[somber music playing]
[radio static crackling]
[man 1] HQ calling all units.
It's now confirmed that three colleagues and two civilians
have died following the incident.
[woman] An intensive manhunt is underway in the greater Zealand area.
-[sirens blaring] -[man 2] 13-0-13, copy that. Over.
[man 3] Searching area 11, no sightings.
-[helicopter blades whirring] -[overlapping radio chatter]
HIDE AND SEEK
-[man 4] Can we get another one here? -[man 5] Skåstrupsvej, southbound.
-[man 4] Copy that. -[man 5] We're checking.
-[man 4] Car 26-41 en route. -[man 6] Copy that, over.
[ringing tone]
[horn blares]
-[Sandra] I just heard. It's so awful… -Where is he?
-The task force is on its way and… -Sandra, where is he?
-[horn blares] -[tires screech]
[Hess] Where?
Hougård's car has been spotted at a truck stop near exit 39.
But don't do anything stupid!
[tires screech]
[horn blares]
-Come on! -[horn blares]
[radio chatter]
[dog barking]
What's up?
[woman] It looks like they kept going on foot.
We've sealed off the area, and the dogs are at it.
[ringing tone]
Sandra, talk to her girlfriend Lena again,
and see if she has any idea where the hell they went.
And do it right now. She must know something. Okay?
[Lena] I've no idea where Peter is going. I wish I did, but…
[Sebastian] So Ditte never mentioned a summer house, or a…
-No. -[Sandra] Think, Lena!
We found his car by an exit close to Tappernøje at the E47 freeway.
-Does that ring a bell? -No.
-Are you sure? Nothing at all? -Okay. Ditte never mentioned the place?
-Never mentioned any place. -[door opens]
Listen. They talked to a taxi driver who dropped them off at a tavern in Præstø.
We don't know if they continued on foot.
-We've alerted local officers. -Præstø?
Yes?
They had their wedding at a tavern in Præstø.
[foreboding music playing]
[Ditte breathing shakily]
[whispers] Peter… please, I beg you.
Peter…
[gasping] We can work this out.
Peter, we'll always be a family.
-No one can take that from us. -No, no, no, you're wrong!
We won't be a family!
Because you decided to ruin it and be with that whore!
-Don't you get it? Don't you get it? -[gasps]
No, that thing with Lena was just…
[sobbing] I should've stayed with you, Peter.
I should've stayed with you.
-[whimpers] -Don't you understand what I'm saying?
[sobbing] It's over. It's… it's over. It's… it's done.
Do you understand? Because you ruined it.
[Ditte] Think of the girls.
They need us.
We'll find a way.
-We'll run away. -I…
We'll get the girls, and then we'll flee the country.
We can do that.
You're just fighting for me.
For the girls. For our family.
Right?
Yes.
My love. Listen to me.
Honey.
You're just fighting for me,
for the girls, for our family.
[Peter sighs]
Yeah.
[Ditte] Mm.
[Peter sighs]
-[sighs] -[Ditte] Hm?
-[Peter] Yes. -I'm going to make some coffee, all right?
Set up a table in the meantime, and we'll make a plan.
[water dripping]
[gasps]
What are you doing?
I'm just trying to find some coffee. It must be here somewhere.
Just give me a second…
[Peter] Hurry up.
[sighs]
[suspenseful music playing]
[breathing shakily]
[clanking]
[gasps] Peter?
What's going on?
[trembling]
[rattling]
[whimpers]
[sobs]
[child, on speaker] ♪ Counting to one ♪
♪ And counting to two ♪
♪ The hen does not wear ♪
-♪ A sock or a shoe ♪ -Peter? It's not funny!
♪ Counting to three ♪
♪ And four is a breeze ♪
-I don't want to play this game again. -♪ Eggs get all scrambled ♪
♪ If you give them a squeeze ♪
-♪ Counting to seven ♪ -[dripping]
♪ Eight and then nine ♪
♪ I've got no buttons ♪
♪ In this shirt of mine ♪
♪ Counting to ten ♪
♪ The only one up ♪
♪ Everyone else ♪
♪ Put their nightcaps on top ♪
[buzzes]
FOUND YOU!
[insects chirping]
[officer 1 on radio] Ready.
[tense music playing]
-[officer 2] Execute. Execute. -[glass smashes]
[officer 1] Zone three all clear. No one here.
Three-two, in position.
[officer 3] Found them! Found them!
[somber music playing]
[Hess sighs]
[radio chatter]
Go home.
Get some sleep.
