♪♪
-And the deceased? -Daniel Whithall, only child.
Man: Under 18, rugby captain, popular guy.
Woman: A sex tape got shown to a bunch of kids
just before a boy died.
Is there a connection?
You are digging. You are trying to smear my son.
Daniel Whithall would hardly kill himself
over a nasty little slut like me.
Witness just came forward.
-Saying? -Dan Whithall was murdered.
[indistinct conversations]
[dripping]
[indistinct chanting]
[chanting continues]
[gasps]
[muffled applause]
♪♪
[distant church bell tolling]
[background conversations]
I feel awful.
We should've had a wake, but, I just couldn't face it.
WOMAN [whispering]: Isn't that his girlfriend?
And the mother's the witch.
Have you spoken to the witness?
Do you think they're credible?
I would hope so-- it's my son Jake.
No disrespect, Ted, but murder, in the middle of a party,
how come no one else saw?
And you yourself said it was an accident--
fire, panic, a fall-- what's changed?
What's changed is my boy was traumatized.
Now he's recovered enough to tell me what actually happened.
[SIGHS] Look, I'm an outsider,
and even I can see how badly this death has hit Sanctuary,
and as Dan's best friend, Jake must've taken it
especially hard.
Are we sure it's not the grief talking?
Trust me, Mags, he understands
the consequences of his allegations for himself,
the Whithalls, the hotel.
He feels it's his duty, and I've seen the evidence.
You're all right.Yeah.
MAGGIE: So Jacob, you've come forward voluntarily
to provide testimony of what you witnessed at the party.
Can you tell me what you saw?
She killed him.
You're referring to...?
Harper Fenn.
I was right next to her when she did it.
Okay, so...
You were with Daniel--
No, not Dan, Harper.
Where?
At the bottom of the stairs.
MAGGIE: And Daniel was...?
The top of the stairs.
The stairs he fell down.
But if you and Harper were at the bottom of the stairs,
how could she--Witchcraft.
She killed him with witchcraft.
Show her, son.
[clamoring in video]
[indistinct]
And why did you start filming Harper at this moment?
Because she had just seen it.
"It" being...?
Her and Dan having sex at a party weeks ago.
I see.
So...
footage of Harper and Dan having sex previously
was shown at this party, and did you know--
Yes but this bit, watch now.
[indistinct clamoring]
That's it! Those hand movements.
TED: That's how they cast spells.
[screaming in video]
I tried to help him,
but he was already dead.
I'll need your phone, Jake.
Dad?
Can I have a word, please?
You're all right, you're all right.
TED: Come on, Mags, can't you see the kid's broken,
and now we have to take his phone from him
so he can't even call his friends?
Look, chief, we both know this is evidence.
Showing a sex tape without someone's consent is a crime,
and if Jacob has information about who was responsible--
I hear what you're saying, I do,
but now we've a murder investigation on our hands.
Allegedly.
JAKE Dad?TED: I need that phone, son.
JAKE: No, why?TED: The phone.
JAKE: Please, dad, I haven't done anything wrong!
I want that back the minute forensics are done.
I also think we should keep
his testimony under wraps for now,
so we don't compromise the investigation.
Surely it solves the investigation.
Unless you're questioning the lad's testimony.
Uh, isn't it our job to question testimony?
Look, the whole town's traumatized.
We can't have a teenage girl put at risk
by an unproven allegation.
Except we have the evidence.
Is it evidence?
Those hand movements could mean anything,
and we still need to establish if the tape is genuine.
Maybe we should be establishing that Harper Fenn's a witch.
[door opens and shuts]
I just can't face going home.
The house feels so... empty.
Isn't Michael there?
Working.
Not today, surely?
You know what he's like.
Oh, I know, what did I expect?
And actually it was fine while I had Dan,
I could deal with it, but now...
And can you believe the police trying to smear him?
What? Who?
Dan-- that sex tape that was shown at the party.
