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It's like Friday night in the cells. 17 00:01:29,489 --> 00:01:31,146 They're kids, Geordie. 18 00:01:31,178 --> 00:01:32,421 I see one. I see an egg. 19 00:01:33,454 --> 00:01:35,008 For the most part anyway. 20 00:01:36,179 --> 00:01:37,663 Look at all this. 21 00:01:37,697 --> 00:01:39,009 Isn't it wonderful? 22 00:01:39,041 --> 00:01:40,560 It is wonderful. 23 00:01:40,593 --> 00:01:43,700 -You did this, Alphy. -With an awful lot of help. 24 00:01:43,731 --> 00:01:45,078 Modest to a fault. 25 00:01:47,456 --> 00:01:48,664 [Geordie] Aye, aye. 26 00:01:50,284 --> 00:01:52,251 -Isn't that the girl? -What girl? 27 00:01:52,284 --> 00:01:55,218 Oh, don't look. I said, don't look. 28 00:01:56,594 --> 00:01:58,113 Ah, she's waving. 29 00:02:00,112 --> 00:02:04,116 -It didn't work out then? -We didn't have much in common. 30 00:02:04,148 --> 00:02:08,152 -Shame. Good, sturdy hips. -Make nice babies. 31 00:02:08,182 --> 00:02:09,770 It was one drink. 32 00:02:09,802 --> 00:02:10,976 Mmm-hmm. 33 00:02:11,010 --> 00:02:13,115 And I was nothing but gentlemanly. 34 00:02:13,148 --> 00:02:14,666 -I've got a nickname for him. -[Leonard] Oh, tell us. 35 00:02:14,700 --> 00:02:16,150 Please don't tell them. 36 00:02:16,183 --> 00:02:18,151 The good Reverend Love 'Em and Leave 'Em. 37 00:02:18,183 --> 00:02:19,529 [Leonard] Very good. I like it. 38 00:02:19,563 --> 00:02:21,392 I'm not that bad. 39 00:02:21,425 --> 00:02:25,153 -Rosa, from the Eagle. -Okay, so there was Rosa. 40 00:02:25,184 --> 00:02:27,738 Lilian from the station. 41 00:02:27,770 --> 00:02:30,186 We went to the cinema, once. 42 00:02:30,219 --> 00:02:31,979 There was the redhead. 43 00:02:33,460 --> 00:02:36,222 Okay, but that was just a brief... 44 00:02:36,253 --> 00:02:37,358 Fling? 45 00:02:37,391 --> 00:02:39,980 -Dalliance. -Mistake. 46 00:02:40,013 --> 00:02:42,049 I'm not that bad, okay? 47 00:02:42,082 --> 00:02:43,428 Morning, Reverend. 48 00:02:43,461 --> 00:02:45,394 Oh, morning. How are we? 49 00:02:45,427 --> 00:02:46,600 Morning. 50 00:02:46,634 --> 00:02:48,532 [all] Morning. 51 00:02:48,565 --> 00:02:51,637 -[children laughing] -[jaunty music playing] 52 00:02:51,668 --> 00:02:53,015 -Mmm-hmm. -Argh. 53 00:02:55,014 --> 00:02:56,636 The end is nigh. 54 00:02:56,669 --> 00:02:57,947 The end is nigh. 55 00:03:00,497 --> 00:03:02,775 It's a high-jacking. That's what this is. 56 00:03:02,807 --> 00:03:05,431 Easter has been hijacked by the devil incarnate. 57 00:03:05,463 --> 00:03:07,086 Morning, Reg. How are we? 58 00:03:07,118 --> 00:03:09,396 How are we? Doomed to hellfire for all eternity, 59 00:03:09,429 --> 00:03:10,602 that's how we are. 60 00:03:10,636 --> 00:03:12,189 No donkey ride for you then? 61 00:03:12,223 --> 00:03:14,018 You know what Easter was when I was a child? 62 00:03:14,050 --> 00:03:16,190 You were there when they rolled the stone away, weren't you? 63 00:03:16,223 --> 00:03:19,364 Wake up, pray. Church, pray. Home... 64 00:03:19,395 --> 00:03:20,465 Pray? 65 00:03:20,499 --> 00:03:22,225 None of this fiddle-faddle. 66 00:03:24,362 --> 00:03:26,640 [Alphy] They're just having fun, Reg. 67 00:03:26,672 --> 00:03:29,158 What's the sacrifice of our good Lord and saviour, 68 00:03:29,189 --> 00:03:31,433 Jesus Christ, got to do with fun? 69 00:03:31,465 --> 00:03:35,262 What's it got to do with bonnets and eggs and bunnies? 70 00:03:35,294 --> 00:03:36,605 This country has gone to the dogs. 71 00:03:36,639 --> 00:03:38,813 -You know why? -Is it the bunnies? 72 00:03:38,846 --> 00:03:40,641 We don't know who we are any more. 73 00:03:40,673 --> 00:03:44,160 It used to be we were God-fearing, rule-abiding. 74 00:03:44,811 --> 00:03:46,675 Dignified. Hmm. 75 00:03:46,709 --> 00:03:48,297 [children screaming] 76 00:03:48,329 --> 00:03:50,504 Children would be seen, not heard, 77 00:03:50,536 --> 00:03:53,988 not flouncing around screaming blue murder. 78 00:03:54,020 --> 00:03:58,403 But look, they're here, Reg. They're coming to church. 79 00:03:58,434 --> 00:04:00,263 That's got to be a good thing, hasn't it? 80 00:04:00,296 --> 00:04:02,091 So you'll be telling them all about Jesus, will you? 81 00:04:02,124 --> 00:04:03,677 Of course. 82 00:04:03,710 --> 00:04:05,401 The nails in the hands, the suffering? 83 00:04:05,435 --> 00:04:08,748 Maybe not so much emphasis on the suffering. 84 00:04:08,780 --> 00:04:11,196 Reg, why don't you come to the service? 85 00:04:11,228 --> 00:04:13,126 I'd love you to be there. 86 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:15,541 Until Easter is celebrated in the solemnity it deserves, 87 00:04:15,573 --> 00:04:17,747 I will not step foot inside that church. 88 00:04:21,229 --> 00:04:22,368 Milk, two sugars? 89 00:04:25,195 --> 00:04:27,301 And a biscuit, if you can stretch to it. 90 00:04:27,333 --> 00:04:29,197 Hey, I can do better than that. 91 00:04:30,437 --> 00:04:31,507 Fiddle-faddle. 92 00:04:31,540 --> 00:04:34,509 There he is, my big silly bunny. 93 00:04:34,540 --> 00:04:37,612 [Reg] You know my misgivings about this, Mavis. 94 00:04:37,644 --> 00:04:39,370 Oh, keep it on, Reg. 95 00:04:39,403 --> 00:04:41,440 He looks ever so sweet. Doesn't he look sweet? 96 00:04:41,472 --> 00:04:42,680 Very sweet. 97 00:04:42,714 --> 00:04:45,027 I hope he hasn't been bending your ear, Vicar. 98 00:04:45,059 --> 00:04:47,993 Not at all. Enjoy yourselves. 99 00:04:48,025 --> 00:04:49,371 Oh, come here. 100 00:04:49,404 --> 00:04:51,027 [Reg] He's a very good listener, you know, 101 00:04:51,749 --> 00:04:53,199 [Alphy] Yeah. 102 00:04:54,853 --> 00:04:58,201 Yeah. Okay, let's go. 103 00:04:58,233 --> 00:05:00,545 [upbeat music playing] 104 00:05:31,132 --> 00:05:33,272 [cheering and laughing] 105 00:05:35,408 --> 00:05:36,685 Hey, hey, hey. 106 00:05:43,306 --> 00:05:45,549 [Jack] Come on, Alphy, you're going to be last. 107 00:05:45,582 --> 00:05:46,790 Yeah, all right, Jack. 108 00:05:47,651 --> 00:05:50,378 [church bell tolls] 109 00:05:50,409 --> 00:05:54,206 Welcome to our inaugural Easter family service. 110 00:05:54,238 --> 00:05:57,137 The first of many, I hope. 111 00:05:57,169 --> 00:05:58,722 When the disciples went to the tomb 112 00:05:58,755 --> 00:06:01,724 early that Easter Sunday morning, 113 00:06:01,755 --> 00:06:03,757 they expected to mourn for their friend. 