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Mikkis Ahola?

Is Maasalo your only suspect?

According to my logic, Mikkis had to kill Kia.

After that, he's just been

a potential witness against Lasse.

-Why not simply shoot him? -Because he's Lasse.

The crime scene was a message for me.

He wants to spotlight the sawmill. And the Degermans.

Lasse was able to blackmail Mikkis with something.

Will he show himself?

-Lasse? -Yes.

Or will he just let people die?

He enjoys being in control, knowing something we don't.

How are the patients?

Pihla's husband Toni, the dog owner,

died early this morning.

What about the others?

They've started dialysis treatments,

but I haven't heard the results yet. But things aren't looking good.

CHESS STORY 2/2

Can I get you something? Something to drink?

Was there anything unusual about Mikkis recently?

He was...

really stressed out and...

But there are problems at work and Julia has been sick.

Any idea who might have done this?

This belongs to Mikkis' grandmother.

I have to return it now.

I don't think there's any hurry.

What do people do when their spouse dies?

It's normal to be at a loss.

These things take time.

Things weren't good.

Yesterday when he left,

I didn't say anything nice.

Something quite nasty, actually.

Anneli, we need you to come to the station.

Nothing special. Sorjonen just wants to have a word.

Does it have to be now?

Giving her a little time would be reasonable.

We were told to ask Anneli to the station.

I don't mind going.

They use it at the sawmill.

Isopropanol is a common substance.

But that stuff might belong to you?

Why would you think it's ours?

The Degermans owned that property once.

But not any longer.

You investigated those areas yourself.

You suspected Russian military operations.

You asked me to look out for anything unusual.

Substations, telemasts etc.

But this has nothing to do with that.

Mikkis

ordered isopropanol through his own company. Why?

At the hospital, Mikkis strayed into

Lasse Maasalo's daughter's room.

One day before Kia died.

Can that be a coincidence?

Do you think Mikkis was involved in her death?

Could Julia's symptoms have been caused deliberately?

No.

Nobody has suspected anything like that.

Julia? No.

You told me you wanted to talk about Lesnoi-Zitel's land deals.

What did you want to tell me?

There was nothing to tell, after all.

MAIN ENTRANCE

We have to take over the case ASAP.

This is a case of national importance, so the NBI is here.

-Who will be in charge? -Henttunen.

Where's Niko?

In the Hague.

And who's in charge here?

What do we know?

Mikkis' body went through a peeling machine.

Operating the machine is quite easy. It's harder to get into the area.

What do we know about Mikael Ahola?

His company brought the isopropanol into the area.

Maasalo has needed help to dig the hole in the ground and to transport goods.

He needed help with the poisonings.

The poisonings are being investigated.

Even if Kari is right about Maasalo,

we can't rule out the possibility of an environmental accident.

You know Kari is right.

We need to consider other options.

Why?

Lena.

You know how this goes.

I'll listen to Kari.

We'll look into Mikael Ahola's company

and where the heavy equipment came from.

Maasalo had a hold on Mikkis.

-Which was? -Julia.

The Aholas' daughter.

We'll look into Julia Ahola.

Good.

Kari,

I'd like a word.

Niko left you here by yourself?

I'm not alone.

Niko is an administrator, you're an investigator.

Reports and weekly meetings are my only responsibilities.

Have you done them?

I can take care of them.

Niko.

Shouldn't you be here?

Why should I even answer that?

Kari and Lena are working a difficult case.

That's why.

And I'm trying to make sure they can keep their jobs.

You asked for my advice once.

I think you're making a mistake.

Taina...

piss off and mind your own business.

Sorry to disturb you,

but this would be difficult to explain over the phone.

Yeah?

The police want us to examine Julia's living conditions.

Do you think we could do that?

What was your name again?

I didn't say.

You're not from the hospital?

I'm here to ask you to take the blame.

For what?

Poisoning the citizens of Lappeenranta.

You were given proof of what Paul Degerman did to this city.

You didn't use the information.

So now the time has come for you Degermans

to give up everything.

