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[ Monitor beeping ]

[ Tapping ]

Oi, oi.

Give us a hand here, Dan,

when you´re done, please, mate.

[ Bell dings ]

Hi, Kim.

-Thanks, Dan.

-See you, mate.

See ya.

[ Bell dings ]

-Hello, Tom.

-Hello.

You´d better be off, then, Kim.

Thanks.

Don´t forget,

I´m not here tomorrow.

Oh, yeah.

TOM: When will you be

like Mr. Carlton?

KIM:

What, a pharmacist?

When I´ve finished my exams,

if I work hard.

Then we´ll find somewhere nicer

to live.

[ Siren wailing, dog barking

in distance ]

Come on.

I´m freezing.

[ Indistinct conversations ]

I wish you didn´t have to go.

It´s only one night, love.

You could register and then

come home for the night.

There´ll be colleagues

from all over the country.

A drink or two in the bar.

You know what it´s like.

Get chatting.

It´s good for business.

I´ll miss you.

Can´t remember when I last slept

in our bed without you.

Chief Superintendent Bailey,

I´d go home if I was you

and get some rest.

She´s gone to sleep. She won´t

be up until the morning.

She´s all right, then?

They didn´t have to

remove her ovary, did they?

Well, the surgeon

will talk to you.

It went well.

She´s fine.

Thank you.

-How much?

-£6.50, please, guv.

There you go.

Cheers.

-[ Indistinct conversations ]

-MAN: Three for £15.

Keep it coming.

Little bit. That´s it.

Keep it coming.

Margaret!

Margaret!

Margaret!

SEAN:

Remember me?

I´m the one

who lulled you to sleep.

The anesthetist?

How are you feeling?

Disemboweled.

Nasty little cyst

on the right ovary.

All gone now.

I never knew you could

actually feel like this

without being dead.

Operations hurt like hell,

even with me at the bedside.

I hear you´re

a crown prosecutor?

Does that put you off me?

It depends.

On what?

SEAN:

On one´s views of justice.

But yours are finely honed.

I can tell.

You haven´t got that mad look

in your eyes.

We´re not all sadists.

If I´d known you were a lawyer,

I would have anesthetized

your tongue.

[ Indistinct talking ]

I´ve got the spare keys.

Her husband called me

from his hotel this morning

when she didn´t answer

the phone.

[ Sighs ]

I thought she was asleep.

I touched her, and she was cold.

STONE:

Mrs. Margaret Carlton, aged 58.

No bruises.

No marks or any signs

of violence.

Died in her sleep.

Not a bad way to go.

Right.

Thanks very much.

[ Bell dings ]

Tom get to school okay?

Yeah, yeah, fine.

Steve just told me

about Margaret.

-Where´s Phil?

-He´s upstairs in his flat.

-Did you want your methadone?

-Oh, no worries. You all right?

She was a nice woman, Margaret.

She was good to me.

Mm.

Phil thinks it was her heart.

-Hi.

-Hi.

-Is, uh, she awake?

-She´s just gone off again.

Dr. Hazel gave her a painkiller.

You can go up if you like.

Right.

Thanks.

[ Door opens ]

[ Door opens, closes ]

I don´t know

what I´m going to do.

Makes me wonder

if it´s worth going on anymore.

Phil, don´t say things

like that.

I´m always here to talk to.

You know that.

[ Crying ]

You´re such a good friend, Kim.

I don´t know if I could manage

without you.

[ Door opens, bell dings ]

You get on.

I´ll -- I´ll be all right.

You sure?

PHIL: Yeah.

You all right, Tom?

KIM: Tom?

Manners.

What do you say?

Yes, thank you, Mr. Carlton.

Good boy.

You be a good boy

for your mother, eh?

He always is, aren´t you, Tom?

-Oscar Wilde was a genius.

-Oh, nonsense. He was a poser.

A few witty lines, maybe.

But, now, Sam Beckett,

there was your man.

A real Irishman.

He went to live in France.

Hm. Right.

A discerning Irishman, then.

[ Door opens ]

-Bailey.

-BAILEY: Hello.

This is Dr. Sean Hazel,

my anesthetist.

-We´ve met.

-Hello again.

How are you feeling?

I´d better go.

Well, burn a few copies

of "Lady Windermere´s Fan."

Ha.

-[ Door closes ]

-How you doing?

Okay.

I´ve been worried about you.

What´s the dark side

of the moon?

The bit you can´t see,

I suppose.

Do we go there when we die?

I shouldn´t think so.

-Who told you that, anyway?

-Dan.

Dan. Ah, well, Dan´s on a planet

of his own, I´m afraid.

Like somebody else I know.

Tom, has your dad been in here?

BAILEY: You know, you´re

going to have to take it easy

when you get home tomorrow.

What, no housework?

You don´t even know

what a Hoover is.

I meant to clean out my fridge.

The milk will have turned

to yogurt by now.

It has, and the yogurt

has turned into

a really interesting

kind of, um, cheese.

-I´m hopeless, aren´t I?

-I don´t know.

Think you´re all right.

[ Smooches ]

Are those flowers really

from my garden?

I don´t remember seeing them.

Well, it´s hard to make out

anything in your garden.

It´s a wilderness.

Sometimes I think

we should live together.

Why?

So I can prove my manly worth

by hacking back your brambles?

-Hi, Rose.

-All right?

What´s all this?

I asked her

to drop some files over.

Just heeding your advice,

Bailey.

Keep my mind off things.

-Hi.

-Hi.

Here, you can take these.

My arm´s killing me.

Don´t hurry back.

Somehow we´ve survived

without you.

Oh, thanks.

Ooh, it´s good to be home.

How about a quick cup of tea

before I go back to work?

Please. Real tea.

God knows what they use

in hospital.

Bailey,

what have you been doing?

-What do you mean?

-HELEN: My flat looks different.

Magazines in neat piles.

Oh, just tidied up a bit.