114 00:06:03,790 --> 00:06:05,274 But he was gone. 115 00:06:06,722 --> 00:06:11,002 And the Angels told them, "Jesus is risen. 116 00:06:11,033 --> 00:06:14,726 "He loved us so much that he lived and died for us." 117 00:06:16,550 --> 00:06:18,621 Is there any greater love than that? 118 00:06:18,654 --> 00:06:20,311 I am so blessed 119 00:06:21,550 --> 00:06:24,208 to be able to share that love with you, 120 00:06:24,241 --> 00:06:26,036 -Shh. -[Alphy] in our beautiful church 121 00:06:26,068 --> 00:06:27,725 Didn't say anything. 122 00:06:27,758 --> 00:06:30,485 But you was going to. 123 00:06:30,517 --> 00:06:32,174 Shh. 124 00:06:32,207 --> 00:06:35,521 To be able to share my first year in Grantchester 125 00:06:35,551 --> 00:06:37,208 with so many wonderful people. 126 00:06:39,138 --> 00:06:41,520 Know that I am always here to serve, 127 00:06:41,552 --> 00:06:44,383 to advise and to listen. 128 00:06:45,759 --> 00:06:49,142 I am in the midst of an existential crisis. 129 00:06:49,174 --> 00:06:52,004 Okay, any idea what set that off? 130 00:06:52,484 --> 00:06:53,589 The hat. 131 00:06:55,244 --> 00:06:58,419 -A computer has stolen my job. -A what? 132 00:06:58,451 --> 00:07:02,006 Do you know how many days I spent on this hat? Five. 133 00:07:02,037 --> 00:07:05,143 Do you know how many days she spent on that hat? 134 00:07:05,176 --> 00:07:06,349 Five? 135 00:07:06,383 --> 00:07:08,040 It's the size of the staff room. 136 00:07:08,072 --> 00:07:10,454 -The hat? -The computer. 137 00:07:10,486 --> 00:07:12,454 Used to be I was trusted with the payroll. 138 00:07:12,486 --> 00:07:14,488 Now the computer does it. 139 00:07:14,521 --> 00:07:15,832 I loved doing the payroll. 140 00:07:15,866 --> 00:07:17,178 She hated doing the payroll. 141 00:07:17,211 --> 00:07:19,731 I said to her, "Cath, times change." 142 00:07:19,762 --> 00:07:21,247 Did she listen to me? 143 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:24,042 I have been replaced by a machine. 144 00:07:24,073 --> 00:07:25,764 Of course she didn't. 145 00:07:25,798 --> 00:07:28,594 Daniel is about to make the biggest mistake of his life. 146 00:07:28,625 --> 00:07:32,802 -I'm just so... -Completely over the moon. 147 00:07:32,833 --> 00:07:35,698 I've done it, Alphy, I've arranged to meet my parents. 148 00:07:37,110 --> 00:07:38,732 The parents who shunned him. 149 00:07:38,764 --> 00:07:42,182 Mark my words, families never bring happiness. 150 00:07:42,213 --> 00:07:45,561 I'm so happy. I can't tell you how happy I am. 151 00:07:45,593 --> 00:07:47,491 -I am... -Bored... 152 00:07:47,524 --> 00:07:50,458 I am bored with myself, Alphy. 153 00:07:50,490 --> 00:07:53,148 I am a boring person. 154 00:07:53,180 --> 00:07:54,595 Am I boring? 155 00:07:55,594 --> 00:07:57,251 -Lovely service. -Thank you. 156 00:07:59,250 --> 00:08:01,424 You are many things, 157 00:08:02,008 --> 00:08:04,114 but you're not boring. 158 00:08:04,146 --> 00:08:06,597 -Thank you, Vicar. -Give my regards to Reg. 159 00:08:06,629 --> 00:08:08,459 Will do. 160 00:08:10,802 --> 00:08:12,735 No one listens to me any more. 161 00:08:12,767 --> 00:08:16,357 Not Cathy, not Larry. Certainly not the kids. 162 00:08:18,216 --> 00:08:19,355 Not even you, apparently. 163 00:08:19,389 --> 00:08:22,116 -Thank you for coming. -Wouldn't miss it for the world. 164 00:08:25,148 --> 00:08:27,806 -Don't start. -I'm all for it. 165 00:08:28,769 --> 00:08:30,702 -Hi. -Fling away. 166 00:08:30,735 --> 00:08:32,668 Fling away, till you're all flung out. 167 00:08:33,769 --> 00:08:35,702 If that's what you want, of course. 168 00:08:35,736 --> 00:08:38,325 [indistinct conversation] 169 00:08:38,356 --> 00:08:39,668 Is that what you want? 170 00:08:39,701 --> 00:08:41,565 [loud gunshot] 171 00:08:41,598 --> 00:08:44,187 [dramatic music playing] 172 00:08:44,219 --> 00:08:46,118 Everyone, stay back! 173 00:08:46,150 --> 00:08:47,738 Stay back! 174 00:08:47,771 --> 00:08:49,532 [dramatic music playing] 175 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:05,601 [Mavis gasps] 176 00:09:08,739 --> 00:09:10,810 Reg. It's my Reggie. 177 00:09:12,290 --> 00:09:14,120 [Mavis sobs] 178 00:09:22,774 --> 00:09:24,500 [Geordie] Just like that fella of yours. 179 00:09:25,395 --> 00:09:26,810 [Alphy] What fella? 180 00:09:28,051 --> 00:09:29,569 Jesus. 181 00:09:29,603 --> 00:09:32,192 I'd say there's zero chance Reg is rising again. 182 00:09:32,223 --> 00:09:35,088 Did he seem depressed to you? Suicidal? 183 00:09:35,121 --> 00:09:38,745 Short-tempered, maybe, but... Depressed? 184 00:09:40,638 --> 00:09:43,365 Then again, he does have a sign saying "The end is nigh," so... 185 00:09:43,397 --> 00:09:45,537 It doesn't imply he was full of the joys of spring. 186 00:09:45,569 --> 00:09:46,570 No. 187 00:09:49,156 --> 00:09:50,813 They only got engaged a few months back. 188 00:09:53,225 --> 00:09:55,676 It's quite a cheery thing to do. 189 00:09:55,708 --> 00:09:59,057 -Nice girl? -Very. 190 00:09:59,088 --> 00:10:00,779 But? 191 00:10:00,812 --> 00:10:02,572 I... 192 00:10:02,606 --> 00:10:05,540 He was such a gloomy man and she's a... 193 00:10:05,571 --> 00:10:07,746 Bit of a floozy. 194 00:10:07,778 --> 00:10:09,780 Geordie, you can't say that. 195 00:10:09,813 --> 00:10:11,539 Well, what do you know? I just did. 196 00:10:13,227 --> 00:10:15,022 Aye, aye. 197 00:10:15,055 --> 00:10:17,022 [mysterious music playing] 198 00:10:20,607 --> 00:10:22,367 Bullet casing. 199 00:10:22,401 --> 00:10:24,368 Well, that's to be expected, isn't it? 200 00:10:24,401 --> 00:10:26,748 For a suicide, one is. 201 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:30,128 Two, on the other hand... 202 00:10:36,609 --> 00:10:39,060 [Mavis sobs] 203 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:46,991 [blow nose] 204 00:10:49,610 --> 00:10:51,508 Keep it, please. 205 00:10:52,851 --> 00:10:55,061 [giggling] 206 00:10:55,093 --> 00:10:56,646 Oh, sorry, we were just, erm... 207 00:10:56,680 --> 00:10:59,303 The table has been a bit wobbly. 208 00:10:59,335 --> 00:11:01,233 Yes. Much better now, though. 209 00:11:01,818 --> 00:11:04,062 Thank you, Detective. 210 00:11:06,336 --> 00:11:08,338 You stay where I can see you. 211 00:11:10,784 --> 00:11:13,995 Now, please take a seat at our newly fixed table. 212 00:11:15,613 --> 00:11:17,546 I don't think they were fixing the table. 