1 00:00:00,090 --> 00:00:01,090 _ 2 00:00:01,100 --> 00:00:03,050 I've always enjoyed looking for needles in haystacks. 3 00:00:03,060 --> 00:00:05,070 We need you back in there, that's where we need you, 4 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:07,590 digging about, finding some facts, for God's sake. 5 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:12,030 All of Holly Pinder's computers have been brought to the station. 6 00:00:12,040 --> 00:00:13,710 We don't know what's going to be uncovered, 7 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:15,430 but you can bet heads are going to start rolling soon. 8 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:17,750 They're going to find whatever it is we're looking for. 9 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:20,590 Did James ever mention a Joanne Kemper to you? 10 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:22,510 MP for Cambridge St Michael's. 11 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:23,670 John Taylor, was it? 12 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:26,750 I do not want that woman's name appearing in any report. 13 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:29,830 She's connected to two unexplained deaths. 14 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:31,310 They know who I am, who you are. 15 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:33,550 I imagine they probably know that DCI Carter's 16 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:34,910 digging around in all this too. 17 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:37,150 Do you know what scared me the most that night, 18 00:00:37,160 --> 00:00:38,590 was how terrified he looked. 19 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:40,550 Do you think Holly had something on the Chief Constable 20 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:41,910 and they found it? 21 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:43,950 Contact Lucy and stop the interview. 22 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:46,510 You really have had your fair share of tragedies. 23 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:47,990 It's like it's cyclical or something. 24 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:49,073 What's that? 25 00:00:49,083 --> 00:00:51,511 It's a portion of a coded note James had written that 26 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:53,430 was found on Holly Pinder's computer. 27 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:55,910 Russell, do you know how Mandy's connected to all this? 28 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:57,190 She can't have been! What does it say? 29 00:00:57,200 --> 00:00:59,510 Your fiancee was on her way to meet James. 30 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:01,390 She had unspecified evidence 31 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:03,830 of her father's involvement in all of this. 32 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:06,830 Ziegler! Open up! 33 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:09,280 - Stop! - We can't be here. 34 00:02:31,100 --> 00:02:34,200 *CREDITS* 35 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:40,240 Wakey-wakey! 36 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:43,630 Why did he sleep here? 37 00:02:43,640 --> 00:02:46,600 How should I know? Why did you sleep here? 38 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:50,350 I don't remember sleeping here. 39 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:51,990 Because you were asleep. 40 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:55,350 Did I have a very detailed dream about Chief Constable Ziegler 41 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:57,870 being murdered and us finding the body? 42 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:00,190 Oh, no. I'm sorry. 43 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:02,230 Stop it! 44 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:03,520 We can't be here. 45 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:13,470 I still can't believe you just left him there. 46 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:15,990 What were we supposed to do, incriminate ourselves? 47 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,070 I called it in this morning, said I saw a body through a window, 48 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:21,870 whilst delivering flyers for a hedge-trimming service. 49 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:24,670 I added that little detail in for a bit of realism, 50 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:26,870 because there are a lot of hedges round there. 51 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:28,030 I-I still don't get why... 52 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:31,110 There, you see, it worked just like we said. 53 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:33,200 Russell assigned to the investigation. 54 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:36,990 It has worked like we said. 55 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:39,360 Russell has been assigned to investigate. 56 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:42,775 He's picking me up in five minutes. 57 00:03:42,785 --> 00:03:44,480 Oh, you'd better get ready, then! 58 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:47,910 I-I think I am ready. 59 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:49,990 What about your hair? 60 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:51,400 I have a travel comb. 61 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:08,150 Why are they here? 62 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:09,670 They've been assigned too, John. 63 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:10,853 That's their job, 64 00:04:10,863 --> 00:04:13,710 but I told them to stay put until we got here. 65 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:15,670 They know nothing. 66 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:16,950 Just play dumb. 67 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:18,080 I can do that. 68 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:26,910 All right, what have we got? 69 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:28,710 Anonymous call from a leafleteer. 70 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:30,510 saw the body through the window, 71 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:32,830 phoned the station straight away. 72 00:04:32,840 --> 00:04:35,910 Uh, officer came, confirmed, called it in. 73 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:38,510 - Nobody's been inside since? - No. We've done a perimeter. 74 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:40,590 Scene is secure. 75 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:42,150 Side door's unlocked though. 76 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:45,470 Yeah, but obviously we need to wait for the SOCO team before... 77 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:47,750 - Wait, where are you going? - Wait for SOCO! Stay put! 78 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:49,080 Sir... 79 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:02,190 What if the killer's still here? 80 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:04,910 Well, that would be pretty stupid of them, wouldn't it? 81 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:06,910 What if they are pretty stupid? 82 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:08,190 They're not. 83 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:10,590 You'd better shut those curtains. 84 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:12,590 They could've got any old numpty in a helmet to do this. 85 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:14,550 I'm sure the boys will let you play with them soon. 86 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:16,750 It really doesn't bother you, those two? 87 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:18,470 The DCI and the civilian? 88 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:21,350 - Crime Scene Consultant. - He's a crossword setter. 89 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:23,840 Look, we're not being deliberately shut out, Ethan. 90 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:41,200 He looks weirdly peaceful. 91 00:05:44,280 --> 00:05:45,560 Apart from the blood. 92 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:00,520 - Russell... - Don't touch anything. 93 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:10,120 Somebody was looking for something. 94 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:12,440 Probably found it. 95 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:17,480 He gave me his blessing. 96 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:21,920 Made me swear to take care of her. 97 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:25,520 Never let anything happen to her. 98 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:28,880 And then he did. 99 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:34,000 Why was she in contact with your brother? 