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Very good.
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This is an ungodly outrage!
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Oh, dear.
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No!
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This is lovely.
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Two evenings out in one week.
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Two?
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You're looking after Betty
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- tomorrow night, remember?
- Ah, yes.
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Your first time in sole charge. Nervous?
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No. I've got it all planned.
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We're going to watch a classic film.
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“Fantasia”?
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"A Thirst For Blood“ or maybe" The Mummy Rises.“
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Betty can choose.
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You looking forward to your wild night out?
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Can't wait.
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Yes, Nelson?
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Sorry, sir.
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St. Cyprian's Church, Midsomer Oaks.
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I'm afraid it looks like murder.
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You ducked out early, did you, Magnus?
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Luke.
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There's been an accident.
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Severe cranial trauma from the impact of the box.
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There are also two separate
penetrations in the neck
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from shards of Perspex.
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There was a flash and a bang before the box fell,
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but the audience thought it was part of the act.
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It looked like a terrible
accident, but it wasn't.
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This was done with explosives.
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What do we know about the victim?
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Hannah Altman, owned the village pub.
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Tonight was a church fundraiser,
and she was playing the piano.
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And the magician in the box?
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Gideon Latimer.
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He's a famous illusionist.
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This was one of his signature stunts.
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And why was this famous illusionist
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performing in a church in Midsomer Oaks?
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He owns Melmoth Hall, the big
house outside the village.
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So who was meant to die...
The magician or the publican?
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Well, they can't keep us here all night.
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You've already spoken to the police, Carole.
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Why don't you just go?
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What went wrong?
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I don't know.
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We've done that stunt a dozen times.
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You're Gideon's manager now.
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How could you let an accident like that happen?
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I'm sure it wasn't Theo's fault.
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D.C.I. Barnaby, Causton C.I.D.
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Sir, this is Gideon Latimer.
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Mr. Barnaby, my son has had a terrible shock,
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and he needs to go home.
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Not before I've spoken to him, Mrs. Latimer.
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But if you've given your
statement, you're free to leave.
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Luke! Please!
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It's all preprogrammed.
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Gideon's performance is timed
down to the last second.
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- Who rigged the equipment?
- Theo and I did this afternoon.
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And you did all your standard safety checks?
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Yes.
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The church was unlocked all afternoon
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while everything was being set up.
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Could anyone have had access
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to the rig after your final checks?
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It's possible.
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How many people knew that
the box would be revealed
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while Hannah Altman was playing?
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All of us.
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Anyone else involved in organizing the concert.
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And the vicar said he'd tell her,
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the pianist, so she wouldn't freak out.
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How well did you know Hannah Altman?
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Not at all.
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We hadn't met her before tonight.
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You never go to the local pub?
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We haven't lived in Midsomer Oaks for long.
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Gideon only bought Melmoth Hall a few months ago,
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and we've been touring.
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Luke...
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No, Luke!
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How did you get into the box?
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You can't expect me to answer that.
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Mr. Latimer, someone died here this evening.
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Where is he? Where's Gideon?!
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Sir, please.
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This is Luke Altman, Sergeant. Hannah's husband.
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I'm sorry for your loss.
Shall we go and talk somewhere?
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If anyone's dead because of his
stupid trick, it should be him!
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The trick didn't go wrong.
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The equipment was sabotaged.
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This is murder.
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Someone tried to kill me?
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A judgment from God.
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On you... for polluting his house.
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God works in mysterious ways, Andrew.
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But are you really suggesting
this tragedy is his doing?
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This village has a dark present...
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and an even darker past.
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If the battle to bring it into the light
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requires violence and suffering...
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then so be it.
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I'm sorry.
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But I can't carry on working with someone
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who worships such a petty, vindictive,
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unimaginative God such as yours.
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I'm sure there are parishes
crying out for your...
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rigorous brand of Christianity,
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but it has no place in Midsomer Oaks.
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I'll speak to the bishop.
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I think he'll be more interested
in what I've got to say.
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Will he? Will he really?
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Trouble?
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No, no, no.
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Bluster, that's all.
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If you're a newcomer to Midsomer Oaks,
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why do you think someone here
would want to kill you?
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Gideon has hordes of fans, Sergeant Nelson,
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but there are the haters, too.
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Some of them are quite poisonous.
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Obsessives, lunatics who claim
Gideon stole their tricks,
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religious fanatics... you name it.
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They post things online all the time.
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Anything specific since you came to the village?
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Actually, there was a letter.
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It said Melmoth Hall was cursed.
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Threatened Gideon with hellfire and damnation
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if he didn't abandon it and move far away.
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You didn't tell me about that.
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Dealing with hate mail is my job.
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Do you still have the letter?
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It went into the shredder,
like all the other rubbish.
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The fact that you've been targeted
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by someone who knows where
you live is cause for concern.
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Tell me everything you can
remember about that letter.
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Hannah was playing a solo at the concert tonight.
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Was that a big deal for her?
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- Was she nervous?
- A little, maybe.
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But she was used to playing in the pub.
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I'm wondering why you didn't
come along to listen to her.
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One of us had to stay and look after the place.
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Will we find anyone prepared to verify
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that you were behind the bar all evening?
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Magda was there. She helps us out sometimes.
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I was down in the cellar for a bit.
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We had a problem with one of the barrels.
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How long is "a bit"?
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Uh, 5, maybe 10 minutes.
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Hannah was quite young to be
a pub landlady, wasn't she?
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She inherited The Green Man when her dad died.
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I think she struggled at first, but...
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she was determined to make it work.
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Hannah was the one good thing
that's ever happened to me.
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I want to walk back. I need some air.
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I'll come with you.
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Someone needs to go in the car,
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since my mother has bothered to wait.
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I'd like some time alone with my wife,
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if that's okay with you, Theo?
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- She'll be cross now.
- No, she won't.
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Not with you, with me.
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I'd never have allowed you to buy Melmoth Hall
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if I'd known she'd be moving in with us.
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What was wrong with her old house?
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It's not as if she'd have been that far away.
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She was lonely. We're hardly short of space.
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I know you owe her a lot, but she's everywhere.
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She's my mother.
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What do you want me to do, throw her out?
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And I'm your wife, but it takes a murder
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to get us 10 minutes alone together!
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She's just feeling a little
redundant since Theo took over.
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Be kind, Annabel.
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It'll get easier.
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You really think someone was trying to kill you?
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It's the most likely explanation, isn't it?
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Maybe we should go away
for a while, just in case.
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Why?
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Because if someone is trying to kill you...
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It'll be okay, darling, I promise.
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There were many people in the village who, um,
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strongly objected t-t-to...
To the presence of an enter...
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Mr. Barnaby, how is Luke?
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As you might expect.
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Reverend Soane was just telling me
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that Luke was supposed to be here tonight,
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singing with a local band, but he didn't turn up.
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Yes, he must be feeling dreadful about that.
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Were Luke and Hannah regular churchgoers?
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No.
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But they were very community spirited.
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Hannah played the piano with us and so on.
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I understand you had some people walk out
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during the concert as soon as Gideon appeared.
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Yes.
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My curate, Andrew Maplin,
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among others, and one of the churchwardens...
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Ailsa Probert.
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Andrew strongly disapproves of magic.
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He believes it encourages people
to meddle in the dark arts.
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Where does he stand on turning water into wine?
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Please don't ask him,
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unless you're in the mood for
a long and rancorous debate.
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The concert was in aid of
the church restoration fund?
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Yes.
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We need vital building work done,
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and the diocese won't give us a penny.
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And if we don't raise the money
in the next couple of weeks,
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it will be the end for St. Cyprian's.
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So he's crouched down at the bottom,
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there's a trick of light, the glass goes black,
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the trapdoor opens, he pops up,
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and suddenly, there he is in the box.
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The modern equivalent of smoke and mirrors?
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- I'm heading back to the lab.
- Thanks, Kate.
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Nelson was just explaining
to me how Gideon's stunt works.
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I had to threaten to arrest
them all before they'd tell me.
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They probably guessed that
you had an ulterior motive.
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Nelson had one of those
magic sets when he was a kid.
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I think he cherished hopes
of turning professional.
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The Magic Circle's loss is C.I.D.'s gain.
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- I was pretty good, actually.
- We'll take your word for it.
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Good night, Kate.
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They're taking the cabling back to the lab,
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but preliminary tests for nitroglycerin
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have come up positive.
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And we've found fragments of what looks like
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possible bomb casing.
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No traces of a timing device, though.
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That suggests it was activated by remote control.
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Which means our killer wasn't necessarily
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in the church at the time.
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Gideon and Annabel Latimer
and Theo Bainbridge still had,
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by far, the best knowledge and opportunity,
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but they say they'd never met
Hannah before tonight.
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Do what you can to see if that's true.
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If Gideon was the target,
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then Theo and Annabel are prime suspects.
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But I can't help thinking that neither of them
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would have made a mistake.
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If they'd meant to kill Gideon, he'd be dead.
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But he's not, and Hannah Altman is.
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Gideon?
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♪ Joy of heaven to Earth come down ♪
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♪ Fix in us... ♪
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That must be Andrew Maplin
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standing next to the vicar.
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He's been busy posting
comments on Gideon's website.
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Real fire-and-brimstone stuff.
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We'll talk to him
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when he's finished singing about love and mercy.
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Let's go and find out why
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Luke Altman lied about the concert.
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♪ Pure unbounded love thou art ♪
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Only me.
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I'll do that.
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It's no bother. It's all Gideon's stuff.
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Carole, just leave it.
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Did Gideon sleep well?
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00:19:31,140 --> 00:19:32,440
Yes.
263
00:19:33,980 --> 00:19:38,780
He's... not as robust as he appears.
264
00:19:38,900 --> 00:19:41,910
You need to look after him.
265
00:19:45,780 --> 00:19:49,040
“Be kind, Annabel.
266
00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:51,840
It'll get easier.“
267
00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:55,290
Did your wife make a will?
268
00:19:57,710 --> 00:19:59,470
Not that I know of, no.
269
00:19:59,590 --> 00:20:01,640
So you'll inherit the pub?
270
00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:02,980
A fat lot of good it'll do me.
271
00:20:03,090 --> 00:20:05,850
I mean, this place is mortgaged to the hilt.
272
00:20:05,970 --> 00:20:07,600
Hannah did her best to make it work,
273
00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:10,350
but it's a... money pit.
274
00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:14,950
Last night, you said you'd never
planned to attend the concert.
275
00:20:15,060 --> 00:20:17,490
Would you like to reconsider that statement?
276
00:20:17,610 --> 00:20:19,530
Well...
277
00:20:20,740 --> 00:20:22,780
I was supposed to be there, yeah.
278
00:20:22,900 --> 00:20:27,030
There's a local band.
I sing with them sometimes.
279
00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:29,540
What made you change your mind?
280
00:20:33,870 --> 00:20:38,250
Hannah and me were having a few... problems.
281
00:20:38,380 --> 00:20:43,930
And yesterday afternoon, we had a bit of a row.
282
00:20:44,050 --> 00:20:47,680
But it was nothing serious.
283
00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:50,060
We'd have worked it out.
284
00:20:50,180 --> 00:20:52,110
Why didn't you tell me this last night?
285
00:20:52,230 --> 00:20:55,070
I would have done, but once
you said it was murder...
286
00:20:55,190 --> 00:20:58,690
What was the argument about?
287
00:20:58,820 --> 00:21:04,120
It was... nothing to do with any of this.
288
00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:06,210
But something must have
triggered the row yesterday,
289
00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:07,750
something specific.
290
00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:13,290
What was it, Luke?
291
00:21:14,250 --> 00:21:15,750
She had a fling.
292
00:21:15,870 --> 00:21:17,550
Who with?
293
00:21:17,670 --> 00:21:20,640
A guy called Rhodri Probert.
294
00:21:20,750 --> 00:21:23,380
His wife used to be Hannah's friend.
295
00:21:24,420 --> 00:21:26,850
You were angry with her, presumably?
296
00:21:26,970 --> 00:21:29,140
Of course I was, yeah.
297
00:21:29,260 --> 00:21:33,230
But that doesn't mean I killed her.
298
00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:41,450
Are you here about Hannah?
299
00:21:41,570 --> 00:21:43,990
Detective Sergeant Nelson, Causton C.I.D.
300
00:21:44,110 --> 00:21:46,160
This is D.C.I. Barnaby.
301
00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:48,750
- You are?
- Ailsa Probert.
302
00:21:48,870 --> 00:21:52,420
I understand you joined the walkout last night?
303
00:21:52,540 --> 00:21:54,760
Yes. Fakery has no place in God's house.
304
00:21:54,870 --> 00:21:58,050
But I wanted to go back
and speak to Hannah afterwards,
305
00:21:58,170 --> 00:22:00,460
make sure she knew that it wasn't aimed at her.
306
00:22:00,590 --> 00:22:01,840
You were friends?
307
00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:04,310
We hadn't seen much of each other lately
308
00:22:04,420 --> 00:22:06,420
because I'm busy with
the children and the church.
309
00:22:06,550 --> 00:22:08,350
We'd like a word with your husband, actually.
310
00:22:08,470 --> 00:22:09,340
Is he with you?
311
00:22:09,470 --> 00:22:12,890
He's at work, the florist, On the Green.
312
00:22:13,010 --> 00:22:14,810
Why do you need to speak to him?
313
00:22:14,930 --> 00:22:16,690
We told your officers everything last night.
314
00:22:17,690 --> 00:22:19,480
Just routine.
315
00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:21,900
Thank you, Mrs. Probert.
316
00:22:23,020 --> 00:22:25,450
Harry, Flora, come on.
317
00:22:26,490 --> 00:22:28,830
The search team's at the pub now.
