Wallander (2005–2013): Season 2, Episode 11 - Arvet - full transcript
When Manfred Stjarne is stabbed to death outside the Brada cider factory his wife Claire has inherited - suspicion falls on Polish worker Jan Kowalski, with whose wife Manfred was having an...
Hello.
Any boxes delivered
to the stockroom yet?
- Yes.
- Good.
Is it working?
The way it was before?
Good, then you've done a good job.
How's it going?
Will it take much longer?
I like these.
Listen, I was thinking we might...
HENNING MANKELL'S WALLANDER SERIES
THE HERITAGE
Do you know what time it is?
No, but I'm sure you'll tell me,
won't you?
Where have you been?
Were you with her?
You're a mess.
Go and change.
Could you give me a hand?
So...
...I'm still allowed to do this, am I?
Mind my hair...
There.
What is it?
Nothing...
Hi, would you like to join me
for dinner?
Have a glass of wine?
I was cooking
and I had all this chicken, so...
Listen, I'm kind of...
...in the middle of something
that I really should finish up.
It won't take long.
And you need to eat anyway,
don't you?
No, thanks.
Well, I took a shot...
A warm welcome to you all.
Yes, exactly.
Yes, well, I see. Sure.
Like to wait in the car?
I can do it.
No, it's OK.
Manfred Stjarne, 41 years old.
The evening's host.
Some kind of business event.
The guests are German buyers.
I don't know if it was
one of the guests who...
Here, somewhere around here.
I think the killer was waiting here.
Sneaked up behind him and...
...stabs him in the back
with a sharp object and slits his throat.
He went outside to make a call
just so he wouldn't disturb the guests.
And when he didn't return after,
say, ten minutes or so...
...thought it was rather strange
and I went out looking for him.
I'm Claire Stjarne
Do you know
who he was going to call?
No.
Do you know if he has any enemies?
Not that I know of.
- How long have you been married?
- Along time.
There are aspects of our marriage
that aren't entirely pleasant.
I'd appreciate it if you conducted this
with as much discretion as possible.
Of course.
Shit! What a day.
Going home to get some sleep?
How are you doing?
Fine.
I mean it, Pontus.
Well, see you tomorrow, then.
Good night.
Listen, I've checked Manfred Stjarne's
mobile phone records.
Apparently, he's spent a lot of time
on the phone with a woman...
...who works at the cider plant,
her name is Anna.
Right.
Was he cheating on his wife?
Well, their marriage doesn't seem
to be all that fantastic.
No...
I know all about that.
We're all experts in that department.
- Right. But you'll check her out, right?
- Yeah.
And let's have that dinner
some night, OK?
Listen...
Could you step into my office
and close the door?
I"m a prosecutor
and you are a senior police officer...
- Right?
- Sure, that's right.
Then I guess I'll go
check this Anna out.
- In here...
- Thanks. Wait outside.
- Kurt Wallander.
- Anna Kowalski.
Go ahead and sit down.
You and Manfred
were having an affair.
Did your husband know?
What's your husband's name?
Jan Kowalski.
He works hard.
He's an honest man.
Well, there must be something
between you that's not that great...
...considering the fact
that you're having an affair?
Does he drink?
Does he beat you?
Does he work here at Brada?
No, not now.
He was offered a job in Stockholm,
construction work.
Manfred helped him.
That must have suited Manfred...
...he could have you all to himself.
Could you tell me why an employer
has an affair with an employee?
Did it offer you any benefits?
That would certainly
be understandable.
I mean, it's not like you'd like
to spend your whole life working here?
Did he pay you?
A little extra something
to send home to your parents?
Or did he promise to help you
get a permanent residence permit?
I was in love with him.
And he was in love with me.
Isabelle?
- You won't forget, will you?
- Forget what?
Your debriefing.
Come on in.
So this is where
Kurt Wallander works, then?
Yes, this is where
Kurt Wallander works.
Thank you.
Well then...
Anna, the Polish girl.
She came to me.
She wants to say something
she didn't dare tell you last time.
About her husband.
On the day Manfred was murdered,
Anna's husband had been to see her.
He told her there was something
he wanted to discuss with Manfred.
And no one's seen him since.
Did she say
what he wanted to discuss?
He wanted his old job at Brada back.
He had been fired
from his job up in Stockholm.
He was drunk
and pretty aggressive, too.
He could get pretty violent at times,
you see.
Considering what you know
about Manfred...
...how would he deal
with a situation like this?
Taking his affair with Anna
into account, I mean?
Well, I don't know.
Pardon me for being blunt...
...but you don't seem to care much
about the fact...
...that your husband
was cheating on you.
We were married for 17 years.
And for the last few years,
we were more like...
But we ran the business together,
and we did that very well.
What about you?
What?
I have my needs, as well.
- Why didn't you get a divorce?
- Because we didn't have a prenup.
'M the fourth generation
of the Stjarne family here at Brada.
I love this place.
If we divorced, Manfred would be
entitled to half of everything...
...and we would probably
be forced to sell.
You do understand that you
just admitted a pretty good motive...
-...to see him dead, don't you?
- I guess so.
But obviously, I didn't do it.
Katarina?
We have a suspect
in the Manfred Stjarne murder.
Jan Kowalski.
Crime of passion.
The man found out that his wife
was having an affair with Manfred.
So where is he now?
He disappeared the day Manfred
was found murdered.
Well, put out an alert for his arrest.
Right.
The kind of trauma you
were subjected to in the line of duty...
...is not that different
from other kinds of trauma...
.in the sense
that the person exposed to it...
...does not realize that it was traumatic.
Well ...
I'm not trying to deny
that I was shot, but...
But everything's all right.
The fact that you wore that bulletproof
vest and were lucky enough...
...to not get badly hurt doesn't make
the incident any less serious.
- You must agree to that?
- Yeah...
How did it go?
I don't know.
'M not sure
how I should talk about this.
I just don't want to think about it
all the time, you see.
- So, where are we going?
- I think about it.
5-84, Ingelstorps vag 17.
Requesting a unit
to Ingelstorps vig 17. Copy.
2-4-50. We'll take the call.
Over and out.
It's in there.
- Are you all alone?
- Yes, [ am.
- Could you wait outside?
- OK.
Got any gloves?
Take mine.
Jan Kowalski...
Call Kurt.
Right, it was Manfred's blood.
- Did you find the murder weapon?
- No.
The clothes he was wearing,
any blood on them?
Well, no, very little.
- What do you think?
- He had a motive.
I guess suicide was the only way out.
Dinner?
That's right.
I was persuaded
to get out of the house, too.
How's it going?
'M off duty at the moment.
You don't know where he is?
I'm sorry, but it's kind of hard
to stop thinking about it.
Jan Kowalski is dead.
What?
How?
But he could be the killer, right?
I can't answer that question.
Do you like your job?
I like my job a lot.
Doesn't seeing all that blood and misery
leave you a bit numb, though?
Yes...
At any rate,
you're good at what you do.
- How do you know that?
- I've been...
...checking you out.
- And what did you find?
- A great deal, actually.
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I'll be going back to...
