Acquitted (2015–…): Season 2, Episode 7 - The Betrayal - full transcript

- What do you think you're doing?
- She was sad.

Do you think I'm stupid?

Inger and I have decided to move.

She probably loves you
in her own way.

But if you don't see that money's
a part of it, you're a fool.

Let the boy do what he wants!

- You just want to drink.
- Yes. I want to drink!

I have to ask you to leave.

- I'm not going anywhere.
- You and Solar Tech.

It's not going to work.

You stay put!



I can't stand this any longer.
You have to leave.

He killed her.

Should you be drinking?
It you don't tolerate alcohol...

- What do you mean by that?
- Your memory loss.

- You'd been drinking then as well.
- Do you think I did it?

- Answer me!
- Erik!

Hi. Something horrible has happened.

Aksel?
No, no, no. Aksel!

Aksel? No, no, no.
Please. Come on.

Aksel! Oh my God.

What the fuck are you doing?
I've been looking for you all night!

Hey, come on.

Come on!

There. Come on.



Come on!

I'm here now. I'm here now.
Okay? It'll be all right.

It'll be all right. Okay?

Hello?

Helene? I have your phone.
It was outside.

Helene?

Where's Helene?
Come on, Lars. Where is she?

- Inger.
- Where's Helene?

- At the cabin.
- No. I just found her phone outside.

Have you let her see you like this?

Lars.

Bloody hell, Lars.

Helene?

Helene?

- Yes?
- Hi. Is Helene with you?

- No. She's not here.
- We found her phone outside.

I've called her friends, but none
of them know where she is.

- How strange.
- I'll call Kristoffersen.

Okay.

How are you?

They say you've been lucky.

That Erik saved your life.

We don't know
where Helene Hansteen is.

Her family is concerned.
So we're looking into it.

It turns out she's tried
to get hold of you.

She called you seven times.
Have you spoken with her?

I don't think my phone
is working any more.

Do you have any idea
why she called you?

No, I don't know. I don't know her.

What about your son?
Weren't they dating?

I haven't been
in contact with him for a while.

Let me know if she calls you again.

Are you okay?
Do you want to go straight home?

To the airport.

What mum said... She didn't mean it.

You know that nightmare
where you're being hunted?

And you just run forever?

Finally you stop.

On a pier or a cliff.
Anything, really.

You stand there and you're not sure
whether to attack or jump.

- Yes, but then you wake up.
- No.

I don't wake up.

I don't wake up.

The road is closed.
There's been an accident.

You have to turn around and go back.

What the hell?

What is it?

It's Helene.

Stay back.

This was no accident.

She tried to call me.

She tried to call me. Helene.

Maybe she wanted
to tell me something.

She's known something
and decided to tell me.

- Then she ended up dead.
- Shut up.

- That's how...
- Just shut up!

She tried calling me seven times.
That has to mean something.

Why call me?
- She didn't know me.

Listen to yourself.

A 17-year-old girl is dead,
and you make this about you?

Get in the car. We're going back.

He's not saying anything.

I have a bottle of pills.
If you want, I can go get them.

No, thanks.

It will not get better
if you don't rest.

- Please, mum.
- Okay.

She was found approximately
15 metres below where she fell.

We can of course not
rule out foul play.

The photos show large contusions,
especially at the back of her...

Just a moment.

- How did she die?
- Step into my office.

Have a seat.

I think those phone calls have
something to do with Karine.

- I think Helene found out something.
- Sit down.

- Where were you last night?
- What?

Just answer my question.

Why?

Bloody hell.
Have you asked where William was?

He can't have killed
his granddaughter in a wheelchair.

I'm not saying he did it himself.
Maybe they hired someone.

Why can't you just tell me
where you were?

Find out yourself.

He's refusing to tell me
where he was.

I guess we have
to let him stew for a while.

He was at my house.

Oh yeah? The whole evening?

- All night?
- No, but the last ferry had left.

He couldn't have gone to Lifjord
and back before Erik found him.

I won't meddle with
your personal life...

No, you won't.

We need the password
for the computer.

Do any of you know
the password for her computer?

Helene99. With a capital H.

I told her to change it.

Do you have time for a little chat?

The evidence suggests
that she died from the fall injuries.

- What does that mean?
- That there was no foul play

- before she fell.
- She just fell?

It's too early to draw a conclusion,
but everything points to that.

She's walked there so many times.
Had she been drinking?

No.

