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Alarm rings

Yeah, but I just don't see why it's suddenly landed
in my lap. Good morning. I'm on my way now, sir.

Move, Gerry!

Good morning. Is it?

Third time lucky.
Good morning, Brian.

Ah, sod the lot of you!

♪ It's all right, it's ok

♪ doesn't really matter
if you're old and grey

♪ it's all right, it's ok

♪ listen to what I say

♪ it's all right, doing fine

♪ doesn't really matter
if the sun don't shine

♪ it's all right, it's ok

♪ we're getting to
the end of the day! ♪

We have a bit of development in
one of our mothball cases. Which one?

The Justin king murder.
Justin king? Doesn't ring a bell.

It wouldn't, we haven't had
movement on it since it came in. Nope.

That's the 18-year-old lad,
who'd been missing for two months

when his body turned up
wrapped in plastic sheeting

on waste ground in north London.

Yeah, but the me ascertained
he'd only been dead a week.

From what? Blunt trauma to the
head, but there were multiple injuries,

sustained by severe
beatings over a couple of days.

Theory was he'd been held
somewhere and tortured.

Been covered in paint
and generally put through it.

Why would you
torture an 18-year-old?

Yeah, an 18-year-old straight a, it student
who'd never been in trouble in his life.

How far did the original
investigation get?

Couldn't even work out where
he'd been for his two months missing.

But now it looks like we have a
witness who might fill in the gaps.

What, someone's come forward?

Someone was dragged
forward. What's that mean?

Diane king, Justin's mother, was handing out
leaflets outside Justin's old university,

when someone recognised
Justin's picture... and?

Mrs king tried to physically drag her here until
a beat copper intervened and brought them both in.

You mean they're both here, now?
Yes, so Gerry and I will talk to mrs king.

You can take the new witness.

She didn't just recognise the
picture. She said she knew him!

I appreciate that, mrs king, but you can't
go around assaulting and kidnapping people.

I was just... I
was a bit excited.

I have been handing out leaflets at the
university every Tuesday for the last two years.

And this is the first time anyone
has even shown a spark of recognition.

Every Tuesday? Well,
what was I supposed to do?

You closed the incident room, wound up the
investigation. No new leads, I was told.

Well, how could there be any
when you weren't even looking?

Mrs king, we realise
how frustrating...

And then they told me that they've handed
the case over to ucos, whatever that is.

But do I hear
anything? Not a word.

Unfortunately we
have a large caseload...

Well, I'm given you a
head start on this one.

I have found you a witness,
now all you have to do is find out

what she knows about how
my Justin ended up like he did...

But you can't do that sat
in here with me, can you?

No, our colleagues are
questioning her as we speak.

We just don't want you to get
your hopes too high. She knew him!

She spent time with him. I think
she's the reason he went missing.

Two months without a word.

I mean, your lot said I was being over-protective.
That he'd probably gone off with friends travelling.

Only the next time I saw
him, I was identifying his body.

I'm so sorry. Don't be sorry.

Everyone's been sorry.

You just find out
who did this to my son.

Oh, good morning, my name is Jack
halford. This is my colleague Brian Lane.

Hi, there. I'm Heidi.

Well, Heidi, why don't
you come and sit down?

And we'll have
a little chat? Ok.

So, you've, er, you've
had a bit of a morning.

Yeah, the lady with the
leaflets... Oh, mrs king.

Justin's mother.

That was really...

She was really upset.

I couldn't understand
why at first.

But you do now?

She said Justin died...

Yeah, he was killed.

So, it is true, then?

You didn't know?

So, how well did
you know Justin?

He lived with us. Us?

Me and my family. And
where do you and family live?

It's near waltham forest.
It's really nice. I'm sure it is.

Justin liked it.
That's why he stayed.

For long? Oh, a while.

A week? Two?

Longer than that.

The last time his mother
spoke to him was in April.

Was that when he arrived?

Well, it was cold in the
mornings when he came.

So, it was spring.

Ok, um, so when
did you last see him?

The day after my
16th birthday party.

How old are you now? 18.

And the day of your birthday is?

2nd of June.

Yeah, he was found on the 8th.

So, er, what happened
next? Did he just leave?

He just decided to go? Not for
good. Oh, he was coming back?

Didn't you wonder why he
never got in touch again?

Yeah, but I didn't
think he was dead.

Well, Heidi, it is possible that you and your
family were the last people to see Justin alive.

So, er, we'd like a chat
with them. All of them?

I don't think you've
got enough room.

You ok to get
home? I'll phone you.

Ah, mr king?

