Original subtitles

We are being targeted constantly.

SAM: Mr Benson, two men have been found dead on your land.

If you have any trouble with my alibis,

I'm sure Sergeant Mackie would vouch for me.

PAT: Do you remember Saskia Bale,

who had her charges dropped, just like that?

Was she maybe ever fostered by the Mackies and then used?

SARAH: They've had a discreet request regarding Saskia.

What sort of request?

Mackie and the Bensons had a connection 20 years ago,

and there's one now.

JO: 'Donna Rower, Xav Palmer's ex, we interviewed her.

'She saw Xav the day he died.'

What about her? She's gone missing.

Mum?

Where's she gone?

PAT: That's one way to spread the word.

SIRENS BLARING

Estate workers say the suspect's of average height.

He's in a hood, a mask and dark clothes,

was chased into the woods and then lost.

We're checking the roads in case they left a vehicle.

Where's Sam?

Not here yet. Oh.

Well, I mean, it's another form of graffiti, isn't it?

Except this time,

it's close to where Todd Drake and Xav Palmer's bodies were found.

You mean an out-and-out accusation?

Well, what else does "Bensons kill" in this location mean?

Could be someone trying to deflect suspicion away from themselves.

Yeah, like whoever broke into Aexous with Xav and Todd.

Did the trio turn on each other?

Gawping at it won't get them found!

Mr Benson, we're just discussing what it might mean.

It's the same as it ever is. It's about the pesticides.

I told you before, they're obsessives.

And they're bloody lucky we had that rainfall,

or this whole hillside would have gone up!

Your night patrol swung into action, though.

Not fast enough for my liking.

Why have you got your shotgun?

In case I see a rabbit.

Can I advise you to leave the policing to us from now on?

We don't want any accidents.

And can I advise you to get your finger out?

My family are being victimised!

Earlier on, I was interviewing the kids that were partying up here

the night Xav Palmer died,

and Izza, the girl you rescued, said she saw Finn there.

Finn Allen? Yeah.

She didn't wanna give his name up, either.

I dunno, I might be wrong.

But he was a bit of a campaigner after last year's flood, wasn't he?

And Sophie and her friends are into that now.

I mean, why else was he up here?

30-plus sixth-form girls.

Bit young for him, aren't they?

Hm.

Thing is, Donna doesn't have many friends,

and I've rung around the friends she does have,

and no-one has seen her.

Well, we're doing everything we can,

and we'll be in touch as soon as we hear anything.

Well, I know it's hard and you want to get involved,

but you have to trust us to do our job.

Now, let's go back over some of the details.

Have those girls been having another mad party?

The moors have been on fire again.

SHE SIGHS

You don't dabble in wacky baccy and mushrooms, do you?

Cos you getting into trouble

is the last thing your grandad needs right now.

He's told you, then, has he? He's told you he's dying?

Your grandad's very poorly. He's dying.

I found the letter last Friday.

Well, then why are you giving him a hard time?

I'm not.

We went fishing and made an agreement.

Don't keep it in, let it out.

He knows I don't mean it.

And look, I'm making him a playlist for his MRI scan tomorrow.

They say take in music

cos you've got all them magnets whizzing around,

and it's really noisy.

And this is his favourite stuff. Aw.

Human League, very good.

Sheffield band. Met my nan at one of their gigs.

Aw, it's lovely.

But listen to me, they're trying out new treatments all the time.

They said he's too far on.

But he doesn't want Mum to know that.

Well, if she comes back.

Of course she'll be back. And how is he gonna hide it from her?

Yeah, overall, very impressive. Eh?

Your taste in music.

CHUCKLING: Oh, yeah.

They've gone.

No update. They, er, just want another photograph.

Oh, right. She'll be back. Mm.

She will! Yeah.

Sorry for being a dickhead, Grandad.

Yeah, well, we all have our weaknesses, eh?

Yeah, like Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark.

HE CHUCKLES

PHONE CHIMES

Morning. Can I ask you something?

No, Mum, I'm in a rush. It won't take a sec.

Only, you know, some people think the councillors know everything,

and on this one, I haven't got a clue.

Oh, right, here we go. Here we go. PHONE CHIMES

Look! Same question. Right...

"The 'Bensons kill' slogan burning on the hillside means what?"

We dunno,

but they've had environmental activists targeting them recently.

Environmental activists? The Bensons gave us the floodwall!

