The Asset
Created by: Samanou Acheche Sahlstrøm, Kasper Barfoed
Country of origin: Denmark
Original language: Danish
Original release date: October 27, 2025. The Asset is available for streaming worldwide on Netflix, in the original Danish language with subtitles and dubbed options.
Stars: Clara Dessau (Tea Lind), Maria Cordsen (Ashley), Afshin Firouzi (Miran), Nicolas Bro (Folke), Soheil Bavi, Arian Kashef, Lara Ly Melic Skovgaard
Premise: Tea Lind is a troubled police cadet who is recruited Denmark’s intelligence service, PET (Denmark), to go undercover in the criminal underworld. Tea poses as a jeweler to befriend Ashley, the girlfriend of crime-boss Miran (played by Afshin Firouzi), with the goal of infiltrating his organization. But the deeper Tea becomes involved, the more the lines between her mission and her identity blur.
Season 1 – Episode 5
Episode title: Into the Deep
Episode plot: The pressure mounts on Miran after unexpected visitors arrive, and Folke steps out of the shadows. A concerned Tea wrestles with her conscience.
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The Asset – S01E05 – Into the Deep | Full transcript
[Tea over recording] Ashley.
You have to go home.
[Ashley] Why?
[Tea] Because you haven’t thought this through.
You can’t leave him like that.
[Ashley] That’s what you did.
[Tea] Yes, but I didn’t have a child.
When Miran wakes up tomorrow morning and notices that you and Sofia are gone, it’s just gonna make things worse.
If you really want to leave him, you need a plan.
I can help you.
I promise.
She turns up at your place saying she wants to leave him, and you offer to help her?
She was a total wreck.
Yeah, and easily influenced too.
If only you had been more focused on the actual mission.
I sent her and Sofia back to Miran immediately after.
What more could I do?
You really think she’ll leave him?
[Tea] Yes, probably.
Then talk her out of it.
She wouldn’t leave for no reason.
[Folke] We need her.
Ashley knows things.
She can help us stop Miran.
So we can’t have her leaving him.
At least not just yet.
[metallic zipping]
[giggles]
[Sofia] Whee!
[indistinct playful shouting and chatter]
[Miran] Were you trying to leave me?
What?
The other night with Sofia.
You tried to leave.
It’s okay.
I understand, Ash.
I really messed up.
[zip line buzzing]
I’ve been under a lot of pressure lately.
I’m sorry.
Okay?
It won’t ever happen again.
I promise.
[Sofia] Again!
Together?
[Sofia] Yeah.
No, you’re too heavy. You can’t.
Of course we can.
[Miran laughing]
[Ashley] No.
[Sofia] Whee!
[quiet, uneasy music playing]
Ashley?
POLICE Hello.
We’re with Child Protection Services.
I’m Christoffer, and this is my colleague Birgitte.
And what is the police doing here?
It’s part of the procedure for these kinds of visits.
We’re here to talk about Sofia.
That must be you.
Hi, Sofia.
What do you mean, “Here for Sofia”?
Let’s talk about this inside, shall we?
What are you doing here?
Let’s all go inside and we can talk about it.
[uneasy music playing]
Come, sweetie.
You can have a seat over there.
Thanks.
Thanks. Okay.
Why don’t we let the grownups talk alone for a moment?
Sweetie, could you please go to your room?
Okay. Thanks.
[footsteps receding]
[Christoffer] Thank you.
[Birgitte] Thank you.
[chair scrapes]
[Christoffer clears throat]
Okay. As you probably already know, we received a report concerning Sofia.
While the matter is still under review, a provisional decision has been made which requires that we place Sofia elsewhere during the investigation.
What do you mean?
[Christoffer] We’ve been asked to take Sofia into our care today.
What the hell are you talking about?
[Christoffer] Sofia will be placed in temporary care starting today.
And you will be asked to attend a meeting–
Sofia is not going anywhere today.
What’s in the report?
We don’t have access to that information.
We’re just here to pick up Sofia in an orderly and civilized manner.
[Birgitte] We know it comes as a shock when we show up like this, but if we can just work together–
You’re not taking Sofia away, okay?
Feel free to tell your boss to come here himself if he wants to talk.
You’re not taking her.
[Miran] Wait.
What’s she doing?
What are you doing? Answer me.
We don’t want the situation to escalate.
Hey! Wait, don’t tell me you’re going to go get the police!
Hey! I’m talking to you!
