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Sex and death. Your favourite.

His too. He's smiling.

You're missing the point.

Am I?

The letters and bodies are for you.

'She wants to make you jealous.'

She's killed three men...

..for you.

Turn your engine off, please. Sorry to trouble you.

CAR HORN

ELECTRIC DRILL

Could we check your tyres, madam?

Check what you like.

# DUSTY SPRINGFIELD: I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten

# It isn't the things that you say or do

# Make me want you so #

TAPE OFF

Afternoon.

Weren't you out all day?

There was another murder.

Oh, God. It's like you daren't go out.

Who?

John Branaghan.

We're wanted in the lecture theatre.

I know we're busy, but I may be out a lot.

Dr Leishman will be here. Anything you want me to do?

How many mature students this year?

About 35.

Women?

I can check.

See you down there.

Nobody's asking you to stop dating.

If you're starting a new relationship,...

..we're asking everybody to tell somebody where you're going.

Leave messages.

If you are expecting sex? No.

You're putting it on record that group sex is safer.

Depends what condition you're in.

Come on! It's a once in a lifetime wish fulfilment. You fire me.

You what?

Tell the whole world I'm a useless tosser.

Penhaligon was right.

She's killing and writing for me. Take me off.

And where does that leave us?

Irene?

You two have met.

Issue a press release to say Irene's been installed.

It'll stop the killer?

I've no idea.

If Fitz is her focus, it could drive her in to the open.

She organised both murders precisely

Three.

The third was incidental. Tell his wife that.

We need her to make mistakes before another bastard gets nailed.

Sir!

They've intercepted another letter.

Excuse me.

The letter says 'You talk about devotion. I've never been so devoted.' That's the -

BOTH: ..second lecture.

'The man coming tonight.'

Future. That's new. She sent letters after.

With a name.

Get names of all mature students at the second lecture.

She's not offering much.

More than you deserve, Noddy.

Is this what it came in?

Why?

No stamp. She knows we've stopped her mail. She wouldn't forget it.

She's telling me she's bright.

So?

So, if she knows we've already got this, she means tonight.

Not tomorrow.

She's going to kill again tonight.

I think what I was trying to achieve in that...

..in that statement was... was a kind of...

..er... some kind of... of general overview.

You're not concentrating, Frank.

Sorry.

Go on, then.

What?

Touch me.

It's what you want. It's what you came for.

Liar.

Nice dress.

Well, you paid for it. Oh, come on!

Which is why I'll pay for the meal.

A G & T, please. Danny?

I've just ordered one.

Yeah?

Mind if we come in, love?

What's going on?

We're at 14 Devonshire Road.

You're a student at Queen's? Is there a key for the door, love?

BABY CRIES I could bloody murder you!

Get them down, or I'll call a solicitor.

Have you got a key, love?

Call me 'love' again and I'll smash you in the mouth.

You've never met such a vindictive lot of proprietorial bastards.

Why?

Fear.

Suddenly, they're given salaries. Cars.

That feels so nice.

Salaries, cars, status.

They have to prove they care to justify the perks in charity's name.

It's why they need to be managed by someone like me.

Which is... why I've just been promoted.

Congratulations.

My brother's taught you bad habits.

Judith. I take people seriously.

I'll not be messed about.

I couldn't concentrate.

Aren't you stopping, then? No.

Would you want me to?

Stay.

Would you?

It feels so bloody wonderful.

I feel just like a child.

But you're not a child.

And I'm not Eddie. I have a longer attention span.

26 years is hardly hit-and-run.

When was the last time he held you?

You don't see it as a way to get back at him?

No.

Are you?

Think very carefully about what you are making me do.

I am.

"The police have refused to issue detailed reasons for his removal."

"DCI Wise, leading the investigation, made this statement."

"This doesn't reflect on Dr Fitzgerald."

"We have to use the best resources."

"Professor Jackson's skills will be invaluable in the case."

You bastard! You stupid, stupid...!

And he hits you.

"Sometimes."

'But it's OK, cos he says he loves you.'

"Yeah."

'OK. Here's his anniversary present.'

Take him out for a drink.

Take him out for several.

Buy him doubles.

Bring him home. Take him upstairs.

Get on the landing, turn round and push.

Bump, bump, bump.

Deck him. Let him lie about the bruising.

And then, and this is crucial, tell him you love him.

They'll be helpline numbers later. Let's have some more music.

This is dedicated to somebody very special.

# DUSTY SPRINGFIELD: I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten

There's a caller for you on line two.

Dr Fitzgerald.

(VOICE DISTORTED) "Why have they taken you off?"

Everything was going all right.

The police aren't the brightest. You've said so.

Yes.

"Do I get a name?"

I know you better than anyone. I deserve one.

Nena.