What are you doing
here? I got a call...

Your, um, your husband's
number was in the file.

Melvin and I are
no longer together.

We're separated. I'm
sorry, we didn't know that.

That's all right.
I'm glad they called.

They've found a witness,
haven't they? No, I found her.

The leaflets,
Melvin, they worked.

Oh, well done.
That's great, love.

Yeah, not such a waste
of time after all, was it?

She's had a bit of
a rough morning.

She wasn't always like this,

but when they found Justin...

Well, you never know, this new witness might
be the breakthrough she's been looking for.

Yeah. Cheers.

Then when we finally got some sense out of her, it
turns out she doesn't come from an ordinary family.

She lives in a commune. Commune?

I thought they went out with flared
trousers and the common market.

They call it the community. It was founded
in the '70s by a lord Lyle, on his estate.

And that's where Justin was,
all the time he was missing?

And according to her dates, he
must have died soon after he left there.

Course we're meant to believe that
he left there completely unharmed?

Not a scratch on him.

Question, what was he doing on a
hippy commune in the first place?

How about sex,
drugs and naked yoga?

Silly season story from
the daily star in 2005.

A couple of hacks went in undercover to expose
free love and psychedelia in waltham forest.

Well, that explains it, dunnit? If
I'd seen that story when I was 18...

You'd have been digging out your
bell bottoms and love bead thingies?

And you wouldn't have told your
mother where you were going.

You don't think it through at that age, do you?
You think you're invincible. You do what you like.

It didn't cross your mind what
your parents are going through.

All the worry, the
sleepless nights.

And all for the
sake of a phone call.

All right, we'll start
with the commune,

and see if we can find out
why he never made that call.

You're with me, Gerry and
Brian. Jack... oops, sorry.

I'd like you to re-interview
Justin's roommates.

See if he ever mentioned the commune and if
anybody at the university gotten involved in it.

Get off! Fine, do it yourself.

If you think wading into this commune mob-handed
is the best approach...? We're not wading in.

I just don't think any group of people who have
made a conscious decision to opt out of modern life

are going to be happy to
see the old bill on the doorstep.

No-one ever is! But why should
they get the kid glove treatment?

You can't just reject society.
We've all got responsibilities...

Oh, yeah, and what
are you responsible for?

Paying my taxes.

Making sure my kids
are brought up right

and generally just getting up every
morning and making a contribution.

You're not happy
about it though, are you?

You had a face like a
slapped arse this morning.

I just think we got a perfect opportunity
to win their trust first off. Which is?

Give Heidi a lift home.

Fine.

Have a lovely time.

You grew up here? Yeah, I was only
little when me and dad moved here.

Oh, you're so
lucky. I think so too.

You're being evicted.

What? Why?

The new lord doesn't want
us on his land any more.

Where are you supposed to go?
There's a new lord Lyle, is there?

Yeah the old one, Arthur, died.

We all loved him.

But no-one likes Sebastian.

Right, shall we go in?
Bring on the free love!

It might be better if you went and
talked to some of the locals. Eh?

Meet us back here at three.
Close the gate, will you?

Hi, guys, did you miss me?

Dad, where is everyone?

At the spirit tree. Dogger's called another bloody
tree meeting about the eviction. Hello, love.

Oh, who's this lot, now? Detective superintendent
Pullman, this is my colleague Brian Lane.

Whoa, come on! You only put the damn
sign up last week. We've got days left.

No, no, we're here to investigate
the murder of Justin king.

You what?

Right, well, you'd better come and
see Beatrice. Come on, sweetheart.

This is our home! The land isn't,
not any more, that's the problem.

We could at least put up some sort of
resistance. There are things we can do.

Listen, I don't think we should be talking
about this right now. Why not? Who are you?

Detective superintendent
Pullman, Brian Lane.

Police! What the hell
are you doing here?

We need to talk to all of you
about the murder of Justin king.

What can we do to help?

Well, we could start with
a few names. Well, um,

I'm Beatrice. You've
met ash and Heidi.

This is dogger.

No, er, full names, please.

We'll do our best. We need to
speak to everyone who knew Justin.

And we'll need a list of anyone who visited
the commune whilst Justin was here. Of course.

And any commune members who have
moved on within the last couple of years.

Perhaps we should just give
you our membership files?

Well, yeah, that would be extremely helpful.
No, we work on an ad-hoc basis here.

You'll have to
be patient with us.

Brian!

Ģ window opens

what? Steven Pearson?

No. Carl draper?

Maybe, what do you want?

I'd like to speak
to Carl draper.

