A policewoman who’s also a doctor has taken on a case regarding impure Ecstasy pills that have killed at least fifteen people so far. An ex-con who’s just come back to Tehran after years of exile is doing his best to start a new life with his family, but he accidentally gets mixed up with the drug dealers and it seems like he’ll never be able to make a clean break from his past.
00:23Mahsa Mohammadi, 24 years old, third-year student in medical school.
00:32All told, she's used the drug four times, and she has been suffering severe mental reactions
00:37like nervous shock, continuous fear, insomnia, and tremors in the arms and legs.
00:41So how long has she been there?
00:43Ten days.
00:45And who are they?
00:48Her mother and father, they brought her in themselves.
00:57Tell me, can she be cured?
00:59It's uncertain.
01:01It's 50-50.
01:03Let's move on.
01:07Let's move on.
01:13Ah!
01:19Riaaaaaaah!
01:21Shhh!
01:23Tell me, doctor, does he always listen to what you say?
01:30He's harmless.
01:31He only reacts like this towards strangers.
01:34Hello, doctor.
01:36How are you?
01:37Are you well?
01:39How long has he been here?
01:41About two months.
01:43What about him?
01:45Can he be cured?
01:46It's highly unlikely.
01:48He has used the drug more than ten times.
01:51So how long are you going to keep him here?
01:54Until the end of this month.
01:56If he doesn't get any better, we'll have to send him to a mental institution.
02:08Close the door.
02:10Dr. Imami to the nurse's station.
02:15Hello.
02:16Hello.
02:25Good, good.
02:26Now the other way.
02:27What are they doing exactly?
02:28Go faster, go faster.
02:29They're swimming, you see.
02:31Swimming?
02:32Yes, sir.
02:34Sometimes they swim.
02:36Sometimes they wrestle.
02:37Sometimes they play volleyball.
02:39Oof.
02:40Oof.
02:41Oof.
02:42Oof.
02:43Oof.
02:44Oof.
02:45Oof.
02:46Go back.
02:47Go back, quickly.
02:48Oof.
02:49What is he doing?
02:51He's frozen, sir.
02:53They themselves call it being pinned down.
02:57It's a condition that could arise for any user.
03:00But he's been fixed in this state for twelve days now and can't come out of it.
03:05What happens when he wants to sleep?
03:08He's never awake or asleep.
03:10He's always like this.
03:11All the time?
03:12Yes.
03:13That's good.
03:14That's good.
03:15Great.
03:16Go.
03:17Won't his arms and legs become stiff?
03:18His condition has gone way beyond that.
03:19What does he do about food?
03:20The nurses give him food by means of serum.
03:23Oh, honestly, really.
03:24This way.
03:25Doctor, do we have to see any more?
03:26If you want to.
03:27No, doctor.
03:28I really don't want to.
03:29It's far too stressful.
03:30In the report you stated that a few of your patients had died.
03:32What about that?
03:33I am responsible for the living, officer.
03:34The dead are Dr. Afkami's responsibility.
03:35Your wife, you mean?
03:36That's right, officer.
03:37I'm responsible for the living, officer.
03:38The dead are Dr. Afkami's responsibility.
03:40Because she feels more comfortable with the dead.
03:41I'm responsible for the living, officer.
03:42It's far too stressful.
03:43In the report you stated that a few of your patients had died.
03:46What about that?
03:47I am responsible for the living, officer.
03:50The dead are Dr. Afkami's responsibility.
03:55Your wife, you mean?
04:00That's right, officer.
04:01How come you've taken on responsibility for the living and she's responsible for the dead?
04:07Because she feels more comfortable with the dead.
04:14Then how does she get along with you, huh?
04:16I'm not that alive myself, officer.
04:19Ha, ha, ha, ha.
04:24Rosa Amelie, 27 years old.
04:27From the moment of usage to death, 56 minutes.
04:30Bager Kodadadi, 34.
04:37From the moment of usage to death, 4 hours and 20 minutes.
04:41Musa Ahadi, age 25.
04:452 hours and 10 minutes from moment of usage to death.
04:49Morteza Bahreini, age 29.
04:533 hours and 10 minutes from moment of usage to death.
04:57Shala Arbabi, 18.
05:002 hours and 40 minutes from moment of usage to death.
05:04Mitra Mirmohamadi, 21.
05:072 hours and 40 minutes from moment of usage to death.
05:10Mehdi Jafari, 28.
05:1340 minutes from moment of usage to death.
05:16Ahmad Jalali, 51 years old.
05:2132 minutes from moment of usage to death.
05:24Do you really want to tell me that...
05:27that a 51 year old took X?
05:30Officer, we have a 64 year old too.
05:33But you've clearly had enough.
05:35This is crazy.
05:39Is there more?
05:41Yes, sir.
05:43Can I ask you please to excuse us for a second?
05:46Yes, whatever you command, officer.
05:49There's something I don't understand here.
05:54How is it that these pills killed him but drove the rest to be mad?
05:57My wife has a theory on this which, well, I really don't understand myself.
06:01Officer, up until now, ecstasy pills were imported, the side effects of which you have just observed.
06:07But the cause of these deaths was the usage of another kind of pill.
06:10And the analysis of the components indicates that someone or some people inside the country have started to produce these pills and,
06:16due to a lack of experience in combining the substances, have produced a poison which, within a short space of time, kills the user.
06:23Well, it must be a work of an amateur. A novice opportunist.
06:29But I don't think so, officer. It's the work of someone who, not only has buyers, but also the means to distribute them.
06:35Like who?
06:38Professional smugglers, sir.
06:41Why would a professional smuggler do this?
06:44For more profit. It works out cheaper for them and is cheaper to distribute.
