The Missing (2014–…): Season 2, Episode 4 - Statice - full transcript

Daniel Reed. Why are you lookingfor me? We only wish to speak
with you. It's about your father.

I came here to find answers.

I found out my dadwas transferring money -

to a man called Mirza Barzani.

And when I found out why,it made me sick.

To my guts.

I want to sleep in the shed.

And I need you to lock me in.

Hey, that's it, all right?On your way. Get out!

I see how you look at Alice.You know she's different, don't you?

I have a brain tumour.You are looking at a dying man.



I found something.

That's Alice.

No. Look at the girlsitting next to her.

That's my daughter.That's Alice.

No!

Sam!

Alice!

SAM!

Alice!

Nadia?

Ich wollte sehen,wie's ihnen geht.

Hallo?

Ja?

Ja, naturlich, ich bin unterwegs.



'Hello?' Sergeant,apologies for the early hour,

I am in Paris and I...

'This isn't a good time, Baptiste.Alice is dead.'

When?

'Last night. She burned to death.

'We found petrol canistersinside the shed where she slept.'

She used them to start the fire.She killed herself.

I'm truly sorry to hear this.

What was it you said to heryesterday?

I asked her some questions,that is all.

'Mr Webster said you startedinterrogating her,

'asking questions in French.'

And then right after you upset her,

she climbed out the windowand went missing for three hours.

Only to returnand take her own life.

'But this doesn't make any sense.'

She was gone for three hours.Where did she go?

We don't know. She didn't say.

Coming to terms with whatshe was about to do, maybe.

'So, you said you were in Paris.'

Not for long. I will be back today.

# Oh, my love

# We pray each day

# May you come home

# And be OK

# For now we wait for you

♪ For you to come home. ♪

You should've stayed away.

You're not partof this investigation.

And before you ask,we're running DNA to confirm the ID,

a familial matchagainst the parents.

There's nothing more to be donehere. By either of us.

Sophie may still be out there,she may still be alive.

Kristian Herz isn't talking.

And from what Alice said -Sophie didn't have a chance.

That is only if we believeeverything Alice Webster told us.

We'll never get the chanceto question her, will we?

Not after you went there, andstarted throwing accusations at her.

The time for blame will come,Sergeant.

For now,all that matters is the truth.

Why did the girl take her own life?

Where did she go for three hours?If we can understand this...

How can we ever understandwhat Alice went through?

What that does to a person?

There is more at playin this case than we know.

If I was just allowed to speakwith Kristian Herz, please.

He's in custody.

We'll keep pushing himto tell us where Sophie is,

but we don't need your help.

Go home.

Sir, this way, please.

Matthew! Where have you been?I've been calling.

I was there till the fire went out.

Then...

I don't know, I was just...

She's gone.

How's Dad?

The doctors said the burnsare worst on his back.

They cleaned him up inthe emergency room,

and now he's on painkillersand antibiotics.

He's going to be all right.

I'm sorry. She asked me.She begged me. I didn't know...

I don't know how it happened.I never meant...

What's that?

What did you say, love?

Get out.

No, Matthew... Matthew!

She had brown hair,an English girl, 21 or so.

She would be here buyingpetrol in a canister.

Yes. Yes, I see this woman.She wears a...

A hat. Like a baseball cap?

Did you see where she came from?

Through those trees. No car.

But...this is what I tellyour colleague just now.

What is it they say? Great minds?

Perhaps - once upon a time.

Do not be so modest. I googled you.

No-one is safe any more.

Well, I am glad someone else feelsit is worthwhile tracking

Alice Webster's movements yesterday.

Three hours to be goneis a long time.

The Bundespolizei were all overEckhausen looking for her.

Which suggests she did notwant to be found.

The girl was hiding something.This was her last stop before home.

So the question is...

What she did in the two hours beforeshe came to the petrol station.

May I?

So. The average walking speedis 2.8mph.

She went through that field.That way lies Eckhausen.

So...there is the search zone.

Are there any cameras in Eckhausen?

CCTV, security, traffic?

