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The storm's still between us and the mainland, right?

We can't even make a phone call until the storm passes.

Do you know how they executed people? They threw them

down the big pit on the hill. And anyone

that they punish in this way becomes the

Holly King.

We know you've arrested

Douglas. We know he killed Cai.

Then he killed Gruffudd. We will

deal with Douglas ourselves.

We are The True Way.

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Whatever you have in mind. Then it's not going to happen.

We'll see.

Don't hurt her.

Don't hurt... anyone.

Get off of me. What are you doing? Get off

me. What the fuck.... What are you doing?

Get off me. Get off of me. Wait. Where are you taking me?

What's going on?

Grace.

Grace, stop this. Grace, stop this.

Listen to me, Douglas. Nothing is going to happen to you.

Oh, God. Oh, God. What is that?

What's that? No.

There will be a trial in the village hall.

Say that sentence back to yourself.

Listen to how insane it sounds.

Thank you.

People of St. Jory..

Lock up, get your gear on and meet me in the hall.

Your attention, team.

Owen.

No, no, no, no.

Owen, listen to me.

No, please don't.

Please don't say it.

I have to. Owen.

I'm in The True Way. You have to be told now.

Have you done anything to my son?

What?

Like what?

You tell me. You know, indoctrinated him,

made him drink something, like a potion.

No, we'd never. Christ, Owen. No, if....

If he takes that path when he's older,

that's up to him.

Well, that's not gonna happen.

You're not getting your hands on him.

Not having him join you.

Yep.

I will what?

Well, I don't know, do I?

I don't know what you do.

We don't do anything. It's just tradition and

these rituals, these, these beautiful rituals.

But it was private and this was

the last thing that we wanted. But,

Christ, look around. I mean, someone had to take charge.

We were in charge.

You weren't, love.

Best will in the world.

Cai, Mihangel, Gruffudd and Douglas will

get off somehow. Some loophole. We all

know it. It's got so that we're not

shocked any more.

You know, I don't get you either.

Gruffudd was a better dad to

you than your dad.

You should be raging.

Front of the bloddy queue.

Why did you marry me then?

Hmm? Not one of them?

Because....

I didn't love any of them.

I bet you've had a good laugh, though.

Poor Owen....

doesn't have a clue.

No.

Cause you're my man.

And that's not changed.

Anyway, you knew.

I suspected.

That's different.

You suspected?

But we laughed

and we had sex.

We argued about whose turn it was to

change a nappy.

That's our life.

And it's great.

And none of that has to change.

I have to get to the hall.

All right, but listen to me.

You're gonna be important today.

You're not in anyone's shadow any more.

People of St. Jory, your attention please.

Please make your way to the village hall immediately.

The killer of Cai Prideaux has been found.

The killer of Cai Prideaux has been found.

His hands still wet with the blood of our

friend, Gruffudd Prosser.

The True Way has assumed control of the situation.

But justice is a collective act. So make

your way to the village hall as quickly as you can.

Hello. Hello, girls. I'm so sorry to

interrupt. You're gorgeous, you come over

here. Girls. Come on, girls, quickly.

That's it. Now then, Jane is

going to make sure that you all get home

safely, all right? Yes. And when you do

get home, I want you to ask all your

mummies and daddies to come here to the

village hall. And I want you to promise me

that you will show me your lovely dance

sometime soon. Good?

Go. Go on.

Get your things.

Grace! Grace, what's going

on? They're saying that Douglas killed

Cai. And then now he's killed Gruffudd.

What are you all doing here?

Are you okay?

Seriously, what the actual fuck is happening?

Where's Douglas?

huh?

You have to go, please, all of you, you

have to go home.

Listen, they're saying he

killed Cai. They're saying he's here.

Take one.

I made an arrest earlier. That's all

I can say right now.

No, don't fog me off with this

shit, Grace. Not again. Is he here?

Guys?

Jesus Christ. What?

You have to take a

stone. You'll need it later.

I'm not taking one.

What are we going to

do with these? Are we going to stone someone?

I need to find Heather.

Don't. Just umm...

It's not safe. Just stay with me.

Please.

Oh, God.

You came.

