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Surprise!

Kiran: She'’s really fitting in to our little community...

[doorbell rings]

Tom Fairchild, I am arresting you

on the suspicion of the murder of Katy Asquith.

-[camera shutters clicking] -Clover: Hi, Bethy.

Haven'’t you got a hug for your mother?

Did I ruin the surprise? Thank you.

So you were aware that she was suing your husband?

Of course. There are no secrets between us.

Tom: Katy is recording.

-Tom: Beth! -[gasps]

♪♪

Katy: Tom, where'’s the doctor been hiding?

[Katy breathing heavily]

[gagging]

Tom: Beth!

[gasps]

-Beth? -Shit.

[sighs]

How'’s it going? You okay?

Yeah. Just, um...

just going out for a fag.

Babe...

you know I hate that.

Well, I couldn'’t sleep.

And it'’s been a stressful few days.

Yeah, I know.

And you'’ve been amazing.

Hmm.

So maybe...

maybe I can allow you just one.

[Beth chuckles]

Don'’t be long.

I won'’t.

♪♪

[wind blowing]

♪♪

Tom: It'’s all right. I get it. Of course.

You know, it'’s natural to be concerned,

but it is important that you know

that the police did release me without charge.

I--I did my best to help them with their inquiries.

I'’ll continue to do so.

And I hope they find the person who did this as much as you do.

You know, Katy was a...

a valued and much loved colleague.

And we'’ll miss her hugely.

I know I will.

Oh, and, uh, we'’re gonna be--

yeah, just to show our appreciation for her family,

we'’re gonna be doing a collection.

-Hey. -Hey. How are you guys?

I, uh, brought you some cake...

to help cheer you up.

Tom: ...donating whatever you can.

[indistinct chatter]

Beth: I mean, it was a huge shock.

It must have been so hard for all of you.

It'’s been a lot to deal with.

It wasn'’t so long ago she was sitting right where you are.

She had her issues,

but I just can'’t picture anyone wanting to hurt her.

Was she seeing anyone?

She liked to date.

Think there was only one she really liked.

I mean, she was so private.

My guess is he was married.

♪tense music

Hmm.

[entry bell rings]

[door closes]

Beth, what'’s the latest?

Well, everything'’s good.

Tom was released last night without charge.

That'’s a relief.

All a big mistake.

Bye, then.

Everything okay there?

[entry bell rings]

He'’s not right.

I--I know the cost of the wedding

has been stressing him, but...

that murder sent him even more inside his head.

He knew Katy from school.

Just hit him in a funny way.

It'’s hit all of us.

[sighs]

♪♪

[dog barking]

[slow footsteps]

♪tense music

[knock at the door]

Hey, come in.

-Hi. -Come in.

Oh, sorry about the mess.

-Work'’s crazy, and... -[door closes]

...trying to sort out Jess'’ birthday party.

Ah, yes. Poppy'’s so excited.

Yeah. First one since Marnie,

so just want to make sure it'’s really special.

-What did you want to-- -Yeah.

This has got all the photos of Poppy on it.

I wanted to print them off for my mum before she leaves.

The place in town can'’t do it for ages,

and you'’re the I.T. supremo.

[chuckles] Yeah.

Yeah, no, I can probably do it.

Yeah. Leave it with me.

But, like, a day or two?

Uh, probably be next week.

Thanks, Adam. I appreciate it.

-Want a cup of tea, coffee? -Yeah, a coffee,

-yeah, would be great. -Come through.

Who knew planning a kid'’s party could be so complicated?

In my day, you were lucky if you got a goody bag.

Now it'’s all cupcake towers and deejays and...

I really appreciate you

letting us do Jess'’ birthday at yours.

He'’s told me everything, Adam.

About how he'’s been unfaithful with Katy.

There'’s no point in denying it.

I'’m so sorry.

I kept telling him it was wrong.

But he wouldn'’t listen.

There were other women, too, not just Katy.

He said they were meaningless.

He loves you, Beth.

[sighs]

♪tense music

[bird caws]

[lock clicking]

[keys clatter]

[scoffs]

[shudders]

[panting]

Pearson: I'’ve been calling and texting.

Well, I needed lunch and a real coffee.

Big news. Just had a call from Lancashire Police.