318
00:22:28,950 --> 00:22:30,790
Shall I go back over?
319
00:22:30,910 --> 00:22:34,630
After we've talked to the curate.
320
00:22:34,740 --> 00:22:39,220
Andrew, we should talk
before you do anything rash.
321
00:22:39,330 --> 00:22:42,430
I'm afraid I have nothing left
to say to you, Lorna.
322
00:22:42,540 --> 00:22:44,720
But I have plenty to tell Magnus.
323
00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:49,560
I'm sure you do. He is your vicar, after all.
324
00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:52,150
For a little while longer.
325
00:22:56,390 --> 00:23:01,150
Andrew Maplin? Might we have a word, please?
326
00:23:01,270 --> 00:23:04,530
I object to the use of so-called magic anywhere,
327
00:23:04,650 --> 00:23:06,870
and in a church, it's an abomination.
328
00:23:06,990 --> 00:23:09,860
Gideon's an illusionist. It's not real magic.
329
00:23:09,990 --> 00:23:12,210
You and I know that, Sergeant,
but there are plenty
330
00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:15,170
of gullible people out there who think otherwise.
331
00:23:15,290 --> 00:23:19,170
Even the pretence of sorcery
is dangerous, as well as wrong.
332
00:23:19,290 --> 00:23:21,130
If you think that, why not simply boycott
333
00:23:21,250 --> 00:23:23,470
the performance altogether
instead of walking out?
334
00:23:23,590 --> 00:23:25,630
That would have been cowardly.
335
00:23:25,750 --> 00:23:29,260
And less dramatic.
336
00:23:29,380 --> 00:23:32,010
And you're rather fond of drama, aren't you?
337
00:23:32,140 --> 00:23:33,930
I'm thinking of the message
338
00:23:34,050 --> 00:23:36,180
you posted on Gideon Latimer's website
339
00:23:36,310 --> 00:23:38,980
accusing him of being the son of the devil.
340
00:23:39,100 --> 00:23:41,600
I was quoting the Bible, Inspector.
341
00:23:41,730 --> 00:23:44,980
Was it you who wrote the letter
threatening Gideon
342
00:23:45,110 --> 00:23:47,780
with hellfire if he remained at Melmoth Hall?
343
00:23:47,900 --> 00:23:51,000
I'm not sure those were my
precise words, but I urged him
344
00:23:51,110 --> 00:23:53,830
to leave that house of sin and darkness, yes.
345
00:23:55,830 --> 00:23:57,790
You feel very strongly about this, don't you?
346
00:23:57,910 --> 00:23:59,330
Indeed.
347
00:23:59,450 --> 00:24:03,460
Strongly enough to attempt
to bring Gideon down in public?
348
00:24:03,580 --> 00:24:05,510
What are you suggesting?
349
00:24:05,630 --> 00:24:08,350
That someone made sure the stunt went wrong,
350
00:24:08,460 --> 00:24:13,260
possibly intending to humiliate or harm Gideon.
351
00:24:13,390 --> 00:24:16,390
But not necessarily intending to kill anyone.
352
00:24:16,510 --> 00:24:18,690
That's an outrageous accusation!
353
00:24:18,810 --> 00:24:21,280
Even though, “A man that is a wizard
354
00:24:21,390 --> 00:24:23,570
shall surely be put to death"?
355
00:24:23,690 --> 00:24:26,320
I was referring to spiritual death.
356
00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:28,320
Evil didn't arrive in Midsomer Oaks
357
00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:30,320
with Gideon Latimer, Inspector.
358
00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:35,120
He made himself heir
to a very old and dark legacy.
359
00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:40,620
It's my job to root it out,
and that's what I intend to do.
360
00:24:43,670 --> 00:24:45,290
An affair with Hannah?
361
00:24:45,420 --> 00:24:47,040
Where did you get that idea?
362
00:24:47,170 --> 00:24:48,720
From her husband.
363
00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:55,800
Look, Luke's always been a bit paranoid.
364
00:24:55,930 --> 00:25:00,900
I heard him and Hannah were having a rough patch.
365
00:25:01,020 --> 00:25:02,890
But there was nothing between us.
366
00:25:03,020 --> 00:25:05,240
Are you sure about that, Mr. Probert?
367
00:25:05,350 --> 00:25:08,030
This is a murder investigation.
368
00:25:10,570 --> 00:25:13,660
Look... it was a one-off thing.
369
00:25:13,780 --> 00:25:15,910
You know how it is.
370
00:25:16,030 --> 00:25:17,370
A one-off?
371
00:25:17,490 --> 00:25:20,080
Okay, a few times, then.
372
00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:21,750
And this was when?
373
00:25:21,870 --> 00:25:24,500
A couple of months ago. It was a bit of fun.
374
00:25:24,620 --> 00:25:28,130
Like I said, Luke and Hannah
were having difficulties,
375
00:25:28,250 --> 00:25:30,850
and Ailsa had just found God.
376
00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:32,510
Seemed to prefer him to me.
377
00:25:32,630 --> 00:25:36,430
Whose decision was it to end the relationship?
378
00:25:36,550 --> 00:25:39,600
It was mutual. No hard feelings.
379
00:25:40,930 --> 00:25:43,850
I assume your wife knows nothing
about any of this?
380
00:25:45,140 --> 00:25:46,990
No.
381
00:25:47,100 --> 00:25:49,570
You won't tell her, will you?
382
00:25:49,690 --> 00:25:51,660
And he left the parish when?
383
00:25:54,070 --> 00:25:57,040
Okay, thank you.
384
00:25:57,160 --> 00:26:00,080
Sir?
385
00:26:08,330 --> 00:26:09,710
Um, would you...
386
00:26:11,210 --> 00:26:12,210
No, thank you.
387
00:26:13,550 --> 00:26:16,390
What did you say about me to that detective?
388
00:26:16,510 --> 00:26:18,100
Nothing but the truth.
389
00:26:18,220 --> 00:26:20,560
That you strongly objected
390
00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:23,020
to Gideon's participation in the concert.
391
00:26:23,140 --> 00:26:26,390
Before you try to cast blame on others,
392
00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:28,690
perhaps you should look closer to home.
393
00:26:31,820 --> 00:26:33,610
What on earth are you talking about?
394
00:26:33,730 --> 00:26:37,410
I've suspected for a long time.
395
00:26:37,530 --> 00:26:40,330
And now I have proof.
396
00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,170
You said business was struggling.
397
00:26:47,290 --> 00:26:48,790
That's what Hannah told me.
398
00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:51,010
So where did this come from?
399
00:26:53,550 --> 00:26:56,050
I don't know.
400
00:27:10,020 --> 00:27:12,740
Thank you.
401
00:27:19,360 --> 00:27:20,960
Hi, sweetheart.
402
00:27:22,530 --> 00:27:24,530
Everything all right?
403
00:27:24,660 --> 00:27:27,130
- Where's the kids?
- Playing next door.
404
00:27:29,410 --> 00:27:30,920
What did the police ask you?
405
00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:33,090
They wanted to know if we supplied flowers
406
00:27:33,210 --> 00:27:35,180
for the church last night.
407
00:27:35,300 --> 00:27:37,550
Nothing about Hannah?
408
00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:41,590
How well I knew her, that kind of thing.
409
00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:44,690
And did you tell them?
410
00:27:46,930 --> 00:27:48,930
£20,000.
411
00:27:49,060 --> 00:27:51,480
Luke claimed he had no idea where it came from.
412
00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:53,570
He was right about one thing, though.
413
00:27:53,690 --> 00:27:55,990
The pub is in dire straits.
414
00:27:56,110 --> 00:27:57,830
The mortgage is massively in arrears,
415
00:27:57,940 --> 00:27:59,740
and the bank is threatening to repossess.
416
00:27:59,860 --> 00:28:01,410
Find out if there are any rumors
417
00:28:01,530 --> 00:28:03,410
of dodgy dealings at The Green Man.
418
00:28:03,530 --> 00:28:05,200
Drugs, you mean?
419
00:28:05,330 --> 00:28:07,500
Or stolen goods.
420
00:28:07,620 --> 00:28:10,040
One other thing. We found Hannah's passport,
421
00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:11,840
but Luke said he doesn't have one.
422
00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:13,670
I've just checked, and he never has.
423
00:28:13,790 --> 00:28:16,170
Could be he just never fancied going abroad.
424
00:28:16,290 --> 00:28:19,340
On the other hand, you should
do a full identity check.
425
00:28:19,460 --> 00:28:20,840
I've already set the ball rolling.
426
00:28:20,970 --> 00:28:22,560
Good.
427
00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:24,470
Rhodri Probert
428
00:28:24,590 --> 00:28:26,970
says that his relationship
with Hannah was long over,
429
00:28:27,100 --> 00:28:28,770
but we only have his word for that.
430
00:28:28,890 --> 00:28:32,020
Nor can we be sure that his wife
didn't know about it.
431
00:28:33,060 --> 00:28:34,360
Anything else?
432
00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:39,160
Andrew Maplin has worked in four
parishes in the last five years.
433
00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:40,650
Seems like a lot.
434
00:28:40,780 --> 00:28:42,400
I can't say I'm surprised.
435
00:28:42,530 --> 00:28:45,080
But he's not mad, and he's not stupid.
436
00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:47,170
When he says there's an ancient evil
437
00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:50,830
at work in Midsomer Oaks,
he means something specific.
438
00:28:50,950 --> 00:28:53,130
But what?
439
00:28:55,670 --> 00:28:58,340
I asked you to think of something...
440
00:28:58,460 --> 00:29:00,050
something...
441
00:29:05,090 --> 00:29:07,520
It's perfectly simple...
442
00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:09,510
I asked you to think of something...
443
00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:12,230
Gideon?
444
00:29:13,180 --> 00:29:15,440
The curate's on the front lawn, praying.
445
00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:19,190
He seems to be performing some sort of exorcism.
446
00:29:22,150 --> 00:29:25,080
Don't worry. I'll come and sort him out.
447
00:29:28,530 --> 00:29:31,000
Drive the spirits of evil out of
this house of shadow and pain...
448
00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:34,620
You're on private property. You need to leave.
449
00:29:34,750 --> 00:29:36,470
I'm calling the police.
450
00:29:36,580 --> 00:29:39,710
Give me the strength to carry
out your work here today.
451
00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:43,970
- Grant us the strength...
- Reverend Maplin, isn't it?
452
00:29:44,090 --> 00:29:47,720
How kind of you to call.
Has anyone offered you tea?
453
00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:52,220
Surely, even you must realize
the time for mockery is past?
454
00:29:52,350 --> 00:29:55,230
You didn't heed my warnings,
and now a woman is dead.
455
00:29:55,350 --> 00:29:56,480
What a wicked thing to say!
456
00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:58,350
I'm just being honest, Mrs. Latimer.
457
00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:01,530
Others may stand by and watch
while your son pollutes
458
00:30:01,650 --> 00:30:05,700
this village by invoking
its foul past, but I will not.
459
00:30:05,820 --> 00:30:08,620
May I ask how you propose to stop me?
460
00:30:08,740 --> 00:30:11,840
By exposing your purpose
in coming to Midsomer Oaks
461
00:30:11,950 --> 00:30:14,960
and showing the world what you really are.
462
00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:17,830
All of you.
463
00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:21,050
“Murderers, fornicators, sorcerers,
464
00:30:21,170 --> 00:30:23,470
idolaters, and all liars
465
00:30:23,590 --> 00:30:26,010
shall have their lot in the lake...
466
00:30:26,130 --> 00:30:29,850
which burns with fire and sulfur...
467
00:30:29,970 --> 00:30:32,470
which is the second death.“
468
00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:35,520
You're insane.
469
00:30:54,910 --> 00:30:56,910
Go in peace.
470
00:30:57,040 --> 00:31:01,420
You may have turned your back
on God, Gideon Latimer...
471
00:31:01,540 --> 00:31:04,920
but you will not escape the fury of his wrath.
472
00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:19,360
It's okay.
473
00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:22,070
Come on. Come on.
474
00:31:24,150 --> 00:31:26,530
I'm not too sure what your problem is.
475
00:31:26,650 --> 00:31:29,660
Go on. Go.
476
00:31:31,570 --> 00:31:33,700
Silence, child!
477
00:31:35,580 --> 00:31:37,200
It's your father who's to blame.
478
00:31:37,330 --> 00:31:39,670
So, how did you get on?
479
00:31:39,790 --> 00:31:43,340
Betty finished her bottle,
and Sykes enjoyed his bone.
480
00:31:43,460 --> 00:31:45,680
Or was it the other way 'round?
481
00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:47,800
- How was your evening?
- Splendid.
482
00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:50,050
Three hours of drink and debauchery.
483
00:31:50,170 --> 00:31:53,140
I'd expect nothing less
from the quarterly meeting
484
00:31:53,260 --> 00:31:54,850
of the Midsomer Historical Society.
485
00:31:54,970 --> 00:31:56,470
It was very interesting, actually.
486
00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:57,890
A local historian gave a talk.
487
00:31:58,020 --> 00:31:59,730
Fascinating.
488
00:31:59,850 --> 00:32:01,480
Don't mock.
489
00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:03,280
Some of the grislier episodes in the past
490
00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:05,360
make your schlocky, old horror movies look tame!
491
00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:07,480
Don't say any more.
492
00:32:07,610 --> 00:32:10,240
Sykes has already spent half
the evening behind the sofa.
493
00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:12,910
Aw. That's not 'cause
you're scared, is it, Sykesie?
494
00:32:13,030 --> 00:32:14,870
He just prefers rom-coms.
495
00:33:17,970 --> 00:33:20,600
I'm here.
496
00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:23,350
Where are you?
497
00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:14,190
- Here.
- Oh, thanks.