Did you have a nice time last night?
Though it might be prudent to wait
until the investigation is over...
...before you have dinner
with Claire Stjarne.
- I saw you at the restaurant.
- I see.
She was there with some friends.
And the investigation is over.
The report is on your desk.
What the hell?
- What's wrong?
- Someone broke in here!
You've reached Stefan.
Do your thing after the tone. Bye.
Stefan? It's Mom.
We're at the storeroom
and someone's broken in here.
Benjamin?
Our victim's name is Benjamin Wilkes.
Two things in particular.
First, whoever did this
was very determined.
Along blade. The first strike
went clear through his body.
The second... Well, it practically
ripped his throat open.
The method's pretty similar
to that other murder.
Could it be the same killer?
Well, I wouldn't rule it out.
Could this be a copy-cat murder?
Or sheer coincidence?
I don't believe in coincidences.
Police...
- Stefan?
- Hello...
- Where's my mother now?
- At the hospital.
She's had a shock,
but they're taking good care of her.
We can take you to see her,
if you like.
I couldn't get a hold of her.
Couldn't reach her.
Why the hell
didn't I just go over there?
She said something about a break-in,
that's all.
We're really busy...
.50 figured
I could finish up here first...
What? Do you think someone
was there, waiting to ambush him?
Could it have been some burglar?
Or a vagrant or something?
Who panicked?
That's not what it appears to be.
Do you know of anyone who has
a grudge against your father?
It could go back years,
could you give it some thought?
What the hell is going on?
First Manfred and now Dad...
- Manfred Stjarne?
- Yes.
- Did you know him?
- He'd come around now and then.
He knew my dad.
According to Nyberg,
it isn't the same blade...
...but that doesn't mean
it isn't the same killer.
There was blood found on Jan
and the shoe print is his...
...making it reasonable to assume
that he killed Manfred.
And...
...it's possible that there is a connection
between the two murders...
...but for now I think we should
treat them as separate cases.
Wilkes used to work
as a psychologist...
...before he and his son
opened that restaurant.
And by the way,
he knew the Stjarnes.
- Claire Stjarne?
- Over there.
Thank you.
This can't be a coincidence.
What if the next victim is meant to be me?
What was your relationship
to Benjamin Wilkes?
Well, he was an old friend
of my father's.
One of many.
And he spent some time here
during a period...
...when we were going through
a financial rough patch.
We had to let a lot of people go.
And that was upsetting,
so Benjamin was here...
...to take care of some
of those people.
To what extent were you involved
in these lay-offs?
Manfred was the one
who actually took care of the details...
...but of course people
were upset with me as well.
Disappointed. I'd known many of them
since I was a child.
Could you give me a list
of the people you had to lay off?
- Of course.
- Thank you.
And obviously, if we believe
that you are in danger...
...we will provide protection.
Here's a list of the employees
who were laid off at Brada.
Could you check and see
if any of them have a record?
Are you exploring every avenue?
Everyone involved, I mean...
...when it comes to the murders
at Brada?
Claire Stjarne, for instance.
How closely have you looked at her?
Close enough.
I don't agree.
She has a motive,
don't you remember?
- What am I missing here?
- You seem so irritable...
- No, I'm not irritable.
- Yes, you are.
- No...I'm not.
- Yes, you are.
So what did I miss?
Did you read Nyberg's report
on Kowalski's suicide?
No, I haven't had the time.
And why not, if I may ask?
He gets up on a chair
and hangs himself.
Did he plan todo it
before he killed Manfred, or not?
- What difference does...
- Is it suicide?
- Here. Egon Dahlberg.
- What did he do?
He harassed the people at Brada
after he was laid off.
They issued a restraining order.
Let's check him out.
And there's Ylva Gustavsson.
She's filed all sorts of complaints
about the cider plant...
...and sent them
to the European Court of Justice.
We'll leave that to Wallander.
Better bring the list along.
I'll show you the ground floor later,
let's start with the top floor.
This is the knights” hall.
There will be an officer on duty
around the clock.
That's reassuring.
Thank you.
You will stay out of sight, won't you,
when there are customers here?
- Yes, of course.
- Good.
Right, that's the bedroom.
Hello, we'd like to have a word
with Egon Dahlberg.
Is he here?
He grew up there.
And he worked at Brada
from the age of fourteen...
...until all that business a year ago.
He never really recovered.
He kept going “to work.”
Well, I assume you've heard
all about that.
I guess he tried to tell himself...
...that it was all some big mistake.
Then he sat down...
...he sat right here...
...and drank himself to death.
Thank you.
Sorry about that.
Don't worry about it.
- Was he depressed?
- No, ashamed is more like it.
He was ashamed to be so useless.
It made him feel worthless.
Not as good as those Poles,
at any rate.
Well, he's gone now.
- When did he die?
- Three months ago.
Do you know a Benjamin Wilkes?
Who?
The psychologist who talked
to the people who were laid off.
Right.
I know that Egon
talked to him a few times.
Claire paid for it.
I bet she felt guilty.
After all, they had known each other
all their lives.
Excuse me.
Well, he's been murdered.
- Well, Egon didn't do it.
- No.
- May I offer you some coffee?
- No thank you, we've got to...
It's a fresh pot.
We've really got to go...
And I have some cinnamon rolls
in the oven, they're almost done.
Thank you so much for your time.
Please?
Could you stay a while longer?
Some other time.
Thank you.
Here's the rope Jan
used to hang himself with.
- Is it new?
- Well, it hasn't been used before.
Cut here, the end's aren't whipped.
- Where's the rest?
- I don't know.
But if he had tied it to that beam,
wouldn't there be fibers on his palms?
Exactly. But that's not what makes me
50 sure about this.
You see, if he had put this rope
in place after killing Manfred...
...we would have found blood
on the rope.
He could have washed his hands,
I suppose.
So he put the rope in place,
got drunk...
...went over to Brdda
and killed Manfred.
Then he came back here
and hanged himself?
Yeah.
- Another dinner invitation?
- I won't bother you again.
I just figured you'd be interested...
...in hearing Nyberg's take
on all this.
He believes, or rather claims
that he knows...
...that Jan Kowalski had planned to kill
himself before he murdered Manfred.
You seem very keen on this,
I must say.
If Jan was jealous...
...if he had prepared to kill himself...
...then why didn't he leave
a message of some kind?
Well...
Both of those murders were performed
in the same way, right?
Experience does show
that similar murders...
...do not necessarily
have to be connected.
But the victims knew each other.
Manfred Stjarne and Benjamin Wilkes
were friends.
And one thing they had in common
was Brdda.
There's got to be a connection
here somewhere...
...anything else would be strange.
The killer has to be someone
with a grudge...
...something to do with that place.
We will continue to check...
...the people who were laid off.
Tell me about what it was like
when you stopped working at Brada?
I guess they figured out it was cheaper
to use a bunch of Polish people.
I mean, they're willing to work
for a Snickers bar a week...
...aren't they?
- What kind of work did you do there?
- Accounts.
That means you knew...
I knew everything.
And they damn well wouldn't
have needed to fire any of us...
