A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES
- [phone chimes] - [woman in Polish] Thank you.
[phone chimes]
Yes?
A practical one for his 30th birthday?
Mom, his entire life will be practical from now on.
Maybe he's got a hidden talent.
[dog barking]
So he's gonna...
So he's gonna play for us...
[muffled speech]
[muffled] I'm really sorry.
[distorted] Maciek!
[woman] That is my brother!
[no audible dialogue]
[distorted] Maciek!
[distorted scream]
[panting]
MICHAL HOSPITAL 9:00
Fuck! I'm gonna be late!
[breathing heavily]
[man] Mr. Holender!
No running, carrying heavy things, or making sudden movements.
That includes having sex as well.
[exhales] Your organs are still recovering.
If your spleen ruptures causing internal bleeding,
you have no chance of surviving.
See you next week for a check-up and an ultrasound.
You should see a therapist.
Doctor!
These painkillers...
That's enough for two weeks.
This medication is highly addictive.
I know.
Another tough guy.
Post-traumatic stress disorder!
PTSD. Read about it on the Net.
[loud pop]
Surprise!
I wanted to prepare a banner and flowers, but there was no time.
Hey!
What? I'm starving!
I didn't have breakfast. I stole it from my mom's fridge.
- Have some. - I'd make something for you, but...
Your fridge is empty, I know.
Got a gift for you.
- You're messing with me. - You'll see.
What's it like?
Pretty.
- [man] It's Waldemar. - No, not now!
- [man] Gotta go to the station. - Damn it.
[theme song plays]
- Hey! - Hi!
How's he doing?
He's boorish. Absent-minded.
Reluctant to anything I suggest.
- So he's totally fine. - Hi, girls! How's Michał?
- Is he in one piece? - Ola will check it tonight.
Oi, oi! I must protest!
Piast, how's university?
I've only had Intro to Semiotics and Phonetics.
- Still waiting for Romanticism. - I mean like girls, parties!
Don't talk about classes.
That powder you produced, is it available for sale online?
It's not powder, it's cream!
Just adding the finishing touches.
- Oh, we've booked a lab in Łódź. - It's excellent.
Hi, how's Inspector Holender? Has he been out yet?
He'll live. And how's your little boy?
Awesome.
Every time I look at Staś, I feel I'm finally doing something meaningful.
- You must meet him. - I'd love to!
I have to get going now. Good to see you guys! Bye!
- Bye! - Bye.
Personally, I kind of like them.
I mean it.
I appreciate their help. I know Serafin saved your life.
But the bosses are going mad.
- They always are. - Are they?
Have you guys seen this?
The Head Chief scolded by the Minister.
We're disgracing the uniform, it's a stain on our image.
The message was clear. It's either me or them.
If they find out we collaborated with Ultraviolet again,
I'll be sacked at once and replaced by some...
Some desk "cuntstable."
It's your call now.
Questions?
Off to work then. You stay.
What did the doctor tell you?
That I could get back to work.
There are two options. You go back to work after therapy.
And the second?
If you suffer from a trauma...
I don't.
The first time I was shot,
I got three months' leave to get back on my feet.
Did it help?
One week later, I was so scared shitless I carried a gun in the shower.
My boss told me to get back to work. If he hadn't, I'd be a caretaker now.
Got your point.
Okay.
The files from the past month.
There are a few witnesses to be questioned.
Yes, sir.
One more thing.
Szeląg is getting out of jail. He was cleared of all charges.
The corruption allegations were groundless.
And?
- You're gonna have support. - Meaning?
Oh, I get it.
Imagine the party we'd have thrown for your 30th birthday, Maciek.
We might have even invited Mom over.
He would have invited me for sure.
But he couldn't smoke in front of you.
Maciek never smoked. Stop making things up.
He'd been smoking since his teens. He kept his cigs in my drawer.
- Your drawer, my ass. - He really did.
I'll catch that bitch, Maciek.
Stop it. Not today. What for?
- No, not today. - Stop it.
[phone chiming]
Yes?
Yes.
What is this about?
- Who's that? - [quietly] No idea.
[whistling]
[Henryk] You looked beautiful in that dress, Ania.
Dad was handsome too, right?
