[suspenseful music playing]
[distant pounding]
[pounding continues]
[pounding grows louder]
Blum?
-[Blum, muffled] In here. Reza. -[pounding]
[grunting]
[Blum groaning]
-[Reza] Come. -[groans]
Let's get you out of here first.
[Blum moaning]
Oof.
[exhales sharply]
[grunts]
[both panting]
Here.
[Reza grunting]
[Blum] Ugh! Ah!
-[Reza breathes heavily] -[Blum groans]
[panting]
Reza! [gasps]
[gunshot]
[exhales]
[groans softly]
[Blum sighing]
Thank you.
[Reza] This is so deep.
[whimpering]
You've had Mark's police gun the entire time.
He gave it to me the night before he died.
In case he couldn't take care of you at some point, he said.
[scoff] I can take care of myself just fine.
I can see.
[Blum grunting]
[Reza] This is gonna hurt.
[whimpering]
-[Reza grunts] -[Blum exclaims]
[breathing deeply]
[knife clatters]
[moaning]
-[moaning] -Put your hand on it.
[Reza grunts]
[yells]
[blows]
You need to go to the hospital.
Someone has to stitch that up right away, and you need penicillin.
Uh-uh. That is too risky.
What about him?
We take him with us.
If there's no corpse then there's no crime.
That's what Mark always said.
[moaning]
[both grunting]
[tense music playing]
[Blum groaning]
[panting]
[thumping]
-I have to go back in. To clean things up. -[groans] But you--
[suspenseful music playing]
[knife clattering]
[guard] I said on the weekend…
[guard chatting indistinctly]
[door opens]
[sighs]
[pills rattling]
[Blum] Benzos.
What for?
Because you and I just killed someone.
I've been taking them since the war.
[phone buzzing]
Nela.
What's going on?
What?
[groans]
Nela!
[crying] Mama.
-[Blum] Nela, are you okay? -What happened to your leg?
Nothing. A work accident. That's why Reza had to drive me.
What are you doing here in the middle of the night?
Have you taken drugs?
-[sobbing] -Hey?
Hey.
-Hey, hey. -[Nela continues crying]
This was a shitty night, huh?
[Nela] Really shitty.
Mm.
[Nela continues crying]
Mama.
[sobbing] I found your formaldehyde and took it.
-What? -We smoked it. It was disgusting, Mama.
Okay, maybe I don't want to hear all this right now.
Did someone do something to you?
No. No one else was around anymore.
And I don't remember what was going on.
And I didn't want to call you, but I didn't know who else to call.
Everything's good. It will all be good. Come on.
What is this place anyway?
[Nela] A burned down valley station for the old ropeway.
Zoeblenk.
[car engine starting]
Joe Blenk isn't a person.
Dunja must have meant Zoeblenk.
Zoeblenker Corner, the old ropeway station.
But only kids hang around there.
[Blum sighs] The mountain station.
That's what she meant.
Here, not the valley station.
And here are the toll booths. Where Mark found Dunja.
It's on the map directly under.
It's all falling into place.
I don't understand this.
They took all of the girls up there.
Ah!
We have to go up there now.
[Reza sighs]
[Blum] Here. Come here.
[panting]
[grunts]
Here. You see that? Every one of these guys had this.
There were four.
I'm still missing one.
[tools rattling]
Blum. Blum! Are you crazy?
You didn't cut up Schönborn like this too, did you?
Yeah.
That was the reason the coffin was so heavy.
You can't just go around hunting and killing people.
They're reported missing, and now you're gonna hunt another one down?
-These aren't people, they're monsters! -You should have gone to the police.
Yes, I wanted to, and then Schönborn attacked me, and I defended myself.
Also I… I had to.
For Mark.
For Mark… or for yourself?
You wanted revenge.
Do you think you'll be able to sleep easy after this?
Yeah.
Like a rock.
I'll give this back to you now, then.
You won't betray me, Reza?
Do you remember what you said about me to Mark back then?
"A thief always stays a thief."
You didn't want me in the house.
No.
Have I ever disappointed you since then?
No.
[groans]
[melancholy string music playing]
[grunts]
[groans]
[both straining]
Did the kids leave for school all right?
Yeah. What happened to your leg?
-Just sprained. Nothing earth-shattering. -But you can hardly walk.
If it's not better by tomorrow, I'll go see a doctor.
So how did it happen?
