Rough Diamonds (2023) s01e08 Episode Script

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We're here in Antwerp's Diamond District,
where there are more than a few questions
remaining to be answered.
In the office of a Canadian
mining company, here behind me,
the police and the forensics team
are still working
on an investigation
to determine how the intruders
were able to get away with possibly
a few million euros' worth of diamonds
They must have
gained entry through the fire escape.
They somehow managed
to get the door open.
- We're still investigating how.
- Is there any camera footage?
No, they cut off the cameras
and took the hard drive with the images
from the last couple of days.
Somehow they managed to disable
the alarm, we don't know.
- So, no amateurs.
- Certainly not.
No. No, the man who we found here
was carrying professional equipment.
- He's from here?
- From France.
Looks like he fell
while attempting to escape.
And the rest obviously
ran off with the diamonds.
What did they manage to make off with?
We have no idea just yet,
but the fact is, this is huge.
It really is.
So you're not coming up here today?
Jo, I'll be busy for a while with this.
It's not gonna take long
for this to make world headlines.
Nicole, you've got to meet this witness.
He's proving much more cooperative.
But if we wait too long and Wouters will
be sure to find a way to bury the facts.
Yeah, okay.
Today doesn't work, but I'll have
more time later on this week to meet.
- Mm. Thank you, Nicole.
- Yeah. Bye.
Hello, this is Marie. I'm not here,
but leave me a message after the tone.
Bye.
Hi, Marie, I heard what happened.
And are you okay?
Sounds heavy. Um
Let me know what I can do.
Call me back. Take care.
Talk to me.
It's been delivered.
Excellent.
Our things should be
on their way to you soon.
Very good.
Any problems?
- You could say that.
- What?
- We had a disagreement.
- And?
He's still there. I'm sorry.
All right.
That happens. I'll take care of it.
Nothing to worry about.
- The important thing is you're out.
- Thanks.
Is Tommy there with you?
No, Adina dropped him at the bus station,
I'll see him after school.
Okay. Give him my love.
- See you soon.
- Bye.
- Hello, Tova.
- Hello, dear.
I just wanted to call
and say once again mazel tov
and that I hope you have
safe travels, God willing.
Do you have everything ready?
- I'm almost done, yeah.
- Good, good.
Listen, dear,
when you arrive in New York,
it's possible that people will ask you
about Yanki and that whole story.
- You know how quickly word travels.
- Yeah.
You shouldn't worry about it,
but you have to prepare the children.
Tell them how to answer
all sorts of questions and comments.
It's important that nobody
make too big a deal out of it.
Let people run their mouths for a bit
and it will be forgotten soon enough.
Good advice. Thanks, Tova.
I have to go now. Someone's at the door.
Yeah, uh-huh.
Send photos of the wedding.
Yeah, happy to, of course.
- Already back from London?
- We have to talk.
I don't have much time,
but you have to know.
Uh
it looks like everything will be fine
with the business.
When everything's good,
Tommy and I will go back.
And I hope that you and Moishe
and Aharon might want to be there.
- In London?
- Yeah.
So that Tommy can be close
to his grandma.
We'll find a house outside of town
where we can be a family.
You don't have to answer now,
but think about it?
Okay.
Okay.
Are you sure?
Yes, I'm sure.
When do we leave?
In a few more days, a week at most.
Is that enough time?
We can do that.
- Don't you have to leave?
- Yeah.
Good morning.
Mrs. Glazer?
- Mr. Goldman.
- What's this all about?
Um, yes.
We're having trouble with the prosecutor,
convincing her to bring
the settlement back.
Are you for real right now?
I thought we'd already figured this out,
and it's been revoked after all this?
Can't you see
they're obviously playing us?
A deal is still our very best option here.
Don't hold out for me.
They can't prove anything.
If they want to drag us
to court, so be it.
Mr. Goldman, I appreciate
I should never have agreed
to be a part of this.
Could you just please
hear me out for a second?
They still want to settle.
At the moment, one person is blocking
all of it, and Noah is managing it.
And he will fix it.
We're just about to put this
all behind us.
Don't ruin it now.
You've got till the end of this week.
The conditions stay as they are.
- Thank you, yeah.
- And then I'm out, got it?
And I won't go alone.
You have to be careful what you tell her.
She cannot be trusted.
Trust me. I got this.
- My brother Noah.
- What is this about?
We want you
to accept the settlement today.
You're wasting your breath, sorry.
We have info for you in return.
This isn't a negotiation here.
I can tell you the location where
the Albanians keep their dirty money.
