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Two, three, four.

Three patients have been bound and have died within half an hour of each other.

All suspicious circumstances. It's four o 'clock this morning.

This game crew from DCI, Judy Brenner.

You know her?

She hates me.

Obviously got no suspects and they know it's a pressing nightmare.

All high dependency patients.

Cause of death is heart failure, but the cause of death is up to grabs.

No, it's not.

No, it's not.

Well, the toxicology reports on the first two reveal five milligrams of

And since neither patient was prescribed a joxon, I think it's a bit shy to call

suspicious circumstances.

They were on different wards, so it wasn't opportunism.

They were specifically targeted.

How do you know all this?

What the hell time does he get up in the morning?

I watch the report on breakfast news.

And I rang around.

I think you just need to get laid.

You might spend more time in bed, less time showing everyone else up.

Sir Brennan will take the case.

Subject to commander -in -right's approval.

Can't we palm it off into your Catholic team?

I can't stand hospitals.

Cregan.

All right.

They're ready.

Let's have a look.

Now,

I know you're all going to write about crack teams and the elite working

practices of the OFC and call all these people heroes, but I can assure you that

no one here feels like that.

Speaking for himself, of course.

Those children were rescued by solid police technique driven by a very high

standard of information gathering. That's the point of this unit.

We have to deal with this kind of stuff every day.

So I'm glad you're all here to see where we hang out, but please try not to use

adjectives like elite or special.

Not least because it prejudices funding if the Home Office thinks we're all

smart arses.

Thanks.

There isn't any friction between us and regional police forces.

It's because it's a new relationship.

I don't know how you are with relationships, but in my experience,

and take until you find your own pattern.

Listen,

well done.

You deserve it more than any of us.

I know it didn't turn out like you wanted, but you did a superb job.

Do you know what the coroner's verdict was on Hink's death?

I put a copy of the report on your desk last night.

It recorded suicide.

I don't think that's the case.

Why not?

The bodies from St Barnaby's are being examined in an hour, and I've got a

journalist telling me you were involved in the investigation.

Over on your approval, sir.

Fine. Don't you think one of the teams should be there?

It's the same cause of death as the first two. Heart failure induced by an

abnormal presence of digoxin.

What were you afraid to go for?

Oh, I saw it on the verse.

It could have been anything.

Use the lens.

That's a small patch of skin where the hair's been removed.

Fine body, as you have to look.

It could be a burn from a resculptation battle, but it's unlikely.

They could have been shaved for some medical procedure.

If they have been, it's new to me.

I really don't know until I've talked to the consultants.

It's on both the bodies in roughly the same place.

When will you finish the third one?

When I've had something to eat.

You're welcome to join me.

They're all patients of the same consultant, Elizabeth Walker.

Now, she manages this ward and the Mary Peters wing.

Has she been interviewed?

No, made a statement.

And what she doesn't mention in it, and what she's famous for, is being an

outspoken expert on the subject of euthanasia.

Is she on duty?

Taking into account it takes to jock soon four hours to do that kind of

business? So, um, that's... What's that?

It's midnight.

She was on duty until midnight.

And you're the consultant in charge of all these patients, yeah?

I'm probably one of five consultants in charge of any of these patients.

But they've all got your name above their beds.

You're not the only one being questioned.

Good.

Dr Walker, in your personal opinion, were these people murdered?

I'm not a detective.

I don't have that kind of judgment.

What are your current opinions on euthanasia, Dr. Walker?

The same as my old opinions on euthanasia, which you've obviously

yourself with.

So, what's the question?

Are some patients more valuable than others?

All doctors are capable of looking at 50 grand's worth of equipment, keeping a

mixed grill warm and thinking what a waste.

I'm rare in having diagnosed the man PVS, permanent vegetative state, who's

cleaning windows in Colchester.

So the subject's complicated, Inspector.

I've got a ward round.

I'll be free again in a couple of hours.

What time do you come on duty?

Would you be on your own?

