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[ Breathing heavily]

[ Horn honking]

[Sighs, groans]

Oh...

[ Groans]

[ Pulsating tone]

Can you just go back and wait, please?!

Ruth, any word?

It's not like Sallie to not come home at all.

She's been out late recently, but it's just not like her.

Look, Ruth, I'm sure she's all right.

We rang the police.

You know what teenagers are like.

But she's never before tried to...

[Sobbing ] Oh, I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm sorry.

You've got to get to school. Can I just speak to Penny?

She's in with Linda. Come on.

Sallie didn't call you later last night?

She didn't call from a phone box or from someone's house?

I'm sorry, Mrs. Sturdy. She didn't call me.

Is there someone Sallie could have stayed with?

I don't know, Mum.

[ Doorbell rings]

That'll be Gloria.

[Sobs]

Mum?

Honey, you two better get to school.

Right. Okay.

Give me a call when you get there, all right?

[Gulps]

[ Tires screeching ]

Morning, gov.

Morning.

Sallie Sturdy, 14 years old, reported missing at 11:30 p.m.

Mum, dad, family?

Yeah. She lives at home. Uh, mum and dad made the call.

Sallie left home about 5:00.

Hasn't been seen since.

They also said she's never done this before.

Sorry. A 14-year-old girl goes missing.

She's got no history of running away,

the family's frantic, and no one sees fit to call me?

Call you? What, last night?

Yeah.

There weren't any further developments overnight.

I didn't see a need to call you a second time.

Second time?

COX: Yeah.

Well, has... has anyone interviewed the family yet?

I was waiting. She's 14, so...

Which means she's old enough to look after herself,

or she's old enough to get into trouble?

It depends on the girl.

Yes. Exactly. That's why you find out who she is.

You interview the family.

Danny... Danny, can you accompany D.C., uh...

- Wood. - Wood on this? Thank you.

COX: We've got a missing girl. Sallie Sturdy.

14 years old.

Left home last night about 5:00 p.m.

on her way to school basketball training.

Taff, check the school, will you?

So you need to build a picture of Sallie...

her Internet habits, her friends, where she hangs out.

Yeah. I have done this before, you know.

Yeah. Right. [Clears throat]

Told you she had a few.

[ Indistinct shouting]

Mr. Philips.

D.S. Alun Simms.

[Clears throat]

[Whistle blows]

[ Indistinct shouting]

WOOD: Does Sallie have a mobile phone?

No. We don't believe in mobile phones.

WOOD: Could she have a secret one... a pay-as-you-go?

Sallie?

Look, Sallie doesn't visit chat rooms or instant messaging.

There's nothing like that.

We have firewalls. We have parental locks.

As you can see, the computer's in full view.

It's just to make sure there are no odd messages

or names that are unfamiliar.

We'll give it straight back when we've checked it.

Who would be sending Sallie messages?

Okay, this...

- Tony! - No, listen.

I'm just gonna drive around and look for Sallie.

I can't just sit here and do nothing.

Mr. Sturdy, you said you were at work until 7:00, right?

Like I said, yes.

So you'd be back here by 8:00?

Like I said, yeah.

[ Door closes ]

We're a good family, you know.

[Voice breaking ] We've always been close.

We're really close.

Do you mind if we take a look in Sallie's bedroom?

You know, just look at her stuff?

That's fine.

Yeah. Of course.

- TRAYNOR: Thanks. - WOOD: Thank you.

God, I hate reading people's diaries.

TRAYNOR: Anything good in there?

A couple of names.

TRAYNOR: Oh. Cigarettes.

Hmm.

Not the only thing she's been smoking, though.

Not quite the little angel, then.

Some tea.

Oh, Mrs. Sturdy. You shouldn't have.

That's okay.

[ Boy laughs]

[ Beepi?g ]

[ Laughter]

[Girl speaking indistinctly]

Excuse me! Excuse me!

You know my daughter, Sallie!

- You know my daughter, Sallie! - Get away from me!

Get away from me!

TONY: I need you to help me!

I need...

[ Breathing heavily]

I'm not a bad man!

Jane.

Final countdown, eh?

Pension and health plan all sorted?

Getaway in Spain?

Florida, actually.

Old couples retire to Florida these days.

You know, like the Mafia.

Could be worse. Great golf.

How long now?

I'm not sure exactly.

It's not long, huh?

Oh!

Oh, shit.

Anything on the missing girl?

I'm just checking the parents now.

No criminal convictions, either of them.

And not showed up in any investigations.

- A message from Taff. - M m-hmm.

He said he spoke to the basketball coach.

Sallie never got to practice.

Right. [Clears throat]

[ Indistinct shouting]

[ Mid-tempo hip-hop playing ]

- Oh! - Oh!

- Sorry. - What would you do?

[ Indistinct shouting]

Have we distributed Sallie's photo yet?

Uh, no. We've only just finished...

Get that out as quickly as possible, okay?

Anything significant?

A couple of names mentioned in her diary... Curtis and Lester.

But the parents haven't heard of them.

Okay. Well, ask around.

See if anyone's heard of a Curtis or a Lester.

Okay. Good.

[ Doorbell rings]

TENNISON: Mrs. Sturdy.

Yes.

I'm Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison.

Come in, please.

TENNISON: Thank you.

Is there any news yet?

No. I'm afraid there's nothing yet.

You want to do something? I'll tell you what you could do.

See this place... this place across the street?

All night the racket. Buh-boom! Buh-boom!

RUTH: There's a care home for adolescent girls up the street.

One of the girls, Gloria, is a friend of Sallie's.

Those guys that hang about are but their boyfriends.

