DRIPPING
CONTINUOUS DRIPPING
SWITCHES ON LIGHT
BEEPING STARTS
PHONE RINGS
'Hey, sweetie!' Hey, Dan.
'Are you gonna watch Ed's vlog?'
Am I gonna watch Ed's vlog?
Yeah, you?
Course, I can't wait.
It's all over social media, it's gonna be explosive.
Then we all know he can exaggerate. 'True.
'Oh, Heidi not with you?'
No, I'm not sure where she is. I'll give her a call.
I'll catch you later.
PHONE RINGS
Hi, darling.
Hey, darling!
I can only see your ear, where are you?
Erm, yeah, I'm just popping to the bank.
'You know I can only see your ear, right?' Yeah.
I'll see you later, I gotta go.
Bye.
SHIP HORN BLARES
CLASSICAL MUSIC THROUGH HEADPHONES
WOMAN GASPS Oh!
SCREAMS
Eurgh! SQUEALS
Oh, he's dead!
Oh!
CRYING Oh!
Oh, God!
CRYING
PHONE RINGS
Hey.
How's Trojan? 'Yeah, he's been as good as gold.'
Haven't you, boy?
Oh, he's pining for you, obviously.
Yeah, I hope you've not been giving him treats.
I said I wouldn't, and I haven't.
How did last night go?
'It went.'
You, er, still coming to Visser's hearing?
Try stopping me.
'I'll see you there.
'And, er, Piet...'
..it wasn't your fault.
OK?
Yeah.
INDISTINCT CHAT
She's a resident of the building, I just asked her a few questions.
Er, what was your name?
Victim - Ed Loman, 22.
He's an eco-fashion vlogger and influencer
with three million followers.
Live transmission went out today as usual.
The plug was pulled after four minutes and 143 comments.
Cameras front and back show no-one in or out
in the last couple of hours.
Residents? We're checking now.
There's no visible signs of forced entry,
which implies that the victim knew the murderer.
Exits and entrances, it's the same way in as it is out.
Which is actually illegal,
the landlord should provide a fire exit.
You've covered all the bases, then.
You might want to check again. Young woman, pink top.
Have a word.
You going somewhere?
Signs of a struggle in the kitchen.
Blood spill seems to indicate that's where the victim was stabbed.
We got a murder weapon?
Kitchen knife.
Computer turned on manually, just over there.
Or maybe on a timer delay.
What about family?
Have been informed. They're in Vancouver.
Kept himself to himself, according to his neighbours.
Bi-celibate, according to some of his publicity.
Reserves the right not to sleep with whoever he wants to.
Liked having his face out there.
Hendrik.
You well?
Passably decent.
Certainly better than this fella.
Rigor mortis still in its early stages.
Little fingers and jaw joints, rather than limbs,
so death fairly recent.
One hour, hour-and-a-half.
Looks like single deep penetrating stab wound,
left anterior chest, straight into his heart.
One way ticket across River Styx once that was inflicted.
So the tape across his mouth wasn't to silence him?
That was probably done after death, as was the stitching to the eyelids.
There's no tapes undisturbed
by any movement or struggling
and there's no vital reaction to the skin around the sutures.
And here's the thing, look at that.
Very, very delicate.
Done with care and precision.
Possible medical knowledge.
Or someone who knows how to sew.
Fashion vlogger killed by somebody in the fashion world?
And the eyes and mouth are saying what?
What do you think?
That I could really do without this.
Want to tell me what's up?
If the residents can be ruled out and no-one came in the door...
..there must be another way in or out.
Could you climb that?
On a good day, maybe.
You?
I couldn't.
Looks like someone else did.
Oh, yeah, er, says she's a friend of Ed Loman, wanted to see him.
But as I say, when she saw us...
Omega 616, I want to talk to him.
Oh right, yeah.
Anonymous street artist, one of hundreds. Best of luck.
Just find him.
Me? Did you not miss the 'anonymous' bit?
Boss, I've been going through the victim's feed
and he wound a lot of people up.
He had regular spats with a rival fashion vlogger called Lotta Nagel,
real name Ina Wolfswinkel. Pfft, no wonder she changed it.
She's the heart and soul of the ethical vlogging fashion world.
Oh, knit your own... Wow, she's very attractive.
He accused her of being too nice and ineffectual.
Which is a little bit harsh, because she's really good,
I've watched a few of her vlogs.
I'm into fashion. Stat man's got a hobby.
Who knew? All right, track her down.
Hold on a minute, how come he gets the attractive vlogger and I get...
the invisible man?
You want to tell us what you're up to?
You like hanging around on street corners?
Cos you're in the wrong district if you do.
How do you know Ed Loman?
I work at Danhei, er, the eco fashion house.
I give Ed gossip.
About what?
Whether Danhei are really as ethical as they make out.
And are they?
Well, working conditions aren't great...
Accusations of bullying.
They haven't even paid wages this month.
There's also talk of...
selling out.
Could that have been what he was gonna vlog about?
Maybe.
Ethical fashion house behaving unethically.
Wouldn't want that made public, would they?
Let's do it.
PHONE RINGS
Hey. What are you doing with Trojan?
It's what he's not doing that's bothering me.
Where's Dahlman?
Out.
Omega man, you found him yet?
Er, some progress, yeah.
Appeared on the scene 18 months ago.
Writes arty little poems and messages in public places,
like the one seen earlier on today - mostly about fashion world.
Hm. No-one knows who he, she, it, they are,
whether they're male, female, non-binary,
tall, small, fat, thin, young, old... flippin' robot.
Erm, but, whenever they are seen...
he, she, it, they are always seen wearing the same distinctive coat.
So you've got no address, then?
I've got an address. Lotta Nagel.
Good. Well, go and check her out.
Where are YOU going, Brad?
I very much doubt Omega 616 is Lotta Nagel.
Might as well rule her out. It's a process of elimination, isn't it?
Yeah, that's it.
Yeah, I mean, there's 7.2 billion people on earth.
Why not whittle them down one by one, you know,
starting with all the attractive women.
Yeah, it could work (!)