...if that bastard Manfred
didn't have such expensive habits.
Always jaunting off to Paris,
living at luxury hotels...
...with the company footing the bills.
Mauritius.
Spoiling his little girlfriends
with expensive presents.
The accounts were a mockery.
I discussed it with Claire and she said,
“Mind your own business.”
Then they fired me.
Fired us all.
One poor soul had worked there
all his life, for God's sake.
Who will take care of them, tell me?
And then they have the nerve to treat me
like I'm some kind of a psychopath. Hell!
- But they did provide a psychologist...
- Right!
Claire asked some friend of hers
to help out...
...so we could “talk to someone
if we felt the need.”
But that was just her sneaky way
to find out...
...whether we were going
to sue them or not, you see?
Well, did you?
Did you talk to the psychologist,
to Benjamin Wilkes?
And why is that of any interest to you?
Because he was murdered yesterday.
Christ!
If I had wanted to kill someone...
...damn well would have knocked
Claire and Manfred off ages ago!
That psychologist guy, he was...
He was a pathetic loser.
Their little errand boy,
that's what he was.
We do have to ask these questions,
you know. It's nothing personal.
I want them to pay for what they did.
Is that so fucking hard to understand?
I may not be at the top of my game
right now but, what the hell...
Court of Labor Issues.
European Court of Justice.
Case rejected, case rejected,
case rejected!
Go ahead, read it yourself!
What did you do yesterday?
You want to know
what I did yesterday?
I spent the day taking care
of all the bills I can't pay.
Do you know who might be responsible
for these murders?
No.
We'll get back to you
if we have any more questions.
You do that...
Now take care.
I was going to have a drink.
Would you care for something?
- Yes, that would be...
- A glass of wine?
No, I can't. I was thinking more
along the lines of coffee...
Someone's in the basement!
Wait here.
These were all unscrewed...
Three units are out.
With dogs.
- This is barely three meters...
- Come on, it was bloody dark.
...and then he grabbed me.
-“He"?
- He.
Well, I'm not really sure.
It's possible.
Want some?
You know what happens
when you drink those, don't you?
No...
Christ, I'm tired!
Is your shift over?
Yeah.
What about you?
Are you taking a cab
or walking or what?
No, I'm walking.
Which direction are you...?
I mean...
Thank you.
Thank you.
I had a great time.
Sleep tight.
You too...
Good night.
- See you tomorrow.
- Yeah, see you tomorrow.
Andreas Marnell, 58.
Single, no children.
Worked as a guard
at a shopping mall.
Yes...
Well, is there any connection to Brada?
Three murders. Same MO.
How the hell did this happen?
And who found him?
A coworker was going to pick him up
for work this morning.
No one answered the door,
and it was unlocked.
His coworker found him inside,
on the floor, and called us.
- So where is he, that coworker?
- She's talking to Isabelle out front.
I know, but we do have to ask
these questions...
There's always somebody
who's got some kind of beef...
Shoplifters who cause a fuss, etc.
Nothing serious though.
It...
Do you know if Andreas
knew Benjamin Wilkes?
He never mentioned him.
Wilkes has a restaurant in town,
maybe Andreas liked to go there?
- No idea...
- He used to be a psychologist.
That's right, do you know
if he was in contact with one?
- A psychologist?
- No, I don't think so...
They might have met at Ymis, though.
Andreas used to work there,
he left around 1995.
- Ymis? What's that?
- The Ystad Mental Institution.
What kind of work did he do there?
Well, he was an aide or something...
Could I...?
- Is it all right if I go now?
- Yes, sure.
- Thank you.
- OK...
Yes, I remember Andreas Marnell.
He was an aide here
many years ago.
But we had to dismiss him.
Why?
There were too many reports
about him.
Theft. Brutality.
Sexual misconduct.
We investigated
every single claim thoroughly...
...but we never really got anywhere.
It was their word against his.
And some of our patients aren't
entirely credible as witnesses, either.
Did any of the reports
about sexual misconduct...
...come from
Benjamin Wilkes' patients?
You know that I"m not at liberty
to reveal details like that.
Yes, but you could make
an exception, considering.
Andreas is dead.
I see...
Well...
No, I'm sorry, I can't help you.
I am so sick and tired of slogging
through the same tired resistance...
...from people like you every time
I"m working on a murder inquiry!
No, you listen to me!
We can't spread that kind
of confidential information around...
...to every Tom, Dick and Harry!
I'm not “every Tom, Dick and Harry,”
for Christ's sake!
'M trying to catch a killer!
I know you're just trying
to be conscientious...
...but help me out.
If you give me a name,
you might save someone's life.
- Lisbeth!
- Yes?
Katarina Ahlsell, I'm the prosecutor...
...in charge of the inquiry
into your husband's murder.
- I"m sorry for your loss.
- Thank you.
This certainly is a lovely place...
By the way...
...Anna?
- I need to talk to her.
- She's not here right now.
I see.
Where is she?
Well, I don"t know.
I'm not in the habit of keeping tabs...
...on my staff when they're off duty.
I"m sorry...
...but isn't this all over?
Well, no, not quite.
There are certain discrepancies
about the way Jan died.
He used a length of nylon rope
to hang himself.
Green nylon rope.
Do you use that kind of rope
here at Brdda?
Don't you need a warrant for this?
Have you seen any rope like that?
No, not that I can recall.
Andreas Marnell, do you know
anyone by that name?
No.
He worked at the psychiatric hospital
in Ystad.
- Do you know anyone there?
- Why would 1?
You're not being very cooperative,
you know.
Perhaps you're not that interested
in this case being solved?
Well...
...it may have something to do
with your attitude...
...which is very offensive.
- Hello?
- I have a name: Beatrice Sahlin.
There's a connection to the murders.
She reported Andreas
for sexual abuse...
...and Benjamin was her therapist.
I'm on my way over to her apartment
and I'd appreciate some backup.
The address is Lindgrand 1.
OK, were on our way.
Are you Beatrice Sahlin?
Listen...
...I'm Kurt Wallander,
from the police.
Id like to have a word.
You are...
Kurt!
Send an ambulance to Lindgrand 1!
I'm fine...
How are you doing?
No, everything's nice and quiet here.
I'll hold down the fort,
until someone comes and relieves me.
- Was that a call from the station?
- Yes.
Have you found something?
Caught a suspect?
I can't answer that.
Sorry, but it's been
so very unpleasant, all this...
FOURTH GENERATION
TAKES OVER AT BRADA
UNION ALARMED BY NOTICE
OF DISMISSALS AT BRADA
STJARNE DONATES LARGE SUM
TO CANCER RESEARCH
How could you be so damn careless?
What were you thinking?
Beatrice Sahlin is still at large.
And here I am, wasting resources
on protecting Claire Stjarne...
...instead of interviewing witnesses.
I went over there to talk to her.
Why?
I'm convinced there's something
she's not telling us.
And something else is bothering me:
the suicide.
On top of that, we still
haven't interviewed the witnesses...
...in the Wilkes' murder.
I appreciate that you
took the time to do this.
