You brought me here for a reason,
I'm sure of it.
Mind if I join you?
I can't remember the last time I saw you smile.
I'm just so tired.
I don't have endless reserves, I'm sorry.
Begging on Sam's behalf.
Sam said you'd do this.
Oh, Sam, Sam, Sam!
God gives us a sign.
When he does, we must follow it.
*CREDITS
How'd you do this, Dora?
I'm not a suspect.
That's exactly what a suspect would say.
Dad!
If it was that Evans boy playing rough...
He won't come near us
since you said you'd arrest him; he's only seven?
Mm-hmm... then tell me you weren't nicking apples again.
Oh, the silent treatment.
Trust me, in the end,
the truth will out.
Ah, it can't have been too bad a cut.
She just shot off down the street like a rocket.
How's the book?
I don't know.
Found these in the cupboard.
When did you start taking them, Cath?
Dr. Bennett said to try them for a month.
Mood stabilizers.
This is better, though, isn't it?
Less screaming and fighting.
Less Cathy.
Just like Mum.
Do you remember?
Seeing her disappear, bit by bit.
It's not the same.
It's exactly the same.
You said I was starting to sound like her.
I just meant you were worked up.
Worst day of my life.
Out on the street,
watching her get put into that van.
It might take longer,
but I'll end up just the same.
That awful institution.
I will never let that happen.
What is it, Larry?
A woman's gone missing.
There's a lot of it about.
Ah, Geordie.
You have to try some of these Chelsea buns from Fitzbillies.
Had them before, yeah.
Oh, right.
Well, while I'm still here,
I'm working through some Cambridge traditions.
You shouldn't have to go.
A lot of us would rather you weren't leaving, you know.
Thank you, Mrs. C.,
but I've made my peace with it.
The future is an open road of possibilities.
Mm, not for everyone.
Okay, I'll bite... who's died?
No one yet, but there is a missing student.
Call came in this morning from her distraught father.
There was me thinking you were drawn here by the smell of cinnamon.
Oh, there's more milk if it's too hot.
Is this a joke?
What, you know her?
Wait... thank you, Mrs. C.
She's a student at Girton.
How do you know her?
- She's not the one... - Yeah, Geordie...
It's Caroline Stansham... you know who her dad is?
Hugh Stansham.
Very big in plastics.
Supplies half the country, apparently.
I'll be honest, it didn't come up.
Wasn't that last week?
Same night as the break-in here.
Her dad says she's been missing for at least a fortnight,
which could make you the last person to have seen her.
I've found it helps having one of you lot to grease the wheels.
One of my lot?
Yeah.
Gets you past the podge quicker
when you know your Tripos from your pidges.
- Come again? - Well, you know, college-speak.
Well, I never went to Cambridge.
London Bible College.
Well, what bloody use is that?
Oh, sorry to disappoint.
Morning.
- Detective Inspector Keating. - Morning.
Any of this familiar?
Bare walls didn't strike you as odd?
It was dark, and I was occupied.
Caroline Stansham.
Reading classics.
And waiting on her results.
_
Dad said there was no boyfriend.
Though clearly he didn't know about the randy reverend.
_
- She's a writer. - Hm?
At a student paper.
Editor's an Eric Delgado.
Oh, there's an address for submissions.
Sir Roger Throbbingdon's residence.
Please do slip yourself inside.
Great.
You two are The Honest Ducks?
It depends on who's inquiring.
Detective Inspector Keating
and Mr. Kottaram.
Christ.
We're in for it now.
I stand by every word we said about that chaplain.
He never should have sniffed that woman's underwear.
- Particularly at her funeral. - All right, cut it out.
Which one of you is Eric Delgado?
Neither... he's Nigel Rivers.
And he's Innes Clark.
Delgado's a tutor.
Helped set us up.
Checks in every now and then.
Whenever he fancies a gossip.
When did you last see Caroline Stansham?
A month ago, why?
What's happened to her?
Well, that's what we're trying to establish.
- She worked here? - One of our contributors.
She penned a string of girl about town spoofs.
She's wonderful.
Close, were you?
Joined at the hips.
Once or twice.
Went to a couple of dances, that's all.