Good.

You have to stop this, Heather. No one is

getting executed today.

That's what the plan is, isn't it?

Douglas becomes the Holly King and you

throw him down that pit.

No one can say that we didn't give your

way of thinking a chance.

But hand on

heart, Grace, you cannot guarantee

me that Douglas won't be acquitted or that

his punishment won't be a fraction of what

he deserves.

That's a risk you take by

being part of a civilised society.

You can't be a civilised society with

murderers on the street.

I don't suppose you've got a mint, do you?

How long do you think you've got left?

Alive, I mean.

There are some...

variables.

So your last act before you

tap out is to make everyone on this island

an accessory to murder?

I don't think

there's gonna be a reckoning, if that's

what you mean.

Or are you planning on killing me, too?

Why on earth would we do that?

Because you're gonna tell the world.

We'll see.

You might surprise yourself.

The energy you are wasting, Grace.

This is happening. Engage with it, or, I

don't know, go for a walk.

Listen. You listen to me. I am your police sergeant.

My job is to uphold the law.

You police by consent.

And we withdraw our consent.

Oh.... you could advocate for him, if you like.

There'll be a vote at the end.

You might persuade the islanders to let him stand trial on the mainland.

This is a fucking... This is a lynch mob. I'm not

going to join in and legitimise it.

Then he'll die.

Today.....

is a lot,

isn't it?

A lot to process.

Some of you will have just discovered a

loved one is a member of The True Way.

There will be time to address that... I promise.

But first, we need to decide what to do about

Douglas Carrisford.

So we now know that on the 1ˢᵗ September

last year, after an argument with his

father, Cai Prideaux came into contact

with the Reverend Carrisford.

We don't know what took place between them, but

some time later, Douglas attempted to flee

to the mainland.

And there were no further

sightings of Cai until a year later,

when his naked body was

found in the old lookout shelter.

A post mortem concluded that Cai...

froze to death.

Meaning he was still

alive when he was locked in that shelter.

But a satellite picture showed Mihangel

Pugh's car beside the shelter at the time

of Cai's death. Before he could be

questioned, Mihangel kills himself. And

hours later, his corpse is desecrated.

Then, earlier today, Gruffudd finds Cai's

backpack at the church and Douglas

stabs him repeatedly.

And as he is dying, to stop Douglas

escaping, Gruffudd handcuffs

them together.

So....

the Reverend Carrisford....

saws off...

Gruffudd's hand.

He is quickly arrested by

Sergeant Narayan and Constable Parry.

All right.

So....

let's leap forward to Douglas's trial on the

mainland. What do we think his defence will say?

Well....

they'll start off with some character assassination.

Oh...

Not of Douglas.

Of Cai.

An innocent crush on

his babysitter will be presented as

something grubby, sinister.

It's not relevant, sure, but the

deference's point is to erode the jury's

sympathy for the victim.

Cai was already

in distress when he arrived at the

vicarage. They might say he wanted to hurt

himself. Douglas had to intervene and Cai

was accidentally knocked out. And they'll

hit that word accident over and over

again, rooting it in the jury's mind.

And then there's the expert witnesses.

They will explain how Douglas can't be

held accountable for his actions. He was

in shock. By now Cai has been passed on to

Mihangel. Why didn't he check that Cai

was dead before he dumped him in that shelter?

And the desecration of his body was.

That was Douglas' righteous rage

against Cai's murderer. Not the actions of

a guilty man trying to deflect blame onto

an innocent group. Because yes,

Mihangel was a member of The True Way.

I wish I could tell you that he wasn't. I

wish I knew why he did what he did. But

you can ask any member of The True Way

here today and they will tell you that

Mihangel's actions were no more reflective

of our faith than Douglas' were of Christianity.

Oh, Oh. Then there's

Gruffudd. Ohhhh.... They will talk about his

temper, about his drinking.

Why just the other day he stormed into

Grace's bedroom and punched a hole through

her wardrobe. The next thing you know,

he's conducting illegal searches. He finds

Cai's backpack and then he attacks

Douglas, who kills him in self defence.

Why? Because Grace has led everyone to

believe that there is a... There is a

fanatical cult, loose on the island.

