.
Maybe it's a coincidence, but, uh…
Meaning you think that someone
who's opposed to the mine has got Alicia?
This could be for revenge, yeah.
Or blackmail.
Or something like that.
[serious music playing]
[music fades out]
Kristina received a video late last night.
Okay.
Of Alicia… out cold.
Right. Okay.
-Can you hear me?
-[crowd] Yeah.
[Kristina] I'm delighted that
so many of you are here.
It will help avoid
any confusion or speculation.
This morning I have initiated
the local council's
crisis management plan,
and we are on major incident standby.
The County Administration Board
is already carrying out thorough tests
of the groundwater on site.
-[man 1] What?
-[woman 1] What are the findings?
Has the mine poisoned
the groundwater, huh?
-[man 2] What's that supposed to mean?
-No. We don't know the full situation.
What if we've already used the water?
We've all been drinking it until now.
And what about fishing tourism?
The fish in rivers and lakes?
[man 3] What about restaurants and cafés?
We use the water for cooking.
Is there anything
to bear in mind if you're pregnant?
[woman 2] The mine needs to be shut down.
Look, I do fully understand
and respect your concerns.
But I am asking you
to be reasonable here and listen.
I, for one, am fucking done
listening to you, Kristina.
[shouts of agreement]
[man 3] We've been warning you about
the risks with this mine for a long time.
'Cause you are putting the profits
of the mining industry
before our lives
and the lives of our children.
Is there anyone even
here from Svea Vanadin? Huh?
-[man 4] Not one fucker.
-[man 5] They've gone home.
-[man 3] Not one!
-[woman 3] Yeah!
But this meeting has been organised
for the community by the local authority.
[man 6] Why don't you answer the question?
-Answer it!
-Where is Vanadin?
Huh? Just one man is in custody
for murder and abduction, right?
But where are the others?
They could've sent someone!
-Enough! You're not the only people here.
-[man 7] Yeah.
The rest of us want to hear
what Kristina has to say.
You're not in charge anymore, are you?
Shut it, you.
And you, Tage. Point as much as you like.
Why not point the finger at your boy,
and then take a good look yourselves
in the mirror.
You two are the bloody same.
Grow up, both of you!
[both scoff]
[Valter] Nobody here
wanted this, did they?
After consulting with Svea Vanadin,
we have agreed, from this morning,
to stop all mining operations
until further notice.
-Yes! Great. All right.
-[crowd cheers in agreement]
[scattered applause]
[man 8] Nice one!
[Kristina catches breath]
[sighs]
All the people here
who've been bothering us,
they're just… scum.
They're fascists who vandalise property
and post Nazi crap on Snapchat.
They have no idea
how to set up an encrypted server.
Does Tomas really know what he's doing?
What did he say about the video?
[Said] He said it's a good thing,
that they made contact.
Is it?
Or is he just saying that to calm me down?
No, no, it was.
[Said sighs]
So…
how often does the abductor of a child…
uh, exploit them…
sexually?
That all depends if the motive is sexual.
How do you find that out?
I'd say, if it was,
you're unlikely to get contact.
[banging on window]
-[Lejla] What is it?
-No, it's…
[Lejla] What?
[Said sighs]
[door closes]
[Said] Very mature.
[grunts]
You want one?
[lighter clicks]
Do you think that someone who's opposed
to the mine could have taken Alicia?
I have no idea.
I mean, if that's why they abducted her,
you'd have a demand or a threat.
And the guy who took you,
when you were a kid…
Did he touch you?
Mm.
I never even saw him.
-What did he want, though?
-I don't know. Hmm.
What, and are you fine with that?
Not knowing what he wanted?
Not knowing anything?
How can you let it go?
[heartbeat pulses]
When I find the man who did this…
I'm gonna kill him.
[young Lejla] Mummy!
[mum] It's cold.
Shouldn't you come inside?
[young Lejla] No!
[Alicia groans]
[door opens, shuts]
You're already back to work?
Yeah.
You… You just left.
Well…
We have to talk about the funeral.
Yes, but not now, please.
-So, when would it suit you?
-I don't know.
-We have to make some…
-Please, not now.
-Said, I mean that--
-I was in custody for 48 hours.
I've had no food. I've not slept either.
And someone has my child.
