1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:03,840 This programme contains some strong language 2 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:06,040 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 --> 00:01:34,920 Purity. 8 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:36,280 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 --> 00:01:47,160 During Chinese Imperial rule, 12 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:50,160 a length of white silk was occasionally offered 13 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:52,760 to those who had committed a serious offence, 14 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:55,640 as a gift, to allow them the possibility 15 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:57,960 of taking their own life by hanging 16 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:00,360 rather than being executed, 17 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:03,120 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 --> 00:02:13,480 When was all this? 20 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:16,040 The Tang Dynasty, 10th century. 21 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:19,560 But the Chinese have practised forensic science 22 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:22,480 to investigate crime since the Western Han Dynasty 23 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:24,440 in the first century. 24 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:27,000 Do you know what their most famous forensic book is? 25 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:30,400 Yes, I do know this. It's, er, The Washing...Line And... 26 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:32,240 - The Washing Away Of Wrongs. - That's it. 27 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:34,040 It was translated into Latin, 28 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:36,320 and came to Britain during the Conquest. 29 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:39,480 It remained as a standard text on forensic pathology 30 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:41,240 until the 1920s. 31 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:43,360 Do they still do all that Imperial China 32 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:45,280 white silk stuff today? 33 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:47,800 No, the New Culture Movement of 1915 34 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:49,560 thought that respect for your elders 35 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:51,760 was an obstruction to progress. 36 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:54,920 Mao's socialism in the '50s shifted responsibility 37 00:02:54,920 --> 00:02:56,840 from the family to the state. 38 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:58,520 Nikkipedia strikes again. 39 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,160 So, not many white silk gifts, then, these days? 40 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:05,960 - Not so much, no. - No, I didn't think so. 41 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,880 Detective Inspector Fred Casey. Can I help you? 42 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:11,080 I think we're here to help you, Fred. 43 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:12,320 Who are you? 44 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:15,400 - Sorry. Dr Nikki Alexander. - Jack Hodgson. 45 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:17,520 Am I supposed to know who you are and why you're here? 46 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:18,680 Bowman Centre. 47 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:20,360 Should that mean something to me? 48 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:22,320 Pathology. Forensics. 49 00:03:24,640 --> 00:03:26,120 Birmingham. 50 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:27,960 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 --> 00:03:33,520 Well, I didn't call you, so there must be some mix-up. 53 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:35,280 We've got our own people in Oxfordshire. 54 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:38,640 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 --> 00:03:47,840 Who's your friend? 58 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:49,640 It's always hard to know. 59 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:50,720 MAN: Go! 60 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:58,040 Right, watch your step. 61 00:03:58,040 --> 00:03:59,680 - 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 --> 00:05:01,000 BURNS: Home Office felt it would be better 65 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:02,840 if we moved her body to the Bowman. 66 00:05:02,840 --> 00:05:05,400 I'm the SIO. This is my crime scene. 67 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:06,760 I don't know anything about this, 68 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:08,160 and I don't know who you think you are. 69 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:09,920 I already told you. I'm Alex Burns. 70 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:12,160 I'm a senior investigator with the security services. 71 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:13,840 I've got a pretty clear idea who I am. 72 00:05:13,840 --> 00:05:15,160 Oh, you think you're a comedian? 73 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:16,640 No, I don't think I've ever thought that. 74 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:18,120 Let me walk you through what you need to do 75 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:20,080 before you turn up here and act like you're in charge. 76 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:21,320 You need to ring the coroner, 77 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:22,560 then the coroner needs to agree, 78 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:24,960 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 --> 00:05:32,640 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 --> 00:06:47,720 Young woman. 86 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:49,080 CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS 87 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:50,760 Beautiful place. 88 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:52,200 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 --> 00:07:28,520 Torn from the force of her body falling? 97 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:30,200 Perhaps. 98 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:32,120 - Not silk. - No. 99 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:34,080 I don't think silk would have torn 100 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:35,520 from the dead weight like this. 101 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:37,360 No. 102 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:39,360 I'll look for the missing piece. 103 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:41,360 - 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 --> 00:07:51,680 ..she fell, 108 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:53,320 hit her head on something, 109 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:55,400 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 --> 00:08:02,960 Hard to say. 113 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:05,040 There's no sign of maceration. 114 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:09,360 Some skin wrinkling on the finger pads. 115 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:11,360 Did you take the water temperature? 116 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:12,400 Not yet. 117 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:16,160 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 --> 00:08:24,880 Could you bring the body bag, please? 120 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:26,920 - 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 --> 00:08:45,720 Coroner's Office, please. Thanks. 124 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:46,880 Do we know the name 125 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:48,160 - of the deceased? - No. 126 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:52,760 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 --> 00:09:00,960 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 --> 00:09:06,080 I'm in Oxford 132 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:08,920 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 --> 00:09:18,840 The coroner's instructed 136 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:20,680 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 --> 00:09:53,080 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 --> 00:11:35,000 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 --> 00:11:45,680 Well, has he not filled in a missing persons report online? 