All language subtitles for The Suspect - S01E05 (2022) WEB.eng

Neighbours said Rupert Erskine
was quiet.

No-one had anything to say
apart from he kept bees.

He's been there a week, maybe two.

There's no sign of wounds
or any trauma to indicate violence.

With his mouth taped shut

cause of death
was probably dehydration.

It would have taken him
a long time to die

in considerable pain and discomfort.

So, someone really didn't like him.

It was a punishment killing.

Thank you.

We need to find out what Erskine's
connection to O'Loughlin was,

other than them
having worked together.

Erskine knew something?

Something O'Loughlin didn't want
coming to the surface?

But why the cruelty?

And why would O'Loughlin
ask Rachael Fenwick

to find Erskine for him,
if he killed him two weeks ago?

He assumed we were listening in
on his calls,

and he wanted to seem innocent.

A jury might buy it.

It's what he's done all along, sir,
he's trying to play us.

Well, along with Bobby's family,

maybe there's another list of people
whose safety we need to consider,

the people he worked with
in Liverpool.

I'll get onto that.

And how we doing with tracing
Morgan's family?

Well, there isn't many to trace.

I mean, we're still trying to locate
a half-brother in Australia.

And O'Loughlin,
do we think he's still in Liverpool?

They swamped the area
around the Land Rover

and they're still looking.
Thank you.

So, he does this every day?
Yeah.

Come rain or shine, his wife said.

Painting over the graffiti,
his way of fighting the drug gangs.

There he is.

He was a great social worker.

He helped push through
the court order for Bobby's dad.

Doesn't look like
he's in a good way, does he?

No. I'm hoping he can tell us

who might've poisoned his daughter,
though.

I just don't wanna cause him
any more pain.

Wish me luck.

Lucas.

Hi.

It's Joe O'Loughlin?

I don't know if you remember me,
we worked together, years ago.

Thanks to you,
my wife talked to me last night.

First time in months.

Actual words got spoken.

She had a call from Melinda.

And I asked her questions.

She answered.
It was almost normal.

Lucas...

do you mind telling what happened
to your daughter, Sonia?

Why?

Because I don't think her death
was an accident.

I've been waiting for a long time
for someone to say that.

I've always said it wasn't.

She never took drugs, never.

The police wouldn't take it
seriously.

What have you found out?
What exactly happened to her?

Just tell me what you know!

Please, Lucas,
just tell me if you can.

She was in her first year at uni.

She went to a club.

Somebody gave her a drug.

Three weeks in a coma,

she never regained consciousness
and she wasn't going to.

We argued about turning off
her life support.

I wanted to remember her
the way she was, and...

she was beautiful.

Do you know who gave her the drug?

I talked to her friends
who saw her dancing with him.

It was dark, but...

they said he wasn't a student,
he-he was much older than Sonia.

He was older?

Yeah.

Confident and good-looking...

was what they said.

Right.

So what have you found out?

When we worked together

at social services, 13 years ago,
we had a child welfare case.

We accused a man of abusing
his eight-year-old son.

We got it wrong.

The man killed himself.

Now his son has grown up
and taken revenge.

What? It's not your fault,
you didn't...

It wasn't your case,
you did nothing wrong,

you were just helping out,
doing your job.

And he killed Sonia?

I... I think he could be connected
somehow, yeah.

Well, if he...
if he wanted to punish me,

why not hurt me, kill me?

I'm so sorry Lucas.

My daughter!

Sorry, I'm so sorry,

I will do everything in my power
to get at the truth.

Whoever gave Sonia that drug,
it wasn't Bobby Morgan.

Did you ever meet Jack Owens?

Lucas could have just described him
to me, it...

Where's just too many coincidences
linking him to Catherine's murder

for him not to be involved.

Mel... I don't want you involved
in this any more.

I don't want the police coming
after you for helping me.

It's as much my fault.

Boyd would still be alive.

The parents of that teacher,
Lucas's daughter...

No, you did nothing wrong,
it was a mistake.

It's all it was.

I gotta get back to Julianne
and Charlie.

Take my car.

You might never get it back.

Well, how else are you
gonna get back to London

without being arrested?

Mel, thank you.

Oh, yeah...

I stole this too.

It's my only hope
of proving my innocence.

Joe, you...

You can't keep running.

