1 00:00:00,010 --> 00:00:04,374 www.subtitulamos.tv 2 00:00:35,020 --> 00:00:36,600 Oh, God. 3 00:00:37,780 --> 00:00:39,360 Never again. 4 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:10,639 Vodka and Coco Pops? Are you serious? 5 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:12,440 There's no milk. 6 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:15,099 Do you want me to eat them dry? 7 00:01:15,100 --> 00:01:16,839 You've only just got out of bed. 8 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:19,520 I'm a walking cliche. What can I tell you? 9 00:01:19,641 --> 00:01:21,000 Fetch me a spoon. 10 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:26,600 So, is this why they took you off the case? 11 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:28,520 What, the drinking? Ah... 12 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:32,080 I can run round for round with any of those plods, 13 00:01:32,090 --> 00:01:34,360 and still not lose my lunch at an autopsy. 14 00:01:34,401 --> 00:01:37,680 - You bounce back. - Exactly. 15 00:01:39,320 --> 00:01:41,360 Well, they do call you "Nine Lives Kat". 16 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:44,200 - Do they? - Yeah. Short for Katrina. 17 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:48,760 Mm! Hear that, Kitney? I've got a nickname, just like you. 18 00:01:49,361 --> 00:01:52,120 - Kitney Spears. - Funny. 19 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:55,800 I used to have two, but David Meowie got run over. 20 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:05,560 That's good. 21 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:09,240 So, go on, then, why did they take you off the case? 22 00:02:09,241 --> 00:02:13,640 They're dinosaurs. They can't stand being told the truth by a woman. 23 00:02:13,780 --> 00:02:16,920 Simple as that. My ex-husband is exactly the same. 24 00:02:16,921 --> 00:02:18,800 Erm, ex-husbands. 25 00:02:18,810 --> 00:02:21,560 - There's been more than one, remember? - Who's counting? 26 00:02:22,361 --> 00:02:23,720 You know what? 27 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:26,080 I'll show them. 28 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:31,840 I will show them you do not need a cock and balls to crack a case, 29 00:02:32,041 --> 00:02:36,400 or stack a dishwasher in the most ergonomic way possible. 30 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:38,720 You just need... 31 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:43,720 ..a brain and a heart, and guts. 32 00:02:44,601 --> 00:02:46,320 And that's what I've got. 33 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:49,160 You going to help me, or what? 34 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:52,880 Of course I am... Nine Lives Kat. 35 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:58,840 OK, bring me up to speed. 36 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:02,700 So, we've got five suspects who were all seen on CCTV 37 00:03:02,710 --> 00:03:04,949 in and around the area at the time of the abduction. 38 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:07,980 I'm still in the process of fleshing out their stories, 39 00:03:07,990 --> 00:03:10,880 but it seems two of them have links to the family that could 40 00:03:10,890 --> 00:03:12,680 throw up some interesting leads. 41 00:03:12,690 --> 00:03:16,440 Let's not talk about throwing up. Not until these Coco Pops have settled. 42 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:20,080 What about the stepfather? Surely he's our prime suspect. 43 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:24,600 I'd rather say he's "helping us with our inquiries". 44 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:28,320 Let's arrange a press conference for this afternoon. 45 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:31,800 If he breaks down in tears and says, "We just want our angel back," 46 00:03:31,841 --> 00:03:33,380 we know it's definitely him. 47 00:03:34,121 --> 00:03:35,240 Will do. 48 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:49,160 I thought you were off the case. 49 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:54,840 There's a little boy out there tonight who's frightened. 50 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:57,800 He's trapped, he can't breathe... 51 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:00,940 and I'm going to find him. I'm going to bring him out into the light 52 00:04:01,020 --> 00:04:03,640 and I don't care whose toes I have to tread on to do it. 53 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:27,960 When you were little and your milk teeth fell out, 54 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,280 I used to take them from under your pillow and leave 50p. 55 00:04:33,280 --> 00:04:37,240 And I'd keep them in a Tic Tac box in the bathroom cabinet. 56 00:04:39,280 --> 00:04:43,440 When the job got too much for me, or your dad was being difficult... 57 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:48,280 ..I'd empty them into the palm of my hand 58 00:04:48,841 --> 00:04:51,240 and squeeze as hard as I could... 