I know what you did to my wife. I'm suspended until they put me in front of a disciplinary board. Just found Andrew Earlham's car key in your flat. This is the last address she entered, right before Earlham died. We found it, Laura. Found what?! You owe it to yourself, Greg. You owe it to me! Threw himself off the pier, looks like the current pulled him back into the pillars. It's Andrew Earlham's son. If it wasn't for you, my son wouldn't be lying half-dead in a hospital right now. You did that! 'You stole my life. Now I'm gonna steal yours.' Police! DOGS BARKING Anything you want to say to us, Laura? Unless you have new questions for my client, this is a waste of everyone's time. Oh, don't you worry, Miss Allen, we're not here to repeat ourselves. We've found the shipping container. What? Your sat nav, it led us right to it. It's a good job, really, cos I don't think anyone's been in that container yard for a very long time. Must be why Andrew holed up there. How did you find him? I have no idea what you're talking about. Right, I'm gonna be straight with you both now. This "I don't know" routine, it isn't gonna work for you any more. You left something there. It's your necklace, isn't it? It's got your DNA all over it. And you see that blood? It's Andrew Earlham's. Was all over the floor of the shipping container. Game over, Laura. It's time to tell the truth. I don't understand. What...? My client has nothing to say. Your necklace, your DNA. Your silence is not gonna explain that away. Someone must've taken it when they... when they put the car key in my flat. Oh, wow, this "someone", they are going to a hell of a lot of bother. I don't know anything about a shipping container. Why... Why would my sat nav take you somewhere I've never even been? You can't even look at me. I'm just doing my job. I brought those recordings of Andrew to you. I trusted you. Miss Nielson, we have enough to approach the CPS and ask for a charge of murder. What happens now is up to you. If you explain to us exactly what transpired... My client has nothing to say. You'll be staying with us until your bail hearing. Could be tomorrow, but don't hold your breath. She has long-standing ties to the community and the recent publicity has put my client very much in the public eye, making her even less of a probable flight risk. Finally, we have to consider her spotless record and the circumstances of the crime with which she is charged. There's no history of violence here, no indication she poses a threat to anyone else, and given the presumption of innocence, no reason to refuse bail. Do the Crown have any objection? No, madam. Bail is granted for Miss Nielson, on condition that she surrender her passport and report to the local police station every 24 hours. She is to stay within a 30-mile radius. Thank you. That's it? That's it. We're talking about whether or not I'm locked up and it's over in less than five minutes? Not over yet, I'm afraid. No. I know. I'll see you soon. Ignore her. She's just trying to mess with your head. It's working. So, we'll meet next week, talk it all through. Make a plan. Hey. Good result. The right result. Thank you. I'm just glad they saw sense. It's not always like that. Right, I'm late for my serial flasher. Try to relax over the next few days. Easier said than done, I know, but, er... I'll be in touch. So, how are you feeling? You know, I just, um... I just need a second. Yeah, yeah, sure. Of course. Um... I'll wait for you outside, yeah? Yeah. Sorry. Hey, don't be. It's fine. Listen, er, Katy didn't know whether to come. She wanted to, but... It's such a mess, me and her. Come on, I'll drop you off. Thanks, but I... I'm OK. I... There's somewhere I need to go first. Where? Detective Harmon's. I don't think that's a good idea. I don't have a choice. I just need this to end. One way or another. Laura! Have you heard about what they've found? No, I'm still suspended. Come in. There's a shipping container. Andrew's blood, my DNA, my necklace... I'm gonna be put on trial for murder. Hold on, just wait. They tracked the sat nav in my car. A car I haven't driven for two weeks. Couldn't have driven, the battery died. Slow down! My car's been in the police compound since I was arrested. Someone got to it there. Someone has messed with my sat nav. No. Laura, no. They must have... They must have had to sign in, right? So you could find out. OK, and if I do, what then? What are you gonna learn? What... DI Renton, she's been hell-bent on proving it's me. Yeah, but that's a long way from trying to set you up. I don't know, OK? I don't know why anyone would do it, but I'm telling you someone is. OK, so you say you didn't do this. So fight it. In court. Cos that worked out so well after Andrew raped me (!) After what he did to us, he was allowed to just keep walking around free. If I'd have listened to people then, and just kept my mouth shut, he'd still be here, living his life. I just need to find out who else might have had access to my car. There's not a lot I can do without my badge. You know that, yeah? Anything you can do. That's all I ask. All right, Luke. I'm gonna take this tube out, OK? So I need a big cough from you on three. One, two, three. HE COUGHS Fantastic, mate. Fantastic. OK, OK, you're OK. You're OK, hey, hey. Stay calm for me, Luke. You stay calm for me. You're safe, all right? Now, listen. You've had us all worried about you. Luke, you're through the woods now, you're gonna be OK. HE SPLUTTERS What's that, mate? Dad. Your dad? He's... He's still missing, mate. PHONE BUZZES Hello? ANDREW: 'It's me. 