Episode 106

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Previously on Hand aufs Herz

 

Emma: I don't know anyone who's a lesbian...and that's probably why it came out…funny.

 

Götting: Yes, your colleagues and I see this the same way. You would do yourself and us a big favour if you took a voluntary leave of absence.

Bea: You want me to leave?

Götting: Well, in view of the situation, I think that would be the best solution.

 

Bea: First, you bring me back to this school...and then you just leave me hanging? Even though you know very well that I'm innocent.

Ms. Krawczyk: That was a lie. I didn’t see Franziska Lohmann still alive on that day. I gave a wrong statement.

 

Intro

 

[Pestalozzi, principal’s office]

 

Michael: You-you weren’t by the excavation pit when Bea and Franziska had their fight?

Ms. Krawczyk: Not even anywhere near it.

Michael: Bu-but you are sure that Franziska was still alive afterwards…

Ms. Krawczyk: I only said that to protect Bea.

Michael: Does Bea know that you lied for her back then?

Ms. Krawczyk: Heaven forbid, no. That was supposed to be my secret forever. At least 10 years is already a rather long time.

Michael: Then please continue to keep it to yourself.

Ms. Krawczyk: All these years I’ve tried to convince myself that Franziska was still alive. That she ran away, far away to Australia. What irony…she was here the whole time; buried right underneath our feet!

Michael: But it’s not your fault, Ms. Krawczyk.

Ms. Krawczyk: Oh really?! Because of my lie they never searched for a body… and the murder could never be solved.

Michael: But you’re not doubting Bea’s innocence now, are you?

Ms. Krawczyk: What does it matter now?

Michael: What does it matter now? Come on Ms. Krawczyk, Bea is suspected of murder. She really needs our support now!

Ms. Krawczyk: That’s what I told myself back then, too.

 

 

[Vogel home]

 

Miriam is packing some stuff into a box. Bea comes in.

Miriam: Hi.

Bea: Hey.

Miriam: Say, can I take the espresso pot? You gave it to Piet and I as a joint present... Hey, everything alright?

Bea: Sure. Everything’s fine. It was just a difficult day.

Miriam: Did something else happen?

Bea: The parents gathered in the school yard. They are accusing me, they are worried…I should just be glad that I made it out of there.

Miriam: What? Everything is starting again. Exactly like it did back then.

Bea: Only now it’s worse than it was back then. The staff is strongly suggesting that I leave the school.

Miriam: What? No.

Bea: Krawczyk agrees with it.

Miriam: Bea, at the moment everything seems worse than it really is. They are going to solve this matter and then this whole fuss will be over. They are going to prove your innocence.

 

 

[Pestalozzi, principal’s office]

 

Michael: Ms. Krawczyk, you mustn’t lose your faith in Bea, now.

Ms. Krawczyk: I’ve lost far more than just my faith.

Michael: Don’t you remember what you said back then? That you trusted Bea implicitly. That’s why you brought her back to this school, isn’t it?

Ms. Krawczyk: That might have been my biggest mistake.

She grabs for the vodka bottle. Michael takes it away.

Michael: The vodka really won’t help you right now.

Ms. Krawczyk: Spare me your valuable advice.

Michael: Ms. Krawczyk, please pull yourself together. It won’t help anyone if you incriminated yourself and Bea now. So, please don't say a word to the police. You know something? I’m taking you home now. You can't possibly work in the state you are in.

Ms. Krawczyk: I haven't been on duty for a long time now.

Michael: I need you here tomorrow again. With a clear head, okay?

Ms. Krawczyk: And will you let me know for what?

Michael: Yes. I have to find out everything about Franziska Lohmann's disappearance. I'm sure there will be some evidence somewhere that will exonerate Bea.

Ms. Krawczyk: You mean besides my lie? Do us both a favor and stay out of this matter.

Michael: No. I have to find out what really happened back then.

 

 

[Heisig Apartment]

 

Michael comes home with a laptop and a bunch of old newspapers.

 

 

[Vogel home]

 

Lara: Don't take it to heart. They are simply scum. If they can find someone to pick on they are going to do it.

Miriam: Not surprising...when the parents are showing them how to do it.

Lara: I was talking more about the teachers. But the students are totally scummy, too. Especially the boys.

Bea: Thanks. For trying to cheer me up.

Piet: Of course. We stand behind you all the way. Just as you supported us when she became pregnant at such a young age. Remember?

