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Enjoy your retirement, Bill. No-one alive or dead
could say you haven't earned it. To Bill. To Bill!

It might be a late one. I need to
run Bill back to Southbay. Be safe.

The deceased is a Carol Laing. That angry man
outside is her ex, Sergeant Michael Laing.

Chief Superintendent Bridget Laing is his
mother. Is there anything you want to tell me?

When Mike was 11 or 12, Bridget fostered
both Andrew and his little sister, Lisa.

You attacked her in her own bed whilst
her son slept just across the hall.

And when she fought back, you
stabbed her through the heart.

It's very obvious why
my client's in custody.

Because Southbay
CID bears a grudge.

Six months ago my police partner,
PC Fred Woods, just disappeared.

His car was found
at Southbay Bridge.

You know how many people go
over the side there every year?

Fred received a threat to life

from Detective Super
Intendent Ray Palmer.

Why did you tell us you'd
never been upstairs?

Why did you lie to us?

Something happened in this room.

He said, "If you or your brother
try to leave this room, I'll know."

Are you sure it was a man?

Kate Freeman, you're charged
that on the 14th of August

at Markland Avenue, Southbay,
you did murder Carol Laing,

contrary to common law.

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Tell me, Ryan...

..the man in the mask.

Can you remember the
colour of his eyes?

But you said you thought
you recognised him?

I said I thought I'd
heard his voice before.

If I recognised him,
I'd tell you. Of course.

And he made no attempt to
restrain you or bind your hands,

nothing like that?

No. Why?

Thank you, Ryan.
Can I have a word?

Is there a reason you asked
him if his hands were tied?

The killer tied
his mother's hands.

What? Just a very specific question,
that's all. You're reading too much...

Yesterday, you were saying you didn't
want anyone jumping to conclusions.

What did you mean by that?

Nothing. What conclusions are you
afraid we'll jump to? The truth?

Kate Freeman is
facing life in prison.

Not because she might be guilty,

but because Southbay
CID want to shut her up.

That's ridiculous. Is it?

Her partner questioned the lack of patrols
in Harbour Fields and vanished without trace.

How about you do your
job and let me do mine?

Are you testing Ryan's pyjamas?
For fibres and DNA, as we speak.

Everything all right?

Ryan would like to get
some things from his room.

Hi. Meena.

Lisa.

Is Andrew in? No.

He's not at work and I couldn't
reach him on his mobile.

He should be back by six, cos
we're going to the cinema.

OK.

Can I come in and wait for him?

Thank you.

Is that Mike?

On the left, yeah.

Corsica, 2001.

Good memory.

Remember the good, forget the
bad, that's my philosophy!

We barely see Mike these days.

Why's that, if you
don't mind me asking?

Andrew wasn't impressed
he walked out on Carol.

Mike being Mike, he didn't
think it was anyone's business.

MOBILE PHONE RINGS

Hi.

Poor Andrew.

He's taken Carol's death hard.

Very hard.

I didn't know him
and Carol were close.

They dated when they were kids.

I was so jealous.

Up until then, I always had
his undivided attention.

Carol had her 18th
at the sailing club.

Andrew organised it.

He was good at
organising things.

What did I do?

Threw the biggest
meltdown I could muster.

Andrew blew out the
party to stay with me,

and by midnight Mike
and Carol were an item.

I was so happy when they
got together again recently.

Andrew and Carol?

Meena.

What are you doing here?

You blank me at work, ignore my
calls, what am I supposed to do?

What is it, Meena?

I took a statement
from Ryan Laing which,

if corroborated, kills our case.

In what way?

In every way.

As in Kate Freeman
didn't do this.

Ryan's testimony is compelling,
but not a knockout blow.

The CPS are too invested to drop
the charges unless they have to.

I say we focus on the timeline.

It's central to showing the Crown's
case is fundamentally flawed.

OK, well, we know that the boys went
to bed earlier than usual, 9:00pm,

because they were going fishing
with their dad at the crack of dawn.