-I don't need it. -Nothing more you can do here.
Has Le been notified?
I've told the family.
[boy] Hey, Le. Looking forward to Christmas vacation?
-Yeah, I am. Are you? -[hip-hop music playing]
-Yeah. -[car engine rumbles]
[boy] It's gonna be a blast! It'll be fun.
-Yeah. -[Le] One second.
[boy] Where are you going?
What are you doing here?
Le, I've gotta… There's something I have to tell you.
[sighs] What's wrong?
[Aksel sighs]
You know we love you more than anything, right?
Mm.
And your…
Your mom… [sighs]
Tell me what's going on.
Yes. There's been an accident, and, uh…
your mom was involved.
But… it's…
[sniffles]
But, well…
-I want to see my mom. -But… she didn't make it, Le.
[poignant music playing]
[inaudible]
VESTEGNEN HIGH SCHOOL
[school bell ringing]
Are you sure you don't want me in there?
Yeah, you don't need to. It's just nice to know you're here.
Of course.
[sighs]
I've never been fired before.
Yeah, well… that thing yesterday wasn't very smart, Marie.
Did you speak to Bo?
Yes… yes. Bo called this morning and, uh…
told me that he is, uh… in a romantic relationship with a senior student.
-Uh… Silja. That's what I told you. -We have acted on it.
And as of today, Bo is no longer teaching at this school.
But… then he also might've been seeing Emma.
No, he hasn't been involved with anyone but Silja.
We can't know that.
He was a chaperone the night she disappeared.
-He likes very young girls. -Marie.
-And I've read the comments that he wrote… -No.
Several people saw his wife pick him up that night.
They already gave statements to the police back then.
I'm not supposed to comment on the case, but he had an alibi.
[Marie sighs]
[sighs]
[Anders] But… Well, we…
we need to find a way to move on, Marie…
Yeah.
The proper thing to do after your outburst yesterday would be to let you go.
But, uh… honestly, I'd rather not see you go.
So, um… I've chosen to give you leave.
-If you agree, that is. -Of course.
-Yes. -And… thank you.
[clears throat] Well, then I think that… we'll send you on sick leave
until Christmas.
-We'll handle the details with… -[knocking, door opens]
Uh… I'm sorry to interrupt you.
Marie, there is something you need to know.
It's breaking news everywhere.
-They got him. -[poignant music playing]
The press released it. They got the man who killed Emma.
What?
[Signe] They're saying that the man who went berserk
at the Agency for Family Law yesterday
is the same man who killed those two other stalking victims.
And… well, Emma as well.
[exhales sharply]
[Foldager] The medical examiner's preliminary findings
show that Peter Hougård first hit Ditte Kølster in the head with the axe,
killing her, before shooting himself with the rifle.
A search of his house showed
he was receiving treatment for depression and PTSD.
And, uh… a conversation with what we believed to be his employer
revealed that he was dismissed several months ago.
Do we know if he was the one stalking Zara Solak and Andreas Lund?
It seems so. The axe found at the crime scene
matches the murder weapon used on Zara Solak,
but we're still waiting for the DNA results before knowing for sure.
Sandra, how far are you?
We still haven't found the cell phones of either Peter Hougård or Ditte Kølster,
but, um… I'm going through his computer,
which is filled with photoshopped pictures of Ditte.
He was totally obsessed with her.
I still haven't found any pictures of Andreas Lund or Zara Solak,
but, um… there are a lot of hard drives, so it'll take some time to get through.
That means we're still missing a connection to Emma Holst.
-It wasn't him. -[Foldager] Sorry?
[tense music playing]
[Hess] I think it was someone else who did it.
The shooting at the Agency for Family Law was driven by impulse.
The stalking of those victims was meticulously planned.
And why… why use an… an axe first and then a rifle?
-Why not just shoot Ditte Kølster as well? -[Foldager] Everything points to Hougård.
But until we have conclusive evidence, our job is to link the victims together.
Does everyone know what they're doing?
Good, thanks.
Sandra and Hess, with me.
[Sandra] The video was taken right after you found Andreas Lund.
There's a text as well.
"Want to play hide-and-seek?"
Did you know that Thulin was threatened directly by the suspect?
[tense music playing]
No.
I've checked all the CCTV in the area,
but none of them cover the area where the video was shot.
And she never mentioned a threat to you?
I said no.
[Foldager] Had I known, I'd have taken her off the case immediately.
If Peter Hougård sent that video, he could have had a motive to kill Thulin.
No, I, uh…
[breathing shakily]
[door opens]
[faint radio chatter]
-I'm sorry. -Are you okay?
