PMTA (2018–…): Season 1, Episode 10 - Episode #1.10 - full transcript
In the case before me
it has been proven,
beyond a shadow of a doubt,
that the defendant Eliyahu Morduch
formed and ran a criminal organization.
I therefore sentence him
to 15 years in prison.
Dad, what's that?
Why's your name written there?
That motherfucker. I'll end him.
That's just what he wants,
to drive you crazy.
Just report
Why did you file the complaint?
You se.
Who put you up to it, Morduch?
Kobi, tell the girls to come down.
What's wrong, Orit?
You issued a restraining order against me?
Kobi, don't start. Let me go.
Talk to my lawyer.
-What's wrong with you?
You really believe I was arrested for rape?
It's Morduch, he's trying to get back at me.
I'm thinking of you, Marcella.
We'll meet again, you and I.
Of all the women I had,
she's the only one I miss.
My client has a close friend, a prosecutor,
who is willing to vouch for him
in her apartment in Tel Aviv.
You know, that day in the club...
I was so scared when I saw you on the floor.
I've never been that scared.
it's done.
Yaakov Vaknin?
You're suspected of automotive arson
at a police facility.
I'm wearing an ankle bracelet.
How can I be suspected of arson?
Don't know how,
but now you're coming with us.
An embarrassment to the police.
Following the arson of a car
belonging to Eliyahu Morduch,
head of the Jerusalem crime syndicate,
inside the police facility
In this hearing, inmate Morduch
is seeking a restraining order
against police officer
Chief Inspector Yaakov Vaknin,
the investigator who led to his conviction.
Hi. How are you Shimshon?
Where's Eini?
I have no idea. He hasn't arrived yet.
All rise!
The honorable judge Elazar presiding.
Good morning.
while the reporters and photographers
and Mr. Kimchi leave the courtroom,
please enter into the record
who will be representing whom.
Your Honor, advocate Cohen
representing Chief Inspector Yaakov Vaknin.
Chief Inpsector Vaknin,
you're here again.
But on the wrong side this time.
Who represents Eliyahu Morduch?
I don't see a representative name
on this petition.
Me, Your Honor.
Would you like us to wait for advocate Eini?
I can't afford Eini anymore. I'm broke.
Sir, you may appear before me,
but not as a comedy act.
My apologies, Your Honor.
Idiot.
So am I to understand
you're requesting legal aid?
A public defender?
-No, heaven forbid.
I'll represent myself.
Excuse me, Your Honor. I request
that you do not allow this.
Advocate Cohen, sit down.
This is none of your business.
Mr. Morduch, I encourage you
to seek legal counsel.
Your request is very unorthodox.
Excuse me, Your Honor.
Is it orthodox to burn my car
inside a police facility?
Is it orthodox for an officer
to come and beat the crap out of me?
I need protection. I'm hounded by the police.
That's an interesting claim,
coming from an inmate.
How does the State respond, Mr. Gonen?
Sir, this is a complex situation
in which an inmate is seeking
a restraining order against an officer.
Do you have a suspect
in this arson, Mr. Gonen?
We have several conjectures
all pointing to the fact
that only Mr. Morduch stands to benefit
from the arson of his own car.
Conjecture is all well and good,
but I prefer evidence.
Do you have any evidence showing
that Mr. Morduch burned his own car?
As I said, sir, this investigation
is still in its early stages.
What I can say
is that according to the police system,
the facility was accessed
using Mr. Vaknin's identification data.
What?
What?
-Nonsense, he's under house arrest.
Quiet down!
I want to clarify
that we have no filmed footage
of Mr. Vaknin entering the facility.
But the computer doesn't lie.
Someone used Mr. Vaknin's personal ID card.
Your Honor, it's obvious someone
is setting a trap for my client.
Chief Inspector Vaknin is under house arrest
and wears an ankle bracelet showing exactly
where he was during the arson.
What is even more evident
is that Mr. Morduch is attempting
to frame my client
through harassment and threats
which were put into effect
from the moment he began
serving his sentence.
And I thought this would be a short hearing.
Mr. Morduch.
-Yes, Your Honor.
Did you’hear that?
You're accused of trying to frame a cop.
I ask you again to accept legal counsel.
Your request doesn't hold water.
Your Honor, I already told you.
I represent myself.
Fine.
You can lead a horse to water
but getting it to drink
is impossible.
A blow to the fight against organized crime.
Eliyahu Morduch was released
from custody today
after the court ruled
it was impossible to link
and the death of teenager Or Shimony
of overdose last week.
Eliyahu Morduch, how do you respond
to the court's decision?
First of all, I want to send my condolences
to the boy's family.
for what you're going through.
I'm also proud to have cleared my name
and that the judge ruled
I had nothing to do with it.
I grew up in a neighborhood like that,
so I know...
Piece of trash.
Look at him. He's loving this
Son of a bitch. We have to nail him.
what's up, ugly face? Where are you?
I'm good, man. Listen.
Yeah
The Ferrari from Japan will arrive next week.
I got you 12.
12? We said 20.
I can't do 20, man.
Remember what I told you about the omelette?
Forget about the omelette!
Fine. Let me see where I can
get you more Ferraris.
Do you think I'm stupid?
Are you fucking me over for Vitali?
He's careful, that fucker.
It won't hold up in court.