They're trying to make out like he's some kind of pervert,
as if that means he deserves to be dead.
Mrs. Whithall?
Can I have a word, please?
What? Now?
If you wouldn't mind...
in private.
[softly] Catch up with you later.
ABIGAIL: What you're saying doesn't many any sense.
Harper was Dan's girlfriend.
No, he dumped her weeks ago
when she acted like a complete slag.
Didn't he tell you?
No, and, and he usually shared everything with me.
But if they called it a day...
I'm sorry, I'm confused, are...
Are you saying they had a fight at the party?
More than that.
You mean there was an accident, she...
She slapped him and pushed him and, and he fell?
It was no accident.
[door shuts]
Going out?
I thought we'd stay in and try and cheer each other up.
I'm good, thanks.
Harper?Yeah.
What's this about a tape?
Of Dan at the party.
What, what about it?
How come you didn't mention it?
Because it's so the kind of thing
that you brag about to your mum.
You, you mean it's you?
With Dan?
Harper, what were you thinking?
Look I, I totally respect your right to do
whatever you want, but when you make that kind of material,
and it gets into the wrong hands--
Mum!
God, you can be so clueless sometimes.
Jake, I know you loved him...
And I know you want explanations, but this isn't it.
Harper doesn't have the gift.
That's what she wants you to think.
That's what I know.
Sarah's my closest friend, and when she found out
Harper didn't have magic, my god, the devastation.
Look, I didn't wanna have to show you this.
What is it?
A video, what happened at the party and Dan.
No, no, I...
I don't think I could face it.
I understand.
No, I...
No, I need to see it.
[video playing on phone]
Oh! [choking tears]
[video stops playing]
You saw it, though.
You're in Sarah's coven.
You recognize that witch stuff--
the waving the hands, casting a spell.
That's what killed him.
[sobbing] But why?
Why would she do that?
Because he ditched her,
and she wanted revenge,end of.
[birds cawing]
[insects chirping]
[doorbell ringing]
Abbie, you okay?
SARAH: Come in.
SARAH: What is it?
What's happened?
The police have new evidence.
They're saying...
Dan was murdered.
[SIGHS]
Oh, Abbie, that-- that's horrific.
Do they know how?
Or who?
They're saying...
...it was Harper.
What?
Who would even say such a thing?
How does it make any sense?
But... Dan was twice her size and,
at a party in front of everyone, how on earth?
Witchcraft.
[SIGHS] Abbie...
Well, you know that's not possible--
she doesn't have the gift.
There was a witness.
Who?
Someone you can't name.
Some kid who was drunk or high.
They should be ashamed of themselves,
causing you more upset when--Sara...
Could it be true?
You're seriously asking me that?
Come with me.
See? No charts, no spell books.
I know but...
[SIGHS] Oh, Abbie.
Don't you think I'd know?
My own daughter-- it was all I ever wanted for her.
But can you be sure?
The right...
The right of determination.
But what if it was wrong?
It's never wrong.
My own determination,
it was the happiest day of my life.
To carry that light inside you.
So you see why I wanted it so much for Harper...
And she wanted it too.
So what changed?
I'll never know.
She didn't want anyone there.
"Just you and me," she'd say.
I was heartbroken
that you couldn't all be part of it--
my coven, my closest friends,
a celebration like my own.
[indistinct chanting]
It was if she knew.
That she didn't have the gift?
[chanting continues]
SARAH: No.
I'm sorry.
I must've done it wrong.
You did it perfectly, mum.
SARAH: The Moot witnessed it,
Harper's registered as non-magical.
They grew up together.
Dan was family, like we're,
all of us, beside ourselves.
I know.
I know, but...
It's just Dan's dead,
and I, and I don't know how to live in a world
if he's not there.
And you need to make sense of it.
Of course you do.
But the most likely explanation
is an accident.
I'm sorry, I'm overwrought.
Go and tell Michael to step up.
Tell him he needs to be there for you.
Do you really think he cares?
He cares what people think about him.
