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very strong language,cenes which some viewersF&}

# You and me, me and youwe made it through

# I may be gone

# I may be far away

# But I walk beside you

# Every step of the way

# When you're used, bruised

# Black and blued

# Don't think about it

# Never doubt it

# I'll walk beside you. #

PHONE:FF00&} You have one saved message...

PHONE BEEPS

..received yesterday at 10.14.

I'm not really calling for anything.

I just hope you're doing OK

Maybe speak later?

Sorry...

I'm sorry.

I recognised you from the papers.

You're the detective.blem.

You're probably off duty,

I've been watching that seal, butonal capacity.

I can see you're probably on don't want to intr...

Anna!HFFFF&} ..but could I...? You said you wouldn't.

I know, I couldn't help it.of the loo

and you'd just vanished.nk I have to try.

Can I ask what this is about?

I have a case. Oh...

I don't know if you'd even callgive anything

if you could spare ten minutesout.

All right.

Uh...

It's...it's about a woman who wentago.

In 1974.

Her name was Margot Bamborough.

On the night she went missing

she was meant to be meeting her,

but she stayed on to see a patient.

They didn't leave any details.&HFFFFFF&}

I'm going to be so late for Oonagh.

It's horrible out there.HFFFFFF&}

Good night, then.

Night, Dr Bamborough.

It should have been a quickalk between the surgery

and the pub.

But she was never seen again.

Margot Bamborough was my mother.

I didn't find out about heright years old.

Are you Anna Phipps?

Yes.&HFF00&} Is that picture for your mum?

Yes.

Which one is she?

The one in the brown coat.

That's not your mum.

Your real mum was a doctort.

She got her head cut off.

Darling, what's wrong?

That's not true.

Wait here.

How dare you say that child!

BOY GASPS

After that, my entire world1c&HFFFFFF&}

When I asked my dad about my mum,

he said that no-one knew what hadc&HFFFFFF&}

He said he'd done what he thoughtFF&}

That I had Cynthia for a mother,me,

and that ought to be enough.

Pretty soon, everyone who knewead,

and then I'll never knowned to her.

The police admit they messed upy won't reopen it.

I have money.

Well, I know it's probablyc&HFFFFFF&}

but I just feel I have to tryHFFFFFF&}

Will you help me?

Please.

HE SIGHS

PHONE RINGS

Hiya.HFFFFFF&} How's Shifty?

Oh, they've been in there for

I've not managed a photo.

Why are the jobs that pay well?

I've taken on a missing personFFF&}

Missing since 1974.

I'm going to see the client againrow.

I'll drive down.

It's a long way.on't mind.in the Landy.

If I set off now, I could be...next month?

Next year, if I get a puncture.

Text me the address.ee you tomorrow.

Yeah.

How's Joan doing?

Results back today.

OK. Let me know.

Yeah. I'll text you the address.&}

What do you think?

We have to see what the doctors say.

Go from there.

DOOR CLOSES

Lucy had a look on the internet.

She says they can treatything now.

I can do that.

I like doing it.e on, Joanie.

You sit down now. don't need to sit down!

Well, what they say?

It's all quite straightforward,FFFF&}

I have to take some drugs

and then there might beation...

..and then that'll be it.

I wish you'd let me comehings, Joanie.

Don't be silly. There's no need.

Which drugs are they using?

It's all written down.

That's good.

I'll take a look at the notes.FF&}

In your bag?&} Oh...

You finished the potatoes!

This pie looks good, Ted.

Ah. Thanks.

When's Lucy getting here?

About an hour.

We need to get these potatoes on. hungry.

What are you working on?ou sworn to secrecy?

No, I've got a meeting in Falmouth.

From the address I got Registry deeds,

which list the owners.hem is Anna Phipps.

If you run a search on her, it turnsng in 1974.

This is the main suspect.

MEDIA: Dennis Creed,n known victims.

He strikes up a conversation, drink,

but the drink is drugged.

When they wake up, they discover's basement...

Wait.

I think that's Ollie Boremanrration.

He was... He was Lear to my Edmund&HFFFFFF&} Oh.

