All language subtitles for Taggart s24e01 Genesis

Laura? Hi, it's me, Julie.

There's something I have to tell you.

No, it's important this time, Laura,
really.

No, I'm not saying on the phone.

I'm coming over.

No, now.

Check it.

It's a long way down.

What have we got?

We've been through the contents of her
bag. Obviously came down with her.

That ruled out.

Forensics have signs of a struggle up
there.

And her facial injuries are probably
caused by impact from the parapet, not

fall. Found an ID in her bag.

Julie Pierce.

There's no money in her purse.

Didn't take the credit cards.

We've got her car arriving in tape at 10
.45.

And they found her at 11 .45.

She died not long before that. So she
was on her way back to her car.

Her mobile phone was smashed up in the
fall. I think the SIM card's still OK.

Check. See if she called last and if
there's any message. Thanks for calling

back, sweetheart. I want details of
every car that came and went here this

morning.

Organise the fingertip. The entire car
parking from two streets back.

Robbie, do you think you can tell PP
you'll call her back later?

Speak to you later.

Right, Jackie, let's go look outside.

First flight to the flat upstairs.

One weekend of my way.

Need a bloody wet seat to get in.

I've got a friend staying in Balpion.

I don't know that difference, do I?

I'll just phone some lucky lady and
remind her of the best night of her

You know what, kid?

Not exactly a family car, is it?

We found blood in the parapet and a lot
of fibres, which, look what they came

from our jacket.

So she put up a bit of a struggle then?
Definitely.

If she jumped, there'd be nothing like
that.

We'll find this in the glove
compartment.

Store can bill.

It's got a dress on it, sir.

It's a wet den. All right, let's go.

A wardrobe Mrs. Beckham would be proud
of.

No men's clothes, though.

Don't see a kid's bedroom.

Divorce?

Maybe.

Some flat, isn't it?

She had an appointment yesterday.

Just marked with an X.

Well, there's one here for today.

The GACC.

What's that?

The Glasgow Assisted Conception Clinic.

11am.

Victim made a call at 11 .43.

Couldn't have been long before she was
killed.

Who was she calling?

A Laura Brunton.

Keep going, sir.

OK, sir.

Robbie, come on.

OK, OK.

Miranda.

Babies never choose to die!

Babies never choose to die!

Babies never choose to die!

Turn back, brother!

Take your wife home and let his will be
done!

Babies never choose to die! Babies never
choose to die!

That's all that's about. The protest
outside this clinic quite begs. Right.

Take the Eggman demonstration.

He's cracked my windshield and can shell
out a new one. Where is he?

Come on, you. Come on, that's it. Let's
go.

Let's go.

Say no to human sacrifice.

Say no to human sacrifice.

Say no to human... If you take a seat,
just give it a few minutes.

OK.

Can I help you?

DCI Buck.

You have a patient here.

Julie Pearce. She had an appointment
this morning.

Who with? Dr Skinner.

You tell him I'd like to talk to him,
please.

Julie?

Are you sure?

Julie Pearce.

43 years old.

Lived in Croft Hill Square.

Murdered?

I'm sorry, Mrs Bronson.

Was she family?

Friend.

Were you close?

Well, we were at school together.

But then we lost contact.

And then a couple of years ago, by
chance, she became a client of my

Client? You and the financial advisor.

She phoned you this morning?

She said she wanted to talk.

About what?

I don't know. She was going to come
round. I heard the doorbell ring.

I thought it was her.

Did she sound worried?

Well, she said it was urgent.

But then everything was urgent with
Julie.

She had an appointment at the Glasgow
Assisted Conception Clinic.

She was going through IVF, yes.

She and her partner were trying for a
baby.

Julie didn't have a partner.

Well, not a partner.

As far as I know.

Sorry, I don't understand.

The father was to be an anonymous donor.

Oh.

I saw her just a few hours ago.

She was attacked in the car park just up
the road.

Obviously after she left here.

That's appalling.

Um, Dr. Hersey.

I'm the director of the clinic.

Was Julie Pierce pregnant?

No, we were still in the process of
looking for a donor.

How does that work?

We... Provide information on potential
fathers, genetic data, family medical

history. And once a father is found...
Then the process is done in vitro,

outside the womb until the ideal time
for implantation, IVF.

If you'll excuse me, I'd better inform
the staff.

Did Miss Peerth been upset or anxious
this morning?

Oh, not in the least. She was happy,
relaxed.

We were making progress.

What time did she leave?

Just before 11 .30.

Well, it depends on how much of a risk
you want to take, Gordon.

But with a heightened interest rate, I
really think you can get some guilt.

Right.

Right. Well, they need consolidation.

Hi, there.

Guy Ross, Mr Deasley Fraser.

Need to ask Mr Brunton a few questions.

I'm afraid Mr Brunton's on the phone at
the moment, but if you'd like to take a

seat, he'll be with you in a few
moments.

OK. Thanks.

Good morning, Aventura.

No, I'm sorry.

Mr Brunton's not here at present.

Thank you. Goodbye.

Miranda. Hi.

