Fortitude (2015–…): Season 1, Episode 8 - Episode #1.8 - full transcript

While Frank takes the law into his own hands, DCI Morton closes in on the truth about Pettigrew's death. Vincent and Natalie also make a discovery.

Eric and I last fucked
two weeks ago.

We've been involved
since the solstice party.

I found that
where Pettigrew was killed.

Standard fortitude
police issue.

Let me know
where you're calling from.

I don't know.

Don't ever do that to me again,
'cause I do this for you.

I take the tusks?

Yeah, they're on board.

I'll take them now.

Come on, dad.



We've got to go home.

I'm going to the
mainland in the morning.

I don't want to see
you before I leave.

They're all covering for Eric.

They're all in it.

Shirley?

there in the day, come to me

straight into my arms

I tried to caress it

ooh, ooh

but it ran
through my fingers

ah, ah-ah

water will keep running

rivers will turn



water will keep running

and rivers will turn

water will keep running

and rivers will turn

water will keep running

and rivers will turn.

I can reassure you that nothing
that has happened recently will

In any way jeopardize
your investment.

Um, we anticipate starting
the drilling process

In a few days' time.

And, uh, we're looking at first
phase completion in 12 weeks.

All being well.

Everything looks, um...

Sorry, I just need to take this.

Excuse me.

Yes?

It's happened again.

Dr. Allerdyce.

She's been attacked.

And Shirley is missing.

I'll go to the government and
see how they're gonna help us

With this, and then I'll come
straight back.

But there's no flights today.

I'll be back tonight,
and, Dan...

You keep your head straight.

My breathing has
gone funny, Dan.

Okay.

Petra, look at me.

Four seconds in
through one nostril.

Hold it for four seconds,

And then four seconds out
through the other nostril.

That should steady
things a little, okay?

Okay.

Ingrid.

Make sure the doc
can breathe okay.

Does your hand still hurt?

Yeah, some.

We have to go back.

Yeah, I think so now.

(groans.

Are you all right?

Carrie.

Carrie.
Dad.

Carrie.

Dad?

Dad?

Dad?

I went on a little trip, Henry.

Hmm, good for you.

I got talking to some Russians.

They do get very chatty
over their vodka.

With me, it pretty much depends
on the company.

The Russians seem to think

That there's something
pretty rotten in fortitude.

How would the Russians
know anything?

The Russians weren't there.

Well, who was there?

Who was there
when bill Pettigrew died?

Come on, Henry.

Don't fuck me about.

I'm pretty goddamn tired
of being fucked about.

Okay.

The reason I called you--
there was somebody there,

And I saw him.

Big fella.

Light-skinned,
mean eyes.

He stank like
a reindeer's asshole.

Which, to be fair, was probably
the last thing it had eaten.

Okay. Okay.

I might be
dying, Morton,

But watch how
you talk to me.

I can still tell a
hawk from a handsaw.

And a man from a bear.

It's happened again.

Doc allerdyce.

She's been ripped to pieces.

Thanks a lot, Henry.

Can I get
you more coffee?

I think two's enough, thank you.

If you had an
appointment...

It's an emergency.

You told him I had
to fly back this afternoon?

Yes.

Call him again,
please,

And tell him it's very urgent.

You must feel pretty cut off up
there on fortitude sometimes.

Sorry?

You must feel pretty cut off.

Isolated.

Cut off from what?

Shops, restaurants.

I don't need those things
to feel connected.

And it's not places
that cut you off.

Could you call him
again, please?

Yes, of course.

Hi, Kent,
it's Hildur Odegard.

Listen, I need
a big favor.

Is your plane
available?

Today.

I-I came as soon
as I heard.

I need to take a statement from
the first person on the scene.

Who is it?

Markus Husekleppe,
Shirley's boyfriend.

And Liam Sutter's
teacher, right?

You make something
of that?

I don't know.

Shall we?

You said you were
at the miners party?

No, you know
I was there.

I saw you, too.

Until what time?

Until...
I don't know.

2:00 in the morning?

Then you went home.

