HPI Haut Potentiel Intellectuel (2021–…): Season 1, Episode 4 - Phyllobates terribilis - full transcript
The assistant of Fanny Mariani, veterinarian specializing in exotic animals, finds her dead on the floor in her clinic, the printer nonstop flipping sheets with the word "murder" printed on them. Although the coroner first favours natural death, Morgane suddenly realizes that the victim has been poisoned with a Phyllobates terribilis, a small yellow frog, missing from one of the animal cages. While on the inquest, Morgane asks her mother about Romain.
Fanny, are you there?
Oh no.
Fanny, do you hear me?
Squeeze my hand.
Fuck.
MURDER
VETERINARY CLINIC
MORGANE: I've arrived!
I know, I'm late.
- You took your time.
Fanny Marini, 28.
Single, no children;
exotic animal vet; found this
morning by her assistant.
Hi doc. Kisses?
So; she's dead?
"GOLDEN POISON FROG"
Everything points to heart failure.
It seems to be a natural causes.
Except this was on the printer...
Alvaro? Work?
Printed at 8:13 pm,
presumed time of death.
Strange. Why print instead of write?
-It matters?
She had everything here for that.
(Excuse me.)
ADAM: No signs of violence
on the body.
The only weird thing is this:
a red spot here on her palm.
Allergy?
- Nothing confirms that.
GASPS
What is that? Fuck, a marten.
- A marten?
Fuck, I'm allergic to martens.
SNEEZES
Look, he's allergic to martens.
- Martens, ferrets, weasels...
guinea pigs!
SNEEZES
And also hamsters.
Empty.
The poison is in glands in its skin.
GROANS
That's not right!
Drop it!
- Don't panic, it's just a sedative!
Let me explain.
She used the computer instead of a
notepad because of the voice control:
She was paralyzed!
I'm listening.
She couldn't write!
And look, that lock is
because it's dangerous.
It's for breeding frogs, but
she's alone, the male is gone.
Because she was still drying her hands,
I think I know where the male is.
The soap is poisoned!
A Phyllobates terribilis.
One touch and you're done.
Paralysis and cardiac arrest.
Wow!
- You saved the commander's life.
GROANS
How is he?
Enough ketamine to knock out a horse.
He'll be comatose for quite a while.
What?
I'm fine.
Don't force anything, I'm here.
Leave everything to me.
Excuse me, Gilles: can you
give us a moment?
MORGANE: Yes.
- I'd rather that'd gone differently.
I didn't have many choices!
Uh, right, Daphne just sent her address.
I'm going to take a look.
Yeah?
- Can you get him home in one piece?
Yes! I saved him.
I'm not going to kill him.
♪ This is the rhythm of the night ♪
♪ The rhythm of the night ♪
♪ This is the rhythm of the night ♪
MOBILE RINGS
DAPHNE: Commander?
SLURRED Yeah?
Commander?
ADAM MUMBLES
The commander can't answer at the moment,
No, the commander can't answer at the moment,
but I'm listening, tell me.
A friend reported her missing
last night.
The emergency room said she
had to wait 24 hours.
Her name is Camille Duez,
a beautician in Roubaix.
The commander heard!
- I'll send the address.
Thanks!
Where are you taking me?
- The beautician.
MORGANE: How about a manicure?
ADAM: I'm feeling better...
♪
Come on, old man!
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOK!
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hStand still! Hey!
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOK!
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hDon't touch me.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hDon't be ashamed.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hDon't touch me.
Let's go, that's it;
just like a zombie movie.
Come on.
Hold and stay here, okay?
DOORBELL
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHello?\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHi, we're from
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hthe police.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWell, he is.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI'm not at all.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIt's about Mrs Marini.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHas Fanny been found?\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hYes.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIs she okay?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNo, not really.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCan we come in?
You reported her missing?
My son had a karate match last night.
Fanny had promised she would come.
When she didn't come, I was worried.
She would never disappoint him.
She adored my son Mael.
How long have you known each other?
- Two years. We met in yoga class.
We were so much alike.
We clicked. And we became close friends.
I don't know how I'll manage without her.
I can't understand it.
Is your colleague okay?
- Sure, I'm watching him.
Mrs...?
Mrs...?
Duez.
- Mrs. Duez...
...I have a question.
What is this color called?
Okay, all right. A more important question:
Were there people with whom Fanny
wasn't the best of friends?
No, she was sweet. She had no enemies.
Maybe family, a guy?
No, nobody.
She had no time because of the animals.
Her veterinary practice has
a good reputation in the region.
There's my son.
Are you okay, honey?
- I just got your message.
Did daddy explain it to you?
- Did that man from the other day kill her?
Which man?
- A man argued with her recently.
At the clinic.
I'm with her on Wednesdays.
Mael, could you describe that man?
According to the child,
he looked like this or this.
In any case, it's a man.
- He says yes to everything I show him.
Can I try?
Daphne has made hundreds
of them in her career,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hbut if you think you Yes, I'll try.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hyou can do better. Yeah.
How are you?
Are those the Avengers?
You probably know them all.
Even lame ones like Hawkeye.
Hawkeye's not lame.
- If you say so.
Say, that guy who spoke to Fanny.
What kind of hair did he have?
Rather dark, like Tony Stark?
Or rather blond, like Captain America?
Dark, but not neat
like Captain America.
More like Iron Man in the movies.
- Brunette and messy.
Is your car okay? Can I see?
Ha. Ha. Ha.
I have Bonnemain's report.
COUGHS
There was enough poison in the soap
to kill someone 80 kilos in 5 minutes.
So Morgane saved your life?
- Not really.
Maybe I didn't plan to use any soap.
Yeah, sure.
Well, I saw the victim's parents,
they're coming in.
Is that going to work?
- Yes, of course.
I have to tell them that their
only child of 28 has died.
You know what? I'll help you.
So. Come on.
- 'Kay
MORGANE: Did he have a beard like Thor?