Oho. Hehe. He's already taken that excuse for a spin.

So now, he is handcuffed

to a member of a cult. His body's survival

mode kicks in. And that is why he sawed

off Gruffudd's hand and fled.

Lie... upon lie.

Upon lie.

There was a time when conventional justice

worked. When the objective was to.... decipher.

Not to win.

I miss that time.

Don't you?

This is insane.

This is wrong.

One thing Heather didn't mention.

The plan is to execute Douglas.

And I'm not talking a lethal injection or

a gun to the back of the head. They're

going to throw him down that pit. He will

pinball down and break every bone in his body.

If he survives, he will lay

at the bottom and die a slow and agonising death.

Like my son.

Like Cai.

That's kind of my point.

I think we should strive to be better than the man

who killed Cai.

I'll tell you something else you don't

want to hear.

Everything Heather just said. That disingenuous, manipulative word salad.

It might be true.

10% of it might be true.

Douglas has the right to have it heard. As would you.

Regardless of how well she sells it.

What Heather wants

isn't a more reliable form of justice,

but a total rejection of it.

Because justice, it isn't just a

result, it's a process.

I'm not going to pretend that the law is perfect.

It's like a dam.

There are cracks, there are leaks. But

without it, we drown.

You're not here by choice, are you Grace?

On St. Jory, I mean.

Grace's transfer here, is what's called a punishment posting.

She reported two of her colleagues for beating up a man

recently acquitted of sexual assault. Why he was

acquitted? Because his victim had a

previous conviction for shoplifting when she was a student.

His defence argued

that made her testimony unsound. That's

right, isn't it, Grace?

Remember... character assassination?

I don't know. I wasn't on the jury.

It wasn't his first offence, though, was it?

There was a previous

attack that never made it to trial. Or at

least that's what you told a packed pub

the other night.

Suppose he

had been incapacitated after the first

attack. What would have happened to the second victim?

I'm not going to speculate

- about something I have... - The answer is...

there wouldn't have been a second victim.

Douglas!

The same question to you.

My God, what is wrong with you?

Just stop.

- Douglas. - Stop.

- Douglas.

Why did you come to St Jory?

I'm not doing this. I'm not doing this.

Grace just said you should

have a chance to put your case forward.

This is it.

Why are you here?

I fell in love with one of my parishioners

where I worked before. I've never made a

secret of that. But it didn't work out.

So I came here for a fresh start.

This woman you fell in love with.

What was her name?

Rachel.

Rachel.

Something I've always wanted to say to

you, Douglas. You have a beautiful smile.

Now, how would I.... How would I describe

that smile?

I would say it was like...

a rainbow.

What, too cheesy?

Please.

Or have you heard that...

before?

Please. Please don't. Don't do this.

These letters were found in your house.

All of them signed... from Rachel

First, she's bemused at you wanting

to communicate like this and not by text

or WhatsApp. She says she hates her

- handwriting. - Please don't....

She talks about how exhausting her family are.

About a film she saw.

About how much she loves kissing you.

About how your smile is... like a rainbow.

It's a typical love letter, basically.

Old fashioned, romantic.

Well, and then she talks about how nervous

she is....

about going into year eight.

Oh, no, not. Please don't. Please. You're

making a mistake. Don't do this.

After two months, her letters become more graphic as

she describes having sex...

in your living room. In her parent's

living room. Rachel was twelve

years old at the time.

Did Cai find these? Is that why you

attacked him? The church knew, and they did nothing.

He was allowed to pack his suitcase and come here.

Unless we act now, Douglas will be free to offend

over and over again, just as your rapist did.

Can you see the pattern

yet of your failure of the laws?

Failure!

These men are cancerous cells.

They cannot be cancelled.

They cannot be cured. They need to be cut out.

When will you stop

protecting these predators and start

protecting us?

All right, all right, all right, all right.

Thank you. All right.

There will now be a vote.

No.

No. Don't do it. Please. No. No. Please. No.

You have all been given a stone.

If you think Douglas

should be handed over to the police on the

mainland, I want you to

place your stone here.