And I'm going
out of my fucking head. Okay?
I don't want to talk about
my wife's funeral.
Can you understand that?
-Can you respect that?
-[Kristina gasps]
She's my daughter!
And it's my grandchild who's missing!
Don't forget that.
Sorry.
[Valter] It's madness that
they can't keep looking for the girl.
Everyone knows that
the first days are crucial.
I dreamt about my mum last night.
I haven't done that in years, I think.
[Valter] Mm.
I don't remember, who was it
that told me she had killed herself?
I did.
-Hmm.
-Why do you ask that?
I don't know. I just couldn't remember.
I mean, it was just after
you'd been found,
and you wanted your mum
to come and get you.
And then she didn't.
So, you got really mad, and then…
we had to tell you what happened.
Hmm.
It's so weird that I don't remember that.
It's not that strange.
You, out of all people,
know there's often memory loss
after a trauma.
Yes, I know, but…
I mean, half my life
has been erased because of that.
I don't function the way I should.
There's nothing wrong with you. Nothing.
Yes… there is.
Do you have her interviews?
-Your mum's?
-Mm.
Yes, they're around here somewhere.
But the Stockholm police
carried out those interviews.
-That's where you went…
-If you have them, I want to read them.
Hmm. Of course.
[country music playing on car stereo]
[engine revs]
[Valter] "Delić."
-"Delić."
-Hmm?
"Milena."
-Here.
-Thanks.
[Valter clears throat]
MILENA PLEADS: LET MY DAUGHTER COME HOME
Do you think
I could look through these on my own?
Alone.
Oh…
Okay. Yeah, of course.
I'll be out here if you want me.
[door closes]
MILENA DOESN'T GIVE UP HOPE
MISSING LEJLA'S MOTHER
URGES THE POLICE TO AC
MISSING LEJLA'S MOTHER FOUND DEAD
[poignant music playing]
MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES
SEARCHING FOR RELATIVES
[Milena] My sweetheart.
[young Lejla] Take my letter!
[banging on glass]
CRIME: SOMEBODY HAS TAKEN LEJLA
AGAINST HER WILL
[young Lejla] Mummy!
[Milena] My sweetheart.
[Louise] Come on.
[Milena] Oh, it's so cold.
[music fades out]
DO NOT CROSS
[sombre music playing]
[inhales deeply]
[sniffs]
J.M. COETZEE
DISGRACE
[music becomes dramatic]
TO LOUISE
YOU MAKE ME FEEL ALIVE - AND HORNY!
[dramatic music intensifies]
[music fades out]
[Milena] You're the police.
It's your responsibility to find her.
-She's my child. The only thing I have!
-[officer] I know it's difficult…
[Milena] I can't think of anything else.
I'm going crazy.
-[officer] You need to calm down a bit.
-"Calm down"?
How can I be calm?
Have you ever lost a child?
-Has someone taken your daughter?
-[officer] No.
[breathing heavily]
What the hell?
Just get out of here.
You've no right to be here.
Just get out of here.
[trespassers laugh]
Can't you fucking understand?
What do you want, huh?
What's your fucking problem?
[grunts]
-Get out of here! Get out!
-[injured trespasser grunts]
[Said] Stop harassing us!
You fucking idiots, what do you want?
-I'm gonna kill you.
-What are you doing with that?
[Said grunts]
[grunts and moans]
-[grunts]
-[Said cries in pain]
[grunts]
[trespasser 1] Move.
Just close your mine and get out of here!
-[knife slashes]
-[Said grunts]
[trespasser 2] No one wants you here.
[Said panting]
Ah.
[Milena on recording]
Please. Please, help me.
You're just sitting there.
I'm panicking. Go out and look.
What are you doing?
[officer] We are looking.
We've never stopped looking.
[Milena] But you don't find her.
You have to look better. More!
[officer] We will leave no stone unturned
in this investigation.
[Milena] Please.
Please, help me. I need her.
[officer] Please, be patient.
I can assure you we are doing all we can…
[mobile phone ringing]
[sighs]
Yeah, hello?
[laboured breathing]
[Valter] Okay, just up the steps
and through that door.
-[young girl humming]
-[Said groans]
[Aino] What's happened?
-Hi, is Tomas anywhere around?
-He's probably in there, I think.
