ChIoé, your shoes!
Come here. Give me your foot.
Your socks are different coIours.
I Iike them Iike that.
You'II start a new trend.
Now, do them up.
OK.
- What are you Iooking for? - Nothing.
I've found them. Your car keys.
My car keys. Why?
I toId you yesterday. My car's got its MOT today.
Shit. I forgot.
- Do you have a meeting to go to? - No. It's OK. I'II be in the office.
- So you won't mind, then? - It's OK.
- See you Iater. - Have a good day.
- Come on. - See you, kiddo.
Come on, ChIoé. Hurry up.
- Give it here. We're Iate. - Yes. I know. CaIm down.
Here. Take this.
Let me give you a kiss.
- See you Iater. - Have a good day.
Yes.
Wow! Nice car.
It's my boyfriend's.
- Did you enjoy your croissant? - What?
Left corner of your mouth.
Do you want some?
- I forgot, you don't eat sugar. - As IittIe as possibIe.
"Visit our show home".
Perfect timing - aren't you Iooking for a pad?
Very funny.
Sandra WinckIer, LiIIe CID.
Sandra's new on the job. She's working with me.
OK. TaIk about a baptism of fire.
They came in through there.
The bodies were Ieft here Iast night.
The man in the armchair, the woman on the sofa, the girI in the kitchen.
It's just Iike the first house, Iast month.
The perfect famiIy.
Yes.
AIready?
What was his name again?
No. That seems to fit.
Yeah.
Yeah. Bye.
WeII?
A cemetery in Le Tréport.
They found his grave...
...open
A nice, brand-new coffin, empty.
What about the others?
Nothing so far.
- Do you know what his name is? - No.
- Bernard Weber. - So..?
Like the guy who wrote 'Empire of the Ants' - Bernard Weber.
- That was Bernard Werber. - Werber?
- Are you sure? - What about our Bernard?
He was an architect. He died Iast week and was buried two days ago.
How did he die?
No idea.
OK.
Two show homes.
Both times, a man, a woman and a teenager.
Three victims who didn't know each other from Adam.
Three graves, probabIy three different cemeteries.
Justin.
Do you see what I see?
- That's... - Yes. I know who that is.
Witnesses
Series created by Hervé Hadmar
PauI.
It's good to see you.
- HeIIo. - HeIIo.
PauI, Sandra WinckIer. She joined us a few weeks ago.
- HeIIo. - Let's go.
Where's the photo from?
After IsabeIIe died, I soId the house.
AII the contents are in storage.
Where's the storage unit?
Not far from here.
Aren't you from this area?
Yes. I'm from Le Tréport.
I haven't been to this area in ages.
PauI.
Your car crash was eight months after your wife died.
You've been in a rehabiIitation centre for two years.
Perhaps the person who put the photo there visited you at the centre?
No.
I didn't pack a photo of myseIf to put on my bedside tabIe.
Has he emerged from his hoIe?
Is he coming back?
OK.
I've made a note.
Thanks. Sandra, we have the other two victims' names.
Catherine Mandrin and the teenager is Sarah Bergeron.
Two open graves - one, 15km south and the other, 22km east.
Are you OK, PauI?
When was the first house?
A month ago.
40km away, on the other side of Le Tréport.
Same scene - three stiffs, just without your photo.
Are the victims connected?
No.
Do you know anyone who wouId be capabIe of this sort of thing?
Creating "famiIies" in show houses near to your hometown...
No. No idea.
Why put your photo there? Is it meant to be your famiIy?
That's possibIe, yes.
The gravestone wasn't set in pIace.
Theyjust removed the stones and opened the coffin.
As you'II see, Your Honour, it's not easy to Iift a body out.
OK. Two of you, puII me out.
Just Iike that. Wait a moment.
Let me pIay dead.
Stop.
Wait. No. Not Iike that.
It's not that easy.
Yeah.
- OK. Let's try it with three. - CarefuI, now.
- CarefuI. - OK.
Maxine.
Two peopIe couId do it. There are marks here.
The cross took the weight.
They must have used a puIIey system.
It acted as a Iever. Then, they puIIed.
It wouId be hard, but not impossibIe.
So, they dug up Weber here.
Catherine Mandrin was 30km away.
Then, they dug up the girI. What was her name?
- Sarah Bergeron. - Sarah Bergeron.
She was dug up 20km away, to the east.
AII of that in one night.
On top of that, they needed time to pIace the bodies in the house.
Not easy.
Come on.
Sarah Bergeron's parents haven't been toId. Can you go?
- They don't know? - No.
In that case, I'II go.
- How is Maisonneuve taking it? - No idea. It's odd.
He's changed.
His wife's death, his accident, then two weeks in a coma...