Miriam: Yes. Oh god. All that talk in school. They treated us like lepers.

Lara: Not this story again, please.

Piet: All our friends told us: No way. Are you out of your minds to get pregnant now, to have a baby at such a young age? But we, we just went through with it. And now?

Miriam: Now, we don't regret one single moment.

Lara: It’s great that I'm the cause of such happiness for you.

Piet: But what I was really trying to say with this was: No matter how hopeless the situation may be...as long as one single person believes in you, you can succeed. And all of us believe in you.

Miriam: Well, I think I have to go.

Bea: Thanks.

Miriam: To be continued tomorrow. Good night.

Lara: Good night.

The phone rings.

Lara: Are you going to get it?

Piet: Let it ring.

Lara: Vogel.

Caller: The murderer will pay. And so will everyone who helps her.

Lara: Who is this?

Bea: What's wrong?

Piet: Some crackpots have been calling here all day.

Lara: That call just now sounded pretty extreme.

Piet: Then you just mustn’t take it seriously.

Bea: Has this been going on for a long time?

Piet: All evening. But they can kiss our asses; we simply won’t pick up anymore.

Bea: Oh god, I’m so sorry.

Piet: I’ll find out who it was and then he’ll be sorry.

 

 

[Heisig apartment]

 

Michael is sifting through the old newspaper articles about Franziska’s disappearance and Bea’s possible guilt.

 

 

[Bergmann villa]

 

Caro on the phone: No, really? Oh god. I thought so from the start…

Ben comes in and looks accusingly at Caro.

Caro: Hey, let’s talk about the rest at my party later on. Well no, tomorrow. At the Bergmanns’. Right. Bye.

Ben: Is it true that you are behind the harassment of B…Ms. Vogel?

Caro: Me? Why would you think that?

Ben: Because you are handing these things out at school!

He throws a copy of the newspaper article at Caro.

Caro: That’s not harassment, just the truth. Unfortunately.

Ben: Stop inciting everyone against Bea. (Back to using “Bea”, are we?)

Caro: Who says I did? I don’t get it. You haven’t asked about our baby even once today. You are only interested in the problems of your Ms. Vogel.

Ben: I’m sorry. I didn’t mean it like that.

Caro takes his hand and puts it on her belly.

Caro: Plus you could really help me with the party. I mean, it won’t organize itself.

Ben: I told you that I didn’t want a party, didn’t I?

(Ben, who cares? This party is important. It’s about Janis Joplin and Kiddo and 007 and sausages and jealousy… It just has to take place.)

Caro: But there’s always a party at Carnival.

Ben: Forget it. Not after everything that’s happened.

 

 

[Heisig apartment]

 

Michael is still buried in the old newspapers when Miriam comes in carrying a box.

Michael: Well, if it isn’t our new roommate.

Miriam: So, Sebastian’s already told you, has he?

Michael: Of course. After all, he had to ask my permission.

Miriam: And? Did you give it?

Michael: Well, at first I wanted to dissuade him, but then he promised that you would take over the house cleaning from now on and so I agreed.

Miriam: Hmm…

Michael: No, he didn’t say that. I…äh…I’m happy for the two of you. Well, welcome to the WG. (Wohngemeinschaft=shared apartment)

Miriam: Thanks. Sebastian already warned me about your jokes. Is he still at the Chulos?

Michael: He’s coming home later, so that’s why I’ve got the pleasure of helping you carry all your stuff upstairs.

Miriam: Really. Well, actually, it’s just the one box.

Michael: It’s just the one?

Miriam: Mmmhummm

Michael: I like you. Well…

Miriam notices the newspapers.

Miriam: That subject seems to be following everyone around at the moment. Where did you get all those newspapers?

Michael: I’m trying to help Bea out a little.

Miriam: And, what do you think? Who could have done something like that?

Michael: I have no idea. And the problem is I’m stuck here. There isn’t any evidence that would exonerate her.

Miriam: What about the postcards? (Those just prove that Emma loves Jenny, and anyway, that won’t happen for another 30 eps.) After Franziska’s disappearance, postcards arrived from Australia from time to time. Allegedly from Her and Jens.

Michael: Jens…Jens is the guy that she ran away to Australia with?

Miriam: Well, that’s what everyone thought. But now that Franziska’s body has been found, it’s obvious that she was never there.

Michael: It doesn’t look good for Bea.

