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LIFT PINGS

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CLOCK TICKS

CLOCK CHIMES THE HOUR

KNOCKING AT DOOR Come in.

Ah, Derin - this is not necessary.

I've told you before, I can get my own tea.

Chief Inspector Bucar always liked a little treat to keep him going. Mm.

There was some shifting in your schedule.

There was a conflict,

so the civic budget meeting has been pushed to Thursday,

which means that your weekly routine with the prosecutor

team has been brought back to Wednesday morning.

So, unfortunately, your breakfast with traffic management

had to become a luncheon on Friday,

which meant that your Zoom meeting with the Kadikoy Business...

Hold on. Derin...

Oh, don't worry, sir. I updated

your calendar on your phone remotely.

Ah.

How are the preparations for your speech at the conference?

Couldn't be better.

I'm just, erm...

..finessing the material. HE CLEARS THROAT

Well, please let me know when you want me to proofread it for you.

Er, Derin... Nonsense!

You need to wow them, sir.

And I am here to help you every step of the way.

Stay focused.

Every night I am down at the docks,

sifting through data on every chemical importer - nothing.

No closer to finding the source of Kayra Khan.

And even Tarik has still absolutely nothing from that useless USB.

We'll find something - we just need to keep at it

and you getting all emotional won't help.

Now, keep your guard up. Come on!

Leyla had to have been onto something.

She must have been close.

I told you to keep your guard up.

OK. THEY LAUGH

CHILDREN LAUGH

I didn't think you were a jewellery guy. Yeah. My dad gave it to me.

It's supposed to bring me good luck. Nice.

PHONE BUZZES

Looks like we caught a case.

Oh, God, more grunt work. Yeah.

Need to go sign off on a fire death as non-suspicious.

Wonderful.

God, I hope we get assigned a new inspector soon.

CROWD TALK EXCITEDLY

Hasan. Detective.

What have we got?

A neighbour smelt smoke, firefighters came,

broke down the door, found a fridge burnt out in the kitchen.

We have one body, Tolga Yilmaz, he died of smoke inhalation.

They rescued a second resident.

She's in hospital - stable condition, fortunately.

Her name is...

..Sara Yilmaz.

The deceased's wife? Correct.

And she's Romanian, I believe.

They lived alone.

No sign of forced entry other than the front door,

and that was by the Fire Department.

OK.

Eyvallah.

Shall we? Yep. Sure.

Just need your signatures before we can get this mess cleaned up.

These accidents happen all the time, sadly.

Some appliance goes up in flames, and the toxic fumes,

they kill you in minutes.

Could be faulty wiring -

but have a look at this.

Candle wax.

Maybe they were cooking, wanted to

set a romantic mood, then forgot it

when they went to bed.

This been moved? No.

Not by us.

Fire-fighters couldn't have gotten close, either.

Ayse...

Huh.

It's never simple with you two, huh?

"..Murder investigation...

"..of the 21st-century..."

CETIN CLEARS THROAT Erm...

"..was given the rather lofty title of investigation -

"murder investigation."

"Murder investigation."

Evet.

So...

"Was given the rather lofty title of..."

PHONE RINGS Oh, thank God.

Ayse. ON PHONE: Sir?

We've got something I think you should see.

Well, certainly appears deliberate to me.

Ah-ha. Someone pulled out the fridge, lit the back

and then pushed it back into place.

Maybe lit the candle, too, just for show. Yeah.

What else have you found?

Looks like Tolga and Sara weren't sharing a bed any more.

They were childhood sweethearts.

We found divorce papers signed by her...

..but not by him.

Take a look. Mm.

CETIN SIGHS

Sara is a PhD? Yeah, she's a research scientist.

What did he do for a living?

Some kind of handyman, I think.

Found some tools and work clothes in the closet. Mm.

Young lovers grew apart - one scientist,

one blue-collar worker, seems to me that...

PHONE BUZZES

Excuse me.

Sure.

Selma Hanim! Ikmen.

I decided to drop in just to see how you were doing,

but your assistant told me you're otherwise engaged?

Yes. I was called to the scene of a fire to help determine the cause.

And I think we have a deliberate arson

and a suspicious death on our hands.

In any case, I'll be waiting for you here, then.

I'm sure Derin will take excellent care of you.

