1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:03,839 This programme contains some strong language 2 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:06,039 and some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. 3 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:07,560 BELLS CHIME 4 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:27,120 LOW CHATTER 5 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:43,160 BELLS PEAL 6 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:30,880 NIKKI: White. 7 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:34,919 Purity. 8 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:36,279 Innocence. 9 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:37,880 Brightness. 10 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:41,000 And death. 11 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:47,159 During Chinese Imperial rule, 12 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:50,159 a length of white silk was occasionally offered 13 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:52,759 to those who had committed a serious offence, 14 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:55,639 as a gift, to allow them the possibility 15 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:57,959 of taking their own life by hanging 16 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:00,359 rather than being executed, 17 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:03,119 preserving the physical integrity of the body 18 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:07,760 in accordance with Confucian principles of filial piety. 19 00:02:11,920 --> 00:02:13,479 When was all this? 20 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:16,040 The Tang Dynasty, 10th century. 21 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:19,559 But the Chinese have practised forensic science 22 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:22,479 to investigate crime since the Western Han Dynasty 23 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:24,439 in the first century. 24 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:26,999 Do you know what their most famous forensic book is? 25 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:30,399 Yes, I do know this. It's, er, The Washing...Line And... 26 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:32,239 The Washing Away Of Wrongs. That's it. 27 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:34,039 It was translated into Latin, 28 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:36,319 and came to Britain during the Conquest. 29 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:39,479 It remained as a standard text on forensic pathology 30 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:41,239 until the 1920s. 31 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:43,359 Do they still do all that Imperial China 32 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:45,279 white silk stuff today? 33 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:47,799 No, the New Culture Movement of 1915 34 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:49,559 thought that respect for your elders 35 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:51,759 was an obstruction to progress. 36 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:54,919 Mao's socialism in the '50s shifted responsibility 37 00:02:54,920 --> 00:02:56,839 from the family to the state. 38 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:58,520 Nikkipedia strikes again. 39 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,159 So, not many white silk gifts, then, these days? 40 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:05,959 Not so much, no. No, I didn't think so. 41 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,879 Detective Inspector Fred Casey. Can I help you? 42 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:11,079 I think we're here to help you, Fred. 43 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:12,319 Who are you? 44 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:15,399 Sorry. Dr Nikki Alexander. Jack Hodgson. 45 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:17,519 Am I supposed to know who you are and why you're here? 46 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:18,679 Bowman Centre. 47 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:20,359 Should that mean something to me? 48 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:22,320 Pathology. Forensics. 49 00:03:24,640 --> 00:03:26,119 Birmingham. 50 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:27,959 Hodgson. No relation to Roy? 51 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:30,000 None. I've read about you. 52 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:33,519 Well, I didn't call you, so there must be some mix-up. 53 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:35,279 We've got our own people in Oxfordshire. 54 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:38,639 So could you stand behind the police tape, please? 55 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:41,720 It is a crime scene. Excuse me. I requested them. 56 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:44,480 Did you? 57 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:47,839 Who's your friend? 58 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:49,639 It's always hard to know. 59 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:50,720 MAN: Go! 60 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:58,039 Right, watch your step. 61 00:03:58,040 --> 00:03:59,679 Yeah. There you are. 62 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:01,080 OK. Steady. 63 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:05,360 Put her down. I got it. 64 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:00,999 BURNS: Home Office felt it would be better 65 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:02,839 if we moved her body to the Bowman. 66 00:05:02,840 --> 00:05:05,399 I'm the SIO. This is my crime scene. 67 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:06,759 I don't know anything about this, 68 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:08,159 and I don't know who you think you are. 69 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:09,919 I already told you. I'm Alex Burns. 70 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:12,159 I'm a senior investigator with the security services. 71 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:13,839 I've got a pretty clear idea who I am. 72 00:05:13,840 --> 00:05:15,159 Oh, you think you're a comedian? 73 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:16,639 No, I don't think I've ever thought that. 74 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:18,119 Let me walk you through what you need to do 75 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:20,079 before you turn up here and act like you're in charge. 76 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:21,319 You need to ring the coroner, 77 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:22,559 then the coroner needs to agree, 78 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:24,959 then the coroner needs to speak to my superintendent, 79 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:27,920 then my superintendent needs to call me. All right? 80 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:32,639 How old do you think she is? 20s? 81 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:34,040 I'd say so. 82 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:36,400 I'll lift? 83 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:56,040 Preserve the knot? Please. 84 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:39,760 CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS 85 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:47,719 Young woman. 86 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:49,079 CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS 87 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:50,759 Beautiful place. 88 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:52,199 Makes no sense. 89 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:53,800 SIREN WAILS 90 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:58,400 Hypostatic staining, but no ligature marks or bruising. 91 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:03,600 Abrasion and laceration to the zygomatic bone. 92 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:09,600 No petechiae in the facial skin... 93 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:12,680 ..eyelids... 94 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:17,520 ..or buccal mucosa. 95 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:24,480 Nikki, what do you reckon? 96 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:28,519 Torn from the force of her body falling? 97 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:30,199 Perhaps. 98 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:32,119 Not silk. No. 99 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:34,079 I don't think silk would have torn 100 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:35,519 from the dead weight like this. 101 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:37,359 No. 102 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:39,359 I'll look for the missing piece. 103 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:41,359 It's what you do. Of fabric. 