Original subtitles

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ATTICUS, COME ON, BOY!

ATTICUS, COME ON!

COME ON, BOY! ATTICUS, HERE, BOY!

PAULA!

WHERE ARE YOU?

ATTICUS!

HERE, BOY!

PAULA?

PAULA, WHERE ARE YOU?

HELLO?

PAULA!

WHERE ARE YOU?!

PAULA?

THAT BITCH!

IT WASN'T ME!

YOU WERE SEEN!

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[GRUNTING]

[GASPING]

Man: AND I AM, HOWEVER, SATISFIED THAT THIS WAS

AN ENTIRELY UNCHARACTERISTIC MOMENT OF MADNESS ON YOUR PART.

BUT DESPITE THIS, AND DESPITE YOUR OBVIOUS REPENTANCE,

AND EVEN THOUGH YOU ACTED

UNDER THE MOST EXTREME PROVOCATION IMAGINABLE,

IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO PASS A CUSTODIAL SENTENCE.

YOU WILL GO TO PRISON FOR THREE YEARS.

THREE YEARS?!

Woman: ARE YOU JOKING?!

HEY, IS THAT ALL?!

IT'S BECAUSE HE'S ONE OF YOU!

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

HE SHOULD BE SENT DOWN FOR LIFE!

THE BASTARD.

FOR KILLING A YOUNG GIRL?!

IS THAT ALL MY DAUGHTER'S LIFE IS WORTH, THREE YEARS, EH?

STAND THERE.

[SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE]

IT'LL BE ABOUT 10 MINUTES.

Mayne: I'm outside now. I think another victim.

I'll see if I can get a positive I.D. before you get here.

GET YOUR PRIORITIES RIGHT, RICHARD. VICTIM'S GOING NOWHERE.

WE'LL SLURP A CUP OF COFFEE FIRST.

Mayne: ALAN HICKSON... EX-LAWYER.

JUST DONE 18 MONTHS FOR KILLING HIS WIFE.

18 MONTHS? AYE, A MANSLAUGHTER.

HE HAD MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES COMING OUT OF HIS EARS.

SHE WAS AN ALCOHOLIC. SHE MADE HIS LIFE A MISERY.

ONE DAY, SHE DELIBERATELY DROWNED HIS DOG

IN THE GARDEN POND.

HE JUST SNAPPED. CHEERS, ROG.

IT WAS WHILE YOU WERE AWAY ON MATERNITY LEAVE.

WHY'D SHE DROWN THE DOG? OH, SHE WAS PARANOID.

WHEN HE WAS AWAY WALKING THE DOG,

SHE THOUGHT HE WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH HER TWIN SISTER.

PATTERN OF THE BRUISES, I RECKON IT WAS DONE WITH A CHAIN.

YOU BEEN GOING TO NIGHT SCHOOL OR SOMETHING?

[SIGHS]

IT WAS HOW HE KILLED HIS WIFE.

STRANGLED HER WITH A DOG CHAIN... IN THIS VERY ROOM.

SO, THIS IS REVENGE?

FIRST THING TO DO

IS LOOK FOR PAULA HICKSON'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

WELL, I KNOW WHERE HER DAD WILL BE.

AFTERNOON, VIN.

AAH!

REMEMBER ME? RICHARD MAYNE.

I LED THE INVESTIGATION INTO YOUR DAUGHTER'S DEATH.

[Slurring] OH, YEAH, OH, YEAH.

WHAT ARE YOU HAVING, KID?

I CAN'T. I'M SORRY.

COME ON, WHAT'S YOUR BIRD DRINK?

I'M NOT HIS BIRD. I'M HIS SENIOR OFFICER.

OOH. OO-OOH, VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD.

GOOD FOR YOU. YES, YEAH, YEAH. YEAH, YEAH.

LYNNE'S A BIT GERMANE CAREER, YOU KNOW.

YOU KNOW, NOT IN THE RHYMING SENSE.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

NOW, COME ON, WHAT ARE YOU HAVING?

WE'RE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF YOUR SON-IN-LAW ALAN HICKSON.

WHOO!

AAH! BEAUT! [LAUGHS]

HEY, I ABSOLUTELY INSIST.

DRINKS ALL AROUND, BILLY!

ON ME, ON ME. THAT I SAY.

PUT IT ON THE SLATE!

THAT'S GOOD OF YOU, VINNY. WHAT'S THE OCCASION?

HUH?

WHAT'S THE OCCASION?

HICKSON'S DEAD.

I TOLD YOU I'D GET HIM, DIDN'T I?

WHY DON'T I PICK YOU UP ON THE WAY HOME, THEN?

YEAH, GO AND HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT,

THE PICTURES, MAKE A NIGHT OF IT.

OKAY, SEE YOU THEN.

WHO WAS THAT?

JUST A DATE. NOTHING SPECIAL.

[GRUNTS]

SORRY, SORRY.

I'M NOT SURE I'M HAPPY WITH YOU ARRANGING DATES

WHEN WE'VE GOT A MURDER SUSPECT IN THE CAR.

I'M NOT A SUSPECT.

[Mysteriously] MURDERER.

YEAH, WE'LL SEE, WE'LL SEE.

DON'T... DON'T FORGET, NOW.

AVENGER, AVENGER!

[HUMMING]

I'LL BE BACK BY 6:00, HILARY, I PROMISE.

Hilary: You know it's Tom's swimming lesson tonight.

IF YOU JUST PACK A BAG FOR HIM,

I'LL BE THERE IN TIME TO TAKE HIM, I SWEAR.

I GOT TO GO. Tom wants to speak to you.

HI, MUM, ARE YOU COMING TO WATCH ME TONIGHT?

WE'RE DOING A CERTIFICATE.

Yeah, I know that.

I will do, but I'm sorry, Tom, I've got to go.

See you later. I love you.

OKAY, BYE.

FAMILY TROUBLE?

NO.

I BELIEVE WE'VE GOT A CONFESSION.

YES, MA'AM.

WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR HIS BRIEF TO TURN UP.

SHE WAS IN COURT. HE WOULDN'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE.

DON'T CALL ME MA'AM... MAKES ME SOUND LIKE I RUN A POSH BROTHEL.

WHAT IS HE DOING?

♪ ALL SHOOK UP ♪

♪ ALL SHOOK UP ♪

♪ ALL SHOOK UP ♪

♪ I'M ALL SHOOK UP ♪

♪ DA-DA-DA, I FEEL FINE ♪

Lynne: DAD, ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME?

DAD, YOU HAVE TO CONCENTRATE. WILL YOU PUT THAT DOWN?

YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO ME NOW.

ALL YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER IS NOT TO INCRIMINATE YOURSELF.

A BIT LATE FOR THAT.

IF YOU'RE A PROPER LAWYER...

OH, I'M A PROPER LAWYER, ALL RIGHT.

WELL, THEN YOU MUST KNOW THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN TAKE THIS CASE.

YOUR TWIN SISTER WAS KILLED BY THE VICTIM.

YOU'RE THE DAUGHTER OF THE ACCUSED.

I'VE GOT THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE MY OWN LAWYER.

I CHOOSE OUR LYNNE.

AND WE'VE GOT A RIGHT TO OBJECT.

OH, YEAH.

DIDN'T YOU RECOGNIZE HER NAME?!

I KNEW HER AS LYNNE McATEER. SHE WAS STILL ENGAGED.

YEAH, TO SAADIQ AZIZ, ONLY THE BIGGEST LAWYER IN THE CITY.

WELL, AZIZ IS A FAIRLY COMMON ASIAN NAME.

EASY MISTAKE TO MAKE.

HOW LONG WERE THEY LEFT ALONE?

10 MINUTES. SHE COULD HAVE TOLD HIM ANYTHING.

WHERE IS SHE NOW?

BACK IN RECEPTION.

IF I CAN'T GET HER, I DON'T WANT NOBODY!

I'LL DO IT MYSELF.

[ SINGING INDISTINCTLY]

WELL, HE SAID HE'D DO IT HIMSELF.

WHEN DID YOU DO IT?

NO COMMENT.

WHY CAN'T YOU TELL US WHEN IT HAPPENED?

NO COMMENT.

COME ON, VINNY, MATE, DID YOU OR DID YOU NOT

KILL ALAN HICKSON?

YEAH, I DID, AND I'M NOT YOUR MATE, ALL RIGHT?