498
00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:16,540
- Yeah.
- Do you want to see a trick?
499
00:34:16,650 --> 00:34:19,450
Is it too much to ask to just
have my coffee in peace?
500
00:34:19,570 --> 00:34:20,750
No, no, no. Come on, watch.
501
00:34:20,870 --> 00:34:24,590
I'm gonna make a coin
pass through a pack of cards
502
00:34:24,700 --> 00:34:27,460
and drop into that glass.
503
00:34:27,580 --> 00:34:29,680
Behold, a shiny coin.
504
00:34:29,790 --> 00:34:33,550
Watch it pass through a solid pack of cards.
505
00:34:33,670 --> 00:34:37,600
One, two, three.
506
00:34:40,850 --> 00:34:43,350
There are two coins. One is in your hand,
507
00:34:43,470 --> 00:34:45,220
the other was concealed under the deck of cards
508
00:34:45,350 --> 00:34:46,820
from the start.
509
00:34:49,020 --> 00:34:51,610
Spoilsport.
510
00:34:53,730 --> 00:34:55,580
Sir?
511
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:11,470
Andrew Maplin, curate of this parish.
512
00:35:11,580 --> 00:35:13,510
He was wearing this when he was found.
513
00:35:13,630 --> 00:35:15,050
It's made out of oak leaves.
514
00:35:15,170 --> 00:35:16,890
Looks a bit like a ceremonial mask.
515
00:35:17,010 --> 00:35:21,010
Perhaps some kind of sacrifice?
516
00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:23,810
Ashes are cold.
517
00:35:23,930 --> 00:35:26,560
So that fire wasn't lit last night.
518
00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:31,310
It looks as if he fell over here...
519
00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:34,610
and was dragged to the big stone in the middle.
520
00:35:34,730 --> 00:35:37,740
There was a clunky, old mobile phone found here.
521
00:35:37,860 --> 00:35:40,490
It's being dusted for prints
now, then you can take a look.
522
00:35:40,610 --> 00:35:42,460
Chances are, it was the victim's.
523
00:35:42,570 --> 00:35:43,750
Because we wouldn't be lucky enough
524
00:35:43,870 --> 00:35:45,830
to find the murderer's phone at the scene?
525
00:35:45,950 --> 00:35:47,830
- Exactly.
- All this swaddling
526
00:35:47,950 --> 00:35:50,800
is gonna to make it tricky
to pin down time of death.
527
00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:53,290
I'd like to take him back to
the table as soon as possible.
528
00:35:53,420 --> 00:35:56,300
Fine. It'd be good to know
what we're dealing with here.
529
00:35:56,420 --> 00:35:58,090
Nelson, come and look at this.
530
00:36:00,130 --> 00:36:02,680
Let's get him back to the lab.
531
00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:11,520
"Sir Hugo Melmoth.
532
00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:15,490
Born 23rd of January, 1758.
533
00:36:15,610 --> 00:36:18,830
Died June 23, 1802.
534
00:36:18,940 --> 00:36:21,660
E Flammis Vito."
535
00:36:21,780 --> 00:36:25,030
"Vita" is life, isn't it? In Italian, anyway.
536
00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:27,160
“Out of the flames comes life.“
537
00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:32,460
And yet this place feels full of death.
538
00:36:35,420 --> 00:36:38,090
Do you always follow the same route when you run?
539
00:36:38,210 --> 00:36:41,810
No, but I've been that way a few times.
540
00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:44,300
Had you ever met Andrew Maplin?
541
00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:49,060
He came here yesterday evening.
542
00:36:49,180 --> 00:36:52,480
- What did he want?
- An audience he could rant at.
543
00:37:02,530 --> 00:37:04,330
After Andrew Maplin left,
544
00:37:04,450 --> 00:37:07,080
what did you do for the rest of the evening?
545
00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:11,630
We had supper, cleared up. Nothing special.
546
00:37:11,750 --> 00:37:14,250
You were all here the whole evening,
547
00:37:14,370 --> 00:37:16,920
the two of you, Mr. Latimer's
mother, Mr. Bainbridge?
548
00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:18,420
Yes.
549
00:37:18,540 --> 00:37:21,140
We all went to bed quite early.
550
00:37:21,260 --> 00:37:24,510
We were a bit shaken by that
scene on the lawn, to be honest.
551
00:37:24,630 --> 00:37:26,850
The mask on the body.
552
00:37:26,970 --> 00:37:28,850
Had you ever seen anything like that before?
553
00:37:28,970 --> 00:37:30,310
No.
554
00:37:30,430 --> 00:37:31,650
Mr. Latimer?
555
00:37:31,770 --> 00:37:34,020
I didn't see it, obviously,
556
00:37:34,140 --> 00:37:36,900
but, no, Annabel's description
didn't ring any bells.
557
00:37:37,020 --> 00:37:39,900
You didn't go and look
after your wife came back here?
558
00:37:40,020 --> 00:37:42,120
Of course not.
559
00:37:42,230 --> 00:37:44,080
Annabel needed me.
560
00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:45,790
What's happening?
561
00:37:45,910 --> 00:37:49,410
The track to the temple's lined with police cars.
562
00:37:49,530 --> 00:37:50,960
The curate's dead.
563
00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:53,550
The one who came to the house last night.
564
00:37:53,660 --> 00:37:54,790
Murdered?
565
00:37:54,910 --> 00:37:58,640
Your daughter-in-law found his body.
566
00:37:58,750 --> 00:38:00,630
On the altar stone.
567
00:38:00,750 --> 00:38:03,260
Oh, no! You poor girl!
568
00:38:04,420 --> 00:38:08,020
Tell me about the site.
You called it "the temple"?
569
00:38:08,140 --> 00:38:11,510
The pagan temple.
That's what the locals call it.
570
00:38:11,640 --> 00:38:15,110
There are all sorts of stories
about what used to go on there.
571
00:38:15,230 --> 00:38:17,850
I saw Sir Hugo Melmoth's gravestone.
572
00:38:17,980 --> 00:38:20,280
I take it Melmoth Hall once belonged to him?
573
00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:22,870
Yes, he was the last of the family, I believe.
574
00:38:22,980 --> 00:38:25,110
Darling, this doesn't mean
575
00:38:25,240 --> 00:38:27,490
we're going to have to cancel tonight, does it?
576
00:38:27,610 --> 00:38:29,580
- Why should it?
- Tonight?
577
00:38:29,700 --> 00:38:32,250
Another fundraiser for St. Cyprian's.
578
00:38:32,370 --> 00:38:34,290
No big stunts, promise.
579
00:38:34,410 --> 00:38:36,160
Just a few card tricks
580
00:38:36,290 --> 00:38:38,340
and a bit of mind reading in the drawing room.
581
00:38:38,460 --> 00:38:41,210
People have paid a fortune
for the chance to meet Gideon.
582
00:38:41,340 --> 00:38:42,680
We can't let them down.
583
00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:45,640
As long as no one goes near the temple.
584
00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:47,720
I'll send along a couple of uniform officers
585
00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:49,970
to keep an eye on things here.
586
00:38:50,090 --> 00:38:52,100
There's really no need.
587
00:38:52,220 --> 00:38:54,390
It's for your own safety, Mr. Latimer.
588
00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:56,190
Thank you, Mr. Barnaby.
589
00:39:02,190 --> 00:39:03,940
It's good of you to do so much for the church,
590
00:39:04,070 --> 00:39:06,440
given that you're new to Midsomer Oaks.
591
00:39:06,570 --> 00:39:10,370
I grew up not far from here... Midsomer Mere.
592
00:39:10,490 --> 00:39:13,870
My mother's keen for us to
get involved in the community.
593
00:39:13,990 --> 00:39:16,170
And Lorna Soane can be very persuasive.
594
00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:21,000
I wonder, are there any books
595
00:39:21,130 --> 00:39:23,380
about the temple in the library here?
596
00:39:23,500 --> 00:39:24,720
There isn't a library.
597
00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:26,130
The last owner sold off the books
598
00:39:26,260 --> 00:39:29,130
and converted the room into a home cinema.
599
00:39:29,260 --> 00:39:32,930
Luckily, I'm not really interested in the past.
600
00:39:39,060 --> 00:39:40,810
I've been looking for information on this place.
601
00:39:40,940 --> 00:39:44,190
There's the usual stuff about architecture.
602
00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:46,490
Any mention of a pagan temple?
603
00:39:46,610 --> 00:39:48,030
Not so far.
604
00:39:48,150 --> 00:39:50,660
Andrew Maplin visited here last night,
605
00:39:50,780 --> 00:39:53,700
to warn Gideon Latimer to mend his evil ways.
606
00:39:53,820 --> 00:39:55,750
He left around 8:30, allegedly.
607
00:39:55,870 --> 00:40:00,470
He received a call at 9:23, made
from an unidentified mobile.
608
00:40:00,580 --> 00:40:01,550
We're trying to trace it,
609
00:40:01,670 --> 00:40:03,590
but I'm pretty sure it'll
turn out to be a prepaid job.
610
00:40:03,710 --> 00:40:05,340
Anything else of interest?
611
00:40:05,460 --> 00:40:07,300
Andrew called the bishop
612
00:40:07,420 --> 00:40:09,470
at 2:00 yesterday to ask for a meeting.
613
00:40:09,590 --> 00:40:11,180
He insisted it had to be today,
614
00:40:11,300 --> 00:40:13,520
but he wouldn't say what it was about.
615
00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:18,560
Get a couple of P.C.s up here tonight, will you?
616
00:40:28,070 --> 00:40:30,320
No one could accuse Andrew Maplin
617
00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:31,790
of living in luxury.
618
00:40:31,900 --> 00:40:36,630
Andrew was no hypocrite, whatever his faults.
619
00:40:36,740 --> 00:40:37,990
There.
620
00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:41,170
Did you know he was seeing
the bishop this morning?
621
00:40:41,290 --> 00:40:44,090
No. But he told me yesterday
622
00:40:44,210 --> 00:40:47,550
he was going to demand a meeting
as a matter of urgency.
623
00:40:47,670 --> 00:40:49,140
What about?
624
00:40:49,250 --> 00:40:53,980
My many deficiencies, personal and professional.
625
00:40:54,090 --> 00:40:57,810
Most of them alcohol-related.
626
00:40:57,930 --> 00:41:00,480
You know where his body was found?
627
00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:03,730
Yes. Everyone in the village
knew by 8:00 this morning.
628
00:41:03,850 --> 00:41:05,650
No one at Melmoth Hall could
tell me much about the site,
629
00:41:05,770 --> 00:41:08,900
except that it was called "the pagan temple."
630
00:41:09,020 --> 00:41:12,620
It was built in the 18th century
by Sir Hugo Melmoth,
631
00:41:12,740 --> 00:41:15,160
though Midsomer Oaks is believed to have been
632
00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:17,410
a center for pre-Christian worship.
633
00:41:17,530 --> 00:41:19,580
Sir Hugo was very interested
634
00:41:19,700 --> 00:41:22,630
in what he called “the old ways."
635
00:41:22,750 --> 00:41:26,250
Pagan rituals, you mean?
Did they still exist in his day?
636
00:41:26,380 --> 00:41:28,840
If they didn't, he probably invented them.
637
00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:32,390
Are there pagans active in Midsomer Oaks now?
638
00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:36,800
I understand they still mark
the seasonal festivals
639
00:41:36,930 --> 00:41:39,060
in a purely symbolic way.
640
00:41:39,180 --> 00:41:40,810
Do you participate?
641
00:41:40,930 --> 00:41:42,560
No, but I don't object.
642
00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:45,030
- Your curate did, though.
- Yes.
643
00:41:45,140 --> 00:41:46,240
And what about the bishop?
644
00:41:46,350 --> 00:41:47,820
If it were brought to his attention,
645
00:41:47,940 --> 00:41:50,740
I'm sure he'd feel obliged to take a dim view.
646
00:41:50,860 --> 00:41:53,700
Would you mind telling me
where you were last night,
647
00:41:53,820 --> 00:41:55,910
say, from 8:30 to 7:00 this morning?
648
00:41:56,030 --> 00:41:58,200
At home.
649
00:41:58,320 --> 00:42:00,290
With my wife.
650
00:42:01,410 --> 00:42:02,540
Thank you.
651
00:42:07,170 --> 00:42:09,340
Slim pickings from the laptop.
652
00:42:09,460 --> 00:42:12,210
Records of parish council meetings,
653
00:42:12,340 --> 00:42:15,890
a draft thesis on St. Jerome.
654
00:42:16,010 --> 00:42:17,480
Not much Internet activity,
655
00:42:17,590 --> 00:42:19,560
except recently, on Gideon's site.
656
00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:21,980
And no photographs or film,
657
00:42:22,100 --> 00:42:24,480
which is odd, because I found this.
658
00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:26,900
It's quite new, but it looks
like it's been in the wars.
659
00:42:27,020 --> 00:42:28,360
I can't turn it on.
660
00:42:28,480 --> 00:42:30,360
Can you salvage the memory card?
661
00:42:30,480 --> 00:42:32,230
Yeah, probably.
662
00:42:36,030 --> 00:42:39,030
Kate wants us back.
663
00:42:39,160 --> 00:42:41,080
Bring the camera with you.
664
00:42:44,240 --> 00:42:45,590
Are you busy?
665
00:42:45,700 --> 00:42:47,920
Yes, of course I am. Why?
666
00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:49,540
Nelson's done his best,
667
00:42:49,670 --> 00:42:52,260
but I think I need a historian's input.
668
00:42:52,380 --> 00:42:53,880
I'm interested in late-18th-century
669
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:56,220
paganism in Midsomer Oaks.
670
00:42:56,340 --> 00:42:59,940
Okay, I wasn't expecting that.