Well, not as many as in Paris,but, yes. We have some.

We start there.

We? Together?

If everyone helpsto hold up the sky,

then one person doesn't get tired.

And you say you are nota great mind.

Sadly I cannot take credit for that.

Do you know who said it?

Who?

Google it.

Mr Herz.

It's funny.

There isn'ta speck of dust on this floor.

They clean my cell morethan I clean my own house.

It's not the place that's filthy.

Why are you here?

Your wife...she was attacked last night.

She... Is she...?

She's in a coma.

Can I see her?

Not unless you tell uswhere Sophie Giroux is.

But...how can I?I don't know anything.

It's funny, you almostmake yourself seem human.

Maybe if you confessed, someonewouldn't have gone after her.

Maybe she'd still have her teeth.

Christ. How many photosdid you go through?

There must have been thousands.

This girl's face is a blur...her hair's all over the place.

It's my daughter.

The picture's really not that clear.

I want to go there. To the park.

Maybe somebody saw the two of themtogether. Maybe somebody...

Are you saying that the girlwho came back - the girl you took

into your house - are you sayingthat wasn't your daughter?

We wanted to believe it. OK?

We wanted to believe it so badlythat we just...shut our eyes.

Mrs Webster...

But a part of me knew.The way she talked.

The look in her eye.

He could see it.That detective, Baptiste.

Even if it was true -how does it help us now?

I don't know.But it must mean something.

I'd go myself,but no-one's going to listen to me.

I have no authorityoutside the Army.

But you know what to look for.You know who to ask.

My dad's nurse quit.I've got no-one to look after him.

I'm sorry.

The garrison's only up the road,

I suppose I could getsomeone to...come by.

Thank you.

So, will your husband be joining us?

No. I didn't tell Sam.We don't talk about Alice.

We don't talk about anythingmuch these days.

'O'Sullivan.'Hi, it's Eve Stone.

'How can I help?'Yeah, I need a favour...

Julien! We've got to keep moving.We need to go.

Out into the crossfire?

The Peshmerga has startedto fall back. We should go.

The question is to risk ourlives on...on fate or chance.

It's hard not to think of thosegirls, kept in that basement.

Scared of the world outside.

Somebody builds a wallaround you, and...

..soon you startto build your own.

We have to go. Come on!

You two, over here.This way, move! Go! Go!

Staff Sergeant Eve Stone, of theMilitary Police out of Eckhausen.

We called ahead.We're meeting Dieter Ackermann?

Ich habe hier zwei frauen fur Sie.

OK. He's just coming.

Thank you.

Sergeant Stone?

Hello.

So sorry, excuse me.

Stone?

'It's O'Sullivan. Look, I know Isaid I'd look in on your father,

'but I've been calledto a disturbance.'

I understand. Don't worry about it.

Hey.

'Sam.'

We still meeting later?

'It's not about that. It's my dad.'

I need you to...go round to my houseand keep an eye on him.

I thought that wasn't what this is.

'His nurse quit.He can't look after himself.'

Why can't you do it?I'm working on the car.

I just can't.

OK?

Please.

Yeah, all right. I'll go round now.

Thank you.

I'm sorry. The rollercoasteris the only ride we do with...

photographs. You understand?

What about CCTV? Security cameras?

We have dummies,but they do not film.

We are small, privately run...

There must be something.

I'm sorry. I do not...

Thank you, anyway.

We should go. My dad's...

Well...maybe if we ask around?Maybe somebody saw something.

Isn't it worth trying? Just in case?

Sure. OK. Let's ask.

Thank you.

TV ON

Hello.

Hi.

We need to keep moving.

OK. Let's go. Go go go go!

Come on. Julien...

No, no, no.Julien, it's the Peshmerga.

Come away. Julien, that's fine.The Peshmerga. The Peshmerga, OK?

To the airport, yes?

Yeah. Going somewhere nice?

Going somewhere else.

How are you feeling?

If she hadn't walked out of thatbasement she might be alive today.

And what kind of life would that be?

They're saying she did it.

She took the petrol in there.They found a canister.