'I need you to come back.' I'm still here. I'm still in England. 'It's been a week, you should be gone, you should be far away.' 'The only way I'm gonna get out of this shit-storm' is if people think that I'm dead. And that's where you come in. Don't call me again. I know you, Olly. No-one else does. 'But I do. I still have that recording.' You and that man. I never deleted it. 'So that's how it is.' Look, I've got no choice. And you're burning my life down to the ground, for what? So you can punish Laura? 'She put my son in hospital.' One last time. And, mate, after that, look, I swear you'll never hear from me again. Don't call me "mate". 'And don't pretend this is a favour.' What do you need me to do? * Hi, Rochelle. Hey. Are you back on duty? No, I just... left a bunch of stuff here, so... thought I'd take a break from Googling pushchairs. You'll be back before you know it. Hope so. Listen, do you think I could borrow your pass? The door's closed and I can't get back to go to the loo. Sure. No problem. Is that all right? Yeah, of course. Oh, thanks so much. There you go. Cheers. All right, then. I'll be right back. OK. Hi, vehicle pound, please. Yeah, it's DC Rochelle Thompson. Vehicle crime team. Badge number 17028767. Thanks. 'It's a dead-end.' No-one logged in to see your car except for the people investigating you. Who else could've got access to my car? No-one. 'So it has to be one of them.' Does the log show what time they arrived? Was Renton first? No. Rory was first, by ten minutes. 'I wanna help you, but this isn't going anywhere.' Rory? No. 'Ten minutes would be enough.' Rory couldn't hack a sat nav, he can barely cope with more than one number for his own pin code. So, he looked it up. Or he had help. Laura, I'm trying to help you here, OK? But I know Rory. He's a good man. A good cop. There's no way he would do anything like this. 'Weren't you the one who said people are unpredictable?' Thank you for trying. All right, good luck. Six o'clock, Christopher's. Six o'clock at Christopher's. Yes! I know it's early, it's all I could get. I'd better go. Er, I'll see you there. OK. Christopher's. Nice. Special occasion? What do you want? Did you alter my sat nav? SIGHS Go home. There was a man helping Andrew Earlham. They were seen together just before Andrew died. He was wearing a blue cap. Was that you? Drop it. You're just making everything worse. I've been charged with murder. How could it be worse? Yeah. Thank you. Hello. Where've you been? Out. That's specific (!) That was forensics on the phone. The initial report on the shipping container's through. And? Blood spatter's inconclusive. Seems there was a struggle, the blood got badly smeared. Do they know that it's consistent, at least, with Earlham's wounds? They're hedging their bets. They sending a report through? It'll be in your inbox in a few minutes. I'll take a look. There's something else. Laura's sat nav. They had no prints. I mean, literally no prints. Not even any partials? No. Someone must have wiped it clean. Huh. Weird. Yes, Rory. Weird. I'll put the report on your desk. You take it for granted, don't you? That life will just carry on like it is. It's only when you realise it could all be taken away from you that you really appreciate it. You'll be OK. The only move I have left is... It's pretty desperate. If it blows up in my face it makes everything worse. When's the last time you backed down? There's your answer. MAN: Table for two. Maxwell. WAITRESS: May I take your coats, please? WOMAN: Thank you. Your table's ready. Hi. Walk away. You go ahead, love, and sit down. Yeah, right. Don't want your wife to hear about what you've been up to. I've warned you before. You carry on like this, and I will arrest you. You couldn't even look at me at the station. Cos you know that I never went near that shipping container. You know that you... This is over. You know... I'm going for dinner. You go home and sober up. If you follow me, you'll be spending the rest of the night in a cell. Have you got that, Laura? Yeah. Good. CHILDREN LAUGHING OK, boys, Daddy's here. CHILD: No, longer! All right, you've got five more minutes, OK? OK. How's Laura? Yeah, she's holding up. You really should've come to court. If she wanted me to be there, she should've called. One of you is gonna have to make the first move at some point. How bad is it? It's bad. They've found what they reckon is the crime scene. Andrew's blood, Laura's DNA. Oh, God. I know. It's one thing explaining away Andrew's car-key in her flat, but this... This to me is a whole other level. What do you mean, Andrew's car-key? It's why she got questioned in the first place. Shit. What? Oh, it's probably nothing. I found a car-key like Andrew's in the hospital locker room. It's not as if there's lots of those cars knocking around our town. So, what did you do with it? I got distracted. Oh, Luke Earlham was brought in. So I think I handed it in to lost property. Do you think it's the same one? I don't know. But I should check. What, go back to the hospital? Yeah. If they'll let me in. I'll... I'll come with you. What about the kids? I was gonna go to