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You OK, Caitlin?

Do you think it's weird to be on your own a lot?

Do you like being on your own?

Well, in that case, no.

CAITLIN CHUCKLES GENTLY

Wow!

What's in here, look?

Jesus Christ.

Always watch your blind spots, matey.

How's Greg going?

Yeah, he's still under the lights.

And in other news,

I might know why Vernon was hand-delivering missing posters

to Carl Tuckman.

Or Carl Boruk, as was.

- Boruk? - He was prime suspect

in the case that sent DI Vernon over the edge down in Westport.

The disappearance of Carl's first wife, Anna, 12 years ago.

What?

And get this, she's the kid sister of Pavel, Carl's foreman.

Did she stay disappeared?

From that day to this.

That might explain why he changed his name to Carl Tuckman

when he married Kate.

Put a bit of distance. I thought that.

Yeah.

So, two women go missing 12 years apart,

they're both known to Carl Tuckman?

This is definitely her?

Strictly off the record, though, mate,

cos we're still focused on Greg.

INDISTINCT SHOUTING ON VIDEO

Gemma... Taylor...

BLEEPING

BLEEPING CONTINUES

Is it a rumour Gemma was using after-school clubs

to hide criminal activity, of which we were the victims?

LIVELY CHATTER

And by "we", I mean us and our children.

Well, speaking of the children,

how does igniting a blame-game help them?

Or Gemma, for that matter?

Gemma's made her bed, and she's probably lying in it.

I'm sorry, but the children are our priority now.

Yes.

Sorry, I can't agree with what you've just said about Gemma.

Yes, it sounds like she's made some mistakes.

But who hasn't made mistakes, especially when they were younger?

Who doesn't have regrets,

or found themselves in a hole that they couldn't climb out of?

LIVELY DISCUSSION

You know, it's times like this,

it brings out the best and the worst in people.

Now she's Gemma the money launderer, no shades of grey in between.

Hey, what's the latest with Greg?

He's helping CID with their investigations.

Are you all right?

Yeah.

OK.

HE SIGHS

Zoe?

Yeah?

I can see you've had a right snoop around.

Anything else of interest?

I just went in to turn your alarm off.

OK... I didn't sign up for this.

Well, I didn't sign up for a host

who's already doing my job and failed to mention it.

It's just scribbles in a book, Martin.

Just comings and goings.

Of people in the street?

Yeah.

You know, everyone thinks their secrets are safe, Zoe.

And they're really not.

I see that every day.

Oh, for fuck's sake. You went in to turn my alarm off?

That really the best you can come up with?

Hey. Zoe.

Hey. Hey, look, I'm not judging you.

How could I? I spy on people for a living.

Is there anything you wanna tell me?

I don't know. It was hard, you know?

Living on my own.

It's the loneliness I didn't see coming.

Yeah, I understand that.

Caitlin's great, we can have a laugh and whatever, but...

She's your daughter.

Yeah. Yeah, she's my daughter.

Just...

The nights just... seem so long.

Endless, sometimes.

Watching people was...

I dunno. Just comforting.

People I know.

People I don't know.

And one night,

after a few glasses of wine, I...

I just bought them.

It's so stupid.

And that's just a record of your observations?

Yeah. I dunno...

Well, I wouldn't call them "observations", exactly.

Do you think there's anything in here that might help us find Gemma?

I don't know.

That's... That's not a "no", Zoe.

But I haven't got any proof, that's why I haven't mentioned anything.

OK?

Well, I think Gemma was seeing Carl Tuckman.

I'd see them leave the street at the same time

and return in minutes of each other,

and one night I saw them texting at the same time.

Carl's number's not in any of Gemma's phone logs.

Well, I dunno, maybe she had a second phone, or...

you know, maybe I'm going nuts.

No, you're not going nuts.

And I meant what I said about not judging you.

You're just looking for a connection.

Yeah.

Connection's a good word for it.

OK.

OK, just...

Martin...

Do you have to... tell anyone about this?

