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[CHATTER]

Thank you.

Thank you.

Did anyone ever tell you you scrub up pretty well?

Oh, I get that all the time.

[CHATTER]

Elaine's working the room I see.

Oh, I always knew where the door marked.

It was.

[CHATTER]

Amy, I'm not here.

My dad's not.

No.

He's--

My stepfather couldn't come, sadly.

It would have been hard, I suppose.

Room full of top brass.

But still, shame to miss the big night.

Cheers.

Well, it's an impressive turn out.

Detective Chief Superintendent's always get a good send off.

It's one of the perks I think, along with health

care and free travel.

You could be a DCS if you wanted.

No.

I had the chance for a promotion, didn't I?

But I'm no good behind a desk.

I like getting my hands dirty.

So you do.

All the politics, kissing up, glad handing,

I don't think I'd be very good at it.

I know you wouldn't be.

Still, I doubt I'll get a crowd as big as this when I return.

Don't worry. I'll come.

I'll bring a date.

So, Elaine, how are you settling into your new place?

On the whole, everyone's been very welcoming.

Well, anyway, I'm sure you have a plan

to win around the doubters.

I really should mix.

Of course.

Please don't let me get in your way.

Enjoying yourself?

I am.

Thank you.

Must be nice.

Retiring on a high, a great and a good, lining up to wish you well.

Oh, don't be coy.

It's boring.

Have you any idea of the damage you've done?

The pain you've caused.

Have a lovely evening.

[CHATTER]

Oh, young Barnaby.

What are you doing here?

Representing the station, sir.

Oh, no need to be so formal.

DCI capital, too, very nicely.

The DCI was my boss when I was on a training

this convent at Causton a good few years ago now.

Sarah.

Sebastian.

The better half?

By a country mile.

I didn't realize you knew DCS, Bennett.

Only by reputation.

Oh, she certainly has one of those.

She has?

Oh, an ability to be front and center at all times.

It was never a committee that she didn't want a chair

or an initiative that she didn't want to be the face of.

And now she's your new neighbor at Chalice Court, I understand.

Uh-huh.

Chalice Court?

It's a retirement home for old Bill like me.

You're all ex-police officers?

Oh, it's a prerequisite.

It's run by a charity, you know, a committee that

gets new applicants and things.

They're very picky about who they let in or they used to be.

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Ladies and gentlemen.

Well, some gentlemen and maybe a few rogues.

When I first graduated from Hendon,

the force was very different to what it is today.

I think we've all come a long way since then.

Now I'm retiring and looking forward to--

well, who knows what.

But I'm delighted to have moved into Chalice Court.

It's the next phase of my life.

And I can't wait for it to begin.

Cheers.

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That Sebastian chap seems nice.

DCI Cabot?

You know, even though that secondment wasn't very long,

he taught me a lot.

Oh, yeah?

Your jacket, sir.

Thank you.

He taught me to listen not just to what is being said,

but to what isn't.

And he taught me to follow where the evidence leads, not where

you think it ought to go.

But mostly, he taught me the importance

of wearing a self-tie bow tie.

And that's important?

Because now I can do this.

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Which I think puts me just the right side of Loosh.

I've always had a thing for that look.

Lucky me.

Well, take me home, and I'll show you how lucky.

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[CHATTER]

Don't you forget I'm talking to you.

I'm 20-something.

[CHATTER]

I have information.

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I'm afraid this didn't do her much good. Massive trauma to the head and thorax. Death would have been instantaneous.

No seat belt?

Doesn't look like it.

So no attempt to make the turn? She just floors it and deliberately drives into a tree.

Not quite. That's why I thought you might be interested.

Break cable.

Someone cut it?

I have heard of foxes gnawing them. Hooligans. This. It's too clean.

Murder?

Yes.

I was at her retirement party last night. She said she couldn't wait for the next phase of her life.

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I bet that goes down well with the neighbours.

You see I barn to be. This is DS Winter.

I'm Matilda, Matty. Elaine was my step-mom.

Can I speak to your father?

Be gentle.

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Mr. Bennet?

I was asleep. Elaine was gone when I woke up.

Which was when?

Sometime after nine.

We have two witnesses who saw your car driving away at about five this morning.

Five?

Yeah. Get that done here.

Can you think why she would leave that early?

No.

And your wife didn't wake you?

No.

I was sleeping heavily.

You didn't hear her get up? You didn't hear her leave?

No.

Had you been drinking, Mr. Bennet?

Is this really necessary?

No. It's alright.

Yes, I had. I passed out, okay?

I was in the study. When I woke, our car had gone.

Now...

How about you answer a few of my questions, like why was she out so early?

Why did she crash? Was it an accident?

Had she been drinking?

Can someone, somewhere, please tell me what the hell is going on?

It wasn't an accident, Mr. Bennet.

I don't understand. Their car. But that means someone deliberately...

I'm sorry.

Did you know her?

No, I'm afraid I didn't.

She was funny, you know, and tough.

And just who Dad needed after Mum left.

That can't have been easy.

I was just a kid and took it badly.

A lame was a godsend.

She'd had Lionel a few years earlier. See, so they were both single parents.

Dad adopted Lionel and we made a whole family.

They were well suited. Neither of their marriages had survived them being on the job.

I think she was relieved when I trained to be an accountant.

She didn't want either of us following her into the force. She'd seen what it can do.

So Lionel is a...

A landscape gardener. He's good. Got a real eye.

He's doing that development next door.

We saw it coming in.

At least Lionel's with him. He doesn't drink so much if someone's there.

Must have put a strain on the marriage.

They rowled, yeah. Anyone would.

A lot?

Also recently, but Dad could never hurt Elaine.

He adored her and this is going to break him.

You said break cable.

We believe so.

Then start by finding who smashed the windscreen three weeks ago.

Why didn't you go with her to the party?

I didn't fancy it. Not really my scene.

So you went instead?

That's right.

What happened after the party?

I had driven here. Mom drove us to the party and back.

In her car?

Our car.

And then?

Picked up my van and went home.

At what time?

Just after midnight.

And you were here all the time?

You think...

She enjoyed last night?

Yes. I do.

Well...

That's something isn't it?

The car had been damaged before.

Did the report it?