But it's obviously code.
Who moves from Ferrari to omelettes?
It's subject to interpretation.
The guy knows we're onto him.
He'll never give us anything.
Everyone makes mistakes.
Not him.
I want to go in.
Where?
I want to go inside.
Are you kidding, Marcelle?
Did you lose your mind?
No way.
-Why not?
Why? He already exposed
two undercovers, that's why.
Fine, I'm not undercover. He knows who I am.
Marcelle, Toledano would never approve it.
Toledano won't know.
Enough, Marcelle.
Kobi, no one knows that organization
better than us. No one.
I know what I need to get out of him.
Trust me, I can do it.
Kobi.
Drama at court.
A syndicate head has never
represented himself in this way,
except for Amir Molnar
who managed to obtain...
What's up?
Where are you?
The district court in Jerusalem.
I thought this would go faster,
but I need to stay.
Who's presiding?
Elazar.
Oh, boy.
I heard he was arrested at home,
handcuffs and all. Unpleasant.
Do you need me to come down there?
I've got it. Just do me a favor,
take care of the covert arrest warrant
for Meir Khalfon.
Don't let him get away.
-I'll take care of it.
Anything else Marcelle?
No. Bye
So you're eavesdropping now?
-Of course not.
I just wanted to thank you.
-What for?
The email you sent me.
The Kinor David info.
I never sent you an email.
I don't know what you mean.
It's a shame you won't commit
to our relationship.
Relationship?
We have a relationship?
Look, Nahmias' suspension
worked in your favor.
You can't deny that.
What do you want, Shira?
I'm just offering you a chance
to stop pretending.
Cooperate,
and I promise you
we can reach an agreement
that will benefit us both.
Are you recording me?
-I told you I wasn't.
Of course not, why would I?
-So what's that? -Hey!
How dare you.
Sir, I don't understand this procedure
It's as clear as day
who's the officer here,
and who's the criminal.
The person who burned my car
and beat me up isn't a criminal?
Mr. Morduch,
just because you represent yourself
doesn't mean you can speak out of turn.
Your Honor, my client is documented
by his ankle bracelet 24 hours a day.
He is under the supervision of a prosecutor.
Yes. They're all against me.
It was an armored car, Your Honor.
He set fire to 1.5 million shekels.
Is anyone buying into your act?
What's wrong with you?
Your Honor,
this man is a criminal,
a drug dealer, a murderer.
He's got the entire Jerusalem district
peeing their pants.
You and your girlfriend set me up.
-How can you let this thing be?
You're the true crime syndicate.
-Why do you let it talk back,
stand in court?
-The police and the DA's office.
I ask you to stop this circus.
Quiet down!
Do I need to order security
to escort you out?
Morduch!
I can hold this hearing without you.
You are asking to reopen judicial rulings
previously made by President Kahan.
And then you accuse each other
of persecution?
Be my guest.
But neither side will benefit.
Excuse me, Your Honor.
If dear Mr. Morduch
would like to appeal his sentence,
he is welcome to do so.
But what right do you have, sir, to reexamine
Judge Kahan's decisions?
I don't like your tone, Mr. Cohen. Sit down.
Sit down, Cohen.
Eliyahu Morduch,
you may represent yourself.
Good luck to all of us.
We have detainees waiting since last night.
You'll leave and come back in 30 minutes.
30-minute recess, please.
This is dangerous.
I've never seen such a mess.
There's no telling how it'll go.
Let's ask to disqualify the judge.
On what grounds? That we don't like it?
What's up, Nati?
I know you're in a hearing,
but I wanted to update you
that Khalfon's flight was delayed.
What do you mean?
Is there a layover?
We can't let him get away.
No, they're not landing.
It's delayed due to the weather.
Have you checked who else is on the flight?
I did. Nobody relevant.
What about the warrant?
We have everything.
Covert warrant, gag order.
The judge even signed it by hand
rather than enter it into the computer.
Your Rooster friend did good.
Yeah, I don't know what happened.
He became human.
You want to come to the airport with me?
No, I don't know when I'll be done here.
Listen, Nati, do me a favor.
Make sure this doesn't leak.
Don't worry, babe. I've got this.
Bye.
Hey, baby. How was work?
Fine. How are you?
Vicki needs another 20,000.
What for?
-The hall.
Can't he ask his parents for that?
-They already gave their share.
We're here with Eliyahu Morduch
at a new nightclub...
Marcelle, baby, are you hungry?
-No.
Eliyahu, where did you get the idea?
Look, the hospitality business
runs in my family. So it came naturally.
Also, I felt I wanted to give back to my city.
I want to open a classy place
for Jerusalem clubbers,
who deserve to party
at international standards.
And how do you respond to all those who claim
that it will become a meeting place
for criminals?
It's still legal to be happy in this country,
isn't it?
Even so, your name was previously linked
with drugs and underworld disputes.
Are you at all worried
someone might sabotage this happiness?
You know, I don't think there's
an underworld or an upper one.
For me’there's only one thing up above.
Apart from Him, I'm not afraid of anything.
Eliyahu Morduch is familiar to us
from the press.
Here are a few things
he would prefer you didn't remember...
Did you see the news?
The news report on Morduch.
Morduch himself was never convicted.
I invite everyone
to come and see for themselves
the wonderful club we built for you.
