Asylum City (2018–2019): Season 1, Episode 9 - Episode #1.9 - full transcript

- Three days after Michal's murder -

Ermi?

Gabriel, what are you doing here?
What if somebody sees you?

I have no choice.

was almost caught at the wedding.

Your Israeli guy,

the one who was willing to pay,
is he... -Is he what?

Is he still good for it?

Gabriel, once you do this,

there's no going back.
-You think I don't know that?

And do you trust him?
He won't cheat us?



No, I know him.
He won't cheat us.

Why does he want to pay?

Is he the one who killed her?

I don't know, maybe.

Not maybe, he is for sure.

How soon can he pay?

He said,
as soon as you turn yourself in,

you get the money.

Alright, alright, I'll go see Itay,
have him go with me to the police.

Are you sure about this?
-I have no choice,

they'll end up catching me.

The main thing is to save Lidi.
That's most important.

Alright, I'll do it.
Don't worry, okay?

Asylum City



Need anything?
A glass of water? Toilet?

I need you to tell me
why I'm here.

You're here because you lied.

What are you talking about?

The Foreign Ministry report.

You told the court you never saw it.

I really didn't. Did you seriously
arrest me for that?!

You said that as a lawyer
during a court hearing, but now...

look around you,
you're under interrogation,

arrested,
and suspected of murder.

Something must've happened
between that day in court and today,

or you wouldn't be here.

I'll ask you again, and think
carefully before you answer.

Did you or did you not see
the Foreign Ministry report?

I don't get it, are you working
for the Bar Association now?!

What's that?

Dr. Tomer Cohen's statement,

who wrote
the Foreign Ministry report.

So what? -In third paragraph
from the top he clearly states

he sent it to the Ministry of
Justice's International Department.

Well, I didn't get it.

And this is the statement
of Chen Shabtai

a lawyer
from the Ministry of Justice,

who clearly states
she sent you the report,

and this is the email
she received from you

With the reply. "Thanks.'’

I get hundreds of emails every day,

I might've deleted it
by mistake, okay?

So you admit you received it.
-Perhaps.

So you lied when you told the court
that you didn't. -I didn't lie,

I might have made a mistake.

And the complaint
Michal filed against you

could've ended your career.

So you think I murdered her

over a report by some Leftist moron
from the Foreign Ministry?!

Lie number one. -It's not a lie!
Is that all you've got on me?!

Lie number two:

Where were you on March 25th
between midnight and 2:00 A.M?

With my lawyer Kobi Edri
at Tony's Bar on Yehuda Maccabi.

Until 2:00 A.M?

1:30 or 2:00,
I don't remember, I was drunk!

That's interesting,
because he paid his check at 00:27.

We sat there, had some drinks...
ask him, he'll tell you.

I did.
-And?

And he said that as your lawyer,
he can't testify in your favor.

Fine, I spoke with him,
he'll say it off the record.

I already asked him off the record.
-And?

He says he doesn't remember
how long you were there.

That's impossible.

Did you really think he'd risk his
career just so you have an alibi?

Perhaps he doesn't remember.
-Okay, that was lie number two.

Let's sum things up so far:

In the 5 minutes
we've spoken we learned

that you had a motive and no alibi.

The fact that he can't remember

and th'at you scared him..
-Yariv, Yariv.

Here's how I believe things went
down, and don't react, just listen.

You freaked out
over Michal's complaint

because you did in fact read the
report, and... you lied to the court.

No, no, no, wait...
-We agreed you'd only listen, right?

And that night you went drinking
with your friend Kobi Edri,

got totally wasted,

left him there alone

and went drunk to Michal's apartment

which is a 15-minute walk
from that bar.

You banged on her door
and yelled,

she opened the door,

and then something bad happened.

Be it on purpose or not,
during an argument or by mistake,

I don't know, I wasn't there,
but something awful happened.

So this is the time, Yariv,
to give your statement,

because as a lawyer, you know
full well that there's a difference

between murder and manslaughter,

between manslaughter
and an accident.

So this is your chance
to tell us what really happened.

You went to her place, and?

I didn't go to her place.

Yes, you did.
-No, I did not.

You're lying.
-I'm not lying.

You weren't there that night?
-No.

So when were you there?
-Never.

You've never been to her apartment?
-No.

So how do you explain this?

This is your blood
on her door and doorpost.