100 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:37,470 I don't know. 101 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:40,230 Look, why was she involved in any of this? 102 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:43,430 I mean, it-it doesn't make sense. I mean, 103 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:45,470 why didn't she talk to me? 104 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:48,040 I-I don't know, Russ. I'm-I'm sorry. 105 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:02,560 How could you do it, cover up your own daughter's death? 106 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:09,040 And then you carried on like nothing happened. 107 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:12,040 You lied to everybody. 108 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:15,920 You lied to me. 109 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:22,470 Just to be Kemper's foot soldier. 110 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:24,240 We don't know he did that. 111 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:28,070 Well, he did it for the rest of them, didn't he? 112 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:31,360 That's your whole theory, isn't it? 113 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:37,190 Now they're going to do it to him. Probably call it a suicide 114 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:39,790 and say that he shot himself and hid the gun. 115 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:41,510 Found it! 116 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:42,880 Found what? 117 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:46,795 John, that could be loaded! 118 00:07:46,805 --> 00:07:48,600 What?! I've lost my pen now. 119 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:56,990 Looks like they burned a load of papers. 120 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:58,880 To conceal evidence. 121 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:16,120 Do you think SOCO will give me my other pen back? 122 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:25,470 Um, hello, Ma'am. 123 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:27,790 Uh, what brings you here? 124 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:29,830 The address was flagged. 125 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:31,510 Where's DCI Carter? 126 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:33,910 He's inside with Mr Taylor. We're out here on guard duty... 127 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:36,360 What do you mean "flagged"? Why? Who lives here? 128 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:38,680 Ronan Ziegler. 129 00:08:39,680 --> 00:08:41,840 - What?! - What, as in the Chief Constable?! 130 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:47,550 Russell! Chief Superintendent Shaw is here! 131 00:08:47,560 --> 00:08:50,830 What? Already? All right, let's go! 132 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:52,600 It's locked. 133 00:08:57,480 --> 00:08:59,390 Hey, whoa, just leave it, leave it! Leave it. 134 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:00,550 The side door's open. 135 00:09:00,560 --> 00:09:01,640 He's in there now. 136 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:05,750 Er, shall...? 137 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:08,000 Just stay there! Who did it? 138 00:09:10,560 --> 00:09:13,190 We've just got here ourselves, Ma'am. 139 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:16,625 If you don't have a single name for me, after an entire month of 140 00:09:16,635 --> 00:09:18,620 disobeying my direct orders, then I can't help you. 141 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:21,040 Who did it? 142 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:24,760 Joanne Kemper. 143 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:27,510 Ma'am, excuse me, but... 144 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:30,790 I've already spoken to the Police and Crown Commission. 145 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:34,110 Scotland Yard will be taking over in 24 hours. 146 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:37,110 They're aware of a secondary investigation going on here. 147 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:39,230 A secondary investigation? 148 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:42,030 The murder of an online blogger, Roger Sinclair. 149 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:46,350 Officially closed, unofficially opened again. 150 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:47,480 By me. 151 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:50,560 But what's that got to do with any of this? 152 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:54,630 Well-well, for a start, 153 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:57,870 we're pretty sure that whoever did that, did this. 154 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:01,760 "We"? Sorry, so you're part of this special operation? 155 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:04,550 I-I think so. 156 00:10:04,560 --> 00:10:06,590 Mr Taylor's association with us 157 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:09,590 and his involvement in this kind of investigation goes back a lot 158 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:11,920 further than you may have been led to believe. 159 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:17,750 Oh, my God, you're MI5! 160 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:19,710 Puzzles, that's how they recruit them. 161 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:21,310 That makes so much more sense. 162 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:24,560 So... Ah, so you actually are a specialist. 163 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:32,350 Obviously I can neither confirm nor deny that. 164 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:35,240 - Of course. Of course. - SOCO's here. 165 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:40,430 The Commissioner leapt on a 24-hour delay 166 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:43,720 on announcing this, and that is absolutely all the time I can buy. 167 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:49,430 In the meantime, the whole department has been stood down. 168 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:51,440 I've sent everyone at the station home. 169 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:55,480 We'd better let SOCO do their job. 170 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:00,150 Uh, but what about us? 171 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:02,230 Do you have some paperwork you can be getting on with? 172 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:04,520 Surely there's other cases you can work on. 173 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:16,720 Well, in that case... 174 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:19,990 Welcome to the inner circle. 175 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:22,480 - Yes! Yes! Yes! - Finally! 176 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:25,400 Yes! 177 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:28,550 Cool, I mean cool. Yeah, yeah. 178 00:11:28,560 --> 00:11:31,390 We've got 24 hours to prove it's Kemper. 179 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:33,590 24 hours? It's like a film. 180 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:35,630 Well, don't take all of them! 181 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:36,950 Where are you? 182 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:39,550 Uh, I'm-I'm at the paper. 183 00:11:39,560 --> 00:11:41,710 We left the thumb drive here. 184 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:43,230 Anyway, now we're having some lunch. 185 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:44,510 Yes, mine! 186 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:45,790 Lunch? 187 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:47,350 Well, brunch. 188 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:49,150 I don't know, whatever you want to call it. 189 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:51,670 And then we're going through all the intel again. 190 00:11:51,680 --> 00:11:53,070 John? 191 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:54,430 I'd better go. 192 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:56,670 I've not even had breakfast, by the way. 193 00:11:56,680 --> 00:11:58,670 Good. 194 00:11:58,680 --> 00:12:00,430 Could you print out that cypher? 195 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:06,040 And do you have a whiteboard, um, somewhere around here? 196 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:21,080 Not to worry... 