MEDIA:FF00&} Walking in there, you could smell it.

He hadn't hidden things.

We found parts of his victimsc&HFFFFFF&}

in the bath, in the fridge.

It's the worst crime scenesited.

Hands down.

Seven victims identified,

but the police fear therers who were never found.

October 1974. Dr Margot Bamborought her friend

for a drink.

A witness sees a strugglewo people,

but nobody intervenes.

A van speeds from the scene.

All the hallmarks of Dennis Creed.

But the Demon of Paradise Parkers.

He guards his secrets, and feedscreates

with his silence.

PEOPLE SHOUT

You're investigatingrial killer?

Well, no-one proved Dennis Creedorough.

Technically, she's stillperson.

You got all that from an address&HFFFFFF&} Mmm.

I had a boyfriend in the late '90so track down.

Well, I better get packing.arly start.

Thanks.FFF00&} Night.

PHONE RINGS

SHE SIGHS

Hi. It's Matt.

Can you hear me?

Aren't we meant to be communicatingHFFFFFF&}

I'm just save you time...and money.

I'm not happy with the settlementFFF&}

So tell that to your lawyer.

Yeah, we can do it that way. realise

I can outspend you in legal feesHFFFFFF&} Dickhead.

I can't run you round to Falmouth,

I like taking the ferry.me of when we were kids.

Wooden death-trap!

You'll figure this out, won't you?

You're good at that.

Ready? See you in a bit.

Yeah.

One for the road?

Please don't become an alcoholiching else.

I can't bear it.

I've spoken to Mum twice a week1c&HFFFFFF&}

She's not our mother.

Leda gave birth to mehe did bugger all else.

Joan and Ted actually wanted us.

This is the only place I've ever&HFFFFFF&}

Well, you live in south London.nock it off?

You keep forgetting -ody know you.

Running around looking for solve,

anything to avoid a realtion.

Maybe it isn't the same.

I chose Joan,0&}and you chose Leda.

At least I ended up with someone.

Leda didn't love anyoneherself.

Joan thinks you should marry Robin.

Stop it.

Give me one good reason why not.

I'd fuck it up.

I'd lose a friends well as a business partner.

That's two reasons.

There's a longer list.

I'll see you in a few weeks.

Stick?

I love you.

HE SIGHS

MEDIA: A staff Christmas party

filmed ten months before she

This is the last known footageamborough.

Detective Inspector Bill Talbotgation

into her disappearance.

At this point, it's my belief thatbeen abducted.

Her husband, Dr Roy Phipps,spect.

This has been and continues to betime

for Dr Phipps's family.

Their daughter Anna would grow up

never knowing what had happened\1c&HFFFFFF&}

HE SIGHS

Cormoran has got his ties here now.om here, is he?

I'm talking about what's them.

Look, I know you love them,e.

And we can actually be here1c&HFFFFFF&}

And that's the difference.

Oh, but you'll be back in a month.

Stop telling me what I'll do.

I said, I'll probably be back.

You can't be that way with children.

Children need certainty.

They're my kids, Joan!

I just love him, Corm.

I need a few days to seemake it. OK?

FERRY HORN BLOWS

So how's Joan?

It is what it is.

I've got biscuits.anks. I'm not hungry.

Shall I talk you through the case?}

Here she is.

Mum's the tall one, and that'sagh.

Dad probably cleared out her office

and shoved everythingthe attic.

He doesn't know I have all this.

I'm sorry if it's all junk,

but it's the only thingto offer you.

Please don't approach Dad.

He's very frail now, and thingsstill difficult.

I don't want him to knowing this.

Has anyone investigated before,lice?

Well,HFF00&} I tried.

There was a book written called Carl Oakden.

He was the son of someoned with Mum.

Maybe I shouldn't have read it,HFFFFFF&}

It implied Mum was having an affairnd.

I found I just couldn't get my head.

The good thing about the booke were lots of names

of people who knew Mum.

So I started calling them.

I'd accepted that she was almostbut...

..I still wanted to know her.

And did you find out anything new?

I was sent a locket in the post,

anonymously,

with a note attached saying,to have this."

I showed it to Dad.went totally white.