Dom Laing says that when he heard
his mother arguing with Kate,

his brother was watching the Spurs
game on his phone with headphones.

What time did that
game finish? 9:30pm.

A 9:00pm to 9:30pm window does
fit with the pathology evidence.

It's when Carol sustained the
blow to the head downstairs. Yes.

And now we hit the two-hour
gap before the killer

inflicts the fatal chest wound.

And apart from a partial clean-up
and moving Carol to the bedroom,

here's where we're
drawing the blank.

Did they go away and come back?

Or are we looking
at two timeframes...

..and two offenders?

I'm stuck on him
carrying her upstairs.

Why? What purpose did it serve?

And after having done
it, what possessed him

to go into the boys'
room and be seen?

And he didn't just
go into the room.

He made physical contact with Ryan
and he let him hear his voice.

Again, all seriously odd.

OK, 'seriously odd' sounds like
we're doubting Ryan's account.

We're establishing a
factual sequence of events.

How you then frame
it is up to you.

I'm sorry, that's
disingenuous. Meaning?

Meaning you're an expert witness
for the defence. You know the drill.

I thought I did.

We refract all the evidence through
the prism of Kate's innocence.

We can't assume Kate's
innocence without a grasp

on the totality
of that evidence.

Take PC Woods' disappearance,

it may or may not pertain
to the Crown's case.

We don't know.

'Don't know' means 'no'.

I get your impulse to find
out what's happened to Woods,

but it's pulling focus
and threatening my ability

to offer a clear,
exculpatory narrative.

OK. Let's start with the narrative,
if only to move the conversation on.

Ryan Laing saw and
heard a male intruder.

Not a woman, not Kate.

So his brother was mistaken
about hearing Kate?

'Mistaken' being a
charitable interpretation.

And why did Southbay
CID miss this?

Because their myopic
focus on Kate Freeman

demonstrably blinded them to
the key elements of the scene.

Examples?

The two hours gap the
killer spent on site

and the initial attack with
the dumbbell downstairs.

MOBILE PHONE RINGS

Sorry.

Hello?

Oh. Yeah, come on up.

How can we help?

Meena just brought me
up to speed about Ryan.

And... there's something we need
to share as a matter of urgency.

Sorry, do I infer you haven't shared
his testimony with your superiors?

No, we have. And?

I'll get to that in a minute.

About four months ago, West
Yorkshire CID got in contact in...

..unusual circumstances.

They'd had this
spate of robberies

targeting these cash
in transit vans,

carried out by a man
in a black ski mask.

He bound the driver
with cable ties.

Then he threatened them
with a hunting knife.

They had a strong
suspect named Wes Carter,

who they pulled in a few times but
didn't have enough for a charge.

Why did West Yorkshire
get in touch?

Because Wes Carter had
moved down to Southbay,

no doubt hoping for police
interest in him to cool.

Yorkshire must have been
pretty sure he was their man.

They were warning us to keep
an eye and expect the worst.

Now, clearly this man, Wes Carter
according to Yorkshire CID,

looks and sounds a lot like
the man Ryan described.

Don't take this the
wrong way, but...

..why are you coming to us?

I, er...

We have been sidelined by
Detective Super Ray Palmer.

I took Ryan's statement and
formally entered it in the file.

We're here to ensure that this
new avenue is fully explored.

Sounds like you don't trust
your colleagues in CID

to do their job and
we're the safety net.

Insurance policy.

Would you be kind enough
to step out for a moment?

Sure.

We'll go wait in the lobby.

We need to give the
CPS pause for thought,

make them aware how flawed
their case really is.

I don't want to play my best cards
and leave nothing for the trial.

I think it's worth the risk.

I know someone in
the CPS who can help,

if I'm still on her
Christmas card list.

You told me Freeman's brief
tapped Lyell for a second PM

and a look at the forensics...

And?

You neglected to add their findings
differ significantly from yours.

That worries me.

It shouldn't.