197 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:27,310 Right, then, I think we'd better get our Detective Constables up to 198 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:30,240 speed on where we are with our operation, don't you? 199 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:33,990 John? 200 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:37,750 Feels weird without anything up there. 201 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:40,800 Why don't you pretend there's something's up there, John? 202 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:43,200 Right... 203 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:46,360 Okey dokey, pay attention now. 204 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:00,950 On the 21st of February, 2024, 205 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:03,431 an internet journalist, or "blogger", 206 00:13:03,441 --> 00:13:05,430 was found dead in his house. 207 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:06,870 Murdered. 208 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:10,070 Roger Sinclair, political commentator but mostly 209 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:13,190 conspiracy theorist and not one that many people took seriously. 210 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:16,930 First on the scene were my husband 211 00:13:16,940 --> 00:13:20,670 and his partner, DI Matt Neville. 212 00:13:20,680 --> 00:13:23,430 They reported no sign of a break-in, no sign of a struggle. 213 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:27,080 They described the murder as professional in nature. 214 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:30,630 Go on. 215 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:35,670 A, um... A second team was sent in. 216 00:13:35,680 --> 00:13:38,230 Authorised by Chief Constable Ziegler. 217 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:42,390 Hand-picked and from a different unit. 218 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:46,030 They produced a wildly differing report - visible break-in, 219 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:47,790 a struggle, a bludgeoning. 220 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:49,343 An arrest was made. 221 00:13:49,353 --> 00:13:51,630 A local burglar, Rhys Bowen. 222 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:54,110 He died awaiting trial. 223 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:55,670 Suicide. 224 00:13:55,680 --> 00:13:57,310 But it wasn't suicide? 225 00:13:57,320 --> 00:13:58,510 No, no, of course it wasn't suicide. 226 00:13:58,520 --> 00:13:59,830 Have you not been following any of this? 227 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:01,790 No, no, no, nobody ever kills themselves. 228 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:02,840 They did it. 229 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:05,550 "They" did it? 230 00:14:05,560 --> 00:14:07,470 "They" did it. 231 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:10,150 Sorry, who are "they"? 232 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:12,388 Well, we were working on the theory that 233 00:14:12,398 --> 00:14:15,309 somewhere among all of Sinclair's silly conspiracies 234 00:14:15,319 --> 00:14:17,350 was one he'd accidentally got right. 235 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:20,950 Or-or at least close enough for him to be killed for. 236 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:26,030 Unfortunately, every single one of his files was lost in transit. 237 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:28,110 What? How did that happen? 238 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:29,680 Your guess is as good as mine. 239 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:36,480 Well, we-we did manage to track a couple of them down. 240 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:41,590 We probably don't have time to go into that. 241 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:42,990 Not at present, no. 242 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:47,470 Why don't you tell the Detective Constables what we found in them? 243 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:51,375 Roger Sinclair claimed that an elite family 244 00:14:51,385 --> 00:14:55,515 with historical connections to Cambridge has, for over a century now, 245 00:14:55,525 --> 00:14:58,530 maintained an unbroken lineage of political power, 246 00:14:58,540 --> 00:15:03,080 via "energetic recalibration on a decennial cycle of ritualistic sacrifice". 247 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:07,470 - What the fuck? - Basically, they kill 248 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:10,750 someone every ten years, and then stay rich and powerful. 249 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:13,630 Sorry, to be clear, that's obviously not true. 250 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:15,310 But this is where it gets spooky. 251 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:20,070 Joanne Kemper is connected to two investigated deaths. 252 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:22,110 They are ten years apart. 253 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:25,230 First, Dominic Kennedy - hot tub drowning. 254 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:28,110 Second, Ryan Oakley - drug overdose. 255 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:30,990 Both incidents were recorded as accidents. 256 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:34,110 The first by a then-DI Ziegler. 257 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:35,870 The second by James. 258 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:39,270 Well, that wasn't very useful of him. Why'd he do that? 259 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:40,830 Well, he didn't do it on purpose. 260 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:43,510 I mean, he obviously thought it was an accident. 261 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:45,550 - It was a mistake. - Sinclair's conspiracy 262 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:47,470 theory had hit a bit too close to home. 263 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:49,510 It may have all been abject nonsense, 264 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:52,070 but he'd inadvertently joined the right dots. 265 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:53,750 Those deaths weren't accidents, 266 00:15:53,760 --> 00:15:56,320 and he was basically telling the entire internet. 267 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:01,480 - So they killed him. - That's what they do. 268 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:05,470 But you still haven't told us who "they" are. 269 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:08,550 Which family was this Sinclair guy blogging about? 270 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:10,430 The Kempers. 271 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:13,990 - What, as in...? - As in Joanne Kemper, yes. 272 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:16,670 Who now holds the same seat her father did 273 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:19,230 back when I first started here. 274 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:21,480 He was a close friend of the Chief Constable. 275 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:28,630 - Hello? - But Joanne Kemper, I mean, she's... 276 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:30,920 She's in the Shadow Cabinet, isn't she? 277 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:34,430 That's why you're here! 278 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:35,545 What? 279 00:16:36,555 --> 00:16:38,880 Oh, yes, that actually does make sense, doesn't it? 280 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:52,070 So you're saying that this one woman is somehow 281 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:54,550 responsible for the deaths of... How many people? 282 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:57,531 Mandy Ziegler, victim number five, 283 00:16:57,541 --> 00:16:59,430 died in a car crash. 284 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:02,430 We now know that she was on her way to meet James, 285 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:06,710 supposedly with evidence that implicated her father, 286 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:09,950 Chief Constable Ziegler. 287 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:11,560 Do we know that though? 