Tell your bosses?

VIDEO PLAYS

VOICES INDISTINCT ON VIDEO

MUFFLED: Gemma... Taylor...

See there?

I isolated the word Gemma, then he mentioned someone called Taylor,

but that's a bit difficult to make out.

Right look, Carl's wife was in the front room.

This was a threat.

Just look at Carl's reaction to Pavel saying "Gemma".

Our host, Zoe Sterling, raises the possibility

that Carl and Gemma might have been having an affair.

And if we can prove an affair, we have a motive.

When?

When did she raise this?

Today.

It took her long enough.

Well, she was hesitant because she couldn't be 100%.

But she noticed them leaving on the street together

and they returned at the same time.

"She thinks", "they might" - it doesn't exactly sound conclusive.

It's weird that she'd notice that.

Why? Her flat's directly opposite and she knows both parties, so...

Hm, she's spying on her neighbours?

I wouldn't quite characterise it as that, ma'am.

I think she's just trying to help out where she...

Did you... Did you tell them about Carl's first wife, Anna?

Did you know about Anna? Anna went missing 12 years ago

and Carl was the prime suspect. He was the only suspect.

We know all about Westport, Martin.

CPS said there was no case to answer.

I appreciate you coming in, Martin,

but I have a strong suspect and a case to build.

Greg? Ma'am...

By his own admission, a violent, abusive drunk with no alibi

and a bad temper.

We're presenting to the CPS today.

So, unless we have to release him, I'm pulling surveillance as of now.

We have to keep watching the street. Carl Tuckman is a good suspect.

- Not good enough, obviously. - That's a matter of opinion, Sir.

Opinions are like arseholes...

With all due respect, I've worked CID, you haven't,

and that sort of tunnel vision is...

Martin! It's CID who've pulled the plug.

What is there to discuss?

Stella, what do you think?

You were pretty sold when I showed you the footage.

- Oh, it doesn't matter what I think, mate. - Come on...

We're a tool, we've been put back in our box.

- What is it about this one, Martin? - It's Carl Tuckman.

At the very least, he's lying about his relationship with Gemma.

And that's it?

Yeah.

Carl Tuckman is one of those guys who thinks he's got

everything sussed and the rules don't apply to him.

And all the pitfalls and holes that everybody else falls into,

no, not him. He'll never put a foot wrong.

With him, I just don't buy it.

FOOTSTEPS ECHO

You all right?

Yeah.

Listen, CID wouldn't piss in your ear if your head was on fire.

Your words, not mine.

Don't bite the hand that fed you, Martin.

MUSIC PLAYS

DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES

What were you just doing by Carl's car?

Tying my shoelace.

Yeah, you need to work on that.

What are you up to?

HE SIGHS

They're pulling the plug on the surveillance.

You're leaving?

Officially, yeah.

I'd like to run my own operation for a couple of days,

if that's OK with you?

You're going rogue?

Well, I wouldn't quite call it that, but, y'know...

Yeah... It kinda...

means that I'll be gone, but it doesn't mean beyond that...

you know, we couldn't...

erm, you know... just... maybe...

What?

Well, I mean, I didn't...

I didn't know if maybe, one day, one evening you'd wanna get a drink

or something...

Or not. You probably... busy.

No, it's, um...

It's not... Like, I would, it's just that, um...

Full transparency, I think I'm a million miles away

from being ready...

Ready to go on a date.

I just, you know, don't wanna waste your time.

Well, that is...

That is definitely "full transparency".

I... I appreciate it.

MUSIC CONTINUES

ENGINE STARTS

DISTANT CHATTER

Jak tam glowa, chlopaku?

Sluchaj, ta Gemma.

THEY SPEAK POLISH

Nie oskaram ci, e si denerwujesz.

Pavel, let go of the past!

PAVEL SPEAKS IN POLISH

Your sister drowned.

THEY SPEAK IN POLISH

I miss her now...

Dobra?

MICROWAVE PINGS

BUZZER

- Hey. - Hey.

