There's no bread.
Check if there are leftovers from dinner in the fridge.
You fixed something for me for my work placement, right?
I tried. They didn't need anyone, unfortunately.
Are you joking?
Why didn't you say anything?
I'll take care of it. It'll be all right.
But it starts tomorrow.
It'll be all right. Relax.
Oh, fuck...
-Kathinka speaking. -Hi, Kathinka.
It's Helene, Daniel's teacher.
Yes. Hi!
How is Daniel? Is he sick today?
Sick? No. Why are you asking?
I wanted to talk to you about his absence rate.
Absence rate?
We have to work together to get him to come to school.
He's not at school?
No. That's why I called. He's been absent quite a bit lately.
We've talked about this.
He was walking to school with Elvira today.
Elvira is here. But Daniel is not.
It's okay. He's here.
I don't know, Kathinka. I think maybe we should have a meeting.
Yeah.
-Let's do that. -I'll send you an e-mail.
-Fine. Bye. -Bye.
What do you think? Is it a wolf?
If so, it... got off lightly.
It's very hard to tell.
It could be a wolverine.
I must report it to Marius Stenhammar. It's his call.
Stenhammar? If you ask him, the answer is no.
He doesn't understand the problem with
predators and grazing livestock co-existing.
A lab test will quickly tell us if this was a predator. One moment.
Hi, Madeleine! I got a call from school.
Do you know where Daniel went this morning?
No.
Elvira is at school, but Daniel didn't show up.
-Were they supposed to go together? -That was my impression.
Didn't Daniel stay at your place this weekend?
No. Was he supposed to?
I didn't hear about anything that.
Hi, Emma. It's Dad.
I just want to say that...
everything is my fault.
And I hope you believe me when I say this.
But I mean that everything is...
Promise me one thing.
You can't trust anyone. Are you listening?
Emma, you can't trust anyone!
Hi, Emma.
Do you remember the designation of the male wolf in Våler?
-M1603. -Hm.
Thanks.
Do you have two minutes?
Looks like the wild boar scourge is disappearing on its own.
-What do you mean? -Excrement from that she-wolf.
Definitely looks like she's eaten wild boar meat.
Oh. Yeah.
I was wondering about something... It's about Marius.
I'm worried.
He doesn't answer e-mails or calls.
He doesn't send reports. No samples. He doesn't log anything.
We know he can be a bit out there...
But this is the first time he hasn't done his job.
-Dad isn't my responsibility. -Of course not.
But have you been in touch with him?
No.
There was a bad story about him in Østerdølen recently.
Sheep and dogs have been attacked lately, and Marius usually...
He's still not my responsibility.
Fine.
I'll try to call him again.
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-You'll come to work with me. -What?
For the work placement? No, that's lame.
Hanging around the fucking lab with you.
We're going to tag wolves. Pack for the outdoors.
It's very important to tag the pups.
Their dad is of Finnish origin.
Fresh blood is imperative to avoid inbreeding.
Got it.
Isn't the point of the placement for you to learn something?
-Have you seen Elvira? -I think she's over there.
Elvira.
Elvira!
Have you seen Daniel?
-No. -When did you last see him?
Friday, after school.
But... he was supposed to stay at your place this weekend.
Wasn't he?
Uh, yeah. But he never answered so it didn't happen.
He hasn't been home all weekend?
-I can try to call him. -His phone was in his room.
-Kathinka? -Yes?
I think you should call Asbjørn.
Did you grow up here?
Mm-hm.
Didn't you tell him we were coming?
Didn't you hear us coming?
What are you doing here?
Didn't you see that the female in your territory has pups?
Hi, Leo.
Did you tag along?
How nice.
-Hi. -Hi.
You've grown since last time. Come on in.
It's a bit of a mess here.
-I've got this under control, Emma. -How long have you known?
I'm going to tag them. The pups came very late.
I haven't had time. But I'll get there.
No one at SNO knew that the female was pregnant.
If I hadn't checked her movements we wouldn't have known anything!
Reports, logs, and all those things...
That's not my thing, you know that.
-But we need those reports! -Sure...
When people try to kill the wolves and terminate the local wolf zone,
those reports save them!
-You know that. -Yes.
I know that. It's just...
It's just been a lot lately...
There's a new journalist here, from Oslo. Did you know?
Huh?
He's stirring up the hatred of wolves in the region.
Yes. And how does it look if we under-report the number of wolves?
It'll look like we're trying to hide how many there are.
That's bad news.
-I'm going to tag them. -Let's get the gear and get it done.
"Let's"?
