All language subtitles for Lynley.S01E02

Stop following me!

- Morning.
- Morning.

I've put in a call,
the tiles are on order.

So, how was your date
with Simon?

Yeah...

yeah, no, it was nice.

Decent grub?

Erm...

four out of five, I reckon.

What'd you have?

I had the garganelli...

with chard.

Are any of those things
actual food?

'cause, you know, I've never
heard of them.

I thought you said you'd
eaten there before?

Yeah, well, when it was still
a proper pub.

I had the ham, egg and chips,

jam roly-poly and custard.

Sorry to interrupt your... fun.

I need you two to get over
to Fakenham.

- Missing person.
- Who's the subject?

Gemma Hastings, 24.

Report filed by one of
her colleagues.

Works at Clyde and Sons,

a posh estate agents.

Uniform followed it up,
but no show.

So, I've upgraded
the risk level.

I need you two to
get over there.

-Good morning.
-Morning.

Inspector Lynley,

Three Counties Major Crime.

Is your manager here, please?

Tommy?

- Tommy, oh, my God!
- Helen.

What are you... what are you
doing here?

God, sorry, I mean how long's
it been?

- Erm, it must be nine years.
-Yeah.

It was graduation weekend...

Erm...

- Ah.
- Hi, hi.

So, you two know
each other then?

Err, yeah. Helen and I were at
Oxford together.

Mm, same college.

Oh yeah, I think you might've
mentioned Oxford,

a couple of times.

I didn't know you were
based around here.

Yeah, I'm working at Horsford.

I thought you went into the Met?

Yeah, eight years.

You've been keeping tabs on me?

Yeah, I might've seen you
in the papers

a few years ago.

What, what about you?
You're an estate agent?

Family owns the business
for generations.

I remember your father's
speech on your 21st.

Yep.

Sorry, it's just of all
the people

to walk through my door.

- Balliol's own Prince Charming.
- What?

Sorry, can I help or...

err, what brings you here?

Err, yeah you, you filed
a report at the station.

Of course, you're here
for Gemma. Erm...

it's right this way.

- Have a seat.
- Thanks.

Gemma is my number two,
nice girl, really lovely.

She's, erm, only been here
a few months.

And you reported her missing?

Yes, so, she didn't come
into work on Friday

and then the same thing Monday,

so, I...I came into the station.

Has she got a family,
a boyfriend?

Flatmate, Fraser.

I spoke to him, he said
he's not seen her

since Thursday evening.

And I'm... really worried.

Look, Frazer said her car's
sitting outside on the street

smothered in parking tickets.

- I think something's happened.
- Well, there may be

a perfectly harmless
explanation.

An impulse holiday with
a friend, perhaps?

No, the thing about Gemma is she
lives her life by timetables.

Look, if she was going away,

there's no way she'd leave
without telling me.

We've had clients phoning...

she'd not been turning up to
appointments.

May I take a look at
her email traffic?

Yes.

Could you give us a list of
possible contacts, friends?

Well, erm, I don't know much
about her private life,

and... to be honest, I'm not sure
that she really had one.

She works long hours,
she did weekends.

She was quiet, kept herself
to herself.

Err, Sir?

What do you make of this?

Err, can we take the laptop?

Yeah, sure, absolutely.

So, who is she then?

Oh, at this stage you know
as much as I do.

Oh, I'm talking about
Helen Clyde.

Former shag?

You really think that'
an appropriate question, do you?

Right,
bullseye, okay.

I told you, we were
at Oxford together.

Same staircase.

Yeah, okay, Prince Charming.

You flushed pink when you
saw her, that's all I'm saying.

- No, I didn't.
- Yeah.

And don't call me that again,

unless you want
an immediate transfer

off my team.

This is the first time

I'm seeing you lose your cool.

What is it,
she break your heart?

Err, it never really happened
between us.

Why not?

Well, most of the time
she was with my best friend.

Was he the son of an earl too?

Are you enjoying this?

Yeah, yeah, I'm starting to.

That makes one of us.

How long have you
been living together?

Oh we're...
we're not together.

Oh, I meant as flat mates.

Ah, right, erm,
couple of months.

Gemma answered my ad.

Oh, so you don't know her
that well?

No, no, I...I already said
all this to the other officers.

I mean, she's pretty easy to
live with,

very private person, quiet type.

Sir?

That's good to know.
Erm, bag it.

Mm.

Did she have any visitors?

None that I saw.

What about a partner?

Err, well, I got the impression

she'd sort of left that
all behind.

Well, there was a bloke...

erm, been together years,
broke up.

Do you know the circumstances?

Err, other than it was
her decision.

She told me he was
pretty cut up.

Do you know his name?

No.

Where was this?

She didn't say.

She just said she wanted to
come here

and make a fresh start.

Are you in the same business
as her?

No, I work at Templars.

Err, school teacher, year twos,
little ones.

What about Gemma's family?

Her dad died a while back.

Mother's in a home.

Dementia.

Mm.

So, erm...

can you tell us about
the last time you saw her?

Err...

Thursday night...

about seven o'clock.

She was getting ready to go out.

I saw her for a moment,

and then she was gone,
went straight out.

