1 00:00:00,100 --> 00:00:01,100 Hello! 2 00:00:01,110 --> 00:00:03,161 The Elvis Presley of puzzle setters. 3 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:05,270 - Where's James? - James is on some case. 4 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:07,910 Until three nights ago, when he didn't come home at all. 5 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:10,790 In fact, the only person that can access the police station is James. 6 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:14,310 Or somebody who looks remarkably like him. 7 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:15,750 Looks like a cipher. 8 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:18,630 He's using this to take notes about whatever he was investigating. 9 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:19,830 I will solve it. 10 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:21,230 Just need more data. 11 00:00:21,240 --> 00:00:22,750 Need to find out what he's been doing, 12 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:24,950 what he's been working on, who he's been working with. 13 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:26,630 I've met most of his colleagues. 14 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:28,150 I can brief you on all of them. 15 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:29,630 DCI Taylor... 16 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:32,430 I'm led to believe that you've been performing miracles recently. 17 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:36,190 The man they arrested for the Sinclair murder has killed himself. 18 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:38,030 Something is being covered up here. 19 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:39,510 We know that. 20 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:41,390 Is this all connected to the Sinclair case? 21 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:43,830 The one that you and James were working? The blogger. 22 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:45,350 My husband is still missing. 23 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:46,910 He left you, all right? 24 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:48,190 My brother left you. 25 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:49,950 Holly Pinder was discovered dead. 26 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:52,910 Your wife has been arrested on suspicion of murder. 27 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:54,670 There's files here so restricted, 28 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:56,030 even I don't have access. 29 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:58,150 Adam Newsum, I'm arresting you on suspicion of murder. 30 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:00,440 I'm not DCI James Taylor. 31 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:03,470 I'm his brother, John. 32 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:06,030 The only Taylor who'd been working at this station 33 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:08,750 was the one who was actually a detective. 34 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:10,830 We're offering to put John on the payroll as a consultant. 35 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:12,310 A consultant in what? 36 00:01:12,320 --> 00:01:13,750 Puzzles. 37 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:14,910 It's the source code. 38 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:16,390 It's how we solve the cipher. 39 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:18,430 - I think this is it. - It's an address. 40 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:20,990 It's all of Sinclair's research. 41 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:22,870 Somewhere in here, there's one story 42 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:25,030 important enough to kill him over. 43 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:27,320 How often do people get murdered around here? 44 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:52,510 Just taking these to Miss Kemper. 45 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:54,110 Box on the right. 46 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:55,710 Mummy, I think the tickets are in... 47 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:58,190 I know exactly where they are, thank you, Patricia. 48 00:01:58,200 --> 00:01:59,390 - Can I just say...? - No, you can't. 49 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:01,435 - You've said enough. - Mummy, I really think... 50 00:02:01,445 --> 00:02:02,320 Enough. 51 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:05,360 Let's discuss this when we're at home. 52 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:08,910 - Come along. - You're in the left box, ladies. 53 00:02:08,920 --> 00:02:11,040 Through the door, straight up the stairs. 54 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:14,470 Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. 55 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:16,390 The show will commence in two minutes. 56 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:17,990 That's two minutes to curtain. 57 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:19,720 Thank you. 58 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:33,270 - Can't see a bloody thing in here. - Quiet, Mummy! 59 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:34,880 For heaven's sake, turn it off. 60 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:38,950 Well, you'd expect the usher to usher. 61 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:41,670 Really! Sit down. Why do you have to make such a fuss? 62 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:43,630 No standards any more. 63 00:02:43,640 --> 00:02:45,640 Just sit down. People are looking at us. 64 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,750 Ladies and gentlemen, please turn off your devices. 65 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:51,910 - Now what? - Recording is not permitted. 66 00:02:51,920 --> 00:02:54,640 Rack and ruin, this place. Shocking! 67 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:34,430 Find a back exit, bring the car around. 68 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:35,910 Now. 69 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:37,470 What's happening? 70 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:39,560 Call Cambridge police. Ask for Ziegler. 71 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:16,800 *CREDITS* 72 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:19,870 You were always her best friend. 73 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:22,030 I may have been the one to marry her, 74 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:23,390 but that never changed. 75 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:25,590 I disappeared from my family's life 76 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:28,870 weeks before I disappeared from home. 77 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:31,430 And I told myself I was doing so in search of answers 78 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:33,350 and the greater good. 79 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:34,400 But the truth is... 80 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:37,390 I was just looking for anything 81 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:39,870 to pull me away from a life I'd grown unhappy with. 82 00:04:44,280 --> 00:04:46,350 I thought I could hear Dad's voice. 83 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:48,150 How do you know it wasn't your Uncle John? 84 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:49,310 Is he still in bed? 85 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:51,920 And slightly more nasal. 86 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:55,990 Why do you keep playing it? 87 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:57,640 Maybe I miss his non-nasal tone. 88 00:04:59,880 --> 00:05:01,390 You know he had to say all that. 89 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:02,830 He was trying to protect us. 90 00:05:02,840 --> 00:05:04,430 He knew someone could be listening in. 91 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:06,040 It was his only cover. 92 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:10,310 You know, your Uncle John says two things can be true at once. 93 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:11,590 Yeah. 94 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:13,600 - Don't know what that means. - Me neither. 95 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:18,510 I am glad you're more Betts than Taylor, sweetheart. 96 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:20,710 Thanks. 97 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:31,480 No, no, no, no, no. 98 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:41,150 Morning. 99 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:42,830 Oh, is this for me? 100 00:05:42,840 --> 00:05:44,790 I'm going to make an early start. 101 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:46,680 "Shop burgled." 102 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:49,040 That's the story? 103 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:53,320 That is the entire story? 104 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:56,800 - Where's my breakfast gone? - I don't know. 105 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:11,350 You enjoy doing this, don't you? 106 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:14,120 I've always enjoyed looking for needles in haystacks. 107 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:20,280 Two weeks you've been at it now. 108 00:06:22,280 --> 00:06:24,110 14 whole days 109 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:26,270 wading through Sinclair's files. 110 00:06:26,280 --> 00:06:28,680 You've... found nothing out at all. 111 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:31,510 Well, I wouldn't do yet, would I? 112 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:32,910 This is just the first stage. 113 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:34,910 I'm... I'm cataloguing them all. 114 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:36,710 That pile on the right there, 115 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:38,470 that's for nonsense - 116 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:40,430 UFOs, ghosts, giant cats. 117 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:42,390 - "Giant cats"? - Yes. 118 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:44,270 I don't think they're giant-giant, 119 00:06:44,280 --> 00:06:46,510 just... bigger than normal. 120 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:48,070 And that pile in the middle there, 121 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:50,680 that's people who qualify as famous under the modern definition. 122 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:53,030 That one on the end there 123 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:56,150 is for anything that mentions police or criminal investigation. 124 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:58,310 Ironically, it's the dullest. 125 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:01,550 And what happens when you have your three piles? 126 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:03,030 I'll discard the first, 127 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:04,790 shuffle the other two together... 128 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:06,790 and then start the process again, 129 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:08,750 this time with stricter criteria. 130 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:11,739 Do it enough times and we'll end up with the one 131 00:07:11,749 --> 00:07:13,510 file that Sinclair died for 132 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:16,070 and the reason for my brother's disappearance. 133 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:17,480 Probably. 134 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:20,390 I made that, you know. 135 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:22,030 Oh, thank you, Henry. 