288 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:14,750 I mean, look how long this thing is. 289 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:15,790 That's a lot of words to say, 290 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:18,760 "Mandy Ziegler was on her way to meet me", isn't it? 291 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:22,520 This is a letter from Dad to us. 292 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:27,880 Why didn't you de-cypher it all? 293 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:30,710 I can do it. 294 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:34,790 Because I didn't know how... Sorry, what did you say? 295 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:36,190 I said I can do it. 296 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:39,270 That's a... That's a Ludwig. I've got a book here somewhere. 297 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:41,110 - Are you sure? - Course I'm sure. 298 00:17:41,120 --> 00:17:44,190 That, um, stick-figure with the eyeball for a head, 299 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:46,070 that's the letter "E". 300 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:48,430 I only remember that 301 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:51,400 because I got stuck on Zebedee for bloody ages! 302 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:55,880 Right... 303 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:11,270 If the implication is that the Chief Constable was somehow helping 304 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:13,750 cover all this up, why kill him? 305 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:15,710 Well, I'm sure she had her reasons. 306 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:16,950 And in fairness, 307 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:19,910 we don't actually know why she killed the first two either. 308 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:23,830 What? But we've... We've got less than 24 hours! 309 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:28,630 Yeah, and I'm sure that's all that Agent Tay-... Mr Taylor will need. 310 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:30,600 Thank you, Detective Constable Cole. 311 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:37,030 OK, but it sounds like we don't have any actual, 312 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:40,510 direct evidence linking Joanne Kemper to even one of these crimes. 313 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:42,470 - No, annoying, isn't it? - OK, thank you. 314 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:44,670 The whole special operation's been like this. 315 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:48,070 The serial number on the base of the gun has been chiselled off. 316 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:49,510 See what I mean? 317 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:52,750 However, our killer was apparently unaware that on this 318 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:56,150 particular model, there are two serial numbers. 319 00:18:56,160 --> 00:18:59,360 One on the base, one under the trigger guard. 320 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:04,200 Wait... 321 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:11,430 We know who it's registered to? 322 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:14,480 Oh, we very much know who it's registered to. 323 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:17,600 Yes. 324 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:31,590 Chief Superintendent Shaw, 325 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:33,950 I hope you have a very good reason for this. 326 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:37,550 Chief Constable Ziegler was murdered last night. 327 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:38,600 What?! 328 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:41,270 Ronan? 329 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:42,960 No, but I-I-I-I just... 330 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:46,950 Why am I here? 331 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:50,240 A gun was found at the scene, registered to your home address. 332 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:56,480 - My father owned a gun. - Where is it now? 333 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:02,190 Well, I assume not locked safely away in my study, 334 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:04,110 or presumably I wouldn't be here? 335 00:20:04,120 --> 00:20:06,710 Presumably you'd be out for lunch somewhere. 336 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:08,200 Yes. I would. 337 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:12,070 I'd like to speak to DCC Radley, please. 338 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:15,950 The Deputy Chief Constable is your official liaison here. 339 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:19,550 He cannot be involved in any investigation pertaining to you. 340 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:20,835 Really? 341 00:20:22,845 --> 00:20:24,680 Well, would you mind telling him I'm here anyway? 342 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:43,280 Y... 343 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:47,400 Mandy. 344 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:00,800 Should I...? 345 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:09,510 "Dear Lucy, on the second of February 2024, 346 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:12,470 "I received an anonymous call from a woman 347 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:16,310 "asking to meet me, in person, claiming to have evidence 348 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:19,590 "linking Chief Constable Ronan Ziegler 349 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:22,230 "to the death of Ryan Oakley, 350 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:25,830 "a case I'd closed as an overdose. 351 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:29,430 "I now know this woman was Mandy Ziegler, 352 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:33,670 "killed in a fatal car crash on Knight's Path that same evening. 353 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:35,343 "Her death is on me, 354 00:21:35,353 --> 00:21:38,230 as are the deaths of three more people 355 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:40,574 "whose lives were taken after 356 00:21:40,584 --> 00:21:42,390 "I had abjectly failed to 357 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:45,910 "differentiate a murder from an accident." 358 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:48,040 Wait, three more? After? 359 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:52,400 You do seem to be missing a victim up there, eh? 360 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:57,038 "There is no direct evidence linking Joanne Kemper 361 00:21:57,048 --> 00:21:59,610 "to any one of these crimes. 362 00:21:59,620 --> 00:22:02,550 The Henge Assembly saw to that." 363 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:04,830 - The Henge Assembly? - A private members club, 364 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:07,360 sort of like the Loyal Order Of Water Buffalo. 365 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:11,110 What, you've never seen The Flintstones? 366 00:22:11,120 --> 00:22:14,430 "She will escape justice, just as her father did before her. 367 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:17,110 "I hold myself singularly responsible, 368 00:22:17,120 --> 00:22:19,990 "but justice can take many forms. 369 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:23,078 "I intend to balance these scales 370 00:22:23,088 --> 00:22:25,350 "by any means necessary." 371 00:22:25,360 --> 00:22:27,880 "If you are reading this, then I have failed." 372 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:37,990 "I love you. 373 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:41,430 "Always have, always will, 374 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:44,790 "James." Well, that's nice, anyway. 375 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:46,200 He's never coming back. 376 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:52,870 He thinks it's all his fault. 377 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:55,750 You know, that balancing the scales stuff doesn't exactly 378 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:58,040 reek of... due process, does it? 379 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:01,680 I wonder if he's already done what he said. 380 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:07,120 I mean, we got this thing earlier than he had planned. 381 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:11,680 If John's read this... 382 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:17,200 Lucy. 383 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:33,280 Mum?! 384 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:43,110 Oh, Mr Taylor. 385 00:23:43,120 --> 00:23:45,430 Of course you'd be here. 386 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:48,160 Your family seem to be constantly interviewing me. 387 00:23:57,520 --> 00:23:58,850 Ms Kemper, my name... 388 00:23:58,860 --> 00:24:01,080 I know who you are, DCI Carter. 