I'm getting cramp.

Looks like war and peace.

Jim Tookie, staff nurse.

Carl Burgess, hygiene supervisor on high dependency.

Or, uh, IPU, depending on when you first started working.

You're not on the list, girl.

All right.

I thought you were seeing all the staff.

Qualified staff.

Fair enough.

So I'll, er, fill the next one in, shall I?

Yeah, be great, Eddie.

Cregan.

I know we haven't worked together long.

You've moved me on.

Changed the way I think about things.

What I don't envy about you is your communication skill.

You're crap.

You've got to stop looking me out.

Okay.

I went to Hinks' house.

I went to kill him.

Cregan.

Cregan, I'm sorry. You don't want to tell me this.

I loaded the gun. I went to his house.

Shut up, Cregan.

This isn't fair.

And when I got there, he was already dead.

He murdered kids. I wanted him dead.

And he was dead.

Great.

Not great.

Piece of shit like Hinges turned me into something I thought I could never be.

Why are you the only one saying it wasn't suicide?

Because Hinges wasn't in possession of a conscience.

He would never have topped himself because he never blamed himself.

You were saying, did it?

I don't know.

And I'm trying to work out whether they're weaker than me or stronger than

If this case is dragging you under, pull out.

The question is whether or not you can trust yourself.

Don't struggle with it.

Trust me.

I trust you.

More than anyone I've ever worked with.

A weird guy at the interview, Carl Burgess.

Was it Carl Burgess?

Hygienist or something.

Well, it was a cleaner.

You can see, look at this.

Last week, he should have had two days off.

After both days, he's accounted for in other people's statements.

I've checked with personnel.

He wasn't paid for that time.

He wasn't even asked to go in.

What do you think?

Well, I've done two months with four and a half days off.

That's only because your wife's gone off sex.

Well, I can't wait for you to have a kid on the way.

Women, I see, have got less maternal instinct than a house break.

Jonathan!

People like you make yourselves poorly waiting for things to go wrong for

like me.

Life's not like that, mate.

What is it?

I'm waiting for the results, but it looks like ink. It's clearer on some

others, but it's on all of them.

There were bits of adhesive thrown at the edges.

Same kind of stuff you find on feller tape, masking tape.

It doesn't correspond to any medical procedure carried out on any of the

victims.

This is Ng.

It's more traceable on some than others, but it was written on all of them.

Probably stenciled from the back of a piece of sellotape.

80 staff worked directly on all the victims.

If the message had been there for any length of time, surely that's worth

commenting on, but nobody has.

It's not on any of the scene of crime photos.

Yeah, the message was always placed on the back.

They were all coma patients.

And it looks like the writing's been cleaned off.

But the only person who had physical access to all the bodies was Dr. Walker.

When she pronounced him dead.

My brain's frozen, heart's frozen, cuddly toy.

Why haven't you seen my ID?

Nothing to worry about.

They're just being nosy.

Can he hear you?

Oh, if he's in a good mood.

You think he could have heard or seen anything that happened to you last

See if he likes you.

Gary.

Early hours of this morning, something happened to you.

Did you see anything out of the ordinary?

Anything out of the main routine? One question at a time.

The first.

That means no.

A four -word answer could take about 15 minutes.

What happened to him?

I'd ask you directly, Gary, but I'm under pressure.

Cregan!

See what I mean?

Can I tell him?

He fell off a roof on a stag night. His stag night.

Didn't you, Gary?

Look, if things calm down a bit, can I come back later?

I'll see you later, then.

I wouldn't say no.

and they beside the side were all virtually deaf. Cause or effect, I

say.

Elizabeth, when you attended the deaths of any of these people, was there

anything unusual about the bodies?

Except for the fact that they were all dead, no.

No writing.

What kind of writing?

That kind of writing.

This is a segment of a pressure mat taken from under the first victim, James

Carthy.

Can you see that?

This mat was replaced by night staff at 2 a .m.

He died at 4 .10 a .m.