Yeah, yeah… I just, uh, have a headache.
Take a few days off.
-Talk to our psychologist. -No, I don't need to. It's fine.
-I'm fine. -We'll keep you informed.
No, I can work.
And I think you should be the one to deliver this.
What's that?
-They emptied out her car. -[knocking]
Marie Holst just called. She insists on talking to someone.
-Thank you. Can you go get her? -[Sandra] Sure.
-Shouldn't I talk to her? -No.
Go give this to Le and Aksel.
And then get some sleep.
-[cameras clicking] -[woman] Marie? Are the rumors true?
-[man] Did you know Peter Hougård? -[woman] What did the police tell you?
-[man] Can I get a picture? -[Signe] There's no comment.
-[woman] Do you have any comment? -[Signe] Give her some room, please.
[door opens]
-[Sandra] Marie Holst? -Yes.
Hi. I'm Sandra Lindstrøm Jensen.
-Hi. -[Sandra] Hi.
I'm just here for moral support.
-I'll wait here. -[Sandra] That's fine.
-Please come with me. -[Marie] Right, thanks.
I understand why you're here, but the press has jumped the gun a bit
on linking what happened at the Agency for Family Law
to the murders we're investigating, and Emma's case.
Nothing is confirmed yet.
Our focus is still on finding out how Emma and Peter Hougård knew each other.
So…
You… you're not even sure if… if it's him?
We're waiting for conclusive evidence,
but our current leads all point in the same direction.
Uh, and what kinds of leads are those?
I'd rather not go into that before DNA from the scene has been confirmed.
Right, right, right…
[sighs]
Here's my number.
-Please call me when you know something. -[Foldager] Yes.
I'd rather not learn about my daughter's killer in the media.
[Foldager] Of course. I will call you.
[sighs]
[poignant music playing]
MOM
REQUEST VHS IMPORTANT! HIDE AND SEEK?
[birdsong]
-[sighs] -I'm here to, uh…
deliver this. It's, um…
It's her… It's Naia's things.
[Hess sighs]
Is Le here?
No.
She's at her friend Esther's.
Did you hear that he's, uh… dead?
The guy who… who did it.
Please let me know if, um…
if you need anything, if there's anything I can do. Anything.
I think we need… [sighs]
…a little space.
Right.
[sighs]
Will you be okay?
[sighs] Yeah.
[Signe] Mm. [chuckles]
-[Marie] I'm really glad you came with me. -Of course.
-[Marie] Thanks for being here. -Of course.
-[Marie] See you. -Yeah, see you.
It was like that for the whole season, so…
-He was never there. -No, that's the thing.
-But… -[door opens]
[door closes]
Hey, Michael. Are you here?
Yes. I drove Molly to the dentist.
[Marie] Oh, damn it!
-No, I totally forgot that. -Yeah.
Don't worry, it's fine. I drove her.
-Right. Uh, I'll just give her a call. -Mom, she's at practice.
-They started half an hour ago. -Oh, yeah.
[sighs] It's been such a crazy day. I was at a meeting at school
when Signe told me that the police had a breakthrough with Emma's case, so…
so we went to the police,
but it turned out that they weren't even sure.
-The guy suspected of Emma's… -Marie. Marie! Stop. Stop!
I have heard it, but it's just rumors!
The kids can't take it anymore. They're worn thin.
This stuff with Emma, if it doesn't stop soon--
How do you want me to stop it?
I can't protect them from reality. It's everywhere.
No, but could you at least make sure it isn't all consuming?
-But that's what I do! -No, you don't.
You promise and promise, but it's just words.
I know we lost a child, but we still have two left,
and you're not taking care of them.
[sighs shakily]
[sighs]
Marie…
I don't know how to…
[somber music playing]
I can't…
I can't let it go.
No, but you have to.
[phone ringing]
Hello?
[Sandra] Hey. You called.
-Yeah. -Are you okay?
Naia ordered some VHS tapes from an old case. Could you check up on that?
Uh, yeah. Right now?
Yes, now. Naia thought it was important.
Right. Of course.
[hangs up]
[lock bleeps]
Le?
[lock clicks]
[Hess] You're here?
-[Le sobs] -Hey.
Hey. Hey, hey.
Hey.
Sh. Don't worry, Le.
-[Le sobs] -It's going to be okay.
It can't!
[gasping]
My mom is dead! [sniffles]
What am I supposed to do?
[gasping]
They say I have to stay with Aksel.
Can't I just stay with you?