213 00:11:19,578 --> 00:11:21,097 Now... 214 00:11:22,785 --> 00:11:24,270 About your fella Reg. 215 00:11:26,683 --> 00:11:29,686 -He was my fiance. -Your fiance? 216 00:11:30,545 --> 00:11:34,273 -That's French. -I know. 217 00:11:34,304 --> 00:11:36,410 And I loved him very much. 218 00:11:36,442 --> 00:11:37,685 He was a wonderful man. 219 00:11:38,615 --> 00:11:40,306 He was dismal as sin. 220 00:11:41,442 --> 00:11:43,410 See a rainbow, he'd notice the clouds. 221 00:11:44,546 --> 00:11:47,480 But for all that, I adored him. 222 00:11:48,616 --> 00:11:50,721 -We were just so... -Kindred spirits. 223 00:11:55,616 --> 00:11:57,031 Was he always unhappy? 224 00:11:57,065 --> 00:11:58,549 Always. 225 00:11:58,582 --> 00:12:01,171 So him taking his own life... 226 00:12:01,203 --> 00:12:03,999 I worried it might happen one day. 227 00:12:05,341 --> 00:12:06,790 But so soon before the wedding... 228 00:12:07,927 --> 00:12:12,346 How did he propose out of interest. Down on one knee? 229 00:12:13,894 --> 00:12:15,758 [Mavis] Oh, no, his knees weren't up to much. 230 00:12:17,825 --> 00:12:21,553 The thing is, Mavis, we're not entirely sure it is suicide. 231 00:12:22,757 --> 00:12:24,414 What else could it be? 232 00:12:28,206 --> 00:12:31,278 No. No one would want to hurt Reg. 233 00:12:33,378 --> 00:12:34,759 No. 234 00:12:34,792 --> 00:12:38,313 You were having a rather animated conversation with him, 235 00:12:38,345 --> 00:12:42,038 -before the service. -He was in one of his moods. 236 00:12:43,241 --> 00:12:47,349 So I said to him, "Reg, go to the doctor's, 237 00:12:48,621 --> 00:12:51,417 "talk to someone, get some help." 238 00:12:53,311 --> 00:12:55,555 -Did he listen? -No. 239 00:12:55,587 --> 00:12:59,074 [Larry] So the proposal, was it a grand gesture or... 240 00:13:01,416 --> 00:13:04,177 Sorry, carry on. 241 00:13:05,209 --> 00:13:06,210 [sobbing] 242 00:13:08,243 --> 00:13:11,557 -[phones ringing] -[mumbling softly] 243 00:13:13,106 --> 00:13:14,314 My office. 244 00:13:15,279 --> 00:13:18,558 Should I bring my notepad? No? 245 00:13:26,176 --> 00:13:29,214 I think we need to have a little chat, don't you? 246 00:13:29,245 --> 00:13:30,522 About what? 247 00:13:32,143 --> 00:13:34,421 Just admit it before he explodes. 248 00:13:34,453 --> 00:13:36,041 I thought we were being quite discreet. 249 00:13:36,074 --> 00:13:37,454 Quite discreet? 250 00:13:37,488 --> 00:13:40,111 Everyone knows, even the criminals. 251 00:13:41,591 --> 00:13:43,835 [Geordie] Seeing as... 252 00:13:43,867 --> 00:13:45,455 I can't believe I'm uttering these words. 253 00:13:45,489 --> 00:13:47,594 You can't control yourselves around each other. 254 00:13:47,627 --> 00:13:49,284 We can control ourselves, can't we? 255 00:13:51,247 --> 00:13:52,731 Have a little respect. 256 00:13:54,386 --> 00:13:55,767 For yourselves. 257 00:13:56,524 --> 00:13:59,044 -For me. -For the criminals. 258 00:13:59,076 --> 00:14:00,491 Yes, boss. 259 00:14:00,524 --> 00:14:02,595 Understood. 260 00:14:02,628 --> 00:14:04,733 Background on Reg. Quick smart, please. 261 00:14:04,766 --> 00:14:06,802 Reginald James Wait. 262 00:14:06,835 --> 00:14:09,217 Date of birth, twenty-third of the third, 1901. 263 00:14:09,249 --> 00:14:11,182 Made a name for himself in Bakelite. 264 00:14:11,215 --> 00:14:12,457 He's loaded, apparently, 265 00:14:12,491 --> 00:14:16,460 Next of kin, his sister, is a Miss Eliza Wait 266 00:14:16,492 --> 00:14:18,425 of Trumpington. 267 00:14:18,457 --> 00:14:20,804 And I made you a cup of tea, milk, no sugar. 268 00:14:20,837 --> 00:14:23,288 Bring her in then, the sister. 269 00:14:23,319 --> 00:14:24,803 [Larry] She's in reception. 270 00:14:24,837 --> 00:14:26,459 We were about to tell you 271 00:14:26,492 --> 00:14:28,563 before you started with all the crossness. 272 00:14:30,631 --> 00:14:31,873 The table really was on the wonk. 273 00:14:31,907 --> 00:14:33,460 Out! 274 00:14:42,114 --> 00:14:44,151 That's him. 275 00:14:44,183 --> 00:14:46,185 It's your brother, Reginald Wait. 276 00:14:48,115 --> 00:14:50,117 I was afraid he'd do this. 277 00:14:50,702 --> 00:14:54,361 Was he always downbeat? 278 00:14:55,529 --> 00:14:58,118 Mum called them his dark moods. 279 00:15:00,461 --> 00:15:02,015 He was a war hero. 280 00:15:03,392 --> 00:15:04,773 Did you know that? 281 00:15:05,530 --> 00:15:06,738 Reg was? 282 00:15:06,772 --> 00:15:09,395 Won the military cross for bravery. 283 00:15:11,117 --> 00:15:12,118 Reg did? 284 00:15:13,876 --> 00:15:15,844 Bravest man I ever met. 285 00:15:16,704 --> 00:15:19,293 Then he just disappeared. 286 00:15:20,807 --> 00:15:23,810 Why didn't you just come to me, Reggie? 287 00:15:25,118 --> 00:15:27,017 Poor dear Reggie. 288 00:15:30,119 --> 00:15:31,120 Right. 289 00:15:33,119 --> 00:15:34,810 Shall we make the arrangements? 290 00:15:36,292 --> 00:15:39,122 -Arrangements? -The paperwork and whatnot. 291 00:15:40,775 --> 00:15:42,259 Paperwork? 292 00:15:42,706 --> 00:15:44,259 For the funeral. 293 00:15:44,293 --> 00:15:47,399 I always think it's best to be prompt with these things. 294 00:15:49,189 --> 00:15:53,124 The police will have to conclude their investigation first. 295 00:15:53,156 --> 00:15:57,608 That'll take what? A couple of days? 296 00:15:57,639 --> 00:16:00,331 It'll take as long as it takes, Miss Wait. 297 00:16:04,364 --> 00:16:06,124 At least he's with Mum and Dad now. 298 00:16:07,191 --> 00:16:09,193 And Arthur... 299 00:16:09,226 --> 00:16:11,504 Arthur was our golden retriever. 300 00:16:15,812 --> 00:16:17,055 Poor dear Reggie. 301 00:16:20,123 --> 00:16:23,092 [Geordie] Poor dear Reggie, my arse. 302 00:16:23,124 --> 00:16:26,127 She'd put him out with the bins if she could. 303 00:16:26,159 --> 00:16:29,093 Well, grief presents itself in odd ways. 304 00:16:29,124 --> 00:16:30,712 Nah, she was fishy. 305 00:16:37,539 --> 00:16:38,782 [Alphy] Very nice. 306 00:16:38,814 --> 00:16:41,472 Mmm. Reg has done well for himself. 307 00:16:45,195 --> 00:16:47,335 Everyone keeps saying he was depressed. 308 00:16:48,506 --> 00:16:50,370 Maybe he did just kill himself. 309 00:16:50,402 --> 00:16:52,370 -Maybe. -[policeman] Sir. 310 00:16:52,402 --> 00:16:54,680 Maybe it's just that simple. 311 00:16:54,713 --> 00:16:55,714 Maybe. 312 00:16:57,093 --> 00:16:58,266 You're not buying it, are you? 313 00:16:58,300 --> 00:16:59,301 Not for a second. 