Can I go, then?
I leave it to your conscience.
Tell me about this fashion house - Danhei.
Claim to be champions of sustainability
and all that's ethical in fashion.
So, we got Dani Nioh, Heidi Berlin.
Right, Dan-hei.
Dani is the visionary.
He's Heidi... Heidi's protege, I think, originally,
but he's now the main man - hottest designer out there.
OK, so what's all this about selling out?
Oh, yeah. I've arranged to see them.
There's a rumour Dani Nioh's about to jump ship.
Join one of the bigger fashion houses and abandon Danhei.
Are you coming?
No, you're all right.
Oh, you're cutting it a bit fine.
Yeah. It's a busy morning.
Anything I should know about? No.
Let's get this out the way first.
MOTORBIKE ENGINE THRUMS
Did you notice Van Der Valk brought in Trojan this morning?
When we get in there, you let me do all the talking, all right?
Why? Because I want to do all the talking.
Brad? What?
It's this one.
TEARILY: Ed and me got quite close.
He wasn't the person everyone thought.
DOORBELL RINGS
Dammit.
Ms Nagel?
My name's Sergeant Brad de Vries - criminal brigade, Amsterdam Police.
And also quite a fashion icon.
Fast or slow fashion?
I can do either.
Fast or slow.
Very, very slow.
Can we come in, please?
Very, very slow?
What?
So, that feed - once seen, never unseen, right?
Do you think someone's targeting vloggers?
Er, dunno. Depends on who you lot have been upsetting.
What are the issues doing the rounds at the moment?
Well, presumably, for an eco fashion vlogger,
it's packaging, waste, sustainability, transparency...
But none of those things are new, right?
Not at all. Definitely.
Ed Loman hot on any of those? Increasingly, yeah.
Ed became a vlogger because he wanted to get rich and famous,
but recently I'd convinced him to start taking it more seriously.
Which could have made him enemies. Very possibly.
Look, can I get you guys a drink? No.
No, thanks.
I mean, there's a lot of noise about Youniversality...
Yeah, well, I mean, it's a pretty important issue right now, right?
You mean the fashion house Youniversality? Mm-hm.
Youniversality - latest big hitters to jump on the ethical bandwagon.
No-one's quite sure about how genuine they are about it.
I mean, there's talks of them poaching Dani Nioh from Danhei.
Really? That's such an interesting choice, because...
Amazing, yeah.
You and Ed Loman, you had a public spat, didn't you?
That was ages ago. Can I have my phone?
Of course. It's a nice colour.
Er, I accused him of being self-obsessed.
He called me a tree hugger.
But we got past it. And where were you when the vlog started?
Erm, on my way into town.
Can anyone verify that?
Not really.
Oh, er, Dani. Dani Nioh.
We're mates.
We video-phoned.
Everyone, listen up.
In honour of Ed, we're shutting down for the day.
Right, go home, gorgeous.
Hey! Hi.
Darling, pack up, you can go home.
What the hell are you doing, giving people the day off?
Everyone's upset about Ed. So?
Julian, darling, you can go home.
We can't just down tools, we have deadlines.
Yeah, and ethics.
Don't talk to me about ethics. What do you mean,
what else is there to talk about? We're an ethical brand.
I need to ask you both about Ed Loman.
You both knew him, I take it?
Yeah. Everyone knew Ed.
You get on with him?
So-so.
Is there anything he might have had over you?
You know, something about Danhei
that he might have been going public on?
No, not at all.
Not paying wages? Mistreating staff?
Jumping ship?
That sort of thing? No. It's all tittle-tattle.
Times are tough, that's all.
"We're not a fashion label, we're a family."
That's one of yours, right? Yeah.
And we are.
We've just given everyone the day off because of what happened to Ed.
It's hardly a sweatshop, is it?
That fabric, what is it? This?
This is from a life vest.
Er, we work with a refugee charity.
They collect discarded and damaged clothes
from the camps around Europe.
Chako, go home.
Seriously.
Er, we patch them up, we reinvent the clothes,
then send them back out.
And we employ some Syrian refugees who make it to Amsterdam,
to help both us and them.
Very impressive.
I'll need a sample.
Here.
Great.
You've been very helpful, thank you.
I'm still cross with you.
That went OK.
No parole for Visser is a result.
Yeah, I guess it is.
Yoo-hoo! Mr Detective! How are you?
You remember me, don't you?
Er... Agatha Vos.
You investigated the murder of someone I knew.
Oh, yeah. Mm-hm.
Yeah, I remember you.
What are you doing here?
Well, er, I'm a law student, so... that's why.
What are you doing here? Me? Just keeping out of trouble.
Hm. Minding my own.
Could you just hold on one second?
You think you're winning, but you're not.
What was that all about?
What did he just say?
Oh, nothing, didn't say anything.
Come on, let's go.
Ed and me got quite close.
'He wasn't the person everyone thought. It was all a front.
'Underneath, he was scared, lonely, he really cared.'
SHE SOBS 'I'm sorry. I'm sorry, guys.'
That's crocodile tears, if you ask me
Why would she pretend to cry?
It'll send her number of followers through the roof.
All of his are up for grabs now.
I thought Van Der Valk had the monopoly on cynicism in this office.
Actually, it's pretty much across the board here.
Look, think about it, they're rivals.
He does the flamboyant, over-the-top stuff,
she does the over-earnest, save-the-world bit and,
"I'll be your bestie". She's got a motive.
Yeah, but not opportunity.
She was on her way into town on the phone to Dani Nioh
when the stream went live.
Just because she says she was on her way into town,
doesn't actually mean she was on her way into town, does it?
Mr Cloovers Couture.
Right, Danhei and Youniversality, ethical credentials,
are they real or fake? Let's have a dig around.
And Loman's financials? Yes, yes, any minute now.
DOG BARKS Ah, the wanderer returns.
Where've you been?
Nowhere. What's going on?
Could ask you the same.
Come on, I'll fill you in on the way to the path lab.
Ah, there's a couple of excitements.
The green thread used to stitch the eyes, no idea what it is.