If you think we should deal with Douglas

ourselves, I want you to place

your stone here.

If there are more stones on my right,

then on the left. Douglas will be executed

in accordance with True Way law.

Thank you.

The votes are equal.

You're the last, Grace.

It's up to you.

You're dead.

You're fucking dead.

Yes!

Yes!

Thank you.

That cannot have been easy.

Now, I want you all to go home.

Close your windows.

Close your doors.

Close your curtains.

For the next hour.

St. Jory belongs to The True Way.

What's going on out there?

Have they done it?

They've taken him to the Crowther's...

to be prepared, they said.

We did the right thing, Grace.

Who are you trying to convince?

There they are. My two little psychopaths.

No. Turn around, go away. You're the last thing we need right now.

Uh uh. We are doing this.

Look, you wouldn't understand, okay?

I'm a father..

Literally shut up!

Sparfing in Elan doesn't mean you can execute people.

And you? I don't even....

I look at someone's laptop and I'm dead to you.

A fucking mob wants to kill the vicar and you're like,

let me know when you're done, lads.

Hey!

Hey, where are you going? I'm not finished with you.

I'm gonna pack my bags, go to

the harbour, wait for the storm to clear

and get the next boat to the mainland.

Well, wait. Cause Lucy's got something to tell you.

Go on Lucy.

It was me who told Gruffudd to go to the church.

I'm in The True Way, too. Well, I was,

but I was a nobody.

The original 30 families, or whoever's left of them,

they're at the heart of it.

We just do what we're told.

I was meant to send you to the church.

They didn't tell me why, I swear. But you

weren't here. It's just Gruffudd. So I

sent him.

You see what this means?

The True Way knew it was Douglas.

What? Any follow up questions? Like how

long did they know? Why didn't they tell you?

You can both hear me, right? I am saying this out loud.

Good for them. They

are clearly better detectives than we are.

Where'd you get this from?

It's from your file, isn't it?

No, this page with the Holly King...

Now, listen. You have got to snap out of this.

I've been wrong my whole life.

I've supported a system

that allows criminals to go free.

Heather's right.

If I can't promise Ian

that the man who...

Who killed his son

and assaulted a child... will get the basic

minimum punishment, then seriously..

what are.. what are we for?

I'm sorry that I wasn't who you wanted me to be.

I wasn't who I wanted to be either.

The True Way

prize the soul higher than the body.

Grace! Don't.

They call it ruination, but the preparation is

- exactly same. - Don't do this.

First, the sacrifice is fed

Rowan berries... to help them on their way.

Silas, what did you say?

In folklore,

Rowan berries protect travellers on their

journeys and stop them from getting lost.

There were Rowan berry seeds in Cai's teeth.

Ann said he must have found them and eaten

them when he was delirious.

He couldn't have. They grow at high altitudes, not in

the woods where Cai was. They're really

bright red. That's where True Way

sacrifices get their name from.

The Red King.

And all of that was in your file?

Yeah, but it's gone now. And

all this stuff was added. This page about

apostates. That's not mine.

Well, that's how we knew the symbols of Mihangel's body

were wrong. So there wasn't a link to The True Way.

Only two people have come into

contact with this file. Heather and... you.

I just hid it under my bed. I didn't fiddle with it.

Besides, Heather's a...

mother superior. It's gonna be her, isn't

If Cai was a sacrifice, then what was he a sacrifice for?

I think it was to buy Heather time.

The Nancarrow's

are the channel for the four gods. The

gods speak through them, but Heather's the

last one. And she doesn't have any

children, so there's no one to take over

when she dies. We didn't worry though.

Heather was so strong and fit, we thought

there'd be more time to come up with a...

What? a succession plan? A miracle?

Then she got ill. She hid it, but we could see.

We asked the 30 families, but they just say,

don't worry, we've got a plan.

I think they meant Cai.

I think we got played.

But if killing Cai

was to save Heather, has anyone pointed

out to her that it clearly didn't work?

Why did they need Douglas? Is that her having another pot?

No. Douglas is an execution, not a sacrifice.

There's a difference.

Shit.

Douglas!

Hold him still. Christ!

The lady's been sick again.

Why isn't she better?