-[Valter] Right.
-God, what happened?
-Are you all right?
-I'm fine. It's all right.
-[Lejla] Are you sure?
-[Said] Yeah.
Did you know Louise was seeing someone?
She had an affair with someone.
She didn't tell you about it?
No.
[Jorun] You can come in now.
[young girl hums]
[Björn] Hey, hey… [groans]
-[Aino] I'm sorry, Björn.
-[Björn] Argh, it's okay.
Excuse me, what did I say?
I didn't mean it.
Whether you meant it or not,
I shouldn't have to repeat myself.
Go and sit in the break room.
That's Björn's table.
Go and sit in the break room, will you!
[inhales shakily]
Come. Come.
I've got no one to watch her…
now, with the leak.
Now daycare is closed, it's chaos.
Can't Adde watch her?
Uh, no. He can't…
-Hey, what is it?
-No.
No, he can't.
[Lejla] Mm.
Mm.
[quietly] I don't know where he is.
-What?
-I don't know where Adde is.
[Aino breathes shakily]
Well, sometime last week,
he came home with money.
Thirty-five thousand krona in cash.
He said I shouldn't ask anything,
just enjoy it.
He was so happy.
-Hmm.
-We said we'd get the house decorated.
Mum told us this morning
that the people at the mine
consider the leak to be sabotage.
And that there might be a connection
between the mine, Alicia, and Louise.
And Adde just froze then.
And so, after… that community meeting,
he just left and said he had
to sort something out for Jim.
And, uh, Jim,
when I called,
he just laughed at me over the phone.
Um… there's no answer from Adde,
he's not come home,
and I have to stay here
and look after reception.
[inhales shakily] And I have to
look after Isla.
[breathes shakily]
-[Lejla] Where could he be?
-I have no idea.
His dad has a cabin for hunting.
Up by Bodarna.
Adde couldn't hurt anyone, Lejla.
[camera clicks]
There. Turn around.
-[camera clicks]
-Thank you.
Hm.
How many of them were there?
[Said] Four or five, I'd say.
[Tomas] And there was
no one you recognised?
No. Except, um…
-Tage's son.
-Jim?
[Said] Yeah, I'm quite sure it was him.
But they all wore masks, so…
So, what did they say?
They said to clear off and close the mine.
They had a knife.
[Jorun sighs]
[sighs] Well,
this is clearly aimed at your business.
Also, I had…
I found this. Here.
It's…
Louise seems to have had…
a thing…
with someone.
Um, do you know who this person could be?
[Said] No, but I thought about
what you said,
that it might be somebody who has
a personal reason to want to hurt us.
-Thanks for bring this in today.
-[Said] Hmm.
-Can I keep it?
-[Said] Yes, of course.
[inhales deeply]
But the first thing we do now
is to bring in Jim.
Yeah.
[Tomas] Jorun,
take Björn with you and go there.
[Valter] Well, then. Looks like
Jim might have something to do with this.
We'll find out.
Do you think you could
take Isla to ours just now?
Why's that?
There's somewhere we have to go now.
And we can't go there with Isla.
Oh, where are you going?
Can you?
-Do that?
-[Valter] Yes, of course.
So, you're going to come home with me
for a little bit?
If you've finished
your work in the office?
-Yeah.
-[Valter] Let's go, then.
[chuckles]
Here.
[gloomy string music playing]
[dial tone ringing]
[playing from phone]
Hi, this is Adde. Send me a text.
[Björn] Hello!
Take the front,
and I'll go round the back there.
[Björn] Right.
[sighs] What a shitty place.
Tage?
[knocking at door]
[Björn] Tage? Jim?
[metal clanging]
[Jorun] Hi.
Uh-huh. Jim!
What do you want?
-[laughs]
-You must come to the station with us now.
[scoffs]
-Come on now.
-Boys in blue want me to come in. [laughs]
What the fuck do they want?
We can tell you
when we get to the station.
I'm busy telling them how I killed
a big, fat boar with nothing but a knife.
-Yeah, yeah.
-With nothing but a knife.
-[Jorun] Hey, stop it.
-[Björn] Enough!
Go inside and get dressed.
[Jorun] Come on, now.
[Tomas] We'd like you
to take a look at this video.
[Jim on video] So, what do I really think
about this Said?