She wanted to do more proper stuff,
so we said, "Bring us a story," and she never came back.
"Proper stuff"?
The serious side.
- You have one of those? - Comedy is camouflage.
Between the gags, we skewer the establishment.
Profound nutrition sandwiched between two fart jokes.
- That one's for the Fringe. - My dear, late mum...
God rest her soul.
Used to say, "Hold the bastards to account!"
And the brilliance of modern publishing is,
- anyone can do it. - Huh.
That's just what the world needs: idiots in their rooms
able to share their every thought with the public.
What was Caroline looking into?
That's what we have to find out.
And how're we gonna do that?
We'll retrace her steps.
And you've never seen her here before.
She wasn't a regular.
Then why come here on that particular night?
What on Earth brought you here?
I was blowing off steam.
Besides, I like it.
Salt of the earth, you know?
I mean, was she in trouble?
You know, disappeared for weeks,
only to throw herself at a complete stranger, in a bar like this.
She wasn't running or hiding.
Oh, 'cause you knew her so well.
We did have a connection.
Well, it's a dead end now.
Sorry, you're giving up?
She's 21, finished her studies.
Wealthy as the day is long... she could be anywhere.
- We've done all we can. - That what you'll tell her father?
Hey.
I want to find her, too.
But without a body, wanting doesn't get us very far.
Now I need to get on.
What do you want?
What's that mean?
It's unnerving being summoned by you,
like this, of an evening.
Would you ever consider coming back?
You've one less in your nest.
I thought that would help.
Bit of space between Esme and Cathy?
You know, refocus on the other three?
I can barely corral them out the front door.
And Cathy?
She's gone on the pills.
They're strong ones.
- For what? - For her moods.
She had a lot of anger.
She couldn't sleep.
Forgetful.
These pills, they've helped her?
She's not as angry.
But now it feels like they're just masking the problem.
Masking Cathy.
Truthfully, I am at a loss.
I'll pop round tomorrow.
See what's to be done.
Thank you, Mrs. C.
Morning, Larry.
I should've kept my trap shut.
- Boss? - I said we needed a body.
Caroline Stansham, isn't it?
No, Boss.
Innes Clark.
Another student found him this morning.
Throat's been cut.
I'm so sorry, I simply don't have the room.
I know I sound like the innkeeper.
No one wants to be the innkeeper.
But we're fit to burst here.
Maybe try St. Jude's...
A little bit of peace would be nice.
You're not the one to blame for these feelings, Alice.
Oh, sorry.
I didn't mean to...
Sorry.
Daniel, you take it from here.
Shall we?
Sorry about that.
Leonard shouldn't...
My fault... I need an "occupied" sign.
That looked a little intense.
Mm, it is.
Sharing their deepest fears,
everything the stiff upper lip suppresses.
It's quite a shift from those inspiring, spiritual talks.
Well, that was the theory, this is the practice.
Personal spiritual improvement.
Studied these techniques at Corpus.
I'm pretty sure Daniel didn't.
And he's offering counsel now.
Well, he's giving back.
You know how much this has helped him, Leonard.
It's made such a difference.
He just wants other people to have that chance.
Besides, it's only right, since he's investing in our work.
Investing?
You could be so proud, Leonard... I am.
So he was your student.
Mr. Delgado.
It's unthinkable.
Innes was a, a true moral crusader.
After yesterday's chat,
I imagine he had a sizeable list of enemies.
What is it they say about judging a man
by the quality of his enemies?
I'd take quantity every time.
Any enemies who'd do something about it?
If I do your job for you, do I get to carry a badge?
Answer the question, Nigel.
We accused the dean of deviancy,
the bursar of bigamy, a lovely little spread
about gonorrhea in Girton.
We do love a little alliteration.
What's littering got to do with it?
Sharp as a marble, this one.
Nigel.
Enough.
What, it's acceptable for him to be an idiot,
but I can't point it out?
This isn't a game, son.
There's still some of your friend
on the floor over there.
Look, killing Innes would be a ridiculous overreaction.
Plus, it's left me short of a cover story.
Where were you last night?
Alone.
Studying in my room.
Nigel's a thunderous talent.
I wholly vouch for his character.
