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PREVIOUSLY

-He killed her. -Who?

The student she had an affair with.

You think she jumped because of me? She didn't care about me...

that I work, I go to school,

that I was ready to die for her.

"So, I went to that stinking gym and got into

a stupid mess I'm still ashamed of."

Reading other people's diaries is mean.

-Mom, I can't see anything. I can't see. -We'll do something about it.

I need money. I'm... sick.

-I'm going blind. -I can offer you something.

Ready to take a risk?

BARK MARAT

In the mailbox you'll find a pass card to the office. Take it.

In the diary there's a name...

-Alina Rusanova. -She died.

Alina's body was found here. The main evidence was that CCTV footage,

but it's gone. The driver and the woman who was with him are in a mental hospital.

They executed me. My head...

blew up.

Were you threatened?

Whose opponent is she?

OPPONENTS MENU

She was uploaded by Ira Shorina.

Nothing to worry about. Everything's under control.

Call me if something happens.

You'll have to come with us.

-Do you know why you're here? -My daughter just got back.

I don't want to lose her again.

Kryukov, I'm closing the case.

I'm checking the box.

YEAR 2020

PRESENT DAY

My nose is itchy.

Means you need a drink.

Do you want something?

At 7:00 a.m.?

No, I haven't sobered up yet.

It's a defense mechanism in your body.

To stop you from wondering how to live.

What's the defense...

mechanism...

of your body?

I'm gonna sit on the edge of the bed...

and start whining. "Oh, what a jerk I am, what is she gonna think about me?"

I wouldn't call this battered old thing a bed.

Lucky you, you don't have to get up.

You took time-off.

But I have to go.

You're lucky too, your husband's on vacation. Took your daughter with him.

Actually, I have to go too.

Listen, will you make me...

your famous omelet? There's a ton of tomatoes in the fridge.

Where are you going so early?

I'm the best student in my class

Getting straight As

I'm pretty amazing

I forbade you.

I'm on vacation.

You look nice from here, Madam Adviser of Justice.

Kryukov, if you don't want to be fired at the end of your vacation--

We'll just fuck and not mention work.

Only I'm not gonna fuck you ever again.

I really don't get it. So if you found out yesterday that I wasn't dropping the case,

you wouldn't have slept with me?

Did you take time off to stay on the case?

You told me to work on it on my own time, so I'm taking some time off.

Great, your vacation is over. You're back to work.

Nope.

You are...

-not my boss anymore. -Who am I then?

The woman I love.

Kryukov, if you love me, then...

drop this case, please.

I don't see the connection.

I won't be able to protect you.

Anka.

Make me an omelet.

Misha, there's a guy at the door.

He's just standing there and not leaving. I have to go pick up the kids.

What guy?

I don't know, he looks mean.

Listen, maybe...

-we should call the police, or Dad? -Are you crazy?

Better to call the Kremlin. I'll be right out.

Was it you?

-I said, "Was it you?" -What are you doing?

Get your hands off him.

I said, "Get off him."

You are crazy.

She's just a child.

I'm a child too.

So, you are the crazy one,

breaking into an apartment, trying to choke a little boy.

Ira, relax, it's okay, he's my friend.

We need to talk.

Alone.

Let's talk, no problem.

-If you calm down. -I'm fine.

Okay.

-Does your dad know? -None of your business.

Ira, it's okay, relax.

-Go ahead, I'll see you at school. -Are you sure?

Go.

What's up?

I was robbed.

They took 40,000 euros from my office without cracking the safe.

They knew the security code.

And you think it was me.

It was you, and you'll bring that money back, or--

Or what?

Listen.

I... I don't know how to help you. Really.

-What do you want from me? -Bring it back.

I didn't take your money.

I swear, I haven't seen that money.

You want to scare me?

Well, I'm not scared.

Frankenstein can't be afraid of his creator.

You dumbass.

The monster didn't have a name. Frankenstein is his creator's name.

But you should be scared of me.

I'm late for school.

I have a biology test today.

Can I go now, Alexey Petrovich?

I can surprise people too.

And not in a fun way.

Irka...

It's you.

I thought you were the doctor.

-I'm waiting for him. -What's up with the kids?

I don't know.

Just some rash all of a sudden. Measles, maybe.

My boyfriend brought them a whole box of oranges last night.

I was so tired by the end of the day that...

I fell asleep and they just ate them all.

Tired, really?

