All language subtitles for Taggart s02e02 Death Call

I've got to go in a minute.

It'd be nice if you could take an
afternoon off.

What, on my wages?

The elder doesn't exactly pay me a
fortune, as it is.

I could stay here all day, though.

Dead easy.

What would your mother say if she could
see you now?

Twenty Hail Marys.

My grandma should worry about it.

Why?

She's the one with the second sight.

Does that stretch all the way from
Derry?

Wouldn't it?

Why?

What are you doing this afternoon?

All right, I'll let her home, I suppose.

Will I see you tonight?

No, I've got to study.

What about tomorrow?

Same time, same place.

And what if it's raining?

Well, then you'll just have to smuggle
me into the YWCU.

Is that all you ever think about?

Nearly.

Isn't it a boxing match, you know? Oh, I
can see that. At least they hit each

other in boxing.

I've seen you in more injuries after
tennis.

This is fighting with a capital F.

Like Jesse's.

When I was a boy...

My boss docked my wages every minute I
was late. I'm sorry, Mr Elder. I was at

the library, and it took me ages to get
a bus back.

I suppose that accounts for the grass in
your hair.

Oh, here, I want you to look at
something.

What?

What figure is that?

Five. I read it as eight.

Ah, well, sometimes I do wee squiggly
bits when I do a five, you see. You

clearly and distinctly.

I know pentobarbitone's not a registered
drug, but I like to keep a proper one

just the same.

Yes, Mr. Eldar.

Hello, Mrs. Russell.

Stopping early for Christmas, eh?

Yes, it feels like I am.

What do you recommend for travel
sickness?

Is it for an adult or a child?

Myself. We have a long cadre in here
ahead of us tonight.

Anywhere exotic?

No, just London.

London, eh?

I went to London once for my holidays.

Everyone kept calling me jock.

Nothing beats Glasgow, though, eh?

These are good.

As long as you don't take them under a
full moon.

Don't be so nosy.

It's Mrs. Russell's.

I could take it up there after work.

She said they were going away tonight.

All the way to Down the Brick?

A bit of some place, eh?

Didn't know you were interested in golf.

I'm not.

But with their money, there might be
something in it for me.

Can I help you?

I was just wondering where the Russells
live.

Up there.

You're joking.

Wish I was.

Yes? Is Mrs. Russell in, please?

She's lying down at the moment.

Can I help?

She left us at the chemist's shop.

I thought I'd bring it out as you're
going away tonight.

You came all this way with this? No
trouble.

Come on in, sir. Come in. There.

Look around in.

This is the boy from the cabinet. Seems
Eva left her shopping bag.

Sit down.

Fancy a whiskey?

Hi. What's your name?

Jamie. Helen. This is Helen Mendoza.
Shall I top you up? No, I must be going.

Thanks all the same.

When are you off?

Soon.

I wouldn't mind three months by Lake
Geneva.

This is the last chance of a holiday
we'll get.

Once the country club opens, I want to
be here.

That's a good whiskey, son.

Now, don't wait.

Now, excuse me. I'll take a breather.

Oh, not making the bed again, are you?

Get busy.

You left it to the chemist.

Boy, worse than I just noticed.

I didn't even know I left it there.

Look, Eva.

That call will come without you waiting
for it.

Now, why don't you come through and
thank the boy? Oh, Robert, please. I

can't sit down and make polite
conversation.

Please don't expect me to.

You're going to make yourself tired.

And ill.

And we can't afford that, can we?

Help me finish the bed.

I thought they'd have a bigger house.

They will have when their new one gets
built.

Most of this one is leased to the golf
club until the end of the year.

Are you one of the family?

Good heavens, no.

I'm their solicitor.

You don't look like a solicitor.

What do you expect solicitors to look
like?

Well, you expect boring old men, don't
you?

Do you?

Are you training to be a chemist?

At Elders and Kelvin Dale.

Oh, at the shops on Cleveland Road?

Uh -huh. I know it.

Must be interesting.

It's a dispensing course.

You sit an exam at the end of it.

Society of Apothecary Certificate Exam,
if you can say it.

How did you get out here?

Bus and then walk to rest.

Oh, I'll give you a lift back if you
like.

Thanks very much.

I live near the Kelvin Hall. Is that
okay? No problem.

Is that your feet outside?

Uh -huh.

Fast, is it?

Wait and see.

Do you drive?

Oh, yeah.

I don't have my licence yet, though.

I went over the speed limit in my test.

You shouldn't have done.

Coming all this way.

Well, it's very good of you.

Thank you very much. No problem. I'll
give him a lift home. I will do that.

Can't expect him to go unrewarded.

Oh, it's up to you.

I'll stay, thanks.

Well, I hope you have a wonderful
holiday.

Send me a postcard, won't you?

I'll see you out.

Have another whisky, sir.

Oh, well, please. I think Robert meant
for you to help yourself.

Thank you very much.

Where are you from?

Munich. Finally, we're near München.

Yes.

Do you like Glasgow?

Oh, it's a bit like Chicago.

Have you been there?

No, I haven't been anywhere.

My second husband was from Tecada. You
don't look old enough.

You were saying?

Typically, it's got his ring there.

Dirty look.

Oh, I'm immune.

Look what I'm giving them. Artery,
tennis, squat.

Maybe the members would like us to play
golf.

Not to mention swimming pools, jacuzzis,
solariums. For a thousand pounds per

annum. Those that want to can always
join another club. It's not as if they

hadn't known about the leaf.

That's the concept they don't like.

They see country clubs.

It's embarrassing.

Take care.

Well, how's our good Samaritan? Great.

This is amazing whiskey.

Yeah.

We have an extension in the bedroom.

Excuse me.

Yeah That's funny, I thought the dead
body was in the water good school

was it

Are you finally turned up?

Yes.

Sorry.

Can you smell a brewery? Well, well.

I should have you breath alive.

It's not beer.

I was on liqueurs all night.

You sure it's a boys' school you went
to?

down there.

One of them's tied to her ankles.

And that was on another.

This is gonna make the biscuits deep.

Superintendent Fitty.

What? Caught you in a cloth bar,
Sergeant.

I've got this from the hole.

I'll take it before I go.

Come on, quick.

You wasted an hour.

An hour in the head of a murder
inquiry's a long time. Don't lecture me.

It was a once -a -year thing.

So's Christmas.

Sometimes it's nice just to go out for
an evening and forget you're a

I'll remember that when it comes to your
assessment.

Morning, sir.

Selfie day, Jim? Aye.

John? You're strangled, sir.

Something thin, like a tie, a piece of
cord.

I feel it at the moment.

Maybe I can do my job in peace for once.

How long's she been dead?

It's a very rough guess. I'd say she's
been dead about ten hours.

Good night.

She was dumped in darkness.

Whoever did it couldn't see it was
shallow water.

We don't say.

Those submerged bodies have a habit of
bobbing up wherever you put them.

Once the skin begins to peel and the
gases from putrefaction start, you know,

you don't look at all well.

Who found her?

Two campers, sir.

They heard a car pull up in the middle
of the night, but didn't bother to

investigate.

Otherwise engaged.

They thought it might be fishermen.

At night?

Well, people do, sir.

Hey, Kenny.

Sir. Get up and check out that farmhouse
we passed on the way up here. It's the

only place around.

Quick as possible.

here as well as her. I know that, sir.

But he wasn't down there keeping her
company.

It appears to have been searched
through.

Very thoroughly, I'd say, wouldn't you?

Any passports, travel tickets,
documents?

None.

Russell's was supposed to be in
Switzerland.

I heard it at the club.

They'd taken a chalet on Lake Geneva.

Well, he might be in Switzerland. She
certainly isn't.

I think we should all report, what,
seaport, seaport, just in case.

Except there's nobody at home.

It's a good job, isn't it?

I'm glad you find it funny.

Here's the dog.

I'll put that away.

You're on duty.

You're a fine one to talk.

The difference between you and me is I
know how to handle it.

You've had a lot more experience of it,
haven't you?

And you haven't had the problems I have.

No?

Jim's just jealous.

If he wanted to have an old boys'
reunion, he'd have to have it in

Look at that, sir.

106 .4 proof.

I didn't think you could get bottles
like that.

Did you ever meet him?

Couple of times.

Played golf with him once.

Made his money as a London broker.

One of these city flyers.

Aye, I know the type.

Glasgow boy originally?

Turned back here, thought he'd play at
being a landowner.