It drives me crazy, because it's all a lie.
I don't even know why they needed
to arrest him in the first place. I...
An officer who assaulted an inmate?
Who threatened him?
Who's faced multiple complaints of violence?
Kobi is not a criminal.
He never set fire to any car.
Marcelle, can I be honest with you?
This house arrest decision
was rash and misguided.
You are being criticized from all sides.
You didn't need it.
What was I supposed to do?
It's my friend,
my partner who risked his life for me.
Was I supposed to desert him?
You really think Kobi is some innocent lamb
in all of this?
Can you vouch for his actions?
Every hour of every day?
Are you that convinced he's innocent?
That's why legal proceedings exist.
Yet you've already acquitted him.
What's happening in there
isn't a legal proceeding.
It's a circus,
and it's happening in your courthouse!
Someone might think you're trying
to influence the President to intervene.
Not at all.
But judge Elazar is ignoring procedure.
It's hurting the due process.
You're criticizing others
for not playing by the rules?
This pot needs to look at itself
before it calls the kettle black.
You know Morduch.
You know how manipulative he can be.
He'll get Elazar to reexamine your ruling.
Isn't that a shame?
That's for judge Elazar to decide.
He's the judge, not you.
Marcelle.
Marcelle,
where are you going?
I have a work meeting.
I can't talk about it.
With your brains you could've been a teacher,
an accountant.
Instea of hanging around
with criminals and drug addicts.
police officer with a law degree.
Isn't that respectable enough for you?
But what good is that if you end up
walking the streets at night
like some... I don't know what.
Your Honor, Chief Inspector Kobi Vaknin
is a regular man,
an excellent police officer and a family man.
He is being deliberately harassed.
Then why is he under house arrest?
And why has his wife
issued a restraining order?
Why was a sexual assault complaint
filed with Internal Affairs?
Is that a regular man, Your Honor?
Your Honor, that's all his doing.
He's got me mixed up in false charges.
Kobi, enough!
Apologies, Your Honor. My client is upset
because he is indeed being persecuted.
The criminal Morduch is doing
everything he can to terrorize my client
an get him into deeper and deeper trouble.
There are plenty of examples
from the last month alone.
do you understand, Your Honor?
I'm the one in jail,
but from inside I've managed
to both burn cars
and harass cops.
What can I say, Your Honor?
Apparently I'm Superman.
Is it true, Mr. Morduch?
Your Honor, I ask this honorable court
to allow me to question...
the prosecutor of the detention alternative.
-What?
What?
-Absolutely not!
This is unthinkable.
Mr. Morduch.
-Yes, Your Honor?
The house arrest belongs
in an entirely different legal proceeding.
We are here to discuss your petition
to keep officer Vaknin away from you.
How is Advocate Ben David
related to the matter?
Let me question her and I'll show you
they've conspired against me.
Like that police gang from Nahariya.
Get out.
-That's them. -Get out.
I'll show you if you only
let me question the lady,
advocate Marcelle Ben David.
A ruling.
Advocate Ben David
will take the witness stand.
Excuse me, we object, Your Honor.
The petitioner continues
to make a mockery of the legal process.
There's no connection
between advocate Marcelle Ben David
and the restraining order.
If I remember correctly, Mr. Cohen,
you don't represent advocate Ben David.
What cause do you have to object?
I'm glad Your Honor finally remembered
the existence of due process.
Advocate Cohen,
I'm the judge and this is my courtroom.
I don't owe you an explanation.
You will now pay 1,500 shekels to the court
for personal expenses over this insolence.
And next time you make a comment
along these lines,
you will be permanently removed
from my courtroom!
Do you understand?
Yes, Your Honor.
When I was younger we used to come here
just after we got our license.
We'd light a bonfire,
jump into the water.
We used to sleep in that grove over there.
Did you bring girls here?
Sometimes.
You're not afraid, are you?
How come?
Don't know.
My father says...
I'm so smart, it's made me stupid.
He says it because you're cheeky.
So what are you going to do with me here,
in the middle of nowhere?
Take me down?
I was thinking I'd make you
some babies instead.
Can I talk business for a moment?
Actually, Marcella,
I don't want to.
What don't you want?
To talk business.
I want us to keep pretending
that we met at some party,
that we're just like any man and woman
out on a date.
I think you're special.
And I don't believe
in all this dating crap, either.
At all
So you tell me what we're doing here.
I need money.
Money?
How much?
100,000 dollars in cash.
Fine, you'll get it.
What I know is worth a lot more.
You know, when it comes to intel,
I've got it covered.
I know what I need to.
I know your dad got screwed over
by social security.
I know you owe money
for your sister Vicki's wedding.
Was that the story you wanted
to sell me? That you need money
to help your family,
your poor disabled father?
I'm not here to sell you any stories.
Marcella, don't make me out to be a fool,
okay?
As far as I know,
a police helicopter is on its way here now.
Where?
What the hell are you talking about?
I'm trying to...
Quiet! Quiet!
Advocate Cohen,
please.
We will let Mr. Morduch
finish his statement, please.
Thank you, Your Honor. Trully
Your Honor, I...
I don't mean to pester.
I'm looking for justice.
I will prove to you that what we have here
is a love triangle and a personal vendetta.
What love triangle, you piece of trash?
Don't talk about her. -Trash?
Don't talk about her.
