Overspel (2011) s01e04 Episode Script

IRIS HOEGAARDE
portraits
Great photos.
Willem Steenhouwer, lawyer.
It's the last time. You agree, I hope.
Did you see Chris in church?
He was shitting his pants.
Should you go after
Chris van den Houwert now?
Must I just let it go?
- Shall I pick you up around nine?
What's this?
- You're dead, you know that?
It's important we get your statement about
Bjorn and for you to repeat it in court.
You killed him.
- No, it was an accident.
You've never ever been on that bridge.
Mireille?
Nice photos.
- Yes.
BETRAYAL
THE SECRET GIRLFRIEND
Mr Hartman.
- Rosie.
Take a seat.
What happened?
That's what Joachim says.
The Ukrainian girl? Illegal?
What's new about that?
- She's becoming a nuisance.
How so?
- She wants more money.
What is Joachim doing?
- Nothing, for now.
The police keep coming by.
If they crack the alibi, we're screwed.
Willem, he can't go to jail.
It will kill him.
He needs his daily routine,
or he'll go mad.
He didn't murder Louis.
It was an accident.
Sort of.
Yes, but who's going to believe that
if the Ukrainian girl denies it?
I can't do anything about that, Huub.
What's wrong?
- Nothing.
Natalia Korzachenko, works under the
name 'Mireille'.
She's from Donetsk, Ukraine.
She's been here illegally for a few years.
We can involve the Immigration Agency.
Hello?
- Yes, but is she really lying?
Sure, she must have been paid off.
No way was Bjorn there that night.
But if we threaten her with Immigration,
she'll disappear.
No threats. Just dangle a carrot
and offer her a residence permit.
Shall we contact Immigration?
Sure.
I don't care anymore.
I talk to him in my mind all day.
I think I'm going mad.
Do you think I'm going mad?
- No.
I think it's normal.
Did you talk to your father?
- Yes.
Did you talk about Louis?
And Bjorn?
I haven't spoken to him.
The police drop by sometimes, or
is it the Ministry of Justice, I don't know.
They asked me to sign a statement
about seeing Bjorn that night.
- What did you say?
Do you want some sugar?
He was there, Elsie. Really.
Bjorn would never hurt uncle Louis.
If the police come again, don't sign.
Don't do it.
It's important.
Good afternoon,
Van Erkel speaking.
I'm calling for my wife,
she lost her purse.
She stayed with you
on Monday or Tuesday.
Hoegaarde, Iris.
Yes, I'll wait.
Yes.
No record? OK, I'll get back to my wife.
Thank you, goodbye.
Marco, could I talk to you?
I have a physics class.
- I'll write you a note. Come on.
OK, the special issues.
We want to do at least six this year.
We have a number of ideas:
'Mother and daughter'.
'The truth about staying fit'.
'This year's interior design trends'.
- Not again.
Yes, again. 'Second homes abroad'.
And where is it, 'Adultery'.
That's right up your street.
Me?
You're always saying you want to do more
than just portraits.
It's up to you. Surprise me.
OK, thank you everyone.
Huub, good to see you.
Chris.
- Willem.
Take a seat.
How are things at home?
What you do mean?
- With Bjorn.
Why are you asking?
I mean, are we going to talk or not?
OK, let's talk.
Great.
Huub, at the moment
I'm dealing with a lot of turmoil.
That's bad for business.
Everyone's talking about it.
We have to talk about Louis.
What on earth happened?
- Louis drowned.
Didn't you read the newspaper?
I saw you at the funeral.
And what about what people are saying?
That Bjorn may have
- What?
Do you think I sent my son
to throw my brother-in-law in the canal?
What do you take me for?
OK.
Now you're here.
I know what people are saying
about The Hague Fortress.
And apparently you believe it.
- Really?
Do I believe it?
- Christ, Huub.
I wasn't involved in that deal.
Louis did that.
God rest his soul, but I have no idea
We just had a look at the contracts.
Who is United Enterprise Consultancy?
A company.
- They surveyed and advised us.
And they did some building assistance,
I believe.
They sent an invoice for three million.