And that's exciting, because...?
It looks like nothing we've ever seen before.
The forensic guy checking the chemical composition,
he can barely contain himself.
Anything on that orange fabric?
Well, I'm afraid it doesn't match the clothing found on the roof.
Which partly consists of caribou. That's reindeer to you and me.
Reindeer?! On a roof?
It's the wrong time of year, innit?
Reindeer and duck
combined with a synthetic water-repellent material
can mean only one thing.
Rudolph's gone AWOL and Santa's brought in a duck as backup?
No! It's from a parka.
Which is what Omega 616 wears.
Hey. Erm, Ed Loman's financials,
on the first of the month for the last nine months,
he's been receiving money from an account listed to Youniversality.
Mm, vlogger on the payroll, that's naughty.
Only thing is, on the first of this month, the payments were stopped.
This is like meeting royalty.
Claudia Cabrera, she's as famous as they come.
Cabrera is the queen of mainstream fashion.
Youniversality is her kingdom. It's big money, man.
Look, three years ago she combines with iconoclast Gustav Schneider.
It's really exciting.
And this Schneider, he breathes new life into her lines.
And in her love life, apparently.
Fashion is about insecurities, doubt, lack of self-esteem.
We want people to feel bad about themselves.
So that they come and buy our clothes.
But, here is the key,
we do not want these people to feel TOO good about themselves.
We just want these people to feel a little bit better...
No pictures!
Don't take any pictures!
Love... people feel our love.
Love that we can take away any moment by saying no.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Do you really want to look like this? Yes.
But this, do you like this?
Really? She likes this? No. Ah, you see.
CLICKS FINGERS Boom!
Insecurity comes flowing back, and then we say,
"Don't worry, love. It's all right."
Just ditch that.
Ditch that. Ditch that.
Ah! You want to look like this now!
And that way, they come back. That's why they buy our clothes.
So, do not design prefectural permanence,
design dazzling "entrancitry".
Thank you so much.
APPLAUSE
I think you're amazing. Thank you so much.
Commissaris Van Der Valk. This is Lieutenant Cloovers.
We need to speak to you and your boss.
Claudia! Claude! MUSIC PLAYS IN BACKGROUND
We've got five minutes until the runway.
Everyone, please, get ready, five minutes...
What do you want?
They have some questions about Loman.
Apologies, we're having a launch tomorrow for our new line.
Darling! Cut the music!
MUSIC CUTS AS CLOOVER SHOUTS Denim! Cool.
You're here about Ed Loman, I take it?
We are.
Have you seen him recently?
Afraid he wasn't my kind of vlogger. Me neither.
So, the money he'd been receiving from your company on a monthly basis
was for what, exactly?
Gustav? Loman became such a powerful voice.
It'd be wise to keep him sweet.
SHE LAUGHS And no-one thought to tell me that?
Well, I didn't think it was that important.
What happened this month to stop the payments?
He was getting ideas above his head, became quite a nuisance.
What? Big enough nuisance to silence?
No, big enough to stop paying.
Well, maybe without your sweetener, he was gonna spill some secrets.
We don't have any.
Everyone has secrets.
We heard you might be poaching Dani Nioh.
Is that true? Never believe the rumour mill.
Perhaps, we can return to our rehearsal, thank you.
Darling, music!
TECHNO MUSIC PLAYS
What's up, Brad? Hey, man.
I heard about a vlogger. It's gone viral. It's been all over the news.
Yeah.
I guess there's gonna be a briefing, right?
No. It's just little old me and my laptop
looking for the invisible man.
Omega 616.
Er, the antichrist one?
I'll see you tomorrow Casper, and,
oh, say happy birthday to your daughter for me.
Thank you, ma'am.
Come.
So, I was thinking, these two. No, no.
KNOCKING
Sorry to interrupt, just one more question.
So, you and Lotta Nagel video-phoned each other
just before Ed Loman went live, yeah?
Yeah. Did you see where she was?
Er, she was parking her bike in town.
Did you see where?
EXHALES
It's difficult to tell, isn't it? Yeah. And you two?
Er, I was on my way in here.
I, er... I grabbed a coffee at Zephy's,
just after speaking to Lotta.
And I was running errands. I had to go to the bank.
Which one? The one on the corner of Rokin.
Rokin. Thanks.
Hey, Frank. So, what have you been up to?
We're helping Brad find Omega 616.
616 is the Number Of The Beast.
That's 666. Not necessarily, Einstein.
Go on, Frank, tell them.
In the Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus,
the Number Of The Beast is called 616.
Frank used to be a priest.
Omega is also a religious reference, possibly.
It's in the, erm... The Book of Revelation. Revelation.
Not exactly an address, though, is it, Brad?
I didn't have you down as a street artist fan.
Well, I'm not, normally. So, what is it?
I don't know. Hey, Frank.
Hi.
So, just before Loman was killed,
Dani Nioh's social media has a photo of him grabbing a coffee
at Zephy's. Waitress confirmed it.
Lotta Nagel was, erm, seemingly, on her way into town.
And Heidi Berlin claims she was in the bank.
Only, she wasn't.
Which is not surprising, given Danhei's accounts had been frozen.
They are on the brink of bankruptcy.
That explains no wages.
Could Loman have known that?
Don't see why not.
He's getting regular dirt from an informant who works there,
Mila De La Parra.
And Heidi Berlin knows how to stitch.
SHRIEKS
Wake up! There's been a development.
Omega 616 strikes again, this time having a go at vloggers.
Media are trying to link it to the murder.
I'll make some coffee, then?
We need to find him before the press do.
How's your friend like her coffee?
Strong with sugar. Oh, and not too much milk.
What's her name again?
Agatha.
Agatha. Oh, yeah, the law student who pays her fees
by sleeping with different men on a transactional basis.
Correct? Correct.
Are you here Wednesday? Is today Thursday?
Yeah, it is.
Well, I think her Tuesday's free, if that's why you're asking.
Transactional, then, or not?
Oh, come on. She's allowed a private life, isn't she?
I mean, would it matter if it was? Not to me.