How'd you find this place?

I have my sources.

Yeah. Do you wanna...

No. Thanks.

Actually, I hadn't heard about you and Sarah.

I mean, I knew you had problems, but I didn't know you'd separated.

Yeah. Over a year now.

I'm sorry.

Look, we gave you short shrift earlier.

What, Greg looking shaky, is he?

No, just that Carl warrants a closer look.

Yeah. Actually...

Pavel's the brother of Carl's first wife, who went missing.

I followed him to his yard, heard them arguing.

You had no authorisation to do that.

Roly said that DI Vernon was the only person

that didn't believe Anna drowned.

I don't think Pavel is convinced either.

And he definitely knew about Carl and Gemma.

The "Taylor" you heard...

I don't think it's a person, I think it's a place.

We need to get in there.

No. What we need is a warrant.

What, is Conroy gonna oblige? Cos I know Cox won't.

He could be holding her in there.

Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit.

DOOR OPENS

FOOTSTEPS APPROACH

FOOTSTEPS LOUDER

CARL SNIFFS

PHONE BUZZES

DOOR CLOSES

Devil's advocate - it's just an exercise book.

It's hardly proof of an affair.

Yeah, but, I mean, he's gonna have a hard time explaining

how it got there, isn't he?

Got where? You said Carl cleaned out, burned all sheets?

Yeah.

So, why the... Thank you so much.

Thank you.

So, I don't understand why Vernon's so sure

that Carl killed his first wife even without a body.

And what's Pavel hiding?

You wanna speak to Vernon?

What ex-copper doesn't like talking about an old case?

Maybe not this one.

Roly said "paranoid" was the word that kept coming up.

Yeah, but, you know,

I'm kinda Surveillance, practically a civilian.

I'm no threat to him, am I?

You are Surveillance, and those are gonna be the first words

out of Conroy's mouth when she finds out about this.

Yeah, but it's better to ask for forgiveness

than permission, though, isn't it?

Why didn't you come and see me in hospital?

I mean, I was in there six months,

visiting hours twice a day...

I was ashamed.

If I'd been more thorough, I'd have found that knife.

I was lying there, unable to move, not knowing if I'd ever walk again.

Lead a normal life.

"Ashamed" doesn't cut it.

HE SIGHS

I did come.

Once.

I saw your husband in the car park.

The look on his face when he saw me.

I mean, he tried to be polite and nice.

It just made it all worse.

And after that, I couldn't see you like that, I just couldn't see you.

I never blamed you.

All I wanted was to be able to tell you that.

But you never gave me the chance.

I'll get Vernon's address for you.

MUSIC: 'Tiny Girls' by Iggy Pop

♪ Well the day begins You don't want to live

♪ Cos you can't believe In the one you're with

♪ Cos you know her tricks And you know her past

♪ When she makes a face You just have to laugh

♪ And you feel like Such a know-it-all

♪ When you only want Just a tiny girl

♪ And you hope she'll sing

♪ So you turn around Toward the... ♪

Donald Vernon?

- You're a hard man to find. - Who the hell are you?

DC Martin Young. Surveillance.

Surveillance?!

That's a bloody support unit.

What, are CID too busy?

I'm, er... I'm working Gemma Hillman.

Mate... You go and clean your telescope.

I saw you outside Carl Tuckman's house two days ago.

Public place. Free country.

What were you doing there?

Rattling some cages.

And he'll always be Carl Boruk to me.

Why are you so sure that he killed his wife?

OK, I'll tell you why.

Because Carl is a ruthless bastard, and she was in the way.

He wanted a better life. And he got it.

Yeah.

East Ripton - the shit end of town.

That's where they lived.

Landlady heard constant rows.

The worst ones were about a girl Carl was seeing

- turning up and harassing Anna. - Did you ever ID the girl?

Yeah. Local barmaid, but she denied it.

So, Anna's brother, Pavel, never got involved in any of this?

Pavel was part of the problem from day one.

Gave Carl his alibi for the time she disappeared.