TONY: Boyfriends. Right. Boyfriends.

We told Sallie... told her to stay well clear of the place.

Sean.

Sorry. Ruth.

Hello, Sean.

Sean Philips. I'm Sallie's teacher.

Headmaster.

Look, the reason we've come over is, urn...

I saw Sallie going up to the heath.

The heath?

PENNY: I know...

I didn't think it was important at the time.

Are you sure? Are you sure, Penny?

Because... No, she wouldn't cross the heath at night.

TENNISON: What time was this, Penny?

It was 6:00.

'Cause she left here with her basketball kit.

She left to go to basketball. Why was she going to the heath?

Penny, it's all right.

Mrs. Sturdy's not angry with Sallie.

She just wants to make sure she's safe.

Of course I'm not. Of course I'm not, no.

I'm sorry. I didn't even talk to her.

RUTH: [ Sobs]

Where's my little girl?

Thank you, Penny. You've been a great help.

Thank you.

Mrs. Sturdy, look...

Mr. Sturdy, I'm going to give you my mobile-phone number.

I want you to call me if you have any problems

or any questions at all.

- Thank you. - Thank you, Mrs. Tennison.

[ Up-tempo hip-hop playing ]

[ Laughter]

Mr. Philips?

Sorry. Penny...

Are you sure that it was 6:00 you saw Sallie?

Don't worry about that lot. Listen, this is serious.

What Sallie's mum said wasn't right.

TENNISON: Why?

Sallie didn't have her kit bag with her.

She didn't have it.

WOOD: Gov!

Gov, can I have a word with you?

I'm... I'm sorry.

We'll have to continue this another time.

Yes?

WOOD: There's a girl over in the care home.

I think you should talk to her.

She said Sallie was in here yesterday afternoon, so...

Her dad's favorite place. What's her name?

Tanya.

Tanya. Tanya.

You said that Sallie was in here yesterday at about 4:00.

- Sitting in the kitchen. - Was she with someone?

- [Beeps] - No.

- So she was on her own? - Yeah.

She was just... You know.

I said, "Hello. How you doing?" That kind of thing.

Okay, now... Hey!

- [ Sighs 1 - YOUNG WOMAN: Tanya.

Tanya, you didn't see her leave?

No.

WOOD: Was she visiting someone?

[ Gasps]

Tanya.

What was she doing here?

You know, we do encourage contact sometimes, so...

[Girls laughing]

Hey, girls. Girls, hey.

Does Sallie come here a lot?

Oh, yeah. She hangs around here, innit?

Me and Penny saw her up on the heath, actually.

You saw her on the heath? What time was that?

Uh, about 6:00.

Some pervert's got hold of her. I'm telling you.

WOOD: Can you remember how she was dressed?

Gloria! You remember how she was dressed?

Yeah. For like going out, innit.

TENNISON: She wasn't wearing her school uniform?

[Cellphone ringing]

Did you notice anything unusual...

any strange men hanging about?

Sorry.

Strange and about, innit? That's how we like them.

[Laughs]

- The afro. - Yeah.

[Ringing continues]

Yes?

What happened to him?

No. No, no.

Look, I can't get over right now.

What's the ward number?

What... Just... Yeah. Just a moment.

Um... Oh.

Just one minute.

So it's ward number...

Thank you.

You all right?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Would you like to sit down?

No. Thank you.

I hate hospitals.

Yeah.

It's my dad. He's just been taken in.

Would you like a drink of water or something?

No.

Yes. You're very kind. Thank you.

Sure thing.

[ Indistinct shouting]

Hello, lads.

How are you?

Ooh. Just a minute.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Take your time.

Take your time.

So, gents...

Oh, Taff, what do you think of this place?

Oh, lovely.

Safe, sound, and secure.

Take those two that just left.

Who?

White lad... Lester Bishop.

Tall black lad... you know, with those baseball caps...

Curtis Flynn.

Curtis Flynn's mentioned in Sallie's diary.

They just jumped in their car.

What, you just let them stroll out of here?

Hey, hold on, hold on. Nobody told me about a diary.

Oh, he's a clever bastard.

SIMMS: Well, we'll pick him up.

Well, maybe we will. Maybe we won't.

Oh, what a cock-up.

I, urn...

I checked the phone log at the station.

Cox did phone you at home last night.

The call lasted three minutes.

He's adamant he spoke to you.

You don't remember the pub? Me leaving?

No.

Jesus, Jane.

You've got to look after yourself.

What's the matter with you?

You remember anything?

No.

[ Indistinct conversations]

[Alarm activates ]

[ Doorbell rings]

Mrs. Philips.

I'm Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison.

Come in. Sure I can't get you anything?

A glass of wine?

No.

No. No. I'm fine. Thank you.

Cigarette?

[ Laughing ] No.

I can only smoke once Penny's in bed.

She doesn't approve.

Actually, it's Penny I wanted to speak to again,

if that's all right.

It'll only take a few minutes.

If she hasn't gone to bed, she'll be texting her friends.

Won't talk to us, but spends hours on that bloody phone.

Still, it's better she's got one after what's happened to Sallie.

What do you think has happened to Sallie?

Sallie's not a girl who stays out all night.

Urn, Miss...

Tennison.

LINDA: Tennison was wanting to speak to Penny.

TENNISON: That all right?

Well, of course. She's just downstairs.

Thank you. Thank you.

[ Rock music playing ]

Hello.

Hi. Your mum said that...

What, is this your hideaway?

Yeah.

Listen, Penny, do you think...

Do you think Sallie was meeting someone last night?

It's just that she didn't take her kit with her,

so she couldn't have been going to basketball, right?