More like wasted.

You've changed.

Such a different person.

Wanna come in?

No, I have to go to school.

You didn't quit school yet, huh?

-Why would I? -Well...

When I left...

home...

I quit school the same day.

Why waste time on school?

Okay, listen.

I'll stop by after school.

If the doctor gives you a prescription, don't go, I'll get everything myself.

Okay, whatever you say, daughter.

Is it okay that I call you daughter?

You stay with the kids, I'll buy everything.

And bring your guy along, I'll check him out, see what he's like.

I'll be sober, daughter, I promise.

Natasha,

don't go to school.

Please, Natasha,

I can't stop you, but...

please, let's get to a hospital. Let's go right now...

and ask for help. I'm scared for you.

Don't worry about it.

How can I convince you to have the surgery? What can I do?

Should I drug you and bring you in by force? Tell me, what should I do?

Nothing, you can't do anything. It's my decision.

You are a little girl, you can't decide anything.

I'm strong.

I've...

done things in my life that you never did.

I saw enough that I won't see ever again. And you're weak.

You're scared.

You're not scared that I'll go blind. You're scared to be stuck with me.

You took care of Grandma for four years.

And you're still young.

You want to meet a good guy.

And if you were strong, Mom, you'd have helped Grandma leave sooner.

Because she wasn't living for those four years, she was suffering.

And the worst thing is that you can't help me.

I'm strong.

-I've decided everything. -What are you talking about?

Who put this nonsense in your head? Marat? Or your computer? Who?

Thanks, Mom, for dropping me off.

I'll do it, Mom.

Any hospital you want,

-but after my finals. -Okay.

I don't want to waste another year, okay?

Thank you.

-Hello. -Hi.

Easy! Wild kids.

Why are you here?

The case is closed. Tsareva said we can bury Nastya now.

I missed you. So, I wanted to...

-have a quick word with you. -Go ahead.

Just bring back the keys. My tenants are waiting.

I've got the keys.

But first, answer a few questions.

Why did the late Principal Rusanov dislike Nastya Istomina?

He loved her very much, gave her bonuses, "Nastya this, Nastya that",

even put her up for the "Teacher of the Year" award.

It was after a fight between her and his daughter Alina that things went bad.

Wait. Alina Rusanova got into a fight with Istomina?

-When? -Well...

right before Alina died, at the end of March.

-On the 24? -I don't remember.

It was the end of March for sure. I was still on sick leave.

TWO MONTHS AGO

What took you so long, Anastasia Nikolayevna?

What are you doing here, Rusanova?

Waiting for you.

Talk to me at school, don't follow me. I'm your teacher, not your girlfriend.

I saw my teacher kissing her student today.

-Now I can't think of you as a teacher. -So that was you.

What did you see?

-Nothing happened. -Don't lie to me.

Listen to me, you stupid small-town girl,

stay away from him. Do you understand?

Don't you dare talk to me like that, even if something happened.

Get out of here!

Okay. Just promise me first that I'll never see you around him again.

If you don't leave right now--

Nastya, dear!

What was that?

Come on, let me help you.

Valentina Leonidovna, please,

I'm begging you, don't tell anybody about this. Okay?

PRESENT DAY

She was jealous of someone.

Boys in her class are handsome, but they're just kids.

No, Nastya couldn't. I don't believe that.

Alina made it all up.

Things between Nastya and the principal got tense because of it.

Yes. Next morning, he called her in and yelled and screamed...

And you could hear it from the cloakroom?

No, I was there too.

You went to the principal and told him his daughter had a fight with Istomina?

Yes. Who else would tell him?

Indeed.

Misha.

Why are you following me?

Go away. I'll call you.

Of course, you will. Because if you don't, I'll make some calls. Straight-A student.

Leave now, please. I'm begging you.

Tell me, I'm just curious, do you have any conscience at all?

I do.

-Call your mother, it's been six months. -I will!

I'll call my mother, I'll call you, I'll call everybody.

Do you need money again?

You'll get it.

I'll find you.

Now go.

Busted!

She caught you.

Yes.

She was following me, can you imagine?

Crazy, right?

Her husband...

died recently. She said I look like him.

But I'm not him.

So, did you fix it?

Or do you need help?

-No, it's all right. Thank you. -Good.

I gotta go.

I need to talk to you... after school.

Everybody's saying...

-the case is closed. -I'll see you.

