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Left, right, left, right,

left, right, left...

Slowest man sets the pace.

This is going to save your life.
When a gas attack happens,

you'll have very little notice -

a shout.
This canister,

it doesn't last forever.

It needs to be changed.

And all of this is going to
happen in the middle of a firefight.

Wait for it!

Gas, gas, gas!

Canisters!

Stand by.

Go!

Change the canister!

I can't do it, Sarge.

Get him out!

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SILENT WITNESS
Season 23 - Episode 09

"The Greater Good"
Part 1 of 2

Here he is.

Morning.
Professor Chamberlain?

- That's right.
- Katherine Dukes.

I'm the one who
asked for the second postmortem.

- Morning, Professor.
- Major Sealy.

Can I ask about this
trace of organophosphate?

How do you think it
got into John's body?

Well, it was found in his liver,
which suggests

a low-level contamination.

So what would it be exactly?

We've not been able to identify what
type of organophosphate this was,

that's why we need
to find the source.

The most common exposure's
in rural areas.

My son did most of his running
through fields -

do you think maybe...?

It's possible - there's extensive
use of legal and illegal herbicides,

pesticides...

The press have said
this could be a nerve agent.

Right.

Given what we know about the sample,

I think that's pretty much
a headline looking for a story.

Shall we have a seat?

Detective Inspector Guyatt.

Major Sealy, Katherine, Thomas.

- Morning.
- The coroner will see us now.

As you know, the Army are conducting
their own investigation,

at arm's length to ours.

Will you be making a search
of the training camp?

We will commit whatever
resources are necessary.

Who are they?

DCI Karl Guyatt,
in charge of the investigation.

Professor Thomas Chamberlain,
forensic pathologist,

- the Lyell Centre.
- And...?

Lt Col Ben Carmichael,

Ministry of Defence
Liaison Officer.

Thank you.
Now,

according to both postmortems,

Private John Sealy had a
berry aneurysm that had ruptured,

causing fatal subarachnoid
haemorrhage

into the brain.

So...

..how might it have ruptured?

We know Private Sealy collapsed
during a training exercise

in which he and a number
of his colleagues had been put

into what's called a
respiratory training facility.

Forgive me,
can I just ask -

is CS gas usually used
in these circumstance?

Soldiers need to understand
how important

their
safety equipment is.

I went through the same thing
in my training.

I see.

And would this have any bearing
on Private Sealy's death?

As we know from both postmortems,
there were traces of cocaine

found in Private Sealy's
bloodstream.

Yes, yes. The CS gas getting
into his mouth and eyes

would have caused his blood
pressure to spike,

and with concomitant
cocaine abuse,

that would have been sufficient
to blow the berry aneurysm. Mm.

So we're agreed,
at least,

about the probable
cause of death.

That hasn't changed
since the first postmortem.

- No.
- As for the findings

of the second postmortem,

the traces of organophosphates

in Private Sealy's liver sample

had no discernible influence
over his cause of death.

Would you agree with that,
Professor Chamberlain?

The trace is small.

- However, given the circumstances...
- It had no bearing.

Regardless - until we find out
where it came from,

we'll never have
the full picture, will we?

Agreed.

It needs to be investigated.

All set then, Padre?

Dad,
you won't be staying in today.

Be prepared to stay
the night before the operation

and at least a day afterwards.

We're just going in
for a pre-op meeting.

What if I need to be operated
on today?

Immediately?

The operation is down
for next Tuesday.

I'm going to take another
morning off work to drive you in.

I don't like you taking time off -
I can get in by myself.

I'm not dead yet, you know.

We're going to speak
to the consultant.

She's going to talk you through
exactly what'll happen, OK?

I wrote my will.

Da...
This isn't...

I'm leaving what I have to Ryan.

You can have whatever you want
from here,

but the money I've got,
what there is of it...

..Ryan needs it
more than you do.

Left, right, left...

I told you we'd be early.

My brother had one of these
put in, he still died.

He didn't die from
a blocked artery, Da.

I'm just saying, having a stent
put in isn't foolproof.

I'm sorry about the will, I just...

You did the right thing.

I don't want to die.

I'd better go in.

- I'm coming with you.
- Why?

I'm not going to sit here,
it's freezing.

Are you coming or what?

How's Major Sealy?

Yep, OK.

Fine.
Keep me posted, will you?

Thanks.
Yeah, thanks, bye.

Apparently whilst Major Sealy

was in with the coroner this morning,
someone broke into his house.

That's awful.

And that someone,
according to a neighbour,

was wearing what she described
as Army fatigues.

Do the police think the Army
broke in to Major Sealy's house?