Yeah? What about?

Justin king.

Who are you, then? I'm
with the metropolitan police.

Keys jangle

first floor.

Thank you.

Distant dance music plays

Oh, I'm looking for Carl draper.
Yeah, he's in there. I'm Steve.

My names halford, Jack halford.

Nice to meet you.

Follow me. My
apologies, mr halford.

Carl doesn't like to be more than two
metres away from the TV if he can help it.

Video game plays

take a seat. Oh, thank you.

Would you like a cup of
tea? Thank you very much.

Two player?

What?

We'd like you to
break bread with us.

As a sign of friendship and trust.
Thank you, but we ate on the way.

Perhaps we could do the
interviews whilst you're all eating?

No, I don't think so. At the community,
mealtimes are when we come together and regroup.

Yeah, but I think it... What we'd really like
is for our visitors to join us at the table

and partake in the rituals of eating.
Thank you, but as I've already said...

Oh, my god. Sandra,
you gotta taste this.

Fine. Let's do lunch.

No!

Did he just beat you?

Shut it, Steve.

Beginner's luck.

We were on level five.

Police training, probably.

Yeah, that'll be it.

Any sugar? No, no,
that's fine, thank you.

I'll have four in mine.

Now, about Justin king
and the time he was missing.

It looks like he might
have been in a commune.

You know, a place where people
go to drop out? What? Crusties?

Dog on a string, and all that?

Oh, yeah, that
makes sense, actually.

How so? Just the way he was going.
Not when we first moved in together.

He was pretty normal then.
Depends on your idea of normal.

He never missed a lecture.
Handed all his essays in on time...

He was just a
nice lad, all right?

It didn't last, though. By the end of term
he was involved in things at the union.

The societies. What societies?

Oh. Ban the whale,
save the bomb,

trees are people too
- all that kind of thing.

And he started reading. Well, he was a
student, he was supposed to be reading.

But books are so... Analogue.

It was more of
what he was reading.

His mum left them behind
when she cleared his stuff.

I don't think she approved.

Of his reading? Of him having a life.
That's not fair, Carl. She was a nice lady.

She was on the phone
every five minutes.

Was he warm enough?
Was he eating right?

What's wrong with that?

Justin was lucky. A mum that cared about him
and a holiday job with his dad's gardening firm.

And that's what kicked off
the trouble. What trouble?

Well, they had this row because Justin
didn't want to spend his easter mowing lawns.

Had some eco green
thing to go to instead.

It was an ecological music
festival in Amsterdam.

But he knew his mother was going to be hacked
off about it. So, he rang his dad and told him.

She still found out, though.

That's when she came
round here, kicking off,

saying he couldn't let his dad
down during his busiest time.

So, Justin just let her have it.

It was brilliant. It
was out of order.

He was really
bloody rude to her.

When was that? Just be
before he slung his hook.

Packed his bags and
he left the next day.

Missed the last
week of lectures.

We just thought he'd had enough
and decided to take a bit of time off.

But he didn't come
back after the holidays.

That's when his mum
come back again.

When she cleared out his stuff, she realised he
left his passport, bank card and mobile behind.

That's when she finally got the police interested.
But he didn't say anything before he left?

Didn't mention where
he might be going?

Well, I think that's everything.

Thanks, lads. I'll leave
you to your studies.

That's Philip.

He stopped wearing
clothes four years ago.

Doesn't he get cold?

It looks like it sometimes.

Everybody is
welcome at this table.

So I see.

How do they come to hear about
this place? Word of mouth. Grapevine.

On the road. The hippy trail?

Is that how Justin came
to be here? I suppose so.

You know, his mother
reported him missing.

He walked out of his
university, his flat...

Any idea why? No,

and I wouldn't have
asked. He was only 18. So?

He was old enough to take
responsibility for whatever he left behind.

We work on trust here.

Not always the best policy
though, is it? I read the tabloid story.

Oh, well, the journalists saw what they
wanted to see and the rest they made up.

So, Justin wasn't involved in anything
he might not have been able to handle?

Not unless he found getting up to milk the goats
more than he could handle. Is that all you do here?

Raise livestock and grow things?

Yes. So, what attracted
Justin to this place?

I don't know.

I only know why I'm here.

Ok, go on.

I wanted freedom,

a chance to be self-sufficient.

And to rely only on people
who shared my beliefs.

But surely you're reliant
on the owner of this land?

Would Sebastian Lyle be about to evict you if he
shared those values? My son has other priorities.

Your son?

So you're lady Lyle?

Arthur and I never married.

