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The victim is Tony Sallinger.

He was found dead in his hotel room by his sister Ruth.

From now on, no more secrets.

What do you think he meant by that? I have no idea.

We need to do a postmortem. Right.

MOBILE PHONE BUZZES Oh, sorry.

What we have is the most important relationship

that's happened to me for years.

Talk me through swapping Tony's bloods.

He'd pay me if I took the test for him.

We should go to Bermuda and find your dad. Then what?

Kill him for real.

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

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

of Tony Sallinger. Are you serious?!

I went to see Monica, OK? I found his passport.

Where is it now? She burnt it.

Well, it's about Michael Barton.

He's volatile. He's aggressive.

Urgh!

Nobody wanted this to happen.

JIM GROANS

HE WHEEZES

What else was I supposed to do?!

He saw the photograph of Bermuda.

He knew we forged the card.

Where's his phone? You did take his phone, didn't you?!

Yes.

Move his car around the back.

And then what? What are you going to do?

What I always do, Michael.

I'm going to clear up your mess.

You have a fan.

Emma was at yoga.

You were all she could talk about.

"Such fun", she kept saying.

Usually when she says "fun", she thinks someone's deranged.

But in your case, I think she really...

Nigel?

Where are you?

The number you have dialled is no longer in service.

Please check and try again.

The number you have dialled is no longer in...

FOOTSTEPS

I... I notice...

...you still haven't untied me, Monica.

What's the plan, then? Are you going to...

...strangle me?

Are you going to suffocate me?

That's up to you. What won't hurt?

How about old age? Ha!

Where's Alan now...

...if he's not in Bermuda?

You're sitting on him.

Wow.

OK.

They were fighting about Alan leaving,

and, erm, Michael pushed him.

Alan hit his head on the table.

I came home and found them.

It was an accident, but I knew how it looked,

and Michael wouldn't survive prison,

so...

...we didn't tell anyone...

...and we put Alan down here.

Is that what "no more secrets" was about?

Did Tony know and that's what got him killed? I didn't kill Tony.

That was nothing to do with me. What about Michael?

Was it another argument that got out of control?

It wasn't Michael either. But you did...

...kill Alan, so why isn't Michael here?

Why am I having this conversation with you?

I'm stronger than him.

You've met him. He's just a child.

Do you have any children?

Yeah... Yeah, I do. I have a daughter.

She's called Kim. She's actually leaving Jersey in 24 hours.

She's going to this big music school on the...

Don't tell me about her. Sorry, but I know what you're doing.

Don't you want to protect her?

I want her to be brave.

I want her to take responsibility for her actions.

Mm. Must be lovely, loving someone like that.

You're crossing a line now.

Both of you are.

Listen, Michael... Michael can plead manslaughter.

He could just be looking at a few years.

And you, helping him conceal it, you're his mum,

even the jury will understand that. You might even get a non-custodial.

But if you kill me now, I swear to God, we're talking life.

No parole, no early release for good behaviour.

You are never, ever coming out.

I don't understand why you don't understand.

You've got a daughter. You'd fight bears for her, you'd fight armies.

You'd kill one dangerous man.

Someone will find out.

The police know I'm here. Someone is going to come looking for me.

You'll be long gone by then. KNOCKING ON DOOR

Hey! Help!

MUFFLED SCREAMS Shush.

Hi, Michael. Is Monica there?

I tried her house. No.... No.

Erm, is that... Isn't that her car outside?

Then yes.

Ruth? Hi. I'm here.

Hi. Michael, let Ruth in.

Hello. I was just clearing out some of Alan's things. Oh.

Erm, I'm sorry to turn up unannounced like this.

MUFFLED SCREAM

Help me! Please!

Please help me!

Could you call the police? We need to get Tony's body released.

Erm, I have asked them, but I just...

I think it would sound better coming from you and...

Oh, you've cut yourself. Oh, erm...

I was opening a can.

What with? A sword? MICHAEL LAUGHS NERVOUSLY

Have the police spoken to you, Ruth?

Have they given you any indication of what they're thinking?

Well, haven't you heard? They've arrested Nicola.

What?

Erm, I spoke to them.