153 00:11:45,680 --> 00:11:46,720 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 --> 00:11:54,440 Well, I'm just finishing off 157 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:56,560 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 --> 00:12:49,200 - There you go. - Ta. 161 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:50,720 CASEY CLEARS HIS THROAT 162 00:12:53,560 --> 00:12:56,520 - Mr George? - Yes. Pike. 163 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:58,600 My fiancee is-is missing. 164 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:01,240 Are you sure she's missing? Didn't have an argument? 165 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:03,080 Maybe she had a change of heart about the marriage? 166 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:04,120 You know, it's happened to me. 167 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:05,160 Yes. 168 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:07,280 I'm certain. I've called three times. 169 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:08,720 I've sent an email. 170 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:12,240 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 --> 00:13:22,000 So, uh, how long do you think she's been missing? 173 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:23,480 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 --> 00:13:30,520 Name? 177 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:31,560 Pike George. 178 00:13:31,560 --> 00:13:32,760 Oh, yes. 179 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:35,800 - Age? - 31. 180 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:37,040 Occupation? 181 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:39,160 CTO. Research scientist, 182 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:42,400 physics - for Hendelseshorisont. 183 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:45,400 Oh. 184 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:46,600 PEN SCRATCHES 185 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:48,320 CTO. 186 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:50,280 Missing fiancee's name? 187 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:51,320 Mei Li. 188 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:52,600 May, like the month? 189 00:13:53,560 --> 00:13:55,960 - Lee. L-E-E? - No, no. 190 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:57,200 Um... 191 00:13:58,160 --> 00:13:59,760 Mei Li. 192 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:01,680 M-E-I... 193 00:14:01,680 --> 00:14:02,840 L-I. 194 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:07,080 Is she Asian? 195 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:08,560 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 --> 00:14:34,280 We want to untie the knot 199 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:36,840 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 --> 00:14:56,360 - Kit, you're young. - Yes, 202 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:58,840 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 --> 00:15:05,680 Self-destruction. 205 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:07,080 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 --> 00:15:23,000 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 --> 00:15:33,480 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 --> 00:15:47,560 So, yeah, 218 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:49,120 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 --> 00:15:57,800 Shall I call you the Philosopher Queen? 221 00:15:57,800 --> 00:15:59,800 No. 222 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:02,560 Fucking Miracle. 223 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:02,560 LAUGHS 224 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:10,320 Why here? And why us? 225 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:12,480 The deceased woman's family live in Birmingham. 226 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:15,200 It's true. 227 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:18,840 Why here? Why us? 228 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,400 The Home Office trusts you. 229 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:25,800 Why you? 230 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:30,240 To be honest, we rather stumbled across this one. 231 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:33,640 We just wanted to make sure that it's not... 232 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:35,360 What? 233 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:38,720 Well, that it all makes sense. 234 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:42,640 Does the death of a young person ever fully make sense? 235 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:44,720 PHONE PINGS AND VIBRATES 236 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:47,560 Dr Alexander is ready for me. 237 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:51,920 Why would a young woman with her whole life ahead of her 238 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:53,720 suddenly take her own life? 239 00:16:56,520 --> 00:16:57,640 HARRIET: Shame. 240 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:04,200 A quality which alerts us to the gap between 241 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:08,280 who we are today and the best version of ourselves. 242 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:13,400 - NIKKI: - The deceased is a young woman in her 20s 243 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:15,080 of East Asian extraction. 244 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:18,840 It's not a disparagement 245 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:20,920 of the essence of our being, 246 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:24,600 but a reminder of who we could be. 247 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:28,320 It's a faint line, but no bruising. 248 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:30,440 Inspiring, 249 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:33,040 helping us to rise... 250 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:35,400 Laceration to the zygomatic bone. 251 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:37,800 ..not driving us to despair. 252 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:40,440 The laryngohyoid complex is intact. 253 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:43,600 No sign of a fracture. 254 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:47,480 Shame is an overlooked quality 255 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:52,360 in a society which rewards celebrity over accomplishments, 256 00:17:52,360 --> 00:17:55,360 and mistakes the realisation of one's imperfections 257 00:17:55,360 --> 00:17:56,880 for a mental health affliction. 258 00:17:57,960 --> 00:17:59,280 Shall we turn her over? 259 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:02,080 Yes. Of course. 260 00:18:04,120 --> 00:18:06,400 We're just going to turn you over, Mei. 261 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:17,800 Cupping. Chinese medicine? 262 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:19,080 Yeah. 263 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:22,360 A society in which we medicalise disappointment 264 00:18:22,360 --> 00:18:24,880 and normalise complacency.... 265 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:29,680 Acupuncture needle marks? 266 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:35,640 Not usually so conspicuous. 267 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:39,320 No, but there seems to be some sort of localised reaction 268 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:42,080 - to these. - Mmm. Mmm. 269 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:45,200 ..whose preoccupation with "I" 270 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:47,800 cannot see "us". 271 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:53,760 We tolerate a technological world 272 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:56,520 of falsehood, deception and aggression. 273 00:18:57,760 --> 00:19:00,040 A celebration of mendacity. 