Kommissar Rex (Inspector Rex) (1994) s05e07 Episode Script

1 INSPECTOR REX BLIND RAGE Come off it! I saw how she looked at you.
That's not my fault, is it? - But why dance with her? - I hate standing around.
And I don't? You prefer talking to airheads.
My girlfriends aren't airheads, okay? All right, forget about me for tonight.
- Your jealousy is crazy.
- Please yourself.
I'm staying.
I don't give a damn.
What do you want? I'll close the roof first.
What for? So we'll have privacy.
I already fought with Marion because of a girl.
Why should she find out? I don't want you for ever, just now and then.
- You're kidding.
- What's wrong? I'll tell you.
Firstly, I decide who I sleep with.
Second, I do care for her, in spite of everything.
I already said I don't want to marry you.
But with your looks you'll want more than one.
Not since I've been with Marion.
Don't give me that.
You want it too.
Get out.
You'll change your mind.
- I'll have you yet.
- You can't have everything.
You know what you are? You're nothing but a spoilt little girl.
They're only having fun, Rex.
Nothing's going to happen.
Excuse me, may I have the skipping rope? Mr Brandtner? Is there an Alexander Brandtner? Excuse me, I'm looking for Mr Brandtner.
Otherwise, a great fight.
By the way, he's our new colleague.
Fritz Kunz.
I'm from Robberies.
I'm Alex.
This is Rex.
Hello, Rex.
One of the guys in PR told me you'd be here, so I thought I'd shout you some drinks before I start.
Great idea, but it'll be my shout first.
A beer for the gentlemen, I suppose.
Why did you ask for a transfer from Robberies to Homicide? According to the statistics, there's one murder for every ten robberies.
So murders can be dealt with in detail.
But right now we don't have a murder to deal with.
That's dreadful.
Just as I'm joining you.
It won't last, unfortunately.
- Do you want a glass? - I can manage.
Cheers! - What does he want? - You haven't really said hello.
Don't be scared.
Let me show you something.
I'll put my hand between his fangs.
I read once that a lion-tamer did that with a lion.
Now he does his push-ups with one arm.
Rex, you can let go of me now.
Can you let go of me? Can you tell him to let go? He'll let go of you when he's had enough.
Seeing you two reminds me, we should go and eat.
What happened? There's a problem, Daddy.
I'm sure I can solve it.
Crashed your car again? I killed a man.
Who is he? Thomas Reisch.
Reisch, who works for us in reception? He made fun of me.
I didn't mean to hurt him, I only Calm down now, little one.
We'll put it right somehow.
- Enjoy.
- Doesn't he like schnitzel? Schnitzel? - Rex only touches ham rolls.
- I see.
Is something wrong? I always check under the batter.
The guys once fried a face towel for me.
Well, I'll just get some more lemon.
He's worried now.
I bet he's checking the kitchen.
I never bet.
Statistically, I lose nine times out of ten.
- Well, how is the kitchen? - Perfectly clean.
Very funny, Rex.
Seems he does like schnitzel after all.
What's that you're doing? I always put pencils on the right.
- Files go on the left.
- I see.
Brandtner, Homicide.
We're on our way.
Your first murder.
A man was found murdered in a parking lot.
Come on, Rex, work.
Dreadful.
Come in.
Good morning, Sandra.
I hope you slept a little.
Hardly.
I was thinking about it all night.
He provoked me.
It's his fault as much as mine.
Have your breakfast.
We'll talk about that later.
This is great.
A trip around the world! I thought, for afterwards, when it's over.
Over? It's nothing to do with me.
- But Sandra, you - You're accusing me? - Good morning, doctor.
- Morning, Brandtner.
The new man, Fritz Kunz.
Dr Graf from Forensics.
Sorry, I can't shake hands with you.
You'll get used to it.
The young man's been dead for eight to ten hours.
He was stabbed in the carotid.
Jagged wound indicating what? The weapon was blunt! Was he still able to move after he was injured? No, this type of injury quickly leads to immobility.
Death was due either to loss of blood, or to an embolism, I think.
I'll know more after the autopsy.
And I'll tell you more about the murder weapon.
- Thanks, doctor.
- Have a nice day, gentlemen.
Same to you.
- He's got a sunny disposition.
- You need it in this job.
There's blood here but none on the ground, so it happened elsewhere.
- Let's find where, fast.
- Thanks.
His name was Thomas Reisch.
He owned the vehicle.
Here's the Breakfast Show TV crew.
That's just great.
I'm not in the mood for them now.
Then they'll call the police unco-operative.
Shall I? We're coming to you live from the parking lot where early this morning a body was found.
A horrified vagrant discovered the blood-soaked body, that of a young man, in the front seat of a convertible.
Suicide or murder? Homicide is investigating Come here, Daddy.
After this break we'll talk to an officer Thank you.
Tell me, did they find cigarettes on the body? No.
Check these for finger prints.
Could you comment for the Breakfast Show? This is Officer Brandtner of Homicide to give us an overview of the situation.
Do we have a new murder case in Vienna? Unfortunately, it looks like it.
Any clues as to the culprit? All we know is that the murder took place elsewhere.