She killed herself.She was locked in!

Even if she had second thoughts,maybe...

We can't think like that, it's...I can think the way I want.
..poisonous.

How could he do that?How could he lock her in there?
After all she'd been through.

Sam, it is not Matthew's fault...

He knows what he did.

You both do.

What do you mean?

She came home, she needed support.She needed her family.

She was so different...You called her a liar!

That is not what I said.

She heard what you said, Gemma,and that's why she did it.

That's why she killed herself.

Do you remember, when she was born,

how long it took herto get off to sleep?

No. Cos you weren't there.It was me.

It was me, holding her.Night after night, singing to her.

Holding on to her little hand.

I know my daughter!

And that girl, that girlthat came back?

That was not her...that was not my Alice!

NO! Don't you DARE!

Don't you DARE say that to me now!

Don't you dare say that to me...

Hey. Thanks for meeting me.I got you one of these.

No caffeine.

Of course.Remind me never to get pregnant.

I got a call from a journalistasking about Alice Webster.

Jesus.

It's out there now. It's going tobe a global news piece.

The press are onto Nadia Herz'sassault. They're joining the dots.

Asking if Matthew Webstercould have been involved.

I said no comment, but...

If they're not given a story,they make one up.

I know.

So...what do you want me to do?

Talk to the families.Get drafting a statement.

Yeah...right, right.

I know, it's the last thingthey need right now.

But I'd rather they controlthe story here.

In the meantime,I'll speak to Matthew Webster.

Of course. I don't want themgetting sandbagged by questions.

Not after what's happened to them.

Mrs Webster?

Adam Gettrick fromthe Army Press Office.

They know, don't they?

About Alice?

Not for sure.

But they know something's going on.

I don't know how -someone in the hospital,

or...one of the German policespeaking out of turn...

Everyone stops to watchthe car crash, don't they?

See the blood on the road.

We should think aboutmaking a statement.

I can draft something.

If that would help.

I don't want to talk about it.

Mrs Webster...

..if we don't make a statement...

they won't leave you alone.

I said I don't wantto talk about her.

I thought with this kind oftime-frame it wouldn't take

so long to find something.

It depends if thereis anything to find.

It's like waitingfor Hilde to talk.

What?

When I was a child,my mother bought me a parrot.

Hilde, it was called.

Every day, I come home from school,waiting for this bird to say a word.

And every day...nothing.

So, waiting for Hilde to talk,we used to say.

And did she ever talk?

Not a word.

When I first began this job,I thought it would all be exciting.

I soon realised what it was -

sifting through the earth,grain by grain.

But the devil is in the detail,

and...

What?

Sometimes Hilde talks.

Go back, please.

There. There she is.

Go forward.

There are no other cameras?

With a view that leads on from here?

Can you play it slowly?

Where was she going?

You should not be here.

It was your units.Your men brought us here.

Rat-a-tat-a-tat. You get shot.Understand?

Yes.

ISIL, they will come back.

They come back...and you get shot.

I understand.

We get it.You too. Rat-a-tat-a-tat.

We just wish to return to Erbil.

OK. We will arrange. Let's go.

Come on, follow me. Let's go.

Was it worth it?

Excuse me?

Coming all this way.Nearly getting killed.

I told myself I wouldn't rest untilI find the man who took

Sophie Giroux and Alice Webster.

Well, I'm sorry that all thiswas for nothing.

Perhaps.

Daniel said his fatherwas sending money

to a man called Mirza Barzani.

I think we should find out why.

'Hello, Detective Lenhart.'

Jorn, it's Baptiste.

'Julien.' I need your helpfinding someone.

How are you doing, sir?Can I get you anything?

Captain Webster.Honourable Tank Regiment.

Yes, sir. That's me.

Your boys came under fire in 2010.Basra.

Yes, sir. I was on patrol.

Three souls.

I'm sorry about whathappened to your daughter.

Thank you.

She was very young...I remember.

Taken outside the school.

She was... She liked spiders.

An alternative sort.

She was called...

She was...

Alice.

Alice Webster. Yes.