274 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:04,920 A world without shame. 275 00:19:09,120 --> 00:19:11,800 There's no excess fluid in the pleural cavities. 276 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:14,920 The lungs are not hyperinflated, crepitant 277 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:16,280 or even doughy. 278 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:19,000 There's no froth in the primary bronchi. 279 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:23,760 There's no evidence that she drowned. 280 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:26,480 But if we are led by virtue... 281 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:30,560 ..we will develop a sense of shame, 282 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:34,920 which, in turn, will guide us to be good. 283 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:38,960 She was dead before she entered the water. 284 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:44,480 Shame only shows us how far we are from perfection. 285 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:50,240 It should never, ever kill us. 286 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:55,040 - NIKKI: - Her death is concerning. 287 00:19:56,360 --> 00:19:58,360 - Wrongdoing? - Concerning. 288 00:19:58,360 --> 00:20:00,440 I'm not going to rule out third-party involvement 289 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:02,080 at this stage. 290 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:03,680 When will you pin it down? 291 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:05,800 Well, we don't know the mechanism of death. 292 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:07,400 I'm waiting on toxicology. 293 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:11,000 Why did you bring her here? 294 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:13,800 We've done this. Trust. 295 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:16,280 Oh, we're sticking to that old chestnut, are we? 296 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:19,000 You knew her name before her body was recovered 297 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:22,400 from the water. You knew her age, where she was from. 298 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:24,160 And you knew the death was suspicious 299 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:26,280 before we had even done the postmortem. 300 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:28,560 - Were you expecting it? - No. 301 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:30,840 HARRIET: Were you responsible for it? 302 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:32,960 Absolutely not! 303 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:36,040 If you were following her, 304 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:37,960 you didn't do a particularly good job. 305 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:40,200 We weren't following her, no. 306 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:41,840 Who were you following? 307 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:46,960 We have an interest in British cyber research, 308 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:50,680 which we monitor to protect against state-sponsored theft. 309 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:52,720 And it was while monitoring... 310 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:54,600 - Phone tapping? - ..while monitoring, 311 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:57,160 we discovered that Mei Li was missing. 312 00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:59,320 She matched the name of someone known to us, 313 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:03,160 and the body found matched her description. 314 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:05,280 Why was this woman known to you? 315 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:10,320 Oh, what happened to trust, Alex? 316 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:14,520 There was a bounty on the young woman's head. 317 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:16,560 Allegedly. 318 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:17,880 Do you know who put it there? 319 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:19,240 Oh, yeah. 320 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:22,880 Well, let the police arrest them. 321 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:24,080 It's not a person. 322 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:25,680 It's a country. 323 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:27,200 Or more precisely, 324 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:29,360 a Special Administrative Region. 325 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:32,720 - Hong Kong? - Yeah. 326 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:36,240 That does not leave this office. 327 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:43,360 The Hong Kong Government put a bounty on her head? 328 00:21:43,360 --> 00:21:45,320 Allegedly. 329 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:47,840 For her capture, not her murder. 330 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:48,880 Why? 331 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:50,800 Pro-democracy campaigner. 332 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,400 What happened to "one country, two systems"? 333 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:56,160 National security law. 334 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:00,160 This is a Chinese issue. 335 00:22:01,360 --> 00:22:03,720 No, no, no. She's British. BNO passport. 336 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:06,800 That's British National Overseas... 337 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:08,120 I know what that means! 338 00:22:08,120 --> 00:22:09,760 It would be very handy 339 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:12,080 if you ended up proving that... 340 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:15,120 - ..this... - "This"? "This"? 341 00:22:15,120 --> 00:22:17,600 The death of a young woman? 342 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:20,040 ..had nothing to do with that. 343 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:22,360 What? Democracy? 344 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:26,280 PHONE RINGS 345 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:30,400 Hello. Harriet Maven. 346 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:34,120 Yes. Yes, she's here with me. 347 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:42,120 - Dr Alexander. - Detective Inspector. 348 00:22:42,120 --> 00:22:45,000 I think we know who the deceased woman is. 349 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,080 - WHISPERS: - And I've brought him to identify the body. 350 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:49,480 Why would she do this? Can't be. 351 00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:50,760 It's just not rational. 352 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:53,280 - Can we...? - Yeah. 353 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:56,120 It makes absolutely no sense. 354 00:22:56,120 --> 00:22:57,560 Are you certain it's her? 355 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:01,840 I need certainty. 356 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:05,960 Certainty brings closure. 357 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:12,040 Just a minute. 358 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:18,920 His name's Pike George. 359 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:20,960 He reported his fiancee missing, 360 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:23,640 and she matches the description of the dead Chinese woman... 361 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:26,200 - WHISPERS: - ..we fished out of the Cherwell. 362 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:29,880 She's British. 363 00:23:59,360 --> 00:24:00,720 It's her. 364 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:04,800 It's Mei Li. 365 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:51,840 Hey. 366 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:55,720 - Hello. - Pike? 367 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:00,920 I'm Jack. I, um...work here. 368 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:05,200 I just wanted to, uh...well... 369 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:10,120 It's a lonely thing. 