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How're you feeling? Like I just got stabbed.

I'd like to give you the money for the restaurant.

No. Michael!

What?! Just calm down. What? I am perfectly calm!

POLICE! What's the confusing bit?

Alan, my father, he's not dead.

Forensics have checked the postmark,

definitely sent from Bermuda.

Nicola was cautioned for harassing Monica

and being drunk and disorderly.

We won't be taking this any further

because your mother isn't pressing charges.

OK, legally she is my mother, but she's...

I am disowning her! And secondly,

did you not hear when I said she killed my dad?!

This is based on...? This is based on

the fact that she is a psycho.

Are you going to arrest her?

We are going back to work. You are going home.

Are you serious? Are you serious? Fine!

I'll get my own back.

I'm gonna take something of hers.

Something she loves,

and one day, I'm gonna break her heart!

I'm gonna break her heart!

You know, I never really got the crazy thing.

The messy girl thing.

Some blokes, like you, obviously, they...

...they love it, you know.

They love all the drama. They think it's so hot,

but me, I think life's too short, you know?

What are you doing here? You should be resting.

I've gotta keep an eye on you, haven't I?

Trust me, I'd much rather be at home watching Cash In The Attic.

This is new - how long you had that?

Er, I literally just found it.

What are you gonna do with it?

I was gonna share it with the team, obviously. Yeah.

You sure you weren't gonna hide it like your visit

to her hotel last night?

I was...

I needed to talk to her. She's connected to the case.

Right, but you wouldn't have gone by yourself

without telling anyone, right? because you know, Jim,

that's how I got stabbed.

And of course, there's your meeting with her at Costello's.

I mean, that's literally on the CMS.

Right, yeah, the two-minute conversation.

I know you think the rest of us should be at the back

with safety scissors and glitter, but, Jim,

it is becoming very obvious

what your interest in Nicola Barton is all about.

You're right.

My... my relationship with her has become...

...complex.

Two nights ago,

I was in bad shape and she found me.

She helped me.

You been drinking?

It was after you had been stabbed, and the next morning I woke up...

...in Nicola's hotel room.

Mate, nothing happened.

I swear to God. Mm.

Nothing happened. I was unconscious the entire night.

And everything after that has been about the case, all right?

When we went to the cliffs, it was about the case, and then yesterday,

after she found out that her dad was still alive, I went to see her

and things became...

Barney, they nearly became intimate.

BARNEY LAUGHS

Oh, Jim!

This is...

I mean, this is bad even for you.

I'm literally... I'm shaking. Yeah?

It gets worse. How could it get worse? Did you kill Tony Sallinger?

When she went to the bathroom, I went to get some water

from the mini bar, and in the wardrobe...

...was the coat.

The coat from the CCTV footage.

The co...

She was at the wedding. It was her in the coat.

Yeah, that's what it looks like.

Right, where is the coat now?

I left it.

I left it there.

Did she see you find the coat? No...

No.

OK, I know, I screwed up, OK?

And I should have pulled her in.

Oh, do you think? Because now that's inadmissible. Now you've left

that coat there, even if we get our hands on it, it's inadmissible.

I still think that we can build a case against... Are you drunk now?!

We cannot do anything!

Day one of the trial, the defence gets up,

"By the way, Jim Bergerac is back on the bottle

"and he's fucking the defendant."

The whole case is thrown out and she walks.

I'm really sorry.

Right, you listen to me.

This conversation never happened.

You step back from the case quietly,

no big drama,

I take over.

These threats that she made against Monica for revenge,

I found them and that was enough for me

to go to the hotel and bring Nicola in.

And you go to the hotel and you find the coat.

Right, if it's still there, because if she even suspects

that you saw that, it's in the Channel by now.

She didn't see me. Well, forgive me if I don't trust your judgment.

If we can get it, I confront her with the coat,

I confront her with the threats, maybe that's enough

to get a confession. Either way, it could be enough to get a charge.

