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[ominous music]

[man in Spanish]

[man spitting]

[indistinct chatter in Spanish]

[tense ominous music continues]

[Nicholau panting] No. No.

[Nicholau in Spanish]

[in Spanish]

[fast, tense music]

[in Spanish]

No!

[in Spanish] SIGN OR DIE!!

[grunts]

[In Spanish]

♪ When the moonlight shines ♪ ♪ Down on the sea ♪

♪ And you think that you got ♪ ♪ A shot at me ♪

♪ Better set me free ♪

♪ You got to set me free ♪

♪ Yeah, I surrender ♪

♪ Surrender ♪

[Max] Miranda took a refreshing dip at the beach club.

[Miranda] No, I tackled the handbag thief into the pool on my own

'cause Max was having a little sleep in the sun lounger.

I wasn't asleep. I was meditating.

[Miranda] Yeah, mate.

Look, guys, I don't have time for this, because I've got a whole new case for you.

Arson in the mountains.

- Hmm. Fornamossa. - [Inés] Mm-hmm.

That's the village the mayor wants to flood.

Palma's elections are in three days,

and as everyone knows,

the key issue is our water supply, or lack of it.

[Max] Mayor Chavez promised to announce a new reservoir before the election.

In Fornamossa.

That village is going to decide this election,

which is why I need my most diplomatic and sensitive officers for this case.

Suddenly they are not available, so you know.

Some English humour for you, Blake.

[funky music]

[Miranda] It's like some oasis in the mountains.

[Max] The perfect spot for a reservoir.

So why can't the mayor get it through?

Because not everyone has agreed to move out.

[funky music continues]

[Max] Great. Traffic.

[Max sighs]

[sheep and insect sounds]

It's like being back home.

Quick game of Poohsticks?

[scoffs] No, thanks.

I hate Winnie the Pooh.

What, you hate him?

I thought liking Winnie the Pooh was compulsory in England.

It's--it's so slow-witted and just bumbles around.

Can't think why you're a fan.

[Max laughs]

Well, if I'm Winnie the Pooh,

I guess you're piglet. Tidy, timid.

I'm more of a Te of Piglet kind of girl.

A what?

- The Te of Piglet? - What?

It's a book, Max.

Using Piglet to explain the principles of philosophical Taoism...

Well, Poohsticks got to be more fun than that.

[man in Spanish]

Here we go.

[funky music restarts]

[Max] I wonder who's camping.

[Miranda] I hope they like sheep.

[suspenseful music]

[Miranda] What have you got for us, Roberto?

Old school hate mail. Quite refreshing, really.

- [Miranda] "Sign or die"? - Hmm.

So, what's this an amateur job?

[Roberto] Well, starting the fire was child's play.

Someone lit a match under some straw in a bedroom.

Place was bone dry. [imitates wood catching fire]

But this... was planned.

Sawn with a hacksaw before lighting the fire.

No fingerprints sadly, nor on this note.

[woman] I need to look him in the eye, or else he'll do something worse to you.

Please, please be careful, okay?

[woman] I will.

Two more days, okay?

Detective Blake, Detective Winter.

Two more days until what, Mr Crespo?

The deadline.

Everyone else in the village has signed.

[Nicholau] That's why they are so desperate.

Three hundred thousand euros? That's quite a lot of money.

I'll never leave this place.

Why?

Because of my mother.

Worked herself to the bone her whole life for me.

Never had a holiday. Never any luxury.

My father died when I was an infant.

My mother's ashes are scattered on that field.

I could never leave this place.

So, who was that girl?

Emilia.

She and Marcos are the only friends I have left in the world.

Are they the campers?

Emilia's gone to confront Pedro Tevez.

He started this fire. He's the boss of the village.

And he hates me.

[suspenseful music]

[chatter in Spanish]

- We know you started the fire, Tevez. - Not me.

But whoever it was, deserves a medal.

