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Ferdy Blake's been murdered.

The Brigade all thought that he was a
genius.

But he enjoyed humiliating people who
worked for him. Ferdy was desperate to

me out, but I wouldn't give him the
satisfaction.

We keep our heads down and our mouths
shut. Got it?

That's Amari, the kitchen gardener.

How are the rest of the staff taking it?
I don't know. I haven't seen anyone

since it happened.

More threats.

Get them to forensics.

Put that down.

We need to get back to the restaurant.

Now.

Looks like he died of hypothermia.

If we're assuming this wasn't an
accident, we need to work out when he

the freezer room.

What time did you meet Mario Joseph to
go foraging? Nine o 'clock.

Isla D'Souza raised the alarm at eleven.

Forensics have just arrived, Guv. Right,
let's go and talk to Mr. D'Souza.

I wonder where that goes.

Just a storeroom.

What are those?

What sort of gas they use in Ferdie's
smoking cocktails.

Liquid nitrogen.

What's that pipe doing there?

The valve is open.

And according to that gauge, the tank's
empty.

It's contents taken by this pipe.

To where, I wonder?

If I've got my bearings right, that vent
is on the back wall of the freezer.

So someone knowingly pumped gas into a
locked room.

That does not sound good.

It isn't.

According to this, gas released into a
sealed area displaces oxygen and can

cause suffocation.

Whoever did this was leaving nothing to
chance.

And it's a far faster way to die than
hypothermia.

What time did you find Mr Merson?

Just before I called you.

Around 11.

You're expecting him to be here?

I'd asked him to do some cleaning.

And then when I couldn't find him, I
checked the freezer room.

Is there any chance he could have locked
himself in, accidentally?

No. Someone had locked the door on the
outside and taken the key.

We need to know your movements from 6pm
last night.

Are you suggesting I might have
something to do with this?

You found both bodies, Mr. Fever.

If I was the killer, then I think I
would have been smart enough not to do

I've been given permission to return, so
I did.

Being the one to find Cal was an
unfortunate coincidence.

Tanika, may we have a word?

Just check the freezer room control
panel.

The ventilation system's been switched
off. And the tube?

Found the other end hidden in a grill on
the inside wall.

If we think the primary cause of death
could be suffocation, we need a revised

timeline ASAP. Go.

What's going on?

All the police cars.

Where's Cal? I've been trying to get
hold of him.

Why don't you come inside, Mrs. Merson?

That's all we know right now.

Kisses.

Some sweet tea.

It might help with the shock.

We're so sorry for your loss, Mrs
Merton.

Thank you.

Anne, it's Nicky.

When did you last speak to Cal?

Around 5pm.

He called to say he wouldn't be home
till at least 3am.

I thought it must be taking longer than
he thought.

But when he still wasn't picking up when
I got back from paddle boarding around

10 .30, I decided to come here.

Was there any history of conflict
between your husband and Isla de Souza?

As far as I know, Isla and Cal got on
pretty well.

Was there anyone else that Cal had
issues with at work?

Amari Joseph?

Not that I know of. I'm so sorry. I
can't do this now. I... I need to go

We'll get someone to take you.

Your father, Jackson Laurent, worked
with Ferdy Blake at his first

Synthesis. We found this photo of them
looking very pally.

Ferdy told my father that he wanted to
go into partnership with him.

That he'd help him get citizenship.

But it was all a lie.

When Dad's visa expired, he was forced
to return to Dominica.

And why did he do that?

Because my father was a true genius.

But Ferdy couldn't bear not being a
star, so he stole my father's notebooks

rewrote them under his name.

What exactly were you planning to do
with the mushrooms?

Ferdy's signature dish was a wild
mushroom ragout.

I was going to tell him I discovered
some rare sets that would give the

an even deeper intensity.

I knew he wouldn't be able to resist
trying it.

I'd been planning it for months.

The threats were meant to unnerve him.

Why did it take you so long to put your
plan into action?

It was too much of a coward to ever go
through with it.

But I got lucky.

