A NETFLIX SERIES
[dramatic music playing]
[truck beeping]
BASED ON THE NOVEL BY HARLAN COBEN
[indistinct chatter over radio]
- Do we know who it is? - No.
No phone, no bag. Nothing. So...
- Huh? - Probably stolen.
Who leaves their house without a smartphone?
- Especially in her line of work. - You don't have to explain it.
Any theories?
Drug dealers. Thugs. There's always something going on here.
There's a crime almost every month, so...
[officer] Robbery. Assault. Classic.
Have you tried to ask around? Maybe there were witnesses.
- Get to work. - Aye-aye. Yes, madame general.
[dog barking]
[exhales]
PAWEŁ KOPIŃSKI LEGAL ADVISOR
[panting]
[grunts]
[shower running]
[delicate, mysterious music playing]
[woman chuckles]
Hello.
Morning.
What do you wanna eat?
Hmm...
Come on.
- [woman] Come here. - [both laughing]
Dad, can you give me a ride to school?
Hey, Dad?
Ah! Sorry!
Don't mind me. Bye!
What's wrong?
Adam hasn't been answering my calls.
Don't worry about it.
Men have a different perception of time.
Mm-hmm.
When was the last time you saw him?
Yesterday at the party.
He sort of freaked out.
Was he rude to you?
Not to me. To Gajos.
Mmm, he yelled at other people too.
- Wow. - Said they don't give a shit about Igor.
Then he left, and I couldn't get ahold of him.
Oh.
Would you like me to call his mom and dad?
Yes, please.
I'm gonna drive myself to school. Bye.
Bye. Kaja?
You look beautiful.
I'm serious.
Bye.
[school bell ringing]
- Hey. - Hey.
Have you seen Gajos yet?
Mm-mmm.
I called. He didn't answer.
I sent him like 10 texts. Nothing.
What's going on here?
Mmm.
[phone ringing]
[phone continues ringing]
[ringing stops]
[voicemail] This is Anna Barczyk. Leave a message.
[phone ringing]
[grunting]
Michał Barczyk here.
[Ola] Hi, Dad. It's me.
Oh, it's you, sweetheart.
Hi. Good morning.
Is everything okay?
Mom isn't answering her phone.
[grunts] She isn't?
Maybe she's seeing a patient.
- But she always calls me back. - Relax. I'll call her in a minute.
Hey, hey, wanna go shopping?
I'm going shopping with Jaśmina, okay?
You can go to the mall after school, but tell Janusz to pick you up.
- Okay. - Yes!
- [anchor 1] That's the report. Thank you. - Love you. Bye.
[anchor 2] After 20 hours,
firefighters were able to control the fire in the factory in Szczecin.
Containing the blaze required the joint efforts of multiple departments.
We've been informed that a press conference...
Oh, fuck.
...with fire inspector Michał Barczyk has been scheduled for 11:00 a.m.
As fast as you can. The name is Barczyk.
How long's the wait?
[voicemail] Hey, this is Adam. Leave a message.
Voicemail again.
[callbox beeping]
Okay. Come on.
- Where? - Come on. This way.
Adam!
[dog barking]
Hey, Kaja! It's open.
No, no, no, no, no.
There's an alarm system here.
We'll get in trouble.
Adam!
Mrs. Barczyk!
Okay, let's go. We'll get in trouble.
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CALL HISTORY
[voicemail] This is Anna Barczyk. Please leave a message.
[beeps]
[indistinct chatter]
[phones ringing]
[men laughing]
We get that Ewelina has good intentions,
but she can't just fuck with our investigation.
- I mean, interfere. - How do I interfere?
You've been interfering since the beginning.
Jacek and Marek are running the case.
Am I right or not?
Right.
What do we know?
We have a mutilated, anonymous hooker.
We asked around. Nobody seems to know her.
Our preliminary findings are suggesting that local thugs might have been involved.
- Exactly what findings? - Preliminary.
- Please elaborate. - Speak up, Jacek. I'm all ears.
We brought them in. One of them will spill the beans.
- Did you take their prints? - Yes.
Yeah, but we got zero hits.
Okay.