Got any thoughts on our street artist?
None at all.
Casper, it's me again. Where are you? We're running late.
SHE SIGHS
The lab got the chemical composition of that stitching back. Mushroom.
A perfectly sustainable yarn
produced from the fibres of a fungus.
And this particular fungi fashion is so hot off the press,
it doesn't even have a name yet.
Then we need to find out who's developing it.
Night, Johnny. Don't do anything I wouldn't.
And you really needed to drag me out here to look at a graffiti banner?
Couldn't you just give me the photograph?
The fresh air will do you good.
SCOFFS I'll be back in an hour.
Danhei is on the brink of bankruptcy.
SHE CHUCKLES That's more idle gossip.
If you call a conversation with your former bank manager "gossip".
Did Ed Loman know?
I don't see how.
Dani definitely doesn't. Bless him.
He's in his own world most of the time.
'Does anyone know?'
'No.'
We've expanded faster than we should have and... I love Dani to bits,
but he doesn't make life easy.
I've tried to talk to... Yeah, we can cut the sob story.
What I need to know is where you really were yesterday morning?
I was meeting a friend, that's all. Who?
I'm not at liberty to say.
Erm, I'm tied by confidentiality.
Is this anything to do with Dani abandoning you
and teaming up with Youniversality?
No. It isn't.
Right, we better check your phone records and see what they give us.
We'll be seeing you.
This has got really interesting.
Articles...
..about Ed Loman's bi-celibate life, right? Wrong!
Because, here he is.
And here. And here.
Look who's on his arm, his informer, Mila De La Parra.
I thought she said they were just friends. They were.
Before Ed Loman was vlogging, he was blogging.
Me And Mila In Milan.
The Mila In Me.
And then, Me And My Mila.
They were an item until a couple of months ago.
Where did you get all of this?
Our tech retrieved them from Ed Loman's computer. Along with...
76 emails from Mila documenting their break-up.
"Please call me."
"You simply can't treat me this way."
"Heartless, arrogant bastard."
"Explain me why." What's your point?
My point is that Mila De La Parra has a motive to kill.
Along with Schneider.
Not only was Schneider paying Ed Loman,
he was sleeping with him.
Lovers!
OK. You check out Mila De La Parra. Leave Schneider to us.
Glad you could make it (!)
Dahlman's driver's been hospitalised.
He's taken quite a hammering.
He's alive, but on a ventilator.
Apparently, his mouth's been taped and...
..his eyes stitched.
When were you going to tell me about Casper?
If we told each other about
every random act of violence that happens,
we'd never get any bloody work done.
There's nothing random about it. You know it and I know it.
Is it true about the tape and stitching?
Yeah. Is there any definite link to Ed Loman's death?
How was Casper beaten?
Ambushed in a car park.
Yeah, but HOW was he beaten?
They concentrated mainly on ribs and fingers.
Trying to extract information, right?
Like, "Where did he take you the night before last?"
We don't know he had anything to do with that yet.
Well, we can make a pretty good guess.
Theunis Visser might still be in jail,
but he's got plenty of friends on the outside.
If they know you went to see the judge...
I'm telling you, things will escalate.
You want me to see his son? Like that won't escalate things? No.
Why'd you go and see the judge, anyway?
He invited me.
I get invited to lots of things, it don't mean I go.
Well, maybe you should, do you good to get out more.
And, Piet? Just leave it, please.
DOOR SHUTS
Yeah. Hey...
Yeah, I'm gonna need some surveillance.
Two officers.
OK, I'll brief you later. Thank you. Bye.
When were you gonna tell me about Visser's hearing?
I didn't think it was important.
Piet, come on, do me a favour.
First thing we're taught about interviewing a suspect,
omission is an indication of guilt. So, I'm a suspect now, am I?
Why didn't you tell me?
It's fine. He didn't get out.
He might have, though. You must've thought of that.
What would you have done if he did? I don't think about him at all.
You went, then, I take it?
Dahlman asked me to.
Case is still sensitive for her.
Yeah, it's not just her.
Given what else happened in the incident.
WATER SLOSHING, HEAVY BREATHING
You OK?
Yeah.
I know you.
And I know when you're lying.
Hendrik!
MOBILE PHONE RINGING
It's pretty good. HE COUGHS
Yeah? 'How'd you get on with that graffiti?'
Yeah, yeah, all right, look...
'Couple of things... it's not a spray paint.'
It's a spray-on fabric. Yeah.
And I figured out what was bugging me about the writing,
it's the angular nature of the script.
Sorry, yeah.
'I checked with our graphologist,
'it's written by someone used to writing right to left.'
What, like Arabic? 'In one.'
Did you say Danhei employed Syrian refugees?
Yeah.
Let's go.
Where is everyone?
Youniversality invited us to their launch.
I insisted the staff go. They deserved a break.
Oh, I thought you guys were rivals. Rivalries come and go,
but, er, we're all in it together, really.
Besides, Heidi and Claudia go way back.
Didn't want to go yourself? I'd love to... I just...
It's just too much to do.
Yeah, bills to pay and all that.
How is that side of things?
It's actually... exciting. We're expanding globally.
We've got more orders than we can fill, you know,
we're going from strength to strength.
We heard you were struggling.
It's just a cash-flow problem.
It's always difficult getting money out of people,
but once the dam breaks, everything will be fine.
Are you developing anything from the fibres of a fungus?
No.
But it's a good idea, though.
VAN DER VALK SHAKES SPRAY CAN, HE CHUCKLES
Spray-on fabric, right? Yeah.
Ooh...!
HE CHUCKLES Do you want a job?
Whose work station's this?
Er, Chacko Moghadam, our best draughtsman.
Is he one of your Syrian refugees? He's their boss.
Hey, everyone. I'm at the pre-launch
of Youniversality's new eco jeans line.
SO exciting, because Jeans are Amsterdam, right?
SHE CHUCKLES Classic. Timeless.
Adventurous. Individual. Rebellious.
Never afraid to make a statement.
Like Ed, like me, like all ethical fashion vloggers.