So, if she's missing
all weekend,

how come you didn't contact
anyone?

She comes and goes
as she pleases.

We don't live in each other's
pockets.

Fraser, did she receive
any unwanted attention?

Pestering emails sort of thing?

Err...

not that I'm aware.

We'll let you know if we get
any more information.

Uniform went door to
door,

checked doorbell cameras
and nothing.

There's no CCTV either.

A street of a thousand rentals.

Somebody must know something.

Okay, here we go.

A bloke named Gareth Burns.

Look, see? This guy.
He's on her socials.

There's a bunch of
pictures of them together

and then suddenly they
just stop,

so, I guess that's when
they broke up.

According to this, he works at
Isocase Technology in Gateford.

Well, let's go
pay him a visit.

Inspector Lynley, err,
DS Havers.

We're here to see, err,
Gareth Burns.

Mr Burns's office is
at the back.

Thank you.

Err, three months,
a little more, end of June.

And that's the last time
you saw her?

Well, you know how it is,
err, we split up,

she moved out, end of.

I hope you don't mind my asking

but was the split amicable?

Well, as, err... as amicable
as it could be,

I guess,
under the circumstances.

Yeah.

Sorry?

We were engaged.

Due to be married next year.

And she broke it off?

Yeah.

So not amicable
at all then, really.

Erm, I'm sorry, what's
this, err, what's this about?

Gemma's gone missing.

Err, hasn't been seen
for four days.

Jesus, you're kidding, what...?

She left her apartment
Thursday evening,

not been seen since,
by anyone. So...

Would you say that's like her?

No, I mean, err, err, I would
say that was

totally out of character.

But, err, well...

I guess I, I didn't know
her as well as I thought I did.

Well, sorry, but, what's that

supposed to mean exactly,
Gareth?

Well, we had our whole
future planned,

we, we bought a place together,

picked out furniture, you know?

And what made her break it off?

Well, you'd have to
ask her that.

Well, she's missing,

and we can't find her right now

so you'll have to fill in
the blanks.

Did you have any recent
online contact with her?

Emails or...

No, no, no, no not since we...

not since we split up.

Err, wait...

wait, i-i-is that why
you're here, you...

you think I've done something
to her?

- Am I a suspect?
- No, we're just... we're err,

eager to find her, that's all.

There's an email address.

Recognise it?

Ever used it?

No, no, sorry.

What do you reckon?

Are you thinking
he's our emailer?

I'm thinking that guy has money.

Did you see his suit?

Must be on a decent salary

doing what he's doing,
tech development.

So, so what?

So, Gemma Hastings leaves him,

drives 100 miles to live in
a box room

in a damp flat share.

Whatever she was running from,

it must've been pretty painful.

Try and... try and take
a deep breath.

- Try, you've gotta relax.
- What's up?

What's happening?

His breathing's gone all funny.

Dad, Dad?

Call an ambulance.

Come on, Dad. Deep breaths.

Deep breaths, come on.

We're looking at
a chest infection,

temperature's dropped.

With your husband's
chronic emphysema,

a chest infection is never
a welcome visitor.

We'll run a course of
antibiotics,

but we need to keep him in for
observation overnight.

Thank you, Doctor.

There's nothing in
her email trash.

Whatever he sent her
has been deleted.

And there's no phone
triangulation either.

Thursday night her mobile
just went dead.

- Family?
-Her mother's in a home

in Walsall. One of the carers
tried to tell her,

but they're not sure
if she even registered it.

Any other contact?

Well, we went and saw
her ex-boyfriend,

the split was kind of
acrimonious.

We're checking his movements,
Sir.

- What about friends?
- Well, she's new to the area,

hasn't really established any.

Clients, you know,

someone she might've
met at work.

Yeah, we're trawling through
the list, but so far nothing.

-Oh, you're kidding me.
- Well, I know it's a bit odd,

but, you know, she hadn't really
put down roots yet.

Well, who was the recipient of
the email?

Technical support are
still working on it,

but they think he was using
a VPN blocker

to mask his address.

So, we think she has a stalker.

It gives us two possibilities.

Either she went on the run to
get away from him or...

She may be the victim of
an abduction.

Yeah.

Okay, I, err, I need to
tell you both something.

Erm...

Roland Clyde is a good friend of
the Chief Superintendent,

owns the estate agent,
top end of the property market.

I've told him we'll make
finding her our top priority.

Now, I've already upgraded her
to high risk.

I want a team of officers
combing the area.

Parks, scrubland,
building sites.

- Could do an appeal.
- What?

TV.

Local networks.

See if someone comes forward
with more information.

A good friend?
I know what that means.

it means member of the funny
handshake brigade.

Hoity-toity, alright?

No, rough night.

It was a late one.

Out on the town?

My Dad was ill, I had to
take him into casualty.

Oh, God, do you need to
be there?

- No, it's fine.
- Well, just keep me posted

- if you need time off.
- Forget I mentioned it, yeah?

No one, not even her housemate
claims to know who she was.

Mm.

Five days she's been missing.

We should've been
called in sooner.

Well, okay, what about
these phone records?

I thought you said
there wasn't any?

Well, not in the last five days,

but I'm talking about before.