No, you can't.
That information wouldn't go
to the likes of you.
I have a phone number
with the time and date stamped.
Follow the phone and it will bring you
to a big warehouse, simple as that.
And even better, the diamonds
you're looking for are there too.
How do you know all this?
The Albanians think I'm trustworthy now.
You maybe have a part in the robbery?
We're a lot of things, Mrs. Smets,
but not thieves.
Think it over.
You'll take down the Albanians
and solve the diamond robbery.
Two birds with one stone.
No, a deal like that I can't make.
We don't want you doing anything illegal,
just sign off on the deal we agreed to.
And leave our family alone, forever.
- No, I can't do that.
- Why not?
For the same reason your people
take off Saturdays: principles.
I try to make criminals pay
for what they do,
and I do my best to do my duty.
And I won't be bribed
just because it's convenient for you.
What makes you so sure
you'll win in open court?
- My evidence.
- What evidence?
Without Eli,
you've got a bunch of nothing.
He'll recant every word he told you.
I've got another witness.
One of your own.
He can't wait to talk
about Wolfson Diamonds.
There you are.
Your people didn't know where you were.
- What's the matter now?
- Have a seat.
We know you had your informant go
and commit a crime knowingly,
obtaining evidence illegally.
That's enough for
an investigation about you,
which would lead
to your immediate suspension.
This is revenge, huh?
This is doing what's right.
I'm working to put out a fire
and you're in the way.
The diamond industry
has taken a severe blow
and we need to help stabilize
the situation, not exacerbate it.
You can end this circus now.
Let the deal go through.
A suspension to bury everything.
Then I'll just go to the press.
If there are charges you're fighting,
you're nothing but a noisy,
embittered ex-prosecutor.
It's not I who will be speaking
to the press, I have a witness,
an insider.
And if you don't let him testify in court,
then I will make sure
he tells everyone what you're burying.
- You're threatening me?
- I'm the one who's being threatened.
Okay. You want to play it this way, okay,
but let me say this clearly.
However this case develops now,
you're for sure finished!
Shit.
- My wife's coming back soon.
- Sheindy's at the JCC all afternoon.
First of all, it is almost Yom Kippur.
Therefore we need to atone for how
we all behaved toward you this year.
You did wrong, yes,
but we have to give you an opportunity
to explain yourself a bit, Benny.
After all, we are
we're still family.
You're apologizing to me, right?
You get the prosecutor on the phone.
Or everyone's gonna find out
you've been ratting on your fellow Jews.
So what?
Benny, they're going
to name you a traitor.
And then?
The humiliation you brought on me
already isn't enough, huh?
Everyone has turned their backs on me.
Cutting me out wasn't enough, no, no.
- You marked my name as well.
- You made your own fate, Benny.
Oh, from you now!
I did so much more for your tateh
than all of you combined.
Now my own aunt won't even talk to me.
You will be haunted
by this act of revenge forever.
It will forever be a stain on you.
You can avoid that.
We can get through this ourselves, Benny.
You'll pay dearly for what you've done!
Go ahead, be sorry.
And get out of my house!
Yeah, I understand.
Shkoyach.
May you be sealed for a good year.
I know why he doesn't care.
Our Benny's leaving town.
Where to?
He got a job with the future
father-in-law of his son.
- He has a real-estate office in Brussels.
- Fuck!
I mean, we can't back down now.
There is
There's one way
we can pressure him, I think.
What?
It's a personal thing.
Jo, listen.
I brought you in not so I
could lecture you about it, but
rather to speak to you
as a friend and not as your boss.
You've gotta let this one go.
Wouters is absolutely happy
to press charges here,
and then it'll be more
than your job you lose.
If you get out of his way,
without creating any circus in the media,
then I'm very likely in a position
to get him to forget all this.
And then your job is secure.
You're way too smart to throw
the rest of your life away for this.
If I let him bury this
to preserve my own safety,
why stay here at all?
If I'm not doing everything I can
to put justice first,
what am I even building here, Olivier?
I'll just slowly become
like the ones who I hate.
And if you're charged,
you're a criminal, you get it?
Jo
Whatever happens here,
don't involve Maarten.
I'm the person who made the informant
commit the crime, no one else.
Maarten warned me against doing it.
Maarten's future is pretty well secured.
You don't have to worry about him.
It was Maarten who told Wouters
about this?
Hello?
Yes, hello, I'm at the property.
Are you on your way over here?
Oh, sorry. Oh, I forgot,
that was this afternoon.