I told me and Bennett was all for it, but Elaine didn't want to.

Why not?

No idea, they riled about it.

They riled quite a lot I gather.

Get under the garage, see what the damage was and if it included anything other than the windscreen.

Like the brakes?

Have you any idea how hard it is to get into this place?

Well you think of applying sir.

In many years from now. Obviously decades.

You'd have thought someone like DCS Bennett would have been welcomed with open arms, wouldn't you?

She wasn't.

That's something someone said last night.

Probably nothing.

Murdered?

But who...

We have to tell the police.

We can't. They'll know it was us.

What if he comes after you?

Jen.

Or Fran.

She had what?

Grodinger's disease.

Which is?

An inherited condition.

Over time the brain cells begin to waste away.

Symptoms don't usually appear until middle age.

It starts with loss of balance and goes downhill from there.

Eventually you lose the ability to walk, talk.

Swallow.

Is there a cure?

None. It's curled and horrid.

By my reckoning, Elaine Bennett was in the early stages.

You said it's inherited, could she pass it on?

There's a 50/50 chance.

They generally advise sufferers to tell.

So the kids can get tested, but not everyone does.

So if you're asking questions, don't go charging in with your size 10s.

As if. Would anyone else know about this?

A husband, maybe.

A GP, definitely.

Do we know who that is?

A Dr...

Ruth Cabot.

Thank you, Fleur.

Sir, I've got three different people who say they saw the Bennets' car

arriving back at Chalice Court around midnight.

So whoever tampered with the break, did it some time after that?

You can't just walk into Chalice Court, the gates are locked and you need a fob.

Someone could have scaled the wall.

That's better than the alternative.

The killer was inside all along and we're looking for an ex-officer.

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That we are here today at all is a testament to the wonders of science.

Not that long ago, this entire field was a waste ground,

badly polluted and good for nothing.

Even today, only a handful of people are allowed onto it.

But something called bioremediation is turning that all around.

And with my team of talented, dedicated people,

we can turn something toxic into something we can all be proud of.

[applause]

Bioremediation.

Using microorganisms and bacteria and that sort of thing to help reclaim polluted land and rivers.

They feed on the pollution and clear it up.

It's not a chemical in sight.

Very impressive, Wynter.

I meant the science.

Of course you did.

Inspector.

There's something I should have told you from before.

About Sam Engels.

Who's he?

He used to work for me.

But I found out he'd been in prison and he lied about it.

The thing is, my clients, they trust me, you know.

They found out about...

When you fired him?

I'm worried he might have something to do with my mother's death.

Why?

She remembered him.

From when he'd been nicked.

And she told me.

So he blamed her for losing his job.

Do you know where we can find him?

Giles!

Giles!

I'm still waiting for that breakdown.

I'm so sorry. I know you've got a lot on your mind. I'll get it to you.

The audit's in a week. The last thing I need right now is the taxman on my back.

I know.

Don't worry.

Giles Franklin.

DCI Barnaby, DS Winter.

You're the treasurer at Chalice Court, is that right?

Yes. This is about Elaine Bennett.

Shocking business.

How can I help?

You rowled with her last night.

I wasn't really rowled.

I told her I didn't like her complaining about my dog.

Simba barks at night.

Well, not often.

But...

She said if he did it again she'd apply to have him...

I don't know, evicted.

She can do that?

I doubt it.

I told her that if she wanted a fight, Simba and me had faced a lot worse.

I was a dog handler.

Twenty-three years on the force.

And the last three with Simba.

And then when they invalidated me out, I took him with me.

Tried stopping a getaway car with my hip.

Not a great success.

But after, when my wife passed, he was my pal.

You know...

You whizz someone for forty years and suddenly...

Don't get old, gentlemen.

It's a bit rubbish.

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I knew about the Grodingers, of course.

It's why Elaine wanted to move here.

To Chalice Court?

Mm.

She said she'd feel safer here.

She'd begun to experience early symptoms.

I mean, nothing bad yet, but...

She knew what was coming.

What about the family? Did they know?

Oh, absolutely.

And Damien knew, of course.

Not that that helped particularly.

How do you mean?

To care for someone, you have to be able to put them first.

And Damien couldn't?

Not that I could see.

You know, ten years ago last April, he was out there.

Gardening.

Cerebral hemorrhage.

No warning.

I'm sorry.

Afterwards it wasn't easy, but we managed.

Routine, you see.

It's made a remarkable recovery, considering.

So?

To mark the anniversary, he wanted to give something back.

The charity walk. The equivalent of here to London.

A hundred metres a day.

Oh.

And another one bites the dust.

Sam Engels.

Something you said last night, sir,

you gave the impression you thought the committee letting in Elaine Bennett was a mistake.

No, it wasn't Elaine that worried me.

It was her.

It was her.

She was a very good person.

She was a very good person.

She was a very good person.

She was a very good person.

It was her husband.

Damien? Why?

Damien Bennett used to be a police officer, too.

At Causton?

At first.

Then he was transferred.

And then he left.

Under a big grey cloud.

Malfeasantly call it.

Nice umbrella term.

He was bent?

Oh, no.

Not officially.

You can't prove it.

He's a private investigator now.

I hear he's quite good.

What sort of incriminating things?

You remember the

Goldman Forbes job?

Yes, I blamed her.

She didn't have to tell him, did she?

Stick her nose in like that?

If you'd just told the truth it wouldn't have been a problem.

When I got out

last time, I really

changed. Sought my life.

I got

a few jobs, cash in hand, but

it wasn't enough.

And trying to get a proper job.

The minute they found out I'd been in

prison.

And I could feel the tug.

You know.

Do a couple of houses.

But I

didn't want to go back.

And then I hear about

this job.

Garden Laborer. With Lionel Bennett?

So this time

I said nothing. Just that I'd been

away. Travelling.

And I got the job.

A regular paycheck.

I reckon I'd turned the corner. Until Elaine Bennett

recognized you.

Where were you last

night? Why?

You think I had something

to do with her death, did you?

I'll donate as soon as I get back to the station.

Or you could do it at the county fair.

That's where I drew the last leg. The grand finale.

Nice.

Very resourceful my husband.

He always was.

Charlie.