389 00:24:02,360 --> 00:24:04,600 Ronan always spoke very highly of you. 390 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:10,560 Right, then. 391 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:14,950 My house was broken into three days ago. 392 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:17,630 The alarm was disabled, we don't know how. 393 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:22,110 DCC Radley was made aware. My security's being looked into. 394 00:24:22,120 --> 00:24:24,590 We did not believe anything was taken. 395 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:26,240 And now you think a gun was taken? 396 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:29,590 Obviously. 397 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:32,670 You didn't notice a missing firearm for three days? 398 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:35,680 I don't have many reasons to take it out of my study. 399 00:24:38,120 --> 00:24:40,293 DCC Radley will confirm the break-in. 400 00:24:40,303 --> 00:24:41,750 Has he been contacted? 401 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:44,943 - How can he confirm the break-in? - What? 402 00:24:44,953 --> 00:24:47,790 Surely he can only confirm that you told him there was a break-in? 403 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:50,670 Why would I tell him there was a break-in if there wasn't? 404 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:53,600 I don't know. Depends on whether or not you're the killer. 405 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:57,160 Ronan Ziegler was like a second father to me. 406 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:04,120 He was almost an actual one to you, wasn't he? 407 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:11,590 He was a man I used to respect. 408 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:13,030 Used to? 409 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:16,040 He's dead, Ms Kemper. 410 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:20,360 And you own the gun that killed him. 411 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:26,950 It does appear that way, doesn't it? 412 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:28,720 What time did this happen? 413 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:34,680 We believe at approximately 8pm last night. 414 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:40,760 I think I might need to speak to a solicitor. 415 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:44,320 Nobody's ever said that before. 416 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:52,710 You're not going to believe it, Sir, 417 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:55,390 but we have actual CCTV footage of Joanne Kemper 418 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:58,960 going in and out of Ziegler's house at 19:50 yesterday. 419 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:06,760 No wonder she wants a solicitor. 420 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:21,390 - Charge her. - What, me? 421 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:22,880 I-I don't think I can. 422 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:28,960 Hello... 423 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:44,400 I was going to kill him myself. 424 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:47,400 No, you weren't. 425 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:52,600 You weren't, Russell, I promise. 426 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:55,200 That's not us. 427 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:14,400 Nice to have some pictures up here. 428 00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:20,000 This was everything the killer was presumably trying to destroy. 429 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:26,150 Not that pen, they weren't, that's mine. 430 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:28,590 I'm sure DC Cole will buy you another one. 431 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:30,910 What are those buckles? 432 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:32,590 Yeah, three. 433 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:35,950 I'm thinking some sort of hold-all full of papers, 434 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:37,510 rest of it burned away? 435 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:39,950 "Erve life then sec"...? 436 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:41,990 Preserve life then secure scene. 437 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:43,950 It's from the police training manual. 438 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:46,150 Priority hierarchy. 439 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:48,230 Do any of you ever read it? 440 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:50,960 Why would a murderer burn a textbook? 441 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:55,150 That's a Ludwig puzzle, or a bit of one, anyway. 442 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:58,870 The killer must have used random books from the room as kindling. 443 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:01,510 Ziegler wasn't exactly a puzzle man, John. 444 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:03,720 You'd be surprised how many shelves I'm on. 445 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:08,160 So what was it they were actually trying to burn in there? 446 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:13,760 I don't know. 447 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:17,216 She owns the gun, 448 00:28:17,226 --> 00:28:19,550 she was caught on camera leaving the crime scene. 449 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:21,870 - Does the motive really matter? - Of course the motive matters! 450 00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:24,480 We're trying to solve an overarching mystery here! 451 00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:26,920 OK, sorry. 452 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:33,960 Oh, I never rang her back. 453 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:38,990 - Who didn't he call back? - Lucy. 454 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:40,630 - Who's Lucy? - Steve. 455 00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:42,270 Hello? 456 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:45,550 You're where?! Stay there! 457 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:47,080 I'm coming! 458 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:58,510 Oh, there you are. 459 00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:00,870 Did you read that letter? The whole thing? 460 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:03,070 What? 461 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:05,950 What? Have you read James's letter? 462 00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:09,310 How?! That code is literally unbreakable! 463 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:11,950 It's in one of your books, you wally! 464 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:15,390 Yes, an early self-published limited edition, 465 00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:17,590 barely any printed. 466 00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:20,150 Mum made me give James a copy, that's why he used it. 467 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:22,910 A thin little paperback? Swirly pattern cover? 468 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:24,790 That's the Fibonacci Spiral! 469 00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:26,950 Well, my editor got one on eBay. 470 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:30,350 Did he? Wow, he really is a fan, isn't he? 471 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:32,585 John, what on earth is, 472 00:29:32,595 --> 00:29:35,790 "Justice by any means necessary"? 473 00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:38,350 Yes, I wasn't too happy about that bit either. 474 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:41,630 We've arrested Joanne Kemper. It was her gun. 475 00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:43,190 She claims it was stolen. 476 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:46,060 She's also on camera leaving the crime scene. 477 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:49,230 OK, that doesn't strike you as odd? 478 00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:51,510 Someone who's covered up more murders than hot dinners 479 00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:54,030 and never left one scrap of evidence? 480 00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:56,840 It does make this one a bit of an anomaly, granted. 