Crespo is an idiot.

He's worth twenty of you.

[Emilia] What? Stop! Put me down, you morons!

Hola!

Thanks.

[sighs] Which one of you is Pedro Tevez?

He was right there.

Hmm.

[Max] Wow.

[Miranda] Hmm. No water shortage here.

[Miranda in Spanish]

[Pedro] Sorry, I had to hurry home.

[Miranda] Nice place.

[Pedro] My great-great grandfather built this house.

Actually, he built every house in the village.

[Pedro] This way. We can chat on the terrace.

SANTA COLINA

[Miranda] There's a lot of family history here.

It's a bit of a shame to see it all flooded.

[Pedro] Well, the mayor says we need a reservoir.

You can't stand in the way of progress.

Well, Nicolau Crespo thinks you can.

Oh, yeah? Crespo is an idiot.

I hope the next fire turns him to ash.

Yeah, he told us you were a fan.

[woman] Pedro! Pedro!

[Pedro in Spanish]

Alfredo, he's not eating properly. And he seems a little sad.

[Pedro] Oh, don't worry, Berenice. I'll call the vet later, okay?

Um--the government must have promised you both

an awful lot of money for leaving this place, Mrs Tevez.

Money which Nicolau Crespo is stopping you getting your hands on.

Do we look like people who care about money?

I was in the bar all afternoon yesterday. A dozen people will back me up.

Oh. The same people who covered for you just now.

That little tart and her tattoo man

should put some clothes on, quit their stupid toad hunting

and clear off back to Palma.

Interfering hippies.

[Max] That was eye-opening.

[Miranda] Yep.

I don't get why they're so keen to give this place up, do you?

[Max] Well, there were a lot of these final demands in the bin.

Max!

Tevez took out a loan from a company called Santa Colina.

- A big loan. - Mm.

So, Emilia Hans Tout?

Mm. We'll speak to her then, shall we?

Yep.

[Emilia] I'm glad you're here. It's the most scared I've seen Nicolau.

I assume you didn't see anyone at his farmhouse yesterday afternoon?

No. I was here.

What toad are you hunting?

The Majorcan midwife. It's highly endangered.

If I can find just one, this whole valley will become protected forever.

Meaning that they could never build a reservoir here?

And the village would have to blame me, not Nicolau.

That's cool.

[Miranda] So, do you think you're gonna find one of these toads?

I heard a mating pair here a few weeks ago.

[man] Who are they?

It's okay, no. They're cops, but they're okay.

They saved me from Pedro's men.

Did she tell you, that the government tried to bribe her?

Really?

The mayor's office offered me a research grant at Barcelona University

if I stop looking for the toad and persuade Nicolau to sign.

I said no, obviously.

[man] That's who you people should be speaking to.

The government. And Hydraflux.

Sorry, who?

Hydraflux, desalination plant. The Death Star.

Desalination is Marcos's big cause...

So, wait, you're opposed to desalination and reservoirs?

They both destroy our ecosystems.

Besides, with Hydraflux, it's not just the pollution.

There's all this other stuff, too. The corruption, the beatings.

[Marcos] I've exposed a lot. Here.

- [video] Hyrdaflux-- - [Marcos] That's Adriano Cortes,

Hydraflux Head of Comms, spouting his usual crap.

- [Marcos] Now, wait for it. - [man in video] Liar!

Bullseye [laughs]

The cameras did miss this bit though.

[Emilia] I told him not to do it.

All publicity is good publicity, Emi.

So where do you get your information from?

It's all about who you know.

Okay. Thanks.

[soft suspenseful music]

[Miranda] Interesting couple.

[Max] My relationship radar says

they're fighting slightly different battles.

Then again, my relationship radar

can't even tell me if I'm in the relationship.

Nothing from Carmen then?

Nope.

You have tried calling her, right?

Of course.

[suspenseful funky music]

[music fades]

[dramatic sting]

[Miranda] Time?

