Unit One (2000) s01e03 Episode Script

I suggested
you'd be most suitable.
- But someone was better.
- Maybe so, but
you got the job.
- He dislikes me.
- That's why you got the job.
Why not come too?
We could stay at a hotel.
And what am I going to do
while you work?
Well, case almost solved?
The bikers?
Not our main lead.
- When did you last get laid?
- Shut up.
Before 1980?
- Isn't that Johnny Olsen?
- You're right.
- Why not introduce him?
- Come on, it's Johnny Olsen.
An old, alcoholic pub owner
married to a lovely lady.
A guy moves into the basement.
A real hunk.
Three months later
she falls pregnant.
Can I still stay at the hotel?
Of course.
"Call Signe."
Any idea who sent this?
- The redhead.
- You gave her my number?
Kim could have made the drive.
Why not arrest Grue?
He threatened the deceased.
There are other possibilities.
Do you always
get into fights?
Do you always
ask silly questions?
It's 19.07.
You're under arrest.
- I'm always chief suspect.
- It isn't you, then?
No.
- We have a problem.
- Ingrid, right?
You're not handling
this case well.
Don't forget,
you're representing Unit One.
Your husband
He's been hit by a car.
If he's out of theatre,
tell me what happened.
The DNA profile doesn't match
Kim Boager Hansen.
They'll crucify her.
Request for Assistance
A-21/99
Johnny Olsen.
"Golden Johnny."
Do you think he hangs around
because of Gaby?
- Yes, she does seem to like him.
- I guess she does.
Jealous?
No, I think he's a hunk
but I'm not in love with him.
Well, he doesn't seem
your type anyway.
- It's pussy night tonight!
- I have to see my old man.
- To show him the insignia?
- He'll be the first to see it.
- We should have dumped it.
- Shut up.
Way to go!
Shit!
What the hell?
Did you wet yourself?
Fischer.
Respect!
A 12-gauge shotgun.
Grue Gorm Larsen,
you're under arrest.
UNIT ONE
Episode 3
I want you to stay in
for another 24 hours.
Your left pupil is sluggish.
- I can't stay.
- You're seriously concussed.
Someone's eager to replace me
at work, so I have to get back.
- Ingrid Dahl?
- We'll celebrate later.
- Ingrid.
- It's Gaby. How's it going?
Apparently it's not too bad.
- He wants to go home.
- Got the driver yet?
I'll personally crucify him.
- Well?
- Andersen's right.
- What?
- They've arrested Grue
with a 12-gauge.
- Turn off the cleaner.
- Johnny's helping out.
- When was it fired last?
- Still checking.
Then how can you say
Andersen's right?
The DNA wasn't Kim's.
How many 12-gauges
are in Denmark?
- I don't know.
- No
- Does Ulf know?
- No. Want me to tell him?
Tell him.
- Something wrong?
- She never talks to me like that.
Could I have been wrong?
- Well
- Just say "no".
Yes Sorry, no.
You could stay an extra day.
- I might finish early.
- I have a lift.
You arrive with Ulf
and you leave with Ulf.
I guess
it doesn't mean anything.
Implying?
Gaby, I'm happy to be briefed.
I understand, thanks.
I'm up to speed now,
but she needed the nod
from Ingrid.
How can you accept this?
Only one lead of investigation.
Broaden the options
Examine every angle.
It's pre-school.
What if we hadn't found
the gun?
You have to watch her!
- Don't you say hi any more?
- Sorry, Kirsten.
You're the only bright light
around here. Let's go.
Sure.
See you.
- Allow me.
- Thanks.
Here you are.
And do make sure
that guy Kim's released.
See you.
Kim will be held
until I've talked to him.
What about "Trainers"
and "Gumboots"?
What did you guys do
yesterday?
- Right here.
- Maybe.
Suddenly a car
swung around the corner
and the rest is blank.
The car didn't stop.
I think it's this model.
It's almost new and
the numberplate starts with TK.
Good.
It's not much.
There are lots of Audis.
A6, metallic grey,
with a TK plate?
First registered in 1999
and it may be damaged.
It's probably already
at an Audi workshop.
My people would find it
in under an hour.
We've got other cases.
Call me when you find him.
Hi, Gaby
Anyway,
I'll see myself out.
Call me when you're done.
Just send a fax. Sure.
See you.
- Just leave, Mum.
- No point in staying.
- Am I that horrible?
- Well
Okay. When you wake up
tomorrow morning I'll be gone.
- But now it's time for a hug.
- No way.
- I wish I'd been a man.
