A Lesson in Love Wallander

ENGINES ROAR IN DISTANCE

ENGINES ROAR

CAR LOCK BEEPS

ENGINES ROAR

HE GROANS

HE GROANS

# Tram wires cross northern skies

# Cut my blue heart in two

# My knuckles bleed

# Down the tattered street

# On a door that shouldn't be in front of me. #

HE GROANS

HE BREATHES HEAVILY

CHURCH BELLS RING

THEY GIGGLE

Hello.

Grandad!

Hi!

Oh, hello. Ooh, careful with Grandad.

He's a very, very old person.

Now, shall we put those shoes on? Ah, these are yours.

Oh, that's very nice. Thank you very much.

Do you want to put that one on?

You do right and I'll do left.

That's a great picture.

Yeah. Well, no, I've got the morning off,

but I'll be back after two at the station.

So if I take you to Africa, yeah?

With Mummy and Daddy, which animals would you like to see?

Elephants.

Elephants, yeah, any others?

Er, lions.

Quite scary. Would you like to go up close to a lion?

-No.

-No.

Do you know where an elephant packs his clothes?

No.

Well, an elephant packs his clothes in his trunk, of course.

SHE GIGGLES

And they've got very good memories. Do you have a good memory?

-Yeah.

-Good. Good. Elephants have got the best memories of all.

Right, so, we have to get as many

basil leaves as we can in ten seconds.

Oh, you missed one. Nearly missed one. Missed one. Missed one.

-No, you've got one, now you got two...

-It's me.

Oh, look who it is, go and say hello to Mummy, quickly!

Mummy!

Oh, hello. Did you have a nice time with Grandad?

Yes.

Yes, we did, we actually went to a cake shop.

-Oh, did you?

-We did.

What's that?

Grandad caught a robber.

We were walking the dog...

I was walking the dog and there was a big slippery rock.

It was covered in seaweed,

and I just went whoosh and I fell.

Come on, let's finish this.

Grandad's a policeman.

-Yes, I am a policeman.

-Yes!

So how much pasta do we need?

One, two, three, four...

Oh, that's nice.

See up there, I like what you have done there, cos that's...

Do you want to use that one to...?

Cos if you see it on Grandad's grass, he's got a little

red at the top, but he's also got a little white on the wings,

hasn't he? Which you've got.

So, how was the play?

I left at the interval.

How's your glucose?

It's fine, thanks.

Oh, that's nice. You're a good drawer, aren't you?

-HANS:

-Hello.

-Oh, look, it's Daddy!

-Oh, Kurt.

-Hi, Hans.

-Hi.

-Hello?

-Grandpa!

Hello? Hello? Hello!

What are you doing here?

-Long story.

-Oh, my little Klara.

Kurt! They've been keeping us apart.

If I had known that you were coming, we would've...

When was the last time - Klara's christening?

-Hello.

-Hello, Linda.

Now, who do you think this is for?

Ah!

I've just been helping Dad.

-He's here for the afternoon.

-OK.

How's the police?

-Yes, er, not bad.

-Wow!

Oh, Hakon, you shouldn't have.

Mummy, it's a doll's house.

-Now...

-Thank you, Grandpa.

Who do you think could live in here and here?

Grandfathers are meant to spoil. Isn't that right, Kurt?

-Hello, is anybody home?

-I have to get back to work, unfortunately.

-You're coming to my birthday party?

-Erm...

It's about time we got to know each other. Wednesday. Please come.

Everyone else is.

Sure. Yeah. OK. Thank you.

Let's go and find some friends.

-WHISPERING: I don't even have a suit.

-You do.

He's only asking me to be polite.

He doesn't want me to come to his birthday party.

-Linda, do you want to...?

-Yep.

-I'll call you.

-All right.

-Look after yourself, Dad.

Yeah. Bye, Hans. See you.

Bye-bye, Klara.

Grandpa, no!

ENGINES ROAR

Hi.

Here you go.

Thank you.

What have you done?

Oh, it's just...

Er, what is this? A missing person?

Oh, er, yeah, that's some

old woman who's gone off from her old folks' home.

Eliasson's gone out to help. He's fine.

Well, I'll... You know, I'm supposed to be mentoring him,

so I'll...