[Miran] Ashley.
You’re not taking my daughter away, got it?
You need to let go of me.
Ashley, for your own sake–
You get the fuck out of my house right now! You got it?
[officer] Calm down, ma’am.
You’re not taking my daughter. Understand?
Whoa! Hey, hey! Take it easy!
You leave my daughter alone! Let me go!
Put me down! Get off me!
You need to calm down immediately.
[Miran] Calm down. Ashley!
Don’t take her! Please!
Sweetie!
[officer] Sofia, come here.
[Ashley] No! Sweetie, don’t go with them!
Calm down, ma’am.
Just doing our job. Take it easy.
Don’t go with them!
Get the fuck off of me!
Sofia. Sofia. Come here.
[Ashley] Sweetie, don’t go with them.
Everything’ll be all right.
Give me two seconds with my daughter.
[Birgitte] Sofia must come with us.
Everything’s fine.
Come here, sweetie.
Please don’t grab her like that!
Give me a moment.
[Ashley] Leave my daughter alone!
[Miran] Hey, take it easy.
Why are you doing this?
[Ashley] You get it? She’s my daughter!
Dad?
I’ll come for you!
Dad!
[Ashley] Leave me alone!
Hey!
[Ashley] Get off me!
Stay back.
[Ashley sobs] [Ashley wailing] No! No!
[Sofia] Dad!
Sofia!
[Ashley] No!
[dramatic music playing]
Sofia!
Sofia. I’ll come get you, I promise.
I’ll come get you. Okay?
Everything’s okay. You’ll be all right.
Dad will come get you.
Be strong. Everything is fine. Okay?
Everything’s fine, sweetie.
Please, two more minutes.
Everything’s gonna be all right, sweetie.
I love you.
[somber music playing]
[Ashley sobs]
[phone ringing]
Hi, Ash.
[Ashley] They took her. They took–
Wait, I can’t understand what you’re saying. Slow down.
They came out of nowhere and just took my kid. [sobbing]
[Ashley continues indistinctly]
When did this happen, Ashley?
[dramatic music builds]
[intriguing music playing]
THE ASSET
[Tea] Can we talk for a minute?
[Folke] Can it wait?
No.
Sofia’s been taken away?
[Folke] Yes.
This has something to do with us?
Yes.
We just sped up a process that was already underway.
What for?
To pressure him.
Uh… This is how PET works?
By traumatizing a child?
[Folke] This is a huge case we’re all working on.
Teamwork, Tea.
There’s always a child that’s involved.
Unfortunately, the child pays for the father’s crimes, no matter what happens.
That’s not what this is about.
And what is this about?
Is it related to your growing attachment to our target?
Miran is our target!
Not Sofia or Ashley!
As long as Ashley is part of his life and helping him, they’re both our targets.
You said it yourself that you were worried about Sofia.
Or have you forgotten?
Ashley is vulnerable right now.
[tense music playing]
Use that.
Be her friend and be there for her.
Your next step is to convince her to come talk to me.
Talk to PET?
Yes, it’s time for us to make our move.
[Tea] I refuse to be a part of this.
[dark music playing]
[baby crying in background]
What do you want me to make?
What about a flower?
[Sofia] Sure.
When can I come home, Mom?
Very soon, sweetie.
Right?
Yeah.
That’s a very nice drawing.
Is it the three of us?
Who is it, then?
Me, Mom, and Sara.
You, Mom, and Sara?
What about Dad? You’re not drawing him?
[Miran] It’s okay, sweetheart.
No, she should draw you too.
It’s fine.
You should, sweetie.
[Sofia] No.
[Ashley] No?
[Sofia] Mmmm.
[Ashley] Draw us as a family.
There’s plenty of room.
Put him there, next to Mommy.
[Sofia whines] Ashley.
You have space there. Draw your father.
No! I don’t want to!
It’s okay, Sofia.
Don’t do anything you don’t want to do.
[Ashley] Of course she shouldn’t do anything she doesn’t want to do.
Ashley.
We’re having fun drawing.
That’s all we’re doing.
[woman] I can see Sofia’s getting upset right now.
Even if you’re just having fun drawing, you can create a dynamic that Sofia has trouble handling.
Okay.
That’s why we’re here. To help.
Yeah. Um, Sofia is my daughter.
Mmhmm.
You met her… what, a minute ago?
[Miran] Ashley.
Isn’t it a bit strange that I have to sit here and listen to you talk about Sofia as if you knew her?