Or was he beardless, like Superman?
Superman is not an Avenger.
- That's true.
Then no beard like Loki.
In between.
Stubble.
I'm very sorry about your daughter.
I don't understand why
you had us come all this way.
You tell your colleague
we haven't seen her for a long time.
Thierry...
- It's true, isn't it?
Eight years with no news of her.
You know, her death doesn't change
anything for us.
Why did she cut off contact?
It happened during her studies.
We weren't good enough for her.
MORGANE: "Ta-da"!
CELINE: Morgane,
you really have to knock.
I knew it.
ADAM: What?
She just kept up the bullshit.
ADAM: Morgane, give me that a second.
Do you know this man?
Yes, his name's Loic Ballant.
- Are you sure?
Yes, Loic Ballant.
She dated him when she was 16.
He was five years older.
He was already involved
in a lot of stuff.
We did everything we could to prevent
her seeing him, but it didn't help.
What was he involved in?
He held up a gas station, with a gun.
It was in all the papers.
You understand how the neighbors reacted.
- I take it he got jail time?
He got 15 years.
But with a reduced sentence
he was released a month ago.
A month ago?
- Yes.
Well, Loic Ballant.
Four drug trafficking convictions,
two for assault, one for armed robbery.
And all before you turn 25.
Not bad, Loic.
- Do you want the rights to my biography?
No, it's not worth anything.
Tell me about Fanny.
She was murdered yesterday.
- What's it to me?
You're not very affected by the news.
You went to her the
day before yesterday. Why?
Simple. A courtesy visit.
- Wasn't that polite.
She hated that I forgot her birthday.
I'll tell you what I think.
After 12 years in jail, you wanted
to get back with her.
Only she wasn't that rebellious girl
anymore. She didn't need an ex-con.
She rejected you and you
couldn't have that.
You think like her parents, that she was
an angel. I know what she was really like.
Loic, what was she really like?
Sorry, I don't spit on the dead.
I won't do the CAF's job for them.
Where were you yesterday
between 6 and 8 pm?
Home. Alone.
TSKS
Not a good alibi.
I have an ankle tracking bracelet.
If I leave my house outside
the authorized hours,
I have 25 cops and 3 helos on my roof.
Is that an alibi?
GILLES: Ballant can go outside
between 1 pm and 3 pm
and from 9 pm to 6 in the morning
for his job. He's a bouncer at a nightclub.
And yesterday?
- His anklet says he was home all night.
He couldn't have poisoned Fanny.
- Shame.
That sucks, he was a perfect suspect.
- What about the search of her home?
Nothing. Just a bachelorette apartment.
Check her PC, bills and phone calls;
Use Daphne and Morgane.
Morgane? She had to
leave-- no, I don't know why.
Morgane!
Hi, Mom.
Hi, honey.
- I need to talk to you.
And? Is your new job going well?
- It's all right.
Tell me, do they pay you for that
secretarial training?
Mom, I'm a consultant.
I already told you that.
Oh yes, consultant.
Cookies?
- No thanks.
Well, if you feel useful,
that's what it's about.
What do you mean?
- Nothing! But...
you in the police--
boy, it goes without saying. CHUCKLES
The story is: they came to me.
In return, they're looking for Romain.
Are you on that again?
This has been discovered.
I've had enough!
Leave us alone.
We're leaving. I'm taking Morgane with me
away from here. You'll never see her again.
Do you hear me?
That was just before he disappeared.
What happened?
What happened? I don't know.
You never answered my calls.
I had no news of you for months.
Romain did everything to alienate us.
Stop it, that has nothing to do with him.
Honey, when I heard you were pregnant,
I wanted to see you. I had to be there
for you and your baby, right?
Is that why he was yelling at you?
Because you wanted to see me?
I know it's hard for you, but the simplest
explanation is often the best.
Romain left you.
Men are very good at that, believe me.
Thea, can you help?
I was thinking, Eliott; that Albert
of yours knows quite a lot.
What does he know about Fanny Marini?
- Albert, who is Fanny Marini?
Hello Elliott: Dr Fanny Marini,
veterinary clinic in Lille. Do you
want an appointment?
No, thank you, Albert. Is that everything?
Rephrase your question.
Wait. He doesn't understand you.
Albert, do you have any information?
Peak hours: 4 pm
Average review rating: 2.7/5.
Not really a high mark for such a
dedicated worker. Strange, no?
Who's that, then?
- It's the latest corpse.
Those reviews are really bad.
- Look.
If you sort by date you will see opinions
only 6 months old.
She scored very well before that.
- Well spotted!
No... no.
Ah! ... No!
Yeah, no.
No...
Maybe the lady has something in mind?
- Even better: a photo. Look.
What, did that slut send you?
- No!
No no, I assure you. She was
killed the day before yesterday,
I'm here to find out if it
was you who killed her.
You're insane.
- I'll explain.
One of the reviews is from a "Dark
Lord of Cthulhu," who is furious with her.
'A disgrace to her profession. Better
if she worked in a slaughterhouse.'
LAUGHS
And look at the picture with that avatar.
Isn't that by chance the
shop window of your business?
Tell me, "Dark Lord of Cthulhu":
what did she do to you?
She killed my tarantula.
Clementine, a blue tarantula.
- What a sweetheart. What happened?
I went to Marini because she had
a yeast infection.
But what nonsense. Clementine
didn't survive the exam.
Tarantulas are vulnerable. If you
handle them wrong, they fail.
I went to get her back, but the doctor
said there was a risk of contagion.
She burned her body.
I couldn't even bury her.
- So you got back at her?
Only on the internet, nothing more.
- No more?
I followed her once to scare her.
Yes, Celine?
- Hi. Anything new?
Daphne has sniffed out her bank account
and there's something odd.
She often had sushi delivered to
a high-rise different than her tax address.
I'll take a discreet look.
- Is Morgane with you?
Didn't I say 'discreet'?