And I wouldn't have taken
the title even if we had.

I put you a few extra chips on.

Oh, cheers. Want some sauce?

No, thanks, no, I tell you what I
would like though, is a little chat.

Well, it's lunchtime and
I'm busy. Only five minutes.

So, what do you
want to chat about?

Well, what do you know about this hippy
place up the road? The commune? Yeah.

I mean do any of them
ever come in here?

On the odd occasion, yeah.

And I mean odd.

Yeah? Well, you know what
goes on up there, don't you?

The drugs and all that.

So, it's all true then? What else do you think
they're growing up there? Organic vegetables?

I'm sure they manage the odd courgette, but I
wouldn't like to think what they use them for.

Oh, dear! That's
right, the orgies.

These are regular, are they? Every other Friday.
That's when you like to pop up there, ain't it, bill?

If I'd have known you were a journalist,
I'd never have given you the extra chips.

Eat up and bugger off. No, no,
no, no, you've got it all wrong.

This is so good. Everything tastes
like... Well, like it's supposed to.

That's because most of it
was in the ground this morning.

And we don't use any chemicals
or stuff, do we? No, we don't.

You really have got
the good life here.

Yeah, well, we like
to think so, don't we?

What about Justin?

Didn't he think so too?

I mean, why did he leave?

Cos he was just like all the
other eco-wannabes we get here.

They think this place is some
sort of rural holiday camp.

Then they realise they might have to do some
work. Justin worked! For a couple of months.

Look, living here, it's a
way of life, a commitment.

Obviously, Justin
couldn't handle that.

That's not true. He loved it
here. And he was coming back.

It's all right, Heidi.

No-one matches your level of
commitment to the cause, dogger.

Or your ability to
bang on about it.

So how about you get on with
tasting the fruits of your labour now, eh?

You wouldn't think his father's
an investment banker, would you?

Raspberry and elderflower.
We make it ourselves.

Can I tempt you? Not for
me. Come on, just a glass?

There's no such thing
as just one glass with me.

Yep, that's what
they said to me.

You see, my problem
wasn't the drink.

It was what the drink
brought out in me.

But since coming here and facing
my demons, well, put it this way,

I can trust myself now.

Look, I'm not a journalist. And I
don't go home smelling of bacon.

I work for the police.

Oh, well, that makes
it so much better.

I'm sorry, I don't know
what the problem is.

The problem is that no-one
wants to live and let live these days.

Beatrice and the others,
they're not hurting anyone.

That story in the papers
about the sex and the drugs,

it was rubbish. What, all of it?

Look, I'm not saying that they've
never smoked funny cigarettes

or they're all celibate - they're
not junkie sex addicts either.

Oh, I get the picture.

Still doesn't stop some idiot coming in here every
other week, asking for directions to the free love.

Hmm, the world is
full of weirdos, innit?

Well, if they're expecting anything other
than free-range eggs, they'll be disappointed.

But you can spot
the genuine ones.

Wide-eyed, looking
for something.

Yeah, look, did anyone
come in looking for this kid?

Justin. That's right.

Yeah, he brought my egg
delivery for a few weeks.

There was someone - big
bloke, funny accent. Foreign.

Russian or Polish or something.

Looked a bit shifty,
so I played dumb.

He might have had
luck elsewhere though.

Justin spent a lot of his time in here
when he wasn't in the chicken shed.

Not growing anything here I
shouldn't be seeing, are you?

Not any more.

So, Justin got involved?
Pulled his weight?

Oh, yes. He was a very
welcome addition to the place.

Welcome? He was well liked then?
Absolutely. Got on with everybody?

Yes. He wasn't involved
in disputes or arguments?

Oh, no. And even if he had been, we don't
solve our disputes with violence in this place.

So, what was dogger
suggesting at the tree meeting?

Dogger... talks a good fight.

And he does tend to be rather aggressive,
but Justin wasn't, he loved this place.

Then why did he leave so
suddenly? Oh, well, he got itchy feet.

It's nice and warm in here.

Yeah. Cos of the chickens. Hmm.

Justin and I used to
come here all the time.

You really miss him, don't you?

Yeah, there's not many
people my age here.

And he definitely said he
was coming back? Yeah.

Did you know that there are
chickens that lay purple eggs?

Not dark purple, more a lavender colour. I don't
think they taste purple though. I suppose not.

Was he coming back for you? Yes.

I wasn't old enough to go with
him. So, we were going to wait until...

I thought I was still waiting.
So, he was your boyfriend? No.

He was my lover. Did
your father know about this?

Yeah, he was fine
about it. Really?

