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METAL GROANS

Lads, keep it going!

Oh, come on!

Urgh!

RADIO BEEPS Billy, are you there?

I'm here.

All right? Thanks for coming.

No problem.

I thought you boys were dredging the loch at Mousa?

Aye, finished up last month.

Council sent us down here.

Pulled that out this morning.

Someone dumps a car at sea.

Hardly unusual.

Aye, well, this one's different.

You short-staffed or something?

How do you mean? Well, they must be struggling,

getting Sergeant McCabe out on patrol, you know?

As soon as we got it ashore,

one of the boys jemmied the boot.

Found this inside.

Tell the boys to clear the pier.

And it's Constable McCabe.

Eh?

Not a sergeant anymore.

Well, I don't know. I must be out of it.

Yes, all right.

I will buy some on the way home for you.

Oh, God.

Alan wants to bleach my shower.

Why?

Well, according to him, the whole house needs a deep clean.

Which, you know, I'm trying not to take personally.

I thought he was moving back into the manse this week?

Aye, the builder found dry rot in his joists.

Which means I'm stuck with Martha Stewart for another month.

I hear we've got a body.

Not so much a body, but a boot full of bones.

Cora and Sandy are waiting.

Thanks, Lorna.

All I can tell you is

they're the remains of an adult male.

How long has he been in the water?

Impossible to say for certain,

but we could be talking years.

Was he alive when he went in?

Oh, I can't confirm until I get him back to the lab.

But if he was alive,

it would've been a hard death.

He would've been terrified.

How long before we can ID him?

We'll get a DNA sample,

and dental records will help,

but it'll be some time before I can give you a name.

What about inside?

Any documents?

Personal belongings?

Salt water would've destroyed any organic material.

But we found fragments.

Some plastic and metal.

I'll get them to the lab.

Who's the car registered to, Sandy?

Billy's getting the details.

Good.

Anybody use this pier regularly?

Might get a few anglers in the summer, but that's about it.

Right.

Well, there's a croft over there.

Could we start with that? It's on my list.

Good.

I checked with the DVLA database,

and the car is registered to a Raymond Linden.

Well, is he local?

He was - until he disappeared.

He was reported missing in March, 2017.

You mean Linden, the GP? Yeah.

You know him? He owned the practice in Lerwick.

But one day, he just upped and vanished.

So, then, this could be him? No.

Not according to the original investigation,

which found evidence that Linden had gone to Aberdeen. Oh.

Reckoned he had problems he needed to get away from.

Well, who reported him missing?

His mum, Martha Linden.

She lives out in Nesting.

OK, well, if you could forward us the file,

and let's see if we can find this Raymond Linden.

Really great work, Billy.

He can't stand the sight of me.

What?

Nothing.

Huh?

Right, here we go.

Raymond Linden.

36 years old

when his mother reported him missing.

Respected GP.

A wife and child.

Nice life.

And then one day, he just does a runner.

It mentions personal difficulties here

but doesn't actually say what they are.

Mind you, I suppose a body in the boot of your car

is a difficulty, isn't it?

He blames me.

Eh?

Billy.

Yeah, what about him?

He blames me for the demotion.

Why would he blame you? You had nothing to do with it.

Och, look, he turned himself in

and it's just as well he did,

because it's probably the only reason

he's still in a job, isn't it?

OK, I'll admit - yes, he's been...

...a bit off.

He'll be all right. He'll come round.

So, what do you want to tell the mother?

The truth.

We found her son's car.

And the body in the boot?

Yeah, well, we don't know if it's Linden, do we?

He might be the one that put the body in there,

or he might be the victim.

Either way, I say we hold off for now,

get a bit of a feel for her.

Morning. Can I help you?

I'm DI McIntosh.

This is DI Calder.

Shetland police.

We're looking for Martha Linden.

Mum might be sleeping at the moment.

Erm, my name's Eric Linden. I'm her son.

What's this all about?

Your brother.

Where did you find it?

Roar Point.

A council crew pulled it out the sea this morning.

And you're...

...sure it's Raymond's car?

We're sure.

We think it's been in the water for some time.

Possibly years.

So, obviously, we're going to need to talk to Raymond.

Have either of you been in touch with him recently?

No. I mean...