Well, yeah, they also own Aexous Chemicals.

Aexous Chemicals? Not something they broadcast

because it attracts protests like that, but...

Hang on. No... No, no, no, no.

Pat is bringing Eve to the station before she goes to nursery,

and I wanna see her. No, hang on. Hang on, hang on.

We found out yesterday the river is full of pollution.

Mum! Two seconds. Please, just please?

Look, right, these test results came through from Layal.

Right, I mean, it's all gobbledegook to me.

I don't really understand any of it,

but essentially, it is saying there are horrible forever chemicals

in the water, running through our town.

And these chemicals were banned, like, 20 years ago.

So where are they coming from?

That's the question, except now you've just said that,

what about from Aexous three miles upriver?

Yeah, OK, that is interesting. Yeah, I'll feed that in.

Yeah, I mean, and maybe that's what the sign's on about,

because I tell you, these chemicals are toxic.

OK, Mum, listen, you said it yourself, right?

You don't understand this stuff,

so if folk ask you about the fire on the hill,

you just say, "We don't know. We're looking into it."

Then you leave it at that, all right? Ugh...

I mean it. Right.

Cross your heart, hope to die. Huh?

Cross your heart! Oh, my God.

Thank you. And now I actually am late, so...

Right. Bye. Bye!

You've got a big box out here. Oh.

BEEP

Nearly lost another one!

Have you seen Jo yet? Not yet.

No. Will you tell her we stopped by?

Will do.

Hiya, Sandra. It's Phil Mackie. How are you?

'I'm... Yeah, I'm good. Haven't heard from you for a while.'

Yeah, listen, I know you're up against it,

so just a quick question about a data request.

PHONE RINGS

Hello?

Mr Sellers, it's DC Marshall.

Erm, the break-in at your plant. 'Yes?'

'Is there any news on the guest pass that was used to gain entry?'

'Yeah. So, there were three passes that were unaccounted for.

'We located two of them

'and confirmed that neither of those were used.'

The third is a dead end because the temp we issued it to

lost it on her last day, so there's not much we can do.

Contact details for this woman, now.

OK. Our absolute priority is to find Donna Rower, yes?

Yeah, she's vulnerable.

She was romantically linked to Xav Palmer,

possibly the last person to see him alive,

but has now been missing for over 35 hours.

So an obvious concern is, could she be another victim?

Or the person who pulled that stunt last night.

Either way, find her.

Er... Yes?

I've got a lead on the guest pass used to break into Aexous.

Chase it. Yes, Sir. Also, I gather

that tests on the river indicate

that there could have been a chemical spill,

and I'm just thinking we should talk to someone at Aexous about that.

I'll call them now. You go after that guest pass.

Yeah. Jo, I'll come with you, yeah? Sure.

You didn't come out to the moors last night.

No, I didn't see the text until this morning.

TONY: 'I've still not heard back from Donna.'

You know, "no news is good news" isn't always true, is it?

SHE TUTS, PHONE CHIMES

Come on.

The "no swimming" signs have gone up. Mm.

Oh, Layal dropped off a whole load

of them water-testing kits at my place.

Well, we shall have to keep testing, then, eh?

Yeah, but she hasn't told us how to use them. Well, ring her.

I've tried. I can't get in touch with her.

Oh, this is a good 'un.

Did you know the Bensons own Aexous chemical works?

Yeah. Yeah, I think I heard it once. Why?

What do you mean "why"? We've got a river full of chemicals!

Oh, I see. Right. Yep, yep, true.

Right, so what do we do?

Do we get the Environment Agency onto 'em?

You could do, yeah. You could do, but, erm...

the trouble with the EA is, they warn companies in advance

for when they're doing a spot check.

Warn them in adv... What's the point of that?

It's hopeless.

It gives them time to cover up and clean up.

That's ridiculous.

Maybe I should give the Bensons a Molly Marshall spot check,

turn up unannounced! HE CHUCKLES

Maybe you should!

Antony Rower, please? Right.

You're up. OK. Good luck.

He's got a very good playlist.

But I'd skip track four.

Hi. Oh, I'm so sorry, I'm not a believer.

So I don't wanna waste your time, but, yeah, all the best...

SAM CHUCKLES No, Miss Smith. Erm...

I'm Detective Sergeant Bradley. This is DC Marshall.

We're not Jehovah's Witnesses.

We're making enquiries about the Aexous keycard that you lost.