Helene called Aksel seven times
in the course of half an hour.

- Oh my God.
- He has a strong alibi.

Do any of you have any inkling
of what could have caused this?

Erik.

Erik? Did they know each other?

He was at the cabin with her.

- I haven't seen them together.
- He was after her.

Do you think the phone calls
have something to do with him?

Maybe she wanted to tell him
what Erik was up to and get help.

Stop him or something.

If she needed help, wouldn't it be
more natural to call you or...

Erik was in love with Karine, too.

Stop it. You can't hurl allegations
at people like this.

Why is Kristoffersen here?

What does he want with Erik, Aksel?

- What was that all about?
- Nothing.

They just had
a few questions about Helene.

But you had nothing to do with that.
You don't have to talk to him.

Mum, put the kettle on.
I said go inside.

I'll be right there.

- It's Lars.
- Lars?

Yes. He has told them-

-that I was
at the mountain cabin with Helene.

- You were...?
- I drove Helene to the cabin once.

Lars stopped by
and misread the whole situation.

Why the hell did you do that for?

I gave Helene a ride.

She stood by the roadside,
hitch-hiking.

The weather was lousy,
so I thought I'd...

Well, what was I supposed to do?
You had probably done the same.

- That's it? Nothing happened?
- Are you daft? She's 17.

- That's not my thing.
- How the hell do I know?

- What do you mean? I'm twice her age.
- I know that.

I'd be an idiot to start
something with her. Get a grip.

I told that to the police too,
but they...

They just twist my words.

What do they think?
What did they say? Are you a suspect?

It seems that way.

Bloody hell.

Fuck.

It'll be fine. Okay?

- What am I supposed to do now?
- It'll be fine.

It'll be fine.

I have no intention of apologising.

What are you guys doing?
Why are you going after Erik?

- I've heard your conspiracy theories.
- You've seen it yourself.

They're willing to do anything.
What do you think?

Why do you think Helene called me
right before she was killed?

She wasn't killed. It was suicide.

We've gone through her laptop.

She'd been on suicide for a
on the Internet. Googled methods.

She isolated herself.
She'd been depressed for a long time.

Then why would she call me?

Maybe she wanted to tell you
what this case did to her.

Imagine being 17 years old
and experiencing this.

I didn't start this.

You pushed me to take this to court.

- It was your decision.
- Yes.

It was wrong.
I should never have done it.

And I have to live with that.

You have to let it go, Aksel.

It's over. We have our conclusion.

No. He killed her.

- You can conclude all you like.
- She took her own life.

He killed Helene,
and he killed Karine.

Hi Lars.

Can you please help me
with my zipper?

Is it too short?
I considered the trouser suit.

No, you look great. Everyone will say
that you look great.

You play the part well.

Aren't you going to put on that tie?

You both look great.

The whole village of Lifjord
will say that you look great.

Dignified, but grieving.

Lars, we have to get ready.
We can't be late.

- Why don't you go without me?
- Lars.

We could have stopped it.

You're too wrapped up
in your own lives.

That's enough.

We're about to bury Helene,
and we'll do that in a dignified way.

Yeah.

Okay. Let's go inside.

What are you doing here?
You're not here for the funeral?

Everyone else is here.
It's stranger not to be here.

Everyone else?

Fine. Just say it.
I shouldn't be here.

No, go ahead. I don't care.

- Okay.
- Maybe you should have brought mum.

She should be here. How great
of you to show them support.

- They're probably devastated.
- Don't be like that.

I mean it. Go in and express
your sympathy. Do that.

- Cut it out.
- Just forget what this is all about.

- Okay. What's that?
- You can't see it?

- No. Enlighten me.
- Karine and Helene.

Their deaths are connected.
Of course they are.

What's going on with you?

What do you mean?
Don't you start.

Are you saying I'm lying?
That I'm making things up?

- Well?
- No.

This is just what they want.

Erik.

Helene is dead.
This is her funeral.

She has not done anything wrong.

- Are you crying?
- No. No.

- Why are you crying?
- Sod off.

Helene was always so happy.

She would laugh and look at you
with her radiant blue eyes.

She saw each of us
for who we really were.

And she gave us an opportunity.

To start living again.

Helene grew up
in the shadow of our grief.

But she never lost her spark.

Not until lately.

When something like this happens,
we look for answers.

An explanation.

Someone to blame.

It's easy to grow bitter.
I know what I'm talking about.

Bitterness and hatred
don't help anyone.