A lot of money.
What's strange about that?
It's a big building.
But we can't find out who owns the company.
The trade register says it's an
umbrella company for a number of PLCs.
But who the owner or owners are,
is hidden.
Who are they, Chris?
It was Louis' idea.
I didn't know them.
No?
- No.
Would you mind if I were to look
into that?
Sure, go ahead.
If I find out you and Louis are involved
- What will you do?
Will you set Bjorn on me too?
Let me say this.
If, like a bolt from the blue,
or whatever the expression is
I were to discover three million euro
in my account
I'd stop investigating
the United Enterprise guys.
I don't need to tell you how small
the real estate world is.
And your pension fund
can do without these rumours.
Talk about bad for business. Cheerio.
We cycled together part of the way.
I mean, I was on my scooter
and she was on her bike.
And at some point I turned off
and she went the other way.
Everything was fine then.
- So, you claim you didn't hit her?
Of course not.
Why would I? I really like her.
She's made a formal complaint
against you.
I have no choice but to look into it.
I will talk to other pupils
who were at the party
and if I find out, you haven't been
telling me the truth
you will be expelled.
Do you understand?
I'm telling the truth.
He's afraid of you.
Hello, Van Erkel.
What can I do for you?
- I'll show you my ID.
Ministry of Justice?
- That's got nothing to do with it really.
I'm not here in that capacity.
Not yet, anyway.
I need information on this woman.
Is something wrong?
- No, nothing.
Like I said, not yet.
It has something to do with
It doesn't matter.
All I want to know
is if this woman was here.
I'm sorry I'm not at liberty to say.
- No, I understand. Thank you.
Oh, if need be I'll come back
with a search warrant.
Of course, it would be troublesome.
For the other guests as well.
It seems she was here this week.
If you can't confirm that, I'll just leave.
No, this woman was here.
Alone?
No, with a gentleman.
Yes of course, Mr van Loon.
Thank you very much.
What are you doing here?
How did you find this?
Did you think it was hard to find?
A nice space.
I don't want an affair. I don't want this.
Would you like some more champagne
before I drive you crazy?
Yes, I'd like that.
- Coming up.
I have to take over.
Bob wants to see you.
What's this?
That's good news.
This is Carla.
And she has a divine body.
Look how beautiful she is,
look at those curves.
You just won the jackpot, Mr.
Again? Is there a problem?
No, I just wanted to know if the police
had come by again in the last few days.
They came by once.
What did they want?
I told them what I had to,
with decisiveness.
Is that the word? Decisiveness?
Anything else?
- My name.
What did you say?
- Mireille.
Did they ask for your passport?
- I told them I didn't have it on me.
Anything else?
- Nothing.
Did I do well?
- Very well.
I don't know if I can keep it up
much longer. So much pressure.
It's hard, the police are very strict.
It'd be a shame
if Immigration came after you.
That's not a problem.
I have to keep this up, that's
the problem.
Yes, Mireille you will keep this up.
I want a bonus.
When?
What's wrong?
This can't go on.
- Why not?
Why not?
Have you read any world literature? Or
talked to anyone who's been through this?
These things never, never end well.
Not for any one.
Especially in our case.
You have to stop.
No, please go.
Iris.
- Please.
Sorry, sorry.
I've been acting like a moron.
The whole day.
If there's something
I never wanted to be
it's the secret girlfriend.
Waiting for you, for your phone calls,
and getting nowhere.
No.
This has to end.
I want to see you one more time.
Hey Marco, how are you?
Is grandpa here?
- Yes, come in.
We're having dinner.
Are you tired?
A little.
How's the case going?
- OK.
Who's going to read to me tonight?
- Me.
I'd like to.
I can practise for when we're
divorced.
Well, out with it.
Is it complicated?
Not really.
And why did you come to see me
and not talk to your father?
Because dad
It's about a girl.
It's not what you think.
Oh?
I
I sort of hit her.
And her father made her file
a complaint.
And they'll probably expel me.
I have another job tomorrow.
- OK.
What kind of job?
A portrait, outside the city.
Who?
Some actor.
