The Helicopter Heist (2024) s01e03 Episode Script

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[bell tolls]
[bell tolls]
[bell tolls]
[truck beeps]
[man 1] A doughnut and some coffee,
that's all. That'll sort me out.
Or a muffin if you're feeling fancy.
Look at us, man.
Comparing doughnuts to muffins.
This is our lives, man.
This could legitimately be
the best our lives have to offer.
[dog barks]
I dated this one girl in high school.
Her dad's name was Hasse.
I went over for a barbecue one day.
[chuckles] And there was this carnival
setting up rides down the road.
Everyone went and got shitfaced.
So everyone goes to the carnival
and then it's just me and Hasse
back at the house.
He just looks at me and goes,
"Anything you do to my daughter,
I'll do to you."
[man 2] Well, maybe he didn't know
what you were doing with his daughter.
- Am I right?
- [Michel breathes heavily]
[man 1] I looked him square in the eye
and said, "With all due respect, sir,
you don't look that flexible."
[gun clicks]
[suspenseful music plays]
[Michel] Get on the ground.
Get on the ground.
On the ground, turn around.
Turn around, pal.
On the ground.
Listen, I don't wanna hurt either of you.
I only want the money.
And if you listen to me, this will go
very, very quickly. Are you following?
- [men] Yes.
- [Michel] Good.
- This your first time getting robbed?
- [man 1] Yes.
[man 2] Yes.
[Michel] I understand
it can be scary, but listen.
Take it easy here
and you'll be home for dinner, okay? Good.
Get down.
There you go. You too.
Good. Stay there.
[suspenseful music plays]
Turn around, turn around. Turn around!
[suspenseful music continues]
WELCOME
[music stops]
[man 1] What are you doing?
We can't just give up valuable
[man 2] You don't get to tell me what
to do. Need I remind you who's in charge?
[man 1] What are you going to tell them?
We can't just hand over a Serbian national
because he knows something about
[man 2] I don't give a shit
if he's a Serbian national.
This is more important than that!
Our informant
is subject to witness protection.
This needs to be handled with discretion.
No problem. Ideally, we would like
to use him as a double agent.
[man 2] We'll explore that option later.
Do you have the name of the person
who first contacted the pilot?
[man 2] Zoran Petrović.
[tense music plays]
[music fades]
[jingling]
Incredible how this country
makes you crave a cigarette.
You know, we started the robbery division
almost ten years ago now.
Because of all the CIT robberies.
It took us a while before we finally
realized that this elite group of robbers,
they're not like other criminals.
They're more detailed.
They have different codes,
and, uh, different motives.
[brooding music plays]
They're not gangsters.
They don't want to be seen.
They don't do drugs.
They don't even
see themselves as criminals.
They're robbers.
[brooding music continues]
[Mats] Money isn't even
their main objective.
They're more like athletes.
[Leonie] In what way?
Well, what's an athlete's end goal?
Winning?
[Mats] Exactly.
[brooding music continues]
[music fades]
- [indistinct chatter]
- [dog barks]
Mama!
[cartoon plays on TV]
Do you remember Zoran?
The one who lived next door to us.
[mom] Ah, Vlado's friend?
- Yeah.
- [mom] The little, skinny one?
- Mm.
- [mom] Yeah, yeah. [chuckles]
What do you remember?
Well, I remember that
he had a big imagination.
- He was a goofball, and a bit out of it.
- Hm.
He would have these crazy ideas
all the time.
Hm. Why the sudden curiosity?
I think I saw him at the store
the other day.
- [mom] I see.
- Mm.
- [mom] So did you guys talk?
- Nah. He wouldn't know who I was.
Recall anything else?
I recall he wasn't at the funeral.
I haven't gone a day
without thinking about your brother.
I know, Mama.
[mom sighs]
Here.
One, two.
Come on then, fatso, let's go!
Okay.
Yeah.
[man] One, two.
One, two, three, slip.
One, two, three, slip.
Come on. Go again.
[Michel] What's up?
- How are you?
- [Rami] Good, you?
Good. Where are the others?
On their way.
Hm, look at you. Did you lose weight?
- Yeah.
- [Michel chuckles]
- Two kilos.
- [Michel] Really?
- Yeah.
- Is it that, uh, low-carb diet?
Well, low-carb dying, more like.
We got the place for two hours.