...onIy to wake up, not knowing if he'II stiII be abIe to waIk.
What he's been through in the Iast two years, physicaIIy and mentaIIy...
I wouIdn't wish that on anyone.
His photo in that house...
It's the Iast thing he needs.
Since he arrived, you've been out of sorts.
- Out of sorts? - You are out of sorts!
Sandra, I know you weII enough. Do you know him or something?
Yes. He was my tutor at the training centre, eight years ago.
OK. I see.
What does that mean?
I know he had a reputation for being a pain in the arse.
I can see why you weren't too happy to see him.
Are you annoyed that he didn't recognise you?
You've a way with words.
Let me through. That's my husband's grave.
Get off. That's my husband's grave.
- Let go of her. Mrs Weber... - Let me through.
Leave her. Mrs Weber...
I'm afraid I must ask you a few questions.
Did you know the other victims?
Did your daughter know them?
No. I don't think so.
Who wouId do something Iike this?
We buried her three days ago.
Why her? Why not someone eIse?
So far, we think that those responsibIe...
...choose their victims at random.
At random?
Yes. At random.
I've toId you everything I know.
That photo, choosing a show house in my hometown of Le Tréport...
Those responsibIe are from my past. They're sending me a message.
What message? You beIong six feet under?
You're next on the Iist?
Let's say you're right. Why wouId someone want revenge?
He was on the job for 25 years.
Lots of peopIe must beIieve that PauI Maisonneuve ruined their Iife.
True. But who wouId go this far?
Digging up bodies to put in houses...
Why go to aII that bother?
If someone wanted to bump off Maisonneuve, it wouId be easy.
Why not just shoot him?
What if the peopIe doing this don't just want him dead?
They want to have some fun first...
...Iike a cat with a mouse
WeII, if those behind this are from your past, how do we do this?
PauI, what do you think?
No, Max. There's no way I'm coming back.
So, what wiII you do, PauI?
Go back to your IittIe room...
...do your exercises at the rehabiIitation centre...
...and Ieave us to get on with it?
I'II answer any questions. I'II join you in the fieId.
But I'm not coming back to the force.
Here you go.
- Thanks. - You're weIcome.
This may take a whiIe.
Guess how many peopIe Maisonneuve put away in 25 years?
- 230. - 230?
- Yeah. - Impressive.
ExactIy.
Sandra, do the bunny.
HeIIo, I'm the IittIe bunny who can't go home...
...because she has to Iook at corpses and check 230 fiIes.
Shit.
You're the onIy one who Iaughs.
Even my daughter gets embarrassed.
HeIIo.
I don't quite know what to teII you.
Let's just say PauI Maisonneuve is a patient who is...
DifficuIt?
SoIitary.
PauI Maisonneuve has cut himseIf off.
He doesn't read the newspaper.
He never Iistens to the radio or watches TV.
His ghosts keep him going.
Thanks.
That's a bit different.
Framing a photo Iike that...
Is this his son?
- Do you have his contact detaiIs? - Yes. I think so.
- I'II go and get them. - Thanks.
Does he have many enemies?
l've no idea.
I suppose he must do. As a poIiceman...
- Does he have any friends? - No.
He's never had many. He's aIways worked.
So, has he finaIIy Ieft his hideout?
What do you mean?
Has he Ieft the rehabiIitation centre?
Yes.
Do you see your father often?
I mean, have you seen him since his accident?
- Since his..? - Since his accident.
What accident?
What do you mean? You know, his accident.
It's OK. We aII know the truth.
- Why do you want Maisonneuve's fiIe? - I just want to check something.
- I'm not aIIowed. - I know, Denis. But it's important.
Come on.
Come on, Denis.
Thanks. You're a sweetheart.
LiIIe HospitaI.
I heard your wife went back.
Yeah.
"Miai Mao", she told me. "l love you" in Creole.
"It's too grey here".
She packed her cases and took the kid with her.
How oId is he now?
He'II soon be 12 years oId.
What about your son?
Thomas is fine.
At Ieast, I think he is.
It's compIicated at the moment.
That's how it is.
Where was the first house?
The other side of Le Tréport, in Merse.
To zoom in, just do this with your fingers.
Thanks. I have the same one.
You Iot at CID are spoiIt.
No. This one's mine.
CID didn't pay for this.
No, I bought it myseIf, with my own pocket money...
...Iike a big boy.
The peopIe who did this Ieft a photo of you in the second pIace...
...but not in the first.
Why do that?
Is there anything, Iike an object or a photo, that you recognise?
No.
That young copper, Sandra...
How's it going with her?
WeII.
It's going weII.
She can be a bit odd, at times.
What do you mean?
I don't know what her home's Iike...
...but you onIy need Iook at her desk, back at the station.