...not since he left.

And this was March, 2017?

Yeah, that's right.

And you haven't heard from him since?

Is he dead?

Nine years without a word.

I deserve a straight answer.

Is my son dead?

We have no evidence to suggest that he is,

but we have found his car

so we're going to need to follow that up -

especially since you reported him missing.

Not that you did anything.

As far as I know, the case was investigated

and they found that Raymond had gone to Aberdeen.

That was her doing.

Mum means Emily.

Raymond's wife.

She told them a pack of lies.

Tried to make out that Raymond was some kind

of degenerate alcoholic.

He was drinking a lot. He was a doctor.

It's a stressful job.

He liked to unwind with a drink, just like your father.

And all this talk of Aberdeen.

Do we even know he went there?

Mum, the police investigated.

But why couldn't we find him?

All the money we paid McFarlane,

and even he couldn't find him.

He said that Raymond didn't want to be found.

There's...

There's a difference.

Sorry, who is McFarlane?

He's a private investigator we hired a few years back,

but... Ah. ..nothing came of it.

Before he left,

did Raymond have any issues

or conflict with anyone?

No.

No-one I can think of.

Everyone loved my son.

Jonah, breakfast!

Mornin'!

What time did you get in?

Erm... about midnight.

Yeah, try 1:30.

Why ask if you already knew?

How was Ruairidh?

Good. It was nice to catch up.

We're hanging out again today.

I thought you were supposed to be studying?

Yeah, I was.

But Ruairidh's on shift the rest of the week,

so today's the only day he's free.

I'll get to the studying tomorrow.

Well, you'll have to make your own way there.

I need to be in Lerwick.

What, you're taking the car?

I'm hardly going to walk, am I?

I'll see you tonight. Mm.

Emily?

Yes?

I don't understand.

What the hell was his car doing there?

That's why we are here.

What, you think we know something?

Well, he is your husband.

He WAS my husband.

And, well, we...

We haven't seen Raymond in...

...it was over a decade.

Nine years.

It's been nine years since he left.

Why did he leave?

We spoke to Raymond's mum -

Eric, too -

and they said that your husband had some problems

that he was dealing with?

Jonah, can you give us a minute?

What? Why?

This affects me, too. Jonah, go. Please.

He was young when Raymond left

and there's things he doesn't know.

And truth is...

I mean, Martha and Eric, they don't know the half of it either.

Apparently your husband liked a drink -

is that right? No.

Raymond was an alcoholic - and a drug addict to boot.

I mean, painkillers mostly.

Put up with his shit for two years.

It was...

Look, I explained this to your colleagues at the time.

My husband was a mess when he left.

And that was the last time that you saw him?

Thankfully, yeah.

I just find it a bit odd that you didn't try and find him,

track him down, find out where he was?

I was just glad he wasn't here.

You say that this went on for two years

but, according to our files,

Raymond left suddenly.

So, what made him go after all that time?

I don't know.

By then, I'd given up making any sense of him.

He came home one morning after another bender,

told me he had to go and he wouldn't be back.

And he went to Aberdeen, yeah?

Yeah. How do you know?

About a week after he left...

...he walked into a bank and...

And he withdrew £20,000 in cash from the surgery account.

He basically stole it.

The branch was in Aberdeen.

The man burned a lot of bridges.

Right.

KNOCKING

Hello?

Shetland Police. Anybody in?

FLIES BUZZ

Oh, no! No, no!

No! Oh!

Oh.

I've been meaning to throw them away.

Sorry.

The name's...

The name's Donald.

Donald Pierce.

DC Wilson, Shetland police.

You'll be here about the car, eh?

I've been watching you boys all morning

pulling it out of the water.

You'll be needing some tea.

No, actually...

It'll have to be black, mind.

Do you live here alone, Donald?

Yes. Yes.

I moved up here from...

From Lerwick in...

...'92.

You've got a lot of stuff.

Oh, yes. Aye.

Yes. Aye.

I'm a wee bit of a magpie.

It's just...

So...

...what's the story...

...about the car?

Do you know anything about it?

People have been dumping things off the pier for years.

I try and salvage what I can, you know?

I've actually managed to rescue

some quite good gear.

You know, still usable.

These people who dump things off the pier,

do you know any of them?