OKAY, IN YOUR OWN WORDS, STEP BY STEP, TELL US HOW YOU DID IT.

READ MY LIPS.

[CHUCKLING]

YEAH.

SHE'S COACHED HIM.

THE DAUGHTER HAS COACHED HIM.

OKAY, VINNY, WHAT DID YOU O WITH THE MURDER WEAPON?

VINNY, WITHOUT THE DETAIL, YOUR CONFESSION IS MEANINGLESS.

[MUTTERING]

YOU THINK YOU'RE COLUMBO, DON'T YOU, EH?

YOU KNOW IT WAS ME, AND YOU'RE TOYING WITH ME.

I KNOW YOUR GAME, GIRL, AND YOU'RE NO COLUMBO.

YOU SHOULD SEE ME FIRST THING AT MORNING.

[SIGHS]

Mayne: WHY DOES HE WANT TO TAKE THE RAP?

HE WANTS EVERYONE TO THINK HE DID IT.

THINKS HE CAN GET AWAY WITH IT

IF ALL WE'VE GOT IS MOTIVE AND A CONFESSION.

IS HE THAT CLEVER?

HIS DAUGHTER IS.

RIGHT CONNIVING LITTLE SMART-ARSE.

SHE TRIED TO CLAIM IN COURT IT WAS HER THAT DROWNED THE DOG.

BUT SHE COULDN'T FOOL YOU, RIGHT?

YOU HAVING ANOTHER GO AT ME? NO.

AT LEAST IT'S NOT IN FRONT OF THE NEW BOSS THIS TIME.

OH, YEAH, YEAH, I'M ON MY WAY.

ABOUT 15, 20 MINUTES.

ALL RIGHT, SEE YOU.

LET'S KEEP HIM IN OVERNIGHT, LET HIM STEW,

SEE IF HE'S MORE FORTHCOMING TOMORROW WHEN HE'S SOBER.

YOU'RE NOT GONNA LIKE THIS.

[SIGHS]

I'VE COME TO CONFESS TO THE MURDER OF ALAN HICKSON.

IT WAS ME.

THEY COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT.

WHY NOT? IT WAS ME.

SHE HAD NOWT TO DO WITH IT. I DID IT.

DON'T BE DAFT, GRANDDAD. IT WAS ME.

NO, I DID IT. NO, I KILLED HIM.

[INDISTINCT TALKING]

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, QUIET!

BE QUIET! QUIET!

YOU'VE PUT THEM UP TO THIS, HAVEN'T YOU?

NO.

BUT I DID KILL ALAN HICKSON.

[INDISTINCT TALKING]

[LAUGHTER] HELLO!

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]

IT'S MORE THAN I COULD DO AT HIS AGE.

YEAH, EVERYTHING OKAY? YEAH, FINE.

DROPPED IN A PIZZA ON THE WAY BACK.

YEAH, SO I SEE. WHAT DO I OWE YOU? THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

JUST SITTING IN THE KITCHEN, WAITING FOR YOU.

SO, AL PACINO, IS IT?

HI, MUM. HI.

I GOT MY CERTIFICATE AND MY BADGE.

OH, GOOD, LAD. I KNEW YOU WOULD.

HE DID REALLY, REALLY WELL.

REALLY? DIDN'T HAVE TO DRAG TINA ALONG?

NO. I WANTED TO. I REALLY ENJOYED IT.

AND IT WAS SHORT NOTICE,

BUT HILARY HAD A HOT DATE, APPARENTLY.

I'VE MISSED HER A LOT LATELY.

Pete: YEAH, SO SHE SAID.

SHE'S RESIGNED.

SHE'S WHAT?

SHE'S GONE, AND SHE AIN'T COMING BACK.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, GOOD RIDDANCE.

GLAD TO SEE THE BACK OF HER, TO BE HONEST.

DON'T HAVE TO TIDY UP, TINA.

IT'S NO TROUBLE. IT'S ALL RIGHT.

DON'T WORK FOR ME ANYMORE. LEAVE A MESS, PLEASE.

ANYWAY...

FINISHED.

OKAY, SEE YOU.

BYE. BYE.

YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING OUT.

I AM, IN A MINUTE. SO YOU COULD HAVE DONE IT.

THINK I WANT TO HANG AROUND WATCHING KIDS IN THEIR TRUNKS?

WHAT AM I, A PEDO? HE'S YOUR LITTLE BROTHER.

MY DAD DIDN'T MIND. I DID. I MIND.

MAYBE YOU SHOULD START COMING HOME ON TIME, SHOULDN'T YOU?

MUM, CAN YOU SEW THE BADGE ONTO MY TRUNKS?

WHEN I GET THE CHANCE.

GO IN THE KITCHEN, MICHAEL. I WANT TO TALK TO YOU.

IF YOU ASK ME TO STAY... JUST GET IN THE KITCHEN NOW.

[CHUCKLES]

OOH OOH OOH OOH OOH!

A MAN WAS KILLED TODAY.

BIG DEAL.

YEAH, IT IS A BIG DEAL, ACTUALLY.

BRINGING THE MURDERER TO JUSTICE

IS JUST ABOUT AS BIG A DEAL AS IT GETS.

SOMETIMES SOMETHING COMES UP, AND I'M SORRY,

BUT I CAN'T JUST COME HOME AT THE DROP OF A HAT.

"OH, NEVER MIND, I'LL CATCH THAT MURDERER TOMORROW."

OH, YOU CAUGHT HIM TONIGHT, THEN, DID YOU?

AN HOUR IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN.

I WAS HERE MINDING THE OTHER TWO, WASN'T I?

AN HOUR OUT OF YOUR NONSTOP, ACTION-PACKED WEEK

TO TAKE YOUR LITTLE BROTHER TO A SWIMMING LESSON.

AND IT TAKES AN HOUR JUST TO GET CHARLOTTE READY.

MAYBE YOU SHOULD GET MORE PRACTICE!

MAYBE YOU SHOULD.

HAVE YOU FINISHED?

IT'S YOUR FAULT SHE RESIGNED,

BECAUSE YOU COULD HAVE LET HER GO WHEN SHE WANTED TO GO.

SO YOU CAN DO HER JOB TILL WE FIND A REPLACEMENT.

DO WHAT?

MUM, MUM, DO YOU WANT THE BADGE?

PUT IT ON THE SIDE.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

MICHAEL?

BROUGHT YOU A CUP OF...

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION ON TELEVISION]

OH, YOU'RE HERE.

REPORTING FOR DUTY, MUM.

OH, THANKS, MICHAEL.

YOU OWE ME.

YEAH, YEAH, I KNOW I DO.

NO, YOU OWE ME LIKE £5 AN HOUR OR WHATEVER THE RATE IS.

[HUMMING]

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]

HE SHOOTS. OH, HE SCORES!

MORNING, BOSS.

HELLO.

FAMILY LOYALTY... EVERYONE PULLING TOGETHER,

BACKING EACH OTHER UP.

DON'T YOU JUST LOVE IT?

THIS IS THE McATEERS.

15 OF THEM HAVE CONFESSED SO FAR.

THEY'RE THE ONES WITH THE ASTERISKS.

STARTING AT THE TOP.

MORNING, BOSS.

MORNING, BOSS.

WE'VE GOT PAULA HICKSON'S GRANDDAD, HER MUM, MARGI,

AND HER DAD, VINNY, TWO UNCLES, AND AN AUNTIE.

DOWN A GENERATION, TWO BROTHERS AND A SISTER,

SISTER-IN-LAW, AND THREE COUSINS.

DOWN AGAIN, WE'VE GOT A SECOND COUSIN AND A NEPHEW.

ALL HAVE THE SAME MOTIVE. ALL CLAIM TO HAVE NO ALIBIS.

SO, JUST FOR A CHANGE, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO PROVE THEM GUILTY.

WE'RE TRYING TO PROVE THEM ALL INNOCENT.

YES, THANK YOU.

OKAY, SO, LET'S START WITH WHO COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT.

WELL, IT DEFINITELY COULDN'T BE SECOND COUSIN AMBER.

WHY? SHE'S ONLY 2, BOSS.

TERRIBLE 2s AREN'T THAT TERRIBLE.

BUT DON'T BELIEVE A TODDLER CAN'T BE THE DEATH OF YOU.

ANYONE ELSE? UNCLE STEPHEN.