No, I don't think so, do you?

Not in broad daylight

and full combat gear,
but still...

You used to be paranoid,
but now you know they're after you.

The MOD were out in force today,

putting pressure on the coroner,
even at this stage.

A soldier died during
a training exercise

in the hands of the state.

And as we know,
the state

are sometimes stubbornly
reluctant

to admit liability for anything.

- Nikki?
- Yeah?

Thomas.

Jack.

Won't be a moment.

What do you think?

Thomas's birthday!

- Damn, I forgot.
- Yeah, me too.

Clarissa sent me a text
to remind me.

Well done, Clarissa.

Did you get a card?

A card...

I knew there was something else.

- God!
- It's gone out.

I mean...
This is...

- It's the thought that counts.
- Always.

And clearly very little thought.
I'm sorry.

It looks delicious.
Thank you very, very much.

Jack, by the way,

you are meeting
a Detective Sergeant Vail,

tomorrow morning first thing
at Wood Street Training Camp.

DS Vail?

- We bought you a present.
- I bought you a present.

Technically, yes, but...

They'd sold out
of wrapping paper.

I see.

A kite.
That's fantastic.

Thank you very much.
How did you...?

Clarissa said something
about Cornwall and kites,

- I can't remember why...
- Ah, yes.

Yes. The last time I flew one
of these, it cost me my marriage.

- When's Clarissa back?
- Not soon enough.

Follow signs to D Barracks.
You'll be met there.

Thank you.

All right, well, if there's nothing
else you want to tell me, that's it.

Jack Hodgson,
as I live and breathe.

Detective Sergeant,
are we now?

They must be desperate.

Missed you.

This way.

You must be pleased.

Yeah, I guess it's good
to be out of London.

Too many memories?

Something like that.

The Army Liaison team doing...

- ..whatever.
- Getting cynical in your old age?

No, it's my governor, DI Guyatt -
he wanted to drive tanks

but he failed his physical.

This time, it's personal.

Right, let's find the source
of this contamination.

Eyes front!

There's someone to see you -
I've put them in the Einstein Room.

- Who?
- Your brother said

he wanted it to be a surprise.

- Who the hell are you?
- Arthur Simpson.

Private Arthur Simpson.

Fourth Battalion...

If you wanted an appointment,
Mr. Simpson,

you should have gone through
the proper channels...

I've been wanting to see you
for years, Professor.

40 years and seven months
to be exact.

Well, I'm sorry...

I didn't even know it was you
I needed to see,

but then...

Private John Sealy.

- And I knew it was you.
- You need to leave!

You can change your name,
you can change your job,

but you can't change
what you've done.

The police will be called,
this is private property!

I was just wondering why you,
you of all people, asked...

..for a second postmortem.

What were you hoping
to find, Professor?

Have the Army taken over
where you left off?

Sorry, sir, I'm going
to have to ask you to leave.

Sorry about earlier, Professor.

How did they even let him in?

That was my fault.

He seemed to know so much about you,
your family,

where you used to work...

Please, Simone,
I'm trying to concentrate.

Shall I call the police?

I have no idea what
he was talking about,

or how he knew
what he knew.

Just don't let anything
like that happen again.

"MURDERER"

Don't touch my stuff.

I was told this facility

would be left so samples
could be taken.

Sick.

Someone did not get the memo.

It's all right, I'll go find out
who ordered this.

Unbelievable.

56?

- Just a number.
- A big number.

You don't look it.

Some of my friends actually
think you're cool.

Do they?

Do you still not tell them
what I do for a living?

Spending all day
looking at dead bodies?

- They'd think you're weird.
- Yeah.

OK.
Here you go.

I told you I'm not doing it.
Not after Cornwall.

Come on!

You can't remember that, surely.
What were you,
five or something?

I was six and a half
and you got so angry,

saying it was all my fault...
No-one was blaming you.

It was, just... I don't know,
just the wind, that's all.

It's why I let it go, Dad.

OK, look.
I promise not to get angry

if you promise not to let go
of these.

Come on, it's my birthday.

OK.
All right.

How about you hold and throw...

..and I'll fly?

Go on.
Back you go.

That's it.
Keep going.

Keep going.

OK.

You ready?
Three, two, one.

Go!

Come on, up you go. Go on.

That's fantastic.

That is brilliant!

- Do you want a go?
- No way!

Come on.
Jump in here.

Don't touch the lines!

- Just touch my hands, yeah?
- OK.

Hold my hands. Yeah.
Look, look, you're flying it!

Still sick at heart.
We both are.

- Are you saying this was my fault?
- No, Major, that's...

If John had got
contaminated at my house,

I'd have got contaminated.