Everybody was. Everybody?

Or they would have said
something in the meeting.

That's what the community
meetings are. They're an open forum.

Very Democratic.

You took a vote as to whether to encourage a
underage girl to have sex with a boy she barely knew.

We didn't encourage it.

We just accepted the reality
of the situation. Which was?

That from the moment Heidi saw Justin, there
was only one place they were ever gonna end up.

You've gotta understand Heidi,
she's been brought up amongst adults.

That doesn't make her an
adult! Is this what you wanted?

No, it's not big enough. What
do you even want it for anyway?

Look, we're busy. Can we talk about
this later? No, you're just wasting time.

Look, the bailiffs could be
here any minute. I know that!

I asked you to do
one thing for me.

If you could do it silently,
we'd be eternally grateful.

You were saying?

I just want to know why you didn't
tell Justin to keep away from Heidi.

You don't know much about
teenagers, then, do you?

The word "no" is the greatest aphrodisiac
you can say to anybody under the age of 20.

Fine, so you just had a meeting
and gave them the all clear, eh? No!

We talked about love and respect and, above
all, how to keep themselves safe and healthy.

Did you discuss the fact that once Justin got
what he wanted, he might pack his bags and leave?

It was just the right time
for Justin to move on.

Are you sure you didn't tell him it was the
time to move on? Away from your daughter? No.

Because that I'd understand - to let him sleep with her
and allow him to bugger off! It's just bad parenting.

You've got no idea. I've
done everything for my girl!

Brian...

I'm not buying any of this.

He didn't just wake up one
morning and decide to leave.

No, well, why would he?

I mean, look at this place.

Brian, I'm asking you what you think. You're
supposed to have been questioning people.

Yes, of course. And I agree.

Something's happened here
that needs further investigation.

And the best way for us to do that
is for me to stay the night. What?

No, I really think
it would help.

Let's just say I've got
one of me feelings.

Er, how would you feel
about me staying the night?

I've still got one or two questions I'd like
to ask. You want to spy on us, you mean?

Yeah, I don't bloody think so.
Tell 'em, bea. They're not welcome.

Well, if you've got nothing to
hide, then I can't see the problem.

My sentiments exactly.

That's not what it's about.
This is about basic human rights.

I'll make up a bed for you.

I don't care what he
said to the collective,

you do not just give the all clear to a horny student
to have it away with your 15 year-old daughter.

I think that after the meeting, ash took him
outside and threatened to kick his head in.

Unfortunately, Justin didn't
take the threat seriously

and a couple weeks later that's
exactly what happened to him.

So the next day, he has to tell
everybody that Justin decided to leave,

then wait until he could move
the body. Something like that, yeah.

He told Brian that he'd been in trouble
before he and Heidi got to the commune.

Let's see what we can dig up on
that. His real name is Gary ashford.

Oh, and run a check on this
dogger character while you're at it.

Let's see if that mouth of his has got
him into trouble. What's his real name?

Digby Dyson-Jones,
would you believe?

Real salt of the
earth. Any others?

Well, Sally did say there
were people there with a past.

They have an aversion to surnames
at the commune, but we'll try.

Hopefully Brian will
bring back some details.

Er, what about this foreign
bloke that Sally mentioned?

We can't pull in every bloke with an
eastern European accent in London.

No, the olympic stadium
would never get finished.

It's just a thought, but we're assuming
that Justin was running to the commune.

What if, in fact, he was running
away from something? Meaning?

Well, as far as I can gather,
his relationship with his mother

wasn't as warm and cosy
as she would have us believe.

Yeah, it's interesting she never mentioned that
they had a blazing row just before he disappeared.

Why don't you two find out about
that - I'm going home. Oh! Cheers.

Oh, er, there is
just one more thing.

Yeah?

I don't think it was a good
idea leaving Brian down there.

Why? I think he
may be back at aa?

Well, that could be a good thing.
We both know it's not. He'll be ok, Jack.

Maybe, but you know Brian.
Once he goes looking for help...

He has a tendency to
look in all the wrong places.

Exactly. Well, I'd better go and see
Esther, hadn't I? Might be a good idea.

Eh, this is the life.

It wasn't an
argument. It was just...

It got a bit heated.

More like red-hot,
according to Steve and Carl.

But you never mentioned this in any of
your statements or missing persons reports.

Didn't you think
it was relevant?

No! It, it was over something...
Nothing. I can't even remember what...

Mrs king, this was the last
conversation you ever had with your son.

And you don't remember
what it was about?

Why were you so angry?