Not Bergerac, a different one.

About an hour ago.

Well, why would they think that she had anything to do with it?

She didn't even know Tony. Well, they didn't say.

Look, Nicola and I were in touch.

She thought you killed Alan and Tony knew,

and, well, that's what I thought.

That's why I came to see you yesterday.

Look, I'm... I'm so sorry, Monica.

I just... I assumed you'd been told.

MOBILE PHONE BUZZES

Erm... Mum needs to be alone.

Oh, yes... No, of course.

Erm... Sorry.

MUFFLED SCREAMS

And you'll speak to the police about releasing the body?

Yes. Leave that with us. Thank you now, Ruth.

I just think it's really impor...

SHE SIGHS

Barney. Yeah?

Forensics have come back with the final report

on the card from Alan Barton. Yeah, I've seen the report.

The card is genuine. Yeah, that was the interim.

This is... This is the full fat. Simon, give me the headlines. OK.

So, they compared the card with three samples from friends.

They said the handwriting is superficially adept

but, upon further examination, there are enough inconsistencies

to suggest it was not written by Alan Barton.

What? It was principally in the letter formation,

the pressure, slant, and the spacing.

Hang on, so Michael forged the card? Does it say that?

It does, yeah, basically, in the conclusion at the end.

It wasn't suicide, it wasn't Monica.

It was Michael.

BARNEY EXHALES LOUDLY

Davy, get two cars ready. Yes, boss.

Kara...

Fuck it. Everyone. Listen up!

MUFFLED SCREAMS

JIM COUGHS

Why have you arrested Nicola?

JIM BREATHES HEAVILY She was at the wedding.

That's a lie. No.

There are pictures. There was blood on her coat.

And five years ago she said one day she was going to take away

the thing you loved most in the world.

Monica, just listen to me...

You shut up. Just... Just... You shut up.

Shut up!

Monica... Shut up. Just be quiet.

Because I need to think.

OK, and then...

And then...

And then it's over... It's over... Then it's over.

You never answered my question about the best way to die.

What's suffocation like?

It's pretty unpleasant, I imagine. Worse than this?

Well, then.

What... What are you doing?

I'm looking for a plastic bag.

Mum.

You.

Christ.

You...

You have fucked my life, do you know that?

I've lost two husbands and now my daughter because of what you did.

So what's next, Michael? What's the next plan?

I've got some aunts and uncles. Do you want their addresses?

You could set fire to their houses.

You've taken everything from me.

Every last scrap.

You've eaten me alive.

So come on, then.

Where are we going?

The cellar.

FOOTSTEPS

Oh, Jesus.

Fuck! Oh, my God!

Michael killed Alan. They're going to kill me, too.

Oh, my God. Ah... ah...

DOOR OPENS

Run!

Where is he? I don't know.

Oh, God. SHE BREATHES HEAVILY

Oh, no! Michael, no!

RUTH SCREAMS

Oh!

Hey, stop! Stop! Michael, don't do this.

Look, I spoke to your mum, she said it was an accident,

I understand that. Then let me go. Let me run away!

Put the knife down and we can talk.

Michael, hey... Hey...

Oh, God.

It's all right, Michael. Oh, God... It's all right.

Come on. It's over, love.

Come on, we've got to face facts. We've got to be big and brave

and we've got to say, "Come on, do your worst."

Bet you know that already, though, don't you?

You're so clever. I tell everyone. "He runs rings around me", I say.

What's your... What's your chess ranking?

200?

188 in the... in the world.

Well, there you are, then.

So, come on, let Ruth go now.

Come on.

Poor Ruth. Look, she's so rumpled.

It's all right. Come on. It's over, love.

It's over.

That's it, good boy.

Good boy. There we are.

Oh, God!

MICHAEL SOBS

There we are. That's it. Come on.

There's my Michael bear.

MICHAEL BREATHES HEAVILY

It's all right, mum's here.

Mum's here now. Come on.

It's all right.

It's all right, you're all right. You're all right.

All right, Michael.

Mum's here.

You know what the most interesting thing about all this is?

No Jim Bergerac. Now, I'm not saying he was holding us back,

but it is funny how the whole thing resolves the minute he steps away...