DCI Knight.
Sarah Fenn.
WAITRESS: Here you go.
WOMAN: [whispering] Isn't that Dan's girlfriend,
the boy who just died?
Apparently my daughter's been accused
of killing Dan Whithall.
Well--
Just to be clear, Harper is not a witch.
I understood the gift was inherited.
No, my grandmother was a witch, my mother was not,
I am one, my daughter is not,
she's been certified as non-magical by the Moot.
So I'd like to know what basis you have for suggesting--
Video evidence has come to light.
Showing what? May I see it?
I'd prefer to show it to Harper first.
When will she be home?
I've no idea.
I'll tell her you'd like to speak to her.
I think that'll be in everyone's interest.
Forensics will give us a shout
when they're done with Jake's phone.
We off somewhere?
Cheryl Lee, school principal.
I could use her perspective on some of these kids.
♪♪
I recognize this place.
I'm sure I've been here before.
[buzzing]
Isabelle?
We're here to see your mum.
Which one? I have two.
WOMAN: Izzy?
Why are you up?
I'm just getting some water.
Go on, back to bed poppet.
Viral infection, poor love.
It's actually your wife I wanted to see.
Cheryl's in school,
she's sorting out grief counselling for the kids.
Can I help?
Possibly.
MAGGIE: So we're just trying to get some context
for some of the kids' statements.
How well do you know Jacob Bolt?
Everyone knows Jake,
desperate to look cool, be one of the gang.
And, uh, close to Dan?
In Jake's head yeah,
probably had a bit of a crush.
And Dan didn't mind?
Dan was used to it,
he grew up being adored, by his mum, by his mates,
by all of us, actually.
What about Harper?
Some people have called her complicated.
Yes, including my wife, but I have to disagree.
Cheryl thinks Harper's bright but doesn't apply herself.
What do you think?
That her life has been blighted by her failure
to take after her mum.
And she definitely doesn't?
Obviously you know about the test.
MAGGIE: The determination.
BRIDGET: Done on the child's 13th birthday
and the result's measured with the Moot PMA database.
"Persons of Magical Ability".
Yeah I checked it, no Harper.
Well, there's your answer.
[birds cawing]
[gas hissing]
[whooshing]
Thanks.
Oh, um, one, one other thing.
It's probably not relevant, just something Cheryl mentioned.
She wondered if Harper had been self-harming.
Did she see any injuries?
No, no, and neither had I,
but Harper started covering up,
wearing long sleeve tops.
Was Dan a controlling boyfriend?
Not that I know of.
Thanks.
[birds chirping and cawing]
MAGGIE: So I'm not going mad...
I was here six years ago.
Yes, there were screams,
so I can see why the neighbors were concerned,
but, honestly it's fine, everyone's fine.
Thanks so much for checking up, officer.
We really do appreciate, but my son's fine.
Would someone like to explain what happened?
Uh, Dan, do you feel up to it?
Sure. I was upstairs watching a movie
with Izzy, Harper and Bea.
I went downstairs to get some juice, and I tripped.
JULIA: We heard something fall,
ran inside and Dan was at the bottom of the stairs.
Not moving-- I just screamed.
Then very quickly he came to.
Sat up, started talking.
Any injuries?
I checked him over but no, not even a bruise.
My husband's a doctor.
Kids at that age,
they just sort of bounce, don't they?
Well, keep an eye on the wounded soldier.
Any relevance to the present case?
No obvious connection.
[door opening]
Anything to eat?
We need to talk.
HARPER: Can it wait?SARAH: Harper?
Sit down.
Abigail was here earlier.
She told me someone's gone to the police and testified...
...that you were responsible for Dan's death.
[scoffs] What the fuck?
I've been to the station, I've told them it's crazy.
Why on earth would you be involved?
But... of course the detective wants to talk to you again.
I was nowhere near Dan when he fell.
I was on the stairs, and he was on the landing.
That's not the point.