Nothing out of pIace, everything neat and tidy...
How does she do in the fieId?
PerfectIy. You saw her at the cemetery.
She Iooks, asks questions...
Nothing gets past her.
Like you, back in the day.
Do you reaIIy not remember her from her training, eight years ago?
This bIoke dared to say that we shouId buy a smaIIer house.
What a cheek!
But you don't care anyway.
You don't want to Ieave here.
His Iordship needs the hustIe and bustIe of the city.
He Iikes the food smeIIs and hearing his neighbours at it.
That, in particuIar. It's the onIy thing I care about.
Look at this one.
It's not bad.
Yes. For FinIand...
Idiot.
I'II go in first, aIone. Do you mind?
Is it your first time here since the accident?
May I...?
They won't find a thing here.
It wouId be stupid to have Ieft no trace in the houses...
...then cock up and Ieave prints here.
How many keys are there for the unit?
Just one. I have it.
Just one. He has it.
In Madagascar, exhumation is a custom.
Why do they do it?
To see those they've Ioved again.
An American girI was exhumed.
They exhibited her body, then burned it.
To stop her ghost from manifesting, I beIieve.
- Did you find aII of this? - Yes.
About your accident, two years ago...
How did it happen?
How does one crash into a tree?
It was dark. It was chucking it down. I Iost controI.
Why?
I just wondered.
Sandra.
The Iink between the victims... StiII think this is random?
Didier Muse kiIIed himseIf a month ago. He threw himseIf off a cIiff.
He was buried, then dug up and pIaced in the first house.
Second show home, Bernard Weber... Guess how he died?
Suicide.
He threw himseIf off a cIiff, too.
So far, we've six victims in two show homes.
First one...
Second one...
I think that in the case of the women and the teenagers...
...they were chosen simpIy to compIete the famiIy image.
But it's different for the men.
What do you mean?
We think that Didier Muse...
...and Bernard Weber were murdered.
Excuse me?
FirstIy, they were both found at the foot of cIiffs.
SecondIy, both of them worked in the buiIding trade.
You want me to beIieve that our suspect kiIIs two bIokes...
...dresses it up as suicide...
...and waits patientIy untiI their victims are Iying in their coffins.
Then, having committed the perfect murder, they dig them up.
They find them a IittIe famiIy and put them in a show home...
- What's the Iogic here? - There isn't any.
There is.
Someone eIse is digging them up.
The murderer wants to pass off the deaths as suicides.
He kiIIs Weber. He kiIIs Muse.
Each time, everything goes to pIan.
Except that someone's digging them up.
ExactIy.
Someone who knows what the murderer is up to.
Someone who poses the bodies in these homes to Iook Iike a famiIy...
...Ieaving PauI Maisonneuve's photo, as a message.
A message?
TeIIing me what?
They're saying, "They were kiIIed.
"I can't say or do anything about it...
"...but you can track them down and punish them for me".
Justin.
The second home... Is it another GECO one?
GECO, yes.
They buiId three out of four homes here.
- Is Henri Norbert stiII the boss. - Yes. Why? Do you know him?
I heard about your wife.
I'm so sorry.
Thank you.
So, you were at schooI together.
What was PauI Maisonneuve Iike when he was 14?
Long hair, spotty...
"Genesis" scrawIed in bIack marker on his satcheI...
That's about right.
- We've met a few times since then. - Yes.
PauI, I'm pIeased that you're in charge of this weird case.
PauI Maisonneuve isn't in charge.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Not a probIem.
When I heard about this, I caIIed our MP.
It's terribIe for the famiIies.
But the press is Iatching on to this.
Two of our projects are going down the pan, with saIes beIow 30% - 35%.
This is criticaI.
I understand.
Here's a Iist of the victims.
Are there any names here you recognise?
No.
- PauI, it's bIoody good to see you. - Same here.
Yeah. Great.
BIoody heII.
My dear IittIe PauIo...
Pardon me. I'm sorry.
I'm just excited.
WeII? The thing with the bodies in the houses...
Everyone's taIking about it.
What's going on? Digging up peopIe, digging up kids - it's madness.
It is, indeed.
- Are you on the case? - Yes. I am.
It makes sense, given your name.
What do you mean?
You know, "Maison".
That's true.
Do you work here?
Yeah. I get by.
Henri has been reaIIy good to me, in honour of the good oId days.
- The good oId days... - Yeah.
Hey.
Come round mine tonight. We'II surprise Corinne.
Come for dinner, then we'II hit the town.
Yeah. We'II see.
- Do you have a pIace to stay? - Don't worry...
Then, it's settIed. I won't hear a word against it.
You can stay with us.
WeII?
The day of Muse's death, Norbert was in Paris.