Go to the police,

tell them what you've found out.

Just a minute, Charlie.

Leave us alone.

Mrs O'Loughlin,
we're just doing our job.

My husband hasn't contacted me,
I have no idea where he is.

Well, if he tries to make contact,
please get him to turn himself in.

Charlie!

Charlie!

Have you seen my daughter?
She was right there.

Charlie!

There she is.

It's OK, it's OK.
Oh, my baby...

It's all right.
I found her, um...

She was hiding behind some bushes,
I think...

I think she's feeling
a bit neglected.

Hey, hey, it's OK. It's OK.
She's OK.

How did you know where we were?
Oh, your, um...

your plumber said.

I, um...

Yeah, I just... Look, I just...
I just wanted to apologise.

Leave us alone, Jack.
I just wanted to let you know how...

Later.

OK.

'Ruis, yes.'

We've just had a call
from the cemetery,

one of the groundsmen found
a spade hidden under leaves.

What? I thought we did
a thorough search?

How come it's only turning up now?

Well, this one was well hidden.
We're getting it tested,

to see if there's any trace
of O'Loughlin on it.

Get them to analyse any soil
deposits from the spade

and compare them to samples
from Catherine's grave, right?

And we think he's on his way back
to London.

Melinda Cossimo couldn't account
for where her car was last night

and then it flagged up
on cameras heading south.

'We've got an alert out for it now.'

Well, double the presence
outside his house.

I wanna know where his wife
and daughter are at every minute.

Sir.

Thanks for coming alone, Detective.

How do you know I have?

Because you're an honest man.

My wife and child need protection.
They've got it.

Right, come on...

let's go.

We'll go down together.
I'll go with you...

but I want you to look
at the evidence first.

What evidence?

This evidence.

Fine. Pick it up, come with me,
I'll look at it.

That...

is Bobby Morgan's
social services file

from when he was a child,
and everything else I've uncovered.

It lays out his motive

for framing me for Catherine
and Cara's murder.

He didn't kill either of them!

But he's been driving this,
and Jack Owens,

he's involved as well.
What? Your best friend?

Your best friend
who's been defending you

and has an alibi
for that very night.

Jack fits the description
of a man who drugged a young woman,

she went into a coma, Detective,
and never recovered.

She's the daughter of a man that
I used to work with in Liverpool.

It's all linked. It's in the file,
just please read it.

Yeah?

Well, we've got evidence too.

New evidence that will nail you
to the burying of Catherine.

I bet your prints will be all
over the spade that dug her grave.

But the spade was planted.

It was placed
against my mother's headstone,

no-one knew that we'd be
at the cemetery that day.

Two people that did know?
Morgan and Owens.

They-They knew that I'd touch it,
they knew that I'd move it.

Just pick it up... and come with me!

Listen to me, Detective,

everyone who has worked
on Bobby Morgan's case

has lost somebody
that they've loved.

Now, there's a man,
his name is Rupert Erskine,

he's in danger,
you need to warn him.

His details,
everything is in that file.

I've tried to contact him,
I can't get him.

What?

Erskine's dead.

Erskine is dead.

How? When?

I need to take you into custody,
you'll be safe there.

No, that's not gonna work.
That's not gonna stop them,

they're gonna go after Julianne
and Charlie.

I've told you, we're at your house,
your family are safe.

I'll contact you when you've read
the evidence, all right?

Look, I've come out on a limb
for you.

I've heard your side of it!
Detective, look at the evidence!

Big breaths, Detective.

Big deep breaths.

Come on, you got this.

I can't move.

You can.
Take a step, keep breathing.

That's good, you're nearly there.

Yep, last bit.

Good job.

Sir!

We located the car,

O'Loughlin dumped it near
the City Of Westminster Hospital.

Got him!

40 minutes ago,
on top of the hospital roof.

He met with someone.

No need to search for an ID.

Yeah, that's me.

Hey!

Look, I know...
I know I've been stupid,

beyond stupid,
some might even say uber stupid.

Yes, you have, Jack.

I just...

I can't leave it...

like this between us.

I don't see how things between you
and Joe are ever gonna get repaired.

I literally don't know
what else I can do!

You saw.
I went straight to the police,

I clarified everything about me
and Catherine and the journal,

I pleaded his innocence,
for the second time.