Oh, it doesn't matter. It just happened.
Maybe it's better if I move out.
Maybe it is what's best for all of us.
You don't need a father-in-law constantly stepping on your toes.
That much you've made clear.
What are you talking about, Karl?
I need you now more than ever.
I don't want to hear anything more about moving out, okay?
Hmm.
[phone ringing]
[Puch] You've reached the voicemail of Bertl Puch.
Please leave a message after the beep. Thanks.
[phone beeps]
When the chefs came in this morning the boss wasn't there.
And the back door was open.
And then they notified us.
The neighbor thinks she heard something in the night.
Hm.
Huh…
Still getting Puch's voicemail.
What about the blood in the kitchen?
The chef said it might be from the blood sausage.
They make their own sausages. It's their specialty.
Blood sausage.
Should we call the criminal police, sir?
[Massimo] No, not yet. They're busy with the dead girl.
Who knows, maybe Puch had something else going on this morning
and will march in here in a second, all chipper.
-We'll just look silly. -Hm.
But the blood in the kitchen, have it analyzed just so we can be sure.
-All right? -Mm. Mm-hm.
Maybe it's not blood sausage.
Hm.
[groans softly]
[ominous music playing]
Hmm.
Ugh.
[engine starting]
[Ms. Schönborn] Our deal is slipping away from us.
We have to act soon now.
The lease for the southern slope is about to expire.
There is one group of investors who is less interested in the HR problem,
but you know who they are.
[Ms. Schönborn] Don't you say that. Ever.
[Thomas] It'll allow us to link up the ski areas.
I don't even know who I'm doing all of this for.
It was clear that Edwin wasn't suited for the business.
But if something has happened to him, then…
[gasping]
[intense music playing]
[exhaling sharply]
[music fades out]
[man] You get off my property right now!
Mr. Theile.
It's me, Blum, from the funeral parlor.
Blum?
The last time I saw you, you were very, very little.
So how are your parents doing?
Your old man, he…
he was the only one who stood by me.
Back then.
I always gave him credit for that.
He wasn't all that pleasant of a fellow otherwise.
Does that belong to your farm or to the Zoeblenk ropeway station?
[sighs]
If I'd known the cost,
I'd have just let them come in here and take my land like they wanted.
How do you mean that?
The Schönborns just started building their ropeway
to connect their ski areas.
They didn't ever dream that me, a simple farmer with a lease agreement…
[laughs]
…would be capable of completely raining on their parade.
Mmm.
They didn't know me very well then.
But it all burned down back then.
Yes, but after…
After they couldn't build anymore.
A major fire
in the middle of February.
Sebastian Hackspiel knows exactly how that works.
Hackspiel?
[Thiele] Yeah.
Sebastian Hackspiel and, and, uh,
the young Schönborn, they were best friends. And…
And Sebastian, he…
Sebastian was the last person my daughter was seen with.
And then, well…
[sighs]
…she was just…
suddenly gone.
But no one could ever prove he did anything.
That damn scumbag. What a damn scumbag.
That damn scumbag.
[tense music playing]
Yeah, hello. I need an address in Bad Annenhof.
Sebastian Hackspiel.
Hack-spiel.
[dog barking]
Ah!
[dog continues barking]
[chainsaw buzzing]
[vehicle approaching]
-[engine revs] -[Blum grunts]
Hey!
[exciting music playing]
Shit!
-What is it you want from me anyway? -Are you one of them?
Are you the fox?
What? What are you talking about?
Did you kill my husband?
-I was only observing you. -Why?
[gasping]
For Mrs. Schönborn. I work for Mrs. Schönborn.
-What did you do with Dunja then, huh? -Who?
The dead girl from the river. Don't screw with me now!
I don't know any Dunja.
Where is your brand mark?
Brand mark? What brand mark?
-Undress! -Undress?
Yeah. Good, then.
-I will undress. -[grunting]
[groaning]
Faster!
[gasps]
[grunts]
Everything.
[shivering]
[whimpering]
[sobbing softly]
[phone dinging]
[Sebastian shivering]
WHAT'S GOING ON? HAVE YOU TAKEN OFF? I'M LEAVING THE CITY.
[groans]
Huh?
Like I said, I, um, checked all the doors.
Everything was normal.
I didn't leave till the checklist was complete.
Mm-hmm.
And there's no chance that you missed an open door
because you wanted to go home?
