Silent Witness (1996–…): Season 14, Episode 8 - Bloodlines: Part 2 - full transcript

They just want to get out.

Duncan McBurney, British Embassy.
Welcome to Hungary.

I think you like her, this Ava, Eva.

Anna.
Anna is dead and I saw the guy.

Your colleague cut her
like a butcher.

- Agnes Dedej.
- Anna Sandor was pregnant.

Are you telling me that
it was Harry's child?

Polizei. Mafia.

Mafia. Sofi had a friend, Marina.

- Shoot and burn.
- Stop the car!

Stop the car!



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Nikki,

- where are you?
- Have you found him?

I'm afraid I've got terrible news.

I'm coming out there.

Bloodlines
Part 2

- That's OK. I'm here.
- No.

I want to bring him home.

How did he die?

- Nikki...
- How did he die?

The body has been identified
as that of Harry Cunningham,

male,

38 years old,



UK national.

The victim is badly burned...

- There is a dental corona...
- A crown.

The crown does not
appear of local origin.

Bonded porcelain. NHS finest.

He told me he bit the lid off a beer
bottle on his 16th birthday.

What are they saying?

Can you speak so that
we can hear you, please.

I was asking the pathologist to
check Dr. Cunningham's fingernails

for traces of Anna Sandor's skin.

They're going to get away
with this, aren't they?

Now that Harry's
dead. It's all so neat.

- This is why I'm here.
- What can anyone do?

There are people who care.

The Environment Minister,
Laszlo Voros,

he's running for the
leadership of his party.

He's been looking for something like
this. Something that'll blow it all open.

I'm so glad that
we could be of help!

Dr. Alexander,

I'm Tibor Orban. National
Investigators Office.

- I know who you are.
- I'd like to ask you a few questions,

- when you're ready.
- I don't know

when I will be
ready to talk to you.

Just because your
friend got himself killed

doesn't mean he didn't
kill Anna Sandor.

Harry was shot through
the mouth and burned.

An execution.

- The same gang killed Anna Sandor.
- You know a lot, don't you?

I mean for a woman
whose only experience

of my country is a 20 minute
taxi ride from the airport.

Dr. Cunningham strayed into
places he shouldn't have.

I advise you not to
make the same mistake.

Tell me what's going to happen.

Nothing.

We will release Dr.
Cunningham's body

when the medical examiner says so.

You'll be angry for a long time.

You'll ask your government
to demand a review.

I will still be a policeman.

You will still be a pathologist.

And your friend will still be dead.

Nikki.

I'm not going to cry.

Not in front of him.

Who's going to tell her?

We have to tell his mother
before she hears it on the news.

- Maybe I should call.
- Idiot.

Stupid bloody idiots!

He just stormed in
there, thought he could...

- take them all on.
- Do you want a drink?

No, I don't want a drink.

I want to keep my head clear.

That detective was right.

There's nothing we can do.

I'm not leaving now.

So we'll stay here.

Maybe that's better, because
while we're here, it's not real.

It's when we go back...

to the office,

his stuff...

Where's his car?

What?

What are you talking about?

You always thought we'd
be together, didn't you?

Me and Harry?

That's what everyone thought,

that one day we'd
come to our senses.

Is that what you thought?

I thought there'd be time...

... to know.

It's always later than you think.

- What?
- They're watching us.

Nikki.

"Go home".

The British National has been
identified as Dr. Harry Cunningham,

'a pathologist who was in
Budapest to carry out a postmortem

on behalf of JLD, an
independent legal aid charity.

Minister of State, Laszlo
Voros has vowed to set up

an independent
commission to investigate

the circumstances of
Dr. Cunningham's death.

No, no.

Hey! What the hell do you think...

"Meet me as soon as you can.

"Martyr's Memorial. Tell no one."

Nikki.

- We thought you were dead.
- I know.

I know, Nikki.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry, I had to.

I didn't have any no choice,
they would've kept coming for me,

I had to have some time.

What for?

To find out what happened to Anna.

- I need to know why.
- Let's have a look at that leg of yours.

It's fine, I think that's
fine. It was just...

grazed.

I was down at the river.

Janos...

They just shot him.

Shot him down in front of me.

Janos!

I could see him.

It was the guy who killed Anna.

He had a can of petrol.