I don't know how you stay
so loyal to him,

given everything he's put you
through, all the lies.

The prostitute... I just...
It...

It just doesn't seem fair.

You know, this...

this idea of-of banishment,

of-of never being able to...
to see you again.

I... Oh, God, no!

Jesus!

Jack!

Joe's right about you.

You are too screwed up to maintain
a relationship of your own,

so you try to take over
other people's.

It was never a choice
between Joe or you.

Never. Ever.

He didn't steal me from you.
I never even noticed you were there.

Everything all right,
Mrs O'Loughlin?

Yes, thank you, DJ.

We're fine. Thank you.

Do you mind?

Jack!

Please leave.

Just go.

Are you done?

Yeah, everything's up and running,
so, I'll, er...

I'll be back with a lad to help me
clear away and load up the van.

Great.

Bobby! Bobby, pay attention.

The judges don't like it

when the guilty don't pay them
enough attention, all right?

And remember, when you're in court,

you are like putty
in everyone's hands.

They'll have read your
"I'm really, really sorry

"for hitting that nice lady"
statement,

and I'll argue diminished
responsibility.

It might stick.

But she'll more than likely want
to send you to jail

for a couple of months.
She's a bit like that.

So... what are you?

Like putty, Eddie, that's what I am.

Good man.

How we doing?

No trace of him.

We're still ploughing through
O'Loughlin's "evidence".

Listen...

I know I made a bad call
on that roof...

I just don't understand
why you went on your own.

Well, you know, I...
I thought I could bring him in.

I didn't know he'd be on a roof
or that he'd worked out...

I have a fear of heights.

But this information
that he's given us,

we've gotta treat it seriously.

I phoned forensics,

they've got his finger prints
all over that spade that we found.

That is him guilty, Sir.

I'll need to see the full report.

Well, I think we're wasting time
looking at his "evidence".

He's got us running round
in circles again.

We can't ignore
what O'Loughlin's given us.

We need to look at everything,

even if it's so's that
we don't trip up in court, right?

Now, it's not
in O'Loughlin's dossier,

but Judge John Bryant
made the judgement on Lenny Morgan

being barred from seeing his son.

Find out if anything happened to him

or any of his family.

OK?

Thank you.

You're with me.

I've got an idea
where O'Loughlin is.

Oh, er... you are lucky, Bobby.

Very lucky.

I think the psych report swung it
for you.

Now, understand
that probation doesn't mean

you just get to walk away,
all right?

You gotta follow the rules
and do what you're... told.

Yeah, you're welcome.

So, you got off with probation,
then?

Lucky man!
I have nothing to say to you, Joe.

They're gonna investigate
those murders. Oh, my God.

You're not gonna have an alibi
for all of them. What murders?

The revenge killings!
I have no idea what you're...

Whatever.
For what happened to Lenny.

He never was a good dad, was he?
Nah, you were wrong about him.

He was a weak man. A weak man!

Weak! You don't know
what you're talking about!

He took the easy way out!
Hey!

Hit me!
You know nothing!

I am arresting you on suspicion
of the murders of Catherine McCain

and Cara Velasco.
He's a dangerous man!

You do not have to say anything.
It may harm your defence

if you do not mention
when questioned

something which you rely on
in court.

Anything you do say
may be given in evidence.

Have you looked
at the evidence yet?

Don't let him go this time,
he'll hurt me. Please.

Bobby, please calm down.
He's dangerous!

Take him to his hostel,
have an FLO make sure he's OK.

He's a dangerous man.
You're not gonna let him walk off?

Thank you. He's the one
you should be arresting.

No, no. Enough!

Come on, Bobby.

He threatened me, he did.
Bobby.

This is me.

I'll be just out here.

So, you lied to us

about returning home the night
Catherine McCain was murdered.

It wasn't "around midnight",
it was around 4:00am.

Yeah.
Detective Inspector,

my client has made a clear
and honest statement

about the one lie
that he has told you,

he was trying to protect his...

So, now you want us to believe
that you were with Cara Velasco

between 11pm and 3:30
the following morning?

Because I was.
Well, conveniently for you,

she can't refute that claim,
can she?

And you were seen running away
from her flat

the evening that she was murdered.

I got to Cara's flat,
the door was busted open,

I saw her laying on the floor,
strangled.