Long time no see, but I'm about to
rectify that.

It's Robbie.

Robbie Ross.

We treat just about all kinds of
infertility, male and female.

And, of course, we assist single women
who have opted for anonymous donations.

The Reverend Stanford's happy bunch.

Why aren't the abortionists outside a
fertility clinic?

Well, in assisted reproduction, we
introduce multiple embryos into the

Not all of them will take, and those
that don't will naturally die.

By their mad reasoning, that's murder.

I don't think they could have. In my
experience, demonstrators get out of the

system with chanting and banners.

Is everything all right?

Kim is upset.

It's been a bit of a shock.

Yeah, of course.

Look, I'm sorry to ask questions at a
time like this, but I take it if Julie

Pearce has a financial advisor, she was
comfortable?

Well, not all my clients are rich, but,
yes, Julie had funds.

From where?

Her parents died and left her a fair old
statue.

Does she have any other family?

No.

She inherited the lot.

I know that Julie was an old friend of
your wife's.

How did she become a client of yours?

Chant. I was recommended to her by
another customer, and she and Laura

the old friendship again.

What kind of a person was Julie?

She spoke her mind.

And sometimes she rubbed people up the
wrong way, but she was all right.

When did you last see her, Mr Brunton?

Here.

A week ago.

And Marjorie will tell you exactly when.

How did the Bruntons react to the news?

Well, for a close friend of Julie's, the
wife didn't seem that upset.

Yeah, but her husband, who's her
financial advisor, seemed genuinely

Something more than a business
relationship, you think?

Well, could be.

What about the clinic?

No. It's an emotional cauldron.

Having babies, not having babies,
anonymous donors, protesters.

One of them threw an egg at my car.

Well, you think that's funny?

Where is the egg chucker?

He's downstairs, sir.

Brian Murray.

Member of the Church of the Covenant for
the last three years. Get him up here.

Let's see what he's got to say for
himself.

Why exactly am I here?

Throwing eggs at an officer on the
course of their duties was a start.

I thought you were attending the clinic.

So that would be a good enough reason to
throw an egg?

With an important message to get across.

And how far did that message go, Mr
Murray?

Punishing the sinner?

No. Just warning them of the punishment
to come.

Did Julie Pierce deserve to be punished?

Who's Julie Pierce?

She's a patient at the clinic.

She was murdered this morning.

Well, may she rest in peace.

But as Reverend Stanford says, if she
invited the devil into her womb, then

will have to answer to God.

Reverend Stanford.

Was that the guy leading the chanting?

Reverend George Stanford is our founder
and our preacher.

What time did you arrive at the clinic?

Two. And where were you before then? At
the church.

All of us were, since ten.

You know, by rights, I should charge you
with a salt.

Unless you decide to help us.

The names of all your congregation.

He's not just at Mouthie now without a
half -dozen free range to back him up,

eh? Stuart, Murray's church list.

The IT guys found a message in Julie
Pierce's mobile.

It's not what you'd call friendly.

You got a trace?

They're working on it. Listen to this.

One patient, one nurse, same clinic.

Hit on the back of the head with a heavy
implement which was then driven through

a ribcage.

How long ago?

Two hours, Max.

Blood on this paling.

Parky found it in his rounds just after
lock -up.

Aye, that would fit the bill.

Then he found her.

So what was she doing walking through
the park at night?

Well, the clinic's over there. She lives
the other side of the park.

Shortcut. Seems if nothing was stolen
from her bag, cash and credit cards are

still in her purse.

Well, we're going to have our work cut
out now.

You two, get some shut -eye.

I'll see you at the station at 6am
sharp.

Stuart, I want to check on everybody in
Murray's church list and everybody

connected with the clinic.

Francesca, hiya, it's Robbie.

No, nothing new. Yeah.

Yeah, listen, I know it's late, but what
are you up to just now?

Uh -huh.

Oh, you've got to be joking.

I've got to stay somewhere.

See, I was under the impression that
half the women in Glasgow were fighting

over you. Look, I can't just turn up at
some bud's house at this time of night.

Well, you turned up at mine.

Yeah, but you're not a bud. You're a
pal.

One night.

Stevie Crawford and Gary Mason get the
second half underway.

Well, I can say that it would have been
a very, very interesting... Can I call

beers, Jackie?

Good night,

Robbie.

Absolutely outstanding!

What a way to get back into the game!

Any idea on that phone call yet, sir?

Not yet.

The number's blocked.

I'm still working on a trace.

Post -mortem results, then? Not yet.

Have you got anything?

I ran a check on the church list.

Upstanding Christians, everyone.

I'm Mr Brian Murray.

Cautioned once for demonstrating outside
a Marilyn Manson concert.

How many of the flock are female?

It's about half and half.

Any of them in the habit of making nasty
phone calls?

No record of it.

You dig up anything in the clinic?

Dr Skinner's clean.

We're still waiting for stuff to come
through on Dr Hersey.

The murdered nurse, Kim Whiteley, she
joined the clinic three years ago.

And what about the other nurse?