In the meantime, I was thinking I might go

and interview Sara Yilmaz, the only survivor of this terrible incident -

just to help relieve some of the pressure on our detectives.

I'm sure you have other, more pressing matters to attend to.

Well...

..er, since the civic budget meeting was rescheduled,

I unexpectedly had a few clear hours in my diary.

As do you, I'm sure.

That's why you had the time to so kindly pay me a visit?

Very well, then.

How did you get on? Yeah, good.

You?

Found this buried in his toolkit.

Six months expired.

Gave him a ring - his old boss said he'd had to let him go.

Nothing personal, just cutbacks.

Apparently Tolga been ringing him recently, though.

Begging for work. Well, that tallies

up with what the neighbours in the building were saying.

Apparently Tolga was doing any odd repair job that he could find.

There were reports of loud arguments late into the night.

And another thing, there was

a report of a stranger in an orange baseball cap in the building.

PHONE BUZZES What, delivery driver?

Maybe, yeah. I'll follow it up, ask around.

It's Leyla.

She wants to meet.

MACHINE BEEPS

TANNOY BEEPS

ANNOUNCEMENT MADE

LIFT PINGS

PHONE RINGS

Hello, Sara. My name is chief inspector Cetin Ikmen.

Would you mind me asking a few questions?

Thank you.

He is dead...

..isn't he?

Tolga? I'm so sorry.

What do you remember of last night?

It was...

..normal...nothing...

Mm-hm.

How was your relationship with Tolga lately?

Tolga was the first boy I ever kissed.

The only boy I ever kissed.

He was always sweet.

Good to me.

He loved how smart I am.

But as life went on, he never changed.

I had my PhD, my research, and...

..he had comic books...

..and fitness gadgets.

Was he ever uncomfortable with this imbalance?

Would you ever want to harm himself, or you?

I don't think so.

Would you ever want to harm him?

No.

I loved him.

I wanted a divorce.

Not this.

MUSIC PLAYS, PEOPLE CHATTER

So, you've really never been here before? No.

No, yeah, not a...

not a lot of murders in the hipster community.

Afiyet olsun. Thank you.

Crimes against fashion, maybe.

You're such a square.

It's really good to see you.

Missed you.

Look, I...

..I know about Jakob.

Ayse told me.

I'm really happy for you.

What?

Erm...

..Jakob is...

He is being transferred...back to Berlin.

And, erm...

..I'm going to go with him.

Yeah, we're going this weekend, to look for an apartment.

One...one apartment? Yeah.

Wow.

Look, it's all still a couple of months away, before we...

But I think a fresh start will be good.

For me.

And I mean, it's not like we were getting anywhere with, you know.

Not true.

No, we...

We've got a lot of background on Kyra Khan.

Mehmet...

..I'm an investigator, too.

And based on what we have,

I wouldn't pitch this article, you know what I mean?

Look, there's no story here.

But I'm grateful to you for trying.

Really, I am.

The thing is...

..when your memory's got big black holes in it...

..what...

..what's the use of living in the past?

Hi.

Everything all right, Detective?

Yeah.

How was Sara Yilmaz?

Interesting. I called Ayse to update her,

..but I... Cetin! Cetin! Cetin!

Cetin.

Cetin!

Cetin!

Cetin!

Cetin! Cetin!

Hey. Hey-hey-hey. Oh, thanks.

So...

Er...

..she's leaving Istanbul.

Moving to Berlin. With Jakob.

Oh.

I had no idea, I'm so sorry.

Are you OK? Yeah, OK.

Enough...Ross and Rachel.

What did Ikmen say about Sara?

Nothing concrete.

He said he feels like there's a darkness there.

Not surprising. Yeah.

Meanwhile, I got into Tolga's finances -

some serious credit card debt.

Let's have a look.

Mm.

PEN SCRATCHES ON PAPER

One almost wishes you could just do this for me.

PEN SCRATCHES ON PAPER But that would be forgery.

CETIN CHUCKLES You'll get used to my little jokes.

That watch of yours - it tracks your heartbeat, doesn't it?

It measures a panoply of biometrics covering my health and wellbeing.

This body of mine doesn't just happen, sir.

Yeah.

CIGARETTE LIGHTER CLICKS

Fancy restaurants...