And I promise, this won't take long.
That's all right, isn't it, Mother?
It's a very nice place...
- Dad found it.
- Really?
May I ask you...
Did you get the slightest glimpse
of the person inside the house?
No.
Not at all?
Beatrice Sahlin, does that name
mean anything to you?
No, I can't say that it does.
How about you?
No.
We know that Benjamin met her...
...when he was working
at the Ystad Mental Institution.
Her name isn't Sahlin.
That's Beatrice.
Gudrun and Olof's youngest daughter...
...Beatrice Stjarne.
Beatrice Stjarne?
Yes, Claire's sister.
- Any updates on Sahlin?
- No, we haven't found her yet.
She's in there.
Why didn't you tell me
you have a sister...
...who's been in a mental asylum?
Excuse me?
What's going on?
She's prone to violent behavior,
has been institutionalized for 15 years...
...and was just recently released.
Paranoid schizophrenia.
Don't you think I should have been
informed about this?
Has she been released?
I asked you to give me the names
of every single person...
...with a motive you could think of.
You're right, I should have told you.
Of course I should have...
Someone entered your home
and assaulted you.
Didn't it occur to you
that it could be your sister?
As soon as she had been admitted
to the asylum...
...Father didn't want us
to talk about Beatrice anymore.
He even had her last name changed...
...just because he didn't want
to acknowledge any ties to Beatrice.
We've lived like she doesn't exist.
All these years,
it's been as if she was dead.
Poor Beatrice.
What are you doing down here?
Come on up and keep me company.
Have a glass of wine.
I think I have to go back to the station.
I apologize for not telling you
about Beatrice.
That was a big mistake.
I really should have done it.
I"m sorry.
Well, if you want it
to look like suicide...
...the victim has to be alive...
...but probably
should be unconscious.
- How much did he weigh?
-170 pounds.
Christ...
- Want some help?
- No...
If Claire Stjarne could do it,
then the question is...
...what's her next move?
Hey...
That would snap his neck.
That's pretty much how it was done,
if she did it.
Do you think she paid him?
Could she have paid Jan Kowalski?
No, I think she triggered him
into doing it.
I think she told him that her husband
was having an affair with his wife...
...and then convinced him to do it.
Then she got him drunk
and strung him up.
Otherwise there would have been
traces of blood from his hands...
...on the rope, right?
Right. But it's not enough.
- The evidence won't hold up in court.
- That's right. A bloody shame, too.
We can't bring her in...
- Well, how are things at home?
- Fine...
What about you?
I suspect that's a closed chapter
in my life...
Come on!
I"m sure lots of ladies
give you the eye!
I don't know. I think age has thrown
my judgment way off course.
That's the way it is.
Here.
Thanks.
One hour left.
Shooting stars...
There! Did you see it?
That means you can make a wish.
- What are you doing later?
- I don't know.
You?
Getting some sleep...
Right...
What?
Do you have a better idea?
Our regulations
are very clear about this.
I haven't told Wallander.
No, Wallander is blissfully ignorant
about all this.
For crying out loud, Pontus...
- No, I don't think we should...
- Yes...
Claire...
I've missed you so much.
I miss roasting apples on the fire,
topped with sugar and cinnamon...
...after everyone else was in bed.
Remember how angry Dad would be
when we forgot to turn off the lights?
Bea, the police are here.
Al wanted to do once I got out
of there was to come here.
Come home.
Thank you, Claire.
Thank you for getting rid of Manfred,
so I could come back home again.
I love you so much.
I know you had nothing to do
with shutting me in there...
...with all those disgusting men.
You're sick.
- Did you murder Benjamin?
- No.
You don't think a person
has to take that sort of thing...
But you didn't see anything.
Bea, you didn't...
...did you?
Sit down.
What do you want?
I want to be here with you.
I want everything to be
like it used to be.
That isn't possible.
It can never happen.
We're not children anymore.
I know that you hated Dad
when he sent me away.
You said so.
You told me you hated him!
You promised I could come back
home again, Claire!
You said we would be together again!
Please don't go.
Please, Claire, don't go!
'M just going 10 put some more wood
on the fire.
It's freezing in here,
don't you think so?
Sorry...
That's all right.
Come here.
Want to roast some apples?
Come here.
And close your eyes.
I have a surprise for you.
Turn around...
...and close your eyes.
What the hell happened here?
She walked straight past you,
right under your noses!
She used the front door,
for God's sake!
What were you doing?
Were you asleep or what?
I expect a report on my desk
by tomorrow morning.
Nyberg...
Yes?
When will you be finished?
Give me a few hours.
Do you have any swabs?
Kurt, I had no choice...
Shit.
Hey...
I don't know...
Good night.
In here, on the right.
Sit down and wait.
It's 9:35 a.m. Kurt Wallander
will be interviewing Claire Stjarne...
...Who is suspected, with due cause,
of the murder of Beatrice Sahlin.
It was self-defense.
You do see that, don't you, Kurt?
Let's start out with you answering
my questions, all right?
You were standing
next to the fireplace, you say.
- Yes.
- What were you doing?
I was putting wood on the fire...
...and she came up behind me,
intending to kill me.
How do you know
that she wanted to kill you?
Because she put her hand
in her pocket, to pull out a knife.
- And that's why I had to defend myself.
- With what?
A poker.
While she turned her back on you?
She decides to kill you and reaches
for a knife in her pocket...
...while her back was turned?
How many times did you hit her?
I don't know, actually.
I panicked.
You promised the police
would protect me.
What am I supposed to do
when you aren't doing your job?
Why did she want to kill you?
This is outrageous!
Why should I have to justify myself..
...when I've been through
something as terrible as this?
- What were you talking about?
- We weren't talking.
She was talking.
She told me it was my turn.
She slit their throats, Benjamin's
and that guard person's.
She was sick.
There are records to prove
that she was sick.
And here you are,
trying to make it sound like I'm...
...when she's the one who is sick!
Sick or not,
she was your little sister.
We know that she had been crying,
over there at that table...
...because we have secure
trace evidence of tears.
And that conversation
must have taken place...
...before you went over
to the fireplace.
She attacked me!
And then you ran over
to the fireplace.
Yes, I hurried over there
because I was scared to death!
So you do admit that the two of you
were sitting at the table?
She was sitting there.
She sat there
and told me it was my turn now.
Is that when you saw her reach
into her pocket for the knife?
While she was sitting at the table?
Which pocket?
The right one or the left?
You'd know that.
50, you hit her over the head
with the poker.
And while she was on the floor,
you hit her five more times.
That's not self-defense,
that's murder.
Why did you want her dead?
Did she know something?
Something you wanted to cover up?
Listen, Claire.
I'm going to analyze Jan Kowalski's
suicide over and over again.
And I'm very good at my job, you see.
Here you are
making all these wild accusations.
I've never been treated
in such a shocking way.
Ever!
Christ, knock it off!
You might as well make it easier
on yourself.
You murdered Beatrice Sahlin...
...and you murdered Jan Kowalski,
who killed Manfred.
Did he threaten to take it all
away from you?
Sell it?