Alison Mayhew has been found alive and well.

You serious?

Yeah.

She, uh, ran off to the Pennines with a new lover.

Decided to experiment living off the grid.

Well, I mean, obviously it'’s good news,

but it means moving forward,

we'’ve got to treat Katy's murder as an isolated incident.

Can you get the team moving, all right?

We need to find out where Katy got her drugs from.

Right, let'’s get back to the station.

I'’ve got a persistent caller to deal with.

Let'’s see what he wants.

Right.

[telephone line rings]

Michael: Hello.

Hi. Mr. Alderton, this is Detective Inspector Edgeworth

-returning your call. -Ah.

Finally.

I gather that you are keen to speak to me

about the Katy Asquith case.

Your messages mention your daughter.

Yes. Yes, yes, my daughter Phoebe.

Uh...

well, look, after I saw you'’d arrested him...

I had to speak to someone.

When you say, "him,"

I take it you'’re referring to Tom Fairchild.

Yes.

Phoebe and he were together...

for a time,

up until she died.

I'’m really sorry to hear that.

A mugging they said, you know,

gone wrong. [laughs]

I never bought it.

And what sort of mugger strangles some--

strangles someone?

[glass clinks]

[liquid pours]

[sighs]

[footsteps approach]

[door closes]

Her Majesty insisted on three stories this evening.

[chuckles] When I skipped bits,

she pulled me up on it. [chuckles]

Kids don'’t miss a thing.

Yeah.

You okay?

[ice cubes clink]

I know. About Katy and the others.

Your receptionist seems to think Katy

was fucking someone married, presumably you.

And Adam was good enough to confirm the others.

[chuckles]

Okay.

How many have you had?

I bluffed, Tom...

pretended that you confessed.

And then Adam spilled everything.

You'’ve been lying to me,

cheating on our family.

Mm, what about you, Beth?

Tricking information out of people,

out of our friends? Is that normal behavior?

Define normal, Tom.

Because I don'’t think it'’s normal

to fuck someone with your hands around their neck.

I found your phone.

Texts, photos,

extreme, violent porn,

including a video of you strangling Katy Asquith.

I wasn'’t strangling her.

Imagine if the police had found that.

Yeah, I'’m not stupid.

♪tense music

Did you kill her?

Beth, come on.

Fucking like that does not make me a murderer.

And you know that.

Where is it, the phone?

I got rid of it.

-How? Where is it now? -I said I got rid of it.

I can'’t bear to be near you right now.

You know...

people don'’t come back from accusations like this.

Not without their spouses beside them.

Now, remember it'’s me who provides

for this charmed life you lead.

It'’d just be a pity to lose everything.

Hmm?

[door opens]

[door slams]

[soft, indistinct chatter]

♪♪

[car door closes]

[keys jingling]

-Hi. -Hi.

You okay?

You coming in?

[water dripping]

There'’s no milk.

Right.

[water pours]

Any news on the repairs?

Yeah, just waiting on the spare part.

Soon as it comes, I'’ll be moving along.

Don'’t worry.

So why didn'’t you tell me about this when I first arrived?

About what'’s going on with Tom?

You and he aren'’t exactly friendly.

It'’s not like you need any extra ammunition.

But you can'’t just pretend

he hasn'’t been arrested for murder.

He'’s been released without charge.

Oh, okay. And the police

are gonna question him again, aren'’t they?

How the fuck do I know? Hopefully not,

because he'’s innocent.

And you know that for a fact, do you?

Yes! I do.

Because I know Tom.

You can never really know anyone, Beth.

I would never put Poppy in danger, ever.

If you don'’t trust my judgment when it comes to my kid,

then maybe I should just go.

I didn'’t ask you to come here.

[chuckles]

I just--

I just want you to be safe.

And I want you to be happy.

I am safe.

I am happy.

Ah.

[water dripping]

I found it hard as a kid growing up in this thing.

Moving all the time.

Well, anything was better than staying with your father.

-[sighs] -And he was not a good man,

and he was not a good role model.

Can we not talk about him, please?

-Yeah, fine. -Oh, this tap.

[dripping stops]

-Look... -[dripping resumes]

why don'’t you and Poppy come and stay here for a bit?

Just--Just take a break from all the madness.

