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Let's go everybody!

-Mom! Ruut stole my hat. -Hush.

-Close the door behind you! -Let me go first.

Will you follow us?

I might be ready before you.

It's been snowing, you better follow us. I'll blaze a trail for you.

Old dogs repeat old mistakes. This isn't your first time.

Rules protect us. If you break them, evil gets inside us all.

-Not just inside you. -But inside us all!

Inside us all!

Like Timo said, this isn't the first time you've sinned.

Can I pray?

Do you admit it?

-This isn't your first time! -Can I pray?

Confess everything.

Confess all that you've done!

Sinner!

Tell us everything!

-Everything! -Lift her up.

Tell everything. Tell us all your sins!

We can take the evil out!

Let the evil out!

Let it out of you!

I have lied.

Admit everything and evil will get out of you!

I've coveted what's not mine.

-You showed your daughter the pictures! -You have to forgive me.

Sinner!

Sinner!

I...

I've done it all.

I've done everything you said.

I've done it all.

Your sins are forgiven, in Jesus' name.

Here in front of everybody.

THE LADY IN THE LOOKING-GLASS 1/2

I'd like to hear what you've accomplished.

Why?

I like music. And you're my daughter.

We don't have anything yet.

You or Jarkko? I bet it's you who writes the lyrics.

What's that?

I probably banged it against something.

I bruise easily.

Hi Niko.

Good morning.

You're on speaker. Janina is here.

Hi Janina.

Hi.

I can call you back.

Speak your mind. I'll hear everything anyway.

Lauritsala swimming pool.

You should go there right away, Kari.

There's a body.

What do we know so far?

A cleaner found the body.

Maija Koponen. She used to work here.

What has caused those marks?

Something caustic.

HP can find that out.

It was the head injury that killed her?

What are you thinking about?

Water.

How her hands have been tied.

How her whole skin is broken.

And how the body has been placed.

-It was found in this position, right? -Yes.

She was a swimming instructor.

Her skin had been scraped.

These burns were caused by chlorine.

She was living with her mother Marjatta.

It was like in a painting.

How the body was placed.

Lying there, hands tied, head hanging, water on the floor.

You've seen pictures of how heretics used to be treated?

I haven't.

The swimming pool is closed for now.

Haxen gets to see us in action.

Haxen?

He's coming over in connection with SECRI's financing.

To do what exactly?

To watch Kari at work.

Is that what our future depends on?

Kari will try to convince him SECRI should be kept alive.

And the rest of us will help him.

Right, Kari?

What?

We need to find out who did this to Maija.

Can you think of anyone?

I'm the one to blame.

In what way?

Markus said so.

The sins of the mothers will be revenged on their daughters.

Markus who?

Laurila, our speaker.

Where did he say that?

At the care meeting.

Care meeting? Like in the seventies?

They've been updated.

My mother is from Pohjanmaa. She told me about those.

The speaker is a priest?

Markus is an engineer.

But he wants us to live a cleaner life.

I tried to listen but failed.

But your actions didn't cause Maija's death?

I could have prevented it if I'd lived a better life.

If you'd called first, I'd have better things to offer.

Upstairs, everybody! Go to your rooms.

The little ones too, chop-chop.

This is for grown-ups.

They're so curious.

Samuel wants to be a policeman when he grows up.

Sorry about the poor offerings.

No need.

What do you want to know?

About Maija.

She went astray.

Like her mother.

I just want them to find the killer.

"Went astray?"

Maija tried to seduce our boys, our good boys.

Well...

You know girls of that sort.

And it's thanks to you that you've revived the old customs?

What customs?

The care meetings.

I wouldn't mind taking full credit

but I didn't make the decision alone.

The victim's mother Marjatta confessed her sins last week

in one of the meetings.

Now her daughter was found dead. Do you see any cause and effect?

Of course.

We didn't hold the care meeting for nothing.

They had lost their way...

and if you ask me, we reacted too late.

But could this kind of a meeting provoke someone to kill?

Reprimanding is an act of love.

It's for the common good.

It's hard to see from the outside, but it works.

We're just trying to figure out possible motives.

If you live in sin,

the ultimate wages of sin is death.

It's horrible, but maybe it's a lesson for everyone.

Excuse me.

I'm sorry, I have to...

Mommy will be right back.

Kari Sorjonen.

Rebekka Koskelinen.

-Lena Jaakkola. -Hey.

Are you related to Tuuli and Markus?

No. Iisakki and I live here.