Am I allowed to know why?
671
00:43:05,850 --> 00:43:07,350
You okay?
672
00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:10,230
Kind of.
673
00:43:10,350 --> 00:43:12,570
Don't worry.
674
00:43:15,190 --> 00:43:19,320
You were supposed to come with me this morning.
675
00:43:19,450 --> 00:43:21,200
I overslept.
676
00:43:25,120 --> 00:43:26,710
Gideon's not gonna carry on
677
00:43:26,830 --> 00:43:28,710
with this stupid pagan stuff now, is he?
678
00:43:28,830 --> 00:43:32,960
He's obsessed with it,
thinks it's gonna help the act.
679
00:43:34,590 --> 00:43:38,180
A little thing like murder's
not gonna stand in his way.
680
00:43:38,300 --> 00:43:40,930
I just keep seeing the body lying there.
681
00:43:41,050 --> 00:43:44,600
Oh, come here. Come here.
682
00:43:47,350 --> 00:43:51,200
It'll be okay. It'll be okay.
683
00:44:06,870 --> 00:44:10,040
He was already dead when he was wrapped up.
684
00:44:10,160 --> 00:44:11,380
The knife entered the heart
685
00:44:11,500 --> 00:44:13,170
and penetrated the right ventricle.
686
00:44:13,290 --> 00:44:15,040
So whoever shrouded him afterwards
687
00:44:15,170 --> 00:44:16,340
had to work around the knife?
688
00:44:16,460 --> 00:44:18,460
No, that's the interesting thing.
689
00:44:18,590 --> 00:44:20,470
There are two wounds,
690
00:44:20,590 --> 00:44:23,270
almost certainly made by the same weapon,
691
00:44:23,390 --> 00:44:28,440
the first before he was swaddled
and the second after.
692
00:44:28,560 --> 00:44:30,530
It must have been obvious that he was dead,
693
00:44:30,640 --> 00:44:32,190
so the second one was for show.
694
00:44:32,310 --> 00:44:35,320
Could we borrow your computer
for a few minutes, Kate?
695
00:44:35,440 --> 00:44:36,910
Certainly.
696
00:44:42,650 --> 00:44:45,450
Nelson worked his magic on a broken camcorder
697
00:44:45,570 --> 00:44:46,950
while we were driving here.
698
00:44:47,080 --> 00:44:49,290
He prised it open with a penknife.
699
00:44:49,410 --> 00:44:51,830
That's as close as Charlie
gets to sleight of hand.
700
00:44:51,960 --> 00:44:54,300
- You can mock.
- Oh, we will.
701
00:44:54,420 --> 00:44:57,390
In the meantime...
702
00:44:57,500 --> 00:44:59,250
look at this.
703
00:45:13,350 --> 00:45:15,530
Did he film his own murder?
704
00:45:15,650 --> 00:45:17,650
No, look at the date.
705
00:45:17,770 --> 00:45:19,700
This footage was shot
706
00:45:19,820 --> 00:45:23,070
when Andrew Maplin was still very much alive.
707
00:45:30,580 --> 00:45:33,420
Hey! Hey!
708
00:45:33,540 --> 00:45:36,130
What the hell do you think you're doing?!
709
00:45:39,710 --> 00:45:41,210
Hey!
710
00:45:41,340 --> 00:45:42,720
What the hell do you think you're doing?!
711
00:45:42,840 --> 00:45:44,590
Luke Altman.
712
00:45:49,470 --> 00:45:51,940
It wasn't an attack.
713
00:45:52,060 --> 00:45:54,110
I didn't touch the man.
714
00:45:54,230 --> 00:45:56,780
I grabbed his camera and threw it on the ground.
715
00:45:56,900 --> 00:45:58,270
Why?
716
00:45:58,400 --> 00:46:01,450
He was spying on something... sacred.
717
00:46:01,570 --> 00:46:03,530
Pagan rituals?
718
00:46:03,650 --> 00:46:06,830
We just celebrate the natural world,
719
00:46:06,950 --> 00:46:09,670
the sun and the seasons.
720
00:46:09,780 --> 00:46:11,710
And yesterday morning, we were welcoming in
721
00:46:11,830 --> 00:46:13,700
the summer solstice.
722
00:46:13,830 --> 00:46:15,500
That all sounds very innocent.
723
00:46:15,620 --> 00:46:18,880
And not at all like what Andrew Maplin filmed...
724
00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:21,850
The knife, the fire, the body on the altar stone.
725
00:46:21,960 --> 00:46:24,340
That wasn't a body, it was a straw man.
726
00:46:25,260 --> 00:46:28,930
He symbolizes winter, and we...
727
00:46:29,050 --> 00:46:32,730
kill him every year to mark the return of summer.
728
00:46:32,850 --> 00:46:36,820
It is no sillier than what happens in church.
729
00:46:36,940 --> 00:46:39,360
Who's the person wearing the crown, your leader?
730
00:46:39,480 --> 00:46:43,200
The high priest of Sulis.
731
00:46:44,820 --> 00:46:46,410
Sulis?
732
00:46:46,530 --> 00:46:49,500
A Celtic sun goddess, apparently.
733
00:46:49,610 --> 00:46:52,240
And who is the high priest?
734
00:46:53,910 --> 00:46:56,960
The inner circle holds a secret vote.
735
00:46:57,080 --> 00:46:59,130
I am not part of the inner circle.
736
00:46:59,250 --> 00:47:01,300
As far as I'm concerned, paganism's not about
737
00:47:01,420 --> 00:47:06,090
worshiping gods and having
priests and hierarchies.
738
00:47:06,210 --> 00:47:10,090
A man known for his hard-line Christian beliefs
739
00:47:10,220 --> 00:47:13,440
was murdered at your pagan temple
740
00:47:13,560 --> 00:47:17,310
in a way which mimics
the very ceremony he filmed.
741
00:47:17,430 --> 00:47:20,060
And you think one of us did it?
742
00:47:20,190 --> 00:47:22,780
That would be very clever, but, um...
743
00:47:22,900 --> 00:47:25,240
but you can buy these masks off the Internet.
744
00:47:25,360 --> 00:47:26,240
That's where I got mine.
745
00:47:26,360 --> 00:47:28,740
Anybody could have killed Andrew
746
00:47:28,860 --> 00:47:32,120
and tried to put the blame on us.
747
00:47:51,430 --> 00:47:53,390
No, no. Not there.
748
00:47:53,510 --> 00:47:55,060
Over there, please.
749
00:47:58,930 --> 00:48:01,860
So, as the guests arrive,
750
00:48:01,980 --> 00:48:04,030
Annabel, Carole, and I will circulate.
751
00:48:04,150 --> 00:48:06,150
You make your entrance,
you work this side of the room,
752
00:48:06,270 --> 00:48:08,200
you know, a few one-on-one tricks,
753
00:48:08,320 --> 00:48:10,620
before you make your way to the center.
754
00:48:10,740 --> 00:48:12,280
Theo, this is my show.
755
00:48:12,410 --> 00:48:14,080
I'll take the creative decisions.
756
00:48:14,200 --> 00:48:15,700
You just do the job I pay you for.
757
00:48:15,830 --> 00:48:18,500
You don't pay me to lie to the police.
758
00:48:18,620 --> 00:48:20,540
I pay you for your loyalty, which is a word
759
00:48:20,660 --> 00:48:22,040
- that you don't seem to...
- It's only me.
760
00:48:22,170 --> 00:48:24,040
The door was opened.
761
00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:27,600
Just came to see how poor Annabel was feeling
762
00:48:27,710 --> 00:48:29,130
after her dreadful shock.
763
00:48:29,260 --> 00:48:30,760
I'm fine, thank you, Mrs. Soane.
764
00:48:30,880 --> 00:48:32,260
Oh, well...
765
00:48:32,380 --> 00:48:34,850
I see everything is in train for tonight.
766
00:48:34,970 --> 00:48:37,310
Jolly good.
767
00:48:37,430 --> 00:48:39,310
So, tell me what you have planned.
768
00:48:39,430 --> 00:48:41,280
And give away our secrets?
769
00:48:41,390 --> 00:48:43,240
You can trust me. You know that.
770
00:48:43,350 --> 00:48:44,200
Can we?
771
00:48:44,310 --> 00:48:46,940
Of course we trust you, Mrs. Soane.
772
00:48:47,070 --> 00:48:49,910
But we don't share the tricks
of our trade with anyone.
773
00:48:50,900 --> 00:48:52,400
Tricks?
774
00:48:52,530 --> 00:48:56,330
I'm disappointed, Gideon.
I thought your magic was real.
775
00:48:58,700 --> 00:49:01,130
I'm not sure about tomorrow night, not after...
776
00:49:01,250 --> 00:49:02,340
We must.
777
00:49:02,460 --> 00:49:04,880
Lorna, the place is crawling with police.
778
00:49:06,380 --> 00:49:07,500
You're playing with fire.
779
00:49:07,630 --> 00:49:10,180
That's the idea, isn't it?
780
00:49:16,140 --> 00:49:17,810
Mrs. Soane?
781
00:49:19,350 --> 00:49:21,650
Please leave Gideon alone.
We'll go through with tonight.
782
00:49:21,770 --> 00:49:23,730
But don't ask him to do any more.
783
00:49:23,850 --> 00:49:25,230
It's too dangerous.
784
00:49:25,350 --> 00:49:27,730
He's not doing any of this for me.
785
00:49:27,860 --> 00:49:29,230
He's doing it for St. Cyprian's.
786
00:49:29,360 --> 00:49:32,080
Gideon couldn't give a toss for St. Cyprian's.
787
00:49:32,190 --> 00:49:34,070
And I don't believe you do, either.
788
00:49:35,200 --> 00:49:37,200
You had a nasty shock this morning.
789
00:49:38,830 --> 00:49:42,300
Why don't you go and lie down?
790
00:49:45,080 --> 00:49:46,670
Aren't you done yet?
791
00:49:46,790 --> 00:49:48,290
Nearly, Mrs. Latimer.
792
00:49:55,220 --> 00:49:57,270
I've forwarded the footage to the tech department
793
00:49:57,390 --> 00:49:58,260
and asked them to blow up
794
00:49:58,390 --> 00:50:00,350
as many shots of individuals as they can.
795
00:50:00,470 --> 00:50:03,850
The leaves on Luke's mask were made of leather.
796
00:50:03,980 --> 00:50:05,850
The ones on Andrew's were real.
797
00:50:05,980 --> 00:50:08,860
There was another difference,
too, did you notice?
798
00:50:10,150 --> 00:50:12,240
Andrew's mask didn't have
an opening for the mouth.
799
00:50:12,360 --> 00:50:14,950
And now he's been silenced.
800
00:50:27,420 --> 00:50:29,510
Okay.
801
00:50:44,680 --> 00:50:46,900
I think Gideon knows about us.
802
00:50:47,020 --> 00:50:48,610
Let's leave today.
803
00:50:48,730 --> 00:50:51,150
Now? I can't leave now.
804
00:50:52,230 --> 00:50:54,860
You've chosen him instead of me?
805
00:50:54,990 --> 00:50:55,950
No!
806
00:50:56,070 --> 00:50:58,820
I still want to be with you,
but I don't want to hurt him.
807
00:50:58,950 --> 00:51:00,790
He's hurt you often enough!
808
00:51:00,910 --> 00:51:02,030
That's not fair.
809
00:51:02,160 --> 00:51:03,250
I can't leave Gideon
810
00:51:03,370 --> 00:51:06,710
while someone might be trying to kill him.
811
00:51:06,830 --> 00:51:08,050
Look, I better go.
812
00:51:08,160 --> 00:51:10,210
No, wait.
813
00:51:10,330 --> 00:51:12,710
Just drop it.
814
00:51:27,520 --> 00:51:29,650
Early supper?
815
00:51:29,770 --> 00:51:33,320
It'll only be posh nibbles up at Melmoth Hall.
816
00:51:33,440 --> 00:51:37,740
You're going to need something
to soak up the booze.
817
00:51:39,700 --> 00:51:41,290
I can't go to a party.
818
00:51:41,410 --> 00:51:43,450
Why not?
819
00:51:43,580 --> 00:51:45,540
I just think it would be better
820
00:51:45,660 --> 00:51:48,160
if we both stayed at home tonight.
821
00:51:49,080 --> 00:51:50,750
Magnus, you can't give up on this.
822
00:51:50,870 --> 00:51:53,380
Two people, one of them my curate,
823
00:51:53,500 --> 00:51:57,760
have died under the most
horrible of circumstances.
824
00:51:57,880 --> 00:51:59,680
And I'm very sorry.
825
00:51:59,800 --> 00:52:04,270
But somebody has to try and save St. Cyprian's.
826
00:52:04,390 --> 00:52:06,440
It's... It's what Andrew would have wanted.
827
00:52:08,180 --> 00:52:10,360
If we lose this church,
828
00:52:10,480 --> 00:52:12,350
you'll be sent to a different parish,
829
00:52:12,480 --> 00:52:14,820
and I won't be going with you.
830
00:52:15,980 --> 00:52:20,450
I'm not ready to leave Midsomer Oaks.
831
00:53:03,820 --> 00:53:06,200
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
832
00:53:06,320 --> 00:53:08,290
May I have you attention, please?
833
00:53:10,080 --> 00:53:13,300
No, over here.
834
00:53:15,130 --> 00:53:17,550
Not there.
835
00:53:17,670 --> 00:53:19,340
Here.
836
00:53:20,590 --> 00:53:23,340
Welcome to Melmoth Hall!
837
00:53:24,590 --> 00:53:29,690
Tonight, I'm going to make
all of your money disappear...
838
00:53:29,810 --> 00:53:35,060
and reappear in the Save St. Cyprian's fund!