Your father won't let me in.
Oh, yeah?
Um
Can you just pass me over?
Oh, yeah.
It's your daughter.
Are you pulling my leg here?
Sorry, Pa. Sorry for not
telling you about the whole thing.
Sorry, but it was a crazy day so far.
Would you just just let her
look around the place, would you, Pa?
Are you okay?
You know, forget it, Dad.
It's all right, you don't have to.
Okay.
Bye, Pa.
So, this is what we come to
after everything.
- Sorry, I had no choice.
- That's bull and you know it.
Yeah, what did you want me to do?
Just
be a friend, I guess.
- Be a friend?
- Yes.
But you never wanted a friend.
You only ever wanted me
to do what you say, like a loyal dog.
That's a load of shit.
You don't listen to me or anything.
Or take my advice.
I warned you that this would happen.
What did you do?
You just ignored me like always.
And so you just fuck me over, huh?
You're going to have
a great career here, buddy.
It's a perfect fit.
You really think you're
morally superior, don't you?
You're so obsessed with convictions
because you always have to win.
You don't care about who you might hurt.
This is about your ego, nothing else.
Good evening to you,
and welcome.
In the Antwerp Diamond District,
police are saying
that there are still no leads
in the investigation
into the biggest robbery since 2003.
According to the police, the body
found at the scene of the robbery
was a French national
- Hi.
- It's here.
And it's beautiful.
Good.
- Very good.
- Who is it?
Uh, Tommy wants to talk to you.
- Hello, TomTom.
- Grandma!
- I miss you so much.
- Are you coming to visit?
Oh, no, darling.
I'm waiting for you back home.
We can go
to your favorite ice-cream parlor
- I'll talk to you later.
- All right. Bye, love.
- Bye.
- What does she mean?
Uh
- We're gonna leave in a few days.
- Why?
- It's time.
- But I like it here.
Me too, but we were never going
to stay here forever, you know that.
No, I don't,
'cause you never tell me anything.
I'm sorry, I
I didn't wanna say anything
before I was sure.
Toms, it's gonna be better than before.
We're not returning to the flat.
We're gonna buy ourselves
a house with a big yard.
- It'll be fun, I promise.
- It's fun here.
Tommy, look at me.
Look at me.
Wherever we are
the most important thing
is that we are together, right?
You and me.
That's what matters.
Let's eat.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Are you okay?
You didn't call me back.
Yeah, sorry, I was, um
Yeah. Come on in.
So you were at the office yesterday?
Yeah, I was the first one in.
I called the police.
What did they say?
Yeah. Nothing.
Just investigated.
They questioned all the employees.
I was at the police station
for three hours.
Why so long?
It doesn't matter, really.
So what now?
They're going to close us down.
Fuck.
Yeah.
The bosses in Canada emailed
emailed everyone
at midnight or so.
Just a fucking email.
"Yeah, we have to reevaluate"
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
The team was let go.
Assholes.
I I just don't get it.
I
I just don't really believe
that this could actually happen.
I can ask around a bit
to find out who's hiring.
Maybe not as an office manager,
but we'll find something.
Thank you, but
I don't think I'm gonna stay here.
Why is that?
Yeah
Well, this whole thing, I
I just don't feel like
another diamond firm is best.
But thank you. Really.
Please forgive me for this sin.
So? You're about to say you're
thinking of finding a girl for Lazer?
Oh, no, no, no. No, it's not that.
Um
Um, one of my cousins down in Israel
has problems with her son.
It's a delicate issue.
I'd rather not mention names.
- Of course, yeah.
- Yes.
Um
So
There are rumors circulating there
that her son is, uh
"different," yeah?
- Oh.
- Of course it's all nonsense.
Hmm.
But she's worried it might cause
some problems in finding a match for him.
- I'm with you.
- Yeah.
- Omein.
- Omein.
And, yeah, I'd be grateful to you
if you would offer a bit of guidance?
Hmm.
I heard that you handled
a similar thing for Benny Feldman's son?
Hmm.
I know that they had reservations
about that same thing.
Yep, yep.
They were really concerned, yep, mm-hmm.
But I was able to find a fairly
fine bride who's just right for him.
Not all ladies want
the exact same thing, get me?
That's true, I'm sure.
But for the parents, though?
The blessing for Benny's son was,
the rumors were all mostly
just flying around his yeshiva.
For him, I really didn't look
for a match in Antwerp.
Tell your cousin to look someplace
that's rather a little far away.
Yeah.
