Original subtitles

I've been told that you're the man in the know

when it comes to buying and disposing of children.

Is he capable of murder?

Oh, we all are.

[Man] How would you like to make£ 300?

You practice punching, you fight.

[speaking foreign language]

[Eva] Whatever it was they were drugging him for,

they wanted him wide awake.

You're talking to us. What do you want?

Uh, I had a client.

She was alluring, puzzling, terrifying.

And my mummy let it all happen.

[Jeanette] What happened to her?

[Sophia] She vanished.

[eerie music]

[crows cawing]

[Victoria] You have to choose the big ones.

Give me that one.

[Martin] Why are we doing this?

I told you. For protection.

Protection from who?

One more.

Behind all that darkness,

there was one little ray of light.

One friend.

Martin.

There.

Come on.

I kept him safe.

Are we hiding?

Who are we hiding from?

What are you scared of?

Nothing!

[Martin] Wait!

Where are you going?

[impact grunts]

What are you doing?

Stop! Please!

Get me out!

Please! Wait!

Come back here!

Help! Please! Help!

Please! Come back here.

Help!

Someone, help!

Come back!

Please don't leave me here.

[birds twittering]

[Victoria] But then he vanished.

[sticks snapping and rustling]

He had completely disappeared.

[foreboding music]

And I was alone in the dark.

Again.

[foreboding music] [crows cawing]

♪ Rock-a-bye baby on the tree top ♪

♪ When the wind blows, the cradle will rock ♪

♪ When the bow breaks the cradle will fall ♪

♪ Down will come baby, cradle and all ♪

♪ Hush little baby ♪

♪ Don't you leave... ♪

-Oh, hey. -Hey.

-[Alex] What time is it? -It's early still.

Wait.

You don't have to get up yet, do you?

Okay.

-I'm sorry, sweetie. -No, it's fine.

It's just... [inhales deeply] I'm just tired.

-Gonna put the coffee on. Yeah. -Sure.

[message alert tone]

[cellphone ringing] [dramatic music intensifies]

[jackhammering]

[gasps]

[jackhammering continues]

[ominous music]

[Jeanette] Oh, my God.

I know.

Black male, late teens, found this morning

by one of the science teachers out for his run.

Not yet identified,

but he's covered in cuts and bruises.

Same type of bag.

Just like the others.

Fuck.

I know. It's all right.

[Jeanette] Shit.

When does this go national?

Shit.

Why here?

I've requested a list of staff and students

and all footage from CCTV.

Okay, good. I want all students accounted for.

And can you add the board and anyone affiliated

with the school, even in a minor way?

Oh, we've gotta, gotta look out

for any crossovers with the others.

Who's that?

[Lou] That's Peter Drake, school principal

He lives off site.

Yeah, I wanna talk to him.

Right, forensics can carry on here.

We've gotta get in front of this.

I need you with me on interviews, okay?

-Something else. -What?

-[Lou] Lowry. -What about him?

[Lou] He was found this morning at his home by his cleaner.

He's in the ICU.

Looks like he's been poisoned.

What are you thinking?

Well, I'm thinking someone wants to shut him up.

Okay, let's go through Lowry's files,

see if we can find a link to this school.

I mean, it doesn't matter how small, okay?

Currently, all bets are off.

Everything's on the fucking table, yeah?

Thank you.

[Victoria] [recording] You're a liar!

Just like him, just like them,

and you're sick. You'll get what's coming to yo!

If you knew pain the way I know pain,

you'd give anything to take back what you said about me.

How dare you slander me?

I will not be merciful!

I can't forgive her, you hateful fuck!

Know this, Sophia Craven, you are not half the woman I am!

[tape clicks finished]

[keypad dialing]

[automated operator message] The number you have dialed

is not in service.

Please check the number and try again.

[Sophia] [whispers] Where are you?

"She [indistinct] knows the address.

"She mentioned the route past the graveyard.

She described her house being opposite a church."

"The church opposite a graveyard."

