Pagan Peak (2018–…): Season 3, Episode 5 - Episode #3.5 - full transcript

Another murder points to a series - the perpetrator profile fits the main suspect. Activists and police clash at the Gössen construction site. Gedeon comes across a legendary figure.

PAGAN PEAK

ZILLER VALLEY LEGENDS

ZILLER VALLEY LEGENDS

ZILLER VALLEY LEGENDS

OK, let's start.

So far, we've just got two vague clues.

We need to look at the link between
Tobias Dorfmeister and Ina Meyer again.

We need to look at the link between
Tobias Dorfmeister and Ina Meyer again.

- What should we look for?
- Anything could help us.

I might have something.

I might have something.



We found a text in Tobias Dorfmeister's
chat history that could be interesting.

We found a text in Tobias Dorfmeister's
chat history that could be interesting.

He deleted the chat,
but he was very sloppy.

We were able to re-create the chat.

It suggested he was in a
relationship with someone.

We don't know who the
other number belongs to.

We're on it, but it could take
some time. We've asked the provider.

I'll send you the printout
of the text conversation.

What about the laptop we seized
from Haas? Did you gain access?

We're still on it, but
we haven't managed to...

We need to return it.
That's the judge's ruling.

There's not enough time.

The hard drive has been copied?

OK then, is there any
other way we can establish



if Haas sold the weapons he stole from
the police warehouse on the dark net?

Without monitoring his net activity
I see no way of figuring that out.

Sorry.

We need to look at everything again.

Check if there were any
recent fatalities in the area

that weren't fully explained.

Maybe we've missed something.

OK, that's it for now.

Mummy, I want to have
ice cream with my friends.

Ellie, here are the text message logs
that Sven retrieved from the provider.

- All right. What's your impression?
- Well...

Looks like it wasn't all
a bed of roses in the end.

-Ms Meyer?
-Yes.

Thomas Braun. Hi.

Follow me.

I'm here voluntarily although I'm under
no obligation to be or to remain here.

Thanks for giving us your time.
This interview is important.

- What's it about?
- Lies.

You knew Mr Tobias Dorfmeister
better than you let on.

We have here an exchange of text messages
between Mr Dorfmeister and a woman

with whom he must have had
a personal relationship.

What's interesting is whose
phone numbers these are.

One of them is Mr Dorfmeister's
and the other one...

...is yours.

That doesn't prove I wrote them.

I know you're a legal expert,
but as it's your phone number,

it's fair to assume you're the woman
Mr Dorfmeister had a relationship with.

OK, let's start again.

Are you the woman Mr Dorfmeister
wrote these messages to?

Ms Meyer, if you want to
exercise your right to silence...

I don't. You're asking me questions
you already know the answer to.

Good, we're already one step further

and I'll ignore the fact you
hid this from us last time.

What's much more interesting is why
the tone of the chat suddenly changes.

At first, everything is
nice and affectionate,

then he writes, "You fake bitch,
who do you think you are?" And so on.

Sounds like something
happened between you.

Got anything to say about that?

I didn't want to be associated with him.

We're investigating a murder, Ms Meyer!

As a lawyer, you should know
that lying doesn't go down well.

So, what happened?

Aren't you going to turn that off?

Ms Meyer, please.

It was just sex.

What does that mean? Were
you in a relationship or not?

- Did he force you into anything?
- No, he didn't.

- I hoped to get something out of it.
- You used him.

"Used"...

Why shouldn't a woman be
allowed to do what a man does?

What did you hope to get?

I wanted to convince Tobias to stop his
father selling his land to the Gössens.

And maybe that would
have killed this project.

I actually had some
success to begin with,

but then feelings came into it on his
part and it became too much for me.

We weren't suited to each other.

And then everything changed after that.

He was hurt and he pressurised his
father into going ahead with the sale.

Where were you on the
night of the murder?

At the camp.

In all honesty, what would I have gained
from killing him after the land was sold?

Revenge rarely has a purpose.

I had nothing to do with Tobias'
murder. Why would I do it?

Because I no longer
wanted to sleep with him?

Ellie, can you come with me, please?

I think I've told you enough.

Hang on. That means the serial killer is
responsible for this murder too, right?

I can't say that yet.

My question has already been answered.

The task force is at the murder scene.
There must be a connection, right?

- Thanks.
-Ms Stock...

Ellie, Gedeon, the dead
man's name is Peter Lechner.

The pool attendant said he was
here almost every morning, alone.

As far as we know, he was a
secondary school teacher here.

Must have happened a few hours ago.

A young woman saw the blood
and told the attendant.

He then opened the cubicle.

- Quite a public place. Witnesses?
- I'm afraid not.

- CCTV cameras?
- None of those either.

Have a look round his home
and inquire at the school.

- OK.
- Thanks.

Looks like we have a serial killer.