370 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:13,520 Thanks. 371 00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:16,560 She was your fiancee? 372 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:19,840 That's rough. 373 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:21,120 Yeah. 374 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:23,600 I'm sorry. 375 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:26,920 You knew her a long time? 376 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:28,680 Ten days. 377 00:25:31,360 --> 00:25:34,320 - When you know, you know. - Yeah. 378 00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:37,320 Lost my virginity to her. 379 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:39,800 - Right. OK. - Now she's dead. 380 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:44,000 She's taking my virginity with her to the grave. 381 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:49,240 Do people from Hong Kong have graves? 382 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:52,840 What would she want? 383 00:25:54,360 --> 00:25:56,160 Who do I ask? 384 00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:57,440 Her parents? 385 00:26:00,360 --> 00:26:01,680 Her dad died. 386 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:06,120 I don't know her mum. 387 00:26:06,120 --> 00:26:07,360 Never met her. 388 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:12,240 I was going to, but never did. 389 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:15,480 I've never talked to her about death. 390 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:20,160 I guess it was cos she made me feel so alive. 391 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:29,600 I'm really grateful to you for coming to talk to me. 392 00:26:31,360 --> 00:26:33,200 No-one ever comes to talk to me. 393 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:36,120 And you did. 394 00:26:44,360 --> 00:26:45,720 Ten days. 395 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:50,320 He'd only known her ten days. 396 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:51,800 They were getting married. 397 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:54,600 Doesn't that seem odd? 398 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:56,080 I don't know. 399 00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:58,560 There are some guys I'm ready to marry after one night. 400 00:27:00,120 --> 00:27:02,000 Too much information. 401 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:03,200 He never met her mum. 402 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:07,280 Well, we need to meet her... and collect her DNA. 403 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:21,960 Fred? 404 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:25,440 Hi. I need a favour. 405 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:30,440 He said he wanted someone with, you know, 406 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:31,960 high emotional intelligence 407 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:33,920 to speak to the deceased's mother. 408 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:35,400 Couldn't say no, really, could I? 409 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:39,160 How's the weather down there, then? 410 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:41,520 Yeah. That's funny, Fred. You're a funny guy. 411 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:43,520 - Bet you've heard that before. - Not me personally, 412 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:45,440 but I'm sure someone has, you know, 413 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:47,080 30, 40 years ago. 414 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:48,560 - Eggshells. - Sorry? 415 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:50,160 Down here. 416 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:51,760 Well, a situation like this, you know, 417 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:53,480 us working together, 418 00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:55,400 pretending there's nothing unusual about you, 419 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:57,360 can be...awkward. 420 00:27:57,360 --> 00:28:00,320 So you crack a bad joke, break those eggshells. 421 00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:03,480 So that's what we're doing, is it? Killing poultry? 422 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:05,680 See, it's doing exactly what I hoped it would do. 423 00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:07,520 Now we don't have to tiptoe around so much. 424 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:09,840 - I feel so much better. - Good. 425 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:13,440 This is the place. 426 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:19,720 LIVELY CHATTER 427 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:22,840 CHATTER STOPS 428 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:49,760 Huh? 429 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:51,320 What is it? 430 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:52,360 Nothing. 431 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:56,360 A lot of thinking about nothing. 432 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:58,880 There's nothing in the toxicology report. 433 00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:01,760 I swabbed the 22 pinpricks on her back. 434 00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:02,920 Pinpricks? 435 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:05,520 I suspect made by acupuncture needles. 436 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:08,040 There's a small red mark next to each one. 437 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:10,160 Localised reaction. 438 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:12,240 Each one of the sites has returned 439 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:14,920 a high level of the amino acid tryptophan. 440 00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:28,320 LINE RINGS 441 00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:30,280 Hi, it's Dr Alexander. 442 00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:32,320 I'd like to run analytical tests 443 00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:35,040 outside of the normal tox profile on Mei Li. 444 00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:38,800 Yes. You just returned results on her. 445 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:40,640 This time, look at serotonin 446 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:43,480 and all analogues and derivatives of it. 447 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:46,360 OK. Thanks. 448 00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:50,000 So what does it mean? 449 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:51,320 I don't know. 450 00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:54,280 Serotonin is synthesised from tryptophan, 451 00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:57,560 but...why would it return at a high level? 452 00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:06,000 - Hello. - Hello. 453 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:08,920 Detective Inspector Fred Casey... 454 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:12,840 ..looking for a Jackie Hiu Wai Li. 455 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:15,480 Er... 456 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:17,480 I am Jackie. 457 00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:20,320 How can I help you? 458 00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:22,440 Um... 459 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:26,160 Maybe we could speak somewhere private? 460 00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:32,440 Thank you. 461 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:36,520 CHATTER RESUMES 462 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:41,760 FRED CLEARS HIS THROAT 463 00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:42,960 Jackie... 464 00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:46,080 This is difficult news to tell you. 465 00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:48,520 FRED CLEARS HIS THROAT 466 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:50,400 Your daughter Mei is dead. 467 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:04,080 I see. 468 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:05,320 OK. 469 00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:08,800 We don't know what happened to her yet. 470 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:10,440 We're still investigating. 