We'll be in touch.
- See if his neighbors heard anything. - Boss.
Yesterday, we're here looking for Caroline,
and today Innes is dead.
Someone picking off journalists?
We have to find her, Geordie.
Some of these look like they've been stepped on.
Printing with Letrasets... that's not cheap.
Bugger.
- Geordie. - Mm?
Anything?
Someone's exposed this roll of film.
- Destroying evidence? - Yeah.
There's some still in the reel.
Oh, I'm sorry.
- It's all go here. - I'm well aware... what do you want?
- Is Daniel about? - He's the only one of Sam's little project who isn't.
He had to run home.
Oh, bear with me... Derek, compost.
I'd like a word with him, too.
Slow down, Leonard.
He's not going anywhere.
What in God's name?
Or maybe he is.
You look like a committee.
Have you lost your mind?
Nice to see you, too.
When were you going to tell me about this?
It's my house, Leonard... my choice.
As much as you'd like to think otherwise.
We need a favor. Can we take this inside?
Sylvia, what are you doing here?
Geordie asked me to come back for the odd day.
- To help out. - Oh... okay.
When a man takes notice of his wife's health,
something's truly amiss.
This is a wonderful home.
You hate it.
You've begged me to move into Cambridge.
This is Sam, isn't it?
God forbid I listen to someone
other than the all-knowing Leonard.
Shall we concentrate on the matter at hand?
You'll regret this.
All so you can throw more money at this self-analysis nonsense.
And how much money has Jack thrown
at your nonsense over the years?
Fellas!
Enough!
How long's left?
Here we are.
Bingo.
That's Eric Delgado.
- Their tutor. - Mm-hmm.
And that is a very flexible young fella with him.
Also known as motive.
- What? - Can you print these?
No.
Please, go now. I should never have agreed to this.
You're helping the police.
To destroy the lives of men... out!
I was feeling blue.
Then suddenly anxious and fizzing.
I couldn't sleep.
I forgot things, or I couldn't concentrate.
I was awful with the kids.
Just so angry, all the time.
No wonder Esme moved out.
I had no interest in poor Geordie.
It was just like Mum, the way it all built up.
And now it's the opposite.
The pills just flatten me.
I feel like I'm only half here.
You've just described the Change.
Have you gone through it yet?
No, it's all in my head.
- Have you? - No, but the pills.
They're just like Mum's.
They are working.
They smothered you.
It's all still going on underneath.
How much did your mum and sisters tell you?
Well, they gave me maybe a sense of it.
My Ronnie had run off, so I went through it alone.
Just the daft old vicar to shout at.
Sylvia, how's that gonna help?
It's the last thing I need! How am I gonna cope?
It's as natural as going from girl to woman.
And once you've gone through it, you'll feel better than ever.
You don't need pills.
You've got me.
You've a husband who loves you.
Bit of space and patience,
we'll get you there.
You're named as "The Honest Duck's" editor.
So you're across everything they publish?
Of course.
The boys keep me informed.
So you've seen the many
potentially slanderous claims made.
Against public figures.
Well, I did warn them about stirring the pot.
We found this here.
It's been over-exposed, ruining most of the shots,
but three remain.
You might want to take a look.
Did you know about this?
Did they blackmail you to let them print whatever they liked?
Did you come here, kill Innes Clark,
and attempt to destroy this evidence?
Those boys wouldn't do this.
It's some vile Peeping Tom.
Did you kill Innes, Mr. Delgado?
No.
Where were you last night?
I was at home.
Your family can vouch for you?
I'm innocent.
I wasn't here.
Then tell us.
Your alibi.
Is he in that picture?
I have a wife.
A daughter.
Mr. Delgado, in my experience, not much good comes
from policing personal affairs.
Our concern is murder.
If you're innocent, your friend...
has to make a statement.
We can do that quietly.
Thank you, Inspector.
Did you know all the student journalists?
Did you know Caroline Stansham?
Yes, I, I was always running into her around campus.
She seemed to be everywhere.
- When did you last see her? - Month ago.
In rapt attention to some campus beatnik.
All that self-help guff.
Sam something.
Sam White?
Yes.
Yes, that's the one.
Leonard.