59 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,600 ..your teeth in my fist... 60 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:02,600 ..until I felt... blood. 61 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:06,240 Until I felt... 62 00:05:07,601 --> 00:05:08,960 ..alive. 63 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:39,160 Right, take me through it again. 64 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:42,639 11.15am, Ashley finishes his karate lesson 65 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:44,860 and is picked up from the Methodist church by his mum. 66 00:05:44,861 --> 00:05:47,660 11.30, they pull into the retail park, 67 00:05:47,670 --> 00:05:49,800 where Mum goes to McDonald's to buy a Happy Meal, 68 00:05:49,810 --> 00:05:51,460 telling Ashley to stay in the car. 69 00:05:51,461 --> 00:05:53,280 Now, five minutes prior to this, 70 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:56,840 we have the green Vauxhall Corsa parking up outside Hollywood Bowl 71 00:05:56,841 --> 00:05:58,320 driven by sunglasses man... 72 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:10,560 Mummy? 73 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:20,120 Ohhh! God. 74 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:56,160 Trust you to be here. 75 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:57,740 Charming! 76 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:00,280 Have you seen Kitney Spears? 77 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:02,560 No. She's, er, she's gone. 78 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:04,800 Ha! Dirty stop-out. 79 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:08,240 Mind you, I can talk. 80 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:10,960 So, what have you got for me? 81 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:14,920 - How do you mean? - The missing boy. 82 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:18,120 Have you checked out the alibis of the five suspects? 83 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:22,359 - That was a long time ago. - What do you mean? 84 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:25,440 Kat, I haven't seen you in several months. 85 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:28,520 I saw you two days ago. 86 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:31,199 What are you talking about?! 87 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:32,920 Just... give me time to catch up. 88 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:35,120 - Where's it gone? - What? 89 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:39,520 - The entire investigation! - Er, I've still got the notes. 90 00:07:39,530 --> 00:07:41,660 I just didn't think it was good to put it up on the wall. 91 00:07:41,841 --> 00:07:44,440 You have no right to tell me how to run this case. 92 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:46,200 No right at all! Do you hear me? 93 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:49,680 I was... I was this close to making a breakthrough. 94 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:54,600 - You're up. - Er, Katrina... 95 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:56,760 She prefers to be called Kat. 96 00:07:56,770 --> 00:07:59,560 Ah. I don't know what happened last night. 97 00:07:59,570 --> 00:08:03,720 You seemed very agitated. We'd both had a lot to drink. But... 98 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:06,960 if it's any consolation, I don't think we actually... 99 00:08:07,001 --> 00:08:08,010 Actually what? 100 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:11,920 Elvis did not enter the building. 101 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:15,440 - Is this guy for real? - Sorry, you are...? 102 00:08:15,540 --> 00:08:18,520 Er, DI Bull. Barnabus Bull. I'm a colleague of Katrina's. 103 00:08:18,530 --> 00:08:20,680 We have a, sort of, love-hate relationship. 104 00:08:20,700 --> 00:08:22,769 I'm sensing a hate phase at the moment... 105 00:08:22,770 --> 00:08:25,200 Just shut up, Barney! I'm trying to think. 106 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:27,800 Sure, sure, although, er, strictly speaking, of course, 107 00:08:27,810 --> 00:08:30,630 all thinking is subconscious, 108 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:32,920 because consciousness is an awareness of thoughts, 109 00:08:32,930 --> 00:08:36,160 not thinking itself, so you can't actually try to think. 110 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:38,400 Why don't you go and put the kettle on? 111 00:08:38,641 --> 00:08:43,040 - I'm not sure it would fit. - No, I mean SWITCH the kettle on. 112 00:08:43,130 --> 00:08:45,480 - I think we could all do with a drink. - Oh, yeah, sure. 113 00:08:50,680 --> 00:08:52,160 He's quite a character. 