We won't be silenced.
SHE KISSES
EXCITABLE CHATTER
All set, babe?
Were you sleeping with Ed Loman?
That's ridiculous! Of course not!
Too busy trying to team up with Dani Nioh?
For God's sake, you're the one to talk!
Look, we are running late. Now... good luck. Break a leg.
PIET: Right... let's see what this Syrian guy can tell us.
PHONE NOTIFICATION
Oh, Piet, this looks interesting!
Got Heidi Berlin's phone records.
Anything? Maybe.
Er, lots of calls to the same number and...
texts, "See you at Levs".
No idea who or what Levs is,
but she was meeting someone there earlier today and yesterday,
not long before Loman was killed.
Our new line introduces a revolutionary new
Youniversality app.
Each pair of jeans comes with its own unique code
sewn into the lining.
Using this code, you can log on to the app,
which tells you where the materials came from,
who made it and how.
Now... each and every item develops its own history.
And whatever you want, we take them back
and we refresh them, and we sell them on.
So, endless recycling,
endless connectivity.
Thank you so much, and enjoy.
EDGY TECHNO MUSIC PLAYS
SHE GAGS
SHE GULPS
EDGY MUSIC CONTINUES
Police! Out of the way!
Stop!
SHE CHOKES AND GURGLES
WHOOPING, SOME LAUGHTER
WOMAN SHRIEKS Move, out of the way!
Coming through, police!
Help!
Stop! Stop!
Omega 6-1-6? Pleasure's all ours.
I didn't kill anyone, man, I swear.
SHE CHOKES
WOMAN: Ambulance, somebody! Fast!
INDISTINCT POLICE COMMS
Brad...
..Omega 6-1-6. Omega 6-1-6, that's Brad.
Take him to the station. No...
Fine, take that, it's Miss Cabrera's.
Keep it with you, kid.
Right, turn around... Press are gonna love this.
Iconic fashion head dies on her own catwalk.
Right, tell the team we need to keep this out the press
for as long as we can.
I don't suppose natural causes are an option, are they?
Well, the untrained eye might assume cardiac arrest, wrongly.
You smell that, right?
Almonds... cherry-red tinge to the skin.
I reckon cyanide poisoning. Right.
Administered how?
An injection is possible, but impractical,
so, I suspect, swallowed.
OK.
Oh, my God, it was absolutely terrifying.
I've literally got her death on camera...
Miss Nagel! I'm sorry, this really isn't appropriate.
I'm gonna have to ask you to stop... Seriously?
All due respect, this is a crime scene.
I have to ask you again to refrain from filming,
and we're gonna need to take your phone
cos it may contain vital evidence. Of what?
That's my livelihood. Yeah, you'll get it back.
I'm... I'm sorry.
I'm sorry for your loss.
Do you know anyone who might have held a grudge against Claudia?
A former employee? A rival?
Jealous lover maybe?
Most of her lovers are long gone.
Well, maybe I meant you.
Why would I be jealous?
It's her that should be, isn't it?
Jealous of your relationship with Ed Loman.
Monogamy was never my strong suit. Claudia knew that.
Doesn't mean she liked it.
You were across her drug habit, I take it?
Wasn't exactly a secret.
Are Youniversality, by any chance, developing any fabrics
made from fungus?
We only go with the flow on sustainability
because it makes commercial sense.
I draw the line at mushrooms.
Who else knew about your affair?
Does this matter?
Yes, it matters. Two people are dead,
two people involved with you.
Who knew about the affair?
As far as I know, nobody.
Loman's payments stopped. Was that because you dumped him?
Our relationship ended, yes.
And now he's dead.
Your partner finds out about your financial arrangements
and now she's dead.
You can see where we're going with this? Maybe...
Maybe I have enemies who target people close to me.
A fashion vlogger dies.
One of your artworks is on his balcony.
A new piece appears the next day wishing vloggers dead.
Now, you slag off fashion generally
and an iconic fashion designer more or less dies in your presence.
Both these deaths, very bold statements,
like the ones you make.
And we checked, you weren't at work yesterday morning
when Ed Loman was killed. So, where were you?
I had a meeting at the Immigration Service.
OK, we'll check.
What is it about fashion that makes you so defiant?
I hate everything about it.
Parasites.
Social influencers. Vloggers?
Marketing machines...
The pith on the orange?
Driving collaborations with brands and designers,
earning ridiculous money
while my baby girl and wife are stuck in a refugee camp.
We can't go forward, we can't go back.
And these people are obsessed with what they look like.
If you're so innocent, why run?
I've seen the news linking the murder to me.
And the name? Omega 6-1-6.
I wanted something that reflected on the dark side of your western faith.
From the Book of Revelation.
An alternative Number of the Beast.
This dark side...
..it didn't spill over into killing people, did it?
Sorry, I can see you're busy but, er, you got anything for us?
Mode of death confirmed...
cyanide poisoning. She swallowed a capsule.
It would have started its process of absorption
and then acts very rapidly. Within minutes.
And that hit was, presumably, a little stronger than she expected.
Uppers, downers, MDMA,
a bespoke box of goodies for every eventuality.
The killer embellishes a regular hit with cyanide.
Must have been familiar with her usage.
Do we know what "TA" stands for?
Dealer's brand logo. I mean, whoever did this,
they knew she'd like a little something before the show.
And once that capsule dissolves, she takes her final bow.
So how would the killer know which capsule she'd take?
Well, it doesn't matter. They're all laced with cyanide.
Would you... care to try one?
Believe me...
it's tempting.
Well, maybe I can cheer you up with a little insight
into who did what to Dahlman's driver, hmm?
OK...
Black cotton.
Not the same material used on Loman. Not the same people, either.
I mean, the story's been all over the news.
I'd say copycat.
If that wasn't an insult to copycats,
this was just pure sadistic butchery.
PHONE NOTIFICATION
Another curry night.
Brad, Claudia Cabrera had a burn phone for contacting Heidi Berlin.
And they used to meet at Levs.
Wherever that is. Yeah, no joy with that yet,
but I will get onto it first thing tomorrow.
