In the Fade

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The moment of truth.

Mr. ekerci, do you take Katja Jessen

to be your lawfully wedded wife?

I do.

Ms. Jessen, now to you.

Do you take Nuri ekerci

to be your lawfully wedded husband?

If so, answer "I do."

I do.

Congratulations.

You may exchange rings.

Is this OK, too?

Of course.

Can I kiss her now?

THE FAMILY:

You f***er!

F***ing son-of-a-b*tch f***er!

- You OK?

- Yeah.

"Son-of-a-b*tch f***er?"

Did you get that from Dad?

- No, from my violin lesson.

- You're a lil gangsta!

What's your Social Security Number?

I forgot it, dude.

Forgot it?

It's your life!

What's mine is yours.

"Forgot it..."

- He wanted to see you.

- You need the car.

I'm meeting Birgit.

- What about my taxes?

- I'll do them tonight.

Why not take the train?

Aunt Birgit is pregnant.

Show a little em-pa-thy!

Right!

Hear that?

My son will make it further than me!

That won't be too hard, dude.

Hey!

It's by the bridal store.

Thanks.

What time do you finish?

Seven.

I'll pick you guys up.

- No need.

- I will anyway.

- Bye, sweetie.

- Bye, Mommy.

Not too much screen time!

I already have glasses...

Do you have yours?

- Bye.

- Bye.

Lock that up or they'll steal it.

I'm coming right back.

A drag.

Just one, pretty please.

One more.

B*tch.

- Let's stop by the baby store.

- You can have Rocco's old clothes.

- You'll need them again.

- So, give them back when yours is bigger.

Let's do something really hot instead.

Buy a huge dildo.

You have no idea how under-f***ed I am.

Oh, "Me so horny."

- Exactly.

- You need a comedown.

I just need to come.

Is that new?

It's not finished.

A samurai.

- Must've hurt like hell.

- So bad!

- It's great.

- Thanks.

I promised Nuri it's the last one.

He'll leave me otherwise.

Hope my baby doesn't slip out.

Me too.

This is so good.

This is so good!

The street's blocked off.

My husband's office is right there.

Call this number.

- What happened?

- An explosion. Move along.

Freeze!

Freeze!

I have to get to my family!

On the ground! Calm down.

Let me go, I have to get to my family!

Rocco!

Nuri!

Come in.

Follow me.

Mrs. ekerci?

Let me go.

- Can I help you?

- I just want...

- Rocco?

- Are you looking for someone?

Mrs. ekerci?

Fischer from Missing Persons.

Where's my family?

Your relatives aren't here.

Where are they?

We don't know.

There were fatalities: a man and a child.

The bodies can't be identified.

We have to do a DNA test.

IN THE FADE:

Just your husband's and son's.

Thanks. It'll take a few hours.

The Red Cross will stay here.

See you later, Mrs. ekerci.

Shall we go to the living room?

Come with me.

This way?

Would you like to call someone?

Mrs. ekerci,

I have sad news.

The victims are your husband and son.

Mrs. ekerci?

Chief Inspector Reetz.

I'm leading the investigation.

My sincere condolences.

Do you feel able

to help with the investigation?

Can't this wait till tomorrow?

It's OK, Mom.

Was your husband religious?

Excuse me?

Was he a Muslim?

My husband is agnostic.

Was he Kurdish?

I'm Kurdish! Why do you ask that?

Was he politically active?

Did he raise money for any groups?

No, my husband wasn't politically active.

Did he have enemies?

What kind of enemies?

A bomb was set off in front of his office.

What?

We have to assume he was the target.

Where did you last see

your husband and son?

This afternoon. I dropped Rocco...

at his office.

Did you notice anything?

No.

Wait, a woman left her bike out front.

I told her to lock it up.

It was new,

with a top case

on the luggage rack.

Like on a motorcycle, you know?

Could you help create a composite sketch

and look through our picture database?

I want to see my loved ones.

They're no longer people.

Only body parts, Mrs. ekerci.

Shh.

Do you think they suffered?

I'm sure they didn't feel a thing.

Imagine Rocco lying on the ground,

seeing his own limbs around him.

Imagine how scared he was.

They didn't feel a thing, Katja.

They died immediately.

What are they saying?

"The nail bomb attack

killed convicted drug dealer..."

Motherfuckers.

"... Nuri S., 37,

and his son Rocco, six.

An Islamist or political motive

has been ruled out."

Let me see.

BOMB EXPLOSION ON SHOPPING STREET!

POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR THIS PERSON

THOUGHT TO HAVE PLANTED THE BOMB.

SHE IS PROBABLY EASTERN EUROPEAN.

He was mixed up in something.

Like what, Mom?

You should know.

Maybe he was keeping something from you.

Don't ever say that about my husband.

DANILO FAVA, LAWYER

- Katja?

- Yes.

Can I get you a drink?

Was Nuri still dealing?

He'd stopped that.

Was it about protection money?

Nuri could've handled that.

Was he involved in anything?

Anything you know of?

He wouldn't have put you guys at risk.

So, who did it?

They're looking for an Eastern European.

She was German.

As German as me.

Nazis did it.

Who else would've had a motive?

Did you tell that to the cops?

Do you have anything here?

Sure.

What do you need?

Whatever.

Katja, please. They were gifts

from clients. I'd only throw them away.

Thanks.

We want to take our son and grandson

with us to Turkey.

So, they're close to us.

We're going back for good.

He's my grandson, too!

Excuse me.

Ah.

I've lost my family.

And you want to take them away again.

You can't.

I won't let you.

Good.

Well done.

Sh*t.

It's alright, it's alright...

This one's for Nuri.

Thanks for coming.

You know,

if you'd taken better care,

my grandson would still be alive.

My condolences.

Katja, can you come here?

Good morning, Mrs. ekerci.

Developments in the investigation

mean we must search the property.

What developments?

This warrant permits us

to search your house.

Mr. Hartung from the district authority

is here to observe.

Hello.

Please stay with your visitors.

Stay where you are!

Would you please fill this out?

Gerrit, could you come here?

I found this.

- That's all?

- Yeah.

Keep searching.

- Her husband's drugs.

- Mom, stop.

- Katja!

- Stay out of this.

They're mine.

Please step into the kitchen.

Just briefly.

Can we have a minute?

Do you have more?

Possession of narcotics

violates Section 29.

You may remain silent.

But I do need you to come to the station.

To answer a few questions.

Contact my lawyer.

Don't worry, Mrs. ekerci.

It's such a small quantity,

there's no chance of prosecution.

Surely you want to know

who murdered your family.

Without your help,

we won't find the killers.

Any idea who might've done it?

Nazis did it.

How so?

His office is in a Turkish neighborhood.

Were there ever racist incidents there?

Like a pig's head in front of the mosque?

Not that I know of.

Would you like some?

How did you meet your husband?

I bought grass from him as a student.

What did you study?

German studies and art history.

Did you graduate?

I dropped out.

Why?

Your husband studied business in prison,

then opened his office.

Mm-hm.

He was a tax advisor and translator.

And he sold flights to Turkey.

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