We moved in when my husband left.

You belong to the same Laestadian congregation?

Yes.

Did you know Maija?

Not that well, but we all know each other.

But the killer wasn't one of us.

Why not?

We keep an eye on each other and look after each other.

Shall we have a word with the "good boys"?

I'm staying here.

You can take the good boys.

You're staying?

Markus was right, you can't understand this from the outside.

KONE-PEUHKURI MACHINES

Looking for service or new appliances?

Eetu and Juho?

Over there in the backyard.

Police.

Give me one.

Could we talk about Maija?

Maija?

Wasn't she a friend of yours?

We knew her but didn't hang out with her.

Why?

She was weird.

She said she had some kind of a disease.

Disease?

She just wanted a reason to break the rules.

Did Maija have a boyfriend?

We don't date.

But did she?

Maija suggested.

One evening, we were hanging out and she suggested...

Dating?

Something more forward.

Sex?

Fucking?

I knew she wasn't even into me.

But she said it would help her.

Help how?

What questions has this raised?

I know you have questions.

Go on.

Why Maija?

If a madman wants to hurt someone,

why choose one of us?

Why do bad things happen?

It's one of the big questions,

isn't it?

Can evil fall upon someone who doesn't deserve it?

We know evil wants to get a hold of us.

And I fully believe that if evil gets even a tiny grip on us,

then we're in serious danger.

Maija was attracted to boys in a way that flesh can drive us to.

By her own actions, Maija opened the gate for evil.

And now that evil came and took Maija.

You're scared for a good reason.

We need to learn something from this.

We need to think of this as a lesson.

What are you listening to?

What are you listening to?

The YLE Speech radio,

for my Finnish exam.

You're partying all the time and serving a sentence.

-Don't expect too much. -Too much?

You just don't believe in me.

You shouldn't set your goals too high.

Not so long ago,

there was this gender test that asked you to assess

your own masculinity and femininity.

I was about half female.

But according to the radio program,

you might be completely masculine on the outside but feminine on the inside.

The body and the mind are two different entities?

A pretty old idea.

René Descartes.

In the 17th century, he developed the idea

that body and mind are separate entities.

As late as the 20th century, the soul was looked for in the pineal gland.

The hiding place of human emotions, apparently.

I must have a big pineal gland.

You have lots of emotions?

Yeah.

Sit with me and I'll give you some tips for the Finnish exam.

A souvenir from Argentina.

This is your tip?

The best one I've given you so far.

What are you doing?

Women suspected of witchcraft were tortured.

Many of them confessed.

Work stuff.

Has anything changed?

What do you think?

Getting anywhere?

No.

It's because another problem is distracting you.

What problem?

The one that's troubling you.

The one you won't let surface.

Janina's bruises.

She'd hurt her arm. I've...

hurt myself like that too.

You really believe that?

Or is it just easier that way?

What else could have caused them?

You promised to take care of Janina.

You have to admit something is wrong.

Should you figure that out first?

Are you OK?

Yeah.

I'm so sorry.

I don't know what happened.

Do you want to leave me?

Of course not, I...

Why would you want to stay with me?

I started it.

I shouldn't have hit you.

I'd probably have hit me too.

I'm sorry.

I really think it was my fault.

And I don't want to return to the subject.

I'll never do that again.

I don't want to return to the subject.

Have you been waiting for long?

It was worth the wait, I'm sure.

I won't stay here to discuss the contents of the box.

I hope you'll take your time to go through these

somewhere safe, not at home or work.

You'll find out what the Degermans' chemical factory was all about.

And how it was connected to the properties owned by Lesnoi Zitel.

This is off my shoulders now. All the best.

Thanks.

You've got nothing to thank me for.

We need more information on Markus

and the young men who had a personal relationship with Maija.

Jenna, can you work on that?

Lena, you could approach the women.

What about Haxen?

Haxen will be observing your work, your methods.

I'll follow you like a ghost.

I'm an unbeliever.

Including ghosts.

We've our own religious case in Denmark.

Well, I've had it with me for three years now.

A missing baby.

Probably dead,

but we've been unable to find the body.

Shower.

Clean water.

CHLORINE

Purity.

Chlorine? The marks on the skin.

The victim was unconscious by that time.

No signs of physical violence except the head.

Someone banged her head against the wall.

One person?

It wasn't planned.

One thing led to another.

Tell me about your case.

Have you heard about the Forn Sidr community?

Practically a hippie farm they all lived in.

Forn Sidr?