136 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:23,230 Very nice. 137 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:24,880 We had so much momentum. 138 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:27,710 Why hasn't the station called? 139 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:29,790 We need you back in there. That's where we need you. 140 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:32,430 Digging about, finding some facts, for God's sake. 141 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:33,910 You attended a crime scene, 142 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:35,750 you solved the crime within five minutes. 143 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:38,270 Why has nobody been in touch since? 144 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:41,150 Well, presumably, nobody's been murdered since. 145 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:43,110 Do you want someone to get murdered? 146 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:46,710 I don't WANT that... per se. 147 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:55,960 Well, I hope you feel very guilty. 148 00:07:57,120 --> 00:07:58,840 Hello, Russell. 149 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:07,630 This seems smoother than usual. 150 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:09,350 What gear are we in? 151 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:10,950 The correct one. 152 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:12,560 That must be it. 153 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:16,760 John, do you think James wants us doing this? 154 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:19,510 Has it ever occurred to you that, 155 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:20,990 far from leaving a trail of breadcrumbs 156 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:22,560 for his genius brother... 157 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:26,343 if not his wife to follow, he's actually just using us 158 00:08:26,353 --> 00:08:28,120 to safely store the files he stole? 159 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:32,640 And now expects us to just sit waiting in the dark again? 160 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:35,750 Of course it has. 161 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:37,350 - Really? - Obviously. 162 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:40,430 But he should have got someone else to store them, then, shouldn't he? 163 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:43,070 Because I'm going to go through each and every one of them, 164 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:45,430 I'm going to find out what this is all about 165 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:48,080 and I'm going to find him, and I'm going to bring him home. 166 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:54,590 I'll probably need a lift then as well. 167 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:56,760 Good. Glad I'm involved somehow. 168 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:11,960 OK. OK. 169 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:21,150 - Hello, DI Carter. - Hi, Lucy. How are you? 170 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:22,590 Yes. Yes, good. 171 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:24,590 I'm pretty much totally over that whole 172 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:26,150 being-framed-for-murder thing, so... 173 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:28,190 How are you? 174 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:29,790 Fine. 175 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:32,710 You're going to laugh when I tell you this 176 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:35,320 but turns out I don't have a driving licence. 177 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:39,910 Or rather, I do, 178 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:42,000 but I didn't realise that they run out. 179 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:44,150 When did it run out? 180 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:45,990 During Covid, apparently. 181 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:48,240 It was a confusing time for everyone. 182 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:52,630 So, the entire time you were impersonating a detective, 183 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:55,360 you were also driving around without a licence? 184 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:58,600 Yeah, but it seems rather minor by comparison. 185 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:02,230 Are you going to wait for me here? 186 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:03,950 John, the super wants to debrief, 187 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:06,190 and then we're attending a crime scene. We could be hours. 188 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:07,910 Right. 189 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:09,040 Is that OK? 190 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:11,720 We'll have someone run him home. 191 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:17,470 What does the super want? Is it good news? 192 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:19,630 DS Finch and DC Evans 193 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:21,830 have both been transferred to another station. 194 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:23,790 What? Why? 195 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:25,960 So they can live long and happy lives. 196 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:29,070 Holly Pinder died, 197 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:31,910 leaving a complete record of private emails, 198 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:34,350 search histories, deleted documents 199 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:36,190 and indiscreet keystrokes 200 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:37,670 from just about every person 201 00:10:37,680 --> 00:10:40,230 who's ever worked at the station in the last decade. 202 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:42,430 All of her blackmail material. 203 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:44,790 Her entire collection of incriminating files 204 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:46,270 has been brought here. 205 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:49,670 The basement is now dedicated solely to that operation, 206 00:10:49,680 --> 00:10:50,960 so is, therefore, out of bounds... 207 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:53,270 to all of us. 208 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:54,870 I didn't know we had a basement. 209 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:56,110 Well, keep it that way. 210 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:58,230 - You just told me... - We don't know what's going to be uncovered, 211 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:00,350 but you can bet heads are going to start rolling soon. 212 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:01,670 James will be on there. 213 00:11:01,680 --> 00:11:04,310 DS Finch and DC Evans, however, will not be. 214 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:06,670 Nor should they suffer guilt by association. 215 00:11:06,680 --> 00:11:09,590 They both have very, very good careers ahead of them. 216 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:10,910 Really? 217 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:12,070 Both of them?! 218 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:13,310 Yes. Both of them. 219 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:14,830 So I gave them the option 220 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:17,110 of transferring away from the eye of the storm 221 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:20,470 and, when they both point-blank refused to take it... 222 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:21,910 I made it an order, 223 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:23,680 one which I also gave to DCI Carter. 224 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:26,150 "DCI"? 225 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:27,630 Which he refused. 226 00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:29,790 - "D - C - I"?! - Yes, John. 227 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:33,040 It turns out we've been functioning for some time without one, remember? 228 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:35,910 Oh, yes. Of course. 229 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:37,950 Sorry about all that again. 230 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:39,870 Congratulations. 231 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:41,390 Thank you. 232 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:43,070 We've got two new detective constables 233 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:44,710 with no connection to Cambridge 234 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:47,270 and no knowledge of you, James or anything that's happened here. 235 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:48,950 That must be nice. 236 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:51,150 And we're all going to keep it that way, aren't we? 237 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:53,230 We all know what's at stake if we don't. 238 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:56,710 Well, presumably if it's ever revealed I impersonated a detective 239 00:11:56,720 --> 00:11:58,350 and you helped cover it up, 240 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:00,560 then we'll all go to prison, won't we? 241 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:06,000 Right. Well, I'll definitely try and avoid that, then. 242 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:09,480 Do I still have to call you "ma'am"? 243 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:14,630 Well, why don't you try calling me "Carol" and see how it sounds? 244 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:19,120 I don't think it'll sound quite right... 245 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:21,440 ma'am. 246 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:26,360 Ma'am. 247 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:33,320 I liked DS Finch and DC Evans. 248 00:12:34,560 --> 00:12:36,550 Well, they're not dead, John, they're in Colchester. 249 00:12:36,560 --> 00:12:38,470 And I think they liked me. 250 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:40,720 What if these new ones don't like me? 251 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:43,510 What's not to like? 252 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:46,190 I've always been told I'm an acquired taste. 253 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:50,120 Yeah, well, honestly, John, so are these two. 254 00:12:58,080 --> 00:12:59,230 - Look at this. - Oh, my God. 255 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:00,390 It's just sat back there. 256 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:01,990 That's not creepy at all, is it? 257 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:04,870 This is a crime scene. 258 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:07,670 Crime scene's up there. Nobody died onstage, did they? 259 00:13:07,680 --> 00:13:09,400 Mind, I haven't read the reviews. 260 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:13,710 Where is DCI Carter? 261 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:15,590 Why does he need an outside consultant? 262 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:18,230 He holds the highest closure rate for the district. 263 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:21,110 Brilliant. That's going there, is it? 264 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:23,070 Have you heard anything about this... 265 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:25,070 puzzle guy they're bringing in? 266 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:26,310 - Ludwig? Not much. - Yeah. 267 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:28,270 Apparently supposed to be some sort of 268 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:30,270 off-the-charts super genius, though. 