[thunder rumbling] [rain pattering]

[vehicle approaching] [thumping bassy music]

[Besim] Let's go. Let's go.

Hurry up. Get in the van.

Sit down. Close the door.

[Peter] We're, we're all obviously deeply disturbed

by this morning's discovery.

I must say, if there's anything

that we, as an institution, can do

to support the investigation...

Well, you can start by telling us why someone

might want to leave a body on the lawn of your school.

Well, I mean, at this point, your guess is as good as mine.

We have absolutely no idea who could've done this.

I mean, to, to leave a man just thrown out like that

is completely incomprehensible, really.

Teenager.

Sorry.

[Jeanette] It's not a man. It's a teenage boy.

Quite possibly the same age as some of your students.

Tell me, Mr. Drake.

Are there any reasons someone might hold a grudge

against Beecham College?

[Peter] I shouldn't have thought so.

What about the school board or teachers?

Any recent incidents?

-What kind of incidents? -Scandals.

I'm not sure what you're insinuating.

-Do you know Carl Lowry? -[Peter] Who?

[Jeanette] Carl Lowry.

[Peter] The dentist?

So you know that, two days ago,

he was arrested for owning and distributing

indecent images of children?

What are you implying?

[Jeanette] What about David White?

Sorry, what's all this about?

Two of the bodies are placed inside properties

owned by these two men.

We're trying to work out if there's a connection, Mr. Drake.

To the school?

[Jeanette] Or someone who works here, yes.

[Peter] Well, I mean, I know of them...

So you know them?

Well, that's pretty scandalous, wouldn't you say?

Well, they're businessmen.

I have dealings with most of the city's leaders in commerce.

[Lou] The rugby field, is it monitored?

No, afraid not.

We have cameras, but they're in use

during matches. We do beam back.

Beam back?

Uh, yes, for parents overseas.

We'll need access to all CCTV in the last seven days,

-all areas. -Of course.

[Lou] And we'll need the whereabouts

of the boarding students accounted for,

as well as a list of staff on duty overnight.

I'll get my secretary to compile that as a matter of priority.

We'll also need access to the school's financial records.

I'm sorry. I fail to see how that's relevant.

[Jeanette] This is a murder investigation, Mr. Drake.

That body wasn't put there by accident.

Someone associated with this institution

knows something about that boy's death.

We'd like to see the records of all the money

that comes in and out of the business, please.

-You mean "school." -[Jeanette] Private school.

It's a business.

[Lou] You are, after all, a leader of commerce.

Are you not?

Thank you, Mr. Drake. We'll be in touch.

He's lying.

[Lou] Are you sure about that?

[Jeanette] Hey, listen, you saw how he changed

when I mentioned Lowry, right?

[Lou] You asked him if he knew a pedophile.

I did.

Yeah, but that doesn't mean he's guilty.

-[Jeanette] Come on, -You heard him.

It's business. They all fucking know each other.

I understand what you're saying, all right...

Forensics are all packed up.

The body's on its way back to Eva.

[Lou] Look, when you go back to the station,

uniform can tidy up here.

Mike and I, we'll go back to yesterday's warehouse,

get some intel from the locals.

All right, cheers. See you later.

[dramatic music] [cawing]

[Victoria] [recording] And I wouldn't know

or presume to know the power

you wield over people like me,

but the things you say and do,

you're trying to keep me in,

lock me up, hold me down.

You know fuck-all about me.

You only know as much as I ever wanted you to know

and fucking less!

[knocking on glass]

[Sophia] Victoria.

Hello?

Victoria.

[Lou] Started off 'round here.

I was the bobby on the beat.

I'm not saying that everybody 'round here is an angel.

But there's a lot of good people 'round here too.

And they don't all hate us like you may think.

You see, what they don't tell you about policing

is it's 99% intuition.

You gotta use your own moral code.

Turn a blind eye here,

give someone a helping hand there.

That's how you create trust. That's how you get results.

That's real policework. Wait here.

[unintelligible chatter]

[Lou] Keep an eye open. Take this.

-See you later. -See you later.