[Roberto] My best estimate, between 7 and 10 p.m.

But the broken bones make me believe that she was...

thrown over that.

[Roberto] But on the bright side,

I am pretty sure that she was already dead when she fell.

And I found this on top of the bridge.

Looks fresh. It may or may not be connected.

[Max] What about her phone?

Nope.

Mm. She was a tough cookie. I imagine she put up a fight.

Then evidence will be delivered to us from under her fingernails.

[Max] Funny looking footprints?

[Robertp] Ah, those are from a walking cane, I believe.

[Pedro] I was here yesterday evening.

With me.

All evening?

We'd like to borrow your cane, Mr Tevez,

to compare it to the prints that we found near Emilia's body.

[Max] Mr Tevez?

- Don't you dare! - It's all right, Berenice. It's all right.

[Pedro] Okay. I went to find the girl.

To persuade her. To get Crespo to sign.

What time was this?

Seven fifteen.

I guessed she'd be out, you know, looking for that frog.

And she was.

But as I got to the creek, a car arrived on the bridge.

She got in. Then it drove off.

So, I left.

He walked in at exactly seven thirty.

I know because that is the time that I give my babies their supper.

All right, so who was driving this car?

- No. I couldn't see it. - What was the make?

I don't know... Uh... It was black. But I don't know about cars.

All right, Mr Tevez. We looked into your finances.

[Max] You took out a loan from Santa Colina last year.

[Max] Two hundred thousand euros.

You invested it in a tourism fund.

Which turned out to be a scam.

Now Santa Colina wants your assets.

[Max] Starting with your house.

So you do need this compensation.

[banging on door and screams]

[in Spanish]

[Marcos] Murderer! Come out!

[Max] So where was Emilia last night?

She was meeting a contact. Someone driving up from Palma.

What was the name?

I don't know. She said it was something about the reservoir.

Emilia always protected her sources. Even from me.

Marcos, I'm afraid we need to ask where you were last night.

- At Hydraflux. - Again?

- I was chained to their gate. - What time?

All evening. Please stop wasting your time with me.

Look at Tevez! Look at all the people that wanted Emilia dead.

Hydraflux, the government.

Why would Hydraflux have wanted Emilia dead?

Because she was the one running our source there.

[suspenseful music]

[cries softly]

I can't believe she's gone.

With Emilia here, I felt safe, but now...

I think maybe I should sign the offer.

You don't have to do that.

But the lady says it would solve everything.

- What lady? - The lady from the government.

Daniella Ramos, advisor to Mayor Chavez.

You've spoken to her?

She visits me and Emilia.

She came here yesterday.

Sign and the problem goes away. That's what she keeps saying.

What kind of car does she drive?

Different cars. But black, always black.

It was a political assassination. I can feel it.

A lot of people drive black cars, Max.

Yeah, but who's got the most to lose here? Mayor Chavez.

[Max] If he can't announce the reservoir before the election, then he's...

- I don't know. - Max.

- [police sirens] - [Max] All right.

[fast music]

If this is Daniella Ramos and she killed Emilia, then why come back?

[Max] For a cigarette butt?

Jesus. Come on!

- Move! - Come on, move!

[man in Spanish]

- Please tell me you got some of the plate. - No.

Well, if that was Daniella Ramos, at least we know where she works.

Yeah.

[Miranda] Thank you.

- [crowd indistinct chatter] - [crowd protesting]

- [funky music] - [crowd noise continues]

[in Spanish]

Or are you going to be like that imbecile that won't stop interrupting me?

[woman into phone] Okay. Listen to me.

[woman into phone] Okay, sounds great.

I've spent the last half hour asking you to please do it,

And you're ignoring me completely.

Okay, talk soon.

Busy morning?

Well, there's an election in two days, so, you know.

Where have you been today?

In meetings.

Any in Fornamossa?

- No. - [phone ringing]

No, leave that.