481 00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:03,950 John, what if James did it? 482 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:05,320 Did what? 483 00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:10,830 - You can't think... - Look, two people were up to their necks in it. 484 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:13,550 One of them is dead and the other one is in the frame for his murder. 485 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:16,470 "Justice by any means necessary". 486 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:19,240 My brother wouldn't kill anyone. It's... 487 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:22,990 It's... wrong. 488 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:24,980 He thinks all these people are dead, 489 00:30:24,990 --> 00:30:26,800 maybe more, and it's his fault. 490 00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:32,960 His view on right and wrong may have changed. 491 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:37,000 Yes, but... murder is really wrong. 492 00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:39,830 You do think it's possible, John. 493 00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:41,440 You've already considered it. 494 00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:04,080 But I'd never do that. 495 00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:08,190 Yes, but you'd never get married and settle down and have children. 496 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:10,320 You are not the same person! 497 00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:19,840 No, that's... Oh, that's not a bad thing, John. 498 00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:25,440 Oh, no... 499 00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:28,680 Maybe he won't see us. 500 00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:35,670 - Mr and Mrs Taylor. - Ah, hello! 501 00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:37,830 I can't say that I'm surprised to see you here. 502 00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:39,510 I'm on a special operation. 503 00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:40,910 Yes, so I've heard. 504 00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:45,510 And perhaps you're here for another interview. 505 00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:47,550 Oh, yes, if you're offering? 506 00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:49,790 Your special operation has been shut down. 507 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:52,830 The PACC has reversed its decision. 508 00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:54,870 The correct team will be taking over. 509 00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:56,320 They'll be here very soon. 510 00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:02,430 You never did get back to me on that cypher, Mr Taylor. 511 00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:04,040 Do you know why I gave it to you? 512 00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:07,790 Chief Constable Ziegler was overseeing the Pinder task-force 513 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:11,550 for a total of 48 hours before his... abrupt sabbatical. 514 00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:14,910 That cypher was part of the first haul they got from the hard drive. 515 00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:17,120 We know he sent a copy to himself. 516 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:22,750 - I-I couldn't solve it. - Yes, well... And now he's dead. 517 00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:25,750 Joanne Kemper is innocent and when she's released, 518 00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:29,110 we'll start looking into more viable suspects. 519 00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:32,590 Maybe someone who might have had a motive to frame her. 520 00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:37,240 Perhaps someone who's become... obsessed with her. 521 00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:44,070 Goodness me, is that a threat? 522 00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:45,920 I don't know why you'd read it as one. 523 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:51,075 I presume Chief Superintendent Shaw is in her office? 524 00:32:52,185 --> 00:32:53,220 Good. 525 00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:55,080 I suggest you two go home. 526 00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:00,600 Don't want to go home. 527 00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:03,960 Neither do I, come on. 528 00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:09,270 I understand that, Ma'am. 529 00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:13,200 Other chances... Yes, but... Ma'am. 530 00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:17,710 The DCC is enroute, if not here already. 531 00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:20,150 Scotland Yard are taking control of the investigation. 532 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:22,030 - We're to cease operations immediately. - What?! 533 00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:24,790 The tall security guy just arrived 534 00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:27,560 and the police-police are taking the case off us. 535 00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:33,390 - Oh, uh, this is my sister-in-law. - Hello! 536 00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:34,670 Hello. 537 00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:37,430 We're not actually going to let this happen are we, Sir? 538 00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:39,830 How long have you been investigating this? 539 00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:43,590 - Bloody ages. - Are you... Intelligence? 540 00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:45,080 I have my moments. 541 00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:47,550 We can't do anything about this. 542 00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:48,962 We can never do anything, 543 00:33:48,972 --> 00:33:51,000 even when you've got the Super on-side! 544 00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:54,630 No wonder your brother went rogue, John. 545 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:56,760 How else do you get justice in this system? 546 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:10,440 Why burn the gun? 547 00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:16,840 - It'd remove the DNA. - Why not just take it home? 548 00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:26,400 Those were Christmas presents from Mandy. 549 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:32,680 I remember her writing little inscriptions in them. 550 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:35,880 Both of them? 551 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:42,280 Did-did she ever buy him a Ludwig? 552 00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:46,590 What? No, she-she didn't. 553 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:49,190 Do you think you could just get over yourself for five minutes, please? 554 00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:50,520 I am over myself. 555 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:56,190 There was a Ludwig, right there! My newest one, actually. 556 00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:59,670 I-I put it back on the shelf. 557 00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:01,110 What? Why? 558 00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:03,160 I'm a bit funny about my books. 559 00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:06,990 I-I didn't know it was evidence, did I? 560 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:09,790 - How is it evidence? - It, it was placed there, deliberately, 561 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:11,950 alongside two books with inscriptions 562 00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:14,080 by the Chief Constable's daughter in. 563 00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:16,790 That was a clue. 564 00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:18,510 What do you mean "a clue"? 565 00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:21,750 He means the Ludwig was left on purpose for us to find. 566 00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:24,750 That book's going have an inscription in too. 567 00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:29,150 Why on earth would Joanne Kemper leave us a clue to follow? 568 00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:32,350 She wouldn't. 569 00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:37,470 The book's at the crime scene. Would you be able to get it? 570 00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:39,670 Are you serious? 571 00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:41,710 Are you telling me you don't want to know what's in that book? 572 00:35:41,720 --> 00:35:45,230 Are you telling me you're prepared to illegally enter a crime scene? 