How do you know what my father did?

What do you think the poison is?

No, it can't be...

There's plenty more left.

The second dose will be more powerful.

The third will cleanse the whole city.

The poison won't get into the water supply network,

if you take the blame.

-No! -Quickly.

I'm not responsible, I can't do that!

How can you not see that your father, brother and husband are all crooks?

I didn't know anything.

You got a cardboard box filled with evidence.

What happened to it?

I wouldn't think too long

what to do.

Mikkis knew he was involved

in what Maasalo was doing.

So he left no evidence here.

The only thing we might find are isopropanol purchase orders and receipts.

But they're not connected to Maasalo.

Did you hear that? Look for information related to isopropanol.

MY ANGEL WATCHES OVER ME, MAKES SURE I DO THE RIGHT THING.

Mikkis knew someone would come here looking for the papers.

So he's left us a clue

where to find the information.

Left it for you.

I'll pay a visit to the hospital.

Excuse me.

What's the situation?

We've requested help from Savonlinna, Kouvola and Mikkeli.

We've lost eight patients.

I need to see Julia Ahola in the children's ward.

RECEIPT

EQUIPMENT AND TOOL HIRE AHONEN FRONT LOADER HIRE CONTRACT

Anssi Matinsalo.

The victim: Anssi Matinsalo,

45, single.

Why would anyone want to hurt Anssi?

He had the holes dug months ago.

The missing pensioner?

Rinno can identify the body.

Any news about my parents?

KAARLO HEINO SKIP HIRE SERVICES

You've been planning this since before Christmas.

Kaarlo Heino,

61,

former truck driver.

Pauliina?

I think I need help. Where are you?

I haven't been able to catch Maasalo before.

I haven't been able to stop him.

He had the poisoning planned out even then.

The convictions of the victims' family members were a scam.

Or their purpose was to distract me.

He was covering his tracks already.

So, the victims

prove Lasse is behind this?

Mikkis took care of the first victims.

The plans were made last year.

The victims made it possible for Maasalo

to carry out the poisoning without being implicated in it.

We need evidence.

The last time Maasalo sent it to us himself.

That was trickery too.

Sleight of hand.

Pay attention to the hand up here,

and this hand is free to do what it wants.

According to the contracts,

three holes were dug.

We only found one.

So water pipes have been dug up in two more spots.

But with the help of Mikkis' papers,

I'm ahead of Maasalo for the first time.

We can find out where the network leads.

We can shut off the water supply in those areas.

And avoid further casualties.

What else?

We have to make things difficult for Maasalo.

How?

Make sure people avoid Maasalo.

Send Maasalo's picture to all TV networks and every newspaper.

You need to belittle him.

Place yourselves above him:

"He used to be a chemistry teacher at a local school.

If you encounter him, speak clearly

so he understands his situation."

Deal with the whole thing

as a deranged man's senseless, morbid act.

Something like: "A psychiatric evaluation will be performed once...

the unpredictable, ostracized middle-aged man is caught."

Excuse me.

Yeah?

I need a word with Kari

about Anneli and the Degerman factories.

This situation may be connected to our father's project.

I still wanted to think about this.

You wanted to tell Sorjonen.

Eight years ago, the Degerman Concern launched a project.

A chemical factory.

Money was raised from Europe and Russia. It was a secret project.

Even Robert and I were never told about it.

Then something went wrong,

and they decided to demolish the factory.

Demolish, how?

They took it apart and buried the parts.

So the factory was buried

on the properties Lesnoi-Zitel bought?

The Russians bought the properties and destroyed all traces of the factory.

You mean waste from the factory has caused the poisonings?

It has.

The central hospital has announced 13 deaths.

There are 214 patients likely to be connected to this case in the hospital.

The hospital takes care of the patients, we do police work.

But isopropanol is no longer suspected?

I know Lasse Maasalo is involved in this.

Why do you want to take the blame?

Maasalo came to our home. He came over.

He knew about Paul's factory.

It was a chemical factory.

Lasse Maasalo worked there?

They lied about developing a new chemical energy source.