Are you OK?

Just slipped off a ladder. Yeah. It's fine.

All right.

-Hello.

-Hello, Kurt. Nice to see you again.

Nice to see you. You spoke to my colleagues, I think.

Yes, we were talking about your dad.

It's been a long time. Years!

Seven.

We were talking about how he dashed off down the road to Skurup

with a load of paintings...

So Anita's been missing since nine this morning, has she?

Yes, it's very kind of you to come.

She's missed two doses of medication.

We're very concerned, Kurt.

I'm sure we'll find her.

..picture of Anita and also of the local area.

Now, she's believed to have been missing

since about nine o'clock this morning.

We're going to start our search just over there.

Just beyond the tree... Oh, Kurt.

I thought you could do with a hand.

-Thanks.

-What is the temperature? Six, seven degrees?

-Yeah.

-What was she dressed in?

-Just nightclothes.

-Right. Sooner we go, the better, I think.

OK. Let's go.

ALL: Anita! Anita! Anita! Anita!

Anita!

Anita! Anita!

WHIMPERING

There. There she is.

Bring the blankets.

SHE SOBS

Yeah. We've found her. The field through the trees.

-RADIO:

-Copy that.

There's nothing to worry about, Anita. It's fine.

It's all going to be OK, Anita. Come on, let's get you up.

Let's get you up, Anita.

My name's Kurt. My name's Kurt.

Please! Please! Please!

We'll get you back home, get you warm.

-Please! Please! Please! Please!

-Let's get you warm.

Please! Please!

Please! Please! PLEASE!

SHE SOBS

Yeah, the woman's back in her home now.

Eliasson's securing the scene.

She's been dead a few days, we think.

One of our boys recognised her. Erika Hjelmqvist.

Lived in Skane Tranas.

-PHONE:

-Any children?

-Teenage daughter.

-And a husband?

-Yeah. Husband's dead.

-OK, do we know where she lived?

-Yes, thanks. I have her address.

DOORBELL RINGS

FLIES BUZZ

BROKEN GLASS CRUNCHES

CLATTERING

BIRD CHEEPS

She was stabbed twice.

There are also six or seven deep defensive wounds

on her hands and wrists.

It looks like she may have fled into the fields, fell into the ditch.

No sign of a sexual assault.

The weapon used had a serrated edge.

Knife drawer in the kitchen's tipped onto the floor.

Bread knife, maybe.

There'll have been a lot of blood. Somebody tried to clean it up.

Right. OK, so the urgent priority is locating the daughter -

Hannah Hjelmqvist. So, school, social security records,

any friends. I'll talk to the neighbours. Thanks.

What happened?

Nothing.

Is it Erika?

It's not Hannah? I knew it would end in trouble.

Have you any idea where Hannah might be?

We've been away two weeks.

They were here just before we left.

You said it'd end in trouble. What were you talking about?

The bikers.

The motorcycle club.

They make a hell of a lot of noise, come through here 110k an hour.

Which bikers?

Well, Erika's husband got into a row with this gang,

or whatever they say they are - they rented a farm from him.

Her husband, Anders, he's dead, is that correct?

Last year. He went up there,

he got into an argument.

He came home, he had a heart attack. That was it.

49.

This was a violent argument?

Pushing and shoving, I think, but they just...

It was the stress of it, it was an accident waiting to happen.

She's trying to have them evicted.

Or was.

Has Erika had any trouble with them since?

All the time. Horrible.

I'm going to ask one of my officers

to take a more detailed statement from you.

Can you tell me where the motorcycle club is?

Towards Fyledalen. It's along there.

You'll know it when you see it.

All right. Thank you.

-Thanks.

-Thank you.

Can you take her statement?

Yeah, sure.

DOGS BARK

ENGINES ROAR

You're a policeman.

Wallander.

What's your name?

A woman from Skane Tranas has been found stabbed in a field

just outside of the village. We think she's Erika Hjelmqvist.

I'm sorry to hear that.

Erika Hjelmqvist who owns this farm.

When you say stabbed, you mean she's dead?

When was the last time you saw her?

Her daughter Hannah is missing. Have you seen her?

Well, if you hear anything about it,

or if you think of anything,

will you call me?

Yeah. I'll call you.

Hello.