Ah, you see,

they do it on the fly,

late at night.

Sometimes, I hear them.

I hear their cars turning.

But, I mean, by the time I get out there,

well, they're gone.

Long gone.

Does anybody else use the pier,

other than these late night dumpers?

No, there's nobody.

You're actually...

You're the first visitor I've had in months.

Oh, the tea!

No.

Actually, I need to go.

Hey!

Wait, wait, wait, wait!

It'll only take a minute! Another time.

Oh, well, I'll need your number -

in case they come back.

You know, the dumpers.

And then I can let you know.

That's my mobile.

Oh, yes.

"Alexander Wilson."

You can call me Sandy.

Oh.

Well, it's...

...very nice to meet you, Sandy.

Sure. You, too, Donald.

I'll see you around. Uh-huh.

Yes.

It's me. Call me back as soon as you can.

It's important.

Jonah! KNOCKING

Jonah!

KNOCKING

I have to go to work.

Something's happened.

What do you mean?

Those two.

The detectives.

They're not telling us the whole story.

You don't know that.

Something's happened.

Well, the first thing we need to do is locate Raymond Linden.

Well, how do we know it's not Linden in the boot?

We don't. Until Cora gives us a name,

we treat him as a John Doe.

But everything we have from the original investigation

suggests that Linden left the isles in 2017.

They dug up a card transaction for a ferry ticket.

Linden was booked on the evening sailing to Aberdeen

on March the 3rd.

And he was definitely on the boat?

Well, they couldn't confirm.

So, why didn't they follow up?

Well, it was a MISSPER case, Matt.

As soon as they established there was no sign of foul play,

it was lower priority.

Also, it's not a crime to walk out on your life.

Linden had every right to disappear if he wanted to.

Not if he killed someone, he didn't.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Are we not getting a bit ahead of ourselves here?

We don't know who was in the boot

or if Linden was even involved.

What we do know, however,

is that Linden surfaced a week after he disappeared,

walked into a bank in Aberdeen

and stole 20 grand from the practice account.

Yeah, that was never reported, by the way.

The theft? Yeah, I couldn't find any record of it.

Well, whether it's Linden in the boot

or some other poor bugger,

I think Linden is the key.

So, we need to look into his life before he left -

what he was doing, who he was in contact with

and anyone he might have had any issues with.

Well, it sounds like you've got your work cut out.

From what you've told me, this guy's life was a bin fire.

So, we need to look into Linden?

Yes, and I'll go over to the surgery

and just see what they've got to say for themselves.

I'll go over the original MISSPER investigation,

find out what else was happening in Linden's life.

Sandy, see if you can trace him.

If he's out there somewhere,

there's got to be a record.

And why don't you also pull all the investigations

from the first half of 2017, just for context?

Sure. All right, well, keep me posted.

Yep.

When do they get back?

Tomorrow morning.

They have a good time at his mum's, then?

Judging by the 20-odd photos that he's been sending me every day.

Oh, he's not trying to guilt trip you, is he?

No. No, actually, I really don't think he is.

He was totally fine about me not going this time.

Well, why don't you go and meet them off the plane?

Take them out for breakfast.

Well, I'll be here, won't I?

Well, I think we can spare you for a morning.

Go on. Do it.

Any luck tracing Linden?

No, nothing yet -

but I pulled all the cases from around the time he left.

The only thing that flagged was that Ivan Dudka case.

The what?

Ukrainian contract worker.

His girlfriend reported him missing around the same time.

Are you telling me we had two MISSPER cases in March, 2017?

Technically, this guy wasn't reported missing until April.

Been on Shetland about a year,

working for Ross Waste Management.

Owned by a Murray Ross.

What's the girlfriend's name?

Olena Henyka.

Lives in Berlin.

Why, what are you thinking?

I mean, I'm thinking it's unusual for us to have one MISSPER case -

never mind two at the same time.

Do me a favour, see if you can set up a video call with the girlfriend.

I've known Raymond for 25 years.

We met at university.

Freshers' Week.

Joined at the hip after that.

You really found his car?

We did.

So, how can we help?

You can start by letting us know

whether either of you have heard from him recently.

No.

It's been radio silence.

You've no idea where he might be?