[whimpers]
Staying in a hotel room next door…
[Hess] Yeah, that would be nice.
But… but you need a real family.
[sniffles] But so do you.
Or are you just going to leave again?
[Johnny chirps]
[melancholy music playing]
[Johnny chirps]
AUTOPSY REPORT
[printer whirring]
[ringing tone]
This is Kvistgård.
With the back of the head missing,
you can't really rule out that an axe may have been used as well, can you?
-Hess, I'm right in the middle of… -Can…
Can you tell if Peter Hougård was hit with the same axe used to kill Ditte Kølster?
-Uh… I'm not sure I understand what… -But you did the forensic report, right?
Yes.
So I'm asking you, could you have been wrong?
Is it possible that Peter Hougård was hit or killed
before Ditte Kølster was killed,
and someone made it look like a suicide?
[Hess] We agree that you couldn't find
any blunt force trauma to the back of his head, right?
Since it was missing?
[Kvistgård] Of course.
-Obviously, I can't comment on… -[Hess] Right. So…
So it is possible that someone else was present?
[Kvistgård] But there is no visible evidence pointing in that direction.
-[Hess] But it is possible? -[Kvistgård sighs] Yes.
-But I feel sure… -You don't have to feel anything.
Just answer my question. Is it possible, yes or no?
[Kvistgård sighs] In theory, yes, it is possible.
-But… -[phone clicks]
[tense music playing]
[muffled gunshot echoing]
[sighs]
[keyboard clacks]
[radio chatter]
[man 1] Searching every…
-[man 2] 13-0-13, copy that. -[indistinct radio chatter]
[man 2] 13-0-13, report, over.
Can we get another one here?
Did you find blood anywhere but in there?
It's all centered around the dining hall in there,
um… but we found a bit of blood near the front door.
Is it his blood? Peter Hougård's? Do you know?
[technician] Uh, no, we don't know that yet.
Any signs of struggle anywhere?
Uh, could… could he have been knocked down? Or…
-[technician] By whom? -By… by a third person.
Could someone else have… been here?
There are about four million prints in there, so… we'll see.
-What about tire tracks? -Sorry?
Tire tracks. If a third person arrived after Peter Hougård and Ditte Kølster.
Did you check for tracks over there on the road?
Yes, but it's a paved road, so it's difficult to tell right now.
Do you know if anyone's talked to the neighbors?
You'll have to ask your colleagues.
[officer 1] Page 13.
-Can you handle the three o'clock? -[officer 2] We have to check.
Because we can't have that lying around.
Do you know if anyone's talked to the neighbors?
[officer 1] No, sorry. I don't know.
[radio chatter continues]
[officer 1] Sure.
[woman] Can I… can I help you?
Mark Hess, Copenhagen Police. I'm checking the area
to see if anyone's seen anything out of the ordinary.
[woman] No, nothing, but perhaps my son, Kevin…
[machinery whirring]
[mother] Kevin. Kevin?
Someone from the police would like a word with you.
[Kevin] Okay.
[whirring subsides]
-[Hess] Hey. -Hey.
Mark Hess. I'm with the police.
I'm investigating the incident at the tavern.
Have you seen anything out of the ordinary the last couple of days?
-The tavern? -Yeah.
No, not really.
You didn't notice a taxi arriving the day before yesterday?
No. Sorry.
Okay, so you haven't noticed anything…
But, um… but there was a car parked further down the road.
It wasn't up here. It was, uh, here at our gate.
-So out there? -Yeah.
A car you hadn't seen before?
I didn't recognize it. That's why I noticed. We have thieves out here.
Damn Polish construction workers stealing all our tools.
-Okay… -One of the neighbors recently…
Look here. Could it be this one?
I know it's not a good picture, but perhaps you recognize the rims.
-[Kevin] I'm sorry, man, I don't. -[Hess] Or the shape of the car?
-No, sorry. -Did you see the brand?
It was just a regular… car.
-And what about the license plate? -No, I didn't. No.
Could anybody else have seen it? Your mother, could she have noticed it?
No, I was by myself. It was just me.
It might be on the hard drive.
I'm not sure we can see that far down, but maybe.
So you… you have cameras?
Hell, yeah. The whole place. We're not taking any chances.
[phone ringing]
[panting]
Hey?
[Hess] Hello, Sandra? You have to help me out here.
-Did you sleep? -No.
I went through the footage from the Agency for Family Law.
Are you at a computer? Could you… could you log in to view it?
Yes, uh… give me a second.