[sighs]
No.
No?
You know if you make a false statement here you'll end up in jail.
[deep breath]
The main entrance I really checked.
Everything was dark and…
I had just received a text from my girlfriend.
There's normally never an open door on my round.
You have to believe what I'm telling you.
Okay.
Then you can go. Thank you.
A grayish sorta car drove by.
What kind of gray car?
No idea. I only saw it from the back.
But when it turned it…
seemed kind of long.
Long like a station wagon.
Uh-huh.
Good, thank you.
[dramatic music playing]
-[nurse] Can you tell me how it happened? -I don't know.
-[nurse] Were you there? -No!
-I have-- -Well. Is that your wife?
No, I don't know her. I do know her, but not well.
Excuse me. Calm down.
-Excuse-- -No!
Hello?
[chief] Strange, isn't it?
Now we've got a girl's body in the river,
a singed priest,
Edwin is missing and Puch Bertl is gone too.
And all that in three weeks.
And Mark.
Yes, and Mark.
You know, I have a theory.
-Oh yeah? -Yeah.
The tire prints from the fire
could have been from a hearse as well.
And if it's Blum, she has a gray car.
Most people buy gray cars, you know.
-Really? -Yes.
They often can't decide on a color.
So they opt for gray,
the most neutral color in the world.
Look, I know you are old friends,
but could you please look at the whole matter without blinders on.
Even back then, when Blum's parents drowned, there were rumors.
Mark always dismissed that, but I can tell you one thing,
the Blums… [chuckles]
…weren't warm-hearted people.
Who knows what she carries around inside her.
Okay.
-So she set the rectory on fire. -Well, I don't know that either.
But it sure is odd that when something happens
she's right around the corner.
The lab report from Puch Restaurant.
It is human blood.
Ah.
Oh.
WHAT'S GOING ON? HAVE YOU TAKEN OFF? I'M LEAVING THE CITY.
STAY CALM. MEET LATER?
[knocking on door]
[phone dings]
Mrs. Blum.
Didn't the nurse tell you you're not supposed to get up?
She recommended that.
That was a deep cut you had there.
It missed the femoralis artery by about a finger's width.
-You're a lucky lady. -Mm-hmm.
That's what my parents said too.
So tell me…
how did that happen?
I was preparing one of our dead bodies and injured myself with a scalpel.
The cut is too deep for that.
A wound like that can hardly be self-inflicted. At least not by accident.
Well, the body didn't hurt me.
Mm-hm.
Good.
Maybe none of this concerns me. But I'll check on you later.
[phone dings]
[ominous music playing]
[phone dings]
ROOM 310
[nurse] Doctor.
-They need you in emergency. -Yeah, that's good.
Oh, and Mrs. Blum in 310. Please…
total peace and no disturbances from now on.
[nurse] All right.
[scoffs]
[Ute] Were you ever interested in me?
Or did you just marry me because of the money?
[scoffs]
What is this?
Please, you know what?
It's best you say nothing.
All that comes out of your mouth are filthy lies.
[sighs]
[humorless chuckle]
I think I've discovered your secret.
[Ute scoffs]
Did you think people don't talk?
Ilda saw you.
In the parking lot of the Iguana.
-[Massimo sighs] -[laughs hysterically]
You don't even try to hide it at all.
Uh, that was…
-We'd both been drinking. -Cut the act right now.
When Mark was still alive, I didn't notice anything.
But now…
I see it every day.
How you stare at her every day.
You've never looked at me that way.
[breath shaking]
You're a fucking loser.
Now stop with that crap.
Leave me. Off!
-[grunting] -What?
Yeah, yeah, I'm already gone.
[Massimo sighing]
And you can fuck your widow here in peace and quiet.
[chuckles]
Oh,
in case you've forgotten this,
this is my house.
In two weeks, I will be back.
By then you will have moved out.
What you don't take with you will be burned.
[scoffs]
[door opening]
Is there something else?
Pain meds.
I've already been given that.
Yes, this is something extra. A muscle relaxant.
Mm-hmm.
You want to go home as quickly as possible.
Yeah.
[doctor] There.
Very good.
[gasping]
[grunts]
[groaning]
What did…
What did you give me, you asshole?
[shushing]
-[groans] -Don't worry. Soon it'll be over.
[rasping breath]
Until then we never made a single mistake. [echoing]
But it didn't always work.