I think we've found him.

Lots of families around here, so, you know, lots of birthdays.

Sounds like a great idea.

Would you excuse me one second? Have a read of that.

Can I help? Yes, I'm looking for Nigel. Nigel Morton.

Right, erm, I think you've got the wrong address, so...

But this is his restaurant.

Erm, no.

This is...

Well, it's not really anything right now.

They want to turn it into one of those paint-your-own pottery places,

but I sort of feel that's had its day.

But we, erm...

We came here a couple of days ago.

He showed me around.

Wait, was this Tuesday? Because we did hire it out that day.

Who to? Erm... Students.

They were making a film, I think.

We wouldn't normally do that sort of thing,

but then we thought, "You know what? Let's give something back".

But then, well, this older gentleman came in to collect the keys.

He could have been a mature student, I suppose.

What did he look like?

Slightly balding, late 60s. Absolutely charming, to be fair.

SHE CHUCKLES

Are you all right? Yes. Erm...

Thank you. I'm sorry to have interrupted.

INDISTINCT CHATTER

You should have told us you were coming here.

Yeah, it was just a spur of the moment thing.

Again, this lone wolf bullshit. I know.

This changes nothing about Nicola.

We are charging her with Tony's murder. That makes sense.

and I don't want you within ten miles of it. I won't be.

We had an agreement, Jim. It's all yours, Barney.

We were on our way here. Clearly.

This lone wolf bullshit.

JIM EXHALES LOUDLY

You'll be kind to Michael, won't you?

Yeah, we're kind to everyone, Monica.

How's Nicola? I don't know. She's at the station.

She'll be charged later today.

When Tony said "no more secrets", what do you think he meant?

Indulge me.

I don't know. Maybe he was talking about the accident. Not Alan?

Not where his body is? Tony didn't know anything about Alan.

You see, I keep coming back to this cottage.

Tony didn't have any money, so you needed to sell it,

but you said no, and what? He was just fine with that?

Well, it was my house. I reckon he could be pretty persuasive though.

And what else was he going to do?

He didn't have any money, didn't have anywhere to live,

and the solution to all that is right there.

Look, here's what I think.

I think you had to tell Tony about Alan.

You can't sell a cottage with a dead body buried under it.

And you know what? I think he was probably OK with that.

I mean, he had secrets of his own.

But then he's saved by the brother of the woman whose death he caused.

He has this Road to Damascus conversion,

he stands up, that's it, "No more secrets", and you panic,

because that means Michael goes to prison.

I told you, Tony didn't know about Alan.

Why was he talking to you when he said it?

He was looking at you in a mirror,

just like I am now. In all the hullabaloo, I'd forgotten that.

Monica, there is nothing you can do to protect Michael anymore.

It's Nicola who needs you now.

Don't let her go down for this.

OK.

I spoke to Tony after the speech...

...and I said, "Please, don't do this",

but he'd made up his mind - he was going to come clean about Alan

and about the accident as well.

He said that, erm, he and Michael would be liberated.

Even if they went to prison, they'd be free.

So, when I went back to the room with the knife...

...he was sleeping...

...and it was peaceful.

He didn't feel a thing.

I mean, I don't... I don't care if you believe me or not.

I was there, it was peaceful.

Tony didn't have children so he didn't understand.

You do.

You'd fight armies for your child.

You'd fight bears.

You'd kill one dangerous man.

JIM SIGHS

She's all yours.

Hey.

Your phone. It's not evidence.

There's seven missed calls from Kim.

Erm, we can let Nicola go.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. What? Why?

Monica killed Tony. She confessed and I arrested her.

Hi, love. Look, sorry, something happened at work.

I just have to go to the station, and then...

What is it? What's wrong?

I got worried when you didn't turn up and I rang Granny.

I made her come here. Where is she?

Charlie?

Hey.

I'm so sorry.

Kim says you gave him some money.

It was for his restaurant. How much?

Charlie, I know it's uncomfortable.

I need to establish if a crime has been committed.

£120,000.

Right.

Yeah, erm...

Listen, listen...

People have lost more, so, you know, don't feel bad.

But, erm...

