Pagan Peak (2018–…): Season 3, Episode 2 - Episode #3.2 - full transcript
A burnt woman's body is found in Austria. Instead of Ellie, her new colleague becomes the liaison officer in the German-Austrian Soko. Gedeon distrusts his colleague, Rafael Lutz.
Here!
He's unconscious.
Volker Zacher is a German
citizen registered in Freilassing.
His role in the murder of his fiancée
Marianne Eberharter is not clear.
His condition is still critical, so
he cannot be interviewed right now.
He ran deeper into the forest. Why?
We must wait for further investigations
- which brings us to the next point:
There will be administrative
co-operation with Salzburg CID
and a joint task force
will be set up in Austria.
We agreed with our
colleagues that, until we move
to the task force premises, we'll
look into Zacher's background.
Nadine Hofer will be joining the
task force as Chief Liaison Officer.
On the Austrian side, Chief Inspector
Gedeon Winter will be in charge.
Thank you.
Why Nadine Hofer? She's only been here
a day and she's already doing my job.
What's your job? This
is a murder inquiry.
May I remind you that you only got
your badge back three months ago?
And you're still in the
Austrian prosecutor's bad books.
I had to choose the best person
currently available to me.
And you have a personal
problem with Winter.
Not true. Gedeon and I have worked
very well together. You know that.
That's just the way it is
- and it'd be nice if you could brief Ms Hofer on Winter.
She's good. That's what matters.
It'll be your turn again next time.
- See you later.
- See you later.
Can I help you?
Gedeon, I didn't know
you were still here.
- That's not why you came?
- I wanted to see if...
If I was here.
Yes, I wanted to find
out if you knew anything
about the proposed task force premises.
Heller's taking care of it.
- Anything else?
- No. Thank you.
Have a nice evening.
PERCHLORIC ACID
He almost caught me. Suddenly, he was
standing there. I didn't hear him come in.
It was a close thing,
Ellie. Really close.
I think he saw me
looking through his stuff.
I was able to talk my way out of it,
but I'm not sure if he noticed anything.
Sorry. I never meant that to happen.
You won't need to do anything
like that again. But thank you.
Yeah...
I need to get on the task force.
What? That's not for me to decide.
And besides, let me put it this way...
Gedeon knows you illegally
investigated him in Austria.
I need to.
The task force is for solving a
murder, not your private investigations.
Yeah.
It's been decided, Ellie.
I can't do anything.
I know. No one can.
Ellie, please.
Mr Winter?
Mr Winter? I'm Nadine Hofer, the
liaison officer from Traunstein CID.
Mr Winter? I'm Nadine Hofer, the
liaison officer from Traunstein CID.
I know.
Are you all right?
Just so we're clear, we're working
together, but that's it, no more.
OK?
I'll introduce you to the others now.
OK.
The latest reports
have just arrived and...
Morning.
- Morning.
- This is Chief Inspector Hofer.
As of right now, she is our
liaison officer from Germany.
Mr Heller, bring us up to speed, please.
Sure. The latest forensic report says
accelerants were only found on the wood.
If he'd poured them over her,
she'd have lost consciousness in
under a minute due to burn shock.
That suggests the killer
wanted her to remain conscious.
Yes, then she would have been aware of
a lot more until she choked on the fumes,
but we'll have to wait for
the results of the post-mortem.
The question is, why did Volker
Zacher go deeper into the forest?
Why did he risk injuring
himself falling into the water?
Why didn't he run back to the hut?
Once Zacher has regained
consciousness, we'll ask him.
We're moving into the task force
premises tomorrow. Pack everything up.
More details to follow.
Someone may have gone after Marianne
and knew nothing about Zacher.
I'd like to take a look
at the crime scene myself.
Shall we?
Mr Heller, please accompany Ms Hofer.
- Rafael?
- Sure.
Yeah?
You're off the task
force. I don't need you.
What? I don't understand.
I think you understand very well.
Want me to explain it to you again?
- If it's about what happened yesterday...
- No, it's about everything.
But... am I suspended?
No. Why?
Or maybe you have done something wrong?
You can't be suspended then.
There's no clear view of the
hut from any point up here.
The killer can't have noticed Zacher
arriving here and was taken by surprise.
Yeah.
Well, we shouldn't rule out
anything until we have proof.
What if Zacher planned it?
Yeah, maybe, but he ended up
falling in the water over there.
Why this place?
That's what we'd all like to know.
- Hello?
- Dr Drexler?
Yes. Who's calling?
I'm an art collector and I've
heard you own a Koschlick.