We were told Aberdeen at the time.

But whether he's still there...

His wife, Emily -

she mentioned that, before he left,

he had...

...problems.

You have to understand,

Raymond was a great doctor.

But, erm, he wasn't immune to the pressures of the job.

I guess he broke down a little.

And God knows, Emily did everything she could.

So, this breakdown that he had,

was this before or after the substance abuse?

Erm... Well, I'm just trying to understand

whether the drink and drugs

were the cause of the problem or...

...just a symptom.

For the most part, Dr Linden kept his personal problems separate

from his work at the surgery.

"For the most part"?

What, Linden was working here during the time?

Patient care was never compromised.

Unlike the surgery bank account.

What can you tell me about that?

It was Nora who discovered the issue.

She deals with the practice accounts.

I didn't notice any money had been taken

until about a month after.

You didn't report the theft.

Yeah, that was my decision.

I didn't involve the police

because I wanted to protect Emily and Jonah.

If word got out about the theft,

Emily and Jonah would have suffered.

Reputationally, I mean.

OK.

Well, before he left,

did Linden have any trouble with anyone here?

Like who? Well, like patients?

Not that I'm aware of.

Right, well...

...I would like a list of everyone that he was seeing

in the months leading up to his leaving.

Nora can help you with that.

Thank you.

Ivan and I were seeing each other about two years

when he went to Shetland.

He was just going to earn some money and then come back home.

It...

It was hard for us being apart, but we...

We called each other every day -

and if not called, then we texted.

And...

And then, one day, it...

It stopped.

Do you remember when he stopped?

Yes, of course.

It was 3rd March, 2017.

Yeah. I knew that something must be wrong,

so I called the place he was working.

What did they say?

Erm, that Ivan had left.

That they thought that he had gone to Ireland.

But that did not make any sense, you know?

He would have told me if he was going.

So, after a month,

I...

I called the police.

Did Ivan like his work?

Yeah. Yeah, he liked his job,

But not his boss.

He...

He made him work in bad places.

"Bad places"?

Er, not...

Not safe.

The last time you spoke to Ivan,

how was he?

He said that...

...things were fine,

but that he was not feeling well.

That he was going to see a doctor.

Sorry...

...he was seeing a doctor?

I'll print you off his appointment calendar for now.

Thank you.

How long have you worked here, then?

22 years.

I was here when Dr Linden's dad had the practice.

What was he like?

He was a good doctor.

Very popular with the patients.

He cared about them.

Raymond was the same until...

Until he stopped caring?

It's not that he stopped.

It's just that he became... distracted.

Er, hang on a minute, Nora.

He was working on the third -

Dr Linden.

He had an appointment

on the day he left the isles.

Yes, he turned up that day.

Well, how did he seem?

I suppose he must have been fine if he was attending to patients.

DOOR OPENS

Excuse me.

Oi, oi, oi. What are you doing here?

I've just, erm, got an appointment.

Are you all right?

I'm fine, yeah. Just...

Just a check-up.

Well, you never told me, did you?

Yeah, no, because it's just a check-up, Ruth.

All right. What are you here for?

Just a work thing.

Well, see you tonight? You will.

PHONE RINGS

Tosh? There was another MISSPER.

What? Around the time Linden left,

another guy was reported missing.

A Ukrainian contract worker.

I spoke to his ex

and she says this guy was due to see a doctor on the third.

She doesn't know who, but that's the last she heard from him.

I know it's a long shot, but what if it's this guy who's in the boot?

Sorry, you said Ukrainian, right?

Yeah, his name's... Ivan Dudka?

How the hell do you know?

He was Linden's last patient.

His name is Ivan Dudka.

He was 32 years old when he was reported missing.

He came to the isles in May, 2016,

and got a job working at Ross Waste Management.

And according to Dr Linden's schedule,

he had an appointment with him on the afternoon of the third.

Do we know if he actually saw him?

Well, I spoke to Nora at the surgery,

and she said it was an emergency home visit -

so she can't actually confirm whether he made it or not.

But what we do know

is that Linden left the isles that evening suddenly.

Plus, Nora said that he was getting a little bit sloppy

with his patients,

so maybe something happened with Ivan Dudka -

maybe something that Linden had to cover up.