You stay ten miles away from all of that.

And I'll tell Uma what went on.

Yeah.

This isn't quite how I'd imagined my career ending.

Oh, world's tiniest violin.

You know, this really makes sense. Your whole lone wolf thing.

You want everything, don't you?

You want everything for yourself, even what you can't have.

You've no discipline.

It leaves a lot of unanswered questions though.

What did Tony mean when he said "no more secrets"?

Why was it directed at Monica? Stop it.

Nicola Barton had motive, opportunity

and she's been lying through her teeth. I'll handle this.

You tidy yourself up.

Honestly, Tom, don't beat yourself up about it.

No, no...

All this volatility in the market, I completely understand.

Gold is safer.

Yes. There's no need to...

Good.

Well, thanks for letting me know...

...and give my love to...

HE SIGHS

All I want is a proper cup of coffee,

made in a proper copper coffee pot.

Who is Tom? What has he done?

It's a big house, but not that big.

Tom is one of several investors and he's decided,

for actually quite sound reasons, to back out,

but it won't be a problem.

You said you only had two investors. Two is several.

And, to be honest, I never really thought Tom got the concept.

At one point he was talking about laminated menus.

And I still have Marcus.

You'll love Marcus.

In fact, I'll call him now.

Rally the troops.

The troop. HE CHUCKLES

Ah...

Oh, there she is.

Jersey's very own Nicola Benedetti.

Hi, Marcus? Nigel.

You all right, darling?

So the plan is, on Friday, you and Dad will drop me off at the airport?

10am sharp.

And Aunt Maggie will fetch me from Gatwick? Mm-hm.

It's going to be a bit weird though, isn't it? Mm-hm.

Being away for so long.

What else can I do?

The longest I've been away from Jersey is two weeks,

so three months is...

Marcus, please... Oh, please.

I know. So exciting. No, don't do that. Don't... Marcus.

Will yo come visit me?

Maybe you can get a hotel and stay for the weekend, or longer?

No, absolutely.

Oh, thank you.

I'll... I'll see you in a bit.

Kiss.

I mean this with all the love in the world,

but please don't be a dick to me today.

What are you doing? Clearing out my late husband's things.

You know, the one who isn't dead.

The one who took us all for fucking idiots!

When I think of what he put us through, the moods and...

Oh, and the knife thing did happen, because I got a black eye.

Sorry, but I'm not protecting him any more.

To do all that and then to fake his own death,

knowing the guilt I'd feel, the shame,

the devastation we'd all feel, and to leave me with that,

day after day... Take a breath. ...thinking he was dead,

when he could've told me, he could've cooled down and said,

"It's all right, I'm alive".

that would've been better than leaving me thinking... Mum!

Just stop a minute, please. MONICA BREATHES HEAVILY

Please.

And you...

Christ, you.

What he did to you.

I'm OK.

You're not though, are you?

No.

But maybe one day.

Listen to me.

I love you.

I love you.

I know.

You don't know, and that's my fault, because...

...I should have taken better care of you,

I should have tended to you.

I... I should have told Michael to...

Wipe his own arse.

To wipe his own arse, yes. THEY LAUGH

Wipe his own arse, exactly.

Yes. THEY LAUGH

Where is Michael?

He's, erm... He's gone for a walk.

I told him to just get out. I can't even look at him right now.

Do you want a hand with this?

Yes.

Yes, thanks.

OK.

There's more down in the cellar.

NICOLA SIGHS

SHE SNIFFLES

FOOTSTEPS

Don't get sucked in. I've done that.

You start looking at stuff and you think,

"Oh, I remember that."

It's all a load of old bollocks.

Do you know what?

We should go to Bermuda and find your dad.

And...

And then what?

Kill him for real.

MONICA CHUCKLES

OK, fine. Just fine!

Barney, we can stop it there.

I just want to see...

I'll get my own back. Where's this camera?