Bought the Dalna Breck estate.

Which included your golf club.

Yes.

The lease runs out at the end of the
year, but he wasn't going to renew it.

He was going to turn the place into a
country club.

Run it himself.

Is that bad?

Yes, Jim.

Sorry I asked.

Members will be forced to resign, rejoin
as extortionate fees.

I'll find another club.

The waiting lists for the better clubs
being as long as they are.

So he was really popular?

You have it.

No sign of disorder?

Only two rooms.

Some button, Benny.

Temptly measured.

When they started work on the country
club, they were going to move, build

something bigger.

Did you know Mrs. Russell, sir? She was
a German, I can tell you that. He met

her on a business trip to Munich two
years ago.

Oh, and Russell has a brother in
Glasgow, an artist.

You'll be able to identify the body.

What kind of artist?

Usual kind.

Can you think of any motive for Russell
to kill his wife?

None.

Though plenty of people would cheerfully
have killed him.

You included?

Good boy.

You didn't seem to have a lot in common
with her.

I speak German.

We were quite friendly.

She used to come up here when she had
nothing else to do.

I used to feel sorry for her, stuck it
in Dalnabreck.

Anyway, she was quite interested in art,
which is more than he was.

I gather you didn't like him.

He thinks his money makes him better
than Sandy, that's all.

Interesting sculpture.

Thanks.

What does it represent?

Anything you wanted to. Oh, come on,
what is this?

An art class and an interview.

Was Eva happy with her husband?

Devoted to him.

Did she have any other relations?

She'd been divorced twice.

Can we use your phone, please?

Oh, it's under the bench.

She... He has a son in Germany by one of
her previous marriages.

Do you know which one?

No idea.

What's his name?

Kurt. He lives in Munich.

Mind you, she hasn't mentioned him for
some time. A few weeks still there.

What did she do?

He's a Munich student.

She used to boast about him.

Say how well he was getting on.

The ruffled car's been found.

What's up?

And you're going to ask me where I was
between the hours of... Nine and three

last night.

In London.

400 miles away.

Yes, we know the distance.

Well, I got a drink of wine all day, an
exhibition.

I went a bit of age, slept right through
to this morning, nearly missed my

flight. Where were you staying?

With a woman who owned the gallery.

You and your business relationship?

She's 75.

Altogether a good thing, isn't it?

I had a call from Russell's Bank.

Took out £40 ,000 in cash yesterday.

No reason given.

These are the serial numbers.

Is that normal procedure, sir, to record
them?

No.

But then this isn't a normal
transaction.

All right.

Intense. What do you think, blackmail?

Russell was worth ten times that much.

Getaway money.

Dumps his car in the middle of Glasgow
so we don't know which way they've gone.

Don't forget Ireland.

Ireland? They used to dabble in Irish
racehorses.

Got a few friends over there.

Don't make the golf club, eh?

It's a bit of all day.

God! Do you know her?

What are you doing here? I should ask
the same. I'm stationed here. What about

you? I'm in Gladstone now. Murray Brown
Mendoza solicitors.

Oh, great.

Oh, this is Kenny Forfa, Helen Mendoza.
We are at university together.

Hello. Hello.

Here to see a client? No, I don't do
criminal work. Business and commercial.

Oh. Who's in charge of the Russell
investigation?

I am. Oh, this is Sirius Peter.

I am serious.

Well, I was with them yesterday
afternoon.

You'd better come up to my office.

What's this?

The monkey route?

It's been enough tricks.

And what are you?

Detective Slavitt.

Positive waist of a degree.

Chief Inspector Taggart, Helen Mendoza.

How do you do? We were at university
together.

You know we've got a case on.

Yes.

Isn't one reunion good enough for you?

Helen is a solicitor.

We haven't arrested anyone yet.

She was with the Russells yesterday.

We're his Glasgow solicitors.

I went round to get his signature on a
registrar of companies for him.

He's planning to turn down a break into
a country club when the lease runs out.

Peter, go get us some coffee.

Okay.

Sugar.

You went to university

with him?

Yes, first time we've met since we
graduated.

That must be nice.

Did you know the Russells were planning
to go to Switzerland?

It was a bit sudden, but Robert said it
would be their last chance of a holiday

for some time.

They were going to stay at their London
flat for a week, do a bit of business

before taking the ferry.

Did he say what sort of business?

No.

Was there any reason why they'd be
carrying a large sum of money in cash?

How large?

40 ,000.

No.

I take it you hold their wills?

The purse is made out to him. It doesn't
involve a lot. Just a few thousand of

our own.

What about her son?

What son?

Well, she's got a son in Germany.

Well, I never knew about him.

You never knew about him?

No.

What time did you leave them?

Just after five.

I left the boy with them.

What boy?

I've forgotten his name. The boy from
the chemist.

That's 115, please.

Thank you very much. Thanks.

Thank you. Don't take them all at once
now.

Remember what happened to Dr Jekyll?
I'll try.

Thank you very much.

One day that sense of humour of yours
will land you in trouble.

A customer's like it. Just bear in mind
that some might not.

Try to be a bit more businesslike.

Yes, gentlemen.

Leave.

Something I said.

And then?

They drove me home. That was the last I
saw them.

And you didn't know about the murder
until now?

No.

When you got home, was there anybody
there? Your family? No, my folks were at

bowling club social.

What time did they go home?

Half eleven, I think.

I was a bit... Mr.

Russell just kept pouring me whiskies.

What? They were busy parking, going away
for three months. They'd time to get

you drunk.

Must have liked me.

They didn't even know you.

Were they carrying anything unusual?

No. Like money?

They had a case with a lot of money in
it.

And that wasn't unusual.

Well, they were rich.

Maybe they just didn't believe in credit
cards.

Routing round the front and back.

What I'd expect to find if she'd been
strangled against a hard surface with

someone kneeling on her.

Like the floor.

More than likely.

These fingernails are very long.

Yes.

And that's the curious feature.

Perfect line of constriction round the
neck, but no resistance marks.

Aye.

You'd think she'd put her hands up,
wouldn't you, to defend herself?

Unless she wasn't able to.

Yet there's no sign she was not
unconscious or bound in any way.

I'd like the answer to that one.

You'll have it.

You always did get involved with the
wrong sort of people.

Obviously, it's hard to tell nowadays.

Accepting all that whiskey at your age?

It could have been you in the loft with
her.

I suppose that girl put you up to it.

Kathleen had nothing to do with it. You
surprise me. Look, Mum, just because

she's a Catholic doesn't mean she
supports the IRA.

No, I'm sorry. We don't take children.

No, I'm sorry.

Right, bye.

Why don't you take children? I worked
with psychiatric kids for 12 years. Had

enough of them.

I'd quite like to be a nurse.

Do something useful. You are doing
something useful.

Anyway, you wouldn't get much more on a
nurse's salary.

Well, I don't want to be doing this all
my life.

For heaven's sake, you've only been over
here for three months.

Morning. Morning.

Any chance of breakfast have been early.

Singers, you're up.

Well, we're just setting the tables.

Oh, just scrambled eggs. I'm trying to
lose weight.

Oh, well, ten minutes then.

Oh, and I spilled some drink in my bed
last night.

I wonder if you'd mind changing my
sheets.

Okay, I'll do that.

That's the girl.

Does he want his nappies changed as
well?

Sure. Yeah. Look at those, don't they?

Terrible!

Nothing's changed, you know.

In what way?

You being a policeman.

It's a bit late to change that.

Don't you think your idea of me as some
sort of fascist bully is a bit dated?

I wouldn't have slept with you if I'd
thought that.

Won't be the woman upstairs.

Come to tell me she's lost her bloody
cat again or something.

I'll get rid of her.

Yep. Hey!

Try and make sure you didn't sleep in
this morning.

How did you get in? You need some advice
on home security.

The woman upstairs was going out.

Do you fancy a bit of sparring if we get
the... Maybe I've had enough exercise

this morning as it is.

Look, I'll be downstairs in a few
minutes, OK?

I can take the hint.

I'm going to let Jim know.

What? Mr. Henry.

Detective Chief Inspector Taggart.

Maryhill Police Station.

I thought you didn't look very awful.

Oh? What do golfers look like?

It's how they dress.

Oh, well.

It takes one to smell one, I suppose.

What can I do?

Are you the resident golf pro here?

Only just.

If Russell hadn't done a lot of looping,
I might not have been much longer.

He said he did a lot of looking.