So was she meeting someone?

You know, we all have secrets.

I mean, I used to when I was your age, believe it or not,

when dinosaurs roamed the earth.

Like What?

Oh, urn...

Well, uh, cigarettes.

I was addicted at the age of 16.

Boys, of course.

What about you?

I'm getting a tattoo.

Are you?

Do you know, I've always wanted a tattoo.

[ Chuckles ]

Great big anchor right there.

Does Sallie have a tattoo?

PENNY: No.

Her dad's a bit...

- What, he's strict? - PENNY: Yeah.

Like, really unhealthily strict.

[ Chuckles ] What about you?

What are you good at?

My dad wants me to be a teacher.

Oh, really?

What do you want?

I like art.

TENNISON: Is that yours?

Uh, yeah.

Oh, no. It's really bad.

No, it's really good.

[ Sighs] Thanks.

Does Sallie have a boyfriend?

PENNY: No.

I mean, she had friends at school, but...

No one special?

PENNY: No.

Sallie isn't into relationships.

She isn't into relationships. Right.

Okay. Well, thanks, Penny.

You've been a great help, believe it or not.

Oh, listen, if you think of anything...

doesn't matter how small it is...

just give me a ring on my mobile, okay?

Or you can text me.

Thanks, Penny.

Bye.

[Siren wailing]

Danny, got anything on Curtis?

Hmm.

Curtis Flynn...

convictions for robbery, robbery with violence,

did time in Youth Offenders.

Since then, he's turned up in two rape investigations.

Ooh.

I've got people looking for him,

and I've pulled up his DNA.

We've got it on file.

Gov, come have a look at this.

Sturdy said he left work at 7:00, right?

Mm-hmm.

COX: He didn't.

He left at 10 past 5:00.

He's lying.

Good work. We got details of Sturdy's car?

Yeah.

TENNISON: I want you to track every step of his journey home.

Is there any CCTV on Sallie?

Yeah, I've got tapes of all the roads around the heath.

TENNISON: All right. Well, do that first.

But I want to know everything about Tony Sturdy's background.

His family, his friends, his state of marriage.

I want to know why he's lying.

But don't go in with all guns blazing, all right?

This is still a father whose child is missing,

so you be sensitive.

What about Sallie's diary?

What's she writing about this guy Curtis?

Just that all the girls love Curtis.

Is that it? "All the girls love Curtis"?

Yeah, more or less.

If there's no sign of Sallie by first light,

I want a search of the northwest heath.

Sallie apparently entered the heath from here.

- We're looking for a deposition? - TENNISON: Yeah.

I want a full-compliment search team.

"All the girls love Curtis."

Mr. and Mrs. Sturdy.

Is there anything?

If there was anything, I promise you,

you'd be the first to know.

I'm sorry. We're doing the best we can.

I think you should go home now.

We brought some more photos of Sallie.

This is from her holidays.

TENNISON: Thank you.

RUTH: And then... this.

She's always wearing this pendant.

She's never without that.

Thank you. That's very helpful. Thank you.

I hope it aids.

Look, it's... it's very late.

You really should go home now.

But if Sallie was in hospital, that's where we'd be.

Yes, of course.

Uh...

D.C. Wood. Just a minute.

Yeah.

We'll find a room for you to wait in.

Can you find a room for Mr. and Mrs. Sturdy, please?

Sure. I won't be a minute.

Thank you.

I'm sorry. I know this is very hard.

Thank you.

Thanks.

Are you the people your little daughter's gone missing?

That's right.

God is good.

Is that right?

Very good.

TONY: Ruth.

MAN: In our times of tribulation...

we feel abandoned and alone.

Stop it, Ruth. Just stop it.

In the name of Allah...

the all-merciful, the mercy-giving.

What are you doing?

Please, please, please, please.

Well, let me guess. Today you were starting out.

Now you're nearly an O.A.P.

Oh, I must visit you more often.

[ Chuckles ]

Well, police pension in what?

Uh, a month, two?

[ Sighs] Yeah, a month.

Well, maybe you did the right thing after all.

Good pension these days.

Dad, what are the doctors saying?

Everything's failing.

They can't operate.

Of course they can operate.

Look, I'm on the way out.

Sorry, pet.

Oh, Dad, you're always saying that.

Well... there's no easy way, love.

There's a picture of your mum and me.

- Mum? - Yes, Mum.

Our wedding picture.

L...

I want you to fetch it for me.

I don't mean next week.

Yes, Dad. Of course I'll get it for you.

Your sister's coming in.

Oh.

And the girls may pop in later.

How are they?

What are their ages now?

Would you recognize them in the street?

Yes, of course I would. Listen, Dad.

What the doctors are saying...

That's only because Pauline sends you photos.

I haven't told her what the doctor said.

Why not?

ARNOLD: Well...

Well, you can handle it, news like this.

But Pauline, she's...

Oh, she's here.

Hello, stranger.

Hi, Dad.

Hello, love.

[Sighs]

We hear you're retiring soon.

What will you do with yourself?

Oh, I don't know. Fancy-free.

Lucky you.

TENNISON: [ Chuckles]

Well, Dad, I'd better be off.

Bye, sweetheart.

Bye.

Excuse me. All right. Bye, Pauline.

Bye, Jane.

- Love to the girls. - I will.

Excuse me. I'd like to speak to someone immediately

about my father's condition.

Oh, I'm sorry.

You need to talk to someone more senior.

Consultant's rounds are at 8:00 in the morning.

Sorry about that.

COX: [Sighs]

[Alarm activates ]

Look, I'm sorry, Pauline. I'm at Dad's house, and...