Dad had made a deal with a man called Baran Valtserov, and some army people.

It was

a weapons factory.

What was the substance?

Nerve toxin?

There's no data on that.

But something went wrong.

Maasalo is going to poison more people unless we take the blame.

If we don't, he will continue.

He's waiting for you to announce the news right now.

Yeah?

Go to the Degerman factories.

Take all available units with you.

The whole police force.

Close down the factories. Completely.

Bye.

Hold on!

Excuse me,

excuse me.

Hi.

I'm Kari Sorjonen.

I work here, for the police.

Sorjonen is with SECRI. He's the detective in charge.

Sorry to interrupt,

but I just ordered

the Degermans' wood factory to be shut down.

Are the Degerman factories behind this?

The toxic waste is buried underground. It has leaked into the water network.

The police have arrested two locals on suspicion of environmental crime.

Anneli Ahola, the current CEO of Degerman Concern

and the mayor of Lappeenranta, who was behind the factory project,

Robert Degerman.

Thank you. That wraps it up for today.

Thank you.

Elias was afraid

he'd be the one who destroys the family's money and past.

It wasn't him.

We'll think of something.

This thing is too big to fix.

We'll think of something else.

Maybe it's time to come up with something new.

Let's wait if there are any new patients.

Let's hope not.

He's not going to stop yet.

What are you going to do?

We got ahead of Lasse with the excavations.

If Lena finds out what's causing the poisonings, Lasse can't reach his goal.

And then we'll just wait.

For what?

For Lasse to come out.

Degerman Concern's managers and lawyers have been arrested.

The investigation focuses on the close-down of a factory ten years ago.

Someone once said:

Sometimes you have to do bad things

in order to achieve a greater good.

-Are you talking about Maasalo? -About you.

That's what Maasalo wants.

He wants me to cross the line and break my own principles. Then he's won.

Does it matter, if that's how you catch him?

It matters to me.

-No it doesn't. -What?

Your boundaries are imaginary.

I know what you've made Lena, Niko and others do for you.

You manipulate suspects and victims as you please.

-You have broken your boundaries. -No I haven't!

No I haven't!

I haven't!

I've never done anything I could be convicted for.

You probably believe your own lies.

Like your promise to spend more time at home meant that you took your work home.

And finally work was all there was.

What did you know about the Degermans,

about what

Robert was involved in?

Did I know about the weapons factory?

You're making me mad.

Answer me.

-Do you really want to know? -Yes I do!

Stop the car. You're too worked up to drive.

...factory parts close to the water supply network.

So if we need to intimidate some asshole

to save an innocent life...

Hi.

Hi.

Everything OK?

As OK

as can be expected.

-See you at home. -Alright.

What was happening in the car?

Where?

It looked like you were talking to someone.

I was talking to your mom.

I sometimes see her, and we talk.

Do you imagine her?

Or hear her voice?

It's hard to explain.

Pauliina appears sometimes.

Looking like she did, speaking like she spoke.

Still refusing to listen, sometimes.

It looked like a fight.

We just had a difference of opinion.

Does that happen often?

We hardly ever argue.

I mean, do you often see her?

Don't worry about me.

I know all that seems a little weird,

but that's how my head works.

It seems weird because it is weird.

You don't need to worry about me.

But I do.

There's no need.

Come beside me.

I'm unable to sleep, too.

Good night.

Good night.

They said they weren't even planning to continue SECRI's funding.

And there's something else I need to tell you.

They offered me a job

at Europol.

I turned it down.

Is this the end?

No.

We got an extra year to find local funding.

We're still in the game.

Congratulations.

Thanks.

What have we found out?

Anneli told us the truth.

Mikkis destroyed all evidence related to the nerve toxin.

What are these?

Current whereabouts of the Degermans' ex-employees.

Many of them live in company flats

or elsewhere in the contaminated area.

Lasse is killing people who know something about the factory or the poison.

Those who know something are probably in the hospital right now.

Don't be scared.

Your father is trying to complicate things once more.