Wilma Cunningham. She's been with him
for eight months. She was the subject of

children's panel hearing ten years ago.
For what?

Possession of a knife. No further
trouble, thanks.

Good work, son.

Get a couple of hours' sleep, then start
digging again.

This must be tough for you, Wilma.

I've had better weeks.

Were you and Kim close?

We weren't any friends, that's how it
worked like, but we got on OK.

She'd been here longer, showing me the
ropes.

Did I see you having an argument
yesterday?

Maybe I was being more hard -hearted.

But I was just trying to get Kim to pull
herself together.

Did she know Julie well?

Better than me. I didn't know her at
all, really.

I'm sorry, Wilma, but I'm going to have
to make your day worse.

We obviously have to run a check on
people.

You were up before a children's panel.

When I was 15.

I know, it was a long time ago, but we
do have to ask these questions.

Caught in with the wrong crowd.

Yeah, you were caught in possession of a
knife.

A plentiful dinner knife.

With those girls, everyone had to carry
one.

It was all squaring up, talking tough.

Nothing ever happened.

Are the doctors aware of your...

Girl gang days.

It's on my record, isn't it?

Last night, were either of you here when
Kim left?

I left earlier. I was giving a talk at
the university.

Wilma had already left.

I worked late.

I left about half past ten.

So Kim had already gone?

Yes.

She shouted goodnight.

Either of you speak to her before she
left? Yes.

I...

Told her not to worry.

I spent a few minutes with her in the
afternoon.

She was very upset about Julie Pearce's
murder.

What about Wilma?

Wilma's newer to us, but... I have to
say, she kept her head yesterday, very

professional. Has she ever been in
trouble here?

Need to reprimand her?

Kim was the one I had to reprimand.

Well, only once.

And what was that for?

She went out for a drink once with a
client.

We're trying to be nice, no doubt, but
absolutely against the rules.

Would you mind telling us who it was?

Ewan Brunton.

Laura's husband?

Yeah.

Why? The Bruntons are clients here?

Yes.

You never mentioned that you and your
wife were patients at the clinic.

I never do.

It's about as private a matter as you
can get.

Well, given the circumstances, I thought
perhaps you might have made an

exception.

Mr Brinton, perhaps you can tell us
about your date with Kim Whiteley.

A date?

I took her for a drink to thank her. She
was terrific with Laura.

Who wasn't invited?

It was a spur -of -the -moment thing.

Kim Whiteley has been murdered.

You're joking.

Did you or Laura ever receive any
threatening phone calls?

No. Was it just by chance that Laura and
Julie were going through IVF at the

same time?

Laura thinks that Julie got the idea
from her. It's not true.

Julie was having donor IVF.

Laura and I are undergoing a herded
conception. It's my baby. It's a

thing.

So Julie opted for a donor.

No actual man would ever have been good
enough to father Julie's child.

The paling penetrated her left lung but
narrowly missed the heart.

It went straight through her.

Oh, aye.

And then the attacker just casually
throws it away, panicked or cocky.

No prints?

No gloves.

Could the killer have been female?

How strong would you have to be to kill
somebody with a paling?

Not very to strike her. I mean, the
weight of the rod itself.

Thanks, Magnus. You see, these injuries
I'd normally associate with an

unprovoked rage attack if the two
victims hadn't been connected to the

clinic.

Thanks for the tip, Sherlock.

I'll bear that in mind.

Reverend Stanford.

Detective Chief Inspector Buck.

Grateful business.

Mr Murray here told me all about it.

Poor woman, please, pass on my regrets
to the family.

Families.

One of the nurses from the clinic was
killed last night.

Kim Whiteley, you know her.

Only by sight, they seem pleasant girls.
How awful.

I wondered.

Given your protests yesterday, if any of
your congregation might think that

these women reaped what they sowed...
Ours is not to judge, Mr Burke.

Each of us will stand alone before God.
All we try and do is educate.

By throwing eggs at people?

At a windshield, to be precise.

Mr Murray can get overenthusiastic.

We have no wish to harm anyone.

Quite the opposite.

You were ordained at the College of the
Lord, Ohio, weren't you?

That come free with the Daily Express?

I'm used to cynicism, Mr Burke.

Women are implanted every day in this
country using thousands of embryos.

As many children are aborted.

You shouldn't be cynical about that.

Where were you last night?

We have doctrines class at six. A host
of...

Church -going people will confirm my
presence and that of Brian.

Do me a favour, Reverend Stanford.

While I'm investigating these murders,
the clinic, keep your flock off the

Nothing wrong with peaceful
demonstration, Mr. Burton. Start

Stanford, or I'll have you praying for
divine intervention.

Stuart, me.

Did you get anything else in that
clinic?

Dr Gaynor Hersey.

Worked for a while in the States.

A couple of news items about her.

She's an IVF crusader, it seems.

Made a lot of trips to London recently.

Word is the Glasgow operation is just a
stepping stone to Harley Street.

What about her mystery caller?

A Mrs Suzanne Morrison?

No record with her.

Robbie's on to it.

Let's see if the controversial Dr
Hersey's ever heard of her.