Is Sam White here?
I've no idea.
Damn it.
Caroline.
You have me at a disadvantage...
Reverend Alphaeus.
You two know each other?
It's just Alphy.
Are you all right? Where have you...
Miss Stansham.
I'd like a word down the station.
- It's okay. - Without any conflicts of interest.
Innes was such a darling.
You know, he took a chance on me as a writer.
No one had ever done that before.
You think of anyone who might have wanted to silence him?
How long have you got?
They treated complaints like badges of honor.
Where were you last night?
With Sam.
We've been doing up a place together on the edge of town.
So he's your boyfriend?
He's...
He's quite wonderful.
For how long?
Four glorious weeks.
Hm.
You sound evangelical.
I guess so.
I found my purpose.
Helping Sam,
recording his work, and funding his ambitions.
With your father's money.
My money.
I'm 21, and it's a far better use of it
than anything he's ever done.
So, are you two...
Mm.
We are.
You know Caroline how, exactly?
We met at a bar.
Were you together?
No.
Well, uh, briefly.
And how long ago?
Would it be all right
if I had a private word with Miss Stansham?
- My office. - Thank you.
A vicar.
You kept that quiet.
Never show your hand.
Said the card shark in the cassock.
I didn't think I'd ever see you again.
And then Inspector Keating
asked for help finding you...
I'm with Sam.
I'm in love with him.
But I had fun with you.
Have I broken a commandment?
No.
I had fun, too.
Did you meet Sam at the college?
All thanks to Innes.
He said, "Find a story," so I went looking.
I came across one of Sam's talks.
I met his group, and...
I was inspired.
It's like what church is supposed to be,
but without all of the dreadfully boring bits.
No offense.
Reporter turned do-gooder?
- What, you don't believe me? - No, uh...
Satire and earnestness.
Well, they seem an uneasy fit.
Come along to the halfway house tomorrow night.
There's a party.
Sam's organized it.
Be in the story...
instead of sniping from the sidelines like Innes and Nigel.
I think that's where the two of them felt most comfortable.
Not if they were together for too long.
All of the fighting and jealousy...
It could get quite vicious.
Why was she at that bar that night if she's so happy with Sam?
Because she's greedy?
Or maybe it's not all sunshine and roses.
Hm, maybe.
You listen to this?
Nah, more of a Goons man.
Mind if I?
Be my guest.
Nigel, listen.
I've got a great idea for a comedy sketch.
Prime Minister, there is a visitor in reception.
- Quite insistent. - Oh!
- Do they have an appointment? - Well, no.
But I believe it may be pertinent, as they are, in fact,
the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Four? But I only have three chairs.
Could one of them wait outside?
I believe they come as a quartet.
I just think that's a better out.
"A better out," oh, how technical.
One show at the Footlights
and you think you're Alan bloody Bennett!
Please, Nigel.
They gave you it out of pity.
Maybe if my mum died, I could get three lines
- in a crap show, too. - Nigel.
You drag me down, Innes.
I should have got shot of you years ago.
Oh, that's him!
What?
What have you got?
This little satirist has a bite.
What's all this?
If you stop with the pills,
you'll start getting all those feelings again.
Angry, fizzing.
Sylvia!
Be angry if you want to be angry.
Really?
I went through a whole Staffordshire set during my turn.
- Better? - A little.
Besides the blue moods and sleeplessness,
the menopause is a bugger for hot flushes,
night sweats, and dryness in your downstairs.
I'll, um...
I'll leave you two to it.
You little runt! Who do you think you are?
- Get off me! - Larry!
- Get your hands off me, you moron! - Oi, cut it out... oi.
Look what he's written.
_
Christ.
Almost went with "Dumblock Holmes."
Interview room, now.
Larry, I didn't mean...
You did!
I know what you think of me... I know that much.
I should thank you, Inspector.
You just handed me the next special issue
- on police brutality. - Enough.
You're nothing but a gobby prat with a soapbox.
Geordie.
Innes justified your approach
as "skewering the establishment," but this?
This is just a petty personal attack.
Blame Innes.
He left me short.
Your simpleton was obvious filler.
What was Innes working on?
No doubt some worthy tirade.