Have you searched his training camp?

According to Jack,
it was done this morning.

Clarissa Mullery, the Lyell Centre.

I've checked everything in the
house - food, gardening stuff...

Unfortunately, organophosphates
are not always labelled.

No-one's going to want
to take the blame for this.

What do you mean?

You should have
seen them yesterday...

..lawyers, expert witnesses,
Army Liaison.

Talk about
"cover your backs."

Is that how the Army works, Major?

I just want this over with.

I can understand that.

But we need to know the truth -

what this organophosphate is,

and how it got into
your son's body.

The truth?

Like your son's life,

the circumstances of his death
are just as important.

Do you know what I think?

You're going to find exactly
what they're looking for.

No valuables have been taken.

Victoria!
Bag, please.

What did I tell you?

Are these not your son's?

They look like John's,

but how those stains
got on them...

But then...

I'm away, house gets broken into,
there you go.

You believe these were planted?

Not by you.
You're doing your job.

As soon as we get the results,
we'll be in touch.

Excuse me...

Yes?

I'm here to see Professor Dukes.

If you could go through and
just sign at the desk, please.

Professor Dukes,
Mark's here to see you.

They found one of John's socks
and a pair of tracksuit bottoms?

- Yeah.
- And they had organophosphate on them?

They're waiting for
the test results.

Are you all right?

I can see how upsetting this might
be -

the police going through
John's things,

John's things, but if we're to
get to the truth of this...

I don't know what I think any more.

About the Army...

..about you.

Why did you ask for
a second postmortem?

We needed to be sure.

About what exactly?

We needed to be sure about
how and why John died.

Well, we know how he died,
Mother.

Cocaine, CS gas,
a berry aneurysm.

- Mark. You're upset...
- Upset?!

Ever since he died,
all you've talked about

is how it might have happened,

how we need to have
a second postmortem.

What aren't you telling me?!

I thought you wanted to know,
I was only trying to help.

Maybe I should ask
Arthur Simpson.

That man was here earlier.

He showed me a file about you.

Maybe he's the one
who broke in to your house.

Was John experimented on?!

What are you talking about?

Is that why you wanted
a second postmortem?

- To find out?
- You think I experimented

on my own grandson?

Get out of here!

It's fine, Simone.

A family disagreement.

If I find out
that you're lying to me...

Professor...?

Professor Katherine Dukes

used to work at Porton
Down under her married name,

Katherine Sealy.

She was a Government advisor

on the use of chemical
warfare agents.

So she knows all about
organophosphates?

Wonder why she didn't
mention that to Thomas.

Probably bound by
the Official Secrets Act.

Personal NDA.

She's been working at
Barton Pharmaceuticals

for just over 20 years.

What's the interest
in Professor Dukes?

Brilliant female scientist.

What's there not to be
interested in, Jack?

This is the course John Sealy ran
three days before he died.

Looks like he stopped
halfway through.

Yeah.

All the other days,
he ran the same course...

..so why did he stop?

- Evening, all.
- Hey, Mary Poppins.

How was the kite flying?

Practically perfect in every way.

- Clarissa, it's good to have you back.
- Thanks.

- We've missed you.
- Well,

- now you're all here...
- Before I forget,

can I have the toxicology report

- on Private Sealy's clothing?
- Sure.

Before you disappear,
Thomas...

- ..I have an announcement.
- Pub time already, is it?

It might well be.

I've decided it's time
for me to leave the Lyell.

- What?
- My notice -

I think I have to
give you a month, Thomas.

I'm not sure, but obviously
I'll fulfil whatever...

- Clarissa, no.
- You can't.

What are you talking about?

I love my work here,
working with you all.

I've never been so happy.

I can't imagine what
it's going to be like, but...

..with Mum's death...

..I just know,
deep down...

..that it's time for me to move on,

to focus less on the dead...

..and more on the living.

On life.

Thank you.

How did it go?

I...
I assume you told them.

Jack said good riddance,
Nikki stopped talking to me

and Thomas has already
found my replacement.

I think we should all
go for a drink.

Plenty of time for that.

I hate long goodbyes.

Will you grab my stuff?

Did Professor Dukes
ask for a second postmortem

because she suspected
we'd find something else?

- And was she right?
- Yeah, she was.

An organophosphate.

Are you sure you don't want
to go for a drink?

What don't the Army want us to find?

Yeah,
finish off the door-to-door.

- You got it working, then?
- I downloaded the course.

Hopefully if I run the same route
John did...

You might find the cause of
the organophosphate contamination.

Worth a look.

There's been a suspicious car crash
just down the road.

How far?

A couple of miles.