Mum was wearing her locketshe vanished.

The detective who ran the case.

This one?

And do you think your mumsent it to you?

Oh, I don't know.

No, probably not.

I...

Dad said it wasn't evene locket.

It just looked similar.

And then he said that I'd encouraged\1c&HFFFFFF&}

another crack at us,if I carried on,

then he'd cut me out of his life.

So I stopped.

Who's the detective you spoke to?

Inspector Simon Layborn.

His son George is on the force.ours.

What happened to the locket?

Dad threw it away.

You have to understands a very cold case.

The odds are we won't find answers,

and it will cost a lotg there.

I'd suggest you set a limitet.

That's a good idea.

We'll discuss it and we'll get&HFFFFFF&}

Here's my details.

Psychologist.

Everyone wants to tell me mothers.

I suppose that makes yoution now.

It would help if we had a listare happy for us

to talk to.

We could start with the onescted.

So what do you think?

Margot's friend Oonagh 0-1-9-6-2 area code.

That's Winchester. can drop in on our way back.

How'd you remember that?

Charlotte.

PHONE:FF00&} You've reached Detective Inspector George Layborn.

Please leave a message.

George, it's Cormoran Strike.

I think your old man workede're looking at.

Give me a call when you can.

Hopefully the Met will have done already.

They didn't find her, though.

Hi! Oonagh.} Hello there.

Sorry it's such short notice.

I've waited years for this.1c&HFFFFFF&}

I'm surprised Royn't hire someone.

Lord knows he has the money.

SHE LAUGHS SOFTLY

Is it Anna that's paying?

Yes.&HFF00&} Ah. God bless that girl.

What she's gone through... Oh.

You know, I'll be crying my eyes outbout Margot.

But don't let that be stopping you.

Oh, that was the night cleaners\1c&HFFFFFF&}

All those girls had terrible pay

and it was dangerous too,e on your own.

How was Margot involved?

Oh, anything to do withay or conditions,

she put her neck out.

OONAGH CHUCKLES

We grew up poor.

Sometimes a pound in your pocket

was better thanll the fancy academic theories.

Oh, she read those too, though.

Yes, she did.

She was clever.

OONAGH SNIFFS

I told you.

Go ahead, darling.your questions.

Maybe you could begin by telling usargot.

OK.

Um...

We... We met in 1966

when we started to work at the club.

Stop biting your nails.get nervous.

Men come here to relax.

You are charming.

Attentive.

Relaxed.

Drinks - table six.

Did you see?

Gazelles, not hippos.

Small talk, Margot.

Difficult week, darlin'?

How's about some liver damageff?

That's a demerit.come on.joking.

Please...

I'm sorry.

You'll earn it back in tips,pen,

providing you keep tongue of yours in check.

No tongues?

Understood.

Dolly, you're next.

OONAGH CHUCKLES

Middle-class girlsburn their bras

and stop shaving their legs.

Girls like us did what we had to do.

There was nowhere in London way that club did.

Paid better than our daddies earned.

And she was studying all the timeF&}

Distal, middle, proximal

and then the metacarpals,

and the fractured descriptors

are head, shaft and base.

She lived on sugar.

She did.

And she never put on an ounceFFFF&}

Perfect.

MUSIC: Louie Louie by The Kingsmen

# Louie, Louie

# Oh, no, you take me ya gotta go... #

The men loved her.

# Louie, Louie

# Oh, baby, take mere ya gotta go... #

We couldn't date them, though. No.

They sent detectives in to make surelves.

If we gave out our phone number,1c&HFFFFFF&}

# Me never think I'll make it home

# Louie, Louie&}No, no, no... #

But Margot wasn't interested anyway.

Leastways not tillmet Paul Satchwell.

# Oh, baby... #

He was an artist.

# Three nights and daysd the sea

# Me think of girl constantly

# On that ship

# I dream she there

# I smell the rose in her hair

# Louie, Louie

# Oh, no, take me where ya gotta go

# Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

# Louie, Louie

# Oh, baby,FFF&}take me where ya gotta go

# Yeah, yeah, yeah... #

She lost her head over him.