114 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:55,129 - A bit spectrum-y, perhaps. - I'm not shagging him. 115 00:08:55,130 --> 00:08:56,660 I know, I didn't say you were! 116 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:59,360 It's just an interesting development, that's all. 117 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:04,040 Look, I know you think I'm taking this case too personally. 118 00:09:04,801 --> 00:09:06,380 But I'm a woman. 119 00:09:06,941 --> 00:09:08,480 And I empathise. 120 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:10,760 And I know how to fight, 121 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:13,640 and I know how to dig my heels in. 122 00:09:14,001 --> 00:09:15,600 And let me tell you 123 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:19,650 size eight stilettos dig in deep. 124 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:23,400 Now, what have you done with my case notes? 125 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:27,440 Erm, do you have any loose-leaf tea? I can't bear the bags. 126 00:09:27,450 --> 00:09:30,280 - They never steep in quite the right way. - One second. 127 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:01,080 Is that really the best we can do? 128 00:11:01,561 --> 00:11:03,640 Jump-scares with a cat? 129 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:09,840 Why... are you always here? I don't remember giving you a key. 130 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:12,560 What happened to the missing boy - Ashley? 131 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:14,760 What are you not telling me? 132 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:19,320 I've tried with you, Katrina, I really, really have... 133 00:11:20,680 --> 00:11:22,560 but I just don't think it's working. 134 00:11:28,560 --> 00:11:31,760 Oh, please do not come in here! I have a system. 135 00:11:31,770 --> 00:11:34,160 - I know where everything is. - It's all right, Barnabus. 136 00:11:34,170 --> 00:11:35,720 We can pick this up later. 137 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:40,560 - What's he doing here? - Get out of my bloody house! 138 00:11:40,660 --> 00:11:43,320 It's not your house, Kat. 139 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:45,480 It never was. 140 00:11:47,480 --> 00:11:48,879 Come on, Katy. 141 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:50,919 Katy, there's a good girl. 142 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:53,600 Katy Purry. A bit more contemporary. 143 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:56,800 I'd written a couple of collections of short stories, 144 00:11:57,400 --> 00:11:59,879 been nominated for a Gold Dagger, pretty healthy sales, 145 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:04,480 when my publisher decided I ought to write a series of detective novels. 146 00:12:04,500 --> 00:12:06,310 - _ - Well, I wasn't that keen, 147 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:09,119 but I made a few notes, had a brainstorm, 148 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:13,160 and out of nowhere, I wrote down "Nine Lives Kat". 149 00:12:13,170 --> 00:12:15,720 - It's a good title. - It is, yes. Thank you. 150 00:12:16,121 --> 00:12:17,719 So, I tinkered with the idea, 151 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:19,760 er, made up some bog-standard case 152 00:12:19,770 --> 00:12:22,910 of a missing child just so I could interrogate the character 153 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:24,520 and see if it added up to anything. 154 00:12:24,681 --> 00:12:26,840 The character... based on me? 155 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:29,960 No, the character OF you. 156 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:34,479 Katrina... surname. Never got that far. 157 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:37,830 Late 40s, a couple of divorces, single mum, 158 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:39,840 booze, pills, clashes with authority. 159 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:42,800 And what I realised when I read it back was... 160 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:45,840 ..it's all a bit cliched. 161 00:12:45,850 --> 00:12:47,440 - I said that. - I know. 162 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:50,280 I said that on page bloody one! 163 00:12:50,290 --> 00:12:53,840 I know you did and I should learn to listen to that critical voice. 164 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:57,800 But at the time, I was watching episodes of Cracker and Prime Suspect, 165 00:12:57,810 --> 00:12:59,360 and I thought, "I can write one of those!" 166 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:03,280 So I tried, and you just turned out to be a bit... 167 00:13:04,161 --> 00:13:06,760 - Generic. - Fuck off, Rain Man. 168 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:10,520 It's all right, Katy! It's all right. 