A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES
10 MONTHS EARLIER
- How long do you want to keep her here? - As long as it takes.
It is useless to pretend. You have nothing in those papers.
I'll take one too.
It's better to stay awake.
- No sugar, huh? - No.
Of course not.
I used to smoke during breaks.
Quitting was the hardest thing I ever did.
I couldn't concentrate for more than five minutes.
I know, it's hard.
It's bad for the clients.
But then the head started working again, fortunately.
- Do you know what it's telling me now? - No, what?
Linda didn't tell you the whole truth on the first testimony.
She knew of her husband's betrayal and had the victim tailed.
This is what you have against her. It is not much,
yet you have already decided.
Can I ask you something?
Is it always like this or is this murder that pissed you off?
I still have to figure this out.
Hurry back in.
- Hello? - Prosecutor, it's De Luca.
A girl just showed up.
She says she was Petroni's friend and saw her in the park of Palazzo Te
- with Linda Monaco. - What's the name of this girl?
Orrico. Silvia Orrico.
Check everything and make it fast. I can't resist much longer here.
THE TRIAL
Do you remember what they were saying?
Oh, yes, the more mature voice said to the other,
"Come here, bitch."
And the other answered, "What do you want?"
-Anything else? - No, there was a van coming out,
a scooter that made an infernal noise, so I didn't hear anything anymore.
I asked him not to repeat that detail of the scooter at the trial,
but Colombo's testimony was too important to risk confusing the Court
with details that had nothing to do with it.
But it is true, they were irrelevant details.
Not anymore.
The scooter. The ringtone. Tomei said the exact same thing
and Colombo's memory works well.
The van that came out of the parking lot was supposed to be Tomei's,
and a man in the park, on a scooter, answered the call
and called Angelica by name. I have to restart from this.
Do you think he's the killer?
- I don't know, but I have to find out. - Why?
I'm afraid I got it all wrong right from the start.
Elena, would you have had all these doubts in another case? Ask yourself this.
Are you telling me I shouldn't care?
I want to know too, what do you think?
I want to know who killed Angelica.
She was my granddaughter.
Then... I might need your help.
What can I do?
It's absurd, do you know how large the phone cell for the Palazzo Te is?
-Checking all incoming calls is crazy. - It's a short period of time.
Check only from ten to midnight to ten past midnight,
it's the time of the crime with a fair margin.
Yeah, 20 minutes.
Don't you trust my reconstruction?
It's not about trust. I want to know why do you need to find that phone.
You never asked me why.
You never ordered an investigation that could damage you.
It'd be suicide for both of us.
Oh, I heard you have a good chance of being promoted.
-How do you know? - Word travels fast.
-Yes, I could, but it still isn't certain. - It could be.
What do you mean?
If a very influential magistrate would put in a good word...
Who, your father?
If I don't cooperate, what would you do?
- Call the boss and hinder me? - I'd never do that.
I limit myself to the incentive. No threat.
Well, then answer me. Why?
Barone cares about getting an acquittal
and I care about the truth.
Do as fast as you can.
-Did you have childhood problems? - Why?
You always have a lollipop in your mouth.
- Is it him? - Yes.
It's a part of DNA sample, analyzed last year for the forensics police.
You didn't take a random DNA, did you?
It's Angelica Petroni's.
- You could put a bow on it, you know... - It is not a gift.
No, you're right. You can count them.
- Done? - Done.
I'll take it to the lab.
Let's go together, I have to go back.
- I'll drive, come on. - What?
- I'll drive. - Are you dumb? Piss off, go.
- Come on, let me drive it. - What are you saying? Drive your Beetle.
- Good morning. - Good morning.
Sorry I'm late.
- Hi. - Everything fine?
- Yes. - Good, can we start?
So, the first point to establish is whether this is a consensual separation,
but it seems to me that both parties agree on this.
Elena?
Better?
Yes. Don't worry, I'm fine.
- Do you have panic attacks now? - Yeah. It's the novelty of the moment.
- A bit of accumulated stress. - A little, just a tiny bit, huh?
The first time I had an attack, the day you left...
I thought I was having a heart attack.
A guy that I had sentenced to life three years ago came to mind.
I remembered his face. He was desperate.
And that's exactly how I feel, as if...
As if there is never an end...
and I'm doomed to be sick inside a cage forever.
But this time you condemned yourself.
I should not tell you,
but since I am an extraordinary man and you will always regret having lost me,
I'll tell you.
Sometimes pain binds people much more than love does.
And if there is a person who can really help you right now...
I think it's him.
I'm afraid our contestant won't be able to enter his house.
My dear audience, don't forget...
Hey.
You didn't want to answer, did you?
I was in the shower.
- Ah. - Can't you sleep?
Is it a mistake to call you?
