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SEILANIEMI MENTAL ASYLUM 1981

The baby is now one week old.

I came to take the baby home.

It doesn't quite work like that.

The baby can't stay and grow up here in this lunatic asylum.

We will find a suitable foster family for the child.

At least until your daughter is rehabilitated further.

What would be more suitable than the baby's own grandfather's home?

You can apply for custody.

The adoption process prioritizes younger families with both parents.

- What prio what? - Mr. Taimen, your own daughter,

the mother of the newborn, was taken into care herself.

Now listen here!

The star of Betlehem is coming.

If you understood how important this child is,

you'd understand I'd protect the baby with my life.

I'm sure you mean well.

Goddamnit, bring the baby to me NOW!

- We will inform you of the placement. - No, you will bring the child here!

I have to ask you to leave now.

And the people stood afar off,

and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

And the people stood afar off!

Esko! Esko!

Dad, go back to bed. What's wrong?

- It's cold. - What is cold?

- Go back to bed. - Come quickly, it's cold.

Dad...

It's so cool.

- What's cool? - Almost cold, it is.

When you try the back wall with your hand...

It's ice cold.

- Dad! - Try it yourself.

Dad!

Have you moved things from here? Looks a bit empty.

Of course!

- Where did you move them? - In here.

Okay.

Now, dad, why don't you go back to bed

and I'll fix this. Good of you to wake me up.

- Yes. - Yes.

Close the door so the light won't stay on all night.

- I will, thanks for telling me. - Yes.

- Good night, dad. - Good night.

BAR

OPEN

You're a fine man.

And not only because you're paying.

But you can listen.

Listening, that's your thing.

Damn, I have to go pee.

It was a horrible thing for everyone.

And it's not a piece of cake

that I have to order a damn expensive burner.

Then the client goes and dies.

We can talk about other things than the burner...

And then the seller

won't take the fucking oil burner back.

Now is the time to leave.

Could you keep the bar open a bit longer for me and my friend...

- You're not drinking anything. - Surely he does his bit.

Bring him what he wants and a small soda for me.

- Why are you paying for Rankala's drinks? - Listen...

When I hear enough babbling from outside my head,

I can't hear the babbling inside. An interesting phenomenon.

In theory,

if I take care of my business as I should,

I can never go bankrupt.

- You don't like to meet at the station. - Aikio is pretty curious.

Well, I couldn't always tell you everything.

You were so young and eager.

- What did you not tell us? - Wouldn't you like to know?

Well, let's take Saana Hyry.

I kontacted the nursing home company and they dug up

Hyry's application from 15 years back.

Attached was her CV

and some documents about work and education.

And then Raakel Hovatta.

She was a more difficult case.

But I know someone who works for the Social Security system.

Lately, Hovatta has been a farmer with her son.

But she has done other things, too.

She's a trained nurse, specialized in psychiatry.

Just like Hyry.

They were in the same workplace for some years.

SEILANIEMI PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL

Thank you, Saana!

- Why don't you know where the baby is? - Kerttu, we will find your baby.

- I'll talk to the police. - The police? Did father take my baby?

- Let go of me. - He doesn't mean good.

- Kerttu! Kerttu, stop! - You don't know what he means.

Hilkka! Hilkka, you don't understand.

Hilkka! Don't go!

Jesus Christ, who gave yourself as the bread of life,

please bless the food we're about to eat. Amen.

You shouldn't keep your hands crossed for so long.

Oh.

There was a big regional mental hospital back then.

There was a poor girl whose hands grew together,

or her skin did, because she kept her hands crossed for so long.

- I see. - The skin in your hands regenerates so fast.

How long did it take?

As long as she was in the asylum, four years.

- Your mother worked there. - Dad, mom worked at the bank.

As long as I remember, mom worked at the bank.

That was before you.

- We had wanted a child for so long. - Okay, okay.

What happened to the girl?

I have to call Hilkka on my radio.

- What am I allowed to tell. - Hey!

- Dad, sit down. - Let's have coffee first.

Let's eat first and then call Hilkka.

- With a full stomach. - All right.

Yes, I know the Seilaniemi hospital is closed.

They closed at the end of the 80s. Yes.

