Acquitted (2015–…): Season 2, Episode 8 - The Murderer - full transcript

We're all dancing around you.
I can't take it any more!

- Where's Helene?
- At the cabin.

No. I just found her phone outside.

Helene called Aksel seven times.

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

Erik.

She said she knew you were innocent.
I don't want to go to prison.

- You're not going to prison.
- So keep your mouth shut.

Helene was at Erik's
the night she went missing.

- She knew I didn't kill Karine.
- I'll look into it.

You're under arrest and charged
with the murder of Helene Hansteen.



- Erik hasn't done anything.
- Come on.

You're like
a fucking dog with a bone!

No! Erik!

Mum?

Mum.

It'll be all right.

They should never
have let you out of prison.

They should have let you rot.

That would have been for the best.

I don't understand
what you want me to say.

Erik, you have nothing to fear
if you haven't done anything wrong.

Why did you lie to us? Why didn't you
just say that Helene had been there?

I told you I panicked.
I told you that.

Erik, why did you panic
if you hadn't done anything wrong?



- Aksel was innocent, too.
- Aksel?

When Karine was killed.
He was wrongfully convicted.

No wonder I stress out
when you're at my door.

- We're not talking about Aksel.
- No, but...

Erik, let's start over.

I want to know what really happened
when Helene came to your house.

Not what Aksel has told you to say,
or what you think I want to hear.

She just showed up at my door
out of the blue.

- We just talked.
- Yeah?

- I had to calm her down.
- You comforted her?

- Yes.
- How did you comfort her?

- What do you mean?
- Did you hug her? Kiss her?

I don't know what you're trying to...

We've searched your whole flat.
Collected evidence.

It's much better to say it now
than to be forced to admit it later.

I'm not saying there is something,
but if there is...

we'll find out.

It just happened once.

You slept with her?

Yes.

No, I didn't know that.
Thank you. Bye.

Erik Nilsen has been arrested.

They don't arrest people
for no reason, right?

- She wasn't killed.
- How do we know that?

You weren't there.

We should have told the truth
from the start.

You shouldn't have lied
in the first place.

- You told me to lie in court.
- Stop it!

I didn't ask you to do anything.

It was perfectly clear
what you wanted me to do!

William, I've tried
to clean up your mess.

I've tried to stay strong
for the both of us.

Aksel will be destroyed by this.
He doesn't deserve this.

No.
But what do you want to do, William?

Do you want to go out and say
that he's innocent after all?

Do you want to admit to it all?
Ask for a new trial?

Destroy the rest
of what little family we have left?

I can't take it any more, William.
I just can't.

Why can't you just try
to stand by the choices you've made?

We've found DNA evidence
that will be sent in for analysis.

- Hey, you can't go in there.
- I just want to talk to Amina.

- No. I've been told to keep you away.
- What?

- Do we need to escort you out?
- Amina.

- No, cut it out.
- Amina!

- Calm down.
- Don't touch me. Amina!

Calm down.

Amina!

I just wanted to talk to her.

There's nothing in there, Lars.
Don't bother looking.

I've thrown out everything.

Lars, don't bother.

Lars, please. This has to stop.
I'm trying to help you.

Have you taken my car keys?
Fucking bitch.

No, Lars! You stay here!

Wait! Lars, stay here!

No! Stay here!

Inger? It's Eva.

- Hi. Did I wake you?
- No, I just have the day off.

Come in.

Well...

I'm really worried about Lars.

He probably needs time.

He's deeply depressed.
I'm so...

Can you come home?
Just for a few days.

No.

- I'm scared he's going to...
- We're separated, Eva.

It's gone too far.
It's so destructive that I...

The drinking. I know.

But there are places
where he can get help.

I can't do this any more.

He's always defended you.

To the best of his ability.

I have probably not understood...

how much you mean to him.

I can't.

I understand.

Bye.

- Oh my God, Aksel.
- I trusted you.

How did you get in?

You know Erik is innocent.
I told you what Erik said

- in order to explain the connection.
- I can't discuss this with you.

- He's my brother.
- This is a criminal investigation.

- What is this?
- Can you please leave?

You're pissed because
you think you were wrong.

- We have evidence, Aksel.
- No.

Erik admitted
to having sex with Helene.

- No.
- We also found her blood in his flat.

Blood that someone
had tried to clean up.

- You said she died from the fall.
- We thought so.

The autopsy report
was not conclusive.

Why would Erik kill Helene?
There was no reason.

You can't argue with DNA.

I'm going to charge him.

Can I please call mum?
She gets stressed out when...

Were you a couple?

- No, we're not. Or weren't.
- Did you lose control?

- No.
- So she consented?

- Of course she did.
- So you were a couple.

No.
She just came to visit a few times.

- She was sad.
- Why was she sad?