I don't know.
Anyway, I'm glad you did it.
You never told me about her anymore, about the time you met.
I think about it every day.
When she was about to leave, she put her headphones on.
I told her she shouldn't keep them under her helmet,
that it could be dangerous.
Then I thought, "This is something a pain-in-the-ass father would say."
And immediately afterwards I remembered that I actually was her father.
It's strange how the head works.
I had been with her for almost an hour and still avoiding thinking about it.
We have avoided it for 18 years.
And how did she reply?
She told me to piss off.
Then she said that listening to music
while walking or riding her scooter, was something she could not give up.
She needed it as an anti-stress. She had a whole theory about it.
Then I apologized.
"But don't keep the volume too high."
Then she left.
Have you seen her?
No. I couldn't stand it.
I still can't.
Sometimes I feel that I have no right to do it.
As soon as I saw her, I thought she was beautiful.
Keep talking.
Talk to me until I fall asleep.
She had those incredible eyes...
that dig into your soul...
- Andreoli. - Good morning, madame. Everything okay?
What happened?
De Luca has a suspect in custody
and you should go question him.
All right.
Twenty-seven cell phones received calls within the time frame.
I was expecting a couple of weeks of research,
then luckily one thing came to mind, because one of these was a cloned number
- and a name could not be matched. - And the number that called it?
Also cloned, off-grid and can't be found.
But the first one that received the call was active today,
so we located it
and I ordered the custody of the holder, who also owns a dark scooter.
As Tomei said during the hearing.
Yes, he received the call at 11:54 p.m., for 58 seconds, on March 3rd of last year.
- Who is he? - Ivan Zaia.
Two convictions for drug dealing, we found him with ten grams of coke.
You could leverage on that.
He's waiting for you. It could have been him.
Mr. Zaia, I am Elena Guerra, DA.
I won't say a word without my lawyer, so make yourself comfortable.
Come in.
Ruggero, I'm going out for lunch,
but there is someone here who would like to say hi.
Ruggero, I hope I'm not disturbing you.
- No, it's a pleasure. How are you? - Great.
- Today is our anniversary. - Congratulations!
- I mean, I don't know what they say... - Best wishes.
When are you coming over to dinner with your girlfriend?
A girlfriend? No, I'm afraid it will never happen.
Let's say women want to be with me for the same reasons
they leave me after a week, but that's okay.
Love, could you wait for me in the car? I'll be right there.
- Bye, Ruggero. - Bye, Mariele.
Tomorrow I'll give a speech to the Lawyers Association.
I know you avoid these meetings, but I'd like for you to come.
I guess you have prepared a monologue full of high values.
You bet. Go back to work, that the trial is not closed yet.
If we win this case, it will be a boon for the firm
and it will be mostly thanks to you.
Then you will finally have the caliber to open a firm
with only your name on the door. Isn't that what we all want?
- I will think about it when time is right. - Sure, after winning.
Do you know that for a moment I thought I had with Tomei?
Instead, while poor Petroni was killed, he was spying and blackmailing
from the trailer. It's bleak how low people can reach.
At least, he was helpful.
Now we need to know
who the man who received the call outside Palazzo Te is.
What phone call?
At 11:54 p.m. of March 3rd last year. Who called you?
How could he remember?
You were in the same cell that includes Palazzo Te
and you have a dark scooter, as indicated by a witness.
Are you trying to pin me for a murder?
For a phone call! Ten months ago.
No, there is also today's cocaine.
- I'm not fucking involved with murder. - Really?
- Really. - Where were you that night?
Who did you talk to on the phone?
I could charge you for cocaine possession or possession for the purpose of dealing.
I don't know if you know the difference.
In the first case, you'll be investigated but free.
In the second, weeks or even months of prison,
waiting for a conviction, that will arrive, and then more prison.
Do you really want to go back there?
Don't you let me get pinned for a murder.
I don't want to mess up my situation if I tell you things.
And I'll tell you the truth.
Which things?
- What are you talking about? - Be quiet.
Do we have an agreement? I don't make things up,
but I have to know I can trust you.
Otherwise I'll go to jail, stay there for a while,
I get out after some time...
and you win the trial against Linda Monaco by yourself.
How could you help me with the trial?
I was on the phone with Angelica. I should have met her that night.
- Why did you talk to Angelica? - Because she was a customer.
What did you talk about?
- Hello? - Ivan?
Angelica, where the fuck are you?
I don't want that shit anymore, go away.
Are you kidding me?
You heard me, go away!
- Nothing else? - No.
Did Angelica always call you from that number?
Yes.
It's a number we didn't know of.
The killer must have made it disappear.
I get where you're going with this, but it wasn't me.
Weren't you pissed at Angelica for dismissing you?
Yes, I was pissed, but I was busy, so I left.