I wouldn't forget that, Captain.

I wonder if they'll ever find outwhat happened to her.

She died, sir.

Took her own life.

What makes you think you're fitto join the military, then, son?

You've never seen either ofthese girls? No.

Are you sure?

Sorry.

Thank you.

So you haven't seeneither of these girls?

They might have been withan older man? No, I'm sorry.

No, I'm sorry. None of them?No, I'm sorry.

Nothing?Sorry.

I know you think this wholething is pointless.

I didn't say that.

You didn't have to.

But the thing is you do anythingfor your kids, absolutely anything.

Have you ever thought about havingkids? A family of your own?

It just...never happened.Always moving around.

Maybe one day.

Not... God knows when.

Well.

We all find a way to survive,don't we?

It's all right. All right, stand up.

There you go.

I'm sorry, I...It's fine.

I'll be back in a minute.

I don't know what happened.

It's fine, honestly,don't think about it. Really.

You're a good lad.

No, I'm not.

Let's find you somethingto wear, shall we?

She always wanted a family.

It hit her hard, you know?

Park's closing up.We should be heading off.

He's been happier recently,you know.

What?Sam.

He's been happier.

Lately.

Right?

I don't...

Come on.

I'm sorry.

You know, when Alice was taken...

we fell apart at the seams.

All three of us. Together.

But it did make us stronger.

It did, because what we lost inAlice we still had in each other.

We had that love that you onlykeep for your family.

And when she walkedback into our lives...

..we fell apart all over again.

It just...

..happened.This isn't about you. Is it?

Don't tell Sam I know, will you?

He still loves you.Oh, right!

Fine. Really.

Well, even if that's true...

..what does it bloody matter?

Julien?

Julien.

Julien, are you OK?

Sometimes I get headaches.

Your friend foundMirza Barzani fast.

We should be there soon.

'Julien?'

I wonder if you can help us.

We're trying to find this girl.

She might have passed here yesterdaybetween four and six o'clock.

Oh, yeah, I remember her.She came in here.

She did? What did she want?

Statice flowers. 12 of them.

Purple. And then she asked methe way to the graveyard,

of course.

Why "of course"?

These are flowers for remembrance.

Usually we put theseon a grave, you see, so...

She seemed so sad, this girl.

Matthew?

Do you mind if I sit down?

Matthew, Kristian Herz' wife,Nadia, was found

beaten half to death last night.

She's in the ICUin a coma right now.

OK.

It's unlikely to be a coincidence

that the wife of the manwho abducted your sister

be brutally beatenthe day of his arrest.

You think... You think it was me?

I didn't say that.

But I'd like to knowwhere you were last night.

That man - Kristian -he's the one that took Alice.

Why would I attack his wife?That doesn't make any sense.

I'm not accusing you, Matthew.I'm on your side.

But if you know something...How can you come here,

while my sister's just...Matthew, just calm down.

She's gone! I haven't done anythingwrong. She done it to herself.

Why can't you just leave us alone!

Oh, my God! I'm so sorry.

I didn't mean to hurt you, honestly,I was just trying to get past.

I'm fine.

Sergeant Stone, I am so, so sorry.I'll find a doctor.

It's OK.

Hello?

All right,thanks for letting me know.

Where's your mum?

Mrs Webster?

The DNA results are backon the remains in your shed.

We ran them against your husband.

It's a confirmed matchwith your daughter.

It's...

It's really Alice?

It's really my Alice, you're sure?

I'm sorry, but yes.

I just... I thought you should know.

Are you sure you're ready?

Mrs Webster, Mrs Webster,where is Alice now?

Mrs Webster...

Mrs Webster will makea short statement.

There will be no questions.

My daughter, Alice Webster,was abducted in 2003.

And four days ago,she came back to us.

I know there'll be a lot writtenabout this - what happened to

my daughter is one of those things,one of those...

horrible things that you read aboutin the newspaper and you say,

"That's awful."

But really you're thinking..."I'm glad it's not me."

And no matter what gets written...

you'll never understand...

..what it's like to resign yourself

to never seeing someoneyou love ever again.