Hi! Hi, Jan Petter.
Hi. Hey...
When were you going to tell me about your plans, huh?
Wilderness lodge?
Huh? You won't say anything?
No. I have to be careful with you, Ørnulf.
I don't want to create fake news.
Or count my chickens before they're hatched.
Well, not chickens, but moose, right?
It'll mostly be moose hunting, yes.
There will be a lot of people here, then.
With their expensive gear and electric SUVs.
What's next?
Selling caffè latte at Joker? That would've been something.
That would really have been something.
Well, they spend their money here, so...
We'll just have to figure out the financing. See how it goes.
Let me know if there's any development.
-Sure. -We'd like to do a story on it.
-When the time is right. -Publicity never hurts. Thanks.
Jan Peter is an enterprising guy. He makes things happen.
It helps that his mom is the mayor and his uncle is the sheriff.
-Did you see Asbjørn? -No. What?
He got a phone call and then he put his basket down and ran out.
Headline: "Sheriff leaves a mess at local grocery store".
Or maybe they called from the lottery?
Several companies believe that a division of Innlandet
will have negative impact on their business.
That is according to a survey of members of NHO Innlandet.
For regional director...
Kathinka!
Is it him?
Asbjørn and that woman.
I don't get the point. Do they think...
we forgot to look under the sofa? What the fuck?
Has Daniel run away from home before?
Yes, but that's normal. Isn't it?
Have you noticed anything unusual about Daniel lately?
Has anything been different?
-He's 14. He doesn't... -He's 15.
Yeah, whatever!
He's not sitting here reading his diary.
I was wondering...
if... This is just routine, I just want to emphasize that.
If you could talk to me through where you were...
and what you were doing, separately, from Friday morning and until now.
Just routine?
Are you accusing us of being involved in Daniel's disappearance?
Damn it if I'm going to tolerate this!
He's just very worried.
Mm-hm.
So, are we just going to pretend that he didn't aim a gun at us?
Yeah, but he didn't know that it was us.
Yeah, right.
I can't be bothered to walk around in the woods for hours, you know.
Where are the sedatives?
I can't find the sedatives.
They're in the car. Don't forget the tags.
What did you mean by "everything was my fault"?
Let's take care of the pups,
and you'll be back in the city before the evening.
Leo, come on! Hey, are you fit for driving?
Yes.
-Come on. -Yes.
So, it's your work placement this week, Leo?
That... means that you are...
-Fourteen. -Fourteen.
Fourteen, of course.
And you're following in our footsteps?
Or?
Do you know how your mom knew that the she-wolf had pups?
Do you see that the movement pattern on the GPS
is somewhat star-shaped?
Do you know why? The pups are hiding here.
They're waiting for their mother, who's out finding food.
Every day she goes in a different direction.
With that information, we can tell where the pups are hiding.
And where the mother has been.
We call it the pups nest.
Isn't that beautiful?
I'm hungry. Can we get some food?
That's not necessary. We won't be gone long.
All the radios are fully charged. Anything else?
Well, we need to turn back time to Friday afternoon.
Hi.
The first 48 hours are the most important.
Why didn't she react when he didn't pick up his school stuff?
That's just it. He was away at work all weekend,
but I can't understand how she didn't notice anything.
Hi.
We'll do the first search starting from the parking lot here.
-Asbjørn! -And... Wait a second!
We'll search the area eastward, toward Sweden.
And Red Cross goes westward and southward, toward the Glomma river.
-Great. -Okay.
-Naim? -I heard about Daniel Belset.
Has he been missing for a long time?
-We'll answer questions later. -Red Cross has been called in?
We have to get going.
Listen...
He's probably just out in the woods, on one of his adventures.
He's never been gone this long.
No.
Why bring kids into the world if you can't take care of them?
-Hello? -Hi, Kathinka.
It's Naim Karim from Østerdølen.
Do you have time for a few questions?
Yeah, I'm just at home, so...
Great. I'll be right over.
-Um... Sure. -Great. Okay.
Bye.
The whole house reeks of cigarettes, you know.
-When's dinner? -Late.
Mom and Dad are out on that search party.
What search party?
Daniel B is missing.
They're looking for him in the woods. What the hell do I know?
Shit.
-Where are you going? -Out.
Hey! Leo, come.
You see the raven up there?
The raven calls out when there's danger.
Maybe it's just a tall tale.
But tall tales often contain some truth.
The raven and the wolf help each other.
As a thank you,
when the raven calls,
it gets to eat the wolf's prey after the wolf has taken its share.
You know, I was the one who reintroduced the wolf to Norway.
