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Yes.

Mia.

Nature's will...

Consultant Psychiatrist Herd is Lebech.

I'd like to go into your diagnosis.

Please tell us what symptoms

you found in the defendant.

Yes.

We found an adherence

disorder, emotional lability,

that is sudden bursts of anger or sorrow.

Pardon me for interrupting.

Yes?

Could that be mood swings?

Sure, you could say mood swings.

The defendant suffered from those early

on in his marriage, before the tumor.

Irritability, aggressive outbursts,

unrestrained impulse-driven behavior...

So selfish, risk-prone behavior?

Have we heard about that

before the tumor? Yes.

Long-windedness, perseveration, that

is sticking to a linguistic pattern,

and being unable to move on.

He's shown signs of that, too.

So you're dedicated...

Pardon me?

No, go on.

Thank you.

And finally, altered sexual behavior.

For instance hyposexuality

or perversions.

Can that lead to having affairs?

Yes.

The defendant had an affair

seven years ago.

Could that be related to the tumor?

No, it's too long ago.

It's too long ago? Okay.

Yes.

Good.

Herdis Lebech, how can you be sure that

the defendant didn't have these traits

before the tumor,

because many things point to that?

To assess that, you need a mental

examination done before he got ill,

and we haven't one.

So we don't know if the defendant had

these traits before the tumor.

Thus it's unclear whether the tumor is

the cause of the symptoms. Correct?

10 of hearts.

That'll cost you 500.

No.

This is all I've got.

Thanks.

Why did you choose that pile again?

It has the highest prizes.

I don't want to be here all day.

The 3 of spades... earns you 100 kroner.

The Queen of clubs.

That'll cost you 1,000 kroner.

Let me just pick one more...

No, the test is over, Frederik.

Your mother arranged it all?

All of it.

Hi.

Hi.

Hi. Thank you for inviting us.

Of course.

Have you been to the day center today?

Yes.

What did you do?

You know what? I don't remember.

"You know what" is a good pression.

Our language is rich with pressions.

Expressions.

Expressions?

It's "expressions".

Thank you.

There's pie.

And the little ones...

That's mozzarella.

Ah.

Would you like some?

There are two of them

and that's unusual...

Frederik?

Do you think Bernard is any good?

What do you mean?

Will he get you acquitted?

Ah...

Will you get him acquitted?

If I do, it's nature's will.

We hope the prosecution will agree to

subject Frederik to a mental examination.

That's the plan, anyway.

Fingers crossed.

It applies to everyone in prison.

They're...

mentally ill, the lot of them.

Only 400 years ago people thought...

They thought that the mentally ill had

made a pact with the Devil.

They were burnt alive

in front of the whole village.

Because they were mentally ill, you see?

Yes.

Of course you don't burn people today.

Nor do you put them in prison just

because they're mentally ill.

Based on these

symptoms, I wonder...

Shouldn't Frederik have realized

he wasn't well,

and informed the board?

No.

No. Denial of illness is one of the

symptoms, so he couldn't.

But shouldn't Frederik have grasped the

consequences of his actions and stopped?

No.

His condition made him unable

to understand the consequences

of his actions.

He couldn't.

Ah.

So the tumor made Frederik

unable to act responsibly?

Yes.

Is Frederik well today?

Our tests show that Frederik's ability

to concentrate, his empathy,

and structural abilities are

above average today.

Of his own accord, he has applied for

positions as a substitute teacher.

In vain, as far as I gather.

So, rig ht now,

Frederik is well?

Yes, I'd say so.

I'm betraying my husband.

I am my brain, and my brain

is all fat and synapses.

I am a biological system and so are you.

Yes, but he's ill.

These processes started millions

of years ago.

It's all predetermined.

But you're betraying your wife.

Yes.

But if it happens, it's nature's will.

And nothing is stronger than the laws of

nature. Am I wrong?

No.

We're irreproachable.

We can't help it.

No.

No.

Without guilt.

I've got the result of the

mental examination.

Well?

What?

What does it say?

Let's see.

"Frederik Halling suffers from an

orbitofrontal syndrome,

caused by a brain tumor."

Okay.

"Frederik Halling was presumably insane

at the time of the illegal transactions."

Congratulations.

Hi. Just put it down there.

Let me introduce my lawyer, Bernard,

and my wife, Mia.

Hi.

Hi.

My name's Khayatt. Welcome to the block.

Yes.

Great.

On, sh*t.

Frederik, give me a hand, will you?

What?

Can you help?

With What?

Raking.

I need to take a piss.

Niklas, help me get this done.

Dad's doing better, don't you think?

Now he needs to pee, or sleep,

or watch TV.

His impulse control is much better.

Don't you think?

No. Not at all.

Can't you see that Dad is getting better?

Let's see just how well he gets.

It's time for the prosecution's

closing arguments.

Please proceed.

Thank you, Your Honor.

I've met the defendant in the

course of this day.

And he strikes me as a dedicated man,

who no doubt has done a lot of

good as school principal.

Still, I believe that he

quite deliberately

embezzled the school funds with

criminal intent.

The defendant ascribes the embezzlement

to his tumor-induced personality change.

The defense has tried to prop up

this claim,

with fumbling evidence given by his

fragile wife and doting son.

But the transaction trail identifies

the defendant as the perpetrator.

And in light of the complex crime

there is no doubt,

that the defendant didn't embezzle

without criminal intent.

Does it work? I can't hear anything.

It's set to phono.

Porno?

Hi Freddy, Nobody's selling porno here.

Hey!

Alright, man!

Freddy, you have a visitor.

Hi.

Hi.

Do you want a record?

"Skylight"? No, I want to talk to you.

The prosecution claims the mental

examination is insufficiently reviewed.

Meaning what?

It will delay the case. He wants the

medico-legal council to review it.

Okay.

The medico-legal council?

The highest you can go in the Danish

system. Nothing over or equal.

The medico-legal council will do its own

review of the mental examination.

Is there any chance they might conclude

that I wasn't temporarily insane?

Let's just hope they come to the

same conclusion.

Do you understand?

Yes.

Is Mia home?

Yes.

I'll go and tell her. See you. Good luck.

Freddy, my man. How would you like a

permanent job with us?

How are you going to survive

without this house?

Well, we're going to sell everything and

buy a boat and sail around the world.

Henning.

Yes?

Henning, enough of your voyage

around the world.

You'll never do it.

Lalalalala.

We're sick of hearing about it.

No, we've got it all mapped out.

We're heading south from the Caribbean...

I've heard this a million times.

Before you come over,

Mia always says...

"Please don't let Henning talk about

sailing around the world again."

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