Crazy flowers bill.

Was he having an affair?

Hence the divorce, maybe.

I mean, bottom line, he was desperate.

They'd grown apart, she was looking for a way out,

and he was going to stop her.

By any means necessary.

He'd know exactly how dangerous it is to set fire to the

insulation of a fridge-freezer. Mm-hm.

Looks like Tolga tried to commit a classic murder-suicide.

But only managed the suicide part.

Sir?! Chief inspector!

Tolga's smart watch. Retrieved it from the evidence.

Did you check the data? We most certainly have.

Tolga couldn't have set the fire last night,

because he was long asleep when it started.

Which means it had to be Sara. So, back to the hospital.

PHONE BLEEPS

Anything to add... chief inspector?

BEEPING CONTINUES Erm...

Well...

This is your case, Detectives, so...

..just pursue as you see fit.

Why do you think he took that job? I have absolutely no idea.

You should have seen his face when he brought that in to me.

He was like a child unwrapping a birthday present.

Let's get in touch with the hospital,

make sure they're not ready to discharge Sara any time soon,

and then we'll go check out where she works. All right.

So, how well did you know Sara?

Honestly? She's very private. Yeah?

And a little strange, if I might add. Mm.

She was more quiet than usual in the last couple of months, though. Yeah?

I thought she might be depressed. Mm.

This is Sara's work station. Ah-ha.

And what kind of research is she doing?

Erm, that's a little sensitive.

But we are the police.

Sensitive information is kind of our thing.

OK. So...

..we mainly work on low-cost, patent-free

medications for the developing world.

Trying to fill gaps where existing drugs are too expensive.

Sara's research is on anaesthesia.

And what happens to your research?

We sell it to whoever wants to buy it. Such as?

Our biggest client locally is a medical services NGO,

headquartered in Berlin.

It's not...

..GMF?

Yeah.

BICYCLE BELL TINGS

TRADERS SHOUT Jakob better have some answers.

Mehmet!

You're going to be professional about this, right?

Right?

Look, maybe I should go in, alone?

Or...go in together.

Kolay gelsin.

15 dakika sonra burada olacak. Tesekkur.

Hey, hey, hey.

They just called him, he's going to be here in 15 minutes, OK?

Let's just...

Mehmet.

I'm so sorry to make you wait, there was a problem with...

Detective Ayse Farsakoglu.

So...

..how can I help?

Well, unfortunately, one of your subcontractors at Elementary

Lab Solutions was involved in an incident last night.

Oh, no. Who?

Sara Yilmaz. God, what happened?

Yeah, we're not at liberty to discuss the details.

We're just looking for some background on Sara -

anything you know.

Honestly, not much.

You don't take an interest in the people that work for you?

They are a separate company.

But to be honest, I'm more a...

..big picture, numbers guy.

Scientists, they...

..intimidate me a little bit.

Why do you conduct this research? It's part of our remit.

Big pharma is obviously not interested in low-cost meds.

Someone comes to you with a discovery - what happens?

Well, we pay a facility to manufacture it.

And you distribute it.

Along with medical equipment and

the actual in-person care we provide, yes.

Can we see the research Elementary sold you?

What Sara was working on?

That's proprietary, I'm sorry.

And also...

..it doesn't really concern your investigations, does it?

That's not for you to say.

I'm sure we have some personnel paperwork on her upstairs.

I'd be delighted to give you that.

That would be very helpful, thank you.

OK, listen, Mehmet.

About Leyla.

I know this has to be difficult.

I just think...

..this is what's best for her.

Look, she's had a very difficult time,

even before she came to Istanbul.

So...

..shall we get those files? Sure.

Come on, just say it, please. You don't think it's suspicious?

A mysterious death involving a research scientist who

works for the GMF on experimental anaesthetics?

When the GMF is the first place we ever heard the name...

..Kayra Khan?

Leyla...was clearly in their orbit when she was attacked.

You're reaching, OK? You're looking for links that you want to find.

Are you... What actual proof do we

have that connects Tolga's death to the Kayra Khan investigation?

There has to be something!

Well, then you need to find it.

"Hello, everyone, welcome to Istanbul.

"The topic I was given was the rather lofty title of...

