Eagle Hallgrimsson?
Please come with me to the cockpit.
l've asked the Eagle to be our chief investigator.
- The lcelander? - His mother's Danish. His CV.
- You'll have to cancel lceland. - l can't. My mother's very ill.
We've got a crisis here.
- How did he die? - His nose was smashed through his brain.
Here. He arrived from St Petersburg at 7.40 this morning.
He knows full well he's being taped.
- ls that what l think it is? - Yes.
He meets two guys here.
Bassem Alaa and lbrahim Awad. They're in 7 A and 7B.
We've got a possible hijacking. We want two passengers off.
Hallgrim...
She gave up when she heard you weren't coming.
My mother.
Just let me... Just a second.
Someone's tricked those two guys.
Today they're off to Lanzarote.
A man at the airport gave them a parcel to deliver.
Don't be afraid. You've been tricked.
l'm helping you.
- Why is that plane guarded? - You guys seized it.
Luka!
Luka Budanov. Wanted for killing Russia's Justice Minister.
Thea got the idea of searching the plane.
We didn't think Sandberg was hiding anything. He was.
Luka used to be a minor Party official.
Today he's worth 22 billion kroner.
ls it Kremlin party politics or is he really a suspect?
The prosecutors claim to have genuine suspicions.
They overheard him hiring the contract hit.
- ls your wife lcelandic too? - l have no wife.
- But you did. - l had two.
Two?
- Church wedding and all that? - Yes.
Okay.
How about you?
- Nobody's asked me. - Their loss. Are you a tough one?
- Sorry you lost your colleagues. - Thanks.
We have four choppers in the air. And extra men. We closed the borders.
Witnesses saw the car leaving Lund. heading to Gothenburg.
So it's just a matter of time.
Which raises another question...
Luka.
There's no doubt that Sergei is your problem. But Luka Budanov?
l see. But if he's caught in Sweden...
Even if it's certain he entered from Denmark...
- lt's not relevant. - Quite.
Not relevant?
He's involved in the murder of four Danish citizens.
Precisely. Quite right. So he'll be returned to you.
You did that very well.
He's facing death. We can't hand him over.
The Russians will give us hell.
We have a sighting.
lt's Wettergren.
Yes.
They're just north of Varberg. Good.
They're setting up roadblocks.
We'll try and stop them.
THE EAGLE a crime odyssey
Let me see it again.
What are we looking for?
Any news of the DNA profiles?
Tomorrow.
How can it take four days to confirm it was Sergei and Luka?
- No news from Russia? - No.
- And the forensics on the car? - Not ready either.
- The Justice Minister's here. - ldiot.
Jørgensen thinks he can dump all his shitty cases on us.
- Welcome. Alice. - Thanks.
l had a spare five minutes.
Looks good! Expensive. l presume.
Yes. You know Hallgrim.
- That's the end of that story. - No.
Six bodies. and lots of unanswered questions.
The young policeman who died so tragically at the airport...
Kenneth Kristensen.
- You think he was involved? - Yes. l'm afraid so.
Perhaps we should let the dead rest in peace.
There are plans for a state funeral for all three officers.
The cathedral. the dean and live coverage on TV.
- That might be unwise. - Agreed. We'll delay it.
To give Kenneth a state funeral.
He may have procured the gun that killed the other two.
No service. then. But what?
lf we don't do it the press will investigate
and the mood will change.
What if his widow wants a private funeral?
- Why would she? - We could persuade her. Gently.
Yes. excellent. Splendid.
l'll leave the guided tour for the reception.
- What's her name? - Marie Wied.
She'll be an asset.
Sorry for interrupting. Kenneth's stuff.
The autopsy showed severe bruises to his right wrist.
You mean he may not have just handed over his gun?
Are you establishing your own lab here?
Want to play with this?
Have you assembled your team?
Except for Nazim.
He's on holidays until a decision is made on his case.
You mean till you decide whether to charge him.
What have you got against Nazim?
- Think police brutality. - Look at yourself.
You're questioning him. Do you think he's guilty?
That's not the point.
He's been condemned as a violent migrant.
And he's a policeman too.
You'll get so many stars you'll need a new report card.
So that's not it? Put me right.
You saw the minister. She can be a bit...
spontaneous.
When the case hit the media. she convicted Nazim on TV.
l have to save her arse.
lf she can screw up. so can you.
Ask for witnesses and shelve the case till then.
The only witnesses are the pusher and his girl who say he beat them.
l didn't know that.
See you tomorrow at work.