Then he reloaded his gun...

I just hit him.

The lorry must've caught him.

He went straight down.

He was dead.

I just knew that this was...

... a chance.

I took his coat,

gave him my shoes,
my watch, my passport.

My crown was loose,

put it in his mouth.

I got his petrol and I
poured it all over him...

... and I burned him.

You think she was
killed because of this?

I don't know. I think they
went to her flat because

they thought Anna had proof of
what they'd done to Sofi Mustafova.

She didn't, that certificate
doesn't prove anything.

Sofi had a recent examination,
which showed she was pregnant

and HIV positive. I think that's
what they were looking for.

So they killed Anna for a piece
of paper that means nothing?

Dr. Elek, the name, the guy
who signs the reports.

I found his phone number in
the records at Anna's office.

I think he was her source.

Did Anna...

say anything else
to you, that night?

I think she told
me she was meant to

meet another girl, Agnes
Dedej, another prostitute, 15.

- Legenda n?o traduzida -

But she didn't show,
maybe she knew something.

Maybe Anna knew it too,
she didn't tell me.

Maybe she didn't trust me.

Why, what do you know?

Do you know why they
killed Anna? Was it...

was it because of Sofi and...

- Agnes? The Ukrainians trafficked
Agnes...- Stop it, Harry. Just stop it.

- It's not important.
- It is, it's important to me.

Because...

- Anna was killed for a reason.
- This is about Anna.

So what is it?

What have they told you?
What have they told you?

What have they been saying? You
can't believe anything anyone says.

So come on, for Christ's
sake, what is it?

Let's just concentrate
on getting you

- out of here...
- Nikki, come on.

Anna was pregnant.

OK.

How long?

Come on.

Eight weeks.

We'll get you on a
hydrofoil to Vienna.

You're sure it was eight weeks?

Harry, you need to leave Budapest.

She said she...

She said she wanted to
tell me something, about...

about herself...I didn't...

I didn't get it, I didn't listen.

He killed her.
She must've been so frightened.

Why wasn't I there
for Christ's sake?!

You're angry and
you should be angry,

- but the anger will pass.
- Go back, is that what you'd do?

- That's exactly what I'd do.
- I can't go back, Leo.

They killed Anna, they
killed Anna's child.

I'm gone, screwed.

So this is...

is a pre-paid.

- Call me, don't use your own phone.
- This is crazy,

we've only just got you
back. Please, Harry...

They'll know you're alive as soon
as they get DNA from that body.

Yeah, this is his. DNA, yeah?

Give it to them. I took it
off him. It'll give me a...

a chance...

Harry!

Harry.

What the...

We tried to call you and
we couldn't reach you,

so...

We were worried about you.

I went for a walk.

With Professor Dalton?

Are you questioning me?

What are they paying you?

I mean, what are these guys
paying you to leave them alone?

And can we pay you more?

A detective here gets
paid the same as some

kid working in McDonalds in London.

So, what'll it be?

A quarter-pounder with cheese?

Don't try to bribe people here,

unless you really
know what you're doing.

And you really don't
know what you're doing.

DNA sample from Dr. Cunningham.

The truth from a strand of hair.

I wish my witnesses
were this reliable.

That photo message you received...

It was good advice.

Marina. You're OK.

You're OK, you've just
been asleep a long time.

I gave you pills.

Do you remember me? Do
you remember, we met?

I'm the friend of Anna
Sandor, you remember?

I'm a doctor.

That's gone, Marina, that's
gone. I've thrown the drugs away.

- Give me it, bastard.
- Lie down.

- Your friend Sofi is dead.
- So what? She killed herself.

I don't think so. Anna is dead too.

She was pregnant.

With my child.

Marina?

Drink this. It'll help
with the cramps.

This is a recording of a
phone call between Anna

and an Albanian girl
called Agnes Dedej.

Do you know who she was?

Anna was very worried about her.

She emailed a
detective, Tibor Orban.

The man who now thinks
that I killed Anna.

Did you?

I need to know what they're saying.

If you help me,

I will give you back what you want.

Anna's telling her to be calm.

She, um...

- she says she wants to meet, Nepliget.
- The bus station.

She, she, she...

- What?
- She says she's scared. She...

needs money. She,

she says she hasn't much time.