What is it now?

The other two have just left.

I'm sorry, but I'm sure you'll
understand the urgency.

You ever come across the Mrs Suzanne
Morrison?

Susie? I'm afraid so.

We didn't believe she was an ideal
candidate for late motherhood.

So you turned her down?

Sadly, we decided in many cases not to
proceed with treatment.

How did Mrs Morrison react to that?

Not well, understandably.

Over the strain of it all, I believe her
husband left her.

We were always concerned about her
stability.

Did Mrs Morrison have any contact with
Julie Pearce?

I don't know. It's possible.

In the waiting room.

Mrs Morrison!

She's not in, Robbie.

I'm starving.

What have you fast eaten tonight?

Pizza? Curry?

Chinese?

As a kind of moving out present, you
mean?

Well, my flat is drying out, but it's
still minging, so, er...

One more night?

One more night, as long as you buy me a
posh meal.

Yeah, of course I will, Jackie.

What are they for?

Eating off.

They're crumbs in plates.

Oh, forget it.

You know, this baby thing, it's a bit
like going on holiday.

Well, there's all these expectations and
then reality kicks in.

Dirty nappies, no sleep, no sex.

I stopped going to club 18 to 30 all
day.

Sometimes I forget you have a friend.

You forget?

Did you never see him?

I mean, things get difficult when I
split up with his mum.

Then there's this job and... Well,
Jamie's nearly 16 now.

He's better off without me.

Well, we can't all live the dream, can
we?

Yeah.

No harm in dreaming, though.

No.

You know, the only one of us...

who might make a decent pair of Stuart.

I mean, that's not going to happen.

I mean, you've still got time, Jackie.

Brothers and sisters, we must stand fast
and defy all evil. So let us give

thanks. Let us give thanks to him who
struck down the firstborn of Egypt.

God's love endures forever.

Amen. The world degenerates with each
passing day.

We must not degenerate with it.

Remember, rods are prepared for the
arrogant.

And blows for the backs of fools.

Oh, I was cocked.

Which bottle, the second or the third?

That must be her.

Mrs Morrison.

Mrs Morrison, I wondered if we could
have a word.

I've got nothing to say.

We understand that you're a patient at
the Conceptionson.

Well, we spoke to Dr Huxley, so we know
he well.

Look, I don't want to talk about it.

Leave me alone.

You made a threatening phone call to
Miss Julie Pearce.

Miss Pearce is now dead.

Susie.

Three years I waited to prove I could
never win.

As if I didn't know that.

And five years on another waiting list.

And then they tell me I'm 20 ,000 short
of being a good mum.

20 ,000 pounds?

Julie Pearce is four years older than
me.

Is that why you made the call?

And others, they're older, but they can
go private.

Well, the clinic takes patients in the
National Health, no?

Yeah, but not if you're over 40.

And you can't afford to go private?

Does it look like it?

That... Pierce women couldn't open her
checkbook and stop herself getting flung

off a high building.

Still things money cannae buy.

Susie, we need to take you into the
station.

You made threatening phone calls.

I think you're going to have to come.

I want a lawyer, then.

I want a lawyer.

OK, thanks.

Any joy?

Well, there's a dry patch on my living
room floor. I could put a mattress on

Yeah, well, you can stay again tonight.

So,

two lives snuffed out as if in a whim.

Where's this Morrison woman?

Well, she's downstairs. Her legal aide
selected her request at 15 minutes with

her. What made her so angry?

Turned down for IVF after waiting eight
years.

Angry enough to kill?

Yeah, maybe.

Just because she didn't have the money.

And your husband leaves you?

General Medical Council sent through
papers and Dr. Hersey.

A fitness -to -practice case against her
five years ago in London.

What'd she get off? Scott III.

There's some stuff here from the States,
too. A court case in Chicago.

A woman under Hersey's care conceived
six tuplets.

Yeah, but that's not unusual with
multiple implants.

Yeah, but the woman claimed Dr. Hersey
implanted more embryos than she'd told

her. What, and that's not normal
practice?

Well, not without consent.

All six fetuses died.

The clinic's settled out of court.

All right, you two get back down to the
clinic.

We need to know exactly what the hell's
going on there.

Stuart, find out if there's any street
cameras nearby.

Have them checked.

Women like you take whatever they want
to hell with the rest of us.

Well, you better mind your back, because
even Richard Fitchy's going to come up

in some time.

Well, she was pretty straightforward to
me.

You made a threat and you carried it
out.

Where were you the morning Julie Pearce
was murdered?

You can't remember?

It was two days ago. You live alone, you
don't work. Is your life so eventful

you can't remember where you were 48
hours ago?

What were you doing last night?

Oh, I was in my house.

I think... I get the days mixed up.

How do you get hold of Julie Pearce's
phone number? I would like to state on

record that my client is being put under
undue duress.

I could arrest your client right now
just for making that call. So why don't

do your job, miss, and let me do mine? I
will.

And if we continue like this, I'll
advise Mrs Morrison to remain silent.

How do you think that's going to help
her?