He told me tonight he's...

PAULINE: He's got cancer.

Yeah. Yeah, that's right.

PAULINE: I know he thinks I don't know,

but the doctors told me about two weeks ago.

And you didn't tell me?

Well... Well, when...

When were you gonna tell me, Pauline?

PAULINE: You're always so busy.

Yeah, I'm so busy I don't need to know

when my dad's got cancer?

PAULINE: I'm not going to argue with you on the phone.

Silly cow.

? Let me hold you ?

? Stay awhile till I've told you ?

? Of the love that I feel tonight ?

? Oh, yeah ?

? Stay awhile ?

? What's your hurry? ?

? Any time that you're out of sight ?

? I hate to see you go ?

? Tell you what I'll do ?

? I'll be good to you ?

? I'll make you glad that you are mine ?

? So come on, baby ?

? Treat me right... ?

? So come on, baby ?

? Treat me right ?

? Must you run now? ?

? For the night's just begun now, oh ?

? Honey, please, won't you stay awhile with me? ?

? Oh ?-I"

Maybe four months ago, we might have done something.

Mr. Tennison assumed the pain was his ulcer

and let it go on.

Now the tumor's at a stage...

We're doing everything we can.

Well, obviously, I'll want a second opinion.

I would, too.

But even if we did find someone who would operate on his cancer,

I'm not sure his heart is strong enough.

If anything, his heart is a more immediate concern.

Well, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

[ Exhales deeply]

[ Dog barking in distance]

[ Beeping ]

[ Dog barking excitedly]

TRAYNOR: Gov?

Got Cox on the line.

Finally making his way through all that CCTV footage.

And?

Tony Sturdy took a weird route home.

We've got him on Coulter Road before 6:00.

Coulter Road's just over there.

Yeah.

Well, let's bring him in.

TRAYNOR: Right.

[ Indistinct conversations]

Penny?

I'll see you at school.

GIRLS: Bye.

God, you're soaking.

You okay?

Here. Dry yourself off a bit.

Penny, you said you thought

Sallie might not be happy at home.

Her dad's a bit intense.

TENNISON: Mm-hmm.

I think that's why Sallie ran away.

Do you know where she's gone?

I'd tell you if I knew anything.

But you think that's what's happened?

Yeah.

Were you a bobby when you first joined the police?

Yeah, I was. Four years.

In that awful uniform?

TENNISON: [Laughing] It was much worse then.

Oh, horrible shoes, stupid hat.

I looked like a complete pillock.

[Laughs] How old were you?

I was 17.

Who wants to dress like that at 17?

You know what? The clothes didn't matter.

It was the... the power.

Freedom.

And the stupid thought that maybe I could do some good.

- [ Horn blares] - PENNY: Watch out!

[ Tires screech ]

Stop! Stop the car!

Just stop the car!

TENNISON: No, no, no. It's all right.

You're drunk.

I'm not drunk.

Let me out. Please let me out.

- Let me out of the car now. - Okay.

Oh, Penny.

Penny!

Ohh.

TONY: I haven't done anything wrong.

I appreciate this is a very difficult situation.

Difficult?

My wife said to go home.

Mr. Sturdy, you told us that you worked later than usual

on Tuesday night, until 7:00.

Do you wish to reconsider that statement?

No.

You weren't mistaken?

With so much on your mind, it would be understandable.

No. I remember.

TRAYNOR: There's a CCTV image of you leaving work

at 10 past 5:00.

You can see the time code.

So can you explain?

I must have been out for a Mars bar or something...

just out for a soft drink.

This is you about 40 minutes later

coming up Kentish Town Road.

And here you are on Coulter Road.

That's right near where Sallie was last seen.

That's a long way to go for a Mars bar.

What are you saying?

- I'm not saying anything. - TONY: Yes, you are.

I'm asking you why you lied.

Listen. You listen to this.

Sallie's the most precious thing in the world to me.

Here is CCTV footage of you

driving back up Coulter Road at about 7:00.

So what were you doing in between?

[Sighs]

Why are you lying, Tony?

You're just making it harder for yourself.

This really isn't helping Sallie.

For God... [ Stammers ]

What kind of person are you?

What... What do you... What's really...

What kind of person are you?

Where were you, Tony? I mean, what were you doing?

There's no point in actually tell...

I don't really think you would understand.

- Try me. - TONY: No, I...

Come on. Tell me.

Hmm?

Thinking.

I was just sitting in my car, thinking.

Sometimes, after work, I just go up to the heath

and, before going home,

just spend half an hour just trying...

trying to catch up with...

I think, well... But that isn't what...

I mean, I've got more important things on my mind right now

than contemplating how crap my life has become, you know?

Do you have any witnesses?

Witnesses? No. [ Chuckles ]

I don't line up witnesses

when I'm going to spend a bit of time alone.

I mean, Jesus Christ. Why would I...

What... I don't... Witnesses?

And you just happened to be sitting in the car, thinking,

right where your daughter goes missing?

I'm giving you an answer.

Why did you lie if it was so innocent?

Because I should have been with Sallie

when she needed me rather than...

contemplating how crap my life is!

Were you drinking?

I had a can of beer.

TENNISON: Just the one.

So you're sitting in your car with Sallie, drinking.

Wait a minute. I was sitting alone.

I told you. I was... What...

What is this?

I was alone in the car.

With one can of beer.

Just me.

Mrs. Sturdy said that Sallie left home with her kit bag.

Did she?

I don't know. I...

Kit bag? I don't know.

Are you saying she didn't have a kit bag?

I'm telling you I wasn't there! I wasn't there!