Someone else was braver than I am.

We need you to account for your
movements over the past 12 hours.

I was in my cottage until 9am when I met
your colleagues.

Can anyone verify that?

No, I was on my own.

Just like Cal Merson was at Gastronomy.

What are you talking about?

Mr Merson was found dead this morning in
highly suspicious circumstances.

Did he witness you killing Ferdy? Is
that why you had to kill him too?

No, I swear to God.

I had absolutely nothing to do with
that.

Gov.

Cal Mercer's cause of death has been
established.

Inert gas asphyxiation.

Time of death sometime between 9 .30 and
10 .30. Mr. Joseph was already in

custody when it happened, so that lets
him off the hook.

But it doesn't mean he didn't kill Ferdy
Blake.

Or that he and Mr. Sousa aren't working
together.

Murray Joseph admits he planned to kill
Ferdy Blake, but claims he took no

action. Now, that's not a crime in
itself, but if his plans involved

party, we could charge them both.

Go back through the evidence log, Alice.

See if there's a connection.

Gov.

Another video of Freddie Blake has just
been posted.

It's even worse than the other. Watch
it, frame by frame.

There has to be something to ID
whoever's behind them.

That's a bloke, that.

And a rather expensive one.

I'm guessing Matthew made an appearance.

He did.

He dropped by unexpectedly earlier.

I'll have to give it back to him at
dinner.

So it went well, then.

No.

It was ghastly.

The quiet young man I once knew is now
really rather full of himself.

And he was terribly rude to Darius.

What was Darius doing here?

He wanted to talk to me about the dig.

Oh, it was all so awkward.

How on earth am I going to get out of
dinner with Matthew? I'm sure we'll

of something.

In the meantime, let's lighten the mood.

How about we get back to the murder?

So where are we?

Well, a few hours ago, I thought we had
the killer in custody.

Now I'm not so sure.

So if Amari isn't involved, then who is
it?

Isla, acting alone?

Isla and Damon?

But why kill Cal?

What could he have seen or discovered
since Birdie's murder that made him such

threat he had to die?

I think we need to talk to Nicky again.

Good morning, Nicky. Morning. Thank you
for seeing us.

What gorgeous roses.

I love their delicate scent.

You always got me rose cologne for me
birthday.

Sorry.

Why don't we go and put those in some
water?

Thank you.

Tell us about your husband.

Cal and I were childhood sweethearts.

Married at 18.

Spent years trying and failing to keep
him on the straight and narrow.

Was your husband a risk -taker by
nature?

No.

No, he was weak.

Easily lost.

In what way?

Cal had...

started behaving oddly lately, hiding
his phone, taking calls in other rooms,

just like he did when he was gambling.

Yesterday afternoon, I saw Damon Grady
in the garden with Cal.

Damon seemed angry. He said something
about keeping their mouths shut and

heads down. Are you coming home?

Why didn't you tell the police?

Damon has always been a good friend to
Cal.

I knew he'd been in trouble. I didn't
want to point the finger in case it was

nothing. Do you have any idea what Damon
wanted Cal to keep quiet about?

No, but Cal was an expert liar.

Most gamblers are.

Gov.

Damon Grady's mobile provider just sent
through his records.

He was on the phone at the time of
Ferdy's murder, and it's a Marlowe

That must have been what he was doing
when I saw him outside.

Find out who it was.

Anything new from the evidence log?

Well, the neoprene glove we found by the
river had WWC printed on it.

Windeen Water Sports Club.

I've asked for their members list.

I got the old stock records at Ferdy's
first restaurant.

Aledith Uzo joined the restaurant as
sous chef a few months before Omari's

father disappeared.

Was Isla D'Souza responsible for hiring
Amari Joseph of Gastronomy?

I'll look into it.

Any joy from the latest video, Jason?

I'm still going through it, Gough. Oh,
she's got to be having a laugh.

What is it?

Isla D'Souza wants the go -ahead for a
private event at Gastronomy.