- I'm glad you're not.
I can be a terrible person.
- What's wrong?
- It's just the wound.
It's very itchy.
Like father, like son.
25 years ago I busted Luffe,
his biker dad, for violence.
You're an old hand, eh?
He'd just had Grue.
He was a very proud dad.
Our work is pointless.
In 25 years
Fischer will be after Grue's son.
Fischer in 25 years?
I can't imagine that.
"I'm a big, tough guy!
Interrogation of suspect
15:47, Monday November 15
"I'll never say anything."
You stand to do
16 years for this.
Let's try again.
A blue Record, just like yours.
Seen at the crime scene.
Where were you at the time?
A 12-gauge shotgun
found in your car.
You'd threatened the victim.
And he owed you
a lot of money too.
- It's only circumstantial.
- Yes, but he'll go to jail.
Because people would love
to set an example.
Allow me
to explain this to you.
People are so fed up
with bikers.
Your insignia,
your "gang code".
That finger painting
on your neck.
Is that a Christmas tree?
- 16 years is a bit
- I know he'll get 16.
A previous case
only got twelve.
A less violent case.
They shot a man five times
just because of money.
- 14, then.
- 16!
- Want to bet?
- No. It's a long time anyway.
Do you have a girlfriend?
Women don't like waiting.
I'd like to go back
to my cell.
I met your dad the other day.
Luffe, a real biker
of the old school.
He's proud of you
but he didn't look well.
Is it cancer?
Where is it?
Is it lung cancer?
It would be sad if you didn't
get to spend time together.
And you won't
if you don't start talking.
- It wasn't me.
- Sorry, once again?
I was in Copenhagen.
- In Copenhagen?
- Doing what?
Why should I believe you?
Tell me.
I give up. I'm going home now.
I'll ask IP to proceed.
Let me tell you this
It's going to be isolation
and custody.
- Six months at least.
- Hang on.
Friday night in Copenhagen
a 12-gauge shotgun
was used by some skinny guy
in a robbery.
He only nicked 5000 kroner.
That's a paltry fine.
- Ring any bells?
- Why continue?
He wasn't in Copenhagen.
Look at him, he's lying.
I'm calling IP now.
See you.
One case has lasted three weeks.
Nonstop. We're tired.
A murder case too.
Anyway
Friday night in Copenhagen.
Did you go there?
Well
If you don't talk,
I can't do anything.
Can you recognise a shotgun
from a surveillance camera?
That's possible.
Let's talk.
Interrogation of Grue Larsen.
15 November 1999.
DI LaCour present.
- Was your shotgun used?
- Yes.
That's how you got
your insignia?
You told that guy
to do the hold-up?
Yes.
Why? He didn't know the code?
Or was it a debt?
- Did he owe money?
- Yes.
Who did he owe money to?
Grue's shotgun
isn't the murder weapon.
Grue, who was it?
You have to give me a name.
If you don't start talking
you're being kept in custody.
No saying goodbye
to your dad.
Fair enough. Fine.
Grue's interrogation terminated.
15 November 1999.
- Leo.
- Again?
Who did he owe?
Leo.
Leo? You're hanging with
the big boys now?
Just wrap it up.
We have a forensic report.
It's definitely not your shotgun
used in the murder.
Damn.
You just dobbed in Leo?
Guess you just lost
your insignia.
Wouldn't you say?
Horsens Police Station
08:15, Tuesday November 16
Good morning.
- Morning.
- Look at that little one.
- A baby takes all your time.
- It's no problem.
Morning.
I heard he's okay.
- I'm glad.
- I need a court order.
To bug Jeanette's house
and phone.
Absurd.
The DNA test cleared Kim.
Not so.
Your lead, Grue, is out.
But Kim's still
my main lead.
If we have to let him go,
we need to listen in on them.
- Out of the question.
- Really?
- Then use paragraph 783.
- You've got a nerve.
I can't promise.
You've called Kirsten and IP.
Please leave a message.
It's IP here.
Is Ulf back?
Me, a truck driver? No.
- Where does he sleep?
- He has two bunks.
I'll call later.
- How do you know?
- Johnny showed me. Morning.
How sweet.
Johnny's made coffee.
Morning.
You kick off, IP.
Ulf wants us to broaden
our investigation.
Start again
and look into new options.
- Ulf's right.
- Really?
Officially.
We'll have to let Kim go soon.
He'll keep quiet till then
to avoid doing 16 years.
We'll keep grilling him
but prepare for his release.
- Time for Plan B.
- Yes?
We signal to everyone
that we have no suspects.