Barney, let's... Yeah, I just want to get here.

I'm going to take something of hers. SHE SOBS

I'm going to... Something she loves!

One day I'm going to break her heart!

BARNEY EXHALES Yeesh.

As embarrassing as that is, evidence wise, it's not much to go on.

OK, people say stuff, they make threats, right?

However, it does seem to suggest an attitude, OK? A motive.

Right, we know that Tony's death was between 7:45pm and 8:30pm.

Now we know that she was at Costello's,

but that wasn't until 8:29pm. That gives her plenty of time,

kill Tony, hightail it over to the restaurant.

Crucially, she has not fully accounted for her time

from arriving on the island to getting to that restaurant, OK?

Because nobody bothered to ask her.

So now what do we do?

My plan, we bring her in, we act all convivial-like,

"OK, let's have a chat, let's see where this goes", yeah?

Jim, is that all right with you? Yeah.

We'll keep lines of communication open here, obviously.

OK, let's get to work. Simon, Sally, with me.

MOBILE PHONE BUZZES

Hey. Hi.

Erm... Listen, I was wondering if we could go for lunch?

Aren't you working? It's fine.

They don't really need me today.

Actually, that would be nice.

Great. Tomas's, 12:30pm?

OK.

I wanted to talk to you about your leaving party.

We don't have to. No, we do,

because I need you to know

why things just fell out the way they did.

Somebody I work with was stabbed.

Barney.

By another police officer, actually. Barney? The hot one?

I think you might be thinking of someone else.

Yeah, anyway, it was a few hours before the party...

...and, look, he's fine now, but there was...

...a moment when we didn't know whether he was going to make it.

Oh, my God, Dad.

I'm really sorry.

And I should have been better.

Right, well, that's it, I'm not going to London.

What? No. HE LAUGHS

Love... No, it's fine, I'll defer my place for a year.

No, no, that's not what this is about.

I know it isn't, but you can't cope on your own. Not right now.

And I'm sorry if that sounds, pfff,

but it's true, so I will go next year.

Kim, this is an incredible opportunity. Exactly.

And I don't want to waste it all worrying about you.

Let's get you sorted, then we can talk about it again.

KNOCKING ON DOOR

Hi. It's Nicola, isn't it?

Sorry, we've not met. I'm DI Crozier.

Would you mind accompanying us to the station?

We've got a few issues we'd like to discuss in regards to the death

of Tony Sallinger. Are you arresting me?

No, it's a voluntary interview. Just a few questions.

Do you mind if we just do a very quick search of your room? Erm...

No. Great.

Thank you.

Check the bathroom.

Simon.

That's the coat from the CCTV. It certainly looks like it.

And that...

Well, I think that is blood.

Nice work, boss. Seal the room. On it.

WRY CHUCKLE

Can you describe your relationship with your mother for me?

Erm, it's... NICOLA EXHALES LOUDLY

It's complex...

...like a lot of mother-daughter relationships.

But you've never meant to actually harm her?

Not recently, no.

Not recently. I suppose what you're referring to is this -

in 2016, you posted these on Monica's social media pages.

8th of January - "She's nothing but a cold-blooded murderer."

10th of February - "A killer, a psychopath."

20th of April - "Psycho bitch."

I was in a really bad place in 2016.

I was drinking heavily, I wasn't well. I was struggling.

It seems you stayed in that bad place for quite a long time.

We get to 2020... Yeah... You were arrested for harassment

and being drunk and disorderly. I told you I was drinking.

These aren't even the worst things I said to people at that time.

"I'm going to take something of hers..."

You're not listening. I was drunk.

"Something she loves. One day I will break her heart."

I don't even remember what I said. When did you arrive on the island?

Oh, erm...

Around 5:30pm on Saturday - the day of the wedding.

You lied to your mother and said that you'd missed your flight

and you arrived the day after.

Yeah. To spare her feelings. To spare the feelings of a person

you've accused multiple times of killing your father?