Calm calm calm calm

calm calm

calm calm

What's happening?

It's just a

bar. It doesn't matter.

Doesn't matter Charlie.

Who's he?

Has he come to take me?

Nobody's come to take you.

Yeah.

There's a smart car.

1965 red custom

BMC with white interior.

If you say so.

You've got quite a collection. What's your favorite?

It was the 1969

Scissor Door Manta Ray. It was Sky Blue.

Only I lost it.

So Dad bought me a different car.

Nice of him.

He buys all of my cars. Does your car have

scissor doors? I'd be very surprised.

And you've not come to take

me away? Charlie.

No.

Hey. Why don't I drive you home?

Yeah.

Come on. See you Charlie.

How long has he had OCD?

Oh he was diagnosed

sometime after the autism.

He doesn't live here?

Sadly not. No.

We had to move him into sheltered housing

some years ago.

He can be, you know,

volatile.

And we couldn't cope.

He's privately run,

you know, with carers.

So he's safe.

And he comes here often?

To visit his toy cars.

He's been obsessed with them since he was a kid.

But we look after them,

you know, so they don't get too battered.

Unlike the rest of us.

Sir.

Thank you.

Sam Engles claims

he was in here all night.

Apparently he had his usual three

pints of IPA and then went home.

Anyone backing up?

The barman says he thinks he remembers him.

But Engles is in here most nights, so wouldn't swear to it.

He said the three pints of IPA

sounded about right though.

So Damien Bennett was a cop.

Get that quiet. What's all this about

Goldwyn forms?

I don't know if you remember. About 30 years ago

I finished my training

stint at Causton

six months earlier.

I was four.

Please tell me you've heard of the great train robbery.

The former train?

Yes sir, I've heard of it.

Well the Goldwyn Forbes

job was just as daring. How much?

Just under five million.

It was all over the news

for weeks, you couldn't move around here for reporters.

Why?

The Goldwyn Forbes bank's in the city isn't it?

Because they hid the money at

a disused farm out near Badger's

Drift.

The plan was to hide it there

until the heat died down.

What's about that way?

A young PC noticed unusual

amounts of traffic on the lane

leading to the farm

but he raised the alarm with his sergeant

they went to check it out.

And the sergeant?

Sebastian Cabot.

They found evidence of the gang

coffee mugs, newspapers

and cigarette butts. Prints all over.

Forensics had a field day.

And the money?

Found in an outhouse.

So what's this got to do with Damian Bennett?

I just found out

he was the one who raised the alarm.

They were heroes.

Commendations, pictures in the paper,

interviews on the news.

The press do like a good story.

This one ran and ran for a while at least.

Why, what happened?

When the money was finally recovered and counted

300,000 was missing.

At first the feeling was

one or more of the gang

had taken it.

They had double crossed their collies.

Honor amongst thieves. Quite.

Except as the members of the gang were rounded up

they all denied taking it.

Yeah, well they would, wouldn't they?

Over time

a rumor spread that someone else

took it. Any idea who?

Damian Bennett.

There was never

any proof but there was a time gap

between him noticing the activity

around the farm and him telling

Sergeant Cabot. So what if

he found the money

early on before raising the alarm?

He'd be alone

uninterrupted.

He'd have both means and

opportunity. That's a

lie.

You think I'd be stupid enough to take

that money?

Somebody did.

Not me.

But the rumor stuck.

You didn't

say you used to be on the force.

Didn't think it was

relevant. Why not?

I'm not the one that got killed.

You

left because of malfeasance. We both

know what that means.

It means they wanted a scalp.

It was one of those

periodic drives

to, you know,

root out corruption.

My face

fitted. Why?

I bent the rules,

took a few shortcuts.

But I was never dirty.

How did your wife feel about you

leaving like that?

She backed me 100 percent.

Something like that. Someone in her

position. Bound to put

a strain on the relationship.

Can't have been easy.

Stop fishing,

Inspector.

I know the game.

Can you imagine what it was like

for her? If he's bent, maybe

she is too, you know.

She didn't care.

She believed in me.

She even bankrolled me.

As a private

investigator.

Just until I found my feet.

When I needed her, she was there.

And then I thought,

now

I can do the same for her.

Whatever

happens. You mean

the grow dinners?

I didn't

want her to face it on her own.

Had she told people about the diagnosis?

She didn't update her Facebook profile

if that's what you mean.

She said

she didn't want to fuss.

Besides,

I really don't think that's why she died.

Do you?

I don't know yet.

What do you mean you lost your field?

Farmer's pulled out. Says he

doesn't want the hassle. But it's less than a week to the

fair. Yeah, thanks. I forgot.

What are you going to do? Prayer's

looking good. Good luck.

I'll see you later.

How's Damien Bennett?

Plausible. Reckons

he's more sinned against than sinning.

You don't like him much, do you?

I've known coppers like him who

I think you can be a little bit

bent. I'm going down to Reckons

tomorrow to pull out the Goldman-Forbes files

to see what there is about him in there. Good.

Anything? Maybe.

Elaine Bennett smashed windscreen.

I got onto the garage that did repairs like you asked.

And? She didn't pay for them.

Sebastian Cabot did.

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They weren't leaving anything to chance, were they?

They weren't going to retrieve anything from that.

All our records, everything.

Why?

What was on the computer?

Basic admin.

Residents' details, applications, records.

Including Elaine Bennett?

Of course.

You didn't have anything backed up?

We'd been discussing getting a proper system in for ages.

If you like, I could try putting an inventory

together from memory, in case they took anything.

Thank you.

I'll get on it right away.

Oh, it's the thing used to, um, tighten a drip bit.

It's a chuck key.

Looks brand new.

So I'm wondering who bought a nice new chuck key recently.

So I paid the bill because I felt responsible.

Sit down.

You see, it was Charlie.

Charlie smashed the windscreen?

Yes.

Why?

Oh, he was cross.

See, Elaine was here hoping she could, you know,

count on my vote, and Charlie was-- he was playing.

And Elaine said she thought he was a bit old to be

playing with toy cars, you know.

Made them look babyish.

A bit harsh, wouldn't you say?

Unthinking, really.

But unfortunately, she accidentally broke one

of the wing mirrors off his car.

And?

