Mortel

A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES

Careful! You OK?

- Why are you running? - I'm not.

- Why? - Don't shout!

She's crazy.

- Watch out, Kada. Be careful. - I got it.

And you, move!

Come on.

Come on!

She's coming, hurry up!

The Power is concealed. It's there, but she can't see it.

The Power's concealed. It's there but she can't...

Luisa!

Luisa!

Hurry up!

Sorry.

You can stay if you like.

Tonight I'll do the ritual to protect him from her.

I'm sorry, I know it'd work better if I was a Désandan.

What's up with you?

Shit. We'll talk at lunch. OK?

I'm giving back your work on autobiographical accounts.

It was pretty good.

But one of you stood out again.

That's great writing.

EXCELLENT 19/20

I'd like you to read it.

No, I'm OK.

It wasn't a question.

"It's him.

Even if the neon light makes his face paler than in daylight.

A crack cuts his face in half.

One side is him...

the other is a stranger.

Something dark

which wants to cross the border."

- Sofiane. Can you stay back please? - What have I done now?

Why? Do you feel guilty?

You've had the best average for months in all classes, and a good attitude.

- Most of the time. - So?

You should do the entrance exam for a preparatory class.

- No way. - Why?

- Not interested. - Don't you want opportunities?

That's not my future.

- What do you want to do in life? - I don't know, garbageman. You?

Watch people waste their potential.

Your brother's back, Sofiane. You've got no excuses now.

If you want to try your luck, you know what to do with this.

What's up?

- You escaped from psychiatric hospital? - They let me out.

So... are you feeling better?

What about you? Are you OK?

If I tell you...

I still need you, would you help?

Like before?

Of course I'll help you.

What's going on, Sofiane?

Wait. Your brother, Reda, wasn't really dead?

Obé was lying?

Yes, he was dead, but not anymore.

What does that mean? He came back to life?

Go on, speak louder.

- As if that's the problem. - Thanks.

Fuck!

Luisa...

You OK?

- You... - What are you doing?

Hmm?

Reda's party was meant to be in the afternoon.

My mother decided to do it in the evening. Reda will be there at night.

Why is it bad if he's there at night?

There's Angela.

Who's she?

The new nurse. A Désandan sent to watch us to see nothing weird happens.

- Like Reda? - And you and me.

Désandans stop the uninitiated playing with forces bigger than them.

We're the enemy.

If they find out Reda's come back to life, they'll hurt him.

Exactly.

I'll talk to her.

I'll try to convince her you won't use your powers,

that everything's normal.

- But she doesn't trust me. - I don't get it.

- Didn't you go to train with them? - I stopped my initiation.

Do you want a hug now?

- You OK? - And you? You just got here?

- What, are you buddies now? - Yeah.

Since when?

Since I sent him letters at the hospital. Unlike others.

If I stuck stamps on my texts you'd answer?

Don't be a drag or we'll stop talking.

OK?

See you when you're done.

Bastien. Really.

That loser's so gross.

Look who's here, Hubert.

- You OK, Victor? - Of course he is.

Look at that tousled hair! What a beauty!

Are you here for good or are you going in and out like for prison?

I don't know.

Are you done? Can we finish talking?

- We can't talk to him? - We're saying hello.

- Don't interrupt people. - You'd finished, you weren't talking.

You OK?

I missed you.

Victor, I'm so pleased.

Victor, come set the table.

Sofiane didn't say you were back. He doesn't tell me anything.

- You'll stay and eat? - Yes.

I've been back months. You still can't look at me.

I came back to take care of you, that's enough.

We used to be friends.

We talked about stuff.

- Did we? - Yeah.

Why didn't you say you were drugging people for Hervé?

Hmm?

They became hikikomoris.

They shut themselves in their rooms, lost the will to live...

They're OK now, right?

The Power is concealed. Angela can't see it.

Do I get another chance?

You're into charity work now, after all.

Can't we have a little privacy?

Yes, of course.

What's she doing to him?

It's a ritual, so Angela doesn't notice him.

Come on.

Thank you.

- I have to go. - Is something wrong?

I don't like seeing him like that.

Here we go again.

Sorry.

- What are you doing? - No need to explain, you'll see.

Don't scream, OK?

Obé?

You can see him too, right?

By day, he's Reda.

He lives his life like before.

Every evening at 10:13 p.m., Obé takes over.

Those who know see Obé.

The others see Reda.

It's not Reda.

It's him.

You need to let him out for the party... in front of everyone.

Victor. Help me, please.

Tomorrow evening, you'll be Reda at his birthday party.

You'll blow out the candles, smile and say thank you.

No one will know what happened. Is that clear?

One wrong move and I'll let you have it.

I use my powers and you die.

Tell me you get it.

Listen to me, Martina.

You'll stop your nonsense.

No more rituals! No more anything.

The Power is for the initiated, not for people like you.

You know I do your magic to find out what happened to my Hervé.

Stop your whining!

- Hervé was a crook. That's why he's dead. - No.

Thanks, makokotte .

Perfect.

Here. Drink this and shut up.

It will stop you ending up in the Lake of Spirits,

covered in leprosy, like your husband.

Come on, drink.

Go on.

What's wrong?

If I was a Désandan, I could have helped her more.

Really? You should have stayed there to change the world.

I'm sick of hearing that.

You don't like how you are? Then change.

And stop annoying me. Good night.

I don't understand how he came back.

Did he have Reda's spirit when you tried to kill him?

Does it change anything?

Why do I feel like you're mad at me?

Because I'm mad at you.

When I saw you, I was so happy. I thought we could be like before.

But I remembered you left without a word.

And now you're back without a word.

I don't know. I heard almost nothing from you, so...

Hang on, what about you? What were those letters, Victor?

"Hi, Luisa. Everything's fine here. I hope you're fine too." Period.

Was that true? Aren't you supposed to be honest?

- I am honest! - Then tell me why you left, Victor.

Or tell me you'll explain one day.

If you can't, you didn't sort everything out there.

I still have things to sort out too.

I shouldn't have stopped my initiation.

Becoming a Désandan is all that means anything to me.

What about us?

Does that mean nothing?

Do you want a break?

It might be best.

...symbols found on the victim's body

suggest another ritual, even if the authorities refuse to...

So you want to continue your initiation?

I made a mistake. You know how it is.

Don't you?

Jocelyn sent you here because you didn't follow his orders.

Help me resume my initiation and I'll prevent the Disaster.