Oh, sorry. Erm, yeah.

Aexous called about that yesterday,

and I told them I don't know where it is,

and I don't remember losing it, so afraid I can't help.

Well, let's see about that.

You worked as a temp for Aexous, didn't you? For how long?

A month. I was covering someone's maternity leave.

So, when did you lose the guest pass?

Oh, well, I had it in the morning on my last day,

but then when I got back from a working lunch,

reception had to let me in cos I couldn't find it.

Where did you go for lunch?

Oh, The Lord Stanley Oak. The pub off the high street.

OK, look, we might come back, but thank you. Thanks.

Finn Allen works at The Lord Stanley Oak.

Who's Finn Allen?

Oh, his grandparents died in the flood last year.

He's, erm... He's like a climate activist,

and he was at the party on the moors

the night that Xav Palmer's body was found.

Hey, run a check on him. Yeah.

Have you got his address? Er, yeah.

RINGING TONE

'You're through to the Counter Terrorism Unit.'

Counter Terrorism Unit.

'Leave your name, and your call will not be recorded.'

Bring him in. Request back-up.

POLICE RADIO CHATTER

Jo! What is this? OFFICER: Come on.

How can you let this happen, Jo? I've done absolutely nothing!

I've done nothing, and you're just standing there. In you get.

You have my total fucking contempt.

Nice work.

I've told you, I don't know anything

about any key-pass or keycard or whatever you wanna call it.

Are you sure about that? Absolutely sure, yes.

It was an Aexous guest pass,

with the big X logo on it, like the graffiti around town.

OK. Moving on.

For the purposes of the recording,

I'm showing Finn a picture of Xav Palmer.

We've a witness who said they saw you at the party on the moors,

near to where the body was found.

Were you involved in the murder of Xav Palmer?

Was I...?

No. No, I wasn't.

Were you involved in Todd Drake's murder?

No, I mean, I... I didn't even know them.

How come you came to be there, then?

I was invited. Who by?

How about Sophie Kamali and her mates,

who've been protesting about the heather burn

and harassing the owners of Crossdale Estate?

You were aware of that, no?

I suppose. Yeah.

Did you encourage them to do those things?

No. Were you recruiting them to the cause?

SCOFFING: Oh, God. Is that why you were there?

Look, I wasn't... I wasn't even gonna go!

Why not?

Because, like...

Sophie has...

Sophie has this thing for me, OK?

Which is, like, a bit embarrassing.

I mean, she's lovely, but she's 17.

So I told her, "No, I'm not going."

Then I found out that her and her friends

were planning to, like, take...

mushrooms and...

So after work, when the pub shut, I decided to go and check on 'em.

And there they were, just, like, a bunch of sixth formers

off their faces with Declan Rower,

so pissed he kept falling over everywhere.

But other than that, they were fine, so I didn't hang around.

Not receptive to being recruited?

Oh, my God, why would I recruit anybody? Eh?

Like, I don't have a cause. Fine.

Well, our records say different,

because in 2023, you were arrested at a climate protest

for aggravated trespass and obstruction of a highway.

Yeah, like, that was over two years ago.

And that was the last time you were involved in any sort of activism?

Correct. Right.

I heard you got pretty worked up last year after the flood.

My grandparents died in it.

What do you get worked up about?

My point is, you were still active.

Jo, the prints on the gun,

they're not Finn Allen's, so it's all circumstantial.

Unless you've got something on him,

we're gonna have to let him go really soon.

Nothing yet. Fuck!

Hi, Miss Smith. It's DS Bradley. We met earlier.

'Oh, hello.'

The person you met for your working lunch at The Lord Stanley Oak,

can you tell us who that was, please?

Yeah, she's a teacher at Waterside Girls'.

She'd wanted to organise a school trip to the Aexous plant

for sixth formers.

Can I have her name, please?

'Yeah, of course. It's Layal Ellis.'

Is she doing a runner?

Layal?!

LAYAL SIGHS

HE SNORES GENTLY

BRAKES SQUEAL

So, great year for you and a shit one for me.

Talking of shit, how is Westminster?

I prefer the constituency,

a lot more opportunities. Yeah?

Government's relaxing planning regulations.

Apropos of which, you didn't go bankrupt over Uplands, did you?

Yeah, I did, actually.

But it was lifted last month. Good.

Thank you for your concern.

I ask because I'm looking to put you forward

as a developer who understands the needs of tomorrow.