Miriam: At least we still have Ms. Krawczyk’s statement. She saw that nothing had happened to Franziska.

Michael: Let’s say, hypothetically, Ms. Krawczyk would retract her statement…

Miriam: Well, why would she do that?

Michael: So we only have this one statement…and without it…Bea would be under suspicion of murder.

Miriam: Yes, but…if there is a person who is trustworthy, it’s Ms. Krawczyk.

 

[Bergmann villa, Ben’s room / Vogel home, Bea’s room]

 

Ben tries to call Bea.

Bea yanks the phone cord out of the socket thinking it’s one of the harassment callers.

 

 

[Heisig apartment]

 

Miriam: I can’t remember how long it’s been since I ordered pizza.

Michael: You better get used to it if you want to stay with us for a while.

Miriam: Good thing you got a new roommate. Since there’s finally going to be something healthy on the menu again.

Michael: I’m looking forward to it.

 

 

[Bergmann villa, Ben’s room]

 

Ben on the phone: Hey. It’s me, Ben. You’re probably already asleep. I … I heard what happened in school today. Those are goddamned pigs. But don’t let them get you down. I know that you are innocent. Bea, if you need anything…you can call me at any time. Any time. Ähm…bye.

[Vogel home, Bea’s room]

 

Bea’s mobile beeps that she has a message. (If it’s still on, why did it go to voicemail when Ben called?)

She retrieves the message. It says: Get out of the school.

 

 

[Heisig apartment]

 

Miriam: Bea was so cute back then.

Michael: Well, actually, she’s still cute. I don’t get why everyone’s against her now.

Miriam: She told me what happened in school today. That’s really bad.

Michael: Yes.

Miriam: Say, couldn’t you talk to Ms. Krawczyk? She knows the whole truth. And surely she’s sticking up for Bea, isn’t she?

[Flashback]

Ms. Krawczyk: All those years I tried to convince myself that Franziska was still alive. Because of my lie they never searched for a body.

[/Flashback]

Michael: Äh, how about you? Did you ever doubt Bea’s innocence then? I mean, you must have wondered.

Miriam: Yes, of course there are times when you think about what ifs. But I would do that with anybody.

Michael: I get it.

Miriam: Anyway, this Franziska, she was … a mean, dirty bitch. Sorry, I know you shouldn’t speak ill of the dead, but her? Bea was completely in love with Jens and Franziska only got involved with him to get one over on her. I have no idea how I would have reacted were I in her place. If such a hussy had made a pass at Piet back then, I don’t know what I would have been capable o… well, of course I wouldn’t have killed anyone. But Bea was even less likely to!

 

[Outside the Vogel house]

 

Five people walk up to the house.

Guy: That’s where she lives. Come on.

They start putting trash in the garden.

 

 

[Heisig apartment]

 

Michael: Hey. You know, I have no idea what’s keeping Sebastian so long.

Miriam: Well, his loss, so... I’m dead on my feet. I really have to get ready for bed.

Michael: Ähm, towels are in the bathroom cabinet.

Miriam: Ah, thanks. I’ve been here before several times.

Michael: Now I know why there are three toothbrushes.

Miriam: What about you? Aren’t you tired too?

Michael: Yes. Dead tired...but I can’t stop thinking about Bea’s situation.

Miriam: Don’t stay up for too much longer. Good night.

Michael: Night.

[Flashback]

Krawczyk: I didn’t see Franziska Lohmann still alive on that day. I gave a false statement.

[/Flashback]

 

 

[The Vogel house]

 

They are still decorating the front of the house and garden with garbage. They’re not quiet while doing it and Bea walks over to the window to look out. A paint bomb hits the window.

 

 

[Heisig apartment]

 

The doorbell rings waking Michael from where he fell asleep on the table over his laptop and newspapers. He looks at his watch.

Michael: Shit.

He walks to the door and opens it.

Bea: May I?

Michael: Yes, of course. Come in. What happened?

Bea: I’ve been getting threatening phone calls all night. People were sneaking around outside of the house all night, they threw paint bombs…I wasn’t even sure if I could get out of there.

Michael: Now try to calm down, okay? Nothing can happen to you here.

Bea: God, I’m so glad that I’ve got you. (I’m not.) You are the only one who still believes me.

Michael: I know.

(No one can comfort you like Michael.)

 

 

[Bergmann villa]

 

Jenny walks in and…nothing else really matters, does it? Hach… Okay, where was I?