And what'd he say?

[Lou] Nothing. Doesn't even know anything about it.

Whatever's going on, it's got nothing

to do with anybody around here.

Look, Lou.

Did you pay him? Well?

"Well" what?

-That's not okay. -[Lou chuckling]

Tell me something, Mikey.

How do you think you get results in communities like this?

-What do you think? -Policing.

What does that mean to you?

Asking nicely? Saying please?

We could be out here all fucking day,

knocking on doors, sitting on sofas,

drinking cups of tea,

and do you know what that would get us?

Do you know what that would get us?

Absolutely nothing.

See that exchange there, that 40 quid?

That, boy, is a whole day's worth of information.

You're still giving money to a known criminal.

It's an economy. It's what we're in, Mike.

It works both ways.

And if you wanna make progress, real progress,

that actually makes a difference,

you can learn a lot from me.

Come on.

[distressing music swelling]

[pigs squealing]

[music transitions to ominous]

Come on.

[Jeanette] Right, we now have three bodies in three days,

all in bags at various locations across the city.

The latest being this morning's discovery

at Beecham College.

Do we have word on Beecham students?

[Officer] All accounted for.

Great, so we're probably looking at vulnerable young adults here.

We're looking at care-leavers, runaways, asylum seekers.

We can't yet rule out trafficking.

Whoever's doing this is still at large.

And it goes without saying

that we have to find them as a matter of urgency.

Now, these three guys

have all admitted to knowing each other.

This is them in a recent Leaders of Commerce meeting.

We need to understand what links them

and what they're not telling us.

We're still looking at Carl Lowry

as our prime suspect,

but, in an unfortunate twist, he was poisoned at home last night

and is currently in a critical, but stable condition in the ICU.

This obviously points to the likelihood

that there are others involved

that don't want Car Lowry talking,

which is why I'm looking at these two men.

I've been given full permission, thank you Superintendent Pound,

to flush out Carl Lowry's entire criminal history.

There doesn't seem to be anything

that ties him to the college directly,

but that doesn't mean that it's not there.

Sorry to interrupt.

Just got a report from missing persons unit.

Right?

We may have a match for the second body.

Who?

Hasan Rahimi, an Iranian

who's been missing for 18 months.

Right, I'm gonna need someone to inform the parents

and bring them in for an identification.

-Lou. Everyone else. -Ai.

I think you know what you're getting on with, right?

Our main focus in on Carl Lowry.

And I want everything pulled up on that school.

Let's get going, please.

[eerie action music]

[birds squawking]

You never done anything like this before?

Mm-mm.

Don't worry. You'll be fine.

[hard knocking on glass]

[door opens]

Hello.

-Hello. -[Mike] Is your mummy there?

[Boy] Yeah.

Can you, can you call her for me?

Mum.

[speaking foreign language]

-Hello. -[Mike] Mrs. Rahimi...

Is it Hasan? Have you found him?

What's happened? Have you found him?

Have you found Hasan? Please tell me he's okay...

[Man] Marjan.

Hasan...

Sorry. Mrs. Rahimi.

We'll have to ask you to come down

to the police station, please.

Uh, we found a body matching the description of your son.

I'm sorry.

One minute.

[Marjan sobbing]

[Mike] [whispers] This sucks.

All right.

[Marjan sobs]

[speaking foreign language]

What's he saying?

[Woman] It's not their son.

Whoever did this, I hope we fucking catch him

and I hope we fucking...

Uh...

-Mike. -[Mike] Hi.

Me and Lou, we spoke to the family.

The potential match for the second body.

[Jeanette] Okay.

It's not a match.

I mean, the body wasn't even...

It wasn't even their son.

[Jeanette] Oh, I'm sorry.

[Mike] You was right. You said in the brief

and I'm starting to see a pattern.

Kids going missing, refugee kids.

[Jeanette] Mm-hmm, there's absolutely a pattern, Mike.

Pattern of countless young asylum seekers unaccounted for.

Look, I've been doing some research.