Share Brdda with Anna?
When it comes to Jan,
it wasn't a problem, we know that.
You could make him do
whatever you liked.
Kurt Wallander is taking
a five-minute break...
...in his interview with Claire Stjarne.
.
Any boxes delivered
to the stockroom yet?
- Yes.
- Good.
Is it working?
The way it was before?
Good, then you've done a good job.
How's it going?
Will it take much longer?
I like these.
Listen, I was thinking we might...
HENNING MANKELL'S WALLANDER SERIES
THE HERITAGE
Do you know what time it is?
No, but I'm sure you'll tell me,
won't you?
Where have you been?
Were you with her?
You're a mess.
Go and change.
Could you give me a hand?
So...
...I'm still allowed to do this, am I?
Mind my hair...
There.
What is it?
Nothing...
Hi, would you like to join me
for dinner?
Have a glass of wine?
I was cooking
and I had all this chicken, so...
Listen, I'm kind of...
...in the middle of something
that I really should finish up.
It won't take long.
And you need to eat anyway,
don't you?
No, thanks.
Well, I took a shot...
A warm welcome to you all.
Yes, exactly.
Yes, well, I see. Sure.
Like to wait in the car?
I can do it.
No, it's OK.
Manfred Stjarne, 41 years old.
The evening's host.
Some kind of business event.
The guests are German buyers.
I don't know if it was
one of the guests who...
Here, somewhere around here.
I think the killer was waiting here.
Sneaked up behind him and...
...stabs him in the back
with a sharp object and slits his throat.
He went outside to make a call
just so he wouldn't disturb the guests.
And when he didn't return after,
say, ten minutes or so...
...thought it was rather strange
and I went out looking for him.
I'm Claire Stjarne
Do you know
who he was going to call?
No.
Do you know if he has any enemies?
Not that I know of.
- How long have you been married?
- Along time.
There are aspects of our marriage
that aren't entirely pleasant.
I'd appreciate it if you conducted this
with as much discretion as possible.
Of course.
Shit! What a day.
Going home to get some sleep?
How are you doing?
Fine.
I mean it, Pontus.
Well, see you tomorrow, then.
Good night.
Listen, I've checked Manfred Stjarne's
mobile phone records.
Apparently, he's spent a lot of time
on the phone with a woman...
...who works at the cider plant,
her name is Anna.
Right.
Was he cheating on his wife?
Well, their marriage doesn't seem
to be all that fantastic.
No...
I know all about that.
We're all experts in that department.
- Right. But you'll check her out, right?
- Yeah.
And let's have that dinner
some night, OK?
Listen...
Could you step into my office
and close the door?
I"m a prosecutor
and you are a senior police officer...
- Right?
- Sure, that's right.
Then I guess I'll go
check this Anna out.
- In here...
- Thanks. Wait outside.
- Kurt Wallander.
- Anna Kowalski.
Go ahead and sit down.
You and Manfred
were having an affair.
Did your husband know?
What's your husband's name?
Jan Kowalski.
He works hard.
He's an honest man.
Well, there must be something
between you that's not that great...
...considering the fact
that you're having an affair?
Does he drink?
Does he beat you?
Does he work here at Brada?
No, not now.
He was offered a job in Stockholm,
construction work.
Manfred helped him.
That must have suited Manfred...
...he could have you all to himself.
Could you tell me why an employer
has an affair with an employee?
Did it offer you any benefits?
That would certainly
be understandable.
I mean, it's not like you'd like
to spend your whole life working here?
Did he pay you?
A little extra something
to send home to your parents?
Or did he promise to help you
get a permanent residence permit?
I was in love with him.
And he was in love with me.
Isabelle?
- You won't forget, will you?
- Forget what?
Your debriefing.
Come on in.
So this is where
Kurt Wallander works, then?
Yes, this is where
Kurt Wallander works.
Thank you.
Well then...
Anna, the Polish girl.
She came to me.
She wants to say something
she didn't dare tell you last time.
About her husband.
On the day Manfred was murdered,
Anna's husband had been to see her.
He told her there was something
he wanted to discuss with Manfred.
And no one's seen him since.
Did she say
what he wanted to discuss?
He wanted his old job at Brada back.
He had been fired
from his job up in Stockholm.
He was drunk
and pretty aggressive, too.
He could get pretty violent at times,
you see.
Considering what you know
about Manfred...
...how would he deal
with a situation like this?
Taking his affair with Anna
into account, I mean?
Well, I don't know.
Pardon me for being blunt...
...but you don't seem to care much
about the fact...
...that your husband
was cheating on you.
We were married for 17 years.
And for the last few years,
we were more like...
But we ran the business together,
and we did that very well.
What about you?
What?
I have my needs, as well.
- Why didn't you get a divorce?
- Because we didn't have a prenup.
'M the fourth generation
of the Stjarne family here at Brada.
I love this place.
If we divorced, Manfred would be
entitled to half of everything...
...and we would probably
be forced to sell.
You do understand that you
just admitted a pretty good motive...
-...to see him dead, don't you?
- I guess so.
But obviously, I didn't do it.
Katarina?
We have a suspect
in the Manfred Stjarne murder.
Jan Kowalski.
Crime of passion.
The man found out that his wife
was having an affair with Manfred.
So where is he now?
He disappeared the day Manfred
was found murdered.
Well, put out an alert for his arrest.
Right.
The kind of trauma you
were subjected to in the line of duty...
...is not that different
from other kinds of trauma...
.in the sense
that the person exposed to it...
...does not realize that it was traumatic.
Well ...
I'm not trying to deny
that I was shot, but...
But everything's all right.
The fact that you wore that bulletproof
vest and were lucky enough...
...to not get badly hurt doesn't make
the incident any less serious.
- You must agree to that?
- Yeah...
How did it go?
I don't know.
'M not sure
how I should talk about this.
I just don't want to think about it
all the time, you see.
- So, where are we going?
- I think about it.
5-84, Ingelstorps vag 17.
Requesting a unit
to Ingelstorps vig 17. Copy.
2-4-50. We'll take the call.
Over and out.
It's in there.
- Are you all alone?
- Yes, [ am.
- Could you wait outside?
- OK.
Got any gloves?
Take mine.
Jan Kowalski...
Call Kurt.
Right, it was Manfred's blood.
- Did you find the murder weapon?
- No.
The clothes he was wearing,
any blood on them?
Well, no, very little.
- What do you think?
- He had a motive.
I guess suicide was the only way out.
Dinner?
That's right.
I was persuaded
to get out of the house, too.
How's it going?
'M off duty at the moment.
You don't know where he is?
I'm sorry, but it's kind of hard
to stop thinking about it.
Jan Kowalski is dead.
What?
How?
But he could be the killer, right?
I can't answer that question.
Do you like your job?
I like my job a lot.
Doesn't seeing all that blood and misery
leave you a bit numb, though?
Yes...
At any rate,
you're good at what you do.
- How do you know that?
- I've been...
...checking you out.
- And what did you find?
- A great deal, actually.
00:24:04,895 --> 00:24:06,590
I'll be going back to...