He only wanted to go
away with friends for a while.

It wasn't about
that! Not really.

Then what was it about?

He'd done it again.

Done what?

Called Melvin instead of me!

I hated it when Justin
did that and he knew it.

Is that why he did it?

No, Justin wouldn't
do that. He...

Oh, the truth was Melvin
was always such a soft touch.

It was always me had
to say no, never him.

It was the same
when Justin was little.

I'd be at home with him all day, I'd
have to tell him about every little thing.

I'd get all the tears, and then
Melvin would walk in after work...

And Justin would be all smiles
for daddy. You don't understand.

It wasn't fair. Well, whoever
said being a parent was fair?

It wasn't fair because Melvin
wasn't even his real dad!

And you told
Justin that, did you?

Just, I wanted him to understand how
important it was to come to me about things.

I was his mum.

Excuse me.

No wonder the kid did a runner.

Oh, Melvin.

I just wanted to make sure
you were ok. You look upset.

You've been crying! Melvin,
you've got to stop doing this.

Finding excuses to come round.

It's too hard.

I know.

I'm sorry.

Excuse me.

Mr king?

Can you hang on a second? Look, i'm sorry, but we
heard all that. Look, I'm not stalking her or anything.

I just want to make sure she's ok.
Yeah, of course, course, but, er...

Mrs king was just telling us about what happened
between her and Justin at the flat. God, that?

I'm surprised he never guessed.

What does that mean?

He might have called me dad,
but I was never allowed to be it.

Justin was Diane's son.
That was clear from the off.

She did everything for him.
That's why she deserved better.

What, from Justin?

From me as well.

I was no great catch when
we met, but she sorted me out.

Got me back on my feet.

I wanted to be able to return
the favour when he died.

I just...

I couldn't make her feel better.

Nobody could have done that. If
anything I've made things worse.

She doesn't want me around.

Well, not at the moment maybe, but you never
know there might come a time when she needs you.

And until then? Just
be there, I suppose.

He rings doorbell

Em.

Emily, it's me.

I know you're in there.

Emily, I know you're in.

Look, all I wanted to
say was happy birthday.

No, actually, that's...
That's not all I want to say.

Look, I'm not going
anywhere, ok?

I know you expected me just to
walk away, but... I'm not going to.

I'll just be here,

I'll be here for when
you're ready, ok?

Bye-bye.

You don't have to
if you don't want to.

No, go on, I'll try a glass.

What do you think? It's nice.

How do you feel? Fine.

That's what aa does to you.

You keep telling yourself you can't be trusted
around the booze, and you start to believe it.

Yeah. I'm beginning to see that.

Oh, thank you.

I can't tell you how long it's been
since I've had a home-cooked meal.

You're welcome. It was
going to waste anyway.

I'm sorry about that.

I should have brought Brian
back with me. No, it's ok.

If he fancies a night
away from me...

No, I don't think he
wanted to be away from you.

Esther, did you know that
Brian had gone back to aa?

When? I'm not sure.

He hasn't needed to
go to a meeting for years.

I didn't realise
things had got so bad.

No, neither did I.

Oh, Esther...

Look, I was thinking about giving him a break.
Oh, no! God, no. But if he's feeling the strain...

That's nothing to the strain he'd feel if he were
sitting around here all day. That mind of his.

Yeah, that's true.

All right, look, we'll just
keep an eye on him, all of us.

At least we know
he's safe tonight.

Taxpayers are getting their
money's worth out of him tonight.

I'll put him to bed.
You'll need a hand.

No, dogger, I'll help him.

Not now, Esther. I'll
walk home in the morning.

Come on. Come on,
Brian. Off you go to bed.

Esther...

I'll get the door.

He grunts

Tinkling

Tinkling

Chattering

One, two, three...

Who is it? No idea.

And they're not talking. I knew this place was too
bloody good to be true. Yeah, I suppose it was.

What the hell's been
going on? It's all over!

You've ruined everything,
you stupid old bitch!

That's enough! You touch her again,
you've no idea what she's done for us!

Dad!

Heidi, don't worry about
a thing right, just be quiet.

The me has given the body a quick once over and all
she can confirm at the moment is that it's male.

And that's it, officially, until
the DNA results come back in.

Unofficially? They found a wallet in his
back pocket belonging to a nicholai chenko.

He wasn't in possession of
a "foreign accent", was he?

Russian moved to London in '99.

Never been reported missing, but vice have been
looking for him since June 2006. Same time Justin died.

Yeah, he failed to appear in court on a domestic
violence charge and he's been off the grid ever since.