Mm-hmm, right after
I collected my records.

Your, your what?

I loaned the Dj
some of my records.

I'm a collector
of vinyl.

Classic '80s, mostly.

What was the last
song he played?

Uh, "enola gay"
by omd.

I remember because
I sometimes use that song

In the classroom to teach
the kids about Hiroshima.

Yeah, I can see how that
would further their knowledge.

Well, it gains
their interest.

It's just a device.

Yeah, no, I meant it.

I mean, now they'll never
forget that it was 8:15.

It's good.

More than most
people know.

So you left
the party at...?

2:00 a.m. Or thereabouts.

That's right,
you said that.

Straight home?

Uh-huh.

Yeah, I fed Pierre,

Let him out.

Pierre being?
His dog.

After Bezukhov.

Of course.

You know him?

Mm-hmm.

Put the cake I bought
for Shirley in the fridge

And went to bed.

How would you describe
your relationship

With Shirley's mother?

How would I describe it?

We got on very well.

That was a stall.

Yes, it was.

I think
that was a stall.
Hmm.

I'm gonna ask
you the question again.

How was your relationship
with Dr. Allerdyce?

Somebody's been in here,
messing about.

There.

Carrie.

Carrie.

Carrie.

Carrie said she saw them from
the street and followed them in.

Where is she now?

At the hotel getting
some hot soup.

Where's Ronnie?

She left him up
on the glacier.

Arm injury.

Sounds like it could
be septicemia.

I've sent Petra and Ingrid out
to look for him.

Petra's taking
this hard.

Well, she's probably
in the wrong job, then.

This isn't Detroit.

It's getting close.

Shirley needs a postmortem.

But we don't have
anybody to do it.

Our only medic is trying
to save our town doctor.

Shirley allerdyce died
of a heart attack.

Her hand

Is clutching the left side
of her chest.

I'm positive the postmortem
is gonna show plaque

And blood clots and blackening
of the coronary muscle,

Which is what happens

When you have a massive AMI.

The only visible injuries

On Shirley were
self defense wounds on her arms.

That was it.

And the blood on the wall

Was from Dr. Allerdyce.

Shirley transferred it there.

If...

If Shirley did attack her mom...

No way.
No one will believe that.

Be careful
about saying stuff like that.

It's a legitimate line
of inquiry.

We hold Markus
as long as possible.

We need to talk to him again.

I think he's lying
about his relationship

With Dr. Allerdyce.

I know.

Where you going?

Check on Carrie.

They're holding Mr. Husekleppe
at the station.

Markus?
Why are they holding him?

For the attack on Shirley?
That's not important.

The important thing
is it's not Liam.

It's not Liam, Jules.
I don't get it.

Well, I'd rather not get it.

Not getting it is better.

Until now "getting it"
meant Liam was guilty.

You need to slow
down, frank.

It's ridiculous
to think a kid that size...

You need to let the
police handle this.

I need to know.

I need to know what
we're dealing with here, Jules.

Who are you really trying
to get off the hook?

"a."

Have you found him?

No, not yet.

"f."

He knows.

He knows?

I'm a mind-reader.

I know people better
than they know themselves.

Wow.

He doesn't even know what
he had for breakfast.

I didn't have any breakfast.

And I, uh,

Could do with a coffee
right about now.

She was a good person.

Yes, she was.

Yes.

But there are some questions.

She had no injuries.

She was...

Soaked in her mother's blood.

She had defense wounds

Which are...

I know what they are.

And-and her heart attack

Could have been brought on by...

No.

No.

Well, I said could.

We-we don't know yet.
No.

Shirley wasn't capable
of that kind of violence.

I am not trying
to blame Shirley.

I'm...

I'm just trying to understand
what's happening to us.

How is she?

Scared.

But coping.

Look after her.

Okay.

At least until we find Ronnie.

Okay.
Okay.

Dan?

Whatever's happening to us?

Shirley was a victim.

There's something else going on.

Something much worse.

Dan!

What the fuck is going on?

I'm pretty busy just now.

It was the teacher
that found them?

Not "them."