She's on the line now. She's using some kind of voice box.

Yes, we are.

Nena.

Nena, I know you're in pain. You're suffering.

How do they expect to stop it? It'll just go on and on and on.

Stop you, Nena. Stop you. Not it.

'Where's the man in your last letter?'

'Is there another body?'

"You've got to go back on the case."

'Where's the body?'

He's not dead.

Not yet, or you've let him go?

"He's gone."

They must put you on the case.

"You're talking to the wrong guy."

You've killed somebody's children. Nobody is listening to you.

I love you.

I can't hear you.

"I love you."

"Is it a bad line for you, Nena?"

I love you.

I love you.

I don't frigging believe it. What?

Who are you phoning?

My GP.

Are you winding me up?

You bloody talk to him.

The broadcast was at 10:39. She phoned at 10:41.

She goes to the nearest call box. Here.

Two minutes from the house...

..and near the first body.

We're going there. Listen to the voice.

The students there don't check out.

You'll have to talk to everyone. Go on the knocker.

Somebody must have seen Steven and John.

They couldn't drive, so check with the residents at the bus stops.

Where's Irene?

Swiss decaff, Chicken Nine Peaks.

Is it a Kevin Costner movie?

Hey?

Chicken Nine Peaks.

Oh, yeah. Right.

Enjoy your meal.

Thanks.

Mark.

Forgive me. I taught those boys.

Fitz is very sharp.

Can you do a TV programme tonight?

Standard interview. Just talk about the job.

No.

It's working.

Since you started she hasn't killed.

She's keyed in to the TV.

She has to know she's not speaking to Fitz.

No.

I'm sorry. I don't care.

I just can't do this.

I can't look at all that stuff and just carry on.

Believe me, it's not often I get the chance to say I'm the normal one.

Tell Fitz I'm sorry.

He shouldn't be too surprised.

Hiya!

Again.

Waiting for someone?

RAC. Starter motor keeps packing up.

Do you know about cars?

No. Not a bit.

We're off down the Broadwalk.

Well, go on then.

Good luck.

OK.

Do you want to try pushing it?

OK.

If it works I could give you a lift.

You off out then?

Yes. James is staying with my mother. No offence.

DIALLING

'Where?'

'We're meeting at work.'

If your baby is sick and your mother phones, I say...

..'I've no idea where they're eating.'

Look, I'll leave a number when...

I'll ring when I know where we're eating.

Why are you making me feel guilty for going out...

..for the second time since James was born?

I don't know, Judith. When was the first?

Look at me.

You've got a fax.

It says, 'The man who's coming to dinner.'?

No! Oh, God, no!

No, please, God!

Hang on!

It's what you came for.

Have you got a kid?

Do you share?

I haven't got anything.

I'm not carrying anything.

I'm doing nothing without a rubber.

It's all right.

You're shaking.

I've got some. You're shaking.

Come on!

I don't want to. I don't want to do this.

What's the matter with me?

Look, let's cool it down.

I'll ring. We can sort it out.

You're really nice.

It's a nice place.

Erm...

It's me.

Right! It's me!

What the f-

SIRENS

What are you doing?

Shut up!

# DUSTY SPRINGFIELD: I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten

What are you doing?!

Look at me! Has he done something to you?

Look at me!

Are you a patient?

You're a good friend. Has he let you down?

He can be a twat sometimes.

I mean, I can talk to him.

I can get him to talk to you.

You can tell him about me.

RIPS TAPE

Janice! I won't say anything!

He doesn't care what you think. You don't even talk.

There's no direct line, Mark.

I have.

He'll have to look at me now, won't he?

Now I'm really special.

Especially in the Regent Cross area.

He could have been with a slightly older woman,...

..possibly called Nena.

"So, if we stay calm we can work this out, Nena."

"I beg you. Just talk to him."

"Mark's a good listener. Just talk to him."

"Or let him ring us."

"Or you could ring us. Just to let us know that he's..."

"That um..."

"I beg you, Nena. Don't hurt him."

Look what they've done to you!

"Please, Nena, I beg you. Just don't hurt him."

DOOR SHUTS

Tell me what she's done.

To the others.

Exactly what she's done.

Don't.

Sir. She's on line.

Fitz. Where is he?

"Are you all right?"

Is he alive?

"Are you on the case?"

Is Mark alive?

"Yes."

What is it you want, Nena?

"I want you."

Let me ask a question.

"OK."

If you hurt Mark, can you see us hitting it off?

You'll be letting yourself down.

You won't know what I have to tell you.

It is not in your interests to hurt my son.

It's one way to look at it.

Did you get my letter?

Yes.

"Love, sex and devotion."

"Are you looking for all those?"

Yes.

PHONE GOES DEAD Hello?

Fitz?

Fitz!

Oh, God! I've lost her!