I don’t know Sofia.
Ashley.
But I know the types of family dynamics and signals from parents that some children can have a hard time dealing with.
[Ashley] Okay.
Take it easy, Ash.
Stop it.
[woman] We can talk after the session, or end everything right now.
I don’t know what we have to talk about.
I’m not going to pretend that everything is fine when we’re forced to sit in this shitty room to be able to see our daughter!
All right, I think we’re done for today.
[melancholy music playing]
Sorry.
I’m sorry, sweetie.
I’m sorry.
[somber music playing]
They took her because of your job.
You know that, right?
It has nothing to do with–
It has everything to do with that!
All our problems are because of what you do.
[angrily] You’re blaming me, whereas you freaked out with the counselor?
Huh? Because you can’t control your fucking temper?!
Is that it?!
That’s what I thought.
[pensive music playing]
[clattering]
[Ashley] What are you doing?
[Miran] Mind your own business.
[door opens]
[door closes]
[“Two Face” by Ilma playing]
♪ Keeping it simple, ain’t that deep ♪
♪Ain’t no way to stop it now ♪
♪ Yeah, what you sow is what you reap ♪
♪ I’m crossing boundaries in my sleep ♪
[woman] He’s like some type of fetishist.
[laughs] Ew!
[Ashley] Yeah, wait.
[woman] If you really wanna know, when we used to date, every time we fucked, he wanted to lick my feet and put my toes in his mouth.
Oh my God.
I swear it’s true.
For real?
I would freak out.
So fuckin’ weird!
What a creep!
Yeah! No way! What? Ew!
He was obsessed with my feet.
[friends laughing]
Can you come with me for a minute?
What for?
There’s a problem with your card.
Yeah. He was always looking at them too.
I can’t imagine.
No matter how nicely I was dressed, all he wanted was to see my feet.
No!
Literally. It was weird.
Wait here, please, one moment.
[Folke] Hi.
Hi.
My name is Folke.
You’re Ashley?
Yeah.
I’m with PET.
You don’t know me, but unfortunately, I know your husband.
And he has put the spotlight on both of you.
I’d like to talk about your options.
We could find a way to help each other out.
[scoffs]
That’s never gonna happen.
Okay.
You know her, right?
She’s your friend?
Sara.
Yeah.
So you’re aware that Miran has started using her?
An innocent jeweler… that he is using to forge his paperwork.
I have no idea what you’re talking about.
How many more lives does your husband get to ruin before it’s enough?
I heard your daughter was removed.
And the chances of you getting her back are slim.
But if we could just talk about this for a minute, we might find a solution.
Soon enough, we’ll… stop Miran and have a case against him.
It’s just a matter of time.
So if you decide to help us out with a little extra information, we might just be able to help you out too with Sofia’s case.
Why should I believe you?
Think very carefully, Ashley.
[threatening music playing] You’re complicit in Miran’s crimes.
And I can’t promise that you won’t go down with him.
I would have thought that all you wanted was to see Sofia again.
I’ll have my daughter back in a few days.
I wouldn’t be so sure if I were you.
Not as long as you’re covering for your husband.
I was in the middle of something…
If ever… you’re interested in talking, we could take a look at your options.
[paper rustles]
[somber music playing]
[music continues]
[knocking on door]
[Yasin] You can’t just disappear without letting us know.
Yasin, what do you want?
Let me guess. Folke sent you?
I know that Folke can sometimes be narrowminded.
But it doesn’t mean that he doesn’t care.
Same for me.
But you can’t just do stuff like this.
Have you had any contact with Ashley since you came here?
No. She sent me a thousand messages.
But I don’t know what to answer.
[sighs]
You’re really good, Tea.
I know it might feel like you’re taking advantage of her right now.
But we need to gather as much evidence against Miran as we possibly can.
I didn’t come here to pressure you.
Do what feels right.
But one thing’s for sure.
You’re not helping Ashley by stepping away.
[chair scraping]
[footsteps receding]
[door opens]
[door closes]
[“Party Girl” by Michelle Gurevich playing]
♪ It doesn’t matter what you create ♪
HEY. I’VE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY PHONE LATELY
♪ If you have no fun ♪
♪ Pretty girl
Put down your pen ♪
♪ Come over here ♪
♪ I’ll show you how it’s done ♪
[crowd cheering in background]
♪ I can dance
I can drink ♪
♪ In the dark, it’s all a trick ♪
♪ Across the room
Across the street ♪
♪ I’m in the moment ♪
♪ Can’t you see? ♪
♪ I’m a party girl ♪
♪ Do a twirl ♪
♪ See my eyes throw a glance ♪
♪ Can’t you see I’m a natural? ♪
[song stops]
[glass shatters]
[dance music playing loudly]
[glass tinkling]
[Ashley] You’re going overboard.