471 00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:18,480 OK. 472 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:21,200 When did you last see Mei? 473 00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:26,640 I don't know exactly. 474 00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:30,600 - Not long ago. - OK. Um... 475 00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:35,280 I understand this is bad news, but... 476 00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:38,320 - ..um... - We'd be grateful 477 00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:40,960 if you'd volunteer a sample of your DNA 478 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:42,800 to help with the investigation. 479 00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:51,360 - I... I will do it. - Thank you. 480 00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:54,920 We won't be able to return her body to you 481 00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:57,640 until we complete the investigation. 482 00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:01,720 OK. 483 00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:12,400 If you could open your mouth, please. 484 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:21,200 OK. All set. 485 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:22,920 Thank you. 486 00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:26,680 That's my number if you need it. 487 00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:28,760 Thank you. 488 00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:30,280 We'll be in touch. 489 00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:41,120 I have a daughter. 490 00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:43,400 I'm not Chinese, so maybe I don't know anything, 491 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:47,200 but...if I'd just been told my daughter was dead, 492 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:49,000 I wouldn't have reacted like that. 493 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:52,400 KEYBOARD CLICKS 494 00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:55,600 TABLET CHIMES 495 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:11,480 PIANO CHORDS 496 00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:18,200 KNOCK ON DOOR 497 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:21,800 Well, I'm making progress. 498 00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:26,080 And progress in anything is very satisfactory, isn't it? 499 00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:27,920 Don't you think? 500 00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:29,760 You look troubled. 501 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:31,720 Not troubled. Puzzled. 502 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:34,000 The swabs from Mei Li's back... 503 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:36,240 What, from the acupuncture needle marks? 504 00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:37,680 As yet unconfirmed that 505 00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:40,320 they were made by acupuncture needles, but yes. 506 00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:44,120 They showed a high level of the amino acid tryptophan. 507 00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:46,480 - Did you look for serotonin? - Yes. And analogues 508 00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:48,760 and derivatives. The lab's just come back 509 00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:51,960 with a lethal amount of dimethyl serotonin. 510 00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:57,960 Also known as 5-hydroxy-N, N-dimethyltryptamine, 511 00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:00,120 - alkaloid tryptamine. - Yes. 512 00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:01,920 Also known as bufotenine, 513 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:06,160 a serotonergic psychedelic and potent hallucinogenic. 514 00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:07,880 Bufotenine is an exotic, isn't it? 515 00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:11,640 Yes. A potent and nonselective serotonin receptor agonist. 516 00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:14,080 Made from plants or mushrooms or... 517 00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:15,800 And toad venom. 518 00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:21,720 Used in Chinese medicine. 519 00:34:21,720 --> 00:34:23,640 How is it used in Chinese medicine? 520 00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:26,120 - Apparently to treat cancer. - Did she have cancer? 521 00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:27,720 - HARRIET: - Not that we could see. 522 00:34:27,720 --> 00:34:29,720 - So it's not medicinal. - Because of its 523 00:34:29,720 --> 00:34:30,960 structural similarities 524 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:32,560 with dimethyltryptamine and serotonin, 525 00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:34,480 it's considered a psychedelic. 526 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:37,520 - She uses it to get high? - And overdoses. 527 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:38,960 Does she mean to overdose? 528 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:40,040 Hard to know intention, 529 00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:42,360 but irrespective of her intentions, 530 00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:44,640 the needle marks were on her back, 531 00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:47,360 so she couldn't have put them there herself. 532 00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:50,520 Acupuncture is an unusual method of delivery. 533 00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:52,240 We found nothing in the literature. 534 00:34:52,240 --> 00:34:53,560 And as she was lying face down, 535 00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:55,120 she probably didn't know it was happening. 536 00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:57,960 The mechanism of death in an overdose of bufotenine 537 00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:00,800 is asphyxiation leading to cardiac arrest. 538 00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:02,120 Constricts the airways. 539 00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:04,400 Hanging or drowning might be a misdirect. 540 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,080 Yeah, confusing the investigation. 541 00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:08,880 I don't believe Mei Li took her own life. 542 00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:10,200 I think we need to proceed 543 00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:12,240 as though it's likely to be a homicide. 544 00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:18,080 Alex? 545 00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:18,080 ALEX GROANS 546 00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:19,520 Where do you find toad venom? 547 00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:23,480 Well, we know that she had cupping treatment 548 00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:25,760 and she had acupuncture. 549 00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:28,320 Kit, how many practitioners of Chinese medicine 550 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:30,400 - are there in Oxford? - On it. 551 00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:32,680 NIKKI: Pike might know who to speak to. 552 00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:34,240 Yeah. 553 00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:41,120 LINE RINGS 554 00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:43,640 Hello. DI Casey. 555 00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:45,120 Hi, Fred. 556 00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:47,760 Oh, hello, Alex. How's it hanging? 557 00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:51,000 How do you still have a job? 558 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:53,440 Maybe because I do people like you favours. 559 00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:57,360 BELLS CHIME 560 00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:12,760 Hello. 