Now, you're the only member of staff who had individual access to that patient

between then and when he was taken to the mortuary.

It also shows traces of alcohol.

Did you clean that body before the police arrived in this place?

I'd be stupid to say anything without a lawyer present wouldn't I?

Sorry, Gary.

We're out of orange.

It's got to be vanilla, and if you don't like it, touch it.

Your fiancé's coming tonight.

And I don't want any more dirty words out of you on that computer, you hear

You hear me?

And a man.

I'm representing Dr Walker.

So what happened between the time of death and the removal of the body?

I cleaned the patient.

You deliberately erased the writing.

Why?

I'd seen the writing before.

It was the same writing that appeared under the arm of Constance Brewer before

the guys.

Constance Brewer?

A very old lady with, I don't know, a minute chance of survival.

It was in the press.

This time I was fighting against the family to keep her alive.

I'd seen signs of brain activity, and I won the court case.

I imagined it was them showing their dismay.

Why has Conrad grown up?

She died a day later from, we thought, natural causes.

On record that the following information has been voluntarily surrendered by my

client.

Carl?

Carl Burgess?

Yeah, yeah.

You lot know how to get in the way.

You've got the staff here going apeshit.

Oh, why's that?

Copper's getting under your feet when people are trying to move expensive

equipment about.

No, it's all pretty fine -tuned round here, mate.

No, it's a fact. There's a medical emergency every 15 minutes.

No, they won't tell him.

Well, I don't actually work for the Met, but, yeah, I'll certainly pass it on.

Look, I'm here in the supervisor's office. We could talk down there. I

you a coffee if you want. Best day where the boss can see me.

You know what it's like.

Well, I am the boss, so you're divulging with the enemy there, mate.

Right.

So, you never work the Mary Peters wing?

No.

Well, that's fine, though.

Sometimes, if we're short -staffed, I'll bail them out. Only if I'm in a good

mood.

Whoops. Old fruit in a soup. Mind your back. I'll hear it.

It's backing up.

The day after Constance Brewer died.

That came directly to my home address.

Don't pretend to speak for people who want to move on.

If all you do is waste time, money and resources dragging them back like medals

for you, it's not in your gift to say whether they live or die, you stupid

You've known since this patient died that it could have been murder?

No.

I suspected that someone was glorying in my failure.

That was all.

Can I go home?

Dr. Walker, what exactly was written on the victims?

Was it dead?

No. Let me go back.

Sorry Let

me

go back isn't about the victims pain it's the killers

Are you waiting to see a doctor?

No.

No.

Actually, the last thing I want is a doctor.

Okay.

What's going on? What happened?

Death isn't about murder.

Thank you.

They've all died before.

What are you talking about?

They've all died before.

Let me go back.

The killer's sending them back to where they've been before.

And we're a lot more comfortable than this.

Cregan, we've got a crisis call from Dr Walker.

To

my

knowledge, I've never done anything to anyone.

Can we see the medical records of all the victims?

Including Constance Brewer.

Has anyone died today?

Not so far.

I've asked for blood screens on all my patients, but that could take forever.

Oh, we've got enough home office technicians to screen all your patients'

every two to three hours.

Is there enough time to act on the digoxin overdose?

Depends on the dose.

I know where you've been.

David Kreeg, type 16th of the 6th, signing.

All resuscitate.

Look, when I was shot, I had chest surgery and cranial surgery.

And I remember all kinds of things the surgeons said to each other.

They said it was impossible, but I said it happened.

They laughed.

So I called it the anaesthetist saying, I hope he knows we're missing too much

for him.

The guy nearly passed out because I was unconscious.

And they were digging a bullet out of my brain at the time.

Some kind of out -of -body experience.

At first.

Then my heart stopped.

I had to be resuscitated.

I saw a white light.

And I knew that this was what my death looked like.

I started moving towards it.

People came by me and smiled.

Because it was the most right place to be.

I'd never felt so welcome anywhere.