Frankly, it's nice to work quietly.
HONK
Hey, 'Julie Lescaut'! Come here!
It's me!
- What are you doing here?
Stakeout. She had another address, look.
That's Clementine, a tarantula
that Fanny killed.
Her owner was disappointed and
followed her to slash her tires.
He saw her go into that flat.
Shall we stake it out together?
- What?
Look, I got beer.
- That's not smart, Morgane.
Apartment 314b.
The concierge will know about it.
Go ahead.
Thank you sir. Morgane, wait there.
I'll secure it first, wait there.
All good, Morgane.
Heeeeyyyy! What?
- She had a stock of animals here.
Hey, I know you!
Hi, Clementine!
Mr. Cthulhu will be happy!
Our dedicated vet trafficked in animals.
They're codes.
Animal, price, delivery date, customer.
Or maybe: Animal, rate,
delivery date, accomplice.
Lots of accomplices then.
I think she worked alone.
She stole more than €30,000
worth of customers' animals.
She said they were dead and sold them.
Those bad reviews
started six months back.
Maybe that's when
she started trafficking.
Because she needed a lot of money.
I think I get it. Those aren't
customers. They're appointments:
LGP: Lille Grand Palais.
WHV: Wasquehal Hotel de Ville.
Metro stations?
But what was the money for?
To buy a house. That's a
real estate thing from Nordic Immo.
There was also a pen like that
in her lab,
Hello, the Nordic Immo Agency.
- Hello, Cmdr. Karadec, Judicial Police.
I need information about a
potential customer, Fanny Marini.
'Fanny' with two Ns,
'Marini' like it's pronounced.
I'll see if I have a file under
'Fanny Marini,' please hold.
Thanks, I'll hold.
One steak, rare, for madam,
and something dark with grain for sir.
With mineral water including straw.
The broker is checking if she is on file.
- Ah!
HOLD MUSIC
HOLD MUSIC
Stop. Oh dear.
CAN HISSING
No; wait; excuse me. No!
It's not all right!\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIt's all right.
Hello? Hello.
Hello?
- I'm here.
- What was she looking for?
That rarity, a beautiful house with garden.
- Did you find her one?
Yes, she had just signed.
An old farmhouse in Bondues.
Half an hour train ride from downtown.
Under €600,000, ready to move in.
That garden did it for her. There
were other offers, but they paid cash.
'They'?
- She and her partner.
According to Camille Duez,
she didn't have a guy.
Was it a couple?
Did she have a husband?
I haven't met him, but yes.
- Thank you. Good day.
At your service!
- Goodbye, sir.
Must you do that?
'That garden did it.'
That's what he said, right?
Yes...
Camellias. Camillias!
- Which camellias? What now?
Fanny's man is a woman!
You weren't quite honest with us.
I didn't immediately realize
what was happening to me.
It didn't go well with Paul, but I had
never felt anything for a woman.
In the beginning I thought
that we just clicked really well.
And one night,
I believe that
it surprised us both.
And you decided to leave
your husband for Fanny?
Not right away, because of Mael. It clicked
well between him and Fanny,
but I didn't want to divorce right away.
And then Fanny got an inheritance.
An aunt had left her everything.
She said we could have a nice house
and pay for a good school for Mael.
That was the sign for me.
What?
- There was no inheritance.
Well-
Fanny lied. She started a scam
trafficking in animals, to buy that house.
Why would she make that up?
She wanted to live with you, if necessary
by lying about everything.
Did your husband know about
your relationship with Fanny?
Um...
Yes, he had searched my texts.
Hello, Mr. Duez.
- Hello.
I want to go over a few things with you.
You knew your wife was in a relationship
with Fanny? Camille wanted to leave you.
She wouldn't have.
- Well, there were signs.
I didn't realize right away
that I could lose her.
At first she was just the yoga friend,
but soon she became more
and more present.
Mr. Duez, have you searched her phone?
Yes, but I didn't do anything.
I must ask you to come with me.
Wait, my son is coming soon,
with all his friends.
Please.
Will you take Mael home?
- Okay, boss.
Thanks, Morgane.
Hey! Hi Mael!
So you're the new Teddy Riner?
I do karate, not judo.
- Yeah, that's true.
But I did get my belt.
- Cool!
Where's Dad?
He had to go, but I had to say
that he is proud of you.
Do you want to see it?
- What?
My belt.
- Of course!
"Ta-da"!
- Hey!
Classy!
- The blue one.
The blue one. A great blue belt. Yeah.
Where were you Tuesday night
between 6 and 8 pm?
KNOCK
Tuesday?
Along the Deule. I was running.
Witnesses?
- I can't remember!
We found some things at your home.
Do you recognize this amphibian guide?
- Fanny gave it to my son.
It's not mine.
It's the same frog that gave Fanny
cardiac arrest at her practice.
Pretty coincidental, right? We got
everyone combing for DNA.
If you confess now, it could matter
at your trial.
Well, it was worth a try.
I wanted to save my marriage.
I was going to lose everything.
My wife, my son.
And then I thought to myself
that it would be better if she was gone?
Yes.
My friends, that was the prosecutor.
Paul Duez will be charged
tomorrow. Good job.
You should especially congratulate Gilles.
- Oh, we all closed this one.
A case shouldn't
be judged on its outcome,
every little link in the chain
is equally important.
I'm going, folks. Good evening.
- See you tomorrow, Celine.
I am going as well.
- Aren't we going to celebrate then?
Depends if you're buying.
- Yeah, that's works!
There was a moment that
made the difference, like in a western.
Are you coming along?
- No, I'll pass this time, thanks.
Er, no, I have to finish
typing this report.
But have fun. Have one on me.
- OK. Bye!
I think I know what's bothering you.
Do you also think that Paul Duez
confessed too quickly?
No, I'm not sleeping because I'm wondering
why Fanny had a picture of Mael
before they met.
What?
Camille says they knew each other
for two years.