Tonight. But it's barely 24 hours since
Cal Merson was murdered. We're going to

set up a kitchen tent outside.

Shall we pull the plug?

No. We let it go ahead.

What? If any of them are working
together, this is the perfect

catch them in action.

We keep eyes on all our suspects, who
they talk to, let it play out.

We're going to need eyes everywhere
tonight.

You could base yourself at the bar,
Judith, while Susie and I act as roving

spies.

But you'll need a partner.

Well, I could ask Darius.

He wants to discuss the digging whales.

Oh. What about Matthew?

I agreed to have dinner with him
tonight.

Oh. Wait.

Matthew's expecting to meet Judith, but
Judith would rather meet Darius.

But we all know a woman who would love
to accompany a wealthy widower for the

evening.

Yes? Yes.

I'll be out again tonight.

Oh, we'll be fine. There's some pizzas
in the freezer.

Oh, yeah, of course there are.

You got a problem with that, Mother?

I have a problem with your wife swanning
around like Miss Marple of Marlow while

we're stuck inside these four walls.

I was going to ask you if you wanted to
swan around with me, but as I happen to

be in your bad books, that was just my
little joke.

I'd be absolutely delighted.

Casual or dressy?

Dressy, definitely.

Oh, wow.

What are you up to, Bex?

I found something.

The new video on my idea of cameraman.

In this still frame, you can see a
mirror.

Reflected is part of the mobile phone.

And a red T -shirt with a logo on it.

It's a stack.

We need to find the owner of that T
-shirt.

Oh, and digital have a match for the
number on Damon's mobile.

From the call when Ferdy Blake was
murdered.

It's an empty shop in Station Road, and
the weird thing is, they were calling

him. Okay, Alice and I will check out
those premises.

You and Jason head over to Gastronomy.

They've let me go.

I won't be long.

Windy Mortarport Club just sent through
their member list.

Isla D'Souza's on it.

Do you think that glove could have been
hers?

I'll have to ask her.

Looks like nobody's been here since it
closed down.

Well, if that's the case, why is the bin
completely full?

Ladies and gentlemen, please can we have
your attention?

Welcome, everyone, and thank you so much
for coming this evening.

While recent events have been
challenging, we wanted you, our loyal

to know that gastronomy will be
reopening as soon as possible with me as

patron.

Thank you.

What's through there?

You'll need to call this into vice when
we get back.

So, Damon was involved in gambling.

Look, this is from last week.

It's a spot.

Judith. Oh, thank you for coming.

I took the liberty of getting you a
glass of champagne.

Well, thank you very much. Well, it's
the least I could do after yesterday.

I hadn't seen Matthew.

In years.

And I'm afraid he's changed rather
drastically, and not for the better.

his way over now, and he doesn't look
very happy.

Ah, yes. Bear with me.

I thought we had a date this evening,
Judith.

Oh, we did.

But Professor Gift and I have a rather
urgent archaeological assignment to

discuss. Well, I must say, this is
incredibly annoying. I'm sorry, may I

introduce Marion Starling.

Great pleasure to meet you, Marianne.

Oh, pleasure's all mine.

True gentlemen are hard to come by these
days.

Those are great beauties.

You're too kind.

Well, how about some champagne?

I feel in, um, celebratory mood.

Divine.

If, uh, Judith will excuse us. Oh, be my
guest.

Shall we?

Didn't take him long to jump ship, did
it? So far, so good.

Ooh.

Where is he going?

I'm afraid I've been slightly economical
with the truth, Darius.

This isn't purely a social occasion.

Go on.

All our key suspects are here and might
even be in it together.

And you need me to be your partner in
crime?

If you don't mind, that is.

On the contrary.

I'd be delighted.

Tell me more.

Where's he going?

He's heading for the restaurant. Come
on.

What are we supposed to do now?

Oh, I saw some keys behind the bar. Oh,
yes. I'll call Judith.

Goodness.

Oh, excuse me.

Oh, it's Susie.

Hello.

Right. A development?

Yes. I need to borrow the barman's keys
without him noticing.

