HIP (HPI : Haut Potentiel Intellectuel)

I'm here, Roxane. It's me.

What've you got? - 42-year-old, no medical history.

Gunshot wound, thorax. Low blood pressure.

Tachycardia. Tissue loss.

OK, we need to move.

Send for a scan and prepare for surgery. Let's go.

Stay here please.

You have to eat something.

What can I get you?

I don't want anything, thanks, that's nice of you.

What's that?

It's Romain's case file. - Romain's?

My Romain? - Yes.

Roxane's been looking into him for several weeks.

Why? I don't understand.

The coroner who examined his body in 2005

now thinks there should be corrections.

We've stabilized her for now, but she's still critical.

We need you to fill out a form.

Yes; yes. - Go with the nurse?

(Thank you.)

Will you watch Roxane's things?

WATCHING IMPACT IN WHO? ABDOMEN

I need your full attention, please.

Right. Cmdr. Roxane Ascher was attacked last night

at 11:15 by a biker on Rue des Moines.

I want everyone to focus on this case,

coordinate with Daphne and Gilles.

I reviewed all the CCTV around the karaoke bar,

for the moment we have nothing on the shooter.

We'll have to go door-to-door for info.

Everyone on this, guys.

This guy attacked one of ours.

We ignore no leads. Thank you.

Let's go! Get to work!

How is she?

They removed the bullet, it hit nothing else vital.

on the other hand she lost a lot of blood, nothing clear on her mobility,

and we don't know when she will regain consciousness,

"SERENDIPITY" or in what state.

So no decisions on what comes next.

Roxane has investigated...

...

Here is what we already know:

Romain Destat was arrested Nov. 5, 2005 in a room near Amiens.

Officially he was released the next morning, except no one ever saw him.

And 24 hours later

his body was found in a canal in Dunkirk by Adeline Morin,

a student out jogging.

The autopsy was performed by a Dr. Facchin,

So the trail to follow is Facchin. Excuse me.

According to the morgue registry,

Roxane visited the day before yesterday.

He'd know of any suspicions she had.

I understand. Of course.

What're we waiting for? Absolutely.

For sure someone tried to kill Roxane as part of a cover up.

We should question him, right?

No, we are not.

That was the prosecutor.

He's aware of Roxane's closeness to our team,

so we're off the case at request of the Oversight Authority.

It's 'procedere,' you know.

'Procedure' my ass.

Okay.

Adam!

This goes for you too, Morgane.

Morgane? Alright?

School, I've got to get the kids...

Hey sweetie!

You know you're at your dad's tonight?

Yeah yeah yeah! - See you Monday, okay?

Have a good "weekend"!

Relax!

No, wait, I have to tell you something.

If it's about the bill for my mobile, I can explain.

No, it's not about your mobile.

Uh... No.

It's about Romain.

You remember I told you his death was accidental?

But it turns out, it's more complicated than that.

If it wasn't accidental, what was it? - I don't know!

I don't know, I'm sidelined.

You're putting me on, sidelined?

I'm not allowed to investigate.

Since when do you let that stop you?

UNDERTAKER ENTRANCE

MEDICAL EXAMINER AUTOPSIES

Sssh! Don't scream!

Fuck, Karadec! You scared me, what're you doing here?

What're YOU doing here? Looking for what?

What about you? We're not allowed to investigate!

Don't give me that! Get out right now! - Why, this is about Romain's death!

Leave it to the police!

Just a minute, you're investigating illegally,

You can't ignore orders, then say it's professionals-only!

HE GROWLS

Glove up! - Yeah, I'm good, okay.

Oh fuck.

According to Facchin's schedule he starts work at 10am today, that's in 20 minutes.

He's coming, okay?

No, he won't be coming. - What? What's that?

I don't have forever.

Morgane?

Morgane, what're you doing in here?

I'm looking for the suspect!

That's not him.

You saw the scalpels on his bench,

they're arranged by blade size

in order to find them easily.

Except blade No.21 was to the left of No. 10,

not in the right order!

Roxane came a few days ago, maybe she found he was negligent.

Fuck, this one who just came in is really young.

Right, someone's been negligent, but it's not him.

Well, they're not gonna move, right?

No, because in the trash bin,

I found a plastic bag, for bodybags.

Ten, according to the label.

According to the pathologists' list,

Only four bodies came into the morgue yesterday afternoon.

So, that's all that should be here.

We have five on the tables here.

Well?

So?

If I may take this one...

Well, there's suspect No.1, dead.

Yeah, amazing.

He's close to it.

Who discovered the body is unknown?

Very well.

Very well, thanks for keeping me informed, Mr. Prosecutor.

Of course; goodbye.

An anonymous call?

I've managed to cover up your BS.

Had to improvise.

So long as no one saw.

Well,

according to the prosecutor,

we have until 10pm. But on top of everything,

a motorcycle racing out of a parking lot at that hour?

OK; I don't know, two people were seeking info about Romain,

what do they have in common?

Is it my case??

Yes and no.

For now his thinking is like ours: Facchin's death

and the attack on Roxane

are linked to autopsy tampering.

But we may have dozens of falsified autopsies over the last 20 years.

Sadly, choosing which one is another matter.

Wait, where's this leading?

No investigation of Romain? Is this a joke?

Not at the moment. - But I-

OK, what do we know about Romain's life?

We talk to the cop who investigated him at that time,

Capt. Devos. It's him!

It's him, I tell you, it's him, he killed him,

he greased the palm of the pathologist

so he'd put 'ruptured aneurysm' in his report!

It's him! Fuck!

Let's go, we're not stopping.. - Morgane, I don't know how

to tell you, actually;

we can't investigate this case, neither you, Karadec, nor me.

Wait, technically that's not quite true.

OK, we've been removed from the investigation on Roxane.

but what prevents us from investigating Romain Destat?

Celine?

OK, you can go talk to Devos. BUT!

There is no question of arresting anyone, and you

ask no questions about Facchin, or about Roxane. Is that clear?

Morgane?

Yeah, what? Morgane?

You want to know about Romain's life,

and me Roxane's.

We've got no answers.

Trust me, let me handle this situation, okay?

Yeah, I won't kick him in the balls.

Yeah, I won't kick Or elsewhere. him in the balls.

Yes, try to see her.

No? No, I haven't seen her.

I can't, no.

OK, well ask for Cedric.

Yes yes yes yes, nothing.

Well yes, yes, yes, I'll release him.

CROSSTALK, SHOUTING

He'll be released!

...

Morgane!

I'll call you back, I have to go.

See you. - Hello.

Hello?

Captain Devos? Yes...?

DIPJ, Cmdr. Karadec.

On the phone?

Have a seat, if you want. - Yes.

Thanks for seeing me.

We want to ask some questions about a man

whom you took into custody in 2005.

Why this?

I thought the case was closed last year.