How do you know it's my blood?

It's your blood,
your DNA is on Michal's door.

It's from long ago.

Long ago?

You can't determine
how old blood stains are.

But you said
you've never been there.

I felt awkward.
We had an affair,

and...

Inbar doesn't know about it.

It was a one-time thing,
long ago,

and...

It happened a year ago.
-You had an affair?

Yes. I slammed the door on my finger,
that's why there was blood.

When was that?
-I told you, about a year ago.

And that blood's been there
ever since?

It was never cleaned off,
never rubbed off,

those blood stains stayed there
perfectly intact for an entire year?

Yes.

Do you think we're stupid?

That the judge will be stupid?

Fine, you don't want
to help yourself. -I just...

Sit down and think about
what you just told me.

There's a difference between
doing 30 years or 5 years in prison,

and right now
you're looking at 30,

so you'd better tell your side
of the story.

What is it?

That cop lady.

What about her?
-I don't think she works for her dad.

Are you sure?
-Yep.

She's focused on that girl, Michal.

She has no interest in the 'hood
or the bank, nothing.

But didn't they catch
some black guy?

No, they found a new suspect.

Who?

Some State Attorney lawyer.

Who?
-Some guy... Yariv Ninio.

Never heard of him.
How is he involved?

I don't know.

So, should we back off?
-No, not yet.

But she's not barking up our tree.

She's Ariye Gur's daughter,
I want to know what she's up to.

If she works for him
or vice versa.

I doubt it...
-This is no time for "I doubt it"

right before we land
the deal of our lifetime.

Alright.

And our partner in this deal
is the State of Israel.

If they as much as pick up his scent,
they'll back out.

Okay.

Ariye Gur,
just what I needed...

Did you have time to think a little?
-Yes.

And?

I said all I had to say.

Do you still claim
you weren't at her apartment?

Not that night, no.

That night, you left the bar
and went straight home? -Yes.

Okay.

Let's check out your phone.

Google Maps.

Let's check the time line.
Familiar with the timeline feature?

No.
-Here, look,

this cool app indicates
exactly where you were, back in...

Wait, let's scroll back...

March... 25th.

There you go.

That morning you were in court,

then had lunch at a place
called "Hummus Galilee"...

Any good?

Then you were
at the State Attorney's office,

there you are at Tony's Bar
on Yehuda Maccabi,

where you sat with Kobi, and...

Io and behold,
at 00:30 you leave.

See how pointless it was to say
you were there till 2:00 A.M?

You almost ruined your friend's life.

Let's follow the trail..

and tell me if you recognize
this street you were on

between 00:30 and 00:50.

Stricker Street.
A nice little street

that just happens to be
where Michal Poleg lived.

You were there
between 00:30 and 00:50.

What were you doing there
for 20 minutes?

I just wandered around there, drunk.

On her street?

I rested on a bench, maybe it was
on her street, I don't know...

My head was spinning.
-Rested?

I was drunk, I don't remember
what street, I was drunk.

So you didn't go up to her apartment?
-No, no.

Yariv,

her neighbors heard you.
One of them peeped outside her door,

you stood there and knocked
on her door for 15 minutes,

yelling: "Open up, you bitch!
Open up, you bitch!"

Her neighbors heard the whole thing.

She didn't open the door,
so you kept...

And then she finally opened the door,
and...?

Yariv, help yourself here.

You were drunk,
I understand you didn't mean it,

but man up
and tell me what happened.

You kept banging and banging,
she opened the door, and...?

She didn't.
-What?

She didn't open the door.

She didn't?

No.

Why was your face all bloody
and bruised the following day?

I tried to push my way in, I think
she opened the door for a bit.

What do you mean, for a bit?
-I can't remember. -Then try harder.

Perhaps...

the door wasn't locked.

I tried to squeeze in,
she panicked and pushed me back,

slammed the door on my face,
on my nose.

I think I blacked out
for a few seconds or minutes,

and when I woke up,
my face was covered in blood.

I don't remember how I got home
or what happened after that,

I really don't.

You were right,
what can I tell you...

Okay, you have a minute
to celebrate your victory.

60 seconds. Go.
-30 seconds, and only after I leave.

Alright, let's sum it up so far.

He's a wreck. Look at him.
By tomorrow he'll confess.

He's a shark of a lawyer,
not some push-over black guy.