MUSIC FADES

He was her first great love.

Come on, there's somethingow you.

I bought it at his exhibition.

It's the only paintingought.

I was afraid that someonet and tell her parents.

For a long time,put it away but...

..seeing that it was Satchwellt...

..that fades, you know?

Now I see Margot, and I'm just gladFFFFFF&}

What didn't you like about

I think he killed her.

She caught him cheating once and...

Heartbroken.

And then she got worried because pictures of her.

Imagine if they'd shown upy magazine!

Her mammy's brilliant girl doing\1c&HFFFFFF&}

You can't come herever you fucking want.

I want the negatives! notves!dy.

It's my art!&} Give them back! Now!

I'm not sure you can afford my work.}

If you ever show those picturesHFFFFFF&}

if they ever show up in print...F&}

..I'll go to the policel them all about you.

Open the door now,'m calling the police.

Open it!

MARGOT SNIFFS

Don't you ever come near her again.

What's she told you?en't told\1c&HFFFFFF&}

because the day that I find outg about me,

that's her last day.urs.

Do you understand me?

Fuck off.

What was he doing?

Well, Margot never said,

but if he took pictures of her,

then maybe he was involved like that.

I just don't know.

Anna told us that Satchwellnto Margot's life

around the time she disappeared.

Is it possible they were seeingn?

Well, she wasn't happy with Roy.

Maybe Satchwell reminded her.

She loved the job, but she wasn't her colleagues.

More than anything,nk she was feeling lonely.

Roy's not speaking to me.

Satchwell's not the answerlems with Roy.

I told Roy I was going to meet him.

Why?&HFFFF00&} I don't know.

I just... I wanted himnk about losing me

so that maybe he'd makert.

It just made him angry.

At least he felt something.FFFF&}

How are you feeling, Kevin?

Would you like a lemonade?

He's had four.&}He'll get a bad tum.

Who's the guy in the shirt?

Oh, Margot, knock it off.you talking about?

You're a married woman.to behave yourself.

Ignore her. She's pissed.you a glass of water.

I'm just saying.

I know the woman was drunk, me thought,

"She's not wrong about you, Margot."

I mean, Satchwell was telling herl than ever,

how she's his muse.

And she needed some of that.

It sounds like Satchwell wanted towith her,

not to hurt her.

The day she disappeared, she rang me

and said she wanted to talkng urgent.

Well, maybe she wanted to tell meHFFFFFF&}

and he got wind of that,

and decided that he would doe'd do -

make it her last day on Earth.

No chance she ran off with him?

No. She'd never have left Anna.

I pray that you will find her.

I think it's unlikely still alive.

No, I know that,

but the dead neverly disappear, do they?

Not while they're loved.

The carousel you asked ford.

I put it in your office.

Would a thank you kill you?

Thank you, Pat.

Robin here yet?Yeah.

Yeah. She got in before me.

Eager little beaver, that one.

No movement on Shifty yet.

I'm going to try and work his PA.

Keep an eye on your hours.

Morning.FF&} Hey.

What are you looking at?

I got in touch with Margot'sGupta.

He's just sent through the footageChristmas party.

He said he'd be happy to meetFFFFF&}

Can you send me that? the shared folder.

I found Paul Satchwell.ng on a Greek island.

Shall I drop him a line?

Keep it vague. Don't want himnd early.

HE MOUTHS

SHE MOUTHS

WHISPERS:0&} When are we doing presents? What presents?

Your partner's birthday yesterday.

The rest of us got her presents.

Ilsa,

I need an idea for Robin.

What does she usually wear?

I've no idea what the name is.

Do you know what kind of is?

Do you mean,FF&}what does she smell like?

Could you just recommend something?

Yeah, we could try Carnal Flower.

No.

OK...

Well, this one is popular,eally lovely.

Doesn't that mean...?r arms.

Hmm.

PHONE RINGS

Strike's Detective Agency,ou?

Happy birthday.

I got you these.

Oh, thank you.

That's nice.

..I've not heard anything...l in here.

I'm going through all the stuff&HFFFFFF&}

No... I could look forere else,

but everything's open plan now.