Look. Brackley, isn't that in
Northamptonshire?

Yeah, but okay, she's been
to Brackley,

where does that fit in?

Well, a couple of times.

Look, I've circled them
in pencil.

You think maybe
she's got a boyfriend there?

It's possible.

Right, err, I've just spoken
to the Super,

and he's given you the nod
for the telly thing.

Oh, great, I'll talk to
the press team,

set it up.

Pretty boy.

Eager to get his face
in the media.

27th...

27th of August, Brackley...

What have we got?

27th...

Buy flowers.

What were you doing in Brackley,
Gemma?

Evening, Rosa.

-Hello.
- I'm meeting someone.

Is she here?

She's there.

Ah, thank you.

Hi, I'm Leo.

- Hayley?
-Yeah.

Have you don't this sort of
thing before?

Why?

I dunno, you just seem
really confident.

If it was me I'd be brickin' it.

How's your father?

Have you heard from
the hospital?

Err, Mum's with him,
says he's doing fine.

Well, you know, if you need to
be there then...

Yeah, no, I said it was okay.

Sure, it's just...

Oh, what, am I...

am I not coping?

No, no, not at all.

Okay, well then,
there's no need to mention it.

You know, you just show
the tiniest bit of weakness

and everybody jumps on it.

So...

Well, it's hardly a weakness
if your father's ill.

Oh no, the last thing I need is
you gossiping in the mess,

telling everyone I'm off work
for personal reasons, or...

I'm just saying I understand.

Inspector, they're ready
for you.

Perfect.

Oh, gosh.

Just, erm, looking for
a hairbrush.

Who's she?

Your ex?

Someone.

What do you wanna do?

How do you mean?

Well, do you want me to stay?

Sure, whatever.

Her name is Gemma Hastings,

she's 24,

brown hair, brown eyes,
five foot seven.

And she was last seen in
the Eaton Park area

of the city on Thursday evening.

She left her home
on Christchurch Road

at approximately 7:00 pm,

and she decided not to
take her car.

So, either she was given a lift
by someone,

was on foot,
or using public transport.

Obviously, we're concerned
for her

and we're urging anyone who
thinks they might've seen her

to get in touch with us.

And she was wearing
a cream overcoat,

denim jeans and burgundy boots.

If you think you saw Gemma

or have any information
that might assist us,

please... call this number.

All calls will be treated...

as confidential.

- Well?
-Well, what?

Well, how do you think
that went?

Is that you being insecure?

Yeah, you were great, impressive.

- Is that you being nice?
- Oh yeah, treasure it,

because it's not gonna
happen again.

We've got a visitor.

You think the text is from her?

Yes, err, I got it
just after 9:00.

Came straight here.

'Don't want you to worry,
lovely boy,

I've caused you enough pain.

I just wanted you to know
I'm okay. G.'

- That's not her number.
- No.

-Sent from
another phone.
- Mm-hmm.

- Do you recognise it?
- Uh-uh.

But she used to call me
that name

and I don't know who else knew
that term.

Right, erm...

right, we'll contact
the service provider,

work out where it came from.

It could be a burner phone.

Why would she change phones?

Well, maybe she's trying
to stop someone tracing her.

You should text her back.

And say what?

Asking her to explain,
asking her to call you.

Tell her that you're worried,

tell her that you want to help.

Yeah, I'm, I'm sorry,
I don't know what to say.

So relieved to hear from you.

Call me, please.

You need an emoji.

A...worried face.

Sure.

Okay, right.

Give this to technical support,

see if they can track
the sender.

- Thank you.
- Let me know.

Of course.

Well, what do you
reckon?

I reckon...

you should be with your family.

They'll call me if they need me.

Seriously?

I wanna wait and see
if we get anything back.

So, you go and leave it with me.

Fine.

- Helen, hi.
- Hi.

I'm so sorry I'm late.

- It's alright.
- Ah.

So...

This is, err,
an official meeting,

or are we just catching up on
nine years of gossip?

- It's been a while.
-Yeah.

Okay, Gemma.

What were you looking at?

Brackley again.

Flowers.

St. Olaf's School?

What is that about?

Anything?

Yeah.

You know that message
from Gemma?

The text was sent locally.

Vicarage Road?

Mm, hang on.

Vicarage Road...

That was one of the properties
she was letting.

We need to get over there.

Property got broken into,

so, it's being renovated.

Wait for me here,

in case someone comes out. Hm?

Okay.

So, I took her out for lunch,
new staff,

you know, and she seemed nice.

But...

guarded.

Never worked as
an estate agent before,

but she was personable, keen.

Relocated for a fresh start.

Mm-hmm.

But she gave me the distinct
impression

that she just ended
a relationship.

She seemed... lonely, I suppose,

a little...

wounded.

Reluctant to open up.

I actually encouraged
her to start dating again.

And did she take your advice?

I don't know.

Did you hear about my brother?

Mm, I was so sorry, Tommy.

It must've been heartbreaking.

Yeah, 31.

Which makes me next in line.

Eighth Earl of Asherton one day.

They'll expect me to step up,

do my duty, run the estate.

What, that's not what you want?

Not really.

I know all about it.

Pressure of the family name.

I stepped in when my father
was about to sell up.