104 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:42,760 I got that. 105 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:45,960 No ligature marks, no bruising. 106 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:48,800 So... 107 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:51,679 ..she fell, 108 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:53,319 hit her head on something, 109 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:55,399 knocked herself out, drowns? 110 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:57,040 NIKKI: Possible. 111 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:00,320 How long was she in the water? 112 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:02,959 Hard to say. 113 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:05,040 There's no sign of maceration. 114 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:09,359 Some skin wrinkling on the finger pads. 115 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:11,359 Did you take the water temperature? 116 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:12,400 Not yet. 117 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:16,159 I'll get a sample for diatom testing. 118 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:18,480 OK. Let's see what the postmortem tells us. 119 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:24,879 Could you bring the body bag, please? 120 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:26,919 Yeah. We're taking her 121 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:28,120 to the John Radcliffe. 122 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:40,720 LINE RINGS 123 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:45,719 Coroner's Office, please. Thanks. 124 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:46,879 Do we know the name 125 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:48,160 of the deceased? No. 126 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:52,759 It's Nikki Alexander from the Bowman Centre. 127 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:54,120 Is Daniel available? 128 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:56,960 Hi, Daniel, it's Nikki. 129 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:00,959 I'm well, thanks for asking. You? 130 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:03,200 Well, you can't let them get you down. 131 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:06,079 I'm in Oxford 132 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:08,919 recovering an unknown female from the Cherwell. 133 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:10,720 There seems to be some dispute... 134 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:16,560 OK. Thanks. 135 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:18,839 The coroner's instructed 136 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:20,679 that their body be moved to the Bowman Centre 137 00:09:20,680 --> 00:09:22,720 for the postmortem. Well, nobody told me that. 138 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:26,320 PHONE VIBRATES 139 00:09:28,560 --> 00:09:30,480 DI Fred Casey. 140 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:32,680 Yes, sir. 141 00:09:35,560 --> 00:09:38,760 Understood, sir. Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. 142 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:45,120 I'll see you in Birmingham. 143 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:49,640 We believe her name was Mei Li. 144 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:53,079 23. From Hong Kong. 145 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:54,400 How do you know? 146 00:09:57,280 --> 00:09:58,920 We'll speak at the Bowman. 147 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:46,120 BELLS CHIME 148 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:32,040 PHONES RING SIRENS WAIL 149 00:11:33,680 --> 00:11:34,999 PHONE RINGS 150 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:36,200 Casey. 151 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:39,720 I'm really busy. 152 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:45,679 Well, has he not filled in a missing persons report online? 153 00:11:45,680 --> 00:11:46,719 Risk levels? 154 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:49,680 Does he understand that's why he's not had a call back yet? 155 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:52,160 OK, OK. OK. 156 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:54,439 Well, I'm just finishing off 157 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:56,559 something I've got to get done right away, and I'll come over. 158 00:11:56,560 --> 00:11:57,800 Yeah. 159 00:11:59,960 --> 00:12:01,040 Shit. 160 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:49,199 There you go. Ta. 161 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:50,720 CASEY CLEARS HIS THROAT 162 00:12:53,560 --> 00:12:56,519 Mr George? Yes. Pike. 163 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:58,599 My fiancee is-is missing. 164 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:01,239 Are you sure she's missing? Didn't have an argument? 165 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:03,079 Maybe she had a change of heart about the marriage? 166 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:04,119 You know, it's happened to me. 167 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:05,159 Yes. 168 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:07,279 I'm certain. I've called three times. 169 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:08,719 I've sent an email. 170 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:12,239 I need the police to help me to do something. 171 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:14,440 Ah. Morning, Dawn. 172 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:21,999 So, uh, how long do you think she's been missing? 173 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:23,479 Two days. 174 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:24,600 Two days? OK. 175 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:27,560 Better get some details, then. 176 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:30,519 Name? 177 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:31,559 Pike George. 178 00:13:31,560 --> 00:13:32,760 Oh, yes. 179 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:35,799 Age? 31. 180 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:37,039 Occupation? 181 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:39,159 CTO. Research scientist, 182 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:42,400 physics - for Hendelseshorisont. 183 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:45,399 Oh. 184 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:46,599 PEN SCRATCHES 185 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:48,319 CTO. 186 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:50,279 Missing fiancee's name? 187 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:51,319 Mei Li. 188 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:52,600 May, like the month? 189 00:13:53,560 --> 00:13:55,959 Lee. L-E-E? No, no. 190 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:57,200 Um... 191 00:13:58,160 --> 00:13:59,759 Mei Li. 192 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:01,679 M-E-I... 193 00:14:01,680 --> 00:14:02,840 L-I. 194 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:07,079 Is she Asian? 195 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:08,559 Chinese. 196 00:14:08,560 --> 00:14:10,120 From Hong Kong. 197 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:20,880 Clothing, fresh from the drying chamber. 198 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:34,279 We want to untie the knot 199 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:36,839 and see if we can extract the DNA from the fabric inside. 200 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:38,480 Mm-hm. Got it. 201 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:56,359 Kit, you're young. Yes, 202 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:58,839 but less and less every day. 203 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:02,320 Ever have dark thoughts? What counts as dark? 204 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:05,679 Self-destruction. 205 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:07,079 Why would I have those? 206 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:08,640 I'm a goddamn miracle. Ha. 207 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:13,040 Yes, you are. So are you. 208 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:15,560 So is she. 209 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:22,999 You know when a dark cloud descends 210 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:24,640 and blocks out the sun? 211 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:28,440 The sun is still there. We just can't see it. 212 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:30,760 We can forget that. 213 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:33,479 The sun is always there. 