That´s all.

Oh, right.

I missed you.

Look, uh, why don´t you

get into bed?

I´ll make the tea.

There´s clean sheets on it.

Why?

Well, I, uh -- I stayed here

while you were in hospital.

[ Up-tempo music playing ]

Take that shot.

-All right.

-♫ Love is gone ♫

♫ My TV´s on ♫

♫ I´m hanging with the boys ♫

♫ A life with fools ♫

♫ This world is cruel ♫

♫ We never dispense with toys ♫

[ Scraping ]

[ Phil humming ]

[ Indistinct conversations ]

Duncan.

Duncan.

Oh.

[ Clears throat ]

No home to go to?

Uh, hardly a home, sir.

There´s no one there anymore.

So you thought you´d drown

your sorrows again?

Oh, no.

Not really, sir.

You know, just had a couple

of drinks, that´s all.

You smell like a distillery.

You´re not thinking

of driving home, are you?

Up you get.

Your car´s staying here.

I´ll drop you home.

Here, give me one of those,

will you?

Thanks.

[ Lighter clicks ]

How often do you see your kid?

Every fortnight if I´m off duty.

Sometimes I´ll pick him up

from school,

you know, take him for a burger.

What about your ex?

Kim, isn´t it?

Still on speaking terms?

Sort of.

I met her once, didn´t I?

Some social do.

Seemed a nice girl, sensible.

Sensible?

What, living in a place

like that on her own?

Well, might be preferable

to living with you like this.

You´re not going to find

the answer in a whiskey bottle.

No, I know.

I know that.

Okay.

Let´s get you home.

♫ You tried to reach the moon ♫

♫ You grew up too soon ♫

♫ Denied the freedom

that you tasted ♫

-Hello.

-Hello.

Don´t tell me that you´ve been

poring over files all day.

You´re supposed to be resting.

Have you ever watched

daytime television, Bailey?

You need rest.

Rest can be a dangerous thing.

This woman expired unexpectedly

in her sleep.

Mrs. Margaret Carlton.

One of yours?

Doesn´t ring any bells.

What´s so interesting

about this one?

Well, she´s married

to a pharmacist.

[ Sighs ]

Probable cause of death --

heart failure.

Sounds uneventful.

"Who claims she used chloroform

to help her sleep."

That´s the point

the coroner picked up on,

which is why the files ended up

at the CPS.

This was your first time

under anesthetic, wasn´t it?

What´s that supposed to mean?

BAILEY:

I don´t know.

Perhaps a little bit

of auto-suggestion, I thought.

-Phil?

-Hello, Betty.

Well, I wasn´t expecting you

to come ´round today.

I heard about Joe.

I´m really sorry.

BETTY:

I haven´t tidied up yet.

It´s the shock, isn´t it?

Stops you in your tracks.

He, uh, moved in here

near the end for the warmth.

Now, I´ve brought

your eye drops ´round.

Because I know how easy it is

to forget things

at a time like this.

Oh, bless you.

After what you´ve been through

yourself with losing Margaret.

I know what you must be feeling.

Now, I want to make sure

that you don´t mix up your pills

with Joe´s,

so while I´m here, I want you

to show me where he kept them,

and I´ll make sure they´re

out of harm´s way, all right?

Always thinking of others, Phil,

even at a time like this.

Morning, Rose.

You´re looking a bit unsteady

on the pins this morning.

Thank you, Rose. It´s really

lovely to see you, too.

Work´s been piling up.

Bet you can´t wait.

I mean, there´s been a couple

of domestic barneys,

usual quota of girls

on the game.

Bloody anarchy out there

without us, wouldn´t it?

You got your plumbing fixed,

then?

As far as I can tell.

Thank God.

Helen.

Nice to see you.

Are you sure you´re ready

to come back?

-Oh, quite sure.

-Good.

There´s plenty to be done.

Work doesn´t evaporate

when one is away.

Unfortunately, it has a tendency

to accumulate.

Some things don´t change.

It´s comforting, at least.

Make us a cup of tea

when you´ve got a minute.

Yeah.

-Phil, I was wondering...

-Hmm?

...if you´d mind getting

the lock changed on my flat.

-Why?

-Oh.

I think my ex has been

getting in, Duncan.

I was a bit stupid.

I gave him a key a while back

when he was looking after Tom.

And he said he´d lost it,

but I think he must be lying.

Getting in to do what?

Going through my things.

I mean, I could be imagining it,

but I´d feel better.

[ Sighs ]

[ Knock on door ]

The irreplaceable Helen West.

Good to have you back.

Dinsdale, this Margaret Carlton

case, did you read the file?

I had a quick glance.

I gave it back to Rose.

She said you wanted

some undemanding reading

while recovering.

They found traces of chloroform

in her blood.

Not enough to kill her, though.

So you don´t think this

is worth pursuing, either.

Not for me to say, really.

It´s a bit messy,

isn´t it, Dinsdale?

You know me.

Keep life simple.

Don´t arouse Redwood´s wrath.

Oh, sod Redwood.

It´s Bailey I´m worried about.

Treading on his toes again.

Collateral damage,

isn´t that what they call it

when the innocent get hurt

in the pursuit of a just war?

You´re wasted here.

Phil, have you

done Mrs. Beale yet?

You gave me a fright.

Sorry.

I didn´t think.

Not your fault.

I was concentrating.

This is Mrs. Beale´s.

Not strictly allowed these days.

[ Soft music playing ]

♫ Drawn to the violence

of change ♫

What do you think?

I think you look gorgeous.

♫ Charmed by

the sentimental brave ♫

Look, the surgeon said...

...that apart from

a cesarean section,

removing an ovarian cyst

is one of the trickiest

operations he had to undertake.

It wasn´t the operation

I was worried about.

It was the possible

repercussions.

What?

In case they found something?

Well, that.

And if we´d...

If I´d ever be able

to have children.

[ Indistinct conversations ]

I know it must be exhausting

for you.