Charlie didn't like that, so he retaliated.

Car for car, sort of.

And?

Well, of course, I offered to pay for the damage,

which I did in spades.

And?

I'm on to you.

You keep saying "and" in the hope

that I'll just keep talking and maybe say more than I want to.

That's an old trick.

Try a new one, young Barnaby.

And so?

Oh.

And so is irresistible.

All right.

Well, unfortunately, Charlie was under caution for something

that had happened a few months before.

Elaine knew that.

And she knew that Charlie was, therefore, vulnerable.

So in exchange for not bringing a charge of criminal damage,

she wanted more than just the cost of the windscreen.

She wanted my vote.

The admissions committee?

Yes.

She knew it was going to be a close run thing.

I voted yes.

She scraped through.

She blackmailed you?

No.

And there was always the danger she'd come back for more?

Neatly done.

You just got me to volunteer a motive for murder.

So I did.

Mind you, if I was the murderer, how stupid would that make me?

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Are you serious?

They think you could have done it?

You always look at the husband.

I know that.

I'm sort of expecting it.

But when it actually happens, when he looked at me like I was--

Damien, they're just trying it on, poking you, you know?

Seeing what you'll do.

Then maybe I need to find out who actually did it.

DCI Barnaby is not the only one around here

who knows how to investigate.

So I went to see Charlie Cabot.

And? He lived in a converted manor house near Midsomer

Parv, especially kitted out, loads of support, very high end.

Think he could have done it?

I don't see how.

The place is secure, locked down at night, CCTV, night staff.

According to Charlie's flatmates,

he was in his room all night.

Oh, it was always a long shot.

How are you getting on?

Most of the original Golden Forbs gang

are either dead or in prison.

But there's one that got away.

Um-- Brian Hurst.

He'd be about 50 now.

Perhaps he's come back looking for the missing money,

or revenge on whoever took it.

So he kills Elaine?

Unless that wasn't who he was after.

Damien Bennett could just as easily

have been driving that car.

How about he got the wrong Bennett?

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(dramatic music)

(dramatic music)

(engine starting)

(engine starting)

(engine starting)

(engine starting)

- Sir.

- Okay, thank you.

The speed camera out on the Marshwood Road

picked up a motorbike at 1043, the night before last.

- So?

- So I ran the plates.

It's registered to Damian Bennet.

- He said he was Sparco in the study.

- So that would be a lie.

- I think I know why.

Several of the files have been taken

from the Goldman Forbes records.

- Who was the last person to sign out the boxes?

- Elaine Bennet.

The day before she retired.

- Elaine, why?

- Maybe Damian asked her to, to help clear his name.

- Or cover his tracks.

What if there's something in those files

that proves Damian's guilt and he was using her

to keep it hidden, an unwitting accomplice?

Unless, of course, she found out.

(dramatic music)

, (train rumbling) (train whistling)

(train rumbling)

(knocking)

- Mr. Bennet, police.

It's your lady.

- He's gone.

He wasn't answering his phone.

When I got here, his clothes, his overnight bag,

his bike, all gone.

I don't get it.

Why run away?

Why would he do that?

- What do you think?

- I don't know.

My mom and him, they were arguing more and more.

I, um,

I don't know.

- Go on.

- I heard them a week or so ago.

I came to drop off some garden tools

and I could hear them from outside.

- What were they saying?

- I couldn't make it out.

It's something to do with golding and downside.

Didn't mean anything to me.

- Could it have been Goldman?

- Could have been.

Is it important?

- Put out a recent picture and alerted the airport

stations and ferries in case he's tried to skip the country.

- Good.

We'll also need phone traces, bank activity,

any and all known associates.

He knows how we do things which'll make it harder

to find him.

- I'll go onto it.

- Isn't that Billy Bevan who's developing the land

next to Chalice Court?

Why's he got a file on him?

Cobra and Panther.

- Sir?

- And MSM, whatever that is.

This note was made the day before yesterday.

So, what does it mean?

- Perhaps he's investigating a zoo.

(slow music)

Or not.

- Sir.

- Damien Bennett rented a lockup on Downside Lane.

Look at this.

Regular payments to a commercial letting agent.

- Downside, wasn't that?

- What Lionel Bennett overheard his parents rowing about.

And that speeding camera that clocked Damien

when he said he was at home.

Half a mile from Downside Lane.

I think that's where he was.

- I'll drive.

(slow music)

(ourствомооко)

[door gets locked]

Hello?

[door opens]

Sir.

His own private incident room?

Hello?

[door opens]

, [door opens]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

See how the skull is indented?

I'll know more when I get him into the lab.

But for now, say that's what killed him.

A single blow?

My preliminary investigation would suggest two or three.

No defensive wounds or bruising.

I'd say the first one put him down,

and the others finish the job.

Time of death?

It's a bit soon to be sure, but I'd say he's been dead

no more than about six hours.

So somewhere between 11 and when we found him at 4 30.

Mm-hm.

Why string him up?

A warning.

This is what happens if you cross us.

Whoever it was, they've got a flair for the theatrical.

Very kiss of the Spider Woman.

And then, of course, there's this.

That?

Found a partial boot print outside.

And a padlock on the doors intact.

No sign of full century.

And no signs of a struggle.

He let them right in, and then get close enough to hit him.

I'm guessing because he knew them.

Let's get that tested.

Sir, what was Damien up to?

Clearing his name, I'd say.

I think he wanted to know who took the 300,000.

If he found out, it would prove his innocence.

Or get him killed.

If Damien Bennet took that money,

he'd hardly need his wife to bankroll his business.

And he wouldn't be privately investigating his own crime.

So why this?

Maybe the murderer made a mistake,

thought Damien was indeed guilty.

I'd explain the whole display.

So where does the murder of Elaine Bennet fit in?

Well, maybe it's like you said.

They've got the wrong Bennet.

OK, let's widen it out.

You take a look at all of his files from in there, notes,

everything.

Also, who was he investigating?

Who had he upset?

And what the hell does a Cobra, a Panther,

and whatever MSM is have to do with all of it?

[SIGHS]

He always claimed to be innocent.

That someone else took the money.

But recently, he'd become obsessed.

Why was that, do you think?

Them moving here.