- But first I saw something. - What did you see?
- Ivan? - Angelica, where the fuck are you?
- I don't want that shit anymore, go away. - Are you kidding me?
You heard me, go away!
- A woman got to her near the tanks. - Who was it?
Linda Monaco?
Angelica.
- I didn't see her face. - Angelica!
But she looked familiar, when I saw a picture on the newspaper.
Oh, good. You see?
Mr. Zaia can help you.
- Or he can help himself. - I told you the truth.
I had no reason to kill Angelica.
Some customers treat me like shit.
Angelica, stop, I want to talk to you.
I was there and saw what I saw.
Angelica?
And it seems all too clear to me since I haven't told you so far
that now you help me.
- You immediately left on your scooter. - Yes.
Do you remember seeing anyone along the way?
- I don't know. - Make an effort.
- You didn't see anyone, did you? - I told you to be quiet.
There was someone. An old guy with a dog.
You saw him going away from Palazzo Te immediately after talking to Angelica.
You want to know if I have an alibi.
Okay, now repeat everything from the beginning.
How do the trousers feel?
- Comfortable? - Yes.
Ok, give me your arm.
I'm glad you're back, counselor.
I'm in the final sprint. It is better if I'm elegant and relaxed.
Quite right.
A twist in the trial that sees Linda Monaco,
entrepreneur Gabriele Monaco's daughter, accused of murdering
young Angelica Petroni.
After proving in the courtroom to have an alibi,
Nicola Tomei, the defense's main suspect,
said he saw and heard another man interact with the victim
near the crime scene.
Nicola Tomei is currently in prison.
- The detention status... - Barone.
I wanted to compliment you. From colleague to colleague.
For what?
For what? You are doing a splendid job, even if, you know...
In the beginning, honestly, nobody believed in you.
Then the music changed, though.
- We'll see. - Anyway, I do cheer for you.
Thanks.
Are you drinking gin and tonic?
Sorry, have we met on another occasion or... Because I don't think so.
It's not like we're in London.
Nice to meet you, I'm Ettore La Bruna.
I can only dream of winning a trial like yours.
My most important client is a drug dealer, and not even high level.
I'm sorry.
I'd like to work with someone like you, play in the major league.
Maybe we can open a firm together.
Who knows, maybe, one day...
Maybe tomorrow.
- Sorry? - You don't know it yet, but you're done.
And I'm the only one who can help you,
because the man that has just become eyewitness to the murder,
turns out to be my client.
Barone, how much is this information worth?
Drinks are on me.
Who is this man?
His name is Ivan Zaia. He says he was there to give drugs to Angelica.
He can't have seen us.
But how the fuck is it possible?
Each time we take apart an evidence, another one comes out.
Now this new witness. Do you understand that it was Guerra
- that pushed him to speak? - Maybe, Linda.
Couldn't he be the killer? A drug dealer, a delinquent?
- No, I have to be... - Linda, he seems to have an alibi,
so it's not possible.
I won't get out of here anymore. That's it.
Look, we haven't slept all night.
Me, Arrigoni, Mara, De Grandis, we are all working for you.
I won't leave you alone.
We must have missed a detail, something. It can be anywhere, guys.
- We have already searched, Ruggero. - Keep going.
We have reviewed all the trial papers,
all the files on the escort case. We re-read everything three times.
Nothing. There is no indication of other possible culprits.
I also sent a request to the warden to visit Tomei,
but I doubt he could help.
Yeah, the man he pointed out as the killer,
now is becoming the prosecutor's strongest witness.
Ruggero...
we ran out of options.
No.
She's innocent.
I've watched you for a long time, Linda.
From afar, but I've watched you.
You hid well.
We have to believe,
reject any accommodating thought and believe.
Together we can grow,
give our contribution to make the justice system
more efficient, faster, fairer.
Outside of this room we are competitors,
but the time has come to think as a group
to realign a scale that has been hanging on the other side for too long.
Thank you.
What's wrong with you?
- The trailer. - What?
The hotel where Tomei went to spy.
There's only one photo in the trial papers.
It's the facade.
So?
How did you know there was a trailer in the back?
You told me that Tomei was spying from the trailer.
I checked. There's a fucking trailer.
Nonsense, calm down.
You pretended you didn't know about Tomei.
He discredit you because you had a deal.
Why? Who were you, one of those he blackmailed
and left out of the investigation?
What if I was?
How could this help us in the trial?
You make me sick.
- Tell me everything. - Trust me, it's better not.
- Trust you? - I protected my reputation.
- And not just mine. - Whose else?
Tell me or I'll tell everyone you fucked young girls.
Come on.
Gabriele Monaco.
Do you understand now?
Monaco turned to our office only because he could control us.
We had to get Linda out, nothing else.