But in this photo Mael
is wearing the yellow belt.
- Yes...
But when we
arrested his father at the dojo,
he had the blue belt.
- Okay...
In karate, the order is yellow, orange,
green, blue, brown, black.
And those children achieve
at most one new belt per year.
And from yellow to orange, green, blue
that's four years.
Why did she have this picture?
She didn't know them then.
Let me see.
Fanny Marini spied on them for 2 years
before she met Camille at yoga?
Exactly. That is the question.
All right, I'm leaving.
- Where are you going?
I do have a life!
- Yes but...
CHLOE BABBLING
Come on, poopie.
Come on. Ahhh!
I'm hungry.
- Let me finish with your sister.
Then we get a burger.
(Come on dou dou!)
Is that your corpse? That vet?
- Yes.
Also dead because her mother didn't feed her?
Thea, come on. First you whine for years
if you can go to bed later...
and now you're whining because
we don't eat until 8:30?
Okay!
Eliott?
That's Loic Ballant.
He held up a gas station, with a gun.
It was in all the papers.
THEA: Eliott!
SUSPECTED ACCOMPLICE
(Fuck. A young woman was involved.)
THEA: This isn't our stop.
ELIOTT: Yes, why're we stopping?
I'll be right back.
Whoa, whoa, what is this?
Why didn't you tell the cops that Fanny
did the armed robbery with you?
I don't know you. Clear off, okay?
She was underage. She'd get
3 years at most. And you seven.
Why didn't you rat on her?
You don't know what you're talking about.
Were you so in love with her?
- Yeahm that's right.
Now go away or I'll smash your teeth.
She was pregnant!
She was pregnant.
I need to build a portfolio,
so I'm doing a friend's flat now.
Indus style with warm organic
materials. Leather, skins.
I love Indus leather.
Indus leather!
- That's a little "cowboy."
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hYeah.\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h"Cowboy?" Know what?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hLet's stop talking
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hand go to yours.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAnd then eat?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAnd then eat?\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOf course.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMORGANE: Phew!
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAnd then eat?\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOf course.
Finally, I'm starving.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWhat are you
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hdoing here?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI know, we're
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\htotally crashing.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWhat for?\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI know, we're
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\htotally crashing.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWho're you?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWell- his wife!
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWho're you?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hDidn't he tell you?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAlvaro-
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hDidn't he tell you?
We've been looking
for him for 3 days.
I've been worried sick!
No, I'm kidding!
So, tell me, how did you meet?
A dating site.
No!
- Alvaro-
Don't expect much. He got so much
anesthetic shot in his ass yesterday,
he won't manage much until tomorrow.
- Alvaro...
Anyway: we crashed something.
Fanny wasn't trying to get close
to Camille, it was Mael.
Okay.
- I looked up Ballant.
She robbed that gas station
with him 12 years ago.
He covered for her.
And you know what?
He folds his hands like this.
Right thumb over left thumb. Like so.
That rarely happens,
70% do it the other way around.
Damn.
- It's hot!
Who eats this ?
- Indians.
For example; you try it.
What?
- Fold your hands.
Morgane-
- Fold them, right now!
Voila! Left thumb over right thumb.
And Loic does it exactly the
other way around-- like that.
Just like Mael.
It's a genetic thing.
So... you're saying that Mael...
Is the biological child of Fanny and Loic.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCan we order more?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWe're dying of hunger.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hYes!
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMORGANE: A little
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hYes!\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hof everything?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMORGANE: A little
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hYeah!\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hof everything?
MORGANE: Sir? Same again?
Plus a beer, please.
Fanny was pregnant
when Loic was arrested.
She was still a minor.
Her parents forced her to give up the child.
She had no choice.
Later she went looking for her son.
And she found him.
That's how she came into your life.
But Fanny hadn't foreseen...
that you'd develop feelings for her.
But it would be impossible
for her to go back.
She couldn't see her son anymore.
So she played the game.
Until you found out the truth.
I don't know what you're talking about.
- Your husband confessed.
He'll get 20 to 30 years in prison.
A high price for a murder he didn't commit.
Can you live with that?
Camille, the perfect man doesn't exist,
but this one loves you.
You know what he did when
we showed him this?
He confessed. Straight away.
To protect you.
When Fanny and Loic
were at the clinic, arguing,
I was there.
I had come to pick up Mael.
He screamed that she had betrayed him.
That he'd wasted his life for her.
I was just about to
intervene when he said...
He said: "How could you
give our child to them?"
Then I understood everything.
Why she wanted to live together so badly.
Her talking about
me as a mother, like
that was the most
beautiful thing there is.
Did you feel betrayed,
manipulated by her?
I always wondered if his biological
mother would be a better mother.
If he would love her more than me.
Whether she had something more than me.
Something...
something I would never have.
I kept thinking it was idiotic
to torture myself like that.
And then I found out it was true.
Do you know what my son said?
He always said that he
wanted to be a veterinarian.
Like her.
CAMILLE: She was going to
take him away from me;
she was going to take him away from me.
I'm sorry.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMaybe we should
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hhave let it go.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hLet an innocent rot
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hin prison, Alvaro?
Welcome to the profession.
One thing I don't understand, Morgane.
How did you get Loic Ballant to
tell you what he knew?
We struck a deal.
A deal.
- Yes, a deal.
What kind of deal?
- I'm not telling you all my tricks.
I heard you like superheroes.
So I found this for you.
Here.
It's the saga of Black Phoenix
and the X-Men.
I read it when I was your age,
I loved it.
Forgive me for
scaring you the other day,
when I argued with Fanny.
Did you like Fanny?
Mmm.
Me too.
Mael, are you coming?
Thanks for the comic book.
See you.
The description
matches, as do the dates.
December 2005.
KNOCKING
CELINE: Come in!
Well? I'm making progress, huh?
- I think so.
Morgane, we need to talk.
Are you firing me already?
- Morgane...
What?
Sit down.
Okay...