This is horrible for Kathinka.
To sit at home, not knowing what's happening. It's...
And she's had her share of troubles.
Hi, Stian!
Hey... I thought it was Daniel that came running there.
That would've been so funny if he came running over here,
right into the search party, where we are searching for him,
and just, "Hi!", you know.
-Tired? -I'm fine.
Shush!
-How far away are they? -About one kilometer.
What... is that for?
-Are you going to tranquilize them? -No, the pups aren't strong enough.
But sometimes their father or other wolves are guarding them.
Relax. Wolves are more scared of us than we need to be of them.
Why did you bring it then?
In case there are other adult animals here that we can tag.
One should be very careful with animals with offspring.
They can get very aggressive.
But it's not dangerous.
It'll be fine. Hey.
-Didn't you see some tracks? -That's right.
-Over the hill here? -Yeah.
Hi, Knut Ove. How are you doing?
Just want to let you know that the whole town is thinking of you.
Well.
Hi.
Terrible case.
That's a bit premature.
It's better to write about all the people that are here.
Sure.
I agree.
Good suggestion.
Asbjørn.
I just talked to Kathinka Belset.
Hey, I'd appreciate it if you backed off a bit.
You could do those things in Oslo, but here...
-We take care of each other. -I get that.
But she told me that Daniel was obsessed with wolves.
Did you know that?
The wolves have been coming closer to town lately, right?
This is a search party, not a press conference.
It'd be better if you help us search, like the others.
Sure.
Emma.
Start with the rock over there. I'll circle around.
They always hide under something.
They're very good at finding hiding places.
Nothing?
What about that tree over there?
Come. There, there. Come.
Come. Look at you.
No, no, no.
What's that?
A microchip.
We tag the adult wolves with a collar, but...
-Does it hurt? -No.
There you go.
-Yes. -Like that.
Now we know who's who, and who their mother is.
Now we have to hurry off.
We don't want them to get used to us. They should fear humans.
Have you talked to Marius lately?
No, he's impossible to reach these days.
I haven't talked to Marius
since I did an internship with him last summer.
Mm-hm.
But he called me this weekend.
Just out of the blue.
And asked me to analyze some rush samples for him.
Okay. What was in the samples?
That's what's strange. Because...
they're...
hairs of the alpha male wolf.
And...
And?
Are we going to eat soon, or what?
What about moose patties at the tavern before you leave?
I'm in.
-Hello. -It's Jo.
-Is anyone else there? -I'm in the car with Marius and Leo.
Can you call me back once you're alone?
Okay. Great. Bye.
I'll buy some snacks. It's a long way to Oslo.
Hey. I...
thought I'd heat up some pizza.
Would you like some?
-Hi, Kathinka. -Hi.
I don't have any news.
Red Cross is doing a thermal search,
and the Home Guard is joining us tomorrow.
Could I come in?
And ask you some questions.
Yes.
Just the two of us, preferably.
-Hi, it's me again. -Stine came by today.
Marius asked Stine to analyze a sample on the weekend,
- off the record. -Okay.
The sample contained wolf hair from the alpha male in the area.
-The receipt? -No, thanks.
But there was also something else.
Human blood.
Was it Marius' blood?
If so, why would he want her to analyze it off the record?
It just seems very strange.
I'll call you back.
MISSING
It's important that everyone keeps their mouths shut.
If not, we're in deep shit.
Okay.
Good. See you there.
So, there's nothing new lately? Nothing different?
Has he...
met any new people or gotten any new friends?
Not that I know of.
I hear he's been very interested in wolves.
-Mm-hm. -Yeah?
How long has that been going on?
Always. He's just born that way.
I hear he's been tracking with Marius Stenhammar.
They spend quite a bit of time together?
Yes. Daniel grew up without his biological father.
He found Marius' work very exciting. And they hit it off.
-Daniel helped him with stuff. -I see.
-Hm. -Are you suspecting anything?
We're just looking into everything.
The Ministry of Climate and Environment wants me on
a video conference about an urgent matter.
So, I'll drive back to the house and join it from there.
And I can pack our stuff while I'm on it. Okay?
I'll be right back.
Are you looking for someone?
No.
No. Or yes.
Your mom.
It can take a while when she's working.
Is that hard for you?
Have you tagged a lot of wolves?
Yes, quite a few.
Probably around one hundred.
Wow.
Shit.
You know, every she-wolf can have a litter of six or seven pups.
It was a nice experience today, right?
I'm so happy that you came along, Leo.
Truly.
You were amazing with the pups.
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