Listen, Anna Anatolyevna,

I thought we came to an agreement. The suicide case is closed.

The funeral has been scheduled.

Everybody is finally starting to calm down...

and all of a sudden, your Kryukov shows up and starts asking questions.

What's going on?

Captain Kryukov is on vacation. I can't control him.

You can sleep with him...

but not control him?

-Have you been watching us? -Oh, come on.

Just some precautions.

I did some research before coming here.

Your current disposition.

Looks like your phone was on at Kryukov's home address last night.

Given that your jealous husband is on vacation in Mauritius

with your daughter right now,

Kryukov and you are either neighbors...

or lovers.

Are you blackmailing me?

Make sure that this Kryukov

stays away from my daughter's school.

Otherwise, it's gonna be bad.

I found something out too.

Somebody pressed the detective who was working Rusanova's case.

He shared the expert's report that said she had sexual intercourse before death...

and deleted the security footage from the crime scene.

And after that he was promoted and transferred to the head office.

What are you trying to say?

That you're personally interested in this.

That I'm capable...

of a lot of things.

And it's in everyone's interest to work together in peace and harmony...

on mutually beneficial terms.

Being my enemy...

is not a good idea.

You just...

keep Kryukov away from the school and I'll take it as a favor from you.

You won't regret it.

Otherwise, I'll take him out from there myself.

But that will be...

more painful.

So?

Is it war... or peace?

Peace, of course. I'm not an idiot.

I've never been this scared in my life.

I thought he'd walk in when I opened the safe.

Good job, Marat. You're the best.

Maybe it's your gift?

-To be a criminal, a very talented one. -Are you crazy?

From now on, I won't dare to even jaywalk.

You sure they won't find me?

They won't even look for you. For them it's not a lot of money,

and then...

Relax. He's not here for you.

Relax, it's okay.

Listen, there's a change of plans.

I need 10,000.

-You said I can take it all. -Yes, I said that, but...

unforeseeable circumstances.

I can't.

-Why? -I don't have it.

Where is it?

I gave it to Natasha's mom this morning.

All of it?

Of course. It's for Natasha's medical treatment.

How did you explain where you got this money?

I didn't. I just gave it to her and left.

So...

go and take it back.

-No. -Why?

It's not right.

Then I'll turn you in. You'll go to prison.

-No, you won't. -Why not?

It was all your idea.

Yeah, okay.

He's coming.

That's terrible.

Every day, I wish I could wake up half a year ago,

so that...

all this never happened.

I wish I was a vice principal again and teaching English.

Yuriy Vasilyevich was sitting in this chair...

and Alina was still alive.

And Nastya.

Any school is a closed group of people.

It may look like a swamp sometimes, things happen,

but you just put your stick in and started turning it,

stirring up all the mud from the bottom.

Lyudmila Mikhailovna, I'm sorry, but...

three dead bodies don't just "happen."

But it's not a murder, is it?

I hope you are not saying that people get killed in our school?

I really don't want to.

Excuse me, may I?

Please. Question.

-Security cameras at your school. -I see. Is that my fault too?

Don't be ridiculous.

Excuse me?

What cameras?

There are only two working out of ten.

Nothing is being recorded, there's no archive.

What? Two?

Well, they were installed when Rusanov was still here,

but I assumed they were working.

Okay.

Exactly which cameras are working?

One is at the main entrance looking at the street,

but it's not ours, it's a police camera, we don't have any recordings from it.

And besides, the spot where Nastya fell...

Anastasia Nikolayevna... is out of range...

-of that camera, I checked. -I did too. What about the second camera?

It's in the recreation area.

On the second floor.

So, if you want to see the stairs--

Can you watch the CCTV on her computer?

Yes.

Yes?

Please.

Here.

Is this happening now?

Live broadcast?

Oh, my God!

Okay, enough.

What are you doing?

Are you insane?

We have the police at school.

Do you know why I was so sure that this camera works?

Why?

I would do the same thing.

A good opportunity to watch the woman you love.

-I think she's doing your job. -I'm on vacation.

I need the tapes for two days:

March 24 and the day when Istomina killed herself.

I thought you were on vacation.

And you're free.

For now.

I didn't expect this from you, Barkovskiy.

-I didn't believe you could be so mean. -What did I do, Lyudmila Mikhailovna?

-We're just playing, right? -Playing?

-I just saw this game of yours. -How did you see it?

On the camera.