In December 2005 a dead young man
was found dead in Dunkirk.
Twenties, brown hair, six feet.
An accidental death.
The autopsy found a ruptured aneurysm.
So?
He was not identified at the time
but the physical description
matches exactly.
I don't understand.
We think it could be Romain.
No.
No.
Oh no.
Fanny, do you hear me?
Squeeze my hand.
Fuck.
MURDER
VETERINARY CLINIC
MORGANE: I've arrived!
I know, I'm late.
- You took your time.
Fanny Marini, 28.
Single, no children;
exotic animal vet; found this
morning by her assistant.
Hi doc. Kisses?
So; she's dead?
"GOLDEN POISON FROG"
Everything points to heart failure.
It seems to be a natural causes.
Except this was on the printer...
Alvaro? Work?
Printed at 8:13 pm,
presumed time of death.
Strange. Why print instead of write?
-It matters?
She had everything here for that.
(Excuse me.)
ADAM: No signs of violence
on the body.
The only weird thing is this:
a red spot here on her palm.
Allergy?
- Nothing confirms that.
GASPS
What is that? Fuck, a marten.
- A marten?
Fuck, I'm allergic to martens.
SNEEZES
Look, he's allergic to martens.
- Martens, ferrets, weasels...
guinea pigs!
SNEEZES
And also hamsters.
Empty.
The poison is in glands in its skin.
GROANS
That's not right!
Drop it!
- Don't panic, it's just a sedative!
Let me explain.
She used the computer instead of a
notepad because of the voice control:
She was paralyzed!
I'm listening.
She couldn't write!
And look, that lock is
because it's dangerous.
It's for breeding frogs, but
she's alone, the male is gone.
Because she was still drying her hands,
I think I know where the male is.
The soap is poisoned!
A Phyllobates terribilis.
One touch and you're done.
Paralysis and cardiac arrest.
Wow!
- You saved the commander's life.
GROANS
How is he?
Enough ketamine to knock out a horse.
He'll be comatose for quite a while.
What?
I'm fine.
Don't force anything, I'm here.
Leave everything to me.
Excuse me, Gilles: can you
give us a moment?
MORGANE: Yes.
- I'd rather that'd gone differently.
I didn't have many choices!
Uh, right, Daphne just sent her address.
I'm going to take a look.
Yeah?
- Can you get him home in one piece?
Yes! I saved him.
I'm not going to kill him.
♪ This is the rhythm of the night ♪
♪ The rhythm of the night ♪
♪ This is the rhythm of the night ♪
MOBILE RINGS
DAPHNE: Commander?
SLURRED Yeah?
Commander?
ADAM MUMBLES
The commander can't answer at the moment,
No, the commander can't answer at the moment,
but I'm listening, tell me.
A friend reported her missing
last night.
The emergency room said she
had to wait 24 hours.
Her name is Camille Duez,
a beautician in Roubaix.
The commander heard!
- I'll send the address.
Thanks!
Where are you taking me?
- The beautician.
MORGANE: How about a manicure?
ADAM: I'm feeling better...
♪
Come on, old man!
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOK!
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hStand still! Hey!
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOK!
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hDon't touch me.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hDon't be ashamed.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hDon't touch me.
Let's go, that's it;
just like a zombie movie.
Come on.
Hold and stay here, okay?
DOORBELL
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHello?\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHi, we're from
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hthe police.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWell, he is.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI'm not at all.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIt's about Mrs Marini.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHas Fanny been found?\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hYes.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIs she okay?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNo, not really.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCan we come in?
You reported her missing?
My son had a karate match last night.
Fanny had promised she would come.
When she didn't come, I was worried.
She would never disappoint him.
She adored my son Mael.
How long have you known each other?
- Two years. We met in yoga class.
We were so much alike.
We clicked. And we became close friends.
I don't know how I'll manage without her.
I can't understand it.
Is your colleague okay?
- Sure, I'm watching him.
Mrs...?
Mrs...?
Duez.
- Mrs. Duez...
...I have a question.
What is this color called?
Okay, all right. A more important question:
Were there people with whom Fanny
wasn't the best of friends?
No, she was sweet. She had no enemies.
Maybe family, a guy?
No, nobody.
She had no time because of the animals.
Her veterinary practice has
a good reputation in the region.
There's my son.
Are you okay, honey?
- I just got your message.
Did daddy explain it to you?
- Did that man from the other day kill her?
Which man?
- A man argued with her recently.
At the clinic.
I'm with her on Wednesdays.
Mael, could you describe that man?
According to the child,
he looked like this or this.
In any case, it's a man.
- He says yes to everything I show him.
Can I try?
Daphne has made hundreds
of them in her career,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hbut if you think you Yes, I'll try.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hyou can do better. Yeah.
How are you?
Are those the Avengers?
You probably know them all.
Even lame ones like Hawkeye.
Hawkeye's not lame.
- If you say so.
Say, that guy who spoke to Fanny.
What kind of hair did he have?
Rather dark, like Tony Stark?
Or rather blond, like Captain America?
Dark, but not neat
like Captain America.
More like Iron Man in the movies.
- Brunette and messy.
Is your car okay? Can I see?
Ha. Ha. Ha.
I have Bonnemain's report.
COUGHS
There was enough poison in the soap
to kill someone 80 kilos in 5 minutes.
So Morgane saved your life?
- Not really.
Maybe I didn't plan to use any soap.
Yeah, sure.
Well, I saw the victim's parents,
they're coming in.
Is that going to work?
- Yes, of course.
I have to tell them that their
only child of 28 has died.
You know what? I'll help you.
So. Come on.
- 'Kay
MORGANE: Did he have a beard like Thor?
Or was he beardless, like Superman?
Superman is not an Avenger.
- That's true.
Then no beard like Loki.
In between.
Stubble.
I'm very sorry about your daughter.
I don't understand why
you had us come all this way.
You tell your colleague
we haven't seen her for a long time.