That's what everyone's saying.

Got influential friends, has he?

People with his money always have
influential friends.

And enemies.

I take it part of his plans for the
country club were to get rid of you? Me,

everything a golf club is supposed to
be.

He was friendly with this pro in the
States, was going to bring him over.

How well did you know Mrs Russell?

Never spoke to her. She wasn't a golfer.

Well,

I'm not a golfer, and we're talking.

I had as little to do with the Russells
as possible.

Oh, I saw him yesterday evening,
incidentally, outside there, talking to

bird with a fiat.

Oh, we know about that. Good.

I hope you catch him. He can't run this
club from a prison cell.

Don't bank on it.

People have run criminal empires from
prison cells.

The person who had more dealings with
him is Gordon Latham Brown, club

secretary. Where do I find him?

In the clubhouse.

You might just catch him.

Put another in there, would you, Alan?

Yeah, it seems he's done us all a
favour.

Innocent until proven guilty.

Guilty until the press decide otherwise
is more like it.

Where the hell did he do it?

With a wife like that, I'd give up my
Sunday game.

That's a bit extreme, isn't it?

Yes, probably.

I'm waiting for Mr Latham, Brown.

I'm Levin Brown, but I'm afraid I'm just
leaving.

Chief Inspector Tiger, Mary Hill. I know
where you're from. I play golf

regularly with all superior.

Can we talk about Eva Russell?

No, I only met her once.

Where was that?

Here, strangely.

He just brought her back from Germany.

She came in here and I told her that we
didn't serve women.

But she was the owner's wife.

He leases us the land.

We make the rules. He knew that as well
as anybody.

I suppose he'd plan to change that as
well.

I expect so.

And now, if you'll excuse me, I have a
meeting. Listen, listen.

This will just take a minute.

7 .15 this evening, my house.

Jack McFitty will tell you my address.

I'm not in the habit of making
appointments.

I am. I'm conducting a murder inquiry
here. I want to talk to you now.

You can conduct this interview, if
that's what you call it, this evening,

Taggart. Chief Inspector, to you.

There are ways of talking to people.

I suggest you go and learn a few graces.

Give me a whiskey.

Make it a begging.

Does the members only rule?

I haven't heard from him.

Did you expect me to?

You are his brother.

We knew he had a large sum of money on
him.

Any idea what it might be for?

None.

Something he could be running away from.

Taxman?

I was thinking more of blackmail.

Oh, a guilty secret.

Well, it wouldn't be a secret if I knew
about it, would it?

You do want us to catch him, don't you?

Not particularly.

Come in.

How do you honour the golf club?

Let's just say if golf's a religion, I'm
glad I'm an atheist.

I was on the phone to the police in
Munich this morning.

Eva Ruttle was divorced from her first
husband. No children.

So the son must be by her second
husband, an American.

Howard Abraham.

They moved to Chicago.

He was a tunnel engineer.

He's almost to be about 20 now.

And they're trying to trace him.

So a woman in Inver Kip thinks she's
seen Robert Russell.

Makes 27 sightings today.

Local police thought you might be
interested. Apparently she knows you.

does that.

I'm just off for my lunch, Mr Elder.
I'll try to be back in time for a

I will.

Do you like it here?

The air's better.

I might retire to a place like this
myself.

You?

You're far too young, Jim.

Where exactly did you see Robin Russell?

Oh, just here.

I'm hoping for a man on the run.

I'm positive.

My eyesight's very good, you know.

What drew my attention to the men was
their furtiveness.

As though they were exchanging
something, like money.

I don't know.

She was making for Ireland.

Good spot.

A small boat.

I'm afraid the local police didn't take
me very seriously.

Lucy's always going missing and I'm
always bothering her. Oh, Agnes.

I couldn't imagine you causing bother.

You see, that's what she thinks of the
local police.

Aye. You'd come with the Glasgow police.

So what happened? I gave him my
fingerprint.

Filled you.

It's all good.

For elimination purposes.

They can't make you unless you're
detained under suspicion.

I wish he'd stop talking about it.
That's why they took mine when I was 16.

Join the club.

I was only helping.

Nobody helps the cops.

Jamie has nothing to hide.

I could name a few things. Hey, Jamie.

Mr. Matheson's projector.

Shut it.

You know fine about Mr. Matheson's
projector.

You never get caught, did you? They're
catching up with you now.

You know, you'd think he was pleased.

Alistair's OK.

I had enough of the police back home.

It's quite exciting, being involved in a
murder.

Don't keep on about it.

You know, I really like you when you're
angry.

Can I come in for a cup of tea?

No, thanks, Agnes.

And a drop of something stronger? Too
early for me.

Oh, you can't tell a policeman with or
that.

Something wrong?

Yes, sir.

Oh, absolutely.

What would you look at that?

You can't swim.

Where's the big white chief?

Right here.

Ah.

Something that should interest you. Why,
like?

In the final analysis, the death of Mrs.
Russell was certainly caused by

strangulation. That much we know.

I had the lab analyze the blood.

There was a high level of barbiturate
intoxication.

Was she on them?

A high level suggests a fast -acting
drug. One that's absorbed quickly.

In this case, pentobarbital.

administered in alcohol, it makes it
more potent.

Conclusion? That whoever strangled Mrs.

Russell drugged her first.

Mr. Gold.

Come with me.

Are you just back?

From where?

Well, from anywhere. You weren't here
yesterday.

It's in the shed.

Healthy weather, eh?

It's in there.

Get it. Do what you want.

I just want that body out of my shed.

That's Russell, all right.

His clothes are soaking.

He looks.

Jesus Christ.

He's alive.

Get an ambulance.

Sir Russell.

Just one word.

A name.

Boy.

The next time you decide to go for a
swim, you should take your clothes off.

You wouldn't be laughing if it had been
Robert Russell.

You should have used this instead of
your legs.

A quick call to the Coast Guard. I made
her look fools.

Well, you'd have been a dry one.

You mind if we stop?

You're on a projection.

Stop it.

Who?

My look.

Sergeant Livingston?

We've found Robert Russell.

No, Harry.

He died on the way to hospital.

That's all he said, the boy.

You know the value of a dying
declaration.

Uncorroborated, it'll never stand up.

I heard it. Isn't that good enough?

Couldn't you mean a name you heard?

Like Boyd or Boyle. It was two words.

The Boyd.

McCormack's a chemist. He's got access
to barbiturates.

You never heard anything else?

Died on the way to hospital.

You two searched that farm, didn't you?

Well, we searched it, but... But what?

We didn't actually look in the barn.

Oh, for God's sake. What do you think I
sent you up there for? To buy milk. To

talk to the owner, who wasn't there.

All right, well, your clothes are dry.
Get out of your fancy dress and go and

see the owner of the chemist's shop.

And don't alert that boy.

I don't understand it.

There's only 70 capsules.

And your register definitely says 90.

Pentobarbitone's not a registered drug,
you understand.

But a lot of doctors don't like to
prescribe it nowadays because of the

effect of alcohol.

So I like to keep a record of all
barbiturates in my register.

Well, there's no legal requirement for
me to do so, by the way.

How many milligrams in one of these?

A hundred.

Twenty capsules, that's two grams.

A lot of drug just to go missing.

I take it McCormack has access to them?
Well, of course.

What was he wearing the day he went
round to the Russells? Red tartan

blue jumper, grey trousers.

You've got good memory.

We'll need these capsules and the
register for evidence.

You'll get them back.

Did you know he left everything to you
in his will?

Oh. Uh -huh.

Down the break of state, down the break
golf club.

About 200 acres, I believe.

He was planning to turn it into a big
-style American country club.

That's the way we've come.

Well, it's a possible motive.

I remember reading a sketch about a guy
that murdered his wife because she

wouldn't let him play golf on a Sunday.

They get quite passionate about it,
don't they?

You check my honour, boy. Well, Sandy,
I'll be frank with you. I don't like

alibis.

Especially where an inheritance of this
size is concerned.

I'll be in London.

Well, we checked with Mrs. Daniels, the
lady you stayed with. She never saw you

between 8 and 8 in the evening. I
thought people were dead, drinking wine,

interviewed by art critics. I was
finished. I was in bed.

Still leaves 12 hours.

I'm going to need the names of those art
critics and wine drinkers. 400 miles

away. I'm not a Concord pilot or a
magician.

Sankey, this might seem a strange
question.

But did Robert have a pet name for you?

