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POLICE

Alpha team, go ahead.

THE TORMENT

And now, straight from Warsaw,

another one of our graduates,

reporter and host of the show, Toward the Truth,

our own Kama Kosowska!

Kama!

How are you?

One more over here.

♪ It's dragging me down ♪

♪ And I feel like I'm out alive ♪

♪ Loneliness ♪

♪ Ain't no coward's friend ♪

♪ For folks like me, though ♪

♪ It's a constant ♪

♪ Something I know... ♪

He's always been my type.

♪ Something I could lean on ♪

♪ Something to hold... ♪

-Who? -Arek.

Believe it or not, I had a crush on him.

We all had a crush on him.

Now I remember. We have the same taste in guys.

That was ages ago.

Right, Booba?

Oh, it's not Booba.

Please, just Aska.

Two gays dancing across the hall.

One was big, the other small.

You don't have to watch what you say.

Don't worry, you're not on air, honey.

You know how it is.

One recording, and they just cancel you.

I remember that you always had fun with words.

Remember what you called me then?

Well, yeah, Booba.

Chubby Booba.

No, of course not.

Yeah, you're trash.

-You did it behind my back. -You sure?

You only said it once, but it stuck.

That's your talent.

Two years later, I switched from Arts to Science.

But I couldn't shake it off.

You're talking nonsense. Seriously.

Deep down, I'm thankful, I guess.

I ran so far from that nickname

that I ended up specializing in psychiatry.

I've got a nice home.

Unlike most of my classmates,

I haven't gotten divorced.

Good for you. You deserve it, Booba.

You don't get to call me Chubby Booba.

I go by Doctor Joanna Nitecka.

Want to go dancing?

Come on, let's do it, please.

You're such a good dancer.

♪ Na, na, na ♪

What's up, Kama? You look very nice.

Thank you.

My father-in-law wants your autograph.

What are you up to these days?

This is the best party of the year.

Yeah!

Let's hit the dance floor, girls.

Kama!

-Hey, stop it! -Kama!

Excuse me, sir. You can't...

Fuck off!

Kama!

Hey, just relax...

Where are you?

-Hey you! -I know you're here!

-You're wasted. -Ah!

Let's just cool off.

Listen, man. The exit is there. You should go.

Michal?

There you are.

So, how've you been? Everything's good?

-I'm asking if everything is... -Hey!

-Are you deaf? -Fuck you! Get off me!

Don't touch me!

No!

You and your father ruined my life,

do you understand? Get the fuck off me!

Hands off! Fuck off!

You and your father deserve each other!

You won't get away with it! I'll never forgive you!

I won't stay silent!

No, I won't! You hear me?

-You'll pay... -Seven.

Six.

Five.

Four. Three.

Two. One.

Here I come.

Give her some air!

-What happened? -You drank too much.

Booba!

Let's get you home.

-I wanna go home. -Yeah, but I'll drive.

You'll be okay. I'll be right back.

I made a fool of myself.

Don't worry about it.

You just had too much to drink.

Where are you staying? Your father's?

My grandma's. Do you remember the address?

We're about to find out.

Grandma Manka.

She must be 90 or so.

She would be. Covid.

I'm so sorry. I really am.

The last tenants moved out, so now that I'm here,

I'll fix the place up, update the listing.

I got a crew I'd recommend.

What was the deal with that prick?

Well, apparently it's my fault he didn't succeed in life.

Is this it?

All right, I guess I didn't forget.

Thank you.

Are you inviting me over?

Seriously?

I really missed you.

Booba said that the two of you get along really well.

Aska has a hard time accepting failure.

Come on, and you don't?

Of course I can. I know I can.

But what it really comes down to is I miss seeing you naked.

Your wife is waiting for you.

You and your father deserve each other!

You won't get away with it!

CALLING DAD

Kama, sweetie?

And the luggage?

Michal! Piotrek!

Have you been here long?

Why so shocked?

Good morning. A pack of smokes, please, sir.

Card, please.

THE POLICE "ARCHIVE X" UNIT

REVISITS THE HIGH-PROFILE DISAPPEARANCE

OF TEENAGER PIOTREK KNAP

Come on, cut it out!

I thought you'd patch things up.

How about hide-and-seek?

That game's for kids.

Besides, a storm's coming.

Afraid you're gonna get your fancy sneakers dirty?

Michal!

We can extend the play area more.

From the campsite to the creek,

and from the road to the house with no roof.

Yeah, man.

But the storm doesn't stop the game.

Okay, I can seek first.

All right.

Fifty, forty-nine, forty-eight...

-Don't peek, Kama! -I'm not peeking.