Thierry...
- It's true, isn't it?
Eight years with no news of her.
You know, her death doesn't change
anything for us.
Why did she cut off contact?
It happened during her studies.
We weren't good enough for her.
MORGANE: "Ta-da"!
CELINE: Morgane,
you really have to knock.
I knew it.
ADAM: What?
She just kept up the bullshit.
ADAM: Morgane, give me that a second.
Do you know this man?
Yes, his name's Loic Ballant.
- Are you sure?
Yes, Loic Ballant.
She dated him when she was 16.
He was five years older.
He was already involved
in a lot of stuff.
We did everything we could to prevent
her seeing him, but it didn't help.
What was he involved in?
He held up a gas station, with a gun.
It was in all the papers.
You understand how the neighbors reacted.
- I take it he got jail time?
He got 15 years.
But with a reduced sentence
he was released a month ago.
A month ago?
- Yes.
Well, Loic Ballant.
Four drug trafficking convictions,
two for assault, one for armed robbery.
And all before you turn 25.
Not bad, Loic.
- Do you want the rights to my biography?
No, it's not worth anything.
Tell me about Fanny.
She was murdered yesterday.
- What's it to me?
You're not very affected by the news.
You went to her the
day before yesterday. Why?
Simple. A courtesy visit.
- Wasn't that polite.
She hated that I forgot her birthday.
I'll tell you what I think.
After 12 years in jail, you wanted
to get back with her.
Only she wasn't that rebellious girl
anymore. She didn't need an ex-con.
She rejected you and you
couldn't have that.
You think like her parents, that she was
an angel. I know what she was really like.
Loic, what was she really like?
Sorry, I don't spit on the dead.
I won't do the CAF's job for them.
Where were you yesterday
between 6 and 8 pm?
Home. Alone.
TSKS
Not a good alibi.
I have an ankle tracking bracelet.
If I leave my house outside
the authorized hours,
I have 25 cops and 3 helos on my roof.
Is that an alibi?
GILLES: Ballant can go outside
between 1 pm and 3 pm
and from 9 pm to 6 in the morning
for his job. He's a bouncer at a nightclub.
And yesterday?
- His anklet says he was home all night.
He couldn't have poisoned Fanny.
- Shame.
That sucks, he was a perfect suspect.
- What about the search of her home?
Nothing. Just a bachelorette apartment.
Check her PC, bills and phone calls;
Use Daphne and Morgane.
Morgane? She had to
leave-- no, I don't know why.
Morgane!
Hi, Mom.
Hi, honey.
- I need to talk to you.
And? Is your new job going well?
- It's all right.
Tell me, do they pay you for that
secretarial training?
Mom, I'm a consultant.
I already told you that.
Oh yes, consultant.
Cookies?
- No thanks.
Well, if you feel useful,
that's what it's about.
What do you mean?
- Nothing! But...
you in the police--
boy, it goes without saying. CHUCKLES
The story is: they came to me.
In return, they're looking for Romain.
Are you on that again?
This has been discovered.
I've had enough!
Leave us alone.
We're leaving. I'm taking Morgane with me
away from here. You'll never see her again.
Do you hear me?
That was just before he disappeared.
What happened?
What happened? I don't know.
You never answered my calls.
I had no news of you for months.
Romain did everything to alienate us.
Stop it, that has nothing to do with him.
Honey, when I heard you were pregnant,
I wanted to see you. I had to be there
for you and your baby, right?
Is that why he was yelling at you?
Because you wanted to see me?
I know it's hard for you, but the simplest
explanation is often the best.
Romain left you.
Men are very good at that, believe me.
Thea, can you help?
I was thinking, Eliott; that Albert
of yours knows quite a lot.
What does he know about Fanny Marini?
- Albert, who is Fanny Marini?
Hello Elliott: Dr Fanny Marini,
veterinary clinic in Lille. Do you
want an appointment?
No, thank you, Albert. Is that everything?
Rephrase your question.
Wait. He doesn't understand you.
Albert, do you have any information?
Peak hours: 4 pm
Average review rating: 2.7/5.
Not really a high mark for such a
dedicated worker. Strange, no?
Who's that, then?
- It's the latest corpse.
Those reviews are really bad.
- Look.
If you sort by date you will see opinions
only 6 months old.
She scored very well before that.
- Well spotted!
No... no.
Ah! ... No!
Yeah, no.
No...
Maybe the lady has something in mind?
- Even better: a photo. Look.
What, did that slut send you?
- No!
No no, I assure you. She was
killed the day before yesterday,
I'm here to find out if it
was you who killed her.
You're insane.
- I'll explain.
One of the reviews is from a "Dark
Lord of Cthulhu," who is furious with her.
'A disgrace to her profession. Better
if she worked in a slaughterhouse.'
LAUGHS
And look at the picture with that avatar.
Isn't that by chance the
shop window of your business?
Tell me, "Dark Lord of Cthulhu":
what did she do to you?
She killed my tarantula.
Clementine, a blue tarantula.
- What a sweetheart. What happened?
I went to Marini because she had
a yeast infection.
But what nonsense. Clementine
didn't survive the exam.
Tarantulas are vulnerable. If you
handle them wrong, they fail.
I went to get her back, but the doctor
said there was a risk of contagion.
She burned her body.
I couldn't even bury her.
- So you got back at her?
Only on the internet, nothing more.
- No more?
I followed her once to scare her.
Yes, Celine?
- Hi. Anything new?
Daphne has sniffed out her bank account
and there's something odd.
She often had sushi delivered to
a high-rise different than her tax address.
I'll take a discreet look.
- Is Morgane with you?
Didn't I say 'discreet'?
Frankly, it's nice to work quietly.
HONK
Hey, 'Julie Lescaut'! Come here!
It's me!
- What are you doing here?
Stakeout. She had another address, look.
That's Clementine, a tarantula
that Fanny killed.
Her owner was disappointed and
followed her to slash her tires.