my mum's anyway. I can just drop the boys off and come meet you at the hospital. I can ask a few questions by myself, Liam. You know what, I don't doubt that. But you haven't seen Laura. I mean, you haven't seen how all of this has got to her. If there's anything that I can do to help, then... Well, I wanna do it. All right, then. Right, come on, boys. We're off. Olly, come on. We're gonna go see Nanny. PHONE VIBRATES * Expecting to meet your dad? I texted you from his phone. What is this? A few days ago, you forwarded your dad an email. It was from an anonymous email address. Attached was your medical report. Showing that you, a police officer, had overdosed. Above it was the message, "What's Laura Nielson's freedom worth?" Not long after, the sat nav in my car magically leads the police to a murder scene. Let me get this straight. You stole a phone off my Dad - a police officer - and then you come to me - also a police officer. Have you lost your mind? Your dad has planted evidence. He did it for you, so your medical report wouldn't come out. This is way out of line. I'm being framed, and your dad's part of it, going against everything he stands for. For you. You knew what he was going to do and you let him just go ahead so you could save yourself. All you have is a phone you stole off a detective. The detective investigating your case. So, I'd think really hard about what you do next. Why did you become a police officer? Just so you could impress your dad? Or did you actually want to help people? Because what you're both doing goes against everything your job stands for. Do the right thing. I hear from you again, you're under arrest. Piss off. Hello, stranger. Hi, Debbie. Have you been on holiday? Yeah. Erm, I wanted to check something with you. I dropped a car key off in lost property about three weeks ago. Has anyone claimed it or signed it out? Let's have a look. Are you Liam? Yeah. You weren't lying, were you, love? Ah, here we are. Yeah. It was claimed the night of the 17th. Oh. Who by? Looks like a... Holden Caulfield. I doubt that. It's a fake name. It's from, erm, what's it? Catcher In The Rye. That's it. OK, thanks. Thanks, Debbie. Erm... Hi. Katy! I need a favour. I need to look at some CCTV footage of the lost property area. Oh, you know we can't do that. Oh, did you go on that second date with Lucy? Can't believe you were right about that. "I owe you". Isn't that what you said? It is. Come. Night of the 17th. So, how did the second date go? Good enough for me to be going on my fifth tonight. Where should I take her? I don't know. Our fifth date was awful. Was it? Yeah. Don't you remember? You were supposed to take me to a gig, but we got the wrong night so we ended up eating chips in a car park. Yeah. Was still fun, though. Yeah. It was. Stop there. What time is that? Ten at night. That's our Holden Caulfield. OK, but how do we find him? RADIO: 'And an update of the headlines again for you.' Morning. 'Police have confirmed a woman has been charged with the murder of alleged rapist Andrew Earlham. 'The woman, 38, has been named as Laura Nielson. 'A secondary school teacher, living in Kent. This morning...' PHONE RINGING Hello, is that Luke? Hi, Luke, my name's Oliver. I was wondering if we could meet up. It's about your mum. I need to speak to DS Maxwell. Is he expecting you? There's something I need to give to him in person. Excuse me. Hi. Are you Carl? Who's asking? I'm Katy. I'm Laura Nielson's sister. And I work with Winnie at the hospital. Liam. Laura's brother-in-law. What's this about? Erm, we're hoping you can help us with something. It's about Andrew Earlham. Laura said you... you saw him with someone, and we're trying to track him down. Here. Is that the same guy? I don't know if you're aware but I'm in enough trouble as it is, all right? I'm looking at doing time for torching my own boatyard so just... This I could do without, yeah? Please. I know Laura helped you out. We're just asking you to do the same for her. Yeah. That's him. I mean, look, it was dark, but... yeah. OK. Anything else you can tell us about him? I think I know where he's staying. Or where he was staying, anyway. He made his way back to his hotel, that shithole. The Marina Inn. Yeah. Who is he? That's what we're trying to find out. Thank you. All right. Thanks so much. They called up and said someone had found my phone. You should really have had it cut off by now. Then again, you shouldn't have a one-digit PIN. Being a technophobe can really bite you in the arse. What are you playing at? I'm guessing your son hasn't contacted you, then? Give me one reason why I shouldn't place you under arrest right now. Because I know what you did. Outside. Come on. PHONE BUZZING DI Renton. 'Oh, hi. This is Henry Grantham from the Parole Board.' Hello. 'Miss Renton, I'm calling about Anthony Farr. 'There was a note on his file that said to inform you when he was released.' Anthony's out. And did this happen today? 'It was actually a couple of weeks ago now. 