Well, I don't know.

I told her many times
that it wasn't a good idea.

- Good idea? What do you mean?
- Her and I. It was not a good idea.

- That just made her even more sad.
- Why?

She was in love.

So it wasn't the other way around?
That you fell in love with her?

It wouldn't be hard to understand.
A beautiful girl.

Mature for her age.

- I tried to fight it.
- You fell for her, but she didn't,

- so you took what you wanted.
- No, she wanted to.

- You took what you wanted.
- You're twisting my words.

- Okay. Then what?
- Yeah, okay.

- Continue.
- I left. What do you mean?

You had sex with a 17-year-old
and just left?

I had to.

The lawyer chick, what's her name?
She called and said that Aksel

was in trouble, so I had to leave.
When I came back, she was gone.

And the blood?

- What blood?
- Helene's. On the floor.

No, no. I don't know anything
about any blood.

Erik, cut it out.
You tried to clean it up.

- Why do you think that?
- I don't think. I know.

- Can I call my mum?
- You should be prepared

for the possibility that you will
not be able to talk for a while.

Hi. Nobody answered the door,
so I just...

What's the plan?

To drink yourself to death?

I've wondered about that.
Is that possible?

Or is it just an expression?
Is it actually possible?

- I know you eventually die, but...
- Have you eaten?

- As a way of killing yourself?
- Stop it.

Why? Why should I stop?

- Because we care about you.
- "We"?

Me.

Mum sent you.

No wonder she's worried about you.
We're all worried.

- Are you a unity now?
- Cut it out.

- I'm just asking.
- Don't be like this.

Then how should I be? Tell me.
You seem to know everything.

How should I be? Go ahead, clean up.
Self-righteous Inger.

Mum has always treated you like dirt.
But when she says "jump", you jump.

And you clean up after
a shit who treats you like shit.

You know what I think? I think you
feel fucking great when I'm down.

What did you say?

I know I'm pathetic,
but you're even worse.

I'm just trying to be nice.

You're so full of shit! Shit!

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Mum?

Mum?

Mum, are you in there?
Please come out.

- I need to talk to you.
- No.

You want to help Erik, right?

Mum, come on.

They say they have evidence.
They found Helene's blood at Erik's.

You said you saw her there. Mum?

Did you hear something?
Was she there for long?

- Erik has done nothing wrong.
- I'm just trying to find out

- why the blood was there.
- Erik has done nothing wrong.

Mum, if there's anything you know,

something you haven't told...
He could go to prison.

Mum!

Fine. Fine.

She didn't want to leave.

That girl was no good. Her family
causes nothing but trouble.

I wanted to get her out
before Erik got home.

She wanted to wait downstairs,
but I told her to stay away from him.

Did you go downstairs?

I hit her. With a book.
Right on the nose.

It wasn't a hard blow,
but there was a lot of blood.

Mum, you have to say
things like this.

- They think Erik hurt her.
- But I cleaned it up.

With a lot of ammonia.

She shouldn't have come back.

- What do you mean?
- I had just gotten her out.

- Suddenly, she was back.
- Yeah? What did she want?

She had forgotten her phone
in Erik's bed.

- She had her phone here?
- Yes. She took it and ran.

Mum, are you sure?

- Yes.
- Completely sure?

Is it important?

I'll fix this, mum.
I promise. It'll be all right.

It's not a good time right now.

Who found the phone?

- What are you talking about?
- Helene's mobile.

- They found it here, right?
- Yes.

She had her phone
when she was with Erik.

That means that she must have been
here after visiting Erik.

Yes, but then she left.

- Did you talk to her?
- Yes, of course.

What did she say?
Did she mention Karine?

- Why should I answer him?
- His brother's in custody.

- Just answer him.
- Yes, she stopped by. We talked.

Did she say anything
about what had happened?

No. It was the usual. "Don't wait up.
Can I please have some money?"

- Then she left? Without her phone?
- She was scatterbrained.

- You didn't ask where she was going?
- No.

Don't you think I've regretted that?

I should have asked her to stay
to watch a film and eat pizza.

She left.

I don't know where.
I never saw her again.

That first time we met in Stockholm.
Do you remember?

William, I'm tired.

I knew it right away.
You were the one.

But that it would end up like this...

That we would end up together...

I still catch myself looking at you,
thinking: "Wow."

"How's this possible?
That woman is with me."

Maybe that's part of the problem.

That I've always felt like
I don't deserve you.

That's why I've made
so many mistakes.

I still believe
that was the night I fell pregnant.

What an adorable child she was.
So incredibly beautiful.

- And Lars.
- Lars, yes.

Forgive me.

Kristoffersen?

- No, no, no.
- You have to talk to mum.

- You're harassing me. Get out.
- She can explain. Mum hit Helene.