TELEPHONED HIS CONFESSION IN FROM AUSTRALIA.

COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT A TARDIS.

AND THEN THERE'S GRANDDAD. HE'S IN A WHEELCHAIR.

COULDN'T HAVE DRAGGED THE BODY ONTO THE BED.

RIGHT.

ANYONE ELSE?

ALAN HICKSON'S PROBATION OFFICER

SPOKE TO HIM ON THE TELEPHONE 10:30 YESTERDAY MORNING.

THE WINDOW CLEANER FOUND HIS BODY JUST AFTER 1:00.

I WANT TO KNOW WHERE THIS LOT WERE BETWEEN THOSE TIMES.

I WANT TO FIND THEIR ALIBIS,

WHETHER THEY WANT THEM FOUND OR NOT.

BOSS?

THANK YOU.

[LOCK RATTLING]

COME ON, VINNY. FREE TO GO.

Janine: YOU DIDN'T DO IT. I DON'T THINK YOU'RE CAPABLE.

THAT SHIT KILLED MY LITTLE GIRL.

OF COURSE I'M CAPABLE.

YOU'RE ALL TALK, NO ACTION, VINNY.

THERE'S NO FORENSIC EVIDENCE... NO DNA, NO FIBERS,

NO FINGERPRINTS, NOTHING TO PUT YOU AT THE CRIME SCENE.

IN AND OUT LIKE A CAT. ME ALL OVER.

NO MURDER WEAPON.

YEAH, WHERE WOULD A BLOKE

LIKE YOU GET A GUN?

A GUN? [CHUCKLES]

COMES LIKE A PACKET OF PORK SCRATCHINGS IN THE CROWN.

AND I CAN USE ONE, AND ALL.

OH, YOU GOT IT IN THE CROWN?

THERE WAS NO GUN, VINNY. ALAN HICKSON WASN'T SHOT.

I HIRED A HIT MAN.

THOUGHT IT WAS A GUN.

YEAH, RIGHT.

CAN I GO NOW? YEAH, GO ON.

GET MY BAG, CHRIS.

YESTERDAY MORNING?

THINK I WAS PROBABLY DOING SOME RESEARCH.

WHAT SORT OF RESEARCH?

I WAS COMPARING THE TRIAL OF JOSEPH McGRAIL,

WHO KICKED HIS WIFE TO DEATH,

WITH ZOORA SHAH, WHO KILLED HER HUSBAND WITH POISON.

WOULD ANYONE HAVE SEEN YOU?

SHE GOT 20 YEARS IN PRISON.

HE GOT A 2-YEAR SUSPENDED SENTENCE.

WHERE WERE YOU, LYNNE?

ALL ZOORA SHAH'S HUSBAND EVER DID

WAS SUBJECT HER TO 12 YEARS OF PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE.

WHEREAS MR. McGRAIL'S WIFE WAS A NAG WITH A DRINK PROBLEM.

LIKE YOUR SISTER.

HOW CLEVER OF YOU TO SEE THE CONNECTION.

JUST TELL US WHERE YOU WERE

BETWEEN 10:00 AND 1:00 YESTERDAY.

WHERE WAS I?

I KNOW.

MEN WHO ARE PROVOKED INTO KILLING THEIR WIVES

DON'T ALWAYS WALK FREE.

BRIAN STEADMAN, FOR EXAMPLE, GOT A MASSIVELY DRACONIAN 3 YEARS

FOR HITTING HIS WIFE WITH A HAMMER 13 TIMES.

WE DON'T PASS THE SENTENCES. WE JUST CATCH THE BAD GUYS.

AND GIRLS.

SARA THORNTON STABBED HER HUSBAND JUST THE ONCE,

CALLED AN AMBULANCE.

SHE GOT LIFE.

SHE'S OUT NOW. THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE THE '90s.

NOT ENOUGH TO GET JUSTICE FOR WOMEN LIKE MY SISTER.

SO YOU TOOK MATTERS INTO YOUR OWN HANDS?

NO COMMENT.

THERE ARE GANGSTERS WALKING THE STREETS

WHO WOULD BE LOCKED UP NOW IF IT WASN'T FOR YOUR HUSBAND,

SO DON'T LECTURE US ABOUT JUSTICE, LOVE.

FORGET IT.

GONNA ASK YOUR SECRETARY TO SHOW US YOUR DIARY ON THE WAY OUT.

[DOOR CLOSES]

SHE WAS WORKING FROM HOME YESTERDAY MORNING.

RIGHT. DO YOU MIND IF WE JUST LOOK AT HER HUSBAND'S DIARY

WHILE WE'RE HERE?

THANKS.

WHAT MADE PAULA THINK HER SISTER

WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH HER HUSBAND?

THEY BOTH WALKED THEIR DOGS IN THE SAME PARK.

YEAH, THERE'S GOT TO BE MORE TO IT THAN THAT.

THERE WASN'T. IT WAS PARANOIA.

COULD YOU DIG YOUR FILES OUT FOR ME?

IF THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE, I'D HAVE FOUND IT.

HMM, HAVE A LOOK FOR MYSELF.

[TELEPHONE RINGING]

HELLO?

GOT AWAY WITH IT.

It worked. WHAT WORKED?

BLOODY FANTASTIC THE WAY, YOU KNOW,

WE ALL STUCK TOGETHER, ROCK-SOLID, ESPECIALLY YOU.

WHAT DID YOU CONFESS FOR?

VINNY, IT WAS LYNNE'S IDEA, NOT MINE.

YES, TECHNICALLY.

TAKES AFTER YOU.

NOW IT'S ALL OVER,

MAYBE WE CAN GET BACK TOGETHER AGAIN.

YOU HAVE NO CHANCE, VINNY.

NO.

ANYWAY, IT'S ALL SORTED NOW, YOU KNOW.

THEY COULDN'T PUT A THING ON ME.

BECAUSE YOU DID NOWT. YOU NEVER DO OWT.

YOU NEVER HAVE, AND YOU NEVER WILL, YOU USELESS BASTARD.

DON'T SAY THAT, MARGI.

I'D DO ANYTHING FOR THE FAMILY. YOU KNOW THAT.

OH, YEAH, WELL, NAME ONE THING YOU'VE EVER DONE FOR US.

I KNOW I'VE NOT BEEN THE BEST DAD IN ALL THE WORLD.

ONE THING, VINNY! COME ON.

JUST ONE THING YOU'VE EVER DONE.

I CAN'T.

NO, I KNOW YOU CAN'T.

NOT OVER THE PHONE ANYHOW.

OH, GET STUFFED, VINNY!

[SCOFFS]

SONYA WANTS TO SEE US BEFORE WE LEAVE FOR THE NIGHT.

[SIGHS]

DOWN TO THREE ALREADY? NOT A BAD DAY'S WORK.

LOOK AT THE ONES WHO HAVEN'T CONFESSED.

BROTHER-IN-LAW, SISTER-IN-LAW, AUNTIE.

ALL OF THEM ARE ONLY RELATED TO PAULA BY MARRIAGE,

EXCEPT HIM...

UNCLE COLIN...

VINNY'S BROTHER.

WHY IS COLIN McATEER THE ONLY BLOOD RELATIVE

NOT TO HAVE GOTTEN INVOLVED?

Vinny: LOOKED THEM STRAIGHT IN THE EYE AND SAID,

"I KILLED THE BASTARD, JUST LIKE I SAID I WOULD."

Y-YOU BELIEVE ME, LADS, DON'T YOU?

THIS IS ALL TALK.

WELL, COL...

COME TO CONGRATULATE ME, HAVE YOU?

[CHUCKLES]

THIS BETTER BE QUICK.

NONE OF THE DNA WE TOOK FROM ALAN HICKSON'S HOUSE

MATCHES ANY OF THE McATEERS SO FAR.

MAYBE THEY DID HIRE SOMEONE.

BUT WE HAVE TURNED UP SOMETHING INTERESTING.

THIS WAS TAKEN FROM PAULA HICKSON AFTER HER MURDER.

THIS IS VINCENT McATEER.

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE?

I'M IN A HURRY.

THIS MAN IS NOT THIS WOMAN'S FATHER.

YOU COULD END UP IN JAIL.

I'LL BE THE PROUDEST CON IN THE NICK.

YOU'RE SERIOUSLY PREPARED TO GO TO JAIL

FOR SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T DO?

WHY... WHY DON'T THOSE BASTARDS BELIEVE ME?