Have you found a new crime scene expert?
Sorry. l have to take this.
Hi. darling.
Did she cut herself? Where?
Oh. dear me.
Wash it. disinfect it and put a bandaid on.
l'm on my way home now. Okay. Bye.
Sorry.
You wouldn't want a single mother with three kids.
Can you really be wooed away from Forensics?
l'm not getting on with my boss. We were married. you see.
lf Kenneth got Sergei that rifle.
where did Kenneth get it?
Maybe he helped to confiscate it.
- Can you find out? - Yes. of course.
Am l hired?
Shall l tell your ex that you're changing jobs?
No. Are you crazy? l'd like that pleasure myself.
- Have you considered my offer? - No.
How's Elin?
Well...
ln hell you can't be a prophet of doom.
Did they get it all?
Who knows?
She's turned into a diet freak.
You can die from not eating properly.
You're invited for dinner.
l'm off tomorrow to bury my mother in lceland.
lt's the biggest personal allowance ever granted.
Okay.
Plus aunty allowance.
What?
How can you make DCl and not know what aunty allowance is?
A fixed allowance whether you stay at a hotel or with your aunt.
So why are we here?
Sandberg's mum was a hairdresser.
She bought that house for cash on the minimum wage.
Of course. we tried to seize it.
She's in a nursing home. So what now?
Sublet?
To a friend... Charlotte Dalby.
Twenty years ago she was ready to lynch us reactionary arseholes.
She was Sergei's girlfriend.
He was the cultural attaché at the Russian embassy here.
Of course. we knew he was KGB.
- ls that her? - Yes.
- What does she do? - She's seen the light.
Alternative therapies with crystals and all that.
Sandberg leases the house to Sergei's old flame?
Strange coincidence. eh?
How are you going with Kenneth's phone?
- lt's Russian. St Petersburg. - What?
l've checked all calls in and out.
One number was in Ken's phone under ""S"".
And it's Russian?
S rang Ken on the day of the murder from St Petersburg
just before Sergei left St Petersburg. and again just after he landed here.
Call the number.
The dead calling the dead. Who will answer? God?
The Devil. more likely. But can a burnt phone ring?
- They hung up. - Try again.
Your call cannot be connected, Try later,
Sergei may be dead but his phone is alive.
- What? - First they hung up and now...
That phone's alive somewhere in Sweden.
- Can we locate the tower? - l'll get a court order.
Check for a GPS.
ln a hurry?
- Hi. - Good morning.
- Hold it like this when you talk. - Why?
So we can see each other.
- l know that. but why? - lt aids communication.
l could be pissing.
- What did your ex say? - Nothing.
l left him a message.
- Any news on Sergei's phone? - No.
lf there's a GPS in it. it's not activated.
That would have been too easy.
- l can't get Dalby out of my mind. - Neither can l.
There was a Charlotte Dalby in Kenneth's phone.
She was under ""Aunt"" but she was Betty's aunt. l checked.
The link between Ken and Sergei?
We can get her in. but l bet she won't talk.
Do as you see fit. What about the DNA from Sweden?
- l'll check. - Call when you have it.
- The funeral? - Call.
The contractions stopped. l wish l could do it for her.
- Aren't you off to lceland? - ln half an hour.
l promised to introduce my team.
Please. all tuck in.
Hallgrim...
Want a lift? Save you leaving your car at the airport.
l'm going anyway.
l thought it might be nicer for Betty
for us to talk face to face about the funeral arrangements.
You're probably right.
- Was your mother Danish? - Yes.
She met my father in Denmark. He lured her up to lceland.
Can he cope on his own now?
He's not alone. He went to England when l was two.
He hasn't been back to lceland since.
l haven't got it from strangers.
Hallgrim?
Are you ill?
lt's a heart attack.
Everything points to cardiac thrombosis
but your ECG doesn't show anything abnormal.
We'll keep you overnight.
l can't.
l'm going to lceland.
- l'd advise against that. - l must.
lf you leave in your condition. it's at your own risk.
- That's okay. - Very well. then.
But we need another blood test to check your cardiac enzymes.
Your colour is improving.
Will you book me on the next flight?
- Did you get me a seat? - Yes.
But there are no flights to lceland due to bad weather.
And probably none tomorrow.
- Shall we return to the station? - Shouldn't you rest up?
While you were in there. Sweden called with the DNA results.
Luka and Sergei weren't burnt in the car.
Nazim and l will go to Sweden. Tell Wettergren.
Why not tell me to my face?