How did you know Julie Pearce? Did you
meet her through the clinic?

Mr Burke, may I suggest a break?

This is the cutting edge of genetic
science.

You can't change the world without a few
problems along the way.

Or without making a few enemies.

A fitness to practice hearing?

That's serious.

They should never have agreed to it in
the first place.

Freezing multiple embryos has huge
advantages.

If the first attempt at IVF fails, the
couple can try again.

But if it's successful, then you're left
with extra embryos.

That's when the problems and the
complaints begin.

Do you destroy them?

Donate them to another couple?

What if the couple get divorced?

Whose embryo is it then?

Yeah, I can see it's a minefield.

I'm not the only specialist whose
practical work has raised ethical

But in this case, you destroyed the
unwanted embryos.

As the law requires.

The mother no longer wanted them.

But the father claimed he wasn't
consulted. He was.

Apparently, a patient of yours in
Chicago, claimed that she wasn't

You have been doing your homework.

Her complaint wasn't against me, it was
against the clinic.

Sometimes we think we've explained
everything, but the patient hasn't

understood.

Sir, there is a camera. It's about 50
yards down the street from the clinic.

They're looking at the tapes now.

Mrs Morrison has told me she's been
diagnosed as clinically depressed.

The memory loss and the confusion are
symptoms of her condition. She's in no

state to answer questions.

Well, I'm afraid she's going to have to.

I've got two murders in my hands. Your
client can at the very least shed light

on them. I fail to see how continuing as
before will help you.

Do you have family yourself?

No.

I was married once, but...

Well, it didn't work out.

Oh, I imagine a woman in your career, it
must be difficult to... To find the

time?

Or the inclination?

You were talking the other day there
about IVF.

Mm.

Yeah, well, at its most basic level, we
make babies in glass dishes.

Semen, spetum and frozen in liquid
nitrogen.

We thaw it and unite it with the ovum.

We then use a stereomicroscope to view
the new embryo at higher magnification.

The embryos are then kept under strictly
controlled conditions in an incubator.

All things very impersonal.

Embryology is more than technology.

It's an emotional business, Sergeant,
for everyone concerned.

It's not a guaranteed take -home
service.

There are failures to deal with, too.

That's Mrs Brunton for you, Doctor. Oh,
thanks, Wilma.

Excuse me, Sergeant.

Wilma will give you the rest of the
tour.

So, what happens over here?

That's a laminar flow that keeps the air
circulating to keep it dust.

How's all this work recorded?

Everything's barcoded.

The data's stored on computer and triple
-checked. And who's responsible for

that? Oh, we all are. We key in.

Or rather, Kim used to key in.

New data every day.

Who'll do that now?

The doctors are training me.

It must be hard, hoping for a child for
so long. I'm not looking for sympathy.

You were looking for something, Susie.

Otherwise you wouldn't have left that
message.

I get bad days.

Everything's churning inside me and I
get angry.

How did you know, Julie?

The clinic.

Talking in the waiting room.

She told me how she was paying to get
the perfect baby.

That must have been galling for you.

People like Julie Pearce, they get their
own way every time with their rich

husbands, and I have worked hard all my
life, harder than her man ever had to...

But Julie wasn't married.

Well, her boyfriend, then.

What makes you think she had a
boyfriend?

I saw him.

When?

Outside her fancy flat.

You went to her house?

She came home and he gets out his big
car and they went in together.

What did the man look like?

An expensive suit.

Cropped hair.

And when was this?

It was the day before she got killed.

Are you absolutely sure about that?

Stuart, prepare an e -fit.

See if Mrs Morrison can identify him.

Wilma, did you get Mrs Brunton a cab?

Straight home, feet up.

Good news?

I'm going to have a baby.

Congratulations.

Yeah, good work.

Your taxi's on the way.

Well, I guess you and I'll be over the
moon.

I don't think he ever thought it was
actually going to happen. He had the

Oh. He didn't make a very good job of
it. No, he had it reversed when we got

married.

Well, it's all worked out in the end.

Here's your three minutes with special
baby.

Oh, yes.

Bye. Bye -bye.

This is the footage from the street
camera near the clinic.

It's 10 .30 at night.

Four weeks ago.

Take a look at this.

Is that the nurse, Wilma?

Could be.

That might be Dr. Hersey.

Uh -huh.

Who are the visitors?

It's like they're waiting for them.

This is an hour and three quarters
later. They're coming out.

It'd be a bit bittersweet at that time
of the night.

See if you can get these pictures
enhanced.

Sir.

What's this?

ICSI. It's the treatment the Brunton's
had.

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection.

I'm not going to like this.

An assisted conception technique.

In the case of a male who has only a few
live sperm, or where the seminal fluid

lacks motility, the sperm is injected
into his partner.

Yep, I knew it.

That's just diligent professionalism,
Laura.

Or what?

Or are you taking a personal interest?

Tell him I don't care how big the
backlog is. Make it I get to jump the

Hold on a sec.

Sir, that's the e -fit ready.

I'll be right with you.

I need those results ASAP.

That's him.

What do you mean?