214 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:35,560 We just have to wait for it to come back. 215 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:39,360 We're still there, even when it's dark. 216 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:43,360 You can't forget that. 217 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:47,559 So, yeah, 218 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:49,119 there is a little darkness, 219 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:52,200 but without the darkness, you can't appreciate the light. 220 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:57,799 Shall I call you the Philosopher Queen? 221 00:15:57,800 --> 00:15:59,799 No. 222 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:02,560 Fucking Miracle. LAUGHS 223 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:10,319 Why here? And why us? 224 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:12,480 The deceased woman's family live in Birmingham. 225 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:15,200 It's true. 226 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:18,840 Why here? Why us? 227 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,400 The Home Office trusts you. 228 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:25,800 Why you? 229 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:30,240 To be honest, we rather stumbled across this one. 230 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:33,639 We just wanted to make sure that it's not... 231 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:35,359 What? 232 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:38,720 Well, that it all makes sense. 233 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:42,640 Does the death of a young person ever fully make sense? 234 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:44,719 PHONE PINGS AND VIBRATES 235 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:47,560 Dr Alexander is ready for me. 236 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:51,919 Why would a young woman with her whole life ahead of her 237 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:53,720 suddenly take her own life? 238 00:16:56,520 --> 00:16:57,640 HARRIET: Shame. 239 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:04,199 A quality which alerts us to the gap between 240 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:08,280 who we are today and the best version of ourselves. 241 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:13,399 NIKKI: The deceased is a young woman in her 20s 242 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:15,080 of East Asian extraction. 243 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:18,839 It's not a disparagement 244 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:20,919 of the essence of our being, 245 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:24,599 but a reminder of who we could be. 246 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:28,319 It's a faint line, but no bruising. 247 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:30,439 Inspiring, 248 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:33,039 helping us to rise... 249 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:35,399 Laceration to the zygomatic bone. 250 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:37,799 ..not driving us to despair. 251 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:40,440 The laryngohyoid complex is intact. 252 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:43,599 No sign of a fracture. 253 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:47,479 Shame is an overlooked quality 254 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:52,359 in a society which rewards celebrity over accomplishments, 255 00:17:52,360 --> 00:17:55,359 and mistakes the realisation of one's imperfections 256 00:17:55,360 --> 00:17:56,880 for a mental health affliction. 257 00:17:57,960 --> 00:17:59,280 Shall we turn her over? 258 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:02,080 Yes. Of course. 259 00:18:04,120 --> 00:18:06,400 We're just going to turn you over, Mei. 260 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:17,799 Cupping. Chinese medicine? 261 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:19,079 Yeah. 262 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:22,359 A society in which we medicalise disappointment 263 00:18:22,360 --> 00:18:24,880 and normalise complacency.... 264 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:29,680 Acupuncture needle marks? 265 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:35,639 Not usually so conspicuous. 266 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:39,319 No, but there seems to be some sort of localised reaction 267 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:42,079 to these. Mmm. Mmm. 268 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:45,199 ..whose preoccupation with "I" 269 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:47,800 cannot see "us". 270 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:53,759 We tolerate a technological world 271 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:56,520 of falsehood, deception and aggression. 272 00:18:57,760 --> 00:19:00,040 A celebration of mendacity. 273 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:04,920 A world without shame. 274 00:19:09,120 --> 00:19:11,800 There's no excess fluid in the pleural cavities. 275 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:14,919 The lungs are not hyperinflated, crepitant 276 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:16,279 or even doughy. 277 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:19,000 There's no froth in the primary bronchi. 278 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:23,759 There's no evidence that she drowned. 279 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:26,480 But if we are led by virtue... 280 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:30,559 ..we will develop a sense of shame, 281 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:34,920 which, in turn, will guide us to be good. 282 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:38,960 She was dead before she entered the water. 283 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:44,480 Shame only shows us how far we are from perfection. 284 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:50,240 It should never, ever kill us. 285 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:55,040 NIKKI: Her death is concerning. 286 00:19:56,360 --> 00:19:58,359 Wrongdoing? Concerning. 287 00:19:58,360 --> 00:20:00,439 I'm not going to rule out third-party involvement 288 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:02,079 at this stage. 289 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:03,679 When will you pin it down? 290 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:05,799 Well, we don't know the mechanism of death. 291 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:07,400 I'm waiting on toxicology. 292 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:10,999 Why did you bring her here? 293 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:13,799 We've done this. Trust. 294 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:16,279 Oh, we're sticking to that old chestnut, are we? 295 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:18,999 You knew her name before her body was recovered 296 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:22,399 from the water. You knew her age, where she was from. 297 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:24,159 And you knew the death was suspicious 298 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:26,279 before we had even done the postmortem. 299 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:28,559 Were you expecting it? No. 300 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:30,839 HARRIET: Were you responsible for it? 301 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:32,960 Absolutely not! 302 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:36,039 If you were following her, 303 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:37,959 you didn't do a particularly good job. 304 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:40,199 We weren't following her, no. 305 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:41,840 Who were you following? 306 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:46,959 We have an interest in British cyber research, 307 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:50,679 which we monitor to protect against state-sponsored theft. 308 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:52,719 And it was while monitoring... 309 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:54,599 Phone tapping? ..while monitoring, 310 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:57,159 we discovered that Mei Li was missing. 311 00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:59,319 She matched the name of someone known to us, 312 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:03,159 and the body found matched her description. 313 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:05,280 Why was this woman known to you? 314 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:10,320 Oh, what happened to trust, Alex? 315 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:14,519 There was a bounty on the young woman's head. 316 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:16,559 Allegedly. 317 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:17,879 Do you know who put it there? 