Fischer and LaCour
install the bugging devices.
Kim moves back
into Jeanette's.
And they start chatting.
Okay.
Wasn't it a big, fat player
who scored a dodgy goal
against Sweden in 1989-90?
Henrik Larsen?
No, Henrik Larsen could play!
Jimmy
- Wasn't it Johnny?
- Olsen!
- What's with my car, Johnny?
- An oil leak.
- Really?
- You need a new oil filter.
Do you know someone
who can fix it?
I guess so.
We loved your goal
against Norway.
- An absolute classic.
- Fantastic.
Okay.
- Crawler. I'll fix it.
- Thanks.
- I never played Norway.
- It wasn't you?
- Going home?
- No, I need an oil filter.
Okay.
How's your eye?
Good.
Let me have a look.
Anyway
- When do you finish work?
- I never know.
A strong wind was blowing
on Friday night.
So a 12-gauge could be heard
within this area.
We have to talk to everyone.
What they might have seen,
and so on.
We'll look for the shotgun
in this area.
- Some say we have no clues.
- Which is true.
I didn't say that.
We have to be open
to new options.
No more.
You're going to school.
But they're talking about us.
Can't I stay with you?
- What do you want?
- Just to have a chat.
Shall we come back
when you're alone?
Yes, thanks.
Not that I miss him,
but Ulf hasn't called.
He hasn't been
in his office all day.
- You called him?
- Well
Her dad's visiting.
- You could get 600.
- What?
- For this house.
- I'm not selling.
Sweetie,
you're moving in with me.
That's not going to happen.
Who'll look after you?
- Kim.
- Kim?
- He's going to jail.
- He's innocent.
- Are you sure?
- You know that.
You and Kim
- Is it true? Is it?
- Butt out, Dad.
- Tell me!
- Yes.
Just like your mum.
That's why John wanted
a blood test for Nikolaj.
To see if he was the father.
Wait until the cops
hear about this.
They won't.
You're not calling anyone.
- But, sweetie
- Look at yourself.
Whose fault is all this shit?
Let's bring Kim over.
Fischer will interview him.
Have a look at my son.
His name's Victor. He's much
better-looking than your son.
We thought he had colic,
but he was okay.
Did Nikolaj have colic?
- She breast-fed him
- Forget it!
Why?
Everyone knows.
The blood test.
You're the dad, and so on.
And to be quite frank,
if anyone treated my girlfriend
and child that way
five shots
wouldn't be enough.
You'll be sentenced.
Can't say you won't be.
But I promise, the prosecutor
will be more lenient
if you tell us why you did it.
- What do you mean?
- A reduced sentence.
Years off.
Come on.
Kim.
You'll feel better.
Kim's lawyer is here.
I told them,
I'm done talking.
- But they keep asking.
- Duly noted.
- You'll be out tomorrow.
- No.
Kim's free to go now.
Hi.
- You told them about Nikolaj?
- I didn't.
- I didn't talk to them.
- No?
No. They wanted to talk
without the kids around.
They never got back to me.
- They came here?
- Yes.
And then Dad was here
and I took out a knife
and he got really scared.
He raved on about us
- And Nikolaj?
- Yes.
They just got home.
I'm off to the shops.
Will you help with the bags?
Sure.
I need money.
Why don't you get the empties
from the garage?
Sure.
- Not very much.
- No.
- Will they follow us too?
- We'll soon know.
- Where are the kids?
- At Dad's.
- I'm so happy you're back.
- They have no proof at all.
- They tried to make me talk.
- But you kept quiet.
What else?
I miss you.
I'm right here.
- You know what I mean.
- I know a place.
Just got the local police report.
The owner of a pub
in the forest believes
Kim and Jeppe visited the pub
Friday night.
- They stopped for a drink?
- Apparently.
- They tell us this now?
- I asked that same question.
I doubt it will happen again.
- Do I call Fischer?
- Yes, please.
Hi.
Okay.
Sure.
I'm just around the corner.
Look, Gaby.
Johnny promised me
a new oil filter.
Ask him to bring it
to the pub.
Or I won't make it back.
Great. See you.
Interview at The Forest Pub
14:07, Tuesday November 16
- Well?
- Easy, now.
I must be sure before I send
someone to jail for 16 years.
But, let's see
I'm sure it's them.
Friday night at 11 p.m.
As the bartender left.
- No later?
- No.
She always leaves at 11 p.m.
It was a quiet night.
We had about seven customers.
They walk to the bar
and order whisky.
We're not used to that.
- Then this guy
- That guy?