573 00:35:45,240 --> 00:35:46,880 Well, I mean... 574 00:35:50,080 --> 00:35:52,310 That place is going to be locked up, John. 575 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:54,790 I know how you can get in. 576 00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:59,720 Really? You do? Is it some sort of specialist... 577 00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:02,710 thing? 578 00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:07,470 Oh, no, the Chief Constable just happened to employ the same 579 00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:10,240 "locked-out" backup system as was used by my mum. 580 00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:21,920 Hurry up, will you? 581 00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:27,870 This wasn't in training, you know. 582 00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:29,560 Course it's not, it's illegal. 583 00:36:31,720 --> 00:36:33,600 - I've got it! - Yep. 584 00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:35,840 Yes! 585 00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:48,110 We're holding her in an interview room. 586 00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:50,360 I can assure you she's very comfortable. 587 00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:53,990 I am now, of course, Chief Constable. 588 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:56,190 Acting Chief Constable. 589 00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:58,030 Right, right... 590 00:36:58,040 --> 00:37:01,950 Although an official appointment will be made at a later date, 591 00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:03,950 once Ziegler's case is closed, 592 00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:07,040 I wonder if you intend on throwing your hat in the ring, Carol? 593 00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:12,400 It's pretty far from my thoughts right now, Chief Constable Radley. 594 00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:14,910 Yes. 595 00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:16,000 Yes, of course. 596 00:37:17,720 --> 00:37:20,680 You do know I considered him a friend? 597 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:24,120 So did I. 598 00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:26,520 Really? 599 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:35,200 It's become increasingly obvious that he did some very bad things. 600 00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:39,600 Although, between us, I'm sure we can smooth a lot of that out? 601 00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:42,120 For the sake of the community. 602 00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:47,040 I've taken my team off this case, on advice... 603 00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:53,310 but Joanne Kemper has been charged and will be remaining in custody. 604 00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:56,110 Whatever happens next is down to whoever takes over the case. 605 00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:57,710 Not me. 606 00:37:57,720 --> 00:37:59,000 Not you. 607 00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:04,190 Though, of course, you will have their ear. 608 00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:05,320 Yes. 609 00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:07,800 Yes, I suppose I will. 610 00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:14,640 Talk about greatness being thrust upon you. 611 00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:42,430 - Did you look inside? - No, Sir. 612 00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:43,960 - Yes, we did. - Quick peek. 613 00:38:48,520 --> 00:38:50,920 "To Mandy. I'll make it right." 614 00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:54,390 Russell, what is it? 615 00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:58,230 That was something he used to say to her when she was a little girl. 616 00:38:58,240 --> 00:39:00,150 Whenever she was hurt or upset, 617 00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:02,070 or confused, that's what he'd say. 618 00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:03,200 "I'll make it right." 619 00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:07,310 What are you thinking, Sir? 620 00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:09,600 That this isn't what I expected. 621 00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:14,080 This clue isn't for me. 622 00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:20,670 Why haven't any of the pages been ripped out? 623 00:39:20,680 --> 00:39:21,950 Were they supposed to be? 624 00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:23,320 Yes, they were. 625 00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:29,440 This is from a different book. 626 00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:31,990 Well, that's odd. 627 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:35,070 What's odd, Sir...? Sorry. 628 00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:36,120 John? 629 00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:56,800 But that's absolutely unbelievable... 630 00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:00,400 which is exactly what it was meant to be. 631 00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:03,990 What is it? 632 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:07,270 Joanne Kemper did not kill Chief Constable Ziegler. 633 00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:08,870 Then who did? 634 00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:11,430 Because our Acting Chief Constable is currently downstairs 635 00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:12,990 arranging her a solicitor. 636 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:14,040 Hello! 637 00:40:15,720 --> 00:40:18,040 Ma'am... 638 00:40:19,720 --> 00:40:24,590 Russell, I-I-I don't think I was ever supposed to read that message. 639 00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:25,680 You were. 640 00:40:28,480 --> 00:40:31,910 My impromptu tidy-up was never part of his plan. 641 00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:33,560 You were meant to find that book. 642 00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:38,750 It was published in March this year. 643 00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:40,360 That's after... 644 00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:43,670 After what? 645 00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:44,840 Mandy's death. 646 00:40:47,040 --> 00:40:48,560 We think it was a part of this. 647 00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:55,550 - Who's Mandy? - I don't... 648 00:40:55,560 --> 00:40:58,840 It's Ziegler's daughter and Russell's fiancee. 649 00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:03,190 - Right... - And how long exactly have you known this? 650 00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:06,840 He didn't and neither did Chief Constable Ziegler. 651 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:09,190 What? 652 00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:12,830 I think until very recently he fully believed that what happened 653 00:41:12,840 --> 00:41:16,520 to his daughter was nothing more than a tragic accident. 654 00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:21,510 He was still grieving for his daughter 655 00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:23,578 and now he was having to spend allday trying to ensure that 656 00:41:23,588 --> 00:41:25,527 the task force didn't find any 657 00:41:25,537 --> 00:41:27,840 of his cover-ups on Holly's computers. 658 00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:33,870 That's when he came across the cypher. 659 00:41:33,880 --> 00:41:37,941 The one that DCC Radley gave me that portion of. 660 00:41:37,951 --> 00:41:39,590 He recognised it. 661 00:41:39,600 --> 00:41:41,670 - From where? - From one of my books. 662 00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:44,750 Not that one. That one's pretty much brand-new, 663 00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:46,470 I don't think the pages have even been turned. 664 00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:49,058 No, he recognised it from this one. 665 00:41:49,068 --> 00:41:51,190 The one that's been burned. 666 00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:54,160 A rare, self-published, limited edition. 667 00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:56,950 What a waste. 668 00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:58,910 But why would he have a copy of this one? 669 00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:00,040 I don't know. 670 00:42:19,160 --> 00:42:21,790 I'll be honest, that bit is a bit strange. 