Where did you get my number?
It's one of his paintings of boys.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Look, basically all I'm interested
in is how you came by the painting.
As far as I'm aware,
Koschlick sold them himself.
Then you'll have to talk to him, not me.
That's precisely the problem.
That's where you come in.
I need your help.
Look, I don't know what
made you think of me.
Or why you assume that
I own such a painting.
Or where you got my number.
So I've no idea how you could
ever imagine that I'd help you.
Look at it this way...
If I have your unlisted
number, I know where you live.
I'm sorry?
- Oh, you're trying to threaten me.
- No, I told you.
I just want information from you.
Listen to me.
I'm going to tell you this in what is
clearly the only language you understand.
Kiss my arse!
That can be arranged.
We've compared the killing
method and scene with other cases.
It's not the first case of burning
to death carried out in this region.
12 years ago...
just a few kilometres from
where Eberharter was killed,
the body of a 20-year-old German
woman, Yvette Grünbauer, was found.
Investigations at the time led to a
loosely organised group of Satanists.
They believed they were
in contact with the devil.
As their emblem, group
members had tattoos
of the acronym SMTP around a cross.
What does that mean?
Satan magister te protectat.
Master Satan protects you.
It was the motto of
this satanic society.
Two of them died.
Günter Becker, aged 30,
hanged himself in prison.
Sebastian Wagendorfer, aged 22,
drowned in his bath
shortly after his release.
The third one, Kai Markstein, was
freed after a short spell in prison.
Excuse me, can I just...
We're just trying to find out
where Kai Markstein is staying.
The last trace of him is in Leipzig.
He's not currently registered anywhere,
neither in Germany nor in Austria.
At the time, the perpetrators
filmed their actions.
Sequere me, te protegam.
Sequere me, te protegam.
Sequere me, te protegam.
What are you doing? No! No, no.
Take that away! Take that away!
Let me go, Kai! Let me go!
That burns!
Kai, help me!
Put that out! Stop! Stop!
No!
- Right, here are the documents.
- Thanks.
- See you tomorrow.
- See you tomorrow.
Nadine?
You're not in Austria yet? I thought
you would have been long gone.
I just came to get a few
things. I leave tomorrow.
How about now?
Now?
Let's go for that drink.
Yeah, then they took my badge away.
But I got it back.
I hope you're not annoyed that I'll be
investigating in Austria instead of you.
It's not your fault.
I just don't want any
bad blood between us.
The Austrians have made me feel welcome.
That's nice.
Well, Gedeon Winter is...
Well...
A difficult character.
It took me a long
time to understand him.
He's not the man he pretends to be.
Can I ask what happened between you?
Betrayal.
He made the murder weapon in
the Yela Antic case disappear.
How do you know that?
There's a video. CCTV footage of
him coming out of the evidence room.
- What does the prosecutor say about it?
- It's not enough.
But there's a video.
He hid the rifle under his
coat. You can't see it clearly.
That's the problem.
It's late. I need to
leave early tomorrow...
I need your help. You
must do me a favour.
I need information about Gedeon,
and you'll be right next to him now.
I don't want to hear it.
I thought we were going for a
drink to get to know each other.
Like colleagues do. But
you're overstepping the mark.
What you're asking of me
is a punishable offence.
Even suggesting I spy on a colleague
is grounds for disciplinary action.
We're talking about a crime,
illegal agreements, blackmail.
Stop right there. I
don't know you at all.
And I think it's better
it stays that way.
Gedeon is covering up
for Yela Antic's murderer.
Don't you believe me?
I have no idea what you're
trying to do here, but...
it seems very, very strange,
to put it mildly.
I'm going now. Good night.
OK then, do you want anything
to drink before we start?
No.
May I?
May I?
Thursday, October 28th, 11:30.
Commencing interview with
Chief Inspector Stocker.
As a witness, you are
obliged to tell the truth,
not falsely report a crime
or make wrongful accusations.
You must not incriminate relatives,
in-laws or romantic partners.
You may remain silent to avoid
incriminating yourself. Understood?
I know the procedure
and I have understood.
Good. In accordance with paragraph
160 of the Code of Criminal Procedures,
I will now make you aware of
the current topic of suspicion.
Do you know a Chief
Inspector Gedeon Winter?
This is Inspector Rafael Lutz.
He's been asked to help the
investigation into Chief Inspector Winter.
Thank you for giving us your time.
I take it her rights have been read?
Right, you know a Chief
Inspector Winter. Is that correct?
- Ms Stocker?
- Yes.
May I ask you to say it for the tape?