-GIRL: My medicine!

-Your medicine, yes!

-How old is she now?

-She´s 18 months.

18 months!

-[ Telephone ringing ]

-Okay.

Hello.

Carlton Chemist.

If you try this,

I´m sure it´ll help.

Phil, the phone.

Sounds important.

Ah. Excuse me.

-Hello.

-[ Giggles ]

Hello.

Philip Carlton.

TOM: I want to drive one of them

big diggers when I´m older.

DAN: Don´t you want to be

a policeman like your dad?

No way!

They get mad all the time

and shout.

-Shout?

-Yeah, him and Mum.

That´s just married people.

You could learn to be

a pharmacist like your mum.

Don´t want to smell like Phil.

He smells like a dentist.

[ Laughs ]

"Good boy, Tom.

Open wide."

[ Laughs ]

You could be a comedian.

I saw Phil touching my mum.

What do you mean touching?

It was the police.

They won´t release

Margaret´s body yet.

They want to do more tests.

Why?

They´ve discovered

her little secret.

A drug addict?

Not opiates

or anything really dangerous.

Just a few simple painkillers

at first for her arthritis.

Then tranquilizers.

It was me.

I told her about chloroform.

[ Sighs ]

It´s all my fault.

I --

I´d hoped it would wean her

off the other things.

Chloroform?

She started sniffing it

on a cloth just to try it.

Well...

It relaxes people.

Gives them a bit of a high,

you see.

Did you know that?

Nobody really knows anything

about it these days.

It was in an old book of mine.

A few drops on a clean cloth.

It´s a nice feeling.

Apparently.

Nothing unusual

was reported at the scene.

There were no forensics.

Just a couple of uniforms

to calm the nearest and dearest.

Everyone assumed

it was natural causes?

Well, there was no sign

of a break-in

or any kind of violence.

As far as anyone can see,

no crime has been committed.

What about the chloroform?

He said he kept some under

the sink for cleaning clothes.

She got into sniffing it.

Did you know

it was an aphrodisiac?

I thought she used it to sleep?

That too, but Philip Carlton

wasn´t telling the whole truth

at first.

He was embarrassed.

I can´t say I blame him.

I mean, they´re both respectable

middle-aged people.

Imagine it got in the papers.

Yeah, getting their

elderly rocks off

on chloroform instead of Viagra.

I see your point.

As investigating officer, didn´t

you find all this a bit strange?

It was an accident, okay.

She had a bit too much,

all alone, heart packed up.

It happens.

Your boss, Redwood, agrees.

Yeah, he would.

They´d only been married

two years.

She was a widow.

He´d been a bachelor,

caring for his elderly mother.

Very touching, I´m sure.

There´s just something

a little bit phony about it.

It´s the way

he expresses himself.

All those fussy little details.

He´s lost his wife.

What do you want, Longfellow?

Philip Carlton must have

introduced Margaret

to chloroform as a drug.

On that level, he´s culpable.

She was alone when she died.

He was at an hotel

in the West End.

He spent the night there.

When he only lives

a few miles away?

REDWOOD: There was

an evening registration.

I suppose he wanted

to let his hair down

with old friends and colleagues

like everyone else.

By every single account,

Philip Carlton is a decent,

highly respected man.

It was her money

that bought the shop.

And that´s motive of some sort,

is it?

Helen, please.

We have enough genuine cases.

We can barely afford

to prosecute half of those.

Drop it.

I´d like to do

a little research.

I need you in court tomorrow.

In my own time, all right?

[ Door closes ]

[ Telephone ringing ]

I wanted to circumvent

the official channels.

They´re never keen

to go back over old ground.

They think it implies

some sort of criticism

of their initial opinion.

No, no, no.

It´s intriguing.

What do you know

about chloroform?

Not much, really.

Well, for a start,

you can´t drink it.

It´s, uh, 40 times

as sweet as sugar.

And anyway,

you told me over the phone

that there was none

in her stomach?

No, she must have inhaled it.

How many milligrams

in her blood?

12. Not enough to kill her,

apparently.

The general conclusion was

that she suffered heart failure

while under the influence.

Very possibly with chloroform.

But your instinct

is absolutely right.

She couldn´t have put

that amount in her system,

not by herself,

not 12 milligrams.

She would have lost

consciousness long before.

-Someone must have helped her?

-Beyond any shadow of a doubt.

If "help" is the word.

And make sure you eat the fruit,

´cause I´ll know if you don´t.

Oh, and don´t forget,

I´ve got to go to the dentist

this afternoon,

so your dad´s going to

pick you up, all right?

And if he wants to come in

the flat, I want you to say no.

Why?

I just don´t think it´s

a very good idea, that´s all.

Have a good day.

-Thanks a lot, mate.

-Cheers.

[ Humming ]

[ Bell dings ]

-Morning.

-Good morning.

Oh, you´re in a good mood today.

I have decided that I am going

to completely redo the shop,

new shelves, everything.

Might even expand

out the back a bit.

Oh. Nice to see you´re back

to your old self.

You get yourself together,

and I´ll make us a nice cup

of cha before the morning rush.

[ Humming ]

[ Rumbling ]

Hello, beautiful.

Look, nice golden delicious.

Come on,

we´re giving them away today.

Good for your pearly whites.

What about these?

-Bananas.

-I´ll take a bunch of those.

STEVE:

All right!

I haven´t seen you

´round here before.

Come to have a look at the site?

-The site?

-Yeah.

Luxury flats for city types.

Well, who can afford them

´round here?

Certainly not me.

Have you lived ´round here

for a long time?

All my life, sweetheart.

Hitler tried to bomb it

to oblivion,

and then they rebuilt it all

when I was a kid,

and now they´re

flattening it all again.

So you won´t recognize it

in a year´s time.

That´s half a bar, sweetheart,

50 pence.

[ Bell dings ]

Do you need any help?

-I was just looking, thanks.