What, cooped up here?

-Well, we always managed-- -No, we didn'’t.

We were poor.

You were stoned most of the time.

People took the piss out of me. I hated every minute.

Well...

Well, it wasn'’t always easy, you know, being a single mum.

In fact, it was really difficult at times.

But--[sighs]

I hope...

it was worth it.

♪sentimental music

Clover: '’Cause you'll be the judge of that. [sighs]

Oh, come on, Beth.

For the tap.

That dripping would drive me mad.

♪♪

[soft, indistinct chatter]

Ollie.

Where you stayin'’, Ollie?

What'’s in the back? Yeah.

Ollie, Ollie, Ollie, Ollie, what have you got?

This is...

Yeah.

[indistinct chatter]

[fading] Ollie, Ollie...

[seabird calls]

-[restaurant chatter] -Two and sugar?

Please.

Thank you.

Thank you. Bye.

Beth: Sorry.

Hi.

Look nice today.

New earrings?

[chuckles] It'’s a present from Ollie.

Nice surprise given what an arsehole he'’s been lately.

Is he at work today?

Where else would he be?

[Beth chuckles]

♪tense music

This is Phoebe Alderton.

She died six years ago.

She was dating Tom Fairchild at the time.

Now, City Police investigated,

but they reckoned it was just a mugging that went wrong,

and they never got anyone for it.

Her phone and her purse were both missing,

never recovered.

The exact same M.O. as Katy Asquith.

-Yeah. -Whose handbag'’s missing, too.

And both were close to the good Dr. Fairchild.

Mike, is there any progress on where Katy got the cocaine from?

Uh, nothing concrete yet, but I'’ve--

I'’ve got more people to talk to, so...

Okay, what about Katy'’s handbag?

[sighs]

All right, Jada, can you pull together

all of the locations Fairchild trained, where he lived,

and then cross-match them with the Missing Person database.

-Yeah. -All right, uh,

-thank you, everyone. -Yeah.

[indistinct chatter]

It'’s risky...

going after Fairchild again.

No, Garland is not gonna like it.

We just go where the evidence takes us.

[sighs] Two possible victims.

You think it possibly could be...

Let'’s not get ahead of ourselves.

Takes three.

For a serial killer, it'’s three.

♪♪

[pan clatters]

[scraping]

[food bubbling]

I arranged for Poppy to go to Adam'’s for the night.

With whom I'’ve cleared the air, by the way.

I'’m ashamed, Beth.

And I am truly...

sorry.

The thought of losing you and Poppy is...

is just unthinkable.

And look here, I know this is just flowers

and fucking cooking, but...

I think I wanted to just...

to show you what I felt.

You know, the start of the effort that I want to make.

[clears throat]

[stirring]

The food smells good.

It'’s risotto.

I swear the rice will be soft this time.

♪gentle music

[liquid pouring]

Why don'’t we have sex like we used to?

Sex with you used to feel...

unexpected, urgent.

Now it just...

faded.

Got boring.

And then you...

I mean, I--

I guess it was Poppy.

You know? I mean, she arrived and was...

just so, so beautiful.

And you were so focused on her.

So the moment I pushed a baby out of my vagina,

-I became unattractive. -No.

That is not what I'’m...

I think you just...

you know, you became the mother of my child, and it--

it didn'’t feel right to do that anymore.

Did it ever occur to you that I might have missed it?

I mean, we--we still have plenty of sex, I think.

Yeah, but it'’s not as good.

No, it'’s not.

Yeah, and I guess that'’s...

[sighs] when I started watching,

I mean, just loads of fucking porn and...

We had an agreement.

Why didn'’t you include me?

What? So I never let you put your hands around my neck,

so you found someone else to do it with?

And I will get help, okay?

I'’m gonna get help, counseling.

Whatever it takes.

But I can'’t do it on my own.

♪gentle music

Kate, I need you.

I need you beside me...

my wife.

♪tense music

♪♪

[bicycle chain clicking]

TOM: All right, mate. Fucking hell.

Slow down.

Eh?

I apologized already, didn'’t I?

You made me look like a dick.

I like Beth. Put me in an awful position.

Yeah. This will not happen again, all right? Believe me.

Extracurricular activities are over.

Now come on, mate. Keep up.