He was.
[phone chimes]
CAN I TAKE YOU OUT?
WOW, ON A REAL DATE?
[phone beeping]
WITHOUT DEAD BODIES? I'M HONORED.
That lawyer, how much did he say?
- Mom, come on! - It might be a huge lie.
- Just tell me how much. - [man] Six.
- Stop it! - He said six.
- Henio! - He said six million.
- What's the point? - Too little?
Six million.
It's right here!
No way.
I'll wait for you here. It's a family matter...
- Henio. - I'd rather not.
You're family now. Too late to back out, sorry!
Uh-huh.
It was the prettiest tenement house in the district.
Your great-grandfather had good taste.
Roman told me about a building, but I thought it was just rumor.
Is this seriously ours?
It will be yours once the proceedings have finished.
The word "proceedings" sounds like...
- Fifteen years of the Vietnam War. - No, twenty.
Only if you'd like to go to war.
The investor who called us wants to buy rights for this house.
Here's a district regeneration plan and a detailed contract.
This is ours, got it?
Everyone thinks a lawyer's job is only about money.
What an absurd stereotype.
But my job is about people.
It's so pleasant to help unknown relatives meet.
Mr. Daniel Serafin, Roman's stepbrother.
Anna and Ola.
The wife and the daughter of your brother.
Anna!
Ola!
Hi!
- Henryk. - Henryk!
So, let's go grab a drink!
[club music playing]
My first band was called the Romans.
Even though I didn't know I had a brother.
- You're driving. - [Ola] You're a musician?
I was.
You were?
Uh... [chuckles]
[in English] It's a long story.
- He says it's a long story. - I know.
So your father didn't tell you you had a brother?
He came to the USA when Roman was five.
He met my mom.
I was born. And my dad died there.
I "wash" I had met Roman.
- I "wish." - Oh, I wish.
If he were here, you wouldn't leave this place sober.
Oh, come on!
[in English] Alcohol, it's not good for me.
I get along with alcohol quite well.
- I wouldn't say so. - [phone chimes]
Excuse me.
Sorry.
M, I CAN'T MAKE IT TO DINNER. SORRY.
- Ola. - I'm almost done.
STILL THINKING ABOUT THE GIFT.
What are you gonna do with the money?
I'll tell you everything tomorrow. Let's meet for lunch, okay?
Now I'd like to get to know you guys better.
Okay!
This is the first time I've been to Poland,
but I think it's...
"diestanny"!
Destiny!
[Ola] Why haven't you left me something like this in your will?
- It must be on the first floor. - [Henryk] What's the apartment number?
[Ola] Two hundred or 100.
[knocking]
- [Henryk] You sure it's here? - Check the text message.
LOVE POLAND! LUNCH IS READY APT 250
That's right, 250.
- He might be asleep, jet-lagged. - [knocking]
Look, it's open.
[shutter snapping]
We thought he might still be alive and we could do something, that's why...
- Get them out of here. - ...we cut the rope.
- Come on. - We thought he might be breathing
or he might be doing something.
[Holender] Pawłowski, give me a cig.
It's for her, I don't smoke.
And a light.
Pawłowski!
No, it's... It's absurd!
I don't get it! I don't believe it!
Yesterday, we spent a few hours in the club, he talked a lot.
He was excited and said it was destiny.
Ola, people know how to pretend.
I got this text from him this morning.
And five hours later he hangs himself? Seriously?
Either someone did it for him, or I just don't know.
We suspect that your cousin was addicted to heroin.
It's ridiculous.
A heroin addict takes a golden shot, he doesn't hang himself.
We found this in his cupboard.
Michał, this is absurd, can't you see?
- Simply absurd. - Fine, we'll have him examined.
We'll check for marks on his body.
For now, it looks like suicide.
I'm sorry.
But...
Ola...
Don't turn this case into something it's not, all right?
All right, I get it.
No one believes me again. Congratulations, Michał!
I'm screwed up, you're the normal guys. Awesome!
[car door slams shut]
Give me that, thanks.
[computer chiming]
- Hi! - Hello!
Ola, how are you holding up?
Hi, have you got anything?
We checked that band, the Romans.
And other bands your cousin played in. The last one was called...
