Salamander (2012) s01e10 Episode Script

The King wants a scapegoat for this business as quickly as possible.
And I'm the scapegoat? - Yes.
And, to be honest, not entirely undeservedly.
So, if I understand correctly, a secret investigation with your approval, unknown to me.
At a time when the whole country is on edge.
Good news.
The Minister of Justice has sold the Public Prosecutor out.
Gerardi will have to surface now he's unprotected.
We are being taken over by the Ministry of the Interior.
Without me being told? We may no longer take orders from you from next Monday.
Seems familiar.
Emile Jonkhere.
Raymond's father and the bank's founder.
I'm actually only interested in April '44.
I don't want any more people dying.
- It's not up to you.
You just have to pay.
I decide what happens.
And if you're going to get too sentimental, then that's it.
Here are the next three names.
ST ROCH BOYS' ORPHANAGE Gilbert Dewulf.
- Gil.
Gilbert or Gil, it no longer matters.
Here you are number 640.
640! He'll call you.
Maybe it's a good sign that he's taking so long.
Welcome to the orphanage, Mr Jonkhere.
Seasons greetings.
- Mrs Van Mechelen.
Happy Christmas.
- Happy Christmas.
This is my son, Raymond.
- Welcome, Raymond.
Happy Christmas.
Happy Christmas, Mrs Jonkhere.
Welcome.
Happy Christmas.
So much money, Mr Jonkhere.
- A small gift.
Just a small gift.
My bank gladly redistributes some of its wealth.
Now I'd like my son to see how well off he is in Brussels.
Would you like to hand the presents out, Raymond? Come with me.
Thank you.
Here you are.
- Thank you.
Thank you.
Happy Christmas.
Right.
- Here you are.
Thank you for so many lovely presents.
You're welcome.
I'm really pleased to see you.
Here you are.
Here you are.
Come on.
We have to say it together or it won't count.
OK.
I swear to remain true to my brother.
I will never betray him.
My flesh will burn if I break this oath.
Come on, boys.
Go on.
Outside into the courtyard.
Come on.
Come on.
- No.
No.
No.
Nine for arithmetic, nine for Dutch, eight for French, eight for geography and history.
Congratulations on your report.
Now you will have to choose.
Between an apprenticeship or going to technical school.
What do you want to be when you grow up? I'm going to be an engineer.
- No, no, no.
That's not on our list.
- I'm going to be an engineer.
Here.
I know these off by heart and I want more and better ones.
What are those? Chemistry, physics.
Where did you get these? Who gave them to you? Something terrible has happened to 110.
- What? Come with me.
Quickly.
Wait here you.
What's happened? OK.
Thank you.
Your visitor is here.
I'm not expecting anyone.
Surprised to see me, Mr Noël? You made me an offer via my minister.
You would take us to Gerardi.
And you've come to do it now.
I'm resigning as Public Prosecutor the day after tomorrow.
That's what you wanted, eh? And Gerardi? - No comment.
Are you throwing down the gauntlet? What's the idea? If I resign, I'm no longer sworn to secrecy.
That's the idea.
Then I'm free to talk about the disastrous situation our country is in thanks to people like you, Jonkhere and Salamander.
No one will listen to you.
You underestimate people.
- People are deaf.
They vegetate in front of their TV and don't believe anything or anyone.
Certainly not an old fool like you.
You underestimate the man in the street.
And honest politicians do still exist.
Statesmen who want to govern our country well.
Who God Go home and die.
So Persigal wants to kick up a fuss about us in the press.
What a ridiculous idealist! But we've got two or three newspapers on our side.
We'll be able to limit the damage.
The damage will remain and be to our detriment.
Will you be responsible for the outcome? - Hold on.
Hold on, young man.
Are we talking about the Public Prosecutor now? Or about me? What do you know? I want to make an example of someone.
If Persigal turns against us and goes unpunished, others will follow.
We've been far too lax with him.
You are very ambitious, aren't you? I deserve to have more trust placed in me.
So I'm asking you.
Give me Persigal.
Good morning.
Was the door into the corridor locked when you arrived? Yes.
They've searched everything.
Oh no.
Mr Vander Velde, it's me, Jean-Jacques.
Someone just gave me this.
- Who was it? Thanks.
Dear Paul, leave your hotel as soon as you read this.