He saw her go into that flat.
Shall we stake it out together?
- What?
Look, I got beer.
- That's not smart, Morgane.
Apartment 314b.
The concierge will know about it.
Go ahead.
Thank you sir. Morgane, wait there.
I'll secure it first, wait there.
All good, Morgane.
Heeeeyyyy! What?
- She had a stock of animals here.
Hey, I know you!
Hi, Clementine!
Mr. Cthulhu will be happy!
Our dedicated vet trafficked in animals.
They're codes.
Animal, price, delivery date, customer.
Or maybe: Animal, rate,
delivery date, accomplice.
Lots of accomplices then.
I think she worked alone.
She stole more than €30,000
worth of customers' animals.
She said they were dead and sold them.
Those bad reviews
started six months back.
Maybe that's when
she started trafficking.
Because she needed a lot of money.
I think I get it. Those aren't
customers. They're appointments:
LGP: Lille Grand Palais.
WHV: Wasquehal Hotel de Ville.
Metro stations?
But what was the money for?
To buy a house. That's a
real estate thing from Nordic Immo.
There was also a pen like that
in her lab,
Hello, the Nordic Immo Agency.
- Hello, Cmdr. Karadec, Judicial Police.
I need information about a
potential customer, Fanny Marini.
'Fanny' with two Ns,
'Marini' like it's pronounced.
I'll see if I have a file under
'Fanny Marini,' please hold.
Thanks, I'll hold.
One steak, rare, for madam,
and something dark with grain for sir.
With mineral water including straw.
The broker is checking if she is on file.
- Ah!
HOLD MUSIC
HOLD MUSIC
Stop. Oh dear.
CAN HISSING
No; wait; excuse me. No!
It's not all right!\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIt's all right.
Hello? Hello.
Hello?
- I'm here.
- What was she looking for?
That rarity, a beautiful house with garden.
- Did you find her one?
Yes, she had just signed.
An old farmhouse in Bondues.
Half an hour train ride from downtown.
Under €600,000, ready to move in.
That garden did it for her. There
were other offers, but they paid cash.
'They'?
- She and her partner.
According to Camille Duez,
she didn't have a guy.
Was it a couple?
Did she have a husband?
I haven't met him, but yes.
- Thank you. Good day.
At your service!
- Goodbye, sir.
Must you do that?
'That garden did it.'
That's what he said, right?
Yes...
Camellias. Camillias!
- Which camellias? What now?
Fanny's man is a woman!
You weren't quite honest with us.
I didn't immediately realize
what was happening to me.
It didn't go well with Paul, but I had
never felt anything for a woman.
In the beginning I thought
that we just clicked really well.
And one night,
I believe that
it surprised us both.
And you decided to leave
your husband for Fanny?
Not right away, because of Mael. It clicked
well between him and Fanny,
but I didn't want to divorce right away.
And then Fanny got an inheritance.
An aunt had left her everything.
She said we could have a nice house
and pay for a good school for Mael.
That was the sign for me.
What?
- There was no inheritance.
Well-
Fanny lied. She started a scam
trafficking in animals, to buy that house.
Why would she make that up?
She wanted to live with you, if necessary
by lying about everything.
Did your husband know about
your relationship with Fanny?
Um...
Yes, he had searched my texts.
Hello, Mr. Duez.
- Hello.
I want to go over a few things with you.
You knew your wife was in a relationship
with Fanny? Camille wanted to leave you.
She wouldn't have.
- Well, there were signs.
I didn't realize right away
that I could lose her.
At first she was just the yoga friend,
but soon she became more
and more present.
Mr. Duez, have you searched her phone?
Yes, but I didn't do anything.
I must ask you to come with me.
Wait, my son is coming soon,
with all his friends.
Please.
Will you take Mael home?
- Okay, boss.
Thanks, Morgane.
Hey! Hi Mael!
So you're the new Teddy Riner?
I do karate, not judo.
- Yeah, that's true.
But I did get my belt.
- Cool!
Where's Dad?
He had to go, but I had to say
that he is proud of you.
Do you want to see it?
- What?
My belt.
- Of course!
"Ta-da"!
- Hey!
Classy!
- The blue one.
The blue one. A great blue belt. Yeah.
Where were you Tuesday night
between 6 and 8 pm?
KNOCK
Tuesday?
Along the Deule. I was running.
Witnesses?
- I can't remember!
We found some things at your home.
Do you recognize this amphibian guide?
- Fanny gave it to my son.
It's not mine.
It's the same frog that gave Fanny
cardiac arrest at her practice.
Pretty coincidental, right? We got
everyone combing for DNA.
If you confess now, it could matter
at your trial.
Well, it was worth a try.
I wanted to save my marriage.
I was going to lose everything.
My wife, my son.
And then I thought to myself
that it would be better if she was gone?
Yes.
My friends, that was the prosecutor.
Paul Duez will be charged
tomorrow. Good job.
You should especially congratulate Gilles.
- Oh, we all closed this one.
A case shouldn't
be judged on its outcome,
every little link in the chain
is equally important.
I'm going, folks. Good evening.
- See you tomorrow, Celine.
I am going as well.
- Aren't we going to celebrate then?
Depends if you're buying.
- Yeah, that's works!
There was a moment that
made the difference, like in a western.
Are you coming along?
- No, I'll pass this time, thanks.
Er, no, I have to finish
typing this report.
But have fun. Have one on me.
- OK. Bye!
I think I know what's bothering you.
Do you also think that Paul Duez
confessed too quickly?
No, I'm not sleeping because I'm wondering
why Fanny had a picture of Mael
before they met.
What?
Camille says they knew each other
for two years.
But in this photo Mael
is wearing the yellow belt.
- Yes...
But when we
arrested his father at the dojo,
he had the blue belt.
- Okay...
In karate, the order is yellow, orange,
green, blue, brown, black.
And those children achieve
at most one new belt per year.