All those old cops looking at him.

The rumors, the looks.

More than ever, he was desperate to clear them up.

But he couldn't see.

The harder he tried, the more damage he did.

To their relationship.

At first, Elaine was like a sort of cheerleader.

But recently, I think she was just sick of it all.

She wanted to enjoy not working.

Spend time with her granddaughter, Freya.

Both of them.

What am I going to do?

What am I going to do?

Where is he?

Hubby.

Where's Hubby?

Leave us alone.

Believe me, I will.

Just as soon as I get the money, I'm owed.

We don't owe you anything.

That job was mine.

I'll call the police.

No, you won't.

It's mine.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Fla?

Those traces you untest it, we've got the results back.

And?

In amongst the soil and clay, we found evidence

of chicken feces.

Chickens?

I'd say you're looking for someone who either works

on a farm or rears poultry.

That should make things easier.

Well, it really doesn't, but thanks.

I live to serve.

Bless I was in the area.

Sir, I found the files that Elaine Bennett took

from the Golden Forbes records.

One of them was Sebastian Cabot's duty statement,

covering the events leading up to the raid on the farm.

I was on duty patrolling in car ZV4 with PC Jack Minogue.

We returned to the station for refreshments,

which is when PC Bennett informed me of suspicious activity

around the farm at Badger's Drift.

I went out to the farm, accompanied by PC Bennett,

where we found the money.

I then secured the area PC Bennett and called for backup.

That's exactly as he told us.

Standard routine filing that.

So what's the significance?

That's my duty statement.

And you say that Demi and Bennett got Elaine

to take this from records.

We think so.

Your partner, PC Minogue, do you know where we can find him?

Kylie, we used to call him, obviously.

Now I'm afraid he died nearly 10 years ago, cancer.

Too damned young.

Why do you think Demi and Bennett took this?

It's just me dotting i's and crossing t's.

It's completely insignificant.

What do you think?

It was one of a number of files Demi and Bennett took.

Now perhaps the others are more significant.

And?

Demi and Bennett obviously thought so,

or he wouldn't have taken them.

And?

You know, I've been thinking, 300,000 is a lot to hide.

You couldn't easily hide it in a pillowcase or in the freezer.

So where did they put it?

Oh, property, I'd say.

Buy, wait a while, then sell.

It's nice, clean money.

Maybe.

But Demi and Bennett didn't do anything like that.

You know of.

Keep at it, young Barnaby.

You'll crack it.

I hope so.

In the meantime, don't lose sight of the big picture.

Which is?

Well, Demi and Bennett went in a lot of effort

to make it look as if he was clearing his name.

You know, pretending to be obsessed and all that.

Yeah.

Looked pretty real to me.

Well, if it seems you've made it your life's mission

to find a villain, how can that villain possibly be you?

You know, common sense says you're innocent.

Clever of that.

Hmm.

Nothing so far, I'm afraid, on MSM.

Could be someone's initials, could be an acronym.

There are lots, from Main Street Media to Miami Sound Machine.

Popular beat combo, sir, from the 1970s, I believe.

What about Cobra slash Panther?

Apart from the obvious, Cobra's an old computer

programming language.

Perhaps he was learning to code for some outdated reason.

Keep at it.

Anything on William Bevan?

Only what you'd expect.

Dodgy deals, suspected backhanders,

general slipperiness.

But nothing outright illegal.

Not so you'd notice.

Without the land next to Chalice Court, that's not a done deal.

There's an appeal against it.

If it doesn't go through, he'll be on the hook for a fortune.

Hmm.

Oh, then one other thing.

Thanks.

What's that?

There's nothing on William Bevan before 1995.

No tax returns, no bank details, no nothing.

Hmm.

What's that?

Witness statement, hardware store in Newton Magna.

The owner says that an old guy came in four days ago,

bought a chuck key and heavy duty drill bits.

How did he pay?

Cash, so no record.

But he says that he had a dog tied him up outside.

Called him Simba.

[DOG BARKING]

Quiet!

Inspector?

I think we should talk about the heavy duty drill bits

you bought four days ago.

Uh, I borrowed some money from a charity.

Embezzled.

That's not a word I like to use.

You see, a year ago, my injury pension was reviewed.

They couldn't touch the lump sum,

but they decided to re-ban me.

Decided I wasn't as badly injured

as they'd originally said.

Can they do that?

I don't know.

They wrote me a letter, all very polite,

but their decision was final.

First, I thought, I'll be OK.

It may against me.

But I couldn't.

Not if I wanted to stay here.

You know, my wife and I were very happy here.

This is where she died.

You know, sometimes I sit here and I feel that she's with me.

Still.

I don't want to leave.

I don't want to leave.

So you stole from the charity fund?

I was always going to give it back.

You know, that was the plan.

What happened?

Mattie Bennett was preparing the annual audit.

She does the books.

She noticed something.

I didn't know what to do.

She was pushing for the files and I was afraid

that she'd see what I--

I thought, if I destroyed everything, made it look

like a break-in, I'd--

You'll need to come with us.

You'll be charged with fraud and criminal damage

and released on bail.

I understand.

Did Elaine Bennett know about your embezzling?

Is that why you rowed?

No, she knew nothing.

Oh, she did, she never said anything to me.

Pop your shoes back on, darling.

Mrs. Barnaby?

Yes.

Billy Bevan.

I'd like to make you a proposal.

What do you think?

Well, you know, Elaine Bennett wasn't averse to a bit

of blackmail to get what she wanted.

Why blackmail Giles Franklin?

I mean, it's not like he's rich or can do her a favor.

Doesn't make any sense. - None of it does.

I mean, what are we looking at here?

A wife murdered by mistake or by design?

And if that's the case, why kill our husband?

What?

I'm just imagining how you'd look in the stocks.

Sam wants the money he's owed.

I thought he was going to hit me.

I'm scared.

Don't be.

When does he want it?

I know.

Everything's going to be all right.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[LAUGHTER]

I've got you, you criminal, particularly nasty type.

Oh, hi, darling.

This is my husband, John.

This is Billy Bevan.

I was at the groundbreaking yesterday.

Very impressive.

It will be.

Mr. Bevan here is my knight in shining armor.

Billy, please.