I just don't understand
how it all fits together.

You and your camera can get lost!

Hey, leave him alone.

What's wrong with you?

You may have helped me
yesterday, but you don't trust me.

I won't ask why you happened to be outside
my house yesterday when I collapsed.

Good.

Ask Kai Markstein's surveillance team

if he was at home this morning
or if he left the house.

Okay.

Mrs Markstein, hello.

Police. We're looking for
your son, Kai Markstein.

Mr Markstein?

Mrs Markstein, where is your son?

Would you say Gedeon Winter
was always of sound mind?

I've already answered that.

A press photographer filed
a complaint against Winter

for assaulting him for
no reason at the pool.

The man was hindering the investigation.

Why didn't you report
it to Prosecutor Swoboda?

I don't understand your change of heart.

You made four official
complaints against Gedeon Winter

and told Prosecutor Swoboda

that he had made a piece of
evidence in a murder case disappear.

I was mistaken.

You were even suspended
from duty for a few months

because, as a German officer,

you investigated him illegally
in Austria on your own.

You haven't reported these
cases of misconduct by Mr Winter.

- Why not?
- Is this about me or Winter now?

OK, Peter Lechner was single.
Pia and I were in his flat.

We found no evidence
of a relationship there.

His only close relative was his father

who found out about his
son's death on a trip abroad.

He's on his way back.

We went to the school too. Peter Lechner
taught Geography and Biology there.

The headmaster was very shocked.
Lechner had no enemies that he knew of.

He described him as a nice, quiet man.

Lechner must have been pushed into
the cubicle after the first blow.

Massive injuries to the skull.

That much blood suggests
the aorta was cut.

- We'll wait for the post-mortem
report. - Murder weapon?

Not much more than we already knew.
A stone weighing about 1.5 kilos.

Nothing else unusual about it.
Hadn't been modified or anything.

What I find much more interesting is
the location he chose. It's public.

The killer could have been
surprised at any time by a swimmer.

It shows unbelievable self-confidence

for him to kill someone in broad
daylight in such a public place.

He must feel completely secure
and love taking risks. A gambler.

Either he has no fear or
he loves the kick he gets.

Does Kai Markstein fit
the killer's profile?

That's quite possible.

In the psychological reports
written about Markstein back then,

suspicions of a dysfunctional
personality disorder were mentioned.

In other words, he had little
control over his actions.

He tended to act
impulsively and aggressively.

And that could definitely have been
the case in the murder of Mr Lechner.

Stocker.

"Whatever I do in my life, my
crimes will never be forgotten.

"There is no forgiveness.

"There is only guilt.

"Guilt follows me every day.

"And it's constantly there.

"But do I have to feel guilty
without having committed a crime?

"I'm on my way there now.

"He will take me into his circle
because I have made him proud.

"I've heard him..."

...and I've understood him.

He doesn't judge the
way people judge here.

He teaches in a way no one else can.

With him, there is no guilt.

Everything will be OK now.

In death I am eternal.

I exist.

Why? My son!

Oh, my son!

I'm really sorry.

I'm really sorry.

My son!

We're staying here! We're staying here!

What's going on?

- Stop!
- What's going on?

Keep back! Hey, hey!

Stop! Hey!

What's going on? Enough!

Stop it, all of you. Stop!

Stop it!

Stop it!

What's going on? Rudi?

The final eviction notice
came this afternoon.

Our application was denied.

Can I see the notice, please?

NO MORE DIGGERS!!

It's not valid.

Of course it is. And
we're evicting you now!

Fuck off!

Stop, stop!

Resist! Resist!

-Yes?
- Rafael, it's me.

What do you want?

Will you let me in?

Ellie, to be honest, I don't
think that's such a good idea.

Please.

Rafael!

Ellie, it doesn't work like this.

I'm not a light switch
you can flick on and off.

What?

You can't just turn feelings on and off.

Rafael...

I just want to be with you tonight.

Do you want a relationship?

Do we have to discuss that here now?

Why not? It's a simple question.

Ellie?

Stocker.

Great job. Thanks for nothing!

Who's this?

They cleared our camp.
The Gössens will build.

All because I was at
the station with you.

Congratulations.

ZILLER VALLEY LEGENDS

JACKL THE KNACKER

"He must have been a very mysterious and
charismatic person, Jackl the Knacker.

"Admission to the group occurred
at nightly gatherings in the forest.

"He appeared before the children
who were looking for him.

"For them, he was a magical figure

"that they immediately
called Jackl the Sorcerer.

"Worshipped by his following,
he was a guardian and teacher.

"But everyone else accused him

"of being a master of the
dark forces in the world,

"of the devilish and the
damned, of the evil of our time.

"A representative of the devil on Earth.

"But the group were at one with
Jackl for ever... and beyond.