I just... I felt the weight of
responsibility.

I told them I want
something else.

You were always like that.

Restless,

even when happiness was
right in front of you.

Even when it was staring you
in the face.

Havers!

It's only me.

I thought you might need
backup.

Christ on a bike, Bekele,

- you scared the shit out of me.
- Sorry, sorry.

- Any sign of her?
- No, nothing.

Nothing at all, it doesn't make
any sense.

Maybe someone set us up.

Over here, body!

Good morning from
Three Counties Local News.

It's 8:25 on Friday,
13th September.

And before the regional
headlines,

it's over to Michael Anderson
with the weather.

Good morning...

And here are the headlines
from Three Counties News.

Police have confirmed that
the body found last night

in the Stepsgate District

was that of the missing
estate agent, Gemma Hastings.

Gemma went missing
after leaving her flat

in Christchurch Road

on Thursday
the 5th of September.

A spokesman for the police
said that

there were following a number
of lines of enquiry...

...more developments in
this tragic story.

In other news...

Victim's Gemma Hastings.

She was attacked with
some kind of blunt object,

the skull is caved in.

She left her flat on
Christchurch Road,

then we think walked into town.
The state of the body,

it's likely she was killed
the same night

she went missing.

Now the body's found in
some parkland

near a disused railway.

There's no blood spray,
so indications are

this isn't where she was
murdered.

The attacker dumped
her body there.

We believe you were
the last person who saw her

before she was killed.

I'm afraid we're going to need
a DNA sample.

Sorry, err, what?

For traces on the body.

You're a close contact.

We need to eliminate
your DNA from the search.

Fraser, can you tell us a bit
about her behaviour that night?

Maybe tell us a little bit
about her routine?

Sorry, I don't,
I don't understand.

That's okay.

Was she in a hurry?

Did she give you the sense
that she was meeting someone?

Not really, erm...

Did she take anything with her?

Erm, she just had her handbag,
I think, erm, yeah.

Did she give you any indication
at all of where she was going?

No, I, err...

I think I just assumed...

What?

Well, I just assumed it was
a date.

Okay, why would you assume that?

She, she had this...

err, thing on her phone.

What thing?

It was a new, sort of dating app

she'd just downloaded.

How you getting on with CCTV?

Nada. Vicarage Road
is a blank spot.

Can you check this out?
It might be something,

it might be nothing.

Phone records?

Yeah, only interested in
the two I've circled.

- Brackley.
- Mm-hmm.

Little market town
in Northamptonshire.

Gemma Hastings...

was there recently.

100 miles away, no idea why.

But she made some calls in
the vicinity.

Could you get a more
exact location?

How?

Well...

it says detective
on your badge there.

DS Havers, somebody here
to see you.

Didn't you go in today?

I phoned in sick.

Why? Why are you so upset?

- Huh?
- Can you...

can you not, please.

Fraser, I'm sorry.

How many more times
can I say it?

I don't...

You need to get your own place.

Yes, but it is not that easy,

not when you've just
come out of prison,

- you know that!
- I just don't know who you are.

Some days...

I mean, you can, you can be
so different.

Come on.

Let me cook something, okay?

To say sorry?

And then...

we'll light some candles,

maybe get some wine in.

It'll be nice.

I'll make pasta.

Do you happen to have some,
err, some cash?

Because I don't remember...

Thanks.

Do you think I could
get that too?

Sure.

When was it that you
first met him?

Last night.

Err, at a pizza restaurant.

He said he'd been there before,
so, yeah.

And you spent the evening
with him?

Just talking or...?

Yeah, and...

And...?

I went back to his house.

Did something happen?

He had this, er, picture,
a photograph...

Her.

You're sure?

Absolutely. She was wearing
the exact same coat.

Can you tell us a little bit
more about the image?

That's the thing,
it was sort of...

...weird.

Weird how?

Like she was angry
he was taking the photo.

Mr Hodgson.

We've got a warrant.

Inspector!

Gemma.

Afraid so.

Looks like Leo wouldn't
take no for an answer.

I am Detective Inspector Lynley,

my colleague is
Detective Sergeant Havers,

and we're interviewing...?

My name is Leo Hodgson.

Thank you, Leo.

Now, you've been made aware
of your right to a solicitor

but you're happy to be
interviewed without one present?

Yes, yes I am.

I just want this dealt with.

Great.

Do you know this woman?

No, no I don't.

Well...

here's a photograph of her
we found at your house.

And another one.

And another.

Got many more,
if you take my point.

They're just photos.

It's my job, I work
in a photography lab.

You took those photos yourself,
so you know her.

I've seen her about, yeah.

Okay.

So, why did you just lie to us?

We weren't close.

I saw her on the street.

I take pictures of people.

It's a kind of hobby.

Women?

- Yes.
- And how do they feel about it?

Being followed, having
their picture taken...

It's just harmless.

Is that what they would call it?

Tell us about your date.

You went on a date
with Gemma Hastings,

now she's missing.

I...err, yeah, alright.

Where was the date?

We met at a local restaurant.

Alterio's.

Is that one of your favourite
places?

I've been there before, yeah.

It's just round the corner
from my house.