That's him.

John, I'll get back to you.

You and Brent?

Are you sure?

What do you want?

My wife's still in bed, and I don't want
her upset.

You know she's pregnant.

Maybe you'd rather talk to us down at
the station, Mr Brunton.

You'd better come in. Come on.

You were at Julie Peart's

house the day before she was killed.

And you were clean.

Yes, I was at Julie's house.

I didn't think you'd find out, so... So
you lied?

I wasn't worried about you.

The mippet?

Finding out you were playing away?

With her old school friend?

I wasn't.

But Laura would think I was.

So what were you doing there?

I just wanted to talk to her.

What about?

About her IVF treatment.

Julie didn't even have a problem, not
the way we did.

She could conceive naturally that the
whole situation was getting to Laura.

Maybe even stopping her getting
pregnant.

So you told Julie to stop her IVF
treatment?

No. Just to stop coming round to the
house and crowing about it.

And how did she take that situation?

She was like a child being told she
couldn't have a sweetie.

Julie liked the idea of having a baby
more than the reality.

She started shouting and saying stupid
things.

Like what?

It was a tantrum.

In health.

Julie could be cruel.

And then you left?

Yes.

Anything else you haven't told us, Mr
Brunton?

The following day, the afternoon Julie
was killed, where did you say you were

again?

I never left the office all day.

Ask Marjorie.

And that night?

And Kim was killed.

At the office.

That's how I've come out of it.

Yeah.

Sir, enhanced pictures from the street
camera?

No, it's Dr. Hersey, all right.

And the nurse, Wilma.

Another couple coming out.

Brian Murray?

What the hell's he doing there?

Now, get your handbook. We're going to
church.

You looking for evidence, Stanford?

No, Mr. Murray.

I'm looking for you.

Me?

You lead a very interesting nightlife.

I'm sorry.

I don't understand what you mean. You
protest outside the clinic during the

and you go visiting after hours.

We've got you in tape.

George! Who was the woman you were with?

Good day, gentlemen.

Can I help you?

Mr Murray made a visit to Dr Hersey at
the Conception Clinic.

I doubt that very much.

But even if he did, he'll have his
reasons.

And we'd like to know what they are.

What was it?

Missionary work?

I see no reason why not.

Some words of truth should be heard
there of all places.

He had a woman with him. Did he?

Another of your congregation.

You go on back, Brian.

You stay put until I tell you otherwise.

Whatever Mr. Murray's reasons were,
missionary or... Personal? It hardly

like a crime.

There's a strong chance it's connected
with one. In that case, if you wish any

more information, you should bring a
warrant.

I'd better not find out that you and
Bible John there are withholding

About once a week I stay behind. I need
the overtime.

Stay behind to do what?

Cleaning up, paperwork, that sort of
thing.

Looking after patients with Dr. Hervey?

She sometimes has people come to see her
in the evening.

As late as midnight?

I don't know.

No, you do know, Wilma.

Last month, you and Dr. Hershey let a
couple in late at night, and you were

still with them when they left at 12
.15.

Like I say, she's busy.

She has people come in late.

What for?

All I do is let them in and go back to
my duties.

And you don't hear anything?

You've no idea what's going on?

No.

The man you let in that night, did you
recognise him?

No. No?

He's one of the men who protected
outside the clinic.

I think.

Wilma mentioned that Dr Hersey's not
here today.

Ah, Thursday. She normally catches the
red -eye to London.

Every Thursday?

Most.

So what's she doing down there?

A new clinic.

What new clinic?

We, or rather she, is setting up a new
branch in London.

Near Harley Street.

Her baby, you might say.

How long has this been on the go?

Oh, well over a year.

It's nearly ready to open.

Technologically, it makes this place
look like a garden shed.

I, uh... I don't know how Gaynor could
have let those people in. You are quite

sure they were Stanford's followers?

Absolutely.

And you can think of no business that
Dr. Hersey might have had with Brian

Murray?

Well, some people regard infertility as
a shameful secret.

Meaning that Brian might have brought
his wife or his partner here, hoping

the Reverend wouldn't find out?

I don't know.

I'd have thought Gaynor would have
mentioned it to me, but maybe she didn't

about his connection with the church.

I've been trying for hours.

Can't get hold of Dr. Hersey. Her
mobile's switched off and she's not at

What about this clinic in London?

Just got an answering machine.

All right, let's pull Murray back in. I
think that creepy bastard knows more

than he's letting on.

Sir, that was Dr. Skinner on the phone.

He wants to meet me.

Round the corner from the clinic.

You sure you'll be all right on your
own?

I'll manage, sir.

I hate all this broken dagger stuff.

Sorry.

I didn't mean to startle you.

It's OK.

After you left, I thought about what you
said about Danford and Murray.

And?

I looked in Gaynor's data files. They
don't match the ones we sent to the

authority.

So what would that mean?

Unused embryos must be destroyed unless
another use can be found for them, with

the donor's permission.

But there is also an illegal market.

So Dr Hersey's been selling unused
embryos?

I'm amazed at how high -tech Gaynor's
New London Clinic is.