They're using these hostels as overflow for asylum seekers

who are waiting to be processed,

and I'm just thinking, um...

Look, you said, you said

these boys could be new to the country.

If they are asylum seekers,

they could've been housed in one of these hostels.

Okay.

But we need to speak to the staff,

ask them if they've seen anything, anything weird.

Anything new, anything they've noticed.

Okay.

"Okay"?

You're a good police officer, Mike.

You should back yourself.

If you've got a hunch, follow it.

Okay?

Go on, then.

Bye.

[music swelling]

Lou.

-[Lou] What? -Come in.

What?

Don't you think you should've told me that you interviewed

a woman who accused Carl Lowry of rape?

What? When?

[clears throat]

2019.

[Lou] Jeanette.

Do you know how many people I interview every year?

Yeah, I understand that,

but perhaps this might've jogged your memory

considering he's a prime suspect in a multiple homicide.

What's her name?

Ursula Wilson.

Ah, yeah, I do remember, now that you mention it.

She, um, well, she only wanted to press charges.

-Where you going? -I'm gonna interview her.

Oh, I'll come with you.

[Jeanette] No, no, you carry on doing what you're doing.

[birds chirping]

[dog barking]

[Besim] You okay?

You have to do this. This is part of it.

Roll your sleeve up.

What is it?

[Man] Help numb the pain.

[sinister music]

[cawing]

[Ursula] I only had hemp milk. If that's okay?

Oh, that's perfect. Thank you.

Knew you was police.

[Jeanette] Did you?

Can always tell a copper.

Then perhaps it's my natural air of authority.

[chuckles lightly] No, it's not that.

She's down for a nap. I don't have long.

Yeah, of course, um,

Ursula, I'm gonna have to ask you a few things

that might feel difficult.

And trust me when I say, the last thing I wanna do

is bring anything up that's gonna be upsetting for you.

But I do believe that you might have some information

that could be very valuable to our investigation.

Carl Lowry is in a coma. He's in the hospital.

Now, he was arrested last week on suspicion

of possession and distribution of child abuse images.

We think he may be connected to a multiple murder investigation.

[shudders lightly]

We have a report.

We found it on his police file

that, in 2019, you accused him of rape.

[clears throat] I was 18.

He said he wanted to take me out, treat me,

and I was stupid.

He took me to a hotel, him and one of his mates.

Told me to say I was his daughter if anyone asked.

I looked young back then.

Gave me a drink.

And then he said I had to do something for him.

[clears throat] I tried to leave,

but they'd locked the door.

In the report you filed, it made reference

to Lowry drugging you.

Can I ask if you know what that was?

Lidocaine.

I remember it 'cause he kept going on about it.

He said I wouldn't feel anything.

This other guy, this, uh, his friend,

do you remember his name?

Could you identify him if I showed you some pictures?

That was a long time ago. I don't wanna go back there.

Okay.

I reported it, you know, at the time.

[Jeanette] Yeah, I know. I saw.

I wish it had been taken further.

[scoffs] They said no one would believe me

'cause I was a prostitute.

I am so sorry.

That should never have happened.

[Ursula] You don't need to be sorry.

Your police officer did everything he could.

I was very grateful.

[baby crying]

Uh. I've gotta go. She's awake.

Uh, Ursula.

I'm sorry that you were told that,

that one of our officers said that to you.

I mean, if you'd seen me when you came in,

it would've been different.

You say that, but do you know

how many cases like that get to court?

He did me a favor.

Excuse me.

Darling, it's okay. [shushing]

[line trilling]

[line trilling]

[haunting music]

[door shuts]

[car engine starting]

[car driving off]

[television blaring]

[Game Show Host] Now you've already bagged£ 2,000

from the prize pot.

And you're just two questions away

from hitting a gold run.

[indistinct] here, Chris.

In fact, I think there might be stern words if you mess it up.

[Ben] You're going out?

[Madeleine] Just to Charlie's.

She's having some friends over.

Okay.

[lightly stressed breathing]

[Jeanette] I didn't mean to drag you out if you had plans.