So, why didn't you call us?

I was already being set up
for Catherine's murder,

and you did nothing to help me,
why would I call you?

And you stole Cara's car.

Yeah, I stole her car.

Oh, please, tell me you have
looked at the evidence by now,

you must have seen that I have
no connection to these murders!

Murders to punish
my former colleagues,

what are you on about?
We're not connecting you to them.

You're a suspect in the murders

of Catherine McCain
and Cara Velasco.

Yeah, but it's all linked, isn't it?
No, we're not convinced by that.

You and others making
an error of judgement,

all those years ago,

and an understandable error

in an overworked social services
department?

And the enormity of the punishment
you say that's been inflicted?

I don't know,
it doesn't make sense.

No, it doesn't make any sense
to me either.

I absolutely agree with you.

It's excessive beyond all reason.

Something dark, and-and terrible
must have happened to that child.

It's always about childhood,
is it, with you psychologists?

Yeah.

Yeah, it is.
It is always about childhood.

No child is ever born cruel.

Cruelty is learnt.

And then hurt dishes out hurt.

And how's Dr Owens involved?

He's the only person
that I can think of

who fits the description of the man
who drugged Sonia Dutton.

And he lied to you
about his affair with Catherine

to make me look guilty,
and to-to damage my marriage.

Does that not count for anything?

Sir?

Can we take a break?

Yes.
Interview terminated.

We just heard back
from Judge Bryant,

the guy who signed
the court order on Morgan's dad.

His wife broke her neck
in a riding accident.

A car swerved into the path
of her horse.

When?
Eight months ago.

The driver didn't stop,
but there was a witness,

and they thought it was deliberate.

She gave a description.

It matches that of the man
that drugged Sonia Dutton.

But the link between these murders,
even if they are punishments,

O'Loughlin hasn't been punished
in the same way,

being set up for murder
doesn't fit the pattern

of having someone you love
taken away from you.

So, what makes O'Loughlin
different to the others?

Why set him up for two murders?

He was hardly connected to the case.

But he signed the court report.

If Morgan saw the file,
if he saw O'Loughlin's signature,

that might make O'Loughlin more
culpable in Morgan's eyes, right?

Has anything come from forensics
for me?

Ah, yes, just now, sir.

So, you said that you found a spade

leant against your mother's
gravestone?

Yeah.

I just picked it up and moved it.

How?

I just picked it up and moved it.

With one hand?

Yeah. Over to the path.

Yeah...

Yeah.

See, you being set up...

you know what tips me
into believing it?

I'm not a lucky man.

God knows I've never been
a lucky cop.

But the spade
that buried Catherine McCain,

turning up at just the right time,

the one piece of evidence
that nails you?

I never get evidence like that,
ever!

What? Just when I need it?
Nah. No, that's not me.

Whoever it is,
they pushed it too far.

And, you know, I had forensics
take a look at your prints.

And you did only use one hand.

And, on reflection,

the prints were too good to have
been under leaves for two weeks.

The spade was carefully stored
and... planted.

And you don't dig a grave
with one hand, right?

So...

..and I can't believe
I'm gonna say this, but...

we're back to where we started,

which is asking
a psychologist for help.

You're released...
while we investigate further.

OK?

Yes.

'We'll take you home,

'we'll have some officers stay
with you for safety.

'But, Joe...

'stay there.'

Bring in Dr Gerald Owens
and Bobby Morgan for questioning.

Hello, sir.

Come with us, please.

Yeah.

Where is he?

How did this happen?

I'm here to look after him,
not go to the toilet with him.

How long ago?

About, er... 40, 45 minutes.

Hi.
Hiya.

It's DJ, right?

Yeah.

How's it going?
Er... yeah, all good.

Julianne and Charlie around?

Yeah, somewhere.
Just fixing one last thing.

Yeah.

'A sealed bid.'

'Five... hundred pounds.'

Julianne?

Charlie?

Why'd they have
to let you go, eh, Joe?

A few more minutes, mate,
and we would've been gone.

The plumber
and his cheery little assistant.

Don't try anything
or you know what'll happen, Joe.

Put your phone on the table,
sit down.

Now.

Come on, Joe.
Chop, chop.

It's running.

Eh, it's gonna be
a gas leak, Joe.

A big, massive explosion, mate.