How would I know if she had a kit bag?

I really... really... I mean, for Christ's sake.

I mean, that's the point.

I'm telling you, I should have been there,

but I wasn't. I wasn't home.

Christ. You never made a mistake?

You never been ashamed?

What were you ashamed of, Tony?

Hmm? Because you like a drink?

Is that what it is?

You had more than one beer in that car, didn't you?

I mean, I can tell you like a drink

because you smell of alcohol right now.

No, that's not me. That's you.

[ Chuckles ]

Would any of the park rangers have seen you

sitting in your car, Mr. Sturdy?

How do I know? I mean, really.

- Jesus Christ. - [ Knock on door]

If I knew what the park rangers saw...

Ask them. Ask them. I mean...

Christ. It's getting a bit ridiculous, isn't it?

I'm sorry, mate. I'm really sorry.

But, you know, it's getting a bit ridiculous.

TENNISON: Mr. Sturdy,

I'm afraid a body has been found on the heath.

It fits Sallie's description.

I'm sorry.

[ Exhales sharply]

[Sobs]

[ Camera shutters clicking ]

Foxes have been at her... fingers and arms, mainly.

May I see the photos?

So how did she die?

Hard to be certain yet.

Any sign of a murder weapon?

I'd look down there if I was you.

Sallie! Sallie!

[Sobs]

Sallie! Oh, no.

Sallie. Oh, Sallie.

Damn. That's the mother.

I'll get her back, then.

Yes. Thanks, Mike.

[ Exhales deeply]

RUTH: No! No! No!

No!

No! No! No.

No, no, no.

No, no, no. No!

No, she's not! No, no.

No, she's not! She's not!

No, she's not! Please, no, she's not!

[ Sobs ] She's not!

Tennison.

You out of your mind, Tennison?

Don't. Don't even.

A few weeks.

A few weeks to go,

and you turn up drunk in an interview room.

- I was not drunk. - Stinking of alcohol.

He says on the tape, "You stink of alcohol."

Oh, word travels fast.

Do I smell of alcohol now?

Not now you don't.

So, what does D.l. Traynor say?

Oh, Traynor. He's suffering from olfactory amnesia.

But I'm gonna talk to him later.

Jane, were you sober in there?

Of course I was!

MITCHELL: You may not believe this.

In fact, I know you're not gonna believe this,

but I actually am very concerned about your health.

Well, thank you very much, sir. I'm so grateful.

I want you to take sick leave for the rest of your service.

Take an early holiday.

We both know that events like this

have happened in the past.

Not as bad,

but you were advised to talk to our addictions counselor.

Yeah, who recommended that I attend Alcoholics Anonymous.

And?

I have. I have. I do attend.

See, there's no way I can verify

whether or not you go to A.A. meetings.

Are you saying I'm lying?

It's not as if they keep records.

Now, Jane, look. There are treatment programs.

There are therapy centers.

Residential, if that's what required.

The Met will pay for everything. Christ knows they owe you.

And I Will.

I will go when I've retired, because I'll have the time then.

Sir, I've got a real feel for this Sallie Sturdy case...

and all the people involved.

I know I can find that killer.

And when I do, I will retire,

I promise you, even if it's tonight.

WOMAN: Alcoholism, as we know, is a threefold illness...

mental, physical, and spiritual.

And, for me, the mental obsession was crushing.

When I wasn't drinking,

there was only my next drink, you know?

My reward for getting through the day.

And when I was drinking...

[ Sighs] Well, we don't want to go there.

[ Light laughter]

I had developed an insatiable craving for alcohol.

I'd convinced myself I needed alcohol to function.

Okay.

We'll take a 15-minute coffee break,

and then resume the meeting.

Excuse me.

Jane?

Hey.

Bill.

Good to see you again.

Yeah.

Can't believe this, you know?

Actually, it's the first time I've been to one of those.

OTLEY: No, I meant...

Not coming to A.A. It's good to see you again, huh?

Well, it must be what, 10 years now?

Yeah, yeah. More than 10 years.

Try not to judge A.A. on the first meeting.

So how long have you been going to, urn...

OTLEY: Corning February, it'll be...

six years since I've had my last drink.

Six years? And you still have to attend?

I don't have to, but...

it's good for my head, you know?

And... it gets easier, promise you.

Right.

Would you like to go for... for coffee?

TENNISONI Oh, I'd love to, Bill,

but I'm really busy right now.

So, sorry.

Please?

I should have done this years ago.

Anyway...

On the job, I was drinking, obviously.

And I... built this resentment against you.

You know what it was like.

I haven't forgotten.

Chauvinistic bastard. You know?

I tried to wreck your career.

I interfered with an investigation.

Oh, Bill, it's... it's water under the bridge.

OTLEY: No, no, no.

I want to apologize. It's important.

I need to do this.

You know, back then, I, um, I...

I just couldn't handle a woman being my boss, you know?

And I... And I set out to hurt you.

And I'm very sorry.

Thank you.

I never thought I'd say that.

Neither did I.

OTLEY: You okay?

Something worrying you?

I've got this case. It's about a missing girl.

She's only 14 years old.

I got a phone call the other night.

It was a very important call.

And I answered it, but I'd had a few drinks, and, uh...

in the morning, I couldn't remember anything about it.

Had nothing... nothing at all.

It's one of the sweetest feelings I have...

waking up in the morning, knowing what I did last night,

where I was, who I was with.

Have you got anyone you can talk to?

We can't do it on our own, Jane.

Oh. Now I've really got to go now, Bill.

Hey, would you... Will you give me a call?

Okay?

Yeah. Yeah. Thanks.