561 00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:14,880 Do people call you the "hot doc"? 562 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:16,880 None that are still alive. 563 00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:23,120 I'm up to 62 traditional Chinese medicine practitioners. 564 00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:25,400 Who knew they were so popular? 565 00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:26,720 Yeah. Who knew? 566 00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:29,080 What is it? 567 00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:31,080 DNA result from the knot. 568 00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:32,480 Not great quality. 569 00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:34,600 But it's a mixed sample. 570 00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:38,440 Hers and an unknown DNA, a second female. 571 00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:41,600 Someone else tied the knot. 572 00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:45,840 Let's check against the profiles we have 573 00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:49,280 and do a spec search, see if it's on the database. 574 00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:51,040 Yeah. Will do. 575 00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:53,680 Have you found any more on Hendels...? 576 00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:55,440 Hendelseshorisont. 577 00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:57,760 Yeah. 578 00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:01,240 ENTRY SYSTEM RINGS 579 00:37:01,240 --> 00:37:02,680 - INTERCOM: - Can I help you? 580 00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:05,320 Police, here to see a Pike George, 581 00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:07,840 Hendelseshorisont...? 582 00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:09,640 Can I see your identification, please? 583 00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:18,920 The woman is with you? 584 00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:21,520 Yes. The woman is with me. 585 00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:22,800 Not a sentence I say very often. 586 00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:24,040 Unsurprisingly. 587 00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:26,960 She will need to provide identification. 588 00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:29,600 Understood. 589 00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:31,040 GATE CLANKS OPEN 590 00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:33,000 After you. 591 00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:39,200 Hendelseshorisont is trying to design a quantum chip 592 00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:42,920 that is a trillion times faster than today's supercomputer. 593 00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:44,600 Only a trillion? 594 00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:58,800 ID? 595 00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:13,560 Is this regarding Mei Li? 596 00:38:14,720 --> 00:38:17,480 - Police business. - Of course. 597 00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:19,640 Is Pike expecting you? 598 00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:22,200 I tried to call here several times, but no-one answered. 599 00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:24,120 We don't take messages. 600 00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:25,640 - NIKKI: Why is that? - Security. 601 00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:29,800 Can I have your mobile phones, please? 602 00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:34,080 Pop them into a locker. 603 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:39,880 I'll take you to Pike. 604 00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:47,040 SECURITY GATE CHIMES 605 00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:52,040 SECURITY GATE CHIMES 606 00:38:57,240 --> 00:38:58,680 Thank you. 607 00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:06,680 Apparently, they're trying to make a qubit chip 608 00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:09,360 for a quantum computer out of water. 609 00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:10,800 Water? 610 00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:12,680 Water and pulses of light. 611 00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:14,680 They make the water salty 612 00:39:14,680 --> 00:39:17,720 by dissolving iodide ions into it. 613 00:39:17,720 --> 00:39:20,440 A laser's fired into the water, 614 00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:22,880 bumping electrons out of the salt. 615 00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:24,400 The laser is so fast 616 00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:28,560 the water is able to switch states in picoseconds. 617 00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:30,880 That's a trillionth of a second. 618 00:39:33,720 --> 00:39:36,000 What happens in there? 619 00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:40,920 They do coding. 620 00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:43,200 Developing artificial intelligence. 621 00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:46,120 Company's called Komnata. 622 00:39:49,560 --> 00:39:52,400 I think it's a kind of a training place. 623 00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:56,120 Everyone just calls it "The Room". 624 00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:57,880 DOOR BEEPS 625 00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:04,240 It is not part of Hendelseshorisont. 626 00:40:05,680 --> 00:40:07,400 They are through here 627 00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:10,960 in the secure research area of the building. 628 00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:12,760 KIT: A faster, more efficient chip 629 00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:14,480 is key to the future. 630 00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:16,840 It would save massive amounts of energy 631 00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:18,480 compared to today's silicon chips. 632 00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:21,160 The energy required to drive the computers 633 00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:23,680 to run an AI platform, 634 00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:25,200 you could power a whole city. 635 00:40:30,520 --> 00:40:31,600 Hello. 636 00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:39,920 I'm Bendik Voss, co-founder, Hendelseshorisont. 637 00:40:41,960 --> 00:40:45,400 - Can I help? - Police...for Pike. 638 00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:01,200 A water-based qubit chip in a quantum computer 639 00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:03,440 would use a tiny fraction of that, 640 00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:06,720 and operate up to 100 million times faster for AI... 641 00:41:06,720 --> 00:41:09,640 - 100 million? - Mm-hm. 642 00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:12,760 ..depending on the algorithm. 643 00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:15,480 There's a quote from Pike in the article. 644 00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:18,680 "It will be faster than God can blink." 645 00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:21,520 That's world changing. 646 00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:23,440 We're building it here? 647 00:41:23,440 --> 00:41:25,320 We're creating it. 648 00:41:25,320 --> 00:41:28,360 We're a nation of creators, inventors, thinkers. 649 00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:33,680 - Pike does this? - Mm-hm. He's the founder, 650 00:41:33,680 --> 00:41:35,360 along with 651 00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:37,400 a chap called Bendik Voss. 652 00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:42,760 Pike's Chief Technology Officer. 653 00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:44,560 He's the brains behind it. 654 00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:47,800 DOOR OPENS 655 00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:56,560 FRED CLEARS HIS THROAT 656 00:42:00,520 --> 00:42:01,640 Hi. 657 00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:03,440 Hi. 658 00:42:05,200 --> 00:42:06,320 Wu Li. 659 00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:10,560 Physics. Or organised energy. 