Bang!

Put your hands behind your back.
Come on.

You know I had this, yeah?

I had this in my pocket every
single session I endured with you.

The report on my dad...

that you signed.
Do you remember? Yeah?

I shouldn't have signed that, Bobby,
I'm sorry.

I should've done more.

Hey, hey, did you hear that?
Did you hear that, brother?

Hey, he's sorry
that he drove our dad to suicide.

Eh, can you believe that?

You know if you would've come back
an hour later...

..you would've been reminded
of your mother's incineration.

A bit like our dad.

Our dad died in an explosion,
you know, Joe?

Yeah, after being accused
of something terrible

that he never did.

Then again, you probably
already knew that didn't you, eh?

With your little detective work,
Joe.

The timer on the explosion
can't be stopped, by the way.

If you tamper with it...

..it'll blow. There and then.

DJ, take Charlie with you. DJ!

Take Charlie!

DJ!

Open up, please.
It's the police.

It's the police!

Hi.

Sorry, we-we were asleep
with the exhaustion of it all.

It's been a long day.

Well, I need to make sure
everything's all right.

Is it?

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.

Why, is something wrong?

Bobby Morgan's gone missing.

He might be a threat to you.

These extra officers
will remain outside.

Great.

I...

I hope you find him.

Thanks for letting me know.

Even if you had nothing to do
with Catherine's murder,

you have obstructed
our investigation from the start.

Look, I may have unwittingly
omitted certain facts,

but not deliberately
or knowingly so.

I'm just trying to understand...

why O'Loughlin thought of you
as a good friend.

Well, truth is, I've...

I've never really thought of him
as a real friend.

Sir.

DS Devi needs a word.

'Sir?'

We know Bobby Morgan's half-brother,
Dafydd Jude Morgan,

worked as a plumber in Australia.
And?

Well, there's a plumber's van parked
outside the O'Loughlin house.

Yeah,
they were having some work done.

Well, I just spoke to Joe O'Loughlin

and he seemed nervous,
like, really tense,

and it was just him at the door,
no sign of his family.

He kept looking at the van

as if he was trying
to tell me something.

What do you know about the plumber
at the O'Loughlin house?

Nothing. Er...
Literally nothing.

Um... He's a bit surly.

His name?

Er... I think Julianne called him...

DJ? DJ.

DJ?
Yeah.

- Dafydd Jude?
- 'That's it, sir.'

DJ.

OK, one second.

Erm... Thank you.

We no longer need him
for our investigation.

Yeah, just keep a safe distance
and observe.

Sir.

Yeah, this is DI Ruis,
I'm declaring a critical incident

at St Bartholomew Place,
NW1 4CT.

'I suspect we have
a hostage situation.

'Can we shut off the road and set up
a command structure

'and contact the on-call hostage
negotiator?'

Come on.

You didn't chase anyone
out of the house, did you DJ?

You did that to get my confidence.

Well, it worked.

I felt so safe with you,
so did Charlie.

Please, you have to let her go.

Come on, let's go.
Brother, come here.

Come on.
Come here! Come here.

It didn't work,
they've blocked off the street, man.

They're onto us, bro.

You know I meant it...

when I said we can't stop the timer.

I'll touch it and it blows.

All right, listen, right, um...

We've done... We've done everything
we said we were gonna do, yeah?

We've paid them all back,
apart from that rat there.

Eh? Look at me.

Look at me. Look at me lad, eh?

We can give in, yeah?

Or we can stay.

Please?

See that it gets finished together.
Yeah?

Sir, what if I'm wrong?
No, no.

A bad call's better than no call.

Alpha Team, on me.

DS Devi?

Yes, sir.
You've been to the property,

talked to someone there, correct?
Sir.

Is this what you both really want?

To stay here until we all blow up?
It will have to do, Joe.

At least we're doing it together,
eh, brother?

What I don't understand

is why you didn't punish the person
you hate the most?

Your mother.

I went to see Bridget...

..at the hospice.

I'm not arsed, Joe.
I don't wanna know, man.

Oh, you never could talk about
your mother, could you, Bobby?

That iron grip she has on you...

she must have done something
terrible.

This is about you man, yeah?

This is about what you did, lad,
not me mother.

No, this isn't about some
stupid mistake I made, Bobby.

Oh, no.