OK, so we think that

this Ivan Dudka

might be the body in the boot?

Maybe he's the reason that Linden had to leave the isles.

Mm, OK.

Well, firstly, you're going to have to prove

that they actually made contact that day -

which isn't going to be easy, given how long ago it was.

Mm. Yeah, well, look, I'm going to head over to his work,

ask around, see if anyone remembers him.

I'll send his details over to Cora,

see if she can find anything

that can match his remains.

Sandy, where are we on finding Linden?

Nothing from the usual sources.

I checked the GP register.

Hasn't practised since 2017.

If he is out there, he's definitely laying low.

Well, could he have gone abroad?

No record of him leaving the UK.

Oh, thank God you're here. What's wrong?

Erm, Jonah's gone.

Gone where?

I don't know.

The police were here earlier.

They found Raymond's car.

There was a detective at the surgery asking questions about it.

Well, after they left, I mean, Jonah's freaked out

and he's drove off.

What do you think happened?

I mean, about Raymond's car.

I don't know what to think.

Did the police say anything else?

Well, just that they wanted to talk to him,

and I told them I didn't know where he was -

because, I mean, I don't.

Bloody Raymond.

Jonah was doing so well as well.

Hey, he's going to be all right.

Jonah will be fine.

Probably just needs a bit of time on his own.

And as for this Raymond thing,

whatever happens, we'll handle it.

DOOR BANGS

Jonah!

Where the hell have you been?

I've been trying to call you for hours.

I didn't have a signal.

Where were you?

I went out to Roar Point.

What happened?

Nothing.

Hey...

I just saw the car.

Jonah...

...I'm sorry about earlier.

If you need to talk about your dad, or anything at all,

we can do that.

No.

Name doesn't ring a bell.

Ivan Dudka worked for you for almost a year, Mr Ross.

I've employed a lot of people.

Well, this employee went missing.

You were questioned about it at the time.

You told one of our officers

that Ivan Dudka had gone to work in Ireland.

And?

And how did you know that?

Gloves and mask, Willie!

That stuff will tear the skin right off you!

Right.

To be honest, I don't remember.

But I guess he must've told me he was going there.

Look, a lot of them did that.

They just buggered off.

Before he disappeared,

Ivan had an appointment with the doctor.

So?

Doctor's name was Raymond Linden.

Maybe you knew him

or you remember Ivan being ill?

You seriously expect me to remember

if one of my employees

was sick ten years ago?

Is that your question?

What about employee records?

Look, these boys just came and went.

I didn't keep them on file. Murray!

Sorry, I need to go.

Nobody's turned up at Scalloway.

I'll deal with it.

What did she want?

Nothing.

Don't worry about it.

DONALD EXCLAIMS

DONALD EXCLAIMS

DONALD EXCLAIMS

Hey!

Oh!

Argh!

DONALD EXHALES

Ruth? Yeah.

This private investigator the Lindens hired... Yeah.

You spoke to him? I did.

But he says he was never actually employed by the Lindens.

What?

Apparently, Martha Linden sounded him out

about finding her son

but the job was cancelled

before he even got started.

Martha cancelled the job?

Linden's brother did.

Friend of yours, is it?

I...

...carried out a spot inspection here last month.

Working for Environmental Health doesn't make you very popular.

Mm. Try being police.

They got a clean bill of health. Yeah, good.

So, I am guessing you spoke to our private investigator.

We did.

And he told us that you cancelled the job

behind your mother's back.

Not before I paid him to write Mum a report...

...saying that Raymond couldn't be found.

Do you mind telling me why?

Do you have siblings?

Yeah, I have a brother.

And was he your parents' favourite?

Yeah.

But he worked harder for it.

Raymond is Mum's favourite.

Even when I was young, I could see how much he meant to her.

So, you resent him, then?

No.

No, I love him as much as Mum.

But when Raymond left like he did, Mum...

...struggled with his absence.

I'm sure she did.

Doesn't explain why you didn't want to find your brother.

Because it would be better for Mum.

I spoke to Raymond on the day he left.

He called me at work.

He sounded... terrible.

At first, I thought he was drunk,

but then he said he was...

...in trouble.

In what kind of trouble?

He wouldn't say.

All he said was that he had to leave right away

and that I was to look after Jonah.