The witness says
you did it by witchcraft.
[sighs]
And how exactly did I manage that?
Everybody knows I flunked the witch test.
It's not that simple.
Your failed right of determination
can't be used in court to prove your innocence.
Because?
Because there were no witnesses.
Just me and the Moot.
And you're witches,
so naturally you're gonna cover for me,
because everyone knows that witches are so devious
and no matter how much you toe the line you're basically evil.
I wouldn't say that.
That's because you do toe the line,
and no one respects you for it.
They tolerate you to a point, but no further
because the moment they need someone to blame...
Well, why can't we do the right again,
in front of every cop in the county?
It still wouldn't count.
A witch rite has no standing in English law.
Great!
So everywhere you turn, you get screwed.
And you don't think that's unfair?
No, of course it's unfair.
So who was the witness?
Abbie wouldn't tell me.
Jacob Bolt.
It's gotta be.
But if it is Jake...
Then that's a problem,
because Ted Bolt reveres that whiney little shit,
so he'll be working overtime to make his story stick.
[doorbell rings]
MAGGIE: Is Harper in?
SARAH: I'm not sure, I just got in,
I'll go and check.
You may as well talk to her--
you'll only make things worse if you don't.
Than they already are?
SARAH: Uh, she is here.
Can we please just get this over with?
[door shuts]
Harper?
Okay if I ask you a few more questions?
[softly] Yep.
Were you and Dan still together at the time of his death?
No.
I didn't know that.
Can I ask, why it ended?
Other priorities.
Were you upset?
Was he?
If he was he moved on pretty quick.
ALBIE: What's up, Bebe?
What's wrong?
After you dropped me at the party...
Yeah?
You didn't talk to Dan, no?
Because he was acting weird,
and if you came back and had a go at him...
After the way he treated you,
I'd have cheerfully broken his neck.
Don't say that.
But no, like I said,
I went down the road to look at a site.
Just to look at a site?
Why would I say--It's like sometimes
you used to disappear and mum never knew where you were.
That was a long time ago.
JULIA: What's all this?
Us against the world, hey?
Not all, just some people.
MAGGIE: Was it a bone of contention,
you both involved with the same boy?
Bea likes to win,
and she got what she wanted.
Has it affected your friendship?
Yeah, you could say that.
We're just...
very different people.
So, the footage that was screened at the party,
we're currently trying to establish
who was responsible for causing it to be... shared.
But if that person was Daniel...
Then I might be a bit pissed off,
and there's your motive for murder?
Which we've already established
can't be attributed to Harper.
Unless witchcraft was used.
[muffled audio on phone]
Um, I'm sorry, that...
Are you kidding me?
Is that supposed to me casting a spell?
What does it look like to you?
It looks like a young woman, understandably livid
because her ex-boyfriend thought it would be fun
to show a private, intimate act to his mates at a party.
Those hand movements--
She's angry.
Correction, she's absolutely fucking furious.
And wouldn't you be?
[sighs]
[phone ringing]
Ryan?
RYAN [on phone]: You need to get to the station.
Forensics found something.
Okay, on my way.
Thank you for this.
I just wanted you to see how loved he was.
Yes, all very affecting.
I just think sometimes, when people hide their grief,
it can look like they don't care,
and no one wants to give that impression.
No, indeed that would not be a good look.
Mr. Whithall, Mrs. Whithall.
I'm so sorry about Dan.
Thank you.
And all this awful gossip going around.
Gossip?
I know you think magic is only ever used for good,
but if half of what people are saying is true...
What are they saying?
That Harper caused Dan's death.
What?
ABIGAIL: By witchcraft?
Could the rumors be true?
MICHAEL: It sounds extreme, but it would explain a lot.
BRIDGET [on phone]: Hello?
Hi, Bridge,
could you and Julia come round later?
Of course... and Sarah?
No, just you and Julia.
Okay, bye.
Bye.
Harper's not a witch, the failed rite proves that--
Not in court.