Is he, indeed?

Yeah, he's offered me some land for the county fur.

Ah, next to Channis Court?

No, we can't let the public onto that yet.

Authorized bodes only.

Even I'm not allowed.

Ah, right, the bioremediation.

Very good.

No, this is up the hill a bit.

I'm not doing anything with that at the moment.

So Billy thought he could help us out.

Isn't that generous?

Very.

Plus I'm sure it'll play well with the council,

and especially with any appeals lodged.

That should be going.

I'll see him out.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Thank you so much for your help.

I really appreciate it.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

I just got back from a meeting.

Thank you so much.

[INAUDIBLE]

You're a lifesaver.

[LAUGHTER]

I didn't know what we were going to do.

No, you're absolutely welcome.

Glad to know, thank you.

Thank you.

Have a good day.

All right.

Thank you for coming.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

He did what?

Sent the glass off to forensics.

William Bevan might not have existed before 1995,

but maybe a record of his fingerprints does.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Sam, you come looking for money?

You think I owe you?

Yeah, please.

You threatened my wife and your daughter, eh?

You think you can do that.

Listen.

Listen to me.

You better hope that nothing happens to either of them.

Because, my friend, if Jenny gets

robbed or the car gets broken into, or a friar so much as

grazes her knee, I'm holding you responsible.

You got that?

Yeah.

You got some money.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Really?

Well, what do you know?

Thanks, I owe you.

We got a match on the prints I got from William Bevan's glass.

That was quick.

I called in a favor, and I'm glad I did.

You see, there's a good reason there's

no record of William Bevan before 1995.

Because before that, he was someone else entirely.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[LAUGHTER]

Thank you so much for coming, gentlemen.

I have to tell you, I think this deal is going to be

very good for all of us.

Sir--

Yeah, great.

I hope you haven't come all this way to see me, detective.

Don't really have the time.

I'm sure you can find the time, Mr. Hurst.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Well, I suppose there's any point in denying it.

At first, the idea of taking part in a heist like that

was exciting.

I was a kid-- made me feel the big man.

So what happened?

Cold feet.

The closer it got, the more I thought it was a crazy idea

that we'd never get away with it.

What did you do?

I told him I was sick the day before.

I told them stomach bug. - But they believed you?

There wasn't much they could do.

But it was fine.

The job went down and I thought, fair do's.

And that was that.

Then the money went missing and I knew I was in trouble.

Why?

I knew about the farm where they stashed the money.

And I ducked out of the job, so I double crossed them.

I knew I had to get away fast.

And unlike some, I'd been careful with the money

that I'd made.

Stolen?

Whatever.

I had a bit screwed away, so I ran.

Reinvented myself.

Went straight.

By going into property.

I'd have thought the 300,000 would have set you up nicely.

I didn't take it.

Coming back here was a gamble.

Not really.

I'll wait 25 years.

And who, after all this time, is going to link Billy Bevan

with little Brian Hurst?

How about Damien Bennett?

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

[SOMBER MUSIC]

Hello there.

Last leg. All set.

Just point him in the right direction,

wind him up, and watch him go.

Very, very slowly.

Brilliant. Thank you.

All right.

You know, you're not bad for an old croc.

Oh, thank you very much. Thank you.

Who are you again?

[LAUGHTER]

Did you know Damien Bennett was looking into your affairs?

I'd heard some talk.

If he blew your ID, that'd be bad for you, wouldn't it?

An ex-criminal who lied, I'm sure your investors

would just melt away.

Only he didn't.

Someone got to him first.

Where were you yesterday between 11 and 4?

Right at home.

Working.

Can you prove it?

You people slinging your accusations around,

and you've got no proof, no evidence, just a story.

Well, I've got one too.

I did know for sure about Damien,

and I'm not about to kill him on the off chance.

I'm not that stupid.

So unless you got anything else up your sleeve,

I think we're done here.

Don't you?

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[CHATTER]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Hi.

It's a bit thin, isn't it?

Early days.

Isn't Jamie with you?

He's at the station.

But what about--

He'll be here.

In costume?

Le tout en son.

Listen, while you're here, you could make yourself useful

and set up the stocks.

It beats being in there.

Thank you.

See you later.

Oh.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

(gentle music)

(sighing)

(door thuds)

(somber music)

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Promotion from the pub?

So for one till 10.

You asking me out?

[LAUGHS]

They're doing it because their pumps

were out of order the other night, which means that you

couldn't have had your three pints of IPA.

Sorry I made a mistake.

About what you drank or where you were.

I spoke to the barman again, and this time he was pretty sure

that you weren't there at all.

You weren't, were you?

I didn't kill her.

So why lie?

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

I was at Lionel's house.

I wanted my money.

I could see the van was gone, and he wasn't there.

It was just his wife and the kiddie.

So what did you do?

I waited.

I watched.

It felt good.

For the first time, somebody else

was going to do what I told.

So what happened?

Nothing.

Nothing?

She went to bed at 11.30.

I stayed there till gone one maybe a bit later.

Then I decided to call it quits.

So you didn't see Lionel Bennett come home?

I thought I'd go back another time.

Did you?

Lionel Bennett may seem sweet, you know,

working with plants and gardens and that, but-- but underneath,

he's messed up.

Now, may I recommend that you check out all of these stalls

that we have?

It's a tremendous stall.

I particularly recommend the cake stall.

Quite an achievement.

Did you ever think he wasn't going to make it?

When he started, he said he was doing it for Charlie,

so he'd be proud of his old man.

And I knew he'd make it.

You know, Elaine adored Lionel.

Telling him she was sick must have been incredibly difficult.

The grow dingers?

Nasty business.

And then, of course, he had to get tested, see if he had it.

That takes guts.

But it all worked out fine.

I was delighted when Lionel had Freya.

I was telling him about the other night.

Elaine must have been so happy.

Do you have children, Inspector?

A little girl.

The things we do, eh?

Hm.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

What if he's here?

Sam?

He won't bother us again.

It's over.

Really?

Really.

I love you.

I love you too.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

No one's going to hurt us, not while I'm around.

OK?

Hi.

[PHONE RINGING]

Sir.

Can we find out who Lionel Bennett's GP is?

I need to ask them a question.