How'd the evening with this one
go then, huh?

It was fine.

Did you agree to meet again?

No.

Why?

It didn't really work out
between us.

You broke things off?

We just weren't...

compatible.

But you wanted to see her.

You made several requests
on the app.

We checked.

One or two, yes, but...

Ten.

Ten and she never replied.

Is that right?

And then you wrote her
some emails.

That is your account,
isn't it, Leo?

Then you turn up at
Christchurch Road.

Followed her,

took her photo...

Why?

As a memento?

It was a stupid thing to do,
I know that now.

She's dead, Leo.

Someone smashed her skull in.

Dumped her body
in some scrubland.

It wasn't me.

I liked her.

Maybe a little too much, yeah?

No alibi for Thursday night.

Do you reckon we've found
our guy?

What, what's up?

Well...

he's hard to read, that's all.

- Like a movie with
the sound off.
- Mm.

Hard to interpret.

We've been getting press calls.

Someone's leaked that
we've made an arrest.

Okay, Simon,
so what have you got?

I've taken a look at what
you've sent me,

hair samples from Hodgson's
house, fingerprints...

- And?
- None of it's Gemma,

no DNA traces.

Oh, bollocks.

If she was in his house, then
he's obliterated any evidence,

scrubbed the place clean.

About the only chemical trace
I could find

was NACLO, bleach.

Yeah, we found about

ten different kinds of
cleaning fluids.

Either he's guilty as hell or...

OCD about his cleanliness.

Likewise his car, I'm afraid.

No discernible traces, nothing.

If he transported her,
he didn't use his vehicle.

So, there's no evidence
linking him to the murder?

We have to release him.

Oh, his face is
gonna be in the press.

That's all we need.

I warned you both.

The Chief Superintendent
is demanding a result.

Are you really gonna
let him walk out of here?

There's no evidence
linking him to the body.

Get some.

What if he was smart?

What if he managed to cover
his tracks?

- Do you wanna keep on him?
- Yeah.

Me too.

Around the clock.

Contact the surveillance unit.

It might take 24 hours to
set up.

We can't wait that long.

I'll run surveillance
tonight, yeah,

- leave it with me.
- Are you sure?

What about your father?

Sorry.

Helen, I, err...

I saw the news.

I just wanted to say
how sorry I was

and I wanted to say it
face to face,

not on the phone.

I feel like it's my fault.

What?

- Why?
- If she met some creep online,

I encouraged her.

You know, she was fragile.

She was on the rebound.

I told her to get out there.

Right, my turn.

You're done for the night.

Reckon he's not coming
out again.

What happened with Brackley?
Any leads?

Still working on it.

Had to shelve it to do this.

If you're pissed off that
I picked you, you shouldn't be,

I'm giving you an opportunity.

- We've gotta work twice as hard.
- We?

You know what I mean.

- See you tomorrow.
- Yeah.

It's sort of scary, isn't it?

Like how random it all is.

I suppose everything
that's happened

has made me realise
a lot of things.

Like?

Like...

everyone's got...

a perfect partner out there,
but...

fate intervenes and...

you might not end up with them.

Like, life is short.

Live in the moment.

Oh, come on...

Urgh.

-Hey, what's up?
- Hi, I need you back here.

I've gotta get over to the
hospital, my Dad's taken a turn.

-Err, okay, yeah.
- Okay, thanks.

Oi!

Don't want you here, murderer.

Urgh! Argh!

Urgh.

- Where am I supposed to go?!
- Paolo, if you just sit down...

No, no, no, no, no!
You told me, so I'm listening!

- We'll talk it through...
- Shut up!

I'm just, I'm... just,
could you...

Where am I supposed to go?!

I ask you, where?!

Can you just calm down?

Where?!

Barbara. How is he?

We've given him Theophylline,

he's a little more stable.

Hi, Papa. Hi, it's me.

I'm here.

Leo?

Tony, what are you...?

What's happened?

I got a call from the station.

What happened?

Tell me.

- We were...
- It's not Bekele's fault,

- it was...
- One of you, please.

I was running surveillance,
Sir, and...

I was the senior officer
on duty...

Spare me the Spartacus routine,

just the facts.

We were shadowing him
from the street.

And?

There was a handover,

a gap just before
I got there, and...

I found him lying in
the driveway outside his house,

someone had...

attacked him.

They don't know if
he's gonna survive.

Possible bleed on the brain.

Jesus Christ.

Where were you?

I was, erm...

I was here.

Here?

At the hospital?

I got a call about my dad.

Is he okay?

Yeah, he's fine,
he's out of danger.

But obviously...

A suspect gets beaten to a pulp

while we're supposed to be
watching him.

Do you have any idea
where this puts us?

Nies will have a field day.

Do we know who attacked him?

There's no witnesses.

We found a note in the house,

a threatening letter.

The case is starting to get
a lot of coverage.

People are angry, I guess.

Tony, you, erm, wait outside
for a minute.

Sir.

- It's on me.
- Okay, listen.

I mean it.

It's neglect of duty,
I left my post.

No, you called me.

I have a missed call from you.

Just to tell you about my dad.

You were calling me
for backup.

Yeah.

Okay, I, erm...

What?