Yes, I know Gedeon Winter.
You are a liaison officer on the
task force led by Gedeon Winter.
- Correct?
- Correct.
You worked on the Krampus killer
and Alexander Gössen
cases with Gedeon Winter?
- Yes.
- Would you say you were friends?
We're asking about the
level of your friendship,
whether you spent time together in
private, discussed private matters.
During our work together, we developed
a friendly relationship as colleagues.
So you were never aware of what Mr
Winter did outside the workplace?
No, he was in Salzburg,
I was in Berchtesgaden.
How would I know what else he does?
Someone from Salzburg
CID would have to tell me.
- And?
- And what?
Well, do you or did you have
a contact in Salzburg CID?
No.
You weren't originally
assigned as liaison officer.
That was your colleague
Nadine Hofer. Correct?
That's right.
Ms Hofer was removed because of
disciplinary action taken against her.
- Did you know that?
- Yes.
- Do you also know the reason?
- No, I can't say anything about that.
And in principle, I don't get
involved in hearsay or speculation.
You don't know why it happened?
Can I ask you if this question has
anything to do with Gedeon Winter?
We're simply trying to
get an overall picture.
Something doesn't quite fit.
Who are you and what do you want?
I took the liberty. It's good stuff.
- How did you get in here?
- I told you. I know where you live.
You're the one who called me.
So you have got one of Koschlick's boys.
I'm calling the police.
You can call the police
later. First I want an answer.
Where is Koschlick?
I already told you I don't know
anything about his whereabouts.
I heard back then that he needed
money. He was heavily in debt.
I bought the painting
from him, and that was it.
You're still not answering my question.
A collector friend of mine gave me
a contact address in South Tyrol.
The painting was sent to me from Italy.
I can't tell you whether he's still there.
I don't even know if he sent it himself.
The address?
SHIPPING CONFIRMATION
I advise you not to lie to me.
You're one of them.
Right?
You're looking for Koschlick
because you were one of the
kids in the commune back then.
Did he touch you too?
Back then? Did he?
POLICE
Ready.
Lights out!
I'm sorry. My hands are tied.
Heinze wants to see you.
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT FILE
- Hello.
- Hello. Can I help you?
Chief Inspector Ellie Stocker.
- Ellie!
- Ben!
- This is a surprise.
- Hi.
- Wasn't your colleague Hofer assigned?
- Yes. Change of plan.
Hi, Ellie.
Hello, Gedeon.
He's unconscious.
Volker Zacher is a German
citizen registered in Freilassing.
His role in the murder of his fiancée
Marianne Eberharter is not clear.
His condition is still critical, so
he cannot be interviewed right now.
He ran deeper into the forest. Why?
We must wait for further investigations
- which brings us to the next point:
There will be administrative
co-operation with Salzburg CID
and a joint task force
will be set up in Austria.
We agreed with our
colleagues that, until we move
to the task force premises, we'll
look into Zacher's background.
Nadine Hofer will be joining the
task force as Chief Liaison Officer.
On the Austrian side, Chief Inspector
Gedeon Winter will be in charge.
Thank you.
Why Nadine Hofer? She's only been here
a day and she's already doing my job.
What's your job? This
is a murder inquiry.
May I remind you that you only got
your badge back three months ago?
And you're still in the
Austrian prosecutor's bad books.
I had to choose the best person
currently available to me.
And you have a personal
problem with Winter.
Not true. Gedeon and I have worked
very well together. You know that.
That's just the way it is
- and it'd be nice if you could brief Ms Hofer on Winter.
She's good. That's what matters.
It'll be your turn again next time.
- See you later.
- See you later.
Can I help you?
Gedeon, I didn't know
you were still here.
- That's not why you came?
- I wanted to see if...
If I was here.
Yes, I wanted to find
out if you knew anything
about the proposed task force premises.
Heller's taking care of it.
- Anything else?
- No. Thank you.
Have a nice evening.
PERCHLORIC ACID
He almost caught me. Suddenly, he was
standing there. I didn't hear him come in.
It was a close thing,
Ellie. Really close.
I think he saw me
looking through his stuff.
I was able to talk my way out of it,
but I'm not sure if he noticed anything.
Sorry. I never meant that to happen.
You won't need to do anything
like that again. But thank you.
Yeah...
I need to get on the task force.
What? That's not for me to decide.
And besides, let me put it this way...
Gedeon knows you illegally
investigated him in Austria.
I need to.
The task force is for solving a
murder, not your private investigations.
Yeah.
It's been decided, Ellie.
I can't do anything.