There are a lot of lucrative projects coming up.

This is your way of making amends

for throwing me under the bus, is it? OK, I see.

Er, I'm not with you. Sorry?

OK, well, let me spell it out for you.

Mackie lost me the Uplands project,

orchestrated the whole thing, probably because I was fucking you.

Don't be ridiculous.

He's good friends with Alan Benson, isn't he?

Well, he knows him, but so what?

Well, it's just that Alan Benson

owns the investment company that shafted me.

I mean, their timing was impeccable.

Pulled out at the worst possible moment.

Almost as though they'd had a tip-off.

And interestingly, you were the only person

that knew exactly how much trouble I was in.

I didn't tell them anything.

Oh, I bet you talked to Mackie, didn't you? Yeah, course you did.

He would have passed it on to Benson as payback for me and you.

OK, so even if that were the case...

It is the case.

..then play the long game, Jack.

Mackie and I are as good as over, have been for a while now.

So bide your time, we can leave all this behind us,

team up together again and make some real money.

It's all a bit vague, though, isn't it?

You see, I need to be surrounded by people that I can trust.

And the question is, can I trust you?

Because every time I put my hand in my pockets these days,

there's not much there, and that's down to Mackie and Benson...

..and you.

I'll leave you to pick up the tab.

I'm sure you'll be able to claim it back on expenses, eh?

DOOR OPENS Hm.

DOOR CLOSES

MACKIE: 'I was just about to call you.' Hi.

'Listen, I made that call to Children's Services

'about Saskia Bale.'

They're gonna get back to me later today.

'And you were careful?' Very.

I just ran into Jack Radcliffe.

Oh, yeah?

'He seems to think you're the reason he lost his business.'

What? Come on. He resorted to fraud to stay afloat.

He's useless, that's why his business failed.

So you didn't tip off Alan Benson? Cos that's what he's saying.

'Yeah, well, I might have mentioned a few things.'

Oh, for God's sake, Phil!

'Then he's out to make trouble.'

Right. Well, let's just nip this in the bud, then, shall we?

I'll see you later.

KEYPAD TONE

PHONE APP CHIMES

Back door's broken.

Vandals, probably.

It is a bit rough round here, eh?

But I love what you've done with the place since your mum died.

What do you want?

Nah, what do YOU want?

Well, at least this confirms that I can't trust your wife any more.

Maybe a touch more than you can, but...

MACKIE GRUNTS Ha.

Steady. What's the game, Jack?

It's quite simple, really.

Do you know what? I'm thinking of marketing it as a board game.

It's called "I Want Back Every Penny I Lost On Uplands".

Uplands failed because you're shit at business.

You can pay, or the Bensons can. I'm really not that fussed.

Never gonna happen. Yeah.

I wouldn't be too sure about that, you know.

You see, when you've got fuck all, you've got nothing left to lose.

Do you remember my caretaker?

Nice chap. Took his own life...

or did he?

Cos you see, I heard the other day that that's not what happened.

I heard that he was murdered.

And guess who came along to help?

And you heard that from who?

Oh, now, let me, er... let me have a think.

What was his name?

Er, do you know what? I can't quite remember.

OK, let me remind you, we're all dependent on each other.

As I said, I've got nothing to lose.

How's about your liberty? What's that without money, eh?

You see, I have zero interest

in trying to save your sorry arse any more.

In fact, I might make myself feel better if I was to turn you in.

Just be very careful.

Every penny.

You've got 24 hours. Now fuck off!

PHONE RINGS

Oh.

'Ey up, Sandra, that was quick.

'Yeah, cos it was nice and simple.

'The data request was made by someone at your end -

'Waterside Police.

'Are you gonna foster again?'

Ah, yeah, that'll be it.

Great, thanks. Cheers, Sandra. 'All right. Bye.'

Watch closely.

And... keycard's gone, stolen by you.

You're not gonna deny that that's you, I hope.

And there's Finn Allen.

And you know Finn, of course.

So, what, did you work together to steal the pass?

No. Did you break into the Aexous chemical plant

with Xav Palmer and Todd Drake? No. No.

PHONE CHIMES

Interview paused at 14:22.

PROLONGED BEEP

In 2024, you wrote about Aexous online,

and I quote,

"Aexous Chemicals peddle death on the open market,

"legitimately selling carcinogenic pesticides

"across the developing world."

Wanna deny you wrote that?