-Yeah? Or what? -Mr. Vaknin,
Mr Vaknin.
-You loser.
Mr. Vaknin!
-Don't talk about her. -Mr. Vaknin,
I'm warning you.
Despite the emotions this has stirred,
I will allow the petitioner Eliyahu Morduch
to question advocate Ben David
Thank you, Your Honor.
Advocate Ben David,
please take the witness stand.
I'm telling you, Kobi. Tonight's the night.
No way, Marcelle. He's tricking you.
Again? This isn't a trick.
Ever sise I told him
about the raid on the containers
he stopped shutting me out.
There are going to kilos there tonight.
Maybe more^
We need to get Toledano involved.
We need to get more teams, Marcelle.
This isn't just an arrest.
If this goes out to the teams
we'll be exposed, Kobi.
The guy knows everything.
He's got people everywhere.
Let me document the deal
and I'll take it to the judge. -No.
No way, Marcelle. It'll put you
and the investigation at risk.
Since when are you such a coward, hmm?
Has Orit brought you down this much?
got nothing to do with that!
I don't want the responsibility.
We can take it to Toledano if you want.
Toledano again? I need evidence.
If we catch him with 15 kilos,
that's evidence.
Don't you see the man is a genius?
He's a genius. A phenomenon.
He's always ten steps ahead.
-Yeah, come on.
Praise him some more. You want to..
He's done great work with you.
-What?
You've been in there for three months,
now you can't stop admiring him.
Do you even want to catch him?
Come on, Marcelle. Marcelle...
Hi, you've reached Marcelle. Leave a message.
Hi, Kobi.
-Toledano,
sorry for calling so late.
-What is it, Kobi? What's wrong?
We have intel about a deal
Morduch is about to make.
Something like 20 kilos.
Ms. Marcelle Ben David.
Can you please describe your day to us?
I don't understand the question.
Are you single? Do you live alone?
Are you at work most of the day?
Yes.
What do you do first thing in the morning?
Have coffee? Take a shower?
I go to work.
-Nice.
When do you get back?
In the evening?
-Your Honor, why is this relevant?
You will explain your meaning, sir.
Your Honor, I'm trying to ascertain
whether the lady is fit to serve
as a detention alternative.
When are you even home
to watch the detainee
who is under house arrest in your home?
Judge Elazar himself approved
the detention alternative.
I think he knows what he's doing.
You Honor, I beg you to stop this fa
Advocate Cohen, did I allow this examination?
Then I must think it's relevant.
Do you have a boyfriend?
Partner? Male or female?
No.
What about one-night stands?
Your Honor, I don't see the relevance.
It's relevant because I'm trying to ascertain
whether she's involved with C.l. Vaknin.
Are you romantically involved?
No.
I think you are.
And that's why he's staying with you.
-He's not staying with me,
he's under house arrest.
But you're fucking him!
-Your Honor!
Cohen!
-Excuse me. -Your Honor!
Mr. Morduch,
watch your mouth.
Do you have a question for her?
Ms. advocate Marcelle Ben David.
Do you now or have you ever
had sexual or romantic relations
with Chief Inspector Vaknin?
No.
And I repeat, I vouched for him
and he is under house arrest in my home.
Just a moment. We have an honored guest here.
Mr. President.
-Please, I'm just a guest in your courtroom.
This guy sent me away for 15 years.
What's he doing here?
Mr. Morduch,
this is still my courtroom,
and that's the President.
You will show respect.
Get back to the witness.
You only have a few more minutes.
Okay, Your Honor. I won't embarrass you
in front of the boss.
Mr. Morduch, don't disrespect me!
This is your final warning.
Get back to questioning the witness.
You know,
as long as the honorable President is here,
and seeing as he's so familiar with my case,
maybe we can just talk about
what happened back then.
Tell me, how many years
were you and Kobi on my tail?
Since 2015.
And what was your role?
Police detective and later prosecutor.
Did you at any time go undercover?
Not exactly.
That's not what you told me.
I said what I needed to say
to a dangerous, drug-dealing criminal
in order to put him in jail.
Tell me
is it possible
that you single-handedly decided,
together with your friend Kobi,
to plant yourself
in my so-called "organization"
simply to frame me?
I will not tell a crimina
about the investigation
that led to his conviction.
An investigation even your boss, Toledano,
was not aware of.
Your Honor,
I don't understand this circus.
Stop this! Why is this relevant?
I'll tell you why it's relevant.
Because you supposedly came
to investigate me,
but the things that happened between us...
Only you and I know about them, right?
And that drove your friend Kobi insane,
because he loves you but knows your heart
belongs to me.
-Come on, stop this already!
Stop this already!
Why are you still letting him talk?
I truly don't understand
how you can still allow this disgrace
in your courtroom.
I will petition for your disqualification.
Quiet!
I will remove you all from the courtroom.
Mr. Morduch, final question.
I want you to answer me,
in front of all the honorable people
in this room.
is it true we had an affair?
Is it true we slept together?
Ambulance! Quickly!
Answer me! Is it true?
it's true.
Just so you know,
I truly loved you.
Mr. Morduch,
please return to your seat.
I allowed you to question advocate Ben David.
But other than cheap gossip
and personal motivations,
I found not evidence
of threats or persecution.
I am denying your request
for a restraining order.