Is that enough?
Yeah, that's enough.
[Rami] Ooh!
Uh, all right, welcome, all.
Normally, we only get involved once
a crime has actually been committed.
However, this time we're going to follow
the planning of a heist in real time
which could be the largest robbery
on Swedish soil there's ever been.
The man who reached out
to the ex-Air Force pilot
is named Zoran Petrović.
He's 40 years old. Grew up
in the outskirts south of Stockholm.
[Zoran] Thanks so much.
[Leonie] No criminal record, but mentioned
frequently in a number of investigations.
He'll be our way in.
He's always on the move.
Partner in seven companies.
Three bars, a hair salon,
a café, and two construction firms.
[Mats] Petrović isn't part of any group.
He seems to be working
with anyone and everyone.
But regardless of whether he's working
with Swedes or Yugoslavs this time,
we're talking elite robbers.
Meticulous, tactical.
Always two steps ahead.
I'll have some expenses too.
For explosives. So you know.
Okay, just keep a record
and I'll reimburse you.
You secured the money?
I found some funds.
- [Rami clears throat]
- [Nicke] There he is.
- Hey.
- [Michel] Hey.
[Leonie] Beginning tomorrow, we'll have
24-hour surveillance on Petrović.
How are you?
Three teams on a rotation.
Our prosecutor here, Lars Willner,
has also secured approval
for wiretap devices,
both phone and room.
If we're patient with this, then Petrović
will eventually lead us to everyone else.
[tense music plays]
Okay, boys, we're getting
a good idea of the interior.
The roof structure seems to be made up
of three layers. It's a ton of concrete.
I'm not sure
how much explosive we'll need.
Can't we find a similar roof
for a test blast?
That should work, right?
That could work.
[Michel] Okay.
- Zoran, tell us about the pilot.
- Filip Živić.
52-year-old male,
former pilot for the Air Force.
Seems like Živić got on the wrong side
of the wrong people during the war.
As a result,
he's holding onto some information
that made Belgrade willing
to offer him witness protection.
Živić is staying in contact with Petrović,
so we're hoping
that he'll become sort of a double agent.
I have a guy from Norrtälje who can
get us a helicopter as soon as Friday.
The pilot's flying in
from Belgrade Thursday evening.
I'm thinking we put him in a safe house,
let him get a car in the morning,
and then drive out to the airfield
for a test flight.
[Michel] Okay, good.
As far as Živić is aware,
it looks like the robbers are planning
to strike some time in September,
it'll be a four-story cash depot,
and police helicopters
will somehow get taken out.
[Michel] We'll have to search
Google Earth, scan satellite images,
looking for hangar-like buildings.
I'll go out and search. What?
That's gonna take forever.
[Michel] Yeah, it'll take time.
We gotta be patient.
it's a large area. I'll find 'em.
The goal is to at least be able to get 'em
on conspiracy to commit robbery,
or, even better for us,
to catch them red-handed.
[clears throat]
[tense music plays]
Okay, I also have to say
that this is an operation that's being
handled on the highest political level.
What is said in here
must never leave this room.
[tense music continues]
[music fades]
The target's pulling into a parking
garage. Seems to be residential.
[Leonie] Okay, stay outside.
Where are you?
Out in Hallonbergen.
[electronic voice] Level 2.
[TV reporter] It will be gloomy over
[woman] Erkan.
The snob is here.
[dog barks]
- Erkan!
- [Erkan] What?
Where's the microwave?
- I think my mom needed to use it.
- [Zoran sighs]
[TV reporter] The wheels
are still turning, so to speak,
but we have a long road ahead of us
before we start to see
any kind of positive economic growth.
Erkan, what is it with this man?
Mom, please don't get involved.
Just keep quiet.
[thudding]
[voices on TV continue]
Erkan, listen. I've said it doesn't matter
how much time passes between guests.
You don't touch anything in there, okay?
Okay, sorry.
- What day will the next guest arrive?
- I'll let you know.
- Okay?
- Okay.
[man 1 on TV] in society.
Tens of thousands of people came together
in a demonstration
[Rami] There's something wrong
with these instructions.
Want me to help?
[Rami] Nah, I'm good. I'll fix it.
[man 1 on TV] Their primary demand is
for less involvement from the government,
and greater economic freedom
for the nation.
Hey, you.