According to Nicolaou Crespo,

you've found the time to visit Fornamossa four times in the past week.

Why are you here?

Emilia Navarro.

Who?

Nicolaou Crespo's friend.

The one you've been trying to buy off with the research grant?

Okay. What about her?

She was murdered last night.

I didn't know that.

I meet a lot of people, okay?

[Max] How many do you try and bribe?

Emilia was a major obstacle to Crespo signing your offer.

And she was also very close to finding the midwife toad.

Two reasons why you and Mayor Chavez are a lot better off with her dead.

Well, right now we need all the breaks we can get.

Where were you yesterday evening?

Oh, for God's sake,

I was in a meeting of Palma Entrepreneurs until nine thirty.

And then I went home.

Alone. Okay?

[phone ringing]

[in Spanish]

I told you it has to be out by 8 p.m., okay?

[Max] So, two questions for Hydraflux. Was Marcos here last night?

[Miranda] And did they find out Emilia was running a source who worked here?

[suspenseful music]

[automated voice] Identities confirmed.

[automated voice] Departure shuttle level two.

[Max] I can see why they call this place the Death Star.

[automated voice] Departure imminent.

[suspenseful music continues]

[automated voice] You are now arriving at Hydraflux headquarters.

[Max] That's Adriano Cortes, the guy from the video.

[automated voice] Prepare to disembark.

[automated voice] For your own safety, stay within authorized zones.

[Adriano] Follow me.

[robotic sounds]

[Max] Marcos made a mess of your suit the other day.

We live in a country which allows protests,

however misguided.

Seems to know an awful lot about your company.

Don't believe everything you read on social media, detective.

His girlfriend was murdered last night.

I'm sorry to hear that.

Bernardo?

[Miranda] Chained to the main gate until 10 p.m. He's in the clear.

I believe we've provided you with everything you need?

Yes, thank you.

If there's nothing else...

Oh, before we go, can I use the little boy's room?

[suspenseful music]

[crowd indistinct chatter]

Detective, the exit is that way.

A lot of security in this place.

Oh, yes, we have eyes everywhere.

We'll be happy to arrange a proper visit with the correct paperwork, of course.

Yep.

[in Spanish]

They're out of water.

So, Roberto found no blood or DNA under Emilia's fingernails.

No hits on the DNA from the cigarette butt either.

And no CCTV sightings yet of that car that we lost outside of Fornamossa.

Mm. And the organizers have confirmed...

Daniella was at that conference last night.

Yeah, but she told us she was back home by nine thirty p.m.

I'm up to ten p.m. on this, and there's no sign of her.

[Max] I can't believe you liked her.

I didn't like her. I may have admired her a bit.

Well, I definitely admire Nicolau.

He'll sign in the end. "Money always talks."

Something tells me you were never much of an idealist, Miranda.

You know, I was actually.

You know, my first boss at the Met was...

really inspiring.

He convinced me I could make a difference in the world.

Then I caught him taking backhanders from South London drug dealers.

- The little liar. - Mm-hm.

I'm up to eleven p.m., and there's still no sign.

Well, now, there she is. Back home at midnight.

Well, it's plenty of time to get to Fornamossa and back.

- Let's go pick her up from work. - Mm-hm.

There she is.

[Daniella indistinct into phone]

- [Max] All right, let's bring her in. - [Miranda] Just like that?

I wanna see where she's going.

[suspenseful music]

Lovers' paradise.

[Miranda] Palma police.

Daniella, hi.

What do you want?

Mayor Chavez?

Good evening.

[Miranda] Okay. Let's try again, shall we?

Where were you yesterday evening between nine thirty and midnight?

Mayor's advisor and mistress charged with murder.

Yeah, don't see that headline winning you the election.

So, charge me.

Daniella.

Oh, God. I should have known you were behind this.

- So nice to see you. - This is pathetic, Inés.