Helene would have wanted us
to stick together now.

To mourn together.

- Hi.
- I'm unable to solve this sudoku.

Mum, you know Erik
better than anyone.

- Yes, I do.
- You would have known about it

- if he had a girlfriend, right?
- Yes.

He can't hide anything from me.
I know when someone's down there.

They make such a mess.

- Does he have a girlfriend now?
- That's none of your business.

Fine.

- Why is he so upset over Helene?
- You'd be, too, in his shoes.

In his shoes? What do you mean?

Mum?

What do you mean, "in his shoes"?

Erik's very sensitive.
He's always been that way.

Was there anything between them?

- Did he lie to me?
- Erik doesn't lie. Never.

Was there something between them?

- No.
- You're not lying to me, are you?

- No, they were just friends.
- In what way?

I tried to stop it. I did.

She wasn't right for him.
He was way too young.

The Hansteen family means trouble.

I told Erik that. I said:
"I don't think that's a good idea."

- Has she ever been here?
- No. Well, a few times.

Then he lied. Why do you think
he's lying to me, mum?

Because you always
get so angry, Aksel.

She was here, right? She was here
the night she went missing.

Mum.

Mum, tell me the truth,
or I'll get angry for real.

Was she here?

Not for long.

Don't do anything to Erik.

Aksel.

- Thank you for coming.
- Thank you so much.

Lars.

I'm leaving now.

But I'll be back tomorrow
if you need help cleaning up.

Thank you.

See you.

Was it my fault?

Don't think like that.

Come home. You have to.
I can't take any more of this.

You get through it if you have to.

You just gave her a ride?

- What?
- You lied.

What was I supposed to do? The police
were here. Helene was dead.

- Calm down.
- What happened, Erik?

You have to tell me.
What happened that night?

She came from Eva and William's.
She was upset. They had fought.

Okay. What was the fight about?

- I don't know.
- Then why did she turn up here?

- I don't know.
- She must have said something.

There must have been a reason
why she came to you.

- No.
- No?

What did she say, Erik?

Shit. Okay. Can you promise me
you won't go ballistic?

I'm perfectly calm.

She said she knew you were innocent.

She said that you were innocent.
That everyone was lying.

- That's why she called me?
- Yes.

Bloody hell.

- Okay. Then what happened?
- She didn't say anything else-

-before I had to leave. The lawyer
lady called and said you'd gone mad.

I should never have left.
I shouldn't have left her alone.

- She killed herself.
- No.

This proves
what I've said all along.

No. She just stopped by,
and she called you a hundred times.

That doesn't mean
that she was killed.

- You should go to the police.
- That's smart. I'll say:

"Hi. Helene believed
my brother was innocent."

"Really? Why?"
"She told me right before she died."

"Then I went looking for my brother
all night, so I have no alibi."

They'd arrested me right away.
You do get that?

You can't tell the police
any of this. You do get that?

Helene killed herself. She heard
something horrible about her family

- and took her own life.
- Do you believe that?

Do you really believe that,
or do you want to believe?

- I don't want to go to prison.
- You're not going to prison.

No. I'm not.

So keep your mouth shut.

What you said at church...
It was beautiful.

Do you remember what Lars said?
That it was our fault?

It's true.

And I blame you, William.

I wish I didn't feel that way,
but I do.

Helene was at Erik's before she died.
She'd found out who killed Karine.

- Did she say who it was?
- It's obvious who it is.

She came straight
from Eva and William's.

She said she'd overheard something,
and that I was innocent.

This confirms what I've been saying.

I don't know
what to believe any more.

- We shouldn't even be talking.
- Please look at this objectively.

Helene called me.

Now we know why.
She tried to tell me.

She said it herself.
She felt invisible.

She wasn't taken seriously.
Don't you owe her to look into this?

- Well?
- I'll look into it.

Okay.

The police.

Hi Erik. I'm here
about the Helene investigation.

This is a search warrant.

What?

- Get dressed.
- Hey.

- What are you doing here?
- We've arrested Erik.

You're charged with
the murder of Helene Hansteen.

No, no.
This is just a misunderstanding.

Erik hasn't done anything.
I've talked to Amina.

- Kristoffersen, you can't...
- Come on.

You're like
a fucking dog with a bone!

Can you finally let it go now?

No! No!
Don't take him away from me!

No! No!

Don't take him away from me!

No! No!

Subtitled by
Ann Cathrin Valle Bjelkåsen