Look, now we have some options, OK?

Did he threaten you? Did he coerce you?

At first he wouldn't take it. I had to convince him to.

That's a common... That's... You know, it's manipulation.

They make it seem like it was your choice.

It's what they do. I'm not an imbecile.

Hey... Or some love-struck teenager.

I can think, I can reason... SHE SIGHS

I ran a business.

I'm the Magistrate.

I've written fucking books. Hey, no-one is blaming you, Charlie.

And he took me to the restaurant, he showed it to me.

And he had a business plan, and there some partner -

someone he was working with. Yeah, they were working together.

You know? Sometimes maybe they switch roles -

Nigel is the business partner and the other guy is the...

...the... Nigel.

We were lovers.

I know.

Like I said, look, we have some options now.

These options,

they all require me to press charges, don't they?

Well, yeah.

I won't do that. Charlie... I won't do that!

I'll be humiliated.

I'll be a punch line.

I'll be Milly Faversham.

I'm sure you think a reputation is a quaint thing.

Your reputation waxes and wanes. You don't care anymore.

How lovely for you.

But for the rest of us...

...it's a pile of poker chips.

I'll say I ended the relationship.

I might even throw in something vulgar and salacious.

"He was terrible in bed."

People will laugh...

...and I'll seem powerful.

To the rest of the world...

...I'll still be me.

SHE SIGHS

So, there we are.

What happened to you? You look terrible.

BANGING ON DOOR

Come on! You can't do this.

Sue me. Sadly, I don't have the time.

I'm flying back to the mainland. Just waiting for my taxi.

You know, I have sympathy for some of the people I deal with.

Yeah, they're unlucky, they're desperate.

But then there are the ones like you.

The ones that have a fundamental part of their humanity missing.

Yeah, even other criminals know it.

That's why men like you don't do well in prison.

So who are you really?

I'm sorry Jim, I'm... lost.

Men like me? Yeah.

But I've done nothing wrong.

My girlfriend gave me some money for a business opportunity

that has frustratingly gone away,

and now that relationship has come to an end.

Am I missing something? Is any of that illegal?

Obviously, you know the law better than I do.

Wait, you don't think this was a scam?

Oh, no wonder you're cross.

Look, if Charlie thinks there's been any kind of double-dealing,

then she should press charges.

I mean, we should go to the police station right now.

What's that, Lassie?

She hasn't?

Well, then I'm confused again.

Cab firm said ten minutes.

How did you know where I was, by the way?

On your second date, you took flowers for Charlie.

You ordered them online from a local florist

and you had them sent to this address.

You should be a detective.

Yeah, people have said that.

While I've got you here,

I just want to say, I think you're too hard on yourself.

I'd be a gibbering wreck for years if I'd been through what you have,

but you're holding yourself together,

solving crimes.

Never mind what Charlies says, I think you're a great father.

Just give yourself a pat on the back.

Did you even lose a child?

HE CHUCKLES

No.

Not as such. Look, I'm not proud of that. What can I say?

I was intoxicated by her.

I wanted to find a connection, so, yes, a little white lie,

like inflating your income or saying you love Downton Abbey

when it makes you want to gouge your eyes out.

Admit it.

There's a part of you that thinks she deserves this.

She's my family. Oh, come on!

You don't even like her.

She certainly doesn't like you.

In case you thought it was all just banter.

It raises an interesting question, doesn't it?

About those men, why they exist.

The people they target tend to be venal and callous.

They live for the schadenfreude.

Makes their eyes roll back in their head, Jim.

And these women, they're cowards.

If they were decent or brave,

those men would have to rob post offices.

I'll convince Charlie to press charges.

You could still be arrested on the mainland. Great.

Yeah, looking forward to it. See you in court, etc.

HE SIGHS

Look, I hate to ask, but you couldn't give me a lift

to the airport, could you?

It's Barney Crozier. Can I get five minutes with Uma today?

Yes, it is urgent.

6:15pm? Yeah, that works.

Thank you, Wendy.

Ah, finally. Where is everyone?

The pub, waiting for you.

It's not every day we solve two murders for the price of one.

Especially not two in the same family.