OK. Shit.

Shit!

Did she say where she was? Did she
say where she was? She must've said...

- something else.
- She said,

she can't stay on the
payphone, she has to go.

Maybe she was already
at the bus station.

The bells on this,

I remember hearing them whenever
I was on the phone with Anna.

The church near her apartment.

My stomach hurts.

It's part of the withdrawal.

Is that right?

- I've done it before, many times.
- Why do you go back?

You know what it's like
to lose a child, don't you?

Ildiko Sebes.

Is this your daughter?

Son of a bitch, give me that!

You have no right.

Who the hell are you?

Sorry.

What you want is up there.

Did you know Agnes Dedej?

Do you have any idea
where she might have gone?

I have to go.

If I don't show up they'll
come looking for me.

They'll find you.

Her medical certificate.
Where did you get this?

Sofi Mustafova gave it
to Anna Sandor.
I found this copy in Harry's notes.

Dr. Elek.

Anna had been talking to Dr. Elek.

He would have done another examination
on Sofi in the last couple weeks,

and that would have shown she
was HIV positive and pregnant.

We'd know from the postmortem.
What does this prove?

It proves that they knew it. It
gives them motive to kill her.

Three days ago.

Car accident, apparently.

I see.

They're clearing up, aren't they?

They're really clearing up.

Anyone who knows.

Hey.

What if I shout? They come.

I'm much more scared of
them than I am of you.

What have they done to
your face? What is that?

- It looks nasty.
- Go away.

- I just want to help you, OK?
- No, you don't.

OK, I just need to find Agnes.

I need a hit.
I need to keep my head down.

- I need you to leave me alone.
- Just tell me,

just tell me what I want to
know and I will go. Just tell me.

A girl at the club told me
that Agnes is "kulonleges",

- one of the special ones.
- Special?

- Yeah.
- OK, what's a special one?

Young, pretty.

They put her in a nice
apartment, on her own. They...

Yeah. What else?

The VIPs, important clients,
they go there, not to the club.

- OK.
- I was special once.

And the special ones, that's why
they have these medical examinations.

So they're clean, yes?

Men don't use condoms,
they pay more.

OK. Yeah, yeah, I got pregnant.

And Agnes? I'm sorry, please,
just tell me, where is Agnes?

Please?

I went to a party and there...

were some politicians,
businessmen...

And, er, and there was a girl,

- really, really young girl.
- Yeah.

- And she was Albanian...
- Yes, good, her.

- Yes. Where was that?
- Magyar Street.

Special girl, special address.

- What number is that? In Magyar Street?
- I don't remember.

- That was a long time ago.
- Can you show it to me?

Will you leave me?

That one.

First floor.

The front of the
building or the back?

The whole first floor.

I told you, she's special.

First floor. I'm client.

I can't understand
a word you're saying.

Tourista. I don't understand.
Look, here, from the club,
the girl's club. Yeah?

I know the girl. The girl, the girl.
Thank you! Thank you!

She knows me. It's
OK, she knows me.

Maybe she's asleep.

Here, here, here, here, here,
could you, please? Yeah?

Whatever you like. That's
great, thank you, thank you.

Agnes?

Shit.

Shit!

Looking for me?

Got nothing better
to do with your time?

What do you want to
know about Dr. Elek?

What is there to know?

He died in a car accident, right?

Yeah.

He always drove too fast.

You should see his
speeding tickets.

You know it wasn't
an accident. He died

the day before Anna Sandor was kill.

His signature was on the bottom of
Sofi Mustafova's medical certificate.

They were paying him.

He was doing private
medical examinations.

That's not illegal,
that's capitalism.

You know, you and I...

... we say nothing to each other.

That's why we get on so well.

I'll tell you something.

Dr. Elek had lots of clients.
The good, the bad, and the ugly.

He was well connected,

and he had a good
list way before '89,

and his friends don't
like his widow being upset.

Want to follow me? I'll tell
you exactly where I'm going.

I'm going to see Laszlo Voros,
in his office in the Ministry.

Mr. McBurney has spoken to him.

Mr. Voros seems like
someone who actually

wants to find out what's
going on around here.

Aren't you going to answer that?

It might be important.

May I?

When did you get a new phone?

It's pre-paid, it's
cheaper. What do you...?