Despite his problems,

Raymond loved his son.

I believe he loved Emily, too, but...

...Jonah was everything.

Whatever trouble Raymond was in,

for him to leave Jonah behind,

it must have been serious.

I was...

...worried.

If Raymond was found,

then whatever it was he did might come to light.

And if it was something...

If it was bad...

...then it might just break Mum.

So, have I committed a crime?

Well, technically, no.

But in future, you need to start telling us the truth.

So, what actually happened to him?

What do you mean? Raymond?

I mean, pfft,

from what I can see, for most of his life,

he was just your average middle class doctor.

Nice guy, nice family.

Kind of bland.

And then what? He just suddenly turns into

Shetland's answer to Oliver Reed -

drink, drugs, benders, fucking up at work?

The change was sudden, yeah.

What caused it?

I mean, something must've kicked it all off.

Whatever it was, he never named it.

But you are right.

At his core,

my brother is a good man.

He was there. He was standing right there

and he was looking over to where you boys pulled the car out.

But then he must've seen me coming,

and he knew he was in trouble.

Then he started running off towards his van.

But I'm quicker than I look!

And I ran after him.

I caught up with him and we grappled.

What did he look like?

Well, I didn't see his face.

But you grappled?

Yes, but it all happened so quickly.

You know, the adrenaline was pumping!

What about the van?

Well, what about the van?

Well, what kind of van was it?

Well, it was a workman's van.

Colour? Oh...

Black.

Maybe blue.

Did you get the registration?

No, I didn't get the registration

because my glasses had fallen down

when we were grappling.

It only had one light on!

You know, at the back - the tail light!

So, what do you think?

Probably just a rubbernecker.

You know, someone passing,

saw all the police activity and got curious.

He tried to kill me!

You're right.

I'll look into it,

see if I can find this guy.

But maybe it'd be a good idea

if you stayed somewhere else tonight.

No, no, no, no, no.

I'll be fine. I'll be fine at home.

Well, maybe somebody could stay with you.

No, no, no.

No, no.

There'll be no need for that.

You don't have to worry.

You don't have to worry about me.

I'm absolutely fine.

I don't need to go anywhere.

Ta.

Hey.

You on your way back out?

Aye, I've still got another hour.

You're on patrol a lot these days.

I just do what the rota tells me.

Well, we're missing you being back here.

Reduced to eating shop-bought scones.

Not a patch on home-made.

I've not had time for baking, Tosh.

Oh, no, I'm not...

No, it's fine. I just...

I just wish you were in the station more,

that's all.

Listen, Donny and Louise are at his mum's.

Dad-and-daughter trip.

They're not back till tomorrow.

If you're free tonight, we could grab dinner.

Or a drink. Have a catch-up.

Er...

...I've got to get back for Morag.

Yeah, of course.

Well, soon, then?

Sure.

Better get to it.

Lorna, who does the rota now?

What do you mean?

The uniform rota, now that Billy's...

You know, who does the rota now?

It's still Billy.

So...

...Eric Linden didn't actually hire a private investigator.

Well, he did - but then he cancelled the job.

OK. Why?

Well, protecting his mother, he said.

Turns out Raymond Linden spoke to Eric on the day he left,

said he was in trouble and he had to leave the isles.

And get this -

he asked Eric to look out for his son.

Well, that sounds ominous.

Yeah, well, Eric reckons his brother was running from something.

What, like a dead patient?

Well, we won't know until Cora gets us an ID,

but I'm hoping for something later tonight.

Er... how did it go with Dudka's workplace?

Well, the owner says he doesn't remember him,

but I think he might be lying.

Yeah? How come?

I just think it's unlikely that you would forget an employee

who was officially reported missing,

even if it was nine years ago.

Yeah.

And also, Ivan's girlfriend is saying that he had issues

with the conditions he was being asked to work in.

If Ivan was complaining,

this guy would've definitely remembered him.

Do you want to have another run at him?

I want to do some digging first.

Right, that's me. I'm heading home.

See what Alan's made me for my dinner.

Oh, you're going to miss him when he moves back into the manse.

I'll miss his carbonara!

Don't forget the bleach. Oh, the bleach!

God, I forgot the bleach!