Forty-seven, forty-six, forty-five,

forty-four...

Excuse me, Doctor.

Detective Tomasz Korcz, police.

Did you operate on the accident victim?

In fact, I just finished.

What's his condition?

Well, he has severe multiple organ injury,

internal bleeding. In short, it's not good.

-Stable. -Will he make it?

Maybe.

He's currently involved in an investigation

I'm conducting for the Cold Case Unit.

A boy went missing in the '90s.

Oh, yeah, I think I heard about it.

The accident victim is his dad.

He may have crucial information

concerning what happened back then.

But the patient is in a coma, detective.

Pharmacologically induced.

If his condition improves enough,

maybe we could wake him.

If that's the case, I'll let you know.

Does that work for you?

Thank you.

-What about Knap? -Oh, yeah. Pardon me.

Uh, the victim's belongings came in the ambulance.

May we take a look, please?

Well, that's not up to me, detective.

Who can I...

Thank you.

Where's the cash at?

It's fingerprint-locked.

TELEPHONE WALDEK KOSOWSKI

Kama?

What are you doing here?

High school reunion.

I thought you were too busy for that kind of thing.

It's gonna hit the news very soon, Waldek,

so maybe I should tell you first.

They took the program off the air.

But they'll give you something else, right?

Hmm.

Well, I guess a change would be good for me.

Is something wrong?

No, everything's fine.

I'm just telling you 'cause I don't want you to worry.

A little late on the brakes, wasn't he?

Maybe he was on his phone.

-What you got? -The addresses of Kosowski.

Plural? More than one?

Yes, an apartment and a cabin at a community garden.

And this?

Did the traffic geniuses check it?

But the accident isn't really our problem.

It depends on who hit the victim.

I think we're gonna need more footage.

Please check if the cemetery has security cameras

to deter grave robbers.

Yeah. The addresses.

When are you going back to Warsaw?

Do you want to get rid of me already?

Why would you say that?

At least tell me how the reunion went.

-Hmm? -The school event.

The girls got fat,

the guys are drowned in alcohol and debt?

Torments of the past caught up with me.

Why'd they reopen the case?

The detective's name is Korcz,

the brand-new head of the Cold Cases.

-You know him? -I've heard of him.

He solved a few big cases, but nobody likes the man.

Apparently, he aimed for that unit for five years,

and finally got it.

He reopened Piotrek's case right away.

Does Korcz...

have anything concrete?

I think he's got nothing, Kama.

I'd throw a lead like that to the press, too.

Maybe he's starting to realize

that this is an impossible case to solve.

Has he contacted you?

And Michal Bak?

You told me Michal lives in Bydgoszcz.

He got married and he's doing well, right?

-That's the rumor. -Well...

Doesn't look like he's doing very good.

Why?

Did you see him?

What did he want?

To rip into me.

You got your share too.

What the hell?

That man is a nobody.

Just ignore him.

You shouldn't have accepted that damn case.

You were too close.

That's bullshit, Kama.

The protocol was ignored.

Please spare me your lecture on the protocol.

Piotrek's life was at stake.

We didn't have time to stop and think.

And because of that, you missed something.

You must have...

made a mistake somewhere, you know?

Five, four, three, two, one.

Here I come.

Are you upset with me?

No.

I'm asking because I'm worried.

I hope you can understand that.

We did everything we could to try to find that kid.

Everything.

I can't help the fact that Piotrek hasn't been found.

Can I help you, sir?

You're Captain Kosowski?

There he is, speaking of the devil.

I hope you don't think I'm that bad.

Uh, Tomasz Korcz. Police, Cold Cases.

I've heard you have a new lead. Kama Kosowska.

Yeah, I'm gonna need to speak to you too, Miss Kama.

Just not necessarily today.

Go, sweetheart. I'll see you some other time.

All right, see you. Have a good day.

Bye. I'll call you.

See you soon.

How may I help you, sir?

I need you to come to the station.

Robert? What are you doing here?

Guys, we gotta go now!

You hear me? I'm soaking wet!

Olly olly oxen free!

Olly olly oxen free!

Do you remember why we broke up?

Hmm.

It doesn't matter now.

But it was clearly a mistake.

I remember I wanted to go to college in Warsaw.

And you decided you wanted to go to Gdansk Tech

because you had an aunt there

and you wanted to move in with her.

You're changing the subject.

I actually think we should be together.

And I actually think polygamy

in this country is considered illegal.

Have you ever heard of a new thing called divorce?

Hey, where are you going, huh?

You always have to do that.

Every time the conversations get serious, you run away.

Because if you're gonna talk about that,

if you wanna have a serious talk,

I need my panties.