She should be better.

Common man.

Wait. I need to check if anyone's in here.

Okay?

I need to do something about this.

Fine. But if you're thinking about running away,

Douglas, this is literally the safest

place on the island for you right now.

Why don't we go to the police station?

That is the first place they'll look.

We will be fine here. We just have to to

secure all the doors and windows.

How long are we gonna be here for?

Until we can contact the mainland and call the cavalry, I guess.

Hey, we could hide under the stage.

What?

Think about it. Every room has a window so

people can see in. But if we're under

here, then nobody can see us.

And there's biscuits in the kitchen, so we'll be all

right for a day or so.

And if somebody needs

to go for a wee, then they can just go to

the toilet on all fours.

This is actually really heavy.

Widow's Veil 2018.

Wait, wasn't this one missing?

That's the police officer who

killed himself in front of me.

That's Matt. Matt... Benfield.

Well, that can't be him. He... he went to school with us.

And where is he now?

I don't know.

He went to the mainland a few years back.

That's him.

Trust me, it's not the sort of thing you forget.

Matt died in front of me and I was

transferred to his home.

That's not random.

One of the last things he said was

'they just asked for a name.'

What if he meant me.

My name?

But why bring me here to the heart of it all? To solve

Cai's murder?

But. If... if it was

a sacrifice, why risk me finding that out?

Heather said the votes were even, so I had

the casting vote.

She lied.

More people voted not to execute. Not many, but more.

She'd already lost. She didn't need my vote.

Because this wasn't about Douglas.

Remember what Silas said? It's about ruination.

This whole thing has been about me.

Getting me to vote to execute Douglas.

To betray myself. To ruin myself.

I was the next sacrifice.

The moment I put my stone in that bowl...

I became the Red King.

Remember those Welsh cakes you wanted me to give Grace.

I totally forgot.

But later, I was hungry, so I had one.

But it was rank.

Now I know why.

It had Rowan berries in it.

To help Grace on her way, just like Cai.

Anyway, she never had them. Sorry.

I put some in her drink this morning when

she collapsed. And I didn't know about Cai.

Look at me. Say that again.

I didn't know about Cai.

That was the higher ups. What's left of

the 30 families.

They needed me after.

To give the Rowan berries to Grace. And I... I..

I kept trying to feed her. She probably

thought I was mad.

All this, just to save Heather?

Oh, you don't understand.

If she dies, we lose our Gods.

We... we become nothing. Orphans. We become dust.

- My God. - That's what they told me.

And you believe this?

Why would they lie? They're my family.

I thought I was your family.

You are you.

And you've been you since you were ten years old.

You could have asked me to join.

I didn't want to.

It was mine.

And you would steal the show.

- I... I have to go. - No, no. Winter. No. No.

No. No. No. Don't get in the way. Don't interfere.

- Just let this play out. - They killed Cai.

Your family. They killed a kid.

Yeah...

To save something so much bigger.

Did you think I'd be ashamed?

I was lonely.

We're all lonely.

I know this little girl.

This lonely little girl, we can do something with her.

Come on.

Well, well.

Now, where are you, little city mouse?

Check the other rooms. Go on.

Is this where you're hiding, little city mouse?

It was the right one of them. Got me pumped in.

You're in there, aren't you, little city mouse?

Squeak, squeak.

I can smell you. I can smell your fear.

Lads, in here.

It's not about the vicar any more, but I reckon you've worked that out.

The lady just wants her little City mouse.

Do the honours, boys.

They're not here.

I saw them dart out of the back door. You must have just missed them.

What?

... Go.

Jesus.

You under there?

They've gone.

Thank you.

I won't hurt you.

Probably.

Cai was a sacrifice... for Heather.

Are we actually saying that?

We don't know for certain, but it's a theory.

He was.

And I was her second attempt.

Really, fucking long story.

Yeah.

Apparently Lowri gave you some

sort of... Rowan berry smoothie this morning.

- Lowri's one of them? - Yeah. Sounded like

it was a bit of a shock for Winter too.

I don't know what to believe any more.

And...

I'm losing my mind.

See, you need to tell me what

you did to Cai

or I'll walk outside.