It makes me think "ambush
down the line in court".

Now I'm hearing about a witness
statement from Ryan Laing

that essentially
contradicts his brother's.

It's led me to look deeper into
the background of the case,

specifically Kate Freeman.

I hear that after...
I don't believe this.

I hear that after her
partner disappeared,

Kate was making trouble.

Bandying stories about.

Stories like Woods didn't take his
own life and had enemies in CID.

Key word there being "stories".

Still, putting her on suspension
might play like you're

muzzling her to a jury.

Christ, Bridget, it might
play like that to me.

Who's pouring poison
in your ear, Alan?

And Kate luring your
son from the marital bed

doesn't exactly
simplify matters.

Someone's put the frighteners
on you, haven't they, eh?

All right.

Look, I understand
your wariness.

As you say, Kate Freeman is
not a straightforward suspect.

How do we move things forward?

SIGHS

We get it all out in the open.

We do that in court,
right? I mean now.

We hear both sides'
evidence early doors

so no-one can say the CPS rushed to
judgment in charging Kate Freeman.

Well, that's pretty
unorthodox, isn't it?

But not unprecedented.

Thank you all for coming
up to London today.

Dr Burnett, can you clarify your
interpretation of the pathology

evidence with regard to
sequence and timeframe?

Gladly.

We're looking at two
distinct attacks.

First the blow to the head
and then, after a short delay,

the fatal stab wound.

How short a delay?

5 to 15 minutes.

How do you account for
the accumulation of blood

between the brain and the skull?

Very easily.

The stab wound was fatal,
but not immediately so.

I find that unlikely.

For one, hilt bruising on the
skin shows that the impact

was exceptionally forceful and the
wound is in a position where the

internal haemorrhage
was torrential.

It would induce death swiftly?

Mm. For two, grooving on the base
of the brain suggests that Carol was

alive for a longer period of
time, possibly a couple of hours,

between the initial head
injury and the stabbing.

Not the shorter time Dr
Burnett's suggesting?

No.

Can you really exclude other
causation for the grooving?

Cardiac arrest, for example?

You can't and you
know you can't.

In your report, you
class the head wound

as a "contrecoup injury",

ie, one caused by the victim
falling onto an object.

Let me guess - you think
it was a coup injury.

I think Carol was struck
by a moving object, yes,

not the other way round.

Based on what evidence?

If this was a contrecoup, can you
specify the object she fell onto

that caused these
distinctive marks?

She sustained the injury in
a struggle in the bedroom.

There were any number of objects and
corners she could have fallen on.

Then you'd expect to find
blood transfer, surely.

Not if the killer
wiped that object down.

Dr Burnett... The absence
of evidence is not evidence.

For the avoidance of doubt, are
you saying that you failed to

identify the object
that caused this injury?

Look, I didn't
process the scene.

Jack did.

What?

Sadly, he didn't swab or photograph
all of the potential edges

and corners she could've fallen
on, or close to all of them.

I didn't finish processing

because I was removed from the
scene by Chief Superintendent Laing.

That was later, you broke away from
the scene of your own volition.

What are you
talking about, Bill?

You were distracted
and less than stringent

in observing scene etiquette.

Are you having a laugh? I
did you a bloody favour.

Perhaps it was the effect of
meeting Kate Freeman outside.

She made quite an
impression on you.

CHUCKLES

And you'd had so much to drink, I'm
surprised you remember anything!

Um...

..we'd like to present an
alternative reading of the evidence,

if that's all right.

It's why we're all here.

We believe we've found
a second crime scene

in the downstairs sitting room.

Not only have we found
Carol's blood on the floor,

we matched the tiered pattern of her
head wound to one of her dumbbells.

Significantly, the other dumbbell
is missing from the house,

and, yes, they're
sold as a pair.

Expirated blood on the halfway
landing and transfer of paint

under Carol's toenails further
proved that the attack unfolded

in two locations
and two timeframes -

circa 9pm and circa 11pm.