Thanks, Bill.

[ Door opens, closes ]

[Sighs]

[ Indistinct conversations]

[Talking stops]

Sallie Sturdy...

was everything that this school is about.

Bright.

Talented.

Given no special treatment or privileges,

and yet she shone.

Sallie was our star.

Each one of us...

and there are many of us here today

who knew and admired Sallie...

each one of us will carry a little of her light

and inspiration... forever in our hearts.

Now I'd like to introduce you

to Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison.

Thank you, Mr. Philips. [ Clears throat ]

Well, first of all, let me say how very sorry I am

that you've lost your classmate in this terrible way.

We desperately need details of Sallie's life.

So I'd like any of you who knew Sallie from basketball

or from outside school or were classmates of her,

please, will you talk to my colleagues?

Would you stand up, please?

They'll be in the canteen all day.

What would you expect me to say?

You almost killed me yesterday.

I was really scared.

Why do adults do these things?

- Why do they just... - I'm sorry.

I'm not always like that.

I promise you that will never happen again.

Promise.

Just after Sallie went missing,

someone wrote "Sallie's lost it" in the girls' toilets.

Lost it? You mean, like, her virginity?

I suppose so, but...

Who to?

Who would she have lost that to?

I don't know.

Would she have told anyone about it?

Gloria, maybe.

Where is Gloria?

I don't know. She's probably bunked off.

MIKE: No traces of DNA, I'm afraid.

No evidence of sexual assault.

But up here, something was ripped from her neck.

Well, there is a chain and pendant missing.

What's the cause of death?

A single stab wound to the stomach...

massive blood loss.

Massive for an unexpected reason.

She was pregnant.

I know.

She may only have been 14,

but there was a perfectly formed fetus growing inside her.

There it is.

Pregnancy meant a huge concentration of blood

around the uterus.

One stab, and catastrophic blood loss.

She would have been unconscious in a minute,

dead in three or four.

Can we tell who the father is from the fetus?

It's a complicated business, but, yes, is the answer.

We have her DNA, obviously.

We need to get samples from her mum and dad,

then isolate the DNA strips

that don't belong to any of them.

What we're left with is some, if not all, of the father's DNA.

Get that tested, would you?

Cause of death... single stab wound to the stomach.

Small knife, probably 3-inch blade.

Kitchen, penknife, possibly a long scissors blade.

No sexual assault, but Sallie was two months pregnant.

So if we get DNA samples from the Sturdys,

then pathology can isolate the DNA

belonging to the father of the fetus.

A cross-match, then, with any of our suspects

will identify him.

I want to start with Curtis Flynn

because we've got his DNA on record.

Does Sallie have any defensive bruising?

No.

So she knew the killer.

Possibly.

We checked her dad's car. That's clean.

There's no blood. No sign of a struggle.

Mr. Sturdy is obviously devastated by Sallie's death,

but that doesn't mean he's not responsible.

But if he had fathered Sallie's baby, that...

DNA will reveal that.

What about the headmaster... Sean Philips?

Yeah. Go on.

Well, he's a primary carer and a sanctimonious prick.

- [ Laughter] - He is.

That's what I call good detective work.

Thank you, gov.

Now, a robbery gone wrong is still a possibility.

Something was torn from Sallie's neck.

You'll note some bruising.

It's very possible it's this pendant,

so we want to keep an eye open for that, okay?

Get a better picture of that.

Got the lab reports back on Sallie's clothing, gov.

There's a hair on her top.

It's Curtis Flynn's... his DNA.

Well, where the hell is he?

I mean, he can't be that hard to find.

Curtis comes and goes.

He ain't gonna tell me where he is.

Now, you know more than you're letting on.

It was you that wrote in the toilets

that Sallie had lost her virginity, right?

Yeah. So what? It was a bit of fun.

So, which of the lucky boys did you have in mind?

Lester? Curtis?

Huh?

So I told him, "no way," innit?

- [ Sighs] - Of course I did!

You called? Who you talking to?

Michelle, innit?

Tell her I said wa gwan, yeah?

TENNISON: All the girls love Curtis, don't they, Gloria?

[ Door opens]

Look, could we just...

Penny.

Urn...

Sorry.

Get out of my way, okay?

It was Penny who told you about the toilets, innit?

As a matter of fact, she didn't. Not that it's your business.

It is my business if someone grasses me up.

Why would she say something just to get you into trouble?

I don't know.

I'm not Penny, am I?

Penny?

Penny!

Can I have a word with you?

Yeah. Okay.

In the car. Would that be all right?

[Alarm deactivates ]

Ohh.

So, Penny...

was Sallie having a relationship with Curtis?

I don't know.

Any of the other boys?

You know what boys are like.

TENNISON: Yeah. Well...

They never told me.

TENNISON: Well, if she was meeting someone up on the heath,

who do you think that could have been?

Could it have been Curtis? Could it have been Lester?

Could have been any of them.

You mean, like, she could take her pick.

Sex isn't such a big thing.

I mean, not like adults make out.

Why would any of them kill her because of that?

Why would they?

[ Laughter]

RUTH: That was last summer.

Oh. Hurt my bum.

She looks so young.

RUTH: We had a big night out for Daddy's promotion.

That was, urn... That was...

That was only four weeks ago.

Could we borrow this to show on the television?

That would be a great help.

Yeah.

Sallie always wanted to be on television.

[ Sallie laughs ]

Thank you. We'll take great care of it.

I'm having a drink. Is it okay with you?

Yes. Of course.

Would you like one?

No. No, thank you.

You could use a drink.

I don't want one, thank you.