But where are their archives kept?

Yes, archives, patient records and such.

They have to be somewhere.

I searched the last name, nothing.

If I want information on all Taimens from the past from the census,

or let's say the past 50 years, so...

Yes?

Okay. Yes, it helps me.

I can check our own archives. Can you repeat that year?

The security camera shows you carrying the baby to the door.

You have received this Holy Spirit from God.

- To whom did you give the baby? - For you are not your own.

If something happens to the baby, it's on you. Forever.

God bought you at a price.

- The baby is at his grandpa's. - Marttinen, take this Bible student in.

I'll go visit the Taimen house.

I don't understand why you haven't told me.

Kerttu, the child's mother, is afraid her father will harm the baby.

Hilkka...

How can a girl that age in involuntary care

- be pregnant under your roof? - It's should not be.

How many crimes am I looking at? I'm the police chief here.

Ossi. Let's save that child.

An old-looking folder. Is it from the 80s?

How about your back? Seems to be better now.

- Let me know if you need help. - Thanks.

Are you fixing to leave here?

I'm looking for a missing baby, the grandfather lives here.

Isn't this the Taimen house?

Is the master himself at home?

- What's your name? - Raakel.

Do you work at the hospital, too?

Well..

Raakel, this is what we'll do. We'll find the master later.

Give me the child and we will figure it out later.

It was a mistake, the Lord doesn't want this.

- We will surrender. - What does that mean?

I just wanted to protect my grandchild.

I didn't mean to like this...

Did you see that? Were you badly hit?

How many are you in there?

Just me. The girl got scared and is running away on the field.

Bring the child out.

I got glass in my hand.

It's all bloody, I can't lift anything.

I can only...

Only pray the Lord for mercy.

I'm coming in.

Come out!

- Peace be with you. - Say no more.

Stay put.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to...

May the Lord have mercy on me.

What a stupid officer, thinking there's only one gun in a big house.

I think that's a bad hit.

Don't move.

When I've killed him

Raakel, take his car keys away.

Then we'll move his car.

- That's over now. - No, the Lord won't let us...

The Star of Betlehem.

It will rise to the skies.

Why was the Taimen girl in the involuntary care?

Our report doesn't have her diagnosis.

It only says Kerttu heard voices in her head.

I asked Ylikorpi to find out

if we can access the old hospital archives.

But our own report had two familiar people,

both with their maiden names.

Miss Lanki became Mrs. Hyry and Miss Hinkola Mrs. Hovatta.

- Saana Hyry and Raakel Hovatta. - Both worked at the mental hospital.

Ylikorpi's information backs that up. Both helped in kidnapping the child.

But the baby survived, right?

- Open it! - You open it.

The report says Kerttu was distraught after the baby disappeared.

The baby was given to the mother for a moment to calm down.

But the mother locked herself in her room.

Kerttu had hung herself, her killed baby in her arms.

All three generations of the Taimen family

went out in one day.

The killing of Johannes Taimen was investigated

and chief Kangasniemi acquitted.

But the overall impression is

they didn't want to dig too much into it.

There were no charges against Raakel and Saana.

And the baby's father's identity was never found out.

They swept it all under the carpet.

They did things differently in the 80s.

Or the whole thing was so horrible everyone wanted to forget about it.

The childhood homes of Raakel and Saana were next to the Taimens.

What if Johannes Taimen was a self-made lay preacher

who followed his forefather's teachings, the Taimenism?

What if Raakel and Saana were his disciples?

A good theory. What's this Taimenism about?

You had an expert for it.

Sonka hasn't promised anything and I can't get hold of him.

I asked Ossi Kangasniemi and Raakel Hovatta to come in.

MUSEUM

Can I tell you more about something?

I'm sorry, I don't speak Finnish.

If you're admiring that silver goblet,

that's one of the most interesting objects we have here.

The chalice of Lapland Maria.

- I see. - The rumour goes

that it once belonged to Maria of Lapland herself.

She was a poor local girl who had a very tough life.

But then she started to have strong religious experiences.

She was well respected by all of the elders of Lapland.

Even the great Lars Levi Laestadius

sought advice from Maria.