Why would I deny it? It's true.

But no-one else cares, so why should I any more?

So it's just a big, fat coincidence, then,

that an Aexous Chemical pass went missing at your place of work?

It's a coincidence on my part, yeah.

Did Xav Palmer or Todd Drake ever drink in your pub?

Remembering before you answer

that we have CCTV for the past 30 days.

And that you previously told me you didn't know either of them.

HE SIGHS OK.

I knew them, yeah.

We met at a, er, grief counselling group.

And we just got talking.

It was hard not to, Xav had a mouth on him.

What did you get talking about?

Aexous. All things Aexous.

And...

At first, I thought, "Great," you know?

But then I realised that their interests weren't mine.

All Xav wanted to do was break into the chemical plant.

A complete waste of time unless you know what you're looking for,

which Xav didn't, but every time he got them together,

he'd just, like...

..harangue them.

Who's "them"?

Erm... Todd.

You said "them". Who else?

HE SIGHS Layal Ellis.

Layal, we have Finn Allen in the next interview room,

and he's just told us that you, Todd Drake and Xav Palmer

planned to break into the Aexous chemical plant for some time.

What have you got to say about that?

Because this is a double murder investigation,

and you are a known associate of both the deceased.

Also, an initial search of your house

has found traces of an accelerant

that we believe was used in last night's arson attack.

Also paint that matches the threatening graffiti

found on the Bensons' estate,

and a mask and a boiler suit

that are identical to the ones worn by three people

who broke into Aexous last week.

So, do you wanna explain to us

what those items are doing in your possession?

No comment.

Right. For the purposes of the recording,

I am showing Layal CCTV images.

Is that you breaking into Aexous with Xav Palmer and Todd Drake?

No comment.

OK, Layal, I can give you one more chance to answer our questions,

then I'm gonna have to move things on, yeah?

So, once more, is this you breaking into Aexous?

No comment.

If that's the case,

I'm gonna have to charge you with theft, criminal damage, arson

and the murders of Xav Palmer and Todd Drake.

No!

I didn't kill anyone!

So tell us what you do know, and what happened,

and tell us now.

I broke into Aexous with Xav and Todd, yes, with that passkey,

looking for evidence of illegal discharges in the river.

But it went wrong almost immediately

because Todd's epileptic and was having a seizure.

So... So we had to call it off and leave.

I helped get Todd back in the van,

but then Xav took him off to hospital because his...

his mouth was dragging, and he was making these clucking sounds

like he was having another fit.

So... So, they went off and...

and I went home.

And, erm, the next day,

well, I went swimming with Molly to keep up appearances,

but I was getting more and more anxious

because I couldn't get through to Xav or Todd.

They weren't picking up.

And then the next thing I hear

is that Todd's turned up dead on the moors,

on Benson moorland, shot with a Benson gun.

And I'm terrified because I still can't get in touch with Xav.

I keep trying and trying, but he won't pick up.

And then he turns up murdered, too.

And on the moors again. And he's been shot, as well.

And all I can think is that they... they saw us breaking into Aexous,

and they do have things to hide, and they're killing us one by one.

And...

Well, that's why I haven't come forward,

cos I don't want to be next!

LAYAL SOBS

Layal, can I ask you about the word "murderers"

that was daubed on the Bensons' house,

and "Bensons kill" up on the hillside?

Did you do those? I did.

Right. It's just, considering what you're saying,

that's quite a big risk.

There are levels of PFAS, polyfluoroalkyls,

way above the legal limit in the river,

which must be coming from Aexous.

And yesterday, we found these other chemicals

banned over 20 years ago, so what was it doing in our river?

And what would Aexous and the Bensons do

to make sure that people don't get to know that?

PHONE RINGING

No, fuck off!

DOORBELL RINGS

Molly Marshall, Waterside Council, here to see Mr Benson.

Is he expecting you? Oh, good, he's in. Which way?

Hello! Excuse me!

Why, what have you done? Hello!

Anybody home? Hello!

Molly Marshall, to see Mr Benson!

Hello! What the hell is going on?

I couldn't put it better myself.

Can we get you something? Nope. You're all right.

I was fortunate enough to know your husband.

Really? Yeah.

He never mentioned you. Oh, yes. Yes, Brendan.

He was a credit to the force, as I'm sure you are to the council.

Oh, I drive 'em potty. Want everything done yesterday.