Good boy.

HE SIGHS

MACHINE BEEPS

PHONE RINGS

Hello?

'Hi Dad, it's me.'

Hi.

'Listen, I am sorry about earlier - Hakon.'

What are you... what are you sorry about?

'The birthday party.

'It'll be nice if you come, though. The house is quite something.'

Er, yeah, when was it?

'This Wednesday.'

Wednesday - Hakon.

'It's a bit of a drive. Do you think you can make it?'

Yeah, yeah, I'll make sure.

'Oh, that'd be great!

'Oh, and Klara wants to say goodnight.

'There you go, sweetie.'

'Night-night, Grandad!'

Night-night, Klara-bo-bo-bo!

SHE GIGGLES

All right.

-'I'll speak to you soon, Dad.'

-Yeah. Night, sweetheart.

CLICK

WARNING BEEPS

BEEPING CONTINUES

BEEPING STOPS CAR LOCKS

Good boy. Good boy.

Good boy. Come here.

There's a good dog.

Good boy, good boy.

Good boy.

ENGINES ROAR

Good boy.

-SCREAMING:

-No!

-Can we have a word?

-Do you have any idea where Hannah...?

-Detective, do you have a statement?

-I am sure there will be a statement,

but it will be...it will be later in the morning.

Later in the morning. Thanks.

HE SIGHS

Kurt?

Hi.

We found two blood traces at the house.

DNA suggests it's mother and child.

Three sets of fingerprints in the blood in the kitchen area -

Erika's, Hannah's, probably, judging by other prints in her bedroom,

and one set unidentified.

Come in. Sit down.

So Hannah hasn't been seen since the mother disappeared,

-which is approximately, what, six days ago?

-Yep.

We haven't found the mobile but we know that it hasn't been used,

so, given the evidence, we need to work on the assumption that

she was attacked herself, potentially kidnapped.

So what information do we have about Hannah?

Born in 2000, parents were Anders and Erika Hjelmqvist.

Fostered by a family in Landskrona between the ages of five and nine.

Reunited with her parents in March, 2009.

And why was she fostered?

The mother had severe post-natal depression -

institutionalised briefly -

and compounded by alcohol dependency problems.

Right. And what detail do we have on this motorcycle gang?

Gustav Ericsson is the man with his name on the lease.

Long record. Assault, drugs - possession, dealing.

He spent six years in prison in Copenhagen for manslaughter.

What about this property dispute?

Erika was trying to have them evicted.

Standard landlord/tenant dispute.

She started the proceedings after her husband died.

Who are the lawyers on that?

Larsson, Skane Tranas.

Yeah, I know her. So...

Right.

You co-ordinate the vulnerable and missing persons protocols

and I will talk to Rita Larsson.

-Yep.

-Thanks.

-Inspector?

-Inspector?

-Detective, do you have any suspects?

-I can't say anything...

-Detective, is this a murder investigation?

Can you tell me anything about Hannah? Have you found her?

My colleagues are putting together a statement...

No, I'm not a journalist. We were fostered together,

-Hannah and me.

-Right. OK.

Seven years ago.

I saw it, I read about her going missing and, er...

You seen her recently or heard from her?

Just worried. Is she OK?

We're doing everything we can to find her.

Listen, I need you to give your details to Emma here on reception.

We will definitely talk to you about this.

OK.

I'm sorry I can't tell you anything more at the moment,

but thank you for coming in.

EXAGGERATED THUMP OF WINDSCREEN WIPERS

EXAGGERATED BRUSHING SOUNDS

Can I help you?

Uh, I...

Uh.... Lawyer, um, Larsson....

Erm... Rita Larsson, lawyer's office.

You're sitting outside it.

Thanks. Thanks.

I've seen a lot of her since her husband died.

She tried very hard to bring charges against them,

but there was no violence, they didn't kill him.

A lot of intimidation - nothing illegal, though -

but she became obsessed by it.

She...was very heavy handed.

Why do you think her husband hired it to them in the first place?

He leased it to the one man, Gustav Ericsson,

he had no idea he'd bring his friends with him.

And how far on are you in the eviction process?

It's been registered as an EM2 by the council.

Means, er...shouldn't be long now.

Is that public?

Can people know about that in advance?