He admitted he was at her place
and that he tried to get in.

Let's give him some time,

he'll eventually crack.
-You don't have time for that.

You got the Attorney General's
approval to arrest an attorney.

That rarely do that,
and they gave you only got 48 hours.

And we can't prove he was
ever inside. -He doesn't know that.

Trust him, he knows
all the tricks in the book.

If we had Ermi...
-The translator?

He got the money from Yariv
and delivered it to the criminals

who abducted Gabriel's sister.

Are you sure it's Yariv who paid him?
-I'm sure.

Then why didn't you bring it up
in the interrogation?

Because he would deny it,
and then what? I need Ermi here

to confront Yariv and tell him:

"You gave me that money",
and then it's game over.

Yariv won't be able to claim
that he wasn't in her apartment.

If he paid someone to take
the blame for him, he's finished.

And where is this Ermi?
-There's a problem.

Here's our man!

Come here, buddy.

Hi.
-Come here.

What's up?
-Have you calmed down? -Yes, thanks.

Told you he is our man
for this mission.

He did, I admit.

It's not the time for champagne,
but a shot of whisky won't hurt.

Thanks.

Cheers.
-Cheers.

So, how did it go?

We signed the papers
and everything's fine.

Good.

I heard you got anxious about some
mysterious people entering the room.

Yes.
Narundi's Defense Minister walked in.

But Yehoshua said it's got nothing
to do with us. -It really doesn't.

They gave these out
on the flight back.

30,000 refugees from Israel"

Yes, I saw that.

You really think
there's no connection?

Look, I saw this news story too,

so I looked into it, secretly.

Narundi is getting lots of money from
Israel to take in those refugees.

A ton of money.
-Okay, okay.

But it's got nothing to do
with our arms deal,

ours is with the government
of Argentina,

it's going straight
to the Argentine army.

I can even tell you which unit,

I'll show you our agreement
with the Ministry of Defense.

Okay.

In any case, they made it clear
to me, in very strict terms,

that this deal
is to remain top-secret for now.

You don't want to get in trouble
with Mossad, do you? -No.

You did a great job.

Take a couple of days off
to unwind.

Spend some time
with your family.

Thank you very much.
-Great job.

"30,000 refugees from Israel...

And the state
calls us criminals, huh?

Yes?
-Ehud, Yariv Ninio is on the line.

Ehud?

Yes.

Tell him I'm at the Parliament today.
-Okay...

Hi.
-Hey. -So?

What did they say
at the Ministry of Interior?

Something interesting.
-What?

Your friend Ermi didn't leave
the country. -What do you mean?

It's not registered anywhere,
the Immigration Authority

never issued him
a travel certificate,

he's still here somewhere.

What?!

Why would he tell you he's abroad
when he's not?

Maybe so that if the Embassy
came looking for him again,

I would tell them he's in France
so they'd stop looking for him here.

What's the deal with him, anyway?

I don't know too much, only that
he was an English teacher in Eritrea.

He's a brilliant guy.
If he weren't born

in such a screwed up place,
he could've been a prime minister.

We'd better find him. If Ermi
doesn't confront Yariv and say

"You gave me the money",
Yariv is off the hook.

Then it's back to Gabriel
and good luck to him with the trial.

He confessed, he did the reenactment,
he's in a big mess.

Oh, man...

Does Ermi have an email address?

Yes.

Email him.

Say you have more money for him
and he should come pick it up.

But he supposed to be in France.

Then he'll send someone else
pick it up.

Tell him you've got cash.
-Okay.

Don't worry.

Nobody will harm him.

We'll put him up somewhere until
the trial, get him out of Tel Aviv,

and if need be, I will face the
Embassy myself. They wouldn't dare.

Maybe it'll help if you told them
who your father is.

What?
-How do you know?

Gabriel said that some man
named Ariye Gur has got his back.

I Googled him
and saw a photo of you as a kid,

with braids.

Is it a secret?

No, but...

not many people know that,
I don't talk about it.

People can be... you know.
-Whoever loves you, loves you.

Those who don't, are morons.

So...

We'll talk.
-Yep.

Bye.

I'm sorry. -No, no, no,
you can't bail on me now.

I'm not a criminal lawyer, Yariv,

this is a murder trial,
you need someone serious.

Should I hire Feldman for you?