What? Well, I mean, you being the
younger, like son, boy, somewhere.

No.

Bruising round the neck.

But he survived the strangulation.

So what killed him?

I can't say yet.

Pneumonia, possibly. He was very wet.

20 capsules of pentobarbital unaccounted
for.

It's two grams, you know.

What's a fair dose?

To knock someone out in a few minutes?

Half a gram.

Mixed with alcohol, it could kill you.

If you want to know what I think, you'll
tell us anyway.

He was left for dead with his wife.

The shock of the water revived him.

He pulled the knot free, crawled ashore.

In the dark, that farm would have been
the only light.

He makes for it like some poor half
-dead moth.

You'd be the authority.

No, it's not impossible.

The body isn't an exact instrument. You
can't switch it off like a light.

Sometimes the will to survive takes
over.

Well, shall we bring the boy in?

No.

Leave him till the morning. I want him
fresh.

Hey, wake up.

My mum will be in a minute.

I was just dreaming.

Won't you still get this far?

He's my best friend.

Does Kathleen know that?

Your anger's got fleas.

Right, Jamie, time to get up.

Mum, Alistair crashed out last night.

I want to word with you.

Shut the door.

How many times have I told you I do not
like that boy in the house? Or lay out

the disco.

No wonder you crept into the quietly.

Who is it?

Alistair Finn?

Well, it's his room.

So just let him bring back who he likes.

And fine to let him somebody sleep on
the floor. Is that all that bothers you?

Anybody would think we didn't have
enough beds.

Look, we want you to have friends,
but... But what?

You don't like any of them.

You've ridden a buff boy like that. Just
because I work in a chemist shop.

Big deal.

It's the police.

What? What the hell have you been up to?
What the heck?

It's a warrant to search the house, Mr
McCormick.

Jamie, we want you down at the station.
We want to talk to you. I'm away, Jamie.

I'll see you later. Who are you?

I'm Alistair.

Who are you?

You really think Jamie could have done
it?

Of course.

A bit young.

Oh, he could have been younger.

Much younger.

He could be right.

Hey, Peter.

Look at that.

What about it? Anxious to get in there,
are you?

Who, me?

20 pentabarbitone capsules went missing
from Elders the chemist.

Where do you say they've gone?

Well, I didn't take them.

Who did?

Dr. Crippen?

Be a bit difficult.

Well, the Russells were busy getting you
drunk.

I take it they had a drink themselves.

I think we're the couple.

Easy, isn't it?

Break open the capsules, put the
pentapabatone into the drinks.

Look what I'm accused of.

You've got a pal called Alistair Finn.

We're only at school together.

Planned this together, did you? Planned
what? Theft, murder.

Oh, aye, we're a couple of big villains,
Alistair and me. When we go up the

galley gate, people walk on the other
side. I'm not joking, son.

Right.

Let's get back to this money.

The money you saw, the money you didn't
think was unusual.

I looked at it, that's all. When?

When I was sitting there. She opened the
case and then she shut it again. And

then?

And then he came in.

There was a phone call.

She went into the bedroom to take it on
the extension.

And he listened in on the phone in the
room that I was in.

You didn't mention this before.

You didn't ask. You're lying. Why should
I?

Did you go in any other room while you
were there? No. Not even a toilet? I

mean, you were there long enough. No!

What's your girlfriend's name?

How do you know I've got one?

Kathleen.

Kathleen Kelly.

Jonathan. We haven't.

There you are.

Russell died of bronchopneumonia.

How significant is that?

Very.

It's what you'd expect following
barbiturist intoxication.

Hugh, stick to teddy bears.

That's right.

Barbiturist suppress the respiratory
centre in the brain.

Fluid enters the lungs.

Mobs your uncle.

Any trace of the actual drug?

He lived long enough for it to be
expelled from his system.

Hugh, put teddy back together again.

Peter.

We've got a girlfriend to go and see.
Let me have a go next door.

You stay out of there.

Oh, come on.

That's an order.

Thank you.

Sorry,

Catherine. No, she didn't come in today.
She's off today.

Where can we find her?

Why don't we see her?

We should see her.

How long has she worked for you?

Three months.

Why do you want her?

Oh, it's nothing to do with her. It's
her boyfriend.

He's in a bit of trouble.

I warned her about getting in with the
wrong people.

Well. Thanks for your help.

Morning.

Morning.

You've got no right to do this.

You don't seem that sick to us.

I feel sick when I get up this morning.
If that's any business of yours.

What's in there?

Personal things.

Can you open it?

Please.

There's no key.

We can break it open.

What did I tell you?

The private things, family things.

Where from?

Home. Seems he can't get away from
police searching.

Where did you meet Jamie?

Kathleen. We can take you in and ask you
if that's what you want.

In a bar.

Well, there's nothing to be ashamed
about in that.

There's plenty, if I was at home.

You're not at home.

I went out with some girls that live
here. That's when I met him.

Look, I don't know what business that is
of yours.

There's nothing wrong about meeting a
boy in a bar.

It happens all the time.

But there is about shielding a murderer.

Now, did he ever give you anything to
keep for him? Anything at all?

Bring another bag. I'll take over.

There's been a mistake.

You're the one that made it.

Russell lived long enough to give me
your name.

How? He didn't die.

The way you expected him to.

He told me all about you.

Very good.

We're going to have you, you mother
little bastard. So stop lying. I'm not.

You'd better leave.

Who else could the boy be?

How come that?

My name's Mitchell. We have a double
room. Ah, yes, Mr Mitchell. Would you

to fill in this form for us, please?

And can I give you one of these with our
compliments?

No, thank you. We already knew our way
around.

Look, if he'd gone there intending to
kill them, he'd hardly have jumped at a

drive in my Fiat, asking me how fast it
went.

Maybe he fancied you.

Oh, what's that to do with it?

Did he like cars?

I expect he must.

Able to drive?

Yeah. He said he could.

What do you think he did?

Killed the Russell, put their bodies in
the car and drove them all the way out

to the loch. That's ridiculous.

Well, the evidence is pretty
overwhelming.

What motive?

£40 ,000 worth, which is still missing.

Any other reason to think he's innocent?

No.

Solicitor's intuition.

No.

Just a woman's.

a lot of them about these days.

Is there not a temptation working
amongst them?

I'm not sure what you mean.

How much did you trust your assistant?

Implicitly, till yesterday.

He's always been a bit of a joker, but I
never thought... Just how much is he

involved with the murders?

He's painted the barbitone capsules. Are
they on prescription?

Yes.

What are you running here?

A branch of exit?

I'm only the chemist.

I don't decide what drugs are put on the
market.

I dispense what's prescribed, what's
available.

I hear they're not even registered.

That's right.

But as I said to the other police
officers, the younger ones, I do keep a

register, which I gave them, even though
I don't have to. Mr. Elder, that

shopping bag that Jamie took up to the
Russells, are you sure there was no

reason for him going?

None that I can think of.

Who found it?

I did.

I think you're going to have to
recommend something for me, Mr Elder, to

away a very bad taste in the mouth.

That's it, sir.

40 ,000 caps of barbiturate.

No forensic evidence on his shoes or any
of his clothes.

Carpet fibres were taken from every
room.

And Dr Andrews does say they were
strangled on the hard surface.

What about the Irish girlfriend?

An innocent abroad.

Political persuasion?

Well... She's not a card -carrying
conservative.

A boy of 19 and three of you can't break
it. I'd break him.

There's two things worry me about this.

If he drove that car back from the loch,
why didn't we find any prints on the

wheel? It was cold that night.

Maybe he wore gloves.

He's humping bodies about all night.
He's sweating. He's going to put on a

of gloves to drive home. I can't see
that.

OK.

What was your other point?

Well...

He didn't know about the existence of
that money till he got to the Russells.

So why steal the drugs?

Good to be here for, Liddy.

You should take her up.

I've had a nice comfy desk job like Mr.
Misfitty, I might.

It's a pity nobody saw the Russells
leaving.

I suppose you should expect someone in
the club now.

You golf shops got a grand deal of their
front doors.

Then they left when it was dark. You'd
be home, eh? Yeah.

Playing golf isn't easy in the dark.
Neither is detective work.

You talk as though nobody's given you
much help.

Do you really expect it here?

I expect it everywhere.

Ah, well, we're not exactly mourning for
Russell.

Well, I hope when I go, somebody sheds a
tear.

What he wanted to do to this club was
criminal.

It's been this way since 1921.