So, I might be home late.
Who?
What do you mean?
- Which actor?
Van der Wiel, I think.
He's not very famous.
No problem.
I'll be off early tomorrow anyway.
I'll call Tess.
So what?
- I can't be expelled, grandpa.
Mum will go mad.
- Why on earth are you hitting girls?
Hello.
I was drunk.
She was over me all evening
but in the end
- She didn't want to.
A girl who doesn't want you.
How dare she.
And what can I do?
Her father is a contractor.
Hartman, he works in town.
- Hartman?
Never heard of him.
I was thinking
You might have some influence
in those circles.
Hitting women.
A man doesn't do that.
I was drunk.
- Even then, dickhead.
I'll see what I can do.
It has to be done quickly.
This guy's got it in for me.
And if dad hears about it,
I know whose side he'll choose.
It's not funny.
Go home and do your homework.
I'll take care of it.
'Well,' said the blue crocodile
'you're a funny colour too! You don't
look like the rest of your family.'
The monkey looked surprised.
'What do you mean?'
'You're pink,' said the blue crocodile.
'And the others are brown. '
What's wrong?
Nothing.
I'm off to bed, I don't feel well.
Oh, what's wrong?
A fever?
- I just don't feel well.
So, you won't go to that job tomorrow?
I think I will, it's important.
Eastern Europeans. They don't give a fuck.
She'd kill you for a penny.
- Oh, Christ.
If we give in now, we're screwed.
She'll want more every month.
And it'll remain a risk.
No.
She's only a whore.
She's not from here, nobody knows her.
- A whore has parents too.
I'll think about it.
OK.
- I'll think about it.
There is something else you can do
though.
Good evening. I'm Joachim Lampe.
Is your father in?
- Yes.
What's the matter?
- It's important.
One moment.
Dad, there's someone to see you.
Good evening, I'm Joachim Lampe.
Sorry to bother you at this hour.
I work for Mr Couwenberg.
Maybe you know him?
- Yes, I do.
May I come in?
- It'll only take ten minutes.
I made it up.
I don't understand.
I was confused.
I fell off my bike.
I was drunk.
So, Marco
He didn't do it, OK?
What's wrong?
What?
Your fucking brother.
Or your fucking grandpa.
And?
And what?
- I'll get back to you.
Any developments?
- No.
OK.
Something else.
- Yes?
I really don't like it
when people say 'And?' all the time.
Did I say something wrong?
- What?
I just thought something was wrong.
With what?
- That special issue about adultery.
You don't have to do it. I can ask
- No, I'll do it.
It's not really your thing.
- What makes you think that?
I've had an affair for years.
Thank you.
Excuse me, I just found a wallet.
A woman in a purple coat,
did she just buy a ticket?
Where was she going to?
- Naarden.
Thank you.
- Platform 4.
You're early. How come?
Half the teachers are ill.
They have 19 weeks holiday a year
a good pension,
a good health insurance
and all they do is moan
about how hard it is.
Mum?
What people say
and write about grandpa.
Yes, what about it?
Is it true?
What makes you think that?
- It's in the newspaper.
Do we have to talk about it now?
I don't interfere
in grandpa's business.
But you must know if it's true?
- No, I don't.
And it doesn't matter.
- Nonsense.
Why is that nonsense?
- Don't you want to know
if grandpa's a criminal?
- No, your grandpa isn't a criminal.
How dare you say that.
Go to your room.
For once, just tell me
- Bye.
What is this?
Why can we never talk about things
normally in this house?
Not today, anyway.
It's weird.
What?
Before the accident
I knew all the words to the song.
Remember?
- I do.
Yes?
- Am I interrupting?
No, no.
Immigration is willing to cooperate.
They could arrest the prostitute,
for example.
That would be great.
But they're swamped with work.
Can't they prioritize our request?
What did you say?
- Can't they prioritize our request?
Yes, they're thinking about it.
How long will that take?
- They don't know that now, do they?
But if you give them a call.
That would make things a lot easier.
I will. Thanks.
Call them now.
- Of course.
Dad.
- What?
Will I be able to go to the club soon?