Do you know how the man was killed? He has a wound on his neck so he probably died from an embolism.
- Do you know who he was? - Yes, we do.
But I can't comment during the investigation.
Thank you.
We'll have to expect the police to turn up.
So what? We do what we agreed on.
And besides I liked the police officer.
You have no nerves.
Hey, Officer These bloodstains.
Want to preserve them? You new in Homicide? How do you know? Those aren't bloodstains, they're "droplets".
And the blood on the car is "spatter".
Where's Brandtner? He went with BÃck to the hotel where the victim worked.
Hotel Haller.
Yes, I've taken care of it.
Goodbye.
Brandtner, Homicide.
I'd like to see the manager.
Thank you, Mrs Kirchschlänger.
I'm Martin Haller, the owner.
What is it? - It concerns Thomas Reisch.
- A dreadful story.
Come to my office.
- I'll question the staff.
- Please be discreet.
Of course.
- Take a seat.
- Thanks.
- A brandy? - No, thanks.
Do you know anything about him? Apart from being a good employee who lived quietly? His parents own a hotel which he was to take over.
He was training here.
Are you the new kitchen hand? - What gives you that idea? - We've been looking for ages.
Keep looking.
I'm BÃck from Homicide, see? You know nothing about his private life? I only know he had a girlfriend.
But lately they'd been fighting more and more.
How do you know that? He'd tell the rest of the staff.
But you don't know what they argued about? You'll have to ask his girlfriend.
Her name is Marion Seitz.
I took a few things from the victim's room.
Nothing special.
But the staff said he argued with his girlfriend.
Haller said so too.
I asked Fritz to bring her in.
- Who? - Kunz.
Oh, Fritz.
She was with him in the disco and they started arguing.
They went outside and he drove off.
She went back in to find a friend, but didn't.
- Then she went home too.
- He was still alive then.
- Get Rex and check the disco.
- Fine.
Matches the spatter on the car.
Congratulations, very professional.
Okay, I see.
Thank you.
As your boyfriend was murdered in his car, you could have killed him in the parking lot and then gone back in as an alibi.
I didn't do it.
Listen, Alex, the barman confirmed that those two had a fight but she was only outside for two or three minutes, not long enough to commit a murder.
Wait, Rex.
And there would have been blood on her clothes.
I'll throw it for you now, Rex.
Bye now, Alex.
Shit.
The barman confirmed your story.
Didn't you see anyone following him, or waiting near his car? No, I went straight back inside.
No one from his work could help us including his boss, Mr Haller.
- Did you speak to Sandra? - No.
Who is she? His daughter.
She was there last night.
Well that's it.
I have no more questions.
I can ask for a car to take you home.
- I can manage.
- Sure? Well? Mr Haller's daughter was at the club last night.
- Interesting.
- Why didn't he mention it? - Coffee? - Yes, please.
No, thanks.
Didn't you see her at the hotel? No.
She was nowhere to be seen.
Then you should go back and look for her.
I have an idea.
They're urgently looking for a kitchen hand.
Does that concern me? Well You're the only one of us they don't know.
- No.
- Yes.
Fine, Mr Haller.
Let me recapitulate.
Your daughter came home just after 11.
She didn't mention where she'd been.
Right.
She only told me today that she'd been to the disco when we spoke about the death of Thomas Reisch.
I didn't think it was important.
She briefly saw Thomas and his girlfriend.
But she noticed nothing special.
- I'd like to see her myself.
- Please wait in the hall.
Thanks.
When I have further questions I'll contact you.
- You must be Mr Brandtner.
- Miss Haller? - Yes.
- Glad to meet you.
Rex, my partner.
- Can we talk in private? - I've prepared a room.
You must be hungry.
I'll have something brought for your dog.
You must have a lot to tell me.
I have to disappoint you there.
Please.
Choose whatever you like.
Our cuisine's famous.
He was a nice guy but I didn't even deal with him at work.
I mainly liaise with travel agents.
- Do you live here too? - My room's lovely.
Thank you.
Excuse me.
Brandtner here.
No, Christian, I can't right now.
I'll go.
- So you can talk freely.
- Thanks.
Hang on.
- Well, what's up? - There's a file on the Hallers.
It's from over 15 years ago.
Sandra's younger sister died in a mysterious accident.
At eight, she fell from a hunting lookout.
The police couldn't find anything.
Check it all again.
Anything else? Her mother, Elisabeth Haller, had a nervous breakdown and was admitted to a clinic.
Any results from the cigarette butts in the car? Fine.
Stay in the office.
I'll be there soon.
- Back too soon? - Not at all.
Everything's done.
- The main course is coming.
- Wonderful.
I assume someone killed Reisch in anger.
A fit of rage.
Didn't he fight a lot with his girlfriend? We know it wasn't her.
Two of the cigarettes had Marion Seitz' fingerprints.
The third had the fingerprints of an unknown.
It's getting pretty late.
- With you, time flies.
- Thank you.
And thanks for your hospitality.
But I must go.
I want to interview a co-worker of Reisch's tomorrow.