169 00:13:11,680 --> 00:13:14,440 Anyway, I popped you down here in the bottom drawer for a while, and 170 00:13:14,481 --> 00:13:16,440 every now and again, I dig you out, 171 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:18,800 see if there's anything I could work with. 172 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:20,710 I do a lot of screenwriting now, 173 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:24,120 and the streaming platforms are always dying for female-led content. 174 00:13:24,721 --> 00:13:28,000 That and dystopian fucking fantasy worlds, anyway. 175 00:13:29,201 --> 00:13:32,800 You think you're some... patriarchal creator? 176 00:13:33,401 --> 00:13:37,840 God of your own little universe? Well, sorry. I'm real. 177 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:42,000 - My life is real. - No, it isn't. 178 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:44,840 It isn't. 179 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:48,440 You're a fictional construct. 180 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:52,040 I mean, look around you. Would a real person live like this? 181 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:55,800 You know, one spoon, one bowl, one box of cereal? 182 00:13:56,560 --> 00:14:01,030 You're just... a sketch, Kat, a first-thought idea. 183 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:03,900 - No, no. - The boss, the ex-husbands, What are they? 184 00:14:03,910 --> 00:14:07,040 - They're just ciphers. - No, I-I-I have a daughter. 185 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:09,920 And what's her name? 186 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:22,240 - You don't know, do you? - Sh! Her name is... 187 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:27,080 You don't know, cos I never bothered to give her one. 188 00:14:27,521 --> 00:14:29,760 She was just an afterthought, 189 00:14:29,900 --> 00:14:33,200 tacked on to try and make you more interesting. 190 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:36,480 No! 191 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:39,040 No, no... 192 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:41,680 No! No! 193 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:56,280 I've wrestled with this idea for some time, getting writer's block. 194 00:14:56,281 --> 00:14:57,640 It was quite difficult, 195 00:14:57,840 --> 00:14:59,879 so I tried pairing you with another character 196 00:14:59,880 --> 00:15:01,840 to see if that would freshen things up a bit. 197 00:15:01,921 --> 00:15:03,600 DI Barnabus Bull. 198 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:06,950 I just love that name. It's so satisfying to say. 199 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:09,880 "Barnabus Bull." My publisher likes it, too. 200 00:15:10,041 --> 00:15:12,320 I found out today. Three-book deal. 201 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:15,780 Yes! Red Rag To A Bull, The Bull's-Eye, Bull... 202 00:15:15,790 --> 00:15:17,040 Shit. 203 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:19,520 ..In A China Shop. 204 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:22,850 There's a long way to go yet before we have to worry about titles. 205 00:15:22,860 --> 00:15:25,560 So... he gets to have a life, 206 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:28,440 and I go back in the bottom drawer just because he's got a... 207 00:15:28,561 --> 00:15:32,210 - ..unspecified mental illness? - Stop shouting. Stop shouting! 208 00:15:32,220 --> 00:15:34,160 Stop shouting! Stop shouting! 209 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:40,520 There might be a victim's mother 210 00:15:40,530 --> 00:15:43,040 or a jealous mistress I can use you for, 211 00:15:43,050 --> 00:15:44,680 but in terms of this, 212 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:48,800 Nine Lives Kat, flawed detective with inner demons... 213 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:51,720 ..we've seen it all before. 214 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:53,840 And whose fault is that? 215 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:56,520 Yes, you're right. 216 00:15:56,600 --> 00:15:58,240 It's not you, it's me. 217 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:03,880 So... the missing boy, he's your son, isn't he? 218 00:16:03,961 --> 00:16:08,040 Ashley? Yeah, just a placeholder. Something to visualise. 219 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:12,380 You know, people think that writing's all in the head, but 220 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:15,720 sometimes you have to make it real for yourself. 221 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:19,840 Are those my notes? 222 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:24,200 I've got to let you go. 223 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:28,640 Please don't. 224 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:32,160 You've run out of lives, Kat. 225 00:17:00,517 --> 00:17:04,517 _ 226 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:19,960 Oh, hi, Georgie. I was just about to call you, actually. 227 00:17:20,900 --> 00:17:24,120 Yeah, I'm just, er, finishing the synopsis for the new Bull. 228 00:17:24,601 --> 00:17:27,600 It's a sort of locked-room mystery. Quite pleased with it, actually. 