"Woe betide anyone who reveals
his secret or his powers.

"The authorities feared
his powers and hunted him

"and all those who
were close to his group.

"He knew how to blend into the forest

""or to change into the form of a wolf.

"The legend also says that
even horses were afraid...

"The legend also says that
even horses were afraid...

"...and no longer dared
to enter the forest."

Gedeon...

Gedeon.

The post-mortem report has revealed that
all the extraneous blood was turkey blood.

He obviously drank it. But he died
of something else, of suffocation.

No one else was involved.

Kai Markstein's suicide
is of a ritual nature,

a kind of self-sacrifice,

and as his suicide note implies, he
wanted to move on to something greater.

What's the link between the cases?

As we can't find any similarities
so far in the lives of the victims,

we need to look at
the murderer's actions.

In the case of the first murder victim,

we saw extreme sadism that
would be hard to surpass.

The second victim died more
quickly and in less agony.

But the killer left his safe space
where he could remain undiscovered

and went into a private space, so
he knowingly risked being discovered.

However, he only killed Tobias
Dorfmeister and allowed his wife to live.

I'm assuming he knew
she was in the house.

After all, they had
both only just come home.

That's precisely what excited him.

I suspect our killer is becoming
more uninhibited with each crime.

Like a junkie, he's constantly
looking for that high.

He has to raise the dose. His crimes
are becoming more and more public.

He's not increasing the sadism of
his crimes. He's increasing the risk.

He's giving up more and more control.

He doesn't seem to be motivated
sexually or ideologically.

But there are extremely rare cases where
people commit murder without motive.

They kill only for killing's sake. The
act is what interests them, not the victim.

So he kills for fun?

Not necessarily. It's more a passion
for the different methods of killing.

If there are no connections,
how do we proceed?

What about Haas? How does he
fit into this whole picture?

What about Haas? How does he
fit into this whole picture?

After all, his gun was
at the first crime scene.

Up to now, I'd have said his profile
doesn't fit into this picture,

but I'd no longer be confident about
saying that with any degree of certainty.

There is a connection. We
just haven't found it yet.

There is a connection. We
just haven't found it yet.

I need your help.

-Haven't you already had it?
- This is about something else.

We're not getting
anywhere with something.

So far, you haven't been particularly
co-operative. What have you got to offer?

So far, you haven't been particularly
co-operative. What have you got to offer?

The whole story?

-I thought I already had it.
- No, not this part.

We have a suspect who could lead
us to the killer. Andreas Haas.

We can't go near him and the material
we've seized is getting us nowhere.

Ellie, German transport police have asked
for our Austrian colleagues and Forensics

because of a motorbike
accident. They think it's murder.

I'll be right there.

Well?

The driver was Austrian,
Samir Schuchter, mid 30s.

He died of his injuries at
the scene of the accident.

It was initially recorded
as a road accident,

but they found irregularities
during the investigation.

The location of the victim
and motorbike didn't match.

They now think it was a targeted attack.

During the post-mortem, they
discovered a haematoma on his chest.

Here, right across his chest.

Something was pressed into him.

It would have skidded across
the road and into the wall...

The crash marks would have been
different, more horizontal, not vertical.

But the accident was some days ago. Why
have you only done the post-mortem now?

Do you know how many accidents there are?
We don't assume a road accident is murder.

I have something else to show you.

The border between Germany and Austria
is right here in the middle of the tunnel.

There used to be a big iron gate here
which could be used to close the border.

Forensics found something
on the old bracket.

- Scuff marks?
- That's right. On the other side too.

If you ask me, a wire was stretched across
the road that threw Samir Schuchter...

- Off his motorbike.
- Exactly.

A Mr Knistler for you.

I'm studying the local bat population.

There are a lot of crevices and caves.

And you saw the accident from there?

I didn't see it. I heard
a loud bang, an explosion.

So, I came down through
the forest to have a look.

Just then, the young
man got out of his car

and went up to the accident
victim in the tunnel.

But it was too late.
The man was already dead.

Did you notice anything that you haven't
mentioned to our colleagues? Like a rope?

A rope?

The next day, however, down there...

I found a badly injured
hare in a home-made trap.

It was screaming horribly.

OK.

Thanks very much, Mr Knistler.

There was someone down
there in the forest.

It maybe sounds a bit strange, but...

...something was watching me.

Something?

Who?

It was... like a shadow.

I can't explain it any better.

It was the energy coming from it.

It wasn't good.

It was evil.

Where was it?

Down there.

On the river bed.

Can you take us there?

I'm definitely not going down there.

I told you.

It's evil.

What do you think he saw here? A hunter?

A poacher?

What made him so scared?

Gedeon?

Gedeon?

You go on ahead.

I'll be right back.

Hello?

Stop or I'll shoot!

Ellie!

There's...

...someone in the forest.

I know.