318 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:19,240 Oh, yeah. 319 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:22,879 Well, let the police arrest them. 320 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:24,079 It's not a person. 321 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:25,679 It's a country. 322 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:27,199 Or more precisely, 323 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:29,360 a Special Administrative Region. 324 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:32,719 Hong Kong? Yeah. 325 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:36,240 That does not leave this office. 326 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:43,359 The Hong Kong Government put a bounty on her head? 327 00:21:43,360 --> 00:21:45,319 Allegedly. 328 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:47,839 For her capture, not her murder. 329 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:48,879 Why? 330 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:50,800 Pro-democracy campaigner. 331 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,399 What happened to "one country, two systems"? 332 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:56,160 National security law. 333 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:00,160 This is a Chinese issue. 334 00:22:01,360 --> 00:22:03,720 No, no, no. She's British. BNO passport. 335 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:06,799 That's British National Overseas... 336 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:08,119 I know what that means! 337 00:22:08,120 --> 00:22:09,759 It would be very handy 338 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:12,079 if you ended up proving that... 339 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:15,119 ..this... "This"? "This"? 340 00:22:15,120 --> 00:22:17,599 The death of a young woman? 341 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:20,039 ..had nothing to do with that. 342 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:22,360 What? Democracy? 343 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:26,280 PHONE RINGS 344 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:30,400 Hello. Harriet Maven. 345 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:34,120 Yes. Yes, she's here with me. 346 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:42,119 Dr Alexander. Detective Inspector. 347 00:22:42,120 --> 00:22:44,999 I think we know who the deceased woman is. 348 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,079 WHISPERS: And I've brought him to identify the body. 349 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:49,479 Why would she do this? Can't be. 350 00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:50,760 It's just not rational. 351 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:53,279 Can we...? Yeah. 352 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:56,119 It makes absolutely no sense. 353 00:22:56,120 --> 00:22:57,560 Are you certain it's her? 354 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:01,840 I need certainty. 355 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:05,960 Certainty brings closure. 356 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:12,040 Just a minute. 357 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:18,919 His name's Pike George. 358 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:20,959 He reported his fiancee missing, 359 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:23,639 and she matches the description of the dead Chinese woman... 360 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:26,200 WHISPERS: ..we fished out of the Cherwell. 361 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:29,880 She's British. 362 00:23:59,360 --> 00:24:00,720 It's her. 363 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:04,800 It's Mei Li. 364 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:51,840 Hey. 365 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:55,720 Hello. Pike? 366 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:00,920 I'm Jack. I, um...work here. 367 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:05,200 I just wanted to, uh...well... 368 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:10,120 It's a lonely thing. 369 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:13,520 Thanks. 370 00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:16,560 She was your fiancee? 371 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:19,839 That's rough. 372 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:21,120 Yeah. 373 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:23,600 I'm sorry. 374 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:26,919 You knew her a long time? 375 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:28,680 Ten days. 376 00:25:31,360 --> 00:25:34,319 When you know, you know. Yeah. 377 00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:37,319 Lost my virginity to her. 378 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:39,799 Right. OK. Now she's dead. 379 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:44,000 She's taking my virginity with her to the grave. 380 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:49,240 Do people from Hong Kong have graves? 381 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:52,840 What would she want? 382 00:25:54,360 --> 00:25:56,159 Who do I ask? 383 00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:57,440 Her parents? 384 00:26:00,360 --> 00:26:01,680 Her dad died. 385 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:06,119 I don't know her mum. 386 00:26:06,120 --> 00:26:07,360 Never met her. 387 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:12,240 I was going to, but never did. 388 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:15,480 I've never talked to her about death. 389 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:20,160 I guess it was cos she made me feel so alive. 390 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:29,600 I'm really grateful to you for coming to talk to me. 391 00:26:31,360 --> 00:26:33,200 No-one ever comes to talk to me. 392 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:36,120 And you did. 393 00:26:44,360 --> 00:26:45,720 Ten days. 394 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:50,319 He'd only known her ten days. 395 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:51,800 They were getting married. 396 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:54,599 Doesn't that seem odd? 397 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:56,079 I don't know. 398 00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:58,560 There are some guys I'm ready to marry after one night. 399 00:27:00,120 --> 00:27:01,999 Too much information. 400 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:03,199 He never met her mum. 401 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:07,280 Well, we need to meet her... and collect her DNA. 402 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:21,960 Fred? 403 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:25,440 Hi. I need a favour. 404 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:30,439 He said he wanted someone with, you know, 405 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:31,959 high emotional intelligence 406 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:33,919 to speak to the deceased's mother. 407 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:35,400 Couldn't say no, really, could I? 408 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:39,159 How's the weather down there, then? 409 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:41,519 Yeah. That's funny, Fred. You're a funny guy. 410 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:43,519 Bet you've heard that before. Not me personally, 411 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:45,439 but I'm sure someone has, you know, 412 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:47,079 30, 40 years ago. 413 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:48,559 Eggshells. Sorry? 414 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:50,159 Down here. 415 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:51,759 Well, a situation like this, you know, 416 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:53,479 us working together, 417 00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:55,399 pretending there's nothing unusual about you, 418 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:57,359 can be...awkward. 419 00:27:57,360 --> 00:28:00,319 So you crack a bad joke, break those eggshells. 420 00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:03,479 So that's what we're doing, is it? Killing poultry? 421 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:05,679 See, it's doing exactly what I hoped it would do. 422 00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:07,519 Now we don't have to tiptoe around so much. 423 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:09,840 I feel so much better. Good. 424 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:13,440 This is the place. 425 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:19,720 LIVELY CHATTER 426 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:22,840 CHATTER STOPS 427 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:49,759 Huh? 428 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:51,319 What is it? 429 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:52,360 Nothing. 