[Sophia] No, no, that's all right.

I also wanted to say sorry, you know, about last night.

Wasn't our finest moment. Uh, it's just...

You were fine.

-Really? -Yes.

God, lots of couples argue.

Have you been together long?

Yeah, in some ways, I guess.

Since my early 20's, so, yes,

we've been together a very long time.

[Sophia] Well, that's an achievement.

Not many couples can last that long successfully.

-Mm. What about you? -Me?

[Jeanette] Have you a man in your life?

Or a woman.

Or a woman.

I'm sorry, how embarrassingly limited of me. I'm sorry.

[Sophia] No, it's fine.

I do actually date both [clears throat] men and women,

but, at the moment, I'm seeing a man.

His name is Lance.

I see him once a week.

He's married and that suits me just fine.

Right. Hey, listen, each to their own, I say.

[chuckles cynically] God, honestly,

sometimes, I think if me and Alex opened things up,

we might be a bit happier.

Do you really mean that or do you just wanna sleep

with other people?

-[grumbles playfully] -[Sophia laughing]

[both laughing]

Agh, I'm really glad you called, actually.

I know it's not technically professional or whatever,

but I haven't had the best day either.

No?

I went looking for that.

My patient, um, who disappeared, I went looking for her.

Oh, is that wise?

[Sophia] No, no... Well, maybe.

I don't, I don't know.

I, I am worried about her.

Why?

Mm.

You must think I'm mad now.

No, I absolutely don't.

[gasps] So sorry.

It's okay. All right.

-I didn't mean to... -[Sophia] It's okay.

[Jeanette] I didn't mean to do that.

No, no, no, it's all right.

Would you like another drink? I'll be two ticks.

Sure.

Mm.

[loud clubbing music]

Horrible.

Laters.

Oh, my God.

My mum is going to fucking kill me.

Ah! He's coming over. He's coming over.

Don't worry. You look fit as fuck.

Hey.

-Hi. Thanks. -[Jacob] You look nice.

Bye, Jacob.

Bye.

What was all that about?

Sorry. She can be a bit weird.

Do you, uh, do you wanna go back to mine?

Great.

[ominous music]

You look nervous.

No.

-I'm sorry. I should go. -It's okay, it's okay.

[Jacob] No, it's fine, it's fine. Maddy, it's fine.

We don't need to do anything.

Okay? Not if you don't want to.

Let me go get us a drink.

[somber music]

Thought you'd left already.

I did. Came back.

I know these men. I've met them all

at various different events.

It's a small city, Jeanette. Everybody knows everybody.

It could be any number of reasons

the bodies were left on their properties.

The question is,

what's the quickest route to the killer?

I don't know.

Do you think they killed them?

Maybe.

All roads are open until they're not, Jeanette.

You have to remember that.

Now go home.

I will, I'm just gonna...

If not for you, for them.

[Man] Come.

[dramatic music intensifying]

Jamal.

Hey!

[eerie music]

[spectators shouting]

[spectators shouting]

[cheers and applause]

[screams] No!

[crying exasperatedly]

[Madeleine gasps]

Shit.

[ominous music]

[pigs squeaking, grunting]

[transitions to intensifying strings music]

[car approaching] [tires screeching]

[dog barking]

Best you come, yeah? Come.

[cellphone ringing]

-Yeah. [clears throat] -[Victoria] Is this Jeanette?

Speaking?

I'm calling to let you know about another body.

[Jeanette] Sorry, who is this?

In Ferrets Wood.

[sniffs aggressively]

Do you want a lift?

Come on, I'd rather take you home

than leave you out here.

Okay.

So where do you wanna go?

Uh, there's a farm.

It's about a mile up the road.

Near the side of Ferrets Wood.

Sure.

Thank you.

No problem.

What's your name?

Madeleine.

Madeleine.

It's nice to meet you.

My name's Victoria.

[dramatic stinger swelling climactically]

[haunting music]

♪ Hush little baby ♪

♪ Don't you leave... ♪

[music]