'Apologies, this one must've slipped through the system. We've been updating our networks.' Yes, thank you for calling. Your son has been admitted to A&E three times for cocaine toxicity. A few days ago, he received an anonymous email containing his medical report, which he forwarded to you. Then you had a choice - you let the report be released and see your son's career go up in smoke, or frame me. Maybe you tampered with my sat nav yourself. But given your low-tech PIN code, I'm guessing you gave it to someone else to do that, then you planted it back in my car. How am I doing? Oh, good story. Got any proof? I spoke to him. I know I'm right. I've got the email. I've got the medical report. Which you obtained illegally. Do you think people will care? You think if the press find out there's a police officer getting high on the job, there won't be an investigation? You have no idea what that boy's been through. How hard he's worked to get ahead. So, he slips up, he's gonna lose everything? His career, his family. My wife has not been well. She'd be devastated. This will bloody destroy her. I have a family too. A job, a life. But you're OK with that? It's him or me, is that how it is? You don't have kids. You don't understand. I understand what it means to do the right thing. Who sent your son that email? That's who should be looking at time in prison, not me! My boy put a lot of bad people behind bars. If that medical report goes public, every case he ever closed will be open. And those people, men like Andrew Earlham, there's a chance they'll be put back on the street again. That's how you justify lying? You wanna open that Pandora's box, go ahead. Your call. You have to tell the truth! I'm sorry. Way past that now. * We're looking for someone. A friend staying at the hotel. You got a name? I can call his room for you if you'd like. Erm... Erm... Can't be a very good friend. We really need to get hold of him. It's urgent. I'm sorry, I can't help you. We value the privacy of our guests here. Yeah. So, what do we do now? We wait. We see if comes back or leaves. But for how long? We can't leave this, Liam. What if he's the one that was setting up Laura? Katy, we've been assuming this whole time that the same person that's been setting up Laura is the same person that killed Andrew, but... But what? A lot of people wanted Andrew dead. DI Renton? Yes? I'm DI Michael McCoy. Wondered if we could have a quick word? Erm... sure. Thanks. Your ex is Anthony Farr? Yeah. Have you spoken to him recently? No. The last conversation we had, he called me a lying slag for reporting him. Why? You know he got out a couple of weeks ago? Yeah, yes, I did hear. Right after getting out, he shacked up with Stephanie Pike. You know her? Yeah, yeah, he mentioned her a few times. They were together before we met. His ex. They got back in touch when he was inside. Picked up right where they left off. What are you doing here, Detective? Last night, he beat her so badly, she ended up in A&E. She died this morning. My God. Look, Farr's on the run. I was hoping he might've been in touch, or maybe you know where he might go. I know this is hard, but if there's anything, anything you can give me. He'd cry. He'd hit me and he'd cry. Say he was sorry. So sorry. I believed him. I haven't heard from him, but if he's looking to hide out somewhere, his cousin is your best bet. Dan Walker. He's a nasty piece of work, loyal as hell to Anthony. Whenever I kicked him out, that's where he went. Dan Walker. He was on our list. Well, you move him to the top of your list. I will. Thank you. Is there something else, Detective? It's easy to blame yourself. Don't. It's very kind of you, but I've been on your side, I've said exactly the same thing, and I didn't believe it then. Thanks for your help. You're welcome. PHONE VIBRATES Yes, DI Renton. I just need to speak to her. Well, somebody else in the department, then. I... I don't know who. I just need to talk to someone about DS Maxwell. Laura Nielson. Well, when will someone call me back? Fine, fine. * Sorry. I regret it. I know you don't want to or need to hear this right now, but I need to say it. I made a mistake. A mistake is coming home later than you said you would. It's... calling me by your ex's name. It's not cheating on me. Look, I'm only here for Laura. I wasn't happy. I know I should have been. A husband, two gorgeous kids, but... I felt plain. Old. Invisible. It's not an excuse, it's just how I felt. You think I didn't have those same thoughts? I don't regret giving up my job, all right? It made sense. You would go out to work, earn the money and I would stay at home and be with the boys. We agreed on that. But... You get in your head a lot, when you're at home, just by yourself, with the kids. You start second-guessing everything. It was me. I stopped feeling like the kind of man that you'd find attractive. I just, kind of, stopped trying. Liam... Please, no. He's here. What do we do? I don't know, let's just wait and see. That's his car. Shall we follow him? Quick, quick, quick, go. Quick, we're gonna lose him. TYRES SCREECH Mate, move! Please, come on! HONKS HORN Move! Oh, my God! For God's sake. Move out the way! Jesus! Ridiculous. Where's he gone? Shit! Where did he go? What's going on? Why are you both here? Do you remember that guy you told me about, he had a blue cap, he was seen with Andrew? Yeah. We know where he is. What? He took Andrew's car key from the hospital. Show her the picture. This is him. This is the man that's been setting me up. He's the one blackmailing DS Maxwell. Why would someone you've never met go to such lengths to frame you? Maybe he's got something to hide. Maybe he killed Andrew. You must have