Come here.

I'll get that over to you.

Speaking of, do you know that he didn't get home until gone one

the night Elaine Bennett was killed?

Later than he said.

Possibly a lot later.

I'll talk to him.

Meanwhile, don't forget you're on in a couple of hours.

And look villainous.

I might be a few minutes late.

Why?

There's something I need to ask Charles Franklin first.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[DOOR OPENING]

Elaine Bennett was the chair of the pension review board,

wasn't she?

You blamed her for them taking your pension away.

And everything that followed, the lies and the fraud,

you hated her for that.

Now what I'm wondering is, whether you

hated her enough to kill her.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Well, I found out about Elaine a couple of weeks ago.

So that's what you were really arguing about that night,

then, was it?

I wanted her to know, to understand what she

and her cronies on the committee had actually done to me.

And 27 others like me.

Did it make any difference?

What do you think?

But at least I told her.

Is that all you did?

I was angry.

I had it out, face to face.

Do you really think I then waited until she got home,

went out in the middle of the night, and cut her break cable?

A bit elaborate.

It'll be like staging a robbery to cover up your embezzlement.

The damage was done.

Killing Elaine Bennett wouldn't have changed anything.

I didn't kill her, dearest Winter.

What would have been the point?

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[CHATTER]

MSN.

You in these?

Yes.

It's me.

Uh.

Quite the sportsman.

Ah, once upon a time.

Yeah, that was the day we won the Federation Sevens tournament.

Same day they found the Goldman Forbes money.

Hmm.

Big weekend.

As it turned out.

But we wouldn't have won it if Kylie hadn't

have scored with a drop goal in the last minute.

Kylie.

Oh, sorry.

Well, that's what we called him.

His real name was Jack.

Jack Minogue.

[LAUGHS]

Yeah.

The whole game was riding on it.

He was just outside the 22, and he nailed it.

Calm as you like.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

You've got quite a collection.

What's your favorite?

It was the 1969 Cissadour Manta Ray.

It was sky blue.

Only I lost it.

So Dad bought me a different car.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Sir.

Sebastian Cabot couldn't have been on duty with Jack Minogue

when Damian told him about the farm.

Jack Minogue was playing rugby.

Cabot lied on the duty statement.

And I'm afraid I know why.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

We need to talk, sir.

Sir.

[LAUGHS]

Thank you. That's a bit formal.

Can't he wait?

Not really.

Oh, all right.

What's it about?

The 1968 Panther Base with the Cobra body.

It's how you hid the money you stole from the Goldman

Forbes job.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Damian Bennett wasn't the first person

to notice activity around the farm.

I had already seen fresh tar tracks a few days before.

But I kept it to myself.

And when I could, I watched.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

And I found it all.

It was like it was there waiting for me.

That's when you took it?

I didn't even stop to think.

You know, you swear you'll never cross the line.

But oh, my god.

It was so much.

Oh, god.

There's so much.

Oh.

I needed it so badly.

You know, Charlie was just-- oh, he was--

he needed help.

And I couldn't afford it, but he was my boy.

That was the miracle I needed.

And then what?

Well, I hid the money miles away.

And then I started to think straight,

and I was worried because I'd left fresh tar tracks

and footprints in the mud, you know, all physical evidence.

The forensics was bound to find.

Anyway, I went back to the station.

Where P.C. Bennett was waiting for you.

Mm-hmm.

And when he said that he was suspicious

and that we should check out the farm, it all clicked into place.

That-- that was the other miracle that I needed.

I said we'd go together, that we'd discover it together.

And that way, you'd have a legitimate explanation

for any forensic evidence you'd left behind when

you were there before.

Exactly.

Uh-huh.

Plus an entirely unwitting, innocent scapegoat.

No.

No, no, no.

That-- that-- that wasn't the plan.

Mind you, when they began to ask questions later,

then it was easier to start a rumor.

And of course, by that time, Daemian had acquired a reputation.

On the day you had to fill out a duty statement to account

for the time that you were actually stealing the money,

and you lied about being on patrol with P.C. Jack Minogue.

Mm-hmm.

No, I realized a few days later that I'd made a mistake.

I couldn't have been on patrol with Kylie,

because he was in the-- the Sevens team,

but I'd already submitted the report.

So I just had to hope that nobody noticed.

And they didn't.

But-- but you did.

Then you had to hide the money.

I-- but-- but then Charlie was obsessed with the toy cars,

and so--

So you bought collector's items?

Bought and-- and sold, anonymously, of course,

when we needed a lump sum.

Like the scissor door manta ray, the one

that Charlie thought he'd lost?

I got nearly 30 grand for that.

Imagine.

Damian Bennet was close to putting it all together.

He knew what you'd done, he just needed the proof.

Oh, I-- I didn't know that.

And if you had?

Oh, you really think I could have killed him?

How about your wife?

Oh, of course not.

And she was with me all night.

Besides, she-- she had no idea.

That you stole the cash?

She must have suspected all that money over the years.

Suspicion is different from collusion.

She didn't know, John.

I told you you'd crack it.

You know I'm going to have to arrest you.

Aye, aye, of course.

Can I just ask one last favor, for old times' sake?

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Very terrible old softy.

Well done, dad.

Winter told me.

Yeah, well I figured he wasn't going to make a run for it.

[LAUGHTER]

Charlie.

Oh, Charlie.

Your old man's going to have to go away for a week, well.

So I want you to be strong.

Can you-- can you do that now, Charlie?

Where are you going?

These gentlemen are going to look after me.

For how long?

Ah, well I'm not sure.

I don't want you to go.

Charlie, just look after your mom, will you?

A best boy.

Sweetheart.

Sorry.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Right, lads.

Enjoy your place, yeah.

Thank you.

Thank you, young Barnaby.

Take him away.

So that's one mystery solved.

Now you just have to find who murdered Elaine

Bennett and her husband.

Assuming it was the same person and that Elaine

wasn't killed by mistake.

Oh, no.

The airbag in the car deployed, remember?

When that happens, it releases particulates into the air,

which get breathed in.

Normally, you'd expect to find traces in the lungs.

Only you didn't.

Not even a suggestion, which means she wasn't breathing.

So I went back and looked again.