[in English] The Bleeding Cows.
They never released a record, but had lots of fans on the Net.
The underground versus major labels.
They were described as "New Wave Californian Punk."
I'll show you a video of their concert. March, last year.
[baby cooing]
[rock music playing]
[woman] The guy in the shirt is your cousin.
He was kicked out of two bands for screwing up gigs.
He went to rehab. He even wrote a song about it.
Did you talk to his family in the USA?
He has no family, except for us.
So the police gave you his things. Have you got his mobile?
No, someone else must have taken it.
Send me his phone number and e-mail address.
Maybe he stored data in his cloud.
Who did he meet during those two weeks in Poland?
I'll check it. Let me know if you find anything.
Hey! And...
- Thank you. - Bye!
[phone chimes]
Green or red?
- The green one. - Jesus, Mom!
We don't even know if he wanted to be cremated.
But a coffin won't fit.
What?
In Dad and Maciek's grave. A coffin won't fit.
I'm really sorry. I'll help you in any way I can.
Thank you.
You knew him longer than anyone else in Poland.
You know...
I don't believe it was suicide.
He was a wonderful, good man. Very sensitive.
Too sensitive.
What do you mean?
I thought you should hear it from him.
But under the current circumstances...
Daniel had been struggling to beat his heroin addiction for years.
Yes, I know. He was in rehab.
He was. Ten times.
He was clean for some time, but then he went back.
He planned to start a new life in Poland.
But the old one caught up with him.
What happened to your forehead?
I fell down while roller-skating.
[stifles laugh]
- Ms. Ola. - Yes?
I know this is a bad time.
Currently, you and your mother are the sole beneficiaries.
Pardon?
If you're ready to close the transaction,
I promise the formalities will be completed as fast as possible.
We're not quite ready
because we have to bury Daniel, so...
Certainly.
- Goodbye. - Goodbye!
[door opens]
I'm looking at Daniel's phone: the last log-in time was in his apartment.
Luckily, his cloud is synchronized with his mobile,
so I browsed through his texts, mainly from his girlfriend.
Wait, what girlfriend?
Take a look.
"Thank you for a lovely evening, dinner was really delicious."
"No, you're more delicious." "Ha, ha, ha."
"I have a squeeze on you, that's unexpected."
"Have a squeeze on you"? Is this sort of sophisticated sex?
I think that's how he translated "have a crush on you."
He tried to say he fell in love with her.
- He was using a translation app. - Oh, an app, I see.
Who's that girl anyway?
I have no idea.
Been trying to get an ID on her phone,
but it hasn't responded since yesterday.
Piast, have you got anything else?
A few conversations with his lawyer.
And one text message to Jacek Mucha.
- You know him? - Yes, he lives in the tenement house.
Daniel texted him only once.
What time?
Three hours before you guys showed up.
Piast, you're a genius.
If I were 16 again, I'd really have a squeeze on you!
- I'm 19. - Bye!
- [phone chimes] - [electronic music playing on radio]
[phone ringing]
Yes?
You're going to Kluczborska with me.
Ola, I've got heaps of work, I can't make it, I'm sorry.
Kisses, bye!
[footsteps approaching]
[laughs]
I'm having déjà vu.
Holender, nice to see you.
Look, I can't drop what I'm doing every time you call.
You can't? Oh, just to remind you, you owe me dinner.
And a gift.
Plus, I'm officially forbidden from contacting Ultraviolet.
Seriously? Can you at least take a romantic walk with your friend?
- Is this the romantic walk? - Sure.
Easy, please, easy. He didn't do anything.
Why easy? He went to Daniel's place a moment before his death.
Kowalski, Nicoń.
There's no Mucha.
Nice.
Boys, do you know where Jacek Mucha lives?
- Patyk, you know Mucha? - Nah.
[doorbell rings]
Hello, where does Jacek Mucha live?
- Who are you, miss? - An old friend.
And I'm Claudia Schiffer, hiding from my fans.
Michał!
[whistling]
- Whose suit is this? - What do you think?
You knew him for two days and you're giving him your husband's suit?
Hmm.
[Henryk whistles]
I don't think he used to wear a tie. A rock 'n' roll guy?