660 00:42:11,560 --> 00:42:13,400 Th-That's what we are. 661 00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:16,400 Energy organised in the form we're in - 662 00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:17,960 the organism we inhabit. 663 00:42:19,520 --> 00:42:20,720 Hi, Fred. 664 00:42:20,720 --> 00:42:21,840 Pike. 665 00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:28,400 We live in a zero-energy universe. 666 00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:30,120 You know what that means, Fred? 667 00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:32,240 Not a fucking clue. 668 00:42:33,520 --> 00:42:35,480 The energy is the same today 669 00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:37,320 as it was at the beginning of time. 670 00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:38,400 That's right. Yeah. 671 00:42:38,400 --> 00:42:41,320 When an organism dies, 672 00:42:41,320 --> 00:42:43,880 the energy still exists. 673 00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:45,920 I try and feel her energy. 674 00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:48,160 I know it sounds crazy. It's not crazy. 675 00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:51,800 If you think of a person's being as energy, 676 00:42:51,800 --> 00:42:53,960 it accounts for spirits, 677 00:42:53,960 --> 00:42:56,040 ghosts, 678 00:42:56,040 --> 00:42:57,600 God... 679 00:42:57,600 --> 00:42:59,720 Thanks, Rodrigo. 680 00:42:59,720 --> 00:43:02,600 ..all sorts of human experiences. 681 00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:04,240 The moment of energy 682 00:43:04,240 --> 00:43:06,280 is the point of singularity, isn't it, 683 00:43:06,280 --> 00:43:08,760 where physics and metaphysics meet? 684 00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:11,880 Why are you here? 685 00:43:13,080 --> 00:43:15,160 We're having a bit of trouble finding Mei Li's address 686 00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:16,520 in Oxford. You wouldn't have it, would you? 687 00:43:16,520 --> 00:43:17,640 Of course. 688 00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:20,400 She lived in Jericho. I'll get it. 689 00:43:22,040 --> 00:43:25,000 COMPUTER BEEPS 690 00:43:22,040 --> 00:43:25,000 Morning, Pike. I miss you. 691 00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:27,520 Big kiss. 692 00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:31,680 Thanks, Mei Li. 693 00:43:33,160 --> 00:43:35,440 The guys in The Room are building me 694 00:43:35,440 --> 00:43:37,240 - a virtual interactive waifu. - Morning, Pike. 695 00:43:37,240 --> 00:43:38,400 I miss you. Big kiss. 696 00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:40,320 To get me through the dark hours. 697 00:43:40,320 --> 00:43:42,440 It's eternal life. 698 00:43:42,440 --> 00:43:43,520 Just different. 699 00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:47,200 Don't have it. 700 00:43:47,200 --> 00:43:49,720 I know it by sight. I can take you there. 701 00:43:49,720 --> 00:43:52,120 - Great. - Yeah. - You wouldn't have her laptop or her phone, 702 00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:53,800 - would you? - No. Sorry. 703 00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:56,320 We'd be grateful if you'd volunteer a DNA sample 704 00:43:56,320 --> 00:43:58,280 to help us with our investigation. 705 00:43:58,280 --> 00:43:59,800 Of course. 706 00:44:23,800 --> 00:44:25,960 Did Mei Li ever talk to you about Chinese medicine? 707 00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:28,080 Oh, God. Yes. 708 00:44:28,080 --> 00:44:30,080 She was always banging on about it. 709 00:44:30,080 --> 00:44:33,280 Some woman she said I had to go see. It would change my life. 710 00:44:33,280 --> 00:44:35,240 Open. 711 00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:39,480 Do you remember her name? 712 00:44:41,680 --> 00:44:44,520 Don't think she ever mentioned it. Why? 713 00:44:44,520 --> 00:44:46,680 A few unanswered questions. 714 00:44:46,680 --> 00:44:48,000 A few? 715 00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:50,560 Only a few? 716 00:44:52,640 --> 00:44:54,480 I have thousands. 717 00:44:54,480 --> 00:44:56,120 Millions. 718 00:44:57,880 --> 00:45:04,440 This is a temple to unanswered questions. 719 00:45:09,560 --> 00:45:10,600 CHIME 720 00:45:09,560 --> 00:45:10,600 Rodrigo. 721 00:45:11,880 --> 00:45:14,400 Oh, Rodrigo needs to walk us out. 722 00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:17,240 Bendik is obsessed with security. 723 00:45:26,160 --> 00:45:27,240 Thank you. 724 00:45:36,120 --> 00:45:38,360 I'm getting nowhere on the phone. 725 00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:41,040 I asked for toad venom or bufo. 726 00:45:41,040 --> 00:45:42,600 Apparently it's called bufo 727 00:45:42,600 --> 00:45:45,600 among a particular groovy set of folk who use it. 728 00:45:45,600 --> 00:45:47,280 Never was really part of that crowd. 729 00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:48,760 - No? - No. 730 00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:50,600 Never really wanted to be. 731 00:45:50,600 --> 00:45:52,000 No. 732 00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:54,160 So I ask, they say no and hang up. 733 00:45:54,160 --> 00:45:56,000 Sometimes they just hang up. 734 00:45:56,000 --> 00:45:57,720 Usually they just hang up. 735 00:46:01,880 --> 00:46:03,640 "Zhongyi"? 736 00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:05,400 It literally means "Chinese medicine". 737 00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:07,840 An in-person consultation? 738 00:46:07,840 --> 00:46:09,320 It's worth a try. 739 00:46:21,240 --> 00:46:22,320 How did you meet Mei Li? 740 00:46:22,320 --> 00:46:24,560 She worked for one of the companies in the building 741 00:46:24,560 --> 00:46:27,440 just along here. This one. The Room. 742 00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:29,520 - Mei worked here? - Yes. 743 00:46:31,240 --> 00:46:33,160 How long had she worked for them? 744 00:46:33,160 --> 00:46:34,680 I don't know, exactly. 745 00:46:34,680 --> 00:46:36,960 They moved in a couple of months after we did. 746 00:46:38,560 --> 00:46:40,160 - Who owns it? - Huh? 747 00:46:40,160 --> 00:46:41,720 Do you know who owns it? 748 00:46:41,720 --> 00:46:43,680 Oh, uh, some evil genius 749 00:46:43,680 --> 00:46:46,080 with no strong attachment to reality. 750 00:46:46,080 --> 00:46:47,800 I make the violin. 751 00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:50,720 They play it so well that even the devil will dance. 752 00:46:52,160 --> 00:46:54,240 The things they can do with AI! 753 00:46:56,040 --> 00:46:59,440 I used to see her through this glass every morning 754 00:46:59,440 --> 00:47:01,360 when I'd come in, 755 00:47:01,360 --> 00:47:03,040 and every night when I'd leave. 756 00:47:04,120 --> 00:47:05,560 She would look at me. 757 00:47:06,840 --> 00:47:08,160 I would look at her. 758 00:47:11,160 --> 00:47:12,520 First sight. 759 00:47:17,160 --> 00:47:20,000 Do you believe in love at first sight, Fred? 760 00:47:21,160 --> 00:47:23,680 Why do I always get the hard questions? 761 00:47:31,800 --> 00:47:33,680 - JACK: - Do you think they can fix me? 762 00:47:33,680 --> 00:47:35,840 - KIT: Are you broken? JACK: - Yeah. We're all broken. 763 00:47:35,840 --> 00:47:39,080 KIT: Oh. Who's the Philosopher Queen now? 764 00:47:41,680 --> 00:47:43,920 After you, Fucking Miracle. 765 00:47:43,920 --> 00:47:45,840 Oh, such a gentleman. 766 00:47:55,960 --> 00:47:57,360 I feel healthier already. 767 00:47:58,840 --> 00:48:00,560 Hi. 768 00:48:00,560 --> 00:48:05,640 Um, would you happen to have HuaChanSu 769 00:48:05,640 --> 00:48:07,960 that I could buy? 770 00:48:07,960 --> 00:48:11,320 So sorry. My pronunciation is terrible, I know. 771 00:48:11,320 --> 00:48:13,320 Uh, HuaChanSu? 772 00:48:13,320 --> 00:48:16,200 - Am I saying it right? - Why are you asking me? 773 00:48:16,200 --> 00:48:18,200 Chansu? 774 00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:19,720 Toad venom? 775 00:48:20,920 --> 00:48:22,200 Mm? 776 00:48:22,200 --> 00:48:25,160 Right. Well, this is going well. 777 00:48:29,240 --> 00:48:31,480 {\an8}TRANSLATION: 778 00:48:39,520 --> 00:48:42,720 - How can I help? - Oh, we'd like to buy Chansu. 779 00:48:42,720 --> 00:48:44,120 Mm-hm. 780 00:48:44,120 --> 00:48:45,920 Bufotoxin? 781 00:48:45,920 --> 00:48:47,880 Yes. 782 00:48:47,880 --> 00:48:51,720 You know that is a class A drug, right? 783 00:48:51,720 --> 00:48:55,280 - For cancer treatment? - It is used for that. Yes. 784 00:48:57,520 --> 00:48:59,760 The kids you are going to sell it to, 785 00:48:59,760 --> 00:49:02,480 they want it for cancer treatment? 