There's nothing traditional about a
country club that's full of jacuzzis and

saunas.

Well, this club means a lot to you,
then.

It's where I played my first game of
golf.

My grandfather used to take me round.

You're a bit young to be so keen on
tradition.

I'm keen on my job here.

And now that's safe for the moment.

Enthusiasm's a fish.

You do know this is a private golf club?

We're just here to look around.

Well, you can't park here. This is the
captain's space.

Which one?

Captain James T. Kirk of the Starship
Enterprise.

You can't go in there.

Do you know who we are?

Let's go, Marie. This is Sandy Russell.

A Robert Russell brother.

We own this outfit.

I don't care who you are. You can't go
in there.

Can I help you? We want to look inside.

I'm afraid that... Sandy,

will you tell these people who we are?

Marie, please.

Can't you read the notice?

Bugger all.

Come on. Sorry.

I wouldn't like to come home to her on a
Friday night with a broken pay parka.

Chief Inspector, is it true they're the
new owners?

Yeah, it's true.

And you're letting them get away with
it?

Away?

Away with what, precisely?

Come inside for a drink. A few things I
want to talk to you about.

I'm paying.

Mr. Latham Brown, if you've got
something that concerns you, ring up,

appointment.

At the moment, I'm busy.

So how do you know what McCormick's
like?

You met him for what, two minutes?

I've given my reasons.

I'll be straight with you.

Jim Taggart, everybody, they all think
he did it.

I've tried with you.

So why the pretense?

Sounding you out.

They're going to have him unless I can
come up with something.

So, are you coming back tonight?

I don't want to get involved again.

Well, what was the other night?

All the time.

Bye -bye.

Thank you.

They'll let you go, then?

That's right.

Where are you going?

To get my coat.

You won't be needing that.

Why not?

I can't employ you anymore.

You're joking. I think you know the
reason.

No, I don't. Just go, Jamie.

Don't make it more difficult for me.
Look, I didn't steal any money or drugs.

Why would I do that?

I'll send you your wages and your P45.

Now, goodbye.

want something on the Cormac.

Now, it's only a hunch, but I've asked
Peter and Kenny to bring in the

bedspread for examination.

They weren't strangled in the bed, sir.
They were strangled on the floor. Dr.

Andrews could be wrong.

Oh, we all could.

Where are your parents?

Out working.

Lucky they've got jobs.

Look, what do you want this time?

Just passing.

Who brought your teddy back?

Aren't you a bit old for that sort of
thing?

What have you done to him?

That's what they used to beat up for
practice.

Still thick, are you?

Yeah, thick of you lot picking on Jamie.

Where did you get that jumper?

What's it to you? You're wearing it. We
want it.

Look, what is this? You won't be happy
until I'm walking about with nothing on.

Maybe that's what they want.

The big one there looks as though he
could be a bit that way.

Take it off.

We'll give you a receipt for it.

No. Right?

Take off at the station. Here we are.

That's a good boy.

You want my clothes? You can have them.
Don't be silly.

Now, do you want the rest of me?

I've never taken a solicitor out before.

Usual police procedure is to keep them
out for as long as possible.

I'm surprised you ever had anything in
common with Peter.

Is this an official discussion?

No, it's just lunch.

Well, I did.

Until he joined the police force.

All of that.

We even thought of getting married.

Wouldn't have worked.

Oh? You said to yourself.

Police men and policemen don't go
together.

What do they think you're asking me?

As though you really cared.

Oh, I do. I do.

I wish I had some.

About that 40 ,000 and who it went to.

And about why Eva Russell left nothing
to her son.

Well, there could be lots of reasons.

Family rift? Oh, no, no.

She was proud of that boy.

I simply drew up the will on the
information they gave me.

Is it important?

Well, it could be.

When you were there, did you get the
impression that Russell was waiting for

phone call?

He seemed honest, that's all.

What was your relationship with Mr
Russell?

Professional.

I only asked. Well, maybe if you asked
the right questions, you might find out

who killed them.

That boy wasn't there to murder anyone.

I'd really like to believe that.

See, it's Peter that thinks he's guilty.

He was laughing at us.

Because we let him go. Come on.

I'm the one she insulted.

As if we needed more evidence against
him. We do.

You're the only one who heard Russell's
words.

I'd like to have thumped him. That would
have been a great help.

I'd have slept a bit better tonight,
anyway.

Put the hard stuff in there for you.

Well, I don't have chief witnesses to
help me. What?

Sleep.

I'm dying for a pee.

Yeah, I'll see you.

I'll see you downstairs.

All right.

Hey, Niamh, you got a light?

My hamper's right.

What a hunch.

47 bedspread fibres on one sleeve of the
jumper, 53 on the other.

And that considering you never went into
any other room.

You see?

They also work. You sit at desks.

Hey Alistair, it's freezing in here.

Try and keep your clothes on then.

Aye, very funny.

Hey, you've got a reputation.

Lee, the boy.

Where did he go? Right now?

Yeah.

Well, were there any problems?

No.

Should there have been?

Suppose... There's nothing.

I'm as nervous as you.

Does Jimmy make his own bed in the
morning?

What's that got to do with it? Does he?

We're telling you nothing.

Is he a tidy boy? I said nothing.

Right. Please yourself.

I'm just trying to help him.

It's a pity you're not.

Look.

Poor boy has tidy.

Thank you.

Come straight up.

Hi there. Time went well, I just got in.

I tried you last night.

We didn't have a date, did we?

Hard day, was it? Trying to convince
people of that boy's innocence?

Not that again.

I had lunch with Chief Inspector Taggart
yesterday.

He didn't tell me?

Of course. That is nothing new.

He told me what you really think.

Did he?

Why did you lie?

Look.

You said you didn't want to become
involved. It was a way of... Humouring

Appeasing you. You just wanted to get me
into bed again.

That wasn't such a bad thing, now, was
it?

You don't even know the facts!

What facts?

Forensic evidence.

He's guilty.

You're so keen to defend him.

What are you going to say in court now?

He can't be guilty.

I knew him so well.

I met him for all of two minutes and he
seemed such a nice little boy.

Go to hell.

Feeling better?

Yes, thanks.

The police were here, looking for you.

What are they?

Something about your boyfriend.

He drove a car without a licence.

Ah, Sal!

The way they spoke, I thought he'd
robbed a bank.

I had more guest house.

No, I'm sorry, we're full up over the
weekend.

That's all right. Thank you for calling.

Bye.

I didn't think there were any pickings
over the weekend. I would have told you

if you'd been here.

I'm going to stay with my sister in
there for the weekend. God knows any

from this place.

You've been hiding from me.

I've been sick.

I've missed you.

Take your hands off.

Hello?

Jamie, where are you?

I'm sorry, we're closed over the
weekend.

Thanks for phoning, though.

Bye.

Where are you? No, no, no, listen, don't
tell me.

Meet me at our place.

What place?

You know our lunchtime place by the
river.

I can't stay around here. I need to get
away.

Remember the money.

I

hear

you had lunch with Helen Mendoza the
other day. That's right, I did.

Good of you to tell me.

Not jealous, are you? Did you have to
discuss me?

You should be flattered.

How did Jamie get so many fibres on his
sleeve?

Probably leaning on the bed strangling
the Russells when we drugged. Look at

that bed.

It's not even disturbed.

So? He tidied up afterwards.

It's tucked in all round the edges.
That's a woman's hand.

That's not a boy that didn't even make
his own bed in the morning.

Besides, Dr. Andrews says they were
strangled on the hard surface like a

He could be wrong.

He could be.

Jamie said he never went into any other
room. The fact is, he must have done.

The fact is, I don't like him.

Tiger?

Right, thanks.

Come on.

He's been in touch.

Hello?

Yeah? Oh, are you going out?

To the shops. They'll be back in about
half an hour.

I need a favour.

I need to borrow some money.

What for?

I owe it to a girl at the YWCA.

Can you not manage your money a bit
better?

I'm trying. It's difficult.

Look, do you have 20 pounds?

It's not going to help you, is it?

Paying a debt with a debt. No, I'm
sorry, Kathleen, it's not something I

An advance on my wages, then.

What wages?

You've hardly been here this week.

Besides, I'm not so sure it hasn't got
something to do with this boyfriend of

yours, either.

Look, I'll tell you what I'll do, then.

I'll look after the guesthouse for you
this weekend while you're away. Oh, that

would be a rest for me.

I'd like to do it.