839
00:53:38,900 --> 00:53:40,400
Thank you.
840
00:53:41,440 --> 00:53:42,910
Thank you.
841
00:53:43,030 --> 00:53:44,950
How does he do that?
842
00:53:47,160 --> 00:53:48,960
Okay, thanks.
843
00:53:49,080 --> 00:53:51,750
Luke and Hannah's personal finances check out.
844
00:53:51,870 --> 00:53:54,500
They certainly weren't siphoning
any money from the business,
845
00:53:54,620 --> 00:53:56,550
and there's no sign
of any other source of income.
846
00:53:58,840 --> 00:54:00,840
Tech have just sent over a file.
847
00:54:00,960 --> 00:54:04,680
They say the quality's not great.
848
00:54:13,220 --> 00:54:15,070
Zoom in on that, Nelson.
849
00:54:16,730 --> 00:54:18,820
I've seen that ring before.
850
00:54:18,940 --> 00:54:21,440
Rhodri Probert wears one.
851
00:54:39,880 --> 00:54:42,380
Good evening, Mr. Probert.
852
00:54:45,340 --> 00:54:47,340
Why didn't you tell us about this before?
853
00:54:47,470 --> 00:54:49,270
You didn't ask.
854
00:54:49,390 --> 00:54:51,730
I'm sure you've heard about the circumstances
855
00:54:51,850 --> 00:54:54,350
in which Andrew Maplin's body was found.
856
00:54:54,470 --> 00:54:55,900
Why didn't you come forward then?
857
00:54:59,020 --> 00:55:01,110
Mr. Probert...
858
00:55:01,230 --> 00:55:03,530
you were present when
your former lover was killed,
859
00:55:03,650 --> 00:55:06,700
and now a man caught filming
your solstice ceremony
860
00:55:06,820 --> 00:55:08,320
has also been murdered.
861
00:55:08,450 --> 00:55:11,620
I suggest you start talking,
either here or at the station.
862
00:55:11,740 --> 00:55:15,790
You can begin by telling us
about the high priest of Sulis.
863
00:55:17,040 --> 00:55:19,670
Hannah wanted it, see...
864
00:55:19,790 --> 00:55:21,510
the high priesthood.
865
00:55:21,630 --> 00:55:23,380
So did I.
866
00:55:23,500 --> 00:55:24,880
If you'd like to shuffle the deck.
867
00:55:28,050 --> 00:55:30,640
Not something I'm terribly accomplished at.
868
00:55:30,760 --> 00:55:32,640
It's fine. I understand.
869
00:55:32,760 --> 00:55:34,060
- There we are.
- Thank you.
870
00:55:39,520 --> 00:55:44,030
Now, what were the two cards
you were thinking of?
871
00:55:48,650 --> 00:55:52,950
The jack of spades and the four of diamonds.
872
00:55:55,450 --> 00:55:58,380
Jack of spades and the four of diamonds.
873
00:56:04,420 --> 00:56:06,260
How do you do that?
874
00:56:06,380 --> 00:56:07,470
It's perfectly simple.
875
00:56:07,590 --> 00:56:09,340
I deal in thoughts. You could think of anything.
876
00:56:09,470 --> 00:56:10,930
Now, a few moments ago,
877
00:56:11,050 --> 00:56:13,800
I asked you to think of
something you like to wear.
878
00:56:13,930 --> 00:56:15,270
Think of it now.
879
00:56:18,310 --> 00:56:22,110
I'm sensing something beginning with...
880
00:56:22,240 --> 00:56:23,110
"J."
881
00:56:23,230 --> 00:56:25,360
No, "G."
882
00:56:25,480 --> 00:56:27,400
Something green.
883
00:56:28,400 --> 00:56:31,780
It's something that goes on your head.
884
00:56:33,450 --> 00:56:34,920
A hat?
885
00:56:35,030 --> 00:56:36,250
A green hat?
886
00:56:36,370 --> 00:56:38,590
His old, green fishing hat.
887
00:56:38,700 --> 00:56:40,210
It's quite revolting.
888
00:56:44,000 --> 00:56:48,380
Now, I asked you to think
of something that you fear.
889
00:56:49,800 --> 00:56:51,770
Think of it now.
890
00:56:53,680 --> 00:56:56,180
I'm not getting anything.
891
00:56:59,390 --> 00:57:02,390
There was something you feared, wasn't there?
892
00:57:05,360 --> 00:57:07,070
Until very recently.
893
00:57:09,230 --> 00:57:11,110
But you don't anymore.
894
00:57:20,700 --> 00:57:23,830
Don't worry, Mrs. Soane.
I'm not going to read your mind.
895
00:57:23,960 --> 00:57:26,130
Believe me, I wouldn't dare!
896
00:57:34,380 --> 00:57:36,260
Luke and some of the others didn't approve.
897
00:57:36,390 --> 00:57:37,260
They...
898
00:57:37,390 --> 00:57:40,060
Hannah was excited by the idea,
899
00:57:40,180 --> 00:57:42,650
and so was I, to be honest.
900
00:57:42,770 --> 00:57:46,400
But I... I changed my mind a few days before.
901
00:57:46,520 --> 00:57:47,820
Why was that?
902
00:57:49,320 --> 00:57:53,200
Hannah said if I didn't
stand down and vote for her,
903
00:57:53,320 --> 00:57:55,950
she'd tell Ailsa what happened between us.
904
00:57:56,070 --> 00:57:57,870
She was blackmailing you, in effect?
905
00:57:57,990 --> 00:57:59,160
How did you react?
906
00:57:59,280 --> 00:58:01,330
Well, I wasn't thrilled, obviously.
907
00:58:01,450 --> 00:58:03,450
Did you think she'd carry out her threat?
908
00:58:04,620 --> 00:58:06,420
You could never tell with Hannah.
909
00:58:06,540 --> 00:58:10,760
I wasn't about to lose
everything over a stupid title.
910
00:58:10,880 --> 00:58:16,100
12 magicians have lost their
lives performing this next feat.
911
00:58:23,470 --> 00:58:25,980
Put a mark on the top of the bullet, please.
912
00:58:28,900 --> 00:58:30,650
Your initials, if you like,
913
00:58:30,770 --> 00:58:33,620
but any mark will do,
as long as it's distinctive.
914
00:58:42,740 --> 00:58:44,710
Are you a good shot, Lorna?
915
00:58:44,830 --> 00:58:46,250
Better than average.
916
00:58:46,370 --> 00:58:48,630
That's a relief.
917
00:58:49,540 --> 00:58:51,510
Now...
918
00:58:51,630 --> 00:58:54,600
forget about the glass.
919
00:58:56,550 --> 00:58:58,470
Aim at my mouth.
920
00:58:59,640 --> 00:59:01,560
I'm going to catch the bullet between my teeth.
921
00:59:02,600 --> 00:59:04,020
All of you are witnesses.
922
00:59:04,720 --> 00:59:07,150
If any harm comes to me...
923
00:59:07,270 --> 00:59:10,110
Lorna Soane is not to be held responsible.
924
00:59:15,110 --> 00:59:16,450
Ready?
925
00:59:19,070 --> 00:59:19,950
Aim.
926
00:59:24,290 --> 00:59:25,500
Fire!
927
00:59:25,620 --> 00:59:28,040
So who was left in contention
928
00:59:28,160 --> 00:59:30,510
after you withdrew and Hannah was killed?
929
00:59:30,630 --> 00:59:33,000
Who is the high priest of Sulis?
930
00:59:33,130 --> 00:59:34,970
The obvious candidate, I suppose,
931
00:59:35,090 --> 00:59:36,640
Sir Hugo Melmoth's descendant.
932
00:59:36,760 --> 00:59:39,010
And who is that?
933
00:59:40,090 --> 00:59:42,060
Lorna Soane.
934
01:00:07,870 --> 01:00:11,300
If you'd like to confirm
that's the mark you made.
935
01:00:11,420 --> 01:00:13,510
Yes, it is.
936
01:00:38,360 --> 01:00:40,280
- Sir?
- Thanks.
937
01:00:40,400 --> 01:00:42,410
Gunshot straight to the heart.
938
01:00:44,990 --> 01:00:46,620
Looks like an antique.
939
01:00:46,740 --> 01:00:48,840
It was on the lawn under the drawing room window.
940
01:00:48,950 --> 01:00:50,380
It's been wiped clean.
941
01:00:50,500 --> 01:00:52,750
Surprise, surprise.
942
01:00:52,870 --> 01:00:54,380
Time of death?
943
01:00:54,500 --> 01:00:56,300
With the usual caveats, of course.
944
01:00:56,420 --> 01:00:58,470
Up to 30 minutes before she was found,
945
01:00:58,590 --> 01:01:01,060
though it might have been less.
946
01:01:01,170 --> 01:01:06,060
You delivered the flowers
for the party this afternoon.
947
01:01:07,720 --> 01:01:10,520
Why did you come back to the house?
948
01:01:10,640 --> 01:01:12,560
I owed it to Andrew.
949
01:01:12,690 --> 01:01:14,730
To carry on his fight against Gideon?
950
01:01:14,850 --> 01:01:16,320
Against sorcery.
951
01:01:17,020 --> 01:01:18,990
I was watching while they
were getting the room ready,
952
01:01:19,110 --> 01:01:20,830
and I realized how the mirror worked.
953
01:01:20,940 --> 01:01:24,910
I wanted everyone to know how
easily they were being fooled.
954
01:01:25,030 --> 01:01:28,210
- How did you get in?
- Through the kitchen.
955
01:01:28,330 --> 01:01:30,950
The room behind the mirror was completely dark.
956
01:01:31,080 --> 01:01:33,710
I felt my way to the switch and flipped it.
957
01:01:35,170 --> 01:01:37,920
I didn't know there'd be a body.
958
01:01:38,790 --> 01:01:41,340
Okay, you can go and help
with the witness statements.
959
01:01:41,460 --> 01:01:43,180
Thank you.
960
01:01:46,340 --> 01:01:47,720
What's the story?
961
01:01:47,850 --> 01:01:50,520
The two P.C.s left their post
in the drawing room
962
01:01:50,640 --> 01:01:52,560
because Mr. Bainbridge told them
there was a prowler
963
01:01:52,680 --> 01:01:53,980
in the back garden.
964
01:01:54,100 --> 01:01:55,440
I'm sorry!
965
01:01:55,560 --> 01:01:56,860
Are you saying you were lying?
966
01:01:56,980 --> 01:01:59,820
Gideon insisted on doing the bullet catch.
967
01:01:59,940 --> 01:02:01,610
He was adamant.
968
01:02:01,730 --> 01:02:03,490
Go on.
969
01:02:03,610 --> 01:02:05,450
It's perfectly safe.
970
01:02:05,570 --> 01:02:07,290
The gun is specially modified.
971
01:02:07,410 --> 01:02:10,030
It's all done by sleight of hand.
972
01:02:11,410 --> 01:02:14,250
We didn't think that your
officers would see it like that,
973
01:02:14,370 --> 01:02:17,340
so he got me to get rid of them for a bit.
974
01:02:17,460 --> 01:02:19,550
By sending them on a wild goose chase.
975
01:02:19,670 --> 01:02:21,470
I didn't know this would happen.
976
01:02:21,590 --> 01:02:24,510
- Didn't you?
- Of course not.
977
01:02:24,630 --> 01:02:26,850
Annabel and I were friends.
978
01:02:26,970 --> 01:02:29,270
A little more than that!
979
01:02:30,930 --> 01:02:33,310
I've suspected for some time now.
980
01:02:33,430 --> 01:02:39,160
But I didn't think Annabel would
be so stupid and ungrateful.
981
01:02:39,270 --> 01:02:40,240
She's lying!
982
01:02:40,360 --> 01:02:42,860
Of course Annabel and I were close.
983
01:02:42,980 --> 01:02:46,200
We spent a lot of time together
on tour, but we never...
984
01:02:46,320 --> 01:02:49,670
I heard you today in your bedroom...
985
01:02:49,780 --> 01:02:53,210
quarrelling because she'd changed her mind
986
01:02:53,330 --> 01:02:55,300
about leaving Gideon for you.
987
01:02:57,080 --> 01:02:59,550
You were listening at the door?
988
01:02:59,670 --> 01:03:02,140
She's probably got the room bugged.
989
01:03:02,250 --> 01:03:05,930
I look out for my son's interests.
990
01:03:06,050 --> 01:03:08,050
That's all.
991
01:03:08,180 --> 01:03:10,800
Thank you, Mrs. Latimer.
992
01:03:19,730 --> 01:03:22,150
Can we take it you're no longer denying
993
01:03:22,270 --> 01:03:23,900
that you and Annabel had an affair?
994
01:03:27,740 --> 01:03:29,360
Why did she change her mind?
995
01:03:30,410 --> 01:03:32,910
She was worried about Gideon.
996
01:03:33,030 --> 01:03:35,630
He was convinced he was the one
meant to die at the church,
997
01:03:35,750 --> 01:03:38,540
and Annabel half-believed him.
998
01:03:38,660 --> 01:03:40,260
You didn't?
999
01:03:41,080 --> 01:03:44,010
Gideon always has to be the center of attention.
1000
01:03:44,130 --> 01:03:46,680
Annabel was rattled by
Andrew Maplin's threats, too,
1001
01:03:46,800 --> 01:03:50,470
and she thought the pagan stuff was dangerous.
1002
01:03:50,590 --> 01:03:52,690
Is Gideon involved in that?
1003
01:03:52,800 --> 01:03:54,930
He thinks the act needs a new angle.