Don't worry, I'll
give you a forint.

Hello?

Hello?

Shit.

Shit!

Is that it?

Can I go now?

I don't think so.

It's empty.

What happened?

They saw me on Magyar Street.

They put me in the car.

- Are you OK?
- I ran.

I thought they'd find you.

I can't go back. I ran from
them. Do you understand?

OK, I'll help you.

What are you talking about? You?

You can't help anyone.

Shall we?

- There's some tea around here somewhere.
- Coffee. I need coffee.

I told you. I was special once.

I don't understand this.

This is dated one month
before you gave birth.

- So what?
- They must have known

you were pregnant by then.
So why give you a medical?

I don't remember.

Could they have moved Agnes?
Somewhere else?

- Another apartment? Does that happen?
- No-one's seen her in months.

She's probably dead by now.

She was alive two days ago,

arranged to meet Anna
at the bus station.

Maybe they got there first.

Maybe Anna told them.

Haven't you learned?

You trust anyone,
you end up like Sofi.

That's what'll happen to me.

Or to you.

Do you have any idea
what that might be?

They give the girls
Valium sometimes.

No, it's not Valium. Smell
it. I think it's iron.

But if she was
anaemic, why hide it?

When I was pregnant
I took iron pills.

- It helps the blood.
- Christ, she's pregnant.

That's what's happened. She's
pregnant, she's run away, she's hiding.

- And?
- I've made some calls.

We know where Leo
is, Balaton Street.

They've had him for
hours. What's going on?

I'm on my way from the embassy now.

I'll meet you outside the
hotel. We'll go together, Nikki.

- Have they even said why?
- This is Hungary.

They've got 72 hours before they
have to tell anyone anything.

Mrs. Voros?

I'm sorry. I

I recognised you from the magazine.

Your husband's been
trying to help us.

You're a friend of the English
doctor, the one who was killed?

- Yes, I'm...
- This must be an awful time for you.

- Come sit with us.
- Thank you.

I understand.
We also have suffered a loss.

An old friend of my
husband's, our family doctor.

- I'm sorry, I'm disturbing you.
- No, no.

Mr. McBurney from the
embassy, he's coming to ge me.

Duncan? Of course.
I know him. Please.

Probably don't want
him playing with this.

Goodness, it was in my bag.

This one would eat anything.

Desmopressin? You
have haemophilia A?

- It's mild.
- You look very healthy.

He seems happy.

He's fine.

There's no sign of it in him.

Really?

Hello, Nikki.

- Hi.
- Irina.

Nikki, where are you going?

- The car's outside.
- I just left something in my room.

You seem upset. Is there...

No, no, no, I'm fine.
I'll be down in a minute.

Nikki?

Nikki?

Nikki?

Nikki?

Leo, I don't know
if you're out yet,

I don't know if
you'll get this, but...

I met Minister Voros' wife.

She's just been to the
funeral of Jozsef Elek.

Leo, she said that Elek
was an old friend of theirs,

their family doctor.

And there's something
else. Their son.

Irina Voros is a
haemophiliac, type A,

but she claims that
their son isn't.

The boy isn't hers, he can't be.

Leo, can you call...

- What are you going to do now, Marina?
- What difference does it make to you?

You're 28, you speak
English better than I do.

You have a future.

You sound like that
American missionary

who used to come
round to see the girls,

telling us God loved us,

and getting a free
blow job when he could.

- No, that's not me.
- Yeah,

you're worse than that.

You've got a guilty conscience

and you want to make
something good out of this

so you can forgive yourself.

I should charge you.

A clean conscience.

That's worth more than sex.

I don't get this.

You, Agnes, Sofi, you're
all on the pill, right?

So? I forget sometimes.

I didn't even know that I
was pregnant for three months.

OK, Sofi was very careful,
you said, and these were in her bag.

Sorry.

I shouldn't have
reminded you of it.

Everything reminds me.

I hear Ildiko sometimes.

Crying.

It's so stupid. She was born dead.

At least...

At least they buried her properly.

They did that for me.

That helps, doesn't it?

A place to visit, to grieve.

I never visit.

I've never been.

Why don't we visit
Ildiko's grave right now?

You and me?

I told you.

July, so much sun, so much light.

I remember that.

I really feel like I
heard her. It's so...