Well, I might have agreed.

If I wasn't so sure you hadn't got mixed
up with the wrong types.

Bye now.

You won't lose her, will you?

I'll reserve judgment on that one. And
don't forget, she didn't come off the

glade on that bike.

I couldn't stand it.

If we were found out.

Don't think it.

We won't be.

That's everyone in position, sir.

Well, it's him surrounded.

He'd better show up.

Okay.

He's arrived.

Who then?

I'm sure nobody followed you.

It's great to see you.

Oh, come on, Todd.

Leave me alone.

You'll be stupid.

It's your leg in plaster, not your
brain.

I've got amnesia.

A German guy tried that defence once.

His name was Padula.

You probably read about him in that book
of yours.

Aye, they hanged him.

How did the privates from that bedspread
get onto your jumper?

It was my dad's jumper.

Maybe he did it. You were wearing it.
You had all my others.

Do you still maintain you never went
into the Russells' bedroom?

For the last time, no.

He's always been such a good boy.

I mean, practice, fuel, nothing more
than that.

Maybe you don't know him as well as you
think.

When can we get in to see him?

When they're finished.

Right. I'm getting him a solicitor.

Look, you know what I've said about
solicitors. Jamie has done nothing wrong

I'm not having anybody thinking that he
has.

You were born into another world.

Look, you finished with my jumper.

What jumper?

Well, the one you took off Jamie. The
one I lent him.

I mean, I only bought it the day before.
We can't think why you wanted it.

It's new.

Aye, it's brand new.

Can you prove that?

Oh, you're damn right I can prove it.

I'll get the receipt.

Always keep it.

You never know when you may have to keep
something bad.

Do you mind if I hang on to this?

No.

I'll deal with him.

He's a good liar.

I used to be a good judge of him.

Hello.

This is Elders, the chemist in Clevedon
Road.

Are you one of the detectives who
came... Oh, good.

Well, you see...

There's been a mistake, I'm afraid. A
terrible mistake.

About these drugs going missing.

You see, on the occasional days I have
off, a local pharmacist comes in.

No. As I explained, there's no legal
requirement to keep a register of

barbiturates. Yes, but you keep one.
Well, what's happened is, I've been

endorsing my prescriptions.

I've just discovered one for 20 capsules
of pentobarbital made out by my local

pharmacist, but she didn't record.

Didn't you check? I didn't think to
check.

I was so convinced by you that Jamie had
taken them. Yes, yes. Okay. Well,

thanks very much, Mr. Harrow.

See you again,

Jim.

Heartbreak off. It's neutral.

They'll push up.

Body's converted to adipocere.

That's a hardening of the fats caused by
long -term immersion.

I know what it is.

Facial characteristics preserved, as
well as those browny -grey marks on the

neck.

Almost certainly they were strangled,
though I'd have to confirm that.

What makes you think I want them,
Archie?

This.

Who's the tie?

It was lying next to the bodies. Ring
any bells?

I've got the feeling I've been here
before.

Cars registered to a Keith Brown, a
accountant wanted by Lothian and Borough

Police for embezzlement.

He and his wife, Janice, went missing
from Edinburgh six months ago.

Reckoned to have had about $120 ,000 in
cash on them.

Three times as much as the Russells had.

Sir! Seems they were going somewhere.

They've been searched through in a
hurry. As though the killer was looking

something. Could this be useful?

If they were gone...

Any chance of finding a three?

Got it in one.

Come on.

A little bit hard.

Cool it, will you?

I'm in trouble.

Oh, damn. What did he write you up?

I need your help.

Do you remember that jumper we took off
McCormack?

Belongs to his father.

So what? He was wearing it.

Does Jim accept that?

Should I know? What does it matter?

His father bought it the day before we
took it off him.

That's impossible.

He showed me the receipt.

Well, that would mean that Jamie
couldn't have been wearing it.

I know.

Okay. You didn't.

A ruffler good had named him. What were
we supposed to do, sit back and wait?

You bloody idiot.

Jim finds out we've had it. We've had
it?

Now, you lead me out of this.

You're on your own, Kenny.

Peter, Kenny, come on. Get your clothes
on.

You tell him and I will kill you.

Rubble?

Just that.

Or maybe you know such big jesses after
all.

I can't accept it. It's impossible there
should be any connection.

The Browns were carrying a large sum of
money.

They were dumped here in Glasgow. They
were strangled with something like a

A tie was found in the car.

Their cases were ransacked in exactly
the same way. Then why were the

bodies not dumped in the dock in exactly
the same way? Because the docks had

been fenced in since then.

Suppose the killer tried and then was
forced to go somewhere else.

That would explain why he made such a
hush of it.

But we've enough evidence against
McCormack for the Russell murder.

I know, sir.

And that's why it's so baffling.

There's something I should tell you.

Elder the chemist phoned.

Said he made a mistake about the missing
drugs.

When was this?

This afternoon.

What do you think we are, Kenny? Clever,
ain't we?

Doesn't exactly help our case, does it?

I was going to go round there.

Help persuade him otherwise.

I'll go round myself.

I'm perfectly capable. Head on round.

Clyde today at Meadowside Granary. The
bodies have been identified as those of

an Edinburgh couple who disappeared six
months ago. They've been named as Keith

and Janice Brown. Police say they're
treating it as a murder inquiry.

Are you all right?

I can't stop worrying.

If something had gone wrong, we'd have
heard.

It's not right to keep us hanging around
like this.

Yes?

It's Eddie.

Hello, Eddie.

Did the Norwegian timber come in?

Good.

Did you do the delivery to Spain?

Here. Here.

Sit down.

Did you talk to Elder?

Uh -huh.

He's adamant to the point of repentance.

So no drugs went missing?

No.

Is there any way that jumper could have
come into contact with the bedspread?

No.

Is there any way that jumper could
accidentally have come into contact with

bedspread? Not through me.

If you're lying. You're a good judge,
remember?

Send Kenny in.

He wants you.

What did you see?

Nothing.

Except for you now.

Is there any way that jumper could
accidentally have come into contact with

bedspread?

No way.

They were sealed at the locus.

Is that the truth?

Peter was with me. All the time?

Yes.

Who sealed the bags?

I did.

All right.

Well, listen.

Before you go, would you mind giving me
that receipt Mr McCormack gave you at

the hospital?

What receipt?

I called in to see him on the way back.

He gave you a receipt that proves he
bought the jumper the day before, and

means Jamie couldn't possibly have been
wearing it.

I don't have it.

Why? Look, I can explain. Explain,
you'll do better than explain.

It's the only way.

I thought he'd done it.

We all break the rules.

Aye, some of the rules.

But you don't write evidence on an
investigation.

Not on my investigation, especially.

Not on my investigation.

You give everybody in here a bad name.
Get out of the building. Oh, come on,

Jim. Get out of the place.

Whiskey, please. Make it a malt.

What's that?

A drink or a summer holiday?

A Blue Lagoon.

Would you like another one?

Yeah. Bring them over, please.

Well, there's not a shred of evidence
against him now.

So why is he in hospital?

Just a bit of a misunderstanding.

You know what I've been thinking?

The Russells were expecting a phone
call.

Whoever the caller was either knew their
killer or was their killer.

Before you arrived, I was reading that
and thinking how wrong I might have

Distructing your intuition.

Thanks.

Peter told me your wife's disabled.

Oh, that's right. Is that difficult?

Not for her, is it?

I'll dispute.

I make them at home. It's a hobby of
mine.

Oh, well, every girl should have her
hobby.

Perhaps you'd like to come back and try
some?

I can't think of a better way to end a
worse day.

Come on.

Sorry I got you up.

Good morning.

I was thinking of getting up anyway.

You need a home.

No wife, now no job.

You've only been suspended for the last
time.

Think they'll take me back after this? I
could be prosecuted.

No, I'm finished.

It's all right for you graduate types.

You get on, go far.

What about me?

You can have the couch.

Oh, it's fine.

Everybody breaks the rules. I just got
caught.

I did it for us.

You can still be my pal, Peter.

You've had enough.

I'm just nipping next door for a fag.

You won't go away, will you?

Piss off.

How did you get him?

It's broken.

Tibia. Where's that?

In there somewhere.

You must have followed me yesterday. I'm
sorry.

It's not your fault.

Look, have they asked you about that
money?

No.

Well, if they ask you, say it's yours.

Don't say I gave it to you.

Why? Never mind why. Just say it.