1004
01:03:55,060 --> 01:03:58,400
He went to the solstice
celebration at the temple,
1005
01:03:58,520 --> 01:04:00,770
and there's something else tomorrow,
1006
01:04:00,900 --> 01:04:02,740
an escapology stunt, I think,
1007
01:04:02,860 --> 01:04:06,200
but he's being cagey about the details.
1008
01:04:06,320 --> 01:04:08,320
I thought you were privy to everything.
1009
01:04:08,440 --> 01:04:10,700
Not since we came to Midsomer Oaks.
1010
01:04:12,240 --> 01:04:14,370
After you entered through the mirror,
1011
01:04:14,490 --> 01:04:17,000
you circulated, talking
to guests and doing tricks.
1012
01:04:17,120 --> 01:04:18,250
Is that right?
1013
01:04:18,370 --> 01:04:19,750
Yes.
1014
01:04:19,870 --> 01:04:23,250
Why did you choose Magnus
and Lorna Soane as subjects?
1015
01:04:23,380 --> 01:04:25,500
They're well-known in the community.
1016
01:04:25,630 --> 01:04:28,380
People like to see authority
figures put at a disadvantage.
1017
01:04:29,970 --> 01:04:32,560
You went straight from one to the other,
1018
01:04:32,680 --> 01:04:34,900
in full sight of everyone in the room?
1019
01:04:35,010 --> 01:04:36,390
Yes.
1020
01:04:36,510 --> 01:04:39,230
Everyone who was here will confirm that.
1021
01:04:41,020 --> 01:04:43,490
How does the mirror illusion work?
1022
01:04:43,600 --> 01:04:45,650
It's quite technical.
1023
01:04:45,770 --> 01:04:48,530
Lights, hidden panels. Theo will show you.
1024
01:04:48,650 --> 01:04:51,070
But someone, or more than one person,
1025
01:04:51,200 --> 01:04:53,790
can be behind the mirror for any length of time
1026
01:04:53,910 --> 01:04:55,160
without being seen on the other side,
1027
01:04:55,280 --> 01:04:56,700
as long as the lights are off, right?
1028
01:04:56,830 --> 01:04:58,450
Naturally. That's its function.
1029
01:04:58,580 --> 01:05:02,210
Before embarking on your routine
with Mrs. Soane,
1030
01:05:02,330 --> 01:05:04,930
did you notice if your wife was in the room?
1031
01:05:05,040 --> 01:05:07,260
It's Annabel's job to be aware of me,
1032
01:05:07,380 --> 01:05:08,350
not mine to look out for her.
1033
01:05:10,420 --> 01:05:13,270
Sorry if that sounds arrogant.
It's just the way it was.
1034
01:05:15,220 --> 01:05:17,600
I'm not sure.
1035
01:05:17,720 --> 01:05:19,390
Why does it matter?
1036
01:05:19,520 --> 01:05:22,190
Because there's a possibility
that Annabel was dead
1037
01:05:22,310 --> 01:05:24,560
before Mr. Latimer made his entrance.
1038
01:05:24,690 --> 01:05:26,190
What are you implying?
1039
01:05:26,310 --> 01:05:29,690
He's saying that anyone
could have killed Annabel.
1040
01:05:29,820 --> 01:05:31,360
Including you...
1041
01:05:31,490 --> 01:05:33,160
or me or Gideon.
1042
01:05:33,280 --> 01:05:35,750
- Don't you dare!
- Mrs. Latimer, please.
1043
01:05:37,870 --> 01:05:41,250
Do any of you recognize this gun?
1044
01:05:41,370 --> 01:05:43,840
Yes, it's the one that Gideon
used for the bullet catch.
1045
01:05:43,960 --> 01:05:44,960
No, it isn't.
1046
01:05:46,080 --> 01:05:48,680
The wood on the handle's much darker, look.
1047
01:05:48,790 --> 01:05:51,800
- The stunt gun's in my study.
- May we see it, please?
1048
01:06:04,020 --> 01:06:05,860
Mother's wrong.
1049
01:06:05,980 --> 01:06:08,780
Annabel was very happy being married to me.
1050
01:06:10,150 --> 01:06:12,450
I'm afraid Mrs. Latimer was right.
1051
01:06:12,570 --> 01:06:14,160
Mr. Bainbridge has confirmed it.
1052
01:06:14,280 --> 01:06:15,910
And you believed him?
1053
01:06:16,030 --> 01:06:19,960
Theo's not happy working
behind the scenes anymore.
1054
01:06:20,080 --> 01:06:21,580
He wants to be me.
1055
01:06:21,700 --> 01:06:23,920
So of course he's going to pretend
1056
01:06:24,040 --> 01:06:26,540
that Annabel was his lover
now she's not here to deny it.
1057
01:06:26,670 --> 01:06:29,260
This gun has been modified
1058
01:06:29,380 --> 01:06:31,600
so it doesn't shoot real bullets, right?
1059
01:06:31,710 --> 01:06:33,640
Yes.
1060
01:06:33,760 --> 01:06:35,510
If it is the one used in the stunt,
1061
01:06:35,630 --> 01:06:37,100
Mrs. Soane's prints will be on it.
1062
01:06:40,430 --> 01:06:42,770
“The Great Enrico.“
1063
01:06:42,890 --> 01:06:45,060
That's my father.
1064
01:06:45,180 --> 01:06:47,280
I didn't know he was a magician, too.
1065
01:06:47,390 --> 01:06:49,070
Did he teach you all his tricks?
1066
01:06:49,190 --> 01:06:52,190
He died when I was a child.
1067
01:06:52,320 --> 01:06:55,450
He didn't exactly have a glittering career.
1068
01:07:02,120 --> 01:07:03,330
Sir Hugo?
1069
01:07:03,450 --> 01:07:04,950
Yes.
1070
01:07:05,080 --> 01:07:06,460
It came with the house.
1071
01:07:06,580 --> 01:07:08,880
It's the anniversary
of his death tomorrow, isn't it?
1072
01:07:09,000 --> 01:07:12,090
You obviously know a lot more
about the old chap than I do.
1073
01:07:13,840 --> 01:07:15,460
The date is on his grave.
1074
01:07:17,420 --> 01:07:20,600
Mr. Bainbridge says that you're
very interested in paganism.
1075
01:07:20,720 --> 01:07:25,320
He thinks you have big plans of
your own to, um, mark the day.
1076
01:07:25,430 --> 01:07:28,690
I did. Not anymore.
1077
01:07:28,810 --> 01:07:30,690
The paganism was just a new gimmick
1078
01:07:30,810 --> 01:07:32,820
to help sell the act, that's all.
1079
01:07:36,570 --> 01:07:38,540
I did love Annabel, Mr. Barnaby.
1080
01:07:41,780 --> 01:07:44,750
I don't know what I'm going to do without her.
1081
01:07:52,460 --> 01:07:54,210
I didn't hear you get up.
1082
01:07:54,340 --> 01:07:56,260
Yeah, Betty woke at 5:00.
1083
01:07:56,380 --> 01:07:58,130
Once I'd settled her back down,
1084
01:07:58,260 --> 01:07:59,470
I thought I might as well stay up
1085
01:07:59,590 --> 01:08:00,890
and tell you what I've found out
1086
01:08:01,010 --> 01:08:03,480
about Midsomer Oaks and your friend Sir Hugo.
1087
01:08:03,600 --> 01:08:05,560
Somehow, I don't think we'd have been chums
1088
01:08:05,680 --> 01:08:07,900
even if I'd lived 200 years ago.
1089
01:08:08,020 --> 01:08:09,520
Well, there's not much, I'm afraid,
1090
01:08:09,640 --> 01:08:12,610
not even in the local
Historical Society archives.
1091
01:08:12,730 --> 01:08:15,200
It seems Sir Hugo was a little eccentric
1092
01:08:15,320 --> 01:08:18,290
and held some rather unusual views on religion,
1093
01:08:18,400 --> 01:08:21,620
but other than that, he was
a model landlord and landowner.
1094
01:08:21,740 --> 01:08:23,960
That sounds like the official version.
1095
01:08:24,070 --> 01:08:25,290
Yeah, listen to this bit, though.
1096
01:08:25,410 --> 01:08:26,960
“The exact circumstances
1097
01:08:27,080 --> 01:08:29,380
of Sir Hugo's death remain unexplained,
1098
01:08:29,500 --> 01:08:31,920
but it was widely believed
that he jumped into a fire
1099
01:08:32,040 --> 01:08:35,390
in the belief that he would be
reincarnated like the phoenix."
1100
01:08:35,500 --> 01:08:37,600
Did you say “a little eccentric"?
1101
01:08:37,710 --> 01:08:39,430
So what's going on?
1102
01:08:39,550 --> 01:08:42,140
Has Sir Hugo finally mastered
the art of reincarnation?
1103
01:08:42,260 --> 01:08:45,260
- Do you think he's your killer?
- Not quite.
1104
01:08:45,390 --> 01:08:49,560
But his, um, pagan practices
seem to be flourishing again,
1105
01:08:49,680 --> 01:08:52,730
and not everyone is happy
about it, as you can imagine.
1106
01:08:52,850 --> 01:08:54,360
Is that what these murders have been about?
1107
01:08:54,480 --> 01:08:56,570
I'm not sure yet. Maybe.
1108
01:08:56,690 --> 01:08:59,410
Or maybe that's what someone wants us to think.
1109
01:08:59,530 --> 01:09:02,750
I'd like to know the truth about Sir Hugo.
1110
01:09:02,860 --> 01:09:04,620
Well, if anyone can tell you
that, it would be Dr. Grenville.
1111
01:09:04,740 --> 01:09:07,490
She's the lady who gave the talk the other night.
1112
01:09:07,620 --> 01:09:09,920
I can give her a call.
1113
01:09:10,040 --> 01:09:11,880
Would you?
1114
01:09:13,000 --> 01:09:14,300
Bye.
1115
01:09:21,380 --> 01:09:23,980
Do you think Gideon didn't know about the affair?
1116
01:09:24,090 --> 01:09:24,970
No.
1117
01:09:25,090 --> 01:09:27,310
The question is, is he lying because he's guilty
1118
01:09:27,430 --> 01:09:29,600
or because he's afraid we'll think he's guilty?
1119
01:09:29,720 --> 01:09:31,150
Theo thinks he did it,
1120
01:09:31,270 --> 01:09:33,690
and Carole would love it to be Theo.
1121
01:09:33,810 --> 01:09:36,990
Gideon had motive, means, probably opportunity,
1122
01:09:37,110 --> 01:09:39,280
and a motive to kill Andrew.
1123
01:09:39,400 --> 01:09:40,530
But not Hannah.
1124
01:09:40,650 --> 01:09:42,650
We still don't have
a real link between the victims
1125
01:09:42,780 --> 01:09:44,530
and not a shred of physical evidence.
1126
01:09:44,660 --> 01:09:48,030
Luke Altman wasn't on the guest
list at Melmoth Hall last night.
1127
01:09:48,160 --> 01:09:50,040
Not that that puts him beyond suspicion.
1128
01:09:50,160 --> 01:09:51,080
No, you're right.
1129
01:09:51,200 --> 01:09:53,830
Just because Theo lied about seeing an intruder
1130
01:09:53,960 --> 01:09:55,710
doesn't mean there wasn't one.
1131
01:10:11,270 --> 01:10:14,570
Gideon, my dear.
1132
01:10:18,520 --> 01:10:19,770
Did you sleep?
1133
01:10:19,900 --> 01:10:21,950
Have you eaten this morning?
1134
01:10:22,070 --> 01:10:24,490
Yes, thank you.
1135
01:10:24,610 --> 01:10:26,110
Really, I'm fine.
1136
01:10:26,240 --> 01:10:27,540
Good.
1137
01:10:27,660 --> 01:10:29,620
Magnus will be up a little later,
1138
01:10:29,740 --> 01:10:32,250
but I wanted to see you first.
1139
01:10:32,370 --> 01:10:35,670
Because this tragedy must make no difference.
1140
01:10:35,790 --> 01:10:37,010
Excuse me?
1141
01:10:37,120 --> 01:10:38,720
It has to be tonight.
1142
01:10:38,830 --> 01:10:42,300
Earth magic and fire magic combined at midsummer.
1143
01:10:42,420 --> 01:10:43,720
The power of the wizard
1144
01:10:43,840 --> 01:10:45,430
harnessed to the service of the goddess!
1145
01:10:45,550 --> 01:10:46,890
I know how much this means to you, but...
1146
01:10:47,010 --> 01:10:49,010
No, no.
1147
01:10:49,140 --> 01:10:51,360
It isn't about me.
1148
01:10:51,470 --> 01:10:53,570
It's about the village.
1149
01:10:53,680 --> 01:10:58,310
Midsomer Oaks has never really
prospered since Sir Hugo died.
1150
01:10:58,440 --> 01:11:02,190
It's up to you and me to revive his spirit
1151
01:11:02,320 --> 01:11:04,070
and carry on his work!
1152
01:11:05,610 --> 01:11:07,780
How well did you know Annabel Latimer'?
1153
01:11:09,200 --> 01:11:10,750
We'd spoken a few times.
1154
01:11:10,870 --> 01:11:13,540
A charming young woman.
1155
01:11:14,620 --> 01:11:15,920
And how long have you known about
1156
01:11:16,040 --> 01:11:18,040
your wife's involvement with the pagans?
1157
01:11:21,380 --> 01:11:23,720
Well, she's never made a secret of it at home.
1158
01:11:23,840 --> 01:11:29,690
I-in public, of course,
she's discreet, for my sake.
1159
01:11:31,850 --> 01:11:34,190
Was Andrew Maplin threatening to expose her?
1160
01:11:35,350 --> 01:11:39,150
He told me he planned to
discuss it with the bishop, yes.
1161
01:11:39,270 --> 01:11:40,570
Could you have lost your job?