Did you have a nice time last night?
Though it might be prudent to wait
until the investigation is over...
...before you have dinner
with Claire Stjarne.
- I saw you at the restaurant.
- I see.
She was there with some friends.
And the investigation is over.
The report is on your desk.
What the hell?
- What's wrong?
- Someone broke in here!
You've reached Stefan.
Do your thing after the tone. Bye.
Stefan? It's Mom.
We're at the storeroom
and someone's broken in here.
Benjamin?
Our victim's name is Benjamin Wilkes.
Two things in particular.
First, whoever did this
was very determined.
Along blade. The first strike
went clear through his body.
The second... Well, it practically
ripped his throat open.
The method's pretty similar
to that other murder.
Could it be the same killer?
Well, I wouldn't rule it out.
Could this be a copy-cat murder?
Or sheer coincidence?
I don't believe in coincidences.
Police...
- Stefan?
- Hello...
- Where's my mother now?
- At the hospital.
She's had a shock,
but they're taking good care of her.
We can take you to see her,
if you like.
I couldn't get a hold of her.
Couldn't reach her.
Why the hell
didn't I just go over there?
She said something about a break-in,
that's all.
We're really busy...
.50 figured
I could finish up here first...
What? Do you think someone
was there, waiting to ambush him?
Could it have been some burglar?
Or a vagrant or something?
Who panicked?
That's not what it appears to be.
Do you know of anyone who has
a grudge against your father?
It could go back years,
could you give it some thought?
What the hell is going on?
First Manfred and now Dad...
- Manfred Stjarne?
- Yes.
- Did you know him?
- He'd come around now and then.
He knew my dad.
According to Nyberg,
it isn't the same blade...
...but that doesn't mean
it isn't the same killer.
There was blood found on Jan
and the shoe print is his...
...making it reasonable to assume
that he killed Manfred.
And...
...it's possible that there is a connection
between the two murders...
...but for now I think we should
treat them as separate cases.
Wilkes used to work
as a psychologist...
...before he and his son
opened that restaurant.
And by the way,
he knew the Stjarnes.
- Claire Stjarne?
- Over there.
Thank you.
This can't be a coincidence.
What if the next victim is meant to be me?
What was your relationship
to Benjamin Wilkes?
Well, he was an old friend
of my father's.
One of many.
And he spent some time here
during a period...
...when we were going through
a financial rough patch.
We had to let a lot of people go.
And that was upsetting,
so Benjamin was here...
...to take care of some
of those people.
To what extent were you involved
in these lay-offs?
Manfred was the one
who actually took care of the details...
...but of course people
were upset with me as well.
Disappointed. I'd known many of them
since I was a child.
Could you give me a list
of the people you had to lay off?
- Of course.
- Thank you.
And obviously, if we believe
that you are in danger...
...we will provide protection.
Here's a list of the employees
who were laid off at Brada.
Could you check and see
if any of them have a record?
Are you exploring every avenue?
Everyone involved, I mean...
...when it comes to the murders
at Brada?
Claire Stjarne, for instance.
How closely have you looked at her?
Close enough.
I don't agree.
She has a motive,
don't you remember?
- What am I missing here?
- You seem so irritable...
- No, I'm not irritable.
- Yes, you are.
- No...I'm not.
- Yes, you are.
So what did I miss?
Did you read Nyberg's report
on Kowalski's suicide?
No, I haven't had the time.
And why not, if I may ask?
He gets up on a chair
and hangs himself.
Did he plan todo it
before he killed Manfred, or not?
- What difference does...
- Is it suicide?
- Here. Egon Dahlberg.
- What did he do?
He harassed the people at Brada
after he was laid off.
They issued a restraining order.
Let's check him out.
And there's Ylva Gustavsson.
She's filed all sorts of complaints
about the cider plant...
...and sent them
to the European Court of Justice.
We'll leave that to Wallander.
Better bring the list along.
I'll show you the ground floor later,
let's start with the top floor.
This is the knights” hall.
There will be an officer on duty
around the clock.
That's reassuring.
Thank you.
You will stay out of sight, won't you,
when there are customers here?
- Yes, of course.
- Good.
Right, that's the bedroom.
Hello, we'd like to have a word
with Egon Dahlberg.
Is he here?
He grew up there.
And he worked at Brada
from the age of fourteen...
...until all that business a year ago.
He never really recovered.
He kept going “to work.”
Well, I assume you've heard
all about that.
I guess he tried to tell himself...
...that it was all some big mistake.
Then he sat down...
...he sat right here...
...and drank himself to death.
Thank you.
Sorry about that.
Don't worry about it.
- Was he depressed?
- No, ashamed is more like it.
He was ashamed to be so useless.
It made him feel worthless.
Not as good as those Poles,
at any rate.
Well, he's gone now.
- When did he die?
- Three months ago.
Do you know a Benjamin Wilkes?
Who?
The psychologist who talked
to the people who were laid off.
Right.
I know that Egon
talked to him a few times.
Claire paid for it.
I bet she felt guilty.
After all, they had known each other
all their lives.
Excuse me.
Well, he's been murdered.
- Well, Egon didn't do it.
- No.
- May I offer you some coffee?
- No thank you, we've got to...
It's a fresh pot.
We've really got to go...
And I have some cinnamon rolls
in the oven, they're almost done.
Thank you so much for your time.
Please?
Could you stay a while longer?
Some other time.
Thank you.
Here's the rope Jan
used to hang himself with.
- Is it new?
- Well, it hasn't been used before.
Cut here, the end's aren't whipped.
- Where's the rest?
- I don't know.
But if he had tied it to that beam,
wouldn't there be fibers on his palms?
Exactly. But that's not what makes me
50 sure about this.
You see, if he had put this rope
in place after killing Manfred...
...we would have found blood
on the rope.
He could have washed his hands,
I suppose.
So he put the rope in place,
got drunk...
...went over to Brdda
and killed Manfred.
Then he came back here
and hanged himself?
Yeah.
- Another dinner invitation?
- I won't bother you again.
I just figured you'd be interested...
...in hearing Nyberg's take
on all this.
He believes, or rather claims
that he knows...
...that Jan Kowalski had planned to kill
himself before he murdered Manfred.
You seem very keen on this,
I must say.
If Jan was jealous...
...if he had prepared to kill himself...
...then why didn't he leave
a message of some kind?
Well...
Both of those murders were performed
in the same way, right?
Experience does show
that similar murders...
...do not necessarily
have to be connected.
But the victims knew each other.
Manfred Stjarne and Benjamin Wilkes
were friends.
And one thing they had in common
was Brdda.
There's got to be a connection
here somewhere...
...anything else would be strange.
The killer has to be someone
with a grudge...
...something to do with that place.
We will continue to check...
...the people who were laid off.
Tell me about what it was like
when you stopped working at Brada?
I guess they figured out it was cheaper
to use a bunch of Polish people.
I mean, they're willing to work
for a Snickers bar a week...
...aren't they?
- What kind of work did you do there?
- Accounts.
That means you knew...
I knew everything.
And they damn well wouldn't
have needed to fire any of us...