The Crown's investigation completely
failed to unearth these basic

elements of the scene.

We've effectively had to
do their job for them.

And when we factor in
Ryan's testimony that he saw

a male intruder

and Dr Burnett's inebriation,
it adds up to one thing -

you need to release Kate
Freeman immediately.

CONVERSE INDISTINCTLY

Why do you think
Bill said all that?

PHONE BUZZES

Velvy?

I enlisted my botanist friend.

Foliage in PC Woods's car
is predominantly leaves

from a black poplar.

OK, rare, but not
as rare as I'd like.

Well, the good news is there's
an arboretum of black poplars

near one of the two roads that
comes off Southbay Bridge.

Now, as you know, speculation is
something that I try to avoid.

What do you think
happened, Velvy?

I think that Woods was killed and
possibly buried at the arboretum.

The killer then drove Woods's
car to Southbay Bridge

in the knowledge that - A,
people jump off it, and - B,

bodies that go in the water
are often swept out to sea.

Speculation suits you, Velvy.

DOGS BARK

..29. Looks like we've
got an indication here.

What is it? What've they found?

Andrew, just give
us a minute, yeah?

FLIES BUZZ

Body is partly skeletal,
partly adiopocere.

Hair has fallen away,
face is decomposed.

Woods was last seen wearing an
anorak with Man United insignia.

Hands are bound behind his back.

Looks like they used cable ties.

The cash van guy?

Wes Carter. Used
cable ties, didn't he?

What about Wes Carter?

Meena! Wes Carter.

Police. Open up!

I appreciate you doing
this. It's our job.

After everything, asking
Bill Burnett just felt wrong.

Was there something else?

Kate would like to
sit in on the PM.

It's OK with me, if
it's OK with you.

Are you sure?

Have you said anything?

What are you doing here,
Andrew? Following a lead.

A link, anyway.

A link? Oh, let me guess, between
Ryan's testimony about a masked man

and a tip-off from West Yorks
about a bloke doing over cash vans?

We just found a body matching the
clothes Woods was last seen wearing,

about a mile from
Southbay Bridge.

Hands bound with cable ties.

A rather more compelling
link than a mask,

wouldn't you say?

There's nothing here.

I'm not so sure, sir.

Let's not tip this
one over the floor.

Cor.

There's got to be at least
two hundred grand here.

We need to check this against
the cash from the vans.

Oh, no shit.

Is there any more?

Just this.

Ventight.

Same brand of tie
we found on Woods.

The deceased is an adult male,

provisionally identified
as Fred Woods.

We're waiting for
DNA confirmation.

There's putrefaction,
consistent with the body being

deceased for a significant
period of time.

There's evidence
of a broken neck.

There is grit embedded in the
skull that we'll be comparing

to the sandstone
boulders in the stream.

So, what, he fell head
first into the creek,

cracked his skull on a
boulder and broke his neck?

Easy to imagine with his
hands bound behind his back.

So Fred's just lying there in
the dark with a smashed skull

and a broken neck, potentially
still conscious or semi-conscious...

..and then he drowns?

We can't say for sure.

The C2 fracture could've
been rapidly fatal,

but we just don't know when
decomposition's this advanced.

We'd better catch this bastard,
Ma'am, that's all I can say.

INDISTINCT CHATTER

Wes! Wes! Wes!

Don't be fucking stupid!

Head that way, cut him off.

GRUNTS

GRUNTS

UH!

Ah, sh...

GROWLS

PANTS

WES'S VOICE GURGLES, BODY THUDS

Here! OVER HERE!

What happened? Walsh?

I told him to
stop. He wouldn't.

Tried to push me over.

We've matched the size and
waffle-style tread of Nike

trainers in your closet to the muddy
print on PC Woods's brake pedal.

We also DNA'd the head-rest
inside Woods's car

and scored a match... to you.

The forensics tie you to the
murder of a policeman, Neil.

So now's the time to cooperate.

Don't dig your hole any deeper.