[woman on TV] A recent study has found
Is this when you're supposed to be
a carpe diem person,
and say that one day we'll look back and
think this was the best time of our lives?
[baby fusses]
What, you don't think
it'll get better than this?
Things are pretty good now, aren't they?
[John] The dog!
- The dog! Dog!
- I guess so.
[woman on TV] can react
with organic material,
accelerating the release of trichloramine
in the air.
It was here at Täby Racecourse
after this year's Diana Race,
that security guards fell victim
to an attack by a group of robbers
while they were moving
towards their next
[man 2 on TV] Hey! Keep it up!
[man 3 on TV] Here comes
Pippi Longstocking.
Honey, can you go back to the news?
[man 4 on TV] there's not enough orbits
to go around.
robbers were caught red-handed
before they could make it to a motorcycle
they'd planned to use
as their getaway vehicle.
It was here at Täby Racecourse
after this year's Diana Race
[pensive music plays]
Okay.
[pensive music continues]
Things all good at home?
Yeah. You know, the usual.
The kids aren't sleeping.
All good otherwise.
And Karin doesn't know about
the debts, and Granit?
No.
It's gotta be that one, right?
From the picture.
- [Rami] I don't see any helicopters.
- [Michel] No, it's too low.
Okay.
Okay.
[pensive music continues]
And what if we can't find the helicopters?
[scoffs] Oh, we will.
We might have to check
satellite images of the entire country,
but we'll find 'em, I swear.
[Rami chuckles]
- What?
- You're so stubborn.
You're really gonna scan
every single satellite image? Really?
- [Michel] Yes.
- [Rami chuckles]
What else should we do?
It's the only way.
[Michel chuckles]
- What's with the face?
- What?
What? It was nothing.
I mean, what can I say? I
I've missed doing this kind of thing.
- So, you miss looking for helicopters?
- No, fool. Us!
Us hanging out, doing stuff.
Planning. You know?
Honestly, it's kinda sweet.
Right?
- Let me pinch those little
- I'll punch you, dude!
- Let me pinch your cheeks a little.
- Don't touch me.
Come on, give me a kiss.
[music fades]
[soft ballad plays]
[Alex hums]
[soft ballad continues]
[cell phone rings]
[Alex] You can answer.
Eh Nah, it's fine, it's just work.
It's just work?
Don't you work alone?
Yeah, but
Okay.
A bottle of wine
and ground beef. [chuckles]
It's gonna be so nice.
[Alex hums]
[music grows louder]
It's Loredana, come on.
[sings in Italian]
[Alex continues singing]
[Alex giggles]
- [sings inaudibly]
- [ballad continues]
[brooding music plays]
[camera shutter clicks]
[brooding music continues]
All right. Is he still
in there doing nothing?
[woman] Sure enough.
This is Dagmar, who lives here.
- [Dagmar] Hello.
- [woman] She spoils us, just so you know.
[Dagmar] Let me know if you want anything.
[woman] Thanks, Dagmar.
- Looks like we got a little nudity here.
- [man] Yeah, lovely.
[Leonie] Have you tried
listening with laser?
[woman] No, it won't work.
His windows are reinforced glass.
[tense music plays]
[detective] Looks like
he's going to a club. Do we go in?
Uh, follow him. I'll wait in the park.
[tense music continues]
Back of the line.
[woman] Wait, what? Since when?
[dance music plays]
- You and I have to talk.
- Yeah, we will. Just let me know.
Yeah.
[dance music continues]
- Bro.
- [Rami] Bro.
There he is! Did you talk to the driver?
He texted me from Arlanda. He just landed.
- Okay, great.
- He's in position.
- [Rami] Hey.
- Hi.
- Hey, Nicke. How's it going?
- Good, man.
[detective] I shouldn't
show my badge, right?
[officer] No, we're supposed
to be low-profile.
Yeah, we're about to lose him. [sighs]
[Nicke] Listen, there's a roof
on Jakobsbergsgatan.
- [Zoran] What?
- There's a roof on Jakobsbergsgatan.
Nicke, that's the middle of town.
- I know, it's kinda messy.
- Yeah, it's very messy.
It's messy.
But it was built the exact same way,
concrete on the outer roof,
supported with metal beams underneath.
- It would be perfect.
- Give me a second.
- [Karin] Rami, where are you?
- Hey, honey.