269 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:36,200 Oh, it's a "pull" one. 270 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:39,030 Well, they should have a sign. 271 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:40,150 Good morning. 272 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:41,390 Again. 273 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:42,550 This is John Taylor, 274 00:13:42,560 --> 00:13:43,870 crime scene consultant. 275 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:46,110 "Crime scene consultant" - is that my title? 276 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:47,910 That sounds good, doesn't it? 277 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:49,230 Yeah. 278 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:52,360 And this, DC Ethan Cole and DC Caitlin Sullivan. 279 00:13:57,080 --> 00:13:58,840 - That's his. - No, it's not. 280 00:13:59,960 --> 00:14:01,870 It's a prop from the show. 281 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:03,950 What were you doing with it? 282 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:05,520 I wasn't doing anything with it. 283 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:11,510 I think we should add it to the box, don't you, John? 284 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:14,080 Oh, yes. Good idea. 285 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:16,480 Could you stay here, please? 286 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:19,150 Excuse me? 287 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:22,600 The crime scene consultant would like you to stay down here, please. 288 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:32,680 So, the victim was there... 289 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:36,190 there was someone there and someone there. 290 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:37,640 Her daughters. 291 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:42,040 And she was killed in front of hundreds of witnesses. 292 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:45,790 Can you see me? 293 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:48,590 Yeah, I can. Sorry, why do I have to stay down here? 294 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:51,190 - To see if you can see me. - All right. 295 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:52,240 Well, I can. So... 296 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:55,670 Can I sit here? 297 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:57,710 Well, it didn't do the last person much good 298 00:14:57,720 --> 00:14:59,400 but by all means. 299 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:08,120 How about now? 300 00:15:09,060 --> 00:15:10,105 Top of his head. 301 00:15:10,115 --> 00:15:11,550 How much of the top of my head? 302 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:13,510 How much of the top of his head? 303 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:15,390 Down to the eyebrows. 304 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:16,870 How tall was she? 305 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:24,000 I don't have the exact... 306 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:27,950 She was a little old woman. 307 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:29,560 So, no witnesses. 308 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:34,510 What about that box opposite? 309 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:36,430 That must have a clear view into here. 310 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:39,590 Yeah. First responders had the same idea, but it was empty. 311 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:42,550 Really? It says "sold out" downstairs. 312 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:46,270 There was an usher stationed outside, about... 313 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:47,950 two feet away. 314 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:50,430 Testified that no-one came in or out. 315 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:52,670 - Perhaps the usher did it. - Why would the usher do it? 316 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:54,870 How should I know? First I've heard of them. 317 00:15:54,880 --> 00:15:57,310 It wasn't the usher, John. We have a confession. 318 00:15:57,320 --> 00:15:58,790 You have a confession? 319 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:02,630 I did it. I killed her. 320 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:04,470 Well, then what am I doing here? 321 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:05,950 There's no puzzle. 322 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:07,910 Oh, there's a puzzle. 323 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:10,160 I did it. I just snapped. 324 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:13,230 Two confessions? 325 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:15,070 And only one stab wound. 326 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:18,710 Wait. That means we need to uncover who... didn't do it. 327 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:19,760 Basically. 328 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:23,560 Well, this is a new one. 329 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:26,680 What about this one? 330 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:30,550 My God, Henry. It's covered in blood! 331 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:33,310 Oh, no, no, that's just that. 332 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:35,150 It's ketchup, Mum. 333 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:37,310 Sweetheart, three people have been killed over these files. 334 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:38,790 Please, do make an effort 335 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:40,430 not to smear your breakfast all over them. 336 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:41,950 - What's in it? - It's just bacon. 337 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:44,950 Uh, no. Sorry. It's... 338 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:47,390 a cabal of rich families 339 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:49,270 who perform ritualistic sacrifices 340 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:50,680 in order to maintain power. 341 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:53,630 I mean, it's not impossible, is it? 342 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:55,510 Well, what would your Uncle John say? 343 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:59,270 - But that's... - Absolutely ridiculous. 344 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:00,990 Yes. Nonsense pile, please. 345 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:02,350 This is hopeless. 346 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:03,950 I don't know what I'm looking for. 347 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:06,150 This is not my skillset at all. 348 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:08,390 I should be out there doing something. 349 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:09,790 Like what? 350 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:11,230 I don't know. 351 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:13,310 I mean, investigating James's colleagues, 352 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:15,470 questioning Sinclair's neighbours, 353 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:16,710 staking out Ziegler. 354 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:18,360 You know, something proactive. 355 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:21,630 I don't even have your dad's police badge any more. 356 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:24,110 Your Uncle John gave it back, for some reason. 357 00:17:24,120 --> 00:17:26,310 Yeah, well, I think he kind of had to. 358 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:28,110 I also really don't think that would have worked. 359 00:17:28,120 --> 00:17:29,830 You look a lot less like Dad than Uncle John does. 360 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:32,070 Wasted on him, that badge was. 361 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:35,070 I wonder if you can buy fake ones anywhere. 362 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:36,320 Hey. Who's this? 363 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:40,830 Oh, looks like that chap from the telly. 364 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:43,430 With someone I'm going to assume is not his wife. 365 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:44,950 Gosh, where did they get this? 366 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:46,670 It looks like it was taken from the inside of a wardrobe. 367 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:48,350 Do you think it's connected? 368 00:17:48,360 --> 00:17:49,470 Important? 369 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:51,830 Gosh, no. I doubt it. I don't think he's ordering hits on people. 370 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:56,790 I mean, he presents a show about antiques, gardening. 371 00:17:56,800 --> 00:17:59,470 Yeah, well, maybe we can sell it to the tabloids. 372 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:03,590 No, Mum, that was a joke. 373 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:07,480 No, no, I was um-ing about something else. 374 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:11,080 Just popping out. You crack on. 375 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:14,270 What? Sorry. No. Where are you going? 376 00:18:14,280 --> 00:18:15,830 Well, is there anything for lunch? 377 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:18,480 Gosh, no. I shouldn't have thought so. 378 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:24,870 I'm sorry, ma'am, I don't understand. 379 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:26,150 Personal interest, how? 380 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:27,750 As in, he knew the victim or...? 381 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:29,550 Quite what motivates Chief Constable Ziegler 382 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:32,120 to demand updates on specific cases is beyond me. 383 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:35,750 But he's here now. 384 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:38,110 This is really bad timing, ma'am. 385 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:41,310 You'd better give him the heads-up. 386 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:44,360 And for God's sake, make sure they're NEVER alone together. 387 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:53,190 So, um, what... 388 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:55,910 What qualifications do you have, Mr Taylor? 389 00:18:57,400 --> 00:18:59,760 Ten GCSEs and four A levels. 390 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:02,510 No, sorry. I mean, 391 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:05,830 what qualifies you to be a crime scene consultant? 392 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:08,510 Well, I suppose the geography one helps a bit. 393 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:11,683 - Although, I actually only got a B in that. - What? 394 00:19:11,693 --> 00:19:13,990 You do know this is the guy who solved the car park murder 395 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:15,630 - everyone's been on about? - What? 396 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:18,240 The man who drowned in the middle of a multi-storey? 397 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:21,510 - How'd you do that? - Oh, that was easy. 398 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:23,680 I could have done that one with a GNVQ. 399 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:28,590 Chief Constable Ziegler's on his way. 400 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:30,000 Chief Constable Ziegler?! 