I'll get the Crowther's back.

And I don't care what they do to any of you.

I never touched Cai.

Nothing like that ever happened. Ever.

He turned up at my house. He was distressed. All of that is true.

Gruffudd had just told him about you and Lucy.

But we talked... and I calmed him down.

He was going to go home...

but I....

Before... he arrived, I'd been looking at...

at a... Rachel's letters.

They were on the desk.

Cai said he was going to tell everyone. I

just.. I just... just tried to. I tried to...

pacify...

him.

It really. It really was an accident.

And then I panicked. I tried to

get away. That didn't work.

And I was walking home and..

And I...

and I met Mihangel.

I swear to you, I didn't know he was still alive.

If I did, I never would have let Mihangel

take him. And he took Cai's backpack. I

didn't see that again until Gruffudd found

it. It definitely wasn't in that cupboard.

Someone put it there. And I want to

I want to explain about... about Rachel and me.

Our relationship was so... So utterly

authentic. It was so real and gentle. It

was. It was actually beautiful.

I have met so many men like you and every single one

thought he was a nice guy.

It wasn't a love story. You raped a child. Now be quiet.

Ian, go home.

We've got this.

I should have let them kill you. And not just for Cai.

You are such a hypocrite.

Cai was in love with Lucy. And you...

you were fucking her.

That's why Cai came to me that day.

Heather, Mihangel, Gruffudd,

me and you.

We all locked Cai in that shelter.

Owen, get Douglas to the station and lock

him in a cell. There's still plenty of

people who'd like to see him dead.

What are you gonna do?

I'm gonna bring this to an end.

She's not here.

Was it always going to be Cai? And then me?

He was a gift.

When Mihangel

walked into that vicarage and realised

that Cai was just unconscious,

he saw the opportunity to save our entire faith.

So he brought him to me.

And we prepared Cai together.

And then Mihangel took him to the shelter..

..while you waited for a recovery that never happened.

Cai was soiled by his carnality.

We know that now.

So you came looking for me.

- Someone like you. - Someone to ruin.

And yet here we are. So I'm guessing that

didn't work either.

Your body will serve us just as well.

No, no, wait. Let's just calm down a second.

I know you think I'm a fanatic, Grace.

but I don't understand you either.

I look at you.

At the chamber of your heart, where faith should be.

I am shocked by its emptiness.

Except I do believe in something.

And I'm not alone.

Owen asked me earlier what the plan was.

I said we just had to wait for the cavalry

to arrive. Turns out they were here all

along. I just had to get your thugs out of

town long enough for him to round them up.

That's a lot of witnesses, isn't it?

But sure, go ahead. Kill me. Who knows?

Maybe it'll work. You'll be the healthiest woman in prison.

Cutting it a bit fine, weren't you?

I got everyone though, didn't I?

So what are we going to do with the monsters?

Sit them on the ground, put their hands behind their

heads. We'll process them one by one.

So.. my mum's in a cult, then?

Yeah.

How you doing with that?

Not amazing.

You killed us.

You know that?

We were something wonderful and you killed us.

I don't know how long this is all gonna take.

Here.

Listen...

the woman I love is still in there.

We're gonna find her, okay?

They're ready for you now.

I'm pleased to tell you that having

completed their inquiries, the IOPC have

concluded there is no case to answer.

You are therefore fully exonerated of

any wrongdoing.

Right... Sorry Sir. What?

The situation on St. Jory was.... supremely complex,

and we do not believe it would be in

the public interest to take any further

action against you. Now...

No this....

Do you know how many people died?

The whole thing was a fuck up. A spectacular fuck up.

There had been a degree of....

infiltration...

Into the police force by associates of

Heather Nancarrow.

Mistakes were made,

but it doesn't do to dwell.

Gotcha. Sir.

Sergeant Narayan.

The situation on St. Jory remains complex.

Now, the army have minded the shop for the

last six months, but what the island needs

is a return to some kind of normality.

Most pressing is the restoration of its police force.

You have gotta be kidding me.

St. Jory requires a very specific...

tone of policing.

Now especially.

So what do you say, Grace?

Will you go back?

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