So stupid.

What if you did hear her?

She died.

She was born dead.

They give me the certificate.
It said "halva szuletett".

- Born dead.
- But you heard her.

Stop it. My baby never cried.

Marina, no...

Marina, no, no. No, no, no!

Open it! I want to see,
I want to know.

- You brought me here.
- I know.

I'm just not sure.

It was five years.

It wouldn't be your baby any more.

- All you'd see is a...
- What will I see?

I heard her cry.

Marina, look.

You have to look.

What the hell is going on?

What do you want from me?

Truth would be nice.

I want to speak to
the British Embassy.

I want to know why
you're holding me,

and why you're
preventing me from going

to see Minister Voros and telling
him everything that I know.

You know very little,
Professor Dalton.

I was on Laszlo Voros' personal
protection detail for five years.

I know him better than anyone.

- He's involved?
- Involved?

- In what?
- The prostitutes. He's one of their clients?

Laszlo Voros having sex
with girls for money?

I find that highly unlikely.

Why?

What, because he's...he's so clean?

No, because Laszlo Voros is gay.

Not something you publicise here.

- Not if you want to get elected.
- He has a wife,

he has a child.

I know who called you earlier.

I know Dr. Cunningham is alive.

Where is he?

Where is he?

I know who killed Anna,
and I think I know why.

Her boyfriend killed her.

The man who is lying in my mortuary.

Who knows death like a pathologist?

Who better to fake his own?

"Special Ones".

That's what they call
the girls they separate

from the others and charge a
premium for unprotected sex with.

Yes, yes, yes,
Anna told me her theory.

The girls get pregnant
or are infected...

No. Sofi wasn't killed because
she was pregnant or infected.

She was killed because what
she had, they couldn't sell.

I've just come from the grave of a
child recorded as a stillborn in 2005.

There is not a baby in it.

They buried a brick in its place.

The contraceptives
they give these girls

are just relabelled antihistamines.

They want these
girls to get pregnant,

and the babies of these
trafficked prostitutes

are sold to the rich
here in Budapest.

They thought Anna knew about it

- and that is why they killed her.
- No. You killed her.

It was your DNA, your
fingerprints on the knife.

You fought over
her baby, your baby.

What sort of man kills
the mother of his child?

I don't know. I didn't
know she was pregnant.

Yes, she told you.

- You lost your temper...
- Is that what you really think, Istvan,

That I killed your daughter, me?

You're going to tell
me you loved her now?

I didn't get a chance...

I really thought you of all people

would want to know
the truth about this.

Anna had so much respect
for you, you know that?

She told me you were the
only honest man she ever knew.

Elek?

Jozsef Elek?

You know him?

Under the Soviets,

when political prisoners
became pregnant, they...

they took their babies from them

and gave them to party members.

They gave birth...

handcuffed to the
beds, screaming...

Same people.

Always the same.

They never went away,

they just found new masters.

You knew this was happening?

When I saw that poor
girl's certificate,

when I saw Jozsef
Elek's signature...

Why didn't you tell Anna?

She could have done something
about it. She would...

I dealt with it. I
called the authorities.

When I found out they were still
doing this, I did all I could.

- Why didn't you tell her?
- I had to protect her.

Anna was always flying
too close to the sun.

- When she was a girl...
- Come on! She wasn't a child!

She cared about these women
and if you cared about her

- and what was important to her...
- It was because I cared about her!

Then why couldn't you tell
her, for Christ's sake?

- She might still be alive!
- I couldn't tell her.

Why not her? Your own daughter?

Especially not her.

That story.

About you,
and Anna's kidney transplant.

You couldn't donate
to her, could you?

It wouldn't have matched.

That's why you couldn't
tell her about Elek.

She would have discovered
the truth about herself.

You weren't her father.

I wanted to be.

But it was always there.

Like she knew.

My wife was desperate for a child.

You give them your silence, why
not have something in return?

- That's what he said, Elek.
- Don't you see?

This is why she was killed.

Not because they thought
she knew, but to shut you up.

She died because of you.

Don't kid yourself she
was in love with you.

She wanted a child.

People will do whatever
it takes to have a child.

My wife killed herself.

My wife killed herself

because she knew that
Anna could never love her.

Anna was hard.

Like a stone.