And from yellow to orange, green, blue
that's four years.
Why did she have this picture?
She didn't know them then.
Let me see.
Fanny Marini spied on them for 2 years
before she met Camille at yoga?
Exactly. That is the question.
All right, I'm leaving.
- Where are you going?
I do have a life!
- Yes but...
CHLOE BABBLING
Come on, poopie.
Come on. Ahhh!
I'm hungry.
- Let me finish with your sister.
Then we get a burger.
(Come on dou dou!)
Is that your corpse? That vet?
- Yes.
Also dead because her mother didn't feed her?
Thea, come on. First you whine for years
if you can go to bed later...
and now you're whining because
we don't eat until 8:30?
Okay!
Eliott?
That's Loic Ballant.
He held up a gas station, with a gun.
It was in all the papers.
THEA: Eliott!
SUSPECTED ACCOMPLICE
(Fuck. A young woman was involved.)
THEA: This isn't our stop.
ELIOTT: Yes, why're we stopping?
I'll be right back.
Whoa, whoa, what is this?
Why didn't you tell the cops that Fanny
did the armed robbery with you?
I don't know you. Clear off, okay?
She was underage. She'd get
3 years at most. And you seven.
Why didn't you rat on her?
You don't know what you're talking about.
Were you so in love with her?
- Yeahm that's right.
Now go away or I'll smash your teeth.
She was pregnant!
She was pregnant.
I need to build a portfolio,
so I'm doing a friend's flat now.
Indus style with warm organic
materials. Leather, skins.
I love Indus leather.
Indus leather!
- That's a little "cowboy."
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hYeah.\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h"Cowboy?" Know what?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hLet's stop talking
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hand go to yours.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAnd then eat?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAnd then eat?\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOf course.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMORGANE: Phew!
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAnd then eat?\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOf course.
Finally, I'm starving.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWhat are you
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hdoing here?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI know, we're
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\htotally crashing.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWhat for?\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI know, we're
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\htotally crashing.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWho're you?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWell- his wife!
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWho're you?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hDidn't he tell you?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAlvaro-
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hDidn't he tell you?
We've been looking
for him for 3 days.
I've been worried sick!
No, I'm kidding!
So, tell me, how did you meet?
A dating site.
No!
- Alvaro-
Don't expect much. He got so much
anesthetic shot in his ass yesterday,
he won't manage much until tomorrow.
- Alvaro...
Anyway: we crashed something.
Fanny wasn't trying to get close
to Camille, it was Mael.
Okay.
- I looked up Ballant.
She robbed that gas station
with him 12 years ago.
He covered for her.
And you know what?
He folds his hands like this.
Right thumb over left thumb. Like so.
That rarely happens,
70% do it the other way around.
Damn.
- It's hot!
Who eats this ?
- Indians.
For example; you try it.
What?
- Fold your hands.
Morgane-
- Fold them, right now!
Voila! Left thumb over right thumb.
And Loic does it exactly the
other way around-- like that.
Just like Mael.
It's a genetic thing.
So... you're saying that Mael...
Is the biological child of Fanny and Loic.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCan we order more?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWe're dying of hunger.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hYes!
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMORGANE: A little
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hYes!\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hof everything?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMORGANE: A little
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hYeah!\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hof everything?
MORGANE: Sir? Same again?
Plus a beer, please.
Fanny was pregnant
when Loic was arrested.
She was still a minor.
Her parents forced her to give up the child.
She had no choice.
Later she went looking for her son.
And she found him.
That's how she came into your life.
But Fanny hadn't foreseen...
that you'd develop feelings for her.
But it would be impossible
for her to go back.
She couldn't see her son anymore.
So she played the game.
Until you found out the truth.
I don't know what you're talking about.
- Your husband confessed.
He'll get 20 to 30 years in prison.
A high price for a murder he didn't commit.
Can you live with that?
Camille, the perfect man doesn't exist,
but this one loves you.
You know what he did when
we showed him this?
He confessed. Straight away.
To protect you.
When Fanny and Loic
were at the clinic, arguing,
I was there.
I had come to pick up Mael.
He screamed that she had betrayed him.
That he'd wasted his life for her.
I was just about to
intervene when he said...
He said: "How could you
give our child to them?"
Then I understood everything.
Why she wanted to live together so badly.
Her talking about
me as a mother, like
that was the most
beautiful thing there is.
Did you feel betrayed,
manipulated by her?
I always wondered if his biological
mother would be a better mother.
If he would love her more than me.
Whether she had something more than me.
Something...
something I would never have.
I kept thinking it was idiotic
to torture myself like that.
And then I found out it was true.
Do you know what my son said?
He always said that he
wanted to be a veterinarian.
Like her.
CAMILLE: She was going to
take him away from me;
she was going to take him away from me.
I'm sorry.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMaybe we should
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hhave let it go.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hLet an innocent rot
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hin prison, Alvaro?
Welcome to the profession.
One thing I don't understand, Morgane.
How did you get Loic Ballant to
tell you what he knew?
We struck a deal.
A deal.
- Yes, a deal.
What kind of deal?
- I'm not telling you all my tricks.
I heard you like superheroes.
So I found this for you.
Here.
It's the saga of Black Phoenix
and the X-Men.
I read it when I was your age,
I loved it.
Forgive me for
scaring you the other day,
when I argued with Fanny.
Did you like Fanny?
Mmm.
Me too.
Mael, are you coming?
Thanks for the comic book.
See you.
The description
matches, as do the dates.
December 2005.
KNOCKING
CELINE: Come in!
Well? I'm making progress, huh?
- I think so.
Morgane, we need to talk.
Are you firing me already?
- Morgane...
What?
Sit down.
Okay...
In December 2005 a dead young man
was found dead in Dunkirk.
Twenties, brown hair, six feet.
An accidental death.
The autopsy found a ruptured aneurysm.
So?
He was not identified at the time
but the physical description
matches exactly.
I don't understand.
We think it could be Romain.
No.
No.