Chief Inspector Vaknin
will return to house arrest.
it has been proven,
beyond a shadow of a doubt,
that the defendant Eliyahu Morduch
formed and ran a criminal organization.
I therefore sentence him
to 15 years in prison.
Dad, what's that?
Why's your name written there?
That motherfucker. I'll end him.
That's just what he wants,
to drive you crazy.
Just report
Why did you file the complaint?
You se.
Who put you up to it, Morduch?
Kobi, tell the girls to come down.
What's wrong, Orit?
You issued a restraining order against me?
Kobi, don't start. Let me go.
Talk to my lawyer.
-What's wrong with you?
You really believe I was arrested for rape?
It's Morduch, he's trying to get back at me.
I'm thinking of you, Marcella.
We'll meet again, you and I.
Of all the women I had,
she's the only one I miss.
My client has a close friend, a prosecutor,
who is willing to vouch for him
in her apartment in Tel Aviv.
You know, that day in the club...
I was so scared when I saw you on the floor.
I've never been that scared.
it's done.
Yaakov Vaknin?
You're suspected of automotive arson
at a police facility.
I'm wearing an ankle bracelet.
How can I be suspected of arson?
Don't know how,
but now you're coming with us.
An embarrassment to the police.
Following the arson of a car
belonging to Eliyahu Morduch,
head of the Jerusalem crime syndicate,
inside the police facility
In this hearing, inmate Morduch
is seeking a restraining order
against police officer
Chief Inspector Yaakov Vaknin,
the investigator who led to his conviction.
Hi. How are you Shimshon?
Where's Eini?
I have no idea. He hasn't arrived yet.
All rise!
The honorable judge Elazar presiding.
Good morning.
while the reporters and photographers
and Mr. Kimchi leave the courtroom,
please enter into the record
who will be representing whom.
Your Honor, advocate Cohen
representing Chief Inspector Yaakov Vaknin.
Chief Inpsector Vaknin,
you're here again.
But on the wrong side this time.
Who represents Eliyahu Morduch?
I don't see a representative name
on this petition.
Me, Your Honor.
Would you like us to wait for advocate Eini?
I can't afford Eini anymore. I'm broke.
Sir, you may appear before me,
but not as a comedy act.
My apologies, Your Honor.
Idiot.
So am I to understand
you're requesting legal aid?
A public defender?
-No, heaven forbid.
I'll represent myself.
Excuse me, Your Honor. I request
that you do not allow this.
Advocate Cohen, sit down.
This is none of your business.
Mr. Morduch, I encourage you
to seek legal counsel.
Your request is very unorthodox.
Excuse me, Your Honor.
Is it orthodox to burn my car
inside a police facility?
Is it orthodox for an officer
to come and beat the crap out of me?
I need protection. I'm hounded by the police.
That's an interesting claim,
coming from an inmate.
How does the State respond, Mr. Gonen?
Sir, this is a complex situation
in which an inmate is seeking
a restraining order against an officer.
Do you have a suspect
in this arson, Mr. Gonen?
We have several conjectures
all pointing to the fact
that only Mr. Morduch stands to benefit
from the arson of his own car.
Conjecture is all well and good,
but I prefer evidence.
Do you have any evidence showing
that Mr. Morduch burned his own car?
As I said, sir, this investigation
is still in its early stages.
What I can say
is that according to the police system,
the facility was accessed
using Mr. Vaknin's identification data.
What?
What?
-Nonsense, he's under house arrest.
Quiet down!
I want to clarify
that we have no filmed footage
of Mr. Vaknin entering the facility.
But the computer doesn't lie.
Someone used Mr. Vaknin's personal ID card.
Your Honor, it's obvious someone
is setting a trap for my client.
Chief Inspector Vaknin is under house arrest
and wears an ankle bracelet showing exactly
where he was during the arson.
What is even more evident
is that Mr. Morduch is attempting
to frame my client
through harassment and threats
which were put into effect
from the moment he began
serving his sentence.
And I thought this would be a short hearing.
Mr. Morduch.
-Yes, Your Honor.
Did you’hear that?
You're accused of trying to frame a cop.
I ask you again to accept legal counsel.
Your request doesn't hold water.
Your Honor, I already told you.
I represent myself.
Fine.
You can lead a horse to water
but getting it to drink
is impossible.
A blow to the fight against organized crime.
Eliyahu Morduch was released
from custody today
after the court ruled
it was impossible to link
and the death of teenager Or Shimony
of overdose last week.
Eliyahu Morduch, how do you respond
to the court's decision?
First of all, I want to send my condolences
to the boy's family.
for what you're going through.
I'm also proud to have cleared my name
and that the judge ruled
I had nothing to do with it.
I grew up in a neighborhood like that,
so I know...
Piece of trash.
Look at him. He's loving this
Son of a bitch. We have to nail him.
what's up, ugly face? Where are you?
I'm good, man. Listen.
Yeah
The Ferrari from Japan will arrive next week.
I got you 12.
12? We said 20.
I can't do 20, man.
Remember what I told you about the omelette?
Forget about the omelette!
Fine. Let me see where I can
get you more Ferraris.
Do you think I'm stupid?
Are you fucking me over for Vitali?
He's careful, that fucker.
It won't hold up in court.
But it's obviously code.
Who moves from Ferrari to omelettes?