- No.
I'm so bored at night.
- You have to lay low, don't you understand?
Don't you understand?
Hey, Marit.
Your brother dropped by just last night.
Have you come to see me or dad?
- Grandpa.
Can he spare a minute?
- Yes.
Hello?
- This is Tess.
Yes?
- I forgot my keys.
Menno and I can't get into
the apartment.
You were supposed to be home early today.
What shall I do now?
I'm on my way, but why don't you
take him for an ice-cream?
Menno needs to go to the toilet,
and so do I.
in number 12 have a key.
Dad.
Hey, look who we have here.
My darling.
Come here.
Oh, you've grown up so fast.
What is it, these days?
Would you like something to drink?
No.
- Come on.
OK.
Water.
- Don't you want some Coke?
She wants water, Bjorn.
How are things at school?
- Good.
Work hard, get good grades.
And if you show your grandpa your
report card, you can earn some money.
Do you know Hartman, grandpa?
Hartman, the constructor.
Hartman?
Why do you want to know?
- He's my best friends' father.
How's school?
Work hard
get good grades.
- Yes Bjorn, we've discussed that.
I think I know him.
Have you interfered with him?
- I don't interfere with anyone.
Darling, I have nothing to do
with Hartman.
Great, my only granddaughter
comes to visit me
and all she wants to do is talk shop.
Are you Bakker today?
- No, Van der Maarel.
Van der Maarel?
- He was my geography teacher.
What school did you go to?
- I started in Lower Secondary School.
And you still became a lawyer?
- Yes, it was a long road.
What do you tell your wife?
What do you mean?
When we meet each other.
She runs a restaurant
and works irregular hours.
And your children?
They're used to fending for themselves.
Shall we drink something first?
There's a mini-bar.
Drink?
I was thinking of something else.
Hello.
- Hi.
What did Rosie say?
- What do you mean?
What did she say?
- What do you care?
Nothing.
Where are you from?
What did your father do?
Why would we waste time
on my troubled childhood?
Did you have a troubled childhood?
No.
We could have talked there,
but you wanted to leave.
It was busy.
- Busy?
I have to take this call.
Where are you?
I'm out of town.
What's the matter?
- There's a contract.
I'll call you this afternoon, OK?
Do you remember how he was before
the accident? He was so smart and quick.
Judo, table tennis, football.
He was good at everything.
When he was 10 he was reading books
I could never read.
Have you noticed
What?
- Willem.
I don't know what it is.
Hey, Huub.
That whore?
Do you want those wire-tap reports?
Can you bring them to my room?
Would you leave your wife?
For me, I mean.
Would you leave your husband?
- I feel dirty, bad, like a liar.
Don't do that.
- Don't do what?
Feel guilty.
- Not feel guilty?
How do you do that? Don't you feel guilty?
- No, I've stopped doing that.
When will we see each other?
I won't say, this is the last time,
but I'll think about it.
I can't live without you.
Mum.
- Hey, sweetheart.
How are you?
- Fine.
A good day?
Hey, where is Pepijn?
- He called to say he'd be late.
OK, I'll give you your money
so you can go home.
Mr Couwenberg?
Nieuwe Uilenburgerstraat.
We can divide it.
- I agree.
From the auction.
See you next time.
- Thanks again.
Call when you get home.
- OK, I will. Bye.
No one knows United Enterprise.
It could be anywhere.
The Delta building is a problem.
- Did you buy that too?
It's full of scum. I can't get rid off them.
The council's no help either.
Where are you?
- I'm out of town.
Where?
- What's the matter?
That contract.
I'll call you this afternoon, OK?
I'm out of town.
- Where?
Incoming call
received by Steenhouwer
location by triangulation
hotel
Don't you love me anymore?
- I don't know.
This is all. And if you tell anyone
I'll get it back.
Are you kidding me, or what?
- Tell me it's not true.
People talk in real estate and
your grandpa can't do anything about it.
Are you having an affair?
- Yes, two.
I said I'm sorry. It's over.
I've chosen you.
You've gone too far, Huub.
In the past you
- The past is dead.