786 00:49:02,480 --> 00:49:04,800 Sure, I believe that. 787 00:49:06,160 --> 00:49:09,360 That's a go-to-prison drug. Six years. 788 00:49:09,360 --> 00:49:11,400 You can't buy it from a legitimate 789 00:49:11,400 --> 00:49:14,040 traditional Chinese medicine practitioner in this country. 790 00:49:14,040 --> 00:49:15,920 You can't import it. 791 00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:17,400 Sorry. 792 00:49:17,400 --> 00:49:18,680 Can't help. 793 00:49:18,680 --> 00:49:19,800 - No... - Yeah... 794 00:49:19,800 --> 00:49:21,800 Can't help! 795 00:49:23,720 --> 00:49:25,720 OK. Kit... 796 00:49:25,720 --> 00:49:26,800 Cool. 797 00:49:34,400 --> 00:49:36,640 KIT MUTTERS DOOR CLOSES 798 00:49:40,440 --> 00:49:42,240 This is it. 799 00:49:45,760 --> 00:49:48,200 - No key? - Sorry, no. 800 00:49:53,000 --> 00:49:55,560 - She live alone? - Yeah. 801 00:49:58,960 --> 00:50:00,560 Are you sure this is her house? 802 00:50:01,640 --> 00:50:02,800 Absolutely... 803 00:50:04,480 --> 00:50:05,880 ..certain. 804 00:50:10,240 --> 00:50:11,560 You hear that? 805 00:50:11,560 --> 00:50:12,680 - What? - That. 806 00:50:12,680 --> 00:50:14,880 - No. - Oh, I hear it. 807 00:50:14,880 --> 00:50:16,800 Someone's calling for help from inside. 808 00:50:45,800 --> 00:50:47,720 Oi! Hey! 809 00:50:47,720 --> 00:50:49,080 Stop him! 810 00:50:49,080 --> 00:50:50,400 Hey! Stop... 811 00:50:53,320 --> 00:50:55,680 - Are you OK? - Unbelievable! 812 00:50:55,680 --> 00:50:57,520 Would you like me to call the police? 813 00:50:58,960 --> 00:51:00,200 No. I'm OK. 814 00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:02,320 - Oh... - Are you hurt? 815 00:51:02,320 --> 00:51:04,480 - I'm OK. - Come and sit down. 816 00:51:04,480 --> 00:51:07,120 SIGHS 817 00:51:04,480 --> 00:51:07,120 What's your name? 818 00:51:07,120 --> 00:51:08,560 Helen. 819 00:51:08,560 --> 00:51:10,200 I'm Nikki. 820 00:51:10,200 --> 00:51:11,480 Did he hurt you? 821 00:51:14,360 --> 00:51:15,960 He took my bag! 822 00:51:15,960 --> 00:51:17,360 You need to go to the police. 823 00:51:17,360 --> 00:51:19,560 They're not going to do anything. 824 00:51:19,560 --> 00:51:21,480 If not for you, then to protect the next person. 825 00:51:23,400 --> 00:51:24,640 I will. 826 00:51:24,640 --> 00:51:27,480 Would you like me to give you a lift to the police station? 827 00:51:27,480 --> 00:51:29,200 No. It's OK. I've got my bike. 828 00:51:30,560 --> 00:51:32,120 Thank you. 829 00:51:33,520 --> 00:51:34,920 Would you mind if I get your number? 830 00:51:34,920 --> 00:51:36,040 Just in case I need a witness. 831 00:51:36,040 --> 00:51:39,360 - Of course. - He's got my phone. Bastard! 832 00:51:39,360 --> 00:51:40,680 I'm so sorry. 833 00:51:42,240 --> 00:51:43,560 Here. 834 00:51:46,840 --> 00:51:49,920 Oh! Old-school business card! Very classy. 835 00:51:49,920 --> 00:51:52,520 - You're a doctor? - Yes. 836 00:51:52,520 --> 00:51:54,200 Nice to meet you, Dr Alexander. 837 00:51:54,200 --> 00:51:56,280 - Nikki. - Nikki. 838 00:51:56,280 --> 00:51:58,120 I am Dr Helen Garnett. 839 00:51:58,120 --> 00:52:00,680 The academic kind, not the life-saving kind. 840 00:52:00,680 --> 00:52:03,360 Thank you. You've been really kind. 841 00:52:03,360 --> 00:52:05,080 I really appreciate it. 842 00:52:26,240 --> 00:52:28,120 - Hey. - Hey. 843 00:52:30,360 --> 00:52:32,080 How are you holding up? 844 00:52:39,840 --> 00:52:42,160 I've been meaning to tell you, 845 00:52:42,160 --> 00:52:45,040 but... because of Mei Li, I, uh... 846 00:52:49,760 --> 00:52:52,560 We've had an offer to buy Hendelseshorisont. 847 00:52:52,560 --> 00:52:54,400 Another one? 848 00:52:54,400 --> 00:52:56,360 Not Musk or Altman? 849 00:52:56,360 --> 00:52:59,120 - Please tell me not them. - No, not them. 850 00:52:59,120 --> 00:53:01,640 But it is an AI company. 851 00:53:01,640 --> 00:53:03,320 Did you tell them to piss off? 852 00:53:07,360 --> 00:53:09,240 We're close. 853 00:53:09,240 --> 00:53:12,200 You know we're close, right? 854 00:53:12,200 --> 00:53:13,920 We're running out of money, Pike. 855 00:53:15,360 --> 00:53:17,720 We're running out of time. 856 00:53:17,720 --> 00:53:19,160 Look, we're small. 857 00:53:19,160 --> 00:53:21,760 We were always going to get bought by someone else. 858 00:53:21,760 --> 00:53:23,680 And right now, we've got something to sell. 859 00:53:23,680 --> 00:53:25,600 Don't do it, Bendik. 860 00:53:25,600 --> 00:53:27,400 Please don't do it. 861 00:53:27,400 --> 00:53:30,240 What is the point of all of this work 862 00:53:30,240 --> 00:53:32,160 if you just sell it to the highest bidder? 863 00:53:32,160 --> 00:53:34,160 We can create the future. 864 00:53:34,160 --> 00:53:37,200 We can control how it's used and who uses it. 865 00:53:37,200 --> 00:53:38,960 We can stop it being used for weapons, 866 00:53:38,960 --> 00:53:40,480 stop it from destroying jobs, 867 00:53:40,480 --> 00:53:42,320 stop it from destroying each other! 868 00:53:43,400 --> 00:53:45,480 No, we can't, Pike. 869 00:53:45,480 --> 00:53:46,640 We can. 870 00:53:47,680 --> 00:53:48,960 Pike... 871 00:53:50,040 --> 00:53:52,440 ..human beings aren't built like that. 872 00:53:53,480 --> 00:53:54,760 We can. 873 00:53:56,760 --> 00:53:57,880 We can. 874 00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:00,120 Who was it?! 875 00:54:01,400 --> 00:54:03,720 Who made the offer that's turned your fucking head?! 876 00:54:04,720 --> 00:54:06,040 Who was it?! 877 00:54:17,120 --> 00:54:18,720 - JACK: - Class A. It won't be coming 878 00:54:18,720 --> 00:54:21,000 from any legit Chinese medicine clinic. 879 00:54:21,000 --> 00:54:22,240 You learn anything? 880 00:54:23,680 --> 00:54:25,960 - Wu Li. - New word? 881 00:54:25,960 --> 00:54:28,760 The idea that we are organised energy. 882 00:54:29,760 --> 00:54:31,240 - Nice idea. - Mmm. 883 00:54:33,120 --> 00:54:35,600 Mei Li worked for a company in the same building 884 00:54:35,600 --> 00:54:36,920 called Komnata. 885 00:54:36,920 --> 00:54:38,480 I'll get Kit to look into them. 886 00:54:39,600 --> 00:54:41,520 Do you believe in love at first sight? 887 00:54:41,520 --> 00:54:43,360 Of course. Ask me a hard one. 888 00:54:44,680 --> 00:54:46,880 - KIT: - I must have screwed up the DNA sample. 889 00:54:46,880 --> 00:54:48,640 Along with this romantic moment! 890 00:54:48,640 --> 00:54:50,840 Oh, it's so inappropriate in the workplace. 891 00:54:50,840 --> 00:54:52,960 - Which sample? - Mei Li's mum. 892 00:54:52,960 --> 00:54:55,000 Either I screwed up the DNA test 893 00:54:55,000 --> 00:54:56,680 or Mei Li was adopted. 894 00:54:56,680 --> 00:54:58,000 Let me see. 895 00:55:23,680 --> 00:55:25,200 POWERS DOWN 896 00:55:36,640 --> 00:55:37,800 NIKKI: The result shows 897 00:55:37,800 --> 00:55:40,240 that Mei Li's mother wasn't a biological parent 898 00:55:40,240 --> 00:55:41,320 of the deceased. 899 00:55:43,440 --> 00:55:45,720 Did that DI, Fred Casey, 900 00:55:45,720 --> 00:55:47,640 go anywhere near the samples after you took it? 901 00:55:47,640 --> 00:55:49,920 He could have buggered them up. 902 00:55:49,920 --> 00:55:51,040 No. 903 00:55:51,040 --> 00:55:52,640 No, of course not. 904 00:55:52,640 --> 00:55:54,440 - HARRIET: - Perhaps she adopted her. 905 00:55:54,440 --> 00:55:56,400 We can ask. It'd be useful to find out 906 00:55:56,400 --> 00:55:57,560 as much as we can about the mother. 907 00:55:57,560 --> 00:55:58,920 We can test her again, 908 00:55:58,920 --> 00:56:01,000 but I don't think the result will change. 909 00:56:01,000 --> 00:56:03,040 Both the positive and negative controls 910 00:56:03,040 --> 00:56:05,400 in the extraction process confirm validity. 911 00:56:05,400 --> 00:56:10,280 And the amplification blanks show no contamination. 912 00:56:10,280 --> 00:56:14,120 It wasn't you, Kit. The test wasn't spoiled or contaminated. 913 00:56:14,120 --> 00:56:15,680 - ALEX: - Have either of you met her? 914 00:56:15,680 --> 00:56:17,680 JACK: It would give us an excuse. 915 00:56:17,680 --> 00:56:18,920 Meet her! 916 00:56:25,360 --> 00:56:27,400 WOMAN LAUGHS 917 00:56:27,400 --> 00:56:29,400 MAN LAUGHS 918 00:56:32,320 --> 00:56:33,920 MOANS 919 00:56:33,920 --> 00:56:36,840 LAUGHTER AND MOANING DISTORTS 920 00:57:03,960 --> 00:57:07,520 Jackie, this is my boss, Jack Hodgson, 921 00:57:07,520 --> 00:57:10,400 and Dr Nikki Alexander, who I work with. 922 00:57:10,400 --> 00:57:14,080 I'm so sorry to trouble you, but, um... 923 00:57:15,400 --> 00:57:18,880 Did you by any chance adopt Mei? 924 00:57:25,280 --> 00:57:26,920 No, I did not. 925 00:57:28,680 --> 00:57:30,560 We might need to do the samples again. 926 00:57:30,560 --> 00:57:34,480 Why? Why do you need this? We have done nothing wrong. 927 00:57:34,480 --> 00:57:36,200 - WOMAN: - Stop! 928 00:57:37,640 --> 00:57:38,680 I am Mei Li.