Is that a problem?

..Thank you very much.

I need a door between me and Pat.

She's good at her job.

Why did you ask herhat slide projector?

George Layborn's bringingiginal case files.

He said we'd need one.anything?

Well, not really.

But the main thing is this.

I found it insideharmacy supplies order form.

Someone was threatening to kill her.

"Leave my girl alone, you cunt,

"or I'll send you to hell -inful."

The police never saw this?

"My girl" could be someone'smeone's girlfriend.

Maybe Satchwell had met someone new,

and Margot was trying tom off him.

PHONE RINGS

George.F00&} I've got four big boxes here.

I could use a bit of extra muscle.\1c&HFFFFFF&}

You all right with that?

Yeah, fine.

Good of you to do this, George.

Doing it for the old man.

He talked a lot about this one.

Felt bad about the way the caseHFFFFFF&}

You know about the lead detective?

That was your dad, wasn't it?}

My dad got put on it aftery went crackers.

DI Talbot.

Fair play, he figured out someone

around north London, and whengh went missing,

she got put into his investigation.

The sad thing is, he wasn't evened away.

He'd lost it by then, and Dad got Talbot,

so he had to start from scratch.

What happened to all ofnotes?

He wasn't in any kind of condition

Long stay on the psych ward.

What did your dad think happened to\1c&HFFFFFF&}

He thought, on balance,obably Creed,

but there's no solid evidence,confirm or deny it.

What I will say is, wasn't Creed,

it was someone who knew were doing.F&}

Well, for starters, it's not easybody, right?

They smell, bones get dug up,ns.

But Dr Bamborough vanished.

A five-minute walk central London,

not even late night, sober,

She's never seen again.

For me, that's an argument being Creed.

His flat was full of trophiess from the seven women

that we know he killed. from Dr Bamborough.

Fancy a look?Yeah, why not?

Still recoveringom them bloody boxes.

This is called Case OverviewOf Interest.

Margot Bamborough, GP and partnercal Practice.

Here we have the staff.

We've got Dorothy Oakden,tary.

Janice Beattie, practice nurse.

Dr Margot Bamborough.

Dr Dinesh Gupta.

Dr Joseph Brenner.

Gloria Conti and Irene Hickson,sts.

Gloria Conti sees Margot leaving15,

running late to meet her friend\1c&HFFFFFF&}

in the Three Kings pub.

Oonagh confirm Margot's usuallyd 6.45,

Oonagh calls Margot's home to the nanny Cynthia,

who confirms that Margot home and hasn't called.

Letter A marks where a struggleen is seen happening

but these women are laterd as Mrs Fleury

and her elderly mother.

Letter B marks where a witness seesing at speed.

Letter C is St John'sal Practice.

Suspects.

Roy Phipps.

9pm - Margot's husband Roypolice.

Now, this is good.sten to this.

These are notes from your dad's with Roy Phipps.

You told our officers you thought with a man

named, uh, Paul Satchwell.

Apparently, that wasn't the case.

Why did you think that at the time?

He was an old friend of hers.

I knew he'd been sniffing around.

So you thought&}she was having an affair?

I said no such thing.

I suggested it was worth checking.

I went over all this withalbot.

Have you not read his notes?

Now, looking at local files,u experienced

some vandalism around that time.

Car tyres, broken window.

Yobs, that's all.

I won't keep you much longer.

Er...

Your alibi for the nighte disappeared.

You were ill in bed, and that was child's nanny.

Is that right?

Yes, that's right.

Can you describe your relationshipHFFFFFF&}

Employer.

And had your relationship to Anna'se than just...?

Cynthia is 12 years younger than me.

She's 18.FFF00&}I have to ask these questions.

She's also my cousin.

Is that a no, for the record?

No.

What?HFFFF&} Roy and Cynthia got married seven years later.

Oh, classic.

He had a weak alibi.

Is he still alive?s, but he's off limits.

Client's orders.

This guy, Paul Satchwell,

might be the reason Roy Phippso talk about Margot.

He's got an alibi - seen eating int half six.

Several witnesses. I have to saysolid.