I KNOW YOU DIDN'T DO IT.

[Crying] I LOVED THAT GIRL, COL.

I KNOW YOU DIDN'T DO IT.

WAS IT YOU?

HE DESERVED EVERYTHING HE GOT.

[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]

THREE LEFT... THREE WITHOUT ALIBIS

AND COLIN McATEER STILL TO BE INTERVIEWED.

IF ONE OF THEM WAS GONNA CRACK, WHO WOULD YOUR MONEY BE ON?

VINNY IS THE WEAKEST LINK HERE.

IF WE TELL HIM HE'S NOT THE REAL FATHER OF THE TWINS,

HE'LL DROP HIS CONFESSION, LEAD US STRAIGHT TO THE KILLER.

CAN'T DO IT, SHAP. WHAT'S TO STOP US?

HUMAN RIGHTS ACT, FOR A START.

WHAT ABOUT MY COPPER'S RIGHT TO CATCH A KILLER?

SHAP, WE CAN'T DO IT, NOT WITHOUT THE MOTHER'S PERMISSION.

BRING ON THE POLICE STATE. WE'LL RING IT UP.

WHO DID HE TELEPHONE AFTER WE RELEASED HIM?

FIRST, HIS WIFE, MARGI, THEN HIS DAUGHTER LYNNE.

ALLEGED DAUGHTER LYNNE.

AND THEN HE MET THIS COLIN FELLA IN THE PUB.

OKAY, LET'S CONFIRM THAT IS HIS BROTHER AND CHECK HIS ALIBI.

SMALL "C," BIG "A."

WHAT?

SMALL "C," BIG "A."

THAT'S NOT HOW YOU SPELL McATEER.

[CHUCKLES]

FANCY A GAME OF SCRABBLE?

[GROWLS] SORRY.

[BEEP]

WE KNOW YOU WERE HERE MONDAY MORNING, MARGI.

WE'VE GOT YOU ON IN-STORE VIDEO.

YOU COULDN'T HAVE KILLED ALAN HICKSON.

WHOEVER IT WAS DESERVES A MEDAL.

HAVE YOU GOT A LOYALTY CARD?

NO.

WE NEED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT YOUR KIDS, MARGI.

LYNNE AND PAULA... IS VINNY THEIR REAL DAD?

OF COURSE HE IS.

ONLY WE'VE HAD TO DO SOME DNA TESTS ON VINNY

TO ELIMINATE HIM FROM OUR INQUIRIES.

AND WE'VE ALREADY GOT PAULA'S DNA ON OUR RECORDS.

PLEASE... DON'T TELL HIM.

PLEASE.

DO YOU KNOW WHO THEIR REAL DAD IS?

IT WAS A ONE-NIGHT STAND.

I NEVER SAW HIM AGAIN.

KEPT IT SECRET?

ALL THESE YEARS, YOU'VE TOLD NO ONE?

NO.

WHY DID YOU EVENTUALLY SPLIT WITH VINNY?

YOU WERE STILL TOGETHER AT THE TRIAL.

WHAT DID YOU THINK OF HICKSON'S SENTENCE?

I THOUGHT IT WAS TOO LENIENT.

SO, WHY DID YOU AND VINNY SPLIT UP?

I SAT NEXT TO HIM IN COURT FOR FIVE DAYS.

I LISTENED TO MY DEAD DAUGHTER

GET DRAGGED THROUGH THE GUTTER IN WEEKS.

AND THE WORSE THEY PAINTED HER, THE BETTER IT GOT FOR HICKSON.

THE DOG LOVERS OF THE JURY JUST LAPPED IT UP.

AND AFTERWARDS... AFTER VINNY HAD MADE ALL HIS EMPTY THREATS,

HE HAD THE CHEEK TO BLAME THE WAY HE WAS

ON WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO PAULA.

HE USED HER AS AN EXCUSE FOR HIM.

AND I JUST... I JUST COULDN'T PUT UP WITH IT ANYMORE.

SO YOU MOVED OUT?

WHERE TO?

I MOVED IN WITH HIS BROTHER COLIN FOR A WHILE

UNTIL I GOT MY OWN FLAT.

AAH.

MR. AZIZ?

YES?

OUT WALKING YOUR DOG, I SEE.

[Sarcastically] WOW, YOU MUST BE A DETECTIVE.

I'D STILL LIKE TO KNOW WHY YOU DIDN'T CONFESS

TO THE MURDER OF ALAN HICKSON.

IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH ME.

FAMILY HONOR, FAMILY LOYALTY... NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU?

WHY ARE YOU SAYING THAT, BECAUSE HE'S MUSLIM?

BECAUSE HE'S YOUR HUSBAND, LOVE.

WERE YOU ASKED TO CONFESS, MR. AZIZ?

I WASN'T, ACTUALLY.

WHAT DID YOU THINK OF YOUR WIFE'S CONFESSION?

NONE OF HIS BUSINESS.

YEAH, BUT IT DOESN'T EXACTLY REFLECT WELL ON YOU, DOES IT?

WHICH IS WHY I WANT TO PROVE SHE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT.

WHEN ALAN HICKSON DIED,

LYNNE WAS AT THE OFFICES OF HER MOTHER'S HOUSING ASSOCIATION.

SAADIQ.

SHE WAS THREATENING THEM WITH A COURT ORDER

IF THEY DIDN'T GET THE LIFTS FIXED.

I'M SURE THE PERSON ON THE RECEIVING END WILL REMEMBER HER.

SHE HAS A WAY OF MAKING HER MARK WHEN SHE LODGES A COMPLAINT.

DON'T YOU, DARLING? YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO DO THIS.

YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO OBSTRUCT OUR INVESTIGATION, LOVE.

IF YOU CALL ME "LOVE" ONCE MORE,

I'M GONNA BREAK THE DOG'S BOWL OVER YOUR HEAD!

LET HIM FINISH EATING FIRST.

IF MY DAD GOES DOWN FOR THIS...

THEY'VE RELEASED HIM. THERE'S NO NEED FOR THIS NONSENSE ANYMORE.

I'M NOT DISCUSSING THIS IN FRONT OF THEM.

WHY DID PAULA THINK THAT LYNNE

WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH HER HUSBAND?

LYNNE GAVE ALAN THE DOG.

THEY STARTED MEETING IN THE PARK.

THAT'S ALL THERE WAS TO IT?

THAT'S ALL YOU NEED IF YOU'RE INSECURE ENOUGH.

WHAT MADE HER SO INSECURE?

IT'S A BIT SIMPLISTIC,

BUT LYNNE BLAMED MR. EDWARDS.

THAT'S HOW IT STARTED.

WHAT DID MR. EDWARDS DO?

CAST THE SCHOOL NATIVITY PLAY.

YOU'VE GOT IDENTICAL TWINS.

WHAT KIND OF AN IDIOT MAKES ONE OF THEM THE VIRGIN MARY

AND THE OTHER ONE A SHEEP?

SHE COULD HAVE PAID SOMEONE TO DO IT.

SO COULD HE, IF HE REALLY THOUGHT LYNNE

WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH ALAN HICKSON.

HE KNOWS ENOUGH GANGSTERS WHO OWE HIM A FAVOR.

OR IT COULD HAVE BEEN HIM THAT WAS HAVING THE AFFAIR.

GOT TO BE MORE TO THAT DOG THING THAN MEETS THE EYE.

WHAT EYE? MY EYE?

ALL I'M SAYING IS, WHAT IF SAADIQ WAS THE DOG WALKER

WHO MET ALAN IN THE PARK?

DID YOU LOOK INTO THAT?

ALAN HICKSON WASN'T GAY.

WHAT, SO YOU DID? I DIDN'T SEE IT IN YOUR REPORT.

HE WASN'T GAY, AND NEITHER WAS SAADIQ AZIZ.

WHAT, YOU CAN JUST TELL, CAN YOU?

NO, I INVESTIGATED. IT WAS A DEAD END.

YOU CAN REINVESTIGATE IT AS MUCH AS YOU LIKE,

BUT PAULA WAS JUST PARANOID, OKAY?

NOT THE ONLY ONE.

Colin: 57.

7 AND 8... 78.

4 AND 3... 43.

4 AND 8... 48.

GOT THE UNDIVIDED ATTENTION OF ABOUT 200 WOMEN.