Why don't you stay overnight at our hotel? - Is someone waiting for you? - No, only my partners.
They can do without me until tomorrow.
Let's see now.
Christian, it's the print of a right thumb.
We have a whorl here.
- Ten lines to the left delta.
- Matching.
- Fifteen to the right.
- Another match.
Whose fingerprints are they? Fine.
Thanks very much.
The fingerprints are most probably Sandra Haller's.
But she hardly knew Thomas Reisch.
Why was she in the car with him? Interesting.
But I'm going to lie down.
I have to be at the hotel in the morning.
- Another, please.
- Yes, Miss.
You may go home.
I'll do your last half hour.
Thanks.
Good night.
Rex wants a drink.
And for you? Well I'll have the same.
With a little Scotch.
I have one more question about Thomas Reisch.
I hear he was popular with women.
Can't you stop talking about him? He didn't interest me.
He wasn't my type.
Well? Can't you imagine? I can imagine plenty.
Imagine for instance the two of us doing laps in the pool.
Were you ever in Thomas Reisch's car? Why? Do you suspect me? Sadly, I'm suspicious by profession.
- What's wrong? - Leave me alone! Won't you talk to me? No! Tafelspitz should simmer, not boil! How can it take three hours to peel two potatoes? They're peeled with precision.
Sure.
When you're finished, do the salad.
Dreadful.
Here.
Dr Graf says the local police and doctor did sloppy work.
Sandra Haller's sister died from injuries that couldn't come from a fall.
She had deep head wounds yet she'd fallen on soft ground.
- It was something else.
- Where's the mother? Mr Haller took his wife home from the psychiatric clinic.
- She's in the hotel register.
- I've never seen her.
Sandra spoke of her father, never a word about her mother.
- When's your next day off? - I don't get one.
It's getting worse with her.
Sometimes she sits there, staring straight ahead.
I couldn't stand three days in the old Haller house.
Well I got used to it.
But if you ever get a day off Then you can repair my bike.
It won't last much longer either.
I can imagine nicer things to do with you.
Haven't you finished those potatoes yet? Now the other policeman's come too.
I'll manage Brandtner, in my own way.
Are you mad? Don't get involved with him.
Why not? It'll be fun.
And I want him.
I won't let you do it.
You could never say no to me.
Anything new? I peeled 20 kilos of potatoes.
Now it's the salad.
Anything else? I couldn't find anything out.
Except, a sort of nurse came, on a bicycle.
She picked up two meals.
It seems there's a sick woman in a house round here.
The chef called it the old Haller house.
- I'll water the flowers.
- Fine.
Wait.
Someone's coming.
You can water the flowers later.
Yes? Hello.
I'm Brandtner.
I'm from the Crime Squad.
Does Elisabeth Haller live here? No.
I live alone.
What gave you that idea? But the house is the Hallers'? Sure, but I don't know a Mrs Haller.
Contact Mr Haller, my landlord.
- I'll do that.
Thank you.
- You're welcome.
Yes, Rex.
I know there's someone.
Mrs Haller! Who are you? Brandtner, a policeman.
I was afraid you would be.
He didn't notice a thing.
He's gone already.
I told him to contact you.
No, I'm sure he didn't notice anything.
Yes? Yes, I see.
Fine, Mr Haller.
Her father always loved her the most.
She'd often fly into a rage as a child.
You're talking about Sandra? She can still be very aggressive these days.
I hardly ever see her, but I hear a lot.
Has she done something? She's been very naughty.
What has she done? She's murdered someone.
Yes.
I know.
She always wanted everything for herself.
She was so jealous of her little sister.
She didn't want to give her doll to Sandra, so Sandra hit her on the head with her spade My husband put her at the bottom of the lookout.
And he buried the spade next to it too.
They all thought it was an accident.
And what has she done recently? What do you mean? I want to go! I've been here too long Mrs Haller.
I'll send someone for you.
Promise me you won't tell anyone about this.
Good.
Here, it should smell like this.
How was the forest? Always relaxing.
See what I found? You look after the mother and the nurse.
- Careful with Mrs Haller.
- Sure.
Go with Christian, Rex.
Go on.
Come in.
Mr Brandtner.
What's up? Let me show you something.
It's the spade you used to kill your sister.
Your father hushed that up, as he's done this time.
Pack a few things.
I'm arresting you.
What's your evidence? A cigarette butt from the victim's car.
With your fingerprints on it.
So? Our forensic expert believes Reisch was killed with a car key.
Where's yours? In my sports bag.
- Please.
- I have nothing to do with it.
Sure.
Let's go.
- I did as Mr Haller told me.
- Tell that to the judge.
- Take her away.
- Just her? How are you feeling? Calm down.
I'll take you to a doctor.
Sandra.
Stop! Shit.
It's over, Miss Haller.
Crazy! Jesus! I quit.
Alex.
They drugged Sandra's mother for years.
She's better now.
We'll get Haller for deprivation of liberty and making false statements.
- Here I am.
- Go on then.
One two three.
What's wrong? You didn't pass the test.
Why? Fritz, throw them.
You have to throw them.
- Throw what? - The rolls.
Dreadful.