enough. I can do more. Fine. How much longer? Until I'm done. No, not this. How much longer till I can go back to my life? This needs to be done right. Laura needs to answer for what she did to my son. I had to call in sick. I have a job. You're done when I say you're done. Where's the recording, Andy? It's safe. Where? The police have been all over your life, they've searched everything. I think they have it already. HE CHUCKLES You wouldn't be here if they did. Or maybe you're talking shit. Look, choose not to believe me, if you want. But we're so close. A few days, all of this will be over, you go back to your life. Now can we get on with this, please? COUNSELLOR: You're very quiet today. What do you want me to say? It's not about what I want you to say. This is your chance to talk. About your Dad. His disappearance. Why you tried to hurt yourself. Don't call it that. "Tried to hurt myself." Like it was a cry for help. I wanted to do it. I wanted to kill myself. I tried, I just... I fucked it up. And do you still feel that way? Luke? I was... Everything was a mess. I wasn't thinking properly. It just... It got too much. That's all. I don't think like that now. Everything was a mess because of what you learned about your father? Yeah. How would you feel if your dad got in touch? If he called you? It's OK to feel conflicting emotions, that's why you're here. He is a liar. He is evil. You wanna know how I feel? If I see him, he's dead. You're late. I keep on missing the bloody turning. Use your phone. No. I'm not having anything else connect me to this. You look like shit. Yeah. Well. Not much longer now. So, why am I here? Why have I driven back from Scotland? I need you to hold onto something. Medical records belonging to the son of a detective called Rory Maxwell. I don't want this. When Laura accused me, I took precautions. I looked into the officers investigating me. Those records show that DS Maxwell's son, Greg, was admitted three times to A&E with cocaine in his system. And he's a police officer, too. That would ruin his career if it got out. Why are you giving this to me? Well, I never got the chance to use it. By the time I got this, Laura had found my... collection. But we can use it now. Because the police, they need pointing in the right direction. I'm up to my neck in this, and you're telling me to blackmail a police officer? We need people to think that I'm dead, we need them to think that Laura killed me. Look, we need all the help we can get. It's you. Excuse me? You keep on saying "we". There is no we. I'm being treated the same as this detective. - Sorry. - SCOFFS If you were really sorry, you'd let me turn around and go home. Well, you know that can't happen. Yeah. But if you were to disappear right now, well, that video of me would never see the light of day. So, why should I do what you tell me? Why should I risk my life for yours? You must think I'm stupid? You think I haven't made arrangements for that video to come out if anything happens to me? What arrangements? Well, like I'm gonna tell you. Look, Olly, mate... Don't pretend we're friends. We are not friends. HEAVY BREATHING DOOR CREAKS OPEN Hi. You again. You've got a guest staying here. He's driving a black Ford Focus. We're trying to find out who the car belongs to. Why? Is that important? Give me a moment. The guest is in room 23, under the name of... Uh, there's no record. Is that normal? No. I'm sorry. Checked out this morning. Paid in cash. You're not the only ones to come looking for him. He had a visitor pop in the other night. Did they give a name? It was a kid. A teenager. Luke. He said his name was Luke. Thank you. Luke. Hi. This is Katy, my sister. Hi. Can we talk to you about something? I need to get back to the garden. That's my dad's favourite shirt. His lucky shirt, he called it. Now he's rotting in a morgue. Some luck. I need to see someone in twenty minutes, so what's this about? Erm... we've just been to The Marina Inn and there's a guy staying there. Reception told us that you met with him the other night. So, what? We don't know who this man is, but I think he's been trying to frame me. I think he's trying to make it look like I'm the one that killed your dad. I got a call... from this guy. He wanted to talk to me... not about Dad. About my mum. He said, "Go to The Marina Inn, ask for room 23." So, I went. Knocked on the door, no-one there. So, he asked you there and then he wasn't there when you got there? Didn't that seem odd to you? Course it did. But... ..I mean, that's what happened. And you have no idea who this man is? I didn't get a name. I'm sorry. I can't help you. Mum gave my dad this. First edition of his favourite book. Wouldn't let me read it. Wouldn't even let me take it off the shelf. "Cost a fortune", he said. If there's a hell, I hope he's there, watching. So this can kill him all over again. Luke. This stuff here, it's the past. Try and leave it there. I know this doesn't make much sense right now, but we don't have to be defined by the bad things that happen to us. I'm sorry. For everything he did to you. You don't need to apologise, Luke. Ever. Take care of yourself. PHONE DIGITS BEEP Yeah, Laura's been here asking about you. Laura Nielson? Yeah, her and her sister. She knew I came to see you. You told them? No, but I don't think they believed me. They need to. Remember, this is for your sake, Luke, not mine. If they come back, don't let them rattle you. Just... 