IF HE WERE WORKING THIS TIME MONDAY, THAT'S AN ALIBI.

6 AND 2... 62.

ALL THE 2s... 22.

CAN I HELP YOU?

[Slurring] I'VE COME TO CONFESS

TO THE MURDER OF THAT GOBSHITE HICKSON.

GO AWAY.

NO.

COME ON, GO.

ALL RIGHT, COME ON, LET'S HAVE YOU.

GO. OUT OF HERE.

COME ON. GO.

NO, NO.

[GRUNTING]

COLIN McATEER?

VINNY McATEER'S BROTHER?

THAT'S RIGHT, YEAH.

D.S. SHAP. HAVE A WORD?

WHAT'S THIS ABOUT?

THE MURDER OF ALAN HICKSON.

SHALL WE TAKE A SEAT?

WHAT WERE YOU DOING MONDAY? MONDAY?

I WERE OFF SICK.

I HAD ONE OF THOSE 24-HOUR BUG THINGS.

ANYBODY SEE YOU?

I LIVE ON MY OWN.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THE ONLY BLOOD RELATIVE OF PAULA HICKSON

NOT TO CONFESS TO HER HUSBAND'S MURDER?

WHY WERE YOU THE ONLY ONE TO BREAK RANKS?

NUMBER ONE, I GOT NO ALIBI. NUMBER TWO, I READ THE PAPERS.

I KNOW HOW MANY INNOCENT PEOPLE YOU LOT PUT AWAY.

WERE YOU CLOSE TO YOUR NIECE, COLIN?

SHE WERE MY GODDAUGHTER, BUT I DIDN'T KILL HER HUSBAND.

WELL, NUMBER ONE...

KELLY'S EYE.

YOU'VE GOT MOTIVE.

AND, NUMBER TWO, YOU'VE GOT OPPORTUNITY.

SO I'M NOT SO SURE.

WHAT WERE YOU AND VINNY TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU MET UP?

WHO SAID WE MET UP?

HAVE A LOOK AT THAT.

SO, COME ON, WHAT WERE YOU SAYING TO HIM?

NOTHING.

[MOANS]

HIYA, VINNY.

D.S. SHAP.

I WANT TO SEE THAT WOMAN.

THING IS, VINNY, SHE KNOWS YOU DIDN'T DO IT.

NO, SEE MRS. COLUMBO.

SHE'S NOT HERE. SHE'S INTERVIEWING PEOPLE.

WELL, YOU TELL HER I'M THE ONE SHE WANTS.

WHAT? QUALIFIED NANNY, ARE YOU?

LISTEN... I SHOULDN'T REALLY BE TELLING YOU THIS,

AND I WILL DENY THIS CONVERSATION EVER HAPPENED,

BUT ALL THIS FAMILY-LOYALTY STUFF YOU'VE GOT GOING ON

IS ALL BULLSHIT.

SOLID AS A ROCK.

♪ INDIVIDUAL, INDIVIDUAL ♪

VINNY, WE'VE DONE SOME DNA TESTS.

NOW, PAULA WEREN'T EVEN YOUR DAUGHTER.

LYNNE'S NOT YOUR DAUGHTER.

YOUR FAMILY'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK IT IS,

AND YOU OWE THEM NOTHING NOW.

DON'T TAKE THE RAP FOR SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T DO, VINNY.

IF YOU KNOW WHO REALLY KILLED ALAN HICKSON,

YOU TELL ME NOW, YEAH?

[WHIMPERING]

WAS IT COLIN?

WE SAW YOU TWO TALKING LAST NIGHT,

AND YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HATE EACH OTHER.

AND YOUR MISSUS LEFT YOU TO MOVE IN WITH HIM.

NOW, WHAT WAS ALL THAT ABOUT?

[CRYING]

OKAY, WILL DO.

[MUTTERING]

JESUS.

THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE.

GOT ANY TIPS?

YEAH.

TELL THEM IT'S HAPPY HOUR AT THE CROWN.

HAVE SOME COFFEES.

IT'S MEMBERS ONLY.

WELL, GET HIM DOWN HERE, ALL RIGHT?

HE'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NATIONAL.

IT'LL CAUSE A RIOT.

I NEED TO SEE HIM!

HEY BUGGER OFF, OR I'LL CALL THE POLICE.

HEY, CALM DOWN, CALM DOWN. YOU GIVE HIM A MESSAGE.

TELL HIM THAT VINNY NEEDS TO SEE HIM.

VINNY... HIS BROTHER!

Colin: 6 AND 2... 62.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT?

DON'T WORRY. I'LL BE UP WHEN YOU LEAVE IN THE MORNING.

WHO WAS OUT?

DUNK.

HE'S GOT HIS BIRD PREGNANT.

OH.

CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?

18 YEARS OLD AND LUMBERED WITH A KID.

AT LEAST HE GOT A SHAG OUT OF IT.

THAT'S WHAT I SAID.

I DO APPRECIATE YOUR HELP, YOU KNOW.

WON'T BE FOREVER.

SO, WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THAT WELSH GIRL TONIGHT?

MUM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO CONSULT ME.

WHO ELSE AM I GONNA CONSULT?

WAITED UP SPECIALLY TO TALK TO YOU.

SO? [BABY CRYING]

IF I OFFERED THE WELSH GIRL THE JOB,

THAT WOULD BE ALL RIGHT WITH YOU, WOULD IT?

MM-HMM.

[CHUCKLES]

WHAT MAKES YOU SO SURE THAT COLIN McATEER IS THE KILLER?

COLIN IS OUR MAN, BOSS. I KNOW IT.

AS SOON AS WE STARTED TALKING TO HIM YESTERDAY,

HIS LEGS WENT CLICKETY-CLICK.

TALK ENGLISH, SHAP.

SHAT HIMSELF. NOT THAT ENGLISH.

PAULA HICKSON'S GODFATHER, NO ALIBI,

SO TOO SCARED TO CONFESS, LYING THROUGH HIS TEETH.

DON'T TOUCH THAT BELL.

BOSS?

[INDISTINCT TALKING ON POLICE RADIO]

HE RUNS IN HERE TO GET AWAY,

LOCKS THE DOOR, AND THE KILLER DOES THAT.

LOOKS LIKE HE PUT UP A FIGHT, THOUGH.

THIS PLACE IS A WAR ZONE.

HE GOT CUTS AND BRUISES TO BOTH HIS FISTS.

AHA, THOUGHT AS MUCH.

WHAT?

I COULDN'T HELP WONDERING ABOUT THE LIGHTER.

SMOKE'S ON THE BOG?

HE SET FIRE TO SOMETHING IN THE SINK.

SOMEONE'S VERY RECENTLY WASHED ASHES DOWN HERE.

WHAT SORT OF ASHES?

THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

WHEN MARGI McATEER MOVED IN WITH HER BROTHER-IN-LAW, COLIN,

THE HUSBAND, VINNY, USED TO COME 'ROUND

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO SCREAM DRUNKEN ABUSE AT THEM.

AFTER A FEW WEEKS, MARGI MOVED OUT,

TO THE RELIEF OF THE NEIGHBORS.

VINNY'S VISITS STOPPED. Janine: UNTIL LAST NIGHT.

Butchers: WHEN COLIN'S NEIGHBORS HEARD VINNY BANGING ON THE DOOR

AND SHOUTING TO GET LET IN.

THE MAN AT NUMBER 28 POSITIVELY I.D.'d HIM.

AND EARLIER IN THE EVENING,

VINNY HAD TRIED TO SEE COLIN AT WORK.

THE DOORWOMAN SAID HE WAS DRUNK AND EMOTIONAL.

AND WE THOUGHT VINNY WERE ALL TALK.

IS THAT WHAT YOU THINK NOW, SHAP?

NO, MA'AM.

Mayne: I KNOW THERE WAS NO LOVE LOST BETWEEN THEM,

BUT WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO KILL YOUR OWN BROTHER?

Janine: MAYBE JUST SNAPPED, GOT ANGRY,

LASHED OUT AT HIS OWN FLESH AND BLOOD.

YOU'VE NEVER DONE THAT? NOT SINCE I WAS A KID.

THING IS, WHY NOW? THAT'S THE QUESTION.

WHAT SUDDENLY TRIGGERED HIM TO DO IT NOW?

Butchers: IF COLIN WAS THE TWINS' REAL DAD,

WHAT IF VINNY HAD JUST FOUND OUT, YOU KNOW,

THAT HIS BROTHER WAS HIS DAUGHTERS' DAD?