Domestic? What's
that got to do with vice?

According to this, four different girls
have made complaints against him.

And they'd all been living
in the same flat in haringey.

Pimp. Which flat in haringey?

6... tadmarton Lane.

I'm on my way.

Dead?

Like properly dead?

He said they dug him up! Of course,
he's properly dead. I was just making sure.

Ah, that's a relief.

Really?

Why, what sort
of a bloke was he?

We thought he was
pretty cool at first.

What with him having different
birds downstairs every week and that.

Until we realised he
was pimping 'em out.

Nik'd bring his clients
round and we'd hear...

Well, you know.

Sometimes he got a
bit rough with the girls.

Knock them about a bit, did he?
Yeah, we were pretty shocked.

What about Justin?

Well, he was horrified. Especially with
him being in his peace and love phase.

We told him not to get involved.
Problem was he had no common sense.

No idea how things really were.

Because of his mother! If
she hadn't had babied him...

He's right. What
exactly happened?

Well, one night, Nik was
smacking one of his girls around.

I don't know what she'd done,
but he was really going for it.

Justin wanted to go down.

But we told him not to,
and he phoned the police.

I went mental. Bloody idiot.

Well, Justin was just
doing the right thing, surely.

But that didn't help us when Nik came back
from being charged and found his girl gone.

It was all right for Justin, he
was at one of his meetings.

It was us that got the
kicking on his behalf.

It was Nik's way of
leaving him a message.

And what did Justin do
when he got the message?

A disappearing act.

Oh.

So, he left you in
the lurch, did he?

Yeah! And that wasn't
the end of it. Oh?

Nik kept on popping
round, looking for him.

You must have been terrified.
Wouldn't you have been?

We had to do what we did.

And what did you do exactly?

We told Nik where to find him.

Oh, so you did know
about the commune, then?

Justin kept on going on
about this self-sufficient place.

We just wanted Nik
to leave us alone.

We never knew he would kill him.

Just do him over,
like he done us.

I mean you
understand, don't you?

We had no choice. Oh,
yes, I understand completely.

But do you understand that you can both be arrested
now for withholding vital information from the police?

That's quite a temper you have. It's
got you into trouble before, hasn't it?

The Cardiff boys sent us your records.
Abh, affray, assaulting a police officer...

I put all that behind me 15 years ago.
Really? Yes, when Heidi's mother died.

I had to sort out my head. If we'd have stayed in
wales, things would have gone from bad to worse.

Very admirable. Doing
it for your daughter.

It's what you're supposed to do. Still, it
must be hard when you see her making mistakes.

Well, that's how she learns.

So what was she
learning from Justin?

Cos you can't have been happy
about that. I told you, I was fine with it.

I don't buy that. He was sleeping with your underage
daughter. Sure, but she was safe and she was happy.

He was a nice lad, what
more could I have hoped for?

That's why we came to the commune.
To find your daughter a boyfriend? No!

To make sure she didn't
find one just like me.

Well, they always say that girls end up with
blokes just like their dads, don't they?

At the commune she'd have no chance of meeting
anyone bad for her. Except for Nikolai chenko.

How did he end
up at the commune?

I don't know. Ok, different
question, how did he die?

I killed him. Really?
And why was that?

Because he was stealing from us.

And what was he stealing?
Potatoes? Goat's milk?

It's not often I find
myself in this position.

Two confessions and I don't
believe a word of either of them.

Knock at door

guv'nor, I think
you better hear this.

Interview suspended at 11.46.

What?

I killed him.

Justin and me were
in the hen house.

That's where we used to go to when we wanted
to... it's ok, we know all about that.

That was the night he said it.

Said what? That he loved me.

That he wanted us to go away
together when I was old enough.

And then we fell asleep. Well, he
did and I didn't want to wake him.

Didn't want to ruin things.

What happened next?

Then that man,

he had me by the hair, pulling
me up and shouting at Justin.

He said he was going to take me
as a replacement for something.

And he meant it. He really did!
No, it's all right. We believe you.

He wasn't a nice man.

No, he wasn't.

Justin was fighting him, but
he was getting hurt, really hurt.

And that's when I saw the knife, the one we
use for cutting the string on the bales of hay.

You have to understand, I
thought he was going to kill Justin.

So, I...

It's ok, Heidi.

And we were going to help him.

But when dad and Beatrice
got there he was already... Dead.

When Justin told
me who Nikolai was

I realised that he wasn't the sort
of person who would be missed

and I didn't want Heidi's life
ruined because of that man.

We buried Nikolai near the tree, and then we
made up some mumbo jumbo to keep people away.