Magical evidence can't be used as a defense,
and if she's found guilty...
Note 15, "Exemption to repeal of capital punishment."
There is no exemption.
The death penalty was abolished years ago.
With one exception-- 1647, thanks to Matthew Hopkins,
magic gets outlawed,
but even after he retires,
the law considers magic such a threat to...
"...the moral and spiritual well-being of this country
that it grants..."
"Exemption in perpetuity from any future amendments
relating to capital criminal witchcraft."
So for murder by unnatural means...
The death penalty still stands.
You're fucking joking.
Which means if it goes to court
and a jury believes she's guilty...
Jesus.
I didn't tell Harper.
She doesn't need to know but I--
if it's true that Daniel was murdered--
though God knows why anyone would want to--
I have to prove she wasn't involved.
How?
I went to the grave.
Why?To see if I could
pick anything up.
But no magic?
Not that I could tell.
Well, then we--There is...
one thing I could do.
Divination-- one of the most difficult spells
a witch can assay.
For this, we choose white carnations,
bittersweet and purple-headed aconite.
Take your scrying bowl and wipe it clean with mugwort oil.
Cleanse it in the smoke of cedar wood,
salvia divinorum,
the most powerful of the sacred sages
to shield and protect the scryer.
SERAFINA: Divination requires a question,
posed by the witch, answered by the ritual.
If the question is too vague, the answer will not come.
How did Daniel die?
Was Daniel's death an accident?
SERAFINA: The old wisdom holds
that there's always an answer,
though we may not be capable of understanding it.
Sacred oil to cleanse perceptions
so it shows no lies.
Then, the salvia.
Choose the sigils.
Finally, the question.
Who killed Daniel Whithall at the warehouse?
[rumbling]
[Sarah gasps]
[glass shattering]
[whistle blows, kids shouting and playing]
I'm sure there's a reason this can't wait
till after school, because I don't enjoy
pulling students out of class, disrupting their studies.
MAGGIE: Jake, can I read you some messages
we found on your phone?
We need to understand what's going on here.
What?
No, you-- that's private, you've got no right.
Dan, "Fuck that was cringe."
You, "It's how I feel."
Dan, "I don't feel the same."
You, "Please don't tell anyone."
Dan, "Okay, but you need to stop."
You, "Forget I said it."
Dan, "I wish."
Was that really necessary?
MAGGIE: I believe so, yes.
So were you angry with Dan
for not returning your feelings?
So angry you wanted to hurt him?
[nervously] No.Or get someone else to?
No, never.
Why are you saying this?
It's all Harper.
She's the one.
She never understood him.
She never got how
amazing he was, she just...
...wasted him.
PRINCIPAL: Okay, that's enough questions.
[tearfully] Don't tell my dad.
Sure.
[school bell ringing]RYAN: So is he a suspect?
MAGGIE: Everyone's a suspect till we've ruled them out,
and it still might be an accident.
RYAN: You saw the toxicology report.
MAGGIE: Hmm, no drugs,
barely any alcohol, yeah.
A drunken stumble, break's neck theory
looks unlikely, but one thing we can rule out is magic,
if we bring in an MI, Magical Investigator.
"MI," that's actually a thing?
It is, yes, though evidence derived by unnatural means
is inadmissible in court,
but once we find out if magic was used,
we can rule Harper out,or in.
I know it's not what any of us wanted to hear,
but that's the evidence.
So I have to know that you'll be there for me,
whatever I need to do.
You've been doing really well, Abbie.
The way you've held it all together, it's incredible.
But grief can make you imagine all kinds of crazy stuff.
What am I imagining?
There's a video.
Of Harper waving her hands about looking angry--
that could mean anything.
And she's not a witch, we all know that.
Do we?
We've been told it but...
But if Sarah wanted to keep it from us?
Why would she do that?
You've known each other since your kids were born,
is it likely she'd hide something like that from you?
I never would've thought so once but...
But my son is dead, and I need to make sense
of what happened to him.