We can't be sure the chalice actually belonged to Maria,

but the handcraft certainly looks Samish.

POLICE IVALO POLICE STATION

Ossi.

We need to ask you about an old thing.

They're so much easier to remember.

In 1981 Kerttu Taimen's father Johannes Taimen

took his grandchild from the hospital.

Do you remember this?

You killed Johannes Taimen when he tried to escape with the baby.

I aimed at his leg, by the book, but I hit an artery.

We have all the info. Nobody is blaming you for it.

But did you ever find out why the child was kidnapped?

Saana Lanki and Raakel Hinkola worked in the hospital.

They might have belonged to a sect lead by Johannes Taimen.

You couldn't make head or tail of those people.

Hilkka and I left the church after the incident.

- Why was that? - I couldn't listen to any of God's word

without remembering that one and same shitty day.

Did you get the impression

that they meant to harm the child in some way?

No. Or difficult to say.

Somehow the religious lunatics thought it was very important.

I wonder why.

Sometimes I miss it so much.

- What do you miss? - That joyous believing.

And God and his guidance.

But don't tell Hilkka.

No, we won't. Thanks, Ossi.

Thanks for bringing Ossi in.

Where did you say Esko and Venla went?

To hunt for a tractor for Esko's semi.

- Is he getting one? - Yes.

It's great you took Ossi in.

We can't find anything at home.

Ossi hides everything. Yesterday, he said Esko is not his son.

He doesn't recognize anyone except Venla.

- God is trying us. - A goodlooking jacket.

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted;

he saves those whose spirits are crushed.

And then it continues...

Psalm 34:19.

- How do believers do that? - What?

Remember the Bible quotes at every turn?

- Guidance. - Guidance?

Jukka's back can't take the road, he has no use for the tractor.

Are you dad's best friend?

- Nobody has a better friend. - We've known each other for long.

We've always done everything together. Except...

I've done one thing without Jarmo being present.

Can you guess what it was?

It was you.

- I was right next door then. - No, you weren't.

Were you?

We've been around.

- Are those bullet holes? - No.

A drunken customs officer demanded bribes in Hungary.

He drilled some more holes.

Do you want to peek in the cab?

No, it's not what we're looking for.

You can plug the holes, if they're the problem.

Let's not lose courage, this was only the first one.

It had bullet holes all over it!

- Are there many more funerals? - Five more,

Is Hirvonen starting to repeat his sermons?

There are just too many funerals.

- But you never hear too much of the Lord's word. - That's true.

Look, it's your friend.

Oh, I see.

- Hi. Hey. - Hi!

How are you?

So many funerals, it's horrible. It's terrible.

It's tragic.

Do you feel safe?

- I mean without the gun. - None of us are safe.

Oh?

The end is much nearer than any person here realises.

- What are you talking about? - The comet reappeared,

just as he prophesied. It's crazy.

If these lunatics aren't stopped,

they'll resurrect the anti-Christ.

What do you mean?

If there's something that you need to put right,

you need to do that now.

You need to do it today.

Oh my God!

Jesus!

- Hi, I've lost my keys. - Hi, hello, how are you?

I don't know how I lost it.

I mean maybe I left it in the house,

but I can't get in now.

Oh, ah, hey, I'm visiting my sister at the moment,

yes, but my husband has an extra key, he's at work.

Yes, I send you an address.

Okay, thank you. Thank you so much.

You abetted Johannes Taimen in abducting a child in the past.

That's not how it went.

The Taimens were our neighbors.

Old Johannes called me,

saying he's caring for his daughter's newborn and asked for advice.

You didn't know the child had been kidnapped from where you worked

- at the Seilaniemi mental hospital? - I only heard that later.

They didn't charge me with anything.

When we last met, you didn't mention

the nursing home director Saana Hyry was your colleague in Seilaniemi.

And did you ask that?

Both you and Hyry started nursing studies in the spring

when Kerttu Taimen was admitted to involuntary care.

You both specialized in psychiatry.

Did Johannes Taimen tell you to go work where his daughter was kept?

The old man from the neighbor?

How could he tell us that?

The Finnish law is amended every year.

But we only have one Holy Bible, the God's directions to people.