It was the coming back that scared me.

So we're looking at an ex -patient.

been there before.

Someone who thinks the victims would have chosen to die.

Craig, there's a fault for you.

Rivers, yeah, put it through.

We think it might be him, the threatening.

Hang on.

Yes.

Look at his face.

Whose face?

Look at his face and tell me he's not all me, sir.

Tell me you're not jealous.

Whose face?

Come on, Gary.

360. Charging. Stand clear.

Shock.

Charging. Stand clear. Shock.

Three, four, five.

360.

Get it.

Patient died at 1 .07 a .m.

Inform the police.

Yes, inform.

Mind you, I'd be obsessed if I looked like him.

What sort of textbooks do you remember?

Neurosurgical, intensive care, patient management. Just medical? Uh -huh.

Dr. Walker doesn't remember him asking.

And I believe her when she said that she'd never have consented. I mean, you

want to talk to this guy, he's definitely... Well,

anybody who fantasizes about being a cleaner.

Look at this shit.

Hang on.

Gregan? Can we get hold of Burgess's medical records?

If it's him, he knew my date of birth.

I wonder what else he knows.

Yeah, Taylor.

I just wanted to check a few things with you, Carl.

It's half two.

I've got my birdie. It was only a bit, though.

Can't you come back tomorrow?

Oh, OK.

Good day to my unpaid overtime, Carl.

I don't know what you're talking about.

What have you been up to, Carl?

I've been here.

Yeah? I live in my house.

No girlfriend.

No friend.

But you have got a girlfriend, haven't you, Carl?

Dr. Walker, Lizzie's your girlfriend.

Get this place searched inside out.

This is what Elizabeth Walker meant.

Bingo.

Get that lot to sit in the back. Look at his face and tell me he's not more

peaceful. Tell me you're not jealous.

Again. Look at his face and tell me he's not more peaceful. Tell me you're not

jealous.

We'll be.

We say that, don't we?

We got it from your house.

Whereabouts?

Kitchen drawers.

Right. Which ones?

These ones.

Yeah. Have you ever seen... That's not mine. That's Pete's.

He's a lodger.

He's straight as a die, which you can take from him boring.

I'm only joking.

And, uh...

Yeah, he had nowhere to stay when he came down here, so he keeps our mind

he's in the area.

He's a rep, medical rep, which, you know, a bit of a goldmine, if you want

tell me.

Jordan.

Jordan.

Jordan.

So where's Pete now?

Sorry? Where's Pete now?

He took a job with, er, Seba Geigy. No, no, the, er, Wellcome Foundation.

You know, one of the big medical suppliers.

You know, get a new big car, relocation allowance, all that.

He's, er, West Midlands somewhere.

What do you think of the people you have to clean up after, Carl?

Meaning? The patients.

Nothing.

What do you think Elizabeth Walker thinks of the patients?

Well, she's, uh... She's dedicated.

It's a printer of his medical data.

Thinner than mine.

No replacitation.

Do you dedicate?

That.

Yes, they're mine.

Did you find them in his house?

She works hard, which gives you and Lizzie no time at all.

I don't know what you're talking about.

You know, Carl.

For lunch.

For dinner.

For soccer.

Sex. That's a different Lizzie. That's the girl I know. That's a totally

different Lizzie.

So, if we showed her these drawings,

Dr. Walker would say, no, they must belong to another Lizzie.

Don't. Please don't.

It's not him.

Carly would be set with a court order to stop you from going within two miles of

Elizabeth Walker.

You understand?

to even finish my assessment.

Look, the guy we're after knows what it's like to have died and come back.

To have been dragged back, that's all part of the messages, the letters.

Burgess hasn't any relevant history.

We can put him in all the right places at all the right times. What about the

medical equipment?

All that stuff had been used before he nicked it.

All he removed from the hospital was stuff that had been used by Elizabeth

Walker. Well, at least wait until we've finished the voice analysis.

Wait the time, Jonathan. It's not him.