But I'll never know.
It wasn't on his desk or anywhere in the room.
It was taken.
And he never told you what it was about?
After you left, all he could talk about was Caroline.
Who took the photographs of Mr. Delgado?
What photos?
The Peeping Tom shots... you know.
I don't!
Look, Innes and I were sent stuff separately, often anonymously.
If it was worth sharing, we would,
but more often than not,
he'd handle the worthy and I handled the funny.
Mmm.
One show at the Footlights and you think you're Alan bloody Bennett!
Please, Nigel.
They gave you it out of pity.
Maybe if my mum died, I could get three lines
- in a crap show, too. - Nigel.
You drag me down, Innes.
I should have got shot of you years ago.
Oh, it was meant to be a collaboration, but you...
You turned it into a competition.
Against someone warmer.
More charming.
Do you know what I think, Nigel?
I think you've got a mean streak.
It's made worse with drink.
You're mean enough to kill Innes Clark.
He was the charmer.
People liked him.
That's why I needed him.
I'm...
I'm just a gobby prat with a soapbox.
He's more likely to use a poison pen than to cut a throat.
And Delgado's close friend popped in to confirm his alibi.
Someone tried to destroy those photos.
Mmm?
And Innes was writing an article that's disappeared.
Maybe someone else at the paper held a grudge.
Maybe Caroline can help.
Aren't you lot meant to avoid coveting another man's wife?
It's a genuine line of inquiry.
So you're the smart one? An island in a sea of idiots.
My paper's always looking for someone good.
There's no F in catastrophic,
bloodletting has two Ts,
and if you're trying to imply
that the chancellor of Cambridge University
likes to fornicate outdoors,
you'll want bare B-A-R-E,
not the grizzly mammal kind.
See?
We could really use you.
Detective Peters is more of an investigator
than you'll ever be,
and I wouldn't use your paper to wrap up my chips.
You're free to go.
What's all this in aid of?
I've no idea.
Wednesday night is usually crumpet night.
This is all Sam's group?
They have a name now.
- The Way Finders. - Oh.
Sounds like something to do with orienteering.
Bit different to your congregation, is it?
I don't know.
Same spirit, different tempo.
Although you've definitely grown your crowd.
Long may it continue.
Excuse me.
She told me.
About you two.
Don't worry, I get it.
It's not easy, but I've come to realize
that I can't be...
Possessive.
Why you hiding out here?
Trying to find some peace and quiet,
but Del Shannon pierced the walls like uranium anyway.
If you don't like it, don't stay.
This is my house!
But I suppose that's your answer to everything.
Sell up and move on.
You're becoming very bitter.
And you're becoming very condescending.
I'm trying to captain my life, for once.
You should do the same.
Oh, I'm going to.
Sam, I'd like to have a word.
Yeah, of course, fire away.
Right.
I think we've reached the limit
of how much I can help you.
The limit?
What I mean is,
I began this halfway house to help ex-convicts,
those struggling to adjust,
get them back on their feet.
And now I'm having to turn those same people away.
"I mean", "I began,"
"I'm turning people away."
When did this all become about you, Leonard?
Was your little halfway house ever this successful?
I'm building something special here.
And I won't let
some...
pathetic little traitor
threaten it.
You test me again...
and I'll show you what my limit really is.
Do you understand?
- Say it. - I understand.
Yeah, well, on and off.
- Oh, really? - Yeah.
Caroline.
Do you mind if I have a word?
You were a part of that paper.
Did you know anyone who held a grudge or...
Did you know about the photos of the editor?
Is this a party or an interrogation?
I got out because it's a nest of vipers.
And darling Innes was becoming a limpet.
Have you been in touch with your father?
My father's a tragically strict man.
I spent my life, until I came here,
living in his dominion.
And Innes was like that, too?
Thank you.
For looking for me.
Now we really must dance.
Oh, you go ahead.
I need a drink.
Hey.
You all right?
No, not really.
I think I might go.
Oh, go where?
Leonard, what is it?
Leonard!
Ah.
Alphy, this man has opened his home to us,
and his heart.
Helped connect people.
Made all this possible.
He's one of the good ones.
Excuse me.