'stay focused on what we're trying to achieve.' OK. Call me soon. OK? 'Will do.' Welcome back, headmaster. Hello, Rose. KEYS JANGLE Y'know what? I think he's lying. But, why? I've gotten pretty good at spotting it. He's been through a lot. Maybe he blames me for what's happened. Or, maybe he's helping to set me up. Maybe he did it. He clearly hates his dad. Burning his stuff. What else is he throwing in that fire? Yeah. Do you remember Ned Hartley? Yeah. You used to climb out of your window on a Friday night and go for a ride on his motorbike. What made you think of that? I was, what... 15? 14? I was just... thinking about when Dad found out, and grounded you for nine months. He... ..he didn't just find out. I told him. You told him? I was worried about you. SIGHS What I'm trying to say is... ..I'm really sorry I hurt you. I'm the worst sister in the world. I do love you, Laura. I love you, too. DOOR BANGS Oh, here we go. What are you doing? I'm gonna take another look. Before he burns it all. Laura, how are we gonna get in? Got it. What are we looking for? Anything to link that man to Andrew Earlham. Laura. Laura, look! That's him. That is the man I saw on hospital security tape. That's him. Oliver Graham. Got you, whoever you are. * What are you doing? This is... How are you gonna fool a whole team of forensics? I don't have to... all right? Just muddy the water, so it's impossible to be sure. Look, I need this to work. So, you do what I say. Just pick up my car from the hospital. The money's inside. Just bring it back here, OK? Tomorrow morning, mate. That's all that's left. Then you can go back to your old life. And Laura can watch hers burn to the ground. TENSE MUSIC PLAYS Can I help you? Erm, the patient in this room, Luke Earlham, has he been moved? He was discharged a few days ago. OK. Thank you. I know you can't promise anything. I'm only asking that you try. I can do that. Just... don't do anything stupid in the meantime, OK? Stay put... Bollocks, I'm wasting my breath, aren't I? Whatever happens, I appreciate this. Thank you. OK. Bye. Bye. So? So, we'll see. She thinks this is a really bad idea too, right? I need to speak to him face to face. It's the best way. Well. We're here now. Come on. AIRCRAFT ROARS SIRENS DI Harmon? DI Renton, thanks for meeting me. No problem. D'you wanna take a seat? So, Laura Nielson. Can I just remind you that you're on report? You need to tread very carefully here. CARS APPROACH METAL DOOR CREAKS, DOOR BANGS SHUT Car's outside. Great. Everything else? I've done everything you've asked. Money from the boot. D'you think they'll buy this? With the right story, yeah. Laura drove past. Saw my car and came in. You tip the police off at the right time and when they find her here with my blood on her hands, well, they will see what they wanna see. We need to dispose of everything we used. Gotta burn it somewhere, far away from here. Andrew. Here. Good. Good. We need a murder weapon. Luke's been discharged. What!? He's been discharged. When? A few days ago. No, no, no. You're just saying this. So, I'll stop. So, you can go... Call him. I'm not lying. GRAVEL CRUNCHES UNDERFOOT Luke. Hi. We met when you woke up in the hospital. DI Renton. Renton. Yeah, I remember. So, why are you here? Is this official, or... Why, do you want it to be? I just have a couple of questions. About? While I was checking your phone records, I spotted something. You got a call the night before your dad died. Now, I traced that call to a mobile phone that was later reported stolen. Now, who could be calling you from a stolen phone at that time of night? I don't remember. Probably a wrong number. Did you see your dad that night, Luke? He calls wanting to see you. You say, "Yes", course you do, he's your dad. But when you get there, all you can see is what he's done. and the people he's hurt. You, most of all. Ah, thank you for coming. Thank you. I thought I might never see you again. I wish. Oh, listen, mate, I'm sorry, but I just... I'm sorry if they've turned you against me. THEY didn't do anything. You did all of it, over and over, without giving a shit about anybody else but yourself. And now here you are. You show up just assuming that I wouldn't call the police. Assuming that I'd be stupid enough to believe you after all the lies. Like... And did you? Did you call the police? Do you see anybody else here? I appreciate that. Thank you. I only came... because I want to hear you tell me the truth. Please. Look, I'm sorry you've had to listen to this shit about me. I'm sorry that you've been made to believe that your own dad... Don't you dare! It sickens me to think of what you've done. The fact that you'll always be a part of me. Is this why Mum killed herself? Stop this, stop this! Believe me or not, I need you to promise me that you won't try to hurt yourself again. I made a mistake. You're the one. You're the one who should be dead, not me. Is that what you want is it? Is it? Is that why you didn't call the police? Ah, well, go on then. Go on. I'm right here. Go on. If that's what you want. You want me dead, just do it. Cos if you don't believe me, then I don't wanna live. Go on... DO IT! GO ON! Were you angry with him? No-one would blame you. The way I see it... he's gone. And the world's better off. Excuse me. DOOR BANGS SHUT Wow. The Great Toyota Sale. Choose any new Toyota and get... Your choice. Aw! Well, you're pretty choice too! * ENGINE RUNS INTERCOM RINGS Head teacher of a bloody primary school. As a parent, not reassuring. Yeah. Teachers... ..surgeons. They walk among us. 