06:49But... but they're gonna lose their buyers like this.
06:52It wasn't done on purpose. It just happened.
06:54I even think that perhaps the one who did this doesn't know it's happening.
06:57Or if he does, there's nothing he can do about it.
07:00It's been distributed by small-time dealers and third and fourth degree middlemen.
07:06Well, it makes sense.
07:10She just talks like a narcotics agent.
07:15As if she's not a doctor at all.
07:17You see, sir, before she became a doctor, she was a police officer.
07:24Well, it looks like you're a bit fed up with your wife's police instincts, huh?
07:29Hello.
07:34Hello.
07:35Hello, good evening.
07:41Doctor?
07:42Yes?
07:43Hello.
07:44Hello, good evening.
07:45Please sit down, officer.
07:46Well, as our esteemed specialist, do you have a solution before we have any more fatalities here?
07:53In my opinion, officer, first and foremost, we should place known professional and experienced smugglers under close observation, watching and recording their activities and comings and goings.
08:06Okay.
08:07At the same time, officer, we should be more sensitive toward suspicious gatherings, ex-parties, abnormal driving, and rowdy, unruly behavior.
08:17This way, with the arrest of dealers and users, our men will be able to gradually get closer to the third and fourth degree middlemen and the manufacturers.
08:26Good.
08:28Very, very good.
08:30You do just that.
08:36I'm sorry, I didn't understand.
08:43Why don't you understand?
08:45How is it that you know so well to put together theories, thesis, and antithesis, but you can't understand such a simple order here?
08:52I said do it yourself.
08:54You're a doctor and a police officer.
08:56Who better than you?
08:58You want to keep a close eye on gatherings and customers? Do so.
09:01You want to make sure that the streets and highways are safe? Do so.
09:04But please get a move on, doctor. We don't have much time here.
09:10Is that clear?
09:14I really didn't hear what you said.
09:19I asked, is that clear?
09:22Yes, sir. It's clear.
09:24That's good.
09:26Now you've become a proper police officer.
09:29Well, get started, everyone.
09:34Please, please.
09:35Please, please.
10:04I'm Dr. Afkami.
10:05Hello.
10:07Hello.
10:08Hello.
10:09Hello.
10:11I'm Dr. Afkami.
10:14Hello, doctor.
10:16You can go, please. The doctor's waiting for you.
10:18Thank you very much.
10:23No need to trouble yourself. I know my way.
10:26It's no trouble. Is Dr. Javadi well?
10:28Thank you. Do you know Reza?
10:30Yes. Don't you remember me, Doctor?
10:32My apologies.
10:34Not at all. I'm sorry.
10:41Hey, Doctor. Doctor Afkami has arrived.
10:45I'll be with you in a minute.
10:46Okay.
10:48He'll be with you in a minute.
10:51I've just been hired.
10:53You and Doctor Javadi were interns.
10:56One or two months later, your work here ended and you left.
10:59Eight years ago, Doctor.
11:02Yes, yes, I remember you now.
11:05Mr. Gurbani.
11:06That's right, Madam.
11:08I'm sorry I didn't recognize you at first.
11:10That's all right. You're very busy, I've heard.
11:16Hello, Doctor.
11:17Hello, my dear rascal of a girl.
11:20Thank you very much.
11:21You're welcome. It was lovely to see you, Doctor.
11:23And I you.
11:23Were you at home or at the hospital?
11:27At the hospital, Doctor.
11:28What's going on? Were you doing night shift?
11:31My work has gone way beyond shifts.
11:33Night, day, middle of the night.
11:35So when do you go home?
11:36I haven't been home for a week now.
11:39And where is your husband?
11:40He's there as well. We're together.
11:43You mean? You and he live at the hospital?
11:45Hello.
11:46Live? What can I say?
11:48Oh my God.
11:49Hello.
11:50You know what? You'll get sick and I'll have to check you in right here.
11:54Thankfully, Doctor. If we get sick, they won't check us in there.
11:58Yes, they will.
11:59In a way, you're also being mentally affected.
12:01How is it possible to work 24 hours a day?
12:04Hello, Madam.
12:04We're just a bit busy at the moment, Doctor.
12:06It's not always like this.
12:08What do you do about your kids?
12:10What do you mean, kids?
12:11I only have the one and I leave her with Reza's mother.
12:13You know something I knew from the very beginning you were a troublemaker.
12:19You've driven that poor husband of yours up the wall.
12:22How many times have I told you?
12:24I said you cannot pick up two watermelons with one hand.
12:27Either be a policeman or a doctor.
12:30But, Doctor, both the watermelons tasted good.
12:32Doctor.
12:33I'll be with you shortly.
12:34But I think one of them was Honeydew Melon, and now you're going to have to put up with the chills.
12:40Hello, Doctor.
12:49You know why I sent for you?
12:53They brought this young man in half an hour, 45 minutes ago.
12:56He was at a party and passed out right there.
13:01Vomiting and seizures, difficulty breathing, suffocation,
13:06and rashes followed by simultaneous stroke and a cardiac arrest.
13:13You'd sit around a circular saying if we had patients like this to let you know.
13:17I saw your signature at the bottom of it.
13:20Thank you very much.
13:21Have you had other patients like this?
13:36He's the twelfth one.
13:38X?
13:41Yes.
13:45Have you found the reason why it kills so quickly?
13:48We're working on it.
13:51We haven't arrived at a conclusion.
13:54Look at you.
13:56Playing the police officer with me.
13:59You don't want to answer, so you give me some rubbish.
14:06Doctor, can I take him?
14:08Do you have a warrant?
14:10I'll send for one.
14:12Go on, take him.
14:13What do we want him for?
14:14Are his companions the ones who were standing outside?
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