I, err, I need to talk to
the Chief.

Well, what are you gonna say?
I mean...

Hey.

You alright?

No.

I really messed up.

Ciao.

You're not talking to me?

Look, I'm... sorry.
I was upset, okay?

I didn't mean to get in
such a mood.

I thought, I dunno...

I thought you were trying to
get rid of me.

Come on, let me do that.

I got it.

I'm not usually like that. I...

had way too much to drink and...

You scared me.

Chucking stuff around.

Some of the things you said,
they made me upset.

I just... I just meant
with the...

with the police around,

maybe you should... you should
keep a low profile, that's all.

Paolo, listen to me.

I just don't think it's
a good idea

you come here quite so often.

Well?

It's a disciplinary hearing,
isn't it?

Serious misconduct?

Look, just tell me, just...

Look, I can, I can take it.

I've been taken off the case.

What?!

What are you talking about?

You?

The rest of you are off
the hook.

That doesn't make any sense.
What...?

You carried the can
for me and Bekele?

One of the perks of leading
the team.

Well, I just assumed...

well, I thought...

Well... well, what'd you
say to him?

I am Spartacus.

But it wasn't your fault.
You left me in charge.

Buck stops with me, there's no
point pretending otherwise.

Excuse me.

Nies is gonna step in,

take charge of the case
personally.

Play nicely.

A man has been
hospitalised after an attack

at his Stepsgate home
last night.

Reports that he'd been helping
the police with enquiries

into the death of estate agent
Gemma Hastings,

are unconfirmed
a police spokesman said.

An official statement
is expected shortly.

Investigators were seen
carrying out

an examination throughout
the property...

Right, heads up everyone.

Erm...

Right, what can I say?
This has been, err...

a very difficult last few days,

and this is a critical moment
for this force,

for everyone in this room.

A suspect has been
seriously injured

during what should've been

a routine surveillance
operation.

Naturally, there'll be
an internal investigation,

not to mention a media frenzy.

But whilst the investigation
is being put in place,

I am personally...

in charge of the case.

Any questions?

Hi, this is Helen Clyde.

Sorry I'm not available,
please leave a message.

Helen, hi, erm...

It's me, err...

Yeah, I just, err...

For God's sake, Tommy.

Christ.

Something you wanna say to me?

It wasn't the inspector's fault,
Sir.

Listen.

If you wanna hitch your
wagon to him, fine.

But he's out.

So, for the sake of your career,

I'd keep your mouth shut.

You okay?

It doesn't feel right,
any of this.

Are you beginning to have
doubts about Hodgson too?

Maybe he's just some loner,

and now look what
we've done to him.

Sorry, did you want me
for something?

Yeah, just this.
You mentioned it.

- Brackley.
- Yeah?

You asked me to check
her last movements,

- Gemma Hastings' last days.
- And?

The phone company were able to
give me something.

It says 'detective' on my badge.

Hmm. Brackley Cemetery?

- Hi.
- What the hell is going on?

Are you okay?

Come on into my nightmare.

The water's warm.

I saw the news, something
about a suspect?

Yeah, a guy who we thought
was stalking her.

- He's been hurt?
- Yeah, a surveillance operation

that went wrong.
But my case,

so, I took the fall.

Jesus, Tommy.

Oh, Tommy what a mess.

Oh, I know.

Tell me, is it really
your fault?

Or are you just being noble?

I don't know what to say.

I care about you, you know that.

- Thank you.
- Mm.

Wine?

Your father is, err...

is he still local?

Yes, why?

Apparently he's a friend of
the Chief Superintendent.

Apparent he, err...

made a call,
put some pressure on.

Oh, Tommy, I'm so sorry,
I'll call him now.

No, no, God no,
that's not what I meant.

It's not my style, really.

No, taking me off the case
is just politics.

Nies was getting heat, he needs
someone to take the hit,

I was the perfect candidate.

Sorry.

Hey. Something's come up...

Oh...

Not disturbing you, am I?

You two must need to talk.

I'll go.

- Thanks for coming.
- Yeah.

Didn't take you long.

To do what?

Renew old acquaintances.

- She just came round to check...
- Oh, I don't care.

If you must know, they just told
me you were at home.

Yeah, restricted duties.

Nies insisted.

Thin end of the wedge.

Reckon he's gonna push for
a full suspension.

What are you doing here?

Brackley?

What?

- I've got a lead.
- Well, take it to Nies.

Well, I'm bringing it to you.

Are you interested?

- Yeah, tell me.
-Okay, Gemma Hastings.

It's a pattern of behaviour
in the weeks

before she was killed.

It could be significant.

It's an outside chance,
but you never know.

Look, I'm out, okay?

Nies is running things now,
so...

Well, if you wanna play
the tragic hero, be my guest.

But you and I both know
the truth of what happened.

The mess up with Hodgson,
it's got my name on it.

And I pay my debts.

Gemma was making visits
to the cemetery in Brackley.

Right.

Well, go on Sergeant,
what's the connection?

Well, there's this pattern
we found in the records.

At least twice in the fortnight
before she died,

she came and sat here for hours.

Phone company confirmed it.

Maybe it was her father's grave?

No, I checked,
he's buried elsewhere.