314 00:17:00,783 --> 00:17:03,337 Well, Mavis was on to a winner with this fella. 315 00:17:03,369 --> 00:17:04,853 [Alphy] Geordie... 316 00:17:04,886 --> 00:17:06,681 [upbeat music playing] 317 00:17:27,923 --> 00:17:30,201 He watched the birds. 318 00:17:32,475 --> 00:17:34,029 Of course he did. 319 00:17:46,545 --> 00:17:48,582 He'd written a reminder to buy birdseed. 320 00:17:48,614 --> 00:17:49,684 That doesn't fit with a man 321 00:17:49,718 --> 00:17:51,202 set on taking his own life, does it? 322 00:17:54,822 --> 00:17:56,272 What is that, his military cross? 323 00:17:56,305 --> 00:17:58,410 No, just regular service medals. 324 00:17:58,443 --> 00:18:00,376 Well, if you won a military cross... 325 00:18:00,409 --> 00:18:02,446 It would be up there, pride of place. 326 00:18:04,099 --> 00:18:05,893 Something doesn't add up about any of this, does it? 327 00:18:05,926 --> 00:18:07,065 Nope. 328 00:18:08,651 --> 00:18:10,377 -Fishy? -It's fishy. 329 00:18:12,685 --> 00:18:14,549 [Jack] Isn't it marvellous? 330 00:18:14,583 --> 00:18:17,379 Would've preferred a new settee. 331 00:18:17,410 --> 00:18:23,071 Our happiest memories, preserved for all eternity on celluloid. 332 00:18:23,101 --> 00:18:25,689 That's what the brain does, isn't it? Preserve memories? 333 00:18:26,618 --> 00:18:28,241 For free, too. 334 00:18:30,618 --> 00:18:31,654 Alphy! 335 00:18:32,756 --> 00:18:34,862 [Jack] Where's that cable? 336 00:18:34,894 --> 00:18:36,758 Yeah, still looking, Jack. 337 00:18:36,792 --> 00:18:38,725 He wants me to fire 'em. 338 00:18:38,757 --> 00:18:40,483 Who does? 339 00:18:40,516 --> 00:18:41,551 Mr. Draper. 340 00:18:41,585 --> 00:18:43,621 He wants me to fire my girls. 341 00:18:43,654 --> 00:18:45,621 Says they're redundant now we have the computer. 342 00:18:45,654 --> 00:18:47,414 I'm ready to resign. 343 00:18:47,448 --> 00:18:49,450 Do you think I should resign? 344 00:18:50,448 --> 00:18:52,450 Well, what does Geordie think? 345 00:18:52,482 --> 00:18:54,070 He might have an informed opinion. 346 00:18:54,104 --> 00:18:55,105 [laughs dryly] 347 00:18:57,138 --> 00:18:59,106 Oh, you were serious. 348 00:18:59,138 --> 00:19:01,520 [Alphy] Just ask him, Cathy. 349 00:19:01,552 --> 00:19:03,520 Or you could. 350 00:19:03,552 --> 00:19:05,175 Save a few hours bickering. 351 00:19:06,725 --> 00:19:08,761 [David] These aren't as good as Mum's sandwiches, at all. 352 00:19:08,794 --> 00:19:11,383 -Ooh, Alphy. -Leonard. 353 00:19:11,415 --> 00:19:14,729 I was hoping you might be able to have a word with Daniel. 354 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:17,384 Ah, why don't you have a word with him? 355 00:19:17,416 --> 00:19:19,591 I just think it might be better coming from you. 356 00:19:19,623 --> 00:19:21,211 And why is that? 357 00:19:21,244 --> 00:19:23,108 Because then I don't have to say it. 358 00:19:23,140 --> 00:19:24,210 Leonard, er... 359 00:19:24,244 --> 00:19:25,693 -[phone rings] -One second. 360 00:19:27,486 --> 00:19:29,385 Vicarage. 361 00:19:29,417 --> 00:19:31,074 Yeah. Geordie! 362 00:19:34,452 --> 00:19:35,556 Larry? 363 00:19:37,935 --> 00:19:40,455 Larry, put Miss Scott down. What you got for me? 364 00:19:40,487 --> 00:19:42,489 Daniel's had so much turmoil in his life, 365 00:19:42,522 --> 00:19:45,594 I just... I have a feeling this might tip him over the edge. 366 00:19:45,625 --> 00:19:48,283 Just a sec. I can't hear a word. 367 00:19:48,316 --> 00:19:50,318 Leonard, he's a grown man. 368 00:19:50,350 --> 00:19:51,903 He's capable of making his own decisions. 369 00:19:51,936 --> 00:19:54,145 [Geordie] I can hear you now. Go ahead, Larry. 370 00:19:54,178 --> 00:19:55,869 Jack, here we go. 371 00:19:55,902 --> 00:19:57,663 Ah, perfect. 372 00:19:59,695 --> 00:20:01,076 [Jack] What are we looking for? 373 00:20:01,110 --> 00:20:04,182 Reg, Mavis. Anything untoward. 374 00:20:04,213 --> 00:20:06,629 Like you not giving my hat first prize. 375 00:20:06,662 --> 00:20:08,664 [projector whirs] 376 00:20:08,696 --> 00:20:10,664 Well, there's Reg, looking alive and well. 377 00:20:10,696 --> 00:20:12,215 [inaudible] 378 00:20:14,697 --> 00:20:16,630 [Mrs Chapman] Is that what I look like? 379 00:20:16,663 --> 00:20:18,768 When did I get so many chins? 380 00:20:23,250 --> 00:20:24,665 [Alphy] And there he is with Mavis. 381 00:20:24,698 --> 00:20:26,907 I'd keep my eye on that one if I were you. 382 00:20:26,940 --> 00:20:28,528 She's a minx. 383 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:30,804 Hey, she loved Reg, Mrs C. 384 00:20:30,836 --> 00:20:33,460 She loves a lot of men if you gather my meaning. 385 00:20:33,492 --> 00:20:35,701 How can we when you're just so incredibly subtle? 386 00:20:35,734 --> 00:20:38,047 I knew him a little from the Rotary Club. 387 00:20:40,321 --> 00:20:42,116 He was lonely, poor chap. 388 00:20:42,148 --> 00:20:45,634 He was also rich, Jack, and she's a goer. 389 00:20:45,666 --> 00:20:49,394 Always down The Cow and Calf. In the back room. 390 00:20:49,424 --> 00:20:52,531 -Playing billiards. -The absolute floozy. 391 00:20:54,563 --> 00:20:56,772 Postmortem, single shot. 392 00:20:58,149 --> 00:21:00,807 Bullet lodged in Reg's temporal lobe. 393 00:21:00,839 --> 00:21:03,566 No temporal lobe talk when there's food on the table. 394 00:21:04,426 --> 00:21:06,739 So where's the other bullet? 395 00:21:06,771 --> 00:21:09,464 -Good question, Leonard. -I thought so too. 396 00:21:13,358 --> 00:21:14,877 Hey, what's she doing? 397 00:21:17,358 --> 00:21:18,808 There, see? 398 00:21:21,358 --> 00:21:23,326 She's hiding something. 399 00:21:23,358 --> 00:21:26,603 [melancholy music playing] 400 00:21:35,153 --> 00:21:36,361 She was around about here. 401 00:22:01,604 --> 00:22:04,572 [suspenseful music playing] 402 00:22:23,882 --> 00:22:25,608 Why is she hiding a pocket knife? 403 00:22:28,675 --> 00:22:30,297 [Alphy] Geordie... 404 00:22:41,435 --> 00:22:43,368 Maybe he fired a warning shot. 405 00:22:43,401 --> 00:22:45,851 Mmm... 406 00:22:45,884 --> 00:22:47,403 If you're gonna kill yourself, 407 00:22:48,435 --> 00:22:49,609 why fire a warning shot? 408 00:22:57,540 --> 00:22:58,782 [man] Go on. Go on. 409 00:22:59,505 --> 00:23:01,162 [Mavis laughs] 410 00:23:01,196 --> 00:23:03,336 Come on, hand it over, fellas. 