I'm with you on that one, yeah. Life's too short for red tape, eh?

Yeah. Especially if you've got cancer thanks to Aexous!

Right. OK.

If this is about last night's protest...

It's about dead fish in the river. We've done tests,

and there's perfluorooctanesulfonic acid in the water.

That's extremely worrying. Yeah, just took a friend for an MRI.

He was flooded out last year, has leukaemia now. It's terminal.

If you start making unfounded accusations...

Dad, stop! You be careful who you pick a fight with in this room.

Those chemicals cause cancers and are banned!

Molly, listen, please.

Aexous only produce and use authorised PFAS.

And, yes, we do discharge some of those into the river,

but only within the regulated legal limits,

which we never exceed, and we can prove that.

OK. So who's putting the nasty shit in the water?

Not us. Dear God, woman.

Would we risk a lawsuit that could ruin us

when we don't need or have to?

We wouldn't, would we?

I will, though, take to the cleaners anyone who starts making false

and groundless accusations against us,

so careful who you pick a fight with, Molly Marshall!

MOLLY LAUGHS

Said the philanthropist.

Tomorrow's commendations -

as Jo's sponsor, could you do the introduction, say a few words?

Consider my arm twisted.

Great. How is Jo?

You know, with her and Pat being separated and on the same team?

Yeah, she's doing great.

You know, she's a natural. She's an instinctive detective.

Well, Pat, on the other hand, is...

HE CHUCKLES What?

A bit unfocused.

You know, I had to have a word with him the other day

for looking into high-end car thefts from 15 years ago.

Cold cases, complete waste of time.

Just...

I wasn't gonna mention anything,

but it is going round that Jo might have a new fella.

Ah! Yeah.

Look, it's good that the two of us know.

You know? Duty of care and all that.

Yeah, quite. Thanks.

RINGING TONE 'Main desk.'

Computer Records, please. 'Putting you through.'

'Records.' Hey, Ian. Phil Mackie.

How you doing? 'Oh, hi, Phil. Yeah. OK.'

Good, good, good. Can you send me up an old case of mine from 2010?

'Yeah, course.' Car thefts.

It'll have Bren Marshall's name on it, as well.

'Sure.' Cheers. Oh, and, er...

yeah, with any viewing records.

'Yeah, doing do it right away.' Thanks a lot, mate.

All right, shall we run this past Balsara?

Yeah. Erm...

I'm sorry, can I just ask her one more question? Yeah.

How do you know that a shotgun belonging to the Bensons

was used to shoot Todd Drake?

But we haven't shared that information with you,

so I'm thinking the only way you could know that

is if you stole the gun.

SHE SOBS

OK, change of story.

Did you shoot Todd Drake?

SOBBING: Dear God, no. Did you shoot Xav Palmer?

No. Were you in a relationship with him?

What, with Xav? Or Todd?

No! No.

I didn't kill anyone, I swear it. I...

SOBBING: I swear.

But I did lie.

Xav shot Todd.

LAYAL SOBBING

This is everything I know that happened, OK?

'We broke into Aexous in the early hours.

'We were looking for anything that could prove

'what they were dumping in the river.'

We'd not long been in there when Todd has a seizure.

HE GASPS, GROANS

HE GRUNTS

'We managed to bring him round and get him in the van.'

We had no option. We had to leave.

'And we were feeling such frustration, and...'

XAV: Todd?

To get in there and get nothing!

To be in there with everything we need

to prove what they were doing!

TODD GROANS WEAKLY Todd, Todd!

Xav!

Xav! TYRES SCREECH

GROANING

Todd? Todd?

Todd, wake up! Todd!

We need to call an ambulance!

SOBBING: What was the point, anyway? He... He was already dead.

'The sun was coming up,

'and Xav was obsessed about getting away from the van

'and up on to the moors.'

Xav? DISTANT VOICES

WHISPERING: Oh, shit.

Oh, shit! They're from the Bensons' estate.

They're setting the burn for next season's grouse shoot.

And then he told me to wait there.

'And he went off, and he left me with Todd.'

With a dead body.

And anyone could have come along. And he was gone for ages!

'And then he comes back,

'and the estate workers who were doing the burn

'were miles away by then, thank God, because Xav's all worked up.

'And he's... he's telling me to take off Todd's boiler suit,

'which I do, because that sort of made sense, and...'

INHALES SHAKILY

And then he shot him!