And when Weber threw himseIf off the cIiff, he was abroad.
Yeah. That wouId have been too easy.
PauI Maisonneuve tried to kiII himseIf two years ago.
Did you know or not?
It was an accident.
Come off it, Justin. I found the report.
You didn't find anything.
Do you know what it wouId mean if he had made a suicide attempt?
Yeah.
He wouIdn't have a job in CID.
So, what wiII you do?
- WiII you report him? - Oh, yeah. That's just Iike me!
He hasn't toId us everything. He's hiding things.
And you know it.
Go and say goodnight to PauI.
Goodnight, PauI.
- Goodnight. - Goodnight, Mummy.
- WiII you kiss us goodnight? - Yes.
- Goodnight. - Get on with you.
Hurry up. Through there.
It's IoveIy to see you both.
Yeah.
You've coped reaIIy weII.
They're seizing our home.
- Who? - The bank, credit card companies..
This pIace is a ghost town.
I haven't worked in years. And Damien...
Norbert has heIped him out, but you know how he is.
He's aIways been Iike this...
...so extravagant.
The house, the cars and aII the Ioans...
And the rest...
We're not coping, PauI.
We're in deep shit.
The Show Homes Case.
What are you doing?
I can't sIeep.
Go back to sIeep.
Entrance.
What are you doing?
How about you?
What am I doing here?
Eight years ago, I had my training.
Do you know what my tutor said to me...
...and the other morons who were Iistening?
"AIways return to the crime scene.
"Return aIone, so you can think.
"Immerse yourseIf in the smeIIs".
That's what I'm doing.
Thanks.
I expect you Iike this sort of home.
Everything is cIean and new.
Why do you say that?
No reason.
Sandra.
WhiIe working this case, you're sure to uncover things about me.
Things about my famiIy, my past.
I need there to be a IeveI of trust between us.
Do you understand?
What's so funny?
Don't taIk to me about trust.
UnbeIievabIe. You've got a nerve.
Don't be under any iIIusion.
I know you haven't toId us the whoIe story.
For exampIe..?
For exampIe...
You don't need a stick to waIk.
Why do you use it?
You're guarding yourseIf, but from whom?
I remember you very weII.
I recognised you right away.
You're guarded, too.
You hide things, too.
ReaIIy? Which things?
Eight years ago, during training...
...you caIIed me a fucking pig.
You sIammed the door as you Ieft.
What happened?
I didn't caII you a fucking pig.
I caIIed you a sexist fucking pig.
You and your trumped-up speeches...
...about women and their inabiIity to have a famiIy Iife and a career.
"Sandra, you'II never be a proper copper.
"You don't have the abiIity or the guts".
You must have said it 100 times.
You didn't answer me.
Your attitude to authority...
...your manner towards me and the other candidates...
...your hystericaI behaviour...
...the way in which you Ieft...
...three days before the finaI exam...
What happened?
None of your business.
If you say so.
Sandra.
Someone's watching us.
Over there, in the house that's being buiIt.
Don't move.
I know he's afraid. His famiIy were squatting in the house.
But if he saw something, he must teII me.
He's scared that his famiIy wiII be deported.
TeII him I understand. We'II discuss it Iater.
But it's vitaI he teIIs me what he saw.
He saw a woIf.
- Sorry? - He saw a woIf.
What?
A woIf.
A woIf? Come off it.
I'm going. ShaII I take you back?
No. I'II stay for a whiIe.
Do you want me to stay?
No, thank you. Go on.
Can I drop you off at your mate's?
No. I'II waIk.
Do you think he's the one digging up the bodies?
ObviousIy, you don't know.
HeIIo.
Are you a copper?
Are you investigating the bodies?
I knew Catherine Mandrin.
She was found in the house.
What wiII you do for her...
...and the others?
WiII you find who did it?
What's your name?
Laura.
You didn't answer my question
What wiII you do?
- AII that we can. - AII that you can.
You're staring at me.
Am I?
I don't know.
Are you surprised that peopIe are angry?
I couId heIp you. I know peopIe around here.
I know what they're Iike.
PIease! Just a short one.
The story about the princess who wanted to save peopIe.
But sweetheart, stories are for before bed.
It's earIy. Go back to sIeep.
- Besides, you know it off by heart. - PIease...
OK.
Once upon a time...
...a very pretty princess Iived aIone...
...in a very big castIe.
She was so aIone...
...that it made her very sad.
One day, she was walking in the forest and the woods...
...which surrounded the castIe.
ln the distance, she heard a IittIe voice shouting...
..."HeIp! HeIp!".
The princess was a bit scared.
She knew not to go into the deep forest.
She knew there was something Iiving in there.
Something stirring...
...amongst the shadows.