I first looked in London,
but in the end we found one in Brussels,
a very well established
French family over there,
but here knew nobody.
Tateh loved him so much.
Tateh wasn't the best judge of character.
I guess.
Didn't stop him
from speaking his mind, though, huh?
Know what I thought when he'd scold you
for some nonsense you had done?
That I wished he was as hard on me.
He gave up early on me, Noah.
He always wanted you with him.
I hated you for that.
But he was right, actually.
You were the best choice
to follow him in the business.
Still are, for sure.
There he is.
The blessing for Benny's son was,
the rumors were all mostly
just flying around his yeshiva.
For him, I really didn't look
for a match in Antwerp.
Tell your cousin to look someplace
that's rather a little far away.
I first looked in London,
but in the end, we found one in Brussels,
a very well-established
French family over there,
but here knew nobody.
You leave us no choice, Benny.
Call the prosecutor.
Or we'll send your daughter-in-law's
father everything you heard.
Please, Benny.
A son shouldn't pay
for his father's misdeeds.
I don't feel any shame about that.
But what you're doing here brings you
more shame than I can imagine.
If we send him this recording,
you can forget about the wedding.
And your new job as well.
Eli, look at me.
We're just a few days from Yom Kippur.
Don't you respect Hashem?
Don't you?
Call her.
Now.
Yes?
Do you want to think
about our offer again?
You're the one's doing this?
Doing what?
Witness intimidation's
a serious felony, you know.
Sign off on the deal.
So back in London we used to go out
for New Year's Eve and party,
and I got to stay up very late,
about 12:00
Why is it taking so long?
Give it a day. She'll call, I know it.
She doesn't have any options.
I don't know if this was
all for nothing, but
It wasn't for nothing, Adina.
It'll be all right.
Just have a little patience.
Dad, what does Yom Kippur mean?
Aharon said to ask.
Well, uh it's a day of atonement.
Which means that we can ask
for forgiveness for
It's the day when the Aibishter, God,
looks at the things
that we did in the past year
and decides our fate for the next one.
Does He forgive bad things?
Sometimes.
Tommy, I found it!
It's bigger than I thought.
That's Gila, I think.
Let's look.
There's another over here
- Hey.
- Hey.
- You all right?
- Yes, of course.
I tried to call you.
I was a bit worried.
Yeah, sorry, I was with Eli all day.
- Oh, why? Is there a problem?
- No, just some things with the lawyers.
- I'm ready to go. Everything is packed.
- Super.
It won't be long, a couple of days.
I want to be confident
everything's arranged.
- But still before Yom Kippur?
- I don't know, it depends a bit.
Okay.
But we'll have to leave
very shortly after.
Yehuda still thinks I'll come.
Gila, it will be all right.
Hey
I promise.
You brought the right ones?
What about this is urgent?
It's getting dark earlier now.
I almost tripped over that chair there.
What's going on, Jo?
Voilà.
You sounded bad on the phone yesterday.
No, it's okay.
It's okay, nothing to get
worried about, Dad.
I know when it's okay,
and this is not okay.
- Are you ill?
- No.
No, my bosses are being a bit difficult.
It's fine. It'll be fine.
Tell 'em to stuff it.
They're a bunch of fancy bastards
who don't know what work is.
You shouldn't have studied law.
You're just not like those folks.
You're not like that.
You're a good, hard worker.
Always have been.
Yeah, even as a kid.
Sorry for the fuss about the house.
It's nothing.
Do what you want with your house.
I won't bother you about it anymore.
You could be right, though.
It is time, I guess,
that I sell the old farm off.
Seriously?
The woman left here today and I
I poked around a little.
You've got a point, it's a wreck.
I need to move forward.
If you hold onto something too long
it crumbles as you're holding it
in your own hands.
- Good morning.
- Good morning.
Well?
Rest easy, the deal is gonna go through.
And I'll let the witness go.
He won't speak to anybody.
- That's wonderful.
- But I have a couple demands.
Keep your word,
and I won't charge you, that's the deal.
- No, not just that.
- Jo, please don't.
I can get the missing stones
that were stolen.
Come again?
The Albanians have them.
I can get the exact location and get them.
How's that?
I got my sources.
- What do you want?
- I want my position to be safe.
More personnel and full agency
in my case against the Albanians.
Regardless which direction the work leads.
Okay, fine.
Good work, Jo.
Yeah.
Yeah, hop to it.
A strong grip.
Just like your father,
may he rest in paradise.
- Here, Speyer.
- Ah, thanks.
You're gonna like this.