And we all know Sarah can be secretive.
She keeps confidences, yes.
And we know she's been willing to bend the rules
when it suits her.
I bet she's done loads of stuff for every one of us
that no one else knows about.
What sort of stuff?
ABIGAIL: Michael got passed over again.
Of course he did-- he looks the part,
he's smart but he's lazy, he only does the bare minimum.
And we have debts-- the house,
cars, gym, golf club.
And we're living way beyond our means and,
and if Michael doesn't get this promotion, Sarah...
We will lose everything.
Please help me.[softly] Come.
Help Michael.
JULIA: I don't know about anyone else,
but I, for one, admit I owe Sarah,
I think we all do,
which is why I don't think it's very fair
to ask us to take sides.
You're not thinking straight, Abbie,
you're distraught.We all are.
Don't turn on Sarah, turn to her,
she can help you.
There's nothing she wouldn't do for you.
You of all people know that.
When you said slight accident...
I may have downplayed it.
What happened? What did you find?
Nothing.
The spell showed me nothing.
Maybe I made an error in the ritual.
Is that likely?
I don't know, I was upset,
I kept thinking of Dan as he was--
of all of them, actually.
Pierre...
Do you ever wonder if the girls saw anything that day?
I know Bridge hates to talk about it,
but they all used to be so close.
Yeah. I've thought about it,
and in the end I reckoned you could read too much into it.
Kids grow up,
grow apart,
Dan got scouted, the girls got into boys,
Izzy got into onesies.
But with Dan...
It bothers me
that day he didn't give his consent.
But you know he would have.
But I don't know that.
And now I'm thinking,
is this some kind of payback?
My daughter accused of murder by unnatural means.
Right now there's no proof magic was used at all.
You don't even have proof.
[SIGHS] The warehouse.
What?There was nothing at the grave,
but if magic was used at the warehouse,
there'll be traces.
I need to go there.
Uh, okay, okay.
But not today, girl, hmm?
What you need... is sleep, hmm?
[phone buzzing]
Hello?RYAN [on phone]: So I called
the Moot and asked them to recommend an MI.
Check your email.
Morgan Lynch, Senior Magical Investigator,
very experienced and an expert at identifying
the presence of magic at crime scenes.
MAGGIE: Oh, great.
I know it's been a long day, but...
I need to talk.
Of course.
Come in.
So I've decided to go to the warehouse.
If I can prove that magic wasn't used, it'll put a stop
to all the nonsense about Harper.
Shall I make some tea? Chamomile?
I didn't come for tea, Sarah, I came for Daniel.
I want him back.
You know I don't do seances, Abbie.
I'm not asking for a seance, Sarah,
I said, I want him back.
That's not possible.
Why not? You did it before.
[gasps]
No, Abbie, that was different.
This time...
If it was a question of calling him back at the threshold, uh,
I don't know.
I would try-- for you, I'd try anything.
But he's been dead too long,
his body's in the ground, there's nothing I can do.
There has to be, Sarah,
because my life has no meaning without him,
and if you don't bring him back--
I'm telling you,I can't.
Well, you need to find a way
because otherwise Harper will go on trial
and Jake will testify.
What are you saying?
Bring Dan back
and I'll get Jake to withdraw his statement.
How would you even explain it?
A boy, raised from the dead.
I wouldn't explain it, I would...
I would just go somewhere,
disappear with Dan, start a new life.
That, that's insane.
No, Sarah, insane is me just giving up on him!
Call it something given for something gained.
My son's life for your daughter's innocence.
♪ Time's up ♪
My son just died.
She wants me to use magic.
To do what? Bring Daniel back.
♪ Your time's up ♪
Whoever cast the spell
managed to obliterate any magical fingerprint.
Murder by unnatural means carries the death penalty.
[Glass breaking]She killed him.
That was dark magic.
The work of a very powerful witch.
It's against every law there's ever been.
Don't say I didn't warn you.
♪♪