411 00:23:03,850 --> 00:23:06,681 There you go. 412 00:23:06,713 --> 00:23:09,406 Don't know about you but I reckon that's the most fun 413 00:23:09,437 --> 00:23:11,163 you can have with your knickers on. 414 00:23:11,197 --> 00:23:14,234 You should know, Mavis. 415 00:23:14,266 --> 00:23:15,267 [man] Mmm. 416 00:23:21,921 --> 00:23:25,201 Ah. Grief's taken its toll I see. 417 00:23:32,405 --> 00:23:34,786 I'm devastated about Reg. 418 00:23:34,819 --> 00:23:35,820 Yeah, we got that. 419 00:23:37,268 --> 00:23:39,201 What's the alternative? 420 00:23:39,233 --> 00:23:41,442 Curl up in a ball, give up? 421 00:23:41,475 --> 00:23:43,787 Two shots were fired, Mavis. 422 00:23:44,613 --> 00:23:46,787 I never heard two shots. 423 00:23:46,820 --> 00:23:48,822 Did you hear two shots? 424 00:23:50,786 --> 00:23:52,271 She does have a point. 425 00:23:56,166 --> 00:23:57,857 Why'd you hide this? 426 00:24:00,511 --> 00:24:02,306 I was... 427 00:24:02,339 --> 00:24:05,169 I was worried he'd do himself a mischief, so I took it off him. 428 00:24:05,856 --> 00:24:07,341 S.J. 429 00:24:08,340 --> 00:24:09,755 Who's S.J.? 430 00:24:09,788 --> 00:24:11,342 I have no idea. 431 00:24:12,374 --> 00:24:13,755 You loved Reg? 432 00:24:13,788 --> 00:24:15,238 Yes. 433 00:24:15,272 --> 00:24:16,825 The end is nigh Reg? 434 00:24:18,686 --> 00:24:20,860 We'd snuggle up, drink tea. 435 00:24:22,341 --> 00:24:24,688 -It wasn't sex and glamour. -I'd say. 436 00:24:25,858 --> 00:24:27,515 But I've never felt more myself. 437 00:24:28,583 --> 00:24:30,309 I've never had that feeling before. 438 00:24:32,342 --> 00:24:34,102 He doesn't believe me. 439 00:24:34,135 --> 00:24:35,515 -I believe you. -Really? 440 00:24:36,549 --> 00:24:37,722 Really? 441 00:24:37,756 --> 00:24:39,792 I've done nothing wrong. 442 00:24:39,825 --> 00:24:42,690 Well, apart from cavorting with that spivvy fellow 443 00:24:42,722 --> 00:24:45,380 -at the billiards. -Reg was the love of my life. 444 00:24:47,137 --> 00:24:48,862 I never thought I deserved that. 445 00:24:48,895 --> 00:24:51,208 I never thought I'd be lucky enough to have it. 446 00:24:52,344 --> 00:24:53,828 But he's gone. 447 00:24:55,206 --> 00:24:57,518 He's gone. 448 00:24:57,551 --> 00:24:59,760 And I haven't got the luxury of hanging around. 449 00:25:02,586 --> 00:25:04,450 You really believe her? 450 00:25:05,483 --> 00:25:08,141 Yeah, why not? 451 00:25:08,173 --> 00:25:10,555 She is no more the settling down type than you are. 452 00:25:11,380 --> 00:25:13,658 Well, people aren't types, Geordie. 453 00:25:13,691 --> 00:25:16,383 They have emotions and feelings and... 454 00:25:16,415 --> 00:25:17,657 All right. 455 00:25:20,312 --> 00:25:22,728 -Nothing happened. -We're off the clock. 456 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:24,624 All right. 457 00:25:27,174 --> 00:25:28,727 Reg's service record. 458 00:25:28,761 --> 00:25:30,073 Thank you. 459 00:25:33,589 --> 00:25:35,798 Reginald Wait. 460 00:25:35,831 --> 00:25:38,144 Second Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. 461 00:25:39,555 --> 00:25:41,177 Military Cross? 462 00:25:42,383 --> 00:25:44,661 Military Cross. 463 00:25:44,694 --> 00:25:47,731 Carried three injured men away from enemy fire. 464 00:25:49,418 --> 00:25:51,661 -Reg did? -Says it right here. 465 00:25:55,797 --> 00:25:57,282 Birdwatching Reg? 466 00:25:57,315 --> 00:26:00,456 -Tea drinking, devout Reg. -The gung-ho war hero. 467 00:26:00,488 --> 00:26:01,558 Nothing is right about this. 468 00:26:01,591 --> 00:26:03,248 Nothing's right about any of it. 469 00:26:03,867 --> 00:26:07,250 Larry! Task for you. 470 00:26:07,282 --> 00:26:09,525 Got somewhere to be. Sorry, boss. 471 00:26:10,730 --> 00:26:11,835 Miss Scott? 472 00:26:11,868 --> 00:26:14,492 Off to the pictures with my beau. 473 00:26:14,523 --> 00:26:16,801 That's me. I'm her beau. 474 00:26:21,938 --> 00:26:24,424 Those two are really starting to get on my nerves. 475 00:26:25,628 --> 00:26:27,354 How about you? 476 00:26:27,387 --> 00:26:30,770 Fancy a task or... you got a date tonight? 477 00:26:34,387 --> 00:26:37,321 [mellow music playing] 478 00:26:51,389 --> 00:26:53,150 Erm, hello? 479 00:26:53,182 --> 00:26:54,770 Hushed tones, please. 480 00:26:56,562 --> 00:26:58,150 Sorry. 481 00:26:59,425 --> 00:27:02,393 [mellow music continues] 482 00:27:06,597 --> 00:27:08,185 Sorry. 483 00:27:08,219 --> 00:27:10,186 You apologise an awful lot. 484 00:27:10,219 --> 00:27:11,565 I was just wondering if you could... 485 00:27:11,598 --> 00:27:12,634 Nope. 486 00:27:12,667 --> 00:27:13,703 No? 487 00:27:13,736 --> 00:27:14,737 [Meg] You're in the wrong place. 488 00:27:17,357 --> 00:27:19,393 I don't think so. 489 00:27:19,427 --> 00:27:22,602 -The meeting is next door. -I'm not here for the meeting. 490 00:27:24,772 --> 00:27:25,773 Oh. 491 00:27:30,221 --> 00:27:31,739 What are you here for? 492 00:27:31,772 --> 00:27:33,808 Er, it's police business. 493 00:27:37,187 --> 00:27:40,915 I'm looking for any references to a Reginald Wait, 494 00:27:40,945 --> 00:27:44,087 war almanacs, newspapers. 495 00:27:52,912 --> 00:27:56,433 Here's your haystack. Good luck finding that needle. 496 00:27:58,154 --> 00:27:59,155 What was the meeting? 497 00:28:00,706 --> 00:28:03,088 The meeting you thought I was going to? 498 00:28:04,189 --> 00:28:05,466 Lonely Hearts Club. 499 00:28:06,914 --> 00:28:09,192 You thought I looked like a lonely heart? 500 00:28:09,224 --> 00:28:12,503 Well, you have a vaguely lonely quality about you. 501 00:28:12,534 --> 00:28:15,192 -Well, that's depressing. -Also, I assumed that 502 00:28:15,225 --> 00:28:17,192 you weren't here to borrow the latest pot boiler. 503 00:28:17,225 --> 00:28:18,329 Why not? 504 00:28:18,363 --> 00:28:19,709 You don't look the bookish type. 505 00:28:19,742 --> 00:28:21,503 I'm bookish. 506 00:28:21,535 --> 00:28:23,882 -I love books. -You love books? 507 00:28:23,915 --> 00:28:25,537 Test me. 508 00:28:25,571 --> 00:28:28,298 -On books? On all of literature? -Mmm. 509 00:28:28,329 --> 00:28:29,779 Yep. 510 00:28:29,812 --> 00:28:32,091 Have you read War and Peace? 511 00:28:33,158 --> 00:28:34,297 -Yes. -Liar. 512 00:28:34,330 --> 00:28:35,780 I've read it. 513 00:28:35,812 --> 00:28:38,367 -I didn't say I enjoyed it. -The Bible? 514 00:28:38,399 --> 00:28:40,677 Come on, hundreds of times. You? 515 00:28:41,710 --> 00:28:45,610 Too much begetting and begatting for my liking. 