She’s wearing her Wicked homage outfit, by the way. Pink goes good with green, what with her green sneakers and pink leggings. Only Jenny can wear stuff like that and look absolutely gorgeous.

Caro on the phone: Yes, in the afternoon. That works for me. And the same style as on your mix. Yes, and of course, the usual Carnival hits. Cool. So, I’ll see you later.

Jenny looks at Caro disapprovingly.

Caro: What?

Jenny: You aren’t really planning to go through with this?

Caro: And why not? It’s customary to play Schlager (a “special” kind of German-language music) on Carnival, isn’t it?

Jenny: But you know that Ben doesn’t want a party! Neither do I, by the way. And I’m sure Herr Bergmann doesn’t either, so none of the people living here.

Caro: Because Vogel is having such a bad time? That’s not my problem. There’s no way I’m cancelling my party because of her.

Jenny: Hey. I was there when that body was found. I’m not in the mood for a house full of disguised idiots.

Caro: You’re new to Cologne. So let me spell it out for you again: During Carnival, Cologne goes crazy. Absolutely everyone celebrates. Well, except of course, if you are dead.

Jenny: Talk about “abnormal”.

Caro: Tell me, what should I go as? As Goldmarie (the good girl in Grimm’s Mother Hulda fairy tale who came home with an apron full of gold) or Pechmarie (the lazy girl who came home covered in pitch)?

Jenny makes a face best interpreted as “Bite me” and leaves the room.

Caro: Neither of those seems to blow her socks off.

 

 

[Heisig apartment]

 

Michael: There’s still some coffee.

Bea: Thanks. Calming tea would be of no use to me right now, anyway. You couldn’t sleep last night either, could you?

Michael: Ähm…I was doing some research.

Bea: Research on what?

Michael: Ähm…

Bea: What’s this??

Michael: What’s this....

Bea: I thought you believed me!

Michael: I do.

Bea: Then why are you snooping around in my past?

Michael: I’m not snooping around in your past, I…I want to help you.

Bea: Then why don’t you just ask me what happened back then?!

Michael: Well, after such a long time, memories can be misleading. And there are, for lack of a better word, contradictions.

Bea: What?! What kind of contradictions?!

Michael: Yesterday…yesterday, Ms. Krawczyk told me that she didn’t see anything.

Bea: What do you mean, she didn’t see anything?

Michael: Her statement that she…that she saw Franziska leave after your fight… it was a lie.

Bea: But…why would she do something like that?

Michael: I don’t know. Probably to protect you.

Bea: But I’m innocent.

Michael nods his head very slightly and hums in what could be taken as agreement. (Maybe.)

Bea: I understand. (Or maybe not.)

 

 

[Outside the Vogel home]

 

Ben gets out of his car and sees the trash lying around. He rings Bea’s door bell and then tries to look trhough the window into Bea’s room.

Ben: Bea? It’s me, Ben!

Out comes Piet who tackles Ben.

Piet: The fun is over.

Ben: Hey, hands off, I didn’t do anything!

Piet: You can tell that to the police!

 

 

[Heisig apartment]

 

Bea: I really thought you believed me.

Michael: You’ve completely got it wrong.

Bea: What’s there to get wrong? Ms. Krawczyk lied and you…you are digging into my past!

Michael: No! I…I want to help you.

Bea: I don’t need any help, I’m innocent! (“You’re innocent” almost as much as you are “sorry you’re late”.) All I want is trust.

Michael: Yes Bea, but all the police want is proof.

Bea: But there just isn’t any. I’ve only got Ms. Krawczyk’s statement.

Michael: That’s why I looked through everything again. Why was Franziska murdered? Was there anyone besides you who had a reason to kill her?

Bea: Besides me??

Michael: Well, she moved in on your boyfriend, after all. That’s why you two fought in the first place.

Bea: You really believe I’m capable of that?

Michael: That’s not what this is about.

Bea: That’s exactly what this is about!

Michael: Bea, there has to be another suspect or else you won’t be able to get out of this.

Bea: There is another way.

Michael: Like what?

Bea: I’m going to prove to everyone that I have a clear conscience. I’m calling the police.

Michael: Why? What would be the point?

Bea: So that they can have all the facts. I don’t need a false alibi.

Michael: Bea, don’t do this.

Bea: Hello? This is Bea Vogel. It’s about the murder at the Pestalozzi Comprehensive School. I want to make a statement.