I was... I'm trying to...

I was trying to rebuild some bridges with her.

By lying to her? Sorry, I'm getting confused.

So you were on the island on the day of the wedding?

Erm, yeah. I... I said so.

Great. So why don't you run through for me all of your movements -

everything you've done since you arrived.

I went to the hotel, I got changed for the wedding,

but I couldn't face it.

Then I went for a walk and I found myself at a restaurant,

which is where I ran into Jim Bergerac.

Have you spoken to him about this? Because he can confirm all of this.

He was on a comically bad date.

Anyway, she left and he and I got talking.

What time did you arrive at the restaurant?

Erm... Around eight o'clock.

We have spoken to DCI Bergerac. He confirmed your conversation

didn't start until after 8:30pm. That doesn't mean I wasn't there.

I'll show you some screen shots. They're from the CCTV

of Costello's restaurant. This one is time-stamped.

You'll see it shows you arriving at 8:29pm.

I guess I got the time wrong. I guess so.

I'll show you some more screen shots.

These are from the CCTV at the Hotel de Clairemont,

specifically the patio area adjoining the wedding reception.

These were taken moments before Tony Sallinger was murdered.

Is that you in the coat?

No.

No. See, that's strange, because we just found a very similar coat

in the closet in your hotel room. I...

It's pretty common... You see people in coats like this all the time.

In August?

You know the strangest thing about that coat?

That there's blood on it.

What are the chances, do you think, that when forensics come back,

that blood is going to match Tony Sallinger?

Tony gave it to me.

Tony gave me the coat.

I did go to the wedding.

At least, I tried.

But when I got there, I lost my nerve

and I was sort of hanging around outside

and then this guy comes up to me and it's Tony.

Anyway, we talked,

he seemed wired, energised.

He was just in normal clothes because he said his suit

had got soaked from falling in the pool.

I... I said...

I said I was sorry for missing the ceremony

and that I was happy for him,

but I couldn't go inside, I couldn't go through with it.

Now, I didn't want Monica and Michael to see me,

so he gave me his coat.

He said it was just something he got from lost property.

Oh, and he said that he banged his head.

So that must be where...

...the blood came from.

Well, that's one possibility.

OK, I'm not comfortable any more. I'd like to leave.

I'm afraid that won't be possible.

Nicola Barton, I'm arresting you on suspicion of the murder

of Tony Sallinger between 7:45pm and 8:30pm... What?!

...on August 30th, 2025. Are you serious?!

No, no, this is insane.

...if you do not mention... Where's Jim?

...something which you later rely on in court. Hey, where is he?

I need to talk to him. Where is Bergerac?

Someone will be with you shortly.

Where is he? I need to talk to Bergerac. Where is he?

That was nicely handled, Barney. Yeah, I thought so, too.

Erm, there's something I just want to flag though.

How did she know about Tony banging his head if I didn't tell her?

Maybe Monica did. Maybe Michael did.

Maybe she saw the cut on his head when she was straddling him

and sticking a knife in his chest. It was just a tiny cut

on the back of his skull. Well, maybe they did talk before.

Maybe he said, "I've got a cut on my head",

and she said, "I used to be St John's Ambulance", I don't know,

but then she took him upstairs and she stabbed him.

It doesn't fit with the timeline. I think we check with the hotel

lost property, see if that's where Tony got the coat. And when are we

going to find out about Michael... Jim, you're embarrassing yourself.

I'm about to get on the phone to the CPS.

Nicola will be charged by the end of the day, and that makes it now

right about time you called Uma o'clock.

It's five-past in fact, mate. Yeah, I'm going to. I said I would.

Don't forget to dial nine for an inside line.

Prick.

HE EXHALES LOUDLY

RINGING

This is Chief Constable Uma Dalal. Please leave a message.

PHONE BEEPS

Oh, Jesus, nice of you to pop by.

I've been arrested. They're saying I killed Tony.