Don't know what I'd do without you, you know.

TOSH SCOFFS

It's about a mile off the North Road.

Opposite Roar Pier.

The name is Donald Pierce.

I need a patrol to check in on him tonight.

I shouldn't have lied but I...

I thought I was doing the right thing.

I was worried about you.

And I didn't think McFarlane would ever find Raymond anyway, so I...

But I know I was wrong.

And I'm sorry.

Get out.

Oh, my cousin works there.

He's got an apprenticeship with them.

Oh.

Does he like it?

Loves it.

Murray Ross is a big success story.

He built the company from the ground up.

Anyway, I'm off to the pub - meeting Billy.

Do you fancy tagging along?

Billy's going to the pub?

He's already there.

Are you coming?

Oh, I can't.

I have to work.

All right. Don't stay too late.

Hi.

Surgery's closed, I'm afraid.

Oh, I know. Sorry, I'm just looking for some information.

Are you Nora? Mm-hm.

DI McIntosh.

You spoke with my colleague earlier today.

I just need a quick word. It'll have to be very quick.

Oh, Dr Linden's appointment diary says his last job

was an emergency home visit with Ivan Dudka.

But the entry in the diary says the address was in Isbister.

And? Well, according to Ivan's file,

he was staying at a hostel in Lerwick,

so why was he going to Isbister?

I don't know.

Maybe the patient was up there when he took ill.

Oh, do you know why he was there?

I'm sorry. I have no idea.

PHONE RINGS

Hey, you!

Hey, yourself.

You sound faint. Where are you?

Oh, the middle of nowhere.

Why are you in the middle of nowhere?

Just following up on a work thing,

but it looks like it's a dead end.

How's Louise?

Oh, sleeping.

I can't wait to see her.

Well, trust me, Toshi,

the feeling is mutual.

I'm no substitute for the real thing.

Well, you can tell her

that I'll see her as soon as she gets off the plane.

What about work? Ruth's going to cover me for a few hours

so we can have breakfast.

Oh, ho-ho, mama!

Here we go!

Well, she'll be wanting pancakes.

Then she'll get pancakes.

Daddy! Oh, my...

Oh, I've just woke her up.

Right, I'm going to have to go but...

Great. We'll see you tomorrow.

Love you. I love you, too.

PHONE BEEPS

DOOR BANGS Alan?

In here.

Wh...?

What are you doing?

Have we had a power cut or something?

Erm, I didn't even notice.

Look.

Ah, thank you. You're welcome.

You OK?

Yeah, I just lost track of time.

Erm... Dinner.

Listen, you don't need to bother with all that fuss and...

No, I know what I'm making you. All right.

Yeah.

Great. Yeah.

So, how did the check-up go?

Er, it was fine.

That's it? That's all I'm getting, is it? "It's fine"?

Picture of health, Ruth.

Where's your scissors?

I don't know. Wherever you put them.

PHONE VIBRATES

I've just... Just got to call Cora.

Right.

No official ID on your skeleton just yet...

Right. ..but I can tell you it's not your missing Ukrainian.

Oh!

According to the file Tosh sent over,

Ivan Dudka was 5'5".

Your skeleton's at least six foot.

OK.

Well, I'll let Tosh know.

And one more thing.

We found metal fragments in the left tibia.

Your man had surgery in the past.

High tibial osteotomy, most likely.

I contacted the hospital, asked them to send me a list of everyone

who underwent that procedure in the past 20 years.

And?

One patient stood out.

Raymond Linden.

Shit.

Like I said, it's not official yet,

but I reckon that's who I'm looking at.

Hello?

Hello?

Is anyone here?

I'm DI McIntosh from Shetland Police.

Is someone here?

GASPING AND BANGING

Is someone in there?

Are you OK? Do you need help?

OK, just hang on.

Can you hear me?

Are you stuck?

Can you move?

Just hang on.

TOSH GASPS

TOSH GROANS

Hey!

Hey! No!

Wait! Come back!

Get back here!

Get back!

You've reached DI McIntosh.

I can't take your call right now,

but leave a message and I'll get back to you.

Hey, it's me.

So, I've just spoken to Cora.

It's Linden in the boot of the car.

As for this Ivan Dudka...

...God knows what happened to him.