Scandinavian mythology. Paganism, if you will.

About 20 people lived on the farm, mostly women.

They were almost self-sufficient, very little contact with the outside world.

One of the girls got pregnant and apparently delivered a baby.

But months later, nothing.

No baby to be found.

And the whole community agreed it never happened.

But someone saw the girl pregnant?

Yes. The neighbor, who they claim to be insane.

Well, he has Alzheimer's.

Can you get me the material?

Sure.

Now what?

Just watch the details.

The devil is in the details.

I'm an unbeliever. Including devils.

What are you looking at?

I hope she's not teaching Iisakki to dance?

They're just fooling around.

Could you do something?

As the speaker, I mean.

Rebekka has been in mourning for so long.

A new husband?

It's sad being alone when you're young.

Let's go to sleep.

Your hands are cold.

When was the last time?

People start wondering.

So that's what this is about?

Your status?

People might think we're using contraception.

I can tell everybody we're not, no problem.

I...

I'm just tired.

BUY LUNCH

You can turn the papers over.

PSYCHOLOGY 1. GUILT AND BOCCACCIO'S FALCON

What are we celebrating?

That there was a question on Federigo and Monna.

Reading can be useful, then?

Yeah.

Thanks.

Keep it.

There are more challenges ahead.

I couldn't.

It's a trinket.

From Argentina, though. That wasn't a lie.

I was young back then, and I'd had too much to drink.

I'd passed out on some stairs, and a woman sat beside me.

She was wearing lots of crosses and crucifixes,

and she gave that to me.

I've been telling people she told me in Spanish the ring would bring me luck,

but to be honest, I don't have a clue what she said.

Thanks.

Let's hope you'll get good grades.

I've never expected those.

Why not?

They didn't tell you why I'm working here?

No.

The worship place near the farm.

They had to cross the neighbor's field to get there.

That started the fight with Mr. Henriksen.

Emma,

the mother.

Photographed by Henriksen.

His theory goes that they sacrificed the baby. That's why he contacted the police.

Tobias.

The leader. He established the commune with his wife.

The suspected father?

He has somehow

established this thought that the outside world is full of hostile powers.

And the only way to survive is to stay in the farm.

That's common in religions.

Twenty five years ago my wife and I lost a son, Oscar. He was two.

It changed everything. It broke me, my wife, our marriage.

It's a pleasant thought that there is something for Oscar after death.

To me personally, religion is about hope.

Well,

you're almost as atheist as me.

I don't believe in 4,000 gods. You don't believe in 3,999.

I went out but didn't see anyone.

I thought I was imagining things.

Salla went outside, but I only went to the window.

It was something out of this world.

Right, Salla?

No prints in the snow or anything.

Tuuli.

When Jussi died, you washed away my sins.

You'd read about the ritual, and you washed away my sins.

Away with all evil.

In the name and blood of Jesus Christ.

What have you done?

And don't lie to me, Martta saw you!

-We were scared. -You can't elevate yourself!

Eat something, I need to have a word with your dad.

Who called you?

Why are you asking?

Kari Sorjonen, police, remember me?

Wait a moment, I'll be right back.

What was the argument about?

Private matters.

Nothing we won't be able to sort out ourselves.

But we're here and need to ask you a few questions.

We can speak at a normal voice.

Iisakki is sleeping like a log.

What does your neighbors' family life look like from over here?

I don't want to speak ill of them.

But lately, there have been more challenges than happiness.

Violence?

Markus has a temper.

Where were you

between seven and 12 on Sunday?

Me?

I was home.

Why?

We need to know where everybody was.

What about Markus and Tuuli?

Tuuli came out into the yard.

And Markus?

At home, I suppose.

But you didn't see him?

No.

Shall I turn the blinkers on?

I used to like those too, once.

I think I'll become a police officer.

You should think it over.

Have the police been here before?

When Mom and Dad were fighting.

Do they often fight?

There was a bad woman earlier. But she's dead.

Bad woman?

-Did they fight over Maija? -Yeah, over text messages.

-Text messages? -Texting a sinner is forbidden.

-From your mother's phone? -Daddy took it away.

Samuel! Get inside, now!

Markus had a key?

He comes for a swim before the place opens.

It's the club's key. And it was reported missing.

-The staff have their own lockers? -We emptied Maija's.

Where?

Those binders are all there is.

CAN WE MEET TOMORROW?

Check out a phone number for me.

050 563 3468.

GOOD NIGHT, DARLING!