What is? Me doing my job or-- you still sleeping with men who are taken?

Though not in this case by me.

- Well? - [Max sighs deeply]

Mayor Chavez has confirmed Daniella was with him yesterday evening as well.

Oh, no.

Well, even so, we'll need a full statement from Miss Ramos

and the mayor back at the station.

With all the paperwork involved,

I--I can't promise you'll be out before morning. Sorry.

I won't forget this, Inés.

Oh, neither will I.

[Inés] Good work, detectives.

[ominous music]

[Max] I wonder how Nicolau's holding up.

[Miranda] There's only forty five minutes until the deadline expires.

[Miranda] I bet he's nervous.

[Max] Gracias.

Better than your water in Palma, eh?

Sí.

[soft music]

[in Spanish] DON'T TELL ANYONE. PEDRO.

[dramatic sting]

[Miranda] Is it true?

Pedro Tevez is my father.

[Nicholau] He took advantage of my mother. He was already married to Berenice.

When he found out my mother was pregnant, he scared her into keeping quiet.

Never gave her a peseta. He didn't even come to her funeral.

- [eagle peal call] - [bells ringing]

[Nicholau] After mother died, I found this other letter from Tevez.

He threatens to kill my mother if she tells a soul, even me.

[bells ringing in the background]

[crowd noise]

[tense music build up]

Did Emilia know?

She was the only person I told.

This stand against the reservoir, this is revenge against Pedro Tevez.

I do it for my mother, but also now for Emilia.

[calls out in Spanish]

[townspeople chanting]

[Miranda] If Emilia knew about Pedro...

Then she was an even bigger threat to him than we thought.

[townspeople chanting in the distance]

[threatening slow music]

[townspeople chanting continues]

One minute to sign, Crespo.

You don't scare me, Pedro. And you didn't scare my mother.

Get your hands off, Tevez!

[dramatic music build up]

No!

No. The idiot didn't sign.

[dramatic fast music]

Son of a gun, Crespo!

No, Tevez! I'm the son of a snake!

[indistinct dialogue]

You son of a gun!

Hey! Back behind the gate! Back behind the gate!

You too. Back behind the gate! Go back down there!

[gunshots]

[in Spanish]

[in Spanish]

Nicolau held out. Pedro Tevez lost his house.

Let's go commiserate with him, shall we?

That cretin has put us out on the streets...

...with nothing!

Emilia knew the truth about you and Nicolau,

didn't she, Mr Tevez?

So, did she threaten to tell the whole village

unless you left Nicolau alone?

You also knew, Mrs Tevez.

That he spawned such a wretched imbecile. The shame of it.

You started that fire.

You were worried that Nicolau had kept the letters

that Pedro had sent his mother.

Letters that would ruin your good name.

And all the anger against Nicolau gave you cover to destroy them.

And Emilia also had the power to destroy your precious reputation.

[Miranda] How far did you two go to keep her quiet?

Answer my question.

If that girl knew, she said nothing to us.

[knocking on door]

[insistent knocking on door]

Hello, Papa. I've come to buy your house.

Hello, Mrs Tevez. Don't worry, I've come to help you both.

You see, a few months ago,

the postman made a bit of a mistake.

You know, my mother always dreamed of living in this house.

And I always dreamed I could give it to her

because she deserved it.

Well, now I can.

You know, my mother was very, very good at saving.

A little every month ever since she was a child.

[Nicholau] There are 343,000 euros in here.

[Nicholau] Enough to pay off your debts.

And leave you something to buy a roof over your head.

Maybe even a pond.

So...

Do we have a deal?

We have to talk about it.

No, no, no talking! Your house for my money.

And I move in today.

Yes or no?

All right.

You know, Papa,

I've spent my life wishing I had a father.

But you were here the whole time.

And you never once gave me a smile.

I'll go and get my things.

We need to go. They found the black car. And the driver.

Mr Cortes.