-[straining] -Some years nothing at all went on.
-[grunting] -We were very careful.
And then one single time one of those whores escaped
and everything collapsed like a house of cards.
[gasping]
-Mark… -Mm.
I guess he should've minded his own business, huh?
It was you.
I didn't run him over, if that's what you mean.
-[heartbeat] -Far too clumsy.
In the middle of the road, in the light of day, for all to see.
I was for something less…
-Less spectacular. -[heartbeat slowing]
Uh…
How did you manage to figure it all out?
Did Mark tell you something?
Does anyone else know about it?
Hmm?
[breathing weakly]
[breath wheezing]
[breathes in time with Blum]
I know death better than you, Mrs. Blum.
That moment when…
-[short breaths] -…the soul leaves the body.
Fascinating.
And how simple it is
to separate one from the other.
Mm.
In return, I save lives in the hospital all the time.
It all works out so well in the balance of nature.
[wheezing breaths continue]
That was a high dose of insulin.
Believe me,
no one will notice.
[pager beeping]
Well…
The emergency room.
I'll be right back with you.
By the way…
When Mark was brought in here…
I could have saved him.
[melancholy music playing]
[groans softly]
[grunts]
[intense music playing]
[grunts]
[panting]
Cola!
-Cola? -Cola!
Ah.
-Here. -Open it.
Ahhh.
[chokes]
[music fades out]
[sighs]
I am very thirsty.
-But if you have an X-ray, then… -[intense music restarts]
[breathing deeply]
[music fades out]
[dramatic music playing]
[grunting]
[straining]
[choking]
[garbled] Help!
[Blum yelling]
[gasping for air]
[growling]
[gasping slows to a stop]
[panting]
[whimpering]
[panting and crying]
-[Reza] Goddamn it. What? -[sobbing] Reza.
He nearly killed me with an injection.
[sobbing] The children…
I don't even want to think about it.
Sure. But now sit down.
-Sit. Sit. -[crying]
But now…
Now you're still alive.
Okay. But how did you know that I was here, though?
-Hackspiel phoned me up. -Uh-huh.
-You should have taken me along, you know. -Yeah.
But this one was the last.
Now it's over.
[Reza sighs]
[Blum sniffles]
[grunting]
[car door slams]
[sighs]
-[Reza] Blum? -Hmm?
I'll take care of him.
Hm.
[weakly] Thank you, Reza.
Don't be sad anymore, Mom.
Papa says he's doing well.
He wants you to be well again too.
I am well, big guy.
You don't need to worry.
Now sleep.
-Five more minutes, okay? -Okay.
Yeah?
This formaldehyde…
it really is disgusting.
Back then, I couldn't go to school for a week.
I constantly had to vomit.
Sometimes it's good to put bad experiences behind you quickly.
I'm ready for some good ones.
Yeah.
They're coming soon.
Good night.
-[Blum] Can you manage it? -[Tim] Sure I can.
Hello, Tim.
Will you please go in?
Aw, man…
Is your leg all right again?
Yeah.
Thank you.
Without you, it may have been a different story.
A little while ago, Mrs. Schönborn asked me to search Edwin's studio.
I found this while I was there.
The girl is on it.
The one who stayed with you.
I've seen lots of things in my life, but not like this…
I want you to have this.
I would just like to ask…
If something unnatural happens to me in the near future,
that you see your way to publish everything on there.
What actually happened to Gerda back then?
With that Gerda Theile?
She vanished.
As if the very earth swallowed her up.
From one day to the next.
I was the last person to see her alive.
Everyone in the village gave me funny looks.
Everyone.
But the Schönborns, they…
well, they helped me.
They gave me something to do.
[sighs]
And I did everything for them.
Including things I'm not exactly proud of.
I'm sorry that I broke into your house that day.
I was looking for evidence of Edwin.
And?
Nothing.
Interesting hobby Tim has.
The astronaut.
-[woman screams] -What did he want?
[keyboard clicks]
-[keyboard clicking] -[woman continues screaming]
[woman] No!
[whimpering]
We should take the video to the police.
We can't just go on as if we don't know anything.
[doorbell ringing]
[chief] Hello, Blum.
What is it?
You have to come down to the station.
What for?
We have a few questions for you.
Questions about what?
[ominous music playing]
Purely routine.
Hm.
[intense music playing]
[music fades out]