- Your machine was on. - Better to spread gossip. eh?
l'm really sorry about that.
Sure you are.
What can he give you that l can't?
l gave you every chance
but as soon as some smart-arse swings his dick...
- You're disloyal. - Disloyal?
Yes.
l've stood in teeming rain at impossible hours.
deserting my kids...
l got Mum up in the middle of the night.
And every fucking time l've solved my cases.
You took the credit. That's disloyal.
No. l'm the boss. That's the difference.
- Best it ends this way. then. - Listen. Ditte.
We can't cope without you. You're our best technician.
You're wasting your talent here.
You won't have to work under me.
Stop it.
Are you leaving because l've met Jane?
Listen to me. Jens. l'm happy that you've met Jane.
But l have to get back to work.
l'll ask the pastor to postpone it.
Don't do that. You've already arranged it.
Anyway. the weather may stop me getting back home.
- Home? - Johanna. stop it.
- She said something odd. - What?
Maybe she was already dying.
She asked you to forgive her.
Maybe she was confused.
She meant it the other way around.
She waited and waited.
She always made some excuse when you didn't come home.
But she forgave you.
No matter how disappointed she was.
You cared for her so well.
Sure. l did.
And now l'm old and fat and l've forgotten my skills.
l tried to get hold of Papa. l couldn't find him.
He'll turn up for the will.
lt's your home and not to be divided.
Don't you want anything?
Do you remember the little blue porcelain angel l gave her?
l glued the wings back on. lt's next to my bed.
Did she mean that little to you that you don't want anything nice?
You can...
pick up your bloody angel next time you come by.
- Have you ever tasted puffin? - What?
What does puffin taste like?
Like any old game bird. Why are we talking about puffins?
Maybe you avoid lceland because you dislike them.
- What are you afraid of? - Nothing.
Okay.
So what's keeping you from lceland?
l faked a heart attack to avoid going back?
Did l fix the weather too?
- Are the police after you? - Of course.
- For what? - Shut up.
What for?
Hallgrim's blood tests? When?
- Today. - l want them.
Thea. can you get a warrant to bug Charlotte Dalby?
- Why? - l need it.
- That's an invasive procedure. - l have grounds.
She lives in Sandberg's villa. She's Betty's aunt.
She was Sergei's girl. Are they still in touch?
You need connections to get tickets to Lanzarote at 5.30 a.m.
Charlotte has contacts.
She booked the tickets for lbrahim and Bassem.
- We'll charge her. - Will you bring her in?
l want a wire tap. She'll clam up in here.
l've heard for myself how Sergei manipulates her.
Bugging diplomats?
- Did l say that? - Yes. you did.
l said he could manipulate her.
lf we pull her in. she'll find a way of warning him.
- That closes that hole. - Get ready. l'll get the warrant.
Get the warrant from the District Court.
Ever wondered if it's your manners that make you so endearing?
No.
- What have you got? - The transmission tower.
The phone's been active periodically on the island of Tjörn.
Witnesses have seen Sergei talking on his mobile
on the pier at Skärhamn.
- That's close by. - Tell the Swedes to meet us.
- Any news on the car victims? - Two pushers.
How did it catch fire?
There were traces of flammable liquids. Not petrol.
They think Sergei triggered it with his mobile.
Of course he did. Nice work. Michael.
Here you are. Your warrant.
- Does he have video? - l don't think so.
Hold it normally. then.
l could phone and ask him.
Go ahead.
- Marie. - l'm interviewing.
- Betty? - Yes.
Have a look at this first.
Kenneth took part in a raid on a bikers' hide-out.
They confiscated rifles stolen from a gun club.
He wrote it up?
Yes. he said there were three rifles. The bikers said four.
He got away with it?
Cops versus bikies...
- Betty Kristensen? - Yes.
Marie Wied. This way. please.
Thanks for coming.
What's this about?
Kenneth's funeral.
lt might be better if it were held quietly.
Why? He deserves a state funeral as much as the other two cops.
Please sit down.
The man who killed your husband... Sergei.
He's dead.
We thought so. but he isn't.
- Doesn't he deserve to be caught? - Yes.
ln that case you must help me.
This is Sergei. Did you ever see him with Kenneth?
A few times.
- They had coffee at the airport. - When?
The last time was a month ago.
What did they talk about?
l have no idea.
He gave Kenneth money sometimes.
He didn't have to do anything.
- Don't you think that was odd? - Yes.
This is the gun that killed the other two policemen.
lt was lying in our cellar.
Emil found it.
l can't say that out loud.