No. Small town, Kurt -

they probably had some idea which way the wind was blowing.

Erika would have told them about it if no-one else did.

She would've yelled it through the letterbox.

Right. Thanks, Rita. I appreciate that.

-I'd like permission to search the biker place.

-'Yeah, OK.'

There's a history of conflict

between the Hjelmqvists and that group.

I think it's likely they knew they were going to be evicted.

'I'll chase it but it's going to take a couple of hours.

'I'll send Eliasson up when it comes through.'

ENGINE ROARS

'Kurt? Kurt?'

Right, thanks.

-Now, if you just hold that down.

-Thanks.

I mean, I'm not... I just... I don't know how it happened.

I was, um, I was just... I was just standing there,

I was looking for my car, actually,

and I heard, er...motorbikes,

and then I don't know what happened after that.

You don't seem concussed. There's no sign of bleeding.

It's very good you came in, though, Kurt.

Good.

I mean, er... I'm just, er...

What?

I'm dizzy, on and off.

Erm...

Earlier today, I just... I didn't know where I, uh...

There's nothing unusual with your glucose. Are you eating?

Yeah. I'm taking care of myself, I'm exercising regularly.

How's your balance?

Er...

I...I don't know.

There was a moment or two in South Africa

where I was, erm...

..light-headed for a couple of minutes.

-I don't know if that's anything...

-Are they getting more frequent,

-the dizzy spells?

-I don't really know.

Diabetes is a serious condition, Kurt. You know that.

-I'm... I'm just, uh...

-What?

I'm just, you know, thinking...

..about how my dad, er...

Kurt, don't overthink it.

We will absolutely run some tests,

but I am sure you'll be fine.

-CHUCKLING:

-You're 55, you've got a stressful job, you're a diabetic

and you've just been beaten up,

so don't work yourself up.

-You going to say I'm not getting any younger?

-Well, who is?

THEY LAUGH

Thanks. That's a big, uh...

DOGS BARK

We have a warrant to search your property

for evidence pertaining to the killing of Erika Hjelmqvist.

I can't say I'm entirely surprised.

We will look in here first, thank you.

You want anything - coffee or...?

Or you just want to look around, see where the corpses are buried?

Thing is, you gave me warning, coming round the other day.

I've executed all the sex-slaves

and flushed their body parts down the toilet.

It would be helpful if you could give us

the names and numbers of everyone who's here.

Anyone who lives here permanently, anyone who visits.

-That'll take a bit of time to organise.

-Yeah, I appreciate it,

-thank you.

-Look around in the meantime. Why not?

Shame people won't just allow us to be somewhere.

It's the only kindness I ask these days,

just to be allowed to be somewhere, raise my boy in peace.

-It's our sixth place in ten years.

-Why is that?

Isn't going to do you any good asking me. Ask them.

Ask her.

Get your Ouija board and ask her.

I don't have a problem with people.

I did six years for manslaughter, as you know.

I missed my son being born. I missed him being a child.

That's something that hurts me every day.

You will not find a single bloody thing here.

DOG BARKS

-The barn, yeah?

-Sure.

ENGINE ROARS

SHOUTING VOICES ECHO AND FADE

HINGE CREAKS

Kurt?

Is this yours, sir?

You know bloody well it's not mine! I'll cut your bloody throat with it!

Will you just calm down?

-I will cut your neck open!

-Will you just calm down?

GUNSHOT

Stand back! All of you! Put your hands up!

Sorry I have to...go. I don't really want to.

Go, it's fine. They're going to take some getting through, anyway.

All right, well, call me if there's anything at all,

-anything about Hannah.

-Sure.

(Aahh!)

QUIET POP MUSIC ON CAR RADIO

KURT TURNS UP THE VOLUME

Good afternoon.

HUBBUB OF VOICES IN ADJACENT ROOM

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

-Kurt!

-Louise.

I hope it wasn't too long a journey for you.

No, it, er... What a...a beautiful house.

It's been in Hakan's family for a long time, built in 1778.

-You'll have some champagne?

-Er, yes.

I'll see if I can find Linda for you.

MANY VOICES TALK AT ONCE

WHISPERING VOICES ECHO

QUIET CONVERSATION

Kurt? You fancy a drink, away from all this nonsense?