I got it from the vineyard direct.
And I kept it packed away
for an extra special occasion.
Well, thank you, really.
Whatever it was you might
have told the prosecutor,
you saved so much anguish
and problems for our entire community.
Hmm. It really took
the whole family to get it done.
Okay.
Wait, wait!
- Oh, Sarah, no.
- It's the last ones. I had 20 of these.
- You don't have to, please.
- You're not leaving empty-handed.
Thank you. Thank you.
Shkoyach for this.
Well, open it. You deserve it.
Pour a glass, say "L'chaim!"
You earned it truly!
- Don't let him leave again.
- Well, God willing.
He fits in well here, you know?
No, I can't, I'm sorry.
Because I have
a family dynasty to keep running.
- I love building. I love building.
- What are you building, Aharon?
- Egypt.
- I'm building a kind of train.
- Hey, guards. Guards.
- Nice.
Are you okay?
Adina. We pushed it through, it's done.
Any minute now, the police
could be busting the Albanians.
It's over.
Adina, we're safe now.
But what was the price of it?
You know it was the only way.
Yeah, I suppose that's true.
But was it worth it?
Of course it was.
I'm not so sure.
I never figured I could do
something like that, any of it.
I put one foot in front of the other,
I walked into the darkness.
One step further once again.
Now it is so, so dark
that I have the feeling I've gone blind.
You know, time will pass, Adina.
Everything will return
to how it was and you'll forget.
You've gotta trust me.
I can no longer be a part of the business.
I'm not even qualified
to stand outside on the street.
I've got no idea how you do it.
Adina, the entire business depends on you.
Hm.
Looks like you're doing fine
on your own, Noah.
It's the prosecutor.
- Yes?
- You been telling me lies?
I'm sorry?
I'm here at the place
and there aren't any diamonds.
- What?
- They're not here.
Eh they must have been moved.
- Where to?
- I don't know.
Well, bud, find out.
That was our arrangement.
I was told that's where they were.
I put you in the right place.
Listen, I want the diamonds,
and if I don't get them this instant,
I'll have you arrested today.
Arrested for what?
Suspected involvement in a robbery,
intimidation of a witness, whatever.
I have enough to have you put away
for at least a few weeks.
So please don't fucking test me, you hear?
Slow down, slow down.
Let me find out what's going on.
Call me again very soon,
or I'm coming to get you, huh?
- Hey, where are you going?
- What the fuck's happened?
- Noah.
- It's all over the news.
- Let's take a moment.
- I just want to talk?
- What's the problem?
- I just want to talk.
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
You promised me
the diamonds would be safe with you.
How did they find them so quickly?
- Yeah, we're looking into it right now.
- I put trust in you.
The diamonds are safe.
We got tipped off by one of our guys
in the police force just before the raid.
And we were able to move
all the diamonds in time.
Where?
They're safe now.
I want those stones.
I'm not leaving them with you.
Matthias, I worked too hard for this.
I want to know where my diamonds are.
Your cut is safely in London,
as we promised.
- What about the rest?
- Yeah, they made the rest disappear.
You'll get your family's cut.
Might take a year
for the police to get it back.
What? No, my family can't wait
You and me, we're partners.
- Deal with him.
- Show me where my diamonds
I'm a man who keeps his word.
You will get your diamonds
when I I decide it's time.
And if you ask me again,
it's gonna be our last conversation.
Noah Wolfson?
Have you managed to find anything?
Come on.
Wait.
I have a location for you.
Not all of them, but
enough for a press conference, I think.
And where are they?
In London.
Noah.
Can you open the door?
I'm in the hallway.
Hey.
- What happened there?
- I'm okay. I'm okay.
Come in.
Noah
We can't go to London.
We can't go anywhere right now.
But I promise, I will fix everything.
More time's all I need.
No.
I'm not staying.
What do you mean?
You're marrying Yehuda.
It's what I have to do.
For the kids.
And for myself.
I have to leave, I'm fading.
We were gonna leave together,
we still can.
- I need more time, Gila.
- But you're not leaving, Noah.
You were never going to.
I saw you today with Adina and Eli,
while shaking Speyer's hand.
The way they all looked at you,
that wasn't someone leaving today.
That was a man
who had his place secure finally.
You never wanted to be the guy to follow
your father's plan for you, but
I think it's already happened.
And we're just?
There is no "we," Noah.
It was an appealing idea, a fantasy,
but in reality
the day I married your brother,
that was
that was the end of you and me.
- When are you leaving?
- After Yom Kippur.
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