No one would like his dad. then.
Kenneth wasn't like that.
All he wanted was to be a good policeman.
How did he meet him?
Do you know?
Sergei was your aunt's lover.
My aunt?
Charlotte?
They keep in touch.
That's completely absurd.
She was practically my mother.
- Let me out. - l'll help.
- Oh. yes? - Yes.
You just want me to sign.
Give me that paper there.
There.
One funeral on the quiet.
- They got out just in time. - Were you wetting yourself?
- Thanks. - Hands off.
Yes. but not until January.
The 1 5th at 2 p.m.
- Great. - l'll take that.
Take care.
Will you have a word with them?
Yes.
Anything wrong?
l'm fine.
What did they say?
That's the tower we got the signal from.
The Swedes say there's a dead zone over there.
That's why Sergei came here to use his mobile.
Headache? No wonder. You're very black across the crown.
l'll try to go in.
Can you feel it?
- You'd have sat next to me in church. - l'll call back.
Did you fuck him... before he killed Kenneth?
Did they meet here? Did they?
Betty went to Charlotte's.
You're so very stupid!
You can't even work out how to lie to me.
You could at least try to lie to me.
l must disappoint you. There will be no fine funeral.
And you will never see me or Emil again.
What's she doing?
Sending an SMS.
Watch out,
There's a big dead zone out here. l think they're hiding there.
We'll wait. Wettergren.
lt was to Sergei.
She wrote ""Watch out. Kiss.""
- Great job on Betty. - Listen...
Okay. Get Charlotte in. You deal with that. Frandsen.
Hi. lb.
That went fast. eh?
How big is she? How's Lulu?
Great. No need. l'll get a taxi.
- Congratulations. - Thanks.
Bloody hell.
- Yes. Michael? - Sergei's going to Gothenburg.
- How do you know? - l've got him on the monitor.
We'll follow. Can you brief Wettergren?
Frandsen's gone to arrest Charlotte. She warned Sergei.
That's fine.
Why do women like psychopaths?
lt's not only Charlotte.
Are they all masochists?
- What are we doing here? - What?
How come we can follow Sergei to Gothenburg?
Because he switched on his GPS.
And why did he do that?
- We're chasing his mobile phone. - Turn around.
- Michael? - Yes?
Find out if any homeowners on Tjörn have phoned Charlotte or Sergei.
As per the Justice Act. clause 7 88.
l must inform you that you have been under surveillance.
l heard when Betty visited you.
She was angry. That's understandable. right?
She told me earlier that you'd been a mother to her.
How?
My sister died ten years ago.
So you looked after Betty?
So little Emil is almost your grandson?
And now you'll never see them again.
All those Christmases and birthdays...
ls Sergei really worth it?
- One never asks that at the right time. - lt's not too late.
You still have a chance to get Emil...
and Betty back again.
Look at this.
Choose sides.
Tell us where he is so she knows you care for her.
lt's easy to feel sympathy for those who are good.
But the real challenge is to feel for those who are not.
How many more will Sergei kill before you tell us where he is?
l don't know where he is. l only had his number.
Everything's ready. We're going.
We can't stay here.
l can't take any more.
The police were at the harbour. They'll set up roadblocks.
We'll walk along the shore.
l left another car there.
lt's only five kilometres.
l'll help you.
7 Apple Lane. near Margrethe Place. l'll send a map.
- That was quick. - There's only one Danish owner.
lt's Charlotte's neighbour. l just spoke to her.
She rented her boathouse to a friend of Charlotte's.
- Great. lnform the Swedes. - Done.
A very pissed-off Wettergren says hi.
They blocked the motorway during rush hour
with road spikes. helicopters and dogs and cats.
- And they found a phone? - ln the boot of a car.
A Norwegian dad with four screaming kids.
Great. Michael.
We must hurry!
l left my watch behind.
- l've got a watch. - No. it's a diamond-studded Cartier.
This money will buy you a million watches.
lt's a present from my daughter.
The Swedes... They'll be here in ten minutes.
lt's empty.
lt smells of cigarettes. They left a few minutes ago.
- Where are they? - There are two ways out.
You take the woods. l'll take the rocks.
Sergei!
Drop the gun!
Drop it! Drop it right now.
Drop the gun!
Where's Mr Luka?
- Where's Mr Luka? - He tricked me.
How?
lt's quiet here.
l could live here.
- You speak Danish. - You speak Russian.
Yes.
Hi.
l just wanted to say...
- That l'm here. - Yes.