-Do you see much of your ex-wife?

-Oh...

-Inga?

-Well, I...

-She and Louise seem to get along. I like her.

She seems very nice.

-Pity she couldn't...be here.

-Yeah.

Odd, that one should be so much a part of somebody's life, and then...

Yeah, I don't see her very often.

-We're perfectly fine these days, but I just...

-Oh, I don't mean to pry.

Klara's a wonderful little girl.

Yes, she is.

Very bright. Very light.

Very.

I hope she manages to hold on to her light-heartedness.

Most children seem to lose it sooner or later.

It's a rare thing, to be able to be happy.

It's different nowadays.

Happiness is something that people seem to think is their right.

They don't worry about starvation, or having a roof over their head,

or being invaded, so they worry about whether they're happy or not.

I suppose that's some kind of progress.

Hakan?

-What is it?

-I...

The autumn of 1980.

What were you doing then?

Police officer, just started.

35 years. On the 1st of October, we had an alarm call.

A Russian submarine was in the Harsfjarden channel.

Foreign submarines in a restricted area.

-You remember all the fuss?

-I do.

Don't know what you could compare it with, really.

Maybe a Soviet helicopter landing outside the Royal Palace.

That's what it felt like. We never got it, though.

They didn't let us.

They made us leave the submarines where they were

because they didn't want an international incident.

I think it was the greatest betrayal in Swedish history.

I must go back to my party. I'm being rude.

TEXT ALERT

Let me help.

Leave it. Leave it!

I thought you'd gone to bed.

Oh...about to. Sorry, I'm in the middle of a...

There's a young girl gone missing.

Thank you for coming.

Linda, come and talk to some of these people, will you?

-I've got nothing to say to them.

-OK. Night, Dad.

Yeah. Night, sweetheart.

PHONE RINGS

-Yeah?

-Kurt, it's Lennart.

I... I have to rush back down to work. Some urgency.

Sorry...

I understand. Oh... I must thank you for the painting.

Oh, it's nothing.

One of your father's?

One of many. Of the same thing.

My dad always painted the same thing.

We all have our furrows to plough.

I go for the same walk every day. Drink the same coffee.

Think the same thoughts.

You come to an age like mine, you start to realise

it's impossible to be anybody other than you have always been.

Thank you, Kurt. See you soon.

Hope so.

ENGINE STARTS

Sorry...

You're keeping my boy. Why are you keeping my boy?

We can discuss this when I've taken...

I have a temper. You've seen I have a temper.

Don't threaten me! I'm doing my job.

A woman has been murdered, a girl's gone missing.

I'm not threatening you.

I'm telling you that if you try and pin any of this shit on him,

I'll hunt you down and I'll kill you.

The boy did nothing.

Now you mess with my blood, I'll mess with yours.

Policeman or not.

Now, you should go home.

So?

He's not talking. The knife you found is the murder weapon.

His prints are on it, and they were in the Hjelmqvist place.

He was there, clearing it up.

What were you doing at Erika and Hannah Hjelmqvist's house?

Were you there at any point between

the 10th and the 16th of October?

Do you want something to eat?

You can answer that without incriminating yourself.

Yeah.

OK.

DOOR CLOSES

So why would you kill two people?

For your father?

For that farm? That was what, your tenth house in six years?

Two people dead?

Hey, Pontus, do you want to tell me what really went on?

We just want to know what's happened to Hannah.

Fine.

So...later on today, Pontus,

we're going to charge you formally

with the murder of Erika Hjelmqvist.

And we're going to continue to interview you tomorrow.

-Kurt.

-Yeah?

I was thinking, as far as Hannah goes, maybe she was spooked.

Sorry?

Her mother ran away, she ran off.

She didn't die where she was attacked.

I can't think of many mothers who would leave their daughter behind.

Maybe they both got out. Maybe she's still alive.

If she escaped but she was injured, where might she go?

Where do you think we haven't concentrated?

The foster family.

Yeah, you're right. That is exactly where we should go.

Oh, there's someone in reception to see you.

OK, let's go then.

Baiba?

How are you? Are you...?

What the hell are you doing here?

I'm fine. Are you fine?

I... I am fine... I...

What are you... What are you doing here?