-Is it working? -Turns out it is.

And Captain Kryukov is looking at the footage right now.

Kryukov?

Who is he?

Does he come to you often? Does he come to you at night too?

Don't you dare talk like that to the principal.

I'm sorry.

That was wrong, I'm sorry.

And since you are the principal,

maybe you'll tell us what happened to our gym teacher, Vladimir Avanesovich?

We miss him so much. Right, guys?

Is he sick?

Say hi to him.

Come on, everybody, go back to your classrooms.

You're late for your classes.

What do you think?

-I'll grow up and buy the same one. -That's not what I'm asking.

I know.

What can I say?

I'll say nothing.

Or should I say, "Figure it out yourself,

Anna Anatolyevna"?

-What does it have to do with me? -You're his best friend.

Friend.

I have been...

in love with Kryukov for 15 years,

and still a friend.

I married a man I don't love, had children with him.

When he had a stroke, I...

basically changed his diapers. Now I make him take his pills, I bring him tomatoes,

as a friend, of course.

But he loves you.

All these years.

Give him something back at least.

I gave him what I could.

I protected him.

Now I can't.

The enemy is too strong. I'm not that strong.

Well, don't protect him. Just...

Anna, just help him.

Then I'm with you.

But...

to ask him to walk away... no.

At least I'm his friend now. If I do what you ask, I won't even have that.

Funny, I knew you'd say that.

Well, I'm very predictable.

Of course, I'll help him.

But I have to ask you a favor. Here.

The case number and all the information.

Alina Rusanova, who died, she was a classmate of your suicide girl.

For some reason, the fact that she had sex before her death is not in the file.

The original report was replaced. Tosha, can you find it?

The good thing about our mess is things get lost, but don't go missing.

Will you do me a favor too?

Please, don't call me Tosha.

It's for him.

March 24, what time?

Last class, last few minutes, give or take.

Let's find it.

Do you know why the principal got so nervous

when she heard that the cameras are working?

Do you think I'm the one who turns them on and off?

Do you think I am?

Okay, it's me.

Officially.

But in fact, it's seniors.

Fucking Spartans.

Have you heard how they...

re-formatted the school cafeteria?

Or how they turned off...

all the gadgets at school?

Same story.

They wrote a paper

about an invasion of privacy, illegal surveillance, and things like that,

so the authorities decided it'd be better to shut down all the cameras.

But I...

didn't agree with them.

But the stupid kids don't know that.

Interesting.

Are you scared of them?

Are you still not?

It was too late when I saw your real faces.

Only after Anastasia Nikolayevna's death.

I can't look at you as I did before.

That's my fault, too.

You sound strange, Lyudmila Mikhailovna.

Not in English, and what do you mean?

Quiet, Khudyakov.

I know that you almost killed a person.

That poor driver is in a mental hospital now.

I understand you thought you were right to punish him.

You thought he was guilty of your friend's death.

But it's not an excuse.

-Did Bagramov tell you that? Asshole. -Shut up!

You...

almost killed... a person.

But we didn't, right?

And nobody was going to,

it was... just a game.

We decided to punish the man,

and we did it, and I think it's fair.

And if you really don't like us that much,

hold on for one more month, we'll pass our finals and you can forget about us.

It's terrible.

That I was quiet all this time...

and I'll probably stay quiet for the sake of the school's reputation,

and that you're ready to kill.

Lyudmila Mikhailovna, come on.

You're just stressed.

So much has happened recently. Bagramov lied to you.

Nobody's killing anybody.

The guys started a fight. That's normal,

they're going through puberty.

We are studying, not failing, getting ready for our exams.

-It's just your imagination. -Yes, imagination.

Spartans, Barkovskiy is getting beaten up.

What?

Oh, God!

March 24.

Sixth period on the timetable.

Do you want me to fast forward until somebody walks in?

Wait.

Stop it.

Stop it.

Now go back to that half-naked boy.

You haven't seen this before, have you?

I wasn't spying on her.

I was just watching once in a while.

And you're right, I haven't seen this before.

Let's move on.

The footage from the day Istomina died.

-You think she and I...? -Find that footage, I don't have time.

Son of a...

Bring the money back to Sotnikov, understand?

-Stop it now! -Back off!

Alive? Come on, get up!

Look at me! Can you see me?

Call an ambulance!

-Don't. -I got it!

Don't call the ambulance. It's my fault, I snapped at them.