-That´s fine.

I´ll take this, please.

That´s £3.59, please.

[ Zipper opens ]

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

[ Cash register beeping ]

[ Whirring ]

Really not going to

let go of this, are you?

I like to think our jobs

occasionally involve more

than simply meeting

the Home Secretary´s

conviction-rate targets.

[ Sighs ]

All right, this doctor friend

of yours, Sean Hazel...

...could he convince a jury

by himself?

I doubt it.

Not as though

he´s an eminent authority.

Had anything published

on the subject, has he?

He´s an old-timer.

He´s a real expert.

-He convinced me.

-Whatever.

I think you should check

his credentials

before you go much further,

though.

Someone else must have been

with Margaret Carlton

when she inhaled the chloroform.

Why?

Because you can´t

self-administer a drug

when you´re unconscious,

which is what

she´d have to have been

to get 12 milligrams

into her blood.

Hey, hey,

where´s your dad, then?

-The old bill?

-He´s coming.

Yeah?

Who says?

PHIL:

What are you doing here?

You know

you´re not allowed here.

I´m looking for Mum.

Your lovely mummy, eh?

She´s gone to the dentist.

Go home like a good boy.

Go!

[ Thudding ]

Tom?

You all right?

I thought your dad

was fetching you.

He didn´t show up.

You okay?

Listen, I was just going to go

and see Phil,

then you can help me out

with the stall, all right?

-All right.

-Wait here a second.

Phil?

PHIL:

Dan, what are you doing here?

I hoped you wouldn´t mind,

only I didn´t get my methadone.

I didn´t want to bother you

earlier with everything, only...

This is not the time

nor the place.

-You know that.

-I-I know, but --

Dangerous substances

´round here.

Sorry about Margaret.

She was a nice woman.

At least she died peaceful

in her sleep.

Yes.

Must have died

not long after you left her.

What do you mean?

That morning, I saw you.

I was getting ready

to set up the fruit stall.

Early, before dawn.

You didn´t see me that day.

You´re mistaken.

Oh, perhaps I am, then.

Sorry. I´ll come in the morning

for my prescription.

Just running a bit low,

that´s all.

Look, just this once.

I don´t want you in here again.

Do you understand?

[ Tires screech ]

Dad!

Are you all right, mate?

I´m so sorry, mate.

I-I had to work.

I got stuck in a meeting, okay?

Yeah?

Come on, let´s get you in.

-What´s that thing on your head?

-I´m a gladiator.

Listen, Tom, I´m really sorry I

wasn´t at school to pick you up.

-Okay?

-All right.

Can we go for a pizza

on the way back?

[ Grunts ]

Of course we can.

Does Mum have any friends?

What do you mean, friends?

Well, you know, does anyone

ever come ´round to visit?

No.

She likes Dan, though.

-Dan?

-TOM: Yeah, Dan.

She says he´s from

another planet.

I think he´s from the moon.

Dan in the moon.

[ Doorbell rings ]

[ Bell dings ]

-I wasn´t expecting you.

-Yeah, well, I can see that.

Decide to close early, did you?

Sometimes wonder if you´d open

up at all if it wasn´t for me.

Anyway, dentist was on time

for once.

Tom was here looking for you.

-When?

-PHIL: Short while ago.

I think I may have

frightened him.

He came in the back.

I was in the middle

of something.

-I´m afraid I shouted.

-Well, where was Duncan?

I´ve no idea.

Tom!

Tom!

Tom!

Tom!

Who are these people?

Uh, from the past.

So, this is

a Schimmelbusch mask.

It´s a creepy-looking thing,

isn´t it?

Used for anesthetizing patients

in the old days.

You place it over the face using

a piece of gauze at the top

and a few drops of chloroform.

This neat little rim

catches any excess liquid,

keeping it from the skin.

Chloroform would show

on the skin?

In direct contact, yes,

it´d leave obvious marks.

Nothing was noted

on Margaret´s body.

SEAN: A mask, something

like this could have been used.

Carlton would certainly know

about that sort of thing,

if he knows his subject.

It´ll be difficult to prove.

Everyone thinks

he´s a bit of a saint.

Thanks for all this.

I appreciate it.

Charisma often goes hand in hand

with villainy, don´t you find?

Of course,

there´s always the possibility

that the killer

was somebody else.

Bailey?

Are you here?

Bailey?

-[ Knock on door ]

-Oh, still here, sir?

Yeah. Should have been gone

half an hour ago.

Something special?

Cooking.

Right, well, there´s been a call

about D.C. Perry, sir.

Oh, what now?

His ex-old lady says her boy

went missing tonight.

Duncan was supposed to

meet him from school,

but apparently he didn´t.

Right.

I´ll call in on my way home.

What are you playing at, Duncan?

Why didn´t you answer

your bloody phone?

You didn´t pick him up, did you?

You let him come back here

on his own.

Anything could have

happened to him.

Yeah, but it didn´t, did it?

You were all right,

weren´t you, Tom, mate?

KIM: You don´t know how

to be responsible, do you?

You´ve just got

absolutely no idea.

What, and you do?

I can´t trust you

to do anything properly.

-I never have.

-Oh, come off it!

Just leave us alone.

What do you mean,

leave us alone?

I´m not bothered about you, pal.

It´s Tom I care about.

He should be with me, not

hanging out with some junkie.

What?

Oh, yeah, Tom told me about you

and who is it, Daniel?

Oh, don´t be so pathetic.

Grow up!

Yeah, well, if it´s not him it´s

some other bloke sniffing about.

Don´t you dare say things

like that in front of Tom.

Just stay away from me.

Stay away from me,

stay away from my flat.

-I know what you´ve been doing.

-Oh, what are you on about?

I want the keys back.

I don´t want you coming

´round here anymore.

Listen to me.

That kid´s going to come

with me, all right.

I´m not having you

ruining his life.

I´ll have him off you.

You watch, you stupid bitch!