He found doc allerdyce.

Dan, how much do we even know
about this guy?

You know, frank Sutter says...

Well, you see frank, you tell
him to come and talk to me.

This is outsiders.

Russians probably.

Thanks for the tip.

Well, you should be
rounding them up,

Interrogating them.

I've got a lot on my plate.

And some asshole
just out of Donegal

Talking about rounding up
"outsiders."

I could do without that
just now.

If you don't, we will.

It's a disturbing development,
as you say.

Yes.

You must be concerned
about its implications

For your hotel project.

No, I'm concerned

About its implications
for the island.

Indeed.

Well, I shall take it up
with the subcommittee.

Good. When?

We meet on Mondays.

But that's too late.

We need help right now.

There are competing demands...

Involving people

Being ripped open?

Look, I'm not unsympathetic...

I'm not asking
for sympathy here.

I'm asking for forensic teams.

You know we are facing

Cuts right now.

Two attacks might seem
a lot on fortitude.

You're not gonna send
any extra resources, are you?

I think it will be difficult

To persuade people
of the urgency.

Right.

Because we are
a small, faraway island

That doesn't matter.

Of course you matter.

Because we have a dying economy,

We have a falling rate
of childbirth,

We have no votes.

Because if we're lucky,

We might survive
as a remote weather station.

Your car is here.

Thank you.

Right.

Thanks for the coffee.

It's me.

I was calling you.

I wasn't answering.

I got that impression.

Is Dr. Allerdyce still alive?

She still has a faint pulse.

I'm coming home.

How?

Well, Kent Larsson
has that little Lear jet.

You are scared of flying.

Wait for a proper flight, Hildy.

want to know something funny?

They're playing buddy holly
in my lobby here.

That's not funny.

You want to know something else?

Remember how I always hold
your hand at takeoff?

I'm not scared at all now.

Of anything.

So...

At least you've achieved that.

I'm not far now, Carrie darling.

I'm not far now.

Oh, my god, I'm poisoned.

I'm so fucking poisoned.

What else did you
do last night?

Henning saw you.
What are they doing to that man?

Take, take his fucking
trousers down.

Are you cold?

Are you cold?

Do you want to
freeze to death?

Henning saw you!
Hey. Hey.

Do you understand me?
Hey!

What are you doing?

Just asking him a few questions.

Russian bastard spat at me, too.

No, you can't,
you can't do that.

A bunch of them were out
drinking last night.

We just want to know what
else they were doing.

Carrie, come.

Do you know

The names of these men?

Ciaran Donnelly.

Jake roach.

And that's

Henning Bergstrom.

Come.

Slut!

Don't worry about him.

Nobody likes him.

My dad says he's a knob.

Yeah.

Yes.
I want to go to home.

Carrie,

You can't stay on your own.

Then you could come, too.

There's loads of room.

We could wait there
together for dad.

Okay.

Okay.

Where have you been?

The teacher's.

There's all other kinds
of weird shit.

Funnels

And scales and stuff.

What's all this?

Where did you get this?

His house.

I broke in.

Why?

I knew he wasn't there.

He's a feeder.

Yeah, not only that.
Where is it?

Huh?

Leave this with us.
Now what you gonna do?

What's more important right now
is what you're going to do.

You're going to go
and look for Ronnie.

I want to be there
when you question him.
No.

For Christ's sakes, Dan...

Frank!

Last night, you punched me
in the face and I did nothing.

Today, you broke into
a man's house,

A man who is only
a witness at present...

No, it's him!
...And possibly

Jeopardized our investigation.

So be very clear,

My next step will be
to arrest you,

Unless you make yourself scarce
and go look for Ronnie.

But it's him!

He's a freak and he's got my son
involved in all this weird shit.

Frank.

Listen to the sheriff.

We'll handle it.

How did you...?

Never mind that.

Well, these were taken
during a hunting trip.

It's tradition here
to anoint the kids

With the blood
of the first kill.

I want a lawyer.

That can be arranged.

I'm not answering any questions
without a lawyer.

Okay.

We can do this
without questions.