229 00:17:28,801 --> 00:17:29,655 Yeah, I will do. 230 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:33,160 Erm, now, listen, I was just wondering where we are with the TV rights. 231 00:17:33,170 --> 00:17:35,400 Are they still with whatshisname at ITV? 232 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:38,310 OK, cos I was watching 233 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:40,440 Jude Law in The Talented Mr. Ripley last night, 234 00:17:40,450 --> 00:17:42,200 and I was thinking he could be really good. 235 00:17:42,521 --> 00:17:43,980 Or Matt Damon. 236 00:17:44,121 --> 00:17:45,600 Yeah. 237 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:48,400 Yeah, he, er... he'd get the intensity, and 238 00:17:48,410 --> 00:17:50,720 he was great in that Sky thing a couple of years ago. 239 00:17:50,730 --> 00:17:51,750 Matt Damon! 240 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:54,440 They're not going to get Matt Damon, all right? He's American! 241 00:17:55,361 --> 00:17:57,640 No, sorry, sorry, I was just talking to Philippa, 242 00:17:58,081 --> 00:18:00,800 Erm, OK, well, listen, I'll send it to you, and, er, 243 00:18:00,810 --> 00:18:02,240 you can let me know what you think. 244 00:18:02,441 --> 00:18:03,840 Thanks, Georgie. Bye for now. 245 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:07,800 Will you stop interfering in my private phone calls, please? 246 00:18:08,020 --> 00:18:10,560 - I'm only saying what you're thinking. - Well, it's irritating. 247 00:18:10,641 --> 00:18:12,840 You just concentrate on how Bull knew about 248 00:18:12,841 --> 00:18:14,600 the false floor in the basement. 249 00:18:14,761 --> 00:18:16,320 Carpet tiles. 250 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:19,719 - What? - Carpet tiles. 251 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:22,320 Should've been black square to the left, like a chessboard. 252 00:18:22,321 --> 00:18:24,320 When we got there, it was cream square to the left 253 00:18:24,330 --> 00:18:27,400 ergo someone must've taken them up and re-laid them. 254 00:18:27,401 --> 00:18:30,320 Yes, like a chessboard. 255 00:18:30,350 --> 00:18:34,360 So, if we make Colin gay and Alan a sir or something, 256 00:18:34,390 --> 00:18:35,359 we can say the... 257 00:18:35,360 --> 00:18:38,480 Queen was taken by the knight! Brilliant! 258 00:18:38,481 --> 00:18:39,500 Hi! 259 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:41,160 Hi. 260 00:18:41,300 --> 00:18:43,880 - Did you get everything? - Yes. It was busy, though. 261 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:45,720 Do you know how to do find my phone? 262 00:18:45,961 --> 00:18:48,320 - What? - I can't find it. 263 00:18:48,330 --> 00:18:50,200 I think I had it in the car park when I arrived. 264 00:18:50,201 --> 00:18:51,960 Someone must've had it out of my pocket. 265 00:18:52,121 --> 00:18:54,320 Well, if you will go to Asda and not Waitrose... 266 00:18:55,340 --> 00:18:57,119 Where were you when you sent me that text? 267 00:18:57,120 --> 00:19:00,160 - Which text? - About picking Ash up from swimming. 268 00:19:00,241 --> 00:19:02,120 You were picking Ash up from swimming. 269 00:19:02,130 --> 00:19:03,880 No, you texted me to say not to. 270 00:19:04,181 --> 00:19:06,960 - No, I didn't. - Yes, you did. Look! 271 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:10,380 That's not my text! 272 00:19:10,801 --> 00:19:12,160 Where is he? 273 00:19:12,431 --> 00:19:14,659 Ashley? Ashley?! 274 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:16,940 He's not here. I just told you. 275 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:19,560 - Why didn't you pick him up?! - Cos you said you were going to! 276 00:19:19,881 --> 00:19:22,840 What if someone took your wife's phone to send the text? 277 00:19:22,921 --> 00:19:24,680 What the fuck are you talking about? 278 00:19:24,841 --> 00:19:26,880 The fuck are YOU talking about? 279 00:19:26,890 --> 00:19:30,760 Where is he? Ezra! Where's my son?! 280 00:19:48,360 --> 00:19:49,960 _ 281 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:02,600 - Any news? - Not yet. 282 00:20:07,360 --> 00:20:10,440 Where is he, Ez? I can't bear it. 283 00:20:10,540 --> 00:20:13,440 Sh. He's going to be all right. 284 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:15,640 OK? He's going to be all right, I promise. 285 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:24,560 Oh, hello. I thought I heard another voice. I made some tea. 286 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:26,240 Thanks. 287 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:29,960 I'm Matilda Gordon. 288 00:20:30,120 --> 00:20:31,800 Your wife's probably told you. 289 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:34,200 - I'm family liaison. - She did, yes. 290 00:20:35,081 --> 00:20:38,040 - I'm a big fan. - Oh, thank you. 291 00:20:38,360 --> 00:20:42,320 I'd love a selfie at... at some point. 