I have a concert in Copenhagen. I saw a train to Ystad.

And...I thought it would be a surprise.

It is. Yeah.

Oh, how is Linda and...

-Klara?

-Klara...

Erm, great, they're both fine.

How are you?

I'm...happier.

It's nice to be travelling and playing again.

How long are you... How long are you staying?

A few days.

Kurt, you...?

-Yeah. I'm just, erm...

-Go.

Will you... Will you stay?

Cos I... I don't want you to leave.

Erm, take my keys. Get a taxi and make yourself at home...

Erm, we don't have to. We could have a drink here later if you want to?

I'd like to.

-Yeah?

-Yes.

Erm...

Hey, have you got a...? Thank you.

Now, there is a slightly smelly black dog.

Jussi.

Jussi, well remembered. He's very friendly.

I'll try not to get lost on my way.

It's great to see you.

I'd no idea. I hadn't heard a thing.

There'll have been a conspiracy to keep it from me.

They won't have wanted me to worry...

but that's just stupid of them.

I mean, I fostered her for years.

Oh, Christ, poor thing...

We don't know that she's necessarily come to any harm.

Well, she hasn't come to any good, has she?

Well, if she was afraid, or... Has she been in touch with you recently?

No.

At all, since she was fostered?

No.

This is her.

She couldn't sleep with the light off.

Little puppet she called Mouse, she wouldn't let go of.

She called it Mouse but it was a dog.

You try to turn them around, give them some love, stability.

And you hope they turn out well.

She went back to her parents.

Yes. They were still together. I mean, that is unusual.

She was very sad to go.

And you haven't heard from her since?

No. I mean, we write.

Photographs at Christmas, little birthday things.

Some of them write back. Some of them visit.

I sent her a note when Rasmus died last year. My husband.

Did she reply?

No.

Well, I suppose it's better if they don't, to be honest.

If we've done it well, they should be happy to forget us.

Hi, Maja.

-Hello, darlings.

-Hi, Maja.

Hi.

Well, I'd better get these ones fed, if you don't mind.

We'll be in touch as soon as we know anything.

Now, then, what will we have?

PEOPLE CHAT INSIDE

No, he's really fit. I mean, I even took him to yoga class once.

Oh!

Yeah. I mean, that was a mistake...

Erm...hello, everybody.

Hello.

-Hello, Grandad!

-Hello, you! Lovely to see you!

You have lots of guests.

Linda is coming to my concert.

Really? Well, the more the merrier.

Are you going to stay for din-dins tonight?

-No, we're long overdue.

-OK.

I've got to get this one to bed.

Come here.

We were, erm... We were really just checking if you were OK.

Which clearly you are. So we are just going to say goodnight.

Say bye-bye to Grandad.

-Bye, Grandad.

-Bye, sweetheart.

-Say bye to Baiba.

-Bye-bye, Baiba!

-Bye, Baiba.

-Bye!

-All right.

Have a nice evening. See you soon.

Take it easy. Sleep well and drive safe, please.

There's something you're thinking about.

No, not really...

A woman.

There's no woman. Well, there's no other woman.

Oh!

Have you hurt yourself?

Yeah.

I was mugged.

-I, erm...

-Thank you.

I think I was beaten up by a couple of kids the other night.

I didn't really know what was going on.

But I did suddenly feel a bit...a bit wobbly, you know?

But I'm OK.

There's just a, you know, a work,

a work thing that, erm...

Work?

Do you need to talk?

Hmm?

Talk?

There's a young girl who has gone missing.

And these things are always so...

And, you know, some things bother you.

Just as a policeman, they bother you a bit more than others.

Anyway, we have this boy...kid, who we have arrested.

And it seems like...he killed her and killed her mother.

He will not tell us where the daughter is, and...

I just... I do not see...

why he would or could have done it.

You know, I just... I can't. I can't see it.

Hmm. Well...I can't help.

It's good to be able to share it, at least.

You don't have a piano?

No.

Every house should have a piano.

A lady might come one time and want to play the piano for you.

Well, I will get one.

-Are you all right?

-Mm-hm.

Karlis once said that love was the only reason that people killed.

It's just a matter of working out what they loved.

Can I help you?

What is it?

Look, I used to go over there every now and again after Anders died.