Look, I didn't kill anyone,
all right? Nothing like that.

OK.

So what happened?

I was paid to hassle a few
residents in Harbour Fields.

Protestors against the Goshawk
Construction development?

Numpties fighting against the
compulsory purchase order.

What did "hassling" them entail?

A broken window here, a
late night call there.

A few slashed tyres.

Then, when Wes came to stay,

it's safe to say
I was... SNICKERS

..able to bolster my services.

Who paid you?

Don't know.

I mean, I assume Goshawk
Construction, ultimately,

somewhere down the line.

How were you paid, then?

Money was put into my account
via a front called Standant LTD.

A shell company?

Yeah, I googled 'em.

Based in the Virgin Islands.

I only dealt with one bloke -
called himself Marcus, via a burner.

Caller unknown.

So you can't help us?

Can't help us help you?

You've got to give us something,
Neil. And the sooner the better,

or this stops looking
like cooperation

and more like desperation.

Bear in mind, your phone and laptop
are being examined right now.

Marcus told me and Wes to
give Woods a scare, right,

cos he'd been asking
difficult questions at work.

I didn't start out wanting to
hurt him. He's a copper, right,

I'm not daft.

What, just roughed him up a bit?

Wes did.

He cable tied his hands
while I showed him the money.

Look, I thought he was
going to go for it,

but then he just belted it
into the trees, that was that.

Let's talk about Carol Laing.

There's eyewitness testimony
that places Wes at the scene.

It points towards
him killing Carol

in the process of
stealing her jewellery.

Yeah, nice try.

He didn't do that.
How do you know?

Cos I was his favourite uncle.

He never kept anything from me.

That's not exactly
compelling, Neil.

He 'fessed up to those cash vans
robberies as soon as I asked him.

And for that very reason, I
asked him about the Laing woman.

The fact you even had to ask
him contradicts your statement

that he spent the night fixing a
leak at the pub, doesn't it, Neil?

So, forgive us if we take everything
you say with a pinch of salt.

Detectives? I need to tell
you something in confidence.

According to Kate Freeman,
Palmer threatened Woods

when he asked why patrols were
being diverted from Harbour Fields.

Well, what did
Palmer say to Woods?

"There are faster ways
to die than cancer."

I'll have to pass that
on to Police Conduct.

There's massive trauma
to the body and head,

consistent with a significant
fall onto a hard surface.

There's damage to the side of
the skull, consistent with him

landing on his right side.

There's a contusion
to the forehead

and some particles
embedded in the wound.

Contusions in the left
upper frontotemporal region.

Unusual, given the
plane of impact.

And it's inconsistent with
Jack's account of grappling

and fighting with the deceased.

You spoke to Andrew in detail,

do you think you could
flesh out the scene for us?

I'll try.

He said he saw Carter walking up
the path in a westerly direction?

Yes.

Andrew ran onto the
path, ahead of him.

He told him to stop,
then Wes grabbed him

and tried to shove him over.

The front of Wes's T-shirt is
bloody from his nose injury.

I found what could be a
handprint in the blood.

I asked Andrew point-blank
if he pushed Wes.

He said he didn't remember
but conceded that, yes,

he could've pushed him
in the altercation,

because... he was in
fear for his life.

KNOCK AT DOOR

Come in.

If I was to look at
your bank account, Ray,

would I find any
unexplained payments?

Specifically from
some untraceable,

bounced-around-the-world shell
company called Standant LTD?

I need an answer, I'm afraid.

Oh, Ray,

how could you be
so bloody stupid?

All I did was shift patrols away
from Harbour Fields, that's it.

Why was that so important?

I don't know, to drive the
crime stats up, I suppose.

You suppose?

Look, I had nothing to do with
Fred Woods, all right? Nothing.

But you threatened
him, didn't you?

RAY SIGHS

I had a word.

Big deal.

"Big deal"?

I placed Kate Freeman
on fucking suspension

because she came to me with
nothing less than the truth!

Can't believe
you'd do this, Ray.