Look at me.

-Are you dizzy? -I'm fine.

I'm fine.

What... What the hell...

-just happened here? -You're the police, not us.

A schoolboy was attacked right under your nose.

I saw that. And what the hell is wrong with you?

You...

Who are you? Is this some sort of a cult or what?

You are not students, you are animals.

Get out of here right now!

Go back to school! Now!

Go!

So...

I think you and I...

need to have a serious talk.

Okay, just not here.

At my place.

I'll see you there.

Leila, I know that you understand everything.

Your driver got distracted and didn't see anything, but you saw everything.

Listen, you're safe here, but there are people out there who could get hurt.

Tell me, did you see a girl?

I told them right away that I saw them.

-I said it right away. -Them?

ONE YEAR AGO

What are you doing here?

Waiting for you. Kind of spying on you.

Why?

I don't know, I thought, maybe we should get to know each other better.

Won't your dad be mad if you don't come home on time?

No, my dad and I trust each other.

Well, my dad and I don't.

But I do.

I do, I do.

He loves me so much,

he'd kill me if he could.

It's great when somebody loves you like that, isn't it?

It depends on what happens after that. What if…

you spend your life looking for a man like your dad?

I will. Is that a problem?

-I won't get married until I find him. -What if you don't find him?

What if he doesn't exist?

Then I'll hang out with some assholes.

Do you want to be my boyfriend?

What an interesting offer.

But I'm afraid I can't stand being compared to your dad.

I'm not asking you to marry me.

I am married.

What?

Kidding.

You don't want to be my boyfriend.

No, sorry.

What about now?

Now, absolutely not.

Where did you learn that?

In a movie?

In a cartoon.

So, if you don't want to be my boyfriend, you're gonna be my enemy.

The guys will beat you up.

You'll hang out with ugly ducklings like Shorina.

I'm the principal's daughter.

I always get what I want.

PRESENT DAY

So, after that...

Alinka got mad,

jealous,

started doing some...

-mean and very bad things. -Like beating up Istomina?

What beating?

Remember that day?

-It's me. -That's right. Half-naked.

Sometimes we...

we change in the classroom when there're no class.

March 24.

You go into the English classroom to change.

A little while later, Rusanova walks into the same classroom...

and starts peeping. Then she kicks the door and runs away.

The same night she waits for Istomina by her place and throws her down the stairs.

Question, what did Rusanova see in the classroom?

I was going to tell you, just...

I wanted to do it after the funeral.

The thing is that...

Anastasia Nikolayevna, she...

-she was molesting us. -"Us"?

Me and the guys, they can confirm it.

She was touching us, peeping on us,

made us change our clothes...

in front of her.

Remember I told you about the locker room?

That somebody was watching us in the gym?

I do.

But you didn't say that you had something going on with Istomina.

I've read that on the pages that you ripped out of her diary and burned.

We have a genius in the department...

who was able to recreate two lines.

Listen, if you saw what she wrote in there,

that pornography shit, you'd do the same thing.

What did Rusanova see in that classroom?

I was getting changed...

and she...

walked up and started touching, coming on to me,

I pushed her away, asked her to stop,

she wouldn't stop, started kissing me,

then we heard some noise behind the door, it was Alina Rusanova.

Anastasia Nikolayevna realized that she screwed up

and she started tearing... her shirt off,

and she said if people start talking, then she...

Are you a virgin?

What?

You have two toothbrushes in the bathroom, women's hair,

tampons in the cabinet,

bras and underwear in the dirty laundry basket.

I'm not a virgin, I live with someone.

With whom?

None of your business.

Istomina was a beautiful woman, right? Amazing body, hair, breasts.

And you're a school boy.

You should get a hard on from every girl who walks by.

And you pushed her away? Asked her to stop? How is that possible?

Anastasia Nikolayevna is a beautiful woman.

Was.

But she's my teacher. How could I?

That wasn't right.

I'm sorry, I'll be right back.

Yes?

Kryukov, listen, when the trash truck ran over Alina Rusanova, she wasn't alone.

What do you mean?

Maybe it wasn't an accident. There was another girl.

-What girl? -Misha, are you home?

Are you okay?

I think I know which girl.

I'm at Barkovskiy's apartment, come down here. See you soon.

Sit down.

-My youngest is sick, I have to go home. -Sit down, I said!

Stop!

Subtitle translation by Liubov Ponticelli