Did you really think he chose you because you're the best?
If you tell him, it's over for you.
Ruggero.
There are news. I wanted to tell you right away.
- You could've called, right? - Well, no.
Or you would have told him.
So, how did it go?
- I don't know what you think you know. - Then I'll tell you what I saw.
Tomei preferred to risk a murder charge than admitting to blackmail clients
and stay out of the investigation.
If Guerra had not found out, he would have never admitted it.
And even now he refuses to say those names. He's in prison, quiet.
Have you paid him?
What does Tomei know?
Nothing, just the name of some clients. That's all.
And what do you know?
Get in.
- Ruggero, please. - Come on!
You, Arrigoni, De Grandis too.
All trying to stop me.
Just to hide that Monaco went whoring?
He didn't go whoring.
No?
When he heard about Claudio, he took over the escort ring.
- Why? - Because information is true power.
To know that a politician, an entrepreneur has sex with a young girl
is useful information,
and among his clients there were people he could use.
Favors, contracts. He only thinks about business
- and his decisions are not up for debate. - What decisions?
Speak or I'll discredit you.
When Angela got pregnant, she wanted to quit,
she didn't want an abortion and she'd report everyone.
So Monaco ordered to kill her?
- Talk! - I don't know if he did it.
I only know he ordered to threaten her, okay?
By Lorenzi.
Yes.
- What happens now? - It's simple.
We paid Tomei to shut him up and now we'll pay Zaia to have him retract.
You should call his lawyer right away.
I don't know why you are having scruples now.
No, I bribe Zaia, Guerra gets humiliated again,
Linda's free and everyone is happy.
And no one will ever find out who the murderer is.
So? Does it seem so bad?
No. Too bad, though...
I have a flaw, look, I have many, but this one is really rooted.
I don't like being fucked with.
I'll sink, too, but I'll pull you all down with me.
I don't believe you'd do it.
You have only one way to save yourself.
- Which is? - Help me.
Do the right thing, let's both do it for a fucking time.
Testify against Monaco.
I hid her.
No one knows where she is.
I will have her admitted as a witness.
She can save you, Linda.
How did you convince her?
I took her to a five-star hotel.
I'm serious.
She didn't have much choice.
I told her I would report her.
Her, myself... and your father.
I can't believe he did it.
I do.
His idea was to keep both of you free,
but having to choose...
who would he keep out of jail?
You or himself?
Linda...
do you understand that proving him guilty
is the only way to get you out of here?
Well, good news.
Zaia's testimony seems convincing to me.
I grilled him for four hours.
I had him repeat everything for several times.
- Never a contradiction. - But?
But he's a pusher with a criminal record.
He has been silent for a year and only speaks now.
He has an alibi, but it's weak
and is linked only to Colombo's testimony.
Yes, it is true that he could keep quiet,
instead he admitted being at the crime scene.
But he only spoke after the arrest. It was better for him to do you a favor.
Maybe it's risky taking him to the courtroom.
Will they believe him?
That's not the point. Do you believe him?
It depends on you, Elena.
It all depends on you.
Yes, right.
From this moment on, Linda Monaco will be defended by the Barone firm.
No, Arrigoni has nothing to do with either the trial or me anymore.
Bye.
Yes?
I'm sorry, but Ms. Raimondi isn't staying here anymore.
My colleague registered her check-out... last night.
The number you called is currently unavailable.
- Good morning. - Where is he?
In his study, I'll see if he can see you.
- He can. - Wait, where are you going?
Wait!
What are you doing here?
Hi, Ruggero.
Where is Monaco?
What happened to Mara?
You can go.
Didn't she tell you?
I thought you were intimate.
Mara...
Mara is a very ambitious girl
and has accepted a transfer to the United States
in one of our branch offices.
You can call her when she lands. It will take...
a few hours. It's a long journey.
You're fucking with me from day one.
And even if I was?
Do you have other options?
- Is that a threat? - No, it's not a threat.
So?
I am the one who can make you win, just ask.
I don't want anything from you.
I remind you that Linda is my daughter.
Write me a report of the hearing and give it to my secretary,
since Mara is gone now.
There's the door.
Why?
You would have done the same, if you were me.
Fuck.
- Yes? - Counselor, the DNA results are ready.
I'll be right there. Fuck.
I swear to you, it's the truth. I saw those two women
I don't know why you insist so much, I can't stand it anymore.
What are you doing here?
I followed you.
I've been following you for days.
It sounds creepy.
I could never have done it by myself.
Maybe it's true that we don't have the right,
but I needed help.
Why?
I have to make a choice.
Do you know that I also listen to music with my headphones?
What were you listening to?
DNA TEST RESULT
DAUGHTER: ANGELICA PETRONI ALLEGED MOTHER: ELENA GUERRA