430 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:56,359 A lot of thinking about nothing. 431 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:58,879 There's nothing in the toxicology report. 432 00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:01,759 I swabbed the 22 pinpricks on her back. 433 00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:02,919 Pinpricks? 434 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:05,519 I suspect made by acupuncture needles. 435 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:08,039 There's a small red mark next to each one. 436 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:10,159 Localised reaction. 437 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:12,239 Each one of the sites has returned 438 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:14,920 a high level of the amino acid tryptophan. 439 00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:28,319 LINE RINGS 440 00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:30,279 Hi, it's Dr Alexander. 441 00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:32,319 I'd like to run analytical tests 442 00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:35,040 outside of the normal tox profile on Mei Li. 443 00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:38,799 Yes. You just returned results on her. 444 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:40,639 This time, look at serotonin 445 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:43,480 and all analogues and derivatives of it. 446 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:46,360 OK. Thanks. 447 00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:49,999 So what does it mean? 448 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:51,319 I don't know. 449 00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:54,279 Serotonin is synthesised from tryptophan, 450 00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:57,560 but...why would it return at a high level? 451 00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:05,999 Hello. Hello. 452 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:08,919 Detective Inspector Fred Casey... 453 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:12,840 ..looking for a Jackie Hiu Wai Li. 454 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:15,479 Er... 455 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:17,480 I am Jackie. 456 00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:20,320 How can I help you? 457 00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:22,439 Um... 458 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:26,160 Maybe we could speak somewhere private? 459 00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:32,440 Thank you. 460 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:36,520 CHATTER RESUMES 461 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:41,759 FRED CLEARS HIS THROAT 462 00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:42,960 Jackie... 463 00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:46,079 This is difficult news to tell you. 464 00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:48,519 FRED CLEARS HIS THROAT 465 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:50,400 Your daughter Mei is dead. 466 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:04,079 I see. 467 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:05,320 OK. 468 00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:08,799 We don't know what happened to her yet. 469 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:10,440 We're still investigating. 470 00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:18,480 OK. 471 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:21,200 When did you last see Mei? 472 00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:26,640 I don't know exactly. 473 00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:30,600 Not long ago. OK. Um... 474 00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:35,280 I understand this is bad news, but... 475 00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:38,319 ..um... We'd be grateful 476 00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:40,959 if you'd volunteer a sample of your DNA 477 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:42,800 to help with the investigation. 478 00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:51,360 I... I will do it. Thank you. 479 00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:54,919 We won't be able to return her body to you 480 00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:57,640 until we complete the investigation. 481 00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:01,720 OK. 482 00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:12,400 If you could open your mouth, please. 483 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:21,199 OK. All set. 484 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:22,919 Thank you. 485 00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:26,679 That's my number if you need it. 486 00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:28,759 Thank you. 487 00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:30,280 We'll be in touch. 488 00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:41,119 I have a daughter. 489 00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:43,399 I'm not Chinese, so maybe I don't know anything, 490 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:47,199 but...if I'd just been told my daughter was dead, 491 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:49,000 I wouldn't have reacted like that. 492 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:52,400 KEYBOARD CLICKS 493 00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:55,600 TABLET CHIMES 494 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:11,480 PIANO CHORDS 495 00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:18,200 KNOCK ON DOOR 496 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:21,799 Well, I'm making progress. 497 00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:26,079 And progress in anything is very satisfactory, isn't it? 498 00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:27,919 Don't you think? 499 00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:29,759 You look troubled. 500 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:31,719 Not troubled. Puzzled. 501 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:33,999 The swabs from Mei Li's back... 502 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:36,239 What, from the acupuncture needle marks? 503 00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:37,679 As yet unconfirmed that 504 00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:40,319 they were made by acupuncture needles, but yes. 505 00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:44,119 They showed a high level of the amino acid tryptophan. 506 00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:46,479 Did you look for serotonin? Yes. And analogues 507 00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:48,759 and derivatives. The lab's just come back 508 00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:51,960 with a lethal amount of dimethyl serotonin. 509 00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:57,959 Also known as 5-hydroxy-N, N-dimethyltryptamine, 510 00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:00,119 alkaloid tryptamine. Yes. 511 00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:01,919 Also known as bufotenine, 512 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:06,159 a serotonergic psychedelic and potent hallucinogenic. 513 00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:07,879 Bufotenine is an exotic, isn't it? 514 00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:11,639 Yes. A potent and nonselective serotonin receptor agonist. 515 00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:14,079 Made from plants or mushrooms or... 516 00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:15,800 And toad venom. 517 00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:21,719 Used in Chinese medicine. 518 00:34:21,720 --> 00:34:23,639 How is it used in Chinese medicine? 519 00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:26,119 Apparently to treat cancer. Did she have cancer? 520 00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:27,719 HARRIET: Not that we could see. 521 00:34:27,720 --> 00:34:29,719 So it's not medicinal. Because of its 522 00:34:29,720 --> 00:34:30,959 structural similarities 523 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:32,559 with dimethyltryptamine and serotonin, 524 00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:34,479 it's considered a psychedelic. 525 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:37,519 She uses it to get high? And overdoses. 526 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:38,959 Does she mean to overdose? 527 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:40,039 Hard to know intention, 528 00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:42,359 but irrespective of her intentions, 529 00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:44,639 the needle marks were on her back, 530 00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:47,359 so she couldn't have put them there herself. 531 00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:50,519 Acupuncture is an unusual method of delivery. 