Okay.

Feldman... if he's available.

What does he charge? -It's okay,
you'd get a colleague discount.

Fine.

Did you catch Regev?
-Yeah, I kept hounding him

until he called me back.
-And?

Well, he said he's very sorry to hear
that you're in custody

and he wishes you good luck
even though,

as he specifically pointed out,

he doesn't really
know you personally.

Have you spoken to Inbar?
-Yes, she...

She's fine.

Why hasn't she come to visit me?

Sorry, I got held up...

Well, it's not as if
I have anywhere to go.

How are you?
-I'm fine.

Mom told me it's something urgent.
-Yes.

I shouldn't be seen here too much.

I know,
but I had to tell you something.

Okay.

You're being followed.

Followed?
-In shifts, 24/7.

By who? -I don't know,
I believe it's the bank.

Well,
I didn't feel anything unusual.

I did.
-What do you mean?

I mean that..

I asked that someone
keep an eye on you.

What?!

You're insane!
-Anat, you're in danger.

You're absolutely insane!
I'm a police officer,

you think I need your protection?!

You may be a police officer,
but you're still my daughter

and these people
are very dangerous.

You wouldn't sense their presence
until it was too late.

You could be released in a year,
you want to risk that?

I want to protect you...

Stop saying you want to protect me!

I can protect myself just fine.

You just want to prove
that you've still got men outside,

that you're the boss.

I'm sorry for speaking and consulting
with you, it was my mistake.

Anat...
-Seriously, Dad...

Sorry.

I hear congratulations are in order.

What did you hear?

That all parties signed.

Including the parties
who mustn't be mentioned? -Yes.

Congratulations indeed.
-Please come again.

So what now?

Now we wait.
-For what?

It's gonna take some time.

Of course.

It takes time
to deport 30,000 blacks.

When were you gonna tell me
about this?

It's got nothing to do with it.

You want in on this deal or not?

Then it's got nothing to do with it.

If you say so.

What about the bank?

What about it?

It's gonna lose its clientele.

You're getting
well compensated forthat.

I can't complain.
-Glad to hear that.

Hi. -Hey.

Thanks for coming.

No problem, I told you,
whenever you need me, I'm here.

What was so secret that you
couldn't tell me over the phone?

Natalie,
you can tell me anything.

Forget politics,
'm talking as your friend. Okay?

I truly care about you.

I need your advice
about something.

I'm listening.

But it's gotta stay between us,
because...

I saw something
that might be problematic

and I don't want
to get anyone in trouble...

Natalie, talk to me,
what is it?

It's my husband.

Your husband?

What about him?

I think he might be...

involved in something shady.

Define shady. -I don't know,
perhaps something criminal...

I think he might've gotten
involved in something bad.

What is it?

He's got this safe

that I didn't know about,

filled with cash
that I didn't know about.

Okay.

And, I saw him talking
to some local refugee one day,

and like,
what's he got to do with us?

I'm so sorry.

About what? -I shouldn't
have dumped all this on you.

No, it's fine, really,
it's good that you told me.

Very good.

Did you confront him about it?

Of course, but he won't
tell me where he got it from.

Look.

I wouldn't turn
to the police just yet

because you can't prove anything,

but I suggest you push him
into giving you answers.

He's gotta give you answers.

You can't mess around
with these things,

especially not now
with your involvement in politics.

The slightest suspicion

could end up ruining
everything you've built.

Everything.

Hey. -Hi.

Money for Ermi.

Cool, thanks.

Would you like something to drink?

Got beer?

Yep.

In the meantime,
you can read his reply.

Shit.

I pressed something...

Excuse me..

Feel free.

Alright.

Come in.

Hi there.
-Hi there.

Ermi sent me, said you
have money for him. -Yes, yes...

Don't I know you?

I'm Doron.
-From the toy store? -Yep.

Are you in touch with him?
-He's abroad,

he called to ask if I could
pick up the money for him. -Yeah.

You'll deliver it to him, yes?
-Yes, of course, no problem.

Great.

Thanks.

Police.
You're being held for questioning.

I said, I don't know!
-You do know and you're lying.

I was just walking down the street
when cops pounced on me,

what's my crime, you bitch?!
-Whoa! Watch it!

Do you want some water?
Should we pour water on you?

Fuck this shit..