401 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:34,830 Yeah, John. I don't believe you've met him yet, have you? 402 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:36,400 That's right, I haven't. 403 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:38,670 Who is he? 404 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:40,280 He's Chief Constable Ziegler. 405 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:43,430 He's the Chief Constable. 406 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:45,910 I've actually met him quite a few times. 407 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:47,200 Oh, yeah? Does he know your name? 408 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:50,430 Probably. 409 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:52,470 Russell, can I just...? 410 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:55,510 I've met Chief Constable Ziegler loads of times. 411 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:57,630 More often than I'd like, quite frankly. 412 00:19:57,640 --> 00:19:59,350 No, John. 413 00:19:59,360 --> 00:20:01,350 James has met Chief Constable Ziegler a lot of times. 414 00:20:01,360 --> 00:20:02,600 You've not met him once. 415 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:06,070 God, I wish you had a different face. 416 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:07,520 Me, too. 417 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:11,190 Yes. So this is the man in question. 418 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:12,920 Our new consultant, John Taylor. 419 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:22,950 DCI Taylor's brother? 420 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:24,350 As I said. 421 00:20:24,360 --> 00:20:25,950 Twin brother? 422 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:27,670 Did I not mention that? 423 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:29,520 Identical twin brother? 424 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:35,790 Wait. Your brother's police? 425 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:38,190 He was, yes. Before he retired. 426 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:39,680 Hello again, sir. 427 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:43,310 Chief Superintendent Shaw tells me 428 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:46,160 that you solved your first case with us in under 24 hours. 429 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:48,680 It pretty much solved itself. 430 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:51,830 We need this one closed as quickly 431 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:53,680 and with as little fuss as possible. 432 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:57,440 We will, sir, and we'll keep you posted. 433 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:02,160 - A word, please. - Sir. 434 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:06,750 Oh, it's always nice to see you, sir. 435 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:08,880 He has no idea who you are. 436 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:15,230 I think that went quite well, don't you? 437 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:18,120 Now, do you think I could talk to these women, please? 438 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:36,070 Yes? 439 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:38,470 Oh, hi. Yes, hello. 440 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:40,310 I'm... 441 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:42,390 Oh, not to worry. I'm coming up. 442 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:44,150 - Thank you! - What? 443 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:45,920 Hello? 444 00:21:57,560 --> 00:21:59,120 Hello? 445 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:01,280 Hello. 446 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:03,800 Where are all the reporters? 447 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:05,990 Sorry. Who are you? 448 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,470 Oh... Lucy. Lucy Betts, photojournalist. 449 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:10,430 Freelance. 450 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:12,040 Is this the whole place? 451 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:14,910 What do you want? 452 00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:17,030 What do YOU want? More like. 453 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:18,800 How about this? 454 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:24,120 - Is that...? - Yes. It is. 455 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:26,790 How'd you get this? 456 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:28,270 Oh, I can get anything. 457 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:31,510 That's merely a whistle-wetter. 458 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:34,390 So, what do you think? I'm not very expensive. 459 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:35,990 All I really need is a little lanyard 460 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:37,990 with your publication's name on it 461 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:39,630 and someone who's willing to say 462 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:41,550 I was on assignment 463 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:45,150 if I ever got caught in a stationery cupboard or something. 464 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:46,790 Why would you be in a stationery cupboard? 465 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:47,840 Oh, I don't know. 466 00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:51,470 I think you're confused or... 467 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:53,070 possibly unwell. 468 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:55,390 This is the East Anglia Advertiser. 469 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:56,870 We sell advertising space. 470 00:22:56,880 --> 00:22:58,630 We do not cover... 471 00:22:58,640 --> 00:22:59,790 the news. 472 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:01,350 Well, you do cover crime. 473 00:23:01,360 --> 00:23:03,310 We cover stories of local interest. 474 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:04,910 Well, then, I'm your girl. 475 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:09,510 It's been a pleasure meeting you, Mrs Betts. 476 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:11,870 - I don't think you mean that. - I don't. No. 477 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:14,030 Listen, if you want the skinny on crime, I can get it. 478 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:15,230 I'm married to a DCI. 479 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:16,470 Oh, he has my sympathies. 480 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:18,430 Yes, and my brother-in-law is a specialist consultant. 481 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:19,710 Oh, it must be thrilling for him. 482 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:22,150 He's famous, actually. He's called Ludwig. 483 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:23,430 Oh, I'm sure he is. 484 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:24,590 Do give him my... 485 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:26,080 Wait. Ludwig? 486 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:28,720 The puzzle guy? 487 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:33,830 Look, I've already... I've already turned it on. 488 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:35,270 - Have you? - Yeah, yeah. 489 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:36,630 You just... 490 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:38,234 Yeah, you've turned it off, now. 491 00:23:38,244 --> 00:23:39,270 - Have I? - Yeah. 492 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:40,790 Oh, yes. So I did. 493 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:42,040 - Yeah. - No. 494 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:46,550 Should we interview the suspect now? 495 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:48,680 Yes. No, yeah, we probably should do that. 496 00:23:50,360 --> 00:23:52,910 Miss Lowery, why did you kill your mother? 497 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:56,080 If you'd spent the past 64 years living with her... 498 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,190 you wouldn't need to ask that. 499 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:02,320 It wasn't... all bad. 500 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:05,870 We have lovely Christmases 501 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:09,160 and, once a year, we all go on a cruise. 502 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:12,550 I'm going to miss that. 503 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:14,070 So, why did you do it? 504 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:15,590 She wouldn't let me have a dog. 505 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:17,230 When you were a child? 506 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:19,990 No. Last week. A bichon frise. 507 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,350 It wouldn't have taken up any room at all. 508 00:24:22,360 --> 00:24:24,990 I'm never allowed anything. 509 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:26,870 I did, once, have a husband. Briefly. 510 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:28,390 He died. 511 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:30,040 Not necessarily blaming her... 512 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:34,950 although I'm pretty sure she prayed for it. 513 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:36,560 I was at the end of my rope. 514 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:40,470 Or is it tether? 515 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:42,270 Tether's more contextually correct, 516 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:43,910 but I'll allow either. 517 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:45,390 Mummy had just banned me 518 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:47,120 from going out to see a friend on Sunday. 519 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:50,670 When I say, "Friend," 520 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:52,120 ex-husband. 521 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:56,030 I hadn't seen him for 20 years. I was... 522 00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:58,190 quite looking forward to it. 523 00:24:58,200 --> 00:24:59,720 The row started in the taxi... 524 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:02,670 and it lasted the whole journey. 525 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:05,990 Mummy always said he was a bad influence 526 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,310 and that he'd be an even worse influence now 527 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:10,710 because he's probably become an alcoholic. 528 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:13,560 And then, somehow, the dog becomes involved in all this. 529 00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:16,150 A dog I didn't even have 530 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:18,990 and was quite prepared to name Betty after her. 531 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:22,310 She spent half the journey forbidding Portia from seeing her ex 532 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:25,310 and the other half telling me rabies was making a comeback. 533 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:27,710 Oh! Years of this. 534 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:29,550 Then I just snapped. 535 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:31,590 I was sitting there. I was... 536 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:33,150 thinking about it all, 537 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:34,360 and I just snapped. 538 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:37,790 Right in the middle of the overture. 539 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:39,870 I've always had a quick temper. 