No, we're fine, thank you, Mr. Sturdy.

No, we've come on a rather serious matter, I'm afraid.

Mr. Sturdy, maybe you'd like to sit down.

I'm sorry.

This is going to come as a shock to you, but...

Sallie was pregnant when she died.

RUTH: Pregnant? Oh, my God.

TENNISON: I'm sorry. So sorry.

But how... how could she be pregnant?

Oh, God. Oh, God.

No! God! Oh, God!

Oh. God. Oh. Oh, God.

Well, obviously we have to check some things,

so it would be very helpful

if we could take some intimate samples from you both.

What do you mean, "intimate samples"?

Well, hair and saliva.

What for?

Well... we have to, urn, isolate the various DNAs.

Uh...

So we need... the DNA from both of you

so that we... we can work out exactly who the father is.

You think I'm the father, don't you?

Oh, Mr. Sturdy, of course not. You're not listening.

You think I had sex with my daughter.

You think I'm the father. You're sick.

You're a sick person.

- No, we just... - I don't want you in the house.

Get out. Get out.

Get out.

Mr. Sturdy, I'm afraid unless you give us a sample,

we're going to have to arrest you.

There's your sample.

[ Ruth sobbing]

That's Darren, innit?

[ Indistinct conversations]

Later, you and me.

[ Laughter]

She's dirty.

[ Indistinct conversations]

[ Tires screech ]

Lester!

Lester.

That'll do it, mate.

[ Indistinct shouting]

Get off me!

Oh, my God, girl. What is happening?

Come on. Come on! Mind your head.

TENNISON: So, Lester, the papers are calling Sallie

a little angel.

Was she a little angel?

I ain't saying anything. I know nothing about all this.

TENNISON: You see, I keep hearing your name... Lester.

Lester and Curtis, Curtis and Lester.

Do you have something going with these girls?

Bollocks!

Were you having sex with Sallie?

No!

TENNISON: Was Curtis?

Come on, Lester. Let him answer for himself.

Where is he?

I've got to go.

All right.

He's with a girl... Delores. That's all I know.

Well, Lester, maybe you can tell Detective Simms

where Delores lives.

For the tape,

this is Detective Superintendent Tennison leaving the room.

Because it's an elective consultation

at another hospital, we can't...

Yes. I understand that.

It's only a short drive.

They'll see him right away.

I'm sorry. We can't release the oxygen.

It's just for this morning.

You'll be all right, won't you, Arnold?

I don't know.

Let me take that from you.

I'll get the heat on in the car, all right?

It's not far.

Look. It's just here.

You know, the Lothian's got a state-of-the-art facility.

Can you afford it?

You have no idea how much it's going to cost.

[Alarm deactivates ]

You're gonna have to help me here, Dad.

Oh.

How we going to do this? Can you move forward?

I can't bend, can't you see?

Let me try putting your foot in first, all right?

Okay.

Now if you just slide forward, maybe.

Look. It hurts. It hurts too much.

Please, Dad, just slide forward, all right?

Oh.

Come on, Dad. Come on. You must help me, please.

Dad, you've got to help me. We're gonna be late.

I don't care!

What do you mean, you don't care?

I've got cancer. I'm dying. Can't you see?

Yeah, but you can't just accept it!

I have accepted it. You're the one who hasn't.

You're not doing this for me. You're doing it for yourself.

I'm sorry. I don't understand.

Because you feel guilty.

What exactly is it I have to feel guilty about?

I never said that.

I did say that you would feel guilty anyway.

I never said you should.

You know, you pursued your career.

You followed your lights.

That meant you had less to do with other people.

You feel bad about that, but why should you?

It's what you had to do.

I never wanted you to join the police.

But I've always been proud of you, Jane.

You've always done what's right.

Not a lot of people can say that...

about their lives.

What about this kiddie...

the little girl who was murdered?

Yeah. We've got a suspect.

ARNOLD: Good.

Good for you.

[indistinct talking on radio]

MAN: Police!

Police! Police! Nobody move! Nobody move!

YOUNG WOMAN: Hey! You've just broken down my door, mate!

TENNISON: Curtis!

MAN: Get onto him!

Move your ass!

Move it! Come on!

Police! Stop!

Curtis!

Stop!

Hello?

[ Indistinct shouting]

Hello?! Are you deaf?!

- Shut it! - You shut it!

Let's go inside. Go inside.

[Shouting continues]

MAN: Stop! This is the police!

TENNISON: Come on! Move!

Aah!

Around the back.

Where's he gone? He's down in the car park.

Forensics will have to go through this flat,

see if Sallie's ever been here.

I want all the clothes,

all the makeup photographed in situ.

See if they ever belonged to Sallie.

And that includes the jewelry.

That's Sallie Sturdy, a murdered 14-year-old girl.

You don't know anything about Sallie?

About her and Curtis?

Who's Curtis? What, him?

I only met him last night!

He's wanted for rape and for murder.

That's just your type, is it, Delores?

Might be.

Oh, yeah? You find that attractive, do you? You...

Governor!

Urn...

I've got an appointment. I'll be on my mobile.

Oh. Thank you.

RAY: Welcome to this Tuesday meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous.

My name's Ray, and I'm an alcoholic.

- Hi, Ray. - Hi, Ray.

I don't want to do it. It's really embarrassing.

Sallie was your friend.

Not like people are making out.

[Sighs]

Ruth and Tony have specially asked for you.

It's just embarrassing being in front of all those people.

You're really good at public speaking.

You know you are.

It's asking a lot of her. She's upset.

Yeah.

Look. I'll do it, okay?

See? Once her mum says no.

"I did not die.