We're used to communicating through you,

so could you deliver him a message?

This won't take long.

My wish is simple.

Drink that.

I'm not thirsty.

-To calm you down. -I don't want to calm down.

Yes you do.

Are you going to meet him?

I am.

Alone?

Do I have a choice?

It's a trap.

I just have to play smarter than him.

This is no game.

To him it is.

Can you play it?

I'm going to follow an idea your mother gave me.

You don't need to worry.

I promised your mom I'll take care of you.

So you did.

This is the last thing I'll steal for you.

You've done all you can.

Thanks.

Lena.

You can't come with me.

I have to do this alone.

I'll follow you.

You can't do that.

Thanks.

Yeah?

Are you on road six already?

Passing Karhuvuori.

Take the next exit,

then turn right.

I can see you.

Where do I stop?

You can stop there.

Take Kia with you and continue on foot.

You'll know when you're there.

OK.

Beautiful place.

You can put my daughter into the grave now.

Cover her.

Properly.

Leave the shovel there.

You left me no choice.

You didn't have to do any of this.

That's where you're wrong.

Nobody else was doing anything.

Someone had to do it.

What poison is it?

Kari.

We're in no hurry.

Many people are.

They're dying.

They're the cancer of this city,

the Degermans and their subordinates.

Our house was built on the Degermans' land.

We made a deal.

I would bring Kia

and you'd give me the antidote.

You didn't really believe

I'd stop this now, did you?

I brought Kia.

We're even.

How did you use Julia to get a grip on Mikkis?

His daughter was sick already.

I just told him I was to blame.

The things we do for our daughters?

I'll tell you what I injected into you

if you give me the antidote.

Two minutes.

I told you we all have a breaking point

at which we're ready to cross the line.

Ready to do something horrible.

You did it.

Two minutes?

I'd hurry if I were you.

I could stay here

with Kia.

Haven't I done everything

a father can do?

Fixed a whole city.

You really did it.

Tell me.

You had all this planned out before Christmas.

You've considered all options.

Your own death included.

I've got all I need already.

The antidote...

or the solution to the poisonings

can be found in the Christmas gift you gave me.

You're bluffing.

There was no poison in the syringe.

You don't break your own principles.

What was it?

Sodium chloride?

Why is this making me dizzy?

Who won?

You don't have to do this.

Janina has suffered enough.

Father without daughter.

Daughter without father.

Which would be right?

Sleep well.

If you wake up, a nightmare awaits you.

Want to know what the substance was?

Yeah?

Atropine.

It's commonly used to treat nerve toxin poisonings.

Have you heard why they buried the factory parts near the substations?

Yeah?

So the radioactive parts couldn't be found

because of the electromagnetic fields.

We might not have found them.

But you did.

And the patients are getting better.

OK, thanks.

I think I'll switch my phone off for a while.

You'll do what?

Switch my phone off.

If anybody has the right to do that, it's you.

Yep, bye.

Do you know how to switch this off?

Don't you know how?

I've never needed to.

I'll get it.

Good morning.

Hi.

Am I expected already?

I haven't told my dad yet.

Good morning.

Good morning.

When were you going to tell me?

I just did, if you were listening.

After you already got yourself a fucking study place and a flat!

This is why I didn't tell you.

I wanted to decide for myself!

Fuck, being a mother sucks.

We can talk now!

Fuck you and bon voyage!

-I love you too! -Fuck off!

Fuck!

Members of the Lyubertsy clan are hiding in Poland.

Efficiently laundering government money.

You're not known over there.

Poland?

Seriously?

You'd be working for me, in my unit.

Under a new name and identity.

I don't know if I can leave.

You told me your daughter is leaving.

What's keeping you here?

Kari.

I'm afraid I'll get lost in here.

That one day, I won't be able to come back.

You're not in control of your visions any longer?

I promised to take care of Janina.

How can I take care of her if I can't take care of myself?

Besides Janina, is there somebody else close to you?

A relative?

A good friend will do, someone you can trust.

Lena Jaakkola.

Good girl.

Good girl. Well done.