Where is he? -I don't know.
-Sure you do. You took the money,

how were you gonna get it to him?
-He told me to safeguard it.

He could have asked Itay
to keep it for him.

Well, that's what he told me!
-Doron, this is a murder case.

Wanna be arrested for obstructing
justice? It's three years in prison.

What justice am I obstructing?!

The guy asked me
to pick up an envelope for him,

what's wrong with you people?!

For the last time, you're not
the issue here, we don't need you,

tell me where he is and you'll be
free to get on with yourTife.

If you don't tell us, you'll be
thrown into the pits of hell!

I swear to you on the Holy Bible...

Faro...

Excuse me, but we have a problem.

What problem?

They've arrested one of our guys
from the 'hood who has a safe.

Arrested him for what?
-I don't know.

Who arrested him?

Anat Sitton.
-What for?

She's investigating that girl's
murder, what's it got to do with us?

Why do we keep crossing paths
with this case?!

Andre,

I'm asking you for the last time,
is there anything I need to know?

Andre? -Well...
-"Well" what? Speak up.

Faro, don't get angry, okay?
-"Don't get angry"?

I tried to solve a problem, so...

What did you do?

What did you do?

Remember how after the murder,
the entire 'hood was full of cops?

Yes, what did you do?

The black guy
who confessed to murder.

Yes?

He didn't do it.
I arranged to have him confess.

He had nothing to do with it.
He needed money to save his sister,

so I figured, let's pay him
to say that he did it, end of story,

and all the cops
will leave the area.

You told me: "Do whatever it takes
so we can do our business in peace."

Oh, so it's my fault?

And you only tell me
about this now?

I'm sorry,
I should've told you earlier,

but things were a mess, sorry.

Get outta here, we'll talk tomorrow.

I'm sorry, Faro...
-We'll talk tomorrow!

You know what's the problem
with our line of work? -What?

Manpower.

Yes? -Hey, Anat, it's Natalie.

So... can you tell me
what's going on?

Look, Doron came to collect money
for a wanted person,

so we took him in for questioning,
but he won't cooperate

and it's just getting him
deeper in trouble.

Do you have a moment to see me?

You know it's problematic,
as I'm interrogating your husband.

I'm outside in the parking lot, it'll
take a sec, and perhaps I can help.

I'll be right out.

Natalie.

Hi.

Who's the wanted person?

Anat, for God's sake, talk.

Ermi. Ermi Ligas.

The black guy who translates for you?
-Yes.

He's wanted for questioning?
-Yes, he disappeared.

Do you have any idea why your
husband delivers money to him? -No.

You sure?

If I help you out,
will you go easy on him?

If I can, yes.

I won't lie to you,
you know how it works.

If he's involved
in something serious,

we'll find out,
but I assure you

that I'll do the maximum I can
within my limits.

Doron has a safe in the store.
-Excuse me?

I think Doron and this guy Ermi
are in cahoots,

I don't know what, but Doron
has a safe full of cash in the store.

I also saw him
with that Ermi guy one day

real "hush-hush",
keeping a low profile.

He doesn't usually
hang out with blacks

so they must be doing business.

I discovered the safe
2 days ago, I swear.

Doron got hysterical
when I found out,

and wouldn't tell me
where the came money from. -Okay.

Okay.

Well?

We found the safe, but it's empty.
-No cash?

Nothing, not even germs.

Our Forensics guy is on it,
but he says that it smells

like it's been recently cleaned
with disinfectant.

Shit... Alright, keep me posted.

What? -Are you guys still there?
-Where else would we be?

I got an idea. Doron doesn't know
the safe's been emptied out, does he?

Well?

Yaron?

Yes, I'm here.

Did you crack the code? -No,
but I can't get hold of a locksmith,

we'll just rip it out of the wall
and open it at the station.

Hold on.

Do you want to give me the code
or should they destroy your store?

Yaron, are you writing this down?
-Yes.

So we’ve got 4402217791?

Yep.

Alright.
What you need to ask yourself now is,

who will go to prison
for what's inside there, you or Ermi?

Tuesday is the worst.
-Why?

All the cheaters sleep here on
Tuesdays and dirty the sheets.

They're the filthiest.
-Is that so?

On weekends,
it's all married couples.

They barely touch the sheets.

What do they want?

They want me.

English: Hagit Harel
Subtitles: Trans Titles Ltd.