1162
01:11:40,690 --> 01:11:43,160
It's not that easy to get rid of
1163
01:11:43,270 --> 01:11:45,700
a beneficed clergyman of the Church of England.
1164
01:11:47,150 --> 01:11:50,700
But it wouldn't have helped the
campaign to save St. Cyprian's.
1165
01:11:50,820 --> 01:11:54,040
In any case, I fear that's a lost cause now.
1166
01:11:54,160 --> 01:11:57,880
The, bishop called this morning
1167
01:11:58,000 --> 01:12:00,220
to say he's shutting us down.
1168
01:12:00,330 --> 01:12:03,300
There's no such thing as a lost cause, Magnus.
1169
01:12:07,920 --> 01:12:09,930
Mrs. Soane, I should tell you
1170
01:12:10,050 --> 01:12:13,100
that I talked to Rhodri Probert yesterday.
1171
01:12:13,220 --> 01:12:15,220
He was very forthcoming.
1172
01:12:16,560 --> 01:12:18,400
No reason he shouldn't be.
1173
01:12:19,520 --> 01:12:21,400
Nothing we do is illegal.
1174
01:12:21,520 --> 01:12:23,690
But it is highly unorthodox
1175
01:12:23,810 --> 01:12:26,780
for a vicar's wife to lead a pagan cult,
1176
01:12:26,900 --> 01:12:30,450
even one founded by her ancestor.
1177
01:12:31,910 --> 01:12:34,000
Paganism isn't fundamentally
1178
01:12:34,120 --> 01:12:37,170
at odds with Christianity, Inspector.
1179
01:12:37,290 --> 01:12:40,630
Both traditions have existed side by side
1180
01:12:40,750 --> 01:12:42,970
in Midsomer Oaks for centuries.
1181
01:12:43,080 --> 01:12:45,710
And the village flourished in Sir Hugo's time,
1182
01:12:45,840 --> 01:12:47,840
as never before or since.
1183
01:12:49,130 --> 01:12:52,390
You were both present
at the scene of two murders.
1184
01:12:52,510 --> 01:12:54,260
And Reverend Soane has admitted
1185
01:12:54,390 --> 01:12:57,310
that his relationship with his curate was...
1186
01:12:57,430 --> 01:12:59,530
strained, to say the least.
1187
01:12:59,640 --> 01:13:02,570
If every “strained relationship“
1188
01:13:02,690 --> 01:13:05,440
between vicar and curate resulted in murder,
1189
01:13:05,560 --> 01:13:08,780
half the clergy in England
would be in prison or dead.
1190
01:13:08,900 --> 01:13:09,700
Lorna!
1191
01:13:09,820 --> 01:13:13,040
I'm not concerned with every
strained relationship,
1192
01:13:13,160 --> 01:13:14,750
Mrs. Soane.
1193
01:13:14,870 --> 01:13:16,910
I'd like an account of your movements last night
1194
01:13:17,030 --> 01:13:19,330
from the moment you arrived at Melmoth Hall.
1195
01:13:19,450 --> 01:13:22,170
As precise as possible, please.
1196
01:13:31,630 --> 01:13:32,800
It's very kind of you
1197
01:13:32,930 --> 01:13:35,770
to see me at such short notice, Dr. Grenville.
1198
01:13:35,890 --> 01:13:38,110
Not at all, my dear.
1199
01:13:38,220 --> 01:13:39,600
- Tea?
- No, thank you.
1200
01:13:39,720 --> 01:13:41,900
I don't want to take up too much of your time.
1201
01:13:42,020 --> 01:13:44,690
I've been working on this book
since the last century.
1202
01:13:44,810 --> 01:13:48,440
Another half an hour
won't make that much difference.
1203
01:13:48,570 --> 01:13:51,190
What about the baby? Would he like a biscuit?
1204
01:13:52,110 --> 01:13:54,610
No. She's fine, thank you.
1205
01:13:54,740 --> 01:13:57,080
You mentioned that your research had taken you
1206
01:13:57,200 --> 01:13:59,580
into the archives of most of
the big pre-Victorian houses
1207
01:13:59,700 --> 01:14:01,040
in the county.
1208
01:14:01,160 --> 01:14:04,590
I wondered if Melmoth Hall
might have been one of them.
1209
01:14:04,710 --> 01:14:06,130
Why do you wonder that?
1210
01:14:08,090 --> 01:14:10,800
My husband's investigating a series of murders
1211
01:14:10,920 --> 01:14:13,020
in Midsomer Oaks.
1212
01:14:13,130 --> 01:14:16,060
Recent murders?
1213
01:14:29,230 --> 01:14:30,780
Fine. Thanks.
1214
01:14:30,900 --> 01:14:34,150
If you can send the report
through as soon as you can?
1215
01:14:34,280 --> 01:14:35,490
Okay.
1216
01:14:37,530 --> 01:14:40,280
Lorna Soane's prints are on the stunt gun.
1217
01:14:40,410 --> 01:14:44,040
So are Gideon's and Theo's but no one else's.
1218
01:14:44,160 --> 01:14:48,590
Ballistics say the real gun
was fired once with a silencer.
1219
01:14:48,710 --> 01:14:51,590
Now, all the victims had some kind of dispute
1220
01:14:51,710 --> 01:14:55,180
with Lorna Soane, but I think
we're missing something,
1221
01:14:55,300 --> 01:14:56,800
another link between them.
1222
01:14:56,930 --> 01:14:59,470
Sir, I wasn't having any luck finding.
1223
01:14:59,590 --> 01:15:02,190
Luke's birth certificate, so I
ran a check on his fingerprints.
1224
01:15:02,310 --> 01:15:06,400
Luke Altman's real name is Seth Farringdale.
1225
01:15:06,520 --> 01:15:08,770
And?
1226
01:15:08,900 --> 01:15:12,570
He was convicted of manslaughter
when he was 13 years old.
1227
01:15:42,970 --> 01:15:44,140
Hello, Seth.
1228
01:15:46,100 --> 01:15:47,730
I've been expecting you.
1229
01:15:56,360 --> 01:15:58,700
Young Seth was messing around with fireworks
1230
01:15:58,820 --> 01:16:01,120
on an abandoned small holding
outside Midsomer Mere
1231
01:16:01,240 --> 01:16:02,990
when an outbuilding caught fire.
1232
01:16:03,120 --> 01:16:06,920
A homeless man called
William Holt was asleep inside.
1233
01:16:07,040 --> 01:16:08,630
Seth's school bag was found at the scene,
1234
01:16:08,750 --> 01:16:10,620
and he admitted everything.
1235
01:16:10,750 --> 01:16:11,880
He'd been in trouble before
1236
01:16:12,000 --> 01:16:14,590
and he served four years on a secure unit.
1237
01:16:14,710 --> 01:16:17,340
He wasn't given a new identity on release,
1238
01:16:17,460 --> 01:16:18,890
but he seems to have been calling himself
1239
01:16:19,010 --> 01:16:20,180
Luke Altman ever since.
1240
01:16:20,300 --> 01:16:21,550
Hannah would have found out.
1241
01:16:21,680 --> 01:16:23,770
Luke's real name when they
married, if not before,
1242
01:16:23,890 --> 01:16:26,480
and she's bound to have asked why he changed it.
1243
01:16:26,600 --> 01:16:29,900
Or perhaps it's more complicated than that.
1244
01:16:42,910 --> 01:16:45,160
This is Rhodri. Please leave a message.
1245
01:16:45,280 --> 01:16:48,250
Rhodri, where are you? I'm frightened.
1246
01:16:48,370 --> 01:16:50,840
You promised me nothing was gonna happen tonight.
1247
01:17:20,240 --> 01:17:21,910
It's wonderful.
1248
01:17:32,250 --> 01:17:33,340
Mr. Altman?
1249
01:17:43,340 --> 01:17:45,310
Shall I start a search for him?
1250
01:17:45,430 --> 01:17:48,020
Yes, put out a call to uniform.
1251
01:17:48,140 --> 01:17:50,110
I want to look at the scene of the crime.
1252
01:17:50,220 --> 01:17:52,150
Which one? We've got three.
1253
01:17:52,270 --> 01:17:53,310
Four, in fact.
1254
01:17:53,440 --> 01:17:55,780
At the moment, I'm interested in the first one,
1255
01:17:55,900 --> 01:17:57,860
the one that I think all this has been about.
1256
01:18:02,820 --> 01:18:06,950
Luke built a circular
metal frame out of chicken wire
1257
01:18:07,070 --> 01:18:10,120
eight feet in circumference and six feet high.
1258
01:18:10,240 --> 01:18:12,170
- Six feet?
- Yeah.
1259
01:18:12,290 --> 01:18:14,290
The fireworks were just cheap things,
1260
01:18:14,410 --> 01:18:16,090
but he'd constructed two mortars.
1261
01:18:16,210 --> 01:18:17,800
One did what it was supposed to
1262
01:18:17,920 --> 01:18:20,170
and set off the bangers in the frame.
1263
01:18:20,300 --> 01:18:22,800
The other went through a hole in the roof
1264
01:18:22,920 --> 01:18:24,850
and set the place on fire.
1265
01:18:26,550 --> 01:18:28,770
Oh, it gets worse.
1266
01:18:28,890 --> 01:18:30,480
They think Holt woke up,
1267
01:18:30,600 --> 01:18:32,520
attempted to run out of the building.
1268
01:18:32,640 --> 01:18:35,440
He was probably drunk, and he
went straight into the frame.
1269
01:18:35,560 --> 01:18:38,560
It's a pretty horrible story, isn't it'?
1270
01:18:38,690 --> 01:18:40,940
And not very plausible.
1271
01:18:41,070 --> 01:18:44,240
What, you think Luke knew
someone was in the building?
1272
01:18:44,360 --> 01:18:46,330
That it was murder, not manslaughter?
1273
01:18:46,450 --> 01:18:48,290
No, but I don't think he was alone.
1274
01:18:48,410 --> 01:18:51,580
One 13-year-old transported
all that stuff up here
1275
01:18:51,700 --> 01:18:53,800
and built a frame that big?
1276
01:18:53,910 --> 01:18:55,460
Oh, you're right.
1277
01:18:55,580 --> 01:18:57,920
It would be no fun on your own,
either, would it'?
1278
01:18:58,040 --> 01:19:00,510
Think of all the stupid things
you did when you were a kid.
1279
01:19:00,630 --> 01:19:02,100
You did them because you were with your mates,
1280
01:19:02,210 --> 01:19:03,460
egging each other on.
1281
01:19:03,590 --> 01:19:06,060
Speak for yourself, Nelson,
but, yes, you're right.
1282
01:19:06,170 --> 01:19:09,770
And Luke was a loyal friend, back then, at least.
1283
01:19:09,890 --> 01:19:12,810
Do you think he's out for revenge now'?
1284
01:19:12,930 --> 01:19:15,430
Or profit? That £20,000.
1285
01:19:17,890 --> 01:19:19,740
Hannah was the only victim
1286
01:19:19,850 --> 01:19:23,360
without an obvious link to Gideon Latimer.
1287
01:19:23,480 --> 01:19:25,610
Gideon and Luke are the same age, aren't they?
1288
01:19:25,740 --> 01:19:27,580
And they both grew up in Midsomer Mere.
1289
01:19:27,700 --> 01:19:30,290
We need to find Luke now.
1290
01:19:36,290 --> 01:19:39,340
It wasn't just whisky that made
me sleep through those nights
1291
01:19:39,460 --> 01:19:42,880
when you went creeping out
to your temple, was it?
1292
01:19:43,000 --> 01:19:45,600
A harmless sleeping draft.
1293
01:19:45,710 --> 01:19:48,590
I thought you'd be happier in ignorance.
1294
01:19:48,720 --> 01:19:52,690
I pretended to Inspector Barnaby
that I knew all along,
1295
01:19:52,800 --> 01:19:54,230
but I didn't suspect anything
1296
01:19:54,350 --> 01:19:57,350
until Andrew told me the day he was murdered.
1297
01:19:57,480 --> 01:20:00,070
What really hurt...
1298
01:20:00,190 --> 01:20:02,230
is that he seemed almost sorry for me.
1299
01:20:04,570 --> 01:20:06,280
I don't know you anymore, Lorna!
1300
01:20:07,900 --> 01:20:12,000
All this high priestess nonsense.
1301
01:20:12,870 --> 01:20:14,290
Have you told Gregory
1302
01:20:14,410 --> 01:20:16,830
it's nonsense for him to call himself bishop?
1303
01:20:16,950 --> 01:20:19,330
Believe me, I've been tempted.
1304
01:20:19,460 --> 01:20:22,630
I can make a joke out of most
things, Lorna, but not this.
1305
01:20:22,750 --> 01:20:26,350
I'm warning you... Don't go out tonight!
1306
01:20:26,460 --> 01:20:28,890
This has to stop now!
1307
01:20:29,760 --> 01:20:31,600
Or what?
1308
01:20:34,680 --> 01:20:36,560
Don't push me, Lorna.
1309
01:20:45,650 --> 01:20:48,320
John? I've just got back from Dr. Grenville's.
1310
01:20:48,440 --> 01:20:51,040
Sir Hugo Melmoth didn't set fire to himself.
1311
01:20:51,150 --> 01:20:53,080
The villagers trapped him
and threw him into the flames.
1312
01:20:53,200 --> 01:20:54,420
And I don't blame them!
1313
01:20:54,530 --> 01:20:57,790
He wasn't the harmless eccentric
that we've been hearing about.
1314
01:20:57,910 --> 01:20:59,660
Thanks for that.
1315
01:20:59,790 --> 01:21:01,670
Kiss Betty for me.