532 00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:52,239 We found nothing in the literature. 533 00:34:52,240 --> 00:34:53,559 And as she was lying face down, 534 00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:55,119 she probably didn't know it was happening. 535 00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:57,959 The mechanism of death in an overdose of bufotenine 536 00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:00,799 is asphyxiation leading to cardiac arrest. 537 00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:02,119 Constricts the airways. 538 00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:04,399 Hanging or drowning might be a misdirect. 539 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,079 Yeah, confusing the investigation. 540 00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:08,879 I don't believe Mei Li took her own life. 541 00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:10,199 I think we need to proceed 542 00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:12,240 as though it's likely to be a homicide. 543 00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:18,079 Alex? ALEX GROANS 544 00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:19,519 Where do you find toad venom? 545 00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:23,479 Well, we know that she had cupping treatment 546 00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:25,759 and she had acupuncture. 547 00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:28,319 Kit, how many practitioners of Chinese medicine 548 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:30,399 are there in Oxford? On it. 549 00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:32,679 NIKKI: Pike might know who to speak to. 550 00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:34,240 Yeah. 551 00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:41,120 LINE RINGS 552 00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:43,639 Hello. DI Casey. 553 00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:45,119 Hi, Fred. 554 00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:47,760 Oh, hello, Alex. How's it hanging? 555 00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:50,999 How do you still have a job? 556 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:53,440 Maybe because I do people like you favours. 557 00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:57,360 BELLS CHIME 558 00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:12,759 Hello. 559 00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:14,879 Do people call you the "hot doc"? 560 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:16,880 None that are still alive. 561 00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:23,119 I'm up to 62 traditional Chinese medicine practitioners. 562 00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:25,399 Who knew they were so popular? 563 00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:26,720 Yeah. Who knew? 564 00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:29,079 What is it? 565 00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:31,079 DNA result from the knot. 566 00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:32,479 Not great quality. 567 00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:34,599 But it's a mixed sample. 568 00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:38,440 Hers and an unknown DNA, a second female. 569 00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:41,600 Someone else tied the knot. 570 00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:45,839 Let's check against the profiles we have 571 00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:49,279 and do a spec search, see if it's on the database. 572 00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:51,039 Yeah. Will do. 573 00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:53,679 Have you found any more on Hendels...? 574 00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:55,440 Hendelseshorisont. 575 00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:57,760 Yeah. 576 00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:01,239 ENTRY SYSTEM RINGS 577 00:37:01,240 --> 00:37:02,679 INTERCOM: Can I help you? 578 00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:05,319 Police, here to see a Pike George, 579 00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:07,839 Hendelseshorisont...? 580 00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:09,640 Can I see your identification, please? 581 00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:18,919 The woman is with you? 582 00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:21,519 Yes. The woman is with me. 583 00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:22,799 Not a sentence I say very often. 584 00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:24,039 Unsurprisingly. 585 00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:26,960 She will need to provide identification. 586 00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:29,599 Understood. 587 00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:31,039 GATE CLANKS OPEN 588 00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:33,000 After you. 589 00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:39,199 Hendelseshorisont is trying to design a quantum chip 590 00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:42,919 that is a trillion times faster than today's supercomputer. 591 00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:44,600 Only a trillion? 592 00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:58,800 ID? 593 00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:13,560 Is this regarding Mei Li? 594 00:38:14,720 --> 00:38:17,479 Police business. Of course. 595 00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:19,639 Is Pike expecting you? 596 00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:22,199 I tried to call here several times, but no-one answered. 597 00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:24,119 We don't take messages. 598 00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:25,640 NIKKI: Why is that? Security. 599 00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:29,800 Can I have your mobile phones, please? 600 00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:34,080 Pop them into a locker. 601 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:39,880 I'll take you to Pike. 602 00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:47,040 SECURITY GATE CHIMES 603 00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:52,040 SECURITY GATE CHIMES 604 00:38:57,240 --> 00:38:58,680 Thank you. 605 00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:06,679 Apparently, they're trying to make a qubit chip 606 00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:09,359 for a quantum computer out of water. 607 00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:10,799 Water? 608 00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:12,679 Water and pulses of light. 609 00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:14,679 They make the water salty 610 00:39:14,680 --> 00:39:17,719 by dissolving iodide ions into it. 611 00:39:17,720 --> 00:39:20,439 A laser's fired into the water, 612 00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:22,879 bumping electrons out of the salt. 613 00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:24,399 The laser is so fast 614 00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:28,559 the water is able to switch states in picoseconds. 615 00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:30,880 That's a trillionth of a second. 616 00:39:33,720 --> 00:39:36,000 What happens in there? 617 00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:40,919 They do coding. 618 00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:43,200 Developing artificial intelligence. 619 00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:46,120 Company's called Komnata. 620 00:39:49,560 --> 00:39:52,400 I think it's a kind of a training place. 621 00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:56,119 Everyone just calls it "The Room". 622 00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:57,880 DOOR BEEPS 623 00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:04,240 It is not part of Hendelseshorisont. 624 00:40:05,680 --> 00:40:07,399 They are through here 625 00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:10,959 in the secure research area of the building. 626 00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:12,759 KIT: A faster, more efficient chip 627 00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:14,479 is key to the future. 628 00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:16,839 It would save massive amounts of energy 629 00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:18,479 compared to today's silicon chips. 630 00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:21,159 The energy required to drive the computers 631 00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:23,679 to run an AI platform, 632 00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:25,200 you could power a whole city. 633 00:40:30,520 --> 00:40:31,600 Hello. 634 00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:39,920 I'm Bendik Voss, co-founder, Hendelseshorisont. 