This is about a young boy,

eight years old,
having to suppress a justified rage

at what's happening to him,

and then him denying it
later in life.

That's what this...
"Justified rage", yeah?

Yeah.
Psycho-blah-blah-blah.

Yeah, that's all you ever do,
is chat bin, Joe.

You're not even close, man.

You got no idea
what I want through, man.

Why don't you tell me, then?

You want me to tell, yeah?

Yeah.

There's a lay-by, yeah?

On the coast road through Cosby,
about...

eight miles north of Liverpool,
it is. Bobby!

Just set back from the road,
so you can't really see it. Don't!

See, if you get there about...

about ten, half ten at like...
It's not worth it, mate!

You'll see another car parked
there.

And what you do is, yeah,
you pull in behind that car.

You flash an indicator,
left or right...

depending on what you want.

Wait for that car to reply
with the same indicator,

then you follow it.

Now, I was six, lad.

I was six when my mum
first took me to that lay-by.

I had to sit there, Joe.

I had to sit there and watch it all,
man.

All of it.

My ma used to say to me...

.."I love it when you watch, lad."
Come on, mate! That's enough!

Do you know what she used
to do to them, yeah?

And what they used to do to her?

Nothing was off the menu.
She shouldn't have to hear this!

Stop it!
Why? Because she's a kid, DJ?

I was the same age as her, man!

I don't want her hearing it!

Ah, listen to yourself! Eh?

Protecting her
yet you wouldn't lift a finger

to protect me, would you?
Your own blood.

You were there.

You must have been a teenager.

When your mother drove out
of the lay-by,

and she followed that car,

where would you go, Bobby?
Stop it, Joe!

Don't say it! DJ's right!
Not in front of Charlie!

Tell you what happened next, mate,
we used to go to a big barn, yeah?

Sometimes there'd be like
30 or 40 nonces...

..just waiting for us, mate.

Get Charlie out of the room now!
Nah, she stays, DJ, leave her!

Running away again!

We've got him, we don't need them.
Here, come on.

Come on.
Mum...

He's always running away!

Go!
Through there, off you go.

Rat man, you know! Rat man!

This way.

You said, "Running away again."

Did DJ run away?

To escape the barn?

And then she made you
take his place?

Is that what happened?

Bobby... is that what happened?

Thanks for letting them go.

The house, its wired to explode.

A gas explosion.
It's on a timer.

How long does it have to run?
I don't know,

I don't know,
but I know you can't stop it.

Joe, he's locked inside there
with them.

So, after DJ ran away...

..how many years were you forced
into that barn

all on your own, Bobby?

That's enough.
Your time's nearly up.

Bobby has an alibi
for the murders, DJ.

You don't.

I think you did all the killings.

This isn't about revenge, DJ.

This is about forgiveness.

You need Bobby to forgive you.

You should have saved him
from that barn.

Just like you saved my family.

You thought that
if you carried out his plan...

..that he'd forgive you for it.

Did you ever really think
that he was gonna forgive you

for running out on him like that?

Of course I have, eh?

I love you, brother.

I love you.

What are you doing?

Come on!
We need to keep him close,

so they don't shoot at us.
No.

No, no, we see this through.
You promised me that, yeah?

You haven't killed anyone, have you?
Please! Please.

You just tell 'em
it was all my idea.

No.

You want me to save you?

Yeah?

Like I didn't do back then?

This is how it happens.

In position.

On my command.

Stop. Stop!

Armed police!
Show me your hands!

Move forward slowly
and get on your knees.

Get on your knees!

No!

It's gonna blow!

Move back, it's gonna blow!

Hey.

Hey.

How'd you get them to come out?

First rule of psychology,
shut up and listen.

Then ask the right question.

It was never about me, detective.

It was never about what I had done.
It was always about them.

It's always about childhood.

They went through a living hell
as kids.

Understanding.

That's where we need to get to.

Well, we're glad you're all safe
and sound, Mr O'Loughlin.

Thank you, detective.

'Eckhart Tolle once said,

' "All problems are illusions
of the mind."

'But trauma is no illusion.

'Trauma... remains.'

Come here.

Now! Whew!

'What men do to other men...

'and to women...

'leaves a scar.

'And all you can do is try
to live with your scars

'and maybe...

'one day...

'heal.'

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