[in Spanish]

Oh, brilliant.

Oh.

[suspenseful funky music]

- [Adriano grunts] - [house alarm goes off]

[grunts]

[distant house alarm]

- [Miranda sighs] - [Max sighs]

[slow suspenseful music]

What is all this stuff?

Museum storage.

You go that way.

[Max] He's in here somewhere.

[distant sound]

- [fast paced footsteps] - [Miranda gasps]

- [Max] Freeze! - [Miranda gasps]

- Max. Oh my God. - Whoa. Jesus.

[Adriano screams]

[Miranda] You okay?

Nope, I'm annoyed. Let's get him.

[fast suspenseful music]

[Max] Stop!

[Max] Stop. Cortes!

[Miranda grunts]

Aah!

[Max] Freeze, Mr Cortes!

Are you going to kill me?

No.

We believe you were sent by Hydraflux to kill Emilia Navarro.

[Max] She was last seen getting into your car.

We also believe you dropped a cigarette butt near her body

and later went back to retrieve it.

So Hydraflux has nothing to do with you being here?

No.

Can you give me protection from them?

Sure. We can protect you.

I did visit Emilia that night. But I didn't kill her.

So why do you keep running away from us?

Because Hydraflux has a hell of a lot of connections in this city.

I thought they sent you to get rid of me.

Why would they have done that?

Because I was Emilia's source.

- What? - Why?

Because I have a conscience.

Because Emilia reminded me of me

when I thought that I could change the world.

All right. So, what was the urgent news you needed to tell Emilia that night?

I had discovered something important about someone in Fornamossa.

Woo-hoo!

Look at me now, mother!

Look at me!

[laughing] Yeah!

[Max] Nicolau? Can we have a word?

We've just been told that someone from Fornamossa

was being paid a large amount of money by Hydraflux to block the reservoir.

400,000 euros.

[Max] Your mum didn't really save up that money, did she?

You were taking a bribe from one of Emilia's greatest enemies.

[Nicholau] She must have been devastated.

And you knew if Emilia went public about it,

Hydraflux wouldn't let you keep the money.

[Miranda] Money that you needed to buy this place

and complete your revenge.

[Max] I mean, I imagine...

Emilia promised to keep quiet,

- even from Marcos. - Stop!

Stop. I didn't want to hurt her.

She was my friend. She was my best friend.

But I needed...

I needed my mother to sleep in peace.

[in Spanish]

[in Spanish]

[sighs] Yes.

[Miranda] So, Emilia did end up saving the valley.

[Miranda] It's not a bad legacy.

[Max] And Nicolau Crespo did have his price.

d Everyone has their price, Max.

Look, name one thing that Winnie the Pooh won't do for honey.

You're such a cynic.

And all because one copper let you down.

So, you were listening?

I always listen to you, Miranda.

[soft music]

[Miranda] Hmm.

Poohsticks! Come on.

[Miranda] First to the bottom?

[Max] Yep.

[both] Three, two, one. Go.

Yeah! Winner! [sings softly]

You know what? I've changed my mind.

You're more Tigger than Winnie the Pooh.

Tigger's cool.

[Max] And I don't really think you're like Piglet.

[Miranda] Oh. Thanks, Max.

♪ We've got time on our side ♪

♪ It's never too late ♪

♪ If you want me now ♪

♪ Don't have to wait ♪

[Max] Next time on The Mallorca Files.

- Ah! - Ooh.

We have an escaped prisoner, though. Kind of interesting.

It's hardly Hannibal Lector, Max.

Detective Benito Mancuso, Barcelona Police.

Why are they sending their best detective for an escaped accountant?

Okay, okay, okay, okay. We're going to work together.

[man] That's Leon Grech, mob guy from Barcelona.

Sorry to hear you have mislead so many people, detectives.

You need to tell me what you know.

May I?

[Max] I'm just going to put this out there.

I could get used to being chauffeured.