[ Car door closes,

engine starts ]

[ Engine revs ]

[ Tires screech ]

[ Breathing heavily ]

[ Bang ]

Duncan?

[ Moans ]

[ Bang ]

[ Engine shuts off,

gearshift clicks ]

[ Man moans ]

Duncan?

Christ.

Did he say anything?

No.

He was too far gone.

Excuse me, Officer.

He didn´t make it.

Sorry.

[ Sighs ]

Right.

Looks like he took

a massive overdose of something.

Yeah, well, he was on methadone.

One of my squad knew.

I´d say it was a lot stronger

than methadone.

These types just can´t keep away

from the streets,

and we have to

pick up the pieces.

You should have let me

wrap this one up, sir.

Yeah.

Oh, shit!

[ Lock clicks, door opens ]

[ Door closes ]

[ Keys thud ]

Find something to eat?

Where´s your coat?

Covered in the snot and vomit

of some poor bastard

I stumbled across.

What happened?

Well, drug overdose, looks like.

He died.

He was just a kid.

The doctor described him

as a type.

I wonder what type she was.

She must be

about the same age as him.

Hard-nosed

middle-class achiever.

Be a consultant in 10 years,

God help us.

She´d probably been on duty

for 50 hours without a thanks.

What type are we?

HELEN:

It´s been a long day.

Come to bed.

I think I´ll stay up

for a while.

[ Sighs ]

[ Sighs ]

Late today.

Burning the midnight oil?

Oh, you know.

Passion in the early hours?

Absolutely.

Policeman´s lot, eh?

Let me know if you ever

need a little company.

You hang around that area a lot?

You were there last night.

I didn´t see the junkie.

The junkie had a name.

Daniel Maley.

You didn´t like him much,

did you?

I didn´t like him

being near my kid.

What about Kim?

Maybe you didn´t like him

near her, either?

It was Tom I was worried about.

So you didn´t think

that Maley was a threat?

Well, he isn´t anymore.

Look, Duncan, I want the truth.

Did you see him last night?

No.

Phil is the most meticulous

person you could find

about his records.

This is about checking

every detail,

and I´m afraid it´s silly ass

here who has to do the legwork.

At least they didn´t

send Duncan.

I couldn´t have dealt with that.

He misses you, you know, Kim.

He´s going mad.

It´s doing his career in.

Pity he didn´t miss me more

when we were together,

miss the boys in the pub

a bit less.

Yeah. I just thought you two

were good together, that´s all.

This is the controlled drugs

register.

STONE: And it corresponds

to the computer stuff?

KIM: Yeah, they have to

keep records of everything

for two years.

There´s, um, a re-order list

for regulars like Dan was,

and then we keep a small amount

for new prescriptions.

We don´t keep much

´cause of the area.

It´s all regulated

by the Dangerous Drugs Act.

I mean, every single grain

has to be accounted for.

I´ll do you copies if you like.

Yeah, yeah, keep them happy

in the office.

Come on, I´ll show you

the DDA cabinet.

So there´s really no chance

of you getting back

with Duncan, then?

Please, I´m no one´s doormat.

Not anymore.

Just Tom and me till I qualify.

That´s all I´ve got time for.

Is that the whole stock?

Yeah, told you,

we don´t keep much.

Really don´t think Dan

could have got it from here.

We are one of the busiest

crime areas in Europe.

Europe!

We just don´t have time

for this.

It is the job of the police

to provide the evidence,

if there is any, of course.

You sanctioned Sean Hazel

to do the test,

but you´re not interested

in the result.

It isn´t enough.

It is not enough.

All right?

We´ll present Sean´s evidence

at the inquest.

Good.

I´m sure the coroner

will be fascinated.

Oh, sir, it´s the chemist´s

records -- totally kosher.

Duncan´s missus

gave me the guided tour.

-It´s meticulous.

-Have you checked everything?

Yeah, there´s no way anyone

from the chemist shop

could bung Dan Maley

an extra helping

without it appearing

in triplicate

on some record or other.

Well, let´s just hope

it satisfies the CPS.

What, Miss West, you mean, sir?

[ Kim clears throat ]

I´m glad today´s over.

Feel really upset about Dan.

Can´t take it in.

Me too.

I´ll miss him.

Don´t know how

I´m going to tell Tom.

He´s had so much

to deal with lately.

Why don´t I pour us

a glass of sherry?

Didn´t know you drank sherry.

PHIL:

It was Margaret´s.

Shame to waste it.

All right, then.

Just a drop.

♫ Perfect is tonight ♫

Don´t you think it´s

a bit strange, though, Bailey?

Two unexpected deaths in

the same vicinity within a week

and in both cases

the cause being a bit iffy?

Yeah, happens all the time.

No, it doesn´t, not death

by chloroform overdose.

Perhaps Dan knew something

about Carlton.

Look, you can try and pin

Carlton with his wife´s death

if you want, but Daniel Maley

was just another sad victim

of drug abuse.

I mean, the kid overdosed

on some junk he bought.

Stone said it was impossible for

it to have come from Carlton.

Well, I still think

there´s a connection.

You know, you´re the one

who´s always telling me

not to make assumptions unless

there´s evidence to back it up.

You don´t think Duncan´s wife

would have said something

to Stone

if she had any suspicions?

Well, maybe, but she´s got

enough of her own problems

at the moment.

Sorry, darling.

I was working late.

Have you been all right?

Do you want a cup of coffee?

No, thanks.

I´m just a bit tired.

I think I´ll lie down for a bit

and then I´ll get your tea.

HELEN: Why can´t you just admit

you´re rather curious

about my line of inquiry

into Margaret´s death?

Well, put it this way.

If I thought it was definitely

leading you down a blind alley,

I think I would have attempted

to pull you back by now.

Ah, you see, just as I thought.

I´ve taken your lack

of interference

to be tacit approval.

Mm. You´ll be giving me advice

on detection next.