I mean, my mum and dad are naturists.

Shut up. Yeah.

They spend half their year playing table tennis

with other naked pensioners,

and I thought that was weird and dysfunctional, but...

Anyway, great result, boss.

Erm...

Yeah. Yeah, it is.

Tell your face.

Sorry.

There's a bit of a crisis at home.

Oh, erm, there's some chat about nominating Ruth Sallinger

for an award for bravery.

Good idea, yeah. Erm... I'll pop by her office later.

I didn't get a chance to thank her properly.

Did you hear? That big sale of her company, it just went through.

Who told you that? It's on the news.

Has... Has Nicola gone?

Yeah. You said release her.

I know. I, erm... I just... I need to talk to her.

What time did she leave? About half an hour ago.

I'm sure you can catch her at her hotel.

Kara, that's not what this...

We owe her an apology. Mm.

I believe you. Tell your face.

KARA CHUCKLES

I'll go see her and then I'll go see Ruth.

This news about Ruth's company, where is it?

Oh... The business bit.

After years of building, growing and learning

alongside an incredible team,

I'm proud to announce that we have officially completed

the sale of our company.

Building this company has been my life's work.

We have always fought to be at the forefront

of discovery and development,

and with this partnership we can do that.

Huge thanks to everyone at Hobarts.

Thank you very much. Well done.

Hear, hear. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you.

Good on her, I say.

Where is everyone? The pub.

I've been waiting for you, too. He wasn't here and you'd vanished.

I was printing something off.

We have a printer here.

How's your head? Erm, yeah.

So, are you coming, then?

I can't drink. I'm on these painkillers.

I heard that some pubs have started doing non-alcoholic drinks.

Ha-ha.

Look, it's not about the drinks, it's about marking the wins.

Everyone's waiting. They want to do a toast.

Oh, mate, I am trying my best here.

He's not drinking and he's...

We don't know.

Oh, God. What?

KNOCK ON DOOR

Sorry to interrupt.

No, it's OK.

We haven't really had a moment, just the two of us.

How are you feeling?

Erm, yeah, it's been a day.

I know, right?

I've finally got a date for the cremation.

Four weeks tomorrow.

Why does it take so long?

It's like we're waiting in case his condition improves.

I'm sorry, we have to take him back.

We have other tests to do.

I've ordered a much more detailed postmortem.

I want him checked for poisons. Poisons? He was stabbed.

No... No, you can't do that.

He's mine now. You had your chance. You had days.

You know who did it, you have to leave him alone now.

Ruth, I think you killed him.

Theories are like...

...a line of dominoes.

You're nowhere, and then something happens and one topples,

which knocks the next one, which knocks the next one,

on and on, unstoppable.

and the first domino was you'd have known about those payments.

Tony paid Ian 50 grand for swapping the bloods

and he paid Karl for changing his statement.

Here's what I don't understand.

How did he sneak those payments past Ruth?

So you're saying she knew about the payments?

I'm saying she authorised them. The first time I met Ruth,

she said she handled the products and the finances,

while Tony did the networking and the schmoozing.

In your press release today, you said you built this company.

You know it inside-out. You know, I don't think your staff can buy

a paperclip without your approval.

We could run a forensic audit on the company,

see if we can find the payments. Hang on, let's just play this out,

Say she did authorise the payments, I'm sure she wasn't exactly thrilled

when it meant that Tony didn't go to prison, the scandal didn't capsize

the company, but then fast forward 15 years,

Tony gets up and he says, "No more secrets".

That was the second domino.

He tells Monica he means her and Alan and the car accident.

Tony going to prison would have been bad enough,

but you helped cover it up, that's you screwed as well,

that's your whole company - your life's work - gone.

And so I wanted to kill him?

How is that less of a risk?

Well, it was a calculated risk, and paid off,

because, look, the sale went through. They're fine.

But it was Monica. She confessed.

Yeah, and a confession is usually a bit of a conversation stopper,

but then one of my colleagues said something.

Domino number three.

Right, there was one weird thing.

When Ruth came in earlier, she was asking about when we'd release

Tony's body for cremation. It's gone already, hasn't it?