Right, Cabrera's timeline?
Er, security cameras at Youniversality
have got her coming and going. She all but lives there.
BARMAN: What can I get you?
Er, not for me, man. I gotta head off.
Yeah? Wednesday AND Thursday? Keen.
I'll see you tomorrow.
What does that mean?
What's the deal with Van Der Valk and this Visser character?
Why'd you wanna know?
You know curiosity killed the cat?
Just, I did some asking around and some of the guys mentioned that...
..Old Man Visser was back in the court. That's right.
Visser was a corrupt senior police officer.
Dahlman and Piet took him down,
and neither him nor his son were particularly happy about it.
Visser was arrested after a car chase...
Knowing he was caught, he deliberately drove his car
at the one Piet was driving.
And Piet wasn't alone in the car.
Dahlman?
That's how she sustained her injuries, right?
Cliff, let's get some more drinks, hey?
Just so we're clear...
..I know what you did. Or what your father did.
Sending his whipping boys to beat the life out of an innocent man.
And I know what YOU did.
Or, more to the point, what your boss did.
Went to visit the judge the night before the hearing
to apply a bit of pressure.
It's called corruption. Yeah...
It's a subject close to your father's heart.
You know what it's like to lose someone that you love?
It's a nice touch with the stitching.
I'm sure you had fun with that.
It stops here.
Or what, Commissaris?
Or what?
Piet.
Hey, Mr Detective, why don't you join me?
You don't talk much, do you?
Is that a problem?
No, on the contrary, it's a relief.
How's your degree going?
A juggle, but I'm not grumbling.
That court case, Visser.
I know why I was there. But...
why were you there?
You weren't. You were late.
Do police normally attend hearings for people they put away?
I, erm... I read an article.
It's for an essay.
The Wrong Arm of The Law...
..Police Corruption In The Netherlands Since 1980.
Can we talk about something else? Sure.
Whatever you want.
You.
You want me?
Or you want to talk about me?
I dunno.
Both? OK.
But no-one gets everything. You understand that?
Yeah, that suits me.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over, hm?
I guess.
Hey.
Coffee?
Should have got you a muffin, too.
Good night?
Mm-hmm. Bye.
Yours?
Yeah, the same. I think.
Piet! SHOUTING
Piet, can I have a word please? MAN: I've heard enough from you.
Claudia Cabrera's death is all over the front pages.
I thought we were keeping it out of the press! OK.
Duly noted.
Right. And how long have we worked together?
I don't know, Julia, five years?
Then you'd think you'd know that I sign off
on all requests for surveillance.
Yeah, well, I just thought this one might slip through the net.
Well, it didn't.
You had two of my officers
do round-the-clock surveillance on me.
It's a precaution.
I figured you wouldn't request any yourself.
Yeah, well, you figured right. Just don't do it again, please.
Do I have a choice? No.
I've cancelled it anyway, OK?
Who blew Cabrera's death to the press?
WHISPERED: Oh, I think he might have noticed.
I'm waiting.
I may have... mentioned it to one or two people.
How many? Four of five.
Three million, four hundred and seventy two thousand. Oh, Job.
I was trying to get Lotta Nagel off her phone at the crime scene
and the words "crime scene" might have been mentioned.
Brilliant. The word "evidence" might have also slipped out.
Great. She was vlogging at the time.
OK. That's wonderful.
I mean, there's nothing like discretion.
I went... I went through all of the footage
on Lotta Nagel's phone of the event
and Mila De La Parra wasn't there. Well, maybe she didn't go.
No, she did.
She signed in with security an hour before,
so she WAS there.
But she wasn't there. PHONE CHIMES
Do you know what I mean?
Good spot. Check her out.
Date went well, then. I heard that.
What are you looking so smug about, anyway?
You're meant to be finding out about Levs.
Well, I have, actually.
Short... for Elevenses.
It's a posh cafe where the great and the good go
if they want to be discreet.
Not that Cabrera or Berlin ever were, security camera footage.
Management had to get involved.
Proper meltdown, apparently.
Right, just before Cabrera was murdered.
It gets better than that. This is them the day before.
This is just before Loman was killed.
9:48. Vlog started at ten.
How far is this place from Ed Loman's apartment?
It's not far.
Well, do you wanna be more specific?
Nine-minute walk, 11 minutes by tram.
Interestingly enough, it's an 18 minute drive by car.
You met Claudia Cabrera for a coffee at Elevenses more than once.
Why? It's like I told your colleague. We're friends.
Look, can we not do this now? We're very busy.
If you were just meeting for harmless coffees,
why not tell us that before?
What were you rowing about? What, who?
Heidi, arguing? Never. Who with?
It's nothing, Dani. Claudia Cabrera.
Claudia? I met her for a couple of coffees
and the police are making a big deal out of it.
Really? Why?
So it's not just us she didn't tell.
What was the row about?
It was about ethics and fashion. Wait, Heidi, sorry, what's going on?
I'm so sorry, Dani. So sorry.
What...? Sorry, what about? What...?
I just... I couldn't keep going on with all this.
You won't listen.
You won't include and you just keep taking on
more work that we can't deliver.
Danhei is on its last legs.
I've tried a million times to tell you.
What...?
I-I'm sorry, I'm really sorry.
I'm... I'm... But what has this got to do with Claudia?
What was the package she gave you?
It was my advance to pay our staff.
I didn't want them going without. I couldn't tell you
because it was an illegal injection of cash into a failing company.
Your advance on what?
Everyone thinks I'm shot and that you're the genius.
Which you are, but... SHE SIGHS
..I need a new challenge.
SHE SIGHS I was gonna join Youniversality.
I'm sorry, what?
As creative director.
Claudia was gonna take the company in this whole new
and genuinely-ethical, holistic direction.
And she wanted me to lead that push. Is this a joke?
I can... I...
I cannot lose you. I can't... I...
I'm nothing without you. HE STAMMERS
Literally, you've taught me everything I know.
You don't need me anymore.
You don't listen to me, anyway!
Everyone knows that you were
thinking about teaming up with Schneider! He came to me!