Let me see that.
Easy.
- You know how to do it? - Yup.
No, you don't.
I have to go take care of something.
Henio.
Henio!
Thanks for your help!
[sirens wailing]
Kanchen, what?
Kanchenjunga. In the Himalayas,
8,566 meters.
I need six months to prepare myself. Waldek agreed.
But you were going to have a...
- A baby? - Yes.
I'm not going to have a baby. Not now, not ever.
- How do you know he'll be back? - I don't.
He's back.
Give me your hand!
Right!
[door rattling]
[door opening]
Why were you running away?
I got scared.
Two tours in Iraq, one in Afghanistan.
A soldier gets scared of a common policeman?
A wounded soldier.
Shrapnel in the left thigh.
- Relieved of military duty. - What does that have to do with it?
- Do you have children? - What does that have to do with it?
I fought hard to see my daughter once a week.
If her mom found out the police arrested me...
Did you do anything we might arrest you for?
Let's just say I've had bad experiences with the police.
All right.
You were in Daniel Serafin's apartment three hours before his death. Correct?
When I heard he'd hanged himself...
I thought it was my fault.
I went over the top.
I tried to convince him not to sell the house.
I told him entire families would be evicted.
I hoped it would move him.
But not to the point of killing himself.
Hmm.
She's nice.
[muffled rock music plays]
[moaning]
Your cousin held an online fundraiser for a wrist operation.
The doctors said he'd never play again.
Unfortunately, he didn't have a chance to undergo the operation.
You remember the way he held his phone in the club?
Yes, exactly.
This is the knot Daniel used to hang himself.
It's called the double fisherman's knot. Very difficult.
You can't tie it with one hand.
I knew it!
- Someone did it for him. - Sure.
Henio, I love you. I love my mom's boyfriend.
- You're wonderful. - Cool.
He can't have tied it himself.
Here's clear proof that someone killed him.
What is it? I can see something's up.
Michał, what else do you need?
Fine, give me what you have and I'll handle it.
- But I need more time. - More time? I gave you clear proof!
Exactly. It's you who found it.
Can you trust me?
All right.
I knew you'd come here today.
You serious?
- How did you know that? - No idea.
Give me that!
My gift.
Did you really think about me when you bought it?
It kind of reminded me of you.
It's pretty. I mean it. Thank you.
- [phone ringing] - Wait, it's Piast.
I couldn't trace Mania's phone, Daniel's girlfriend.
But I did trace his.
I've just logged into the network. Look.
All right, let's go.
No, no. I'll go alone.
Sure, right. Yes.
- Alone. - Yes. Alone.
[beeping]
[Ola] Great.
- [Ola] It's here. - [Holender] Where?
Somewhere...
Here!
Damn it. No data. It's like brand new.
I told you we wiped all our phones.
I can give you a 50 zloty discount.
Can you tell us who brought it here?
You should take down his personal details.
GDPR. I can't do it.
Unless you have a warrant.
There are also regulations on the handling of stolen goods.
Shall I check the serial numbers of your stuff in our database?
It so happens I have no documents for this transaction.
I lost them.
Sir, can you just give us any piece of information?
Any distinguishing feature, and we'll be gone for good.
Those kids, they all look the same.
They came here with a dog, an ugly one.
- Ugly? - A cappuccino-colored coat.
It was supposed to be a pit bull,
but the breeding must have gone wrong.
- It's Mara and Patyk. - Thank you, bye!
When you take them to the station, don't let them agree on a story.
I won't take them to the station.
Why not?
One, the cappuccino dog.
With spots.
That's not evidence.
Two, I'm here off the record.
Please get into the car.
Come on.
Keep your hands where I can see them. What are you reaching for?
I know you stole the phone off the man who was found dead.
And suspicion of murder is enough.
- But he hanged himself. - "Dangled," that's what you call it.
Yet, the judges will have the final say.
But before they do... you'll spend a year in jail.
There are some nice older guys.
They'll take care of you.
But you boys are strong. You're gonna make it, right?
Are you gonna fucking make it?
- For fuck's sake, are you? - We didn't even touch him!
We ran up to him near a café.
Dolny, that lawyer, got hit. But we didn't touch the American guy.