No. I´d never undermine

your authority.

I´m a team player.

♫ Upon my breaking back ♫

Mum?

-Mum!

-Hm?

-What time is it?

-Late. Are you all right?

Oh, darling, I´m sorry.

Your tea.

You must be starving.

No, it´s okay.

I got something

from the freezer.

My little man.

Give me a cuddle.

Can I sleep with you tonight?

KIM:

Why not?

Hop in.

Are you actually living in your

car these days, Duncan, yeah?

Not exactly, sir. I just thought

I´d give it a quick clear-up.

It´s mostly stuff

my kid´s left in there.

What´s that, the mask thing?

Oh, this?

Well, it´s my boy´s.

Tom. He thought it would make

a good gladiator helmet.

Helmet?

Yeah. No, he´s got

a cracking imagination, sir.

He found it somewhere, I think.

I´m going to hold on to this,

okay?

[ Indistinct conversations ]

STEVE: Lovely satsumas.

Today´s bargain.

Here you go.

Two pound, the price of a kilo.

[ Telephone rings ]

Carlton Chemist.

Hello. This is Chief

Superintendent Bailey here.

Can I speak to Kim, please?

Speaking.

BAILEY: Ah, I´d like to speak

to you about your son.

Apparently he picked up

some kind of mask.

His dad said he found it

near rubbish bins.

He found what?

Look, would it be possible

to see you and Tom together?

It would be very informal.

Yeah, well, I, um -- I pick him

up from school about 3:30.

BAILEY:

Okay, well, I´ll see you then.

I can get the details

off his dad.

And, Kim, if we could just

keep this between ourselves?

-Fine.

-Okay, thank you. Bye-bye.

PHIL:

Who was that?

KIM:

Oh, just something about Tom.

I´ll put the kettle on.

Tea, Phil?

Lovely.

I think we´ve had

a breakthrough.

Chief Superintendent Bailey

has found something

that could be connected

to Margaret Carlton´s death.

-Really?

-It´s a wire frame.

I described it to Sean Hazel.

He thinks it could have been

used as a makeshift mask

to administer chloroform.

-It´s gone to forensics.

-Forget Sean Hazel.

We wouldn´t stand a hope

with him on the witness box.

Why not?

Because you didn´t do

your homework properly, did you?

Dr. Hazel has a past.

Did you know

he´d been suspended?

Late ´60s.

Not enough evidence

to have him struck off,

but the suspicion was

your expert witness

poisoned his own son.

Oh, lifesaver.

I never thought about

Daniel´s family.

Did you?

He never talked about them.

Apparently his father´s a doctor

in Cardiff.

Such a sad waste

of a young life.

I really thought he was clean.

I trusted him with Tom.

Did I hear you say

that Tom had found something?

Must be the helmet

he was telling me about.

Helmet?

-Some wire thing he found.

-[ Bell dings ]

Mm.

No rest for the wicked.

Sean Hazel´s downstairs.

Downstairs?

Rose!

[ Indistinct conversations ]

Helen.

I´m so sorry.

I´m glad to see you.

We got married a couple of years

after I was qualified,

and the baby was born

about 18 months later

severely brain damaged.

There was no hope, really.

Nothing functioned properly.

And he was obviously suffering.

I couldn´t bear to watch it.

When I made absolutely certain

that there was no hope for him

and he was going to live

in agony,

I did it as humanely as I could.

But was I going to admit it?

No, of course not.

Not so they didn´t

talk about the ethics

of such an act

with my colleagues.

That´s what led to my suspension

and the inquiry.

A loose tongue

and faith in my profession.

There was no

pathological evidence,

but I was under a cloud,

and I was unemployable.

I´m sorry, Sean.

My wife never came to terms

with it.

We divorced.

I lost 20 years practice.

I should be retired now.

If I´d known all this,

I´d never have put you

under such pressure.

No, it is entirely my fault

for thinking the past

was unimportant.

Surely there´s another

expert witness

who can corroborate

all the work he´s done.

Yeah, I suppose so.

I just wish he´d told me.

Well, at least you proved

your instinct was right.

What, so you do think that

Philip Carlton killed his wife?

Well, I don´t know.

I´m going to go and have a chat

with Duncan´s kid.

Your Mr. Redwood is going to

want a pretty watertight case

if you´re going to prosecute.

Hey, fancy some diversion

tonight?

Yes, please.

We could go and see

that new French movie,

and then I´ll bring you home and

I´ll cook you something to eat.

That sounds great.

-I´ll see you later.

-Okay.

Bye.

Shut the shop for lunch

after this one.

I can hold the fort

if you want to pop out.

Nah, we´re never very busy

on a Wednesday.

Let´s have some time alone

together for a change

and a nice little chat.

Not long till you´re ready

to qualify now, Kim.

Hmm.

We need to have a talk

about that.

So, um...

...close the shop

for half an hour.

We don´t have Margaret

on our backs anymore.

STEVE:

Come on, ladies.

Get your lovely satsumas.

There you go.

Look, we´re giving them away

today.

Special bargain price.

There you go.

Three pound, price of a kilo.

You can´t pay now,

tuppence down,

thrippence a week

until the company´s paid up.

Hello, darling. You going to

take these off me hands?

Can I buy you a quick drink?

You´re joking.

I´m working.

But, uh, nice offer, though.

Seriously.

It´s important.

Harry, can you mind the stall

for a bit?

You could come in

as a junior partner.

After all,

I´m not getting any younger.

You´re not old.

We could run the business

together.

Phil, that´s really generous.

The thing is, I really want

to get Tom away from here,

give him a fresh start.

You mean once you´re qualified,

you´ll leave?

Don´t put it like that.

I wouldn´t go immediately,

of course.

I could look after you and Tom.

I´d like that.

I´d like to take care of you.

Give me something

to live for again.

Oh, Phil, don´t.