...if that bastard Manfred
didn't have such expensive habits.
Always jaunting off to Paris,
living at luxury hotels...
...with the company footing the bills.
Mauritius.
Spoiling his little girlfriends
with expensive presents.
The accounts were a mockery.
I discussed it with Claire and she said,
“Mind your own business.”
Then they fired me.
Fired us all.
One poor soul had worked there
all his life, for God's sake.
Who will take care of them, tell me?
And then they have the nerve to treat me
like I'm some kind of a psychopath. Hell!
- But they did provide a psychologist...
- Right!
Claire asked some friend of hers
to help out...
...so we could “talk to someone
if we felt the need.”
But that was just her sneaky way
to find out...
...whether we were going
to sue them or not, you see?
Well, did you?
Did you talk to the psychologist,
to Benjamin Wilkes?
And why is that of any interest to you?
Because he was murdered yesterday.
Christ!
If I had wanted to kill someone...
...damn well would have knocked
Claire and Manfred off ages ago!
That psychologist guy, he was...
He was a pathetic loser.
Their little errand boy,
that's what he was.
We do have to ask these questions,
you know. It's nothing personal.
I want them to pay for what they did.
Is that so fucking hard to understand?
I may not be at the top of my game
right now but, what the hell...
Court of Labor Issues.
European Court of Justice.
Case rejected, case rejected,
case rejected!
Go ahead, read it yourself!
What did you do yesterday?
You want to know
what I did yesterday?
I spent the day taking care
of all the bills I can't pay.
Do you know who might be responsible
for these murders?
No.
We'll get back to you
if we have any more questions.
You do that...
Now take care.
I was going to have a drink.
Would you care for something?
- Yes, that would be...
- A glass of wine?
No, I can't. I was thinking more
along the lines of coffee...
Someone's in the basement!
Wait here.
These were all unscrewed...
Three units are out.
With dogs.
- This is barely three meters...
- Come on, it was bloody dark.
...and then he grabbed me.
-“He"?
- He.
Well, I'm not really sure.
It's possible.
Want some?
You know what happens
when you drink those, don't you?
No...
Christ, I'm tired!
Is your shift over?
Yeah.
What about you?
Are you taking a cab
or walking or what?
No, I'm walking.
Which direction are you...?
I mean...
Thank you.
Thank you.
I had a great time.
Sleep tight.
You too...
Good night.
- See you tomorrow.
- Yeah, see you tomorrow.
Andreas Marnell, 58.
Single, no children.
Worked as a guard
at a shopping mall.
Yes...
Well, is there any connection to Brada?
Three murders. Same MO.
How the hell did this happen?
And who found him?
A coworker was going to pick him up
for work this morning.
No one answered the door,
and it was unlocked.
His coworker found him inside,
on the floor, and called us.
- So where is he, that coworker?
- She's talking to Isabelle out front.
I know, but we do have to ask
these questions...
There's always somebody
who's got some kind of beef...
Shoplifters who cause a fuss, etc.
Nothing serious though.
It...
Do you know if Andreas
knew Benjamin Wilkes?
He never mentioned him.
Wilkes has a restaurant in town,
maybe Andreas liked to go there?
- No idea...
- He used to be a psychologist.
That's right, do you know
if he was in contact with one?
- A psychologist?
- No, I don't think so...
They might have met at Ymis, though.
Andreas used to work there,
he left around 1995.
- Ymis? What's that?
- The Ystad Mental Institution.
What kind of work did he do there?
Well, he was an aide or something...
Could I...?
- Is it all right if I go now?
- Yes, sure.
- Thank you.
- OK...
Yes, I remember Andreas Marnell.
He was an aide here
many years ago.
But we had to dismiss him.
Why?
There were too many reports
about him.
Theft. Brutality.
Sexual misconduct.
We investigated
every single claim thoroughly...
...but we never really got anywhere.
It was their word against his.
And some of our patients aren't
entirely credible as witnesses, either.
Did any of the reports
about sexual misconduct...
...come from
Benjamin Wilkes' patients?
You know that I"m not at liberty
to reveal details like that.
Yes, but you could make
an exception, considering.
Andreas is dead.
I see...
Well...
No, I'm sorry, I can't help you.
I am so sick and tired of slogging
through the same tired resistance...
...from people like you every time
I"m working on a murder inquiry!
No, you listen to me!
We can't spread that kind
of confidential information around...
...to every Tom, Dick and Harry!
I'm not “every Tom, Dick and Harry,”
for Christ's sake!
'M trying to catch a killer!
I know you're just trying
to be conscientious...
...but help me out.
If you give me a name,
you might save someone's life.
- Lisbeth!
- Yes?
Katarina Ahlsell, I'm the prosecutor...
...in charge of the inquiry
into your husband's murder.
- I"m sorry for your loss.
- Thank you.
This certainly is a lovely place...
By the way...
...Anna?
- I need to talk to her.
- She's not here right now.
I see.
Where is she?
Well, I don"t know.
I'm not in the habit of keeping tabs...
...on my staff when they're off duty.
I"m sorry...
...but isn't this all over?
Well, no, not quite.
There are certain discrepancies
about the way Jan died.
He used a length of nylon rope
to hang himself.
Green nylon rope.
Do you use that kind of rope
here at Brdda?
Don't you need a warrant for this?
Have you seen any rope like that?
No, not that I can recall.
Andreas Marnell, do you know
anyone by that name?
No.
He worked at the psychiatric hospital
in Ystad.
- Do you know anyone there?
- Why would 1?
You're not being very cooperative,
you know.
Perhaps you're not that interested
in this case being solved?
Well...
...it may have something to do
with your attitude...
...which is very offensive.
- Hello?
- I have a name: Beatrice Sahlin.
There's a connection to the murders.
She reported Andreas
for sexual abuse...
...and Benjamin was her therapist.
I'm on my way over to her apartment
and I'd appreciate some backup.
The address is Lindgrand 1.
OK, were on our way.
Are you Beatrice Sahlin?
Listen...
...I'm Kurt Wallander,
from the police.
Id like to have a word.
You are...
Kurt!
Send an ambulance to Lindgrand 1!
I'm fine...
How are you doing?
No, everything's nice and quiet here.
I'll hold down the fort,
until someone comes and relieves me.
- Was that a call from the station?
- Yes.
Have you found something?
Caught a suspect?
I can't answer that.
Sorry, but it's been
so very unpleasant, all this...
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How could you be so damn careless?
What were you thinking?
Beatrice Sahlin is still at large.
And here I am, wasting resources
on protecting Claire Stjarne...
...instead of interviewing witnesses.
I went over there to talk to her.
Why?
I'm convinced there's something
she's not telling us.
And something else is bothering me:
the suicide.
On top of that, we still
haven't interviewed the witnesses...
...in the Wilkes' murder.
I appreciate that you
took the time to do this.
And I promise, this won't take long.
That's all right, isn't it, Mother?
It's a very nice place...
- Dad found it.
- Really?
May I ask you...
Did you get the slightest glimpse
of the person inside the house?
No.
Not at all?