Yes, that guy.
He says
"Next round's on me."
People just stare.
Nobody's seen them before.
They don't really want to chat
to anyone.
They just down their drinks,
pay the bill,
plus a 100 kroner tip
and leave.
- Were they on something?
- Not necessarily.
Their brains could have been
affected similarly.
- By a murder?
- Exactly.
- Do you serve lunch?
- Sure.
Something light.
- Have you seen this guy?
- Mummy's boy?
Horsens Fjord
15:03, Tuesday November 16
Hydrobia and Littorina.
We're 100% sure
this is the gun
stolen from the house.
- Any prints?
- Four days under water
with a lot of hungry snails
all over the gun.
Hydrobia and Littorina.
The snails have devoured
all fingerprints.
Who's wetting himself now?
Fuck it!
Why not call for backup?
They attacked an officer.
What's the point?
They beat me up, go to jail
and get their insignia back.
Not with my help.
And if anyone asks,
I'll explain what happened.
Lucky I got there.
It was very good of you.
Why do you stick around here?
The other truckies go home.
Don't worry.
Police work is fascinating.
But for soccer,
I might have become a cop.
Really?
And what about Gaby?
Not sure
I don't really know her.
No
Apparently she's got a boyfriend
in Copenhagen.
Mind if I smoke?
Go ahead.
- They're back.
- Thanks.
- Where should I move to?
- I don't know.
I can't take it any more.
People are talking.
I had nothing to do with it.
You know that.
People still talk.
At the school
and at the grocer's.
- It doesn't concern us.
- It affects me and the kids.
Can't you move
into a holiday cottage?
I don't know.
I'm picking up the kids.
Be gone when I get back.
- What about my stuff?
- Not my problem.
Shut up, bitch!
They've been together for hours
and they act like this.
Should we continue?
Great stuff for the defence.
- They'll use excerpts in court.
- Let's chance it.
Unit One.
Hang on.
Ingrid! It's Ulf.
Hang on.
IP here.
Hi.
Did you get home safely?
Oh, well.
So, nothing special? Sure.
Ingrid's here.
See you.
Hi.
Everything's fine.
We'll continue monitoring.
Nothing new.
But we found the shotgun
in the fjord.
Four days.
Yes, I know.
We've got a witness now.
A pub owner saw them
shortly after the murder.
Their alibi's gone.
And Jeppe will be back
from Gran Canaria tomorrow.
Fine.
See you.
Hi.
Ingrid asked
if I wanted to go out,
but I said I had a date.
Do I?
Sorry, I have to leave.
I have some new clients.
Call me
when you want picking up.
Why did that Johnny guy
leave so suddenly?
What do you mean?
Honestly, can you see me
in trucker boots and a cap,
driving through Europe
with Johnny?
He's not my type.
- I'm going to bed.
- I'm not tired.
- Got a sleeping-pill?
- Only my personal one
and he's mine.
Hi, honey.
- Still getting headaches?
- Some.
They're still after the guy.
Tobias was interviewed.
He'll tell you himself.
How about you?
We're not really
getting anywhere.
He wants to talk to you.
- Hi, Mum.
- Hi.
The police wanted to know
if I recognised the car model.
- And you did?
- Sure.
Only 23 answer the description.
- Very good.
- We'll get him, Mum.
- Sleep well.
- Sleep well, my dear.
- I miss you.
- Sleep well.
- Where were you?
- At Lise's.
We had too much to drink.
And today has been very busy.
- And you're still at work?
- Yes.
Careful.
She'll get the credit.
Well
I was on my way to bed.
Sleep well.
Sleep well.
Do you mind leaving?
Thanks.
Billund Airport
14:16, Wednesday November 17
Jeppe?
Jeppe Stenstrup?
Yes?
Do you mind
if we have a chat?
Good trip?
- Been to Spain, Fischer?
- No, I'd be too afraid.
Look.
Did you get hurt in Spain?
That cut
is more than a week old.
- Last week?
- Around 2 o'clock?
- Must be from
- A smashed window in Hansted.
Interrogation of suspect
15:15, Wednesday November 17
What's happening?
I'm sure you know.
I don't know anything.
Did you have a nice holiday?
No.
I'm sure you didn't.
It was terrible.
It's not nice for a young man
to relive it over and over.
It's time for a blood test.
Blood test?
Forget it!
- It's my call.
- No, it isn't.
It's 15.17. You're charged
with the murder of John Poulsen.
You're not obliged
to say anything.
We have the right to take blood.
Okay.
He's ready.
