A Sun So Bright (2018–…): Season 1, Episode 17 - Épisode 17 - full transcript

How about dinner?

Cops and suspects
don't usually go out.

- You're off our list.
- You're still a cop.

I won't hurt my family.

You're just a coward.

Isn't running away from love
cowardice?

I don't love you.

Couldn't you be a bit blunter?

- I didn't want to hurt her.
- Were you trying to be nice?

I was attracted to you.

- Did you know Angèle did your job?
- No.



- You do enrolments for law.
- Yes.

- And you issue the degrees.
- Yes.

She sells degrees, like Angèle did.

She told Garcia,
he found out about Angèle

and told Claire.

We should search the university.

This building is 12th century.

Rabelais studied here.

I know, so did I.

Aren't you ashamed,
to treat us like this?

We're just doing our job.

You're violating an institution

that's off-limits to the police.

But we have two murders to elucidate.



How does that concern us?

A secretary was killed here
15 years ago.

Then your current secretary's
boyfriend.

It's disturbing.

And degrees may have been sold
at your university.

That's ridiculous.

Is there
any storage space we haven't seen?

I don't know.
Should I check?

Stephanie, can you check,
with Mrs Aubert, please?

Thanks.

- Did you know Angèle Estrela well?
- I told you.

Maybe something came back to you.

I don't really remember anymore.

Sorry, but my students are waiting.

I'll come for a drink

this evening

You feel the same way about me.

I love you.

Don't say that.

I need to tell you.

Do you want some good news?

Games have been cancelled.
Do you want to see a film?

There's one at 4.10pm.

Yes.

Don't let that dickhead get you down.

He's not worth it.

Who's the dickhead?
Theo, for sure.

- He wasn't for you.
- Not now, Manon.

It's not his fault he likes Inès.

- Go.
- What does she mean?

Didn't you tell her
he dumped her over you?

Get lost!

Don't get angry.
I didn't know.

Don't best friends share everything?

- What was that about?
- It's just Manon.

I'm not stupid.

Greg!

Hello.

Hello.

I'm meeting my cousin.

I didn't know we were family.

Stella 34.

Were you coming on to me?

No - trapping you.
You came on to me.

- Are you disappointed?
- What's going on?

Switch your brain on
and you'll understand.

No? I'll help.

You remember Davia?

The girl you tricked
into thinking you were nice.

I'm her friend
and I'm here to prove you're not.

Baby, I can explain.

No, it's over.

You disgust me.
I never want to see you again.

Davia, wait!

I was shocked.
I wasn't expecting it.

It's not my fault he fancies me.

I like Dylan,

I never look at other guys.

- Especially not my girlfriends'.
- You sound defensive.

I don't want you to think
it's my fault.

I couldn't care less.

No, you're hurt - and that's normal.

It's normal that he fancies you.

Don't be silly.

I'm the one that feels silly.

Lea.

- Listen!
- Get off!

OK.

Give me two minutes.

You've got 30 seconds.

- OK.
- 28...

I didn't know
you worked with Stella 34.

I don't mean that!

She came on to me, I swear.

You were on the site.

I joined before I met you.

Your profile
says you joined two months ago!

We were together!

- I was curious.
- Don't treat me like a fool.

OK, Davia, I screwed up.

But it's because I was scared.

We were getting serious.

I panicked
when you decided to move in.

I love you so much, Davia.

I was scared
that I wouldn't measure up.

You cheated
because you love me too much?

Yes - that's what guys are like.

We're biologically programmed
to hunt.

It's for reassurance.

Otherwise we flip out.
That's bad for a relationship.

You must be joking.

You wouldn't understand.
Women are different.

You want to make a nest
and stay in it,

to bring up kids.

You're so stupid.

What I'm telling you
is scientific fact.

You can't hold it against me.

I chose you to make the nest with.
That's what counts.

Davia!

Davia!

Davia!

What? What did I say?

- I need your help?
- Again?

The police stopped by.

You took precautions, didn't you?

Yes, but I can feel them closing in.

I need your help.

I've already helped a lot.
I can't do any more for you.

You can influence them.

If I fall, you'll fall with me.

Is that a threat?

Not at all.
That's not what I meant.

You're involved.
They could trace it back to you.

That could never happen,
unless you talked.

- Which you won't.
- Of course not.

You can count on me.
We go back a long way.

- Sorry, I'm a bit nervous.
- I can see.

Let me advise you:

calm down, or I'll help you to.

So it's true, what we heard.
You and Lea are over?

Are you with Inès.

At this rate,

he'll have had everyone by Christmas.

Do you believe
all the bullshit that you hear?

You can share your guys around.
I'm not judging - it's practical.

- I understand.
- No, you don't.

Is he with both of you?
Like a polygamist?

Cool!
Do you do some kinky stuff?

Shut up. Just stop.

What's going on here?

- We're just talking.
- Well keep it down, OK?

- I'm not pressuring you.
- OK, I've got something.

Go on.

I focused on the records
for Chinese students.

Almost every year for 20 years

40 students from Guangdong province

have signed up, in the same way.