We understand that there is a gender bias,
and that women also deserve to be promoted.
But maybe sometimes, the factor of having or not having a dick isn't the issue.
Having a dick and being a dick are different.
- Or having and being a cunt. - Excuse me?
Hold your horses.
You're here to do your job, not hit on each other. Are we clear?
- Yes. - Yeah.
There's no need to worry. Everything is gonna be just fine.
Please excuse me.
This is Mr. Barczyk.
I'm trying to reach my wife, but I think her phone is dead.
What's her schedule? Is she off today?
Oh, thank you.
Please wait for me.
Hey, Michał, what the fuck? We've been waiting forever!
Five minutes, fine, but not 30. You're killing me. We're about to go live.
Ladies and gentlemen, we'll start shortly.
[man] Ready when you are.
Well, do you have any comments
to add to what we've heard from these gentlemen?
The victim was not a prostitute.
Mm-hmm.
The woman was clean. No traces of semen.
Maybe it was her first client.
The victim's hands. Her fingernails were well-kept.
No needle marks on her,
and the toxicology report shows no traces of illegal substances in her system.
The woman was well-nourished.
- Most hookers in this... - Prostitutes! It's the 21st century.
There are no signs of previous bruises or fractures,
but she was wearing shoes.
Yeah, prostitutes wear shoes.
[Ewelina] Yes.
But her shoes didn't have a single scratch.
No one ever walked in them. Not once.
The paleness of her belly suggests she didn't wear revealing tops.
Also, her ring finger had a mark left by a wedding ring.
She must have been wearing it for a long time,
because we noticed a distinct callus at the base of the finger.
Did you hear that, gentlemen?
That's what I call hard facts.
Do you have any more concerns regarding the competence of the inspector?
[chief grunts]
Ewelina's taking this one.
[clicks tongue]
Thank you.
We'll run it together.
Ladies and gentlemen, our investigation has now determined
that 80% of the factory was set ablaze.
We needed 15 fire brigades to extinguish the fire.
The factory produces para-xylene,
which is highly toxic.
[reporter] Is it true that it was arson?
The prosecutor's office in Szczecin is investigating,
so you'll need to ask the spokesman of the prosecutor's office.
That's all. Thank you.
But we have more questions.
Please, bear with us. We'll be with you in just a moment.
[reporters clamoring]
- Michał. What the hell? - I need to get back to Warsaw.
Are you kidding me? No way. Follow protocol.
Family matters. The situation here is under control. I need to get home.
Tomek, we've broken more serious protocols before.
If you need anything, call me.
[voicemail] Hey, this is Adam. Leave a message.
- [grunts] - Kaja, you're winding yourself up.
It's unhealthy. But I've got something that's sure to help you.
- No thanks. - It'll relax you.
You'll see things more clearly.
Calm down, Kaja. It's not a hard drug.
It's prescribed by a doctor.
To who? Not you, that's for sure.
Who's gonna know? Whatever works.
And one pill will be enough to make you feel way better.
Better than ever. [laughs]
Come on, girl.
[thud at window]
[exhales]
There's our missing boy.
[Polish hip-hop playing]
[vendor] Here you go.
Thank you.
What were you two guys fighting about yesterday?
Well, you were there.
- Have you heard from Adam yet? - Have you? He's your boyfriend.
I can't get in touch with him.
We're all out of touch, after that party.
[chuckles]
Adam thinks it was all his fault
that Igor's dead.
[boy] You think somebody...?
- Stop! - [laughs]
I'm going home. Coming?
Go with him, or we'll lose another one.
You're happy now?
[kids chattering]
[kid] Hey, Jaśmina!
[adults chattering]
[Ola] Jaśmina!
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[Ola] Hey, wait.
- Hi. Back already? - Hi, Dad.
- Hey. - [Janusz] How was school?
Okay.
- It was okay? - Mm-hmm.
Are you sure?
We came to get something to drink.
- Ola, what's going on with Adam? - Why?
- Have you spoken to him today? - I was at my friend's.
- He didn't call you? - No.
Why? Did something happen?
- Adam's missing. - What do you mean?
No one's seen him. We think he ran away.
- Again? - Mm-hmm.