Last patient Margot sawleaving -

patient gave their name as Theo.

Police put out a big call for them1c&HFFFFFF&}

but were unable to trace them.

Finally, this is another patientc&HFFFFFF&}

double-glazing salesmanouthwaite,

described as a ladies' man.

Visited Dr Bamborough three times

believed to have sent her gifts,

Friends said he wasn'tly unwell.

People lie about their healthhough, don't they?

Here we go.

Steve Douthwaite's medical records,ant.

Complained about headaches,ch,

palpitations, trouble sleeping.

Margot noted stress and anxiety.

A couple of cracked ribs as well.

Double-glazing's a tough trade.

This article came out around Margot disappeared.

How'd you do that? It took youds.

I've got a subscriptionpaper archive.

The papers date back right toHFFFFFF&}

"Police are anxious to trace theve Douthwaite,

"who left his flat shortly afterreported missing."

They find him, though?ave done.

They tracked him down in Walthamooks of things.

He's interviewed thereruary 1975.

I was looking to move even doctor disappeared.

I honestly was.

I've been looking at flats.

Could you tell us which flats\1c&HFFFFFF&}

We can check themh the letting agents.

I'm... I'm looking in the paper ads.

And you've no alibi for the eveningssing?

I can't magic one up, can I?

I was home on my own.

I've been having a shit time, much.

Douthwaite sounds fishy as fuck.

If all of Talbot's notesng,

how come this interview'ss?

I'm guessing it's a local policept.

Dad did his best to get holdlated to the case,

but he basically had to start again.

There's more.

Listen to this.

Have you been havingunusual dreams?

You what?0&} Describe your dreams during the period

you knew Margo Bamborough.

HE STUTTERS

When was Talbotaken off the case?

March or April 1975.

But they interviewede Douthwaite twice more.

Suspect analysis concludeds possible

without new evidence. Dead end.

I'll try and track him down.

A lot these people are going to bes.

Start by searching forrtificates.

It'll save you some time.

Our other suspect is Dennis Creed.

He was caught a year afterdeck was put together.

He killed at least seven women.

He lived in Paradise Park, and he was active

during the time of Margo'snce.

He's still alive, isn't he?

Do you think we'd be ablehim?

Hmm. He'd string you along for fun.

He's never given up anything useful.

Thank you, George.

I remember Anna Phipps comingse to talk to Dad.

She must have madee an impression.

Yeah, pretty girl.

She had all her questionsr Dad, like a pro.

She just couldn't stop crying.

Didn't even remember her mum -ole in her life.

Dad would want me to help.

You need anything from me,

you call me, I'll do it.

DI Talbot's details,ou've got them.

Dad didn't just go mad.

He had an overactive thyroid,diagnosed

until he was in hospital.

He'd had trouble sleeping as well.

Once he was treated, he improved.

Glad he got better.

We need to improve.

Need to get better making accommodations,

don't we?

We can't just cast people out sick. Milk? Sugar?

Yes. The more the merrier. Thanks.

Sorry to go on.

A few of the families blamed him

for screwing up the investigationwasn't like that.

He worked incredibly hardase.

I was there. I remember it.

How old were you at the time?

Ten.

I stuffed up my eleven-plus.

Not that it mattered.

This is all to help Anna Phipps?

There won't be articles about him?

I'm happy to put that in writing.

He and mum used to go to church,

and I really think that that...

...influenced his thinkingcame unwell.

He was looking for evil.

When did you realise how unwell

He started sprinkling salt...

..outside our bedroom doors.

Me and my brother.

Well, that's what I mean.

He was always a good man.

He thought that}he was protecting us and...

Well, look...

..I can show you.

This used to be Dad's study.

He mostly kept it locked.

That's Baphomet.

Hmm.

Mum found him crying in here,

called an ambulance,that was that.

Can I...?F00&} Yeah.

You must have been frightened.FFFFFF&}

Yes.

No, I was.

Mum cleared out this roomwas in hospital

and when he came homever talked about it.

Creed had been caught by then,over anyway.

They still hadn't foundBamborough, though.

Your father did a lot of work\1c&HFFFFFF&}

Another man redid the work.