You know, I'm, erm, usually pretty savvy.

People try to deceive us or manipulate us all the time...

...and with you I think I really should've seen the signs.

I mean, we're addicts, this is what we do, but, no, because I'm...

...dumb.

Because I liked you.

What are you talking about? What was your plan?

Like, the general...

...plan.

Were you just hoping that I would overlook any evidence against you?

Or, what, that I would warn you

if we got too close?

No, of course not.

Why didn't you tell anyone about being at the wedding?

Because no-one asked.

Yeah, but they did ten minutes ago, all right, and you lied about it.

I was scared, OK?

But everything I said about talking to Tony,

about... about the coat,

that's all true, I swear.

You said you were going to take something of Monica's.

I mean, you literally said that you were going to break her heart.

Everything you said at your daughter's party the other night,

you stand by that, do you?

You were in total control of yourself? You meant every word?

No.

So just listen to me, Jim.

Please.

My dad is dead.

JIM EXHALES LOUDLY We're done.

I went to see Monica, OK?

I found his passport!

She was burning all his papers and I started to help her.

I believed her. And then I found the passport.

How did he get to Bermuda without a passport?

His current passport? His valid passport? Yes!

It only just expired. Where is it now?

She burnt it.

Oh, right. How convenient.

I couldn't stop her, but I am telling you, OK,

there is no way that that man is still alive.

Monica killed him. She did.

And if Tony knew, then surely that's a reason for her to kill him, too.

DI Crozier will be applying to have your custody extended

while they prepare evidence for the CPS. No...

In other words, talk to your solicitor. Jim...

Jim...

Please!

Please, just go to the cottage, check the fire pit!

MOBILE PHONE BUZZES

Shit.

Uma? Jim, I missed your call.

Thanks for calling back. Erm...

Just what it was is, I've...

I've allowed...

What is it?

Actually, you know what? It's fine.

It was a procedural thing, but it's sorted now. OK, no worries.

CALL GOES DEAD Hello?

Yeah.

Charlie.

Why am I suddenly £60,000 better off than I was this morning?

Goodness. Really?

Perhaps some rich aunt you didn't know about left it to you.

We've talked about this. I simply cannot accept it.

So please, give me your details and I'll transfer it back.

So you lost another investor?

I don't see how that's relevant.

So take the damn money.

You don't understand.

It's important that I do this on my own.

Well, you certainly are at the moment. You have no investors.

Look...

...I want to do this thing for you.

When Kim's gone, I want...

I need to focus my love, my care somewhere new.

But surely you can show me you care in other...

...less expensive ways.

This...

What we have is the most important and...

...precious thing...

...relationship that's happened to me for years.

I promise I won't make a habit of it,

but to help you get this restaurant going,

as we set out together...

...would mean everything to me.

I must be mad, but...

...OK.

Thank you.

And is that all you need?

Yes. It... Absolutely.

Yes.

Because this will attract investors for the other half.

So you need another 60.

No, this is what I'm saying, that will come because of this.

But that could take ages, for months...

You are not giving me another 60.

Oh, bless your heart. You think you can stop me doing something!

Charlie!

Make me some coffee.

Start earning your keep.

This is Monica, leave a message.

Hi Monica, it's DCI Bergerac.

Listen, are you at the cottage?

I was wondering if I could come over?

SHE HUMS

Oh.

Ruth? Yes. DI Barney Crozier.

I understand you have some information for us?

I was hoping to speak to DCI Bergerac. Well, he's not here.

Right.

But anything you were going to say to him, you can say to me.

Erm...

Well, it's about Michael Barton.

Erm... Oh, I don't really know what I'm saying.

But I went to see Monica this week and Michael was there

and he was having a fight with a neighbour.

It was over, I mean, nothing - the bins.

But Michael was completely out of control.

He...

The rage.

And Monica had to literally get in between them.

Right, so he attacked this neighbour?