I felt sure that if I just kept the pressure on him, he'd crack,

burn Carl's alibi, and then I'd have enough for the CPS.

- Even without a body? - Even without a body.

And it never happened.

Carl has some sort of hold over Pavel I never understood.

So, the other day when you came round,

you were trying to rattle Pavel's cage, not Carl's?

He's still the weak link.

Where's Martin?

I dunno. At home?

I've just rang his home number and his mobile.

Well, maybe he's asleep, or getting laid, who knows?

Something I can help with?

CID just released Greg Sullivan.

How come?

Insufficient evidence,

and they don't wanna eat up precious PACE hours.

And they wanna keep eyes on?

Is our host still willing and able?

I'm sure she's both, boss.

Anna passed that camera there

about 5pm on her way, this way, down here.

And that was the last sighting?

And Carl knew her route.

And I think he lay in wait just down there,

away from the camera.

Or Anna was swimming and the tide dragged her out?

- Possible? - No.

Anna was an experienced swimmer, and the water was calm that day.

HE SIGHS

Did you ever consider that Carl might've just paid Pavel off?

Yeah, I considered it.

Couldn't see him taking hush money.

Anyway, Carl was broke back then.

Sounds like you got to know Pavel pretty well?

I badgered him for years on the alibi.

He got a restraining order in the end.

- Couldn't blame him. - For what it's worth,

I think Pavel's still open to persuasion.

Er, I'm not encouraging you to break any restraining orders or anything.

I live in hope.

Hey, this is Janice Baines.

- Who's that? - She lives on Gemma Hillman's street.

Well, we never identified her.

Greg? Greg? Can we please have an interview?

Do you have two minutes?

Zoe!

Hiya.

Go on, love, you're late for work.

PHONE RINGS

Where are the hell are you, Martin?

We need to look into Janice Baines.

Yeah. I'm way ahead of you.

I've been digging into her and the Tuckmans.

They've released Greg Sullivan.

What... Why?

Lack of evidence.

Our host just gave him a big welcome home hug.

Wait, so...

...we're back watching Westbury?

Thought you'd be pleased to hear that.

What's that supposed to mean?

Well, Janice might look like a bag lady,

but she's worth a cool eight million.

What?

That's how much she inherited off Kate's dad, Bill Tuckman.

What did Vernon have to say for himself?

Yeah, he said Pavel was the weak link.

Hm. Meaning what?

I gotta go, OK?

Do the right thing, Martin.

But don't be a fucking hero.

Share this with CID.

I always took the solo route, yeah? Ploughed me own furrow.

Look where it got me.

If you wanna take Carl down,

you need all the help you can get.

Janice Baines picks up Kate and Carl's kid,

helps out round the house.

But this made me wonder if she was something more than that.

We only have authority to watch Greg Sullivan.

But actually, the Tuckman warrant only runs out at midnight...

CID pulled all surveillance at 9:25 this morning,

as you well know, and we never had any authority to watch her.

We upset the likes of Conroy, we don't eat.

Point taken.

You said that yesterday.

Today, you're off talking to retired coppers.

And asking her to lie for you, should I enquire, which I did.

Boss, you always used to say something to me that...

Look, quoting my wise words at me is not gonna lighten the mood.

Janice Baines, back in the day, she was an enforcer for Kate's dad,

Bill Tuckman, a slum landlord.

I know who Bill Tuckman was.

But sometimes that meant inducing tenants to vacate the premises

using petrol bombs.

And I found a lot more in the news archives.

Two years ago,

upon his death, Bill Tuckman left Janice half his fortune.

We also know she lives next door to Gemma Hillman,

and CCTV puts her in Westport 12 years ago -

the very day that Carl's first wife, Anna, went missing.

So, Carl and Janice must've known each other back then.

Well, I'm sorry, if she really was this heavy-duty fixer,

she's got to be a suspect.

Agreed.

She's capable of way more than just "cleaning up".

There's just one problem.

Bill Tuckman was legit from the early 2000s.