Help her with the heavy stuff. Odd jobs, you know, fixing.

Right.

I screwed her a couple of times.

My wife doesn't know.

I mean, she was...

Erika was a bit wild.

I feel I took advantage, really.

She wasn't...100% in control.

So, how do you mean?

Things weren't right between her and the girl.

They hadn't been right for a long time.

Not since she moved back in with them.

-She didn't love her mum.

-How can you know that?

Erika said so. It's what she felt.

Her daughter hated her.

So, they argued?

Argued like hell after he died.

She had a boyfriend, Hannah.

Whoever it was, she wouldn't say,

but she was hardly there some weeks, stayed out all night.

-And you have no idea who the boyfriend was?

-No.

Thanks.

Was your son having a relationship with Hannah Hjelmqvist?

Are you out of your mind?

Had he shown any interest in her?

Do you know what that bitch of a mother was like with us?

I'd have killed him myself.

-You've charged him? It's what I've heard, with murder.

-We're going to.

We have no choice unless you can do something to help your son.

You think he could be so dumb? Killing people?

-Leaving a knife in a rubbish bag?

-Somebody was that dumb.

-DOG BARKS

-I haven't got anything left.

DOG BARKS

-SHOUTING:

-I haven't got anything left!

HIS VOICE ECHOES

Did you hear what I said?

HIS VOICE ECHOES

Get out!

Just...think about it.

Think about it, she was an attractive girl.

You think about your son.

TYRES SCREECH

HE GROANS

HE BREATHES HEAVILY

GAS STARTS

BOTTLE CAP FALLS ON FLOOR

BELLS RING

INDISTINCT TRAIN ANNOUNCEMENTS

PIANO PLAYS

HE WHISPERS: Sorry.

PLAYING CONTINUES

APPLAUSE

Bravo! Bravo!

Bravo!

INDISTINCT

That was amazing!

INDISTINCT CHATTER

I was surprised!

INDISTINCT CHATTER

You deserve a drink.

Is he all right? Jussi, you all right? Good boy.

Good job you had an alarm. In the kitchen.

You forgot to turn the gas off?

No, I didn't forget.

Kurt, it's not so bad. We can clean this up...

No, I didn't forget. I didn't forget.

And I just... What I want... What I want...

I just want some... I am not...

I need to... People are trying to scare me.

That's what they are trying to do.

DOOR OPENS

Kurt?

DOG BARKS

DOGS BARK

Gustav?

-What the hell do you think you're doing?

-Kurt!

-What are you doing here?

-Kurt?

You know how much you'll serve? Arson? 25 years.

Kurt! It's Hannah's. It's her childhood dog toy and letters.

Where was it?

My son's things...

Stupid lad.

There it is, then. He knew her. One way or another.

It's yours. You do what you like with it.

Let me know, yeah?

What you saying about arson?

What you shouting about?

It's nothing. Thank you.

Let me know.

Why would he have these, these foster things?

-None of them are addressed to her.

-What?

These letters from the foster mother. They're to "Dear Stefan".

Stefan was the name of her foster brother.

-What, have we heard of him somewhere?

-No.

Argh! Yeah! Yeah! He was here. He was here the other day.

-He was here asking about her.

-That's him!

-Yeah, come on! Come on!

-Kurt?

-Excuse me. Stefan Persson, please.

-Yeah, sure.

Stefan!

The police are in my office. They want to see you.

Stefan! Have you seen Hannah recently?

Have you seen Hannah recently?

We know she had your letters. Why? Why didn't you tell us?

Why didn't you tell us you had seen her?

-I didn't... I wasn't sure it had...

-When did you see her?

I didn't recognise her, OK?

I hadn't set eyes on her in seven years,

then there was just this girl there,

suddenly giving me this almighty hug. She looked...thin.

And we sat and talked about the old days when we were kids.

What was she doing when you saw her?

The train. Catching a train to Tomelilla. See her boyfriend.

Why did she have your letters?

She asked me why Maja and Rasmus, our foster parents,

had never written to her.

She was really desperate about that.

I told her they must have done. They always did - to all of us.

It was a point of principle. She came home with me.

I gave her my old letters and things, to read.

How did she react?

She was upset. Her mum must have been keeping them from her.