Can I help you?

You're not supposed to be in here.

Who are you?

Student nurse O'Malley.

Look, I've just come on duty. Do you
mind?

Where's your uniform, then?

Give me a chance to put it on.

Look, his bed was in a terrible state.

This was a hospital, you know, not a
prison.

Well then, spring flowers.

I've got no sense of smell.

The smell I always associate with down
the brick.

Bit of wind from the fields over there.

Tells you that summer's coming.

Good God!

Try not to laugh.

Nice day for an exhibition.

There's one on every green.

Somebody drove over the coast last
night. Not exactly Henry Moore, are

No.

Bullet Henry Cooper.

Sit down.

I need a girl I can rely on. No one
who's always late and runs off the

back is turned.

I do try, Mrs. Gregg.

I do try, Mrs. Gregg.

And you wanted to look after this place
for me while I was away?

I still would.

Is it to do with this boyfriend of
yours?

And the police?

Why don't you tell me about him?

I need this job.

And you're afraid I'll give you the sack
for keeping bad company?

Yes. I was married to a man who wasn't a
saint.

Seven years.

Gambling was his weakness. Now, all men
have a weakness.

I was so much in love, I couldn't see
the end of my nose.

Well, that is difficult to imagine,
isn't it?

Well, I wasn't much older than you were.

But I learnt to see through him.

But not until he had taken me and my
mother for every penny that we had.

Now, every tree that I took up to her
for the next 14 years, she accused me.

said I should have given him children.

Oh, believe me, I know all about wrong
ones.

When are you leaving?

Midday. I want to get away by then.

I'd better get on then, hadn't I?

Get up there, you.

Move that junk.

I don't like my time being wasted. We
haven't committed any crime.

It's going to be his, so what does it
matter?

When it is his, he can do what he wants
with it. Grow turnips on it, make an

airport. I don't care. Look, they can
play golf there at the year 3000, if you

like. I don't want it.

Fine.

Hey, Mr. Taggart.

You ever been on a Greek island?

Have you?

Yeah, I've been to Rhodes.

I want light to paint it, not darkness.

Studio by the sea, income from down the
brick, and a new wife.

We're getting married.

Got it all worked out, haven't you?

Did you manage to find the son?

No. Oh.

But we will.

What are you talking about? Him? He's a
tough thing. I'm not finished with you

yet. I'd like to blow that alibi of
yours to smithereens.

But you can't, can you?

Just don't leave the country yet.

Either of you.

Thanks to the magic of ultraviolet
spectrophotometry and a well -preserved

liver, they were drugged.

Pentobarbatone.

You were right.

I've found no connection with the
Russells. I've been through to

spoken to their cleaning lady.

Got to be one, Archie. You've missed
something.

What about the keys?

A cottage in Wales.

A place called Hranfyn Angle and Gwynfa.

You found that out quick.

quicker than it took me to learn how to
pronounce it.

The Browns had rented it for six months
under the name of Burgess.

Running away to new life?

Seems so. This place is in the middle of
nowhere.

Peter, it's time you and me went through
to Edinburgh.

A bit of courtesy there, Jim.

Oh, don't worry, sir.

I'd hate to upset Lord Snooty here and
his pals.

You've never given it a chance. One
street and a clock made out of glass.

A festival?

A festival?

What's wrong with that?

But it's Scottish, it's alarming.

It's an international festival. Well,
Scotland's not good enough for

is it?

That's a two.

It's for tourists.

In Glasgow, we don't put things on
pedestals. Yes, people would knock them

Had a drink with Hello Mendoza last
night.

Oh, yes?

Just thought I'd let you know.

Business?

I'd be a waste of good cocktails.

Tell you something, Peter, I could get
the taste for that.

Who are you?

Mr. Donald.

That's right.

Inspector Tiger, Sergeant Livingston,
Strathclyde, please.

You're certainly not from Edinburgh.

I had some Glasgow chap across already.

Pity the money wasn't in the boot of the
car.

Brown certainly screwed you.

We've been looking at the files on the
case.

You're right.

It's the last time I advertised for a
business partner.

I knew all there was to know about
distilling, but I needed someone with a

for figures.

He had that all right.

He never suspected anything till he up
and left.

Good overdraft facilities.

The business was going really well.

Then one day he just goes to the bank
and draws out 120 ,000. It's been some

cock and ball story about a cash
transaction for plant equipment.

That was the last anyone saw of him.

Left a chance with a second mortgage on
it.

Where do you think he's headed?

All we know.

A village in Wales.

A friendly hangling.

Yeah, something like that.

Why Wales?

New name, new identity, different life.

Sounds as exotic as the bottom of the
cloud.

Did they know anybody in Glasgow?

No one I can think of.

Would you like to try our products?

Thanks.

Come and meet my wife.

Is this the castle, then? Yeah.

Cocktails are more your thing, aren't
they?

Cocktails? The Glasgow man?

You're more sophisticated than you
think.

Moira's my saviour, aren't you?

Well, I do the accounts now. It's better
that way. Keeps it in the family.

We're trying to find a link between your
ex -partner and his wife and the

rustles of down the break.

Who? You know, the couple.

The Glasgow couple. The golf pubs.
Really?

They weren't in the same league. Come
on.

Well, we certainly had something in
common.

Russell's a big landowner.

I'm sure the police know their business,
Alan.

Just like you know yours.

Thanks. How well did you know Janice
Grant?

I got to know her fairly well.

Maybe if there's no connection between
the husband, we can find one between the

wife.

You'll make a Polish act.

If you stay here, people can find a
connect.

Hey!

How did you get in here? Who are you
looking for?

Mrs Lowe. She's out.

Oh, aye.

She's my mum.

What about the Browns, isn't it?

What about the Browns?

My mum cleaned for them.

I cleaned for them, too.

Mum kicked me off school to do it when
she was ill.

She needed the money.

I know something.

What?

I'll talk to you.

For a fiver.

Now, listen.

You know something, you tell me.

I was there when Rosemary Matthews came.
One afternoon.

Who's Rosemary Matthews? She worked for
some agency.

She sold babies.

What's your name?

Dorothy.

Dorothy. People don't sell babies. Was
she involved in adoption?

If you don't want to hear, then... I
didn't say that.

Well, I wasn't supposed to listen, but I
did. At the door.

Mrs. Brown was going to have to wait
nine months, and then she'd buy her baby

from somebody else.

You said her baby?

Yeah. Listen, if you're making this
up... Cross my heart.

How long ago was this?

About two years.

And you've told nobody else?

Only Mum. She said I wasn't to waste the
bleakest time.

Miss Rosemary.

How old was she?

She was quite young.

What does she look like?

She's nice looking.

Kind of... Classy.

That's all I know. Can I have my money?
Dorothy, you should know you don't take

money or treaties from strange men.

Productive time.

They have a list of everything they know
about Keith and Janice Brown.

Can't find one thing in common with the
Russells.

Do you want a bite?

No.

Did you find out why they had no
children?

They couldn't.

Janice Brown was infertile.

She attended a clinic without any
success and they tried for adoption but

turned down.

Peter, what do you know about surrogacy
arrangement law?

Surrogacy? Ah, you know, when a woman's
carrying another man's child and gives

it away for money.

No.

Private arrangements aren't necessarily
illegal, but commercial agencies are,

since the Cotton case, remember?

Commercial agencies?

Hmm. Find paid surrogate mothers for
potential parents.

I knew there was something wrong about
the Russell boy.

Why nobody can find him?

Because he doesn't exist.

Marie Burns said... Ah, fantasy.

A sad woman desperate for a child.

She'd given up hope before she married a
wealthy man.

I reckon we'll find she a test in
Germany and America.

What have you found out?

Well, I found out the meaning of the
Russell's dying word.

Who the boy is.

I'll bet it was the child he never
received.

Come on, let's get out of here. Get back
to Glasgow.

I'll tell you about it in the car.

Excuse me.

Oh, hello there. Hi.

Jane.

Oh.

That's all the secrecy about.

It's like the dojum's in here.

What's the matter?

Two, three years ago, you mentioned a
crony of yours that was turned down for

adoption. That's happened to more than
one disabled person.

Aye, but this one's special.

You mentioned something about her
contacting a surrogacy agency.

Mary Walker.

I want to meet her.

I haven't seen her for three years.

I don't know that she'd welcome being
interviewed about...

Such a personal matter.

It's important, Jean.

Good God, you mean I'm actually helping
you with your work?