[laughs]
I think it's time
to send him back to Muhammad-land.
No joke, yeah.
No joke.
Send him back in a sack.
Adieu. Good morning!
[laughs]
Good morning!
[laughs]
Bye-bye!
[chuckles]
"Bye-bye."
-And why would you want to hurt Said?
-And why… [scoffs]
He's poisoning the whole place.
But unlike that man,
I am a law-abiding citizen, by the way,
who is waiting
for the state to do its job.
[inhales] I asked you that
because Said has been assaulted.
[chuckles] Sorry,
I can't take the credit for that.
What do you know
about the sabotage on the mine?
[sarcastically]
The mine was sabotaged? No way!
That's awful, isn't it?
-[Jim laughs]
-[Björn] Cut it out, Jim.
-[table thuds]
-You can fucking cut it out!
Why did you let that Arab out, then?
You'll find his daughter
as dead as his wife,
and then he'll continue to poison
and kill the whole community.
[Aino] Maybe we should have talked
to my mum or Tomas first…
[Isla hums]
[humming continues]
You don't have to finish it
if you don't want to.
-How long will Mummy be?
-I'm sure she'll be here soon.
Do you want to do some drawing?
Let's go upstairs to Lejla's room,
see if we can find
some old drawing pads and crayons.
Come on.
[ominous music rises]
[car doors slam]
[Lejla] What is this place?
[Aino] I know. I don't like it either.
-Adde!
-[knocking]
[sighs]
I don't think he's here.
I'm sorry I dragged you into this.
Let's go home, yeah?
-I'll go and look over there.
-Okay.
[knocking at door]
[Aino] Adde, please open the door
if you're in there.
[breathing heavily]
[ominous music rises slowly]
[Lejla] Hello?
Adde?
Adde?
[gasps]
[breathing heavily]
[music fades]
[lock clicking]
[man sighs]
[man groans]
-[Aino] What are you doing there?
-Mm?
-What?
-What have you done?
Uh, well…
What?
-Sit up.
-[groans]
-[cans clatter]
-[Aino] Sit up, I said!
What the hell have you done?
-[Adde] Stop.
-What have you done?
Ai… Aino. Aino, Aino…
-Look at me!
-[grunts]
-Look at me.
-[grunts, pants]
-Tell me now.
-I only… [inhales deeply]
Aino… Aino… I just wanted the money.
I wanted the money.
-[Aino] What?
-[Adde] It was just a hole.
Ow… Ow!
-Stop!
-[Aino grunts]
[reporter] The government are urging
the residents of the town of Grånäs
and surrounding areas to continue to avoid
consuming water from taps and wells.
[Adde sobs]
They are citing the risk of poisoning
identified in connection with a leak
from the local Vanadin mine…
[Jorun sighs]
Yep.
Thank you.
There. [sighs]
Someone gave him 35,000 krona
to make a hole in a pipe.
He said they only had contact via email.
[officer] Tomas…
The emails sent to Adde and the video
of Alicia came from the same server.
-[Tomas] Are you sure?
-Mm-hmm.
But I don't understand.
So, Adde got money
from the same person who took Alicia?
Excuse me. [breathes shakily]
Oh God.
[sombre music playing]
[officer] Since it's encrypted,
we don't have a great deal to go on.
How would you like us to proceed?
Hi.
-[Valter] What's happened?
-[Lejla] Where's Isla?
[Valter] In your room, drawing.
She might be asleep,
'cause I haven't heard her for a while.
[Lejla] I'll go and fetch her.
[Aino] Can you help me with my shoes?
[Lejla] Course.
[boot unzips]
[Aino sighs]
Huh?
What?
Hello.
Hi.
It's cold in here.
Brr.
[Isla] Where's Mummy?
[Lejla] She's just downstairs.
She's having a chat with Valter.
Okay.
Do you like drawing?
Yeah. I like it.
And what are you drawing there?
What is it?
It'll be like this one here.
[Lejla] Hmm.
[heartbeat pulses]
Who drew that?
-Did Valter do this one?
-No.
Who did it, then?
The man who climbed in through the window.
[tense music rises]
Ecki's his name.
He was really good at drawing.
[breathing shakily]
[music subsides]
[gloomy string music playing]
[music fades]