Now you need them, Kama?

I'm trying to be serious and you're...

Being funny and trying to laugh it off.

Well, sorry for having a sense of humor.

That is not a sense of humor.

That's just a defense mechanism.

Looks like you read too many of your lady's books.

Do you really think...

That by bringing up Aska...

It's gonna make me, what?

Change my mind?

Well, maybe you should change it.

Tell me, Kama, did the fame fuck you up?

Did you also kick out the guys you had sex with in Warsaw?

Well, thank you.

Thank you for reminding me

why I left you right after the finals, Robert.

You should say "during."

During Lit and Math, to be precise.

Because you insist on making promises.

Keep running your mouth about our future.

Such a romantic idealist, aren't you?

You know who's a romantic idealist?

Booba.

Your wife.

Bye.

What are you doing out in this rain, kid?

I've been looking for you.

They left me waiting. I hate those two idiots.

Who? Michal and Piotrek?

They ran away from me during hide-and-seek,

and I couldn't find them at all.

Huh. That's weird.

Get into some dry clothes.

Come on.

Dad, wait for me!

Go back inside. You'll catch a cold.

I told you to go back.

Or what? I'll get more soaked?

Quite a downpour, huh?

Yeah. Is Piotrek here?

He went out.

To the creek with Kama and Michal.

Kama told me they were playing hide-and-seek.

You know how the creek floods during storms like this.

We were by the shore, but then they were gone.

What if they're still hiding, waiting for you?

I looked for them everywhere!

I'm not saying they're in any trouble,

but I think we better check it out.

Is Michal at his house?

I didn't see him come back.

Let's get going.

So you informed Ryszard Knap,

and then you split up.

Are you sure that is exactly what happened?

Whose idea was it? Yours or Knap's?

I'd like to ask you a couple of things.

I understand, but I'd like is

for you to tell me the story first.

For starters,

why were you interested in my neighbors' cars

at the community garden?

What were you looking for?

I'll try to answer your questions.

Listen, son, all the actions

and decisions I took in 1994

were aligned with the protocol at the time.

And I have absolutely no regrets whatsoever.

And I'm not blaming you, sir.

I don't have to assist you.

I'm not obligated to answer.

I came out of respect and because I wanted to.

And honestly, if respect goes only one way,

I'd rather go, Detective.

All right.

I was checking the parked cars in the area

because I was actually looking for your car.

If you had had the courtesy to just ask me,

I'd have told you I don't currently own a car.

There's a four-year-old car registered in your name.

-A Kia. -I put it on the lot for sale.

My eye pressure's too high. Glaucoma.

I got treatment, but it didn't help much.

So my daughter convinced me to give up driving.

I'm gonna need all the information

from the lot to verify.

What do you need that for?

Have you had contact with Ryszard Knap?

We call each other sometimes.

On birthdays and...

the anniversary of Piotrek's disappearance

and of when my wife passed away.

But have you seen him in person too?

I saw him earlier today at the cemetery.

What's the occasion?

Will you tell me, what is this all about?

Why did you meet today?

You're the reason.

You reopened old wounds and gave him false hope.

How long were you together?

A few minutes.

I was in a hurry.

I forgot I had a doctor's appointment.

So you left the cemetery first?

Yes.

That's Ryszard Knap.

What's going on?

Were you stuck in the office this late?

I'm dropping it.

One of my girls failed to link the...

accident to the case I wrote about on the front page.

I don't have much time.

I'm here about that front page.

-It's about Piotrek Knap? -Mm-hmm.

I think I saw your name pop up earlier in the archives.

I was a witness.

Piotrek was my friend.

By the way,

I thought that since the police reopened the case,

perhaps I could, um, cover it on my program.

Hmm, are you serious?

You can't put that on a show that you don't have, right?

What have you heard?

Well, that you got fired.

Of course.

A woman with opinions

and the courage to share them is annoying.

So what's your connection with that missing kid?

Are you gonna cover it?

I could probably write a book, you know?

The accident that I mentioned earlier?

The victim is the missing boy's father, Knap.

Mm.

Are there any suspects?

Do you have a contact at the station?

Aldona, do you think I want to steal your story? Come on.

Hmm. I don't know.

You wouldn't have this job if it weren't for me.

What do you want to know?

Did Korcz discover anything at all?

He only said some things didn't add up.

He mentioned he questioned the other boy.

Well, he's a man now.

Michal.

Do you have any idea where I can find him?

Michal!

Is Piotrek here?

Yeah, right.

-Then where is he? -Piotrek!

Do you think I care?

Piotrek!

Kama!

Oh my God. Piotrek!

Piotrek!

Piotrek!

MURDERER