I want to talk to her. Where does she
live?

I don't know. She moved somewhere.

Oh, Mulgay, I think.

Would any of that lot know? No, they
don't know her.

What was her first name again? Mary.

And her husband's name?

Kenneth. Kenneth Walker Mulgay.

Thank you.

Rosemary Matthews appeared on the radio,
November 84.

A show called Parents Without Hope.

but a surrogate parenting agency.

Where does she know?

No -one knows.

A lot of people wrote to her care of
Radio Clyde. They forwarded her letter

to... This address, in Pillsbury Buck.

She's moved.

No forwarding address.

Anything else?

Um, she comes from Edinburgh.

Beyond the business, like, good
-looking.

She used to be a social worker in a...

Are you sure this is not just some wild
theory?

Fits all the facts.

What are they looking for, a bogus
agency, one woman or what?

Someone with a supply of that drug.

This was found near the bridge where
McCormack was chased.

It's been dusted, it's got his prints on
it.

I imagine it slipped from his pocket.

The serial number matches, it comes from
the Russells 40 ,000.

And are you saying he still had nothing
to do with it?

Yes.

Yes, it is.

Thank God.

What's happened?

Yes. Yes, I'm still here.

Where... Where do we have to come?

Yes.

Yes.

You have a son.

Oh, I can assure you, nothing
embarrasses me.

Except losing touch with my friends.

Forgive me, Jean.

It's to do with dealings you had with a
furrogacy agency some time ago.

The kind that's illegal now.

I'm sorry, Mary. He said it was
important.

Did I break the law? Of course you
didn't.

This is unrelated.

Kenneth and I heard about it on a radio
program.

I've never been able to have children,
you see.

It's the one thing we've missed most.

We tried for adoption, but they say
you're not a fit mother, Enrique.

You remember the name of the agency?

I dealt with a Miss Matthews.

Rosemary Matthews. What was she like?

Very nice young lady.

Very understanding.

She had dozens of letters from couples
like us.

How was it to be carried out?

Artificial insemination.

That was why an agency was so important.

We would never know the mother. The
mother would never know us.

I couldn't have accepted Kenneth going
with another woman.

We can appreciate that.

Then, of course, the law was rushed in,
making it all illegal.

We never heard from Miss Matthews again.

I expect she gave up.

As we did.

Where did she live?

Down south somewhere.

Well, she did say she had a father
living in Glasgow.

Free church minister.

Wasn't that true?

Well, I'll pour you some.

Please.

Mr Elder, my boss just phoned.

He gave me the sack, but he says I can
have my job back. Oh, good.

He made a mistake that got me into all
this mess.

I've been sticking out for you too, you
know.

You?

Why? You don't look like a murderer.

Nobody thought Haig did either, and he
dissolved his victims in acid.

Quite the expert.

Did they allow you a solicitor?

Yeah, Mum got me one.

Wasn't as pretty as you, though.

What are you doing here?

He's no longer a suspect.

You're a solicitor.

You don't interfere in police business.

Don't be so pompous.

See you later, Jamie.

I was having a great time there.

Thanks a lot.

This was found near where you fell.

It's not mine.

It's got your fingerprints on it.

It comes from that money you sought the
Russells.

Well.

There's been a development. I know. I
was in contact with the station.

I fancy seeing you here.

I suppose you're going to tell me off as
well. Helen, you shouldn't even have

been in there.

Then that makes a hat -trick of things I
shouldn't have done.

We're looking for a woman called
Rosemary Matthews.

Did the Russells ever mention her?

No. She'd be about your age to come from
Edinburgh like you.

Who is she?

She's someone who holds the key to four
mothers.

There's only one person could have given
him that money, Kathleen.

Why? When he called her, he asked her to
bring money, remember?

Because he didn't have any.

Look, I'll go and talk to Kathleen.

You speak to the minister. That's the
Rosemary Matthews fire.

How did you find that out? Peter, I
haven't been to university.

I don't belong to a golf club.

But see, when it comes to contacts, I
know the right people.

What did Helen mean?

Quite a hat trick of things she
shouldn't have done. Peter, it's

jargon. Don't even try and understand
it.

Never.

Is Alistair in?

Alistair!

You get around?

I don't live there, you know.

I wouldn't mind you coming to work for
me.

My business, you see.

I'm looking for a guest house to buy.

Have you found one?

No, not yet, but when I do, I'll give
you a job.

No, thanks.

Suit yourself.

I will.

It's a strange thing to do, close a
guest house at the weekend.

I'd like you to know that I've found
myself somewhere else.

Who's that creep?

He was a gay.

Talking about uninvited one.

Hello, Kathleen.

We've been looking for you.

Why, what do you want now?

We want you to come along with us.

What for?

You gave Jamie some money.

We'd like to know where you got it.

I never gave him anything.

And I'm not coming with you. You will.

Because you're under arrest.

Kathleen, you don't have to say
anything, but it's better for you if you

You bastard.

Piss off and leave her alone.

We know where the money came from.

It was the money that went missing after
the Russells were killed.

That's impossible.

You're lying.

No, you're a liar.

I know you're lying. I know where that
money came from.

Where? I borrowed it.

From who?

Mrs. Craig.

Where is

he?

Please, sit down.

The doctor and the midwife are on their
way with him now.

They should be here in about 15 minutes.

We've waited nine months.

I'm sure we can wait a bit longer.

I hope you understand the need for
secrecy up until the last minute.

Of course we do. Running an agency like
this is illegal.

I could be put in prison. Your baby
might even be taken into care.

Yes, well, we understand that. Good.

That's why we haven't told anyone.

It's in all our interests, isn't it?

Where is the mother?

You are the mother.

Yes, I know, but we'd like to have a few
words with her.

Over the telephone.

Just for a few moments.

To let her know how grateful we are. I'm
sure she knows that already.

There is joy in giving other people
happiness, you know.

All the same, we'd like to.

Well, there could be emotional
difficulties.

Now, that is why £40 ,000 isn't so much
to ask for giving up your baby.

Here's the money.

She's earned it, whoever she is.

You said we'll receive a signed birth
certificate bearing our names.

Oh, yes, of course. The doctor's
bringing it with him now.

Good. It's just that I'm going to the
passport office tomorrow.

Now, how about some champagne to
celebrate?

That would be wonderful.

Your anxieties are all over now.

They're all over.

You see how they were?

Detective Sergeant Livingstone.

Just take a few over there.

It's a nice place you have here.

Yes.

I always say that if you can work with
mental patients,

you can run a get -out.

It was my mother's.

She was housebound for many years.

A great child, believe me.

Still, you find ways of dealing with
those little problems, don't you?

You do.

Here we are. Thank you.

No, thanks. I don't drink.

Please, you two go ahead. Cheers.

Some fruit juice, then?

No. Cup of tea?

Please, I'm all right.

I just wish they'd get here.

Oh!

I'm terribly sorry.

Whatever happened to Miss Matthews, the
woman who first visited us?

Well, it was very tragic.

She was heartbroken.

When the law was changed.

An overdose.

Oh, how terrible.

Yes.

She was staying here at the time.

You've lost all contact with your
daughter, then? Don't you think it's

distasteful and immoral what she's
doing?

It's not my job to judge the morals
right now. Rented mothers, probably in

incomes, being used by high -income
couples.

That's what it amounts to.

When did you last see her?

She was recruiting up here a couple of
years ago.

She wanted to stay with me, but when I
found out what she was doing, I wouldn't

let her. So where... So where did she
stay? It was a guest house.

What was it called now?

Ah, yes, the Ardmore.

That was it.

What's keeping them?

You said 15 minutes. We've been here
half an hour.

They maybe just got held up.

Well, can't you phone?

Find out when they left.

Joyce!

Joyce!

Joyce, don't go to sleep.

Joyce, what's the matter?

Joyce!

Joyce, don't go to sleep. Joyce!

Pia! Pia!

What the hell are you doing here?

Have you seen Mrs. Gregg? No, but I have
seen Zantier.

But it's great.

What brought you here?

Rosemary Matthews stayed here.

Her father hasn't heard from her since.

I'm not surprised.

You were right.

Kathleen gave Jamie that money.

Stole it earlier.

Mrs. Gregg's outside in the car.

Do you want to talk to her?

No.

Big Jesse.

Yes, I know the city like a lover.

Good or bad, it's hard to love another.
But I found that this don't mean

time. You know me, you stay.

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