OH.

MAYBE MARGI TOLD HIM.

WHY WOULD SHE DO THAT,

WHEN SHE KEPT ON AT US ABOUT NOT TELLING ANYONE?

I DON'T KNOW.

[DOOR CLOSES]

I WAS AT UNI WITH A GIRL WHO'S NOW A RESEARCHER FOR "PANORAMA."

SHE'S ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A STORY.

WE HAD A SELF-CONFESSED MURDERER IN CUSTODY...

A MAN WHO BOASTS ABOUT KILLING... AND WE LET HIM GO.

THE NEXT DAY, HE'S IN HIDING AND ANOTHER MAN'S DEAD.

IF YOU WERE MY FRIEND,

DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD MAKE A GOOD STORY?

WE DON'T KNOW VINNY DID IT YET.

I WANT HIM ARRESTED AND BACK IN CUSTODY BY THE END OF THE DAY.

BOSS.

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]

YEAH, HE JUST MADE ONE CALL YESTERDAY...

TWO MINUTES, LONG DISTANCE TO MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA.

RICHARD?

WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE McATEER IN MELBOURNE?

STEPHEN.

LAST PHONE CALL COLIN MADE WAS TO HIM.

GIVE HIM A RING. FIND OUT WHAT WAS SAID.

Thanks, Butchers. OKAY.

RIGHT.

Janine: DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHERE HE MIGHT BE HIDING?

WELL, HE OFTEN WENT ON A BENDER FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS,

DID A VANISHING ACT.

YOU DON'T THINK WHAT HAPPENED TO COLIN

HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH HIM, DO YOU?

THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO TALK TO YOU.

THOUGHT WE WERE HERE TO IDENTIFY THE BODY.

I'M AFRAID HE WON'T BE AVAILABLE TILL THIS AFTERNOON.

WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS POSTMORTEM.

YEAH, WE'D LIKE TO ASK YOUR MOM A FEW QUESTIONS FIRST,

SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO...

SHE'S IN SHOCK, AND IF YOU THINK I'M GONNA LET HER

FACE A GRILLING FROM YOU TWO ON HER OWN...

SHE'S NOT YOUR CLIENT.

SHE'S MY MOTHER, AND I KNOW HER RIGHTS.

MARGI, SOME STUFF MIGHT COME UP

THAT YOU MIGHT PREFER LYNNE NOT TO KNOW.

WE'VE GOT NO SECRETS.

WE'RE DOING DNA TESTS ON COLIN...

STANDARD TESTS, SAME AS WE DID ON PAULA AND VINNY.

WOULD YOU LIKE US TO PERHAPS GET ANOTHER SOLICITOR

TO SIT IN WITH YOU?

LOOK... LOOK AT HER.

FOR THE TAPE, MRS. McATEER IS SOBBING HER HEART OUT.

SHE'S IN NO FIT STATE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

COME ON, MUM, YOU'RE GOING HOME. I'LL IDENTIFY THE BODY.

ASK LYNNE TO WAIT OUTSIDE, MARGI.

I'M SORRY, LYNNE.

WHAT FOR?

I'M SORRY.

WHAT FOR, MUM?

VINNY...

HE'S NOT YOUR DAD.

HE'S NOT YOUR REAL... DAD.

OH.

MARGI, ARE YOU FIT TO CARRY ON?

YEAH.

CAN WE CARRY ON?

YEAH.

DID YOU, BY ANY CHANCE,

TELL VINNY THAT HE WASN'T THE GIRLS' REAL DAD?

NO, OF COURSE NOT.

IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY HE MIGHT KNOW?

I DON'T KNOW.

I SOMETIMES THOUGHT HE MIGHT SUSPECT.

DID HE SUSPECT ANYONE IN PARTICULAR OF BEING THEIR DAD?

Mayne: WILL THE DNA TEST PROVE

THAT COLIN McATEER WAS LYNNE AND PAULA'S FATHER?

YEAH.

NO! STOP THE TAPE! THIS IS A TRICK!

THIS IS A TRICK, MUM! THE BASTARDS HAVE TRICKED YOU!

I'M SO SORRY.

THIS IS A HORRIBLE WAY TO FIND SOMETHING LIKE THIS...

IT'S INADMISSIBLE! THIS IS INADMISSIBLE!

JUST THOUGHT IT WAS BEST IF NO ONE EVER KNEW.

SWEETHEART.

WOULD YOU LIKE A FEW MOMENTS ALONE TOGETHER?

NO. [CELLPHONE RINGS]

HELLO?

Vinny: [Speaking indistinctly]

IT'S NOT A GOOD TIME.

CAN YOU JUST HOLD THE LINE A MINUTE, PLEASE?

JUST GOT THE FORENSICS REPORT ON COLIN'S DNA.

DO YOU WANT TO KNOW?

LOOKS LIKE HE WAS YOUR FATHER.

EXCUSE ME. I JUST NEED TO TAKE THIS.

WHY ARE YOU RINGING ME?

I NEED TO TALK TO YOUR MUM.

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

Aw, I crashed out with one of the lads.

DAD, YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING STUPID, HAVE YOU?

[CHUCKLES]

A MAN'S GOT TO DO WHAT A MAN'S GOT TO DO.

NOW, I NEED TO SEE YOUR MUM.

LISTEN TO ME, THINGS HAVE CHANGED.

YOU'VE GOT TO DROP YOUR CONFESSION, DAD.

IT'S WEIRD. THE ONLY DNA THEY CAN FIND ANYWHERE IS COLIN'S.

SHE'S TALKING TO VINNY.

FROM NOW ON, THE STORY IS,

IT WAS UNCLE COLIN WHO KILLED HICKSON.

THAT YOUR DAD? WHERE IS HE CALLING FROM?

HE DIDN'T SAY.

SEE YOU AGAIN, THEN, LOVE.

LET'S HOPE NOT.

YOU STICK HERE. I'LL CHECK THE BACK.

IF VINNY SHOWS, GIVE US A CALL.

OKAY.

YOU'RE NOT COMING IN, EITHER.

WE'RE ONLY HERE FOR YOUR PROTECTION, LOVE.

DON'T NEED PROTECTION... NOT FROM VINNY, ANYWAY.

WELL, LOVE, YOU GOT ME OUT THE BACK AND BUTCHERS OUT...

[GRUNTING]

OH, GOD. OH, GOD.

Mayne: RESIDUE ON COLIN'S FINGERS.

IT WAS HIM WHO SET FIRE TO SOMETHING IN THE SINK.

TAKE A LOOK WHAT THEY FOUND IN THE U-BEND.

RECOGNIZE THE COLOR?

IT'S A PASSPORT.

THAT'S WHAT THEY RECKON.

IT'S LIKE HE WAS TRYING TO STOP THE KILLER

LEAVING THE COUNTRY.

THINK SO, WOULDN'T YOU?

EXCEPT THERE'S NO SIGN OF COLIN'S PASSPORT

ANYWHERE IN THE HOUSE.

WHY WOULD HE SET FIRE TO HIS OWN PASSPORT?

YOU TELL ME.

THE STATE HE'S IN.

THE STATE THE BATHROOM'S IN. [TELEPHONE RINGING]

WHY IS THERE ONLY ONE MAN'S DNA IN THERE?

HELLO?

HI, BOSS, IT'S ME.

Janine: Any sign of him?

YEAH, HE'S HERE. HE WANTS TO SEE YOU.

THEY GOT VINNY.

HE WANTS YOU TO COME TO MARGI'S FLAT ON YOUR OWN.

Shap, can't you bring him in? I think I'm onto something here.

NO, NO, HE WANTS YOU TO DO IT. HE'LL ONLY TALK TO YOU.

YOU OKAY?

Yeah.

ALL RIGHT, GIVE ME 10 MINUTES.

DID YOU MANAGE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH STEPHEN McATEER?

I LEFT A MESSAGE ON HIS ANSWER PHONE.

IT'S THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT OVER THERE.

WE DID MAKE SURE HE'S STILL IN AUSTRALIA, DIDN'T WE?

THERE'S NO STEPHEN McATEERS ON ANY FLIGHT OUT OF AUSTRALIA

IN THE LAST MONTH.

WHY? WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND?

I'M GONNA GO AND PICK UP VINNY.