[Tea] No.
Yeah, you are. I can’t feel a thing now.
[Tea] Okay.
But we can still take care of it.
Gosh, you’re so sweet.
[Ashley] Thanks.
Don’t you think you should go home?
No, stop it.
[Tea] Where’s Miran?
He’s at work.
[Tea] Do you want me to sleep over?
[laughs] Yeah, sure, that sounds like fun!
Some other time though.
Not tonight.
Okay, come on. We’re leaving now.
[Ashley] No…
You’re a really good friend, I hope you know that.
No, I’m not.
I spent a lot of time caring for my mom when she was like this.
Come on.
[suspenseful music playing]
[phone ringing]
What is it?
[Niko] We’re ready.
Miran?
[Miran] Tell Erik we’re doing this now.
Just me and him.
[bag zips]
[tense music playing]
[ominous music builds]
[Erik] Open up your jacket.
[gun cocks] Show me you’re not carrying.
Satisfied?
The bag.
Mm.
[blow lands] [Erik groans]
[grunting and groaning]
[panting]
[Erik groans] What?
[groaning]
Huh? Stay the fuck away from my family!
[grunting]
[breathing heavily]
[foreboding music playing]
[coughing and gagging]
[groans]
Feeling any better?
Somewhat.
[Tea] You just need to sleep it off.
[Ashley groans]
I can help you to your room.
I’m really comfy here.
I’ll get you a blanket.
Something happened.
But you have to promise me that you’ll keep it a secret.
The only person I can tell is you.
[laughing]
But I’ll kill you if you tell anyone.
You know I won’t tell anyone.
Some police guy spoke to me.
It was someone from PET.
He wanted me to give him info about Miran.
He said it’s best if I collaborated for Sofia’s sake.
[quiet, tense music building]
But I can’t.
They probably don’t have shit on him.
If they did, they wouldn’t need me.
Not long ago, you told me you were thinking about leaving him.
Ash, this is your chance.
You can leave Miran and get Sofia back.
Mm… Yeah, well, the problem is that I used to help him out sometimes.
So if Miran goes down… they’ll probably take me down too, and then…
Then, there’s no one left to take care of Sofia.
[groans]
[Ashley moans lightly]
[Tea] Ash?
[suspenseful music playing]
[suspenseful music intensifies]
[sinister music playing]
[vehicle approaching]
[dog barking]
[muffled dance music playing]
[vehicle leaving]
INVOICE
[vehicle approaching]
[garage door opening]
[car door opens and closes]
[stressful music playing]
[door opens]
[door closes]
[footsteps approaching]
[footsteps receding]
[water running]
[door closes]
Hi.
Hey.
Hi.
Why are you here?
I was in the… bathroom.
What are you doing in my home?
Ashley had a little too much to drink.
I brought her home.
I didn’t think it was a good idea to leave her all alone like that.
Now you… You can take over and help her.
Hey.
Are you heading home?
Yeah.
[tense music playing]
Actually, I could also use some fresh air.
Do you mind if I come with you?
Sure.
See you.
[Ashley sighs]
There’s something I didn’t tell you.
Okay.
He knows about you.
What?
The police agent.
He knows that you helped Miran.
Fuck.
Yeah, fuck.
Still, you have to talk to him.
I can’t do that.
You have to.
Testifying against Miran will bring you down.
Don’t worry about me, I’ll be all right.
He’s telling the truth.
PET is building a major case against Miran. They have a lot on him.
Enough information to press charges.
And they will.
They’re still gathering evidence for now.
That’s why they approached you for you to be their key witness.
You have to give them Miran if you want Sofia back.
How do you know all this?
I work for PET.
You’re lying.
My name isn’t Sara. My name is Tea.
No.
Ashley, I really didn’t mean toNo.
It’s important you understand what I’m telling you.
I have to go.
Ash! No, wait!
Think about Sofia!
Stay away from me!
[dramatic music playing]
Ash, wait!
[on mic] Wait!
[dramatic music continues]
[music fades out]