516 00:28:45,641 --> 00:28:47,884 Shame. The begetting's the best bit. 517 00:28:50,745 --> 00:28:52,816 I'm Alphy, by the way. 518 00:28:52,849 --> 00:28:55,817 And I am leaving you to it, Reverend. 519 00:29:03,746 --> 00:29:05,472 "I love books." 520 00:29:05,505 --> 00:29:06,747 [groans] 521 00:29:09,816 --> 00:29:10,817 [Leonard] Okay. 522 00:29:11,678 --> 00:29:14,785 Let's just get down to brass tacks. 523 00:29:14,816 --> 00:29:17,785 Reference to hardware. Sounds serious. 524 00:29:17,816 --> 00:29:21,303 No, it's not serious. Well, it is a bit serious. 525 00:29:21,334 --> 00:29:24,234 Let me guess. My parents. 526 00:29:24,265 --> 00:29:28,787 If you know something's going to end in disaster... 527 00:29:28,817 --> 00:29:29,818 Which we don't. 528 00:29:31,611 --> 00:29:33,855 What if they reject you again? 529 00:29:33,887 --> 00:29:37,546 Then I'll be sad for a while. 530 00:29:37,577 --> 00:29:40,683 And after that, I'll be fine. 531 00:29:40,716 --> 00:29:44,478 It's very sweet of you, but it's my worry, not yours. 532 00:29:44,509 --> 00:29:46,407 It is a little bit my worry, isn't it? 533 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:50,616 Because whatever happens to you, it, by proxy, happens to me. 534 00:29:51,682 --> 00:29:52,683 I love you. 535 00:29:53,786 --> 00:29:55,408 But it's not your concern, Leonard. 536 00:30:01,580 --> 00:30:04,307 -Not my concern? -[telephone ringing] 537 00:30:04,338 --> 00:30:05,719 [Daniel] Tea? 538 00:30:05,752 --> 00:30:08,203 Lovely, thank you. 539 00:30:08,236 --> 00:30:11,342 Of course it's my bloody worry. What? 540 00:30:11,374 --> 00:30:13,617 -[man] Leonard Finch. -Yes, speaking. 541 00:30:13,650 --> 00:30:15,652 This is Harold Jones, I'm a solicitor. 542 00:30:15,684 --> 00:30:17,376 It's with regard to your father. 543 00:30:17,408 --> 00:30:18,892 Oh, Lord, what's he done now? 544 00:30:18,926 --> 00:30:22,136 I'm afraid he's passed away, Mr Finch. 545 00:30:22,168 --> 00:30:23,169 Oh. 546 00:30:24,547 --> 00:30:25,548 Oh. 547 00:30:26,237 --> 00:30:27,341 It was a stroke. 548 00:30:27,996 --> 00:30:30,240 Over very quickly. 549 00:30:30,272 --> 00:30:31,273 Right. 550 00:30:33,203 --> 00:30:36,724 So I'll be needing to make funeral arrangements. 551 00:30:37,997 --> 00:30:40,241 The funeral was last week. 552 00:30:40,272 --> 00:30:41,273 Really? 553 00:30:42,652 --> 00:30:44,550 Why wasn't I informed? 554 00:30:44,584 --> 00:30:48,450 Your father made it clear he didn't want you there. 555 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:50,896 We have a few of his effects. 556 00:30:50,929 --> 00:30:52,206 We've sent them on to you. 557 00:30:55,654 --> 00:30:57,104 Mr Finch? 558 00:31:57,349 --> 00:31:59,351 -Sorry. -You really need 559 00:31:59,384 --> 00:32:00,488 to stop apologising. 560 00:32:04,453 --> 00:32:06,524 I couldn't have your phone number, could I? 561 00:32:06,556 --> 00:32:07,557 No. 562 00:32:10,419 --> 00:32:11,903 Hmm, okay. 563 00:32:12,661 --> 00:32:15,112 That's fair enough. 564 00:32:19,524 --> 00:32:20,697 Do you want to know why? 565 00:32:21,902 --> 00:32:24,284 [chuckles] You don't have to explain. 566 00:32:24,317 --> 00:32:27,596 Because you'll take my number and I'll become this annoying, 567 00:32:27,627 --> 00:32:29,871 mooning schoolgirl who sits around 568 00:32:29,903 --> 00:32:31,319 just waiting for you to call. 569 00:32:31,903 --> 00:32:33,595 And you never will call. 570 00:32:33,628 --> 00:32:36,424 And then I'll be terribly sad. 571 00:32:36,456 --> 00:32:39,976 [chuckles] Well, how about I promise to call? 572 00:32:40,008 --> 00:32:41,630 What if you get run over or something? 573 00:32:41,663 --> 00:32:44,907 -That's not going to happen. -It might happen. 574 00:32:44,939 --> 00:32:46,699 And then I'll become a bitter old spinster 575 00:32:46,733 --> 00:32:48,976 all because you never called. 576 00:32:49,009 --> 00:32:51,356 -That would be a shame. -It would. 577 00:32:54,699 --> 00:32:57,116 -So, no phone number then? -No. 578 00:33:13,700 --> 00:33:14,805 Stay out of trouble. 579 00:33:17,287 --> 00:33:18,288 You didn't, did you? 580 00:33:19,425 --> 00:33:20,426 In a library. 581 00:33:21,219 --> 00:33:23,394 You sly old dog. 582 00:33:23,426 --> 00:33:26,119 Reginald Wait, winner of the Military Cross. 583 00:33:30,185 --> 00:33:31,324 Only that's not Reg. 584 00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:32,841 It's Martin Guerre. 585 00:33:33,909 --> 00:33:35,670 -Who? -It's a true story 586 00:33:35,702 --> 00:33:36,945 from the 16th century. 587 00:33:36,978 --> 00:33:42,467 Martin goes to war, returns, settles back down with his wife. 588 00:33:42,496 --> 00:33:45,430 Only it's not the same man. He look familiar to you? 589 00:33:47,635 --> 00:33:48,636 [exhales] 590 00:33:51,428 --> 00:33:53,258 [Geordie] Well, Christ on a bike. 591 00:33:55,911 --> 00:33:58,155 -Oh! -[chuckling] 592 00:33:59,015 --> 00:34:00,465 [exhales] 593 00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:04,638 How about a game, Reg? 594 00:34:14,844 --> 00:34:17,330 We know you'd like this matter promptly settled, Miss Wait. 595 00:34:17,362 --> 00:34:19,502 -It's always best to be prompt. -Couldn't agree more. 596 00:34:19,535 --> 00:34:21,261 If you could just do us one more favour. 597 00:34:21,293 --> 00:34:22,467 Of course. 598 00:34:22,500 --> 00:34:24,433 We're hoping you could identify your brother. 599 00:34:25,122 --> 00:34:27,262 I already did that, didn't I? 600 00:34:27,294 --> 00:34:28,744 She did already do that, Geordie. 601 00:34:28,776 --> 00:34:31,814 Took a terrible toll as it happened, seeing him like that. 602 00:34:31,846 --> 00:34:34,366 Well, brace yourself. [clears throat] 603 00:34:39,364 --> 00:34:40,365 Hello, Ellie. 604 00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:42,814 You bugger! 605 00:34:44,399 --> 00:34:47,919 You absolute bugger! Reg! 606 00:34:47,951 --> 00:34:49,884 [grunts] 607 00:34:49,916 --> 00:34:51,780 I'd say that's a positive ID. 608 00:34:51,813 --> 00:34:53,573 Positive might be stretching it. 609 00:34:54,469 --> 00:34:56,126 That's enough, Miss Wait. 610 00:36:01,820 --> 00:36:03,477 [sniffing] 611 00:36:05,647 --> 00:36:07,166 [liquid sloshing] 612 00:36:15,683 --> 00:36:19,963 We grew up strict. Wasn't a life, it was a prison. 613 00:36:19,993 --> 00:36:21,857 You remember how it was, Ellie. 