Are these your shoes, Miss Stansham?
You've got fine print on your footprint.
Those letters are from a Letraset,
one of the typeface sheets used for dry transfers.
Used by Innes Clark.
I know what they are.
They're probably on the feet of everyone that went to that office.
But a set of these were knocked to the floor
the night of Innes's murder.
I was with Sam that night.
He's hardly unbiased.
Delgado said he saw you all over the campus.
Because you were tailing him.
Getting Innes the photographs to blackmail him with.
Delgado...
had been rattled by a few complaints,
so Innes wanted a grubby story to hold over him.
There was one, and I got the pictures.
But I found something more important.
I found Sam, and I...
I realized there's more to life than cutting people down.
But when you needed someone to take the fall for the murder,
you still had those photographs.
Why not sell Delgado down the river?
But when that didn't work out...
you pointed us to Nigel.
Why exactly would I kill Innes?
You told me men try to dominate your life.
I poured my heart out to you.
After we told Innes you were missing...
I think he tracked you down.
I think he wanted you.
He wanted you to be his girl,
but if you weren't going to be Daddy's little girl,
you damn well weren't going to be his, either.
You're twisting my words.
Did you see red and lash out?
Did you kill Innes Clark because he tried to control you?
I didn't kill him for me, I killed him for Sam!
Innes wrote a vicious little hatchet job
smearing Sam, and me, and all of the Way Finders.
How dare he?!
What has he ever done?
What does he stand for? He's billowing out lies
from the top of his pathetic hill.
I had to protect Sam from that bile!
I can't take it in.
Son...
You gave her an alibi.
I didn't want to give a bad impression of her.
Did you know Innes Clark?
I never met him.
I heard the name from Caroline.
Did you know he drafted a piece about you?
What?
Caroline says she burned it.
Real hatchet job, apparently.
It being gone does you a favor.
Inspector, I welcome criticism.
If you rock the boat, someone will shout.
I, I don't dismiss that. I'd never shut it down.
She never spoke to you about it.
Not a word.
She kept her own counsel.
I wish she had, I just...
You all right?
I wanted an answer to what was driving her.
I didn't think it would be this.
For better or worse...
the truth will out.
That being said,
she wasn't a murderer before you slept with her.
Shut up.
Too soon?
You all right?
Hmm?
You know you can talk to me.
Talking won't solve my problems... Cathy's problems.
Don't give up just yet.
I know the road we're on, Alphy.
It doesn't end well.
Then make the most of life now.
Oh, Christ, you okay?
It's fine, Geordie.
Cruddy hell.
Cathy...
Listen.
I've been thinking.
I'll put in for a sabbatical.
Effective immediately.
I don't know what it is you're going through, or what you need,
but I am going to be here with you,
every step of the way.
Geordie Keating,
I bloody love you.
You are a wonderful husband.
But you don't have to do that.
I may be anxious,
and I've had some right stresses this year, but...
I am not going the way of my mother.
You're not?
Thank you for getting Sylvia.
I'd got so fixed on thinking I knew where I was headed,
and she gave me a different perspective.
A woman's perspective.
Come again?
Great detective, my arse.
A lady of my age...
It's my time...
Oh...
It's not going to be easy.
Is anything?
Or painless... certainly not quick.
Slow and painful is my middle name.
I'm going to stop taking them pills.
They are not the answer.
Well, it depends.
Are they more or less expensive than the crockery?
Last night, I stayed with Mrs. C. and Jack after...
an altercation with Sam.
I suggested that his group
had outgrown the house.
And he...
He called me a "pathetic traitor."
He threatened me.
Sounds out of character, but...
Leonard, if you say it, I believe you.
I just don't know anymore.
I don't trust him,
and he's got his hooks into Daniel.
And all those others.
I'm worried.
Hello?
Daniel?
Is anyone in?
Hello?
Daniel?
Never seen it this quiet before.
It never is.
"Leonard, we won't be a hindrance to you anymore.
All the best, Sam."
That's it?
Well, where have they all gone?
No forwarding address, nothing.
This isn't normal.
I'm sure it's fine.
No, this is all wrong.
And where's Daniel?
Sam's a dangerous man.
*CREDITS*