Look, I really appreciate

everything that you´ve done

for us, but...

the thing is, after Duncan, I --

I just need to be

on my own again.

You do understand, don´t you?

Oh, yeah.

Yes, I understand.

Look, why don´t we have

a glass of sherry?

Toast your future, eh?

[ Chuckles ]

A cup of tea will do me, thanks.

I´ll make it.

You have a rest.

[ Phil humming ]

[ Spoon clinking, tapping ]

[ Spoon clinks ]

[ Mid-tempo music playing ]

Well, he was always

neat and clean,

not like the rest of us

rag-ass kids around here.

He was one of the few

that had a school uniform.

He went to the grammar.

Got picked on quite a bit.

No, I´m trying to give them up.

You go ahead.

No, I´ll have one later.

So why didn´t Phil move away

when he got older?

Oh, it was his mother.

She doted on him.

Was only child, see.

He was going to go away

to university, become a doctor.

He used to tell us.

And then she got ill.

She was ill for a long time,

years.

What with?

God knows.

Putting it on, I reckon,

just to keep Phil at home.

Well, he lived with her up until

she died a couple of years ago.

And then he met Margaret?

Oh, no, he´d been going out with

her a few months before then.

Oh, from what I know

of old Mother Carlton,

she wouldn´t have approved.

It´s probably

what finished her off.

There´s a bit of gossip about

there not being a funeral yet.

Oh, in a sudden death,

the police always have to

do loads of different checks.

Probably won´t be too long.

So what will you tell them

at the inquest?

Be an open-and-shut, I think.

We just like

to have background detail.

-Makes it more real.

-Yeah?

Thanks for your help.

So you´re not going to buy

one of them new posh flats

-when they´re built, then?

-No, I like old things.

Yeah? Well, I´m a bit

of an old thing myself.

What you doing tonight?

-I´m spoken for.

-Damn!

Best ones always are!

There´s always Kim Perry.

No, I reckon she´s still in love

with her crazy ex-husband.

No romance with her boss, then?

In his dreams, sweetheart.

-See you.

-See you.

PHIL:

You all right, Kim?

I feel really strange.

You look tired.

Why don´t you go home and have

an hour before you collect Tom?

-I can´t.

-Of course you can.

I can manage.

-No, Phil.

-PHIL: Go on.

I´ll give you a call,

wake you up on time.

Really?

PHIL:

Yeah.

You can rely on good old Phil.

Mm.

You´re an angel.

Go on.

Get that weary head down.

Oh, Phil, I forgot.

Mrs. Wilkes brought some

medicine back for disposal.

Don´t worry about it.

I´ll see to it.

Hey!

[ Indistinct shouting ]

[ Indistinct conversations ]

WOMAN: Attention, all units.

Unexploded bomb.

Herringbone Parade.

Residents being evacuated

to the...

[ Tires screeching ]

[ Siren wailing ]

[ Indistinct talking ]

Everyone must clear the area

as soon as possible.

You will be kept informed

at the Marian Community hold.

If you know of anyone

either home or at work...

OFFICER:

You all right, son?

Where´s my mum?

Where´s your mum live?

Over there.

She works in the chemist.

Yeah, well, we´ve cleared

all the shops out.

Everyone´s gone, so, uh,

she´ll either be with relatives

or in the community hold.

Do you want me to get someone

to take you over?

No, no, it´s all right.

I´ll find her.

Just keep walking.

[ Indistinct talking ]

All right, sir.

I´m looking for my boy, Tom.

Have you seen him?

I haven´t seen him,

but you can try inside.

Thanks.

[ Telephone ringing ]

[ Ringing stops ]

[ Doorbell ringing ]

[ Doorbell ringing ]

Yeah, I´m still not getting

any response from this chemist.

WOMAN:

Okay, copy that.

I´m going to go look

´round the back.

[ Indistinct conversations ]

[ Baby crying ]

[ Pounding on door ]

[ Pounding on door ]

OFFICER:

You´re here.

I couldn´t get an answer

at the front.

What is it?

They´ve unearthed

what looks like an old bomb

on the building site,

and we´re evacuating the area

just in case.

I see.

Well, um...

Do you want to come with me now,

and I can tick you off the list?

I´d better secure

the DDA cabinet,

make sure the place

is properly locked up.

Right, yes.

You´d better do that.

You can trust me.

I, uh --

I won´t be hanging around

longer than is necessary.

Cheers.

[ Police radio chatter ]

[ Dog barking in distance ]

[ Dial tone ]

[ Telephone rings ]

-[ Beep ]

-Hello?

Hiya.

Yeah, listen.

Uh, if you´re looking forward

to the lemon pasta tonight,

I´m afraid you´re going to

have to put it on hold.

I´m on my way

to Herringbone Parade.

[ Indistinct shouting

in distance ]

MAN:

Whoa! Whoa!

[ Indistinct shouting ]

Let´s go!

[ Indistinct conversations ]

STONE: Situation has been

explained to me, sir.

This is us here.

Of course.

Sir?

Good.

Sir?

I´ve been trying to ring Kim.

There´s no answer. I don´t know

where she´s gone to.

That´s probably because the

whole parade has been evacuated.

Yeah, but she´s not in here,

is she?

Neither is Tom.

I´ve looked everywhere.

Well, is there anywhere else

where they might be?

-Not ´round here, no.

-What about Carlton´s?

Yeah, maybe I should check.

No, you stay here.

They´ll show up.

Anyway, I´m going to

need you here.

[ Beeping ]

-MAN: Corporal Slater.

-Sir?

-MAN: The area clear?

-SLATER: Yes, sir.

-Everybody out, please.

-Everybody out.

BAILEY: They´re going to

use steam on the detonator

to try and defuse it.

It´s a very tricky operation,

so before they start,

I want you to make

absolutely certain

there´s no one else in the area,

okay?

All right, let´s go.

[ Beeping ]

[ Sniffs ]

-[ Indistinct conversations ]

-[ Dialing ]

[ Beeping ]

What are you doing here?