Do not stand at my grave or ever weep.

I am not there.

I do not sleep."

[Voice breaking ] "I am a thousand winds that blow.

I am the diamond glints on snow.

I am the sunlight...

on ripened grain.

I am the gentle autumn rain.

When you awaken in the morning's hush...

I am the swift uplifting rush

of quiet birds in circled flight."

[Bell tolls]

[ Indistinct conversations]

I think you'll feel a lot better if you'd come.

Dad, I don't want to go.

Fucking bitch!

Hey.

I'm not going to the burial.

Is that what your dad and you were arguing about?

Yeah.

Why is it when anyone dies...

it feels like the world should stop, but it doesn't?

You know, you read beautifully in there.

My dad's dying.

So I found that very moving. Thank you.

I'm sorry.

Well, he's quite old.

You don't seem sad.

No. You know, when I'm at work, I can't.

But you seem lonely.

Yeah, I am. I am lonely.

[Siren wailing in distance]

I'll give you a lift home. Come on.

You know, I'd really like to show you something.

No, I can't. I got to get you back.

Oh, please.

All right, but it'll have to be quick, okay?

It's great, isn't it?

God. I haven't been here in 30 years.

My dad used to bring me here all the time.

He used to bring me to openings at the National and the Tate.

I think he wanted me to become an artist.

Ah. There it is.

Joshua Reynolds.

"Strawberry Girl."

Young girls, kids used to sell fruit

on the streets and in the parks.

She looks so frightened, though.

TENNISON: Well, uncertain, maybe.

There's a customer coming towards her.

What does he want?

What does life hold for her?

It's amazing... all that just in her expression.

Anyway, I just wanted you to see that.

So we better go.

Tennison. Arnold Tennison.

WOMAN: He's having a night of it, I'm afraid.

He's breathing unaided, but he's not been very comfortable.

He in pain?

WOMAN: We're doing our best to manage the pain.

TENNISON: Well, you will call me if there's any change.

WOMAN: Yes. Of course.

Thank you.

[Cellphone beeping ]

Hm.

[ Indistinct shouting]

I'm just going to my mum's for a few days, okay?

Ask God when he's bringing Sallie back, would you?

Tell him to check his diary.

Oh, Tony.

[ Up-tempo hip-hop playing in distance]

[ Inhales]

I still remember...

the day you were born.

And Pauline, too.

They were the happiest days of my life.

[ Sniffs ]

[Sobs]

[ Crowd cheering ]

[ Crowd cheering ]

[ Sniffles ]

- Yay! - Yay!

[ Cheering ]

? We won! We won! a'

? We won! We won! a'

[ Gasps]

Mr. Sturdy.

I think that you're a cold, ruthless bitch,

but maybe that's what you need to be to do your job.

I've got something to show you.

Come upstairs.

You see? Again.

Are you suggesting

that Sallie was having, urn, a relationship

with her headmaster, with Sean Philips?

That's not how I would put it.

You think Sean Philips is the father of Sallie's baby.

You saw it, didn't you?

I mean, you saw it.

TENNISON: No, I don't know what I saw.

Look, you can speculate either way.

You could say that they're all excited,

there's a basketball win, that he's congratulating Sallie.

And she's kissing him like a family friend.

- He is a family friend. - It's not.

It's not kissing like a family friend.

It's kissing like somebody who... Somebody...

Thank you.

[Sighs]

Look Please, Tony.

I really appreciate you bringing this in,

but I beg of you, please,

don't take this any further.

I love you, Dad.

I love you.

I've always loved you, even when I was...

when I was too busy to stop and see you.

He's gone?

Yeah.

Sorry, Bill. I didn't know who else to call.

Shh.

Excuse me. Sorry.

These are Mr. Tennison's things...

his toiletries... razor and so on.

Thank you very much. You're very kind.

My dad never wanted me to be a cop.

We had terrible fights about it.

You know, he was a soldier in the war,

and he was one of the first soldiers who liberated Belsen.

So...

OTLEY: Nightmare.

Yeah. He knew what people were capable of.

And you were his little girl, eh?

Yeah. Didn't want me to see any of that.

You call me in the morning, let me know you're still okay?

Yeah. Thanks, Bill.

Hey.

He'll never leave your heart, love.

Never.

[ Door opens, closes ]

[Train passing]

WOMAN'. The current wait for accident and emergency

is estimated at four hours.

We suggest that any non-urgent cases

return in the morning

or, alternatively, visit their G.P. surgeons.

If you have any queries, please come to reception.

Follow me around?

Oh, you flatter yourself.

I ain't got nothing to say to you people.

You mean you don't want to talk about Sallie Sturdy?

She ain't got nothing to do with me... nothing!

Trying to set me up 'cause she's a white girl

and I'm a black man!

Bitch.

Did you just call me a bitch?

Did you?

Did you call me a bitch, you twisted little shit, you?

What did you call me? What did you call me?

I called you a bitch!

Right.

You're under arrest for the murder of Sallie...

All right. All right.

- I didn't murder no one! - Just put the gun away.

Curtis!

Curtis, come here.

- Penny. - Please.

Get away! Get away!

Just get out of here!

Curtis, put that gun down.

- CURTIS: Stay out of my face! - TENNISON: Put it down.

Please, Curtis!

Stay out of my face!

Penny, just go!

Go!

Curtis!

[ Breathing heavily]

Police!

TENNISON: Bill, no!

[ Penny screams ]

Oh, God.

YOUNG MAN: Curtis!

Oh!

- Get in! Come on! - [ Engine revving ]

[ Tires screech ]

Oh, God.

Help!

Help here!