[dance music continues]
- I can't hear you.
- [Karin] You need to come.
You need to come home now!
Rami, you have to come home now.
[suspenseful music plays]
[music stops]
What the hell's going on? He just barged
in and said he needed to speak to you.
Wait in your room.
Honey, please.
Hey, you can't just come in
You don't wanna ask how I am?
- How are you?
- I'm great, bro.
Can't you tell?
Look, you see that? I took that for you!
Relax! My kids are fucking sleeping, okay?
I have nothing left, okay?
I don't give a fuck anymore.
I invested all I had.
And I trusted you with it.
You're like my brother, but this?
I've had enough.
Next time, they'll go for Vlora
and my kids. [whimpers]
- [cries]
- Hey.
[tense music plays]
I'm gonna get the money, okay?
This is real.
Look at me, man.
If I have to choose between your family
and my family
[tense music continues]
[detective] We can't wait any longer.
I'm going in.
[tense music continues]
[dance music plays]
Petrović isn't here.
We've lost him.
[music stops]
- What happened to Rami?
- [Michel] He had to go home.
[Zoran] What do you mean?
We have things to do.
He lives a different life than us.
He has kids.
- [Zoran] What, a happy life?
- [Michel] You know.
- You know.
- [Zoran] I have a theory about happiness.
[Michel] I'm sure you do.
No happiness lasts
longer than five seconds.
[Michel] Is that right?
- Five seconds.
- [Michel] Wow.
You're sure the Serb will find it?
Well, if he can fly a helicopter
at a hundred miles an hour under a bridge,
he should be able
to read a fucking map, I think.
[man] Erickson chopper.
HM.
This one belongs
to Baron von Assfuck or whatever.
Take your pick.
You'll pay for it in cash,
borrow it, and bring it back.
- No one'll know.
- Hm. Check it out.
They all hold the same weight?
Well, that depends
on what you're trying to put in there.
What are you transporting?
I'll tell you, man, but first I'm gonna
say something that my uncle said to me.
He used to say, "The less you know,
the longer you live." Following?
Best advice I've ever gotten,
and now it's yours.
- You get it?
- [man] Mm.
- Got it?
- [man] Mm!
[tense music plays]
What's with the rush?
The kids want to say goodbye
to their friends before we leave.
[Filip] There's no time.
We need to go now.
[tense music continues]
[cell phone rings]
Good evening.
Thanks for getting back to me.
I just wanted to
What?
Fucking bullshit.
[tense music continues]
[tires squeal]
What's the matter?
[tense music continues]
[Zoran] Erkan!
- Wake up.
- Damn, this one's nice.
- [Zoran] I've been trying to reach you.
- I think it's this one.
[Zoran] Did the guy leave yet?
What do you mean he's not there?
Are you nuts? Why haven't you called?
[tense music continues]
- What's going on?
- Don't know.
The pilot hasn't shown up.
- What?
- The pilot hasn't shown up.
- That's all I can tell you.
- Why?
- Problem?
- Are you gonna fly, or what?
- [Zoran] What did I just tell you?
- [man] Hello? What's going on?
[Zoran] Listen, this guy fucked us over.
- He took the money and ran.
- [man] Are you sure?
[Zoran] Yeah, I'm pretty sure.
He said he'd be here and he's not.
- [man] What am I supposed to do about it?
- You need to go to his place right now.
- [man] It's the middle of the ni
- I don't fucking care.
I don't care.
You need to go over there right now.
Go kick that motherfucker's ass,
and teach him a lesson.
[Rami] Honey.
What should I have done?
He had nowhere to go.
But you don't understand
how terrified I get
when some beaten-up dude
shows up at our house.
I understand.
But I can't erase the people
that I knew before we were together.
That's not what I said.
I'll get the trash.
[door closes]
Right, so now we have a bit of a problem
with the Serbian pilot
deciding to eject himself.
It's unfortunate, of course.
The outlook for the investigation
changes radically, since,
A, we've lost our man on the inside,
and B, the robbers know
they've lost their pilot.
So the question is
whether they'll even keep planning now.
Is it worth the resources we're using?
[Zoran] My friend, I need to know.
- Can you vouch for this driver?
- [man] A hundred percent.
- [Zoran] You're positive?
- [man] I give you my word.
You won't have any problems with this guy.
Good.