No, but he was about to.

This is what I'm saying. Monica had to stop him.

And then he...

Sorry, I'm not exactly sure what you...

He's volatile.

He's aggressive.

Have you looked at him? Is he even a suspect?

We are pursuing multiple lines of inquiry at the moment.

Did he ever make any threats against Tony?

Yes. Well, erm, not actual threats as far as I know.

But they didn't get on.

Michael is very possessive of Monica and he resented Tony.

I understand. Well, thank you so much for coming in.

I'll have a detective come and take your statement as soon as someone's available.

Have you finished the postmortem?

I don't know, I'd have to ask. I believe so.

Right, so, why do you still have my brother?

Because of process.

Because we're just in limbo. Well, at least I am.

I think Monica gets told stuff.

She has one of these, erm, family liaising...

A Family Liaison Officer, yeah. Right.

And she's known Tony five minutes.

I just get...

I am an after-thought.

And he was my brother.

Look, erm...

...I can see where we are and when we'll be able to release Tony's body.

And in the meantime, you should know,

and this is between us, but, we do have a suspect

and we're very close to charging them with Tony's murder.

Is it Michael? I can't... It's not Michael. It's not Monica, is it? It's not Monica.

Like I said, we will charge her as soon as we've spoken to the CPS. Her?

Oh, my God. Is it Nicola?

It's very important you don't discuss anything I've told you

until we have a chance to charge her and make a statement to the press.

Sure.

Hi, Michael.

Erm, is your mother here? No.

There's just been a few developments in the case that I need to discuss with her.

She's at the shops. OK, well I don't mind waiting.

I'm sure she won't be long. Erm...

You've had a bonfire then?

Yes. Mum's...

Mum's been burning dad's things.

She's, erm... Well, she's angry with him for lying about being dead.

Yeah, well, I imagine... I imagine she would be.

So what are these developments then?

We have reason to believe that Nicola killed Tony.

Nicola did it?

We've arrested her and she's in the process of being charged.

I didn't think she had it in her.

Sorry, I, erm...

I must be in, erm...

...shock.

Is this because she thought Mum had killed Dad?

I can't say.

Well, it makes me wonder maybe I should have shown them the card sooner.

There's no point thinking about it like that.

Well, if you need to be somewhere, I can tell mum.

What are these?

Oh, these are my chess trophies.

I opened with the Smith-Morra Gambit on this one.

Hardly anyone has an answer to it. I was on fire.

Yeah, the misconception about chess is that it's reactive.

There's an element of that of course,

but predominantly it's about...

...memory.

You have to learn and study every different tactic,

every different strategy and then choose which one to employ.

Most people think that once they've learnt the basics -

knights do this and the queen does that, they're chess players.

They are not.

When did you say your mother would be back?

Oh, erm, if she gets talking to someone she'll be there for hours.

I have more trophies in my nook.

Would you like to see them?

Sure.

I see you do tournaments overseas.

Ah, yes.

Yes. There's, erm...

There's lots of travel.

And we get...

...per diems.

You can take Cup a Soups to my room to make.

You can come away with quite a profit.

Right.

Yeah, Greece, Czech Republic.

Bermuda.

2020. Isn't that where your dad...

LOUD THUD

God.

Come on.

FRONT DOOR CLOSES

What's going on? Just give me a second.

Right, so, Bergerac, he... Bergerac?

He's downstairs, but it's all going to be OK.

What have you done, Michael? God!

Oh, my God, I'm so sorry.

What... What's going on?

This... This has been a terrible mistake.

Can you... Can you untie me?

Yes. No, of course.

Of course... Of course I will.

But before I do, I...

...just think that we all need to take a breath.

What?

Before things get said.

Monica, I need to go...

...to the hospital.

And, erm, people get the wrong end of the stick.

Can you...

Can you do that for me?

Listen to me...

Nobody wanted this to happen, Michael least of all.

Now, I really am very angry with him.

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