[phone ringing]
Hello.
[Michał] Hi. Listen, I can't reach Anna.
Could you check if she's at home?
Okay, I'm at your place.
Go inside and check if she's okay.
Down on the right, there's a loose rock.
You should find the key underneath.
- Found it. - Got it?
Great.
Are you in?
Put in the code four-five-six-seven.
Wait. The alarm system isn't armed.
She always arms it when she leaves.
Hold on.
Anna?
It's me, Janusz. Are you home? Anna!
Don't think she's here.
[sighs] Okay. Go upstairs.
Anna?
Adam!
What's going on?
- Nothing. The room is empty. - Fuck.
I'll be there in an hour.
If you want, Ola can sleep at our place again.
Yeah, sure. I mean, thanks.
- What about Adam? - What do you mean?
Have you heard from him? I heard he's missing.
What do you mean, he's missing?
I heard someone talking in my store.
Who?
A girl from his class.
Fuck me! What the hell is going on?
- They canceled swimming class? - I didn't feel like going.
He didn't call?
Mm-mmm.
He's gonna have some explaining to do.
When Aunt Kamila disappeared, did you have a bad feeling?
That something happened to her?
Yes. I did.
But that was completely different.
There was another missing girl whose body was found shortly after that.
That's why I was afraid.
Igor Hall is dead. He was Adam's friend.
They used to run away from home together.
I'm not crazy, Dad.
Something is happening.
[dramatic music playing]
Hi, it's Michał. Is Anna there?
- [man] She didn't show up this morning. - Fuck. No one's heard from her.
You don't know where she is?
Maybe she turned off her phone, or her battery's dead.
- Are you free? - [driver] Sure.
Listen, if she reaches out to you, let me know, okay?
Okay, I will.
Talk later.
[tense music playing]
Adam, where the hell are you?
I mean it. Call me right back. I'm serious.
Stop messing around.
Anna!
[music turns emotional]
[voicemail beeps] This is Anna Barczyk. Please leave a message.
[beep]
[mysterious music playing]
[phone ringing]
[woman] Is this Michał Barczyk, Anna's husband?
Yes, that's me. How can I help you?
Your wife has been... [static]
...in an ambulance...
This morning, she was found on the street.
- What? - [static] ...in case you didn't know yet.
Excuse me?
...will contact you...
What are you talking about? Hello?
I can't hear you.
- Hello? - Hello?
[music swells, fades away]
Adam does a lot of weird things,
but Mom never disappeared.
And she never ignored me like this.
Maybe she needs to charge her battery?
The car charges her phone.
You're not used to it. That's all.
- Used to what? - To being ignored by your mother.
I'm used to it. My mom never calls us. Not emails. Nothing.
- [Ola] But she went abroad. - So?
There's no internet abroad? Or did her phone break?
No, Ola, my mom isn't like your mom.
My mom probably doesn't care about what people call me at school
'cause she forgot all about me.
Hmm.
[woman over PA] Doctor, would you please report to the ER? Please report to the ER.
- Look at you. - I'm fine.
Get me out of here, please.
It's okay. Shh. I'm here. I'm here.
[Anna] I talked to the police.
They don't give a shit that Adam disappeared.
I don't know what to do.
[Michał] Look, at least you're okay.
I can't check Adam's texts anymore. They stole my cell phone.
You installed it.
Kaja doesn't know anything.
Did you know Adam and her had sex?
I'd have been surprised if they hadn't.
We messed up somehow.
He's got everything.
The best school,
private coaches,
ski vacations, basketball tournaments.
But we don't know what he's thinking or into.
It's like we know absolutely nothing about him.
He's 18. At his age, I was avoiding my parents too.
[Anna] He's not avoiding us.
We're avoiding him.
Exit here. Now take the left lane and turn at the next corner.
[cars honking]
[ominous music playing]
- At least they didn't slash your tires. - Come on.
You okay?
It's here.
[Anna grunts]
It was packed with people yesterday. It's a big party spot.
- I'm calling the police. - The police made it pretty clear today.
At least 48 hours have to pass.
They won't declare him missing until then.
It doesn't make any fucking sense. The police aren't even gonna help?