Why is that weird? I don't know. Maybe just the way she said it.

Maybe it wasn't.

First time I met Ruth, she said the exact same thing.

Tony's body wasn't even cold.

And then when you came 'round to Michael's house

and I was in the cellar, I heard you telling Monica

she should hurry us up and get Tony's body released.

Yes, because I wanted closure.

And that was the last domino.

When Monica was arrested, she said Tony never felt a thing.

He was asleep, she said.

A knife plunged through all that flesh and muscle and sinew,

you wouldn't wake up?

What are you saying? I'm saying when Monica stabbed Tony...

...he was already dead.

You don't think it's possible she said that

to distance herself from what she did?

And Tony had been drinking all day. He could've passed out.

He could have taken a sleeping pill.

There was nothing like that in his postmortem, and that's the thing

with tests like that, especially with such an obvious cause of death,

they're looking for context, not cause.

This is...

No. Ruth...

Ruth!

No... No, just...

Can you let me...? Can you...?

Let me out.

Can someone help me, please?!

Erm, I'm... I'm locked in.

DOOR BANGS

Jesus! Ruth...

Hello!

You just... You leave me alone.

You are insane.

You are deluded.

You're not fit for purpose!

RUTH BREATHES HEAVILY

SHE EXHALES LOUDLY

SHE SIGHS

You know, to be fair...

...he wasn't going to tell the police about me.

We were loyal that way. So why did you do it?

I knew if he confessed...

...the police would want to know how he got away with it...

...and they would look at the blood test

and they would pull at that thread

until they find Ian and Karl,

and they would keep pulling,

and eventually they would find me.

Just like you did.

What was the poison?

It would help us to know what we're looking for.

SHE SIGHS

Hemlock water-dropwort.

Oenanthe crocata.

I did my dissertation on natural poisons.

A bit macabre, perhaps.

I had some in my car, can you believe?

I found it in my garden last week. I wanted to study it.

It's been used to, erm... To treat hepatitis.

Did you know that?

I thought, "My God...

"..the lives I could save." SHE LAUGHS

Oh, God.

I...

I thought...

SHE EXHALES LOUDLY

Hello. Welcome to the Clifton.

Hi, this is DCI Bergerac. I'm trying to reach Nicola Barton.

She's not answering her phone. Can you put me through?

She's in room 410. Erm, Miss Barton?

Oh, she checked out about an hour ago.

We ordered her a taxi to the airport.

TYRES SCREECH

SIREN BLARES

Oh, thank God. HR BREATHES HEAVILY

I ran...

I was jumping over the trolley things

and had to show my warrant card at Passport Control.

I didn't actually know I could do that.

They released me two hours ago.

Yeah, I'm sorry.

Things got really...

We've arrested Ruth.

She did it, too. It's complicated.

Your mother stabbed Tony's corpse.

I'm going to be in therapy for the rest of my life.

Flight 3096 to Manchester is now boarding at gate number two.

That's me.

Please have your boarding passes ready.

Well, erm...

...thanks for letting me know, but this could have been an email.

Albeit a long, really weird one.

I wanted to tell you to your face. A Zoom, then.

We could have done this on Zoom. No, I wanted to stop you leaving.

In the beginning, nothing could happen because of the case, but...

We're not there yet, but it's different now.

You can be seen with me.

Yeah, well, I'm not saying it won't raise a few eyebrows.

I've been doing that all my life.

SHE SIGHS

My flight's boarding.

It's not the last helicopter out of Saigon. There'll be other flights.

Yeah, but my luggage is on there. Well, they'll send it back.

What do you need? We've got shops... Several shops in Jersey.

And I've checked out of my hotel,

though I think they were pleased to see me go.

You know we have to pay for that door?

Shh. Isn't it covered by their insurance?

Well, that depends on the policy.

Sometimes, in situations when there's damage done...

Are you actually answering that question?!

Give me an hour.

Just give me a week.

No.

Tony...

...Monica, Michael... Jesus! And now Ruth.

It's too much.

There was a time when I'd be buzzing with the horror

and the drama of it all, but I don't want that now.

You'll say you don't want it either but you love having your finger

hovering over the self-destruct button.