[Willner] How's Petrović reacting
to the pilot bailing?
[Leonie] Well,
based on the wiretap, desperate.
[Willner] And we still don't know
who he's working with?
If surveillance hadn't lost him
last night, we would've known that.
[Willner] So we don't have a date.
We don't have a location.
We don't even know if it'll happen.
I doubt that we can
continue the surveillance
The amount of money that's been mentioned,
north of a hundred million,
that's only found
in three places in Stockholm.
The Riksbank, and Panaxia in Bromma,
and G4S in Västberga.
The Riksbank is out, since there's no way
you could land a helicopter there.
And Västberga
Västberga is one of Europe's
most secure bank vaults.
People come from all over to study it.
And that said,
it's right next door to a police station.
However, the third option,
Panaxia in Bromma.
We've actually spoken with Panaxia,
and apparently they're moving
in the middle of September.
That makes them vulnerable.
That would mean the robbers
have someone on the inside at Panaxia?
Yeah.
Instead of 24-hour surveillance,
maybe we should focus our efforts
to include charting
the employees at Panaxia.
If we're going to continue with using the
wiretaps, we need to figure out the date.
Soon.
How much time do we have?
Mm Till the end of the week.
[light classical music plays]
- [Zoran] Hey, man. Your guy bailed on me.
- [man] I can set up another meeting.
- [Zoran] No. I don't want another meeting.
- [man] What do you want?
You know what I want?
I want him to go fuck himself!
"I have two cats."
"A stripey one called Nisse
and a yellow one called Bosse."
- [man] Hello?
- Hello, Dejan.
Now listen to me.
Don't send me
any more no-shows. Understood?
[Dejan] Understood. Is it urgent?
Is it urgent? [scoffs]
Well, of course it is.
Why would I call you?
"When Bosse sits up,
he's taller than I am."
"He is really big."
[cell phone buzzes]
Just a second, mouse. Hey.
What did they say?
Can we access the Serbian wiretaps?
[Mats] The Serbs are green-lighting it.
They're saying they found something
on the wiretaps.
We have to go in.
Okay, thank you.
[breathes heavily]
[brooding music plays]
[baby whines]
Hey, sweetheart.
Did you wake up?
You woke up.
[baby murmurs]
[Rami] Daddy loves you.
Try to sleep.
[brooding music continues]
[engine revs]
[tense music plays]
EXI
[tense music continues]
[Nicke] I brought enough so that we can
test three different levels.
[Rami] Are you kidding?
- What?
- [Rami] What, "what"?
Look where we are.
What do you mean, "test"?
It's hard to know how much to use
unless we test it in increments.
[Michel] We might as well use it all,
so we can see
if we can get through this roof.
Just one blast,
then we bounce, okay?
Okay. Hold this. We'll use it all.
[tense music continues]
[music fades]
Listen up. This'll be a hell of a blast.
So cover your ears, okay?
[Nicke] Everyone good? You okay?
- [rumbling]
- [alarms wail]
[Rami panting]
[tense music plays]
[Rami] Nothing happened.
[yelping]
[rubble clatters]
[tense music plays]
- What did they find?
- No idea.
[tense music continues]
[panting and coughing]
This is from today.
Petrović calling a contact in Belgrade.
[distorted recorded voices]
[distorted voice] When does
he need transport?
[distorted recorded voice]
[Mats] What are they saying?
Can you play it again?
- [Nicke] Come on.
- [Michel] Let's go.
- Wait.
- [Nicke] There.
- What happened?
- [Nicke] It's all fucked up.
The whole building will collapse
if we blast our way in. We're fucked.
[cell phone rings]
Hello.
- [man] Hey.
- Hey.
[man] What's up?
[Zoran] I'm told you know a pilot.
[distorted recorded voice]
- [Zoran] Why would I call you?
- [man] When does he need transport?
[Zoran] September 15th.
[Leonie] Play it again. And turn it up.
[man] Is it urgent?
[Zoran] Well, of course it is.
Why would I call you?
[man] When does he need transport?
[Zoran] September 15th.
[Leonie] They might have a new pilot.
But more than that, we know the date.
We know when they'll strike.
Thanks so much.
Okay, we have to call Willner.
Hey. Hey!
We'll find a way.
We always find a way.
[brooding music plays]
[tires screech]
[tires screech]
[brooding music continues]
[music fades]