It's subject to interpretation.
The guy knows we're onto him.
He'll never give us anything.
Everyone makes mistakes.
Not him.
I want to go in.
Where?
I want to go inside.
Are you kidding, Marcelle?
Did you lose your mind?
No way.
-Why not?
Why? He already exposed
two undercovers, that's why.
Fine, I'm not undercover. He knows who I am.
Marcelle, Toledano would never approve it.
Toledano won't know.
Enough, Marcelle.
Kobi, no one knows that organization
better than us. No one.
I know what I need to get out of him.
Trust me, I can do it.
Kobi.
Drama at court.
A syndicate head has never
represented himself in this way,
except for Amir Molnar
who managed to obtain...
What's up?
Where are you?
The district court in Jerusalem.
I thought this would go faster,
but I need to stay.
Who's presiding?
Elazar.
Oh, boy.
I heard he was arrested at home,
handcuffs and all. Unpleasant.
Do you need me to come down there?
I've got it. Just do me a favor,
take care of the covert arrest warrant
for Meir Khalfon.
Don't let him get away.
-I'll take care of it.
Anything else Marcelle?
No. Bye
So you're eavesdropping now?
-Of course not.
I just wanted to thank you.
-What for?
The email you sent me.
The Kinor David info.
I never sent you an email.
I don't know what you mean.
It's a shame you won't commit
to our relationship.
Relationship?
We have a relationship?
Look, Nahmias' suspension
worked in your favor.
You can't deny that.
What do you want, Shira?
I'm just offering you a chance
to stop pretending.
Cooperate,
and I promise you
we can reach an agreement
that will benefit us both.
Are you recording me?
-I told you I wasn't.
Of course not, why would I?
-So what's that? -Hey!
How dare you.
Sir, I don't understand this procedure
It's as clear as day
who's the officer here,
and who's the criminal.
The person who burned my car
and beat me up isn't a criminal?
Mr. Morduch,
just because you represent yourself
doesn't mean you can speak out of turn.
Your Honor, my client is documented
by his ankle bracelet 24 hours a day.
He is under the supervision of a prosecutor.
Yes. They're all against me.
It was an armored car, Your Honor.
He set fire to 1.5 million shekels.
Is anyone buying into your act?
What's wrong with you?
Your Honor,
this man is a criminal,
a drug dealer, a murderer.
He's got the entire Jerusalem district
peeing their pants.
You and your girlfriend set me up.
-How can you let this thing be?
You're the true crime syndicate.
-Why do you let it talk back,
stand in court?
-The police and the DA's office.
I ask you to stop this circus.
Quiet down!
Do I need to order security
to escort you out?
Morduch!
I can hold this hearing without you.
You are asking to reopen judicial rulings
previously made by President Kahan.
And then you accuse each other
of persecution?
Be my guest.
But neither side will benefit.
Excuse me, Your Honor.
If dear Mr. Morduch
would like to appeal his sentence,
he is welcome to do so.
But what right do you have, sir, to reexamine
Judge Kahan's decisions?
I don't like your tone, Mr. Cohen. Sit down.
Sit down, Cohen.
Eliyahu Morduch,
you may represent yourself.
Good luck to all of us.
We have detainees waiting since last night.
You'll leave and come back in 30 minutes.
30-minute recess, please.
This is dangerous.
I've never seen such a mess.
There's no telling how it'll go.
Let's ask to disqualify the judge.
On what grounds? That we don't like it?
What's up, Nati?
I know you're in a hearing,
but I wanted to update you
that Khalfon's flight was delayed.
What do you mean?
Is there a layover?
We can't let him get away.
No, they're not landing.
It's delayed due to the weather.
Have you checked who else is on the flight?
I did. Nobody relevant.
What about the warrant?
We have everything.
Covert warrant, gag order.
The judge even signed it by hand
rather than enter it into the computer.
Your Rooster friend did good.
Yeah, I don't know what happened.
He became human.
You want to come to the airport with me?
No, I don't know when I'll be done here.
Listen, Nati, do me a favor.
Make sure this doesn't leak.
Don't worry, babe. I've got this.
Bye.
Hey, baby. How was work?
Fine. How are you?
Vicki needs another 20,000.
What for?
-The hall.
Can't he ask his parents for that?
-They already gave their share.
We're here with Eliyahu Morduch
at a new nightclub...
Marcelle, baby, are you hungry?
-No.
Eliyahu, where did you get the idea?
Look, the hospitality business
runs in my family. So it came naturally.
Also, I felt I wanted to give back to my city.
I want to open a classy place
for Jerusalem clubbers,
who deserve to party
at international standards.
And how do you respond to all those who claim
that it will become a meeting place
for criminals?
It's still legal to be happy in this country,
isn't it?
Even so, your name was previously linked
with drugs and underworld disputes.
Are you at all worried
someone might sabotage this happiness?
You know, I don't think there's
an underworld or an upper one.
For me’there's only one thing up above.
Apart from Him, I'm not afraid of anything.
Eliyahu Morduch is familiar to us
from the press.
Here are a few things
he would prefer you didn't remember...
Did you see the news?
The news report on Morduch.
Morduch himself was never convicted.
I invite everyone
to come and see for themselves
the wonderful club we built for you.
It drives me crazy, because it's all a lie.