And I don't know who's paying for it.

There's also another market for unused
embryos.

Interest groups who want to save the
life of an embryo.

The Reverend Stanford?

I hope I'm wrong.

They protest by day and they're in
league with them by night.

Yeah, but I suppose it's not a complete
contradiction.

Church is against the very existence of
the clinic, but there are still babies

to save.

So Hartley's raking it in.

Who are the surrogate mothers?

Members of the congregation?

Women who want a baby but can't have
one.

Well, the woman with Murray seems young
enough.

Maybe she's a broodmare.

Church pay her to go full term.

And then have the baby adopted.

So why is he telling us all this now?

He's only just realised.

And he gave you the evidence.

So why not just come down to the station
and make a clean break?

Well, they're colleagues.

Friends.

He's hoping he's wrong.

Okay, so Hershey's doing some dirty
trade with Stanford. He gets to save the

embryos. She gets the cash back.

Maybe we've just solved another crime
entirely.

What the hell's it got to do with the
murders?

Did Julie Peer find out?

Or Kim did, being inside the clinic.

What's the other common factor between
Julie and Kim?

You and Brunton.

He argued with one, went out with
another.

I'll drop you home.

Can't be too careful with a lodger in
your house.

It just isn't true.

No, why can't you just be honest for
once?

No, I can't stand this anymore.

The CT scan will show us the extent of
any neurological damage.

We're setting it up now.

I'd like a word with his wife.

She's pretty upset at the moment. I'll
probably leave her a wee while.

Look, we'll take Mr Brutton down to CT
shortly.

Why don't you try her then?

OK, thanks.

No worries.

Well, that's just fond.

He's got Murray and Wilma down at the
station.

Yeah, well, I'm going to wait here for a
while. Why don't you go on over?

Well, I don't think I'm going to get
much out of her.

Think she could have done it?

I wouldn't rule it out.

All right, Wilma.

No more lies.

Why weren't you surprised that Protest
was visiting the clinic at night?

Dr. Hersey sent me round to the church
before that.

What for?

To deliver stuff to Reverend Danford.

Deliver what?

Envelopes. How many times?

A couple.

So what was in these envelopes?

I don't know.

Letters.

Documents. When you stayed behind at
night, What did you do?

I cleaned surfaces in surgery, checked
the machines, readied everything for Dr.

Hersey.

So, in fact, you actively helped Dr.
Hersey on these occasions?

It's my job.

Oh, don't play the innocent.

You assisted in a process you knew was
suspicious.

The women seemed pleased to be there.

I tended to them as a nurse should.

Who were these women?

Just women.

In their 20s, usually.

And did Kim have similar duties?

No.

So why you and not her?

Dr Hersey made it plain to me when she
took me on that not many clinics would

employ a nurse with my past.

And even after two people were killed,
people you knew, a colleague and a

patient, you still didn't see the
connection.

I was to do as I was told.

I needed that job.

A friend, Mr Murray, might put it.

There are none so blind as those who do
not wish to see.

The Met have lifted Dr Hurstie.

She's on a flight up now.

Good. Then maybe we'll get somewhere.

Don't waste my time again.

You brought a woman to the clinic for
IVF. The nurse just told us. Who was

Her name was Lucy.

Lucy who?

I don't know.

How did you know her?

How did you know her, Murray?

Baroness Stanford introduced us.

So she attached to your church?

Not that I know of.

What did Dr. Herphy do with Luffy?

I couldn't say.

I stayed in the waiting room.

And did you pay Dr.

Herphy? No.

Julie Pearce.

Kim Whiteley.

Tell us about them.

I saw the Norse at protests, but I
didn't know the other one.

What about you and Brunton?

Who's she?

We had a terrible argument.

I left the house, and when I got back,
he was lying there.

Where did you go?

I just drove round and round.

I couldn't think straight.

What was the argument about?

Julie Pearce.

Did you overhear our conversation with
Ewan?

Yes, of course.

And I was angry at him, because he'd
heard things from me.

Angry enough to do this?

No.

Ewan told me that she said horrible
things about me.

About both of us.

Laughing at us because we couldn't have
children.

Did she know about the vasectomy
reversal?

She said she knew it was his fault.

Dr Skinner had told her so.

Dr Skinner told you, Lee?

Ewan thought Julie was just being cruel,
but he got worried and he bought one of

those fertility kits, which came out
negative.

You can't trust these kits, can you?

Laura, let's just say that the vasectomy
reversal had been successful.

I still don't understand, why did you
then have to go to the clinic?

Well, when I couldn't become pregnant
right away, they said it would help if

Ewan's sperm was injected in.

But if Ewan is infertile, what baby am I
carrying?

It makes every kind of sense.

Ethical, practical, spiritual.

We oppose such clinics naturally, but
the greater cause is saving lives.

We work with families who wish to adopt.

But you pay the clinic.

I never said we did.

Of course you pay.

IVF treatment doesn't come cheap.

You're financing other clinics like
that.

Your project is self -defeating. I can't
take on the whole world, Burke.