The few people who really understand

what the Bible says, they're always hushed down.

Our old history teacher told us about Antti Taimen

and what Antti taught.

The Devil knows he's losing the battle for human souls.

That's why the Devil wants to postpone

Christ's second coming.

What could you do to ensure his second coming?

Drink booze, I guess.

That's how our old history teacher died.

Oh Lord!

He's a cop.

Hi, can I help you?

Oh, I... I don't speak Finnish, I'm sorry.

I'm looking for a Niilo Aikio.

Aikio? Yeah, he's right there.

Let's go.

Is everything okay?

We should name Hovatta as a suspect.

We could get a search warrant for the farm.

On what grounds, selling firewood?

Firewood that was used as murder weapons.

They sold them as firewood.

Only when we find the motive for the mass murder

can we take a real step forward.

Let's visit the old Taimen house and dig out Dr. Sonka.

My wife said you're a journalist.

Right, I'm...

Are you here to write something?

My article is on Finnish immigrants

to the US in the 1870s.

Oh, oh boy. That's a long time ago.

Right now I'm just here to work on

more background research.

Oh yes. Please wait, one moment, I'm coming back.

Mrs. Bolmaro...

- Where's that American woman? - What American woman?

- Who just sat here. - I don't know.

Missing something else?

- Did you take my service gun? - No.

If the gun is not on the table when I get back, you're in trouble.

Taimen had no offspring, so the town inherited the house.

- It's still standing? - And the town council had the keys.

They've meant to tear it down and sell the lot many times.

But there's no shortage of land here.

The house has been standing cold for 45 years,

so be prepared for not finding it in great condition.

Someone has cleared the snow here.

What is it? What?

What's wrong?

What is it?

- What? - I gotta get out of here!

- Let's go out. - Okay.

There we go.

What's wrong? What's... Okay.

What's wrong? Are you hurt?

- No... - It's all right.

Hey!

What are you up to?

Throw the gun away.

Call for help!

Stop!

Freeze!

Niilo! Come on!

It was... It was...

The firewood boy. Hovatta's son.

Niilo, stay with me, help is on its way.

- Stay with me, okay! - Nina!

- Nina... - Niilo, stay with me! Niilo!

Don't quit! No, Niilo!

Take him to the OR.

You wait here.

Secure the yard.

- Loikka and Laakso, there. - You go first.

Police!

- Clear! - Clear!

Clear!

Kautsalo, come to the barn.

You had to go shoot the officer.

When you keep that up...

We'll drive in the ditch!

I wasn't going to shoot anyone.

The police were on holy ground. I wanted to make sure...

- Why did I ever give birth to you? - So I can shoot them if need be.

- Then the constable happened by. - Did he die?

Didn't stay to check.

Of course, that atones for the murder of old Johannes.

Luckily, under God's merciful gaze

we have another site for the service.

The forefather's cross is back at the house.

The God says

that the Taimen cross will be replaced by something even holier.

We just need to get that holy object first.

Are you okay?

Yes, are you?

Now we know who were behind the nursing home mass murder.

We should have raided them the first time we came here.

Yes.

The Lord is close...

To the brokenhearted.

He saves those

whose spirits are crushed.

You're learning to remember.

You shouldn't get it wrong.

I developed a system like that myself.

Just have to put them up in the right places.

- For perfect sitting. - A chair.

- For perfect going in and out. - The door.

- For perfect eating. - A spoon.

- For perfect sleeping. - A bed.

- Why does everything say perfect? - One can dream, can't one?

Are you praying?

I'm hoping very hard for someone to get better.

- Who? - A friend of mine.

Grandma taught me and Marita this bedtime prayer,

but I can't remember how it goes.

I've been trying to remember.

That's the only prayer I know.

- I say grandma's prayer every night. - You do?

- Maybe it's the same. - How does it go?

Sleep well, sweet child, you can happily fall asleep.

Through the long dark, h star carries the light.

It atones for all sins, defeats all bad deeds

It atones all sins, defeats all bad deeds

It promises a beautiful morning and loves all children.

- Every night went to work... - The bright star of Betlehem.

- Was it the same? - Yes.

You need to teach that to Marita tomorrow.

She needs it.