292 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:47,920 - Erm, not now. - No. No. 293 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:50,120 I was just asking your wife if you could 294 00:20:50,130 --> 00:20:52,400 think of anyone who might have a grudge against you. 295 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:56,040 Anyone you might have upset or offended? 296 00:20:56,201 --> 00:20:57,920 No. No, I don't think so. 297 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:02,280 Nobody you based one of your characters on in your stories? 298 00:21:02,441 --> 00:21:07,240 - I'm a writer. I invent characters. - Of course. 299 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:10,199 And your son... sorry, stepson... 300 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:14,000 ..has he had any fallings-out or arguments recently? 301 00:21:14,220 --> 00:21:17,080 No, we've been through this already. He was always well liked. 302 00:21:17,121 --> 00:21:20,439 - "Was"?! - Is. 303 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:22,920 Sorry, Phil, I've just woken up. 304 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:27,380 I'm sorry. 305 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:29,960 It's the shock. The body shuts down. 306 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:35,240 I went through your medicine cabinet... 307 00:21:35,740 --> 00:21:38,000 ..to see if you were on any medication, 308 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:40,520 and I found this hidden at the back. 309 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:47,640 They're teeth. Children's teeth. 310 00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:58,200 Are they Ashley's? 311 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:03,640 Philippa said she didn't remember keeping them. 312 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:08,160 I, er, I think maybe they belong to a colleague of mine 313 00:22:08,161 --> 00:22:09,980 who was helping me with a story. 314 00:22:10,401 --> 00:22:11,760 I see. 315 00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:15,240 Another case for Barnabus Bull? 316 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:18,480 No. No, it's-it's-it's literally nothing, 317 00:22:18,481 --> 00:22:19,920 just background research. 318 00:22:20,021 --> 00:22:21,560 I never even finished it. 319 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:24,920 I would very much like to read it, Mr. Jones... 320 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:28,640 as a fan, as much as anything else. 321 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:31,360 Sure. 322 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:45,400 I can't seem to, er... find it. 323 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:48,831 Barnabus, you haven't seen 324 00:22:48,855 --> 00:22:50,440 my notes for Nine Lives Kat, have you? 325 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:56,320 No, my name's Matilda, dear. 326 00:22:57,360 --> 00:22:59,960 Barnabus is a fictional character. 327 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:03,400 He doesn't exist. 328 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:20,040 Ashley? 329 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:34,240 Hello? 330 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:59,880 Well! It's true what they say. 331 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:02,600 You can't put a good book down. 332 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:06,240 What are you doing here? 333 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:10,360 I had to come for the final chapter... 334 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:13,800 ..see how it all turns out. 335 00:24:13,801 --> 00:24:15,320 I didn't write this. 336 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:19,920 No, this is not a fictional construct, this is actually happening. 337 00:24:19,930 --> 00:24:22,150 In your kitchen. 338 00:24:22,161 --> 00:24:23,520 Exciting, isn't it? 339 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:25,960 Maybe I'm not so generic after all. 340 00:24:26,641 --> 00:24:28,080 Where's Ashley? 341 00:24:28,521 --> 00:24:29,880 He's safe. 342 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:31,880 He'll come to no harm... 343 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,320 ..unlike our friendly liaison officer. 344 00:24:34,401 --> 00:24:35,980 She doesn't look too clever. 345 00:24:36,360 --> 00:24:38,640 Oh, she was onto you, wasn't she? 346 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:41,520 The shifty stepfather? 347 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:44,039 So, you had to silence her. 348 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:46,280 I never touched her, and you know I didn't! 349 00:24:46,441 --> 00:24:48,160 Not how it looks. 350 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:53,440 Maybe... she found your wife's mobile... 351 00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:57,760 hidden away in your bottom drawer. 