Beatrice Sahlin, does that name
mean anything to you?
No, I can't say that it does.
How about you?
No.
We know that Benjamin met her...
...when he was working
at the Ystad Mental Institution.
Her name isn't Sahlin.
That's Beatrice.
Gudrun and Olof's youngest daughter...
...Beatrice Stjarne.
Beatrice Stjarne?
Yes, Claire's sister.
- Any updates on Sahlin?
- No, we haven't found her yet.
She's in there.
Why didn't you tell me
you have a sister...
...who's been in a mental asylum?
Excuse me?
What's going on?
She's prone to violent behavior,
has been institutionalized for 15 years...
...and was just recently released.
Paranoid schizophrenia.
Don't you think I should have been
informed about this?
Has she been released?
I asked you to give me the names
of every single person...
...with a motive you could think of.
You're right, I should have told you.
Of course I should have...
Someone entered your home
and assaulted you.
Didn't it occur to you
that it could be your sister?
As soon as she had been admitted
to the asylum...
...Father didn't want us
to talk about Beatrice anymore.
He even had her last name changed...
...just because he didn't want
to acknowledge any ties to Beatrice.
We've lived like she doesn't exist.
All these years,
it's been as if she was dead.
Poor Beatrice.
What are you doing down here?
Come on up and keep me company.
Have a glass of wine.
I think I have to go back to the station.
I apologize for not telling you
about Beatrice.
That was a big mistake.
I really should have done it.
I"m sorry.
Well, if you want it
to look like suicide...
...the victim has to be alive...
...but probably
should be unconscious.
- How much did he weigh?
-170 pounds.
Christ...
- Want some help?
- No...
If Claire Stjarne could do it,
then the question is...
...what's her next move?
Hey...
That would snap his neck.
That's pretty much how it was done,
if she did it.
Do you think she paid him?
Could she have paid Jan Kowalski?
No, I think she triggered him
into doing it.
I think she told him that her husband
was having an affair with his wife...
...and then convinced him to do it.
Then she got him drunk
and strung him up.
Otherwise there would have been
traces of blood from his hands...
...on the rope, right?
Right. But it's not enough.
- The evidence won't hold up in court.
- That's right. A bloody shame, too.
We can't bring her in...
- Well, how are things at home?
- Fine...
What about you?
I suspect that's a closed chapter
in my life...
Come on!
I"m sure lots of ladies
give you the eye!
I don't know. I think age has thrown
my judgment way off course.
That's the way it is.
Here.
Thanks.
One hour left.
Shooting stars...
There! Did you see it?
That means you can make a wish.
- What are you doing later?
- I don't know.
You?
Getting some sleep...
Right...
What?
Do you have a better idea?
Our regulations
are very clear about this.
I haven't told Wallander.
No, Wallander is blissfully ignorant
about all this.
For crying out loud, Pontus...
- No, I don't think we should...
- Yes...
Claire...
I've missed you so much.
I miss roasting apples on the fire,
topped with sugar and cinnamon...
...after everyone else was in bed.
Remember how angry Dad would be
when we forgot to turn off the lights?
Bea, the police are here.
Al wanted to do once I got out
of there was to come here.
Come home.
Thank you, Claire.
Thank you for getting rid of Manfred,
so I could come back home again.
I love you so much.
I know you had nothing to do
with shutting me in there...
...with all those disgusting men.
You're sick.
- Did you murder Benjamin?
- No.
You don't think a person
has to take that sort of thing...
But you didn't see anything.
Bea, you didn't...
...did you?
Sit down.
What do you want?
I want to be here with you.
I want everything to be
like it used to be.
That isn't possible.
It can never happen.
We're not children anymore.
I know that you hated Dad
when he sent me away.
You said so.
You told me you hated him!
You promised I could come back
home again, Claire!
You said we would be together again!
Please don't go.
Please, Claire, don't go!
'M just going 10 put some more wood
on the fire.
It's freezing in here,
don't you think so?
Sorry...
That's all right.
Come here.
Want to roast some apples?
Come here.
And close your eyes.
I have a surprise for you.
Turn around...
...and close your eyes.
What the hell happened here?
She walked straight past you,
right under your noses!
She used the front door,
for God's sake!
What were you doing?
Were you asleep or what?
I expect a report on my desk
by tomorrow morning.
Nyberg...
Yes?
When will you be finished?
Give me a few hours.
Do you have any swabs?
Kurt, I had no choice...
Shit.
Hey...
I don't know...
Good night.
In here, on the right.
Sit down and wait.
It's 9:35 a.m. Kurt Wallander
will be interviewing Claire Stjarne...
...Who is suspected, with due cause,
of the murder of Beatrice Sahlin.
It was self-defense.
You do see that, don't you, Kurt?
Let's start out with you answering
my questions, all right?
You were standing
next to the fireplace, you say.
- Yes.
- What were you doing?
I was putting wood on the fire...
...and she came up behind me,
intending to kill me.
How do you know
that she wanted to kill you?
Because she put her hand
in her pocket, to pull out a knife.
- And that's why I had to defend myself.
- With what?
A poker.
While she turned her back on you?
She decides to kill you and reaches
for a knife in her pocket...
...while her back was turned?
How many times did you hit her?
I don't know, actually.
I panicked.
You promised the police
would protect me.
What am I supposed to do
when you aren't doing your job?
Why did she want to kill you?
This is outrageous!
Why should I have to justify myself..
...when I've been through
something as terrible as this?
- What were you talking about?
- We weren't talking.
She was talking.
She told me it was my turn.
She slit their throats, Benjamin's
and that guard person's.
She was sick.
There are records to prove
that she was sick.
And here you are,
trying to make it sound like I'm...
...when she's the one who is sick!
Sick or not,
she was your little sister.
We know that she had been crying,
over there at that table...
...because we have secure
trace evidence of tears.
And that conversation
must have taken place...
...before you went over
to the fireplace.
She attacked me!
And then you ran over
to the fireplace.
Yes, I hurried over there
because I was scared to death!
So you do admit that the two of you
were sitting at the table?
She was sitting there.
She sat there
and told me it was my turn now.
Is that when you saw her reach
into her pocket for the knife?
While she was sitting at the table?
Which pocket?
The right one or the left?
You'd know that.
50, you hit her over the head
with the poker.
And while she was on the floor,
you hit her five more times.
That's not self-defense,
that's murder.
Why did you want her dead?
Did she know something?
Something you wanted to cover up?
Listen, Claire.
I'm going to analyze Jan Kowalski's
suicide over and over again.
And I'm very good at my job, you see.
Here you are
making all these wild accusations.
I've never been treated
in such a shocking way.
Ever!
Christ, knock it off!
You might as well make it easier
on yourself.
You murdered Beatrice Sahlin...
...and you murdered Jan Kowalski,
who killed Manfred.
Did he threaten to take it all
away from you?
Sell it?
Share Brdda with Anna?
When it comes to Jan,
it wasn't a problem, we know that.
You could make him do
whatever you liked.
Kurt Wallander is taking
a five-minute break...
...in his interview with Claire Stjarne.
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