635 00:40:41,960 --> 00:40:45,400 Can I help? Police...for Pike. 636 00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:01,199 A water-based qubit chip in a quantum computer 637 00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:03,439 would use a tiny fraction of that, 638 00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:06,719 and operate up to 100 million times faster for AI... 639 00:41:06,720 --> 00:41:09,640 100 million? Mm-hm. 640 00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:12,759 ..depending on the algorithm. 641 00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:15,479 There's a quote from Pike in the article. 642 00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:18,679 "It will be faster than God can blink." 643 00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:21,519 That's world changing. 644 00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:23,439 We're building it here? 645 00:41:23,440 --> 00:41:25,319 We're creating it. 646 00:41:25,320 --> 00:41:28,360 We're a nation of creators, inventors, thinkers. 647 00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:33,679 Pike does this? Mm-hm. He's the founder, 648 00:41:33,680 --> 00:41:35,359 along with 649 00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:37,400 a chap called Bendik Voss. 650 00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:42,759 Pike's Chief Technology Officer. 651 00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:44,560 He's the brains behind it. 652 00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:47,800 DOOR OPENS 653 00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:56,560 FRED CLEARS HIS THROAT 654 00:42:00,520 --> 00:42:01,639 Hi. 655 00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:03,440 Hi. 656 00:42:05,200 --> 00:42:06,320 Wu Li. 657 00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:10,560 Physics. Or organised energy. 658 00:42:11,560 --> 00:42:13,399 Th-That's what we are. 659 00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:16,399 Energy organised in the form we're in - 660 00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:17,960 the organism we inhabit. 661 00:42:19,520 --> 00:42:20,719 Hi, Fred. 662 00:42:20,720 --> 00:42:21,840 Pike. 663 00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:28,399 We live in a zero-energy universe. 664 00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:30,119 You know what that means, Fred? 665 00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:32,240 Not a fucking clue. 666 00:42:33,520 --> 00:42:35,479 The energy is the same today 667 00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:37,319 as it was at the beginning of time. 668 00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:38,399 That's right. Yeah. 669 00:42:38,400 --> 00:42:41,319 When an organism dies, 670 00:42:41,320 --> 00:42:43,879 the energy still exists. 671 00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:45,919 I try and feel her energy. 672 00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:48,159 I know it sounds crazy. It's not crazy. 673 00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:51,799 If you think of a person's being as energy, 674 00:42:51,800 --> 00:42:53,959 it accounts for spirits, 675 00:42:53,960 --> 00:42:56,039 ghosts, 676 00:42:56,040 --> 00:42:57,599 God... 677 00:42:57,600 --> 00:42:59,719 Thanks, Rodrigo. 678 00:42:59,720 --> 00:43:02,599 ..all sorts of human experiences. 679 00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:04,239 The moment of energy 680 00:43:04,240 --> 00:43:06,279 is the point of singularity, isn't it, 681 00:43:06,280 --> 00:43:08,760 where physics and metaphysics meet? 682 00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:11,880 Why are you here? 683 00:43:13,080 --> 00:43:15,159 We're having a bit of trouble finding Mei Li's address 684 00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:16,519 in Oxford. You wouldn't have it, would you? 685 00:43:16,520 --> 00:43:17,639 Of course. 686 00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:20,400 She lived in Jericho. I'll get it. 687 00:43:22,040 --> 00:43:25,000 COMPUTER BEEPS Morning, Pike. I miss you. 688 00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:27,520 Big kiss. 689 00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:31,680 Thanks, Mei Li. 690 00:43:33,160 --> 00:43:35,439 The guys in The Room are building me 691 00:43:35,440 --> 00:43:37,239 a virtual interactive waifu. Morning, Pike. 692 00:43:37,240 --> 00:43:38,399 I miss you. Big kiss. 693 00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:40,319 To get me through the dark hours. 694 00:43:40,320 --> 00:43:42,439 It's eternal life. 695 00:43:42,440 --> 00:43:43,520 Just different. 696 00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:47,199 Don't have it. 697 00:43:47,200 --> 00:43:49,719 I know it by sight. I can take you there. 698 00:43:49,720 --> 00:43:52,119 Great. Yeah. You wouldn't have her laptop or her phone, 699 00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:53,799 would you? No. Sorry. 700 00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:56,319 We'd be grateful if you'd volunteer a DNA sample 701 00:43:56,320 --> 00:43:58,279 to help us with our investigation. 702 00:43:58,280 --> 00:43:59,800 Of course. 703 00:44:23,800 --> 00:44:25,959 Did Mei Li ever talk to you about Chinese medicine? 704 00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:28,079 Oh, God. Yes. 705 00:44:28,080 --> 00:44:30,079 She was always banging on about it. 706 00:44:30,080 --> 00:44:33,279 Some woman she said I had to go see. It would change my life. 707 00:44:33,280 --> 00:44:35,240 Open. 708 00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:39,480 Do you remember her name? 709 00:44:41,680 --> 00:44:44,519 Don't think she ever mentioned it. Why? 710 00:44:44,520 --> 00:44:46,679 A few unanswered questions. 711 00:44:46,680 --> 00:44:47,999 A few? 712 00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:50,560 Only a few? 713 00:44:52,640 --> 00:44:54,479 I have thousands. 714 00:44:54,480 --> 00:44:56,120 Millions. 715 00:44:57,880 --> 00:45:04,440 This is a temple to unanswered questions. 716 00:45:09,560 --> 00:45:10,600 CHIME Rodrigo. 717 00:45:11,880 --> 00:45:14,399 Oh, Rodrigo needs to walk us out. 718 00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:17,240 Bendik is obsessed with security. 719 00:45:26,160 --> 00:45:27,240 Thank you. 720 00:45:36,120 --> 00:45:38,359 I'm getting nowhere on the phone. 721 00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:41,039 I asked for toad venom or bufo. 722 00:45:41,040 --> 00:45:42,599 Apparently it's called bufo 723 00:45:42,600 --> 00:45:45,599 among a particular groovy set of folk who use it. 724 00:45:45,600 --> 00:45:47,279 Never was really part of that crowd. 725 00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:48,759 No? No. 726 00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:50,599 Never really wanted to be. 727 00:45:50,600 --> 00:45:51,999 No. 728 00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:54,159 So I ask, they say no and hang up. 729 00:45:54,160 --> 00:45:55,999 Sometimes they just hang up. 730 00:45:56,000 --> 00:45:57,720 Usually they just hang up. 731 00:46:01,880 --> 00:46:03,639 "Zhongyi"? 732 00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:05,399 It literally means "Chinese medicine". 733 00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:07,839 An in-person consultation? 734 00:46:07,840 --> 00:46:09,320 It's worth a try. 735 00:46:21,240 --> 00:46:22,319 How did you meet Mei Li? 736 00:46:22,320 --> 00:46:24,559 She worked for one of the companies in the building 737 00:46:24,560 --> 00:46:27,439 just along here. This one. The Room. 738 00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:29,520 Mei worked here? Yes. 739 00:46:31,240 --> 00:46:33,159 How long had she worked for them? 740 00:46:33,160 --> 00:46:34,679 I don't know, exactly. 741 00:46:34,680 --> 00:46:36,960 They moved in a couple of months after we did. 742 00:46:38,560 --> 00:46:40,159 Who owns it? Huh? 743 00:46:40,160 --> 00:46:41,719 Do you know who owns it? 744 00:46:41,720 --> 00:46:43,679 Oh, uh, some evil genius 745 00:46:43,680 --> 00:46:46,079 with no strong attachment to reality. 746 00:46:46,080 --> 00:46:47,799 I make the violin. 747 00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:50,720 They play it so well that even the devil will dance. 748 00:46:52,160 --> 00:46:54,240 The things they can do with AI! 749 00:46:56,040 --> 00:46:59,439 I used to see her through this glass every morning 750 00:46:59,440 --> 00:47:01,359 when I'd come in, 751 00:47:01,360 --> 00:47:03,040 and every night when I'd leave. 752 00:47:04,120 --> 00:47:05,560 She would look at me. 753 00:47:06,840 --> 00:47:08,160 I would look at her. 754 00:47:11,160 --> 00:47:12,520 First sight. 755 00:47:17,160 --> 00:47:20,000 Do you believe in love at first sight, Fred? 756 00:47:21,160 --> 00:47:23,680 Why do I always get the hard questions? 757 00:47:31,800 --> 00:47:33,679 JACK: Do you think they can fix me? 758 00:47:33,680 --> 00:47:35,839 KIT: Are you broken? JACK: Yeah. We're all broken. 759 00:47:35,840 --> 00:47:39,080 KIT: Oh. Who's the Philosopher Queen now? 760 00:47:41,680 --> 00:47:43,919 After you, Fucking Miracle. 761 00:47:43,920 --> 00:47:45,840 Oh, such a gentleman. 762 00:47:55,960 --> 00:47:57,360 I feel healthier already. 763 00:47:58,840 --> 00:48:00,559 Hi. 764 00:48:00,560 --> 00:48:05,639 Um, would you happen to have HuaChanSu 765 00:48:05,640 --> 00:48:07,959 that I could buy? 766 00:48:07,960 --> 00:48:11,319 So sorry. My pronunciation is terrible, I know. 767 00:48:11,320 --> 00:48:13,319 Uh, HuaChanSu? 