Look, if we lock on to Burgess, we're wasting time, energy, everything.

Send him home.

For what it's worth, he wouldn't be top of my list.

He's a liar.

He's a thief.

He's obsessive about the target.

And he's the only member of staff that we can put into the frame.

And he's on the streets.

He's bloody ludicrous.

If Cregan hadn't been there, Turner would never have let that happen.

And he's got form.

For violence.

1994. Domestic assault on his mother.

She dropped the charges.

I'll get Cregan.

No.

We check it out first.

And if Burgess needs pushing, we push. Wait.

I don't think he needs pushing like Ronald Peaks needed pushing.

Nobody's saying he does.

Nobody's saying that at all.

You left the back door open, Carl.

How's your mum these days?

Was it a broken wrist or arm? I can't remember.

She fell.

She only blamed me because she didn't want me leaving home. She said that.

She told the police that. Check.

How can you say that you're in love with Dr Walker when you're leaving her in

all this shit?

What shit?

Do you know what happens to her now?

No.

Do you care?

No.

What?

Common denominator with all the victims is her.

The single most important piece of evidence points to Dr Walker.

She was there when they died.

She helped those people die.

She murdered them. She wouldn't do that. She's not like that. Are you?

No.

So if it's not you, it has to be her.

Well, she coped with prison, Carl.

She's innocent.

Will you write to her in prison?

And tell her how you let her down? She didn't do it! You keep saying that,

And we keep wondering how you're so sure about it.

And I can't make my mind up whether you forgot to be normal or remembered to be

screwy.

Look at his face.

Look at his

face.

Look at his face.

Look at his

face. Look at his face.

Look at his face.

Look at his face.

And tell me he's not more peaceful.

Tell me you're not jealous.

That doesn't sound much like Burgess.

Unless he's got his bollocks trapped in a door.

I think that's a big mistake.

Either the hospital loses a very highly skilled practitioner, which in basic

sums means they're going to lose a lot of patients, or we lose access to the

killer.

Walker's the source. She's the attraction.

It's not my choice. It's what Walker wants.

Talk her out of it.

I agree.

Cregan.

You could have gone back any time you like.

Trace Cregan's phone.

What are you hanging around for?

Can you explain the question?

You feel that?

You know I do.

What do you want?

Help.

I just need some help.

How can I do that?

What do you want me to do?

You need help like I need help.

Maybe you're right.

What do you want me to do?

We'll find out.

We've got the voice.

Female.

Do you have any idea who I am?

No? No? Of course you wouldn't. Suck up, bastard.

Well, you will, don't you? I'll tell you everything doctor in this place I'll

know who I am.

I'll tell you that.

I'll tell you that.

Duck up England. You have three messages.

Message one.

Message for Dave Gregan. Carmel from Video Shack. I rang yesterday.

He should have brought two films back in Wednesday.

Third Man and Delicatessen.

You're in. Message.

Excuse me. Excuse me.

Is that your radio or hers?

Give me a ring.

And if you want to go for a drink, we're around all weekend.

Lots of love. Bye.

You know me now.

Tell her I did it.

Tell her to tell them that I did it.

Bastards!

She's innocent!

Move away from the patient.

He's innocent.

Put your hands where I can see them.

Move.

Come on, keep moving.

People are wrong.

Places are wrong.

Everywhere you turn you disagree with about 70 % of what goes on here.

I know you can hear me.

You can blink.

Once for yes, nothing for no.

I'm right, aren't I?

Can you honestly say this was worth coming back for?

Next time on Mystery.

David Cregan, you died on the 16th of June two years ago.

Nothing's worked out for you since.

If you cheat death and return to Earth, you're taking up space that doesn't

belong to you.

Do you know her? Julie Carney.

She's an anaesthetic registrar.

She wants to know if there's anything waiting for her if she dies again.

I've overdosed three people.

They've got less than three hours before the digoxin kills them.

Touching Evil on Mystery.

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