540 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:42,070 I won Miss Cambridge in 1979 541 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:43,470 and the judge patted me on the bum, 542 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:45,200 so I punched him in the face. 543 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:47,870 Embarrassing at the time. 544 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:49,430 I'd just said I wanted world peace. 545 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:52,150 All that stuff in the back of my mind, all 50 years of it, 546 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:54,630 pushed its way to the front 547 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:56,790 right at that exact moment. 548 00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:58,230 The lights went out. 549 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:05,680 I found myself reaching into Mummy's bag... 550 00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:08,480 I felt the scissors... 551 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:14,440 - and then... - I just... 552 00:26:21,120 --> 00:26:23,470 Please tell my sister I'm sorry... 553 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:24,600 And that I love her. 554 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:34,990 Whichever one didn't do it 555 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:37,950 knows that the other one did and is protecting her, 556 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:39,310 whilst the one who did do it 557 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:41,670 knows that we can't prove that the one who didn't do it 558 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:43,230 didn't do it 559 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:45,800 and, therefore, can't possibly demonstrate who did. 560 00:26:47,360 --> 00:26:48,790 It's a real thinker. 561 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:51,550 If solving this case keeps Chief Constable Ziegler off our backs, 562 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:54,070 I'm half tempted to just flip a coin. 563 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:56,560 How would you decide which one to assign heads to? 564 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:01,430 Do not be alone with him at any point, OK, John? 565 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:02,480 I'm serious. 566 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:06,360 I can't envisage a scenario where that would occur. 567 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:11,240 Maybe in here. 568 00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:18,670 These piles have got bigger! 569 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:20,830 Have you been using my piles? 570 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:24,190 I've got a much more complex system than I led you to believe. 571 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:26,910 - I'll have to... - OK, don't say no, OK? 572 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:28,990 Why does every conversation have to start this way? 573 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:30,950 Well, you just started a conversation about piles, 574 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:32,950 so I don't think you've got a leg to stand on. 575 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:34,880 I got a job at the paper. 576 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:38,750 "The East Anglia Advertiser." 577 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:41,710 I am their new crime reporter. 578 00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:43,350 For the East Anglia Advertiser? 579 00:27:43,360 --> 00:27:45,950 Yes, well, it's not an official position or anything yet 580 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:48,670 but as long as I submit one crime photo every two weeks 581 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:50,670 and you give them two puzzles a week, 582 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:52,630 then I get to keep this badge, 583 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:54,590 - and you know what that means. - Wait. Sorry... 584 00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:56,150 I'm allowed to go places. 585 00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:58,030 I'm allowed to ask questions. 586 00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:00,190 I can actually do something. 587 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:03,950 - Terrific. What was that bit about me? - Yes! Good news. 588 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:08,390 Turns out that Gareth, editor, is just a huge fan of Ludwig. 589 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:10,390 They're all huge fans. 590 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:12,320 The whole bullpen. 591 00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:15,950 What are just two piddly little puzzles a week? 592 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:17,710 For the East Anglia Advertiser? 593 00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:20,590 Oh, come on, John, I won't tell The South Bank Show if you don't. 594 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:23,110 Look, I get to investigate now like you're supposed to. 595 00:28:23,120 --> 00:28:24,950 I can go places. I can talk to people. 596 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:26,190 They'll talk back to me. 597 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:27,870 They'll have to talk to me because I'm press. 598 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:30,030 And who exactly are you planning on talking to? 599 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:31,710 Oh, I don't... I don't know. 600 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:33,150 I don't have any leads yet. 601 00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:35,350 I don't suppose you've got any leads, have you? 602 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:40,550 All of Holly Pinder's computers have been brought to the station. 603 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:41,870 They're going through them now. 604 00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:43,150 It's a whole operation. 605 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:45,550 They're going to find whatever it is we're looking for. 606 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:47,710 - And if they find it first... - It'll disappear. 607 00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:49,590 And we'll have no proof. 608 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:51,430 You've got to get in there. 609 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:52,710 Do I? 610 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:55,750 I mean, we do have the answer somewhere in those piles. 611 00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:58,160 Perhaps if I stayed up a bit later and... 612 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:02,720 Right, I guess I do have to get in there. 613 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:06,310 Today is not going the way I expected at all. 614 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:07,880 Will you do the puzzles? 615 00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:10,680 Do I have to say they're Ludwig's? 616 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:18,720 - I suppose... maybe a wordsearch and a jumble. - Yes! 617 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:35,230 Are you not worried about Mum? 618 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:38,270 You know, playing Lois Lane? 619 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:40,240 I'm neither worried nor surprised. 620 00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:42,950 She has form. 621 00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:44,920 Ran her own detective agency for a bit. 622 00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:47,070 What? 623 00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:48,990 "Lucy Betts Investigations." 624 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:50,670 The LBI. 625 00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:52,790 Your father and I used to work for her. 626 00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:54,710 I'm sorry. When was this? 627 00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:56,360 Summer of 1986. 628 00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:59,270 Lucy would usually find the mystery, 629 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:02,510 and then she and your dad would go off and investigate it. 630 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:05,390 I'd stay in the office to answer any calls. 631 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:07,470 And were there any calls? 632 00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:08,670 Well, no. 633 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:10,750 There wasn't actually an office, either. 634 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:12,160 Or a phone. 635 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:15,400 Fun times. 636 00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:19,400 I'm going to take my piles to my room. 637 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:45,710 The real mystery is how she fit all this into her handbag. 638 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:47,870 All three of their prints are on the scissors. 639 00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:51,110 She must have been carrying around her own murder weapon for years. 640 00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:52,160 That's grim. 641 00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:55,710 - All of this is useless. - What? 642 00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:57,350 Even if it meant anything, 643 00:30:57,360 --> 00:30:59,030 it wouldn't mean anything 644 00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:00,350 because we've got two people - 645 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:01,790 both of whom are claiming guilt. 646 00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:04,750 Both subjects have made exactly the same statement, 647 00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:07,110 to paraphrase, "I killed Mum." 648 00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:08,510 The sister who's telling the truth 649 00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:09,950 knows the other sister is lying, 650 00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:12,030 and the sister who's lying knows the other sister 651 00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:13,310 is telling the truth. 652 00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:16,350 It's like that film where they had to ask the guard on one door 653 00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:17,990 what the guard on the other door would say 654 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:20,070 if they asked him which door they should open. 655 00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:22,630 You know, the one with the Muppets? 656 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:24,678 You're describing a variant of a puzzle called 657 00:31:24,688 --> 00:31:26,070 Knights and Knaves 658 00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:27,950 but it won't work in this situation. 659 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:29,150 Why not? 660 00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:32,190 Because neither of our suspects is governed by the rules of the puzzle. 661 00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:33,510 They don't always have to lie, 662 00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:35,470 and they don't always have to tell the truth. 663 00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:37,510 The whole thing is dichotomous. 664 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:38,830 Either she did it or she did it. 665 00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:40,030 There is no third option. 