This time, I found an injury that didn't fit the car

crash narrative.

She was killed by a blow to the head.

Elaine Bennett was already dead when the car crashed.

I'd say her murderer hoped the killer blow would get lost

amongst all the other injuries.

Nearly did.

So Elaine wasn't a mistake.

She was the intended victim all along.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Ladies and gentlemen, if you go to the medic area,

the display of sheepdog skulls by Frank Bridgewater

and his dog, Bonzo, has begun.

[SHOUTING]

Sir Bonzo, don't look at our brother.

[SHOUTING]

Come on, let's go.

Sir?

Ugh.

You'd do my bit for charity, wouldn't you?

Oh, well, try not to enjoy it too much.

See if-- oh.

You do know how this works, sir, don't you?

[CLEARING THROAT]

Nearly.

I'm not concentrating.

What's the matter?

It's this case.

I feel like I'm close, but every time,

I think I've got a handle on it.

Well, something will turn up.

Maybe.

Oh, well, look at me.

One minute, I'm worrying about whether we're

going to have anywhere to stage all this, and then the next.

God bless Billy Bevan.

He's a very interesting man.

Yes, he is.

He was telling me the other night, you know that land

he's developing.

It was unusable until he reclaimed it.

Oh, the bio-remediation, yeah.

Ask Winter, he's the expert.

Really?

Well, all I know is that they use chicken poop.

Say that again?

Well, the bio-whatever it's called, remediation thing.

Apparently, they use chicken poop

to clean up the oil pollution.

Some sort of chemical reaction.

I mean, who'd have thought it?

Oh!

[KISSING]

What was that for?

You got one left, sir?

It'll have to wait.

Come on.

Magas, still a family.

Always.

Thank you, Doctor.

That's very helpful.

Lionel?

Where are you going?

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

Come on, come on, come on.

♪♪

You look like you're doing some help.

Oh, thank you. Nice catch.

Old habits and all that.

You did brilliantly.

I wasn't talking about Simba.

In they go, one after the other.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, was some textbook shepherding.

Round of applause, ladies and gentlemen.

It was the Grodinger's diagnosis, wasn't it?

What are you talking about?

Your mother assured her doctor, Ruth Cabot, that she told you

and that you'd been tested.

Only you hadn't, had you?

I spoke to your GP just now, and they confirmed it.

Why was that?

My choice.

You were starting a family.

Why wouldn't you want to know?

Unless Elaine didn't tell you.

Your mother let you start a family without informing you

of a fatal genetic disease that you might have,

that you could pass to your daughter.

A game of Russian Roulette you didn't even know you were playing.

Might never have known, except Ruth Cabot

unwittingly revealed it at the party.

She thought I knew.

Dr. Cabot, she thought I'd been tested.

She said I must have been so relieved.

She kept going on and on about how it could have gone either way.

And Mum knew.

All this time, and she said nothing.

Even when Jenny was carrying Freya.

Nothing.

How could she?

So you confronted her?

I waited until we got to her house.

I told her, 50/50 I've got it.

50/50 Freya would grow up with a terminally ill parent,

that she could have it, too.

I said her silence had put my daughter's life in danger.

My baby.

Then what happened?

She said she didn't tell me to begin with because she didn't

want me to have that burden of knowing.

I was protecting you.

By lying.

By casting a shadow over my whole life.

Then Jenny got pregnant.

And she said-- she said she didn't dare tell me,

because if we knew, we might terminate the pregnancy.

And she couldn't have that.

Not her grandchild.

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I just found out this thing.

My whole life turned upside down.

And she had the nerve to make it all about her.

What the hell do you think you are?

What right do you have to decide?

And if you'd known, what then?

You think I'd just sit back while you

terminated the pregnancy?

It was my grandchild.

She wasn't just yours, she was mine too.

Get away from me.

I didn't mean for it to happen.

But she should have told me.

She shouldn't have kept it a secret.

And afterwards?

I knew I had to cover my tracks.

I thought if I could make it look like Mom wasn't the target,

then--

It'd send us on a wild goose chase,

and we wouldn't look too closely at motives to kill her.

So I cut the brake cable to make it look like you'd

got the wrong person.

Damien had a lot more enemies than Mom.

But it couldn't end there, could it?

If we were really going to believe that your mother had

been killed by accident, then the killer had to strike again.

Yes.

So you what?

Killed your stepfather to keep up the pretence?

He knew.

About everything.

He could have told me he was as guilty as she was.

Then he said he was going to start investigating.

I couldn't let that happen.

I was afraid he'd work out what I'd done.

I just needed a motive that you'd buy.

I knew about the missing money, of course, and the rumors.

He told me about wanting to clear the family name once

and for all.

I've got a place, a lock-up where I've gathered

all the evidence.

Oh, he was investigating the missing money.

It was just what I was looking for.

So I went to see him.

He showed me everything.

He was excited.

Said he was about to crack it wide open.

Every police officer, every villain going back 30 years,

I'm this close, I'm telling you.

Then it was just a matter of making it look

like it was connected to the stolen heist money.

The 50 pound note with payback written on it.

And it worked.

For a while.

Only you left a boot print and traces of the chicken dung used

to restore the land you were working on.

And the microscopic traces of blood on your clothing,

which you and I both know you missed, will clinch it.

I didn't mean for any of it to happen.

They both made a choice.

They knew what they were doing.

All of this, it's on them.

So now you know will you get a test.

Of course.

And if it's positive, will you tell your daughter?

When the time is right.

And when's that?

Ladies and gentlemen, the fate is now closed.

May I thank you all for making the effort to come here today.

Secrets and lies.

DCI Kabat lied so he could help Charlie.

Elaine Bennet kept her secret so she could

watch her grandchild grow.

The things we do.

Terry Leaf.

Shouldn't you be in Chokey cooling your heels?

Well, the case collapsed.

Police threw in the sponge.

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You're quite pleased with that one, aren't you?

It's pretty nifty, huh?

Thanks, Jamie.

Sure.

Nice work today.

Sir.

So, two arrests.

Like I said, I like getting my hands dirty.

Well, today was a huge success.

I'm glad.

They want me to do it again next year.

Oh, that's wonderful.

So what are you going to do to top it?

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