And when they come back...

..you can't believe it.

I couldn't.

It was her, and...

..I just couldn't believe it.

My daughter...wasn't just....

a name for your headlines.

She was a girl.

She was our girl.

And we loved her.

Mrs Webster... Mrs Webster,do you know who found her?

As I said, no questions.

Julien?

Julien?

Julien?

Did you not hear me shout?

I was miles away, forgive me.These places, well...

Some find them to be peaceful.Myself, I find it hard.

All these lives, laid bare -everything they stood for

reduced to a few wordson a tombstone.

A novel abridged to a haiku.

I think I have found the flowers.

They look fresh, too,unlike the others.

They could have been boughtyesterday.

So she runs from her family,disappears without a word.

And while the entire policedepartment searches for her,

she finds the time to buy flowersand visit a grave

before going home to dowhat she did.

Who is this man?

Henry Reed.

And why did she need to see himbefore she took her own life?

Mirza Barzani?

Do you speak English?

Bristol University. Three years.

Our exhibits are displayedin chronological order,

starting with the Palaeolithic age,down there...

moving into the ancientcivilisations of Mesopotamia

and ending on the right side inthe period of Abbasid.

Although, I can see from your faces

you do not seem interestedin what the past has to offer...

Far from it. The past is exactlythe reason we are here.

Only not this far back.

A man who was living in Germanywould send regular payments to you.

His name was Henry Reed.

We are trying to find out why.

Henry Reed.

You are not the first personto come and ask about him.

You spoke to his son Danielover a year ago or so.

And I will tell you the samething that I told him.

Henry Reed made thosepayments out of guilt.

Guilt? For what?

For what they did to my sister.

She was only nine years old.

And this Henry Reed thinks moneywill, what? Make it better?

Bring her to life?They killed MY father...

Mr Barzani, please. Slow down.

Would you mind to tell me everythingyou know, from the beginning?

In 1991, I was just a boy.

That's when they cameto my village...

Who?

Henry Reed. And his Army friend.

A man called Stone.

(How was he?)

(Yeah, he's fine.)

Thank you.

It's fine.

Where did you go?

Just...work. Something came up.

Look, um...

Your dad hada bit of an accident.

I went into one of the drawersin your bedroom,

just looking for somethingfor him to wear...

I'm sorry. No, I'm sorry.

I, uh...

I found the pictures.You know, the scans, of the baby...

So?

So it's a huge part of your life

and we've never really talkedabout it.

And I just think maybe you should bewith someone else.

You know...

Someone who can give youwhat you want.

You don't know what I need.

It's not like we haven't beenhonest with each other.

We needed each other.

Someone to hold on toin the middle of all the...

But now...

I'm sorry, I'm not good at this.

It's fine.

I've been thinking the same.

It's not right, what we've beendoing. We need to stop.

The doc says that me and Gemmacould go back to England.

Make a fresh start.

I wonder whether he's right.

You've been through it, you two.

You deserve to be happy.

Julien. Julien.

I think the flight's on time.You should check in.

Thank you again. For all your help.

I'd say it was my pleasure, but...

You know you should go home.You can have that operation.

Not just run and hide from it.

Says the man who refuses to go home,even when asked by his employer.

I know. I know.But that's different.

You know, I've had chemotherapy.Radiotherapy too.

I have had hope and had it snatchedfrom me all in the same week.

In truth, I'm tired.Perhaps I've had my time.

But if there is a chance thereal Alice Webster is still alive

I must do everythingin my power to find her.

To do nothing or do something,right?

Yes. It's no choice at all.

Goodbye.

Farewell, my friend, good luck.

'Hello?'

Hello, Eve, it's Gemma.

'I know this is awkward, butthere's no-one else I can...'

Can we meet? Tonight.

'I can't. I'm with my dad.'

Tomorrow morning?

What is it? What's it about?

You know what I said earlier onabout not seeing something

that's right in front of you.

Well, I was right.

We weren't looking hard enough, Eve.

There was another girl.

Voila.

I'm afraid I'm taken.