And I said, "No"! End of!
Were you already planning this push?
I had worked on some ideas, yeah.
Anything to do with fungus?
How did you know?
You... I cannot believe this!
How...? How dare you?!
Dani!
BUTTONS CRASH
It doesn't matter how I know.
Either you stitched Ed Loman's eyes,
or whoever did knew about that fabric.
Claudia was panicking.
She recognised the... stitching as the one I'd pitched to her.
She knew someone was onto us.
I was trying to calm her down.
In the end, I did.
So, the deal was still on? Yeah.
SHE SIGHS
This role as creative director,
was it gonna be alongside Schneider, or instead of him?
No, she was gonna sack him.
Miss De La Parra?
BANGING ON DOOR
Miss De La Parra?
SHE GASPS
Doughnut?
GIGGLING
Grief's a terrible thing, isn't it? Affects us all in different ways.
Go.
Your shoe.
HE CLEARS THROAT
This might not be the best time to talk about loyalty,
but did you know Claudia Cabrera was about to sack you?
To have Heidi Berlin in your place?
She was going to try, yes, her and Heidi.
An ethical new dawn, hm?
Very... touching.
I wasn't having any of it.
So, what did you do?
I tried to poach Dani Nioh.
He's way too into himself to care about the environment.
But the idiot turned me down.
I would have found somebody else, but...
How did you find out what they were planning?
HE SCOFFS Claudia couldn't keep a secret,
especially when she was... HE JUDDERS
..out of it.
Did Mila De La Parra know?
She knows nothing.
About anything.
Then, why did she come here yesterday?
Was that to accuse you of killing Ed?
I wiped the floor with her.
She's a complete waste of space, energy and time.
The only reason Ed slept with her was to gain information.
Which I told her.
And how did she take that?
Oh, she went into a complete, pathetic meltdown.
Humble AND sensitive.
Creativity doesn't follow rules or ethics.
Picasso, a genius. Was he a decent human being?
Yeah, whatever. Mila De La Parra, did you get her?
I thought you were meant to make people feel better about themselves?
You thought wrong.
I'm worried. Get back there now.
Miss De La Parra!
Total Angel. You what?
Total Angel. Brad.
It's not cyanide.
Yeah, well, now she's mumbling something
about some total angel. Yeah, well, maybe she likes you.
Yeah, I don't think it's me she's on about, sadly.
T-A.
Total Angel!
INDISTINCT CHATTER
CHATTER DIES
I'm looking for Mr Visser?
Jan! This way.
Over here.
O-o-oh, look what the cat dragged in.
I'm afraid our disability access isn't as good as some.
Well, we never got to finish our conversation outside the courthouse
and, erm, I'm a firm believer in dialogue.
Like the one that you had with the judge
to make sure that my father stays in prison,
because you're bitter and twisted and haven't got over your injuries
and because you want to get... revenge?
I can look at myself in the mirror.
I could before your father's hearing and I still can.
What about Van Der Valk?
How's he sleeping?
Given that he's betrayed his mentor, the man who taught him everything,
the one person who made him who he is today...
This isn't about him.
Your complaint is with me.
You want information, why don't you beat me up?
HE SIGHS
It is tempting.
Like a bit of masochism, do you?
Now, why are you really here?
Huh?
Is that an admission of guilt?
Or are you afraid of what I might do next?
Or who I might do it to.
You won't do anything without your father's say-so.
Oh, I wouldn't be so sure about that. You see, Dad,
he likes to play the long game.
Me, I like to do things quick, you know?
More of a balls-to-the-wall kind of guy, huh?
I'd listen to your dad, if I were you.
You're not here for yourself at all, are you?
It's Van Der Valk that you're worried about.
So, it was his idea to go to the judge, was it?
Oh, well, hey, no need to worry about him,
I'll take care of him.
Because, you know, I just don't like his face!
DOOR CLOSES
Mila De La Parra is still a suspect because...?
Heartbroken at being dumped, she took revenge on her ex,
his new lover's partner,
couldn't deal with the guilt, tried to top herself.
That was a cry for help.
Well, Schneider is the more obvious choice.
This one's just getting rid of lovers as his ego sees fit.
Agree.
Loman threatens to go public
about the power struggle at Youniversality.
Maybe reveal Cabrera was gonna sack him.
Schneider kills Loman and hopes the stitching warns Cabrera off.
But it doesn't. Heidi Berlin's not out of the woods, either.
She can't have been happy about someone making a vlog
about her partner getting poached. We could tail Heidi.
Yeah, good, let's get on to that. What about our refugee?
Oh, alibi checked out.
IND confirmed he was attending an appointment with them.
Uh-huh! Yes, yes, very good!
Sorry, are we disturbing you?
It's... Ah, just... I should have thought about it before.
It's an anagram!
Lotta Nagel, Total Angel.
She's our dealer.
I'm more of a Sudoku man, myself.
'Can I help?'
It's Dahlman. Can you send someone up, please?
'Yes, ma'am, OK.'
I need some surveillance... on Van Der Valk.
You and Job. Don't get it, I just don't get it.
Where we going with this? I don't think it's fair, that's all.
I told you. I want something based on more than gut instinct.
OK, well, triggered by that, I checked him out, OK?
I did a bit of digging.
That mother... BUZZER BLARES
..that he's always running home to look after? Yeah.
RADIO CRACKLES
Died nine years ago.
No, no, look, you've got this all wrong.
I'm the postman, that's all,
I deliver a bit, but I'm no dealer. You have your own brand.
TA. One person died after ingesting one of your capsules,
and another tried to commit suicide.
I'm not a killer, I'm not a murderer.
If you want, we can get the drug squad down here.
They can turn this place over, you can vlog live while they do it.
Did you tamper with Claudia Cabrera's capsules?
No, of course not. Who would know how to?
Anyone that knew her habit, which is, like, everyone.
Who else do you deal to that we know?
Dani used to participate, but Heidi cleaned him up.
Dani's...
Dani's needy at the best of times.
Drugs just made him paranoid.