Apparently not.
[dramatic music playing]
I'm not a prosecutor anymore. I can't help you.
You know that installing a spying app is a crime?
You do realize he's an adult.
Maybe I can be of help.
I know Adam and all the other kids.
I spoke with them after Igor's death, you know.
I'll double-check my notes. There could be something.
I'll tell you why I installed that spy app.
When Adam was three, we went on vacation, just the two of us.
Walking down the boardwalk, eating ice cream.
There was a lot of people.
Some guy was blowing bubbles.
I guess Adam wanted to chase one.
I shouldn't have let him out of my sight. I'm his mom.
But he let go of my hand, and suddenly he disappeared.
After looking for him for a while,
I found him.
He was happy. He was laughing.
But I thought that he'd...
I was scared to death.
In that moment, I swore to myself
I would never let him go again.
That I would always be there to protect him.
[Michał] That could've happened to anybody.
It was all my fault, because if I had held him tight
like it was my responsibility,
nothing would've happened.
I just really hope he's not involved in Igor's death.
[door opens]
[door closes]
Hey.
[Kaja] Hi.
- Were you at Adam's place? - Yeah.
And?
Kaja, listen.
Is there anything Adam told you that we don't know about?
Now's the time to tell us.
- Otherwise, it could be too late. - Anything.
- Dad, I've told you everything. - Kaja, come on.
He might be in danger.
- Who do you think you're talking to? - Kaja...
Why are you treating me like a suspect?
Kaja. Ka...
Kaja.
[phone chiming]
- Hello? - [Anna] Hi, honey.
Mom, it's you. I called a million times.
I had to take care of something. It's all good now.
Is Adam home?
Adam had to leave for a while.
We'll talk in the morning, okay? Dad will pick you up.
I'm worried.
Ola, everything's fine.
Go to sleep, sweetie. I love you.
Bye.
Good night.
Hey. Psst.
I'll show you something cool.
- All right. - Okay.
Just be quiet.
[TV playing faintly]
[intense music playing]
- You're out of your mind! - I'm not.
Is that fake?
Dad belongs to a shooting club. Didn't I tell you?
It's very easy. You just pull this.
Lewicki's standing by the whiteboard,
and I go bang!
Bang! Bang!
[music stops]
- Where are you? - I'll be home soon.
[woman] That guy from the convenience store was here again.
Daniella...
[sighs] Tadeusz, please be honest. Did you mock that child?
It was just a joke. The kids didn't get it.
Okay, I believe you. But why is he so relentless?
Because he won't let it go. It's weird.
- [car starts] - Honey, I'll be home soon.
And my email isn't working again.
Excuse me, miss.
Do you know anything about these car seats?
It's for my kids.
My wife ordered it.
The instruction manual, I can't figure it out.
The guys at NASA must have written it.
Yeah, I guess.
I feel like an idiot asking for help,
but if I don't get back before 8:00, my wife's gonna kill me.
I'm the one who bathes the kids at night.
No problem.
Strap it in with your seat belt.
[man] Easier said than done.
I don't know what I'm doing.
I do it like this.
Take the belt, pull it...
[ominous music plays]
[van engine starts
[engine starts]
Where are you going?
I can't sleep.
[door opens]
Don't hurt me. Leave me alone.
Get away from me!
Get away. Please don't hurt me.
- Shh, shh. - Don't hurt me, please.
[screams]
[muffled struggling]
Shh. Silence, Renata.
Shut up.
Shut up, or I'll kill your little boy.
- [muffled screaming] - How old is he? Two?
Same eyes.
Absolutely gorgeous.
I just want to talk.
Understand?
Yes?
Please, don't hurt him.
- Shh. - I swear I won't say anything.
Shh.
Does the name "Marianna" ring a bell?
Hmm?
And now?
Hmm?
Yes.
Did she send you anything?
No.
No, I swear, she didn't.
Looks like you wanna die.
I promise she didn't. Not... Not that I know of.
I-I'm a mom, please...
[grunts]
[sobs, coughs]
[retching]
Why...
- Why are you doing this to me? - Huh?
Why are you doing this to me?
Let me go.
It's out of love.
[tense music playing]
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