What have you done?

I cut her off.

If I'm talking, he stays alive!

If you cut her off, she'll panic!

Don't make her panic with him!

She was on a mobile.

It's Mark's! I can ring him.

No. I cut her off.

Mobiles are only traced in a radius. She'll use a box.

Stupid bastard.

We know which one she uses. But there's four more.

We'll cover them all.

He's right.

Well, find him. It's what you say you do.

It's the only thing you do that I believe in... so find him.

Woman approaching. About 5'5".

Early 30s. Blonde. Medium build.

No call, she's gone past.

Don't you want to tell them why you're late?

Another lager, please.

PHONE RINGS

I want to speak to Fitz. It's me.

Yes. Fitz.

No. In person.

She rang from home. 16 Brent Street.

Tell 'em.

SIREN

Is she there? Yes, she is.

Mark?

Mark?

Mark!

He's not here.

I want to talk. I only want to talk.

She'll kill you. You'll protect me.

Where is he?

Nick her.

POLICE RADIOS

Search this lot.

I've seen her.

She works at Queen's. Has a van.

You interviewed her?

The wheelbase matched, the tyres didn't. You sure about that?

You'd better be. There's some garages.

Go and open them up. Go on!

Just find the bloody van.

Come on!

'I love you, I love you, I love you'

I love you, I love you, I love you.

I love you.

Nah. It's not working, is it?

You see, I can make you smile.

But you don't really believe me.

Understanding is more rewarding.

Love comes and goes. To have someone who understands you...

No-one can take it away.

Where's Mark?

He's only guilty of one of the crimes.

Bright, happy, sexually indiscriminate young men.

He's not that bright, he's not very happy.

Did he make love to you? No.

Did you ask him to?

Normally he wouldn't let you down.

I know something that his mother doesn't.

His girlfriend was pregnant.

"Debbie's the name."

"He's depressed because she lost the baby."

"And because she gave him the kiss off."

"So he's not really himself."

I would prefer he didn't suffer any more.

I'd like to know where he is, Janice

We aren't here to talk about Mark.

If that's how my boy ends, I'll see you dead!

Got it.

We'll do a deal. Shut up.

It'll be better in court. Shut up.

You've got to help yourself.

Shut up!

Come in.

They found the van. It was empty.

What was it you had to say, without contradiction? Mmm?

Fixing their smiles, so they couldn't look appalled.

Speak to me.

Anything to say about a psychology degree?

No.

Possibly that you were booted out cos you couldn't hack it.

My dad died. You failed. We've all done it.

My father died.

You went back as a technician.

Surrounded yourself with young, promising, sexy people.

Why put yourself through it?

To prove you could get a job on the staff?

Swan about in your lab coat with your name tag.

First years might look up to you.

May 1990 you gave a lecture.

You were pissed from the night before.

The board said, 'Psychology of Family Structure.'

You acted out a row you'd had with your wife.

You stood to the left to play her.

To the right as yourself.

"You'd moved into a big house."

"And she'd got a loan on a car."

"You'd packed your job in. To write a book."

"She said you couldn't write your name."

Everyone was laughing...

I remember thinking, 'Oh, God, he's completely trapped.'

'He's got kids and a house he didn't want.'

'If they listened they'd know it makes sense.'

I went back to my room and cried.

And I'm back, like, five years later.

You're still doing the rounds. Nothing's changed.

That's failure. No, that's families, Janice.

All that anguish...

It's what families do if they love each other.

It's normal, Janice.

You were jealous of those men's futures. They have none.

Another woman beat you.

Thatcher.

Crushed a generation. Makes you look very amateur.

Don't touch that!

He's waited 19½ years to get a job.

He shovels shit in fast food cartons for £2 an hour.

If you kill him, maybe the world won't miss him.

But I will.

Right now, I'd die for him.

I'd die for my family.

That's where you and I are different.

DOOR OPENS Fitz!

So why did you screw her?

If you live and die for your family?

Every cripple finds his own way of walking.

You see, that's when I knew.

That was your cry for help.

I followed you home and she stayed.

You wanted to change your life.

You didn't have the guts to leave.

I understand that.

It's difficult when you haven't found the right person.

I'm offering you a life, Fitz.

I love you.

I'm offering you a future.

You have killed. I haven't.

You definitely don't have a future.

If you bury your son tomorrow and I go to prison...

..you'll have to think about me every day for the rest of your life

That's a future.

You're not going back. What?

You're not up to it.

What!

We've got her sister in number two.

Well, that makes three of us now.

Three dogs chasing the same bone.

Did you believe him?

When he said he loved you?

No.

Why not?

He always went back to you.

I've handed my resignation in.

I'll leave in November.

If that helps.

Janice isn't a murderer.

I want to get her a lawyer.