GUNSHOT ECHOES

Oh, my God, what did you do?!

Why did you do that?!

Then it was like he was crazy or something,

because he's telling me

how he'd gone and stolen a shotgun from the Bensons,

so that when he shot Todd with it,

you'd think they killed him!

And then I went home.

And that is all that I know. And...

SHE SOBS

Again, I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

Update from Path on Todd's cause of death.

It's still inconclusive, but there's a note.

"The fact that the cause of death can't be determined

"is consistent with sudden seizures."

So she could be telling the truth. Yeah, but now we know she can lie.

Yeah. Also, Xav must have been killed

by someone who knew Todd was shot after he died.

The only person we have who definitely knew that is Layal.

Any update on Donna Rower? No.

OK, so, what do we do?

I mean, obviously keep Layal in, but what about Finn?

Keep 'em both in. OK.

I need to go and get Eve.

Is there any news on Saskia Bale?

It's confirmed - Saskia Bale was fostered by Mackie,

so I'll look her up.

Do you think she'll talk to us?

Well, we've gotta try.

Come round later, yeah? Yeah.

CHIMING

Jack wants paying off, which I'm working on.

But he wasn't the one doing the digging on Saskia Bale.

That was Pat.

And it looks like he's making a pincer movement

cos he's also been looking into some old case files of mine.

You said we could bank on Pat.

Well, he's had enough pay-offs over the years, so, yeah...

he needs reminding of that.

What's Jo up to?

I dunno.

I'm not sure. And how are she and Pat?

Still living separately.

Let's not stray into talking about us.

I need to know where we stand. Phil.

I miss you so much. Phil!

You've no idea. Stop!

That's for another time.

Find out what's going on, hm?

Knock, knock. Ah.

Are we going fishing?

Yeah, for liars.

There's a brew there. You can have it.

I've gotta go and get some river water samples before it's dark.

Milk's in the fridge.

Oh, aye? Ta.

Oh, no, no. No, no, no, no.

Ha-ha-ha! Don't look at that. It'll spoil the surprise!

Go over there.

What for, and what surprise?

Well, if I told you that, there wouldn't be one, would there?

It's nice. Moll...

HE CLEARS THROAT ..me and surprises don't get on.

I hate surprises.

The only way I can enjoy them is if I know they're coming,

then I'm brilliant, cos I'm, like, not surprised.

And I'm like, "Oh, great, thanks! What a surprise."

So, come on, what's going on?

Well, don't tell Pat I told you.

He's getting some of your old workmates

back together for your birthday.

And I found out Nige Lynwood's back from Spain.

But don't worry, I told Pat not to invite Tempo!

Oh, come on. You'll enjoy it.

I might even get an invite myself.

We'll have a laugh! And shut the door on your way out.

Ta-ra. Ta-ra.

Not tonight, thank you.

I mean it, OK? Just fuck right off! What's up?

What's up?! Yeah.

Have a fucking guess! I've no idea.

No? I saw you with Sarah Mackie,

going into that bistro in town, opening the door for her.

Molly... OK, that was business.

Oh, Jack, please.

You had your hand on the small of her back. Molly!

Don't bleeding lie to me, as well! I'm telling you, it was business.

Oh, go away.

Oh, come on, come here. Don't you dare! Don't!

Just go away and leave me alone. OK?

So, Balsara's like, "Deepa, can I borrow you for a sec?"

And I'm thinking, "Oh, no, what have I done now?"

And he comes out with, "Does DC Marshall have a new bloke?"

What? Yeah.

What did you say?

I said, "I don't think so, Sir, but frankly, it's none of my business."

Do you, though? Oh, yeah, a couple (!)

I mean, are you kidding me? When would I have time for that?

You get some nights off, don't you? PHONE RINGS

Yeah, that's true. I could fit it in, actually!

DC Marshall.

MAN: 'I want to check, you on the Layal case?'

Yeah, that's my case. What have you got?

'I've got some more information that's just come through.'

OK. Yeah, great.

I'll, erm... I'll be with you in an hour.

They've arrested someone in Leeds, and their prints match our gun.

Who?

Hi. Look, I'm sorry to disturb you.

We've got a fingerprint match for the shotgun.

They were picked up drunk and disorderly in Leeds.

'And get this, it's Donna Rower.

'Call me when you get this, yeah?'

MACKIE: Everything OK?

Mm. That was Jo.

So, go on, then, tell me what you know.

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