I'm not having any...

We'll talk about
literature.

I read this book once;
it was about religion.

And I'm not a particularly
spiritual guy.

You surprise me.

And there was an image in
the book that stuck with me.

It was the image of, um,
the world as an aquarium,

And inside it is

Human life.

Like all the little fishes.

And we're looking at them
from all different perspectives

And angles
and in different lights.

Peeping tom.

Yeah, I guess so, yes.

Yes, something
like that. Yeah.

Maybe that's what
god is, a-a voyeur.

Great cop up in the sky
looking down on us.

That's an interesting thought.

Anyway, I look into this
aquarium, and I see Markus.

Markus the town
schoolteacher.

The lover of Russian
literature, of dogs,

Of classic '80s vinyl.

And I also see Markus,

Who's a man that has
a very interesting relationship

With his mother.

I'm assuming that is mom.

My mother has nothing
to do with this.

Why...

Where you get these things?

No questions, remember?

Goes both ways.

Do you want
to tell him?

Shirley allerdyce...

Is lying in the morgue
after attacking her own mother.

Shirley?

She's dead, Markus.

We found her dead.

Your girlfriend.

Just like Liam Sutter
was your pupil.

How?

I never...

I would never hurt...

I loved her.

Love?

You were feeding her
to death.

I'm innocent.

No.

One way or another,
you're a killer.

I don't know.

You don't know what?

The signs.

What you're looking for.

You throw all this stuff at me,
and you obviously want

Some reaction--
he remained calm,

He got angry
or sarcastic or tearful--

And all I feel...

...Is like laughing.

Like I'm just going to laugh.

When do you anoint it?

With the blood, I mean.

When it is ready.

When I was a boy, we used
to go down to the beach.

One time,
during the war,

We found an American
airman sitting down there

All alone
outside his tent,

Just staring at the sea.

We cheeked him.

"hey, mister,

Why aren't you
flying your plane?"

And he said he was just about
to go on his last mission.

Packed up, gave us what
was left of his food,

And we watched
him head off.

Just like that.

No lonely impulse
of delight,

No rage at the
dying light,

Just matter of fact.

So you never knew
if he, um, survived?

But I wish I could
be like that airman.

Maybe he's living
in retirement in Idaho.

Do you believe, Henry?

Do you truly believe this?

Doesn't matter
what I believe.

People need myths
and stories.

So what do you make of it?

Now you want my opinion?

I didn't say I liked you.

I think a man
who's playing a part... Laughs.

He doesn't say
he feels like laughing.

Do you know what I mean?

I think we should let him
go home and feed Pierre.

You think we should let him go?

Yeah. Because
what do we have?

Weak circumstantial stuff,

A bunch of
psychological nonsense

And a lot of
inadmissible weirdness

Stolen from his house.

I suspect a lawyer will have
a lot of questions about that.

I guess we can always
reel him back in.

Yeah, but I don't think
he's the fish

That we want.

Carrie? Love, are you here?

Carrie?

Carrie, love, are you here?

Carrie?

Carrie?

Carrie?

Carrie, love, is that you?

Look, love, it's your mum.

She's teaching piano.

She...

Quieten down!

Would everybody just keep calm!

But, Dan, we've got
a serial killer on the loose,

And you want us to stay calm!

We don't know if
we have a serial killer.

So far,
the casualty rate is one.

Oh, what about poor Shirley?

We think she died
of natural causes.

Natural causes? Don't give
me that, Dan. Come on.

This is all down to us.

The island won't let us do this!

It will shrug us off.

The animals are already
showing the signs.

Tell them.

I'm a newcomer.

I don't think...

In general,
I-I'm not sure

About that kind
of Gaia theory.

I think it works
more as a metaphor

Than science
in many ways.

But it's true,
there appears to be

Some strange behavior
among the animals here...

And what are we doing?

Building ice-hotels.

Investors over people

Every time for the governor!

You don't know what you're
talking about, you old cunt.

Investors are people.

And they're the only ones
that matter to her, aren't they?