What the hell are we
looking for?

I don't know, something, anything.

Okay.

So, we check every grave.

Well, it stands to reason

there must've been something
painful in her past

to make her drop everything.

And you think it's something
to do with this place.

Yeah. Buy flowers,
it's in her diary, so...

we've just gotta look for
fresh flowers.

What is it?

What?

G?

That's how she signed her name.

Luke Kneighton,
did you find anything?

There's a bit of press.

Ten years old, stabbed to death.

Looks like it happened
in a school, God.

St. Olaf's? That's the name of
the school

that was in her search history.

She was looking it up online,
it's only a couple of miles

from here.

She left flowers.

There must be a connection,

or else why would she visit
his grave?

Where have you been all day?

Just out chasing a lead.

Well, anything to report?

No, nothing yet. Sorry, Sir.

We need a result...

- and quickly.
- Mm.

DI Langham?

A time warp, this place.

DI Lynley.

- DS Havers.
- Pleasure.

Thanks for helping us
out with this.

Ah, no problem.

- Gemma Hastings, you say?
- Mm-hmm.

We think she's connected to
Luke Kneighton,

but we're... we're not sure how.

You were the investigating
officer in Luke's murder?

Yes, terrible case.

The case was in all the papers
at the time.

It was a cause célèbre, huh?

Luke Kneighton was stabbed
and killed in a school corridor.

- Jesus.
- A kid called Jason Parry.

Obviously, Parry was very young,
so, he got given a new identity.

Oh, this Gemma...

To be honest, I don't remember
anyone by that name

connected to the case.

Maybe Luke's mother knows her.

Would you like me to call her?

We're still friends.

Thanks.

I don't remember much
about that time.

All a bit of a blur.

Yeah, of course.

Why are you asking questions?

Has... something happened?

Actually, we need your help.

Her name's Gemma Hastings.

She was found murdered
a couple of days ago.

And you...

You think there's a connection
to my son?

In the weeks before she died,

Gemma left flowers
at Luke's grave.

What?

I don't understand.

I've never met her.

I mean...

I go there every week.

I've...

seen...

fresh flowers once
or twice, I...

I didn't know who
they were from, I...

thought maybe a school friend.

Would you mind if we took
a look around,

get a clearer sense of things?

Mm, no, sure, go ahead.

Who is she?

Who was he to her?

What's the connection?

There's 11 on a team,
isn't there?

Yeah, obviously.

What?

You're a rugby man, of course.

Hang on.

This photo doesn't look right.

It's been doctored, you see?

Mrs Kneighton?

All this stuff.

I should've got
rid of it.

No one plays with it anymore.

How'd you get on?

Did you find what you wanted?

I wanted to ask you about
this photograph.

Hmm, Luke was
a very gifted player.

But someone's missing here.

Someone's been cut out of
the picture.

I can't talk about him.

I'm sorry?

The boy in his team.

I can't say his name.

Jason Parry.

So, Jason Parry stabbed
Luke Kneighton.

Apparently he's sent down
for it.

Are you thinking
what I'm thinking?

He would've served
his prison term by now.

No one knows his new identity,

except maybe a handful of people
at the Public Protection Unit.

- Hmm.
- Probation, police services...

What if Gemma met him?

Somehow she found out
he was really Jason Parry.

It's possible.

That card at the grave,

she felt guilty.

She felt bad that she's gotten
close to a murderer,

that's why she changed.

That's why she was so sad
and broken.

That's why she ran.

And, if she knew
his true identity...

You think he could've
murdered her

to keep his secret
from coming out?

Perhaps we've met him before.

Oh, hi.

-Can we come inside?
-Err, yes.

Err, come through, err, err,

I've just gotta turn
the dinner off.

Erm, please, make yourselves
at home.

We need to talk to you.

Erm, sure.

What's this about?

Jason Parry.

Erm...

I'm... I'm sorry I...I'm not...
not sure who that is.

We know you attended St. Olaf's
Junior School in Brackley.

Same school year
as Luke Kneighton.

The kid that was killed.

We understand there are certain
safeguards in place

for people like you.

But Gemma found out, didn't she?

And she wasn't able to cope.

She felt guilty
when she discovered it.

Guilty that she'd fallen in love
with you.

I think about it every day.

Replay it in my mind.

He just always had it in for me,
you know,

always humiliating me,

and I guess something just...

snapped.

So, I took a knife into school,

and I just walked up to him...

and...

And you felt you had to
tell her?

You felt you had to tell Gemma?

Oh, I just... I just,
I shouldn't have done.

It was a... it was
a terrible mistake.

You know, she, she,
she couldn't bear

to touch me afterwards, she...

she started digging through all
this old press coverage, and...

She looked at me like
I was evil.

I came home one day
and she said she was leaving.

Who killed her, Gareth?

I didn't do it, alright?

I...I know because of
what happened to Lu...

to him...

that you think it might've
been me.

But I...I swear I didn't do it, alright?

She... she... she must've
told someone about me.

That's when I started getting
the emails.

- Gareth, Gareth, hey, hey...
- Hey, hey.

My laptop, alright?
It's just...

here.

There was, err,
a postbox somewhere

where I had to drop the money.