Come on, mate!

Hoo hoo!

Eh, fuck.

Come on, then. Let'’s go.

All right, then. Go mad.

Here they come!

Tom: Watch this, mate. Watch this.

Watch this. Watch this.

[Adam panting] Fuck.

Ah, for fuck'’s sake.

-[groans] -Hoo hoo hoo hoo!

[panting]

[indistinct chatter]

[Tom imitates trumpet blowing]

-Alpha dog strikes again. -Daddy! Daddy!

Well, you had a head start, but...

[laughs]

Yay!

Tom: Hey, lookit.

-Daddy! Daddy! -Hey, little one.

How are you?

-Well done, Daddy. -Did you quit, mate?

Yeah, tell me we'’re racing next time.

Great. Great. Daddy'’s useless, isn't he?

-Daddy'’s useless. -Hey, mate.

Can I have another one?

-Here. -Yes.

Hey.

Have we got the other ones?

That it?

This isn'’t far from where they found Katy'’s body.

Oh, for God'’s...

Why would you bring that up?

Have you heard if the police have made any progress?

Not yet.

But I would be prepared.

Very likely the police will keep digging.

You, Tom, '’til they find something.

Or until something more exciting turns up.

I just want to move on, get on with our lives.

You know, Katy had drugs in her system.

If I were the police, I'’d be working that angle.

Not to mention all the men she was sleeping with...

allegedly.

Is there a big drug scene around here?

[chuckles] We live on the coast.

That'’s how the drugs come in.

It is a nasty business.

♪dark music

Okay, that'’s right, girls.

Put your hands in the air.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

-[panting] -1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

-1, 2, 3, 4. -[doorbell rings]

Okay, that'’s right, girls. Put your hands in the air.

3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

1, 2--

[remote clatters]

Oh, hi.

Hi, Libby. Can I come in?

Just burning those calories.

Got to fit into that bloody dress.

Is Ollie around?

He'’s at work.

Um...[chuckles]

This is gonna sound a bit weird.

Um, I was out the other day,

and I saw Ollie with some men.

[sighs]

It looked like he was dealing drugs.

I felt I had to mention it.

[chuckles]

Mmm.

He was into all that years ago.

He went right to the edge,

but I got him back.

At least, I thought I had.

Well, you said he hasn'’t been himself lately.

And he, um...

knew Katy.

Her earrings.

[waves crashing]

[car brakes squeal]

[car door opens, closes]

[lock clicking]

[door closes]

[footsteps approaching]

What'’s going on?

♪soft music

[tap running]

Libby: Called your work phone.

It'’s been cut off.

They'’re issuing new ones next week.

You'’re lying through your teeth. I e-mailed you.

I got a bounce back saying you'’d left the company.

-Okay, okay. They fired me. -[laughs]

I don'’t want to worry you with the wedding and everything.

I'’ll just get another job. It'’s fine.

You'’ve been spotted, Ollie. I know you'’re dealing again.

Is this her?

Hmm? Your rich fucking bitch boss spreading lies about me.

Why did you get me a dead woman'’s earrings, Ol?

It doesn'’t look good, Ollie.

How else would you have got them?

-Ollie! -Fuck this, man!

Libby! Oh, God.

You okay? It'’s okay.

♪operatic singing

[gloves snapping]

Here'’s the stuff I couldn'’t part with.

I just want justice for her.

I'’ll go and make the tea.

Have a look through them.

She was the same age as me.

Yeah, can you bag that up?

Find out from I.T. what it is.

[cell phone buzzing]

-Mike. -Two things.

Tell Jada her MISPER files have arrived.

Looks like they should keep her busy for a bit.

And, boss...

you got some visitors.

[sighs] You carry on.

Mm-hmm.

All right, when you say visitors...

[slow footsteps]

♪♪

I'’m not sure I can do this.

You'’ve been walking around,

wearing a murder victim'’s earrings.

I don'’t think you'’ve got a choice.

What if we got it wrong?

I mean, it could all be some kind of mix-up, right?

Well, then it will all work out, okay?

But this is the right thing to do.

Maybe Ollie knows something

that can help them find the real killer.

Exactly.

[door opens]

[dog barking]

So it begs the question.

What'’s the sprinter's reward for surviving the mountains?