"Murder Investigation In The Modern Metropolis -

"Techniques and Strategies...

"..for the 21st century.

"Those compelled to investigate this most fundamental of crimes...

"..for us...

"it's not a career...

"it's a calling."

"For us, it's not a career...

"..it's a calling."

Yeah, but someone made the report, so what does that tell you?

It was just one person, it was a neighbour saying he saw a guy,

it doesn't matter, and just because...

But you're just going to ignore that there's six cameras outside?

These kinds of things happen, it doesn't mean... Sir!

Hi.

Just wanted to know the status of the Sara Yilmaz case.

OK. Well, er...

..sir, I know the theory is that Sara is responsible, but...

..as you know, I've been investigating an attempt on the life

of a journalist. Someone who was very close to exposing

the drug-trafficking of Kayra Khan - or KK - through Istanbul.

I thought you were investigating the death of Tolga Yilmaz.

I think it's one case.

And I think at the centre of it all is the NGO Sara was doing

research for, the GMF. And what proof do you have of that?

Right now, it's a gut feeling.

But Ayse, she had reports of a man with an orange baseball cap

in the building last night. It was one report.

We've searched the CCTV.

There's no images of him anywhere. If he wasn't there...

Why would someone come up with such a weird and specific detail?

Ayse...what do you make of this?

Erm...

Honestly, I think Detective Suleyman's judgment may be clouded.

Look, I swear, you look into this, you'll see...

Sara was in an unhappy marriage, she couldn't get out, this was

her last resort. No way. No way. Why didn't she leave, then?

There were six cameras outside the building, four of them

happened to be off-line? Someone is tampering with the CCTV.

Suleyman, that is a conspiracy theory. No!

The same thing with Leyla's hit-and-run, there was

one angle of that. Ayse, alert Selma

that tomorrow, pending medical discharge,

they will take Sara to a secure unit and she will be

interviewed in connection with her husband's murder.

Why are you not engaging with this?!

Someone I love was almost killed in a deliberate attack.

And I think Tolga Yilmaz died for the same reason.

They deserve justice.

I agree.

Justice. Not fantasy.

This has to stop right now. What is wrong with you?

You're not management. You're a detective.

All I've done is the same thing I've seen you do from the day

I got here, which is just follow my instinct.

What are you doing down here anyway? Bucar never came down here.

You can't help yourself.

This suit, this job. This, this isn't you.

You don't know anything about me. What's the matter, old man?

Afraid you've lost it? Is this the

example you want to set for your kids?

Bana bak! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!

Don't ever talk to me about my children!

Ayse, do as I say.

Yes, sir.

DOOR CREAKS

Goodnight, Detective.

Night. PHONE BUZZES

DOOR CREAKS

PHONE BEEPS

Hey, Dad. Mehmet.

What are you doing? We're celebrating.

Yeah? Yeah.

I finally got the permission to redevelop these derelict old

warehouses I've owned for years.

Why don't you come over and join us?

Ah, no. No, thank you, but, um...

Yeah, not tonight.

Hold on a second.

Is everything all right?

Not really.

I think maybe you were right.

Maybe the police force isn't for me.

You think it's about pursuing truth, and...

..it's just politics.

I'm sorry you've been let down.

I'm always here, Mehmet.

Whenever and whatever you need.

Always.

Look, Mehmet, I'm serious.

This is the biggest deal of my career.

There's a lot of work to be done, and I could use someone I trust.

Say the word.

Thanks, Dad.

Listen, uh, I got to go.

But, uh, enjoy your celebration, yeah?

All right.

Have a good night.

CETIN CLEARS THROAT

Hakan.

PHONE BEEPS

BOTTLES CLINK

Something that's planned for months, or even years.

It was early on in my... KNOCK AT DOOR

Ne? Gir.

Yeah.

CETIN CHUCKLES

Cicek...

Erm...

KNOCK AT DOOR

PHONE BUZZES

Ayse. What's up?

Hey, Suleyman. Look, I know we haven't exactly been

on the same page with this case, but I realised there was

an angle we hadn't pursued yet.

Yeah? Yeah.

So, I came in early today, I chased Sara's bloodwork.

And, Mehmet...

..there was an unidentified stimulant in her system.

It's Kayra Khan. It might be.

Look, where are you?