She doesn't want one.

Just answer the questions.

Janice isn't the youngest?

No. Louise.

22.

Look, I want to see her. Where is she?

What did your father do?

I beg your pardon?

What did your father do?

Nothing. He did nothing.

If she's blaming Dad for this, well...

..she's talking crap.

She's always said it. But I swear, he did nothing.

I meant as an occupation.

He was a...

He was a butcher.

Skelly?

Check that out.

You called yourself Nena.

I just thought of it.

It's prettier than Janice. It's also your sister's name.

Who've you been talking to?

Got any other siblings?

No.

Liar. When did your father die?

1991.

Month? July.

Time of day?

I don't know!

If he was dead you'd blame yourself. A girl needs her dad.

Does he need his daughter?

You were abused.

No.

You are pursuing a father who's also a lover.

You live in a flat -

I was not abused.

Your flat's like Barbie's play-pen.

I was not abused!

That sort of hurt is easy to spot. It's every therapist's mortgage!

I was not abused. Is it why you have Mark?

You're messing it up. You're going backwards. I was not abused.

You weren't.

You weren't.

Nena was.

Louise was. But you weren't.

Nena you could rationalise.

Her card was marked, even before you were of age.

Then he started on Louise.

You were piggy in the middle.

The one that got nothing unless it had ribbons.

How awful.

Not pretty or bright enough.

I am.

Too old, but not old enough.

You've been wondering what you did wrong.

Shut your mouth!

It's why you came to me.

Isn't it?

But if I give you what you really want...

If I really, really understand you, it's the end of the affair, yes?

Nena, Louise.

You knew it caused them pain.

But they were getting something.

Their secret.

Yes.

All of them?

Your mother knew?

Fierce rejection.

Tiny girl, wanting the same attention.

Trying to smile. Begging the questions.

Yeah.

There were no rows in your house, were there?

Nobody wanted to take the lid off.

You were the only one screaming, Janice.

Naughty little girl. Asking too many questions.

They kept lying, but I knew.

# DUSTY SPRINGFIELD: I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten

This isn't your song.

You're far too young.

Did your father play this?

We played it for him on his 40th.

He kept staring at me.

He walked across and asked me to dance.

Nena was watching.

Louise was watching.

I couldn't see Mum but I knew she was watching.

He kissed me there.

He was looking at me and I started shaking.

He just laughed and sat back down.

Did your father slaughter his own meat?

In a town he couldn't leave them in the yard.

He electrocuted them.

In the head.

In the shop?

When he'd closed, Mum used to take me along the embankment.

Dunstan Embankment?

She said he was doing the meat. I knew he was with Nena.

We'd walk, and Mum kept talking...

..but I'd look, and see him at the upstairs window...

..pulling down the blinds.

And when we got back,...

..he never had his tie on.

She saw it from the embankment? Near the first body?

Look next door, in the shop upstairs

Been there. It's bricked up.

There's nothing in the van, he's there.

"We've looked everywhere."

I'm coming down meself.

Paid for her extra tuition.

And Louise?

She's going to medical school.

Nena got married three days before the first murder.

You watched her crowning glory.

A fairy-tale wedding. He was on her arm.

The proudest man in the world.

They made a pact. Mm?

She wiped the slate clean, denied her past, and he...

She's wearing a very big ring.

Is he helping them out financially?

They got everything they wanted by smiling back, not talking.

You end up in this mess...

..with sweet FA.

And no-one can tell you what you did wrong.

No.

I can.

I understand your father.

As a shrink, maybe.

But as a man, absolutely.

I can look at you and know exactly why he rejected you

Why he excluded you.

Shall I tell you? Yes.

You've come this far and not understood?

Please, Fitz. A man like that and a girl like you!

Tell me.

You were under his nose.

The one in the middle. Pleading for it.

It's tragic he never chose you.

He never made you part of that family.

Tell me.

Where's Mark? Please.

Where's Mark?

Mark.

Next door. Tell them to move the wardrobe.

Please.

Mark.

Don't touch him.

Don't touch anything.

Mark?

He's breathing.

(SOBS)

Place your bets.

I had to know how it felt to be him.

# I close my eyes

# And count to ten #

Men like your father can look into a crowd of kids...

..and know which ones.

Vulnerable. Needy.

You were too big a risk for him.

He knew you'd fight him. Talk.

Tell.

A strong little girl.

Nena was doing what all big sisters should.

Taking the rap for you.

She still is.

Oh, and um...

If you're writing to me, put your name on it.

Thank you.

You say you'd die for your family.

You'd die for your children.

You'd die for your children because they're part of you.

But I don't believe you love me any more than that girl.

She's injured.

She doesn't know what she believes. I meant the other one.

So did I.

Would you die for me?

Just me.

Fitz.

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