Just for a bit of cash.

They offered me a fortune to stop
police operations in Harbour Fields.

Let it go to the dogs.

So some fucking property
developer got it for a song.

Listen, I knew Neil Carter was scaring
the protestors at Harbour Fields,

but I had no idea that his
ex-para nephew was hitting town.

I thought West Yorkshire dealt
with this when he moved down.

Yeah, well, they did. But
Andrew Walsh took the call.

And...? In his
wisdom, he sat on it.

Only him and Puri
knew until this week.

The Carol Laing inquiry
is being wound down.

We just wanted to say thank you
for your critical involvement

and working in a
pretty... Wound down?

Obviously, the Coroner's work is
ongoing and there'll be an inquest...

Because guilt is being
ascribed to Wes Carter?

I think that's premature.

Well, with respect...

Why do you think it's premature?

There are things about Carol's
murder that chime with Carter's MO.

Lots of things - the mask,
the knife, the black clothes,

tying his victim's hands
behind their back...

But there are significant
differences too.

Carter never targeted
private residences,

he used cable-ties, and his booty
of choice was cash, not jewellery.

I still go back to the "why?"

Why did he go into the
boys' room and make contact?

Why take that risk?

He wanted to be seen and heard.

Whoever grabbed Ryan
Laing couldn't shut up!

The only explanation is,

he wanted Ryan Laing to give
the testimony that he did.

If we were in court that would
definitely be deemed "conjecture".

But we're not in court.

If you're right,
there's a problem.

If the killer was trying
to lead us to Wes, then...

How did they get hold
of the information?

Hey?

When West Yorkshire
got in touch about Wes,

we decided to keep the intel on
a... strictly need-to-know basis.

Why?

Frankly?

Cos Wes's uncle, Neil Carter,
has a lot of mates in CID.

From Ray Palmer down.

PHONE BUZZES

It's Bridget. Need
to go and update her.

Ray Palmer's been suspended
and I've replaced him.

Acting DCI.

Huh.

I'm looking for my scarf.

You seen it?

What scarf?

The gingham one I
got in the sale.

What?

Doesn't matter.

Could you zoom in on the
knife, please, Velvy?

It's a double-edged blade.

Yes, it is.

The stab wound looks symmetrical
- both ends of the wound pointed,

sharp, V-shaped.

Key word there being "looks".

We're actually looking at a single
edged blade wielded with such

force the skin behind
the blunt edge split.

Leaving something which looks
V-shaped but isn't quite.

One of the ends has a fishtail.

So, if someone was trying
to mimic Carter's MO,

it was likely
improvised, not planned.

Otherwise you'd bring
a double-edged blade?

And cable ties.

Both easy to source.

What about the
mask and the coat?

Could've used Carol's gym
leggings for the former,

and Mike says he's missing a
black coat from his closet.

The brown particles I retrieved
from the wound on Wes's forehead...

it's bark from a Fraxinus
excelsior, AKA the common ash.

OK. How did it get there?

No wood or trees
down on the rocks.

Suggesting contact was
made before he fell.

And with sufficient force
to penetrate his scalp.

What are you saying?

I'm sorry, Meena, but the
evidence is telling us

that Andrew was the aggressor.

What's all this? You're
not going back to work?

Not today.

I'm worried about you.

Drinking...

..missing work.

It's Carol, isn't it?

I don't want to
talk about Carol.

Let's talk about your
scarf, where it could be.

Oh, if I knew, I wouldn't
be looking for it, would I?

No, I suppose not.

I'm not stupid.

I can tell something's up.

What is it?

All right, be like that.

I know what you did.

I found your scarf at Carol's...

..in her blood.

Carol? No...

No!

LIGHT GURGLING

I understand.

You weren't jealous.

You were just
scared of losing me.

So, you removed the competition.

It's OK.

I'm want to take care of you

and protect you...

..now and wherever
we end up next.

What are you talking about?

Just tell me what happened.