Well, easily answered.

As you can see here, having the best seats in the house

to watch this breakaway.

Well, looking to take a surprise...

[door opens] ...here at this stage,

Asgreen at the ending.

Quick Step Team for a victory at the 2021 Tour

after proving the quickest

from a break quartet of escapees.

And, well, a win today would leave him

just three stages away from a second overall...

I was at the police station with Libby earlier.

[turns off TV]

Turns out their new prime suspect is Ollie.

Ollie.

Oh, my God.

That cocky little prick.

Wh-Why were you at the police station?

He gave a pair of earrings to Libby as a present,

but they were Katy'’s.

Plus he'’s into drugs, behaving oddly.

So I persuaded her to go to the police.

He acted so guilty, Tom.

So...

So you...

helped find the real killer.

I wouldn'’t go that far.

They still have to find him,

talk to him.

But you did it for me.

I did it for us.

♪soft music

No more secrets.

No more lies.

♪♪

[both grunting, moaning]

[both sighing]

[police dispatch chatter]

And he has got a record for dealing,

weed, coke, assault.

He was never charged.

He ended up in rehab.

Yeah, no, absolutely.

We will keep you posted.

[indistinct conversation]

Okay. Okay, thanks.

Okay, go.

Uh, by all accounts,

Ollie Turner'’s been on a downward slide for a while.

About week or so ago, he lost his job.

They, uh, found bundles of white powder

hidden in his desk drawer.

Okay, so not exactly a pro, then.

No.

These were in the toilet cistern.

Okay. See if we can match this

with the stuff that we found in Katy Asquith'’s bloodstream.

We'’ll try, but this is what you really need to see.

Just came in from a sales property

that Turner had access to.

It'’s remnants of a handbag

matching the description of Katy Asquith'’s.

And...

her driver'’s license.

-♪party music playing -[children yelling]

That makes two of us.

[laughs]

Yeah.

Well done. Well done.

[thunder rumbling]

Say, "Cheese."

That is a good token for Tom

now he'’s running for School Governor.

Here we are.

We were just talking about the new suspect.

Hmm. I heard his fiancée was the one who gave him up.

Beth, I'’m surprised you'’d let her be here today.

Especially with the kids and everything.

What do you mean?

I just think we need to be careful

about who we let into the fold.

I couldn'’t agree more.

[party chatter]

Can I take that for you?

Thank you.

Hey.

No sign of Ollie?

Police are tearing the house apart,

just like they did here.

Don'’t worry. I'’ve got your back.

Thanks, Beth.

Adam: There you go. I'’ll go and get some.

Jess is loving this. Thank you so much.

-It'’s my pleasure. -It'’s amazing.

-[chuckles] -[imitating fanfare]

-Oh, no. Uh-oh. -[girls yelling]

-It'’s a bike! It's a bike! -What'’s all this?

What do you think it is, mate? It'’s not for me, is it?

-Thank you, Uncle Tom. -She'’s already got a bike.

Yeah, but this is a nice one.

Way too generous, as usual.

No, it'’s not.

Yeah, it'’s good, isn't it?

Mmm. Be right back.

Okay.

-Eh? -[thunder rumbling]

-She loves it. -She does.

Right, Jess?

Ollie: Please. Please, you can'’t stay here with these people.

-No, please, man. Libs, Libs... -Please don'’t. Please don't.

Just trust me. Please, baby.

I just need five minutes with you outside, man.

You can'’t trust these people, man.

-[panting] -Libby.

-You okay? -She'’s fine.

We were both fine until you stuck your oar into our life!

Why don'’t we just all sit down and chat?

And you can explain everything that you need to to the police.

Fuck that! They'’ll never listen to me, man.

Please, Ollie, you'’ve got

to hand yourself in. This has gone way too--

I just wanted to make extra cash.

I wanted you to have the best wedding ever.

You fucked it, '’cause there isn'’t gonna be a wedding now.

-I will never marry you. -No, no. You don'’t mean that.

-Yeah, I do. I do. -Oh, babe.

'’Cause I'm not gonna marry a killer, not now. Not ever.

-No, man, I wasn'’t-- -Hey, hey, hey!

You need to get the fuck out of my house.

Don'’t fucking touch me, prick!