What if I caused a distraction?

I think you might be a natural at this,
Darius.

Help me!

Help me! Help me, help me! Hurry, hurry!

Are you okay?

Just trapped wind.

But thank you. Thank you very much
anyway.

A nice one, Judith.

Oh, I couldn't have done it without
Larry.

It turns out he's got an unexpectedly
devious side. Oh, something else you

in common.

Oh, it seems to be the one.

Got them. I'll keep watch.

We're in.

That is a lot of money.

What are Isla and Damon up to?

Why does this case keep coming back to
cash?

The red T -shirt.

We seem to have found our covert
filmmaker.

And we found the red T -shirt in Damon's
locker, along with the cash Isla gave

him earlier.

I'm not going to ask how you got access.

Yeah, best not.

If I may add something... Oh, here we
go. Is D 'Artagnan joining the Three

Musketeers?

Not exactly.

But I overheard this gentleman telling
this lady that the police had nothing on

him and that they were in the clear.

What did she say?

That they could carry on as planned.

Right. Well, I'll update the DI.

Come on.

Rebecca? I won't need a lift now.

Mattie's going to drive me home.

Yes, I think we could both do with a
nightcap.

Enjoy the rest of your evening, Judith.

You too.

When Marion knows what she wants, she
really goes for it.

I almost feel sorry for him. No, don't.
I think they're made for each other.

I'm so sorry about this evening. It all
got a bit chaotic.

Well, then let's do it properly next
time. I think that we're meeting to

the dig or catch up about an
investigation.

An evening when we can spend some time
together.

With a view to becoming more than just
friends.

Um, life's just so busy.

I'm afraid I can't commit to anything at
the moment. Of course.

It was just a thought.

Well, good luck with the case.

You do realise he was asking you out on
a date? That would have taken so much

courage, poor bloke.

You took the wind right out of his
sails.

According to Judith's mate, our suspects
now think they're in the clear to carry

on.

Isla D'Souza got back to me about the
neoprene, a member of the club, but she

says she always keeps her kit there.
Okay, but back to last night.

Let's focus on why she gave Damon Grady
all that cash when she knew we were at

the event.

Did his interest in illegal gambling get
him in financial trouble?

The red T -shirt identifies Damon as the
person behind the videos.

Could he be blackmailing her?

Or was she paying him off for services
rendered as her personal hitman?

We need to talk to Jim Grady again.

Mr Grady?

Recognise this?

To do, mate.

Why were you filming Ferdy Blake in the
months before his death?

I got the job through the ex -offenders
programme.

I thought Ferdy really believed in me.

But then I got wind I was going to get
dumped the minute the programme was

So I started filming his rants on my
phone, just in case.

But why release the videos after he was
already dead?

I owed some people money.

Bad people.

So I sold some of them to a tabloid.

But it wasn't enough.

There was a large amount of cash found
in your locker, given to you by Isla de

Souza. She realised that the videos were
coming from me, so she offered to pay

my debt to stop me selling the rest.

Mr Blake withdrew increasing amounts of
cash during the period you worked for

him. What was it for?

Ferdy loved... Gambling.

High risk, high stakes.

I knew some people that ran an illegal
gambling den.

I loved the job, and I wanted to get
into Ferdy's good books, so I made the

introduction. Cal Merton was an ex
-gambling addict.

Did you know that?

Ferdy bullied him into joining the after
-hours poker sessions.

Could someone from the den have come
after Ferdy and Cal for unpaid debt?

Ferdy was loaded.

And he wasn't stupid.

He'd never get himself into trouble with
those guys. And Cal, he got lucky.

He won 300k in hard cash.

I was an amateur by comparison.

The den kept calling to sell what I
owed, but I just didn't have it.

You were desperate for money, and you
knew Cal Merson had loads of it.

Killing him would solve all your
problems.

No, I'd never do that. No, Cal was my
mate.

If Cal won all that money, wouldn't the
first person he'd tell be his wife?

Well, not necessarily.

He might have been afraid of her
reaction.