I don't see him asking Janice to kill anyone or cover up for Carl.

I can see the latter happening very easily.

Why? What was Carl to him?

His future son-in-law.

Do we know that Carl even knew Kate back then?

We don't know for sure, but he had to.

I can see that the proximity of Janice and Carl

to both missing women is compelling.

And, much against my better judgement,

I'll make that case to CID.

Now, piss off, both of you.

Thanks, boss.

It starts in Manchester, it comes back to Manchester.

If it was a couple of dates, I'd blow 'em off, but it's a tour,

In big venues.

I'm sorry, Zo.

It's just Caitlin's gonna be gutted.

I know. I'll talk to her.

Good news is, I called them up

and we can get the deposit back, no questions...

I don't give a shit about the deposit!

OK.

Plan B, we go in spring instead?

Look, y'know I've always been

a rip-the-plaster-off-quick kind of person.

What's that supposed to mean?

It means, maybe we should stop pretending that you're gonna

come back and we're gonna be a family again.

We never stopped being a family.

- I just... - You needed some time,

Yeah, I know.

Well, you've had a year now, Tim.

Look, this holiday, I'm not seeing it as the end of something...

VOICE FADES

No, this was a mistake.

What do you mean?

I'm walking away, gonna do my job. I'll let CID handle it.

Too late.

Where is he?

Don't know.

Do you think he saw us?

I hope not.

Pavel.

Does confession help?

I've never really tried it myself.

I suppose for it to help, you need to kind of act it out

in the real world.

You know, so it's not just words. Cos anyone can say sorry, right?

For it to mean something, you have to do something about it.

That's real restitution.

Who are you?

So, Donald Vernon has a theory.

And I think only you can tell me if that theory is right or wrong.

It's wrong.

Two women go missing 12 years apart, and Carl is the only connection.

That's why you're here, isn't it?

And that's why you guys had the fight.

You know, you can fix all of this. You can help us find Gemma.

I don't know Gemma.

But you knew that he was sleeping with her, right?

And how would Carl react if she caused him trouble,

if she played up a little bit? I mean, what is capable of?

You're crazy.

Yeah.

But you had the exact same thought when she went missing.

You just buried it, didn't you?

Do the right thing for her.

And for Anna.

DOOR CLOSES

- Hey. - Hey.

- Welcome back. - It's good to be back.

Where's Caitlin?

Er, she stayed with her dad last night.

She'll be back any minute.

We missed you!

It hasn't been the same.

What is this?

- Do you like it? - Yeah.

Oh, I forgot that the bed doubles up as a sofa.

I just thought you'd be more comfortable.

Well, that is very, very kind of you. Thank you.

It's OK.

Caitlin...

Yeah, and I'm on duty as well, so...

Yeah.

I'll, um...

I'll go make us coffee.

- Yeah. - OK.

Bye!

DISTANT: See ya.

I'll race you.

Hang on a minute...

Let's go. Let's go.

Hey.

Thank you.

Tim's on his way up.

Oh, I see. Um, right, just give me two minutes.

PHONE RINGS

Martin?

Conroy wants you to come to CID.

She said you'd know why.

- Hey. - Hey.

Detective Vernon was a good man.

He wanted to find my sister.

He wanted justice.

And I lied to him.

About Carl's alibi?

Yes. I believed Carl was innocent.

I wasn't with Carl that day.

I don't know where he was.

He mentioned someone approaching him in his church,

urging him to confess.

Wasn't that his priest?

No.

Carl was my best friend since the playground.

On their wedding day, I was so happy.

When they had problems,

when she'd complain about other girls,

I'd say, "It doesn't matter."

"He loves you."

"Just... let Carl be Carl."

But she said...

"There's two Carls."

And Gemma Hillman?

He was sleeping with her.

But he was getting bored.

He always gets bored.

And what happens when Carl gets bored?

Cuts his losses and moves on.

Do you think Carl had anything to do

with the disappearance of Gemma Hillman?

Yes.