Her mum would never allow her to get in contact.

Cos she'd been desperate to go back to Maja and Rasmus.

There was never much love lost between her and her birth mother.

And she was heartbroken when she read the letter about Rasmus.

That he was dead.

I put her on the train, she was still sobbing her heart out.

Did you see her again?

Did you see her again?

I said we'd meet up. Then...

..this happened.

I didn't know if she...

I knew she always had a temper,

but I wouldn't think for one second that she was capable of...

It's all right, thank you.

All right, Pontus?

So, we don't have much time, I don't think,

so we know that you know Hannah.

We know that you care about her a lot.

We know that you're her friend, so did she come to you for help?

Did you try and help her? Did you keep her things safe?

Did you take care of her? Did you clean up after her?

Did you clean everything up after her?

Just tell us, Pontus, what kind of state was she in?

She was terrified - I assume absolutely terrified.

She'd fought with her mum.

She'd hurt her mum, she'd really hurt her mum

because her mum had lied to her all those years.

And you tried to help her

because you care about her, cos she was in a mess.

You must be terrified for her.

So where is she, Pontus?

You tell us where she is, we can get her safe.

We can make sure that she's OK.

Hannah pitched up at mine last week.

She'd fought with her mum.

Her mum was drunk.

We went back, but she wasn't there.

We didn't know what'd happened.

So wh-where is she now?

I can't...

You tell me where she is now

or I'll make sure that you never see her again. Do you understand?

Tomelilla.

A caravan.

By some greenhouses.

I was bringing her food.

I don't know where she'll be now.

She'll be worried to death.

SIRENS

Right, let's step up the alert for Hannah.

Search the area.

See if we can get roadblocks on the E65 and the 101

and give Maja Hahne and Stefan Persson a call.

-She may be in touch with them if she's nowhere else to go.

-Sure.

MOBILE RINGS Yeah. Wallander.

-'Hi, Kurt. It's Doctor Oberg here.'

-Yeah.

-'I was wondering if you could come in.'

-Why?

'I'd like to discuss your blood tests with you.'

Uh... I'm just, I'm busy right now, sorry.

So I'll have to give you a call, yeah?

-'OK, Kurt.'

-Thanks.

-Where you heading?

-Ystad?

OK, jump in.

You can, um...

I know I said Ystad. But you can actually...

You know, you could drop me off here at the corner.

It's fine. It's no trouble.

PUMP WHIRRING ECHOES

VOICES ECHO INDISTINCTLY

PUMP CLICKS, ECHOING STOPS

Hannah?

Hannah?

Hannah?

Hannah?

Hannah?

Hannah!

Hannah? Wait. Wait.

Wait, wait! Be careful! Hannah? Hannah!

Hannah.

What's wrong with you?

What's wrong with you?!

-Hannah, my name's Kurt. I'm a police officer.

-No!

We know you were angry. We know you were hurt. It's all right.

We know you didn't mean for it to happen.

I'm sorry.

She...

I didn't...

It's all right.

I...I'm so sorry.

It's all right. Come on.

Come on.

Where's Pontus?

He's safe, he's fine.

It's all right.

It's all right.

We really need you to help us with some details.

I was only trying to protect myself.

I wasn't actually going to do anything.

But she didn't believe me. And...

MOTORBIKE ENGINES ROAR

MOBILE CHIRPS

WOMAN'S VOICE ECHOES INDISTINCTLY

CONVERSATION ECHOES INDISTINCTLY

DOG BARKS IN DISTANCE

TYRES ROAR ON ASPHALT

MOBILE CHIRPS

-Yeah?

-'Kurt, I need you back at the station as soon as you can.'

All right.

'OK.'

What's the problem?

Is this yours?

I don't...

You left it on a chair at a restaurant next to the E65.

I...

A little girl picked it up.

Her dad took it from her.

It was fully loaded.

I'm sorry.

Were you drunk?

No. No...

I'm sorry, Kurt, I'm going to have to suspend you

pending an internal affairs investigation.

I'm sorry. Er...

So, well, Sweden was very beautiful.

Yeah.

But...you will be coming to Riga soon?

As soon as I get some time off. I'll try not to get lost on the way.

Bye.

HE WHISPERS: I love you.