If they must send the truth, and that
300k actually exists, then Nicky

to have that money.

But where is it? I don't think he'd risk
hiding it at home. This is all

connected to gambling somehow, isn't it?
That must be the reason the £50 note

was pinned to Ferdy's body when he died.

What if Cal hid his winnings at work
somewhere?

The killer got wind of it somehow.

If someone knew that Cal was at the
astronomy alone and expected the money

there, they could have forced Cal to
reveal his hiding place and then be

to kill him.

Do you remember when we saw him outside
the restaurant?

He said he'd dropped his keys.

He looked shifty as hell.

I think I know where the money is.

Damon Grady claims the cash he received
from you was to stop him releasing any

more videos to the press.

That's correct.

We now know that Omari Joseph came to
work at Gastronomy at your invitation.

You'd worked with his father years ago.

Did you know Omari planned to kill
Ferdy? Not until yesterday.

But he would never have gone through
with it.

Omari's incapable of hurting anyone. I
gave him the job here as a way of

redressing past wrongs. With Ferdy gone,
you had what you always wanted.

You all did.

Are you working together?

Not in the way that you're implying. Mr.
Grady also clungy in an illegal poker

game.

What do you know about that?

Nothing. I had no idea.

So you're saying Cal stashed his money
at the restaurant while the police were

still here?

He knew they'd completed their initial
search, including the cellar. Cal must

have... hidden the money somewhere and
retrieved it unseen and then sent it

this coal chute, which is when we saw
him.

But why would he take that risk?

It was his least worst option.

He couldn't take the money home. As a
person of interest, his house could be

searched next.

Do you think the money's still down
there?

We'll find out soon enough.

This should be the door to the cellar.

So how are we going to get in?

I forgot to return you.

We need to get our bearings.

Work out where the coal cellar might be.

This way.

It's like a labyrinth down here.

If I'm right.

Whoa.

Nice one, Judith.

Oh, you don't seem very happy about it.

Oh, I keep thinking about Cal's relapse.

The stress of keeping all that to
himself.

What a difference this money would have
made to their lives had he lived.

Can anyone else smell roses?

Need to make a fresh start.

Judith.

What is it?

The roses.

The paddleboard.

Cal's fresh start.

It all makes sense.

Don't you see?

We kept asking ourselves why someone
would choose that night to kill Purdy.

take such an enormous risk?

And the answer is they didn't choose to
do it at all.

This was never about money or power.

It was about love and betrayal.

Are you saying the murder... I'm saying
Ferdy was never the intended victim.

It was Calmerson.

And I believe his killer...

Is here with us now Nikki

Come

on I'm sure I

saw a light on the wall here somewhere.

Never mind that now. I just need to get
out of here

All for now, Mr. Caesar.

DS Perry will see you out.

I just want to apologize for not being
entirely honest with you. I know I can

appear heartless, but that's what years
of brutality does to you.

And I'm so desperately sad for Nikki.

I knew her from the water sports club.

She was forced to leave when they
couldn't afford the fees anymore.

The members at the water sports club,
how far back did it go?

It's just the current members.

I know you're in here, Nicky.

I just need to talk to you.

That's my money.

And you deserve to have it.

No need to worry.

I'm perfectly fine.

How could you be fine?

You've got all day here. Go and get
help.

Nicky Merson is gastronomy.

It's Susie.

All right, hold tight.

Yeah, we're already on our way.

Nicky Merson's locked herself in the
cellar with Judith.

We need to get over there now.

I understand why you're so angry, Nicky.

None of this was about the money.

You're to know.

It was about Cal not wanting to share it
with me.

We always said if we ever got, we'd
emigrate together.

But he was going to go to Australia with
the money on his own.

Our dream, it must have been
devastating.

How did you find out?

On the morning of the book launch.

I'd come home from an early paddleboard.

I'd locked myself out.

Cal always kept a spare set of keys in
the glove box.

That's where a fat secret... He'd sent a
text to his brother in Brisbane

that he'd won £300 playing poker.