671 00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:23,270 But he definitely had one. 672 00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:25,750 It's impossible to solve it without it. 673 00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:27,400 And he did solve it. 674 00:42:28,520 --> 00:42:30,990 That's how he found out the truth. 675 00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:32,950 Mandy's death was no accident. 676 00:42:32,960 --> 00:42:34,400 He really didn't know... 677 00:42:36,880 --> 00:42:38,960 He was a baddie, but he wasn't like them. 678 00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:46,550 He worked for them, but presumably paid in promotions. 679 00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:47,600 But... 680 00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:51,720 he was still a father. 681 00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:20,120 So who killed him, John? 682 00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:29,550 Kemper couldn't be linked to any crime she'd ever committed. 683 00:43:29,560 --> 00:43:31,270 Ziegler knew that better than anyone. 684 00:43:31,280 --> 00:43:34,470 He was the one that had helped bury them all. 685 00:43:34,480 --> 00:43:36,800 But for his own daughter? 686 00:43:38,280 --> 00:43:41,870 He wanted justice for that and correct justice too, 687 00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:47,390 imprisonment for murder, and if it wasn't to be for hers, 688 00:43:47,400 --> 00:43:49,550 then it would have to be for his. 689 00:43:49,560 --> 00:43:50,880 What are you saying? 690 00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:54,720 I'm saying that this wasn't a murder. 691 00:43:56,640 --> 00:43:57,800 It was a suicide. 692 00:44:01,160 --> 00:44:04,070 Deliberately made to look like a murder. 693 00:44:04,080 --> 00:44:05,280 I'm afraid so. 694 00:44:11,840 --> 00:44:13,790 He wanted to frame Kemper. 695 00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:18,760 He knew her schedule, knew when she'd be off at some gala or other. 696 00:44:22,320 --> 00:44:26,390 And he knew precisely where her father used to keep his gun. 697 00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:29,120 He had worked for this family for nearly 20 years. 698 00:44:32,560 --> 00:44:35,150 He may not have been an actual fan of puzzles, 699 00:44:35,160 --> 00:44:38,550 but it turns out he was exceptionally good at setting them. 700 00:44:38,560 --> 00:44:42,280 I mean, how does one shoot oneself and then hide the gun? 701 00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:46,630 It was the buckles that gave it away, 702 00:44:46,640 --> 00:44:48,910 the three burnt buckles. 703 00:44:48,920 --> 00:44:51,070 They weren't from a hold-all at all. 704 00:44:51,080 --> 00:44:52,870 They were from a pair of braces. 705 00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:57,230 He'd already had the Kemper visit that we caught on camera. 706 00:44:57,240 --> 00:44:58,790 Same day. 707 00:44:58,800 --> 00:45:03,030 What he'd said to her to make her come in person we can only guess at. 708 00:45:03,040 --> 00:45:05,310 My guess would be that it was something that would've 709 00:45:05,320 --> 00:45:07,400 put him at the top of her hit-list anyway. 710 00:45:09,560 --> 00:45:11,680 He saved her the trouble. 711 00:46:01,840 --> 00:46:03,870 It was... 712 00:46:03,880 --> 00:46:05,190 brilliant. 713 00:46:05,200 --> 00:46:08,830 Everything ended up exactly where it needed to be. 714 00:46:08,840 --> 00:46:10,790 Well, almost everything. 715 00:46:10,800 --> 00:46:14,520 There were four buckles on those braces, not three. 716 00:46:15,920 --> 00:46:17,830 If you have someone search the chimney, 717 00:46:17,840 --> 00:46:20,110 they're going to find a hook or a nail up there. 718 00:46:20,120 --> 00:46:22,600 And our fourth buckle. 719 00:46:24,440 --> 00:46:26,120 So he sacrificed himself? 720 00:46:27,200 --> 00:46:29,120 He didn't want to live. 721 00:46:30,920 --> 00:46:32,430 Didn't want to live, 722 00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:36,710 but he didn't want to die till he'd made things right. 723 00:46:36,720 --> 00:46:40,910 Justice by any means necessary. 724 00:46:40,920 --> 00:46:43,000 Justice by any means necessary. 725 00:46:45,400 --> 00:46:47,150 We'll have to let her go. 726 00:46:47,160 --> 00:46:50,270 But, no, she's responsible for several actual murders. 727 00:46:50,280 --> 00:46:52,670 Of which our own Chief Constable couldn't even prove 728 00:46:52,680 --> 00:46:55,150 and apparently he was in on half of them. 729 00:46:55,160 --> 00:46:58,950 DC Sullivan is right. This was never the way. 730 00:46:58,960 --> 00:47:00,520 No, it wasn't. 731 00:47:02,480 --> 00:47:03,920 I'm so sorry, DCI Carter. 732 00:47:06,480 --> 00:47:09,830 Right, not a word of this leaves this office. 733 00:47:09,840 --> 00:47:11,419 - Am I understood? - Yes. 734 00:47:11,429 --> 00:47:13,080 - Yes. - Yes, Ma'am. 735 00:47:15,880 --> 00:47:16,920 Hello. 736 00:47:18,280 --> 00:47:19,950 Yes, of course I'm coming to pick him up. 737 00:47:19,960 --> 00:47:21,470 I have been very busy, you know. 738 00:47:21,480 --> 00:47:24,950 Oh, no, no, we solved that. 739 00:47:24,960 --> 00:47:27,910 No, it turns out Chief Constable Ziegler was trying to frame 740 00:47:27,920 --> 00:47:30,550 Joanne Kemper for his own murder by using a makeshift 741 00:47:30,560 --> 00:47:34,030 version of his door-key catapult system. 742 00:47:34,040 --> 00:47:36,470 I know. 743 00:47:36,480 --> 00:47:38,600 Pretty obvious when you think about it. 744 00:47:41,120 --> 00:47:42,440 OK, bye-bye. 745 00:47:47,240 --> 00:47:49,430 Oh, sorry, it's just my boss. 746 00:47:49,440 --> 00:47:54,000 Your boss? As in the editor of a newspaper? 747 00:47:58,760 --> 00:48:02,640 It's-it's not a proper one, it's mo-... 748 00:48:04,200 --> 00:48:05,870 He's cool, isn't he, Russell? 749 00:49:18,920 --> 00:49:20,550 Good. 750 00:49:20,560 --> 00:49:23,440 Oh! Come in, come in! 751 00:49:30,880 --> 00:49:33,150 What exactly is this place? 752 00:49:33,160 --> 00:49:36,270 Oh, it's, uh, clearly a newsroom. 753 00:49:36,280 --> 00:49:38,390 - Is it? - Sorry, who are these, um, people? 754 00:49:38,400 --> 00:49:41,790 Oh, we have, um, two Detective Constables, um, 755 00:49:41,800 --> 00:49:43,579 DCI Russell Carter, as you know, 756 00:49:43,589 --> 00:49:45,590 and Chief Superintendent Carol Shaw. 757 00:49:45,600 --> 00:49:49,840 Right. I-I actually meant what are they doing here? 758 00:49:51,960 --> 00:49:54,030 Sorry, is that an evidence board? 759 00:49:54,040 --> 00:49:56,110 No, it's an architect's easel. 760 00:49:56,120 --> 00:50:00,150 Uh, how exactly did you become involved in all this, Mr Fisher? 761 00:50:00,160 --> 00:50:04,430 Um, I'm-I'm not really quite sure. 762 00:50:04,440 --> 00:50:08,350 Um, probably some kind of cosmic punishment. 763 00:50:08,360 --> 00:50:10,990 Although actually I do get to write a book about it when it's finished. 764 00:50:11,000 --> 00:50:12,110 Co-write. 765 00:50:12,120 --> 00:50:14,630 Co-write?! When did that happen? 766 00:50:14,640 --> 00:50:17,150 Sorry about your Chief Constable. 767 00:50:17,160 --> 00:50:18,230 Were you close? 768 00:50:18,240 --> 00:50:19,480 What is all this? 769 00:50:20,960 --> 00:50:26,330 Well, it looks like an unofficial investigation into 770 00:50:27,440 --> 00:50:30,025 missing detectives, multiple murders 771 00:50:30,035 --> 00:50:31,990 and high-ranking cover-ups. 772 00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:35,150 Yes, we've done quite well, all things considered. 773 00:50:35,160 --> 00:50:38,520 Ah, apart from not actually catching the baddie, of course. 774 00:51:12,360 --> 00:51:15,080 Do you think she believed it? Our version? 775 00:51:16,480 --> 00:51:18,750 Couldn't get over his daughter's death? 776 00:51:18,760 --> 00:51:23,600 Too proud to have his own recorded as a suicide? No. 777 00:51:25,440 --> 00:51:28,710 She knows Ziegler tried to frame her and she's doesn't care. 778 00:51:28,720 --> 00:51:29,950 Why would she? 779 00:51:29,960 --> 00:51:31,650 It's just another casualty caught in 780 00:51:31,660 --> 00:51:33,350 the crossfire of her own ambition. 781 00:51:33,360 --> 00:51:34,470 At the rate she's going, 782 00:51:34,480 --> 00:51:37,720 we'll end up with our first serial killer Prime Minister. 783 00:51:38,130 --> 00:51:40,330 _ 784 00:51:57,320 --> 00:52:00,280 The world's already far too broken for us to allow that. 785 00:52:04,520 --> 00:52:06,040 We're going to have to save it. 786 00:52:07,040 --> 00:52:08,440 Save the world? 787 00:52:10,760 --> 00:52:12,790 Too grand? 788 00:52:12,800 --> 00:52:14,750 Not grand enough. 789 00:52:14,760 --> 00:52:16,840 She already destroyed mine. 790 00:52:18,760 --> 00:52:20,070 That's what she does. 791 00:52:20,080 --> 00:52:21,710 That's why we're all here. 792 00:52:21,720 --> 00:52:24,200 Well, she couldn't have chosen worse opponents. 793 00:52:25,400 --> 00:52:28,310 For her, I mean! You're all actually really good, 794 00:52:28,320 --> 00:52:29,440 that's the point. 795 00:52:31,240 --> 00:52:34,790 Yeah, well, in fairness, you're pretty good yourself, John. 796 00:52:34,800 --> 00:52:36,360 Yes, I know I am. 797 00:52:39,960 --> 00:52:41,760 That's why we're going to win. 798 00:53:04,920 --> 00:53:10,920 *CREDITS*