Engineering firm Laurila.

What was your relationship with Maija?

She was a community member.

As the speaker, I was responsible for her pastoral care.

You told your family to stay away from Maija.

Wrong thoughts are contagious.

Like viruses.

But I tried to help her.

CAN WE MEET TOMORROW?

I DREAMED ABOUT YOU, I MISS YOU.

These came from my work phone.

Were you two having an affair?

I sent those.

But that's no crime.

Only God can judge me.

What did you do to Maija?

Nothing.

We were involved, but I don't know anything about her death.

Seems that we can get a full confession out of him.

Kari?

He didn't send those.

Sorry?

Because what he's hiding is worse than a secret affair.

We'll let him go.

Why?

Just a gut feeling.

"I've always thought that any man, upon seeing my Rosetta naked,

rubbing her back with a towel so hard

it makes her firm, perky breasts bounce beautifully,

I've always thought that before such a sight, any man would

at least embarrass, pale or blush."

Do you feel awkward reading that aloud?

No, but maybe someone would.

Do you know where all those books came from?

Libraries used to have "poison cabinets".

They didn't contain poison

but books that might be harmful for the young.

Politics. Blasphemy.

Occultism.

Erotica.

Go to the first page.

LIMITED LOAN

We used to be patronized, but kids today can see stuff even adults shouldn't.

Dangerous things fascinate people.

We teenagers took books out of poison cabinets.

I did too.

But the further the boundaries are,

the more dangerous they can be.

That's why I'd like to hear what boundary you broke in order

to end up here.

I wouldn't want to tell you that.

I finally have someone who believes in me. I don't want to spoil it.

I didn't mean

what I said earlier.

Meaning?

It's good that you're trying.

Trying?

Stop that if you don't want to make me angry.

If everything goes the way you want...

You'll go away?

I'm going away no matter what.

You went away

and left me alone.

You've been doing it for as long as I remember. No messages, nothing.

Katia, don't.

I had to stay in Russia.

I know.

But I didn't choose that.

No you didn't.

I didn't believe you were serious about me first.

Why?

Somehow,

after Mom died...

I felt like

I was nothing.

Like I didn't exist.

I'm not going anywhere.

Why did you get angry?

We agreed we wouldn't talk about that anymore.

You don't get to decide that.

What?

Answer me.

Answer me!

I don't know.

Sometimes when I get worked up, angry thoughts...

I don't know, but it won't happen again.

I promise.

But when it happens, you can't control it.

Yeah.

And during an argument, you just blow your top.

Not exactly.

Sometimes,

it depends on the person.

With you, for example, it's different.

I can't explain it but...

I think I'm...

Falling in love?

Yeah.

You've got to fuck me.

As hard as you can.

"Your deeds of late are greater than at first,

but I have this against you,

that you tolerate

the woman Jezebel,

who calls herself a prophetess and teaches and leads my bond-servants astray

so that they commit acts of immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.

I gave her time to repent, and she does not want to repent of her immorality.

Behold, I will throw her on a bed of sickness,

and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation,

unless they repent of her deeds.

And I will kill her children with pestilence,

and all the churches will know that I am..."

What's it like in damnation?

In an atheist's damnation?

Talking shop with you after death, I suppose.

How can you consider the concept of afterlife childish

and yet keep seeing me?

Because you're in my head.

You're not ready to give me up.

I keep you from seeing things that happen around you.

I do see them.

I want to know what's wrong with Janina.

Why I have to enter your head to tell you to find that out.

I will.

Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

Hey.

What are you doing here?

I came here to listen.

These are public events.

You're harassing the Laurilas.

I don't mean to harass anyone. How about you?

Neither do we.

Sorry if we disturbed you.

Have a nice evening.

You too.

Thanks.

PRAY AND WORK

The body had been arranged like in an old painting,

ritual murder.

Cleansing ceremony.

I'm sure Markus didn't send the messages.

Maija got the messages from Tuuli.

Tuuli?

Maija and Tuuli were having an affair.

But Maija was accused of sex with boys.

Eetu said she had some disease and thought sleeping with boys might help.

And Tuuli? Eight children and a husband.

Markus' confession was a cover-up.

Markus also took away Tuuli's phone.

Contacting Maija wasn't allowed.

Maija was the problem between Markus and Tuuli.

This was an attempt to solve it.

Shall we bring Markus and Tuuli in?

GOOD NIGHT, DARLING!

Maija lived in sin. Texting her was forbidden.