Still, I doubt your dad's work time.

And I can't imagine a policeman'scase files.

If any of his work survived,ance it could still

help someone now.

Hmm.

Yes.

I think he would have wanted that.

All I'd ask is, don't judge him.

I won't.FF00&} You'll say that.

Greg, I've had PTSD.

I've woken up,&}convinced I'm being shot at.

It's not just me. My...

..friend had a panic attackng.

Nearly killed us both.

I don't judge her for that.

It's just hard when people think fell short.

I hope Dad can help you.

Thank you.

Working late?A client turned up.

And I couldn't leave himfice on his own, could I?

No, I couldn't.

I'll be off now, though.

Hey, bro.

How have you been?

God, you are hard to get hold of.

I started thinking to myself,uld my brother do?

"He'd make an appointment."

I'm happy to pay for it, be pissed.

No charge.

I do have to work, though.

Pat, are you still there?

Would it kill you to walk next dooror me?

Could you get hold ofm projector and a screen?

Please.F00&} Happy to. 16 mil or 8?

Uh...

It's Super 8.

I think she likes you.

STRIKE CHUCKLES

Hey, listen...

Dad knows he's made a mess

But you got to understand,ame along,

his marriage broke up.

The whole scene around the bandie.

What do you want, Al?

They're dropping a new recordars

and we're throwing a party.

It'd mean the world if you came.

No.

Anything else?

Maybe give him a chance,

because like it or not,r father.

And he's trying to makeright.

Al...

..I like you.

I don't want to fall out...

..but it's a no.

OK.

I love you, bro.

Just...think it over.

It looks like Talbot based an entireac.

I can't stand all that stuff.

What sign are you?

No idea.FF&} Oh, come on.

Everyone knows this star sign,u're above it.

Sagittarius.

Scorpio rising,}sun in the first house.

Now, I only know that because my mum shit.

What the hell doesin the first house mean?

It doesn't mean anything.

Look at this, though.

"The killer is Capricorn.

"Capricorn kills Julie W."

It definitely looks likeuspect in mind.

A horned-goat deity.

Try getting one of those to court.

You can be insane and rightime.&}

Sounds like something you'd readet.

I just don't think we can discountries

just because he got ill.ook at his notes,

he clearly thinkst's a single person

killing women in north London.

To be fair, most people do thinkd Margot.

Yeah, but there's no proof.

This is someone with an obsession.ce work.

I don't...

This is the one it needs.

Brilliant. Thanks.

It's £100 deductiblebreak it.FFF&}

Well, I'm not going to break it.

Can't say I didn't warn you.

Could you hit the lightsway out?FF&}

She's very efficient.ere efficient.

I didn't want to throw youndow.

High praise indeed.

Right.

Here we go.

Tenner says it's a home movesummoning the dead.

Is that Margot?

Cormoran, what is this?

PROJECTOR STOPS

HE SIGHS

FOOTSTEPS

Sorry to drag you back here, to see this.

PROJECTOR WHIRS

PROJECTOR STOPS

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Are you sure that'st Bamborough?

She's the right height and build.

We'll try and find out if Margottorso.

Husband would know.

Off limits.

Tricky, then.

What about medical records?n the files.

Nothing about a scar or surgery.

We found this note ins personal papers.

"Leave my girl alone, you...

"..or I'll send you to hellful."

You missed a word.

And you think that's this threat

Looks slow and painful to me.

There's something I want to take Do you mind?

I think I've seen the ringbefore.

There.

Oh, shit.

I think it's mostly OK.

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The Christmas party footagent you.

Those two men by the door.

Yeah. The image isn't great.n the same finger.

It's the same size.

Any idea who he is?

No. But they girl they're leavingtionist,

Gloria Conti.

As far as we know, she's the lastargot alive.

Obviously, we're going to needver to the Met,

but that's going to tie our hands.

Can you give us a few days, see up for the client?

It's been a half century.won't hurt.

When you do bring it in,irst I've heard of it.

Understood.

How are you holding up, Robin?

I don't think I've everngry in my life.

I don't care if it's been halff an hour.

That man has to payhat he did to her.