I did go and see Carol...

..but just for a coffee.

Everyone thinks
you're married to me,

that I'm your ball and chain.

I didn't want that to spoil
things when you'd waited so long.

What happened, Lisa? She took it
the wrong way? You lost it? What?

No. No, she was fine...

She said she was touched...

..just a bit taken aback,
you know, by me going round.

She didn't deny there was something
going on, but she said it was

early days and Mike was
still a big part of her life.

But she said...

..she said she was hopeful
for a future with YOU.

And then I left.

I went to the gym,

popped to the supermarket...

..and I came home.

SIREN BLARES

SHE GASPS

All our years in foster care...

I'm not making excuses...

But?

It's hard-wired in
me, defending her...

..protecting her.

All I could think was if she comes
round and ID's Lisa, then it's over.

And then it just
came into my head.

Earlier that day, I'd got an
email from West Yorks asking

if Wes was still
keeping his nose clean.

I knew what to do.

Carol was dying anyway -
you didn't need to stab her.

You didn't need to do a thing!

You've no idea how true that is.

There was nothing stopping
me rushing her to A&E.

Nothing at all.

So why didn't you?

I saw Lisa's scarf

and I jumped to the
wrong conclusion.

Lisa had nothing to do with it.

She was at the gym...

..and then the supermarket.

What about Wesley Carter?

He dropped like a stone.

I only hit him once.

And I was hoping Lisa
would be the same.

Andrew!

ANDREW!

Andrew, come here.

I'm going to kill you!

I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!

VOICES MUFFLED

Where are we?

Essentially?

Sadly, we have no reason to
doubt Andrew's version of events,

especially in the light of
him confessing to Wes Carter.

He also directed us to a bin
bag containing these items.

Kitchen knife...

Lisa's scarf...

..Mike's coat.

But he says that he didn't
see a dumbbell when he arrived

at the scene and found Carol
unconscious on the floor.

As a detective, he said
he looked for a weapon,

but couldn't find
a likely candidate.

For what it's worth, I'm
inclined to believe him.

And we're sure
Lisa's in the clear?

We're sure - CCTV has her
leaving the gym at 9.30,

stopping in a supermarket, then
entering her street just before ten.

At least we've solved the
mystery as to why the killer

waited in the house
for two hours.

They didn't - we're
dealing with two offenders.

And it's important to stress
that whoever hit Carol with

the dumbbell used massive force.

And regardless of
what Andrew did later,

it could have been a
fatal injury, eventually.

Attempted murder,

at the very least.

Something else, Ma'am.

I trawled the notes from house
to house with fresh eyes.

A witness saw someone throw
something over the sea wall

in front of Carol's house
between 9.15 pm and 9.30 pm.

Jesus.

Time and location fit with the
attacker discarding the dumbbell.

You want to search
the shoreline?

We'll cover it and
whatever else you need.

Hey, Hey!

Let me see it!

A bus passes twice an hour,
cameras front and back.

Check the timetable.

If the last bus was on time,

we could be in business.

Oh...

Here we go.

That's not Mike Laing.

Too slight.

Kate Freeman?

Look at their right hand when the
bus passes and the lights hit.

I'll call Puri.

Wait.

Let me have a crack at this.

I've got some gait
analysis software

that I've been waiting to use.

Sue said I should've
packed it in at 60.

The moral of that story is you
should always listen to your wife.

Who knows? I might
actually enjoy retirement.

Lisa, could you get
some more onions?

Cheer up, Bill,
might never happen.

Ignore him.

There's drinks over there.

There are more beers in the
fridge, if they're not cold enough.

Oh, Mum.

You want me to get rid of him?

Please.

Don't... burn...
the chicken wings.

Kate!

I just want to say, I really
appreciate you coming.

I'm happy to be here.

We're not going to fix things
overnight, but it's a start...

It is.

What did I say about
the wings?! Sorry.

Oh, shit, it's
going to blow away!

Do you need a hand, boys?