Jeppe, pull up your sleeve.
Hansen.
I've found traces of mud.
- Milk and sugar?
- Thanks.
The blood sample will show
if you stole the weapon.
And it's 100% accurate.
If you confess,
the judge might go easy.
November 17.
Interrogation of Jeppe Stenstrup.
The time is 15.23.
It's 1999.
Did Kim make you steal
the weapon?
Jeppe, listen to me.
I'm your only friend now.
Do you understand?
I'm writing the report.
Did Kim tell you
to steal the weapon?
No.
It was John.
The deceased?
John Poulsen?
Yes.
He asked me to get him a gun.
- I knew where to get one.
- Why did he want it?
The blood test
was doing his head in.
He wanted to kill Jeanette
if he wasn't the father.
- Did you tell Kim?
- No.
John promised me
10,000 kroner to do it.
Did Kim help you
get the weapon?
No, he was at the cafe
next door.
He didn't even notice I'd gone.
What happened next?
Well
We're at my mum's.
And we need more booze.
I tell Kim that
I have a job to attend to
in Husodde.
And if he'd mind driving me.
I've got a boat there.
I cross the fjord
to where the gun is hidden.
Then John arrives,
like we'd agreed.
But
Kim is
He's my best mate, right?
And he loves Jeanette
Like, for real.
So
You shoot him?
Yes.
- I shoot him.
- And then?
I go back.
- And Kim?
- He's waiting for me.
Do you tell him?
No.
Not until we're at the pub.
Jeanette is his alone now.
He wasn't even happy.
Interrogation terminated
at 15.27.
- Congratulations.
- For what?
I'll congratulate you, then.
Your boss wouldn't accept it.
Ingrid.
Ingrid!
Listen to this.
It's a tape from last night.
Recorded at 02.15.
- Mum
- Hmm?
Can I sleep here?
Forward it two minutes.
- Mum?
- Yes?
Where's Dad now?
I don't know.
Go to sleep.
Why can't I tell anyone
that it was Kim who called?
- Are you angry?
- That's all.
It's plenty.
You're a darling.
- Let's pick up Kim.
- But Jeppe's confessed.
He says Kim never touched
the weapon.
His prints were on it.
But what about
the snails?
Part of the gunstock was free
from snails.
Arrested at deceased's home
17:14, Wednesday November 17
Interrogation of
Kim Boager Hansen,
charged with murdering
John Poulsen.
It's 19.37.
Present are Kim and
Chief of Homicide Ingrid Dahl.
Where were you Friday night?
- I was in rhus.
- We found your fingerprints
on the murder weapon.
I want my lawyer present.
The time is 19.38,
we'll take a short break.
I've got enough evidence
to nail you, Jeppe and Jeanette.
Jeanette too!
You will only see the kids
for 30 minutes each week.
It's foster-parents
or a children's home for them.
The judge might go gently
on Jeanette.
Maybe eight years.
Nikolaj will be ten then.
I don't care about Jeanette,
but I feel sorry for the kids.
You decide.
A confession from you
and Jeanette's left out.
Want me to start the recorder?
It's 19.41.
Interrogation resumed.
You killed John because
he wanted Jeanette killed.
I can't hear you.
Yes.
It had to look like a burglary so
he could get her life insurance.
The first thing Jeppe did
was to tell me about it.
I didn't really have a choice.
I told Jeppe to accept the job
and
later that night
I called John
to say I had a large quantity
of illegal booze
and did he want it?
Of course he did.
He picks me up.
And we drive to the forest.
I get out first.
The first shot almost hits me.
Police reconstruction
The second hits John's leg
and he falls.
He starts screaming.
Jeppe can't do it.
So I run
and grab the cartridges.
I unload,
reload
and then I shoot him.
I move closer.
And shoot him again.
You reload one more time
and fire the fifth shot
at close range.
I don't remember.
Isn't it enough?
Sure.
Interrogation terminated.
- Hi, Camilla.
- Hi.
- Home from school?
- Yes.
- What did you do today?
- Lots.
All sorts of stuff.
We have different classes
Hi, honey.
- Hi, Mum.
- Hi.
I just wanted to say goodbye.
Look after your mum.
Kim Boager Hansen was sentenced to
twelve years in prison.
Kim Boager Hansen was sentenced to
twelve years in prison.
Jeppe Stenstrup was sentenced to
eight years in prison.
Kim Boager Hansen was sentenced to
twelve years in prison.
Jeppe Stenstrup was sentenced to
eight years in prison.
No charge was laid against
Jeanette Kirstine Poulsen.