- That's how the blood got there.
- I don't believe a word

- that comes out of your mouth.
- Has Eva forgiven you?

- Is that what happened?
- I've had enough of your visits,

phone calls, theories, and ideas.
You invade people's homes.

- I'm trying to uncover the truth.
- You killed Karine,

and you're doing whatever you can
to get away with it.

Listen up, you psycho! You've left
a trail of people in your wake.

And you get away with it every time!

- Mum.
- Is he coming home?

I tried.

It's as if they
don't want to believe me.

Maybe it's just too big.

They've lied for so long
that they can't go back.

You're the one who's lying, Aksel.
And you believe your own lies.

Please believe me.

No. I don't believe you.

- Where are you going?
- Home.

You make me ill, Aksel.
I have to cut off all ties with you.

Mum! Mum!

William?

William?

Hi.

- It's Lars.
- Yeah?

He's left.
He didn't even want to look at me.

- He said that everything was normal.
- Yeah?

It wasn't.

What do you mean?

He was drunk.

That night.

I came home the next morning,
and he was completely...

Unrecognisable.

And I asked him
if he knew where Helene was.

But he didn't know.

When you came over, he said
that everything had been great.

That she'd been there
and everything had been normal.

What are you trying to tell me?

I just don't understand why he'd lie.

- Do you think he...
- He was the last to see her alive.

Inger, where's Lars now?

Hello?

Lars?

Lars?

Hello?

I can't even kill myself.

You think I killed Helene.

I didn't.

But she killed herself because of me.

She had found out everything.

She was devastated.

She looked at me. My child
looked at me and saw a murderer.

Murderer?

It was you.

You killed Karine.

It went so fast. We fought.
We fought all the time.

I don't know
why it was different this time.

I just got so damn furious.

You know the feeling
when everything goes black.

I just wanted her to give in.
She never gave in.

- Suddenly, she was just lying there.
- William saw you, not me.

You were the one
he talked about in court.

And that's
what he told Eva at the hospital.

They've protected you
this whole time.

I never asked them to do that!

Karine's death was my fault.

Dad told me not to say anything.

He said it would break mum's heart.

I was 14. What was I to do?

You could have stopped it
at any time.

Don't you think I know that?
Don't you think I wanted it to stop?

It's over now. Lars.

It's over now.

I've been walking around
on eggshells.

Lars. Now you've told me,
and that's good.

Let's go to the police
and talk to them.

Not for my sake, but for Helene's.

This is the least you can do for her.

Accept responsibility
for your actions.

It will make you feel better.

- It will make you feel better, right?
- Yes.

Move.

Stay here.

What do you want with Lars?

- What is this?
- He's told me everything.

- We're going to the police.
- Lars, you're coming with us!

- Stay put.
- No! Come here!

- Get back in the car.
- I can't take it any more.

- You're not thinking straight.
- Get in the car!

You can't admit to something
that wasn't your fault.

- You can't pull out.
- Let him go.

- You can't live with yourself.
- He's not well!

- He doesn't know what he's saying!
- You killed Karine.

- It was an accident!
- Helene would still be alive.

No, my darling.
None of this is your fault.

Look at me.
Do you understand what I'm saying?

It's not your fault.
You've been punished enough.

We love you no matter what.
That's all that matters.

He wants to confess.
He needs this just as much as I do.

Come, my darling.
Come. Let's go.

And you?
Are you not going to say anything?

- Answer me!
- Please calm down!

- Why is he worth more than me?
- Lars was a child!

- I had to protect him!
- Then what was I?

- I knew you were strong!
- Strong?

Yes.
I didn't know they'd go after you.

But now you know,
and you still let it happen.

Please. Get in the car.

- What I did to her is unforgivable.
- To her?

She's lost two children
because of me.

You're just afraid to lose her.

Aksel, don't hurt her. Please.

What is it that you do to them?

I've been wrong
about a lot of things.

I'll never forgive myself
for everything I've put you through.

- Listen to yourself.
- I have to think of Lars.

You've never thought of Lars.
You only think of yourself.

Your pride or whatever it is.

I have no pride.

Aksel, I'm just a mum.

You're destroying Lars.
You fucking destroy everyone.

Eva, Erik is looking at jail time.

Prison, Eva.
For a murder that didn't happen.

I begged you, remember?

I begged you to stop,
but you just kept on going!

I wanted to clear your name!
I was prepared to go out of my way.

But never to tell the truth.

Lars is no murderer.
That's the only truth. Now, move.

- What did you say?
- No, Aksel! Stop it! No!

Lars killed Karine. He killed her.

Lars, do something!

You have to say it!

Go to the police
and say what you want.

What you think is the truth.
No one is going to believe you.

Not for as long as I live.

Eva!

Subtitled by
Ann Cathrin Valle Bjelkåsen