'Push on the gate.' INTERCOM BUZZES Hello. Can I help you? Hi. We're here to see Mr Graham. Ah, do you have an appointment? Yeah, we have. He's expecting us. KNOCKS ON DOOR Hello, Oliver. You're a hard man to find. Who are you? Don't pretend you don't know. Laura Neilson. It's fine, Stacy, close the door. Rory Maxwell told me he and his son are going to turn themselves in. They're going to confess to everything they did. Which means an entire cyber-crime team will soon be looking at that email you sent. The 'anonymous' one. They'll trace it back to you. I honestly have no idea what you're talking about. You're done. But I wanted to meet you first. I wanted to look you in the eyes, so you could tell me why you would help a rapist like Andrew Earlham, even after he's dead? OK. I'm sorry, Cagney and Lacey hour's over. You pointed the finger at me, so no-one would look at you, right? You wanted me to go down for Andrew's murder. I don't know what you think was gonna happen. Coming here like this with your empty threats. Not a smart move, my love. Get out my office before I call the police. Now! I'm looking forward to seeing someone else's world fall apart. It'll be a nice change. It's fine. D'you think it'll work? This is what Detective Renton does. Unsettles people. Hopes they make a mistake. Am I Cagney, or Lacey? SNIGGERS PHONE RINGS 'Hello?' Mr Maxwell. Who's this? If you go to the police, I'll release your medical records. Your career will be over. So, you're the person blackmailing me. No anonymous emails today? What did I do to deserve such a personal touch? You think I'm bluffing? 'My dad can't live with it, OK?' He's... broken. It's betraying everything he's ever worked for, and I can't be the one that does that to him. 'I asked you to do a simple job.' Get your dad to put a sat-nav in a car, then stand back. We let Laura go to prison, we all walk away. It's over. Andrew had a stash of money he hid in case he had to go on the run. I have it. 'If you keep quiet, you keep your dad quiet, it's yours. 'Greg, are you there? 'Greg, are you there?' It's over, pal. 'Who's this?' DS Rory Maxwell. My son gave up everything to do the right thing. Time to find out what you're made of, eh!? Oliver. DIAL TONE We got it. PHONE RINGS Please tell me that was worth breaking my bail for. You got it. 'Really?' Well, it's as clear as anything I've ever heard. Thank you, thank you. Thank you. No. Thank you. SIRENS It's over. Oliver Graham, I'm arresting you under suspicion of blackmailing a police officer... This is a mistake. You're gonna look very stupid. You don't need to do this. You bitches! I run this school. I... MUSIC BUILDS I've got nothing to say. OK. Although, you do know that I'm not here to talk to you about what you said to DS Maxwell and his son. No, I erm... I want a word with you about Luke Earlham. What about him? Well... you met with him a few days ago at The Marina Inn, right? DOOR KNOCKS Luke. Oliver. Come in. Thanks. OK, so? Well, I'm just wondering what that conversation was about. 'I'm sorry this is a bit weird, 'I thought it was better to tackle this in private.' Go on then, tell me. Your dad called me two or three days before he died. He was a mess, he was rambling... Wait, my dad? How'd you know him? Oh, I knew him and your mum. At university. Oh, this isn't easy, erm... He said there was another recording. And he said your mother was on it. Now, Luke was understandably upset by this. So, he decided to call me. Told me that when you met, you said his dad had left something important. You didn't know where, only that it was in a safe place. Somewhere where the police hadn't yet searched. That's all you knew. Sounds inventive. Oh, you were very insistent, Luke said. I can't, I'm sorry, it's already too much, now my mum... We were mates, me and your mum. I cared for her. If there's a recording, I want it destroyed. Where is it? Your dad wasn't making much sense. Erm, but he said it was in the house, well hidden. And that's what I'm worried about. If the police search your house, well... when the police search your house again, they might find it. I can't let that happen. For your mother's sake, or yours. OK. I get it. I'll look. Yeah? Yeah. Well, its clear to me that this story you told Luke is bullshit. You wanted Luke to find whatever Andrew was blackmailing you with. And Luke figured, that if his dad had left something, he was a big boy. He could go find it all by himself. See, in case you hadn't cottoned on, Luke thought your story was bullshit, too. So, he handed everything over to us. Most of it was junk, of course. But there was one thing. An old recording. It was of you, Oliver. PHONE DIGITS BEEP You. Sexually assaulting a man. Piss off! This is ridiculous. Maybe. But it's plenty of motive for you to kill Andrew Earlham. Wouldn't you say? I want a solicitor. Bit late for that, pal. Oliver Graham, you are under arrest for the murder of Andrew Earlham. You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something which you later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be given in evidence. Just dropped, the number one serum bought in the US, the Revitalift Filler Hyaluronic Acid serum. Hyalu... ..ronic... ..acid. Dermatologists love it. 