And you decided to play along?

Yeah.

Yeah, I managed to get
the cash together.

I've got savings.

I've still got it in the house.

Look, when you told me
she was missing,

I...I didn't know it was
connected, alright?

But now she's dead and I...

So, you think maybe
the blackmailer

is involved in all this?

Yeah, I...I don't...

Every instinct in my body
is telling me to... arrest him.

For what, though?

He's not that ten-year-old boy
anymore.

The law says he's served
his time.

Yeah, for sure, that's what
the law says.

That's not what I meant.

If he'd come clean about
the blackmail,

she might not be dead now.

At the very least he's guilty of
perverting

the course of justice.

Perhaps.

Let's assume she let it slip
to someone...

Okay and, what, that person did
something with the information?

What if Gemma was trying to
stop them?

What if she was actually trying
to protect him?

- Havers?
- Mm?

In my office.

Don't treat me like an idiot.

What? Sorry, Sir,
what's this about?

You were with Lynley.

I, Sir, well look...

We had a call from
an ex-officer,

Doug Langham.

What the hell were you doing
with him?

He had some vital leads
he wanted to share.

Lynley's no longer on the case.

Actually his information's
led to some progress that...

Then then you should've brought
it straight to me.

- Lynley's old news.
- It wasn't his fault!

Oh, that is nonsense,
and you know it!

Please, Sir.

I was in charge that night.

I agreed to take charge
of surveillance.

He's covering for me.

Okay, I see,

and you thought that you
owed him something?

You're the idiot, Barbara.

Lynley is likely to face
a disciplinary hearing,

you've already had one warning
yourself.

If you have any sense of
self-preservation,

you won't tie yourself to him.

Get out.

Sure, come in.

Listen, we've gotta finish
this case, you and me.

Look, I appreciate it,
but I'm dead in the water.

But you won't be if we just
sort this, together.

- Havers...
- Come on, come on,

you said it yourself,

Gemma Hastings, right,

she moved here from
the Midlands,

she hardly knew anyone,
who'd she tell?

Close friend? Family?

She must've told one person
about Jason Parry

and then all we have to do is

we just have to find that
one person.

- The email address.
- What?

Gareth's emails,
the blackmailer.

The email address might still
be active,

we can use it to contact them.

We?

We.

Tell the blackmailer you know
who they are.

Say Gemma revealed
their identity to you.

Tell them you're ready
to meet, Gareth.

They'll believe you.

Right, so I'm the bait.

Yeah.

Okay.

Good man.

She told me.

Who the hell are you?

You know who I am.

How'd you get in here?

She still had your key.

You and I,

we need to talk, Gareth.

She was upset.

Cried herself to sleep.

I heard her.

I felt bad, so I asked her.

I asked her what was wrong.

Eventually she poured
her heart out,

about you...

about your past...

about the wedding you never had.

- You...
- She was very loyal to you.

She never told me your name.

I found it.

I mean, it took a little bit
of digging,

but eventually I found you
on social media.

Your smiling face.

Why are you doing this to me?

I'm in a bad situation,

and I need money to get
out of it.

- You killed her.
- No, no, no it wasn't like that.

I never meant to hurt her.

She found out what I was doing.

Saw the emails I'd written you.

What are you doing?

Why are you on my laptop, Gemma?
Why are you in my room?

Why did you send this to him?
I told you...

- You're threatening him?
- I don't know what you...

You can go to jail for that,
do you know that?

- Calm down, don't...
- Don't touch, get off me!

- Gemma please, just calm...
- Get off me!

Just calm down!
Just wait a moment, just...

I said don't touch me!

Gemma, give me your phone.

Get off of me! No!

I was just trying to...
stop her. I...

- It just happened in the...
- You...

I...I...I don't wanna have to
do this, Gareth.

One click...

and I can tell the world.

It's just a message...

Saying you are Luke Kneighton's
killer.

Do you understand what
that would do?

That would mean an end to this.

An end to everything.

You would be persecuted forever.

Unless...?

Unless you give me the money
you promised me.

Argh!

There's someone in there
with him.

Argh. Argh.

You took her from me,
and I loved her.

Gareth stop!
Get off him!

Gareth!

Argh! Urgh...

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

A full confession.

Yes, Sir.

Where is he now?

Downstairs, in the cells.

CPS have enough to charge him.

Well, congratulations...

both of you.

Actually, it was
Inspector Lynley

who solved it, Sir.

Err... there's still the...
the matter of Leo Hodgeson.

He's in recovery.

He isn't being charge
with a crime.

But we'll pass on
the information we have

to the anti-stalking unit.

And the person that
attacked him?

Ongoing. Forensics found a print
on the letterbox, so...

- Okay, very well, dismissed.
-Sir.

Oh, err, Havers, err,
could you...

wait behind a moment?

I, err...

I thought you and I...

had an understanding.

I thought we were together
on this.

Will there be
anything else, Sir?

What was that about?

Nothing, don't worry about it.

- Come on.
- Where we going?

I reckon I owe you dinner
and a pint.

I owe you one too.

We can toss for it?

Does it have to be
one of your posh places?

You choose, whatever you want.

You could even have a roly-poly.

Yes!