I'm in the car park.

OK, don't do anything dumb. I'm coming now.

Yes!

POLICE COMMS CHATTER

COMMS CHATTER

You need to focus, sir.

It helps me, Derin.

COMMS CHATTER CONTINUES

It's them. Who?

They're the ones who hurt Kemal!

They're the ones who tried to scare me off investigating Kara Khan.

Stairs.

TYRES SCREECH

SIREN WAILS

ECHOING RATTLING

SIREN WAILS

OK, registration plate is 3-4-Delta-Alpha...

INDISTINCT CHATTER

Where are you taking me?

Police hospital.

FRUSTRATED SHOUTING

HORN HONKS

HORN HONKS

Shit!

Oh, you've got to be kidding me.

There! There.

Is that them? Is that them? Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

TYRES SCREECH

Derin. Sir?

Do you have a gun?

SARA GROANS

LIVELY HUBBUB

15 euro! Yes, perfume.

Get in the car. Get in the car.

Fantastic price!

Smell as good as you look.

Smell as good as you look! What are you doing?!

ENGINE TURNS OVER

What are you doing?!

I owe a lot of money to Mr Dolce and Mr Gabbana!

And Mrs Gucci...

PHONE BUZZES

Sir? ON PHONE: Ayse, I have Sara.

He's got her. Ikmen?

The captors are heading west from the Ortakoy Sahil Plaza.

So, stay on the radio, see if patrol can pick them up.

I have to go back to the station.

OK. See you there. OK.

Ah... What a relief.

My poor feet.

What happened back there?

And look! OK.... Your speech!

Derin... Sir...

Derin, listen, whoever calls, just tell them I was suddenly

violently ill and apologise profusely. But back there...

Back there was police work.

You may well have saved a woman's life.

I just need a few hours of grace.

Nobody is worried about a speech.

Now, help your Chief Inspector to keep Sara Yilmaz safe.

OK?

Good man. Yes.

DOOR OPENS, CLOSES

Thank you for waiting.

Who were those men?

That is what we're trying to figure out.

Officers are on the lookout.

But right now, you need to talk to us.

Sara.

We can protect you.

You're at the centre of something that cost your husband his life,

and perhaps the life of many others.

Sara, tell us about Kayra Khan.

Please.

You're the only one who can help.

I've spent the last few years on compounds that would

revolutionise surgery, but there were too many side-effects.

So it got shelved.

It's a very small world, there is always talk.

Six months or so later, we started to hear of a new party drug.

And its effects were familiar?

The GMF are so controlled, it couldn't possibly have just leaked.

You were scared to blow the whistle.

So, you went to Leyla Pamuk.

She was the bravest journalist in Istanbul.

Maybe she didn't know enough to be scared.

I gave her access to everything, all of my research.

Did you share your research with anybody else?

No. No?

How could I, after what happened to Leyla?

How did the fire start?

I-I don't know.

I left work, went for a drink, got home late, got ready for bed and...

I...

I don't really...

The next thing I remember is the firefighters pulling me out, and...

Uh...

Sara, you were spiked.

A toxic combination of alcohol and Kayra Khan.

Where did you go for a drink? Was it a bar or...

DOOR SLAMS

Mehmet.

Where are you going? Where do you think?

The GMF is at the centre of all this.

We need units down there right now.

Ayse.

We just found a private camera hanging outside

a convenience store across from Sara and Tolga's building.

Look.

Jakob.

Get those images backed up.

Someone is tampering with our CCTV.

Jakob has got to have someone on the inside.

But Tarik works CCTV.

Wait...

Tarik's gone!

FRUSTRATED SHOUTING

No-one's seen him.

There's no way... How else?!

He's been doing this for months.

It's too coincidental.

He must have found something on the USB, and then told Jakob

that Sara was the one that gave the Kayra Khan formula to Leyla.

No, no. No way. Tarik...

Ayse, it's obvious Jakob's behind Kayra Khan...

Tarik wouldn't do that. ..and Tarik is his accomplice.

There is no other explanation.

Sir?

LINE RINGS

VOICEMAIL: Hello, you've reached the voicemail of Jakob Kroos.

I'm not available to talk right now.

So if you could leave me your name and your number,

I'll get back to you.

VOICEMAIL BEEPS

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