Where was Dani when Ed Loman was killed?
Er... On his way to work.
He posted a photograph of himself grabbing a coffee.
Waitress backed it up. Maybe we need to check that out.
Do you have a back way out of here?
Looks like they've kissed and made up.
STARTS ENGINE Here we go.
HEAVY BREATHING
It's Dahlman. Where's Piet?
What do you mean you've lost him?
She wasn't?
OK.
Thanks very much.
So, the waitress that said Dani Nioh was at Zephy's
when Ed Loman was killed, lied.
Manager says she wasn't in until late.
So he bribed her.
Posted on old photo.
DOG BARKS
What the hell is that?
It's a restaurant, Brad.
So we've got to sit here and watch them eat?
Because we have each other. And we could even renew our vows.
We never made any. Fashion vows, remember?
To be a team, to be fair,
to be gods and change the world.
HE LAUGHS Shall we take the stairs?
No.
Hi. Hendrik, what the hell are you doing here?
I was passing... Passing?
All right...
Piet asked me to keep an eye on you in case anyone came looking.
Yeah, but you were fast asleep.
I was not. If someone had come, what would you have done?
Yeah, that would have made all the difference (!)
Yeah, but now you're here, you can give me a lift.
All right. Where are we going?
We need to find Piet. Now.
Do you remember if Dani went out at any point yesterday?
Yeah. Yeah, he did.
Between two and four, I think.
OK.
That's plenty of time to meet Cabrera and lace her drugs.
What's up there?
That's Heidi Berlin's office.
It's fungus.
Regenerating Youniversality.
It's Heidi Berlin's pitch for the gig.
That Dani was aware of.
Yeah, but he looked devastated when she told us what she was up to.
Well, he was pretending.
He already knew.
PHONE RINGS
Hello? 'Where are you?'
Oh, um... We're at REM Eiland.
'Is Piet with you?' Um... Yes!
He's here right now. 'Put him on, please.'
Oh, I'm sorry, I've got to run, ma'am.
Take the stairs.
Stay outside. Don't let anyone in or out.
Don't let anyone in or out? Yep.
That's what I'm saying. I know it hasn't been that way in the past...
What do you want now?
We need to talk, don't we, Dani?
No, we don't, we need to be left alone.
We've sorted everything out. Yeah, Heidi's staying here.
And I'm gonna do everything in my power to turn things around.
This is all you ever wanted, right?
You two, together.
PHONE RINGS
Ah.
Hendrik, what you saying, where are you?
I'm down here, Brad, and I'm not alone. It's you, is it?
Who's the sexy flash in a pan this time, you salty dog?
It's me, Brad, Chief Commissaris.
Where's Piet? Can you get him on the phone?
I can't at the moment, he's a bit busy.
Now. Yes, ma'am, yes.
Brad... Yeah, what?
..are we expecting company?
Oh, God.
Hello and goodbye.
Yeah, that doesn't look good. Go tell Van Der Valk.
He found out your plans.
He knew you were leaving and didn't want that,
because he can't live without you.
Bit insecure, are we?
Loman threatened to tell the world.
And, presumably, told you what he knew.
Dani, what are they talking about?
I couldn't let it become public knowledge.
Well, that would have made it real, wouldn't it?
Did you kill Ed?
Please, Dani, tell me it's not true.
Please, Dani.
He used your fabric as a signal
to the woman who was gonna steal you away.
Listen, listen, listen, listen.
You have to understand, I didn't want to kill Claudia.
Until you knew she was gonna ignore your warning.
No, even then I went to her.
I begged her. What did she say?
That you and her were gonna make the world a better place without me.
Time to go, Dani.
I think we might have a problem. What kind of problem?
Oi! Restaurant's closed.
That kind of problem.
All right, everyone down! Get away from the windows.
SCREAMING
Straight into the... GUN SHOT
Who the hell have you upset now? It's a long story.
OK, stay in here, keep everyone safe. Cuff him.
What do we arm ourselves with? I don't know, think of something.
Everybody stay down, everyone at your tables.
Police, get up.
My name's Sergeant Brad de Vries with the Criminal Brigade.
You're in safe hands. Stay by your tables, everybody!
Stay down and stay calm.
Not exactly Thor's hammer, is it? What, what?
They don't like you, do they?
How do you know it's me they don't like?
It's an educated guess.
OK? Yeah.
Go.
Visser!
It's me you want!
Meet me up top!
You go down.
Ah!
Stay here, stay with them.
Visser!
GRUNTS AND GROANS
Cloovers, I need to help! Watch the door.
MACHINE GUN
Please, please. No.
Dani, no!
No, no, no, no, no, no!
LUCIENNE GROANING Lucienne!
Don't... you... move.
You know, it's, er, funny...
..you asked what use I might be in this situation.
Indeed. And I remember very clearly what you showed me.
Shut up.
Look, I'm sorry, I'm just really thirsty.
HE YELLS
Don't bleed on the seats, it's not my car.
STRAINING
No-one needs to get hurt here.
Why don't we drop the guns?
Why don't you?
You're the king of the world, ain't ya?
HE GROANS
GUN SHOT
THUD OF BODY
First time?
There's never a good time to start.
Thank you.
LAUGHTER
There you go.
Well done, Brad, you got it all in the glass. Good one.
LAUGHTER CHATTER
SIGHS Everyone's good.
Everyone?
Right, who wants free beer on the chief of police?
Don't give it all away!
Congratulations, congratulations.
Any sign of Van Der Valk?
Nope. And I wouldn't hold your breath.
Is he, er, dating again?
Ooh, I doubt it.
That's for you. No.
Thank you. Are you sure?
Yeah, no, I've just got to go and look after my mum, so...
Right. Yeah, she doing OK?
Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. Well, we're here if you need us.
Sorry about earlier.
So, what, Piet's latest is getting serious?
Piet doesn't do serious.
She's no Arlette, then.
No-one is.
He'll never get over her.
ALARM BONGS
Keep still. Keep still, you're OK.
I'm OK.
Arlette?
Arlette?!
Arlette!
No, no, no. No.
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