666 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:41,110 I wish there were. 667 00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:43,230 Sorry. So, we're struggling with two suspects 668 00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:45,470 - and you think that a third would help? - Well, it would... 669 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:46,830 It would break the puzzle. 670 00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:49,870 It's the binary nature of it that's giving them the advantage. 671 00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:51,470 One truth, one lie. 672 00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:52,790 50/50. 673 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:54,400 Oh, goody. 674 00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:57,360 Detective. Constables. 675 00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:01,190 John Taylor. 676 00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:02,390 Do you have progress? 677 00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:04,230 Well, we've actually been... 678 00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:05,870 We're REALLY stuck. 679 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:07,390 It happened in complete darkness, 680 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:09,150 and there are no witnesses at all. 681 00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:11,030 It's absolutely infuriating. 682 00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:13,310 Well, box one could see in - 683 00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:15,950 as you, yourself, stated. 684 00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:18,710 Nobody was in box one, Constable. 685 00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:20,910 Well, I... I found a ticket stub in there. 686 00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:22,550 I submitted it as evidence. 687 00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:24,590 I don't know why it's not up there. 688 00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:26,070 There's a crisp packet up there. 689 00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:28,350 Well, if it was a ticket stub, we can trace the payment back, 690 00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:29,790 - get an address? - Yeah, obviously. 691 00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:31,110 So, shall I go to evidence? 692 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:33,190 That won't be necessary, Constable Evans. 693 00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:34,680 Constable Cole, sir. 694 00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:38,910 I am aware of the occupant of box one. 695 00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:41,280 I've spoken to her and she didn't see anything. 696 00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:48,720 Joanne Kemper. 697 00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:51,470 The MP? 698 00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:52,520 Our MP. 699 00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:56,440 She called it in. She left. She isn't involved. 700 00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:02,440 I think I'd really like to speak to her. 701 00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:06,600 And I've just told you that she didn't see anything. 702 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:10,640 So, what exactly did she call in? 703 00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:20,120 I'll give you five minutes... 704 00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:24,630 but I do not want that woman's name appearing in any report. 705 00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:26,120 Understood? 706 00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:29,430 I'm sure we'll have no reason to, sir. Shall we? 707 00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:31,670 I don't think this requires 708 00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:34,070 two members of the constabulary, DCI Carter. 709 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:37,110 I'm sure you all have your own leads to be following up. 710 00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:38,950 - Come with me. - What? 711 00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:42,800 No, because I... I usually go with DCI Carter, see? 712 00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:46,950 I just... 713 00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:49,360 I really like spending time with DCI Carter. 714 00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:53,520 Well, I'm sure he'll be here when you get back. 715 00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:57,760 Just go now. 716 00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:02,000 - What...? - Just chill out. 717 00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:19,670 You have two new messages. 718 00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:20,910 Hi. Right, 719 00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:22,870 listen, I'm chasing a story. Can't say too much. 720 00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:26,390 If anyone from a prison rings you to verify who I am, 721 00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:28,080 just verify who I am. 722 00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:33,270 Why are you not answering your phone? It's, like, half past nine. 723 00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:37,550 Hi again. Sorry, it's Lucy Betts, by the way. 724 00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:39,470 We met yesterday. OK, bye. 725 00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:04,750 The East Anglia Advertiser? 726 00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:07,710 Well, I don't have a car to sell 727 00:35:07,720 --> 00:35:10,230 and you're not a journalist. 728 00:35:10,240 --> 00:35:11,630 I am. 729 00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:14,790 Anyway, it's just a few questions. It would really help me out. 730 00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:17,150 And seeing as you nearly got me banged up 731 00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:18,590 for a crime that you committed, 732 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:20,630 I think that you owe me one. 733 00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:22,040 Sure. OK. 734 00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:25,110 I have absolutely no idea 735 00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:26,670 what Holly had on her computers. 736 00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:29,430 I never kept track of the dozens of people she was blackmailing 737 00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:32,270 and as for whatever this file you're all looking for is, 738 00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:33,630 not a clue. 739 00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:34,950 Wouldn't know it if I saw it. 740 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:36,240 How's that for starters? 741 00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:39,870 Somebody else was here asking you about all this? 742 00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:41,430 Oh, you know full well they were. 743 00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:42,710 Your mate was in here this week, 744 00:35:42,720 --> 00:35:43,750 sat right there. 745 00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:44,800 Big guy. 746 00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:47,990 Ziegler? 747 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:49,110 What? 748 00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:51,030 No, who's Ziegler? No, Carter! 749 00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:52,990 DI Carter. 750 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:55,390 Oh, should I expect this Ziegler guy, too? 751 00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:58,000 DCI Carter was here asking about Holly's computer? 752 00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:02,790 What... Did he ask about a file? 753 00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:04,390 A particular file? 754 00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:06,840 I don't know what it is. 755 00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:08,880 And by the way... 756 00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:12,790 I've started asking my own questions in here, 757 00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:14,520 and do you know what I've learned? 758 00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:16,830 That the last prisoner 759 00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:19,320 to receive this level of interest from you lot... 760 00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:24,160 ended up with the worst case of suicide anybody's ever seen. 761 00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:27,870 Yes, I know. 762 00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:29,150 Oh, good! 763 00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:31,710 I'd hate to think I was imagining it all. 764 00:36:31,720 --> 00:36:33,750 You know... 765 00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:36,350 if I'd known it'd cause this much trouble... 766 00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:38,880 I wouldn't have killed her in the first place. 767 00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:44,550 You really don't know what everybody's looking for, do you? 768 00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:45,830 No. 769 00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:48,200 And I'm starting to think none of you do either. 770 00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:51,280 Do me a favour. 771 00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:53,790 Spread the word - 772 00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:56,080 I'm not accepting any more visitors. 773 00:36:58,040 --> 00:36:59,430 Also, I'm not suicidal. 774 00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:00,720 Maybe mention that, too. 775 00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:30,950 Sorry. 776 00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:32,000 Niece. 777 00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:35,600 Not my niece. Someone else's. 778 00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:44,670 Well, this is great. 779 00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:47,549 It must have taken quite the effort to make sure the one thing 780 00:37:47,559 --> 00:37:49,150 we didn't want to happen happened. 781 00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:50,990 I could hardly rugby tackle him, could I? 782 00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:53,390 Look, it's him. 783 00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:56,070 He said, "You told me not to be alone with Chief Constable Ziegler. 784 00:37:56,080 --> 00:37:58,750 "Now I'm in his car and he keeps giving me funny looks. 785 00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:01,270 "I don't think he believes I'm texting someone's niece 786 00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:02,750 "and I don't know where we're going. 787 00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:06,230 "Can you trace this text and send backup, please?" 788 00:38:06,240 --> 00:38:07,280 "Backup"? 789 00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:14,320 DCI Taylor. 790 00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:17,400 Your brother. 791 00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:20,360 Where is he? 792 00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:24,670 I don't know. We were never that close, really. 793 00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:26,430 Presumably, you were close enough 794 00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:28,430 for him to recommend you as a consultant 795 00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:29,880 to a major police force. 796 00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:32,880 Otherwise, how else did you wind up here? 797 00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:35,520 That's ever such a good question. 