-Ollie: Move, man! -You okay? Yeah?

-Ollie! -He'’s gonna do something stupid

-to himself. Please. -I'’ll make sure he's okay.

-Call the police. -Sure.

♪dark music

[cell phone rings]

Jada?

That card of Phoebe Alderton'’s you asked me to look at,

it was some sort of membership card

for an underground club night called The Vault.

Yeah, I'’ve never heard of it.

Well, we'’ve only got the name and logo.

There'’s not actually much else online,

bar a couple of mentions in forums.

Looks like it moves to different locations,

so it'’s hard to know where and when

the night is gonna take place next.

And what kind of club night we talking about?

Kink, BDSM, swinging.

Looks like an illegal sex club.

Boss, we got a hit on Ollie Turner.

All right, Jada, can we pick this up later?

No problem. I'’ll keep digging.

Okay. Thank you.

-Ollie! -Ollie!

Ollie!

[thunder rumbling]

Ollie!

-Ollie! -Come on, Beth.

What are the chances of actually finding him?

I promised Libby. She said he might come here.

-It'’s where he proposed. -Oh, my God.

Tom, please. He'’s in a vulnerable state.

Yeah, he'’s off his fucking face on God knows what.

I can'’t help feel that this is all my fault.

Beth, Beth, Beth, Beth. Come on.

You helped the police get information. That is all.

And he'’s guilty, isn't he?

Why else is he running?

I'’ll look along the harbor arm. You carry on here.

Beth.

♪tense music

Beth: Ollie!

Dispatcher: Suspect Oliver Turner

last seen at Folkestone Harbor.

All units in the vicinity to make their way to the area.

♪tense music

[thunder rumbling]

-[running footsteps] -Ollie!

Ollie!

Ollie! Tom, he'’s here!

Ollie!

[gasps]

[gasps]

[Beth yells]

Beth?

-[thunder crashes] -Beth!

Ollie, please. Please don'’t hurt me.

Please. All this can get sorted.

-[sirens approaching] -Sorted, how? Hmm?

Sorted, how?

-Fucking let-- -I didn'’t do anything!

Hey, you get the fuck away from me!

[sobbing] Tom.

You turned Libby against me, man.

-Pearson: Ollie! -Edgeworth: Ollie!

-You made up lies about me! -No, no. I just--

I just did what I thought was right.

No, fuck your bullshit! You did it to save him!

-Tom. -You'’re gonna tell the police

so that I can get Libby back.

-Ollie! -Ollie!

[sirens approaching]

Ollie. Ollie, I am Detective Inspector Edgeworth.

I'’m investigating the murder of Katy Asquith.

You'’re wasting your time with me!

I-I barely fucking knew her, like hardly at all, man!

Okay, why don'’t you just let Beth go, and we can--

-we can talk about this calmly. -No, no, no, no. She stays.

Look, I didn'’t kill Katy, all right?

I didn'’t touch her. I just sold her drugs, okay?

Coke, weed sometimes, that'’s all. Nothing crazy.

She was dead when I got there, I swear down.

I-I took her stuff to sell.

No, I-I know I'’m a prick, stealing from a dead woman,

but she was--

I'’ve never seen a dead person before.

[voices approaching]

Hey, don'’t fucking move.

Hey, what the fuck is he doing? Get back! I told you the truth!

No, it'’s because you've got a knife, all right?

There is a life in danger.

To make you fucking listen!

[voices approaching]

No, they don'’t fucking believe me.

-[panting] -You need to tell them.

-Ollie, it'’s gonna be okay. -Tell them what? Tell them what?

I saw him near the beach the night Katy died,

running near her body.

-Who? -Your fucking husband, man!

Pearson: Put the knife down!

-[thunder crashing] -Edgeworth: Ollie.

-I said put down the knife! -[yells]

Armed police! Taser! Taser! Taser!

-[electricity crackling] -[groans]

Beth!

[thump]

[slow-motion] Ollie!

[indistinct police dispatch chatter]

[silently mouths words]

[distorted] Over here!

[thunder crashes]

Pearson: It'’s broken, isn't it?

[rhythmic grunting]

Stay with me, Ollie, yeah?

[thunder crashing]

Come on.

Ollie.

♪♪