- Well done. - Thank you.
- Any news of Luka? - No.
- Want something? - What's on offer?
- Anything you like. - The same as you. then.
l dropped Ditte off on the way.
- She wants to be in on the search. - Great.
She's been working all day.
Alone with three kids and a no-hoper for an ex.
Thanks.
- Welcome to Sweden. - Thanks.
The doctor from the hospital rang.
- He phoned you? - Yes.
Well...
l wouldn't have got into the recovery room if l hadn't said l was...
My wife?
- Worse than that. - What?
Girlfriend.
l see.
- Am l okay? - Your heart is healthy.
Everything's fine. then.
Psychosomatic diseases become somatic ones if ignored.
l've ordered room service. Will you join me?
- You said we were sweethearts? - Yes.
Why do you think it happened? The heart thing?
That again?
- Thea thinks... - Thea? Who else knows?
She thinks you need therapy.
lt's not up to her.
Thea doesn't see it like that. lt's actually a direct order.
She has someone in mind.
See you in the morning.
- Wait a minute. - See you. Bye.
- Wettergren. Hi. - We've found Luka.
Your technician is fantastic.
She worked all night. Do you know what she found?
No.
Phone doodles over some Russian scribble that we managed to decode.
The name of a Russian tanker. Poseidon,
Luka owns her. She sailed from Ystad at 1 1 .35 p.m.
ln other words. Luka Budanov is now in Danish waters.
on his way up the Sound.
- Wettergren... - Yes?
- Go home to bed. - l'll damn well do that.
Luka Budanov. What shall we do?
A helicopter is on standby.
We'll pick him up when he sails past in 45 minutes.
So you say. Where's the ship headed?
England. l said.
Oh. yes. But shouldn't we let her pass?
We'll inform Russia and the UK once she leaves Danish waters.
- How would that be done? - Well... l don't know.
Something about a mislaid fax.
Listen to me. We can't hand him over to be killed.
We'll have to imprison him here. The Russians will be livid.
lf he gets to England he avoids trial for years.
l wouldn't know. That's England's problem.
Even if he's involved in the deaths of four Danes and two Swedes?
lt's not up for discussion.
Call off the helicopter.
Agreed?
ls the minister ordering me to stop the pursuit
according to the Justice Act. paragraph 98. section 3?
Why so formal? What's wrong with a disappearing fax?
No. l'm not getting my arse caught in the vice.
Good morning. Hallgrim. Come this way.
We found his money here.
- What's this? - His notebook.
Here the dogs lost the scent. That's what alerted us.
We found Luka in the water at dawn.
He's been dead for about ten hours.
He was shot with the gun Sergei aimed at you.
Only one shot was fired.
Shall we speak Danish or Russian?
Danish is okay.
Have you been to Tibet?
- Why? - The way you looked at me.
l've only seen that look once before.
When l was executing a Buddhist monk.
He felt sorry for me.
You killed him? Was he blocking a drug route?
Did you think l would kill you?
l would have.
Just as well.
We'd have found gunpowder residue on you
and accused you of Luka's murder.
l didn't get there in time.
He shot himself.
He wrote a lot about you. He trusted you completely.
He was the local Party head.
- How old were you when you joined? - Sixteen.
Back then...
l believed so much in it that l... could die for it.
And since?
All the people l believed in got greedy.
Was Luka one of those?
Everyone who could. did.
And yet you went to Copenhagen to rescue him.
l'm one of the greedy ones myself.
You were in charge at the airport?
- lt was your fault. - What?
- That l shot the cops and Sandberg. - My fault?
l tried to create panic at the airport.
Jihad and two Arabs with a gun on the plane...
l'd have got Luka undisturbed.
But you didn't panic.
Those two would have got life.
What about Betty?
Betty. She's in for a fight.
He was always writing.
What was the last thing he wrote?
About his daughter. He felt he wouldn't see her again.
lt isn't healthy to become attached to people.
But you were with Charlotte for 20 years.
We'll transfer you to Denmark.
Let's see if the white wine is any better.
Get me a glass. would you?
- Did you get home all right? - Yes. And you?
- Shall we? - Yes.
Hallgrim...
Meet Emma. Court psychiatrist and practising therapist.
- Hallgrim. - Emma Goldstein.
Nice to meet you.
Marie. time to welcome the minister.
- Welcome. - Thea!
You'd never guess she's just become a grandma.
Let the press get a group shot and then we can relax.
Subtitles: Zanne Mallett Lillan Wall Elena Mikhailik Brenden Dannaher
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