I promise we'll come back
to Granny's soon, all right?

That's it, go on, in you get.

Football practice?

Yeah. I totally forgot.

But that's Tuesdays?

Yeah, well, they changed it.

Don't ask me why.

I'll come and get you later.

No hurry, I can help clean up.

CAR DOOR SHUTS

CAR STARTS UP, DRIVES OFF

HUSHED CONVERSATION

Mike?

Let's, um... Take it over here.

Is Dom OK?

What did you want to ask me?

When you and Kate first
came to the Lyell,

the day after the murder,

she had bruises on
her right wrist.

She said you made them.

We'd been drinking.

I was feeling low about
being stuck in uniform.

I said that the only way

Mum was going to let me
back in the CID was...

..if I moved home to Carol.

And she lost it.

She really, really lost it.

Said that she was going
to go and stay at a mate's

but she'd had way too
much to drink, and...

..I had to get her
keys off her somehow.

What is it, Mike?

Dom's adamant...

He's adamant that it was Kate's
voice he heard speaking to his mum.

And you believe him now?

Dom?

Come here.

Look...

I believe you, mate.

I believe it was Kate's
voice that you heard.

Do you remember what they
were arguing about, Dom?

Do you remember
any specific words?

"Uniform".

They were arguing
about uniforms.

Well done, mate. Go on.

You gave Kate a scare.

She knew how much you
wanted to get back in CID.

How much you missed the boys.

So, the next day,
hungover and paranoid,

she confronts Carol.

A pre-emptive strike.

"If you went back, it
wouldn't be for love.

"It would be to get out
of that bloody uniform."

That sound plausible?

< VELVY: Just in time.

< Come! Come! KEYS CLACK

COMPUTER CHIMES

It all went!

I normally make too much.

Do you think Mike's OK?

Yeah.

I mean, under the circumstances.

Why?

Just him shooting off like that.

I'm sure he's fine.

MIKE: Is Kate still there?

You've got to keep her there!

KATE: I'm still here, Mike.

What's the matter?

PHONE RINGS

KATE YELLS, BRIDGET GROANS

SHE GRUNTS

Why...? Funny you should ask,

cos in so many ways,
you were to blame.

Do you know what, Kate? I'm not
having this conversation with you.

Don't fucking walk away from
me. You know as much as I do,

if Mike came back here, it's only
cos of Bridget. Don't be fooled!

Oh, what? You think he's that
desperate to get out of uniform?

Jesus, you don't know
him at all, do ya?

Cos if you did, you'd know that if
he comes back, it's cos he wants to.

You didn't really think
you were the first, did ya?

You didn't fall
for that line, eh?

You did! Wow, this is priceless!

This is fucking hilarious! Let
me guess. What was it? Kids?

Mm? Nuptials?

You shut it...
Do you know what?

I ALMOST feel sorry for you.

Almost.

I mean, he said
you were thick...

..but Jesus Christ...

KATE SCREAMS

BOTH YELL

Kate Freeman, I am arresting you

on suspicion of the murder of
Carol Laing in Southbay, Essex.

You do not have to say anything,

but it may harm your defence if you
do not mention, when questioned,

something which you
later rely on in court.

I can take her in.

It's years since
I felt a collar.

I've missed it.

SEA BIRDS CALL

You OK? Yeah.

Been a nightmare, this
whole thing, hasn't it?

Bill? Bill.

Can you salvage it?
I don't know. It's...

..hard to get back, you know?

You think you know someone.

Southbay's kind of
grown on me. Uh-oh!

Bank Holiday coming up... Mm-hm.

Fancy a long weekend
back in Southbay?

Mmmmmm...

..no.

Why not? Come on, there's
a beautiful beach.

Come on. It's so romantic.

You and I have different
ideas of romance in that case.

NIKKI LAUGHS

Do not throw me in!

SHE LAUGHS

SHE SCREAMS

HE GROWLS

♪ Testator silens

♪ Costestes e spiritu

♪ Silencium. ♪

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