-Good, do it now. -Yes, I just need to dig it out.
Check the recording labelled 115.
Do you see the car following Peter Hougård?
-Hello? Are you there? -[Sandra coughs]
Do you see the car?
-Do you see it? -Yeah.
Good. Compare it to the picture I'm sending you now.
Here it comes. Did you get it?
-[chimes] -[Sandra] Yeah, I just got it.
It's taken from a surveillance camera near the crime scene at the tavern.
The rims. Look at the rims.
It looks like the same car, right?
Uh, I don't know.
I can see they have the same color, but it's a bit hard to make out.
-Are you sure? -It is the same car, Sandra.
You've got to help me out.
Could you try to get the license plate,
the brand of the car, or where it went?
-Anything. -[Sandra] Right.
-Okay. I'll try. -Good.
[birds calling]
[suspenseful music playing]
[Marie] Shall we take a look?
Pick out what you like, and, uh, then we'll donate the rest.
[Molly] Okay.
[Marie] Check if there's anything you want.
[chuckles]
[Marie] Would you like this?
-[Molly] Can I? -[Marie] Of course.
-[Molly] Isn't it too big for me? -[Marie] Yes.
-But you're still growing. -[Michael] Marie?
Should we keep her computer?
Yes, I think so.
The police came by with a picture of Peter Hougård.
-I don't remember seeing him. -No, me neither.
I googled him. An IT engineer from Vallensbæk.
-How the hell should Emma know him? -[sighs]
-Well… Tinder? I don't know. -[Thor] Look at this.
"Stay gold, girl." [chuckles]
[Michael] She was so stubborn, refusing to have her name on it like everyone else.
"Stay gold, girl." Where did she get that from?
[Marie] Yeah, I don't know either.
[Thor sniffles]
So, what did you find?
Nothing yet, but you need to see this.
No, I don't need to see anything. I asked you to check the car. Can you just do it?
-Yes, Hess, but you need to… -No, no, you just have to…
-[rustling] -Are those the…
Yes, it's the tapes Naia ordered.
[Foldager] Hess?
[Hess] Listen.
There was a…
-There was a third person at the tavern. -[Foldager] What?
Ditte Kølster and Peter Hougård weren't alone.
The murderer followed them from the Agency for Family Law
and made it look like a suicide.
I have pictures of the car. I spoke with the medical examiner.
I've been to the crime scene, and I spoke with… with the neighbors,
although nobody else had spoken to them yet.
-I checked all the surveillance material-- -I told you to take some time off.
Okay. Sandra, show her what we found.
-Peter Hougård didn't kill Emma Holst. -He did.
No… All right.
Then… then why wasn't Ditte Kølster placed in a nest like Zara Solak?
We've just received the DNA results.
We found the DNA of both Emma Holst and Zara Solak on the axe. It's him.
Yeah, it was planted. The axe was planted.
-Hess… -No, no. It was planted.
There is a car… There was a gray car.
-It left the Agency for Family Law… -Hess, you've had a rough couple of days.
Will you just listen to me? This is important.
There's no evidence that Peter Hougård stalked either Andreas Lund or Zara Solak.
None of the pictures the two of them received are on his computer.
What… what about the counting rhyme? What about the hide-and-seek?
There's no connection between Peter Hougård and Emma Holst.
Sebastian, you've been working on the case.
-Hess, stop-- -Where's the connection?
-Where's the link between… -Hess.
-I just want to know where the link is. -There is a connection.
We have discovered that Peter Hougård used to be an assistant coach
at some of Emma's soccer games. That's what I wanted to show you earlier.
They found this picture at Peter's house. Here's Emma, and there's Peter.
I've checked. The image wasn't manipulated.
-It's a coincidence. Listen. -I've checked that it wasn't…
-[Foldager] Go home. Do you hear me? -It's not how it is at all.
-You know, you don't give a… -I'm serious.
-You need rest. -Yeah, I hear you. I really do.
But you don't give a damn who did it as long as you can close the case
and put it on your fancy résumé, isn't that right?
[tense music playing]
[phone ringing]
Hello?
Yes, speaking.
Yeah.
Okay.
Thank you.
[poignant music playing]
It was, uh… Foldager, the head of homicide.
They found Emma's DNA on the murder weapon.
It was him.
[sobbing]
[man] Come on, Staal. We know you killed that boy.
Have you ever experienced a cuckoo chick pushing a nestling from the nest?
It's, uh…
It's brutal.
But that's its nature.
BASED ON THE NOVEL BY SØREN SVEISTRUP
[tense music continues]