DS Vail's there.
Can you get down there?

Yeah.

He had a mask on
of some kind, gloves.

Number plate, SK09 something.

There's enough CCTV round here.
I'll go check the house.

I'll head over to the crash site.

Da, they had a cancellation.

That's why they've brought it
forward a day.

You said you
were going to take me.

And I will, as soon as
I'm finished here.

You get on with what you have to do.

I can get a cab.

Da, I'll be there.

I'll be fine.

Got to go.
See you later.

Get your suitcase packed.

- How is it in there?
- You want to come in?

No, thanks.

Major Mark Sealy.

First, Private John Sealy,
then his father.

And now his grandmother.

- Nikki?
- Nearly done.

Major Mark Sealy has been
found dead.

His body's on its way here.

And they want us to do the PM?

As soon as possible.
Thomas is with DI Guyatt -

it would appear that Professor Dukes
has also been found dead.

- Bloody hell.
- I know.

I think Professor Dukes either
fell or was pushed over.

Her head impacted on
the coffee table here.

So did she die
and was carried into the bathroom?

No.
I don't believe so.

These fingermarks in blood...

..suggest she managed to get
herself up.

And there are further fingermarks
on the architrave and on the door.

These drops of blood on the carpet

show she managed to make her way
to the bathroom.

She held herself up on the sink.

- Does the body reveal anything?
- Yes.

Yes, marks on her forearms.

Get off!

You see, some bruising,
that could be defensive wounds.

And...

..these two nails on her left hand
have been broken.

Hopefully, they'll give us the DNA
of any assailant.

In addition...

..I found this inhaler.

It was on the bathroom floor.

We'll check it for DNA,

see whether Dukes or
Sealy were prescribed it,

- cos if they weren't...
- It was left behind.

So did the mother and son have a
fight, or was it a third person?

The man who set fire to the shed?

Either's possible.

Look at this.

A boot-print of some kind.

Bruising to the sole
of the right foot.

Thomas wants to know what footwear
the major was wearing.

Looks like combat boots.

I'll send some photos.

And could Major Sealy
have been in a fight?

There's swelling over
the left cheekbone,

but this could have been
caused by the crash.

Although these linear
abrasions

could be from somebody
scratching him.

And there's discoid bruising
on the inner

and outer aspect
of the upper arms,

as if someone has
gripped him hard.

- I'll tell Thomas.
- I'll take some samples for DNA.

Damn!
Damn!

That was clever.

Jack?

Hey, Vail.

There's some kind of
chemical equation here.

Jack...

Vail?

Vail?

Help!

Vail! What's happened?
Vail!

Get some help over here,
quickly!

Paramedics quickly, please!

Get an ambulance...!

It's all right, it's all right.

I'm here, I'm here.

She going to be OK?

Do you know if DS Vail
touched anything?

I don't know.
She was fine one minute.

I turned around, she's
on the ground.

What are you thinking?

Look, three people, three
generations of the same family,

two in the Army, another a scientist
who once worked for the MOD.

You think that's the connection?

We know Major Sealy's house
was broken into, right?

Any evidence that someone else
was in the car with Major Sealy?

I haven't finished
my investigation yet, sorry.

Jack?

Jack, are you all right?

Jack?
Jesus Christ!

Paramedics, over here now!

We need to clear this area.

Jack?

Breathe, OK?
Look at me. Focus on me.

Breathe, force yourself to breathe.

Keep breathing, please.
Keep breathing.

Deep breaths.

Jack, where the hell are you?

Bloody hell!

You're as bad as your brother.

Hello.
I need a taxi.

Yeah, right away.

Hazardous Area Response Team,
immediately.

Two people
with the same symptoms

and, as yet, no explanation,

though I have my
suspicions this may well be

nerve agent related.

Come on, everybody! This is now a
hot zone! We need to be off-site now!

Fracture at the base of the first
metacarpal, distal to the...

Nikki! You've got to stop
the postmortem now.

- What?
- Jack's collapsed

- at the crash site.
- How? What do you mean?

They're not telling me much, but...

..DS Vail, she...

She's what?

Get out now.

Clarissa, hi.

DS Vail was taken ill
at the crash site...

..with severe breathing problems.

An ambulance was called,
but she was dead on arrival.

She's dead?

Jack...

..then started with the same
breathing problems.

He's...

He's now in an ambulance.

- Where are they taking him?
- The Middlesex.

I'm on my way!

Try to relax
as much as you can now.

DS Vail.

We'll be at the hospital very soon.

Here.

I'll put these somewhere safe
for you.

Stay with me, Jack.
Jack?

Can you hear me?

Stay with me!

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