798 00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:44,710 Would you pass on a message from me? 799 00:38:44,720 --> 00:38:47,790 Would you tell him that it is extremely important 800 00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:49,560 that he contacts me? 801 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:53,320 - Shall I tell him why? - No. 802 00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:56,270 What's happening now? 803 00:38:56,280 --> 00:38:57,590 What do you mean? 804 00:38:57,600 --> 00:38:58,870 We're here. 805 00:39:01,360 --> 00:39:03,110 Now... 806 00:39:03,120 --> 00:39:05,760 Joanne Kemper's father was a close personal friend of mine. 807 00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:08,960 His daughter's future lies in government... 808 00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:11,800 making her a political target. 809 00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:15,790 Witnessing a crime would play in the press 810 00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:17,560 no differently to committing one. 811 00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:20,800 She might as well have committed one, then. 812 00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:24,350 Though, obviously, what you say 813 00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:26,670 does make sense. 814 00:39:35,300 --> 00:39:37,300 _ 815 00:39:37,310 --> 00:39:40,110 _ 816 00:39:40,240 --> 00:39:41,940 _ 817 00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:50,000 _ 818 00:39:50,010 --> 00:39:52,010 _ 819 00:40:05,240 --> 00:40:08,710 Shall I tell you why we won't close this case... ever? 820 00:40:08,720 --> 00:40:10,950 Because it requires one person to retract a confession 821 00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:12,630 with zero incentive to do so. 822 00:40:12,640 --> 00:40:13,990 Yeah. 823 00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:15,590 And because our only witness is 824 00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:18,830 being interviewed by a crossword setter. 825 00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:20,160 Yeah. 826 00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:32,520 Nice house. 827 00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:36,600 _ 828 00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:43,910 Deputy Chief Constable. 829 00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:45,120 I wasn't aware you'd be here. 830 00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:49,470 Miss Kemper has several high-profile appearances this week. 831 00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:52,640 I do hope all this is necessary, sir. 832 00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:04,910 Who's that? 833 00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:06,950 Deputy Chief Constable Routledge. 834 00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:10,190 He liaises with the Met's specialist protection unit 835 00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:12,120 to mitigate the risks against Miss Kemper. 836 00:41:13,080 --> 00:41:14,440 An appointment I gave him. 837 00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:18,160 Hi. Come on through. 838 00:41:23,080 --> 00:41:24,390 Oh, Miss Kemper. 839 00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:26,950 John Taylor, crime scene consultant. 840 00:41:26,960 --> 00:41:30,190 Joanne Kemper, Member of Parliament for Cambridge, St Michael's. 841 00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:31,670 Nice to meet you. 842 00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:33,390 John Taylor, was it? 843 00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:35,030 Yes. Hello. 844 00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:37,670 Well, I'm sure the Chief Constable has explained my reluctance 845 00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:39,950 to be publicly involved in this matter - 846 00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:42,350 I believe the term is "optics" - 847 00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:44,550 but what is it exactly that you need to know? 848 00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:46,430 I've already told Ronan everything. 849 00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:47,920 Sorry. Who's Ronan? 850 00:41:50,240 --> 00:41:51,710 I... 851 00:41:53,080 --> 00:41:54,750 Yes. Would you...? 852 00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:56,950 Ronan?! Really? 853 00:41:58,200 --> 00:42:01,560 Sorry. Would you mind telling me... precisely what you saw? 854 00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:04,870 Right. 855 00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:06,270 The show was about to start, 856 00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:08,710 someone opposite was waving a phone about 857 00:42:08,720 --> 00:42:11,110 so I have a look through my opera glasses... 858 00:42:11,120 --> 00:42:12,710 Yes, I own opera glasses. 859 00:42:12,720 --> 00:42:15,390 I'd rather that wasn't bandied about either. 860 00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:20,230 I see three latter-aged women in perms, pearls and furs - 861 00:42:20,240 --> 00:42:23,350 my voting base, quite frankly - and so I let it slide. 862 00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:25,830 She also performs really well 863 00:42:25,840 --> 00:42:27,390 with 25-35s. 864 00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:28,990 Huge on social media. 865 00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:30,750 Yes. Thank you, Hannah. 866 00:42:30,760 --> 00:42:31,870 There was a blackout. 867 00:42:31,880 --> 00:42:33,150 Stage lights come up. 868 00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:35,590 I have another look over and... 869 00:42:35,600 --> 00:42:37,950 dead. Stabbed. 870 00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:40,190 And the other two are just sitting there watching the show. 871 00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:42,760 But you never saw the deed itself... 872 00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:45,030 or their reactions? 873 00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:46,990 No, thank God. 874 00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:48,990 I did. 875 00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:51,470 I'm sorry. What? 876 00:42:51,480 --> 00:42:53,510 Oh, no. Not the actual... 877 00:42:53,520 --> 00:42:55,470 Their reactions. 878 00:42:55,480 --> 00:42:56,640 I saw their reactions. 879 00:42:57,720 --> 00:42:59,960 It was... awful. 880 00:43:02,280 --> 00:43:05,510 Like they both just suddenly saw her at the same time. 881 00:43:12,720 --> 00:43:13,960 You didn't tell me that. 882 00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:16,240 Are you OK? 883 00:43:17,240 --> 00:43:18,750 Yes. 884 00:43:18,760 --> 00:43:20,110 Yes. I'm fine. 885 00:43:20,120 --> 00:43:21,910 Who jumped up first? 886 00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:24,670 The one on the left or the one on the right? 887 00:43:24,680 --> 00:43:25,720 Oh, I don't... 888 00:43:27,360 --> 00:43:28,400 I have no idea. 889 00:43:29,720 --> 00:43:31,070 Sorry. 890 00:43:31,080 --> 00:43:32,510 No, no. Not your fault. 891 00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:34,310 You've actually been very helpful. 892 00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:37,430 We should probably have spoken to her in the first place. 893 00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:39,190 No offence. 894 00:43:39,200 --> 00:43:40,240 None taken. 895 00:43:46,720 --> 00:43:48,350 John, where are you? Can you talk? 896 00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:50,550 Are you still with the Chief Constable? 897 00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:52,800 The fox is indeed still inside the henhouse. 898 00:43:55,640 --> 00:43:59,190 Oh! That was probably less coded than you imagined, John. 899 00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:02,720 How long, post-murder, were the suspects in the box for? 900 00:44:03,720 --> 00:44:05,070 According to the usher, 901 00:44:05,080 --> 00:44:07,030 they pretty much stumbled out as soon as the curtain opened. 902 00:44:07,040 --> 00:44:09,110 Did the usher stay with them? 903 00:44:09,120 --> 00:44:11,830 Until the police arrived, yes. 904 00:44:11,840 --> 00:44:16,110 So they were never alone, post-murder, in the box? 905 00:44:16,120 --> 00:44:18,230 John, I'm going to put you on speakerphone. 906 00:44:18,240 --> 00:44:20,350 What are you putting me on speaker for? 907 00:44:20,360 --> 00:44:21,710 Hello? Can you hear me? 908 00:44:21,720 --> 00:44:23,350 Were they arrested separately? 909 00:44:23,360 --> 00:44:24,590 Yes. 910 00:44:24,600 --> 00:44:25,870 And are they being held separately? 911 00:44:25,880 --> 00:44:27,390 Yes. 912 00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:30,590 Have they been kept separated ever since they left the box? 913 00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:32,190 Yes. 914 00:44:32,200 --> 00:44:35,080 Great. Keep it that way. 915 00:44:37,160 --> 00:44:38,590 This is fine. 916 00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:40,030 I've got a few errands to run. 917 00:44:40,040 --> 00:44:43,920 - Wait a minute. Where are you going? - Thanks. 918 00:45:16,240 --> 00:45:17,550 Hello? 919 00:45:17,560 --> 00:45:20,430 Russell Carter has been to visit Adam Newsum in prison. 920 00:45:20,440 --> 00:45:21,590 How do you know that? 921 00:45:21,600 --> 00:45:24,030 Because I've just visited Adam Newsum in prison! 922 00:45:24,040 --> 00:45:25,430 - You what?! - No, no, it's fine 923 00:45:25,440 --> 00:45:28,470 because I'm a journalist now, remember? 924 00:45:28,480 --> 00:45:30,870 And I did ask you if you had any leads, and you didn't, 925 00:45:30,880 --> 00:45:33,550 so... I thought you and the team were under strict orders 926 00:45:33,560 --> 00:45:35,630 not to pull at that thread. 927 00:45:35,640 --> 00:45:37,310 Yes, we are. 928 00:45:37,320 --> 00:45:39,310 So, why was DCI Carter there, 929 00:45:39,320 --> 00:45:41,720 asking about Holly's computers? 930 00:45:42,880 --> 00:45:45,230 I don't know. 931 00:45:46,760 --> 00:45:48,630 Where are you? What are you doing? 932 00:45:48,640 --> 00:45:51,430 I'm at the theatre, trying to work out which of two women 933 00:45:51,440 --> 00:45:52,710 didn't kill their mother. 934 00:45:52,720 --> 00:45:54,790 Well, can you do that later? This is important. 935 00:45:54,800 --> 00:45:57,750 Russell Carter is the one person that we thought we could trust. 936 00:45:57,760 --> 00:45:59,270 Who says we can't? 937 00:45:59,280 --> 00:46:01,470 I mean, we've been snooping around behind his back, 938 00:46:01,480 --> 00:46:02,790 and we're not baddies. 939 00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:04,120 Two things can be true at once. 940 00:46:05,800 --> 00:46:09,110 You mean like how a husband can use being bored with his life 941 00:46:09,120 --> 00:46:11,360 as a convincing cover story, whilst also... 942 00:46:13,040 --> 00:46:16,030 actually being bored with his life? 943 00:46:16,040 --> 00:46:18,270 James wasn't bored with his life. 944 00:46:18,280 --> 00:46:19,320 How do you know? 945 00:46:20,440 --> 00:46:22,160 Because he had such a nice one. 946 00:46:28,080 --> 00:46:30,790 He had to come up with a lie that was plausible 947 00:46:30,800 --> 00:46:32,750 or it wouldn't have worked as a lie. 948 00:46:32,760 --> 00:46:34,350 So it is plausible? 949 00:46:34,360 --> 00:46:36,030 It allows doubt. 950 00:46:36,040 --> 00:46:38,190 That's the purpose of a plausible lie. 951 00:46:38,200 --> 00:46:40,150 It splits the odds. 952 00:46:40,160 --> 00:46:42,070 I mean... 953 00:46:42,080 --> 00:46:44,070 assuming not every player of the game 954 00:46:44,080 --> 00:46:46,230 was in possession of all the facts, 955 00:46:46,240 --> 00:46:49,310 it wouldn't even have to be that plausible. 956 00:46:49,320 --> 00:46:51,670 Not really. 957 00:46:51,680 --> 00:46:53,630 It would just have to be... 958 00:46:53,640 --> 00:46:54,800 Well, not impossible. 959 00:46:55,880 --> 00:46:57,150 What? 960 00:46:59,360 --> 00:47:01,310 Oh, sorry, I was... 961 00:47:01,320 --> 00:47:03,350 I was talking about the murder there. 962 00:47:03,360 --> 00:47:06,950 Although you can sort of apply all that to your situation, too. 963 00:47:08,040 --> 00:47:09,280 I'd better go. 964 00:47:30,720 --> 00:47:32,910 So, he just got out of the car and legged it? 965 00:47:32,920 --> 00:47:34,990 Apparently so. 966 00:47:35,000 --> 00:47:37,430 I'm sure you can imagine how well that went down. 967 00:47:37,440 --> 00:47:38,950 - Have you called him? - Yes, ma'am. 968 00:47:38,960 --> 00:47:41,870 He just keeps saying, "Two seconds," and then hangs up again. 