We called it the spirit tree,

and then my son, Sebastian,
started the court proceedings

and I realised we'd have to move
the body before the diggers moved in.

And then you decided to stay.

I'm sorry we had to drug you.

You drugged me? Weren't you
surprised you got drunk so quickly?

What happened after that?

You know the rest.

We put the body into the caravan so that when
the bailiffs came, we could just tow it away.

Good plan, but then it's not like
you haven't moved a body before.

I'm sorry?

What was it? Justin was a stranger, so
he couldn't be trusted with your secret?

We didn't kill Justin.

We just asked him to leave.

I told him to pack his bags. Make things
right with my girl and get the hell out.

So, where did he go? Travelling.

That bit was the truth.

He said he couldn't go back to his old life, not
after living with us. He just wanted to see India.

He never made it, ash. I
had nothing to do with that.

I promise you.

Ok, I'll leave it
there for the minute.

Interview suspended at 4.20.

Brian?

Did Beatrice tell you?

Yeah.

I'm sorry.

Ash was the last person
to see Justin alive.

He's still my prime suspect.
What if he was telling the truth?

Then where the hell did Justin go
after he was kicked out of the commune?

Well, it certainly wasn't India. His mum had
his passport. He wouldn't have gone to her.

No.

Have you got some news for me?

We think we might
have a suspect.

Well, that's great. Yeah, it is.
So, do you know what happened?

We need to fill in a few gaps, but we think that
Justin might have been planning to go abroad, India.

So, he would have
needed his passport.

But I had it. I still do.

Yeah that's right, but we think
he tried to get his hands on it.

Melvin? Yeah, I suppose
he would have had to.

So, he didn't come to you, then?

You're thinking of the time he wanted
to go to Amsterdam for the weekend.

Oh, yeah, that was the time when
you were planning just to hand it over?

Well, yeah. It would have made sense
to come to you for the second time.

Oh, he only wanted to go to Amsterdam
for the weekend, not India for six months.

How do you know he was
planning to go for six months?

Melvin, you better tell
her what happened.

Melvin? It was you who
said she deserved better.

Ok, fine, let's see
if I've got this right.

Now, Justin went
missing for two months.

That's two months of worry
and stress for you and Diane,

then he turns up large as life in your
lock-up asking for his passport again.

You know he's only come to you cos
he doesn't want to deal with his mother.

So there is no way you're gonna let him just
swan off before making things right with Diane

because while things weren't
right between Justin and Diane,

they were never gonna be right
between you and Diane. Melvin?

But, no, he said sod the lot of you, I'm gonna
leave anyway and that's when you lost it.

So what did you do?
Push him around a bit?

Or did you lock
him in the lock-up?

Give him time to think
what he was doing. What?

Yeah, maybe he
went a little crazy?

Smashed the place
up, threw paint all over it,

and that's when you lost it.

This is a place where
you work to pay for his way.

I can't believe you
meant to kill him.

What happened?

Did he fall? Bang his head?

Come on, Melvin. Speak to me.

I don't know what
you're talking about. No...

It never happened, love.

Diane?

You killed him!

You killed my son!

That's enough!

It's all right. It's
ok. It's all right.

Sobbing

it's all right.

I need a drink. Who's with me?
Well, if you're buying. Not me.

I better get home to Esther.

She gets worried when I'm away from her at
night. Yeah, she does. Shall I give you a lift?

No. There's no
need. No, I want to.

Right, thanks. Goodnight.

I'll be in, in a minute, I'm
gonna finish this. Right.

Filthy habit.

Yeah, yeah...

What are you doing here? Thought
I'd save you another phone call.

Yeah, that, yeah... Unusual
way to say happy birthday...

Thanks...

For not giving up.

What could I do? I missed you.

Yeah, me too.

Well, don't sound so surprised.

Well, I am.

I didn't realise I'd let myself get
so used to the idea of having a dad.

And then I buggered it up.

It was a relief... To
find out it was all a lie.

I thought, "fair enough, can't
miss what you never had."

Except it's not that easy.

No, it isn't.

I just needed a bit
of time to be angry,

before I realised that you
did what you thought was best.

Well, I'm just glad you
had time to work it out.

Daddy...

Yeah?

Are you going to buy me a
drink or what? Come on, you!

I know you're struggling, Brian,

but you need to know that you're not alone
and I just want you to bear that in mind.

Brian?

Yeah.

Cheers.

I thought you said Jack was in
here. He is. Have a look at this.

Video game plays

he's obsessed with
the bloody thing!