352 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:04,160 - You're framing me. - Yes, I am. 353 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:08,640 Or is that too cliched, Ezra? 354 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:11,720 What do you want me to do next? 355 00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:15,520 This? 356 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:22,960 Or... this? 357 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,640 You always were a lousy lay, Ezra. 358 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:47,360 Oh, come on, Mr. Writer. We're in your hands. 359 00:25:47,370 --> 00:25:48,760 What's a better ending? 360 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:52,080 What do you want? 361 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:54,180 I want you to finish my story. 362 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:58,640 I want to find the boy seconds before he runs out of oxygen. 363 00:25:58,650 --> 00:26:01,520 I want to expose the affair between the neighbour and the stepfather. 364 00:26:01,801 --> 00:26:03,679 I want to walk out of an AA meeting 365 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:05,760 and throw my police badge into the river! 366 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:08,520 - Really? - And I want it... 367 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:12,840 I want it in paperback and hardback on the shelf! 368 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:17,400 Not self-published on Amazon as a shitty Kindle exclusive. 369 00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:22,280 All right. 370 00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:24,699 All right, I'll do it, 371 00:26:24,700 --> 00:26:29,080 but then, you have to leave me and my family alone. Deal? 372 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:34,320 Deal. 373 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:42,800 Sorry, am I dead now? 374 00:26:42,810 --> 00:26:46,890 And am I a lesbian now? Or is that all in his head? 375 00:26:46,900 --> 00:26:48,000 Quiet! 376 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:50,560 I am trying to think! 377 00:26:56,120 --> 00:26:59,200 Ohh, I've written myself into a corner. 378 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:01,680 I knew this was going to happen. 379 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:06,120 You know how some artists can't do hands? 380 00:27:06,441 --> 00:27:08,360 Well, I can't do endings. 381 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:12,160 Resolving everything on the final page, it's just... 382 00:27:12,801 --> 00:27:15,160 it's just not believable! 383 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:21,460 But then... But then, it wouldn't be a Matilda Gordon novel 384 00:27:21,461 --> 00:27:24,720 if it didn't have that final twist. 385 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:27,360 What's going on? 386 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:31,280 I thought I was writing an updated Frankenstein 387 00:27:31,290 --> 00:27:33,480 The Postmodern Prometheus, 388 00:27:33,540 --> 00:27:36,880 but it's all gone a bit... Stephen King. 389 00:27:37,521 --> 00:27:38,859 A hack horror novelist 390 00:27:38,860 --> 00:27:40,601 haunted by his own characters. 391 00:27:40,611 --> 00:27:43,040 - I'm not a hack. - No. 392 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:46,240 A good story's a good story. 393 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:49,840 And this isn't bad... for a first draft. 394 00:27:50,340 --> 00:27:53,177 Still, I think 395 00:27:53,201 --> 00:27:55,880 I'll have to leave you in the bottom drawer for a while, 396 00:27:55,881 --> 00:27:59,120 see if I can't come up with a more satisfactory denouement. 397 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:03,040 No, no, no, no, wait, wait! Wait, I can help you. 398 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:08,320 I've won a Gold Dagger. My books are bestsellers! 399 00:28:08,641 --> 00:28:11,000 Well, they're not, really, though. 400 00:28:11,481 --> 00:28:13,120 Are they, darling? 401 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:18,760 They are a figment of my imagination. 402 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:22,080 Just like you. 403 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:24,920 Oh, God. 404 00:28:24,980 --> 00:28:31,000 And I am afraid you are not quite leaping off the page. 405 00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:33,680 Please don't. 406 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:36,400 Bye for now! 407 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:38,640 Oh, sh... 408 00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:46,680 ? Two little ducks went swimming one day 409 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:52,560 ? Over the hill and far away 410 00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:59,040 ? Mother duck said, "Quack, quack quack, quack," 411 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:05,360 ? But only one little duck came back. ?