614 00:36:21,891 --> 00:36:25,584 Remember? I was still living it while you were off gallivanting. 615 00:36:26,374 --> 00:36:28,376 I went away to war. 616 00:36:28,409 --> 00:36:31,308 -I saw the world. -Drank your way around it, 617 00:36:31,340 --> 00:36:33,169 -more like. -I got a taste for life. 618 00:36:34,374 --> 00:36:35,410 I couldn't go back. 619 00:36:36,444 --> 00:36:38,791 Left the army with just the suit they gave me. 620 00:36:38,823 --> 00:36:40,618 Your demob suit. 621 00:36:40,651 --> 00:36:42,929 -Thought I recognised it. -Kept yours, did you? 622 00:36:44,306 --> 00:36:46,170 They don't make them like that any more. 623 00:36:47,582 --> 00:36:51,966 So you met this man and swapped identities? 624 00:36:51,996 --> 00:36:53,515 Wasn't really that thought through. 625 00:36:53,549 --> 00:36:55,206 What was his name? 626 00:36:55,239 --> 00:36:57,138 [Geordie] Were his initials S.J. 627 00:36:58,308 --> 00:36:59,447 by any chance? 628 00:37:00,343 --> 00:37:01,516 Silas. 629 00:37:01,550 --> 00:37:04,173 Silas Jennings. He wasn't happy with his lot. 630 00:37:04,205 --> 00:37:05,275 I wasn't happy with mine. 631 00:37:06,446 --> 00:37:08,724 So he became Reg, and I became Silas. 632 00:37:08,757 --> 00:37:10,690 And you left us all behind. 633 00:37:12,378 --> 00:37:14,691 After a while, you forget the life you had, 634 00:37:15,723 --> 00:37:17,484 and you become someone else. 635 00:37:17,516 --> 00:37:19,967 I wouldn't believe a word that comes out of his mouth 636 00:37:19,999 --> 00:37:21,035 if I were you. 637 00:37:21,068 --> 00:37:23,761 You told us a dead stranger was your brother. 638 00:37:23,793 --> 00:37:25,761 I just took advantage of a situation 639 00:37:25,793 --> 00:37:27,174 that presented itself. 640 00:37:27,208 --> 00:37:28,933 A dead man on a slab? 641 00:37:28,966 --> 00:37:30,692 [Eliza] Mum died recently. 642 00:37:30,724 --> 00:37:33,969 The will was all tied up waiting for Reggie to come back. 643 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:36,969 So you pronounce him dead and inherit the family fortune? 644 00:37:37,001 --> 00:37:39,211 I deserve that money. 645 00:37:39,243 --> 00:37:41,521 I wouldn't believe a word that comes out of her mouth. 646 00:37:42,725 --> 00:37:45,349 Just help me out here, Reg. 647 00:37:45,381 --> 00:37:47,832 You say you had nothing to do with this man's death? 648 00:37:49,037 --> 00:37:50,211 Correct. 649 00:37:50,244 --> 00:37:51,659 [Geordie] A dead man with your name, 650 00:37:51,692 --> 00:37:54,384 whose fiance we saw you cavorting with, 651 00:37:54,417 --> 00:37:56,522 who your sister identified as you, 652 00:37:56,555 --> 00:37:57,659 and you had nothing to do with it? 653 00:37:58,969 --> 00:38:01,005 -Happenstance. -That's a hell of a lot 654 00:38:01,038 --> 00:38:02,350 of happenstance. 655 00:38:02,383 --> 00:38:04,592 Seems to me that's all you've got. 656 00:38:04,625 --> 00:38:06,627 Go on then, arrest me. Arrest both of us. 657 00:38:06,659 --> 00:38:08,420 Take us to court. 658 00:38:08,452 --> 00:38:10,420 All you've got is a handful of happenstance, 659 00:38:10,452 --> 00:38:13,145 and they'll let us go on reasonable doubt. 660 00:38:14,453 --> 00:38:16,835 You know it, and I know it. 661 00:38:18,936 --> 00:38:19,937 Gentlemen. 662 00:38:21,557 --> 00:38:24,215 Eliza, you fusty old cow. 663 00:38:24,247 --> 00:38:26,939 -Rot in hell, Reg. -[Reg laughs] 664 00:38:28,868 --> 00:38:30,491 [Geordie] They could be in on it together. 665 00:38:31,661 --> 00:38:33,146 They hate each other's guts. 666 00:38:35,593 --> 00:38:37,561 Mavis, on the other hand. 667 00:38:37,593 --> 00:38:39,595 Mavis was in the churchyard when the gun went off. 668 00:38:41,317 --> 00:38:42,318 She's a nice woman. 669 00:38:44,662 --> 00:38:47,734 Single and all, if you're so inclined. 670 00:38:51,353 --> 00:38:52,975 -I wish you wouldn't do that. -Do what? 671 00:38:53,008 --> 00:38:56,391 Make out like I'm some kind of Lothario. 672 00:38:56,423 --> 00:38:58,701 Oh, Alphy. 673 00:38:58,733 --> 00:39:01,495 I think you're a handsome young man with an enviable 674 00:39:01,526 --> 00:39:05,392 head of hair who's having fun, as long as it makes you happy. 675 00:39:06,768 --> 00:39:08,563 -I want to find someone. -Of course you do. 676 00:39:09,802 --> 00:39:10,907 Like you found Cathy. 677 00:39:13,769 --> 00:39:16,772 Thing is, Alphy, all the good stuff, 678 00:39:18,287 --> 00:39:22,222 all the meaningful stuff, that doesn't happen unless 679 00:39:22,252 --> 00:39:23,253 you stick around. 680 00:39:25,701 --> 00:39:27,151 Love 'em, but don't leave 'em. 681 00:39:28,322 --> 00:39:29,358 You said it, not me. 682 00:39:35,047 --> 00:39:37,325 Okay, here we go. 683 00:39:37,358 --> 00:39:39,946 I know how strongly you feel, but my parents 684 00:39:39,978 --> 00:39:41,221 are getting on now, 685 00:39:41,254 --> 00:39:43,567 and I... I don't want to miss this chance to be able to... 686 00:39:43,599 --> 00:39:44,600 Go. 687 00:39:48,255 --> 00:39:51,465 -You should go. -I have more. 688 00:39:51,497 --> 00:39:54,569 -I have a whole speech. -No speech necessary. 689 00:39:56,876 --> 00:39:58,361 What changed your mind? 690 00:39:58,393 --> 00:39:59,808 Just a little perspective. 691 00:40:00,635 --> 00:40:02,533 And a very large glass of whisky. 692 00:40:02,567 --> 00:40:05,328 No, really, what... what's happened? 693 00:40:08,601 --> 00:40:10,155 You deserve happiness. 694 00:40:11,015 --> 00:40:13,225 And your parents deserve forgiveness. 695 00:40:13,912 --> 00:40:14,913 So... 696 00:40:29,569 --> 00:40:31,295 My number. 697 00:40:31,328 --> 00:40:33,572 I figure this way I do all the schoolgirl moonings. 698 00:40:33,604 --> 00:40:36,642 -You don't have to. -What if I never call? 699 00:40:36,673 --> 00:40:38,330 What have I got to lose? 700 00:40:38,363 --> 00:40:41,607 -I don't know, your dignity? -Ah, dignity's overrated. 701 00:40:45,674 --> 00:40:49,022 So I'll be at home, watching the phone, 702 00:40:49,053 --> 00:40:50,192 heart in my mouth. 703 00:40:53,847 --> 00:40:54,917 I'm Margaret, by the way. 704 00:40:58,572 --> 00:40:59,573 Are you a Maggie? 705 00:41:00,675 --> 00:41:02,401 -A Meg? -A Margaret. 706 00:41:03,468 --> 00:41:05,436 Until I'm sure I really like you. 707 00:41:17,367 --> 00:41:20,715 There he is, my big silly bunny. 