I know. No one can.
Ellie, please.
Mr Winter?
Mr Winter? I'm Nadine Hofer, the
liaison officer from Traunstein CID.
Mr Winter? I'm Nadine Hofer, the
liaison officer from Traunstein CID.
I know.
Are you all right?
Just so we're clear, we're working
together, but that's it, no more.
OK?
I'll introduce you to the others now.
OK.
The latest reports
have just arrived and...
Morning.
- Morning.
- This is Chief Inspector Hofer.
As of right now, she is our
liaison officer from Germany.
Mr Heller, bring us up to speed, please.
Sure. The latest forensic report says
accelerants were only found on the wood.
If he'd poured them over her,
she'd have lost consciousness in
under a minute due to burn shock.
That suggests the killer
wanted her to remain conscious.
Yes, then she would have been aware of
a lot more until she choked on the fumes,
but we'll have to wait for
the results of the post-mortem.
The question is, why did Volker
Zacher go deeper into the forest?
Why did he risk injuring
himself falling into the water?
Why didn't he run back to the hut?
Once Zacher has regained
consciousness, we'll ask him.
We're moving into the task force
premises tomorrow. Pack everything up.
More details to follow.
Someone may have gone after Marianne
and knew nothing about Zacher.
I'd like to take a look
at the crime scene myself.
Shall we?
Mr Heller, please accompany Ms Hofer.
- Rafael?
- Sure.
Yeah?
You're off the task
force. I don't need you.
What? I don't understand.
I think you understand very well.
Want me to explain it to you again?
- If it's about what happened yesterday...
- No, it's about everything.
But... am I suspended?
No. Why?
Or maybe you have done something wrong?
You can't be suspended then.
There's no clear view of the
hut from any point up here.
The killer can't have noticed Zacher
arriving here and was taken by surprise.
Yeah.
Well, we shouldn't rule out
anything until we have proof.
What if Zacher planned it?
Yeah, maybe, but he ended up
falling in the water over there.
Why this place?
That's what we'd all like to know.
- Hello?
- Dr Drexler?
Yes. Who's calling?
I'm an art collector and I've
heard you own a Koschlick.
Where did you get my number?
It's one of his paintings of boys.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Look, basically all I'm interested
in is how you came by the painting.
As far as I'm aware,
Koschlick sold them himself.
Then you'll have to talk to him, not me.
That's precisely the problem.
That's where you come in.
I need your help.
Look, I don't know what
made you think of me.
Or why you assume that
I own such a painting.
Or where you got my number.
So I've no idea how you could
ever imagine that I'd help you.
Look at it this way...
If I have your unlisted
number, I know where you live.
I'm sorry?
- Oh, you're trying to threaten me.
- No, I told you.
I just want information from you.
Listen to me.
I'm going to tell you this in what is
clearly the only language you understand.
Kiss my arse!
That can be arranged.
We've compared the killing
method and scene with other cases.
It's not the first case of burning
to death carried out in this region.
12 years ago...
just a few kilometres from
where Eberharter was killed,
the body of a 20-year-old German
woman, Yvette Grünbauer, was found.
Investigations at the time led to a
loosely organised group of Satanists.
They believed they were
in contact with the devil.
As their emblem, group
members had tattoos
of the acronym SMTP around a cross.
What does that mean?
Satan magister te protectat.
Master Satan protects you.
It was the motto of
this satanic society.
Two of them died.
Günter Becker, aged 30,
hanged himself in prison.
Sebastian Wagendorfer, aged 22,
drowned in his bath
shortly after his release.
The third one, Kai Markstein, was
freed after a short spell in prison.
Excuse me, can I just...
We're just trying to find out
where Kai Markstein is staying.
The last trace of him is in Leipzig.
He's not currently registered anywhere,
neither in Germany nor in Austria.
At the time, the perpetrators
filmed their actions.
Sequere me, te protegam.
Sequere me, te protegam.
Sequere me, te protegam.
What are you doing? No! No, no.
Take that away! Take that away!
Let me go, Kai! Let me go!
That burns!
Kai, help me!
Put that out! Stop! Stop!
No!
- Right, here are the documents.
- Thanks.
- See you tomorrow.
- See you tomorrow.
Nadine?
You're not in Austria yet? I thought
you would have been long gone.
I just came to get a few
things. I leave tomorrow.
How about now?
Now?
Let's go for that drink.
Yeah, then they took my badge away.
But I got it back.
I hope you're not annoyed that I'll be
investigating in Austria instead of you.
It's not your fault.
I just don't want any
bad blood between us.