And that's when you found out he was
gambling again?

He told his brother.

He booked a flight for Tuesday.

And he wasn't to breathe a word to me
about any of it. That's why you had to

so quickly.

I'd stood through everything.

The text on the phone.

He lied to me about everything for so
long.

So that's when you made your plan?

Life, I had to put myself first. Do you
understand that?

Don't you?

Well, of course I do.

You're a kind, loving, loyal person,
Nicky.

And what a brutal man you loved.

God, my heart.

You can... If we go now.

Let her go.

Mrs.

Manson!

Come with me.

Can you talk us through what happened on
the day of Ferdy Blake's murder?

That afternoon, I left the paddleboard
by Gastronomy.

I knew Cal would be alone at the moment
of Ferdy's grand entrance.

Be in the kitchen or front of house.

I had to time it perfectly.

I thought the £50 note might implicate
Ferdy or the gambling ring or at least

keep the police busy.

Cal was exactly where I wanted him to
be.

All I needed was a knife.

Appeared out of nowhere.

In that moment, I knew it was either him
or me.

I wasn't going to end up in prison while
Cal got away with everything.

I only just made it out before...

Then you ran to the river, dropping one
of your gloves.

It must have fallen out my pocket.

I didn't realise till later.

But with Cal still alive, you hadn't
solved your problem.

But when he was on me alone, it was the
perfect opportunity to... It was my last

chance. I had to stop him getting on
that flight.

So I came back to the restaurant with
him and he said he kept his liquid

nitrogen tank in the storium.

If I could release the gas into the
airtight freezer room, Carl would

With everything set up.

Hello?

Hello? All I had to do was go back to
the tank and open the valve.

When I got home, I kept calling Cal to
make it seem like I was worried. You

still didn't have the money.

No, I realised it must be somewhere in
the restaurant.

But I couldn't go there to look until
you lot had gone.

But Judith was one step ahead of me.

Hal must have hidden the money,
retrieved it unseen and then sent it

chute. Do you think the money's still
down there?

The police were always going to catch up
with you, Nicky.

You do know that, don't you?

I wish I could say I was sorry, but...
Cal got what he deserved.

I'm...

Merson,

but how did you... The scent of her rose
cologne.

It took me straight back to her garden.

And the paddleboard. He confirmed from
paddleboard and around 10 .30. Suddenly,

a boy checked out.

Her nine minutes after Ferdy's murder
was a car's iron alibi. It would be

impossible to get home in such a short
space of time.

And then I remembered I hadn't swum that
day because the river was in spate. And

it would be possible to get home on the
paddleboard in the time frame.

The murder was premeditated.

But the identity of her victim changed
at the last minute.

You're a bang on the money, as it were,
Mrs Potts.

She always is.

Judith.

Thank you for coming.

I love him.

No, actually, this is about us.

In answer to the question I clumsily
dismissed last night, love to spend time

more than just friends.

If it's not too late, that is.

How could it be too late?

It was just the beginning.

Please have a scone. I've made so many
of them.

Lovely. Here, I'll go for the cucumber.

Thank you.

What a wonderful spring.

Bec, this looks amazing.

I'm a vicar's wife.

Serving a good tea is a key skill.
Talking of food, what's going on with

gastronomy? Oh, they should be back in
business in a couple of weeks. And if

change, the new menu credits Omari's
father as the inspiration behind the

No mention of Ferdinand Blake. Which is
as it should be.

English breakfast or Earl Grey?

English breakfast.

We can agree on that.

Something else to celebrate?

Tanika's interviews in today's paper.

Now, I'm not going to lie, I thought it
would be OK, but bloody brilliant.

Come on then, let's have a look. Oh,
thanks, Rory. I think I might have

enjoyed it.

Not too shabby, girl.

How do you go? Thank you.

Oh, and the interviewer said that they
were interested in doing some more

profile pieces.

So I suggested you three. No, not my
thing at all. Absolutely not. No way I'm

doing that.

Maybe you could reframe that more
positively.