Not to me.

Not to me.

- I thought you were at work?
- I am.

All weekend. What are you doing?'

It's 18.58 in Budapest,
it's 21 degrees and sunny,

and a girl's thoughts
turn to...ice cream.

What do boys think
about in the spring?

Girls, mostly.

It doesn't necessarily
have to be spring.

I don't want to talk on the phone.

I'd like to see you.

There are things we
shouldn't say on the phone.

Why were there those bells
when Agnes called you?

She called you at your office.

So why were there bells?

She said she couldn't stay on
the payphone, she had to go.

She says she's scared,
she needs money.

Excuse me? Excuse me, do you
know a girl called Agnes Dedej?

Excuse me, do you know this girl?
You don't... Please, please.

Excuse me?

- Excuse me, have you ever see this girl?
- Oh, yeah.

Agnes!

OK, I'm a friend...

Anna, Anna Sandor.

You remember Anna? I'm her friend.

Yes, I know, I know.
I know you've got a baby.

- I'm going to take you to a hospital, OK?
- No!

- No!
- Open the door. Take us. She's pregnant.

Get in, get in. OK, OK, OK.

Marina, it's Harry.
I've found Agnes.

I have all this
money, all this money.

Do something for me.
Go to the Hotel Kiriae, yes?

Tell my colleagues
I need these things...

Let's go! Go, go, go, go, go.

This is going to help.
This is good.

Well done. Good girl.

OK? Good girl.

Marina.

- Thank you.
- I couldn't find them, your colleagues.

This is the stuff you wanted.

Marina, what are you doing?
Don't smoke.

Her baby's dead already, isn't it?

She can't feel it.
It's dead, like Ildiko.

What's happened to you?

Women like us, we...

never meant to be mothers.

How long have I got?

How long have I got? Have I got
time to take her somewhere else?

Sorry.

Please, she's about to...

Don't move her.
Are you crazy? Look at her!

They said they'd tell
me where my baby is...

if I helped them.

No, don't move her!
If you move her,

she'll lose the baby and that's
what you want, isn't it? The baby?

- Shut up.
- OK, fine! Fone

No, no! I'm a doctor.

I'm a doctor, I'll deliver
it, I can do it here.

But please, please, don't
move her, don't move her.

What's the baby?

Wait! Wait, wait, wait.

The baby needs a...vitamin K shot.

Give him to me. Give
him to me, good girl.

Come on, give him to
me. No, don't take him.

The baby's not breathing properly.

No! No, no, no, no!

Sorry, Agnes. I'm sorry!

What are you waiting for?

So now you know.

- Don't hurt her.
- Her?

She's young and healthy.

- We can still use her.
- Just business?

Just?

30,000 euros a baby.

50,000 to the right customer.

The supply is there.

Orphanages,

care homes,

prostitutes.

But now that you've
told everyone about her,

I've got to wonder...

if she's worth the trouble.

Olek!

Nem itt.

Idiota.

We'll take you somewhere quiet.

Do the job properly this time.

No!

Agnes?

My grandfather served the Nazis,

my father under the Soviets.

But I'm different.

I wanted something better.

- Where's Marina?
- She called me.

She was your friend, after all.

The baby. You let them take the baby.

Harry.

Is he all right?

His mother's Albanian.

She's very young.
You're doing the right thing.

Believe me, I know.

The documents are all there.

Congratulations.

Thanks.

He'll say he knows
nothing about it, won't he?

She knows.

Thanks.

Marina, it's OK.

They're expecting us.

Yeah?

They haven't told her, have they?

First you meet her

just a few times as a friend.

And then... once she
gets to know you, then...

They had no idea she was stolen.

She looks happy, doesn't she?

She's beautiful.

Ildiko.

Alice!

Alice, don't get your dress dirty.
Our visitors will be here soon.

- Come on.
- Are you sure? Marina, this...

She's happy.

That's important, isn't it?

The most important thing.

Maybe one day, when she wants it,

she'll come and find me.

And I'll be happy too.

Urgent assistance. Dutch Embassy.

I need help!

The van Buren family
seem to be cursed.

- He's dead.
- Yeah.

And the bullet that
killed him came from your weapon.

You will leave immediately,
or we will shoot you.

You have to stop this
postmortem immediately.