The Austrians have made me feel welcome.
That's nice.
Well, Gedeon Winter is...
Well...
A difficult character.
It took me a long
time to understand him.
He's not the man he pretends to be.
Can I ask what happened between you?
Betrayal.
He made the murder weapon in
the Yela Antic case disappear.
How do you know that?
There's a video. CCTV footage of
him coming out of the evidence room.
- What does the prosecutor say about it?
- It's not enough.
But there's a video.
He hid the rifle under his
coat. You can't see it clearly.
That's the problem.
It's late. I need to
leave early tomorrow...
I need your help. You
must do me a favour.
I need information about Gedeon,
and you'll be right next to him now.
I don't want to hear it.
I thought we were going for a
drink to get to know each other.
Like colleagues do. But
you're overstepping the mark.
What you're asking of me
is a punishable offence.
Even suggesting I spy on a colleague
is grounds for disciplinary action.
We're talking about a crime,
illegal agreements, blackmail.
Stop right there. I
don't know you at all.
And I think it's better
it stays that way.
Gedeon is covering up
for Yela Antic's murderer.
Don't you believe me?
I have no idea what you're
trying to do here, but...
it seems very, very strange,
to put it mildly.
I'm going now. Good night.
OK then, do you want anything
to drink before we start?
No.
May I?
May I?
Thursday, October 28th, 11:30.
Commencing interview with
Chief Inspector Stocker.
As a witness, you are
obliged to tell the truth,
not falsely report a crime
or make wrongful accusations.
You must not incriminate relatives,
in-laws or romantic partners.
You may remain silent to avoid
incriminating yourself. Understood?
I know the procedure
and I have understood.
Good. In accordance with paragraph
160 of the Code of Criminal Procedures,
I will now make you aware of
the current topic of suspicion.
Do you know a Chief
Inspector Gedeon Winter?
This is Inspector Rafael Lutz.
He's been asked to help the
investigation into Chief Inspector Winter.
Thank you for giving us your time.
I take it her rights have been read?
Right, you know a Chief
Inspector Winter. Is that correct?
- Ms Stocker?
- Yes.
May I ask you to say it for the tape?
Yes, I know Gedeon Winter.
You are a liaison officer on the
task force led by Gedeon Winter.
- Correct?
- Correct.
You worked on the Krampus killer
and Alexander Gössen
cases with Gedeon Winter?
- Yes.
- Would you say you were friends?
We're asking about the
level of your friendship,
whether you spent time together in
private, discussed private matters.
During our work together, we developed
a friendly relationship as colleagues.
So you were never aware of what Mr
Winter did outside the workplace?
No, he was in Salzburg,
I was in Berchtesgaden.
How would I know what else he does?
Someone from Salzburg
CID would have to tell me.
- And?
- And what?
Well, do you or did you have
a contact in Salzburg CID?
No.
You weren't originally
assigned as liaison officer.
That was your colleague
Nadine Hofer. Correct?
That's right.
Ms Hofer was removed because of
disciplinary action taken against her.
- Did you know that?
- Yes.
- Do you also know the reason?
- No, I can't say anything about that.
And in principle, I don't get
involved in hearsay or speculation.
You don't know why it happened?
Can I ask you if this question has
anything to do with Gedeon Winter?
We're simply trying to
get an overall picture.
Something doesn't quite fit.
Who are you and what do you want?
I took the liberty. It's good stuff.
- How did you get in here?
- I told you. I know where you live.
You're the one who called me.
So you have got one of Koschlick's boys.
I'm calling the police.
You can call the police
later. First I want an answer.
Where is Koschlick?
I already told you I don't know
anything about his whereabouts.
I heard back then that he needed
money. He was heavily in debt.
I bought the painting
from him, and that was it.
You're still not answering my question.
A collector friend of mine gave me
a contact address in South Tyrol.
The painting was sent to me from Italy.
I can't tell you whether he's still there.
I don't even know if he sent it himself.
The address?
SHIPPING CONFIRMATION
I advise you not to lie to me.
You're one of them.
Right?
You're looking for Koschlick
because you were one of the
kids in the commune back then.
Did he touch you too?
Back then? Did he?
POLICE
Ready.
Lights out!
I'm sorry. My hands are tied.
Heinze wants to see you.
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT FILE
- Hello.
- Hello. Can I help you?
Chief Inspector Ellie Stocker.
- Ellie!
- Ben!
- This is a surprise.
- Hi.
- Wasn't your colleague Hofer assigned?
- Yes. Change of plan.
Hi, Ellie.
Hello, Gedeon.