1316
01:21:03,290 --> 01:21:05,290
Midsomer Oaks' pagans
1317
01:21:05,420 --> 01:21:08,340
honor Sir Hugo Melmoth
on Midsummer's Eve every year,
1318
01:21:08,460 --> 01:21:11,390
but they don't know the truth.
1319
01:21:11,510 --> 01:21:14,480
His death wasn't a
self-sacrifice that went wrong.
1320
01:21:14,590 --> 01:21:16,100
It was murder.
1321
01:21:16,220 --> 01:21:18,060
Yeah, it's D.C.I. Barnaby.
1322
01:21:18,180 --> 01:21:20,150
I need urgent backup at Melmoth Hall...
1323
01:21:20,270 --> 01:21:22,690
Fire service and ambulance, as well as police.
1324
01:21:22,810 --> 01:21:24,360
What's happening?
1325
01:21:25,650 --> 01:21:29,740
Sir Hugo was a ruthless tyrant
who invented his own religion
1326
01:21:29,860 --> 01:21:32,610
as a cover for his rapacity and greed
1327
01:21:32,740 --> 01:21:36,660
and made human sacrifices
of those who stood in his way.
1328
01:21:36,780 --> 01:21:40,710
And now someone is following in his footsteps.
1329
01:21:43,580 --> 01:21:45,420
Why are you still here?
1330
01:21:45,540 --> 01:21:47,670
Haven't you done enough damage?
1331
01:21:47,790 --> 01:21:49,590
I've still got things to do.
1332
01:21:49,710 --> 01:21:52,680
- What things?
- Tonight, for a start.
1333
01:21:53,680 --> 01:21:56,020
Gideon doesn't need you for that.
1334
01:21:56,140 --> 01:21:58,890
I can do everything that's necessary.
1335
01:21:59,010 --> 01:22:02,810
I intend to finish what I've started.
1336
01:22:14,360 --> 01:22:19,040
This is Midsummer Eve...
1337
01:22:19,160 --> 01:22:22,330
the time of year when Sir Hugo Melmoth,
1338
01:22:22,450 --> 01:22:26,710
who did so much to revive
the old ways of Midsomer Oaks,
1339
01:22:26,830 --> 01:22:32,840
threw himself into the flames and was born again,
1340
01:22:32,960 --> 01:22:36,760
in spirit if not in body.
1341
01:22:48,100 --> 01:22:52,410
Every year, we mark his sacrifice.
1342
01:22:52,530 --> 01:22:58,910
But tonight, we are going to
re-create it with a new phoenix,
1343
01:22:59,030 --> 01:23:02,830
who will be consumed by the fire...
1344
01:23:02,950 --> 01:23:07,080
and then rise again from the ashes!
1345
01:24:42,930 --> 01:24:45,060
Put that fire out!
1346
01:24:45,180 --> 01:24:46,850
There's someone inside the box!
1347
01:24:48,730 --> 01:24:51,950
Of course there is! It's Gideon!
1348
01:24:53,150 --> 01:24:55,400
It's perfectly safe.
1349
01:24:55,520 --> 01:24:57,070
He's not really in there.
1350
01:24:57,980 --> 01:25:00,080
You're exceeding your authority here.
1351
01:25:00,190 --> 01:25:03,820
We are commemorating the death of a noble man!
1352
01:25:03,950 --> 01:25:05,750
Opinions differ on that, Mrs. Soane.
1353
01:25:05,870 --> 01:25:07,290
Call your men off.
1354
01:25:07,410 --> 01:25:10,250
Everything's fine. I'm safe.
1355
01:25:13,790 --> 01:25:15,460
But who is that?
1356
01:25:23,220 --> 01:25:26,140
It's Luke Altman, sir. He's still alive.
1357
01:25:32,980 --> 01:25:34,980
I didn't see him.
1358
01:25:35,100 --> 01:25:36,900
I was only in there for a few seconds.
1359
01:25:37,020 --> 01:25:38,570
This is your fault.
1360
01:25:38,690 --> 01:25:41,160
The fire and the sacrifice were your idea.
1361
01:25:41,280 --> 01:25:43,660
No one was supposed to get hurt!
1362
01:25:43,780 --> 01:25:44,780
Annabel begged me
1363
01:25:44,910 --> 01:25:47,500
not to have anything to do with
you and your pathetic cult.
1364
01:25:47,620 --> 01:25:51,420
Luke could have died.
Why are you not arresting her?
1365
01:25:51,540 --> 01:25:53,340
Because she's not guilty.
1366
01:25:54,790 --> 01:25:57,970
All the victims had a link
to Mrs. Soane and paganism,
1367
01:25:58,090 --> 01:26:00,260
but that was just a classic
piece of misdirection.
1368
01:26:00,380 --> 01:26:04,350
They all had something
much more important in common.
1369
01:26:04,470 --> 01:26:06,520
They all posed a threat...
1370
01:26:06,640 --> 01:26:07,930
to Gideon.
1371
01:26:09,600 --> 01:26:12,820
I barely knew Hannah or Andrew Maplin!
1372
01:26:12,930 --> 01:26:15,810
But Hannah knew all about you from her husband.
1373
01:26:15,940 --> 01:26:19,860
Luke took full responsibility
for the death of William Holt,
1374
01:26:19,980 --> 01:26:21,910
but he didn't act alone.
1375
01:26:22,030 --> 01:26:24,320
You were with him on that day.
1376
01:26:24,450 --> 01:26:26,200
We were just children.
1377
01:26:26,320 --> 01:26:28,700
We didn't mean to hurt anyone.
1378
01:26:28,830 --> 01:26:30,120
Gideon, don't say any more.
1379
01:26:30,240 --> 01:26:32,500
But Luke never said a word.
1380
01:26:32,620 --> 01:26:38,000
Until he married Hannah
and told her the whole story.
1381
01:26:38,130 --> 01:26:39,880
Even then, nothing might have happened
1382
01:26:40,000 --> 01:26:42,630
if Gideon hadn't come to live at Melmoth Hall.
1383
01:26:42,760 --> 01:26:46,560
You're completely wrong.
Gideon wouldn't kill anyone.
1384
01:26:46,680 --> 01:26:48,720
Of course you believe that, Mrs. Latimer.
1385
01:26:48,850 --> 01:26:49,850
You're his mother.
1386
01:26:49,970 --> 01:26:53,730
But I have to consider the evidence against him.
1387
01:26:53,850 --> 01:26:56,770
The killer was someone who knew a great deal
1388
01:26:56,890 --> 01:27:00,520
about magic in general and about
Gideon's tricks in particular.
1389
01:27:00,650 --> 01:27:03,490
My son is not a murderer.
1390
01:27:03,610 --> 01:27:06,580
No. He doesn't need to be.
1391
01:27:08,070 --> 01:27:10,830
You take care of his enemies for him.
1392
01:27:10,950 --> 01:27:12,750
This is absurd.
1393
01:27:12,870 --> 01:27:13,960
What is he talking about?
1394
01:27:14,080 --> 01:27:16,420
Everything was going so well, wasn't it?
1395
01:27:16,540 --> 01:27:22,090
Gideon was rich and successful,
living with you at Melmoth Hall.
1396
01:27:22,210 --> 01:27:26,430
But then Hannah Altman appeared,
blackmailing you...
1397
01:27:28,050 --> 01:27:30,520
...threatening to ruin everything
1398
01:27:30,640 --> 01:27:34,610
by exposing Gideon's nasty, little secret.
1399
01:27:35,520 --> 01:27:37,190
The sabotage at the church.
1400
01:27:38,230 --> 01:27:39,480
No!
1401
01:27:39,600 --> 01:27:40,730
That was you?
1402
01:27:40,860 --> 01:27:42,900
Andrew Maplin
1403
01:27:43,020 --> 01:27:46,530
knew nothing about the death of William Holt.
1404
01:27:46,650 --> 01:27:50,200
He just had a gift for choosing the right words
1405
01:27:50,320 --> 01:27:51,450
at the wrong time,
1406
01:27:51,570 --> 01:27:55,920
so when he started talking about
exposing liars and murderers...
1407
01:27:56,040 --> 01:27:57,080
Murderers, fornicators.
1408
01:27:57,210 --> 01:28:00,130
...you thought he must have found out the truth.
1409
01:28:04,340 --> 01:28:06,720
He was going to destroy us.
1410
01:28:06,840 --> 01:28:09,010
I was only protecting you, my darling,
1411
01:28:09,130 --> 01:28:11,140
like I always have done.
1412
01:28:12,390 --> 01:28:13,890
You killed Annabel?
1413
01:28:14,010 --> 01:28:15,140
Fire!
1414
01:28:17,480 --> 01:28:20,100
She betrayed you.
1415
01:28:22,980 --> 01:28:25,360
You know, she always said you couldn't bear
1416
01:28:25,480 --> 01:28:27,610
the thought of sharing me with anybody else.
1417
01:28:27,740 --> 01:28:29,160
Nelson?
1418
01:28:30,450 --> 01:28:33,920
All my life, you have been there...
1419
01:28:34,030 --> 01:28:35,960
controlling my every move.
1420
01:28:36,080 --> 01:28:38,460
And it brought you the money and fame
1421
01:28:38,580 --> 01:28:40,210
your father and I never had.
1422
01:28:40,330 --> 01:28:44,130
You? You were just his assistant.
1423
01:28:45,460 --> 01:28:48,060
That's all I was allowed to be.
1424
01:28:48,170 --> 01:28:49,920
But I was better than him.
1425
01:28:51,180 --> 01:28:54,350
Don't forget, I taught you everything you know.
1426
01:28:54,470 --> 01:28:58,070
And you've surpassed both of us, my darling.
1427
01:28:59,230 --> 01:29:01,150
Well, that means nothing now...
1428
01:29:02,730 --> 01:29:08,330
...because you destroyed
everything that matters to me.
1429
01:29:12,150 --> 01:29:14,580
It's all finished.
1430
01:29:15,910 --> 01:29:18,380
It's done.
1431
01:29:27,250 --> 01:29:29,510
Gideon!
1432
01:29:30,840 --> 01:29:32,890
Gideon!
1433
01:29:45,650 --> 01:29:47,110
Carole Latimer,
1434
01:29:47,230 --> 01:29:51,610
I am arresting you for
the murders of Hannah Altman,
1435
01:29:51,740 --> 01:29:55,910
Andrew Maplin, and Annabel Latimer...
1436
01:29:56,030 --> 01:29:59,290
and for the attempted murder of Luke Altman.
1437
01:29:59,410 --> 01:30:01,160
You do not have to say anything,
1438
01:30:01,290 --> 01:30:04,170
but whatever you do say
will be given in evidence.
1439
01:30:10,880 --> 01:30:12,010
Inspector Barnaby?
1440
01:30:14,340 --> 01:30:16,940
Somebody said you'd arrested a woman.
1441
01:30:17,050 --> 01:30:18,980
Carole Latimer.
1442
01:30:19,100 --> 01:30:21,390
Magnus!
1443
01:30:21,520 --> 01:30:23,690
Take me home.
1444
01:30:23,810 --> 01:30:25,190
Mrs. Soane?
1445
01:30:26,230 --> 01:30:28,110
I believe this is yours.
1446
01:30:31,820 --> 01:30:35,740
Before you celebrate Sir Hugo's
sacrifice again next year,
1447
01:30:35,860 --> 01:30:39,580
might I suggest you get in touch
with Dr. Dorothea Grenville?
1448
01:30:40,700 --> 01:30:43,200
Lorna and I will be leaving Midsomer Oaks
1449
01:30:43,330 --> 01:30:45,960
long before then, Mr. Barnaby.
1450
01:30:46,080 --> 01:30:49,460
We both need to make a fresh start.
1451
01:30:58,430 --> 01:31:00,350
All the pagan and Christian stuff
1452
01:31:00,470 --> 01:31:02,890
was just more smoke and mirrors, wasn't it?
1453
01:31:03,020 --> 01:31:05,610
This wasn't about religion at all.
1454
01:31:05,730 --> 01:31:08,230
This was about mother love.
1455
01:31:08,350 --> 01:31:10,650
That can be as powerful as any religion.
1456
01:31:10,770 --> 01:31:12,570
On the whole, Nelson,
1457
01:31:12,690 --> 01:31:15,160
I'm glad your parents didn't encourage you
1458
01:31:15,280 --> 01:31:17,080
to pursue a career in magic.
1459
01:31:17,200 --> 01:31:19,700
It's never too late for
a change of direction, sir.
1460
01:31:23,910 --> 01:31:24,960
Oh, at last!
1461
01:31:25,080 --> 01:31:27,050
I thought you'd vanished into a puff of smoke.
1462
01:31:29,920 --> 01:31:32,220
Right, I've got a really good trick for you.
1463
01:31:32,340 --> 01:31:34,050
Please!
1464
01:31:34,170 --> 01:31:37,020
I'm gonna make a bottle of beer disappear.
1465
01:31:37,130 --> 01:31:38,180
Oh, that's easy.
1466
01:31:39,510 --> 01:31:41,560
Go on, Charlie.
1467
01:31:42,640 --> 01:31:44,690
Okay?
1468
01:31:53,650 --> 01:31:56,740
- No, that's brilliant!
- That's actually really good.
1469
01:31:56,860 --> 01:31:58,780
- That's brilliant.
- It's magic!
1470
01:32:01,120 --> 01:32:03,710
Oh, Sykesie, what are you doing?
1471
01:32:05,240 --> 01:32:07,670
Come... Sykes? Sykes!
1472
01:32:11,170 --> 01:32:13,420
The art of misdirection, canine-style!
1473
01:32:13,540 --> 01:32:17,800
Sykesie! Come back with those sausages!
1474
01:32:17,920 --> 01:32:20,140
Sykesie!
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