Their BAs are recognized

and then they take
the Master's exam, in France.

And they all pass.

Yes - they're all given distinctions.

So they're selling degrees.

20 years, 40 students,
40,000 euros a time,

that makes 30 million euros.

- What would you do with that?
- If I had it, I'd...

I meant it rhetorically, Alex.

Isn't that a motive for murder?

It's an excellent motive,
but how can we prove it?

Find one of those students.

If any of them stayed in France.

The academic year hasn't started.

The next cohort won't have arrived.

What's up, Lea?

You know,
you can talk to me, if you like.

Or you can go to the infirmary
till you feel better.

A friend will give you the notes
for the lesson.

I think I'll do that.

Thanks.

I'd rather you said,
if you don't want to.

Sorry, my mind's on other things.

Making love isn't a favour to me.

It is, a bit.

Are you going to tell me
what's wrong?

You know what's wrong.

Falling out with my son
drives me crazy.

Give him time.

Time won't help.

Maybe it's over between us.

- He's not your husband.
- Guilhem, I'm being serious.

So am I.

- Can you love a son too much?
- No.

But you can love a son badly.

Is that what you think of me?
Do you think I loved Julien badly?

I don't want to talk about this.

Whatever I say
will be used against me.

Everything I've ever done
has been for him.

I created this business
so he could inherit it.

If we can't make this up,
my life will have been for nothing.

He'll come round.

I promise you.

I could make it hard for him
to find another job, if you like.

No.

I set him against me once.

I won't make the same mistake twice.

I don't know
what happened back there.

I didn't tell anyone how I feel.

I know, it was Manon.

She heard you talking to me.
She spread it.

- Why would she?
- To stir things up.

You should never have told me.

- You wanted to know.
- Now Lea knows, too.

She took it well.

She's got even more self-confidence
than before.

I didn't want this.

- Tell Lea.
- She doesn't want to talk to me.

Nor do I, but you don't stop.

You're wrong about me.

I didn't plan this.
That's not how I work.

What is this?
Nothing's going to happen between us.

I'm taken and I don't like you.

Especially after
what you did to my friend.

- OK?
- Cool.

This is his life.
It's his baby.

He'll see red.

It won't match the pink.

Are you sure this is his?

"I was scared I wouldn't measure up."

He thought I'd buy that?

All that stuff
he said to justify himself!

What else was it?

Guys are biologically programmed
as hunters.

Yeah, right!

The worst thing
is that he believed it.

You picked a winner.

Get some there, too.

Will he think this was you?

He needs to understand
you can't treat women like that.

- He'd need a brain.
- Right!

Maybe he'll think it's a surprise.

Tell him girls
are programmed to like pink.

And to mess up guys' lives
when they act like pigs.

Go for it.

- Hello.
- Hello.

You look great.

It sounds daft,
but you're really beautiful.

No, it sounds nice.

Where are we going?

For a cultural evening.

- Great, but isn't it closed?
- Yes.

An old colleague
is in charge of security.

Shall we?

I'm not handling Lea well.

I don't know
how to deal with love problems.

I suppose she'll get over it,
in time, but for now...

she's having a bad time.

How was she at school today?

I saw her crying, in the corridor.

I said we could talk

and she gave me a funny look.

- I sent her to the infirmary.
- Really?

It's OK, don't panic.

It was just
to get herself together.

I can't make her talk to me.
She'd think it was weird.

It's hard having her as a student
when she doesn't know about us.

I can't believe
she got so upset over a boy.

I think the boy in question
fell for her best friend.

What?

The bastard.
I'll put him straight!

Lea would get angry - rightly so.

Why?

What do you mean?
It's none of your business.

Am I a bit of a daddy hen?

- A bit? A bit?
- Are you making fun of me?

- You're a daddy hen.
- I'll show you.

That's magnificent.

- I'm glad you like it.
- A lot.

I made quiche.

- You make quiche?
- Yes, I make quiche.

To make up for answering the phone

on our date.

Go ahead.

Yes, Alex.

I tracked down
one of the Chinese students.

How?

I checked out the visa applications.

- You're a genius.
- A lucky genius.

That too.

Can we discuss it tomorrow?

I'm working on another case.

We need an interpreter.
The guy's French is bad,

despite his master's in law.

- OK, see you.
- OK, bye.

Good news?

Yes.

- But you can't discuss it.
- No.

I think we'll crack it.

I love you so much
I got you a new scooter

I always wanted to be a cop.

But it wasn't easy, where I'm from.

- Any regrets?
- No.

People treat me like a traitor,
but...

I don't care.

I know what you mean.

I know about being the black sheep.

- Thanks.
- What for?

For all this.

All this

is down to the artists.

- And the wine, a bit.
- Not even.

Since I've been back,

it's the first time I've felt good.

Does that mean I can kiss you?

You've got a strange way
of coming on.

I'm going to call the embassy
about the degree sales.

I need to talk to you.
Come with me.

- They look human.
- They smell.

I thought I knew her.

She's the same person.

How did you know that?

Thinking's not cheating.
Your cop's nice.