I don't even know why they needed
to arrest him in the first place. I...
An officer who assaulted an inmate?
Who threatened him?
Who's faced multiple complaints of violence?
Kobi is not a criminal.
He never set fire to any car.
Marcelle, can I be honest with you?
This house arrest decision
was rash and misguided.
You are being criticized from all sides.
You didn't need it.
What was I supposed to do?
It's my friend,
my partner who risked his life for me.
Was I supposed to desert him?
You really think Kobi is some innocent lamb
in all of this?
Can you vouch for his actions?
Every hour of every day?
Are you that convinced he's innocent?
That's why legal proceedings exist.
Yet you've already acquitted him.
What's happening in there
isn't a legal proceeding.
It's a circus,
and it's happening in your courthouse!
Someone might think you're trying
to influence the President to intervene.
Not at all.
But judge Elazar is ignoring procedure.
It's hurting the due process.
You're criticizing others
for not playing by the rules?
This pot needs to look at itself
before it calls the kettle black.
You know Morduch.
You know how manipulative he can be.
He'll get Elazar to reexamine your ruling.
Isn't that a shame?
That's for judge Elazar to decide.
He's the judge, not you.
Marcelle.
Marcelle,
where are you going?
I have a work meeting.
I can't talk about it.
With your brains you could've been a teacher,
an accountant.
Instea of hanging around
with criminals and drug addicts.
police officer with a law degree.
Isn't that respectable enough for you?
But what good is that if you end up
walking the streets at night
like some... I don't know what.
Your Honor, Chief Inspector Kobi Vaknin
is a regular man,
an excellent police officer and a family man.
He is being deliberately harassed.
Then why is he under house arrest?
And why has his wife
issued a restraining order?
Why was a sexual assault complaint
filed with Internal Affairs?
Is that a regular man, Your Honor?
Your Honor, that's all his doing.
He's got me mixed up in false charges.
Kobi, enough!
Apologies, Your Honor. My client is upset
because he is indeed being persecuted.
The criminal Morduch is doing
everything he can to terrorize my client
an get him into deeper and deeper trouble.
There are plenty of examples
from the last month alone.
do you understand, Your Honor?
I'm the one in jail,
but from inside I've managed
to both burn cars
and harass cops.
What can I say, Your Honor?
Apparently I'm Superman.
Is it true, Mr. Morduch?
Your Honor, I ask this honorable court
to allow me to question...
the prosecutor of the detention alternative.
-What?
What?
-Absolutely not!
This is unthinkable.
Mr. Morduch.
-Yes, Your Honor?
The house arrest belongs
in an entirely different legal proceeding.
We are here to discuss your petition
to keep officer Vaknin away from you.
How is Advocate Ben David
related to the matter?
Let me question her and I'll show you
they've conspired against me.
Like that police gang from Nahariya.
Get out.
-That's them. -Get out.
I'll show you if you only
let me question the lady,
advocate Marcelle Ben David.
A ruling.
Advocate Ben David
will take the witness stand.
Excuse me, we object, Your Honor.
The petitioner continues
to make a mockery of the legal process.
There's no connection
between advocate Marcelle Ben David
and the restraining order.
If I remember correctly, Mr. Cohen,
you don't represent advocate Ben David.
What cause do you have to object?
I'm glad Your Honor finally remembered
the existence of due process.
Advocate Cohen,
I'm the judge and this is my courtroom.
I don't owe you an explanation.
You will now pay 1,500 shekels to the court
for personal expenses over this insolence.
And next time you make a comment
along these lines,
you will be permanently removed
from my courtroom!
Do you understand?
Yes, Your Honor.
When I was younger we used to come here
just after we got our license.
We'd light a bonfire,
jump into the water.
We used to sleep in that grove over there.
Did you bring girls here?
Sometimes.
You're not afraid, are you?
How come?
Don't know.
My father says...
I'm so smart, it's made me stupid.
He says it because you're cheeky.
So what are you going to do with me here,
in the middle of nowhere?
Take me down?
I was thinking I'd make you
some babies instead.
Can I talk business for a moment?
Actually, Marcella,
I don't want to.
What don't you want?
To talk business.
I want us to keep pretending
that we met at some party,
that we're just like any man and woman
out on a date.
I think you're special.
And I don't believe
in all this dating crap, either.
At all
So you tell me what we're doing here.
I need money.
Money?
How much?
100,000 dollars in cash.
Fine, you'll get it.
What I know is worth a lot more.
You know, when it comes to intel,
I've got it covered.
I know what I need to.
I know your dad got screwed over
by social security.
I know you owe money
for your sister Vicki's wedding.
Was that the story you wanted
to sell me? That you need money
to help your family,
your poor disabled father?
I'm not here to sell you any stories.
Marcella, don't make me out to be a fool,
okay?
As far as I know,
a police helicopter is on its way here now.
Where?
What the hell are you talking about?
I'm trying to...
Quiet! Quiet!
Advocate Cohen,
please.
We will let Mr. Morduch
finish his statement, please.
Thank you, Your Honor. Trully
Your Honor, I...
I don't mean to pester.
I'm looking for justice.
I will prove to you that what we have here
is a love triangle and a personal vendetta.
What love triangle, you piece of trash?
Don't talk about her. -Trash?
Don't talk about her.
-Yeah? Or what? -Mr. Vaknin,
Mr Vaknin.