768 00:48:13,320 --> 00:48:16,199 Am I saying it right? Why are you asking me? 769 00:48:16,200 --> 00:48:18,199 Chansu? 770 00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:19,720 Toad venom? 771 00:48:20,920 --> 00:48:22,199 Mm? 772 00:48:22,200 --> 00:48:25,160 Right. Well, this is going well. 773 00:48:29,240 --> 00:48:31,480 TRANSLATION: 774 00:48:39,520 --> 00:48:42,719 How can I help? Oh, we'd like to buy Chansu. 775 00:48:42,720 --> 00:48:44,119 Mm-hm. 776 00:48:44,120 --> 00:48:45,919 Bufotoxin? 777 00:48:45,920 --> 00:48:47,879 Yes. 778 00:48:47,880 --> 00:48:51,719 You know that is a class A drug, right? 779 00:48:51,720 --> 00:48:55,280 For cancer treatment? It is used for that. Yes. 780 00:48:57,520 --> 00:48:59,759 The kids you are going to sell it to, 781 00:48:59,760 --> 00:49:02,479 they want it for cancer treatment? 782 00:49:02,480 --> 00:49:04,800 Sure, I believe that. 783 00:49:06,160 --> 00:49:09,359 That's a go-to-prison drug. Six years. 784 00:49:09,360 --> 00:49:11,399 You can't buy it from a legitimate 785 00:49:11,400 --> 00:49:14,039 traditional Chinese medicine practitioner in this country. 786 00:49:14,040 --> 00:49:15,919 You can't import it. 787 00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:17,399 Sorry. 788 00:49:17,400 --> 00:49:18,679 Can't help. 789 00:49:18,680 --> 00:49:19,799 No... Yeah... 790 00:49:19,800 --> 00:49:21,800 Can't help! 791 00:49:23,720 --> 00:49:25,719 OK. Kit... 792 00:49:25,720 --> 00:49:26,800 Cool. 793 00:49:34,400 --> 00:49:36,640 KIT MUTTERS DOOR CLOSES 794 00:49:40,440 --> 00:49:42,240 This is it. 795 00:49:45,760 --> 00:49:48,200 No key? Sorry, no. 796 00:49:53,000 --> 00:49:55,560 She live alone? Yeah. 797 00:49:58,960 --> 00:50:00,560 Are you sure this is her house? 798 00:50:01,640 --> 00:50:02,800 Absolutely... 799 00:50:04,480 --> 00:50:05,880 ..certain. 800 00:50:10,240 --> 00:50:11,559 You hear that? 801 00:50:11,560 --> 00:50:12,679 What? That. 802 00:50:12,680 --> 00:50:14,879 No. Oh, I hear it. 803 00:50:14,880 --> 00:50:16,800 Someone's calling for help from inside. 804 00:50:45,800 --> 00:50:47,719 Oi! Hey! 805 00:50:47,720 --> 00:50:49,079 Stop him! 806 00:50:49,080 --> 00:50:50,400 Hey! Stop... 807 00:50:53,320 --> 00:50:55,679 Are you OK? Unbelievable! 808 00:50:55,680 --> 00:50:57,520 Would you like me to call the police? 809 00:50:58,960 --> 00:51:00,199 No. I'm OK. 810 00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:02,319 Oh... Are you hurt? 811 00:51:02,320 --> 00:51:04,479 I'm OK. Come and sit down. 812 00:51:04,480 --> 00:51:07,119 SIGHS What's your name? 813 00:51:07,120 --> 00:51:08,559 Helen. 814 00:51:08,560 --> 00:51:10,199 I'm Nikki. 815 00:51:10,200 --> 00:51:11,480 Did he hurt you? 816 00:51:14,360 --> 00:51:15,959 He took my bag! 817 00:51:15,960 --> 00:51:17,359 You need to go to the police. 818 00:51:17,360 --> 00:51:19,559 They're not going to do anything. 819 00:51:19,560 --> 00:51:21,480 If not for you, then to protect the next person. 820 00:51:23,400 --> 00:51:24,639 I will. 821 00:51:24,640 --> 00:51:27,479 Would you like me to give you a lift to the police station? 822 00:51:27,480 --> 00:51:29,200 No. It's OK. I've got my bike. 823 00:51:30,560 --> 00:51:32,120 Thank you. 824 00:51:33,520 --> 00:51:34,919 Would you mind if I get your number? 825 00:51:34,920 --> 00:51:36,039 Just in case I need a witness. 826 00:51:36,040 --> 00:51:39,359 Of course. He's got my phone. Bastard! 827 00:51:39,360 --> 00:51:40,680 I'm so sorry. 828 00:51:42,240 --> 00:51:43,560 Here. 829 00:51:46,840 --> 00:51:49,919 Oh! Old-school business card! Very classy. 830 00:51:49,920 --> 00:51:52,519 You're a doctor? Yes. 831 00:51:52,520 --> 00:51:54,199 Nice to meet you, Dr Alexander. 832 00:51:54,200 --> 00:51:56,279 Nikki. Nikki. 833 00:51:56,280 --> 00:51:58,119 I am Dr Helen Garnett. 834 00:51:58,120 --> 00:52:00,679 The academic kind, not the life-saving kind. 835 00:52:00,680 --> 00:52:03,359 Thank you. You've been really kind. 836 00:52:03,360 --> 00:52:05,080 I really appreciate it. 837 00:52:26,240 --> 00:52:28,120 Hey. Hey. 838 00:52:30,360 --> 00:52:32,080 How are you holding up? 839 00:52:39,840 --> 00:52:42,159 I've been meaning to tell you, 840 00:52:42,160 --> 00:52:45,040 but... because of Mei Li, I, uh... 841 00:52:49,760 --> 00:52:52,559 We've had an offer to buy Hendelseshorisont. 842 00:52:52,560 --> 00:52:54,399 Another one? 843 00:52:54,400 --> 00:52:56,359 Not Musk or Altman? 844 00:52:56,360 --> 00:52:59,119 Please tell me not them. No, not them. 845 00:52:59,120 --> 00:53:01,639 But it is an AI company. 846 00:53:01,640 --> 00:53:03,320 Did you tell them to piss off? 847 00:53:07,360 --> 00:53:09,239 We're close. 848 00:53:09,240 --> 00:53:12,199 You know we're close, right? 849 00:53:12,200 --> 00:53:13,920 We're running out of money, Pike. 850 00:53:15,360 --> 00:53:17,719 We're running out of time. 851 00:53:17,720 --> 00:53:19,159 Look, we're small. 852 00:53:19,160 --> 00:53:21,759 We were always going to get bought by someone else. 853 00:53:21,760 --> 00:53:23,679 And right now, we've got something to sell. 854 00:53:23,680 --> 00:53:25,599 Don't do it, Bendik. 855 00:53:25,600 --> 00:53:27,399 Please don't do it. 856 00:53:27,400 --> 00:53:30,239 What is the point of all of this work 857 00:53:30,240 --> 00:53:32,159 if you just sell it to the highest bidder? 858 00:53:32,160 --> 00:53:34,159 We can create the future. 859 00:53:34,160 --> 00:53:37,199 We can control how it's used and who uses it. 860 00:53:37,200 --> 00:53:38,959 We can stop it being used for weapons, 861 00:53:38,960 --> 00:53:40,479 stop it from destroying jobs, 862 00:53:40,480 --> 00:53:42,320 stop it from destroying each other! 863 00:53:43,400 --> 00:53:45,479 No, we can't, Pike. 864 00:53:45,480 --> 00:53:46,640 We can. 865 00:53:47,680 --> 00:53:48,960 Pike... 866 00:53:50,040 --> 00:53:52,440 ..human beings aren't built like that. 867 00:53:53,480 --> 00:53:54,760 We can. 868 00:53:56,760 --> 00:53:57,880 We can. 869 00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:00,120 Who was it?! 870 00:54:01,400 --> 00:54:03,720 Who made the offer that's turned your fucking head?! 871 00:54:04,720 --> 00:54:06,040 Who was it?! 872 00:54:17,120 --> 00:54:18,719 JACK: Class A. It won't be coming 873 00:54:18,720 --> 00:54:20,999 from any legit Chinese medicine clinic. 874 00:54:21,000 --> 00:54:22,240 You learn anything? 875 00:54:23,680 --> 00:54:25,959 Wu Li. New word? 876 00:54:25,960 --> 00:54:28,760 The idea that we are organised energy. 877 00:54:29,760 --> 00:54:31,240 Nice idea. Mmm. 878 00:54:33,120 --> 00:54:35,599 Mei Li worked for a company in the same building 879 00:54:35,600 --> 00:54:36,919 called Komnata. 880 00:54:36,920 --> 00:54:38,480 I'll get Kit to look into them. 881 00:54:39,600 --> 00:54:41,519 Do you believe in love at first sight? 882 00:54:41,520 --> 00:54:43,360 Of course. Ask me a hard one. 883 00:54:44,680 --> 00:54:46,879 KIT: I must have screwed up the DNA sample. 884 00:54:46,880 --> 00:54:48,639 Along with this romantic moment! 885 00:54:48,640 --> 00:54:50,839 Oh, it's so inappropriate in the workplace. 886 00:54:50,840 --> 00:54:52,959 Which sample? Mei Li's mum. 887 00:54:52,960 --> 00:54:54,999 Either I screwed up the DNA test 888 00:54:55,000 --> 00:54:56,679 or Mei Li was adopted. 889 00:54:56,680 --> 00:54:58,000 Let me see. 890 00:55:23,680 --> 00:55:25,200 POWERS DOWN 891 00:55:36,640 --> 00:55:37,799 NIKKI: The result shows 892 00:55:37,800 --> 00:55:40,239 that Mei Li's mother wasn't a biological parent 893 00:55:40,240 --> 00:55:41,320 of the deceased. 894 00:55:43,440 --> 00:55:45,719 Did that DI, Fred Casey, 895 00:55:45,720 --> 00:55:47,639 go anywhere near the samples after you took it? 896 00:55:47,640 --> 00:55:49,919 He could have buggered them up. 897 00:55:49,920 --> 00:55:51,039 No. 898 00:55:51,040 --> 00:55:52,639 No, of course not. 899 00:55:52,640 --> 00:55:54,439 HARRIET: Perhaps she adopted her. 900 00:55:54,440 --> 00:55:56,399 We can ask. It'd be useful to find out 901 00:55:56,400 --> 00:55:57,559 as much as we can about the mother. 902 00:55:57,560 --> 00:55:58,919 We can test her again, 903 00:55:58,920 --> 00:56:00,999 but I don't think the result will change. 904 00:56:01,000 --> 00:56:03,039 Both the positive and negative controls 905 00:56:03,040 --> 00:56:05,399 in the extraction process confirm validity. 906 00:56:05,400 --> 00:56:10,279 And the amplification blanks show no contamination. 907 00:56:10,280 --> 00:56:14,119 It wasn't you, Kit. The test wasn't spoiled or contaminated. 908 00:56:14,120 --> 00:56:15,679 ALEX: Have either of you met her? 909 00:56:15,680 --> 00:56:17,679 JACK: It would give us an excuse. 910 00:56:17,680 --> 00:56:18,920 Meet her! 911 00:56:25,360 --> 00:56:27,399 WOMAN LAUGHS 912 00:56:27,400 --> 00:56:29,400 MAN LAUGHS 913 00:56:32,320 --> 00:56:33,919 MOANS 914 00:56:33,920 --> 00:56:36,840 LAUGHTER AND MOANING DISTORTS 915 00:57:03,960 --> 00:57:07,519 Jackie, this is my boss, Jack Hodgson, 916 00:57:07,520 --> 00:57:10,399 and Dr Nikki Alexander, who I work with. 917 00:57:10,400 --> 00:57:14,080 I'm so sorry to trouble you, but, um... 918 00:57:15,400 --> 00:57:18,880 Did you by any chance adopt Mei? 919 00:57:25,280 --> 00:57:26,920 No, I did not. 920 00:57:28,680 --> 00:57:30,559 We might need to do the samples again. 921 00:57:30,560 --> 00:57:34,479 Why? Why do you need this? We have done nothing wrong. 922 00:57:34,480 --> 00:57:36,200 WOMAN: Stop! 923 00:57:37,640 --> 00:57:38,680 I am Mei Li.