708 00:41:27,850 --> 00:41:29,334 [church bell ringing] 709 00:41:45,679 --> 00:41:47,371 Is that what my face looks like? 710 00:41:48,370 --> 00:41:49,923 You have a perfectly good face. 711 00:41:54,404 --> 00:41:55,854 -Geordie. -Miss Scott. 712 00:41:58,922 --> 00:42:03,478 I'm so sorry about all the canoodling recently. 713 00:42:03,509 --> 00:42:05,338 It's not the canoodling that bothers me. 714 00:42:06,785 --> 00:42:08,476 You're better than most of the fellas out there. 715 00:42:09,647 --> 00:42:12,270 -Just... -Show a little respect? 716 00:42:12,303 --> 00:42:14,650 Some common courtesy wouldn't go amiss. 717 00:42:15,717 --> 00:42:16,890 Won't happen again, sir. 718 00:42:20,407 --> 00:42:23,376 The last will and testament of Reginald Wait, 719 00:42:23,407 --> 00:42:25,582 formerly known as Silas Jennings. 720 00:42:25,614 --> 00:42:27,892 -Who's the lucky winner? -Last page. 721 00:42:32,994 --> 00:42:35,030 Congratulations, Mavis. 722 00:42:35,063 --> 00:42:37,341 [Miss Scott] She gets the house, the business. 723 00:42:37,374 --> 00:42:38,892 [Geordie] And the rest. 724 00:42:38,926 --> 00:42:40,962 Silas made a real name for himself. 725 00:42:40,995 --> 00:42:43,411 Meanwhile, Reg has nothing to show for his life 726 00:42:43,444 --> 00:42:44,859 but that tatty old suit. 727 00:42:44,891 --> 00:42:46,652 Oi, less of the tatty or... 728 00:42:56,928 --> 00:42:57,963 The suit. 729 00:42:58,962 --> 00:43:00,447 The demob suit. 730 00:43:02,790 --> 00:43:05,896 Mavis knew who Silas was all along. 731 00:43:05,928 --> 00:43:08,724 She really loved Silas. She knew him better than anyone. 732 00:43:08,756 --> 00:43:09,757 Reg was there. 733 00:43:11,618 --> 00:43:12,688 Real Reg, I mean. 734 00:43:17,240 --> 00:43:18,413 It wasn't Martin Guerre. 735 00:43:20,688 --> 00:43:22,414 It was A Tale of Two Cities. 736 00:43:23,826 --> 00:43:24,827 The wrong man died. 737 00:43:34,449 --> 00:43:39,247 You were there when Silas died, weren't you, Reg? 738 00:43:39,276 --> 00:43:40,277 Who says? 739 00:43:41,276 --> 00:43:42,657 A little bunny told him. 740 00:43:56,898 --> 00:43:57,899 [sighs] 741 00:44:11,417 --> 00:44:15,697 We used to sit here for hours, just the two of us. 742 00:44:17,935 --> 00:44:20,282 -Your silly bunny. -[sighs] 743 00:44:22,315 --> 00:44:24,800 Silly was his nickname, short for Silas. 744 00:44:28,005 --> 00:44:29,006 [sobs] 745 00:44:32,419 --> 00:44:33,938 You never meant to kill him, did you? 746 00:44:36,523 --> 00:44:37,524 No. 747 00:44:39,317 --> 00:44:41,905 -[bird chirping] -Lsten to that. 748 00:44:48,696 --> 00:44:50,526 I've never known peace like it. 749 00:44:54,594 --> 00:44:56,182 You were the only ones who knew. 750 00:44:57,732 --> 00:44:59,941 That Silas wasn't who he said he was. 751 00:45:00,628 --> 00:45:01,629 He made a fortune. 752 00:45:02,732 --> 00:45:03,733 All that money 753 00:45:05,422 --> 00:45:08,425 -made him an appealing target. -That was my money. 754 00:45:08,457 --> 00:45:09,803 Made it off the back of my name. 755 00:45:09,836 --> 00:45:11,769 That ate you up, didn't it? 756 00:45:11,802 --> 00:45:14,874 He took your name and made something of himself. 757 00:45:14,905 --> 00:45:18,012 You could never have done what he did. 758 00:45:18,044 --> 00:45:21,738 He moved up in the world, and you're still scrabbling 759 00:45:21,768 --> 00:45:23,391 for pennies in your demob suit. 760 00:45:25,044 --> 00:45:26,494 [Alphy] So you set up a honey trap. 761 00:45:27,735 --> 00:45:30,462 Mavis would make a play for Silas. 762 00:45:30,493 --> 00:45:31,494 [Geordie] And it worked. 763 00:45:32,356 --> 00:45:33,357 He fell for you. 764 00:45:34,011 --> 00:45:35,392 He put you in the will. 765 00:45:38,287 --> 00:45:40,772 You were set to inherit everything. 766 00:45:40,805 --> 00:45:44,222 All you needed was for him to die. 767 00:45:46,771 --> 00:45:47,910 Then you got to know him. 768 00:45:49,254 --> 00:45:50,496 He was sweet to me. 769 00:45:55,324 --> 00:45:56,325 [Alphy] You fell in love. 770 00:45:59,772 --> 00:46:01,533 But Reg here wouldn't stop. 771 00:46:02,703 --> 00:46:05,223 [Geordie] He was determined to go ahead with the plan. 772 00:46:10,980 --> 00:46:13,466 Don't hurt him. Please. 773 00:46:13,497 --> 00:46:14,498 Just stop. 774 00:46:18,602 --> 00:46:19,637 [Geordie] You decided 775 00:46:19,671 --> 00:46:20,879 you weren't going to stand for it. 776 00:46:22,602 --> 00:46:24,466 You were going to kill Reg instead. 777 00:46:27,292 --> 00:46:29,501 You stupid cow. 778 00:46:29,534 --> 00:46:30,983 [children laughing] 779 00:46:39,017 --> 00:46:40,881 [church bell ringing] 780 00:46:43,535 --> 00:46:47,263 [Alphy] The church bells rang, and you took your moment. 781 00:46:49,398 --> 00:46:50,916 That's why no one heard the shot. 782 00:46:53,087 --> 00:46:55,710 [gasps] 783 00:47:03,468 --> 00:47:04,883 [sobs] 784 00:47:09,296 --> 00:47:10,711 [Alphy] But you shot the wrong man. 785 00:47:12,434 --> 00:47:14,367 [sobs] 786 00:47:15,538 --> 00:47:17,022 Well done, girl. 787 00:47:17,055 --> 00:47:20,438 Mavis, you get yourself to church, all right? 788 00:47:20,470 --> 00:47:22,230 I'll sort this out. It'll be fine. 789 00:47:23,055 --> 00:47:24,850 Well, Mavis, I'll have that more. 790 00:47:24,884 --> 00:47:26,403 Go. Hide it. 791 00:47:30,539 --> 00:47:32,541 [Geordie] And so Reg did sort it. 792 00:47:32,574 --> 00:47:33,644 Gave you an alibi. 793 00:47:39,643 --> 00:47:40,644 [gunshot] 794 00:47:41,540 --> 00:47:42,989 [all gasping] 795 00:47:45,920 --> 00:47:47,922 When all along that bullet was meant for you, Reg. 796 00:47:51,817 --> 00:47:55,579 You think he could love a worthless tart like you? 797 00:47:56,473 --> 00:47:57,474 [Alphy] But he did love her. 798 00:47:58,852 --> 00:47:59,853 That's the tragedy. 799 00:48:02,405 --> 00:48:03,578 They could have been happy. 800 00:48:05,818 --> 00:48:07,889 Some people aren't meant to be happy, I guess. 801 00:48:10,819 --> 00:48:11,992 It's just the way it is. 802 00:48:29,752 --> 00:48:31,202 She's never going to call, is she? 803 00:48:33,304 --> 00:48:34,478 Just you and me, boy. 804 00:48:34,993 --> 00:48:36,547 [whines] 805 00:48:36,580 --> 00:48:38,410 -Come on. -[barks] 806 00:48:39,304 --> 00:48:40,547 [projector whirring] 807 00:48:44,305 --> 00:48:45,306 [melancholic piano music playing] 808 00:49:01,755 --> 00:49:02,859 [inaudible] 809 00:49:42,310 --> 00:49:44,312 [theme music playing]