My office has been broken into and searched.
It may no longer be safe for you to stay there.
I want to meet you today.
First I had to ask if you were followed.
- I wasn't.
Right, here's the key.
It's to that door.
The Public Prosecutor will return it to me.
I live near here.
OK.
Thank you.
- Thank you.
Be careful, sir.
He's had a lot to contend with lately.
Public Prosecutor.
- Welcome.
Take a seat, there are plenty to choose from.
I'm glad you are feeling better.
- I'm not doing too bad.
I'm resigning tomorrow.
- Tomorrow? I'll explain that later.
Look how hard I've worked for you.
Everything I could get my hands on is here.
Operation Salamander, 24 April '44.
I thought everything on it had disappeared.
Our government was in London at the time, that's from its archives.
It's only one page, but still Salamander, operation by Resistance group Spika.
Jonkhere, the founder of the bank, was in charge of Spika at the time.
Parachute drop of British secret agent above Imbeke in Brabant.
Afterwards all contact ceased and the operation listed as a failure.
What was the purpose of the operation? That's all I have.
But now we at least know for certain that if something did start, it was during the war.
24 April 1944, in the Resistance.
And it's still continuing.
Today.
So it is a political conspiracy.
Money.
Follow the money trail.
And where do you end up? - At Jonkhere.
Yes.
Jonkhere Bank.
Correct.
And this here Yes? Who's there? The bomb in your car was a composition B, a military explosive made from RDX, in America.
Here you are.
The Spika group used the same explosive for attacks on the Germans in the war.
Sabotaging railway lines and bridges.
From 1942, the Americans supplied Spika and Jonkhere with dozens of kilos of the explosive.
And after the war he kept what was left and murdered my wife with it.
- Exactly.
Jonkhere used Spika to his own advantage and later turned it into Salamander.
The breaking open of those 66 safes proves that Jonkhere and his gang have got other enemies apart from you and me.
But we know nothing about who did it and why.
Nothing.
There you have it.
Typical end to my career.
Exiting via the back door.
Take care, Paul.
Thanks, Yolande.
Yolande? If there's a problem, come and see me.
- OK.
What did she want? Hey! What did she say? - I have to stay here for the weekend.
Have you done something? - No, my dad can't come and get me.
Leave me alone.
Is my cell still free? - I think so.
We haven't had that many who've obeyed the call since then.
You can't sulk forever.
I'm your friend, aren't I? Your dad's let you down and you can't go home? Home.
Did I ever say home? I haven't got a home.
When I'm not here, they shut me up in a monastery with a load of ancient monks.
Why? It's all too complicated.
Maybe I can do something for you.
Yes? I always expect the worst when I see you, Miss Wolfs.
Actually, I just wanted to ask something.
Take a seat.
Who reported it? It was an anonymous call on an internal line.
It's on the third floor.
Colleague.
Good evening.
- Commissioner.
And? What? What? - I need to talk to you urgently.
No, no, not via the phone.
No.
Yes, I know where you are.
Yes.
I'll tell you later.
- The examining magistrate is here.
Right.
He had a foreboding.
He knew.
He told me you were here.
Just in case And the cause of death? He had a heart attack.
She was suffocated.
First they were killed, then they were undressed and placed on the bed like that.
The whole scene was faked.
You can imagine how the media has pounced on it.
Highest judge in the country in bed with his secretary.
Have you found anything else out about Jonkhere Bank or those murders? Well, I've tried to.
My investigation is blocked by the Ministry of the Interior each time.
And their orders come from even higher.
The Prime Minister's office.
Jonkhere has a pawn there.
Vincent Noël.
The future National Security Adviser.
How do you know? - The Public Prosecutor told me.
Noël takes his orders from Jonkhere.
Does the Prime Minister know? Definitely not.
Is it a conspiracy against the State? A plot? At the moment it's all about money, but that doesn't mean it won't change.
Listen, only call me if you are really, really in trouble.
I can no longer trust my own department.
OK? - OK.
SEX SCANDAL INVOLVING TOP JUDGE FATAL PASSION WITH SECRETARY? Your God allows a lot of things to happen.
Some thought has gone into that.
They want to give a signal, to you to stop and to other members of Salamander to keep quiet.
Paul.
Paul, come and see.