Well, I thought if the bomb goes

off, we may as well go together.

Or alternatively, if they manage

to defuse it quickly enough,

we can catch the late show

at the cinema.

I was thinking there´d be

more people here.

Well, most of them have gone

to family and friends.

Have you seen Kim yet?

No, I think she´s gone off

somewhere with the kid.

And Carlton, is he here,

ministering to the needy?

I´d have thought that was

right up his street.

He was a godsend to Joe.

Always brought the drugs ´round

himself,

and not everyone would do that.

Always a cheery word.

I took nearly a whole bottle

of his morphine back today

for safe disposal.

-To Phil?

-Yeah.

PHIL: Shh.

Gently, now.

Gently.

[ Busy signal ]

Right.

Duncan?

Duncan, where are you going?

Duncan!

Bailey!

I think I know

how Carlton gets drugs

without them showing up

in his records.

He stashes away the returns.

Okay, just stay there.

That´s it, my beauty.

You sleep nice and quietly.

[ Police radio chatter ]

[ Moaning ]

Shh! Shh!

Shh!

[ Police radio chatter ]

You´d never let this happen

if you were awake, would you?

You think I´m ridiculous.

I can tell.

You can´t fool poor old Phil.

He was always a very clever boy.

The beauty of it is, my sweet...

...is that you

will never know...

...just how ridiculous...

...I really am.

[ Breathing heavily ]

[ Inhales deeply ]

TOM: Mum?

Hello, Tom.

It´s all right, Tom.

TOM:

Get off!

Get off!

Get off!

[ Muffled shouting ]

PHIL:

Shh! Good boy. Good boy. Shh!

That´s it.

Oi!

Where do you think you´re going?

Yeah. We´ve got someone here

broken through the cordon.

He´s just making his way

down the parade.

[ Keys jingling ]

Kim?

Kim!

[ Speaks indistinctly ]

Eh? Kim.

Where´s Tom?

Wake up!

Wake up, you stupid bitch!

Where´s Tom?

Hey?

Where´s Tom?

Duncan, stop it.

I think she´s been drugged.

Drugged?

The chemist.

I can smell him.

Look at her.

BAILEY:

Just calm down.

She´s been drugged.

That´s what you can smell.

Oh, shit.

-He´s got Tom!

-Duncan!

Shit.

[ Grunting ]

The room smells of chloroform.

She´s completely out of it.

I´ve phoned the paramedics.

I´m going to just stay with her

until they arrive.

Okay, and then

what are you going to do?

BAILEY: Well, I´ve got to stop

Duncan before he finds Carlton.

I think Carlton´s got the boy.

You know, it might be an idea

if you got over here

just to be with Kim

when she wakes up.

Aaaah!

Carlton, if you touch my boy,

I´ll kill you!

[ Police radio chatter ]

Shit.

Tom!

Tom!

Tom!

[ Sighs ]

[ Grunts ]

Why did you have to come in,

Tom?

Eh?

A little longer with your mummy

was all I needed.

You spoiled that.

Eh?

Always where you shouldn´t be.

Carlton!

You shouldn´t be here, either.

Should you?

Dangerous places,

building sites, eh?

Accidents can happen.

[ Sniffs ]

Ahhh.

DUNCAN: Tom!

Tom!

PHIL:

A boy´s body...

...under builder´s rubble.

Rouse much suspicion.

Eh, Tom?

Just...

a little.

Just...enough.

-No one will ever know.

-[ Groans ]

No! No!

Get away from me!

-Tom!

-Get away from me!

-DUNCAN: Tom!

-Dad?

Where are you?

Dad!

-PHIL: Shh! Shh! Shh! Shh!

-[ Muffled groaning ]

Shh!

That´s it.

That´s it.

Good boy.

There we are.

DUNCAN: No!

Ah! [ Gagging ]

What have you done to my boy?

[ Gagging ]

You bastard!

You bastard!

[ Indistinct shouting ]

BAILEY:

All right. Enough.

It´s over.

It´s over.

Enough.

Enough.

Oh, Jesus.

Jesus.

What´s he done to you?

[ Crying ]

What´s he done to you, Tom?

-Tom. Tom.

-[ Moans ]

Dad?

My eyes hurt.

[ Crying ]

Oh, my lovely boy.

My lovely boy.

My lovely boy.

-[ Static ]

-MAN: Yeah?

MAN #2: Bomb has been made safe.

I repeat.

Bomb has been made safe.

All clear, all clear.

[ Kim moaning ]

MAN: Okay.

[ Breathing heavily, coughs ]

MAN:

Don´t worry about that.

Don´t worry about that.

Don´t worry about that.

Where´s Tom?

He´s okay.

He´s okay.

MAN: Easy.

Nice and easy.

Nice and easy.

[ Indistinct shouting ]

You going to get him alive,

do you think?

-WOMAN: I think so.

-[ Speaks indistinctly ]

How´s your boy?

Okay, sir.

Yeah, I think

he´s going to be all right.

MAN:

That´s it.

Back her up, back her up.

Keep going, keep going,

keep going!

Here´s your stuff, Kim.

I´ll leave it there, okay?

Thanks.

Are you all right, Tom?

Physically they say

he´s going to be fine.

Dad saved my life.

He did, Mum.

He saved me.

Your dad´s a hero, then, eh?

Will Duncan Perry

be disciplined?

Well, it doesn´t look good.

I mean, let´s face it.

He lost it.

Could have killed Carlton.

He did what any father would

have done, don´t you think?

Yeah, but he´s a police officer.

If Carlton pulls through,

Tom may have to give evidence.

Yeah.

Sweet little boy.

Yeah.

Wouldn´t you like one?

I just hope

he can forget all this.

Maybe Carlton will confess,

save us all the trouble.

You´re always the lawyer.

Bailey?

Yeah?

About children.

Yeah?

Perhaps a conversation

for another day?