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SEAGULLS SQUAWK, WAVES LAP DOORBELL RINGS Surprised to see you here. I just thought you should know... ..the charges against Laura, they've been dropped. You did the right thing in the end. Did it too late, though. The only question now is how much time I'll serve. I'm sorry. You don't need to apologise to me. I do. It's like... ..all the good that we did, you and me, I've flushed it down the toilet with one bad decision. Worst thing is, and I hate myself for this... ..can't say I wouldn't do it again. My boy... came to me, begged and he begged. Well, you'll know. When yours comes along. The things you do. Let's hope not. Listen... I know you probably hate me, but... ..you don't want to come inside, do you? Have a beer. Old time's sake. I mean, orange juice, I mean. - Yeah, sure. - CHUCKLES Great. Right, shall I get you another? 'Scuse me a minute. Will you be all right? Yeah. I'll be fine. You should probably head home. I thought you'd quit. Don't tell my lungs. Have you got time for a stroll? I've figured it out. Figured what out? What happened to Andrew Earlham. OK. Oliver Graham. He had motive. Andrew was holding something over him. It was a, er... Put it this way, it was something pretty grim. Plenty of reason for him to point the finger at you, try to cover his tracks. Makes sense. Mm-hm. Yes, it does. So, we're going to charge him with Andrew Earlham's murder. Except, I still think you're the one who killed him. WATER SPLASHES Find her car, it's gotta be close by. KEYS JANGLE Oh, no. Her car. It's not here. What? The key was inside the bag. Well, just because the keys are here doesn't mean her bloody car is. Then it'll be outside her house. Oh, come on. Both cars have to be outside that container, or the police will be wondering how she found me. It's a 20-minute walk. Get it. TENSE MUSIC CAR DOOR BANGS TENSE MUSIC CAR DOOR BANGS GROANS, GRUNTS Argh! Argh! SHE STRAINS, WHIMPERS STRAINS, CRIES DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS BREATHES HEAVILY WHIMPERS WATER SPLASHES RUMBLE OF FOOTSTEPS OVERHEAD ARGH! I'm sick of these games! I'm sick of it! Aren't we tired of all this? Laura! Laura! WATER RIPPLES Argh! CRIES, WHIMPERS HE GRUNTS, SHE WAILS CRIES You remember this? Go for a drink? Sure. Yeah. Sometime. Argh! You raped me! Argh! I'm sure I would sleep better... Argh! ..knowing that you couldn't be a threat... Bitch. ..any more! CHOKES, COUGHS Argh! GASPS, CHOKES SPLASHING Oliver Graham told me he couldn't get your car, so he came back to the boat house and saw signs of a struggle. How can you believe anything that man says? Oh, because he's admitting to everything now. Oh, yeah, he admits bribing DS Maxwell to re-programme the sat-nav in your car. He admits that once he realised Andrew was dead, he broke into your flat and planted the car key. He says he thought if he could point the finger at you, maybe no-one would come looking for him. Sounds like you've got it all worked out. Except for, you know. Evidence. Yeah. You're right, and that is always the tricky bit. Whatever went down between you and Andrew on those marshes... ..you should've called the police. After what I've been through? You think I could ever trust the police? Sometimes bad things happen, and you just have to deal with them. Right there and then. And those bad things, they don't go away. Haven't for you, have they, Laura? It's no small thing to kill someone. No matter what they've done. I know, I've been there. Thought about it. Chose differently and maybe if I hadn't, there's a woman who'd still be alive today. Yeah, that's what I've gotta live with. What about you? How do you live with those nightmares? Because I've had to. Andrew Earlham ripped into so many lives. Even the lives of the people who loved him. People he called friends. That man destroyed everything he touched. But despite all that... despite him... ..we have to carry on, don't we? We have to try to leave the darkness behind and remind ourselves of all the good things. That there IS a future for us all, however bad things may seem. We have to try, don't we? Try and find the hope. Somewhere in all the mess. I've had enough of nightmares. Yeah, I know you have. I know. I'm stepping off this case. As far as I'm concerned... ..it's done. I don't know what to say. Goodnight, Laura. Hello. Hello. It's good to see you again. You too. How've you been? Sorry, sorry, stupid question. "How have you been?" "Just accused of murder." STRAINED GIGGLE It's fine. I've been... Honestly, I don't even know any more. There's so much. I don't, erm... ..I don't really know where to start. I really want to tell you... It... it's OK. I... I didn't tell you about what I did... ..because, sometimes it's OK... ..isn't it? To not know everything. Sometimes, it's easier to just... start again. Like none of this ever happened? Yeah, like... two people who just met and are having dinner for the first time. Maybe if we lie to ourselves enough, we'll start to believe it, and... ..this can be how we met. I'm Ian Davis. Laura Nielson. Hi. Hi. Subtitles by ITV SignPost Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. www.able.co.nz Able 2020