He got so scared he gave us his phone right away.
Stop the fuck right there.
Why didn't you keep the phone?
- It wasn't about the phone. - We stole it by accident.
We wanted to scare him so that he'd get out of here.
People in our tenement house can't make ends meet.
Families with kids can't be evicted because that guy wants to get rich.
Two houses in the district got wiped out like that.
- In your house, who else talked to him? - Nobody.
Only that bitch who shagged him.
- What bitch? - Mania.
She was a nice girl before she felt dollars in her knickers.
Mania? Daniel's girlfriend?
Where does she live?
Apartment number five.
Easy.
I'll give you a second chance. All right?
Okay?
Get the fuck out of here. Hurry up.
[knocking]
Mania! I know you're in there.
- Mania! - I told you before.
I know nothing, I saw nothing, I won't talk to you.
I'm not the police. I'm Daniel's relative.
I just want to talk, you hear me?
Mania! I know...
I know he "squeezed on you."
That's silly, huh?
Fall in love with a guy you've known for a week.
I believed him... when he said we'd make it.
Well, you know,
with a fortune like that, you can have lots of plans.
He wouldn't have sold this house.
He didn't have a cent.
Dolny gave him some cash for his first weeks in Poland.
Wait, what? Why wouldn't he have sold it?
So he didn't tell you?
When we met, he found out what would happen to the tenants.
He was a super sensitive man.
- Dolny couldn't understand it. - [church bells toll]
Jesus. Our vicar...
He thinks everyone is as deaf as he is.
- Mania, did Dolny know about it? - Sure! He got furious.
He shouted it was not America
and it would be better for everyone if he signed those papers.
I did some research.
The A Contrario law firm took over many old tenement houses in Łódź.
Later, the firm sold them to developers, evicting the tenants.
The law will change very soon, they're trying to get a deal.
There's a local investigative journalist.
- A young guy, Darek Miecik. - What about him?
His focus is on reprivatization, he runs a video blog.
The major media won't write about him because they're afraid of being sued.
He's a lone avenger.
He has a huge Internet following.
Theoretically, A Contrario is a transparent firm.
Yet, its board members also work for large real-estate developers.
They found many companies to cover their tracks.
I don't understand it at all, sorry.
I've started to check these companies.
But there are too many of them.
It's going to take months with no guarantee we'll find anything.
Wait, can you rewind that video?
Pause at the web of connections.
Zoom in on the top right corner.
Fuck!
It's a law firm owned by Ilona Serafin.
Your brother's wife was also on the board of two developers involved in this.
Fuck!
Beata and Michał will update you on the current cases.
[in English] Good to see you again, buddy.
Thanks, boss.
All right, man, I can't do it.
Just fucking hit me.
- What? - All right, you don't hit women.
So call me names.
- Forget it. - Thugs slandered you.
I didn't trust you. I should have, though.
- That's fine. - [Ola] Sorry, but I need to... Michał!
Something important came up. Michał!
I need to talk to him. It's important. Michał!
Since the last two weeks.
It's always the same. I don't get it.
Easy. Pawłowski!
Ilona is behind it.
Her company will profit from the sale of the tenement house.
When Daniel refused to sell it, she had him killed.
- And? - And what?
Everything checks out. She did the same thing to my brother.
- I can't help you. - Obviously, you can't.
- I have one million subscribers. - I know.
No help from corporations. I'm a self-made man.
Awesome. Congratulations.
- Let's get started, shall we? - My point is
once we upload it, the whole Net will talk about it an hour later.
I get it.
- Okay. - Okay.
- Ready? - Yes.
- Is this okay? - Yes.
All right.
The reprivatization issue is a real mess.
Tenants are persecuted
and harassed by lawyers.
The war waged by the real estate mafia has not seen a murder until now.
Are the police collaborating with the developers?
My guest today is Ola Serafin.
[Ola] Ladies and gentlemen!
I think this issue concerns all of us.
We have the right to know what's going on in our city.
Are the police shutting this case down on purpose?
Or is it just easier for them?
There's one thing I know.
Someone murdered a wonderful man, a relative of mine,
but the police pretend nothing happened.
Bloody fuck!
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