Come here.
Look, I scanned this photo in, compared it with listed monuments and buildings in Brussels, but can't find a match anywhere.
I'll zoom in.
Maybe we'll be able to read this then, but I doubt it.
Historic.
Historic.
It's historic, isn't it? - Where did that photo come from? A safe at Jonkhere Bank.
Hello.
Who? Oh, sorry.
No, no problem.
I was busy with something and didn't hear what you said.
I was a bit distracted.
Sorry.
Say it again.
Well, I've just had Nicola and Sofie on the phone.
Yes.
Apparently our daughters are becoming friends.
Yes.
No, no.
No, Sofie is fine.
But she didn't dare phone you.
Well, they'd like to spend the weekend here together and that's fine with me.
I can go and pick them up and I'll take them back Sunday evening.
But I wanted to check it was OKwith you first.
If Sofie would like to, that's fine by me.
Why don't you come too? I'm inviting you to dinner.
Then you can see Sofie and I'll see you again too.
What d'you reckon? - Yes, I'll look forward to it.
OK.
Well, see you then.
Thank you.
Yes, thanks.
This is definitely not our style.
It's despicable.
- It had the desired effect.
Boom! Efficiently and discretely.
That's how we go to work.
Until now, at least.
You wanted a message.
But you also need an audience for that message.
Hopefully this won't get in the way of your ambition to get on.
What do you mean? Well, now we've lost the Ministry of the Interior, Mrs Carlier has put you forward to become a senior member.
You will have full voting rights.
There's an emergency meeting of the Council of Twelve in a minute.
You're expected to appear.
In a minute? But I'm not prepared.
You do want to climb the ladder, don't you? Or not? HISTORIC RESEARCH SOCIETY OF BELGIUM We're here.
What is expected of me? Introduce yourself.
Answer all the questions and don't tell any lies.
Every member has your life in black and white, down to the smallest detail, up to and including yesterday.
My name is Vincent Noël.
At present I'm security adviser to the That's enough.
Was this your idea? Yes.
Why do it like this? You can speak freely.
It's my opinion, but I admit it's very personal - Stand as you were.
We're living in new times.
Personally, I think we have to adapt.
Become stricter, harder.
That's enough.
You can go.
So, ladies and gentlemen, what do we think of him? He is a nasty piece of work.
He's too ambitious.
Today it's Persigal, tomorrow it could be me.
But it is a unique opportunity.
As our man in the Prime Minister's office he can be extremely useful to us.
That's not important now.
- Cyrille is right.
We still don't know who emptied our safes in your bank.
Or why.
- All the damage that has been done.
My God.
Martine? Let's give Noël the chance to find out who our enemy is and give us Gerardi's head on a platter.
He is nasty enough to be able to do that.
Accepted as a candidate.
Well done.
- Thank you.
There's a taxi waiting outside.
Those two are very much alike.
- Yes.
Who's going to tame them later? Right.
I'll go and get ready, eh? I can't get out of it? Dad? He really won't disappoint you, you know.
Did you tell them anything about us? No.
I just said about Mum but not about who you are or our real names.
Well done.
Sweetheart, it's best if they don't know who we really are.
Had you met Nicola's Mum before? She said you knew her.
What? Oh, yes, no, yes.
She happened to be outside when I dropped you off at boarding school.
I can spend the night here.
- Really? Yes.
And Nicola is great.
Are you happy? - Yes.
But also because you are here.
That's sweet of you.
You look better than you did last time.
- You too.
And your daughter is lovely.
Fantastic.
Thank you.
I should've called you.
Sorry.
I'm glad you're here now.
Come on.
Oh, I thought my father would be in here.
We're going upstairs, Mum.
- OK.
Don't put your music on too loud.
- No, no.
Those two get on really well together.
What a lovely place you live in.
- Thank you.
I'll go and see where my father is.
Pour yourself a drink.
- OK, thank you.
Paul, may I introduce you to my father? NEXTWEEK I want you to check someone out for me as quickly as possible.
First name Paul.
Bloody hell! Good morning.
- Good morning.
Calm down, calm down.
You can't cause a commotion here.
This is still a monastery.
You wanted information on Paul Vander Velde? There it is.
Dad, please.
What's going on? I'm the one who broke into those 66 safes at your bank.