969 00:47:44,120 --> 00:47:45,320 John, where are you? 970 00:47:47,200 --> 00:47:48,240 What? Why? 971 00:47:50,360 --> 00:47:52,670 He wants us to bring the sisters to the theatre 972 00:47:52,680 --> 00:47:55,710 and says he can almost definitely find out who did it if we do. 973 00:47:55,720 --> 00:47:57,750 Is there a reason he can't do that here? 974 00:47:57,760 --> 00:47:59,760 Is there a reason you can't do that here? 975 00:48:02,080 --> 00:48:03,670 He hasn't got a car, 976 00:48:03,680 --> 00:48:05,270 his battery's nearly dead, 977 00:48:05,280 --> 00:48:07,430 and he doesn't know where the station is from there anyway. 978 00:48:22,280 --> 00:48:23,910 Right. 979 00:48:25,520 --> 00:48:28,310 Let's start by outlining the basic facts of the case. 980 00:48:28,320 --> 00:48:30,990 - What's he saying? - Apparently, he's going to outline 981 00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:32,550 the basic facts of the case. 982 00:48:33,840 --> 00:48:36,790 I think you might need to project a bit, Mr Taylor. 983 00:48:36,800 --> 00:48:38,240 "Project." Right. 984 00:48:39,480 --> 00:48:41,990 One murder, no witnesses, 985 00:48:42,000 --> 00:48:43,590 two confessions. 986 00:48:43,600 --> 00:48:47,750 And of course, no conviction - should things remain this way. 987 00:48:47,760 --> 00:48:49,710 That is the idea, is it not? 988 00:48:49,720 --> 00:48:52,870 One of you is deliberately lying about committing the crime 989 00:48:52,880 --> 00:48:54,950 because you believe that, by doing so, 990 00:48:54,960 --> 00:48:58,070 you will protect the one you presume actually did it. 991 00:48:58,080 --> 00:48:59,270 "Presume"? 992 00:48:59,280 --> 00:49:00,830 Well, they can't actually know 993 00:49:00,840 --> 00:49:03,110 any more than anyone else, can they? 994 00:49:03,120 --> 00:49:06,590 The... The whole thing occurred in darkness. 995 00:49:06,600 --> 00:49:10,080 They're simply assuming their sister did the deed. 996 00:49:11,200 --> 00:49:13,650 But... they were the only ones there 997 00:49:13,660 --> 00:49:16,110 so if they didn't do it, then who did? 998 00:49:16,120 --> 00:49:18,750 That is precisely the question this puzzle has been designed 999 00:49:18,760 --> 00:49:21,670 to stop us asking, Detective Constable, 1000 00:49:21,680 --> 00:49:24,630 because, if we open our minds to the possibility 1001 00:49:24,640 --> 00:49:27,390 of BOTH confessions being false, 1002 00:49:27,400 --> 00:49:30,440 well, then it becomes a whole different puzzle altogether. 1003 00:49:33,640 --> 00:49:37,310 This theatre seems to lack maintenance funds. 1004 00:49:37,320 --> 00:49:40,270 One would at least expect the boxes to be taken care of. 1005 00:49:40,280 --> 00:49:41,320 But, no. 1006 00:49:43,080 --> 00:49:45,870 I've sat in the same chair that your mother did, 1007 00:49:45,880 --> 00:49:48,510 and I don't think it's had a nut tightened in 20 years. 1008 00:49:48,520 --> 00:49:50,040 I expect she passed comment. 1009 00:49:51,600 --> 00:49:55,350 I don't think Mummy ever sat in a chair she didn't complain about. 1010 00:49:55,360 --> 00:49:56,790 Well, on this occasion, 1011 00:49:56,800 --> 00:49:58,040 with good reason. 1012 00:49:59,520 --> 00:50:02,110 Two bolts are missing on the back seat bracket, 1013 00:50:02,120 --> 00:50:03,870 causing the chair to rock 1014 00:50:03,880 --> 00:50:07,080 and create a jarring slant-tilt when you lean back. 1015 00:50:08,880 --> 00:50:11,320 And don't get me started on the seat springs! 1016 00:50:13,000 --> 00:50:14,040 They're really bad. 1017 00:50:15,240 --> 00:50:18,070 The seat is hinged and relies on two wooden stoppers 1018 00:50:18,080 --> 00:50:20,790 to keep it flat, in the down position - 1019 00:50:20,800 --> 00:50:22,430 both of which are extremely worn 1020 00:50:22,440 --> 00:50:24,670 and barely functional. 1021 00:50:24,680 --> 00:50:26,480 Have you ever played "Buckaroo!"? 1022 00:50:30,400 --> 00:50:31,800 There you go, then. 1023 00:50:37,080 --> 00:50:38,880 Can we... go now? 1024 00:50:40,920 --> 00:50:43,910 I don't think so. 1025 00:50:43,920 --> 00:50:45,310 John, what are you saying? 1026 00:50:45,320 --> 00:50:47,520 That this was no murder. 1027 00:50:50,240 --> 00:50:51,560 It was an accident. 1028 00:50:56,080 --> 00:50:59,350 Lilibeth Lowery was messing about with her mobile telephone 1029 00:50:59,360 --> 00:51:02,070 after the house lights had gone down. 1030 00:51:02,080 --> 00:51:03,470 You told her off. 1031 00:51:03,480 --> 00:51:05,230 Quite right, too. 1032 00:51:05,240 --> 00:51:07,670 I doubt she took being reprimanded well, 1033 00:51:07,680 --> 00:51:10,070 but it was fate's hand, not yours, 1034 00:51:10,080 --> 00:51:14,430 that determined that, this time, she wouldn't get the final word. 1035 00:51:14,440 --> 00:51:17,830 Because in that brief gap between the lights going out 1036 00:51:17,840 --> 00:51:20,190 and the curtains opening, 1037 00:51:20,200 --> 00:51:22,310 Lilibeth Lowery, bag in hand, 1038 00:51:22,320 --> 00:51:24,470 lurched back in her chair. 1039 00:51:24,480 --> 00:51:26,550 Lilibeth pulled herself forward, 1040 00:51:26,560 --> 00:51:29,430 putting all her weight on the front of the seat. 1041 00:51:29,440 --> 00:51:32,870 The two wooden stoppers snapped off, 1042 00:51:32,880 --> 00:51:34,790 the seat tipped downwards, 1043 00:51:34,800 --> 00:51:36,310 pushing Lilibeth forward 1044 00:51:36,320 --> 00:51:38,110 with her bag. 1045 00:51:38,120 --> 00:51:39,520 Momentum, and a balcony... 1046 00:51:41,040 --> 00:51:42,590 did the rest. 1047 00:51:46,360 --> 00:51:49,120 It really was one in a million. 1048 00:52:03,840 --> 00:52:05,280 You're sure? 1049 00:52:14,000 --> 00:52:15,350 I don't believe it. 1050 00:52:15,360 --> 00:52:17,120 I really thought you did it. 1051 00:52:21,080 --> 00:52:24,320 And Mummy always said - I - was the stupid one. 1052 00:52:25,920 --> 00:52:27,350 What? 1053 00:52:27,360 --> 00:52:30,030 He just made all that up. 1054 00:52:30,040 --> 00:52:33,350 She didn't get fired out of her seat into a bag of scissors. 1055 00:52:33,360 --> 00:52:35,230 That's impossible. 1056 00:52:35,240 --> 00:52:36,990 It's very improbable. 1057 00:52:37,000 --> 00:52:38,950 Just scratching plausible. 1058 00:52:38,960 --> 00:52:41,750 But like any good lie, 1059 00:52:41,760 --> 00:52:44,430 it's just about possible enough. 1060 00:52:44,440 --> 00:52:46,750 At least for the one who didn't kill her mother 1061 00:52:46,760 --> 00:52:48,510 and was hoping, against all odds, 1062 00:52:48,520 --> 00:52:51,230 that there was a vague outside chance 1063 00:52:51,240 --> 00:52:53,120 that her sister hadn't either. 1064 00:52:58,480 --> 00:53:00,320 I did, by the way. 1065 00:53:02,720 --> 00:53:03,760 Kill Mummy. 1066 00:53:04,960 --> 00:53:07,470 Obviously. 1067 00:53:07,480 --> 00:53:09,080 It wasn't the usher, was it? 1068 00:53:18,480 --> 00:53:20,750 Well played, Mr Taylor. 1069 00:53:23,320 --> 00:53:24,910 How do I get down from here? 1070 00:53:24,920 --> 00:53:26,310 Ah, DC Cole, perhaps you... 1071 00:53:26,320 --> 00:53:27,680 Go ahead. 1072 00:53:30,040 --> 00:53:31,310 I'll use this. It's fine. 1073 00:53:31,320 --> 00:53:33,110 Oh, God. 1074 00:53:49,880 --> 00:53:52,440 Absolutely. You have my word. Thank you, sir. 1075 00:53:54,560 --> 00:53:56,590 Chief Constable Ziegler 1076 00:53:56,600 --> 00:53:58,310 offers his congratulations. 1077 00:53:58,320 --> 00:54:00,790 Stay out of his way from now on. 1078 00:54:00,800 --> 00:54:02,270 Did he say that, too? 1079 00:54:02,280 --> 00:54:03,470 No. 1080 00:54:03,480 --> 00:54:05,000 But he did ask about your brother... 1081 00:54:06,200 --> 00:54:08,030 again. 1082 00:54:08,040 --> 00:54:10,390 He seems very keen to have a word. 1083 00:54:10,400 --> 00:54:12,080 He's not the only one. 1084 00:54:13,360 --> 00:54:14,520 Do you know where he is? 1085 00:54:16,040 --> 00:54:18,070 I don't. 1086 00:54:18,080 --> 00:54:20,080 Are you still actively looking for him? 1087 00:54:21,800 --> 00:54:23,080 He knows where I am. 1088 00:54:24,520 --> 00:54:26,430 Well, he knows where we all are 1089 00:54:26,440 --> 00:54:28,750 and the state he's left us in. 1090 00:54:28,760 --> 00:54:30,360 Thank you, John. 1091 00:54:31,400 --> 00:54:33,230 That will be all. 1092 00:54:33,240 --> 00:54:34,910 Right you are... 1093 00:54:34,920 --> 00:54:36,320 ma'am. 1094 00:54:47,080 --> 00:54:48,400 Second floor. 1095 00:54:50,640 --> 00:54:54,270 The basement is now out of bounds to all of us. 1096 00:54:54,280 --> 00:54:55,590 You've got to get in there. 1097 00:54:55,600 --> 00:54:58,160 They're going to find whatever it is we're looking for. 1098 00:55:10,240 --> 00:55:11,840 Doors closing. 1099 00:55:17,400 --> 00:55:21,640 Doors opening. Ground floor. 1100 00:55:24,600 --> 00:55:26,000 Thank you. 1101 00:55:28,840 --> 00:55:30,680 Doors closing. 1102 00:55:44,640 --> 00:55:48,910 It's really quite a wonderful photo, Mrs Betts. 1103 00:55:48,920 --> 00:55:49,960 Lovely... 1104 00:55:51,760 --> 00:55:54,190 use of shadow. What's it of? 1105 00:55:54,200 --> 00:55:56,590 "What's it of?" What do you mean? It's a crime photo. 1106 00:55:56,600 --> 00:55:58,110 There was a murder in that theatre 1107 00:55:58,120 --> 00:56:00,750 and, presumably, that woman there did it. 1108 00:56:00,760 --> 00:56:03,230 And how exactly am I, or any 1109 00:56:03,240 --> 00:56:05,110 of our readers, 1110 00:56:05,120 --> 00:56:06,760 supposed to know that? 1111 00:56:09,120 --> 00:56:13,310 You want me to write a story to go with it, do you? 1112 00:56:13,320 --> 00:56:15,270 "Want." 1113 00:56:15,280 --> 00:56:17,390 Naively expect. 1114 00:56:17,400 --> 00:56:18,590 Yes. 1115 00:56:18,600 --> 00:56:20,110 That's no problem for me. 1116 00:56:20,120 --> 00:56:22,160 Bye! 1117 00:56:23,400 --> 00:56:26,070 - All right? - No. I've had an incredibly stressful day, 1118 00:56:26,080 --> 00:56:29,590 half of which was spent trapped in a car with Ziegler. 1119 00:56:29,600 --> 00:56:31,950 - Hello. - What were you doing in a car with Ziegler? 1120 00:56:31,960 --> 00:56:34,110 Hyperventilating, mostly. 1121 00:56:34,120 --> 00:56:36,430 Then he took me round to this woman's house 1122 00:56:36,440 --> 00:56:39,320 who clearly knew James, even though she didn't say so. 1123 00:56:40,720 --> 00:56:42,990 - What? - How do you know that? 1124 00:56:43,000 --> 00:56:44,670 I'm hopeless at reading people, 1125 00:56:44,680 --> 00:56:46,470 but I have been a twin all my life. 1126 00:56:46,480 --> 00:56:48,630 There's one look I can always read. 1127 00:56:48,640 --> 00:56:50,190 Nice to meet you. 1128 00:56:50,200 --> 00:56:51,750 John Taylor, was it? 1129 00:56:51,760 --> 00:56:53,190 "I know you, don't I? 1130 00:56:53,200 --> 00:56:55,750 "No, no, you must be the other one." 1131 00:56:55,760 --> 00:56:57,790 She definitely knew James. 1132 00:56:57,800 --> 00:56:59,670 Why wouldn't she say something? 1133 00:56:59,680 --> 00:57:00,910 I don't know, 1134 00:57:00,920 --> 00:57:04,150 but she also called Ziegler "Ronan". 1135 00:57:04,160 --> 00:57:06,550 I didn't know he even had a first name. 1136 00:57:06,560 --> 00:57:09,520 Did James ever mention a Joanne Kemper to you? 1137 00:57:10,640 --> 00:57:12,390 Uh, no. Do you think that...? 1138 00:57:12,400 --> 00:57:14,790 - Wait, I recognise that name. - No, no, Henry. She's a politician. 1139 00:57:14,800 --> 00:57:16,710 She's always on the news. 1140 00:57:16,720 --> 00:57:18,510 - I don't watch the news. - I don't watch the news either. 1141 00:57:18,520 --> 00:57:19,840 It's awful. 1142 00:57:23,800 --> 00:57:26,350 Do you know, I never really did much investigating 1143 00:57:26,360 --> 00:57:27,750 during the summer of Lucy Betts Investigates. 1144 00:57:27,760 --> 00:57:29,030 It was more... 1145 00:57:29,040 --> 00:57:31,030 James would sort of invent a mystery 1146 00:57:31,040 --> 00:57:32,990 and then just solve it himself. 1147 00:57:33,000 --> 00:57:34,520 My role was more... 1148 00:57:36,320 --> 00:57:38,000 sticker-making. 1149 00:57:42,080 --> 00:57:44,110 "Joanne Kemper." I knew it. 1150 00:57:44,120 --> 00:57:45,470 I knew I'd heard of her. 1151 00:57:45,480 --> 00:57:47,030 She's in the Sinclair files. 1152 00:57:47,040 --> 00:57:48,470 Which one? 1153 00:57:48,480 --> 00:57:49,750 Oh, goodness. Henry! 1154 00:57:49,760 --> 00:57:52,600 - Is that blood? - No. It's ketchup. 1155 00:58:10,920 --> 00:58:13,120 But this is absolutely ridiculous. 1156 00:58:51,760 --> 00:58:57,760 *CREDITS*