CAN YOU CHECK SOMETHING FOR ME WHEN I'M GONE?

Margi: YOU COULD HAVE KILLED HIM.

OH, YEAH, SO WHY COULDN'T I HAVE KILLED HICKSON?

I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE YOU DID.

YEAH, YEAH, EVERYBODY THOUGHT IT WAS OUR COLIN.

WHEN SHE WAS MURDERED, OUR COLIN WANTED TO AVENGE HER.

WHY COLIN, NOT ME?!

BECAUSE HE WAS PAULA'S GODFATHER!

NO!

IS THAT ALL HE WAS? IS THAT ALL HE WAS, EH?

YEAH, OF COURSE THAT'S ALL HE WAS!

[Crying] HE SAID... HE SAID I'M NOT THE TWINS' DAD.

NOT TRUE, IS IT? NO, OF COURSE IT'S NOT...

I AM THEIR DAD, AREN'T I?! YEAH, OF COURSE YOU ARE!

YOU HEAR THAT?!

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

YOU WERE TELLING LIES, WEREN'T YOU, EH?

YEAH.

[CELLPHONE RINGS]

HELLO?

Mayne: Smartass. STEPHEN AND COLIN?

IDENTICAL TWINS, AND SOMEONE USING COLIN'S NAME

FLEW MELBOURNE TO GATWICK A WEEK AGO.

THAT SOMEONE BEING STEPHEN. ONLY ONE REASON HE'D DO THAT.

Yeah, not a bad alibi, is it?

"COULDN'T HAVE BEEN ME. I WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD."

I'LL BET IT WAS STEPHEN TALKING TO VINNY IN THE PUB.

AND COLIN ONLY REALIZED HE WAS IN THE COUNTRY

WHEN BUTCHERS SHOWED HIM THAT PHOTO.

SO, HICKSON'S DEAD. COLIN'S GOT NO ALIBI.

HE'S OUR PRIME SUSPECT. STEPHEN'S IMPERSONATING HIM.

DID A RUNNER ON COLIN'S PASSPORT.

THEY ARGUE. THERE'S A FIGHT.

COLIN GRABS THE PASSPORT, GRABS THE LIGHTER,

AND GOES AND LOCKS HIMSELF IN THE BATHROOM.

"YOU'RE NOT LEAVING ME HERE TO TAKE THE RAP."

STEPHEN BREAKS DOWN THE DOOR, BUT IT'S TOO LATE.

THE PASSPORT IS TORCHED. STEPHEN IS SNOOKERED.

Colin ends up dead.

AND THERE'S ONLY ONE TYPE OF DNA LEFT BEHIND

BECAUSE IDENTICAL TWINS HAVE THE SAME DNA.

QUESTION IS, HOW MANY McATEERS KNOW STEPHEN WAS HERE?

AND WHERE IS HE NOW?

WHERE ARE THEY?

Margi: IN THE DRESSER CUPBOARD.

[PILLS RATTLING]

TAKE A COUPLE OF THESE, AND YOU'LL BE RIGHT AS RAIN.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

COME IN.

STILL THINK I'M ALL TALK AND NO ACTION, EH?

NO NEED FOR THIS, VINNY.

HAVE EVERY NEED.

LIAR.

LIED TO ME ABOUT ME AND MY GIRLS.

WHAT'S ALL THIS ABOUT?

I WANT YOU TO RELEASE OUR COLIN.

I CAN'T DO THAT YET.

I'M NOT RELEASING HIM TILL YOU RELEASE COLIN.

HE'S DONE NOTHING.

I CAN'T RELEASE HIS BODY UNTIL THE INVESTIGATION IS OVER.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, BODY?

YOU DON'T KNOW?

IT'S MORE OF YOUR MIND GAMES, ISN'T IT?

HE WAS MURDERED LAST NIGHT.

I THOUGHT YOU ARRESTED HIM.

WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THIS

WHILE YOU'VE GOT AN OFFICER AT KNIFEPOINT.

WHO KILLED HIM?

YOU THREATENED TO OFTEN ENOUGH.

WHY WOULD I KILL MY OWN BROTHER?

BECAUSE HE WAS EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO BE BUT WEREN'T.

A BINGO CALLER? [CHUCKLES]

A DECENT, DEPENDABLE, SOBER MAN...

THE MAN I SHOULD HAVE STUCK WITH!

LYNNE AND PAULA'S FATHER!

WHY ARE YOU SAYING THIS?!

OH, YOU ALWAYS SUSPECTED IT, VINNY.

AND WHEN HE CONFIRMED IT, YOU GOT DRUNK

AND YOU WENT 'ROUND TO COLIN'S AND YOU KILLED HIM, DIDN'T YOU?

Margi: LIKE YOU COULD HAVE KILLED ME BEFORE!

I ONLY KILLED HICKSON.

Janine: NO, YOU DIDN'T. YOU DIDN'T, VINNY.

YOU HAVEN'T KILLED ANYONE. YOU HAVEN'T GOT IT IN YOU.

I COULD KILL.

OKAY, OKAY, ALL RIGHT, OKAY.

OKAY, DON'T NEED TO PROVE IT.

PUT THE KNIFE DOWN, EH?

SHE KILLED THAT DOG.

I KNEW WHAT SHE WAS GOING THROUGH.

SEE? HE KNEW.

YEAH, I KNEW.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO SEE THEM WALKING IN THE PARK

AND KILL HIS DOG.

SHE WANTED ME... SHE WANTED ME TO DO IT, BUT I COULDN'T,

SO SHE DID IT HERSELF,

AND HICKSON KILLED HER FOR IT.

IT WAS MY JOB TO GET BACK AT HIM.

MINE!

AND I DID IT ON MY OWN.

AND I CAN TELL YOU HOW I DID IT, TOO.

FINALLY TURNED UP, HAVE YOU? ABOUT TIME.

Vinny: MUST HAVE BEEN ABOUT 10:00.

THE PHONE RANG.

WENT TO THE KITCHEN, AND HE ANSWERED IT.

WHEN HE PUT THE PHONE DOWN, I HAD HIM.

PULLED, PULLED.

DRAGGED HIM BY HIS NECK.

SHOULD BE BURN MARKS ON HIS HEELS.

AND I LEFT HIM FOR DEAD ON THE BED...

JUST LIKE HE LEFT PAULA.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY HOW IT HAPPENED, ISN'T IT?

NONE OF THAT PROVES YOU DID IT. NOW, DON'T SAY ANYTHING ELSE.

I KNOW I CAN'T PROVE IT.

THE REAL KILLER COULD HAVE TOLD HIM ALL THAT.

OH, TAKE NO NOTICE. IN FACT, HE TOLD ME, TOO.

SHE'S A LAWYER. SHE'S TRYING TO GET ME OFF.

HE TOLD THE WHOLE FAMILY... ALL OF US...

EVERY LAST DETAIL, EVEN DOWN TO THE BURNS ON HIS HEELS.

WHAT DID HE STRANGLE HIM WITH, EH?

YOU SAID HE TOLD THEM ALL THE DETAILS.

WHAT DID HE DO WITH THE MURDER WEAPON, HUH?

NO COMMENT, EH?

[SAW BUZZING]

[INDISTINCT TALKING]

DAD, YOU'VE GOT NOTHING TO PROVE.

YOU DON'T KNOW.

AND I DO, BECAUSE I DID IT.

AND I DID IT WITH THIS...

EXHIBIT ONE... MURDER WEAPON.

CHEW ON THAT, COLUMBO.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

I KILLED THAT FILTHY BASTARD WITH THIS.

Janine: PUT THE KNIFE DOWN, VINNY.

SORRY, MATE. DOING A RUNNER.

HOW MUCH STUFF YOU GOT?

HEY, THAT'S MY HAT.

SORRY. I JUST BORROWED IT, MATE.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

[CELLPHONE RINGING]

YEAH?

BOSS, DO YOU BELIEVE IN ZOMBIES?

AFTER HIM. SHAP, LET'S GO.

YEAH, OKAY.

BUTCHERS, WHERE IS HE?!

TOWARDS THE LIFT!

SHAP, AFTER HIM! STOP! POLICE!

STOP! POLICE!

WHAT'S GOING ON?

IT'S YOUR UNCLE STEPHEN.

GOT HIM, BOSS!

SHAP!

GET OFF ME! I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING!

WE GOT HIM, BOSS!