You sharing the kickback,
are you?
Shut your mouth, Henry!

Who fired?!

Who fired their gun?!

My foot! My fucking foot! Oh!

He's shot himself.

Accidentally.

Get that idiot out of here
and find him

A plaster or something.
Come on, charlie, man up.

It's just the end
of your toe.

Put your guns down

And keep your safeties on,
for god's sakes.

Dan,

Why'd you release the teacher?

Markus husekleppe.

He's obviously connected.

He's been manipulating
people in some way.

Shirley, my son Liam--

They're his victims.

Okay, okay.

Wait, wait.

He's only been here
for a few years.

Nobody knows
anything about him.

Yeah, exactly.

Bring him in and ask him...

Would everyone
just hush up

So Jules can speak?
People are scared, Dan.

That's all we really
want you to understand here.

Nothing like this
has ever happened here before.

This isn't fortitude.

My son, my little boy
is just lying there,

And we need answers.

I know. I understand.

We don't need
your understanding;

We need to know

What you're
going to do about it.

You sort this out, or we will!

Oh, yeah? How?

By shooting off a few more toes?

This is your job.
It's not ours.

You're the fucking sheriff!

You're the one we pay to
take care of shit like this.

We need answers.

We need answers now!

I've just been
to see Margaret allerdyce--

Our doctor.

And I, uh...

I sat by her bed, and I...

I thought about all the times
she's helped me and...

Been there for me.

For all of us, really.

She gave us our jabs, she...

Came out in driving blizzards
when our children were ill.

I want us to think
of her for a moment.

Let's have a moment
of silence and thought

For our good friend,

Who's lying in a
hospital bed right now

Fighting for her life.

Thank you.

Now, if we can all stay calm,

I'm sure we can work together
to overcome this difficult time.

We need help
from the mainland.

Yes.

And we will have it.

There should be
a spare key under the bin.

Okay.

Cross fingers.

Is there? Here?

Is there?

Great.

How come that's on?

I don't know.

What happened?

It's okay.
It's okay, Carrie.

Um, do you know
where the fuse box is?

It's by the back door.

Okay.

Wait.

Carrie, come on.

Holy...

Show me the way.

Night, Eric.

Night.

Sheriff.

I thought that the governor
handled that very well.

Well, that's why
she's the governor.

You handled it pretty well, too.

"casualty rate is one."

Good point.

Yes.

Assuming that bill Pettigrew
was what you said he was

And not a casualty.

Ask me any question you want.

Don't worry. I will.

Okay.

Okay.

See you tomorrow, then.

Yep.

Hey.

I was with Carrie.

She's asleep, at last.

Good.

I just wanted to check
and see if you were okay.

We're fine.

Bit of a scare when
all the lights went out,

But it was just, um,
a fuse tripping.

Okay.

You were nice earlier.

With Carrie.

Kind.

She's a good kid.

We need to find her dad.

She says I'm like
her big sister.

Do you like that idea?

Yes. Yeah.

Space and light.

That was all I wanted
when I came here.

I haven't handled
things well, Elena.

What things?

Us.

What us?

Carrie.

Carrie.

My dad.

He was here.

I saw him.
Oh...

Carrie, there's no one here.

Okay? I think it was just

A dream. Okay?

Come on.

Let's get you back to sleep.
Okay?

I have to try and get
her back to sleep.

Okay, I'll go.

I'll call you
in the morning.

Okay... Okay.

Let's go. Hmm?

Hey. Hey!

Ah!

Oh!

preso en su lecho

mi Rio pasa

pero Se acerca su libertad

sus aguas dulces
ya estan saladas

ya no eres Rio eres El mar

ya no eres Rio
eres El mar

ya no eres Rio eres El mar

Now pay attention,

Because it's my turn
to take the lesson.

It's truth time, you fucker.

We keep the lid on allerdyce.
If nobody knows

Her condition,
then nobody knows

That Liam and Shirley

Carried out identical attacks.

I would like to know
how he walked

Seven miles in his shirt sleeves

- And didn't freeze to death.
- So you want to examine

Shirley's brain?