It's what makes you good at your job.

But I can't be around that.

I like myself too much.

And that's the other thing.

You didn't believe me.

I told you about Monica and you didn't listen.

You didn't trust me.

And I've spent too much of my life being called crazy.

You're not crazy. No.

But you might be.

And, for once, I need to make a healthy decision.

Would you describe yourself as a healthy decision?

HE SIGHS

No.

Not right now.

Thank you.

Good luck, Jim Bergerac.

HE SIGHS

Hey.

Have you found Nigel?

Yeah, but there's nothing I can do without Charlie.

You should go.

It's OK. I wasn't doing anything today.

We can just watch her in shifts. No, to London. To the school.

We talked about this. Yeah, we did,

but you weren't completely honest with me, were you?

Do I need a lawyer?

Don't get me wrong, I think you are worried about me.

But, erm...

...Charlie saw your computer.

She... She saw you've been looking for advice about first year nerves.

We missed all the clues. I'm... I'm really sorry.

But fear can't control your life.

If you can do this, then I promise you,

nothing will ever be this scary again.

But if you don't - if you let fear win...

...then nothing will ever be this easy.

It's just about you now, is it?

What about Granny?

Oh, I'll take care of her. Yeah, there's a lot less inheritance,

so we might as well keep her around.

Are you sure you can both manage? Honestly?

It's not your concern.

OK.

I'll tell Granny.

That should cheer her up.

I'm handing in my notice.

I wanted you to be the first to know.

I've really enjoyed my time on the force,

but what happened with Ian, that was a wake-up call.

I've allowed the job to take precedence

over other areas of my life,

and I think it's time I take stock and investigate other challenges.

And the non-bullshit version?

Although I think I can probably guess. Jim.

Nobody works with Jim. We attend.

He considers rules and protocols, even the most basic

precepts of policing, to be a serving suggestion

that don't apply to him, but it never matters

because he keeps fucking winning, he keeps getting results.

When you say he doesn't follow rules,

I mean, that's hardly a shock, but...

...is there anything specific I should know?

HE EXHALES

Jim is Jim, but this dynamic,

it's turning me into someone I don't like.

I'm jealous, I'm bitter.

I can't do anything about it.

I tried to get a transfer, you saw how that went.

If I stay,

I'm cursed to spend my whole career sat opposite Jim Bergerac.

There might be another option.

Richard Gibbon has decided to take early retirement.

Obviously that doesn't have anything to do with wanting to limit

the IPOC's investigation of Ian.

I couldn't possibly comment.

It means there'll be a quick game of musical chairs,

as people move up or sideways,

so, how would you feel about switching lanes...

...and taking a more managerial route?

You mean be his boss one day?

Is it too early to start drinking?

I'm asking the wrong person.

She seemed OK.

She seemed excited. She did, didn't she?

You needn't have said anything.

She could have stayed, gone next year.

I respect you for not doing that.

Well, sometimes the best thing you can do for the people you care about

is to take yourself out of the equation.

We don't have to be friends now.

I'm sure you find constantly biting your tongue as exhausting as I do.

All this time you've been biting your tongue?

Oh, trust me.

JIM LAUGHS

We got on when Rachel was alive.

SHE SIGHS

We were different people then.

The world was different with Rachel in it.

All this...

...was fields.

I'd like us to be friends again.

I don't want your pity, Jim. Well, you can have my sympathy.

It's different.

I'm not sure I ever gave you much sympathy.

Ha!

I think Rachel would be disappointed in me for that.

I think she'd be disappointed in me for lots of things, not least...

...the example I'm setting her daughter.

Did we prepare Kim for the world?

We did our best.

But...

...did we prepare the world for Kim?

I mean...

...are we making it safer for her?

What I mean is...

You do, I know you do all the time, but...

...what am I doing?

Perhaps, like you...

...I need to take myself out of the equation.

KNOCK ON DOOR

You wanted to see me? Charlie, this is Kara, who I work with.

Kara, this is my mother-in-law, Charlie Hungerford.

Hi, Mrs Hungerford. How do you do? Very good.

Kara will look after you. I'll be just outside.

She'll explain.

I want to report a crime.

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