THEY BELIEVE ME NOW.

I'M AN OLD SOT.

DIDN'T THINK I COULD DO IT.

NONE OF YOU IS RIGHT.

[GLASS BREAKS]

[INDISTINCT TALKING]

MARGI, DID YOU KNOW THAT STEPHEN WAS...

HE JUMPED.

HE GOT WHAT HE WANTED, LOVE... A BLAZE OF GLORY.

Lynne: HE'S STILL ALIVE.

YOU THINK I PUSHED HIM, DON'T YOU?

IF HE SURVIVES, I'LL ASK HIM. AMBULANCE.

DAD!

DAD!

THE WAY YOU TURNED OUT, I CAN'T BELIEVE.

BUT PAULA... PAULA WAS... SHE WAS GONNA BE A BIT LIKE ME.

SHE PROBABLY...

IT'S OKAY, DAD, IT'S OKAY. IT'S OKAY, IT'S OKAY.

[MOANING]

STEPHEN ENTERED THE COUNTRY ON COLIN'S PASSPORT,

KILLED ALAN HICKSON, THEN KILLED COLIN.

VINNY KILLED COLIN

WHEN HE FOUND OUT COLIN WAS LYNNE AND PAULA'S REAL DAD.

YOU SURE COLIN WAS THEIR DAD?

WELL, THE DNA PROVES IT.

THE THING IS, YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO,

IDENTICAL TWINS HAVE THE SAME DNA.

HOW WOULD I KNOW THAT?

YOU SAT THROUGH EVERY DAY OF ALAN HICKSON'S TRIAL.

YOU MUST BE A DNA EXPERT.

LOOK, I KNOW WHICH BROTHER-IN-LAW I SLEPT WITH.

I MEAN, WHY DO YOU THINK I LEFT VINNY TO MOVE IN WITH COLIN?

TO GET HIS PASSPORT. SOMEONE MUST HAVE SENT IT TO HIM.

WELL, IT COULD HAVE BEEN COLIN HIMSELF.

YOU SEE, IF COLIN WAS HIS ACCOMPLICE,

THEN THEY'D HAVE HAD AN ALIBI

AND THEY WOULDN'T HAVE FOUGHT TO THE DEATH OVER IT.

YOU MADE SURE YOU HAD AN ALIBI, DIDN'T YOU, MARGI?

BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN PLANNING THIS

SINCE THE MOMENT THE JUDGE SENTENCED ALAN HICKSON.

AND YOU GOT STEPHEN, PAULA'S REAL DAD, TO HELP YOU.

I'D HAVE DONE IT MYSELF WITH MY OWN BARE HANDS IF I COULD.

JUST ONE THING I ASKED HIM TO DO FOR US... ONE THING.

HE COULD HAVE KEPT HIS HEAD DOWN, COME AND GONE.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN OKAY.

I MEAN, WHY WAS HE STILL HERE?

YOU THOUGHT HE WAS BACK IN AUSTRALIA?

YEAH. HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN LONG GONE.

SEE, I THINK HE PROBABLY PICKED UP A MESSAGE... STEPHEN...

FROM COLIN ON HIS ANSWER PHONE.

COLIN WOULD HAVE BEEN ANGRY WHEN HE FOUND OUT WHAT HE'D DONE.

HE'D HAVE WANTED TO SEE HIM.

STEPHEN WENT 'ROUND TO COLIN'S PLACE, AND YOUR PLAN FELL APART.

PROBABLY TOO LATE.

YOU REALLY THINK HE KILLED COLIN?

YEAH.

HE ONLY WENT AND JUMPED.

STEPHEN NEVER EVEN MET LYNNE.

HE ONLY EVER MET PAULA ONCE.

SHE SPENT HER HONEYMOON IN MELBOURNE.

BUT I RANG HIM AFTER THE COURT CASE,

AND I TOLD HIM ABOUT HICKSON'S SENTENCE.

AND THAT'S WHEN HE TOLD ME

THAT HE'D BLURTED OUT THE TRUTH TO HER ONE DAY ON HER HONEYMOON.

I MEAN, NO ONE KNEW WHY SHE WAS SO OBSESSED

WITH THE NOTION OF HER HUSBAND SLEEPING WITH HER SISTER

AND WHY SHE DRANK SO MUCH.

IT WASN'T BOREDOM AND A BAD MARRIAGE AND JEALOUSY OF LYNNE.

SHE DRANK TO BE MORE LIKE THE MAN SHE WISHED WAS HER REAL DAD.

AND IN THIS CACK-HANDED COUNTRY,

A DEAD DOG GETS MORE SYMPATHY

THAN A MURDERED GIRL WITH A DRINK PROBLEM.

[MUTTERING]

I KILLED HER KILLER.

YOU DO BELIEVE ME, DON'T YOU?

YEAH.

ARREST ME, THEN.

COME ON.

JUDGE ME.

VINCENT McATEER, I AM ARRESTING YOU

FOR THE MURDER OF ALAN HICKSON.

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING.

BUT IT MAY HARM YOUR DEFENSE IF YOU DO NOT MENTION,

WHEN QUESTIONED, SOMETHING WHICH YOU LATER RELY ON IN COURT.

[MOANS]

ANYTHING YOU DO SAY MAY BE GIVEN IN EVIDENCE.

DAD?

[SIREN WAILING]

HE SAID HE JUMPED.

CLAIMING CREDIT TO THE BITTER END.

I'M STILL SEEING STARS.

YOUR LUCKY ONES. SHOULD BE THANKING HIM.

YOU NEARLY LOST YOUR JOB TODAY.

YEAH, AND MY LIFE, BOSS. YEAH.

YOU'RE NOT GONNA TELL BOSS HOGG ABOUT THIS, ARE YOU?

NO, THE BOLLOCKING I'M GONNA GIVE YOU

IS GONNA BE 10 TIMES WORSE THAN ANYTHING SHE COULD GIVE YOU.

GO GET YOUR HEAD TESTED.

SO, SAADIQ'S NOT GAY.

ALAN HICKSON WASN'T GAY. HE NEVER HAD AN AFFAIR.

PAULA WAS JUST PARANOID,

AND IT WAS HER WHO DROWNED THE DOG, RIGHT?

SO, IN OTHER WORDS,

THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION.

I NEVER SAID THERE WAS.

MARGI COLDLY AND CALMLY PLOTTED HER REVENGE.

IT'S MALICE AFORETHOUGHT.

Janine: DOES THAT MAKE IT WORSE? MORE EVIL.

ALAN HICKSON JUST LOST HIS TEMPER, A MOMENT OF MADNESS.

WE'VE ALL HAD THEM.

WELL, YEAH, A MOMENT MAYBE, BUT HAVE YOU GOT ANY IDEA

HOW LONG IT ACTUALLY TAKES TO STRANGLE SOMEONE?

AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MUST FEEL LIKE TO SEE THE MAN

THAT MURDERED YOUR DAUGHTER GET OUT IN 18 MONTHS?

WELL, I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY THAT...

YOU CAN'T CONFRONT HIM, BECAUSE HE'S STRONGER THAN YOU ARE.

A WOMAN HAS NO OPTION BUT TO PLOT.

WOULD YOU KILL SOMEONE WHO KILLED YOUR KIDS?

WELL, I'D WANT TO, YEAH.

HELLO, DARLING. EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT?

WE'RE ALL FED. CHARLOTTE'S HAD A BATH.

HELLO.

THE BIN'S OUT, ELLIE'S DONE HER HOMEWORK,

AND JOANNE'S SEWN TOM'S BADGE ON HIS TRUNKS.

WELL, ALL RIGHT. Shh, shh.

WHEN'S THE NEW NANNY STARTING?

MONDAY MORNING, I THINK.

YOU BETTER KNOW, BECAUSE, IF SHE DOESN'T, I'M OUT OF HERE.

WHERE YOU GOING? PUB.

HI, MUM.

HELLO, SWEETHEART. WHO'S JOANNE?

HIS NEW GIRLFRIEND.

WANT TO COME INSIDE FOR A DRINK?

THERE'S A VACANCY FOR A FATHER FIGURE.

I'M STILL TRYING TO GO ON THIS DATE.

SURE. SEE YOU TOMORROW.

BYE.

SAY "BYE-BYE." SAY, "BYE-BYE, UNCLE RICHARD."

BYE. DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE MISSING, UNCLE RICHARD.

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