I can only act as my conscience
dictates, here, now, amongst my flock.

Where does the money come from?

I'm not at liberty to say.

We'll find out.

You might not.

The capital for our work originates
outside this country.

I don't care if it comes from Pittsburgh
or Paisley.

I'll find out.

Stuart, have you got Dr. Hersey with
you?

Robbie and the boss are with her now.

Yeah, well, interrupt them.

Well, Laura thinks that Ewan's not the
father of her child.

Really? No, but the clinic's closed.

So what now?

I'm going to go and find Dr. Skinner.

Okay.

We're arranging for a car to call you
back to the clinic.

We need someone Mr. Brunton to see with
samples.

Mr. Brunton? Why?

His wife's pregnant.

He seems to think the child's not hers.

That's impossible.

I don't see how that could happen. We
take great care at the clinic.

Taxi! Would you take the bag?

I need to be at the airport for four.

I'll be down in a minute.

I thought you were supposed to be
investigating murders.

The Reverend Stanford told us all about
your trade in embryos.

We know he was paying you.

Yes.

He paid me.

Of course they paid me.

So what's the going rate these days,
Doctor?

For stealing other couples' babies?

Not babies.

Embryos. Embryos that women wanted
destroyed.

Exactly.

Destroyed. Not brought to life in the
womb of a stranger.

I brought opportunity to countless
couples.

Opportunity is for you, Hersey.

You're fancying your clinic at the
expense of people that put their trust

you. They got what they wanted. I used
what they discarded.

Sergeant Reid.

I'm sorry, you're obviously going
somewhere.

A couple of days' break after the last
week.

Can I help?

Ewan Brunton has been attacked.

Attacked? What happened?

Well, we're hoping he can tell us that
when he regains consciousness.

Laura's obviously upset.

I think you should see her.

I will, of course. I can get a later
flight. Oh, good.

I mean, she's obviously upset about the
attack.

But you didn't think the Bethesda
reversal didn't work?

Oh,

it's delicate.

Yeah, you knew about that?

I'd hoped to put his mind at rest.

You know, they really should ban these
things.

Well, you may as well come clean about
the rest, then.

There's no rest.

Your career is over.

We're talking murder here. You had the
motive and you had the opportunity.

What are you talking about?

Julie and Kim found out about your
little scam.

So you nailed them.

Can't have them standing in the way of
your production line.

It's ridiculous.

I'm not a murderer.

Then give me one good reason to believe
you.

I'm a doctor.

I help to create life, for God's sake. I
don't destroy it.

Why did Laura undergo exit treatment if
the reversal had been successful?

All the syctomy reversal does is return
the seminal fluid.

Back to its original state. It doesn't
improve it.

It's the treatment merely increases the
chance of a conception.

Thanks. I'll, um... I'll go and cancel
it.

Children you've helped bring into the
world?

Mostly, yeah.

You fathered all these children, didn't
you?

If you'd like some of you in samples, I
can go to the clinic and collect them.

You're the father of Laura's baby,
aren't you?

What do you think?

Is she capable?

No.

Which only gives us one other
possibility.

Take a paper from Hartley.

I'm going to bring in Dr Skinner.

Hey, Jackie's with him, sir. At his
house.

Get a squad car down there, now!

Stephen.

Glasgow, 1994, when I was an intern.

Darren, Bristol, 1993.

Andrew, Claire, James, all 1994.

All yours?

All healthy.

Bright.

Good genes.

So what was wrong with the father they
should have had?

In many cases, they were infertile.

In others, there were genetic risks.

So you and Brunton, where did he fit in?

I wouldn't rate Mr Brunton as flawless
genetic material.

Julie Pearce knew, didn't she?

I thought I'd found in Julie someone who
understood.

When I explained it to her, sadly she
didn't.

So you killed her?

Yes!

To Ewan.

I did what I had to do as quickly as I
could. I took no pleasure in it.

He used Dr. Hersey.

You hid behind her.

Not anymore.

It's time they knew who their father
was.

And you think they're going to thank you
for that?

I think they'll see that I did it for
the best of motives.

No, I'm sorry.

Your idea of genetic progress is nothing
more than playing God.

A delusion that even justifies you
killing.

I had hoped you would understand.

Jackie!

I'm in here.

I'm fine.

Would you like to hear my diagnosis of
you, Sergeant Reed?

A genetic dead end.

Wanting and not wanting a child.

Without the imagination or bravery to
decide one way or the other. At least I

made that rational decision.

And acted on it. Rational?

You're the dead end, pal.

Get him in the car, Robbie.

Dr. George Skinner, I'm arresting you
for the murders of Julie Peart and Kim

Whiteley. You're not obliged to say
anything, but anything you do say will

noted and may be used in evidence.

Yeah, well, I hope you've patched your
dirty washing, too.

Listen, Jackie, thanks for helping me
out. That was good of you.

Yeah, well, thanks for the company.

Oh.

How will you manage without me?

Think I'll cope, Robbie.

Oh, Jackie.

Whatever that nutter was saying.

Just forget it, eh?

Yeah.

I already have.