-You loser.
Mr. Vaknin!
-Don't talk about her. -Mr. Vaknin,
I'm warning you.
Despite the emotions this has stirred,
I will allow the petitioner Eliyahu Morduch
to question advocate Ben David
Thank you, Your Honor.
Advocate Ben David,
please take the witness stand.
I'm telling you, Kobi. Tonight's the night.
No way, Marcelle. He's tricking you.
Again? This isn't a trick.
Ever sise I told him
about the raid on the containers
he stopped shutting me out.
There are going to kilos there tonight.
Maybe more^
We need to get Toledano involved.
We need to get more teams, Marcelle.
This isn't just an arrest.
If this goes out to the teams
we'll be exposed, Kobi.
The guy knows everything.
He's got people everywhere.
Let me document the deal
and I'll take it to the judge. -No.
No way, Marcelle. It'll put you
and the investigation at risk.
Since when are you such a coward, hmm?
Has Orit brought you down this much?
got nothing to do with that!
I don't want the responsibility.
We can take it to Toledano if you want.
Toledano again? I need evidence.
If we catch him with 15 kilos,
that's evidence.
Don't you see the man is a genius?
He's a genius. A phenomenon.
He's always ten steps ahead.
-Yeah, come on.
Praise him some more. You want to..
He's done great work with you.
-What?
You've been in there for three months,
now you can't stop admiring him.
Do you even want to catch him?
Come on, Marcelle. Marcelle...
Hi, you've reached Marcelle. Leave a message.
Hi, Kobi.
-Toledano,
sorry for calling so late.
-What is it, Kobi? What's wrong?
We have intel about a deal
Morduch is about to make.
Something like 20 kilos.
Ms. Marcelle Ben David.
Can you please describe your day to us?
I don't understand the question.
Are you single? Do you live alone?
Are you at work most of the day?
Yes.
What do you do first thing in the morning?
Have coffee? Take a shower?
I go to work.
-Nice.
When do you get back?
In the evening?
-Your Honor, why is this relevant?
You will explain your meaning, sir.
Your Honor, I'm trying to ascertain
whether the lady is fit to serve
as a detention alternative.
When are you even home
to watch the detainee
who is under house arrest in your home?
Judge Elazar himself approved
the detention alternative.
I think he knows what he's doing.
You Honor, I beg you to stop this fa
Advocate Cohen, did I allow this examination?
Then I must think it's relevant.
Do you have a boyfriend?
Partner? Male or female?
No.
What about one-night stands?
Your Honor, I don't see the relevance.
It's relevant because I'm trying to ascertain
whether she's involved with C.l. Vaknin.
Are you romantically involved?
No.
I think you are.
And that's why he's staying with you.
-He's not staying with me,
he's under house arrest.
But you're fucking him!
-Your Honor!
Cohen!
-Excuse me. -Your Honor!
Mr. Morduch,
watch your mouth.
Do you have a question for her?
Ms. advocate Marcelle Ben David.
Do you now or have you ever
had sexual or romantic relations
with Chief Inspector Vaknin?
No.
And I repeat, I vouched for him
and he is under house arrest in my home.
Just a moment. We have an honored guest here.
Mr. President.
-Please, I'm just a guest in your courtroom.
This guy sent me away for 15 years.
What's he doing here?
Mr. Morduch,
this is still my courtroom,
and that's the President.
You will show respect.
Get back to the witness.
You only have a few more minutes.
Okay, Your Honor. I won't embarrass you
in front of the boss.
Mr. Morduch, don't disrespect me!
This is your final warning.
Get back to questioning the witness.
You know,
as long as the honorable President is here,
and seeing as he's so familiar with my case,
maybe we can just talk about
what happened back then.
Tell me, how many years
were you and Kobi on my tail?
Since 2015.
And what was your role?
Police detective and later prosecutor.
Did you at any time go undercover?
Not exactly.
That's not what you told me.
I said what I needed to say
to a dangerous, drug-dealing criminal
in order to put him in jail.
Tell me
is it possible
that you single-handedly decided,
together with your friend Kobi,
to plant yourself
in my so-called "organization"
simply to frame me?
I will not tell a crimina
about the investigation
that led to his conviction.
An investigation even your boss, Toledano,
was not aware of.
Your Honor,
I don't understand this circus.
Stop this! Why is this relevant?
I'll tell you why it's relevant.
Because you supposedly came
to investigate me,
but the things that happened between us...
Only you and I know about them, right?
And that drove your friend Kobi insane,
because he loves you but knows your heart
belongs to me.
-Come on, stop this already!
Stop this already!
Why are you still letting him talk?
I truly don't understand
how you can still allow this disgrace
in your courtroom.
I will petition for your disqualification.
Quiet!
I will remove you all from the courtroom.
Mr. Morduch, final question.
I want you to answer me,
in front of all the honorable people
in this room.
is it true we had an affair?
Is it true we slept together?
Ambulance! Quickly!
Answer me! Is it true?
it's true.
Just so you know,
I truly loved you.
Mr. Morduch,
please return to your seat.
I allowed you to question advocate Ben David.
But other than cheap gossip
and personal motivations,
I found not evidence
of threats or persecution.
I am denying your request
for a restraining order.
Chief Inspector Vaknin
will return to house arrest.